Chapter Summaries

Ge Duo offered to research how the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda could break through its level-eighty limit, concealing the true cost while stressing that the work required rare resources and a living Martial Soul for observation. Ning Fengzhi weighed the risk of exposing his sect’s secrets against the chance to change its fate and made his decision.

• Ge Duo explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s bottleneck came from a barrier tied to the Martial Soul’s origin, but suggested a special pill might break through it.
• Ge Duo warned Ning Fengzhi that research and pill refinement could require vast quantities of rare treasures.
• Ge Duo said a Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Soul Master would need to stay with her long-term so she could observe the Martial Soul directly.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin reacted with alarm at the risk of exposing the sect’s Martial Soul secrets.
• Ge Duo said the chance of success would be less than one in a hundred without a living Martial Soul to study, and Ning Fengzhi ultimately steeled his resolve.

Ge Duo secured Ning Fengzhi’s support and valuable Immortal Herbs for her research, while Yu Xiaogang chose a risky third Soul Ring and went with Yu Yuanzhen to hunt it. In the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s forest, Yu Xiaogang reaffirmed that he was willing to risk everything to stop being seen as useless.

• Ning Fengzhi promised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support and agreed to send Ge Duo records, resources, and Soul Masters for her research.
• After Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left, Ge Duo inspected the Dragonblood Lingzhi, Earthheart Soul Marrow, and Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma and considered the deal a profitable investment.
• Yu Xiaogang selected a 2,500-year-old Thunder Earth Dragon for his third Soul Ring and sent Yu Yuanzhen an urgent letter requesting a hunt.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived in Heaven Dou City the following afternoon and agreed to take Yu Xiaogang to hunt the Soul Beast.
• Yu Yuanzhen brought Yu Xiaogang to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s Soul Hunting Forest and warned him that the high-aged Soul Ring could be dangerous.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that he had considered the risk and did not want to be useless anymore.

Yu Xiaogang risked absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring to overcome the limitations of his Martial Soul, with Yu Yuanzhen helping him secure the Soul Beast. After enduring the ring's violent energy, Yu Xiaogang successfully absorbed it, though the chapter left the results of his gamble unknown.

• Yu Xiaogang insisted that he would risk a stronger Soul Ring rather than remain a weak level-thirty Soul Master, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to help him.
• Yu Yuanzhen found a roughly 2,500-year-old Thunder Earth Dragon and restrained it with his power.
• Yu Xiaogang charged the pinned beast and killed it with a short sword, producing a purple Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang swallowed the protective pill and began absorbing the Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang endured the violent energy until the purple Soul Ring settled around Luo Sanpao beside his two Yellow Soul Rings.

Yu Xiaogang successfully absorbed a 2,500-year third Soul Ring and discovered it gave Luo San Pao a thunderous, paralyzing attack. Ning Fengzhi decided Ning Rongrong would travel to Sunset Forest to help Ge Duo research the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, though Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong insisted on secretly guarding her.

• Yu Xiaogang tested his third soul skill, Thunder Paralysis, and watched Luo San Pao's electrically charged blast char a tree.
• Yu Xiaogang celebrated that his theory about evolving a Mutated Martial Soul through suitable Soul Rings was correct, and Yu Yuanzhen praised him.
• Ning Fengzhi decided Ning Rongrong would regularly visit Sunset Forest to assist Ge Duo with Martial Soul research.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong objected to Ning Rongrong going, but Ning Fengzhi argued the research could help the sect overcome the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda's limitation.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong reluctantly agreed on the condition that one of them secretly accompany Ning Rongrong on every visit.

Ning Rongrong resisted being sent to Sunset Forest to assist Ge Duo’s research, but Snow White helped her accept the assignment. Meanwhile, Tang San finished forging a powerful Black Profound Iron Sand-Shadow Dart and prepared its poisoned needles.

• Ning Fengzhi firmly told Ning Rongrong she would regularly go to Sunset Forest to help Ge Duo’s research, despite her protests.
• Ning Rongrong sought comfort from Snow White, who reassured her that they would remain friends and encouraged her to cooperate for the sect’s sake.
• Ning Rongrong reluctantly agreed to go to Sunset Forest, hoping the research would eventually leave her more time to visit Snow White.
• Tang San worked through the night in Yu Xiaogang’s courtyard, forging a Black Profound Iron Sand-Shadow Dart with improved power and penetration.
• Tang San made poisoned steel needles, loaded them into the weapon, and set its concealed mechanism to standby.

