Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan passed Chen Xin’s test, and Ning Fengzhi rewarded him for bringing Ning Rongrong an Immortal Herb. The chapter left Chen Yuan at the academy with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing as Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Chen Yuan and Chen Xin clashed with the Killing Word Technique, and Chen Xin praised Chen Yuan’s strength after the test.
• Chen Xin warned Chen Yuan not to let Ning Rongrong down, and Chen Yuan promised to protect her.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Chen Yuan had obtained Ning Rongrong’s Immortal Herb from Poison Douluo and asked him to seek more.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Chen Yuan a deposit card worth 1 Million Gold Soul Coins and pledged the sect’s support for future Immortal Herbs.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin departed for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

After revealing his External Soul Bone, Chen Yuan negotiated to remain a student at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while using its Mimetic Cultivation environments. Following the confrontation with his teacher, he rested, cultivated, and broke through to Forty-sixth Level Soul Power.

• Chen Yuan explained that his golden wings were the External Soul Bone called the Golden Feathered Wings, which strengthened his Third Soul Skill.
• Meng Shenji asked whether Chen Yuan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing would stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Chen Yuan said they would remain students but skip classes and use the academy's cultivation facilities.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin agreed to let the three retain student status and use all the academy's facilities.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing apologized to each other, then supported the exhausted Chen Yuan back to his room.
• Chen Yuan meditated and, over the next few days, broke through from Forty-fifth Level Soul Power to Forty-sixth Level Soul Power.

After returning from the Star Luo Empire with the Breaking Clan's inheritance, Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng she was with Chen Yuan and rejected his advances. Yu Tianheng attacked Chen Yuan, who absorbed his lightning and effortlessly defeated him.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan returned from the Star Luo Empire after obtaining the Breaking Clan's inheritance from Yang Wudi.
• Dugu Yan returned to the academy and waited for Chen Yuan, while Dugu Bo encouraged her to leave the battle team and study with him after the tournament.
• Yu Tianheng and the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team found Dugu Yan, and she told Yu Tianheng not to address her intimately because she feared Chen Yuan would misunderstand.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng she was with Chen Yuan, had no feelings for him, and would never accept his pursuit.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Chen Yuan in a rage, but Chen Yuan absorbed his lightning with dark energy and kicked him flying.

Chen Yuan comforted Dugu Yan after Yu Tianheng attacked him and learned that Dugu Yan and her grandfather had obtained the Breaking Clan’s records on immortal herbs. He left with Dugu Yan to identify more herbs after reassuring Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that he still cared for them.

• Yu Tianheng tried to attack Chen Yuan again, but Dugu Yan rebuked him, and he fled with his teammates.
• Dugu Yan told Chen Yuan that she and her grandfather had secured the Breaking Clan’s inheritance by letting Yang Wudi examine the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Chen Yuan asked Dugu Yan to help identify several immortal herbs, and she agreed to leave with him immediately.
• Chen Yuan comforted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, who feared losing their place in his heart.
• Dugu Yan noticed the women’s scents on Chen Yuan, teased him, and flew away with him on his Flying Sword.

Chen Yuan and Dugu Yan returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find Immortal Herbs suited to Chen Yuan’s sect elders. Dugu Yan selected three herbs for them, while planning to choose another for their grandfather after he expelled his toxins.

• Dugu Yan explained that she would wait until the toxins left her body before consuming the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Chen Yuan agreed with her decision.
• Chen Yuan described the Immortal Herbs needed to help Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, and Dugu Yan proposed a Mandala Flower for their grandfather.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan found a Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma to help break through shackles.
• Dugu Yan selected a Geng Metal Fruit for Chen Xin, which could grant his Martial Soul Geng Metal Power and enhance its sharpness.
• Dugu Yan carefully packed Nether Bone Grass for Gu Rong, warning that it could ulcerate skin and should be swallowed whole.
• Chen Yuan thanked Dugu Yan for helping him repay the sect that raised him, and she said his elders would be hers too.

Chen Yuan returned from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after giving Dugu Yan fresh blood and revealing his healing Spirit Bone to her. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he gave Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong three Immortal Herbs and received Elder-level authority, while the elders learned he had won Dugu Yan's affection.

