Chapter Summaries

After Zhu Zhuqing became a Soul Elder by absorbing a Ghost Tiger Soul Ring, Ning Rongrong confessed her fear of being left behind by her companions and trapped by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s level limit. Su Chen gave her the Nine-Colored Divine Marrow to transform her Martial Soul, but its power began destroying her body, and he rushed to intervene.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Ghost Tiger Soul Ring with Su Chen’s protection and reached level thirty-one, becoming a Soul Elder.
• Ning Rongrong visited Su Chen at night and tearfully admitted she feared being a burden and remaining trapped at level seventy-nine.
• Su Chen revealed the Nine-Colored Divine Marrow and said it could transform her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong swallowed the divine marrow, whose power ruptured her meridians and caused her Martial Soul to crack.
• Su Chen urged Ning Rongrong to focus her mind, then flashed into the Spirit Spring to save her.

Su Chen used Ancestral Dragon Blood Essence and his dragon qi to stabilize Ning Rongrong’s Nine-Colored Divine Marrow, helping her awaken the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and reach rank thirty-one. After Ning Rongrong embraced Su Chen and pledged herself to him, a sudden explosion erupted dozens of miles away and pain struck Su Chen’s Divine Pupils.

• Su Chen pressed Ancestral Dragon Blood Essence to Ning Rongrong’s brow and channeled dragon qi into her to suppress the raging divine marrow.
• Su Chen guided Ning Rongrong’s meridians and Martial Soul through a transformation that produced the nine-layer Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong awakened at rank thirty-one and threw herself into Su Chen’s arms, overcome with gratitude and affection.
• Su Chen and Ning Rongrong united in the Spirit Spring, and Ning Rongrong pledged to stay by his side forever.
• Su Chen’s Delusion-Breaking Divine Pupils flared with piercing pain as an explosion sounded dozens of miles away.

Er Ming abducted Xiao Wu while his Gravity Control Domain devastated the Shrek group, leaving Tang San vulnerable to a Man Faced Demon Spider. Su Chen killed the spider and claimed the opportunity Tang San believed was destined for him, and Tang San raged at him over the soul ring and external soul bone.

• Su Chen reassured Xiao Wu and told her to go with Er Ming so she could condense her third soul ring while he waited nearby.
• Er Ming seized Xiao Wu and unleashed his Gravity Control Domain, crushing Zhao Wuji and scattering Flender, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San.
• A two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider attacked Tang San, who tried to kill it with his Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Su Chen appeared, destroyed the spider's web and crossbow bolts with dark-gold divine light, then killed the spider with his Pure Yang Dragon Aura.
• An external soul bone and the spider's soul ring appeared, and Tang San accused Su Chen of stealing the opportunity he believed belonged to him.

Su Chen absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring and transformed its external soul bone into the Dragon Emperor Eight Spider Lances, while Tang San's despair drew Tang Hao into the gorge to attack him. Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan intervened, clashing with Tang Hao as Su Chen remained under threat.

• Su Chen crippled more of Tang San's meridians, then absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring and eight external soul bones using the Ancestral Dragon Hegemony Body Art.
• The spider bones transformed into the Dragon Emperor Eight Spider Lances, and Su Chen received the god-level combat skill Dragon Shadow Instant Kill.
• Tang Hao arrived in the gorge and attacked Su Chen with his Clear Sky Hammer after seeing Tang San injured.
• Su Chen raised a barrier with his dragon lances and taunted Tang Hao as the hammer descended.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan appeared and struck Tang Hao's hammer with his ninth Soul Skill, while Zhao Wuji identified him as a rank ninety-five Titled Douluo.

Yue Guan protected Su Chen from Tang Hao, while Yu Luomian rescued Yu Xiaogang and Tang San from the clash. Tang San developed a dark devouring mutation and escaped with Tang Hao to Slaughter City, and Xiao Wu reunited with Su Chen after breaking through to Soul Elder.

• Zhao Wuji and Flender realized Yue Guan was protecting Su Chen on Spirit Hall's orders as Tang Hao was driven back by the Titled Douluo.
• The clash's shock waves nearly killed Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, but Yu Luomian arrived and rescued them.
• Tang San's Blue Silver Grass mutated into a dark, devouring form, and Tang Hao fled with him toward Slaughter City.
• Yu Luomian carried the unconscious Yu Xiaogang away, while Flender and Zhao Wuji watched Shrek's faction retreat.
• Yue Guan gave Su Chen Spirit Hall's highest secret salute and vanished, and Su Chen withdrew his Dark-Gold Dragon Spider Spears.
• Xiao Wu arrived after reaching Soul Elder and joyfully told Su Chen she could help him fight bad guys.

