Chapter Summaries

Dai Youheng, Nana, and Ling Ya trapped the hundred-thousand-year Evil-Eyed Tyrant in an ice coffin and sealed it with ultimate ice. They fled the Evil Demon Forest carrying the coffin while its Fire Evil Tyrant mate remained frozen behind.

• The hundred-thousand-year Evil-Eyed Tyrant detected Dai Youheng and his companions and attacked them with its tentacles.
• Dai Youheng drew the Tyrant’s attacks while Ling Ya used ultimate ice to slow it and Nana bound its soul with her Soul Threads.
• Dai Youheng activated the Extreme Abyss Eternal Ice Coffin, and the trio dragged the restrained Tyrant inside before Ling Ya reinforced the coffin with ice.
• Ling Ya froze the thirty-thousand-year Fire Evil Tyrant when she tried to rescue her mate.
• Dai Youheng carried the sealed coffin as he, Nana, and Ling Ya fled toward the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest.

Dai Youheng, Nana, and Ling Ya fled to a remote valley, where Nana killed the captive Evil-Eyed Tyrant and absorbed its hundred-thousand-year soul ring. Dai Youheng claimed its head soul bone while Nana absorbed a different skull, and both completed their absorption as the Evil Emperor blamed the Sun Moon Empire for his son’s death.

• Dai Youheng led Nana and Ling Ya to a secluded valley near Mingdu to evade pursuit and absorb the Evil-Eyed Tyrant’s soul ring.
• Nana shattered the ice coffin, killed the hundred-thousand-year Evil-Eyed Tyrant, and began absorbing its scarlet soul ring.
• The Evil Emperor sensed his son’s death and, tracing the psychic link toward Mingdu, blamed the Sun Moon Empire and vowed revenge.
• Nana completed her absorption and reached the peak of Level 91, while Dai Youheng obtained the Evil-Eyed Tyrant’s hundred-thousand-year head soul bone.
• Nana gave Dai Youheng the Evil-Eyed Tyrant skull and accepted his fifty-thousand-year Darkness-Commanding Head Soul Bone instead.
• Dai Youheng and Nana absorbed their soul bones as Ling Ya kept watch, and they opened their eyes about an hour later.

Nana and Dai Youheng gained powerful new soul skills and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters was hidden in the Evil Demon Forest. Nana returned to Mingdu and launched an assault on the branch that had tormented her, confronting its two Soul Saint leaders.

• Nana broke through to rank ninety-two and gained Illusory Domain, Netherworld End, and Shadow Assimilation, while Dai Youheng reached rank fifty-eight and gained two soul bone skills.
• Dai Youheng revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters was in the Evil Demon Forest, where the cult had bargained with the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler.
• Nana resolved to return to the forest someday to rescue her parents’ souls and take revenge on the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After returning to Mingdu, Nana asked Dai Youheng’s permission and went alone to attack the branch while Dai Youheng and Ling Ya returned to their hotel.
• Nana shattered the branch’s gate with her soul power, drawing out its leaders, the First Holy Spirit and the Second Holy Spirit, who confronted her.

Nana destroyed a Holy Spirit Cult Branch Altar, freed her parents’ souls, and pledged herself to Dai Youheng. He then sent her to secretly obtain Level 6 and Level 7 Soul Tool materials from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy before they returned to the Star Luo Empire.

• Nana revealed her Titled Douluo strength and used Soul Liberation to free the souls imprisoned at the Branch Altar.
• Nana and the liberated souls killed the Evil Soul Masters, and Nana found her parents’ souls and said goodbye as they departed in peace.
• Nana returned to Dai Youheng, thanked him, and pledged lifelong loyalty to him.
• Dai Youheng ordered Nana to gather Soul Tool materials from the academy library, and she explained the restrictions on access and borrowing.
• Dai Youheng told Nana to use her Soul Threads to control other students and have them borrow Level 6 and Level 7 materials, then leave Mingdu with him.
• Nana accepted the assignment and headed for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to begin the covert operation.

