Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiao and Qian Renxue fought with their strongest skills, and Lu Xiao protected her when she fell into the pool. After they shared a kiss, Qian Renxue vowed to catch up to him, and Lu Xiao promised her a gift.

• Qian Renxue unleashed Angel's Judgment, but Lu Xiao's Ninefold Divine Dragon Shield withstood the strike and left her exhausted and falling.
• Lu Xiao caught Qian Renxue, and they plunged into the pool together.
• Qian Renxue kissed Lu Xiao underwater, and he deepened the kiss before swimming with her to the surface.
• Lu Xiao dried Qian Renxue's hair and promised to give her a gift to help her catch up to him.
• Qian Renxue dried their clothes with sacred flames, said goodbye, and flew into the night.

Lu Xiao led the girls into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and gathered Immortal Herbs suited to their Martial Souls. He gave Xiao Wu the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained how to pick it, and the chapter ended as her blood sank into its petals while she thought of Lu Xiao.

• Lu Xiao protected the group from the poisonous mist with the Aromatic Silk Beauty and led them into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo warned the girls not to touch the spring water and left Lu Xiao to choose herbs and refine pills for them.
• Lu Xiao gathered Immortal Herbs for Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling, including herbs intended to transform their Martial Souls.
• Lu Xiao chose the Lovesick Heartbreak Red for Xiao Wu and explained that she had to offer blood while thinking sincerely of someone she loved.
• Xiao Wu thought of Lu Xiao as she spat blood onto the flower, and her heart's blood melted into its petals.

Xiao Wu absorbed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and gained a major increase in strength, while Lu Xiao refined three Immortal Herb pills for Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling. Seven days later, Xiao Wu reached level forty and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul transformed into a pure-black Hell Spirit Cat.

• Xiao Wu used her heartblood to claim the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then swallowed it while releasing her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul.
• Lu Xiao refined the Netherjade Bone Pill, Nine-Treasure Glazed Illusion Pill, and Life Creation Pill simultaneously and gave them to Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling swallowed their pills, while Dugu Yan left to train with Dugu Bo.
• After seven days, Xiao Wu awoke with a stamen-shaped mark and reached level forty, putting her one Soul Ring away from becoming a Soul Ancestor.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul transformed as the mixed attributes in her body gave way to darkness, leaving her with a pure-black Hell Spirit Cat.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong completed their Martial Soul evolutions, both reaching Soul Power rank thirty-nine. Ning Rongrong gained the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and a new illusion ability, leaving her delighted and able to defend herself more effectively.

• Zhu Zhuqing awakened with rank thirty-nine Soul Power and evolved her Hell Spirit Cat into the New Moon Spirit Cat, gaining a pure darkness attribute.
• Xiao Wu teased Zhu Zhuqing about her changing figure, and the two playfully scuffled before Ning Rongrong's evolution began.
• Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda gained two tiers and a golden gemstone, becoming the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong reached rank thirty-nine, embraced and kissed Lu Xiao in gratitude, and learned that the gemstone let her create realistic spiritual illusions.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing congratulated Ning Rongrong, who felt relieved that her family's cultivation limitation had been overcome.

Ye Lingling completed the evolution of her Nine Heart Begonia after absorbing the Life Creation Pill, breaking the Martial Soul’s inheritance restriction and gaining powerful healing, restoration, and purification abilities. She named it the Holy Healing Immortal Begonia, and Lu Xiao planned to take her and Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest for her fourth Soul Ring.

• Ye Lingling awakened as the green-gold aura transformed her Nine Heart Begonia and broke its rule limiting each generation to two inheritors.
• Lu Xiao wounded Dugu Bo’s Nine-Jointed Jade so Ye Lingling could test her evolved Martial Soul, and she healed the snake in moments.
• Ye Lingling restored Lu Xiao’s Soul Power and mental energy, and further tests showed her abilities could remove poison and other negative conditions.
• Ye Lingling named her evolved Martial Soul the Holy Healing Immortal Begonia and thanked Lu Xiao for helping her escape the Nine Heart Begonia’s fate.
• Lu Xiao said he, Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu would seek Ye Lingling’s fourth Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest in seven days, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing trained to absorb Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Lu Xiao, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Shi Nian was manipulated by his hidden twin into pursuing Lu Xiao. Shi Nian trapped the group in his Remnant Dream, but Lu Xiao transformed into a golden giant dragon, leaving Shi Nian facing an unexpected terror.

