Chapter Summaries

Cheng Xiao identified and ate the Aromatic Silk Beauty, gaining the ability to resist poison and control its fragrance. After he swallowed a poison from Dugu Bo and showed no symptoms, he realized the herb had worked.

• Cheng Xiao confirmed that the pale pink flower was the Aromatic Silk Beauty by testing it against several poisons on Soft Bone Rabbits.
• Cheng Xiao plucked the flower and decided to eat it, hoping to gain resistance to poison and other abilities.
• Dugu Bo found Cheng Xiao lying motionless at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Cheng Xiao soon woke up.
• Cheng Xiao discovered he could release and suppress the flower's fragrance, then asked Dugu Bo for poison and its antidote.
• Cheng Xiao swallowed Dugu Bo's poison and remained unharmed, astonishing Dugu Bo.

Cheng Xiao confirmed that the herb made him immune to poison, then returned home to find Ye Renxin rapidly aging after using a method to extend his life. Ye Renxin said the method might give him only one or two more years, leaving Cheng Xiao worried as he went downstairs.

• Cheng Xiao asked Dugu Bo to test his claimed immunity, and he calmly resisted and dispersed Dugu Bo's poisonous mist.
• Dugu Bo demanded to know which herb Cheng Xiao had eaten, then scolded him for taking herbs from the garden.
• Cheng Xiao returned home and learned from Ye Lingling that Ye Renxin's condition had worsened.
• Cheng Xiao found Ye Renxin looking decrepit, and Ye Renxin explained that his method had stimulated his life potential at the cost of his vitality.
• Ye Renxin said he expected to live one or two more years and sent Cheng Xiao downstairs while he spoke privately with Dugu Bo.

Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest to test his theory that a Soul Master could absorb a soul ring beyond the usual limit. Tang San survived a two-thousand-year soul ring and gained a potent new skill, while competing manuscripts on the theory were sent to the Two Great Empires and Spirit City.

• Yu Xiaogang reunited with Flender and persuaded him to help Tang San hunt a two-thousand-year soul beast for his third soul ring.
• Flender helped Tang San kill a two-thousand-year Nine-Colored Dappled Spider, and Tang San struggled while absorbing its soul ring.
• Tang San successfully absorbed the soul ring and demonstrated Blue Silver Grass that could siphon blood and develop changing, difficult-to-cure toxins.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged for Tang San to attend Shrek Academy after graduation, then returned with him to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang sent his paper on surpassing soul ring limits to the Two Great Empires and Spirit City, as another manuscript with the same title left Heaven Dou City.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that journals had credited his theory to Cheng Xiao and others, then found Cheng Xiao’s research challenging his beliefs about soul rings and spiritual power. After learning Cheng Xiao had become a Soul Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang collapsed, and, once revived by Tang San, insisted he could make Tang San a Titled Douluo.

• Yu Xiaogang found his theory credited to Ye Renxin, Cheng Xiao, and Ren Xue in the Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou journals.
• Yu Xiaogang discovered that the Star Luo Empire journal had published both his theory and Cheng Xiao’s more extensive research on martial soul quality, spiritual power, and soul-ring limits.
• Yu Xiaogang read that Cheng Xiao had a five-hundred-year first soul ring and a thousand-year second soul ring, contradicting his prediction that Cheng Xiao would remain at level nineteen.
• Yu Xiaogang vomited blood and collapsed, and Tang San found him and used the Mysterious Heaven Skill to revive him.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he would change his training plan and make him a Titled Douluo as soon as possible.

Bibi Dong read Cheng Xiao's theories and ordered Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo to bring him to Spirit Hall so she could learn how to strengthen its young talents. Meanwhile, Cheng Xiao's cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well finally stirred the dragon souls, and his mysterious Nine Rings Soul Tool reacted to their roars.

• Bibi Dong connected Cheng Xiao's research to Ye Renxin and Qian Renxue, then recognized that Cheng Xiao had made the main contributions to the papers.
• Bibi Dong saw that Cheng Xiao's theories challenged Yu Xiaogang's ideas and ordered Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo to bring him to her.
• Cheng Xiao continued cultivating in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and tried to awaken its two dragon souls with his Dragon Emperor Martial Soul.
• Cheng Xiao sensed the dragon souls responding to his destructive aura and struggled to maintain his Martial Soul Possession.
• The Nine Rings Soul Tool heated up, flew into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well unharmed, and joined its own dragon roar with the dragon souls' cries.

