Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yao wondered why he cultivated the Nine Nether Poison Scripture far faster than Dugu Yan, who was still struggling to begin. Dugu Bo returned as a level 92 Titled Douluo with an evolved Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, and he invited the children inside to show them its Soul Skills.

• Dugu Yao realized that his Xiangliu Martial Soul made cultivating the Nine Nether Poison Scripture like reclaiming power he already possessed, while Dugu Yan still struggled to get started.
• Dugu Bo returned the next morning, and Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan greeted him as Poison Dragon Douluo after seeing his nine Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo told them Dugu Yao's parents had become level 73 Soul Sages after absorbing their Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had reached level 92 and that his Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor after he absorbed a ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo called Xiangliu the true Poison Ancestor and led Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan inside to show them his evolved Martial Soul and Soul Skills.

Dugu Bo returned home as a Titled Douluo and showed his family his evolved Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and devastating ninth soul skill. Dugu Yan then asked whether her family had mastered the Nine Nether Poison Scripture and opened Nine Nether Space.

• Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu caught up with Dugu Bo and reunited with Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan at home.
• Dugu Xin said that the Immortal Herbs had helped him and Lin Wanqiu reach Soul Power Level seventy-three after they absorbed their Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo revealed his Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and described his ninth soul skill, Dragon Emperor Annihilation Divine Light, which could spread its poison across a crowd.
• Dugu Yao recognized the skill's potentially catastrophic power, while Lin Wanqiu warned that Dugu Bo could not use it lightly.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, and Lin Wanqiu whether they had cultivated the Nine Nether Poison Scripture and opened Nine Nether Space.

Dugu Yao explained how properly purified Whale Rubber could strengthen a Soul Master’s body, then demonstrated by consuming it. Its potent virility-boosting effect embarrassed him, and he used the Nine Nether Poison Scripture to suppress the heat.

• Dugu Yan learned that her parents had also struggled to cultivate the Nine Nether Poison Scripture and realized the method was difficult rather than her comprehension being poor.
• Dugu Yao explained that Xiangliu’s Nine Nether Space had let him begin cultivating in one night.
• Dugu Bo brought out Whale Rubber, and Dugu Yao used Spirit Sensing to identify its physical benefits and warn that unpurified Whale Rubber harmed Soul Masters.
• Dugu Yao taught Dugu Bo to purify Whale Rubber with Soul Power, turning it into a soft, gelatinous substance.
• Dugu Yao ate the purified Whale Rubber, became flushed from its intense virility-boosting effect, and suppressed the heat by circulating the Nine Nether Poison Scripture.

Dugu Yao discovered that whale glue could greatly increase a Soul Master's soul-ring absorption limit, and his family examined the effects of thousand-year and Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue. He postponed taking the potent ten-thousand-year piece until that night, while Dugu Xin urged Dugu Bo to try some too.

• Dugu Yao explained that the thousand-year whale glue had strengthened him and could raise his soul-ring absorption limit by about five hundred years.
• Dugu Bo revealed Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, and Dugu Yao used Xiangliu and Spirit Sensing to determine that it could raise the limit by roughly one thousand years.
• Dugu Yao warned that the ten-thousand-year piece was too potent to absorb all at once and refused to take more while the first dose was still affecting him.
• Dugu Yao arranged to absorb the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue that night with his sister and then hurried out of the Reception Hall as his family laughed.
• Dugu Xin confirmed that thousand-year whale glue worked on him and suggested that Dugu Bo try some and that the family stockpile more.

Dugu Bo tested Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and found that it improved even a Titled Douluo, then supervised Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan as they absorbed it. After three days of refining the glue, the two strengthened their physiques, and Dugu Bo took them to Sunset Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts.

• Dugu Bo ate a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and confirmed that it had an effect on him, though it was less pronounced than on younger Soul Masters.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yao a larger piece of whale glue and Dugu Yan a smaller one, and Dugu Xin helped them suppress its heat by changing their cold water every ten minutes.
• Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan finished absorbing the whale glue, and Dugu Bo examined them and found no negative effects.
• Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan took Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue three times over the next day, greatly improving their physiques and Soul Ring absorption limits.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to Sunset Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts.

Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to a volcanic cave in Sunset Forest to hunt Crimson Eye Netherflame Snakes for their Soul Rings. As they ventured deeper, he captured a roughly three-thousand-year-old snake for Dugu Yan while they continued toward the nearly ten-thousand-year-old one.

