Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yang cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and planned how to strengthen his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, protect the treasured plants from Tang San, and eventually develop Ultimate Poison. After breaking through to Level 6, he was praised by Dugu Bo, who arrived with a purple-haired maiden.

• Dugu Yang broke through to Level 6 after cultivating for half a month at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Dugu Yang resolved to choose poison-attribute soul rings that could strengthen his Jade Phosphor Snake Poison and eventually help him reach Ultimate Poison.
• Dugu Yang condemned Tang San for withholding ways to cure Dugu Bo's martial soul drawback and decided not to let him take any plants from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Dugu Yang considered how to obtain all five Jade Phosphor poisons without using too many soul ring slots.
• Dugu Bo arrived with a purple-haired maiden, recognized Dugu Yang's recent breakthrough, and praised his diligence and strength of character.

Dugu Yang met his cousin Dugu Yan and received books on spirit beasts from Dugu Bo. As he considered his first Spirit Ring, he resolved to pursue Mixed Poison despite Dugu Bo’s confidence in the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison.

• Dugu Bo introduced Dugu Yang to Dugu Yan, who boasted that her innate Soul Power was higher than his and was ordered to cultivate until she reached Level 9.
• Dugu Bo apologized for Dugu Yan’s behavior and gave Dugu Yang a Storage Soul Tool filled with books about Spirit Beasts.
• Dugu Yang studied a book about poisonous Spirit Beasts and told Dugu Bo he wanted a Spirit Ring that could grant him several poisons.
• Dugu Bo argued that Jade Phosphor Snake Poison was already powerful enough and advised Dugu Yang to focus on poisoning enemies quickly.
• Dugu Yang remained convinced that Mixed Poison would be harder to counter, citing how Tang San had neutralized Jade Phosphor Snake Poison with Realgar Powder and Strong Liquor.

Dugu Yang insisted on seeking deadly poisons to counter the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul’s backlash, and Dugu Bo gave him a poison reference despite warning him of the danger. After Dugu Yan reached level nine, Dugu Yang discussed possible first Spirit Rings with Dugu Bo, who hinted at a choice that might grant every deadly poison in the world.

• Dugu Yang told Dugu Bo he wanted to try using a poison that countered Jade Phosphor Snake Poison, and Dugu Bo warned that the poisons might instead corrode his body together.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yang his notebook recording several hundred kinds of poison before leaving the wooden house.
• After seven days of cultivation, Dugu Yan broke through to level nine and asked Dugu Bo if she could leave the Mountain Valley.
• Dugu Yang named the Five-Colored Poisonous Miasma Butterfly, Ghost-Faced Moth, and Jade Phosphor Seven Absolutes Flower as possible choices for his First Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yang said he most wanted the Five-Colored Poisonous Miasma Butterfly, and Dugu Bo suggested another choice that could grant him every deadly poison in the world.

Dugu Yang decided to seek a Tree Poison Toad for his First Soul Ring, hoping to gain its Poison Sac ability. After reaching level 10, he left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye with Dugu Bo and stopped in Nuoding City on the way to the Soul Hunting Forest, where he considered but rejected capturing Xiao Wu.

• Dugu Bo explained that Tree Poison Toads could consume poisons and produce many different toxins through their Poison Sacs, and Dugu Yang chose one for his First Soul Ring.
• After more than half a year of training, Dugu Yang reached level 10 and insisted on seeking a Tree Poison Toad, even if he had to try again for its Poison Sac soul skill.
• Dugu Yang revealed that he had discovered an All Things Affinity ability that let him sense goodwill and source power from spiritual beings such as Immortal Grade Spirit Grass.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yang stopped in Nuoding City to prepare supplies before traveling to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Dugu Yang considered capturing Xiao Wu for her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, but decided against it because Tang Hao was secretly protecting Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Dugu Yang and Dugu Bo traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest so Dugu Yang could obtain his First Soul Ring. Dugu Yang chose to absorb a six-hundred-year Tree Poison Toad Spirit Ring, and began drawing it toward himself.

• Dugu Yang told Dugu Bo he preferred staying in the Mountain Valley to studying at an academy.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yang to the Soul Hunting Forest and taught him about poisonous plants and the Tree Poison Toads in Withered Wood Marsh.
• Dugu Bo returned with a three-hundred-year and a six-hundred-year Tree Poison Toad, unable to find one close to four hundred years old.
• Dugu Yang chose the six-hundred-year Tree Poison Toad despite Dugu Bo's warning that exceeding the First Soul Ring limit could be fatal.
• Dugu Bo weakened the toad, and Dugu Yang killed it and began absorbing its Spirit Ring.

