Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuming identified an Earth Dragon Golden Melon that could evolve Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, then proposed a way for Dugu Bo to preserve his poison and grow stronger. Dugu Bo let Ji Wuming take herbs from the garden and gave him a second living-creature storage device, the Abyssal Sea Hundred Treasures Bag.

• Dugu Bo warned Ji Wuming not to touch the poisonous herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as Ji Wuming searched the garden.
• Ji Wuming identified the Earth Dragon Golden Melons and explained how they could evolve Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo placed his Pill Orb inside Ji Wuming to ensure he was not being deceived, then Ji Wuming harvested the two melons.
• Ji Wuming suggested that Dugu Bo condense his toxins into the Pill Orb while consuming the melons, potentially preserving his poisonous arts and strengthening him.
• Dugu Bo agreed that Ji Wuming could take herbs to address his Martial Soul defect and gave him the Abyssal Sea Hundred Treasures Bag.

Ji Wuming harvested Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo refined the poison in his body and consumed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon. Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolved into the Ink Domain Poison Dragon, and he asked Ji Wuming to become his disciple.

• Dugu Bo gave Ji Wuming an Azure Hundred Treasures Bag and warned him not to damage the Herb Garden or approach the water.
• Ji Wuming harvested twenty Immortal Herbs, leaving some herbs and their roots, then carefully cut the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot from near the well.
• Dugu Bo refined his toxins into a dark Dragon Core and consumed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, using its energy to evolve his Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor transformed into a dark dragon, and Dugu Bo felt younger and free of the poison that had tormented him for forty years.
• Dugu Bo named his new Martial Soul the Ink Domain Poison Dragon and asked Ji Wuming if he would take him as his master.

Ji Wuming refused Dugu Bo’s offer to become his disciple by claiming Sea Spear Douluo was already his master, then consumed several immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. His Blood Thunder Battle Spear began a terrifying transformation just as Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan.

• Ji Wuming told Dugu Bo that Sea Spear Douluo of Sea God Island was his master, so he could not become Dugu Bo’s disciple.
• Ji Wuming jokingly suggested befriending or courting Dugu Bo’s granddaughter, angering Dugu Bo before he left to bring Dugu Yan.
• Ji Wuming consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, improving his spiritual power and sharpening his senses, but he still could not detect the Ice and Fire Dragon King Bone at the pool’s bottom.
• Ji Wuming consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Aromatic Silk Beauty, triggering a surge of power in his Blood Thunder Battle Spear Martial Soul.
• A vast, blood-red mist filled with the cries and shapes of beasts and people erupted around Ji Wuming and his spear as Dugu Bo returned with a frightened Dugu Yan.

Ji Wuming completed his Martial Soul evolution, transforming his Blood Thunder Battle Spear and emerging with white hair and a striking appearance. Across the world, signs of divine attention and upheaval appeared, while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger turned toward the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Ji Wuming absorbed the blood mist into his evolved Blood Thunder Battle Spear, and Dugu Yan admired his new appearance before preparing for her own Martial Soul Evolution.
• Bo Saixi received a Sea God's decree that the future master of the sea had appeared and summoned the Seven Great Worship Elders to share the news.
• The King of Slaughter ordered that anyone who killed a thousand people within a year would earn an Elder Position and freedom to leave Slaughter City, intensifying the killing there.
• The Angel God Statue glowed as Qian Daoliu prayed, leaving him wondering whether a new divine inheritor or calamity was coming.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger stopped hunting, trembled, and turned its gaze toward the Heaven Dou Empire before continuing its hunt.

Ji Wuming reached the level-40 bottleneck after consuming two Immortal Herbs, while Dugu Yan evolved her Martial Soul and cured the poison in her body. Dugu Yan challenged Ji Wuming to test her new Soul Skills, and he circled her Crimson Turbid Sand Domain looking for a weakness.

• Ji Wuming told Dugu Bo that he had reached level 40 and explained that his evolved Blood Thunder Battle Spear had gained the Emperor Slayer Domain.
• Dugu Yan emerged from the hut with her poison cured, her Soul Power increased by four levels, and her Jade Phosphorous Serpent evolved into a flood dragon.
• Ji Wuming explained that Dugu Yan could further evolve her flood dragon by absorbing Soul Rings with Sub-Dragon Bloodlines, and that her Martial Soul had shifted toward the earth attribute.
• Dugu Yan revealed that her First and Second Soul Skills had changed and become stronger, then used her First Soul Skill, Crimson Turbid Sand Domain, against Ji Wuming.
• Ji Wuming avoided revealing his strongest defensive Soul Skill and circled the edge of Dugu Yan's domain to search for weaknesses as she warned him he was about to lose.

