Chapter Summaries

Luo Nan summoned his mysterious Dark Demon Dragon martial soul and severely wounded Beast God Di Tian with its Dark Heaven-Ripping Claw. Knowing he could not defeat Di Tian and fearing his Dragon God Claw, Luo Nan fled toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest.

• Luo Nan and the Golden Sacred Dragon drove Di Tian back, but Di Tian retaliated with Dark Annihilation and wounded Luo Nan.
• Luo Nan summoned the Dark Demon Dragon and struck Di Tian with the Dark Heaven-Ripping Claw, tearing open his scales and inflicting deep wounds.
• Di Tian was shocked by the Dark Demon Dragon's superior bloodline aura and screamed in pain from the attack.
• Luo Nan and the Golden Sacred Dragon hit Di Tian with the Ninth soul skill, Firmament True Dragon Wave.
• Luo Nan withdrew his martial soul and fled the Star Dou Forest before Di Tian could use the Dragon God Claw.

After Luo Nan escaped Di Tian, the injured Beast God returned to the Land of Great Evil and told Gu Yuena about Luo Nan’s powers. Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to enter the human world and find Luo Nan, whose Dragon King auras and mysterious martial soul might hold secrets vital to the Dragon Clan.

• Luo Nan fled more than a hundred kilometers from Di Tian before stopping to catch his breath.
• Di Tian returned wounded to the Land of Great Evil, shocking Xiong Jun, King of Ten Thousand Demons, and Bi Ji.
• Di Tian told Gu Yuena that Luo Nan had killed the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape and wielded the auras of several powerful dragon martial souls.
• Gu Yuena focused on Di Tian’s report that Luo Nan carried the auras of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to investigate Luo Nan’s background and find the source of his dragon powers.

Di Tian recovered from his wounds and left the Star Dou Forest to pursue Luo Nan, who had escaped into a hidden mountain cave. While checking his gains from the forest, Luo Nan discovered that absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s spirit ring and bone had not increased his Soul Power beyond level ninety-four.

• Bi Ji healed Di Tian and heard his orders to guard the Land of Great Evil and replace Da Ming and Er Ming at its entrance.
• Di Tian left the Star Dou Forest and set out to hunt down Luo Nan.
• Luo Nan hid in a mountain cave after fleeing the Star Dou Forest and began restoring his exhausted Soul Power.
• Luo Nan checked his level and found that the Titan Giant Ape’s spirit ring had not raised his Soul Power beyond level ninety-four.
• Luo Nan summoned the Dark Demon Dragon and confirmed that it had absorbed the spirit ring and gained a soul skill, but the expected Soul Power feedback was gone.

Luo Nan questioned the Dark Demon Dragon’s mysterious power, then set aside his doubts and cultivated until he recovered his strength. Confident in his status as a top fighter, he decided to return to Heaven Dou City and reunite with Yue Hua.

• Luo Nan compared the Dark Demon Dragon with the Golden Sacred Dragon and sensed that the Dark Demon Dragon was superior in bloodline and life level.
• Luo Nan wondered why the Dark Demon Dragon had consumed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring’s energy without returning it, then resolved to investigate the mystery later.
• Luo Nan cultivated in the cave until he restored his Soul Power to its peak.
• Luo Nan recalled wounding Di Tian in their battle and assessed himself as stronger than Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and Tang Chen.
• Luo Nan remembered that he had been away from Heaven Dou City for over a month and decided to return to Yue Hua at Moonlight Pavilion.

After learning in the Balak Kingdom that Qian Xunji had died and Bibi Dong had succeeded him as Pope, Luo Nan hurried toward Heaven Dou City. Less than fifty miles from home, a hidden, dangerous aura appeared ahead and stopped him.

• Luo Nan learned that he had wandered near the Balak Kingdom and planned to fly back to Heaven Dou City.
• At an inn, Luo Nan heard that Spirit Hall had announced Qian Xunji’s death and Bibi Dong’s succession as Pope.
• Luo Nan concluded that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji and delayed announcing his death until she secured control of Spirit Hall.
• Luo Nan flew toward Heaven Dou City for two days, but a concealed aura locked onto him less than fifty miles from the city.
• Luo Nan stopped in midair and sensed a tall, noble figure standing on a hill ahead.

