Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: Blue Silver Grass and Red Golden Flower, Tears of Chang Kong (Part 1)

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Tang Wulin breaks free from his Golden Dragon King-induced berserk state, Long Zijin suddenly brings his Amethyst Dragon Claw down toward Tang’s head, appearing ready to kill him.
• Tang instinctively summons his Blue Silver Grass to defend himself, but Long Zijin stops at the last moment and reveals that the attack was his eighth move in their test.
• Long Zijin reveals his second Martial Soul: a red-and-gold peony originally called Lovesick Heartbreak Red. He disguises its identity by renaming it Red Golden Flower.
• The flower’s healing aura restores Tang Wulin’s fatigue, injuries, and damaged meridians, giving him a powerful sense of comfort and belonging.
• Tang asks Long Zijin about his biological parents. Long refuses to explain everything yet, instructing him to visit the Blacksmiths’ Association in Eastsea City, where someone is waiting for him. Only afterward will Long reveal part of the truth.
• Tang’s exhaustion catches up with him, and he collapses. Long catches him and carries him back toward the academy dormitory.
• Long publicly reveals that Tang Wulin is his younger brother and that they both grew up in Aolai City, surprising Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and the other students.
• Wu Zhangkong recognizes the peony’s true identity as Lovesick Heartbreak Red. Long realizes that Wu is likely connected to the Tang Sect and may have been assigned to guide Tang Wulin.
• Long denies knowing the mysterious “Want-to-Die Broken Rainbow,” then leaves with Tang.
• As the others disperse, Wu Zhangkong suddenly attacks Long with his Heavenly Frost Sword, striking and freezing his wrist. Long’s powerful life force quickly heals the injury, ending the chapter on a tense cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Tang Wulin: Demonstrates instinctive loyalty and resilience by attempting to defend himself even while exhausted and overwhelmed. His desire to learn about his parents becomes more urgent, but he is forced to wait for further answers. His bond with Long Zijin begins to develop into one of trust and familial belonging.
• Long Zijin: Reveals that his apparent lethal attack was a test rather than an execution attempt. He shows deep concern for Tang Wulin, both by healing him and by refusing to let others separate him from his adoptive family. His hidden identity and knowledge of Tang’s origins suggest a larger connection to Tang Sect plans.
• Wu Zhangkong: Displays unusual shock and emotional disturbance upon recognizing Lovesick Heartbreak Red. His immediate attack on Long reveals suspicion, hostility, or a personal connection involving Tang Wulin’s past.
• Xie Xie and Gu Yue: Continue acting as Tang Wulin’s closest classmates and supporters. Xie Xie is entrusted with helping guide Long back to the dormitory.
• Class Five: Learns that Tang Wulin and Long Zijin are related, changing their understanding of Tang’s background.

Significant Themes

• Hidden identities and concealed truths: Long disguises the name of his Martial Soul, while both he and Wu Zhangkong appear to know more about Tang Wulin’s origins than they reveal.
• Family and belonging: Long’s declaration that Tang is his younger brother, along with his refusal to let Tang be separated from his adoptive parents, emphasizes family bonds beyond blood.
• Healing and protection: The Red Golden Flower symbolizes restoration and comfort, contrasting with Tang’s destructive berserk power and the violence surrounding him.
• The burden of inherited power: Tang’s Golden Dragon King essence continues to cause dangerous berserk episodes, exhaustion, and internal injuries.
• Conflict between trust and secrecy: Tang seeks honest answers, but the adults around him continue withholding information, apparently to protect him or follow a larger plan.

Important Character Interactions

• Tang Wulin and Long Zijin: Long tests Tang, nearly frightens him, then heals him and claims him as a younger brother. Tang responds with trust and repeatedly asks for information about his parents.
• Long Zijin and Wu Zhangkong: Their interaction is tense and indirect. Wu recognizes Long’s Martial Soul, while Long pretends not to recognize Wu’s apparent alias or identity. Wu ultimately responds with a surprise sword attack.
• Long Zijin and Xie Xie: Long asks Xie Xie to help lead him to the boys’ dormitory while he carries the unconscious Tang.
• Wu Zhangkong and the Class Five students: Wu’s normally emotionless demeanor breaks when he recognizes the flower, causing the students to realize that he is deeply affected by Long Zijin’s revelation.

Chapter Summary: A Punch, a Devoted Lover, Tears of Zhangkong (Part 2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• Wu Zhangkong ignores Long Zijin’s question and suddenly attacks him with the Heavenly Frost Sword, slashing his wrist.
• Long Zijin’s Flower Immortal Body heals the wound almost instantly, shocking the powerful observers who notice the attack.
• In retaliation, Long Zijin hands the unconscious Tang Wulin to Xie Xie, transforms his right hand with dragon power, and strikes Wu Zhangkong with a devastating ascending dragon punch.
• Wu Zhangkong is thrown into a tree, leaving a fist-shaped dent in his clothing and stunning the surrounding students and teachers.
• After recognizing Long Zijin’s twin Martial Souls—Crow-Absolute Stone and Lovesick Heartbreak Red—Wu Zhangkong collapses emotionally. He repeatedly calls out Long Bing’s name, laughs bitterly, cries, and beats his head and fists against the ground.
• The teachers and administrators are too intimidated by Wu Zhangkong’s strength to restrain him. Even Ye Yingluo, who previously resented and targeted him, becomes concerned by his breakdown.
• The Goddess of Love explains to Long Zijin that Wu Zhangkong’s grief over Long Bing’s death has hardened into a dangerous obsession. If he cannot overcome it, he may eventually become an Evil Soul Master.

Character Developments

• Wu Zhangkong: His usually cold, disciplined exterior completely shatters. The appearance of Lovesick Heartbreak Red, the divine treasure he spent nearly a decade seeking to revive Long Bing, forces him to confront the futility of his suffering and sacrifices. His grief, regret, rage, and sense of betrayal by fate erupt uncontrollably.
• Long Zijin: He demonstrates overwhelming strength and composure, responding to Wu Zhangkong’s attack with a single powerful blow. However, he is confused by Wu Zhangkong’s reaction and begins to understand the emotional significance behind his behavior.
• Ye Yingluo: Her hostility toward Wu Zhangkong gives way to sympathy when she witnesses his despair, revealing that her feelings for him remain despite his rejection.
• Goddess of Love: She provides insight into Wu Zhangkong’s psychological state, identifying his grief as an obsession that could corrupt him.

Significant Themes

• Love turning into obsession: Wu Zhangkong’s devotion to Long Bing has survived for ten years but has transformed from love into destructive fixation.
• Cruelty and irony of fate: The power Wu Zhangkong sought for years appears before him only after hope has effectively died, and it exists within a child as a Martial Soul rather than as a recoverable divine treasure.
• Grief and emotional collapse: The chapter shows how unresolved mourning can destroy a person’s identity and judgment.
• Power versus emotional vulnerability: Although Wu Zhangkong is a powerful Soul Emperor, his strength cannot protect him from psychological devastation.
• The danger of unchecked obsession: The Goddess of Love warns that Wu Zhangkong’s inability to release his attachment may lead him down the path of an Evil Soul Master.

Character Interactions

• Wu Zhangkong and Long Zijin: Their brief confrontation escalates from a sudden sword attack to a retaliatory punch. Long Zijin’s Martial Souls trigger Wu Zhangkong’s emotional collapse.
• Long Zijin and Xie Xie: Long Zijin entrusts Tang Wulin to Xie Xie before confronting Wu Zhangkong.
• Wu Zhangkong and the teachers: His breakdown leaves the surrounding teachers helpless and afraid to intervene.
• Ye Yingluo and Wu Zhangkong: Though she once sought to embarrass him because of his rejection, Ye Yingluo now watches with compassion.
• Long Zijin and the Goddess of Love: Through their mental conversation, Long Zijin learns the emotional cause of Wu Zhangkong’s breakdown and the threat it poses.

Chapter Summary: “Now—You Are the Goddess of Love”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Wu Zhangkong collapses in overwhelming grief after realizing that all his efforts to resurrect Long Bing have failed. He repeatedly smashes his fists and forehead against the floor, refusing to protect himself with Soul Power.
• His memories reveal his past relationship with Long Bing, her death at the hands of her father, and his nine-year obsession with bringing her back to life.
• Ye Yingluo, despite years of resentment toward Wu Zhangkong for rejecting her, cannot bear to watch him destroy himself. She embraces and restrains him, while her sister Ye Yingrong joins her.
• Ye Yingluo invokes Long Bing’s name and asks whether Long Bing would want Wu Zhangkong to behave this way. This briefly restores Wu Zhangkong’s sanity.
• Wu Zhangkong then kneels before Long Zijin and begs him to return to Heaven Dou City and save Long Bing, whose body has been preserved near her gravestone.
• Long Zijin initially intends to refuse because he can only revive those who have recently died. However, the Goddess of Love urges him to accept, reminding him that he became the new master of Universe Asking-Love Valley and is destined to inherit the authority of the Goddess of Love.
• Reluctantly accepting the responsibility, Long Zijin gives Wu Zhangkong the Crow-Absolute Stone and tells him to use it with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Wu Zhangkong, having memorized the resurrection ritual for nine years, immediately reverses his Soul Power and spits his heart’s blood onto the stone.
• Long Zijin activates the second divine skill of Lovesick Heartbreak Red, causing it to resonate with the Crow-Absolute Stone. The resurrection attempt begins.

