Chapter Summaries

Dai Xuanyu continued training despite Dai Mubai's taunts, while his steward Dai Xuan protected and encouraged him. As Dai Xuanyu prepared for his Martial Soul Awakening the next day, he recognized that its result would affect how many factions backed his bid for the throne.

• Dai Mubai mocked Dai Xuanyu for struggling against the Star Luo succession contest, but Dai Xuan stopped him from interrupting the Fourth Prince's training.
• Dai Xuanyu dismissed Dai Mubai as a coward and reflected on how their contrasting choices had made the Third Prince resent him.
• After Dai Xuanyu trained for more than two hours, Dai Xuan urged him to conserve his strength before the awakening, and Dai Xuanyu agreed to return home.
• Dai Xuan considered Dai Xuanyu a promising heir but regretted his disadvantage in age and condemned Dai Mubai for abandoning the contest.
• Dai Xuanyu studied in the carriage and considered how his Martial Soul Awakening could persuade more factions to support him.

Dai Xuanyu attended his Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, hoping to prove his worth and win support in the Star Luo Empire’s struggle for the throne. As the awakening began, he realized he might possess Twin Martial Souls, while Dai Heng watched eagerly to learn his Innate Soul Power.

• Dai Xuanyu arrived at the palace and greeted Dai Heng and the imperial family members gathered for his awakening.
• Dai Xuanyu recognized that several uncommitted imperial family members had come prepared to judge his talent and possibly support him.
• The elder began Dai Xuanyu’s Martial Soul Awakening, surrounding him with a pale-gold light.
• Dai Xuanyu sensed two forces within himself and concluded that he had Twin Martial Souls, believing his talent would secure support.
• Dai Heng awaited Dai Xuanyu’s Innate Soul Power and recalled a long-forgotten imperial family legend connected to his Evil Eyes and Double Pupils.

Dai Xuanyu awakened the legendary Evil Eyes Saint King Martial Soul, whose overwhelming aura shook the imperial family and Star Luo City. Emperor Dai Heng sealed the Awakening Chamber and prepared to conceal the revelation, while recognizing that his son’s standing and prospects for the throne had greatly increased.

• Dai Xuanyu manifested the winged White Tiger Saint King, and its sacred, evil aura forced most of those present to kneel.
• Dai Xuanyu realized his Martial Soul had formed from the Star Luo Empire’s legend, national fortune, and power from his Second Martial Soul.
• Dai Xuanyu identified his Martial Soul as the Evil Eyes Saint King, confirming Dai Heng’s suspicions about the imperial legend.
• Dai Heng ordered the Awakening Chamber sealed and summoned imperial deathsworn to control everyone present.
• A deathsworn commander reported that the tiger’s roar had shaken Star Luo City and made tiger- and cat-type Martial Souls submit.
• Dai Heng celebrated the Martial Soul’s power but worried about explaining the awakening without revealing it to the outside world.

Dai Xuanyu completed his Soul Power test, and the crystal ball shattered after revealing power beyond Innate Full Soul Power. The Star Luo Imperial Family accepted him as the Peaceful Son of Heaven and began to see him as the future Crown Prince who could lead the empire to unify the Douluo Continent.

• Dai Heng ordered Elder Cang to continue Dai Xuanyu’s ceremony, and the imperial family treated Dai Xuanyu with reverence after recognizing the Evil Eyes Saint King Martial Soul and its connection to their ancient legend.
• Dai Xuanyu placed his hand on the blue crystal ball, which blazed with light as he displayed Innate Full Soul Power.
• Dai Xuanyu’s power cracked the crystal ball, shocking Dai Heng and the imperial family by exceeding the level ten limit they believed possible.
• A younger imperial family member knelt and pledged loyalty to Dai Xuanyu, whom he called the true Peaceful Son of Heaven.
• Dai Heng and the other family members began to favor Dai Xuanyu as Crown Prince, despite the Star Luo Imperial Family’s longstanding succession rules.

Dai Xuanyu tested his Innate Soul Power and revealed an unprecedented level twenty, prompting Star Luo Emperor Dai Heng to secretly name him Crown Prince. The royal family left the Awakening Chamber sworn to protect his identity, while Dai Heng and Dai Xuanyu remained behind with someone else still concealed there.

• Dai Xuanyu placed his hand on the Purple Crystal Ball and measured an Innate Soul Power level of twenty.
• The royal family members praised Dai Xuanyu’s talent, and Dai Xuan gained their goodwill for having supported him early.
• Dai Heng ordered the royal family to keep Dai Xuanyu’s talent and Crown Prince status secret from the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.
• The royal family members swore loyalty to Dai Xuanyu and left the Awakening Chamber with Dai Cang.
• Dai Xuanyu welcomed his new Crown Prince status, and Dai Heng dismissed the others, leaving himself and his son in the chamber—or so it seemed.

