Chapter Summaries

Hu Bai began investigating the source of Dugu Bo’s Poisonous Reversal and arranged for Ju Hua Guan to prepare medicine to ease it. After Dugu Bo revealed the Inner Core that formed when his Martial Soul evolved, Hu Bai suspected it was related and compared it to the Soul Cores he had learned about from Qian Daoliu.

• Dugu Bo agreed to join Spirit Hall if Hu Bai could cure or alleviate the poison affecting him and his granddaughter.
• Hu Bai and Yue Guan gathered medicinal herbs, and Ju Hua Guan began preparing pills to ease Dugu Bo’s symptoms.
• Hu Bai questioned Dugu Bo, who explained that the Poisonous Reversal began after his Martial Soul evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor when he became a Soul Saint.
• Dugu Bo revealed the Inner Core that had formed in his body, drawing Ju Hua Guan’s attention.
• Hu Bai suggested the Inner Core might be causing the Poisonous Reversal and explained that Qian Daoliu had described Soul Cores forming in powerful Titled Douluo.

Hu Bai explained that Dugu Bo’s incomplete Soul Core Rudiment was causing his poison to erode his body, and Dugu Bo agreed to join Spirit Hall in exchange for freedom to rest and cultivate. Hu Bai chose Immortal Herbs for his allies and family, while Yue Guan provided medicine and guidance for treating Dugu Bo and his granddaughter.

• Hu Bai told Dugu Bo that his incomplete Soul Core Rudiment was leaking poison and eroding his body, and Dugu Bo agreed to join Spirit Hall if he could retain his freedom.
• Hu Bai began harvesting Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, selecting herbs for Ju Hua Guan, Gui Mei, Xie Tian, Hu Leyao, and himself.
• Hu Bai gave Hu Leyao a drop of his blood with a trace of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox’s aura before handing her the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and she and Xie Tian began absorbing their herbs.
• Hu Bai gave Dugu Bo two Jade Phosphorous Nine Absolute Flowers, one for him and one for his granddaughter, and advised him to wait until after taking the Detoxifying Medicine.
• Yue Guan gave Dugu Bo thirty pills to take every three days for three months and warned that his granddaughter’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul might evolve and form an inner core later.

Hu Bai, Yue Guan, Xie Tian, and Hu Leyao absorbed Immortal Herbs in Dugu Bo’s garden, gaining powerful improvements. Hu Bai opened and expanded his sea of consciousness, while Yue Guan continued breaking through his bottleneck.

• Hu Bai gave Yue Guan the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and the Netherworld Shore Flower, and Yue Guan vowed his loyalty to him.
• Hu Bai began absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to open and expand his sea of consciousness, while Yue Guan absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum under Dugu Bo’s protection.
• Xie Tian evolved his Martial Soul into the Dragon Patterned Moon Blade and reached level 80 after absorbing the Dragon Blood Bone Forging Grass.
• Hu Leyao’s Martial Soul evolved into a Three-tailed Red Fox, and her Soul Power also reached level 80.
• Hu Bai finished absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and released a dazzling beam of white light from his vertical pupil.

Hu Bai’s immortal herb helped Yue Guan break through to Level 96 and awaken a powerful defensive ability. Yue Guan revealed Spirit Hall’s hidden strength to Dugu Bo, who accepted that joining Spirit Hall had been the right choice.

• Dugu Bo recognized Hu Bai’s External Soul Bone, while Hu Bai’s Soul Power rose to Level 24 and his sea of consciousness opened fully.
• Yue Guan formed a Soul Core and broke through to Level 96, earning congratulations from Hu Bai.
• Yue Guan explained that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had forged his body and let him fuse his first two defensive Soul Rings into a much stronger defense.
• Hu Bai advised Yue Guan to use the fusion as a foundation for learning Ring Fusion with his other Soul Rings.
• Yue Guan told Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall had seven experts stronger than him besides the Pope, and Dugu Bo concluded he had chosen the right side.