Dugu Yang absorbed the Tree Poison Toad Spirit Ring and discovered that his Golden Finger purified its remnant soul and revealed the beast’s Soul Skill Space. He chose Poison Sac for his first Soul Skill and planned to obtain Poison Body Adaptation from another Tree Poison Toad Spirit Ring at level 20.

• Dugu Yang endured the Tree Poison Toad Spirit Ring’s pressure and entered his consciousness space to face its remnant soul.
• Dugu Yang’s Golden Finger transformed the fiery sea into a meadow and purified the remnant soul’s resentment, allowing it to merge with his spiritual consciousness in goodwill.
• Dugu Yang entered the Tree Poison Toad’s Soul Skill Space and learned that he could choose a Soul Skill from the light clusters.
• Dugu Yang discovered Poison Body Adaptation, a passive skill that increased poison resistance and could eventually grant immunity to all poisons.
• Dugu Yang chose Poison Sac as his first Soul Skill and decided to seek Poison Body Adaptation from another Tree Poison Toad Spirit Ring at level 20.

After gaining his first Spirit Ring, Dugu Yang discovered his Poison Sac and Poison Body Adaptation, then began developing his Ultimate Poison plan by absorbing Jade Phosphor Scorpion poison. Dugu Yan arrived to challenge him, setting up the promised fight that could earn him a spirit grass from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

• Dugu Yang told Dugu Bo that he had gained a soul skill, and Dugu Bo learned his Soul Power Level had risen to roughly level 12.
• Dugu Yang accepted Dugu Yan's challenge and asked to choose a spirit grass from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye as his reward if he won.
• Seven days later, Dugu Yang finished absorbing the poison from a Thousand Year Jade Phosphor Scorpion Poison Pill and gained the ability to produce Jade Phosphor Scorpion Venom.
• Dugu Yan arrived and challenged Dugu Yang to show what he had gained from his six hundred year Spirit Ring.

Dugu Yang defeated Dugu Yan by using Jade Phosphor Scorpion Poison, impressing Dugu Bo and earning the right to choose a spiritual herb. He chose a pale pink flower near the place where he had absorbed the poison.

• Dugu Yan arrived in the mountain valley and challenged Dugu Yang, while Dugu Bo watched.
• Dugu Yan attacked with her Poison Arrow Technique, but Dugu Yang dodged it and rushed in close.
• Dugu Yang struck Dugu Yan with a seemingly weak palm and poisoned her with Jade Phosphor Scorpion Poison, leaving her unable to move.
• Dugu Bo expelled the poison and praised Dugu Yang for finding a way to counter the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo offered Dugu Yang a spiritual herb as promised, and Dugu Yang chose a pale pink great flower.

Dugu Yang used Aromatic Silk Beauty to neutralize deadly poisons and began building his own poison resistance while promising to cure the Dugu family's Martial Soul Drawback. A year later, he had reached Soul Power Level 20 and sought a way to combine his thirteen poisons into Mixed Poison before obtaining his Second Spirit Ring.

• Dugu Yang showed Dugu Bo that Aromatic Silk Beauty neutralized Jade Phosphor Snake Poison, and Dugu Bo let him decide what to do with the flower.
• Dugu Yang promised to find a way to cure the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul Drawback, though Dugu Bo doubted he could do so.
• Dugu Yang began his Ultimate Poison plan, consuming the Jade Phosphor Five Poisons and Jade Phosphor Flower Poison with Aromatic Silk Beauty protecting him.
• Over the next year, Dugu Yang absorbed thirteen poisons and grew resistant enough that the Jade Phosphor Seven Absolutes Flower miasma could not approach him.
• Dugu Yang reached Soul Power Level 20 but remained frustrated that he could not fuse his thirteen poisons into Mixed Poison, so he decided to wait until after obtaining his Second Spirit Ring.

Dugu Yang returned to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, then a year later traveled with Dugu Yan to the Soul Hunting Forest to seek their Second Spirit Rings. He planned to hunt a Thousand Year Tree Poison Toad, while his advice led Dugu Yan to consider an ice cold attribute soul beast for battlefield control.