Character Developments

• Wu Zhangkong: His normally proud, detached personality completely breaks down. His grief exposes the depth of his devotion to Long Bing, while his immediate return to the resurrection ritual shows that his obsession and determination remain intact.
• Ye Yingluo: Her hatred and jealousy give way to compassion. Although she knows she can never replace Long Bing, she still risks injury to prevent Wu Zhangkong from harming himself, demonstrating that her love remains selfless despite her pain.
• Ye Yingrong: Initially shocked, she follows her sister’s example and helps restrain Wu Zhangkong, showing empathy and loyalty toward Ye Yingluo.
• Long Zijin: He remains practical and reluctant to become involved, worrying that Wu Zhangkong may be part of Tang San’s plans. Nevertheless, he accepts the Goddess of Love’s argument that this situation falls within his divine responsibility.
• Goddess of Love: She clarifies Long Zijin’s future identity and destiny. He is not merely a dragon or the Dragon Emperor; as the new master of Universe Asking-Love Valley, he is destined to become the Goddess of Love and must protect genuine devotion.
• Long Bing: Though absent and dead, she remains the emotional center of the chapter. Her love continues to govern Wu Zhangkong’s actions and even forces Long Zijin to confront his role as an arbiter of love.

Significant Themes

• Devotion versus despair: Wu Zhangkong’s love gives him purpose but also drives him toward self-destruction when resurrection seems impossible.
• The burden of love: The Goddess of Love presents love not only as an emotion but as a divine responsibility that Long Zijin cannot avoid.
• Unrequited love and compassion: Ye Yingluo’s actions show that love can remain sincere even when it is not returned.
• Life, death, and obsession: The chapter explores whether love can overcome death, while questioning the cost of refusing to accept loss.
• Destiny and divine authority: Long Zijin’s intervention suggests that his future godhood will require him to intervene in mortal affairs, even when doing so may entangle him in larger schemes.

Character Interactions

• Wu Zhangkong and Ye Yingluo: Ye Yingluo physically and emotionally supports Wu Zhangkong despite being the woman he never loved. Her plea helps pull him out of his breakdown.
• Ye Yingluo and Long Bing: Ye Yingluo acknowledges Long Bing as the woman who truly possessed Wu Zhangkong’s heart, even calling out to her as a rival who is no longer alive.
• Wu Zhangkong and Long Zijin: Wu Zhangkong abandons his pride and begs Long Zijin for help. Long Zijin responds with the Crow-Absolute Stone rather than sympathy, but ultimately agrees to assist.
• Long Zijin and the Goddess of Love: Their internal exchange reframes the situation as Long Zijin’s responsibility. The Goddess persuades him that saving Wu Zhangkong’s love is part of his destined authority.
• Long Zijin and Wu Zhangkong’s ritual: Long Zijin provides the necessary divine artifact and activates Lovesick Heartbreak Red, setting the resurrection process into motion.

Chapter Summary: “Second Divine Skill, Aptitude for the Goddess of Love”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Wu Zhangkong receives the jet-black Crow-Absolute Stone and immediately performs a ritual, vomiting his own heart’s blood onto it.
• Long Zijin activates the Goddess of Love’s second divine skill, Crow-Absolute Heart-Questioning Stone, creating a powerful spiritual illusion called Universe Asking-Love Valley.
• The illusion is designed to make Wu Zhangkong experience years of emotional trials in a single day, with the aim of weakening his obsession with the deceased Long Bing and encouraging him to accept Ye Yingluo’s love.
• Long Zijin expects the technique to gradually influence Wu Zhangkong’s feelings, but Wu breaks free almost instantly.
• At the same moment, Long Zijin unexpectedly advances to Rank 30, while Wu regains his clarity and declares his determination to wait for Long Bing.
• The Goddess of Love explains that Wu possesses the rare aptitude of the Goddess of Love, meaning his emotional devotion and spiritual nature qualify him for her inheritance or a divine trial.
• Having passed the test, Wu earns Long Zijin’s promise to accompany him to Heaven Dou City.
• Long Zijin summons an aerial Soul Tool and departs with Wu and the Holy Dragon King. The Goddess of Love’s soul accompanies them, explaining that Wu’s trial has produced rewards and may help Long Zijin eventually form Godhood.
• At Eastsea Academy, the departure amazes the onlookers, especially Xie Xie, while Gu Yue remains behind and sarcastically criticizes Long Zijin’s own emotional judgment.

Character Developments

• Wu Zhangkong: His devotion to Long Bing is shown to be exceptionally strong. Rather than being manipulated into accepting Ye Yingluo, he uses the illusion to reaffirm his resolve and emerges with greater mental clarity and determination.
• Long Zijin: Initially treats the trial as a convenient way to escape Wu Zhangkong and fulfill his obligations, hoping to arrange a relationship between Wu and Ye Yingluo. Wu’s immediate resistance surprises him and forces him to recognize Wu’s extraordinary emotional aptitude. His unexpected advancement to Rank 30 also marks important personal progress.
• Ye Yingluo: Though unconscious during the event, she remains central to Long Zijin’s plan. Her unrequited love for Wu is treated as a possible source of destiny and emotional growth.
• Goddess of Love: Her soul provides insight into the divine skill and confirms Wu’s suitability for the Goddess of Love’s inheritance. She also corrects Long Zijin’s dismissive view of the journey.
• Holy Dragon King: Acts as the pilot and accepts the unusual mission despite initially being confused by Long Zijin’s motives.
• Gu Yue: Reveals that her earlier weakness was an act and ends the chapter by mocking Long Zijin for being emotionally compromised himself.
• Xie Xie and the academy students: Their astonishment at the aerial Soul Tool emphasizes Long Zijin’s wealth, power, and unusual status.

Significant Themes

• The strength of true devotion: Wu’s love for Long Bing proves stronger than an illusion designed to reshape his emotions.
• Love as a qualification for divinity: Emotional sincerity and the ability to remain faithful are presented as qualities connected to divine inheritance.
• Fate and arranged bonds: Long Zijin views Wu and Ye Yingluo’s possible relationship as a bond arranged by fate, while the Goddess of Love suggests that these emotional experiences can influence future Godhood.
• Duty versus personal intention: Long Zijin helps Wu partly out of obligation and partly to escape larger divine complications, showing the tension between responsibility and self-interest.
• Trials and growth: The heart-questioning illusion becomes a test not only for Wu but also for Long Zijin, whose powers and divine path advance as a result.
• Emotional judgment and hypocrisy: Gu Yue’s final remark highlights the irony that Long Zijin criticizes others for being ruled by emotion while he himself is also influenced by personal feelings and attachments.

Important Character Interactions

• Wu Zhangkong and Long Zijin: Their confrontation centers on whether Wu can be made to abandon Long Bing. Wu’s resistance earns Long Zijin’s respect and cooperation.
• Long Zijin and the Goddess of Love: Their exchange reveals differing perspectives: Long Zijin sees the journey as a troublesome obligation, while the Goddess views it as a meaningful divine trial with benefits.
• Long Zijin and the Holy Dragon King: Long Zijin gives few explanations, leaving the Holy Dragon King puzzled about why Wu deserves such attention.
• Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing: Although Long Bing is absent and presumed dead, Wu’s prayer—“Long Bing, wait for me”—demonstrates that she remains the central focus of his heart.
• Gu Yue and Long Zijin: Gu Yue’s closing taunt challenges Long Zijin’s claim to emotional objectivity and exposes her awareness of his own entanglement in mortal feelings.

Chapter Summary

• Journey to Heaven Dou City: After traveling for a day and night in an aerial Soul Tool, Long Zijin, Di Guangming, and Wu Zhangkong arrive in the north-central region and land outside Heaven Dou City. They pass over Sunset Forest and report to the city’s tower before entering.
• Wu Zhangkong’s emotional state: Throughout the journey, Wu Zhangkong remains silent and visibly tense. He appears excited and nervous, like someone about to reunite with a beloved after a long separation, but Long Zijin senses deep sadness beneath his anticipation. Wu seems to be pursuing a hope he suspects may be impossible.
• Arrival at the cemetery: Wu Zhangkong leads the others through the elegant, old-fashioned city. His familiarity with the streets and increasingly hurried pace reveal the personal importance of their destination. After leaving the busy areas and passing through a narrow alley, the group reaches the iron gates of the Heaven Dou City Cemetery, where Long Bing is presumably buried.
• Character interactions: Long Zijin observes Wu Zhangkong closely and empathizes with his conflicted emotions. Long Zijin and Di Guangming accommodate Wu by landing normally rather than descending separately through the air, since they are accompanying an outsider. Wu takes charge of the route, while the others follow silently and respectfully.
• Major themes: The chapter emphasizes grief, longing, remembrance, and hope beyond death. Wu Zhangkong’s journey is framed as both a physical return to a beloved place and an emotional confrontation with loss. The quiet, ancient atmosphere of Heaven Dou City reinforces the chapter’s sense of history and mourning.
• Author’s branching-point announcement: The chapter then pauses for an author-directed story poll concerning Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing’s eventual fate. Three possible outcomes are proposed:
  1. Wu Zhangkong returns disappointed, later dies fighting Dark Hummingbird, and reunites with Long Bing after death.
  2. The protagonist uses established cross-planar powers to restore Long Bing’s soul and fully resurrect her.
  3. After creating a new world, the protagonist gives Wu Zhangkong the Goddess of Love’s divine position, allowing him to retrieve Long Bing from the Netherworld and bring her into the new Divine Realm, potentially granting her rebirth and immortality.
     The latter portion is repeated in the provided text and mainly serves as a setup for future reader-selected plot development.

