Chapter Summaries

Huang Long and Dugu Bo fought as Dugu Bo tested the young Soul King with poison and his Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor abilities. Their final clash left both standing, with neither clearly victorious.

• Dugu Bo broke his promise to yield three moves, but Huang Long shattered his Jade Phosphorus Shield with a dragon claw and then blocked his poison mist with a wind wall.
• Huang Long used water arrows coated with ice, an earthen wall, and a series of other elemental attacks to keep Dugu Bo on the defensive.
• Xiao Wu cheered Huang Long, while Dugu Yan watched in disbelief and Sea Maiden Douluo explained that he had learned combat techniques from the High Priest and the Sea Gods.
• Dugu Bo summoned his Martial Soul Avatar, becoming a giant Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor, and Huang Long answered by transforming his flaming spear into a dragon with his Dragon Spear attack.
• The dragon and serpent collided in midair, sending Huang Long flying backward and forcing Dugu Bo out of his snake form, but neither combatant was decisively defeated.

Huang Long defeated Dugu Bo, who then agreed to join him after learning about his origins and status on Sea God Island. The group stayed at Dugu Bo’s refuge, where he offered food and left Dugu Yan to talk with Huang Long.

• Dugu Yan checked on Dugu Bo after Huang Long defeated his Martial Soul Avatar, and Dugu Bo marveled at Huang Long’s strength.
• Sea Dragon Douluo explained that Huang Long’s elemental attacks were Self-Created Soul Skills, while Sea Maiden Douluo revealed he had unused trump cards.
• Dugu Bo accepted defeat and agreed to join Huang Long, then learned that Huang Long and the others came from Sea God Island, also known as Devil Island.
• Sea Dragon Douluo explained that Huang Long was the High Priest’s disciple and future successor, prompting Dugu Bo to greet him as the Holy Son.
• Dugu Bo offered the group food from his supplies and asked Dugu Yan to talk with Huang Long while he took Sea Dragon Douluo and Sea Maiden Douluo aside.

Huang Long brought Ah Yin to recover beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then explained his cultivation and Whale Rubber to Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu. As the group gathered for a meal, Dugu Bo urged Dugu Yan to pursue Huang Long, leaving her embarrassed.

• Huang Long planted Ah Yin near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Xiao Wu encouraged her to recover and seek revenge.
• Huang Long told Dugu Yan that Ah Yin was the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor and explained how he had cultivated using Whale Rubber.
• Huang Long gave Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu portions of five-thousand-year Whale Rubber and warned them that overusing it could make their bodies explode.
• Dugu Bo called everyone to eat, and Xiao Wu rushed ahead asking for carrots.
• Dugu Bo pulled Dugu Yan aside and urged her to win Huang Long's favor so he could enjoy a peaceful retirement, making her blush in embarrassment.

Huang Long planned to establish an advanced Soul Master Academy to enter the Soul Master Tournament, and Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu became potential recruits. After helping Dugu Bo learn how to form a Soul Core, Huang Long supervised Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu as they absorbed Whale Rubber, leaving them with greatly strengthened bodies.

• Dugu Bo encouraged Dugu Yan to consider Huang Long, then asked Huang Long what he thought of her and proposed that she join him.
• Huang Long announced that he planned to establish an advanced Soul Master Academy for the Soul Master Tournament, and Dugu Yan agreed to join and asked to bring Ye Lingling.
• Xiao Wu asked to join Huang Long's academy, and Huang Long welcomed her; Dugu Bo offered to help find recruits.
• Huang Long had Sea Dragon Douluo teach Dugu Bo how to transform his Dan Pearl into a Soul Core.
• Huang Long roasted five-thousand-year Whale Rubber for Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu, who absorbed it and awakened that night with greatly increased strength.

Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan strengthened their bodies with Whale Rubber, allowing them to pursue older Soul Rings. After Dugu Yan refined ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, she thanked Huang Long with a kiss and was left ready to seek her fourth Soul Ring.

• Huang Long had Dugu Bo, Sea Dragon Douluo, and Sea Maiden Douluo examine Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan, who had reached Soul Ancestor-level physical strength.
• Xiao Wu began condensing her third Soul Ring, while Dugu Yan insisted on preparing to absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Huang Long proposed a cautious method for Dugu Yan to consume ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, and Dugu Bo agreed to let her try.
• After an overnight vigil, Dugu Yan awoke feeling stronger and able to circulate Soul Power more smoothly, and Huang Long said she should be able to absorb a Soul Ring around ten thousand years old.
• Dugu Bo left to find a suitable dragon-type soul beast for Dugu Yan, and Dugu Yan thanked Huang Long by kissing him.

