Li Long

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Li Long (李龙)
Alias(es)	Holy Son of Spirit Hall; Pope Qian Shengyuan's personal disciple; Captain of Spirit Academy's tournament team; Dragon God Douluo
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Spirit Hall; Papal Palace; Spirit Academy
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Holy Son of Spirit Hall; Spirit Academy team captain; Titled Douluo
Martial Soul	Dragon Emperor Rod, evolved from the Iron Staff / Iron Rod
Innate Soul Power	Level 10, originally level 3 before his Martial Soul evolution
Current Soul Power	Level 94 — Nine-Ring Titled Douluo
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 10	1	Reached after three and a half years of cultivation from innate level-three soul power; became eligible for his first soul hunt.
Level 13 — One-Ring Soul Master	3	Absorbed a 500-year Mighty Vajra soul ring, exceeding the accepted 423-year first-ring limit; gained Mighty Vajra Staff.
Level 15	8	Broke through following a C-rank hunt against a hundred-year Berserk Boar.
Level 20	12	Reached the second-ring bottleneck after six months of training and C-rank missions.
Level 24 — Two-Ring Grand Soul Master	24	Absorbed a thousand-year Gale Giant Ape soul ring; gained Gale Giant Force.
Level 25	28	Reached during the first month of seclusion through medicinal baths and the Metal-Attribute Soul Power Guidance Method.
Level 26	28	Began integrating his guidance method into combat training.
Level 27	28	Added weighted soul power circulation training.
Level 28	28	His meridians and soul power circulation underwent a marked qualitative improvement.
Level 29	28	Encountered and later overcame a bottleneck after following Qian Shengyuan's advice to temporarily focus on body training.
Level 30	28	Completed half a year of seclusion and became eligible for a third soul ring.
Level 34 — Three-Ring Soul Elder	31	Absorbed a 6,500-year Titan Giant Ape subspecies soul ring and gained Titan Force.
Level 35	40 42	Broke through after using ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber for body tempering, confirming the rapid cultivation pace Qian Shengyuan identifies as late-bloomer talent.
Level 36	48	Stabilized this level before departing Spirit City with Qian Yaoting.
Level 40 — Four-Ring Bottleneck	61	Reached the fourth-ring threshold during the evolution of his Martial Soul into the Dragon Emperor Rod; his innate soul power also rose to level 10.
Level 42 — Four-Ring Soul Ancestor	64	Absorbed a 15,000-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear soul ring and gained Dark Gold Dreadclaw Power.
Level 43	64	Rose another level after absorbing a growable right-palm External Soul Bone and gaining Dark Gold Rending Sky.
Level 50 — Five-Ring Bottleneck	70 71	Reached after two years of solitary cultivation at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, with his Indestructible Vajra Body and eye technique both at minor accomplishment.
Level 53 — Five-Ring Soul King	74	Absorbed a 30,000-year Vajra Giant Ape soul ring and gained Vajra Tyrant Body.
Level 54 — Five-Ring Soul King	84 90	Absorbed the fused Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' torso bone, rising from level 53 to 54; was later identified as a level-54 Soul King during the tournament.
Level 60 — Six-Ring Bottleneck	99 101	Reached the sixth-ring threshold after further cultivation at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
Level 64 — Six-Ring Soul Emperor	101	Absorbed a 63,000-year Radiant Flying Dragon soul ring, rising four levels and gaining Light Dragon Emperor Wings.
Level 66	116	Continued stabilizing his cultivation at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
Level 70 — Seven-Ring Bottleneck	118	Reached the seventh-ring threshold after a year and a half of cultivation and specialized sparring against Spirit Hall experts.
Level 75 — Seven-Ring Soul Saint	122	Reached this level after absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape's seventh soul ring; gained Dragon Emperor Avatar.
Level 78 — Seven-Ring Soul Saint	122	Absorbed the Titan Giant Ape's hundred-thousand-year left arm bone, rising three levels.
Level 80 — Eight-Ring Bottleneck	124	Reached the eighth-ring threshold after six months at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, aided by lingering power from the left arm bone.
Level 83 — Eight-Ring Soul Douluo	129	Absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python's hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring, gaining two eighth-ring skills.
Level 85 — Eight-Ring Soul Douluo	129	Absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python's hundred-thousand-year right arm bone, rising two levels.
Level 89	130	Reached during Spirit Hall's intensive training program for his Titled Douluo breakthrough.
Level 90 — Nine-Ring Bottleneck	131	Overcame the Soul Douluo–Titled Douluo barrier after further resources and high-level sparring; became eligible for his ninth ring.
Peak Level 92 — Nine-Ring Titled Douluo	131 132	Absorbed Ah Rou's hundred-thousand-year ninth soul ring, gaining Dragon Emperor Starfall Annihilation and Void.
Level 94 — Nine-Ring Titled Douluo	132 133	Absorbed Ah Rou's hundred-thousand-year right leg bone, then consolidated his cultivation before his title coronation.

