Recaps

Dugu Yang fought Wang Hao in a Soul Battle, revealing a Thousand Year Second Spirit Ring and the strength of his Jade Flood Dragon Martial Soul. He left Wang Hao poisoned and collapsing on the arena stage.

• Dugu Yang’s Martial Soul Possession revealed his dragon-transformed right arm and a purple Thousand Year Second Spirit Ring, shocking the spectators and Wang Hao.
• Wang Hao charged Dugu Yang, but Dugu Yang blocked his bear-paw strike and punched him hard enough to dent his chest and abdomen.
• Wang Hao linked his two Soul Skills and rammed into Dugu Yang, who tested his defense by meeting the charge head-on and landed without serious injury.
• Dugu Yang dodged Wang Hao’s repeated charge and cut his back with his Dragon Claws.
• Dugu Yang’s poison took effect, and Wang Hao collapsed on the arena stage before Dugu Yang revealed he was a Poison Soul Master.

Dugu Yang defeated six opponents at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, drawing attention for his Thousand Year Second Spirit Ring and prompting Xue Qinghe to send Dugu Bo a gift. Behind his Xue Qinghe disguise, Qian Renxue decided to recruit Dugu Yang without jeopardizing Spirit Hall’s plan to seize the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Dugu Yang defeated Wang Hao with his poison, then beat five more opponents, including a Level 30 Quasi-Soul Elder.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yang that his victories had attracted unfriendly attention, so Dugu Yang stopped fighting after learning about his strength.
• An official told Xue Qinghe that the masked Dugu had a Thousand Year Second Spirit Ring and was Dugu Bo’s nephew-grandson.
• Xue Qinghe decided to send Dugu Bo a treasure from the Imperial Treasury instead of inviting him to a banquet.
• After the official left, Qian Renxue appeared in her Xue Qinghe disguise and said she would recruit Dugu Yang while protecting Spirit Hall’s plan and avoiding conflict with Dugu Bo.

Dugu Yang learned that the Crown Prince had sent him a Blood Coral and reassured Dugu Bo that he would not be drawn into the imperial power struggle. While researching his Third Soul Ring in Heaven Dou City, he found Lycoris radiata and its Harmonization ability, which could help him create varied Mixed Poisons and become a versatile Soul Master.

• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yang that the Crown Prince had sent him a Blood Coral and warned him about attracting attention amid the imperial struggle.
• Dugu Yang declined to keep the Blood Coral and argued that his current strength left him no role in the power struggle.
• Dugu Yang visited Heaven Dou City's largest library to research a Soul Beast for his approaching Third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yang discovered that Lycoris radiata possessed the Harmonization soul skill, which could combine poisons in different ways.
• Dugu Yang decided Lycoris radiata could let him create poisons with offensive, defensive, healing, and support effects.

Dugu Yan defeated Dugu Yang in a spar by using Ice Snake Shadow to slow him and forcing him to put away his dagger. Afterward, they discussed his progress toward level 30, and Dugu Yang noted that a hidden genius in Heaven Dou City might have surpassed him at the same age.

• Dugu Yang initially overpowered Dugu Yan, but she used Ice Snake Shadow to poison his neck and slow him down.
• Dugu Yan struck Dugu Yang with her tail, then charged at him and made him stow Fleeting Beauty rather than risk injuring her.
• Dugu Yan pinned Dugu Yang and celebrated her first victory over him, then released him after he admitted defeat.
• Dugu Yan asked about Dugu Yang's Soul Power Level, and he said he was only level 28 and had not stabilized after absorbing the spirit bone.
• Dugu Yang told Dugu Yan that another genius could have become a Three-ring Soul Elder before age nine, alluding to Qian Renxue in disguise.

Dugu Yang warned Dugu Yan not to choose her Third Soul Ring herself because he and Dugu Bo were developing a way to evolve her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul into a Jade Flood Dragon and eliminate the danger of its poison. After reaching Rank 29, Dugu Yang donated blood to help Dugu Bo research the required pill, while also pursuing the evolution of his own Martial Soul.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Yang she had reached the peak of level 23 and asked what kind of Third Soul Ring she should choose.
• Dugu Yang told Dugu Yan not to absorb her Third Soul Ring on her own, explaining that he and Dugu Bo were working on a way to evolve her Martial Soul into a Jade Flood Dragon.
• Dugu Yang broke through to Rank 29 after a month of cultivation and estimated he could reach level 30 within three months.
• Dugu Bo arrived to collect Dugu Yang's blood for research on the Dragon Blood Transforming Flood Dragon Pill.
• Dugu Yang filled Dugu Bo's container with blood, helping advance their plan to evolve Dugu Yan's Martial Soul and pursue his own evolution into a Jade Phosphor Dragon.