Ji Wuming defeated Dugu Yan in a sparring match and asked Dugu Bo to take him to Thunderbolt Canyon to seek a Thunder Attribute Soul Beast for his Fourth Soul Ring. After a day and night of travel, the three reached the canyon, where Dugu Bo petrified a Flowing Rock Poison Python while they searched for a suitable Soul Beast for Dugu Yan.

• Ji Wuming withstood Dugu Yan's Flying Sand and Ground Wave Mud Swamp, then defeated her with his Blood Thunder Battle Spear.
• Ji Wuming explained that body tempering and a basic Leg Technique let him resist Dugu Yan's Soul Skills, and he named her evolved Martial Soul the Rock Domain Poison Dragon.
• Dugu Bo offered to find Soul Rings for both young Soul Masters, and Ji Wuming requested a trip to Thunderbolt Canyon to seek a Thunder Attribute Soul Beast.
• Dugu Bo led Ji Wuming and Dugu Yan east, explaining the Soul Beasts and dangerous storms of Thunderbolt Canyon along the way.
• After a day and a night, the three entered the canyon and encountered a Flowing Rock Poison Python; Dugu Bo petrified it and suggested it as a possible Third Soul Ring for Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan chose an Earth Dragon Python for her Third Soul Ring and absorbed it safely, reaching Soul Power Level 36. Ji Wuming identified the Thunderous Hell Vine at the center of Thunderbolt Canyon as his intended Fourth Soul Ring and insisted he could withstand its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo and Ji Wuming spotted an Earth Dragon Python, and Ji Wuming judged it suitable for Dugu Yan despite its age exceeding the usual limit.
• Dugu Bo subdued the Earth Dragon Python, and Dugu Yan killed it and absorbed its Purple Soul Ring without difficulty.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo and Ji Wuming that her Soul Power Level had risen to 36, astonishing Dugu Bo.
• Ji Wuming said a Thunderous Hell Vine was likely at the center of the canyon’s storm and revealed he intended to absorb it as his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan warned Ji Wuming about the risks of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but he said his Immortal Herbs and Martial Soul would let him withstand it.

Dugu Bo defeated a nineteen-thousand-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine so Ji Wuming could obtain it as his fourth Soul Ring. With the vine severely injured but still alive, Ji Wuming hurried over to claim it.

• Dugu Bo found a nineteen-thousand-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine near the center of the thunderstorm and warned that its strength made it a dangerous choice.
• Ji Wuming insisted he could absorb the vine, and Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to help him obtain it.
• Dugu Bo attacked the Thunderous Hell Vine with his soul skills, broke through its defenses, poisoned it, and froze it in time.
• Dugu Bo’s attacks incapacitated the Thunderous Hell Vine, and he called Ji Wuming and Dugu Yan over.
• Dugu Bo urged Ji Wuming to act quickly before the poisoned Thunderous Hell Vine died.

Ji Wuming killed the Thunderous Hell Vine, collected its Purple Thunder Liquid, and absorbed its ten-thousand-year soul ring while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan worried over him. After surviving the Soul Shock, he joked and sparred with them, and Dugu Bo asked whether his Fourth Soul Skill would meet their expectations.

• The Thunderous Hell Vine launched a dying purple thunderball at Dugu Yan, but Ji Wuming tackled her out of its path.
• Dugu Bo tore off the attacking vine, and Ji Wuming killed the weakened Thunderous Hell Vine with his Blood Thunder Battle Spear.
• Ji Wuming collected the Purple Thunder Liquid and absorbed the beast's soul ring, while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan feared he might succumb to Soul Shock.
• A blood-colored black hole devoured the Thunderous Hell Vine's soul, and Ji Wuming opened his eyes unharmed half an hour later.
• Dugu Yan embraced Ji Wuming, then stomped on his feet after he teased her; Dugu Bo asked whether Ji Wuming's Fourth Soul Skill would disappoint them.

Ji Wuming tested his Fourth Soul Skill, Hell's Blood Net, on Dugu Bo and revealed its powerful control and attack effects. Afterward, Dugu Bo invited him to stay at his home and attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Ji Wuming agreed.

• Ji Wuming used Hell's Blood Net on Dugu Bo, trapping and paralyzing him before the net transformed into miniature Blood Thunder Battle Spears.
• Dugu Bo broke the spears and praised Ji Wuming's skill, while Ji Wuming explained its target-locking, poison, and armor-piercing effects.
• Ji Wuming told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that he had reached Soul Power level forty-six and explained why the Immortal Herbs had not raised it further.
• Dugu Yan collected the three bottles of Purple Thunder Liquid, and the Thunderous Hell Vine's corpse vanished without leaving a Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo offered to arrange Ji Wuming's admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked him to stay at his home to help separate herbs, and Ji Wuming accepted.

