Chapter Summaries

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Dai Chengfeng prepared to leave for the Star Luo Empire with Ye Renxin, Ye Lingling, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan. His plans were interrupted when Li Zhizhao arrived in a ragged state with urgent news from Wu'an City.

• Qian Renxue wondered whether Dai Chengfeng would quietly accept the loss of Wu'an City, then decided to go see him herself.
• Dai Chengfeng and his companions arrived at the Ye Family Clinic, where Ye Renxin planned to withdraw Ye Lingling from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and gather supplies before their journey to Star Luo.
• Ye Lingling stayed with Ye Renxin to help him pack, while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan went to make their own preparations.
• Dai Chengfeng asked Zhu Fan to help Ye Renxin and waited alone outside the clinic, sensing that Qian Renxue had been watching him since he entered the city.
• Li Zhizhao rushed up to Dai Chengfeng in a ragged state, and Dai Chengfeng wondered whether Wu'an City had suffered a crisis.

Dai Chengfeng discovered that the messenger Li Zhizhao was actually Qian Renxue in disguise, but Zhu Yan’s letter was genuine and revealed that Dai Tian and Dai Xuan had seized control of Wu'an City and dismantled Dai Chengfeng’s Imperial Guards. He suppressed his anger in front of Qian Renxue and said he would return soon, while deciding that his response would come sooner than planned.

• Dai Chengfeng used Sumeru Mustard Seed to see through Li Zhizhao’s disguise and recognized Qian Renxue, who pretended to bring grave news from Wu'an City.
• Qian Renxue handed Dai Chengfeng a letter that proved genuine through Zhu Yan’s handwriting and their private traditional Chinese-character password.
• Dai Chengfeng read that Dai Tian had installed Dai Xuan as Wu'an City’s lord and transferred Zhu Yan to Wu Ping City as a centurion.
• Dai Chengfeng learned that his one thousand Imperial Guards had been disbanded and conscripted as laborers, and he crushed the letter in fury.
• Dai Chengfeng regained his composure, told Qian Renxue to inform Zhu Yan that he would return soon, and walked into the Ye Family Clinic.

Qian Renxue misread Dai Chengfeng’s calm response to the loss of Wu'an City as surrender and ordered Snake Lance Douluo to stop pursuing him, though she still wanted to learn the incident’s outcome. Dai Chengfeng then asked Ye Renxin to leave sooner and prepared to return to Wu'an City, where he vowed to reclaim what he had lost.

• Qian Renxue wondered why Dai Chengfeng showed no anger after learning Dai Tian and Dai Xuan had taken Wu'an City, and concluded he had given up or was not special after all.
• Qian Renxue canceled her plans to capture Dai Chengfeng and told Snake Lance Douluo to release Li Zhizhao, but asked to hear the final outcome of the Wu'an City incident.
• Dai Chengfeng hurried to Ye Renxin’s room and asked to set out earlier, his anger and killing intent revealing that something had happened.
• Ye Renxin agreed to write a letter explaining Ye Lingling’s withdrawal from school and proposed that Dai Chengfeng take her to withdraw the next day before they departed that night.
• Dai Chengfeng returned to his room, lay staring at the ceiling, and vowed to return to Wu'an City.

Dai Chengfeng accompanied Ye Lingling to Heaven Dou Royal Academy so she could withdraw, while Dugu Yan joined them and waited outside. After the withdrawal went smoothly, they returned to find Dugu Yan missing, and Dai Chengfeng heard students discussing Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.

• Dai Chengfeng and Ye Lingling met Dugu Yan on their way to the academy, and she asked him to call her Yan Er.
• Dugu Yan explained that Dugu Bo had left her in Dai Chengfeng's care while he prepared for an accelerated schedule.
• Dai Chengfeng asked Dugu Yan to wait beneath a tree while he took Ye Lingling to withdraw from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dai Chengfeng and Ye Lingling returned after Bai Xue let Ye Lingling leave without resistance, but Dugu Yan was gone.
• Dai Chengfeng heard students discussing Yu Tianheng and whether Dugu Yan would agree to something.