• Dugu Yao explained that Xiangliu could devour Soul Beast corpses and other substances to gain attributes, awaken heads, and gradually increase its Soul Ring ages.
• Dugu Bo described the Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake’s evolution and led Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to its nest in a collapsed volcanic crater.
• Dugu Bo protected Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan with Soul Power barriers and led them into the scorching cave, where Dugu Yan admired the glowing red gemstones.
• Dugu Bo explained that the nearly ten-thousand-year-old snake could not escape through the cave’s sole entrance before it evolved into a python.
• Dugu Bo knocked out a roughly three-thousand-year-old Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake and carried it deeper, intending it for Dugu Yan.

Dugu Bo led Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to the volcanic crater, where he subdued a nearly ten-thousand-year-old Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake. Dugu Yao used Xiangliu’s potent venom to kill it, and Dugu Bo told him and Dugu Yan to absorb their respective Soul Rings.

• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to the magma-filled crater and pointed out the Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake hiding on a boulder.
• Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor overpowered the snake, scattered its flames, and brought it to Dugu Yao alive.
• Dugu Yao summoned Xiangliu and ordered it to poison the snake, which died moments after Xiangliu bit it.
• A blackish-purple Soul Ring appeared, and Dugu Bo told Dugu Yao to absorb it and gave Dugu Yan an unconscious three-thousand-year Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake to kill and absorb.

Dugu Yan and Dugu Yao absorbed Soul Rings from the Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake and gained powerful new Soul Skills. After Dugu Yao revealed his soul power had reached level twenty-eight, he had Xiangliu devour the snake.

• Dugu Yan killed the three-thousand-year Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake and began absorbing its Soul Ring while Dugu Yao absorbed a nine-thousand-six-hundred-year Soul Ring under Dugu Bo’s guard.
• Dugu Yan completed her absorption first, gained the Three-Phase Netherflame Breath Soul Skill, and reached soul power level eighteen.
• Dugu Yao finished absorbing his Soul Ring and gained the Fire Poison Blazing Flame Array, which spread poisonous orange-red flames across a hundred-meter radius.
• Dugu Yao’s soul power rose from level twenty to level twenty-eight, leaving him two levels from the next Xiangliu Inheritance.
• Dugu Yao summoned Xiangliu and ordered it to devour the Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake.

Dugu Yao’s Xiangliu awakened a fire-wielding second head after devouring the Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake, and the family returned to Dugu Manor after absorbing their first Soul Rings. The chapter ended with Dugu Yao joining his shocked parents inside to explain their results.

• After Xiangliu ate the Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake, its second head awakened with fire abilities, and Dugu Yao named the heads Little Liu and Little Red.
• Dugu Bo realized that future Spirit Beast corpses could awaken more Xiangliu heads, each with the devoured beast’s attributes.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan back to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Yan told her parents that she had reached Soul Power Level 18.
• Dugu Yan revealed that Dugu Yao had absorbed a 9,600-year Crimson Eye Netherflame Snake Soul Ring and reached Soul Power Level 28, stunning Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu.
• Dugu Yao arrived with Dugu Bo and invited his parents inside to hear the full story.

Dugu Yao demonstrated that Xiangliu’s Devouring Evolution could raise Soul Ring ages by consuming herbs, though its effects were limited by Xiangliu’s capacity and the energy of the food. Dugu Bo then planned to send Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and warned them to keep their Soul Ring configurations secret.

• Dugu Yao explained that Xiangliu gained new heads and attributes by devouring absorbed Spirit Beasts, and could increase Soul Ring ages by eating herbs, poisons, or Spirit Beast flesh.
• Dugu Bo tested the skill with ordinary poisonous herbs, and Dugu Yao found that ten herbs increased his Second Soul Ring’s age by one year.
• Dugu Bo proposed sending Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy when admissions began, and Dugu Yan eagerly agreed.
• Dugu Bo warned the two children not to reveal their Soul Ring configurations, and Dugu Yao assured him they would keep them secret.
• Dugu Bo said he would personally take Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan to the academy.

Dugu Bo announced a celebration banquet for his advancement to Titled Douluo and explained that he intended it to prepare for founding a sect. He outlined the sect’s need for strength, funding, and more direct-line descendants, then sent his family back to practice the Nine Nether Poison Scripture.