Ji Wuming and Dugu Yan encountered Yu Tianheng as he absorbed a Soul Ring, and Yu Tianheng reacted jealously to their closeness. He decided to prove his strength to Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo by crushing Ji Wuming.

• Dugu Bo, Ji Wuming, and Dugu Yan came upon Yu Tianheng and four members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan guarding him as he absorbed a Purple Lightning Dragon Eagle Soul Ring.
• After Yu Tianheng finished absorbing the Soul Ring, he eagerly greeted Dugu Yan and offered to help her find a Soul Beast, but she said they had come to help Ji Wuming obtain a Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianheng introduced himself to Ji Wuming and emphasized that he was Dugu Yan’s academy friend, while Ji Wuming said he would soon attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Tianheng called Ji Wuming a junior and offered to help him, but Ji Wuming rebuffed him and said his teachers and little sister would teach him instead.
• Yu Tianheng grew furious and decided to defeat Ji Wuming to show off his strength to Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo.

Ji Wuming accepted Yu Tianheng’s challenge and limited himself to his first two Soul Skills. He left Yu Tianheng with both arms pierced by his Blood Thunder Battle Spear.

• Yu Tianheng invoked his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan status and challenged Ji Wuming, while Dugu Yan rejected his advances and defended Ji.
• Ji Wuming agreed to fight Yu Tianheng and said he would use only his first two Soul Skills; Dugu Bo allowed the match to proceed.
• Yu Tianheng attacked with Wrath of Thunder and Thousand Bolts of Thunder, unleashing purple lightning arrows at Ji Wuming.
• Ji Wuming used Treading Waves Mountain Sea Steps to dodge and scatter the lightning, then empowered his spear with his Second Soul Skill.
• Yu Tianheng blocked with his dragon-arm transformation, but Ji Wuming shattered its scales and pierced through both of his arms.

Ji Wuming defeated and injured Yu Tianheng in their spar, prompting Dugu Bo to protect him and treat Yu Tianheng's poisoning. After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan men left, Dugu Bo pushed Ji Wuming to look after Dugu Yan, and Ji Wuming agreed despite his concerns about Shui Bing'er.

• Ji Wuming struck Yu Tianheng into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples, and the men attacked him until Dugu Bo's Soul Pressure forced them down.
• Dugu Bo killed two disciples who threatened him and Yanyan, then removed the Blood Rust Poison from Yu Tianheng and treated his wound.
• Dugu Yan checked Ji Wuming's injuries and worried that Yu Yuanzhen would retaliate against him and the Dugu Family.
• After Yu Tianheng stabilized, Ji Wuming apologized, and Dugu Bo ordered the surviving disciples to leave with him.
• Dugu Bo told Ji Wuming to take care of Dugu Yan, and Ji Wuming agreed while thinking about Shui Bing'er.

Dugu Bo, Ji Wuming, and Dugu Yan camped for the night, where Dugu Bo revealed that Yu Tianheng possessed a valuable External Soul Bone. Ji Wuming decided he would eventually take it for Dugu Yan, though Dugu Bo warned him of the danger, and the chapter ended with Dugu Bo keeping the pair separated in their tent.

• Dugu Bo chose a clearing for the night and made Ji Wuming set up the tent, while Dugu Yan joined him to help.
• Around the campfire, Dugu Bo revealed that Yu Tianheng had a tail-type External Soul Bone and identified it as a rare treasure.
• Ji Wuming explained that the bone was a Fish Tail Bone from a five- to six-thousand-year-old Fish Dragon Beast, bought at the Vast Sea City Auction House.
• Ji Wuming resolved to obtain the External Soul Bone for Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo warned that the attempt would be dangerous and the bone could disappear if it fully fused with Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Yan urged Ji Wuming to avoid killing and looting, while he reassured her and privately remained determined to claim the bone when the chance came.
• Dugu Bo assigned the night watches, then drew a dividing line inside the tent and warned Ji Wuming not to get too close to Dugu Yan.

Ji Wuming and Dugu Yan spent an awkward night together while Yu Yuanzhen planned to confront him over Yu Tianheng’s injuries. In Thunderbolt Canyon, Ji Wuming asked Dugu Bo to let him cultivate there before attending Heaven Dou Royal Academy, despite the danger.

• Dugu Yan became frustrated when Ji Wuming innocently kept his distance, then kicked him awake before falling asleep.
• Yu Yuanzhen vowed to take Yu Tianheng to Heaven Dou City to settle the score with Ji Wuming and Dugu Bo, while Yu Luomian privately hoped the dispute would block Yu Tianheng’s marriage to Dugu Yan.
• Ji Wuming woke from a nightmare and offered to take the second half of the watch; Dugu Bo gave him grilled fish and promised to get him an invitation to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ji Wuming asked to cultivate in Thunderbolt Canyon before attending the academy, but Dugu Bo warned that the canyon and the nearby Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were dangerous.

