Chapter Summaries

Di Yao entered Dugu Bo’s hidden Herb Garden and identified the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, including the Fusang Red Heart Lotus. He offered to suppress Dugu Yan’s poison in exchange for the lotus and three visits to the garden, but the deal remained unresolved when Dugu Yan’s poison suddenly flared up.

• Di Yao followed Dugu Bo through the poison mist into the Herb Garden, where his Demon Emperor Di Jun Martial Soul reacted to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Di Yao identified the Great Sun Blazing Grass, Golden Crow Vine, and Fusang Red Heart Lotus, and warned Dugu Bo that taking the lotus by force could make the spring erupt.
• Di Yao explained that Dugu Bo’s method of suppressing Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison could turn her into a poison weapon, and said the poison should be controlled rather than removed.
• Di Yao offered to use Great Sun Golden Flame to lock down Dugu Yan’s poison for up to three years in exchange for the Fusang Red Heart Lotus and three visits to the Herb Garden.
• A voice outside the garden announced that Dugu Yan’s poison was acting up, and Dugu Bo turned in alarm.

Di Yao suppressed Dugu Yan’s poison and negotiated with Dugu Bo for three Herb Garden visits in exchange for treating her for three years. He harvested the Fusang Red Heart Lotus, then sensed someone approaching who believed the Immortal Herbs should have been his.

• Dugu Yan arrived at the Herb Garden suffering a severe poison outbreak, and Dugu Bo’s efforts to suppress it made her condition worse.
• Di Yao used the Great Sun Golden Flame to force the poison away from Dugu Yan’s heart and stabilize her condition.
• Di Yao and Dugu Bo agreed that Di Yao would receive the Fusang Red Heart Lotus and three Herb Garden visits, while treating Dugu Yan’s poison for three years.
• Di Yao placed three Sun Poison-Locking Seals on Dugu Yan and warned her how to use them safely.
• Di Yao used the Great Sun Golden Flame to guide the Fusang Red Heart Lotus free from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and stored it in a Jade Box.
• Di Yao sensed someone approaching who believed the Immortal Herbs should have belonged to him.

Tang San sneaked into Dugu Bo’s Herb Garden seeking Immortal Herbs to reverse his worsening fortunes, but Di Yao let him test the garden’s dangers before confronting him. Di Yao revealed that he had already taken the best herb, and Xiao Wu’s approaching aura stirred the Soul Beast Origin hidden within her.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to scout the Herb Garden, while Di Yao, Hu Liena, and Dugu Bo watched him and Di Yao ordered them to let him enter.
• Tang San touched a fiery herb with Blue Silver Grass, triggering opposing ice and fire energies that injured his arm and disrupted his Soul Power.
• Di Yao confronted Tang San, exposed his motive for seeking herbs, and told Dugu Bo not to kill him yet so he could watch.
• Di Yao identified the dangers of the Great Sun Blazing Grass and Golden Crow Vine, then revealed that his Jade Box held the finest herb and said it already bore the surname Di.
• A Soul Power fluctuation revealed that Xiao Wu was approaching, and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well began stimulating her hidden Soul Beast Origin.

Tang San tried to claim an Immortal Herb from Dugu Bo’s Herb Garden, but Di Yao stopped him and exposed his fear that Xiao Wu would be discovered. Tang San left without a herb, only for Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura to flare, leaving Di Yao aware of her presence.

• Tang San offered Dugu Bo a hidden weapon technique in exchange for an Immortal Herb, but Di Yao argued that Tang San was trying to exploit Dugu Bo’s lack of knowledge.
• Tang San used a Poison Smoke Pellet to reach for the Golden Crow Vine, but Di Yao burned away the smoke and blocked him with Great Sun Golden Flame.
• Di Yao warned that attacking would expose Xiao Wu, and Tang San stopped before he could use his Sleeve Arrows.
• Di Yao plucked a crimson-gold fruit from the Golden Crow Vine, while Tang San left the Herb Garden after Di Yao ordered Dugu Bo to let him go.
• Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura briefly surfaced beyond the poison mist, and Di Yao called out to Tang San as Tang San hurried to take her away.

