Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong killed a ninety-thousand-year-old Earth Cave Demon Spider, but Dugu Feng captured a newly evolved Hundred-Thousand-Year Single-Horned Eel and fled underground. Bibi Dong had to choose between pursuing him and absorbing the spider's Spirit Ring before it disappeared.

• Bibi Dong had Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo restrain the Earth Cave Demon Spider with their Two-Level Static Domain, then killed it and prepared to absorb its Spirit Ring.
• Bibi Dong and the two Douluos sensed a powerful energy fluctuation coming from the Single-Horned Eel's territory.
• Dugu Feng used the Pill Bead and Tyrant Poison to subdue the newly evolved Hundred-Thousand-Year Single-Horned Eel and stored it in his cloth pouch.
• Dugu Feng froze the Single-Horned Eel with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then dug deep underground to escape Bibi Dong.
• Dugu Feng amplified the concealment of his Tyrant Poison and wondered whether Bibi Dong would pursue him or absorb the Earth Cave Demon Spider's Spirit Ring.

Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Bibi Dong searched Death Canyon for the evolved Single-Horned Eel, unaware that Dugu Feng had already escaped with it. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Dugu Feng killed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and began absorbing its spirit ring.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo found signs that the Single-Horned Eel had escaped underground, while Ghost Douluo reported finding nothing in Death Canyon.
• Bibi Dong used Demon Spider Summoning to search for the eel and discovered a human scent, but she and her Soul-Devouring Demon Spiders could not find it.
• Bibi Dong gave up the search and began absorbing the ninety-thousand-year spirit ring before it disappeared.
• Dugu Feng reached the Star Dou Great Forest with the frozen Single-Horned Eel and used Tyrant Poison to kill it.
• Dugu Feng summoned the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's spirit ring and endured its powerful energy and Soul Impact as he began absorbing it.

Dugu Feng successfully absorbed the Single-Horned Eel's Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, reaching the Soul Emperor realm and gaining a red Sixth Spirit Ring and a Torso Bone. The Torso Bone's energy clashed with his External Soul Bones, but the golden light from his forehead brought them into balance.

• Dugu Feng resisted the Single-Horned Eel's Soul Impact with his Spiritual Power and Jade Phosphor Scarlet Poison until its soul dispersed into his Sea of Spirit.
• Dugu Feng absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring as his body transformed and began surpassing human limits.
• Dugu Feng gained a red Sixth Spirit Ring and opened his eyes as a Soul Emperor.
• A Torso Bone emerged from the Single-Horned Eel's remains, with its horn becoming part of the bone.
• Dugu Feng's Eight Spider Lances and other External Soul Bone energies clashed with the Torso Bone until the golden light from his forehead calmed them.

Dugu Feng absorbed the Single-Horned Eel’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Torso Bone and spirit ring, gaining powerful new abilities and reaching Soul Power Level sixty-five. He sent the Jade Dragon Serpents to scout the Star Dou Great Forest and look for Xiao Wu.

• Dugu Feng discovered that the Torso Bone’s golden single horn let him unleash Slaughter of Three Thousand Worlds, a devastating beam attack.
• Dugu Feng learned that his Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring granted Eternal Wound and Undying Eel, which could negate a fatal strike.
• Dugu Feng realized his Soul Power had risen five levels to sixty-five and resolved to focus on the path of Ultimate Poison.
• The Jade Dragon Serpents asked Dugu Feng to let them scout the Star Dou Great Forest, and he told them to check whether Xiao Wu was there.

Dugu Feng wandered through the Star Dou Great Forest, then noticed Zhu Zhuqing fleeing from Dai Tianqing and the Star Luo Empire’s forces. At the forest’s core, an unseen presence provoked the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, sending both after it and throwing the area into chaos.

• Dugu Feng concealed himself as he explored the forest and devoured a Man Faced Demon Spider, a Nine Heavens Centipede, and a Jade Phosphorous Serpent over half a month.
• Dugu Feng sensed Zhu Zhuqing fleeing deeper into the forest and discovered Dai Tianqing pursuing her with the Star Luo Empire’s team.
• Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape discussed an unseen creature that had repeatedly landed on the Titan Giant Ape’s head and defecated there.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python emerged from the lake after sensing an intruder, but neither he nor the Titan Giant Ape could locate it.
• The unseen presence taunted Xiao Wu and the two giant soul beasts, prompting the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python to race after it and leaving the forest’s Core Area in chaos.

Xiao Wu rescued Zhu Zhuqing from the Star Luo Empire pursuers and brought her to safety in the Star Dou Great Forest. Dugu Feng secretly arranged their meeting so a pill bead would enter Xiao Wu, while the Titan Giant Ape protected them.

