Chapter Summaries

After seven days of guiding the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s medicinal power, Li Long’s Martial Soul evolved into the Dragon Emperor Rod, and the Queen Medusa transformed into the Dragon Emperor Medusa. Li Long reached level forty and believed his Innate Soul Power had risen to level ten, leaving him to prepare for his fourth soul ring.

• Li Long guided the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s medicinal power through the Iron Rod for seven days while Qian Yaoting guarded the area and Qian Shengyuan checked on his progress.
• The Queen Medusa transformed into a dragon, and the power surging through the Iron Rod pushed Li Long from level thirty-six to level forty.
• Li Long identified his evolved Martial Soul as the highest-tier Dragon Emperor Rod and described the Dragon Emperor Medusa’s deadly poison, Petrification, and Spatial Stagnation abilities.
• Qian Shengyuan confirmed Li Long had reached the level-forty threshold, and Li Long assessed that his Innate Soul Power had reached level ten.
• Li Long chose a pure strength-type soul beast of at least ten thousand years for his fourth soul ring, and Qian Shengyuan agreed to arrange one after Li Long stabilized.
• Qian Yaoting congratulated Li Long and challenged him to fight again after he obtained his fourth soul ring.

Li Long consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, greatly strengthening his mental power and awakening an ocular technique. With his mind and body prepared to withstand a ten-thousand-year soul ring, he began planning to hunt a pure strength-type soul beast for his fourth ring.

• Qian Shengyuan gave Li Long Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and explained that it could strengthen his mental power and improve his chances of absorbing a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Li Long consumed the herb, which cleansed and expanded his sea of consciousness until his mental power had at least doubled.
• Li Long awakened an ocular technique that let him focus mental power through his eyes and see his surroundings with greater clarity.
• Li Long sensed a stronger connection with the Dragon Emperor Rod and the Dragon Emperor Medusa sleeping within it.
• Li Long said he was ready to seek a pure strength-type ten-thousand-year soul beast, and Qian Shengyuan agreed to arrange the hunt after Li Long finished refining the herb’s effects.

Li Long and Qian Shengyuan found a fifteen-thousand-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear in Sunset Forest, and Qian Shengyuan wore it down so Li Long could finish it. Li Long summoned the Dragon Emperor Medusa, whose three domains immobilized the bear before its dragon breath pierced its skull.

• Li Long sensed a powerful strength-type Soul Beast in a valley, where the three found a fifteen-thousand-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear.
• Qian Shengyuan fought the bear, dodging its attacks and repeatedly striking its shoulder until he wounded it badly.
• Qian Shengyuan withdrew and called on Li Long to deliver the final blow.
• Li Long summoned the Dragon Emperor Medusa from the Dragon Emperor Rod.
• The Dragon Emperor Medusa used poison, petrification, and spatial stagnation to subdue the bear, then pierced its skull with dragon breath.

Li Long absorbed a fifteen-thousand-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear soul ring and a growable External Soul Bone, gaining new powers and reaching level forty-three. Qian Shengyuan later told Long Yuan about Li Long’s transformation and gains, and Long Yuan acknowledged his potential.

• Li Long absorbed the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s soul ring, gained the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Power soul skill, and advanced to level forty-two.
• Qian Shengyuan told Li Long and Qian Yaoting to cultivate at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and keep its existence secret.
• Li Long absorbed the bear’s golden right-palm External Soul Bone, gained Dark Gold Rending Sky, and advanced to level forty-three.
• Li Long, Qian Yaoting, and Qian Shengyuan returned to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, while Spirit Hall personnel were to retrieve the bear’s corpse.
• Qian Shengyuan reported Li Long’s transformation, soul ring, and External Soul Bone to Long Yuan.
• Long Yuan compared the Dragon Emperor Rod’s potential with his Coiling Dragon Staff and praised Li Long’s progress.

Li Long and Qian Yaoting spent a year cultivating and sparring at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, where Li Long grew strong enough to defeat his senior brother. Before they returned to Spirit City, Qian Yaoting decided to risk consuming the Infernal Delicate Apricot to catch up.

