Chapter Summaries

Li Chang'an returned Dugu Yan to her courtyard after a day together, then spent the next year hiding the true reasons behind his astonishing cultivation speed. At age eight, he reached Soul Power Level 30 and went to the Soul Beast Forest to obtain his third soul ring while keeping his abilities concealed from Qian Renxue and the academy.

• Li Chang'an escorted Dugu Yan to her courtyard, and the two parted as newly close friends who called each other Yanzi and Chang'an Gege.
• A year later, eight-year-old Li Chang'an reached Soul Power Level 30, carefully limiting his displayed strength despite the power he shared from his Soul Beast Clone.
• The Three Education Commissioners and others questioned Li Chang'an about his rapid cultivation, but he claimed it came from talent and hard work.
• After monitoring Li Chang'an's routine and testing him, the observers concluded that he simply had exceptional talent.
• Li Chang'an went to the Soul Beast Forest for a soul ring of about 1,800 years and resolved not to reveal that he could withstand much older rings, especially with Qian Renxue watching him.

Li Chang'an obtained his third soul ring from an Adamantine Tyrant Ape and concealed the full strength of its all-round enhancement skill. On his way back, he planned to confess to Dugu Yan, who was rejecting Yu Tianheng's advances at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Li Chang'an chose an Adamantine Tyrant Ape for his third soul ring and absorbed it without difficulty.
• Li Chang'an named his third soul skill Sword Bone and told the Education Commissioner it increased his Soul Power by thirty percent, hiding its broader enhancements.
• Li Chang'an decided to buy Dugu Yan a gift and confirm their relationship on the way back.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng she was not interested in him and ordered him to call her Student Dugu.
• Yu Tianheng suppressed his anger and said he had something to tell Dugu Yan.

Yu Tianheng tried to turn Dugu Yan against Li Chang'an by revealing that Li Chang'an was Princess Xue Ke’s Imperial Son-in-Law. After the Education Commissioners confirmed it, Dugu Yan fled in tears, while they reflected on the danger her relationship with Li Chang'an posed to the royal marriage.

• Yu Tianheng told Dugu Yan that Li Chang'an was Princess Xue Ke’s fiancé and could not marry her.
• Dugu Yan ran to the Dean’s Office to ask Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan whether Li Chang'an was the Imperial Son-in-Law.
• Meng Shenji confirmed that Li Chang'an was the Imperial Son-in-Law and had also been granted the title of Marquis.
• Dugu Yan burst into tears and fled the office.
• Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan discussed how Dugu Yan’s status as Dugu Bo’s granddaughter could complicate Li Chang'an’s royal marriage.

Li Chang'an returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to confess to Dugu Yan, but learned she had gone home without telling him. At Dugu Manor, Dugu Bo learned why she was heartbroken and discovered that the boy she liked was the Imperial Son-in-Law, leaving him unsure how to help her.

• Li Chang'an learned that Dugu Yan had missed three days of class and taken an extended leave to go home.
• Dugu Bo found Dugu Yan shut in her room, refusing food and water, and flew to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to demand an explanation.
• The Three Education Commissioners told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan had fallen for Li Chang'an, then fled home after discovering he had a fiancée.
• Dugu Bo considered allowing Li Chang'an to marry into the Dugu Family, but the commissioners revealed that Li Chang'an was the emperor's chosen Imperial Son-in-Law and a Marquis.
• Dugu Bo realized that challenging Li Chang'an's engagement would be difficult because the emperor valued him highly.

Dugu Bo went to Li Chang'an's dormitory intending to make him break things off with Dugu Yan, but discovered their souls resonated and suspected they shared the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. After meeting Li Chang'an, Dugu Bo knocked him unconscious and carried him away.

• Dugu Bo decided he could not kill Li Chang'an but planned to capture him and force him to apologize to Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo sensed a resonance from Li Chang'an's courtyard and suspected the boy possessed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Soul.
• Li Chang'an recognized Dugu Bo and greeted him calmly, while Dugu Bo confirmed his identity.
• Dugu Bo struck Li Chang'an unconscious, caught him, and flew away with him.

