Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang revealed his Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring during the Thunder Serpent Team’s match against the Running Wolf Team, astonishing the arena. As the fight began, he destroyed Yuan Hui’s tendons while Dugu Yan split the opposing team with poison walls, leaving the battle divided into three fronts.

• The host introduced the Running Wolf Team’s winning streak and highlighted Tai Yi’s past performances before starting the match.
• Xu Yang summoned his Sun Martial Soul and revealed his Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring, shocking the audience and catching Qian Renxue and Qin Ming’s attention.
• Tian Kun challenged the Thunder Serpent Team, and Xu Yang advanced with his Sun’s golden flames blazing around him.
• Yuan Hui sent seven Supple Serpent Tendons at the Thunder Serpent Team, but Xu Yang’s seven Little Suns burned them to ash.
• Tian Kun and two Iron Horned Ox Soul Masters charged Xu Yang as Dugu Yan used her red and blue poisons to divide the Running Wolf Team into three battlefields.

Xu Yang and the Thunder Serpent Team used Dugu Yan’s poison to split the battlefield and isolate the Running Wolf Team’s fighters. Xu Yang’s blazing Sun Sacred Blades forced Tian Kun into a close fight, where the wolf captain’s hands began to go numb from the heat.

• The Thunder Serpent Team divided the battlefield with Dugu Yan’s Poison Wall and separated the opposing fighters into isolated matchups.
• Xu Yang and Yu Tianheng confronted Tian Kun and the Iron Horned Ox Soul Masters, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling faced Yuan Hui and Shi Le.
• Xu Yang summoned flaming Sun Sacred Blades and raised the temperature around Tian Kun and his teammates.
• Tian Kun activated three Soul Skills and charged Xu Yang, dodging the blades’ straight-line attacks.
• Xu Yang met Tian Kun in close combat with his Tang Blade and Sun Sacred Blade, and the heat burned Tian Kun’s hands until they went numb.

Yu Tianheng used an unfinished Thunder Ray to knock out an Iron Horned Ox Soul Master, but the move badly injured his arm and exhausted his soul power. Xu Yang healed him and sent him off the stage as the heat around the arena intensified, then faced the still-eager Tian Kun.

• Two Iron Horned Ox Soul Masters charged toward Xu Yang, but Yu Tianheng used his modified Second Soul Skill, Thunder Ray, to blast one unconscious.
• Yu Tianheng suffered severe injuries and backlash from the unfinished move, and Xu Yang healed his arm with Morning Light.
• Xu Yang told the exhausted Yu Tianheng to leave the stage, while the rising heat caused audience members to suffer dehydration and heatstroke.
• Qian Renxue watched Xu Yang in awe, and Ning Fengzhi realized his Sun Martial Soul was raising the temperature around the arena.
• Tian Kun continued preparing to attack despite his burns and the distorted air, and Xu Yang asked whether he had noticed something.

Xu Yang and the Thunder Serpent Team defeated the Running Wolf Team after his Sun Martial Soul spread Dugu Yan’s poisons and drove the match to a surrender. After revealing his identity to Tian Kun, Xu Yang returned with his teammates to find Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo waiting in the rest area.

• Xu Yang’s rising heat spread Dugu Yan’s Excitement Poison and Paralysis Poison across the arena, leaving the Running Wolf Team unaware of their worsening condition.
• Yu Feng, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo knocked the Mottled Cat Spirit Masters off the stage, while Dugu Yan defeated Yuan Hui and Shi Le with her Corrosive Poison.
• Xu Yang intensified the heat until an Iron Horned Ox Soul Master collapsed, and Tian Kun surrendered to the referee.
• Ye Lingling healed Tian Kun and the other fallen opponents, and the host declared the Thunder Serpent Team the winner.
• Tian Kun asked Xu Yang for his real name, and Xu Yang identified himself as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xu Yang and his teammates registered their points and found Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo waiting in the rest area.

