Chapter Summaries

After Bibi Dong ordered Gu Han to kill the wounded Tyrant Dragon and absorb its soul ring, he summoned his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and discovered that the dragon’s trust in its Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline helped him absorb its soul ring without resistance. The Tyrant Dragon also left him another External Soul Bone, and Gu Han wondered whether the same might happen with future soul rings.

• Bibi Dong told Gu Han to kill the dying Tyrant Dragon and absorb its soul ring.
• Gu Han summoned his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul before killing the Tyrant Dragon with his Golden Dragon Spear.
• Gu Han absorbed the Tyrant Dragon’s soul ring and found its Soul Power unusually easy to refine.
• As Gu Han neared the end of the absorption, the Tyrant Dragon’s power transformed his right hand into a Gray-Black Dragon Claw External Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong congratulated Gu Han while Yue Guan and Gui Mei expressed envy at his extraordinary luck.

Gu Han tested his third soul skill, Golden Tyrant Dragon Transformation, and concealed its Overlord Body effect while reporting its physical enhancement to Yue Guan. On the return to Spirit City, he arranged to consult Yue Guan’s botanical books for information about Immortal Herbs, then returned home and began testing his new External Soul Bone.

• Gu Han activated his third soul skill and learned it increased his strength fivefold and his other physical abilities fourfold while granting him an Overlord Body effect.
• Gu Han told Yue Guan that Golden Tyrant Dragon Transformation increased all his physical abilities fourfold for two hours, keeping the Overlord Body effect secret.
• The next day, Gu Han asked to consult Yue Guan’s Botanical Collection, and Yue Guan welcomed him to visit.
• Gu Han returned to Spirit City with Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei, then parted from them and went back to his courtyard.
• Gu Han poured Soul Power into the External Soul Bone in his right hand, transforming it into a large, gray-black-scaled Dragon Claw.

Gu Han tested the Tyrannosaurus Rex External Soul Bone and named its strength-amplifying skill Power of the Tyrant. After returning to Spirit City, he questioned Bibi Dong about the resources she had stopped sending and heard her explain that continued support had drawn criticism; she then offered him a simple way to prove her efforts were worthwhile.

• Gu Han activated the Tyrannosaurus Rex External Soul Bone, learned that it tripled his body's strength and quadrupled his right arm's strength, and named it Tyrannosaurus Rex Gauntlet with the skill Power of the Tyrant.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan visited Gu Han after learning he had reached Soul Elder with a Third Soul Ring from a Tyrannosaurus Rex over six thousand years old.
• Yan worried that Hu Liena's affection for Gu Han might become romantic as Gu Han's cultivation caught up with theirs.
• After a week in Spirit City, Gu Han noticed Bibi Dong had stopped sending him medicinal herbs as well as dragon flesh, so he went to ask her about it.
• Bibi Dong told Gu Han that people in Spirit City criticized her for using Spirit Hall's resources to favor him, and Gu Han apologized and vowed to prove her efforts were worthwhile.
• Bibi Dong told Gu Han that proving her efforts worthwhile would be simple, but the chapter ended before she explained how.

Gu Han agreed to prove his strength by fighting at the Martial Soul City Great Soul Arena, unaware that Bibi Dong had decided he was no longer useful and was saving resources for Yu Xiaogang. Hu Liena took him to register, and the group prepared for Soul Elder Group Solo Soul Combat at the eighth sub-arena.

• Bibi Dong told Gu Han that his reputation could only be cleared by achieving strong results in the Great Soul Arena, and he agreed to begin fighting that night.
• After Gu Han left, Bibi Dong revealed that she intended to reserve Light Attribute dragon flesh and spirit medicines for Yu Xiaogang and considered Gu Han a completed experiment.
• Hu Liena accompanied Gu Han to the Great Soul Arena and explained its Soul Combat formats, ranks, and points system.
• A registration clerk recognized Gu Han, praised him, and registered him for Iron Soul Combat before Hu Liena hurried him along.
• Gu Han, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan signed up for Soul Elder Group Solo Soul Combat at the eighth sub-arena, where Hu Liena explained the competition schedule.

At the Martial Soul City Great Soul Arena, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan each won their Soul Elder matches. Gu Han learned his cultivation had reached level thirty-six before being warned that his next opponent, Niu Zhen, was a powerful academy genius.

• Xie Yue fought Zi Long, a higher-level Purple Flame Lion Soul Master, and defeated him.
• Hu Liena used her Demonic Fox Martial Soul’s spiritual abilities to defeat her male opponent, while Yan won by combining strong defense with fire- and earth-attribute attacks.
• The arena announced Gu Han’s match against level-thirty-eight Niu Zhen, and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were shocked to learn Gu Han had reached level thirty-six.
• Gu Han attributed his rapid cultivation increase to the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng Bibi Dong had given him, concealing the role of his other gains.
• Xie Yue warned Gu Han that Niu Zhen was a level-eight Innate Soul Power genius with a formidable Great Strength Brute Ox Martial Soul.