Bibi Dong intercepted Luo Nan outside Heaven Dou City and demanded that he pay for beating and insulting Yu Xiaogang. Luo Nan refused to apologize and challenged her, prompting Bibi Dong to unleash her Martial Soul Avatar.

• Bibi Dong confronted Luo Nan and accused him of injuring Yu Xiaogang and insulting his Martial Soul theories.
• Bibi Dong threatened to cripple Luo Nan and force him to kneel and apologize to Yu Xiaogang.
• Luo Nan recognized Bibi Dong as Spirit Hall's new Pope and questioned why she had left to pursue him over Yu Xiaogang.
• Luo Nan dismissed Yu Xiaogang's theories, refused to apologize, and told Bibi Dong to fight him.
• Bibi Dong transformed her lower body into a huge purple-black spider and began summoning her soul rings.

Bibi Dong confronted Luo Nan to avenge Yu Xiaogang, but he overwhelmed her with his Golden Sacred Dragon and revealed that he knew about her Rakshasa God Trial. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong stunned and demanding to know how he had discovered her secret.

• Bibi Dong challenged Luo Nan, confident that her level ninety cultivation and Death Spider Emperor could defeat him.
• Bibi Dong attacked with her Vampire Spider Thorn, but Luo Nan's Golden Sacred Dragon purified the poisonous thorns.
• Luo Nan revealed his level ninety-four cultivation and two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, shocking Bibi Dong.
• Luo Nan struck Bibi Dong with the Golden Sacred Dragon's claw, badly injuring her and sending her crashing into a hill.
• Luo Nan mocked Bibi Dong's weakness and mentioned her Rakshasa God Trial, leaving her horrified and asking how he knew.

Luo Nan defeated Bibi Dong’s confidence by challenging her faith in Yu Xiaogang, then returned to Heaven Dou City and reunited with Tang Yuehua. Bibi Dong was left wondering how she could fulfill the Rakshasa God’s trial to conquer him.

• Luo Nan mocked Bibi Dong’s belief in Yu Xiaogang and pointed to his evolved Golden Sacred Dragon as proof that Yu Xiaogang’s theories had failed.
• Bibi Dong’s confidence collapsed, and she realized she could not overpower Luo Nan despite her Rakshasa God Second Trial requiring her to conquer him within five years.
• Luo Nan left Bibi Dong in the ruins and flew back to Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Yuehua recognized Luo Nan during her etiquette lesson, rushed into his arms, and tearfully reproached him for being away without sending word.
• Luo Nan dismissed Tang Yuehua’s students, locked the classroom door, and carried her toward the lounge couch.

Luo Nan and Tang Yuehua discussed having a child, while Bibi Dong planned to uncover Luo Nan’s weaknesses so she could conquer him within five years. A year after their wedding, Tang Yuehua’s cultivation and appearance had transformed, and the chapter ended with maids talking in Moonlight Pavilion.

• Tang Yuehua asked Luo Nan when they should have a child, and he told her they would let nature take its course and cherish their child.
• Bibi Dong recalled Luo Nan’s strength and resolved to find another way to conquer him before her five-year trial deadline.
• Bibi Dong ordered two subordinates to investigate every detail about Luo Nan and the people around him.
• A year after their wedding, Luo Nan spent his time with Tang Yuehua and cultivating in Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Yuehua’s Immortal Herb raised her to rank twenty-four, and her body and appearance became more youthful.
• Several maids spoke in hushed tones in Moonlight Pavilion’s first-floor hall.

Dugu Bo brought his granddaughter Dugu Yan to Moonlight Pavilion to thank Luo Nan for saving their family from the Green Phosphorus Snake Emperor Poison and pledge his loyalty. Luo Nan accepted him and assigned him to guard the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Dugu Bo swore to defend the place with his life.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived at Moonlight Pavilion, and the maid hurried to summon Luo Nan after learning Dugu Bo's identity.
• Dugu Bo bowed to Luo Nan and thanked him for the guidance that had helped him and Dugu Yan seal their poison in Spirit Bones; Dugu Bo had reached rank ninety-two.
• Dugu Bo pledged his life and allegiance to Luo Nan, who accepted him as one of his own.
• Luo Nan ordered Dugu Bo to guard the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and kill anyone who trespassed without permission.
• Dugu Bo knelt and swore that, while he lived, no one would harm the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Luo Nan advised Dugu Bo to leave Dugu Yan at Moonlight Pavilion for her education and guided her toward a cultivation path beyond poison, prompting Dugu Bo to make Luo Nan her teacher. After Dugu Bo left to prepare for her move, Luo Nan and Tang Yuehua returned to their private quarters.

