Chapter Summaries

Song Ye defended the Blacksmith Association from Hu Liena and Yan, then accepted Yan’s challenge to settle their dispute in a one-move duel. Yan attacked with his third Soul Skill, Hellfire, while Song Ye waited with one hand behind his back.

• Song Ye shattered an incoming Soul Power attack with his flames and stopped Dugu Yan and Bai Chenxiang from fighting Hu Liena and Yan.
• Song Ye revealed his purple, purple, and black Soul Rings, warned Hu Liena’s group to leave, and declared that the Blacksmith Association was under Tiancheng Sect’s protection.
• Hu Liena recognized that her group could not win, but Yan ignored her orders and challenged Song Ye to a duel for the weapon blueprints.
• Song Ye agreed that each would use one move and promised Yan the blueprints if Yan could withstand his attack.
• Yan called Song Ye arrogant and unleashed his third Soul Skill, Hellfire.

Song Ye effortlessly defeated Yan and drove Hu Liena’s group away, securing the Blacksmith Association’s place in Tiancheng Sect. He warned Lou Gao that Spirit Hall would return and told the association to prepare to relocate.

• Yan unleashed his third Soul Skill against Song Ye, but Song Ye calmly caused the flames to explode before they reached him.
• Song Ye struck Yan with a small fireball, burning through his defenses and leaving him grievously injured.
• Hu Liena admitted defeat, warned Song Ye that Spirit Hall would respond, and left with Yan.
• Lou Gao questioned Song Ye about his Soul Rings, and Song Ye promised to explain Tiancheng Sect and his circumstances later.
• Song Ye urged Lou Gao to relocate the Blacksmith Association before Spirit Hall returned with greater forces, possibly including a Title Douluo.

Song Ye arranged for the Blacksmith Association to relocate with their families and traveled with Dugu Bo toward Heaven Dou City to secure land. Passing through Star Luo City, they rescued Zhu Zhuqing from two assassins, leaving her injured but recovering after Song Ye gave her a medicinal herb.

• Song Ye promised the Gengxin City blacksmiths housing and living expenses, and Lou Gao reported that one thousand blacksmiths and their families were ready to relocate.
• Dugu Bo advised Song Ye to buy land west of Heaven Dou City and seek Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's help, so Song Ye assigned Bai He to escort the blacksmiths while he traveled with Dugu Bo.
• Bibi Dong returned to Spirit Hall to support Song Ye and prevent Spirit Hall from acting against the Blacksmith Association.
• Song Ye and Dugu Bo passed through Star Luo City, where they saw a nine-year-old girl with a black cat Martial Soul fleeing two masked Soul Masters.
• Dugu Bo killed the assassins, and Song Ye caught the wounded girl, gave her a detoxifying spirit herb, and learned her name was Zhu Zhuqing.

Song Ye persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to leave the Star Luo Empire and join the Tiancheng Sect, using Dugu Bo’s Title Douluo power to prove the sect’s strength. Zhu Zhuqing agreed, and Song Ye prepared to take her with him as he dealt with other matters.

• Song Ye explained that Zhu Zhuqing’s family and her sister would keep threatening her, and urged her to leave the Star Luo Empire to survive and grow stronger.
• Song Ye introduced himself as the Tiancheng Sect Master and offered Zhu Zhuqing a place in his sect, while she questioned whether it could be trusted.
• Song Ye called for Dugu Bo, who revealed all nine Soul Rings and convinced Zhu Zhuqing that the sect had a genuine Title Douluo.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to join the Tiancheng Sect so she could escape her family’s reach.
• Song Ye welcomed Zhu Zhuqing and said she would travel with him while he handled some matters.

Song Ye brought Zhu Zhuqing to Heaven Dou City and began arranging land and construction for his sect. Dugu Bo went to ask Qian Renxue for help buying land, and she learned that Song Ye was in Heaven Dou City.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Song Ye's offer to join his sect and traveled with him and Dugu Bo to Heaven Dou City.
• Song Ye and Dugu Bo discussed buying land and building accommodations for the sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing, anxious in her unfamiliar surroundings, asked to sleep in Song Ye's room, and he slept on the floor while she stayed there.
• Qian Renxue recalled her painful feelings about Bibi Dong and Song Ye, then learned Dugu Bo had come to see her.
• Dugu Bo told Qian Renxue that Song Ye wanted to buy land on the Heaven Dou Plain, and Qian Renxue recognized the name.

