Chapter Summaries

Gu Qing exchanged memories and power with Three-Eyed Golden Lion, gaining destiny resistance, spiritual power, and a trace of Golden Dragon King power while awakening her bloodline. Di Tian arrived and demanded that Gu Qing release her in exchange for letting him leave.

• Gu Qing shielded himself and Three-Eyed Golden Lion from the battle’s aftershocks, then used their forehead contact to begin a spiritual resonance.
• Gu Qing shared his memories with Three-Eyed Golden Lion and received her destiny power and spiritual origin, while his vital energy absorbed a trace of Golden Dragon King power.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion received Gu Qing’s mystic jade vital energy, which awakened part of her Golden Dragon bloodline, and fell asleep while digesting the change.
• Gu Qing prepared to return the sleeping Three-Eyed Golden Lion to Scarlet King when Di Tian tore open space and appeared.
• Di Tian confirmed that Three-Eyed Golden Lion was safe and ordered Gu Qing to release her, promising to let him leave.

Gu Qing and Tang Hao escaped the Star Dou Great Forest after Di Tian attacked Gu Qing, whose defenses revealed the Golden Dragon King’s aura. Di Tian reported the discovery to Gu Yuena, who ordered him to find Snow Empress in the Far North.

• Gu Qing threw the sleeping Three-Eyed Golden Lion to Di Tian as he and Tang Hao reached the forest’s edge.
• Di Tian struck Gu Qing with a phantom dragon claw, but Gu Qing’s Indestructible Mystic Jade Body and Golden Dragon King power blocked the attack.
• Tang Hao detonated soul rings and carried the injured, immobile Gu Qing away while Di Tian chose not to pursue him.
• Di Tian returned Three-Eyed Golden Lion to Gu Yuena and reported that Gu Qing had survived the attack with a Golden Dragon King aura.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to go to the Far North and bring Snow Empress to her.

Gu Qing recovered from his injuries and revealed a bloodline-based dragonification ability awakened from the Golden Dragon King's power. After Zhu Zhuqing reacted to its dragon pressure, Gu Qing comforted her and explained the ability, while Ning Rongrong joined them in his other arm.

• Gu Qing finished recovering in the carriage and told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that he had gained special abilities.
• Gu Qing activated dragonification, covering his right arm in blood-gold scales and frightening Zhu Zhuqing with his dragon pressure.
• Ning Rongrong recognized the transformation as dragonification but noticed it differed from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's version.
• Tang Hao saw Gu Qing's dragon-scaled arm and silently approved of his talent.
• Gu Qing ended the transformation, comforted Zhu Zhuqing, and explained that his dragonification came from a bloodline awakening.
• Ning Rongrong complained that Gu Qing was holding Zhu Zhuqing but not her, then placed his arm around her waist, and Tang Hao saw him holding a girl in each arm.

After recovering from their ordeal, Gu Qing and the two girls reached Heaven Dou City and encountered Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, secretly Qian Renxue. Gu Qing used his Purple Fate Eyes to examine her and discovered her Angel God bloodline, along with signs of hostility and killing intent.

• Gu Qing, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong fell asleep together in the carriage as Tang Hao drove them to Heaven Dou City.
• After they arrived, Gu Qing woke Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, and they noticed the Crown Prince’s procession on the main street.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Senior Brother Qinghe and brought Gu Qing and Zhu Zhuqing to meet him.
• Xue Qinghe welcomed the three into the gilded carriage and identified Ning Rongrong as his junior sister to the guards.
• Gu Qing activated his Purple Fate Eyes and saw the Angel God’s golden fate threads beneath Xue Qinghe’s moon-white façade, as well as dark-red threads signaling hostility and killing intent.

Gu Qing met Qian Renxue in her carriage and declined her invitation to visit the Crown Prince’s residence, agreeing to meet again at the exchange tournament. Back at Self Academy, Liu Erlong reacted to Gu Qing’s dragon aura by inviting him to exercise with her that night, prompting Tang San to step between them.

• Qian Renxue met Gu Qing and Ning Rongrong in her carriage, then invited Gu Qing to visit the Crown Prince’s residence.
• Gu Qing politely declined because he and his companions were injured and needed to rest, and Qian Renxue said she would attend the exchange tournament.
• Gu Qing returned to Self Academy with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, where Liu Erlong sensed his powerful dragon aura.
• Liu Erlong embraced Gu Qing and whispered that they should exercise alone that night.
• Tang San stepped between Gu Qing and Liu Erlong to separate them.