• Luo Nan urged Dugu Bo to let Dugu Yan study at Moonlight Pavilion instead of raising her in Sunset Forest.
• Luo Nan proposed developing Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul's speed, flexibility, and elemental control, with the possibility of guiding it toward a beneficial mutation.
• Dugu Bo accepted Luo Nan's guidance and had Dugu Yan kneel and name Luo Nan her teacher.
• Dugu Bo left Moonlight Pavilion to prepare for Dugu Yan's move the next morning, while Tang Yuehua praised Luo Nan for gaining his trust.
• Luo Nan explained Dugu Bo's gratitude to Tang Yuehua, then carried her upstairs to tell her a story.

Luo Nan reunited with Ye Ci, the previous heir of the Nine-Heart Begonia who had once saved his life. Near death and unable to protect her granddaughter Ye Lingling, Ye Ci asked Luo Nan to take her in, and he agreed to honor his debt.

• Luo Nan welcomed Dugu Yan and Ye Ci into Moonlight Pavilion, then recognized Ye Ci as the woman who had healed his mortal wounds years earlier.
• Ye Ci introduced her granddaughter Ye Lingling as the only Nine-Heart Begonia heir of her generation and asked Luo Nan to shelter her.
• Ye Ci explained that Ye Lingling's parents had disappeared in the core region of the Star Dou Forest and that her own failing health left her unable to protect the girl.
• Ye Ci warned that the Nine-Heart Begonia heir would attract dangerous attention and pleaded with Luo Nan to take Ye Lingling in.
• Luo Nan stopped Ye Ci from kneeling and vowed to repay her life-saving kindness by protecting Ye Lingling.

Ye Ci entrusted Ye Lingling to Luo Nan and Tang Yuehua, then accepted their invitation to live at Moonlight Pavilion. Meanwhile, Beast God Di Tian entered Heaven Dou City, tracked Luo Nan to Moonlight Pavilion, and set out to confront him.

• Luo Nan and Tang Yuehua promised to protect Ye Lingling, and Ye Ci agreed to let her live at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Luo Nan invited Ye Ci to stay with them, and she accepted so she could remain close to Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling, Ye Ci, and Dugu Yan became residents of Moonlight Pavilion.
• Di Tian arrived in Heaven Dou City after gathering information about Luo Nan and used his spiritual power to search for him.
• Di Tian located Luo Nan at Moonlight Pavilion and headed there, determined to uncover the secret behind him.

Luo Nan encountered Di Tian outside Moonlight Pavilion and sent Tang Yuehua, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ye Ci to safety before drawing the Beast God away from Heaven Dou City. The two met on a deserted plain, where Di Tian confronted Luo Nan.

• Tang Yuehua planned to take Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to a tailor and get clothes for Ye Ci as Luo Nan prepared to visit Sunset Forest.
• Luo Nan recognized Di Tian outside Moonlight Pavilion and ordered Tang Yuehua to take the others out of the city.
• Tang Yuehua led Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ye Ci through the rear entrance while Di Tian watched without interfering.
• Luo Nan flew to a deserted plain outside Heaven Dou City, and Di Tian followed him there.
• Di Tian appeared before Luo Nan and taunted him as Luo Nan unleashed his Soul Power.

After breaking through to level ninety-five, Luo Nan confronted Di Tian, who had followed him to Heaven Dou City to question him about his dragon martial souls. Luo Nan revealed that he had found the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s burial ground but refused to tell Di Tian where it was.

• Luo Nan displayed his nine spirit rings and challenged Di Tian, who dismissed him as too weak to threaten him.
• Di Tian said he had come to learn about Luo Nan’s Dark Demon Dragon and the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King auras within his Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Luo Nan explained that his second martial soul was the Dark Demon Dragon and that he had found the two Dragon Kings’ burial ground.
• Di Tian urgently demanded the burial ground’s location, but Luo Nan called it his private territory and refused to reveal it.

Luo Nan told Di Tian that his Golden Sacred Dragon had evolved from a piglet martial soul and asked why it could coexist with the much stronger Dark Demon Dragon. Di Tian proposed that the Dark Demon Dragon had evolved after devouring part of the Radiant Sacred Dragon’s origin, leaving the other soul weakened until it later awakened again.

