Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu fled Shrek Academy after learning a Titled Douluo had come to see Tang San, and Ning Rongrong followed after discovering her escape. Ning Rongrong’s delayed fire starter burned down the girls’ dormitory, and Tang San found it empty, leaving everyone unsure where the girls had gone.

• Xiao Wu learned from Ning Rongrong that a Titled Douluo had come to see Tang San and began planning to escape.
• At midnight, Ning Rongrong caught Xiao Wu sneaking out with a bundle, and Xiao Wu fled after her excuse failed.
• Ning Rongrong packed her belongings, rigged a delayed fire in her bed, and ran away from Shrek Academy.
• The fire spread through the girls’ dormitory, and Flender used his Third Spirit Skill to extinguish it.
• Tang San searched the burned dormitory but found no one, then emerged unable to say where Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong were.

The riverbank stripped the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well of its Immortal Herbs, springs, and Dragon Bones, then tested whether he could repeat trades with Zhu Zhuqing to earn rewards. The system accepted the second trade but granted no new reward, leaving him wondering whether it had patched the loophole.

• Tang San told Flender that Xiao Wu and Rongrong were missing but that he had found no bodies, and Flender decided to contact the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the riverbank harvested every Immortal Herb despite Dugu Bo's distress.
• The riverbank drained both springs and collected the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s Dragon Bones, astonishing Dugu Bo.
• Back at the Crown Prince's Residence, the riverbank took Zhu Zhuqing into a bedroom and traded an Immortal Herb for a kiss, gaining poison immunity.
• The riverbank repeated the trade with Zhu Zhuqing, but the system gave him no second reward, prompting him to suspect it had patched the loophole.

Lu Chuan gave Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling Immortal Herbs that strengthened their Martial Souls, then urged them to cultivate without rushing to absorb Spirit Rings. He planned to take Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Bo to Wutan City and offered Ye Lingling a Cultivation Method to help her grow stronger.

• Lu Chuan gave Zhu Zhuqing the Nether Shadow Illusion Grass and taught her how to refine it.
• Lu Chuan made Dugu Bo hop and sing under the contract’s power, then gave Ye Lingling Moon Dew Fragrance and explained how to take it.
• Ye Lingling removed the shackles on her Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Soul, which gained the ability to cure poison, burns, and mental wounds.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished refining her herb, rose seven Soul Power levels to level thirty-three, and greatly improved her concealment.
• Lu Chuan told Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling not to rush to absorb Spirit Rings and said he would give them Cultivation Methods; he planned to take Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Bo to Wutan City.

Ye Lingling began studying meridians and acupoints while Dugu Bo remained under the youth’s control and was denied his promised rewards. Five days later, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin came to the Crown Prince’s Residence with Ning Rongrong to pursue a trade with the mysterious merchant.

• The youth gave Ye Lingling a meridian and acupoint diagram and told her to study it with Zhu Zhuqing, while he made Dugu Bo wait for Immortal Herbs and Cultivation Methods.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin welcomed Ning Rongrong home and learned she wanted Spirit Bones to buy Self-Created Soul Skills from a merchant.
• Ning Rongrong said Xue Qinghe had also bought from the merchant, convincing Ning Fengzhi that the offer might be genuine.
• After hearing about the merchant’s skills, cultivation methods, and medicines, Ning Fengzhi ordered Spirit Bones prepared and decided to buy as much as possible.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong met Xue Qinghe at the Crown Prince’s Residence, where he welcomed them and asked what brought them there.

Lu Chuan traded Self-Created Soul Skills and Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then revealed that his Imperial Extreme Pill could raise a Titled Douluo by one or two levels. He set its price at a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Xue Qinghe began considering it for Golden Crocodile Douluo.

• Xue Qinghe brought Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin to meet Lu Chuan while Dugu Bo guarded the guest room.
• Lu Chuan accepted two Spirit Bones from Ning Fengzhi and handed over a manual of Self-Created Soul Skills and twenty bottles of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid.
• Sword Douluo asked about pills for Titled Douluo, and Lu Chuan described the Imperial Extreme Pill's power and its one-per-person limit.
• Lu Chuan priced each Imperial Extreme Pill at one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, leaving the group stunned.
• Xue Qinghe considered trading a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for Golden Crocodile Douluo and thought of the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest.

Lu Chuan sold Ning Fengzhi selected Self-Created Dou Techniques and a separate meridian diagram, then took Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo to the Battle Through the Heavens World in exchange for Immortal Herbs. They arrived in Wutan City, where the unfamiliar visitors drew Yun Yun’s attention.

