Chapter Summaries

Phainon abandoned plans to compete with Aya over Message-Transmitting Slates and launched Mydei's Matching Outfit instead. Di Tian modeled the yellow-purple battle robe, which became a hit with Soul Masters and left him proud of his new role.

• Di Tian told Phainon that reproducing the Message-Transmitting Slate with soul guidance technology would take too long, so Phainon chose to develop a new clothing product instead.
• Phainon settled on Mydei's Matching Outfit, priced it at 800 Gold Soul Coins, and had Xiao Zi make a sample garment for a Mydei model.
• Mydei flew into a rage when he saw the yellow-purple outfit displayed on Amphoreus, while Tribbie teased him and Castorice recorded his protest.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested that Xue Qinghe model the outfit, but Qian Renxue redirected the suggestion to Di Tian, who agreed to wear it for Phainon's Clothing Store.
• Soul Masters crowded Phainon's Clothing Store to buy the outfit after seeing Di Tian and the Mydei model, and Di Tian took pride in his success as a fitting model.

Phainon's Clothing Store regained ground after Di Tian modeled Mydei's redesigned battle robe, while Aya and Aglaea prepared to compete with a similar design. The Sky Curtain then announced that it would show Mydei's past and his interactions with Phainon, leaving Mydei baffled by its claim that they shared a bond.

• Di Tian's modeling helped Phainon's Clothing Store win back customers, and people who had bet on Phainon celebrated.
• Dugu Bo, Yu Xiaogang, Xuan Zi, and others reacted to the store's comeback, while Ma Xiaotao felt sidelined watching Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong work together.
• The Silver Dragon King found Di Tian modeling at Phainon's Clothing Store, and Di Tian suggested making an outfit for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Mydei grew angry at how Phainon's store had redesigned his Red Battle Robe, while Anaxa and Tribbie tried to console him.
• Ning Rongrong told Aya that Ning Fengzhi had sealed away the pattern-reflecting stone, but Aya and Aglaea proceeded with plans to produce similar battle robes.
• The Sky Curtain announced it would show Mydei's past and his interactions with Phainon, prompting Mydei to reject the idea that they shared a bond.

The Sky Curtain revealed Mydei’s tragic childhood, his return to Castrum Kremnos, and his decision to reject its throne and lead his people to Okhema. Phainon was moved by Mydei’s past, made a red outfit in his honor, and the broadcast ended with the two heroes trading barbs about Castrum Kremnos.

• Hyacine moved away from an irritable Mydei while Castorice eagerly anticipated more stories about him and Phainon.
• Phainon encouraged the Sky Curtain’s advertisement of his clothes, while Aglaea and Ning Rongrong profited by selling Mydei’s outfit.
• The Sky Curtain revealed that Mydei’s father abandoned him in the Nethersea, where Mydei survived, later killed his father, and refused the throne to spare his people endless warfare.
• Yu Xiaogang mocked Dai Mubai by comparing him to Mydei, prompting Dai Weisi to consider following Mydei’s example and taking the Star Luo throne from his father.
• Phainon ordered a single outfit made from red fabric in Mydei’s original style, intending to keep it rather than sell it.
• The Sky Curtain showed Phainon and Mydei traveling to Castrum Kremnos to face the Titan of Strife, where they joked about Mydei’s former status as Heir Apparent.

Mydei’s battle with the Titan of Strife impressed the Chrysos Heirs and boosted sales of his battle attire, while Aglaea held back her own replicas for a later moment. The Trailblazer and her companions passed the Scale of Justice by placing their traveling companion’s life above the fate of Amphoreus, leaving Yu Xiaogang furious.

• Mydei watched the Sky Curtain’s replay of his arrogant inner-city remark, while Phainon and the Stellaron Sprite teased him about it.
• The Sky Curtain showed Mydei holding off the Titan of Strife as Phainon and the Trailblazer returned to Okhema, and the Chrysos Heirs praised Mydei’s courage.
• Mydei’s battle drove up clothing sales at Phainon’s Clothing Store, while Aglaea told Ning Rongrong to wait before selling their limited replicas.
• The Trailblazer tried to tip the Scale of Justice with her weapons and herself, but the scale did not move, prompting Dan Heng to identify the answer.
• The Trailblazer and her companions passed the trial with March 7th’s camera, showing that their companion mattered more than the fate of Amphoreus.
• Yu Xiaogang lost his temper while watching the Sky Curtain.

Bibi Dong punished Yu Xiaogang as the Sky Curtain showed the Trailblazer and Castorice uncovering the King of Castrum Kremnos's plan and Gnaeus's identity as the Titan of Strife's lost Reason. The revelations left Mydei honoring the Titan's sacrifice and Di Tian believing he had found hope for the Soul Beast Clan's future.

• Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang's blame and slapped him several times as he begged for help.
• The Sky Curtain showed the Trailblazer receiving Fuli's gaze, meeting Mimi, and joining Castorice to recover Castrum Kremnos's memories.
• The Trailblazer and Castorice witnessed Castrum Kremnos's people arguing over Mydei's departure and the king's leadership.
• Castorice, the Trailblazer, and Gnaeus discovered that the king's festival was a ploy to pacify the Titan of Strife, whose divinity had been divided among Soul-Casting Statues.
• Gnaeus revealed that he was the Titan of Strife's lost Reason, which the Titan had preserved before the Black Tide corrupted it.
• Mydei resolved to honor the Titan's struggle, while Di Tian saw the Titan's sacrifice as hope for reviving the Soul Beast Clan.

The Sky Curtain showed the Chrysos Heirs defeating the Titan of Strife and obtaining the Core Flame, while Mydei insisted Phainon should take it. In the Douluo Continent, the Silver Dragon King visited Phainon's Clothing Store, and later broadcasts showed Mydei entering the Genesis Vortex Core trial to find Phainon, who had been missing for forty-two days.

• Gnaeus reached his complete form as the Titan of Strife, but the Chrysos Heirs joined forces and defeated him, claiming the Core Flame of Strife.
• Mydei refused to accept the Core Flame and yielded it to Phainon, while Castorice recorded their exchange.
• Cipher comforted Phainon about the trials of obtaining a Core Flame, and the Silver Dragon King visited Phainon's Clothing Store with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Sky Curtain showed that Phainon had remained inside the Genesis Vortex Core trial for forty-two days, so the Chrysos Heirs sent Mydei to intervene.
• Mydei entered the trial with the Trailblazer and Dan Heng, and Dan Heng rescued them from an enemy phantom before testing the Trailblazer's identity.

The Sky Curtain revealed that Mydei had considered six ways to comfort Phainon before settling on a snide greeting, embarrassing Mydei and entertaining viewers across Amphoreus and the Douluo Continent. The scene prompted others to compare their own close, bickering relationships, while Ghost Douluo broke through to level 96.

• The Sky Curtain showed Mydei thinking of three ways to comfort Phainon, then discarding them for three more before greeting him with, "You're still alive, Savior?"
• Mydei blushed as people in Amphoreus teased him for hiding his concern behind insults, and Phainon admitted he was touched but wished Mydei had spoken openly.
• Qian Renxue warned Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao not to imitate Mydei, while the Ice Empress rejected Tian Meng's claim that they were a pair.
• Ning Rongrong compared Aglaea's observation to Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo's bickering, making Bone Douluo bristle.
• Ghost Douluo absorbed the immortal-grade purple ganoderma and broke through to level 96, prompting Chrysanthemum Douluo to tease him.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu's matching reactions reminded Tang Wulin of their friendship, while Xie Xie recalled how he and Wulin used to bicker.

Phainon and Mydei traded teasing remarks before the Sky Curtain revealed Phainon reciting poetry and the two challenging each other to endure a superheated bath. Their public embarrassment left Phainon worried that his dignified image had been ruined.

• Phainon imitated Mydei's manner and recited lines about Okhema, prompting Mydei to laugh at the broadcast.
• Castorice recorded that Mydei and Phainon enjoyed reciting poetry, while the Stellaron Sprite asked Phainon to teach her poems.
• Qian Renxue, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao teased Phainon about his literary knowledge, and he threatened to reconsider their commissions.
• Phainon suggested a superheated bath contest after Mydei discussed postponing his ascension until he resolved his people's problems.
• Mydei tried to claim he had only agreed to the contest out of politeness, while viewers across Amphoreus and the Douluo Continent laughed at the broadcast.

Phainon and Mydei competed in a hot spring until they accidentally made other bathers faint, then bickered while discussing the Titan of Strife’s trial. After the Sky Curtain showed Mydei’s teacher Craterus abducting Tinian, Yu Xiaogang took comfort in thinking that Craterus looked worse as a teacher than he did.

• Mydei and Phainon competed to see who could endure the hottest bath, causing several bathers to faint before Mydei collapsed Phainon.
• Mydei and Phainon escorted the unconscious bathers out, with Phainon narrowly winning, then traded jokes and discussed the Titan of Strife’s trial.
• Mydei reflected that he wanted to end Kremnos’s cycle of patricide and change his people’s values, which left him uncertain about accepting the throne and divine authority.
• Craterus abducted Tinian and tried to force her to take him to the Genesis Vortex Core for the trial of Strife, but he failed.
• Yu Xiaogang laughed at Craterus’s actions and declared that Mydei’s teacher was worse than he was.