Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ce, Liu Erlong, and Ye Yingling collected their auction proceeds and offered their Sunset Forest spoils for sale before heading to the Mercenary Guild. There, Jiang Ce spotted Tang Yuehua and decided she had the potential to become his student, leaving her intrigued by him as the trio continued on.

• Jiang Ce, Liu Erlong, and Ye Yingling went to the Heaven Dou City Auction House, where Liu Erlong collected 4.3 million Gold Soul Coins and a gift of Whale Glue.
• Liu Erlong consigned their Soul Bones, Soul Beast materials, herbs, ores, and Soul Tools, and the manager granted them a Black Gold Card after learning how valuable their goods were.
• Ye Yingling and Liu Erlong discussed how to spend their earnings as the trio crossed toward the Mercenary Guild.
• Jiang Ce recognized Tang Yuehua, learned she had a Noble Ring Martial Soul and could not cultivate, and decided she had potential as a warrior and student.
• Liu Erlong suggested they register a mercenary group and meet Tang Yuehua later, while Tang Yuehua watched Jiang Ce leave and wondered about him.

Jiang Ce recruited Tang Yuehua into the Anti-Magic Ninja Mercenary Group, granting her a powerful Venom Symbiote and a way to split off a clone so she could continue running Moonlight Pavilion. He left with Tang Yuehua’s main body, while her clone stayed behind and began a coercive training session with him.

• Liu Erlong registered the Anti-Magic Ninja Mercenary Group and accepted several high-level commissions, prompting Blood Wolf and Poison Scorpion to plan an ambush for her and Jiang Ce.
• Jiang Ce’s group confronted Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion, where a Venom Symbiote bonded with her and gave her combat power equivalent to a Soul Douluo.
• Jiang Ce told Tang Yuehua how Immortal Herbs could repair her Martial Soul, then brought her into the Anti-Magic Ninja Mercenary Group as his student.
• Jiang Ce taught Tang Yuehua the Fission Soul Skill, and she created a second body so a clone could remain at Moonlight Pavilion while her original body traveled with him.
• Jiang Ce left with Liu Erlong, Ye Yingling, and Tang Yuehua’s main body, while Tang Yuehua’s clone stayed behind and was bound by his tentacles for a training session involving Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.

Jiang Ce, Liu Erlong, Ye Yingling, and Tang Yuehua left Heaven Dou City for the Star Dou Great Forest, where Liu Erlong slaughtered mercenaries who ambushed them. The group continued toward a Soul Beast worthy of Liu Erlong’s sixth Soul Ring, with Jiang Ce hoping to find a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

• Blood Wolf and Poison Scorpion learned that Liu Erlong and two women had left the city without Jiang Ce, so they gathered their mercenaries to ambush them.
• Liu Erlong exposed the ambush outside the east gate and tore off Blood Wolf’s arms, shattered his kneecaps, and incapacitated him.
• Liu Erlong killed the mercenaries while Tang Yuehua froze at the sight of the bloodshed and felt sensations from her other body.
• Liu Erlong used Venom to kill Blood Wolf, looted the mercenaries, and burned their bodies and the blood-soaked ground.
• Jiang Ce, Liu Erlong, Ye Yingling, and Tang Yuehua continued toward the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Liu Erlong’s sixth Soul Ring, with Jiang Ce favoring a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Jiang Ce helped Tang Yuehua turn Moonlight Pavilion into an intelligence network and gave her the confidence to stand up to exploitative business partners. She established the network’s first priorities in Heaven Dou City and ended the chapter asking Jiang Ce for a reward.

• Jiang Ce explained how Tang Yuehua could use Moonlight Pavilion and her Noble Ring ability to gather intelligence, then rewrote the memories of her two Soul Sage guards so they would serve her.
• Tang Yuehua ordered the steward to enforce fair contracts, reject bad-faith offers, and refuse a banquet invitation from the Liu Family heir who had tried to force her to sell land.
• Tang Yuehua planned an intelligence network, recruiting vetted mercenaries and training promising students while Jiang Ce advised her to start with Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Yuehua and her team screened potential recruits, sent the guards to investigate mercenary information channels, and chose noble circles, business guild activity, and mercenary missions as the network’s first priorities.
• Tang Yuehua told Jiang Ce she wanted to be on top, and Jiang Ce told her to get on top and freeze herself.

