Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming explained to Ning Fengzhi how to use a forged Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to transform the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and eventually raise its limit to level ninety-nine. Ning Fengzhi agreed to provide the rare materials needed, leaving the transformation within reach.

• Chen Ming warned Flender to be mindful of the Star Luo Empire backgrounds of Shrek's students, then left with Ning Rongrong for Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo and asked Chen Ming about a method to advance the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Ming showed Ning Fengzhi a specially forged gem and explained how its properties could help create an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Ming explained that refining the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could raise its limit to level eighty-nine, followed by a similar process to reach level ninety-nine.
• Chen Ming said the transformed martial soul could be inherited as a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and gave Ning Fengzhi a list of the required materials.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would provide the materials if Chen Ming helped complete the transformation.

Chen Ming learned that Long Na'er, a twelve-year-old genius with a level forty-one Silver Dragon Spear Martial Soul, had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Suspecting she was connected to the Silver Dragon King, he heard how she had defeated challengers and gained a reputation as the academy’s second-greatest genius, setting up an anticipated meeting with him.

• Chen Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, prepared to help Ning Rongrong improve her Martial Soul, and sent improved cultivation techniques to Xue Qinghe and Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong told Chen Ming that a powerful sect had helped the Heaven Dou Empire drive back rampaging Spirit Beasts and that its leader, the Black Empress, had sent her young sect master to study at the academy.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the sect master, Long Na'er, had silver-white hair and a Silver Dragon Spear Martial Soul, and was already level forty-one at age twelve.
• Long Na'er defeated students who pursued or challenged her, including Soul Ancestors and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin.
• Ning Rongrong said Long Na'er had become known as the academy’s second-greatest genius, while Chen Ming was still considered the greatest and students anticipated their eventual contest.

Chen Ming concluded that Long Na’er was connected to the Silver Dragon King and decided to meet her before she could take control of their encounter. When he and Long Na’er sensed each other at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, their dragon auras resonated, and she silently declared that she had found him.

• Chen Ming reasoned that Long Na’er was likely the Silver Dragon King or her avatar, while the Titled Douluo Black Empress was Di Tian in disguise.
• Chen Ming decided to meet Long Na’er and try to earn her trust, believing her arrival was connected to him.
• Ning Rongrong led Chen Ming to the academy’s cultivation ground, where Long Na’er defeated several Spirit Ancestor students with her Silver Dragon Spear.
• Chen Ming and Long Na’er sensed each other, released their soul power, and sparked a clash of domineering dragon auras.
• Long Na’er smiled at Chen Ming and silently told him, “I found you.”

The Silver Dragon King recognized Chen Ming as a rare being with multiple Dragon King bloodlines and believed he was a reincarnated member of the Dragon Clan. Long Na'er chose to befriend him rather than devour him, and invited him to speak privately as their Martial Souls stirred.

• The Silver Dragon King sensed Chen Ming's many Dragon King powers and concluded that he had once been a member of the Dragon Clan.
• Long Na'er left the arena, introduced herself to Chen Ming, and shook his hand.
• Long Na'er learned Chen Ming was the continent's number one genius and decided he was too valuable to devour.
• Spectators lamented that Chen Ming and Long Na'er would not fight, while one bloodthirsty spectator was dragged away by his friends.
• Long Na'er told Chen Ming she was interested in him and invited him to talk in private, saying their Martial Souls were stirring.

Chen Ming and Long Na'er discussed their unusual dragon-type Martial Souls and agreed to exchange a spar for a chance to study each other’s abilities. The chapter left them preparing to examine Long Na'er’s Silver Dragon Spear.

• Ning Rongrong left Chen Ming and Long Na'er to talk privately, feeling displeased about their rapport.
• Chen Ming brought Long Na'er to his cave dwelling and asked about her Martial Soul and her reason for coming into the human world.
• Long Na'er suggested Chen Ming's Martial Soul might be a powerful True Dragon, while Chen Ming suspected her Silver Dragon Spear was a divine artifact.
• Chen Ming proposed studying the Silver Dragon Spear in exchange for sparring with Long Na'er.
• Long Na'er agreed to let Chen Ming study the Silver Dragon Spear.

Chen Ming and Long Na'er fought in the mine, where his powerful dragon bloodline surprised the Silver Dragon King and led her to imagine he could become an ally of the Dragon Clan. Their battle continued as Long Na'er broke through his earth-element attacks and closed in on him.

