Chapter Summaries

After gaining Amaterasu from his Second Soul Ring, Taichu planned to seek a Space-Type Soul Beast for Kamui as his Third Soul Skill and left Sunset Forest. In Heaven Dou City, Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Taichu had revealed a way to contain the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison, and said Taichu would visit the Dugu Family in two or three years.

• Taichu confirmed that Soul Rings could grant him dojutsu and decided to seek a Space-Type Soul Beast for Kamui as his Third Soul Skill.
• Taichu left Sunset Forest, concerned that the Imperial Dou Team’s families might come looking for him.
• Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou City after absorbing the Blood Shadow Red Snake’s Soul Ring and told Dugu Bo that Taichu knew about the Dugu Family’s poison.
• Dugu Yan explained Taichu’s method of containing the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison in a Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo realized it could prolong his family’s lives.
• Dugu Yan said Taichu would visit the Dugu Family in two or three years, leaving Dugu Bo uneasy about their relationship.

Taichu evaded pursuit by traveling between cities and fighting in Soul Fighting Arenas, then returned to Nuoding City after more than half a year away. He reunited with Su Yuntao, revealed his Thousand Year Second Soul Ring and Soul Power Level 24, and settled back into the warmth of home.

• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan sent people to Sunset Forest to hunt for Taichu and avenge Yu Tianheng, but Taichu had already left.
• Taichu won five consecutive one-on-one matches at a city’s Soul Fighting Arena and copied Lightning-type Soul Skills from other Soul Masters.
• Over four months, Taichu traveled from the Heaven Dou Empire to the Star Luo Empire, fighting in Soul Fighting Arenas and copying many Lightning-type Soul Skills.
• Taichu entered Star Dou Forest, stayed in its Fringe Area for half a month, then removed his disguises and returned to Nuoding City.
• Su Yuntao welcomed Taichu home and scolded him for not sending a letter, then learned that Taichu had reached Soul Power Level 24 with two Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Su Yuntao invited Sisi and Ma Xiunuo to celebrate Taichu’s return, and Taichu relaxed at home after months of travel and hiding.

At level 30, Taichu needed information about Immortal Herbs before seeking the Breaking Clan, but Tang San returned with an illustrated guide and demanded another chance to challenge him. Taichu accepted, pleased to have obtained the guide as Tang San prepared to fight again.

• After a year and a half of training, Taichu reached level 30 and planned to hunt his Third Soul Ring before seeking Immortal Herb knowledge from the Breaking Clan.
• Tang San arrived with Yu Xiaogang and challenged Taichu, offering a handwritten Immortal Herb Illustrated Guide in exchange for one chance to fight him.
• Taichu questioned whether Tang San had written false information in the guide, and Tang San swore by his Martial Soul that it was truthful.
• Taichu accepted the guide and agreed to give Tang San another chance to challenge him.

Taichu used Genjutsu to defeat Tang San, who had believed he had bound and beaten him. Tang San accidentally struck Yu Xiaogang with his Sleeve Arrow, and the physician amputated Yu Xiaogang’s injured organ, leaving him a One-Spear Ranger.

• Tang San brought Taichu the Immortal Herb Illustrated Guide, and Taichu memorized its contents with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Tang San challenged Taichu, but Taichu trapped him in Genjutsu and made him mistake Yu Xiaogang for his bound opponent.
• Tang San fired his Sleeve Arrow at the illusion, striking Yu Xiaogang, and Taichu revealed that Tang San had lost.
• Tang San rushed the unconscious Yu Xiaogang to the physician, who said the injury could only be treated by cutting it off.
• Tang San restrained Yu Xiaogang while the physician amputated the injured organ, turning Yu Xiaogang into a One-Spear Ranger.

Taichu left for Heaven Dou City with the Immortal Herb Illustrated Guide, while Yu Xiaogang suffered a reopened wound and Tang San swore revenge. Taichu arrived in the city and prepared to visit Dugu Manor.

• Taichu memorized the Immortal Herb Illustrated Guide, said goodbye to Uncle, Aunt-to-be, and Ma Xiunuo, and set out for Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Xiaogang woke in a Nuoding City clinic and learned that his injury had made him the One-Spear Ranger.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to cultivate and avenge him, then reopened his wound when he abruptly got up and had to be stitched again.
• Tang San blamed Taichu for Yu Xiaogang's suffering and vowed to make him experience the same humiliation.
• Taichu traveled by carriage to Heaven Dou City and arrived, intending to visit Dugu Manor.

