Chapter Summaries

Si Tingxuan killed Yu Yuanzhen and tracked down Dugu Bo, who emerged from hiding and pledged allegiance to save himself and Dugu Yan. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo offering his granddaughter to Si Tingxuan as his woman in exchange for a chance to survive.

• Si Tingxuan burned Yu Yuanzhen to ashes, then decided to avoid using his Martial Soul Avatar unless absolutely necessary because it weakened him.
• Si Tingxuan searched Sunset Forest for Dugu Bo and realized Dugu Bo would likely return for his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• As Si Tingxuan headed toward Heaven Dou Imperial City, Dugu Bo suddenly appeared and called on him to stop.
• Dugu Bo bowed and knelt before Si Tingxuan in a formal pledge of allegiance.
• When Si Tingxuan demanded a reason to trust him, Dugu Bo offered Dugu Yan to him as his woman.

Dugu Bo chose to honor his promise to Si Tingxuan and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he publicly accused the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan of plotting to kill Si Tingxuan and betraying him. His accusation stunned Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, Qin Ming, and the others.

• Dugu Bo accepted Si Tingxuan's terms, and Si Tingxuan secretly watched to see whether he would keep his promise.
• After Dugu Bo headed for Heaven Dou Imperial City, Si Tingxuan followed his disciples using the markers they had left.
• Dugu Bo entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Yu Tianheng worried about the outcome of the attack on Si Tingxuan.
• Dugu Yan greeted her grandfather, and Yu Tianheng mistakenly assumed Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianlong were safe.
• Dugu Bo accused Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan of trying to kill Si Tingxuan and plotting against him, leaving everyone present shocked.

Dugu Bo revealed that Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianlong had tried to kill Si Tingxuan and were killed when Dugu Bo and Si Tingxuan fought back. Yu Tianheng left to protect the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Dugu Yan was left to accept that their relationship had ended and their families were now enemies.

• Dugu Bo told the group that Yu Yuanzhen had led an attempt to kill Si Tingxuan and frame Dugu Bo, and that he and Si Tingxuan had killed Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianlong.
• Ye Lingling, Shi Mo, Yu Feng, Osler, and Qin Ming reacted with shock as they realized the deaths could leave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan vulnerable before the sect tournament.
• Dugu Yan asked whether Dugu Bo was joking, but he confirmed the truth and she broke down in tears.
• Yu Tianheng left without looking at Dugu Yan, intending to return to the clan and have Yu Tianfang obtain a Ninth Soul Ring to help defend it.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yan that Yu Tianheng might come for their lives, and she understood that their relationship was over and they would be enemies.

Qian Renxue met Si Tingxuan in a revealing outfit, and after they kissed, she questioned him about Yu Yuanzhen’s death. Si Tingxuan claimed he had defeated Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianlong when they joined Dugu Bo in attacking him, then revealed that Dugu Bo wanted a marriage alliance; Qian Renxue’s reaction remained unresolved.

• Qian Renxue arrived dressed to entice Si Tingxuan, who rushed to kiss her and struggled to focus on their business.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Si Tingxuan had known Yu Yuanzhen would follow him out of the city and whether he and Dugu Bo had killed Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianlong.
• Si Tingxuan claimed Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Tianlong, and Dugu Bo had joined forces against him, but he killed Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianheng, prompting Dugu Bo to acknowledge him as his master.
• Qian Renxue questioned why Si Tingxuan trusted Dugu Bo, and Si Tingxuan said Dugu Bo wanted to form a marriage alliance with him.

Si Tingxuan began a relationship with Qian Renxue, then returned to find Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan waiting for him. Dugu Bo acknowledged Si Tingxuan as his master, while Dugu Yan accepted that she would have to marry him to protect her grandfather and herself.

• Qian Renxue objected to Si Tingxuan marrying Dugu Yan, but Si Tingxuan kissed her and the two became intimate.
• Afterward, Qian Renxue left exhausted and uncomfortable, while Si Tingxuan returned to the inn in high spirits.
• Si Tingxuan found Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan waiting with his disciples, and Dugu Bo bowed to him and called him master.
• Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, and Shi Xiaotian were stunned that Dugu Bo had submitted to Si Tingxuan.
• Dugu Yan recalled that her grandfather had explained their situation and the marriage alliance, and she decided to accept it rather than risk Dugu Bo's life.

Si Tingxuan asked Dugu Yan to invite Ye Lingling to become his disciple and join his students in the All-Continent Elite Tournament, then took her to Ye Mansion. Ye Haitang and Ye Lingling came out to receive him, leaving Si Tingxuan poised to make his request.