Dai Chengfeng arrived as Yu Tianheng confessed to Dugu Yan, who rejected him and said she was leaving. Dai Chengfeng intervened, took Dugu Yan away, and confronted Yu Tianheng, leaving them poised to fight.

• Dai Chengfeng and Ye Lingling hurried to the crowd after Dai Chengfeng realized Yu Tianheng was confessing to Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng she saw him only as a good classmate and could not accept his sudden confession.
• Dai Chengfeng took Dugu Yan by the wrist and said her withdrawal procedures were next, prompting Yu Tianheng to block their way.
• Yu Tianheng demanded that Dai Chengfeng release Dugu Yan and summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit with three Soul Rings.
• Dai Chengfeng summoned one purple Soul Ring, formed his Vacuum skill, and challenged Yu Tianheng's right to threaten him.

Dai Chengfeng defeated Yu Tianheng with ease, then released him after Dugu Yan pleaded for her former classmate. He left with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Yu Tianheng watched in stunned defeat.

• Yu Tianheng activated Thunder Fury and Thunder Dragon Claw, but Dai Chengfeng's Dark Green Ball trapped him while Dai shattered his attack with a hand chop.
• Dai Chengfeng's Space Devour left Yu Tianheng unable to breathe or resist, and Yu Tianheng's confidence collapsed as Dai called himself a genius among geniuses.
• Dugu Yan asked Dai Chengfeng to spare Yu Tianheng, and Dai dispersed the barrier and let him fall to the ground.
• Dai Chengfeng took Dugu Yan to Ye Lingling, then took Ye Lingling's wrist too and led both girls away.

Dai Chengfeng completed Dugu Yan’s withdrawal from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and prepared to return to Wu'an, but he encountered his injured subordinate Li Zhizhao. After Ye Lingling healed Li Zhizhao, Dai Chengfeng resolved to confront whoever had attacked him and reclaim what was taken.

• Dai Chengfeng defeated Yu Tianheng in one move, then escorted Dugu Yan through her withdrawal from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Li Zhizhao crawled up to Dai Chengfeng with broken legs and explained that he had been attacked while carrying a secret letter, then sheltered by Xue Qinghe and sent to find Dai Chengfeng.
• Dai Chengfeng suspected Dai Xuan had ordered the attack, while Li Zhizhao avoided naming the attackers directly.
• Ye Lingling used her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul to heal Li Zhizhao’s broken legs, and he thanked her profusely.
• Dai Chengfeng helped Li Zhizhao up and invited him home, declaring that they would show everyone his things were not easy to take.

Dai Chengfeng prepared to leave Heaven Dou City for Jialing Pass with his companions after promising that those responsible for Li Zhizhao’s suffering would pay. Before departing, he sent Qian Renxue a letter and a brocade box, leaving her curious about his intentions.

• Ye Lingling told Ye Renxin that everything had been handled, while Dai Chengfeng introduced the battered Li Zhizhao to Zhu Fan.
• Dai Chengfeng said he had one last matter to handle and went to a jewelry shop, then reassured Zhu Fan that Li Zhizhao’s mistreatment would be avenged.
• Dugu Bo arrived, and the group set off from Heaven Dou City for Jialing Pass.
• A little beggar delivered Dai Chengfeng’s letter and brocade box to Xue Qinghe’s Crown Prince Residence.
• Qian Renxue eagerly received the gifts, wondered whether they concealed a trick, and opened the letter.

Qian Renxue read Dai Chengfeng’s letter, accepted his gift, and ordered Dai Mubai beaten in retaliation for his brother’s departure. The chapter ended with Dai Chengfeng traveling with Ye Renxin and asking whether they were heading to Notting City.