Huang Long watched Xiao Wu reveal her teleportation Soul Skill before Dugu Bo returned with a ten-thousand-year Black-Scaled Flood Python for Dugu Yan. When Dugu Yan struggled to absorb its soul ring, Huang Long gave her a drop of his golden blood, stabilizing her condition.

• Xiao Wu revealed that her third Soul Skill let her teleport within ten meters, impressing Sea Dragon Douluo, Sea Maiden Douluo, and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo returned with a ten-thousand-year Black-Scaled Flood Python and reported that Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire's military were searching Sunset Forest after Huang Long's Soul Bone fusion caused a commotion.
• Dugu Yan chose the Black-Scaled Flood Python, killed it, and began absorbing its soul ring.
• After Dugu Yan's condition worsened during absorption, Huang Long stopped Dugu Bo from interrupting and gave her a drop of his golden blood.
• Dugu Yan's aura stabilized, and Xiao Wu explained that Huang Long's blood could promote growth, raise cultivation, and heal injuries.

Dugu Yan recovered from absorbing her ten-thousand-year soul ring, broke through to level forty-eight, and gained the Toxic Dragon Transformation soul skill. After leaving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for Heaven Dou City, Huang Long felt his Yinglong martial soul stir as they approached Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's carriage.

• Huang Long's blood helped Dugu Yan endure the soul-ring absorption, and she awakened to find her Soul Power had reached level forty-eight.
• Dugu Yan learned Huang Long had aided her and demonstrated her fourth soul skill, Toxic Dragon Transformation, which boosted her strength, defense, and poison power.
• Dugu Bo invited the group to dine in Heaven Dou City, but Huang Long reminded Xiao Wu they would return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate.
• Dugu Bo and the others encountered four Heaven Dou Imperial Family consecrated experts near the well, then left the area after Dugu Bo strengthened the valley's poisonous mist.
• The group traveled toward Heaven Dou City and found Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's carriage blocking the road, while Huang Long sensed his Yinglong martial soul stir in response to it.

Xue Qinghe sensed the Golden Dragon martial soul in a carriage entering Heaven Dou City and ordered She Long to investigate its occupants. She suspected Huang Long was its owner and sent people to follow him discreetly as he entered the Seven Treasure Restaurant with his companions.

• Xue Qinghe recalled the golden dragon's appearance and dispatched She Long to find the person whose martial soul had resonated with her Six-Winged Angel.
• Xue Qinghe sensed the carriage carrying Huang Long and ordered She Long to follow it and identify its passengers.
• Sea Dragon Douluo detected She Long following them and told Dugu Bo that he was a level ninety-three Title Douluo.
• Huang Long declined Sea Maiden Douluo's suggestion to capture She Long and said he looked forward to meeting Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Huang Long and his companions entered the Seven Treasure Restaurant, where he noticed She Long watching from the shadows.
• She Long reported the carriage's occupants to Xue Qinghe, who suspected Huang Long was the Golden Dragon martial soul's owner and ordered discreet surveillance.

Huang Long accompanied Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as she prepared to withdraw and recruit Ye Lingling for his planned team. Xue Qinghe rushed to the academy to prevent Prince Xue Xing from gaining Huang Long, while Dugu Yan’s announcement stunned the Imperial Fighting Team.

• Huang Long gave up waiting for Xue Qinghe at Seven Treasure Restaurant, and Dugu Yan said she wanted to withdraw from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and speak with Ye Lingling.
• Huang Long, Xiao Wu, and Sea Maiden Douluo went with Dugu Yan to the academy, while Sea Dragon Douluo accompanied Dugu Bo to visit Ye Renxin.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Huang Long was heading to the academy and hurried there, fearing Prince Xue Xing would recruit him.
• At the academy, Huang Long watched Ye Lingling heal her teammates with her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul during training.
• Dugu Yan greeted Yu Tianheng and Teacher Qin Ming, introduced Huang Long and Xiao Wu, and announced that she had come to withdraw from the academy.

Dugu Yan decided to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Huang Long and Ye Lingling after finding a path better suited to her. Yu Tianheng tried to stop her and challenged Huang Long, but when Huang Long questioned the point of the duel, Yu Tianheng lost his temper and attacked him.