• Di Tian offered Luo Nan Spirit Bones and treasures in exchange for the burial place of the two Dragon Kings, but Luo Nan redirected the conversation to his martial souls.
• Luo Nan claimed that his Golden Sacred Dragon began as a powerless piglet martial soul and evolved after absorbing rings from Spirit Beasts with Dragon Clan bloodlines.
• Luo Nan showed Di Tian the difference in strength between his Golden Sacred Dragon and Dark Demon Dragon, asking how such unequal martial souls could coexist.
• Di Tian theorized that Luo Nan originally carried a Golden Sacred Dragon and a Dark Sacred Dragon, and that the Dark Sacred Dragon devoured much of the Radiant Sacred Dragon’s origin before mutating into the Dark Demon Dragon.
• Di Tian concluded that the damaged Golden Sacred Dragon had first appeared as a piglet before a later stroke of fortune awakened its bloodline, leaving Luo Nan stunned as he reconsidered his past.

Di Tian questioned Luo Nan about the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s burial grounds, but Luo Nan denied promising to reveal their location. Di Tian attacked in fury, then stopped when Luo Nan threatened to take the secret with him if killed.

• Di Tian wondered how the Dark Demon Dragon and Golden Sacred Dragon could coexist within Luo Nan, and Luo Nan said he did not know and did not care as long as they served him.
• Di Tian demanded that Luo Nan reveal the burial grounds of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Luo Nan denied agreeing to trade the location for Di Tian’s answers and accused him of making that assumption himself.
• Di Tian summoned a massive black dragon claw and prepared to kill Luo Nan, while Luo Nan summoned his power and stood his ground.
• Luo Nan warned Di Tian that he was the only person who knew the burial grounds’ location, and Di Tian halted his attack less than ten meters above him.

Luo Nan forced Di Tian to postpone learning the location of the Ice and Fire Dragon King’s remains, and Di Tian left after accepting the deal. Luo Nan returned to Heaven Dou City, still wary that Di Tian might be watching him, and reunited with the anxious Tang Yuehua and the others.

• Di Tian withdrew his attack and demanded that Luo Nan reveal where the Dragon King's remains were buried.
• Luo Nan offered to keep the location as a bargaining chip for a future favor, and Di Tian agreed to wait.
• Di Tian vanished toward the Star Dou Forest, while Luo Nan worried he might still be secretly watching him and decided to avoid the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Luo Nan concealed his aura and returned to the private estate outside Heaven Dou City, where Tang Yuehua embraced him and checked that he was unharmed.

After resolving the alarm, Luo Nan visited Prince Xue Xing and asked for the Imperial Treasury’s defense deployment so he could target the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Prince Xue Xing agreed to help in exchange for Luo Nan openly supporting Xue Beng against Crown Prince Xue Qinghe when the time came.

• Luo Nan sent Tang Yuehua, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Senior Ye back into Heaven Dou City to shop while he went to meet someone.
• Prince Xue Xing welcomed Luo Nan to his mansion and dismissed everyone so they could speak privately.
• Luo Nan asked Prince Xue Xing to obtain the Imperial Treasury’s force deployment, and Prince Xue Xing realized he intended to steal the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Prince Xue Xing protested that helping would risk his life, then revealed he had been secretly supporting Xue Beng against Xue Qinghe.
• Prince Xue Xing asked Luo Nan to take his side openly when the conflict over the throne began.

Luo Nan refused Prince Xue Xing’s offer to personally join the Imperial Family’s succession struggle, but agreed to help secure Dugu Bo’s support in exchange for the Imperial Treasury’s deployment map. After studying the map, Luo Nan infiltrated Heaven Dou Palace and reached the Treasury, poised to exploit a brief guard-change blind spot.

• Luo Nan rejected Prince Xue Xing’s request to take the Imperial Family’s side but offered to persuade Dugu Bo to support Xue Beng in exchange for the deployment map.
• Prince Xue Xing accepted the deal and promised to deliver detailed Treasury intelligence the next morning.
• A courier delivered the deployment map to Luo Nan, who studied its detailed layouts, patrols, guard shifts, and passwords.
• Two nights later, Luo Nan entered Heaven Dou Palace and reached the Imperial Treasury by following the map.
• Luo Nan waited for the twenty-second blind spot during the Treasury guards’ shift change.