• Li Long and Qian Yaoting cultivated at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well for a year, improving their abilities through daily training and sparring.
• Li Long's Soul Power reached level forty-six, and he mastered his External Soul Bone and domains while Qian Yaoting advanced to level sixty-three.
• Li Long defeated Qian Yaoting in their final spar, forcing him to admit that he could no longer win against Li Long.
• Qian Shengyuan told Li Long and Qian Yaoting to return to Spirit City the next day and said the Icefire Yin-Yang Well would become Spirit Hall's regular cultivation ground.
• Qian Yaoting decided to risk consuming the Infernal Delicate Apricot, hoping his Six-Winged Angel could refine its extreme fire poison and help him catch up to Li Long.

Qian Yaoting consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and endured its fire toxin until his holy light refined it, evolving his Six-Winged Angel into a Holy Light Six-Winged Seraphim. He gained a level and greatly strengthened his power before returning to camp with Li Long.

• Qian Yaoting ate the Infernal Delicate Apricot and struggled to contain its violent fire toxin with his holy light.
• The Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul forced the fire toxin back and refined it into flame energy as Li Long watched without interfering.
• Qian Yaoting fused the flame energy with holy light, evolving his martial soul into a Holy Light Six-Winged Seraphim.
• Qian Yaoting's Soul Power rose from level sixty-three to level sixty-four, and his meridians became tougher and more efficient.
• Qian Yaoting demonstrated his flame-wreathed golden sword to Li Long, then returned to camp with him.

After evolving his martial soul with the Infernal Delicate Apricot, Qian Yaoting entered the Angel God Trial early and received the highest possible result: the Nine Trials of the Angel God. He vowed to complete them, knowing failure meant death.

• Qian Yaoting told Qian Shengyuan that consuming the Infernal Delicate Apricot had evolved his martial soul into the Holy Light Six-Winged Seraphim and raised his Soul Power to level sixty-four.
• Qian Shengyuan brought Qian Yaoting to the Angel Temple and explained that his evolved martial soul might let him activate the Angel God Trial before reaching Titled Douluo level.
• Qian Yaoting resonated with the Angel God statue, received the trial’s information, and was awarded the Nine Trials of the Angel God.
• Qian Shengyuan explained that the Nine Trials could let Qian Yaoting inherit the Angel God’s Divine Position, while failure would mean death.
• Qian Yaoting vowed to complete the trials and honor the Qian Clan as he left the Angel Temple with Qian Shengyuan.

After Qian Yaoting received the Angel God’s Nine Trials, Qian Yuhan recognized his Seraphim martial soul and saw that he had the potential to become a God King. Qian Yaoting resolved to prepare for the first trial, which he planned to begin after restoring himself to peak condition.

• On the way back from the Angel Temple, Qian Yaoting asked Qian Shengyuan whether his junior brother could activate the Angel God assessment, and Qian Shengyuan explained that only those with angel-lineage martial souls could do so.
• Qian Yuhan witnessed Qian Yaoting’s assessment through the divine channel and recognized the golden flame patterns on his body as signs of a Seraphim.
• Qian Yuhan concluded that Qian Yaoting’s potential surpassed hers and that he might become an Angel God King if he inherited the divine position.
• Qian Yaoting sensed a fleeting gaze from the direction of Angel God Mountain as he and Qian Shengyuan left the corridor.
• Qian Shengyuan told Qian Yaoting that the first stage of the Nine Trials would begin soon and offered to arrange the required environment when he was ready.
• Back at his residence, Qian Yaoting accepted his path ahead and decided to reach peak condition that night before preparing for the first trial the next day.

Qian Yaoting told Li Long that he had begun the Nine Trials of the Angel God and would be away from their training. After giving Li Long an Angel Stone as a means to summon him in an emergency, Qian Yaoting departed, and Li Long prepared to pursue his own cultivation path.

• Qian Yaoting told Li Long that the Angel God had granted him the Nine Trials, which would keep him from training with Li Long for months or years.
• Li Long assured Qian Yaoting that he could continue cultivating with Spirit Hall’s resources and his teacher’s support.
• Qian Yaoting gave Li Long an Angel Stone that would alert him if Li Long faced an emergency, and promised to seek a suitable Divine Throne for him if he became a god.
• Qian Yaoting left the East Courtyard, and Li Long returned to the Cultivation Room to focus on the Dragon Emperor Medusa and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Power.
• Li Long reviewed soul-beast locations for his fifth soul ring, resolved to reach level fifty before hunting, and resumed circulating the Guidance Method.

Li Long spent two years cultivating at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, strengthening his body and techniques until he reached level fifty and was ready to seek a fifth soul ring. He returned to Spirit City and found a warm package of pastries and a note from Qian Yue waiting at the East Courtyard.

