Chapter Summaries

After recovering, Tian Chen planned to visit the Star Crown Sect and decided to bring Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to Spirit City to tell Hu Liena the truth about them. Meanwhile, Yan visited Hu Liena and asked whether he still had a chance with her.

• Tian Chen examined the Star Crown and recalled what Tian E had told him about hidden sects and the Star Crown Sect.
• Tian Chen decided to summon Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan so he could be honest with Hu Liena before visiting the Star Crown Sect.
• Tian Chen gave two sealed letters to a maid, instructing her to send them to Spirit Hall branches in Heaven Dou City and Barak City.
• Hu Liena happily anticipated seeing Tian Chen and blushed as she thought about the possibility of being pregnant.
• Xie Yue brought the injured Yan to see Hu Liena, and Yan asked her whether he still had a chance.

Hu Liena rejected Yan’s devotion and revealed that Tian Chen had helped awaken her Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline. She threw Yan out and warned Xie Yue not to bring him back, leaving Xie Yue to carry the unconscious Yan away.

• Hu Liena told Yan to stop bothering her, but he insisted he would catch up to her and challenge Tian Chen again.
• Hu Liena revealed her evolved Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Martial Soul, and Xie Yue realized her awakened bloodline had ended their Martial Soul Fusion Skill resonance.
• Hu Liena said Tian Chen had helped awaken her bloodline, prompting Yan to ask whether she and Tian Chen were together.
• Yan offered to raise Hu Liena and Tian Chen’s child with her, but Hu Liena sent him flying and ordered him never to call her Nana again.
• Xie Yue caught the unconscious Yan, objected that Hu Liena had gone too far, and then promised to keep Yan from bothering her again.

Hu Liena gazed toward a distant manor before the story shifted to Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Cheng Jiyuan searching the Soul Hunting Forest for a suitable second soul ring. When an unusual scent and rustling alerted them to something nearby, the three released their martial souls and prepared for danger.

• Hu Liena admired the moonlit view from her window and smiled toward a manor near the Pope's Palace.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and Tang San camped in the Soul Hunting Forest with Cheng Jiyuan while searching for a suitable soul beast for Tang San's second soul ring.
• Grandmaster wondered why the forest had so few strong soul beasts, unaware that Tian Chen had ordered those with over three hundred years of cultivation cleared out.
• A strange sweet, pollen-like scent and nearby rustling put the three on alert.
• Grandmaster released Luo Sanpao, Cheng Jiyuan summoned his greatsword, and Tang San brought out his thorn-covered Blue Silver Grass.

Grandmaster and Tang San encountered a Mandala Snake in the Soul Hunting Forest, and Cheng Jiyuan subdued it while Grandmaster explained his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory. They found a Caterpie in the snake’s nest, leaving Grandmaster considering it as Tang San’s potential Soul Ring.

• Grandmaster spotted a Mandala Snake but found its cultivation was below a hundred years.
• Cheng Jiyuan used his greatsword to attack the Mandala Snake as it charged at him.
• Grandmaster explained that the Mandala Snake’s Soul Power showed it was close to a hundred years old and discussed his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory with Tang San.
• Tang San agreed to test the theory by absorbing an animal-form Soul Beast’s Soul Ring.
• Cheng Jiyuan knocked out the Mandala Snake and called Grandmaster and Tang San over to inspect its nest.
• Grandmaster found a Caterpie with over five hundred years of cultivation and considered it for Tang San.

Tang San and Grandmaster searched the Soul Hunting Forest for seven days without finding a suitable Soul Beast, so Grandmaster decided that Tang San should absorb the five-hundred-and-fifty-year-old Caterpie's Soul Ring. Tang San began absorbing it, leaving Grandmaster watching with excitement.

• Grandmaster told Tang San to keep the unusually old Caterpie bound while they searched for a better Soul Beast.
• Tang San, Grandmaster, and Cheng Jiyuan searched the forest for seven days but found no suitable Soul Beast.
• Cheng Jiyuan and Grandmaster discussed how depleted the Soul Hunting Forest had become.
• Grandmaster decided Tang San should use the Caterpie's roughly five-hundred-and-fifty-year Soul Ring, and Tang San agreed.
• Tang San killed the Caterpie with his Blue Silver Grass and began absorbing its Soul Ring as Grandmaster watched intently.