• Ning Rongrong tried to trade two Fifty Thousand Year Soul Bones for a technique, but Lu Chuan rejected her bluff and struck her forehead.
• Ning Fengzhi chose several techniques and bought a meridian diagram from Lu Chuan before leaving with Ning Rongrong and Xue Qinghe.
• Lu Chuan trained Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling while Dugu Bo guarded the courtyard gate, where he reflected on the Earth Dragon Golden Melon that had strengthened his Martial Soul.
• Lu Chuan offered Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo a day in the Battle Through the Heavens World in exchange for Immortal Herbs, and all three accepted.
• The group arrived in an old-fashioned courtyard, where the system rewarded Lu Chuan with increased mental strength, cultivation speed, and physical resilience; Dugu Bo also felt his Soul Power improve.
• Dugu Bo carried the group into Wutan City, and Yun Yun sensed his unfamiliar, cold aura and flew out to investigate.

Lu Chuan and his companions were intercepted by Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma, who mistook Dugu Bo for a Dou Zong and treated the group with great deference. At the Mittel Auction House, Jia Xingtian asked Lu Chuan why he had come to the Jia Ma Empire.

• Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma blocked Lu Chuan's group, and Dugu Bo claimed to be a Dou Zong before deferring to Lu Chuan.
• Lu Chuan agreed to accompany the three to the Mittel Auction House, while witnesses on the street marveled at their respectful treatment of the group.
• Yun Ling saw the encounter and canceled his disciples' plan to attack the Xiao Family, ordering them to observe the newcomers first.
• Gu Ni welcomed Lu Chuan and identified him as the person who had awakened a Martial Soul, surprising Yun Yun and Fa Ma.
• At the auction house, Jia Xingtian asked Lu Chuan what had brought him to the Jia Ma Empire and offered the Imperial Family's help.

At Mittel Auction House, land and river offered to refine a Sect-Breaking Pill for a price Jia Xingtian and the others could not afford, then prepared to hold a Martial Soul awakening ceremony. Xiao Yan joined the crowd as Ya Fei explained Martial Souls and Spirit Rings, and the ceremony began with attendees invited to come forward.

• land and river offered to refine a Sect-Breaking Pill in exchange for two Earth Rank Dou Techniques, Soul Force-nourishing ingredients, and three sets of pill ingredients, but Jia Xingtian declined the costly terms.
• land and river asked Ya Fei to prepare Mittel Auction House for the Martial Soul awakening, and she confirmed the hall could hold more than nine hundred people.
• Xiao Yan followed the crowds to Mittel Auction House and wondered what Martial Soul Nalan Yanran would awaken, while Yao Chen teased him about being afraid of her.
• Ya Fei explained Martial Souls, Spirit Rings, and Spirit Skills to the gathered townspeople and cultivators, including Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and Fa Ma.
• Ya Fei announced the start of the awakening ceremony and called forward those who wished to awaken a Martial Soul, warning them not to bring duplicate or incomplete Dou Techniques.

Lu Chuan offered Martial Soul awakenings and Spirit Ring hunts in exchange for Dou Techniques and other valuable resources, drawing a crowd that included Nalan Yanran. After awakening a Cloud-Pattern Sword, Nalan Yanran wanted to hunt a Soul Beast, but Yun Yun forbade her from making a rash choice.

• A young man traded the Low Yellow Tier Dou Technique Finger-Piercing Technique for an awakening, and Dugu Bo revealed his bird Martial Soul.
• Lu Chuan explained that people could obtain Spirit Rings by giving up a star of cultivation or offering a Sixth-Grade Medicinal Pill or Heavenly Flame, or by entering a blind draw.
• The crowd lined up for awakenings while Ya Fei inspected their Dou Technique scrolls and Dugu Bo performed the ceremonies.
• Nalan Yanran offered the Yellow Tier Mid-Grade Dou Technique Light Floc Step and awakened the Cloud-Pattern Sword.
• Nalan Yanran asked to hunt a Soul Beast, but Yun Yun warned her not to let anger cloud her judgment, and Nalan Yanran reluctantly backed down.

Nalan Yanran left the ceremony upset after mistaking Xiao Yan’s indifference for contempt, while the land and river sent contract signers to hunt Soul Beasts in Star Dou Forest. The hunters encountered a dangerous Mandala Snake, and the chapter ended with them dividing their attention between its Spirit Ring and valuable remains.

