Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiao awakened a Body Martial Soul with innate full Soul Power and received system rewards, including Du Busi. After Yu Xiaogang called his Martial Soul trash and tried to recruit him, Du Busi arrived and confronted Yu Xiaogang.

• Lu Xiao awakened a Body Martial Soul, reached innate Soul Power Level 10, and received a Golden Dragon Martial Soul, a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, a Storage Soul Guidance Device, and Du Busi as rewards.
• Lu Xiao confirmed his innate full Soul Power when he tested it with the Dean of Notting's crystal ball.
• Yu Xiaogang called Lu Xiao's Martial Soul trash and offered to take him as a disciple, but Lu Xiao refused.
• Du Busi entered the Awakening Hall, overwhelmed everyone with his aura, and asked Yu Xiaogang whether he had called Body Martial Souls trash.

Du Busi revealed his overwhelming power after confronting Yu Xiaogang for calling the Body Martial Soul useless, then made Lu Xiao his disciple and guardian charge. After Du Busi took Lu Xiao to train, Dean of Notting expelled the injured Yu Xiaogang from the academy.

• Du Busi confronted Yu Xiaogang over his claim that the Body Martial Soul was useless and revealed nine Soul Rings, including three hundred-thousand-year rings.
• Yu Xiaogang wet himself from fear, and Du Busi struck him with an invisible blast that shattered his bones and sent him flying outside the hall.
• Du Busi asked Lu Xiao to become his disciple, and Lu Xiao accepted after learning the system had appointed Du Busi as his guardian and mentor.
• Du Busi declared Lu Xiao his sole final disciple and took him to train in Notting Academy's back mountain for three days, ordering Dean of Notting to keep everyone away.
• Dean of Notting told the injured Yu Xiaogang that he had three days to leave Notting Academy.

Du Busi opened Lu Xiao’s meridians and expanded his sea of qi, awakening the Bronze radiance of his Body Martial Soul. He then brought Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form, and Lu Xiao persuaded him to keep her as part of a plan involving the powerful soul beasts connected to her.

• Du Busi used his Soul Power to open Lu Xiao’s meridians and expand his sea of qi, while Lu Xiao’s Body Martial Soul emitted a Bronze radiance.
• Lu Xiao washed away the impurities expelled from his body, and Du Busi returned carrying a bound young girl.
• Lu Xiao recognized the girl as Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form, and Du Busi said he intended to claim her soul ring and soul bone once Lu Xiao reached Soul Sage.
• Lu Xiao asked to keep Xiao Wu and suggested that her growth into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast might point to a way to benefit from the powerful soul beasts behind her.
• Du Busi agreed to Lu Xiao’s proposal, released some of Xiao Wu’s sealed acupoints, and left the rest to his disciple.

Lu Xiao offered Xiao Wu a chance to escape captivity by defeating him in a fair physical duel, with the loser becoming the winner’s servant. Xiao Wu lost and became Lu Xiao’s maid.

• Lu Xiao told Xiao Wu that she could either remain captive until his master killed her or duel him for her freedom, with defeat making her his maid.
• Xiao Wu accepted the duel after Lu Xiao provoked her, and the two agreed to fight without Martial Souls or Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu attacked with rapid kicks and Soft Techniques, but Lu Xiao used his enhanced physical abilities to counter her moves.
• Lu Xiao overturned Xiao Wu and pinned her to the grass until she admitted defeat.
• Lu Xiao reminded Xiao Wu that she was now his maid, and she nodded softly.

Lu Xiao learned that awakening his Golden Dragon Martial Soul required bathing in the essence blood of a Soul Beast with a true dragon bloodline, while Du Busi explained the alluring aura caused by Lu Xiao's second Body Martial Soul awakening. Du Busi promised to teach him the Body Sect's Innate Secret Technique, and the chapter ended with Xiao Wu falling asleep beside him.

• Xiao Wu noticed a faint, comforting fragrance around Lu Xiao as Du Busi returned with two unfamiliar Soul Beasts.
• Lu Xiao examined his system rewards and learned that awakening the Golden Dragon Martial Soul required the essence blood of a Soul Beast with a true dragon bloodline.
• Du Busi explained that Lu Xiao's second Body Martial Soul awakening made him emit a nourishing aura that strongly attracted the opposite sex.
• Du Busi gave Lu Xiao roasted Soul Beast meat and promised to teach him the Body Sect's Innate Secret Technique, warning him to remain a virgin until he reached Golden Body Arhat.
• Lu Xiao, Xiao Wu, and Du Busi ate the meat, and Xiao Wu fell asleep curled up beside Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao began learning the Body Sect’s Innate Secret Technique, whose first stage required his body to be torn down and reshaped. He swallowed Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and entered the Bronze cauldron as Du Busi activated its patterns to refine the medicinal power.

