Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan defeated the Shi Brothers with his Golden Dragon claws, then faced Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan in the arena. After revealing his Golden Dragon Martial Soul, he overwhelmed Yu Tianheng with its draconic pressure and left him kneeling, setting up their fight.

• Lu Yuan used speed and overwhelming strength to defeat the Shi Brothers without activating his Martial Soul.
• Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian admitted they had little confidence against Lu Yuan, while Ning Fengzhi admired him.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan entered the arena, planning to wear Lu Yuan down for their three senior teammates.
• Lu Yuan said he disliked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and provoked Yu Tianheng into activating his Martial Soul.
• Lu Yuan revealed his Golden Dragon Martial Soul, whose pressure forced Yu Tianheng to his knees.

Lu Yuan used the Golden Dragon’s bloodline pressure to overwhelm Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, then knocked them off the arena. After revealing his thousand-year second soul ring, he challenged the remaining Soul Ancestors and Soul Elders to attack him together.

• Lu Yuan’s Golden Dragon bloodline suppressed Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent, leaving both unable to fight back.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo identified Lu Yuan’s Martial Soul as the legendary Golden Dragon, while Ning Fengzhi explained the distinction to Ning Rongrong.
• Spectators noticed Lu Yuan’s thousand-year second soul ring, and Yu Tianxin reacted in disbelief at Yu Tianheng’s predicament.
• Yu Tianheng struggled to rise, but Lu Yuan increased the pressure, slammed him against the arena, and kicked him off; he also struck Dugu Yan off the arena.
• Meng Shenji glared at Lu Yuan with killing intent as Lu Yuan invited the remaining Soul Ancestors and Soul Elders to attack him together.

Lu Yuan decisively defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team and drew admiration from the spectators. He then mocked Yu Tianheng and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, leaving Yu Tianxin shaken after challenging him and meeting his gaze.

• Lu Yuan used his Golden Dragon powers to defeat three Soul Ancestors and four Soul Elders, winning the match.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Qian Renxue, and students from other academies reacted to Lu Yuan’s overwhelming strength.
• Lu Yuan criticized Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s fighters and insulted Yu Tianheng and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Tianxin confronted Lu Yuan, but fell silent when Lu Yuan challenged him to fight.
• Lu Yuan glanced at Yu Tianxin with his Double Pupils, making Yu Tianxin stagger back and tremble in fear.

After Lu Yuan defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Prince Xue Xing tried to stop him from leaving and clashed with him over the academy’s humiliation. The confrontation escalated when Xue Xing summoned Dugu Bo, leaving Lu Yuan and Mad Rhino Douluo facing a formidable group.

• Lu Yuan ignored Meng Shenji’s anger, signaled Qian Renxue, and stepped down from the arena after achieving his goal.
• Prince Xue Xing confronted Lu Yuan and accused him of bringing disgrace upon Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lu Yuan insulted Xue Xing and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, while Ning Rongrong laughed and Ning Fengzhi tried to calm the situation.
• Meng Shenji and the other board members pressured Lu Yuan, but Mad Rhino Douluo appeared and repelled their auras.
• Sword Douluo recognized Dugu Bo as the Azure Phosphorous Douluo after Prince Xue Xing ordered him to kill Lu Yuan.
• Qian Renxue worried that Mad Rhino Douluo could not overcome Dugu Bo and the three Soul Douluos without revealing her hidden allies.

Dugu Bo moved to kill Lu Yuan after Prince Xue Xing demanded it, but Lu Yuan remained unafraid and summoned Long Xiaoyao, an Ultimate Douluo who effortlessly struck Dugu Bo down. The chapter ended with Long Xiaoyao identifying himself as Dragon Emperor Douluo, leaving the gathered factions stunned.

• Dugu Bo confronted Lu Yuan, while Prince Xue Xing urged him to act and Meng Shenji and two others held Mad Rhino Douluo at bay.
• Ning Fengzhi considered intervening, but Sword Douluo noticed Lu Yuan showed no fear; Qian Renxue and the other onlookers also watched the confrontation.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Lu Yuan was afraid, and Lu Yuan asked Mad Rhino Douluo what Prince Xue Xing had threatened to do to him.
• Lu Yuan called for Old Long, and Long Xiaoyao appeared in the sky, immobilized Dugu Bo, and sent him flying with a casual wave.
• Qian Renxue recognized Long Xiaoyao as an Ultimate Douluo, and he introduced himself as Long Xiaoyao, titled Dragon Emperor.