Ning Fengzhi told Xu Yang that his Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and explained why the sect wanted to befriend Dugu Bo. They planned to offer Dugu Bo knowledge and a Poison Attribute Soul Bone, leaving Xu Yang impressed by Ning Fengzhi’s elaborate scheme.

• Ning Fengzhi greeted Xu Yang and his classmates, then took Xu Yang away from the academy with Qin Ming’s permission.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that he and Ning Haiyan had obtained Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest, and that the Four-Eyed Scaled Armor Beast’s ring had helped his Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Xu Yang’s Sun Martial Soul and Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring, while Xu Yang modestly credited his Soul Ring’s evolution to an External Soul Bone.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Xu Yang how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could recruit Dugu Bo and repay him for the Immortal Herbs; Xu Yang advised them to befriend him rather than try to bind him.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed a fifty-thousand-year Poison Attribute Right Arm Bone recovered from a Storage Soul Tool in the Flame Lion King’s cave, and he and Xu Yang discussed how to win Dugu Bo’s favor.
• Ning Fengzhi outlined his plans for the special arrangement, and Xu Yang was shocked by the schemes he proposed.

After Xu Yang’s Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring made him famous across the continent, major powers considered how he had surpassed the usual limits and what his achievement meant for them. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect visited Dugu Bo to thank him and secured an agreement to exchange Immortal Herb knowledge for access to the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Salas learned that Xu Yang belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and ordered Mu Yuan to kill him when he was alone.
• Bibi Dong studied Xu Yang’s information and concluded that Head and Torso Soul Bones, combined with Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, had likely enabled his Soul Ring and cultivation breakthroughs.
• Yu Yuanzhen sent clan experts to Vast Sea City to hunt sea beasts for Whale Rubber.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin visited Dugu Bo with a gift, but Dugu Bo initially refused it, saying Xu Yang had already paid him for the Immortal Herbs.
• Ning Fengzhi offered a Fifty Thousand Year Poison Attribute Soul Bone and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s medical, poison, and Titled Douluo cultivation knowledge in exchange for access to Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Bo accepted Ning Fengzhi’s proposal to share Immortal Herb information in return for opening the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect when needed.

Xu Yang and his companions trained together for four years, growing stronger while he advanced his Soul Tool research. He unveiled the Wind Chime Wings, a backpack that let Spirit Masters fly, and Dugu Yan tried it out.

• Xu Yang practiced his blade skills while Yu Tianheng trained to improve his Thunder Ray, and Dugu Yan urged the others to begin training.
• The group spent four years cycling through cultivation, training, and Soul Duels, forming a close team as Xu Yang and Dugu Yan reached Level 40 and the others became Soul Elders.
• Xu Yang explained that his Soul Power had become pure Sun Soul Power and had grown to twice the amount of an ordinary Spirit Master at his level.
• Xu Yang demonstrated the Wind Chime Wings, a Third Level Soul Tool that could fly at up to two hundred kilometers per hour but consumed Soul Power rapidly.
• Dugu Yan put on the Wind Chime Wings and flew around the bedroom.

Xu Yang made Wind Chime Wings for Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong, then joined Dugu Yan on her Spirit Beast hunt before returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Rongrong waited with the other children for her Martial Soul Awakening, eager to fly with her new gift.

• Xu Yang crafted pale blue metal feathers for the Wind Chime Wings while Dugu Yan tested her pair by flying outside.
• Dugu Yan claimed her Wind Chime Wings and asked to join Xu Yang on his Spirit Beast hunt; Xu Yang agreed after discussing their routes and Senior Dugu.
• Xu Yang returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Dugu Yan and gave Ning Rongrong a second pair of Wind Chime Wings.
• The next day, Ning Rongrong stood at the front of three hundred children awaiting Martial Soul Awakening, clutching her gift.

After Ning Rongrong awakened with rank-nine Innate Soul Power, Xu Yang and his companions set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Three-Tailed Fire Crow King. They were ambushed upon entering the forest, and Ning Haiyan unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill against the attackers.

