Chapter Summaries

Long Yun broke through Yan’s powerful fire attack with his Divine Armor, then collapsed from exhaustion and was comforted by Hu Liena. The chapter recounted the year of Long Yun’s growth and left him preparing to seek a Soul Ring, visit Heaven Dou City, and claim the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Long Yun summoned the Divine Armor and shattered Yan’s white pillar of fire, astonishing Yan and Xie Yue.
• Long Yun landed exhausted, and Hu Liena supported him and scolded him for fighting recklessly.
• Long Yun reassured Hu Liena that he had only exhausted his Soul Power, while Yan and Xie Yue stood by them.
• The chapter revealed that Long Yun and Hu Liena had grown close over the past year, while Yan had let go of his feelings for her.
• Long Yun’s Soul Power reached Level 30, and he spent the year studying Soul Beast and martial soul knowledge with Bibi Dong.
• Long Yun planned to finish his studies, obtain a Soul Ring, visit Heaven Dou City, and gather the Immortal Herbs before Tang San could reach them.

Yan explained how he developed a powerful mutation of his Fourth Soul Skill during sparring with Long Yun, while Long Yun kept the secret of how he had withstood it. After saying goodbye to Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue, Long Yun departed with Long You Jing for Sunset Forest, where he had a goal beyond hunting for a Soul Ring.

• Yan revealed that he could control the fire pillars from his Fourth Soul Skill, forming a cage whose converging flames produced a devastating ring of fire.
• Yan explained that the mutated skill consumed about seventy percent of his Soul Power, and Long Yun declined to reveal the ability that had let him break through the attack.
• Long Yun announced that he was leaving to hunt for a Soul Ring, and Hu Liena reluctantly agreed to see him off after he promised to return in a little over a month.
• Long Yun promised Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue a surprise, then left Spirit City with Long You Jing while Du Busi stayed hidden in the void.
• Long Yun told Long You Jing they were heading to Sunset Forest and hinted that something there mattered more to him than obtaining a Soul Ring.

Long Yun and Long You Jing traveled into Sunset Forest to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Long Yun hoped to strengthen his body before obtaining an offensive Third Soul Ring. Du Busi located the mountain, and Long Yun reached its poisonous base, where a Titled Douluo’s deadly poison threatened him.

• Long Yun and Long You Jing entered Sunset Forest, and Long Yun explained that he wanted an offensive Third Soul Ring and planned to temper his body at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first.
• Long Yun told Long You Jing about the well’s Immortal Herbs and hot and cold springs, then asked Du Busi to search the forest’s central region for the Azure Serpent Seven Absolutes Flower.
• Long Yun and Long You Jing explored the forest while she knocked away several soul beasts that attacked them.
• Du Busi found the mountain, and Long Yun flew there with Long You Jing using his Wings of the Azure Sky.
• Long Yun recognized the mountain by its poisonous plants and its fiery red and milky white peak, while Du Busi warned that poison laid by a Titled Douluo could be fatal to Long Yun.

Long Yun and Du Busi reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and discovered the Immortal Herbs growing around it. Du Busi recognized the herbs, while Long Yun planned which ones to consume before they began inspecting the plants.

• Du Busi assured Long Yun that he could protect him from the poisonous fumes, then carried him and Long You Jing toward the mountain peak.
• A green-haired old man in a mountainside cave noticed the trespassers and left to investigate.
• Long Yun and Du Busi descended into the valley and saw the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, surrounded by extraordinary plants.
• Du Busi recognized the Immortal Herbs and celebrated the discovery, while Long You Jing showed little interest.
• Long Yun planned to consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to gain resistance to ice and fire, and the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to improve his eye External Soul Bone.

Long Yun and his companions confronted Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Du Busi forced him to concede the Immortal Herbs. Long Yun then invited Dugu Bo to join Divine Palace, leaving him stunned by the revelation that Long You Jing was a Level 99 Limit Douluo.

• Dugu Bo appeared at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and grew wary after sensing the strength of Du Busi and Long You Jing.
• Long Yun admitted he had come to take the valuable herbs, but Dugu Bo claimed they were ordinary and poisonous.
• Du Busi struck Dugu Bo with a surge of Soul Power, sending him into a mountain wall and injuring him.
• Long Yun told Dugu Bo they would take the herbs, and Dugu Bo reluctantly agreed while asking them not to ruin the place.
• Long Yun invited Dugu Bo to join Divine Palace and introduced Du Busi as a Level 98 Super Douluo and Long You Jing as a Level 99 Limit Douluo, shocking him.