Nana used Soul Threads to make students steal over a hundred volumes of advanced soul tool materials from the academy Library, then left Mingdu with Dai Youheng and Ling Ya. After discovering the theft and the slaughter of the Holy Spirit Cult branch altar, Jing Hongchen named Nana the chief suspect and issued a wanted order, but she had already escaped.

• Nana controlled students with her eighth soul skill, Soul Threads, and collected more than a hundred Level 6 and Level 7 soul tool books.
• Nana packed her belongings and left Mingdu with Dai Youheng and Ling Ya.
• The Library system flagged the irregular borrowing records, and Jing Hongchen found that the students had no memory of borrowing the books.
• Jing Hongchen discovered that Nana was missing and found the Holy Spirit Cult branch altar slaughtered.
• Jing Hongchen suspected Nana and issued an emergency wanted order for treason, theft of imperial secrets, and murder.

Dai Youheng returned to the Star Luo Empire with Ling Ya and Nana and went to the mountain village where Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli were hiding. He found Dai Luoli happily surrounded by village children and followed him home to see their mother.

• Dai Youheng rejected Ling Ya’s suggestion to hurry to the Western Army Group, reasoning that Dai Hao had likely returned to Star Luo City after Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli’s reported deaths.
• Dai Youheng chose to visit Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli first, and Nana prepared to bring them gifts.
• Ling Ya led Dai Youheng and Nana to the secluded mountain village, where the villagers had welcomed Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli.
• Dai Youheng saw Dai Luoli entertain the village children by summoning his white tiger martial soul and realized he had settled in happily.
• Dai Luoli recognized Dai Youheng, ran to greet him, and offered to take him home to see Bai Wanning.

Dai Youheng reunited with Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli, then stayed for three days while Nana and Ling Ya trained and studied. Bai Wanning was stunned to discover Nana was also a Titled Douluo, and took pride in her son’s authority over both powerful subordinates.

• Dai Luoli led Dai Youheng, Ling Ya, and Nana to the family’s village home, where Bai Wanning joyfully embraced her returning son.
• Bai Wanning welcomed Ling Ya and Nana, and Nana presented her with an Azure Light Mirror and Dai Luoli with a Nine Soul Rings Blade.
• Dai Youheng stayed for three days, taught Dai Luoli basic blade techniques, and arranged for Ling Ya and Nana to spar as they learned to control their increased soul power.
• Bai Wanning saw Nana’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and realized that both Nana and Ling Ya were Titled Douluos who obeyed Dai Youheng, filling her with shock and pride.
• Ling Ya studied Nana’s Level 6 and Level 7 Soul Tool materials and began to understand the advanced notes Dai Youheng had acquired.

Dai Youheng left his mother and brother in their mountain refuge and returned to Star Luo City, where he went to see Xu Jiujiu while pretending not to know they had been declared dead. Xu Jiujiu, relieved to find him safe, could not bring herself to tell him the news.

• Bai Wanning gave Dai Youheng a robe and asked him to tell Dai Hao that she was alive if he seemed saddened by her supposed death.
• Dai Youheng promised to watch Dai Hao, then left the village with Dai Luoli and told him they would return in grand style.
• Two days later, Dai Youheng reached Star Luo City, ordered Ling Ya and Nana to conceal themselves, and went to the Imperial Palace.
• Xu Jiujiu welcomed Dai Youheng with relief and anger, asking where he had been and why he had not gone to the Western Army Group.
• Dai Youheng claimed he had gone into hiding to protest Dai Hao’s demands and offered Xu Jiujiu a necklace.
• When Dai Youheng mentioned Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli, Xu Jiujiu could not bring herself to tell him they were believed dead.

