Chapter Summaries

Spirit Hall learned that Hu Liena and Elders Chrysanthemum and Ghost had been killed in the Star Dou Forest, prompting Bibi Dong to vow revenge and launch a continent-wide search for the murderer. Qian Renxue heard the news with a mixture of satisfaction and resentment, while considering what kind of opponents could have defeated the two elders.

• Bibi Dong demanded news of Hu Liena, and an intelligence officer reported battle traces in the Star Dou Forest and confirmed that Hu Liena, Elder Chrysanthemum, and Elder Ghost had been killed.
• Yan rejected the report, but the intelligence officer stood by it, and Bibi Dong left the hall in fury and grief.
• Alone, Bibi Dong mourned Hu Liena and vowed to avenge her by finding the murderer.
• Qian Renxue learned of Hu Liena's death and felt both glad that Bibi Dong might finally notice her and resentful of her mother's neglect.
• Spirit Hall announced that Hu Liena had died to a massive attribute-less energy wave and began searching the continent for information.
• Qian Renxue reasoned that multiple powerful experts must have defeated the two elders and wondered who outside Spirit Hall could possess such strength.

Qian Renxue investigated who killed Hu Liena, while Dai Mubai’s group traveled toward Star Luo Royal Academy and discussed forming a team for the Soul Master Tournament. Dai Mubai planned to sit out the tournament as emperor, and the group reached the border city of Flowing Light City with their lineup still one member short.

• Qian Renxue considered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Clear Sky Sect, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as possible suspects in Hu Liena’s death, then decided to investigate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and their companions left the Star Dou Forest and entered Flowing Light City, where Dugu Bo prepared to return to Heaven Dou City.
• Dai Mubai invited Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to join his team at Star Luo Royal Academy and said he and Zhu Zhuqing would not compete because he would be emperor by then.
• Dai Mubai invited Li Yang to join the team, but Oscar noted they still needed one more member, so Dai Mubai planned to find someone at Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Mubai told the group that Hu Liena and Xie Yue could become Soul Kings and that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation included another Soul King.

Dai Mubai learned that Spirit Hall’s tournament team included Soul Kings, then sent his Doppelganger into the City of Slaughter. After entering the city by killing the Slaughter Knight, the Doppelganger chose to fight in the Slaughter Arena immediately, drawing the attention of the city’s violent criminals.

• Dugu Yan reacted in disbelief when she learned that Spirit Hall had Soul King competitors, while Ma Hongjun vowed he would become a Soul Ancestor before the tournament Finals.
• Flender warned that Ma Hongjun could face pressure against Soul Kings, and Dai Mubai promised to train him.
• Dai Mubai received a message from his Doppelganger, who used Spiritual Power to kill the people gathered around him in a tavern.
• The Doppelganger killed a Slaughter Knight with his Evil God Hook and entered the City of Slaughter.
• Vina explained the city’s rules and offered the newcomer a twelve-hour Newbie Protection Period, but the Doppelganger chose to enter the Slaughter Arena immediately.

Dai Mubai entered his first Slaughter Arena duel and killed all nine opponents with a spiritual attack, shocking the crowd and drawing the King of Slaughter’s attention. After winning, Dai Mubai asked to fight again, but Vina told him he would have to wait until suitable opponents were available.

• Dai Mubai entered a ten-person duel, and the other contestants targeted him as an easy newcomer.
• The King of Slaughter appeared above the arena as the crowd cheered, while Dai Mubai recognized him as Tang Chen.
• Dai Mubai activated his Double Pupils and killed the other nine contestants with a spiritual attack.
• Vina congratulated Dai Mubai, and the King of Slaughter watched him with hatred, suspecting he sought Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Dai Mubai asked when he could fight again, and Vina explained that he would need to wait several days for opponents with a similar number of victories.

Dai Mubai left for the Star Luo Empire while the Star Luo court rejected Spirit Hall’s suspicions about the Saintess’s assassination. The Emperor privately considered whether Dai Mubai was responsible, while Meng Shu sought a meeting between Meng Yiran and the Crown Prince, and Qian Renxue raised concerns about Spirit Hall retaliating against the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Dai Mubai returned toward the Star Luo Empire with his companions after leaving the Killing City without another match.
• The Spirit Hall Envoy questioned the Star Luo court about the Saintess’s assassination and suggested the Hell White Tiger Shatter could point to the Star Luo royal family.
• The Star Luo Emperor dismissed the envoy, then privately wondered whether Dai Mubai had killed the Saintess before deciding it was unlikely.
• Meng Shu asked the Star Luo Academy Dean to arrange a meeting between Meng Yiran and the Crown Prince, and the Dean agreed to notify him when the Crown Prince returned.
• Qian Renxue visited Ning Fengzhi and worried that Spirit Hall might take its anger over the assassination out on the Heaven Dou Empire.

