Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang learned that the Titled Douluo Ge Duo might be able to refine a pill to overcome his Martial Soul’s level bottleneck, so he planned to visit Heaven Dou City. He also decided to bring Tang San and Cinderella, hoping to obtain pills for them and persuade them to become his disciples; he stopped them after class to speak with them.

• Yu Xiaogang read Yu Yuanzhen’s letter about Ge Duo and her pills, including one that helped Soul Masters absorb Soul Rings beyond their level.
• Yu Xiaogang grew excited at the possibility of breaking through level thirty, then resolved to meet Ge Duo in Heaven Dou City despite his doubts.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected that Tang San and Cinderella respected him as a teacher but had refused to become his personal disciples because of Tang Hao.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to bring Tang San and Cinderella to Heaven Dou City and secretly hoped to obtain pills for them to deepen their gratitude and secure their discipleship.
• After afternoon classes, Yu Xiaogang stopped Tang San and Cinderella on their way to the dining hall, and Cinderella greeted him.

Yu Xiaogang invited Tang San and Cinderella to travel with him to Heaven Dou City, and both accepted for their own reasons. They prepared to leave in two days, with Tang San hoping to find better materials for his Hidden Weapons so he could protect Cinderella.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San and Cinderella he planned to leave Notting City for Heaven Dou City and offered to take them with him.
• Tang San considered the city's supply of materials for Hidden Weapons, while Cinderella thought about the opportunities and Reputation Points she might find there.
• Cinderella agreed to go after checking Tang San's wishes, and Yu Xiaogang arranged for them to leave in two days.
• After Yu Xiaogang left, Tang San confirmed he wanted better materials and promised Cinderella he would make stronger Hidden Weapons to protect her.

Tang Yuehua weighed whether to report Tang Hao’s presence and grave condition to the Clear Sky Sect, then decided to keep his whereabouts secret so he could recover undisturbed. Tang Hao remained dependent on Tang Zhong’s treatments, with a full cure still out of reach.

• Cinderella warned Tang San to be careful about the tangled factions in Heaven Dou City, and Tang San promised to protect her.
• Tang Zhong treated Tang Hao but could only stabilize his worsening injuries and ease his pain gradually.
• Tang Zhong told Tang Yuehua that Tang Hao would need a Peerless Immortal Herb or a Titled Douluo with healing abilities to recover fully.
• Tang Zhong asked Tang Yuehua whether he should report Tang Hao’s condition and location to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Yuehua decided Tang Zhong must not tell the sect, fearing its leaders and elders would disturb or take Tang Hao away.

Tang Yuehua concealed Tang Hao’s presence from the Clear Sky Sect and cared for him as he struggled with his injuries and dependence on her. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong examined a Soul Power Breakthrough Pill and remembered her early relationship with Yu Xiaogang.

• Tang Yuehua told Tang Zhong to omit any mention of Tang Hao from the next message, and he agreed.
• Tang Yuehua admitted to herself that she wanted Tang Hao to remain near her, even if keeping him there meant betraying the sect and her brother’s trust.
• Tang Hao remained unable to use his Soul Power, and Tang Yuehua fed him ginseng soup as he accepted her care.
• Bibi Dong sat alone in Pope Palace with a Soul Power Breakthrough Pill commissioned from Ge Duo.
• Bibi Dong recalled meeting Yu Xiaogang in the Spirit Hall Library when he was mocked for being unable to advance beyond level thirty.

Bibi Dong remembered her lost love with Yu Xiaogang and struggled to decide how to give him the Soul Power Breakthrough Pill she had obtained. Qian Renxue questioned the pill’s intended recipient, while Qian Daoliu reacted with displeasure to Bibi Dong’s commission.

• Bibi Dong recalled how Qian Xunji had destroyed her relationship with Yu Xiaogang and felt her hatred surge.
• Bibi Dong wondered whether Yu Xiaogang would accept the pill and fell silent, unable to decide how to approach him.
• Qian Renxue reviewed Spirit Hall’s resource report and questioned why Bibi Dong had commissioned a pill meant for low-level Soul Masters.
• Qian Daoliu learned of Bibi Dong’s commission and darkened with displeasure.

