Chapter Summaries

After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ye Qing found Dugu Bo waiting in his dormitory and learned that the elder had watched his confrontation with Shrek Academy. Ye Qing stopped Dugu Bo from attacking the group by revealing Tang San's father was Tang Hao, then Dugu Bo warned him that the Heaven Dou Royal Family had noticed him.

• Ye Qing returned alone to his dormitory after the others departed and found Dugu Bo waiting inside.
• Dugu Bo said he had watched Ye Qing confront Flender, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and the others in Heaven Dou City, and offered to poison the Shrek group.
• Ye Qing told Dugu Bo not to attack Shrek because Tang San had a complicated background.
• Ye Qing revealed that Tang San was the son of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, and Dugu Bo immediately abandoned his plan to confront Shrek.
• Dugu Bo warned Ye Qing that the Heaven Dou Royal Family had already noticed him.

Dugu Bo warned Ye Qing that Xue Qinghe had taken an unusual interest in him, then learned that the crown prince was actually Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong’s daughter, disguised after the real Xue Qinghe’s death. He urged Ye Qing to stay out of Spirit Hall’s infiltration of Heaven Dou, while Ye Qing kept his own future intentions hidden.

• Dugu Bo warned Ye Qing that the Heaven Dou Royal Family might be watching him and threatened to kill Xue Qinghe if the family endangered Dugu Yan.
• Ye Qing cautioned Dugu Bo that he could not safely attack Xue Qinghe because the crown prince had another identity.
• Ye Qing soundproofed the room and told Dugu Bo that the real Xue Qinghe was dead and Qian Renxue had taken his place.
• Ye Qing revealed that at least two Spirit Hall Title Douluos guarded Qian Renxue, leaving Dugu Bo shocked and frightened.
• Dugu Bo warned Ye Qing not to expose or exploit the secret, and Ye Qing agreed while privately keeping his plans to himself.

Dugu Bo discovered that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had sent the masked Soul Emperor to attack Ye Qing’s team and offered to wipe out the clan in retaliation. Ye Qing talked him out of it, vowing to take revenge himself once he was strong enough, and Dugu Bo agreed to take him soul hunting.

• Ye Qing teased Dugu Bo about whether he still planned to beat up Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and Dugu Bo warned him not to mention it again.
• Dugu Bo confirmed that their soul-hunting agreement still stood, then revealed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had sent the masked Soul Emperor who attacked Ye Qing’s team in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo offered to use the Snowy Swan Kiss and his poison to exterminate the clan’s direct and collateral lines, sparing only Yu Yuanzhen.
• Ye Qing argued that the massacre would make him, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan targets across the continent, and said he would repay the clan’s blood debt himself when he was stronger.
• Dugu Bo agreed to spare the clan for now and ordered Ye Qing to grow stronger, then swept them off to hunt for a Soul Ring.

Ye Qing left Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo to hunt powerful Soul Beasts, choosing the Star Dou Great Forest over the Far North. In the city, Qian Renxue investigated Ye Qing and resolved to study him more closely when he returned.

• Ye Qing warned the Emperor Team to keep training during his long absence and promised to bring back valuable surprises.
• Dugu Yan confronted Ye Qing at the academy gates, and he reassured her before leaving with Dugu Bo.
• Ye Qing and Dugu Bo decided to hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest, where they hoped to find rare Soul Beasts.
• She Long reported that Ye Qing had left Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo, and Qian Renxue read a dossier describing Ye Qing as a powerless nobody.
• Qian Renxue judged the dossier inconsistent with the talented youth she had met and declined to have She Long follow them, choosing to wait for Ye Qing's return.

Ye Qing and Dugu Bo searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Soul Ring, but a massive beast tide drew them toward the forest’s core. There, they discovered a Nine-Colored Deer clashing with another powerful presence.

• Ye Qing rejected Dugu Bo’s complaints about passing over powerful Soul Beasts, insisting he needed the best possible Soul Ring.
• A violent beast tide erupted, and Ye Qing recognized that the fleeing beasts were driven by fear of something disrupting their territory.
• Ye Qing persuaded Dugu Bo to travel against the stampede toward the disturbance, and they found the forest devastated by a fierce battle.
• From their hiding place, Ye Qing and Dugu Bo saw a graceful Nine-Colored Deer radiating divine light and clashing with another terrifying aura.