• Ning Rongrong awakened the Seven-Layered Glazed Tile Pagoda and tested at rank nine Innate Soul Power, easing Ning Fengzhi’s concerns about the sect’s next leader.
• Ning Fengzhi and his wife decided that Dugu Bo would accompany Xu Yang on his Spirit Beast hunt and that Ning Rongrong would not receive the Aromatic Silk Beauty until she had tempered her temperament.
• Xu Yang, Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Ning Haiyan traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a Three-Tailed Fire Crow King with at least twenty-three thousand years of cultivation.
• Dugu Bo warned Xu Yang and Dugu Yan to stay close as the group entered the dangerous forest, while Ning Haiyan guarded their rear.
• Dugu Bo sensed danger, and Ning Haiyan attacked hidden Spirit Masters with his Eighth Soul Skill, Furious Lion Rage, setting some fleeing attackers ablaze.

Xu Yang and his companions faced a massive Spirit Hall assassination force led by Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, with Ghost Douluo still concealed nearby. As the attackers charged, Ning Haiyan raised a barrier and Xu Yang killed a Spirit Hall Soul King who teleported inside it.

• Xu Yang recognized the attack as the fifth Spirit Hall assassination attempt in four years after seeing the battlefield Ning Haiyan had scorched.
• More than a hundred black-clad Spirit Masters surrounded Xu Yang, Dugu Yan, Ning Haiyan, and Dugu Bo, while Yue Guan revealed himself and Dugu Bo warned that Ghost Douluo was likely nearby.
• Xu Yang and Dugu Yan prepared to fight with their Soul Skills and Soul Tool handguns, and Yue Guan grew enraged when he realized they had consumed Land Dragon Golden Melons.
• Yue Guan ordered the Spirit Hall forces to attack, and Ning Haiyan used his Sixth Soul Skill to create a Flame Blade Barrier around the group.
• A teleporting Spirit Hall Soul King breached the barrier and lunged at Xu Yang, who shot him with his Soul Tool Handgun.

Xu Yang and Dugu Yan used their Soul Tool Handguns to hold off Spirit Hall Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings while Ning Haiyan attacked the stronger enemies. Xu Yang revealed the power of his soul armor and Sun Sacred Blade by killing an Eagle Soul King, then told Dugu Yan to conserve ammunition and delay the remaining attackers.

• Xu Yang assigned Ning Haiyan to fight Spirit Masters above Soul Emperor while he and Dugu Yan handled the Soul Kings.
• Xu Yang and Dugu Yan flew above the battlefield and used explosive and poison bullets to drive back Spirit Hall Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings.
• An Eagle Soul King attacked Xu Yang after counting his shots and believing his handgun needed reloading after twelve rounds.
• Xu Yang cut through the Eagle Soul King's feather attack, used his armor's flame vents to dodge the charging claw, and beheaded him with the Sun Sacred Blade.
• Xu Yang reloaded his handgun as the surviving airborne Spirit Masters charged, then told Dugu Yan to conserve bullets and stall them until they got close.

Xu Yang and Dugu Yan held off Spirit Hall forces while Dugu Bo lured Yue Guan away and sprang a trap that badly wounded him. Dugu Bo’s attack left Yue Guan pierced by the iron balls’ spikes, while the battle around Xu Yang and Dugu Yan continued.

• Xu Yang reminded Dugu Yan to hold on, and she used restorative pills, flew with her Wind Chime Wings, and reloaded her Soul Tool Handguns.
• Yue Guan drew Dugu Bo to the forest’s outskirts and attacked him with petals, while Dugu Bo filled the area with poison.
• Dugu Bo used his Eighth Soul Skill to try to trap Yue Guan in Stasis, but Yue Guan countered with his Ninth Soul Skill and a tornado of blades.
• Dugu Bo expanded the Stasis light to immobilize the tornado, then broke it with his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Yue Guan with Medusa’s Gaze.
• Dugu Bo launched two iron balls at Yue Guan, and their spikes pierced Yue Guan’s hands and body when he tried to strike them away.

