Chapter Summaries

Yu Luomian stopped beating Yu Xiaogang and left Flender in charge of Liu Erlong’s academy while he searched for medicine to treat her mental trauma. Taichu failed to obtain Soul Bones from Ning Fengzhi, but Dugu Bo secured one from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

• Yu Luomian beat Yu Xiaogang until he was badly injured, then ordered him taken away and told Flender to manage Liu Erlong’s academy until she woke up.
• Yu Luomian gave Flender a token for contacting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and left to search for medicine to treat Liu Erlong’s mental injuries.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji lamented Taichu’s powerful Soul Skill and the suffering he had caused Liu Erlong and them.
• Taichu failed to obtain Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones from Ning Fengzhi, who said he had none to trade.
• Dugu Bo obtained a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone from Xue Ye, who gave it to him without payment to strengthen their relationship.

Yang Wudi broke through to level 90 with help from a powerful medicinal pill, while Taichu also advanced to level 56. Yang Wudi revealed that he knew where to find a ninety-thousand-year Destruction Golden Dragon, and the group prepared to leave and hunt it for his ninth soul ring.

• Taichu and Dugu Bo waited while Yang Wudi cultivated, and Taichu accidentally broke through to level 56.
• Yang Wudi emerged from the room after reaching level 90 and thanked Taichu and Dugu Bo for their support.
• Yang Wudi explained that he knew the location of a ninety-thousand-year Destruction Golden Dragon in the Star Dou Forest.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi exchanged a quiet understanding, and Taichu noticed they were speaking in riddles.
• Taichu ordered the group to prepare to set off and hunt the Destruction Golden Dragon.

Taichu, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi confronted the Destruction Golden Dragon, a Soul Beast with strength comparable to a hundred-thousand-year beast. Amaterasu barely harmed it, so Taichu trapped it in Tsukuyomi to give the others an opening.

• Yang Wudi warned Taichu and Dugu Bo that the Destruction Golden Dragon had powerful attacks and defenses and might be nearing a hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Taichu spotted the Destruction Golden Dragon watching them from a distant mountaintop.
• The Destruction Golden Dragon charged at the three, and Dugu Bo told them to scatter as it crashed into the ground.
• Taichu used Amaterasu, but the Destruction Golden Dragon weakened the flames with its Destruction Beam and stripped them from its scales.
• Taichu called on Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi to seize an opening, then trapped the Destruction Golden Dragon in Tsukuyomi Space.

Taichu, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi attacked a ninety-thousand-year Destruction Golden Dragon, but Taichu’s Tsukuyomi caused him mental backlash and Dugu Bo could hold the dragon still only briefly. Taichu insisted on using his Soul Skill again to finish the fight quickly before other powerful Soul Beasts arrived.

• Taichu’s Tsukuyomi injured the Destruction Golden Dragon, but the dragon broke free and inflicted minor backlash on him.
• Dugu Bo froze the Destruction Golden Dragon with his Eighth Soul Skill, Time Solidification.
• Yang Wudi pierced the dragon with his Eighth Soul Skill, Soul-Breaking Spear Strike, then retreated as Dugu Bo’s control ended.
• Taichu told Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi to protect him while he used his Soul Skill again, arguing that they had to end the fight before other Soul Beasts arrived.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi warned Taichu that the dragon’s mental power made another attempt dangerous.

Taichu, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi weakened and captured the Destruction Golden Dragon before it could escape. Dugu Bo then revealed two Medicinal Pills and said they would artificially create a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Taichu used his First Soul Skill, Tsukuyomi, to mentally torment the Destruction Golden Dragon, suffering backlash as it weakened.
• When the Destruction Golden Dragon tried to flee, Dugu Bo froze it with his Eighth Soul Skill, Time Solidification.
• Yang Wudi used his Martial Soul Avatar and Soul-Breaking Spear Strike to pierce the Destruction Golden Dragon's scales and injure its vital point.
• Dugu Bo bound the collapsed Destruction Golden Dragon with a special rope while Taichu urged Yang Wudi to act.
• Dugu Bo produced two Medicinal Pills and declared that they would artificially create a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi fed the wounded Destruction Golden Dragon pills to force it to break through to a hundred thousand years, hoping to claim its Soul Ring. The beast recovered and began to threaten them, but Dugu Bo revealed that he had poisoned it.

