Chapter Summaries

After the Heavenly Screen revealed that Whale Rubber strengthened the body and could raise soul-ring age limits, factions across the continent rushed to secure it. Flender’s group could not obtain any, leaving Dai Mubai despairing over his widening disadvantage against Dai Weisi, while Zhu Zhuqing resolved to keep fighting.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stop selling Whale Rubber, buy up supplies, and form an elite whaling team.
• Ning Fengzhi considered calling Ning Rongrong back and having her use Whale Rubber, but Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo objected to the ordeal it would cause her.
• Factions in both worlds began collecting Whale Rubber after realizing it could strengthen soul masters and help them obtain higher-age Spirit Rings.
• Flender returned to Shrek Academy without finding Whale Rubber, and Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tang San, and the others worried that they would fall behind.
• Dai Mubai despaired because Dai Weisi could obtain Whale Rubber in the Star Luo Empire and widen his advantage, while Zhu Zhuqing resolved to fight on regardless of the outcome.

Yu Xiaogang tested Hundred Year Whale Rubber and found it could be lethal, prompting people in both parallel worlds to reconsider buying it. Flender canceled his purchase of Thousand Year Whale Rubber, while the apothecary owner remained convinced it could still be useful if used correctly.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Ye Hengchuan that Whale Rubber’s side effects and safe dosage were unknown, so they began a second experiment with ten pigs and Hundred Year Whale Rubber.
• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Hengchuan discovered that nine pigs had died horribly, while the sole survivor was gravely weakened after consuming Whale Rubber barely a hundred years old.
• People in the Black-and-White World reconsidered buying Whale Rubber after seeing the experiment’s deadly results.
• Flender took back his money and abandoned the purchase of Thousand Year Whale Rubber, then left the apothecary with Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai.
• The apothecary owner cursed Flender and decided that Whale Rubber could still be useful if the method shown on the Heavenly Screen was wrong.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that heating Whale Rubber made it safe to strengthen the body, then tested the method on a human volunteer. Wang Dachui survived consuming roughly three-thousand-year Whale Rubber and emerged with a greatly strengthened body, clearing the way for Yu Xiaogang to use it himself.

• After considering why nobles safely used old Whale Rubber, Yu Xiaogang concluded that its medicinal effects overwhelmed the pigs and that the substance could still strengthen the body if used correctly.
• Yu Xiaogang tested different ways of processing Whale Rubber and found that boiling, frying, or dry-roasting it let pigs withstand increasingly greater ages.
• Ye Hengchuan had a Fire Attribute Soul Emperor heat thousand-year Whale Rubber and feed it to a pig, which remained unharmed and grew stronger than a hundred-year Soul Beast.
• Ye Hengchuan recruited Wang Dachui, a poor Soul Master at level ten, to test the processed Whale Rubber on a person, promising him security and help obtaining his first Spirit Ring.
• Wang Dachui swallowed heated roughly three-thousand-year Whale Rubber, suppressed the heat while cultivating, and discovered that his body had become much stronger.

Wang Dachui successfully absorbed a roughly 550-year-old first Spirit Ring after his body was enhanced with Whale Rubber, confirming the substance’s effects. Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with the results, where he found his father arguing with elders over his cultivation resources, and declared he would obtain them himself.

• Ye Hengchuan brought Wang Dachui and Yu Xiaogang to Thunderclap Forest, where Wang chose a roughly 550-year-old Iron Scale Beast for his first Spirit Ring.
• Wang Dachui absorbed the Spirit Ring in minutes, astonishing Ye Hengchuan and confirming Whale Rubber’s powerful effects.
• Flender and the others failed to buy Whale Rubber in Suotuo City because the pharmacies had been ordered by the Martial Soul Branch Hall not to sell it.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and encountered Yu Qingya, who tried to bar him from entering and insulted him.
• Yu Yuanzhen argued with the elders for Yu Xiaogang to receive resources, but they refused because of his low talent.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the room and told his father he would obtain the resources he needed for cultivation himself.

Yu Xiaogang rejected the elders’ objections to his father seeking cultivation resources for him and presented experimental records as proof of his worth. After reading that Wang Dachui had absorbed a five-hundred-and-fifty-year Spirit Ring, Yu Yuanzhen reacted with excitement and pride.

• Yu Xiaogang returned and insisted on discussing the elders’ refusal to grant him cultivation resources.
• The Second and Third Elders argued that Yu Xiaogang lacked the talent to receive treatment reserved for clan geniuses.
• Yu Xiaogang said he would apply for that treatment himself and even seek better treatment.
• Yu Xiaogang placed his experimental records on the table for Yu Yuanzhen and the elders to read.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the elders read that Wang Dachui had successfully absorbed a five-hundred-and-fifty-year Spirit Ring, and Yu Yuanzhen praised his son.