• Dugu Yan asked Chen Yuan for fresh blood and said she planned to visit her grandfather in Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Yuan healed his cut with the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and told Dugu Yan to keep his healing Spirit Bone a secret.
• Chen Yuan sent Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou City, then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with three Immortal Herbs.
• Chen Yuan gave Ning Fengzhi the Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma, Chen Xin the Geng Metal Fruit, and Gu Rong the Nether Bone Grass.
• Ning Fengzhi granted Chen Yuan Elder-level authority and asked what he had promised Poison Douluo for the herbs.
• Chen Yuan explained that Dugu Yan had chosen the herbs as gifts, leaving Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong stunned; Ning Fengzhi told him to treat Ning Rongrong well.

Chen Yuan had Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong absorb Immortal Herbs, strengthening their bodies and Martial Souls and loosening the two elders’ cultivation bottlenecks. The three planned to keep the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect low-profile while they grew stronger, aiming to transform it into an Eight or Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong consumed the Immortal Herbs while Chen Yuan stood guard and guided them in refining their medicinal power.
• After two hours, Ning Fengzhi awakened at Level 80 Spirit Power, but his Martial Soul had evolved only into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Chen Yuan and Ning Rongrong to have many children so the Seven Kill Sword and Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could both be passed down.
• Chen Xin said the Geng Metal Fruit had strengthened his Seven Kill Sword and loosened his bottleneck toward Level 97 Spirit Power.
• Gu Rong said the Nether Bone Grass had strengthened his defense and attacks and loosened his bottleneck toward Level 96 Spirit Power.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that the sect keep a low profile while they cultivated, with Chen Xin and Gu Rong taking turns guarding it until they could pursue its advancement.

Chen Yuan returned the Immortal Herbs to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong gained the potential to advance further and promised to support Chen Yuan's future Soul Rings. After Ning Fengzhi predicted the sect would rise to become the continent's strongest power, Chen Yuan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing about the elders' gains.

• Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would keep supporting Xue Qinghe's bid for the throne while withdrawing from deeper imperial affairs to focus on cultivation.
• Chen Yuan told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong that he planned to return to the academy and would need their help hunting a powerful Spirit Beast for his fifth Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong promised to support Chen Yuan in obtaining strong Soul Rings, and Chen Yuan said farewell and flew away.
• Ning Fengzhi predicted Chen Yuan would surpass Chen Xin and help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect become the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the continent's leading power.
• Chen Yuan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy late at night, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing welcomed him and Ning Rongrong asked about the Immortal Herbs.
• Chen Yuan told Ning Rongrong that Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong had refined the Immortal Herbs and greatly improved.

Over six months, Chen Yuan helped Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan purge their poison, while Dugu Yan grew stronger and drifted away from her academy team. After Dugu Bo reached level 93 and gave her a Wishful Treasure Pouch, Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, eager to see Chen Yuan.

• Dugu Yan completed her detoxification, advanced to level 40, gained her fourth Spirit Ring, and rose to level 48 after consuming the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Dugu Bo finished purging his poison, consumed the Mandala Flower, developed a more potent toxin, and advanced from level 91 to level 93.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan the Wishful Treasure Pouch and told her she could return to the academy and pursue Chen Yuan.
• Dugu Yan shared dinner with Dugu Bo, then left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next morning as he departed to cultivate in seclusion.

Dugu Yan moved into Chen Yuan’s villa after her grandfather entered seclusion, and Chen Yuan spent the night with her while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing accepted his relationship with her. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe considered visiting Ning Rongrong to regain Ning Fengzhi’s support.

• Dugu Yan told Chen Yuan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that her grandfather had recovered, taken an Immortal Herb, and planned to enter seclusion.
• Dugu Yan accepted Chen Yuan’s invitation to move into the villa and teased him by leaving her bedroom door unlocked.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing told Chen Yuan they understood that Dugu Yan liked him, and Chen Yuan reassured them.
• Chen Yuan visited Dugu Yan’s room that night, and they became intimate.
• Xue Qinghe read a report about Chen Yuan and Ning Rongrong’s group, then planned to visit Ning Rongrong the next day to regain Ning Fengzhi’s support.

Xue Qinghe visited Ning Rongrong at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and invited her and Chen Yuan’s companions to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena. Chen Yuan openly named Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan as his girlfriends, leaving Xue Qinghe intrigued and suspicious as they set out for the arena.

