Chapter Summaries

Yang Chang'an killed a thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon and began absorbing its Soul Ring as his second ring. While he endured the violent energy, an adult Golden Earth Dragon King arrived, and Qianjun Douluo ordered Yang Wushuang to kill it.

• Qianjun Douluo offered to torture the Golden Earth Dragon, but Yang Chang'an declined and killed it with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Yang Chang'an drew the purple thousand-year Soul Ring onto his spear and struggled to absorb its violent energy.
• Qianjun Douluo, Yang Wushuang, and Jin Li'er watched anxiously as Yang Chang'an persisted through the absorption.
• A twenty-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon King arrived, and Qianjun Douluo ordered Yang Wushuang to slaughter it.
• Yang Wushuang charged the Golden Earth Dragon King while Yang Chang'an continued absorbing his Soul Ring, unaware of the battle.

Yang Wushuang tested his new strength by killing a twenty-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon King, while Yang Chang'an endured the most dangerous stage of his soul-ring breakthrough and stabilized. The dragon king left behind a rare golden right arm soul bone, which caught Jin Li'er's attention because it matched her Golden Crocodile martial soul.

• Yang Wushuang used his first and second soul skills to wound the Golden Earth Dragon King before killing it with his eighth soul skill, Soul Breaking · Tiger's Roar Shakes the Mountain.
• Jin Li'er and Qianjun Douluo were impressed by Yang Wushuang's strength, while Yang Chang'an struggled through the painful critical stage of his breakthrough.
• Yang Chang'an's condition stabilized, and Qianjun Douluo praised him for enduring the breakthrough and achieving an unprecedented thousand-year second soul ring.
• Qianjun Douluo asked Yang Wushuang to send the Worship Hall his medicinal bath formula and then saw the ten-thousand-year right arm soul bone Yang Wushuang had obtained.
• Qianjun Douluo recognized traces of Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline in the soul bone, and Jin Li'er realized it could greatly benefit her Golden Crocodile martial soul.

Yang Chang'an completed his breakthrough after obtaining a thousand-year second soul ring and demonstrated his new soul skill, Rift. Qianjun Douluo also considered how to secure the Golden Earth Dragon King’s soul bone for Jin Li'er without shortchanging Yang Chang'an.

• Qianjun Douluo told Jin Li'er they would discuss the incomplete Right Arm Bone after returning, while reassuring Yang Wushuang that Yang Chang'an would not lose out.
• Yang Chang'an woke at the peak of rank twenty-two, thanked Yang Wushuang and Qianjun Douluo, and showed them his yellow and purple soul rings.
• Yang Chang'an used Rift to destroy a massive tree, demonstrating its penetration, tearing, bleeding, and soul-power-draining effects.
• Yang Chang'an explained that Rift consumed nearly half his current soul power, and Qianjun Douluo reassured him that the cost would matter less as he grew stronger.
• Qianjun Douluo privately considered asking his second brother, Golden Crocodile Douluo, to give up valuable possessions.

After the Soul Hunting Operation, Yang Chang'an and his companions stopped at a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where they unexpectedly encountered members of the Breaking Clan. Yang Wushuang recognized his relatives but remained troubled by the clan’s past, while Yang Mingzhan felt an inexplicable closeness to Yang Chang'an and hoped to meet him again.

• Qianjun Douluo led Yang Chang'an, Jin Li'er, and Yang Wushuang to a restaurant, where they ate and discussed their return to Spirit City.
• Yang Wushuang abruptly shut the window after spotting a middle-aged man and a boy wearing the Breaking Clan’s spear emblem.
• Yang Chang'an recognized the emblem and learned from Yang Wushuang that the middle-aged man was his clan uncle and the boy was Yang Mingzhan, grandson of Yang Wubei.
• Qianjun Douluo criticized the Clear Sky Sect for its treatment of the Breaking Clan, and Yang Wushuang responded with a bitter silence.
• Yang Mingzhan told his Eighth Uncle that he felt unusually close to Yang Chang'an and resolved to ask his name if they met again.