Gu Qing offered Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar a chance to earn places as Self Academy outer disciples in the exchange tournament, then removed their Soul Power seals and saw their cultivation rebound. That night, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong eavesdropped outside Gu Qing and Liu Erlong’s room.

• Tang San found Xiao Wu driving Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar through strenuous training and brought them to Gu Qing’s office.
• Gu Qing promised the three men outer academy discipleship if they won their individual matches in the next day’s exchange tournament.
• Gu Qing removed their seals, and Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar each gained two Soul Power levels.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar thanked Gu Qing and vowed to prove themselves in the arena.
• Gu Qing and Liu Erlong resumed their intimate encounter in the bamboo house while Xiao Wu, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong secretly watched and listened outside.

At the Heaven Dou Empire’s academy exchange competition, Dai Mubai won Self Academy’s first individual match before Yu Tianheng attacked him while he was exhausted. Gu Qing intervened just as Yu Tianheng’s finishing blow threatened to seriously injure Dai Mubai.

• Xue Qinghe announced the competition’s individual and team rounds and declared the event underway.
• Gu Qing sent Dai Mubai to fight first, and Dai Mubai revealed that the level-thirty-nine Soul Elder held a menial-servant position at Self Academy.
• Dai Mubai overwhelmed Shi Mo with a final all-out attack and won the first match, but spent much of his Soul Power.
• Yu Tianheng entered the second match and quickly overpowered the weakened Dai Mubai.
• Yu Tianheng raised his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Claw to strike Dai Mubai, but Gu Qing stepped in, knocked Yu Tianheng back, and caught Dai Mubai.

Gu Qing stopped Yu Tianheng from seriously injuring Dai Mubai, conceded the match, and accepted Dai Mubai as Self Academy’s official disciple. After Yu Tianheng mocked Self Academy, Tang San entered the arena and revealed she was a thirteen-year-old level-forty-two Soul Ancestor, leaving Yu Tianheng to face her.

• Gu Qing intercepted Yu Tianheng’s attack with one hand, conceded the match, and drew astonished attention from the spectators and powerful onlookers.
• Gu Qing told Dai Mubai he had grown and accepted him as an official disciple of Self Academy, after which Dai Mubai lost consciousness.
• The referee awarded the second individual match to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, tying the score one to one.
• Yu Tianheng mocked Self Academy for needing its dean to intervene, and Tang San vanished from the preparation area to confront him.
• Tang San introduced herself as a thirteen-year-old, level-forty-two assault-system battle soul master with Blue Silver Grass, shocking the audience.
• Yu Tianheng doubted Tang San’s strength because of her martial soul but prepared to fight her.

Tang San overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy in an exchange match, revealing a nearly black nine-thousand-year third Soul Ring and defeating Yu Tianheng with ease. After she won two more bouts, Gu Qing sent her to rest and gave Ma Hongjun a chance to fight.

• Tang San blocked Yu Tianheng’s lightning-charged attack with her Blue Silver Rampart, revealing her nine-thousand-year third Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianheng attacked the barrier until the incense burned down but failed to crack it, and Tang San taunted him for losing to a supposedly trash Martial Soul.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Tyrant Body and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to knock Yu Tianheng unconscious with one kick.
• Tang San defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s next two students with a single kick each, while the spectators wondered how Self Academy trained its students.
• Gu Qing called Tang San down to rest and told Ma Hongjun to take the next match, reminding Tang San that the exchange was not her personal show.

Ma Hongjun defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy's solo contestant, but his evil fire erupted and he attacked the helpless opponent. Gu Qing absorbed the flames and ended the match, then Meng Shenji proposed a teachers' team match, leaving Gu Qing poised to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy's three Soul Douluo education committee members.

• Ma Hongjun unleashed his Evil Fire Phoenix and defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy's final solo contestant with a Phoenix Flame Fist.
• Ma Hongjun's evil fire erupted, and he fired a Phoenix Ray at his fallen opponent.
• Gu Qing stepped in front of the contestant and absorbed Ma Hongjun's flames with the Buddha Wrath Tang Lotus, leaving him unharmed.
• Gu Qing knocked Ma Hongjun unconscious, had Oscar give him Clearheart Pills, and challenged the academies to send another solo contestant.
• When no one volunteered, Meng Shenji proposed a three-person team match between teachers, and Dugu Bo silently encouraged Gu Qing to accept.

Gu Qing agreed to fight Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three Soul Douluo committee members with Liu Erlong and Flender, then used his Black-Gold Lotus to boost his allies’ attributes by eighty percent. The battle began with Flender taking on Bai Baoshan, while Gu Qing and Liu Erlong faced the other two committee members.

