Chapter Summaries

Lu Duzhou consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, strengthening his body and raising his Soul Power to level twenty-seven. The group prepared to travel for Whale Rubber, and by the next afternoon he had found two Earth Dragon Golden Melons.

• Lu Duzhou consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and endured two hours of physical transformation while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan watched over him.
• Lu Duzhou recovered with a stronger body and five additional Soul Power levels, reaching level twenty-seven.
• Dugu Bo proposed traveling to obtain Whale Rubber, and Lu Duzhou planned to visit his younger siblings at Notting Academy while Dugu Bo negotiated with the Whaling Fleet.
• Lu Duzhou persuaded Dugu Bo to prioritize the fleet rather than detour to Notting City to meet his student.
• By the next afternoon, Lu Duzhou dug up two Earth Dragon Golden Melons.

Lu Duzhou advised Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan on how to use the Earth Dragon Golden Melons, then shared immortal grass with his younger siblings and traveled with Dugu Bo to Heaven Dou City. There, he planted Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, boosting his cultivation and gaining a new soul skill.

• Lu Duzhou recommended that Dugu Yan wait until after her Martial Soul and Soul Rings developed before consuming an Earth Dragon Golden Melon, and explained that it was unlikely to cure Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Dugu Bo promised to seek Soul Bones for himself and Dugu Yan, while Lu Duzhou asked for a Soul Tool to carry immortal grass for his younger siblings.
• Dugu Bo gave Lu Duzhou the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch, and they set off for Heaven Dou City to bring Ye Lingling and Ye Yurou along on their sea journey.
• Lu Duzhou planted Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul in his land, and she felt her cultivation speed increase.
• With the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul boosting him, Lu Duzhou’s cultivation speed reached four levels per year, and the Nine Heart Begonia granted him a new soul skill.

Lu Duzhou brought an Immortal Herb to Plant Academy and helped Aimi advance to Rank 20. After reuniting with Xiao Wu in Notting City, he revealed that she needed to conceal her identity from Dugu Bo and offered her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

• Lu Duzhou explained that Sacred Heart Healing could heal distant Soul Masters whose Martial Souls were planted in his land.
• At Plant Academy, Lu Duzhou gave Aimi the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid and explained its effects to Ailin and Aimi.
• Aimi consumed the orchid, and her Soul Power rose from Rank 14 to Rank 20.
• Lu Duzhou returned to Notting City, sent Tang San to the Blacksmith Shop, and told Xiao Wu about his agreements with Dugu Bo.
• Lu Duzhou presented Xiao Wu with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which could conceal her aura if it acknowledged her as its master.

Lu Duzhou prepared to leave for Vast Sea City to seek high-year Whale Rubber, while Xiao Wu and Tang San stayed behind to cultivate. Before departing, he gave Xiao Wu the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and Tang San the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, deepening their devotion to him.

• Xiao Wu used her blood and love for Lu Duzhou to claim the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then agreed to stay in Notting City and cultivate while he went to sea.
• Lu Duzhou promised Xiao Wu he would return within half a year and told her to cultivate alongside Tang San.
• Lu Duzhou told Tang San he would travel to Vast Sea City with Dean Ailin, Dugu Bo, and the others to obtain Whale Rubber and help Tang San absorb Soul Rings beyond the theoretical limit.
• Lu Duzhou explained that Dugu Bo would become Tang San's teacher and offered him the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, which Tang San recognized as an immortal herb suited to his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Tang San began absorbing the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, while Dai Mubai began absorbing a Plant-type Soul Beast's Soul Ring at Yu Xiaogang's request.

Dai Mubai followed Yu Xiaogang’s plan to absorb a Ghost King Vine Soul Ring, enduring its clash with his White Tiger Martial Soul to gain the hair-firing White Tiger Parasite skill. Elsewhere, Tang San’s Soul Power rose to level 30 after consuming the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, and Lu Duzhou set off for Vast Sea City.

• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Dai Mubai to abandon the Dai Family’s customary White Tiger Diamond Transformation and absorb a Ghost King Vine Soul Ring instead.
• Dai Mubai endured the painful clash between the Ghost King Vine’s attributes and his White Tiger Martial Soul, while Yu Xiaogang concealed his fear that the prince might die.
• Dai Mubai gained White Tiger Parasite, which fired dozens of Tiger Hairs that could obstruct an opponent’s Soul Power circulation.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Dai Mubai’s new skill and urged him to keep following his plan to absorb Plant Soul Beast Soul Rings.
• Tang San consumed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, raising his Soul Power from level 25 to level 30 and strengthening his Blue Silver Grass.
• Lu Duzhou gave Tang San and Xiao Wu final instructions, then headed for Vast Sea City.

Lu Duzhou gained a third Soul Skill that let his land convert buried creatures into stored Life Force, then helped Dugu Yan absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and transform her Jade Phosphorous Serpent into a Flood Dragon. A month later, he found a hidden cave near Holy Soul Village.

• Lu Duzhou consumed increasingly powerful Whale Rubber, reached level thirty, and absorbed an eleven-thousand-year Deep Sea Demon Whale Soul Ring after using Demon Eye Magic Pupil to defeat its remnant soul.
• Lu Duzhou gained the Stomach of the Earth Soul Skill, which digested living creatures buried in his land and stored their Life Force, then swallowed the discarded Whale carcasses to fertilize it.
• Dugu Yan absorbed a ten-thousand-year Sword-Toothed Dragon Fish Soul Ring, gained Sword Bone Dragon Transformation, and advanced to level thirty-four.
• Lu Duzhou gave Dugu Yan an Earth Dragon Golden Melon, transforming her Jade Phosphorous Serpent into a Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon and raising her to level thirty-seven.
• Dugu Yan promised to protect Lu Duzhou, and a month later he found a hidden cave near Holy Soul Village.

Lu Duzhou found Ah Yin, Tang San’s mother, trapped in a hidden cave and offered to take her into his Land Martial Soul, where she could recover. After she agreed to stay hidden and observe Tang San, Lu Duzhou took her with him, and she regained enough strength to form a youthful phantom.

• Lu Duzhou parted ways with Dugu Bo and stopped at Holy Soul Village to find Ah Yin, whom he discovered struggling to survive in a dark cave.
• Lu Duzhou explained that he was Tang San’s sworn brother and offered to take Ah Yin into his Land Martial Soul to help her recover.
• Ah Yin agreed to leave with Lu Duzhou and promised not to reveal herself or approach Tang San without his permission.
• Lu Duzhou planted Ah Yin beside Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor projection, where she absorbed vitality and quickly recovered to the level of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.
• Ah Yin thanked Lu Duzhou after hearing how he had helped Tang San, and Lu Duzhou again warned her to keep her distance from Tang San to protect him.

Lu Duzhou accepted Ah Yin’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, gained six Soul Power levels, and returned to Notting City. After deciding to move with Tang San and Xiao Wu to Pano City, he revealed his secrets and told Tang San how his mother died, leaving Tang San suspicious of Tang Hao.

• Ah Yin offered Lu Duzhou her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, and he absorbed it, raising his Soul Power from level thirty-four to level forty.
• Lu Duzhou returned to Notting City, where Xiao Wu welcomed him and Tang San felt an unexplained closeness to him.
• Lu Duzhou announced that they would leave for Pano City the next day to meet Dugu Bo and consult Plant Academy teachers.
• Lu Duzhou explained that his Martial Soul was a domain that could plant Plant Martial Souls and Plant Soul Beasts, then revealed that he had deduced Tang San’s identity and origins.
• Lu Duzhou told Tang San that Qian Xunji was dead and recounted how Ah Yin had sacrificed herself after Spirit Hall pursued her.
• Tang San questioned why Tang Hao had taken Ah Yin to a major city while she was pregnant, and Lu Duzhou asked Tang San and Xiao Wu to reveal their secrets.

Tang San and Xiao Wu revealed their identities to Lu Duzhou, then the siblings reunited with their allies and expanded Lu Duzhou’s influence in Pano City and Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Yu Tianheng confronting Dugu Yan and asking whether she had broken up with him because of Lu Duzhou.