• Dugu Bo explained that the pills could push the nearly hundred-thousand-year Destruction Golden Dragon across the threshold, and Taichu warned that it might escape afterward.
• Dugu Bo fed the pills to the Destruction Golden Dragon, whose strength and injuries quickly recovered as the group retreated.
• The Destruction Golden Dragon reached a hundred thousand years of cultivation, gained traces of destructive purple in its scales, and became powerful enough to speak.
• The Destruction Golden Dragon threatened the humans, then spat blackish-red blood as Dugu Bo's poison took effect.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had poisoned the beast to keep it from escaping and secure its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi killed the Destruction Golden Dragon after forcing it to advance into a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. They harvested its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Yang Wudi offered the Soul Bone to Taichu.

• Dugu Bo used his Eighth Soul Skill, Time Solidification, to immobilize the Destruction Golden Dragon while Yang Wudi attacked.
• Yang Wudi pierced the Destruction Golden Dragon’s brain with his Eighth Soul Skill, killing it and causing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring to form.
• Taichu realized Dugu Bo had used a poisonous pill in his scheme, and Dugu Bo explained that the medicinal resources had been extraordinarily costly.
• Yang Wudi collected the Destruction Golden Dragon’s valuable remains and removed its hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Yang Wudi gave the Soul Bone to Taichu, who was stunned to learn it was meant for him.

Taichu accepted the Hundred Thousand Year Destruction Golden Dragon Left Arm Bone from Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi, while Yang Wudi began absorbing the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. Elsewhere, Liu Erlong revealed that Taichu—not Dugu Bo—had injured her, leaving Yu Luomian stunned.

• Dugu Bo explained that he and Yang Wudi had planned for Taichu to receive the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone while Yang Wudi took the Soul Ring.
• Taichu began absorbing the Destruction Golden Dragon Left Arm Bone, hoping its power would raise him from level 56 to level 60.
• Dugu Bo stood guard as Yang Wudi began absorbing the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo reflected that he was helping Taichu partly because he expected him to support Yanyan in the future.
• After waking from a month-long coma, Liu Erlong told Yu Luomian that Taichu had seriously injured her, and Yu Luomian was shocked.

Liu Erlong confirmed that Taichu had defeated her, and Flender revealed that Taichu had also overwhelmed him and Wuji. Alarmed by Taichu’s age, level, and strength, Yu Luomian rushed back to report to clan leader Yu Yuanzhen and decide whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan should let Taichu live or kill him.

• Liu Erlong firmly told Yu Luomian that Taichu had injured her, not Dugu Bo.
• Yu Luomian realized Taichu was only twelve, had reached level 55, and could defeat a Soul Saint, making him a possible future threat to the clan.
• Flender confirmed Taichu had also defeated him and Wuji without giving them a chance to fight back.
• Yu Luomian blamed Flender for not sharing Taichu’s strength sooner, but Flender replied that Yu Luomian had never asked.
• Yu Luomian left to tell clan leader Yu Yuanzhen about Taichu and seek a decision on whether the clan should let him grow or assassinate him.

Yu Luomian told Yu Yuanzhen that Taichu was a twelve-year-old Level 55 Soul King and that Dugu Bo’s granddaughter was married to him. Yu Yuanzhen decided against confronting Taichu directly and ordered the clan to discreetly inform other factions, hoping they would eliminate the young genius.

• Yu Luomian hurried to Yu Yuanzhen’s study and clarified that he had not come to argue about Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Luomian reported what he had learned about Taichu’s strength and his ties to Dugu Bo’s family.
• Yu Yuanzhen reacted with alarm and asked whether the report was true, and Yu Luomian insisted it was.
• Yu Yuanzhen considered the risks of attacking Dugu Bo directly and chose to avoid reconciliation with Taichu.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian to discreetly spread the information to other factions so they might kill Taichu.

Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian to arrange a covert attempt against Taichu, while Taichu reached level 60 after absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Taichu revealed he wanted the Titan Giant Ape’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and planned to hunt it with Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi’s help.

• Yu Yuanzhen warned Yu Luomian to conceal the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s role in the planned attack on Taichu.
• Yu Yuanzhen reflected that the clan’s resources had been squandered on Yu Xiaogang and that its young geniuses needed protection.
• Taichu’s soul power surged to level 60 after he absorbed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo praised his record-breaking progress.
• Taichu told Dugu Bo he wanted the Titan Giant Ape as his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo offered to refine a medicinal pill to help Taichu absorb another Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but Taichu said they could hunt the Titan Giant Ape directly.
• Taichu expected Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi to help him overcome the Titan Giant Ape once Yang Wudi finished absorbing his Ninth Soul Ring.

Taichu and Dugu Bo waited for Yang Wudi to finish absorbing his Soul Ring before planning to hunt the Titan Giant Ape, while Taichu kept the abilities of his new Soul Bone secret. Meanwhile, Clear Sky Sect members headed into the Star Dou Forest to hunt the Destruction Golden Dragon, and rumors about Taichu’s strength spread through Heaven Dou City.

• Dugu Bo agreed to enter the Core Zone with Taichu after Yang Wudi finished absorbing his Soul Ring, and Taichu resolved to obtain the Titan Giant Ape’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo asked about Taichu’s new Soul Bone abilities, but Taichu only said they were extremely powerful and kept their nature secret.
• A group of black-robed Clear Sky Sect members entered the Star Dou Forest to help Old Seven hunt the Ninety-Thousand-Year Destruction Golden Dragon for his Ninth Soul Ring.
• Yu Luomian and Yu Yuanzhen’s scheme helped spread news of Taichu’s strength, and people across Heaven Dou City began discussing his level 55 Soul King cultivation and appearance.

At the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Ye and Qian Renxue learned that Taichu was away hunting for soul rings, leaving them unable to recruit him immediately. Qian Renxue resolved to use the pressure from rival factions to draw Taichu to her side.

• Xue Ye angrily demanded to know why Taichu had not been brought to the palace, while Qian Renxue tried to calm him.
• Qian Renxue blamed an unknown person for publicizing Taichu’s talent and worried that his rapid growth could surpass her own.
• Palace messengers reported that Taichu and Dugu Bo had left Samsara Academy to hunt for soul rings.
• Xue Ye regretted missing the chance to recruit Taichu, while Qian Renxue planned to exploit the competing factions’ pressure to make him choose her.

Bibi Dong learned that Taichu had reached level 55 at age twelve and ordered Spirit Hall to give him one final chance to join before eliminating him. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong weighed whether to help Taichu or remove the growing threat.

• Bibi Dong berated Yue Guan and Gui Mei for failing to kill Taichu, and both admitted fault.
• Bibi Dong blamed her mounting anger on the failed assassination, her daughter, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang Hao’s accusations about his stolen Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong sent a letter to Heaven Dou City demanding that Taichu be recruited within a month or eliminated, and threatened to summon Qian Daoliu if her orders were refused.
• Ning Fengzhi learned Taichu was level 55 and discussed with Gu Rong whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should protect him or take the opportunity to eliminate him.
• Gu Rong remained silent, and Ning Fengzhi ended the discussion with a heavy sigh.

Taichu and Dugu Bo confronted three black-robed figures who entered the Destruction Golden Dragon’s territory while Yang Wudi absorbed its hundred-thousand-year soul ring. The newcomers recognized the soul ring, and the standoff began with Yang Wudi still vulnerable.

• Factions across the continent considered recruiting or assassinating Taichu after his talent was exposed.
• Taichu and Dugu Bo sensed three black-robed figures entering the Destruction Golden Dragon’s territory.
• The three figures followed the dead soul beast’s lingering aura and stopped near Taichu and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo shielded Yang Wudi and released his Level 95 Titled Douluo aura to warn the newcomers.
• The black-robed figures spotted Yang Wudi absorbing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and reacted in shock.

