Chapter Summaries

Xu Ran met Emperor Xue Ye as the Star Luo Empire’s envoy and proposed peace, a clear border, and an alliance between the empires. Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, recognized Xu Ran’s extraordinary strength and took charge of negotiating with him, while considering how to use or eliminate him.

• Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe why the Star Luo Empire had sent Xu Ran, and Qian Renxue predicted the envoy had come to negotiate peace and an alliance against Spirit Hall.
• Xu Ran appeared before Xue Ye and the Heaven Dou officials, while Qian Renxue secretly tested his strength and found that she could not gauge his abilities.
• Xu Ran learned from System Lady that Qian Renxue used an Angel God Armor Soul Bone and a special mask to disguise her body, Martial Soul, and Soul Rings.
• Xu Ran proposed that the two empires define their border, end their repeated wars, and form peaceful relations or an alliance, and the officials supported the proposal.
• Qian Renxue decided to handle the negotiations herself so she could assess Xu Ran and determine whether to recruit or kill him.

Xu Ran cultivated the Draw Sword Technique while Qian Renxue decided to observe him before choosing whether to kill or recruit him. She was left stunned by his terrifying comprehension and rapid progress.

• Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue urged Qian Renxue to eliminate Xu Ran, but she ordered them to watch him while she investigated his abilities.
• Qian Renxue dismissed her guards and went to Xu Ran’s residence after deciding to sound him out herself.
• Xu Ran practiced the Draw Sword Technique, repeatedly drawing and sheathing his sword as he refined each strike.
• Qian Renxue watched Xu Ran’s swordsmanship and was shocked by how his movements affected the surroundings and grew more powerful.
• Qian Renxue compared Xu Ran’s rapid progress with her own talent and felt stunned by the gap between them.

Xu Ran impressed Qian Renxue with his swordsmanship and offered to teach her, drawing her into a private training session where he used close physical contact to guide her. As Qian Renxue struggled with her discomfort, Xu Ran believed he understood her suppressed emotions and was confident she would eventually fall in love with him.

• Qian Renxue watched Xu Ran demonstrate swordsmanship and was captivated by his talent and the strike he unleashed.
• Xu Ran offered to teach Qian Renxue swordsmanship, and she accepted, believing she could keep him under her control.
• In a secluded training room, Xu Ran stood close behind Qian Renxue and guided her stance and sword hand, making her uneasy.
• Qian Renxue felt revulsion and panic at her involuntary reactions, while thinking that she would never let a man control her.
• Xu Ran reflected that Qian Renxue's years undercover had suppressed her feminine feelings and believed he could make her fall in love with him.

Xu Ran used hands-on sword instruction to teach Qian Renxue the Jade Maiden Sword Technique while concealing that he knew she was a woman. Qian Renxue became absorbed in the technique’s power and continued practicing with her eyes closed, unaware of Xu Ran’s intentions.

• Xu Ran held Qian Renxue close and persuaded her that hands-on instruction was necessary for learning swordsmanship.
• Xu Ran guided Qian Renxue through the Jade Maiden Sword Technique, whose paired moves struck leaves with remarkable precision despite neither of them releasing a Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue asked whether the sword technique was a Self-Created Soul Skill, and Xu Ran claimed he had created it over three years and named it Heart-to-Heart Understanding.
• Xu Ran told Qian Renxue to close her eyes and focus on the sword, and she eagerly followed his guidance to learn the technique.
• As Qian Renxue practiced with her eyes closed, she sensed something pressing uncomfortably against her buttocks.

Xu Ran left Qian Renxue after a cultivation session and went to the Great Soul Arena, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling waited and thought about his abilities. Ye Lingling hoped Xu Ran might be able to change the Nine Heart Begonia Sect’s fatal inheritance tradition.

• Xu Ran practiced sword techniques with Qian Renxue, who noticed his hand inside her clothes and ended their session.
• Xu Ran told Qian Renxue he would leave to attend class and return at night, while she privately considered him a shameless scoundrel.
• Xu Ran went to the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City, where Xiao Wu and the others had gained fame through Soul Fighting.
• Dugu Yan waited for Xu Ran, grateful for his help with her poison and aware that he had reached the Titled Douluo level.
• Ye Lingling wondered whether Xu Ran could help her, since the Nine Heart Begonia tradition required a mother to die for her daughter’s Martial Soul to awaken.

