Chapter Summaries

After absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Lu Yuan’s Double Pupils advanced and transformed his Sea of Consciousness, greatly strengthening his spiritual power. He tested the new power and watched Zhu Zhuqing continue absorbing her herb, expecting her to reach the Soul Ancestor realm.

• As Lu Yuan absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, his Double Pupils advanced and his Sea of Consciousness turned blue-gold and expanded several times over.
• Lu Yuan found that the God-Slaying Spear no longer resisted him, then pulled it free from the island at the center of his Sea of Consciousness.
• Lu Yuan opened his eyes and unleashed blue-gold beams that blasted a massive crater into a distant cliff.
• Lu Yuan reflected on the Double Pupils’ potential and considered how Zhu Zhuqing’s hard work had brought her strength close to Qian Renxue’s at the same age.
• Lu Yuan looked at Zhu Zhuqing as she continued absorbing the herb’s medicinal power and expected her to break through to the Soul Ancestor realm.

Lu Yuan finished absorbing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and discussed his plans and the danger of relying on Qian Daoliu’s Worship Hall with Long Xiaoyao. After Long Xiaoyao left to arrange food, Zhu Zhuqing woke and threw herself into Lu Yuan’s arms.

• Long Xiaoyao recognized Lu Yuan’s breakthrough, and Lu Yuan replenished the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to keep Zhu Zhuqing protected.
• Lu Yuan sent Long Xiaoyao to fetch food and asked Mad Rhino Senior to stand guard while he stayed near Zhu Zhuqing.
• Long Xiaoyao warned Lu Yuan to be wary of the High Priest, Qian Daoliu, and the Angel God because Lu Yuan had taken on the fate of the Soul Beasts.
• Lu Yuan considered why he needed a force of his own to support his ambitions and avoid depending on the Worship Hall.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the medicinal power, saw Lu Yuan lost in thought, and knocked him to the ground with an affectionate embrace.

After Zhu Zhuqing reached rank forty by consuming the Narcissus Jade Bone, Lu Yuan promised to help her safely absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring after she stabilized her cultivation. The couple reunited with Long Xiaoyao, who returned with ingredients for Lu Yuan to cook.

• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing teased and reconciled with each other before she told him the Narcissus Jade Bone had brought her to rank forty.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she was relieved to be close to Lu Yuan's rank again, and Lu Yuan asked whether she wanted a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Lu Yuan teased Zhu Zhuqing by withholding his method, prompting her to bite his shoulder before he promised a surprise that would let her absorb the ring safely.
• Lu Yuan told Zhu Zhuqing to stabilize her cultivation before adding a soul ring, and she agreed to follow his advice.
• Long Xiaoyao returned carrying a basket of ingredients, and Lu Yuan said he would cook grilled fish for Zhu Zhuqing.

After dinner, Lu Yuan prepared to temper his physique by combining and consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot. He entered the Icefire Yin Yang Well to absorb their medicinal power while Zhu Zhuqing watched over him.

• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing finished dinner, and he teased her after she mistook his plans for business as a romantic advance.
• Lu Yuan decided to use the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to strengthen his physique, which had fallen behind his spiritual power.
• Lu Yuan protected his hands with Golden Dragon Armor, brought the two herbs together, and swallowed them before their effects faded.
• Lu Yuan leaped into the Icefire Yin Yang Well as the herbs' opposing energies took effect, reassuring the worried Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Yuan closed his eyes and began absorbing the herbs' medicinal power while Zhu Zhuqing kept watch.

Lu Yuan absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot in the Yin-Yang Spring Water, greatly strengthening his physique and changing his soul bones. Gu Yuena sensed his transformation through her Reverse Scale, while Lu Yuan felt her longing and resolved to reunite with her after reaching rank fifty.

• The two herbs’ opposing energies tempered Lu Yuan’s body and spread into his Golden Dragon Armor, Sky-Supporting Palm Bone, and Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone.
• Gu Yuena sensed the Reverse Scale’s shifting temperatures, recognized that Lu Yuan’s life force and heartbeat were growing stronger, and chose to continue recovering instead of visiting him.
• Lu Yuan sensed Gu Yuena missing him and promised himself he would spend time with her after reaching rank fifty and obtaining his fifth soul ring.
• By the next morning, Lu Yuan had absorbed the herbs and gained a physique he judged comparable to or stronger than an ordinary Soul Douluo’s.
• Lu Yuan tested his altered soul bones and found the Darkgold Terrorclaw sharper and infused with blue and red light, while the Golden Dragon Armor had gained weight, defense, and new colors.