Qian Renxue tested Ning Fengzhi for information about Dai Mubai, while Ning Fengzhi concealed his suspicions and ordered Sword Douluo to purge traitors from the sect. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai and the others returned to Star Luo City, where Yang Wudi revealed his new Soul Douluo cultivation to his clan.

• Qian Renxue probed Ning Fengzhi about Dai Mubai, and Ning Fengzhi pretended to grieve over Ning Rongrong leaving with him.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Qian Renxue to spare Ning Rongrong if she ever opposed the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qian Renxue agreed.
• After Qian Renxue left, Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo to purge traitors from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect without mercy.
• Dai Mubai, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao returned to Star Luo City, where the three clans' neighboring residences had been completed.
• Yang Wudi greeted his clan and revealed his eight Soul Rings, surprising his clansmen with his breakthrough to Soul Douluo.

Dai Mubai welcomed the Speed Clan and celebrated Yang Wudi’s breakthrough to Soul Douluo, while the clans learned that Dai Mubai was a sixteen-year-old Soul Saint destined to become Star Luo’s emperor soon. Ye Lintao chose to serve Dai Mubai at the palace, and Dai Mubai planned to send Ye Lingling to Star Luo Royal Academy.

• Yang Wudi thanked Dai Mubai for the Breaking Clan’s good fortune after reaching Soul Douluo, and Bai He and the Speed Clan bowed to thank the Crown Prince.
• Niu Gao joked that Dai Mubai would soon ascend the throne and no longer need his Crown Prince’s Residence, surprising the clans.
• Yang Wudi revealed that Dai Mubai was a sixteen-year-old Soul Saint, and Bai He marveled at his decision to pledge the Speed Clan to him.
• Dai Mubai asked Ye Lintao whether he preferred the palace or Star Luo Royal Academy, and Ye Lintao chose to serve at his side.
• Dai Mubai appointed Ye Lintao as a Medical Official and said he would arrange for Ye Lingling to study at Star Luo Royal Academy.

Dai Mubai offered Flender a position at Star Luo Royal Academy, and Flender accepted the role of Vice Dean. In Heaven Dou City, Liu Erlong found Yu Xiaogang and confessed that she still loved him, but he pushed her away because of their family relationship and insisted he had moved on.

• Dai Mubai offered Flender the position of dean at Star Luo Royal Academy, but Flender declined and said he only wanted better educational resources for the students.
• Dai Mubai appointed Flender Vice Dean, and Flender felt proud of his student's praise.
• Liu Erlong learned from Tai Long about Yu Xiaogang and found him teaching at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Liu Erlong embraced Yu Xiaogang and said she had waited for him for twenty years, while Yu Xiaogang recalled that she was his cousin.
• Yu Xiaogang pushed Liu Erlong away and said he had a new life and wanted to forget the past, but Liu Erlong vowed to stay by his side until he accepted her.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San reacted with surprise to the revelation, while Yu Tianheng defended his cousin and Tang San worried about his teacher.

Yu Xiaogang left Tang San’s group to deal with Liu Erlong, and the students discussed their slim chances in the upcoming Soul Master Tournament as Yu Tianheng insisted on aiming for first place. In Star Luo City, the Crown Prince’s return gave Si Wanqing hope of rescuing his kidnapped younger son, while the Netherworld Duke reacted tensely to the news.

• Yu Xiaogang left the students with Tang San after Liu Erlong stopped him, and the group discussed the tournament before Yu Tianheng declared he would aim for first place.
• Si Wanqing’s elder son, Si Musheng, lay poisoned after Wolf Bandits captured his younger brother and demanded 300,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Si Wanqing and his wife argued over whether paying the ransom would save their son, until a servant announced that the Crown Prince had returned.
• Si Wanqing agreed to request an audience with the Crown Prince, hoping he would help rescue the captured boy.
• A servant told the Netherworld Duke that the Crown Prince had returned, leaving the Duke both delighted and tense.

Dai Mubai returned to Star Luo City, leaving the Netherworld Duke anxious and the Star Luo Emperor waiting in vain for a visit. The next day, Dai Mubai brought Shrek Academy to Star Luo Royal Academy and arranged for its members to join the academy and compete in the Soul Master Tournament.

• The Netherworld Duke worried that Dai Mubai resented him for once supporting Dai Weisi, while the Star Luo Emperor waited in his study for Dai Mubai to visit.
• Dai Mubai slept late, dressed in his Crown Prince Robe with Zhu Zhuqing's help, and led his companions to Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Meng Shu visited the academy dean hoping to arrange a meeting with Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai arrived before they could finish their chess game.
• Dai Mubai introduced Flender, Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan, omitting Dugu Yan's introduction because her identity was sensitive.
• Dai Mubai asked for Shrek Academy to merge into Star Luo Royal Academy and for its members to compete in the Soul Master Tournament, and the dean agreed to let him choose from the remaining Star Luo Team members.
• The dean introduced Meng Shu to Dai Mubai, explaining that Meng Shu had come specifically to see him.

