Chapter Summaries

Wang Zhao forced Flender to rename Shrek Academy “Shit'rek Academy” before traveling with Qian Renxue to the Barren Gold Plain in search of Dragon Sparrow Inner Cores. There, they spotted a little girl asking a Hunter Soul Master to help her obtain a Hundred Year Soul Beast for her first Soul Ring.

• Wang Zhao persuaded Flender to rename Shrek Academy “Shit'rek Academy” and left after warning against unrealistic ambitions.
• Over two months, Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue traveled through cities in the Balak Kingdom without major incident.
• Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue reached the border of the Barren Gold Plain, where Wang Zhao hoped to find Dragon Sparrow Inner Cores.
• Qian Renxue pointed out a little girl asking a Hunter Soul Master to hunt a Hundred Year Soul Beast for her first Soul Ring.
• The Hunter Soul Master told the girl to get lost, and she protested that she was willing to pay.

Wang Zhao learned that Su Linglong had a rare white-scaled tower Martial Soul and investigated why a Hunter Soul Master had refused to help her obtain a hundred-year Soul Ring. Su Linglong entered the Barren Gold Plain alone to hunt a Soul Beast, and her memories revealed that her parents had died fighting a lizard Soul Beast when she was three.

• A Hunter Soul Master mocked Su Linglong and refused to take her money for a hundred-year Soul Beast hunt, so she left without crying in front of the crowd.
• Wang Zhao sent someone to retrieve Su Linglong’s information and explained to Qian Renxue how social rules and powerful families restricted ordinary Soul Masters’ access to Soul Rings.
• Wang Zhao read a dossier stating that Su Linglong had a mutated white-scaled tower Martial Soul, Rank Three innate Soul Power, and deceased parents, then decided to go with Qian Renxue.
• Su Linglong bypassed the wall around the Barren Gold Plain and entered the Soul Beast region carrying a small knife, determined to hunt a hundred-year Soul Beast.
• Su Linglong remembered that her parents had died fighting an unknown lizard Soul Beast after the family fled to the Barren Gold Plain when she was three.

Su Linglong’s unusual cultivation and mutated White Scale Tower led her to seek a hundred-year First Soul Ring alone, but Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue rescued her and recruited her into their faction. Wang Zhao examined her Martial Soul and recognized something about it before leading her to Qian Renxue.

• Su Linglong recalled how milky-white blood from a White Lizard Soul Beast had merged into her body, mutating her Martial Soul and accelerating her cultivation.
• Determined to obtain a hundred-year First Soul Ring, Su Linglong entered the forest alone and was chased by a Giant-Toothed Dog Soul Beast.
• Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue arrived on a Platinum Dragon, frightening away the Giant-Toothed Dog and confronting Su Linglong about her cultivation.
• Wang Zhao offered to help Su Linglong obtain a hundred-year First Soul Ring, and she agreed to join his faction.
• Su Linglong revealed her mutated White Scale Tower Martial Soul, which Wang Zhao examined before leading her to Qian Renxue.

Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue helped Su Linglong search the Barren Gold Plain for a suitable first soul ring, following her instinctive attraction to the area. A sudden pull drew them into a hidden underground space, where Qian Renxue sensed an aura like the God Ancestor's.

• Qian Renxue confirmed that Su Linglong's Martial Soul had mutated toward a strangely pure but weak light attribute, and Su Linglong told Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue about the White Lizard Soul Beast she had met as a child.
• Su Linglong chose to search for a soul ring on the Barren Gold Plain with Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue because she felt something there was drawing her in.
• Wang Zhao, Qian Renxue, and Su Linglong rode Golden Scale across the plain, but found no suitable soul beasts before nightfall.
• Golden Scale and Su Linglong's White Scale Tower were suddenly drawn toward a grove, and the three vanished into an unknown space.
• Thousand Jun Douluo, the Dragon Duke, and Snake Matron searched the grove while Thousand Jun Douluo ordered the area guarded for three days.
• Wang Zhao, Qian Renxue, and Su Linglong found themselves in a sealed underground space, where Qian Renxue sensed an aura resembling the God Ancestor.