Tang San gave Cinderella a poisoned hidden weapon for protection and worried that Yu Xiaogang’s breakthrough would make him more dangerous. At the Crown Prince’s Residence, Qian Renxue struggled with exhaustion and frustration over Xue Ye’s control of the throne and court.

• Tang San gave Cinderella the Sand-Shadow Dart and explained how to use it.
• After Yu Xiaogang emerged as a level-thirty Soul Elder, Tang San feared he would try to force Cinderella and him to become his disciples.
• Tang San resolved to protect Cinderella from anyone who threatened her freedom and began preparing breakfast.
• Qian Renxue finished reviewing state memorials and reflected on how Xue Ye burdened her with work while blocking her influence over key decisions.
• Qian Renxue wondered how long she could keep pursuing the throne under Xue Ye’s rule, then opened a window for air.

Qian Renxue decided to increase the dose of the poison she had slipped into Xue Ye’s food, while a dispute over reduced deliveries exposed tensions between Tang Yuehua and Clear Sky Sect’s elders. Fifth Elder recalled Tang Yuehua stopping the elders from seizing Ge Duo’s pills, leaving the reason for her warning unresolved.

• Qian Renxue watched the imperial palace and decided that Xue Ye’s existence threatened her plans, so she would increase the dose in his food.
• Fifth Elder complained that Tang Yuehua’s latest delivery to Clear Sky Sect was fifteen percent smaller than usual, and Tang Zhong said it followed her arrangements.
• Tang Xiao and Seventh Elder defended Tang Yuehua, suggesting that Moonlight Pavilion had faced temporary difficulties in Heaven Dou City.
• Fifth Elder accused Tang Yuehua of using the reduced supplies to control the sect and recalled the dispute over Ge Duo’s pills.
• Several months earlier, Fifth Elder and other elders had planned to seize Ge Duo’s pills and treasures, but Tang Yuehua returned to the sect and forbade them from using force against her.

Tang Xiao backed Tang Yuehua’s decision to obtain Ge Duo’s pills through trade rather than risk provoking the continent’s major powers. Facing Moonlight Pavilion’s mounting expenses, Tang Yuehua decided to cut the resources she sent to the Clear Sky Sect so she could continue paying for Tang Hao’s treatment.

• Tang Yuehua warned the Clear Sky Sect elders that forcibly taking Ge Duo’s pills would anger powerful factions and give Spirit Hall an excuse to attack.
• Tang Xiao supported Tang Yuehua, ordered the sect to trade for the pills, and assigned her sole authority over dealings with Ge Duo.
• Tang Xiao asked Tang Zhong to reassure Tang Yuehua about the sect and deliver her a letter, while the Fifth Elder left still resentful.
• Tang Yuehua reviewed Moonlight Pavilion’s accounts and saw that buying Ge Duo’s pills and treating Tang Hao had drained its funds.
• Tang Yuehua decided to send fewer medicinal ingredients and Gold Soul Coins to the secluded sect so she could keep funding Tang Hao’s care.

Tang Yuehua reduced the supplies she planned to send to the sect so she could focus on her second brother’s health, while Sisu absorbed the Dragon Realm’s ancient power and memories before hatching. The chapter ended with Lan Fozi returning to Ursula’s lair.

• Tang Yuehua revised the sect’s supply list, cutting back on medicinal herbs, Gold Soul Coins, metals, and other goods.
• Sisu’s dragon egg absorbed energy and lingering dragon souls from the Dragon Realm’s bones and clouds.
• Xisu witnessed memories of the Dragon God’s war, the creation of the Dragon Realm, and the Dragon Clan’s decline.
• Xisu felt responsible for protecting the fallen Dragon Clan and resolved to hatch sooner.
• Lan Fozi returned to Fishbone Cave and greeted Ursula, who welcomed her with a false smile.

Ursula traded Lan Fozi new magical toys for a valuable Ocean Energy Crystal, then described the human world to awaken Lan Fozi’s curiosity. Lan Fozi became captivated and asked to hear more as Ursula prepared to steer her toward her plan.