Yang Chang'an returned to Spirit City and reunited with Light Feather Douluo, who explained that his long absence had involved confronting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and visiting an old friend in Heaven Dou City. The chapter left Yang Chang'an suspecting that this friend was Qian Renxue.

• Jin Li'er hurried home to discuss obtaining the Golden Earth Dragon King's Soul Bone, while Qianjun Douluo promised Yang Chang'an a fair share and two days of rest.
• Yang Chang'an and Yang Wushuang returned to the Yang Family home, where Light Feather Douluo was waiting for Yang Chang'an.
• Light Feather Douluo said he had been delayed after rescuing victims from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's abuses in the Oswei Kingdom.
• Light Feather Douluo described defeating Yu Yuanzhen and pursuing him to Heaven Dou City, but said Ning Fengzhi and Qian Daoliu intervened before he could kill him.
• Light Feather Douluo revealed that he had spent several months keeping an old friend company in Heaven Dou City, and Yang Chang'an suspected the friend was Qian Renxue.

Yang Chang'an told Light Feather Douluo about his trip to the Star Dou Great Forest and discussed the dangers of absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring early. Light Feather Douluo advised him on negotiating for the Golden Earth Dragon King’s soul bone, leaving Yang Chang'an to prepare for the coming negotiations.

• Yang Chang'an showed Light Feather Douluo his thousand-year second soul ring and recounted the battles and soul bones gained during the forest trip.
• Light Feather Douluo suggested Yang Chang'an might absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring at rank forty, but Yang Chang'an explained that Soul Shock could endanger his mind.
• Yang Chang'an clarified that Jin Li'er was determined to obtain the Golden Earth Dragon King's soul bone, and Light Feather Douluo advised him to preserve his right-arm soul-bone slot and seek a suitable alternative.
• Light Feather Douluo reminded Yang Chang'an that Golden Crocodile Douluo could trade with Spirit Hall for a suitable soul bone and told him to leave negotiations to Qianjun Douluo.
• Light Feather Douluo left after telling Yang Chang'an to rest before the busy days ahead.

Yang Wushuang returned to the Yang Family as a Soul Douluo, strengthening the clan while news of shifting alliances in Spirit Hall raised new concerns. Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo reflected on their growing isolation under Bibi Dong and saw little hope of finding a place in the Worship Hall.

• Yang Wushuang told Yang Quji and Yang Xue that he had reached rank eighty-three after obtaining a ring from a seventy-thousand-year-old White-Eyed Demon Tiger King.
• Yang Wushuang recounted how Yang Chang'an had given him the tiger king's Soul Bone, leaving Yang Quji distressed over the sacrifice.
• Yang Xue and Yang Quji told Yang Wushuang that Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo had begun supporting Bibi Dong, while Chrysanthemum Douluo had been treated poorly.
• Yang Wushuang considered the Elder Hall's shifting alliances and concluded that the Yang Family was no longer defenseless against its enemies.
• Gui Mei told Yue Guan that the Sixth Enshrined's party had returned, and Yue Guan toasted Yang Wushuang's advancement.
• Gui Mei suggested approaching Yang Chang'an for help, but Yue Guan dismissed the idea and lamented that the Worship Hall and Papal Hall both treated them as outsiders.

Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena’s progress at the Purple Glory Training Camp and dismissed the Offering Hall’s rival camp as insignificant. After learning that two children from surrendered Clear Sky Sect clans had rejected an invitation, Bibi Dong focused on the gifted Yang Chang'an while Hu Liena resolved to prove her strength.

• Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena for excelling at the Purple Glory Training Camp and approaching rank thirty before age thirteen.
• Hu Liena asked about the Offering Hall’s new training camp, and Bibi Dong dismissed its trainees as a motley rabble.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that the Yang and Niu families’ children had rejected an invitation to the Purple Glory Training Camp.
• Bibi Dong learned Yan had shared the news and privately focused on eight-year-old Yang Chang'an, whose soul power had reached rank twenty.
• Hu Liena resolved to confront the rival trainees and fulfill Bibi Dong’s expectations as Spirit Hall’s future saintess.