Meng Shu offered Dai Mubai the location of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in exchange for Meng Yiran becoming his consort, but Dai Mubai only agreed to let her serve as a female official for now. After the Star Luo Team arrived, Dai Mubai announced he would choose one of its four remaining members, and Flender proposed a match to prove the newcomers’ strength.

• Meng Shu told Dai Mubai that Meng Yiran liked him and offered the location of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast for her consort’s position.
• Dai Mubai rejected the immediate consort arrangement and offered to let Meng Yiran serve as a female official, while Meng Shu revealed the soul beast came ashore at a hidden strait in the Heaven Dou Empire’s Northwest Province during high tide.
• Meng Shu agreed to guide Dai Mubai to the soul beast when he was ready and said he held a post at the academy.
• The four remaining Star Luo Team members, Ying Wei, Tang Hongning, Dong Hui, and Yang Mingxin, greeted Dai Mubai, who said he would choose only one of them for the team.
• Flender proposed a match between Ma Hongjun and the others and the Heavenly Talents of Star Luo Academy to establish the newcomers’ strength.

Shrek Academy’s four-person team faced the Star Luo Team in a match arranged by Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun and Li Yang’s coordinated attacks quickly surprised their opponents. Ma Hongjun overwhelmed Tang Hongning with his evolved Phoenix flames and mirror-assisted movement, leaving the fight underway.

• Dai Mubai agreed to a match between Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Team, and both sides chose four fighters.
• Oscar handed out Sausages before leaving the stage, while the Star Luo Team began their attack under Ying Wei’s enhancement.
• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Sky Soar and Phoenix Ray to slow Ying Wei and Tang Hongning, allowing Li Yang to strike Ying Wei from behind.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and boosted her teammates with its support skills.
• Ma Hongjun used the mirrors to ambush Tang Hongning, break his Soul Skill barrier, and send him flying before pursuing him with another punch.

Dai Mubai’s team defeated Ying Wei and Tang Hongning, then chose Ying Wei as its seventh member. After hearing she could serve Dai Mubai as a female official, Meng Yiran struggled between her feelings for him and her reluctance to leave her grandparents.

• Ma Hongjun and Li Yang defeated Tang Hongning and Ying Wei, and Ye Lingling healed the injured with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Dai Mubai chose Ying Wei to join the team, then returned to the Crown Prince’s Residence with Zhu Zhuqing and the others.
• Meng Shu told Meng Yiran she could serve Dai Mubai as a female official, and she was excited by the chance to be near him.
• Chao Tianxiang warned Meng Yiran that palace life could separate her from her grandparents, leaving her conflicted despite admitting she loved and missed Dai Mubai.
• Meng Shu urged Meng Yiran to pursue Dai Mubai and described his strength and influence as reasons she could find happiness with him.

Dai Mubai was ambushed in his room by over fifty veteran fighters who feared he would eventually become a threat in the City of Slaughter. He killed them all, absorbed their bodies’ energy with his Evil God Hook, and increased its age to sixty thousand years.

• Dai Mubai found it increasingly difficult to get matched in the slaughter arena because fighters avoided him.
• Over fifty fighters with long win streaks broke into Dai Mubai’s room to assassinate him before his match count grew.
• Dai Mubai used Polaris Stillness Domain to freeze the attackers, then killed them with Pupil Power and a blade.
• Dai Mubai prevented the corpses’ blood from feeding the Underground Array by draining them with his Evil God Hook.
• The Evil God Hook absorbed the corpses’ energy and grew to sixty thousand years, while horrified onlookers realized they had narrowly escaped joining the ambush.

Dai Mubai absorbed the life force of corpses in the City of Slaughter, while Mo Li discovered that his Dark Blood Leech Martial Soul could help him grow stronger by draining victims. Back in the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mubai returned to a crowd of influential visitors and summoned Si Wanqing to meet him first.

• Dai Mubai's Evil God Hook absorbed a corpse and slightly increased his Soul Power, frightening those nearby and inspiring Mo Li.
• After Dai Mubai left, Mo Li killed two men and used his Dark Blood Leech to drain their bodies, gaining a level of Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai's True Form returned to the Crown Prince's Residence, where officials and nobles had gathered to see him.
• Dai Mubai invited Si Wanqing into the residence while telling everyone else to wait for tea, leaving the Netherworld Duke and other visitors envious.

