Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ming asked Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to sacrifice themselves for two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, then threatened to hunt Da Ming and Er Ming if they refused. After Ah Rou agreed, he promised to spare the two beast kings if she honored their agreement.

• The Ice Dragon King tried to persuade Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to sacrifice themselves, but Ah Rou threatened to self-detonate and Xiao Wu stood by her.
• Xuan Ming took control and calmly told them he would hunt Da Ming and Er Ming if they refused, then left without demanding an immediate answer.
• Xuan Ming explained to the Ice Dragon King that he treated strangers politely unless they showed him malice.
• Xuan Ming visited Nuoding City's Spirit Hall, learned Tang San had awakened Blue Silver Grass and would likely arrive within a month, and planned to wait for Tang San's trip to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Xuan Ming asked Ah Rou whether she had decided, and she agreed to sacrifice herself if he spared Da Ming and Er Ming; he promised to keep his word.

Xuan Ming explained why he valued Ah Rou and Xiao Wu’s sacrifices, then began training with Xiao Wu outside Nuoding City. After repeatedly sparring with him, Xiao Wu became more comfortable around him and continued following him to cultivate.

• Xuan Ming told Ah Rou that he would let her and Xiao Wu decide who sacrificed first, and said he did not need their sacrifices yet.
• Xiao Wu followed Xuan Ming outside Nuoding City, asked him about his personality and appearance, and then agreed to fight him.
• Xiao Wu used her Waist Bow Soul Skill to throw Xuan Ming, but he fought back and left her bruised and battered.
• Ah Rou worried over Xiao Wu’s injuries, and Xiao Wu claimed she had fallen before admitting that it hurt.
• In the following days, Xiao Wu followed Xuan Ming to cultivate and sparred with him regularly.

Xuan Ming returned to Nuoding City with Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, helped Xiao Wu enroll as a day student, and encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at the academy. He left Ah Rou and Xiao Wu settled in a courtyard with money, while his plans to return to Heaven Dou City remained ahead.

• Xuan Ming let Xiao Wu win their spar and explained that he was leaving for Heaven Dou City, not asking her to sacrifice herself.
• Xuan Ming accompanied Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to Nuoding Academy, where Yu Xiaogang approached him to ask about his dragon-type mutated Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang explained berserk transformation to Tang San after Xuan Ming refused to reveal his Martial Soul.
• Xuan Ming warned Xiao Wu to stay cautious around Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then used his Heaven Dou Royal Academy student badge to arrange for Xiao Wu to attend as a day student.
• Xuan Ming returned with Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to their courtyard and gave them over two thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Xuan Ming left Xiao Wu and Ah Rou after teaching Xiao Wu how to tie hair, then traveled to the hidden chamber behind a waterfall and retrieved the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone. He also took the Blue Silver Emperor plant to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Xue Qinghe ordered a search party to bring Xuan Ming back alive or dead.

• Xuan Ming gave Xiao Wu and Ah Rou gold, taught Xiao Wu his hairstyles, and left after sharing a meal with them.
• Xuan Ming traveled to a hidden chamber behind a waterfall and found the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone in a concealed box.
• Xuan Ming put the Soul Bone in his Soul Tool and dug up the Blue Silver Emperor plant to take her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Xue Qinghe that someone resembling Xuan Ming had been seen inside Star Luo territory.
• Xue Qinghe ordered two Titled Douluo to find Xuan Ming and bring him back, alive or dead.

Xuan Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after months away and reunited with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Xue Qinghe. Dugu Yan arranged a fight between him and Yu Tianheng so they could see his powerful second soul ring, leaving the students stunned before the battle began.

• Xue Qinghe learned Xuan Ming had returned voluntarily and found him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xuan Ming ate with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then revealed that he had visited Aolai City while traveling back.
• Dugu Yan asked Xuan Ming to demonstrate his second soul ring and challenged Yu Tianheng to fight him.
• Xuan Ming and Yu Tianheng introduced themselves on the Soul Fighting platform, and Xuan Ming revealed a thousand-year second soul ring.
• The students were shocked by Xuan Ming's purple soul ring, while Yu Tianheng tried to steady himself before the fight.

Xuan Ming defeated Yu Tianheng in a spar, then clashed with Qian Renxue over his loyalty and her plan to use him to bind the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Xue Qinghe. The chapter ended with Xuan Ming rejecting her request to win over Ning Rongrong and bluntly challenging her feelings and motives.

