Chapter Summaries

Chu Chen killed the Man Faced Demon Spider before Tang San could claim its Spirit Ring, then left Star Dou Forest for Heaven Dou City. Di Tian and Bi Ji learned that Chu Chen’s Dragon Bloodline could help their Lord recover, and Chu Chen arrived near Heaven Dou Royal Academy seeking an old acquaintance.

• Chu Chen killed the injured Man Faced Demon Spider and left before Tang San found its corpse, costing Tang San the chance to obtain its Spirit Ring and Eight Spider Spirit Bone.
• Tang San regretted missing the Man Faced Demon Spider and grew anxious while searching for Xiao Wu, whom the Titan Giant Ape had taken.
• The enormous dragon shadow beneath Star Dou Forest told Di Tian to find Chu Chen, whose Dragon Tribe aura could help her recover and prepare to destroy humanity.
• Di Tian told Bi Ji about the Lord’s command, and Bi Ji encouraged him to go after Chu Chen.
• Chu Chen reached Heaven Dou City, passed Blue Tyrant Academy, and headed toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy to visit an old acquaintance.

Chu Chen reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy to reunite with Ye Lingling, surprising Qin Ming, Dugu Yan, and the Huangdou Team when she warmly recognized him. After everyone left them alone, Ye Lingling asked Chu Chen whether he needed her help.

• Chu Chen arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where a gatekeeper tried to turn him away until teacher Qin Ming asked whom he was seeking.
• Chu Chen said he was looking for Ye Lingling, and Qin Ming led him into the academy, surprised that Lingling had a male friend.
• Qin Ming and Chu Chen met Dugu Yan, who learned that Chu Chen was Lingling's friend and reacted with disbelief.
• Dugu Yan and Qin Ming brought Chu Chen to the cultivation field, where Ye Lingling recognized him and greeted him warmly.
• Ye Lingling confirmed to Dugu Yan and the others that Chu Chen was her friend, and Qin Ming sent everyone away so they could speak privately.
• Ye Lingling asked Chu Chen whether he needed her help.

Chu Chen reunited with Ye Lingling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, revealed he had become a Soul Ancestor, and agreed to consider joining the Huangdou Team. After confronting Xue Beng, Chu Chen headed for Heaven Dou City's Great Soul Arena to train, while Ye Lingling went to speak with Qin Ming.

• Chu Chen told Ye Lingling he had come specifically to see her and revealed that he had recently become a Soul Ancestor.
• Ye Lingling explained that her family had secretly sent people to protect her during her trip to Star Dou Forest, and she thanked Chu Chen for helping her and Sister Ling's group.
• Xue Beng confronted Chu Chen and Ye Lingling, but Chu Chen sent Xue Beng's men flying and embarrassed the prince as the pair walked away.
• Ye Lingling invited Chu Chen to join the Huangdou Team, and he agreed after considering the opportunity to meet Dugu Bo and reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chu Chen told Ye Lingling he planned to train at Heaven Dou City's Great Soul Arena, while Ye Lingling went to find Qin Ming; Chu Chen promised to return the next day.

Chu Chen learned from Uncle Ye about Ye Lingling’s painful family history and agreed to help her, then entered the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena under the name Destruction. He began a level-forty death battle against Wang Teng and left his opponent reeling after their first exchange.

• Uncle Ye told Chu Chen that Ye Lingling blamed her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul for her grandmother’s death and had argued with her family before leaving to hunt her second Spirit Ring.
• Chu Chen agreed to help Ye Lingling and entered Heaven Dou City, where he registered at the Great Soul Arena under the name Destruction.
• Chu Chen signed up for a level-forty solo death battle, hoping to win ten matches in a row and qualify for the intermediate arena.
• The referee announced that Chu Chen and Wang Teng were both level-forty-three Soul Ancestors, and Wang Teng mocked Chu Chen’s Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Chu Chen met Wang Teng’s punch head-on, forced him backward, then struck his arm and abdomen, leaving Wang Teng clutching his stomach.

Chu Chen won six Death Matches in one night using formidable close-combat skills and the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, earning fame as Destruction. After watching his victories, Xue Qinghe approached him and asked to exchange insights on close-quarters combat.

• Chu Chen defeated Wang Teng in a Death Match without using a Spirit Ability, killing him after evading his wide-ranging attack.
• The referee announced Destruction's victory, and the crowd chanted his name as Xue Qinghe watched from the VIP room and took interest in him.
• Chu Chen won a second Death Match against an Agility Attack System Soul Ancestor, then went on to claim six victories that night.
• With no more suitable opponents available, Chu Chen left the Preparation Room and said he would return the next day.
• Xue Qinghe introduced himself as Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire and told Chu Chen he wanted to exchange close-combat insights.

