Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen followed Leugocyte’s guidance and dived toward the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where an unknown opportunity drew him. As he continued deeper through the dangerous spring water, Bibi Dong and the others absorbed their immortal herbs while Dugu Bo kept watch.

• Lu Chen sensed a pull from the bottom of the lake, but initially decided not to investigate until Leugocyte awakened and told him to go down.
• Lu Chen dived into the spring, reassured Bibi Dong that he was safe and said an opportunity awaited him below.
• Bibi Dong trusted Lu Chen to handle the situation, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei began absorbing their immortal herbs and Dugu Bo guarded them.
• Lu Chen descended through the increasingly cold, hot, and pressurized water, relying on his strengthened body and the fused powers of the two immortal herbs.

Lu Chen reached the hidden space at the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King lay dead. Their dragon might awakened Leugocyte within him, whose roar drew out the dragon kings’ lingering souls and left them confronting Lu Chen.

• Lu Chen passed through a boundary at the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found the enormous corpses of the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King.
• The dragon corpses’ remaining might pressed down on Lu Chen, but Leugocyte reacted with fury and roared through the well and valley.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo heard the roar and worried about Lu Chen, but they hesitated to enter the spring.
• The lingering souls of the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King rose from their corpses and scorned Lu Chen for being human.
• Leugocyte’s will continued to awaken as the two dragon kings confronted Lu Chen.

Rugesite took control of Lu Chen's body and fought the Fire Dragon King, then the Ice Dragon King, while Lu Chen observed its abilities. The two Dragon Kings joined forces and gathered fire and ice into a powerful attack, leaving Rugesite facing a shaking special space.

• The Fire Dragon King attacked Lu Chen, and Rugesite took control of his body through his martial soul.
• Rugesite transformed Lu Chen into a massive beastly form and blocked the Fire Dragon King's flames with Genesis Spiral Barrier.
• The Ice Dragon King joined the battle, and Rugesite used dark-purple tentacles to bind and disrupt both Dragon Kings.
• Lu Chen watched Rugesite's coordinated defense and attacks while the Dragon Kings grew increasingly frustrated.
• The Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King joined their powers, gathering extreme heat and cold as the special space began to tremble.

Lu Chen watched Leugocyte unleash Genesis Requiem against the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King's combined attack, then transform into a dark-purple cloud to devour their consciousnesses and corpses. As the two Dragon Kings were enveloped, the chaos beneath the lake began to subside.

• The Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King gathered their strength beneath the lake, alarming Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo with their divine beast auras.
• Leugocyte revealed its power as a dark-purple aura spread through the space, and Lu Chen sensed it was preparing a powerful attack.
• The Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King launched a combined assault, but Leugocyte's Genesis Requiem shattered it and severely damaged their consciousnesses.
• Leugocyte transformed into a dark-purple cloud and suppressed the two weakened Dragon Kings before they could recover.
• Leugocyte's cloud enveloped both Dragon Kings' corpses, suppressing their lingering power and calming the turbulent space.

After Leugocyte devoured the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King’s remaining divine consciousness and god-level soul bones, Lu Chen realized the dragon corpses would no longer sustain the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well indefinitely. He chose to preserve the treasured land, and Leugocyte used the powers of fire and ice to stabilize the two corpses.

• The terrifying auras above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well vanished, and Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo prepared to descend and check on Lu Chen.
• Leugocyte returned to its physical form after devouring the Dragon Kings’ remaining divine consciousness and god-level soul bones.
• Lu Chen sensed that the dragon corpses would lose their remaining energy in about ten thousand years, eventually causing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to decline.
• Lu Chen decided not to take everything from the treasured land, and Leugocyte understood his wish to preserve it.
• Leugocyte sent fire energy and ice energy into the respective dragon corpses, stopping their energy from dissipating and stabilizing them.

Leugocyte restored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energy cycle, then returned the Dragon Kings’ residual power to Lu Chen. Lu Chen struggled to absorb the overwhelming ice, fire, and spiritual energy until Leugocyte guided it through his body, leaving him stronger as the two soul bones merged into Leugocyte’s wings.