Ning Fengzhi discussed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s humiliation and Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s cultivation with Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong. He decided to accept Xue Ye’s request to tutor Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, believing the Heaven Dou Empire’s backing would help protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from Spirit Hall.

• Gu Rong reported that Yu Yuanzhen had mostly recovered from his injuries after receiving treatment from Ye Hui, while mocking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s disgrace.
• Chen Xin condemned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s abuses in the Oswei Kingdom and said its members had brought their punishment upon themselves.
• Chen Xin estimated that he needed at least three more years to reach rank ninety-six, easing Ning Fengzhi’s concerns about the sect’s strength.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that Xue Ye had asked him to tutor Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and said he intended to accept.
• Chen Xin warned that tutoring Xue Qinghe could draw Spirit Hall into conflict with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Ning Fengzhi argued that the Heaven Dou Empire’s military strength would deter an attack.
• Chen Xin accepted Ning Fengzhi’s decision, and Ning Fengzhi privately weighed how to manage the risks of the alliance.

Yang Chang'an met Golden Crocodile Douluo, who wanted to obtain the Golden Earth Dragon King Right Arm Bone for Jin Li'er and the Golden Crocodile Family. Yang Chang'an named his price: a Soul Bone suited to his Martial Soul, preferably a left leg bone or left arm bone.

• A servant summoned Yang Chang'an to the Coiling Dragon Staff Family estate, where Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo were drinking with Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo praised Yang Chang'an's talent and recalled knowing his ancestor Yang Weihe.
• Demon Subduing Douluo teased Golden Crocodile Douluo about staying a bachelor, prompting Jin Li'er to laugh.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo said he could not give up the Golden Earth Dragon King Right Arm Bone and invited Yang Chang'an to state his conditions.
• Yang Chang'an asked Golden Crocodile Douluo for a Soul Bone suited to his Martial Soul, preferably a left leg bone or left arm bone.

Yang Chang'an sought an offensive soul bone in exchange for the Golden Earth Dragon King soul bone, but Light Feather Douluo arrived with a more promising option. Golden Crocodile Douluo left to investigate a rare Emerald Demon Bird soul bone and told everyone to wait for word.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered Yang Chang'an a forty-five-thousand-year Thousand Jun Ant King left arm bone and a thirty-thousand-year strength-type left leg bone in exchange for the Golden Earth Dragon King soul bone.
• Yang Chang'an asked about Spirit Hall's treasury, and Golden Crocodile Douluo described a sixty-thousand-year Ghost Shadow Demon Leopard left leg bone and a fifty-thousand-year Cloud-Piercing Griffin left arm bone.
• Yang Chang'an considered the two soul bones until Light Feather Douluo arrived and revealed that Qian Daoliu had once killed a sixty-thousand-year Emerald Demon Bird that dropped a left leg bone.
• Yang Chang'an and the other Enshrined eagerly looked to Golden Crocodile Douluo, who left to investigate and told them to wait for word.

Golden Crocodile Douluo visited Qian Daoliu at the Worship Hall to request a soul bone for Yang Chang'an. Qian Daoliu gave him the sixty-thousand-year Emerald Demon Bird Left Leg Bone as a personal gift, then returned to prayer, briefly reflecting on Yang Chang'an’s potential.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo found Qian Daoliu praying before the Angel God Statue and followed him to a side room.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo explained Yang Chang'an’s talent, his thousand-year second soul ring, and the need for a suitable soul bone.
• Qian Daoliu produced the sixty-thousand-year Emerald Demon Bird Left Leg Bone and offered it to Golden Crocodile Douluo without asking for an exchange.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo accepted the soul bone after Qian Daoliu insisted it was his personal property and gift.
• Qian Daoliu watched Golden Crocodile Douluo leave, briefly considered Yang Chang'an’s promise, and resumed praying.