Hu Bai swallowed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to absorb their opposing attributes. After a day and a night, he emerged from the lake as his family and Yue Guan watched.

• Dugu Bo warned Yue Guan that Xue Ye might stop paying Spirit Hall’s Soul Master subsidy and had summoned Ning Fengzhi and a Titled Douluo from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Hu Bai told Yue Guan he planned to absorb the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to strengthen his control over fire and ice-water attributes.
• Yue Guan cut down the two Immortal Herbs, neutralized their poisons by making them collide, and passed them to Hu Bai.
• Hu Bai swallowed the herbs and submerged himself in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, where he entered an Ethereal State and began absorbing attributes from both the herbs and the spring water.
• After a day and a night, Yue Guan reassured Xie Tian and Hu Leyao that Hu Bai was alive, then warned them when bubbles appeared and Hu Bai leaped from the lake.

After absorbing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye’s power, Hu Bai gained control of Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice, whose suppressive force astonished even powerful Titled Douluo. Ling Yuan revealed that Bibi Dong had secretly assigned her to protect him, leaving Dugu Bo more confident about their upcoming trip to the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Hu Bai emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and changed clothes after his original outfit dissolved in the spring.
• Hu Bai demonstrated that he had gained Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice by absorbing power from the lake and the Ice Fire Dragon Kings’ remains.
• Yue Guan felt his attributes restrained by Hu Bai’s powers, while Ling Yuan appeared after her fire attribute was suppressed as well.
• Ling Yuan knelt before Hu Bai and explained that Bibi Dong had ordered her to protect him in secret.
• Dugu Bo concluded that Spirit Hall’s three Titled Douluo gave them a chance to withstand Chen Xin and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Hu Bai used the Aromatic Silk Beauty and his blood to lure powerful soul beasts to Dugu Bo’s Poison Array, hoping to find suitable Eighth Soul Rings for his parents. A sixty-thousand-year Three-Eyed Demon Fox arrived, and the group began fighting it and the other attracted soul beasts.

• Hu Bai chose to join Yue Guan and the others, offering to attract fox-type soul beasts with his Martial Soul.
• Hu Bai proposed using the Aromatic Silk Beauty and his blood to lure soul beasts, and Dugu Bo spent a day reinforcing his Poison Array.
• Hu Bai placed the Aromatic Silk Beauty near the array’s edge, and several powerful soul beasts soon gathered outside.
• Dugu Bo used Medusa’s Gaze to freeze seven Three-Eyed Demon Foxes, while Yue Guan and Ling Yuan attacked the other soul beasts.
• Xie Tian and Hu Leyao used their Demon Charm Martial Soul Fusion Skill to confront the nearly seventy-thousand-year Three-Eyed Demon Fox.

Demon Charm defeated the nearly seventy-thousand-year Three-Eyed Demon Fox, and Hu Leyao finished it off after the fusion skill ended. The fox left behind a rare seventy-thousand-year Head Soul Bone, astonishing everyone as Hu Bai denied having anything to do with its appearance.

• Demon Charm used her Soul Bones and Red Mist to identify and lure the Three-Eyed Demon Fox into Dugu Bo's Poison Array.
• Demon Charm froze the weakened fox with Charm, then used Moon Kill to sever its limbs and cripple it without killing it.
• Hu Leyao struck the dying Three-Eyed Demon Fox with Mental Shock, killing it and producing a black Soul Ring and a pink seventy-thousand-year Head Soul Bone.
• Hu Bai dismissed the idea that he had caused the Soul Bone to appear and suggested the fox's age and the severity of its defeat explained the drop.

Hu Bai and the others waited for Xie Tian to recover before choosing a Soul Beast for his Eighth Soul Ring. A seventy-thousand-year Night Blade Mantis appeared, and Hu Bai identified it as an ideal target for his father.

