Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated Frenzied Lion in a Soul Fighting match despite having no Spirit Rings, while Xiao Wu overwhelmed her own opponent with a barrage of kicks. Xiao Yan learned Lu Chuan had left to watch the girls’ matches, and Xiao Wu’s match ended when the host stopped her battered opponent from being kicked further.

• Xiao Yan entered Arena Three as Lucky Guy, and the announcer and crowd reacted with disbelief when they learned he was a level 26 Soul Grandmaster without Spirit Rings.
• Frenzied Lion charged Xiao Yan and activated Berserk, but Xiao Yan used Suction Palm and then Eight Extremes Collapse to knock him out of the arena.
• Xiao Yan celebrated his victory, then learned from Yao Lao that Lu Chuan had gone to another arena to watch the girls fight.
• Xiao Wu battered her opponent with rapid, precise kicks until the host intervened after the opponent could no longer fight.

Ning Rongrong won her match with her bizarre Kun Fist, while the land and river celebrated her as its successor. He and Zhu Zhuqing then entered their two-on-two match against the Tiger and Crane Immortals, who launched a coordinated attack as the fight began.

• Ning Rongrong used Iron Mountain Shoulder and a barrage of elbows to defeat a power-attack Soul Master.
• The land and river called Ning Rongrong Kun Fist’s successor, leaving Queen Medusa and Xiao Yan puzzled.
• After their individual matches, Ning Rongrong celebrated her victory with Zhu Zhuqing, while Xiao Wu boasted about her Life-Taking Chain Kicks to Xiao Yi Xian.
• The land and river and Zhu Zhuqing entered the arena as Shadow River Crossing to face the Tiger and Crane Immortals.
• The Tiger and Crane Immortals attacked from the front and behind, and the land and river answered with Wind-Pushing Force.

Road and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tiger Immortal and Crane Immortal in the arena, while Queen Medusa secretly killed Spirit Hall men who had been watching Xun’er and the others. After leaving the VIP suite, she returned to the arena as Road prepared for the team match.

• Road and Zhu Zhuqing combined fireballs and claw strikes to defeat Tiger Immortal and Crane Immortal, winning their match.
• Xiao Yan praised the pair’s teamwork, while Xun’er wondered how quickly Road had mastered the Great Sun Heaven-Burning Art.
• Queen Medusa sensed shadowy men watching Xun’er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the other competitors, then followed them from the stands.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the men likely wanted the girls’ Dou Techniques and advised him to wait rather than confront them.
• Queen Medusa found the men in a VIP suite, killed a Spirit Hall deacon who threatened her, and left after cleaning the blood from her shoe.

Queen Medusa killed a Spirit Hall deacon who planned to capture Lu Chuan and his companions for their Self-Created Soul Skills, then flew to Spirit Hall intending to retaliate. After hearing children praise Spirit Hall for helping commoners, she reconsidered, and later reunited with Lu Chuan’s group at the Great Soul Arena.

• A black-clad deacon ordered Spirit Hall members to capture Lu Chuan’s companions and seize their Self-Created Soul Skills, sparing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect member for the moment.
• Queen Medusa burst into the private box, killed the attacking Soul Masters, crushed the deacon’s head, and flew toward Spirit Hall’s branch in Heaven Dou City.
• Queen Medusa stopped outside Spirit Hall when she saw children receiving Gold Soul Coins and learned that Spirit Hall provided monthly subsidies and free Martial Soul awakenings.
• Queen Medusa gave the children candied hawthorn skewers and wondered why she found them cute.
• Lu Chuan and his companions won their team match and returned to the lounge, where Queen Medusa asked why they had taken so long to defeat their opponents.

After the Soul Arena matches, Xun'er explained how Spirit Skills could be adapted, inspiring the others to consider new techniques. The group left the arena, where Queen Medusa tricked Lu Chuan into paying for her food, and they continued on with everyone laughing at him.

• Xiao Wu noticed Queen Medusa smelled of blood, and Xun'er explained that Medusa had dealt with people who had targeted them.
• Lu Chuan asked Xun'er what she had learned from the fights, and she described changing Spirit Skills by altering their release and Soul Power flow.
• Lu Chuan praised Xun'er's idea, prompting Zhu Qing and the others to think about adapting their own Spirit Skills.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to keep quiet about recording Spirit Skills as Dou Techniques until he had obtained some high-level techniques of his own.
• Outside the Soul Arena, Queen Medusa offered Lu Chuan a skewer, then left him to discover that she had not paid for the food.
• Lu Chuan paid the stall owner, and Ning Rongrong and the others laughed that he had been tricked for once.