• Dugu Bo told his family that his celebration banquet would be held the day after tomorrow and required them to attend.
• Dugu Bo named Prince Xue Xing and representatives of the Upper Three Sects among the expected guests, explaining that factions might try to recruit him.
• Dugu Bo said the banquet would pave the way for a future sect and described its needs for a powerful leader, funding, and direct-line descendants.
• Dugu Bo pointed out that his family had only five members, and Dugu Xin offered to work with Lin Wanqiu to have more children.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu to bring him honor at the banquet, and the family returned to their rooms to cultivate the Nine Nether Poison Scripture.

Dugu Bo held a celebration banquet after becoming a Titled Douluo, where he reunited with Yu Yuanzhen and met the young Yu Tianheng. The Clear Sky Sect's Tang Wei arrived with Tang Xiao and several disciples, leaving the banquet's gathering of powerful sect leaders underway.

• Nobles and dignitaries gathered at the Jade Glazed Pavilion to celebrate Dugu Bo's breakthrough and remark on his rejuvenated appearance.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived with his grandson Yu Tianheng, and he and Dugu Bo exchanged congratulations and introductions.
• Dugu Yao thought about Yu Yuanzhen's future death in Spirit Hall's Spirit Hunting Operation, while Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng's attempt to play with her.
• Tang Wei arrived with Tang Xiao and several Clear Sky Sect disciples.

Dugu Bo celebrated his advancement to Titled Douluo as the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect arrived. The banquet was interrupted by Spirit Hall elders Ju Yueguan and Gui Mei, whose purpose remained unclear.

• Dugu Yan complained about the Clear Sky Sect disciples’ arrogance, and Dugu Yao told her to watch as the sect’s fortunes would eventually decline.
• A Clear Sky Sect disciple insulted Dugu Bo, and Tang Wei apologized and rebuked the young man.
• Ning Fengzhi congratulated Dugu Bo and offered to cover the banquet’s expenses.
• Ju Yueguan and Gui Mei arrived uninvited, startling Dugu Bo and prompting Ning Fengzhi to suspect they had hostile intentions.
• Ju Yueguan claimed they had come to celebrate, but Gui Mei urged him to get to their real business.

Ju Yueguan offered Dugu Bo an elder position in Spirit Hall, but Dugu Bo refused because he still resented Spirit Hall for hunting him. The refusal brought the two sides to the brink of a fight, while the gathered leaders reassessed Dugu Bo’s strength and potential.

• Ju Yueguan offered Dugu Bo an elder position in Spirit Hall on behalf of the Pope, prompting the assembled leaders to worry that he might accept.
• Dugu Bo rejected the offer and reminded Ju Yueguan that he had led the hunt against him.
• Ju Yueguan threatened Dugu Bo, who summoned his nine Soul Rings and revealed his evolved Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor Martial Soul.
• Yu Yuanzhen, Ning Fengzhi, and Tang Wei recognized Dugu Bo as a powerful figure they should recruit or befriend.
• Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu joined Dugu Bo with their Martial Souls, while Dugu Yan worried that the groups would fight.
• Dugu Yao reassured Dugu Yan that the gathering was only testing limits and that Spirit Hall would not attack in public.

Spirit Hall tried to recruit Dugu Bo, but he accepted an Honorary Elder token instead of joining its service. After the banquet ended, Dugu Yan complained that Yu Tianheng had repeatedly bothered her.

• Ju Yueguan urged Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall, while Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Wei backed Dugu Bo and warned Spirit Hall against forcing him.
• Ju Yueguan offered Dugu Bo a Papal Edict granting him Honorary Elder status and elder privileges without requiring him to serve Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo accepted the token, mocked Ju Yueguan and Gui Mei, and watched them leave the banquet hall.
• Dugu Bo thanked the leaders of the Upper Three Sects, and the banquet continued before he saw off the remaining guests.
• Dugu Yan complained to Dugu Yao that Yu Tianheng had repeatedly approached her and talked about his talent.

Ju Yueguan confronted Dugu Bo after recognizing the aura of the Immortal Grade Qi Rong Tongtian Chrysanthemum in Dugu Yao, who had already absorbed it. Dugu Bo concealed where he had found the spirit grass, and Ju Yueguan left after giving Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan gifts.