Long Yun persuaded Dugu Bo to join the Divine Palace by promising to cure the poison affecting him and Dugu Yan, help her become a Titled Douluo, and raise his Soul Power. Dugu Bo accepted, and Long Yun began to explain a matter he had not yet clarified.

• Long Yun introduced Long You Jing and Du Busi as the Divine Palace’s powerful consecrated elders, then asked Dugu Bo to join.
• Dugu Bo initially refused because he wanted to remain free, but Long Yun promised that joining would not restrict his freedom.
• Long Yun revealed that Du Busi could cure Dugu Bo’s Blue Scale Serpent Poison and promised to have Dugu Yan detoxified even if Dugu Bo did not join.
• Long Yun guaranteed that Dugu Yan would become a Titled Douluo, prompting Dugu Bo to agree to join the Divine Palace.
• Long Yun promised to raise Dugu Bo’s Soul Power to Level 92 or 93 without side effects, and Dugu Bo thanked him.
• Long Yun told Dugu Bo that there was one more matter he needed to explain.

Long Yun revealed that he was the Pope’s disciple and future Saint Child, then persuaded Dugu Bo to set aside his grievances with Spirit Hall and support its plan to unify the continent. Dugu Bo accepted, and Du Busi began guiding the poison in his body so he could form a Poison Pill.

• Long Yun told Dugu Bo he was the Spirit Hall Pope’s disciple and future Saint Child, leaving Dugu Bo conflicted about staying with the Divine Palace.
• Long Yun assured Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall would no longer trouble him and explained that Spirit Hall wanted to unify the continent to end the wars between the two empires.
• Dugu Bo accepted Long Yun’s reasoning and agreed to follow his arrangements, including detoxification and help for his granddaughter.
• Du Busi taught Dugu Bo the method for condensing a Poison Pill, which would prevent poison from harming him and strengthen him.
• Dugu Bo sat down, and Du Busi used his Soul Power to guide the poison from Dugu Bo’s body toward his dantian.

Long Yun harvested and consumed Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to endure their effects and strengthen his body. Two days later, he remained submerged while Dugu Bo successfully condensed his Poison Pill, resolved his poison backlash, and advanced to Rank 92.

• Long Yun identified Aromatic Silk Beauty and other Immortal Herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then explained that Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot could be safely consumed together.
• Long Yun used a special jade shovel to dig up Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass while Long You Jing brought over Infernal Delicate Apricot, and Long Yun ate both herbs once their opposing effects neutralized each other.
• Long Yun suffered intense alternating cold and heat, then entered the Ice and Fire Spring Water, where the energies began merging with and strengthening his body.
• Long Yun fell asleep more than thirty meters beneath the spring's surface as his body absorbed its ice and fire energy, while Long You Jing waited for him to emerge.
• Dugu Bo condensed his Poison Pill under Du Busi's guidance, overcame his poison backlash, and broke through to Rank 92.

After two days of waiting, Long Yun emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, having completed his body tempering and gained a stronger physique and improved Wings of the Azure Sky. He planned to try absorbing a Third Soul Ring over fifteen thousand years old, despite Dugu Bo's disbelief.

• Long You Jing and Du Busi waited anxiously for Long Yun, while Dugu Bo considered bringing Dugu Yan away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and breaking up her relationship with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan boy.
• Long Yun burst from the spring and flew high above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before landing, where he realized the heat had destroyed his Storage Ring and clothes.
• Du Busi lent Long Yun oversized clothes, and Long You Jing, Du Busi, and Dugu Bo laughed at his appearance.
• Long Yun examined his Wings of the Azure Sky and found them tougher, faster, and marked with fiery-red and ice-blue patterns after the tempering.
• Long Yun said his body could now withstand absorbing a Third Soul Ring over fifteen thousand years old, and he told Dugu Bo that ordinary standards did not apply to him.

Long Yun revealed his extraordinary martial soul and soul rings to Dugu Bo, then arranged further benefits and a spying mission for him. Dugu Bo went to Heaven Dou City to fetch his granddaughter, but learned that someone from Shrek Academy had beaten the Fourth Prince.

• Long Yun showed Dugu Bo his martial soul and unusually powerful first two soul rings, convincing him that Long Yun could absorb a Ten Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo told Long Yun that he had condensed the Poison Pill, reached the middle stage of Rank 92, and was free of the toxins that had plagued him.
• Long Yun promised to help Dugu Bo reach Rank 93 with an Immortal Herb and to find a suitable herb for his granddaughter, then asked him to remain beside Prince Xue Xing as a spy and spare the prince's life.
• Dugu Bo left for Heaven Dou City to bring his granddaughter to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Long Yun, Du Busi, and Long You Jing went to find food.
• Prince Xue Xing's soldiers stopped Dugu Bo in Heaven Dou City and told him that the Fourth Prince had been beaten by someone from Shrek Academy.

