Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming chose to absorb the ten-thousand-year Crimson Ice Toad's Soul Ring so he could gain ice, fire, and poison attributes. He easily controlled the ring's power, but sensed a weak soul fluctuation blocking him as he approached the soul-skill selection.

• Chen Ming rejected absorbing the ice-only Bilin Scorpion's Soul Ring and chose the Crimson Ice Toad's instead.
• Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo took Chen Ming and the immobilized Crimson Ice Toad to a cleared soul beast nest.
• Chen Ming killed the tormented Crimson Ice Toad and began absorbing its soul ring, which had a cultivation exceeding fifteen thousand years.
• Ghost Douluo worried that Chen Ming could not withstand a ten-thousand-year ring, but Ju Douluo reassured him that Chen Ming's physique and Spiritual Power were exceptional.
• Chen Ming subdued the soul ring's power with his Spiritual Power and Soul Core, then sensed a weak soul fluctuation as he neared the soul-skill selection.

Chen Ming absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring from the Crimson Ice Toad and gained the Heaven and Earth Reversal Soul Skill, which could convert his attributes. After reaching Level 44, he demonstrated how the skill turned his poison and death Soul Power into life energy, impressing Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

• Chen Ming purified the Crimson Ice Toad's remnant consciousness and chose its Heaven and Earth Reversal Soul Skill.
• Chen Ming absorbed the Soul Ring, gaining ice and fire potential for his Martial Soul and reaching Level 44.
• Ghost Douluo and Ju Douluo praised Chen Ming's talent, and Chen Ming thanked them for helping him obtain the Soul Ring.
• Chen Ming explained Heaven and Earth Reversal and converted some of his poison and death Soul Power into life energy.
• Ju Douluo praised the skill's potential and wondered how much Soul Power it consumed.

Chen Ming discovered that the Ice Scorpion's left claw was an External Soul Bone, but its Extreme Ice attribute made absorbing it too dangerous for now. After leaving the Extreme North with Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo, he received Spirit Hall tokens and was sent to travel back to Heaven Dou City on his own.

• Chen Ming dissected the Crimson Ice Toad and found the Ice Scorpion's left claw, which shrank into a glowing Bilin Scorpion External Soul Bone when he injected Soul Power into it.
• Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo recognized the claw as an External Soul Bone and urged Chen Ming to absorb it, but he refused after discovering its Extreme Ice attribute could freeze his left hand or kill him.
• Chen Ming explained the danger to Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who told him to store the Soul Bone until he found a safe way to absorb it.
• Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo escorted Chen Ming out of the Extreme North and, near the Heaven Dou Empire's border, gave him Spirit Hall tokens before sending him toward Heaven Dou City alone.

Chen Ming returned to Heaven Dou City and told Dugu Bo about gaining his fourth Soul Ring and the rare creatures he had encountered. Dugu Bo examined Chen Ming’s collected materials and agreed to take him back to the treasured place to absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.

• Chen Ming returned to Heaven Dou City, where the guards and soldiers treated him with great deference.
• Dugu Bo welcomed Chen Ming and led him to the repaired hidden chamber beneath his residence.
• Chen Ming recounted his fourth Soul Ring journey, including his encounters with a Bilin Scorpion and a Crimson Ice Toad.
• Chen Ming showed Dugu Bo the soul beast materials and the Ice Scorpion’s left palm bone, but Dugu Bo focused on examining the materials.
• Chen Ming said he wanted to absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and Dugu Bo agreed to take him back to the treasured place.

Chen Ming learned how Dugu Yan had injured Yu Tianheng and how Yu Yuanzhen apologized with a Soul Bone, which Dugu Bo absorbed. The two returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Chen Ming began adjusting his fourth Soul Ring after studying the Immortal Herbs.

• Dugu Bo told Chen Ming that Dugu Yan had returned to the academy and poisoned Yu Tianheng after he insulted Chen Ming.
• Yu Yuanzhen brought Dugu Bo a ten-thousand-year right arm Soul Bone as an apology, and Dugu Bo absorbed it after Chen Ming declined it.
• Dugu Bo took Chen Ming to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• Chen Ming studied the Immortal Herbs, summoned his Martial Soul, and adjusted his fourth Soul Ring until he found the right moment after a day and night of observation.

Chen Ming tempered his body and transformed his fourth Soul Ring in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while the Dragon Pill evolved into a second Soul Core. The chapter ended with the Dragon Pill Soul Core settled in his middle dantian and his Golden Core Soul Core moved to his lower dantian.