Jin Li'er absorbed the Golden Earth Dragon King Right Arm Bone while Golden Crocodile Douluo returned with the Emerald Demon Bird Left Leg Bone for Yang Chang'an. After thanking Golden Crocodile Douluo and giving Qianjun Douluo a medicinal formula, Yang Chang'an began absorbing his first Soul Bone as the elders guarded them.

• Qianjun Douluo gave Jin Li'er the Golden Earth Dragon King Right Arm Bone, and she began absorbing it under Demon Subduing Douluo's protection.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo returned with the sixty-thousand-year-old Emerald Demon Bird Left Leg Bone, which Qianjun Douluo handed to Yang Chang'an.
• Yang Chang'an thanked Golden Crocodile Douluo, who invited him to call him Senior Martial Uncle.
• Yang Chang'an gave Qianjun Douluo a medicinal formula from his grandfather, then sat down near Jin Li'er to absorb the Emerald Demon Bird Soul Bone.

Yang Chang'an absorbed a Soul Bone while Spirit Hall’s Enshrined discussed Yang Wushuang’s promotion and Niu Yue’s posting, taking care not to endanger Qian Renxue’s nation-stealing plan. The chapter ended with the Enshrined lamenting the heavy toll the plan had taken on Qian Renxue.

• Yang Chang'an endured the Soul Bone’s baleful aura and began absorbing it with confidence.
• Qianjun Douluo showed Golden Crocodile Douluo Yang Wushuang’s Medicinal Bath formulas, and Golden Crocodile Douluo decided to promote Yang Wushuang to Red Bishop.
• Demon Subduing Douluo raised Niu Yue’s request for an outside posting, prompting Golden Crocodile Douluo to delay it until Qian Renxue’s plan was safer.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo assigned Niu Yue to a squad leader position in the Douluo Warrior Corps’ logistics department to ease the family’s resource shortage.
• Qianjun Douluo condemned Qian Renxue’s decision to undertake the nation-stealing plan, while Light Feather Douluo reflected on its damage to her health and cultivation.

Yang Chang'an and Jin Li'er tested the strength they gained from absorbing powerful soul bones by sparring together against Qianjun Douluo. Their new abilities impressed him, but he overwhelmed them with a single counterattack and left them sprawled on the ground.

• Yang Chang'an and Jin Li'er finished absorbing their soul bones, reaching ranks twenty-six and twenty-four respectively, and agreed to test their improved strength against Qianjun Douluo.
• Yang Chang'an struck with Pierce and Rift while Jin Li'er attacked with Southern Barbarian Strength and Giant Crocodile Strike, but Qianjun Douluo blocked both attacks and hurled them back.
• Jin Li'er activated Golden Radiance from her Golden Earth Dragon King's Right Arm Bone as Yang Chang'an unleashed Ten Thousand Blades Emerald Demon Assault from his Emerald Demon Bird left leg soul bone.
• Qianjun Douluo used Battle Heaven and Earth to disrupt their soul power, then swept his Coiling Dragon Staff forward and sent both youngsters flying, leaving them unable to get up for a while.

After Yang Chang'an and Jin Li'er recovered from their battle with Qianjun Douluo, the Worship Hall elders praised their strength and directed them to challenge Hu Liena at the Purple Glory Training Camp. The chapter ended with Light Feather Douluo promising to watch their performance the next day, when they would test the gifts he had prepared.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Light Feather Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo praised Yang Chang'an and Jin Li'er after their battle, while Light Feather Douluo helped them recover.
• Qianjun Douluo admitted the pair had pressured him, and Yang Chang'an acknowledged how easily the veteran had defeated them despite restricting his strength.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo praised the pair's ability to defeat many Soul Elders, and Qianjun Douluo insisted they could beat Bibi Dong's disciple, Hu Liena.
• Qianjun Douluo told Yang Chang'an to teach Hu Liena a lesson at the Purple Glory Training Camp, and Yang Chang'an agreed while Jin Li'er eagerly asked to join him.
• Demon Subduing Douluo sent the pair back to training and mentioned that Light Feather Douluo had prepared gifts for them to test the next day.
• Light Feather Douluo said he would personally watch Yang Chang'an and Jin Li'er perform the following day.