• Leugocyte balanced the fire and ice energies around the dragon corpses, creating new cycles that restored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Leugocyte returned to Lu Chen’s sea of consciousness, releasing its control of his body and sending the Dragon Kings’ residual power into him.
• Lu Chen sat cross-legged and tried to absorb the surging ice, fire, and spiritual energies, but their force overwhelmed his body and consciousness.
• Leugocyte guided the energies through Lu Chen, allowing him to temper his body while absorbing the Dragon Kings’ remaining spiritual power and memory fragments.
• The Fire Dragon King’s soul bone and the Ice Dragon King’s soul bone merged into Leugocyte’s wings, while their residual power strengthened Lu Chen’s body.

Lu Chen absorbed the remaining power of the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King, completing a major transformation and gaining a nine-colored dragon mark. After three days, he awakened in stable condition and prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Leugocyte helped Lu Chen absorb the Dragon Kings’ residual power, strengthening his body and expanding his sea of consciousness.
• A nine-colored dragon mark formed on Lu Chen’s forehead as his ice, fire, and colored energies settled into a unified cycle.
• Bibi Dong, Dugu Bo, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan found Lu Chen inside the energy cocoon and confirmed that he was safe, then returned to the surface to wait.
• Over three days, the Dragon Kings’ remaining energy and god-level soul-bone power merged into Lu Chen and Leugocyte.
• Lu Chen awoke with his absorption complete and looked upward, ready to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Lu Chen emerged from three days of absorbing energy in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, having integrated two god-tier soul bones into Leugocyte and gained new powers and a nine-colored dragon mark. Bibi Dong sensed something familiar and solemn in the mark as the group examined Lu Chen's transformation.

• Lu Chen broke out of the energy cocoon at the lakebed and flew up through the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with crimson and icy-blue powers on his wings.
• Bibi Dong, Dugu Bo, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan sensed Lu Chen approaching and watched as he burst from the lake, roared, and released the last of his accumulated pressure.
• Lu Chen ended his Martial Soul Possession and descended beside the well, revealing that he had grown taller and gained a calm, majestic, and sacred aura.
• Bibi Dong, Dugu Bo, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan noticed the distinct nine-colored dragon mark on Lu Chen's forehead.
• Bibi Dong studied the mark solemnly because, as the Rakshasa God's inheritor, she recognized the feeling of a deity's mark.

After Lu Chen emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Bibi Dong suspected the nine-colored mark on his forehead was a god trial mark. Yue Guan and Gui Mei examined him and discovered that the ordeal had greatly strengthened his body and spiritual power, though his combat ability had not reached Titled Douluo level.

• Bibi Dong noticed that Lu Chen's nine-colored forehead mark carried an aura similar to her Rakshasa God trial mark and chose not to question him about it yet.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei examined Lu Chen to check whether the battle and his three days inside the cocoon had left him injured.
• Yue Guan found that Lu Chen's body had been thoroughly tempered and that his physical strength was comparable to a Titled Douluo's.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan confirmed that Lu Chen's spiritual power had grown enough to make even them feel pressure.
• Lu Chen realized how immense his improvements were, but the group understood that his physical foundation alone did not make him a match for a Titled Douluo.

Bibi Dong examined Lu Chen after his absorption of the Dragon Kings’ power and found that his body and spiritual power had greatly improved, while his soul power reached level twenty-nine. Dugu Yan then arrived with news that the Earth Dragon Golden Melon had raised her soul power to level thirty and evolved her martial soul into the Jade Phosphor Flood Dragon.

• Bibi Dong examined Lu Chen and confirmed his exceptional physical and spiritual strength, while noting that his soul power had reached level twenty-nine.
• Bibi Dong discovered that Lu Chen’s soul power was unusually dense and stable, giving him strength beyond that of an ordinary level-twenty-nine soul master.
• Dugu Yan arrived and told Dugu Bo that her Jade Phosphor Snake had evolved into the Jade Phosphor Flood Dragon and her soul power had risen to level thirty.
• Dugu Bo welcomed Dugu Yan’s transformation after she absorbed most of the Earth Dragon Golden Melon’s medicinal power, with more benefits expected as the remaining power was released.