Chu Chen and Xue Qinghe spent the night sparring and discussing combat techniques, forming a bond while keeping their secrets. Xue Qinghe refused to investigate Chu Chen, and Chu Chen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where a waiting figure spotted him.

• Xue Qinghe invited Chu Chen to leave the Great Soul Arena with him, and Chu Chen accepted, suspecting that Xue Qinghe might want to recruit him.
• Chu Chen and Xue Qinghe discussed their martial souls and combat techniques at a secluded spot, then sparred until dawn.
• After their sparring, Xue Qinghe asked to see Chu Chen's face, and Chu Chen removed his hat before they parted.
• Xue Qinghe's elders offered to investigate Chu Chen, but Xue Qinghe ordered them not to interfere and praised what he had learned from him.
• Chu Chen headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and saw a graceful figure waiting outside its gates.

Chu Chen joined the Huangdou Team’s training ground, where Dugu Yan tested his resistance to her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison. He emerged completely unharmed and revealed that he was a rank forty-three Soul Ancestor, leaving the team astonished.

• Ye Lingling escorted Chu Chen to the Huangdou Team’s training ground and asked whether her uncle had said anything strange to him.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Chu Chen’s place on the team, but Dugu Yan proposed approving him if he could withstand her poison.
• Dugu Yan engulfed Chu Chen in Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, but his blue-gold life energy protected him completely.
• Dugu Yan’s stronger poison also failed, and Chu Chen waved it away before reassuring the worried Ye Lingling.
• Qin Min welcomed Chu Chen and asked him to introduce himself, and Chu Chen announced that he was a rank forty-three Soul Ancestor with Blue Silver Grass.

Qin Ming took the team to observe the Great Soul Arena after hearing about Destruction’s close-combat victories, while Chu Chen secretly prepared to fight there himself. Ye Lingling joined the others, and Xue Qinghe warned Chu Chen that his opponent was a level 50 quasi Spirit King.

• Qin Ming told the team to observe Destruction’s deathmatch in Heaven Dou City, explaining that Destruction had defeated six Spirit Ancestor opponents without using spirit skills.
• While Chu Chen cultivated the Blue Silver Emperor, Ye Lingling stayed behind with him as Dugu Yan and the others left for the Great Soul Arena.
• Chu Chen brought Ye Lingling to the arena, then sent her to join the others and asked her to say he was still cultivating at the academy.
• In the preparation room, Chu Chen met Xue Qinghe, who had come to watch his match and warned him that his opponent had level 50 soul power but no fifth spirit ring.

Chu Chen, fighting as Destruction, defeated Blazing Academy’s Huo Changkong in the Deathmatch Arena using newly developed combat techniques and close-quarters attacks. He killed Huo Changkong and left the arena amid the crowd’s cheers.

• Ye Lingling realized that Destruction was Chu Chen, while the others failed to recognize him beneath his robe.
• Huo Changkong released his Flame Eagle martial soul and attacked, but Chu Chen’s combat techniques quickly gave him the advantage.
• Chu Chen used an explosive Blue Silver Emperor attack to shatter Huo Changkong’s Flame Ring and injure him.
• Huo Changkong took to the air with his Flame Wings and unleashed his fourth spirit ability, but Chu Chen’s Blue Silver Emperors dragged him back to the ground.
• Huo Changkong tried to slash Chu Chen with a flaming dagger, but Chu Chen knocked it away, killed him, and left the arena.

After killing Huo Changkong, Chu Chen discovered that the Blue Silver Domain could work with the Great Desolation Scripture to preserve plants while gathering and releasing their life energy. Dugu Bo took Chu Chen aside to question how his Blue Silver Grass resisted Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, leaving Chu Chen to explain his immunity.

• Dugu Yan and the others discussed Chu Chen's effortless victory over Huo Changkong, and Qin Ming praised his close-combat techniques.
• Xue Qinghe congratulated Chu Chen on the fight, and they agreed to continue discussing the Dao another day.
• Chu Chen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and found that the Blue Silver Domain and the Great Desolation Scripture could combine to gather life energy without immediately draining nearby plants.
• Dugu Yan introduced Chu Chen to her grandfather, Dugu Bo, who seized Chu Chen and took him away to investigate his poison resistance.
• Dugu Bo asked about Chu Chen's martial soul, saw him summon Blue Silver Grass, and demanded to know how it resisted Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.

Chu Chen proved that his life-infused Blue Silver Emperor could purify Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison, then revealed that both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan carried Inherited Poison. Dugu Bo agreed to travel with Chu Chen to Suotuo City and promised to reward him if he could cure Dugu Yan, while threatening him if he failed.