• Lu Xiao, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling left Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Du Busi secretly followed to protect them.
• A black-clad fallen Soul Master showed Shi Nian evidence that Lu Xiao had killed his disciples and gave him a map of Lu Xiao’s route; Shi Nian refused to join him but set out to take revenge.
• The black-clad man revealed that he was Shi Nian’s twin, changed his appearance, and went to Canghui Academy, while Shi Nian returned with Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Empire forces to search the empty courtyard.
• Outside Sunset Village, Shi Nian ambushed Lu Xiao, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling and trapped them in his Remnant Dream.
• Shi Nian used his Nightmare soul skill against Lu Xiao, but Lu Xiao vanished from the illusion and was replaced by a golden giant dragon.

Lu Xiao defeated Shi Nian, claimed his Illusion Wisdom Skull, and rested with Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling in Sunset Village. Meanwhile, a fallen Soul Master possessed a Canghui Academy teacher and disguised himself as Ye Zhiqiu just as Spirit Hall arrived to investigate.

• Lu Xiao broke Shi Nian's Remnant Dream Illusion with the Golden Dragon King's power and killed Shi Nian with Sky Azure Annihilating Divine Lightning.
• Lu Xiao used the Wind of Annihilation to erase Shi Nian's corpse and collected his Illusion Wisdom Skull, which he planned to give to Rongrong.
• Lu Xiao, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling entered Sunset Village and settled in an abandoned courtyard for the night.
• A fallen Soul Master consumed a Canghui Academy teacher and took over his body, declaring that he was Ye Zhiqiu.
• When Spirit Hall arrived to investigate suspected collusion with fallen Soul Masters, Ye Zhiqiu concealed his evil aura with his eight Soul Rings.

Lu Xiao, Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, and Du Busi searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Soul Beast for Ye Lingling before following Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life. There they found a gravely wounded Emerald Swan, but Bi Ji appeared and discovered them.

• Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu helped Ye Lingling search for a life-attribute or healing Soul Beast, but their search through the Outer and Mixed Regions found no suitable target.
• Xiao Wu remembered the Lake of Life, and Du Busi agreed to guide them through the Mixed Region toward it.
• Xiao Wu led the group to the Lake of Life, where they spotted an Emerald Swan floating with a severe wound in its left wing.
• Bi Ji flew from the lake, and Lu Xiao identified her as the five-hundred-thousand-year Beast King and chieftain of the Emerald Swan Clan.
• Du Busi told the others to retreat, but Bi Ji noticed them and ordered them to come out.

Bi Ji offered Ye Lingling a dying Emerald Swan as a Soul Ring and torso bone in exchange for Lu Xiao’s promise to someday free it. As Ye Lingling absorbed them, Xiao Wu began condensing her fourth Soul Ring, which started to surpass its expected level.

• Du Busi led Lu Xiao, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling out of the grass, and Bi Ji sensed the unusual life force within Lu Xiao.
• Ye Lingling tried to heal the poisoned Emerald Swan, but Bi Ji explained that its vitality had been severed by a Ten-Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Bi Ji offered the Emerald Swan’s sacrifice to Ye Lingling in exchange for Lu Xiao’s promise to return its freedom if he gained the ability, and Ye Lingling agreed.
• The Emerald Swan sacrificed itself, producing a black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a torso bone that Ye Lingling absorbed with Bi Ji’s protection.
• Lu Xiao encouraged Xiao Wu to condense her fourth Soul Ring, and Bi Ji learned that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.
• Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring formed and changed from yellow to purple, then began turning black as Du Busi wondered whether she could condense a ring beyond her level.

Ye Lingling and Xiao Wu completed their breakthroughs at the Lake of Life, while Bi Ji confirmed Lu Xiao carried an extraordinarily pure life aura. The Silver Dragon King sent Bi Ji and Zi Ji to investigate Lu Xiao in the human world, and the group later rested near the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest after Ye Lingling revealed her new defensive Soul Skill.

• Bi Ji tested Lu Xiao's life force as Ye Lingling's Soul Power rose to level forty-eight and Xiao Wu's reached level forty-seven.
• Bi Ji reminded Lu Xiao of his promise, then returned to the Lake of Life as Du Busi led the group away from the lake.
• Bi Ji reported Lu Xiao's life aura to the Silver Dragon King, who identified it as the power of the Life God King and suspected the Golden Dragon King had escaped his seal.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered Bi Ji and Zi Ji to investigate Lu Xiao in the human world, giving them dragon scales to conceal their identities and control Zi Ji.
• Du Busi brought the group to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ye Lingling demonstrated her Emerald Guardian group-defense Soul Skill.

