Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo and Dugu Lin tracked the soul beast tide to a battle between a fifty-thousand-year Soaring Serpent and an eighty-thousand-year Six-Winged Golden Eagle. Dugu Bo poisoned and wounded the serpent, while Dugu Lin blocked the eagle and then hid; the chapter ended with Dugu Bo confronting the eagle using his strongest poison.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Lin turned back toward the source of the soul beast tide after Dugu Lin suggested they might find a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• They found a Soaring Serpent fighting a Six-Winged Golden Eagle, and Dugu Bo identified the serpent as fifty thousand years old before promising to hunt it for Dugu Lin.
• Dugu Bo ambushed the Soaring Serpent with Snow-Colored Swan's Kiss, poisoning it and giving the Six-Winged Golden Eagle a chance to tear open a major wound.
• Dugu Lin used Little Lin to block the golden eagle's attack, then hid as the eagle changed course and Dugu Bo blocked the serpent's wind blade.
• Dugu Bo unleashed his Jade Phosphor Divine Light against the Six-Winged Golden Eagle, which then charged at him before turning away from his spreading poison.

Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo drove the wounded Soaring Serpent to its death, and Dugu Lin absorbed its Soul Ring after a grueling night. He gained a fifth Soul Skill, the Hurricane Domain, while the Jade Phosphorous Serpent grew wings that might be an External Soul Bone.

• The Six-Winged Golden Eagle gave up its pursuit after Dugu Bo kept it at bay with poisonous mist, and Dugu Bo and Dugu Lin tracked down the fleeing Soaring Serpent.
• Dugu Bo harried the poisoned Soaring Serpent for ten days until Dugu Lin delivered the finishing blow.
• Dugu Lin endured a dangerous Soul Ring absorption and completed it by dawn while Dugu Bo guarded him.
• Dugu Lin discovered that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent had grown wings, leaving him and Dugu Bo unsure whether they were an evolution or an External Soul Bone.
• Dugu Lin revealed that his Soul Power had reached level fifty-three and demonstrated his fifth Soul Skill, the dual Hurricane Domains, which strengthened him and Little Lin and suppressed enemies.

After returning to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo tended to their gains and made plans concerning Xiao Wu and Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, news that Dugu Bo had helped Hu Liena obtain an External Soul Bone put Bibi Dong under public pressure to honor the promised exchange.

• Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Little Lin ate part of the Soaring Serpent's corpse and the Blue Silver King and Blue Silver Emperor seeds were planted.
• Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo released Xiao Wu, then decided to keep her unconscious and locked in a cave; Dugu Lin also asked whether consuming Dugu Bo's poison core would weaken him.
• Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo they should plan how to obtain the two soul bones promised by Spirit Hall.
• Yue Guan reported that Dugu Bo had helped Hu Liena obtain an External Soul Bone and had proposed exchanging it for two fifty-thousand-year soul bones.
• Bibi Dong reminded the elders that soul bones found while hunting soul rings belonged to the hired helpers, and rebuked them for suggesting Spirit Hall break its word after the news had spread.

Bibi Dong agreed to give Dugu Bo one Soul Bone worth over seventy thousand years and ordered Spirit Hall to publicize the deal as an act of integrity. After Hu Liena hinted at Dugu Lin’s extraordinary talent, Bibi Dong resolved to watch the grandfather and grandson, then defended Yu Xiaogang’s abilities to herself.

• Bibi Dong rejected the elders’ calls to kill Dugu Bo and ordered Spirit Hall to send him a Soul Bone, using the transaction to promote Spirit Hall’s integrity.
• Hu Liena knelt outside the hall, and Bibi Dong comforted her and urged her to prepare for the Soul Master Tournament.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Dugu Lin’s talent made her feel she could not surpass him, but she withheld details because she had sworn not to reveal his talent.
• Bibi Dong learned Dugu Bo had made Hu Liena swear an oath, then told her to keep the oath and said she would watch Dugu Bo and Dugu Lin.
• After Hu Liena left, Bibi Dong questioned how Dugu Lin could be so exceptional despite having only half a rank of innate Soul Power, then insisted Yu Xiaogang was not a good-for-nothing.

