Chapter Summaries

Tang Yuehua and Luo Nan arranged dignified, paid work for the Speed Clan at Moonlight Pavilion, rescuing Bai He’s clan from hardship. More than half a year later, Tang Yuehua went into labor, and Luo Nan anxiously waited outside the delivery room as she cried out in pain.

• Tang Yuehua told Bai He that Moonlight Pavilion would hire Speed Clan members to deliver confidential letters and intelligence instead of giving the clan money outright.
• Bai He accepted the offer, promised the Speed Clan’s loyalty, and left with a contract to finalize and half a year of salary in advance.
• Tang Yuehua thanked Luo Nan for helping Bai He preserve his dignity and for solving Moonlight Pavilion’s intelligence-delivery needs.
• More than half a year later, Tang Yuehua went into labor at Moonlight Pavilion while Luo Nan paced anxiously outside the delivery room.
• Tang Yuehua cried out in pain, and a maid stopped Luo Nan from entering because his presence could affect Ye Ci’s work.

Tang Yuehua safely gave birth to Luo Nan’s son, and Luo Nan celebrated by entrusting the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to Ye Ci to strengthen the newborn. The birth brought gifts and royal attention to Moonlight Pavilion, while the upper three sects continued to suffer under Luo Nan’s power.

• Tang Yuehua gave birth to a healthy boy, and Luo Nan took the infant in his arms with joy.
• Luo Nan gave Ye Ci the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and asked her to refine it to build his son’s foundation.
• News of the birth spread through Heaven Dou City, and nobles flooded Moonlight Pavilion with lavish gifts to curry favor with Luo Nan.
• Xue Ye sent Crown Prince Xue Qinghe with royal gifts and an offer to win Luo Nan over, while Bai He and the Speed Clan managed Moonlight Pavilion’s messages and security.
• The Clear Sky Sect endured humiliation after its envoys were beaten and expelled, while the weakened Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect faced the aftermath of Yu Xiaotian’s public defeat by Luo Nan.

Ning Fengzhi struggled with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s humiliation by Luo Nan, then decided to seek an alliance with the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect against him. He sent scouts to locate the Clear Sky Sect and invited Yu Xiaotian to secret talks, leaving a plot to destroy Luo Nan underway.

• Ning Fengzhi reviewed reports of Luo Nan’s growing influence and discussed with Chen Xin why their sect could not confront him directly.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled that Moonlight Pavilion had crippled a Clear Sky Sect elder and concluded that Luo Nan had made enemies of all three Upper Three Sects.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that the three sects join forces against Luo Nan, and Chen Xin questioned whether the alliance was possible.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered scouts to locate the Clear Sky Sect’s hiding place and invite Yu Xiaotian to secret deliberations about Luo Nan’s life and death.

Ning Fengzhi invited Yu Xiaotian to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and proposed an alliance against Luo Nan. He revealed that Luo Nan had also humiliated the Clear Sky Sect and suggested recruiting it to bring three Titled Douluo against him, leaving Yu Xiaotian considering the plan.

• Yu Xiaotian arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with two elders and demanded to hear Ning Fengzhi's proposal concerning Luo Nan.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Yu Xiaotian to set aside their differences and unite against Luo Nan, but Yu Xiaotian rejected the idea, citing the sect's weakness and Ning Fengzhi's defeat in Star Dou Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Yu Xiaotian from leaving and revealed that Luo Nan had broken the limbs of a Clear Sky Sect elder and his attendants at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed finding the Clear Sky Sect and enlisting Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to join the fight against Luo Nan.
• Yu Xiaotian was shocked by the prospect of joining forces with the Clear Sky Sect and considered how powerful their combined forces would be.

Ning Fengzhi persuaded Yu Xiaotian to join a scheme against Luo Nan, though the plan depended on securing the Clear Sky Sect’s cooperation. Unaware of the full conspiracy, Luo Nan treasured time with Tang Yuehua and their infant son while planning to visit the Nine Dragons Mountain Range.

• Ning Fengzhi whispered a detailed plan to Yu Xiaotian that targeted Luo Nan, his family, and Moonlight Pavilion, promising the spoils to their three sects.
• Yu Xiaotian agreed to cooperate if Ning Fengzhi first persuaded the Clear Sky Sect to join, and the two sect leaders sealed their agreement.
• Yu Xiaotian left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with two elders before dawn after bargaining with Ning Fengzhi over the plan’s details and rewards.
• Luo Nan played with his infant son at Moonlight Pavilion and dismissed the Upper Three Sects’ plotting as no threat to his family.
• Luo Nan told Tang Yuehua he planned to stay home for several more months before traveling to the Nine Dragons Mountain Range near the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.