• Xuan Ming overwhelmed Yu Tianheng with his Blood Spear until Meng Shenji stopped the spar, and Yu Tianheng admitted defeat.
• Xuan Ming demonstrated the destructive power of his Thousand-Year Soul Skill by blasting a crater into the training-ground wall.
• Zhi Lin remarked on Xuan Ming's combat training, and Xue Qinghe credited his own efforts while noting Snake Lance Douluo had instructed him.
• Qian Renxue confronted Xuan Ming for leaving without telling her, but he accused her of distrusting him and treating him as a tool.
• Qian Renxue asked Xuan Ming to gain Ning Rongrong's favor so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would remain aligned with Xue Qinghe.
• Xuan Ming challenged Qian Renxue's sincerity and rejected her attempt to direct his conduct.

Xuan Ming absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, then clashed with Xue Qinghe over his disappearance and the Crown Prince’s attempts to control how he behaved. As they headed to meet Ning, Xuan Ming accused Xue Qinghe of disguising self-interest as concern and rejected the idea that enduring mistreatment would benefit him.

• After leaving Qian Renxue’s residence, Xuan Ming planted the Blue Silver Emperor and spent four days absorbing her Soul Bone in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Ice Dragon King explained that the Soul Bone strengthened Xuan Ming and let him sense the Blue Silver Emperor, and offered to help conceal their connection using dragon bones’ power.
• Xuan Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Qinghe reprimanded him for leaving without notice; Xuan Ming answered with deliberate, dismissive remarks.
• On the way to meet Ning at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Xuan Ming defended his resentment over Ning’s earlier test and challenged Xue Qinghe for defending him.
• Xuan Ming accused Xue Qinghe of pretending that hardship and mistreatment were for his own good, insisting that yielding would only invite others to push him further.

Xuan Ming traveled with Xue Qinghe to Seven Treasure City, where Ning Fengzhi welcomed them and hosted a meal. He reluctantly soothed Ning Rongrong when she nearly cried over his refusal to share his food, and she began asking him about his meal.

• Xuan Ming challenged Xue Qinghe's demand for obedience, and Xue Qinghe fell silent when he explained that feigned compliance would make him less trustworthy.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Xue Qinghe and Xuan Ming to Seven Treasure City and led them to a restaurant after learning Xuan Ming had not eaten for several days.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin argued over who was more handsome while Ning Rongrong tried to avoid choosing between them.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Ning Rongrong to Xuan Ming, but Xuan Ming told her to go play elsewhere and continued eating.
• Ning Rongrong pointed to Xuan Ming's shrimp and said she was hungry, so Xuan Ming gave her unpeeled shrimp and kept eating.
• When Ning Rongrong looked ready to cry, Xue Qinghe stopped Xuan Ming, who peeled a shrimp and fed it to her before returning to his meal.

Xuan Ming stayed with Xue Qinghe at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Rongrong grew close to him while the adults learned about his unusual two streams of thought. On a nighttime walk, Xuan Ming told Rongrong that he cultivated because he had no choice and might not survive otherwise, leaving her unable to help him.

• Ning Rongrong peeled shrimp for Xuan Ming and fed him, then shared food with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Xue Qinghe so the meal ended peacefully.
• Xue Qinghe explained that Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul mutation had given him two fully focused streams of thought, and Gu Rong learned that threatening him could make him risk his life.
• Xue Qinghe stayed overnight at the sect, and Xuan Ming accompanied Ning Rongrong on a walk through Seven Treasure City before she led him to the quiet rear mountain.
• Ning Rongrong asked about Xuan Ming’s life at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he said he spent his time cultivating and controlling his Martial Souls.
• Xuan Ming told Ning Rongrong that he cultivated because he might not live to see the next day without it, rejected her offer of help, and resumed cultivating as she leaned against him.

Xuan Ming spent several days training Ning Rongrong, who grew attached to him and gave him valuable gifts before he left. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he resumed cultivation as a full-fledged student and stopped attending the basic academic classes.

• Ning Rongrong tried to kiss Xuan Ming, but he stopped her and told her to cultivate.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong watched over Ning Rongrong and discussed her interest in Xuan Ming and the possible benefits to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xuan Ming trained Ning Rongrong from morning until evening for several days, and Ning Fengzhi considered what his talent and connections could mean for the sect.
• Ning Rongrong said goodbye to Xuan Ming and asked when she could visit him, then admitted she had followed him because she wanted to play with him.
• Xuan Ming told Xue Qinghe that Ning Rongrong had given him expensive gifts, and explained that he had complained about Xue Qinghe to bond with her as a fellow sufferer.
• Xuan Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where his rank and completed coursework meant he no longer attended his previous academic classes.

Xue Qinghe took Xuan Ming to the Moonlight Pavilion so Tang Yuehua could teach him etiquette and help him manage his dangerous Martial Soul and emotional strain. After examining Xuan Ming, Tang Yuehua judged his distrust and psychological pressure to be far more severe than Xue Qinghe had realized, and began by ordering him to stop cultivating.