Tang Yuehua used her newfound power to manage Moonlight Pavilion while Jiang Ce recovered by consuming Soul Beast corpses. When Liu Ren threatened the pavilion over a land dispute, Jiang Ce reminded her that she could confront him with strength, and they set out for North City.

• Jiang Ce consumed a batch of Soul Beast corpses and recovered to thirty-five thousand years, restoring Tang Yuehua's Soul Power to level nine but not fixing her Martial Soul.
• Tang Yuehua learned that Liu Ren had demanded Moonlight Pavilion surrender its North City land or face a supply blockade from the Liu Family and allied trading houses.
• Tang Yuehua investigated Liu Ren's allies and learned that the Liu Family secretly fenced goods for poaching mercenaries in Soul Hunting Forest.
• Tang Yuehua planned to have Tang Jiu steal the Liu Family's ledger and use copies to pressure Liu Ren while avoiding a direct conflict with the North City Chamber of Commerce.
• Jiang Ce reminded Tang Yuehua that her new power let her crush opponents instead of relying only on schemes, and she went with him to North City.

Tang Yuehua used her enhanced Noble Ring and Jiang Ce’s Symbiote power to seize control of the Liu Family’s criminal network and its poaching mercenaries. After forcing the North City Chamber of Commerce to sign agreements with Moonlight Pavilion, she embraced her growing appetite for power and chose another target.

• Tang Yuehua and Tang Jiu broke into the Liu estate, where Tang Yuehua subdued Liu Ren’s Soul Emperor retainers and exposed the Liu Family’s poaching records.
• Tang Yuehua used Memory Override to make Liu Ren her obedient servant, while arranging for Liu Yi to take his seat and the Liu Family’s supply channels to pass to Moonlight Pavilion.
• At an abandoned kiln, Tang Yuehua and Tang Jiu and Tang Shi defeated a poaching mercenary band, and Tang Yuehua rewrote the loyalty of more than thirty members.
• Tang Yuehua presented the ledger to the North City Chamber of Commerce and used the Noble Ring to pressure the merchants into signing contracts that opened their supply channels to Moonlight Pavilion.
• After leaving the meeting with the signed contracts, Tang Yuehua told Jiang Ce she wanted to keep going and selected her next target.

Tang Yuehua trained with Moon God Silk and mastered using invisible threads to control and kill Soul Beasts, while Ye Yingling and Liu Erlong fought in their own styles. After Jiang Ce advanced to seventy thousand years and Liu Erlong reached level sixty, a bear’s roar drew Liu Erlong deeper into the forest as they continued searching for a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

• Jiang Ce trained Tang Yuehua against Soul Beasts, and she used Moon God Silk to defeat her first opponent and later control and kill stronger beasts.
• Tang Yuehua developed her technique until she could command ten invisible threads and make one Soul Beast fight another.
• Ye Yingling fought as a mobile artillery platform, blasting Soul Beasts while using her staff to repel ambushers.
• Liu Erlong killed a fifty-thousand-year-old Red Armor Earth Dragon and searched its lair for valuables, finding only a few Soul Bones and other items.
• Jiang Ce advanced to seventy thousand years, and Liu Erlong reached level sixty as they continued searching for a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• A powerful bear’s roar sounded deep in the forest, and Liu Erlong raced toward it.

Liu Erlong used Jiang Ce’s fivefold Independent Multiplier and her stacked enhancements to reach a fiftyfold boost, then overwhelmed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in battle. After the bear was badly injured and appeared to surrender, it suddenly attacked her again.

