Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yao, whose memories of his previous life had awakened, considered the danger of the Dugu family's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul as his family took him and Dugu Yan to Dugu Bo's Medicine Garden for their awakenings. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo greeting the children in his valley.

• At breakfast, Dugu Yao learned that he and Dugu Yan would awaken their Martial Souls that day.
• Dugu Yao considered ways to prevent the Jade Phosphor Serpent's poison from harming its wielder, concluding that a high-age Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone would be needed.
• Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu took Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan from Dugu Manor toward Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Yao complained that Dugu Xin carried him roughly under one arm while Lin Wanqiu held Dugu Yan.
• The family reached Dugu Bo's Medicine Garden, where Dugu Bo appeared and asked Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan whether they had missed him.

Dugu Yao began awakening his Martial Soul, but the process transported his consciousness to a strange palace called the Five Emperors Platform. Recognizing its connection to Xiangliu from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, he wondered whether the mysterious place was his transmigrator’s special advantage.

• Dugu Bo reunited with Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan, then prepared to awaken their Martial Souls while Dugu Yao complained that Dugu Xin had bullied him.
• Dugu Bo arranged six black stones into an array and told Dugu Yao to feel for and release his Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yao followed a mysterious guiding force across black water to an Eastern-style palace marked with verses about Xiangliu.
• Dugu Yao climbed eighty-one steps to the Five Emperors Platform, entered its bronze gate, and saw a dark corridor light up with blue lamps.
• Dugu Yao recalled that he had been reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas before dying in his previous life and realized the palace resembled Xiangliu’s mythological tomb.

Dugu Yao followed a mysterious guidance into the Five Emperors Platform, where he received Xiangliu’s first two inheritances: a Million-Year Soul Ring and the Nine Nether Poison Scripture. The remnant consciousness sent him away before he could ask questions, leaving him atop the platform with a view of a vast black pool and gigantic bones below.

• Dugu Yao approached a massive door, which burst open and sent a jade-green, nine-headed creature crashing into him.
• Dugu Yao recognized the creature’s resemblance to Xiangliu, comforted it, and let it ride on his shoulder.
• Dugu Yao entered a vast chamber with five statues and an altar, where fiery words recounted Xiangliu’s history.
• A remnant of Xiangliu appeared and granted Dugu Yao a Million-Year Soul Ring and the Nine Nether Poison Scripture, promising eight more inheritances as his Soul Power Level rose.
• The remnant expelled Dugu Yao to the top of the Five Emperors Platform, where he saw an endless black pool and enormous bones beneath it.

Dugu Yao awakened the Nine-Headed Xiangliu Martial Soul after learning that the Otherspace held the remains and blood of Xiangliu, and he explained the Martial Soul’s unusual nature and abilities to his family. Little Xiangliu began devouring Dugu Bo’s poison, and Dugu Yao warned that his grandfather might be ill.

• Dugu Yao realized the Otherspace and Five Emperors Platform were connected to Xiangliu’s corpse and toxic blood, then left with Little Xiangliu.
• Dugu Yao released his Martial Soul, which took the form of the living, nine-headed Little Xiangliu.
• Dugu Yao told Dugu Xin, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan that his Nine-Headed Xiangliu was an External Martial Soul with its own consciousness and life.
• Little Xiangliu climbed onto Dugu Bo and devoured the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison in his body.
• Dugu Yao explained his Martial Soul’s abilities and said Spirit Sensing had revealed that Dugu Bo’s condition was serious.

Dugu Yao explained that the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison harmed the Dugu family and its descendants, while Dugu Bo realized that Xiangliu had likely devoured the poison that endangered Lin Wanqiu. Dugu Yao revealed Xiangliu’s Devouring Evolution and Heavenly Law Manifestation abilities, leaving the family astonished by its powers.

• Dugu Yao explained that the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison could eventually kill its wielder and affect their descendants and partner.
• Dugu Xin confirmed that the poison had harmed him and Lin Wanqiu, and said it had nearly killed Lin Wanqiu when she gave birth to Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo reasoned that Xiangliu had devoured Lin Wanqiu’s poison and prevented the poison from passing to Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yao revealed that Xiangliu’s Devouring Evolution could consume poisons and toxins and increase Soul Ring age.
• Dugu Yao described Xiangliu’s Heavenly Law Manifestation, which let it grow by one hundred meters for every ten soul power levels, up to one thousand meters, and control its size.

