Chapter Summaries

After Yue Guan and Gui Mei vanished while trying to ambush Dugu Bo, Qian Xunji learned that Dugu Bo had become a Titled Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and sent Tuoba Xuanfeng to investigate. Tuoba Xuanfeng confronted Dugu Bo at the Dugu Family residence and summoned his Storm Greatsword, leaving a storm domain raging as their fight began.

• Qian Xunji learned that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had disappeared with his sixty million Gold Soul Coins and ordered Silver Pestle to investigate.
• Silver Pestle reported that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had likely died trying to ambush Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji ordered Tuoba Xuanfeng to test Dugu Bo's strength in Heaven Dou City without acting rashly.
• Xia Mu and Ye Renxin discussed Tuoba Xuanfeng's level-ninety-three strength and Storm Greatsword while Dugu Bo declared himself invincible among peers below level ninety-five.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng confronted Dugu Bo, demanded an explanation for Yue Guan and Gui Mei's deaths, and summoned his Storm Greatsword.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng activated the Storm Greatsword's Talent Domain, Storm Manifestation, creating a powerful tornado around the Dugu Family residence.

Dugu Bo lured Tuoba Xuanfeng away from Heaven Dou City and defeated him in a clash of domains and soul skills. Yue Guan and Gui Mei trapped Tuoba Xuanfeng for Xia Mu, who captured him alive and promised to reward the two former Spirit Hall elders.

• Dugu Bo and Tuoba Xuanfeng flew to Sunset Forest to fight without endangering civilians.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng unfolded his Celestial Phenomenon Domain, and Dugu Bo countered with his Blazing Sun Poison Domain.
• Dugu Bo struck Tuoba Xuanfeng with Explosive Dragon Starfall and Blazing Sun Divine Light, shattering his Whirling Wind Sword Wheel and grievously wounding him.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei trapped Tuoba Xuanfeng with the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain and revealed they served a different master.
• Xia Mu knocked Tuoba Xuanfeng unconscious, stored him in the Hundred Treasures Pouch, and praised Yue Guan and Gui Mei for proving their loyalty.

At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Xia Mu rewarded Yue Guan and Gui Mei with rare treasures, helping Gui Mei become a Titled Douluo. After Ye Renxin healed Tuoba Xuanfeng, Tuoba submitted to Xia Mu and received a Ten-Thousand-Year Medicine King.

• Xia Mu rewarded Yue Guan with an eighty-seven-thousand-year Velvet Vajra Chrysanthemum and a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum sapling, then gave Gui Mei a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Charming Rabbit embryo.
• Gui Mei killed Xiao Wu, absorbed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone and Soul Ring, and advanced to peak Rank Ninety-Three with powerful new abilities.
• Yue Guan celebrated Gui Mei's breakthrough, while Tuoba Xuanfeng watched Xia Mu's lavish rewards and began to reconsider his allegiance.
• Xia Mu asked Ye Renxin to heal Tuoba Xuanfeng, and Ye Renxin revealed that he had become a Titled Douluo before restoring Tuoba to full health.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng bowed to Xia Mu and submitted, and Xia Mu rewarded him with a Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Grade Dragon Lingzhi.

At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Xia Mu gave Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Tuoba Xuanfeng Life Gold, and Tuoba Xuanfeng also consumed the Nine-Grade Dragon Lingzhi, awakening his Storm Dragon sword soul. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji learned Tuoba Xuanfeng was missing and decided to absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to advance his cultivation.

• Yue Guan offered to use his Martial Soul to stimulate the Immortal Herbs, and Xia Mu allowed him as long as he did not damage them.
• Xia Mu gave pieces of Life Gold to Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Tuoba Xuanfeng, explaining how it could benefit each of them.
• Yue Guan strengthened his Martial Soul with the Life Gold, while Gui Mei recovered his vitality and returned to normal.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng refined the Nine-Grade Dragon Lingzhi and Life Gold, awakened his Storm Dragon sword soul, and swore loyalty to Xia Mu.
• Qian Xunji angrily questioned Golden Bell and Silver Pestle about Tuoba Xuanfeng's disappearance and learned he had gone after Dugu Bo.
• Qian Xunji decided to absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones from Spirit Hall's treasury to help himself reach rank ninety.

