Chapter Summaries

Three peaceful years passed as Dugu Feng’s divine power grew and the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall worked together to govern the continent. As Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Dugu Chi prepared for their Martial Soul Awakening, Ning Rongrong revealed that she knew Xiao Wu’s identity, leaving Zhu Zhuqing curious about the secret.

• Dugu Feng absorbed the continent’s Slaughter Qi, grew toward Half-step God King, and repeatedly defeated Qian Renxue in friendly fights.
• The Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall cooperated, unifying the continent under the empire while Spirit Hall focused on spirit masters and Soul Beast conservation.
• Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Dugu Chi turned six, and their upcoming Martial Soul Awakening became a major event in Heaven Dou City.
• At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu discussed the boys’ awakening and Xiao Wu’s plans to pursue cultivation with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu that she had learned her identity from Dugu Feng years earlier, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to ask what Xiao Wu’s identity was.

Xiao Wu revealed her identity as a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit and agreed to sacrifice herself to Dugu Lingyun in exchange for the promise of becoming a God Official. She also exposed Tang Hao’s plan to force her sacrifice for Tang San, leaving Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing furious.

• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing that she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and explained how Da Ming and Er Ming had helped save her and survived Bibi Dong’s attack.
• Ning Rongrong explained that soul beasts had been restricted after losing a war in the God Realm and promised to ask Dugu Feng to revive Xiao Wu as a God Official if she accompanied Dugu Lingyun on his journey.
• Xiao Wu willingly agreed to sacrifice herself for Dugu Lingyun and offered to persuade Da Ming and Er Ming to do the same.
• Xiao Wu revealed that Tang Hao had leaked her identity to Spirit Hall to force her to sacrifice herself for Tang San, just as he had manipulated Ah Yin.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong condemned Tang Hao for deceiving Xiao Wu and Ah Yin.

Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing discussed their hopes for the future and welcomed Dugu Lingyun after he finished bathing. Lingyun returned home with Ning Rongrong, nervous about his Martial Soul Awakening the next day and determined to awaken a powerful martial soul.

• Ning Rongrong comforted Xiao Wu as they discussed the Closed Hunting Season and their hopes of changing the fate of Soul Beasts in the God Realm.
• Zhu Zhuqing complained about rumors surrounding her and her sister, then vowed to search for a Godhead Inheritance with Zhuyun.
• Dugu Lingyun came out of the water, and Xiao Wu promised to stay by his side and protect him.
• Dugu Lingyun joked with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, making them laugh as they discussed his Martial Soul Awakening.
• Ning Rongrong took Dugu Lingyun home and reminded him that his family would watch his awakening the next day, while he privately hoped to avoid awakening a Support Martial Soul.

Dugu Ba attended his Martial Soul Awakening ceremony at the Imperial Palace, where he awakened two martial souls: Overlord Poison and Saint Heart Twin Begonia. The ceremony ended with his family and the gathered Soul Masters learning that he possessed Twin Martial Souls.

• Dugu Ba prepared for his awakening and traveled with his family on the Jade Dragon Serpent to the Imperial Palace.
• Dugu Feng arrived with his family and was welcomed by the Soul Masters gathered for the ceremony.
• Qian Renxue opened the ceremony and called Dugu Ba forward to awaken his martial soul.
• Dugu Ba first manifested the Overlord Poison Martial Soul as a Seven-Colored Pearl on his forehead.
• Dugu Ba then manifested the Saint Heart Twin Begonia in his right hand and announced that he had Twin Martial Souls.

Dugu Ba awakened Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, astonishing the crowd. Dugu Lingyun then began his own awakening and appeared to manifest a second Martial Soul as well.

• Dugu Ba revealed Twin Martial Souls, the mutated Overlord Poison and Saint Heart Twin Begonia, and his family celebrated his successful Bloodline inheritance.
• Dugu Ba tested his soul power and filled the Blue Crystal Ball, confirming Innate Full Soul Power.
• Dugu Lingyun approached his awakening under pressure from his elder brother’s results.
• Dugu Lingyun awakened the Overlord Poison Martial Soul, then golden light gathered in his raised hand as if a second Martial Soul were appearing.

Dugu Lingyun awakened the Nine Abyss Sky-Suppressing Pagoda, a second mutated Attack Martial Soul, and proved to have Innate Full Soul Power. Xue Chi's awakening then revealed a powerful martial soul mutation marked by six blazing Angel Wings.