Dugu Yan reunited with Dugu Bo after her martial soul evolved into the Jade Phosphor Flood Dragon, then met Lu Chen and learned he was only six years old despite having rank twenty-eight soul power. Her astonishment eased the gathering’s solemn atmosphere, and Bibi Dong observed her lively personality.

• Dugu Bo and Yue Guan praised Dugu Yan’s martial soul evolution and agreed that she might surpass her grandfather.
• Dugu Yan noticed Lu Chen and felt both his restrained power and the pressure of the Nine-Colored Dragon Mark on his forehead.
• Dugu Yan blushed under Lu Chen’s gaze, called him a little brat, and asked about his identity.
• Dugu Bo introduced Lu Chen as the Pope’s disciple and revealed that he was six years old with rank twenty-eight soul power.
• Dugu Yan reacted with disbelief, while Bibi Dong found her rambunctious manner amusing.

After absorbing the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ memories, Lu Chen told Dugu Bo he had found ways to completely resolve the toxins harming his body. He began explaining how a poison-attribute Soul Core could gather and control the toxins, while the other members of the group listened.

• Lu Chen rested beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and adjusted to the strength and heightened senses he had gained from the Dragon Kings’ residual power.
• Lu Chen realized the Dragon Kings’ memories contained both a Soul Core condensation method and cultivation methods that might help Dugu Bo.
• Lu Chen told Dugu Bo he had found a way to completely solve the problem with his body, prompting Dugu Bo and the others to focus on him.
• Lu Chen explained that a poison-attribute Soul Core could draw scattered toxins together and turn them into controllable Soul Power.

Lu Chen explained how Soul Cores and poison-attribute techniques could help Dugu Bo control and refine the toxins in his body, then taught the group the method for condensing a Soul Core. Bibi Dong suspected Lu Chen had inherited his knowledge from a powerful being, while Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo carefully memorized his instructions.

• Lu Chen told Dugu Bo that his inner core was an unstable embryonic Soul Core and could be adjusted to help control his toxins.
• Lu Chen explained that a poison-attribute technique could refine future toxins into nourishment, and that combining it with a Soul Core would address Dugu Bo's problem more completely.
• Bibi Dong listened to Lu Chen and became more convinced that he had obtained a powerful inheritance or divine trial.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei asked whether Soul Cores could be condensed by soul masters of any attribute, and Lu Chen confirmed that they could.
• Lu Chen described the steps for condensing a Soul Core, and Dugu Bo, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Dugu Yan listened carefully.

Lu Chen explained the Soul Core condensation method, and Dugu Bo used his inner core to successfully condense a Soul Core and eliminate the toxins that had plagued him. His Soul Power rose from rank ninety-one to rank ninety-two, leaving Yue Guan and Gui Mei eager to try the method themselves.

• Bibi Dong, Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and Dugu Bo recognized the Soul Core method's potential to improve Soul Power recovery and combat strength.
• Dugu Bo decided to condense a Soul Core using his existing inner core, and Lu Chen guided him through adjusting its energy and drawing in his scattered toxins.
• After a day, Dugu Bo successfully formed a Soul Core that gathered his toxins and surrounding energy.
• Dugu Bo found that his toxins had stopped corroding his body, his health and appearance had improved, and his Soul Power had reached rank ninety-two.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei saw Dugu Bo's transformation and considered condensing Soul Cores to strengthen themselves and advance further.

After Dugu Bo stabilized his Soul Core, he thanked Lu Chen and jokingly suggested marrying Dugu Yan to him. Lu Chen deferred the idea until he was older, then gave Dugu Bo the Myriad Poisons Origin Sutra, leaving the Dugu family with a way to turn their poison into strength.

