Chapter Summaries

On the day of his Martial Soul awakening, Gu Ci inherited a powerful variant of his family’s Mystic Thunder Tiger and discovered he had exceptional talent. He left the awakening with the Mystic Thunder Tiger King and Innate Soul Power at level eight and a half, while planning to keep a low profile and eventually seek Immortal Herbs.

• Gu Ci waited anxiously for his Martial Soul awakening and reflected on his family’s Mystic Thunder Tiger and his connection to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan brought Gu Ci to the reception hall, where Dugu Bo and Gu Ci’s parents prepared to awaken the children’s Martial Souls.
• Gu Ci entered the Awakening Array and summoned a blue-lightning tiger that roared through the hall.
• Dugu Bo tested Gu Ci’s Soul Power and found that his Innate Soul Power had reached level eight and a half.
• Gu Xiao identified Gu Ci’s Martial Soul as the Mystic Thunder Tiger King and celebrated his potential, while Gu Ci urged him to keep quiet about it.

Gu Ci learned that his system had taken some of his Innate Soul Power before leaving, but its gift gave him powerful cards and books. He began evolving his Martial Soul, and its roar sent Dugu Bo and Gu Xiao rushing to his room.

• Dugu Yan awakened the Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul and tested at Innate Soul Power seven and a half, easing Dugu Bo’s fears about her potential.
• Gu Xiao and Dugu Bo celebrated Gu Ci and Dugu Yan’s awakenings with a feast that lasted into the evening.
• Gu Ci’s system announced it was leaving, admitted it had reduced his talent to Innate Soul Power of eight and a half, and gave him a gift package.
• Gu Ci opened the package and found a Martial Soul Evolution Card, a Heavenly Eye Twin Martial Soul card, and three books bearing Huo Yuhao’s signature.
• Gu Ci used the Evolution Card, causing his Mystic Thunder Tiger King Martial Soul to transform and roar through Thunder Tiger Marquis Manor.
• Dugu Bo and Gu Xiao heard the roar and rushed toward Gu Ci’s room, fearing the children were in danger.

Gu Ci underwent a second Martial Soul awakening, evolving the Mystic Thunder Tiger King into the Super Martial Soul Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger and gaining Innate Full Soul Power and the Heavenly Eye. Dugu Bo, Gu Xiao, and Li Wanyue entered his room after sensing the new auras, believing Gu Ci had awakened a second Martial Soul.

• Gu's Mother, Dugu Yan, Gu Xiao, and Dugu Bo watched Gu Ci's room as a powerful tiger aura suppressed Gu's Mother's spiritual probing.
• Gu Ci's Mystic Thunder Tiger King evolved into the Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger, and his Soul Power rose from level eight and a half to Innate Full Soul Power.
• Gu Ci awakened the Heavenly Eye, which let him see minute details and the flow of Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo recognized the new tiger aura as belonging to a Super Martial Soul, while Li Wanyue sensed a second, ethereal Martial Soul aura.
• Dugu Bo, Gu Xiao, and Li Wanyue entered the room and saw Gu Ci standing before the giant dark purple tiger, with a golden mark flickering between his brows.

Gu Ci revealed his evolved Super Martial Soul, his Heavenly Eye, and his Innate Full Soul Power, then exposed the Jade Scale Snake venom poisoning Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. He shared the Soul Core Method as a possible cure for Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo offered to take him to his Immortal Herb Garden.

• Gu Ci revealed the Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger, his Heavenly Eye, and his Innate Full Soul Power, astonishing Gu Xiao, Li Wanyue, and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo explained that Jade Scale Snake venom had killed Dugu Xin and Dugu Yan's mother, and that Dugu Yan faced the same danger.
• Gu Ci said two of the books left by a deity contained possible solutions and wrote down the Soul Core Method for Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo judged the method powerful enough to improve a Soul Master's chances of advancement and said he would enter seclusion to try it.
• Gu Ci said herbs could help address Dugu Bo's deep-seated toxins, and Dugu Bo offered to take him to his Immortal Herb Garden while they hunted for a soul ring.