Background / History

Li Long is a transmigrator who arrived on the Douluo Continent roughly two centuries before the era he expected. He awakened an ordinary Iron Staff martial soul at age six, with only innate level-three soul power. Spirit Hall recruited him due to his weapon-type martial soul, and he responded by cultivating relentlessly rather than accepting the limitations of his aptitude. 1

His knowledge of the future was largely rendered unusable by the altered era, but he retained knowledge of whale glue's body-tempering properties. He secretly used lower-grade whale glue for years, building a physique far beyond that expected of a child Soul Master. 1 2

After becoming Qian Shengyuan's personal disciple and Spirit Hall's Holy Son, Li Long received access to elite cultivation resources, high-grade body-tempering materials, and rare Immortal Herbs. His consumption of the Aptitude Cleansing Fruit initially raised his innate soul power foundation to roughly level five; the later evolution of his Martial Soul ultimately elevated it to level ten. 25 27 45 61

At the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, Li Long pursued an unprecedented plan to seal a fifty-thousand-year Queen Medusa into his Iron Rod. With the assistance of Qian Shengyuan and Long Yuan, he succeeded in integrating the beast's spirit and soul into the weapon before using Aromatic Silk Beauty to evolve both the sealed spirit and the martial soul. The Iron Rod became the top-tier Dragon Emperor Rod, while the Queen Medusa transformed into the Dragon Emperor Medusa. 56 57 58 59 61

Li Long later encountered the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and promised to help prevent the Soul Beast Clan's extinction during critical crises, while explicitly declining to forbid ordinary human hunts for soul rings and bones. The Dragon Kings entrusted him with a fused torso bone formed from their remains. His Icefire Constitution, developed through prior body tempering, allowed him to absorb it safely; its power and their subsequent legacy became part of his path toward godhood. 84 86 102 118 132

Appearance

Li Long is initially described as a handsome youth with a face that still retains some childishness, though his eyes are notably more somber than those of his peers. After half a year of seclusion, he grows taller, stronger, and carries a composed, heavy presence. 1 11 28

Following his later cultivation at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, Li Long matures from a boy into a young man. He becomes taller and broader through the shoulders and back, while his skin develops a faint golden sheen from the Indestructible Vajra Body. 70 71

• Usually carries his martial soul in its compact short-staff form behind his waist. 15 17
• His original Iron Staff expands to roughly one and a half meters in normal combat. 1 17
• Mighty Vajra Staff coats his body and weapon in golden light. 3
• Gale Giant Force adds cyan wind pressure around the weapon. 32
• Titan Force can enlarge the Iron Rod to nearly three zhang, leaving it covered in purple-gold patterns. 32
• After its evolution, the Dragon Emperor Rod has a thick inky-blue shaft covered in flowing dark-gold scale patterns and paired coiling-dragon reliefs near its grip. Crimson-and-blue patterns later appear between its scales. 61 104
• Light Dragon Emperor Wings manifests as a broad pair of golden, light-scaled dragon wings spanning nearly forty feet. 105
• His Titan Giant Ape left arm bone leaves dark-gold patterns on his left arm; his Sky Azure Bull Python right arm bone produces dark azure markings on his right. 124 129

Personality

Li Long is disciplined, pragmatic, and unusually willing to gamble on high-risk opportunities. Recognizing that innate level-three soul power leaves him at a disadvantage, he compensates through body tempering, medicinal baths, lengthy meditation, and repeated staff practice. He treats physical conditioning and combat fundamentals as the foundation needed to capitalize on his soul skills. 18 21 28

He is also analytical in battle. Li Long openly recognizes his weakness against agility-type opponents, trains his reactions to compensate, and adapts his fighting style to different martial souls rather than relying only on brute force. 4 9 19

Despite his ambition for power and status, he remembers those who helped him. After becoming the Pope's personal disciple, his first request is for Fanolan to receive recognition for his support in Notting City. 26 27