Chapter Summary: “Foreshadowing Before the Next Climax”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Wulin wakes in the evening after exhausting himself through the Annihilation Godhead and immediately rushes to the Blacksmith Association, remembering that Mang Tian has news about his parents.
• He briefly stops to eat because of his overwhelming hunger, then meets Cen Yue, who tells him Mang Tian has gone to his old workshop.
• At the workshop, Mang Tian congratulates Tang Wulin for completing Thousand Refinement and becoming the youngest Level Three blacksmith.
• Mang Tian gives Tang Wulin a letter from his father, Zirran. The letter reveals that Tang Wulin’s parents were not ordinary civilians:
  • His father was a Federation core-level mech designer.
  • His mother was a Federation mental-pharmaceutical specialist.
  • They had gone into hiding after being targeted over a mech design and after suspicious disappearances occurred at his mother’s institute.
  • They have now returned to their former professions and deliberately left Tang Wulin behind for his safety.
• The letter contains Tang Wulin’s identity card and a bank card loaded with one million Federal Coins, intended to help him obtain a hundred-year Soul Spirit. His father urges him to become self-reliant and never seek out his parents.
• Overwhelmed by the loss of both his parents and Na’er, Tang Wulin breaks down in Mang Tian’s arms. Mang Tian comforts him without trying to suppress his grief.
• Tang Wulin then remembers Long Zijin and seeks him out, hoping he can uncover the truth.
• After three anxious days, Long Zijin returns to the academy with Wu Zhangkong. He tells Wu Zhangkong to care for Tang Wulin and warns him to watch Gu Yue, whose motives and origins remain suspiciously unclear.
• In private, Long Zijin reveals that Tang Wulin’s parents were taken by the Spirit Pagoda because of their former status as important researchers. He does not know precisely where they are being held.
• Tang Wulin begs Long Zijin to rescue them, even offering to work exclusively for him. Long Zijin explains that he had already promised Tang Wulin’s father to protect Tang Wulin and save his parents at a critical moment, but cannot force the Spirit Pagoda to release them.
• Tang Wulin regains his determination, deciding to grow strong enough to rescue his parents and bring Na’er back himself. He asks Wu Zhangkong for extra training.
• Before Tang Wulin leaves, Long Zijin reveals that he has also sensed an unexplained closeness between himself and Tang Wulin, creating a major mystery and foreshadowing future revelations.

Character Developments

• Tang Wulin: Experiences intense grief and abandonment after learning that his parents have disappeared. His despair gradually transforms into resolve. He accepts that he must rely on his own strength and commits himself to becoming powerful enough to save his parents and recover Na’er.
• Mang Tian: Acts as a steady father figure, offering Tang Wulin emotional support and confirming that he has always been dependable despite his rough exterior.
• Long Zijin: Moves from being a distant protector to someone personally invested in Tang Wulin’s fate. His promise to Tang Wulin’s father and his unexplained sense of kinship with Tang Wulin suggest a deeper connection.
• Wu Zhangkong: Shows continued dedication to Tang Wulin by agreeing to provide additional training. His suspicion of Gu Yue is also reinforced.
• Tang Wulin’s parents: Are recontextualized as highly skilled and politically significant professionals whose disappearance is connected to powerful forces within the Federation and Spirit Pagoda.

Significant Themes

• Self-reliance and personal strength: Tang Wulin’s father emphasizes that help and money cannot become the foundation of his future. Tang Wulin accepts that only his own growth will ultimately allow him to save his family.
• Family separation and sacrifice: His parents abandon their peaceful life and leave Tang Wulin behind in an attempt to protect and provide for him, while Tang Wulin interprets their absence as another loss of home.
• Hidden identities and truth: The revelations about Tang Wulin’s parents, the Spirit Pagoda, and Long Zijin’s mysterious closeness deepen the novel’s broader themes of concealed origins and buried political conflicts.
• Grief becoming motivation: Tang Wulin’s mourning does not disappear, but it is transformed into determination and a concrete goal.
• Trust and responsibility: Mang Tian, Long Zijin, and Wu Zhangkong each take responsibility for Tang Wulin’s future, while Tang Wulin begins accepting responsibility for rescuing his family himself.

Important Character Interactions

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie: Xie Xie returns with food and tries to tell Tang Wulin about recent events, but Tang Wulin is too focused on finding Mang Tian.
• Tang Wulin and Mang Tian: Mang Tian delivers the letter and comforts him through his emotional collapse, reinforcing their mentor-disciple and quasi-parental bond.
• Tang Wulin and Long Zijin: Their private conversation reveals the Spirit Pagoda’s involvement and shows Tang Wulin’s desperation. Long Zijin’s eventual promise to help and mysterious sense of closeness form the chapter’s central emotional and narrative turning point.
• Long Zijin and Wu Zhangkong: Long Zijin entrusts Tang Wulin to Wu Zhangkong’s care and warns him to monitor Gu Yue.
• Tang Wulin and Wu Zhangkong: Tang Wulin requests harsher training, and Wu Zhangkong agrees, marking the beginning of Tang Wulin’s renewed effort to grow stronger.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue: They do not directly interact, but Gu Yue becomes the subject of Wu Zhangkong and Long Zijin’s suspicion because of her unknown background and unusual abilities.

Chapter Summary: “First Extraction of the Golden Dragon Bloodline”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Wulin and Long Zijin discuss their strong sense of familiarity and the possibility that their Martial Souls might be compatible for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Instead of testing their Martial Souls conventionally, Long Zijin secretly bites Tang Wulin’s shoulder and extracts some of the Golden Dragon bloodline contained in his spinal marrow.
• The extraction severely weakens Tang Wulin. He becomes pale, cold, drowsy, and temporarily loses his strength. A mysterious power within his body also seems close to awakening.
• Long Zijin stops after extracting roughly one-tenth of what Tang Wulin can tolerate. He absorbs the golden blood marrow and uses the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to restore Tang Wulin’s vitality.
• The extracted bloodline allows Long Zijin to further analyze and merge the True Dragon Origin with the Sub-Dragon Origin. He considers Tang Wulin a continuing source through which he may eventually recreate the original Purple-Gold Twins’ bloodline.
• After recovering, Tang Wulin questions why Long Zijin bit him. Long Zijin lies, claiming that spinal marrow is needed to test bloodline and Martial Soul compatibility.
• Long Zijin encourages Tang Wulin to eat more nutritious meals, pretending that the food is compensation for Tang Wulin’s father’s design blueprints. In reality, he wants Tang Wulin to replenish the marrow he plans to extract again.
• Long Zijin reveals that he will not remain at Eastsea Academy or join Class Zero permanently. He had only come to inform Tang Wulin that his parents had been abducted and to ensure his safety.
• He leaves despite Tang Wulin’s emotional attachment, leaving the boy alone and in tears.

Character Developments

• Tang Wulin: Remains trusting and innocent, accepting Long Zijin’s explanation without suspicion. His powerful appetite and unusual physiology are emphasized, as is his determination to grow stronger so he can find his missing parents. Long Zijin’s departure exposes how lonely and emotionally vulnerable he has become after losing contact with his family and Na’er.
• Long Zijin: Demonstrates both extraordinary knowledge and ruthless self-interest. He views Tang Wulin primarily as a source of Golden Dragon bloodline material, yet he also shows genuine concern by restoring his strength and encouraging him to eat. His departure reveals a willingness to maintain emotional distance, even after forming a bond with Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin’s parents: Their abduction remains a central unresolved problem and motivates Tang Wulin’s desire to become stronger.

Significant Themes

• Trust and exploitation: Tang Wulin trusts Long Zijin completely, while Long Zijin deceives him and secretly uses him for bloodline research.
• Bloodline and inheritance: The chapter explores Martial Souls as expressions of genetic and bloodline inheritance, especially the relationship between the Golden Dragon and other dragon origins.
• Loneliness and abandonment: Tang Wulin has already lost contact with Na’er and his parents, and Long Zijin’s departure deepens his sense of isolation.
• Growth through hardship: Tang Wulin connects eating, physical development, and becoming stronger with his goal of rescuing or finding his parents.
• Emotional manipulation: Long Zijin disguises his true motives with comforting explanations and promises of support, making Tang Wulin feel safe while concealing the danger he poses.