Luo Nan prepared to search the Nine Dragons Mountain Range for a Thunder Dragon or lightning-related immortal herbs to strengthen himself and his son, while the Speed Clan gathered intelligence on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect. At the Clear Sky Sect, Ning Fengzhi stirred the elders’ anger against Luo Nan, setting the stage for an alliance.

• Luo Nan told Tang Yuehua that a Thunder Dragon might dwell in the Nine Dragons Mountain Range and that he intended to obtain its soul ring and Spirit Bone for his strength and their son’s future.
• Tang Yuehua supported Luo Nan’s plan after he promised to return safely, and Luo Nan spent the next few months cultivating and preparing.
• Luo Nan ordered Bai He to use the Speed Clan’s elites to monitor the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, whose activities began to reveal a hidden conspiracy.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao and the elders questioned Ning Fengzhi’s purpose.
• Ning Fengzhi accused Luo Nan of publicly humiliating Clear Sky Sect disciples, provoking the elders’ fury as he sought to draw them to his side.

Ning Fengzhi offered to fund Clear Sky Sect and share Luo Nan’s wealth in exchange for an alliance against him. Tang Xiao agreed conditionally, demanding that Tang Hao return to the sect before Clear Sky Sect joined the fight.

• Ning Fengzhi promised to cover Clear Sky Sect’s expenses and divide Moonlight Pavilion’s assets and Luo Nan’s treasures among their three sects.
• The elders favored Ning Fengzhi’s offer, while Tang Xiao struggled with the truth that he had arranged Tang Yuehua’s union with Luo Nan.
• Tang Xiao agreed to cooperate but argued that defeating Luo Nan required more powerful fighters.
• Tang Xiao demanded that Tang Hao return to Clear Sky Sect as a condition for joining the alliance.
• The Seventh Elder and other elders protested Tang Hao’s return, but they gradually accepted Tang Xiao’s proposal for the sect’s sake.

Ning Fengzhi secured the Clear Sky Sect's cooperation and began targeting Moonlight Pavilion, while Tang Yuehua and Bai He realized the Upper Three Sects were preparing a trap for Luo Nan. Luo Nan emerged from seclusion, ordered the Speed Clan to monitor Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, and declared that Ning Fengzhi was the one he found most disgusting.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed with Tang Xiao to find Tang Hao in exchange for the Clear Sky Sect's cooperation and promised supplies, then left the sect's council hall with Chen Xin.
• Bai He told Tang Yuehua that Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin had secretly visited the Clear Sky Sect and that masked men were harassing Moonlight Pavilion's caravans.
• Tang Yuehua concluded that Ning Fengzhi had joined the Upper Three Sects and was provoking Luo Nan to leave Moonlight Pavilion so they could ambush him.
• Luo Nan emerged from seclusion, ordered Bai He to keep the Speed Clan vigilant and track Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, and said the Upper Three Sects posed little threat but Ning Fengzhi was disgusting.

Luo Nan planned to lure the Upper Three Sects into attacking a shipment of Moonlight Pavilion’s treasures, while keeping his own role hidden. The bait reached Yu Xiaotian, who prepared to act on the supposedly reliable information.

• Luo Nan identified Ning Fengzhi as the force behind the Upper Three Sects’ alliance and ordered Bai He to monitor him and investigate the sect’s trade routes.
• Luo Nan told Tang Yuehua to spread word of a valuable shipment and arrange for it to leave Heaven Dou City at night, guarded by hired Soul Sages and carrying genuine treasures.
• Tang Yuehua asked whether Luo Nan would personally deal with the attackers, but he said someone else would act on their behalf.
• Moonlight Pavilion circulated detailed rumors that Tang Yuehua would transport cultivation resources, suspected Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, and intelligence about Spirit Hall’s deployments.
• Yu Xiaotian received the report at a Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect hideout and declared the information reliable.

Yu Xiaotian ignored the agreement with Ning Fengzhi and led the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect to ambush Moonlight Pavilion’s caravan in Fallen Soul Valley, hoping to seize its treasures and restore his sect. He confronted the convoy with his forces, but the chapter ended before the caravan responded.

• Yu Xiaotian rejected an elder’s suggestion to inform the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and ordered an ambush for the shipment.
• Yu Xiaotian and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s forces waited in hiding at Fallen Soul Valley for Moonlight Pavilion’s caravan.
• The caravan entered the valley with dozens of guards and five Soul Sages escorting it.
• Yu Xiaotian led the attack, surrounded the caravan, demanded a toll, and released his eight Soul Rings.