• Tang San revealed that he possessed Twin Martial Souls, while Xiao Wu admitted she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Charming Rabbit rebuilding in human form, and Lu Duzhou warned them to protect each other and cultivate diligently.
• The three siblings graduated from Notting Academy, repaid Paul, and traveled to Pano City, where they met Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Ye Yurou, Ye Lingling, and Aimi.
• Dugu Bo gave Tang San his Poison Scripture and a Spatial Soul Tool, then accepted him as a student.
• Lu Duzhou met Zhi Lin and his grandson Zhi Bo in Heaven Dou City, where Zhi Bo planted his Heavenly Azure Vine Martial Soul in Lu Duzhou’s Land Martial Soul and granted him the domain-type skill Heavenly Azure Prison.
• After returning from shopping with the girls, Lu Duzhou found Yu Tianheng blocking the entrance to Dugu Bo’s estate, where Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan whether she had broken up with him because of Lu Duzhou.

Yu Tianheng confronted Dugu Yan after she rejected his pursuit, but she chose Lu Duzhou and defended him when Yu Tianheng challenged him. Dugu Bo drove Yu Tianheng away, while news of Dugu Yan’s powerful Soul Rings, evolved Martial Soul, and Lu Duzhou spread among the continent’s major factions.

• Yu Tianheng visited Dugu Yan to learn why she had rejected him, and she linked arms with Lu Duzhou and declared that she had chosen him.
• Xiao Wu linked arms with Lu Duzhou too and rebuked Yu Tianheng for looking down on him.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Lu Duzhou, but Dugu Yan stepped in front of him and revealed her thousand-year second Soul Ring, ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring, and Flood Dragon Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo arrived, warned Yu Tianheng to stop pestering his granddaughter, and sent him away with Osler and the others.
• Dugu Bo approved of Dugu Yan’s choice of Lu Duzhou, and information about her Soul Rings, Martial Soul evolution, and Lu Duzhou spread through the major factions.

Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and Bibi Dong learned that Lu Duzhou might hold the secrets behind super-limit Soul Ring absorption and Martial Soul evolution, and each considered how to approach or eliminate him. Lu Duzhou anticipated the major factions’ interest and took Tang San with Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

• Qian Renxue concluded that Whale Rubber and the secrets of super-limit Soul Ring absorption and Martial Soul evolution were connected to Lu Duzhou, but chose to try recruiting him rather than provoke Dugu Bo and Sword Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Gu Rong from capturing Lu Duzhou and planned to meet Dugu Bo to negotiate about Ning Rongrong’s potential Martial Soul evolution.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to investigate super-limit Soul Ring absorption and Tang San’s background, and said she would eliminate Lu Duzhou when an opportunity arose.
• Lu Duzhou recognized that the major factions had noticed him and followed Dugu Bo with Tang San to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Lu Duzhou asked Tang San to help him use the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s Immortal-Grade herbs to complete Ice and Fire Body Refining. After his body strength surpassed thirty thousand years, Tang San claimed he had gained poison immunity, and Dugu Bo brought out a Nine-Section Jade to test it.

• Dugu Bo agreed to let Tang San inspect the treasure land and help Lu Duzhou obtain its two poisonous herbs.
• Tang San recognized the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s rare medicines, including Aromatic Silk Beauty, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Tang San used Golden Jade to pick the two poisonous herbs and guided Lu Duzhou into the meeting point of the extreme cold and blazing hot springs.
• Lu Duzhou’s body was repeatedly strengthened by the spring and the herbs until his physical strength surpassed thirty thousand years.
• Tang San said Lu Duzhou had gained a Diamond Body, immunity to water and fire, and immunity to myriad poisons.
• Dugu Bo brought out a Nine-Section Jade and told Lu Duzhou to let it bite him so he could test the poison immunity.

Lu Duzhou demonstrated that the lingering power of the two Immortal Herbs made his blood both an antidote and a poison, and Tang San and Dugu Bo discussed how it could help Dugu Bo manage his toxins. After Tang San revealed his Twin Martial Souls and his identity as Tang Hao’s son, Lu Duzhou asked Dugu Bo to protect him, leaving Dugu Bo torn between displeasure and the need to protect both brothers.