Long Xiaoyao arrived and revealed himself as Lu Yuan’s servant, overwhelming the defenders at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. When Prince Xue Xing pleaded for help, Long Xiaoyao prepared to kill him on Lu Yuan’s order, while the others stood by.

• Everyone was shocked when Long Xiaoyao appeared and severely injured Dugu Bo and the three Education Committee Members with his aura.
• Long Xiaoyao bowed to Lu Yuan and called him Master, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to recognize that he could be a ninety-ninth-rank Ultimate Douluo.
• Lu Yuan pointed out that Prince Xue Xing had threatened to kill him, and Long Xiaoyao said he would kill the prince first.
• Prince Xue Xing invoked the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Emperor Xue Ye, but Long Xiaoyao dismissed the threat and struck at him.
• Prince Xue Xing begged Dugu Bo, the Education Committee Members, and Ning Fengzhi to save him, but they did not intervene.

Lu Yuan considered whether to kill Prince Xue Xing, but Qian Renxue intervened as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and pleaded for his imperial uncle. Lu Yuan agreed to spare Xue Xing if the Heaven Dou Imperial Family gave him something he wanted.

• As Long Xiaoyao prepared to kill Prince Xue Xing, Lu Yuan weighed the consequences of killing him or letting him live.
• Qian Renxue stepped forward and asked Long Xiaoyao to stop, then pleaded with Lu Yuan to spare her imperial uncle.
• Lu Yuan questioned why he should spare Xue Xing after the prince had threatened his life, and Qian Renxue apologized and offered compensation.
• Qian Renxue presented herself as willing to face death for her uncle, impressing those present, while Lu Yuan recognized her performance and decided Xue Xing should not die in front of her.
• Lu Yuan agreed to spare Prince Xue Xing if the Heaven Dou Imperial Family gave him something he wanted.

Lu Yuan demanded the Heaven Dou Empire’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in exchange for sparing Prince Xue Xing, and Qian Renxue agreed to deliver it in three days. After Lu Yuan left, Ning Fengzhi decided to help Qian Renxue obtain the treasure and further his ties with Lu Yuan.

• Lu Yuan offered to spare Xue Xing’s life if Qian Renxue gave him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and she accepted despite Prince Xue Xing’s objections.
• Lu Yuan warned Qian Renxue that he would kill her too if she failed to deliver the treasure in three days.
• Lu Yuan explained that he had challenged Heaven Dou Royal Academy after seeing Xue Beng bully a commoner student, then left with Long Xiaoyao and Mad Rhino Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi predicted that Lu Yuan’s accusations would worsen Xue Beng’s reputation and strengthen Qian Renxue’s position as Crown Prince.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong whether she liked Lu Yuan, then went to the palace to help Qian Renxue obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

After Lu Yuan left Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Meng Shenji, Qian Renxue, and Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Xue Beng had provoked the attack. Xue Ye punished Xue Beng and debated whether Heaven Dou should give Lu Yuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, leaving him wary after learning Long Xiaoyao might be a level-ninety-nine Ultimate Douluo.

• Lu Yuan returned to the Star Blue Hotel as news of his attack on Heaven Dou Royal Academy spread through the imperial city.
• Meng Shenji, Qian Renxue, and Ning Fengzhi confirmed to Xue Ye that Xue Beng had provoked Lu Yuan, and Xue Ye ordered Xue Beng beaten and confined for three years.
• Qian Renxue advised Xue Ye to honor the agreement to give Lu Yuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, citing the imperial family's credibility and Long Xiaoyao's strength.
• Prince Xue Xing agreed that Heaven Dou should give Lu Yuan the artifact, saying he feared Long Xiaoyao after seeing him overpower Dugu Bo.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Long Xiaoyao might be a level-ninety-nine Ultimate Douluo, leaving the emperor deeply wary.

Xue Ye ordered Qian Renxue to offer Lu Yuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and seek his goodwill, while also giving her control of Heaven Dou Royal Academy. At the Star Blue Hotel, Lu Yuan worried about how to explain Long Xiaoyao’s sudden appearance to Xue Er.

• Xue Ye agreed to give Lu Yuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and tasked Qian Renxue with winning his friendship or at least preventing hostility.
• Meng Shenji and Ning Fengzhi supported making Qian Renxue the envoy, and Xue Ye ordered her to approach Lu Yuan.
• Xue Ye blamed Prince Xue Xing for Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s defeat, removed him from its affairs, and placed Qian Renxue in charge of reforming it.
• At the Star Blue Hotel, Mad Rhino Douluo questioned Long Xiaoyao’s origins, and Lu Yuan assured him that he was also a member of Spirit Hall.
• After Mad Rhino Douluo left to arrange a room for Long Xiaoyao, Lu Yuan admitted that he needed a convincing excuse to explain the day’s events to Xue Er.