After Dai Xuanyu awakened the Evil Eyes Saint King Martial Soul and revealed his extraordinary Soul Power, he persuaded Emperor Dai Heng that the power could strengthen the Star Luo Imperial Family. Dai Heng secretly established Xuanyu as Crown Prince and ordered him to conceal his abilities while he grew up.

• Dai Heng questioned Dai Xuanyu about the Evil Eyes Saint King Martial Soul, and Xuanyu confirmed that it had awakened with him.
• Dai Xuanyu told Dai Heng that the Martial Soul was a God-Bestowed power tied to the Star Luo bloodline and could allow the imperial family’s White Tiger Martial Soul to evolve.
• Dai Heng accepted Xuanyu’s explanation and saw hope for the imperial family’s future.
• Dai Heng said he had secretly established Dai Xuanyu as Crown Prince and ordered him to hide his Martial Soul and Innate Level 20 Soul Power.
• Dai Xuanyu declared his loyalty to Dai Heng and warned that Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire threatened the Star Luo Empire.

Dai Xuanyu told Dai Heng that Heaven Dou’s powers were unlikely to fight decisively for its imperial family, while Spirit Hall remained the greater threat to Star Luo. Privately, Dai Xuanyu thought Spirit Hall’s future aggression would unite its enemies and ultimately bring about a war against it.

• Dai Heng asked Dai Xuanyu to assess the Heaven Dou Empire and its powers.
• Dai Xuanyu explained that most sects and clans would put their own interests ahead of defending Heaven Dou, making its imperial family a weak opponent.
• Dai Heng praised Dai Xuanyu’s judgment and said Spirit Hall was the greatest threat to Star Luo.
• Dai Xuanyu recalled how Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation and attacks on major sects alarmed other powers.
• Dai Xuanyu remembered Spirit Hall’s creation of new Seven Great Sects, its declaration of the Spirit Hall Empire, and its takeover of kingdoms and duchies.
• Dai Xuanyu recalled that the two empires and other powers later united to attack Spirit Hall, believing they would be destroyed if it conquered the continent.

Dai Xuanyu gained Dai Heng’s trust and authority by claiming that a god had chosen him for a Divine Trial. The chapter left Dai Xuanyu needing to plan Soul Rings suited to his newly awakened Evil Eyes Saint King Martial Soul.

• Dai Heng gave Dai Xuanyu a Golden Token that allowed him to mobilize the Star Luo Empire’s armed forces.
• Dai Xuanyu pretended to hesitate, then claimed a voice had told him he could inherit the Battle God’s divinity.
• Dai Xuanyu displayed a fabricated divine mark, and Dai Heng believed it proved the Battle God’s power.
• Dai Heng concluded that the Star Luo Empire was destined to unite the continent and asked Dai Xuanyu which Soul Beast he wanted for his first Soul Ring.
• Dai Xuanyu admitted he had no Soul Beast in mind and realized he needed to develop a new Soul Ring plan for his Evil Eyes Saint King Martial Soul.

Dai Xuanyu obtained and consumed Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue from the Star Luo Imperial Family's vault, strengthening his body. He prepared to leave for the Tiger Might Mountain Range in three days to hunt Soul Rings and believed he could now absorb a thousand-year first Soul Ring.

• Dai Xuan brought Dai Xuanyu a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue from the Star Luo Imperial Family's vault and explained how it had been acquired.
• Dai Xuanyu ordered Dai Xuan to screen newly pledged factions carefully and keep the imperial family's core secrets restricted to trusted people.
• Dai Xuanyu melted the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue over a Crimson Flame Deer oil lamp, cooled it, and ate it piece by piece.
• Dai Xuanyu used a cold pearl to control the heat from the Whale Glue, then absorbed its medicinal effects by circulating his Soul Power.
• Dai Xuanyu felt his body had grown much stronger and resolved to obtain both Soul Rings in three days, aiming for a thousand-year first Soul Ring.

Dai Mubai watched Dai Xuanyu depart for the Tiger Might Mountain Range and feared that Dai Weisi would target him for revealing his talent. In the imperial palace, Dai Heng canceled Dai Weisi’s engagement to Zhu Zhuyun and arranged for her to marry crown prince Dai Xuanyu, while considering further marriage alliances for him.

