Chapter Summaries

Flender told Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang had used her and him for power and a sense of superiority, and that he had never loved her. Liu Erlong stayed silent, recognizing that Flender’s accusations were true.

• Flender recalled Yu Xiaogang’s arrogance and claimed he had looked down on Flender and Liu Erlong despite their greater talent and cultivation.
• Flender accused Yu Xiaogang of traveling with them to benefit from their knowledge, protection, and Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang accepted her pursuit to feed his vanity and to feel superior to Flender, who loved her.
• Flender argued that Yu Xiaogang abandoned Liu Erlong because her clan status and superior talent wounded his pride, not because he loved her but could not accept their relationship.
• Flender gripped Liu Erlong’s shoulders and urged her to wake up, while she lowered her head and remained silent because she knew he was telling the truth.

Liu Erlong recognized that Yu Xiaogang had wasted twenty years of her life and finally let go of her feelings for him. Flender renounced Yu Xiaogang and the Golden Iron Triangle, while Liu Erlong responded to his declaration with laughter.

• Liu Erlong faced the truth that Yu Xiaogang had abandoned her at their wedding and spent twenty years letting her wait for him.
• Liu Erlong's obsession with Yu Xiaogang finally dissipated, though Flender mistook her silence for hurt and began explaining himself.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that he had repeatedly tried to bring her and Yu Xiaogang together, but Yu Xiaogang had betrayed his trust and rejected his efforts.
• Flender declared that he would sever ties with Yu Xiaogang, cancel his invitations to Shrek Academy, and disband the Golden Iron Triangle in favor of a Golden Iron Duo with Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong laughed at Flender's new name for their duo and teased him about what he meant by having a horn elsewhere.

Flender confessed his love to Liu Erlong and kissed her, leaving her flustered but moved by his sincerity and newly awakened feelings for him. Liu Erlong recognized their long history and shared bond, but the day’s events left her needing time to consider what came next.

• Flender joked with Liu Erlong and confessed that he loved her, asking her to give their relationship a chance.
• Flender kissed Liu Erlong before she could answer, and she reacted with shock because it was her first kiss.
• Flender asked Liu Erlong not to reject him immediately, and his sadness calmed her as she considered his devotion.
• Liu Erlong compared Flender favorably with Yu Xiaogang and recognized their shared background, interests, and years of friendship.
• Liu Erlong reflected on meeting Dai Mubai, losing to him, learning of Lu Qibin, and Dai Mubai mastering a domain, as she weighed Flender’s confession.

After Liu Erlong leaned on Flender through the night, Dai Mubai woke to find his Soul Power had reached rank 39 and his Mental Power rank 63. He looked forward to reaching rank 70 and planned to hunt an Ice Silkworm for his Fourth Soul Ring, which was tied to Lu Qibin's God's Test.

• Liu Erlong asked Flender to let her rest on his shoulder, and they watched the sea of clouds together until dawn.
• Flender and Liu Erlong returned separately to their dormitories to avoid gossip at the academy.
• Dai Mubai checked his status and found that his Soul Power had risen to rank 39 and his Mental Power to rank 63.
• Dai Mubai noted that Star Dew and his cultivation boosts had accelerated his mental growth and the Starlight Treasure Bottle's production.
• Dai Mubai planned to reach rank 40 and hunt an Ice Silkworm for a Mental Attribute Soul Ring, which would also advance Lu Qibin's Chess God's Test.

Dai Mubai took Lu Qibin to the Soul Hunting Towns near Tuosuo City to search for evil Soul Masters and Soul Beasts whose power he could devour. As Lu Qibin discovered three hidden Titled Douluo following them on behalf of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mubai realized the empire had secretly sent protection.

• Dai Mubai paused his usual training and brought Lu Qibin along as his bodyguard to inspect the nearby Soul Hunting Towns for wicked Soul Masters and murderous Soul Beasts.
• Dai Mubai and Lu Qibin flew toward Soul Hunting Town No. 1, where Dai Mubai hoped to exploit the region’s widespread lawlessness for his plans.
• Lu Qibin detected three concealed Titled Douluo following them and overheard them mention the Star Luo Empire, its Shadow Guards, and His Majesty the Emperor.
• Lu Qibin explained that the three Titled Douluo were levels 90, 91, and 92, and that they hid themselves after noticing his probing Soul Power and spiritual power.
• Dai Mubai was unsurprised to learn the Star Luo Empire had secretly sent the three experts to protect him.