Gu Han made his Great Soul Arena debut against Niu Zhen, who sought to prove Gu Han unworthy of being Bibi Dong’s disciple. Gu Han revealed his evolved Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and defeated Niu Zhen with one punch, leaving the arena audience stunned.

• The host introduced Gu Han and Niu Zhen, highlighting Niu Zhen’s nineteen-match winning streak and the crowd’s doubts about Gu Han’s strength.
• Niu Zhen challenged Gu Han to use the sword he had used against Xiong Ba, but Gu Han said he needed no sword to defeat him.
• Niu Zhen began the battle with Brute Ox Charge, but Gu Han swiftly dodged and moved behind him.
• Niu Zhen activated his second and third Soul Skills as Gu Han possessed his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul.
• Gu Han dodged Niu Zhen’s punch with Cloud Dragon Nine Illusions and struck him once, sending him off the platform and silencing the crowd.

Gu Han revealed that his evolved Golden Sacred Dragon could possess him and rose to fame by defeating Soul Elder opponents with a single punch. After winning team and solo matches, he visited Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan at his flower-filled Eastern-style residence.

• Gu Han defeated Niu Zhen with one punch using Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul Possession, shocking the arena and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Gu Han confirmed to Hu Liena that his evolved Sacred Dragon could switch into Martial Soul form and possess him.
• Over several days, Gu Han won every Soul Elder solo match with a single punch, earning fans and changing Martial Soul City's view of him.
• Gu Han registered Team Sacred Dragon Knight, fought two opponents alone in team combat, and achieved three consecutive victories.
• Gu Han visited Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, who welcomed him into his Eastern-style courtyard filled with flowers and plants.

Gu Han visited Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and learned that Bibi Dong was still gathering Light Attribute Dragon Soul Beasts and spirit medicines for someone else. He realized she intended to reproduce his Golden Sacred Dragon evolution for Yu Xiaogang, and he accepted that he could not change Yu Xiaogang’s place in her heart.

• Gu Han praised Yue Guan’s flower garden and gave him rare flower seeds, winning his approval.
• Yue Guan welcomed Gu Han into his study and offered to cook for him, while Gu Han called him Uncle Ju.
• Gu Han asked Yue Guan whether Bibi Dong had truly stopped collecting resources for him after withdrawing her supplies.
• Yue Guan revealed that Bibi Dong was still gathering dragon soul beasts and spirit medicines for a taboo person, and warned Gu Han not to investigate further.
• Gu Han concluded that Bibi Dong was preparing to replicate his Golden Sacred Dragon evolution for Yu Xiaogang and that his efforts to change her feelings had failed.

After learning that Bibi Dong had turned against him, Gu Han trained harder and planned to leave Martial Soul City once he reached level forty. His next Soul Combat opponent was Yan, who challenged him to a wager over Hu Liena’s affection, but Gu Han refused and clarified that he saw her only as a senior sister.

• Gu Han realized Bibi Dong had stopped supporting him and might eliminate him to give Yu Xiaogang credit for the Martial Soul Evolution method, so he planned to leave Martial Soul City after reaching level forty.
• Gu Han trained intensively, discovered that Spiritual Power controlled Sacred Dragon’s range, and continued feeding it Soul Beast flesh with his own money.
• Gu Han won ten Solo Soul Combat matches and eight Team Soul Combat matches, then decided to challenge the Soul Ancestor Group.
• The Soul Arena announced that Gu Han’s next Soul Elder Group opponent was Yan, who had raised his cultivation to level thirty-five with a Fire Ganoderma.
• Hu Liena told Yan to go easy on Gu Han, then told Gu Han not to hit Yan too hard, making Yan think she cared for him.
• Yan proposed that the loser of their match give up his feelings for Hu Liena, but Gu Han refused to make her the subject of a wager and said he viewed her as a senior sister.

On the soul fighting platform, Gu Han overwhelmed Yan with his speed and strength, but Yan refused to concede and struggled back to his feet for Hu Liena’s sake. The duel remained unfinished as Yan declared he could still fight.

• Yan told Gu Han that he believed Hu Liena liked him as a girl liked a boy, then challenged Gu Han to prove he was the one who could make her happy.
• The host started the soul fight, and Yan used his Flame Lord Martial Soul and Soul Skills to attack Gu Han with magma and granite armor.
• Gu Han used his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, Sacred Dragon Battle Armor, and Cloud Dragon Nine Illusions Movement Technique to charge through Yan’s attacks.
• Gu Han shattered Yan’s granite armor with a barrage of Dragon Fists and sent him flying while he vomited blood.
• As the host prepared to announce Gu Han as the winner, Yan sat up, struggled to his feet, and insisted that he could keep fighting for Nana.

