Chapter Summaries

Gu Han reached the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region and warned Xiao Wu’s family that Spirit Hall planned to hunt them. After they took his warning seriously, he prepared to leave the dangerous area.

• Gu Han restored his Soul Power, entered the core region, and flew toward the Lake of Life in his Sacred Dragon Martial Soul.
• Da Ming sensed a powerful pure-blooded dragon approaching, and Ah Rou, Er Ming, and Xiao Wu saw the Golden Sacred Dragon arrive.
• Gu Han told Ah Rou through Spiritual Power that Spirit Hall was planning to hunt them within seven days.
• Da Ming supported the warning by recalling that a Titled Douluo had once encountered him and might have reported him to Spirit Hall.
• Gu Han decided to leave quickly, wary of the powerful beings in the forest’s core region.

After Gu Han's Sacred Dragon returned from the Lake of Life, Hell Demon Dragon Zi Ji spotted him and pursued him across the sky. Gu Han fled on the dragon as Zi Ji rapidly closed the distance.

• Di Tian noticed Gu Yuena's Silver Dragon Scale heating up and sent Zi Ji to find the Golden Sacred Dragon instead of going himself.
• Zi Ji emerged above the core region, questioned Ah Rou, and learned that a young Golden Sacred Dragon had just left.
• Gu Han praised the Sacred Dragon for completing its mission, fed it Earth Shield Dragon flesh, and prepared to leave the forest.
• Zi Ji saw the Sacred Dragon enter Gu Han's body, then recognized him as its human master.
• Gu Han summoned the Sacred Dragon and fled, but Zi Ji pursued him and began catching up.

Gu Han fled Zi Ji after she discovered his Sacred Dragon was a human Martial Soul and decided he threatened the Soul Beast race. Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming intervened to help him, leaving Gu Han to search for a way to survive while they held Zi Ji back.

• Gu Han used his Sacred Dragon’s first Soul Skill against Zi Ji, but she evaded it and unleashed her Demonic Water Domain to pull him in.
• Gu Han entered Martial Soul Possession, activated Golden Tyrant Dragon Transformation, escaped Zi Ji’s control, and fled using Cloud Dragon Nine Illusions.
• Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming discovered the Sacred Dragon was Gu Han’s Martial Soul, and Ah Rou decided their family should repay his kindness by helping him.
• Da Ming used Slowness Domain and Er Ming used Gravity Domain to restrain Zi Ji and speed Gu Han’s escape.
• Zi Ji rebuked Ah Rou and attacked the family, while Gu Han fled and thought of a possible way to survive.

Gu Han used three Heavenly Points to evolve his Golden Sacred Dragon into a Golden Dragon, hoping its power would awaken Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena and protect him from Zi Ji. The transformation startled Zi Ji and awakened Gu Yuena, leaving Gu Han facing the pursuing Hell Demon Dragon with his new Martial Soul.

• Gu Han decided to spend three Heavenly Points to remove the Sacred Dragon's bloodline impurities and defects and evolve it into a Golden Dragon.
• The Heavenly Transformation System began transforming the Sacred Dragon inside a golden cocoon while Gu Han watched the battle with Zi Ji.
• Zi Ji defeated Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, Sky Azure Bull Python Da Ming, and Titan Giant Ape Er Ming, then resumed pursuing Gu Han.
• As Zi Ji closed in, the cocoon broke open and revealed Gu Han's Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• Zi Ji recognized the Golden Dragon's powerful bloodline, while Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena sensed its aura and awoke beneath the Lake of Life.

After sensing Gu Han’s Golden Dragon, Gu Yuena ordered Zi Ji to bring him to the Lake of Life so she could examine him and potentially use his power to heal her injuries. Gu Han entered Gu Yuena’s hidden Silver Palace and came face to face with the Silver Dragon King.

• Gu Yuena recognized that Gu Han’s Golden Dragon might combine with her power and ordered Zi Ji not to harm him, but to bring him to her.
• Zi Ji spared Gu Han, and he willingly followed her toward the Lake of Life.
• Gu Han reassured Ah Rou that he was no longer in danger before Zi Ji took him to the lake.
• Zi Ji directed Gu Han to descend into the Lake of Life, where he found a Silver Light Gate and entered it.
• Gu Han passed through the gate into a Silver Palace and met the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena in her dragon form.

