Chapter Summaries

Yan searched the courtyard for the six hidden players, using his Spray Soul Tool to test suspicious objects. He eliminated Xie Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, leaving three hiders still concealed.

• Yan checked the rear garden and searched the Main Residence, but found no one in the garden or the first several rooms.
• Yan spotted that the third blade on a rack had Xie Yue’s distinctive curve and eliminated him.
• Yan recognized one of five cat dolls as Zhu Zhuqing, fired at the table, and eliminated her.
• Yan searched every room in the Main Residence and found no other hiders.
• Yan noticed a clump of unusually green carrots in the vegetable patch and shot through them, eliminating Xiao Wu.

Yan failed to find Qin Chuan disguised as a floor tile before time ran out, giving the hiders the win, and the group played several more rounds. Xue Qinghe secretly broke through to level seventy-two and left after asking Qin Chuan about future attractions.

• Yan eliminated Xiao Wu, Hu Liena, and Xue Qinghe, but failed to spot Qin Chuan disguised as a floor tile before time ran out, so the hiders won.
• Xiao Wu volunteered to be the Seeker for the next round, and the group took new forms and continued playing.
• The group played for nearly two hours until the Game Domain lifted, leaving everyone eager for more.
• Xue Qinghe broke through from level seventy-one to level seventy-two but kept the breakthrough secret.
• Xue Qinghe asked Qin Chuan about future attractions, heard about Otherworld Survival and the Immersive VR Experience, and left saying he would come often.

Qin Chuan enjoyed rapid growth from the Game Hall’s success while Tang Hao gathered three Titled Douluos and confronted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect about Qin Chuan’s emergence. The chapter ended with Tang Xiao warning Ning Fengzhi that the new God of Drama martial soul could shift the balance of power across the continent.

• Qin Chuan counted his Game Hall’s profits and discovered he had reached level fifty-eight after gaining seven levels in ten days.
• Tang Hao rode toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Tang Xiao, Dugu Bo, and Yu Yuanzhen, intending to tell the sect that action was necessary.
• Tang Hao and the others entered the council hall, where Ning Fengzhi sat with Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
• Tang Xiao told Ning Fengzhi that Qin Chuan’s God of Drama martial soul could change the balance of power across the continent.

Tang Hao urged Ning Fengzhi and the other sect leaders to assassinate Qin Chuan before his unusual martial soul grew stronger. Ning Fengzhi agreed to plan the attack, provided Ning Rongrong did not learn of it, while Chen Xin warned him that Tang Hao’s motives were partly personal.

• Yu Yuanzhen reported Spirit Hall’s attacks on the Wind Sword Sect and the Dragon Family, and Tang Hao argued that Qin Chuan was the greatest threat to the sects.
• Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Dugu Bo outlined Qin Chuan’s weaknesses and proposed using six Titled Douluo to attack from beyond his Game Domain.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong agreed that Qin Chuan should be eliminated, and Dugu Bo said his return made the God of Drama Martial Soul a threat to the continent.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to the plan on the condition that Ning Rongrong not be told, and he asked the group to remain at the sect while they discussed the details.
• After Tang Hao left, Chen Xin warned Ning Fengzhi that Tang Hao’s push for the assassination was partly driven by personal resentment.

After the Douluo Game Hall closed, Qin Chuan decided to unlock Otherworld Survival, a dangerous game with a chance to award a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring or Soul Bone. Xue Qinghe arrived late and persuaded Qin Chuan to let him try it that night, and they entered the game room together.

• Hu Liena reported that the Game Hall had earned 123,000 Gold Soul Coins, and she teased Yan about his losses on the Fruit Machine.
• After the staff left, Qin Chuan checked his points and considered buying the Otherworld Survival Scroll, which had become available at his Soul Power level.
• Xue Qinghe visited the closed Game Hall and asked Qin Chuan to unlock Otherworld Survival that night.
• Qin Chuan warned Xue Qinghe that the game could cause serious injury or death and revealed its highest possible rewards: a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to keep the game secret and joined Qin Chuan in the upstairs room, where Qin Chuan activated Game Domain.

