Chapter Summaries

After evolving his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor into the Calamity Sacred Dragon, Dugu Ce planned to build the Dragon-Serpent Sect and recruit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s mistreated branch members. He brought Yu Yin back to True Dragon Mountain, where a group of branch disciples knelt and asked him to take them in.

• Dugu Ce revealed that his Martial Soul had evolved into the Calamity Sacred Dragon, and he, Dugu Xuan, and Dugu Bo discussed stabilizing the sect and recruiting the Yu family’s branch members.
• Dugu Ce ordered Dugu Bo to begin building the Myriad Poison Array and sent Dugu Xuan to recruit the branch members, while he and Dugu Yan went to bring Yu Yin home.
• Dugu Ce told Dugu Yan that Yu Yin owed Yu Yuanzhen no gratitude, then assured Yu Yin that she did not blame him for destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Dugu Ce told Yu Yin that he had founded the Dragon-Serpent Sect and brought her back toward True Dragon Mountain with Dugu Yan.
• A group of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect branch disciples knelt before Dugu Ce and asked him to take them in.

Dugu Ce accepted Yu Chengsi and his group into the Dragon-Serpent Sect, while Yu Tianheng warned him that Yu Chengsi had helped persecute Dugu Ce’s father. Dugu Ce secretly poisoned Yu Tianheng and planned to use the Myriad Poison Array against Yu Chengsi; the chapter ended with Dugu Bo reporting a suspicious Spirit Hall party near True Dragon Mountain.

• Yu Yin asked Dugu Ce to spare innocent members of the Yu family’s branch, and he promised to do so.
• Dugu Ce accepted Yu Chengsi and his group into the Dragon-Serpent Sect and assigned them to guard Yu Yin.
• Yu Tianheng accused Yu Chengsi, Yu Cheng'en, and Yu Chengde of persecuting Dugu Ce’s father, and Dugu Ce secretly planted Calamity Poison Qi in Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Ce and Dugu Bo planned to make Yu Chengsi die in the Myriad Poison Array after warning outsiders that the mountain’s core was dangerous.
• Dugu Bo reported seeing a red-robed bishop and more than twenty Spirit Hall Soul Masters near True Dragon Mountain, and Dugu Ce decided to wait for Dugu Xuan before acting.

Dugu Ce began organizing the Dragon-Serpent Sect as Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect offshoot disciples arrived to seek refuge. After learning Yu Chengsi had helped humiliate his father, Dugu Ce planned to deal with him once the sect was more secure, but a Soul Douluo arrived at the gate.

• Dugu Ce told Dugu Yan that he had taken in Yu Chengsi and the other offshoot disciples to build the sect, while delaying his revenge until the sect was stable.
• Yu Yin revealed that Yu Chengsi had led Dugu Ce's father up True Dragon Mountain and laughed during his humiliation, and warned that Yu Chengsi could not be allowed to live.
• Dugu Ce and Dugu Yan went to the sect gate, where Dugu Ce divided the newcomers and laid down strict rules for anyone joining the Dragon-Serpent Sect.
• Forty or fifty offshoot disciples accepted Dugu Ce's rules and became Dragon-Serpent Sect disciples, while Dugu Ce said he would gradually identify the loyal and the untrustworthy.
• Yu Chengzhi arrived with four Soul King-level-or-stronger companions, introduced himself as an offshoot elder and an eighty-second-level Soul Douluo, and addressed Dugu Ce.

Dugu Ce accepted Yu Chengzhi’s branch clan into the Dragon-Serpent Sect while keeping Yu Chengsi’s group under suspicion. After Golden Crocodile Douluo reported Spirit Hall opposition to the sect’s recognition, Dugu Ce decided to challenge the entire Golden Generation and prepare for his fifth Soul Ring.

• Yu Chengzhi brought forty-seven clansmen to pledge themselves to Dugu Ce, who accepted them under Dugu Yan’s authority.
• Dugu Ce and Dugu Yan kept Yu Chengsi’s group at the mountain camp so they could judge its loyalty alongside Yu Chengzhi’s branch.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo returned and reported that Yue Guan and Gui Mei opposed the Dragon-Serpent Sect’s recognition as one of the Upper Three Sects, with Hu Liena’s connection to Bibi Dong raising suspicion.
• Dugu Ce decided to challenge the entire Golden Generation at Spirit Hall’s Martial Arts Arena in half a month.
• Dugu Ce asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to find a suitable Soul Beast for his fifth Soul Ring, and Golden Crocodile Douluo promised a ten-thousand-year one.

Dugu Ce gave Dugu Yan a Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King and took Dugu Xuan to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to refine an Earth Dragon Golden Melon. Dugu Xuan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Dragon Emperor.