Song Ye met Qian Renxue, who recognized him as Bibi Dong’s adopted son, while he sought to buy land and establish a faction. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong reprimanded Hu Liena over the failed mission, then prepared to reveal a new way for her to approach Song Ye.

• Dugu Bo confirmed to Qian Renxue that his young friend Song Ye was around ten years old, and she went with him to meet Song Ye.
• Qian Renxue and Song Ye recognized each other but pretended to meet for the first time, then entered Dugu Bo’s residence to discuss the land purchase.
• Bibi Dong reprimanded Hu Liena for failing to secure the Blacksmith Association and the weapon-making methods, while privately feeling pleased that Song Ye had obtained them.
• Hu Liena blamed herself and described Bibi Dong’s supposed plan to mass-produce special weapons and conquer the world, which Bibi Dong accepted as her own plan.
• Bibi Dong decided that Hu Liena could approach Song Ye through a new method and said they would have to use that move to obtain the weapon-making methods.

Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to pose as an expelled disciple and infiltrate Song Ye’s circle to obtain Spirit Hall’s weapon-making methods. Meanwhile, Song Ye and Qian Renxue finalized a land purchase agreement, and Qian Renxue began questioning him about his family and connection to Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong persuaded Hu Liena to sacrifice herself by approaching Song Ye under the guise of a Spirit Hall exile and promised to make her the next Saintess if the plan succeeded.
• Song Ye and Qian Renxue signed documents for the Tiancheng Sect to purchase land on credit, with Song Ye insisting on paying interest.
• Qian Renxue was impressed by Song Ye’s mature business judgment and suspected Bibi Dong had trained him as a future Pope.
• Qian Renxue’s resentment over Bibi Dong’s treatment of her intensified, but she restrained herself from attacking Song Ye.
• When Song Ye tried to end their meeting, Qian Renxue asked where his parents came from and watched his reaction to learn more about his relationship with Bibi Dong.

Song Ye deflected Qian Renxue’s probing questions about Bibi Dong, then organized construction and recruitment for his new base. After the Blacksmith Association and the Speed Clan arrived in Heaven Dou City, Tiancheng Sect was officially established.

• Qian Renxue questioned Song Ye about his mother, and he concealed Bibi Dong’s status while wondering why Qian Renxue was so interested.
• Qian Renxue admitted she had been thinking of her own mother, then left after confirming Song Ye’s bond with Bibi Dong and learning about her condition.
• Song Ye told Dugu Bo to return to Gengxin City to protect the Blacksmith Association and coordinate with Bai He while he handled preparations in Heaven Dou City.
• Song Ye hired construction crews and built a village large enough to house six thousand people within about half a month.
• The Blacksmith Association arrived in Heaven Dou City, Bai He led the Speed Clan there, and Tiancheng Sect was officially established.

Song Ye welcomed Lou Gao, Dugu Bo, Bai He, and their six thousand followers into Tiancheng Sect, then convened its leaders to plan the sect’s future. He revealed his weapon designs and production strategy, and Lou Gao eagerly pledged himself to forging them.

• Song Ye welcomed the Blacksmith Association, the Speed Clan, and their families to Tiancheng Sect and assigned them places to live.
• Song Ye told Dugu Bo and Bai He that he planned to recruit the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan next.
• Song Ye gathered Lou Gao, Dugu Bo, Bai He, and Bibi Dong for a meeting about the sect’s development.
• Song Ye unveiled weapon blueprints, gunpowder formulas, and firearms, then explained his plans for four generations of weapons.
• Lou Gao praised Song Ye’s designs and vowed to forge future Soul Tools and become the first blacksmith in Soul Tool history.

Song Ye outlined Tiancheng Sect’s recruitment and combat-power plans, then proposed using renewable resources to help Bai He become a Title Douluo. Bai He struggled to believe Song Ye would spend rare treasures on him, while Song Ye insisted the sect needed powerful allies during its early development.

• Song Ye set a minimum fivefold profit margin for weapon sales and named the Defense Clan as Tiancheng Sect’s next recruitment target, followed by the Breaking Clan and the three Elemental Academies.
• Bai He agreed that recruiting the Defense Clan could help persuade the Breaking Clan, while Song Ye rejected recruiting Tai Tan because of his loyalty to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Song Ye said Tiancheng Sect needed more Title Douluo-level fighters and proposed helping Bai He break through, despite Bai He’s rank 84 cultivation and limited potential.
• Song Ye revealed that his Martial Soul could produce recorded resources, including Immortal Herbs, and proposed a medicinal solution using Bai He’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Thirty-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.
• Bai He worried that using such rare resources on him would be wasteful, but Song Ye said he needed high-level combat power quickly and would give the younger generation better resources later.