Dai Mubai realized that the Star Luo Imperial Family had sent three Titled Douluo to protect him after learning of his strength and the White Tiger Beast God’s inheritance. He asked the three elders to withdraw and avoid observing what he was about to do.

• Dai Mubai reasoned that the Star Luo Imperial Family had increased his protection because he had revealed his talent and obtained the White Tiger Beast God’s inheritance.
• Dai Mubai compared the Titled Douluo forces of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires and recognized that four Titled Douluo now guarded him, including Lu Qibin.
• Dai Mubai decided that his next action should remain hidden from everyone except Lu Qibin.
• Dai Mubai asked the three Dai clan elders protecting him to move farther away and refrain from probing with their Soul Power or spiritual power.

Dai Mubai told Lu Qibin to discreetly search Soul Hunting Town for wicked Soul Masters so he could harvest their Soul Power and evil power. Lu Qibin opened his Star Chess Domain and began selecting targets, while a young scholar was cornered by thugs seeking to steal the ginseng he had bought for his sick mother.

• Dai Mubai asked Lu Qibin to resume searching Soul Hunting Town quietly for Soul Masters guilty of serious crimes.
• Lu Qibin concealed his Soul Power and spiritual search, finding many Soul Masters who bullied and harmed others.
• Lu Qibin opened his Star Chess Domain and sent a starlit chess piece toward the town to control his chosen targets.
• A gang of thugs cornered a young scholar in an alley and demanded the ginseng he had bought for his gravely ill mother.

A young scholar escaped six thugs who tried to steal the hundred-year-old ginseng he needed for his sick mother, after unseen game pieces stopped the attackers. Elsewhere, Wang Liang offered to support Chen Ping’s widow, Wanrong, but made clear he expected her to become his partner, leaving her shocked and angry.

• Six thugs cornered a young scholar and demanded his money and hundred-year-old ginseng, threatening to kill him when he resisted.
• Game pieces fell from above and struck the thugs, causing them to withdraw their Martial Souls and leave the alley.
• The young scholar hurried home with the ginseng, relieved that he had protected the medicine for his ill mother.
• Wang Liang visited Chen Ping’s widow, Wanrong, and gave her the team’s compensation for her husband’s death.
• Wang Liang asked Wanrong to come live with him and promised to care for her and her child, while Wanrong reacted with shame, anger, and disbelief.

Lu Qibin helped Dai Mubai gather evil Soul Masters from Soul Hunting Town so Dai Mubai could devour their Soul Power. After stopping Wang Liang from assaulting Chen Ping’s wife, Dai Mubai began draining the captured thugs and was pleased by how much his cultivation increased.

• A blue-violet starlight entered Wang Liang’s eyes, compelled him to leave his valuables with Chen Ping’s wife, and walk out of her home.
• Chen Ping’s wife decided to sell her courtyard house and return to her parents’ home.
• Lu Qibin brought captured criminals from Soul Hunting Town to a secluded grove outside town, where Dai Mubai arrived.
• Dai Mubai summoned the Demonic Weapon Tiger Soul and told Lu Qibin it could devour Soul Power to increase his cultivation.
• Dai Mubai drained the Soul Power of two low-level thugs, purified it, and absorbed it into his cultivation.

Dai Mubai devoured two thugs’ Soul Power and broke through to level 40, leaving his Soul Power saturated until he obtained a Fourth Soul Ring. He planned to hunt a Soul Beast with Lu Qibin the next day, while Lu Qibin wondered whether they should release the evil-doing Soul Masters they had captured.

