Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming arrived in Douluo Continent with four system choices and awakened the Golden Dragon King as his Martial Soul. Yu Xiaogang recognized its potential and tried to recruit Lu Ming as his disciple, while Lu Ming only wanted to find food.

• Lu Ming chose Twin Martial Souls, a Titled Douluo protector, Wind-Thunder Wings, and three Martial Soul-matched skills from the system's options.
• Yu Xiaogang used his token to take over Lu Ming's Martial Soul awakening while Tang San watched.
• Lu Ming's Martial Soul emerged as the Golden Dragon King, whose presence awed everyone and frightened Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Luo Sanpao might gain power from the Golden Dragon King's bloodline and asked Lu Ming to become his disciple.
• Lu Ming, overwhelmed by hunger, glared at Yu Xiaogang as the Grandmaster introduced his credentials and imagined Lu Ming accepting him.

Lu Ming mocked Yu Xiaogang’s theories and defeated Tang San in a fight despite having no Soul Ring. Tang Hao then appeared and demanded Lu Ming submit or die, leaving Lu Ming to call on his protector.

• Yu Xiaogang defended his status and theories with the Pope’s Token, then challenged Lu Ming to fight Tang San.
• Lu Ming accepted the challenge and charged Tang San with the Golden Dragon King’s strength.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Entanglement and Silent Sleeve Arrow failed to stop Lu Ming, who knocked him unconscious with a punch.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Lu Ming of hitting too hard, and Tang Hao appeared after witnessing the fight.
• Tang Hao demanded that Lu Ming become Tang San’s lackey or be killed, and Lu Ming called out to his protector.

Lu Ming summoned Xiao Xiao, whose Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron struck Tang Hao down and left him stunned. Xiao Xiao became Lu Ming’s protector and carried him away, while Tang Hao took an interest in her.

• Lu Ming called for his protector, and Xiao Xiao appeared with three cauldrons.
• Xiao Xiao used Cauldron Tremor to shatter Tang Hao’s defenses, send him crashing into a wall, and stun him.
• Xiao Xiao introduced herself as Lu Ming’s protector, and he asked her to look after him.
• Tang Hao recovered, noticed Xiao Xiao’s beauty, and tried to smooth over the fight while approaching her.
• Lu Ming told Xiao Xiao he was hungry, so she carried him away, leaving Tang Hao watching them go.

Lu Ming shared a meal with Xiao Xiao in Notting City and revealed his two powerful Martial Souls. Xiao Xiao learned more about the era and resolved to protect him, and the chapter ended with them taking a photo together.

• Lu Ming ate an enormous meal, and Xiao Xiao paid the restaurant with a generous tip.
• Lu Ming learned that Xiao Xiao came from the Multiverse, had never had a lover, and had reached rank 98; he told her Spirit Hall did good for commoners.
• Lu Ming summoned his Golden Dragon King and Heavenly Frost Sword, and Xiao Xiao was astonished by his potential.
• A chef thanked Lu Ming for praising his cooking and asked to take a photo with him.
• Lu Ming asked the chef to photograph him with Xiao Xiao, and they posed together.

Lu Ming and Xiao Xiao found the Blue Silver Emperor hidden beneath a village, took her Spirit Bone, and absorbed new Soul Bones. After Lu Ming's cultivation rose to rank fifteen, he asked Xiao Xiao to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts.

• Lu Ming told Xiao Xiao that Tang Hao had hidden a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone beneath the village, and Xiao Xiao agreed to take it from him.
• Lu Ming and Xiao Xiao searched for Tang Hao's cave, where Lu Ming dug up Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor body and found her Right Leg Bone in a hidden compartment.
• Lu Ming gave the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone to Xiao Xiao, who absorbed it while he absorbed the External Soul Bone: Flying Thunder Wings.
• Lu Ming finished absorbing the wings, broke through to rank fifteen, and asked Xiao Xiao to go with him to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts.

Qian Renxue searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Soul Ring while Snake Lance Douluo guarded her, but Xiao Xiao and Lu Ming arrived at their camp seeking food. After Xiao Xiao broke through the barrier and left to wash, Qian Renxue fed Lu Ming her unappetizing meal.