• The Titan Giant Ape found Zhu Zhuqing being hunted and sent Xiao Wu to meet her while it and the Sky Azure Bull Python dealt with the pursuers.
• Xiao Wu found Zhu Zhuqing, learned that Dai Mubai had led the Star Luo Imperial Family to track her down, and led her through the forest to a campsite.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing discussed the Five-Year Appointment and Zhu Zhuqing's plans to seek protection in the Heaven Dou Empire, then talked about Ning Rongrong and Dugu Feng.
• A pill bead left Zhu Zhuqing's body and entered Xiao Wu with her food, fulfilling Dugu Feng's plan to place Xiao Wu under his control.
• The Titan Giant Ape secretly guarded the two women and had already killed Dai Tianqing and the Star Luo soul masters pursuing Zhu Zhuqing.

Dugu Feng left the Star Dou Great Forest and hurried back to Heaven Dou City as its political tensions grew. There, the Four Attribute Clans were merging under Tai Tan, who recalled Tang Bo’s secret plan to preserve the Clear Sky Sect and prepare for Bibi Dong’s coming attacks.

• Dugu Feng left the Star Dou Great Forest and flew toward Heaven Dou City, worried about Xue Ye’s illness and the forces gathering in the capital.
• Tai Tan oversaw construction of the Strength Clan estate as Niu Gao’s Defense Clan members helped establish a base for the merging Four Attribute Clans.
• Tai Tan recalled that Tang Bo had secretly supported the affiliated clans and had ordered them to scatter when the Clear Sky Sect sealed its mountain gate.
• Tai Tan remembered Tang Bo’s plan to fake his death, secretly search for Tang Chen, and preserve the Clear Sky Sect’s strength while avoiding Spirit Hall.
• Tai Tan recalled receiving Tang Bo’s order to unite the Four Attribute Clans in Heaven Dou City and align them with the Heaven Dou Empire and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against Bibi Dong’s growing threat.

Tai Tan and Niu Gao weighed the risks of treating the gravely ill Emperor Xue Ye amid Heaven Dou’s succession struggle, suspecting the Crown Prince and Dugu Family were involved. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo confronted Dugu Shuo over his long concealment of Xue Ye’s poisoning.

• Tai Tan gathered the Four Attribute Clans in Heaven Dou City and strengthened ties with Prince Xue Xing and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Tai Tan told Niu Gao that Prince Xue Xing wanted Old Goat to treat Xue Ye, while Xue Qinghe opposed the plan and hinted that the Dugu Family supported him.
• Niu Gao warned that Xue Qinghe might let Xue Ye die to secure the throne, and Tai Tan decided to delay Old Goat’s treatment and consult Ning Fengzhi.
• Dugu Bo stormed into the Dugu Family Ancestral Hall to demand that Dugu Shuo explain why he had kept Xue Ye’s poisoning secret.

Dugu Bo confronted Dugu Shuo in the Ancestral Hall over his refusal to save the poisoned Emperor Xue Ye. Dugu Shuo pointed him toward Yang Wudi for the antidote and defended the Dugu Family’s strategy of staying low-profile while supporting the Crown Prince’s rise.

• Dugu Bo found Dugu Shuo cultivating in the Ancestral Hall and accused him of letting Xue Ye die.
• Dugu Shuo argued that Heaven Dou needed a vigorous emperor and that the Dugu Family should avoid getting involved in the succession struggle.
• Dugu Bo said he wanted to save Xue Ye out of gratitude to Prince Xue Xing and loyalty to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Dugu Shuo identified the poison as the Breaking Clan’s Seven-Colored Iridescence and told Dugu Bo to have Prince Xue Xing seek Yang Wudi in Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo accused Dugu Shuo of fearing Spirit Hall and urged him to expose the poisoning and join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect in treating Xue Ye.
• Dugu Shuo insisted the Crown Prince could strengthen Heaven Dou against Spirit Hall and revealed his preference for keeping the Dugu Family in the shadows while Dugu Feng grew stronger.

Dugu Bo confirmed to Prince Xue Xing that Xue Ye had been poisoned, but Dugu Shuo refused to help them confront the Crown Prince. After Prince Xue Xing stirred up public outrage, Dugu Feng returned to Heaven Dou City and went to meet Qian Renxue, determined to help her become Emperor and keep her from pursuing her Divine Position.

• Dugu Bo told Prince Xue Xing that Xue Ye had been poisoned with the Breaking Clan's secret Seven-Colored Iridescence, and Prince Xue Xing planned to seek Yang Wudi's help.
• Prince Xue Xing arranged for news of Xue Ye's poisoning to spread through Heaven Dou City, hoping public pressure would force Qian Renxue to let them enter the palace.
• Dugu Feng returned to Heaven Dou City, learned that Qian Renxue had taken control of the Imperial Palace and Prince Xue Xing was planning a counterattack, and chose to wait and see how she responded.
• Qian Renxue summoned Dugu Feng to the Crown Prince Residence, and he entered the palace using his Crown Prince Token.
• Dugu Feng decided to support Qian Renxue's rise to the throne and keep her busy with imperial affairs so she would not return to inherit her Divine Position.