Dugu Yao told Dugu Bo and the others that his Martial Soul was bestowed by Fierce God Xiangliu, whose inheritance gave him a Million-Year Soul Ring and the Nine Nether Poison Scripture. He explained that the scripture could contain the Dugu family's poison and remove the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul's flaw.

• Dugu Bo questioned how Dugu Yao's Jade Phosphor Serpent could grow to a thousand meters and possess three extraordinary abilities.
• Dugu Yao revealed that his Martial Soul was God-Bestowed and recounted meeting Fierce God Xiangliu's remnant will in the Otherspace beneath the Five Emperors Platform.
• Dugu Yao said Xiangliu had granted him two inheritances: a Million-Year Soul Ring and the Nine Nether Poison Scripture.
• At Dugu Yao's command, Little Xiangliu revealed the golden Soul Ring, whose passive skill increased the power of his poison attacks a hundredfold.
• Dugu Yao explained that the Nine Nether Poison Scripture could store the family's Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison in a Nine Nether Space and grant immunity to all poisons.

Dugu Yao tested his Soul Power and discovered his Innate Soul Power Level was 20, while Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin concluded that Xiangliu’s inheritance had given him a god-bestowed Martial Soul. After Dugu Yao considered ways to strengthen his body for a stronger Soul Ring, Dugu Yan awakened a Three-Headed Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul.

• Dugu Yao explained that he could return to the Otherspace every ten Soul Power levels to receive more of Xiangliu’s inheritance, and Dugu Xin said the Nine Nether Poison Scripture could resolve the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul’s flaw.
• Dugu Yao placed his hand on a testing Crystal Ball, which burst; a second Crystal Ball revealed his Innate Soul Power Level was 20.
• Dugu Bo explained that he believed god-bestowed Martial Souls could exceed the usual Innate Soul Power limit, then planned to help Dugu Yao obtain a Second Soul Ring after Dugu Yan’s awakening.
• Dugu Yao considered using the Immortal Grade Spirit Grasses in Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden and Whale Rubber to strengthen his body for a more powerful Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan entered the Awakening Array, and her Martial Soul took the form of a Three-Headed Jade Phosphor Serpent without its own life or consciousness.

Dugu Yan awakened a Three-Headed Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul and displayed a unique Martial Soul Possession form, while her Soul Power test revealed Innate Full Soul Power at Level 10. Dugu Yao proposed that he and his sister could absorb Thousand-Year Soul Rings after consuming Immortal Herbs, and Dugu Bo learned that his Medicine Garden held many valuable plants he could not identify.

• Dugu Bo identified Dugu Yan's Martial Soul as a mutation and told her to try Martial Soul Possession.
• Dugu Yan manifested and controlled three Jade Phosphor Serpents growing from her back.
• Dugu Yan tested at Innate Full Soul Power Level 10, while Dugu Xin contrasted her result with Dugu Yao's Level 20.
• Dugu Bo offered to take the children to hunt Soul Rings, but Dugu Yao argued they could absorb Thousand-Year Soul Rings after strengthening their physiques with Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Yao explained that Xiangliu's Spirit Sensing had identified Immortal Herbs in Dugu Bo's Medicine Garden, and Dugu Bo realized he had known little about its plants.

Dugu Yao explained the effects of the Immortal Herbs and searched the Medicine Garden for spirit grasses suited to his family. He distributed three grasses to each of them, leaving them ready to absorb their gifts.

• Dugu Yao identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, explaining that absorbing them together could transform a physique and grant immunity to water and fire.
• Dugu Yao used Xiangliu and Spirit Sensing to find Poison Dragon Grasses that could help Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul evolve.
• Dugu Yao selected spirit grasses for Lin Wanqiu, Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, and Dugu Yan, describing their effects and suitability.
• Dugu Yao distributed three spirit grasses each to Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, himself, Dugu Yan, and Lin Wanqiu, then sat down exhausted.

Dugu Yao directed his family through the precise order for consuming their Immortal Grade Spirit Grasses, while Xiangliu prepared to absorb his own. The family began refining the herbs, and Xiangliu planned to gain an Indestructible Vajra Body and immunity to water and fire.

• Dugu Xin proved his devotion to Lin Wanqiu by making the Lovesick Heartbreak Red bloom with his heart's blood.
• Dugu Yao explained the required herb combinations and consumption order, and Lin Wanqiu began absorbing her spirit grasses.
• Dugu Bo consumed the Poison Dragon Grass followed by the Ninth-Grade Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King and Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma, which neutralized its poison.
• Dugu Xin and Dugu Yan followed Dugu Yao's instructions to absorb their spirit grasses, enduring the Poison Dragon Grass's effects before completing their combinations.
• Dugu Yao anticipated the benefits his family would gain and said he would teach them the Nine Nether Poison Scripture.
• Xiangliu prepared to absorb the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Octagonal Ice Grass, and Infernal Delicate Apricot to forge an Indestructible Vajra Body with immunity to water and fire.