After reaching level ninety, Qian Xunji obtained his ninth Soul Ring from a Holy Light Heavenly Dragon Horse, while Xia Mu celebrated his wedding to six talented women. At the wedding, Yue Guan and Gui Mei discussed their cultivation prospects and Yue Guan’s plan to transform his Velvet Vajra Chrysanthemum.

• Qian Xunji learned that Golden Bell and Silver Pestle had failed to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then hunted a ninety-thousand-year Holy Light Heavenly Dragon Horse and gained the Angel's Glory Soul Skill.
• A year and a half later, Xia Mu’s residence was decorated for his wedding to Ye Ziyi, Shui Qingwu, Zhu Qingyue, Liu Erlong, Ling Yuan, and Nan Boer.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei discussed the six brides’ talent and potential to become Peerless Douluo after consuming Peerless Immortal Herbs.
• Yue Guan explained that he planned to use his Martial Soul and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to transform his Velvet Vajra Chrysanthemum into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Immortal Herb.
• Gui Mei said he was nearing level ninety-four, while Yue Guan predicted that obtaining his ninth Soul Ring might let him break through to level ninety-five.

Xia Mu's wedding was interrupted by Yu Luomian, who failed to stop Liu Erlong from marrying into the Xia Family. The next day, Xia Mu oversaw Yue Guan's transformation and sacrifice of a hundred-thousand-year Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, leaving Yue Guan with new powers and a torso bone to absorb.

• Prince Snow Star brought Xue Ye's congratulations and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Xia Mu's wedding.
• Yu Luomian confronted Liu Erlong for marrying without his permission, but she rejected his authority and severed ties with him.
• Dugu Bo, Ye Renxin, Xia Feng, Liu Yuer, and other powerful figures deterred Yu Luomian from disrupting the wedding.
• Xia Mu visited Yue Guan at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and authorized him to use essence from the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Yue Guan transformed his hundred-thousand-year Velvet Vajra Chrysanthemum into a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and accepted its sacrifice.
• Yue Guan reached level ninety-three, gained two hundred-thousand-year soul skills, including Small Velvet Golden Chrysanthemum, and received a hundred-thousand-year torso bone.

After Yue Guan advanced to rank ninety-four, Xia Mu left him and Gui Mei to guard the Immortal Herbs while he prepared to take his family and allies to Sea God Island. The group set sail from Vast Sea City, where Xia Mu discovered a two-hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King in their path.

• Yue Guan absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum's torso bone and reached rank ninety-four, then agreed to guard the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with Gui Mei.
• Xia Mu gave Shui Qingwu the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and she awakened the Sea God's inheritance and received a trial on Sea God Island.
• Xia Mu gathered his family and allies, left Heaven Dou City at night, and reached his former home in Vast Sea City.
• The group chartered a ship and set sail for Sea God Island the next morning.
• Xia Mu spotted a two-hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King ahead and realized it was an evil beast far stronger than the Demon Soul Great White Shark.

Xia Mu froze the sea and killed the Evil Orca King with his Ice Demon Seven-Sword Kill, then absorbed its Soul Ring and Soul Bone. As his group collected the spoils, Bo Saixi appeared and asked whether they had killed the Evil Orca King.

• Xia Mu froze the surrounding sea with Frozen River Extremity and trapped the Evil Orca King.
• Xia Mu killed the Evil Orca King with Ice Demon Seven-Sword Kill after overpowering its counterattacks.
• Xia Mu absorbed the Evil Orca King's Soul Ring, reached level ninety-eight Soul Power, and gained two Soul Skills.
• Xia Mu collected the Evil Orca King's Whale Glue, Whale Pearl, and right leg bone, then had his companions salvage the other Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng reported that the group had found seventeen pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and an eighty-nine-thousand-year left arm bone.
• Bo Saixi appeared from the sea and asked whether Xia Mu and his companions had killed the Evil Orca King.

