Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan fought Yu Tianheng, using Meowmeow’s control and support skills to counter the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon heir’s Dragon Transformation and powerful soul skills. After evading Thunderous Might with a self-created grappling skill, Lu Yuan prepared Meowmeow’s third soul skill, leaving the duel poised to end.

• Yu Tianheng transformed his right arm with Dragon Transformation and attacked Lu Yuan with Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Lu Yuan had Meowmeow restrain Yu Tianheng with Vine Strangle, then cast Photosynthesis on himself.
• Yu Tianheng activated Thunderous Fury and Thunderous Might, sending paralyzing lightning arrows across the arena.
• Lu Yuan escaped the lightning by firing a soul-power grappling claw upward, astonishing Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming with his self-created skill.
• Lu Yuan landed and ordered Meowmeow to use its third soul skill, Sieve-Tube Surge.

Lu Yuan defeated Yu Tianheng in one move at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy training grounds, and Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng afterward. Lu Yuan left to explore the academy, while Yu Tianheng vowed to surpass him and reclaim his honor.

• Lu Yuan struck Yu Tianheng with his third soul skill, Sieve-Tube Surge, and badly wounded him despite holding back.
• Qin Ming called for Ye Lingling to heal Yu Tianheng with her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul.
• Yu Tianheng admitted Lu Yuan was stronger but warned that his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon abilities would grow with his soul power.
• Lu Yuan told Qin Ming he would go see his dormitory and explore the academy, and Qin Ming let him leave.
• Yu Feng praised Lu Yuan, Osler called him aloof, and Shi Mo teased Ye Lingling about liking him.
• Dugu Yan suspected Lu Yuan had been cultivated by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, while Yu Tianheng vowed to defeat Lu Yuan someday.

The Life God King and the God King of Goodness visited Lu Yuan and offered him the vacant God King of Goodness legacy. Lu Yuan accepted and received the first divine trial, leaving him with a new path to pursue.

• The Life God King and the God King of Goodness revealed themselves to Lu Yuan in his dorm room and discussed his exceptional potential.
• The Life God King offered Lu Yuan the God King of Goodness's godhood, explaining that the God King of Goodness planned to reincarnate in the lower realm.
• Lu Yuan accepted the legacy, deciding that even an incomplete God King inheritance was worth taking.
• The God King of Goodness marked Lu Yuan as her successor and set his first trial: becoming a Soul Emperor before age fifteen.
• The two goddesses vanished, and Lu Yuan reflected on his unexpected inheritance while looking at the full moon.

At the Heaven Dou City exhibition, Lu Yuan spotted Old Tom, the grandfather who had raised him and disappeared six years earlier, and followed him into an alley. Old Tom recognized Lu Yuan, who asked whether he had come to the city for important business.

• Qian Renxue brought Lu Yuan to the exhibition, where they discussed its guests and the nearly hundred-thousand-year-old Torso Soul Bone on offer.
• Lu Yuan noticed Old Tom in the crowd, excused himself from Qian Renxue, and followed him behind the exhibition.
• Old Tom realized someone was following him and disappeared into a narrow alley.
• Old Tom confronted Lu Yuan in the alley and recognized the boy he had once adopted.
• Lu Yuan greeted Old Tom as Grandpa and asked why he had come to Heaven Dou City.

Lu Yuan reunited with Old Tom and learned that he had come to claim the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Soul Bone, which Old Tom believed should have been his. As they approached the exhibit, Dugu Bo confronted Lu Yuan about visiting the Ice and Fire Strange Spring in the Sunset Forest.

• Old Tom admitted that he had searched for the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Soul Bone for years and believed it belonged to him.
• Lu Yuan trusted Old Tom and went with him to the room where the soul bone was stored.
• Old Tom revealed his true martial soul, a golden fishing spear, as he and Lu Yuan slipped past the guards.
• Dugu Bo appeared behind them, startling both Old Tom and Lu Yuan.
• Dugu Bo questioned Lu Yuan about the Ice and Fire Strange Spring and claimed that a venomous snake could recognize its scent.

Dugu Bo recognized Lu Yuan’s connection to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and exposed him as a Spirit Hall agent, forcing Lu Yuan and Old Tom into a confrontation. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo enveloping them in poison gas after Lu Yuan revealed his extraordinary strength, leaving them trapped and struggling to survive.