Cheng Xiao awakened the two dragon souls in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the Nine Ring revealed a mysterious sea chart that he suspected might lead to Dragon Valley. The ring finished absorbing the dragon souls’ power and became far stronger, while Cheng Xiao resolved to keep tempering his body.

• Cheng Xiao watched the Nine Ring’s patterns form a map, which condensed into a golden point and entered his mind as a sea chart.
• Cheng Xiao studied the chart and suspected its destination might be Dragon Valley, imagining the power he could gain from its dragons and Dragon God Core.
• Cheng Xiao set aside those ambitions and focused on using the dragon souls to strengthen his body and extend his Dragon Emperor Possession.
• The Nine Ring finished absorbing the dragon souls’ power, and the souls returned beneath the spring as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energy increased.
• Cheng Xiao caught the transformed Nine Ring and tested it, producing a powerful dragon roar and a sturdier protective barrier.

Chrysanthemum Douluo learned that Cheng Xiao had been falsely proclaimed Spirit Hall's Saint Son and set out to bring him back from Sunset Forest. Xue Qinghe realized the elders might be targeting Cheng Xiao and rushed to intercept them with Ci Xue and She Long.

• Gu Mo told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Cheng Xiao was being called Spirit Hall's Saint Son, and Chrysanthemum Douluo angrily denied that Spirit Hall had any Saint Son.
• Gu Mo explained that Cheng Xiao was under Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin's protection, so Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered a squad assembled to accompany him.
• Ci Xue reported that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had left Heaven Dou City with a squad for Sunset Forest.
• Xue Qinghe connected their destination to Cheng Xiao's return from Sunset Forest and feared Spirit Hall would discover his Twin Martial Souls.
• Xue Qinghe transformed into Qian Renxue, summoned She Long, and left Heaven Dou City with Ci Xue to intercept the elders.

After Dugu Bo revealed his poison could be cured, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan attacked him while the Pope’s men tried to seize Cheng Xiao. Cheng Xiao survived Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist, but Ghost Douluo Gui Mei ambushed him, leaving Cheng Xiao to desperately summon the fallen dead.

• Cheng Xiao told Ye Renxin about his Twin Martial Souls and second soul ring, and Ye Renxin later informed Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo learned Cheng Xiao had an eighty percent chance of curing his poison, then sensed Yue Guan approaching and told Cheng Xiao to run.
• Dugu Bo and Yue Guan clashed as Cheng Xiao fled, but a group of Spirit Hall fighters blocked his way and ordered him to meet the Pope.
• Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist engulfed Cheng Xiao and the Spirit Hall fighters; Cheng Xiao survived because the Aromatic Silk Beauty made him immune to the poison.
• Gui Mei attacked Cheng Xiao from behind, but Cheng Xiao’s Nine Ring shield deflected him, and Cheng Xiao used Shadow Domain and summoned Shadow Soul Beasts to hold him off.
• Cheng Xiao called out “Stand Up!” as he tried to use the corpses around him to stop Gui Mei and escape.

Cheng Xiao discovered that his command to make the dead rise disrupted Gui Mei’s ghostly Martial Soul and forced the Titled Douluo to kneel. He used the effect to flee, and Gui Mei abandoned the pursuit, ordering Yue Guan to chase instead.

• Gui Mei was knocked from the air and forced to kneel when Cheng Xiao first commanded the corpses to stand up.
• Cheng Xiao repeated the command, making Gui Mei’s Martial Soul Possession collapse and forcing him to kneel again.
• Cheng Xiao realized that Gui Mei’s living-corpse nature made him vulnerable to the Shadow King’s command over the undead, and he fled while sending his shadows to attack.
• Gui Mei blasted the shadows apart but felt afraid to pursue Cheng Xiao himself.
• Yue Guan urged Gui Mei to chase, but Gui Mei called for Yue Guan to take over and flew away.

Cheng Xiao fled Yue Guan while Ghost Douluo held Dugu Bo back, but Qian Renxue arrived and fused her Soul Power with Cheng Xiao’s. The pair summoned the Shadow King and attacked Yue Guan with a massive slash.

• Ghost Douluo used Polar Static Domain to help himself and Yue Guan evade Dugu Bo’s Time Freeze, then held Dugu Bo back while Yue Guan pursued Cheng Xiao.
• Cheng Xiao activated the Nine Ring to block Yue Guan’s attack, but Yue Guan shattered its barrier with his soul skill and sent Cheng Xiao flying.
• Qian Renxue arrived with two companions and caught Cheng Xiao as Yue Guan tried to seize him.
• Cheng Xiao asked Qian Renxue to help him cut Yue Guan down, and their anger and Soul Power resonated as they fused.
• Cheng Xiao and Qian Renxue summoned the Shadow King, who raised a black greatsword and slashed at Yue Guan.

