Chapter Summaries

After Wu Qi defeated members of Royal Fight Team One, the academy’s leaders debated how to contain the fallout and whether to recruit him and Qian Gu Changkong. Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing planned to win the two over, while Wu Qi prepared to use Ning Rongrong’s influence to shield himself from rival factions.

• Wu Qi left the arena after Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan argued over the match, and he later went with Qian Gu Changkong to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.
• Zhi Lin told Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan what had happened, and Meng Shenji suspended Qin Ming from leading Royal Fight Team One and paused its practical training plans.
• Zhi Lin proposed adding Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong to Royal Fight Team One, but Meng Shenji worried that Wu Qi might demand Yu Tianheng’s captaincy and provoke the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xue Xing urged Xue Beng to befriend Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong, offering them team positions, resources, and information about Soul Bones.
• Wu Qi told Ning Rongrong that the Wu Family was trying to recruit him and that he was troubled by the attention, expecting her to use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s influence to protect him.

Wu Qi and Ning Rongrong went to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to train and seek potential teammates, where they were matched against Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang of Blazing Academy. The two pairs finally arrived in the arena, ready to begin their Soul Fight.

• Ning Rongrong warned Wu Qi that Dugu Yan was Poison Douluo's granddaughter and advised him to avoid provoking her.
• Wu Qi invited Ning Rongrong to choose a villa and go with him to the Great Soul Arena, where Qian Gu Changkong said they might find teammates.
• Wu Qi and Ning Rongrong entered the two-on-two Soul Fight as the Seven-Colored Luan Bird Combo, while Qian Gu Changkong stayed behind to cheer them on.
• Huo Wushuang formed a pair with his sister Huo Wu, and they registered as the Blazing Combo.
• The Seven-Colored Luan Bird Combo waited for their opponents at Spirit Arena Six before Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang arrived after guiding their teammates through the arena.

Wu Qi and Ning Rongrong faced Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu of Blazing Academy in a tightly contested two-on-two spirit battle. As the match continued without a clear advantage, Wu Qi asked Huo Wushuang to join Royal Fight Team Two and warned that Blazing Academy might not be able to win the tournament against Spirit Hall.

• Wu Qi and Ning Rongrong met Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu before the match, and the four introduced themselves.
• The referee started the spirit battle, and Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang used fire and coordinated attacks to restrict Wu Qi.
• Wu Qi used his wind skills to counter their tactics, while Huo Wu's flame walls and knockback skill limited his options.
• The teams fought to a stalemate for ten minutes before Huo Wushuang and Wu Qi clashed directly with Ning Rongrong's strength boost.
• Wu Qi asked Huo Wushuang to join Royal Fight Team Two and argued that Blazing Academy might not defeat Spirit Hall's Soul King Experts alone.

Wu Qi defeated Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, convincing Huo Wushuang to consider joining his team and sharpening his plans for the Spirit Master Competition. The next day, Wu Qi went to the Education Committee, where Meng Shenji reprimanded Royal Fight Team One over its conflict with the newcomers.

• Wu Qi defeated Huo Wushuang with the Spirit Luan Martial Void Art after evading Huo Wu’s Repulsion Fire Ring, and Huo Wushuang agreed to seriously consider Wu Qi’s request.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu left to report the Spirit Hall Academy Team’s strength, while Wu Qi reflected on the value of teamwork and his plans for the upcoming competition.
• Sun Buyu summoned Wu Qi to the Education Committee to address the conflict with Royal Fight Team One, and Ning Rongrong and Qian Gu Changkong joined him.
• Meng Shenji loudly rebuked Royal Fight Team One for turning the loss of Yu Feng and Osler into a dispute with their own academy’s newcomers.

Sun Buyu brought Wu Qi, Qian Gu Changkong, and Ning Rongrong before the Education Committee, where an argument over the Royal Fight Team’s sparring match erupted. The committee sent the others away, leaving Wu Qi to discuss forming Team Two and recruitment plans with Meng Shenji.