Di Yao exposed Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, and Tang Hao arrived to break the standoff and help her escape. Di Yao secretly marked Xiao Wu with Great Sun Golden Flame, leaving Tang San and Tang Hao unable to remove the trace.

• Di Yao identified Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, and Tang San tried to protect her as the others prepared to capture her.
• Tang Hao arrived and clashed with Falling Devil Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Gui Mei, creating an opening for Tang San and Xiao Wu to flee.
• Di Yao secretly sent Great Sun Golden Flame into Xiao Wu's shadow, marking her as she escaped with Tang San and Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao examined Xiao Wu and found that he could not remove the faint Dark Gold Fire Intent from her shadow.
• Di Yao told Falling Devil Douluo that he had let them leave because Xiao Wu's aura remained and could lead them to more opportunities.

Tang Hao returned to Soul-Falling Slope to force Di Yao to remove the Sun Mark on Xiao Wu, but Di Yao used the clash to obtain a drop of Tang Hao’s blood. Di Yao planned to send word about Tang Hao, Xiao Wu, and Tang San to Heaven Dou.

• Tang Hao discovered that Di Yao had marked Xiao Wu’s shadow with fire intent that could reveal her location, and he left to confront Di Yao.
• Di Yao explained that he had deliberately marked Xiao Wu to lure Tang Hao back to Soul-Falling Slope.
• Tang Hao attacked the Herb Garden’s mountain wall, and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s backlash reopened his old wound.
• Di Yao collected Tang Hao’s blood in a Jade Bead while Tang Hao was distracted, then Tang Hao retreated under pressure from Falling Devil Douluo and Dugu Bo.
• Di Yao said Tang Hao’s blood could help trace the Clear Sky lineage and ordered Hu Liena to prepare letters about Tang Hao, Xiao Wu, and Tang San for Heaven Dou.

Di Yao sent three letters that tied Tang San to the Black Market Armament Case and pushed Spirit Hall, the Crown Prince's Mansion, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to investigate him. Tang San returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked Yu Xiaogang to alter the material records, while Xue Qinghe decided to invite Di Yao and use the case to investigate the academy's supply network.

• After Tang Hao escaped with Tang San and Xiao Wu, Di Yao chose not to pursue them and wrote letters to Spirit City, the Crown Prince's Mansion, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Di Yao's letters named Tang San a core affiliate of the Black Market Armament Case and urged the other factions to investigate related academy and commercial supply routes.
• At a temporary shelter, Tang San failed to remove the mark on Xiao Wu, then decided to return with her to the academy and ask Yu Xiaogang for help with the material records.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Di Yao had investigated Iron Furnace Town and White Stone Warehouse, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to alter the academy's records.
• Tang San concealed what had happened to Xiao Wu from Yu Xiaogang, creating unease between the teacher and student.
• After reading Di Yao's letter, Xue Qinghe refused to suppress the case and ordered his aide to invite Di Yao to discuss investigating the Royal Academy's supply network.

Di Yao negotiated with Xue Qinghe to use the Black Market Armament Case to restrict Tang San, investigate the Royal Academy, and pursue the people and supplies behind his hidden weapons. Xue Qinghe granted Di Yao access to the academy’s logistics warehouse, while both men treated Tang San as bait whose growing desperation might expose more valuable enemies.

• Di Yao asked Xue Qinghe to restrict Tang San’s movements and investigate the Royal Academy’s logistics warehouse under the Black Market Armament Case, while hiding Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Di Yao explained that keeping Xiao Wu alive could draw out Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Remnants, and other soul beasts, and Xue Qinghe agreed to use Tang San as bait.
• Xue Qinghe demanded the Noble Chamber of Commerce list from White Stone Warehouse, and Di Yao agreed to hand it over after he interrogated those connected to the armament case.
• Di Yao requested authority to examine every metal-material application from the Royal Academy’s past half year, predicting that Yu Xiaogang would alter Tang San’s records to conceal them.
• Xue Qinghe issued Di Yao a Crown Prince’s Mansion Investigation Warrant for the academy’s logistics warehouse, and Di Yao left to investigate.
• After Di Yao departed, Xue Qinghe told his aide that he would keep using Di Yao as a dangerous blade as long as he could control it.