Dugu Bo used his Poison Explosion Art to defeat Yue Guan, but the blast devastated the battlefield and severely injured Dugu Bo and Xu Yang. Gu Rong protected the others and found Dugu Bo alive, leaving Dugu Yan relieved but still worried about her grandfather.

• Dugu Bo revealed that he had poisoned Yue Guan and detonated the toxin inside him with his Soul Bone Skill, the Poison Explosion Art.
• Yue Guan’s body and the poisonous pool exploded, creating a massive blast that killed many Spirit Hall Spirit Masters.
• Xu Yang shielded Dugu Yan from the shockwave, but the blast shattered his armor and left him badly hurt.
• Gu Rong blocked the shockwave with his Bone Shield, then used his space-traversal ability to bring Xu Yang, Dugu Yan, and Ning Haiyan to the explosion’s center.
• Dugu Yan feared Dugu Bo had died, but Gu Rong located him and brought them to him; Dugu Bo woke and said he had miscalculated the amount of Poisonous Liquid.

Xu Yang, Dugu Bo, and Gu Rong survived Spirit Hall’s failed assassination, though Xu Yang and Dugu Bo were badly injured and had to recover in Suotuo City. After learning of the attack, Ning Fengzhi vowed to retaliate, while Bibi Dong confronted Yue Guan and Gui Mei over the mission’s heavy losses.

• Ghost Douluo rescued the gravely wounded Yue Guan from Dugu Bo’s explosion, and Gu Rong’s attack failed to stop the pair from escaping.
• Xu Yang urged Gu Rong to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, and Gu Rong took the injured group to Suotuo City to recuperate.
• Xu Yang recovered at the Seven Treasure Hotel while Dugu Bo treated his injuries, and Gu Rong arranged for healers and physicians to assist them.
• Ning Fengzhi told Madam Ning that Spirit Hall had tried to assassinate Xu Yang and said he had devised a response to deter further attacks.
• Bibi Dong questioned Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who reported that the rest of the assassination team had been left behind in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Bibi Dong spared Yue Guan from punishment for his failed assassination attempt but ordered Spirit Hall to stop pursuing Xu Yang unless success was certain. After recovering from their injuries, Xu Yang and Dugu Bo discussed Yue Guan’s condition and Xu Yang’s weapons before Dugu Yan took Xu Yang shopping, where he spotted three familiar figures approaching.

• Bibi Dong activated her domain to threaten Yue Guan, then waived his punishment because of his injuries and warned him not to fail again.
• Bibi Dong forbade Yue Guan from making further attempts on Xu Yang because Spirit Hall’s failed assassination had damaged its standing among other factions and the Elder Hall.
• Two days later, Xu Yang and Dugu Bo discussed Yue Guan’s injuries, and Xu Yang explained that Yue Guan could recover his strength but not repair the damage to his foundation.
• Xu Yang told Dugu Bo that his iron-ball weapons were unlikely to hurt a prepared Titled Douluo and suggested trying another of his inventions.
• Dugu Yan dragged Xu Yang shopping in Suotuo City, and Xu Yang later spotted three familiar figures approaching from the street.

Xu Yang and his companions found the Three-Tailed Fire Crow flock in the Star Dou Great Forest while searching for a suitable Soul Ring. Xu Yang spotted a powerful golden mutant among them and considered choosing it despite Gu Rong’s warning about its dangerous Mental Shock.

• After recovering in Suotuo City, Xu Yang and his companions set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with Gu Rong and headed toward the Fire Crow flock’s territory.
• The group found the flock nesting among fiery-red maple trees in the forest’s inner region and watched for the Three-Tailed Fire Crow King.
• Xu Yang spotted a golden Mutated Three-Tailed Fire Crow with three tails and cultivation of about thirty thousand years.
• Gu Rong warned Xu Yang that the mutant’s strength and Mental Shock were comparable to those of a forty-thousand-year Spirit Beast, beyond what Xu Yang could safely absorb.
• Xu Yang considered using the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to raise his Spiritual Power and believed the mutant could help counter the slowdown in his cultivation.

