Chapter Summaries

After defeating Dai Mubai, Dai Weisi was named Crown Prince and ordered his brother confined in the imperial dungeon. The Star Luo Emperor then revealed that he intended to hand Dai Weisi the throne within a year, leaving him to prepare to lead the empire amid growing threats.

• Dai Weisi chose to humiliate Dai Mubai rather than kill or pardon him, and Salas declared him the winner.
• The Star Luo Emperor appointed Dai Weisi Crown Prince and charged him with overseeing the realm in his stead.
• Dai Weisi sent Zhu Zhuyun to take Zhu Zhuqing to the Zhu Family for treatment and ordered Dai Mubai imprisoned in the dungeon's lowest level.
• The Star Luo Emperor brought Dai Weisi to the ancestral temple and explained that Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou threatened the empire.
• The Star Luo Emperor told Dai Weisi he would pass the throne to him within a year and would prepare the way for his succession.

Dai Weisi visited the imprisoned Dai Mubai and revealed that he would take the throne and Zhu Zhuqing, then went to the Zhu residence, where he pressured Zhu Zhuqing into submitting to him. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing embracing Dai Weisi while Zhu Zhuyun watched in shock.

• Dai Mubai clung to the hope that Tang San would help him until Dai Weisi visited his cell and revealed that he would inherit the throne and make Zhu Zhuqing his secondary consort.
• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai about Zhu Zhuqing, provoking him into a furious, helpless rage before leaving him imprisoned.
• Dai Weisi arrived at the Zhu residence, entrusted Zhu Xiaotian with the army, and went to Zhu Zhuyun's chambers, where Zhu Zhuqing was recovering.
• Dai Weisi kissed Zhu Zhuyun, but Zhu Zhuqing woke and saw them; Zhu Zhuyun then left the two alone.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuqing that the emperor had ordered her to become his secondary consort and threatened Dai Mubai if she resisted.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Dai Weisi, and Zhu Zhuyun saw her younger sister submit to him.

Dai Weisi strengthened his First Soul Ring and absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Blood Fiend Devil Tiger Right Arm Bone to prepare his body for another Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. He left himself poised to claim the remaining rewards and pursue that Soul Ring.

• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun to prepare Zhu Zhuqing and accompany him outside the city the next day so he could help Zhu Zhuyun obtain her Fifth Soul Ring.
• Dai Weisi used the Thousand-Year Soul Ring Enhancement Card on his First Soul Ring, raising White Tiger Protection Barrier to 9,999 years.
• Dai Weisi chose to save his five Soul Power levels until after absorbing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Dai Weisi selected a Right Arm Soul Bone, and the system generated a Hundred Thousand Year Blood Fiend Devil Tiger Right Arm Bone with two Soul Skills.
• Dai Weisi absorbed the Soul Bone, whose power combined with his existing Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone and greatly strengthened his right arm.

Dai Weisi absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, reaching level seventy, then left Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing to seek a Soul Ring in the Sunset Forest. Zhu Zhuqing recognized the forest as Dugu Bo’s territory and secretly hoped to enlist his help escaping Dai Weisi.

• Dai Weisi endured the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring’s baleful Qi and energy, with the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and his Soul Bones helping him tame and absorb its power.
• Dai Weisi stabilized his sixth Soul Ring, reached level sixty-five, then used a system reward to rise to level seventy.
• The next morning, Dai Weisi left Star Luo City in a carriage with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, who noticed Zhu Zhuyun had reached the Soul King realm.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun they were heading to the Sunset Forest and reassured her that he could keep her safe.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized the Sunset Forest was Dugu Bo’s territory and secretly planned to seek his help escaping Dai Weisi.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing were ambushed in Sunset Forest by a Soul Sage and six subordinates. Dai Weisi revealed his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and killed the six attackers, but the Soul Sage transformed into an Earth-Splitting Demonic Rhinoceros and prepared to fight him.

• Dai Weisi led Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing into Sunset Forest, where a band of seven attackers ambushed them with crossbow bolts.
• Dai Weisi shielded the group, then revealed his sixth Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as the attackers launched their assault.
• Dai Weisi killed both Soul Emperor attackers and all four Soul Kings with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• The bald Soul Sage transformed into an Earth-Splitting Demonic Rhinoceros using his Martial Soul Avatar and challenged Dai Weisi.

Dai Weisi confronted a Soul Saint in Martial Soul Avatar form, healed his own injuries, and defeated and killed him with his White Tiger God-Tearing Claw. He ordered Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing to search the attackers for clues about the faction behind the ambush.