• Chu Chen explained that his life attribute and Blue Silver Grass gave him resistance to poison, then purified the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison Dugu Bo had condensed.
• Dugu Bo questioned Chu Chen’s ability, and Chu Chen pointed out that Dugu Yan had not been detoxified.
• Chu Chen said he had sensed Inherited Poison in Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo confirmed it and asked whether Chu Chen could cure them.
• Chu Chen said he could treat Dugu Yan and might control Dugu Bo’s long-standing poison with medicinal herbs, possibly helping him break through.
• Dugu Bo said he had a Herb Garden and agreed to travel with Chu Chen to Suotuo City, promising to make him his brother if he cured Dugu Yan and threatening him if he failed.
• Chu Chen and Dugu Bo returned to the academy, waited until dawn, and set off for Suotuo City with the group.

Chu Chen treated Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, making it controllable and strengthening her poison arts. Dugu Bo thanked Chu Chen and called him his brother, while Dugu Yan awakened at level thirty-nine.

• On the way to Suotuo City, Chu Chen told Ye Lingling that Dugu Bo had asked him to detoxify Dugu Yan.
• After the group reached Suotuo City, Qin Ming arranged for Chu Chen to compete as a Soul Elder and restrict himself to his first three soul skills.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Chu Chen, who explained that her poison had seeped into her marrow and that she needed to trust him during treatment.
• When Chu Chen’s Soul Power triggered Dugu Yan’s poison, he used his Blue Silver Domain, Life Energy, and purifying power to suppress and control it.
• After an hour, Chu Chen finished the treatment and advised Dugu Bo to find Dugu Yan a poison-attributed Soul Bone; Dugu Bo thanked him and declared him his brother.
• Dugu Yan woke up with stronger poison arts and a Soul Power breakthrough to level thirty-nine.

Chu Chen concealed his true strength as the Huangdou Team faced Tang San’s Shrek Team in the Great Soul Arena. He broke Xiao Wu’s leg during their opening clash, leaving the match underway and Tang San’s team reeling.

• The Huangdou Team won every match over three days, causing the Great Soul Arena to arrange a bout with the Shrek Team.
• Yu Tianheng dismissed the Shrek Team’s aliases and apparent strength, while Qin Ming warned the Huangdou Team not to underestimate them.
• Tang San recognized Chu Chen from Nuoding Academy and, encouraged by Yu Xiaogang, resolved to prove his Blue Silver Grass was stronger.
• The Huangdou Team and the Shrek Team entered the arena, and Chu Chen hid his true power and Spirit Rings as the match began.
• Xiao Wu charged toward Chu Chen, who caught her kick, shattered the bones in her lower leg, and punched her flying; Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass caught her before she left the arena.

Chu Chen and the Huangdou Team overwhelmed Shrek, leaving most of its members injured or incapacitated. The referee declared Huangdou victorious, and Chu Chen and Ye Lingling left the arena as Flender took Shrek away for treatment.

• Tang San bound Yu Feng to help Zhu Zhuqing attack Chu Chen, but Dugu Yan’s poison spread across the arena and Chu Chen knocked Zhu Zhuqing unconscious.
• Chu Chen nullified Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and dodged his hidden weapons, then struck Ma Hongjun with a poisoned blade that left him convulsing.
• Flender tried to stop the match, but Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San could still turn things around; meanwhile, Yu Feng kicked Ning Rongrong and Oscar out of the arena.
• Tang San attacked Chu Chen with Tang Sect techniques, but Chu Chen overpowered him and sent him off the arena.
• Yu Tianheng and the Shi Mo brothers drove Dai Mubai from the arena, leaving him badly wounded; Flender took the Shrek group for treatment.
• The referee declared the Huangdou Team the winner, and Chu Chen and Ye Lingling left the arena.

Chu Chen accompanied Dugu Bo to Sunset Forest so he could help control Dugu Bo’s poison, and they reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There, Chu Chen sensed a familiar presence and discovered an Ink Jade Bamboo among the Immortal Herbs.

• After the competition, Dugu Bo asked Chu Chen to find herbs rich in life force and help control his poison, and Chu Chen agreed.
• Chu Chen told Dugu Bo his Blue Silver Grass followed the life route and said he had a fifty-fifty chance of controlling Dugu Bo’s poison.
• The next day, Chu Chen parted from Ye Lingling and traveled with Dugu Bo directly to Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo dispelled the poisonous formation around his Herb Garden and led Chu Chen into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chu Chen released his Blue Silver Emperor, sensed a familiar aura, and found an Ink Jade Bamboo with around ten thousand years of cultivation.