• Lu Xiao woke with Xiao Wu in his arms, and she embarrassedly teased him before they ate Du Busi’s Soul Beast Meat Porridge.
• Du Busi gave Lu Xiao the Innate Secret Technique manual, and Lu Xiao memorized its first chapter, the painful Body Piercing stage.
• Du Busi placed Lu Xiao inside an ancient Bronze cauldron and poured in medicinal liquid to begin the technique.
• Lu Xiao offered Du Busi his Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, which Du Busi recognized as a supreme tonic and told him to swallow.
• Lu Xiao swallowed all the Whale Glue and released his Body Martial Soul as Du Busi activated the cauldron’s patterns, driving boiling medicinal power through Lu Xiao’s body.

Lu Xiao entered Deep Meditation while undergoing the Bronze Cauldron’s body tempering, and Yu Xiaogang encountered Tang San after being expelled from Notting Academy. Yu Xiaogang recognized Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls as a chance to prove his theories.

• Elemental dragons and the cauldron’s medicinal power tempered Lu Xiao’s body as he sank into Deep Meditation.
• Du Busi sensed Lu Xiao’s changed aura and exclaimed that he had entered Deep Meditation.
• Yu Xiaogang stood outside Notting Academy, bitter over his expulsion and doubting his theories.
• Old Jack and Tang San were challenged by the academy’s gatekeepers, who doubted Tang San’s Spirit Hall certificate and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang verified the certificate and rebuked the gatekeeper for obstructing Tang San’s admission.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and viewed him as an opportunity to prove himself.

Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang as his master after Yu Xiaogang deduced that he had Twin Martial Souls and promised to develop his Blue Silver Grass. Meanwhile, Tang Hao discovered that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and moved to seize her, but Du Busi appeared to stop him.

• Tang San agreed to follow Yu Xiaogang despite Old Jack's concerns, and Old Jack warned him to stay safe before leaving.
• Yu Xiaogang explained how Tang San's rank ten Innate Full Soul Power revealed his Twin Martial Souls and pledged to cultivate his Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San knelt and asked Yu Xiaogang to accept him as his disciple, and Yu Xiaogang agreed.
• Tang Hao secretly listened to their exchange, approved of Yu Xiaogang's guidance, and then sensed something unusual near Notting Academy's rear mountain.
• Tang Hao found Xiao Wu by a stream, recognized her as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and trapped the valley as he prepared to seize her.
• Du Busi blocked Tang Hao and unleashed a deadly cloud of poison mist.

Du Busi overwhelmed Tang Hao with his Golden Awakening and poison skills, forcing him to detonate his Soul Rings to survive. Tang Hao escaped without his right arm, leaving behind a dark-gold Soul Bone that Du Busi claimed.

• Du Busi transformed through Golden Awakening and attacked Tang Hao, overpowering him with his strength and poison.
• Du Busi used his Body True Body and ninth Soul Skill, Yellow Spring Green Star Fall, to launch a devastating attack.
• Tang Hao detonated all nine Soul Rings and struck back with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Du Busi's venom corroded his right arm and tore out its Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao fled the battlefield, leaving the Soul Bone behind as Du Busi picked it up.

Du Busi defeated Tang Hao and treated the injured Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu in the Bronze Cauldron. After Lu Xiao woke, Xiao Wu stayed with them, while the Charm buff’s influence on her became apparent.

• Du Busi told Xiao Wu that Tang Hao had escaped, and she collapsed from her injuries before he placed her in the cauldron with Lu Xiao.
• Ma Xiunuo ordered Spirit Hall to report the suspected battle between Tang Hao and an unknown Title Douluo, while the Dean of Notting sent a sealed letter to His Majesty.
• Lu Xiao woke in the cauldron, learned that Du Busi had damaged Tang Hao’s cultivation, and received the Soul Bone Tang Hao had dropped.
• Lu Xiao said he wanted a Soul Beast with True Dragon Bloodline for his first Soul Ring, and Du Busi agreed to help him find one.
• Drawn by the smell of roast meat, Xiao Wu woke, changed into clean clothes, and waited beside the fire instead of leaving.
• Lu Xiao and Du Busi returned from scouting and found Xiao Wu still there, unaware that his Charm buff was making her feel attached to him.