Xia Mu and his companions reached Sea God Island after meeting its High Priestess, Bo Saixi, and gaining permission to visit. Sea Dragon Douluo welcomed them to Sea Dragon City, where they learned that the Sacred Pillars’ trials could offer powerful rewards.

• Bo Saixi questioned Xia Mu and his companions, and Xia Mu explained that he knew her reputation as the High Priestess who had defeated the Clear Sky Douluo and Angel Douluo.
• Bo Saixi restored the frozen sea and allowed the group to visit Sea God Island, warning them not to cause trouble.
• Xia Mu told his companions that Sea God trials could raise their Soul Power and Soul Ring ages, and urged Tuoba Xuanfeng to seek a chance to upgrade his ninth Soul Ring.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the other six Sacred Pillar guardians welcomed the group and escorted them to Sea Dragon City.
• Sea Dragon Douluo showed the group the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar and explained that passing its trial had earned him his Titled Douluo rank and a place as a future consecrated guardian.

Xia Feng and his companions underwent the Sea God trials on Sea God Island, earning exceptionally high trial ranks. Shui Qingwu received the Sea God’s Nine Trials, putting Bo Saixi’s life at risk if Shui Qingwu pursued godhood.

• Sea Dragon Douluo explained the trial ranks, and Xia Feng decided that his group would take the assessments to train on Sea God Island.
• Xia Feng received the Red-Level Eight Trial, and Liu Yuer received the Red-Level Seven Trial.
• Tuoba Xuanfeng received Black-Level Six Trials, while Xia Mu decided the trials would not help him complete the Soul Rings of his second Martial Soul.
• Xia Mu’s wives and companions received trials ranging from Black-Level Four to Red-Level Seven.
• Shui Qingwu received the Sea God’s Nine Trials, and Bo Saixi realized that Shui Qingwu’s ascension could require her sacrifice.

Xia Mu declined a Sea God Trial and learned from Bo Saixi how the three stages of Peerless Douluo prepare a Soul Master for godhood. After arranging Sea God Island’s ranks and urging his companions to complete their trials, he prepared to return to Heaven Dou City and pursue his next plans.

• Xia Mu refused Bo Saixi’s offer of a God Trial, explaining that Soul Ring rewards and extra Soul Power would not help him reach godhood.
• Bo Saixi explained that Quasi-Demigods convert Soul Power into Divine Power, Demigods transform Martial Soul Origins into Rule Authority, and Quasi-Gods forge six Soul Bones into Destiny Divine Battle Armor.
• Xia Mu connected Bo Saixi’s explanation to his Yin-Yang Complementary Twin Soul Cores and decided that a third Soul Core would be essential to his path to godhood.
• Bo Saixi declared Shui Qingwu the future master of Sea God Island and ordered the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo to honor Red-Level and Black-Level assessment recipients according to their ranks.
• Xia Mu told Ling Yuan and the others that he would return to Heaven Dou City, while his wives and recruited prodigies promised to pursue their God Trials.

Xia Mu prepared his companions for the God Trials by giving them Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and explaining how Sea God Island's Divine Ascension Stairway could strengthen their bodies. He brought Dugu Xin and Feng Yansha to Sea God Island, while Dugu Bo celebrated their prospects and Gu Rong urged Ning Fengzhi to consider killing Ye Renxin.

• Xia Mu warned his six companions about the dangers of Black-Level Assessments and explained that God-Bestowed Soul Rings could grant them powerful Soul Rings without hunting Soul Beasts.
• Xia Mu gave twelve companions Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, then told them the Divine Ascension Stairway could help them digest it and temper their bodies.
• Xia Mu returned to Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Bo reported that the Dugu Family was thriving and that he had captured Tuoba Xuanfeng after defeating Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum Ghost Elders.
• Dugu Bo summoned Dugu Xin and Feng Yansha, and Xia Mu took them to Sea God Island for training.
• Dugu Bo resolved to share the news with Ye Renxin, while Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi that Ye Renxin had reached the Soul Douluo realm and asked whether they should kill him.

