Chapter Summaries

Liang Hao was selected as the first challenger for the Douluo I instance, which promised to bring everything he gained inside it into the real world if he cleared it. As he prepared to enter, the system granted him powerful benefits and set the goals of unifying the continent and becoming a god.

• A light screen connected famous figures across the Douluo eras and announced the Douluo I instance challenge.
• The screen selected Liang Hao, an eighteen-year-old Soul King living in Spirit City, as its first challenger.
• Tang San learned that Tang Hao was his father and that he had a history with Bibi Dong.
• Liang Hao realized that his knowledge of the original story gave him an advantage in clearing the instance.
• The system granted Liang Hao twin martial souls, time acceleration, Medicine Codex knowledge, and an Auspicious Beast bloodline, then ordered him to unify the Douluo Continent and achieve Self-Created Godhood.

Liang Hao entered the instance as an orphan from Red Mountain Village and arrived at his Martial Soul Awakening. Meanwhile, Douluo characters watched his progress live, and Yu Xiaogang confidently predicted Liang Hao would awaken a trash Martial Soul.

• Liang Hao reviewed his golden finger, which gave him a top-tier Martial Soul, an Auspicious Beast bloodline, and a pharmacopeia, then entered the instance.
• The instance assigned Liang Hao a background as an orphan raised by villagers near Spirit City and began the challenge at his Martial Soul Awakening.
• The screens broadcast Liang Hao's instance to characters across Douluo eras, though Liang Hao did not know he was being watched.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu, Tang San, Huo Yuhao, Tang Wulin, and others discussed Liang Hao's prospects in the screen chat group.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Liang Hao would awaken a poor Martial Soul and boasted that his theories would be proven right.
• Liang Hao arrived at the Spirit Hall Branch in Red Mountain Village, where a Soul Master prepared to awaken his Martial Soul.

Liang Hao decided that joining Spirit Hall would help him achieve his goals, then awakened two top-tier Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power. The Spirit Hall Soul Master urged him to join, amazed by a talent he said only Pope Bibi Dong could match.

• Liang Hao chose Spirit Hall as the best path toward unifying the continent and gathering faith.
• Liang Hao underwent his Martial Soul awakening in Red Mountain Village and manifested the Emperor Sword and Five Elements Qilin.
• The Spirit Hall Soul Master recognized Liang Hao's Twin Martial Souls and praised both as top-tier.
• Liang Hao touched the testing crystal ball, which shone brilliantly and revealed Innate Full Soul Power.
• The Spirit Hall Soul Master declared Liang Hao's talent exceptional and insisted that he join Spirit Hall.

Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, Tang San, and others reacted to Liang Hao's Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power as they watched the light screen. Yu Xiaogang remained hopeful that Liang Hao would join Spirit Hall and become his disciple, while Tang San decided to treat Liang Hao as a potential threat.

• Yu Xiaogang denied that Liang Hao could have awakened such powerful Martial Souls, but Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun challenged his theory, and Chen Xin threatened him for insulting Rongrong.
• Tang San and Bibi Dong reassured Yu Xiaogang that Liang Hao might become his disciple if he joined Spirit Hall.
• In Heaven Dou City, Yu Xiaogang blamed Liang Hao's Martial Soul mutation for disproving his theory and hoped Bibi Dong could help him recruit Liang Hao.
• Bibi Dong considered Liang Hao's talent exceptional and hoped to take him as her disciple when the dungeon carried over into reality.
• At Nuoding Academy, Tang San wondered whether his father was extraordinary and warned that Liang Hao could become a rival when he returned to reality.

Liang Hao agreed to join Spirit Hall after a Soul Master promised support for Red Mountain Village. Bibi Dong personally came to meet him and asked to see his Twin Martial Souls.

• Xiao Wu hoped to befriend Liang Hao and considered asking him to help her take revenge on Bibi Dong.
• Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the Silver Dragon King recognized Liang Hao's Five Elements Qilin bloodline and planned to win him over for the Soul Beast Clan.
• Factions across the continent watched Liang Hao's talents and considered how to secure his favor.
• A Spirit Hall Soul Master persuaded Liang Hao to join Spirit Hall, and Liang Hao asked him to reward the villagers who had raised him.
• Liang Hao said goodbye to Red Mountain Village and traveled to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong and Hu Liena came to meet him.
• Bibi Dong asked Liang Hao to prove his Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls, and he summoned the Emperor Sword and Five Elements Qilin.

Bibi Dong was astonished by Liang Hao’s twin Martial Souls and took him as her disciple, welcoming him into the Spirit Hall. In the Light Screen Chat Group, the emperors worried about the Spirit Hall’s growing power, while Yu Xiaogang insisted Liang Hao would need his guidance to obtain good Soul Rings.