• Li Long entered seclusion at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well while Qian Yaoting began the Angel Trial.
• Li Long consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and advanced his Indestructible Vajra Body through years of training.
• Li Long reached level fifty, improved his eye technique, and became able to pass briefly through the poisonous mist without protection.
• Li Long left the basin and returned to Spirit City to begin seeking a suitable ten-thousand-year soul beast for his fifth soul ring.
• Li Long found pastries and a note from Qian Yue waiting for him at the East Courtyard.

After two years in seclusion, Li Long returned to the Papal Palace at level fifty and prepared to obtain his fifth soul ring. He reunited with Qian Yue and, just as he settled back into the cultivation room, Qian Yao arrived to see him.

• Li Long told Qian Shengyuan that he had reached level fifty, strengthened his defenses, and raised his Soul Power to the threshold of the fifth ring.
• Qian Shengyuan said he would locate a suitable strength-type soul beast within three days and told Li Long that Qian Yaoting had one year left in his first Angel God trial.
• Li Long learned that Qian Yue and Qian Yao had asked about him during his seclusion, then found Qian Yue waiting in the East Courtyard.
• Li Long and Qian Yue shared pastries and talked quietly until she left, promising to tell Qian Yao he had returned.
• Qian Yao arrived at Li Long's cultivation room and told him she had feared he would remain in seclusion for another three or five years.

After returning from seclusion, Li Long reunited with Qian Yao and assured her he would stay in Spirit City for a while. Qian Shengyuan confirmed a thirty-thousand-year Vajra Giant Ape as the target for Li Long’s fifth soul ring, and Li Long prepared to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest at dawn.

• Qian Yao visited Li Long, learned he had reached level fifty, and confirmed that he had cultivated the Indestructible Vajra Body.
• Qian Yao asked whether Li Long would leave again, and he told her he would remain in Spirit City after obtaining his fifth soul ring.
• Qian Shengyuan showed Li Long a map marking a thirty-thousand-year Vajra Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest and said they would depart the next day.
• Li Long returned to his courtyard, prepared for the hunt, and found a jar of herbal paste labeled for external use in Qian Yue’s handwriting.
• Li Long went to bed, ready to set out for the Star Dou Great Forest at dawn.

Li Long traveled with Qian Shengyuan to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Qian Shengyuan weakened a thirty-thousand-year Vajra Giant Ape so Li Long could deliver the final blow. Li Long absorbed its soul ring into the Dragon Emperor Rod, and the absorption succeeded without breaking his meridians or breaching his mental defenses.

• Qian Shengyuan flew Li Long from Spirit City to the Star Dou Great Forest and identified a thirty-thousand-year Vajra Giant Ape as their target.
• Qian Shengyuan fought the Vajra Giant Ape, gradually cutting through its defenses with repeated strikes until it was nearly unable to resist.
• Li Long killed the weakened Vajra Giant Ape with the Dragon Emperor Rod, producing a black soul ring.
• Li Long absorbed the soul ring into the Dragon Emperor Rod, resisting the torrent of Soul Power and the beast's assault on his consciousness.
• Li Long's fifth soul ring stabilized as a black halo above his fourth ring.

Li Long tested his fifth soul skill, Vajra Tyrant Body, and proved it could threaten Soul Saint-level opponents. He left the valley with Qian Shengyuan to stabilize his Soul Power, while considering how Temporal-Spatial Stasis might later strengthen his combat system.

• Li Long gained Vajra Tyrant Body, which granted control immunity, a twentyfold strength boost, maximum defense, and dark-force attacks that detonated after three hits.
• Qian Shengyuan agreed to test Li Long’s full-strength attack while using the defensive strength of a Seven-Ring Soul Saint.
• Li Long combined Vajra Tyrant Body, Dark Gold Dreadclaw Power, and the Dragon Emperor Medusa’s Temporal-Spatial Stasis to strike Qian Shengyuan’s protective Soul Power.
• Three strands of dark force penetrated Qian Shengyuan’s arm and detonated, producing an internal shock that his Super Douluo body quickly suppressed.
• Qian Shengyuan judged that Li Long’s attack surpassed a top-tier Soul King’s power and could threaten opponents at the Peak Soul Saint level.
• Qian Shengyuan told Li Long to stabilize his Soul Power, and Li Long left the valley considering how Temporal-Spatial Stasis could complement his dark-force attacks.