Xu Jiujiu showed Dai Youheng evidence that Zhu Man had plotted to seize his mother and brother, who died when their carriage exploded. Dai Youheng attacked Zhu Man in the mourning hall, but Dai Hao stopped him, and Dai Youheng rejected him as his father.

• Xu Jiujiu told Dai Youheng that Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli had died after Zhu Man arranged to capture them, and he rushed to the Duke's Mansion.
• Dai Youheng confronted Dai Hao in the mourning hall, where Dai Hao claimed their deaths were an accident and suggested someone had framed Zhu Man.
• Dai Youheng accused Zhu Man of killing his mother and brother and attacked her after she denied responsibility.
• Dai Yueheng tried to shield Zhu Man, but Dai Youheng's strike sent him crashing into a wall.
• Dai Hao blocked Dai Youheng's second attack and rebuked him, but Dai Youheng said he would call him only Duke from then on.
• Dai Hao urged Dai Youheng to consider that a mastermind had manipulated him, while hinting that Xu Jiujiu was responsible.

Dai Youheng escaped the White Tiger Duke's Mansion with Nebula Douluo Manyi and persuaded Xu Jiujiu that he trusted her. Xu Jiujiu promised not to leave him, while Dai Youheng privately revealed that he had masterminded the deaths and framing that set the Dai and Xu Families against each other.

• Dai Youheng confronted Dai Hao over his accusations against Xu Jiujiu, and Zhu Shu arrived to urge that he be subdued and detained.
• Nebula Douluo Manyi intervened on Xu Jiujiu's orders and took Dai Youheng from the mourning hall to the palace.
• Manyi reported Dai Hao's insinuations to Xu Jiujiu, who angrily asked Dai Youheng whether he believed she had harmed Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli.
• Dai Youheng embraced Xu Jiujiu, claimed she was his only family, and asked her never to leave him; Xu Jiujiu comforted him and promised she would stay.
• Dai Youheng privately revealed that he had orchestrated the events and intended for the Xu and Dai Families to suspect one another.

Dai Youheng used his apparent grief to win Xu Jiujiu’s support while secretly planning to kill Dai Huabin and manipulate the Dai and Xu families against each other. Nana set out for the Duke’s Mansion as Dai Huabin languished in isolation, weakened by his ruined cultivation.

• Xu Jiujiu promised to help Dai Youheng reclaim what was rightfully his, and he vowed to prove himself worthy of marrying her.
• Dai Youheng left the Princess’s Mansion and told Xu Jiujiu he would not return to the Duke’s Mansion and would make the Zhu Family repay the blood debt.
• After returning to his hotel room, Dai Youheng dropped his grieving act and ordered Nana to kill Dai Huabin.
• Dai Youheng gave Nana the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and instructed her to kill Dai Huabin with Tyrant Tiger Annihilation Slash.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu tried to meditate in the Duke’s Mansion while Dai Huabin struggled with lasting soul-power damage and a bleak cultivation future.

After another failed attempt at Deep Meditation, Dai Huabin blamed Dai Youheng for his downfall and drove Zhu Lu away. Nana infiltrated the Duke's Mansion and killed Dai Huabin with the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, leaving evidence that pointed to Dai Youheng.

• Dai Huabin failed at Deep Meditation and angrily rejected Zhu Lu's comfort, so she left the room.
• Dai Huabin blamed Dai Youheng for his misfortunes and vowed revenge.
• Nana used Shadow Assimilation to infiltrate Dai Huabin's room and restrain him with spectral resentment.
• Nana killed Dai Huabin with the Tyrant Tiger Annihilation Slash and slipped away, leaving the blade's traces to identify Dai Youheng.

Zhu Man discovered Dai Huabin murdered and blamed Dai Youheng after Dai Hao recognized his signature blade technique. Dai Youheng admitted to Xu Jiujiu that he had killed Dai Huabin, just as Zhu Man stormed the Princess's Mansion seeking him.

