Chapter Summaries

Wang Qi watched Qian Renxue battle a seventy-thousand-year Sacred Heart Fire Ape and decided he wanted its soul ring, then returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the others. Seven days later, Dugu Bo discovered Wang Qi’s Medicine Refining Furnace Martial Soul and offered to protect his secret if Wang Qi called him Grandpa.

• Qian Renxue fought the Sacred Heart Fire Ape, then withdrew without being able to defeat it.
• Wang Qi rejoined Ye Lingling, Qin Ming, Bai Baoshan, and the others, and Bai Baoshan granted the students half a month off after their Sunset Forest training.
• Wang Qi decided to pursue the Sacred Heart Fire Ape as a future soul ring and began giving Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling potions made with his Blood Dragon Ginseng soul skill.
• Dugu Bo found Wang Qi refining medicine, discovered his Twin Martial Souls, and demanded that Wang Qi call him Grandpa in exchange for keeping the secret.

Wang Qi explained that he wanted to use Dugu Bo’s herb garden and Nine Dragon Flowers to improve his body, help Dugu Yan evolve her Martial Soul, and ease Dugu Bo’s poison. Dugu Bo brought him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Wang Qi proved he could safely draw water from its Yang Spring and discovered that the garden’s Nine Dragon Flower was undergoing transformation.

• Wang Qi explained his Medicine Refining Furnace Martial Soul and said he planned to use the herb garden’s medicines to strengthen himself and help Dugu Yan.
• Wang Qi told Dugu Bo that a nineteen-thousand-year-old Nine Dragon Flower could ease his toxins, while a much older one might eventually cure him.
• Dugu Bo agreed to take Wang Qi to the herb garden and flew him to the valley of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Wang Qi surveyed the medicinal plants and ignored Dugu Bo’s explanations as they walked through the garden.
• Wang Qi drew a drop of Yang Spring water with his third Soul Skill, startling Dugu Bo.
• Wang Qi spotted the fenced Nine Dragon Flower and used his Simulation Eye to identify it as a thirty-three-thousand-year-old Soul Beast undergoing transformation.

Wang Qi examined the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and prepared to temper his body with the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. After swallowing both herbs, he plunged into the well to begin forming an Ice Fire Golden Body.

• Wang Qi learned that the Nine Dragon Flower had transformed and reached thirty-five thousand years after eating two dragon-attributed Immortal Herbs, and Dugu Bo asked whether the change would affect Yanyan’s detoxification.
• Wang Qi concluded that Yanyan would instead gain a major opportunity and considered which Immortal Herbs to absorb for his body, Spiritual Power, and a possible Soul Core.
• Wang Qi told Dugu Bo he planned to form an Ice Fire Golden Body, and Dugu Bo trusted him to proceed.
• Wang Qi used Golden Flame Binding to cut the Infernal Delicate Apricot, then cut the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with an alloy dagger.
• Wang Qi swallowed the two Immortal Herbs and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Wang Qi jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and began undergoing a bodily transformation as he unconsciously activated his Martial Soul Possession. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ning Rongrong tried to manipulate Ye Lingling into helping her, but Ye Lingling’s straightforward responses left Ning Rongrong flustered.

• Dugu Bo saw Wang Qi jump into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then resumed meditating while considering how to handle Dugu Yan.
• Wang Qi absorbed energy from the well as his heartbeat strengthened his body, and he fell asleep after his Martial Soul Possession activated on its own.
• Ning Rongrong provoked the noble students into fighting and left the Tianwei Class, disappointed that they had fallen for her scheme again.
• Ning Rongrong recalled that she had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find Wang Qi, the genius her father had discussed with Sword Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong asked Ye Lingling for help, but Ye Lingling led her to the administrative office, gave her food and a uniform, and handed her a book, leaving Ning Rongrong exasperated.

Wang Qi consumed Purple Heart Grass at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and raised his Spiritual Power to the level of a Titled Douluo. With his mind now strong enough to withstand the Blood Dragon Flower’s soul ring, he prepared to absorb it.