• Dai Mubai absorbed the two thugs’ Soul Power and advanced from level 39 to level 40, becoming saturated at his bottleneck.
• Dai Mubai reflected that Devouring could accelerate his cultivation and make reaching higher levels seem attainable.
• Dai Mubai told Lu Qibin he would prepare to hunt a Soul Beast for his Fourth Soul Ring the next day.
• Lu Qibin welcomed the plan because Dai Mubai’s progress also affected his own God’s Test and his chance to obtain a God-Given Soul Ring.
• Lu Qibin asked whether they should release the captured evil-doing Soul Masters now that Dai Mubai could not cultivate further without a Soul Ring.

Dai Mubai devoured more than thirty evil Soul Masters, raising his Soul Power to level 40 and his Heavenly Dipper Bug First Soul Ring to 5,000 years. He also absorbed their Original Sin Evil Power, causing the Evil Eye White Tiger projection to grow more sinister.

• Lu Qibin used her Star Chess Domain to find and restrain heinously wicked Soul Masters, bringing them to Dai Mubai in the woods outside Soul Hunting Town.
• Dai Mubai devoured the Soul Power and cultivation of the captured Soul Masters, steadily increasing his Heavenly Dipper Bug Soul Ring's age.
• After devouring just over thirty Soul Masters, Dai Mubai reached the level 40 Soul Ancestor realm and raised his First Soul Ring from 2,643 to 5,000 years.
• Lu Qibin was shocked that Dai Mubai's Devouring ability could increase both his cultivation and Soul Ring age so quickly.
• Dai Mubai absorbed the captured Soul Masters' Original Sin Evil Power, and the black stripes and mismatched eyes of his Evil Eye White Tiger projection grew darker and more sinister.

Dai Mubai killed and devoured most of the captured evildoing Soul Masters, using their power, souls, and bodies to strengthen himself and his Tiger Soul Domain. He spared Wang Liang and a few influential survivors, then turned his attention to the three remaining Soul Elders.

• Dai Mubai decided that releasing the captured evildoing Soul Masters would risk future trouble, so he ordered them dealt with.
• Dai Mubai killed all but Wang Liang and a few others, then used the Tiger Soul Domain to enslave the dead men’s souls as Demonic Soul Chang Ghosts.
• Dai Mubai devoured the corpses, absorbing their flesh-and-blood essence and Bloodline Power until his physical strength matched that of a level-fifty Soul King.
• Lu Qibin was shocked by Dai Mubai’s Twin Martial Souls and two domains, and privately reflected on the danger his talent posed if outside forces discovered it.
• Dai Mubai noticed the three surviving captured evildoing Soul Masters, all of whom had reached the Soul Elder realm.

Dai Mubai tested the Tiger Soul Saber’s Demonization ability on three crippled Soul Masters, hoping it would trigger the Favorability System. Their panels showed 100% favorability marked as false, and Dai Mubai realized their demonized loyalty could still change.

• Dai Mubai chose Wang Liang, Tao Kang, and Ge Feng as test subjects after devouring their cultivation but sparing their lives.
• Dai Mubai used the Tiger Soul Saber to demonize the three men, and they submitted to him as their master.
• Dai Mubai checked their information panels and found each had 100% favorability marked as false.
• Dai Mubai concluded that demonized loyalty differed from naturally earned loyalty and was not permanent.

Dai Mubai tested whether Demonization could trigger the Favorability System and successfully obtained three Basic Favorability Treasure Chests by controlling Wang Liang, Tao Kang, and Ge Feng. The chests yielded only one item each, and the system explained that their abnormal status and the men’s poor attributes had reduced the rewards.

• Dai Mubai used Demonization on Wang Liang, Tao Kang, and Ge Feng, raising each man’s favorability to 100%.
• The system confirmed that each man had abnormal status and favorability data, but granted Dai Mubai one Basic Favorability Treasure Chest for each.
• Dai Mubai opened all three chests and received three items in total, one from each chest.
• Dai Mubai asked why the chests yielded fewer items than his previous ones, and the system cited the men’s abnormal data and their poor talent, strength, fortune, and luck.

Dai Mubai examined three items from discounted treasure chests and realized the Innate Soul Power +1 Pill could combine with Ma Hongjun’s Innate Soul Power Rank Nine Pill to create a pseudo Innate Full Soul Pill. He decided the pair might suit Zhu Zhuqing if their relationship developed well, while the chapter ended with him considering the darkness-type Shadow Confinement skill’s compatibility with his Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul.

