Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San had been declared a traitor and resolved to go to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy despite the danger. Meanwhile, Ouyang Ling practiced Tang Sect secret arts and received an organized notebook before someone noticed its gunpowder content.

• Yu Xiaogang planned to leave for Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, believing its teachers could not properly teach Tang San.
• The headmaster told Yu Xiaogang that Emperor Xue Ye had branded Tang San and his companions traitors after they allegedly colluded with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transforming Soul Beast and endangered the crown prince.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to sever his ties with Tang San and insisted on going to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to demand an explanation, suspecting Ouyang Ling was involved.
• Ouyang Ling practiced Purple Demon Eyes, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and other Tang Sect Secret Arts after learning their basics in less than a day.
• Pisces Star Dragon gave Ouyang Ling a notebook organizing the Tang Sect Secret Arts, and an unseen speaker asked whether it contained gunpowder.

Ouyang Ling obtained Dragon World technology from Luo Sea God Dragon and turned it into plans for a Plus-Version Train to benefit the Heaven Dou Empire and earn Light of Goodness. He brought the plans to Qian Renxue, who was furious about Bibi Dong questioning her, and tried to lift her spirits.

• Ouyang Ling recognized gunpowder in the Tang Sect Secret Arts, and Luo Sea God Dragon offered to share Dragon World technology in exchange for rent.
• Ouyang Ling and Luo Sea God Dragon argued over payment before agreeing that the technology counted as rent, while Pisces Star Dragon and Scorpio Star Dragon watched.
• Ouyang Ling worked through the night with Luo Sea God Dragon's guidance and created plans for a Plus-Version Train.
• Ouyang Ling decided the train could help commoners and provide a new source of Light of Goodness as the Royal Commerce Association's expansion slowed.
• Ouyang Ling entered Qian Renxue's room and heard her complain that Bibi Dong had sent people to question her about the Hundred-Thousand-Year Transforming Soul Beast.
• Ouyang Ling listened as Qian Renxue vented, then showed her the Tang Sect Secret Arts and train technology to cheer her up.

Ouyang Ling showed Qian Renxue how Tang San's Hidden Weapons and gunpowder could give ordinary troops the power to threaten strong Soul Masters. After a test blast left She Long singed but unharmed, Qian Renxue eagerly planned to equip her future army with the weapons.

• Qian Renxue praised the knowledge Ouyang Ling had extracted from Tang San but said she could not yet spread the Mysterious Heaven Skill without risking leaks.
• Ouyang Ling explained how Hidden Weapons and gunpowder could let ordinary soldiers attack powerful Soul Masters, and Qian Renxue ordered the ingredients for a test.
• Ci Xue tricked She Long into being the test subject while he protected Qian Renxue and Ouyang Ling.
• Qian Renxue lit the fuse with her golden flame, and Ouyang Ling threw the jar toward She Long as the gunpowder exploded.
• She Long survived behind his Snake Lance defense and judged the blast equivalent to a strong Soul Emperor strike with Qian Renxue's flame, or a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill from a Soul King without it.
• Qian Renxue decided to equip her future army with the weapons and pulled Ouyang Ling inside with her.

Ouyang Ling recruited Oscar and Ma Hongjun by teaching them the Mysterious Heaven Technique and offering them powerful gifts. After both agreed to join him, he gave Ma Hongjun the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to purify his Evil Fire, and Ma Hongjun began absorbing it.

• Ouyang Ling and Qian Renxue discussed military improvements and how to protect hidden-weapon techniques and gunpowder formulas from leaking.
• Qian Renxue dismissed Ouyang Ling’s offer to have Poison Douluo deal with the Strength Clan and said she would handle them herself.
• Ouyang Ling told Qian Renxue he planned to recruit Oscar and Ma Hongjun, then met with them three days later at the Ouyang Residence.
• Ouyang Ling showed Oscar and Ma Hongjun Tang Sect cultivation manuals, taught them the Mysterious Heaven Technique, and offered them a place under him; both eagerly accepted.
• Ouyang Ling gave Ma Hongjun the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and explained how to absorb it, and Ma Hongjun began the process while Ouyang Ling stood guard.

Ouyang Ling gave Oscar and Ma Hongjun immortal herbs to absorb, helping Oscar improve his cultivation and transforming Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix flames. Ma Hongjun awakened to his new power, but his teasing of Oscar quickly undercut the moment’s grandeur.