Su Chen and the girls returned from the Star Dou Great Forest after Xiao Wu gained her third soul ring and Su Chen received powerful cultivation rewards. They arrived at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where spectators were stunned that the Dragon God Team had all become Soul Elders.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing joined Su Chen after the canyon's danger passed, and Xiao Wu revealed that she had gained a third soul ring and reached rank thirty-one.
• Su Chen reviewed his system rewards, tempered his bones with Pure Yang Dragon Aura, and awakened the second stage of his Delusion-Breaking Divine Pupils.
• Su Chen told the girls to pack up and return to Suotuo City, and they set out after resting in the canyon.
• One day later, Su Chen and the three girls arrived at the Soto Great Soul Arena to collect their points and Gold Soul Coins.
• Spectators recognized the Dragon God Team and marveled that its members had advanced to the Soul Elder realm in only three days.

Manager Ao asked Su Chen and the Dragon God Team to stop the Imperial Fighting Team from bankrupting the Soto Great Soul Arena. Su Chen agreed to fight for a share of the betting profits and received the rival team’s confidential dossier.

• Manager Ao revealed that the Imperial Fighting Team from Heaven Dou Royal Academy had won several matches and injured Suotuo City’s veteran fighters.
• Manager Ao explained that the betting pool for the final had reached nearly a million Gold Soul Coins, putting the arena at risk of ruin.
• Su Chen negotiated for twenty percent of the net profit from the central-ring betting pool if the Dragon God Team won.
• Manager Ao accepted the terms and handed Su Chen the Imperial Fighting Team’s top-secret Dossier.

Su Chen studied the Imperial Fighting Team and planned to exploit its weaknesses before the match. In the corridor, he unleashed his ancestral dragon might on Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, leaving both shaken.

• Su Chen read the Imperial Fighting Team dossier and recognized Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling as opportunities for his plans.
• Su Chen assigned Zhu Zhuqing to attack Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong to provide boosts, and Xiao Wu to support Zhu Zhuqing against the team’s other fighters.
• Su Chen and the three girls met Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the Imperial Fighting Team in the corridor before the match.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan mocked Su Chen’s team and threatened them.
• Su Chen insulted Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, then released his ancestral dragon aura, making Dugu Yan stagger and forcing Yu Tianheng’s lightning back into his arm.

Su Chen humiliated Yu Tianheng and exposed Dugu Yan’s worsening poison backlash during a confrontation at the Soto Great Soul Arena. Qin Ming stopped the fight before it escalated, and the Dragon God Team and Imperial Fighting Team took their places in the ring for their match.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Su Chen with Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon lightning, but Su Chen repelled it without revealing his martial soul or soul rings.
• Dugu Yan tried to poison Su Chen, but he described the symptoms of her poison backlash and exposed how close she was to death.
• Yu Tianheng shielded Dugu Yan as both teams prepared to fight, but Qin Ming intervened and ordered them to stop their private clash.
• Doudou announced the match between the Imperial Fighting Team and the Dragon God Team, and Qin Ming sent the teams onto the arena platform.
• Su Chen and Yu Tianheng faced each other across the ring as the two teams prepared to begin the match.

The Dragon God Team faced the Imperial Fighting Team in a decisive arena battle, and Su Chen stopped Yu Tianheng’s powerful thunder dragon with his bare hand. The chapter ended with Su Chen tossing the badly injured captain at his feet and challenging the rest of the Imperial Fighting Team to attack together.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing with her Nine Treasures Pagoda as both teams released their martial souls.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu rushed the Imperial Fighting Team’s flank while Yu Tianheng charged straight at Su Chen.
• Yu Tianheng unleashed his Thunder Dragon Claw and Thunderous Might, forming a giant lightning dragon that struck at Su Chen.
• Su Chen stopped the dragon with one hand and crushed it, badly injuring Yu Tianheng in the process.
• Su Chen seized Yu Tianheng, lifted him with one hand, then tossed him down and challenged the remaining Imperial Fighting Team members.

Su Chen defeated Yu Tianheng and received a power boost, while Dugu Yan and the Shi Mo brothers launched a coordinated attack against him. Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing broke through the Imperial Fighting Team’s rear before Su Chen charged head-on into the shields and poison.

