Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai fought Yang Wudi in a fierce arena battle, revealing his evolved White Tiger Martial Soul and multiple Soul Bones. The incense burned out as both combatants ended the clash injured and kneeling, with Dai Mubai still defiant.

• Dai Mubai revealed that his evolved White Tiger Martial Soul suppressed weapon-type Martial Souls and displayed his Darkgolden Terrorclaw External Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai charged Yang Wudi with enhanced abilities, and the two traded blows as Yang Wudi's spear was weakened by the White Tiger's power.
• Dai Mubai traded a shoulder wound for a heavy strike against Yang Wudi, then healed himself with the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone.
• Dai Mubai and Yang Wudi unleashed their strongest attacks, and the resulting explosion hurled both men back, injured and kneeling.
• Ma Hongjun announced that the incense had burned out.

Dai Mubai won Yang Wudi’s allegiance for the Breaking Clan and welcomed Yang Pojun into his group. At the banquet, he presented Yang Wudi with an Aromatic Silk Beauty, leaving the alchemist stunned.

• Yang Wudi accepted Dai Mubai’s victory and pledged the Breaking Clan’s obedience, then ordered a banquet to welcome him.
• Oscar’s Recovery Sausages helped Dai Mubai and Yang Wudi recover, and Dai Mubai introduced his companions to Yang Wudi and Yang Pojun.
• Yang Wudi asked Dai Mubai to take Yang Pojun under his wing, and Dai Mubai welcomed him as a brother who could call him Boss Dai.
• Dai Mubai asked Yang Wudi about his alchemy and presented him with an Aromatic Silk Beauty, which Yang Wudi recognized and accepted in astonishment.

Dai Mubai secured Yang Wudi’s loyalty with rare medicinal treasures and learned that the four clans’ gathering was approaching. When the clan heads assembled at the Breaking Clan residence, Dai Mubai met Niu Gao, Bai He, and Tai Tan, leaving the question of whether they would join him unresolved.

• Yang Wudi pledged loyalty to Dai Mubai after receiving the Aromatic Silk Beauty and the Wishful Treasure Bag filled with rare herbs and poisons.
• Dai Mubai told Yang Wudi that he had killed Dugu Bo and entrusted him with the Poison Douluo’s medicinal collection.
• Yang Wudi agreed to persuade Niu Gao and Bai He to join Dai Mubai when the four clans gathered at the Breaking Clan residence half a month later.
• Dai Mubai and his companions trained at the Breaking Clan residence, where Yang Pojun joined them and Dai Mubai advanced to level fifty-three.
• Yang Wudi welcomed Niu Gao, Bai He, and Tai Tan to the gathering, then introduced Dai Mubai as the finest young man he had ever met.

Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He pledged the Breaking, Defense, and Speed Clans to Dai Mubai after seeing his Soul King strength, while Tai Tan refused and left to support Tang San. The three allied clan heads then formally greeted Dai Mubai as their chosen leader.

• Yang Wudi invited the Defense, Speed, and Strength Clans to join the Breaking Clan in serving Dai Mubai, and Niu Gao and Bai He agreed.
• Dai Mubai revealed his five Soul Rings, confirming Yang Wudi's claim that he had become a Soul King before turning sixteen.
• Tai Tan announced that he had found his master's son, Tang San, and wanted the clans to swear loyalty to him.
• Niu Gao and Bai He rejected Tai Tan's appeal, citing the Clear Sky Sect's past neglect and the aid they had received from Yang Wudi and Niu Gao.
• Tai Tan left with Tai Long, ending the four clans' brotherhood, while Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He formally pledged their clans to Dai Mubai.

Dai Mubai welcomed the Breaking, Defense, and Agility Clans’ young talents into his group and led them to Star Luo City to meet his father. After returning to the imperial palace, he settled his companions in his residence, where Ning Rongrong commented on its modest furnishings.

• Niu Gao introduced Niu Zhen, and Bai He introduced Bai Chenxiang; Dai Mubai accepted both of them alongside Yang Pojun into his group.
• Dai Mubai planned for the clan leaders to meet his father and for the Three Clans to settle in Star Luo City, then hosted a feast before the group departed three days later.
• On the journey, Ma Hongjun fussed over Bai Chenxiang, drawing teasing from Oscar and laughter from the others.
• After four days on the road, Dai Mubai and his companions arrived in Star Luo City and entered the Star Luo Imperial Palace.
• Dai Mubai led the group to his palace, where he arranged lodgings for his guests and Ning Rongrong remarked that it was less comfortable than her home.

Dai Mubai met the Star Luo Emperor after returning with powerful allies and support from Ning Rongrong, securing land and funds for the Three Clans. He then revealed that his and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Souls had evolved, prompting Dai Tianxing to ask to see them.