Qin Chuan and Xue Qinghe entered the Haunted Dormitory game and prepared to defend a room together. They upgraded the door just as the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Nightmare Demon began roaming.

• The Clown Dwarf explained the Haunted Dormitory rules, and Qin Chuan told Xue Qinghe how to earn coins and defend their room.
• Qin Chuan led Xue Qinghe to room 119, where they entered, locked the door, and found a double bed and a level-one turret.
• Qin Chuan and Xue Qinghe lay in the bed together, generating two gold coins per second.
• Qin Chuan spent ten coins to upgrade the door, raising its HP from 100 to 150.
• The Clown Dwarf announced that the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Nightmare Demon had begun roaming.

Qin Chuan guided Xue Qinghe through upgrading and defending their room against the Nightmare Demon. After surviving repeated attacks, they faced a twenty-thousand-year Nightmare Demon that nearly broke their door.

• Qin Chuan and Xue Qinghe watched a ten-thousand-year Nightmare Demon destroy the empty door to room 103 in two hits.
• Qin Chuan upgraded their door and turret and built a repair station while explaining how their defenses worked.
• Qin Chuan repaired their door through more than a dozen attacks until the Nightmare Demon left, then upgraded their defenses again.
• The Nightmare Demon returned four times over two hours, and the Clown Dwarf announced its evolution to twenty thousand years.
• Qin Chuan repaired the door as the stronger Nightmare Demon struck, bringing its HP back from 1 just before it could break.

Qin Chuan and Xue Qinghe survived the thirty-thousand-year Nightmare Demon in Otherworld Survival, earning levels and a new Soul Skill before returning to the Douluo Game Hall. After spending the night together, Qian Renxue revealed her true identity to Qin Chuan, who agreed to keep it secret.

• Qin Chuan manually fired the turret and repaired the door, but the Nightmare Demon broke through before he could stop it.
• Qin Chuan killed the Nightmare Demon at point-blank range, and the Clown Dwarf announced that he and Xue Qinghe had cleared Haunted Dormitory.
• Qin Chuan reached level 61 and unlocked his sixth Soul Skill, One, Two, Three, Red Light, while Xue Qinghe reached level 74.
• Qin Chuan and Xue Qinghe returned to the ordinary room and shared a guest room for the night.
• Qian Renxue's disguise faded while she slept, and Qin Chuan noticed her true identity but pretended not to know.
• Qian Renxue revealed her identity to Qin Chuan the next morning, and he promised to keep it secret before she left.

Tang Hao and the other five Titled Douluos planned to assassinate Qin Chuan at the Game Hall that night, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong worried about provoking Spirit Hall. After Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing left, Qin Chuan reviewed his new 123 Wooden Man skill, then heard someone knock at the door.

• Tang Xiao presented reports on the Game Hall's routine and the lack of Titled Douluo protection late at night.
• Tang Hao set the attack for that night, and Ning Fengzhi insisted the group withdraw quickly, avoid harming anyone else, and retreat if the plan failed.
• Chen Xin warned Gu Rong that killing Qin Chuan could provoke Spirit Hall, but Gu Rong said his martial soul was too dangerous to leave alive.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing cleaned the Game Hall, locked up, and left, while Qin Chuan stayed behind to review his system status and the rules of 123 Wooden Man.
• Qin Chuan brewed tea after considering the skill's uses, then heard three knocks at the front door.

Chrysanthemum Douluo escorted Qin Chuan back to Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong learned how quickly he had advanced and asked whether his Game Hall could help her break through. Qin Chuan promised to help her reach level 99 and began outlining a plan for her ambition to unite the continent.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo escorted Qin Chuan from his shop to a secret chamber in Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong waited.
• Bibi Dong was astonished when Qin Chuan said he had reached level 61 after gaining ten levels in just over ten days.
• Bibi Dong asked whether the Game Hall could help her break through level 97, and Qin Chuan said a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring could help her reach level 99 within months.
• Qin Chuan asked whether Bibi Dong wanted to unite the world, and she admitted that she did.
• Qin Chuan presented a plan to unite the continent without war by enacting a Soul Beast Protection Law.

