Chapter Summaries

Lou Xu insisted on seeking a thousand-year first soul ring as he and Lou Gao searched the Star Dou Great Forest. At night, Di Tian attacked them, knocked Lou Gao unconscious, and abducted Lou Xu to take him to his lord.

• Lou Xu persuaded a worried Lou Gao to let him continue seeking a thousand-year first soul ring.
• After finding no suitable soul beast, Lou Xu and Lou Gao made camp, while Di Tian awoke deep in the forest at the sight of Lou Xu’s first flame.
• Di Tian confronted them at midnight, and Lou Xu recognized him as the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.
• Di Tian struck Lou Gao with the Dragon God Claw, and Lou Gao fell unconscious after shoving Lou Xu out of the attack’s path.
• Lou Xu charged Di Tian in rage, but Di Tian knocked him unconscious and carried him away to meet his lord.

Lou Xu awoke surrounded by the Ferocious Beasts and explained that his divine aura came from Ornn rather than the Douluo God Realm. After recognizing that the Silver Dragon King's wound came from an unknown force within space-time turbulence, he claimed he was the only one on the continent who could heal her, leaving her to decide whether to believe him.

• Lou Xu woke at Mirror Lake surrounded by the Ferocious Beasts and realized Di Tian had brought him to their lair after he passed out.
• Xiong Jun challenged Di Tian, but Di Tian threatened him and the confrontation ended before Lou Xu could exploit the chaos to escape.
• The Silver Dragon King awakened, questioned Lou Xu about his divine aura, and lowered her guard when he showed her the power of his Star-Iron Furnace Anvil and named Ornn as its source.
• Lou Xu told the Silver Dragon King that her wound was festering internally and that draining the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would not heal her.
• Lou Xu claimed he was the only one on the continent who could heal the Silver Dragon King, then told her she could keep sleeping and enduring the torment if she refused to believe him.

Lou Xu negotiated with the Silver Dragon King for the chance to heal her, demanding soul rings and Di Tian’s death before learning that his grandfather was still alive. After absorbing two high-grade soul rings, he reached level twenty-four and manifested fiery wings.

• Lou Xu demanded that the Silver Dragon King provide his future soul rings and let him kill Di Tian, but she rejected the second condition.
• Di Tian explained that his blow had only knocked Lou Xu’s grandfather unconscious, and Lou Xu’s anger gave way to relief.
• Lou Xu requested a thousand-year fire soul beast and a twenty-five-hundred-year strength soul beast, and the Silver Dragon King sent the Scarlet King to find them.
• The Scarlet King brought back a twelve-hundred-year Blazing Wind Harrier and a twenty-seven-hundred-year Flamecloud Unicorn, which Lou Xu absorbed despite the danger.
• Lou Xu reached level twenty-four, then erupted in pain as huge fiery-red wings unfurled from his back.

Lou Xu absorbed the Flamecloud Unicorn’s Soul Ring and External Soul Bone, then used life energy from Tian Meng to forge the Quicksilver Sash for the Silver Dragon King. The sash suppressed her injury and eased her suffering, but Lou Xu warned that only a top-grade divine artifact could heal her completely.

• Lou Xu gained the Flowing Fire Cloudburning Wings and two Soul Skills after absorbing the Flamecloud Unicorn’s remains.
• Lou Xu burned the two Soul Beast corpses for life energy, then absorbed a large piece of Tian Meng and reached rank twenty-five.
• Lou Xu forged the mid-grade Quicksilver Sash from the gathered life energy, using most of what remained in the forge-anvil.
• The Silver Dragon King pressed the sash against her wound and injected Soul Power, suppressing the black mist and restoring the flow of her Soul Power.
• The Ferocious Beasts celebrated the Silver Dragon King’s relief, but Lou Xu cautioned that the sash only suppressed her injury and that full recovery required a top-grade divine artifact.