On the Heavenly Screen, Yu Yuanzhen celebrated Yu Xiaogang’s discovery of Whale Rubber, which could raise Spirit Ring age limits, and demanded that his son receive exceptional treatment. In the Dark World, Yu Yuanzhen grieved that his own son had not made the same discovery, while the elders considered how Whale Rubber could strengthen the clan’s future.

• On the Heavenly Screen, Yu Yuanzhen praised Yu Xiaogang for discovering Whale Rubber and argued that the discovery deserved treatment beyond genius status.
• In the Dark World, Yu Yuanzhen recalled the ridicule he had endured over his son and lamented that his Yu Xiaogang had not become the Dragon God Douluo shown on the Heavenly Screen.
• The Dark World elders stayed silent as Yu Yuanzhen mourned, and they envied the clan shown on the Heavenly Screen.
• The Heavenly Screen’s elders recognized that Whale Rubber had helped Wang Dachui obtain a first Spirit Ring of around five hundred and fifty years, surpassing current records.
• The elders considered that Whale Rubber might let the clan’s soul masters obtain even older Spirit Rings and bring the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan a glorious future.

Yu Xiaogang defended his role in discovering Whale Rubber, and the elders recognized how greatly it could benefit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The First and Second Elders supported granting him treatment equivalent to a Spirit Douluo, leaving the Third Elder to reconsider his objections.

• Yu Xiaogang told the elders that he had directed the Whale Rubber experiments, while Ye Hengchuan had provided assistance and resources.
• Yu Yuanzhen defended his son when the Third Elder questioned whether Yu Xiaogang had made the discovery himself.
• The Second Elder said the clan should reward Yu Xiaogang for his contribution and proposed treatment equivalent to a Spirit Douluo.
• The Third Elder objected that Yu Xiaogang had only Rank One Innate Soul Power, but the First Elder backed the proposal.
• The First Elder explained that Whale Rubber could let Spirit Masters use far more powerful Spirit Rings and argued that the discovery could help the clan produce Titled Douluo.

Ning Fengzhi and the Douluo Continent’s leaders considered how valuable discoveries like Whale Rubber should be rewarded, while Yu Xiaogang in Shrek Academy grew furious that the elders acknowledged his parallel-world counterpart but not him. In the Heavenly Screen’s story, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan concealed the reason for Xiao Gang’s Soul Douluo-level treatment and arranged his cultivation resources under the sect master’s name.

• Ning Fengzhi said he would grant anyone who discovered Whale Rubber treatment equal to that of a Titled Douluo, and Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo discussed Yu Xiaogang’s potential to obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang resented that the elders in the parallel world treated his counterpart warmly, and he convinced himself that the elders in his own world were simply stricter.
• Flender considered comforting Yu Xiaogang but held back because the Heavenly Screen’s Yu Xiaogang had cost him the chance to profit from Whale Rubber.
• Yu Yuanzhen agreed that Xiao Gang would receive Soul Douluo-level treatment, and the Second Elder insisted that the clan keep the reason secret so outsiders would not learn Whale Rubber’s value.
• The First Elder decided to record Xiao Gang’s cultivation expenses under the sect master’s name, resolving the resource issue and raising the elders’ estimation of him.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that Little Dragon could meditate and cultivate, increasing his Soul Power alongside his own and potentially doubling his gains. In the Dark World, Grandmaster tried the same with Luo Sanpao, but it produced no change and left him bitterly jealous of his parallel self.

• Yu Xiaogang worried that his poor cultivation talent would keep him from advancing quickly enough during his golden years.
• Little Dragon showed Yu Xiaogang a stone, prompting him to wonder whether it had its own consciousness and could understand him.
• Yu Xiaogang taught Little Dragon to meditate, and after an hour he felt a small increase in his Soul Power when he drew it back into his body.
• After hearing this on the Heavenly Screen, Grandmaster summoned Luo Sanpao and taught it to cultivate while Flender and the others watched.
• Grandmaster withdrew Luo Sanpao after an hour but felt no change in his Soul Power, then resented Yu Xiaogang for making discoveries he had missed.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that Little Dragon could learn independently and pass its memories to him after returning to his body, opening up new ways to study and gather information. In the White World, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu were astonished to learn that Yu Xiaogang had once made Little Dragon tired of studying.