Wang Zhao, Qian Renxue, and Su Linglong explored a mysterious Secret Realm and encountered the white-scaled lizards tied to Su Linglong’s past. After Wang Zhao captured several for research, Electrolux awakened and explained that Su Linglong’s martial soul mutation came from a natural Magic Array.

• Wang Zhao led Qian Renxue and Su Linglong through a narrow tunnel, and they entered a stone chamber.
• Several White Scaled Tails emerged, and Su Linglong recognized them as the kind of Soul Beast involved in her family’s tragedy.
• Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue knocked the lizards unconscious at Wang Zhao’s request, and he placed them in a living-creature Storage Soul Tool.
• Electrolux awakened in Wang Zhao’s mind and identified a natural Magic Array formed within Su Linglong.
• Electrolux said he could create a similar effect using the lizards and Wang Zhao’s power, but advised against it.

Wang Zhao and the two girls climbed through the Secret Realm, gathering White-Scaled Lizards for Su Linglong’s cultivation before discovering a god-level White Dragon Corpse and its Dragon Core. Wang Zhao stored the Dragon Core away, leaving its future use unresolved.

• Electrolux advised Wang Zhao to invest the White-Scaled Lizards in Su Linglong to raise her potential, and Wang Zhao agreed to gather them.
• Wang Zhao found an opening in the ceiling, led Qian Renxue and Su Linglong through the rising levels, and collected the White-Scaled Lizards they encountered.
• Qian Renxue recognized the Secret Realm as a sacred cultivation ground for Light-attribute Soul Masters, and Wang Zhao suspected the seventh level would be the end.
• Wang Zhao, Qian Renxue, and Su Linglong discovered a vast chamber containing a god-level White Dragon Corpse.
• Wang Zhao found the Dragon Core beneath the corpse, refused Golden Scale’s plea to eat it, and stored it in a jade box in his Storage Ring.

Wang Zhao and his companions escaped the collapsing Secret Realm, and he revealed his identity as Spirit Hall's Holy Son to Su Linglong. After helping her obtain her first soul ring and arranging for her to stay under protection, Wang Zhao began studying the Dragon Core with Electrolux.

• Wang Zhao stored the White Dragon Corpse and let Qian Renxue keep the dragon's Reverse Scale for her disguised martial soul.
• Wang Zhao revealed to Su Linglong that he was Spirit Hall's current Holy Son and decided to trust her with the group's plans.
• Wang Zhao, Qian Renxue, and Su Linglong escaped the collapsing Secret Realm and reunited with Wang Chao, Ma Han, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, the Peerless Dragon Snake, and Thousand Jun Douluo.
• Wang Zhao gave Su Linglong a White-Scaled Lizard to kill, and she absorbed its soul ring, advancing to Soul Power Level 14 and gaining an auxiliary skill with dragon-targeting power.
• Wang Zhao arranged for Su Linglong to remain hidden with his guards and later cultivate with the Dragon Duke, Snake Matron, and Meng Yiran.
• Wang Zhao sat with Electrolux to study the Dragon Core as his First Soul Ring began to flicker.

Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue neared Heaven Dou City when Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan ambushed them, prompting other powerful figures nearby to notice the battle. Qianhuang Douluo intervened against Yue Guan while Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue escaped, but Yue Guan called on a mysterious ally as the fight continued.

• After months of traveling and touring Soul Arenas, Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue flew toward Heaven Dou City on the Platinum Dragon.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan appeared and attacked Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue with his ninth Soul Skill.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin sensed Yue Guan's battle and set out to investigate.
• Dugu Bo recognized the auras of Yue Guan and his ally, and agreed to go with Prince Xue Xing to watch the fight.
• Dragon Martial Soul Soul Saints escorted Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue away while Qianhuang Douluo suppressed Yue Guan.
• Yue Guan warned Qianhuang Douluo and used his ninth Soul Skill, Hellish Specter, after a black shadow appeared beside him.

Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi intervened in the battle between Spirit Hall and the Ancient Dragon Clan, presenting a chance to protect Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue. The two sides withdrew into a tense standoff, with the Ancient Dragon Clan gathered under the protection of the apparent Qianhuang Douluo.

• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to restrain Thousand Jun Douluo while secretly coordinating with him to stage a confrontation.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo threatened the Ancient Dragon Clan and demanded that it join Spirit Hall, citing Wang Zhao and Ye Xue as vulnerable targets.
• Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi discussed the Divine Dragon Couple and the benefits of bringing the Ancient Dragon Clan close to Heaven Dou City.
• Golden Eagle Soul Douluo charged at Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue, prompting Xue Xing, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin to intervene.
• Thousand Jun Douluo broke free of the Polarity Stillness Domain, and both sides withdrew their fighters into a standoff.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo broke the silence with a cold snort.

Wang Zhao and the Ancient Dragon Clan faced Spirit Hall’s attempt to claim him, while Prince Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi intervened on their behalf. After Spirit Hall withdrew, the group accepted Xue Xing’s invitation to enter Heaven Dou City, where Wang Zhao planned to begin his next steps.

• Ning Fengzhi and Prince Xue Xing defended the Ancient Dragon Clan against Yue Guan and Guimei, arguing that Spirit Hall had acted unjustly and that Heaven Dou would welcome the clan.
• Thousand Jun Douluo backed Wang Zhao and warned Spirit Hall’s attendants that the Ancient Dragon Clan could protect itself.
• Yue Guan offered Wang Zhao a place in Spirit Hall and the possibility of becoming its Holy Son, but Wang Zhao refused for the time being, citing Spirit Hall’s attempt to seize him.
• Prince Xue Xing invited the Ancient Dragon Clan to settle in Heaven Dou and outlined the benefits the empire would provide; Wang Zhao remained open to the offer without making a final decision.
• Yue Guan and Guimei left with Spirit Hall’s experts after issuing threats, and Xue Xing invited Wang Zhao, Ye Xue, and the Ancient Dragon Clan to Heaven Dou City.

Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue anticipated the political struggle surrounding the Ancient Dragon Clan as Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe discussed how the Heaven Dou Empire should court the clan. After a cordial meeting with Xue Qinghe, Wang Zhao waited for Dugu Bo to arrive.

• Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue surveyed Heaven Dou City and discussed who would approach them first as the Ancient Dragon Clan entered the city's tangled politics.
• Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe to assess the Ancient Dragon Clan, and Xue Qinghe argued that the Empire should win it over and use it to balance other powers.
• Xue Ye warned that the Ancient Dragon Clan might ally with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but still concluded that the Empire should court the clan.
• Xue Qinghe visited Wang Zhao at the Jade Palace, and the two exchanged pleasantries before discussing the Ancient Dragon Clan's intentions and the Empire's promises.
• After Xue Qinghe left, Qian Renxue questioned Wang Zhao about him, and Wang Zhao said they would wait for Dugu Bo.

Wang Zhao spoke with Qian Renxue about Yu Xiaogang before Dugu Bo arrived and asked to meet him alone. Wang Zhao diagnosed Dugu Bo’s self-inflicted poisoning and revealed that he knew the old man’s symptoms, leaving Dugu Bo desperate to hear more.

• Qian Renxue asked Wang Zhao about Yu Xiaogang and the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Wang Zhao suggested she read the book.
• Thousand Jun and Dugu Bo arrived in the courtyard, and Dugu Bo said he had come to see Wang Zhao.
• Wang Zhao agreed to speak with Dugu Bo alone and joined him in a Meditation Room.
• Wang Zhao told Dugu Bo that he was poisoned by his own poison and described the old man’s recurring symptoms.
• Dugu Bo grabbed Wang Zhao and demanded to know what else he had seen, then released him and apologized.