After reaching Soul Power Level 30, Dugu Yang went with Dugu Bo to the Star Dou Forest to obtain a Ten Thousand Year Lycoris radiata Spirit Ring despite Dugu Bo’s concerns. Dugu Bo subdued the Lycoris radiata King and cleared the area, leaving Dugu Yang ready to absorb its Spirit Ring.

• Dugu Yang broke through the level 29 barrier, and Dugu Bo took him to the Star Dou Forest for his Third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo objected to Dugu Yang’s plan to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, but agreed to support his decision.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yang to a valley in the forest’s Core Zone where Lycoris radiata grew.
• Dugu Bo transformed into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and absorbed the flowers’ Poison Mist.
• The Lycoris radiata King attacked Dugu Bo, who broke its stalk without killing it.
• Dugu Bo killed the surrounding Lycoris radiata to give Dugu Yang a quiet place to absorb the King’s Spirit Ring.

Dugu Yang absorbed the Lycoris radiata King's Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, gaining the Harmonization soul skill and clearer memories of the Emerald Poison Dragon. After his Soul Power rose to level 33, he explained to Dugu Bo that he had compressed it to strengthen his foundation.

• Dugu Yang killed the nearly defeated Lycoris radiata King and began absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yang successfully absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, gained the Harmonization soul skill, and broke through several Soul Power levels.
• Dugu Yang received a newly clarified memory of the Emerald Poison Dragon flying over the sea toward a mysterious island.
• Dugu Bo praised Dugu Yang for making history by absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring as a Soul Elder.
• Dugu Yang revealed that he had compressed his Soul Power to stabilize his foundation, despite reaching level 33.

Dugu Yang developed a range of potent Mixed Poisons over two years before arriving at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan to enroll. Dugu Yan looked forward to introducing him to her friends, while Dugu Yang warned her against drawing attention to his abilities.

• Dugu Yang told Dugu Bo that his third soul skill, Harmonization, combined his poisons into Mixed Poison, though Dugu Bo questioned the need for it.
• Over two years, Dugu Yang consumed more than a hundred toxins and developed several Mixed Poisons, including the deadly Jade Phosphor Death and the attribute-enhancing Passion Unleashed.
• Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to enroll after graduating from primary academy.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Yang that she had called him the continent's number-one genius to her friends, and Dugu Yang warned her that such claims could attract rivals.
• Dugu Yan promised she had told few people, and that her friends did not believe her anyway.

Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Yang’s rank 39 Soul Power astonished the admissions staff and onlookers. After they began exploring the academy, they reunited with Ye Lingling and Osler, who teased Yang about Yan calling him the continent’s number one genius.

• Dugu Yan passed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s entrance test at age eleven with rank 28 Soul Power and received a temporary student badge.
• Dugu Yang announced that he was eleven and rank 39, then confirmed his Soul Power with the academy’s crystal ball, stunning the crowd.
• Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan received their badges and entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy together.
• Dugu Yan introduced Dugu Yang to her former classmates Ye Lingling and Osler, calling him the number one genius on the continent.
• Ye Lingling and Osler teased Dugu Yang about the title, and he told Dugu Yan not to reveal his Soul Power Level.

Dugu Yang toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan, Osler, and Ye Lingling, revealing that his Soul Power had reached level 39 at just eleven years old. After Ye Lingling called out his excessive humility, Osler named the other gifted new students, including Yu Tianheng.

• Osler boasted that their class was Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s most gifted in nearly fifty years, and Dugu Yan dismissed his claim to genius.
• Dugu Yang revealed that his Soul Power was level 39, shocking Osler and Ye Lingling; Dugu Yan said he was eleven years old.
• Dugu Yan defended Dugu Yang’s talent, and Ye Lingling agreed that his achievement was real.
• Dugu Yang asked Osler to name the other gifted new students, and Ye Lingling told him that excessive humility was arrogance.
• Osler named the Black Tortoise brothers Shi Mo and Shi Mo at level 24, Yufeng at level 23, and Yu Tianheng of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon at level 28.

