Chapter Summaries

Dugu Chen reunited with Ah Yin, discussed the two returning women and worried about A Rou and Xiao Wu, who had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest. The next morning, he used the Radiant Dragon Core to break through to Rank Seventy-Nine.

• Dugu Chen visited the Blue Silver King and saw that its cultivation was nearing ninety thousand years.
• Dugu Chen told Ah Yin that the two women who had returned with him would stay and use treasures from the Far North to help break through.
• Ah Yin told Dugu Chen that A Rou and Xiao Wu had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Chen worried that their identities might be discovered.
• The Ice Empress heard noises from Dugu Chen and Ah Yin, but the Snow Emperor blocked them out and told her to meditate.
• Dugu Chen cultivated at dawn, absorbed heaven and earth energy with his Radiant Dragon Core, and broke through to Rank Seventy-Nine.

After returning to the Dugu Residence, Dugu Chen told Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin he planned to cultivate his second Martial Soul and seek a Soul Ring for it in the Star Dou Great Forest. They recognized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger he asked about as an extraordinarily rare, supremely evil soul beast.

• Dugu Chen gave Ice Empress another piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Snow Emperor noticed that he had broken through.
• A week later, Dugu Chen returned to the Dugu Residence with Ah Yin, where he met Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, Xiang Ling, and baby Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Chen and Ah Yin admired Dugu Yan, while Dugu Bo asked when they would have a child of their own.
• Dugu Chen announced his plan to cultivate his second Martial Soul, and he explained that his strength could let him withstand the clash between its attributes.
• Dugu Chen asked Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin about the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Dugu Bo described its rarity, origins, and supremely evil attribute.

Dugu Chen told Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, and Ah Yin that he planned to hunt a ten-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ah Yin agreed to help find and kill it. The discussion was interrupted by visitors from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, led by Yu Xiaogang, who had come to obtain Dugu Chen’s cultivation method.

• Dugu Chen revealed that a ten-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest was his target, and Dugu Bo warned how dangerous it could become.
• Ah Yin agreed to accompany Dugu Chen and use her Blue Silver Domain to help locate the tiger.
• A servant reported that people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had come to see Dugu Chen, so Dugu Chen, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Xin went to meet them.
• Yu Xiaogang waited outside Dugu Residence, hoping to obtain Dugu Chen’s cultivation method for himself and his research, despite his attendants’ warnings.
• Yu Xiaogang greeted Dugu Bo with a shallow bow, and Dugu Bo’s favorable impression of him immediately fell.

Yu Xiaogang came to the Dugu Residence seeking Dugu Chen’s cultivation method, but Dugu Bo recognized his request as an attempt to freeload and punished him for his arrogance. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo gripping Yu Xiaogang by the throat and threatening to kill him despite the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as Yu Yuanzhen’s son and asked Dugu Bo for Dugu Chen’s cultivation method.
• Dugu Bo accused Yu Xiaogang of shamelessly trying to swindle the Dugu Residence and berated him for relying on his father’s status.
• Dugu Bo released his Title Douluo pressure, forcing Yu Xiaogang and his two attendants to their knees and injuring Yu Xiaogang’s legs.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened retaliation from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, so Dugu Chen slapped him twice for insulting the Dugu Residence and demanding his method.
• Dugu Bo slapped Yu Xiaogang several more times, seized him by the throat, and threatened to kill him rather than fear the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

Dugu Chen extracted the Golden Saint Dragon from Yu Xiaogang and accepted its request to merge with him. He gained Golden Dragon Qi and unleashed a powerful Saint Dragon attack that tore through the roof.

• Dugu Bo killed a servant who interrupted him and took Yu Xiaogang into the Dugu Residence, ordering the surviving servant to tell Yu Yuanzhen to apologize before Yu Xiaogang could leave.
• Dugu Chen took the unconscious Yu Xiaogang to a quiet room and used the Radiant Dragon Core to draw out the Golden Saint Dragon Bloodline.
• The freed Golden Saint Dragon recognized Dugu Chen's pure dragon bloodline and asked to merge with him, and Dugu Chen agreed.
• The Golden Saint Dragon dissolved into golden mist and merged with Dugu Chen, leaving a golden sphere of power beneath the two Dragon Kings.
• Dugu Chen infused Golden Dragon Qi into his Light Dragon Claw and unleashed a Saint Dragon attack that smashed a huge hole through the roof.