• Dugu Bo questioned whether the Immortal Herbs had improved Wang Qi, and Wang Qi explained that the Ice Fire Golden Body had transformed his potential.
• Wang Qi used the Simulation Eye to learn that the 41,000-year Blood Dragon Flower’s soul ring would overwhelm his Spiritual Power if he tried to absorb it immediately.
• Wang Qi ate the Purple Heart Grass and experienced the formation of his sea of consciousness, bringing his Spiritual Power to Titled Douluo level.
• Dugu Bo was startled by Wang Qi’s sudden surge in Spiritual Power, and Wang Qi asked him to weaken the Blood Dragon Flower while promising to help Dugu Bo and Sister Yan later.
• The Simulation Eye showed that Wang Qi now had a 100% chance of absorbing the Blood Dragon Flower’s soul ring, and Wang Qi agreed to proceed.

Wang Qi recovered from the strain of absorbing the Blood Dragon Flower Soul Ring and spent a year cultivating in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo prepared medicine and a Soul Bone for Dugu Yan. A year after the Soul Master Competition, Huo Wu reached level forty, and Wang Qi’s allies received a letter directing them to investigate the terrain near Nuoding City and Sacred Soul Village.

• Dugu Bo teased Wang Qi about his cultivation talent, and Wang Qi gave him medicine to suppress his inherited toxins and instructions for treating Dugu Yan.
• Wang Qi told Dugu Bo to give Dugu Yan a Soul Bone from a Man Faced Demon Spider, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate.
• A year passed as Spirit Hall’s hybrid cultivation path inspired academies to experiment with reforms, while Wang Qi continued cultivating.
• Huo Miao confirmed that Huo Wu had reached level forty after receiving a treasure from Wang Qi, and Huo Wu left the office smiling.
• Xiao Chenyu showed Lin Yan Wang Qi’s letter directing ordinary restaurant workers to map the mountains near Nuoding City and Sacred Soul Village without drawing attention to themselves.

After more than half a year of cultivation, Wang Qi absorbed a fifty-thousand-year soul ring and reached Rank 46, while Dugu Bo worried about how they would secure his later soul rings. Dugu Bo found a top-grade Soul Bone from the Exploding Flame Beast, and Wang Qi planned to keep a low profile until Tang San went to Shrek Academy.

• Dugu Bo watched Wang Qi absorb a fifty-thousand-year Exploding Flame Beast soul ring after helping Wang Qi and Dugu Yan recover and improve over the past half year.
• Wang Qi's Soul Power rose from Rank 41 to Rank 46, and he joked with Dugu Bo about becoming a fifteen-year-old Soul King.
• Dugu Bo warned Wang Qi that his future soul rings would require increasingly powerful soul beasts and might be difficult to obtain.
• Dugu Bo found a top-grade right leg Soul Bone on the Exploding Flame Beast and gave it to Wang Qi, whose body longed for it.
• Wang Qi reviewed his improved attributes and resolved to stay low-profile until Tang San went to Shrek Academy.

Wang Qi returned to the Dugu family residence with Dugu Bo, where Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong gathered with them. As factions flocked to Heaven Dou City for an auction of Dugu Bo’s method for increasing Soul Power without side effects, Wang Qi reflected to Xue Qinghe that having a Titled Douluo as a backer meant he no longer had to live behind a mask.

• Dugu Bo praised Wang Qi for learning to suppress his Soul Power aura as they returned to the Dugu family residence.
• Dugu Yan happily pulled Wang Qi inside, while Ning Rongrong watched him and noticed Ye Lingling’s interest in him.
• Ning Rongrong introduced herself to Dugu Bo as Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and accepted his invitation to stay for the family meal.
• Major factions learned of Dugu Bo and Wang Qi’s return, and Prince Xue Qing arranged an auction of their method for increasing Soul Power without side effects.
• Xue Qinghe asked Wang Qi what he thought of the Soul Masters flooding Heaven Dou City, and Wang Qi said he might still be living behind a mask without a Titled Douluo backing him.