Li Chang'an was abducted by Dugu Bo, who confronted him over his marriage contract and his relationship with Dugu Yan. After Li Chang'an explained that he had no intention of making Dugu Yan a concubine and had not chosen his engagement, Dugu Yan embraced him, believing he truly loved her.

• Li Chang'an woke in a dark cavern and recognized Dugu Bo as an elder from Dugu Yan's family.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he was Poison Douluo and questioned why Li Chang'an had pursued his granddaughter despite having a marriage contract.
• Li Chang'an explained that he had never intended to make Dugu Yan a concubine and claimed he had no choice in his engagement to the Princess.
• Dugu Yan emerged from hiding and threw herself into Li Chang'an's arms, delighted by what she had heard.

Li Chang'an and Dugu Yan confessed their devotion to each other, but Dugu Bo warned that the royal engagement would prevent them from marrying. Dugu Yan vowed to wait for Li Chang'an to become powerful enough to claim her, leaving Dugu Bo regretting that he had brought them together.

• Dugu Bo interrupted Li Chang'an and Dugu Yan's embrace and questioned whether she was certain she wanted him.
• Dugu Yan declared that Li Chang'an was the only person she had chosen, and Li Chang'an promised to marry her openly.
• Dugu Bo warned that the emperor's marriage engagement could not be easily undone and doubted Li Chang'an could challenge the royal family.
• Li Chang'an said he would become a Titled Douluo, while Dugu Bo argued that reaching that rank could take decades.
• Dugu Yan vowed to wait fifty or sixty years for Li Chang'an, and Dugu Bo realized that separating them would only make her cling to him more.
• Dugu Bo regretted bringing Li Chang'an to meet Dugu Yan after their feelings for each other had fully surfaced.

Li Chang'an set Dugu Yan a deadline, promising to become a Titled Douluo before she turned thirty, while Dugu Bo weighed whether to accept their relationship. Li Chang'an asked Dugu Bo to test his Bone Age, and Dugu Bo was shocked by what he sensed.

• Li Chang'an told Dugu Yan he would not let her wait indefinitely and set her thirtieth birthday as the deadline for becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Yan rejected the deadline at first, but Li Chang'an kissed her and asked her to believe in him; she agreed while privately deciding she would keep waiting regardless.
• Dugu Bo considered separating them or accepting Li Chang'an's proposal, worrying about his granddaughter's future and the danger she could face without protection.
• Li Chang'an asked Dugu Bo to test his Bone Age, and Dugu Bo began doubting the accuracy of the method after sensing Li Chang'an's bones.

After Dugu Bo discovered that Li Chang'an was only eight years old and already a Soul Elder, he enthusiastically approved of his relationship with Dugu Yan. Dugu Yan then brought Li Chang'an to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he recognized it as a legendary Treasure Basin Land.

• Dugu Bo repeatedly confirmed Li Chang'an's bone age, learned he was eight, and agreed to let him and Dugu Yan be together.
• Li Chang'an called Dugu Bo Grandpa, while Dugu Yan wondered why her grandfather had changed his mind so suddenly.
• Li Chang'an kept his age secret from Dugu Yan, who promised not to press him about his mysterious secret.
• Dugu Yan took Li Chang'an to the two-colored lake and explained that plants grew unusually quickly nearby.
• Li Chang'an recalled an ancient text and identified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as one of the three legendary Treasure Basin Lands.

Li Chang'an discovered numerous rare immortal herbs growing around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo that they could evolve Martial Souls. He explained that an old book had taught him about the herbs, leaving Dugu Bo disappointed that the book was gone but relieved that Li Chang'an remembered some of its contents.

• Li Chang'an excitedly toured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan and identified many precious immortal herbs.
• Li Chang'an told Dugu Yan that each herb could be as valuable as a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone because it could improve or evolve a Martial Soul.
• Li Chang'an urged Dugu Yan to tell Dugu Bo about the discovery, and they found him making pills in the cave.
• Li Chang'an told Dugu Bo that he had learned about the herbs from a decayed old book he found as a child.
• Dugu Bo asked to see the book, but Li Chang'an said he had thrown it away and had only remembered part of its contents.