Gu Han met Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, in the Silver Palace and learned she had spared him because of his unusual physical Martial Soul. After Gu Yuena transformed into human form, their conversation turned to her beauty and Gu Han’s Golden Dragon Martial Soul.

• Gu Han calmly guessed that Gu Yuena was the true king of the Star Dou Great Forest and offered to cooperate in exchange for his life.
• Gu Yuena introduced herself, asked Gu Han his name, and said they might reach a friendly cooperation because his Martial Soul could help her.
• Gu Han asked Gu Yuena to assume human form, and she transformed into a stunning silver-haired woman.
• Gu Han praised Gu Yuena’s beauty, and she explained that strength mattered more than appearance to soul beasts.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Gu Han was handsome and remarked that his Golden Dragon Martial Soul could make him both powerful and attractive.

Gu Yuena explained the Golden Dragon Martial Soul’s power and proposed that Gu Han return as a Limit Douluo to help heal her, offering divine knowledge and the Golden Dragon Spear in payment. After learning the spear could evolve his martial soul, Gu Han asked how their powers would be joined, and Gu Yuena teased him about wanting to become her mate.

• Gu Yuena told Gu Han that his Golden Dragon Martial Soul could combine with her Elemental Silver Dragon power and asked how it had evolved from a Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Gu Yuena proposed that Gu Han return after reaching the Limit Douluo realm to help heal her, promising to teach him how to become a god and give him a Divine Artifact.
• Gu Yuena revealed the Golden Dragon Spear, and Gu Han’s system said it could evolve his martial soul toward the Golden Dragon King.
• Gu Yuena described external absorption and internal fusion as ways to combine their powers, while saying she preferred the slower external method.
• Gu Han objected that external absorption would put him at a disadvantage, and Gu Yuena teased him for wanting to become her mate.

Gu Han agreed with Gu Yuena that he could become her mate if he grew strong enough, and he chose Zi Ji as his bodyguard for his return to the human world. Gu Yuena gave him Gold of Life before sending him back to Lake of Life, where the other Soul Beasts were waiting.

• Gu Han openly told Gu Yuena he wanted to marry her, and she said she would allow him to become her mate if he could defeat her.
• Gu Yuena said Gu Han would have to join the Soul Beast race to become her mate permanently, and Gu Han considered the possibility of becoming the Silver Dragon King's son-in-law.
• Gu Yuena offered Gu Han a bodyguard from among the Seven Great Ferocious Beasts, and he chose Zi Ji instead of Di Tian.
• Gu Han asked Gu Yuena for Gold of Life, and she gave him a head-sized piece before opening a spatial gate for him to leave.
• Gu Han emerged from Lake of Life, where Zi Ji, Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming were waiting.

Gu Han left the Star Dou Great Forest with Zi Ji after Gu Yuena ordered her to protect and obey him, and he warned Xiao Wu's family that Spirit Hall planned to attack soon. He reached Heaven Dou Imperial City and headed for Heaven Dou Royal Academy to approach Dugu Yan and seek a way to obtain the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Gu Han told Zi Ji that Gu Yuena had assigned her to protect him, and Gu Yuena confirmed it and ordered Zi Ji to obey him.
• Gu Han apologized to Xiao Wu's family for hiding that he was human and warned them to leave the forest's core region because Spirit Hall planned to attack.
• Gu Han traveled toward Heaven Dou Imperial City with Zi Ji, making her serve him while offering cultivation guidance that helped purify her bloodline.
• Gu Han decided not to contact Qian Renxue and instead planned to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, approach Dugu Yan, and seek a way to treat Jade Phosphor Poison.
• Gu Han and Zi Ji arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where a guard stopped them and asked who they were and why they had come.

Gu Han sought to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but students attacked him and a teacher challenged him after he fought back. He revealed his evolved Golden Dragon Martial Soul and defeated the Soul Emperor Shi Xiong with a single punch.

• Gu Han asked where to register, but students challenged him because he was not a noble and several attacked him out of jealousy.
• Gu Han used the Cloud Dragon Nine Illusions Movement Technique to knock the attacking students down.
• Teacher Shi Xiong blamed Gu Han for the fight and attacked him with his Blazing Lion Martial Soul.
• Gu Han stopped Zi Ji from intervening and summoned his Golden Dragon Martial Soul, revealing four spirit rings, including a black fourth ring.
• Gu Han's Golden Dragon Fist shattered Shi Xiong's defenses and sent him flying, leaving the academy crowd stunned.