• Xue Qinghe ended Xuan Ming's sparring lesson and insisted on taking him to the Moonlight Pavilion for monthly instruction.
• Xue Qinghe explained that Xuan Ming's Black Dragon Martial Soul and accumulated pressure had caused increasingly dangerous Berserk Transformations.
• Tang Yuehua tested her calming domain on Xuan Ming, found that it had no effect, and told Xue Qinghe that his condition was worse than described.
• Tang Yuehua concluded that Xuan Ming distrusted others and resisted their approaches, and warned Xue Qinghe to reduce whatever was provoking him.
• Tang Yuehua took Xuan Ming to a private room and told him his first requirement was to stop cultivating.

Tang Yuehua taught Xuan Ming to rest and recognized that Xue Qinghe was the source of his pressure, advising her to keep her distance and rebuild trust gradually. Five years later, Xuan Ming began absorbing a twenty-thousand-year Ghost Shadow Leopard’s Soul Ring as his fourth Soul Ring, alarming Snake Lance Douluo.

• Tang Yuehua let Xuan Ming sleep for two days and instructed him to rest and learn without cultivating during his visits.
• Tang Yuehua taught Xuan Ming posture and manners over several days each month, then concluded after half a year that Xue Qinghe was causing his pressure.
• Tang Yuehua urged Xue Qinghe to give Xuan Ming space, and Xue Qinghe reluctantly agreed that rushing to gain his trust would backfire.
• Tang Yuehua warned Xue Qinghe that Xuan Ming understood his circumstances and that apparent resistance might leave him no other choice.
• Five years later, Xuan Ming began absorbing the twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring of a Ghost Shadow Leopard, and Snake Lance Douluo returned to find him doing so.

After Xuan Ming absorbed a twenty-thousand-year Ghost Shadow Leopard Soul Ring, he demonstrated the destructive power of his fourth Soul Skill and traveled with Qian Renxue toward Suotuo City. They arrived in the city and began looking for lodging, ending up at the Rose Hotel.

• Qian Renxue and Snake Lance Douluo waited anxiously as Xuan Ming spent a full day absorbing the Ghost Shadow Leopard's Soul Ring.
• Xuan Ming emerged with his fourth Soul Skill, Blood Shadow Strangulation, and destroyed a hill with four Blood Spear phantoms.
• Xuan Ming said he wanted to travel, and he and Qian Renxue returned briefly to Aolai City before heading for Suotuo City.
• Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue explored Suotuo City, where he urged her to disguise herself because she was drawing attention.
• Snake Lance Douluo pointed out the Rose Hotel, and Qian Renxue grabbed Xuan Ming and led him inside.

Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue checked into the Rose Hotel, where Xuan Ming defeated Dai Mubai and revealed his extraordinary Soul Ring configuration. After Dai Mubai recognized him as the famous Blood-Devouring Nether Dragon, Qian Renxue discussed Xuan Ming’s reputation and status with him, and the chapter ended with her taking offense at his remark about exalted status not preventing someone from being killed.

• Qian Renxue pulled Xuan Ming into the Rose Hotel and insisted they stay together despite the clerk claiming only one room was available.
• Dai Mubai arrived with twin sisters, challenged Xuan Ming over the room, and failed to break through Xuan Ming’s invisible defense with his attacks and Soul Skill.
• Xuan Ming revealed four Soul Rings—yellow, purple, purple, and black—leaving Dai Mubai, the twins, and the hotel manager shocked.
• Dai Mubai recognized Xuan Ming as the Blood-Devouring Nether Dragon and left with the twins, while the manager offered Xuan Ming and Qian Renxue free lodging.
• Qian Renxue praised Xuan Ming’s reputation as the Nether Domain Dragon Emperor, and Xuan Ming dismissed status as no protection against being beaten or killed.

Xuan Ming left Qian Renxue to avoid her advances and planned to test his dangerous Ring Devouring technique on Tang Hao. While waiting for Tang San to reach Suotuo City, he consolidated his Soul Power, but Qian Renxue found him again at dinner.

• Xuan Ming left Qian Renxue after accusing her of putting him in an uncomfortable position, then checked with the Ice Dragon King that Xiao Wu and the others were heading toward Suotuo City.
• Xuan Ming explained that his Blood Spear devoured external blood Qi and Soul Power, and that its growing strength was becoming difficult to control.
• Xuan Ming described how he had developed Ring Devouring by consuming the power of his Soul Rings, and decided to seek Tang Hao to compare it with Ring Detonation.
• Xuan Ming waited in Suotuo City and consolidated his Soul Power while preparing to test his strength.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the Suotuo Grand Hotel with an icy little girl and confronted Xuan Ming for abandoning her, while he told her he showed manners only to people who deserved them.