Lou Xu received the Silver Dragon King's reverse-scale Soul Mark and Xiong Jun as his protector, then reunited with his grandfather, Lou Gao, in the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter ended when a timid rabbit-eared girl named Xiao Wu emerged from the bushes.

• The Silver Dragon King gave Lou Xu a reverse-scale Soul Mark, declaring him a friend of the Soul Beast Clan as long as he did not deliberately slaughter Soul Beasts.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered Xiong Jun to protect Lou Xu until he became a Titled Douluo, and Lou Xu left the Mirror Lake Space with him.
• Lou Xu and Xiong Jun found Lou Gao beside the corpse of a forty-thousand-year-old earth dragon, and Lou Xu used Life Energy to help his injured grandfather recover.
• Lou Xu introduced Xiong Jun as Big Bear and told Lou Gao a cover story about how he had been released and gained a protector.
• Xiong Jun sensed someone hiding nearby, and Xiao Wu emerged from the bushes, saying she meant no harm.

Xiong Jun captured Xiao Wu and offered her as a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, but Lou Xu refused because her attributes did not suit his martial soul. As Xiong Jun began to kill her, Lou Xu and Lou Gao resolved to return to Gengxin City together under Xiong Jun’s protection.

• Xiong Jun recognized Xiao Wu as a transformed soul beast, told her that her father was dead, and mocked her wish to avenge her mother.
• Xiong Jun seized the tearful Xiao Wu and carried her toward Lou Xu and Lou Gao, revealing that he was a soul beast and that Xiao Wu was one too.
• Lou Gao worried that Lou Xu might be branded a traitor to humanity, but Lou Xu assured him that Xiong Jun could conceal his identity and proposed returning to Gengxin City.
• Lou Gao agreed to go home with Lou Xu and promised to protect him, while Lou Xu called his grandfather the pillar he could lean on.
• Xiong Jun offered Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, but Lou Xu declined because her abilities did not match his martial soul.
• Xiong Jun prepared to kill Xiao Wu and preserve her soul bone, while Xiao Wu wept as his claws pierced her skin.

Lou Xu spared Xiao Wu and took her under his protection, then practiced flying with his external soul bone on the journey back. When they reached Gengxin City, they learned Dai Weisi had been pressuring the Blacksmith Association to surrender Lou Xu, and Lou Gao stormed off to confront him.

• Lou Xu stopped Xiong Jun from killing Xiao Wu and made her promise to obey him in exchange for her life.
• Xiao Wu stayed close to Lou Xu on the journey, while he practiced flying with his Flowing Fire Cloudburning Wings and learned to control them.
• Lou Xu and his companions traveled south by carriage, and Xiao Wu asked him to buy her carrots with red cores.
• After arriving in Gengxin City, Lou Gao learned that Dai Weisi had brought retainers and guards to demand Lou Xu from the Blacksmith Association.
• Lou Gao ordered Lou Xu to settle Xiong Jun and Xiao Wu, then took Si Long to confront Dai Weisi as Lou Xu followed with Xiong Jun.

Dai Weisi and the Third Offering tried to force Lou Gao to hand over Lou Xu, but Xiong Jun defeated and killed the Soul Douluo. Lou Xu then confronted Dai Weisi about the siege and the injuries to the Blacksmith Association’s people.

• Dai Weisi offered Lou Gao money and a place in the Star Luo Treasury in exchange for Lou Xu, while Lou Gao refused and fought the Third Offering.
• Lou Xu arrived with Xiong Jun and told Lou Gao to stop before their fight damaged the building.
• The Third Offering sensed Xiong Jun’s danger and urged Dai Weisi to flee, but Xiong Jun overwhelmed him and tore off his arm before ripping out his heart.
• Lou Xu stopped Xiong Jun from attacking further and asked Dai Weisi to discuss the three-day siege and medical expenses for the forty-one injured blacksmiths.

Lou Xu forced Dai Weisi to accept Gengxin City's independence and a demand for twenty mineral deposits, then began recording rune-forging knowledge. At the imperial palace, Dai Changkong chose to make concessions and seek ties with Lou Gao and Lou Xu, while punishing Dai Weisi.