Dugu Yang settled into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where its committee members marveled at his extraordinary cultivation and wondered about his potential. After a month of study and training, he was approached by Yu Tianheng, the Azure Electric Tyrant Dragon Sect descendant.

• Dugu Yang dismissed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon’s reputation and considered his own Jade Phosphor Flood Dragon Martial Soul and other trump cards.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin discussed the academy’s talented new students and worried that Dugu Yan might suffer from the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul Drawback.
• The committee members were astonished that eleven-year-old Dugu Yang had reached Soul Power rank 39 and wondered whether he had sacrificed his potential to do so.
• Dugu Yang spent a month attending classes, cultivating, and studying poison and medicine in the academy library while Dugu Yan accompanied him.
• Yu Tianheng stopped Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan outside the library, and Dugu Yang realized he was the Azure Electric Tyrant Dragon Sect’s direct descendant.

Yu Tianheng challenged Dugu Yang to a Soul Battle after learning of his extraordinary cultivation, but Dugu Yang deferred the fight to the New Student Trial in five days. As Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan headed to the cafeteria, they discussed choosing Ye Lingling as their third teammate.

• Dugu Yan grew angry when Yu Tianheng ignored her, but Dugu Yang stopped her from attacking him.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yang for a Soul Battle to overcome his shame at having doubted Dugu Yang's talent.
• Dugu Yang declined to fight immediately and arranged to face Yu Tianheng in the New Student Trial five days later.
• Dugu Yan asked who should join their three-person team, and she suggested Ye Lingling for his Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

At the Heaven Dou Royal Forest New Student Trial, Zhi Lin added a rule requiring each team to collect ten Crystal Cards before reaching the endpoint. Dugu Yang’s team entered the forest planning to reach the endpoint first and take cards from the teams behind them.

• Zhi Lin arrived at the trial and announced that teams needed ten Crystal Cards to pass.
• Dugu Yan welcomed the more confrontational rules, while Dugu Yang noticed Yu Tianheng watching him with a desire to fight.
• Dugu Yang recognized Yu Tianheng’s teammates as the brothers Shi Mo and Shi Mo, and accepted Yu Tianheng’s challenge.
• Zhi Lin started the trial, and the teams entered the forest in batches under a rule forbidding fights for the first ten kilometers.
• Dugu Yan asked whether they should set traps or rob other teams, but Dugu Yang chose to head straight for the endpoint and take cards from teams that arrived later.

Dugu Yang, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling continued toward the finish line, with Dugu Yan defeating the soul beasts in their path. After covering half the route and resting by a campfire, they discussed Yu Tianheng’s challenge to Dugu Yang, and Ye Lingling warned him not to underestimate Yu Tianheng.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling agreed to follow Dugu Yang’s plan and head for the finish line.
• Dugu Yan used her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul and spirit skills to defeat a five-hundred-year Crimson Demon Tiger without killing it.
• Dugu Yan handled most of the soul beasts the group encountered as they advanced quickly, while the group avoided fights with other student teams.
• After reaching halfway along the route, Dugu Yang, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling rested and ate roasted dried meat.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling about Yu Tianheng’s desire to challenge Dugu Yang, and Ye Lingling cautioned Dugu Yang not to take Yu Tianheng lightly.

Dugu Yang revealed his powerful Spirit Rings to protect Ye Lingling and fought a Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider. He realized the spider had secretly poisoned him during their clash.

• A Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider appeared, and Dugu Yang stepped forward to protect Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• The spider attacked with a web, but Dugu Yang evaded it and brought Ye Lingling to Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yang revealed his Yellow, Purple, and Black Spirit Rings, shocking Ye Lingling with his Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yang charged the spider and traded fierce blows with it, pushing it back with his greater strength.
• Dugu Yang sensed something wrong and realized the Man Faced Demon Spider had poisoned him during their fight.

Dugu Yang killed a Thousand Year Level Man Faced Demon Spider using his poison immunity and Jade Phosphor Death. After Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling praised him, Qin Ming revealed himself as their hidden protector.

