Chapter Summaries

Dugu Chen, a transmigrator in Majia Village, trained in hopes of awakening a powerful Martial Soul after his parents died. The day before his awakening, he found an injured old man he suspected was Dugu Bo and carried him home.

• The Golden Dragon King’s Origin sent a streak of golden light toward the lower realm, but Asura struck it down; an unseen wisp of Purple Qi gathered some of the scattered Golden Mist and followed it to Douluo Star.
• Dugu Chen recalled how his Soul Master parents died while hunting for a third Soul Ring, ending his childhood dreams and driving him to train every morning.
• Dugu Chen reflected that his Soul Power had reached its limit and hoped the next day’s Martial Soul Awakening would grant him Innate Full Soul Power.
• Dugu Chen heard heavy breathing on the hill and found a badly wounded old man with dark green hair and a beard.
• Dugu Chen suspected the old man was Dugu Bo, lifted him onto his back, and hurried toward home.

Dugu Chen prepared an injured stranger for recovery as Majia Village gathered for the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony. He awakened a Qilin Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, prompting Li Yunhai to recruit him into the Spirit Hall.

• Dugu Chen treated the Green-haired Old Man and hoped the stranger would repay him with Immortal Herbs if he was Dugu Bo.
• Ma Jun visited Dugu Chen before the ceremony and encouraged him to awaken Soul Power.
• Li Yunhai arrived from the Spirit Hall and began awakening the Martial Souls of nine village children.
• The first six children awakened Beast Martial Souls but had no Soul Power.
• Dugu Chen awakened a Qilin Martial Soul that made Li Yunhai's Fire Leopard tremble, while the recovering old man sensed Martial Soul suppression and woke up.
• Dugu Chen's crystal ball shone with Innate Full Soul Power, and Li Yunhai urged him to join the Spirit Hall.

Dugu Chen awakened a Qilin Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, then revealed his abilities to the injured Dugu Bo and became his disciple. He planned to help his new master with his poison and win over Dugu Yan.

• Li Yunhai announced that Dugu Chen had awakened a mutated Qilin Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, and Ma Jun and the villagers celebrated the village’s good fortune.
• After the village feast, Dugu Chen told the recovering Dugu Bo that he had awakened Innate Full Soul Power and demonstrated his Qilin Avatar and Innate Domain.
• Dugu Bo tested Dugu Chen with killing intent, then laughed, praised his trust, and asked him to become his disciple.
• Dugu Chen knelt to honor Dugu Bo as his master, and Dugu Bo accepted him warmly.
• Dugu Chen privately resolved to tell Dugu Bo about a method for suppressing his poison and to get along with Dugu Yan.

Dugu Chen practiced under Dugu Bo’s guidance and traveled with him toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his first Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned of a child with Innate Full Soul Power in Majia Village and sent Ghost to retrieve him.

• Dugu Chen practiced Dugu Bo’s Meditation Method, and a wisp of Purple Qi merged into the Soul Mark on his forehead.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Chen books and Gold Soul Coins, and Dugu Chen set aside one thousand Gold Soul Coins for Grandpa Ma.
• After Dugu Bo recovered, he and Dugu Chen left for the Star Dou Great Forest, where Dugu Chen named the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear as his preferred Soul Ring target.
• Dugu Bo explained how Soul Rings strengthened a Soul Master’s advantages, and Dugu Chen considered the ideas behind the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported to Bibi Dong that a child with Innate Full Soul Power had awakened in Majia Village, and Bibi Dong ordered Ghost to bring the child back.

Dugu Chen traveled with Dugu Bo into the Star Dou Great Forest to find his first Soul Ring, absorbing one from an Earth Splitting Bear despite its age exceeding the usual limit. After testing his new Soul Skill, Kirin Power, he and Dugu Bo left for Heaven Dou City.

• Dugu Bo flew Dugu Chen into the Star Dou Great Forest and taught him about surviving in the wilderness as they searched for a suitable Soul Beast.
• After three days, Dugu Bo found an Earth Splitting Bear nearly five hundred years old, and Dugu Chen insisted on absorbing its Soul Ring despite the age limit.
• Dugu Chen absorbed the Earth Splitting Bear's Soul Ring without difficulty and gained the Soul Skill Kirin Power, which boosted his attack, defense, and strength while drawing on Earth Power to restore him.
• Dugu Chen tested Kirin Power against a ten-year Nether Wolf, blocking its pounce and killing it with his Dragon Claws and flames.
• Dugu Bo praised Dugu Chen's martial soul, then took him from the forest toward Heaven Dou City, eager to see Dugu Yan again.