• Lou Xu warned Dai Weisi that Gengxin City would leave the Star Luo Empire, demanded twenty mineral deposits within three years, and ordered Si Long to escort him out and repay the injured blacksmiths.
• Lou Gao thanked Xiong Jun for protecting the Blacksmith Association, and Xiong Jun asked him to provide wine and meat instead.
• Xiao Wu, frightened by Xiong Jun's aura, begged to stay with Lou Xu; he let her into his room, where she settled down to read Legends of the Continent.
• Lou Xu examined his unfinished longsword and began writing down rune techniques from Ornn's legacy as the sun set.
• Dai Weisi reported the defeat and demands to Dai Changkong, who berated and punished him, then decided to befriend Lou Gao and his grandson and ordered a decree granting Gengxin City independence.

Lou Gao received a hereditary marquisate and control of Gengxin City, while Lou Xu recognized Dai Changkong’s attempt to bind them to the Dai Family. Lou Xu persuaded Lou Gao to lead research into Runic Forging, then began testing a rune that could create a valuable effect.

• An imperial herald granted Lou Gao the Sacred-forged Marquis title, Gengxin City and its surrounding lands as a hereditary fief, and awarded Lou Xu an earl title and a Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
• Lou Gao admitted he felt unworthy of the rewards and planned to leave Si Long in charge of Gengxin City and the Blacksmith Association while he researched in seclusion.
• Lou Xu showed Lou Gao his Runic Forging manuscripts and urged him to develop the system with his four senior brothers.
• Lou Xu inventoried the city's rewards, converted the Thousand-Year Soul Bone into life energy, and continued engraving a rune onto a ring.
• A blue light flared from Lou Xu's ring, and he reacted with delight at the result of his rune experiment.

Lou Xu used the Future Market rune to break through to soul power level twenty-six, then realized he could not borrow more until he repaid the power. He defeated Xiao Wu in a spar and made her honor their wager before reuniting with his second senior brother, Siyu, at the Blacksmith Association.

• Lou Xu advanced to soul power level twenty-six with the Future Market rune, but found that he could not borrow more power until he repaid his debt.
• Xiao Wu challenged Lou Xu to spar, wagering that the loser would obey the winner.
• Lou Xu defeated Xiao Wu without using soul power, and she yielded and called him Master as their wager required.
• Lou Xu and Xiao Wu returned to the Blacksmith Association, where Lou Xu reunited with Siyu and introduced Xiao Wu as his maid.

Lou Xu used metals from Si Long’s convoy to forge his first divine artifact, the Myriad-Era Catalyst Stone, and Xiao Wu grew hopeful that he might make one for her too. He promised to consider it when she became a Soul Elder, leaving Xiao Wu still resisting the idea of being his pet rabbit.

• Lou Xu chose mist tin and sprout copper from Si Long’s metal carriage to use in forging a divine artifact.
• Lou Xu told Xiao Wu she would not get a divine artifact yet, so she sulked and secretly watched him work.
• Lou Xu forged the Myriad-Era Catalyst Stone, which restored vitality and soul power and granted an extra soul power level after every ten levels gained.
• Lou Xu teased Xiao Wu by promising to forge her a divine artifact when she became a Soul Elder, and she eagerly asked whether she would get one.
• Lou Xu called Xiao Wu his pet rabbit and stroked her ears while she insisted to herself that she would not submit.

Lou Xu presented the completed rune system to Lou Gao and his disciples, warned them to keep the dangerous inspiration runes secret, and helped launch their first runic equipment. The first forty pieces, named Jingzhe, left for the continent’s leading auction houses.