• Chen Ming ate the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to temper his body.
• Chen Ming sensed two profound Daos in the pool, which entered his soul and transformed his fourth Soul Ring.
• The Dragon Pill escaped Chen Ming's Storage Soul Tool and evolved under the pool's ice-and-fire energy.
• Two miniature dragon souls entered Chen Ming and the Dragon Pill, strengthening his body and bringing his Martial Soul's ice-and-fire attributes to the extreme.
• Chen Ming moved the Golden Core Soul Core to his lower dantian as the Dragon Pill took its place in his middle dantian and became a second Soul Core representing Life Force.

After surviving the poisonous pool, Chen Ming’s Martial Soul and body underwent a major transformation, and he discovered that his Soul Power had reached level fifty. He absorbed the Ice Scorpion’s left palm bone, which evolved to the Ice Scorpion emperor level, while Dugu Bo struggled to recover from the news of Chen Ming’s rapid advancement.

• Chen Ming emerged from the pool with his Martial Soul expanded to eighteen tail segments, stronger Soul Bones, and new Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire attributes.
• Chen Ming told Dugu Bo that the Dragon Pearl had become a life-attribute Soul Core and that his Martial Soul now possessed ice, fire, poison, life, and death attributes.
• Chen Ming confirmed that his Soul Power had reached level fifty, leaving Dugu Bo so stunned that he lay down on the grass in a daze.
• Chen Ming absorbed the Ice Scorpion’s left palm bone, which fused with him and rose to the Ice Scorpion emperor level.

After absorbing the External Soul Bone, Chen Ming tested his new powers and explored the origins of Ice Scorpions and Bilin Scorpions. He sparred with Dugu Bo in the Poison Swamp, where his self-created soul skills continued to improve as he fought.

• Chen Ming absorbed the External Soul Bone and gained the Scorpion Emperor's Claw, which could inflict a potent cold poison that froze an enemy's Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and Life Force.
• Chen Ming concluded that Ice Scorpions and Bilin Scorpions shared an ancestor, but Ice Scorpions had abandoned their deadly poison to attain Extreme Ice.
• Dugu Bo recovered, urged Chen Ming to treat Yanyan well, and challenged him to a spar.
• Dugu Bo combined four deadly poisons into a pink toxin, but Chen Ming vaporized it by balancing Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire.
• Chen Ming attacked with Mysterious Ice Bilin Fire Palm, and Dugu Bo narrowly avoided serious injury before taking Chen Ming's strength seriously.
• Chen Ming unleashed a succession of self-created soul skills, using his Soul Cores to sustain his attacks and correct their weaknesses as the battle continued.

Chen Ming overwhelmed Dugu Bo in a spar by combining his ice-fire poison with two extraordinary Soul Cores, then healed him and received an assessment of his strength. Dugu Bo warned him about powerful opponents and urged him to use Death Annihilation Poison Realm only when truly necessary.

• Chen Ming’s resistances and rapid recovery turned the spar against Dugu Bo, whose poison attacks failed to harm him.
• Dugu Bo briefly immobilized Chen Ming with Medusa’s Gaze and struck him with Lightning Dragon Claw, but Chen Ming recovered and continued fighting.
• Chen Ming’s cold poison weakened and froze Dugu Bo until Dugu Bo surrendered with less than thirty percent of his peak Soul Power remaining.
• Chen Ming treated Dugu Bo, who judged his strength comparable to top-tier Soul Douluo and warned him about opponents with explosive, pure-power attacks.
• Dugu Bo advised Chen Ming to use Poison Burst Technique and his cold poison strategically, and not to unleash Death Annihilation Poison Realm unless facing a real threat.

Chen Ming considered how the Angel God had gathered faith before becoming divine and why so many gods later tried to leave the Divine Realm. He decided that if he became a god, he would forge his own godhead and keep control of his path rather than inherit a Divine Throne.

• Chen Ming took Dugu Bo's advice about limiting the slaughter caused by his domain if he hoped to Become God.
• Chen Ming recalled Ju Douluo's account of the Angel God and reasoned that she had accumulated faith and divinized Soul Power before becoming a god.
• Chen Ming concluded that the Angel God had protected humanity and enabled the Rakshasa God to gather followers from humans.
• Chen Ming reflected on the Angel God’s disappearance and the Sea God’s attempt to abandon his Divine Throne and Sea God's Trident.
• Chen Ming noted that many gods had sought to leave the Divine Realm, while the God of Life and the God of Destruction seemed bound to it.
• Chen Ming resolved to decide for himself what kind of god to become and how and when to ascend.