Li Long is highly ambitious but does not pursue strength thoughtlessly. He repeatedly evaluates the practical limits of his power, including by demanding that Qian Yaoting use his full strength in their spar and by requesting that Qian Shengyuan test his fifth soul skill. 35 37 74

His willingness to pursue the dangerous evolution of his martial soul also demonstrates considerable creativity and strategic foresight. Rather than accepting the limitations of the Iron Rod, he conceived a method to unite extreme strength, armor-piercing power, and the Dragon Emperor Medusa's control abilities in one combat system. 56 58 69

Li Long's promise to the Dragon Kings reflects the limits he places on his own commitments: he offers protection against extinction without claiming he can end the conflict between human cultivation and soul-beast survival. After becoming a Titled Douluo, he remains focused on the unfamiliar requirements for reaching level one hundred rather than treating his new title as the end of his path. 84 132 134

Abilities & Skills

Iron Staff Martial Soul / Dragon Emperor Rod

Li Long originally possessed a metal-element tool martial soul, variously called the Iron Staff or Iron Rod. It could shrink to a small stick when not in use and expand to a one-and-a-half-meter combat staff when infused with soul power. 1

After the Queen Medusa was sealed within it and Aromatic Silk Beauty catalyzed its transformation, the Iron Rod evolved into the Dragon Emperor Rod, a top-tier martial soul linked to the Dragon Emperor Medusa. 59 61

• Uses the staff's range and leverage to control space against multiple opponents. 4
• Favors direct, overwhelming strikes while retaining precise defensive timing. 15 17
• Can freely alter the staff's size and length within its normal range. 1
• The Dragon Emperor Rod's dark-gold scale patterns respond to Li Long's soul power and serve as a conduit for the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear's armor-piercing strength. 64
• Li Long's connection to the rod deepened after his mental-power enhancement, allowing him to clearly sense the Dragon Emperor Medusa's breathing and energy within it. 62
• The Icefire Dragon Emperor soul within the rod later becomes more stable and substantial, strengthening the martial soul's foundation; its Time Domain also improves as Li Long advances. 111 118 132

Mighty Vajra Staff

His first soul skill, obtained from a 500-year Mighty Vajra, imbues both his body and staff with Vajra brute force. 3

• Temporarily increases his strength and defense by 200%. 3
• Doubles the staff's weight and the basic destructive force of each swing. 3
• Enabled him to breach Fanolan's defensive soul skill at only level 13 and defeat two-ring opponents in the tournament. 3 17 18
• Consumes significant soul power and stamina; at his initial one-ring stage, prolonged use caused increasing exhaustion. 3

Gale Giant Force

His second soul skill, obtained from a thousand-year Gale Giant Ape, combines strength, speed, and area control. 24

• Increases overall strength and movement speed by 300%. 24
• Coats the Iron Rod in wind pressure, allowing swings to create shockwaves. 24
• Exerts area pressure on targets within five chi. 24
• Lasts approximately thirty minutes and consumes roughly half as much soul power as Mighty Vajra Staff. 24

Titan Force

His third soul skill, obtained from a 6,500-year Titan Giant Ape subspecies, is Li Long's decisive trump card. 31

• Increases his overall strength by 1,000%. 31
• Adds a further 100% increase to the stacked effects of his first and second soul skills. 31
• Allows the Iron Rod's size and weight to expand freely; its maximum length is three zhang. 31
• Raises the weapon's base destructive power in proportion to its volume. 31
• Reduces his speed and can currently be maintained for only about fifteen seconds. 31
• Using all three soul skills together produced a strike approaching the full-force destructive power of a five-ring Soul King, though it drained nearly 70% of his soul power. 32

Dragon Emperor Medusa and Domains

The Dragon Emperor Medusa is the evolved spirit body sealed within the Dragon Emperor Rod. It originated as the fifty-thousand-year Queen Medusa and became a core part of Li Long's martial soul rather than an additional soul ring. 56 59 61

• Possesses three domain abilities: deadly poison, Petrification, and Spatial Stagnation. 61
• Provides Li Long with a control system that complements his strength-focused soul rings and gives him tactical flexibility beyond that of comparable Soul Masters. 61 69
• Its Temporal-Spatial Stasis power can be gathered at the rod's tip, and Li Long intends to further integrate it with his dark-force attacks. 74
• Li Long can release its dragon spirit form into the air, using Petrifying Ray and Spatial Stagnation to restrict an airborne opponent's movement. 65

