Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen discussed the Star Luo Empire with Qian Renxue and urged her to prepare for upheaval there within two years. After leaving the Crown Prince Residence, he sensed hidden watchers but failed to identify them.

• Ye Chen told Qian Renxue he had killed Dai Fu, a Soul Douluo from the Star Luo Royal Family, and asked about Heaven Dou's plans for the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Renxue described the history of conflict between the empires, and Ye Chen advised her to prepare for a major upheaval within two years.
• Ye Chen left the Crown Prince Residence and sensed two watchful gazes near a teahouse, but his Spiritual Power found nothing.
• Ye Chen suspected She Long and Ci Xue might be watching him, then left without investigating further.
• She Long and Ci Xue revealed that concealed-aura Soul Tools from the Great Worshipper had kept Ye Chen from detecting them, and they discussed the danger he could pose to Spirit Hall.

After Dai Weisi reported Dai Fu’s death, Dai Yutian and the Star Luo imperial family decided to kill Ye Chen. They planned to wait for him to leave Heaven Dou City, then attack with three Titled Douluo.

• Dai Weisi told Dai Yutian that Ye Chen had killed Dai Fu, and Dai Yutian smashed up the hall in anger.
• Dai Yutian summoned the imperial family’s powerful experts, and Dai Tianli heard the account of Dai Fu’s death.
• Dai Yutian, Dai Feng, and the elders agreed that Ye Chen had to be eliminated before his talent and strength grew further.
• Dai Feng urged the family to keep outsiders from joining the operation so they could claim Ye Chen’s Soul Bones.
• Dai Tianli ordered men to watch Heaven Dou City’s gates and said he, Dai Yutian, and the Great Elders would attack Ye Chen when he left.

After half a year of improving his carving, Ye Chen prepared to take Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest so she could condense her Seventh Soul Ring while he obtained his Eighth. He bought upgrade cards for Xiao Wu’s Soul Bone and left the story ready for their planned trip in three days.

• Ye Chen completed a Purplish Gold Demonic Bamboo Artwork and showed it to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong teased Ye Chen about becoming a Titled Carpenter, and Ye Chen spanked her until she begged him to stop.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Wu they would go to the Star Dou Great Forest in three days, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing would stay home.
• Ye Chen imagined building an underground secret room and joked to himself about being a Secret Room Douluo.
• Ye Chen bought nine Black 10,000 Year Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards and eight Black 10,000 Year Soul Bone Age Upgrade Cards, then gave the Soul Bone cards to Xiao Wu to upgrade her Right Arm Bone.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu left Heaven Dou City so Xiao Wu could condense her Seventh Soul Ring, while Dai Tianli began tracking them and planned a fatal ambush. Xiao Wu raised her new ring toward an age that would make its eventual upgrade far cheaper.

• Xiao Wu upgraded her Ice Jade Scorpion Right Arm Bone to a hundred thousand years and reached level 70 Quasi Soul Saint, while Ye Chen advanced to level 80 Quasi Soul Douluo after upgrading his fourth soul ring.
• Three days later, Ye Chen and Xiao Wu left Heaven Dou City for the Star Dou Great Forest, unaware that Dai Tianli had been watching the city gates.
• A middle-aged scout reported their departure to Dai Tianli, who ordered scouts to follow them without being detected and resolved to kill Ye Chen when the time was right.
• Ye Chen led Xiao Wu to a secluded mountain forest and told her to condense a Seventh Soul Ring without making it a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu's Seventh Soul Ring reached ninety thousand years, but she kept raising its age toward at least ninety-nine thousand nine hundred years to reduce the cost of upgrading it later.

Xiao Wu raised her Seventh Soul Ring to ten thousand years, learned that it let her create controllable clones, and Ye Chen decided she should learn Heart Separation Control. After the pair headed toward a nearby town, Dai Feng angrily confronted the surveillance team over Ye Chen's disappearance.

• Xiao Wu raised her Seventh Soul Ring to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred years and reached level 72 Soul Saint.
• Ye Chen bought Xiao Wu a Hundred Year Soul Ring Age Upgrade Card, raising her ring to ten thousand years and her Soul Power to level 73 Soul Saint.
• Xiao Wu told Ye Chen her seventh soul skill created seven clones with 73% of her attributes, and that she could control them.
• Ye Chen decided Xiao Wu should learn Heart Separation Control from Ning Rongrong so she could better control her clones.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu left the forest for a nearby town to find a carriage.
• Dai Feng berated the surveillance team after Ye Chen disappeared without a trace.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu camped in the wilderness, where a Star Luo Royal Family party led by the level 93 White Tiger Douluo confronted them. Dai Feng revealed that the White Tiger Crown was the former emperor of the Star Luo Empire, and the clash was about to begin.