Dugu Bo brought Dugu Chen to his Heaven Dou City estate, where Dugu Chen met his granddaughter Dugu Yan and learned she had just become a soul master. After Dugu Yan challenged him to a spar and won when Dugu Chen let his guard down, Dugu Bo left in a jealous temper.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Chen arrived at the Dugu estate in Heaven Dou City, where the butler Guan Shan welcomed them and said Dugu Yan was breaking through.
• Dugu Yan emerged after her breakthrough, met Dugu Chen, and excitedly learned he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo explained the balanced and limit approaches to soul master development, prompting Dugu Chen to consider his own path.
• Dugu Yan challenged Dugu Chen to a spar, and Dugu Bo agreed to watch them fight.
• Dugu Chen restrained Dugu Yan, but Dugu Bo’s jealous glare distracted him, allowing Dugu Yan to trip and pin him.
• Dugu Yan celebrated her victory and fled to her room in embarrassment, while Dugu Bo scolded Dugu Chen and walked away angrily.

Bibi Dong learned that Dugu Bo had taken the child she sought as his disciple, while Dugu Chen spent the day cultivating and developing his plans for future combat techniques. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo sharing cultivation notes with Dugu Chen and reassuring Dugu Yan about her own path.

• Ghost Douluo reported to Bibi Dong that Dugu Bo had taken the child from Majia Village as his disciple, and Bibi Dong dismissed the matter.
• Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan cultivated separately, with Dugu Yan working harder after realizing how much Dugu Chen had held back during their earlier clash.
• Dugu Chen practiced controlling the Earth Element and Fire Element and planned to develop Sovereign's Descent and other combat techniques.
• Dugu Yan brought Dugu Chen to dinner after Dugu Bo returned, and Dugu Chen resolved to help him remove the poison afflicting the Dugu Clan.
• Dugu Chen told Dugu Bo he planned to follow the Extreme School, and Dugu Bo offered cultivation notes he had obtained from Yu Yuanzhen.
• Dugu Yan asked which school she should choose, and Dugu Bo assured her she would become strong whichever path she took.

Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan and Dugu Chen to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Dugu Chen recognized the value of a rare auction item. Dugu Bo won the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, and Dugu Chen was left needing to explain his request when they got home.

• After advancing to level fifteen, Dugu Chen traveled with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to the Heaven Dou Auction House to see its Soul Bone auction.
• Dugu Bo led the children into the auction center, where Dugu Yan watched the items and Dugu Chen grew bored with the ordinary lots.
• When the auctioneer presented Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, Dugu Chen urged Dugu Bo to buy it, claiming it was a priceless treasure with a use he would explain later.
• Dugu Bo won the whale rubber after other bidders backed down, then warned Dugu Chen to provide a reasonable explanation at home.

At an auction, Dugu Chen witnessed a Cat Girl being sold and watched Prince Xue Xing buy her for Dugu Yan, then attended a banquet where Xue Xing, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi tried to win over Dugu Bo. Dugu Chen wondered whether Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise as the banquet ended and the guests departed.

• Dugu Chen grew angry when the auctioneer displayed a Cat Girl for sale, but he lacked the money to buy her.
• Prince Xue Xing bid two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Cat Girl and gave her to Dugu Yan as a personal maid.
• Ning Fengzhi bought the final Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo accepted Prince Xue Xing's invitation to a banquet, bringing Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan along.
• At Prince Xue Xing's Mansion, Xue Xing, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi praised Dugu Chen and tried to recruit Dugu Bo.
• Ning Fengzhi raised concerns about Spirit Hall, but Dugu Bo showed little reaction, and the banquet ended with three carriages leaving the mansion.

Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan consumed Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, strengthening their bodies and breaking through to higher Soul Power levels. After Dugu Chen described an Immortal Herb that could neutralize poisons, Dugu Bo hurried away, leaving Dugu Chen to wonder whether he had become suspicious.

• Xue Xing told Xue Beng that they had failed to recruit Dugu Bo at the banquet and would need another chance.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Chen the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, and Dugu Chen explained that it could strengthen the body and improve Soul Ring endurance.
• Dugu Chen softened the Whale Rubber with his Dragon Claw, split it with Dugu Yan, and helped her refine her half while Dugu Bo supplied Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan reached level seventeen and Dugu Chen reached level sixteen after refining the Whale Rubber, and Dugu Bo separated them when she excitedly hugged and kissed her junior brother.
• Dugu Bo said he would seek more Whale Rubber, then asked Dugu Chen about other treasures, prompting Dugu Chen to describe the poison-neutralizing Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Dugu Bo hurried away after hearing about Aromatic Silk Beauty, while Dugu Chen wondered whether his description had made his teacher suspicious.