• Liu Erlong confronted the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear after it killed a ninety-thousand-year-old Purple Lightning Wild Thunder Python.
• Liu Erlong stacked her Soul Skills, dragon wings, Heart of the Earth, and Jiang Ce’s multiplier to raise her all-attribute boost to fifty times.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear unleashed its Dark Gold Terrorclaw, but Liu Erlong caught two slashes and used them to wound it.
• Liu Erlong fought the bear with her fists, overpowering it until it backed away in fear.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear knelt as if begging for mercy, then abruptly swung its right paw at Liu Erlong.

Liu Erlong killed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, then absorbed its black Soul Ring and dark gold External Soul Bone, gaining a defensive Soul Skill and Dragon Beast Nemesis claws. Jiang Ce devoured the bear and its severed arms, and the pair prepared to leave the forest.

• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear ambushed Liu Erlong, but she blocked its attack, tore off both its arms, and beat it to the brink of death.
• Liu Erlong crushed the bear’s head, killing it, then sat down to refine its black Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong gained Shield of Courage, a Soul Skill that boosted all attributes by 100% while her courage held and its shield remained intact.
• Liu Erlong absorbed the bear’s dark gold External Soul Bone and gained Dragon Beast Nemesis claws that ignored dragon defenses.
• Jiang Ce teased Liu Erlong before devouring the bear and its severed arms, gaining four thousand years of cultivation while Liu Erlong received soul power feedback.

After Liu Erlong defeated the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Jiang Ce used Venom to lure Zi Ji and secretly attach a watcher to her. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion encountered the group, glimpsed visions of other worlds through Jiang Ce’s tentacle, and joined them on their way to Heaven Dou City.

• Ye Yingling and Tang Yuehua fell out of a tree after Jiang Ce’s vibration mode startled them, and they praised Liu Erlong’s victory over the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Zi Ji arrived at the battlefield, recognized the newborn Dragon King bloodline in Liu Erlong, and decided to report it to Di Tian, unaware Venom had attached itself to her shoe.
• Jiang Ce told Liu Erlong that Venom would track Zi Ji and eventually seep beneath her dragon scales.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion emerged from the bushes, asked about Zi Ji and the strange Dragon Might, and touched Jiang Ce’s tentacle.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion saw visions of powerful beings and worlds beyond Douluo Continent, then climbed onto Liu Erlong’s shoulder and agreed to travel with them to Heaven Dou City.

The Scarlet King lost the Imperial Auspicious Beast after she tricked it into playing hide-and-seek, and Di Tian discovered that she was with the human Zi JI had reported. Di Tian and Zi JI left to find her while the other Ferocious Beasts stayed behind.

• The Scarlet King searched the forest for the missing Imperial Auspicious Beast after she concealed her aura with her Power of Destiny.
• Zi JI told Di Tian that the human had a newly awakened Dragon King bloodline and unusual abilities that could strengthen her.
• The Scarlet King confessed that the Auspicious Beast had disappeared, and Xiong Jun blamed it while Bi Ji and the Ten Thousand Demon King urged the others to focus on finding her.
• Di Tian used his Mental Power to locate the Auspicious Beast and learned she was with the human.
• Di Tian ordered the other Ferocious Beasts to stay in the Core Circle and watch the Ice Silkworm, then left with Zi JI to search for the Auspicious Beast.

Jiang Ce’s Black Latex Suit enhanced the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and persuaded her to stay with him, prompting Di Tian and Zi Ji to confront the humans. As Zi Ji demanded that Jiang Ce release the Auspicious Beast, he appeared beside her and threatened to stick to her instead.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion discovered that Jiang Ce’s suit had increased her abilities fivefold and refused to leave him.
• Jiang Ce realized he had copied the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s abilities, including her Imperial Auspicious Beast powers and a trace of Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• Di Tian and Zi Ji arrived, and Di Tian demanded that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion return to the Core Area.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion defended her choice to leave and told Di Tian she wanted to see the outside world.
• Jiang Ce mocked Di Tian, angering Zi Ji, who demanded that he get off the Auspicious Beast.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion blocked Zi Ji from attacking the humans, and Jiang Ce suddenly spoke beside Zi Ji, threatening to stick to her.

