Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing used Ning Rongrong’s buffs and Xiao Yi Xian’s poison to ambush a gang trafficking girls, striking down their leader and several guards. The surviving thugs panicked as Zhu Zhuqing disappeared into the shadows, while Xiao Yi Xian incapacitated one who tried to flee.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing’s strength and speed, and Xiao Yi Xian gave her a pouch of mixed poison.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched the gang escort chained girls through the courtyard, then silently knocked out guards one by one.
• The gang leader summoned his Martial Soul, but Zhu Zhuqing wounded him with Hell Stab and Rending Claw Strike before retreating into the shadows.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck another thug from behind, frightening the remaining men into huddling together.
• A thug tried to escape, but Xiao Yi Xian threw poison powder at him and knocked him unconscious.

Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ning Rongrong defeated the thugs holding abducted girls and arranged shelter or travel for the survivors. After the four entered the palace to seek justice, Snake Lance Douluo reported Xiao Wu's true nature to Xue Qinghe, who weighed capturing her against his plans involving the land river.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing killed the remaining thugs in the courtyard, and Xiao Yi Xian helped Zhu Zhuqing recover from her first killing.
• The four women freed the abducted girls, treated their minor injuries, and arranged rooms, travel money, and a possible place at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong urged the group to return to the palace and bring the kidnappers to justice, and Xiao Wu agreed after hearing there were no powerful imperial guards to fear.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish sensed Xiao Wu's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura as the women entered the palace.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Xue Qinghe that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Xue Qinghe ordered him to capture her before learning she was close to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.

After Zhu Zhuqing rescued Xiao Wu from traffickers, Xiao Wu sought refuge with Lu Chuan and asked to join him. He agreed on the condition that she never betray him and work for him wholeheartedly, then presented a contract that Xiao Wu immediately touched.

• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Yi Xian met Dugu Bo outside the guest room, and he realized Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast but agreed not to interfere.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Yi Xian joined Lu Chuan and Ye Lingling in the courtyard, where Lu Chuan discovered Xiao Wu hiding behind Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu explained that she had run away from Tang San, been abducted, and been rescued by Zhu Zhuqing along with the other trafficked girls.
• Xiao Wu clung to Lu Chuan's leg and begged him to take her in, offering to cook, clean, and do whatever he asked.
• Lu Chuan agreed to let Xiao Wu join him if she promised lifelong loyalty, and Xiao Wu eagerly pressed her hand onto the contract he conjured.

Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Magic Cores came from another world, and Ning Rongrong discovered that one could produce a Spirit Ring. Xue Qinghe went to investigate Lu Chuan’s promised Plant-Type Spirit Ring and found him refining medicine, where the chapter ended as a pill finished cooking.

• Xiao Wu hugged Zhu Zhuqing, and a Magic Core fell from Zhu Zhuqing’s waist for Ning Rongrong to pick up.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Magic Cores came from Magic Beasts in another world, and Lu Chuan said Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu could not visit yet.
• Ning Rongrong sent Soul Power into the Magic Core and summoned a purple Spirit Ring, prompting Lu Chuan to realize Magic Cores could produce Spirit Rings.
• Xue Qinghe accepted Dugu Bo’s message and summoned Liu Cheng before heading to the Guest Room to inspect Lu Chuan’s promised Plant-Type Spirit Ring.
• Xue Qinghe and the others watched Lu Chuan refine medicine, and the cauldron rang as the medicinal fragrance filled the courtyard.

Lu Chuan completed a batch of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid and sold Xue Qinghe a First-Rank Wood-Attribute Magic Core for Liu Cheng to absorb. Liu Cheng gained a powerful third Spirit Skill, prompting Xue Qinghe and Ning Rongrong to offer to buy more, but Lu Chuan said he first needed to build out the supply chain.

• Lu Chuan finished refining Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, then met Liu Cheng, the plant-type Soul Master Xue Qinghe had brought to absorb a Spirit Ring.
• Lu Chuan sold Xue Qinghe a First-Rank Wood-Attribute Magic Core, and Liu Cheng absorbed its purple Millennium Spirit Ring over the course of two hours.
• Liu Cheng reported that the 1,670-year Spirit Ring had been unusually violent to absorb and demonstrated his Rose Explosive Killing Spear, which blasted a hole through a wall.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Rongrong praised the Magic Core and offered to buy as many as they could, but Lu Chuan said he needed to build out the supply chain first.

The land arranged for Ya Fei to gather Magic Cores to turn into sellable Spirit Rings, while a Mittel Auction House team traveled to Desert City and recruited Hai Bo Dong. The chapter ended with Yue Mei standing before Queen Medusa in the Medusa Temple.

