Chapter Summaries

Qin Qi chose Dugu Yan over Yu Yuanzhen’s offer to join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, explaining that he liked her and would not accept the clan’s conditions. Yu Yuanzhen praised Qin Qi, recognized his own outlook in Qin Qi’s words, and proposed they become sworn brothers.

• Dugu Yan let Qin Qi embrace and kiss her while Dugu Bo watched in dismay.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Qin Qi whether he had chosen Dugu Yan because of love, and Qin Qi said he wanted a lifelong companion and liked her personality.
• Qin Qi explained that Yu Yuanzhen’s offer required him to lead the clan, marry a clan woman, and produce an heir, so he preferred Dugu Yan.
• Yu Yuanzhen declared that Qin Qi would surpass everyone of his generation and dominate the world in the future.
• Qin Qi and Yu Yuanzhen discussed survival, clan loyalty, and the world’s lack of simple moral boundaries.
• Moved by Qin Qi’s words, Yu Yuanzhen cut his palm, poured blood into a bowl of wine, and knelt to propose becoming sworn brothers.

Yu Yuanzhen persuaded Qin Qi and Dugu Bo to swear brotherly oaths, then left Qin Qi with a jade ring and token from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Qin Qi revealed he still planned to create his own sect and later arranged a two-on-two match against Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.

• Yu Yuanzhen insisted on swearing brotherly oaths with Qin Qi, and Qin Qi agreed while Dugu Bo protested.
• Yu Yuanzhen dragged Dugu Bo into the oath, and the three drank blood wine together.
• Yu Yuanzhen gave Qin Qi his jade ring and token before leaving, and Dugu Bo praised him as a worthy ally.
• Qin Qi told Dugu Bo he still intended to create his own sect and saw Yu Yuanzhen as a potential comrade, while dismissing the Clear Sky Sect as an unreliable ally.
• Dugu Bo asked why Qin Qi had tested himself against level eighty-one Soul Power, and Qin Qi said he wanted to gauge his strength after his Martial Soul Second Awakening.
• Qin Qi asked Supervisor Ao to arrange a two-on-two match against Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang from Blazing Fire Academy.

Qin Qi and Dugu Yan faced Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, and Qin Qi effortlessly withstood their attacks and overpowered Huo Wushuang. Huo Wu fused her Spirit Rings and unleashed a powerful Flame Burst at Qin Qi, leaving the match unresolved.

• Huo Wu used Repulsive Fire Ring, but Qin Qi stood his ground and protected Dugu Yan without moving.
• Huo Wushuang attacked Qin Qi with Explosive Fireball, but the flames did no damage.
• Huo Wushuang activated Tyrant Dragon's Fury and charged Qin Qi, who stopped him with one hand and pinned him to the arena floor.
• Huo Wu used Ring Fusion with her Second Soul Skill, Flame Burst, and swept a massive beam of fire across the arena.

Qin Qi defeated Huo Wu and challenged every Spirit Master in the Great Soul Arena, overwhelming successive groups of challengers. His victories completed the first stage of the Uncrowned King mission and unlocked the next stage, Contemporary Pinnacle.

• Qin Qi walked unharmed through Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion attack and defeated her after her Soul Power ran out.
• Qin Qi challenged the Elephant Armor Sect and the rest of the arena to fight him together, but Huyan Li and the other Spirit Masters were afraid to face him.
• Supervisor Ao announced that Qin Qi was accepting group battles without limits on participants or matches.
• Qin Qi used his speed to knock out the first wave of Soul Kings and Spirit Masters, then defeated the groups who continued to challenge him.
• Qin Qi completed the first stage of the Uncrowned King mission and triggered its second stage, Contemporary Pinnacle.

Qin Qi completed his day-long run in Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena, earning the title Demon King before leaving for another year of training. At level forty, he set out alone for Star Dou Great Forest to hunt his fourth Spirit Ring, intending to test new abilities without Dugu Bo’s help.

• Qin Qi defeated every challenger in the main Soul Fighting Arena, completed his mission, and left with Dugu Yan after no one else dared to face him.
• The crowd hailed Qin Qi as the Demon King, while Supervisor Ao decided to keep working and Dugu Bo recalled Dugu Yan’s wish for a husband as powerful as her grandfather.
• The rival academies and Yu Tianheng’s group left Suotuo City, and factions across the Heaven Dou Empire began searching for Qin Qi.
• Qin Qi left for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo, Weixin, and Dugu Yan, while Huyan Zhuo returned to visit his mother.
• After a year of cultivation, Qin Qi reached level forty and departed for Star Dou Great Forest to hunt his fourth Spirit Ring, refusing Dugu Bo’s offer to accompany him.