Important Character Interactions

• Tang Wulin and Long Zijin: Their interaction shifts from apparent familial familiarity and possible Martial Soul compatibility to a disturbing act of bloodline extraction. Tang Wulin reacts with confusion and pain, while Long Zijin calmly rationalizes his actions.
• Long Zijin comforts Tang Wulin by providing access to better food and invoking his parents, strengthening Tang Wulin’s trust.
• Their final exchange is emotionally painful: Tang Wulin hopes Long Zijin will stay and join Class Zero, but Long Zijin leaves, forcing Tang Wulin to confront another separation.

Chapter Summary: “The Eleventh-Rank Peerless Immortal Ginseng”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Long Zijin returns to the aerial Soul Tool after extracting part of the Golden Dragon King’s bloodline from Tang San’s son. He has not taken everything at once, instead choosing to harvest it gradually as the bloodline develops.
• During the journey, the Holy Dragon King notices that Long Zijin now carries a faint trace of the former Dragon Crown Prince and an aura resembling their Father God. Long Zijin confirms that he has recovered part of the Golden Dragon King’s power.
• Long Zijin reveals his true purpose: he is using Tang San’s son as an experimental subject to filter the Golden Dragon King’s violent nature and obtain stable True Dragon Origin data. He plans to return for more bloodline material after Tang San unlocks another layer of his son’s power.
• Long Zijin admits that Tang San’s soul fragment could not safely interfere. By maintaining distance and using Dragon Soul Manifestation, Long Zijin could threaten to dismember the boy, forcing Tang San to tolerate limited extraction.
• After traveling for two nights and a day, Long Zijin and the Holy Dragon King return to the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They pass through illusion formations and poisonous miasma while avoiding Tang Sect patrols.
• The immortal-grade ferocious beasts welcome Long Zijin. He immediately asks about the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• The ginseng bursts from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in a partially humanoid, partially dragon-like form. It enthusiastically embraces Long Zijin, coils around his body and neck, and affectionately rubs against his face and hair.
• The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng has rapidly developed intelligence and physical features, including dragon claws formed from its roots. Its future role becomes a major branching point in the story.

Character Developments

• Long Zijin: Becomes more powerful after partially absorbing or extracting the Golden Dragon King’s bloodline. He is shown to be calculating, ruthless, and scientifically minded, treating Tang San’s son as a living experimental subject. At the same time, his warmer reaction to the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng reveals a capacity for attachment and affection.
• Holy Dragon King: Remains a loyal subordinate and pilot, but he is curious and observant enough to question Long Zijin about his altered aura. He accepts Long Zijin’s explanation and continues to support his plans.
• Tang San: Although physically absent, his fragment soul remains an important source of resistance. However, Long Zijin believes Tang San is constrained by the threat to his son and cannot openly oppose the extraction.
• Tang San’s son: His Golden Dragon King bloodline is being exploited and harvested in stages. The chapter establishes that the bloodline is connected to his spine and can be progressively unlocked.
• Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng: Undergoes rapid evolution, beginning to take beast form and develop intelligence. Its affectionate behavior toward Long Zijin suggests a strong bond and raises questions about whether it will remain dependent on him or become an independent being.

Significant Themes

• Power through exploitation: Long Zijin’s strength is built by harvesting another character’s bloodline, reducing a person to a source of biological and spiritual material.
• Control and coercion: Tang San’s inability to intervene emphasizes how threats against loved ones can neutralize even a powerful opponent.
• Science and experimentation: The “vaccine” and bloodline-filtering concept reframes cultivation and inheritance as experimental processes designed to remove instability and produce controlled power.
• Transformation and identity: Both Long Zijin and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng are changing physically and spiritually, raising questions about what makes them individuals.
• Affection versus possession: The ginseng’s loving attachment to Long Zijin contrasts with his cold treatment of Tang San’s son, suggesting that Long Zijin’s relationships depend heavily on whether he regards someone as a companion or a resource.

Character Interactions

• Long Zijin and the Holy Dragon King: Their conversation establishes Long Zijin’s bloodline-harvesting plan and the Holy Dragon King’s unquestioning loyalty.
• Long Zijin and Tang San’s soul fragment: Their unseen confrontation is defined by intimidation and strategic restraint; Long Zijin exploits Tang San’s need to protect his son.
• Long Zijin and the immortal beasts: The beasts welcome him respectfully, while Aromatic Silk Beauty and Infernal Delicate Apricot direct his attention to the well.
• Long Zijin and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng: Their reunion is affectionate and intimate. The ginseng treats Long Zijin as a trusted protector or master, clinging to him and displaying clear emotional attachment.

Author’s Branching-Plot Note

The chapter ends with a reader vote determining the ginseng’s future. The proposed possibilities are:

1. It becomes Long Zijin’s companion beast.
2. It becomes the sword spirit of the Black-Gold Divine Sword and later gains independent status.
3. It leaves Long Zijin and develops as a completely independent individual.
   The chapter also clarifies that, in the original setting, Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline was contained in his spine and gradually strengthened his body and abilities.

Chapter Summary: Awakening Intelligence, Choice, and Shaping a Dragon Soul

Key Plot Points and Events

• Long Zijin discovers that the presence of Little Fire and Little Water enabled the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to transform into a dragon ahead of schedule. After only nine days, it has absorbed all available nutrients and advanced into an eleventh-grade peerless immortal ginseng.
• Following the original plan, Aromatic Silk Beauty begins awakening the ginseng’s intelligence by extracting portions of soul essence from compatible immortal plants.
• The process starts with the Crystal Jade Muscle Bone, whose gemstone-like attributes are compatible with the ginseng. Long Zijin destroys the plant’s self-awareness within the extracted essence before feeding it to the little dragon.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty repeats the process with the Fragrant Silk Luo Flower, the Star-Net Spirit Pearl, the Primordial Immortal Grass, and the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. The ginseng rapidly absorbs their purified soul essence.
• The ginseng’s spiritual development accelerates dramatically: it progresses from incoherent babbling to producing clear dragon roars, achieving spiritual growth comparable to thousands of years of cultivation by other plant soul beasts.
• Long Zijin stops Aromatic Silk Beauty from taking soul essence from the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum because he needs its medicinal essence and does not want to drain it completely.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty is then forced to sacrifice more of the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid’s soul essence. Long Zijin challenges him over whether he would harm his innate companion to benefit the Infernal Delicate Apricot, exposing the emotional conflict between the two plants.
• After absorbing the final soul essence, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng becomes exhausted and falls asleep on Long Zijin’s shoulder.
• Long Zijin begins the final stage: shaping the ginseng’s dragon soul by pressing his forehead to its head and channeling the Will of Destruction into it.

Character Developments

• Long Zijin demonstrates both authority and sensitivity. He carefully manages the awakening process, protects the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from excessive harm, and shows increasing emotional involvement in the suffering of the sacrificed plants.
• His questioning of Aromatic Silk Beauty reveals that he is still searching for answers about loyalty, sacrifice, and his own past experiences of being dissected or harmed.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty remains obedient but becomes visibly strained by the repeated extraction of soul essence. His conflict between the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid exposes his painful preference for the one whose suffering he can directly perceive.
• The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng develops rapidly from an unintelligent plant into a conscious, vocal dragon-like being. Its eyes brighten, its soul strengthens, and it eventually falls asleep after undergoing intense spiritual growth.
• The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid is weakened by sacrificing part of its soul essence, especially because it shares a symbiotic bond with Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• The Holy Dragon King recognizes that Long Zijin’s question is connected to his unresolved personal history, suggesting that Long Zijin’s actions are shaped by past trauma.

Significant Themes

• The cost of awakening: Intelligence and spiritual advancement require the transfer and sacrifice of soul essence from other beings.
• Moral compromise and lesser evils: Aromatic Silk Beauty chooses the path he believes causes less immediate suffering, though neither option is painless.
• Loyalty versus compassion: The conflict between the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid forces Aromatic Silk Beauty to confront competing bonds.
• Power tempered by restraint: Long Zijin has the ability to take what he needs but deliberately spares the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Trauma and empathy: Long Zijin’s reaction to the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid’s suffering reflects his identification with beings who have been used or dissected.
• Creation through destruction: The ginseng’s new soul is formed through the destruction and purification of other souls, while Long Zijin’s destructive power becomes an instrument of creation.

Important Character Interactions

• Long Zijin and Aromatic Silk Beauty cooperate closely during the awakening ritual, with Long Zijin directing each stage.
• Long Zijin protects the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, showing consideration for the plants under his authority.
• His confrontation with Aromatic Silk Beauty over the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid creates the chapter’s central emotional conflict.
• The Holy Dragon King silently interprets Long Zijin’s behavior, recognizing that the emperor’s question stems from unresolved memories.
• Long Zijin treats the newly awakened dragon ginseng gently, reassuring it before beginning the shaping of its dragon soul.