• Zhu Zhuqing warned the land that Xue Qinghe seemed interested in him, but the land dismissed her suspicion as a misunderstanding.
• The land asked Ya Fei to gather Magic Cores of every grade and attribute so he could turn them into Spirit Rings for sale.
• Ya Fei experienced a breakthrough in her Dou Qi and grasped the water-attribute Dou Technique Water Ripple.
• The Mittel Auction House team arrived in Desert City, split up to collect Magic Cores and find the map shop Gu Tu, and delivered Ya Fei's letter to Hai Bo Dong.
• Hai Bo Dong read the letter, took the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Remnant Map, and agreed to leave with the steward.
• Yue Mei appeared before Queen Medusa in the Medusa Temple.

Queen Medusa traveled in disguise to Desert City to investigate why humans were buying Magic Cores in large quantities. After learning that the Mittel Auction House was stockpiling them, she confronted its manager and demanded an explanation.

• Yue Mei reported the humans' large-scale Magic Core purchases, and Medusa ordered the Snake-People Tribe to raise its alert and double patrols.
• Medusa entrusted the Great Elder with governing in her absence, then used the tribe's concealment technique to disguise herself as a human.
• In Desert City, Medusa intimidated a vendor into revealing that he was buying Magic Cores because the Mittel Auction House was stockpiling them.
• Medusa forced her way past the queue at a Mittel Auction House branch by releasing her Dou Emperor pressure and summoned its manager.
• The manager came to meet Medusa, who examined a Magic Core and demanded to know why the auction house was buying them.

Queen Medusa decided to seek a Sect-Breaking Pill from the mysterious merchant in Wutan City, while Lu Chuan chose a site outside Heaven Dou City for his Exchange. Ning Rongrong agreed to arrange its construction as Lu Chuan planned quarters for his companions.

• Queen Medusa heard that a mysterious merchant in Wutan City traded for anything and decided to visit him in hopes of obtaining a Dou Zong Pill.
• The Snake-People elders gave Queen Medusa their treasures and promised to search the Jia Ma Empire for the ingredients still needed for a Sect-Breaking Pill.
• Lu Chuan used feng shui principles to select a plot outside Heaven Dou City, and Xue Qinghe agreed to give it to him.
• Ning Rongrong offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's craftsmen and formation masters to build Lu Chuan's Exchange for free, and he asked her to make it grand and luxurious.
• Lu Chuan arranged a quiet room for Zhu Zhuqing and separate courtyards for Xiao Yi Xian and Ye Lingling, then told Ning Rongrong to build Xiao Wu a rabbit hutch to guard the gate.

Lu Chuan planned to promote the Merchant Association by entering the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament with a team featuring Xiao Yan and Xun'er from another world. He revealed that the Association could send people to other worlds for a day in exchange for valuable payment, leaving Xue Qinghe stunned.

• Xiao Wu complained that everyone was picking on her, while Xiao Yi Xian stroked her rabbit ears until Xiao Wu pulled away in embarrassment.
• Ye Lingling warned Lu Chuan that establishing the Exchange would not attract enough customers because its goods were expensive, and Xue Qinghe and Ning Rongrong stayed silent about their own reasons for suppressing its growth.
• Lu Chuan said Zhu Zhuqing and the others would enter the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament to make the Exchange famous, and Ning Rongrong counted five current team members.
• Xue Qinghe offered Liu Cheng as a teammate, but everyone rejected the suggestion; Lu Chuan chose Xiao Yan and Xun'er to fill the remaining spots.
• When Xue Qinghe asked who Xiao Yan and Xun'er were, Lu Chuan said they came from another world and explained that the Merchant Association could send people there for a day in exchange for Soul Power, a Spirit Bone, or an Immortal Herb.
• Xue Qinghe froze in shock at Lu Chuan's revelation.

Xue Qinghe mistook the women’s suspicions about his interest in Lu Chuan for a romantic pursuit, while Tang San reunited with Tang Hao and told him Xiao Wu had disappeared. Tang Hao concluded that Dugu Bo and Lu Chuan had captured Xiao Wu, and Tang San begged his father to rescue her.

• Xue Qinghe declared that he would not give up on Lu Chuan, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong wrongly believed he wanted to pursue him romantically.
• Flender scolded Ma Hongjun for harassing a girl, and Tang San brooded over Xiao Wu’s disappearance and blamed Lu Chuan.
• Tang San heard Tang Hao call for him and rushed outside the Great Soul Arena to meet his father after six years apart.
• Tang Hao’s killing intent overwhelmed Tang San when he learned Xiao Wu was gone, then he demanded a full account of what had happened.
• After hearing Tang San’s story, Tang Hao decided Dugu Bo and Lu Chuan had captured Xiao Wu, and Tang San pleaded with him to rescue her.