• Meng Shenji asked Yu Tianheng to apologize, but Dugu Yan objected and Osler complained about his injuries.
• Zhi Lin rebuked Yu Feng and Osler for playing the victims after losing the sparring match.
• Qian Gu Changkong accused Dugu Yan of launching a sneak attack and insulted her inability to control her Martial Soul’s poison.
• Qian Gu Changkong and Ning Rongrong argued with the Royal Fight Team until Sun Buyu silenced both sides and ordered everyone else to leave.
• Meng Shenji considered Wu Qi better suited than Yu Tianheng to lead a team and offered to help recruit students from other academies.
• Wu Qi declined help recruiting Huo Wushuang and his sister, intending to recruit their clan as well.

After the academy committee failed to offer a meaningful explanation for the conflict with Royal Fight Team One, Wu Qi and his companions rejected Xue Beng’s recruitment attempt. Rumors then spread through Heaven Dou City about Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, prompting Dugu Bo to investigate.

• Meng Shenji asked Wu Qi to speak well of Qin Ming if the Crown Prince asked about him, while the committee members offered compensation and tried to persuade Wu Qi to stay.
• Qian Gu Changkong criticized the committee, but Wu Qi told him that pursuing the dispute further would benefit no one.
• Xue Beng approached Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong to offer help and invite them to meet Xue Xing, but Wu Qi declined and left.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Xue Beng was no real rival to Xue Qinghe, while Xue Beng went to consult Xue Xing about another approach.
• With Xue Xing fanning the flames, rumors about Royal Fight Team One and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan spread through Heaven Dou City, and Xue Ye sent Ning Fengzhi to sound out the clan.
• After hearing rumors that targeted Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to learn the truth from her.

Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo about the rumors targeting Royal Fight Team One, and he learned Prince Xue Xing was likely responsible after overhearing Ning Rongrong’s confidential information. Dugu Bo then visited Wu Qi, whose insight into power struggles left him curious to talk.

• Dugu Yan smashed things in frustration over the rumors, while Yu Tianheng urged her to ask Dugu Bo for help investigating.
• Dugu Bo questioned Dugu Yan about Wu Qi’s strength and warned her that Yu Tianheng was using her and Dugu Bo for his clan’s ambitions.
• Ning Rongrong told Wu Qi and Chang Kong that her father suspected Prince Xue Xing had spread the rumors, and Dugu Bo overheard them.
• Dugu Bo decided to make Prince Xue Xing stop the rumors and stayed to hear Wu Qi’s analysis of the political conflict.
• Wu Qi noticed someone hiding in his dormitory, where Dugu Bo revealed himself and asked to come in.

Wu Qi convinced Dugu Bo that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison was damaging him and Dugu Yan from within, using Soul Master theory to explain the cause. Dugu Bo demanded a cure, and Wu Qi offered tiger-bone wine as a way to ease the symptoms rather than cure the poison.

• Wu Qi told Dugu Bo that he smelled poisoned and urged him to check his blood.
• Wu Qi pretended to examine Dugu Bo’s pulse and claimed the poison came from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, threatening both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo became hostile when Wu Qi revealed the Dugu Clan’s secret, but listened as Wu Qi explained how Beast Martial Souls could harm their owners.
• Wu Qi linked the poison’s severity to using the Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo recognized the pattern in his own symptoms.
• Dugu Bo demanded a cure, and Wu Qi suggested soaking tiger bones in wine to ease the poisoning’s symptoms.

Wu Qi persuaded Dugu Bo to take him to the Icefire Yin Yang Well in exchange for help curing the toxins afflicting Dugu Bo and his granddaughter. Golden Eagle Douluo followed them, but Wu Qi convinced him to leave and explained his ties to Spirit Hall as he and Dugu Bo continued toward the medicinal garden.