Ning Fengzhi ordered Gu Rong to deal with Ye Renxin, fearing the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan would take the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s standing as the greatest support Martial Soul. On Sea God Island, Xia Mu welcomed Xiao Bai’s prank offering of Spirit-Rhyme Sea Urchins, gained more for his friends, and prepared to wait for the Blue Silver Emperor to appear.

• Ning Fengzhi, jealous and apprehensive about Ye Renxin’s potential, sent Gu Rong down the mountain under the pretext of helping him break through to Titled Douluo.
• Xia Mu released two elders in Sea Dragon City, and Sea Dragon Douluo assigned them Black-Level Four Trials.
• Xiao Bai gave Xia Mu a Spirit-Rhyme Sea Urchin as a prank and explained its benefits to Soul Beasts.
• Xia Mu swallowed the raw sea urchin, increased his mental power, and asked Xiao Bai for more to share with his friends.
• Xiao Bai gave Xia Mu a large supply of Spirit-Rhyme Sea Urchins, and he reflected that he now only needed to wait for the Blue Silver Emperor to appear.

Gu Rong attacked Ye Renxin to seize his Soul Bones, but Dugu Bo arrived and defeated him. After Xia Mu returned, he wanted to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ye Renxin warned that doing so could turn the other sects and Spirit Hall against them.

• Gu Rong attacked Ye Renxin in the Ye Family estate, hoping to take his five Soul Bones and break through to Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo arrived, recognized Gu Rong, and defeated him with his Explosive Flame Dragon Bullet.
• Dugu Bo ordered Ye Renxin to keep Gu Rong alive until Xia Mu returned and declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would pay for the attack.
• Ye Renxin healed Gu Rong, who realized that Ning Fengzhi had sent him after Soul Bones because he had stalled at level eighty-eight.
• Xia Mu returned and proposed summoning Chrysanthemum and Ghost to purge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Ye Renxin urged caution over the risk of a wider conflict.

Xia Mu and Dugu Bo decided to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect pay for Gu Rong’s attempted assassination of Ye Renxin, while Xia Mu gave Ye Renxin a powerful Soul Bone. After absorbing it, Ye Renxin reached level ninety-two and discovered that his Martial Soul Bone Armor Avatar could develop into Destiny Divine Battle Armor.

• Dugu Bo suggested taking Ye Renxin to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to demand compensation, and Xia Mu agreed to seek two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and five hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xia Mu gave Ye Renxin an eighty-nine-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca Left Arm Bone, and Dugu Bo urged Ye Renxin to accept it so he could protect himself.
• Ye Renxin absorbed the Soul Bone over four hours, reached level ninety-two, and formed a Martial Soul Bone Armor Avatar from his six Soul Bones.
• Xia Mu recognized the avatar as the embryonic form of Destiny Divine Battle Armor and reflected that it needed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Torso Bone or Skull to develop properly.
• Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin celebrated their respective paths toward Demigod, through Dugu Bo’s Destiny Divine Core Pearl and Ye Renxin’s Martial Soul Bone Armor Avatar.

Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin confronted Ning Fengzhi over Gu Rong’s attempted assassination of Ye Renxin and demanded compensation from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Outmatched by the two Titled Douluo, Ning Fengzhi paid them before they returned Gu Rong and departed, while secretly swearing revenge.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to prepare for battle, but its protectors urged him not to face Dugu Bo without its strongest fighters.
• Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin arrived at the sect and accused Ning Fengzhi of sending Gu Rong to assassinate Ye Renxin.
• Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin revealed their Titled Douluo strength and threatened to destroy the sect unless it compensated them.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to pay five Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and one billion Gold Soul Coins, and Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin inspected the payment.
• Dugu Bo returned Gu Rong to Ning Fengzhi and warned him not to let such an incident happen again before flying away with Ye Renxin.
• Ning Fengzhi watched them depart and swore to kill them both.