Dugu Yao completed the effects of three immortal herbs, gaining immunity to water and fire and an Indestructible Vajra Body. Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu also awakened with evolved Martial Souls, stronger soul power, and their poison removed, while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yao’s sister remained unconscious.

• Dugu Yao ate the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye for a day and night.
• Dugu Yao awoke immune to the poisonous springs and completed his Immunity to Water and Fire Body and Indestructible Vajra Body, though most of the herbs’ power remained unrefined until he reached soul power level 70.
• Dugu Xin revealed that his Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Soul, his soul power had risen from level 68 to 70, and his poison arts and internal poison had disappeared.
• Dugu Yao reassured Dugu Xin that the herbs given to Dugu Bo, Lin Wanqiu, and his sister were safe and could bring even greater improvements.
• Lin Wanqiu awoke with her Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison gone, her soul power raised from level 65 to 70, and her Poisonous Illusion Eye Martial Soul evolved; Dugu Xin sensed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had grown stronger.

After Dugu Yan absorbed the spirit grasses, her Martial Soul transformed and her poison grew more potent. Dugu Bo broke through the Rank 90 bottleneck and emerged from a cocoon reborn as a handsome, younger man.

• Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu discussed testing their evolved Martial Souls' fusion skill.
• Dugu Yan examined her changes and revealed her evolved Three-Phase Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul, whose three heads had different personalities and venom strengths.
• Dugu Yao explained that Dugu Yan's remaining medicinal effects would boost her cultivation until she reached Soul Power Rank 70.
• Dugu Bo's aura surged as he broke through the Rank 90 bottleneck and underwent a complete bodily rebirth inside a green cocoon.
• Dugu Bo burst from the cocoon transformed into a vigorous, handsome younger man, surprising Dugu Yao and Dugu Xin.

After consuming the spirit grasses, Dugu Bo regained his youth, healed from the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison, evolved his Martial Soul, and reached Soul Power Level 90. He chose Poison Dragon as his future Titled Douluo title and began considering founding a sect for his family.

• Dugu Bo saw his youthful face in a mirror and celebrated his restored health and appearance.
• Dugu Bo thanked Dugu Yao for the spirit grasses and praised him for uncovering the hidden treasure trove.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin revealed that their Martial Souls had evolved into Jade Phosphor Poison Dragons.
• Dugu Bo announced that his Soul Power had reached level 90 and accepted Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan's suggestion to take the title Poison Dragon.
• Dugu Bo considered founding a sect to protect and strengthen the Dugu family.

Dugu Yao supported Dugu Bo’s plan to establish a sect and revealed the Snowy Swan Kiss, a spirit grass that could amplify nearby poison a thousandfold. Dugu Bo stored it safely, while Dugu Xin wondered how the hidden place contained such powerful treasures.

• Dugu Yao supported Dugu Bo’s plan to found a sect, and Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu pledged their support.
• Dugu Yao found the Snowy Swan Kiss and explained that activating it with Soul Power could amplify surrounding poison a thousandfold.
• Dugu Xin grabbed Lin Wanqiu and Dugu Yan and retreated when he heard how dangerous the spirit grass was.
• Dugu Yao said the Snowy Swan Kiss suited Dugu Bo and could help him fight an overwhelming enemy.
• Dugu Bo placed the Snowy Swan Kiss in his Space Soul Tool, and Dugu Xin asked how the place held so many powerful treasures.

Dugu Yao explained the Snowy Swan Kiss’s one-use limitation and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye’s properties, then asked Dugu Bo to test his strength with increasing pressure. After enduring level 45 pressure, the six-year-old showed that his body had been greatly strengthened by the Immortal Herbs.

• Dugu Yao told everyone that the Snowy Swan Kiss could unleash a devastating poison attack but would become useless after one use.
• Dugu Yao identified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and explained that its natural poison suppression had likely kept Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison from erupting.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Dugu Yao could absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Dugu Yao suggested testing his body by raising the pressure.
• Dugu Yao easily endured level 30 pressure, then asked Dugu Bo to increase it in five-level and later one-level increments.
• Dugu Yao endured level 45 pressure, leaving Dugu Bo astonished by his six-year-old grandson’s strength.