Li Long learned that he would captain Spirit Academy’s seeded team in the upcoming Continental Advanced Elite Spirit Master Tournament and set out to learn about young Spirit Masters across the continent. He left Spirit City and began gathering information about nearby preliminary rounds and competitors.

• Qian Shengyuan told Li Long that Spirit Academy had been seeded into the finals and confirmed Li Long as the team’s captain.
• Li Long agreed to travel and study other combat styles while waiting for the finals date and his teammates’ selection.
• Li Long packed his belongings, told Qian Yue he would be away for one or two months, and left Spirit City.
• Li Long studied a tournament poster in a nearby city, then entered a teahouse to listen for information about the competitors.

Li Long arrived in Heaven Dou City to observe the Heaven Dou Division preliminaries and assessed the competing academies and their fighters. After recognizing how much his own success depended on rare opportunities and support, he continued studying the teams for future matches.

• Li Long arrived in Heaven Dou City on the eve of the preliminaries and found an inn near the arena.
• Li Long watched the opening matches and assessed the distinctive tactics of the Five Element Academies and Plant Academy.
• Li Long observed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, noting its Four-Ring Soul Ancestor and unusually strong coordination.
• Li Long reflected that his level-fifty-three Soul King strength had come from exceptional luck, prior knowledge, and support from Qian Shengyuan, Qian Yaoting, Qian Yao, and Qian Yue.
• Li Long watched Skywater Academy face Godwind Academy, comparing their tactics before leaving the arena for a teahouse.

Li Long listened to contestants discuss Spirit Hall’s Holy Son at a teahouse and recognized the ice-blue-haired captain of Skywater Academy’s team. After their eyes met, he left for his inn, considering her a promising talent as he prepared to watch the next day’s matches.

• Li Long sat in a crowded teahouse and overheard contestants and industry insiders discussing the day’s preliminary matches.
• A group of young Soul Masters discussed rumors about Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, including his early victories and rise to Soul King.
• Li Long recognized the ice-blue-haired woman among the group as Skywater Academy’s captain, whose Ice Phoenix Martial Soul had helped defeat the Godwind Team.
• The woman’s gaze paused on Li Long, and he sensed that she might have noticed something about him.
• Li Long finished his tea and left for his inn, thinking about the woman’s talent and the matches ahead.

Shui Leng sensed an unusual, fused Soul Power in a young man she met at a teahouse, then saw him again at the arena the next morning. She led Skywater Team to a quick victory over Plant Academy, but the man disappeared into the crowd before she could find him again.

• At a teahouse, Shui Leng noticed a departing young man and told her teammates that something about him seemed unusual.
• Shui Leng meditated overnight but remained at the peak of level thirty-nine, still unable to break through to level forty.
• The next morning, Shui Leng saw the young man again at the arena and explained that his Soul Power seemed to combine multiple attributes.
• Shui Leng defeated Plant Academy's contestant with ice, securing a swift victory for Skywater Academy.
• After the match, Shui Leng searched the spectator stands for the young man but could not find him.

Li Long visited Heaven Dou Sacred Hall to obtain the roster of teams competing in the Heaven Dou Division of the Continental Advanced Elite Spirit Master Tournament. After leaving with the information, he headed toward Sunset Forest to see the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.

• Li Long showed his Holy Son Token at Heaven Dou Sacred Hall and was escorted to a guest room.
• Ye Ling, the Hall Master of Heaven Dou Sacred Hall, met Li Long and presented the tournament's updated team roster.
• Li Long reviewed the roster, focusing on key academies and using it to assess the competition ahead.
• Ye Ling offered Li Long the Sacred Hall's assistance and relayed the Pope's orders to prioritize his safety.
• Li Long left Heaven Dou Sacred Hall and set off toward Sunset Forest to visit the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.

Li Long returned to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and began absorbing the opposing powers of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. He entered the meeting point of the springs, where their currents joined the forces inside his body and began a cycle of transformation.

• Li Long used his Holy Son Token to pass through Qian Shengyuan's protective formation around the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
• Li Long examined the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and took out a leaf left over from Qian Yaoting's Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Li Long ate the Infernal Delicate Apricot leaf, and its fire poison spread through his body and meridians.
• Li Long ate a leaf from the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, setting extreme cold against the fire poison and forming opposing vortices within him.
• Li Long leaped into the place where the hot spring and Ice Spring met, linking their currents to the two powers within his body.