Xuan Ming challenged Qian Renxue’s plan to use Zhu Zhuqing to win over the Nether Duke, warning that her ruthless methods made her impossible to trust. Qian Renxue insisted that such coercion was simply how the world worked, leaving their relationship strained and Xuan Ming wary of her.

• Qian Renxue told Xuan Ming that she had caught Zhu Zhuqing following them and explained that she wanted to use her as an opening to influence the Nether Duke.
• Xuan Ming argued that Zhu Zhuqing had little influence over her family and questioned why the Nether Duke would choose her over Zhu Zhuyun, the eldest prince’s fiancée.
• Qian Renxue said she had already spoken with Zhu Zhuqing and believed Xuan Ming’s status and protection could offer the girl a better chance at survival and freedom.
• Xuan Ming accused Qian Renxue of treating him as a tool and warned that her plan to eliminate Zhu Zhuyun could lead to further violence against Zhu Zhuqing and the Zhu Family.
• Qian Renxue defended her approach as the way the world worked, while Xuan Ming said he had to guard against her as well as their enemies because she could betray him whenever it suited her.

Xuan Ming tested Zhu Zhuqing’s will and questioned her about Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Empire before offering to help her in exchange for a reason. After she left, he considered using the resources at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to assist her.

• Qian Renxue left after arguing with Xuan Ming and told him he could decide what to do with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xuan Ming arranged a room for Zhu Zhuqing, fed her, and tested her resistance with his Nether Domain.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had followed Xuan Ming to Suotuo City and recounted Qian Renxue’s offer to recruit her into Spirit Hall.
• Xuan Ming asked whether Zhu Zhuqing still relied on Dai Mubai and wanted to return to the Star Luo Empire; she said she did, but did not want to go back.
• Xuan Ming said he could help Zhu Zhuqing but asked what she could offer him, then let her leave to think it over.
• After Zhu Zhuqing left, Xuan Ming told the Ice Dragon King he could use resources from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help her.

Xuan Ming reunited with Ah Rou and Xiao Wu in Suotuo City, eased their fears, and gave them a million Gold Soul Coins. After dinner, Xiao Wu approached Zhu Zhuqing to ask how she had met Xuan Ming.

• Xuan Ming kept Zhu Zhuqing training under his domain’s pressure while they stayed at the Suotuo Grand Hotel.
• Xuan Ming met Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, and Tang San in Suotuo City; Tang San reached for a hidden weapon, but Ah Rou told him to put it away.
• Xuan Ming left, then returned that evening and brought Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to dinner with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu and Ah Rou feared Xuan Ming had come to kill them, but he said he was only visiting and gave them a Storage Soul Tool containing a million Gold Soul Coins.
• After dinner, Xiao Wu introduced herself to Zhu Zhuqing and asked how she had met Xuan Ming.

Xuan Ming encountered Ning Rongrong on the road to Shrek Academy, learned she had run away from home, and continued there with her and Zhu Zhuqing. At Shrek’s village entrance, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong joined the admissions line while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ah Rou noticed Xuan Ming.

• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing that Xuan Ming had bullied her when they were children, including using his Dead Man's White Light domain.
• Ah Rou explained that Xiao Wu and Tang San had come to Shrek because Xiao Wu wanted a familiar, lively academy, and Xuan Ming warned that it was run-down.
• Xuan Ming told Zhu Zhuqing he would take her to Shrek the next day, while planning to use Tang San to draw Tang Hao out.
• On the way to Shrek, Xuan Ming met Ning Rongrong, who admitted she had run away from home after arguing with Ning Fengzhi.
• Xuan Ming, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reached Shrek’s village, where Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong joined the admissions line.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu saw Xuan Ming at the village entrance, and Ah Rou guessed that a friend had told him about Shrek.

Xuan Ming accompanied Xiao Wu and the other applicants through Shrek Academy’s entrance trials, then confronted Zhao Wuji when he was told to wait outside. As Zhao Wuji charged, Xuan Ming prepared to test Ring Devouring, while thinking Tang Hao might be watching nearby.

• Ah Rou joined Xuan Ming beneath the tree, and Xiao Wu told Tang San that Xuan Ming was fourteen and had just obtained his fourth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong bonded over food, while Xuan Ming gave them Moonlight Pavilion jerky and revealed that he had more crates.
• Dai Mubai led the group to Zhao Wuji, who ordered family members to leave before the practical combat trial.
• Xuan Ming challenged Zhao Wuji’s decision, and they revealed their Soul Rings as their pressure clashed.
• Xuan Ming reflected that strength determined right and wrong in the Soul Master world and concluded that he had to become absolutely right through strength.
• Zhao Wuji used Martial Soul Possession and charged at Xuan Ming, who prepared to test Ring Devouring and draw Tang Hao out.