• Oscar praised Ouyang Ling and eagerly opened the jade box containing the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, which Ouyang Ling said could strengthen his foundation and help his cultivation up to level seventy.
• Oscar pounced on Ouyang Ling in gratitude, so Ouyang Ling kicked him through the door before handing him the herb to absorb.
• After three hours, Oscar woke up at level thirty-eight, and Ouyang Ling silenced his celebration by throwing a book at him while Ma Hongjun continued cultivating.
• Ma Hongjun finished absorbing the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, erupted in golden-red flames, and blasted a hole through the roof before Ouyang Ling extinguished the fire with Extreme Water.
• Ma Hongjun emerged with the aura of a Fire Phoenix, then teased Oscar about his wet, floral underwear, prompting Oscar to insist that the wetness came from Ouyang Ling’s water.

Ma Hongjun accepted Yu Feng’s challenge, and the two agreed that the loser would do one thing for the winner. At the Spirit Arena, Ma Hongjun revealed his evolved Fire Phoenix martial soul, leaving Yu Feng facing a serious disadvantage as their duel began.

• Yu Feng taunted Ma Hongjun, and they agreed to duel after Ouyang Ling and Dugu Yan encouraged them.
• Yu Feng and Ma Hongjun wagered that the loser would do one thing for the winner, then headed to the Spirit Arena with the others.
• Yu Feng took to the air and provoked Ma Hongjun, who revealed his Fire Phoenix martial soul and demanded to be called Phoenix.
• Yu Tianheng noticed Ma Hongjun’s soul power was unusual, and Ouyang Ling explained that the Crown Prince had recruited him and given him a gift.
• Yu Feng launched Wind Rising, Clouds Surging, while Ma Hongjun answered with Fire-Bathed Phoenix and Fire Lure, sending a towering blaze into the gale.

Ma Hongjun defeated Yu Feng in the Spirit Arena, and Yu Feng had to honor his bet to treat everyone to a feast. Dugu Yan learned that an immortal herb could help her evolve her martial soul, while Yu Tianheng agreed to pay for the meal; a voluptuous young woman and a dejected middle-aged man then entered Heaven Dou City.

• Ma Hongjun's Fire Phoenix overwhelmed Yu Feng's Wind Chime Bird, and Yu Feng admitted he had lost the spirit battle.
• Dugu Yan asked Ouyang Ling whether Ma Hongjun's transformation came from an immortal herb, and Ouyang Ling said she could use one to evolve her martial soul after reaching Rank 40.
• Yu Feng clung to Yu Tianheng and begged him for more money, but Dugu Yan struck him and asked why he needed to borrow again.
• Yu Feng explained that he needed money to treat everyone to the Sea-Land Heaven Feast, so Yu Tianheng offered to pay for the group.
• A voluptuous young woman and a dejected middle-aged man entered the gates of Heaven Dou City.

Ouyang Ling learned that Yu Feng had borrowed money to help his struggling family, then followed the group toward a show by the Sugar Water Group. Their plans were interrupted when Yu Xiaogang arrived, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned and the others bracing for a confrontation.

• Ma Hongjun chased Yu Feng after Yu Feng stole a bag of snacks, while Ouyang Ling teased Oslo about his embarrassed expression.
• Ouyang Ling asked Oslo about Yu Feng, and Oslo explained that Yu Feng’s family businesses were near bankruptcy after the Royal Commerce Association’s economic upheaval.
• Yu Feng led the group to a notice board advertising the Sugar Water Group, and the others revealed their excitement about seeing the idol singers.
• Dugu Yan warned Yu Tianheng against misbehaving at the show, and Ouyang Ling agreed to take everyone and pay the admission fees.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived and forbade the group from going, and Yu Tianheng greeted his uncle with shock and disbelief.

Yu Xiaogang confronted Ouyang Ling over Tang San being branded a traitor, but Ouyang Ling and his companions rebuked him and warned him to accept the emperor’s judgment. Yu Xiaogang sought validation from a passing Soul Master, who dismissed his title and called him a fraud, leaving him humiliated.

• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Ouyang Ling explain why he had supposedly schemed against Tang San, and Yu Feng angrily reminded him that Tang San and Tang Hao had endangered the academy.
• Dugu Yan defended Yu Feng and insulted Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Tianheng silently allowed Ouyang Ling to handle the confrontation.
• Ouyang Ling used his Dragon Might to force Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Rings to appear and warned that continued trouble would land him before Emperor Xue Ye.
• Yu Xiaogang grabbed a passing young woman to ask whether she recognized him as the Master, but she flung him to the ground.
• The young woman rejected Yu Xiaogang’s title, mocked his weak cultivation, and accused him of misleading his students.

After Yu Xiaogang’s confrontation with Ouyang Ling and the others, Zhu Zhuqing received a token that could help her enroll at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, while Yu Tianheng reported his uncle’s conduct to the sect. Wandering the city afterward, Yu Xiaogang encountered Liu Erlong, who tearfully asked him to acknowledge her.