• Dugu Lingyun awakened the Nine Abyss Sky-Suppressing Pagoda alongside Tyrant Poison, giving him Twin Martial Souls that were both Attack Martial Souls.
• Qian Renxue tested Dugu Lingyun and confirmed his Innate Full Soul Power, and he celebrated by embracing his family and friends.
• Dugu Lingyun teased Xue Chi before Xue Chi calmly began his Martial Soul Awakening.
• Qian Renxue used six Awakening Stones to awaken Xue Chi, and a mirror-clear bead bearing a flaming Angel Mark appeared between his eyebrows.
• Xue Chi's clothes burned away as six blazing Angel Wings burst from his back, astonishing everyone in the hall.

Xue Chi awakened the Blazing Angel martial soul and demonstrated Innate Level Twenty Full Spirit Power, astonishing everyone. As the Martial Soul Awakening ended, a fiery divine presence descended, and Feng Xiaotian suspected it was the Fire God.

• Xue Chi revealed that his mutated martial soul was the flame-patterned Blazing Angel, impressing Dugu Lingyun and reassuring Dugu Ba that their brotherhood would remain strong.
• Xue Chi's scorching power repeatedly burst the Blue Crystal Ball when he tried to measure his soul power.
• Dugu Feng declared that Xue Chi had Innate Level Twenty Full Spirit Power, making him the center of attention and leaving Dugu Ba and Dugu Lingyun stunned.
• Qian Renxue ended the Martial Soul Awakening and invited everyone to a banquet, but the hall suddenly glowed red and grew scorching hot.
• Feng Xiaotian sensed a divine fire attribute and suggested that the Fire God had descended, while Huo Wu wondered if the deity might grant Xue Chi an inheritance.

Xue Chi awakened the Blazing Angel Martial Soul and received the Fire God's Nine God Rank Trials, while Qian Renxue declared a national celebration. The family celebrated and planned the children’s spirit-ring hunt for a month later.

• The Fire God descended, chose Xue Chi as his inheritor, and began the Nine God Rank Trials, whose first task was absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Qian Renxue proclaimed the day Awakening Day and ordered a national celebration and rewards for the people.
• Dugu Ba and Dugu Lingyun learned that Xue Chi could already fly with his Blazing Angel wings, and he promised to carry them once he had adjusted to them.
• Ning Fengzhi raised the question of continuing the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda inheritance, and Dugu Feng and Ning Rongrong tacitly agreed to have another child who might inherit it.
• Ning Rongrong told the children they would hunt spirit rings in one month after practicing Soul Power and completing their final Body Tempering at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Feng brought his three sons to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for their final body-tempering session and prepared Drooping Silk Begonia for them to harvest on the next full-moon night. As the boys began practicing their Soul Power, Dugu Feng, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling discussed having more children.

• Dugu Feng took Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained that their final body tempering would give them an Ice Fire Golden Body.
• Dugu Feng showed the three boys Drooping Silk Begonia and explained how its Immortal Silk and Flower Nectar could strengthen their bodies and Soul Power.
• Ning Rongrong told the boys to practice controlling their Soul Power so they could harvest the Immortal Herb themselves in three days.
• Dugu Feng, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling watched the boys train and praised how mature they were.
• Dugu Feng proposed having more children, and Ning Rongrong eagerly agreed while Ye Lingling questioned whether she meant several.

Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi collected Immortal Silk and Flower Nectar with the Jade Dragon Serpent’s help, then underwent a painful Ice Fire Body Tempering while absorbing the herbs. Dugu Feng and the others expected the treatment and future soul rings to raise the brothers’ Soul Power Levels dramatically, while Dugu Feng assured Ning Rongrong that their foundation would prevent aftereffects.

• After three days without their parents, Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi decided to collect the Immortal Silk and Flower Nectar themselves, with help from the Jade Dragon Serpent.
• The three brothers gathered the Immortal Silk and Flower Nectar under the full moon and swallowed their portions.
• Dugu Feng drew the brothers into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot released energy to temper their bodies.
• Following Dugu Feng’s instructions, the brothers controlled their soul power and entered deep cultivation in the spring.
• Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling estimated how high the brothers’ Soul Power Levels could rise, and Dugu Feng assured Ning Rongrong that their tempered bodies gave them a solid foundation.

After the three brothers completed their training at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Feng took them to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Rings. Dugu Ba and Dugu Lingyun chose which of their Martial Souls to cultivate first, and the family arrived to meet Xiao Wu and the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi emerged from the water after more than twenty days of body tempering and Immortal Herb absorption, stronger and taller than before.
• Dugu Feng led the three brothers, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Spirit Rings.
• Dugu Ba chose to cultivate the Overlord Poison Martial Soul first because he planned to unite its Poison Attribute with the life energy of his Saint Heart Twin Begonia.
• Dugu Lingyun chose the Nine Abyss Sky-Suppressing Pagoda, while Ning Rongrong teased him for choosing it because he thought it looked cool.
• Dugu Feng met Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python at the forest lake; the two soul beasts greeted him as the Asura God.
• Xiao Wu joined Ning Rongrong and told Dugu Lingyun she was there to accompany the children as they grew.