Jiang Ce used the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Golden Dragon King bloodline to transform into a demigod-level Golden Dragon King and overwhelm Di Tian. After absorbing Zi JI and threatening Di Tian, Jiang Ce called on the Silver Dragon King as a silver-white radiance appeared in the sky.

• Jiang Ce’s venom spread through Zi JI, and Di Tian failed to remove it from her body.
• Jiang Ce persuaded the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to help him, then combined her bloodline with the powers of Liu Erlong, Ye Yingling, and Tang Yuehua to manifest the Golden Dragon King.
• The Golden Dragon King’s domain suppressed Di Tian and reduced him to his true form before Jiang Ce struck him into a crater.
• Jiang Ce absorbed Zi JI into the Golden Dragon King, increasing its power, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion threatened Di Tian to let her go out and play.
• Jiang Ce called out to the Silver Dragon King, and silver-white radiance appeared in the sky.

Jiang Ce offered the Silver Dragon King power and urged her to unite with him against the Divine Realm instead of dwelling on whether humans and Soul Beasts could coexist. The chapter ended with him asking whether she would keep waiting or join his cause.

• Jiang Ce offered the Silver Dragon King a place on his team and promised to help heal her and restore the Dragon God's power.
• The Silver Dragon King accepted the Venom Symbiote, which amplified her attributes fivefold and astonished her with its potential.
• The Silver Dragon King asked Jiang Ce what he thought of humans and Soul Beasts, and he argued that the Divine Realm was their true enemy.
• Jiang Ce claimed his human and Soul Beast allies had chosen a third path based on becoming powerful enough to answer to no one, though Zi JI objected that she had been dragged there.
• Jiang Ce offered the Silver Dragon King revenge, power, and a throne uniting all powers, then asked whether she would join him or keep waiting.

Jiang Ce persuaded Gu Yuena to focus on growing stronger against the Divine Realm, then helped her fuse with the Golden Dragon King and recover. The Imperial Auspicious Beast split into two, allowing one to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, while Zi JI objected to the Venom suits.

• Jiang Ce's speech convinced Gu Yuena that the Divine Realm was the Soul Beasts' true enemy and led her to agree to a partnership.
• Gu Yuena fused with the Golden Dragon King, healed her old wound, and restored her divine consciousness and core.
• Gu Yuena thanked the Imperial Auspicious Beast for helping her recover, and the beast asked to visit the human world.
• Jiang Ce showed the Imperial Auspicious Beast how to divide herself; she split into two, and Gu Yuena allowed one to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zi JI complained about the tight-fitting Black Latex Suit, drawing everyone's attention to her.

Jiang Ce persuaded the Silver Dragon King to organize the Soul Beasts and proposed uniting them with humanity to achieve plane ascension. His plan awakened Gu Yuena’s memories of the Dragon God, prompting her to accuse Jiang Ce of repeating the Dragon God’s mistakes.

• Zi JI endured Jiang Ce teasing her through the Black Silk Bodysuit while Gu Yuena asked about his plans to counterattack the Divine Realm.
• Jiang Ce explained that humanity’s organization and rapid growth gave it an advantage over Soul Beasts, then urged Gu Yuena to unite and manage her followers.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to fortify the Core Area and open its resources, while Zi JI gathered the outer-region Soul Beasts under her command.
• Jiang Ce revealed his plan to unite humanity and Soul Beasts, awaken the plane’s will, create a Life Ancient Tree, and achieve plane ascension.
• Gu Yuena recalled that the Dragon God had forbidden Soul Beasts from becoming gods and accused Jiang Ce of repeating the Dragon God’s mistakes; Jiang Ce insisted the Dragon God had been wrong.