Di Yao investigated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy logistics warehouse and exposed discrepancies in materials Yu Xiaogang had covered for Tang San. Tang San admitted he had taken the materials for hidden weapon research, leaving Yu Xiaogang’s involvement under scrutiny.

• Di Yao arrived at the academy with an investigation warrant and demanded records of special materials, including Yu Xiaogang’s applications.
• Di Yao had the warehouse’s leftover materials weighed, revealing that far less Refined Iron and Red Vein Steel remained than the accounts suggested.
• Di Yao placed a recovered Soul-Breaking Crossbow beside the accounts and challenged Yu Xiaogang to explain the materials’ connection to the weapon.
• Yu Xiaogang denied making the crossbow, while Di Yao pointed out that he had covered Tang San’s accounts and the Crown Prince’s Mansion official ordered the ledgers sealed.
• Tang San admitted that he had taken the materials for hidden weapon research and insisted Yu Xiaogang had nothing to do with it.

Tang San admitted taking the academy materials to shield Yu Xiaogang, but Di Yao used the admission to demand his Hidden Weapon records and tie him to the Black Market Armament Case. After ordering the accounts sealed and restricting Tang San from leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Di Yao noticed Xiao Wu's mark move and turned his attention to her.

• Tang San claimed he had taken the materials for Hidden Weapon research and said Yu Xiaogang did not know their purpose.
• Di Yao presented evidence linking the materials to Iron Furnace Town, White Stone Warehouse, a Grey Pigeon Message, and a Soul-Breaking Crossbow, while Tang San denied involvement in each.
• Di Yao demanded Tang San's Hidden Weapon blueprints and research records, arguing that Tang San had to explain how he used the materials.
• Di Yao ordered Hu Liena to seal the related accounts, investigate Yu Xiaogang's applications, include Tang San's materials in the Black Market Armament Case, and keep Tang San at the academy.
• Di Yao noticed that Xiao Wu's mark had moved and said he would see how Tang San protected her.

Di Yao tracked Xiao Wu to the academy’s back mountain and confronted Tang San, who admitted he had always known she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form. When Di Yao demanded Xiao Wu surrender, Tang San invoked the protective Clear Sky Hammer Seal left by Tang Hao.

• Di Yao used his Dark Gold Fire Intent to locate Xiao Wu and ordered the academy’s gates and back mountain sealed.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to help him take Xiao Wu away, and Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San was hiding the truth about her.
• Tang San admitted to Yu Xiaogang that he had always known Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and refused to abandon her.
• Di Yao arrived with Hu Liena and Spirit Hall Deacons, declared Xiao Wu would be placed under Spirit Hall supervision, and gave Tang San three breaths to surrender her.
• Tang San activated the protective Hammer Seal Tang Hao had left him, summoning a Clear Sky Hammer phantom as Di Yao watched.

Di Yao used Tang Hao’s preserved blood to weaken Tang San’s protective Clear Sky Hammer Seal, then Falling Devil Douluo blocked its remaining force and Di Yao burned the seal away. With Tang San’s trump card gone and Xiao Wu exposed as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Transformation, Di Yao ordered the Back Mountain sealed and left Xiao Wu to choose while Tang Hao sensed the seal’s destruction from afar.

• Tang San released Tang Hao’s protective Hammer Seal and tried to use it to stop Di Yao from taking Xiao Wu, exposing that Tang Hao had secretly left him Title-level power within the academy.
• Di Yao burned Tang Hao’s preserved blood to disrupt the seal’s connection to Tang San, then Falling Devil Douluo struck the weakened seal with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Di Yao used Great Sun Golden Flame to burn away the seal’s remaining aura, leaving Tang San injured and his strongest lifesaving trump card destroyed.
• Di Yao told Xiao Wu that her aura had been exposed and the Sun Mark had locked onto her, then ordered his allies to detain bystanders and seal off Back Mountain.
• Di Yao announced that they would deal with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Transformation, while Tang Hao sensed that his protective seal had shattered from far outside Heaven Dou City.

After Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was exposed, Di Yao let her choose between being sent to Spirit City or held as evidence under Spirit Hall surveillance. She chose surveillance and accepted the Sun Lock Seal, while Tang Hao approached Heaven Dou City.

• Di Yao offered Xiao Wu immediate transport to Spirit City or temporary detention on Spirit Hall’s High-Value Surveillance List, and Xiao Wu chose detention to protect Tang San.
• Hu Liena recorded the joint Spirit Hall and Crown Prince’s Mansion decision to spare Xiao Wu for now and hold her as evidence in Tang San’s Black Market Armament Case.
• Di Yao placed the Sun Lock Seal on Xiao Wu, suppressing her Soul Beast aura and allowing him to track her within the surveillance range.
• Hu Liena’s people took Xiao Wu away as she urged Tang San not to act rashly, leaving him unable to stop her.
• Falling Devil Douluo sensed Tang Hao approaching, and Di Yao ordered the others not to pursue him and to wait for him to arrive.

Tang Hao stormed Heaven Dou Royal Academy to rescue Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Di Yao and several allies blocked his escape routes. Tang Hao fled with Tang San while Xiao Wu remained behind, and Di Yao ordered the case closed.

• Xue Qinghe sealed the western road to the imperial city, while Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and the other factions moved to contain Tang Hao and protect the academy.
• Tang Hao arrived and demanded that Di Yao remove Xiao Wu’s Sun Lock Seal, but Di Yao refused and Falling Devil Douluo confronted him.
• Chen Xin stabilized the academy’s defenses as Dugu Bo and Gui Mei blocked Tang Hao’s routes, while Hu Liena warned that forcibly taking Xiao Wu would trigger the seal and expose her.
• Tang Hao broke through the defenses and seized Tang San, but left Xiao Wu behind to avoid exposing her identity.
• Tang Hao escaped from Heaven Dou Academy with Tang San, and Di Yao told Hu Liena to close the case.

After Tang Hao rescued Tang San from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Di Yao kept Xiao Wu alive as bait and evidence rather than taking her to Spirit City. Tang San resolved to enter Slaughter City, while Di Yao refined the Fusang Red Heart Lotus at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and prepared to seek his fourth spirit ring.

• Di Yao placed Xiao Wu on Spirit Hall's High-Value Surveillance List and assigned Gui Mei to guard her in the Heaven Dou Spirit Hall Branch Secret Prison.
• Tang Hao stopped Tang San from returning to rescue Xiao Wu, and Tang San decided to go to Slaughter City to grow stronger and kill Di Yao.
• Di Yao went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Hu Liena and Dugu Bo and swallowed the Fusang Red Heart Lotus.
• Di Yao condensed the lotus's power into a Sun Origin Seed while suppressing his Soul Power breakthrough.
• Di Yao told Hu Liena that he had succeeded and was ready to find his fourth spirit ring.

Di Yao connected three ancient records to the Sun Ancient Ruins deep in the Star Dou Forest and planned to seek a domain-forming fourth spirit ring there. He left Spirit City with Hu Liena, Ghost Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo as Tang Hao took Tang San toward Slaughter City.

• Di Yao's Sun Origin Seed reacted to the damaged words “Fusang withers, the sun sinks,” convincing him that the Sun Ancient Ruins existed in the Star Dou Forest.
• Di Yao told Hu Liena he wanted to fuse his fourth spirit ring, Sun Origin Seed, and Demon Emperor Di Jun Martial Soul into a domain prototype using the ruins' remaining Sun Origin.
• Di Yao learned from Gui Mei's letter that Tang Hao had taken Tang San away from Heaven Dou and inferred that they were headed for Slaughter City.
• Di Yao arranged for Hu Liena, Ghost Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo to accompany him, left a letter for Bibi Dong, and ordered Gui Mei to keep Xiao Wu alive.
• Di Yao and his companions departed Spirit City for the Star Dou Forest, while Falling Devil Douluo warned that he would only protect Di Yao if they encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Di Yao used Xiao Wu and Star Dou Forest as bait to draw Tang San and the forest’s powerful soul beasts into his plans. As Er Ming and Da Ming confronted Di Yao’s group, Xiao Wu remained imprisoned, shaken by what her relationship with Tang San meant to her.

