Chapter Summaries

Dai Xuanyu secured Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan’s allegiance by promising them a noble title, a fief, and protection from Spirit Hall. After settling the initial arrangements, he asked Yang Wudi to return with him to the Star Luo Imperial City and teach him Pharmacology.

• Yang Wudi asked how Dai Xuanyu would guarantee the Breaking Clan a title and fief and protect them from Spirit Hall.
• Dai Xuanyu revealed that he was already the Crown Prince and showed Yang Wudi an imperial token authorizing him to speak for the Star Luo Empire.
• Yang Wudi pledged the Breaking Clan and his own service to Dai Xuanyu, who promised to arrange an office, title, and fief after their trip to Great Cloud City.
• Dai Xuanyu and Yang Wudi discussed the title, fief, and plans for the clanspeople.
• Dai Xuanyu asked Yang Wudi to return with him to the Star Luo Imperial City and become his Pharmacology teacher.

Dai Xuanyu secured Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan’s service, with Yang agreeing to teach him Pharmacology. Yang would remain in Great Cloud City briefly to arrange clan affairs before joining Dai Xuanyu, who planned to leave the Wind Sword Sect and the other Single-Attribute Clans for later.

• Yang Wudi promised to teach Dai Xuanyu everything he knew about Pharmacology, and Dai Xuanyu privately planned to reward his service with two Immortal Herbs.
• Dai Xuanyu announced that Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan would serve him, and that Yang would become his teacher and meet the emperor after they returned to the imperial city.
• Yang Wudi explained that he needed time to arrange the Breaking Clan’s affairs before leaving Great Cloud City, and Dai Xuanyu offered people to help manage the clan.
• Yang Wudi accepted Dai Xuanyu’s help and agreed to leave with him the next day.
• Dai Xuanyu decided to leave the Wind Sword Sect alone for now and recruit the other Single-Attribute Clans gradually.

Dai Xuanyu learned that the Star Luo Emperor wanted him to delay returning while the imperial family investigated spies drawn by his Martial Soul awakening. In Heaven Dou Imperial City, Qian Renxue learned Spirit Hall had sent Ghost Douluo to investigate and ordered Ci Xue to spread the news covertly.

• Wang Hao told Dai Xuanyu that the Star Luo Imperial City was under lockdown and Dai Heng had asked him to delay his return.
• Dai Xuanyu reasoned that the factions' spies would investigate the tiger's roar and saw their increased activity as a chance for the Star Luo Imperial Family to catch them.
• Qian Renxue read a report about the tiger's roar and condemned the Heaven Dou Empire's intelligence network for failing to uncover the news.
• Ci Xue told Qian Renxue that the Great Enshrined had left the matter to the Pope, who had sent Ghost Douluo to investigate the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Renxue ordered Ci Xue to spread the news covertly through Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Dai Xuanyu learned that Ghost Douluo had been discovered fighting Elder Long and Elder Xuan outside Star Luo City, but judged that the imperial family could handle him. He then planned to recruit Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo by winning Chrysanthemum Douluo over with an Immortal Herb and suitable rewards.

• Wang Hao reported that a fierce Soul Power clash had erupted outside the city between Ghost Douluo and the imperial family's Elder Long and Elder Xuan.
• Dai Xuanyu identified Ghost Douluo as Spirit Hall's intruder and decided not to join the battle, trusting Elder Long and Elder Xuan to drive him off.
• Dai Xuanyu considered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo potential recruits, believing their weak ties to Spirit Hall made them easier to persuade.
• Dai Xuanyu decided that offering Chrysanthemum Douluo a corresponding Immortal Herb, rewards, and status could win him over and bring Ghost Douluo along.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, read a Star Luo Empire proposal for an alliance against Spirit Hall and urged Emperor Xue Ye to accept it. She secretly intended to use the alliance negotiations to undermine rival factions and advance her plans, and Xue Ye was moved by her appeal for stronger imperial authority.

• Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe to read a letter from the Star Luo envoy.
• Qian Renxue read that Ghost Douluo's intrusion into the Star Luo Imperial Palace had prompted the Star Luo Empire to propose closer ties and an alliance with Heaven Dou against Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue abandoned her plan to oppose the alliance openly and decided to sabotage it from within while using the opportunity to suppress factions.
• Qian Renxue told Xue Ye that an alliance could check Spirit Hall, end border frictions, and help Heaven Dou strengthen its imperial authority.
• Xue Ye agreed that the proposal was significant and looked at Xue Qinghe with gratification.