• Wu Qi told Dugu Bo that curing his poison required a large supply of precious medicinal herbs, and Dugu Bo promised him three favors and another opportunity in return for help.
• Wu Qi wrote letters for Dugu Yan and Qian Gu Changkong, then left the academy with Dugu Bo while Golden Eagle Douluo secretly followed them.
• At the entrance to Sunset Forest, Golden Eagle Douluo confronted Dugu Bo and demanded that he release Wu Qi.
• Wu Qi stopped the two from fighting and persuaded Golden Eagle Douluo to return, saying he hoped to win Dugu Bo over for Spirit Hall.
• Wu Qi admitted to Dugu Bo that he belonged to Spirit Hall but not Bibi Dong's faction, and explained that Bibi Dong had once sent Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo to hunt Dugu Bo after he refused her recruitment offer.

Wu Qi brought Dugu Bo to the Icefire Yin Yang Well and proposed ways to treat his poison, hoping to win his support for building an independent faction. Dugu Bo offered Wu Qi the medicinal garden if he cured him, leaving Wu Qi ready to examine its Immortal Herbs.

• Dugu Bo explained that Prince Xue Xing had saved his life and that he resented being ordered around, while Wu Qi offered to help him repay the favor at little cost.
• Wu Qi asked whether Dugu Bo would join his faction, but Dugu Bo said he would consider it only after Wu Qi fulfilled his two promises and proved his strength.
• Dugu Bo led Wu Qi to the Icefire Yin Yang Well, gave him an antidote, and warned him to stay away from the dangerous spring and unfamiliar herbs.
• Wu Qi proposed containing Dugu Bo's poison in Soul Bones or condensing it into a Poison Pill with the help of Medicinal Herbs.
• Dugu Bo offered Wu Qi the medicinal garden if he cured the poison, and Wu Qi began inspecting the garden with Chrysanthemum Douluo's herb guidebook.

Wu Qi helped Dugu Bo prepare a blocking medicine for his poison, then received Dugu Bo’s inner core and began harvesting Immortal Herbs in the Icefire Yin Yang Well. He planned to use the inner core to improve his cultivation and save the Icefire Tempering herbs for later, while his friends and Xue Qinghe accepted that his departure might be a genuine opportunity.

• Dugu Yan told the Education Committee that Dugu Bo had taken Wu Qi with him and promised not to harm him, but Meng Shenji sent Zhi Lin and Qian Gu Changkong to inform Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe recognized the secret code in Wu Qi’s letter and told them not to worry, believing Wu Qi had chosen the journey willingly.
• After five days of research, Wu Qi and Dugu Bo completed the blocking medicine, and Dugu Bo placed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Inner Core inside Wu Qi before entering seclusion.
• Wu Qi harvested the Immortal Herbs that could be picked and considered which one would best strengthen him.
• Wu Qi decided to save the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot for Icefire Tempering, then used Dugu Bo’s inner core to increase his cultivation.

Wu Qi’s cultivation rose rapidly while he helped Dugu Bo form his Poison Pill, and he gained Dugu Bo’s trust despite Little Deer eating the old man’s herbs. The chapter left Wu Qi holding an Immortal Herb that could neutralize Dugu Bo’s poison arts, while Huo Lie considered recruiting Wu Qi and his companions.

• Ning Rongrong asked Qian Gu Changkong each morning whether Wu Qi had returned, and he urged her to wait and focus on cultivation.
• After learning about Spirit Hall Academy’s three Soul Kings, the Wind, Water, and Fire Families investigated the team, while Huo Lie considered recruiting Wu Qi and his companions.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy to seek information about Wu Qi, but he remained secluded at the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
• Wu Qi reached Soul Power Level thirty-five with Dugu Bo’s inner core, then returned it after Dugu Bo finished the most dangerous stage of forming his Poison Pill.
• Dugu Bo discovered Little Deer had eaten many medicinal herbs, and he gave Wu Qi a Ruyi Treasure Pouch to house the creature.
• Wu Qi explained the effects of the Ink Poison Lotus Herb and the Aromatic Silk Beauty, convincing Dugu Bo not to destroy the herb that could counter his poison arts.