Lu Yuan visited the Crown Prince Estate, where Qian Renxue returned the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as an apology for the imperial family’s actions. Ning Fengzhi tried to engage Lu Yuan and Long Xiaoyao, but Long Xiaoyao rebuffed his overtures, leaving Sword Douluo displeased.

• Lu Yuan arrived at the Crown Prince Estate with Long Xiaoyao and Mad Rhino Douluo, where Qian Renxue welcomed him alongside Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and a young girl.
• Qian Renxue presented Lu Yuan with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as an apology, and Lu Yuan checked it before storing it in his Star Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Lu Yuan’s performance at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Lu Yuan responded with calm brevity.
• Ning Fengzhi pointed out that Long Xiaoyao had no seat, and Qian Renxue ordered one brought for him.
• Long Xiaoyao refused the seat and dismissed Ning Fengzhi’s attempt to gain his favor, while Sword Douluo suppressed his displeasure.

Lu Yuan met Ning Fengzhi and introduced himself to Ning Rongrong, while his strength and young age astonished the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect visitors. He left after Ning Fengzhi expressed interest in building a connection with him.

• Lu Yuan eased Ning Fengzhi’s displeasure over Long Xiaoyao’s proud behavior, and Long Xiaoyao sat down.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Ning Rongrong to Lu Yuan, and she greeted him politely while staring at his handsome face.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Lu Yuan’s age, and Lu Yuan revealed that he was nine and would turn ten in a month.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong were shocked by Lu Yuan’s age and accomplishments, while Ning Fengzhi resolved to connect with him.
• Lu Yuan ended the meeting and took his leave, and Qian Renxue offered to see him out.

Lu Yuan activated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and received its knowledge as the Sea God entered his sea of consciousness to strengthen it. The Sea God discovered the Seed of Primordial Qi, then encountered a black domain whose killing intent immobilized him.

• Lu Yuan used his blood to activate the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and sensed that an unseen presence was watching him.
• The Sea God judged Lu Yuan a promising potential inheritor and sent the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud into his sea of consciousness.
• The Sea God used Vast Sea Power to transform Lu Yuan’s golden sea of consciousness and began strengthening his spiritual power and External Soul Bones.
• The Sea God identified the Seed of Primordial Qi as a powerful but attribute-less Divine Seed and pushed past its protective light.
• The Sea God entered a black domain and was immobilized by its overwhelming killing intent.

The God-Slaying Spear killed the Sea God's phantom, and Lu Yuan gained four techniques from the Sea God Thirteen Halberds. The chapter ended by shifting to the Sea God's temple in the God Realm.

• The Sea God's phantom tried to contact his true body but found the Seed of Primordial Qi had sealed off communication.
• The God-Slaying Spear pierced and destroyed the Sea God's phantom, leaving behind the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Lu Yuan received fragmentary memories of four Sea God Thirteen Halberds moves: Unfixed Storm, Thousand Year Void, Gone Never Return, and Body and Halberd as One, Stars Shift and the Dipper Turns.
• Lu Yuan recognized the techniques' similarities to the Vast Sea Spear Art and considered using them to advance his spear mastery.
• The narration described the Sea God's status and Super Divine Artifact at his temple in the God Realm.

The Sea God discovered that his divine sense and the Heart of the Sea God had vanished, and he sent Bo Saixi to investigate while considering a backup plan. Meanwhile, Lu Yuan used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to enter the Crown Prince Estate unseen and arrived at Qian Renxue’s bedchamber.

• The Sea God realized he could no longer sense his divine sense or the Heart of the Sea God and decided to ask Bo Saixi to investigate.
• The Sea God considered using the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Whale Pearl to forge another Heart of the Sea God if necessary.
• Lu Yuan summoned Long Xiaoyao and Mad Rhino Douluo and used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to conceal them as they walked toward the Crown Prince Estate.
• Lu Yuan noticed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had become more responsive, though he did not know Pure Qi Divine Power had refined the Heart of the Sea God and made him its sole master.
• Lu Yuan put away the shroud inside the estate, where Snake Lance Douluo recognized him and led him to Qian Renxue’s bedchamber.