• Qian Renxue read Dai Chengfeng’s letter, arranged care and schooling for the girl who delivered it, and found a phoenix bracelet in the brocade box.
• Qian Renxue learned that Dai Chengfeng had left Heaven Dou City and ordered Pufferfish Douluo to beat Dai Mubai without killing or crippling him.
• Pufferfish Douluo and several burly men beat Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel, and Dai Mubai vowed to prove himself at Shrek Academy and defeat Dai Chengfeng.
• A hundred li outside Heaven Dou City, Dai Chengfeng asked Ye Renxin whether their carriage was heading to Notting City near Holy Soul Village.

Dai Chengfeng chose a route through Notting City to avoid Spirit City and spent a month traveling there with his companions. As the group arrived, he began using Asura Power to refine the Evil God Power in his wings, hoping to make it his own.

• Ye Renxin proposed routes back to Wu'an City, and Dai Chengfeng rejected the route through Spirit City because he feared the Young Woman Pope might capture him.
• Dai Chengfeng agreed to travel through Notting City and asked Zhu Fan to keep others from disturbing him while he worked on perfecting his third soul skill.
• Dai Chengfeng cultivated Nine Nether Profound Wind during the journey, while the group drove off bandits who tried to rob them.
• After about a month of travel, the group arrived at Notting City and planned to rest there overnight.
• Dai Chengfeng opened the Sumeru Mustard Seed realm and began carefully using Asura Power to refine the Evil God Power in his External Soul Bone: Evil God Wings.

Dai Chengfeng fused a wisp of Evil God Power into his Third Soul Ring, evolving his Nine Nether Profound Wind Wings and gaining a concealed, faster way to release the Life and Death Arena. As he entered Notting City with his companions, a battered middle-aged man watched him depart with surprise and delight.

• Dai Chengfeng used Asura Power to subdue a wisp of Evil God Power and fuse it with his Third Soul Ring, raising its age to 9,999 years.
• Dai Chengfeng’s Nine Nether Profound Wind Wings turned black and expanded, unleashing a gale that wrecked his carriage and scattered the crowd outside Notting City.
• Dai Chengfeng explained that his soul skill had evolved and told Zhu Fan to handle the aftermath.
• Dai Chengfeng led Dugu Bo, Ye Renxin, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan into Notting City while Dugu Bo wondered how many secrets Dai Chengfeng concealed.
• A middle-aged man in black rose from the ground and watched Dai Chengfeng’s departing back with surprise and delight.

Yu Xiaogang believed Dai Chengfeng’s talent could make him a future Titled Douluo and hurried to meet him at the VIP Hotel. After Dai Chengfeng arrived in Notting City and settled in, Yu Xiaogang approached him hoping to take him as a disciple, but Dai Chengfeng challenged his famous spirit theory and mocked his own weak spirit.

• Yu Xiaogang left Notting Junior Soul Master Academy and followed Dai Chengfeng’s group, hoping to prove his theories by mentoring him.
• Dai Chengfeng felt a sudden, eerie chill while walking through Notting City with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• Ye Renxin led the group to the VIP Hotel, where Dai Chengfeng checked into a room and examined the strengthened Nine Nether Profound Wind.
• A receptionist told Dai Chengfeng that Yu Xiaogang wanted to meet him, so he went downstairs to the lobby.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as the Heaven Dou Empire’s leading spirit theory grandmaster and assumed Dai Chengfeng would admire him.
• Dai Chengfeng asked whether Yu Xiaogang, whose spirit he called trash, had become a Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo.

Dai Chengfeng confronted Yu Xiaogang, who tried to recruit him by claiming he could resolve his spirit and soul-ring conflict. When Yu insulted Dai Chengfeng’s parents, Dai attacked him and threatened him; the chapter ended as a child called for Yu from outside the room.