Gu Ci explained the Soul Spirit Method as a way to cure Dugu Yan’s poison and proposed strengthening his and Dugu Yan’s bodies with Whale Rubber before contracting their first Soul Spirits. The chapter ended with Gu Xiao leaving to buy as much old Whale Rubber as possible.

• Dugu Bo asked how Dugu Yan’s poison could be treated, and Gu Ci introduced the Soul Spirit Method as a way to transfer it to a Soul Spirit.
• Gu Ci explained that Soul Spirits could form conscious, growing bonds with soul masters, and Dugu Bo excitedly asked whether the method could save Dugu Yan.
• Gu Ci said he and Dugu Yan should strengthen their physiques with Whale Rubber before attempting to absorb their first spirit rings.
• Gu Ci suggested that enough Whale Rubber might let him absorb a thousand-year or even ten-thousand-year first spirit ring, while his Heavenly Eye would help him judge the risks.
• Gu Xiao agreed to purchase as much Whale Rubber as he could, prioritizing varieties over a thousand years old.

Gu Ci and Dugu Yan used thousand-year Whale Rubber to strengthen their bodies, allowing them to aim for stronger soul rings. After finishing the supply, Gu Ci turned his attention to the twenty-thousand-year Whale Rubber, despite Dugu Bo's concern that its potency might overwhelm him.

• Gu Xiao returned with six pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber and one twenty-thousand-year piece acquired through the Marquis Manor's connections.
• Gu Ci explained how to heat the Whale Rubber, then prepared a dose that he and Dugu Yan drank.
• Gu Ci guided the warm energy through his body and found that his physical strength had increased without raising his Soul Power.
• Over the next half month, Gu Ci and Dugu Yan consumed all six thousand-year pieces and grew strong enough to target soul rings of around two thousand and one thousand years, respectively.
• When Dugu Bo offered to take them hunting soul beasts, Gu Ci reminded him of the twenty-thousand-year Whale Rubber, and Dugu Bo warned that its potency might be too much for him.

Gu Ci examined Dugu Bo’s Ice and Fire Dual Pools and discovered that the ancient remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King powered the valley’s rare herbs. He identified several Immortal Herbs and began explaining how they could strengthen their physiques and help them safely consume the twenty-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

• Gu Ci proposed using heavenly treasures and the Ice and Fire Dual Pools to neutralize the effects of the twenty-thousand-year Whale Rubber.
• Dugu Bo took Gu Ci and Dugu Yan from Heaven Dou City to his hidden herb garden in Sunset Forest.
• Gu Ci used his Heavenly Eye to examine the herbs and discovered two vast, opposing energy sources beneath the pond, which he identified as the remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Gu Ci recognized several Immortal Herbs, including Lovesick Heartbreak Red, while Dugu Bo admitted he did not know their uses and had nearly died trying some.
• Gu Ci told Dugu Bo that certain herbs could strengthen a person and help neutralize the Whale Rubber, then identified Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and described its effects.

Gu Ci and Dugu Yan consumed half of a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma each, strengthening their bodies and raising Dugu Yan to Rank Ten. While gathering herbs in Dugu Bo’s valley, Gu Ci sensed a mysterious connection to the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and entered a vision of a woman waiting on a snowy peak.

• Gu Ci explained the immortal herbs and proposed that he and Dugu Yan first take the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma before attempting to absorb the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Gu Ci and Dugu Yan ate half of the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma each and refined its medicinal power; Dugu Yan broke through to Rank Ten.
• Gu Ci sensed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s loneliness and longing, but said he could not meet the conditions to pick it.
• Dugu Bo allowed Gu Ci to gather the valley’s herbs, and Gu Ci stored suitable immortal herbs while leaving younger plants to grow.
• Gu Ci approached the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, entered a vision of a snowy world, and heard a woman in white say, “You’re here.”

Gu Ci and Dugu Yan used the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to prepare twenty-thousand-year Whale Rubber, then endured its violent medicinal power in the Ice and Fire Dual Pools. They survived the dangerous absorption and emerged with greatly strengthened bodies, while Gu Ci sensed a new power resonating with his Martial Soul.

• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red showed Gu Ci a vision of a grown-up Dugu Yan before he joined Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to prepare the Whale Rubber.
• Gu Ci and Dugu Yan coated the Whale Rubber with the crushed Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, divided it, and swallowed their portions.
• Gu Ci and Dugu Yan jumped into the Ice and Fire Dual Pools, where they endured hours of painful cultivation as the Whale Rubber's power tempered their bodies.
• Gu Ci stabilized first and encouraged Dugu Yan, who eventually endured the absorption as well.
• Dugu Bo examined them as Gu Ci demonstrated physical strength comparable to an ordinary Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster and sensed a new power resonating with his Martial Soul.

Gu Ci prepared a Soul Spirit contract for himself and Dugu Yan while his parents cultivated Immortal Herbs he brought home. After Gu Xiao and Li Wanyue broke through, Dugu Bo supplied the array materials, and the group prepared to leave for Sunset Forest to find spirit beasts for the contracts.

• Gu Ci gave Gu Xiao the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Li Wanyue the Moonlight Grass, then studied the Soul Spirit Array while they cultivated in seclusion.
• Three days later, Gu Xiao reached level seventy-five and Li Wanyue reached level sixty-eight, with her Eye Martial Soul evolving and her spiritual power doubling.
• Gu Ci told Dugu Bo to wait until he had resolved his Jade Phosphor Snake Venom before choosing an Immortal Herb, and Dugu Bo accepted the explanation.
• Dugu Bo delivered the materials for the Soul Spirit Array, and Gu Ci decided they should go to Sunset Forest immediately because Dugu Yan's poison was only temporarily suppressed.
• Gu Xiao and Li Wanyue offered to join them, but Dugu Bo told them to stay behind and stabilize their new realms.

Gu Ci and Dugu Yan traveled with Dugu Bo to Sunset Forest so Gu Ci could find a powerful thunder-attribute soul beast to contract with. At the Thunder Pool, Gu Ci subdued the Purple-Winged Thunder-Scaled Tiger and explained his Soul Spirit Contract, but the tiger had not yet agreed.

• Gu Ci chose the five-thousand-year Purple-Winged Thunder-Scaled Tiger for his soul spirit, while Dugu Yan planned to seek a poison-attribute draconic soul beast afterward.
• Dugu Bo brought Gu Ci and Dugu Yan to the Thunder Pool deep in Sunset Forest, where they found the tiger resting on a rock.
• The Purple-Winged Thunder-Scaled Tiger attacked Dugu Bo, who easily dispersed its lightning and pinned it down with Soul Power.
• Gu Ci revealed his Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger Martial Soul, whose bloodline pressure made the Purple-Winged Thunder-Scaled Tiger freeze.
• Gu Ci told the tiger about the Soul Spirit Contract and offered it a chance to become his Soul Spirit without losing its life or consciousness.

Gu Ci formed a Soul Spirit contract with the Purple-Winged Thunder-Scaled Tiger, gained a five-thousand-year First Spirit Ring and an External Soul Bone, and named the tiger Zi Dian. He then brought Dugu Yan to Poison Mist Valley to find her a poison-attributed Soul Spirit, where they encountered a Black-Scaled Poison Flood Dragon.

• Gu Ci persuaded the Purple-Winged Thunder-Scaled Tiger to become his partner, and Dugu Bo released it so they could prepare the contract.
• Gu Ci and the tiger completed the formation, turning it into a Soul Spirit and forming a five-thousand-year First Spirit Ring; Gu Ci named it Zi Dian.
• Gu Ci gained the Purple Lightning Wings, an External Soul Bone with the Thunder Flash skill, and tested his new ability to fly.
• Dugu Bo led Gu Ci and Dugu Yan to Poison Mist Valley, where Gu Ci found a Black-Scaled Poison Flood Dragon sleeping in the deepest pool.
• Dugu Bo suppressed the flood dragon, and Dugu Yan stepped forward as Gu Ci asked her to speak to it.

Dugu Yan formed a Soul Spirit contract with Mo Jiao, gained a two-thousand-year Spirit Ring and an External Soul Bone, and returned to the manor with Gu Ci and Dugu Bo. Gu Ci then began preparing to transfer the poison in Dugu Yan’s body into Mo Jiao, with Dugu Yan agreeing to trust his guidance.