Taichu visited Dugu Manor, where Dugu Bo tested him with Soul Power Pressure and learned of his extraordinary talent. Dugu Yan welcomed Taichu warmly, and Dugu Bo began imagining him as his future grandson-in-law.

• Taichu entered Dugu Manor and met Dugu Bo, who asked how he knew about the Dugu Family's Jade Phosphor Snake Poison.
• Dugu Bo increased his Soul Power Pressure, but Taichu resisted and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and two Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Dugu Yan arrived, prompting Dugu Bo to withdraw his pressure, and she recognized Taichu as the younger brother she had heard about.
• Dugu Yan complimented Taichu's looks and asked his age; Taichu said he was nine and level 30, shocking Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo admired Taichu's talent and began thinking of him as an outstanding future grandson-in-law for Dugu Yan.

Taichu visited Dugu Bo to seek access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, explaining how it could suppress the Dugu Family’s Jade Phosphor Snake Poison and might contain Immortal Herbs. Dugu Bo learned that the herbs could repair his Martial Soul’s flaw, while Dugu Yan’s growing affection for Taichu left her defending him against her grandfather.

• Dugu Bo accidentally called Taichu his grandson-in-law, and Dugu Yan blushed while privately imagining a future with him.
• Taichu explained that he had deduced the Dugu Family’s poison problem and identified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as the place that had helped Dugu Bo reach the titled Douluo level.
• Taichu admitted that he wanted to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for its possible Immortal Herbs, and Dugu Bo warned that he could kill him to keep the secret.
• Dugu Yan stood between Dugu Bo and Taichu and threatened to stop speaking to her grandfather if he harmed him.
• Taichu said Immortal Herbs might repair the Jade Phosphor Snake Martial Soul’s flaw and showed Dugu Bo an Immortal Herb Illustrated Guide.
• Dugu Bo studied the guide, and Dugu Yan scolded him for continuing to threaten Taichu.

Taichu and Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Taichu identified seventeen Immortal Herbs and decided Tang San would pay for taking them all. Dugu Bo agreed to let Taichu use and take several herbs, leaving Taichu free to choose what he needed.

• Dugu Bo accidentally dropped Taichu from a great height, but Taichu used lightning to slow his fall and landed safely.
• Dugu Yan scolded Dugu Bo for dropping Taichu, then Taichu urged her to focus on their business.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had given Dugu Yan the fifty-thousand-year-old Death Bone Scorpion King Right Arm Bone to protect her from Jade Phosphor Snake Poison.
• Taichu catalogued the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found seventeen Immortal Herbs listed in Tang San's guide.
• Taichu resolved to take several herbs and angrily vowed that Tang San would pay for taking the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's herbs.
• Dugu Bo gave Taichu permission to use and take whichever Immortal Herbs he needed.

Taichu helped Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan choose Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, resolving their disagreement over who should receive the herb best suited to them. After they consumed their herbs, Taichu took the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen the mental power his Mangekyō Sharingan needed.

• Dugu Bo agreed to let Dugu Yan take the single Immortal Herb best suited to both of them, but Dugu Yan initially insisted that he use it instead.
• Dugu Bo persuaded Dugu Yan to accept the herb by arguing that she needed to grow stronger, and she changed her mind after worrying Taichu might flirt with other women if she could not keep up.
• Taichu recommended the Nine-Colored Snake God Flower for Dugu Yan and the Earth Dragon Golden Melon for Dugu Bo, explaining how each suited their snake-type Martial Souls and could help with the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison.
• Dugu Yan consumed the petals of the Nine-Colored Snake God Flower, and Dugu Bo carefully dug up and consumed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon.
• Taichu picked the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and drank its droplets, causing the plant to crumble into dust.

Taichu consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and evolved his Mangekyō Sharingan into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. He then ate the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, survived their effects in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and emerged with immunity to ice, fire, and poison.

• Taichu awakened the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan after consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, greatly increasing his mental power.
• Taichu used jade to handle and eat the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and lost consciousness.
• Dugu Bo awoke after his transformation and discovered Taichu's Soul Tool beside the spring, realizing Taichu had entered the dangerous waters.
• Dugu Yan awoke and asked Dugu Bo where Taichu was, while Dugu Bo struggled to explain.
• Taichu burst from the spring, announced that he had gained ice, fire, and poison immunity, and received his Soul Tool from Dugu Bo, who told him to put on his clothes.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan revealed how the Immortal Herbs had transformed their Martial Souls, while Dugu Bo welcomed Taichu as his grandson. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan demonstrating the elemental abilities of her Nine-Colored Heaven Serpent.