• Nine-Section Jade bit Lu Duzhou, absorbed some of his blood, and fainted before Dugu Bo could intervene.
• Tang San explained that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot still affected Lu Duzhou’s blood, and Dugu Bo placed Nine-Section Jade by the spring to recover.
• Tang San and Lu Duzhou agreed that transferring Dugu Bo’s toxins into Soul Bones was the most feasible treatment, and Tang San suggested Dugu Bo take drops of Lu Duzhou’s blood.
• Lu Duzhou let Tang San take poisonous herbs under the condition that he disclose any poisons he made, and said he would supervise Tang San’s cultivation until he reached Soul King rank.
• Tang San showed Dugu Bo his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls, revealing that he was Tang Hao’s son.
• Lu Duzhou apologized for arranging Dugu Bo’s protection of Tang San, while Tang San knelt and took responsibility; Dugu Bo sighed, unable to punish either of them.

Lu Duzhou persuaded Dugu Bo to reveal the Whale Rubber secret and seek an alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to protect their group from Spirit Hall. After four days of refining poison, Tang San completed three King of Hell Stickers, and Lu Duzhou insisted on learning how they worked before allowing him to use them.

• Dugu Bo agreed that Tang San would be protected from Spirit Hall and acknowledged the value of Lu Duzhou's sacrifices to win his support.
• Lu Duzhou proposed revealing the Whale Rubber information and allying with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, arguing that Ning Fengzhi would value the benefits more than imperial politics.
• Dugu Bo decided to seek an alliance with Ning Fengzhi after returning to Heaven Dou City, prioritizing Dugu Yan's safety.
• Tang San asked Lu Duzhou and Dugu Bo to help him refine poison, and four days later he completed the process at the Yang Spring.
• Tang San showed Lu Duzhou three King of Hell Stickers and explained that their poison could kill even a Title Douluo, but Lu Duzhou demanded the complete method and warned him not to use them without approval.

Lu Duzhou negotiated an alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in exchange for revealing how Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and aid Martial Soul evolution. He left Ning Fengzhi and the sect’s elders considering a deal to help hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in return for transforming someone’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• After leaving the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Dugu Bo and Lu Duzhou received invitations from several major forces, including the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dugu Bo let Lu Duzhou set the terms for sharing information about Whale Rubber, and Lu Duzhou proposed an alliance, equal shares of future gains, mutual aid, and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Lu Duzhou explained how Whale Rubber could strengthen the body, enable the absorption of Soul Rings beyond the Super Theoretical Limit, and help a Martial Soul evolve.
• When Chen Xin asked about Dugu Yan’s transformation, Lu Duzhou demanded a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for that more valuable information and demonstrated his level-forty strength and domain.
• Lu Duzhou offered to help transform one member’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda if Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong agreed to help him hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast when needed.
• Ning Fengzhi decided Lu Duzhou had to have children, even considering a child with Ning Rongrong who could inherit the sect.

Lu Duzhou revealed that an Immortal Herb could evolve Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi chose to reserve it for his daughter. Ning Fengzhi then placed Rongrong in Lu Duzhou’s care to improve her cultivation and discipline, leaving her terrified of being taken away from her sheltered life.

• Lu Duzhou explained that Immortal Herbs had immense power and offered one that could evolve Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi chose to give the Immortal Herb to Ning Rongrong and agreed to wait until she was at least Level Thirty before she took it.
• Lu Duzhou recommended that Rongrong first strengthen her body with Whale Rubber and cultivate through Over-Limit Soul Rings.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Lu Duzhou to discipline Rongrong, set cultivation targets for her, and promised him one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins per year.
• Ning Rongrong pleaded with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong to keep her from Lu Duzhou, but Chen Xin took Gu Rong away and Ning Fengzhi upheld his decision.
• Ning Rongrong backed away from Lu Duzhou and begged him not to come near her.