Wang Qi left a dinner with Xue Qinghe after Xue Qinghe asked him to compete for the Heaven Dou Empire, while a hidden observer admitted he could not discern Wang Qi’s power. In Spirit City, Yue Guan recognized one of Dugu Bo’s auction herbs as an Immortal Herb, prompting Bibi Dong to wonder whether it could help someone escape the past.

• Xue Qinghe asked Wang Qi to join the Heaven Dou Royal Team in the next Soul Master Competition and offered to cover his future Soul Rings.
• Wang Qi accepted conditionally and left, while an unseen observer told Xue Qinghe that Wang Qi kept his Soul Power and Spiritual Power tightly restrained.
• Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan whether herbs could raise Soul Power without side effects, and Yue Guan explained the grades of medicine and the existence of Immortal Herbs.
• Bibi Dong showed Yue Guan drawings of two herbs Dugu Bo had placed in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace’s treasure vault for auction.
• Yue Guan recognized one drawing as an Immortal Herb and excitedly asked where it had been found, while Bibi Dong wondered whether it could free someone from the shadows of the past.

Ning Rongrong confronted Yu Tianheng for following her to the Dugu Family estate, and Wang Qi intervened when Yu Tianheng attacked her. After Wang Qi killed a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Soul Saint, he told Dugu Bo the clan would send someone to apologize within three days.

• Ning Rongrong accused Yu Tianheng of following her and using her name to enter the Dugu Family estate, then taunted him about his standing in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Ning Rongrong, but Wang Qi seized his dragon claw and stopped him.
• A Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Soul Saint charged at Wang Qi, who snapped Yu Tianheng's claw, knocked him unconscious, and killed the Soul Saint with purple mist.
• Wang Qi ignored Ning Rongrong's praise and went to Dugu Bo, who asked when they would visit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Wang Qi said the clan would apologize within three days, and he and Dugu Bo discussed profiting from the situation before returning to cultivate.

Ning Fengzhi settled the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s affairs with Dugu Bo, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan later apologized as the auction approached. On the day before the auction, Dugu Bo fought Yue Guan outside Heaven Dou City and gained the upper hand before Gui Mei intervened.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Dugu Bo a bank card and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control, promised to handle the trouble involving Ning Rongrong, and departed with his companions.
• Dugu Yan asked whether Ning Rongrong would return, and Dugu Bo reassured her that the situation would be over after the auction.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan apologized to Dugu Bo and offered compensation, settling the dispute on the surface.
• Yue Guan challenged Dugu Bo to meet him outside Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo flew out to fight him while Wang Qi took Dugu Yan and Lingling to hide.
• Dugu Bo revealed that his Jade Python Snake Emperor Martial Soul had evolved and used his stronger poison and changed soul skills to overpower Yue Guan.
• Gui Mei intervened and forced Dugu Bo back before he could seriously injure Yue Guan.

Dugu Bo took Wang Qi to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to watch Spirit Hall's genius, while Qin Ming advised Yu Tianheng against challenging a Soul Ancestor. Yu Tianheng remained determined, but Wang Qi's overwhelming image haunted his thoughts.

• Dugu Bo recalled finally defeating Yue Guan after more than ten years and compared Wang Qi's talent to Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen.
• Dugu Bo invited Wang Qi to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena after hearing that Spirit Hall's genius would compete there that night.
• Qin Ming explained the Heaven Dou Reserve Team's training plan and reflected on how Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Wang Qi had left or withdrawn from the team.
• Qin Ming advised Yu Tianheng to change opponents because Hu Mei was a Control System Soul Ancestor with no recorded battles at the arena.
• Yu Tianheng insisted on facing Hu Mei, then thought of Wang Qi as Qin Ming's words about an unstoppable string of victories echoed in his mind.