Dark Gold Dreadclaw Power

Li Long's fourth soul skill came from a 15,000-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear. It grants the Dragon Emperor Rod the beast's extreme strength and armor-piercing properties. 64

• Comprehensively improves his strength foundation and causes every attack to carry ultimate armor-piercing power. 64
• Can activate the Dragon Emperor Rod's dark-gold scale patterns and place Li Long in a berserk state with substantially increased strength and defense. 64
• In its berserk state, every rod strike carries a powerful shockwave that can ignore most same-level defensive soul skills. 64

Vajra Tyrant Body

Li Long's fifth soul skill, obtained from a 30,000-year Vajra Giant Ape, is a high-level burst, defense, and anti-control ability. 72 74

• Grants immunity to all control effects for its duration. 74
• Multiplies his strength by twenty. 74
• Automatically activates the maximum defensive state of his Indestructible Vajra Body. 74
• Imbues attacks with vibrating dark force; after three layers accumulate on a target, the force detonates internally and bypasses conventional defense. 74
• Qian Shengyuan assessed Li Long's full-power threat level under this skill as comparable to a Peak Soul Saint; even early- and mid-stage Soul Saints cannot reliably withstand it. 74

Light Dragon Emperor Wings

Li Long's sixth soul skill comes from a 63,000-year Radiant Flying Dragon and grants him sustained flight, overcoming his former inability to fight freely in the air. 101 102

• Forms large golden dragon wings that enhance his attributes and allow rapid acceleration, turning, diving, hovering, and braking. 101 102 105
• Can release a wide-area breath attack or transform the Dragon Emperor Rod into a homing beam. 102
• Gives Li Long the aerial mobility to evade and reposition against Qian Yaoting's attacks during their later spar. 105

Dragon Emperor Avatar

His seventh soul skill, obtained from the Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape, allows him to manifest the complete form of his martial soul. Its full potential remains undeveloped when he first acquires it. 122

Azure Dragon's Wrath and Azure Dragon's Binding Resilience

Li Long's hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring from the Sky Azure Bull Python provides two skills. Azure Dragon's Wrath is an offensive water-and-lightning attack that pierces and paralyzes its target and can explode among nearby enemies. Azure Dragon's Binding Resilience restrains and greatly slows a target while corroding its defenses. 129

Dragon Emperor Starfall Annihilation and Void

Ah Rou's hundred-thousand-year ninth soul ring grants Li Long two skills. With Dragon Emperor Starfall Annihilation, he throws the rod into the air and guides it by spiritual power to call down falling stars on a locked target; the impact can instantly kill an ordinary Titled Douluo. Void places his body in a state of nothingness that prevents attacks from locking onto him and grants absolute invincibility for a duration governed by soul power consumption. 131 132

External Soul Bone

Li Long possesses a growable golden right-palm External Soul Bone dropped by the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear. 64

• Further enhanced his strength and raised his soul power from level 42 to level 43 upon absorption. 64
• Grants the soul bone skill Dark Gold Rending Sky. 64
• Its growth potential makes it especially valuable as Li Long continues advancing through higher realms. 64
• By the time Li Long reviews his bones at level 94, the external bone has reached the hundred-thousand-year level and gained Dark Gold Annihilation Claw. 132

Icefire Dragon Kings' Torso Bone

The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' original God-King-level torso bones fused over millions of years. Although diminished to the hundred-thousand-year tier when Li Long receives the fused bone, it can grow with him and potentially recover its God-King level if he becomes a god. Absorption reinforces his ribs, spine, sternum, and surrounding tissues and raises his soul power to level 54. 84

• The bone later fully integrates with his skeleton and recovers to the three-hundred-thousand-year tier. 118 132
• Provides Icefire Dragon Kings' Sigh and Epoch of Annihilation. Its ice-and-fire domain erodes targets with freezing and flame, weakens defensive soul skills, and suppresses spiritual power; its coverage and duration grow with Li Long's cultivation. 132

Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone

The hundred-thousand-year left arm bone from Li Long's seventh-ring Titan Giant Ape raises him from level 75 to 78 and grants gravity-based strength and control. 122

• Titan Firmament Breaking fires a concentrated gravitational blast comparable in power to a Titled Douluo's ninth soul skill. 122
• Gravity Swamp creates a controllable area of gravitational suppression. 122

Sky Azure Bull Python Right Arm Bone

The hundred-thousand-year right arm bone from the Sky Azure Bull Python raises Li Long from level 83 to 85 and adds water-and-lightning power to his right arm. 129

