Chapter Summaries

After destroying the Dragon Peak Sect, Nine Stars Hall won public support and consolidated its position in Silvia City. Xiao Yu chose Soul Tools as the sect’s long-term source of income, then delegated its affairs to Mu and Black Tortoise while he studied their creation.

• Nine Stars Hall compensated Dragon Peak Sect victims and punished its criminal disciples, earning praise from the city’s people and leaving the authorities unwilling to challenge it.
• Nine Stars Hall occupied the Dragon Peak Sect’s former grounds, rebuilt its gates, and eliminated several other unpopular sects to expand its reputation and wealth.
• Xiao Yu found a comprehensive Soul Tool inheritance in the system shop and planned to make Close Combat and Defense Soul Tools the sect’s main products.
• Xiao Yu argued that native Soul Masters would be more receptive to Soul Tools than they later were to Sun Moon Continent technology.
• Xiao Yu entrusted most sect affairs to Mu and Black Tortoise and secluded himself to study Soul Tools.

After struggling to craft a Level 1 Soul Tool, Xiao Yu decided to seek help from the Blacksmiths' Association and traveled to Gengxin City to recruit Lou Gao. He and his companions arrived at the city, ready to learn about the local situation.

• Xiao Yu finished engraving a Level 1 Soul Tool after three months of study and realized he needed to balance Soul Tool research with cultivation.
• Xiao Yu concluded that the Blacksmiths' Association could help develop Soul Tools and received a system task to recruit Divine Blacksmith Lou Gao into Nine Stars Hall.
• After resting, Xiao Yu set out for Gengxin City with Hui Huo, Zilong, Xie Wu, Miyi Mei, and Iao, while Mu and Black Tortoise stayed behind and Eden cultivated in seclusion.
• Xiao Yu's group traveled for nearly a month and a half from the Heaven Dou Empire to Gengxin City in the Star Luo Empire.
• Xiao Yu told Xie Wu they should enter Gengxin City and find a guide before deciding what to do next.

Xiao Yu and his group reached the Blacksmiths' Association headquarters in Gengxin City, intending to visit Lou Gao and recruit him with a Soul Tool blueprint. The guard rejected the blueprint and drove them away, leaving Xiao Yu angry and their meeting with Lou Gao uncertain.

• A local guide explained Gengxin City's blacksmith trade and said Lou Gao was its only Divine Blacksmith.
• Xiao Yu asked the guide to take the group to the Blacksmiths' Association headquarters to visit Lou Gao.
• The guide described the association's trading floors and said Lou Gao's forging room was on the fifth floor.
• Xiao Yu decided to seek Lou Gao's help before buying rare metals, hoping to recruit him and the association.
• At the fourth-floor guard post, Xiao Yu presented a Rank Seven Soul Tool blueprint and asked to see Lou Gao.
• The guard dismissed the blueprint and tried to drive Xiao Yu's group downstairs, angering Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu confronted the Blacksmiths' Association after its guard insulted his group, then used his Soul Tool blueprints and knowledge to persuade Lou Gao to join Nine Stars Hall. Lou Gao agreed to bring the association after arranging its affairs, and Xiao Yu asked him to help purchase metal for forging Soul Tools.

• Xie Wu slapped the guard after he disrespected Xiao Yu, and Si Long gathered men to confront the group.
• Hui Huo's Soul Power overwhelmed Si Long, and Xiao Yu demanded that the guard retrieve the discarded blueprints before explaining the dispute.
• Si Long recognized the blueprints' craftsmanship and brought Xiao Yu and Hui Huo to meet Lou Gao, who identified the design as a Soul Tool.
• Xiao Yu revealed that Nine Stars Hall possessed Soul Tool designs and books, then invited Lou Gao and the Blacksmiths' Association to join his sect.
• Lou Gao accepted Xiao Yu's offer, and Si Long said he would follow his teacher; Lou Gao arranged for the association to help Xiao Yu purchase metal.

Xiao Yu recruited Phoenix Ikki and Milo, then began preparing his new team for the Great Soul Arena. After organizing the Blacksmiths' Association as a Nine Stars Hall branch, he led the team into the Star Dou Great Forest to help Xie Wu and Miyi Mei find spirit rings.

• The system rewarded Xiao Yu for recruiting Lou Gao and the Blacksmiths' Association, and Xiao Yu used his summoning cards to obtain Phoenix Ikki and Scorpio Milo.
• The system issued Great Soul Arena team-match tasks requiring the seven members to earn increasingly prestigious badges and win streaks.
• Lou Gao, Si Long, Si Yu, and other blacksmiths left Gengxin City with Xiao Yu, while Si Kai and Si Di stayed to oversee the Blacksmiths' Association branch.
• Xiao Yu arranged a spirit-ring expedition for Xie Wu and Miyi Mei, persuading Phoenix Ikki and Eden to join the team for training.
• Xiao Yu led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest, set their formation, and told Milo and Hui Huo to stay back unless necessary.