Qin Chuan persuaded Bibi Dong to use the Soul Beast Protection Law to place soul-ring and soul-bone resources under Spirit Hall’s control, then left the Douluo Game Hall’s trap to ensnare six visiting Titled Douluos. The six were pulled into the Game Domain with their Soul Power sealed, where a voice announced they would play Haunted Dormitory.

• Qin Chuan presented Bibi Dong with the Soul Beast Protection Law, including Spirit Hall’s authority over rulings, interpretations, and exemptions.
• Bibi Dong recognized that the law could give Spirit Hall control over Soul Masters’ advancement and agreed to study how to put it into effect with Qin Chuan that night.
• Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong entered the Douluo Game Hall and followed the soul-bone bait into the Otherworld Survival room.
• The room’s trap teleported all six Titled Douluos into an exclusive Game Domain match space and sealed the door behind them.
• The six discovered that their Soul Power was sealed, and a voice announced that their game was Haunted Dormitory.

Six Titled Douluos were forced into a maximum-difficulty Haunted Dormitory game, where they had to earn coins in bed and defend their rooms from a Nightmare Demon. The demon killed all six, leaving them eliminated with their Soul Master levels reduced by one.

• The Clown Dwarf announced the game rules, and Tang Xiao ordered everyone to find a room and get into bed before the Nightmare Demon appeared.
• Tang Hao and the other five Titled Douluos scattered into separate rooms, where Tang Hao began earning coins and upgrading his defenses.
• The Nightmare Demon appeared and destroyed Tang Xiao’s door in one hit, killing and eliminating him.
• The Nightmare Demon killed Dugu Bo, Chen Xin, Yu Yuanzhen, and Gu Rong in succession as Tang Hao tried to upgrade his door and turret.
• The Nightmare Demon broke into Room 101 and swallowed Tang Hao, eliminating the last player and reducing his level by one.

After six Titled Douluo lost a level in Qin Chuan’s game trap, they went to Spirit Hall to demand that he restore their power. Bibi Dong watched as Qin Chuan faced them, testing whether her sworn younger brother could stand up to six powerful opponents.

• Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discovered they had each lost a level after failing the Haunted Dormitory game.
• Dugu Bo proposed negotiating with Qin Chuan at Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao agreed to go with the others.
• Qin Chuan learned that Bibi Dong had summoned him because six Titled Douluo from the Upper Three Sects had come to see him.
• Qin Chuan saw the system record confirming that all six intruders had failed the trap and lost a level.
• Qin Chuan sat beside Bibi Dong and faced the six Titled Douluo as Bibi Dong silently tested his composure.

Qin Chuan announced a continent-wide Soul Beast Protection Law, then insulted six Titled Douluo and trapped the Council Hall in his Game Domain. He left three opponents transformed into wooden figures for six hours while the other three stood frozen, afraid to move.

• Qin Chuan read out the Soul Beast Protection Law, giving Spirit Hall exclusive control over its enforcement and interpretation.
• Qin Chuan called everyone in the Council Hall trash, provoking the six Titled Douluo into attacking.
• Qin Chuan activated his sixth Soul Skill, freezing the six Titled Douluo, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei while the Clown Dwarf explained the game rules.
• The Clown Dwarf designated Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei as nonhostile spectators and unfroze them and the six participants.
• Qin Chuan teleported to the rear of the hall and called “One, Two, Three, Red Light!”
• Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong moved during the call and became wooden figures for six hours, while Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Dugu Bo remained still.

Qin Chuan used his Game Domain to turn six Titled Douluo into wooden figures and offered them freedom and restored power in exchange for supporting the Soul Beast Protection Law. Dugu Bo and Gu Rong began to signal their willingness to compromise, while the others had yet to answer.