Qin Qi hunted for an ultimate wood-element Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest and found an Emerald Swan being attacked by the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Brothers. After killing all four with Dan Shi, he absorbed the Emerald Swan’s Spirit Ring and prepared to test his Spirit Ring Age Enhancement Technique on the three ant rings.

• Qin Qi searched the forest for an ultimate wood-element Soul Beast while avoiding powerful ten-thousand-year beasts.
• An Emerald Swan flew past Qin Qi, followed by the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Brothers, who began fighting it.
• Qin Qi secretly placed Dan Shi inside all four creatures, causing them to writhe in pain until they died.
• Qin Qi absorbed the Emerald Swan’s Spirit Ring and found its Soul Spirit cowering in his Sea of Consciousness; she spoke and agreed to cooperate.
• The Emerald Swan’s life energy strengthened Qin Qi’s body and raised his Soul Power from level forty to level forty-one.
• Qin Qi drew the three nearly hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings toward himself to test his Spirit Ring Age Enhancement Technique.

Qin Qi raised his first three Soul Rings to 90,000 years, strengthening his Soul Spirits and reaching Level 44. When a Soul Ring approached 100,000 years, a Heavenly Tribulation gathered over him, so he decided to stop just short of the threshold until he could withstand or avoid it.

• Qin Qi fused and detonated a Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Soul Ring with his first ring, transforming the Datura Snake into a golden-yellow Datura Snake King with a 90,000-year Soul Ring.
• Qin Qi escaped the inner Star Dou Great Forest as the Titan Giant Ape arrived, carrying the Emerald Swan, the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Brothers' corpses, and their remaining Soul Rings.
• Qin Qi absorbed the two other Thousand Jun Ant Emperor Soul Rings, turning them into 90,000-year rings and raising his Soul Ring Configuration to four black rings and his Soul Power to Level 44.
• Qin Qi spent three days adjusting to his increased strength, then returned to the inner forest to hunt Soul Beasts and raise his Soul Rings' ages.
• Qin Qi saw a Heavenly Tribulation gathering as one of his Soul Rings neared 100,000 years, so he decided to stop at 99,999 years until he was stronger or found a way to avoid the tribulation.

Qin Qi questioned the self-aware Emerald Swan he had absorbed and learned she had been fleeing toward Bi Ji when three Soul Beasts chased her. After accepting her as part of his group, Qin Qi tested his enhanced healing and wondered whether Mo Mei could unleash sword energy infused with Ultimate Life Force.

• Qin Qi entered his Sea of Consciousness and found the Emerald Swan meekly willing to stay with him.
• The Emerald Swan explained that she had been trying to find Bi Ji when three Soul Beasts spotted and chased her.
• Qin Qi used the Tang Sect's Observation Method and concluded that the Emerald Swan felt little resentment about being absorbed.
• Qin Qi reassured the Emerald Swan that she could live safely with the others, then left the Sea of Consciousness.
• Qin Qi tested his body's recovery and watched a wound heal completely within three breaths.
• Qin Qi wondered whether infusing Mo Mei with life force would let it unleash life-filled sword energy.

Qin Qi discovered that his Ultimate Life could become a deadly poison when channeled through Mo Mei, then strengthened four living puppets and discussed his new abilities and the Sanyi Sect’s Inversion Triple with Tang Jiaren and Tang Shiying. The next morning, he returned to the Sunset Forest and found Dugu Bo frowning.

• Qin Qi used Ultimate Life with Mo Mei to make a wooden table sprout branches until they pierced through and ruined it.
• Qin Qi modified the Emerald Swan, Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Honey Badger, and Datura Snake corpses into four living puppets he believed could threaten powerful Soul Masters.
• Qin Qi told Tang Shiying and Tang Jiaren about his Emerald Swan Spirit Ring, his regenerative life force, and the Spirit Ring ages he had raised to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years.
• Qin Qi and Tang Shiying discussed how difficult it was to kill members of the Sanyi Sect once they activated Inversion Triple, and Qin Qi considered whether Dan Shi could defeat its advanced stages.
• Qin Qi trained in the Study Space, then returned to the Sunset Forest the next morning and saw Dugu Bo frowning.

Qin Qi and Dugu Bo went to the Elephant Armor Sect after Huyan Zhuo failed to return or send word. Qin Qi detected Huyan Zhuo’s aura inside the sect and sensed that he was in poor condition.

• Dugu Bo worried that Huyan Zhuo had not returned or sent a letter, so Qin Qi decided to investigate the Elephant Armor Sect with him.
• Qin Qi slipped past the guards and found Huyan Zhuo’s family home empty, with signs that no one had been living there.
• Qin Qi used Kagura Mind's Eye to sense across the sect, alerting Dugu Bo to a faint disturbance.
• Huyan Zhen met with a high-ranking Spirit Hall visitor, who promised the Elephant Armor Sect first place among the Seven Great Sects if they found the Demon King.
• Qin Qi detected Huyan Zhuo’s familiar aura and sensed that he was in poor condition.