• Dugu Yan announced she was withdrawing from school and invited Ye Lingling to go with her to find her grandfather.
• Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming tried to persuade Dugu Yan to stay, but she said she had chosen her own path.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng she knew he liked her, rejected him, and said she already liked someone else before taking Huang Long's hand.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Huang Long to a fight, claiming the winner would be qualified to date Dugu Yan.
• Huang Long pointed out that winning would not make Dugu Yan like Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianheng grew furious and attacked Huang Long with his dragon claw.

Huang Long overpowered Yu Tianheng in a fight at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, defeating him with physical strength and a single Dragon Fist. The three Education Committee members arrived and focused their Soul Power pressure on Huang Long, demanding that he kneel.

• Huang Long stopped Yu Tianheng’s attack with his bare hand and kicked him across the ground.
• Yu Tianheng used Thunderous Fury and Thunder Dragon Claw, but Huang Long shattered the attack with Dragon Fist and blasted him away.
• Ye Lingling warned Dugu Yan that the three Education Committee members had arrived.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin surrounded Huang Long, concentrated their Soul Power pressure on him, and ordered him to kneel.

Sea Maiden Douluo stopped Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education committee members from forcing Huang Long to kneel, and Huang Long spared them after Xue Qinghe intervened. Xue Qinghe met Huang Long and began to suspect he was connected to Spirit Hall, but Huang Long tried to leave before she could speak further.

• The three education committee members pressured Huang Long, but Sea Maiden Douluo revealed herself as a Titled Douluo and pinned them to the ground.
• Sea Maiden Douluo asked Huang Long whether she should kill the committee members, but he told her to let them go after they had been taught a lesson.
• Xue Qinghe arrived, introduced herself to Huang Long, and asked Sea Maiden Douluo to release the committee members.
• The committee members thanked Huang Long for sparing them, then carried the injured Yu Tianheng away for treatment.
• Huang Long said he and his companions had to leave, but Xue Qinghe called out to stop him.

Huang Long asked Xue Qinghe to help him borrow the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, revealing that it was connected to deities. Xue Qinghe could not grant access to the royal treasury and warned Huang Long that forcing entry would be extremely dangerous.

• Xue Qinghe stopped Huang Long and asked to become friends with him, then Huang Long sent Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, and Sea Maiden Douluo to handle the withdrawal procedures.
• Huang Long told Xue Qinghe that he was founding a high-level Soul Master Academy and planned for Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling to attend it.
• Huang Long asked Xue Qinghe to let him see the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, claiming it was connected to deities and noting the god-tier martial soul hidden within her.
• Xue Qinghe refused because only Emperor Xue Ye held the treasury key and explained that its defenses could trap anyone who tried to break in.
• Huang Long abandoned his idea of having Sea Dragon Douluo storm the palace after hearing how dangerous the treasury was.

Huang Long rejected Xue Qinghe’s invitation to help her seize power for now, then revealed that he knew her true identity as an angel. On the way back to Heaven Dou City, he told Ye Lingling that he would try to lift the curse on her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul.

• Huang Long decided not to force his way into the royal treasury or immediately join Xue Qinghe’s power struggle, and instead left the matter for later.
• Huang Long whispered “Until next time, little angel” to Xue Qinghe, stunning her by revealing that he knew her identity; she ordered her attendant not to attack him and his companions.
• Huang Long returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, and Sea Maiden Douluo, and explained that they planned to establish an academy.
• Huang Long told Ye Lingling that he was Bo Saixi’s direct disciple from Sea God Island, then promised to seek a way to lift the Nine Heart Begonia curse.

Huang Long and his companions returned to Heaven Dou City, welcomed Ye Renxin into their group, and officially named their new academy Vast Sea Academy. As they planned their next trip to Suotuo City, Yu Tianheng remained devastated at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after losing both Ye Lingling and their fight.

• On the way back to Heaven Dou City, Ye Lingling left her veil off after Xiao Wu and Sea Maiden Douluo praised her, and Dugu Yan teased her about Huang Long.
• At Benevolent Heart Clinic, Ye Renxin welcomed the group and asked Dugu Bo and Huang Long to take care of Ye Lingling.
• Huang Long declared that their academy would be called Vast Sea Academy, and he confirmed they would still go to Suotuo City to find someone and an External Soul Bone.
• Ye Renxin felt reassured by the group's warm atmosphere and went to prepare their first academy gathering dinner.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the three chief education committee members shut themselves away while Yu Tianheng brooded over Ye Lingling leaving with Huang Long and considered getting wine from his aunt.