Ye Qing recognized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger battling a nearly ninety-thousand-year Nine-Colored Deer and explained its origins, powers, and deadly Life-and-Death Arena to Dugu Bo. The chapter left Dugu Bo alarmed by the tiger’s domain, while Ye Qing argued that human ingenuity could overcome its physical advantage.

• Dugu Bo watched a black, scorpion-tailed tiger overpower the wounded Nine-Colored Deer and wondered how a beast with only around fifty thousand years of cultivation could defeat it.
• Ye Qing recognized the creature as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and told Dugu Bo it came from an ancient White Tiger bloodline corrupted by the God of Evil.
• Ye Qing explained that the tiger possessed six attributes and grew stronger by devouring other soul beasts, their Soul Power, and their souls.
• Ye Qing revealed that the tiger’s Life-and-Death Arena sealed its opponent’s cultivation, Soul Rings, and skills, turning both combatants into six-year-old bodies for a deadly duel.
• Dugu Bo feared the domain meant certain death, but Ye Qing argued that humans could use tools and ingenuity to counter the tiger’s claws and fangs.

Ye Qing discovered that the Nine-Colored Deer was pregnant and being attacked while giving birth, so he and Dugu Bo decided to save it and defeat the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Dugu Bo unleashed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar and sent a torrent of poison toward the tiger.

• Ye Qing persuaded Dugu Bo to give him three Jade Phosphorous Poison Pearls as protection against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Ye Qing and Dugu Bo realized that the Nine-Colored Deer’s combat strength had weakened because it was in the middle of giving birth.
• The injured Nine-Colored Deer pleaded with Ye Qing and Dugu Bo to save the cub in its belly.
• Ye Qing urged Dugu Bo to intervene, while admitting that he hoped the deer might offer itself as a sacrifice in repayment.
• Dugu Bo summoned his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar and unleashed a wave of poison at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Ye Qing and Dugu Bo trapped and badly wounded the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with their combined attacks, while the dying Nine-Colored Deer empowered them with its divine radiance. The tiger began activating its Life-and-Death Arena, and Ye Qing recognized that it was opening a passage to another dimension.

• The wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger tried to flee from Dugu Bo, but Ye Qing caught it with three incarnations, a sword formation, and overlapping Lotus Prison barriers.
• The Nine-Colored Deer spent its remaining divine power to bless Ye Qing, his incarnations, and Dugu Bo with Nine-Colored Divine Radiance.
• Dugu Bo struck the trapped tiger with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor while Ye Qing's sword formation and Buddha Fury Fire Lotuses shattered its defenses and crushed its shoulder.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger began condensing a gray-black sphere to activate the Life-and-Death Arena, and Ye Qing saw it forming a passage to another dimension.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger dragged Ye Qing into the Life-and-Death Arena, where its rules reduced them both to younger, weaker forms. Ye Qing killed the tiger with Dugu Bo’s poison pearls, destroying the arena and leaving his fate after its collapse unknown.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger bypassed Dugu Bo and pulled Ye Qing into a black void with its time-and-space power.
• In the Life-and-Death Arena, the rules stripped Ye Qing of his Soul Rings and turned him into a six-year-old child, while the tiger regressed into a smaller but still powerful beast.
• As the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lunged at him, Ye Qing threw three Jade Phosphorous Poison Pearls into its mouth.
• The poison dissolved the tiger from within, killing it as Ye Qing watched.
• With the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger dead, the Life-and-Death Arena shattered.

Ye Qing returned from the Life-and-Death Arena after killing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and its Evil God Pearl and Soul Ring were drawn to him. As Ye Qing began absorbing the tiger’s ring, the dying Nine-Colored Deer sent its life essence into his Chaos Green Lotus and its own nearly hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring toward him.

• Ye Qing reappeared in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Bo confirmed he was unharmed and saw the poisoned Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s corpse.
• Ye Qing told Dugu Bo he had fed the tiger Dugu Bo’s poison pearls, which had killed it.
• The Evil God Pearl tried to escape through a spatial rift, but Ye Qing’s Chaos Green Lotus caught and sealed it inside its lotus heart.
• The tiger’s black Soul Ring flew onto Ye Qing, forcing him to begin absorbing it while Dugu Bo watched in disbelief.
• The dying Nine-Colored Deer condensed its remaining life force and its unborn child’s essence into a Nine-Colored Pearl, which entered the Chaos Green Lotus beside the Evil God Pearl.
• The Nine-Colored Deer died, and its nearly hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring rose from its corpse and flew toward Ye Qing.