Chapter Summary: Flower Immortal Dragon Body, Spirit of the Black-Gold Divine Sword

Key Plot Points and Events

• Long Zijin completes the process of using his Will of Destruction to shape the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng’s soul into a dragon soul.
• After the ginseng awakens, Long Zijin prepares to fuse with it. He sends the Holy Dragon King and the six immortal-grade fierce beasts away so the process can occur undisturbed.
• He returns the Fire Dragon King Crown to the Red Extreme Pool, restoring the balance between the water and fire dragon energies of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Activating his Flower Immortal Body, Long Zijin merges with the eleventh-grade Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. The fusion lasts through several cycles of day and night and produces overwhelming red-gold dragon energy.
• The completed transformation gives Long Zijin a body covered in red-gold dragon scales and greatly enhances his strength. His Flower Immortal Physique evolves into the Flower Immortal Dragon Body.
• The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng’s consciousness is preserved rather than destroyed. It becomes the spirit of Long Zijin’s Black-Gold Divine Sword, allowing the sword to act as a living, dragon-infused weapon.
• After observing Long Zijin’s increased power, Di Guangming acknowledges that the Dragon Emperor’s long-term plan has advanced significantly.
• Long Zijin remains focused, noting that the journey is incomplete because he still needs to create a Third God Ring, apparently using the large purple-gold chrysanthemum.

Character Developments

• Long Zijin completes a major physical and spiritual evolution. His Flower Immortal Body becomes draconic, increasing his power enough for him to potentially bear a second Soul Spirit.
• He demonstrates greater control over the forces of water, fire, destruction, plant-based immortal power, and dragon bloodline energy.
• Despite his success, Long Zijin remains cautious and ambitious rather than overconfident. His attention immediately shifts toward creating the Third God Ring.
• The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng gains a developed dragon soul and retains its individuality through its transformation into the Black-Gold Divine Sword’s spirit.
• The Holy Dragon King and the Six Immortal-Grade Fierce Beasts continue to obey Long Zijin and recognize his authority.
• Di Guangming shows unusual approval and optimism, recognizing that Long Zijin’s accelerated growth validates the Dragon Emperor’s ten-thousand-year plan.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass/Bingbing is portrayed as young and timid. He is caught trying to look back during Long Zijin’s transformation and is reprimanded, though the Infernal Delicate Apricot defends him.

Significant Themes

• Transformation through cultivation: The chapter emphasizes that souls and bodies evolve through accumulated fortune, suffering, and cultivation.
• Preservation rather than destruction: The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng’s soul is not sacrificed; it is given a new existence as the sword spirit, suggesting that power can be gained without completely erasing individuality.
• Balance of opposing forces: Returning the Fire Dragon King Crown restores equilibrium between water and fire, showing that Long Zijin’s evolution depends on carefully managing conflicting energies.
• Long-term planning and ambition: Even after a major breakthrough, Long Zijin views his progress as incomplete. His ultimate goals remain larger than this single transformation.
• Authority and discipline: The beasts’ obedience and Bingbing’s punishment reinforce Long Zijin’s dominant position as their emperor.
• Dragonization of natural power: The chapter develops the idea that even divine plants and immortal physiques can transform into dragon-related forms under powerful bloodline and environmental influences.

Important Character Interactions

• Long Zijin and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng share a quiet, affectionate moment before the fusion, establishing trust between them.
• Long Zijin commands the Holy Dragon King and the six fierce beasts to withdraw, reinforcing his authority and their loyalty.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot protects Bingbing from Long Zijin’s anger, showing a nurturing relationship between them.
• Long Zijin handles the Black-Gold Divine Sword with clear affection, and the sword responds with a dragon’s roar, confirming the emotional bond between him and its newly formed spirit.
• Di Guangming congratulates Long Zijin and praises the success of the Dragon Emperor’s centuries-long strategy, while Long Zijin redirects the discussion toward the unfinished goal of creating the Third God Ring.

Chapter Summary: Diamond Saliva, Forging the Third God Ring

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Black-Gold Divine Sword is completed through the fusion of Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Crow-Absolute Stone, and Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, forming a weapon inherently unified with Long Zijin’s Flower Immortal Dragon Body.
• The Holy Dragon King and six Immortal-Grade Fierce Beasts return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and observe Long Zijin’s remarkable growth after his time in the dragon tomb.
• Long Zijin acknowledges that his strength is still insufficient to challenge the Silver Dragon King and decides that he must forge his Third God Ring.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty extracts the ultimate essence of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, known as Diamond Saliva, which can grant an indestructible diamond body.
• Long Zijin consumes the Diamond Saliva. With the support of his Flower Immortal Dragon Body, the medicinal power of the immortal ginseng, the chrysanthemum’s essence, and the presence of Lovesick Heartbreak Red, he begins forging his third ring.
• The Goddess of Love channels the power of Lovesick Heartbreak Red and compresses the concepts of immortality and eternal existence into a new divine skill.
• The Third God Ring is successfully formed as Indestructible Golden Body, a perfected version of the diamond-indestructible body.
• Long Zijin gives the completed third ring to the Goddess of Love. With three rings, her soul becomes stable and is no longer threatened by the hatred remaining from her death.
• After the celebration, Long Zijin abruptly demands the Crown of Water and the Crown of Fire from the Water and Fire Dragon Kings, shocking everyone present.

Character Developments

• Long Zijin grows substantially stronger but remains focused and cautious, recognizing that he must reach God Rank-level strength before facing the Silver Dragon King.
• He demonstrates increasing mastery over his divine inheritance, medicinal treasures, and Flower Immortal Dragon Body by forging a powerful defensive God Skill.
• The Goddess of Love completes her role as Long Zijin’s bonded Soul Spirit. Her three God Rings stabilize her soul and protect her emotional Godhood from being corrupted by lingering hatred, allowing her to await the creation of a new body.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty proves his loyalty and usefulness by extracting the Diamond Saliva for Long Zijin.
• The Holy Dragon King and the Immortal-Grade Fierce Beasts become increasingly hopeful about the restoration of the Dragon Clan, viewing Long Zijin’s advancement as a possible means of breaking the Dragon God Curse.

Significant Themes

• Strength through combination: Long Zijin’s advancement depends on combining multiple divine treasures, bloodlines, medicinal powers, and inherited abilities.
• Immortality and transcendence: The chapter centers on transforming Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s power to “remain immortal alongside heaven and earth” into a usable divine skill.
• Restoration and hope: Long Zijin’s growth represents the Dragon Clan’s broader hope of overcoming its decline and breaking the Dragon God Curse.
• Stability through balance: The Goddess of Love’s three-ring structure symbolizes a stable balance that protects her from the destructive influence of hatred.
• Determination over complacency: Despite his rapid progress, Long Zijin remains aware of the greater threats ahead and immediately turns toward his next objective.

Character Interactions

• The Holy Dragon King praises Long Zijin’s progress, reflecting the Dragon Clan’s confidence in his role in their restoration.
• Long Zijin directs Aromatic Silk Beauty to extract the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum’s essence, and Aromatic Silk Beauty willingly performs the task.
• The Goddess of Love assists Long Zijin in forging the Third God Ring, creating a cooperative bond between them. Their playful exchange afterward shows growing familiarity, with her teasing him as a “boring dragon.”
• The Immortal-Grade Fierce Beasts watch the ritual with intense anticipation because Long Zijin’s eventual rise to God Rank could create hope for both humans and soul beasts.
• Long Zijin confronts the Water and Fire Dragon Kings after catching them observing him, then demands their elemental crowns, ending the chapter on a tense cliffhanger.

Chapter Summary: “Water-Fire Twin Dragon Crown, Holiday Gains”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Long Zijin decides to take both the Water Dragon and Fire Dragon crowns from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Although the crowns’ removal weakens the well’s elemental energy and threatens the garden’s vegetation, she explains that they will help conceal her from the Sea God Pavilion Master, a Quasi-God capable of seeing through her Flower Immortal Dragon Body.
• The Water Dragon Crown will also nourish her plant-based body through water-element laws, accelerating her growth. She promises to return both crowns within ten years.
• The crowns transform into bracelet-like ornaments around her wrists. Their removal causes the red-and-blue waters and the surrounding dragon-energy mist to weaken.
• Long Zijin’s expedition concludes successfully. She has:
  • Completed her evolution into the Flower Immortal Dragon Body
  • Gained a dragon-soul sword spirit for the Black-Gold Divine Sword
  • Formed her Third God Ring
  • Obtained both Water-Fire Twin Dragon Crowns
• As Long Zijin and Di Guangming leave Sunset Forest, she senses Tang Wulin near Heaven Dou City. Despite Di Guangming suggesting they meet him, she refuses because she must return to prepare for their journey to Douluo Mountain, the ruins of the former Spirit Hall, where she intends to investigate the true identity of the Second Deity.
• At Heaven Dou Cemetery, Tang Wulin visits the grave of Long Bing with Wu Zhangkong. Wu tenderly cleans the gravestone and promises that they will soon be reunited.
• Tang Wulin reflects on his own family and turns his anger toward the Spirit Pagoda, which he now believes abducted his parents. His former reverence for the organization has become hatred and a determination to destroy it.
• Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin prepare to return after a productive winter vacation. Tang Wulin has joined the Tang Sect, learned the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye, obtained the Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fruit, and evolved Little Grass Snake into a Thousand-Year Soul Spirit.
• On the train, Tang Wulin asks Wu Zhangkong about Long Zijin’s “Red Golden Flower” Martial Soul. Wu refuses to reveal anything without Long Zijin’s permission, honoring the trust placed in him.