• Dugu Yang used Poison Burst Technique to expose the Man Faced Demon Spider's abdomen and wound it with his Dragon Claws.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider tried to retreat, but Jade Phosphor Death spread through its wound and killed it.
• Dugu Yan embraced Dugu Yang and celebrated his victory, while Ye Lingling praised his strength.
• Dugu Yang sensed someone hiding in the canopy and called them out.
• Qin Ming revealed himself and explained that he had been assigned to protect the students and had watched Dugu Yang kill the spider.

Yu Tianheng challenged Dugu Yang to a Soul Battle after learning he had killed a Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider. Dugu Yang defeated him with one strike, leaving Yu Tianheng to confront the immense gap between them.

• Qin Ming warned Yu Tianheng against challenging Dugu Yang after pointing out the Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider Dugu Yang had killed.
• Yu Tianheng released his Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and attacked Dugu Yang with Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Dugu Yang blocked Yu Tianheng's attack, then charged through his Thunderbolt and shattered his shoulder with a Dragon Claw.
• Yu Tianheng admitted defeat, devastated by how far Dugu Yang surpassed him.

After defeating Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yang’s group advanced to the finish line and set an ambush for Osler’s team, which had already collected ten Crystal Cards. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan poisoning Osler and Dugu Yang confronting Yufeng as the team demanded their cards.

• Dugu Yang defeated Yu Tianheng, and Shi Mo and Shi Mo handed over their team’s Crystal Card.
• Qin Ming provoked Yu Tianheng into recovering his resolve, and Yu Tianheng rejoined the trial with Shi Mo and Shi Mo.
• Dugu Yang’s group reached the finish-line route and waited for another team to pass.
• Osler’s team approached with ten Crystal Cards, having gathered them through lucky encounters with defeated teams.
• Dugu Yan ambushed Osler with a poison arrow, and Dugu Yang placed a hand on Yufeng’s shoulder as Dugu Yan demanded the Crystal Cards.

Dugu Yang’s group robbed Yufeng’s team of their Crystal Cards and won first place in the New Student Trial. After the awards, Qin Ming told Zhi Lin that Dugu Yang had killed a Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider and possessed a Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring, leaving Zhi Lin stunned.

• Dugu Yang poisoned Yufeng, forcing him to surrender his team’s ten Crystal Cards, while Osler’s team surrendered and kept two cards.
• Dugu Yang’s group took first place, Osler’s team placed second, and Yu Tianheng’s team placed third.
• After the award ceremony, Qin Ming asked Zhi Lin about Dugu Yang, and Zhi Lin revealed that Dugu Yang was eleven years old and had reached Soul Power level 39.
• Zhi Lin explained that Dugu Yang’s Martial Soul was the Jade Phosphor Flood Dragon, an evolved form of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent.
• Qin Ming told Zhi Lin that Dugu Yang had killed a Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider alone and possessed a Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring, shocking Zhi Lin.

Qin Ming and Zhi Lin planned to build Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s tournament team around Dugu Yang, while Dugu Yang reached rank 40 and asked Dugu Bo to help him obtain a Jade Phosphor Snake King Spirit Ring. Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City and learned of Dugu Yang’s choice, though he misunderstood why Dugu Yang wanted that Soul Beast.

• Qin Ming and Zhi Lin concluded that Dugu Yang’s talent could give Heaven Dou Royal Academy a chance to challenge Wuhun Academy and assigned Qin Ming to form a seven-person team around him.
• After seven days of training, Dugu Yang broke through to rank 40 and requested leave to obtain his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yang sent word to Dugu Bo, who quickly returned to Heaven Dou City and praised him for reaching rank 40 before his twelfth birthday.
• Dugu Yang told Dugu Bo he wanted a Jade Phosphor Snake King Soul Ring between twenty thousand and thirty thousand years old.
• Dugu Bo wondered what Spirit Skill Dugu Yang sought, unaware that Dugu Yang wanted the Soul Beast itself rather than a particular skill.

Dugu Yang and Dugu Bo went to the Star Dou Forest to hunt a twenty-thousand-year Jade Phosphor Snake King for Dugu Yang’s fourth Spirit Ring. After a week without finding one, they used Snake Saliva Incense to lure nearby snakes, and Dugu Bo hinted that the Dragon Blood Transforming Flood Dragon Pill had been developed.