Tang San vowed to bring Xiao Wu back after Tang Hao rushed off, while Xiao Wu’s Mahjong game was interrupted by Dugu Bo bringing Dugu Yan to work at the trading house. Dugu Yan settled in and showed interest in joining the game.

• Tang Hao hurried away to reclaim what belonged to the Tang family, and Tang San clutched Xiao Wu’s hairpin and vowed to bring her back.
• Xiao Wu won Gold Coins from Ning Rongrong, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zhu Zhuqing as the land and river warned that her good luck might turn bad later.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to the trading house after withdrawing her from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and she recited a prepared work résumé.
• The land and river accepted Dugu Yan, who relaxed after Dugu Bo left and asked whether she would have to wear a maid outfit.
• Ning Rongrong explained Mahjong to Dugu Yan, who took a tile and agreed to learn the game.

Xiao Wu nearly hanged herself while training a kicking technique, but Ye Lingling helped her recover. The land of Sichuan let Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing go shopping together, while Tang Hao continued watching Heaven Dou Palace from hiding.

• Xiao Wu won several Mahjong rounds against Dugu Yan as the land of Sichuan warned Zhu Zhuqing to keep Xiao Wu inside the palace.
• Tang Hao waited outside Heaven Dou Palace for Xiao Wu and frightened away a boy who mistook him for a beggar.
• Xiao Wu trained her Explosive Legs by hanging from a rope and kicking in midair, but the beam cracked and she passed out.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing cut Xiao Wu down, and Ye Lingling came to help; Xiao Wu soon woke and admitted she had overdone it.
• Xiao Wu asked to go shopping, and the land of Sichuan allowed her, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to leave together with instructions to stay nearby and return before sunset.

Tang Hao ambushed Xiao Wu and her companions, but a spatial transfer sent them to the Battle Through the Heavens World. At the Mittel Auction House, Ning Rongrong explained how she had joined land river's merchant association, and Dugu Yan learned Ya Fei knew her grandfather.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing went to the city market while Tang Hao secretly followed them.
• Tang Hao attacked Xiao Wu, but a golden flash transferred her away; when he threatened the others, they were transferred as well.
• At the Mittel Auction House, Ning Rongrong recalled how she had told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo about the other world and joined land river's merchant association.
• Ya Fei welcomed the group, and Ning Rongrong praised her while Xiao Wu introduced herself.
• Ya Fei asked whether Dugu Yan was Senior Dugu's granddaughter, and Dugu Yan confirmed it and asked if her grandfather had visited.

Lu Chuan learned that a mysterious attacker had forced Zhu Zhuqing and the others to teleport, then recognized Queen Medusa as a powerful ally who could help him deal with Tang Hao. Queen Medusa came to the auction house and began discussing a possible trade with Lu Chuan.

• Dugu Yan learned that Dugu Bo and Lu Chuan had arrived in Wutan City five days earlier, while Zhu Zhuqing told Ya Fei that a black-robed stranger had forced their group to teleport away.
• Lu Chuan arrived, heard Zhu Zhuqing's account, and suspected Tang Hao had attacked them, but worried that he lacked the strength and resources to stop him.
• Hai Bo Dong sensed Queen Medusa approaching the auction house, and Lu Chuan recognized her as someone who could defeat Tang Hao.
• Lu Chuan invited Queen Medusa to the third floor, where she entered and recognized Hai Bo Dong, who tried to hide from her.
• Queen Medusa demanded an explanation from Lu Chuan, and he guessed that she wanted a Sect-Breaking Pill or information about Heavenly Flames; she then asked if he was the mysterious merchant.

The land and river struck a deal with Queen Medusa to send her to Douluo Continent, then invited Xiao Yan and Xun'er to compete in the Soul Master Tournament. Yao Lao reacted with blazing hatred when he heard the name Spirit Hall.

• The land and river offered Queen Medusa several ways to evolve and promised a chance to visit another world if she killed a mid-level Dou Emperor.
• Queen Medusa accepted the contract despite restrictions on her actions in Douluo Continent, hoping to gain a clue to evolving into a Nine-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python.
• Xun'er destroyed a letter and went to meet the land and river, while Xiao Yan endured his whip wounds and hurried to the Guest Room.
• The land and river invited Xiao Yan and Xun'er to visit Douluo Continent and compete in the Soul Master Tournament, which Xiao Wu praised as fun.
• Yao Lao floated out of the Naji and reacted with hatred when the land and river named Spirit Hall as one of the tournament's organizers.