• Dugu Yang told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that he had been delayed by a nine hundred year Iron Arm Bear, and Dugu Bo praised the power of his poisons.
• Dugu Yang chose a Thousand Year Tree Poison Toad for his Second Spirit Ring, hoping to gain a soul skill that adapted to poisons, and Dugu Bo reluctantly agreed.
• A year later, Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan entered the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain their Spirit Rings while Dugu Bo secretly followed to protect them.
• Dugu Yang advised Dugu Yan to seek an ice cold attribute soul beast so her Jade Phosphor Snake Poison could slow or freeze enemies.
• Dugu Yan accepted the idea and decided that an ice cold attribute Spirit Ring suited her Control Type Soul Master path better than increasing her poison's toxicity.

Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan encountered Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang while searching the Soul Hunting Forest, and Dugu Yan fought Huo Wu after an argument. Dugu Yan poisoned Huo Wu, while Dugu Yang stopped Huo Wushuang from intervening by numbing him.

• Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan discussed finding an ice-attribute soul beast for Dugu Yan's next Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan saw an injured Blazing Wolf flee, followed by Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang pursuing it.
• Huo Wu blamed Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan for not stopping the Blazing Wolf, and Dugu Yan answered her angrily.
• Huo Wu and Dugu Yan fought, and Huo Wu burned Dugu Yan's arms before Dugu Yan struck Huo Wu with her Poison Arrow Technique.
• Dugu Yan's poison weakened Huo Wu and made her collapse, while Dugu Yang numbed Huo Wushuang when he tried to interfere.

Dugu Yang subdued Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu with poison, but Dugu Bo arrived after Huo Jun attacked Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo forced Huo Jun to sever an arm as an apology, then stopped him from leaving with Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.

• Dugu Yang gave Huo Wushuang a Detoxification Pill and ordered Dugu Yan to treat Huo Wu, whose condition had become critical.
• Huo Jun burst from the forest and knocked Dugu Yan away, but Dugu Yang caught her before she hit the ground.
• Dugu Bo appeared and forced Huo Jun to cut off his poisoned arm as an apology for attacking his juniors.
• Huo Jun identified himself as Blazing Academy's vice dean and prepared to leave with Huo Wu, but Dugu Bo stopped him from taking Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.

Dugu Bo forced Huo Jun to negotiate two Spirit Bones for Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, then Dugu Yang enlisted the siblings to help hunt Spirit Rings. The group compared their abilities and prepared to hunt together while Dugu Bo left for Nuoding City.

• Dugu Bo demanded that Huo Lie provide two Spirit Bones in exchange for Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, and Huo Jun agreed to relay the demand.
• Dugu Yang detoxified Huo Wu, and Dugu Bo explained that the Spirit Bones were intended for Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yang persuaded Dugu Bo to let the Huo siblings join their Spirit Ring hunt, arguing that their strength would help against Spirit Beasts.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu agreed to accompany Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan, afraid to refuse while Dugu Bo was nearby.
• Dugu Bo departed for Nuoding City, and Dugu Yang, Dugu Yan, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang introduced their Soul Master levels, Martial Souls, and abilities.

Dugu Yang led Dugu Yan, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang into Withered Wood Marsh to hunt a Tree Poison Toad for his spirit ring, revealing that he intended to absorb a Thousand Year Ring. The group found a Thousand Year Tree Poison Toad, and Dugu Yang struck it down after Huo Wushuang narrowly dodged its venom.

• The four entered Withered Wood Marsh and agreed to secure Dugu Yang's spirit ring first.
• Dugu Yang rejected a Seven Hundred Year Tree Poison Toad and announced that he planned to absorb a Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yan spotted a Thousand Year Tree Poison Toad, and Dugu Yang assigned Huo Wushuang to attack while the others supported them.
• Huo Wushuang charged the toad, but it dodged his punch and sprayed venom; Dugu Yang warned him to roll clear.
• Dugu Yang pursued the toad and punched it out of the air, sending it crashing into the mud.

Dugu Yang and his companions defeated a Tree Poison Toad, and he absorbed its Thousand Year Spirit Ring. He successfully endured the ring’s power and awakened in the Soul Skill Space.

• Dugu Yang, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang overwhelmed the Tree Poison Toad with fireballs while Dugu Yan’s poison arrow barely affected it.
• The Tree Poison Toad extinguished the flames with mist, but Dugu Yang’s thirteen poisons took effect, allowing him to kill it with his Ivory Dagger.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang grew wary of Dugu Yang’s hidden poisons, while Dugu Yan guarded him as he prepared to absorb the Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yang endured the Thousand Year Spirit Ring’s powerful Soul Power and successfully returned to the Soul Skill Space.