Wang Qi, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling visited the Great Soul Arena, where they learned that Qin Ming and the Shi Mo brothers were watching Yu Tianheng and his teammates compete for Silver Soul badges. Wang Qi reunited with them just as Yu Tianheng's soul battle was about to begin.

• Dugu Yan suggested that Wang Qi enter a match, but he proposed waiting until after the next day's auction to bring everyone to the arena.
• Dugu Yan spotted Qin Ming and the Shi Mo brothers in a neighboring private room and persuaded Wang Qi and Ye Lingling to visit them.
• Qin Ming worried that Hu Mei's powerful companions would defeat Yu Tianheng and deepen the psychological wounds left by Wang Qi.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Wang Qi greeted Qin Ming and the Shi Mo brothers as Yu Tianheng's soul battle was about to begin.

Wang Qi watched Hu Liena defeat Yu Tianheng with her spiritual control, then saw a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder attack her in the Great Soul Arena. The attack left the clan facing the Great Soul Arena’s retaliation and Bibi Dong’s wrath.

• Wang Qi recognized Fox Charm as Hu Liena after she revealed her Demon Fox Martial Soul and ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Hu Liena used her second Soul Ring to control Yu Tianheng, who walked off the arena without realizing he had lost.
• Qin Ming told Wang Qi that the Heaven Dou Reserve Team would soon be disbanded and a new Heaven Dou Royal Team formed.
• A Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder launched a Thunder Dragon Claw at Hu Liena, sending two Soul Saints flying as they tried to protect her.
• Moon Blade and Flame Lord rushed toward the arena while Wang Qi predicted the clan’s attack would bring severe consequences from the Great Soul Arena and Bibi Dong.

As the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder fought a Titled Douluo at the Great Soul Arena, Wang Qi realized the clan’s move was aimed at Dugu Bo and noticed Ye Lingling’s fear. He suspected the Ye Family knew how to lift the Nine Star Begonia Martial Soul’s curse, but Dugu Yan stopped him from pressing Lingling.

• A Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder confronted the Demon Bear Douluo at the Great Soul Arena, drawing the crowd into chaos.
• Wang Qi and Qin Ming watched the fight, and Wang Qi concluded that Yu Yuanzhen was using it to challenge Dugu Bo and reassert the clan’s authority.
• Dugu Yan suggested joining the fight to take the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s remaining Soul Bones, but Wang Qi warned her not to involve Dugu Bo.
• Ye Lingling anxiously watched the battle, and Wang Qi suspected her family had a way to break the Nine Star Begonia Martial Soul’s curse.
• Wang Qi asked Ye Lingling if she wanted revenge, but Dugu Yan shielded her and told him to stop probing.
• Wang Qi apologized to Ye Lingling while remaining intrigued by the Ye Family’s possible secret.

Demon Bear Douluo nearly killed a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder, escalating the arena battle into a standoff with Yu Yuanzhen. Crown Prince Xue Qinghe intervened with the Royal Guards, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin, and the rival groups left the Great Soul Arena.

• Demon Bear Douluo unleashed his soul skills and wounded the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to challenge him.
• Hu Liena confronted Yu Yuanzhen, but his Soul Power pressure injured her, and Xie Yue and Yan rushed to her side.
• Ghost Douluo attacked Yu Yuanzhen from beneath the private box, forcing him to take Yu Tianheng into the air as the conflict threatened to widen.
• Xue Qinghe entered with the Royal Guards, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin, and ordered the combatants to stop causing trouble in Heaven Dou City.
• Demon Bear Douluo ended the fight and left with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, while Yu Yuanzhen took Yu Tianheng away.
• Great Soul Arena staff evacuated the spectators and began repairs as Qin Ming warned Wang Qi, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to avoid going out.

As Heaven Dou City prepared for its grand auction, Wang Qi trained at the Dugu residence before Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Feng Xiaotian arrived to see him. Huo Wu reunited warmly with Wang Qi while Feng Xiaotian remained fixated on challenging him, then recorded his long history of unrequited admiration and rivalry in his diary.