• Yu Tianheng resolved to report Yu Xiaogang’s behavior to his grandfather, and Ouyang Ling warned that the argument would spread and that Yu Xiaogang might not let the matter go.
• Ouyang Ling offered Zhu Zhuqing help entering Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, then gave her a token for special admission after learning she was twelve and Rank twenty-seven.
• Ouyang Ling and the others continued to the Sea-Land Heaven Feast, while Yu Tianheng wrote an objective report for his sect and sent it to his grandfather.
• Yu Xiaogang wandered through Heaven Dou City, distressed by the notices about Xiao San and wondering whether he had to seek help from Spirit Hall.
• Liu Erlong recognized Yu Xiaogang by singing to him, and he turned around and greeted her after she begged him to acknowledge her.

Liu Erlong learned that Yu Xiaogang had been humiliated and took him to confront the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy students, while Ouyang Ling and his companions gathered to watch the Sugar Water Group perform. Yu Tianxin invited the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy students to meet the Five Element Academies after the show, but the performance began before Ouyang Ling could answer.

• Liu Erlong became furious after Yu Xiaogang recounted how Heaven Dou Imperial Academy students had insulted him, and she dragged him off to get justice.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested they wait for the students on the outskirts, revealing his delight at the prospect of confronting Ouyang Ling.
• Ouyang Ling watched the crowd of academy students cheer for the Sugar Water Group alongside Ye Lingling and Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianxin arrived with Thunder Academy students, introduced the gathered Five Element Academies, and invited Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to meet them after the performance.
• The Sugar Water Group made a dazzling entrance, and their singing performance began before Ouyang Ling could respond to Yu Tianxin's invitation.

After the Sugar Water Group’s performance, Ouyang Ling joined students from the Five Element Academies in arranging a spar outside Heaven Dou City. He challenged ten opponents at once, leaving them wary after Feng Xiaotian warned them that Ouyang Ling was very strong.

• Shui Bing'er finished preparing backstage while Yu Feng collected Sugar Water Group postcards and fawned over her.
• Huo Wu hurried the group along, then shouted at Feng Xiaotian when he tried to get her attention.
• Ouyang Ling suggested a spar, and the group traveled to an open area outside Heaven Dou City.
• Feng Xiaotian withdrew from competing and embarrassed Yu Feng by pointing out that he had fawned over Shui Bing'er too.
• Yu Tianxin stepped forward to fight, and Ouyang Ling challenged ten people at once, promising to beat them into submission.
• Feng Xiaotian warned Huo Wushuang and the others that Ouyang Ling was very strong, making them reconsider his apparently open stance.

Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xiaogang had become involved with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transforming Soul Beast and ordered Yu Luomian to bring him back and destroy his cultivation. Outside Heaven Dou City, Ouyang Ling overwhelmed a group of gifted Soul Masters, but a hidden attacker intervened as he fired his freezing-water cannons.

• Yu Yuanzhen read Yu Tianheng's letter and flew into a rage over Yu Xiaogang's demand for justice involving a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transforming Soul Beast.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian to go to Heaven Dou City, bring Yu Xiaogang back, and destroy his cultivation.
• Ouyang Ling faced ten gifted Soul Masters, including Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Feng Xiaotian, and revealed his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Ouyang Ling suppressed their combined assault with his attributes and Dragon Might, then blocked their attack with a transparent bubble.
• Ouyang Ling fired two columns of freezing water from his Twin-Headed Fish-Scale Cannon, but an unseen attacker answered with a dragon's roar and a pillar of fire.

Ouyang Ling confronted Liu Erlong after she attacked him to defend Yu Xiaogang, and he fought her while the Imperial Battle Team tried to protect him. The chapter left Liu Erlong struggling against Ouyang Ling’s ice as the spectators wondered why she was defending Yu Xiaogang so fiercely.

• Ouyang Ling stopped Liu Erlong’s surprise attack and identified her after she emerged from the mist with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin attacked Liu Erlong, but she activated her Martial Soul Avatar and knocked both of them down.
• Ouyang Ling refused the Imperial Battle Team’s help and faced Liu Erlong alone as Dugu Yan sent Yu Feng to summon her grandfather.
• Ouyang Ling unleashed his four Soul Rings and struck Liu Erlong with Diamond Ice Dust Fist, whose frost resisted her Dragon Transformation and weakened her flames.
• Huo Wu asked Huo Wushuang who Yu Xiaogang was, and he described him as a middle-aged Great Soul Master with limited theoretical knowledge.

Ouyang Ling battled Liu Erlong and overwhelmed her with his ice-based abilities until Dugu Bo arrived and shattered her Martial Soul Avatar. Dugu Bo confronted Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang, while a furious voice from afar claimed the two could represent the clan.