Dugu Feng encouraged Qian Renxue to inherit the throne and pledged the Dugu Family's support, while Qian Renxue planned to move quickly against Prince Xue Xing's forces. Dugu Feng then visited Ge Long to secure his support, where his Soul Emperor strength impressed the Ge Family.

• Dugu Feng found Qian Renxue feigning distress and reassured her that he supported her inheriting the throne.
• Dugu Feng promised to seek Marshal Ge Long's support, and Qian Renxue discussed plans to secure the crown.
• After Dugu Feng left, Qian Renxue told Pufferfish Douluo to have the ministers support her and establish her authority as crown prince supervising the state.
• Dugu Feng went to the Ge Family and met Ge Ying and Ge Long.
• Ge Long and Ge Ying were astonished that Dugu Feng had reached the Soul Emperor realm.

Dugu Feng urged Ge Long to keep the army from backing Prince Xue Xing, who had mobilized troops to seize Yang Wudi and take him to treat Xue Ye. At the Strength Clan estate, Xue Qinghe arrived with reinforcements as Prince Xue Xing accused Yang Wudi’s clan of poisoning the emperor.

• Dugu Feng told Ge Long that the Dugu Family supported Xue Qinghe’s succession and asked him to prevent Prince Xue Xing from mobilizing the army.
• Ge Long agreed to keep Xue Xing from using the army, but learned that Xue Xing had obtained Xue Ye’s military tally and was marching on the Strength Clan with troops.
• Prince Xue Xing surrounded the Strength Clan estate and demanded that Yang Wudi come with him to detoxify Xue Ye.
• Tai Tan claimed Yang Wudi was injured and then agreed to summon him when Xue Xing threatened the clan.
• Qian Renxue arrived with troops and the Royal Soul Master Legion, while Prince Xue Xing accused Yang Wudi’s clan of poisoning Xue Ye and demanded that Yang Wudi treat him.

Qian Renxue tried to keep Prince Xue Xing from disrupting her plans while the Four Single Attribute Clans delayed him. Yang Wudi’s medicine unexpectedly triggered a severe poisoning, and Prince Xue Xing ordered an attack before he emerged.

• Qian Renxue argued that the empire’s stability mattered and said she would not stop Prince Xue Xing from having Xue Ye treated.
• Prince Xue Xing began a countdown as Tai Tan sent a warning into the manor, where Yang Wudi’s accumulated medicinal toxins flared up.
• Yang Wudi collapsed after taking a detoxifying medicine, and Tai Nuo carried him toward the entrance.
• Qian Renxue’s faint smile made Prince Xue Xing suspect Tai Tan had deceived him, so he ordered the crossbows to fire and Yang Wudi captured alive.
• Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Bai He used their Martial Souls and Godly Zhuge Crossbows to block the giant crossbow bolts.

Dugu Feng turned Prince Xue Xing’s attack on the Strength Clan into a political defeat, using Xue Beng’s poisoning to force Xue Xing and Dugu Bo to back down. The Four Single Attribute Clans suffered heavy casualties, while Qian Renxue and Dugu Feng emerged with greater influence.

• Heaven Dou Empire heavy crossbows fired three volleys into the Strength Clan’s estate, killing several Soul Masters before Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Bai He tried to protect the others.
• Ge Long arrived as a blue dragon and ordered the heavy infantry to withdraw, while Dugu Feng told Dugu Bo and Prince Xue Xing that Xue Beng had been poisoned.
• Dugu Feng warned Dugu Bo that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass would prevent him from using force, and Qian Renxue urged them to save Xue Beng.
• Dugu Bo agreed to go save Xue Beng, and Prince Xue Xing acknowledged defeat before leaving with him.
• Dugu Feng and Qian Renxue approached the Strength Clan’s estate as Dugu Feng revealed that he had triggered Yang Wudi’s poison with Tyrant Poison carried by the Jade Dragon Serpent.

After Prince Xue Xing’s attack on the Four Attribute Clans was stopped, Qian Renxue promised compensation and Dugu Feng helped restore order in Heaven Dou City. Dugu Feng then visited Ye Lingling, whom he had not seen for several years, and found her waiting without her usual veil.

• Yang Wudi emerged from the manor badly weakened by the Medicine Poison, while Tai Tan and the others saw the destruction and casualties caused by the Giant Crossbows.
• Qian Renxue ordered healing Spirit Masters to treat the wounded and promised the Four Attribute Clans compensation for their losses.
• Tai Tan thanked Dugu Feng and Ge Long for stopping the attack, and Dugu Feng welcomed the clans into Heaven Dou’s forces.
• Qian Renxue arranged for Ge Long to take control of the City Defense Army, and Dugu Feng urged her to ascend the throne quickly.
• Dugu Feng went to the Ye Residence and reunited with Ye Lingling, who appeared before him without a veil.