Gu Han defeated Yan and moved on to challenging the Soul Ancestor Group, where his solo and team victories still brought him little pressure. After forming a one-person team, the Sacred Dragon Knights Team, he found Group Soul Combat difficult and decided to deduce a new fist technique.

• Gu Han knocked Yan unconscious with another punch, won the match, and carried him back to the Lounge, where Hu Liena remained angry that Yan had called her Nana.
• Gu Han told Hu Liena and Xie Yue that he planned to challenge the Soul Ancestor Group in solo and team combat, leaving them shocked by how far he had surpassed them.
• Gu Han won ten consecutive matches in the Soul Ancestor Group’s solo and team combat without feeling much pressure.
• Gu Han registered a one-person soul master team called the Sacred Dragon Knights Team and entered Group Soul Combat with the Great Soul Arena’s support.
• Gu Han struggled against coordinated Soul Ancestor teams and decided to spend Heavenly Points to deduce the Sacred Dragon Fist Art.

Gu Han used his Heavenly Points to plan improvements to the Sacred Dragon and deduce the Sacred Dragon Fist Art, then built a winning streak across Soul Ancestor and Soul King matches at the Martial Soul City Great Soul Arena. After more than a year, he reached level thirty-nine and decided to challenge the Soul Emperor Division to break through his cultivation bottleneck.

• Gu Han planned to save three Heavenly Points to optimize the Sacred Dragon's bloodline and use another to deduce the Sacred Dragon Fist Art.
• After learning the Sacred Dragon Fist Art, Gu Han won Group Soul Combat in the Soul Ancestor Group with increasing ease and earned over two hundred consecutive victories.
• Gu Han avoided Soul King Group battles but began winning Solo Soul Combat and, after mastering stronger techniques, Team Soul Combat against Soul Kings.
• Over a year at the Great Soul Arena, Gu Han's cultivation rose from level thirty-six to level thirty-nine, while he received little benefit from feeding Soul Beast meat to the Sacred Dragon.
• After reaching a bottleneck at level thirty-nine, Gu Han decided to challenge Solo Soul Combat in the Soul Emperor Division and use battle pressure to break through.

Gu Han challenged level-sixty-eight Soul Emperor Chi Tingkong in his first Solo Soul Combat match in the Soul Emperor Division, drawing a packed crowd and intense betting in Martial Soul City. The match began with Chi Tingkong summoning his Crimson Blood Thunder Leopard Martial Soul.

• Gu Han agreed to cooperate with the Martial City Great Soul Arena for half of the revenue from his matches and notified it of his planned Soul Emperor challenge.
• The Great Soul Arena promoted the match, opened betting, and sold out all tickets in less than a day.
• Su Ling introduced Gu Han and his opponent, Chi Tingkong, a level-sixty-eight Soul Emperor with a Crimson Blood Thunder Leopard Martial Soul.
• Spectators questioned the Great Soul Arena's choice of such a powerful opponent, and betting remained open after the match began.
• Gu Han and Chi Tingkong introduced themselves on the platform, and Su Ling announced the start of the Soul Combat.
• Chi Tingkong summoned the Crimson Blood Thunder Leopard and merged it into his body.

Gu Han fought Chi Tingkong, a powerful Soul Emperor, and endured his Crimson Blood Thunder Prison despite suffering injuries. Refusing to concede, Gu Han charged back into battle, determined to fight through adversity.

• Chi Tingkong and Gu Han activated their Martial Soul possessions and enhancement skills before colliding head-on.
• Chi Tingkong's strength and speed overwhelmed Gu Han, forcing him to fight defensively and dodge repeated attacks.
• Gu Han unleashed the fourth form of the Sacred Dragon Fist Art, then tried to develop its fifth form under pressure.
• Chi Tingkong used his sixth Soul Skill, Crimson Blood Thunder Prison, and shattered Gu Han's Sacred Dragon Battle Armor with its lightning barrage.
• Gu Han endured the lightning, escaped the attack's range, and found that the strikes had stimulated his body and qi and blood.
• Gu Han refused to concede and charged toward Chi Tingkong again with Cloud Dragon Nine Illusions.

Gu Han defeated the Soul Emperor Chi Tingkong in a cross-rank fight and broke through to level forty. Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to help him obtain his fourth spirit ring, but Yue Guan revealed they would soon accompany Bibi Dong on a secret mission.