Dai Xuanyu used the proposed Star Luo–Heaven Dou alliance as a smokescreen to create an opportunity to reach the Immortal Herbs in Sunset Forest. He appointed Alpha to lead Root as he reorganized his operatives into Anbu and Root.

• Dai Xuan told Dai Xuanyu that a Heaven Dou Empire delegation had secretly met with the emperor.
• Dai Xuanyu reflected that he had engineered the alliance proposal to provoke Qian Renxue into secretly sabotaging it while giving him a reason to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dai Xuanyu summoned Alpha and confirmed that Root’s preparations were complete.
• Dai Xuanyu appointed Alpha as Root’s leader and explained that Anbu allowed its members more freedom, while Root consisted of merciless killing machines.

Xue Yu secured a cooperation agreement between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires and prepared to return home with the Diplomatic Mission. Dai Xuanyu learned that a Titled Douluo would protect him on the journey to Heaven Dou Imperial City, then remembered something about the Heaven Dou Six Imperial Cards.

• Xue Yu left the Star Luo Imperial Palace carrying the sealed agreement, which established embassies, expanded trade, arranged student exchanges, and included intelligence-sharing about Spirit Hall.
• Xue Yu resolved to send word to Xue Ye and leave Star Luo Imperial City with the Diplomatic Mission that night, fearing Spirit Hall might sabotage the deal.
• Dai Xuanyu emerged from the shadows after Xue Yu left and told Dai Heng that he had to travel to Heaven Dou Imperial City for his God Examination.
• Dai Heng told Dai Xuanyu that an elder he could call Grandfather would accompany and protect him on the journey.
• Dai Xuanyu stopped thinking about the elder and suddenly recalled something about the Heaven Dou Six Imperial Cards.

Dai Xuanyu realized the Heaven Dou Six Imperial Cards might reveal Spirit Hall’s deliberate maneuvering around Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and saw a chance to win them over. Before leaving with the Diplomatic Mission for Heaven Dou Imperial City, he asked Yang Wudi to write down his Pharmacology knowledge so he could keep studying on the journey.

• Dai Xuanyu reconsidered the emblems on the Heaven Dou Six Imperial Cards and suspected Spirit Hall had intentionally placed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo in the spotlight without giving them real power.
• Dai Heng told Dai Xuanyu there was still time before the Diplomatic Mission departed and offered him additional attendants and maids.
• Dai Xuanyu returned to his residence and told Yang Wudi he would travel with the Diplomatic Mission to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yang Wudi approved of the two empires joining forces against Spirit Hall, but could name no Soul Master force equal to Spirit Hall or the Upper Three Sects.
• Dai Xuanyu asked Yang Wudi to write a book of his Pharmacology knowledge so he could continue studying in Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing met their new fiancé, Dai Xuanyu, after learning he had secretly become the Star Luo crown prince. Dai Xuanyu reassured them that the Zhu Family’s cruel competition rules would no longer apply to their generation, leaving both sisters hopeful about their changed futures.

• Zhu Zhuyun greeted Dai Xuanyu and privately wondered how he had become crown prince and why her betrothal had changed.
• Zhu Zhuyun prompted the dazed Zhu Zhuqing to greet Dai Xuanyu, and he told them they were family and need not be formal.
• Dai Xuanyu took each sister by the hand and promised that their generation would be spared the Zhu Family’s competition rules, which he hoped to abolish altogether.
• Zhu Zhuyun thanked Dai Xuanyu and accepted her new position without concern for her former engagement to Dai Weisi.

Dai Xuanyu prepared to leave for the Heaven Dou Empire as an envoy, entrusting Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing with managing the residence while he traveled under an assumed identity. On the journey, he reflected on his plans to delay Tang San's growth and recruit Xiao Wu.

• Dai Xuanyu told Zhu Zhuqing to train steadily and instructed Zhu Zhuyun to oversee the residence with help from Dai Xuan.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing kissed Dai Xuanyu goodbye, disguised themselves as maids, and left his carriage.
• Dai Xuanyu departed for the Heaven Dou Empire, where he planned to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a thirteen-year-old collateral member of the Dai Family.
• Dai Xuanyu recalled that he had anonymously reported Tang Hao and Tang San's location in Holy Soul Village to Spirit Hall to hinder Tang San's growth.
• Dai Xuanyu planned to win Xiao Wu over by offering revenge against Spirit Hall and the chance to bring her mother back to life.

