Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, transforming into a powerful white tiger and turning the battle against the Royal Fight Team. After the tiger’s attack badly injured several opponents, Dugu Yan prepared to strike back as the fight continued.

• Yu Tianheng pushed Feng Qianli to the brink, but Feng refused to surrender, moving Dai Yao to fight for Oakland’s hopes.
• Dai Yao called Zhu Zhuqing to join him, and the two fused their mutated martial souls into a massive white tiger.
• The white tiger slammed its paw down, blasting Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Osler, and Yu Feng into the spectator stands.
• Dai Yao remained standing with Zhu Zhuqing unconscious in his arms, while the injured Yu Tianheng was protected by Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan angrily released a cloud of poisonous mist toward the Oakland Battle Team.

Dai Yao returned to the Duel Arena after realizing he could resist Dugu Yan’s Jade Scale Purple Poison, while the Royal Fight Team healed Yu Tianheng. Dugu Yan poisoned Oakland’s team even after they left the stage, and Dai Yao resolved to defeat Ye Lingling first.

• Qin Ming warned everyone that Dugu Yan’s Jade Scale Purple Poison could kill, and Feng Qianli led the Oakland Battle Team off the Duel Arena.
• Dai Yao recognized the poison from the assassin’s attack and returned to the stage, believing his resistance would protect him.
• Ye Lingling used Nine Heart Begonia to heal Yu Tianheng completely, restoring the Royal Fight Team’s strongest fighter.
• Dugu Yan spread the purple mist below the stage, poisoning Feng Qianli, the Oakland members, and the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Yao furiously confronted Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng stepped between them to defend her.
• Dai Yao decided he had to eliminate Ye Lingling first to defeat the Royal Fight Team.

Dai Yao charged through Dugu Yan’s poison, outmaneuvered Yu Tianheng, and forced Ye Lingling to heal his poisoned teammates. As he prepared to face Yu Tianheng, he revealed a thousand-year second Spirit Ring, leaving the arena stunned and vowing that Dugu Yan would pay for what she had done.

• Dai Yao crossed Dugu Yan’s poison and briefly suppressed Yu Tianheng with his Sacred White Tiger Spirit before slipping past him toward Ye Lingling.
• Dai Yao stopped his fist just short of Ye Lingling’s face and ordered her to heal Oakland’s poisoned members; she used the Nine Heart Begonia to ease their pain but said Dugu Yan would have to remove the poison.
• Dai Yao challenged Yu Tianheng to a fair fight, and Yu Tianheng sent Dugu Yan aside despite his depleted soul power.
• Dai Yao revealed that his second Spirit Ring was a thousand-year ring, shocking the spectators, Feng Qianli, Ye Lingling, and the VIP guests.
• Dai Yao told Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to attack him together and warned Dugu Yan that she would pay for what she had done.

Dai Yao defeated the Royal Fight Team single-handedly and forced Dugu Yan to agree to neutralize the poison afflicting his teammates. The match ended with Oakland celebrating and rival academies recognizing Dai Yao as a peerless talent.

• Dai Yao's White Tiger Light Wave broke Yu Tianheng's Thunder Net and sent him crashing into the arena wall.
• Dai Yao overwhelmed Dugu Yan's defenses, seized her by the throat, and threatened to kill her unless she saved his poisoned teammates.
• Dugu Yan agreed to neutralize the poison after her teammates and Yu Tianheng urged her to comply.
• Oakland's students cheered their victory while Heaven Dou Royal Academy's students left in humiliation.
• Students from other academies memorized Dai Yao's name and techniques, and Oakland's students hoped he would remain at the academy.

After Oakland defeated the Royal Fight Team, Dai Yao rejected their offer to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and chose to stay with Oakland. Qin Ming urged his defeated team to learn from the loss and grow stronger.

• Dugu Yan removed Zhu Zhuqing’s poison, and Dai Yao helped Zhu Zhuqing recover before ordering Dugu Yan to detoxify the rest of Oakland’s team.
• Yu Tianheng congratulated Dai Yao, admitted his defeat, and invited him to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Dai Yao refused.
• Feng Qianli and Oakland’s students stood by Dai Yao as he reaffirmed that he would remain with Oakland, and the Royal Fight Team left.
• Dugu Yan asked why her poison had failed against Dai Yao, and he told her he was immune to it.
• Qin Ming told the Royal Fight Team that defeat could help them improve, and they repeated his advice to grow through failure.