Dugu Lin enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked to become the tournament team’s vice-captain. He revealed three purple soul rings, leaving the Education Committee and Qin Ming stunned.

• Dugu Bo accepted Spirit Hall’s seventy-thousand-year power-attribute right arm bone and planned to use it to help him break through to Rank 97.
• Dugu Yan brought Dugu Lin to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he reunited with Ye Lingling and met her classmates Osler, Shi Mo, and Yu Feng.
• Dugu Lin and Ye Lingling discussed revealing their soul rings, and Dugu Lin decided to stop delaying their practical training to keep their abilities secret.
• At the Education Committee Office, Dugu Lin met the academy leaders, Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and Qin Ming, who was expected to form the next tournament team.
• Dugu Lin requested the vice-captain position, then summoned his Jade Phosphorous Serpent martial soul and revealed three purple soul rings.

Dugu Lin, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling astonished Heaven Dou Royal Academy's education committee with their powerful cultivation and high-year soul rings, and Dugu Lin revealed that his Martial Soul was detached like Yu Xiaogang's. After the three left, Qin Ming opposed letting Dugu Yan compete in the next tournament and tried to justify his stance by bringing up Feng Xiaotian.

• Dugu Lin displayed his level 32 Soul Power, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling revealed their cultivation and eight purple soul rings between them, stunning the education committee and Prince Xue Xing.
• Dugu Lin asked to be vice-captain and suggested Dugu Yan as captain; the committee agreed, and he said the thousand-year rings came from a secret medicine made through the Dugu and Ye clans' research.
• Bai Baoshan noticed that Dugu Lin's Martial Soul differed from Dugu Yan's, and Dugu Lin revealed that his was detached, like Yu Xiaogang's.
• Dugu Yan, Dugu Lin, and Ye Lingling departed, and Meng Shenji congratulated Prince Xue Xing on the prospect of Dugu Yan becoming a talented crown princess.
• Zhi Lin suggested that Dugu Yan compete in the next soul master tournament, but Qin Ming objected and then cited Poison Douluo's disciple Feng Xiaotian as a possible rival.

Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng worried about Xue Qinghe’s growing influence, while Dugu Lin and Dugu Yan were invited to dinner at the Crown Prince’s residence. Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo offered Qian Renxue a medicinal bath formula, then encouraged her to share a bath with Dugu Lin, leaving her startled.

• Prince Xue Xing urged Xue Beng to stay patient and quietly build strength against Xue Qinghe.
• Dugu Lin expected major powers to probe the siblings after their talents became known.
• Qian Renxue invited Dugu Lin and Dugu Yan to dinner, and Dugu Bo arrived with Feng Xiaotian.
• Qian Renxue asked Dugu Bo for medicine to strengthen her body, and he gave her a medicinal bath formula.
• Dugu Lin proposed that he and Qian Renxue take a medicinal bath together, and Dugu Bo backed up his explanation.

Dugu Lin’s family left the Crown Prince’s Residence, where Dugu Bo wondered whether Dugu Yan liked the Crown Prince and Dugu Lin suggested Feng Xiaotian might have a chance with her. The next day, Dugu Lin joined the Heaven Dou Soul Master Tournament team as vice-captain, and the team pressed him and Dugu Yan to reveal their soul rings.

• Dugu Lin invited Qian Renxue to take a medicinal bath, but Qian Renxue avoided it by saying the herbs needed to be studied.
• Dugu Bo asked Dugu Yan whether she liked the Crown Prince, then gave Feng Xiaotian a dangerous look after she stammered her answer.
• Dugu Lin suggested to Feng Xiaotian that Dugu Bo might want to match him with Dugu Yan, prompting Feng Xiaotian to decide to find a chance to confess.
• Dugu Bo gave medicinal herbs to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Spirit Hall, temporarily ending the dispute over first-ring soul limits.
• Qin Ming announced Dugu Yan as team captain at level 45 and Dugu Lin as vice-captain at level 32, and the team asked to see their soul rings.
• Yu Feng asked Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to show their soul rings, while Dugu Lin decided he should warn Feng Xiaotian about Yu Feng.