• Dugu Bo summoned his evolved Jade Phosphorous Rock Flood Dragon Emperor and explained that his poison was neutralized and his Soul Power had risen to rank 93.
• Dugu Bo told Taichu to call him grandfather, and Taichu accepted, delighting Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Taichu discussed names for Dugu Bo's evolved Martial Soul and settled on Jade Phosphorous Rock Flood Dragon Emperor.
• Dugu Yan summoned her evolved Nine-Colored Heaven Serpent and explained that it controlled nine elements through corresponding Soul Rings.
• Dugu Yan demonstrated her first three Soul Skills, using fire, earth, and water to create a fire serpent, raise earthen spikes, and form a Dragon Gate from the spring water.

Dugu Yan revealed that her Martial Soul had evolved and her Soul Power had reached level 40, while Taichu explained how Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and help Soul Masters absorb older Soul Rings. The chapter left Dugu Bo urgently warning Taichu against trying to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his Third Soul Ring.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that her Soul Bone Skill had become the Power of Death and that her Soul Power had reached level 40.
• Dugu Bo celebrated the improvements to himself and Dugu Yan, then offered to hunt Soul Rings for her and Taichu.
• Taichu advised Dugu Yan to strengthen her body with Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber before hunting her Fourth Soul Ring.
• Taichu explained that Whale Rubber enhanced physical quality, but each Soul Master had a limit to how much they could absorb.
• Dugu Bo asked what Soul Ring Taichu wanted for his Third Soul Ring, and Taichu said he intended to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo warned Taichu that a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring required sufficient mental power to withstand its Soul Shock.

Taichu explained that his Spirit-type Martial Soul and powerful mental strength could let him endure a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, while Dugu Bo discovered that Taichu had also created several lightning-based Soul Skills. After testing Taichu’s limits, Dugu Bo found his mental power comparable to a Soul Emperor’s and his physical strength above a Soul King’s, leaving him confident Taichu could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Taichu told Dugu Bo that his Martial Soul was Spirit-type and that Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew had strengthened his mental power enough to withstand Soul Shock.
• Taichu demonstrated his lightning and explained how he had combined copied Soul Skills into five Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Dugu Bo released his killing intent to test Taichu, who resisted pressure that rose to twenty-eight thousand years as the medicinal effects of his Immortal Herbs were fully refined.
• Dugu Bo stopped the test and estimated that Taichu could withstand the Soul Shock of a Soul Ring around thirty thousand years old.
• Dugu Bo examined Taichu and found his physical quality slightly stronger than a Soul King’s, confirming that he could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Taichu asked Dugu Bo to find a ten-thousand-year Void Ancient Snake for his Third Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo agreed to search the Star Dou Forest after Dugu Yan strengthened her body with Whale Rubber. After two months of refining it, Dugu Yan was ready to absorb a Soul Ring of around eight thousand five hundred years, and the group set off for the forest.

• Taichu asked Dugu Bo to find a ten-thousand-year Void Ancient Snake, and Dugu Bo agreed to take him to the Star Dou Forest after Dugu Yan consumed Whale Rubber.
• Dugu Yan melted and swallowed Whale Rubber, then used the Meditation Method to refine its medicinal power.
• Dugu Yan spent two months consuming three pieces of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber and more than ten pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber.
• Dugu Bo examined Dugu Yan and determined that her body could withstand a Soul Ring of around eight thousand five hundred years.
• Dugu Yan urged Dugu Bo to leave, and the group departed for the Star Dou Forest.

Taichu defeated an 8,000-year Golden Giant Snake with Tsukuyomi, allowing Dugu Yan to absorb it as her fourth Soul Ring. Dugu Yan emerged at level 48, while Dugu Bo planned to help Taichu find a ten-thousand-year Void Ancient Snake for his third ring.

• Taichu used Tsukuyomi to defeat the Golden Giant Snake, which he recommended for Dugu Yan's fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan killed the Golden Giant Snake and began absorbing its more than 8,500-year Soul Ring as Taichu and Dugu Bo watched.
• Dugu Bo told Taichu that scouts had found traces of a ten-thousand-year Void Ancient Snake in the Star Dou Forest's Northwest Region, and Taichu agreed to go after it.
• Dugu Yan completed the first stage of absorption and revealed that she had reached level 48, crediting the Soul Ring and the Nine-Colored Snake God Flower for her gains.
• Dugu Bo celebrated Dugu Yan's prospects of becoming the continent's youngest Soul King or Soul Emperor, then called Taichu a monster after estimating how quickly he would advance.