Cheng Xiao and Qian Renxue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to strike Yue Guan and escape, though Cheng Xiao collapsed from exhaustion. After waking up the next day, Cheng Xiao realized he had accidentally called Qian Renxue by name in front of Yue Guan.

• Cheng Xiao and Qian Renxue's Martial Soul Fusion Skill slashed Yue Guan and sent him crashing through several trees.
• Qian Renxue supported the exhausted Cheng Xiao, warned Yue Guan to stay away from him, and left with Snake Lance Douluo and Stingray Douluo.
• Yue Guan let Qian Renxue's group go and decided to report the Martial Soul Fusion Skill to the Pope.
• Cheng Xiao woke after one night of sleep and learned from Ye Lingling that Grandpa Dugu had brought him back.
• Cheng Xiao remembered that he had called out Qian Renxue's name while Yue Guan was chasing him.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to recognize Cheng Xiao as its true Saint Son after learning of his abilities and recalling Qian Renxue's possessive words. Meanwhile, Cheng Xiao faced a flood of visitors in Heaven Dou City and received Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong.

• Bibi Dong heard Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo describe Cheng Xiao's Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Qian Renxue and his strange control over Ghost Douluo's Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong decided to trust Qian Renxue and ordered Spirit Hall to announce Cheng Xiao as Saint Son and Hu Liena as Saintess.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to bring Cheng Xiao back openly from Heaven Dou City when Hu Liena returned from training.
• Cheng Xiao received a stream of visitors at the Ye Family, including representatives interested in his theory of absorbing soul rings beyond their limits.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong, and Cheng Xiao greeted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members.

Ning Fengzhi visited Ye Renxin to ask about the theory that martial soul quality could be improved, and Ye Renxin revealed that Cheng Xiao had written it. Ning Fengzhi asked whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda could evolve, and Cheng Xiao left the question unanswered until he received some benefit.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited Cheng Xiao with Xue Qinghe and Ning Rongrong, and Ning Rongrong reproached Cheng Xiao for not greeting her.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested that Cheng Xiao and Ning Rongrong spend more time together, but Cheng Xiao awkwardly changed the subject and led everyone inside.
• As the group exchanged pleasantries, Cheng Xiao noticed that Xue Qinghe wore gloves and suspected he wanted to avoid another martial soul resonance.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ye Renxin about the theory that martial soul quality determined whether someone could reach Titled Douluo, and Ye Renxin identified Cheng Xiao as its true author.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Cheng Xiao whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda could evolve and offered the sect's reward, but Cheng Xiao smiled without answering.

Cheng Xiao traded the lead on an immortal herb that could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control method. Their discussion was interrupted when Ning Fengzhi recognized Yu Yuanzhen arriving with a group.

• Cheng Xiao suggested that compatible, powerful soul rings and stronger physical conditioning might help the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda evolve, and Ning Fengzhi realized Cheng Xiao wanted the Heart Separation Control method.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Cheng Xiao the method for safekeeping and promised not to reveal their information; Cheng Xiao accepted while Ning Rongrong angrily watched.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Cheng Xiao the manual, and Cheng Xiao revealed that the Aromatic Silk Beauty could potentially evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
• Cheng Xiao said the rare herb could be found with enough searching, and Ning Fengzhi thanked him for giving the sect a clear target.
• Two young girls and a green-haired old man entered, and Ning Fengzhi recognized Yu Yuanzhen among the arrivals.

Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Ye Renxin met and introduced their juniors, including Cheng Xiao and Yu Tianheng. Yu Tianheng saw Dugu Yan’s playful familiarity with Cheng Xiao and realized he believed someone else had won her affection before him.

• Ning Fengzhi greeted Yu Yuanzhen, and the three parties introduced their younger members.
• Dugu Yan warned Cheng Xiao not to back out of the agreement to consider joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Cheng Xiao told Yu Tianheng that he had only been lucky to defeat Dugu Yan without using his martial soul.
• Yu Tianheng watched Dugu Yan act warmly toward Cheng Xiao and felt crushed as he concluded that someone had gotten there before him.

Yu Tianheng challenged Cheng Xiao to prove himself before joining the Imperial Fighting Team, but Cheng Xiao said he had not decided whether to join. Ning Rongrong exposed that he was stalling, then provoked Dugu Yan before hiding behind Sword Douluo.