• Zhu Zhuyun tried to join Dai Weisi in battle, but he charged the Earth-Splitting Demonic Rhinoceros alone and wounded it with Blood Devil Armor Break.
• The collision injured Dai Weisi, but his Hundred Thousand Year Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Bone healed his arm and restored him.
• Dai Weisi unleashed White Tiger God-Tearing Claw and shattered the bald Soul Saint’s Martial Soul Avatar, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Dai Weisi revealed his Blood Prison Fiend Abyss domain, which weakened the Soul Saint and prevented him from self-destructing.
• Dai Weisi killed the Soul Saint and told Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing to search the attackers for clues about who had arranged the attack.

Dai Weisi deduced that Spirit Hall had arranged the assassination and continued deeper into the Sunset Forest with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing. When an eleven-thousand-year-old Ghost Shadow Cat attacked, Zhu Zhuyun fought it for the Soul Ring she needed, and Dai Weisi followed the wounded beast when it fled toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Zhu Zhuyun found no evidence identifying the assassins, and Zhu Zhuqing suggested Prince Cheng had arranged the attack.
• Dai Weisi rejected the idea that Prince Cheng was responsible and concluded that Spirit Hall had sent the assassins after learning about his abilities during his duel with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Weisi led the Zhu sisters deeper into the Sunset Forest, following clues toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• An eleven-thousand-year-old Ghost Shadow Cat ambushed Zhu Zhuqing, but Dai Weisi blocked its attack with his White Tiger Protection Barrier.
• Dai Weisi let Zhu Zhuyun fight the Ghost Shadow Cat for her fifth Soul Ring, and she wounded it with her Netherworld Slash.
• The Ghost Shadow Cat fled toward the area where Dai Weisi expected to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so he led the sisters in pursuit.

Dai Weisi and the Zhu sisters pursued a wounded Ghost Shadow Cat through poisonous miasma, where Dugu Bo appeared and stopped them. Zhu Zhuqing appealed to Poison Douluo for protection, but Dai Weisi prepared to assert control over her.

• Dai Weisi used Blood Prison Fiend Abyss to shield himself, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing from the poisonous miasma as they pursued the Ghost Shadow Cat.
• Dugu Bo poisoned the Ghost Shadow Cat unconscious and confronted the intruders, threatening to turn them into fertilizer.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed to Dugu Bo and asked him to protect her from Dai Weisi, calling herself a captive under his control.
• Dugu Bo recognized Zhu Zhuqing as a member of the Zhu Family but refused to interfere in the family dispute.
• Dai Weisi received three choices from the God-Level Selection System, including an option to claim Zhu Zhuqing by force for a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuqing that her fate was no longer hers to decide and challenged Dugu Bo's ability to stop him.

Dai Weisi confronted Dugu Bo in his herb garden, while Zhu Zhuqing tried to persuade the Titled Douluo to support Dai Mubai by promising him power and a hereditary title. Dugu Bo rejected the offer as insufficient, chose to capture Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun as leverage, and launched his poison at them, but Dai Weisi remained confident as it approached.

• Dai Weisi claimed Dugu Bo could not stop him, provoking the Titled Douluo and drawing his killing intent.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged Dugu Bo to help Dai Mubai overthrow Dai Weisi and promised him the rank of imperial preceptor and a hereditary kingship for the Dugu Family.
• Zhu Zhuyun stood beside Dai Weisi and took his hand, ready to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill if Dugu Bo attacked.
• Dugu Bo decided to capture Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun as leverage rather than risk killing them outright.
• Dugu Bo unleashed Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison, and Dai Weisi watched the venomous serpent shadow approach with an amused smile.

Dai Weisi’s system offered him powerful rewards for subduing Dugu Bo, and Shi Mo appeared to protect him from the Titled Douluo’s attack. Dugu Bo tried to retreat with Zhu Zhuqing, but Dai Weisi demanded that he submit or die.

• Shi Mo appeared before Dai Weisi and blocked Dugu Bo’s poisonous attack, revealing himself as a powerful Defense System Titled Douluo.
• Dai Weisi’s God-Level Selection System offered rewards for withdrawing, killing Dugu Bo, or forcing him to submit, and Dai Weisi chose the third option.
• Dugu Bo conceded that he could not defeat Shi Mo, but insisted that Zhu Zhuqing stay behind.
• Dai Weisi rejected Dugu Bo’s terms and ordered him to submit or die.