• Bibi Dong praised Liang Hao’s Five Elements Qilin and Emperor Sword, then asked him to become her disciple.
• Liang Hao accepted Bibi Dong as his teacher, and she introduced him to his senior sister, Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong prepared to bring Liang Hao into the Spirit Hall and arrange his accommodation and introduction to its members.
• The Light Screen Chat Group discussed Liang Hao joining the Spirit Hall, with Xue Ye and the Star Luo Emperor expressing concern about its future power.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin wondered whether Liang Hao could change history, but said the light screen prevented them from revealing the future.
• Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang dismissed Liang Hao’s importance, while Yu Xiaogang claimed Liang Hao’s first Soul Ring would be imperfect without his guidance.

After becoming Bibi Dong’s disciple, Liang Hao settled into Spirit Hall while people across the continent debated whether he would soon obtain his First Soul Ring. Bibi Dong announced that she would take him to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day, but Liang Hao had other plans.

• Yu Xiaogang argued that Liang Hao would promptly obtain a Soul Ring, and Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Dai Mubai challenged his claims.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong each watched the light screen, confident that Liang Hao would soon get his First Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong announced Liang Hao’s new apprenticeship to Spirit Hall, prompting wary reactions from Yan and Xie Yue and a discussion among Qian Daoliu and the worshipers.
• Liang Hao spent several days getting familiar with Spirit Hall and Spirit City while Bibi Dong helped him settle in.
• Bibi Dong visited Liang Hao and told him to prepare for a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day, but Liang Hao had made his own preparations.

Liang Hao persuaded Bibi Dong to consider delaying his First Soul Ring so he could strengthen his physique with aged Whale Rubber. Bibi Dong remained doubtful about the substance but agreed to trust her disciple and let him try.

• Liang Hao asked Bibi Dong whether a Soul Master's physical strength determined the age of the Soul Ring they could absorb, and she confirmed it while praising his interest in theory.
• Liang Hao proposed postponing his First Soul Ring to build his physique and absorb an older one, and Bibi Dong warned that exercise might not strengthen him enough in a short time.
• Liang Hao claimed an ancient book said aged Whale Rubber could greatly strengthen a Soul Master's physique, and asked Bibi Dong to let him consume some before absorbing a Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong doubted Whale Rubber could help and questioned where Liang Hao had learned about it, but he insisted it had worked on small animals and urged her to trust him.
• Liang Hao took Bibi Dong's hand as he pleaded, and she became flustered before agreeing to let him try.

Liang Hao persuaded Bibi Dong to obtain high-age Whale Rubber so he could strengthen his body and absorb stronger Soul Rings, then surprised her with an embrace that made her blush. The Light Screen Chat Group debated whether Whale Rubber could really temper the body, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San dismissed the claim as nonsense.

• Liang Hao convinced Bibi Dong that consuming Whale Rubber might temper his body, and she agreed to buy some high-age Whale Rubber for him.
• Liang Hao hugged Bibi Dong in excitement, leaving her flustered and blushing before she hurried away to find the Whale Rubber.
• Bibi Dong denied being shy when the Light Screen Chat Group teased her about blushing.
• Chen Xin redirected the group to Liang Hao's claim about Whale Rubber, and members debated whether it could temper the body.
• Yu Xiaogang declared the method impossible and accused Liang Hao of inventing it as an excuse, while Tang San agreed with him.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Yu Xiaogang to wait and see whether Liang Hao's claim proved true.

Liang Hao’s claim that Whale Rubber could temper the body sparked arguments among Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong, though none of them knew whether it worked. Bibi Dong brought Liang Hao a thirty-thousand-year-old piece, and he worried that its side effects might make him embarrass himself in front of her.

• Yu Xiaogang angrily accused Liang Hao of inventing the body-tempering method and insisted Whale Rubber was useless.
• Tang San condemned Liang Hao and demanded that Xiao Wu side with Yu Xiaogang, while Xiao Wu privately doubted Liang Hao would lie and considered using Whale Rubber if it worked.
• Bibi Dong wondered whether Whale Rubber could temper the body and felt embarrassed recalling her counterpart’s reaction to Liang Hao in the copy.
• Bibi Dong arrived at Liang Hao’s residence with a fist-sized piece of thirty-thousand-year-old Whale Rubber that she had obtained for him.
• Liang Hao worried the Whale Rubber’s side effects would overwhelm him and embarrass him in front of Bibi Dong.

Liang Hao absorbed thirty-thousand-year-old Whale Rubber with Bibi Dong's help, strengthening his physique enough to potentially support a thousand-year First Soul Ring. Still affected by the Whale Rubber's side effects, he called Bibi Dong beautiful and embarrassed her, so she left and said she would return in a few days to take him Soul Ring hunting.