After absorbing the immortal herbs, Lu Yuan gained Ice and Fire Immunity and his Golden Dragon Armor evolved, then he woke to Zhu Zhuqing guarding him. He began refining pills for Dugu Bo and planned to make pills that would strengthen Zhu Zhuqing and help her control her Soul Power.

• Lu Yuan's Golden Dragon Armor evolved to weigh ten thousand jin after he absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and he gained Ice and Fire Immunity.
• Lu Yuan saw the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's remains beneath the Icefire Yin Yang Well but decided to leave them alone for now.
• Lu Yuan found Zhu Zhuqing asleep beside the spring, drew her into his arms, and told her that his strength had greatly improved.
• Lu Yuan began refining antidote pills for Dugu Bo and explained that his blood, not the pills, would neutralize the cold and heat toxins.
• Lu Yuan told Zhu Zhuqing he would make her pills to strengthen her constitution and help her stabilize and control her Soul Power.

Lu Yuan gave Dugu Bo pills meant to remove his toxins, and Dugu Bo praised Lu Yuan's strength before proposing that he marry Dugu Yan. Lu Yuan turned him down because he was already with Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Dugu Bo to test the pills.

• Lu Yuan had Zhu Zhuqing hand Dugu Bo the pills, and Dugu Bo was surprised by her age and Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo thanked Lu Yuan because Yu Tianheng's collapse after their fight had led Dugu Yan to end their relationship.
• Dugu Bo noted Lu Yuan's rank and offered him Dugu Yan's hand in marriage, promising to serve him in return.
• Lu Yuan refused Dugu Bo's offer, taking Zhu Zhuqing's hand and saying she was already his girlfriend.
• Lu Yuan urged Dugu Bo to test the pills instead of discussing the matter further.

Lu Yuan recruited Dugu Bo into the newly named Dragon King Hall by offering him the Poison Pill Method, on the condition that Dugu Yan joined as well. After Dugu Bo left, Lu Yuan sent Mad Rhino Douluo to deliver a letter to his Senior Sister and instructed Long Xiaoyao to depart.

• Dugu Bo took one of Lu Yuan’s pills and confirmed that it expelled some of the toxins in his body.
• Lu Yuan offered Dugu Bo the Poison Pill Method and explained how it could contain his toxins and increase his strength.
• Dugu Bo agreed to serve Lu Yuan and secured Lu Yuan’s promise to teach the method to Dugu Yan, who would also join his faction.
• Lu Yuan named the faction Dragon King Hall, and Dugu Bo accepted the title of Hall Master for Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan gave Mad Rhino Douluo a letter for Salas to deliver to Lu Yuan’s Senior Sister, then sent Long Xiaoyao away.

Lu Yuan secretly summoned Hu Liena to Heaven Dou Imperial City with a letter, while Zhu Zhuqing questioned him about his intentions and his ties to Dugu Yan. Later, Lu Yuan and Long Xiaoyao watched Dugu Bo cultivate the Poison Pill Method, which promised to extend his life and raise his strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing figured out that Lu Yuan had used a letter to keep Qian Renxue from learning that Hu Liena was coming to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing teased each other about his promise to keep their relationship to the three of them and about Dugu Yan's interest in him, before Lu Yuan kissed Zhu Zhuqing.
• Long Xiaoyao and Lu Yuan watched Dugu Bo condense a poison pill, and Long Xiaoyao assessed his rising aura.
• Lu Yuan predicted that Dugu Bo would reach Rank Ninety-Three soon and could reach Rank Ninety-Five within a few years, though his progress would slow afterward.
• Long Xiaoyao warned that Dugu Bo must repay Lu Yuan's help, while Lu Yuan said he trusted Dugu Bo's loyalty.

After Dugu Bo advanced to level ninety-three and joined Dragon King Hall, Lu Yuan planned to return to Heaven Dou Imperial City and buy Blue Tyrant Academy. He intended to use the academy and the upcoming tournament to build his power while keeping his identity separate from Spirit Hall.