• Dai Feng ordered his agents to find Ye Chen, then learned that Ye Chen had reappeared and told them to keep tracking him.
• At night, Ye Chen sensed a Titled Douluo, two Soul Douluo, and two Soul Saints approaching the camp, and he suspected they had come to avenge a Star Luo Royal Family member he had killed.
• Ye Chen identified the five newcomers as the White Tiger Douluo, two Dai Family elders, and their wives, and judged that they could use two Netherworld White Tiger fusion skills.
• Ye Chen quoted a verse about a dark, windy night being perfect for murder and arson, and Dai Tianli agreed that it suited the occasion.
• Dai Tianli declared that the party had come to kill Ye Chen, and Dai Feng revealed that the White Tiger Crown was the former emperor of the Star Luo Empire.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu confronted Dai Tianli’s group, and Ye Chen revealed his powerful Domain and four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. After killing Dai Feng with a Soul Bone Skill, Ye Chen stopped Dai Tianli from activating his Martial Soul Avatar, leaving the battle still underway.

• Ye Chen summoned his Purity Bamboo Staff Martial Soul and Purity Domain, shocking Dai Tianli and the others with his four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Ye Chen used Creation God Light to kill Dai Feng instantly, reducing the enemy’s fighting force.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Wu to guard the perimeter, and Xiao Wu revealed her own Ten Thousand Year Seventh Soul Ring.
• Dai Wei and Zhu Qingyu fused into the Netherworld White Tiger while Dai Tianli began activating his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Ye Chen struck Dai Tianli with Silence, interrupting the transformation and leaving Dai Tianli unable to use soul skills.

Ye Chen blocked the Hell White Tiger’s attack with three powerful Soul Bone Skills and reflected enough damage to injure it. The battle’s disturbance drew the attention of major powers across the region, and Tang Xiao and Chen Xin set out to investigate while the Clear Sky Sect prepared for possible exposure.

• Ye Chen used three 100,000 Year Soul Bone Skills to withstand the Hell White Tiger’s pounce, and Thorny Guard reflected damage back onto the fusion skill.
• Tang Xiao sensed a fight between Titled Douluos west of the Clear Sky Sect and discussed the risk of the secluded headquarters being discovered with the elders.
• Tang Xiao decided to investigate while the Clear Sky Sect prepared for possible exposure.
• Dugu Bo, She Long, Ci Xue, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Wang Xuanwu also sensed the battle’s disturbance.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin to investigate, and Chen Xin flew southeast while Dugu Bo stayed in Heaven Dou City.

Qian Renxue learned that Titled Douluo were fighting east of Heaven Dou City and sent the Spirit Hall to investigate instead of getting involved. On the battlefield, Ye Chen bound Dai Tianli and weakened the Hell White Tiger before smashing it apart, leaving Dai Wei and Zhu Qingyu suffering severe backlash as a powerful newcomer approached.

• Qian Renxue heard from She Long that experts were fighting east of Heaven Dou City and ordered Heaven Dou City Spirit Hall to investigate.
• Ye Chen sensed a powerful expert approaching and decided to finish the battle before they arrived.
• Ye Chen confined Dai Tianli, then used Endless Blood Vine to bind him and drain his blood.
• Ye Chen struck the Hell White Tiger with Weakness, reducing its power to that of a newly advanced Soul Douluo.
• Ye Chen smashed the weakened Hell White Tiger apart, exposing Dai Wei and Zhu Qingyu to severe backlash.

Ye Chen defeated the five Star Luo Royal Family experts sent to ambush him, but sensed an even stronger enemy approaching. Tang Xiao arrived in disguise, leaving Ye Chen facing a rank 96 Titled Douluo.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu killed Dai Wei, Zhu Qingyu, Dai Tianli, and the middle-aged woman, wiping out all five attackers.
• Ye Chen sensed a powerful newcomer approaching and sent Xiao Wu to seek help from uncle Ning at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Chen stored the attackers’ bodies and waited, deciding that fleeing would not let him escape and would waste his Martial Soul Avatar’s duration.
• Tang Xiao flew in wearing a black robe to conceal his identity, found Ye Chen at the scene, and chose to investigate.
• Ye Chen recognized the newcomer’s strength as comparable to or greater than that of Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo.