Dugu Bo took Dugu Chen to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, where Dugu Chen identified herbs that could help cure the Dugu Clan’s poison and proposed a way to treat Dugu Bo. After Dugu Bo left to fetch Dugu Yan, Dugu Chen consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to prepare for absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo rushed Dugu Chen to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye in Sunset Forest and warned him not to touch its springs.
• Dugu Chen identified numerous rare herbs and explained that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot could cure poison, though using them might cripple Dugu Bo’s Poison Skill.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he and the Dugu Clan suffered from poison and chose to prioritize curing Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Chen proposed using Dugu Yan’s blood to draw Dugu Bo’s toxins into a Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo accepted the risks.
• Dugu Bo left to fetch Dugu Yan while Dugu Chen selected herbs and consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his chances of withstanding a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Dugu Chen helped Dugu Yan refine two Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, resolving her Martial Soul’s flaws and raising her to Level 20. He then planned a way for Dugu Bo to obtain a safer soul bone and begin treating his poison.

• Dugu Chen finished refining the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and explained how Dugu Yan should consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Dugu Yan consumed the herbs and entered the spring while Dugu Bo and Dugu Chen waited anxiously for her to emerge.
• Dugu Yan resurfaced safely with a transformed Jade Phosphorous Serpent, immunity to poison, water, and fire, and Level 20 Soul Power.
• Dugu Chen warned Dugu Bo that his Medusa Skull was a dangerous soul bone for storing poison and proposed trading a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Dugu Chen absorbed the Crested Phoenix Sunflower and Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, evolving his Kirin Martial Soul and gaining Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Earth attributes. After Dugu Bo decided to take him and Dugu Yan to hunt their second Soul Rings the next day, Dugu Yan sought reassurance that Dugu Chen would not forget her, while Dugu Bo overheard their exchange and grew furious.

• Dugu Chen swallowed the Crested Phoenix Sunflower and Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, and his Martial Soul emerged to suppress the clashing medicinal energy and absorb much of it.
• After three hours, Dugu Chen reached level twenty, and his Kirin Martial Soul displayed Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Earth attributes that suppressed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Chen released his Innate Domain and discovered that it enhanced him while suppressing opponents, but Dugu Bo refused to let him and Dugu Yan hunt their own Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo set up camp for the night, and Dugu Yan asked Dugu Chen to promise he would always stay with her.
• Dugu Chen reassured Dugu Yan that she was his one and only Senior Sister, and Dugu Bo overheard them and silently grew angrier with his disciple.

Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan hunted Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest, where Yan obtained her first Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Chen absorbed a Golden Crocodile King's ring as his second. After returning home, Chen planned to cultivate, help Dugu Bo grow stronger, and prepare to meet Tang San and claim the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in three years.

• Dugu Bo took Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan into the air to search Sunset Forest for suitable Soul Beasts.
• Dugu Yan absorbed a fifteen-hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and became a Soul Grandmaster with a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Chen chose a three-thousand-year Golden Crocodile King and absorbed its Soul Ring without pain, gaining greater strength.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan home, while preparing to trade with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and arrange their stay at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Dugu Chen planned to prepare for Tang San's awakening in three years and intended to keep the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast from benefiting him, while remaining wary of Tang Hao.
• Dugu Chen returned to his room and cultivated through the night.

Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo settled at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, where Dugu Bo used a Soul Bone to draw out his poison and the younger pair trained. They remained secluded for three years as events unfolded elsewhere, including the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's promotion and political shifts in the Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Empire.

• Dugu Bo returned with a Night Leopard Left Arm Bone and two storage bracelets from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, warning Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan to keep the immortal herbs secret.
• Dugu Chen persuaded Dugu Bo to take him and Dugu Yan sightseeing in Heaven Dou City before their journey to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Dugu Bo absorbed the Soul Bone and used Dugu Yan's blood and medicine to transfer his poison into it, easing his pain and showing signs of breaking through Level 91.
• Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye while Dugu Bo guided their training and taught them about combat, poison, and medicine.
• The trio remained secluded for three years as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect became the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School, Bibi Dong strengthened her position as Pope, and Xue Qinghe consolidated his position as Crown Prince.