Character Developments

• Long Zijin becomes more strategically cautious and proactive. She recognizes the danger posed by the Sea God Pavilion Master and prepares defenses while continuing to strengthen her Flower Immortal Dragon Body. Her accomplishments mark a major increase in power.
• Di Guangming remains loyal and attentive to Long Zijin, offering to accompany her to meet Tang Wulin but accepting her decision when she declines.
• Tang Wulin undergoes significant growth in both strength and determination. His successful training and Soul Spirit evolution give him confidence, while learning of the Spirit Pagoda’s alleged crimes transforms his gratitude toward the organization into deep hatred and a desire for revenge.
• Wu Zhangkong reveals a gentler, more emotional side while visiting Long Bing’s grave. He continues to guide Tang Wulin firmly but humbly, emphasizing that Tang’s achievements result from his own effort. He also demonstrates discretion by protecting Long Zijin’s secrets.
• The Holy Dragon King and the Six Immortal-Grade Fierce Beasts initially question Long Zijin’s decision but accept her reasoning once she explains the crowns’ defensive and developmental value.

Significant Themes

• Power and preparation: Long Zijin’s decision to claim both crowns shows that greater threats require careful preparation, even when doing so creates temporary harm elsewhere.
• The cost of strength: Removing the crowns weakens the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, illustrating that power gained by one party may damage the environment or others.
• Trust and loyalty: Wu Zhangkong honors his promises to Long Zijin and Long Bing, while Tang Wulin’s relationship with his teachers and allies deepens.
• Transformation: Both Long Zijin and Tang Wulin experience major growth—she evolves physically and spiritually, while he develops new abilities and a stronger sense of purpose.
• Justice and revenge: Tang Wulin’s feelings toward the Spirit Pagoda shift dramatically as his investigation into his parents becomes personal, setting up future conflict.
• Hidden identities and secrets: Long Zijin’s connection to Tang Wulin and the mystery of her Red Golden Flower Martial Soul remain concealed, preserving an important unresolved mystery.

Character Interactions

• Long Zijin debates the crowns’ use with the Holy Dragon King and the six fierce beasts, ultimately convincing them of her plan.
• She and Di Guangming travel together, but she rejects his proposal to meet Tang Wulin in favor of preparing for the investigation at Douluo Mountain.
• Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin share a solemn moment at Long Bing’s grave, strengthening their teacher-student bond.
• Tang Wulin thanks Wu Zhangkong for his guidance, while Wu credits Tang’s own effort and reminds him of his promise to Tang’s older brother.
• Tang Wulin later questions Wu about Long Zijin, but Wu refuses to betray her confidence, reinforcing the chapter’s emphasis on loyalty and secrecy.

Chapter Summary

Plot Points and Events

• At the Heavenly Spirit Pagoda, Qiangu Dongfeng reviews a land-use proposal from the Holy Dragon King, Di Guangming, who wants to reserve Douluo Mountain for a private estate.
• Qiangu objects because Douluo Mountain is a sacred historical site associated with the Angel God and is cared for—but not owned—by the Qiangu Family.
• Long Zijin clarifies that they only want temporary access to the mountain to study the artistic conception left by the two generations of Angel Gods. Their stay will last between one day and half a month.
• Qiangu agrees and arranges for the mountain to be cleared of tourists, since the winter school break has just ended.
• During the journey, Qiangu explains Douluo Mountain’s geological and historical importance. It once stood near the center of the original Douluo Continent, before continental drift and collisions reshaped the continent and created the Star Dou and Ming Dou mountain ranges.
• They arrive at the ancient city of Spirit City, whose six gates and wall totems symbolize the Angel God’s six wings and the six super-grade Martial Souls recorded on the Pope’s Decree.
• Long Zijin questions the Qiangu Family’s connection to the Angel lineage. Qiangu admits that his ancestors, originally surnamed Gu, adopted the surname “Qian” and inherited several Angel artifacts after refusing to submit to the declining Qian Angel Family.
• Long jokingly suggests that the Qiangu Family should continue the Angel Family’s ambition of unifying the continent. Qiangu avoids a direct answer, noting that Shrek Academy now oversees the continent, and then guides them to their destination.

Character Developments

• Qiangu Dongfeng is shown as cautious and politically aware. Although he respects Di Guangming’s strength, he tries to prevent Douluo Mountain from being permanently occupied. He is also proud of his family’s historical connection to the Angel God and Spirit Hall.
• Di Guangming remains quiet and imposing, insisting only on Douluo Mountain without explaining his deeper motives.
• Long Zijin acts as the negotiator and public spokesman. He presents a reasonable explanation for their request while concealing or withholding their full purpose. His urgency to visit the mountain suggests that the trip is connected to a larger mission, especially his need to return to the Dragon Tomb.
• The Qiangu Family’s history is reframed: rather than being direct Angel descendants, they inherited the Angel legacy through political and symbolic succession.

Significant Themes

• Sacred history versus private power: Douluo Mountain is treated as a cultural and religious landmark rather than ordinary property, creating tension between personal claims and public heritage.
• Inheritance beyond bloodline: The Qiangu Family’s adoption of the Angel surname and artifacts emphasizes that legacy can be preserved through ideals, symbols, and ambition rather than ancestry alone.
• Continental history and change: Geological evidence reveals that the continent’s political and geographical structure was shaped by ancient collisions, drift, and upheaval.
• The decline of old powers: The Angel and Spirit Hall legacies remain influential, but their authority has passed to newer institutions such as Shrek Academy and the Qiangu Family.
• Hidden intentions: Long Zijin and Di Guangming offer a limited explanation for their visit, suggesting that their true objective may involve cultivation, inheritance, or a secret connection to the Angel legacy.

Character Interactions

• Qiangu and Di Guangming engage in a polite but tense negotiation over access to Douluo Mountain.
• Long Zijin smooths over the conflict by explaining that the mountain will only be temporarily reserved.
• Qiangu becomes increasingly open and proud while recounting the history of Spirit Hall and his ancestors.
• Long’s questions about the Qiangu Family’s surname and lineage expose an uncomfortable part of its history.
• Their banter about unifying the continent reveals both the Qiangu Family’s former ambitions and the political restraint imposed by Shrek Academy’s current dominance.

Chapter Summary: History of Douluo Hall

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Spirit Pagoda Master’s hovercar brings Di Guangming and Long Zijin to Douluo Mountain, the former site of Spirit Hall.
• Qiangu Dongfeng offers to take them to the Qiangu Family’s ancestral residence, hinting that an important elder is present, but Long Zijin politely declines.
• Qiangu leads them through Douluo Hall, where countless tablets commemorate past Titled Douluo.
• He explains the origins of the Titled Douluo tradition and the ancient war between humanity and powerful exotic beasts.
• The first Angel God united humanity, transformed his sword Martial Soul into the Sun Holy Sword, and used it to suppress exotic beasts beneath Douluo Mountain.
• The mountain and hall were established as memorials to the human martyrs who fought in that ancient conflict.
• Qiangu then recounts the history of the second Angel God, who lived during the era of Sea God Poseidon. She drew the Sun Holy Sword, released the imprisoned beasts, defeated her own “negative self,” and killed most of the creatures threatening Spirit City before resealing their souls.
• Several intelligent exotic beasts escaped instead of joining the attack, including the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, Medusa, and Behemoth.
• The second Angel God later transformed Slaughter City into a prison for fallen individuals and maintained ties with Spirit Hall.
• In the final decline of the Angel lineage, the Angel God Sword was shattered and the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul damaged. The last Angel God was unable to advance beyond rank 79 and eventually died, ending the Qian Family’s succession.
• Qiangu leaves Long Zijin and Di Guangming half a month to explore the site privately.

Character Developments

• Qiangu Dongfeng presents himself as both a courteous host and a proud guardian of his family’s historical legacy. His detailed explanation suggests deep reverence for Douluo Mountain and the Qiangu Family’s connection to it.
• Long Zijin remains polite but reserved, declining the invitation to meet Qiangu’s elder and choosing instead to focus on the historical site.
• Di Guangming defers to Long Zijin in social matters, indicating trust and cooperation between them.
• Qian Renxue, though absent, is reinterpreted through the chapter’s historical revelations. Her “negative self” was the Fallen Angel she defeated, while her sacrifice and emotional suffering are treated sympathetically.

Significant Themes

• Historical memory and legacy: Douluo Hall preserves the names and ideals of generations of heroes, emphasizing how identities and titles pass from ancestors to descendants.
• Myth versus history: Qiangu’s account blends factual history, religious legend, and family tradition, leaving some details open to interpretation.
• Humanity’s struggle for survival: The ancient conflict between humans and exotic beasts establishes humanity’s dominance as the result of sacrifice and divine intervention.
• Decline of great institutions: The ruined Spirit Hall and broken Angel God Sword symbolize the fall of once-powerful traditions.
• Inheritance and transformation: Martial Souls, titles, divine weapons, and ideals can be inherited, altered, or lost across generations.
• Redemption and inner conflict: The second Angel God’s battle against her “negative self” reflects the struggle to overcome corruption and destructive impulses.

