Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe and the two Douluo elders concluded that their identities had not been exposed, while Emperor Xue Ye received Elder Xiong and Nangong Yuncheng to discuss Wang Sheng and the others’ deaths. Elder Xiong demanded that the crown prince answer for his past hostility, leaving Xue Ye alarmed by the power he believed stood behind the Bear King.

• Xue Qinghe asked Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo whether Wang Sheng was dead and whether their secret had been exposed, and they reasoned that the lack of an imperial attack meant they were safe.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to send someone outside the palace to confirm the situation, and Snake Lance Douluo volunteered to arrange it.
• Emperor Xue Ye ordered Meng Shenji to bring in the Bear King, then questioned Bai Baoshan, Zhi Lin, and Prince Xue about whether Wang Sheng and the others’ bodies had been found.
• Emperor Xue Ye summoned the two imperial ancestors as a precaution, and Elder Xiong and Nangong Yuncheng arrived with Meng Shenji but without Dugu Bo.
• Elder Xiong and Nangong Yuncheng demanded to see the crown prince, citing his hostility toward Wang Sheng’s group at the Soul Fighting Arena, and Nangong Yuncheng vowed to pursue the truth about his granddaughter’s death.
• Elder Xiong said he might die after returning if he failed to explain the deaths to the children’s families, prompting Emperor Xue Ye to suspect that a powerful faction stood behind him.

Wang Sheng and Dugu Bo’s surprise appearance exposed Xue Qinghe’s trap and made him realize Spirit Hall’s people in the Royal City were at risk. Elder Xiong attacked Xue Qinghe in the great hall, while the hidden guardians rushed to stop him too late.

• Emperor Xue Ye agreed to summon Xue Qinghe, and Xue Qinghe set out after asking Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to investigate Bear King’s allegiance.
• Dugu Bo and Wang Sheng watched Xue Qinghe enter the great hall, then prepared to reveal themselves.
• Dugu Bo led Wang Sheng into the hall, shocking Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, Zhi Lin, Prince Xue, and Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe realized he had fallen into a trap as the people in the hall recognized Wang Sheng.
• Elder Xiong lunged at Xue Qinghe, and the two hidden guardians rushed out to stop him but could not reach him in time.

Elder Xiong exposed that the Crown Prince was actually Qian Renxue, a Spirit Hall infiltrator, after Wang Sheng arranged for the disguise to be broken. Xue Ye learned of her ties to Spirit Hall but hesitated to decide whether killing her would mean war.

• Elder Xiong seized the Crown Prince, and Wang Sheng said he had acted for Dugu Bo’s sake.
• Dugu Bo directed Xue Ye and the others to look at the captive and question who the Crown Prince really was.
• Elder Xiong knocked the captive unconscious, revealing her as a woman rather than Xue Qinghe.
• Wang Sheng identified the woman as Qian Renxue, daughter of Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden.
• Xue Ye thanked Wang Sheng for saving the empire, then weighed whether to kill Qian Renxue and risk war with Spirit Hall.

Wang Sheng handed the captured Qian Renxue to Emperor Xue Ye and proposed using her to lure Spirit Hall’s Title Douluo into a trap. Qian Renxue realized Wang Sheng knew the hidden identities of Elders She Long and Chi Xue, leaving her shaken as the confrontation continued.

• Wang Sheng ordered Elder Xiong to hand the unconscious Qian Renxue to Emperor Xue Ye, who accepted her as a bargaining chip.
• Wang Sheng urged Emperor Xue Ye to kill two injured Spirit Hall Title Douluo, and Qian Renxue woke to accuse him of setting a trap.
• Wang Sheng argued that Spirit Hall had provoked the conflict and pointed out that it also owed Emperor Xue Ye an explanation for Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s removal.
• Qian Renxue claimed the two elders could escape, but Wang Sheng explained that they would return to investigate and could be ambushed while she remained in custody.
• Qian Renxue panicked when Wang Sheng named Elders She Long and Chi Xue, realizing he knew the identities of Spirit Hall’s secretive Title Douluo.