• Long Na'er summoned her Silver Dragon Spear and Spirit Rings while Chen Ming entered a powerful Dragon Transformation state.
• Long Na'er sensed that Chen Ming's bloodline resisted the Silver Dragon Spear and privately considered him a possible agent for the Dragon Clan in the God Realm.
• Chen Ming attacked Long Na'er with earth spikes and high-pressure steam, but she reshaped the spikes and destroyed the steam with lightning.
• Chen Ming shattered Long Na'er's lightning dragon head with earth-element bracers, then sent a barrage of stone dragon heads toward her.
• Long Na'er dodged the stone dragon heads and used her Silver Dragon Spear to break Chen Ming's attack before closing in on him.

Chen Ming and Long Na'er fought, revealing the Silver Dragon Spear’s ability to neutralize elemental attacks and absorb Soul Power. As Long Na'er combined four elements around her weapon, Chen Ming used his time attribute to examine how her elemental control worked.

• Long Na'er’s elemental control overwhelmed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy fighters, but Chen Ming launched burning Dragon Scales at her.
• Long Na'er blocked the attack with the Silver Dragon Spear, which absorbed most of Chen Ming’s Soul Power and nullified the elemental damage.
• Chen Ming struck Long Na'er with his transformed dragon arms and sent her flying, demonstrating the Mountain Dragon and Earth Dragon’s great physical strength.
• Long Na'er combined light, darkness, water, and fire around her Silver Dragon Spear, drawing Chen Ming’s interest in her elemental resonance.
• Chen Ming opened his third eye and used his time attribute to observe Long Na’er’s present and recent movements rather than predict her next attack.

Chen Ming realized that he needed to use his will to command Soul Power and the elements, rather than relying on precise calculations, and used his new approach to defeat Long Na'er. The battle ended with Long Na'er injured and unable to continue.

• Long Na'er envied Chen Ming’s ability to enter an overclocked state and reflected on her missing Time Force.
• Chen Ming used his overclocked perception to analyze Long Na'er’s movements but repeatedly lost their clashes and took hits from her Silver Dragon Spear.
• After being beaten, Chen Ming realized that will and self-awareness—not precise control—could push Soul Power beyond its theoretical limits.
• Chen Ming unleashed Energy Rotation · First Form, using water and fire Soul Power to cancel Long Na'er’s elemental attacks.
• Chen Ming overpowered Long Na'er, knocked the Silver Dragon Spear into a rock wall, and left her injured and unable to fight.
• Chen Ming helped Long Na'er down from the wall, and they both sighed.

After their battle, Chen Ming treated Long Na'er’s injuries and examined the Silver Dragon Spear. The two rested together, leaving Chen Ming impressed by the weapon’s exceptional ability to conduct and amplify Soul Power.

• Long Na'er suppressed Di Tian’s reverse scale and considered summoning him if she or the Silver Dragon Spear faced danger.
• Chen Ming gave Long Na'er medicine, which healed most of her injuries, and she asked how he had learned to integrate his will into Soul Power.
• Long Na'er retrieved the Silver Dragon Spear, while Chen Ming took medicine and healed the wounds she had inflicted on him.
• Chen Ming brought Long Na'er to their room, served restorative medicinal cuisine, and examined the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Chen Ming compared the Silver Dragon Spear with his own Dragon Spear Martial Soul and judged its energy-conducting properties far superior.

Chen Ming examined the Silver Dragon Spear and learned how its power could amplify Soul Power and draw in energy, but Long Na'er reclaimed it after his probing made her feel its effects. She then planned to use Chen Ming and the Star Dou Forest’s powerful Spirit Beasts to restore the Dragon Clan, confident she could make him obey.

• Chen Ming studied the Silver Dragon Spear and realized its true power far exceeded what he had learned from the Silver Dragon King's scale.
• Long Na'er snatched the spear back after Chen Ming repeatedly injected Soul Power into it, which caused her body to react intensely.
• Long Na'er realized Chen Ming's unusual Soul Power could help heal her injuries and estimated how long his cultivation might take to restore her.
• Long Na'er planned to make powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts Sacrifice themselves to Chen Ming so they could become True Dragons and later gain God Rank power.
• Long Na'er dismissed the possibility that the Spirit Beasts or Chen Ming would refuse her plans, believing she could force the beasts and make Chen Ming submit.