Prince Xue Xing brought Dugu Bo to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee to drive Shrek Academy away and protect his influence. Dugu Bo incapacitated Dai Mubai with a glance, then recognized something familiar about Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xue Beng told Prince Xue Xing that Shrek's Soul Masters could strengthen Xue Qinghe's influence at the academy, and Prince Xue Xing said he had summoned Dugu Bo to remove them.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the Prince's Mansion, where Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng asked for his help.
• Flender and Meng Shenji were finishing arrangements for cooperation between Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy when Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and Dugu Bo entered the Education Committee hall.
• Xiao Wu paled and hid behind Tang San when she saw Dugu Bo, while Tang San and Grandmaster grew wary of the powerful newcomer.
• Dai Mubai tried to attack Prince Xue Xing, but Dugu Bo's gaze made him collapse until Meng Shenji revived him.
• Dugu Bo assessed the Shrek students, then stopped when he saw Zhu Zhuqing and recognized her black leather clothes as familiar.

Dugu Bo mistook Zhu Zhuqing for Long You Jing and, after deciding Zhu Zhuqing might be Long You Jing’s daughter, avoided antagonizing her. As the Shrek group prepared to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Bo unexpectedly praised their talent, leaving everyone confused.

• Dugu Bo mistook Zhu Zhuqing for Long You Jing, then learned Zhu Zhuqing had only one elder sister, Zhu Zhuyun.
• Dugu Bo speculated that Zhu Zhuqing might be Long You Jing’s daughter and decided to avoid provoking her.
• Grandmaster admitted defeat to Prince Xue Xing, and Flender reluctantly agreed to leave with the Shrek group.
• Meng Shenji and the other education committee members opposed Prince Xue Xing and released their martial souls.
• Dugu Bo praised Shrek Academy and claimed its students had the potential to become Titled Douluo, chiefly to please Zhu Zhuqing.

Dugu Bo persuaded Prince Xue Xing to stop troubling Shrek Academy, but Flender decided the academy would leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy rather than risk future retaliation. Before Shrek departed, Dugu Bo called Zhu Zhuqing over and asked her to call him Uncle Dugu.

• Dugu Bo asked Prince Xue Xing to spare Shrek Academy, and Prince Xue Xing agreed despite Xue Beng's protest.
• Flender accepted Dugu Bo's praise, while Grandmaster and Tang San suspected Dugu Bo had changed his attitude because of Zhu Zhuqing and Long You Jing.
• Meng Shenji promised to protect Shrek Academy, but Flender declined to continue the academy's cooperation with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender asked Zhao Wuji, the teachers, and the students to leave with him, and they all agreed.
• Dugu Bo stopped Zhu Zhuqing before the group departed and asked her to call him Uncle Dugu, making the others struggle not to laugh.

Dugu Bo punished the Shrek group with his Soul Power Pressure after they mocked him, then showed Zhu Zhuqing unexpected warmth because he knew her mother. He left with Dugu Yan to show her a place that would improve her strength, while Flender and the others left the academy shaken.

• Dugu Bo overwhelmed the Shrek group with his aura until Flender, Meng Shenji, and Zhu Zhuqing pleaded with him to stop.
• Dugu Bo withdrew his pressure and asked Zhu Zhuqing to call him Uncle Dugu, then hinted that he had met her extraordinary mother.
• Dugu Bo invited Zhu Zhuqing to visit him at the Prince's Mansion before leaving to collect Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan asked to see the Shrek students who had defeated her, but Dugu Bo instead took her toward the academy gates to show her a true genius and help her improve.
• Flender and the others left the hall, and Xiao Wu felt relieved to be outside Dugu Bo's presence.

Long Yun absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and evolved his eye External Soul Bone, gaining the Soul Devouring skill. After explaining its power, he suggested that Divine Trials might help Du Busi break through to Limit Douluo, leaving Du Busi hopeful about the possibility.

• Long Yun absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which greatly improved his eyesight and triggered a surge of Heaven and Earth Soul Power.
• Long Yun told Long You Jing and Du Busi that his eye External Soul Bone had gained Soul Devouring, which drained opponents' Soul Power and replenished his own.
• Long Yun explained that Soul Devouring worked best against opponents at or below his Soul Power Level and could also absorb Heaven and Earth Soul Power.
• Long Yun asked Du Busi whether any Immortal Herb could help him reach Limit Douluo, but Du Busi said herbs would have little effect at his age and level.
• Long Yun suggested that Divine Trials on Sea God Island might grant Du Busi enough Soul Power to break through to Limit Douluo.