Xu Ran encountered Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling at the Great Soul Arena, then teased Dugu Yan about her earlier offer to become his maid and carried her away. After seeing Xu Ran’s interest in maids, Ye Lingling considered offering herself to him if he could help her family overcome their Martial Soul’s limitations.

• Xu Ran arrived at the Great Soul Arena and found Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling with the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Xu Ran pulled Dugu Yan onto his lap and reminded her that she had once offered to be his maid, shocking her teammates.
• Xu Ran said he wanted Dugu Yan as his maid, but she refused and objected to his suggestive teasing.
• Xu Ran carried Dugu Yan out of the arena, while she blushed and hid her face against him.
• After they left, Ye Lingling privately considered becoming Xu Ran’s maid if he could resolve her family’s Martial Soul limitations.

Xu Ran reunited with Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, promised to treat her remaining poison, and arranged for her grandfather to accompany him to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. After leaving Dugu Yan, Xu Ran encountered Ye Lingling, who asked to speak with him.

• Xu Ran examined Dugu Yan and told her to ask Poison Douluo to meet him at the city gates the next day for a journey to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Dugu Yan asked to accompany Xu Ran, and he teased her about becoming his woman while she shyly accepted his claim on her.
• Xu Ran and Dugu Yan walked hand in hand around the academy, drawing shocked stares from students who recognized her.
• Xu Ran told Dugu Yan to keep her distance from other men and dress modestly, then kissed her before leaving.
• Xu Ran encountered the veiled Ye Lingling, who asked whether he had time to speak with her.

Ye Lingling sought Xu Ran’s help to break the restriction that limited the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul to two bearers per era. Xu Ran learned he could shatter the Order Law Chain inside her, but he demanded that she consider what price she would pay, leaving their bargain unresolved.

• Ye Lingling led Xu Ran to a secluded spot, knelt, and pleaded for help with her family’s Martial Soul restriction.
• Ye Lingling explained that the Nine Heart Begonia could have only two bearers in an era, and passing it down required a previous bearer to sacrifice herself.
• Xu Ran asked the system about Ye Lingling’s condition and learned he would need to draw out and shatter the Order Law Chain within her, possibly provoking a lightning tribulation.
• Ye Lingling despaired when Xu Ran stayed silent, but he told her he could help and asked what price she would pay.
• Xu Ran cited his help in transforming Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, convincing Ye Lingling that he could resolve her family’s problem.
• Ye Lingling stood up at Xu Ran’s request, and her black stockings caught on a stone and tore.

Xu Ran showed Ye Lingling the immense wealth in his Storage Soul Tool and told her he preferred beautiful women to treasures. Ye Lingling agreed to become his maid if he helped her family overcome the Nine Heart Begonia’s restrictions, and Xu Ran removed her veil.

• Ye Lingling offered her family's treasures to Xu Ran in exchange for help breaking the Nine Heart Begonia's restrictions.
• Xu Ran showed Ye Lingling the countless Soul Bones and rare herbs stored in his ring, leaving her stunned.
• Xu Ran said he preferred beautiful women and asked whether Ye Lingling knew what being his maid involved.
• Ye Lingling agreed to serve as Xu Ran's maid despite his outrageous demands.
• Xu Ran removed Ye Lingling's veil and revealed her face.

Xu Ran accepted Ye Lingling as his maid, and she agreed to serve him in hopes of saving her family from the curse on their Martial Soul. After telling her to return once he was back from his upcoming trip, Xu Ran sent her away with a new title and Ye Lingling walked off wondering about her feelings toward him.

• Xu Ran admired Ye Lingling's beauty, and she nervously accepted becoming his maid for her family's sake.
• Xu Ran told Ye Lingling he would leave Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan and have her return after he came back.
• Xu Ran reminded Ye Lingling to call him master and told her to change her torn stockings before leaving.
• Ye Lingling changed into clean stockings in front of Xu Ran, then asked permission to leave.
• Xu Ran ruffled Ye Lingling's hair and praised her potential as she departed.
• Ye Lingling walked through the academy, thinking about Xu Ran and reminding herself that she was only his maid.