• Su Chen knocked Yu Tianheng unconscious, triggering a reward that strengthened his Pure Yang Dragon Aura and physical vitality.
• Dugu Yan attacked Su Chen with her poison while the Shi Mo brothers hurled their tortoise shields to trap him.
• Ning Rongrong revealed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and boosted Su Chen, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing’s strength and speed.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed toward Ye Lingling, while Xiao Wu intercepted Yu Feng and hurled him into the ground.
• Su Chen drove his crimson-gold-scaled fists toward the two shields and Dugu Yan’s poison wave.

Su Chen led the Dragon God Team to a crushing victory over the Imperial Fighting Team, then publicly condemned Shrek Academy and left Qin Ming shaken. He and the three girls headed for the Top-Floor Secret Chamber.

• Su Chen shattered the Shi Brothers’ shields and burned away Dugu Yan’s poison, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu defeated the opposing fighters.
• Su Chen revealed that Dugu Yan’s serpent poison was fatally damaging her body, and she collapsed unconscious.
• Osler conceded, and Doudou announced the Dragon God Team’s victory to the roaring crowd.
• Qin Ming tried to recruit Su Chen to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Su Chen denounced Shrek Academy and accused Tang San of ambushing his teammate with poisoned hidden weapons.
• Qin Ming staggered, unable to defend Shrek, as Su Chen led the three girls toward the Top-Floor Secret Chamber.

Dugu Yan came to the Rose Hotel during a storm, desperate for Su Chen to cure the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison ravaging her body. Su Chen suppressed the poison with a wisp of dragon qi, leaving her convinced he could save her life.

• Su Chen sensed Dugu Yan approaching the Rose Hotel and sent Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu into the inner room while Zhu Zhuqing opened the door.
• Dugu Yan entered in agony and asked Su Chen to remove the poison in exchange for gold, imperial rewards, or Soul Bones.
• Su Chen rejected her offers and reminded her of the debt she owed him.
• Su Chen's Ancestral Dragon Pressure triggered Dugu Yan's poison backlash, and she collapsed to her knees in pain.
• Su Chen sent pure-yang dragon qi into Dugu Yan's brow, suppressing the poison and ending her pain.
• Dugu Yan realized Su Chen had the power to save her and lost her remaining doubts.

Su Chen forced Dugu Yan to choose between serving him and dying from her serpent poison, and she submitted to him. He used a new bloodline technique to purge her poison and strengthen her, then ordered her to return to Heaven Dou Imperial City and tell Dugu Bo to prepare the treasured land in Sunset Forest.

• Su Chen told Dugu Yan that her poison would return in six hours and demanded she leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, sever ties with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and become his maid.
• Dugu Yan resisted, but Su Chen challenged her to leave and die; after weighing her survival against her pride and ties to Yu Tianheng, she bowed and swore allegiance to him.
• Su Chen received the Dragon Emperor Symbiotic Seal and branded Dugu Yan with a crimson-gold dragon pattern, purging her poison and raising her Soul Power to the peak of level thirty-nine.
• Dugu Yan thanked Su Chen and pledged herself to him, while he ordered her to return to Heaven Dou Imperial City and let Dugu Bo examine her recovered pulse.
• Su Chen told Dugu Yan to tell Dugu Bo to prepare the treasured land in Sunset Forest and wait outside Heaven Dou City for his arrival.

Ye Lingling came to see Su Chen after his aura injured her while she tried to heal Yu Tianheng, then revealed the Nine Heart Begonia’s life-draining curse. As Ye Lingling began to collapse from its backlash, Su Chen prepared to intervene and reshape her Martial Soul.

• Zhu Zhuqing attacked the veiled Ye Lingling outside the suite, but Dugu Yan stopped her and let Ye Lingling enter to see Su Chen.
• Ye Lingling told Su Chen that his crimson-gold aura had injured her heart meridians when she tried to heal Yu Tianheng.
• Ye Lingling revealed that the Nine Heart Begonia consumes its user’s lifespan and heart’s blood, and that her family’s bloodline carries a withering curse.
• The Nine Heart Begonia’s petals withered, triggering the curse and causing Ye Lingling’s heart meridians and vitality to rapidly fail.
• Su Chen saw the curse tightening around Ye Lingling’s heart and ordered her to steady her mind without withdrawing her Martial Soul.

Su Chen used his Chaos Ancestral Dragon blood essence to destroy the Nine Heart Begonia curse, saving Ye Lingling and transforming her flower as she pledged herself to him. At dawn, Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan publicly left the Imperial Fighting Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, defying Qin Ming.