Tang San successfully absorbed his second Soul Ring, confirming Grandmaster's theory, and the group set out to test his new Soul Skill. Meanwhile, Tian Chen secured Zhou Xuan's allegiance with a Soul Bone and worried about the arrival of Lingling and Yanyan.

• Tang San opened his eyes after absorbing Caterpie's Soul Ring, and Grandmaster eagerly confirmed that his theory had been correct.
• Tang San released his Blue Silver Grass, now bearing two yellow Soul Rings, and showed its changed color and corrosive toxin.
• Grandmaster and Cheng Jiyuan led Tang San toward the outskirts of the Soul Hunting Forest to test his new Soul Skill on a Soul Beast.
• Zhou Xuan agreed to serve Tian Chen, who gave him a dark red Soul Bone as an introductory gift.
• Tian Chen sent Zhou Xuan to merge with the Soul Bone and worried that Lingling and Yanyan would arrive that day.

After Zhou Xuan broke through with the Scarlet Left Arm Soul Bone, he revealed that its Soul Skill amplified Soul Power by five percent, giving Tian Chen an idea for strengthening a Soul Master legion. Tian Chen went to Spirit City's southern gate to meet Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, but the chapter left him watching Ning Rongrong arrive and planning a memorable encounter with her.

• Zhou Xuan told Tian Chen that the Scarlet Left Arm Soul Bone had helped him break through and granted him a Soul Power amplification skill.
• Tian Chen recognized that the five-percent Soul Power boost could be useful for training a Soul Master legion.
• Tian Chen went to Spirit City's southern gate and waited for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling at a tea shop.
• A luxurious carriage bearing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's emblems arrived at the tea shop, carrying a young girl Tian Chen suspected was Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong's attendants warned her that the sect master had told her to wait in Spirit City, but she dismissed them and threatened to call Grandpa Sword.
• Tian Chen confirmed the girl's identity as Ning Rongrong and began planning a memorable interaction with her.

Ning Rongrong demanded Tian Chen’s pastries and ordered her companions to punish him after he ignored her. Ning Tian attacked with a Silver Wolf Martial Soul, while Tian Chen calmly raised his hand to meet the charge.

• Ning Rongrong entered the tea shop with Ning Tian and Ning Zhen, and Ning Tian prepared a rug, fan, and tea for her.
• Ning Rongrong demanded Tian Chen’s pastries, but he ignored her and continued eating as the other customers left the shop.
• Ning Rongrong ordered Ning Tian and Ning Zhen to teach Tian Chen a lesson, and they chose Ning Tian to confront him.
• Tian Chen questioned whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had always been overbearing, prompting Ning Tian to accuse him of insulting the sect.
• Ning Tian activated his Silver Wolf Martial Soul and charged at Tian Chen, who calmly raised his right hand.

Tian Chen overwhelmed Ning Tian, then secretly planted evil Qi in Ning Rongrong to intensify her negative emotions as she grew. After he told her to fetch her father and Sword Douluo, Ning Rongrong ran back to Spirit City with Ning Tian and Ning Zhen following.

• Tian Chen transformed into his powerful Martial Soul form and broke Ning Tian’s arms with a single attack.
• Ning Zhen released his Iron Armored Dragon Martial Soul to protect Ning Rongrong, while Ning Tian stepped in to stop Tian Chen from attacking them.
• Ning Rongrong arrogantly demanded that Tian Chen kneel and apologize, but Tian Chen used his fourth Soul Ring to switch her place with Ning Tian and seize her wrist.
• Tian Chen secretly infused Ning Rongrong with evil Qi that would amplify her negative emotions as her cultivation grew.
• Tian Chen released Ning Rongrong and told her to bring her father and Sword Douluo; she ran into Spirit City as Ning Tian and Ning Zhen followed.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo learned that Ning Rongrong had clashed with a mysterious young Soul King whose unusual Martial Soul and Soul Rings caught their attention. Sword Douluo flew off with Ning Fengzhi and Rongrong to confront him.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed Spirit Hall’s growing power and decided to bring Ning Rongrong back to the sect.
• Ning Rongrong ran to Sword Douluo, claimed she had been bullied, and showed him her reddened wrist.
• Ning Tian and Ning Zhen recounted how they had taken Rongrong out of the city and encountered a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old Soul King with five Soul Rings and a darkness-attribute Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong said the young man had insulted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, prompting Sword Douluo to defend her against Ning Fengzhi’s scolding.
• Sword Douluo summoned his Seven Kill Sword and flew away with Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong to seek out the young man.