• Ouyang Ling used his soul skills and external soul bone to fight Liu Erlong evenly, then endured her flames and froze the battlefield.
• Ouyang Ling struck Liu Erlong’s Red Dragon Martial Soul Avatar with Diamond Ice Dust Fist, driving it into the ground.
• A mysterious attacker sent Liu Erlong flying and shattered her Martial Soul Avatar, and Dugu Bo appeared with the dizzy Yu Feng.
• Yu Xiaogang offered his life to spare Liu Erlong, but Dugu Bo refused and mocked their claim that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would protect them.
• Yu Tianheng knocked out Yu Tianxin and pretended to be unconscious, while a furious voice from afar declared that they could represent the clan.

Yu Luomian beat Yu Xiaogang, crippled his cultivation, and condemned him and Liu Erlong to lifelong imprisonment for defying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Dugu Bo applauded the spectacle as the confrontation ended.

• Yu Luomian arrived and furiously struck Yu Xiaogang, while Liu Erlong tried to shield him.
• Yu Luomian rebuked Liu Erlong for putting her love for Yu Xiaogang ahead of the clan and disowned her when she refused to give him up.
• Yu Luomian crippled Yu Xiaogang's cultivation, leaving Luo Sanpao and its Soul Rings powerless.
• Yu Luomian explained that the clan leader, Yu Xiaogang's father, had supported him before ordering Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong imprisoned for life.
• Dugu Bo applauded and praised the spectacle.

Dugu Bo secured a twenty-thousand-year soul bone and demanded another over fifty thousand years old from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as compensation for Ouyang Ling. Back at the clan, Yu Yuanzhen chose to pay and ordered Yu Xiaogang removed from the family registry after his bloodline was continued.

• Yu Luomian offered one twenty-thousand-year soul bone to settle the ransom for Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, and Dugu Bo demanded an additional soul bone over fifty thousand years old as compensation for Ouyang Ling.
• Dugu Bo gave Yu Luomian a bottle labeled “medicinal castration,” then Yu Luomian carried Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong back to the clan.
• Ouyang Ling accepted the twenty-thousand-year soul bone from Dugu Bo and said he wanted money for it, though he was not short on Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian to find a woman to bear Yu Xiaogang’s child, then remove Xiaogang from the family registry and keep him in the clan.
• After Yu Luomian revealed what Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had done, Yu Yuanzhen agreed to pay the demanded soul bones and decided to seek the one over fifty thousand years old at sea.

Ouyang Ling and Qian Renxue discussed her plan to quietly kill Emperor Xue Ye after the tournament and take the throne, while Bibi Dong raged over Yu Xiaogang’s fate and her hatred of Ouyang Ling. A mysterious partner suggested the City of Slaughter as a way for Bibi Dong to pursue her goals, and she asked where it was.

• Ouyang Ling defeated Qian Renxue at chess, and she told him she planned to kill Emperor Xue Ye after the tournament and secure the throne.
• Qian Renxue said she would spread word of Emperor Xue Ye’s declining health and use the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss carefully to make his death appear natural.
• Qian Renxue told Ouyang Ling that she knew about Yu Xiaogang, and she said Bibi Dong could not act against him without going through her.
• Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang had been crippled and condemned to imprisonment and expulsion, then swore to kill the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Ouyang Ling.
• A deep-blue shadow urged Bibi Dong to seek capable helpers and suggested the City of Slaughter, which she asked about.

Bibi Dong entered the City of Slaughter and demanded that the King of Slaughter hand over its Titled Douluo-level Fallen Ones. She left without taking anyone, telling them to wait for her summons.

• Bibi Dong entered a tavern and revealed the gate to the City of Slaughter, then killed the drinkers who rushed toward it for disrespect.
• Bibi Dong met the King of Slaughter and demanded the Titled Douluo-level Fallen Ones so she could take them out of the City of Slaughter.
• The King of Slaughter objected that they could leave only by winning a hundred battles and passing through Hell Road, but agreed after Bibi Dong threatened him.
• The King of Slaughter grew furious after Bibi Dong left, then summoned the Fallen Ones and learned she had told them to wait for her summons.
• Bibi Dong left the City of Slaughter without taking anyone.

Bibi Dong summoned Blood Infant Douluo from the City of Slaughter and used the Demon Array to punish him into obedience. She assigned him to capture Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transforming Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, and sent him toward Soto City to replenish himself first.

• Bibi Dong used the Demon Array to summon Blood Infant Douluo from the City of Slaughter.
• Blood Infant Douluo celebrated his return to the continent, then offered to do a task for Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong activated the Demon Array's punishment, draining Blood Infant Douluo's cultivation and life force until he begged for mercy.
• Bibi Dong gave Blood Infant Douluo Xiao Wu's portrait and ordered him to target her in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong warned Blood Infant Douluo not to betray her and explained that he could use the Demon Array to send messages or escape danger.
• Bibi Dong allowed Blood Infant Douluo to replenish himself, and he turned his attention toward Soto City.