Xiao Yu’s group hunted a Sky Dragon Horse in the Star Dou Great Forest so Xie Wu could obtain his third soul ring. Xie Wu became a Soul Elder, and the group continued discussing Yu Xiaogang’s theories.

• Xiao Yu identified a rare Sky Dragon Horse and judged its cultivation suitable for Xie Wu’s third soul ring.
• Miyi Mei supported the group with his spirit skills while Zilong suppressed and wounded the Sky Dragon Horse.
• Xie Wu finished off the Sky Dragon Horse with his Meteor Flying Kick, and its purple-blue soul ring appeared.
• Xie Wu absorbed the soul ring and reached level 32, becoming a Soul Elder.
• Xiao Yu and Eden discussed which parts of Yu Xiaogang’s theories were reliable, while Yu Xiaogang sneezed at Notting Academy.

Xiao Yu’s group encountered Yao Liang, who accused them of stealing the Sky Dragon Horse and threatened them for their possessions. When Yao Liang recognized Xiao Yu and prepared to retreat, Xiao Yu’s team attacked, with Eden binding Yao Liang as they targeted his companions first.

• Xiao Yu asked Xie Wu about his Third Spirit Skill, then led the group away to seek a spirit ring for Miyi Mei.
• Yao Liang arrived with four companions and accused Xiao Yu’s group of taking the Sky Dragon Horse he had tracked.
• Xiao Yu rejected Yao Liang’s demand for compensation, and Yao Liang summoned his Martial Soul and threatened to kill the group.
• Xiao Yu and his six companions revealed their Martial Souls and spirit rings, causing Yao Liang to recognize Xiao Yu and reconsider fighting.
• Xiao Yu ordered his team to deal with Yao Liang’s Soul Elder companions while Eden restrained Yao Liang with Lightning Shackles.

Xiao Yu’s group defeated Yao Liang and his team, then moved deeper into the forest to rest. During the night watch, a gravely injured stranger stumbled into their camp, and Xiao Yu realized they had no way to save him.

• Xiao Yu, Zilong, Yi Hui, and the others attacked Yao Liang’s team while Eden restrained Yao Liang, and Xie Wu struck down their support-type soul master.
• Yao Liang broke free from Eden and tried to flee, but Iao’s Giant Serpent Constriction briefly held him long enough for Xiao Yu, Yi Hui, and Zilong to overwhelm him with their Third Spirit Skills.
• Xiao Yu led the group away from the battle site, and they camped far from the area to recover their Soul Power.
• During the latter half of the night, Hui Huo sensed a bloodied man approaching the camp, and Xiao Yu decided to help him.
• Xiao Yu examined the stranger’s severe, charred wounds and concluded that the group had no means to save him.

Xiao Yu's group recovered a Soul Bone from a dying Soul Master and clashed with Yu Xiaokun of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After Hui Huo defeated Yu Xiaokun, Xiao Yu gave him the Soul Bone, and the group later found a suitable Purple Spirit Wolf for Miyi Mei's third soul ring.

• Xiao Yu discovered a glowing Soul Bone while treating a dying Soul Master, but the man died after accusing Yu Xiaokun's group of ambushing him and killing his companions.
• Yu Xiaokun demanded the Soul Bone and threatened Xiao Yu, who refused to hand it over; Hui Huo revealed his Bennu Bird Martial Soul and overwhelmed Yu Xiaokun with his Soul Douluo power.
• Xiao Yu ordered Hui Huo to kill Yu Xiaokun, while the other Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Soul Masters fled; Xiao Yu let them escape and gave Hui Huo the fire-attributed Soul Bone.
• At dawn, Xiao Yu's group continued searching for a soul beast for Miyi Mei and eventually encountered a Thousand Year Purple Spirit Wolf.
• Miyi Mei disrupted the Purple Spirit Wolf's spiritual attack while Xie Wu struck it unconscious, and Miyi Mei killed it to obtain his third soul ring.

After Miyi Mei gained the Deprivation soul skill, Xiao Yu brought the group back to Nine Stars Hall and later took them to the Great Soul Arena in Kaiser City. The newly registered Nine Stars Team began its first team duel against the Moro Team, and Zilong staggered after colliding with Moro.