Wang Zhao diagnosed Dugu Bo’s poison as a threat to him and his descendants, prompting Dugu Bo to ask for help and offer access to a rare medicinal treasure land. Wang Zhao left Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo and arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.

• Wang Zhao told Dugu Bo that his poison arts had likely caused the inherited poison symptoms and warned that the backlash could kill him within twenty years.
• Dugu Bo begged Wang Zhao to save him, his granddaughter Dugu Yan, and the Dugu Family, and swore to repay him for a cure.
• Dugu Bo invited Wang Zhao to his treasure land, and Wang Zhao accepted his offer to gather medicinal herbs there.
• Wang Zhao told Qian Renxue and Thousand Jun that he would leave Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo, entrusting them with matters in the city.
• Wang Zhao and Dugu Bo traveled to Sunset Forest, crossed its Poison Barrier, and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Wang Zhao explored the treasure ground around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Dugu Bo left to fetch his descendant, identifying many rare medicinal herbs and storing Lovesick Heartbreak Red. He found Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which could resolve his lack of Spiritual Power, and continued surveying the valley before fixing his gaze on a strange black-purple object.

• Dugu Bo warned Wang Zhao to handle the plants carefully and stay away from the dangerous springs, then left to bring his descendant for treatment.
• Wang Zhao released his Silver Light Soul Power and examined the rare plants surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Wang Zhao identified Aromatic Silk Beauty, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and other immortal herbs.
• Wang Zhao stored Lovesick Heartbreak Red in a bracelet Soul Tool and noted that Nine-Rank Dragon Ganoderma suited dragon soul masters better than Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.
• Wang Zhao found Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and recognized that it could resolve his lack of Spiritual Power.
• Wang Zhao surveyed more rare plants before fixing his gaze on a strange black-purple object.

Wang Zhao explored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, finding the Nine-Curved Demonic Dragon Vine and considering how several rare herbs could strengthen Die, himself, and Golden Scale. Dugu Bo arrived with his granddaughter Dugu Yan, who shyly admired Wang Zhao as an idol.

• Wang Zhao discovered the Nine-Curved Demonic Dragon Vine and concluded it could evolve Die's Extreme Shadow Butterfly into a Dark Dragon Butterfly.
• Wang Zhao noticed a gentle radiance near the well but chose not to investigate it yet.
• Wang Zhao examined the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and planned to use them to develop ice and fire powers rather than consume them recklessly.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to meet Wang Zhao, and she hid shyly behind her grandfather while admiring him.

Wang Zhao examined Dugu Yan and explained to Dugu Bo that the Dugu Family’s poison-afflicted Martial Soul could evolve into a Jade Scale Golden Eye Dragon. He left Dugu Bo considering the possibility that his own soul ring had come from a partially mutated Jade Scale Golden Eye Flood Dragon.

• Dugu Bo introduced his granddaughter Dugu Yan to Wang Zhao and asked him to examine her.
• Wang Zhao assessed Dugu Yan’s toxic condition and asked Dugu Bo about his Jade Scale Snake Queen Martial Soul and Poison Pill.
• Wang Zhao said he was confident he could treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and revealed that his Second Soul Ring came from a Jade Scale Golden Eye Flood Dragon.
• Wang Zhao questioned whether Dugu Bo’s Jade Scale Divine Light soul skill could have come from an ordinary Jade Scale Snake Queen.
• Wang Zhao suggested that Dugu Bo’s soul beast had nearly mutated into a Jade Scale Golden Eye Flood Dragon and said the next form of that lineage was the Jade Scale Golden Eye Dragon.