Wang Sheng’s plan drew Snake Lance Douluo She Long into a trap in the Heaven Dou imperial palace. She Long was surrounded by Xue Ye and his allies and began preparing to fight Elder Xiong.

• Qian Renxue realized that Wang Sheng knew about Spirit Hall’s secret plan and vowed revenge before Xue Ye knocked her unconscious.
• Wang Sheng warned Xue Ye that Snake Lance Douluo She Long was approaching, while Xue Feng Douluo and Xue Lin prepared to ambush Spirit Hall’s forces.
• She Long entered the imperial palace and sensed that something was wrong, but continued toward the main hall because Qian Renxue’s fate was unknown.
• Elder Xiong, Nangong Yuncheng, Dugu Bo, Xue Ye, Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin surrounded She Long outside the main hall.
• Xue Ye accused She Long of killing the Crown Prince and plotting against the Heaven Dou Empire, while She Long demanded to know where Qian Renxue was.
• She Long faced Elder Xiong and activated his Fourth Soul Ring Skill, Snake King Tongue Flick.

Elder Xiong used his hundred-thousand-year Ninth Soul Skill, Mad Bear Invincible Body, to overpower Snake Lance Douluo during their battle. Snake Lance Douluo was badly injured but summoned his Ninth Soul Skill, Descent of the Serpent God, as the confrontation continued.

• Snake Lance Douluo redirected his attack past Elder Xiong and sent Dugu Bo's poison mist back toward Elder Xiong.
• Elder Xiong activated Mad Bear Invincible Body, ignored the poison, and charged Snake Lance Douluo.
• Snake Lance Douluo tried to strike Dugu Bo, but Dugu Bo froze him with Time Stasis and moved away.
• Elder Xiong resumed his charge, shattered Snake Lance Douluo's weapon, and sent him crashing through the hall's pillars.
• Snake Lance Douluo rose badly injured and unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Descent of the Serpent God.

Elder Xiong shattered Snake Lance Douluo’s strongest attack and killed him with overwhelming force, leaving the onlookers stunned. Qian Renxue broke free of her bindings, revealed her Six-Winged Angel martial soul, and attacked Wang Sheng.

• Snake Lance Douluo summoned a Snake God phantom and thrust at Elder Xiong, but Elder Xiong shattered it without being injured.
• Elder Xiong grabbed Snake Lance Douluo and slammed him into the ground, killing him in a massive crater.
• Dugu Bo considered joining the group and offering the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Pond, while the others reeled at the gap in strength between Title Douluo.
• Qian Renxue broke her ropes, awakened her Six-Winged Angel martial soul, and revealed that she was a Spirit Emperor.
• Qian Renxue charged at Wang Sheng and demanded to know how he wanted to die.

Wang Sheng battled Qian Renxue, evading her Angel Domain and clashing with her golden Soul Power before using his Venomous Fireflies to exploit the poison hidden in their flames. Qian Renxue pressed her attack as Elder Xiong approached, leaving the two facing off amid the swarm.

• Qian Renxue enveloped the area with her Angel Domain and pursued Wang Sheng into the sky, hoping to capture him and use him against Elder Xiong and Nangong Yuncheng.
• Wang Sheng spun forward with his Blazing Blade, and his clash with Qian Renxue's golden shield sent them both flying back and revealed that her sacred Soul Power suppressed his Nine Suns.
• Wang Sheng descended and released his third soul skill, Venomous Firefly, while Qian Renxue dismissed the sparks as harmless beneath her domain.
• After spotting Elder Xiong approaching, Qian Renxue charged Wang Sheng with a golden-flame longsword, extinguishing the fireflies that touched her.
• Wang Sheng revealed that the fireflies left poison behind and drew the swarm toward Qian Renxue.

Wang Sheng defeated Qian Renxue, then returned to the Royal Academy, where Dugu Bo asked him to save Dugu Yan by teaching her Shaolin martial arts. Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan joined the sect, and Dugu Bo asked Wang Sheng about the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Pond.