The land river gave Queen Medusa Extremely Cold Water as payment for her help, then traded another bottle to Yao Lao. After Medusa gave him the Snake-People Tribe’s Royal Token, Yao Lao asked how he could be revived, and the land river said Xiao Yan would need to become a God.

• Queen Medusa confronted the land river about the promised opportunity, and he offered her a bottle of Extremely Cold Water.
• Yao Lao traded a Dou Ling Pill for another bottle, believing it could help Xiao Yan absorb Heavenly Flames.
• At the Crown Prince’s Residence, Yao Lao and Queen Medusa examined the Extremely Cold Water while Xiao Yan carefully approached it.
• Queen Medusa stored her bottle and gave the land river a Royal Token that let him travel freely through Snake-People territory and seek her out for transactions.
• Yao Lao asked how he could be revived, and the land river said Xiao Yan would need to become a God and use divine power to bring him back.

The man traded Yao Lao a copy of the Flame Mantra for information about Han Feng, while Xiao Yan vowed to find a powerful body to revive his teacher. Yao Lao revealed that Han Feng had betrayed him and destroyed his body, leaving him as a Remnant Soul.

• Xiao Yan enthusiastically promised to find a Dou Saint's body for Yao Lao, but Queen Medusa mocked his ambition and threatened him when he called her “Sister-in-law.”
• The man offered Yao Lao a trade: a copy of the Flame Mantra in exchange for Han Feng's whereabouts, and Yao Lao agreed after warning that they might compete for Heavenly Flames.
• The man explained that his system could let him master the Flame Mantra without absorbing Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yi Xian began copying the method.
• After the contract was signed, the man told Yao Lao that Han Feng lived in the Black-Corner Region and had renamed a city Feng City.
• Yao Lao recounted how he had taken Han Feng in and taught him alchemy, but Han Feng conspired with Old Man Mu Gu of the Hall of Souls to ambush him and destroy his body.

Yao Lao explained that Han Feng’s strength and influence made confronting him impossible for now, prompting Xiao Yan to commit to mastering the Flame Mantra. After the land river received and mastered the method, his cultivation drew in Soul Power on a massive scale, creating a vortex over Heaven Dou Palace and alarming the city.

• Yao Lao warned that Han Feng, a Peak Dou Emperor and Sixth-Rank Alchemist, could summon powerful allies, so Xiao Yan was not yet strong enough to seek revenge.
• Xiao Yan vowed to practice the Flame Mantra and defeat Han Feng for Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yi Xian verified the copied Flame Mantra, and the land river received it and mastered it to perfection.
• The land river circulated the Flame Mantra, causing an enormous vortex to draw Soul Power toward the Guest Room and astonish Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, and the others.
• The energy vortex disrupted cultivation across Heaven Dou City and drew the attention of the academy board members and palace guards.
• Xue Qinghe watched the vortex and asked Snake Lance Douluo whether his grandfather had replied.

The land river reached Soul Emperor level after draining Heaven Dou City’s ambient Soul Power, drawing the crown prince Xue Qinghe to investigate. Queen Medusa asked whether he knew Xue Qinghe’s true identity, and his reply left Xue Qinghe fearing that her disguise as Qian Renxue had been exposed.

• Snake Lance Douluo told Xue Qinghe that the Grand Worshipper had secured Spirit Hall’s resources for the land river’s deal.
• The land river cultivated to level 64 and became a Four-Star Dou Ling, exhausting Heaven Dou City’s ambient Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan asked the land river for Flame Mantra guidance, but the land river said he had advanced by absorbing Heavenly Flames.
• Xue Qinghe entered to investigate the cultivation phenomenon and was startled by Yao Lao’s spectral form.
• Queen Medusa asked the land river whether he knew Xue Qinghe’s real identity, and he said he had known from the start.
• Xue Qinghe worried that the land river had uncovered her identity as Qian Renxue and wondered why he had kept it secret.

Xue Qinghe met with Lu Chuan to discuss trading for spirit bones, and Xiao Wu reacted when he named the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape as possible sources. Xiao Wu then suggested recruiting the two beasts as Trading House guards, while Xiao Yan’s teasing farewell provoked Queen Medusa to attack him.

• Dugu Yan served tea to Xue Qinghe after Lu Chuan told her to act as a shop assistant.
• Xue Qinghe told Lu Chuan the spirit bones for their trade would be ready in about half a month, and Lu Chuan asked whether they came from the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• Xiao Wu reacted angrily to the beasts’ names, then concealed her feelings from Ning Rongrong with an excuse.
• After Xue Qinghe left, Xiao Wu proposed recruiting two imposing guards and Lu Chuan agreed to have Dugu Bo take her to the beasts once the Trading House was finished.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan left to explore, but Xiao Yan called Queen Medusa Lu Chuan’s second sister-in-law, and she attacked him as he fled.