Yang Wudi recognized the Clear Sky Sect elders and confronted them over their past betrayal of the Breaking Clan and their secret emergence from sealing. The Seventh Elder accused Yang Wudi of stealing his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and the elders revealed their identities as the confrontation escalated.

• The Clear Sky Sect elders recognized Yang Wudi as the former leader of the Breaking Clan, whose alchemical methods they had long coveted.
• The Seventh Elder accused Yang Wudi of stealing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring he believed should have been his.
• Tang Xiao realized that Yang Wudi had become a Titled Douluo and warned that provoking him could be dangerous.
• Yang Wudi recognized the Seventh Elder and condemned the Clear Sky Sect for sneaking out while sealed by Spirit Hall.
• The Seventh Elder declared that the Clear Sky Sect would one day defeat Spirit Hall, and Tang Xiao, the Fifth Elder, and the Seventh Elder removed their Black Robes.

Yang Wudi confronted Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders, mocking their pride and the strength they had gained while their sect was sealed. After resisting the Fifth Elder’s Soul Power pressure, he pointed out that the Fifth and Seventh Elders had become Titled Douluo and warned that Spirit Hall might react if it learned how much the Clear Sky Sect had advanced.

• Yang Wudi recognized Tang Xiao, the Fifth Elder, and the Seventh Elder and mocked the Clear Sky Sect for bringing such a large force.
• The Fifth Elder grew furious at Yang Wudi’s taunts and released his Titled Douluo Soul Power pressure against Yang Wudi and his companions.
• Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Taichu remained unaffected by the Fifth Elder’s pressure, as their own strength had increased.
• Yang Wudi noted that the Fifth and Seventh Elders had reached Titled Douluo and suggested that Spirit Hall would respond if it learned of the Clear Sky Sect’s progress.

Seventh Elder insulted Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo by offering them the chance to serve the Clear Sky Sect as dogs, provoking both men and alarming Tang Xiao. The argument escalated into a fight when Fifth Elder charged at them.

• Seventh Elder told Yang Wudi he could be spared if he served the Clear Sky Sect, then offered Dugu Bo the same chance in exchange for the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Yang Wudi erupted in anger and condemned the Clear Sky Sect's arrogance, while Dugu Bo mocked its claim of being invincible under heaven.
• Tang Xiao shouted at Seventh Elder to stop antagonizing the two Titled Douluo, but his warning came too late.
• Fifth Elder roared at Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo for insulting the Clear Sky Sect and charged at them with his Clear Sky Hammer.

Dugu Bo fought the Clear Sky Sect’s Fifth Elder and gained a slight advantage, while Yang Wudi prepared to face Tang Xiao. Dugu Bo urged Yang Wudi to target the Fifth Elder instead and fight cautiously because Taichu was still present.

• Dugu Bo met the Fifth Elder’s Clear Sky Hammer with his transformed dragon claw and forced him to retreat.
• Dugu Bo relied on his evolved martial soul, Flood Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, and higher soul power to gain the edge in their clash.
• The Fifth Elder, angered by his setback, called on Tang Xiao to join him in attacking.
• Yang Wudi charged at Tang Xiao, driven by his hatred over the Breaking Clan’s losses twelve years earlier.
• Dugu Bo stopped Yang Wudi and assigned him to fight the Fifth Elder, warning him not to risk Taichu’s safety.
• Yang Wudi calmed down and accepted Dugu Bo’s cautious approach because he had placed his hopes in Taichu.

Yang Wudi and the Clear Sky Sect's Fifth Elder fought fiercely while Tang Xiao confronted Dugu Bo, mistaking his dragon-like Martial Soul for one from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After Dugu Bo identified himself as Poison Douluo, Tang Xiao asked whether he had hurt his Brother Hao.

• Yang Wudi charged the Fifth Elder, and their Title Douluo-level clashes devastated the surrounding area.
• Taichu retreated from the fighting, knowing he still needed to absorb his Sixth Soul Ring before his mental power could match a Title Douluo's.
• Tang Xiao asked Dugu Bo whether he belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Dugu Bo angrily denied the connection and declared his name as Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.
• Tang Xiao recognized Dugu Bo and asked, "Was it you who hurt my Brother Hao?"