• Gu Qing summoned Liu Erlong and Flender to join him in a match against the three Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee members.
• Dugu Bo opened the battle on a reinforced arena after Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin challenged Gu Qing’s group.
• The committee members launched coordinated attacks at Flender, Liu Erlong, and Gu Qing.
• Gu Qing activated his first soul ring and enveloped Liu Erlong and Flender in an aura that boosted all their attributes by eighty percent.
• Flender used his increased speed to circle Bai Baoshan’s shield and strike at his back.

Gu Qing revealed his black-gold lotus support martial soul and its extraordinary enhancements as Liu Erlong and Flender fought Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three Education Committee members. After Gu Qing displayed a ten-thousand-year second soul ring, his Heavenly Heart Lotus let the Soul Sages read their opponents’ attacks and drive the committee members back.

• Liu Erlong used Gu Qing’s eighty-percent attribute boost to burn through Zhi Lin’s vines and charge at him.
• Spectators, Xue Ye, Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and Meng Shenji reacted to Gu Qing’s support martial soul and thousand-year first soul ring.
• Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin joined their mental and vine attacks to pressure Liu Erlong, while Meng Shenji challenged Gu Qing to reveal another soul skill.
• Gu Qing activated the Buddha Wrath Tang Lotus’s ten-thousand-year second soul ring and used Heavenly Heart Lotus to enhance Liu Erlong and Flender’s thinking and perception.
• Flender struck a weak point in Bai Baoshan’s defenses, and Liu Erlong evaded the committee members’ attacks and blasted them back.

Gu Qing unleashed the Thunder Fire Lotus Domain, turning the battle against Meng Shenji and the other two Soul Douluos into a decisive victory for Self Academy. With Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin defeated, Meng Shenji conceded, leaving Self Academy’s strength on full display.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin activated their Martial Soul Avatars, while Liu Erlong and Flender answered with their own.
• Liu Erlong’s mutated Fire Dragon Avatar overwhelmed Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin, while Flender’s speed let him pressure Bai Baoshan’s Starry Furnace Avatar.
• As the three Soul Douluos prepared their eighth soul skills, Gu Qing revealed his fourth soul ring, which bore the mark of one approaching one hundred thousand years.
• Gu Qing released the Thunder Fire Lotus Domain, strengthening Liu Erlong and Flender while suppressing and draining their opponents.
• Flender shattered Bai Baoshan’s avatar, Liu Erlong destroyed Zhi Lin’s avatar, and Meng Shenji withdrew his own and conceded to Gu Qing.

After Gu Qing led Self Academy to victory over the teachers’ team, Xue Ye rewarded him with a count’s title, a fief, and imperial funding. Qian Renxue visited to investigate his unusual soul rings and domain, but Gu Qing deflected her questions before Ning Fengzhi arrived with his companions.

• Dugu Bo declared Self Academy the winner after Gu Qing and two Soul Sages defeated three Soul Douluos.
• Qian Renxue noticed Gu Qing’s unusual domain and wondered whether he had inherited power from another god.
• Xue Ye made Gu Qing a count, granted him a fief near Sunset Forest, and named Self Academy an Empire Key-Supported Academy with annual funding.
• Qian Renxue asked Gu Qing about his soul ring ages and domain, but he refused to reveal the academy’s methods and teased her about enrolling.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin, prompting Qian Renxue to end her visit.

Qian Renxue left Self Academy without learning its secrets, while Gu Qing and Ning Fengzhi agreed to cooperate on producing Tang San’s hidden weapons. The Tang Sect’s founding began with Ning Fengzhi’s support, and the chapter ended as Yu Xiaogang asked to speak with Gu Qing.

• Qian Renxue left the reception hall intending to have Snake Lance and Ci Xue investigate Self Academy’s strength.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Gu Qing for teaching Ning Rongrong and asked to learn Reverse Amplification.
• Gu Qing asked Tang San to present her hidden weapons, and Tang San demonstrated the Sleeve Arrow and Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to fund a factory, split profits, partner with Self Academy, and provide annual research funds.
• Tang San felt determined to rebuild the Tang Sect with Gu Qing by her side as she and Ning Fengzhi began discussing production details.
• Yu Xiaogang knocked on the reception hall door and asked to speak with Gu Qing.

