Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu and his companions took pills made from Immortal Herbs, which strengthened them and evolved Dugu Yan’s and Ye Lingling’s Martial Souls. The chapter ended with Xiao Yu warning Ye Lingling to conceal her new Martial Soul from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xiao Yu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling swallowed pills prepared by Yang Wudi, while the others ate tonics.
• Xiao Yu spent a long time refining the pill’s medicinal energy, and Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan waited for him to wake.
• Ye Lingling said the pill raised her Soul Power to level thirty before she gained a spirit ring, while Dugu Yan reached nearly level thirty-seven.
• Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolved into a flood dragon, and Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearted Begonia lost its limitations and became the Saint Hearted Begonia.
• Xiao Yu told Ye Lingling to keep her Martial Soul’s evolution secret because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might see it as a threat.

Xiao Yu obtained a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring in Sunset Forest, reached level forty-three, and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate and establish a Nine Stars Hall branch near Heaven Dou City. As his allies also advanced to Soul Ancestor, Xiao Yu continued building strength for his future plan to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Xiao Yu warned Dugu Yan not to reveal Ye Lingling’s martial soul changes, then left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Milo and Aiolia to find a spirit beast.
• Xiao Yu and the two Titled Douluo defeated a twelve-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon, and Xiao Yu absorbed its spirit ring after a painful two-hour ordeal.
• Xiao Yu reached level forty-three and gained the fourth spirit skill, Underworld Sword Thousand Decisive Strikes, before returning to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xiao Yu planned a Heaven Dou City branch of the Nine Stars Hall and arranged for workers to build it in the valley outside the well.
• Eden and Yi Hui reached level forty, absorbed ten-thousand-year fourth spirit rings, and joined the Soul Ancestor ranks; Zilong later reached level forty and became a Soul Ancestor as well.

After three months of intense training and rapid growth for his team, Xiao Yu visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Ye Lingling. There he reunited with Huo Wu, who confronted him over a promise he had broken years earlier.

• Xiao Yu and his teammates advanced their cultivation, while Dugu Yan adopted an assault-type path and Ye Lingling reached Level 35.
• Nine Stars Hall's Soul Tool sales surged, and Xiao Yu wondered why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had not placed an order.
• Xiao Yu agreed to accompany Ye Lingling to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where they learned Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy were visiting.
• Huo Wu recognized Xiao Yu and demanded to know why he had failed to keep his old promise to visit Blazing Academy's affiliated intermediate academy.
• Ye Lingling linked arms with Xiao Yu, questioned his connection to Huo Wu, and twisted his arm as Huo Wu challenged him.

Xiao Yu accepted Feng Xiaotian’s challenge after Feng accused him of deceiving Huo Wu. Xiao Yu revealed his overwhelming Soul Ancestor strength, and Feng Xiaotian prepared to attack with his self-created Gale Demon Wolf Eighteen Consecutive Slashes.

• Feng Xiaotian challenged Xiao Yu to a duel, while Huo Wu let him misunderstand so he could vent her anger at Xiao Yu.
• Feng Xiaotian possessed his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf and announced that he was a level-thirty-seven agility-attack Battle Soul Grandmaster.
• Xiao Yu revealed his black-winged Martial Soul and four soul rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, shocking the spectators and Feng Xiaotian.
• Feng Xiaotian activated his second and third spirit skills, flew into the air, and apologized for insulting Xiao Yu.
• Feng Xiaotian announced his self-created Gale Demon Wolf Eighteen Consecutive Slashes, and Xiao Yu readied himself to face the attack.

Xiao Yu defeated Feng Xiaotian and advised him to focus on Soul Power cultivation instead of perfecting a Self-Created Soul Skill. Meanwhile, Yu Tianheng’s report prompted Yu Yuanzhen to gather the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders and head for Heaven Dou City to seize Xiao Yu’s secrets and avenge Yu Xiaokun.

• Xiao Yu interrupted Feng Xiaotian’s Gale Continuous Slashes, defeated him, and won the Soul Duel.
• Yu Tianheng identified Xiao Yu as the person who had ordered Yu Xiaokun’s death and sent Uncle Bolun to report the matter to the clan.
• Xiao Yu explained why he had not applied to Blazing Academy, then warned Feng Xiaotian that his Self-Created Soul Skill relied on an outdated foundation and was easily interrupted.
• Feng Xiaotian accepted Xiao Yu’s advice and thanked him for the guidance.
• Uncle Bolun reported Xiao Yu’s spirit rings, Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul Evolution, and Yu Xiaokun’s death to Yu Yuanzhen, who ordered the clan elders to follow him to Heaven Dou City.