• Si Tingxuan explained that he wanted Ye Lingling's healing abilities for his tournament team, and Dugu Yan agreed to ask her to become his disciple.
• Si Tingxuan appointed Dugu Bo vice dean and honorary elder of the Odd Weapons Academy and gave his students the day off before their departure for the Baroque Kingdom.
• Si Tingxuan asked Dugu Bo to watch the students while he and Dugu Yan went to Ye Mansion to meet Ye Lingling.
• Xu Lao recognized Si Tingxuan as Dragon Slayer Douluo and sent for the family head to welcome him.
• Ye Haitang and Ye Lingling arrived at the entrance with two men, and Si Tingxuan recognized Ye Haitang as the renowned healer.

Si Tingxuan visited Ye Mansion and invited Ye Lingling to join his team at Odd Weapons Academy for the All-Continent Elite Tournament. After Ye Haitang secured places for Ye Lingling’s former teammates, Si Tingxuan received a powerful soul bone reward and asked to see the Ye family’s healing ability.

• Ye Haitang welcomed Si Tingxuan to Ye Mansion and asked why he had come.
• Si Tingxuan said he wanted Ye Lingling as a powerful healer for his tournament team, and Ye Lingling and Ye Haitang welcomed the offer.
• Ye Haitang asked that Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Yu Feng, and Osler also be included, and Si Tingxuan offered them places at Odd Weapons Academy without making them his disciples.
• The system rewarded Si Tingxuan with a one-hundred-thousand-year Phantom Demon Leopard Right Leg Bone and its two disguise skills.
• Si Tingxuan sensed that Ye Haitang’s two companions were powerful and asked to witness the Ye family’s Nine Heart Begonia healing martial soul.

Si Tingxuan met Ye Haitang’s lifelong teammates, Qian Ming and Qian Hai, and agreed to spar with them while testing Ye Haitang’s healing. The battle began at Ye Mansion’s training ground, where his extraordinary soul rings astonished the onlookers.

• Qian Ming and Qian Hai challenged Si Tingxuan, and Ye Haitang introduced them as eighty-third-rank Soul Douluo with the Jade Marriage Toad and Nine Stars Shield Axe Martial Souls.
• Ye Haitang led the group to Ye Mansion’s training ground, while Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan moved to a raised platform to watch.
• Si Tingxuan released his Ice Flame Dual Swords and revealed nine soul rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring and unusually powerful earlier rings, shocking Ye Lingling and Ye Haitang.
• Qian Ming and Qian Hai released their Martial Souls, and Ye Haitang revealed that she was also a Soul Douluo with the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Qian Ming activated his third soul ring and attacked Si Tingxuan with Poison Smoke Shot.

Si Tingxuan tested Qian Ming and Qian Hai’s abilities, breaking through Qian Hai’s layered defenses with his Flame Dragon Strike. Ye Haitang healed the two so quickly that Si Tingxuan realized they were exceptionally difficult to kill.

• Qian Ming attacked Si Tingxuan with an intangible smoke arrow that exploded into poisonous smoke, but Si Tingxuan blocked it with an ice barrier.
• Si Tingxuan used Mystic Ripple Microstep to attack Qian Ming, and Qian Hai protected him with Immovable as a Mountain.
• Si Tingxuan followed with Flame Dragon Strike, which shattered Qian Hai’s layered mountain defenses and blasted Qian Hai and Qian Ming away.
• Ye Haitang used all eight of her soul rings to heal Qian Hai and Qian Ming, restoring their severe injuries within seconds.
• Si Tingxuan marveled at Ye Haitang’s healing and realized how hard Qian Hai and Qian Ming were to kill.

Si Tingxuan tested Qian Ming and Qian Hai’s teamwork with his Flame Sword skills, then unleashed his Ninth Soul Ring Skill, Ultimate Combustion, against Qian Hai’s Absolute Defense. The attack cracked the defense and set it ablaze, leaving Qian Hai facing an uncertain outcome.

• Qian Ming summoned over a thousand smoky clones to poison Si Tingxuan, but Si Tingxuan’s Thousand Swords Flame Array burned them away.
• Qian Hai protected himself with Absolute Defense while Qian Ming took cover above him, and the barrier blocked the Flame Swords rising from the ground.
• Si Tingxuan redirected all the Flame Swords toward Qian Ming, but Qian Ming used Smoke Entanglement to switch places with Qian Hai.
• Si Tingxuan praised their coordination, then attacked Qian Hai’s barrier with his Ninth Soul Ring Skill, Ultimate Combustion.
• Si Tingxuan’s attack cracked Qian Hai’s Absolute Defense and set the barrier on fire.