• Dugu Ce declared he would challenge Spirit Hall's Golden Generation in half a month, and Dugu Yan asked about his remaining Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Ce gave Dugu Yan the Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King and said it could raise her strength by at least three levels.
• Dugu Ce brought Dugu Xuan to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where he gave him an Earth Dragon Golden Melon to strengthen his dragon bloodline.
• Dugu Xuan refined the Earth Dragon Golden Melon while Dugu Ce began refining an Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Dugu Xuan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolved, and he named his new Martial Soul the Jade Phosphorous Dragon Emperor.

Dugu Ce helped Dugu Xuan turn his Poison Pill into a Soul Core, raising him to level 94. Dugu Ce then began refining the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where he remained locked in a dangerous process.

• Dugu Xuan’s Martial Soul evolved and his Soul Power rose to peak level 93 after he refined the Earth Dragon Golden Melon.
• Dugu Ce explained how to condense a Soul Core from the Poison Pill and warned Dugu Xuan that failure would trigger a deadly poison backlash.
• Dugu Xuan accepted the risk, condensed his Poison Pill into a Soul Core, and reached level 94.
• Dugu Ce took the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and entered the spring’s converging currents to refine them.
• Dugu Ce endured the opposing ice and fire forces for three days as Dugu Xuan watched anxiously.

After refining two Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Dugu Ce reached level fifty and returned to True Dragon Mountain with Dugu Xuan. Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived with a suitable fifth Soul Ring target, while Dugu Ce postponed dealing with Yu Chengsi until after he obtained it.

• Dugu Ce awakened on the tenth day with a dark golden Ice and Fire Golden Body, discovered he had advanced from level forty-five to level fifty, and prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with Dugu Xuan.
• Dugu Xuan and Dugu Ce returned to True Dragon Mountain, where Dugu Xuan revealed that he had reached level ninety-four and evolved his Martial Soul into the Jade Phosphorous Dragon Emperor.
• Dugu Xuan explained Soul Cores to Dugu Bo, who became excited and went into seclusion to try condensing one.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan told Dugu Ce that Yu Chengsi's and Yu Chengzhi's clans had clashed over water and that Yu Chengsi's people were scouting the mountain; Dugu Ce decided to deal with them after obtaining his fifth Soul Ring.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived and identified a 58,000-year-old Lava Poison Earth Dragon in a volcano in Sunset Forest as a suitable Soul Beast for Dugu Ce.

Dugu Ce traveled with Golden Crocodile Douluo to Sunset Forest to obtain a fifth Soul Ring from a fifty-eight-thousand-year-old Lava Poison Earth Dragon. He fought the beast alone and, after trading powerful attacks, prepared to use Medusa’s Petrification Gaze.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo said Dugu Ce could withstand the fifty-eight-thousand-year-old Soul Ring, and they left for Sunset Forest while Dugu Yan, Dugu Xuan, Dugu Bo, and Yu Yin stayed behind.
• At the volcanic crater, Dugu Ce insisted on fighting the Lava Poison Earth Dragon himself, and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to watch from above.
• Dugu Ce attacked with the Radiant Sacred Dragon and Calamity Sacred Dragon, while the Earth Dragon blocked his blasts and countered with lava.
• Dugu Ce absorbed the Earth Dragon’s poisonous mist and clashed with its molten lava attack, scorching the beast’s jaw with his dark-gold flames.
• The enraged Earth Dragon charged at Dugu Ce, who activated his fourth Soul Ring and prepared to use Medusa’s Petrification Gaze.

Dugu Ce absorbed the Lava Poison Earth Dragon’s Soul Ring, gained two ways to use his fifth Soul Skill, and reached level fifty-two. Back on True Dragon Mountain, he planned to trap Yu Chengsi’s group on East Peak with the Myriad Poison Array.

• Dugu Ce killed the Lava Poison Earth Dragon and absorbed its fifty-eight-thousand-year Soul Ring, gaining the fifth Soul Skill with the Magma Burst and Earth Dragon Roll releases.
• Dugu Ce reached level fifty-two, while Golden Crocodile Douluo kept the Earth Dragon’s Soul Bone for him.
• Dugu Ce returned to True Dragon Mountain, where his family checked on him and heard about his new Soul Skill.
• Dugu Ce learned that Yu Chengsi’s group wanted to move closer to the core region and arranged to keep them in camp before activating the Myriad Poison Array.
• Dugu Ce sent Dugu Xuan and Dugu Bo to watch East Peak and Dugu Yan to warn Yu Chengzhi’s group to stay on West Peak.