• Lan Fozi told Ursula how much she had enjoyed the toys from their previous trade.
• Ursula offered a music box and a shell screen, and Lan Fozi exchanged an even larger Ocean Energy Crystal for them.
• Ursula used what she had learned about the sleeping Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and queen to consider how Lan Fozi’s freedom could serve her plan.
• Ursula described human cities, lamplight, wine, and gatherings, enthralling the sheltered Lan Fozi.
• Lan Fozi eagerly asked Ursula to tell her more, and Ursula abruptly stopped with a show of caution.

Lan Fozi grew curious about the human world after Ursula described it, and Ursula used that interest to secure a valuable connection and plan for gathering human goods. At the Icefire Yin Yang Well, Ge Duo watched Sword Douluo Chen Xin bring Ning Rongrong to continue her Martial Soul research.

• Ursula described human markets, kites, and toys to Lan Fozi, then promised to bring her objects from the human world.
• Ursula ordered Hu Shan and Jia Shan to search waters near human shipping routes for drifting goods and to sink weaker ships if necessary.
• Ursula planned to use Lan Fozi's longing for the human world to strengthen their connection and reach the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin led Ning Rongrong into the Icefire Yin Yang Well, where Ge Duo waited to continue studying the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul.

Ge Duo began studying Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul while secretly placing a hidden contract deep in her soul. Chen Xin remained outside the valley, watching over Ning Rongrong as the contract quietly took root.

• Chen Xin delivered Ning Rongrong to Ge Duo and warned that he would return within three days.
• After leaving the valley, Chen Xin stayed nearby in Sunset Forest to guard its entrance.
• Ge Duo told Ning Rongrong to release her Martial Soul and meditate on the Warm Jade Platform.
• Ge Duo examined Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul and Soul Power while secretly threading dark-purple energy through her meridians.
• Ge Duo formed a concealed contract intended to influence Ning Rongrong’s thoughts and bind her to Ge Duo over time.

Ge Duo secretly began binding Ning Rongrong to a magical contract while studying her Martial Soul. Meanwhile, Tang San and Cinderella traveled to Holy Soul Village to conduct the annual Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, with Tang San focused above all on protecting and supporting her.

• Ge Duo quietly formed a magical contract within Ning Rongrong's soul as Ning Rongrong studied the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda without noticing.
• After Yu Xiaogang became a Soul Elder, Tang San and Cinderella returned to their routine in Notting City and continued cultivating.
• Cinderella suggested returning to Holy Soul Village to help with the village children's Martial Soul Awakening and repay the neighbors who had helped them.
• Tang San and Cinderella traveled toward Holy Soul Village, where they planned to conduct the ceremony in Su Yuntao's place.
• Cinderella noticed marks on Tang San's fingers and gently urged him to rest after working on Hidden Weapons.
• Cinderella hoped the village children would awaken Soul Power, while Tang San cared about returning chiefly because she wanted to.

Tang San and Cinderella returned to Holy Soul Village and began the annual Martial Soul awakening ceremony for six children. Meanwhile, Lan Fozi tested the music box and shell screen she had traded for from Ursula in her deep-sea nest.

• Tang San and Cinderella arrived at Holy Soul Village, where Old Jack and the villagers welcomed them and prepared them to lead the awakening ceremony.
• Cinderella reassured the six children and led the ceremony while Tang San checked the awakening stones and Soul Power crystal ball.
• Dog Egg awakened an ordinary iron hammer Martial Soul but had no Soul Power, and the next children also showed no Soul Power.
• Lan Fozi returned to her nest and tested the music box, which played sounds imitating life beneath the sea.
• Lan Fozi poured Soul Power into the shell screen and watched blurry lights and shadows gather across its surface.

Lan Fozi grew bored with the toys Ursula had given her and returned to the Fishbone Cave seeking more entertainment and stories about the human world. Ursula welcomed her back and hinted that mere descriptions could not make that world feel real.

• Lan Fozi stopped using the music box and shell screen after their sounds and stories became repetitive, and decided to visit Ursula again.
• Lan Fozi checked that her parents remained asleep in the heart of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale Territory before setting out.
• Lan Fozi hurried to Ursula's Fishbone Cave, passing Hu Shan and Jia Shan at the entrance.
• Ursula greeted Lan Fozi and learned that she wanted better toys and more stories about the human world.
• Ursula suggested that hearing about the human world could never make it feel real to Lan Fozi.