• Hu Leyao obtained a seventy-thousand-year Three-Eyed Demon Fox Spirit Head Bone, while Xie Tian and Hu Leyao recovered their Soul Power.
• Hu Bai told Yue Guan that they should wait before choosing between the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor and the Mandala Snake King, then kill them if they still refused to leave.
• After more than twenty minutes, Ling Yuan warned that a fast mantis-type Soul Beast was approaching.
• The Night Blade Mantis broke through Dugu Bo's poison mist and confronted the group.
• Hu Bai identified the mantis as a seventy-thousand-year Night Blade Mantis whose speed and attack power suited Xie Tian, and Yue Guan prepared to keep it from escaping.

Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, Ling Yuan, Xie Tian, and Hu Leyao worked together to kill the Seventy-Thousand-Year Night Blade Mantis. Xie Tian and Hu Leyao absorbed its Soul Ring alongside the still-available Soul Ring from the Three-Eyed Demon Fox.

• Yue Guan’s Aura Barrier and Dugu Bo’s Petrification failed to restrain the Night Blade Mantis, so Ling Yuan used her Martial Soul Avatar and Blazing Tornado to suppress it.
• Demon Charm weakened and restrained the mantis with Red Mist and Charm while Dugu Bo and Yue Guan guarded against its escape.
• The Night Blade Mantis entered a Berserk State and aimed Void Slash at Hu Bai, but Yue Guan protected him with a shield of Singular Velvet Power.
• Demon Charm struck the mantis with Moon Kill, shattering its scythes, and Xie Tian’s Dragon Patterned Moon Blades finished it off.
• The group obtained no Soul Bone, and Xie Tian and Hu Leyao began absorbing the Night Blade Mantis’s Soul Ring and the remaining Three-Eyed Demon Fox Soul Ring.

Yue Guan killed the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor and Mandala Snake King, and the Emperor dropped a fifty-thousand-year right leg bone that Hu Bai gave to his father, Xie Tian. After Xie Tian and Hu Leyao absorbed their new Soul Rings and Soul Bones, they reached Soul Power Levels 84 and 85, strengthening Spirit Hall’s future forces.

• Hu Bai signaled Yue Guan to use Gate of Holy Light, and Yue Guan killed the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor and Mandala Snake King.
• A fifty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor Right Leg Bone appeared, and Yue Guan gave it to Hu Bai.
• Hu Bai passed the Soul Bone to Xie Tian, who accepted it after seeing Yue Guan had no objection.
• Xie Tian and Hu Leyao finished absorbing their Seventy Thousand Year Soul Rings and rose to Level 82.5.
• Hu Leyao absorbed her dropped skull bone, while Xie Tian absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Xie Tian and Hu Leyao completed their Soul Bone absorption and reached Soul Power Levels 84 and 85.

Bibi Dong sent Gui Mei to Heaven Dou City after growing concerned that Yue Guan and Hu Bai had not returned. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, Xie Tian and Hu Leyao revealed their new abilities, leaving Xie Tian greatly strengthened.

• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to hurry to Heaven Dou City and investigate Yue Guan and Hu Bai’s delay, fearing danger or interference from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Hu Bai asked Xie Tian and Hu Leyao about their new Soul Ring and Soul Bone skills, and Dugu Bo assured them he would keep their abilities private.
• Xie Tian demonstrated Eclipse Thousand Blades Annihilation against Yue Guan, then condensed its blades into a powerful Soul Extermination Slash that forced Yue Guan to defend.
• Xie Tian explained that his right leg bone granted Demon Spider Moon Shadow Step, boosting his movement and reaction speed while letting his blade carry Spider Emperor Toxin.
• Hu Leyao’s new Soul Ring added another Three-Eyed Demon Fox ability to her collection.