Wu Qi used immortal herbs to strengthen Dugu Bo and then risked absorbing two powerful ice-and-fire herbs himself. After half a month in the Icefire Spring, he reached Soul Power Level forty, while Dugu Bo stood guard and Ning Rongrong and Qian Gu Changkong waited for his return.

• Wu Qi gave Dugu Bo the Ink Poison Lotus Herb, explaining that it could cleanse his toxins and improve his strength, and Dugu Bo agreed to absorb it.
• Wu Qi swallowed the Wangchuan Autumn Dew to strengthen his spiritual power before attempting to absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• After three days, Dugu Bo absorbed the Ink Poison Lotus Herb, cleared the toxins from his body, and reached rank ninety-three.
• Dugu Bo found Wu Qi cultivating in the Icefire Spring and stayed nearby to guard him after noticing the two poisonous herbs were gone.
• Ning Rongrong recorded that Wu Qi had been missing for thirty-one days, while Qian Gu Changkong lamented that Royal Fight Team Two could not proceed without him.
• After half a month of tempering, Wu Qi absorbed the two herbs and broke through to Soul Power Level forty before turning thirteen.

After tempering his body at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, Wu Qi asked Dugu Bo to help him obtain a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. Dugu Bo subdued a ten-thousand-year Wind God Pterodactyl, and Wu Qi began absorbing its Soul Ring as Dugu Bo stood guard.

• Wu Qi emerged from cultivation with immunity to poison, ice, and fire, and asked Dugu Bo to help him hunt a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo agreed and suggested they seek a Wind God Pterodactyl in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo found a ten-thousand-year Wind God Pterodactyl and used controlled poison to knock it unconscious.
• Wu Qi killed the pterodactyl and began absorbing its black Soul Ring while Dugu Bo kept watch.

Wu Qi absorbed a Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring from the Wind God Pterodactyl and found that it granted him a powerful attribute-boosting skill. After Dugu Bo discovered a Soul Bone in the beast’s corpse, three Soul Ancestors tried to rob them, and Wu Qi prepared to test his new skill against them.

• Wu Qi faced the Wind God Pterodactyl’s harmless remnant in his mental world and completed his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring absorption.
• Dugu Bo found a Soul Bone in the Wind God Pterodactyl’s right leg, but Wu Qi refused it and urged Dugu Bo to keep it for his own protection.
• Han Bo, Han Zhong, and Han Shu ambushed Wu Qi and Dugu Bo, demanding the Soul Bone as payment.
• Wu Qi revealed his Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring, startling the three brothers, who then attacked him with their Mountain-Splitting Axe skill.
• Wu Qi activated Wind Whirlwind Dragon Body and Crane Cloud Wings, evading the brothers’ attacks as Han Bo decided they should fight on.

Wu Qi defeated the three men who tried to seize the spirit bone, then admitted to Dugu Bo that he had used a theory about martial-soul poison to persuade him to condense a Poison Pill. As Wu Qi prepared to leave the Icefire Yin Yang Well, he warned Dugu Bo to keep the Immortal Herbs secret and questioned Dugu Yan’s relationship with Yu Tianheng.

• Wu Qi overwhelmed and killed Han Bo, Han Zhong, and their brother, then took the valuables from their bodies.
• Dugu Bo asked about Wu Qi’s wing spirit bone, and Wu Qi identified it as an External Soul Bone.
• Wu Qi accepted the spirit bone from Dugu Bo and said he would return home the next day rather than cultivate longer at the spring.
• Wu Qi confessed that he did not understand medicine and had proposed the Poison Pill method based on his theory that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were poisoned by their martial souls.
• Dugu Bo offered to teach Wu Qi medicine, but Wu Qi declined for now because he planned to form a team.
• Wu Qi warned Dugu Bo to hide the Icefire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs from Yu Tianheng’s clan, then Dugu Bo asked whether Wu Qi had considered Dugu Yan as a partner.