• Nalan Yanran glared at Xiao Yan and ran out of the auction house, while Yun Yun explained to Dugu Bo that Yanran had tried to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• The land and river offered golden contracts to the hunters, drained some of their Dou Qi after they signed, and transported them from the auction house to Star Dou Forest.
• Mercenaries and young family members split into groups to explore the forest, while Misty Cloud Sect disciples stayed alert and urged them not to scatter.
• A Mandala Snake ambushed a mercenary, but Misty Cloud Sect disciples coordinated their attacks and killed it.
• A purple Spirit Ring appeared above the snake, but a mercenary who had not landed the killing blow could not absorb it, so he harvested the snake’s gallbladder, fangs, and other valuable parts instead.

Mu Xiao absorbed a Mandala Snake Spirit Ring in the alternate world, then returned to the Battle Through the Heavens World with a powerful poison-based Spirit Skill. His success inspired Xiao Yan to pursue body tempering so he could eventually absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

• Mu Xiao absorbed the Mandala Snake’s Spirit Ring, but golden light suddenly transported him back to the Battle Through the Heavens World.
• Mu Xiao told Mu Chen that his first Spirit Skill, Toxin Erosion, inflicted stacking damage over time and reduced healing, earning promotion to a core inner disciple.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to teach him a body-tempering Dou Technique so he could become strong enough to absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian marveled at the Spirit Ring system while Yun Yun grew curious about the mysterious Young Master.
• Dugu Bo dismissed their surprise, and the envious Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling wished they had met Brother Lu sooner.

While Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling cultivated to form Dou Qi Spirals, her brother encountered Xiao Yi Xian and recognized her unusual poison-affecting constitution. Xiao Yi Xian feared he would kill her, leaving her pleading for her life in the corridor.

• Zhu Zhuqing and her brother left the auction gallery with Ye Lingling and asked a maid to find them a quiet room.
• Her brother guided Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling as they gathered and compressed Dou Qi in their dantians to form Qi Spirals.
• Her brother opened the room door and accidentally collided with Xiao Yi Xian, who had been hurrying to find a toilet.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned, introduced herself, and her brother recognized her as the cursed, kindhearted girl.
• Her brother told Xiao Yi Xian that poisons could not harm her and excited her, and she begged him not to kill her.

The river explained that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body had caused the deaths of her mother and villagers, then offered to help her control it. After she accepted his contract and awakened her Martial Soul, he outlined two ways to resolve her constitution, leaving her frightened by the prospect of condensing the Poison God’s Godhood.

• The river told Xiao Yi Xian that her Woeful Poison Body absorbed poison to strengthen her but would eventually erupt and kill her and everything nearby.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke down in grief, believing that her uncontrolled poison had killed her mother and the villagers.
• The river comforted Xiao Yi Xian, offered to teach her and solve her constitution’s danger, and she accepted his contract.
• The river awakened Xiao Yi Xian’s Martial Soul, which appeared as a beautiful, white-haired version of herself surrounded by purple poison.
• The river described a Poison Pill or condensing the Poison God’s Godhood as ways to control her Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Yi Xian grew scared at the mention of a world and Godhood.

Xiao Yi Xian learned that Douluo Continent would welcome her poison abilities and joined Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling as a cultivation partner. After receiving new cultivation materials, she was offered a Wood Attribute Cultivation Method without having to prove herself further.

• The man told Xiao Yi Xian that Douluo Continent valued poison and that she would travel there after their return.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling successfully condensed their Dou Qi Spirals, and the man introduced Xiao Yi Xian as their new cultivation partner.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the two girls shared their backgrounds, and she began to feel at home with them.
• Ya Fei delivered chests of Dou Techniques and Cultivation Methods, which the man stored in the System Space and absorbed through the system.
• The man gave Ye Lingling and Xiao Yi Xian the Wood Attribute Cultivation Method to copy and cultivate, explaining that Xiao Yi Xian's signed contract already proved her loyalty.

Ya Fei asked Lu Chuan to take her in as a subordinate, and he made her responsible for trade and resource allocation in the Battle Through the Heavens World. He gave her Narcissus Jade Muscles and Bones to improve her poor cultivation talent, while Xiao Yi Xian, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted to Ya Fei’s flirtation in their own ways.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Ye Lingling began copying the Cultivation Method, and Ya Fei envied Lu Chuan’s generosity toward his subordinates.
• Ya Fei offered to manage trade, resources, and intelligence for Lu Chuan, and he accepted her as his subordinate and assigned her to oversee trade and resource allocation.
• Ya Fei signed a lifelong contract that allowed her to Teleport to Lu Chuan at the cost of a minor level if she suffered a fatal injury or chose to do so.
• Lu Chuan gave Ya Fei Narcissus Jade Muscles and Bones to strengthen her cultivation talent, and she flirted with him before going to absorb it.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Ye Lingling whether Ya Fei was seducing Lu Chuan, and Ye Lingling warned her to focus on her duties.
• Zhu Zhuqing felt a little jealous but stayed calm, then massaged Lu Chuan’s shoulders.

