Chapter Summaries

Du Cheng entered Zhu Zhuqing’s room and used the Joyful Wardrobe to find provocative clothes for her. Zhu Zhuqing eagerly played along with his Little Wildcat roleplay, and Du Cheng began helping her dress.

• Dugu Yan chose a room and took Ye Lingling with her, while Du Cheng decided to visit Zhu Zhuqing after the other girls laughed at him.
• Du Cheng went to Zhu Zhuqing’s room, where she teased him about his little maid and challenged him to bring out better clothes.
• Du Cheng opened the Joyful Wardrobe and found a spiked collar, a leather whip, demon horns, and other items.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the clothes, put on cat ears, crawled to Du Cheng, and asked him to put the collar on her.
• Du Cheng picked up the clothes and began dressing Zhu Zhuqing as she cooperated with him.

Du Cheng spent the night with Zhu Zhuqing, then trained with the girls for three days while waiting for news from Qin Ming. A mysterious Titled Douluo summoned him to the back mountain, where Du Cheng recognized Dugu Bo and met him in the woods.

• Du Cheng and Zhu Zhuqing spent the night together, and Zhu Zhuqing missed breakfast the next morning.
• Over the next three days, Du Cheng cooked porridge for the girls, reached Soul Power level 57, and noticed Dugu Yan acting strangely around him.
• A mysterious voice threatened the girls and ordered Du Cheng to come to the back mountain within ten minutes.
• Qing Xuan warned Du Cheng that a powerful expert was approaching and had green hair, leading Du Cheng to suspect Dugu Bo had arrived.
• Du Cheng hurried to the Small Woods and met Dugu Bo, who examined him and was surprised by his Soul Power.

Du Cheng persuaded Dugu Bo that he could cure the poison afflicting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, then demanded that Dugu Bo become his subordinate in exchange. Dugu Bo reacted with anger, leaving their negotiation unresolved.

• Dugu Bo confronted Du Cheng over making Dugu Yan his maid, while Du Cheng argued that he had done it to save her.
• Du Cheng recognized that poison had seeped deep into Dugu Bo's body and offered to resolve the problem afflicting him and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo offered to forgive Du Cheng and fulfill three requests if he cured them, but Du Cheng said their lives were worth more than three promises.
• Du Cheng demanded that Dugu Bo become his subordinate, and Dugu Bo angrily challenged the demand.

Du Cheng convinced Dugu Bo that he could treat the poison afflicting him and Dugu Yan, then arranged to travel with him to his Secluded Estate in Sunset Forest to find medicinal herbs. As they prepared to leave the next day, two figures hurried toward Shrek Academy’s back mountain.

• Du Cheng warned Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan might not live three years without treatment and pressed him to accept the cost of breaking his word.
• Du Cheng scattered special powder on Dugu Bo, triggering the poison in his body and proving his ability to detect its effects.
• Du Cheng explained that detoxifying Dugu Bo’s bloodline poison would take time and require precious herbs, which Dugu Bo offered from his Secluded Estate.
• Du Cheng agreed to leave for the Secluded Estate the next day after speaking with his friends, while Dugu Bo boasted about its herbs.
• Ling Ling and another figure hurried toward the back mountain outside Shrek Academy.

Dugu Yan rushed to the back mountain expecting Dugu Bo to punish Du Cheng, but found the two eating roasted rabbit together. Dugu Bo had instead decided Du Cheng was a promising match for his granddaughter and planned to help her win him over.

• Dugu Yan hurried to the back mountain with Ye Lingling, worried Dugu Bo would punish Du Cheng too harshly.
• Dugu Yan found Dugu Bo and Du Cheng roasting rabbits together, and Dugu Bo refused to discipline Du Cheng.
• Dugu Bo reminded Dugu Yan to honor her bet and keep serving as Du Cheng's maid, while Du Cheng asked her to roast two pheasants.
• Dugu Bo privately decided Du Cheng was a suitable spouse for Dugu Yan and planned to help her pursue him the next day.
• Du Cheng noticed Dugu Bo's suspicious expression and asked whether the old man was plotting something.

Du Cheng agreed to accompany Dugu Bo to Sunset Forest so he could detoxify Dugu Yan. The three reached Dugu Bo’s Secluded Estate, where the detoxification was set to begin.