• Qian Renxue told Snake Lance Douluo she wanted to absorb a two-thousand-year Soul Ring, and they searched unsuccessfully for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Snake Lance Douluo set up a protective barrier around Qian Renxue and left to search the forest alone.
• Xiao Xiao carried a starving Lu Ming to Qian Renxue's camp and asked for food.
• Xiao Xiao revealed her nine Soul Rings and pierced Snake Lance Douluo's barrier with her Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao left to wash, and Qian Renxue cooked her dry rations and fed them to Lu Ming despite his coughing and attempts to spit them out.

Qian Renxue invited Lu Ming to join Spirit Hall while Xiao Xiao and Snake Lance Douluo kept their extraordinary strength secret. After Snake Lance Douluo returned, Xiao Xiao advised Qian Renxue on choosing a soul beast, and Qian Renxue absorbed the Flame Demon Lion’s soul ring.

• Qian Renxue offered Lu Ming a place in Spirit Hall, and he asked whether it would provide enough food for him.
• Snake Lance Douluo returned with three soul beasts and found Qian Renxue and Lu Ming resting on Xiao Xiao’s lap; Xiao Xiao and Qian Renxue told him to keep their encounter secret.
• Qian Renxue asked Xiao Xiao which of the Bee-Sting King, Light Earth Dragon, and Flame Demon Lion she should absorb, and Xiao Xiao recommended the Flame Demon Lion.
• Qian Renxue killed the Flame Demon Lion and began absorbing its purple soul ring.
• Snake Lance Douluo offered to help find Lu Ming a soul ring, and Xiao Xiao said they would search the next morning for one suited to attack speed.

Qian Renxue tested her new Flame Demon Lion Soul Skill, then joined Lu Ming in hunting a twelve-hundred-year-old Lightning Swift Dragon. Lu Ming revealed his wings and powerful dragon Martial Soul, and left the beast incapacitated with Golden Dragon's Finale.

• Qian Renxue demonstrated that Holy Sun could launch a huge golden fireball and imbue her sword energy with Angelic Holy Flame.
• Lu Ming insisted on seeking a first Soul Ring over a thousand years old, and Xiao Xiao located a twelve-hundred-year-old Lightning Swift Dragon for him.
• Lu Ming and Qian Renxue went to fight the beast while Xiao Xiao and Snake Lance Douluo watched from the shadows.
• Qian Renxue's attack missed when the Lightning Swift Dragon vanished, then the beast appeared behind her and prepared to strike.
• Lu Ming revealed his blue-violet wings, knocked the beast away, and carried Qian Renxue to safety.
• Lu Ming summoned his Golden Giant Dragon Martial Soul and used Golden Dragon's Finale to render the Lightning Swift Dragon mindless.

Lu Ming gained a thousand-year Soul Ring for his Heavenly Frost Sword and showed off its speed before Qian Renxue, who then returned to Spirit Hall. At Nuoding Academy, Tang Hao reunited with Tang San and announced that he intended to pursue a woman he had recently met.

• Lu Ming absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring for his Heavenly Frost Sword, then used Frost Flash Sword to reach Qian Renxue before she could react.
• Snake Lance Douluo urged Xiao Xiao to join Spirit Hall, but Xiao Xiao refused, saying she only cared about Lu Ming's well-being.
• Qian Renxue departed with Snake Lance Douluo after saying goodbye to Xiao Xiao and Lu Ming, who promised to visit her someday.
• Yu Xiaogang checked on Tang San's recovery and left him alone, after which Tang Hao emerged from the shadows and embraced his son.
• Tang San suggested that Tang Hao find a stepmother, and Tang Hao revealed that he had fallen for a beautiful, kindhearted woman after meeting her once.

Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village with Xiao Wu and learned that his father had left pork for them before going away. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang used the Pope’s Token to enter Spirit Hall and reunite with Bibi Dong, who warmly reassured him of his scholarly worth.

