Chapter Summaries

Sunday rescued abused women and children in Sunset Forest, then encouraged his students to keep helping people despite the likelihood of continued exploitation. After telling them a story about Belobog, he led them into the forest to obtain Soul Rings and promised a trial that would teach them about the world beyond fighting.

• Sunday played music that healed the survivors, introduced himself as Taiyi, and promised to guide them home.
• Ning Rongrong and the others brought the survivors to Soul Hunting Town, where they arranged rooms and help for them.
• Osler questioned whether rescuing the women mattered when Soul Hunting teams would keep exploiting them, and Sunday invited the group on a walk.
• Sunday told the students a story about Belobog and urged them to keep working toward a better future even if their efforts failed or progress was undone.
• Sunday said he would arrange a trial for the students, then led them into Sunset Forest to obtain Soul Rings and learn about the world beyond the Soul Fighting Arena.

Ning Rongrong obtained her third soul ring with the Imperial Fighting Team’s help, and Sunday returned to Heaven Dou City with plans for Xue Qinghe. He confronted Zhu Zhuqing about why she wanted strength and challenged her to decide what she wanted for herself.

• Yu Feng, Osler, and Shi Mo fought the Crimson Sky Tiger while Ning Rongrong enhanced them with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong killed the weakened Crimson Sky Tiger, absorbed its soul ring, and gained a third skill that enhanced soul power.
• Sunday and the group returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after learning the rescued victims had been settled near Seven Treasure City and the authorities had recorded Teling Duke’s Mansion’s crimes.
• Sunday set off alone for Heaven Dou City to give Xue Qinghe the blueprints for building an army.
• Sunday questioned Zhu Zhuqing about why she wanted potions and strength, then told her to stop living by the Dai and Zhu families’ rules and decide what she truly wanted.

Zhu Zhuqing clashed with Dai Mubai after he accused her of secretly meeting Sunday, and Flender intervened before they could fight. When Zhu Zhuqing tried to leave Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang told her not to put herself above the academy, prompting her to challenge him for threatening her.

• Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy and found Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun preparing to go out for fun.
• Dai Mubai accused Zhu Zhuqing of cheating with Sunday, and she demanded to know what gave him the right to say that.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing released their martial souls, but Flender arrived and separated them.
• Dai Mubai told Flender about Zhu Zhuqing's meetings with Sunday, while Zhu Zhuqing refused to explain and announced she was leaving.
• Flender tried to keep Zhu Zhuqing at the academy, but Yu Xiaogang warned her not to harm the academy's interests, and she challenged him for threatening her.

Zhu Zhuqing left the academy after rejecting Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to pressure her, while Sunday and Xue Qinghe discussed the theft of the Speed Clan’s treasure. Sunday led Xue Qinghe to conclude that Tang Hao had stolen the crystal blood dragon ginseng, leaving Xue Qinghe stunned by Tang Hao’s betrayal of his own relatives.

• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Yu Xiaogang, announced she was returning to the Star Luo Empire, and walked away from the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the academy, while Flender called Dai Mubai to his office.
• At the Crown Prince’s Manor, Xue Qinghe told Sunday that the Speed Clan’s compound had been attacked, Bai He seriously injured, and the clan treasury robbed.
• Sunday identified the stolen treasure as crystal blood dragon ginseng and reasoned that the culprit had to be an insider.
• Xue Qinghe guessed that Tang Hao had stolen the ginseng, and Sunday explained that Tang Hao had betrayed the Four Great Clans and would not have received it by asking.

Sunday offered Xue Qinghe blueprints for powerful weapons and set strict conditions on their use, then confronted him about honesty and third-party factions. Xue Qinghe revealed her true identity as Qian Renxue and asked Sunday if she was beautiful, but he gave her a lukewarm reply.

• Sunday showed Xue Qinghe blueprints for weapons that ordinary people could use, including rifles capable of killing Soul Emperors.
• Sunday required the weapons to be kept from outsiders and marked with production dates and serial numbers, and he said he hated liars.
• Xue Qinghe grew wary that Sunday had seen through her other identity and left the courtyard to change.
• Qian Renxue returned in a court gown, asked Sunday if she was beautiful, and received the reply, "not bad."

Sunday revealed that he knew Qian Renxue’s secret identity as Xue Qinghe, and she tried to explain how she had become the crown prince. After Sunday left, Qian Renxue ordered her followers to manufacture his equipment blueprints in Heaven Dou City and keep them from Spirit Hall’s ambitious faction.