Yu Yuanzhen asked Snow Star Prince and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee to help him kill Dugu Bo and Xiao Yu’s allies in Sunset Forest. Snow Star Prince agreed to seek Emperor Xue Ye’s approval after Yu Yuanzhen promised the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s support for Xue Beng.

• Yu Yuanzhen explained that Dugu Bo’s group included several powerful Soul Masters, so he needed additional experts to ensure none escaped.
• Snow Star Prince objected that Dugu Bo was a guest official of the Heaven Dou Empire and offered to mediate the conflict.
• Yu Yuanzhen refused reconciliation and offered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s full support to the Heaven Dou Empire in exchange for its help.
• Yu Yuanzhen privately promised Snow Star Prince that the clan would support Xue Beng’s future ascension, and Snow Star Prince decided to consider the offer over his friendship with Dugu Bo.
• Snow Star Prince said he would report the matter to Emperor Xue Ye, while Yu Yuanzhen agreed to wait and investigate his targets.

Yu Yuanzhen led the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Heaven Dou Empire forces to demand Xiao Yu and the secret behind Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolution, but Dugu Bo refused and Aiolia revealed himself as a Titled Douluo of Nine Stars Hall. Yu Yuanzhen and Aiolia began fighting as Dugu Bo turned to face the Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee members.

• Xue Ye ordered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three education committee members and two royal consecrates to join Yu Yuanzhen’s siege of Dugu Bo.
• Yu Yuanzhen confronted Dugu Bo at the Nine Stars Hall branch and demanded Xiao Yu and the secret treasure behind Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolution.
• Dugu Bo refused to surrender Xiao Yu, then transformed and charged the education committee members while Yu Yuanzhen’s Soul Douluo attacked the others.
• Aiolia struck Yu Yuanzhen with his Sixth Spirit Skill, revealed his Nine Stars Hall identity and red Spirit Ring, and declared that Xiao Yu was the hall’s Young Master.
• Yu Yuanzhen transformed into a dragon and attacked Aiolia, who activated his Martial Soul Avatar and fired a light sphere at him.

Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Milo fought the Heaven Dou Royal Academy board members, royal consecrated experts, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders during the battle in Sunset Forest. The royal side’s fighters were defeated, while Dugu Bo overcame Meng Shenji and the other board members with Medusa’s Gaze.

• Dugu Bo attacked Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin with his poison, while Zhi Lin raised vines to resist it.
• Yang Wudi overwhelmed the two Tian Dou Royal Family consecrated experts with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Yu Yuanqing, Yu Yuanhao, and Yu Xiaoxin tried to aid Yu Yuanzhen, but Milo paralyzed them with his Restraining Telekinesis Wave.
• Yu Yuanqing and the others broke free and attacked Milo, but he defeated all three with his Scarlet Poison Needle.
• Yang Wudi struck down both royal consecrated experts, and Dugu Bo turned half of Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin to stone with Medusa’s Gaze.

After defeating Yu Yuanzhen’s group, Xiao Yu let Yu Yuanzhen leave in exchange for three rare Soul Bones and demanded compensation from the Heaven Dou Royal Family for the five Soul Douluo who had joined the attack. He gave both parties one month to pay, threatening to visit True Dragon Mountain and the royal palace if they failed.

• Dugu Bo revealed that Yu Yuanzhen’s eight Soul Douluo had lost their ability to fight, and Yu Yuanzhen tried to flee.
• Xiao Yu warned Yu Yuanzhen that he would visit True Dragon Mountain, then demanded three Soul Bones over thirty thousand years old as the price of sparing him.
• Yu Yuanzhen agreed to deliver the three Soul Bones within one month and left.
• Xiao Yu confronted Meng Shenji and demanded compensation from the Tian Dou Royal Family for the five Soul Douluo who had followed Yu Yuanzhen.
• Xiao Yu gave Meng Shenji one month to deliver items worth twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins, or face consequences.

After the Heaven Dou Empire’s attack on Dugu Bo failed, Xiao Yu secured Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin as allies for Nine Stars Hall and arranged for them to leave their old ties behind. Meng Shenji reported the outcome to Emperor Xue Ye, who asked Xue Qinghe how to respond to the demand for twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins.

• Dugu Bo freed Meng Shenji from petrification and told him that he and Dugu Yan would sever their ties with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Renxin arranged for Ye Lingling to withdraw from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xiao Yu sent Meng Shenji away to raise the money.
• Dugu Bo asked to join Nine Stars Hall, and Xiao Yu appointed him an elder to oversee its Heaven Dou City branch with Yang Wudi.
• Ye Renxin asked to join Nine Stars Hall, and Xiao Yu welcomed him and the Nine Hearted Begonia Family.
• Meng Shenji reported the events to Xue Ye, while Snow Star Prince regretted turning against Dugu Bo and Qian Renxue resolved to investigate Nine Stars Hall.
• Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe how the empire should handle the demand for twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins.