Lin Wan used the reputation he gained at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to draw from his system lottery and obtained Sisu the Divine Dragon, still an unhatched egg. The chapter left him delighted by the rare character card but aware that Sisu would have to grow up from scratch.

• Qian Daoliu recognized that Bibi Dong had used Spirit Hall resources to seek a pill for Yu Xiaogang and resented her, but he chose not to interfere.
• Lin Wan attracted widespread attention at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after his victory at the exchange tournament and gained many Reputation Points.
• Lin Wan shut himself in his dorm room and spent Reputation Points on repeated ten-pull lotteries, receiving mostly Gold Soul Coins and minor items.
• Lin Wan finally drew a character card for Sisu the Divine Dragon from Raya and the Last Dragon.
• Lin Wan read that Sisu was a water dragon in an unhatched egg, then realized she would have to grow up from scratch.

Lin Wan worried that he lacked the knowledge to hatch Xisu's dragon egg safely and decided to use the system to find a suitable location. After reviewing several options, he settled on the Dragon Realm as the best place for Xisu to grow and hatch.

• Lin Wan considered ways to hatch Xisu's egg but feared that acting without knowledge could damage it.
• Lin Wan rejected asking Queen Eva, the Nine-Colored Deer, or Ursula to help, since he wanted to respect their autonomy and protect his plans.
• Lin Wan paid reputation points for the system to identify places suited to Xisu's hatching and growth.
• The system listed the Dragon Realm, the Lake of Life, the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and the Heart of the Far North among its recommendations.
• Lin Wan ruled out the other leading locations because they were guarded or already occupied, then chose the Dragon Realm.

Lin Wan sent the dragon egg containing Xisu to the Dragon Realm, hoping she would grow stronger among her clan’s treasures. After half a month of travel, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Cinderella reached Heaven Dou City, where Tang San hoped to find materials for stronger hidden weapons.

• Lin Wan decided the Dragon Realm was worth investing in and encouraged Xisu to cultivate there.
• Xisu answered Lin Wan from inside the egg, and he used the system to teleport her safely to the Dragon Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Cinderella traveled by carriage for half a month toward Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San cultivated during the journey and watched Cinderella, while Yu Xiaogang focused his teaching on her after Tang San repeatedly claimed he did not know the answers.
• The group arrived at Heaven Dou City, and Tang San looked forward to finding materials for more powerful hidden weapons.

Yu Xiaogang settled Tang San and Cinderella in his Heaven Dou City courtyard and wrote to his father about Ge Duo and the pill that might help him break through his bottleneck. Yu Yuanzhen replied that he would come in person the next day and take Yu Xiaogang to Sunset Forest to meet Ge Duo.

• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San and Cinderella to his courtyard in Heaven Dou City and told them to stay there while he handled urgent business.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Yu Yuanzhen a letter asking about Ge Duo and the pill, but left out Tang San and Cinderella.
• A courier delivered Yu Yuanzhen's reply the next afternoon, saying he had arranged a meeting with Ge Duo and prepared the payment.
• Yu Xiaogang read that Yu Yuanzhen would come in person the next day and take him to Sunset Forest, then went to speak with Tang San and Cinderella.

Yu Yuanzhen brought Yu Xiaogang to the Icefire Yin Yang Well so Ge Duo could examine his mutated Martial Soul and diagnose his cultivation problems. Ge Duo identified a possible treatment and offered to refine a Soul Power Breakthrough Pill to help him reach level thirty.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San and Cinderella to remain in the courtyard while he went out with his father the next day.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived before dawn, and he and Yu Xiaogang left Heaven Dou City for Sunset Forest.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang reached the Icefire Yin Yang Well, where Ge Duo was waiting.
• Ge Duo examined Yu Xiaogang and Luo San Pao, finding deficient innate origin, blocked meridians, and stagnant Soul Power.
• Ge Duo said she could refine a Soul Power Breakthrough Pill that might clear Yu Xiaogang's blockages, awaken his Martial Soul's potential, and let him break through to level thirty.