Yu Tianheng woke at Blue Tyrant Academy and was beaten by Liu Erlong, who then dragged him off to confront the man who had defeated him. Meanwhile, Huang Long gave Ye Lingling an Emerald Immortal Lingzhi, and her Nine Heart Begonia began to transform as she absorbed it.

• Yu Tianheng woke with no memory of the night before, and Liu Erlong scolded him for drinking and despairing over Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianheng insulted Liu Erlong by bringing up her past, so she beat him and urged him to take Dugu Yan back by force.
• Yu Tianheng admitted he could not defeat Huang Long, and Liu Erlong dragged him out to find the man and avenge him.
• Huang Long explained that he wanted to establish a lasting Soul Master Academy, while Dugu Bo, Sea Dragon Douluo, and Sea Maiden Douluo went to find a location.
• Huang Long gave Ye Lingling an Emerald Immortal Lingzhi, which she consumed in hopes of transforming her Nine Heart Begonia and possibly lifting its curse.
• Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia appeared with golden roots, stem, branches, and leaves, radiating an imperial aura.

Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Heart Begonia Emperor, greatly improving her healing abilities and raising her Soul Power to level forty. As the group prepared to help her find a fourth Soul Ring, Liu Erlong arrived with Yu Tianheng and requested an audience with Poison Douluo, leaving Dugu Yan and the others worried about her intentions.

• Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia evolved into the Nine Heart Begonia Emperor, gaining stronger healing and the ability to heal mental injuries.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan and the others that she had reached level forty, and Huang Long offered Whale Rubber and suggested delaying her fourth Soul Ring hunt until they reached the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Tianheng requested an audience with Poison Douluo, prompting Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to suspect she had come over Yu Tianheng’s defeat.
• Huang Long calmly told Dugu Yan to welcome the visitors, and she went to the gate.

Liu Erlong brought Yu Tianheng to Dugu Bo’s residence so he could apologize to Dugu Yan, then learned that Huang Long was the youth who had defeated him. She accepted Huang Long’s invitation inside and, after he challenged her strength, vowed to beat him.

• Liu Erlong stopped Yu Tianheng from fleeing and insisted he apologize to Dugu Yan, though she still promised to find and fight the person who had beaten him.
• Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng’s apology and made clear that she had never wanted a relationship with him.
• Liu Erlong asked Dugu Yan to identify Yu Tianheng’s opponent, but Huang Long appeared and invited her inside.
• Liu Erlong sensed that her Fire Dragon martial soul feared Huang Long, then entered the residence with Yu Tianheng.
• Liu Erlong confronted Huang Long, and he said she might not be able to beat him, prompting her to threaten to beat him up.

Liu Erlong challenged Huang Long, but his Yinglong Martial Soul and domain suppressed her Fire Dragon and wounded her. She escalated with powerful fire attacks, and Huang Long froze the pillar of flame that engulfed him.

• Liu Erlong released her Fire Dragon Martial Soul and challenged Huang Long to fight.
• Huang Long revealed his Yinglong Martial Soul, whose dragon might forced Yu Tianheng to his knees.
• Huang Long activated Yinglong Domain, suppressing Liu Erlong’s beast Martial Soul and strengthening himself.
• Huang Long used Geng Metal Dragon Claw to wound Liu Erlong with five cuts across her chest.
• Liu Erlong unleashed Fire Dragon’s Wrath and Dragon Flame Hell, engulfing Huang Long in a pillar of fire.
• Huang Long used Frozen for Ten Thousand Miles to freeze the pillar of fire into ice.

Huang Long overwhelmed Liu Erlong with his ice, fire, and ranged attacks, leaving her unable to reach him in the air. After Liu Erlong ended her Martial Soul Avatar and refused to admit defeat, they agreed to settle the fight with one final punch and wagered that the loser would follow the winner’s arrangements for a day.

• Huang Long froze Liu Erlong’s fire attack, then countered her Fire Dragon Avatar with his own Dragon Flame and blasted her backward.
• Huang Long flew out of Liu Erlong’s reach and pelted her with elemental attacks while Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu watched.
• Liu Erlong dismissed her Martial Soul Avatar and complained that Huang Long’s flying tactics made the fight unfair.
• Huang Long proposed one final punch, wagering that Liu Erlong would follow his arrangements for a day if he won, while he would accept her demands if she won.
• Liu Erlong accepted the bet and gathered her Soul Power to withstand Huang Long’s punch.