Si Wanqing asked Dai Mubai to rescue his kidnapped son from the Black Wind Wolf Bandits, and Dai Mubai sent Su Xiong with the City Guard to assist him. Later, Dai Mubai summoned the wealthy Master of the Exquisite Pavilion before the Netherworld Duke, prompting the waiting guests to conclude that the Crown Prince favored wealth.

• Si Wanqing told Dai Mubai that the Black Wind Wolf Bandits had kidnapped his youngest son and demanded three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Mubai ordered Su Xiong to accompany Si Wanqing and have the City Guard help him deal with the Wolf Bandits.
• Su Yue told Dai Mubai that the Netherworld Duke had offered a thousand-year Soul Bone and the Master of the Exquisite Pavilion had offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai summoned the Master of the Exquisite Pavilion before the Netherworld Duke, surprising the guests waiting in the side room.
• The Netherworld Duke resented being made to wait, while the other guests decided Dai Mubai was especially interested in wealth.

Xu Rufeng tried to win Dai Mubai’s favor with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and a plea for Divine Eagle, but Dai Mubai refused to spare the prisoner and kept the gift for Su Yue. Meanwhile, Su Xiong ordered the Fierce Ghost Legion to search for the Wolf Bandits, and a new voice volunteered when the Ghost Sword General hesitated.

• Xu Rufeng offered Dai Mubai a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and asked him to forgive Divine Eagle, but Dai Mubai refused to release him.
• Dai Mubai gave the Soul Bone to Su Yue, and Xu Rufeng left an invitation to the Exquisite Pavilion’s auction before departing.
• Su Xiong went to the City Guard camp and ordered the Fierce Ghost Legion to search for the Wolf Bandits who had kidnapped the Minister of Finance’s second son.
• The Ghost Sword General objected that the Fierce Ghost Legion obeyed only the Great Emperor, but another person declared that they would go instead.

Saber General joined Su Xiong’s effort to rescue the Minister of Finance’s son, while Ghost Sword General reported the Crown Prince’s mobilization of the legions to the Star Luo Emperor. At the Crown Prince’s Residence, Dai Mubai questioned the Netherworld Duke about the Exquisite Pavilion and its hidden backers, then learned that the family Soul Bone offered to Zhuqing was a left leg bone she already had.

• Saber General committed the Blood Kill Legion to helping Su Xiong, and they set out to rescue the Minister of Finance’s son.
• Ghost Sword General reported the Crown Prince’s mobilization of the legions to the Star Luo Emperor, who concluded that the Crown Prince was becoming anxious and resolved to wait for Dai Mubai to prove his strength.
• Dai Mubai asked the Netherworld Duke about the Exquisite Pavilion and learned that it was influential, held valuable auctions, and was rumored to be backed by a Hidden Family or sect.
• Dai Mubai asked the Netherworld Duke about hidden forces in the Star Luo Empire, but the Duke said he knew little about them.
• The Netherworld Duke offered Zhuqing a family Soul Bone, but Dai Mubai explained that she already had a left leg bone.

Dai Mubai sent the Star Luo Emperor a Throne Challenge Letter, demanding a decisive battle in three days. The Emperor accepted, leaving the Empress to comfort him while he vowed to teach Dai Mubai a lesson.

• The Netherworld Duke left Dai Mubai and decided to visit Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai received several court ministers.
• A palace attendant delivered the Emperor’s request for Dai Mubai to attend court, and Dai Mubai sent back a letter stating that it contained everything he wanted.
• Si Wanqing told his wife that Dai Mubai had agreed to help their youngest son, though he worried that Su Xiong’s City Guard mobilization would harm the Crown Prince’s standing with the Emperor.
• The Star Luo Emperor opened Dai Mubai’s letter and discovered it challenged him to a throne battle in three days.
• The Emperor accepted the challenge and later told the Empress, then declared that he would teach Dai Mubai that someone stronger always existed.

At Court Assembly, the Star Luo Emperor dismissed the officials without reproaching Dai Mubai for mobilizing troops, convincing them that the Crown Prince was close to taking power. Ghost Sword regretted refusing Su Xiong’s offer, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing trained with Jinx’s aid and demonstrated strength he believed could defeat the Star Luo Emperor.

• The Star Luo Emperor dismissed Court Assembly without mentioning Dai Mubai’s actions, and officials took his silence as a sign of favor toward the Crown Prince.
• The officials discussed currying favor with Dai Mubai, while Ghost Sword regretted missing the chance to join his circle.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused their Martial Souls inside Jinx’s Shield Device as Yang Wudi and the others watched.
• Dai Mubai borrowed Jinx’s power to raise the Nine Nether White Tiger’s aura to the Titled Douluo realm.
• The Nine Nether White Tiger’s roar nearly shattered Jinx’s Shield Device, and Dai Mubai declared confidence in defeating the Star Luo Emperor.