Chen Ming concealed his Fourth Soul Ring, considered his future cultivation path, and chose to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy before traveling the continent. He arrived at the courtyard where Dugu Yan was staying and found that both side rooms were occupied.

• Chen Ming hid his Fourth Soul Ring by suppressing his Martial Soul, explaining to Dugu Bo that it limited his Soul Skill access and Soul Power output while concealed.
• Chen Ming told Dugu Bo he would spend ten days or half a month with Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy before traveling the continent.
• Dugu Bo gave Chen Ming the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch, then the two packed their belongings and traveled to the academy.
• Dugu Bo left Chen Ming at the foot of the academy to handle matters related to announcing his advancement as a Titled Douluo.
• Chen Ming showed his student identification to the guards, returned to his former small courtyard, and found signs that both side rooms were occupied.

Chen Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, learned that Dugu Yan was leading the selection of the second team, and revealed his level thirty-five Soul Power to the teachers. He reviewed Dugu Yan’s roster and resolved to investigate the Mysterious Turtle Martial Soul, while the Education Committee Members remained away on a confidential assignment.

• Chen Ming recognized Ye Lingling’s life-attribute aura in the courtyard and avoided entering Dugu Yan’s room so he would not startle her.
• Chen Ming learned that the three Education Committee Members had been sent by Xue Ye to investigate an unresolved incident in a Heaven Dou Empire city.
• A substitute teacher told Chen Ming that Dugu Yan had knocked out half of Yu Tianheng’s teeth, after which Yu Tianheng left for Blue Tyrant Academy, and that Dugu Yan had become captain of the academy’s second team.
• The substitute teacher gave Chen Ming Dugu Yan’s list of selected team members and invited him to join; Chen Ming revealed his level thirty-five Soul Power, astonishing the teachers.
• Chen Ming reviewed the roster, noted that the Shimo brothers were missing, and planned to study the Nine Heart Begonia and Mysterious Turtle Martial Souls.

Chen Ming reviewed the reserve candidates for Dugu Yan’s team and became interested in Ning Zhongze’s unusual Jade Beast Martial Soul. He found Dugu Yan at the arena planning the team, where she introduced him to former captain Xiong Xin and several other honorary students.

• Chen Ming read about Ning Zhongze’s Jade Beast Martial Soul, its ability to take on traits of a Soul Beast, and her connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Ming reached the arena and saw students sparring while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling discussed team selection with several Soul Ancestors.
• Dugu Yan studied tournament teams and tactics until Chen Ming startled her, prompting her to attack him instinctively before recognizing him.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the Soul Ancestors approached Chen Ming, and bald former captain Xiong Xin introduced himself as a level forty-four Assault System Soul Ancestor.
• Chen Ming introduced himself to Xiong Xin as a level thirty-five Control System Soul Elder with the Jade Scorpion Martial Soul.

Chen Ming met former Heaven Dou Royal Academy captain Xiong Xin and learned about his military family, his team, and their tournament experience. Xiong Xin and Chen Ming became friends as they discussed combat, with Xiong Xin discovering that Chen Ming had unusually deep knowledge of Soul Master techniques.

• Xiong Xin was astonished by Chen Ming's age and level, then introduced his wife, Zhu Zhen, and explained that he had looked into Chen Ming out of curiosity.
• Xiong Xin told Chen Ming that his former team had returned from the Star Dou Great Forest to assess the current students and help guide the new team.
• Dugu Yan agreed to speak with Chen Ming later and returned to selecting team members while Zhu Zhen led the others away to give Xiong Xin and Chen Ming space to talk.
• Xiong Xin told Chen Ming about his military family, his childhood with Zhu Zhen, their academy careers, and their team's tournament and training history.
• Xiong Xin and Chen Ming became friends, and Xiong Xin noticed Chen Ming's knowledge of combat and Soul Power control techniques.

Chen Ming learned that a Fallen One was terrorizing the Heaven Dou Empire while the Crown Prince, Qian Renxue, headed to the borderlands, and he watched students compete for places on the academy team. After studying Ning Zhongze’s unusual Jade Beast Martial Soul, he decided to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to investigate it and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Xiong Xin invited Chen Ming to spar, and Chen Ming agreed before hearing about a Soul Douluo-level Fallen One who had slaughtered his family and evaded the empire’s forces.
• Xiong Xin said the Crown Prince had gone to inspect border accounts shortly before the Fallen One appeared, and Chen Ming recorded Qian Renxue’s destination and route while doubting she was involved.
• Chen Ming and Xiong Xin watched students compete for places on the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.
• Chen Ming observed Ning Zhongze win matches with her powerful Jade Beast Martial Soul and used Spiritual Eye to study its unusual traits.
• Chen Ming added a visit to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to his plans, hoping to examine its Martial Souls and trade his Aromatic Silk Beauty for benefits.