Zhu Zhuqing approached Queen Medusa while Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Xun'er secretly followed and speculated about her motives. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao watched matches at the Great Soul Arena hoping to learn Spirit Skills, but found only one worth adapting: flight.

• Zhu Zhuqing left Lu Chuan, and Ning Rongrong pulled Xiao Wu and Xun'er along to secretly follow her.
• Dugu Yan agreed to take Xiao Yi Xian to learn Poison Arts, while Ye Lingling stayed behind to practice her Self-Created Soul Skill with Lu Chuan.
• Queen Medusa noticed Zhu Zhuqing following her and insisted she had no interest in Lu Chuan, while Zhu Zhuqing questioned whether Medusa felt moved by him.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Xun'er watched from hiding and Xun'er guessed Zhu Zhuqing was trying to bring powerful people to help Lu Chuan.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao observed Spirit Skills at the Great Soul Arena and concluded that only the flying skill seemed worth adapting.

Xiao Yan accepted that he needed to cultivate and gain experience before the Soul Master Tournament, while the land arranged for Hai Bo Dong to guard Mittel Auction House and asked Queen Medusa to undo his seal. After Medusa restored Hai Bo Dong’s power, he agreed to protect the auction house as Imperial Capital families began settling in Wutan City.

• Yao Lao advised Xiao Yan to cultivate, gain practical experience, and search for Heavenly Flames before the Soul Master Tournament, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• The land returned to Mittel Auction House with Queen Medusa, Xun'er, and Xiao Yan, where Ya Fei reported that Imperial Capital families had bought land in Wutan City.
• The land asked Queen Medusa to undo Hai Bo Dong’s Serpent Seal, then asked Yao Lao for a list of medicinal herbs; Ya Fei arranged a search for the scarce ingredients.
• Queen Medusa asked whether Ya Fei was the land’s lover, and Xiao Yan realized he had addressed her with the wrong title.
• Queen Medusa removed Hai Bo Dong’s seal, restoring his strength, and Hai Bo Dong agreed to guard Mittel Auction House.

Yao Lao demonstrated alchemy for Xiao Yi Xian and made Growth-Accelerating Spirit Liquid, then traded pill formulas to Lu Chuan for Extremely Cold Water. Lu Chuan signed the contract and received Yao Lao’s alchemical knowledge, leaving him overwhelmed by the influx of techniques.

• Ya Fei brought the medicinal ingredients, and Yao Lao inspected them before preparing to demonstrate alchemy to Xiao Yan.
• Lu Chuan brought Xiao Yi Xian to observe, and Yao Lao taught her the steps of warming the cauldron, refining ingredients, and blending medicinal liquids.
• Yao Lao completed four bottles of Growth-Accelerating Spirit Liquid, but Lu Chuan asked him to make more.
• Lu Chuan offered Extremely Cold Water in exchange for Yao Lao’s pill formulas, and Yao Lao negotiated prices based on each formula’s rank.
• Lu Chuan agreed to Yao Lao’s terms, signed a contract, and received the formulas and alchemical mastery, which flooded into his mind two hours later.

After securing pill formulas and supplies in the Dou Qi Continent, the land and river arranged for the Mittel Auction House to sell rare goods while Queen Medusa ordered the Snake-People Tribe to gather ingredients for her breakthrough. One month later, the Cross-World Trading House was completed on the Douluo Continent, and the land and river arrived with the women to inspect it.

• Yao Lao finished inscribing several pill formulas, and Xiao Yan collected the Extremely Cold Water before leaving the Mittel Auction House with him.
• Queen Medusa invited the land and river to visit the Snake-People Tribe, while the land and river gave Ya Fei more goods to sell and ordered her to acquire herbs.
• Queen Medusa ordered the Snake-People Tribe’s leaders to gather ingredients for the Sect-Breaking Pill, the Imperial Extreme Pill, and other rare medicines, silencing the Grand Elder when she objected.
• One month later, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect completed the Cross-World Trading House on the Douluo Continent.
• Ning Rongrong showed the land and river the building’s costly materials, and he approved of its construction before proposing they inspect the inside.

Ning Rongrong showed Lu the maid outfits she had prepared and led him and the others to the hidden underground chamber beneath the auction house. The chamber was complete with lighting, ventilation, drainage, and a huge central pit for growing medicinal herbs.