Taichu proposed establishing an Advanced Soul Master Academy to stop Yu Xiaogang from gaining fame through the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Dugu Bo hesitated after Taichu explained Yu Xiaogang’s powerful connections.

• Dugu Yan demonstrated her Fourth Soul Skill, Power of Gold, by smashing a wide tree trunk with her bare hands.
• Dugu Bo said Dugu Yan might reach level 60 before the next tournament and help the Imperial Dou Team contend for the championship.
• Taichu announced that he wanted to establish an Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Dugu Bo questioned whether he was wasting time instead of cultivating.
• Taichu explained that he planned to use the academy to block Yu Xiaogang and prevent Tang San from gaining fame and claiming the tournament’s Soul Bones.
• Dugu Bo offered to deal with Taichu’s enemy, but fell silent after Taichu described Yu Xiaogang’s ties to Yu Yuanzhen and Bibi Dong.

Taichu explained Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong’s hidden family connection, prompting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to react with disgust. Dugu Bo agreed to help Taichu secure an Advanced Soul Master Academy’s grounds and certification, and Dugu Yan offered to join and bring Ye Lingling.

• Taichu told Dugu Bo that Yu Xiaogang’s ex-girlfriend Liu Erlong was the illegitimate daughter of Yu Luomian, making her and Yu Xiaogang cousins.
• Dugu Yan recoiled at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s secrets and vowed to beat Yu Tianheng if he approached her again.
• Dugu Bo agreed to help Taichu obtain academy grounds and Advanced Soul Master Academy certification, while leaving the rest to Taichu.
• Dugu Yan volunteered to be Taichu’s first student and offered to bring her good sister, Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan considered recruiting the other Imperial Dou Team members, but Taichu told her he would find students himself.

Taichu rejected Dugu Yan’s plan to bring members of the Imperial Dou Team into his future academy, then joined Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in searching for a Void Ancient Snake for his Third Soul Ring. After using Amaterasu to track and kill one, he discovered a Soul Bone falling from its ashes.

• Taichu refused to let Dugu Yan invite the Imperial Dou Team members to his academy, though she said she would bring only her close friends.
• Dugu Bo ended their discussion and led Taichu to hunt for his Third Soul Ring.
• After searching the Star Dou Forest for weeks, Taichu found a Void Ancient Snake and burned it with his Second Soul Skill, Amaterasu.
• The Void Ancient Snake repeatedly used Space Jump to escape, but Taichu followed the lingering Amaterasu until it died in the Outer Zone.
• The Void Ancient Snake burned to ashes, and a Soul Bone fell from its corpse.

Taichu absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his Third Soul Ring, overcoming the beast’s remnant soul with his mental power. Ning Fengzhi arrived with Bone Douluo Gu Rong and Ning Rongrong, discovering Taichu’s extraordinary achievement and leaving Dugu Bo weighing how to protect the secret.

• Taichu stored the dropped right leg Soul Bone and began absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring under Dugu Bo’s protection.
• Taichu crushed the Soul Beast’s remnant soul with his mental power and successfully absorbed the ring, astonishing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Ning Fengzhi emerged from the jungle with Bone Douluo Gu Rong and Ning Rongrong and noticed Taichu’s level 30 soul power and Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo recognized that he could not easily fight Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, then considered taking Ning Rongrong hostage if necessary.

Dugu Bo drove Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Rong away while Taichu absorbed his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Ning Fengzhi decided to investigate the young man's identity. Taichu completed the absorption and reached Soul Power Rank 35.

• Gu Rong shielded Ning Rongrong and warned Dugu Bo, but Dugu Bo revealed his level 93 cultivation and ordered the group to leave.
• Ning Fengzhi took Ning Rongrong away and called off Gu Rong, while Dugu Bo worried that they had discovered Taichu's Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi refused Gu Rong's suggestion to return and attack, reasoning that Dugu Bo was too dangerous to provoke and was unlikely to become their enemy.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong to draw Taichu's portrait and investigate him, hoping to recruit a prodigy for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Taichu finished absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, his physical quality improved, and his Soul Power reached Rank 35.