• Lou Xu explained the rune tree, its systems, and how rune arrays could be combined into weapons of different tiers.
• Lou Xu warned Lou Gao and the disciples not to study the inspiration system’s Ingenious Tool, Future, and Transcendence runes because their powers could endanger everyone.
• Lou Gao reported that the group had found compatible metals for seven attribute runes, and Lou Xu proposed selling a first batch to gauge interest.
• Lou Gao and Lou Xu chose to pair the Electrocute rune with an attack attribute rune, and Lou Gao ordered materials for production.
• After three days and nights of work, forty pieces of runic equipment named Jingzhe departed by carriage for the continent’s leading auction houses.

After resting, Lou Xu took Xiao Wu to an auction where the Jingzhe runic weapons he had developed sold for enormous sums. News of weapons that let ordinary people unleash Soul Elder-level attacks spread across the continent, drawing the attention of Spirit Hall and the Worship Hall.

• Lou Xu woke to find Xiao Wu had reached level thirteen, then agreed to take her shopping at an auction.
• At the Heaven Dou Auction, bidders including Yu Luomian, Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, Xue Beng, and Xue Qinghe competed for the Jingzhe weapons, which sold for up to one hundred and thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xue Qinghe collected the Jingzhe Dagger and ordered Uncle She to investigate Divine Smith Lou Gao.
• Auctions across the land sold the remaining weapons and spread news of Lou Gao's runic weapons, alarming powerful factions.
• Bibi Dong ordered Salas to investigate whether the weapons could be mass-produced and to kill Lou Gao if he refused recruitment.
• Qian Daoliu warned Golden Crocodile Douluo that the continent's future was changing and told him to prepare Xiao Xue to abandon her plan if necessary.

Tang Yuehua and Tai Tan learned of Lou Gao’s Runic Forging and set out to pursue it, while Tang Hao left Holy Soul Village and headed toward Gengxin City after hearing the news. In Star Luo City, Lou Xu, Xiao Wu, and Xiong Jun accepted Dai Changkong’s invitation to the palace, where Lou Xu pressed the emperor to explain his intentions.

• Tang Yuehua sent Tang Xiao a secret letter urging him to emerge from seclusion and seek Lou Gao’s Runic Forging method for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tai Tan read the auction flyer about Runic Weapons, ordered his clan on alert, and prepared to return to the Blacksmith Association.
• Tang Hao left Holy Soul Village, then heard about Runic Forging in Silves City and followed the crowds toward Gengxin City.
• A Star Luo guard invited Lou Xu to the palace on Dai Changkong’s orders, and Lou Xu brought Xiao Wu and Xiong Jun with him.
• Dai Changkong warmly welcomed Lou Xu, praised his judgment in making him an earl, and served food to the visitors.
• Lou Xu set down his chopsticks and asked Dai Changkong to speak plainly.

Dai Changkong tried to recruit Lou Xu as Star Luo Imperial Preceptor and offer him the Star-Iron King Medal, but Lou Xu refused and left with Xiong Jun and Xiao Wu. After Lou Xu departed, Dai Changkong reprimanded Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai for their behavior, then learned that Lou Gao would spread Runic Forging worldwide once the method matured.

• Dai Changkong praised Lou Xu, showed him the Jingzhe Dagger, and offered him the Star-Iron King Medal and the position of Star Luo Imperial Preceptor.
• Lou Xu declined the offer, suggested Dai Changkong give the medal to Lou Gao, and accepted a letter for his grandfather before leaving with Xiong Jun and Xiao Wu.
• Dai Changkong ordered Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai to kneel, slapped Dai Weisi, and warned both brothers never to move against the Lou Family.
• A young guard told Dai Changkong that Lou Gao would spread Runic Forging throughout the world once the method matured, prompting the emperor to celebrate the Star Luo Empire's prospects.

Lou Xu rejected Dai Changkong’s offer and returned to the Blacksmith Association, where Tang Hao attacked Lou Gao and the others to seize their Runic Forging records. Xiong Jun fought Tang Hao outside as Lou Xu rescued the injured, and the chapter ended with Lou Xu watching the battle, furious and determined to face the threat.