• Ning Rongrong brought Zhu Zhuqing and the others out in maid outfits, and Zhu Zhuqing fell into Lu's arms after Ning Rongrong shoved her.
• Lu asked Ning Rongrong whether the underground space had been left intact, and Xiao Wu tickled her until she admitted it had.
• Ning Rongrong led Lu, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian to Lu's room and opened the concealed staircase beneath the floor.
• The group entered the enormous underground chamber, where Ning Rongrong described its growing conditions and pulled a lever.

Lu Chuan restored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the basement and replanted the Immortal Herbs, then prepared to move everyone into their new home. The group changed clothes, and Ning Rongrong was teased after Xiao Wu exposed the padding she had stuffed into her clothes.

• Lu Chuan recreated the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in a basement pit using the Dragon Bones and spring water, then planted the Immortal Herbs around it.
• Lu Chuan asked Ye Lingling and Xiao Yi Xian to care for the Immortal Herbs and water them daily with Growth-Accelerating Spirit Liquid.
• Lu Chuan told everyone to change clothes before moving into their new home, and he teased Ning Rongrong about being flat.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Ye Lingling how she could make her chest bigger, and Ye Lingling jokingly suggested eating the same body part.
• Ning Rongrong arrived wearing padded clothes, but Xiao Wu squeezed her chest and announced that she had stuffed two steamed buns inside.

Lu Chuan and the women packed to leave the Crown Prince's Residence, where Xue Qinghe gave him a Spirit Bone before revealing that he was Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue warned Lu Chuan against trading with Bibi Dong, and he agreed to hear her out.

• Lu Chuan stored Xiao Wu and Xiao Yi Xian's belongings in his System Space as they packed for the Trading House.
• Xue Qinghe gave Lu Chuan a roughly four-thousand-year-old Illusion Moon Fox left leg bone and asked to speak with him alone.
• After the others left, Xue Qinghe transformed into Qian Renxue and introduced herself as the granddaughter of Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall's future successor.
• Qian Renxue warned Lu Chuan that Bibi Dong was preparing to approach him and argued that Spirit Hall's resources were already under her control.
• Lu Chuan accepted Qian Renxue's warning and agreed not to trade with Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue ordered cultivation methods, self-created soul skills, magic cores, and medicinal pills from the profiteer, while Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo ventured into the Forbidden Sea to hunt powerful sea Soul Beasts. The two Douluo encountered a massive Giant Squid, and Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked it with a Death Roll.

• Qian Renxue negotiated a deal with the profiteer and placed an order for cultivation methods, self-created soul skills, magic cores, and medicinal pills.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo traveled to Vast Sea City and hired a ship to take them toward the Forbidden Sea.
• The sailors dropped Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo at the edge of the Forbidden Sea and returned toward the coast.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo activated Martial Soul Possession and descended a thousand meters into the sea.
• A Giant Squid emerged from the darkness, and Golden Crocodile Douluo bit one of its tentacles and began a powerful Death Roll.

Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo killed a King Cuttlefish and continued hunting Sea Soul Beasts. Bo Saixi appeared aboard their ship and warned them that their battles were affecting Sea God Island.

• Mighty Lion Douluo created a ring of fire that weakened the King Cuttlefish and helped Golden Crocodile Douluo attack it.
• The King Cuttlefish tried to escape, but Mighty Lion Douluo's roar disrupted it and Golden Crocodile Douluo swallowed it, obtaining a Spirit Ring and a head Spirit Bone.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo returned to their ship, recovered, and continued hunting Sea Soul Beasts.
• Bo Saixi walked across the sea to the ship and calmed the waves with her High Priest's Scepter.
• Bo Saixi told Golden Crocodile Douluo that she did not wish to interfere with their hunt, but their battles had affected Sea God Island.

Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo escaped Sea God Island’s territory with five valuable Soul Bones, while Lu Chuan returned to the Trading House and found Zhu Zhuqing waiting in a maid outfit. The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing was absent from breakfast, and Ning Rongrong privately teased Lu Chuan about what had happened.

• Bo Saixi warned Golden Crocodile Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo to leave Sea God Island’s waters, and they changed course without further conflict.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed five Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and agreed with Mighty Lion Douluo that they would spend more time with Qian Renxue.
• Ning Rongrong led Lu Chuan to Zhu Zhuqing’s room, where Zhu Zhuqing greeted him in a maid outfit and played at being a cat.
• Ning Rongrong listened outside the room, but left after the quiet meows turned into anguished yowls.
• At breakfast, Lu Chuan said Zhu Zhuqing was unwell, and Ning Rongrong whispered that he should have shown more restraint.