Lin Mo reported to Yun Yun that he had discovered the Douluo Continent, prompting her to secretly leave Wutan City after weighing the risks. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing taught Xiao Yi Xian about cultivation, until muffled gasps sounded from the next room.

• The Man Faced Demon Spider chased Lin Mo's group, but Leng Ningshuang froze it with her sixth spirit skill and warned the survivors to leave the forest.
• Lin Mo learned that he was on the Douluo Continent and told Yun Yun about it after the survivors returned to the Mittel Auction House.
• Yun Yun worried that searching for the Douluo Continent could anger the young master of land and river, then flew out of her inn room under cover of night.
• Zhu Zhuqing taught Xiao Yi Xian about meridians and acupoints, and Xiao Yi Xian said she understood.
• Muffled gasps came from the room next door as Xiao Yi Xian and Zhu Zhuqing finished their lesson.

After absorbing the Narcissus Jade Muscles and Bones, Ya Fei repaid land river’s favor by choosing to devote herself to him, and Zhu Zhuqing gave them privacy. The chapter ended with Ya Fei exhausted after taming land river’s “wild stallion,” while Xiao Yi Xian struggled to accept Zhu Zhuqing’s calm approval.

• Ya Fei absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscles and Bones, which transformed her meridians and let her Dou Qi flow freely.
• Ya Fei decided to repay land river by giving herself to him and committing herself wholly to his work.
• Ya Fei prepared a meal and wine for land river, changed into special battle attire, and went to his room.
• Zhu Zhuqing met Ya Fei in the corridor and said she would teach Xiao Yi Xian cultivation, giving Ya Fei and land river privacy.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained to Xiao Yi Xian that land river had brought Ya Fei into his service and that Ya Fei had made her own choice.
• Ya Fei struggled to tame land river’s wild stallion until it yielded, then collapsed against its back in exhaustion.

Ya Fei absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscles and Bones, transformed her Martial Soul into the Frost Jade Dagger, and pledged herself to the land. The next morning, the land and river met Yun Yun, who had been waiting to speak with him.

• Ya Fei thanked the land for the Immortal Herb and showed him how her dagger had advanced into the Frost Jade Dagger.
• After drinking with the land, Ya Fei became intimate with him and told him she belonged to him completely.
• The land assigned Ya Fei to manage transactions, contacts, and clients in Dou Po, and warned her to use the contract mark if she faced danger.
• The next morning, Ya Fei helped the land dress before they left with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing told the land and river that Sect Master Yun had arrived the previous night and was waiting in the Guest Room.
• The land and river entered the Guest Room, where Yun Yun rose and greeted him.

Yun Yun rejected the Misty Cloud Sect's plan to search for Douluo Continent and traveled to negotiate a deal with Lu Chuan. Back in the Crown Prince's Residence, Xiao Yi Xian explored the palace and befriended Ning Rongrong.

• Yun Yun told Lu Chuan that she had rejected a proposal to search for Douluo Continent, citing the risks to the Misty Cloud Sect, and said she wanted to make a deal with him.
• Lu Chuan, Xiao Yi Xian, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo returned safely to the Crown Prince's Residence.
• Xiao Yi Xian explored the residence and met Xue Qinghe, who gave her a token allowing her to move freely through the imperial palace.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Zhu Zhuqing walked through the palace, where guards let them pass after seeing Xiao Yi Xian's token.
• Ning Rongrong greeted Zhu Zhuqing, met Xiao Yi Xian, and eagerly invited her to become friends and visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong walked together toward the Imperial Garden.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Yi Xian encountered Xiao Wu in Heaven Dou City after she escaped from traffickers who had drugged and imprisoned her. The group found the traffickers’ hideout and prepared to deal with the ten people inside.

• Ning Rongrong took Xiao Yi Xian and Zhu Zhuqing out of the palace to stroll through the city, where they bought sugar paintings.
• Xiao Wu ran into them, crying, and explained that she had been tricked into taking a job, drugged, and sold to traffickers.
• Xiao Wu escaped when the guards fell asleep and described the hideout as a black-gated courtyard in a southern alley.
• The four followed Xiao Wu’s directions and found the matching gate, where they heard the traffickers ordering a search for her.
• Zhu Zhuqing counted ten people in the courtyard, and Xiao Yi Xian warned the group not to rush in because the traffickers might have numbing drugs.