• Sky Azure Annihilation Divine Thunder fires a tracking lightning beam that paralyzes its target and disrupts soul power circulation. 129
• Sky Azure Dragon-Trapping Lock is a quiet, defense-piercing restraint that dulls a target's senses and movement. 129

Soft Bone Rabbit Right Leg Bone

Ah Rou's hundred-thousand-year, silver-white right leg bone raises Li Long from peak level 92 to level 94. It grants Instant Teleportation and a brief Invincible Golden Body. 132

Physical Conditioning and Staff Technique

Li Long's body tempering is the basis for his ability to absorb unusually old soul rings and wield his increasingly heavy martial soul. 2 25

• His physique had reached the level of a two-ring Great Soul Master before obtaining his first ring. 2
• By the tournament, his body could withstand attacks from a two-ring agility-type opponent with only superficial marks. 10
• Practices reaction drills, moving-target strikes, weighted staff swings, and sustained combat training. 9 18 28
• Uses the Metal-Attribute Soul Power Guidance Method to improve soul power circulation and cultivation efficiency. 26 28
• Used ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber to improve the transmission of force through his body and accelerate his cultivation. 40
• Consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum during his two-year seclusion, attaining minor accomplishment in the Indestructible Vajra Body. 70 71
• At minor accomplishment, his skin and outer muscles develop a resilient golden defensive sheen; its maximum defensive state can be triggered by Vajra Tyrant Body. 71 74 75
• His Icefire Body Tempering, Icefire Constitution, dragon bone, and strengthened mental power collectively help him withstand the force and spiritual resentment of his 63,000-year sixth soul ring. 84 101
• Extended sparring with Mo Yuan and other Spirit Hall experts improves his defensive angles, force dispersal, close-range reactions, counterattack timing, and responses to aerial and long-range suppression. 118
• In preparation for Titled Douluo, follows an intensive program combining an ancient guidance method, cultivation Soul Tools, medicinal recovery, and high-level sparring. 130 131

Ocular Technique and Mental Power

Li Long consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his mental power and stabilize his control over the Dragon Emperor Rod and Dragon Emperor Medusa. 62

• His mental power roughly doubled, and he awakened an ocular technique with the potential to develop into divine eyes. 62
• Can perceive distant details and distinguish soul power fluctuations through mist and other obstructions. 62
• After two years of cultivation, he can track energy flows and see through soul power barriers; the eye technique has reached minor accomplishment. 70 71
• Later integrates the technique more deeply into close-combat judgment while training against rapid, changing attacks. 118

Equipment / Items

• Level Two authorization token — Grants unrestricted access to Spirit Hall resources after Qian Shengyuan raises Li Long's resource allocation. 22
• Golden personal-disciple token — Bears the Six-Winged Angel relief and marks his authority as Qian Shengyuan's personal disciple. 25
• Holy Son token — A golden token that identifies Li Long as Spirit Hall's Holy Son and commands immediate deference from regional Spirit Hall officials. 33 79
• Storage ring — Contains high-grade medicinal herbs, body-tempering materials, recovery potions, and the Metal-Attribute Soul Power Guidance Method. 26
• Ordinary deacon badge — Worn during his registration and tournament appearances before his elevation within the Papal Palace. Li Long later uses an ordinary iron deacon badge while traveling to avoid drawing attention to his Holy Son status. 13 15 48
• High-level travel permit — Issued by Qian Shengyuan for Li Long's travel outside Spirit City. 48
• Cultivation Soul Tools and treasures — Spirit Hall supplies rare medicinal treasures, Nourishing Jade Marrow, and a Concentration Soul Tool Cloak for his push toward level 90. 130
• Ancient godhood dossier — An incomplete account shown to Li Long by Qian Shengyuan describes accumulated soul power, understanding of laws, and acceptance by a Divine Throne as requirements associated with the Gate to the Divine Realm. 134