King of the Balak Kingdom weighed Spirit Hall’s offer to expand his realm and decided to wait for Si Tingxuan, whose arrival and marriage to Princess Yanran mattered most. Yu Sheng left after recognizing the king’s caution, while the king remained wary of Spirit Hall’s influence.

• Yu Sheng reminded the king that Si Tingxuan had entered the Baroque Kingdom, and the king recalled learning that Si Tingxuan had become a Titled Douluo and killed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s leader and hidden Titled Douluo.
• The king considered Yu Sheng’s proposal to use Si Tingxuan and his allies to expand the Balak Kingdom, after hearing that Dugu Bo, the Peerless Dragon Serpent, and Ye Haitang were traveling with Si Tingxuan.
• The king decided not to commit to Yu Sheng’s plans before speaking with Si Tingxuan, saying that his daughter’s marriage to Dragon Slayer Douluo came first.
• Yu Sheng accepted that Si Tingxuan was the key to any agreement and left, privately warning himself that the king might regret refusing his terms.
• The king watched Yu Sheng leave and grew cold toward Spirit Hall, which he believed had long overstepped its authority in the Balak Kingdom.

Si Tingxuan returned to Odd Weapons Academy to a grand welcome, but Sword Douluo Chen Xin announced that Ning Rongrong would not join his tutelage. After Si Tingxuan reunited with the academy, Meng Tiancheng mistook a girl there for his daughter.

• Crowds and academy staff welcomed Si Tingxuan and his companions back to Odd Weapons Academy.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived and told Si Tingxuan that Ning Rongrong would not become his disciple, then left after agreeing to a future duel.
• Meng Tiancheng greeted Dugu Bo and the others and arranged private courtyards for them.
• Meng Tiancheng pulled Si Tingxuan aside and said he had cared for Si Tingxuan's supposedly obedient, pretty daughter, whose talent was lacking.

Si Tingxuan learned that six-year-old Qin Ling had come to Odd Weapons Academy to find him, though Meng Tiancheng mistakenly believed she was his daughter. As Qin Ling began to explain that her visit concerned her older sister, Si Tingxuan sensed someone nearby using an illusion to hide from his sight.

• Meng Tiancheng told Si Tingxuan that a girl who resembled him had come looking for him, and Si Tingxuan denied that she was his daughter.
• Meng Tiancheng took Si Tingxuan to his courtyard, where Qin Ling shyly clarified that she was not his daughter.
• Si Tingxuan recognized Qin Ling and asked why she had come to find him.
• Si Tingxuan sensed an unseen person nearby and suspected they were using a powerful illusion soul skill.
• Qin Ling told Si Tingxuan that her visit concerned her older sister.

Qin Ling explained that a faction had killed her and Qin Yue’s grandmother to force Qin Yue to join them, and she worried Si Tingxuan could not protect her sister. Si Tingxuan revealed he knew Qin Yue was hiding nearby, reassured the sisters with his reputation, and accepted the gifted Qin Yue as his disciple.

• Qin Ling told Si Tingxuan and Meng Tiancheng that Qin Yue had sent her to seek Si Tingxuan as a teacher, but feared the faction that had killed their grandmother would target them.
• Meng Tiancheng told Qin Ling that Si Tingxuan had killed Yu Yuanzhen and that few factions would dare challenge him, while Si Tingxuan called for Qin Yue to emerge from hiding.
• Qin Yue appeared and greeted Si Tingxuan and Meng Tiancheng, revealing herself as a fifteen-year-old Soul Ancestor with a Taiji Bagua Compass Martial Soul.
• Si Tingxuan asked Qin Yue to call him Teacher, and she accepted, setting aside her fears about the faction that had threatened her family.

Qin Yue demonstrated her four unusual Taiji Bagua Compass soul skills to Si Tingxuan, who praised their potential and learned that the Black Tortoise Sect had killed her grandmother. After promising to visit the sect, Si Tingxuan asked Qin Ling to become his disciple too, leaving Qin Ling, Qin Yue, and Meng Tiancheng stunned.

• Qin Yue showed how her first soul skill, Universe Shift, exchanged Si Tingxuan and Meng Tiancheng's positions regardless of their power levels.
• Qin Yue used her second soul skill, Earth Mountain Interchange, to conceal herself from Si Tingxuan and Meng Tiancheng, then explained that all her soul skills could target others.
• Qin Yue revealed her third and fourth soul skills, Yin Yang Reversal and Taiji Rotation, and Si Tingxuan praised the practical, rare abilities.
• Si Tingxuan asked who had killed Qin Yue and Qin Ling's grandmother, and Qin Yue named the Black Tortoise Sect.
• Si Tingxuan said he would visit the Black Tortoise Sect and invited Qin Ling to become his disciple alongside Qin Yue, astonishing both sisters and Meng Tiancheng.