After Tang Hao escaped, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo presented his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone to Pope Bibi Dong, who kept it rather than rewarding them. Back at their residence, Yue Guan and Gui Mei regretted joining Bibi Dong’s faction and realized they were too entrenched to switch sides.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo reported Tang Hao’s escape to Bibi Dong and offered the Ten-Thousand-Year Right Arm Bone taken from him.
• Bibi Dong praised the two Douluo, claimed the Soul Bone for herself, and dismissed them.
• Yue Guan lamented that the Soul Bone would not be his first, while Gui Mei tried to comfort him by recalling his own Soul Bone.
• Yue Guan asked whether they had been right to join Spirit Hall, and Gui Mei said changing sides would now be difficult.
• Yue Guan reflected that their hopes of being rewarded for supporting Bibi Dong had gone unmet and wondered whether he could have avoided his choice.

Yu Xiaogang met Tang Hao in a grove and received the unconscious Tang San in a sack, along with instructions to raise and teach him. Tang Hao left to recover from his injuries, and Yu Xiaogang enlisted Luo Sanpao to help carry the sack.

• Yu Xiaogang waited in a grove until he fell asleep, then woke after falling face-first onto the ground.
• Tang Hao appeared with a sack containing the unconscious Tang San and entrusted him to Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang to teach Tang San, guide his Twin Martial Souls, and keep Tang Hao's identity secret.
• Yu Xiaogang boasted about his Twin Martial Souls cultivation plan, and Tang Hao agreed before leaving to recover from his injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao, and they lifted the sack together to carry Tang San.

After Spirit Hall announced that it had found Tang Hao and severed his right arm, leaders and allies across the continent reacted to the news. Dai Xuanyu welcomed Tang Hao’s injury and ordered his group to hurry toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.

• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong and Chen Xin that Spirit Hall had gravely wounded Tang Hao and cut off his right arm, prompting concern about Spirit Hall’s growing power.
• Gu Rong proposed targeting Spirit Hall’s younger generation if it made a move, while Ning Fengzhi feared the publicized attack signaled a larger threat.
• Tang Yuehua heard the news, mourned for her second brother, and began writing to Tang Xiao; Qian Renxue also learned of the failed hunt while visiting Moonlight Pavilion.
• Yu Xiaogang learned of Tang Hao’s injuries and reflected that Tang San’s false identity as Yu Xiaosan would keep him hidden at Fasno Primary Soul Master Academy.
• Dai Xuanyu celebrated Tang Hao’s lost arm and ordered Crow to speed up their journey to Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Tang San, living under the name Yu Xiaosan at Fasno Junior Soul Master Academy, endured his roommates’ mockery while waiting to obtain his first Soul Ring. Yu Xiaogang took him to the Soul Hunting Forest, where Tang San became a One-Ring Soul Master, but his first Soul Skill left him disappointed.

• Tang San refused Lin Liu’s invitation to play, and his roommates mocked his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and background.
• Tang San recalled how Yu Xiaogang had taken him in and taught him, and looked forward to gaining a Soul Ring during the monthly break.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San out in a carriage, bringing a heap of white radishes and promising to hunt a Soul Beast for him.
• Several days later, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San returned from the Soul Hunting Forest, where Tang San had become a One-Ring Soul Master.
• Tang San hid his new rank and wondered why his hundred-year Mandala Snake’s Entanglement Soul Skill felt weak.

Qian Renxue learned that Dai Xuanyu was traveling with the Star Luo Diplomatic Mission and decided to lure him into the Star Luo succession struggle rather than assassinate him. Meanwhile, Dai Xuanyu’s mission reached Sapphire City and prepared to continue toward Heaven Dou Imperial City with Xu Dingchang protecting him.

• Ci Xue told Qian Renxue that the Star Luo Diplomatic Mission had passed Jialing Pass and that Dai Xuanyu was traveling with it.
• Qian Renxue abandoned her idea of assassinating Dai Xuanyu and decided to offer him support to intensify the Star Luo princes’ succession struggle.
• Dai Xuanyu observed that the mission’s slow, erratic route had failed to draw out an attack and had helped his people plant spies.
• The Star Luo Diplomatic Mission arrived in Sapphire City, and Dai Xuanyu asked Xu Dingchang to protect him when they reached Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Dai Xuanyu arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City with the Star Luo diplomatic mission and prepared for a banquet meant to advance the alliance. He explained Poison Douluo Dugu Bo’s devastating value in warfare, leaving Dai Yuan and Xu Dingchang to reconsider him as a potential ally.