Dugu Yang successfully absorbed a Thousand Year Tree Poison Toad Spirit Ring as his second ring, breaking a major precedent and gaining Poison Body Adaptation and Toad Poison. After Dugu Yan and Huo Wu obtained their second Spirit Rings, the group returned to Nuoding City, where Huo Jun met them and said his elder brother was waiting.

• Dugu Yang absorbed the Thousand Year Tree Poison Toad Spirit Ring, gained Poison Body Adaptation and Toad Poison, and rose three Soul Power levels.
• Dugu Yang, Dugu Yan, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu continued through the Soul Hunting Forest, where Huo Wu obtained a Flame Demon Red Dog Spirit Ring and Dugu Yan obtained a seven-hundred-year Poison Sting Pig Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Bo met the group at the forest exit and praised Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan for obtaining their Spirit Rings.
• Dugu Bo reminded Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu that three days had passed and demanded the Spirit Bone promised in exchange for them.
• At Nuoding City, Huo Jun met the group, confirmed Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu were unharmed, and led them toward his elder brother.

Dugu Bo accepted two Spirit Bones from Huo Lie as compensation for his children offending Dugu Yang, and Dugu Yan chose the Ice Viper Right Arm Spirit Bone. As Dugu Bo worried about the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul Drawback threatening Dugu Yan’s life, Dugu Yang said there was no need to worry.

• Dugu Bo summoned Huo Lie and demanded Spirit Bones in return for his children’s offense, and Huo Lie arrived with two jade boxes.
• Huo Lie introduced a Dark Demon Tiger Left Arm Spirit Bone and an Ice Viper Right Arm Spirit Bone, whose ice abilities Dugu Yang recognized as suited to Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan chose the Ice Viper Right Arm Spirit Bone, while Dugu Yang declined both and Dugu Bo kept the other bone for a possible future trade.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan to wait until her Soul Power reached level 25 before absorbing the Spirit Bone.
• Dugu Bo saw Dugu Yan’s purple hair and worried about her Martial Soul drawback, but Dugu Yang said there was no need to worry.

Dugu Yang reassured Dugu Bo that he would find a way to resolve the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul Drawback, then traveled with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou City. The trio arrived at the Heaven Dou Auction House that evening to look for a Spirit Bone suitable for Dugu Yang.

• Dugu Yang told Dugu Bo that a Spirit Bone could bear the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison, though the method would sacrifice a Soul Master's future.
• Dugu Yang promised to find a solution that would not require such a sacrifice, and Dugu Bo said he trusted him and would not stop his decisions.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yang, and Dugu Yan arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Bo explained that exceptional treasures were auctioned at night.
• Dugu Yan took Dugu Yang to Dugu Bo's residence, and they spent the afternoon together before sharing a feast.
• Dugu Bo led Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan to the Heaven Dou Auction House that evening.

Dugu Bo took Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where a Poison Attribute Spirit Bone was promised as the finale. After Dugu Yang bought a dagger for ninety thousand Gold Soul Coins, Dugu Bo began bidding on a rare Nine Thousand Year Whale Rubber.

• Chen Tianli welcomed Dugu Bo and led him, Dugu Yang, and Dugu Yan to a private room, revealing that a Poison Attribute Spirit Bone would be auctioned as the finale.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan they could bid on treasures they liked while they watched the evening auction.
• Dugu Yang bought the dagger Fleeting Beauty for ninety thousand Gold Soul Coins after Dugu Yan urged him to accept it.
• The auction house presented a piece of Nine Thousand Year Whale Rubber, and Dugu Bo immediately raised the bid by fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Dugu Bo became determined to obtain a Ninety Thousand Year poison-attribute Right Arm Spirit Bone, but the auction house revealed that its Heart-Corroding Poison made it extraordinarily dangerous to absorb. The chapter left the bone on display as the auctioneer explained that even a powerful Soul Douluo had been crippled by it.

• Dugu Bo outbid the other guests for the Nine Thousand Year Whale Rubber, intending it to strengthen Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan.
• The auctioneer unveiled a Ninety Thousand Year Right Arm Spirit Bone with the attached skill Poison Burst Technique, shocking Dugu Bo and the crowd.
• Chen Tianli assured Dugu Bo that the Spirit Bone was genuine and explained that it came from an extinct Emerald Poison Dragon.
• The auctioneer described the dragon's irreversible Heart-Corroding Poison and warned that anyone absorbing the bone would have to endure it.
• The auctioneer recounted how an Eight-Ring Soul Fighting Douluo had been forced to sever his right arm after a month, losing cultivation and the chance to advance further.