• Dugu Bo stopped Ju Yueguan outside the Jade Glazed Pavilion and prepared to fight when he learned the Spirit Hall elder had stayed behind.
• Ju Yueguan explained that he wanted to know where Dugu Yao's Immortal Grade Qi Rong Tongtian Chrysanthemum came from, since it could greatly improve his strength.
• Dugu Bo said Dugu Yao had eaten the only spirit grass he had found by chance and hid his knowledge of the Immortal Herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Ju Yueguan examined Dugu Yao, confirmed the spirit grass's identity, and gave him a Qi Rong Flower and Dugu Yan a Zhu Lan Qi Luo.
• Ju Yueguan inferred that Dugu Bo had also used an Immortal Herb to evolve his Martial Soul, then left without pressing him further.

After returning from the Jade Glazed Pavilion, Dugu Yan successfully began cultivating the Nine Nether Poison Scripture, while Dugu Yao planned to reach Soul Power Level 30 and unlock Fierce God Xiangliu’s Third Inheritance. The family settled into cultivation as Dugu Yao anticipated entering Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan and worried Yu Yuanzhen might use his grandson Yu Tianheng to approach her.

• Dugu Bo criticized Ju Yueguan for serving Spirit Hall and warned that even the Upper Three Sects had once struggled to contend with its power.
• On the carriage ride home, Dugu Yao thought about future events and how much time his family had to grow stronger before the world fell into chaos.
• Dugu Yan announced that she had begun the Nine Nether Poison Scripture, and Dugu Yao promised to give her a drop of Xiangliu’s venom once she opened her Nine Nether Space.
• Dugu Yao urged Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, and Lin Wanqiu to master the scripture, and they returned to Dugu Manor to cultivate.
• Dugu Yao resolved to reach Soul Power Level 30 and unlock the Third Inheritance before he and Dugu Yan entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Yao expected Yu Yuanzhen to use Yu Tianheng to approach Dugu Yan, but believed Yu Tianheng had little chance with her.

Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan attended Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Yu Tianheng repeatedly tried and failed to get close to them. After Dugu Yao exposed Yu Tianheng’s motive and urged him to give up, Yu Tianheng withdrew, and the siblings settled in for class.

• Dugu Yan rebuffed Yu Tianheng when he followed her into class, and Dugu Yao advised her to ignore him.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan why she rejected him and listed his talent and status, but Dugu Yan told him to stop boasting until he became a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Yao told Yu Tianheng that Dugu Yan had no feelings for him and accused him of trying to use the siblings to gain Dugu Bo’s favor; Yu Tianheng left for his seat.
• Dugu Yan complained about Yu Tianheng’s ulterior motives, and Dugu Yao explained that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was declining and mentioned Yu Yuanzhen’s son’s weak talent and mutated Martial Soul.
• The instructor arrived, the students quieted down, and the lesson on Martial Soul knowledge began.

After Dugu Yan and Dugu Yao returned from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Yan complained that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had used Yu Tianheng to approach them, prompting Dugu Bo to tell her to avoid him and attend the academy less often. Dugu Yao then reflected on Xue Qinghe’s future and continued cultivating while Dugu Yan struggled to open Nine Nether Space.

• Dugu Yan left Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yao, glad she would not have to see Yu Tianheng for a while.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin that Yu Tianheng had approached them at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s urging, and Dugu Xin condemned the clan’s methods.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan she could attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy less often and should minimize contact with Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Yao described Xue Qinghe as courteous and approachable, while privately thinking about Qian Renxue’s future takeover and the princes’ deaths.
• Dugu Yan continued trying to open Nine Nether Space as Dugu Yao cultivated toward Soul Power Level 29.

After Dugu Yao reached Soul Power Level 30, he entered the Otherspace to receive Fierce God Xiangliu's Third Inheritance. He arrived at the Five Emperors Platform and found the five statues and sacrificial altar.

• Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, and Lin Wanqiu opened their Nine Nether Spaces and stored Xiangliu's potent venom inside them.
• Dugu Yao reached Soul Power Level 30, and Dugu Yan reached Level 20; Dugu Bo planned to take them to Sunset Forest for Soul Rings.
• Dugu Yao sensed the Otherspace and told his family he could enter it to receive Fierce God Xiangliu's Third Inheritance.
• Dugu Yao entered the Otherspace with Xiangliu and made his way through the palace passage, comforting the snakes that hated the place.
• Dugu Yao reached the chamber containing five statues and the sacrificial altar.