Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong ended Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng’s attempt to pressure her, then revealed that she had secured a thirty-thousand-year Soul Bone for Bone Douluo. The dispute appeared settled, but Dugu Bo returned to the Education Committee office demanding to know where Ning Rongrong was staying.

• Dugu Bo refused to get involved in the royal family’s affairs, and Prince Xue Xing warned Xue Beng to lie low and stop provoking Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Rongrong met Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, who had secretly watched over her, and showed them the Soul Bone she had obtained.
• Ning Rongrong gave Bone Douluo the thirty-thousand-year Dark-element right leg bone, which suited him, and the three flew back toward Heaven Dou City.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin decided not to report or interfere in the royal family’s dispute.
• Dugu Bo burst into the Education Committee office with Dugu Yan and demanded to know where Ning Rongrong was staying.

Ning Rongrong explained Bone Douluo’s Soul Ring choices before meeting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, whose poisoning the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect claimed it could cure. She invited Dugu Bo to join the sect, leaving his response unresolved.

• Bone Douluo said Ning Rongrong’s Soul Bone had loosened his level 96 bottleneck, though he expected to need six months to a year to break through.
• Bone Douluo explained that he had chosen defensive Soul Rings because rare Space and Dark attribute Soul Beasts were difficult to find.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo went to the palace after Emperor Xue Ye summoned them, while Ning Rongrong stayed behind.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan and asked to see Ning Fengzhi, so Ning Rongrong invited them inside to wait.
• Ning Rongrong told Dugu Bo that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could cure their toxins and asked him to join the sect.

Ning Rongrong tried to recruit Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, emphasizing Dugu Bo’s value as a poison and medicinal-herb expert and Dugu Yan’s potential. Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived and confirmed the sect’s high regard for Dugu Bo.

• Ning Rongrong told Dugu Yan that Yu Tianheng had entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy to get close to her as part of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s effort to recruit Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had suspected the clan’s intentions, and Dugu Yan rejected the idea of being pursued for her grandfather’s sake.
• Ning Rongrong offered Dugu Yan a place in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and explained that the sect valued her future potential as well as Dugu Bo’s expertise.
• Ning Rongrong described how the sect’s resources and a cover story about her poor health could help recruit Dugu Bo without provoking Xue Ye.
• Dugu Bo was astonished when Ning Rongrong said the sect valued him as highly as its Guardian Elders, and Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived to affirm her words.

Ning Fengzhi invited Dugu Bo to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and promised him access to its medicinal herbs while they explored a treatment for his and Dugu Yan’s poison. Dugu Bo accepted a Thirty Thousand Year Defensive Spirit Bone as a gift and promised to visit the sect after the Crown Prince's Apprenticeship Ceremony.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, reassured Dugu Yan, and invited Dugu Bo to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Bo asked whether refusing the invitation would affect the antidote, and Ning Fengzhi said treating the poison would remain a transaction while urging him to join for access to the sect’s medicinal herbs.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that extreme cold and heat might purge the poison and suggested Dugu Bo visit the sect so they could discuss treatment in detail.
• Dugu Bo said he would decide after the Crown Prince's Apprenticeship Ceremony, and Ning Fengzhi gave him a Thirty Thousand Year Defensive Spirit Bone as a meeting gift.
• Dugu Bo accepted the gift and promised to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo that Dugu Bo’s attempt to return the spirit bone showed his loyalty and righteousness.

Ning Fengzhi explained why he had given Dugu Bo a Soul Bone and weighed the political implications of Prince Xue Xing’s concealed plans. Ning Rongrong accepted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had to honor its agreement to take Xue Qinghe as a disciple and asked what gift they had prepared.

• Ning Rongrong explained that Dugu Bo’s poison, medicinal knowledge, and loyalty would make him valuable protection against Spirit Hall, while Ning Fengzhi’s Soul Bone gift had tested his character.
• Bone Douluo questioned why Prince Xue Xing had called a Thirty Thousand Year Soul Bone a Thousand Year one, and Ning Fengzhi proposed that Xue Xing was hiding Xue Beng’s true nature and warning them about Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi expressed doubts about becoming Xue Qinghe’s teacher, but Ning Rongrong said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not withdraw without damaging its reputation.
• Ning Rongrong resolved to focus on strengthening the sect and asked Ning Fengzhi what apprenticeship gift they had prepared for Xue Qinghe.