Xu Ran arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, where Yu Yuanzhen tried to recruit Dugu Bo and learned Xu Ran was the Heaven's Mandate Marquis of the Star Luo Empire. Xu Ran unleashed his ancestral dragon bloodline, leaving Yu Yuanzhen's Martial Soul terrified and overwhelmed.

• Dugu Bo credited Xu Ran's guidance with easing his venom and helping him advance to rank ninety-two, then accompanied Xu Ran and Dugu Yan to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen welcomed Dugu Bo and offered him the sect's deputy sect master position, while realizing Dugu Yan and Xu Ran were close.
• Dugu Bo introduced Xu Ran as the Heaven's Mandate Marquis of the Star Luo Empire, and Yu Yuanzhen reacted with surprise at Dugu Bo's deference to him.
• Xu Ran released his ancestral dragon might, forcing Yu Yuanzhen to stagger as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul felt fear.
• Yu Yuanzhen summoned his Martial Soul and nine Soul Rings, but the oppressive force from Xu Ran only intensified.

Xu Ran’s Ancestral Dragon bloodline overwhelmed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, forcing its members and sect master Yu Yuanzhen to kneel. Yu Yuanzhen recognized Xu Ran’s overwhelming power and paid his respects, hoping the sect could gain his favor.

• Yu Yuanzhen discovered that his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul had knelt before Xu Ran and could not be summoned, overcome by Xu Ran’s dragon bloodline pressure.
• Xu Ran roared with the Ancestral Dragon’s power, and the sound spread throughout the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s territory.
• The sect’s elders, stewards, and disciples released their Martial Souls and fell to their knees under the pressure.
• Yu Yuanzhen finally knelt, realizing Xu Ran’s might explained Dugu Bo’s respect and the Star Luo Empire’s decision to grant him a marquis title.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan watched in astonishment as the whole sect bowed before Xu Ran, and Dugu Bo’s admiration for him deepened.
• Yu Yuanzhen introduced himself as sect master and paid his respects to Xu Ran, hoping to ally the sect with him.

Xu Ran revealed his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, which forced Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to worship him and beg for his protection. Yu Yuanzhen offered him the sect master's seat, but Xu Ran refused, leaving the sect’s disciples still devoted to him.

• Xu Ran withdrew his bloodline pressure and explained that his Martial Soul was the Ancestral Dragon, the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Dragons.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan reacted in shock, while Yu Yuanzhen accepted Xu Ran’s claim and revered him even more.
• Yu Yuanzhen knelt and asked Xu Ran to strengthen the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, offering to hand him the sect master’s seat.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s disciples and elders gathered, knelt before Xu Ran, and begged him to shelter their sect.
• Xu Ran told everyone to rise but refused the sect master’s seat because he had no interest in the weakened sect.

Xu Ran accepted the position of Grand Supreme Elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and settled into his new standing there. At the sect, he teased Dugu Yan about Ye Lingling becoming his maid and declared that Dugu Yan would stay with him for life.

• Yu Yuanzhen offered Xu Ran the Grand Supreme Elder position, and Xu Ran accepted it and received the sect token.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect members bowed to Xu Ran, while Dugu Yan clung to his arm jealously.
• Yu Yuanzhen invited Xu Ran to stay at the sect, and Xu Ran agreed, thinking of his connection to Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.
• In his courtyard, Xu Ran told Dugu Yan that her poison was nearly cleared and revealed that Ye Lingling had promised to serve as his maid.
• Xu Ran pulled Dugu Yan onto his lap and told her she would be his for life.

Xu Ran gave Dugu Yan refined venom from the Myriad Demon King to improve her cultivation and talent, raising her Soul Power to rank forty. He then carried her toward the room after she accepted his proposal to become his woman.