• Qian Renxue asked Sunday how he had discovered her identity, and he claimed his martial soul had revealed her true appearance in a dreamlike space.
• Qian Renxue told Sunday a false story about being disguised as a boy by her mother, then offered him the names Qinghe and Xue Ren.
• Sunday mocked Qian Renxue with rumors that Xue Qinghe was impotent or preferred men, prompting her to realize her long lack of a consort could raise suspicions.
• Sunday warned Qian Renxue not to break their agreement and left the Crown Prince’s Manor.
• Qian Renxue gave the blueprints to Snake Lance and ordered him to gather their people in Heaven Dou City to manufacture the equipment.
• Qian Renxue told Pufferfish and Snake Lance to inform her grandfather but keep the blueprints from the woman and other Spirit Hall factions, insisting that Spirit Hall belonged to the Qian Family.

Tang Hao returned with a mature Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, which Tang San absorbed overnight to repair his martial soul damage and reach level 40. Tang San then told Tang Hao that the Strength Clan had been wiped out, and Tang Hao privately revealed that he cared only about his own safety, not Tai Tan’s death.

• Qian Renxue rebuked Snake Lance and Pufferfish before leaving the Pavilion, and Pufferfish warned Snake Lance to focus on his duties.
• Sunday sensed Tang Hao entering Heaven Dou City and watched as Tang Hao gave Tang San several ginseng roots, including a mature Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Tang San absorbed the herb through the Mysterious Heaven Skill overnight and reached level 40, while Tang Hao praised his progress.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that an unfamiliar Titled Douluo had destroyed the Strength Clan after attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Hao relaxed after learning the attack had been publicly attributed to the Titled Douluo, then privately dismissed Tai Tan as a disposable slave.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy after absorbing the crystal blood dragon ginseng and learned that the Imperial Fighting Team had grown far stronger. Yu Xiaogang demanded to know how they had advanced, and Ning Rongrong challenged his right to ask.

• Tang Hao left after telling Tang San to make use of Tai Tan's grandson and be careful in Heaven Dou City.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun told Tang San that the Imperial Fighting Team had beaten Dai Mubai after Zhu Zhuqing joined Ning Rongrong there.
• Tang San revealed that he had reached Soul Ancestor, upsetting Dai Mubai and widening Ma Hongjun's sense of how far behind he was.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to ask the Imperial Fighting Team how they had advanced, and Tang San followed him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Ning Rongrong and her companions explain their breakthrough, and Ning Rongrong rebuked him for prying into their teacher's affairs.

Yu Xiaogang tried to claim Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s soul-power training method through an academic exchange, but Dugu Yan turned him away. He spread the news through Spirit Hall, and as two Titled Douluo arrived in Heaven Dou City, Sunday prepared for the coming confrontation.

• Ning Rongrong insulted Yu Xiaogang, and Dugu Yan appeared with a transformed look before rejecting his request to share Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s training method.
• The academy’s guards blocked Yu Xiaogang from entering, and he left with a plan to use public pressure against it.
• Tang San told Flender and Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang had been turned away, and the group returned to Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Salas to publicize the academy’s method and report it to the Supreme Pontiff, so Spirit Hall issued proclamations across its branches.
• Dugu Bo told Sunday that Spirit Hall had sent two Titled Douluo to Heaven Dou City, and Sunday resumed playing piano while thinking of Bibi Dong.

Sunday confronted Yue Guan and Gui Mei at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, overwhelming them with the Dream of the Great Unity and refusing Spirit Hall’s offer of cooperation. After Meng Shenji escorted the defeated visitors out, a mysterious figure appeared in Spirit City and watched the city and someone in the Papal Hall.

• Qian Renxue ordered her guards to prepare a carriage to the imperial palace and sent the Imperial Knights Corps to defensive positions outside Heaven Dou City.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei questioned Salas about his report, then flew to Heaven Dou Royal Academy despite the Imperial Knights Corps stationed outside.
• Sunday drew Yue Guan and Gui Mei into the Grand Theater, where his piano revealed their conversation with Bibi Dong and their memories of Spirit City.
• Sunday pinned the two Titled Douluos down, rejected their proposed cooperation, and transformed the theater into a vision above the continent before ejecting them from the Dream of the Great Unity.
• Sunday asked Meng Shenji to see the shaken Yue Guan and Gui Mei out, while a mysterious figure appeared in Spirit City and watched the Papal Hall.