Ning Rongrong chose a Fire Dragon Fruit as a gift for Xue Qinghe while discussing the properties of spirit medicines with Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo. At the Apprenticeship Ceremony, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan confirmed Ning Rongrong had realized Dugu Bo gave away the Thirty Thousand Year Soul Bone to repay a favor.

• Ning Rongrong chose the Fire Dragon Fruit for Xue Qinghe, explaining that it could improve his physique without requiring a fire-attributed Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan they might join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Dugu Yan said she would end Yu Tianheng's hopes because he had approached her with ulterior motives.
• Ning Rongrong, Bone Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan attended the Apprenticeship Ceremony at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Dugu Bo told Bone Douluo that he had given away the item in the jade box, and Ning Rongrong said he was free to do as he wished with the gift.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan realized that Ning Rongrong knew he had given the Thirty Thousand Year Soul Bone to Prince Xue Xing to repay a favor.

Xue Qinghe became Ning Fengzhi’s disciple in a ceremony attended by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and other powerful figures. Afterward, Ning Rongrong left the Heaven Dou Empire’s treasury with a mysterious Soul Power-infusible object that she believed came from beyond the Douluo Continent.

• Xue Ye welcomed Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianxin, while Ning Rongrong introduced herself as Ning Fengzhi’s daughter.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan to speak elsewhere, but she later rejected him, saying she wanted to focus on cultivation rather than romance.
• Xue Qinghe swore an oath to treat Ning Fengzhi as his father, and Ning Fengzhi accepted him as a disciple and gave him a Fire Dragon Fruit.
• Ning Fengzhi spoke with Xue Qinghe and Yu Yuanzhen before leaving with Ning Rongrong, who had chosen a strange, palm-sized object from the royal treasury.
• Ning Rongrong decided the object was more valuable than a national treasure and suspected it was not made on the Douluo Continent.

Ning Rongrong identified the damaged cube as an offensive Soul Tool, possibly made on a distant continent, and urged Ning Fengzhi to secretly organize research into reproducing it. After returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she and Ning Fengzhi briefed Sword Douluo on recent events, including Bone Douluo’s impending breakthrough.

• Ning Rongrong explained that the cube was an ice-element Soul Tool that could let Spirit Masters use Soul Power to attack, and suggested it came from another continent beyond the Douluo Continent.
• Ning Fengzhi tested the cube and agreed to gather blacksmiths to study it, while keeping the research secret within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• A few days later, Ning Rongrong and the others returned to the sect, where Sword Douluo asked after her and teased Bone Douluo about caring for her.
• Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong joined Sword Douluo in the Council Hall and told him about events in the Heaven Dou Empire, including Bone Douluo’s planned breakthrough and Dugu Bo’s intention to join the sect.

Xue Qinghe planned to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived there after choosing it over the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Ning Rongrong claimed she had a solution for their poison, and Dugu Bo asked to see her Soul Power as proof of sincerity.

• Xue Qinghe learned that Dugu Yan had withdrawn and that Dugu Bo was heading to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then said she wanted to visit it herself.
• Xue Qinghe told She Long and Ci Xue that she intended to claim the Heaven Dou throne without relying on the Worship Hall, and they reluctantly agreed to report her plans.
• A month later, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and chose it over the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi told Dugu Bo that the Sect had three possible ways to address the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison, all devised by Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong said she had a solution for the poison, and Dugu Bo asked to see her current Soul Power to judge her sincerity.

Ning Rongrong revealed her hidden strength to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, then gave Dugu Bo three proposed treatments for his poison. Dugu Bo found two plans plausible and asked which treatment she recommended, as well as what plan she had for Dugu Yan.

• Ning Rongrong showed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that she could conceal her three purple Soul Rings and alter their appearance, revealing she was a Soul Elder despite reports that she was a Soul Grandmaster.
• Ning Rongrong told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan they were among the few people who knew her true strength, and joked that they could take her hostage and flee the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong handed Dugu Bo a paper listing three treatment plans to prevent his poison from acting up.
• Dugu Bo read the plans and judged two theoretically feasible, while finding the third difficult to understand.
• Dugu Bo asked Ning Rongrong which treatment plan she recommended and what treatment she proposed for Dugu Yan.