Du Busi discovered that Lu Xiao could withstand a first Soul Ring of at least three thousand years and took him and Xiao Wu to a Soul Hunting Forest. There, Du Busi found and subdued a 3,800-year-old mutated Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon with four attributes, leaving it ready to become Lu Xiao’s Soul Ring.

• Du Busi sensed that Lu Xiao’s physique could support a first Soul Ring of around three thousand years and celebrated his disciple’s talent.
• Du Busi flew Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu to a Soul Hunting Forest and used his Super Douluo pressure and spiritual power to search its outer region.
• Du Busi heard the roars of a Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon and located it in a secluded valley deep in the forest.
• The Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon attacked Du Busi with wind and lightning, but he blocked its powers and suppressed it with a poisonous Soul Power hand.
• Du Busi identified the dragon as a mutated beast with annihilation, wind, destruction, and lightning attributes, and judged its 3,800-year cultivation a perfect fit for Lu Xiao.
• Xiao Wu welcomed the prospect of the subdued dragon becoming Lu Xiao’s Soul Ring.

Lu Xiao killed the Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon and absorbed its blood essence and Soul Ring while awakening his second Martial Soul, the Golden Dragon. The dragon's External Soul Bone fused into his back, and its power began covering half his body in scales.

• Du Busi weakened the Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon and helped Lu Xiao kill it so Lu Xiao could use its blood to awaken his second Martial Soul.
• Du Busi extracted the demon dragon's blood essence into a cauldron, and Lu Xiao immersed himself in it and began absorbing the Soul Ring.
• Lu Xiao awakened his Golden Dragon Martial Soul as the demon dragon's Soul Ring gained a golden rim and fused with his Body Martial Soul.
• The Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon's External Soul Bone, its spine, flew into Lu Xiao and fused with his back.
• Dark-cyan dragon scales spread across Lu Xiao's back, shoulders, elbows, and hands as the Soul Bone's power settled.

Lu Xiao fused a thousand-year Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone, reached level seventeen, and revealed his Golden Dragon Martial Soul before Du Busi took him and Xiao Wu to train in the forest. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San into the Soul Hunting Forest and chose a Lone Bamboo as a possible target, unaware that it was a mutated beast with only ninety-nine years of cultivation.

• Lu Xiao's Soul Power rose to level seventeen after the Soul Ring and External Soul Bone merged into his body.
• Lu Xiao revealed his Golden Dragon Martial Soul, and Du Busi praised its talent before deciding to have Lu Xiao train through combat with Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Wu offered to accompany Lu Xiao, and Du Busi led them into the forest to find training targets.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San entered the Soul Hunting Forest after Yu Xiaogang dismissed the soldier captain's warning.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and explained his Martial Soul to Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang identified a Lone Bamboo as a possible first Soul Ring target for Tang San, not realizing it was a mutated beast stuck at ninety-nine years of cultivation.

Du Busi dropped Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu into a cave as a trial, where they fought a Nether Wolf pack and its Millennium Nether Wolf King. Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu held their ground, with Xiao Wu keeping the pack occupied while Lu Xiao confronted the king.

• Du Busi hurled Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu into the hidden cave, where they landed at its bottom.
• Lu Xiao used Golden Perception to locate a Nether Wolf and killed it with a punch to its waist.
• A Millennium Nether Wolf King emerged, attacked Lu Xiao, and met his full-force strike, which cracked one of its claws.
• Lu Xiao charged the wolf king and told Xiao Wu to handle the pack surrounding them.
• Xiao Wu used her First Soul Skill, Waist Bow, to throw one Nether Wolf into two others and hold off the pack.

Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu defeated the Nether Wolf pack, then emerged to find Du Busi cooking a Mandala Snake. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang directed Tang San to absorb a false-century Soul Ring from a Lone Bamboo, unaware of its true age.

• Lu Xiao killed the Nether Wolf King with Annihilation Wind Thunder, and Xiao Wu defeated the remaining wolves.
• Lu Xiao gave Du Busi the Nether Wolf King's corpse and joined him and Xiao Wu beside the Mandala Snake stew.
• Yu Xiaogang led Tang San to the Lone Bamboo and told him to make it his first Soul Ring.
• Tang San killed the under-century Lone Bamboo and began absorbing its pale-yellow False-Century Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao stared at a Blue-Gold Right Leg Soul Bone in a cave near Holy Soul Village.