Lu Chuan arranged for Xiao Yan and Xun'er to visit Douluo Continent and enter the Soul Master Tournament, then used Immortal Herbs to negotiate with Yao Lao. Yao Lao agreed to trade several valuable pills and a growth solution for one herb.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong mistook Yao Lao for a ghost, and he explained how the Hall of Souls had captured cultivators' souls and left him in his current state.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yan agreed to enter the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament, and Lu Chuan allowed them to visit Douluo Continent under restrictions.
• Lu Chuan gave Immortal Herbs to Xun'er, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Queen Medusa, and Yao Lao recognized the herb's exceptional value.
• Yao Lao agreed to trade Lu Chuan a herb-growth solution, an Imperial Extreme Pill, and a pill to protect against Heavenly Flames for an Immortal Herb.

After bringing Queen Medusa and the others to the Douluo Continent, Lu Chuan offered to teach her how to become a God in exchange for twenty years of service. He and Queen Medusa joined Xiao Yan, possessed by Yao Lao, to search Heaven Dou City for Tang Hao, while Xue Qinghe ordered the city watched.

• Lu Chuan returned with Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Xun'er, and Queen Medusa, then explained that reaching Dou Zong in this world could make her a God who commanded the Laws and lived forever.
• Queen Medusa tried to use her enchantment to get the path to godhood from Lu Chuan, but he resisted and asked her to work for him for twenty years.
• Lu Chuan woke the women affected by Queen Medusa's enchantment, while Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan to help search the empire for powerful Dou Huang experts.
• Queen Medusa carried Lu Chuan into the air as Xiao Yan, empowered by Yao Lao, flew ahead to search Heaven Dou City for Tang Hao.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance Douluo to have the hidden sentries watch the city and find out whom Lu Chuan and his companions were seeking.

Queen Medusa defeated Tang Hao after he fled and detonated his Spirit Rings, while Xiao Yan and the land river pursued him. After Tang Hao died, the land river burned his body and collected his six Spirit Bones, leaving Queen Medusa angry that he had ignored her to retrieve them.

• Tang Hao sensed Queen Medusa's powerful aura and fled, prompting Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa to chase him.
• Tang Hao detonated his Spirit Rings to increase his speed, but Queen Medusa struck him down and blocked his Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Tang Hao detonated his final Spirit Ring, but Queen Medusa pierced and destroyed his Clear Sky Hammer, then fatally wounded him.
• The land river burned Tang Hao's corpse with True Fire and stored the six Spirit Bones in the System Space.
• Queen Medusa confronted the land river, asking whether he had hurried after Tang Hao to obtain the Spirit Bones.

Land River brought Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa to Heaven Dou City after she demanded a share of Tang Hao’s spoils. When Queen Medusa’s desert clothes drew unwanted attention, Land River took her to a shop to buy new outfits, where she reluctantly went to try them on.

• Queen Medusa demanded a share of the spoils from Tang Hao’s defeat and blasted the battlefield again before following Land River and Xiao Yan toward Heaven Dou City.
• Xiao Yan joked with Land River and promised Yao Lao daily foot massages after reviving him, drawing Queen Medusa’s scorn.
• The group entered Heaven Dou City, where Queen Medusa’s revealing outfit attracted stares and she slapped a man who tried to approach her.
• Land River decided to buy Queen Medusa clothes and dragged her into a shop despite her protests.
• A salesperson led Queen Medusa toward the fitting room while Xiao Yan browsed clothes and argued aloud with Yao Lao, who stayed hidden in his ring.

Lu Chuan took the group to Heaven Dou City's Great Soul Arena so they could test their fighting skills, while Queen Medusa warned Snake Lance Douluo not to spy on her again. The group registered for badges and began choosing partners for matches.

• Lu Chuan and Queen Medusa finished shopping with Xiao Yan, then Lu Chuan invited everyone to the Great Soul Arena.
• Queen Medusa said she wanted to watch the others lose, while Snake Lance Douluo was pinned to a wall with a bamboo skewer and warned not to spy on her again.
• Ning Rongrong led the group to the Great Soul Arena, where Lu Chuan explained the registration process and everyone received an Iron Soul Arena Badge.
• Xiao Yan questioned why Lu Chuan had given him the alias Lucky Guy, and Lu Chuan told him that an alias never lied.
• Ning Rongrong chose Xiao Wu as her partner, Ye Lingling paired with Dugu Yan, Lu Chuan paired with Zhu Zhuqing, and Xun'er paired with Xiao Yi Xian, leaving Xiao Yan without a partner.