Li Chang'an introduced Dugu Bo to the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and recorded their effects and methods of use for him. Dugu Bo came to trust Li Chang'an as family, but Dugu Yan rejected Li Chang'an's offer to test an herb, leaving the herbs' effects unverified.

• Li Chang'an explained the effects and precautions for several Immortal Herbs, including the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Li Chang'an finished describing the herbs he knew, and Dugu Bo recorded the information in a booklet.
• Dugu Bo praised the booklet's immense value and accepted Li Chang'an more fully as his future grandson-in-law because he had shared the knowledge openly.
• Dugu Bo said they needed to verify the herbs' effects, and Li Chang'an volunteered to try one first.
• Dugu Yan refused Li Chang'an's offer because she doubted the herbs' extraordinary effects and their reliability.

Li Chang'an consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which purified his Soul Power and greatly strengthened his body. His Azure Serpent Emperor clone also benefited, though it realized its bloodline still limited its ultimate potential; Dugu Bo prepared to examine Li Chang'an more closely.

• Li Chang'an persuaded Dugu Yan to let him take the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, with Dugu Bo promising to help if anything went wrong.
• Dugu Bo retrieved the herb, and Li Chang'an ate it before meditating to absorb its medicinal power.
• Dugu Bo observed Li Chang'an's Soul Power becoming purer and his body growing stronger, then concluded the herb was helping him.
• The Azure Serpent Emperor clone also gained a tougher body from the herb but recognized that its bloodline limited its potential.
• Li Chang'an finished his initial absorption and embraced Dugu Yan, assuring her he felt better than ever.
• Dugu Bo beckoned Li Chang'an over so he could examine him with Soul Power and spiritual power.

After confirming that Li Chang'an had suffered no side effects from his Immortal Herb, Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan one of his own. While she absorbed it, he led Li Chang'an to the mountaintop and revealed the hollow that inspired the name Sunset Forest.

• Dugu Bo examined Li Chang'an and decided to wait before giving an Immortal Herb to Dugu Yan.
• Li Chang'an and Dugu Yan returned to the academy and grew closer over the next six months, while the Heaven Dou Emperor chose to overlook their relationship.
• Dugu Bo examined Li Chang'an again, found his condition improved and his Soul Power Level at rank thirty-eight, and gave Dugu Yan a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• As Dugu Yan absorbed the herb, Dugu Bo led Li Chang'an to the mountaintop, where Li Chang'an imagined the fall of the Ice and Fire Dragon King and the origin of the name Sunset Forest.

Dugu Bo brought Li Chang'an to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well to help him gain immunity to poison so he could safely marry Dugu Yan. Li Chang'an ate the paired immortal herbs, and the chapter ended before their effects became clear.

• Dugu Bo explained that the Dugu Family's Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison had killed his wife, son, and daughter-in-law, and that Li Chang'an might be poisoned by Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo revealed his plan to give Li Chang'an the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to forge a body immune to all poisons.
• Dugu Bo made the two herbs collide, temporarily neutralizing their opposing cold and fire auras.
• Li Chang'an grabbed both herbs, chewed them, and swallowed them before their effects could fade.

While Li Chang'an endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s transformation, he found himself in a strange plaza filled with statues of mythical beasts. Touching one unusually lifelike statue caused it to revive and merge with him, revealing the arrival of his true Cheat.

• Li Chang'an swallowed the Ice Fire Immortal Herbs and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine their power.
• Dugu Bo watched the spring settle and worried that Li Chang'an might have been dissolved, then returned to check on his granddaughter.
• The Azure Serpent Emperor clone entered a white-and-vermilion cocoon as it underwent a transformation in sync with Li Chang'an.
• Li Chang'an lost consciousness and awoke in a plaza filled with statues of mythical beasts and divine creatures.
• Li Chang'an touched an unusually lifelike statue, which revived and merged with him.