• Dai Xuanyu set out for the Tiger Might Mountain Range with a grand convoy, revealing his Innate Full Soul Power while keeping his other abilities secret.
• Dai Mubai predicted that Dai Weisi would see Dai Xuanyu as a threat and began considering escape from the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai decided he would abandon his barely known fiancée if he fled, and struck a wall in frustration at his weakness.
• Dai Heng told Dai Weisi that his engagement to Zhu Zhuyun was canceled and that she would be given to Dai Xuanyu.
• Dai Heng considered arranging additional marriages for Dai Xuanyu, including a possible match with Zhu Zhuyun’s younger sister and an alliance with the Star Crown Sect.

Dai Xuanyu staged a public Soul Hunting Operation at Tiger Might Mountain Range to conceal the secret search for his Second Soul Ring. He absorbed a 2,700-year Golden-Patterned Two-Headed Tiger’s Soul Ring as his first, then ordered his death-sworn guards to absorb the other captured beasts’ rings.

• Dai Xuanyu told Dai Xuan to keep the secret search for his Second Soul Ring moving, using only Core Members.
• Dai Xuanyu arranged a conspicuous Soul Hunting Operation to distract spies from Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall.
• Dai Xuan reported that their people had found a Golden-Patterned Two-Headed Tiger, and Dai Xuanyu went to inspect it.
• Dai Xuanyu killed the tiger and absorbed its 2,700-year Thousand-Year Soul Ring, gaining four Soul Power levels.
• Dai Xuanyu ordered Dai Xuan to bring in the death-sworn guards so they could absorb the other captured Soul Rings.

After returning from the Tiger Might Mountain Range, Dai Xuanyu planned to recruit powerful factions across both empires and learned that his father had betrothed him to Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing. The chapter left him with two fiancées and a path toward strengthening his position in the succession struggle.

• Dai Xuanyu ordered Dai Xuan to return the Mobile Palace to the estate after the guards finished absorbing their Soul Rings.
• Dai Xuanyu planned to travel in disguise, obtain his Second Soul Ring, and recruit loyal factions in the Star Luo Empire before expanding into the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dai Xuanyu returned to his estate late after his father summoned him to discuss his marriage prospects.
• Dai Xuanyu learned that his father had canceled Zhu Zhuyun's and Zhu Zhuqing's engagements to Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai and betrothed both sisters to him instead.

Dai Xuanyu left the princely residence with royal retainers and deathsworn guards to absorb his Second Soul Ring and build his forces. At the Tiger Fury Mountains, he faced an Armored Martial Dragon Turtle alone, using his first Soul Skill to crack its shell.

• Dai Xuanyu secretly departed with Dai Long, Zhu Xuan, and Commander Wang Hao after Dai Heng supported his journey.
• Dai Xuanyu's party reached the Tiger Fury Mountains, where guards presented the caged Armored Martial Dragon Turtle.
• Dai Xuanyu refused to let the guards sedate the beast and ordered everyone to stand back.
• Dai Xuanyu entered Martial Soul Possession, impressing Dai Long and the others with the Evil Eyes Saint King’s aura.
• Dai Xuanyu activated Saint Evil King Body, charged the Armored Martial Dragon Turtle, and cracked its shell.
• The wounded Armored Martial Dragon Turtle went berserk and turned to bite Dai Xuanyu.

Dai Xuanyu killed an Armored Martial Dragon Turtle and considered the challenges of absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his third ring. He resolved to pursue the stronger ring despite a possible delay in cultivation, then began absorbing the turtle’s Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Dai Xuanyu struck the Armored Martial Dragon Turtle’s head and killed it, inspiring awe in Wang Hao, Dai Long, and Zhu Xuan.
• Dai Xuanyu reflected that a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring would require exceptional physical and mental strength to withstand its Soul Shock.
• Dai Xuanyu decided that gaining a Ten-Thousand-Year third ring was worth slowing his cultivation and remained confident he would reach Soul Saint before twenty.
• Dai Xuanyu ordered his guards to protect him, sat on a cushion, and began absorbing the Armored Martial Dragon Turtle’s Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Dai Xuanyu absorbed the Armored Martial Dragon Turtle’s Thousand-Year Soul Ring and gained the enhancement-type Soul Skill Unyielding Sacred Body, which greatly strengthened his defenses. After testing it against a Soul Ancestor, he ordered his group to travel overnight to Great Cloud City and conceal his identity.

• Dai Xuanyu absorbed the Armored Martial Dragon Turtle’s Soul Ring, bringing his Soul Power to Level 27 and improving his physical strength.
• Dai Xuanyu activated Unyielding Sacred Body and examined its physical and mental defenses, control immunity, and strength enhancement.
• Dai Xuanyu ordered a Soul Ancestor deathsworn guard to attack him and withstood the guard’s strongest charge without moving.
• Dai Xuanyu told Wang Hao to rest, then depart that afternoon and travel overnight to Great Cloud City.
• Dai Xuanyu ordered his guards to stop calling him Crown Prince or Your Highness, and Wang Hao addressed him as Young Master.