Gu Han defeated Shi Xiong with one punch at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked to meet its Three Education Commissioners. After learning Gu Han was a nine-year-old Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, Meng Shenji welcomed him despite the academy's rule against admitting non-nobles.

• Gu Han sent Shi Xiong flying with one punch, stunning the students and teachers at the academy gate.
• Gu Han asked the teachers to take him to meet the Three Education Commissioners, and the noble students appealed to the commissioners when they arrived.
• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan sensed that Zi Ji was a Titled Douluo, and Zi Ji introduced herself as Purple Dragon and said she had brought her Young Master to enroll.
• Meng Shenji initially refused Gu Han because he was not a noble of the nation.
• Zi Ji revealed Gu Han's age, rank, fourth Soul Ring, and victory over Shi Xiong, prompting Meng Shenji to reverse his decision and accept him.

Gu Han enrolled in Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s sixth-grade elementary class, where his talent and knowledge astonished his classmates and teacher. The next morning, Meng Shenji told him that First Prince Xue Qinghe wanted to meet him, and Gu Han had yet to decide whether to accept the invitation.

• Meng Shenji and the other Education Committee members admitted Gu Han and Zi Ji, gave them a courtyard, and enrolled Gu Han in sixth-grade Class A-1.
• Teacher Liang Hong and the students were shocked to learn that Gu Han was a nine-year-old Soul Ancestor, and Liang Hong was further impressed by Gu Han’s extensive Soul Master knowledge.
• After class, Gu Han found that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had already left, then joined Zi Ji for a welcome meal and a tour of the academy.
• Meng Shenji and the other committee members reported Gu Han’s arrival to Xue Ye to avoid trouble from Prince Xue Xing.
• The next morning, Meng Shenji told Gu Han that First Prince Xue Qinghe wanted to meet him and offered to arrange a carriage that afternoon.

Gu Han met Xue Qinghe at a tea house and recognized Qian Renxue, disguised as the maid Xue'er, though she warned him not to reveal their connection. Over tea, Xue Qinghe praised Gu Han and began probing for information about his background.

• Gu Han and Zi Ji traveled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy to a tea house where Xue Qinghe had arranged to meet them.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue'er, greeted Gu Han, and Gu Han recognized her while she silently urged him to stay composed.
• Xue Qinghe welcomed Gu Han and Zi Ji, and the men exchanged compliments before entering the private room.
• Xue Qinghe asked Xue'er to serve tea and praised her for quickly mastering his tea-making skills.
• Gu Han praised Xue'er's tea, and Xue Qinghe shifted the conversation to Gu Han's talent and tried to learn which faction had raised him.

Gu Han explained his background to Xue Qinghe and convinced him he was not affiliated with Spirit Hall. After a wide-ranging discussion impressed the Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe offered Gu Han a place in his Advisor Group and promised to appoint him Prime Minister if he became emperor.

• Gu Han claimed his Golden Dragon Martial Soul had awakened through an ancestral reversion mutation and said he came from an ordinary hidden Soul Master Family.
• Gu Han argued that Spirit Hall would never have let a genius of his potential leave, and Xue Qinghe accepted the explanation.
• Xue Qinghe and Gu Han discussed the continent's geography, culture, history, and governance, leaving Xue Qinghe deeply impressed by Gu Han's knowledge and judgment.
• Xue Qinghe invited Gu Han to join his Advisor Group with a generous stipend, resources, and access to the Crown Prince's Estate's treasures.
• Xue Qinghe promised to appoint Gu Han Prime Minister if he ascended the throne and became emperor.

Gu Han accepted a place in Xue Qinghe’s advisor group and reunited with Qian Renxue through Spiritual Telepathy, though she could not meet him privately. While exploring Heaven Dou Imperial City with Zi Ji, he visited a Soul Master Market and spotted what he recognized as Whale Rubber.

• Xue Qinghe offered to make Gu Han Prime Minister after taking the throne, but Gu Han modestly declined the position and agreed to join his advisor group.
• As Xue Qinghe departed, Gu Han used Spiritual Telepathy to tell Qian Renxue he missed her, and she explained her mission to replace Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue could not slip away to meet Gu Han, so he accepted her apology and watched her leave with Xue Qinghe.
• Gu Han took Zi Ji sightseeing and sampling food in Heaven Dou Imperial City, then heard about a nearby Soul Master Market.
• Gu Han entered the market with Zi Ji and recognized several yellow, crystal-sheened objects on a stall as Whale Rubber.