• Dugu Bo sensed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s aura on Lu Yuan and deduced that he was a Spirit Hall operative working beside the crown prince.
• Old Tom learned Lu Yuan had joined Spirit Hall and prepared to defend him from Dugu Bo.
• Lu Yuan and Old Tom revealed their martial souls and soul rings, and Lu Yuan exposed his level 58 cultivation and five unusually powerful rings.
• Dugu Bo praised Lu Yuan’s talent but decided he could not be allowed to live, then attacked with jade phosphorous serpent poison gas.
• Old Tom used his sixth soul skill, Water Tornado, to shelter Lu Yuan and himself, but Dugu Bo vanished into the poison surrounding them.

Lu Yuan negotiated with Dugu Bo by revealing that he knew about the Jade Phosphorus Snake poison afflicting Dugu Bo's family and offering a cure. Dugu Bo agreed to spare Lu Yuan and Old Tom and conceal Lu Yuan's identity, while Lu Yuan prepared to explain the remedy.

• Lu Yuan realized Old Tom was badly injured and learned from Dugu Bo that Old Tom had once forced his way to Soul Douluo and reached level 88.
• Lu Yuan considered ways to escape Dugu Bo, then revealed that he knew the Jade Phosphorus Snake poison could turn against its users.
• Lu Yuan described Dugu Bo's poison flare-up symptoms, convincing Dugu Bo that he knew the truth about the family's affliction.
• Lu Yuan demanded that Dugu Bo spare him and Old Tom and keep Lu Yuan's identity secret.
• Dugu Bo accepted the terms, and Lu Yuan offered to explain the remedy immediately so Dugu Bo could test it.

Lu Yuan gave Dugu Bo a way to draw the Jade Phosphorus Snake toxins into a soul bone, earning safe passage for himself and Old Tom. They reached the Seven Great Families’ vault, where Old Tom began recounting the past behind the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Soul Bone.

• Lu Yuan told Dugu Bo to transfer the toxins in his body into a soul bone, and Dugu Bo used the method to ease the backlash.
• Dugu Bo thanked Lu Yuan, promised to spare them and keep their identities secret, then left.
• Lu Yuan and Old Tom evaded the guards and reached the Seven Great Families’ storage vault, where they found the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Soul Bone.
• Old Tom offered to tell Lu Yuan the soul bone’s history and began describing his friendship with Old Jack and Mary, and their travels after turning down Spirit Hall’s recruitment.

Old Tom recounted how he, Old Jack, and Mary had obtained the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Soul Bone and been ambushed by Prince Xue Xing’s forces, then fled the exhibition with Lu Yuan and the bone. After the theft was discovered, Xue Xing rallied others to pursue the thieves.

• Old Tom told Lu Yuan that he, Old Jack, and Mary had defeated a nearly hundred-thousand-year-old Golden Hawksbill Turtle, but their soul bone drew the attention of Prince Xue Xing and other factions.
• Old Tom explained that a battle left him gravely injured, crippled Old Tom’s martial soul, and ended with Mary’s fate left unstated.
• Old Tom took the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Soul Bone from its display case and fled the storeroom with Lu Yuan.
• Qian Renxue searched the exhibition hall for Lu Yuan as the Seven Great Families prepared to present their exhibits.
• A family member told the spokesman that the soul bone had been stolen, and the spokesman revealed that their people were pursuing the thieves.
• Prince Xue Xing offered to lead the pursuit, and several people agreed to go with him.

Lu Yuan and Old Tom recovered the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Soul Bone but were pursued by the Seven Great Families. Their pursuers surrounded them, and Qian Renxue recognized the disguised Lu Yuan as Ning Fengzhi explained Old Tom’s past.

• Old Tom and Lu Yuan defeated a Soul Douluo and several Soul Saints from the Seven Great Families after fleeing with the soul bone.
• Xue Xing, Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and others arrived and demanded the soul bone, while Dugu Bo kept the pair’s identities secret.
• Qian Renxue recognized Lu Yuan by his appearance and movements, and Snake Lance Douluo confirmed that she knew who he was.
• Old Tom revealed his face, and Xue Xing recognized him and taunted him for surviving their conflict decades earlier.
• Ning Fengzhi recounted how Old Tom and two commoner companions had obtained the soul bone, leading to one companion’s death, another’s crippled martial soul, and Old Tom’s retreat into the forests.
• Qian Renxue asked Snake Lance Douluo for a favor.