Xiao Wu prepared to Sacrifice herself as Dugu Lingyun’s First Soul Ring, but the Sea God Divine Sense emerged from the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and offered him the Sea God inheritance instead. Dugu Lingyun accepted the Sea God’s Heart and received the Sea God Nine Trials, while Dugu Ba resolved to follow his own path.

• Dugu Lingyun realized Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast who had undergone Humanoid Transformation, and Xiao Wu explained that she would Sacrifice herself to become his First Soul Ring so he could revive her after becoming a god.
• Xiao Wu asked Dugu Lingyun to release his First Martial Soul, but Dugu Feng’s body glowed and the Sea God Divine Sense emerged from the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• The Sea God Divine Sense chose Dugu Lingyun as his inheritor and told him to place his blood on the Sea God’s Heart.
• Dugu Lingyun accepted the Sea God’s Heart and learned that his First Sea God Trial required him to possess one Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, matching Xiao Wu’s planned Sacrifice.
• Dugu Lingyun congratulated his eldest brother Dugu Ba in an attempt to ease his disappointment, and Dugu Ba resolved to pursue his own path of poison and life.

Dugu Lingyun, Dugu Ba, and Xue Chi absorbed sacrifices from Xiao Wu, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape, gaining powerful soul rings, Soul Bones, and energy. After seven days, Dugu Ba reached level twenty and began absorbing a thirty-thousand-year Jade Phosphorous Serpent as his Second Spirit Ring.

• Xiao Wu began sacrificing herself to Dugu Lingyun while Da Ming and Er Ming prepared to sacrifice themselves to Dugu Ba and Xue Chi.
• Xiao Wu guided her sacrifice into Dugu Lingyun, who gained a red Soul Ring, a left arm Soul Bone, and vast increases in Soul Power and spiritual strength.
• Da Ming sacrificed himself to Dugu Ba and Er Ming sacrificed himself to Xue Chi, and both brothers gained Soul Bones and red Soul Rings.
• Seven days later, Dugu Ba's first Soul Ring finished contracting, and he announced that he had reached level twenty.
• Dugu Feng showed Dugu Ba a poisoned thirty-thousand-year Jade Phosphorous Serpent prepared for his Second Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Ba killed the serpent and began absorbing its violent black energy without fear.

Dugu Feng guided his three sons through absorbing consecutive spirit rings, and they reached level 50 after three days of rapid advancement. The brothers then began absorbing their fifth spirit rings, aiming to break through to Soul King.

• Dugu Lingyun summoned Xiao Wu's spirit body from his first spirit ring and then began absorbing a second ring from the Blood Demon Berserk Bear.
• Dugu Ba and Xue Chi began absorbing their second spirit rings from a Jade Dragon Serpent and a Fire Winged Divine Bird, respectively.
• Over the next six days, the brothers absorbed their third and fourth spirit rings while Dugu Feng reassured Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling that their progress was safe.
• Dugu Feng revealed an eighty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger among the three soul beasts prepared for the brothers' fifth spirit rings.
• After reaching level 50, Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi each chose a soul beast and began absorbing a fifth spirit ring.

Dugu Ba and his brothers completed their Fifth Spirit Ring absorption and reached Soul Emperor, while Dugu Ba gained an External Soul Bone and the Spider God Nine Trials. The chapter ended with all three brothers beginning to absorb God Bestowed Spirit Rings in pursuit of Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.

• Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi endured dangerous Fifth Spirit Ring absorption and rose to Soul Emperor.
• Eight purple spider legs grew from Dugu Ba's back, forming an External Soul Bone.
• Dugu Ba received the Spider God Nine Trials and learned he had already passed the first trial.
• Dugu Feng encouraged Dugu Ba to treat the God Trial as training and decide for himself whether to inherit a divine position.
• The brothers received God Bestowed Spirit Rings as rewards for completing their first trials and began absorbing them.

Dugu Feng sent his three six-year-old sons, Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi, to Sea God Island after they absorbed powerful spirit rings and reached Soul Emperor. The brothers traveled on their own across the continent and set sail toward the island, eager to begin their training.