• Yu Xiaogang admitted his soul power had been stuck at rank 30, and Dai Chengfeng mocked him with his own claim that there were no useless spirits, only useless Soul Masters.
• Yu Xiaogang identified Dai Chengfeng as the Star Luo Empire’s deposed Fourth Prince and expected to impress him, but Dai remained unmoved and prepared to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Dai Chengfeng to become his disciple, claiming he could resolve the conflict between his White Tiger Spirit and Wind Attribute Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang called Dai Chengfeng’s parents blind, prompting Dai to seize him by the neck and slam him into a wall.
• Yu Xiaogang struggled to breathe as Dai Chengfeng’s killing intent pressed on him, while a child outside called for their teacher.

Dai Chengfeng beat Yu Xiaogang at the VIP Hotel and condemned him for his arrogance and alleged plagiarism, while Tang San arrived and witnessed the fight. Yu Xiaogang left vowing revenge and planned to take Tang San to Shrek Academy, where he hoped his guidance would help Tang San and Dai Mubai surpass Dai Chengfeng.

• Tang San entered the VIP Hotel and found Dai Chengfeng holding Yu Xiaogang by the throat.
• Dai Chengfeng released Yu Xiaogang, kicked him into a wall, and criticized his martial-soul theories and alleged plagiarism before going upstairs.
• Tang San was shocked by Dai Chengfeng's speed and strength, but hurried to help Yu Xiaogang and hid his doubts about his teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang vowed to repay Dai Chengfeng's humiliation and told Tang San they would go to a better school the next day.
• Yu Xiaogang named Shrek Academy and vowed that his guidance would help Tang San and Dai Mubai defeat Dai Chengfeng.

Dai Chengfeng explained that Yu Xiaogang could not be killed because he served as a hidden Titled Douluo’s “White Glove.” During the group’s journey toward Wu'an City, Ye Lingling reached rank 31 and received her third Soul Ring, while Ye Renxin warned Dai Chengfeng to keep his distance from his thirteen-year-old granddaughter; the group continued by ship and ended a day’s voyage from Wu'an City.

• Dai Chengfeng told Zhu Fan, Ye Renxin, and Dugu Bo that Yu Xiaogang could not be killed because he was raising someone’s son on behalf of a hidden figure.
• Dai Chengfeng’s group traveled for over two months, defeating mountain bandits, robbers, and river bandits along the way.
• Ye Lingling reached rank 30, and the group stopped at a Soul Hunting Forest so she could obtain a roughly 1,600-year-old White Deer Soul Ring.
• Ye Lingling emerged as a rank 31 Soul Elder and thanked Dai Chengfeng, who rubbed her head; Ye Renxin intervened and warned Dai Chengfeng not to pursue her before she turned eighteen.
• The group resumed its journey by passenger ship and ended up one day’s voyage from Wu'an City.

Dai Chengfeng and Dugu Yan talked aboard a passenger ship as they approached Wu'an City, and he recounted the city's struggle against the Heaven Dou Empire and the people he had lost. Their conversation was interrupted when the ship struck stone pillars in the river and a Star Luo Empire battleship approached; Dai Chengfeng recognized the area and sensed something was wrong.

• Dai Chengfeng watched the Tiger Might Mountain Range and wondered how Wu'an City and the people he had left behind were doing.
• Dugu Yan joined Dai Chengfeng at the bow, teased him about feeling sentimental on the way home, and asked about his changes to Wu'an City.
• Dai Chengfeng told Dugu Yan about the Heaven Dou Empire's invasion, Xu Feng's death, and the order he had left to build Dujiangyan.
• Dugu Yan comforted Dai Chengfeng and praised what he had accomplished before they continued talking through the morning.
• The passenger ship struck stone pillars in the river, and Dai Chengfeng saw abandoned construction materials and a Star Luo Empire battleship bearing down on them.
• Dai Chengfeng surveyed the area and recognized it, his expression darkening.