• Gui Mei told Xiao Wu that Di Yao had gone to Star Dou Forest to seek a fourth spirit ring and was using her to bait Da Ming, Er Ming, and Tang San.
• Gui Mei revealed that Di Yao wanted to kill the life bound to Tang San, and urged Xiao Wu not to see herself only as someone Tang San had to rescue.
• Xiao Wu learned that Tang San was in Slaughter City to save her and defeat Di Yao, leaving her both moved and afraid of what he might become.
• Di Yao explained to Hu Liena that he had reminded Xiao Wu to think for herself, hoping to crack Tang San’s conviction and emotional support.
• Di Yao’s group was surrounded by Star Dou soul beasts, and Er Ming and Da Ming appeared in response to his call.

Di Yao negotiated with Da Ming and Er Ming for access to the Sun Ancient Ruins, using Xiao Wu’s safety and the Seal-Unbinding Method as leverage. At the ruins, his Sun Origin Seed awakened the ancient site, and a Three-Legged Divine Bird remnant soul recognized him as its king.

• Er Ming demanded that Di Yao hand over Xiao Wu, but Di Yao warned that killing him would cause her transformation aura to expose her to Spirit City’s Title Douluo.
• Di Yao offered Da Ming half of the Seal-Unbinding Method and negotiated permission to enter the Sun Ancient Ruins for his fourth spirit ring.
• Di Yao told Da Ming and Er Ming that Tang San had entered Slaughter City, then followed Da Ming deeper into the Star Dou Forest with Hu Liena and Falling Devil Douluo.
• Da Ming led the group to the charred Sun Ancient Ruins and warned Di Yao that the site was a land of death.
• Di Yao’s Sun Origin Seed awakened the ruins and summoned his martial soul, prompting a Three-Legged Divine Bird remnant soul to appear and address him as “Your Majesty.”

Di Yao accepted the Golden Crow Remnant Soul’s sacrifice, gaining a dark-gold fourth spirit ring as the God Realm’s divine senses tried to interfere. He emerged with the Great Sun Patrols the Sky domain, while the remnant soul’s plea to break the God Realm’s blockade remained tied to his future path.

• The Golden Crow Remnant Soul recognized Di Yao as the successor to the Sun’s authority and showed him a vision of the God Realm dividing and suppressing the ancient Sun Authority.
• The Golden Crow Remnant Soul offered to sacrifice itself if Di Yao would one day break the God Realm’s blockade, and Di Yao accepted its request.
• The Golden Crow Remnant Soul fused with Di Yao, reforging his body as Hu Liena and Falling Devil Douluo watched over him.
• Asura, Rakshasa, and Angel divine senses entered Di Yao’s consciousness, but his Demon Emperor Manifestation and Great Sun Golden Flame forced them out.
• Di Yao completed the sacrifice and gained a dark-gold fourth spirit ring and the Great Sun Patrols the Sky domain.

Di Yao emerged from the Sun Ancient Ruins with a fourth spirit ring, Great Sun Patrols the Sky, and rejected the Divine Positions watched over by the God Realm. As he prepared to return to Spirit City, he left Xiao Wu’s fate dependent on her own choice, while Tang San vowed to escape Slaughter City and take revenge.

• Di Yao awakened Great Sun Patrols the Sky, a dark gold domain born from his fourth spirit ring and the Sun Origin Seed.
• Di Yao negotiated with Da Ming and Er Ming to loosen one layer of Xiao Wu’s seal, promising she could choose whether to leave with Tang San or return to Star Dou.
• Asura, Rakshasa, and Angel Divine Senses watched Di Yao, and he burned away a wisp of Rakshasa’s presence with his domain.
• Di Yao told Hu Liena and Falling Devil Douluo that he would inherit no Divine Position and wanted the gods to acknowledge the Sun’s path above them.
• Da Ming chose to wait for Tang San to emerge from Slaughter City and for Xiao Wu to make her own choice.
• Tang San survived an arena battle in Slaughter City and vowed to escape, return, and stain Di Yao’s sun with blood.