Si Tingxuan accepted Qin Ling as a disciple and used his reward to fuse his soul bones into the Godly Battle Armor. He showed off its overwhelming power before withdrawing it, leaving Qin Yue, Qin Ling, and Meng Tiancheng stunned.

• Qin Ling agreed to become Si Tingxuan's disciple.
• Si Tingxuan completed a support mission and drew the Soul Bone Integrator.
• Si Tingxuan fused his soul bones into the Godly Battle Armor, which could withstand god-level attacks three times and enhance his soul bone skills.
• Si Tingxuan considered challenging Spirit Hall but dismissed the thought after imagining Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong together.
• Qin Yue, Qin Ling, and Meng Tiancheng stared in shock as Si Tingxuan manifested the armor, and he soon withdrew it.

Si Tingxuan selected Odd Weapons Academy’s team for the Balak Kingdom Tournament and promised Bai Jie leadership of a future team bound for the Star Luo Empire. He then traveled to the Royal Capital with Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, and the others, where Princess Yanran and her siblings awaited his arrival.

• Si Tingxuan named ten disciples to compete in the Balak Kingdom Tournament, while telling Bai Jie she would captain a future team with Lan Bao, Yan Zimeng, Jiu Shiyi, and Qin Ling.
• Bai Jie accepted the responsibility of training the four younger disciples and vowed to lead them to victory in the Star Luo Empire.
• Three days later, Si Tingxuan left for the Royal Capital with Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, and the others, leaving Dugu Bo and Ye Haitang at the academy to stay on guard against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Princess Yanran waited at the Royal Capital’s city gate with Chen Miao and Chen Shuo, teasing and scolding her younger brother as they watched for Si Tingxuan.
• Chen Miao noticed a carriage approaching that made people, including members of the Guardian General’s Residence, clear the way.

Si Tingxuan arrived in the Balak Kingdom and accepted Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang’s invitation to Dragon Snake Manor, where they revealed that an unknown sect had demanded they join it. They had not yet disclosed the sect’s identity, leaving Si Tingxuan astonished and curious.

• Princess Yanran recognized Si Tingxuan’s carriage and hurried away to change, while the Second Princess and the Prince Consort teased Chen Shuo about keeping track of where Si Tingxuan stayed.
• Meng Li greeted Si Tingxuan and Meng Yiran at the city gate, then invited them to Dragon Snake Manor on behalf of Meng Shu.
• Si Tingxuan agreed to stay at Dragon Snake Manor and followed Meng Li to meet Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang.
• Meng Shu told Si Tingxuan that a visitor had asked Dragon Snake Manor to join his sect and offered him the position of vice sect master.
• Si Tingxuan guessed the visitor might represent an empire or one of the Seven Sects, but Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang said it was none of them.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang proposed that Si Tingxuan lead the Balak Kingdom’s major powers in establishing a sect to keep talent from drifting to the newly powerful Black Tortoise Sect. Si Tingxuan accepted the idea and declared that their sect would contend to become the strongest in the world.

• Si Tingxuan learned that the Black Tortoise Sect’s Mystic Tortoise Douluo had reached Title Douluo and once tried to recruit Dragon Snake Manor.
• Meng Shu warned that Mystic Tortoise Douluo’s reputation could draw talented Soul Masters away from the three great academies.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu proposed joining the royal Chen Family, Dragon Snake Manor, Bai Wuya’s Bai Family, and the Zhao Family into a sect led by Si Tingxuan.
• Si Tingxuan considered the plan and asked whether the royal family, Bai Family, and Zhao Family had agreed.
• Meng Shu said the royal family would welcome the alliance and promised to approach the Bai Family and Zhao Family.
• Si Tingxuan declared that if they established a sect, they would contend for the number one sect in the world.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang were stunned when Si Tingxuan proposed making their sect the world’s number one, but believed he was serious. In Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong revealed her Demigod power to Qian Daoliu, claimed a hidden God-level inheritance, and ordered him to remain in the Worship Hall under threat of destroying Spirit Hall.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang questioned whether Si Tingxuan truly intended to make their sect the number one in the world, and he confirmed that he was serious.
• Qian Daoliu returned to Pope's Hall and confronted Bibi Dong about Qian Renxue loving someone.
• Bibi Dong mocked Qian Daoliu and his family, then released a Demigod aura and asserted her authority as Pope over the Grand Elder.
• Qian Daoliu realized Bibi Dong had found a God-level inheritance, and she refused to tell him whose trials she had undertaken.
• Bibi Dong ordered Qian Daoliu not to leave the Worship Hall without her permission and threatened to reduce all of Spirit Hall to ruins if he disobeyed.