• Dai Mubai entered the Imperial Study with Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Zhao Wuji, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He, where he reunited with Dai Tianxing and Zhu Wanting.
• Dai Mubai introduced Zhao Wuji and the three clan heads, and Dai Tianxing recognized the strength and political backing they brought.
• Dai Mubai requested a place for the Breaking, Defense, and Speed Clans to settle, and Dai Tianxing granted them land near the royal hunting grounds and three million Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Mubai introduced Ning Rongrong as Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and heir to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, surprising Dai Tianxing.
• Dai Mubai reported that his Martial Soul and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat had evolved, and Dai Tianxing rose to ask to see them.

Dai Mubai revealed that his and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Souls had evolved, then persuaded Dai Tianxing to let him compete with Dai Weisi for the Crown Prince position through the Soul Master Tournament. At a private dinner, Dai Tianxing asked how their Martial Souls evolved and whether the royal family could use the same method to grow stronger.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their evolved Martial Souls and near-perfect Martial Soul Fusion Skill, impressing Dai Tianxing and Zhu Wanting.
• Dai Tianxing offered to appoint Dai Mubai Crown Prince, but Dai Mubai requested a fair contest against Dai Weisi through the Soul Master Tournament, and Dai Tianxing agreed.
• Dai Mubai assigned Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Bai He to establish a base in Star Luo City, then organized his team’s training at Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Tianxing praised Dai Mubai’s plan over dinner, discussed the threat from Spirit Hall, and asked how the Martial Soul evolution could strengthen the royal family.

Dai Mubai gave his parents rare Immortal Herbs to strengthen the Star Luo Empire’s high-level combat power. Dai Tianxing reached level ninety and Zhu Wanting reached level eighty-eight, and Dai Mubai asked whether other imperial elders were stuck at bottlenecks.

• Dai Mubai learned that Dai Tianxing was level eighty-six and Zhu Wanting was level eighty-three, and worried about the Star Luo Empire’s lack of a Titled Douluo.
• Dai Mubai told his parents that Immortal Herbs had evolved his and Zhu Qing’s Martial Souls, then revealed he had two other treasures for them.
• Dai Mubai gave Dai Tianxing the Primordial Unity Immortal Herb and Zhu Wanting the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, explaining how to take them.
• Dai Tianxing and Zhu Wanting refined the herbs while Dai Mubai guarded them; three hours later, Dai Tianxing reached level ninety and Zhu Wanting reached level eighty-eight.
• Dai Tianxing thanked Dai Mubai, who asked about other elders stuck at bottlenecks; Dai Tianxing said his parents and Zhu Wanting’s father were all at level eighty-nine.

Dai Mubai asked Yang Wudi to turn rare medicinal herbs into pills to help the empire’s elders break through, while the court set his Second Team against Dai Weisi’s First Team for the crown prince selection. Three days later, Yang Wudi presented twelve jade boxes of pills to Dai Mubai and his companions.

• Dai Mubai promised Dai Tianxing that medicinal herbs he had found could help the elders overcome their cultivation bottlenecks, then brought the herbs to Yang Wudi for pill refinement.
• Yang Wudi identified several rare herbs, including four Eight-Grade Lingzhi, and promised to refine at least ten supreme-grade pills within three days while keeping the matter confidential.
• Dai Tianxing decreed that Dai Mubai’s Second Team and Dai Weisi’s First Team would compete in the tournament, with their performance determining who would become Crown Prince.
• Dai Weisi dismissed Dai Mubai’s chances of winning, while Zhu Zhuyun warned him not to underestimate the force Dai Mubai had brought back.
• Yang Wudi presented twelve jade boxes at Dai Mubai’s residence, and Dai Mubai opened one to reveal a pale-gold pill whose fragrance impressed Zhao Wuji.

Dai Mubai rewarded Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Bai He, Yang Pojun, Niu Zhen, and Bai Chenxiang with pills and Immortal Herbs, then brought Zhu Zhuqing to the Imperial Study. There, he revealed the refined pills to the imperial elders and consecrated elders, leaving five jade boxes ready for them.

• Yang Wudi presented twelve high-quality Soul Ascension Pills, and Dai Mubai gave one each to Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He.
• Dai Mubai gave Yang Pojun the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, Niu Zhen the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, and Bai Chenxiang the Windfeather Flower, then sent them to consume their gifts under guard.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing went to the Imperial Study, where Dai Mubai asked Dai Tianxing to summon everyone who needed to break through.
• Zhu Wanting brought Dai Zhenguo, Zhu Fengyi, Zhu Chengfeng, Dai Tianhu, and Dai Yunlan to the Imperial Study, where Dai Mubai reported his rank fifty-three cultivation.
• Dai Tianxing explained Dai Mubai's Immortal Herbs and the pills to the five elders, and Dai Mubai placed five jade boxes on the desk for them.