Song Ye’s medicinal liquid evolved Bai He’s Martial Soul and raised him to level 90, bringing him to the threshold of becoming Tiancheng Sect’s second Title Douluo. The chapter ended with Song Ye asking Bibi Dong about her progress with Soul Cores, unaware that she was already a Title Douluo.

• Bai He accepted Song Ye’s offer to help him become a Title Douluo, while Song Ye promised to raise Bibi Dong and several talented youths in the future.
• Song Ye assigned Dugu Bo to establish Tiancheng Weapon Shops and Lou Gao to organize weapon production through the Blacksmith Association.
• After absorbing Song Ye’s medicinal liquid, Bai He reached level 90 and his Martial Soul evolved into the Wind Spirit Swift.
• Song Ye told Dugu Bo to take Bai He to hunt a ninth Soul Ring of at least seventy thousand years, and Bai He vowed to serve Tiancheng Sect.
• Song Ye asked Bibi Dong whether she had made progress exploring Soul Cores, and she realized that admitting her progress could reveal she was already a Title Douluo.

Song Ye’s group tested Bai He’s evolved Martial Soul while Bibi Dong considered completing her Soul Core and sharing her knowledge with Dugu Bo and Bai He. At Notting Academy, Yu Xiaogang deceived Tang San with a fabricated story about Bibi Dong and claimed that running laps would let him cultivate his Twin Martial Souls.

• Bibi Dong said Soul Core condensation was difficult and offered to share her experience with Dugu Bo and Bai He when she was ready.
• Bai He tested his evolved Martial Soul, whose changed Soul Skills now had offensive power, and Bai Chenxiang celebrated his prospects.
• Song Ye planned to raise his Soul Power to level 40 while Bai He and Dugu Bo prepared to hunt Soul Rings.
• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang about his broken legs and doubted the Twin Martial Souls Cultivation Method Yu Xiaogang claimed to have obtained.
• Yu Xiaogang falsely blamed Spirit Hall for his injuries and told Tang San that weighted lap-running would strengthen his body enough to absorb Soul Rings with his second Martial Soul.
• Tang San chose to believe Yu Xiaogang, who privately admitted he had invented the method because he knew no other way to keep Tang San by his side.

Bai He returned to the Tiancheng Sect as a level 91 Title Douluo and pledged himself to Song Ye, while the sect’s businesses and weapons production advanced. Hu Liena then came seeking refuge, but Song Ye accused her of being a spy and ordered her to leave, prompting her to offer herself to persuade him to let her stay.

• Bai He returned to the Tiancheng Sect with a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring, reached level 91, and pledged to serve Song Ye as the Wind Swallow Douluo.
• Dugu Bo reported that Dugu Yan’s Tiancheng Weapon Shop was earning over ten thousand gold coins daily with help from Xue Qinghe, and Lou Gao said the Blacksmith Association had arranged production of Hidden Weapons.
• Song Ye told Dugu Bo not to involve the crown prince further and noted that his own cultivation had reached level 35.
• Dugu Bo brought Hu Liena to Song Ye, and she claimed Spirit Hall had expelled her after two failed missions and asked to join the Tiancheng Sect.
• Song Ye accused Hu Liena of carrying out Bibi Dong’s infiltration scheme and told her to leave or risk being held as a hostage.
• Hu Liena insisted she was telling the truth and offered Song Ye anything, even her body, if he let her stay.

Song Ye agreed to let Hu Liena stay at Tiancheng Sect while Bibi Dong came to share her Soul Core Condensation Method. Dugu Bo and Bai He condensed Soul Cores and grew stronger, with Dugu Bo binding his Jade Phosphor Snake Poison to his core.

• Song Ye agreed to let Hu Liena stay at Tiancheng Sect but barred her from approaching the production line.
• Bibi Dong reflected on Hu Liena's mission and her own newly condensed Soul Core, then planned to teach the method to Dugu Bo and Bai He.
• Bibi Dong visited Tiancheng Sect and shared her Soul Core Condensation Method with Dugu Bo and Bai He.
• Dugu Bo and Bai He condensed Soul Cores after two days and each advanced one level.
• Dugu Bo reached level 93 and bound his Jade Phosphor Snake Poison to his Soul Core, declaring that he could now face Chrysanthemum Guan.