• Zhu Zhuqing grew disappointed in Dai Mubai as she compared his despair with Yu Xiaogang's determination in the Heavenly Screen.
• Yu Xiaogang taught Little Dragon to read and write, and it quickly learned to handle simple tasks and communicate with him.
• Yu Xiaogang tested whether Little Dragon could share what it learned by having it read an unfamiliar book before recalling it into his body.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized a scene from the book in a blurry memory and realized he could access Little Dragon's memories.
• Yu Xiaogang considered using Little Dragon to study, cultivate, and scout for suitable Soul Beasts while they worked separately.
• Bibi Dong asked why Yu Xiaogang had never told her about Little Dragon's abilities, and Yu Xiaogang explained that he had once made it develop an aversion to studying.

Yu Xiaogang reminisced about how Little Dragon had helped him study and grow, then the Heavenly Screen showed him reaching Level Ten Soul Power after two and a half years. As he prepared to consume Whale Rubber before obtaining his first Spirit Ring, clan members mocked his talent and speculated about his Spirit Ring’s age.

• Yu Xiaogang recalled teaching Little Dragon to memorize knowledge so it could pass what it learned to him, despite Little Dragon’s resentment of studying.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected that Little Dragon had been his longest companion and family since his transmigration.
• Two and a half years after awakening his Martial Soul, Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon reached Level Ten Soul Power through their combined cultivation and the clan’s support.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to consume Whale Rubber before obtaining his first Spirit Ring, while the narration explained how it strengthened soul masters and helped clan children withstand older Spirit Rings.
• Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members praised the clan leader’s support of Yu Xiaogang but mocked his talent and guessed that his first Spirit Ring would be weak.

Yu Xiaogang reached level ten and discussed his unusual Martial Soul and first Spirit Ring plans with Yu Yuanzhen. Yu Yuanzhen gave him the clan’s finest Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber so he could prepare his body for a higher-age Spirit Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Yuanzhen he had reached level ten and explained that Little Dragon’s independent cultivation helped him progress faster.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that his poor Innate Soul Power had caused Little Dragon’s unique mutation, making his circumstances rarer than Twin Martial Souls or even godhood.
• Yu Xiaogang said he wanted an attribute-less Dragon-type Soul Beast with the purest bloodline he could find for his first Spirit Ring.
• Yu Yuanzhen brought out the finest Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber the clan had collected over two years and invited Yu Xiaogang to choose a piece.
• Yu Xiaogang selected an ingot-shaped piece of Whale Rubber and prepared to refine it for the first time.

At Shrek Academy, the Grandmaster argued that young Yu Xiaogang would be harmed by consuming Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, while Tang San’s resentment toward Spirit Hall grew over its ban on selling Whale Rubber. The Heavenly Screen showed Yu Xiaogang explaining how his Titled Douluo father could protect him as he refined the medicine, leaving Yu Yuanzhen alarmed by the risks they had overlooked.

• Ma Hongjun and Tang San envied the Whale Rubber shown on the Heavenly Screen, and Tang San brooded over failing to obtain any because Spirit Hall had banned its sale.
• Tang San imagined founding the Tang Sect and making Spirit Hall pay, then asked the Grandmaster why Yu Xiaogang in the Heavenly Screen was acting recklessly.
• The Grandmaster claimed that Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber would overnourish a child under ten, and Dai Mubai anticipated Yu Xiaogang making a fool of himself.
• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Yuanzhen that he could not withstand Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber on his own and pointed out that experimental pigs had died from overnourishment.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Yu Yuanzhen use his Soul Power to protect his Meridians while he refined the Whale Rubber, and Yu Yuanzhen realized how much the clan had overlooked.

Yu Xiaogang refined Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber with Elder Yan's help while Yu Yuanzhen guarded him through the night. After waking with greatly improved physical strength, Yu Xiaogang wondered what Spirit Skill his first Spirit Ring would give him.

• Yu Yuanzhen took Yu Xiaogang to the clan's cultivation room, where Elder Yan prepared to refine the Whale Rubber.
• Elder Yan used his Blazing Lion Martial Soul to heat the Whale Rubber until it became liquid, and Yu Xiaogang swallowed it.
• Yu Yuanzhen escorted Yu Xiaogang's refinement, protecting his Meridians as the Whale Rubber's medicinal effects made them swell.
• Yu Xiaogang completed the refinement safely by dawn and awoke feeling physically stronger than ever.
• Yu Xiaogang considered his coming first Spirit Ring and wondered what Spirit Skill he would obtain.

After the Heavenly Screen paused, Ning Rongrong challenged Yu Xiaogang’s ability to teach Tang San, while Tang San secretly vowed to retaliate. Yu Xiaogang planned a new Spirit Ring for Tang San, and Bibi Dong prepared Spirit Hall to pursue Whale Rubber and explore the ocean’s secrets.