Chen Ming and Long Na'er agreed to exchange Soul Power for access to supposed ancient dragon ruins, then shared cultivation knowledge at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. Long Na'er secretly ordered Di Tian to build the ruins, leaving him to begin the exhausting task in the Star Dou Forest.

• Long Na'er offered Chen Ming access to ancient dragon ruins in exchange for receiving some of his Soul Power, and Chen Ming accepted.
• Long Na'er decided to have Di Tian create convincing dragon ruins to awaken Chen Ming's memories and strengthen his ties to the Dragon Clan.
• Di Tian answered Long Na'er's summons and began clearing a site in the Star Dou Forest to build the ruins according to her many demands.
• Chen Ming and Long Na'er discussed their Martial Souls, cultivation methods, and knowledge of Spirit Beasts at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
• Chen Ming gained new insights into Soul Power and elemental energy from Long Na'er's perspective, while she found his unconventional ideas promising.

Chen Ming learned Long Na'er’s account of the Nine Sons of the Dragon and then studied the power of the Silver Dragon Spear after their spar. His Spiritual Power broke through into the Spirit Abyss Realm, leaving him with greater potential before he acquired his sixth Spirit Ring.

• Chen Ming asked Long Na'er about the Nine Sons of the Dragon, and she explained that they were transformed Sub-Dragons distinct from the Nine Great Dragon Kings.
• Long Na'er said the Nine Sons could not reproduce, but used their blood essence to pass dragon bloodlines to Sub-Dragons; she also accidentally mentioned the Purple Radiance Heaven-Exterminating Dragon before retracting her claims.
• After Long Na'er left, Chen Ming collected her blood and the dirt beneath it in a jade bottle.
• Chen Ming summoned his Dragon Spear Martial Soul and contemplated the Silver Dragon Spear’s power, using the spar as inspiration to study elemental power.
• Chen Ming pushed his mind to its limit and underwent a qualitative transformation in Spiritual Power, breaking through into the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Chen Ming broke through from the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm to the middle stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm after learning from Long Na'er’s combat techniques and Silver Dragon Spear. He tested his new ability to command elements and began considering how to reach the Spirit Domain Realm, while leaving the two souls in his Sea of Spirit dormant.

• Chen Ming realized that Long Na'er’s combat techniques and Silver Dragon Spear had shown him how to transform his Spiritual Power.
• Chen Ming shattered the Spirit Sea Realm’s limit and reached the middle stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm, doubling his processing power.
• Chen Ming used ice and fire to blast apart a rock wall, then melted the fallen rocks into the ground.
• Chen Ming concluded that his Martial Soul helped him command external elements and that reaching the Spirit Domain Realm would require further study.
• Chen Ming sensed the two souls in his Sea of Spirit becoming more active but chose not to awaken them.

After reaching the Spirit Abyss Realm, Chen Ming used his enhanced Spiritual Power and elemental control to craft a powerful, concealed-capacity Storage Soul Tool. He made six smaller bracelets for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, hoping to establish a market for his Soul Tool technology.

• Chen Ming used his Soul Power and Metal Attribute control to refine rare metals to Thousand-Forged quality.
• Chen Ming fused the metals into a bracelet with a visible capacity of seventy-five cubic meters and a hidden capacity of 3,300 cubic meters.
• Chen Ming recognized that his new Storage Soul Tool could support the creation of large equipment and advanced devices.
• Chen Ming used leftover materials to make four rainbow-colored bracelets resembling the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and two blue-purple, dragon-patterned bracelets.
• Chen Ming planned to send the six bracelets to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan through Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianxin.

Rumors spread about Chen Ming and Long Na’er, while Chen Ming ignored the gossip and kept teaching and researching. Ning Rongrong tried to win his affection with a coquettish approach, but Chen Ming gave her four Storage Soul Tool bracelets and redirected her toward cultivating the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Rumors about Chen Ming and Long Na’er spread through Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, and Long Na’er’s weak denial only fueled them.
• Di Tian worked on making the Dragon-Built Ruins look convincing, while Niu Dali beat up people who spoke against Chen Ming.
• Ning Rongrong dressed up and acted coquettishly toward Chen Ming because she feared he and Long Na’er might grow closer.
• Chen Ming gave Ning Rongrong four bracelets, each with twenty cubic meters of storage space, and she kissed his cheek after he turned away from her attempted kiss on the lips.
• Chen Ming told Ning Rongrong they were too young for romance and proposed that they first fuse the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Chen Ming completed an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda for Ning Rongrong and guided her through merging it with her Martial Soul. Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi celebrated the prospect of breaking the sect’s limits, while Gu Rong worried that Chen Ming controlled the technique.