• Zhu Lu found Dai Huabin decapitated in his room and alerted the Duke's household.
• Dai Hao identified the Tyrant Tiger Annihilation Slash, and Zhu Man accused Dai Youheng of killing her son.
• Zhu Man burned through her remaining life force and rushed to the Princess's Mansion while Zhu Shu and Dai Hao pursued her.
• Dai Youheng met Xu Jiujiu for breakfast, claiming he had come for comfort, when Zhu Man broke into the mansion demanding to see him.
• Dai Youheng calmly admitted to Xu Jiujiu that he had sneaked into the Duke's Mansion and killed Dai Huabin.

Dai Youheng denied killing Dai Huabin and used Dai Hao and Zhu Shu’s earlier arguments to block their accusations. After Xu Jiujiu ordered them out of the Princess’s Mansion, Dai Youheng warned them to protect Dai Yueheng and watched them leave before turning his attention toward the Duke’s Mansion.

• Dai Youheng met Zhu Man’s attack, but Nebula Douluo Manyi stopped and blasted her back.
• Dai Hao and Zhu Shu accused Dai Youheng of killing Dai Huabin with the Tyrant Tiger Annihilation Slash, while he denied it and called it a frame-up.
• Dai Youheng turned Dai Hao’s earlier defense of Zhu Man against him, leaving Dai Hao and Zhu Shu unable to answer.
• Xu Jiujiu ordered Dai Hao, Zhu Shu, and Zhu Man to leave, citing the lack of conclusive evidence and their earlier reliance on evidence against Zhu Man.
• Dai Youheng warned Dai Hao and Zhu Man to protect Dai Yueheng, and Zhu Man collapsed after spitting blood.
• Dai Hao carried Zhu Man away with Zhu Shu, and Xu Jiujiu took Dai Youheng’s hand as he looked toward the Duke’s Mansion.

Dai Hao visited Dai Youheng to ask him to end his revenge, and Dai Youheng promised to preserve the Dai Family in exchange for what he wanted. The next day, Dai Hao’s decree elevated Bai Wanning’s status and gave Dai Youheng equal succession rights, with the dukedom and Western Army command going to whichever brother first became a Soul Douluo.

• Xu Jiujiu arranged for two Soul Saints to secretly protect Dai Youheng, while Ling Ya and Nana followed unseen.
• Dai Hao came to Dai Youheng’s hotel and asked to speak with him before returning to the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Dai Hao said he would stop pursuing Dai Youheng over Dai Huabin’s fate and begged him to end his revenge against Zhu Man and Dai Yueheng.
• Dai Youheng agreed that the Dai Family would endure, and Dai Hao promised to grant his request in return for an end to the matter involving Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli.
• Dai Hao issued a decree elevating Bai Wanning to equal-wife status, granting Dai Youheng full succession rights, and making the first brother to reach Soul Douluo the next White Tiger Duke and Western Army Group Commander.

After Dai Hao’s statement secured Dai Youheng’s place in the succession contest, Dai Youheng planned to strengthen his position against the Zhu Family and the imperial family. He ordered Ling Ya to appear publicly as his guard, while Nana remained hidden, and rewarded Ling Ya with an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone.

• Dai Hao left for the Mingdou Mountain Range with Dai Yueheng and Zhu Lu, while Zhu Lu resolved to help Dai Yueheng and avenge Dai Huabin.
• Dai Youheng kept to his routine with Xu Jiujiu and cultivation, but recognized that Zhu Shu would continue to scheme against him.
• Dai Youheng instructed Ling Ya to appear openly by requesting to examine his Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, and to accept Xu Jiujiu’s likely invitation to join the Star Luo Empire’s Soul Engineer Corps.
• Dai Youheng gave Ling Ya a Snow Soul Condensing Ice Pill and a seventy-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone to increase Ling Ya’s strength and establish him as a credible guard.
• Ling Ya took the pill and prepared to absorb the soul bone, allowing Dai Youheng to rely on him during his planned sixth-soul-ring hunt without imperial attendants.