Tian Chen confronted Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Sword Douluo after a dispute with Rongrong, and accepted Sword Douluo’s challenge to move him within three moves. Tian Chen raised the stakes by wagering a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, then revealed the Earth Bear left arm bone he had previously taken from Ning Fengzhi.

• Sword Douluo arrived with Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, and his immense pressure alerted Tian Chen.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Tian Chen as Golden Crocodile Douluo’s grandson and explained his identity to Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo offered to use only Level 56 Soul Power and challenged Tian Chen to move him within three moves or apologize to Ning Rongrong.
• Tian Chen accepted the challenge but proposed wagering a Soul Bone worth at least ten thousand years.
• Tian Chen produced an Earth Bear left arm bone that he and his grandfather had taken from Ning Fengzhi.

Tian Chen faced Sword Douluo in a wagered duel and revealed the overwhelming power of his Evil God Domain and a lightning-infused Dark Gold Dreadclaw. He won Ning Fengzhi’s Cave Demon Spider Soul Bone, while quietly considering the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s eventual fate.

• Ning Fengzhi accepted Tian Chen’s wager and offered a nearly thirty-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider Soul Bone as the stake.
• Sword Douluo leveled a hilltop for the duel, and Tian Chen covered the field in his Evil God Domain, frightening Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi withdrew with Ning Rongrong and told her to return to the sect and focus on cultivation.
• Tian Chen attacked Sword Douluo with a lightning- and Evil Qi-infused Dark Gold Dreadclaw, nearly exhausting himself and forcing Sword Douluo to use a Soul Skill.
• Ning Fengzhi healed Tian Chen and awarded him the Soul Bone, and Sword Douluo urged Ning Rongrong to let the matter go.
• Tian Chen accepted Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to visit the sect, while privately contemplating whether to spare or destroy it.

Ning Fengzhi worried that Tian Chen's ambition and potential alliance with Bibi Dong could threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Meanwhile, Tian Chen welcomed Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to his estate and introduced them as its future mistresses.

• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo that Tian Chen's ambition and possible alliance with Bibi Dong could bring danger to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong slept during the carriage ride as a faint wisp of black Qi briefly appeared between her brows and vanished.
• Tian Chen waited outside Spirit City for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then met them when their carriage arrived at dusk.
• Tian Chen brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to his family estate and said they would both be its mistresses.
• Zhang Zhen was surprised by Tian Chen's introduction and privately wondered whether to give him his family's tiger-bone medicinal wine.

Tian Chen welcomed Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan with a feast featuring rare Emerald Swan meat, then used potent whale glue and medicinal wine that brought out the tension between the three. Dugu Yan confronted him about favoring Ye Lingling but accepted their relationship, leaving Tian Chen alone with her as the whale glue took effect.

• Tian E visited Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, then returned to the Worship Hall and declined to interfere in Tian Chen's affairs.
• Tian Chen served Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan a feast that included ten-thousand-year Emerald Swan meat and offered to help Ye Lingling hunt one for her Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan slapped Ye Lingling's thigh when she grew jealous of Tian Chen's attention, and Tian Chen turned to medicinal wine and ten-thousand-year whale glue.
• Tian Chen swallowed the whale glue with tiger bone wine, and Ye Lingling fled when she sensed its effects taking hold.
• Dugu Yan told Tian Chen she knew he favored Ye Lingling and said she would allow only Ye Lingling, before leaning close to him.

Tian Chen cultivated with Ye Lingling, learned that she and her family planned to move to Spirit City, and heard that Dugu Yan's Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor. The chapter ended with Tian Chen carrying Ye Lingling to his room after Dugu Yan left them alone.