Wu Qi returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Bo and gave Immortal Herbs to Qian Gu Changkong and Ning Rongrong. After they began absorbing them, Wu Qi told Dugu Bo he was worried Dugu Yan might suffer a loss.

• Dugu Bo accompanied Wu Qi to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the education committee members welcomed Wu Qi back and explained that Dugu Yan was away training with Teacher Qin's team.
• Qian Gu Changkong and Ning Rongrong found Wu Qi, and he revealed his Soul Ancestor strength and said he and Dugu Bo had obtained Immortal Herbs from a ruined treasure land.
• Wu Qi gave Qian Gu Changkong a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Qian Gu Changkong entered seclusion to absorb it.
• Wu Qi gave Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty, which might evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, and she began absorbing it.
• Wu Qi told Dugu Bo that he was worried Dugu Yan might suffer a loss.

Wu Qi warned Dugu Bo that Qin Ming’s poor judgment could endanger Royal Fight Team One, while Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy considered joining forces after hearing of Wu Qi’s strength. After immortal herbs boosted Qian Gu Changkong and evolved Ning Rongrong’s martial soul, Wu Qi refused to pursue a romantic tie with her despite Dugu Bo’s advice.

• Wu Qi told Dugu Bo that Qin Ming’s reinstatement and biased leadership could put Royal Fight Team One at risk, prompting Dugu Bo to keep watch for news of the team.
• Wu Qi wrote a letter to the Worship Hall, planning to tell the worshippers about the immortal herbs that could help them break through their cultivation bottlenecks.
• Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian discussed Wu Qi’s strength and considered meeting him after notifying Huo Wushuang’s grandfather about possible recruitment or an alliance with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Wu Qi gave Dugu Bo stalks and leaves from the Snow Swan Kiss as a potential toxin-enhancing trump card, while warning that Dugu Bo might not be able to control its effects.
• Qian Gu Changkong finished absorbing an immortal herb and reported a six-level increase in Soul Power, while Wu Qi and Dugu Bo told him to keep its effects secret.
• Ning Rongrong emerged with a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, expressed her feelings to Wu Qi, and left to obtain a Soul Ring; Wu Qi declined Dugu Bo’s suggestion to accept her romantic offer for political support.

Wu Qi challenged Feng Xiaotian to a match at the Great Soul Arena and revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. After Wu Qi outmatched Feng Xiaotian’s Self-Created Soul Skill, Feng Xiaotian conceded, and Wu Qi invited him to join his team.

• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong met Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian at the academy entrance and agreed to fight Feng Xiaotian at the Great Soul Arena.
• Wu Qi revealed four Soul Rings, including a black ten-thousand-year fourth ring, shocking the audience and his companions.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked Wu Qi with his wind-based Soul Skills, but Wu Qi easily countered his first attack.
• Wu Qi and Feng Xiaotian unleashed their Self-Created Soul Skills, and Wu Qi’s Spirit Luan Martial Void Art continued beyond Feng Xiaotian’s thirty-six-layer limit.
• Feng Xiaotian conceded the match after recognizing Wu Qi’s superior mastery, and Wu Qi invited him to join his team.

Wu Qi invited Feng Xiaotian to join his team, while Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and revealed that an Immortal Herb had raised her Soul Power and evolved her martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Spirit. Ning Fengzhi resolved to keep Wu Qi from becoming an enemy and planned a more direct approach to building ties with him.

• Feng Xiaotian told Wu Qi that he would recommend him to their grandfathers, who would decide whether he and his companions could join the team.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the sect, and Chen Xin sensed that her Soul Power had surpassed rank thirty despite her lack of a third Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong credited the Immortal Herb Wu Qi gave her for raising her Soul Power and evolving her martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Spirit.
• Ning Rongrong refused to reveal the location of the treasured land, and Ning Fengzhi arranged for Gu Rong to help her obtain her third Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the sect must not make an enemy of Wu Qi, while Chen Xin proposed that he and Ning Fengzhi visit him and reveal their intentions.