• Dugu Feng told Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling that he would send the three brothers to Sea God Island after they finished absorbing their spirit rings.
• The three brothers completed their absorption with six spirit rings each, including two Hundred-Thousand-Year rings, and Dugu Feng instructed them to head to Sea God Island.
• Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi compared their cultivation levels, with Xue Chi revealing he had reached Level Sixty-Nine thanks to his Infernal Delicate Apricot and Little Fire.
• The brothers traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest without their parents' protection and emerged a month later, nearly one meter seventy tall.
• The three brothers rented a boat and crossed the West Sea, growing more eager to reach Sea God Island and start training.

Xiao Bai sensed the Sea God's power approaching Sea God Island and learned that Dugu Lingyun had come to accept the Sea God's trial with the Sea God's Heart. Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo gathered to assess the Asura God's son as the Sea God's successor.

• Xiao Bai complained about the quiet island and blamed Dugu Feng for taking the Sea God's Heart and preventing Bo Saixi from inheriting the Sea God’s position.
• Xiao Bai and Bo Saixi sensed the Sea God's power drawing near, then saw a flying Soul Master arrive with Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi.
• Dugu Lingyun showed Xiao Bai the Sea God's Heart and said he had gained the Sea God's recognition and come to accept the Sea God's trial.
• Xiao Bai realized Dugu Lingyun was Ning Rongrong's son and understood that he was also the Asura God's son.
• Xiao Bai brought Dugu Lingyun and his brothers to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo and Bo Saixi awaited them.

Dugu Lingyun underwent the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar test and was recognized as the Sea God's successor. Tang San realized that Dugu Feng had become the enemy he believed had taken everything from him, and he sank into despair.

• Xiao Bai questioned how Dugu Lingyun and his brothers could be six-year-old Soul Emperors, and Dugu Lingyun claimed a six-year-old Soul Sage might soon appear.
• Dugu Lingyun approached the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, whose red light joined beams from the other six pillars and formed a golden light that marked him as the Sea God's successor.
• Dugu Lingyun revealed a golden Trident Mark and displayed six spirit rings, including two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Tang San recognized Dugu Lingyun's first red spirit ring as Xiao Wu's, while Tang Hao recognized it too, and Tang Xiao restrained Tang San before greeting the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo.
• Tang San recalled how Dugu Feng had once helped him and the Clear Sky Sect, then concluded that Dugu Feng had secretly taken the godhood, Xiao Wu, and the recognition he believed should have been his.

Dugu Ba and Xue Chi received Top Seven Trials alongside Dugu Lingyun’s Sea God Nine Trials, and the three brothers rapidly advanced through Sea God Island’s first three assessments. After becoming Titled Douluo, they outgrew the island’s trial supervisors, leaving their remaining combat assessments in question.

• Dugu Ba and Xue Chi each drew Top Seven Trials, and Bo Saixi assigned Xiao Bai to guide the brothers through their assessments.
• Xue Chi completed the Sea God’s Light trial first, reaching rank eighty-six, while Dugu Ba and Dugu Lingyun rose to rank seventy-nine.
• The brothers passed the Ring Sea trial in three months, and Dugu Ba and Dugu Lingyun reached rank eighty-five after absorbing God Bestowed Spirit Rings.
• The brothers spent a year on Tidal Body Training, then received rewards from the Sea God, Fire God, and Spider God and advanced to the Titled Douluo realm.
• Dugu Ba, Dugu Lingyun, and Xue Chi reached soul power levels ninety-two, ninety-two, and ninety-three, leaving Xiao Bai and the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo unable to conduct their remaining combat trials.

Dugu Lingyun and his brothers prepared for the Fourth Trial, and Tang San, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao volunteered to fight them as examiners. Lingyun suspected the Clear Sky Sect trio had ulterior motives and confronted Tang Hao about Xiao Wu’s sacrifice, ending the chapter by secretly urging his brothers to strike decisively.

• Bo Saixi considered replacing the ordinary Soul Beast hunt with a more challenging trial for the three brothers, and Tang San, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao offered to test them.
• Dugu Lingyun accepted Tang San’s offer, while Dugu Ba and Xue Chi agreed to face Tang Xiao and Tang Hao despite suspecting the Clear Sky Sect trio’s intentions.
• Bo Saixi sensed unusual Spiritual Power fluctuations and watched closely, ready to intervene if the fight put Dugu Lingyun in danger.
• Before the battle began, Dugu Lingyun asked Tang Hao whether he had intended for Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself for Tang San, and Tang Hao denied it.
• Dugu Lingyun questioned how Spirit Hall had discovered Xiao Wu’s identity and secretly told his brothers to attack cleanly and decisively.