Wang Zhao secured Dugu Bo’s promise of support and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well estate in exchange for treating the Dugu Family’s illness. He refined the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot into pills and began assimilating their powers into Chilling Light and Blazing Light, ending inside a giant yin-yang cocoon.

• Dugu Bo promised to help Wang Zhao and give him the herb garden and surrounding estate if he treated the Dugu Family’s illness.
• Wang Zhao asked Dugu Bo to keep an eye on the Ancient Dragon Clan and arranged for him to bring Dugu Yan back at noon the day after tomorrow.
• Wang Zhao harvested rare herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and refined the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot into two pills.
• Electrolux inspected Wang Zhao’s newly refined pills and agreed to guard him as he began consuming them.
• Wang Zhao assimilated the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass into Chilling Light and the Infernal Delicate Apricot into Blazing Light, while Golden Scale returned to him inside a giant yin-yang cocoon.

After gaining Extreme Chilling Light and Extreme Blazing Light from the Immortal Herbs, Wang Zhao reached rank 49 and began absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. Electrolux used the herb’s power to teach him Necromancy and proposed that he might eventually create a second Martial Soul for Wang Zhao.

• Wang Zhao tested his new Extreme Chilling Light and Extreme Blazing Light, which froze and melted a mountain wall.
• Wang Zhao summoned Golden Scale and observed the dragon’s changed appearance and opposing eye colors.
• Wang Zhao consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Electrolux guided its medicinal power into Wang Zhao’s Spiritual Sea while teaching him Necromancy.
• Electrolux said the White Dragon Dragon Core and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well within Wang Zhao could help him pursue the Dao Path of light and touch upon the undead.
• Electrolux revealed phantom imprints resembling a Scythe and grass in the origin of Wang Zhao’s Martial Soul and conjectured that inherited Martial Soul imprints could allow additional awakenings.
• Electrolux said he would try to create a special second Scythe Martial Soul for Wang Zhao, then returned to researching the Martial Soul system.

Wang Zhao absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, gaining a major Spiritual Power boost and X-ray Vision, then completed an Artificial Inner Core and gathered more immortal herbs. He left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with treasures intended for Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, along with plans for his future Soul Rings, and began digging near the spring to investigate a strange glow.

• Wang Zhao adapted to the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew's effects and discovered that it had granted him X-ray Vision, while Golden Scale also grew stronger.
• Wang Zhao searched the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for ingredients and found Thunder Flash Grass and a Thunderous Hell Vine Seed for his Fifth Soul Ring plans.
• Wang Zhao refined the half-finished Pill Pearl into a completed Artificial Inner Core.
• Wang Zhao dug up the Primordial Immortal Herb, the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, and the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, assigning the first two to Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo and reserving the last for his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Wang Zhao prepared to make pills for the Dugu pair, then went to investigate a patch of strange radiance near the dark red spring and began digging with his Platinum Dragon Claws.

Wang Zhao used herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to make pills that detoxified Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan and began transforming their martial souls. After a month of treatment, he gave Dugu Yan a Primordial Immortal Herb and Dugu Bo a Star Luo Spirit Pearl for the final stage.

• Golden Scale dug up a Sacred Splendor Earth Core Lotus, which Wang Zhao replanted before gathering more rare herbs and refining pills.
• Wang Zhao gave Dugu Yan a Detoxification Pill and a Dragon Blood Splendor Pill; her symptoms improved, her martial soul began changing, and her Soul Power Level rose to 27.
• Dugu Bo took pills tailored to his condition, saw his symptoms improve, and began believing Wang Zhao could transform his martial soul into a Jade Scale Golden Eye Dragon.
• Dugu Bo suggested Wang Zhao might one day marry Dugu Yan, but Wang Zhao refused to let him decide for her and said matters of the heart could not be forced.
• After a month of treatment and transformation, Wang Zhao gave Dugu Yan a Primordial Immortal Herb and Dugu Bo a Star Luo Spirit Pearl for the final step.