Lu Yuan visited Qian Renxue and discussed her growing control over the Heaven Dou Empire, then began explaining his connection to Dragon Emperor Douluo. He revealed that his Golden Dragon Bloodline awakened after Qian Renxue left, but she was still waiting to hear how that led to Dragon Emperor Douluo.

• Lu Yuan entered Qian Renxue’s room, where she greeted him in her true appearance, and they embraced.
• Qian Renxue told Lu Yuan that Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing had been punished, leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy under her control and strengthening her position with Xue Ye.
• Lu Yuan asked about Ning Fengzhi’s support and warned Qian Renxue that Xue Ye’s slow-acting poison might have a cure.
• Qian Renxue demanded that Lu Yuan explain everything about Dragon Emperor Douluo, and he began by revealing his pure Golden Dragon Bloodline.
• Lu Yuan explained that his bloodline awakened under Golden Crocodile Douluo’s pressure after Qian Renxue left, but Qian Renxue asked how this connected to Dragon Emperor Douluo.

Lu Yuan explained to Qian Renxue that Long Xiaoyao possessed the powerful Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and had pledged himself to Lu Yuan after sensing his Golden Dragon Bloodline. Qian Renxue remained worried about Lu Yuan’s increasingly mysterious origins and asked him not to betray her.

• Lu Yuan told Qian Renxue that Long Xiaoyao’s Dark Sacred Dragon was an ultimate Martial Soul with pure dragon bloodline, equal in rank to the Light Sacred Dragon.
• Lu Yuan explained that his Golden Dragon could suppress the Dark Sacred Dragon, and Qian Renxue pressed him to explain why Long Xiaoyao called him his lord.
• Lu Yuan recounted that his Golden Dragon Bloodline awakened after Golden Crocodile Douluo pressured him, and Long Xiaoyao later sensed it while Lu Yuan practiced his spear at Plum Garden.
• Lu Yuan said Long Xiaoyao had declared him destined to restore the Dragon God’s glory and had stayed by his side from then on.
• Qian Renxue worried that Lu Yuan’s extraordinary origins and rising status might separate them, embraced him, and asked him not to betray her.

Lu Yuan reassured Qian Renxue that he would never betray her, but admitted he loved other women as well. Qian Renxue agreed to share him on the condition that she be his principal wife, then attacked him when he revealed there was one more woman.

• Lu Yuan comforted Qian Renxue, and they kissed as she confessed her worries about losing him.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Lu Yuan would love only her, and he admitted he could not leave Senior Sister and Zhu Qing behind.
• Qian Renxue guessed that Hu Liena was one of Lu Yuan's other lovers and demanded to know whom he would choose; Lu Yuan said he wanted both of them.
• Qian Renxue accepted sharing Lu Yuan on the condition that she be his principal wife, and Lu Yuan agreed.
• Lu Yuan began to tell Qian Renxue there was one more woman, so she struck him with Purification Power while the four Titled Douluo waited outside.
• Lu Yuan dispelled the power and healed his bruises, then saw Qian Renxue still glaring at him.

Lu Yuan reconciled with Qian Renxue and showed her the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s abilities, explaining that it was also known as the Heart of the Sea God. He revealed that its power had strengthened his spiritual power and physique, and that he might try absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring as his third soul ring.

• Lu Yuan apologized to Qian Renxue, who accepted his promise that she would remain the person he loved most.
• Qian Renxue asked Lu Yuan about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and he demonstrated its invisibility and restraining abilities while describing its other skills.
• Lu Yuan told Qian Renxue that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Heart of the Sea God and a key item in the Sea God’s inheritance.
• Lu Yuan said he did not want to inherit the Sea God’s godhood, but the Heart of the Sea God’s power had strengthened him and might let him absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring as his third soul ring.

Lu Yuan explained that his physique and spiritual power could let him withstand a ten-thousand-year soul ring despite being only rank twenty-nine. He proved his spiritual power was roughly equal to an ordinary Soul Sage’s, leaving Qian Renxue shocked by his strength.

• Qian Renxue warned Lu Yuan that absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring risked Soul Shock, and he explained the danger and the role of spiritual power.
• Lu Yuan argued that his Golden Dragon physique could withstand the soul ring’s pressure, then claimed his spiritual power surpassed Qian Renxue’s.
• Qian Renxue and Lu Yuan released their spiritual power to compare their strength.
• Lu Yuan overpowered Qian Renxue’s spiritual power and withdrew his own before she could be seriously hurt.
• Lu Yuan told Qian Renxue that his spiritual power had reached the level of an ordinary Soul Sage after the Sea God transformed his sea of consciousness.