• Dugu Cheng and Dugu Yan left Dugu Bo after he insisted on staying elsewhere for the night, and Dugu Yan angrily returned to One Inch Residence with Du Cheng.
• Dugu Bo arrived before dawn and urged Du Cheng to leave for Sunset Forest, while Du Cheng spent an hour saying farewell to Xiao Wu and the others.
• Dugu Bo carried Du Cheng and Dugu Yan through the air and explained that they were going to detoxify her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo led them through a dark cave and up a hill to his Secluded Estate.

Du Cheng brought Dugu Bo to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and negotiated to use its Immortal Herbs to remove the poison from Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. He swallowed two powerful herbs and began cultivating in the well, leaving Dugu Bo astonished as Dugu Yan arrived.

• Dugu Bo showed Du Cheng a hot spring, then took him to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well to impress him.
• Du Cheng explained two ways to remove the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison and offered to use his blood as a catalyst in exchange for every herb in Dugu Bo’s garden.
• Dugu Bo agreed to give Du Cheng the herbs, prioritizing his and Dugu Yan’s lives over the garden.
• Du Cheng harvested the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and swallowed them together.
• Du Cheng entered the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and began cultivating, while Dugu Bo watched in alarm before realizing he was unharmed.
• Dugu Yan arrived and asked Dugu Bo where he had taken Du Cheng.

Dugu Yan watched Du Cheng cultivate in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo left them alone, and Du Cheng remained submerged for a month. When Du Cheng suddenly turned red and his clothes caught fire, Dugu Bo pulled him from the pool, though the effort injured him, and explained that Du Cheng had accumulated too much Soul Power without obtaining a Soul Ring.

• Dugu Yan panicked when she saw Du Cheng in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, but Dugu Bo reassured her that he was safe and left to give them time alone.
• Dugu Yan watched Du Cheng and imagined that he had entered the pool to detoxify her, while Du Cheng remained unaware as he absorbed the energy of the Immortal Herbs.
• A month passed, and Dugu Yan worried that Du Cheng had not woken up; Dugu Bo then noticed that Du Cheng had turned bright red and his clothes were burning.
• Dugu Bo used Soul Power to pull Du Cheng from the pool, coughing up blood after the effort, and told Dugu Yan that Du Cheng had too much Soul Power and lacked a Soul Ring.

Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that the only way to save Du Cheng from the excess Soul Power in his body was to sleep with him. Dugu Yan agreed, and after Du Cheng regained consciousness, he helped her bathe and get dressed.

• Dugu Bo asked Dugu Yan whether she had feelings for Du Cheng and said he could only be saved by releasing the excess Soul Power in his body.
• Dugu Yan agreed to help Du Cheng, and Dugu Bo left them alone.
• Dugu Yan undressed and lay with Du Cheng, whose Soul Power surged as he responded while unconscious.
• Du Cheng's Soul Power gradually depleted, and he regained consciousness to find Dugu Yan beneath him.
• Dugu Yan asked Du Cheng to help her wash, and after bathing her, she told him to turn around so she could get dressed.

Du Cheng used his lottery rewards to obtain a powerful Soul Ring and refine the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well into a pill that evolved his Dragon Martial Soul. He emerged with a God-level Soul Ring, leaving Dugu Bo astonished and demanding an explanation.

• Du Cheng reached a Bond Value of 100 with Dugu Yan and used five lottery opportunities to obtain gold, a Ninety-Nine-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
• Du Cheng fused the Soul Ring, reached Level 64, and used the Heaven and Earth Furnace to refine the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well into the Ice Fire Paradise Pill.
• Du Cheng swallowed the pill, transformed into a dragon-man, and began evolving his Dragon Martial Soul as Dugu Yan watched in alarm.
• Dugu Bo arrived, reassured Dugu Yan, and recognized that Du Cheng had Twin Martial Souls and an evolving Second Martial Soul.
• Du Cheng gained an Azure God-level Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo demanded to know how he had obtained it.
• Du Cheng called the change an ordinary Martial Soul Evolution.

Du Cheng tested the power of his evolved Azure Dragon King Spirit in a fight with Dugu Bo, then revealed that he had cured Dugu Yan’s poison. Dugu Bo accepted Du Cheng after confirming Yan Zi was detoxified and had reached level 40, and Du Cheng offered to remove Dugu Bo’s poison too.