• Bibi Dong reassured Liang Hao and melted the Whale Rubber so he could eat it.
• Liang Hao absorbed the Whale Rubber in small bites while Bibi Dong guided his Soul Power and suppressed its dangerous effects.
• After several hours, Liang Hao finished absorbing it and said his physique had become at least as strong as a three-ring Soul Master's.
• Bibi Dong realized Liang Hao might now be able to absorb a thousand-year First Soul Ring and said the Whale Rubber had been worth the strain.
• Still affected by the Whale Rubber, Liang Hao called Bibi Dong beautiful, and she scolded him before deciding to leave and return in a few days.

Bibi Dong reflected on her embarrassing behavior around Liang Hao and recognized that Whale Rubber had strengthened his body enough to absorb a thousand-year First Soul Ring. The light-screen viewers and Spirit Hall learned about the body-tempering method, while Bibi Dong ended the chapter vowing to use Whale Rubber to help Hu Liena and wondering how her past might have changed.

• Bibi Dong recalled that Whale Rubber's fumes had affected her thoughts, but acknowledged that Liang Hao's body had become strong enough for a thousand-year First Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and other viewers discussed buying Whale Rubber to temper their juniors' bodies, while Huo Yuhao explained that the method was common in his era.
• Ma Hongjun mocked Yu Xiaogang for dismissing Whale Rubber's effects and made a lewd remark about Bibi Dong, prompting Hu Liena to defend her teacher.
• Bibi Dong angrily condemned Ma Hongjun and blamed the fumes for her inappropriate thoughts about Liang Hao, then criticized Liang Hao for offending her.
• Bibi Dong decided Spirit Hall should find high-age Whale Rubber for Hu Liena and wondered whether she would have fallen in love with Yu Xiaogang if she had met an adult Liang Hao instead.

After Liang Hao’s Whale Rubber Body Refining Method impressed people across Douluo, Xiao Wu began to doubt Tang San’s warnings and became interested in growing stronger. Tang Hao resolved to obtain Whale Rubber for Tang San while plotting to kill Liang Hao, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong recognized Liang Hao’s exceptional potential.

• At Nuoding Academy, Tang San dismissed Whale Rubber as dangerous and urged Xiao Wu not to use it, but Xiao Wu trusted Bibi Dong’s judgment and wanted to grow stronger to avenge her mother.
• Xiao Wu interpreted Tang San’s objections as pride and felt he was holding her back, while she began to view Liang Hao as more reliable.
• In Nuoding City, Tang Hao accepted that Whale Rubber could refine the body and planned to find some for Tang San, unaware Tang San rejected it.
• Tang Hao viewed Liang Hao as a threat to Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect, and vowed to kill him if he entered the real world.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized Whale Rubber as the whale clan’s accumulated cultivation energy and threatened humans who came to hunt his kind.
• At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao she had used Whale Rubber since childhood, and both she and the beings in Huo Yuhao acknowledged Liang Hao’s potential.

Yu Xiaogang insisted that Liang Hao could not absorb a thousand-year First Soul Ring, while others doubted his theory. After recovering from Whale Rubber’s side effects, Liang Hao traveled with Bibi Dong to the Star Dou Great Forest and explained why he planned to cultivate his Five Elements Qilin first.

• Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims, but he defended his 423-year limit for a First Soul Ring and demanded that Liang Hao test it.
• Bibi Dong tried to protect Yu Xiaogang’s dignity by suggesting she might have been mistaken, which only made him more confident in his theory.
• After two more days, Liang Hao recovered from Whale Rubber’s side effects, and Bibi Dong took him to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his First Soul Ring.
• Liang Hao pretended it was his first visit to the forest, and Bibi Dong explained that they would search only its outskirts.
• Liang Hao told Bibi Dong he would cultivate his Five Elements Qilin first for balanced growth, then use his Emperor Sword to increase his combat strength; Bibi Dong approved of his plan.

Liang Hao argued that he could absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but Bibi Dong urged him to follow Yu Xiaogang’s theory and choose a safer one. When Liang Hao insulted Yu Xiaogang and accused him of deception and bad character, Bibi Dong angrily defended her old friend, leaving Liang Hao and the viewers stunned.

• Bibi Dong agreed with Liang Hao’s plan but recommended a Soul Ring of five or six hundred years, at most seven hundred, rather than a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong cited Yu Xiaogang’s theory that the limit for a First Soul Ring was 423 years to warn Liang Hao about the danger.
• Liang Hao asked whether Bibi Dong meant Yu Xiaogang, then called his theories trash and said he deceived people and promoted himself.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang’s theories and character, insisting that others had unfairly labeled him a good-for-nothing.
• Liang Hao accused Yu Xiaogang of swindling people and having a rotten character, and Bibi Dong grew furious and warned him not to question the Grandmaster.
• The viewers watched in stunned silence, while Gu Rong wondered who Yu Xiaogang was and whether Bibi Dong liked him.