Ning Rongrong explained three ways to treat Dugu Bo’s poison and warned that the most powerful option, the Calamity Poison Body, carried catastrophic risks. After Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were given time to decide, Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that she had confirmed gods’ items existed in the Heaven Dou Empire’s treasury.

• Ning Rongrong reassured Dugu Yan that a month of medicinal treatment could cure her Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison without lasting harm.
• Ning Rongrong presented Dugu Bo with low-, middle-, and high-grade treatments, recommending the middle-grade method of condensing a poison pill with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help.
• Ning Rongrong described the Calamity Poison Body and warned Dugu Bo that losing control of it could poison vast areas and even kill Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Ning Rongrong left Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to consider their options, then told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that she was certain the Calamity Poison Body was real.
• Ning Rongrong connected godly inheritances to her unusual cultivation knowledge and revealed that she had found items belonging to gods in the Heaven Dou Empire’s treasury.

Ning Rongrong warned Ning Fengzhi and the elders that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was a divine item that could expose the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to a god’s attention, so they chose not to pursue it. Dugu Bo decided to condense a poison pill, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders considered how Rongrong’s foreign cultivation might put her at odds with Douluo Continent’s gods.

• Ning Rongrong identified the Heaven Dou Empire’s triangular azure treasure as the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Ning Fengzhi confirmed its identity.
• Ning Rongrong argued that the sect could not activate the Shroud and that its divine sense might monitor them, so Ning Fengzhi dropped the idea of obtaining it.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo went to see Dugu Bo, who chose to condense a poison pill to purge his poison.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo offered to help Dugu Bo with the treatment.
• That night, Ning Fengzhi told the elders that Rongrong’s cultivation came from outside Douluo Continent and might make its gods hostile toward her, and the elders agreed to prioritize her safety over the Shroud.

Ning Rongrong encouraged Dugu Yan to believe she could surpass her limits, then learned that she would visit Dugu Bo’s medicine garden in Sunset Forest. She was left concerned when Ning Fengzhi revealed that Xue Qinghe would stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while she was away.

• Ning Rongrong finished nourishing her ninth meridian and teased Dugu Yan, who had recovered enough to reach Level 30 and seek her third Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong urged Dugu Yan to believe her aptitude could change, pointing to Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor mutation as an example.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong to inspect Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden in Sunset Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi said Ning Rongrong and Dugu Bo would leave in three days, after checking the Soul Tool being made at the blacksmith shop; he and the elders would stay behind.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that Xue Qinghe would stay at the sect to thank them for the Fire Dragon Fruit, leaving her wary of Qian Renxue’s intentions.

Ning Rongrong traveled with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan toward Sunset Forest, explaining her plan to recruit Gengxin City's blacksmiths to develop Soul Tools. After demonstrating the power of her prototype, the group entered the forest to help Dugu Yan obtain her third Soul Ring and visit Dugu Bo's Medicine Garden.

• Ning Rongrong told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that she intended to recruit Gengxin City's blacksmiths to research Soul Tools.
• Ning Rongrong let Dugu Yan test her half-finished first-grade Soul Tool, which fired fireballs powerful enough to split a tree.
• Dugu Bo tried the Soul Tool and recognized its potential, while Ning Rongrong said their immediate priority was finding Dugu Yan a third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo led Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan into Sunset Forest, where they found a roughly 1,100-year-old Jade Phosphor Serpent.

Dugu Yan absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring and gained a new Soul Skill before Dugu Bo brought her and Ning Rongrong to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Ning Rongrong revealed that the Medicine Garden contained Immortal Medicines that could strengthen Dugu Bo’s Calamity Poison Body and evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Dugu Bo subdued a 1,100-year Jade Phosphor Serpent, and Dugu Yan killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan became a Soul Elder and said her new Soul Skill sprayed Bi Lin Snake Venom.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained that many of the Spirit Medicines there had come from his trades with Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Rongrong estimated that the Medicine Garden was valuable enough to buy all three of the Upper Three Sects.
• Ning Rongrong told Dugu Bo that Immortal Medicines in the garden could improve the chances of curing his Calamity Poison Body and that Aromatic Silk Beauty could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Rongrong absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty and evolved her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. She reassured Dugu Yan that the Medicine Garden could help her reach Titled Douluo and revealed that she could create her own Soul Rings as an inheritor of a godly trial.