• Qian Renxue charged Wang Sheng, but he dodged her sword and struck her with Vajra Palm, sending her flying and injuring her.
• Elder Xiong, Dugu Bo, Nangong Yuncheng, and Emperor Xue Ye arrived, leaving Qian Renxue unable to continue the fight as Wang Sheng headed to the palace.
• Wang Sheng and his companions entered the Royal Academy and stopped taking part in the confrontation between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Wang Sheng and asked him to save her, agreeing that they would follow the Young Sect Master's lead.
• Wang Sheng accepted Dugu Yan as an Outer Disciple of Shaolin and appointed Dugu Bo as the outer sect's Third Elder.
• Dugu Bo asked Wang Sheng about the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Pond, and Wang Sheng suspected that Dugu Bo had already found it.

Wang Sheng led the group to a hidden valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where rare herbs could greatly enhance martial souls and Soul Power. He collected a trove of immortal-grade herbs while planning to strengthen Dugu Yan and Nangong Feiyan.

• Wang Sheng persuaded Dugu Bo that a sacred land could help them advance, and Dugu Bo revealed that he knew of a place resembling the one Wang Sheng described.
• Dugu Bo led Wang Sheng and the others through a forest to a valley, where Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan sensed energies similar to their own.
• The group found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Wang Sheng warned everyone to stay away from its dangerous waters.
• Wang Sheng told Dugu Bo and Nangong Yuncheng he would seek herbs to improve Dugu Yan's and Nangong Feiyan's martial souls, then entered the valley alone.
• Wang Sheng discovered numerous rare plants and stored many immortal-grade herbs in his ring.

Wang Sheng distributed immortal-grade herbs to his companions and explained how they would strengthen each person's abilities. He presented Wu Xiao'ai with a mysterious nine-flowered Star Shine Tree, leaving its exact age uncertain.

• Wang Sheng arranged for the three elders to protect Wu Xiao'ai and the others, then Nangong Feiyan and Dugu Yan, before the elders took turns guarding one another.
• Wang Sheng gave Wu Xiaodong a Mystic Divine Fruit that would double his strength and make future strength gains twice as powerful, and Wu Xiaodong began cultivating after eating it.
• Wang Sheng gave Xiao Tian a Heaven Origin Purple Vine suited to his plant-type Martial Soul, and Xiao Tian began gnawing on it despite its strange taste.
• Wang Sheng gave Zhang Xuan a Light Spirit Flower that would improve his speed, and Zhang Xuan accepted it gratefully.
• Wang Sheng teased Wu Xiao'ai before giving her a Star Shine Tree with nine flowers, which could be anywhere from twenty-eight thousand to a hundred thousand years old.

Wang Sheng distributed immortal herbs to Wu Xiao'ai, Nangong Feiyan, Dugu Yan, Elder Xiong, Nangong Yuncheng, and Dugu Bo, then tested the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dongfang Jinghan. He found that the fire spring strengthened him, while the ice spring froze and slightly injured Dongfang Jinghan.

• Wu Xiao'ai swallowed the Star Shine Nine Flowers despite struggling to part with their beauty.
• Wang Sheng gave Nangong Feiyan a Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and Dugu Yan a Nine-Layer Poison Dragon Grass, explaining how each might benefit them.
• Wang Sheng gave Elder Xiong two Mystic Divine Fruits, then presented Nangong Yuncheng with Copper-Iron Twin Flowers and Dugu Bo with a Myriad Illusion Poison Mist Flower.
• Wang Sheng asked Elder Xiong to teach the Marrow Cleansing Sutra and protect the others while they absorbed their herbs.
• Wang Sheng tested the fire spring with one finger and felt his cultivation and Soul Power increase slightly.
• Dongfang Jinghan touched the ice spring, had her hand frozen, and suffered slight frostbite before breaking the ice with her Soul Power.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan used treasures alongside the Ice-Fire Spring to strengthen their Soul Power, and Wang Sheng discovered that his First Soul Ring could be enhanced up to its limit. After refining their treasures, Dongfang Jinghan reached level thirty, and Wang Sheng considered entering the Ice Spring Water.