• Miyi Mei absorbed a Purple Spirit Wolf spirit ring and gained the Deprivation soul skill, which nullified enemy enhancements cast by support Soul Masters.
• Xiao Yu led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest and back to Nine Stars Hall, where Mu had kept the sect in order and Lou Gao had made several first-grade Soul Tools.
• After recovering, Xiao Yu took Zilong, Yi Hui, Eden, and the others to the Great Soul Arena, where they registered as the Nine Stars Team and chose a sparring team duel.
• The Nine Stars Team and the Moro Team took the stage, revealing that the Nine Stars members had optimal soul ring configurations while four Moro members had ten-year first rings.
• Moro charged forward under Martial Soul Possession, and Zilong met him head-on but staggered backward when their fists collided.

The Nine Stars Team used a coordinated strategy to defeat Moro and force his team to surrender, then went on an undefeated run that made them a sensation in Silvia City. After competing for nearly eight months, they disappeared from the Soul Arena when Xiao Yu reached level forty.

• Miyi Mei stripped Moro of his team's enhancements, while Yi Hui's flames isolated him from his teammates.
• Eden restrained Moro and Zilong defeated him with Rising Dragon Overlord, leaving the Moro Team's captain unconscious.
• Xiao Yu urged the remaining Moro Team members to surrender, and the vice-captain conceded the match to the Nine Stars Team.
• The Nine Stars Team won repeatedly, topped the Silvia Soul Arena rankings, and drew so many bets that the arena struggled to balance its finances.
• After the Nine Stars Team vanished from competition for half a month, the chapter revealed that Xiao Yu had reached level forty.

After reaching level 40, Xiao Yu considered the risks of absorbing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring and planned a trip to Heaven Dou to seek resources, allies, and sales opportunities. Before leaving, he used his high-grade Summoning Cards and gained three powerful new members for the sect.

• Xiao Yu received four new system tasks for his fourth Spirit Ring, including tasks involving a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Yu decided to seek the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and planned to approach Dugu Bo, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearted Begonia Family during his trip to Heaven Dou.
• Eden and Yi Hui entered seclusion near level 40, while Iao went to hunt for a Spirit Ring and Zilong prepared to accompany Xiao Yu to Heaven Dou.
• Xiao Yu kept his Purple and Yellow Summoning Cards and used all his Black and Red cards.
• The Black Grade cards summoned Kang Mo of Leo Minor at level 37 and Yuna of Aquila at level 35, while the Red Grade card summoned Aiolia of Leo at level 95.

Xiao Yu reunited with Ye Lingling in Heaven Dou City and intervened when Liu Lang tried to force his attention on her. After striking Liu Lang and releasing his Soul Pressure, Xiao Yu left Liu Lang and his guards pinned down.

• Ye Lingling waited in Heaven Dou City while two guards watched over her.
• Liu Lang confronted Ye Lingling, tried to take her hand, and pressured her to marry him by invoking his royal connections.
• Xiao Yu arrived, took Ye Lingling's hand, and stood between her and Liu Lang.
• Liu Lang attacked Xiao Yu, who caught his punch and slapped him across the face.
• Liu Lang ordered his guards to attack, but Xiao Yu's Soul Pressure froze them and forced Liu Lang to his knees.

Xiao Yu drove Liu Lang away and promised Ye Lingling that the Tian Dou Royal Family could not force her into anything. He accompanied her to the Nine Hearted Begonia Family residence, where Ye Renxin and Ye Wentai were stunned by his level-forty cultivation and faced a dilemma over their daughter’s attachment to him and the royal family’s pressure.

• Xiao Yu intimidated Liu Lang into fleeing, then reassured Ye Lingling that he would protect her from the Tian Dou Royal Family.
• Xiao Yu introduced Zilong, Xie Wu, and Miyi Mei to Ye Lingling and accepted her invitation to stay with her family in Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Lingling took Xiao Yu to the Nine Hearted Begonia Family residence, where he greeted Ye Renxin and Ye Wentai.
• Ye Wentai questioned Xiao Yu’s cultivation and was shocked when Xiao Yu revealed that he had reached level forty.
• Ye Renxin and Ye Wentai recognized Xiao Yu’s extraordinary potential but worried about the danger of opposing the Tian Dou Royal Family.

Xiao Yu used Soul Tools to secure the Nine Hearted Begonia Family’s interest, then sought a way to contact Poison Douluo through Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo appeared at the family residence after receiving Xiao Yu’s cryptic letter.

• Xiao Yu showed Ye Renxin and Ye Wentai defensive and offensive Soul Tools and offered the Nine Hearted Begonia Family a discount on bulk purchases.
• Ye Renxin and Ye Wentai spent several days studying Xiao Yu’s Soul Tool list while Xiao Yu toured Heaven Dou City with Ye Lingling.
• Xiao Yu asked Ye Lingling about Dugu Yan and explained that he wanted to meet her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Yu gave Ye Lingling a letter to deliver to Dugu Yan, warning her not to get involved in what followed.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the Nine Hearted Begonia Family residence and asked Xiao Yu whether he had written the letter about Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.