• Qin Chuan confronted Dugu Bo about being lured to the Council Hall with the promise of a cure, and Dugu Bo turned into a wooden figure after replying.
• Qin Chuan tricked Tang Hao and Tang Xiao into turning toward the empty doorway by claiming Tang Chen had arrived, then immobilized them too.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei recognized the strength of Qin Chuan’s domain as the six Titled Douluo stood frozen.
• Qin Chuan offered to release the six and restore their levels if they accepted the Soul Beast Protection Law, swore on their martial souls, and left soul power imprints.
• Tang Xiao protested, but Dugu Bo and Gu Rong voiced support for the law and began to compromise.

Qin Chuan forced six Titled Douluos to swear to the Soul Beast Protection Law, then accompanied Bibi Dong to the secret chamber, where she finally laughed freely and praised his achievement. The chapter ended with Qin Chuan asking Bibi Dong for a reward.

• Chen Xin, Yu Yuanzhen, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao agreed to the Soul Beast Protection Law after Qin Chuan promised to restore the level Tang Hao had lost.
• Qin Chuan lifted the six Titled Douluos' negative effects and had Dugu Bo, Gu Rong, Chen Xin, Tang Xiao, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Hao swear oaths and leave soul power imprints on the law.
• Qin Chuan told the six that their level restrictions would lift once they left Spirit City, and Bibi Dong dismissed them from the council hall.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei laughed about Qin Chuan's trick and the six Titled Douluos being pinned down, while Bibi Dong took Qin Chuan to the secret chamber.
• Bibi Dong removed her crown and scepter, laughed freely, and praised Qin Chuan for securing the law in ten minutes.
• Qin Chuan asked Bibi Dong whether he would get a reward.

After the Six Titled Douluos swore their Martial Soul Oaths and left, Qin Chuan and Bibi Dong discussed how to enforce the Soul Beast Protection Law. Qin Chuan proposed taking Bibi Dong to Holy Soul Village to retrieve a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, then revealed that Tang Hao had secretly plotted the events surrounding Ah Yin’s death.

• Bibi Dong admitted that Qin Chuan’s provocation of Senior Tang Chen had nearly made her lose composure, then discussed the resistance the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires would offer the Soul Beast Protection Law.
• Qin Chuan told Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall could wait for the two empires to seek cooperation once its soul ring supply system was established, and he said he feared no retaliation from the six Titled Douluos.
• After two hours in the secret chamber, Qin Chuan invited Bibi Dong to Holy Soul Village to obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Qin Chuan explained that the soul bone could help Bibi Dong advance and joked that doing bad things could make them happy.
• Qin Chuan asked Bibi Dong about Ah Yin’s death, and she confirmed that Spirit Hall had hunted her.
• Qin Chuan told Bibi Dong that Tang Hao had secretly plotted the events, leaving her stunned.

Qin Chuan convinced Bibi Dong that Tang Hao had allowed Ah Yin’s death for his own gain and outlined plans to expand Spirit Game Halls. At Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao told Tang San that Xiao Wu was working at a Game Hall with Qin Chuan, and Tang San’s grief and anger turned into hatred.

• Qin Chuan argued that Tang Hao had knowingly let scouts follow him and had maneuvered Ah Yin into sacrificing herself, easing Bibi Dong’s guilt toward Spirit Hall.
• Qin Chuan told Bibi Dong he would retrieve the Blue Silver Emperor’s seed and proposed opening at least ten Spirit Game Halls across the continent, though he said expansion would wait until Spirit Hall had stronger foundations.
• Qin Chuan and Bibi Dong decided to leave for Holy Soul Village without Yue Guan or Gui Mei.
• Tang San awoke in Holy Soul Village and immediately asked Tang Hao where Xiao Wu was.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Xiao Wu was wearing a uniform and helping Qin Chuan run the Game Hall in Spirit City, prompting Tang San to cough up blood and fill with rage.
• Tang Hao asked Tang San if he hated Qin Chuan, and then offered him a bowl of medicinal brew.