Long Yun told Du Busi that a God Assessment could help him reach Limit Douluo, then had him gather the Immortal Herbs while he cultivated in the Ice and Fire Spring. Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to meet Long Yun, who revealed a golden melon whose Dragon Might powerfully attracted them both.

• Long Yun promised to take Du Busi to a God Assessment in a few years, and Du Busi eagerly thanked him.
• Long Yun asked Du Busi to harvest and protect the Immortal Herbs, then cultivated in the Ice and Fire Spring for two hours while Long You Jing waited nearby.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan, whose discomfort eased after he shielded her with his Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo introduced Dugu Yan to Long Yun, who brushed aside her reluctance to address him as Young Master and moved on to business.
• Du Busi produced a golden melon, and its Dragon Might startled Dugu Bo and made both him and Dugu Yan intensely desire to eat it.

Long Yun gave Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo immortal fruits to strengthen their Martial Souls and poison abilities, securing Dugu Bo’s sincere loyalty to him. He then left with Long You Jing to search Sunset Forest for a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as his Third Soul Ring, and they found one nearly twenty thousand years old.

• Long Yun explained that the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd would benefit Dugu Yan more than Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo let his granddaughter accept it.
• Du Busi gave Dugu Bo the Mottled Snake-Patterned Fruit, which could increase the strength of poison-attribute Soul Masters who had condensed Poison Pills.
• Dugu Bo pledged to serve Long Yun faithfully, and Long Yun asked Du Busi to help the others absorb their immortal fruits before leaving with Long You Jing.
• Long Yun and Long You Jing flew into Sunset Forest, where Long Yun asked her to search for a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear suitable for his Third Soul Ring.
• Long You Jing used her spiritual power to scan the forest and found a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear nearly twenty thousand years old to their right.

Long Yun and Long You Jing found a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in Sunset Forest, and Long You Jing beat it nearly to death so Long Yun could safely claim its Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Long Yun beginning to absorb his Third Soul Ring while Long You Jing watched anxiously.

• Long You Jing led Long Yun to a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that was eating honey while bees swarmed around it.
• Long Yun decided to take the nearly twenty-thousand-year-old bear's Soul Ring despite worrying that he might not withstand absorbing it.
• When the bear finished eating and threatened Long Yun, Long You Jing attacked it and battered it until it was near death.
• Long You Jing stripped the fur from the bear's neck, and Long Yun killed it with his axe.
• Long Yun began absorbing his Third Soul Ring as Long You Jing hoped her preparations would make the process easier.

Long Yun absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s twenty-thousand-year soul ring as his Third Soul Ring, struggling to contain its immense energy. He redirected some energy into his Wings of the Azure Sky, survived the absorption, and emerged stronger.

• Long Yun began absorbing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s soul ring and endured its immense energy and painful, blade-like effects.
• Long Yun found the bear’s soul shock unexpectedly weak because Long You Jing had beaten it so badly that it felt grateful to him for ending its suffering.
• When the soul ring’s energy overwhelmed his ability to refine it, Long Yun released his Wings of the Azure Sky and redirected energy into them.
• The wings absorbed the excess energy, allowing Long Yun to stabilize himself and continue refining the soul ring.
• After twelve hours, Long Yun completed the absorption, stood up, and noticed his body felt stronger, firmer, and lighter.

Long Yun reached Soul Power level thirty-five after absorbing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s Soul Ring and tested his powerful Third Soul Skill, Noxian Guillotine, on Long You Jing. He then asked her to search the bear for soul bones while he used the system’s draw, which gave him a Soul Tool maker.

• Long You Jing praised Long Yun’s transformation and confirmed that his Soul Power had reached level thirty-five.
• Long Yun revealed that his Third Soul Skill, Noxian Guillotine, ignored defenses, then demonstrated it against Long You Jing’s barrier and left a mark on her palm.
• Long You Jing judged the skill powerful enough to threaten even a Soul Sage, though Long Yun noted that it consumed nearly sixty percent of his Soul Power.
• Long Yun asked Long You Jing to search the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s corpse for soul bones, especially around its front claws.
• Long Yun drew a Titled Douluo through the system and, despite some initial disappointment, was pleased to obtain someone who could make Soul Tools.