• Dugu Bo condensed a poison core, advanced to level ninety-three, and pledged to serve Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan promised to make pills for Dugu Yan and asked Dugu Bo to prepare pill furnaces.
• Lu Yuan said he would buy Blue Tyrant Academy, reorganize it, and enter its team in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
• Mad Rhino Douluo warned that buying the academy could provoke the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Lu Yuan said he was prepared to confront them.
• Lu Yuan explained that competing for Spirit Hall would expose his identity and that Spirit Hall's dominance risked provoking the two empires and major clans.

Lu Yuan explained why Spirit Hall could benefit from losing the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition, then gathered herbs at the Icefire Yin Yang Well to prepare for pill-making. He left Zhu Zhuqing with the promise that his experiments should produce enough pills for her and Dugu Yan.

• Lu Yuan explained that Spirit Hall's defeat would shift attention to the Dragon King Hall while helping Spirit Hall secretly build its strength, and everyone agreed with his reasoning.
• Lu Yuan told Mad Rhino Douluo to ask Xue Er to buy rare metals and invite Ning Fengzhi, then sent him to wait at Xue Er's place.
• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing gathered herbs beside the Icefire Yin Yang Well and teased each other, while Zhu Zhuqing voiced her jealousy over his popularity with women.
• Lu Yuan collected the ingredients he needed and warned Zhu Zhuqing that pill refinement would involve failures, though he expected to make enough pills for her and Dugu Yan.

Lu Yuan successfully refined his first batch of medium-quality Soul Return Pills beside the Yang Spring. He tricked Zhu Zhuqing into taking one to test it, and she confirmed that the pill worked despite biting him in anger.

• Lu Yuan refined his third batch of Soul Return Pills and produced five medium-quality pills.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to try a pill, so Lu Yuan distracted her by pretending Mad Rhino Senior had arrived and slipped one into her mouth.
• Zhu Zhuqing pounced on Lu Yuan and bit his hand after realizing he had tricked her.
• Zhu Zhuqing felt a warm current from the pill and confirmed that it could restore Soul Power.

Lu Yuan refined Body Tempering Pills while Zhu Zhuqing stayed beside him, then learned that Long Xiaoyao’s cooking brought back memories of Ye Xishui. He told Zhu Zhuqing Ye Xishui’s story, leaving her wondering whether the two Ultimate Douluo could reunite and where Ye Xishui had disappeared to.

• Lu Yuan finished a batch of eight Body Tempering Pills and divided them between those close to him and future allies.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought Lu Yuan dinner made by Long Xiaoyao and fed him while he rested from refining pills.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed Long Xiaoyao seemed wistful while cooking, and Lu Yuan said he was probably thinking of Ye Xishui.
• Lu Yuan told Zhu Zhuqing about Ye Xishui’s past and her transformation into an Evil Soul Master.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether Ye Xishui could escape her first Martial Soul’s influence and where she had gone.

After four days of pill refining, Lu Yuan finished preparing medicines for Zhu Zhuqing and gathered herbs and spring water from the Icefire Yin Yang Well. He and Zhu Zhuqing then left with Long Xiaoyao to return to Heaven Dou Imperial City, while Dugu Bo was tasked with guarding the herbs.

• Lu Yuan told Zhu Zhuqing that Long Xiaoyao had never found Ye Xishui and had remained alone.
• Lu Yuan completed and counted his pills, then gave Zhu Zhuqing four bottles and advised her to focus on strengthening her body and Soul Power before taking the Spirit Enhancement Pills.
• Lu Yuan promised to make Zhu Zhuqing a larger Soul Tool and teased her with a surprise that would help her fourth Soul Ring reach ten thousand years.
• Lu Yuan told Long Xiaoyao to notify Dugu Bo to guard the herbs and prepare to return to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Lu Yuan collected useful herbs and spring water from the Icefire Yin Yang Well, then departed with Zhu Zhuqing and Long Xiaoyao for Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Lu Yuan and his group arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy to meet its headmaster, Liu Erlong, and discuss matters with her. After the receptionist hesitated to take them to her, Dugu Bo revealed his Titled Douluo power, leaving the teacher terrified as Lu Yuan caught him.

• Lu Yuan asked Dugu Bo whether he had secured the herbs at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo assured him that he had set up poison formations.
• Lu Yuan asked Dugu Bo to bring Dugu Yan so he could examine her, and assigned Dugu Bo responsibility for the herbs while promising him a copy of the Hundred Herb Record.
• Lu Yuan, Zhu Zhuqing, Long Xiaoyao, and Dugu Bo entered Blue Tyrant Academy and asked a reception teacher to take them to Liu Erlong.
• The teacher said Liu Erlong preferred not to meet outsiders and offered to take them to Teacher Sun instead.
• Lu Yuan pointed out that Dugu Bo's business should count as important, and Dugu Bo displayed his nine soul rings, frightening the teacher until Lu Yuan caught him.