Sunday entered Spirit City, put its people to sleep, and attacked Bibi Dong in the Papal Hall. Qian Daoliu revealed that Sunday had defeated him and shattered the Angel God's Miracle, leaving Spirit Hall's elders to recognize his godlike power.

• Sunday walked through Spirit City unseen and used Enter the Dream to put its people to sleep.
• Bibi Dong sensed danger, but Sunday entered the Papal Hall and introduced himself as Van Wyck, an envoy of Order.
• Sunday suddenly kicked Bibi Dong through the Papal Hall, and she transformed into her spider form.
• Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile and the other elders not to intervene, explaining that Sunday had taken him into an enormous theater and collapsed his Angel Divine Power.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Sunday had defeated him and put nearly everyone in Spirit City to sleep, then declared, “Such is the might of a god!!!”

Sunday defeated Bibi Dong after she summoned the Rakshasa God’s power, then destroyed the Rakshasa divine sense that possessed her. The Rakshasa God was left horrified in her temple, where an unseen voice stopped her as she tried to seek help.

• Qian Daoliu protected the city and refused to send aid to Bibi Dong, while Sunday mocked her for having no helpers.
• Bibi Dong drew on Rakshasa divine power, but Sunday dodged her attack and snapped the Rakshasa Scythe before kicking her aside.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Rakshasa God’s divine sense, which took over her body and met Sunday’s golden gaze, leaving her blind and wailing.
• Sunday crushed the Rakshasa divine sense with a golden hand, causing Bibi Dong to spit blood and faint.
• Sunday vanished after glancing at Qian Daoliu, while the injured Rakshasa God rose to seek out Asura God.
• An unseen voice asked the Rakshasa God who she was going to find, freezing her in place.

Sunday entered the Divine Realm, confronted Rakshasa about its oppression, and recruited her to awaken marginalized divine officials. He returned to Douluo Star after several days, intending to assess the fallout from his attack on Spirit Hall and check on Bibi Dong.

• Sunday used a wormhole to enter the Divine Realm and showed Rakshasa that he could reach Douluo Star from there.
• Rakshasa surrendered to Sunday and offered him maps of the Divine Realm’s defenses, but Sunday challenged her account of its rule and cited the Dragon God Rebellion.
• Sunday ordered Rakshasa to awaken oppressed divine officials and help them prepare for a new era, then enveloped the Divine Realm in Order and departed.
• Sunday returned to his body beside the Piano on Douluo Star and planned to learn what had followed his attack on Spirit Hall.
• Sunday considered training Dugu Yan and others to experience ordinary people’s hardships, and wondered whether Bibi Dong had recovered from her soul injury.

Sunday found Misha’s azure pocket watch and visited the ill Qian Renxue, learning that Bibi Dong remained unconscious after the attack on Spirit City. He began explaining that the watch came from an old friend, leaving his story unfinished.

• Sunday discovered Misha’s pocket watch, thanked him, and hung it at his waist.
• Sunday learned from Meng Shenji that Qian Renxue was ill and Bibi Dong had been severely wounded in an attack.
• Sunday visited Qian Renxue and found that she was exhausted rather than seriously ill.
• Qian Renxue told Sunday that Bibi Dong remained unconscious, Spirit Hall was retreating, and the Star Luo Empire was massing troops at the border.
• Qian Renxue asked about Sunday’s pocket watch, and he began describing the old friend who had given it to him.

Sunday confirmed that Qian Renxue’s firearms had entered production and were being issued to her guards, then returned to the Charity Hall with the Imperial Fighting Team and Zhu Zhuqing. He reassured its residents that imperial support and recent changes had not altered his bond with them.

• Qian Renxue told Sunday that civilian inventions had been approved and ten rifles had been issued to the crown prince’s personal guard.
• Sunday asked Rakshasa to heal Bibi Dong, then brought the Imperial Fighting Team and Zhu Zhuqing to the Charity Hall for their next stage of training.
• Sunday introduced the team to the Charity Hall’s children, and they helped distribute supplies and assist the residents.
• Uncle Fu worried that Sunday had changed after nobles began visiting with lavish gifts, and Xiao Zhi reminded him that Sunday was still the same.
• Sunday reassured Uncle Fu and the residents that he had not forgotten them and that the Charity Hall had been the road that brought him there.