Dai Mubai’s pills helped five members of the Star Luo Empire break through to level ninety, giving the empire six Titled Douluo, while the elders and younger members of the clans also gained major improvements. Bai He offered Dai Mubai a treasured family heirloom, leaving its contents unrevealed.

• Dai Zhenguo, Zhu Fengyi, Zhu Chengfeng, Dai Tianhu, and Dai Yunlan each swallowed a pill and broke through to level ninety, joining Dai Tianxing as Titled Douluo.
• Dai Tianxing and the others decided to keep their breakthroughs secret and planned to hunt for ninth Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He reported that the pills increased their Soul Power and improved their health and physical abilities.
• Yang Pojun and Niu Zhen emerged from absorbing Immortal Herbs with six-level gains, while Bai Chenxiang reached level thirty and evolved her Martial Soul to gain wind blade attacks.
• Bai He thanked Dai Mubai on behalf of the Speed Clan and presented him with a long, narrow jade box containing a family heirloom.

Dai Mubai accepted Bai He's Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and brought his companions to Star Luo Royal Academy to register the Second Team. The academy's leaders were impressed by the young Soul Masters he had gathered, and Shen Tianming led them toward their training base.

• Bai He gave Dai Mubai the Speed Clan's Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to repay him for helping Bai Chenxiang evolve her martial soul.
• Dai Mubai arranged for Bai Chenxiang to register at the academy before they hunted for her Soul Ring, and he told Bai He to secretly purchase Whale Rubber for the group.
• Dai Mubai, Zhao Wuji, and the others traveled to Star Luo Royal Academy, where Shen Tianming and Zhou Shanchang welcomed them.
• Dai Mubai introduced Zhao Wuji as the Second Team's leader, and Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Yang Pojun, Niu Zhen, and Bai Chenxiang registered their levels and martial souls.
• Shen Tianming and Zhou Shanchang were astonished by the young team's strength, then Shen Tianming led Dai Mubai and the others toward the Second Team's training base.

Dai Mubai took charge of the Star Luo Second Team and met his younger sister, Dai Lingling, whose captaincy had been taken from her. After Dai Mubai announced he would keep only three of the old members as substitutes, Dai Lingling challenged his group and began chasing Oscar around the training ground.

• Dai Mubai arrived at the Second Team training base, where former instructor Huang Ding and the team members awaited him.
• Dai Mubai recognized Dai Lingling as his younger sister, and Oscar angered her by calling her a tigress before learning who she was.
• Dai Lingling introduced the six other veteran members, and Dai Mubai judged that the team needed stronger recruits.
• Dai Mubai announced that he would select the team anew and retain only three of the seven old members as substitutes.
• Dai Lingling challenged Oscar to punish him for insulting her, then chased him around the training ground after he started running.

Dai Mubai finalized Star Luo Royal Academy's Second Team, revealed that he was already a Soul King, and led the team to lunch. When a follower of the First Prince insulted Ma Hongjun, Ma Hongjun attacked him with Dai Mubai's permission.

• Dai Mubai tested the veteran members, kept Dai Lingling, Chen Feng, and Zhao Tiezhu, and finalized the team's main lineup and substitutes.
• Dai Mubai revealed his five Soul Rings and announced that he would captain the Second Team, with Zhao Wuji as team leader and Huang Ding as deputy.
• Dai Mubai declared that the team's goal was to win the Soul Master Tournament, assigned the members their lodgings, and scheduled formal training for the next day.
• Dai Mubai led the team to the dining hall, where a follower of the First Prince mocked Ma Hongjun as a country bumpkin.
• Dai Mubai gave Ma Hongjun permission to fight, and Ma Hongjun punched the young nobleman repeatedly in front of the stunned students.

Dai Mubai confronted Dai Weisi at the academy cafeteria and defeated him in a clash of Soul Power, then led the second team into intensive training. Half a month later, after Bai Chenxiang returned with her third Soul Ring, Dai Lingling challenged Ma Hongjun after he beat Oscar in sparring.

• Ma Hongjun, Yang Pojun, and Niu Zhen knocked down Dai Weisi’s lackeys in the cafeteria.
• Dai Mubai resisted Dai Weisi’s Soul Power pressure and forced him to stagger back before Dai Weisi challenged him to settle things in the arena.
• Zhu Zhuyun awkwardly declined Zhu Zhuqing’s invitation to eat and followed Dai Weisi out.
• Bai He took Bai Chenxiang to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Dai Mubai began training the team with Gravity Field drills, sparring, and recovery.
• Bai Chenxiang returned with a two-thousand-five-hundred-year third Soul Ring, level thirty-two Soul Power, and the Wind-Riding Swift Shadow skill.
• After Ma Hongjun defeated Oscar in sparring, Dai Lingling challenged Ma Hongjun and entered the arena in anger.