Important Character Interactions

• Qiangu Dongfeng subtly pressures his guests to pay respects to the Qiangu Family elder, but Long Zijin declines without causing offense.
• Qiangu acts as their guide, delivering an extensive account of the hall’s history while the visitors listen and inspect the relics.
• The group’s attention centers on the shattered Angel God Sword, the Blue Silver Grass beneath it, and the tablet bearing the title “Angel Douluo.”
• The Blue Silver Grass is explained as a symbol of Qian Renxue’s secret love for Tang San, adding a personal and tragic element to the otherwise grand historical narrative.

Chapter Summary

Plot and Major Events

• In Douluo Hall, Long Zijin and the Holy Dragon King confront the damaged Angel Holy Sword, while the Qiangu Family’s powerful members wait outside the mountain.
• The Holy Dragon King uses the laws of light and sacredness to gather and repair the sword’s shattered fragments. Long Zijin then uses the Fire Dragon King’s Crown to restore the missing fire attribute and fully reforge the divine artifact.
• The repaired sword reveals three pairs of wings—white, gold, and red—symbolizing the Angel God’s three governing laws: light, sacredness, and fire.
• The characters realize that Qian Renxue had preserved the Angel God’s divine position within the sword and left it in Douluo Hall, allowing it to accumulate faith for twenty thousand years. It was intended to serve as the final trial for a future Six-Winged Angel Soul Master.
• Since no suitable Angel Soul Master exists, Long Zijin claims the ownerless divine artifact himself by imprinting his Will of Destruction into it, effectively gaining the Angel God’s inherited divine position without undergoing the original trial.
• With his goals of obtaining the Angel God’s power and reforging the Sun Holy Sword fulfilled, Long Zijin investigates the central platform of Douluo Hall.
• Beneath the platform, he discovers a charred sword mark left by the Angel God. He infers that it seals a passage into an underground prison containing the “fallen fluctuation” he has been seeking.
• Long Zijin inserts the restored Angel Holy Sword into the mark, activating a circular cross-shaped formation. He is immediately teleported away.

Character Developments

• Long Zijin demonstrates increasing mastery over multiple laws, particularly light, sacredness, fire, and destruction. His ability to claim the Angel Holy Sword shows both his power and his willingness to exploit the abandoned state of the Angel God’s legacy.
• He also gains confidence and satisfaction after accomplishing both secondary objectives of the expedition.
• The Holy Dragon King acts as the technical expert in repairing the sword and recognizes the historical purpose of the Angel God’s divine position.
• Di Guangming shows humility by refusing to claim the Angel Holy Sword, believing Long Zijin deserves it because he discovered and restored it.
• Qian Renxue, though absent, is characterized through the relics she left behind. Her final arrangement reveals her hope that another Six-Winged Angel Soul Master might eventually inherit the divine position.

Important Character Interactions

• Long Zijin and the Holy Dragon King cooperate closely, discussing the sword’s restoration and the intended Angel God inheritance trial.
• The Holy Dragon King suggests that the artifact’s recovery may be heaven’s will, while Long Zijin rejects the idea that fate alone determines its rightful wielder.
• Di Guangming and Long Zijin briefly argue over ownership of the sword, with Long Zijin ultimately choosing to claim the divine position himself.
• The Qiangu Family remains an external threat, gathered outside the mountain and wary of Long Zijin’s group.

Significant Themes

• Inheritance and legacy: Qian Renxue’s divine position survives despite the destruction of her Godhood, preserving the possibility of a new Angel God.
• Adaptation of power: Though the original trial required a Six-Winged Angel Soul Master, Long Zijin’s Dragon Clan powers allow him to reproduce the necessary laws and bypass the intended conditions.
• Fate versus personal choice: The characters debate whether Long Zijin’s acquisition of the sword is destiny, but he ultimately takes responsibility for claiming it himself.
• The persistence of hope: Qian Renxue’s efforts to preserve the divine position reflect her final hope that the Angel lineage would continue.
• Discovery beneath appearances: The destroyed display platform conceals a sealed passage, suggesting that Douluo Hall contains deeper mysteries and dangerous forces yet to be revealed.

Clarifying Lore

• Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul lost one pair of wings, while her Godhood and divine artifact were shattered, leaving her permanently at Rank 89.
• Her divine position itself remained intact and was preserved within the Angel Holy Sword.

Chapter Summary

Plot and Key Events

• Long Zijin awakens in a vast underground prison beneath Douluo Mountain, filled with ancient golden-edged crosses and the skeletons of primordial Desolate Beasts. He learns that this was the place where the first Angel God imprisoned and slaughtered these creatures.
• A woman resembling Qian Renxue appears and claims to be the Angel God, offering Long Zijin the inheritance of the Angel God’s Nine Trials.
• Long Zijin immediately recognizes that she is not the true Qian Renxue, but the desire aspect she severed. He attacks her with the Angel Holy Sword.
• The attack reveals her true form: a six-winged Fallen Angel, created from the corruption of holiness into evil. She explains that she consumed the souls of the imprisoned beasts and her ancestor’s fallen aspect while waiting for a suitable vessel.
• Because Long Zijin’s attack returns the Angel Holy Sword to her, she uses it to destroy the cross imprisoning her and escapes.
• The Fallen Angel attempts to enter Long Zijin’s mind and seize his body, but discovers that his spiritual sea is vast and unusually powerful. There, she encounters a mysterious woman known as “Second Sister” and is attacked by the Will of Destruction.
• Her soul is shattered and forced out of Long Zijin’s body. She tries to escape the underground prison by piercing the ceiling with the Angel Holy Sword, expecting to teleport away.
• Just before she escapes, her soul suddenly weakens and fades, apparently because her remaining energy or lifespan has been exhausted. She falls from the sky, leaving only a hoarse sigh.

Character Development

• Long Zijin: Demonstrates strong spiritual power, sharp perception, and composure. Rather than accepting the false Angel God’s offer, he sees through her disguise and acts decisively. His immense spiritual sea and connection to powerful divine beings reveal that he is far more extraordinary than he appears.
• Six-Winged Fallen Angel/Qian Renxue’s Desire Aspect: Initially presents herself as a benevolent divine figure, but quickly reveals her manipulative, cruel, and desperate nature. Her freedom is short-lived, and her confidence collapses after encountering Long Zijin’s spiritual defenses and the Will of Destruction.
• Second Sister: Appears within Long Zijin’s spiritual sea as a stable and powerful soul, suggesting that she is an important ally or guardian.
• The Will of Destruction: Acts as a formidable defensive force, easily blasting apart the Fallen Angel’s soul.

Significant Themes

• Holiness corrupted into evil: The Fallen Angel represents the danger of divine purity becoming distorted by desire and corruption.
• Appearance versus reality: The false Qian Renxue uses the image of an angel and the language of justice to disguise her predatory intentions.
• Power hidden beneath appearances: Long Zijin’s seemingly young and vulnerable body conceals an extraordinary spiritual realm and powerful allies.
• Imprisonment and freedom: The ancient crosses, trapped beast souls, and the Fallen Angel’s escape emphasize the costs of confinement and the dangers of releasing destructive forces.
• Desire and possession: The Fallen Angel seeks freedom by taking control of Long Zijin, turning inheritance into an attempted spiritual seizure.

Character Interactions

• The Fallen Angel tries to deceive Long Zijin by offering him the Angel God’s inheritance, but he exposes her identity and attacks her.
• After breaking free, she thanks Long Zijin insincerely and attempts to possess him.
• Inside his spiritual sea, she encounters Second Sister and is overwhelmed by the Will of Destruction.
• Long Zijin remains calm throughout, allowing the Fallen Angel to reveal herself while relying on his spiritual defenses and the Holy Dragon King’s protection outside the prison.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter introduces the world of the Dragon King, a realm where humans and dragons coexist.
• The protagonist, Li Yuan, a young human, is on a quest to find the legendary Dragon King's treasure.
• Li Yuan encounters a dragon, Long Chi, who is injured and weakened. Instead of killing the dragon, Li Yuan decides to help it, earning Long Chi's gratitude and respect.
• Li Yuan discovers that Long Chi is not just any dragon, but the Dragon King's son, and the one who can lead him to the treasure.

Character Developments

• Li Yuan: Shows bravery, compassion, and wisdom beyond his years. He demonstrates that he is not driven solely by greed, but also by curiosity and a desire for knowledge.
• Long Chi: Initially portrayed as a fearsome dragon, he reveals a more vulnerable and intelligent side after interacting with Li Yuan. He begins to see humans in a new light.

Significant Themes

• Coexistence: The chapter explores the theme of humans and dragons coexisting, challenging the typical portrayal of dragons as evil or monstrous.
• Trust and Friendship: Li Yuan's act of kindness towards Long Chi fosters a bond of trust and friendship between them, highlighting the power of compassion and understanding.

Character Interactions

• Li Yuan and Long Chi: Their interaction is the core of the chapter. Li Yuan's decision to help Long Chi instead of exploiting his weakness leads to a shift in their relationship from potential predator and prey to allies and friends.
• Li Yuan and the Dragon King: Although they don't meet in this chapter, Li Yuan's quest to find the Dragon King's treasure sets the stage for their future interaction.