Qin Qi rescued Huyan Zhuo from the Elephant Armor Sect prison after Huyan Zhuo refused to betray him, then agreed to help him find his mother. They reached Huyan Zhen’s courtyard, where Huyan Zhuo’s mother was being held.

• Huyan Zhuo refused Huyan Li’s offer to lure Qin Qi out and denounced Huyan Li and his father for submitting to Spirit Hall.
• Qin Qi appeared in the prison, killed Huyan Li with poison, and incapacitated the Elephant Armor Sect disciples with poisonous mist.
• Qin Qi freed Huyan Zhuo, who explained that he had stayed to protect his mother and refused to leave without finding her.
• Qin Qi used Kagura Mind's Eye to locate Huyan Zhuo’s mother and led him to Huyan Zhen’s courtyard.
• Qin Qi realized Huyan Zhuo’s mother was being held in Huyan Zhen’s home, near a room occupied by Huyan Zhen and a Spirit Hall member.

Qin Qi rescued Huyan Zhuo and his mother from the Elephant Armor Sect, then killed Huyan Zhen and a Spirit Hall official as they escaped. Huyan Zhuo pledged to follow Qin Qi, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived at Sunset Forest after news of the deaths spread.

• Qin Qi overheard Huyan Zhen manipulating a Spirit Hall official and used Dan Shi and Chakra Threads to kill them after escaping the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Qin Qi, Dugu Bo, Huyan Zhuo, and Huyan Zhuo's mother left the sect, and Huyan Zhuo reflected on finding a new home with them.
• Huyan Zhuo pledged to follow Qin Qi, who warned him they would have to fight for everything they wanted.
• The Elephant Armor Sect discovered Huyan Zhen's corpse, and the Spirit Hall official also died.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived at Sunset Forest after the deaths became known.

Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo confronted Dugu Bo over suspicious poison deaths, but Yu Yuanzhen's token stopped them from attacking immediately. They challenged Dugu Bo to endure their assault, and Qin Qi stepped forward to propose a two-on-two fight.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo accused Dugu Bo of killing a Spirit Hall bishop and poisoning plants near the Elephant Armor Sect, while Ghost Douluo urged a fight.
• Dugu Bo showed Yu Yuanzhen's token, making Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo reconsider attacking because the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could become involved.
• Qin Qi reassured Dugu Yan that Dugu Bo would be all right, then asked Huyan Zhuo's mother to protect Dugu Yan and Weixin.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo challenged Dugu Bo to a one-on-one fight, and Ghost Douluo changed the terms to a two-on-one challenge lasting one incense stick.
• Qin Qi emerged from the barrier, revealed Yu Yuanzhen's ring, and proposed a two-on-two fight in which he would hold out for half an incense stick.

Qin Qi challenged Ghost Douluo while Dugu Bo fought Chrysanthemum Douluo, but his powerful attack crippled his own arm. With Tang Shiying taking control of his body, Qin Qi used Ten Steps, One Kill to wound Ghost Douluo and leave him shaken.

• Dugu Bo and Qin Qi confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, agreeing to fight for half an incense stick.
• Dugu Bo attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo while Ghost Douluo lit half an incense stick and attacked Qin Qi.
• Qin Qi combined his enhancements and struck Ghost Douluo with Ten Thousand Strikes in an Instant, forcing him back half a step but destroying his own left arm.
• Qin Qi activated the Physical Practice function and asked for help, allowing Tang Shiying's consciousness to merge with his body.
• Tang Shiying used Qin Qi's body to perform Ten Steps, One Kill, drawing blood from Ghost Douluo despite his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qin Qi recognized the essence of Ten Steps, One Kill and stepped toward Ghost Douluo, who recoiled in fear.

Qin Qi used his Killing Momentum to wound Gui Mei, but both remained wary and locked in a stalemate. Dugu Bo unleashed a deadly poison attack on Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Gui Mei rushed to help him after hearing his scream.

• Gui Mei launched his Fifth Soul Skill, but Qin Qi’s Descent of the Killing God overwhelmed his ghostly figures and injured him.
• Gui Mei doubted Qin Qi could use the attack again, while Qin Qi kept his strength and other abilities uncertain, leaving them at a stalemate.
• Dugu Bo used the Jade Phosphor Soul-Confusing Array and Medusa’s Gaze to pressure Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Dugu Bo activated his Jade Phosphor True Body, hurled his Poison Core, and used Time Solidification to trap Chrysanthemum Douluo in its explosion.
• Gui Mei heard Chrysanthemum Douluo scream and rushed over, and the two of them blocked Dugu Bo’s Poison Core detonation together.