• Lou Xu burned Dai Changkong’s letter inviting him to share stewardship of the Star Luo Empire.
• Lou Xu and Xiao Wu meditated at the Blacksmith Association while Lou Gao and his disciples continued studying Runic Forging.
• Tang Hao broke into Lou Gao’s office, injured Lou Gao and the disciples, destroyed the Runic Weapons, and took the Runic Forging records.
• Lou Xu ordered Xiong Jun to attack Tang Hao, and Xiong Jun carried him outside to fight in the plaza.
• Xiong Jun and Tang Hao unleashed their powers and clashed while Lou Xu carried the unconscious disciples to safety and treated them with life energy.
• Lou Gao warned Lou Xu to run, but Lou Xu stayed at the shattered window and watched the battle with clenched fists.

Lou Xu and Xiong Jun defeated Tang Hao after he attacked the Blacksmith Association, and Lou Xu let him die after warning that he would collect every blood debt. At dawn, Lou Xu displayed Tang Hao’s corpse at the association entrance, leaving the city to see the fallen Clear Sky Douluo as a demonstration of strength.

• Tang Hao unleashed his Great Sumeru Hammer and detonated all nine rings, but Xiong Jun’s Sky-Rending Claw shattered his hammer and left him mortally wounded.
• Xiong Jun knocked Tang Hao to Lou Xu’s feet and told Lou Xu that Tang Hao’s soul rings and source were destroyed.
• Lou Xu told Tang Hao that his grandfather and four senior brothers were gravely injured, then named Tang Chen, Tang Xiao, Tang Yuehua, Ah Yin, and Tang San as the lives he would make Tang Hao answer for.
• Tang Hao died, and his Clear Sky Hammer shattered into motes of light.
• At dawn, Lou Xu fastened Tang Hao’s corpse to a wooden frame facing the Blacksmith Association entrance.

After Tang San and Grandmaster heard rumors that the Clear Sky Douluo had fallen, Lou Xu took charge of the Blacksmith Association while Lou Gao and his disciples recovered from their injuries. He announced that Runic Forging would be shared with blacksmiths across the continent and began distributing a manual for its basic techniques.

• Tang San heard that the Clear Sky Douluo had fallen and anxiously thought of his father, while Grandmaster reacted with disbelief.
• Lou Xu visited the injured Lou Gao, who told him that he and his disciples had completed the final hurdle for inscribing fourth-tier Main-System Rune Arrays.
• Lou Xu assumed leadership of the Blacksmith Association, suspended auctions and rank assessments, and ordered security measures in Gengxin City.
• Lou Xu announced a six-month halt to runic weapon production and declared that Runic Forging would eventually be taught to every blacksmith under heaven.
• Lou Xu stopped the blacksmiths from kneeling and warned them to use Runic Forging to help others rather than pursue wealth or harm people.
• Lou Xu gave the five supervisors his Beginner Runic Forging Manual and instructed them to learn it and teach experienced blacksmiths.

Lou Xu absorbed a thousand-year soul bone to replenish his strength, then welcomed Xu Xingxuan, who healed Lou Gao and his disciples. Xu Xingxuan asked for her daughter, Xu Youyou, to apprentice under Divine Craftsman Lou, and Lou Xu warned that forging would be arduous.

• Lou Xu chose to consume Dai Changkong's thousand-year soul bone rather than the six rarer soul bones taken from Tang Hao, increasing his soul power and physical strength.
• Lou Xu received Xu Xingxuan and her daughter, Xu Youyou, at the Blacksmith Association.
• Xu Xingxuan used her eighth soul skill, Wish of the Stars, to heal Lou Gao and his four disciples, though they remained unconscious from mental exhaustion.
• Xu Xingxuan asked Lou Xu to arrange for Xu Youyou to apprentice in runic casting under Lou Gao.
• Lou Xu agreed to ask his grandfather when he woke, but cautioned that the work was difficult and might not suit the delicate Xu Youyou.