Lu Yuan and his companions traveled to Liu Erlong’s secluded cabin to meet the academy principal, while his teasing with Zhu Zhuqing eased their journey. Liu Erlong saw Dugu Bo standing behind Lu Yuan and wondered who the young man was to command a Titled Douluo’s deference.

• Lu Yuan helped the frightened middle-aged teacher and asked him to lead the group to Principal Liu Erlong.
• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing teased each other as the group followed the teacher into the forest, where he explained that Liu Erlong lived apart from the academy.
• The group found Liu Erlong watering flowers beside her cabin, and Lu Yuan noticed her beauty while Zhu Zhuqing reacted jealously.
• Liu Erlong questioned the teacher for bringing visitors, and he introduced Dugu Bo and said their business required her attention.
• Liu Erlong noticed Dugu Bo acting like Lu Yuan’s follower and wondered who the young man was.

Lu Yuan visited Liu Erlong to buy Blue Tyrant Academy, but she refused. He provoked her by bringing up Yu Xiaogang’s abandonment, and Dugu Bo used his aura to subdue her as the confrontation began.

• Liu Erlong welcomed Lu Yuan and his companions into her wooden house and asked what they wanted.
• Lu Yuan introduced Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée, delighting her, then explained that he wanted to buy Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong refused to sell the academy, and Lu Yuan assured her that he would preserve its policy of accepting commoner students.
• Lu Yuan challenged Liu Erlong over whether she could manage the academy and cited the story of Yu Xiaogang leaving her at their wedding.
• Liu Erlong slammed the table and demanded to know whether Lu Yuan was mocking her, so Dugu Bo pressed her down with his aura.

Lu Yuan tried to persuade Liu Erlong to sell Blue Tyrant Academy, but she refused because she feared a noble would take away commoner students’ chance to study. He offered to let her remain dean and oversee his decisions, then hinted that his reputation and connection to Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao would prove he was different.

• Dugu Bo’s aura overwhelmed Liu Erlong until Lu Yuan asked him to withdraw it.
• Lu Yuan apologized for upsetting Liu Erlong and praised her devotion before explaining that he wanted to buy Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong refused, saying she did not trust Lu Yuan and feared he would turn the academy against commoner students.
• Lu Yuan offered to keep Liu Erlong as dean so she could supervise his management of the academy.
• Lu Yuan asked whether Liu Erlong remembered his name and then invoked Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao.

Lu Yuan revealed his identity to Liu Erlong and reassured her that he supported commoner students. Liu Erlong agreed to consider selling Blue Tyrant Academy if he proved his strength, but Lu Yuan proposed a more demanding wager: he would buy the academy only if he defeated her.

• Lu Yuan introduced Long Xiaoyao as the Dragon Emperor Douluo, and Liu Erlong recognized Lu Yuan as the youth who had caused havoc at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lu Yuan told Liu Erlong that he opposed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s treatment of commoners, and she became more receptive to his request to purchase Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong asked whether Lu Yuan had beaten Yu Tianheng and then proposed selling the academy if he could force her to use her fifth soul skill.
• Lu Yuan said that condition was too easy and wagered that he would buy the academy only if he defeated Liu Erlong; she called him arrogant.

Lu Yuan challenged Liu Erlong to a duel and a bet, confident that his Golden Dragon Spirit could defeat her Fire Dragon Spirit despite their difference in Soul Power. The fight began with Lu Yuan attacking first, leaving the two poised for battle in the forest.

• Liu Erlong doubted Lu Yuan could defeat her, but he insisted that his confidence came from his strength and hinted that his Golden Dragon Spirit would surprise her.
• Lu Yuan and Liu Erlong went into the forest to fight, and Lu Yuan looked forward to testing himself against a powerful opponent.
• Lu Yuan revealed his Golden Dragon Spirit and unusual soul ring configuration, whose pressure suppressed Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon Spirit.
• Liu Erlong summoned her Fire Dragon Spirit and resisted Lu Yuan's pressure with her much greater Soul Power.
• Lu Yuan conjured the Golden Dragon Spear, charged at Liu Erlong, and used Spear Art: Vast Sea.