After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lu Xiao reunited with Liu Erlong, teased her before giving her a Chicken Crown Phoenix Sunflower, and used it to refine a pill with her help. The pill finished refining with a crimson-gold glow and lingering phantom flames.

• Lu Xiao found Qian Renxue's feather signal asking him to meet by the waterfall in three days.
• Liu Erlong dragged Lu Xiao into a room and kissed him, then demanded to know where he had been.
• Lu Xiao teased Liu Erlong and then revealed a Chicken Crown Phoenix Sunflower, asking her to help refine a pill.
• Liu Erlong used her Fire Dragon Martial Soul to heat Lu Xiao's pill furnace while he added medicinal ingredients and a drop of Golden Dragon essence blood.
• The pill furnace shook amid dragon roars and phoenix cries before opening to reveal a crimson-gold pill.

Lu Xiao gave Liu Erlong a pill that evolved her Martial Soul and raised her Soul Power, while Xiao Wu warned him not to neglect his training. After reaching rank seventy-eight and awakening Dragon Transformation, Liu Erlong returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, leaving Lu Xiao determined to begin his next stage of training.

• Lu Xiao gave Liu Erlong a pill, and she began absorbing its medicinal energy as he stood guard.
• Xiao Wu warned Lu Xiao not to fool around before he reached the Reforging layer, then left with Ye Lingling after he kissed her.
• Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon powers fused, evolving her Martial Soul into the Blazing Thunder Dragon.
• Liu Erlong's Soul Power rose from rank seventy-four to rank seventy-eight, and she awakened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's Dragon Transformation Talent.
• Liu Erlong changed clothes, thanked Lu Xiao by saying she owed him a favor, and returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lu Xiao watched Liu Erlong leave and decided to begin the next stage of his training.

Ning Rongrong revealed that her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Lu Xiao presented Ning Fengzhi with Soul Tool designs. Ning Fengzhi agreed to fund Soul Tool research through Ning Rongrong, and Lu Xiao set out with her to visit the Strength Clan.

• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and demonstrated its illusion ability.
• Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluo realized Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul had evolved, and she credited Lu Xiao for her transformation.
• Lu Xiao gave Ning Fengzhi a book detailing how to craft first-grade Soul Tools, and Ning Fengzhi recognized their potential to change combat across Douluo Continent.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed that Ning Rongrong could arrange funding for Lu Xiao’s Soul Tool research and promised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s full support.
• Lu Xiao invited Ning Rongrong to visit the Strength Clan’s residence with him.

Lu Xiao and Ning Rongrong visited the Strength Clan, where Tai Tan and Niu Gao's extravagant welcome annoyed them before they met Speed Clan patriarch Bai He and his granddaughter Bai Chenxiang. Bai He explained that he had come to pay his respects and request financial support for his struggling clan.

• Tai Tan and Niu Gao prepared a lavish welcome for Lu Xiao, while Bai He criticized their decorations and Bai Chenxiang asked about Lu Xiao's strength.
• Tai Tan and Niu Gao praised Lu Xiao's reputation as he arrived with Ning Rongrong, then launched a loud celebration that displeased both visitors.
• Tai Tan blamed the over-the-top welcome on Tai Nuo, and Lu Xiao ordered the musicians and servants to stop.
• Tai Tan introduced Bai He and Bai Chenxiang to Lu Xiao and explained that the Speed Clan patriarch had come to pay his respects and ask for financial aid.
• Bai He greeted Lu Xiao and praised his strength, while Bai Chenxiang studied him with curiosity.

Lu Xiao arranged for Tai Tan and Niu Gao to research Soul Tools with funding from Ning Rongrong, while Bai He learned that the technology could address the Speed Clan’s weaknesses. The chapter left Bai He calculating whether his impoverished clan could afford the new tools.

• Lu Xiao invited Bai He and Bai Chenxiang to stay, then gave Tai Tan and Niu Gao books detailing first- through third-rank Soul Tools.
• Tai Tan and Niu Gao agreed to research and eventually develop Soul Tools, and Lu Xiao explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would fund their work.
• Ning Rongrong gave Tai Tan a Gold Soul Card containing one million Gold Soul Coins for the research.
• Tai Tan and Niu Gao praised Soul Tools for strengthening their clans and overcoming weaknesses, prompting Bai He to consider how they might help the Speed Clan.
• Ning Rongrong explained Soul Tool prices to Bai He, who realized his clan could barely afford even one.

Lu Xiao and Ning Rongrong sought to buy the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, while Tai Tan and Niu Gao pushed Bai He into a speed contest with Lu Xiao. Bai He failed to touch him and was stunned when Lu Xiao revealed his Body Martial Soul and fifth Soul Ring; the contest was still underway.