Dugu Yao proved his enhanced body could withstand Level 45 pressure, prompting Dugu Bo to consider a high-age Thousand-Year Soul Ring for him. Dugu Yan then tested her own limits, reaching Level 25 pressure with her Martial Soul helping her endure as she pushed toward Level 30.

• Dugu Yao endured Dugu Bo's Level 45 pressure, and Dugu Xin praised the physical strength he had gained from the Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Bo said Dugu Yao could theoretically absorb an 8,000-year Second Soul Ring but recommended a safer 7,000-year Soul Ring, which Dugu Yao accepted.
• Dugu Yao asked Dugu Bo to test Dugu Yan's physical strength, and Dugu Yan stepped forward to see whether she could withstand Level 30 pressure.
• Dugu Yan struggled under Level 20 pressure and asked Dugu Bo to increase it one level at a time.
• Dugu Yan endured Level 25 pressure as her Three-Phase Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul manifested, then insisted that Dugu Bo keep raising the pressure.

Dugu Yao revealed that Whale Rubber could strengthen a Soul Master's body and raise their Soul Ring absorption limit, contradicting Dugu Bo's belief that it was harmful. The family learned how to purify it and prepared to use it to improve Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan's chances of absorbing stronger Soul Rings.

• Dugu Yan endured Dugu Bo's pressure up to level 29 before collapsing, and Dugu Yao comforted her about absorbing a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo offered to take Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to hunt Soul Rings, but Dugu Yao said they should delay absorbing them.
• Dugu Yao asked his family about Whale Rubber and said Spirit Sensing had revealed that it could improve a Soul Master's constitution.
• Dugu Yao explained that purified top-grade Thousand-Year Whale Rubber could increase Soul Ring absorption limits by around 500 years and described how to melt it with a fire-attribute Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yao planned to use Whale Rubber to strengthen himself and Dugu Yan so they could absorb Soul Rings closer to their limits.

Dugu Yao used Spirit Sensing to confirm that Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Soul could evolve into the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor after he absorbed another Soul Ring. He then gave his family the Nine Nether Poison Scripture so they could cultivate poison powers and immunity.

• Dugu Bo asked Dugu Yao to verify the family legend that the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul evolved at level ninety.
• Dugu Yao used Xiangliu and Spirit Sensing to learn that the original Martial Soul evolved into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and formed a Poison Pill.
• Dugu Yao explained that Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Soul would instead evolve into the Poison Ancestor, the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor, after absorbing a Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo celebrated the confirmed evolution, and his family congratulated him.
• Xiangliu found no poison inside Dugu Bo, so Dugu Yao fed it a poisonous herb.
• Dugu Yao gave Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, Lin Wanqiu, and Dugu Yan the Nine Nether Poison Scripture and urged them to cultivate it.

Dugu Yao gave Dugu Bo the Nine Nether Poison Scripture, and Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, and Lin Wanqiu set out to hunt powerful Spirit Beasts for Soul Rings. Back at Dugu Manor, Dugu Yao opened a Nine Nether Space with ease, while Dugu Yan struggled to cultivate the technique.

• Dugu Yao gave Dugu Bo the Nine Nether Poison Scripture and explained that it could store toxins for attacks.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to return to Dugu Manor with their parents while he and the adults sought Soul Rings in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu took the children home, then returned with Dugu Bo to search for powerful poisonous Spirit Beasts.
• Dugu Yao taught Dugu Yan the Nine Nether Poison Scripture’s introductory method and opened a thumb-sized Nine Nether Space while cultivating.
• Dugu Yan failed to circulate the method, and Dugu Yao asked Xiangliu to spit venom so he could store it in his Nine Nether Space.

Dugu Yao tested Xiangliu’s venom in his Nine Nether Space and found it overwhelmed the poisons of two Immortal Herbs. After cultivating through the night, he encouraged Dugu Yan, who still had not mastered the Nine Nether Poison Scripture, and they went to eat.

• Dugu Yao stored a drop of Xiangliu’s venom in his Nine Nether Space and found it consumed the poisons of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Dugu Yao reassured Dugu Yan that she could take her time learning the Nine Nether Poison Scripture and promised her a drop of Xiangliu’s venom once she opened her own Nine Nether Space.
• Dugu Yao cultivated through the night without fatigue, while Dugu Yan failed to get started despite practicing until morning.
• Dugu Yao comforted the exhausted Dugu Yan and suggested she rest after they ate, noting that they might see their parents and grandfather later.
• Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan went to the Reception Hall and ate the meal prepared by the servants.