• Dugu Yang and Dugu Bo entered the Star Dou Forest’s Core Zone to find a Jade Phosphor Snake King.
• After a week of searching and driving away other powerful soul beasts, Dugu Bo proposed using Snake Saliva Incense to draw out the Snake King.
• Dugu Yang agreed and suggested lighting the incense near the southern cliff cave where they had found a Jade Phosphor Snake King’s shed skin.
• Dugu Bo lit the Snake Saliva Incense and gave Dugu Yang a detoxification pill, but Dugu Yang said his Poison Body Adaptation made him immune to its effects.
• Dugu Bo lamented that Dugu Yan could not gain Poison Body Adaptation, then hinted that they had developed another way to address the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul’s flaw.
• Dugu Yang asked whether the Dragon Blood Transforming Flood Dragon Pill had been successfully developed.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yang used the Snake Saliva Incense to lure out a Jade Phosphor Snake King, then captured it and brought it to a safer location. Dugu Bo battered the thirty-thousand-year snake nearly to death and left it for Dugu Yang to handle.

• Dugu Bo revealed that he had developed the Dragon Blood Transforming Flood Dragon Pill, though it still needed testing before Yanzi could take it.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yang drew numerous snake spirit beasts with the Snake Saliva Incense, and the beasts began fighting one another.
• Dugu Bo spotted a thirty-thousand-year Jade Phosphor Snake King and, after Dugu Yang warned him to stop the incense, transformed into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor to capture it.
• Dugu Bo carried Dugu Yang and the captured snake far from the disturbance, then beat the Jade Phosphor Snake King nearly to death and told Dugu Yang it was his turn.

Dugu Yang killed the wounded Jade Phosphor Snake King and absorbed its Thirty-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, choosing Jade Phosphor Poison Pill as his fourth Soul Skill. The skill unexpectedly let him condense a Poison Pill—an Embryonic Soul Core—though his cultivation fell from around level 43 to level 41.

• Dugu Yang injected Jade Phosphor Death into the wounded Jade Phosphor Snake King, killing it before it could attack him.
• Dugu Yang absorbed the Snake King's Spirit Ring while Dugu Bo guarded him.
• Dugu Yang chose the Jade Phosphor Poison Pill Soul Skill, hoping its ability to solidify energy would help him condense a Soul Core.
• Dugu Bo watched Dugu Yang's cultivation plunge from around level 43 to level 41 after the fourth Spirit Ring formed.
• Dugu Yang reassured Dugu Bo and spat out a soybean-sized Poison Pill, which was actually an Embryonic Soul Core.

Dugu Yang demonstrated how his Poison Pill could create Poison Mist, including the colorless, odorless Invisible Hand, and discussed its strengths and limitations with Dugu Bo. After becoming a Four-ring Soul Ancestor and returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Yang encountered Qin Ming, who noticed his breakthrough.

• Dugu Yang explained that his Fourth Soul Ring let him turn his Poison Pill into Poison Mist, while Dugu Bo praised the technique.
• Dugu Yang showed Dugu Bo Invisible Hand, a colorless, odorless Mixed Poison that could paralyze weaker enemies but lacked lethal strength.
• Dugu Yang considered combining Invisible Hand with Jade Phosphor Death, though he had not yet managed to fuse them successfully.
• Dugu Yang absorbed the Jade Phosphor Snake King's Spirit Ring, became a Four-ring Soul Ancestor, and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Dugu Bo left to finish the Dragon Blood Transforming Flood Dragon Pill.
• Qin Ming met Dugu Yang outside the academy, sensed his stronger aura, and asked whether he had broken through; Dugu Yang confirmed it.

Dugu Yang challenged Qin Ming’s pride in Shrek Academy, then investigated an uncharted island filled with mutated Poison Soul Beasts. When Dugu Yan reached level 30, she and Dugu Yang set out for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye so she could obtain her third Soul Ring.

• Qin Ming told Dugu Yang that Shrek Academy’s graduates all became influential, but Dugu Yang argued that a school admitting geniuses should not claim credit for their success.
• Qin Ming began doubting the value of Shrek Academy’s teaching methods, and Dugu Yang left him to think it over.
• Dugu Yang searched nautical charts and sailing logs for the island from the Emerald Poison Dragon’s memories, but could not locate it and vowed to find it once he could protect himself at sea.
• Dugu Yan broke through to level 30 before the first semester ended, and Dugu Yang told her he had already requested leave.
• Dugu Yang and Dugu Yan left the academy and headed toward Sunset Forest, planning to go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye for her third Soul Ring.