• Du Cheng explained that he did not know how his god-level soul ring appeared, then sparred with Dugu Bo to test his new strength.
• Du Cheng held his own against Dugu Bo, who used his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor True Body before Du Cheng ended the fight.
• Du Cheng realized his clothes had vanished during Dragon Transformation and hurriedly got dressed while Dugu Yan teased him.
• Dugu Bo confronted Du Cheng about destroying the Ice Fire Pool and pursuing Dugu Yan, but Du Cheng said he had cured her poison.
• Dugu Bo examined Dugu Yan, confirmed her poison was gone and her Soul Power had reached level 40, then forgave Du Cheng for destroying the pool.
• Du Cheng told Dugu Bo that he could remove the poison from his body as well.

Du Cheng agreed to detoxify Dugu Bo, but told him to run thirty laps first to stir up the poison in his body. After Dugu Bo finished, Du Cheng prepared medicine from the herbs in the valley, leaving Dugu Bo ready to begin treatment.

• Du Cheng told Dugu Bo that detoxifying him would require cooperation and prescribed thirty laps around the valley without Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo reluctantly trusted Du Cheng and set off running, while Dugu Yan recognized Du Cheng’s lie and confronted him.
• Du Cheng playfully grabbed Dugu Yan, and she explained that she had kept quiet because Dugu Bo had been bullying him.
• Du Cheng told Dugu Yan that running would help Dugu Bo absorb the medicine, then harvested the valley’s herbs and prepared a remedy with her help.
• Dugu Bo returned after completing the thirty laps and asked Du Cheng to begin detoxifying him.

Du Cheng cured Dugu Bo’s poison over more than a month, and Dugu Bo’s strength rose to Rank 93. With the cure complete, Du Cheng and Dugu Yan prepared to leave Sunset Forest, while Dugu Bo was left to make his own way back.

• Du Cheng gave Dugu Bo his detoxifying blood and had him drink a large pot of supplementary medicine, then Dugu Bo roasted chicken legs for Du Cheng and Dugu Yan.
• For more than a month, Dugu Bo took Du Cheng’s medicine each day and endured its effects, even after his attempt to tamper with their food backfired.
• After the poison was purged, Dugu Bo’s Soul Power surged and he reached Rank 93.
• Du Cheng warned Dugu Bo against sparring, and Dugu Bo denied wanting to test his improved strength.
• Du Cheng called down his Azure-Eyed Golden Eagle, then left with Dugu Yan and told Dugu Bo to return on his own once he had rested.

Du Cheng and Dugu Yan returned to Shrek Academy, learned that Tang San and the others had transferred to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and went to find them. There, Tang San and Dai Mubai tried to drive Du Cheng away, but Xiao Wu stood by him.

• Du Cheng and Dugu Yan returned to Shrek Academy and learned from Li Yusong that Tang San and the others had gone to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as exchange students.
• Du Cheng and Dugu Yan arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and found the Shrek group’s courtyard.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that Du Cheng might have been killed by Poison Douluo and urged her to move on, but Xiao Wu recognized Du Cheng when he appeared.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai claimed Du Cheng had no right to stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and threatened that his presence could cost Xiao Wu and the others their tournament qualifications.
• Xiao Wu rejected their threat and declared that she would leave too if they drove Du Cheng away.

Du Cheng and the girls left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Master refused to keep them with the Shrek group, while Master planned to recruit replacement teammates for Tang San. As they departed, Xiao Wu apologized to Du Cheng for not realizing Master had excluded him from the exchange student arrangements.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran said they would leave with Du Cheng rather than stay for the Elite Competition.
• Master said the girls could leave because they lacked teamwork with Tang San and the others, and Xiao Wu chose to go with Du Cheng.
• Du Cheng led the girls away and revealed his six soul rings, shocking Tang San, the others, and Master.
• Master regretted not recruiting Du Cheng, then resolved to destroy him and told Tang San that success in the tournament could help them win the girls back.
• Tang San noted that the Shrek group lacked enough competitors, so Master left to ask Qin Ming to find replacement teammates.
• Xiao Wu apologized to Du Cheng for not knowing Master had failed to arrange his exchange student procedures, and Du Cheng reassured her that Master had little goodwill toward him.

After leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Du Cheng decided to challenge Tang San and the others by finding another academy to compete in the Elite Competition. He led Xiao Wu and the others to Blue Tyrant Advanced Academy, where they arrived at its impressive entrance ready to apply.

• Xiao Wu complained about being driven from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Du Cheng insisted they had left voluntarily and vowed to foil Tang San and the others' plans.
• Dugu Yan offered to ask her grandfather to intervene, but Du Cheng refused and took the girls into Heaven Dou City.
• Du Cheng spotted Blue Tyrant Advanced Academy's recruitment notice, and Dugu Yan explained the academy had once eliminated a Royal Academy team in the preliminary competition.
• Du Cheng proposed applying to Blue Tyrant Advanced Academy, and Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other girls agreed to try for a chance to compete against Tang San and the others.
• Dugu Yan guided the group through Heaven Dou City to Blue Tyrant Advanced Academy, where they were asked if they had come to enroll.

Du Cheng applied for a teaching position at Blue Tyrant Academy and revealed that he was a thirteen-year-old Soul Emperor. The academy’s assessment teachers deferred his test to the dean, who would personally examine any soul master above level sixty.

• Du Cheng told the gatekeeper he wanted to apply as a teacher and hoped his friends could enroll as students if he succeeded.
• The gatekeeper saw Du Cheng’s six soul rings and led the group to the recruitment office, explaining that teachers had to pass an assessment.
• Three assessment teachers told Du Cheng to show his spirit and spar for ten minutes, but changed the plan when they saw he was a Soul Emperor.
• Du Cheng revealed he had just turned thirteen, stunning the three teachers.
• Yin Shu introduced himself as a level-fifty-four Power Attack System Battle Soul Master and respectfully addressed Du Cheng.

Du Cheng sought to join Blue Tyrant Academy, and Dean Liu Erlong agreed to judge whether his strength justified his request. Their test was about to begin, with Du Cheng promising to accept an ordinary teaching post if he failed to impress her.

• Yin Shu brought Du Cheng to meet Liu Erlong while Xiao Wu and the other girls waited at the academy.
• Liu Erlong learned that Du Cheng was thirteen and above Soul Power Level sixty, then asked him to reveal his Martial Soul and soul rings.
• Du Cheng explained that he wanted to join Blue Tyrant Academy partly to defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Liu Erlong warned that his talent alone was not enough to make her oppose the Heaven Dou Empire and challenged him to prove his strength in a fight.
• Du Cheng accepted the challenge and promised to abandon his plans if he failed to satisfy Liu Erlong.

Du Cheng sparred with Liu Erlong, whose initial advantage vanished when his stacked soul-skill effects repeatedly silenced her Soul Power. Liu Erlong pinned him to stop his attacks and prepared to use Dragon Breath, leaving the two locked in a close struggle.

• Du Cheng struck Liu Erlong with his enlarged carrot, surprising her with his strength and driving her back.
• Liu Erlong transformed into a fire dragon and exchanged more than a dozen attacks with Du Cheng without defeating him.
• Du Cheng triggered Silence, preventing Liu Erlong from using her Soul Power, but she refused to concede and continued attacking.
• Du Cheng's stacked effects repeatedly silenced Liu Erlong and struck her with a flurry of heavy and light blows.
• Liu Erlong pounced on Du Cheng and pinned his arms, intending to wait for the effects to fade and attack with Dragon Breath.

Du Cheng and Liu Erlong turned their spar into a stubborn hand-to-hand contest, which ended with Liu Erlong surrendering and allowing him to teach at Blue Tyrant Academy. After Du Cheng revealed he knew the Golden Iron Triangle, Liu Erlong urgently asked where he had met Yu Xiaogang.

• Liu Erlong pinned Du Cheng, but he bit her, and she retaliated by biting his chest.
• Du Cheng discovered that touching Liu Erlong's neck weakened her and used the opening to pin her down.
• The two continued fighting without Soul Skills until Liu Erlong surrendered, agreeing that Du Cheng could teach at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong demanded that Du Cheng keep the incident secret, and he revealed he knew her and the other members of the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Liu Erlong asked whether Du Cheng had met Yu Xiaogang and where he was, and Du Cheng said he had met him not long ago.