Yu Xiaotian and his men tried to rob a caravan, but its guards fled under orders from Moonlight Pavilion, leaving the cargo behind. A hidden Dugu Bo emerged from the carriage and revealed himself as a level ninety-four Titled Douluo, leaving Yu Xiaotian terrified.

• Yu Xiaotian and two other Soul Douluo revealed their power, prompting the five hired Soul Sages and the rest of the caravan guards to abandon the goods and flee.
• Yu Xiaotian dismissed the possibility of a trap and led his men toward the carriages to search for Spirit Bones and other spoils.
• A voice from the luxurious carriage mocked the robbers, and a white-haired old man stepped out.
• The old man released his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor martial soul and nine soul rings, revealing his level ninety-four strength.
• Yu Xiaotian recognized the old man as Dugu Bo and cried out in terror.

Dugu Bo revealed that Luo Nan had set a trap for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s attackers and slaughtered Yu Xiaotian’s men. He captured Yu Xiaotian alive and left to bring him to Luo Nan.

• Yu Xiaotian recognized Dugu Bo as Moonlight Pavilion’s hidden enforcer and realized Luo Nan had lured the attackers into a trap.
• Dugu Bo refused Yu Xiaotian’s pleas and unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, killing the two Soul Douluo elders and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect elites with poison.
• Yu Xiaotian transformed into a thunder dragon and charged Dugu Bo, who struck him down and left him badly injured.
• Dugu Bo knocked Yu Xiaotian unconscious and carried him away alive.
• Dugu Bo saw that the caravan’s supposed treasures were ordinary rocks before disappearing into the night with Yu Xiaotian.

Dugu Bo brought the captured Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect master Yu Xiaotian to Luo Nan, who mocked and beat him for condemning the trap used against the Upper Three Sects. Luo Nan ordered Dugu Bo to send Yu Xiaotian’s severed finger to the sect and demand half its Heaven Dou Empire mines and properties, plus five million Gold Soul Coins.

• Dugu Bo returned from Fallen Soul Valley with Yu Xiaotian, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect master, and reported his capture to Luo Nan.
• Luo Nan woke Yu Xiaotian and mocked him for calling the trap despicable after the Upper Three Sects had harassed Moonlight Pavilion’s caravans and plotted against him.
• Yu Xiaotian defended the Upper Three Sects as agents of justice, and Luo Nan struck him again and called them hypocrites.
• Luo Nan ordered Dugu Bo to cut off Yu Xiaotian’s right index finger and send it with a message to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s outpost near Heaven Dou City.
• Luo Nan demanded half the sect’s mines and properties in the Heaven Dou Empire and five million Gold Soul Coins, threatening to kill Yu Xiaotian if the sect refused.

Dugu Bo tortured Yu Xiaotian and sent his severed finger and a ransom demand to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, whose elders turned to Ning Fengzhi for help. Ning Fengzhi promised to negotiate, but privately dismissed Yu Xiaotian as useless and worried that Dugu Bo’s poison made Luo Nan too dangerous to confront.

• Dugu Bo dragged Yu Xiaotian from the secret chamber after torturing him, leaving Yu Xiaotian to regret provoking Luo Nan.
• A blood-soaked box containing Yu Xiaotian’s severed finger and a ransom letter arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s stronghold, prompting its elder to rush back and report the crisis.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s elders asked Ning Fengzhi to save Yu Xiaotian and said Luo Nan demanded half the sect’s assets and five million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Fengzhi promised to negotiate with Moonlight Pavilion, then privately condemned Yu Xiaotian and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect as useless.
• Chen Xin warned Ning Fengzhi that Dugu Bo’s poison could devastate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi agreed that Luo Nan’s trap was a warning against rash action.

Ning Fengzhi stalled on helping the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect while seeking Tang Hao as an ally. When the sect received no support and Yu Xiaotian remained Luo Nan’s captive, Yu Tianci went to Moonlight Pavilion with treasures to negotiate and sent for Yu Luomian to take charge.

• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin to delay negotiations and revealed that Tang Hao had been located in a remote village in Fasnuo Province.
• Yu Tianci learned that Ning Fengzhi had made no move to negotiate with Luo Nan and accused him of abandoning the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.
• Yu Tianci decided to negotiate with Luo Nan himself to secure Yu Xiaotian’s release.
• Yu Tianci sent a disciple to bring Yu Luomian back to oversee the sect during the crisis.
• Yu Tianci took rare treasures and several attendants to Moonlight Pavilion and asked its guards to announce his visit.