Dugu Chen tested a powerful self-created soul skill, then secretly implanted Crimson Dragon Essence Blood in the imprisoned Yu Xiaogang, setting off a recurring aphrodisiac poison. Yu Yuanzhen learned that his son had provoked Dugu Bo and sent gifts to ransom him.

• Dugu Chen demonstrated a new soul skill that shattered the roof, and Dugu Bo and Ah Yin checked that he was unharmed.
• Dugu Xin took the unconscious Yu Xiaogang away and moved him to another place of imprisonment.
• A servant told Yu Yuanzhen how Yu Xiaogang had provoked Dugu Bo, so Yu Yuanzhen ordered generous gifts prepared to ransom him.
• Dugu Chen used Crimson Dragon Essence Blood to seal a recurring aphrodisiac poison inside Yu Xiaogang's dantian.
• The poison took effect, leaving Yu Xiaogang flushed and panting as Dugu Chen laughed at the punishment he had arranged.

Yu Yuanzhen visited the Dugu Residence to apologize and retrieve his son, Yu Xiaogang, whom Dugu Bo had detained and injured. He then proposed a marriage alliance between the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Dugu family, hoping to combine their bloodlines.

• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian waited at the Dugu Residence, and Yu Yuanzhen warned his brother that they had to befriend Dugu Bo.
• Yu Yuanzhen apologized to Dugu Bo and brought gifts into the residence, where Dugu Bo served them ordinary tea instead of Spirit Tea.
• Dugu Bo presented Yu Xiaogang on a stretcher, claiming he had broken both legs after tripping over the gate’s threshold.
• Yu Yuanzhen concealed his anger and prepared to take Yu Xiaogang home to recover.
• Yu Yuanzhen proposed a marriage alliance between the two families, citing Dugu Chen’s Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s bloodline.

Dugu Bo led Dugu Chen, Ah Yin, Snow Emperor, and Ice Empress into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Ah Yin found the beast, and the group faced it inside its innate Evil God Domain.

• Yu Yuanzhen urged Yu Luomian to bring Yu Erlong closer to Dugu Chen and Dugu Residence, and Yu Luomian agreed to speak with her.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Chen set out with Ah Yin, Snow Emperor, and Ice Empress, while Dugu Xin stayed behind to oversee Dugu Residence.
• Ah Yin used her Blue Silver Domain to guide the group through the Star Dou Great Forest while avoiding other soul beasts.
• Ah Yin located the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Dugu Chen praised her before the group hurried to its position.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger trapped the five in its innate Evil God Domain, and Dugu Chen warned them of its suppressive power.
• Ice Empress dismissed the ten-thousand-year beast as unworthy of fear as it advanced toward the group.

Yu Yuanzhen urged Yu Luomian to have Yu Erlong meet Dugu Chen and strengthen ties with Dugu Residence. Days later, Dugu Chen’s group found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest, where it confronted them with its innate domain.

• Yu Yuanzhen persuaded Yu Luomian to speak with Yu Erlong about meeting Dugu Chen and building a relationship with Dugu Residence.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Chen, Ah Yin, Snow Emperor, and Ice Empress traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest while Dugu Xin stayed behind to oversee Dugu Residence.
• Ah Yin used her Blue Silver Domain to guide the group through the forest and locate the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Dugu Chen warned the group that the tiger’s innate Evil God Domain strongly suppressed its opponents.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger advanced toward the five as prey, while Ice Empress dismissed it as an insignificant ten-thousand-year soul beast.

Dugu Chen, Dugu Bo, Ah Yin, the Snow Emperor, and the Ice Empress fought the ten-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest. As the battle intensified, the tiger unleashed its Life-and-Death Arena around Dugu Chen.

• Dugu Chen and Ah Yin revealed their Martial Souls and Domains while Dugu Bo joined them, and the Snow Emperor and Ice Empress added their Domains to weaken the tiger.
• Dugu Chen charged the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but it used wind and concealment to evade his attacks and launch a counterattack.
• The Ice and Snow Emperors forced the tiger out of hiding and fought it in the snowfall while concealing their identities as soul beasts.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lunged at Dugu Chen and transformed its Evil God Hook into an Evil God Thorn, opening a three-meter black hole that Dugu Chen recognized as the Life-and-Death Arena.

Dugu Chen was trapped in a Life-and-Death Arena with his body and soul power reduced to their six-year-old state, and he fought the wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with a dagger and a turtle shell. After killing the tiger, he watched the arena collapse and began to leave the strange space.