• Dai Mubai examined the three chest rewards: an Innate Soul Power +1 Pill, Shadow Confinement, and Sense of Smell Enhancement.
• Dai Mubai learned that Wang Liang’s obsession with overcoming his talent limit had produced the pill, which could raise innate Soul Power by one rank.
• Dai Mubai realized the new pill and Ma Hongjun’s Innate Soul Power Rank Nine Pill could together raise innate Soul Power by ten ranks, giving him a second way to create a pseudo Innate Full Soul Pill.
• Dai Mubai decided he could reserve the two pills for Zhu Zhuqing if their relationship progressed steadily, rather than give precious pills to someone who did not like him.
• Dai Mubai recognized Tao Kang’s Shadow Confinement as a darkness-attribute control skill compatible with his Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul.

Dai Mubai assessed three rewards from the Favorability Treasure Chests and gained Shadow Confinement and Sense of Smell Enhancement. He kept the Innate Soul Power +1 Pill for Zhu Zhuqing, learned Shadow Confinement as a Self-Created Soul Skill, and adapted to his newly heightened sense of smell.

• Dai Mubai recognized that Shadow Confinement would give him a valuable control skill and make fights like his battle with Liu Erlong easier.
• Dai Mubai found that Ge Feng’s reward, Sense of Smell Enhancement, could help him track enemies and predict their movements.
• Dai Mubai stored the Innate Soul Power +1 Pill for Zhu Zhuqing, planning to use it with the Innate Soul Power Rank Nine Pill.
• Dai Mubai learned Shadow Confinement as an independent Self-Created Soul Skill because he lacked a compatible darkness-attribute Soul Ring or Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai fused Sense of Smell Enhancement with himself, was briefly overwhelmed by the scents around him, and quickly adapted.

Dai Mubai tested his new Demonization and Favorability System abilities, then gave three newly subordinated people orders to continue their roles and gather information. He left them to monitor Soul Hunting Town and search for specific soul beasts and herbs.

• Dai Mubai used scent to locate insects, birds, and beasts with his eyes closed.
• After testing his abilities and arranging the items from the treasure chests, Dai Mubai ordered the three people to rise.
• Dai Mubai told them to stop their violent and evil deeds and keep playing their original roles without attracting attention.
• Dai Mubai ordered them to monitor Soul Hunting Town and report major events at the valley estate northwest of the forest.
• Dai Mubai instructed them to seek information on several soul beasts and herbs.

Dai Mubai prepared to bring Tuosuo City's City Lord's Manor and Spirit Hall branch under his control so he could pursue his plans to obtain the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Virtues. He ordered Lu Qibin to seize control of the guards as they prepared to infiltrate the manor.

• Dai Mubai explained that he needed the authorities and Spirit Hall branch to help carry out his plans.
• Dai Mubai told Lu Qibin to take control of the patrolling guards and join him in infiltrating the City Lord's Manor.
• Lu Qibin unfolded his Star Chess Domain and silently enveloped the City Lord's Manor.

Dai Mubai freed Tuosi from Lu Qibin’s mental control and enslaved him through Demonization. Tuosi submitted to Dai Mubai and awaited further orders.

• Dai Mubai saw that Tuosi’s favorability had changed to “100% (fake)” after the enslavement.
• Tuosi introduced himself as the city lord of Tuosuo City in the Balak Kingdom and knelt before Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai told Tuosi to rise, and Tuosi stood silently at his side.
• Dai Mubai began instructing Tuosi to keep playing his original role without attracting attention.

Dai Mubai asked Tuosi about three yellow, gelatinous stones on display and learned they were whale rubber of different ages. Tuosi had planned to give them to his superior in hopes of earning a promotion.

• Dai Mubai pointed to the three stones and asked Tuosi what they were.
• Tuosi identified the largest as ten-year whale rubber, the medium one as hundred-year whale rubber, and the smallest as thousand-year whale rubber.
• Tuosi said he had found the pieces at the beginning of the year and intended to give them to his superior for a promotion.