Qian Renxue asked Snake Lance Douluo to save Lu Yuan, and he left her under Porcupinefish Douluo’s protection to intervene. As Dugu Bo attacked Lu Yuan and Old Tom in public, Snake Lance Douluo blocked the strike, leaving the guests stunned by his changed avatar and increased power.

• Qian Renxue pleaded with Snake Lance Douluo to help Lu Yuan, and Snake Lance Douluo agreed after seeing how much Lu Yuan mattered to her.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Porcupinefish Douluo to protect Qian Renxue and disappeared into the crowd.
• Old Tom accused Xue Xing of spreading word about the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Soul Bone, while Lu Yuan stood by him.
• Xue Xing asked Dugu Bo to capture Lu Yuan and Old Tom, and Dugu Bo unleashed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
• Snake Lance Douluo appeared in his Golden Two-Headed Dragon avatar and shielded Lu Yuan and Old Tom from Dugu Bo’s attack.
• Dugu Bo recognized Snake Lance Douluo but was shocked by his altered avatar and level-94 soul power.

Snake Lance Douluo rescued Lu Yuan and Old Tom from Xue Xing and Dugu Bo, and they escaped aboard his golden two-headed dragon. Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo speculated that the mysterious Titled Douluo might be connected to Spirit Hall.

• Snake Lance Douluo declared that Lu Yuan and Old Tom were under his protection, and Xue Xing backed down when Sword Douluo refused to intervene.
• Snake Lance Douluo invited Lu Yuan and Old Tom onto the golden two-headed dragon, and Old Tom chose to leave with them.
• Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue exchanged a final, covert look as the dragon carried Lu Yuan and Old Tom away.
• Ning Fengzhi considered recruiting the mysterious Titled Douluo but decided to investigate him privately because of the political risks.
• Sword Douluo recognized similarities between the golden two-headed dragon and She Long's martial soul, prompting Ning Fengzhi to worry that Spirit Hall was expanding its influence.

Lu Yuan brought Old Tom to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he gave him a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus to heal his hidden injuries. Old Tom recovered and reached rank eighty-nine, leaving him on the threshold of becoming a Titled Douluo.

• Snake Lance Douluo led Lu Yuan and Old Tom into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Old Tom learned that it contained many immortal herbs.
• Lu Yuan picked a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus and urged Old Tom to consume it, while Snake Lance Douluo signaled that he could take the herb.
• Old Tom refined the snow lotus and healed his hidden injuries.
• Old Tom discovered that his Soul Power had risen to rank eighty-nine, bringing him close to rank ninety.

Lu Yuan plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seek the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s divine Soul Bones, calling on the God King of Goodness to help him reach them. They arrived in the Dragon Valley beneath the spring, where the two dragon spirits appeared before them.

• Lu Yuan asked Old Tom to absorb the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Torso Soul Bone and asked Snake Lance Douluo to watch over him.
• Lu Yuan dove into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, determined to find the remains and Soul Bones of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Lu Yuan contacted the God King of Goodness, who sensed traces of divine power and dragon aura in the spring.
• The God King of Goodness formed a projection, took Lu Yuan by the shoulder, and used Instant Teleportation to bring him deep beneath the well.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s spirits emerged from their skeletons and confronted Lu Yuan and the God King of Goodness.

Lu Yuan obtained the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's soul bones and soul pearls after the God King of Goodness subdued their remnant souls. He returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Old Tom had reached Titled Douluo, and turned his attention to an immortal herb.

• The God King of Goodness suppressed the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's remnant souls and collected their soul pearls and arm bones.
• Lu Yuan recognized the arm bones as soul bones and received them and the soul pearls from the God King of Goodness.
• The God King of Goodness used power from the soul bones and pearls to preserve the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before taking the dragon skeletons to the Divine Realm.
• Lu Yuan returned to the well, where Old Tom revealed that he had broken through to Titled Douluo after absorbing the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's torso bone.
• Snake Lance Douluo suggested that they rest before hunting a soul beast for Old Tom's ninth soul ring, but Lu Yuan looked toward an immortal herb.