• Gu Han fought Chi Tingkong with the Sacred Dragon Fist Art, then revealed his Tyrannosaurus Rex Gauntlet External Soul Bone and used its Power of the Tyrant to overpower him.
• Gu Han perfected the fifth form of the Sacred Dragon Fist Art with Soul Power, shattered his level-thirty-nine bottleneck, and defeated Chi Tingkong.
• Su Ling declared Gu Han the winner, and Gu Han later told Bibi Dong he had reached level forty and needed a fourth spirit ring.
• Bibi Dong summoned Yue Guan and Gui Mei to take Gu Han hunting for his fourth spirit ring.
• Yue Guan told Gu Han that he and Gui Mei were due to accompany Bibi Dong on a secret mission, leaving Gu Han startled.

Gu Han learned that Bibi Dong planned to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, then traveled there with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei. After searching for several days for a suitable fourth Soul Ring, he found a fifteen-thousand-year-old Earth Shield Dragon resting in a valley.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan told Gu Han that Bibi Dong had discovered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and planned to hunt it.
• Gu Han considered sabotaging Bibi Dong's plan, believing it could change Xiao Wu's fate and affect later events.
• Gu Han prepared for the journey and left Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei.
• Gu Han entered the Star Dou Great Forest with the two Titled Douluo to find a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring.
• After two or three days of searching, Gu Han found a fifteen-thousand-year-old Earth Shield Dragon resting in a valley.

Gu Han killed a Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Shield Dragon and began absorbing its Soul Ring. Its Golden Sacred Dragon aura drew Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena’s attention, and she sent Beast God Di Tian to find him.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei wounded the Earth Shield Dragon, leaving Gu Han to deliver the final blow.
• Gu Han summoned the Golden Sacred Dragon and killed the Earth Shield Dragon with his Golden Long Spear, then began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena sensed the Golden Sacred Dragon’s aura and told Di Tian to bring the Pure-Blood True Dragon back.
• Di Tian took Gu Yuena’s guiding Silver Dragon Scale and flew toward Gu Han’s location.
• Di Tian appeared above the Lake of Life, startling Da Ming, the Titan Giant Ape, the woman in pink, and the Pink Giant Rabbit.

Gu Han absorbed the Earth Shield Dragon’s fifteen-thousand-year Soul Ring, gaining a fourth soul skill and a third External Soul Bone. After testing his new powers and returning toward Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, he left Di Tian wondering whether humans had captured the Golden Sacred Dragon.

• Gu Han absorbed the Earth Shield Dragon’s Soul Ring and gained an External Soul Bone that formed a shield around his left arm.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei warned Gu Han to hide his three External Soul Bones, and Gu Han promised to seek Immortal Herbs for them if he found any.
• Gu Han named his fourth soul skill Golden Dragon Sky-Shaking Strike and his new External Soul Bone skill Mountain Dragon Thorn Aura.
• Gu Han packed up the Earth Shield Dragon’s meat and rode the Martial Soul: Sacred Dragon with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei toward Spirit City.
• Di Tian arrived after Gu Han had left the Star Dou Great Forest, feared humans had discovered or captured the Golden Sacred Dragon, and returned to report the news to Supreme Ancient Gu Yuena.

After returning to Spirit City, Gu Han told Hu Liena and the others that he planned to venture out, then decided to use his knowledge of Bibi Dong’s plan against Xiao Wu’s Mother to intervene through his Sacred Dragon. He began optimizing his soul with the Heavenly Transformation System to gain Spiritual Power, which could let him communicate with the soul beast from a safe distance.

• Gu Han decided to ask Bibi Dong for permission to venture out, choosing a time when she was occupied with planning a hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At dinner, Gu Han told Hu Liena, Yan, and the third companion that he planned to leave Spirit City; Hu Liena urged him to be careful, while Yan was excited by his departure.
• On his way home, Gu Han decided to warn Xiao Wu’s Mother about Spirit Hall’s plan, hoping to change the story and earn Heavenly Points.
• Gu Han planned to send his Sacred Dragon to the Star Dou Great Forest and use Spiritual Power to let it communicate with Xiao Wu’s Mother.
• Gu Han spent one Heavenly Point to optimize his soul, and the system began removing its impurities and repairing its defects.

After strengthening his soul, Gu Han gained Spiritual Power and tested how far he could control his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul. He left Spirit City for the Star Dou Great Forest, evaded Bibi Dong’s pursuer, and left Luo Er Diyala unable to track him.

• Gu Han discovered that his Spiritual Power let him see clearly in darkness and control his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul from up to three kilometers away.
• Gu Han told Bibi Dong he wanted to venture out; she warned him to hide his External Soul Bone and secretly sent Lor Diarra to follow him.
• Gu Han said farewell to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, then flew from Spirit City on his Sacred Dragon.
• Gu Han noticed Luo Er Diyala following him and used the river and forest to escape, while his Sacred Dragon drew the pursuer away.
• Luo Er Diyala lost the Sacred Dragon when it vanished at the limit of their separation, and he decided to wait for Gu Han to return to Spirit City.