Dugu Yan confronted Yu Tianheng about his feelings, and he stayed silent because his clan opposed their relationship due to her shortened lifespan. After Dugu Yan ran away heartbroken, Yu Tianheng resolved to return to his clan and overcome its objections.

• Dugu Yan asked Yu Tianheng to speak with her privately, while the Royal Fight Team members speculated about their relationship.
• Dugu Yan asked whether Yu Tianheng understood her feelings, and he admitted that he did.
• Dugu Yan explained that Yu Tianheng knew the Jade Scale Serpent Poison threatened her life and asked whether he had ever liked her.
• Yu Tianheng stayed silent despite his feelings, unwilling to tell Dugu Yan about his clan's opposition until he could resolve it.
• Dugu Yan ran away in tears, and Yu Tianheng vowed to convince his clan and reunite with her.
• After the others left the lounge, Yu Tianheng decided to return to his clan and settle every obstacle.

After the Oakland Battle Team defeated the Royal Fight Team, Dai Yao urged his teammates to strengthen their abilities, then received visits from Ning Fengzhi and Salas. Ning Rongrong stayed behind to meet Dai Yao, leaving Zhu Zhuqing wary of her.

• Dai Yuan Yi teased Dai Yao about attracting girls, and Zhu Zhuqing's icy stare made him quickly sit up.
• Dai Yao praised the team's victory but said its strength was still insufficient for the Promotion Tournament and Finals, prompting his teammates to reflect on their weak performances.
• Principal Jackson brought Ning Fengzhi, Salas, and Ning Rongrong to meet the Oakland Battle Team; Salas watched closely as Ning Fengzhi encouraged Dai Yao before they left.
• Ning Rongrong stayed behind and said she had come to see Dai Yao, while Dai Yuan Yi lamented that another visitor was looking for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing clung to Dai Yao's arm when he prepared to approach Ning Rongrong, then let go after realizing she had lost her composure.

Ning Rongrong tried to recruit Dai Yao into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he refused because he had no intention of joining a sect and felt indebted to the Spirit Hall. After their confrontation, Dai Yao left, and Ning Rongrong sat alone questioning whether she had done something wrong.

• Ning Rongrong invited Dai Yao to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and promised wealth and support, but he refused.
• Ning Rongrong grew angry at Dai Yao's refusal, and Dai Yao tried to leave.
• Ning Rongrong struck Dai Yao, who grabbed her wrists until she stopped struggling, then released her.
• Ning Rongrong threatened Dai Yao with the sect's Sword Grandfather and Bone Grandfather, while Dai Yao challenged her belief that refusal deserved punishment.
• Ning Rongrong called Dai Yao a Commoner Soul Master, and Dai Yao left after expressing his disgust.
• Ning Rongrong sat alone and wondered whether she had done something wrong.

Dai Yao settled into life at Oakland Academy and decided to hone his combat skills at the Heaven Dou Soul Arena, but a mysterious attacker abducted him. He woke in a cave and discovered that Dugu Bo had brought him there to ask how he resisted Dugu Yan’s poison.

• Dai Yao claimed a waterfall Simulated Environment at Oakland Academy and resumed his routine of studying and cultivating.
• After training beneath the waterfall, Dai Yao decided to practice real combat at the Heaven Dou Soul Arena without using Soul Skills.
• A powerful stranger surprised Dai Yao in the forest and knocked him unconscious, while Zhu Zhuqing grew alarmed when he failed to return.
• Dai Yao woke in a cave and recognized his captor as Dugu Bo, the Blue Scale Douluo.
• Dugu Bo asked Dai Yao whether he could resist his granddaughter’s poison, and Dai Yao realized why he had been abducted.

Dai Yao tried to conceal that the Chaos Cyan Lotus made him immune to Jade Scale Serpent Poison while Dugu Bo pressured him for the secret. After Dugu Bo caught him in a lie and threatened to drop him from a cliff, Dai Yao exposed Dugu Bo’s desire to cure his own poison, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Dai Yao realized that revealing his second martial soul could get him killed, so he tried to stall Dugu Bo and concealed the Chaos Cyan Lotus.
• Dai Yao claimed that an Immortal Herb had made him immune to Jade Scale Serpent Poison, and Dugu Bo briefly accepted the explanation.
• Dugu Bo noticed the story did not add up, grabbed Dai Yao, and threatened to drop him from a cliff unless he told the truth.
• Dai Yao mocked Dugu Bo for seeking a cure for his own poison, and Dugu Bo denied that anyone could poison him.