After Ning Fengzhi surrendered one billion Gold Soul Coins and five Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, Xia Mu returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and distributed the bones among his companions. He gave Yue Guan and Gui Mei Soul Bones to help them reach rank ninety-five, while Dugu Bo chose the rare Nether Python Trunk Bone and Ye Renxin declined a bone.

• Dugu Bo, Ye Renxin, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei discussed the spoils from Ning Fengzhi and agreed not to move against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect yet.
• Xia Mu led the group back to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with the five Soul Bones.
• Dugu Bo chose the fifty-nine-thousand-year Nether Python Trunk Bone, Gui Mei requested the Ghost Tiger Right Leg Bone, and Yue Guan selected the Void Heaven Sunflower head bone.
• Ye Renxin explained that his Soul Bone slots were full after absorbing an eighty-nine-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca Left Arm Bone.
• Xia Mu gave Gui Mei the Ghost Leopard Left Leg Bone and Yue Guan the Purple Radiant Bamboo Right Leg Bone, urging them to break through to rank ninety-five.

Xia Mu led Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Ye Renxin on a hunt through Sunset Forest to test whether a Soul Beast’s resentment and Soul Core could produce a Soul Bone. After the group killed a Blood Demon Spider Emperor and Dugu Bo broke through again, Bibi Dong and her guards approached Undead Canyon and sensed the disturbance.

• After absorbing their new Soul Bones, Dugu Bo advanced to level ninety-four, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei reached level ninety-five.
• Xia Mu proposed hunting spider emperors in Sunset Forest, and the group spent half a year killing twelve powerful spiders and collecting eight Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Xia Mu confirmed his theory when a tormented Man Faced Demon Spider Emperor yielded a Soul Bone, then led the group to Undead Canyon to hunt a Blood Demon Spider Emperor.
• The group killed the fifty-six-thousand-year Blood Demon Spider Emperor, and Dugu Bo absorbed its Left Arm Bone and broke through again.
• She Long and Ci Xue sensed the Soul Power disturbance in Undead Canyon and moved to protect Bibi Dong.

Xia Mu’s group confronted Spirit Hall’s She Long and Ci Xue, who had come with Bibi Dong. Yue Guan and Gui Mei revealed they had left Spirit Hall, while Dugu Bo and Yue Guan showed their Super Douluo strength and Gui Mei subdued the two newcomers.

• She Long and Ci Xue arrived with Bibi Dong, and Xia Mu recognized that Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones had likely helped them reach the Titled Douluo realm.
• Yue Guan told She Long that he and Gui Mei had left Spirit Hall and explained that its leaders had failed to reward their years of service.
• She Long demanded that Yue Guan and Gui Mei return to Spirit Hall, prompting Dugu Bo to release his Martial Soul and reveal his level ninety-five Super Douluo strength.
• Yue Guan also revealed himself as a Super Douluo and blocked She Long’s escape.
• Gui Mei subdued She Long and Ci Xue, while Ci Xue urged Bibi Dong to flee; Gui Mei’s completed Soul Bone set had made him a level ninety-six Titled Douluo.

Xia Mu revealed Bibi Dong’s hidden second Martial Soul and his own overwhelming strength after Dugu Bo captured her. He decided to keep Bibi Dong and take her to hunt a sixth Soul Ring from a sixty-thousand-year Purple-Winged Demon Spider Emperor.

• Dugu Bo asked Xia Mu how to deal with the captured Bibi Dong after knocking She Long and Ci Xue unconscious.
• Xia Mu confirmed his identity and deduced that Bibi Dong possessed a second Martial Soul, the Soul-Eater Spider Emperor.
• Yue Guan corrected Bibi Dong’s assumption that Xia Mu was a Theoretical Soul Master and said he was an Assault-Type Combat Soul Master.
• Xia Mu revealed his nine Soul Rings and identified himself as a level-ninety-eight Titled Douluo, leaving Bibi Dong stunned.
• Xia Mu warned Bibi Dong not to escape and decided to take her to hunt a sixth Soul Ring from a sixty-thousand-year Purple-Winged Demon Spider Emperor.