Ji Wuming began tempering his body with lightning in Thunderbolt Canyon, using carefully prepared Lightning Dissipation Rods and Purple Thunder Liquid to reduce the danger. His first attempt succeeded, and he quickly increased the lightning’s strength, while Dugu Bo watched and Dugu Yan reacted to his exposed, lightning-scorched body.

• Ji Wuming explained that he planned to temper his body with canyon lightning, and showed Dugu Bo the Lightning Dissipation Rod he had developed over five or six years.
• Dugu Bo accepted Ji Wuming’s preparations and agreed to accompany him, while Dugu Yan remained worried about the attempt.
• At dawn, Ji Wuming and Dugu Yan assembled ten Lightning Dissipation Rods, and she gave him Purple Thunder Liquid after warning him not to die.
• Ji Wuming planted a Lightning Rod, channeled a bolt through the dissipation setup and Blood Thunder Battle Spear, and absorbed the weakened current into his body.
• After feeling the lightning strengthen his meridians, Ji Wuming removed part of the dissipation rod to increase the current, scorching his clothes and exposing his upper body.
• Dugu Yan moved toward Ji Wuming, but Dugu Bo stopped her and put her to sleep.

Ji Wuming endured a full day of Lightning Quenching Body training and explained to Dugu Bo that he was strengthening himself to absorb Soul Rings across levels. Dugu Yan asked to join his training, and Dugu Bo agreed to watch over them.

• Ji Wuming resumed Lightning Quenching Body training after explaining that seven sections of the Lightning Dissipation Rod were his safe limit.
• After five shichen of training, Ji Wuming stopped as night fell, and Dugu Yan asked whether the lingering electric arcs bothered him.
• Ji Wuming told Dugu Bo that his body refinement was meant to enable Cross-Level Absorption and described the training he had done since childhood.
• Dugu Bo concluded that Ji Wuming might absorb a forty-thousand-year Soul Ring at Rank 50 and possibly a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring by his seventh or eighth ring.
• Dugu Yan asked Ji Wuming to teach her Lightning Quenching Body, and Dugu Bo promised to watch over them.

Ji Wuming and Dugu Yan trained with Lightning Induction for two months, improving their Soul Power before returning toward Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo. Yu Yuanzhen confronted Dugu Bo over Ji Wuming injuring his grandson and demanded that Dugu Bo join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Ji Wuming guided Dugu Yan through Lightning Induction while both endured lightning and strengthened their bodies.
• After two months, Ji Wuming reached Level 47 Soul Power and Dugu Yan reached Level 38, though Dugu Yan had accumulated serious hidden injuries.
• Dugu Bo treated Dugu Yan's injuries and took her and Ji Wuming back toward Heaven Dou City, where he sensed Yu Yuanzhen approaching.
• Dugu Bo confronted Yu Yuanzhen, defended Ji Wuming, and followed him to a mountain forest for a clash of spiritual power.
• Dugu Bo injured Yu Yuanzhen's soul, and Yu Yuanzhen offered to spare Ji Wuming if Dugu Bo joined the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Dugu Bo defeated Yu Yuanzhen in a fierce battle, forcing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan leader to honor their wager. At the Ye Family Medical Hall, Ye Lingling recognized Ji Wuming by his voice and left Dugu Yan jealously guarding him.

• Dugu Bo revealed his Ink Domain Poison Dragon Martial Soul Avatar, and Yu Yuanzhen answered with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Avatar before proposing a wager.
• Dugu Bo rejected Yu Yuanzhen's offer of future aid, then engulfed the area in Poison Mist and attacked from concealment.
• Yu Yuanzhen blocked Dugu Bo's attacks with lightning techniques, but their strongest skills collided and left Yu Yuanzhen poisoned and badly wounded.
• Dugu Bo declared himself the world's only Poison Douluo and departed, then rested on a tree branch to recover from his own injuries.
• At the Ye Family Medical Hall, Ye Lingling admired Ji Wuming's changed appearance and recognized him by his voice, while Dugu Yan reacted with jealousy.

Ji Wuming eavesdropped on Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling teasing each other, then accidentally exposed himself by punching through the wall. When the two women came looking for him, he emerged with a vase and pretended he had been arranging it.

• Ji Wuming left Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling alone, then secretly listened to their conversation through the wall.
• Ye Lingling teased Dugu Yan about her growing closeness with Brother Ji and tried to lead her into the inner room for an examination.
• Ji Wuming grew alarmed and punched a hole through the wall, revealing that someone had been eavesdropping.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling rushed outside to find the eavesdropper, but Ji Wuming was gone from the next room.
• Ji Wuming emerged carrying a green porcelain bottle with a weed from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and asked whether its colors matched.