Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo brought Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Oscar to the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Fighting Arena to gain combat experience. After registering and preparing for their matches, Dugu Chen went to the one-on-one platform, where he faced Niu Qing.

• Dugu Bo explained the arena's match types and had the youths register for Soul Combat, pairing Oscar with Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan with Dugu Chen for two-on-two matches.
• Dugu Chen advised Dugu Yan to conceal her Soul Rings, and they wore masks before entering the contestants' rest area.
• Dugu Yan teased Dugu Chen before being called to her match, and Dugu Chen soon left for his own first one-on-one bout.
• Dugu Chen met Niu Qing, an Ironclad Rhinoceros Soul Master with four consecutive victories, on the Battle Soul Platform.

Dugu Chen dominated his Soul Arena matches with Dugu Yan and Oscar, then asked Dugu Bo to let him challenge Soul Ancestors so he could train against stronger opponents. Over the following days, the trio built impressive records, and word spread through Heaven Dou City that Poison Douluo had three geniuses in his household.

• Dugu Chen defeated Niu Qing with ease in a one-on-one match, using Sovereign's Descent to interrupt his charge before knocking him from the platform.
• Dugu Yan brought Dugu Chen and Oscar into two-on-two matches, where Dugu Chen quickly overwhelmed a Fire Wolf Soul Master and Dugu Yan forced her opponent to surrender.
• Dugu Chen asked Dugu Bo to let him fight in the Soul Ancestor bracket, and Dugu Bo agreed on the condition that he not use his Martial Soul.
• Over the following days, Dugu Chen and Oscar remained undefeated while Dugu Yan lost a few matches against Dugu Chen, and Dugu Bo turned away recruiters as their reputations spread across Heaven Dou City.

Dugu Chen won his sixtieth consecutive Soul Combat match against Yang Ming, a powerful Breaking Clan Soul Master, and earned his Purple Gold Badge. After ending the group’s half-year training at the arena, Dugu Bo prepared to take them to Sunset Forest to hunt Oscar’s third Soul Ring.

• Dugu Chen faced Yang Ming, who revealed his Soul Breaking Spear and challenged him despite their difference in Soul Power levels.
• Yang Ming’s relentless spear attacks forced Dugu Chen to defend, but Dugu Chen endured his powerful Soul Skills and countered with his Twin Swords.
• Yang Ming exhausted his Soul Power, and Dugu Chen defeated him before helping him to his feet.
• The host declared Dugu Chen the winner, giving him his sixtieth consecutive victory.
• Dugu Chen reunited with Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Oscar, and Dugu Bo announced they would leave for Sunset Forest the next day to hunt Oscar’s third Soul Ring.

Oscar absorbed a two-thousand-year Soul Ring, became a Soul Elder, and revealed his powerful Diamond Sausage skill before Dugu Chen’s group encountered Feng Xiaotian and Godwind Academy in Sunset Forest. Dugu Chen challenged Feng Xiaotian to a spar, and the two prepared to fight.

• Oscar absorbed his Third Soul Ring and used his new Diamond Sausage skill, which doubled the eater’s attack power for ten minutes but caused a day of weakness afterward.
• Oscar pledged to follow Dugu Chen, and the group set out for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye with the Diamond Tiger’s corpse.
• Dugu Bo’s group encountered Feng Xing, Feng Xiaotian, Liu Yun, and Li Rui, who were hunting a Soul Ring in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Chen criticized Feng Xiaotian’s slow cultivation, then challenged him after learning he had developed a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Dugu Chen revealed that he was a level thirty-eight Battle Soul Elder, and Feng Xiaotian transformed with his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf Martial Soul and prepared to demonstrate his skill.

Dugu Chen defeated Feng Xiaotian and criticized his unfinished Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes for wasting cultivation time and relying on wings that might not endure stronger battles. Dugu Chen then continued with Dugu Bo and the others toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, while Feng Xiaotian remained uncertain about his path.

• Feng Xiaotian attacked Dugu Chen with wind blades and close-combat strikes, but Dugu Chen blocked them and overpowered him with his strength and Spiritual Power lock-on.
• Feng Xiaotian used Twin Wolf Possession and Gale Wings to launch his self-created combo skill, but Dugu Chen repeatedly countered his attacks.
• Dugu Chen used his fourth soul skill to send Feng Xiaotian crashing into a tree, then explained the weaknesses of Feng Xiaotian's combo and criticized his decision to delay cultivation.
• Feng Xiaotian said he would keep improving his Gale Slash Combo, while Feng Xing urged him to recover and consult the dean before deciding what to do.
• Dugu Chen told Dugu Bo that Feng Xiaotian was wasting his talent, and Dugu Bo led the group onward toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

Dugu Bo captured a Dreadclaw Bear for Dugu Chen’s fourth Soul Ring, and Dugu Chen cultivated for three months to reach Rank Forty. After breaking through to Soul Ancestor, he killed the dying bear and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.