Hu Bai and the Spirit Hall group reached Heaven Dou City, where the emperor prepared to meet with Spirit Hall and Ning Fengzhi. Dugu Bo returned to his granddaughter and reflected on the family tragedy that had made him certain he had chosen correctly by joining Spirit Hall.

• Ling Yuan carried Hu Bai and the others from Sunset Forest to Heaven Dou City, where they checked into a hotel.
• Xue Ye learned that the Spirit Hall group had arrived and summoned Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo to the palace the next day.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that he planned to negotiate over the Soul Master subsidies rather than openly oppose Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo returned home and embraced Dugu Yan, recalling that his father and son had died from the backlash of their Martial Souls.

Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Spirit Hall could cure their Martial Soul poison and planned to take her to Spirit City, while she hoped to bring her friend Ye Lingling along. The chapter left Dugu Bo and Spirit Hall representatives heading toward a meeting at Heaven Dou Palace.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ye Lingling was her closest friend at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he asked whether she would leave the Academy.
• Dugu Bo admitted that his Martial Soul backlash could kill him within a few years and warned that Dugu Yan might suffer the same fate as her poison worsened.
• Dugu Bo said Spirit Hall had helped him and would take Dugu Yan to Spirit City, where he would seek to bring Ye Lingling along.
• A messenger summoned Dugu Bo to the palace, where Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo would also attend, and Dugu Bo hinted that he might choose Spirit Hall over the prince's side.
• The next day, Yue Guan brought Hu Bai and two others to Heaven Dou Palace while Ling Yuan watched from the void; Dugu Bo had already entered the palace.

Yue Guan confronted Xue Ye in Heaven Dou Palace over the Empire’s decision to pay only half of the Soul Master Subsidy. After Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi challenged him, Yue Guan demanded the full amount and unleashed his rank-96 aura, leaving the dispute on the verge of escalation.

• Dugu Bo persuaded Ye Renxin to bring Ye Lingling to Spirit Hall, though Ye Renxin said he would leave if he saw no hope of fixing the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul’s flaw.
• Yue Guan arrived at Heaven Dou Palace with Hu Bai and two others to discuss the Soul Master Subsidy.
• Xue Ye offered a card containing twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins, half of last year’s subsidy, and blamed poor revenue and Spirit Hall’s lack of gratitude from commoner Soul Masters.
• Yue Guan criticized the Empire for favoring nobles and oppressing talented commoner Soul Masters, then demanded that Xue Ye pay the full subsidy.
• Ning Fengzhi objected to Yue Guan’s conduct, but Yue Guan challenged Xue Ye’s reliance on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and released his rank-96 Super Douluo aura.

Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, Gui Mei, and the Demon Charm duo confronted Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin over the Heaven Dou Empire’s Soul Master Subsidy Amount. With Spirit Hall’s forces threatening to overwhelm them, Ning Fengzhi admitted they might have lost the encounter but challenged the way Spirit Hall was demanding payment.

• Chen Xin questioned Yue Guan’s recent breakthrough to Rank 96, but Dugu Bo unexpectedly joined Yue Guan’s side and said he had repaid Prince Xue Xing’s favor.
• Yue Guan and Xue Ye agreed that the Heaven Dou Empire would double this year’s Soul Master Subsidy Amount if Yue Guan’s side defeated Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, and provide none if it lost.
• Xie Tian and Hu Leyao revealed that they had become Soul Douluo, while Hu Bai and Dugu Bo stayed back from the fight.
• Yue Guan called Gui Mei out of hiding, leaving Chen Xin to weigh the danger of facing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against the risks to his sect.
• Xie Tian and Hu Leyao fused into Demon Charm and threatened Ning Fengzhi, while Yue Guan demanded double payment; Ning Fengzhi said they might have lost but criticized Spirit Hall’s heavy-handed demand.

Hu Bai ended Spirit Hall’s subsidy demands to the Two Great Empires and made future subsidies conditional on joining Spirit Hall. After leaving the city, he and the others met Dugu Bo’s granddaughter Dugu Yan and the Nine Heart Begonia wielders Ye Renxin and Ye Lingling, whose family hoped Spirit Hall could help break their Martial Soul’s curse.