Ye Qing endured the fusion of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring and the Nine-Colored Deer's sacrifice, while a crown-type External Soul Bone protected him. He emerged with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo guarded him through the process.

• Dugu Bo tried to stop the Nine-Colored Deer's Soul Ring from reaching Ye Qing, but it overlapped with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's ring, and a Nine-Colored Crown formed from the deer's antlers.
• The Nine-Colored Crown protected Ye Qing as the two opposing energies tore through his body, while Dugu Bo sealed the valley and stood guard.
• After an hour, the two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings fused under the Chaos Green Flame into a blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Ye Qing opened his eyes as a dragon's roar and phoenix's cry sounded within him, and the new Soul Ring and Nine-Colored Crown entered his body.

After the Nine-Colored Deer’s sacrifice transformed Ye Qing’s eighth Soul Ring into a Hundred-Thousand-Year ring, he discovered its new powers and the secrets of two divine pearls. He left Dugu Bo stunned and jealous after demonstrating his control over space and time.

• Dugu Bo confronted Ye Qing and confirmed that his eighth Soul Ring was a Hundred-Thousand-Year ring formed from two fused Soul Rings.
• Ye Qing discovered that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Evil God Pearl had become the Chaos Pearl, while the Nine-Colored Deer’s pearl had become the Heavenly God Pearl, each containing its own world.
• Ye Qing sensed the Nine-Colored Deer’s unborn child alive inside the Heavenly Realm within the Heavenly God Pearl.
• Ye Qing revealed that his eighth Soul Ring granted the Soul Skills Void Realm and Time Ruins.
• Ye Qing demonstrated teleportation and spatial rifts, then slowed and accelerated time around Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo reacted with intense jealousy at Ye Qing’s new powers.

After gaining a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and the Nine-Colored Divine Crown, Ye Qing insisted on finding a Ninth Soul Ring before reaching Level 51 and chose the Far North as their next destination. As he and Dugu Bo prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, Dugu Bo sensed humans rushing toward them.

• Ye Qing revealed that his Nine-Colored Divine Crown doubled his mental power and could double all attributes and Soul Skill effects for nearby targets.
• Dugu Bo urged Ye Qing to return home, but Ye Qing explained that he still needed a Ninth Soul Ring to break through to Level 51.
• Ye Qing decided that the Star Dou Great Forest had few suitable Soul Beasts left and proposed traveling to the Far North.
• Dugu Bo agreed to accompany Ye Qing despite the cold.
• Dugu Bo sensed humans approaching rapidly from the southwest, and Ye Qing prepared for their arrival.

A greedy white-robed Soul Sage went looking for the corpses of two powerful soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, only to find Ye Qing beside them. After he threatened Ye Qing, Dugu Bo revealed himself and crushed the intruder with his Title Douluo pressure, leaving the old man terrified and regretful.

• The white-robed old man followed signs of destruction into the forest and found the corpses of a black tiger and a Nine-Colored Deer in a huge crater.
• The old man rushed to loot the corpses, but Ye Qing emerged from behind the Nine-Colored Deer and stopped him.
• The old man dismissed Ye Qing as a weak junior, released his seven Soul Rings, and demanded to know how the beasts had died.
• Ye Qing mocked the old man and called Dugu Bo out from behind an ancient tree.
• Dugu Bo's overwhelming pressure forced the white-robed old man to his knees and crushed his Soul Rings back into his body.
• The old man recognized Poison Douluo Dugu Bo and realized in terror that he had threatened the Title Douluo's companion.

Ye Qing recognized the white-robed Soul Sage as Shi Nian of Canghui Academy and ordered Dugu Bo to kill him. After Shi Nian died, Ye Qing revealed that he wanted the head spirit bone hidden in the corpse, leaving Dugu Bo astonished.

• Shi Nian begged Dugu Bo to spare him after Dugu Bo caught him near the place where he was cultivating.
• Ye Qing noticed Shi Nian's Canghui Academy badge and questioned him about his identity and why he had come to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shi Nian identified himself and claimed he had brought academy students to hunt spirit rings before being drawn over by the beast tide.
• Ye Qing recognized Shi Nian from the original story and told Dugu Bo to kill him.
• Dugu Bo killed Shi Nian with Jade Phosphor Poison before he could summon his martial soul.
• Ye Qing asked Dugu Bo to remove the head spirit bone from Shi Nian's skull, startling him.