Qian Renxue persuaded Xue Ye to let her negotiate with Nine Stars Hall for the release of his captured officials, with Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin accompanying her. After learning of Nine Stars Hall’s strength, Ning Fengzhi agreed to help and hoped to befriend the mysterious sect.

• Qian Renxue persuaded Xue Ye that she should travel to Sunset Forest to negotiate with Nine Stars Hall, and he agreed after she promised to ask Ning Fengzhi to accompany her.
• Qian Renxue reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and was admitted after Ning Fengzhi received her message.
• Qian Renxue explained her mission to Ning Fengzhi, who agreed to go with her and Chen Xin and offered the sect’s financial support if needed.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin about Nine Stars Hall after Qian Renxue left, and Chen Xin speculated that it was an ancient hidden sect preparing to return to the world.

After the Nine Stars Hall’s clash with major powers, Xiao Yu used his accumulated summoning cards and obtained several powerful allies, including Level 99 Gemini Saga. He went to meet Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin, who had come to visit the Nine Stars Hall.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed the Nine Stars Hall’s hidden strength and Xiao Yu’s talent, and Ning Fengzhi ordered Rongrong’s daily training increased by two hours.
• Xiao Yu tallied his rewards and spent his higher-grade summoning cards to recruit Yuheng Star Firo, Pisces Aphrodite, Rhea, Shui Jing, Mii, Wyvern Rhadamanthus, Rong Dou, Capricorn Asura, and Gemini Saga.
• Xiao Yu celebrated Saga’s Level 99 strength and believed the Nine Stars Hall could now stand against the continent’s major powers.
• Milo informed Xiao Yu that Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin had arrived, and Xiao Yu went out to meet them.
• Xiao Yu suspected Ning Fengzhi wanted an alliance and the return of his captured Soul Douluo, while Qian Renxue had come to assess whether the Nine Stars Hall threatened Spirit Hall.

Xiao Yu received the Heaven Dou Empire’s apology and unexpectedly experienced Martial Soul Resonance with Xue Qinghe, secretly recognizing his identity as Qian Renxue. After arranging for the education committee members to leave, Xiao Yu heard Ning Fengzhi propose a Soul Tool business partnership.

• Xue Qinghe gave Xiao Yu fifteen million Gold Soul Coins and rare metals worth ten million as an apology from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xiao Yu and Xue Qinghe felt their Martial Souls resonate when their hands touched, and both realized their Martial Souls were of god-level quality.
• Xiao Yu concealed the resonance from Ning Fengzhi by claiming he and Xue Qinghe seemed familiar, and Xue Qinghe played along.
• Xiao Yu told Xue Qinghe he could take Meng Shenji and the other education committee members with him when he left.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s sales network and jointly research Soul Tools in exchange for forty percent of annual sales profits.

Xiao Yu refused Ning Fengzhi’s request for the Nine Stars Hall’s Soul Tool techniques but agreed to sell him Soul Tools, then completed the Sunset Forest branch and returned with his group. On the journey, Qian Renxue arranged a secret meeting with him, and the chapter ended as he recognized her.

• Xiao Yu rejected Ning Fengzhi’s proposal to share Soul Tool manufacturing techniques but agreed to sell him a selection of Soul Tools.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin praised Xiao Yu’s talent and judgment and resolved to maintain friendly relations with Nine Stars Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen brought three Soul Bones to ransom the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s elders, then left with them.
• Xiao Yu completed the Nine Stars Hall branch in Sunset Forest, settled the Soul Tool business with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and began the return journey.
• Two black-robed Titled Douluo invited Xiao Yu to meet their master, and he flew away with Aiolia and Milo despite Ye Renxin’s concern.
• Xiao Yu recognized Qian Renxue as the woman waiting at the secret meeting place.

Xiao Yu confronted Qian Renxue about her identity as Spirit Hall's Saintess and rejected her offer to bring Nine Stars Hall under Spirit Hall. They agreed to keep her secret and cooperate while preserving the sect's independence.

• Xiao Yu revealed that Martial Soul Resonance had exposed Qian Renxue's identity, and they sent their Titled Douluo guards to secure the area.
• Qian Renxue threatened to kill Xiao Yu, but he explained why he had deduced she was an impostor and why he had not exposed her to Ning Fengzhi.
• Xiao Yu said he supported Qian Renxue taking control of the corrupt Heaven Dou Empire, and she invited Nine Stars Hall to join Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Yu refused annexation and insisted that Nine Stars Hall remain independent, prompting Qian Renxue to ask how he wanted to cooperate.
• Xiao Yu proposed keeping Qian Renxue's identity secret in exchange for her using her Crown Prince position to provide Nine Stars Hall with conveniences, and she agreed.