Ye Chen encountered Tang Xiao, who concealed his identity and attacked after learning Ye Chen was friends with Qian Renxue. Ye Chen endured Tang Xiao’s hammer strike and launched three powerful soul skills, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Tang Xiao saw Ye Chen’s four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and questioned him about his identity.
• Tang Xiao claimed to be an Offering Elder of Spirit Hall, and Ye Chen revealed that he was friends with Qian Renxue.
• Tang Xiao recognized Ye Chen as an enemy and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, identifying himself as Tang Xiao of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao used Haotian True Body and struck Ye Chen, but Ye Chen’s defenses reflected damage and injured Tang Xiao.
• Ye Chen counterattacked with Blindness, Silence, and Weakness against Tang Xiao.

Ye Chen and Tang Xiao traded heavy blows after their soul skills and defenses were compromised, while Chen Xin flew toward the fight and learned that Ye Chen was involved. The chapter left Chen Xin rushing to intervene as Xiao Wu followed them.

• Tang Xiao's hammer shattered Ye Chen's Purplish Gold Guard, but Thorny Guard reflected damage and weakened him.
• Ye Chen struck Tang Xiao's Sea of Consciousness with Creation God Light, then the two began trading basic attacks when neither could use stronger skills effectively.
• Chen Xin sensed the battle had ended, then changed course after detecting that fighting had resumed.
• Chen Xin intercepted Xiao Wu, who told him Ye Chen was fighting an expert and asked him to save her brother.
• Chen Xin recognized Tang Xiao's Haotian True Body and hurried toward the fight, while Xiao Wu ran after him.

Ye Chen fought Tang Xiao after surviving an ambush by the Star Luo Royal Family, but Tang Xiao escaped when Chen Xin arrived. After explaining the clashes and revealing that Ning Rongrong had advanced to Soul Douluo, Ye Chen reunited with Xiao Wu and boasted that he had driven off a mere Titled Douluo.

• Ye Chen sensed Chen Xin approaching as he fought Tang Xiao, and Tang Xiao retreated after Ye Chen struck him with Confinement.
• Chen Xin noticed Ye Chen's three black and four red Soul Rings, and Ye Chen declined to explain how they had changed.
• Ye Chen told Chen Xin that Star Luo Royal Family experts had ambushed him and that Tang Xiao attacked after mistaking his Spirit Hall connections for allegiance.
• Ye Chen explained that he had killed a Star Luo Royal Family Soul Douluo who had encountered Ning Rongrong, prompting the royal family's retaliation.
• Xiao Wu returned and asked about Ye Chen's condition, and he claimed that a mere Titled Douluo was no match for him, leaving Chen Xin feeling slighted.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu turned back toward Heaven Dou City, where he planned to protect Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing from the Star Luo Royal Family, and stripped sixteen Soul Bones from the defeated Dai family members. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao returned to the Clear Sky Sect injured and warned its elders about Ye Chen, prompting them to discuss eliminating him despite doubts that they could defeat him.

• Xiao Wu checked Ye Chen's injuries, and he explained that his 100,000-year Soul Bone Skill could heal him.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu abandoned their ruined carriage and headed back toward Heaven Dou City to prepare for the Star Luo Royal Family's threat.
• Ye Chen stripped sixteen Soul Bones from Dai Tianli, Dai Feng, Dai Wei, and two women, then told Xiao Wu to freeze the bodies so they could be sold to the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Xiao returned to the Clear Sky Sect injured and ordered the five elders to raise their vigilance.
• Tang Xiao told the elders that Ye Chen had four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and had resisted him, and the elders argued that Ye Chen should be killed before he grew stronger.

After Ye Chen survived a clash with Tang Xiao and an ambush by the Star Luo Royal Family, the Clear Sky Sect considered joining forces with the Star Luo Empire against him. Ye Chen sent Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for safety, leaving to handle another task before accompanying them.

• Tang Xiao agreed with Tang Li's suggestion to seek help from the Star Luo Royal Family in dealing with Ye Chen.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Wang Xuanwu that Ye Chen had fought Tang Xiao and returned to Heaven Dou City unharmed.
• Ning Fengzhi learned the fight began after Tang Xiao claimed Ye Chen was his relative, and wondered why Tang Xiao had appeared there.
• Ye Chen told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that the Star Luo Royal Family had ambushed them the previous night.
• Ye Chen urged Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for protection, and they agreed to go after he returned from an errand.

Ye Chen asked Qian Renxue to have the Heaven Dou Empire resell the corpses of Dai Tianli and other Star Luo royal experts he had killed, hoping to make money without risking a direct transaction. Qian Renxue accepted the task on the empire’s behalf, leaving the price and negotiations to her.