• Wang Sheng warned Dongfang Jinghan about the dangers of prolonged contact with the Ice Spring Water and gave her a Mystic Ice Wind-Ling Flower to refine.
• The Ice Spring Water’s mist joined the icy mist around Dongfang Jinghan and helped her absorb the flower’s power.
• Wang Sheng consumed a Mystic Divine Fruit and Sun Grass, and the Fire Spring Water’s heat helped the Sun Grass’s power strengthen his First Soul Ring.
• Wang Sheng found that his First Soul Ring reached its limit while his second and third Soul Rings rejected the power; his Soul Power rose to level forty, but the Sun Grass did not produce a complete Golden Crow Divine Flame.
• Dongfang Jinghan finished refining the Mystic Ice Wind-Ling Flower and reached level thirty, prompting Wang Sheng to consider cultivating inside the Ice Spring Water.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan cultivated in the Ice-Fire twin springs, whose changing flow brought their hands together and triggered the Power of Heaven and Earth. The God Realm's deities sensed the power and anticipated upheaval, while Wu Xiaodong and the others finished refining their herbs.

• Dongfang Jinghan found that she could withstand the Ice Spring Water, and she and Wang Sheng entered their respective springs to cultivate.
• As the two cultivated, the twin springs began flowing into a Taiji Diagram and exchanged which spring surrounded each of them, causing them pain.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan reached for each other, and their hands touching stilled the springs as they entered meditation.
• Mad God, the God of Fate, the God of Destruction, the Goddess of Life, and the other gods sensed the Power of Heaven and Earth and anticipated turmoil in the God Realm.
• Wu Xiaodong and the others finished refining their herbs; Wu Xiaodong reported increased Soul Power and strength.

Xiao Tian and his friends compared their gains from cultivation, while Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Poison Serpent began a dangerous mutation. The chapter left Dugu Bo uncertain whether the two new heads forming on her martial soul would make it stronger.

• Zhang Xuan showed off his increased speed and aerial agility after his Soul Power rose three levels.
• Xiao Tian revealed that his Soul Power had risen five levels to eighteen, overtaking Wu Xiao'ai, who had reached level seventeen.
• Wu Xiaodong teased Wu Xiao'ai about being passed by Xiao Tian, and she pounced on him in anger.
• Dugu Yan’s martial soul absorbed poison from the Nine-Layer Poison Dragon Grass but did not evolve into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Poison Serpent began growing two additional heads, leaving Dugu Bo worried about the outcome of its mutation.

Nangong Feiyan and Dugu Yan completed their martial soul transformations, impressing their grandfathers with their new powers. After Elder Xiong went to check on Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan, Dugu Bo began refining an Immortal Herb.

• Nangong Feiyan’s martial soul completed its Dragon Transformation into a Soul-Devouring Poison Dragon, and her soul ring conflict was resolved.
• Dugu Yan awoke with a Three-Headed Ink Scale King martial soul whose heads could devour poison, refine it, and retain her original venom abilities.
• Dugu Yan and Nangong Feiyan argued over whose martial soul was stronger while Dugu Bo and Nangong Yuncheng exchanged smiles.
• Elder Xiong headed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to check on the absent Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan.
• Dugu Bo swallowed the Myriad Illusion Poison Mist Flower and used the Marrow Cleansing Sutra to refine it.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan remained trapped inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well behind an impenetrable barrier while four years passed. Their companions grew stronger and waited anxiously, and the chapter ended with Nangong Feiyan and Dugu Yan confronting Wu Xiaodong over his remark about women.