Ge Duo promised to make a pill for Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Yuanzhen paid her a deposit before leaving with his son. Ning Fengzhi connected Yu Xiaogang’s return to Ge Duo and began investigating whether her pills could overcome the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s cultivation limit.

• Ge Duo told Yu Yuanzhen that she could try to make a pill for Yu Xiaogang, but claimed the rare ingredients and difficult process required a substantial price.
• Yu Yuanzhen gave Ge Duo the requested rare materials as a deposit, and she told him to return in seven days.
• After Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang left, Ge Duo revealed that she planned to disguise leftover Soul Power Breakthrough Pills and profit from the deal.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Yu Xiaogang had returned to Heaven Dou City with Yu Yuanzhen and inferred that they had sought Ge Duo’s help.
• Ning Fengzhi focused on Ge Duo’s possible ability to break the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s rank limit and decided to judge her capabilities.

Lin Wan effortlessly won an exhibition match at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, defeating a Soul Ancestor without using a soul ring skill. After receiving attention from the spectators, he left the training grounds.

• Ning Fengzhi considered Ge Duo's possible insights into Yu Xiaogang's cultivation problem and the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda martial soul worth pursuing.
• Lin Wan faced a one-horned rhinoceros Soul Ancestor in an exhibition match at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Wan dodged the opponent's charge, disrupted his soul power with a precise strike, and pushed him beyond the arena boundary.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan praised Lin Wan's strength while Snow White watched him with admiration.
• The referee declared Lin Wan the winner, and Lin Wan greeted the distinguished spectators before leaving the training grounds.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy prepared its team for an empire-wide tour of Great Soul Arenas to train for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang took Ge Duo’s Soul Power Breakthrough Pill, and its agonizing effects began as Yu Yuanzhen watched helplessly.

• Zhao An announced that Heaven Dou Team One would travel around the Heaven Dou Empire and compete in local Great Soul Arenas as special training.
• Yu Xiaogang spent seven days anxiously awaiting the pill that Ge Duo had promised to make.
• Yu Yuanzhen took Yu Xiaogang back to the Icefire Yin Yang Well, where Ge Duo revealed that the Soul Power Breakthrough Pill was ready.
• Ge Duo warned Yu Xiaogang that the pill would painfully force open his blocked meridians, then handed him the jade bottle.
• Yu Xiaogang swallowed the pill, and its scorching medicinal power began tearing through his meridians as he collapsed in agony.
• Yu Yuanzhen tried to intervene, but Ge Duo stopped him with a look.

Yu Xiaogang endured a painful breakthrough and finally reached Level 30 with help from Ge Duo's pill. He and Yu Yuanzhen left Sunset Forest celebrating, while Bibi Dong remained alone in the gloomy Pope Palace.

• Yu Xiaogang forced his Soul Power against the Level 30 bottleneck until he broke through.
• Yu Yuanzhen supported his son and celebrated with him as Yu Xiaogang rejoiced at reaching Level 30.
• Ge Duo concealed that she had added ingredients to the pill to intensify the pain, then reminded Yu Yuanzhen to deliver her promised reward within three days.
• Yu Xiaogang cleaned himself up and left Sunset Forest with Yu Yuanzhen, excitedly planning his cultivation and the future of Tang San and Cinderella.
• Bibi Dong dismissed her attendants and stood alone in the Pope Palace beneath the setting sun, gloom between her brows.

Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang had broken through level thirty after Ge Duo treated him, leaving her with a useless Soul Power Breakthrough Pill. Ning Fengzhi saw Yu Xiaogang’s breakthrough as possible evidence that Ge Duo could solve the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s level limit, while Yu Xiaogang celebrated his new strength and looked toward what came next.

• Bibi Dong learned Yu Xiaogang had gone with Yu Yuanzhen to see Ge Duo and realized he no longer needed the pill she had obtained for him.
• A later report confirmed Yu Xiaogang had broken through level thirty, and Bibi Dong put the unused pill away.
• Ning Fengzhi heard of Yu Xiaogang’s breakthrough and considered whether Ge Duo might help the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda overcome its level-eighty limit.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered his aide to monitor Ge Duo and Yu Xiaogang and prepare a list of rare herbs and treasures for a future visit.
• Yu Xiaogang savored his freely flowing level-thirty Soul Power and resolved that his breakthrough was only the first step.