• Chen Yuan brought breakfast to Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan, then suggested they cultivate after resting.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin to visit Ning Rongrong and invited her to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.
• Ning Rongrong deferred to Chen Yuan when Xue Qinghe proposed the outing, and Chen Yuan agreed to take a day off.
• Ning Rongrong said she was Chen Yuan’s girlfriend, and Chen Yuan added that Zhuqing and Yanyan were his girlfriends too.
• Chen Yuan confirmed Ning Fengzhi knew about the relationships, and Xue Qinghe proceeded with the invitation while wondering about Chen Yuan’s appeal.

Chen Yuan and Xue Qinghe visited the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, where they encountered the Shrek Team and discussed Tang San’s identity and his father, Tang Hao. Xue Qinghe concealed his anger when Chen Yuan revealed that Tang Hao had killed the former Spirit Hall Pope, leaving Chen Yuan with an opening to direct Xue Qinghe’s attention toward Tang San.

• Xue Qinghe brought Chen Yuan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and suggested Chen Yuan compete, but Chen Yuan declined.
• The Shrek Team entered the arena, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing recognized several of its members while Chen Yuan wondered whether Xue Qinghe had arranged their encounter deliberately.
• Xue Qinghe asked whether Chen Yuan knew the Shrek Team, and Chen Yuan concluded that their meeting was accidental after Xue Qinghe said he did not know them.
• Chen Yuan assessed the Shrek Team’s strength and told Xue Qinghe that Thousand Hands Shura was Tang San, the son of Tang Hao, who had killed the former Spirit Hall Pope.
• Xue Qinghe concealed his killing intent and questioned how Tang San could be Tang Hao’s son, so Chen Yuan explained that Tang San possessed two Martial Souls.

Xue Qinghe learned that Tang San was likely Tang Hao’s son and planned to investigate Tang Hao, while Shrek won its arena match and Yu Xiaogang set the team’s tournament goals. After Xue Qinghe escorted Chen Yuan and the others back to the academy, Ning Rongrong told Dugu Yan about her grievances with Shrek, bringing the women closer.

• Xue Qinghe heard Chen Yuan suggest Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and resolved to investigate Tang Hao through Tang San.
• Shrek defeated its opponents, and Yu Xiaogang told the team to prepare for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament and eventually win its next championship.
• Dai Mubai brooded over Zhu Zhuqing and his bleak future, while Tang San and the other Shrek members expressed confidence in their prospects.
• Xue Qinghe watched more matches with Chen Yuan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan before escorting them back to the academy.
• Ning Rongrong recounted her bad experiences with Shrek to Dugu Yan, and the women grew closer.

Yu Tianheng challenged Chen Yuan over Dugu Yan, but Chen Yuan refused to treat her as a wager, and Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng outright. Ye Lingling reflected on her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul’s burden before Chen Yuan and the three girls spent their day off in the Back Mountain.

• Yu Tianheng challenged Chen Yuan, demanding that the loser leave Dugu Yan’s life for good.
• Chen Yuan refused to wager his feelings for Dugu Yan, and Dugu Yan declared her love for him and threatened Yu Tianheng with her poison.
• Yu Tianheng fled in humiliation, and the other members of the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team dispersed.
• Ye Lingling apologized to Chen Yuan and affirmed Dugu Yan’s choice, while Dugu Yan explained the burdens of the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Chen Yuan suggested sightseeing instead of cultivating, and he and the three girls relaxed together in the Back Mountain.

Chen Yuan, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing entered Sunset Forest to find Spirit Beasts for their next Spirit Rings. They found a Howling Moon Wolf suited to Ning Rongrong’s Fourth Spirit Ring and prepared to test Zhu Zhuqing against it.

• After half a year of cultivation, Chen Yuan and Dugu Yan reached level fifty, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reached level forty.
• The four traveled to Sunset Forest, where Chen Yuan planned to find Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts for himself and Dugu Yan and suitable Fourth Spirit Rings for Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The group entered the forest and searched its deeper regions, with Zhu Zhuqing scouting ahead through the trees.
• At dusk, Zhu Zhuqing spotted a Howling Moon Wolf and reported it to the others.
• Chen Yuan estimated the wolf was around forty-eight hundred years old and told Ning Rongrong to enhance Zhu Zhuqing, who would try to seriously injure it.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated a nearly five-thousand-year Howling Moon Wolf with Ning Rongrong’s amplification, allowing Ning Rongrong to claim its Spirit Ring. As Ning Rongrong began absorbing it, Chen Yuan spotted a nearly five-thousand-year Ghost Leopard and went to deal with it.