Ursula captivated Lan Fozi with a bone whistle and kaleidoscope that offered glimpses of human city life, then encouraged her longing for more human-made treasures. Ursula left Lan Fozi eager for her return after hinting that she would leave Fishbone Cave to prepare a bigger surprise.

• Ursula gave Lan Fozi a bone whistle that mimicked marketplace noise and a kaleidoscope recovered from a sunken ship.
• Lan Fozi tried both objects, marveled at their sounds and patterns, and asked Ursula for more human creations.
• Ursula claimed that finding such treasures was dangerous, prompting Lan Fozi to offer energy crystals and items from her father's treasury in exchange.
• Ursula promised more gifts and stories, then ended their visit and said she might leave Fishbone Cave to gather special materials.
• Lan Fozi grew anxious about Ursula leaving, but Ursula reassured her that she would return with better gifts and discuss something practical.

Tang Hao recovered steadily at Moonlight Pavilion under Tang Yuehua and Tang Zhong’s care, while Tang Yuehua secretly wished to keep him by her side. Once Tang Hao decided to leave for Notting City to oversee Tang San and Xian Di’s second Soul Rings, Tang Yuehua gave him Ge Duo’s pills and struggled to hide her grief.

• Tang Zhong told Tang Yuehua that Tang Hao’s major meridian blockages had cleared and that he could wear down the remaining foreign energy with his own Soul Power.
• Tang Hao said his injuries were no longer serious and that he could not wait to recover fully before leaving.
• Tang Hao explained that Tang San and Xian Di were nearing the time to obtain their second Soul Rings, and he intended to go to Notting City to watch over them.
• Tang Yuehua gave Tang Hao the jade box of pills refined by Ge Duo to help absorb a Soul Ring beyond one’s level.
• Tang Hao thanked Tang Yuehua for caring for him, and Tang Yuehua turned away, tearfully reminding him that he was her second brother.

Tang Hao returned to Notting City and told Cinderella that he would personally help her and Tang San obtain their second Soul Rings. He gave her pills that would let them absorb Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and planned to disguise himself as a Soul Master accompanying Yu Xiaogang to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Hao left Tang Yuehua after she told him to take care.
• Cinderella worried about her slow-growing Reputation Points as she walked back toward the work-study dormitories.
• Tang Hao appeared on the path and asked Cinderella about her and Tang San's Soul Power levels.
• Cinderella told Tang Hao that she and Tang San had both reached level twenty and had not yet started hunting for second Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao gave Cinderella two pills for absorbing Soul Rings beyond their level and said he would take her and Tang San to obtain Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Tang Hao said he would disguise himself as a Soul Master Yu Xiaogang had recruited to help them hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Hao returned and gave Cinderella pills that would let her and Tang San absorb soul rings beyond their limits, then left to visit Ah Yin. Cinderella and Tang San informed Yu Xiaogang of Tang Hao’s plan, and Yu Xiaogang’s hopes of presenting the pills himself collapsed when he saw them.

• Tang Hao told Cinderella to find suitable thousand-year soul beasts with Yu Xiaogang, prepare supplies, and wait for him to lead the trip.
• Tang Hao gave Cinderella the pills and left, saying he was going to see Ah Yin.
• Cinderella told Tang San that Tang Hao had returned with pills and planned to help them obtain thousand-year second soul rings.
• Tang San and Cinderella visited Yu Xiaogang and explained Tang Hao’s plan and his intended disguise as a helper hired by Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San placed the pills before Yu Xiaogang, who recognized them and realized Tang Hao had brought pills for absorbing soul rings beyond their limits.

Yu Xiaogang traveled with Tang San and Cinderella to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest to prepare for their Thousand-Year Soul Beast hunt. Tang Hao arrived in disguise, approved Yu Xiaogang’s candidate list, and arranged to meet them in the morning.

• Yu Xiaogang reluctantly accepted Tang Hao’s decision to handle the pills and agreed to choose a Thousand-Year Soul Beast target.
• Several days later, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Cinderella arrived in a bustling town near the Star Dou Great Forest and booked rooms at an inn.
• Yu Xiaogang waited anxiously for Tang Hao, who entered his room secretly after nightfall.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Tang Hao his list of possible Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and Tang Hao approved his effort without closely examining the choices.
• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang to call him Wu while they were traveling as mercenaries, then set a meeting at the inn entrance for the next morning.