• Chen Ming forged the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda using Ning Rongrong’s essence and had her absorb it into her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Ming told Ning Rongrong to cultivate while the two pagodas adapted and gave her medicine to help the fusion.
• Ning Rongrong left Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi saw the phantom layer in Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul and celebrated the possibility of evolving the sect’s Spirit Masters beyond their limits.
• Gu Rong questioned whether the technique could be secured, uneasy that Chen Ming controlled it.

Ning Fengzhi and the two guardian Douluo recognized the value of Chen Ming’s published techniques and his Storage Soul Tools, deciding that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should preserve its relationship with him. Ning Fengzhi then learned that Chen Ming had given Ning Rongrong four bracelets and encouraged her feelings for him.

• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that the sect must not offend Chen Ming or try to seize his technology through underhanded means.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong read Chen Ming’s Little Perplexing Track Steps and Iron Hand Technique and praised their usefulness to Spirit Masters, especially the sect’s disciples.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed that Chen Ming’s decision to publish the techniques showed his generosity and that building a relationship with him could strengthen the sect.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Chen Ming had given her four Storage Soul Tools, each with twenty cubic meters of space, and Ning Fengzhi examined their stable storage capacity.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong he supported her feelings for Chen Ming, and she blushed and quietly agreed.

Tang San raged after learning that Chen Ming’s techniques resembled his own, while Tang Hao questioned him about the skills and secretly planned to pass Tang San’s secrets to the Clear Sky Sect. Tang San remained unaware that his father intended to exploit his knowledge for the sect.

• Tang San discovered that Flender believed Chen Ming’s Iron Hand Technique, Little Perplexing Track Steps, and crossbow came from the Master, and he furiously accused Chen Ming of copying his skills.
• Tang Hao emerged from the shadows and asked Tang San to explain the Self-Created Soul Skills he claimed Chen Ming had plagiarized.
• Tang Hao recalled how Tang San’s unusual behavior as an infant had made him doubt that Tang San was an ordinary child.
• Tang Hao comforted Tang San while silently recording his cultivation secrets and resolving to send them to the Clear Sky Sect.

Chen Ming questioned Long Na'er’s invitation to visit a supposedly dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Di Tian persuaded the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon to sacrifice himself for a human Spirit Master destined to become a god. The dragon accepted the Silver Dragon King’s plan, and Di Tian gave him Life Gold to consume.

• Long Na'er explained that she wanted Chen Ming’s Dragon Clan bloodline to persuade a Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavy Armored Earth Dragon to leave a ruin and help open it.
• Di Tian told the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon that the Silver Dragon King wanted him to sacrifice himself for a human Spirit Master who was the reincarnation of a Dragon Clan powerhouse.
• The Heavy Armored Earth Dragon protested that he was young and had only recently survived his hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.
• Di Tian argued that the Spirit Master could become a god, bring the dragon to the God Realm, and resurrect him as a divine beast.
• The Heavy Armored Earth Dragon submitted to the plan, and Di Tian gave him Life Gold, warning that it required special methods to refine.

Di Tian prepared a fake Dragon King ruin and recruited Chen Ming to help open it, while disguising himself as the Black Empress. He claimed the ruin belonged to the legendary Black Dragon King, setting the staged encounter in motion.

• Di Tian had the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon swallow Life Gold, making it appear close to death, and coached him on a fabricated story.
• Chen Ming trusted Long Na'er’s oath, left backup messages with several factions, and traveled with her to the Star Dou Forest without Qian Renfeng.
• Long Na'er introduced Chen Ming to Di Tian, who posed as the male Black Empress and sensed Chen Ming’s powerful Dragon Qi.
• Di Tian brought Chen Ming and Long Na'er to a prepared ruin and claimed it had been left by the legendary Black Dragon King.
• Di Tian said a powerful Sub-Dragon Spirit Beast guarded the ruin and asked Chen Ming and Long Na'er to persuade it to let them enter.