Dai Weisi confronted Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, using Shi Mo’s Martial Soul Avatar to show he could restrain the Titled Douluo. He exposed Dugu Bo’s poison affliction and offered to cure it if Dugu Bo submitted to him.

• Dugu Bo threatened Dai Weisi and the Star Luo Empire, claiming he could escape and retaliate.
• Dai Weisi signaled Shi Mo, who activated his Mountain Black Tortoise Martial Soul Avatar and blocked Dugu Bo’s apparent path to escape.
• Dugu Bo transformed into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor but hesitated to fight because a battle could destroy the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its medicinal herbs.
• Dai Weisi revealed that using his full strength and activating his Martial Soul Avatar could worsen the poison Dugu Bo was suppressing, and correctly guessed how Tang San’s treatment worked.
• Dai Weisi dismissed Shi Mo’s Martial Soul Avatar and offered to resolve Dugu Bo’s hidden danger if he submitted.

Dai Weisi offered Dugu Bo the Netherworld Crimson Refinement Grass, promising to cure his poison and evolve his Martial Soul. Dugu Bo agreed to serve him and began absorbing the herb, unaware Dai Weisi had bound him with a soul contract; Zhu Zhuyun blocked Zhu Zhuqing’s attempt to escape.

• Zhu Zhuqing tried to flee the valley, but Zhu Zhuyun intercepted her and threatened to capture her for betraying His Highness.
• Dugu Bo asked Dai Weisi why he should believe him, and Dai Weisi revealed the Netherworld Crimson Refinement Grass.
• Dai Weisi promised the herb would neutralize Dugu Bo’s poison and evolve his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• Dugu Bo struggled with the choice, then agreed to serve Dai Weisi and addressed him as his master.
• Dai Weisi gave Dugu Bo the herb, and Dugu Bo sat down to absorb it.
• Dai Weisi secretly activated the Master-Servant United Hearts Contract, binding Dugu Bo to him and preventing betrayal.

Dai Weisi watched Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul evolve after the Netherworld Crimson Refinement Grass purified and transformed his poison, while Zhu Zhuqing’s attempt to escape ended with her captured. Zhu Zhuyun absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and, awakened by the latent power of her Immortal Herb, rose to level fifty-four, leaving Zhu Zhuqing stunned by her sister’s advantage.

• Zhu Zhuyun tried to stop Zhu Zhuqing from leaving, but Dai Weisi ordered her to stand down and declared Zhu Zhuqing would serve him.
• Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolved, his poison became part of his strength, and he knelt before Dai Weisi in genuine loyalty.
• Dai Weisi assigned Zhu Zhuqing to Dugu Bo, who immobilized her with poison, then told Zhu Zhuyun to claim the surviving Ghost Shadow Cat’s Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuyun absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and the latent power of her Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone raised her Soul Power from level fifty to the peak of level fifty-four.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized the Immortal Herb’s power in her sister and realized Zhu Zhuyun had also received one.

Dai Weisi extracted and absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Holy Light White Tiger Wisdom Skull, gaining two powerful Soul Bone skills. After completing his cultivation, he prepared to continue with the other matter that had brought him to the valley.

• Zhu Zhuyun reached level fifty-four after absorbing her fifth Soul Ring, Hell Ghost Shadow Body, and Dai Weisi asked Dugu Bo and Shi Mo to guard him.
• Dai Weisi used his system to obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Holy Light White Tiger Wisdom Skull, shocking Dugu Bo, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Weisi endured the Soul Bone’s spiritual assault and successfully absorbed it.
• Dai Weisi gained Spiritual Detection and Holy King Judgment, then announced that he would continue with the other matter he had come for.

Dai Weisi used the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to temper his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, gaining an Ice and Fire Golden Body. With his preparations complete, he declared that his Seventh Soul Ring must be a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Dai Weisi revealed that he intended to undergo Ice and Fire Body Tempering, while Dugu Bo and Zhu Zhuyun warned him that the spring’s extreme forces could kill him without the two Immortal Herbs.
• Dai Weisi produced the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, astonishing Dugu Bo, who had believed Tang San had consumed them.
• Dai Weisi swallowed both herbs and jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the opposing energies tempered his body and advanced his indestructible Vajra Body into an Ice and Fire Golden Body.
• Dai Weisi announced that he was ready to obtain his Seventh Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo offered to lead him to fifty- or sixty-thousand-year Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest.
• Dai Weisi rejected those options as too weak and declared that his Seventh Soul Ring must be a hundred thousand years old.