Relationships

• Fanolan — Chief Deacon of the Notting City branch and Li Long's earliest mentor. He approved Li Long's first soul hunt, supported the risky absorption of the 500-year first ring, and guided him through the probationary-deacon path. After becoming Qian Shengyuan's disciple, Li Long requested recognition for Fanolan, leading to his appointment with the ceremony of a chief hall master. 1 3 5 26
• Qian Shengyuan — Pope of Spirit Hall and Li Long's master. Initially skeptical of Li Long's low innate soul power, he later provides resources, arranges his higher-year soul hunts, accepts him as a personal disciple, and appoints him Holy Son. He supports Li Long's martial-soul evolution and intends for him to eventually succeed as Pope. He later directs Spirit Hall's resources toward Li Long's Titled Douluo breakthrough, oversees his ninth-ring absorption, and shares the incomplete records available on godhood. 11 22 25 32 33 47 56 61 130 131 134
• Qian Yaoting — Qian Shengyuan's son, a Soul Emperor, and Li Long's senior brother. Their initial spar forces Qian Yaoting to use and have his fifth soul skill interrupted by a three-ring Li Long, earning mutual respect. He later accompanies Li Long to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and recognizes the breadth of his junior brother's future path. Following his first Angel God trial, he returns as a level-74 Soul Saint and spars with Li Long again; after his second trial, he learns that Li Long has reached level 94 and agrees to attend his coronation. 35 37 48 65 69 102 104 105 133
• Qian Yao — A Qian Clan soul master with the Four-Winged Angel martial soul. Outgoing and direct, she frequently visits Li Long, openly shows concern for his wellbeing, and has reached level 44 by the time he returns from his two-year seclusion. Li Long has acknowledged feelings for her. She later spars with him using sustained aerial attacks, reaches level 61, and accompanies him and Qian Yue on a soul-ring hunt. 38 47 72 118 124
• Qian Yue — A reserved Qian Clan soul master with the Four-Winged Angel martial soul. She is observant of Li Long's cultivation and conveys her concern through pastries, medicinal paste, and quiet companionship. Li Long has acknowledged feelings for her. She later prepares medicinal meals and adjusts his recovery regimen, reaches level 61, and joins the soul-ring expedition. 38 47 70 71 72 118 124
• Long Yuan — A secluded Spirit Hall Super Douluo and inheritor of the Coiling Dragon Clan's sealing legacy. He teaches Li Long the Sealing Method and personally assists in sealing the Queen Medusa into the Iron Rod. He later participates in the high-level sparring that helps Li Long overcome the level-90 barrier. 57 58 59 131
• Dragon Emperor Medusa — The evolved form of the Queen Medusa sealed within Li Long's Dragon Emperor Rod. It is bound to Li Long as part of his martial soul and provides poison, petrification, and spatial-stagnation domain abilities. 59 61
• Ice and Fire Dragon Kings — Ancient dragon remnants who accept Li Long's limited promise to protect the Soul Beast Clan from extinction. They give him their fused torso bone and prepare to fuse with him; the Icefire Dragon Emperor soul subsequently develops within his rod. 84 86 118
• Mo Yuan — A level-93 Titled Douluo assigned to escort Li Long to the Star Dou Great Forest for his second soul ring. He assists in identifying and subduing a suitable Gale Giant Ape. Years later, his Shadow Spear sparring exposes weaknesses in Li Long's defense against piercing attacks, and he helps train Li Long for his Titled Douluo breakthrough. 23 24 118 131
• Ling Su — Spirit Hall special envoy who verifies Li Long's first-ring achievement and presents him with the probationary-deacon route. 4 5
• Ye Ling — Heaven Dou Spirit Sacred Hall's Hall Master, an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo and Platinum Bishop. Acting under Papal Palace orders, he provides Li Long with tournament dossiers and prioritizes the Holy Son's protection. 79
• Shui Leng — Skywater Academy's team captain and an Ice Phoenix soul master. Li Long saves her from a ten-thousand-year soul beast in Sunset Forest, escorts her out, and offers advice on her cultivation. They meet again at the tournament, and she invites him to visit Skywater Academy. After his coronation, he travels to Skywater City intending to fulfill that promise. 87 88 90 92 135
• Ah Rou — A hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit captured after the Sky Azure Bull Python's death and held for Li Long's ninth ring. Li Long kills her in her sealed cell, withstands her spiritual resentment, and absorbs both her ring and right leg bone. 129 130 131 132
• Zhou Ke — Two-ring tournament opponent whom Li Long defeats by shattering his Iron Wall Spear Formation with Mighty Vajra Staff. 17 18
• Qin Tian — Three-ring opponent who defeats Li Long by forcing him out of bounds. Their match earns mutual respect. 20 21

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notting City Branch Hall

Li Long begins as Spirit Hall's most promising young member in Notting City despite his low innate soul power. He surpasses the accepted first-ring age limit by absorbing a 500-year Mighty Vajra ring, then earns probationary-deacon status through escort and extermination missions. 1 3 5 9