Xiao Yu established Nine Stars Academy and began recruiting students with support from allies and connections. On opening day, Huo Wu arrived to enroll, and Xiao Yu reluctantly let her stay to avoid disrupting admissions.

• Xiao Yu arranged Nine Stars Academy’s construction, appointed Mu as dean and Black Tortoise as director of studies, and created outer and inner academy programs.
• Six months later, Nine Stars Academy opened for enrollment after Xue Qinghe, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ye Renxin, Yang Wudi, and others helped promote it and send applicants.
• Bai He pledged to send the Speed Clan’s promising juniors to the academy, and Xiao Yu supplied the clan with discounted Close Combat Soul Tools.
• A large crowd gathered at Nine Stars Academy on its first enrollment day, pleasing Xiao Yu and Ye Lingling.
• Huo Wu demanded to enroll, and Xiao Yu reluctantly agreed after Ye Lingling warned that refusing her could harm future admissions.

After three years of cultivation and academy growth, Xiao Yu learned that Tang San had set out for Suotuo City and prepared to go there himself. Before leaving, he invited Ye Lingling to accompany him to retrieve a powerful Soul Bone, but Huo Wu insisted on joining them.

• Nine Stars Academy rose to become a first-class academy, while Xiao Yu and his teammates advanced their Soul Power; Xiao Yu reached Level 61 after absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Miao told Xiao Yu that Tang San had set off for Suotuo City, and Xiao Yu decided to follow him as the Douluo storyline began.
• Xiao Yu visited Ye Lingling and invited her on a journey to retrieve the Blue Silver Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year right leg bone to improve her cultivation.
• Ye Lingling agreed to go with Xiao Yu and packed her belongings.
• Huo Wu stopped Xiao Yu and Ye Lingling at the academy gates and declared that she was coming with them.

Xiao Yu arrived in Suotuo City with Huo Wu and Ye Lingling, then went to Flender’s shop to obtain the Raw Crystal needed for Dragon Beard Needles. After Flender tried to raise its price, Xiao Yu’s hidden ally overwhelmed him, and Xiao Yu left with the crystal for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.

• Xiao Yu checked into the Rose Hotel with Huo Wu and Ye Lingling, then sent the women upstairs to rest.
• Xiao Yu left the hotel with Aiolia, Milo, and Asura to buy the Raw Crystal before Tang San reached Suotuo City.
• Xiao Yu entered Flender’s shop and asked to buy the large, impurity-filled crystal for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Flender repeatedly raised the price, prompting Xiao Yu to ask what would happen if he took the crystal without paying five hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Flender released his level-seventy-eight Soul Power, but a hidden ally’s stronger Soul Power forced him to his knees.
• Xiao Yu paid Flender one hundred Gold Soul Coins for the crystal and warned him to conduct his business honestly.

Xiao Yu confronted Dai Mubai after Dai’s fight with Tang San damaged the Rose Hotel, then effortlessly defeated Dai and slapped Tang San. He left both Shrek students furious and the confrontation unresolved.

• Xiao Yu, Huo Wu, and Ye Lingling went downstairs after a fight broke out between Dai Mubai and Tang San.
• Xiao Yu demanded that Dai Mubai pay for the hotel damage and apologize to the guests, but Dai refused and challenged him.
• Dai Mubai attacked Xiao Yu, who caught his wrist, broke bones, and kicked him into a wall.
• Tang San stepped in to defend Dai Mubai, and Xiao Yu slapped him for disturbing his rest.
• Tang San grew furious, but Xiao Yu remained unafraid and dismissed his anger.

Xiao Yu overwhelmed Tang San and Xiao Wu in a fight at the hotel, then let Dai Mubai carry the unconscious Tang San and injured Xiao Wu away. He left with Ye Lingling and Huo Wu, warning that his conflict with Tang San had only begun.

• Xiao Wu attacked Xiao Yu after he slapped Tang San, but Xiao Yu caught her leg and slammed her to the ground.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu teamed up, but Xiao Yu shrugged off Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and defeated Xiao Wu's surprise attack and Charm skill.
• Tang San fired hidden weapons at Xiao Yu, who threw Xiao Wu into their path; Tang San rescued her and knocked the weapons aside, leaving himself open to Xiao Yu's punches.
• Xiao Yu beat Tang San unconscious and chose not to fight the frightened Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai carried Tang San and Xiao Wu away, and Xiao Yu left the hotel with Ye Lingling and Huo Wu.