• Dugu Chen identified the roaring beast as a Dreadclaw Bear, and Dugu Bo subdued it with poison and promised it would survive for three months.
• Dugu Chen reflected on his Twin Swords and cultivated day and night beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to break through to Rank Forty.
• With only half a day left before Dugu Bo’s deadline, Dugu Chen broke through to Soul Ancestor.
• Dugu Yan and Oscar led Dugu Chen to the emaciated Dreadclaw Bear, which was barely alive after three months of poison.
• Dugu Chen killed the Dreadclaw Bear, and its black Soul Ring began to gather above him.

Dugu Chen absorbed the Dreadclaw Bear’s ten-thousand-year soul ring, reached level forty-one, and gained two External Palm Bones that strengthened his Golden Dragon Claw. After discussing his Golden Bloodline and gains with Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Oscar, he considered his future training and plans to travel.

• Dugu Chen endured the Dreadclaw Bear’s soul-ring tremors as its Golden Bloodline flowed into his claws, and he broke through to level forty-one.
• Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Oscar guarded Dugu Chen until he woke, and Dugu Chen explained that his Martial Soul seemed to possess a Golden Bloodline.
• Dugu Chen discovered two External Palm Bones and demonstrated the powerful Kirin Sky-Tearing Claw, astonishing Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Oscar.
• Dugu Bo and Oscar left Dugu Chen alone with Dugu Yan, and Dugu Chen promised he would never leave her behind.
• Dugu Chen erected a gravestone for the Dreadclaw Bear and reviewed his new abilities, deciding he would likely need to remain a student for a few years before traveling and befriending Qian Renxue.

Dugu Bo received Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Xue Qinghe, while Dugu Chen privately spoke with Xue Qinghe about their ambitions. The chapter left Xue Qinghe feeling that he had found his first friend.

• Dugu Chen advised Dugu Bo to claim the Immortal Herbs had been used and to accept Xue Qinghe’s overtures.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin visited Dugu Bo, who explained that the herbs had cured his family’s poison and revealed his Rank 95 cultivation.
• Xue Qinghe invited Dugu Bo to serve the royal family, and Dugu Bo declined without closing the door to future cooperation.
• Dugu Chen told Xue Qinghe he wanted to become the youngest Titled Douluo, become invincible, and reach Rank 100 to become a god.
• Dugu Chen asked about Xue Qinghe’s personal dream, leaving Xue Qinghe uncertain about his purpose and newly glad to have a friend.

Dugu Chen accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi discussed his extraordinary cultivation and the value of befriending him. Dugu Chen then visited Moonlight Pavilion to cultivate his state of mind and investigate its connection to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Xue Qinghe offered Dugu Chen help, and Dugu Chen accepted his invitation to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Chen that Ning Fengzhi had asked about the Immortal Herbs and warned him that powerful people had no true friends.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe to build a friendship with Dugu Chen and revealed that Sword Douluo estimated Dugu Chen’s cultivation to be around Soul Ancestor level.
• Xue Qinghe felt urgency about his own cultivation after hearing how quickly Dugu Chen had advanced.
• Dugu Chen went to Moonlight Pavilion to improve his state of mind and look for information about the Clear Sky Sect.

Dugu Chen studied etiquette and vocal music under Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion for a year, then graduated at its annual ceremony. After leaving with Xue Qinghe, the two parted without following through on their promised drinks.

• Dugu Chen visited Moonlight Pavilion and asked Tang Yuehua to teach him, and she accepted him as a student.
• Dugu Chen spent a year studying at Moonlight Pavilion and witnessed Tang Yuehua use her Noble Ring domain.
• At the graduation ceremony, Xue Qinghe teased Dugu Chen about admiring Tang Yuehua, and Dugu Chen teased him about having no woman by his side.
• Dugu Chen and Xue Qinghe watched the graduates perform, then received their certificates and quietly left together.
• Tang Yuehua wondered why Xue Qinghe paid Dugu Chen so much attention, while Dugu Chen and Xue Qinghe parted without mentioning their planned drinks.

Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Oscar enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dugu Chen revealed his exceptional cultivation and qilin Martial Soul to the Education Committee. After the three were assigned to the Heavenly Dou Level, they set out to explore the academy.