• Dugu Yan introduced herself and her Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul to the Black-Scaled Poison Flood Dragon, which accepted her offer to become her Soul Spirit.
• Gu Ci completed the contract formation, giving Dugu Yan a two-thousand-year First Spirit Ring and a new Soul Spirit named Mo Jiao.
• Dugu Yan developed an External Soul Bone made from Mo Jiao’s scales, while Dugu Bo recognized that the Soul Spirit method could help resolve her poison problem.
• Gu Ci, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo returned to the manor, where Gu Xiao and Li Wanyue welcomed them and saw the children’s Soul Spirits and gains.
• Gu Ci proposed transferring Dugu Yan’s accumulated toxins into Mo Jiao, and Dugu Yan and Mo Jiao agreed to the procedure.

Gu Ci helped Dugu Yan transfer the toxins in her body to Mo Jiao, freeing her from years of suffering and strengthening Mo Jiao. After two days of cultivation, Gu Ci and Dugu Yan had advanced rapidly, but powerful figures streaked north over the Marquis Manor, and Dugu Bo warned them that something major had happened.

• Gu Ci used his Heavenly Eye to guide Dugu Yan as she moved the toxins from her meridians through their contract channel into Mo Jiao.
• After five hours, Dugu Yan was free of the toxins, and Mo Jiao had grown stronger; Dugu Bo thanked Gu Ci and vowed to repay him.
• Gu Ci reflected on his family and planned to wait for Dugu Bo to condense his Soul Core before stirring the tides of the era.
• Two days later, Gu Ci had reached Soul Power Level 18 and Dugu Yan had reached Level 16 while both stabilized their realms.
• Powerful figures, including two Titled Douluo, raced north over the Marquis Manor, and Dugu Bo told Gu Ci and Dugu Yan to stay inside because something big had happened.

Gu Ci learned that Ah Yin had sacrificed herself to save Tang Hao and Tang San, then prepared to cultivate with Dugu Yan at the Ice and Fire Dual Pools. He used his Heavenly Eye to examine the Immortal Herbs and Dugu Yan’s body, searching for herbs that could transform her Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul.

• Gu Ci heard that Tang Hao and Ah Yin had been hunted by Spirit Hall, and later learned that Ah Yin sacrificed herself before Tang Hao defeated his pursuers.
• Gu Ci reflected on Tang San’s future and told Dugu Bo that he and Dugu Yan were ready to absorb complete Immortal Herbs and that he planned to make Soul Tools after reaching level twenty.
• Gu Ci asked Gu Xiao and Li Wanyue to gather metals, then departed with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan for the Ice and Fire Dual Pools.
• At the pools, Gu Ci summoned Zi Dian and Mo Jiao, then used his Heavenly Eye to survey the Immortal Herb Garden.
• Gu Ci examined Dugu Yan and realized that suitable Immortal Herbs might awaken the changes seeded by the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot in her body.

Gu Ci absorbed the Purple Sky Thunder Orchid and reached level 20 with the Ultimate Thunder Attribute, while Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolved into an Ice Fire Flood Dragon after she consumed a Sweet Potato Golden Dragon. The chapter ended with Gu Ci and Dugu Yan testing their newly transformed powers beside the Ice and Fire Dual Pools.

• Gu Ci identified the conjoined Sweet Potato Golden Dragons and told Dugu Yan that she and Dugu Bo could use them to help each other’s Martial Souls evolve.
• Gu Ci chose the Purple Sky Thunder Orchid, which responded to his Thunder Attribute as he placed it in a jade box.
• Gu Ci absorbed the Purple Sky Thunder Orchid, endured its violent power, and reached level 20 as his Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger gained the Ultimate Thunder Attribute.
• Dugu Yan consumed the smaller Sweet Potato Golden Dragon, awakening the medicinal power of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot as her Jade Scale Snake evolved into an Ice Fire Flood Dragon.
• Gu Ci tested his Ultimate Thunder by blasting a distant boulder, while Dugu Yan practiced combining ice and fire into a spinning sphere.