Youth Soul Master Tournament

After reaching level 20, Li Long travels to Spirit City and enters the Youth Soul Master Tournament. He dominates the one-ring division without exposing his soul ring or using a soul skill, then defeats multiple two-ring opponents after voluntarily challenging the higher division. 13 15 16 19

His winning streak ends against the three-ring Qin Tian, whose area-covering third soul skill forces Li Long out of bounds. The performance nevertheless draws Qian Shengyuan's direct attention and leads to a summons at the Papal Palace. 20 21

Personal Disciple and Seclusion

Qian Shengyuan funds Li Long's thousand-year second ring and personally accepts him as a disciple after the successful absorption. Li Long then spends half a year in seclusion, rising from level 24 to level 30 while mastering the combined use of his first two soul skills. 24 25 28

Third Ring and Holy Son Enthronement

Li Long absorbs a 6,500-year third soul ring and gains Titan Force, bringing him to level 34. In a full-power test, his three-skill combination cracks Qian Shengyuan's protective shield. 30 31 32

He is formally enthroned as Spirit Hall's Holy Son after defeating five three-ring Soul Elders of the same realm without using soul skills. 33

Senior-Brother Spar and Qian Clan Exchange

Soon after his enthronement, Li Long spars with Qian Yaoting, a level-60 Soul Emperor and the Pope's son. Refusing Qian Yaoting's offer to restrict himself to third-ring skills, Li Long forces his senior brother to use increasingly powerful abilities, shatters his fourth soul skill, and interrupts his fifth before collapsing from exhaustion. 35 37

Qian Shengyuan subsequently introduces Li Long to Qian Yao and Qian Yue, two talented Four-Winged Angel martial-soul users from the Qian Clan. The exchange develops into an ongoing bond as the sisters seek his combat insights and quietly support his cultivation. 37 38 40 47

Martial Soul Evolution and Fourth Ring

While visiting the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, Li Long proposes sealing a captured fifty-thousand-year Queen Medusa into his Iron Rod. Long Yuan agrees to teach him the Coiling Dragon Clan's Sealing Method, and together they successfully integrate the soul beast's spirit into the weapon. 56 57 58 59

Li Long then consumes Aromatic Silk Beauty, causing the Iron Rod to evolve into the Dragon Emperor Rod and the Queen Medusa to become the Dragon Emperor Medusa. The evolution raises his innate soul power to level 10 and brings him to the fourth-ring bottleneck. 61

After enhancing his mental power with Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Li Long absorbs a 15,000-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear ring. He gains Dark Gold Dreadclaw Power, a growable External Soul Bone, and Dark Gold Rending Sky, reaching level 43. 62 64

Two Years at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well

Following Qian Yaoting's entry into the Angel God's trials, Li Long undergoes two years of solitary cultivation at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well. He consumes the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, raises his Indestructible Vajra Body and eye technique to minor accomplishment, and reaches level 50. 69 70 71

Upon returning to Spirit City, he reunites with Qian Yue and Qian Yao, learns of their own advancement, and prepares for a fifth soul ring suited to his strength-focused path. 71 72

Fifth Ring and Spirit Academy Captaincy

Li Long absorbs a 30,000-year Vajra Giant Ape soul ring and rises directly to level 53. His new fifth soul skill, Vajra Tyrant Body, establishes him as a Soul King capable of threatening ordinary Soul Saints. 74

As the Continental Advanced Elite Spirit Master Tournament approaches, Spirit Academy receives an automatic place in the finals as defending champion, and Li Long is appointed captain of its team. Qian Shengyuan encourages him to travel, observe the preliminaries, and broaden his combat knowledge before team coordination begins. 75

Tournament Scouting

Li Long travels to Heaven Dou City to observe the Heaven Dou Division preliminaries and analyze the strategies of potential opponents. 76

He later invokes his Holy Son authority at the Heaven Dou Spirit Sacred Hall, where Hall Master Ye Ling provides an official dossier on every competing team and contestant. Li Long uses these records to supplement his direct battlefield observations before continuing toward the Icefire Yin-Yang Well. 79

Dragon Kings' Legacy and Tournament Finals

At the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, Li Long earns the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' trust by promising to protect the Soul Beast Clan from extinction without opposing ordinary soul-beast hunting. He absorbs their fused, growable torso bone, which raises him to level 54, before the next stage of their fusion begins. 84