• Xue Qinghe and Dugu Bo brought Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Oscar to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to enroll, and the three Education Commissioners welcomed them.
• Dugu Chen told Chief Meng Shenji that he was twelve years old and Rank 44, then endured Meng Shenji's Soul Power pressure without difficulty.
• Dugu Chen released his qilin Martial Soul and displayed four Soul Rings, including a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring; Dugu Yan revealed that she was Rank 48 at fourteen.
• Dugu Bo explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and raise the age limit of Soul Rings, while Oscar stated that he was eleven years old and Rank 35.
• After the enrollments were approved, Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Oscar headed for their dormitories wearing their Heavenly Dou Level badges.

Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan began classes at Heaven Dou Academy, where their extraordinary Soul Ancestor ranks provoked their classmates’ disbelief. Dugu Chen challenged them to fight and stood ready to face them all at the Soul Arena.

• Qian Renxue sent her grandfather information about Whale Rubber and watched Heaven Dou Academy from the Crown Prince’s Mansion.
• Dugu Yan flirted with Dugu Chen on the way to class, and they left Oscar behind before remembering him.
• Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Oscar joined Heaven Dou Class One, where teacher Liu Ze announced he would select seven students for the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Shi Mo and Shi Mo introduced themselves as Rank 32 and Rank 31 Black Tortoise Soul Elders, while Oscar revealed he was a Rank 35 Food System Soul Elder.
• Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan announced their Rank 44 and Rank 48 Soul Ancestor levels, prompting classmates to accuse them of lying.
• Dugu Chen challenged the skeptical students to fight and told them all to come onto the Soul Arena stage.

Dugu Chen defeated a dozen Class One students, drew attention from powerful figures across the empire, and grew closer to Dugu Yan during their first three months at Heaven Dou Academy. While studying the academy’s library, he encountered a veiled blue-haired girl who asked for a book.

• Dugu Chen beat the Class One students without summoning his Martial Soul, then left Teacher Liu Ze to handle the aftermath and went to eat with Dugu Yan and Oscar.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed the children’s growth with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, rejected Bone Douluo’s suggestion to act against Dugu Chen’s group, and planned to send Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Academy after she became a Soul Grandmaster.
• Emperor Xue Ye warned Prince Xue Xing to stop targeting Xue Qinghe, while Qian Renxue dismissed the report about Dugu Chen without concern.
• Dugu Yan confessed her feelings to Dugu Chen by Tranquil Heart Lake, and he promised he would never abandon her.
• Over the next three months, Dugu Chen became Heaven Dou Academy’s top student, grew closer to Dugu Yan, and studied its library records about gods, herbs, and dragons.
• A veiled blue-haired girl approached Dugu Chen in the library and asked for a copy of Compendium of Plant Martial Souls.

Dugu Chen agreed to train the Shi Brothers after they asked him to help them overcome the limits of their Black Tortoise defenses. During their first spar, the brothers demonstrated their shield techniques and trapped Dugu Chen in a spinning shell-fragment attack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Dugu Chen trained Oscar in combat fundamentals, gave him restorative medicine, and warned him not to overestimate his strength against Soul Masters of the same rank.
• Dugu Chen met Shi Mo and Shi Mo at the Soul Arena and agreed to train them after Shi Mo explained that they needed opponents capable of breaking through their defenses.
• The next day, Dugu Chen began sparring with the Shi Brothers while Oscar watched, and his punches sent them flying without damaging their Black Tortoise shells.
• Dugu Chen used his Dragon Claws to catch Shi Mo's spinning shields and nearly struck him with them, but Shi Mo canceled his soul skill before the blow landed.
• The Shi Brothers combined their soul skills to shatter their shields into spinning fragments around Dugu Chen, who activated Martial Soul Possession as the fragments closed in.

Dugu Chen advised the Shi Brothers on developing their Black Tortoise Martial Souls after fighting them, then reunited with Dugu Yan and met her friend Ye Lingling. He learned that Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul carried a mysterious limit, but he had no sure way to help her.

• Dugu Chen withstood the Shi Brothers’ combined attack, then discussed their Soul Skills and suggested they pursue Black Tortoise bloodline Soul Beasts to evolve their Martial Souls.
• Dugu Chen hoped Oscar had learned from watching the fight, though he judged that a food-type Soul Master could not usefully imitate offensive techniques.
• Dugu Yan introduced her friend Ye Lingling to Dugu Chen, then playfully teased Ye Lingling until she blushed and grew weak with embarrassment.
• Ye Lingling watched Dugu Yan leave with Dugu Chen and felt envious of their close bond before heading to the library alone.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Chen that Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia was limited to two wielders per generation, and Dugu Chen admitted he did not know whether an Immortal Herb could help.