Gu Han browsed the Soul Master Market and bought a Phoenix Essence Blood Amber Crystal and three pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber. He was left embarrassed when Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling saw him buying the rubber and Dugu Yan judged him as a lecher.

• Gu Han used the Heavenly Transformation System to identify a Phoenix Essence Blood Amber Crystal and bought it for two Gold Soul Coins.
• Gu Han reached the seventh stall and examined the stall owner's three pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Gu Han bargained with the mustached stall owner and paid one thousand Gold Soul Coins for all three pieces.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling saw Gu Han's purchase, and Dugu Yan expressed disgust at him buying Whale Rubber.

Gu Han chased after Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to explain his purchase of whale rubber, but Dugu Yan rejected his explanation and tried to leave. He forced contact to have the Heavenly Transformation System analyze her Jade Phosphor Poison, and its results convinced him he could recruit Dugu Bo and gain access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Gu Han followed Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling out of the Soul Master Market to explain that he had other reasons for buying Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Dugu Yan refused to believe Gu Han, warned him not to follow her, and threatened to tell her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
• Gu Han decided to touch Dugu Yan and use the Heavenly Transformation System to analyze her Jade Phosphor Poison, then caught up and placed a hand on her shoulder.
• Dugu Yan kicked Gu Han, hurt her shin against his hardened body, and angrily accused him of being a pervert.
• The Heavenly Transformation System revealed several ways to treat the Jade Phosphor Poison, and Gu Han grew excited about recruiting Dugu Bo and obtaining the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Gu Han carried the injured Dugu Yan home, then told her he had found possible treatments for the Jade Phosphor Poison and planned to seek the ingredients for a Detoxification Elixir. That night, Dugu Bo returned to Dugu Manor, learned an unfamiliar young man had carried Dugu Yan home, and flew into a rage.

• Gu Han carried Dugu Yan to Dugu Manor, where she introduced him to her sick father, Dugu Xin.
• Gu Han recognized that Dugu Xin was suffering from severe Jade Phosphor Poison and considered how curing him could help him subdue the Jade Phosphor Clan.
• Gu Han told Dugu Yan he had researched possible treatments, including a Detoxification Elixir, and asked her to keep the matter secret until he could test it.
• Gu Han left Dugu Manor with Zi Ji to gather the ingredients needed for the elixir.
• Dugu Bo returned to Dugu Manor, learned Dugu Yan had been injured and carried home by an unfamiliar young man, and became furious.

Dugu Bo learned that Gu Han had injured Dugu Yan’s leg and, despite her defense of him, resolved to confront him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Meanwhile, Gu Han bought ingredients and a pill furnace to make a Detoxification Elixir for Dugu Yan, then began cultivating with Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.

• Dugu Bo questioned Dugu Yan about Gu Han, and her awkward reaction revealed that Gu Han had caused her leg injury.
• Dugu Yan defended Gu Han and said he was wonderful, convincing Dugu Bo that the blond student had deceived her feelings.
• Dugu Bo pretended to accept Dugu Yan’s explanation but planned to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy and test Gu Han himself.
• Gu Han and Zi Ji bought over a hundred sets of ingredients for the Detoxification Elixir and a pill furnace in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• After returning to the academy, Gu Han took out Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber from his Void Clarity Ring and entered a quiet cultivation chamber.

Gu Han consumed Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to cultivate the Sacred Dragon Body Forging Method, but its aphrodisiac effect overcame his Golden Tyrant Dragon Transformation. Zi Ji entered his room, and Gu Han persuaded her to help him by invoking Sister Nana’s injuries.

• Gu Han compared the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber with the Gold of Life and decided to cultivate with the whale rubber first.
• Gu Han ate the whale rubber and converted its life energy into qi and blood through the Sacred Dragon Body Forging Method.
• The whale rubber’s aphrodisiac effect overwhelmed Gu Han, and his Third Soul Skill did not remove it.
• Zi Ji entered the quiet room, and Gu Han asked her to help him cultivate.
• Gu Han reminded Zi Ji that Sister Nana’s injuries remained unrestored, and Zi Ji gave in as he pulled her into his embrace.