Dai Youheng feigned overtraining so Xu Jiujiu would invite him on an outing, where he charmed her with memories of their past and performed a blade dance on the lake. The chapter left him finishing the display as Xu Jiujiu watched from the boat.

• Dai Youheng deliberately trained to exhaustion until Xu Jiujiu worried about him and invited him to take a day off together.
• Xu Jiujiu and Dai Youheng traveled to a lake outside Star Luo City while Manyi stayed hidden nearby to protect them.
• Dai Youheng flattered Xu Jiujiu as they recalled his past courtship, and she urged him to stop training recklessly.
• Dai Youheng asked to perform a blade dance, and Xu Jiujiu agreed after he explained it was not combat practice.
• Dai Youheng danced across the lake with the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, splitting the water before landing as Xu Jiujiu protected their boat with Star's Protection.

Dai Youheng performed his blade dance, which Xu Jiujiu mistook as a romantic declaration to her, while the Snow Empress recognized it as a gift meant for her. Ling Ya arrived to study Dai Youheng’s Level 8 soul tool, and Dai Youheng offered to let him examine it if he would return with him to the Princess’s Mansion to ensure his safety.

• Ling Ya appeared at the lakeshore after sensing Dai Youheng’s blade intent and asked the name of his blade dance.
• Dai Youheng named the technique Snow-Tie Everlasting Song, leading Xu Jiujiu to believe it expressed his love for her while the Snow Empress understood it was created for her.
• Ling Ya recognized Dai Youheng’s weapon as the Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and asked to examine its Core Array.
• Xu Jiujiu agreed to Ling Ya’s request but pointed out that Dai Youheng needed the blade for protection amid the danger surrounding him.
• Dai Youheng described his family’s danger and offered to let Ling Ya study the blade if he would accompany him to the Princess’s Mansion and help ensure his safety.

Xu Jiujiu persuaded Ling Ya to become a guest retainer at the Princess's Mansion, where he studied soul tools and rapidly advanced. His presence protected Dai Youheng and strengthened the Xu Family's position, while the Zhu Family postponed its plans for revenge.

• Xu Jiujiu offered Ling Ya access to Star Luo's leading soul tool masters, and he agreed to serve as a guest retainer without other obligations.
• Xu Jiujiu publicized Ling Ya's arrival to deter the Zhu Family and other rivals from targeting Dai Youheng.
• Zhu Man raged at the news, while Zhu Shu urged her to wait for a chance to act after Ling Ya left.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced Ling Ya to Purple Spirit Douluo, and the two began exchanging knowledge about soul tools.
• With Purple Spirit Douluo's guidance and materials from Dai Youheng, Ling Ya reached the peak of Level 6 Soul Engineer in less than half a year.

Ling Ya demonstrated the overwhelming power of Ultimate Ice by defeating Giant Hammer Douluo in a sparring match, impressing the Star Luo Empire’s emperor and Titled Douluos. Xu Jiujiu revealed that Dai Youheng had entered seclusion to break through to level 60, and expected him to emerge soon.

• After half a year staying in Star Luo, Ling Ya accepted Giant Hammer Douluo’s repeated challenge at Dai Youheng’s urging and took a Snow Soul Condensing Ice Pill to enhance his power.
• Ling Ya blocked Giant Hammer Douluo’s hammer attacks with Extreme Ice Barriers, then used his Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone’s Ice Explosion while restraining it before it could kill his opponent.
• Giant Hammer Douluo conceded defeat, acknowledging the might of Ling Ya’s Ultimate Ice and Ice Explosion.
• Xu Jiawei praised Xu Jiujiu for recruiting Ling Ya, while she credited Dai Youheng with helping persuade him to stay.
• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Dai Youheng had reached level 59, touched the level 60 bottleneck, and entered seclusion to break through to the Soul Emperor realm.