Sunday and the Imperial Fighting Team worked at the Charity Hall before Sunday spoke privately with Zhu Zhuqing about her freedom, her sister, and the uncertainty of judging good and evil. Zhu Zhuqing left with a potion and Sunday’s advice, still unsure how to face her sister.

• Sunday reassured Uncle Fu and worked alongside the Imperial Fighting Team at the Charity Hall until dusk.
• Sunday reflected on whether his arrival in this world was part of a script connected to Finality.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Sunday that she had broken things off with Dai Mubai and thanked him for helping her recognize her desire for freedom.
• Sunday gave Zhu Zhuqing a potion and urged her to return and take it.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether her elder sister had deliberately allowed her to escape the Star Luo Empire, and Sunday told her to trust what her heart showed her and judge people by their choices.

Sunday and the Imperial Fighting Team encountered Yu Tianheng drinking with Dai Mubai, and Dugu Yan challenged his choices and urged him to return. Yu Tianheng defended his uncle Yu Xiaogang and accused the team of relying on methods that would damage their foundations, while Sunday remembered Yu Xiaogang as a problem he had overlooked.

• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Sunday for helping her understand that good and evil depended on people’s choices, and Sunday sent her back to cultivate.
• The next morning, Sunday took the Imperial Fighting Team away from the Charity Hall, and they encountered Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai together on the street.
• Dugu Yan questioned Yu Tianheng about drinking and spending time with Dai Mubai, then urged him to leave Shrek and return to the team.
• Yu Tianheng boasted about reaching Soul Ancestor and defended his uncle after Ning Rongrong reminded him that Yu Xiaogang had nearly gotten Sunday imprisoned and destroyed the academy.
• Yu Tianheng accused the team of forcibly increasing their soul power and damaging their foundations, while Sunday realized he had forgotten about Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Tianheng regretted insulting Dugu Yan and sought a way to grow stronger, prompting Yu Xiaogang to pressure Tang San for his cultivation method. Tang San agreed to make pills for Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and Yu Xiaogang, but secretly planned to shorten their lives with them.

• Yu Tianheng left with Dai Mubai after insulting Dugu Yan, while Ning Rongrong teased that her dream man would be an unrivaled hero and glanced at Sunday.
• After sobering up, Yu Tianheng decided that becoming stronger would help him gain influence and confront the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students.
• Yu Tianheng asked Yu Xiaogang to persuade Tang San to share his soul-power method, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to speak with him.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to help his classmates, and Tang San agreed to make medicinal pills for Yu Tianheng, the others, and Yu Xiaogang.
• After Yu Xiaogang left, Tang San retrieved the imitation crystal blood dragon ginseng and resolved to make pills that would cost them decades of their lives.

Sunday took his students through a border town to show them the hardships ordinary people faced, then brought them to a rowdy shop where a veiled woman and child appeared. He recognized the woman as Sister-in-law Qi and heard someone ask about her injured husband, Old Wei.

• Tang San dug up the false crystal blood dragon ginseng and planned to let Yu Xiaogang finish the tournament before killing him.
• Sunday and his companions helped local farmers bring their produce to market, where the students were shocked by how little the farmers earned.
• Sunday gave an old beggar Copper Soul Coins and said they would go wherever they were needed, hoping to find the Wolf Bandits along the border.
• Sunday led the group into a shabby, lively shop for lunch, despite the students suspecting he had another reason for coming.
• A woman covering her face and a child appeared upstairs, and someone asked Sister-in-law Qi how her injured husband, Old Wei, was doing.

Sunday gave Qi Mian money to help treat her injured husband, then encouraged her to pass kindness on as a way to keep hope alive. His words moved the tavern patrons to contribute too, and he left with Ning Rongrong and the others after telling Qi Mian she could call him the Clockmaker.

• Sunday listened to Qi Mian play the xiao flute and learned that her husband, Old Wei, had been injured by a noble.
• Sunday offered Qi Mian ten Gold Soul Coins, explaining that he wanted to help without expecting anything in return.
• Sunday described kindness as a light worth passing on and called it a clock's trick, a will named Trailblaze.
• Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Osler, Yu Feng, Ye Lingling, and other patrons donated money to Qi Mian, while the Dragon-Serpent couple sent Meng Yiran to add their contribution.
• Sunday left the tavern with his companions after bidding farewell, and Qi Mian asked his name.
• Sunday told Qi Mian she could call him the Clockmaker and asked her to pass the strength on.