Yu Xiaogang asked Gu Qing to help evolve Luo Sanpao, and Gu Qing agreed on the condition that he could observe the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Liu Erlong agreed to demonstrate it only after Yu Xiaogang apologized and knelt, leaving Yu Xiaogang about to kneel while Flender refused to join him.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Gu Qing to fulfill his promise to devise an evolution plan for Luo Sanpao, and Gu Qing requested to observe the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang hurried to Flender and persuaded him to ask Liu Erlong to demonstrate the fusion skill with them.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang to address her as Dean Liu and initially refused, but reconsidered because Gu Qing wanted to see the skill.
• Yu Xiaogang apologized and pleaded for Liu Erlong’s help, promising to do anything she asked.
• Liu Erlong demanded that Yu Xiaogang kneel and call himself scum, and he began to comply before asking Flender to kneel with him.
• Flender refused, telling Yu Xiaogang to repay his own sins himself.

Gu Qing guided Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong through their Golden Iron Triangle Martial Soul Fusion Skill after their first attempt failed. The successful fusion revealed that Liu Erlong’s strengthened Fire Dragon had taken control of the Golden Sacred Dragon, suggesting her Martial Soul could absorb and fuse with other dragon bloodlines.

• Yu Xiaogang apologized to Liu Erlong for his past behavior, then followed her and Flender to meet Gu Qing.
• Liu Erlong told Gu Qing that Yu Xiaogang had knelt and humiliated himself, while Yu Xiaogang hid his resentment and asked to begin the demonstration.
• The Golden Iron Triangle’s first fusion attempt failed because the three Soul Power streams repelled one another, and Gu Qing told them to focus and try again.
• After the three centered their thoughts, they successfully summoned the Golden Sacred Dragon, whose control Liu Erlong could feel shifting into her hands.
• Gu Qing observed that Liu Erlong’s Fire Dragon had become the fusion’s core and concluded that it might be able to devour and fuse with other dragon bloodlines.

Gu Qing tested the Golden Sacred Dragon formed by Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang, finding it comparable to a newly advanced Titled Douluo before defeating it with a combined fist technique. Yu Xiaogang crawled to Gu Qing and begged to know whether his martial soul could be saved.

• Liu Erlong attacked Gu Qing with the Golden Sacred Dragon, and he tested its strength, defense, and self-healing while fighting it.
• Gu Qing endured the dragon's coordinated attacks and struck its snout with Golden Dragon Break, but its tail sent him crashing through stone pillars.
• Gu Qing fused Thunder-Fire Power with Golden Dragon Break and blasted a huge hole through the Golden Sacred Dragon's chest, causing its fusion to collapse.
• Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang fell from the dissolved dragon, with Yu Xiaogang injured but eager to seek Gu Qing's help.
• Yu Xiaogang grabbed Gu Qing's trouser leg and asked whether Gu Qing had found a way to save his martial soul.

Gu Qing offered Yu Xiaogang two ways to address his Martial Soul, and Yu Xiaogang chose the safer option of removing its dragon bloodline. Gu Qing revealed he intended to give that bloodline to Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang arrived at her courtyard that night only to hear her intimate sounds from inside.

• Gu Qing explained that Yu Xiaogang could either remove the dragon bloodline from Luo Sanpao or risk activating it into a powerful dragon-type Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang chose the low-risk bloodline removal so he could break through Rank 29 and continue cultivating.
• Gu Qing told Yu Xiaogang to wait outside Liu Erlong's courtyard that night while he worked out the extraction method.
• Gu Qing explained to Liu Erlong that he planned to extract Yu Xiaogang's Light Sacred Dragon bloodline so she could absorb it and evolve her Fire Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the courtyard that night and froze when he heard Liu Erlong's intimate voice from inside.

Yu Xiaogang waited outside while Gu Qing and Liu Erlong were together, then submitted to Gu Qing’s attempt to extract the Light Sacred Dragon bloodline from Luo Sanpao. As the painful extraction began, Luo Sanpao stopped struggling at Yu Xiaogang’s command and looked at him with despair.

• Yu Xiaogang overheard Gu Qing and Liu Erlong inside the bamboo building and resolved to reclaim his lost honor someday.
• Gu Qing emerged with Liu Erlong, then instructed her and Yu Xiaogang to sit facing each other and release their Martial Souls.
• Gu Qing used Buddha Heart Lotus Seeds and his soul skills to examine Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul and locate the dormant Light Sacred Dragon bloodline in Luo Sanpao.
• Gu Qing began extracting the bloodline, causing Luo Sanpao and Yu Xiaogang intense pain and leaving Yu Xiaogang afraid his Martial Soul would collapse.
• Yu Xiaogang told Luo Sanpao to endure the extraction, and Luo Sanpao stopped struggling and looked at him with despair.