• Tian Chen woke beside Dugu Yan, left her to rest, and went to the castle's top floor to cultivate beside Ye Lingling.
• After cultivating for six hours, Tian Chen shared meat porridge with Ye Lingling, who told him her grandfather planned to move her and Uncle Niu's group to Spirit City.
• Tian Chen agreed to arrange their relocation, and he and Ye Lingling later joined Dugu Yan in the main hall.
• Dugu Yan told Tian Chen that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, possibly because of the bloodline within him.
• After Dugu Yan returned to her room, Tian Chen carried Ye Lingling to the castle's fifth floor.

Tian Chen reflected on his powerful foundations and slow cultivation before relaxing with Ye Lingling at his estate. Wu Zi delivered a message that Miss Nana and the others would return to Spirit City in about an hour.

• Tian Chen reviewed his Soul Bones, physical strength, domains, and the slow cultivation caused by his supreme evil attribute.
• Tian Chen and his subordinates had failed to find Ah Yin’s rebirth site, but they had captured a ten-thousand-year Blue Silver King and transplanted it to his estate.
• Tian Chen rested with Ye Lingling beside the Blue Silver King, and she scolded him for letting his hand wander.
• Wu Zi delivered Tian Chen an envelope from Hongjun while Ye Lingling was present, then withdrew.
• Tian Chen opened the envelope after Ye Lingling left and learned that Miss Nana and the others would return to Spirit City in about an hour.

Tian Chen reunited Hu Liena with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then admitted that he had been involved with all three. When he refused Hu Liena’s demand to end the other relationships, she left, and Dugu Yan took Ye Lingling away in anger.

• Tian Chen destroyed a letter and entered the castle, while Hu Liena and Ma Hongjun returned to Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Hu Liena and Ma Hongjun arrived at Tian Chen’s estate and found Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling with him.
• Tian Chen explained his relationships with the three women, and Hu Liena demanded that he cut ties with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Tian Chen refused Hu Liena’s demand, and she left the hall in anger.
• Dugu Yan accused Tian Chen of deceiving her and Ye Lingling, then took Ye Lingling back to their room.

Tian Chen learned that he and Hu Liena would compete in four years to become Spirit Hall’s next papal successor, and he chose to enter secluded cultivation in Death Canyon. Hu Liena secured Bibi Dong’s permission to train in Slaughter City and received a Soul Bone before leaving, determined to return alive.

• Tian Chen reflected on his troubled relationships with Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling as Tian E joined him atop the castle spire.
• Tian E told Tian Chen that Bibi Dong had announced a contest between him and Hu Liena in four years to decide Spirit Hall’s next papal successor.
• Tian Chen said he planned to enter secluded cultivation in Death Canyon, and he and Tian E spent the night talking in the garden.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she intended to cultivate in Slaughter City so she could compete with Tian Chen, and asked to go without a protector.
• Bibi Dong agreed on the condition that Hu Liena return alive and gave her a Soul Bone to absorb before she left.

Tian Chen comforted Ye Lingling after Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou City, then invited Ye Lingling to travel with him to the Star Luo Empire. Ma Hongjun interrupted their evening, and Tian Chen told him to focus on his studies at Spirit Hall Academy.

• Tian Chen apologized to Ye Lingling and comforted her after learning Dugu Yan had gone back to Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Lingling told Tian Chen that her family would soon move from Barak City to Spirit City.
• Tian Chen helped Ye Lingling serve dinner and advised her to strengthen her physical constitution.
• Tian Chen invited Ye Lingling to accompany him to the Star Luo Empire the next day, and she agreed.
• Ma Hongjun arrived, ate Ye Lingling's cooking, and Tian Chen told him to stay at Spirit Hall Academy and focus on his studies.

Tian Chen reviewed intelligence on the Star Luo Empire’s ruling families and the Clear Sky Sect’s former subsidiary clans before traveling with Ye Lingling and Wu Zi to visit the Speed Clan. The group reached Xiyang City after nightfall, and Tian Chen directed Wu Zi to take them to the Bai Family.

• Tian Chen studied reports on Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing, learning that Zhu Zhuqing had left for the Star Dou Great Forest three days earlier.
• Tian Chen learned that the Speed Clan was based in Xiyang City and planned to visit it.
• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling rested overnight, then departed Spirit City with Wu Zi in an unmarked carriage.
• The party crossed into the Star Luo Empire and reached Xiyang City after nightfall.
• After entering the city, Tian Chen told Wu Zi to take them to the Bai Family in the south.