Dai Weisi announced that he would travel to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Dugu Bo warned him of the forest’s powerful inhabitants. Zhu Zhuqing realized Xiao Wu and Tang San might be there and saw the expedition as a chance to escape Dai Weisi.

• Zhu Zhuyun revealed that Dai Weisi already possessed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sixth Soul Ring, leaving Dugu Bo stunned and impressed.
• Dugu Bo warned Dai Weisi that the Sunset Forest lacked Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and cautioned him against hunting in the dangerous Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dai Weisi said he would go to the Star Dou Great Forest, where several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were said to live.
• Dugu Bo explained that the forest’s intelligent Soul Beasts could overpower Titled Douluo and might attack together if one were hunted.
• Zhu Zhuqing connected the Star Dou Great Forest to Xiao Wu, Tang San, Tang Hao, and the Titan Giant Ape, and hoped the coming danger would let her escape Dai Weisi.

Dai Weisi ordered Dugu Bo to use his Martial Soul Avatar as bait and charge into the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Circle, seeking to draw out hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts for his Seventh Soul Ring. At the Lake of Life, Xiao Wu and the forest’s guardians sensed the intruders and went to confront them.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi she was worried that Zhu Zhuqing’s sudden obedience was hiding a scheme, but Dai Weisi said he was confident he could control her.
• Dugu Bo warned Dai Weisi that the Core Circle held powerful, dangerous presences, but Dai Weisi ordered him to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar and provoke the Soul Beasts.
• Dugu Bo transformed into the Netherworld Jade Serpent Emperor, and Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun rode on its back as Shi Mo Douluo carried Zhu Zhuqing after them into the forest.
• At the Lake of Life, Xiao Wu remained gloomy as Er Ming offered her flowers and Da Ming watched over them.
• When the intruders’ pressure reached the Core Circle, Er Ming and Da Ming prepared to defend their territory, and Xiao Wu joined Er Ming to confront them.

Dai Weisi’s party encountered the Titan Giant Ape and Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Wu recognized Zhu Zhuqing and ordered Er Ming to kill them and rescue her. As Er Ming’s attack descended, Dai Weisi received three choices from his system, leaving his response unresolved.

• Dai Weisi rode Dugu Bo’s Netherworld Jade Serpent Emperor through the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhu Zhuyun and the captured Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Titan Giant Ape appeared, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized Xiao Wu standing on its shoulder.
• Xiao Wu recognized Zhu Zhuqing and realized that Dai Weisi’s party had harmed her, then ordered Er Ming to attack and save her.
• Er Ming swung his enormous palm at the group as Dai Weisi’s God-Level Selection System offered him three choices and rewards.

Dai Weisi chose to face the Titan Giant Ape while Shi Mo blocked its first attack, then seized and humiliated Zhu Zhuqing to provoke Xiao Wu and the beast. After Shi Mo endured a second blow, Dai Weisi summoned a God-Given Soul Ring and began absorbing it in front of the enraged Xiao Wu and Titan Giant Ape.

• Dai Weisi chose a third option as the Titan Giant Ape attacked, and Shi Mo transformed into a lava beast to block its first strike.
• Dai Weisi approached Zhu Zhuqing, mocked her hope, and grabbed her by the neck.
• Dai Weisi identified Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and used Zhu Zhuqing to provoke her.
• Xiao Wu ordered Er Ming to kill Dai Weisi, and the Titan Giant Ape struck Shi Mo's lava beast a second time.
• Dai Weisi released Zhu Zhuqing to Zhu Zhuyun, summoned a God-Given Soul Ring, and sat down to absorb it as Xiao Wu demanded that Er Ming kill him.

Dai Weisi absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring and gained a powerful seventh Soul Ring, then joined Zhu Zhuyun in unleashing the Hell White Tiger against the Titan Giant Ape. After the fusion skill injured Er Ming, Xiao Wu decided to retreat with him into the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Dai Weisi absorbed the God-Given Soul Ring, which formed a deep-red seventh ring and raised his Soul Power to level seventy-four.
• Zhu Zhuyun knocked Zhu Zhuqing unconscious, covered her with her robe, and joined Dai Weisi in performing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun transformed into the Hell White Tiger, whose presence alarmed Xiao Wu and drew Er Ming's full attention.
• Er Ming used Gravity Control, but the Hell White Tiger broke through the domain with God-Slaying Holy Light and injured his arms.
• Xiao Wu ordered Er Ming to retreat, and he carried her into the mist to find Da Ming.