• Ning Rongrong tested Dugu Bo's reaction to the Medicine Garden's value, then decided she could trust him after he showed no hostile intent.
• Dugu Bo urged Ning Rongrong to absorb the Aromatic Silk Beauty while he and Dugu Yan stood guard.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the herb, and her three Soul Rings grew stronger as her aura rose beyond Soul Elder level.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Ning Rongrong had surpassed level forty, leaving Dugu Yan shocked and worried about her own talent.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and said the Medicine Garden could help Dugu Yan's Martial Soul evolve and let her break through to Titled Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she could condense her own Soul Rings and could be regarded as an inheritor of a godly trial.

Ning Rongrong explained Dugu Yan’s God Trial Inheritor status to Dugu Bo, then chose the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to improve Dugu Yan’s constitution and talent. While Dugu Yan absorbed it, Ning Rongrong asked to take three Immortal Medicines for her family, and Dugu Bo began to ask whether one could help him too.

• Dugu Bo recognized Ning Rongrong as a God Trial Inheritor, and he and Dugu Yan promised to keep her identity secret.
• Ning Rongrong told Dugu Yan that an Immortal Medicine could improve her talent and guided her to the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Dugu Yan began absorbing the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone while Ning Rongrong and Dugu Bo discussed its effects.
• Ning Rongrong asked to take the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma for her father and the two elders.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the herbs could help the elders advance but probably could not make Ning Fengzhi’s Martial Soul evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Dugu Bo began asking Ning Rongrong to assess whether an Immortal Medicine could help him.

Ning Rongrong warned Dugu Bo against taking more Immortal Medicines and explained how two herbs could create a dangerous Calamity Poison Body. After Dugu Yan safely gained seven ranks of soul power, the three left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and set out for Gengxin City to meet Divine Blacksmith Lou Gao.

• Ning Rongrong told Dugu Bo to let his Inner Core stabilize and explained that Aromatic Silk Beauty and Snow Color Swan Kiss could form a Calamity Poison Body, though the process was dangerous for him.
• Dugu Bo and Ning Rongrong discussed the risks and benefits of the Calamity Poison Body, and Dugu Bo refused to let Dugu Yan risk it.
• Dugu Yan finished absorbing the medicinal potency and reported a seven-rank increase in soul power without any Martial Soul evolution.
• Dugu Bo examined Dugu Yan and confirmed that her soul power was stable, and the three remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for another day.
• Ning Rongrong collected three Immortal Medicines and some other Spirit Medicines, then she, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan left for the Balak Kingdom and Gengxin City to seek Lou Gao.

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo learned from Ning Rongrong’s letter about Dugu Bo’s valuable Immortal Medicine and her plan to strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong’s group reached Suotuo City and explained the meaning behind a Spirit Hall permit’s emblem before stopping outside the shop.

• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo that Ning Rongrong’s letter described Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden and the Immortal Medicine it contained.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were shocked to learn that one herb could let Ning Rongrong’s martial soul evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo discussed the possibility that Ning Rongrong’s plans related to gods and Spirit Hall, then agreed to strengthen the sect and establish the Alchemy Pavilion and Soul Guidance Pavilion.
• Ning Rongrong’s group arrived in Suotuo City and stopped outside a shop displaying Spirit Hall’s special permit emblem.
• Ning Rongrong explained to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that the emblem represented the Upper Three Sects and described how the sects’ rankings had been decided.

Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo entered Flender’s shop, where Ning Rongrong bought three items and exposed Flender’s attempt to raise the price. Flender threatened them after realizing she had recorded him, but Dugu Bo revealed his strength and left Flender injured and stunned.

• Ning Rongrong selected two Soul Tools and a worthless-looking crystal, and Flender demanded one thousand Gold Soul Coins for each item.
• Dugu Yan called Flender a crooked merchant, but Ning Rongrong paid three thousand Gold Soul Coins and prepared to leave with the items.
• Flender tried to raise the price again, and Ning Rongrong revealed that an Image Recording Soul Guidance Device had recorded the exchange.
• Flender displayed his Soul Rings and threatened Ning Rongrong, who pretended to be intimidated before calmly putting away the device.
• Dugu Bo struck Flender with a cold snort, and Flender realized the green-haired old man was a Titled Douluo.