Yu Xiaogang eagerly planned to use a miraculous pill to obtain an unusually old third Spirit Ring and prove his theories. While he focused on his own breakthrough, Tang San and Cinderella went to explore Heaven Dou City, and he decided to seek pills for them after securing his own ring.

• Yu Xiaogang studied his Soul Beast notes and planned to obtain a lightning- or armor-piercing Spirit Ring over two thousand years old.
• Tang San noticed Yu Xiaogang had broken through his long-standing level twenty-nine bottleneck, and Cinderella suspected Ge Duo's pill had helped him.
• Tang San and Cinderella asked Yu Xiaogang for permission to explore Heaven Dou City, and he waved them off distractedly.
• After they left, Yu Xiaogang remembered that he had meant to find pills for his students, then decided to ask his father for more after absorbing his own Spirit Ring.

Tang San and Cinderella explored Heaven Dou City and visited Hundredfold Forge so Tang San could look for quality materials to make Hidden Weapons. The attendant welcomed them, and Tang San asked to see the materials first.

• Tang San and Cinderella wandered through Heaven Dou City and stopped to eat flatbreads at a street stall.
• Tang San studied the streets and led Cinderella toward the city's smithies and material shops.
• Tang San spotted Hundredfold Forge and decided to enter with Cinderella.
• An attendant asked what they wanted, and Tang San said they would look at the materials first.

Tang San found and bought a half-crate of Black Profound Iron at Hundredfold Forge, drawn to its exceptional density and ability to conduct Soul Power. He and Cinderella returned to the courtyard with their supplies, while Yu Xiaogang remained absorbed in his Soul Ring research.

• Tang San inspected the metals at Hundredfold Forge and discovered that Black Profound Iron conducted Soul Power with almost no resistance.
• The clerk explained that Black Profound Iron came from the Far North and was costly because it was rare and difficult to refine and forge.
• Tang San paid for the entire half-crate of Black Profound Iron and stored the packed box in his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.
• Tang San and Cinderella left the forge, bought food and daily necessities, and returned to the courtyard at sunset.
• Tang San and Cinderella found Yu Xiaogang still in his room, muttering excitedly and rustling papers over his Soul Ring undertaking.

Tang San eagerly planned new Hidden Weapons with the Black Profound Iron, while Ning Fengzhi prepared a generous gift and traveled with Chen Xin to seek Ge Duo in Sunset Forest. The chapter ended as Ning Fengzhi and his companions entered the path through the poisonous miasma and illusions.

• Tang San returned to his room and began planning ways to use Black Profound Iron to improve his Hidden Weapons.
• Ning Fengzhi selected Dragonblood Lingzhi, Earthheart Soul Marrow, and Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma as gifts for Ge Duo.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered a trusted subordinate to retrieve the rare herbs despite the subordinate's concern about the dwindling supply.
• Ning Fengzhi set out for Sunset Forest with Chen Xin and a gray-robed elder carrying the gifts.
• Ning Fengzhi and his companions reached the core region, where the poisonous miasma and illusions parted to reveal a path, and they entered.

Ning Fengzhi sought Ge Duo’s help overcoming the level-seventy-nine limit of the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, offering her three rare treasures. After examining his Martial Soul, Ge Duo realized the restriction lay in its origin and might require a piece of one of her precious Immortal Herbs, leaving her to weigh the cost against the gifts.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at Ge Duo’s Crystal House, where Ning Fengzhi asked her to resolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s advancement limit.
• Ning Fengzhi presented a Dragonblood Lingzhi, Earthheart Spirit Marrow, and Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma as gifts.
• Ge Duo examined Ning Fengzhi’s Martial Soul and body while Chen Xin watched tensely.
• Ge Duo determined that the Pagoda’s level-seventy-nine ceiling was embedded in its Martial Soul Origin, not caused by blocked meridians or a lack of energy.
• Ge Duo considered using an Immortal Herb from the Icefire Yin Yang Well and weighed the potential damage to her plants against the value of Ning Fengzhi’s gifts.