Yu Tianci visited Moonlight Pavilion with lavish gifts to negotiate for the release of Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect Master Yu Xiaotian. Luo Nan accepted the gifts but kept Yu Tianci under pressure, leaving the negotiation only just beginning.

• A maid escorted Yu Tianci and his four attendants to a lavish reception room in Moonlight Pavilion.
• Luo Nan and Tang Yuehua arrived, and Yu Tianci bowed nervously before them.
• Yu Tianci presented rare spirit herbs, ores, and Gold Soul Coins as local specialties from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.
• Luo Nan accepted the gifts but stayed silent, while Yu Tianci grew increasingly anxious.
• Yu Tianci admitted that Yu Xiaotian had secretly led people to rob a Moonlight Pavilion caravan and said the sect was shocked and disgraced by his actions.

Luo Nan demanded that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect cede territory and pay reparations in exchange for Yu Xiaotian’s release, giving Yu Tianci three days to meet his terms. After Yu Tianci left to await Yu Luomian’s return, Luo Nan told Tang Yuehua that he would release Yu Xiaotian only if the sect offered enough benefits.

• Luo Nan rejected Yu Tianci’s attempt to blame Yu Xiaotian alone and demanded territory and reparations from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.
• Yu Tianci learned that Yu Xiaotian was alive and promised to prepare an offer, while Luo Nan gave him three days to comply.
• Yu Tianci left Moonlight Pavilion shaken and planned to wait for Yu Luomian, whom he trusted to negotiate a suitable compensation plan.
• Tang Yuehua worried that releasing Yu Xiaotian would invite future trouble, but Luo Nan said he would trade Yu Xiaotian’s release for sufficient benefits.

Luo Nan demanded the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect surrender its valuable assets to ransom Yu Xiaotian and planned to threaten Ning Fengzhi with Dugu Bo’s poison. After a brief domestic interlude with Tang Yuehua, Yu Luomian returned to a hidden stronghold and learned the full extent of the sect’s losses.

• Luo Nan told Tang Yuehua he would seize the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s businesses and mines, and explained why the sect was unlikely to retaliate.
• Luo Nan planned to send Dugu Bo near the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to release poison as a warning to Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang Yuehua suggested that she and Luo Nan have a daughter, and Luo Nan carried her to their inner chamber.
• Yu Luomian arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s hidden stronghold and demanded an account of the disaster.
• Yu Tianci recounted Yu Xiaotian’s failed attack on the Moonlight Pavilion Caravan, the deaths and capture at Fallen Soul Valley, and the concessions he had made to Luo Nan.

Yu Luomian condemned Yu Tianci and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect elders for trusting Ning Fengzhi and losing their strongest fighters, then ordered the sect to surrender its assets to appease Luo Nan and save Yu Xiaotian. He left no doubt that he considered Luo Nan far more dangerous than Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin.

• Yu Luomian berated Yu Tianci for joining Ning Fengzhi against Luo Nan and blamed the sect’s losses on being used as cannon fodder.
• Yu Luomian warned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect’s losses could leave it vulnerable to the Lower Four Sects and Spirit Hall.
• Yu Tianci begged Yu Luomian to find a way to meet Luo Nan’s three-day deadline and rescue Yu Xiaotian.
• Yu Luomian decided the sect must hand over its Heaven Dou Empire businesses, mines, shops, auction-house shares, and control of high-level Soul Master Academies.
• Yu Luomian told Yu Tianci to surrender any other demanded treasures or Spirit Bones and declared Luo Nan more terrifying than Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin combined.

Yu Luomian persuaded Yu Tianci to surrender the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect's Heaven Dou City businesses to Luo Nan rather than risk the sect's destruction. The brothers prepared the deeds and contracts and personally brought two chests to Moonlight Pavilion.

• Yu Luomian warned Yu Tianci that Dugu Bo could poison the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect's headquarters, convincing him to prioritize the sect's survival over its wealth.
• Yu Luomian ordered the Heaven Dou City outpost to gather every business deed and contract and sent a trusted disciple to report his decision to the sect elders.
• Yu Luomian explained that surrendering their interests could turn Luo Nan against Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, giving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect a chance to recover later.
• Yu Tianci agreed to hand over all the businesses, despite grieving over the loss of the sect's century-old holdings.
• Yu Luomian and Yu Tianci arrived at Moonlight Pavilion carrying two heavy rosewood chests.