Ye Qing and Dugu Bo left the Star Dou Great Forest with a Ten Thousand Year head Soul Bone, while Shrek Academy endured three months of spreading public disgrace. Ma Hongjun’s evil flame and the rumors around him had left the students isolated and Ma Hongjun ashamed and increasingly unwilling to train.

• Dugu Bo found a Ten Thousand Year head Soul Bone in Shi Nian’s corpse after Ye Qing predicted it was there.
• Ye Qing kept the Soul Bone as a possible bargaining chip, refusing to use it himself or give it to Yanzi.
• Ye Qing and Dugu Bo buried the Nine-Colored Deer and departed for the Far North.
• Rumors about Shrek Academy spread from Heaven Dou City to Suotuo City and the village outside the academy, turning the public against its teachers and students.
• Ma Hongjun was refused service by Suotuo City’s pleasure houses and became increasingly haggard as he suppressed his evil flame.
• Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Dai Mubai complained about the insults they faced, while Ma Hongjun felt guilty and began training halfheartedly.

Shrek Academy realized it could not enter the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament without official credentials, and Yu Xiaogang's plan to borrow Heaven Dou Royal Academy's qualifications failed. Flender left to investigate one last possible route, warning that Shrek might otherwise break apart.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Shrek to win the tournament to overcome the insults, but Flender explained that the unlicensed academy could not pass the entry review.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Oscar pointed out that Shrek had just offended the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar suggested staying hidden at Shrek, but Dai Mubai and Tang San refused to retreat.
• Xiao Wu blamed Ma Hongjun for Shrek's troubles, while Zhu Zhuqing showed her disgust and Ma Hongjun lowered his head in shame.
• Flender revealed that he would investigate a final way to obtain entry qualifications and warned that Shrek would split up if it failed.

Ye Qing and Dugu Bo searched the Far North for five months without finding a suitable Soul Beast for Ye Qing’s ninth Soul Ring. Just as they decided to leave, they discovered an orderly army of Far North Soul Beasts approaching through the blizzard.

• Dugu Bo complained as he and Ye Qing traveled through the Far North, then killed a group of Frozen Earth Dragons that burst through the ice.
• Ye Qing said a willing Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast could provide his ninth Soul Ring, though he and Dugu Bo found none during five months of searching.
• Ye Qing ended the hunt and prepared to leave with Dugu Bo.
• A powerful disturbance shook the glacier, and Ye Qing and Dugu Bo sensed a large force of Soul Beasts moving in formation.
• Ye Qing grew excited by the approaching army and urged Dugu Bo to go watch.

Ye Qing claimed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Iceberg Snow Lotus after Dugu Bo drove away the Winter Wolves and Profound Ice Nether Serpents. His Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul consumed the herb and produced a pure Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, which Ye Qing began absorbing as Dugu Bo stared in disbelief.

• Ye Qing and Dugu Bo discovered Winter Wolves and Profound Ice Nether Serpents fighting over a Hundred-Thousand-Year Iceberg Snow Lotus.
• Ye Qing told Dugu Bo to clear the battlefield so he could take the snow lotus.
• Dugu Bo summoned his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar and forced both Soul Beast races to retreat.
• Ye Qing touched the snow lotus, and his Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul consumed and refined it into a blood-red Soul Ring.
• Ye Qing began absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Dugu Bo reacted in shock.

Ye Qing absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Iceberg Snow Lotus and completed his ninth Soul Ring as the Heavenly Snow Woman arrived to claim the lotus and kill him. Dugu Bo sacrificed himself to protect Ye Qing, but the Snow Empress buried him beneath ice and prepared to strike just as Ye Qing finished absorbing the ring.

• Ye Qing absorbed the pure ice-element energy of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Iceberg Snow Lotus while a red Soul Ring formed for his ninth slot.
• The Heavenly Snow Woman arrived, saw that Ye Qing had consumed the lotus, and fixed him with killing intent.
• Dugu Bo defied the Heavenly Snow Woman and attacked her to protect Ye Qing, citing his debt to Ye Qing and his gratitude for saving Dugu Yan.
• The Heavenly Snow Woman froze Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Divine Light, blasted him away, and buried him beneath hundreds of meters of ice.
• The Heavenly Snow Woman approached Ye Qing with an ice sword, but the Chaos Green Lotus cried out as his ninth Soul Ring fully merged.