Jiang Ce persuaded Gu Yuena that the Dragon God’s ban on Soul Beasts becoming gods had been meant to protect them, and they agreed to unite Soul Beasts and humanity. Later, Tang Hao tried to take a dish Liu Erlong had ordered, and she punched him after he threatened her.

• Jiang Ce explained the Dragon God’s past and urged Gu Yuena to unite the Soul Beasts while he united humanity; Gu Yuena agreed.
• Jiang Ce told Liu Erlong and the others that they would need a new platform to balance human growth with protecting powerful Soul Beasts.
• Liu Erlong’s group stopped at a town outside the Star Dou Great Forest and ordered a meal at a hotel.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao arrived with Ah Yin, and Tang Hao tried to claim the last serving of the dish Liu Erlong had ordered.
• Ah Yin apologized for the men, but Tang Hao and Tang Xiao threatened Liu Erlong, so she punched Tang Hao and sent him flying.

Liu Erlong defeated Tang Hao and Tang Xiao in front of the hotel crowd, revealing that she was a teenage Soul Emperor with an extraordinary Ten Thousand Year fourth ring. After humiliating the Clear Sky Twins, she named herself and walked back toward the hotel, where someone offered to treat her to Heaven Snow Spirit Soup.

• Tang Hao charged Liu Erlong after she sent him flying, but she kicked Tang Xiao into him and knocked both brothers down.
• Liu Erlong revealed her six Soul Rings and challenged Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to fight her together, despite Ah Yin urging them to apologize and end the dispute.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao attacked Liu Erlong with their Clear Sky Hammers, but she caught Tang Hao’s hammer barehanded and blocked Tang Xiao’s strike.
• The brothers activated Clear Sky True Body, but Liu Erlong knocked Tang Xiao and his hammer away, leaving a fist mark on the weapon and forcing the brothers to give up.
• Liu Erlong identified herself as Liu Erlong and returned toward the hotel while Tang Yuehua, Ye Yinling, and the onlookers watched; someone offered her Heaven Snow Spirit Soup.

Liu Erlong took Ah Yin to a private room while Tang Yuehua, disguised as a masked Control System Soul Master, defeated Tang Hao and secretly copied the Clear Sky Sect's techniques. Tang Hao and Tang Xiao left, and Liu Erlong hinted that she knew Ah Yin was the Blue Silver Emperor.

• Liu Erlong threatened to expose Ah Yin's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast identity and led her toward the hotel, prompting Tang Hao to attack.
• Tang Yuehua used a chain of control skills to evade Tang Hao, then stopped him even after he activated Clear Sky True Body and Explode Ring, causing him to collapse.
• Tang Yuehua healed Tang Hao and secretly used Memory Copy to obtain the Clear Sky Sect's secret techniques before he woke.
• Tang Xiao led Tang Hao away as the crowd discussed the masked woman's abilities, while Tang Yuehua watched them go and heard Jiang Ce tease her.
• Liu Erlong paid the waiter for the damage and brought Ah Yin to a private room, where she called her the Blue Silver Emperor and warned her not to expose her identity.

Jiang Ce bonded Ah Yin to the Venom Symbiote, concealing her identity and greatly increasing her strength, and she agreed to join his group. As the group shared food and joked together, news of the Clear Sky Twins’ defeat spread through the hotel.

• Jiang Ce revealed himself to Ah Yin, warned her about the Clear Sky Sect’s powerful relatives, and offered to conceal her aura and give her power.
• Ah Yin agreed to Jiang Ce’s offer, and the Venom Symbiote transformed her clothes and gave her enhanced abilities and disguises.
• Ah Yin watched Tang Yuehua blush over her sparring match with her brother while the Imperial Auspicious Beast ate and declared she would not return to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Jiang Ce fed Ah Yin Heaven Snow Spirit Soup and teased her about feeding him next time, while Liu Erlong, Ye Yingling, and Tang Yuehua joked that she had joined their group.
• People in the hotel lobby continued gossiping about the Clear Sky Twins’ defeat and the fighters with Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings as their fourth rings.