After awakening a dormant mythical bloodline in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Li Chang'an realized he needed a large supply of pure energy to activate it fully. He dove toward the depths of the pool, hoping to find the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Inner Cores.

• Li Chang'an recovered from a dreamlike encounter and learned that the statues in the plaza represented dormant bloodlines rooted in his soul.
• Li Chang'an reasoned that consuming the Ice Fire Immortal Herbs in the well had initially activated one of his ancient mythical bloodlines, but the spring water lacked enough pure energy to awaken it fully.
• Li Chang'an suspected the Dragon Kings’ corpses might contain valuable energy and Inner Cores, so he swam into the passage beneath the pool.
• As Li Chang'an descended through the widening passage, the water’s heat, cold, and resistance intensified, while its energy grew purer.
• Li Chang'an imagined that the Dragon Kings’ impact had formed the passage and that their opposing powers eventually created the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Li Chang'an explored the cavern beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found the long-dead Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. After discovering their flesh held no energy and finding no Inner Cores, he considered whether he could gain power by eating their Dragon Souls.

• Li Chang'an found two immense dragon corpses and recognized them as the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, while their Dragon Souls drifted nearby.
• Li Chang'an tore off a scale and cut out dragon meat, but spat it out after discovering it was tough and contained no energy.
• Li Chang'an searched the Dragon Kings' bodies for Inner Cores but found none and gave up the search.
• Li Chang'an watched the two Dragon Souls and wondered whether he could eat them to awaken his bloodline further.

Li Chang'an decided to risk approaching the two Dragon Souls, hoping their God-level energy could awaken his Mythical Bloodline and give him power beyond the gods’ control. His Azure Serpent Emperor was attacked as soon as it came within two meters, leaving Li Chang'an suffering the Dragon Souls’ freezing and burning forces.

• Li Chang'an concluded that fully awakening his Mythical Bloodline could let him become a god without relying on a god position.
• Li Chang'an suspected the gods had manipulated events around Tang Chen and Tang San, so he sought a trump card to protect his fate from their schemes.
• Li Chang'an decided to risk approaching the Dragon Souls because he believed they might provide the God-level energy his bloodline needed.
• Li Chang'an hid behind a Dragon Corpse and sent his Azure Serpent Emperor toward the two Dragon Souls in Serpent Form.
• The Dragon Souls attacked the Azure Serpent Emperor when it came within two meters, and their freezing and scorching forces caused Li Chang'an intense pain.

Li Chang'an endured the two dragon souls’ ice-and-fire power until his Nine Infants bloodline fully awakened, transforming his clone into an ancient Ferocious Beast. He gained Nine Infants’ nine lives but remained uncertain how its resurrection worked.

• The two dragon souls poured ice-and-fire power into Li Chang'an, whose immunity let him absorb it as nourishment for his awakening bloodline.
• The Soul Beast Clone transformed inside its cocoon and emerged as a nine-headed snake with black scales and fiery red patterns.
• Li Chang'an recognized that he had awakened the Nine Infants bloodline and become an Exotic Beast beyond the Douluo World’s Soul Beast rules.
• He learned that Nine Infants could revive up to nine times and gradually restore its lives as long as one remained.
• Li Chang'an questioned how resurrection handled his body, soul, condition, and location, since his bloodline provided no inherited memories.

Li Chang'an fully awakened the Nine Infants Bloodline in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and discovered he could switch between human and snake forms while disguising his Martial Soul. After nearly a month of waiting, Dugu Yan remained convinced he might still return, though Dugu Bo privately feared he was dead.

• Li Chang'an absorbed the remaining energy from the Dragon Souls, found two hollow Dragon Pearls, and wondered whether he could cultivate an Inner Core.
• Li Chang'an returned his Martial Soul to the Azure Scale Sword form and realized he could use the Azure Serpent Emperor Bloodline to conceal his Nine Infants identity.
• Dugu Yan kept watch beside the Icefire Lake for nearly a month, hoping Li Chang'an would emerge.
• Dugu Bo urged Dugu Yan to leave the dangerous area and assured her that Li Chang'an's long absence could be normal, though he privately doubted he was alive.