• Tang San agreed to take Xiao Wu home and carried her when the long walk tired her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu reached Holy Soul Village, where Grandpa Jack gave Tang San the pork his father had left for them.
• Tang San learned his father had gone away dressed in a suit and wept at the thought that his father was now caring for him.
• Yu Xiaogang presented the Pope’s Token at Spirit Hall and entered the Pope’s great hall.
• Yu Xiaogang addressed Bibi Dong as Dong’er, and she told him she still believed he was the world’s foremost scholar.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Bibi Dong to help him pursue a child with a Golden Giant Dragon Martial Soul, claiming the child’s bloodline could break his cultivation bottleneck. Bibi Dong agreed to protect him despite knowing he was using her, while Lu Ming and Xiao Xiao discussed his living expenses and her overprotective care.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong that a child he had encountered possessed a Golden Giant Dragon Martial Soul and likely had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang asked about Bibi Dong’s strength, and she said she could at least force a draw against almost anyone on the continent.
• Yu Xiaogang grew excited at Bibi Dong’s offer of protection, but she pushed him away and told him she would visit him in Notting City.
• Bibi Dong watched over Spirit City and admitted to herself that she knew Yu Xiaogang was using her, recalling her secret yearly visits to Yelin City.
• Lu Ming asked Xiao Xiao to let him sleep separately, but she insisted on keeping him within her sight as his protector.
• After Lu Ming said he had eaten through the money Xiao Xiao earned at the Soul Arena, she promised to earn more for his living expenses.

Xiao Xiao entered the Notting City Spirit Arena with Lu Ming and defeated her first two higher-ranked opponents while concealing her true strength. When Tang Hao approached her with flowers, Lu Ming demanded his eyes, and Xiao Xiao trapped him inside her Cauldron World, where a scream rang out.

• Xiao Xiao registered for three matches against Soul Ancestors, then objected when she learned the arena had investigated her habits.
• Xiao Xiao defeated Xiao Zhan with a single palm strike and won her second match without using a Soul Skill.
• Tang Hao walked onto the platform with flowers and tried to court Xiao Xiao, while Lu Ming recognized his leering intentions.
• Lu Ming told Xiao Xiao he wanted Tang Hao's eyes and vowed to take Tang Hao's life himself one day.
• Xiao Xiao activated Cauldron World, leaving a great cauldron above the platform as Tang Hao's scream echoed through the arena.

Xiao Xiao defeated Tang Hao in the Soul Arena but was injured by his explosive technique, and Lu Ming helped her recover. Lu Ming then proposed seeking an Immortal Herb and a Dragon Core to help her form Yin-Yang Complementary Twin Soul Cores, and they prepared to search for Immortal Herbs.

• Xiao Xiao defeated Tang Hao, destroyed his eyes, and collected one thousand Gold Soul Coins from the Soul Arena manager.
• Lu Ming discovered Xiao Xiao was injured and spent a day and night channeling Soul Power to purge the force Tang Hao had left in her body.
• Lu Ming told Xiao Xiao he knew where to find Immortal Herbs and suggested she try forming Yin-Yang Complementary Twin Soul Cores.
• Lu Ming said he could contact Di Tian and believed a Dragon Core and an Immortal Herb could give Xiao Xiao a ninety percent chance of forming the twin Soul Cores.
• Lu Ming reassured Xiao Xiao and proposed that they go pick Immortal Herbs after eating.

Lu Ming and Xiao Xiao confronted Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong, who offered Soul Bones in exchange for Lu Ming’s True Dragon bloodline. After bargaining for four Soul Bones, Lu Ming began separating a drop of bloodline, warning Bibi Dong that he was not responsible for what happened.

• Lu Ming asked Xiao Xiao what she thought of Xue’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, and Xiao Xiao told him to politely refuse.
• Xiao Xiao detected Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong following them and shattered Bibi Dong’s concealment Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang provoked Xiao Xiao, and Bibi Dong intervened when Xiao Xiao attacked him with Purple Demon Eyes.
• Bibi Dong offered two Soul Bones for Lu Ming’s True Dragon bloodline, and Lu Ming bargained for four.
• Lu Ming summoned his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and struggled to separate a drop of bloodline while Xiao Xiao worried about him.

Lu Ming and Xiao Xiao traded the Golden Dragon King bloodline for Soul Bones and left, while Yu Xiaogang greedily swallowed the bloodline despite Bibi Dong's warning. It nearly destroyed him, and Xiao Xiao's guilt over failing to protect Lu Ming eased when he called her his sister.

• Bibi Dong questioned Lu Ming about his future, but he took Xiao Xiao's hand and flew away with her.
• Bibi Dong warned Yu Xiaogang to absorb the bloodline gradually, then left him with it.
• Yu Xiaogang swallowed the Golden Dragon King bloodline, hoping to transform himself and Luo Sanpao into a True Dragon.
• The bloodline's violent energy tore through Yu Xiaogang's body, and Luo Sanpao's scales burst off as both collapsed.
• Bibi Dong sensed Yu Xiaogang's distress and called out to him.
• Xiao Xiao blamed herself for failing to protect Lu Ming, but he reassured her that he saw her as his sister.