In Sunset Forest, he rescues Skywater Academy captain Shui Leng from a ten-thousand-year soul beast and escorts her to safety. At the tournament finals, he leads the Spirit Team through successive matches using basic rod technique without displaying his rings or soul skills. Spirit Hall subsequently holds a championship banquet, where he explains both the preparation and the danger involved in exceeding conventional soul-ring limits. 87 88 89 90 92

Sixth Ring and Renewed Spar with Qian Yaoting

After further cultivation at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, Li Long reaches level 60. He absorbs the 63,000-year Radiant Flying Dragon's ring, advances to level 64, and gains Light Dragon Emperor Wings, giving him sustained flight and new offensive options. 99 101 102

Qian Yaoting returns from his first Angel God trial as a level-74 Soul Saint. The two spar in the air above the Icefire Yin-Yang Well; Li Long's wings, physical defense, and rod skills allow him to contest his senior brother's attacks despite the difference in cultivation. 102 104 105

Specialized Training and Seventh Ring

Spirit Hall assigns Mo Yuan and other high-level soul masters to spar with Li Long. Their varied martial souls expose flaws in his blocking, reactions, and responses to specialized attacks. With their instruction, Qian Yue's medicinal support, and Qian Yao's aerial sparring, he reaches the level-70 seventh-ring threshold after a year and a half. 118

Li Long obtains his seventh ring from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape and gains Dragon Emperor Avatar. Qian Shengyuan awards him the beast's left arm bone; absorbing it raises Li Long from level 75 to 78 and grants two gravity abilities. 122

Eighth Ring and Push to Titled Douluo

Six months later, Li Long reaches level 80. He helps Qian Yao and Qian Yue plan hunts suited to their respective paths while preparing for the more dangerous pursuit of the Sky Azure Bull Python. Its eighth ring raises him to level 83, and its right arm bone brings him to level 85. 124 129

After the hunt, Spirit Hall captures the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit Ah Rou for Li Long's future ninth ring. Qian Shengyuan directs rare treasures, cultivation tools, and Titled Douluo sparring toward Li Long's advancement. Li Long reaches level 89 but faces a difficult final barrier; continued high-level training eventually brings him to level 90. 129 130 131

Ninth Ring and Dragon God Douluo Coronation

Li Long kills the captive Ah Rou and absorbs her ninth ring, reaching peak level 92. He then absorbs her right leg bone and rises to level 94. Reviewing his five soul bones and nine rings, he turns his attention to the laws and other requirements of godhood. 131 132

After consolidating his power, Li Long requests a formal title coronation. He takes the title Dragon God Douluo, and Spirit Hall holds a ceremony before representatives of the continent's major powers. News that he has reached level 94 at nineteen prompts diplomatic, military, and institutional responses across the continent. Qian Shengyuan shows him an incomplete account of the Gate to the Divine Realm, leaving Li Long to pursue a still-uncertain path toward level one hundred. 133 134

With Qian Shengyuan handling the visiting delegations, Li Long sets out for Skywater City to fulfill his promise to visit Shui Leng at Skywater Academy. 92 135

Notable Quotes

“I'm not afraid of death. What I fear is reaching the end of my life without even having the courage to take a shot at it.” 22

“No matter how strong the first soul skill is, it's only an outburst. If your fundamentals aren't good enough, you won't even be able to seize the chance to unleash that outburst.” 18

“Give it everything you have. No need to hold back.” 35

Trivia

• Li Long is the only confirmed Soul Master to successfully absorb a 500-year first soul ring; subsequent attempts by others failed. 14
• His 500-year first ring initially led Qian Shengyuan to consider raising Spirit Hall's official first-ring safety standard, but the proposal was withdrawn because Li Long's success could not be replicated. 14
• Qian Shengyuan originally judged the significance of Li Long's breakthrough in the absorption limit to be greater than the significance of Li Long himself. 10
• Li Long's first three soul rings all exceeded conventional absorption limits, at 500 years, 1,000 years, and 6,500 years respectively. 3 24 31
• His Dragon Emperor Rod was created through a two-stage process with no confirmed precedent: sealing a soul beast into a martial soul, then using an Immortal Herb to catalyze its evolution. 56 58 61
• His seventh, eighth, and ninth rings are hundred-thousand-year rings. By his coronation at nineteen, he also possesses five soul bones counted at the hundred-thousand-year level or higher, including his growable external bone and dragon torso bone. His head and left leg remain without soul bones. 122 129 131 132 134