• Ning Rongrong amplified Zhu Zhuqing as Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Intrusion and Hell Stab to cripple the Howling Moon Wolf and defeat it.
• Dugu Yan gave Ning Rongrong a Dragon Herb Leaf to restore her Soul Power before absorbing a powerful Spirit Ring.
• Ning Rongrong killed the Howling Moon Wolf, and its purple Spirit Ring formed.
• Ning Rongrong recovered her Soul Power and began absorbing the Howling Moon Wolf’s Spirit Ring.
• Chen Yuan spotted a nearly five-thousand-year Ghost Leopard attracted by the blood and left to confront it.

Chen Yuan captured a Ghost Leopard for Zhu Zhuqing, who absorbed its Soul Ring alongside Ning Rongrong and gained a powerful Fourth Soul Skill. After they awoke, Chen Yuan planned to return them to the academy before going with Dugu Yan to seek stronger Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Chen Yuan defeated and crippled a Ghost Leopard, then gave it to Zhu Zhuqing as a suitable Soul Beast.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Ghost Leopard and began absorbing its purple Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan and Dugu Yan planned to seek Dugu Yan’s grandfather’s help and then travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for their remaining Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong awoke as a level-forty-one Four Ring Soul Elder, with a Fourth Soul Skill that enhanced attack by 50%.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke at level forty-one with the Fourth Soul Skill Netherworld Slash, a powerful single-target attack.
• Chen Yuan told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing he would return them to the academy before he and Dugu Yan continued their search.

Dugu Yan and Chen Yuan both reached rank fifty Soul Power and planned to seek Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts for their Fifth Soul Rings. After Dugu Bo agreed to help Dugu Yan, Chen Yuan took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing back to the academy before setting off to seek help for the trip to Star Dou Great Forest.

• Dugu Yan found Dugu Bo in seclusion and told him she had reached rank fifty and needed help choosing her Fifth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo recommended a Heavenly Star Centipede for Dugu Yan and learned that Chen Yuan had also reached rank fifty.
• Chen Yuan told Dugu Bo he would take Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing back to the academy, then seek his teacher's help before entering Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dugu Bo criticized Chen Yuan for leaving with the other girls, but Dugu Yan said she was not angry and defended his feelings for her.
• Chen Yuan flew Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where they kissed him goodbye and promised to cultivate harder.
• Chen Yuan left the academy and flew away toward his next destination.

Chen Yuan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after reaching rank fifty and set out with Chen Xin to hunt for his Fifth Soul Ring. He and Dugu Yan traveled with Chen Xin and Dugu Bo into the Star Dou Great Forest, where the group found a suitable Heavenly Star Centipede for Dugu Yan.

• Chen Yuan told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin that he had reached rank fifty, and Chen Xin agreed to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Yuan took Dugu Yan with him, while Dugu Bo followed alongside Chen Xin.
• The group rested overnight near the Star Dou Great Forest before entering its core region the next morning.
• Chen Xin and Dugu Bo warned everyone to avoid going too deep into the core region, where powerful Spirit Beasts lived.
• After searching for half a day, the group found a Heavenly Star Centipede over twelve thousand years old that was suitable for Dugu Yan's Fifth Soul Ring.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan killed a Ten Thousand Year Heavenly Star Centipede, allowing Dugu Yan to absorb her fifth Spirit Ring. The group continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Chen Yuan a high-age Spirit Beast and discovered a fifty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger devouring a Three-Eyed Magic Fox.

• Dugu Bo fought the Ten Thousand Year Heavenly Star Centipede and weakened it with his poison Soul Skills.
• Dugu Yan used her Blue Phosphorous Purple Poison to kill the centipede and began absorbing its black Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yan successfully gained the Emerald Phosphor Skyguard Shield as her fifth Soul Skill.
• Chen Xin and Dugu Bo led Chen Yuan and Dugu Yan deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Chen Yuan a suitable Spirit Ring.
• The group found the fifty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger devouring a Three-Eyed Magic Fox.