Dai Yao revealed that he knew the symptoms of Dugu Bo’s poison and warned him about Dugu Yan, prompting Dugu Bo to take him to a hidden place. The two reached the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Dai Yao recognized the treasure basin and descended toward it.

• Dai Yao described Dugu Bo’s painful poisoning symptoms and warned that Dugu Yan had inherited the toxin.
• Dugu Bo questioned Dai Yao about his knowledge and immunity to Jade Scale Serpent Poison, then forced him to follow.
• Dai Yao activated Martial Soul Possession and glided after Dugu Bo through Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo led Dai Yao to a crater-like basin on the mountaintop, where Dai Yao recognized the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo jumped to the bottom of the crater, and Dai Yao activated Martial Soul Possession and glided down after him.

Dai Yao agreed to try passing his poison immunity to Dugu Bo’s granddaughter, Dugu Yan, while hiding the source of his resistance. Left alone at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he searched for a protective Immortal Herb but realized Dugu Bo was secretly watching him.

• Dugu Bo asked Dai Yao whether his immunity to Jade Scale Serpent Poison could be passed on, then demanded that he prove it by detoxifying someone.
• Dai Yao warned that detoxification required channeling Soul Power into the recipient, and Dugu Bo chose to have him treat Dugu Yan under close watch.
• After Dugu Bo appeared to leave, Dai Yao relaxed and examined the Immortal Herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Dai Yao recalled Aromatic Silk Beauty and spotted a flower that might be the poison-repelling Immortal Herb.
• When Dai Yao sensed danger and pretended to cultivate, he realized Dugu Bo had stayed nearby to observe him.
• Dai Yao remained still beneath the waterfall, while Dugu Bo watched from behind a pile of rocks.

Dai Yao waited to make sure Dugu Bo had left, then risked his life to collect the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Infernal Delicate Apricot. He swallowed the two opposing Immortal Herbs together, leaving their effects on his body unknown.

• Dugu Bo watched Dai Yao cultivate, decided to leave him alive if he could cure Dugu Yan, and flew away.
• Dai Yao waited five minutes before concluding Dugu Bo had gone and deciding to gather the Immortal Herbs.
• Dai Yao dug up the Aromatic Silk Beauty and tied it to his head, then struggled to excavate the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as the cold injured his hands.
• Dai Yao dug up the Infernal Delicate Apricot despite its heat scorching his hand, then returned to the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
• Dai Yao collected both herbs and swallowed them together with the Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Dai Yao absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, gaining immunity to its extreme waters before restoring the Herb Garden. Dugu Bo brought him to treat Dugu Yan’s poison, but Dai Yao realized they might kill him afterward and decided he had to leave her poison only temporarily relieved.

• Dai Yao swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to endure their effects.
• After several hours, Dai Yao emerged successfully, discovered he could withstand the well’s icy and fiery waters, and found that his Soul Power had not increased.
• Dai Yao replaced the Aromatic Silk Beauty and covered the herb pits before resuming cultivation.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan and told her he had brought Dai Yao to cure her poison.
• Dugu Yan asked to kill Dai Yao if he failed to cure her, but Dugu Bo refused and secretly shared his plan to kill Dai Yao after the treatment.
• Dai Yao realized Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan might kill him regardless, so he resolved to treat Dugu Yan’s symptoms without eliminating the poison’s root cause.

After Dai Yao disappeared, Spirit Hall Bishop Salas and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect learned of his disappearance and began searching for him. Salas mobilized hidden agents while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin set out for Oakland Academy, hoping to find Dai Yao and improve their chances of recruiting him.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Salas that Dai Yao had been missing since the previous day, and Salas ordered his agents to search Heaven Dou Imperial City for him.
• Salas warned that Dai Yao's abductors would face Spirit Hall's wrath and urged Zhu Zhuqing to eat, but she insisted on waiting for Dai Yao.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that Dai Yao was missing and explained that he was the talented Star Luo prince who had defected from the Dai Family.
• Chen Xin agreed that Dai Yao's defection was understandable given the Dai Family's brutal succession system, and Ning Fengzhi said rescuing him could help recruit him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left for Oakland Academy to search for traces of Dai Yao.