Yang Chang'an reunited with Niu Wenchuan at the Training Camp and told him about his recent breakthroughs and risks. They realized a fierce sparring session was coming, and Niu Wenchuan hurried to get more food before it began.

• Yang Chang'an arrived at the Training Camp and met Niu Wenchuan, who noticed his greatly strengthened aura.
• Yang Chang'an told Niu Wenchuan about Yang Wushuang's breakthrough and his own Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone; Niu Wenchuan warned him not to take such risks again.
• Niu Wenchuan excitedly examined Yang Chang'an's Soul Bone, and Yang Chang'an withheld his current Soul Power level.
• Yang Chang'an revealed that Fifth Uncle had returned to Spirit Hall, and Niu Wenchuan guessed that he had brought opponents for the Training Camp to spar against.
• Yang Chang'an told Niu Wenchuan to eat well before the coming fight, and Niu Wenchuan rushed to refill his bowl and promised to bring Yang Chang'an more food too.

Yang Chang'an reunited with his fellow trainees after absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring, then joined them at the Martial Arts Arena as Azure Luan Douluo announced a brutal combat test. The chapter ended with the trainees facing a crowd of captured criminals and being ordered to choose who would fight first.

• Yang Chang'an met Jin Li'er, Qingyu, Shi Hao, and Le Zhengxuan, who had heard about his thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Shi Hao challenged Yang Chang'an to a future spar after he and Qingyu obtained their second Soul Rings, while the group voiced a desire to fight members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Azure Luan Douluo arrived at the Martial Arts Arena and announced that the trainees would gain real experience by seeing blood.
• Sacred Hall Warriors brought in about a hundred bound criminals, including upper-level Soul Masters and Soul Grandmasters.
• Azure Luan Douluo told the trainees the criminals were wicked killers and urged them to execute them, then demanded to know who would go first.

Niu Wenchuan volunteered to fight a death-row prisoner in the Martial Arts Arena and killed the faster, higher-ranked leopard Soul Master with a single powerful blow. Azure Luan Douluo praised his performance and declared that he passed.

• Niu Wenchuan stepped forward first and asked Azure Luan Douluo whether he should kill his opponent; Azure Luan Douluo said there were plenty of expendables.
• Niu Wenchuan chose a middle-aged leopard Soul Master, who attacked him immediately with his speed and claws.
• Niu Wenchuan endured the leopard man's attacks, then knocked him down with a punch and taunted him.
• The leopard man used his second soul skill to tear open Niu Wenchuan's chest, but Niu Wenchuan seized his claw and smashed his head with his fist, killing him.
• Niu Wenchuan reported that he had finished the battle, and Azure Luan Douluo approved and declared that he passed.

The trainees fought captured criminals in the Martial Arts Arena, learning to overcome their hesitation and fight ruthlessly. Jin Li'er then challenged Yu Tianjie, a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Soul Grandmaster, and revealed her Golden Crocodile Martial Soul as their duel began.

• Niu Wenchuan returned to the ranks after killing a Soul Grandmaster, inspiring the other trainees to enter the arena.
• The trainees fought the convicts, and many who initially showed mercy were wounded before later fighters began attacking decisively.
• Jin Li'er stepped forward and demanded to fight the two Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples.
• Azure Luan Douluo introduced the prisoners as a level twenty-eight Soul Grandmaster and a level thirty-one Soul Elder, alarming Qingyu and Shi Hao, who had hoped to challenge them.
• Jin Li'er chose the Soul Grandmaster, Yu Tianjie, who broke free of the guards and confronted her.
• Jin Li'er summoned her Golden Crocodile Martial Soul and declared herself the Golden Crocodile Family's heir, shocking Yu Tianjie.