• Su Chen crushed the death curse in Ye Lingling with his Ancestral Dragon blood essence, restoring her health and raising her cultivation to level thirty-six.
• The Nine Heart Begonia changed into a crimson-gold flower with dragon patterns and new life-preserving powers, while Ye Lingling pledged to serve Su Chen.
• Su Chen received a reward that increased the ages of all his Soul Rings by one thousand years and advanced his Ancestral Dragon Indestructible Body.
• Qin Ming arrived at the Rose Hotel with guards and demanded that Su Chen hand over Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling declared that they were leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the Imperial Fighting Team, then threw down their badges before Qin Ming.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling left the Imperial Fighting Team to join Su Chen’s Dragon God Team, prompting Qin Ming to try to stop them with the Royal Knights. Su Chen’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and the Soto Great Soul Arena’s intervention forced Qin Ming to retreat, while Manager Ao prepared the team’s money and carriages for their journey to Heaven Dou Imperial City.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling publicly declared that they belonged to the Dragon God Team, despite Qin Ming and Osler accusing them of betrayal.
• Qin Ming summoned his Soul Rings and ordered the Royal Knights to surround the Rose Hotel and seize Su Chen’s group.
• Su Chen released his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and Dragon Might, forcing Qin Ming and the Royal Knights to halt.
• Manager Ao arrived with the Great Soul Arena’s stewards and defended Su Chen, citing his VIP status and the women’s choice to leave.
• Qin Ming collected the broken badges and led the Imperial Fighting Team away after warning Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling about returning to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Manager Ao delivered Su Chen’s share of the betting profits and prepared three carriages and travel passes for the team’s departure.

Su Chen and the girls traveled toward Heaven Dou City, where he planned to seek Dugu Bo’s help and take them to Sunset Forest. Meanwhile, the ruined Shrek group struggled north, and Yu Xiaogang finally agreed to seek shelter at Liu Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Su Chen explained that Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng were meant to carry news of him to Heaven Dou City, and promised the girls a boon in Sunset Forest.
• Flender drove an injured Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, and paralyzed Yu Xiaogang along a muddy road toward Heaven Dou City.
• Zhao Wuji told Ma Hongjun that Shrek’s academy had been destroyed by creditors and that the group could not return.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Su Chen had crippled the Imperial Fighting Team, revealed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and gained Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling as allies.
• Flender urged Yu Xiaogang to seek help from Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy, and Yu Xiaogang swallowed his pride and agreed.

Tang San survived the Blackstone Deathmatch Pit by awakening dark bloodsucking vines that drained his opponents and formed a blood-soaked soul ring, while Su Chen’s team traveled toward Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended as Dugu Yan arrived to report what she had learned about the city.

• Tang San reversed his Mysterious Heaven Skill and unleashed dark bloodsucking vines against the convicts attacking him.
• Tang San drained three convicts, broke through to rank thirty, and formed a dark-purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring from their resentment and blood fiendish aura.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San’s transformation and described his path as entering through resentment and forming a ring by devouring blood.
• Tang San drank Bloody Mary and was consumed by murderous desire to tear Su Chen apart.
• Su Chen traveled toward Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling, while the team discussed their earnings and a possible base.
• Dugu Yan joined the carriage and told Su Chen that she had thoroughly investigated the situation in Heaven Dou City.

Dugu Yan reported that Dugu Bo planned to test Su Chen over the treasured land in Sunset Forest, while Xue Beng prepared to confront the Dragon God Team at the south gate. As Su Chen arrived in Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe sent his Eastern Palace commander to invite him to a banquet that night.

• Dugu Yan told Su Chen that Dugu Bo had discovered her refined poison and increased Soul Power but intended to test Su Chen with a Ten Thousand Poisons Grand Formation.
• Dugu Yan warned Su Chen that Xue Beng had gathered guards and retainers to confront the Dragon God Team at South Gate Avenue.
• Su Chen sent Dugu Yan back to Dugu Manor before the carriage reached Heaven Dou City's south gate.
• Su Chen used his Delusion-Breaking Divine Pupils to detect Dugu Bo's poison aura and Qian Renxue's concealed Six-Winged Angel aura near the Eastern Palace.
• Lin Xiao, commander of the Eastern Palace Guard, presented Su Chen with Xue Qinghe's invitation to a banquet at the hour of Xu.
• Su Chen accepted the invitation from Lin Xiao with his pure-yang suction and told him to rise.