Lu Ming and Xiao Xiao found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest and confronted Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan over the valley. Xiao Xiao threatened to take the treasure by force after Dugu Bo rejected Lu Ming’s offer of two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.

• Lu Ming directed Xiao Xiao to search for Dugu Bo’s poison miasma, and they found the entrance to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xiao Xiao revealed her nine Soul Rings, including four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and kissed Lu Ming before guiding him through the miasma.
• Xiao Xiao and Lu Ming entered the valley and faced Dugu Bo and his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Lu Ming offered Dugu Bo two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones in exchange for the valley, but Dugu Bo refused.
• Xiao Xiao released the pressure of her nine Soul Rings and warned Dugu Bo that she would take the place by force.

Lu Ming promised to cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in exchange for control of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then helped Xiao Xiao begin absorbing Immortal Herbs. When Lu Ming entered the well, his Golden Dragon King bloodline triggered a strange force that dragged him toward its depths, where a voice called him its lord.

• Lu Ming revealed that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were poisoned and offered to cure them without costing Dugu Bo his cultivation.
• Dugu Bo agreed to guard the valley and keep others from taking its Immortal Herbs without Lu Ming's permission.
• Lu Ming showed Xiao Xiao the Immortal Herbs and had her take Aromatic Silk Beauty, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Infernal Delicate Apricot before entering the well.
• Lu Ming flew up to guard the area, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and felt his Golden Dragon King bloodline react.
• Blue and red light flared beneath the well, and a force pulled Lu Ming into its depths as a voice called him its lord.

Lu Ming absorbed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Divine Bones with their help, strengthening his body and advancing to level 36. After awakening his Heavenly Frost Sword into the Heavenly Frost Dragon Sword, he left determined to repay the Dragon Kings and meet the Little Silver Dragon.

• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings recognized Lu Ming’s Golden Dragon King bloodline, tempered his Heavenly Frost Sword, and gave him their Divine Bones.
• Lu Ming spent more than a year enduring the painful Divine Bone fusion while Xiao Xiao waited for him near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lu Ming completed the initial fusion, reached level 36, and gained Golden Dragon Claws and three Gold Soul Rings.
• Lu Ming discovered that his Heavenly Frost Sword had awakened with the Ice Dragon King’s Ultimate Ice and renamed it the Heavenly Frost Dragon Sword.
• Lu Ming thanked the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, left their space, and decided to meet the Little Silver Dragon.

After two and a half years of cultivation, Lu Ming emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as a three-ring Soul Elder, only to discover that Xiao Xiao had dressed him in a skirt. He reunited with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, revealed their new martial souls, and considered joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy if it accepted his conditions.

• Lu Ming surfaced from the well, and Xiao Xiao realized he had no clothes; she dressed him in a pale green skirt, leaving him embarrassed by his appearance.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived, mistook Lu Ming for a beautiful girl, and recognized him only after he announced who he was.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan gathered herbs while Xiao Xiao absorbed Immortal Herbs and showed Lu Ming her transformed Green Xiao Sword.
• Lu Ming revealed his three golden Soul Rings and Heavenly Frost Dragon Sword, then resolved to wait until Xiao Xiao became a Peerless Douluo before settling his score with Bibi Dong.
• Dugu Bo invited Lu Ming to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Lu Ming asked him to check whether the academy would meet his conditions.

Lu Ming brought Xiao Xiao to the Lake of Life, where she overwhelmed the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python in battle. After sparing them, Lu Ming ordered the beasts to summon the true ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest, announcing that his Lord had arrived.

• Lu Ming pointed out the Lake of Life and identified the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python to Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao pinned the Titan Giant Ape down, then struck the Sky Azure Bull Python and sealed the Titan Giant Ape with her cauldrons.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python attacked Xiao Xiao together with their domains, but she drew them into her Cauldron World.
• Xiao Xiao defeated the two beasts with her Ninth Soul Skill, Phoenix Xiao Reaching the Ninth Heaven.
• Lu Ming revealed that Xiao Xiao would spare them and told the beasts to summon the true ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest, declaring that his Lord had arrived.