• Dugu Chen found himself in the Life-and-Death Arena, stripped of his Martial Souls and soul skills and reduced to his six-year-old strength.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked, and Dugu Chen used a dagger from his Ruyi Treasure Pouch to wound its abdomen.
• Dugu Chen hid inside a black turtle shell to survive the tiger's Dark Demon Evil Thunder.
• Dugu Chen anticipated the tiger's feigned death, stabbed it in the chest, and killed it.
• The arena shattered after the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger died, and Dugu Chen began withdrawing from the strange space.

Dugu Chen killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and claimed its Evil God Bead after escaping the Life-and-Death Arena. With his companions gathered around him, he recovered and began absorbing the tiger’s Soul Ring, which attacked him with the beast’s lingering resentment.

• Dugu Chen seized the Evil God Bead and suppressed its evil nature while Snow Emperor and the others checked on him.
• Ah Yin embraced Dugu Chen, and Snow Emperor comforted Ice Empress as Dugu Bo recognized the damaged Dark Underworld Turtle shell he had kept in his study.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Chen to absorb the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Ring, and Ah Yin used her Blue Silver Domain to help him recover.
• Dugu Chen revealed the Dark Saint Dragon and drew the tiger’s Soul Ring into himself.
• The Soul Ring’s icy current struck Dugu Chen with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s resentment, and he prepared to burn it away.

Dugu Chen absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Ring, broke through to level eighty, and gained the Evil God Domain. He tested the domain with Snow Emperor and discovered that it could trap a chosen opponent and steal their core attributes.

• Dugu Chen destroyed and swallowed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s remnant will, then absorbed its Soul Ring over three hours.
• Dugu Chen awoke with his soul power at level eighty, and Dugu Bo checked that he was unharmed.
• Dugu Chen activated the Soul Ring and identified his new soul skill as the Evil God Domain, an evolved form of the Life-and-Death Arena.
• Dugu Chen invited Snow Emperor to test the skill, and they were drawn into the arena.
• Dugu Chen discovered that the arena lasted until he canceled it or ran out of soul power, and that he could steal and devour an opponent’s core attributes there.

Dugu Chen tested his ability to steal core attributes on Snow Emperor and learned that taking power from a much stronger opponent could cause dangerous backlash. After they left the Life-and-Death Arena, Di Tian sensed Snow Emperor, Ice Empress, and a familiar, powerful dragon aura in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Dugu Chen stole a small portion of Snow Emperor's power, but the frigid energy overwhelmed him until she calmed it.
• Snow Emperor explained the Evil God Bead's origins and warned that it only offered a chance at the Evil God Inheritance.
• Dugu Chen used the Life-and-Death Arena's power to return with Snow Emperor to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian sensed Snow Emperor and Ice Empress in the forest and recognized an extremely dense, familiar aura of darkness.

Di Tian arrived after sensing Dugu Chen's pure Dragon Clan Bloodline and attacked Snow Empress and Ice Empress, who had entered the Star Dou Great Forest to eliminate the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Dugu Chen stopped Di Tian and revealed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' Origin Essence Blood, leaving Di Tian stunned by its aura.

• Di Tian sensed Dugu Chen's dark power and pure Dragon Clan Bloodline, then rushed to the Star Dou Great Forest's core area.
• Di Tian confronted Snow Empress and Ice Empress, while his overwhelming pressure injured Ah Yin and shocked Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Chen told Dugu Bo that Snow Empress and Ice Empress were two of the Extreme North's Three Heavenly Kings and his partners.
• Di Tian attacked the Ice and Snow Emperors, but their Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors domain froze his Black Dragon Claw and encased him in ice.
• Di Tian broke free with dark energy and prepared to attack again, but Dugu Chen ordered him to stop.
• Dugu Chen released the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' Origin Essence Blood, and Di Tian widened his eyes in astonishment.

Dugu Chen explained to Di Tian how the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had saved him and given him their Origin Essence Blood, easing Di Tian’s hostility. He then asked Di Tian to help him obtain a hundred-thousand-year light-attribute dragon Soul Ring, promising to preserve and eventually revive the dragon that sacrificed itself.