• Ning Rongrong mocked Yu Xiaogang for failing to break through Level 29 and questioned why Tang San trusted his untested cultivation theories.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, silently recorded his grudge against Ning Rongrong, and reflected that the Tang Sect’s inheritance mattered more to him than the Martial Soul system.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to seek a Death Demon Spider for Tang San’s next Spirit Ring because its poison and Death Attribute seemed suited to him.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to cultivate and promised each a piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber before their next Spirit Rings.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to ban similar treasures without reporting them and to establish more coastal branch halls to investigate the ocean.

The factions discussed what they had learned from the Heavenly Screen and made plans for the future. Yu Xiaogang reassured Bibi Dong about seeing his past broadcast, but an arriving student interrupted them.

• Ning Fengzhi admired the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber and planned to use it to help Ning Rongrong refine some.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to have the sect watch Shrek Academy and prepare to recruit its gifted students for Ning Rongrong's sake.
• Yu Yuanzhen declined to summon Yu Xiaogang back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and turned his attention to the clan's future.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed the Spirit Hall elders, while Golden Crocodile Douluo remembered being overwhelmed by Yu Xiaogang and his dragon in a supposed one-on-one fight.
• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong that he was glad the Heavenly Screen brought back his memories, and she wondered whether it would show how they met.
• A student arrived at the Cultivation Ground to ask Yu Xiaogang a question.

Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing visited Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang after the Heavenly Screen revealed a parallel-world version of Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to keep adapting to his new approach for Agility Attack System soul masters, while she reflected on how fortunate she was to become his disciple.

• Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing greeted Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang and asked about the parallel-world figures shown on the Heavenly Screen.
• Yu Xiaogang told the girls to treat the parallel-world display as a story, and Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena about her cultivation.
• Hu Liena admitted she was less diligent than Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing, whose firm goals drove them to work hard.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Zhu Zhuqing how she was adapting to his new Spirit Ring approach for Agility Attack System soul masters, and she said she was still getting used to it but believed it was the right path.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to master the approach, and she felt grateful that she had become his disciple instead of being left to face her former fiancé alone.

Yu Xiaogang reached Level Ten at fifteen and insisted that Luo Sanpao was a Pig-type Martial Soul, choosing a Thunder Fang Pig for his first Spirit Ring despite Yu Yuanzhen’s doubts. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang refusing to reconsider his choice.

• The Heavenly Screen resumed broadcasting the Dark World’s Yu Xiaogang, drawing complaints from viewers who wanted to see Dragon God Douluo instead.
• Yu Xiaogang reached Level Ten at fifteen, and Yu Yuanzhen planned to give him a Dragon-type Spirit Ring because he believed Luo Sanpao had unusual potential.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that his research convinced him Pig-type Soul Beasts were powerful and selected a Thunder Fang Pig for his first Spirit Ring.
• Yu Yuanzhen questioned whether Luo Sanpao was truly a Pig and urged Yu Xiaogang to consider a Dragon-type Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang pointed to Luo Sanpao’s pig-like appearance and declared that he would not change his choice.

Yu Xiaogang defied Yu Yuanzhen and hired a Soul Hunting Squad to help him find a Thunder Fang Pig for his first Spirit Ring. He used his father's Pope's Token to enter Thunderclap Forest, convinced that his talent and intellect would one day make him a renowned powerhouse.

• Yu Yuanzhen insisted that Luo Sanpao receive a dragon-type Spirit Ring, while Yu Xiaogang remained convinced he was right and decided to obtain a Spirit Ring himself.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly took money from home and set out for Thunderclap Forest while Yu Yuanzhen was occupied with clan affairs.
• Yu Xiaogang hired a Soul Hunting Squad for one thousand Gold Soul Coins and imagined that they would regret failing to recognize his future greatness.
• The Soul Hunting Squad recognized Yu Xiaogang's high-level Spirit Hall token and suspected he had ties to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang used his father's Pope's Token to pass the forest entrance checkpoint and resolved to earn a token of his own someday.

Yu Xiaogang witnessed a commoner Soul Master die while attempting to absorb an over-limit Spirit Ring, leaving him afraid of risking the same fate. After the squad found two Thunder Fang Pigs, he chose the one just short of three hundred years old instead of the one over four hundred years old.

• Yu Xiaogang watched a commoner Soul Master fail to absorb a nearly four-hundred-year Spirit Ring and die from the strain.
• Yu Xiaogang became preoccupied with the possibility of dying and decided he had to stay alive to prove himself.
• After searching for two days, the Soul Hunting Squad found and captured two Thunder Fang Pigs.
• When the captain warned that absorbing the older pig's Spirit Ring could be difficult, Yu Xiaogang chose the pig just short of three hundred years old.