• Dugu Bo proposed marrying Dugu Yan to Lu Chen, and Lu Chen said they could discuss it when he grew up.
• Lu Chen searched the Fire Dragon King's and Ice Dragon King's memories and found a poison cultivation technique suited to Dugu Bo.
• Lu Chen transmitted the Myriad Poisons Origin Sutra to Dugu Bo, who realized it could help him refine toxins and advance his cultivation.
• Dugu Bo thanked Lu Chen as a benefactor, recognizing that Dugu Yan could also use the technique when her cultivation was sufficient.

Bibi Dong, Lu Chen, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and parted ways with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan outside Heaven Dou City. Dugu Bo kept his alliance with Spirit Hall secret as Bibi Dong and the others continued toward Spirit City.

• Bibi Dong decided to return to Spirit City with Lu Chen, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei after they finished their work at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The group stopped outside Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan prepared to return to the city while keeping Dugu Bo's allegiance to Spirit Hall hidden.
• Bibi Dong told Dugu Bo not to reveal that he had joined Spirit Hall, and Lu Chen advised him to stabilize his Soul Core and cultivate the Myriad Poisons Origin Sutra gradually.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Chen she would obtain her third soul ring and challenge him the next time they met, then left with Dugu Bo.
• After Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had departed, Bibi Dong led Lu Chen, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei onward toward Spirit City.

After returning to Spirit City, Lu Chen found Bibi Dong and his other companions busy and Hu Liena absent, so he visited the orphanage where he had grown up. Dean Grandma and the children recognized him, and he left them food and useful supplies.

• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei returned to Pope Hall and immediately handled their accumulated affairs.
• Lu Chen went back to Saintess Hall, learned Hu Liena was away training, and decided to explore Spirit City while recovering.
• Lu Chen bought food and daily necessities and carried them to the orphanage in his storage Soul Tool.
• Dean Grandma initially struggled to recognize Lu Chen, then confirmed who he was when he spoke.
• Lu Chen greeted the children and gave Dean Grandma the supplies to distribute according to need.

Lu Chen spent the morning and lunch at the orphanage, accepting Dean Grandma’s advice to remember Spirit Hall’s kindness. He then wandered around Spirit City and entered the Spirit Hall Library to explore its knowledge.

• Lu Chen answered the orphanage children’s questions and encouraged them to take their martial soul awakenings seriously, whatever the results.
• Lu Chen shared lunch with the children and promised Dean Grandma that he would repay Spirit Hall for its help.
• Lu Chen bid farewell to the children and wandered through Spirit City instead of returning to Saintess Hall.
• Lu Chen found the Spirit Hall Library and went inside to learn more about the world.

Lu Chen visited the Spirit Hall Library to study foundational Soul Master knowledge and discovered a book by Master, Yu Xiaogang. He recognized its useful material but also its overly absolute and sometimes erroneous claims.

• Lu Chen asked the elderly library administrator for books suitable for someone who had recently awakened a Martial Soul.
• The administrator led Lu Chen through the first-floor sections and gave him introductory books on Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Lu Chen compared the books’ standardized explanations with what Bibi Dong and Hu Liena had taught him.
• Lu Chen found a neglected copy of Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, authored by Master.
• Lu Chen recalled that Yu Xiaogang had compiled some valuable Spirit Hall knowledge but presented certain theories too absolutely, and the administrator asked whether he was interested in the book.

Lu Chen studied foundational Soul Master books in the Spirit Hall Library, comparing them with what Bibi Dong and Hu Liena had taught him. On his way back to the Saintess Hall, he encountered a white-robed, golden-haired old man blocking the road.

• The librarian explained that Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul contained useful basics but also many errors, so Lu Chen returned it to a less conspicuous place.
• Lu Chen chose books about Martial Soul mutations, physical constitution, spiritual power, Soul Beast attributes, and soul skills, then compared their contents with Bibi Dong and Hu Liena's teachings.
• Lu Chen borrowed several unrestricted books after showing proof that he was Bibi Dong's disciple, and stored them in his storage Soul Tool.
• As Lu Chen walked toward the Saintess Hall near evening, a gentle-looking old man in a white robe appeared ahead and blocked his way.