• Dai Xuanyu entered Heaven Dou Imperial City with the Star Luo diplomatic mission, whose arrival stirred speculation among the residents.
• Dai Yuan told Dai Xuanyu that he would handle the evening banquet, while Xu Dingchang joined them as protection.
• Xu Dingchang dismissed Poison Douluo Dugu Bo as a weak Titled Douluo, and Dai Xuanyu warned him not to provoke someone he hoped to recruit.
• Dai Xuanyu explained that Dugu Bo’s poison could devastate entire armies, making him far more dangerous in large-scale warfare than his rank suggested.
• Dai Yuan and Xu Dingchang grew solemn as they recognized Dugu Bo’s strategic value.

Dai Xuanyu explained to Dai Yuan and Xu Dingchang why Dugu Bo and other Titled Douluo might become involved in conflicts between factions. He argued that powerful soul masters often rely on factions for resources and time to cultivate, leaving them unable to remain neutral.

• Xu Dingchang questioned whether Dugu Bo would risk being reviled by attacking the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Yuan warned that powerful factions resorted to assassination and betrayal when threatened.
• Dai Yuan explained that the Star Luo Imperial Family kept Dai Xuanyu’s martial soul and Innate Level 20 Soul Power secret to protect him from assassination.
• Xu Dingchang doubted Dugu Bo would fight for the Heaven Dou Empire, but Dai Xuanyu explained that Dugu Bo’s friendship with Prince Xue Xing tied him to the imperial family.
• Dai Xuanyu argued that most Titled Douluo could not remain above factional conflicts because they joined factions for resources, status, and time to cultivate.
• Dai Xuanyu cited Sword and Bone Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo of Spirit Hall as examples, and Dai Yuan began to understand.

Dai Xuanyu discussed the Soul Master factions’ independence with Dai Yuan, then realized that his crown prince status had distracted him from his main goal. He recommitted to becoming a god as soon as possible before beginning meditation for the night.

• Dai Xuanyu told Dai Yuan that Heaven Dou Imperial City had many renowned Soul Master families who could become a powerful force if they served the empire.
• Dai Yuan said both empires had struggled to recruit loyal, capable Soul Masters, and Dai Xuanyu argued that Star Luo needed enough strength to unite the continent and govern those factions.
• Dai Xuanyu began planning to weaken the Soul Master world and direct the resulting trouble toward Spirit Hall, but then recognized that he had put political schemes ahead of his own priorities.
• Dai Yuan reminded Dai Xuanyu that he would begin classes under his other identity the next day, and Dai Xuanyu returned to his room to reflect and clear his thoughts.
• Dai Xuanyu decided that becoming a god was his main goal and began meditating before sleep.

Dai Xuanyu prepared for his future cultivation before arriving at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to enroll as an exchange student from Star Luo Royal Academy. He waited in the academy’s reception room after presenting his recommendation letter.

• Dai Xuanyu reached level twenty-nine after a night of cultivation and resolved to keep building his physical and mental strength before pursuing a Ten-Thousand-Year third Soul Ring.
• Dai Xuanyu remembered it was his first day at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, altered his appearance, and left the embassy quarters as Dai Zhuang.
• Dai Xuanyu took a carriage to the academy and walked up its mountain steps, comparing its grounds and style with Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Xuanyu presented his recommendation letter to a guard, who escorted him into the campus and directed him to the reception room.
• Dai Xuanyu waited alone in the reception room while an attendant served him pastries and tea.

Dai Xuanyu arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a Star Luo exchange student, learned its rules and subsidies, and was assigned to Heavenly Supreme Class One under Qin Ming. Qin Ming took him to settle into his dormitory before bringing him to class.

• Zhou Pang welcomed Dai Xuanyu and explained the exchange-student benefits and academy rules.
• Zhou Pang assigned Dai Xuanyu to Heavenly Supreme Class One as its only exchange student.
• Qin Ming arrived, and Zhou Pang introduced him as Dai Xuanyu's homeroom teacher and a level-fifty-five Soul King.
• Dai Xuanyu greeted Qin Ming and wondered whether Dugu Yan and the others were in his class.
• Qin Ming led Dai Xuanyu to his dormitory, where he would stay for at least three years.