Xiao Yu confronted Dugu Bo and offered to resolve the poison afflicting him and his granddaughter in exchange for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Dugu Bo joining his sect. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo pinned by Xiao Yu’s two powerful escorts as Xiao Yu stated his second condition.

• Dugu Bo demanded to know how Xiao Yu had learned about his troubles, while Ye Renxin arrived and recognized the Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Yu offered to resolve Dugu Bo’s problem but demanded a reward, and Dugu Bo threatened him with poison.
• Xiao Yu summoned Aiolia and Milo, whose ninth Spirit Rings were red, and their power immobilized Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Yu told Dugu Bo that he was not from Spirit Hall and offered to help him and his granddaughter in exchange for two conditions.
• Xiao Yu demanded the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and asked Dugu Bo to join his sect.

Xiao Yu persuaded Dugu Bo to take him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, agreeing to help cure Dugu Bo and his granddaughter without requiring Dugu Bo to join his sect. They arrived at the well, where Xiao Yu saw its twin-colored springs and the surrounding valley.

• Dugu Bo agreed to give Xiao Yu access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well if Xiao Yu solved his and his granddaughter’s poison problem, but refused to join Xiao Yu’s sect.
• Xiao Yu accepted Dugu Bo’s refusal and asked him to be a friend, and Dugu Bo promised to help him in the future.
• Xiao Yu told Ye Renxin he would be away and asked him to look after Zilong and the others.
• Dugu Bo led Xiao Yu, Milo, and their companion to Sunset Forest, where Milo dispelled Dugu Bo’s Poison Array.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor form and carried Xiao Yu down into the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Xiao Yu explained two ways to address Dugu Bo’s poison: storing it in a Soul Bone or evolving the Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul to prevent future generations from suffering the same backlash. Dugu Bo chose Martial Soul Evolution for his granddaughter and left to find a limb Soul Bone to use as a poison vessel for himself.

• Xiao Yu described Dugu Bo’s recurring symptoms and explained how his poison had accumulated through his cultivation.
• Xiao Yu proposed using a Soul Bone to draw out Dugu Bo’s poison, then presented Martial Soul Evolution as a lasting solution for his family.
• Dugu Bo realized that a poison-storing Soul Bone could endanger future descendants, while Martial Soul Evolution would make the family’s inherited poison arts harder to cultivate.
• Dugu Bo chose to preserve his poison arts for himself and pursue Martial Soul Evolution for his granddaughter.
• Dugu Bo revealed that his Soul Bone was a Medusa head Soul Bone, then hurried away to find a limb Soul Bone after Xiao Yu warned him of the danger.

After curing Dugu Bo’s poison, Xiao Yu planned to refine pills to help Dugu Yan and support his sect, so he set out to recruit the Breaking Clan. He prepared to entice its medicine-obsessed leader, Yang Wudi, with the Immortal Herb Aromatic Silk Beauty, while Dugu Bo began considering Xiao Yu’s offer.

• Xiao Yu used herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to weaken Dugu Bo’s poison and help his Soul Power show signs of advancing.
• Xiao Yu explained that Dugu Yan needed carefully refined pills and that he wanted the Breaking Clan’s medicine-making skills for his sect.
• Dugu Bo warned Xiao Yu that Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan had suffered greatly after the Clear Sky Sect abandoned them and Spirit Hall attacked them.
• Xiao Yu dug up Aromatic Silk Beauty and asked Dugu Bo for a Soul Tool to preserve it; Dugu Bo gave him the Ruyi Treasure Pouch.
• Xiao Yu revealed that Aromatic Silk Beauty and drawings of other Immortal Herbs would tempt Yang Wudi, while Dugu Bo considered whether to accept Xiao Yu’s second condition.

Xiao Yu recruited Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan into Nine Stars Hall by offering him the Immortal Herb Aromatic Silk Beauty and access to a collection of other Immortal Herbs. The Breaking Clan agreed to join while keeping its medicine-making and pill-refining methods secret.

• Xiao Yu presented a calling card in Dugu Bo’s name, and Yang Wudi came to meet them the next morning.
• Xiao Yu invited Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan to join Nine Stars Hall, but Yang Wudi initially dismissed the offer.
• Xiao Yu showed Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty and a booklet of Immortal Herbs, explaining that their treasured growing place belonged to Nine Stars Hall.
• Yang Wudi agreed to join on the condition that the Breaking Clan’s secret arts would remain private, and Xiao Yu promised to put himself before the clan in danger.
• The system announced that recruiting the Breaking Clan completed one-quarter of the task and rewarded Xiao Yu with a Black Grade Summoning Card and 500 Diamonds.