After three days of brutal combat training, Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu returned to Notting City with Du Busi, exhausted but stronger. At Notting Academy, Ning Fengzhi arrived with Gu Rong and Ning Rongrong to recruit Du Busi, while Gu Rong recognized Xiao Wu as a human-form Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Du Busi brought Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu back to Notting City after three days of life-and-death battles, then told them to rest for three days.
• Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu thanked Du Busi for training that had improved their combat skills and physical control.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong waited outside Notting Academy to meet Du Busi on Xue Ye's behalf.
• Gu Rong recognized Xiao Wu as a human-form Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and warned Ning Fengzhi not to act rashly.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced himself to Du Busi and invited him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as an honorary elder, promising resources and freedom from obligations.

Ning Fengzhi asked Du Busi to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in its time of need and requested a temporary stay at Notting Academy, while Du Busi made clear that their identities must remain secret. Du Busi led Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu to a newly restored back mountain and a Bamboo Building where they could rest.

• Ning Fengzhi offered Du Busi generous terms in exchange for helping the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect during a crisis, and Lu Xiao warned Xiao Wu that agreeing could draw the Spirit Hall and Star Luo Empire into conflict with him.
• Du Busi struck Lu Xiao for repeatedly calling him an old man, then introduced himself to Ning Fengzhi as the current master of the Body Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to stay at Notting Academy, and Du Busi allowed it while warning that he would retaliate if anyone caused trouble or exposed their identities.
• Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi that Du Busi could defeat him with three punches, leaving Ning Fengzhi convinced that the rumors of Tang Hao's serious injuries were true.
• Du Busi led Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu to the back mountain, where they found the battle damage restored and a Bamboo Building ready for them to rest in.

After refining his body, Lu Xiao opened the Soul Master Gift Pack and received powerful combat, alchemy, and bloodline rewards, though he could not yet use the pills. At the back-mountain meal, Ning Rongrong followed the smell of roasted meat and met Lu Xiao and Du Busi.

• Lu Xiao completed his medicinal cultivation, strengthening his body and settling his Soul Power.
• Lu Xiao opened the Soul Master Gift Pack and absorbed the Nine Golden Dragon Styles and Shennong Hundred Herbs Pill Record, while ten Golden Dragon Blood Essence Pills appeared in his Consciousness Sea.
• Lu Xiao learned that his body was not yet strong enough to withstand a Golden Dragon Blood Essence Pill, then joined Du Busi and Xiao Wu by the bonfire.
• Ning Rongrong slipped away from Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, followed the smell of roasted meat to the back mountain, and hid near the bamboo grove.
• Lu Xiao invited Ning Rongrong over, and Du Busi gave her a piece of roasted meat; as she ate, she noticed Lu Xiao's unusual scent.

Ning Rongrong became intoxicated after eating Soul Beast meat and wandered into Lu Xiao’s bed, where she fell asleep holding his arm. The next morning, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong knocked at the door while Xiao Wu emerged from beneath Lu Xiao’s blankets, leaving him trapped in an awkward situation.

• Ning Rongrong drank in Lu Xiao’s company and became dizzy from the roasted Soul Beast meat despite Du Busi’s warning.
• Lu Xiao put Ning Rongrong in an empty room in the Bamboo Building, but she left it in her sleep and slipped into his bed, clinging to his arm.
• The next morning, Lu Xiao woke to urgent knocking and discovered Ning Rongrong asleep beside him.
• Xiao Wu emerged from beneath the blankets as Gu Rong called for Lu Xiao to open the door, and Ning Fengzhi said they had been waiting.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong found Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu asleep in Lu Xiao’s bed, leading to an awkward misunderstanding that Du Busi defused. Ning Fengzhi later invited Lu Xiao to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy in two years, while deciding to let Rongrong and Lu Xiao get to know each other.

• Xiao Wu woke as Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong called at Lu Xiao’s locked door, and Lu Xiao opened it to reveal her and Ning Rongrong in his messy bed.
• Ning Rongrong woke, remembered stumbling into Lu Xiao’s room while drunk from intoxicating barbecue, and tried to explain that Lu Xiao was not at fault.
• Du Busi persuaded Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong to leave the young people alone, then physically dragged Gu Rong out when he remained angry.
• Ning Rongrong apologized to Lu Xiao for causing the misunderstanding, and Lu Xiao reassured her that she should not blame herself.
• After Lu Xiao left the bamboo building, Ning Fengzhi invited him to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy in two years, and Lu Xiao said he would consider it.
• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that Rongrong seemed to genuinely like Lu Xiao and suggested letting them get to know each other.