Dugu Ce and his allies destroyed Yu Chengsi’s camp with the Myriad Poison Array, then prepared for Dugu Ce to return to Spirit Hall and face its Golden Generation. Dugu Ce refused to rest, while Dugu Xuan expressed confidence in his strength.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Yu Chengsi’s camp to stay put, then emerald poison mist surrounded East Peak.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Xuan confronted Yu Chengsi, who pleaded for mercy before the Myriad Poison Array killed him and everyone in the camp.
• Dugu Ce and his allies agreed to describe the deaths as the result of trespassing in a forbidden zone, and Dugu Ce told Dugu Yan to offer East Peak to Yu Chengzhi.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Dugu Ce to return to Spirit Hall in three days, where the Golden Generation was eager to challenge him.
• Dugu Bo went into seclusion to try the Soul Core method, while Dugu Ce declined Dugu Yan’s offer to rest.
• Dugu Xuan assured Dugu Yan that Dugu Ce’s abilities made him a formidable match for the Golden Generation.

Dugu Ce arrived at Spirit City with Golden Crocodile Douluo, Dugu Xuan, and Dugu Yan and accepted Bibi Dong’s challenge to fight the Golden Generation. Their matches were set for three days later, with the Dragon-Serpent Sect’s chance at the Upper Three Sects riding on the result.

• Dugu Bo stayed behind at True Dragon Mountain while Dugu Ce, Dugu Xuan, and Dugu Yan left with Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Bibi Dong learned that Dugu Ce had reached level 50 and acquired a 58,000-year-old fifth Soul Ring, then decided the Golden Generation would test him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Dugu Ce, Dugu Xuan, and Dugu Yan to the Pope Palace, where Bibi Dong arranged separate matches against Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan three days later.
• Bibi Dong said Dugu Ce had to win two matches to earn her nomination of the Dragon-Serpent Sect for the Upper Three Sects, while a loss would delay its chance by three years.
• Dugu Ce promised not to lose, then offered Yue Guan a Companion Flower of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum after the matches, easing Yue Guan’s anger.

Dugu Ce prepared to face Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation after Bibi Dong arranged for him to stay in Spirit City. Three days later, he entered the Martial Arts Arena for a three-match contest against Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena, with the outcome to be decided by two wins.

• Bibi Dong approved Golden Crocodile Douluo’s request to bring Dugu Ce to Spirit City and arranged lodging near the Worship Hall.
• Dugu Ce told Dugu Yan and Dugu Xuan that he would offer Yue Guan rare herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to build goodwill.
• At their courtyard, Dugu Ce assessed Yan’s, Xie Yue’s, and Hu Liena’s strengths and weaknesses ahead of the match.
• Dugu Ce decided the contest would let him show Spirit Hall that its Sect Master was worth winning over.
• Three days later, Bibi Dong announced that Dugu Ce would fight Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena in order, and the first side to win two matches would take the contest.

Dugu Ce defeated Yan with his Calamity Sacred Dragon and won the first match, then immediately faced Xie Yue. As Dugu Ce tracked Xie Yue’s high-speed attack with his spiritual power, he struck toward Xie Yue’s position.

• Bibi Dong began the match between Dugu Ce and Yan, and Dugu Ce revealed his Calamity Sacred Dragon and unringed Radiant Sacred Dragon twin Martial Souls.
• Dugu Ce dodged Yan’s Flame Lord attacks and countered with Earth Dragon Roll and Magma Burst, overpowering Yan’s flames.
• Yan activated his Flame Lord Avatar, but Dugu Ce unleashed the Calamity Sacred Dragon’s draconic might and knocked him unconscious with a Calamity Dragon Fist.
• Bibi Dong declared Dugu Ce the winner, and Xie Yue entered the arena to challenge him without a rest.
• Xie Yue attacked at extreme speed, and Dugu Ce used his spiritual power to track him and strike toward his left.

Dugu Ce defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena to win all three matches, securing the Dragon-Serpent Sect a formal proposal for elevation to the Upper Three Sects. After the arena, Bibi Dong praised Golden Crocodile Douluo's choice of disciple, and Yue Guan asked what she thought of Dugu Ce.

• Dugu Ce immobilized Xie Yue with his Petrification Gaze and defeated him at close range, giving him his second win.
• Hu Liena's charm failed to affect Dugu Ce, and he used spiritual power to identify and blast her real form, winning the third match.
• Bibi Dong announced that Dugu Ce had won all three matches and that the Dragon-Serpent Sect's elevation would be formally proposed at the next Seven Great Sects Ranking Tournament.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Dugu Xuan, Dugu Yan, and Yue Guan celebrated Dugu Ce's victory as he left the arena.
• Bibi Dong told Golden Crocodile Douluo that he had chosen his disciple well, and Yue Guan asked her what she thought of Dugu Ce.