• Yu Tianxin praised Cheng Xiao for defeating Dugu Yan and suggested they spar, while Yu Tianheng proposed testing Cheng Xiao immediately.
• Cheng Xiao declined and clarified that he had only agreed to consider joining the academy, which Ye Lingling confirmed.
• Dugu Yan defended Cheng Xiao and argued with Yu Tianheng over his attempt to test him and the team's objections.
• Cheng Xiao stopped their argument and said he would decide about joining later.
• Ning Rongrong pointed out that Cheng Xiao had never intended to join the team, angering Dugu Yan and the others.
• Ning Rongrong suggested Cheng Xiao looked down on Dugu Yan's strength, then ran behind Sword Douluo as the group glared at her.

Dugu Yan stormed out after arguing with Yu Tianheng over Cheng Xiao’s place on the team, and the adults learned what had happened. Dugu Bo arranged a spar between Cheng Xiao and the Yu brothers, then told them Cheng Xiao had challenged them to fight both at once.

• Dugu Yan accused Yu Tianheng of taking kindness for weakness and stormed out.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Ye Renxin for advice about whether his grandsons could surpass their spirit ring limits, and Ye Renxin said Cheng Xiao was the one to ask.
• Ning Rongrong, Cheng Xiao, and Yu Tianheng gave competing accounts of the argument, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen to reprimand their children.
• Dugu Bo insisted that Cheng Xiao and the Yu brothers spar, then privately urged Cheng Xiao to show off his Dragon Emperor Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo told Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng to fight Cheng Xiao together and claimed Cheng Xiao had said he could beat them both within three moves.

Cheng Xiao faced Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng in a wager before witnesses, then revealed his Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and overwhelmed both brothers with its Dragon's Might and his combat skills. The fight ended with Yu Tianheng badly injured and Yu Tianxin petrified by Cheng Xiao's attack as Yu Yuanzhen, Dugu Bo, and Ye Renxin rushed forward.

• Dugu Bo wagered with Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi on Cheng Xiao's fight, while Xue Qinghe offered a Thousand-Year Soul Bone to the winner.
• Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng revealed their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Souls and demonstrated their dragonification before attacking Cheng Xiao together.
• Cheng Xiao released his Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, whose Dragon's Might suppressed the Yu brothers and disrupted Yu Tianheng's attack.
• Cheng Xiao shattered Yu Tianheng's dragon arm, sent him flying into Yu Tianxin, and used the opening to attack Yu Tianxin.
• Cheng Xiao's Dragon's Fear froze Yu Tianxin, and his transparent left claw spread crystal across Yu Tianxin's chest as Yu Yuanzhen, Dugu Bo, and Ye Renxin rushed in.

After Cheng Xiao defeated Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, Dugu Bo pressured the gathered sect leaders to keep Cheng Xiao’s Twin Martial Souls secret. Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen agreed, and Dugu Bo turned to discuss the wager.

• Dugu Bo caught the crystallized Yu Tianxin while Yu Yuanzhen rescued the injured Yu Tianheng, and Ye Renxin healed both of them.
• Dugu Bo made Cheng Xiao apologize for his uncontrolled attack, then asked everyone present to conceal his Twin Martial Souls.
• Dugu Bo warned Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen that he would retaliate against their disciples if Cheng Xiao came to harm.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to keep Cheng Xiao’s secret, and Dugu Bo moved on to discuss the wager.

Dugu Bo secured a relic map from Yu Yuanzhen and a promise from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to protect Cheng Xiao, while Cheng Xiao offered Ning Fengzhi possible clues to the Aromatic Silk Beauty. Spirit Hall named Cheng Xiao its Saint Son, leaving Ning Fengzhi with no choice but to abandon plans to oppose him.

• Dugu Bo demanded a Dragon Core from Yu Yuanzhen, then accepted a relic map instead and had Cheng Xiao advise Yu Yuanzhen on helping Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin absorb Soul Rings beyond their limits.
• Ye Renxin used his eighth soul skill to heal Yu Tianheng's arm, and Xue Qinghe promised Dugu Bo that a thousand-year Soul Bone would be delivered the next day.
• Dugu Bo obtained Ning Fengzhi's promise that Chen Xin would protect Cheng Xiao for eight years, and Yu Yuanzhen accepted the agreement.
• Cheng Xiao told Ning Fengzhi he would investigate the Aromatic Silk Beauty using fragments from an ancient text, and Ning Rongrong left impressed by Cheng Xiao's battle.
• She Long informed Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall had appointed Cheng Xiao Saint Son and Hu Liena Saintess, angering Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Cheng Xiao was officially Spirit Hall's Saint Son and concluded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could no longer consider opposing him.