• Dugu Yan asked Xu Ran to make their relationship official, and he agreed after offering her a bottle of medicine.
• Dugu Yan drank the refined Myriad Demon King venom and circulated her Soul Power to absorb its potency.
• Xu Ran explained that the venom would strengthen Dugu Yan's cultivation and Jade Phosphorus Snake poison, and planned to obtain more from the Myriad Demon King.
• After an hour of refining the venom, Dugu Yan's cultivation rose to rank forty.
• Dugu Yan celebrated her improved Soul Power, and Xu Ran carried her toward the room as she nervously anticipated what would happen.

Xu Ran questioned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect about Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong’s past, and learned that Yu Xiaogang had knowingly pursued his own cousin. Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian confessed their roles in concealing the truth, leaving Xu Ran poised to act against Yu Xiaogang.

• Xu Ran gave Dugu Bo rare poisonous herbs after breakfast with Dugu Yan.
• Xu Ran summoned Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s senior members to investigate Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong’s history.
• Yu Yuanzhen knelt and pleaded for Xu Ran to spare Yu Xiaogang, admitting his son had disgraced the family.
• Yu Yuanzhen revealed that Yu Xiaogang knew Liu Erlong was his cousin but pursued her for her beauty and their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Luomian admitted he had concealed the truth from Liu Erlong and helped her establish her academy to make amends.

Xu Ran arranged for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to expose Yu Xiaogang’s actions to Liu Erlong and planned to leave for Heaven Dou City. While shopping with Dugu Yan, he followed her into a fitting room and embraced her.

• Xu Ran told Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian to reveal Yu Xiaogang’s true character to Liu Erlong and sever her connection with him.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the elders agreed to tell Liu Erlong the truth and punish Yu Xiaogang.
• Xu Ran considered raising his Soul Beast cultivation but accepted System Lady’s warning to avoid drawing the Divine Realm’s attention.
• Xu Ran and Dugu Yan visited a clothing shop, where Xu Ran ordered maid outfits for Ye Lingling and the others.
• Dugu Yan tried on a short skirt, and Xu Ran entered the fitting room and embraced her from behind.

Xu Ran teased Dugu Yan while helping her choose clothes, then Liu Erlong encountered a drunken Yu Xiaogang, who blamed her for the destruction of his Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang rejecting Liu Erlong’s explanation and spitting blood.

• Xu Ran teased Dugu Yan in a shop, and she worried about what might happen to Ye Lingling as Xu Ran’s maid.
• Xu Ran erased all traces of what had happened, then continued helping Dugu Yan choose clothes.
• Liu Erlong returned to her room at Blue Tyrant Academy and found Yu Xiaogang waiting drunkenly in the woods.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Liu Erlong of causing his suffering and destroying his Martial Soul.
• Liu Erlong reminded Yu Xiaogang that crooked intentions could make an Immortal Herb shatter a Martial Soul, but Yu Xiaogang called her explanation a lie and spat blood.

Yu Xiaogang turned on Liu Erlong and tried to exploit her lingering love for him, but Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian arrived and stopped him. Their remorseful words left Liu Erlong suspecting they had concealed something about her past with Yu Xiaogang.

• Liu Erlong offered to seek Xu Ran’s help in restoring Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul, but he accused her of pretending and blamed her for his suffering.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether Liu Erlong still loved him, then moved toward her and said he wanted to take their relationship further to spite Xu Ran.
• Yu Yuanzhen slapped Yu Xiaogang away before he could reach Liu Erlong, and Yu Luomian joined him in condemning and beating Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian apologized to Liu Erlong for ruining her life, prompting her to suspect they had hidden the truth about her and Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Yuanzhen forced Yu Xiaogang to kneel and revealed that Yu Xiaogang had pursued Liu Erlong for his own ambitions. Yu Xiaogang confirmed the truth and admitted he had planned to use their separation to return to Bibi Dong, leaving Liu Erlong devastated.

• Yu Yuanzhen struck Yu Xiaogang and used soul pressure to force him to his knees.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang had pretended to love her and had ulterior motives for pursuing and leaving her.
• Liu Erlong struggled to accept the revelation and demanded that Yu Xiaogang tell her whether it was true.
• Yu Xiaogang confessed that he had pursued Liu Erlong to make himself the core of the Golden Iron Triangle and earn fame.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted that he had brought Liu Erlong back to the Yu Family to provoke their separation and prepare to return to Bibi Dong.