After a year at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Chen faced a challenge from the newly enrolled Yu Tianheng, one of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon’s most talented young members. Their match was about to begin as Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong arrived to watch.

• Dugu Chen reached level forty-seven while Oscar, the Shi Brothers, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan made progress in their cultivation.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to send Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, hoping she could experience hardship and befriend its promising students.
• Yu Tianheng enrolled in Heaven Dou Class One and met Dugu Chen, whom he challenged after their first theory class.
• Liu Ze objected because Dugu Chen and Yu Tianheng were different ranks, but Yu Tianheng insisted, and Dugu Chen accepted without using soul skills.
• The academy gathered at the Soul Arena, where Zhi Lin prepared to oversee the match as Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Rongrong arrived.

Dugu Chen defeated Yu Tianheng in a sparring match, then revealed his extraordinary soul rings and Qilin martial soul when Yu Xiaolong challenged him. The chapter ended with Dugu Chen suppressing Yu Xiaolong and mocking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi he was confident Dugu Chen would defeat Yu Tianheng, while Zhi Lin warned the fighters not to strike too ruthlessly.
• Dugu Chen said he would fight without using his martial soul and would match Yu Tianheng's Soul Power, but Yu Tianheng activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and attacked.
• Dugu Chen countered Yu Tianheng's attacks with Ultimate Fire and a devastating Flame Burst, leaving the arena stunned.
• Dugu Chen revealed his four soul rings, including a Ten Thousand Year fourth ring, and Zhi Lin declared him the winner after Yu Tianheng questioned how anyone could compete with him.
• Yu Xiaolong confronted Dugu Chen and pressed him with her dragon's might, but Dugu Chen revealed his Qilin martial soul and overwhelmed her with its pressure.

Dugu Chen unleashed a mysterious golden dragon power that suppressed Yu Xiaolong and Yu Tianheng, then recovered from the strain as Dugu Bo intervened. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon pair fled poisoned, while Dugu Chen remained unsure what had awakened within him.

• Yu Xiaolong ignored Yu Tianheng’s objection and challenged Dugu Chen with his Soul Saint power, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo prepared to help.
• Dugu Chen’s eyes turned gold, and a golden dragon shadow released overwhelming pressure that made Yu Xiaolong’s Martial Soul vanish and forced Yu Tianheng to his knee.
• Dugu Bo arrived, poisoned Yu Xiaolong and Yu Tianheng, and sent them back to the sect to tell Old Dragon to seek him out for a cure.
• Dugu Chen recovered with Earth Power and noticed his physical strength, resilience, and Soul Power circulation had improved.
• Dugu Yan checked Dugu Chen for injuries, and Xue Qinghe joined the group as Dugu Chen warned that he wanted to avoid further incidents that could expose his abilities.

Ning Rongrong enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and began settling in under Dugu Yan’s care, while Dugu Chen investigated the changes in his Golden Bloodline. At the same time, Emperor Xue Ye urged Xue Qinghe to manage relations with Dugu Bo and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as Yu Yuanzhen prepared to confront Dugu Bo.

• Ning Fengzhi introduced Ning Rongrong to Dugu Chen and asked him to look after her, while Ning Rongrong cheerfully asked whether she could seek his help if anyone bullied her.
• Xue Qinghe and Dugu Bo departed, and Dugu Chen, Dugu Yan, and Zhi Lin helped Ning Rongrong enroll at the academy; Dugu Yan later brought her to stay in her courtyard.
• Dugu Chen sensed that his Soul Power, constitution, resilience, and vitality had increased by thirty percent and suspected his Golden Bloodline was connected to the Golden Dragon.
• Emperor Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe to befriend Dugu Bo’s group and avoid offending the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while arranging for someone to explain the situation to them.
• Yu Yuanzhen questioned Yu Xiaolong and Yu Tianheng about Dugu Chen, rejected an elder’s suggestion to act against him, and decided to meet Dugu Bo himself.

Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan trained with their friends before Dugu Chen and Dugu Bo helped Dugu Yan hunt a Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. As Dugu Yan began absorbing it, Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived with Hu Liena and Xie Yue, leaving Dugu Bo wary of a confrontation.

• Dugu Chen defeated Shi Mo and Shi Mo in their morning sparring and told Oscar to focus on cultivation.
• Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling joined the group, who trained and studied together over the following months.
• Dugu Yan reached Soul King, and Dugu Chen and Dugu Bo helped her hunt a fifteen-thousand-year-old Emerald Demon Python.
• Dugu Yan began absorbing the python's black Soul Ring while Dugu Chen and Dugu Bo guarded her.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived with Hu Liena and Xie Yue, and Dugu Bo warned him not to endanger his granddaughter.