Dugu Lin discovered that altering the Blue Silver King in his Spirit Album strengthened his martial soul and reduced its Soul Power cost, then began replacing it with Ye Lingling’s Nine-Heart Begonia. He used his first soul skill, Into the Painting, to start the transformation.

• Dugu Lin signed up for the individual event at the upcoming exchange tournament between major academies.
• During secluded cultivation, Dugu Lin analyzed the Blue Silver King’s Soul Power attributes and added three leaves to its image in the Spirit Album.
• Dugu Lin found that the altered Blue Silver King felt more natural to use and consumed thirty to forty percent less Soul Power.
• Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo discussed replacing the Blue Silver King with either Ye Lingling’s Nine-Heart Begonia or the Blue Silver Emperor, and decided to try the Nine-Heart Begonia first.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Lin used Ye Lingling’s blood and Into the Painting to begin replacing the Blue Silver King.

Dugu Lin revealed that his second Martial Soul could copy Ye Lingling’s Nine-Heart Begonia and used it to heal her. After Ye Lingling accepted the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Dugu Lin proposed using its protection to help her absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, and she resolved to take the risk.

• Dugu Lin revealed his album Martial Soul had collected Ye Lingling’s Nine-Heart Begonia, then used it to heal the cut on her hand.
• Dugu Bo brought out the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Ye Lingling accepted it after Dugu Lin asked her to become his little wife.
• Ye Lingling followed Dugu Lin’s instructions, made the Lovesick Heartbreak Red acknowledge her, and learned he planned to help her absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo agreed to discuss the plan with Ye Lingling’s grandfather, while Ye Lingling resolved to exceed the usual limit and absorb the ring.
• Dugu Bo told Ye Lingling to keep Dugu Lin’s second Martial Soul secret, and Dugu Lin announced he was going into seclusion.

Dugu Lin tested his first Soul Skill, Nine-Heart Begonia: Twin Blossoms, and discovered that it could heal fatal wounds and regenerate severed limbs. After experiments with Dugu Bo, he concluded that the skill could save someone from death if given enough time, though it consumed a great deal of Soul Power.

• Dugu Lin finished drawing a second Nine-Heart Begonia beside the first on his bronze book page.
• Dugu Bo brought three prisoners for Dugu Lin to use in testing the new Soul Skill.
• Dugu Lin healed an evil Soul Master's wounds with Twin Blossoms, but the healing could not revive him after Dugu Lin killed him.
• Dugu Lin used Twin Blossoms to regenerate another evil Soul Master's severed arm, though the process drained much of his Soul Power.
• Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo tested the skill on all three prisoners and found it could heal fatal injuries and save a life if there was enough time.

Dugu Lin decided to develop a Soul Power technique called Monster Strength while preparing to attend the academy exchange tournament. At the tournament, he learned that two Blue Lightning Clan descendants were competing, while Dugu Yan remained uncertain about Feng Xiaotian’s confession.

• Dugu Lin rejected taking Blue Silver Emperor sap for now, planned to replace his first soul skill with it at level sixty, and told Dugu Bo he wanted to create a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Dugu Lin began training to concentrate Soul Power into his fist and release it instantly as a powerful physical attack he called Monster Strength.
• More than a month later, the Soul Master Exchange Tournament began at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with team battles and individual contests for three ranks.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Lin that Feng Xiaotian had confessed to Dugu Yan, and Dugu Lin encouraged Dugu Yan to follow her heart without rushing to decide.
• Dugu Lin learned from Qin Ming that two direct descendants of the Blue Lightning Clan were competing in the Soul Grandmaster event and went to watch them.