• Wang Qi tested his Yin-Yang Stake on Azure Netherstone and then meditated at the Dugu Family training grounds.
• Dugu Yan told Wang Qi that friends from Blazing Fire Academy were waiting, and he recognized Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Feng Xiaotian.
• Huo Wu greeted Wang Qi with a fireball, complained about the trouble finding him, and embraced him while Feng Xiaotian demanded a duel.
• Wang Qi introduced Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan led Huo Wu inside while Wang Qi welcomed Huo Wushuang.
• Feng Xiaotian sat alone and wrote a diary recounting his admiration for Huo Wu, repeated attempts to defeat Wang Qi, and realization that Wang Qi had been present.

As chaos gathered in Heaven Dou City ahead of the auction, Dugu Bo urged Wang Qi to absorb the Exploding Flame Beast Right Leg Bone and protect Dugu Yan. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue prepared to kill Xue Ye and seize the throne, but worried about controlling the nobles afterward.

• Dugu Bo told Wang Qi that at least ten Titled Douluo had gathered in Heaven Dou City and warned him that the auction could turn dangerous.
• Dugu Bo asked Wang Qi to absorb the Soul Bone and protect Dugu Yan if anything happened to him, and Wang Qi agreed.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan and Wang Qi to the auction house, where Wang Qi secretly began absorbing the Exploding Flame Beast Right Leg Bone.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, discussed the plan to kill Xue Ye with Snake Spear Douluo and worried that the noble faction might resist her rule.
• Qian Renxue decided to use the citywide chaos to kill Xue Ye and claim the throne, while hoping nothing went wrong.

Wang Qi discovered that the Crystal Dragon Egg was a god-grade Fire God Heart compatible with his Golden Flame Body, and he bought it at auction. The auction ended with the heart in Wang Qi’s hands, though he still needed to meet its conditions to communicate with it.

• Xiao Rou opened the auction and presented a half-person-tall Void Stone, kicking off fierce bidding among the assembled factions.
• Wang Qi finished absorbing the Exploding Flame Beast Right Leg Bone, reached level forty-eight, and learned that his External Soul Bone could connect with and strengthen other Soul Bones.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin sensed Dugu Bo’s VIP room and discussed with Ning Fengzhi the possibility of recruiting unaffiliated Titled Douluo into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xiao Rou introduced the Crystal Dragon Egg as a centerpiece item that might accelerate the cultivation of fire-attribute Soul Masters, but the auction house could not determine its exact nature.
• Wang Qi’s Simulation Eye identified the egg as a god-grade Fire God Heart with a wisp of Divine Sense and 99% compatibility with his Golden Flame Body.
• Wang Qi bid fifty million Gold Soul Coins, and the Crystal Dragon Egg was sold to him without another bid.

Wang Qi and Dugu Bo watched the auction’s Immortal Herb appraisers reveal the Wind Thunder Fruit’s powers, while Dugu Bo recounted his bitter history with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan. After the Wind Thunder Fruit sold, attackers ambushed the auction hall for the herbs, leaving Dugu Bo, Wang Qi, and Dugu Yan surrounded in the ruins as Dugu Bo prepared to hold them off.

• Yang Wudi and Yue Guan appraised the Wind Thunder Fruit and explained its potential to strengthen or evolve Martial Souls.
• Dugu Bo told Wang Qi and Dugu Yan how his old rivalry with Yue Guan began and worsened after his son Dugu Xin died.
• A bidder in Box No. 6 bought the Wind Thunder Fruit for 150 million Gold Soul Coins, and attackers immediately demanded Dugu Bo surrender his Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Phosphorus Poison Dragon and protected Wang Qi and Dugu Yan as fighting destroyed the auction venue.
• Wang Qi urged Dugu Bo to demonstrate his strength rather than flee, and Dugu Bo claimed he could fight two Titled Douluo for a day despite coughing up blood.