Xu Yang absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which greatly strengthened his Spiritual Power and completed his Visualization Method. His eyes transformed, granting him new abilities and the power to ignite a tree with a golden gaze.

• Xu Yang explained that his Ultimate Attribute slowed his cultivation and decided to absorb the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew before fighting the Golden Three-Tailed Fire Crow.
• Xu Yang refined the herb, and his Spiritual Power rose to the level of a top-level Soul Douluo as his memories became clearer.
• Gu Rong knocked the Golden Three-Tailed Fire Crow unconscious and brought it back to Xu Yang.
• After two hours, Xu Yang opened his golden eyes and discovered that he could see through the Fire Fir Tree and burn it to ash with his gaze.
• Xu Yang realized his transformed eyes could observe soul power, see through illusions, and perceive space within a hundred meters.

After gaining Sun Golden Eyes and Sun True Fire from the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Xu Yang absorbed the Golden Three-Tailed Fire Crow’s Soul Ring and fought its remnant soul in his Spiritual Space. He survived the spirit’s final Golden Light attack and continued refining the ring’s power.

• Xu Yang explained that Sun Golden Eyes and Sun True Fire were abilities he gained from the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Gu Rong brought Xu Yang the unconscious Golden Three-Tailed Fire Crow, and Xu Yang killed it to obtain its black Soul Ring.
• Xu Yang absorbed the Soul Ring, guiding its violent Soul Power through his Meridians until he entered his Spiritual Space.
• The Golden Three-Tailed Fire Crow’s remnant soul attacked Xu Yang while the ring’s remaining power ravaged his body, but Xu Yang held off both threats.
• Xu Yang blocked and deflected the remnant soul’s final Golden Light attack, after which the soul vanished.
• Xu Yang continued absorbing the Soul Ring’s remaining power as Gu Rong and Dugu Bo relaxed, knowing he had passed the most dangerous stage.

Xu Yang absorbed the Golden Three-Tailed Fire Crow’s Soul Ring and right arm soul bone, reaching level forty-three and gaining powerful flame control. He revealed his new Fourth Soul Skill, Sun God Light, and prepared to demonstrate it for Gu Rong.

• Xu Yang finished absorbing the Three-Tailed Fire Crow’s Soul Ring, and Gu Rong drew a golden right arm soul bone from the beast’s corpse.
• Gu Rong urged Xu Yang to absorb the soul bone, and Xu Yang discovered that his Sun Soul Power improved its quality.
• Xu Yang gained the passive Flame Control skill, which greatly strengthened his control over his Martial Soul’s flames.
• Xu Yang reached level forty-three and demonstrated his enhanced ability by shaping his flames into a fire dragon.
• Xu Yang described his Fourth Soul Skill, Sun God Light, then combined it with Split to send five beams at Gu Rong.

Xu Yang tested his new Sun God Light Soul Skill against Gu Rong, who was surprised when it pierced his Bone Shield. After Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts began gathering, the group escaped the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled toward the Poisonous Swamp, where Dugu Bo eagerly surveyed the poisonous terrain.

• Xu Yang pierced Gu Rong's Bone Shield with five beams, then bombarded him with a rain of light before withdrawing his Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo teased Gu Rong for underestimating Xu Yang, and the group eased the awkward mood while waiting for Ning Haiyan to return from scouting.
• Ning Haiyan reported that Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were gathering, so Gu Rong ordered the group to leave the Star Dou Great Forest overnight.
• The group traveled safely to Zhemen Tuotie City, stayed the night, and set out the next morning toward the Poisonous Swamp.
• After nearly two months of travel, the group reached the swamp's outskirts, where Dugu Bo welcomed the poisonous insects and miasma.