• Elder Xiong tried to pull Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan from the spring, but a transparent barrier threw him back and left him injured.
• Elder Xiong, Dugu Bo, and Nangong Yuncheng spent three months trying and failing to break the barrier.
• Four years passed, and Wu Xiaodong, Nangong Feiyan, Dugu Feiyan, Zhang Xuan, Wu Xiao'ai, and Xiao Tian made major gains in their Soul Master levels.
• Wu Xiao'ai asked Wu Xiaodong when Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan would emerge, and he tried to reassure her despite having no answer.
• Zhang Xuan and Xiao Tian lamented Wang Sheng's father's death, while Wu Xiaodong made a disparaging remark about women's hearts.
• Nangong Feiyan and Dugu Yan approached Wu Xiaodong with raised fists after he realized his remark had offended them.

Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find that four years had passed. They learned that Wang Sheng’s father, Wang Batian, had been poisoned to death by his clan mother, Ji Changying, leaving Elder Xiong to protect the family.

• Wu Xiaodong tried to talk his way out of offending Dugu Yan and Nangong Feiyan as Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan emerged from the vanished mist.
• Wu Xiao'ai, Xiao Tian, Zhang Xuan, and Wu Xiaodong welcomed Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan and explained that four years had passed.
• Wu Xiaodong and the others told Wang Sheng that Nangong Yuncheng and Dugu Bo had reached level 94 Title Douluo, while Dugu Yan explained the levels and thresholds among Title Douluo.
• Wang Sheng asked about Elder Xiong, and Wu Xiaodong revealed that Wang Sheng’s father, Wang Batian, had been poisoned to death by Ji Changying.
• Wu Xiao'ai explained that Elder Xiong had returned to the family to stop Ji Changying from taking control after Wang Batian’s death.

Wang Sheng decided to return home after learning that Wang Batian had died, while his companions discovered that he and Dongfang Jinghan had gained extraordinary Heaven and Earth Divine Rings. Their rings revealed two perfectly compatible Martial Soul Fusion Skills and a deep connection between them, leaving both shocked and embarrassed.

• Wang Sheng told Wu Xiao'ai he was fine but needed to go home, and asked her to call Elder Nangong.
• Wu Xiao'ai told Wang Sheng that Nangong Feiyan, Dugu Yan, and Wu Xiaodong had reached Soul Ancestor above level forty.
• Wang Sheng revealed his Blazing Blade Martial Soul and its yellow, purple, black, and crystal soul rings, astonishing Wu Xiao'ai and the others.
• Dongfang Jinghan revealed her Ice Sword Martial Soul and crystal soul ring, and her ring resonated with Wang Sheng's to reveal two Martial Soul Fusion Skills with one hundred percent compatibility.
• Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan realized they could sense each other's thoughts, and Dongfang Jinghan blushed before withdrawing her Martial Soul and turning away.

After awakening, Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan revealed their new levels, and Wang Sheng prepared to return to his family with Nangong Yuncheng. In Tianyun City, tensions within the Explosive Bear Clan erupted when Wang Lin accused the Ji Family of exploiting the clan and possibly causing Wang Batian’s death.

• Wu Xiao'ai, Wu Xiaodong, Zhang Xuan, Xiao Tian, and Dugu Yan recovered from shock as Wang Sheng and Dongfang Jinghan admitted they did not know how Wang Sheng had obtained his soul ring.
• Dongfang Jinghan said she had reached level thirty-eight, while Wang Sheng revealed he had reached level forty-seven after gaining ten levels in four years.
• Dugu Bo and Nangong Yuncheng arrived, and Wang Sheng congratulated them on reaching Title Douluo; Nangong Yuncheng credited Wang Sheng with helping them reach level ninety-four and gain hope of advancing further.
• Wang Sheng asked Nangong Yuncheng to accompany him home and told Dugu Bo and Dongfang Jinghan to stay behind to protect Wu Xiaodong and the others.
• In a Tianyun City tavern, Wang Fang tried to defend the clan leader’s wife after several Eagle Clan elders mocked her, but Wang Lin argued that the Ji Family was exploiting the Explosive Bear Clan and might have caused Wang Batian’s death.
• When a middle-aged man and several hostile companions confronted him, Wang Lin declared that the Ji Family was not worthy of protecting the Explosive Bear Clan.