Gu Ci and Dugu Yan practiced in the Immortal Herb Garden while Dugu Bo secluded himself to condense a Soul Core. Dugu Bo emerged stronger after succeeding, while Gu Ci gained valuable metals from Gu Xiao to research Soul Tools.

• Dugu Yan demonstrated that she could use ice and fire together, and Gu Ci encouraged her to keep practicing.
• Dugu Bo continued his three-day seclusion to condense a Soul Core while Gu Ci reassured Dugu Yan that he was safe.
• Gu Xiao visited Gu Ci, brought more than twenty kinds of valuable metals, and then returned to the manor.
• Gu Ci studied the metals with his Heavenly Eye while consolidating his realm.
• A dark green pillar of light appeared as Dugu Bo successfully formed his Soul Core and emerged at Level 92, nearing Level 93.

Dugu Bo absorbed the Sweet Potato Golden Dragon and evolved his Martial Soul into the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, reaching rank ninety-four and ending his toxin troubles. The next morning, he prepared to help Gu Ci and Dugu Yan seek their Second Spirit Rings in Sunset Forest, though their ideal Spirit Beasts might require a journey to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Dugu Bo consumed the larger Sweet Potato Golden Dragon while Gu Ci watched over him and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo's Martial Soul evolved into the Jade Scale Flood Dragon, and he reached rank ninety-four.
• Dugu Bo declared that he could fight a rank ninety-five Titled Douluo and agreed to help Gu Ci and Dugu Yan obtain their Second Spirit Rings.
• Gu Ci chose a ten-thousand-year Thunder-attribute predator, while Dugu Yan wanted a six-thousand-year flood dragon-type Spirit Beast with both ice and fire attributes.
• Dugu Bo accepted Gu Ci's explanation that his knowledge came from a Divine Inheritance and said he cared that Gu Ci was the child he had watched grow up.
• The next morning, Dugu Bo offered to identify suitable Spirit Beasts in Sunset Forest before the group considered traveling to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Gu Ci, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan searched Sunset Forest for suitable Soul Beasts for Gu Ci’s and Dugu Yan’s next Soul Rings, but their efforts failed. As the third day ended, Dugu Yan worried they would not find a beast for her.

• Gu Ci and Dugu Bo discussed the rare Thunder Attribute predators in Sunset Forest, while Dugu Yan needed a six-thousand-year flood dragon with both Ice and Fire Attributes.
• Dugu Bo agreed to search Sunset Forest for three more days before taking them to Star Dou Great Forest if they found nothing suitable.
• Gu Ci used his Heavenly Eye in Thunder Roar Valley but found no Thunder Pattern Tiger King.
• The group found a twenty-thousand-year Purple Lightning Thunder Eagle in the Sky Ripple Mountains, but it fled when Dugu Bo approached, and Gu Ci said it was not suited to his Martial Soul.
• After two days searching other locations without success, Dugu Yan asked Gu Ci whether they would really fail to find a Soul Beast for her.

Gu Ci found an eighteen-thousand-year Dark Night Thunder Tiger and decided to make it his next soul ring. Dugu Bo had Gu Ci prepare to face the tiger himself, with the promise that he would intervene if Gu Ci was in danger.

• Dugu Bo suggested that Gu Ci consider the twenty-thousand-year Purple Lightning Thunder Eagle, but Gu Ci insisted on continuing the search for a tiger-type soul beast.
• As they prepared to leave for Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Ci spotted a Dark Night Thunder Tiger hidden in a valley thirty li southwest.
• Dugu Bo explained that the tiger could conceal its aura in shadows and grew faster and stronger under moonlight, while carrying a trace of Dark Demon Evil God Tiger bloodline.
• Gu Ci chose the eighteen-thousand-year tiger, and Dugu Bo led Gu Ci and Dugu Yan toward its valley without alerting it.
• Dugu Bo told Gu Ci to approach the tiger himself using his Purple Lightning Wings and Thunder Attribute bloodline advantage, while Dugu Bo stood ready to intervene.
• Gu Ci unfurled his wings and told Dugu Yan to wait as he prepared to face the Dark Night Thunder Tiger.