Dugu Yan chose ten candidates for Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s tournament team and announced that Chen Ming and four others had secure places, leaving one of the candidates to be eliminated after a year of evaluation. As the candidates sparred and fought in teams, Chen Ming observed their abilities and found that Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia remained beyond his Spiritual Eye’s understanding.

• Dugu Yan selected ten students as candidates for the academy team and said one would be eliminated after a year of evaluation.
• Dugu Yan explained that Chen Ming, Ye Lingling, Yufeng, Osler, and she were guaranteed places because Chen Ming’s strength had advanced far beyond the others’.
• Dugu Yan organized sparring matches and team battles while the previous academy team offered advice.
• Chen Ming watched the fights and used his Spiritual Eye to examine the students’ Martial Souls and soul skills.
• Chen Ming concluded that the Nine Heart Begonia was uniquely difficult to understand, since its healing cost was the same for external wounds and internal injuries.

Chen Ming studied Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia and discovered that it healed injuries without regard for their complexity, while Dugu Yan mistook his intense observation for something improper. After Qin Ming approached him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Chen Ming learned that Qin Ming had become the academy team’s teacher.

• Chen Ming observed Ye Lingling heal internal injuries, bones, and nerves as readily as surface wounds, with no apparent difference in Soul Power cost.
• Ye Lingling grew uncomfortable with Chen Ming’s prolonged stare, and Dugu Yan later blocked his view and looked at him reproachfully.
• Chen Ming explained that he was fascinated by Ye Lingling’s unique Martial Soul, and Dugu Yan reassured Ye Lingling about his intentions.
• Dugu Yan organized the team to go to the academy cafeteria as Qin Ming approached Chen Ming and asked how he had been.
• Qin Ming told Chen Ming that he had earned the Education Committee Members’ approval and become the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team’s teacher.

Chen Ming left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after spending three days with Dugu Yan and went to Heaven Dou City to attend an auction. At the auction house, he recognized Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi as they arrived.

• Chen Ming joined Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the academy teams for a lavish meal, then paid the bill.
• Chen Ming stayed at the academy for three days, strengthened his relationship with Dugu Yan, and beat both academy teams before leaving.
• After hearing from Xiong Xin about the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House's upcoming auction, Chen Ming traveled to Heaven Dou City.
• The auction house staff recognized Chen Ming as Poison Douluo's grandson-in-law and escorted him to a top-tier private room.
• Chen Ming watched the guests arrive and identified Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi among them.

At the auction, Sword Douluo sensed an unusual gaze from Chen Ming’s room, prompting Ning Fengzhi to investigate the young man’s background. Ning Fengzhi concluded that Chen Ming had a special talent that had drawn Dugu Bo’s attention, and he remained curious about what made him exceptional.

• Chen Xin sensed Chen Ming watching from Room Six and assumed a high-level Soul Master was inside.
• Ning Fengzhi asked the auction house manager who occupied Room Six, and learned it was Chen Ming, Dugu Bo’s grandson-in-law and a student at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Chen Xin was surprised that Chen Ming alone had produced the powerful gaze, then entered Room Three with Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi recounted Chen Ming’s Martial Soul evolution, his defeat of Yu Tianheng, and how Dugu Bo had nearly killed him before accepting their relationship.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that Chen Ming was not plotting against Dugu Bo but likely possessed an exceptional special talent.

Ning Fengzhi considered how to cultivate a relationship with Chen Ming as the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House auction began. The auction’s early lots drew high bids, and the Earth Vein Flame Crystal revealed a potentially disastrous cost to fire-attribute soul beasts.

• Ning Fengzhi judged Chen Ming worth recruiting or befriending because of his talent and ties to Xue Qinghe.
• A Zhen opened the auction, and a Volcanic Earth Dragon heart sold for twenty-six thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• An ice-attribute soul beast skeleton sold to an ice-attribute Soul Emperor for forty-nine thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The auction presented a massive Earth Vein Flame Crystal, which Chen Ming recognized as a taboo resource formed from the remains and power of fire-attribute soul beasts.
• Chen Ming understood that mining the crystal could destroy an entire earth vein, damage soul beast habitats, and potentially provoke a Beast Tide.