• Hu Bai announced that Spirit Hall would stop requesting subsidies from the Two Great Empires but would subsidize Commoner Soul Masters only if they joined Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left without stopping Yue Guan’s group, and Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin to investigate Hu Bai’s connection to Spirit Hall.
• Xie Tian questioned Hu Bai’s decision, while Yue Guan agreed that the new condition could reduce Spirit Hall’s burden and prevent hostile outsiders from claiming subsidies.
• Hu Bai privately considered having Spirit Hall members worship the Angel Statue daily to gather Faith Power for the future.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had brought Dugu Yan, Ye Renxin, and Ye Lingling, whose Nine Heart Begonia Martial Souls astonished Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Ye Renxin agreed to join Spirit Hall in hopes of breaking the curse limiting the Nine Heart Begonia to two wielders, and Hu Bai introduced himself to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Hu Bai traveled toward Sunset Forest with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and explained his rapid cultivation as the result of obtaining a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. He advised Dugu Yan against relying on poisonous mist for battlefield control, leaving Dugu Bo to reflect on how his own influence had shaped her plans.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling met Hu Bai, and he told them he was Level 24 while they had yet to obtain their first Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin drove the three youngsters toward Sunset Forest as they discussed Hu Bai's cultivation and Spirit Hall's Soul Bone rewards.
• Hu Bai said his rapid progress came from gaining a Soul Bone from a Ten Thousand Year Three-Eyed Demon Fox killed by his parents.
• Dugu Yan asked Hu Bai what path to take with her first Soul Ring, and he warned that her poisonous mist could endanger allies on a battlefield.
• Ye Renxin asked Dugu Bo about Dugu Yan's control path, and Dugu Bo admitted he had encouraged it to delay the harm caused by her Martial Soul's toxins.

Hu Bai returned to Spirit Hall City with Dugu Bo’s group and gave Immortal Herbs to his companions, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei reported their discoveries to Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong reconsidered seeking an herb for Yu Xiaogang and instead asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei to prove their breakthroughs.

• Yue Guan gave Gui Mei the Netherworld Shore Flower and said they could offer Bibi Dong Lovesick Heartbreak Red if she wanted an Immortal Herb for Yu Xiaogang.
• Hu Bai returned home, reunited with Hu Liena, and introduced her to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Hu Bai gave Xie Yue the Moon Blossom Void-Rending Vine and Hu Liena the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then stood guard as they began absorbing them.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling began absorbing their Immortal Herbs under Dugu Bo’s and Ye Renxin’s protection.
• Bibi Dong decided not to ask Hu Bai for an Immortal Herb for Yu Xiaogang and told Yue Guan and Gui Mei to release their Martial Souls so she could verify their level 96 breakthroughs.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei returned from their trip with news of Hu Bai’s abilities and Immortal Herbs, while Spirit Hall’s leaders debated his proposal to take over Soul Master subsidies. The chapter left Qian Daoliu preparing to confront the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learning that Hu Bai had chosen a special Immortal Herb for Qian Renxue.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei displayed their strength, and Qian Daoliu welcomed them as the Worship Hall’s Eighth and Ninth Worships.
• Yue Guan reported that Hu Bai had gained control of Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice, reached Soul Power Level 25, and prepared Immortal Herbs for Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and their parents.
• Bibi Dong and the Worships discussed Hu Bai’s proposal for Spirit Hall to take responsibility for subsidies for Commoner Soul Masters who joined them.
• Bibi Dong urged the Worships to pressure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Qian Daoliu decided to make the trip himself.
• Yue Guan told Qian Daoliu that Hu Bai had selected the Lovesick Heartbreak Red for Qian Renxue, though the herb had to acknowledge its owner before she could absorb it.