Dai Chengfeng found the Dujiangyan construction site abandoned and suspected Spirit Hall and Dai Tian had interfered with the project. A Star Luo Empire patrol then demanded unofficial fees from a passenger ship, leaving Dai Chengfeng questioning whether Emperor Dai An had approved the policy or Dai Tian’s influence had reached Golden Mountain Pass.

• Dai Chengfeng saw the ruined Dujiangyan site and grew angry over the project’s apparent abandonment.
• Dugu Yan comforted Dai Chengfeng, who wondered whether Spirit Hall and Dai Tian had concealed the project’s failure from Emperor Dai An.
• Zhu Fan and Ye Renxin joked with Dugu Bo as passengers emerged onto the deck after the ship was inspected.
• The captain claimed the inspection was routine, and Star Luo Empire soldiers collected money and a booklet from him.
• Dai Chengfeng identified the patrol ship as a Golden Mountain Pass vessel and questioned whether the fees were an imperial policy or evidence that Dai Tian’s influence had reached the pass.

Dai Chengfeng confronted soldiers collecting protection money on the river and learned they revered him as the War Immortal for his battlefield victories. After discovering Dai Xuan had ordered the collections, Dai Chengfeng set sail with his companions for Wu'an City.

• Dai Chengfeng challenged the soldiers over their unauthorized collection of protection money and revealed his White Tiger Spirit.
• The soldiers recognized Dai Chengfeng as the Fourth Prince and hailed him as the War Immortal, recalling his victories against the Heaven Dou Empire and at Wu Ping City.
• Wang Ping told Dai Chengfeng that the soldiers had served in the Golden Mountain Pass Navy and had collected protection money for over eight months under Dai Xuan's orders.
• Dai Chengfeng decided to return to Wu'an City with Zhu Fan, Dugu Bo, Ye Renxin, and the others, and their ships headed downstream.

Dai Chengfeng returned to Wu Ping City and learned that Dai Xuan had pushed aside his allies in Wu'an City. He entered the city to confront the situation, while two spies watched him and suspected he was the person Dai Xuan had ordered them to await.

• Dai Chengfeng spared Wang Ping and the other officers, postponing their punishment and offering them a chance to atone through merit.
• Dai Chengfeng and Zhu Fan discussed the threats posed by Dai Xuan, Xu Guotao, Star Crown Sect, and the Overseer Faction.
• Dai Chengfeng’s warship reached a dock near Wu Ping City, where he declared that he would defend what belonged to him.
• Li Zhizhao explained that Dai Xuan had demoted Zhu Yan and pushed aside Dai Chengfeng’s subordinates, then led Dai Chengfeng into Wu Ping City.
• Two hunched figures watched Dai Chengfeng leave and wondered whether he was the person Lord Dai Xuan had ordered them to wait for.

Zhu Yan reunited with Dai Chengfeng and recounted how Dai Xuan’s appointment as Wu'an City’s new City Lord and the arrival of Xu Guotao’s troops brought disorder to the city. He began explaining the events that led to his demotion, and the account turned to the twin soldiers Yin Xu and Yin Ming.

• Zhu Yan learned that someone was waiting for him in the main tent and found Dai Chengfeng there, whom he greeted with relief and excitement.
• Dai Chengfeng asked Zhu Yan to explain what had happened in Wu'an City after he left.
• Zhu Yan said Dai Tian had brought an imperial edict appointing Dai Xuan as City Lord and Zhu Yan as Deputy City Lord a year and a half earlier.
• Zhu Yan recounted that Dai Xuan tried to stop construction of Dujiangyan, but Zhu Yan and the soldiers opposed him.
• Zhu Yan said Xu Guotao sent ten thousand troops to Wu'an City under the pretense of protecting it, but they abused the residents and caused chaos.
• Zhu Yan asked Dai Chengfeng whether he remembered Yin Xu and Yin Ming, the twin soldiers who had died fighting the Heaven Dou Empire.