Chu Chen used the Blue Silver Emperor’s resonance with the Ink Jade Bamboo to learn the properties of every Immortal Herb at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He guided Dugu Bo through a dangerous cure for his poison, then began searching for herbs suited to his own Ultimate Life and Ultimate Destruction.

• Chu Chen’s Blue Silver Emperor resonated with the Ink Jade Bamboo, revealing the effects of the Immortal Herbs in the valley.
• Chu Chen harvested a poisonous Immortal Herb and a vitality-rich one, explaining that Dugu Bo had to absorb them together to neutralize his poison.
• Dugu Bo trusted Chu Chen and swallowed both Immortal Herbs under his guidance.
• Chu Chen used the Blue Silver Emperor’s life force to guide Dugu Bo’s controlled poison into his Soul Bone, a process that lasted all day.
• After stabilizing Dugu Bo’s poison, Chu Chen recovered with his Blue Silver Domain and searched for Immortal Herbs containing Ultimate Life and Ultimate Destruction.

Chu Chen consumed the Immortal Herbs of Ultimate Life and Ultimate Destruction at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life chose him as a candidate to inherit both of their God Positions. Dugu Bo awoke to find Chu Chen’s Twin Martial Souls surging with fused Life and Destruction energy.

• Chu Chen picked and consumed the Immortal Herbs of Ultimate Life and Ultimate Destruction, causing his Blue Silver Emperor and Destruction Ancient Dragon Martial Souls to resonate.
• The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life discussed Chu Chen’s potential and decided that he could inherit both of their God Positions.
• The Goddess of Life raised concerns about one person holding two God King positions, but the God of Destruction argued that Chu Chen was worthy of their inheritance.
• The God of Destruction compared Chu Chen with Tang San, the Asura God’s inheritor, and declared that his own inheritor would not be weaker.
• Dugu Bo awoke after his cultivation, discovered his Soul Power had reached rank ninety-three, and saw Chu Chen’s Twin Martial Souls blazing with Life and Destruction energy.

Chu Chen transformed his Blue Silver Emperor and Destruction Ancient Dragon by tempering himself in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he awakened the attention of the God of Destruction. The God of Destruction offered him a future trial for both his and the Goddess of Life’s God Positions, but warned that beginning before he was strong enough would mean death.

• Dugu Bo watched as Chu Chen’s Destruction Ancient Dragon emerged and his Blue Silver Emperor spread across the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chu Chen plunged into the spring, used its extreme energies to temper himself, and sent Destruction Thunder toward its deepest point.
• Two Dragon Kings of ultimate ice and fire appeared above the spring before sinking back into it, while Dugu Bo waited for Chu Chen to emerge.
• The God of Destruction met Chu Chen in a spiritual world, offered him the chance to inherit his God Position, and warned him to grow stronger before beginning the difficult trial.
• Chu Chen returned to the spring, resolved to become stronger, and realized his Martial Souls had transformed.
• In the God Realm, the God of Destruction told the Goddess of Life that Chu Chen would inherit both their God Positions.

After three days in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Chu Chen emerged with his Blue Silver Emperor evolved into a Golden-Veined Blue Silver Emperor and his power greatly increased. He left with Dugu Bo, while Di Tian began watching him from the shadows.

• Chu Chen emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, revealing his evolved Golden-Veined Blue Silver Emperor and a stronger Destruction Ancient Dragon.
• Di Tian sensed Chu Chen’s bloodline and, at the Silver Dragon King’s command, pursued him without intending to harm him.
• Chu Chen reached level forty-nine, gained resistance to ice and fire, and strengthened his Destruction Ancient Dragon by absorbing part of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Origin Power.
• Dugu Bo told Chu Chen that his poison cultivation and Soul Bone had improved and that he had reached level ninety-three; he then gave Chu Chen a Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch.
• Chu Chen gathered several Immortal Herbs and left with Dugu Bo, advising him to strengthen his poison array.

Chu Chen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Bo, who had regained his vitality, and reunited with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others. That night, Chu Chen entered a level fifty deathmatch at the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena, drawing a packed crowd that included Dugu Bo, Xue Qinghe, and Blazing Academy.

• Dugu Bo asked Chu Chen about his conflict with Xue Beng, and Chu Chen said he had disciplined the prince for harassing Ye Lingling.
• Chu Chen and Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dugu Yan was delighted to see her grandfather looking younger.
• Dugu Bo called Chu Chen his brother, leaving Dugu Yan and the others stunned by their mismatched generation order.
• Chu Chen walked Ye Lingling back to her residence, then flew to the Great Soul Arena to enter a level fifty deathmatch.
• The Great Soul Arena filled with spectators, including Dugu Bo, Xue Qinghe, and Blazing Academy members who recognized Chu Chen as the one who had killed Huo Changkong.