Dai Xuanyu traveled toward Great Cloud City and studied the Wind Sword Sect, its leader Feng Bailong, and the sect’s future allegiance to Spirit Hall. He concluded that the sect could be easy to subdue, and the journey continued toward the city.

• Dai Xuanyu asked Wang Hao how long it would take to reach Great Cloud City and ordered the group to travel faster.
• Dai Xuanyu considered Great Cloud City’s prosperity and the Wind Sword Sect’s role in maintaining order there.
• Dai Xuanyu requested and read intelligence about the Wind Sword Sect and learned that Feng Bailong was its sect master, a rank-eighty-nine Soul Douluo.
• Dai Xuanyu reasoned that Feng Bailong’s prolonged stagnation at rank eighty-nine would drive him to ally with Spirit Hall and commit the sect to war.
• Dai Xuanyu concluded that the Wind Sword Sect would be easy to subdue because Feng Bailong would risk the entire sect in battle.

Dai Xuanyu learned that the Breaking Clan had rebuilt its medicine-making business in Great Cloud City while remaining secluded, and he resolved to recruit its leader, Yang Wudi. He prepared rare herbs, political support, revenge against Spirit Hall, and the future opportunity to study Immortal Herbs as incentives for a meeting the next day.

• Wang Hao reported that the Breaking Clan had recovered in partial seclusion and sold its medicines through a few discreet channels, including one connected to the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Dai Xuanyu reviewed the clan's history and recognized Yang Wudi's medicine-making and Immortal Herb knowledge as more valuable to his plans than the Wind Sword Sect.
• Dai Xuanyu decided to bring the Breaking Clan under his command, using his status as crown prince without publicly revealing his identity.
• Dai Xuanyu prepared rare herbs from the royal treasury and planned to offer Yang Wudi help with revenge against Spirit Hall and the revival of his clan.
• Dai Xuanyu planned to promise Yang Wudi access to the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and expected to win him over.

Dai Xuanyu visited the Breaking Clan to recruit Yang Wudi, taking precautions with two powerful elders and treating his hosts with respect. Yang Wudi arrived and, seeing the Soul Douluo-level experts accompanying Dai Xuanyu, concluded that the fourth prince was a strong contender for the throne.

• Dai Xuanyu arrived at the Breaking Clan estate with Dai Long, Zhu Xuan, and his guards, and asked the elders to protect him during the visit.
• Yang Lin welcomed Dai Xuanyu to the reception hall while Yang Wudi was occupied preparing medicine, and Dai Xuanyu agreed to wait.
• Yang Lin offered Dai Xuanyu the recipe for the clan's herb-infused pastries after Dai Xuanyu praised them.
• Yang Wudi entered the reception hall and exchanged courtesies with Dai Xuanyu.
• Yang Wudi recognized Dai Long and Zhu Xuan as Soul Douluo-level experts and privately judged Dai Xuanyu's claim to the Crown Prince's position to be nearly certain.

Dai Xuanyu sought to recruit Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan into his service, while Yang Wudi weighed the clan’s need for support against its value. Dai Xuanyu revealed a trove of precious medicinal treasures as a welcoming gift, leaving Yang Wudi stunned as negotiations were about to begin.

• Dai Xuanyu asked Dai Long, Zhu Xuan, and Wang Hao to seal off their hearing before discussing private business with Yang Wudi.
• Yang Wudi dismissed Yang Lin and considered the Breaking Clan’s prospects and bargaining power.
• Dai Xuanyu plainly offered to bring the Breaking Clan into his service.
• Dai Xuanyu presented a large collection of rare medicinal treasures, and Yang Wudi recognized them with astonishment.

Dai Xuanyu praised Yang Wudi and offered him gifts, a noble title, and a fief to recruit the Breaking Clan. While considering the other Single-Attribute Clans, Dai Xuanyu planned to recruit or split their members and keep potential traitors under control.

• Dai Xuanyu gave Yang Wudi precious herbs as gifts, and Yang regained his composure after being startled by their value.
• Dai Xuanyu praised Yang Wudi's devotion to medicine-making, and Yang happily accepted the compliments.
• Dai Xuanyu judged the Breaking and Defense Clans hostile to the Clear Sky Sect, the Strength Clan blindly loyal to Tang Hao, and the Speed Clan politically self-interested.
• Dai Xuanyu considered recruiting members of the Strength and Speed Clans separately and planned to divide, persuade, and control them to prevent betrayal.
• Dai Xuanyu offered Yang Wudi a noble title, an exclusive fief for the Breaking Clan, and the fulfillment of reasonable requests.