Dai Lingling defended Oscar during the final training session, and their growing closeness became clear to the others. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing visited her family, where Zhu Zhuyun tried to belittle her sister but was unsettled by the couple’s affection as they left.

• Dai Lingling attacked Ma Hongjun for bullying Oscar, admitted that only she could hit Oscar, and blushed when Ma Hongjun teased her about him.
• Dai Mubai announced the training camp had ended and gave everyone a day off, while Bai Chenxiang kicked Ma Hongjun after he cheered.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to the Nether Duke's Estate, where Zhu Tianxiong and Liu Yemei welcomed them.
• Zhu Zhuyun joined the family banquet and repeatedly compared Zhu Zhuqing unfavorably with the first team, but Zhu Zhuqing answered calmly.
• Zhu Zhuyun watched Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing leave hand in hand and felt envy and jealousy over their affection.

After six members of the Star Luo Empire’s ruling family and the White Tiger Sect became Titled Douluo, Dai Mubai urged his family to hide their growing strength and wait for Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects to weaken each other. He accepted an 80,000-year-old Soul Bone for Zhu Zhuqing and left the Imperial Study focused on preparing for the Soul Master Tournament.

• Dai Tianxing told Dai Mubai that all six Soul Masters who went hunting had obtained ninth Soul Rings and advanced to Titled Douluo, greatly strengthening the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Tianxing offered Dai Mubai a 90,000-year-old Holy Light Tiger King Torso Soul Bone, but Dai Mubai refused it so his father could use it to advance further.
• Dai Mubai accepted an 80,000-year-old Two-Headed Ghost Shadow Leopard left leg Soul Bone, intending to give it to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai warned Dai Tianxing that Spirit Hall would target the empire if it revealed its new Titled Douluo, and recommended keeping their strength secret until Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects had exhausted each other.
• Dai Tianxing agreed to Dai Mubai’s strategy and told him to prepare with the Second Team for the Soul Master Tournament, which was a little over a year away.

Dai Mubai collected five Golden Spirit Pills from Yang Wudi and gave one to Dai Lingling at the academy. After taking it, Dai Lingling’s Soul Power rose from level thirty-four to level thirty-eight, and she left eager to test her enhanced strength on Oscar.

• Dai Mubai visited Yang Wudi, who presented five Golden Spirit Pills refined from the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and Vajra Strength Fruits.
• Niu Gao reported that half of the residences for the three clans had been completed, and Dai Mubai told him Niu Zhen had reached level forty.
• Dai Mubai summoned Dai Lingling and gave her a Golden Spirit Pill, asking her to keep its existence secret.
• Dai Lingling took the pill and endured its painful effects as it strengthened her body and meridians.
• Dai Lingling’s Soul Power rose from level thirty-four to level thirty-eight, and she left to test her new strength on Oscar.

Dai Mubai gave Zhu Zhuqing an eighty-thousand-year soul bone, which raised her soul power to level forty and granted her a powerful stealth attack skill. The next morning, Zhao Wuji announced that he had reached level eighty, and Dai Mubai planned a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest for four soul rings.

• Dai Mubai visited Zhu Zhuqing and gave her an eighty-thousand-year Two-Headed Ghost Shadow Leopard left leg bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the soul bone, reached level forty, and gained the soul bone skill Nether Shadow Strike.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing spent the night together, then joined the others for morning training.
• Zhao Wuji arrived late at the training ground and announced that he had broken through to level eighty.
• Dai Mubai announced plans to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest the next day so Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Niu Zhen, and Zhao Wuji could obtain soul rings, with the rest of the group joining for practical combat training.

Dai Mubai led the team into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Niu Zhen, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing obtained their fourth Soul Rings before Zhao Wuji continued toward the core region with Yang Wudi and Bai He. Back in a frontier town, Dai Mubai recognized Shi Nian and deliberately drew him into an attack, detecting the Remnant Dream Illusion as it began.

• Dai Mubai took the team from Star Luo City to the Star Dou Great Forest while Zhu Chengfeng secretly followed to protect him.
• Niu Zhen, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing each obtained a fourth Soul Ring, gaining new Soul Skills and increasing their Soul Power.
• Yang Wudi and Bai He accompanied Zhao Wuji into the forest's core region to search for his eighth Soul Ring, while Dai Mubai returned to town with the younger students.
• Dai Mubai recognized Ye Zhiqiu and Shi Nian in the hotel lobby and identified Shi Nian as the Soul Master behind the ten-thousand-year Illusion Wisdom Head Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai went for a nighttime stroll with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, sensed Shi Nian's hidden mental fluctuation, and detected the Remnant Dream Illusion distorting the street.