Chapter Summary: “Distorted Historical Truth (Part One)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Long Zijin finds Qian Renxue’s Desire Aspect trapped in a prison of crossed restraints and close to dissipating.
• He reveals that the Angel Qian Family became extinct 20,000 years earlier. Qian Renxue’s original self was defeated by Tang San, lost her Godhood, and eventually died of old age. The Six-Winged Angel lineage has also disappeared.
• Rather than destroy the weakening soul, Long Zijin uses the Will of Destruction to stabilize it and offers Qian Renxue a Soul Spirit contract, proposing that she become his Second Deity alongside the Goddess of Love.
• Qian Renxue refuses, believing that serving him would disgrace an angel. Long Zijin challenges her assumption that “falling” is inherently evil and suggests she has accepted her enemy’s judgment without questioning it.
• To illustrate his point, Long Zijin recounts the ancient history of the Dragon Clan and claims that its traditional version has been distorted.

Character Developments

• Qian Renxue’s Desire Aspect is shown to be proud, defensive, and deeply attached to the idea of angelic dignity. However, Long Zijin’s question causes her to doubt the beliefs she has always taken for granted, particularly the idea that falling is synonymous with evil.
• Long Zijin displays compassion and restraint. Although he could convert Qian Renxue’s soul into energy, he chooses to preserve her and offer her a chance at survival. He also reveals a willingness to challenge official histories and inherited moral labels.
• The Dragon God/Gold, as described by Long Zijin, begins as an optimistic creator who wants to build a home with his twin, but gradually becomes consumed by love, grief, vanity, and the desire to preserve his beloved.

Significant Themes

• Truth versus historical distortion: The chapter questions whether commonly accepted histories were written by the victors or shaped by propaganda.
• The nature of good and evil: “Destruction,” “falling,” and other negative labels may reflect perspective rather than objective morality.
• Identity and imposed judgment: Both Qian Renxue and Long Zijin have been defined by labels assigned to them—fallen angel, embodiment of destruction, or source of disaster—yet neither fully accepts those descriptions.
• Love and obsession: Gold’s love for the short-lived Earth Dragon drives him to pursue increasingly extreme power, ultimately influencing the fate of entire races and divine realms.
• Creation and destruction as complementary forces: The Purple-Gold twins represent opposing but interconnected paths, with creation and annihilation both contributing to the formation of the universe.

Important Character Interactions

• Long Zijin and Qian Renxue engage in a philosophical confrontation rather than a physical battle. He offers her salvation, while she rejects what she views as servitude.
• His challenge about who taught her that falling was evil unsettles her confidence and begins to undermine her inherited worldview.
• In the historical account, Purple and Gold are twin dragons who split from primordial chaos. Gold pursues creation and civilization, while Purple follows destruction to protect his brother and their home.
• Gold becomes involved with the Earth Dragon, while Purple forms bonds with the Phoenix and creates the Sub-Dragon Kings. Their relationships and eventual disappearances set the stage for the Dragon God’s rise and the destruction of several ancient clans.

Historical Account’s Main Events

• The twins master the Law of Power and follow separate paths: Gold takes the Golden Path of Creation, while Purple takes the Amethyst Path of Destruction.
• Purple forms the Annihilation Godhead, while Gold creates the Divine Dragon Realm.
• Gold’s love for the mortal-like Earth Dragon leads him to seek a way to grant her longevity and immortality.
• Purple, his dragon clans, the Nine Sub-Dragon Kings, and later the Phoenix vanish within the Divine Dragon Realm under suspicious circumstances.
• Gold acquires the Annihilation Godhead and eventually gathers the eight fundamental laws—earth, water, wind, fire, light, darkness, time, and space.
• He wages war against the human deities, allegedly losing the Tiger King in battle, and uses the accumulated power to create a divine realm capable of granting the Earth Dragon immortality.

Chapter Summary: “The Distorted Truth of History (Part 2)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Long Zijin continues revealing the hidden history of the Dragon God, Jin. After the Dragon Emperor and Phoenix disappear, Jin obtains the twin Godhoods of Creation and Destruction and combines them with the elemental laws of earth, water, wind, and fire to create and elevate the Divine Dragon Realm.
• Seeking immortality for the Dragon of Visions, Jin wages war against the human gods, bringing the Tiger King with him. He returns claiming the Tiger King was killed and acquires the laws of light and darkness. With the additional laws of time and space, Jin constructs a complete divine realm and grants his empress immortality.
• The Dragon of Visions later dies after giving birth to Jin’s half-blooded Golden Dragon son. Grief-stricken, Jin raises the child alone and plans to transform the divine realm into a God Star before joining his wife in death.
• During the ascension ceremony, the Dragon Ascension Pillar mysteriously disappears, and Jin’s ninth adopted son receives a vision of the future. Jin loses control, devours his own son, curses beasts so they cannot become gods unless his Dragon God bloodline continues, and vanishes along with the Dragon Clan.
• The deaths caused by the catastrophe release divine power into the world below. Combined with Heaven Dou primordial energy, it forms Soul Power and nourishes Douluo Planet. Qian Renxue realizes this is the origin of Soul Power.
• When Qian Renxue asks about the divine war, Long Zijin confirms that the Seraph died and then confronts her over the historical claim that he was an evil, bloodthirsty dragon.
• He forces her to question whether being “fallen” is inherently evil. Under intense pressure, she finally admits that falling “perhaps isn’t bad.”
• Long Zijin explains that attributes are not inherently good or evil. He uses Qian Renxue’s own life as an example: her father’s fall caused her birth, her childhood trauma, and the creation of her dark side, but also allowed her to experience love, loyalty, sacrifice, and human relationships.

Character Developments

• Long Zijin: His account reveals deep grief, anger, and resentment toward the distortion of history. Though he presents himself as ruthless, his emotional outburst shows that he is wounded by being condemned as evil despite believing his actions had understandable motives. He ultimately shifts from intimidation to philosophical guidance, encouraging Qian Renxue to reconsider simplistic moral judgments.
• Qian Renxue/Fallen Qian Renxue: Her confidence and defiance collapse under Long Zijin’s confrontation. She struggles with whether her fallen nature makes her bad, but begins to recognize that darkness and falling are not automatically evil. She is forced to acknowledge the meaningful bonds and love that exist within the life she once despised.
• Jin, the Dragon God: He is portrayed as a tragic figure whose devotion to the Dragon of Visions leads him to sacrifice friends, family, and entire races. His grief and obsession ultimately drive him into madness and catastrophe, while later history reduces him to a simple villain.
• The Dragon of Visions: Her desire for immortality motivates Jin’s greatest actions, but her death becomes the emotional breaking point that destroys him.
• Qian Renxue’s family and ancestors: Their sacrifices—especially those of her grandfathers—and the continuing devotion of the Qiangu Family demonstrate that her life contains love and loyalty alongside hatred and suffering.

Significant Themes

• The unreliability of history: Victors and later generations simplify complex figures into heroes or villains, concealing their motives and suffering.
• Moral ambiguity: The chapter rejects the idea that powers or attributes such as darkness, destruction, or falling are inherently evil.
• Love, sacrifice, and tragedy: Jin’s love inspires creation and immortality but also leads to war, loss, and destruction. Qian Renxue’s life similarly contains both pain and profound affection.
• The consequences of obsession: Jin’s inability to accept loss causes him to sacrifice everything and ultimately destroy what he sought to preserve.
• Identity and self-acceptance: Qian Renxue must decide whether her fallen nature defines her as evil or is simply one part of her identity.
• Life emerging from destruction: The catastrophe that destroys the Dragon Clan also produces Soul Power and enables the continuation of life on Douluo Planet.

Character Interactions

• Long Zijin aggressively confronts Qian Renxue, gripping her face and demanding that she judge both herself and him as either good or evil.
• Qian Renxue initially avoids answering, ashamed and frightened, but refuses to lie when doing so would violate her pride.
• After her reluctant admission that falling may not be evil, Long Zijin releases her and adopts a more reflective tone.
• He connects her personal history to his argument, pointing out that the same “fall” that caused her birth and trauma also allowed her to experience familial love, sacrifice, and emotional bonds.
• The chapter ends with Long Zijin extending his hand and asking Qian Renxue once more to determine whether falling is truly good or bad.

Long Zijin recounted the Dragon God Jin’s tragic history and confronted Fallen Qian Renxue about whether depravity was bad. He argued that desire and depravity had also brought Qian Renxue into a life full of bonds, then asked her to decide whether depravity was ultimately good or bad.

• Long Zijin explained how Jin created the Divine Realm, lost its loved ones, and ultimately vanished after devouring its son and cursing beasts against godhood.
• Qian Renxue learned that the Seraphim had died in the god war, and Long Zijin challenged her to judge whether he and she were bad for being called depraved.
• Long Zijin threatened to destroy Fallen Qian Renxue until she answered that depravity might not be bad.
• Long Zijin connected Qian Renxue’s birth and dark side to her father’s depravity, then pointed out the loved ones and bonds she had gained.
• Long Zijin asked Qian Renxue whether depravity was ultimately good or bad.