Tang Hao visited Tang San, revealed that his mother had survived as Blue Silver Grass, and left without letting Tang San see her. Tang San told Lu Duzhou what happened, while Ah Yin explained that Tang Hao wanted Tang San to awaken as the Blue Silver Emperor first.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that he had secretly protected him and Xiao Wu, then urged Tang San to protect Xiao Wu and rely less on Lu Duzhou.
• Tang San challenged Tang Hao about his mother's death, and Tang Hao said she had become Blue Silver Grass and that he would show her to Tang San after he could withstand a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao left for at least three months, telling Tang San to stay with Dugu Bo and keep Little Rabbit from leaving alone.
• Tang San told Lu Duzhou that he wanted to move his mother to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but Tang Hao had left before he could explain.
• Ah Yin told Lu Duzhou that Tang Hao planned to awaken Tang San as the Blue Silver Emperor before bringing him to see her.

Ah Yin accepted Lu Duzhou’s promise to help revive her, while Tang San resolved to grow stronger and protect her. Ning Rongrong joined Lu Duzhou’s household for training, and after he disciplined her for resisting, she began adjusting to her new life; Lu Duzhou then went with Dugu Bo to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

• Ah Yin realized Tang Hao had prioritized Tang San’s growth over restoring her, and Lu Duzhou promised to help revive her while keeping her hidden until he was strong enough to protect her.
• Lu Duzhou told Tang San that Ning Fengzhi would bring Ning Rongrong to Dugu Manor and leave her there as part of an alliance funded in part by an Immortal Herb.
• Ning Fengzhi left Ning Rongrong at the manor, where Xiao Aimi and Xiao Wu welcomed her and Lu Duzhou ordered her to begin physical training the next morning.
• Ning Rongrong resisted training and Lu Duzhou spanked her, while Xiao Wu shared her punishment; Ning Rongrong apologized and became more obedient.
• Lu Duzhou accompanied Dugu Bo to the Crown Prince’s Eastern Palace after Xue Qinghe summoned them.

Lu Duzhou revealed that he knew Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and proposed an alliance in which she would marry Dugu Yan while bearing his child, who would inherit the Heaven Dou Empire. After sharing the secrets of exceeding Soul Ring limits and Martial Soul evolution, Lu Duzhou returned to Dugu Bo and explained the deal, provoking his anger.

• Lu Duzhou privately told Xue Qinghe he knew she was Qian Renxue and asked whether she intended to claim the throne.
• Lu Duzhou proposed that Qian Renxue marry Dugu Yan as Crown Princess while he fathered her heir, and Qian Renxue accepted.
• Qian Renxue revealed her true face, and Lu Duzhou explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and Immortal Herbs could evolve Martial Souls.
• Lu Duzhou offered Qian Renxue an Immortal Herb that could help her become a Title Douluo if she became his woman, then left to speak with Dugu Bo.
• Lu Duzhou told Dugu Bo about the alliance, and Dugu Bo demanded an explanation for involving Dugu Yan in the plan.

Lu Duzhou convinced Dugu Yan to accept becoming the crown prince's consort as part of his alliance strategy, then went alone to rescue Ye Yurou from Yue Guan. The chapter ended with Yue Guan recognizing Lu Duzhou's four immortal-grade herbs and being tempted to take him as a student.

• Lu Duzhou explained to Dugu Bo that the crown prince was a woman and that making Dugu Yan the crown prince's consort would strengthen their alliance; Dugu Bo warned him not to invite trouble.
• Lu Duzhou apologized to Dugu Yan and offered to cancel the arrangement, but Dugu Yan comforted him and accepted becoming the crown prince's consort.
• Lu Duzhou checked on Ning Rongrong and continued cultivating before Ye Lingling begged him to rescue her kidnapped mother, Ye Yurou.
• Lu Duzhou followed the note to a grove, where Yue Guan appeared and revealed that he had taken Ye Yurou to force Lu Duzhou to disclose the secret he sought.
• Lu Duzhou recognized Yue Guan as Chrysanthemum Douluo and asked him to become his teacher, revealing that he had consumed four immortal-grade herbs.
• Yue Guan recognized the aura of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and was astonished by Lu Duzhou's four herbs, seeing him as his dream disciple.