Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao broke into Heaven Dou Prison to rescue Tang San, but Dugu Bo intercepted him and left him gravely wounded. Ji Hongchen received the Soul Bones Dugu Bo seized and gave one to Dugu Yan.

• Tang Hao destroyed Heaven Dou Prison, found Tang San and Yu Xiaogang bound together, and fought his way through the guards.
• Ji Hongchen asked Dugu Bo to stop Tang Hao, and Dugu Bo agreed, hoping to test his evolved Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo struck Tang Hao with his dragon techniques, but Tang Hao resisted with his Clear Sky Hammer and Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Tang Hao chose to take Tang San and tore Yu Xiaogang free before fleeing, but Dugu Bo pierced him and knocked out two Soul Bones.
• Dugu Bo gave the two Soul Bones to Ji Hongchen, who later handed a sixty-thousand-year left arm bone to Dugu Yan.

Ji Hongchen began Zhu Zhuqing’s second day of training while Xue Ye punished the Clear Sky Sect and secretly received a useless treatment for his illness. Liu Erlong swore loyalty to Qian Renxue as her dog in exchange for help for Yu Xiaogang, leaving her bound to the crown prince’s orders.

• Dugu Yan absorbed the left arm Soul Bone, rose to level forty-two, and spent the night with Ji Hongchen.
• The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing asked Ji Hongchen to train her and submitted to his assessment.
• After learning of Tang Hao’s prison break, Xue Ye ordered the seizure of Clear Sky Sect properties and Moonlight Pavilion, then swallowed a fake remedy that would let toxins accumulate.
• The imperial physician advised Xue Ye to rest and meditate while secretly plotting his death, and Xue Ye left state affairs to the crown prince.
• Liu Erlong pleaded with Qian Renxue to save Yu Xiaogang and swore on her Martial Soul to become Qian Renxue’s loyal dog.

Qian Renxue secured Yu Xiaogang’s release after seven days, but he blamed Liu Erlong and was tortured again in prison. Ji Hongchen and Qian Renxue spent the night together, and the next morning Ji Hongchen reached level forty-six and planned to refine a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to strengthen Qian Renxue’s allies.

• Qian Renxue agreed to release Yu Xiaogang in seven days after Liu Erlong begged her, then allowed Liu Erlong one hour to visit him.
• Yu Xiaogang complained that Liu Erlong had not secured his immediate release, and Liu Erlong left in tears.
• Eunuch Li ordered Xiao Liaozi to torture Yu Xiaogang on a Wooden Donkey and revive him with a Spring Rejuvenation Pill.
• Qian Renxue summoned Ji Hongchen to her secret chamber, and the two spent the night together after she assured him that intimacy would not affect her divine examination.
• Ji Hongchen woke beside Qian Renxue, cultivated until he reached level forty-six, and decided to refine his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum into pills.

Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to kill Ji Hongchen, while Ji Hongchen introduced soul tool technology to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and secured resources to develop it. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi receiving designs for soul tool pistols and rifles.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to intercept and kill Ji Hongchen despite Yue Guan warning that the Nation-Stealing Plan was already progressing.
• Gui Mei offered to accompany Yue Guan because Dugu Bo had become a level-95 Saint Dragon, and Yue Guan agreed.
• Ji Hongchen gave Xiao Wu a sixty-thousand-year left leg bone, then took Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan to introduce soul tool technology to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ji Hongchen forged a Soul Tool Pistol, and Ning Fengzhi tested it and praised its potential to protect support-type soul masters.
• Ning Fengzhi promised Ji Hongchen half the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's mineral holdings and thirty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ji Hongchen gave Ning Fengzhi blueprints for a Soul Tool Pistol and Soul Tool Rifle, which Ning Fengzhi eagerly accepted.

Ji Hongchen taught Zhu Zhuqing the Jinghong movement technique, and her persistent practice helped her break through to rank twenty-nine. The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing teased Ning Rongrong about her training before returning to practice.

• Ji Hongchen demonstrated Jinghong and taught Zhu Zhuqing how to coordinate her soul power with her Martial Soul, but she repeatedly failed to perform it.
• Ji Hongchen stopped Zhu Zhuqing when her soul power ran low, then watched as she continued practicing alone that night.
• Zhu Zhuqing grasped the technique enough to move three meters, and Ji Hongchen gave her a high-rank pill that raised her to rank twenty-nine.
• The following morning, Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about practicing late and asked her to demonstrate Jinghong.
• Zhu Zhuqing joked that Ning Rongrong lacked comprehension, then went to the courtyard to continue practicing.

Tang Hao revealed the Clear Sky Sect’s identity to Tang San and began teaching him the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrived in Heaven Dou City and met Ji Hongchen. Ji Hongchen showed Yue Guan an orange-yellow pill made from the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that they were Clear Sky Sect disciples and began teaching him the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei learned that Dugu Bo had gravely wounded Tang Hao and decided to avoid confronting him or assassinating Ji Hongchen.
• Ji Hongchen sensed the two Titled Douluo with the Jinghong Sword and went with Dugu Bo to meet them.
• Dugu Bo caught Yue Guan and Gui Mei complaining about Bibi Dong, then brought them to Ji Hongchen.
• Yue Guan asked Ji Hongchen whether he had an immortal herb, and Ji Hongchen showed him a pill refined from the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.

Ji Hongchen won over Yue Guan and Gui Mei by demonstrating alchemy and gifting them powerful pills. Qian Renxue learned they had met Ji Hongchen, confirmed he was safe, and chose not to interfere.

• Ji Hongchen explained how he had absorbed the poisonous immortal herbs and introduced Yue Guan to alchemy.
• Ji Hongchen gave Yue Guan a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Pill and Gui Mei a near-immortal-grade pill, prompting them to consider joining Qian Renxue.
• Ji Hongchen arranged for Yue Guan and Gui Mei to stage a performance to avoid Bibi Dong’s suspicions and began teaching Yue Guan alchemy.
• Qian Renxue received word that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had arrived in Heaven Dou City and worried that Ji Hongchen might be in danger.
• Pufferfish reported that Ji Hongchen and the two Douluo were getting along, so Qian Renxue decided not to intervene.

Dai Mubai planned to use Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to force her back under the Star Luo Empire’s control, while Ji Hongchen attended a wedding and met Xue Ke. That night, Qian Renxue arranged for Ji Hongchen to enter Liu Erlong’s bridal chamber as Yu Xiaogang listened helplessly from a sack by the window.

• Dai Mubai decided to report Zhu Zhuqing and Ji Hongchen’s relationship to the Star Luo Empire so the Dai and Zhu families would intervene.
• Ji Hongchen fed Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, while Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong competed to feed him.
• Xue Ke approached Ji Hongchen after the wedding ceremony, introduced herself, and asked him to sign her photograph.
• Qian Renxue had Pufferfish and Snake Lance bring Yu Xiaogang to the bridal chamber, where they bound him beside the window in a sack, then threatened Liu Erlong into cooperating.
• Ji Hongchen entered Liu Erlong’s bridal chamber and began fondling her while imitating Xue Qinghe’s voice for Yu Xiaogang to hear.
• Liu Erlong refused to let Ji Hongchen enter her, and he threatened to force his way in.