• Bai He considered the benefits of joining Lu Xiao but hesitated because of his pride, while Bai Chenxiang worried about the cost of Soul Tools.
• Lu Xiao asked Bai He to sell the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Ning Rongrong urged him to name a price.
• Tai Tan and Niu Gao challenged Bai He to a speed contest, wagering Soul Tools and the Speed Clan’s allegiance; Bai He accepted under the condition that Lu Xiao could be touched within the incense’s burning time.
• Bai He attacked at great speed, but Lu Xiao used Golden Perception and his physical abilities to evade every attempt.
• Bai He activated his Martial Soul Avatar and transformed into a Swift-tailed Rain Swallow, prompting Lu Xiao to reveal his Body Martial Soul and a fifth Soul Ring that shocked the onlookers.

Lu Xiao defeated Bai He in a timed contest, securing the Speed Clan’s submission and gaining the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng he needed for medicinal pills. He gave Ning Rongrong an Illusion Wisdom Skull as a betrothal gift, while Bai Chenxiang watched their intimacy from the doorway with envy and hurt.

• Lu Xiao used his Slowing Domain to outlast Bai He until time ran out, and Bai He accepted defeat and swore that the Speed Clan would submit to Lu Xiao and sever ties with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Bai He discussed reuniting the clans, and Bai He gave Lu Xiao the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng before Lu Xiao assigned the Speed Clan to help build the Body Sect and promised Ning Rongrong would arrange their resources.
• Lu Xiao told Ning Rongrong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would receive priority access to Soul Tools from his future workshop.
• Lu Xiao gave Ning Rongrong the Illusion Wisdom Skull, and she accepted it as his betrothal gift before kissing him.
• Bai Chenxiang arrived at the hall and witnessed Lu Xiao and Ning Rongrong together, feeling envy and a bitter ache.

Lu Xiao helped Qian Renxue refine two sacred herbs into a powerful pill, then she confessed that she was the Spirit Hall Holy Maiden and the disguised crown prince Xue Qinghe. Lu Xiao revealed that he had seen through her disguise at her banquet and said he had always treated her as Qian Renxue.

• Lu Xiao met Qian Renxue at the waterfall and gave her the Firmament Dawnlight Lotus and Light Paradise Grass.
• Lu Xiao guided Qian Renxue in using her Sacred Flame to refine the herbs into a pill.
• Qian Renxue completed the pill after an hour of refining, and Lu Xiao told her to absorb it while he stood guard.
• Qian Renxue confessed that her real name was Qian Renxue, that she was the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall's Elder Hall, and that she had replaced Xue Qinghe as the Heaven Dou crown prince.
• Lu Xiao told Qian Renxue that he had seen through her disguise at her banquet and had treated her as herself from the beginning.

Qian Renxue took Lu Xiao’s pill and evolved her Six-Winged Angel into an Eight-Winged Angel, drawing the Angel God’s attention and becoming its chosen inheritor. After sharing an intimate moment with Lu Xiao, she planned to continue her Heaven Dou mission while watching Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.

• Qian Renxue took the pill, and her Martial Soul evolved into an Eight-Winged Angel as her Soul Power rose from rank sixty-two to rank sixty-seven.
• The Angel God Statue resonated in Spirit City, and Qian Daoliu recognized Qian Renxue as the new inheritor of the divine seat.
• Bibi Dong witnessed the golden phenomenon and decided to move her plan forward.
• Qian Renxue thanked Lu Xiao with a kiss, and the two grew intimate before discussing her next steps.
• Lu Xiao warned Qian Renxue that Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng might be threats, and she vowed to have them watched.

Lu Xiao attended the Four Clans Gathering with Xiao Wu and challenged Yang Wudi to a Soul Master duel to win the Breaking Clan's allegiance. He offered an Immortal Herb as the stake if he lost.

• Ning Rongrong reached level forty and gained a defensive fourth Soul Ring, while Dugu Bo replaced Qin Ming as assistant instructor and forced Qin Ming to work for five years under threat of poison.
• Lu Xiao received a letter saying Yang Wudi would attend the gathering at the Strength Clan residence, and Xiao Wu persuaded him to bring her along.
• Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Bai He welcomed Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu as Master and Mistress at the residence.
• Yang Wudi arrived and refused to acknowledge Lu Xiao as his master because he considered him too young.
• Lu Xiao challenged Yang Wudi to a Soul Master duel, wagering the Breaking Clan's allegiance against an Immortal Herb.