Dugu Bo and Qin Qi forced Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to retreat after Yu Yuanzhen arrived to reinforce them. Once the danger passed, Qin Qi decided to cultivate harder and prepare to use his cheat abilities.

• Dugu Bo detonated poison gathered by his Poison Core, badly injuring Chrysanthemum Douluo, while Qin Qi injured Ghost Douluo and recovered from his own wounds.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived after receiving a signal from Dugu Bo’s Soul Tool token, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo conceded their bet and left.
• Qin Qi considered killing the retreating Douluos, but Tang Shiying warned him that their allies and possible counterattack made it too risky.
• Yu Yuanzhen praised Qin Qi’s strength, and Qin Qi resolved to spend points, open the Study Space, and cultivate harder.
• Dugu Bo explained that the explosion had only used up stored poison, leaving his Poison Core intact and causing no lasting harm.

Qin Qi and his allies discussed Spirit Hall’s growing influence as it tested the factions across the continent. A year later, Qin Qi began his first real-world attempt to condense a Spirit Ring by cultivating the Five Poisons Body Protection Method at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he started consuming deadly poisons and Immortal Herbs.

• Qin Qi, Dugu Bo, and Yu Yuanzhen discussed Spirit Hall’s expanding power and the danger it posed to the sects and empires.
• Spirit Hall tested the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and other factions, while Dugu Bo helped keep the confrontation with Yu Yuanzhen’s clan under control.
• Qin Qi argued that the two empires were too divided to stop Spirit Hall and urged Dugu Bo to focus on cultivation.
• After a year of research with Tang Jiaren and Tang Shiying, Qin Qi reached Soul Power level fifty and prepared to condense a Spirit Ring himself.
• Qin Qi sent Dugu Bo away with Yan Yan and the others, then began cultivating the Five Poisons Body Protection Method at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qin Qi swallowed earth-type poison with the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, survived with the help of his life force, and then consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and his prepared water-type poisons.

Qin Qi endured the Five Poisons and used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to forge a Five Elements Poison Body while forming a Spirit Ring himself. As the ring solidified and his level rose past fifty, the Twin Dragons appeared within it and roared in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Qin Qi carefully balanced the Water, Earth, Fire, and Metal poisons in his body, then gradually consumed the Wood Poison to complete the Five Poisons foundation.
• Dugu Bo waited anxiously outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Yan invited him to dinner, and he worried that Qin Qi might die as his son had.
• Qin Qi jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used its extreme heat and cold to temper the Five Poisons and condense a Spirit Ring.
• After three days, Qin Qi's five-colored Spirit Ring began to solidify, breaking his level-fifty limit and raising him to level fifty-three.
• The Spirit Ring's colors shifted to blue and red as the Twin Dragons appeared within it and roared in Qin Qi's Sea of Consciousness.

Qin Qi endured a battle against the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls while the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well tempered his body and spirit. He emerged with the twin dragons subdued, and Tang Shiying’s approval earned him the Sword of the Poet Immortal.

• Qin Qi fought the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings in his Sea of Consciousness while drawing energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to recover.
• The Datura Snake evolved into a Datura Snake Emperor, and its First Soul Ring surpassed the hundred-thousand-year limit without triggering a heavenly tribulation.
• Dugu Bo found Qin Qi beneath the well and stayed nearby after spotting his unusual red-and-blue fifth Spirit Ring.
• After more than a month, Qin Qi emerged from the well with the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings circling him and announced that they had surrendered.
• Tang Shiying and Tang Jiaren marveled at Qin Qi’s twin-dragon vision, and Tang Shiying explained why he had forged a new path for the Tang Sect.
• Tang Shiying’s approval reached 100%, and Qin Qi received the Sword of the Poet Immortal.

Qin Qi completed his cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, mastering the Ultimate Five Elements and the Sword of the Poet Immortal. He spent his remaining achievement points to summon a third teacher, whose arrival surprised Qin Qi, Tang Shiying, and Tang Jiaren.

• Qin Qi emerged from cultivation with powerful elemental effects, and Dugu Bo warned him to stay away from others until he mastered his dangerous poison.
• Qin Qi reflected that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had tempered his bones beyond the need for external Spirit Bones.
• After several more months, Qin Qi mastered his power, formed the first Five Elements Poison Body in Douluo Continent, and learned to turn poetry's artistic conception into deadly sword attacks.
• Qin Qi entered the Study Space and used his saved achievement points to summon his third teacher.
• A white-haired, white-robed figure appeared, surprising Qin Qi, Tang Shiying, and Tang Jiaren.