At Oakland Academy, Salas and his search party failed to find clues to Dai Yao’s disappearance until Chen Xin discovered corroded footprints that pointed to Dugu Bo. Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi rushed toward Sunset Forest, while Salas followed with Zhu Zhuqing and a Spirit Hall eagle, determined to reach Dai Yao first.

• Salas inspected Dai Yao’s cultivation ground and praised his years of training beneath the waterfall before leading the search for clues.
• After an hour of fruitless searching, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at Oakland Academy to investigate Dai Yao’s disappearance.
• Chen Xin found corroded black footprints on a tree branch, and Salas recognized them as evidence implicating Dugu Bo.
• Chen Xin carried Ning Fengzhi toward Sunset Forest on his sword as Sword Qi filled the sky above Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Salas reassured Zhu Zhuqing, then rode a Spirit Hall gold-robed man transformed into a Giant Eagle after Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi.

Dai Yao began treating Dugu Yan at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while suspecting Dugu Bo planned to kill him afterward. As he slowly purged the toxins from Dugu Yan’s marrow, a flash of sword intent appeared in the sky.

• Dai Yao demanded that Dugu Yan remove her clothes for treatment, and she agreed after Dugu Bo quietly nodded.
• Dai Yao realized Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan still intended to kill him after the treatment, so he planned to stall and eventually jump into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo discovered that Dai Yao had taken the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, but promised to spare him and share the Herb Garden if he cured Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo moved to a nearby mountain pass to watch Dai Yao and Dugu Yan as she removed her top and sat for treatment.
• Dai Yao used a wisp of cyan light to slowly wear away the toxins in Dugu Yan’s marrow, while her body trembled from the warm sensation.
• A sudden flash of light appeared in the sky, accompanied by Awe-Inspiring Sword Intent.

Dai Yao finished treating Dugu Yan as Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi arrived at Dugu Bo’s Herb Garden to demand his release. Dugu Bo refused, and Chen Xin’s attack began a clash that left the garden and Dugu Yan in danger.

• Dai Yao stopped treating Dugu Yan, covered her with his shirt, and moved beside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to prepare for danger.
• Dugu Bo confronted Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi, who demanded that he hand over Dai Yao.
• Dugu Bo refused to release Dai Yao, deciding that he needed him to treat the Azure Scale Lineage.
• Chen Xin’s sword intent split the mountain pass, sending boulders toward the Herb Garden and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Scale Serpent Emperor avatar and charged Chen Xin’s Sword Qi as Salas urged Lao Jin to fly faster.

Dai Yao and Dugu Yan worked to keep falling boulders from destroying the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and Dai Yao was injured while protecting Dugu Yan and the Aromatic Silk Beauty. Meanwhile, Chen Xin defeated Dugu Bo and forced him to surrender.

• Dai Yao used the White Tiger Light Wave to shatter falling boulders, while Dugu Yan redirected others away from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Dai Yao blocked a ricocheting boulder from striking Dugu Yan and the Aromatic Silk Beauty, but the impact sent him flying and left him injured.
• Dugu Yan thanked Dai Yao, but he insisted he had acted to save the flower, and they argued over his motives.
• Chen Xin summoned the Seven Kill Sword and pierced the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor, forcing Dugu Bo to surrender.
• Chen Xin dismissed Dugu Bo's strength as far below Old Bone's.

After Chen Xin’s attack devastated the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Dugu Bo discovered that Dai Yao had saved Dugu Yan and offered to make amends. Dai Yao demanded the Herb Garden and a storage Soul Tool, and Dugu Bo agreed.

• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that he had deliberately struck the mountain to scare Dai Yao, while Salas arrived and confirmed Dai Yao was safe.
• Dugu Bo found Dugu Yan unharmed, embraced her, and learned that Dai Yao had saved her.
• Dugu Bo bowed to Dai Yao and offered to fulfill his requests, but Dai Yao coldly refused his apology.
• Dugu Yan scolded Dai Yao for rejecting her grandfather’s apology, while Dugu Bo asked him to name conditions for forgiveness.
• Dai Yao demanded the Herb Garden and a Soul Tool capable of storing herbs, and Dugu Bo agreed.