Dugu Feng reunited with Ye Lingling and brought her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he planned to help evolve her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and overcome its defect. The chapter ended with Dugu Feng and Ye Lingling entering the spring’s protected depths as his Tyrant Poison responded to the powerful energies.

• Dugu Feng visited Ye Lingling at Ye Residence and told her about his cultivation and the recent conflict involving the Heaven Dou imperial family.
• Dugu Feng proposed that Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul defect could be solved by triggering its mutation or evolution, and he took her to a place rich in plant essence.
• Dugu Feng and Ye Lingling traveled through Sunset Forest and flew to the mountaintop near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Feng used the energies of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to shield Ye Lingling as they descended into the spring.
• Dugu Feng’s Tyrant Poison grew active in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where its varied poisonous energies could strengthen and transform it.

Dugu Feng brought Ye Lingling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so she could cultivate in its purified energy, and their intimate time together strengthened her connection to the Nine Heart Begonia. The chapter left Ye Lingling about to take a Twin-Stem Immortal Lotus that might help her Martial Soul evolve.

• Dugu Feng showed Ye Lingling the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained that its purified energy was suitable for her cultivation.
• Dugu Feng took Ye Lingling into the spring and used his ice and fire power to protect them while she released her Nine Heart Begonia and absorbed the energy.
• Ye Lingling sensed that the energy was drawing her Martial Soul closer to something, and Dugu Feng identified a nearby Twin-Stem Immortal Lotus.
• Dugu Feng picked the Twin-Stem Immortal Lotus and urged Ye Lingling to swallow it in hopes of triggering her Martial Soul's evolution.

Dugu Feng helped Ye Lingling absorb the Twin Lotus, triggering a dramatic change in her Martial Soul and revealing an ancient restriction within her bloodline. Ye Lingling's Martial Soul evolved into the Saint Heart Twin Begonia, though further restrictions remained.

• Ye Lingling swallowed the Twin Lotus, and her Soul Power surged from level fifty-eight to level sixty as her Nine Heart Begonia began to grow a second flower.
• Ye Lingling fainted as the herb's energy clashed with a mysterious force in her bloodline and Spiritual Power, and Dugu Feng sensed that force was restricting her Martial Soul.
• Dugu Feng used the Twin Lotus's medicinal power and energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to wear down the restriction.
• The mysterious energy broke free of Dugu Feng's encirclement and merged into Ye Lingling's Martial Soul, transforming it into the Saint Heart Twin Begonia.
• An ancient consciousness said the first layer of restriction had been broken through external force and that further restrictions remained, then disappeared without answering Dugu Feng's questions.
• Dugu Feng carried Ye Lingling to his cave, put her to bed, and vowed to break any future restrictions on her Martial Soul.

Ye Lingling awakened after her martial soul evolved into the Saint Heart Twin Begonia and realized how deeply she cared for Dugu Feng. As they discussed the Ye Family’s bloodline restriction and the possibility of a divine ancestor, Ye Lingling resolved to uncover the curse and break it completely.

• Ye Lingling dreamed of a world without Dugu Feng, then broke through the restraints on her consciousness with her martial soul’s power.
• A mysterious voice warned that the restraint had been broken with external help and could not be broken again; Ye Lingling discovered her martial soul had evolved into the Saint Heart Twin Begonia.
• Ye Lingling woke and embraced Dugu Feng, and they spent the night together at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The next morning, Dugu Feng told Ye Lingling that a Deity might have placed the restriction on the Ye Family’s bloodline and explained his own divine trial.
• Ye Lingling vowed to investigate and shatter the restriction, then asked whether Dugu Feng had also helped Ning Rongrong evolve her martial soul.

Dugu Feng explained why he had kept Ye Lingling’s martial soul evolution secret, then helped her obtain a twenty-five-thousand-year Sixth Spirit Ring. Ye Lingling reached Soul Power Level 63 and discovered that her healing had become far more efficient and powerful.

• Dugu Feng told Ye Lingling that secrecy protected her from factions seeking the secret of martial soul evolution, and he wondered whether Ye Qingxin’s martial soul had evolved too.
• The Jade Dragon Serpents brought Ye Lingling a poisoned Time Butterfly, which they identified as a suitable Soul Beast for her Sixth Spirit Ring.
• Ye Lingling killed the Time Butterfly and absorbed its twenty-five-thousand-year spirit ring without difficulty.
• Ye Lingling became a Soul Emperor, and the Twin-Stem Immortal Lotus and the high-age ring raised her Soul Power to Level 63.
• Ye Lingling tested her healing spirit skill and found it used Soul Power far more efficiently and could heal more serious injuries.