Dugu Lin challenged Yu Tianheng after watching him win eight consecutive matches, and the two began a duel in the arena. Dugu Lin held his own without using his Martial Soul, leaving Yu Tianheng’s arm trembling after their first punch.

• Dugu Lin met Feng Xiaotian at the competition and learned that Yu Tianheng had defeated seven opponents with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Dugu Lin and Feng Xiaotian discussed their recent breakthroughs and Feng Xiaotian’s confession to Dugu Lin’s sister.
• Yu Tianheng defeated his eighth opponent, and Dugu Lin decided to challenge him.
• The teachers said Dugu Lin could only compete if Yu Tianheng agreed, so Dugu Lin called out to him and Yu Tianheng accepted.
• Dugu Lin said he would fight without using his Martial Soul, then blocked Yu Tianheng’s lightning and met his punch with one of his own.
• Dugu Lin noticed Yu Tianheng’s arm trembling and mocked him by asking whether his Martial Soul was leaking electricity.

Dugu Lin defeated Yu Tianheng in the arena using only his physical strength and Soul Power, then considered Yu Tianheng’s threat to kill him a potential danger. After leaving the crowd, Dugu Lin spoke with Feng Xiaotian about the upcoming tournament and reunited with Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er.

• Dugu Lin traded blows with Yu Tianheng, overpowered him, and knocked him out of the arena without using his Martial Soul or soul skills.
• Yu Tianheng threatened to kill Dugu Lin, who considered how he might silently kill Yu Tianheng in return.
• Feng Xiaotian praised Dugu Lin’s victory and said he hoped to reach level 61 before the Elite Soul Master Tournament.
• Dugu Lin declined to watch the team battles and encountered Shui Bing’er, who asked him a riddle about one plus one equaling three.
• Shui Yue’er called Dugu Lin her brother-in-law and asked him for medicinal herbs that could strengthen the body.

Shui Bing'er revealed her thousand-year second ring at the arena, and Dugu Lin explained his betrothal to her to calm Ye Lingling. He then watched Huo Wushuang lose to Lei Nuo, whose multi-stage movement Soul Skill overwhelmed him.

• Shui Bing'er told Dugu Lin that her grandfather had approved revealing her thousand-year second ring, and Dugu Lin agreed to watch her soul battle.
• A Skywater Academy teacher revealed Shui Bing'er and Dugu Lin's childhood betrothal, leading other factions to speculate that Dugu Bo had supplied her with medicinal herbs.
• Ye Lingling confronted Dugu Lin about his betrothal to Shui Bing'er, and he spent half an hour explaining the political benefits before placating her.
• Huo Wushuang fought Lei Nuo of Thunderclap Academy, whose Purple Lightning Porcupine Martial Soul and multi-stage Lightning Assault defeated him.
• Huo Wushuang accepted the loss and concluded that he needed faster reactions to counter movement Soul Skills.

Dugu Lin watched a tournament match before entering the arena to test himself against a faster agility-attack opponent. After activating his three soul rings, he broke through the Snow Leopard Soul Elder’s clone tactics and forced his opponent to exhaust his Soul Power.

• Li Qing defeated Lei Nuo by evading his attacks until Lei Nuo ran out of Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan boasted about her speed-enhancing Jade Phosphor Thrust, while Dugu Lin considered his own weaknesses and future training.
• Dugu Lin entered the arena and faced a level thirty-seven Snow Leopard Soul Elder, who wounded him with agile attacks while Dugu Lin fought without his martial soul.
• Dugu Lin released three purple soul rings and used Jade Phosphor Halo to boost his attributes, then shattered the Snow Leopard clones and kicked the real opponent away.
• The Snow Leopard Soul Elder repeatedly created more clones until his third soul skill exhausted his Soul Power.

Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo secretly arranged Yu Tianheng’s death during a soul-ring hunt, disguising it as a soul beast stampede. As news of Yu Tianheng’s death spread, a second report announced that Second Prince Xue Luochuan had hanged himself.