• Di Tian recognized the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ aura in their Origin Essence Blood, and Dugu Chen let Di Tian’s probing light enter him, awakening his three dragon Martial Souls.
• Dugu Chen told Di Tian that he had encountered the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings while condensing his Soul Core at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and that they had saved him.
• Ah Yin, Dugu Bo, and the Ice and Snow Emperors reacted with grief and concern as they learned how close Dugu Chen had come to death.
• Di Tian accepted Dugu Chen as one of his own kind and asked him to take him to where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had fallen.
• Dugu Chen asked Di Tian for a hundred-thousand-year light-attribute dragon Soul Ring and promised not to kill the dragon, saying he would preserve its soul and revive it later.

Dugu Chen persuaded Di Tian to introduce him to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast nearing its lifespan limit, then met the Golden Earth Dragon King, who volunteered to sacrifice himself for Dugu Chen’s Soul Ring. The Golden Earth Dragon King began the sacrifice ritual, while Di Tian remained uncertain about Dugu Chen’s intentions toward the soul beasts.

• Dugu Chen convinced Di Tian to find a near-death Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that could survive as a soul after sacrificing itself.
• Ah Yin healed Dugu Chen’s injuries as he recovered beneath a tree.
• Di Tian returned with the Golden Earth Dragon King, chief of the Golden Earth Dragon Clan.
• Dugu Chen promised the Golden Earth Dragon King that he would honor the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ trust and work for the soul beast race.
• The Golden Earth Dragon King volunteered to begin the sacrifice ritual and provide Dugu Chen with a Soul Ring.

Dugu Chen completed the Golden Earth Dragon King's sacrifice, gaining a Left Leg Bone, a preserved Dragon Soul, and a major increase in power and bloodline. After Di Tian refused to help him find dark-attributed Soul Beasts, Dugu Chen and the others searched deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Rings.

• The Golden Earth Dragon King sacrificed itself to Dugu Chen, fused its Left Leg Bone with him, and broke through its two-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck during the process.
• Dugu Chen's soul power rose to the middle stage of level eighty-five, and his dragon bloodline evolved toward that of a clan emperor.
• The Golden Earth Dragon King appeared as a Dragon Soul and told Di Tian that Dugu Chen's bloodline could nourish it and help it grow.
• Dugu Chen asked Di Tian for dark-attributed Soul Beasts, but Di Tian refused and left.
• Dugu Bo, Ah Yin, and the others accompanied Dugu Chen into the Star Dou Great Forest to search for Soul Beasts whose Soul Rings suited his Second Martial Soul.
• The group found no suitable Soul Beasts and continued deeper into the forest.

Dugu Chen encountered three near-hundred-thousand-year Titan Ant Emperors and decided to hunt them for their strength-based Soul Rings. As the beasts attacked, he summoned his Radiant Dragon Domain to face them.

• Dugu Chen and the Soul Hunting Team flew toward a disturbance and found three Titan Ant Emperors destroying a nest to reach its Ant Queen.
• Dugu Chen chose to hunt the Titan Ant Emperors, reasoning their immense strength would strengthen his Dark Saint Dragon Martial Soul and allow their Soul Rings to evolve.
• After the Titan Ant Emperors exposed the Ant Queen, Dugu Chen attacked, but their shared defensive skill left them unharmed.
• The Titan Ant Emperors charged Dugu Chen, and Dugu Bo unleashed his Jade-Scale Serpent Emperor True Body to help restrain them.
• Dugu Chen struck the ground and activated Radiant Dragon Domain, summoning the phantom of an enormous Radiant Sacred Dragon.

Dugu Chen awakened the Light Dragon King's latent bloodline while fighting the Titan Ant Emperors, then defeated them and began absorbing their three Soul Rings at once. The immense energy overwhelmed him, leaving him in a dire state as the Dark Saint Dragon struggled to contain it.

• Dugu Chen fought two Titan Ant Emperors within the Radiant Dragon Domain while Dugu Bo battled another, and Ah Yin supported them with her Blue Silver Domain.
• The Ice Empress asked Snow Emperor whether they should help, but Snow Emperor decided Dugu Chen needed to stabilize his cultivation through battle.
• Dugu Chen awakened the Light Dragon King's bloodline power and killed the two Titan Ant Emperors with his Holy Spirit Demon-Slicing Flash.
• Dugu Bo defeated his Titan Ant Emperor with Jade-Scale Serpent Poison, and Dugu Chen killed the dying beast to produce a third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Chen absorbed all three Soul Rings at once, but their violent energy made him spit blood and left him struggling to endure the absorption.