• Ye Chen went to the Crown Prince Residence to ask Qian Renxue for help selling the corpses of Dai Tianli and two other Star Luo royal elders.
• Qian Renxue was startled when Ye Chen explained that the Star Luo experts had ambushed him and he had killed them to help with household expenses.
• Qian Renxue realized Ye Chen had killed a formidable Titled Douluo and resolved to work harder at cultivation.
• Qian Renxue agreed to arrange the resale for the Heaven Dou Empire, while Ye Chen suggested splitting the proceeds fifty-fifty.
• Qian Renxue refused a share of the money and said the empire might even award Ye Chen military merit.

Qian Renxue told Xue Ye that Ye Chen had defeated members of the Star Luo Royal Family, and Xue Ye put her in charge of negotiating the sale of their bodies while granting Ye Chen a dukedom. Ye Chen then took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before preparing to leave, and he asked Ning Fengzhi about the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden retreat.

• Qian Renxue reported to Xue Ye that Ye Chen had killed Dai Tianli and other Star Luo experts, and Xue Ye celebrated the blow against their rival.
• Xue Ye ordered Qian Renxue to negotiate the sale of the bodies to the Star Luo Empire and awarded Ye Chen the title of Duke.
• Ye Chen asked Ning Fengzhi to shelter Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing while he was away, and Ning Fengzhi warned him to be careful of Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ye Chen asked Ning Fengzhi whether he knew the location of the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden retreat.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where they encountered Spirit Hall’s Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and Hu Liena on their way to Slaughter City. Hu Liena remained determined to grow strong enough to defeat Ye Chen, while Xiao Wu concealed her hatred for the two elders.

• Ning Fengzhi inferred that the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden base was near the previous battlefield and decided it needed to be located and watched.
• Ye Chen bought a soul beast horse carriage and traveled with Xiao Wu toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Five days later, Ye Chen sensed two powerful Titled Douluo approaching on the road and prepared for a possible confrontation.
• Inside the approaching carriage, Yue Guan and Guimei warned Hu Liena to be careful in Slaughter City, but she insisted she would become stronger and defeat Ye Chen.
• The Spirit Hall carriage stopped when its driver recognized Ye Chen, and Hu Liena, Yue Guan, and Guimei got out to meet him.
• Xiao Wu recognized Yue Guan and Guimei and suppressed her hatred, while Ye Chen greeted the elders and raised his vigilance.

Ye Chen met Hu Liena traveling with Yue Guan and Guimei, and learned she was heading out for dangerous training that he suspected meant Slaughter City. After she departed, Ye Chen resolved to visit Slaughter City later, while prioritizing his hunt for an eighth soul ring in Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ye Chen weighed his chances against Yue Guan and Guimei as the two teased him and Hu Liena greeted him.
• Ye Chen told Hu Liena he and Xiao Wu were visiting relatives, and Hu Liena said she was going somewhere to train.
• Ye Chen suspected Hu Liena was going to Slaughter City and worried that her level made the journey perilous.
• Ye Chen decided he would go to Slaughter City to protect Hu Liena, but first needed to obtain his eighth soul ring.
• Guimei urged Hu Liena to leave, and she waved goodbye to Ye Chen and Xiao Wu before departing with Yue Guan and Guimei.
• Xiao Wu praised Ye Chen for resisting Hu Liena's charms and promised him a chicken drumstick, while Ye Chen insisted he was an upright gentleman.

After searching for days, Ye Chen and Xiao Wu found a Demon Eye Tree nearing one hundred thousand years old. Ye Chen fed it an Immortal Spirit Grass to force its advancement, leaving Xiao Wu worried about whether he could defeat the now-growing soul beast.

• Xiao Wu admitted she had forgotten where the Demon Eye Tree was, so Ye Chen used a Lucky Card while searching the forest.
• Ye Chen sensed the Demon Eye Tree, estimated it was over ninety-nine thousand years old, and bought an Immortal Spirit Grass and a Soul Ring Storage Device.
• Ye Chen threw the Immortal Spirit Grass toward the Demon Eye Tree, which sensed a trap but began devouring the treasure anyway.
• As the Demon Eye Tree refined the grass and its strength increased, Xiao Wu asked Ye Chen whether he could handle a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Ye Chen reassured Xiao Wu that the Demon Eye Tree would not be a problem, saying his Spiritual Power surpassed its own at the moment it reached one hundred thousand years.