• Dugu Lin learned that Huo Wushuang had consumed Dugu Bo’s Fire Phoenix Crest, and Dugu Bo admitted he had forgotten to secure the Huo Clan’s agreement to a betrothal.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Lin that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had proposed a marriage alliance between Yu Tianheng and Huo Wu, but the Huo Clan had rejected it.
• Dugu Lin asked Dugu Bo to watch Yu Tianheng and kill him when he went to hunt for a soul ring, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Lin used soul-beast-attracting powder in Sunset Forest, and Little Lin triggered a stampede that interrupted Yu Tianheng’s soul-ring absorption and caused his death.
• Dugu Bo admitted to Ye Renxin that he had killed Yu Tianheng and asked Ye Lingling to keep it secret.
• The next day, news spread that Yu Tianheng had died, and a report announced that Second Prince Xue Luochuan had hanged himself.

Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo manipulated the fallout from the Second Prince’s death to protect Qian Renxue while turning her against Xue Beng. Two and a half years later, Feng Xiaotian had reached Level 60 and prepared to hunt a soul beast with Dugu Yan, while Dugu Bo worried that Yan’er might have feelings for Qian Renxue.

• Dugu Lin persuaded Dugu Bo to spread conflicting rumors about Qian Renxue and the Second Prince’s death, hoping to shield Qian Renxue and convince her that Xue Beng was dangerous.
• Over the next two and a half years, Qian Renxue gained court support but neglected her cultivation, while Feng Xiaotian trained until he reached Level 60 alongside Dugu Lin.
• Dugu Bo recommended that Feng Xiaotian seek a Snow Shadow Demon Wolf in the Icebound Forest for his sixth soul ring and discussed a powerful wolf king as a possible seventh-ring target.
• Feng Xiaotian agreed to travel to the Icebound Forest with Dugu Yan and Godwind Academy teachers, and Dugu Bo warned him to consult his clan before attempting the hunt.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to stop breaking Feng Xiaotian’s legs, and Dugu Bo teased her before admitting he was relieved she did not like Qian Renxue.

Dugu Lin awakened a healing Soul Skill through the Blue Silver Emperor and then plunged to the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to retrieve Soul Bones from the Dragon King corpses. He escaped upward with the bones, leaving the depths unexplored.

• Feng Xingtian learned that Feng Xiaotian and Dugu Yan were together and that Dugu Bo approved of their relationship.
• Dugu Lin replaced his Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul with Blue Silver Emperor sap and named his first Soul Skill Blue Silver Emperor: Azure.
• Dugu Lin told the Blue Silver Emperor about Tang Hao, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang, then strengthened the Blue Silver Emperor over the next three days.
• Dugu Lin proposed searching the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for Soul Bones left by the Dragon Kings, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Dugu Lin descended three thousand meters, found the Dragon King corpses and two crystal-clear Soul Bones, and grabbed the bones before fleeing upward.

Dugu Lin failed to absorb the divine power in the Ice and Fire Wings, but used it to reforge Little Lin’s wings into a hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone with both ultimate ice and fire. He then traveled with Dugu Bo to Ten Thousand Snake Valley, where a discussion about betrothals and Huo Wu’s future revealed how rare Meng Yiran’s talent was believed to be.

• Dugu Lin emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with an External Soul Bone shaped like a pair of wings infused with the powers of ice and fire.
• As Dugu Lin struggled to absorb the wings, Little Lin took on some of the pressure and gained their ice-and-fire power in his own wings.
• After a day and night, Dugu Lin awakened and explained that he could not absorb the divine power, but had reforged Little Lin’s wings into a hundred-thousand-year soul bone.
• Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo flew to Ten Thousand Snake Valley and met Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Huo Yun.
• Huo Yun confronted Dugu Bo about Dugu Lin’s betrothals, and Dugu Bo offered Huo Wu an immortal herb in exchange for Huo Yun handling the outside world’s reaction to her increased Soul Power.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu accepted the discussion without comment, believing the Ninth-Grade Dragon Ganoderma had already given Meng Yiran the finest possible talent boost.