Qian Renxue, Ning Rongrong, and others condemned Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and Bibi Dong’s support of him, while Yu Xiaogang insisted that his lasting fame proved his theories were recognized. Inside the light screen, Bibi Dong challenged Liang Hao to justify his accusations, leaving him the chance to present evidence against Yu Xiaogang.

• Gu Rong and others reacted with surprise to Bibi Dong’s praise of Yu Xiaogang, and spectators speculated that she had built his reputation.
• Qian Renxue called Bibi Dong a disgrace to Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong angrily rejected her criticism.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang defended his theories and reputation, while Ning Rongrong challenged him to face Liang Hao’s arguments.
• Liang Hao told Bibi Dong he had evidence that Yu Xiaogang’s theories were flawed, despite her hostility.
• Bibi Dong restrained herself from striking Liang Hao and demanded that he explain how Yu Xiaogang had deceived people and shown poor character.

Liang Hao challenged Bibi Dong’s idealized view of Yu Xiaogang by listing errors in his theories and failures toward Liu Erlong and his family. Bibi Dong could not refute him and fell silent, while viewers in the real Douluo world also saw Yu Xiaogang’s image crumble.

• Liang Hao told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had claimed common knowledge as his own and published misleading theories, including incorrect Soul Ring age limits.
• Liang Hao described how Yu Xiaogang abandoned Liu Erlong after learning they were cousins and neglected his father and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Liang Hao urged Bibi Dong to judge Yu Xiaogang objectively and said he was a man without benevolence, righteousness, loyalty, or filial piety.
• Bibi Dong raised her hand as if to slap Liang Hao, then stopped because she knew his accusations were true.
• Liang Hao said he had spoken as a concerned bystander, and Bibi Dong fell silent to reconsider her image of Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong and other Douluo characters watching the screen in the real world were affected by Liang Hao’s assessment.

After Liang Hao exposed Yu Xiaogang’s past, people across the eras condemned him, while he raged outside Heaven Dou City and planned to wait for Liang Hao to fail. Bibi Dong, watching as an observer, began to recognize that her idealized image of Yu Xiaogang was false.

• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Huo Yuhao, Mu En, and Yun Ming reacted to Liang Hao’s revelations and questioned Yu Xiaogang’s reputation.
• Ning Rongrong repeatedly tagged Yu Xiaogang in the Light Screen Chat Group, but he stayed silent because he knew the accusations were true and feared further ridicule.
• Outside Heaven Dou City, Yu Xiaogang cursed Liang Hao and Ning Rongrong, defended his actions, and vowed to prove his theories correct.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to keep a low profile until Liang Hao failed to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, believing that would restore his standing as a grandmaster of theory.
• In the Spirit Hall Pope’s bedchamber, Bibi Dong reflected on her rose-colored view of Yu Xiaogang and began to accept that Liang Hao was right about him.

Bibi Dong began doubting Yu Xiaogang after Liang Hao challenged her view of him, while people across the continent reacted to the attack on his reputation. Liang Hao reassured Bibi Dong that he would stay by her side, and she felt unexpectedly warmed as they turned to finding him a Soul Ring.

• Bibi Dong questioned why she alone saw Yu Xiaogang as exceptional and began to suspect that her feelings had blinded her.
• Mu En decided Shrek Academy should promote Yu Xiaogang less after seeing Liang Hao's assessment and learning it matched historical records.
• Yu Yuanzhen angrily ordered someone to bring Yu Xiaogang back to protect the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's reputation, while Liu Erlong threatened Liang Hao.
• Tang San demanded that Xiao Wu help him avenge Yu Xiaogang, but Xiao Wu privately doubted the Grandmaster and considered Liang Hao more reliable.
• Bibi Dong ended the discussion about Yu Xiaogang and told Liang Hao they should find him a Soul Ring; Liang Hao promised to remain by her side, which warmed her.

Bibi Dong spent seven days searching the Star Dou Great Forest with Liang Hao for a rare Soul Beast suited to his first Soul Ring. They found a twelve-hundred-year Five-Element Beast with Qilin bloodline, and Liang Hao began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Bibi Dong reassured Liang Hao that she would take as long as necessary to find him the best Soul Ring, and they searched the forest together.
• Over six days, Bibi Dong rejected several Soul Beasts because their age, bloodline, or attributes were unsuitable.
• Liang Hao told Bibi Dong that he would protect her when he grew up, deepening the feelings she had begun to develop for him.
• Bibi Dong and Liang Hao found a sleeping Five-Element Beast with five elemental attributes and Qilin bloodline near the forest's outskirts.
• Bibi Dong subdued the beast, Liang Hao killed it with his dagger, and he began absorbing its deep-purple Soul Ring.