Dugu Chen traveled to Nuoding City with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, hoping to find Xiao Wu before she enrolled at Notting College. He found her on enrollment day and discovered she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then arranged to keep her unconscious at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye until he and Dugu Yan could claim her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

• Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan spent three days exploring Nuoding City while Dugu Chen failed to find Xiao Wu.
• On Notting College's enrollment day, Dugu Chen recognized Xiao Wu by the sachet she admired and knocked her unconscious when she tried to leave.
• Dugu Chen took Xiao Wu back to Dugu Bo, who confirmed she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Dugu Chen explained that Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew let him see Xiao Wu's true nature, and Dugu Yan accused him of using the ability to look at her naked.
• Dugu Chen and Dugu Bo agreed to keep Xiao Wu unconscious at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye until they needed her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Dugu Chen decided to return to Heaven Dou City the next day and planned to meet Tang San and the Grandmaster that afternoon.

At Notting College, Dugu Chen intimidated Tang San and Yu Xiaogang after overhearing their discussion of Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls, then sowed doubt between them. That night, Dugu Bo fought Tang Hao in the forest and returned safely, but the family left Nuoding City before the disturbance drew attention.

• Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan overheard Yu Xiaogang reveal that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls, and Tang San became Yu Xiaogang’s disciple.
• Dugu Chen used Sovereign’s Descent to frighten Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, then suggested Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was unusual and left Tang San suspicious of his master.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo what had happened, and Dugu Bo followed a spiritual signal to meet Tang Hao outside the city.
• Tang Hao demanded that Dugu Bo keep Tang San’s Martial Soul secret, and the two fought until Tang Hao used Exploding Ring to break free and retreated to protect his old injuries.
• Dugu Bo returned to the hotel, and Dugu Chen’s group left Nuoding City by carriage that night.

Dugu Chen led Dugu Yan and Oscar into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Soul Rings, while Dugu Bo watched over them. Oscar obtained his second Soul Ring, and the chapter ended as Dugu Chen confronted an eight-thousand-year Cave Spider that might provide Dugu Yan’s fourth ring.

• Oscar told Dugu Chen he had reached Level 20, and Dugu Chen agreed to take him and Dugu Yan to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Oscar entered the forest while Dugu Bo agreed not to interfere with Soul Beasts below ten thousand years.
• Dugu Yan poisoned an approaching Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Dugu Chen knocked it unconscious so Oscar could absorb its Soul Ring.
• Oscar gained a Mushroom Sausage that let him fly at the serpent’s speed or boost his speed for one minute, earning praise from Dugu Bo.
• After three days of searching, Dugu Chen dodged a Cave Spider’s web trap and faced the eight-thousand-year Soul Beast while Dugu Bo guarded the group.

Dugu Chen captured a Cave Demon Spider for Dugu Yan, then helped her absorb its thousand-year Soul Ring and reach Soul Ancestor. After encouraging Oscar with possible combat-focused Soul Beast abilities, Dugu Chen and the others left the Star Dou Great Forest at night.

• Dugu Chen fought the Cave Demon Spider, overcame its traps and concealment, and subdued it with a focused use of his third soul skill.
• Dugu Yan thanked Dugu Chen, killed the Cave Demon Spider, and absorbed its Soul Ring while the others guarded her.
• Dugu Bo declared Dugu Chen ready to graduate, and Dugu Chen told Oscar that Mirror Shadow Beasts and Silver Hero Beasts could give him combat-capable soul skills, though he should wait until Soul King to pursue them.
• Dugu Yan successfully gained a fourth Soul Ring that formed a poison-based cage, becoming a Soul Ancestor.
• Dugu Bo led Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Oscar toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest after night fell.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Dugu Chen discussed their alliances with Dugu Bo and decided to give Oscar the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, Oscar absorbed the herb and reached Rank Twenty-Nine while Dugu Chen continued watching over their cultivation and captive Xiao Wu.

• Dugu Chen told Dugu Bo that he planned to befriend Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and give Oscar the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, and Dugu Bo supported both decisions.
• Three days later, Dugu Chen brought Oscar to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and gave him the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid to strengthen his cultivation.
• Dugu Chen checked on Dugu Yan's cultivation and Xiao Wu, who remained asleep in a medicinal bath inside a stone cage.
• Oscar finished absorbing the herb, reached Rank Twenty-Nine, and celebrated, while Dugu Yan reminded him that Dugu Chen had reached Soul Elder first.
• Dugu Chen told Oscar to consolidate his newfound strength and prepare for Rank Thirty, his next important threshold.