Lu Yuan led Old Tom and Snake Lance Douluo into the Blue Silver Forest, where he intended to hunt the eighty-thousand-year Blue Silver King for Old Tom’s ninth soul ring. The Blue Silver King attacked after Lu Yuan revealed its age, leaving the three of them facing its sudden assault.

• Old Tom agreed to become a guest elder of Spirit Hall in exchange for Snake Lance Douluo’s help obtaining a ninth soul ring.
• Lu Yuan concealed his immortal herb and god-level soul bones, explaining that his soul power had reached level 59.
• Lu Yuan brought Old Tom and Snake Lance Douluo to the Blue Silver Forest, which he had found while searching Spirit Hall’s confidential books.
• Lu Yuan confirmed that the enormous Blue Silver King was an eighty-thousand-year soul beast suitable for Old Tom.
• The Blue Silver King heard Lu Yuan reveal its age and sent its vines stabbing toward the three men.

Lu Yuan used Meowmeow’s Leader Form and support abilities to aid Old Tom and Snake Lance Douluo in their fight against the Blue Silver King. As the beast prepared to self-detonate, it noticed Lu Yuan’s blue glow and recognized him as the Sovereign.

• Old Tom and Snake Lance Douluo attacked the Blue Silver King and discovered it could understand human speech.
• Lu Yuan summoned Meowmeow and used a Leader Form potion, a Sunlight Bottle, and a star-shaped crystal to evolve her into a Crowned Magic Cat.
• Meowmeow used Photosynthesis and Spore to support the fighters, while Lu Yuan watched from cover.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Old Tom unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and pushed the Blue Silver King toward defeat.
• Snake Lance Douluo warned that the Blue Silver King was about to detonate itself, but the beast turned toward Lu Yuan and recognized him as the Sovereign.

Lu Yuan, Snake Lance Douluo, and Old Tom killed the Blue Silver King, and Old Tom absorbed its soul ring to become a Titled Douluo. After Snake Lance Douluo gave him the Blue Silver King's soul bone, Lu Yuan proposed staying in the area a little longer to prepare a surprise.

• Lu Yuan revealed the Blue Silver Emperor’s aura, creating an opening for Snake Lance Douluo and Old Tom to restrain and kill the Blue Silver King.
• Lu Yuan and Meowmeow cleared the nearby Blue Silver Grass while Old Tom absorbed the Blue Silver King’s eighty-thousand-year soul ring.
• Old Tom successfully became a level 91 Titled Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo gave him the Blue Silver King’s eighty-thousand-year soul bone to absorb.
• Snake Lance Douluo suggested holding Old Tom’s title-conferring ceremony in Spirit City, and Lu Yuan agreed before asking to stay longer to prepare a surprise.

Lu Yuan gave Old Tom and Snake Lance Douluo the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King soul pearls, granting them second martial souls and greatly increasing their power. After explaining how he found the pearls, Lu Yuan comforted Old Tom, while Snake Lance Douluo reflected on his debt to Lu Yuan; the chapter ended with Snake Lance urging Old Tom to return to Spirit City and reveal himself as a new Titled Douluo.

• Lu Yuan gave Old Tom and Snake Lance Douluo the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King soul pearls, and they refined them.
• Old Tom and Snake Lance Douluo gained the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King as second martial souls, while their soul power rose to levels 95 and 93, respectively.
• Lu Yuan claimed he had found the pearls at the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, concealing their true origin.
• Old Tom worried that Lu Yuan had given up the chance to obtain a second martial soul, and Lu Yuan reassured him that he could still become a deity.
• Snake Lance Douluo considered how much Lu Yuan had given him and felt his loyalty to Qian Renxue wavering.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Old Tom that he should return to Spirit City and appear before the continent as its newest Titled Douluo.

Old Tom returned to Spirit City with Lu Yuan and Snake Lance Douluo to become a Spirit Hall guest elder, prompting Bibi Dong to consider his ties to Qian Renxue’s faction. After learning that Tom and Snake Lance Douluo had grown remarkably stronger, she suspected Qian Renxue had supplied them with rare soul bones and ordered Hu Liena to seek out Lu Yuan.

• Snake Lance Douluo and Old Tom returned to Spirit City with Lu Yuan, and Old Tom chose the title Reverse Scale Douluo.
• Bibi Dong read Snake Lance Douluo’s report that Old Tom would hold his Titled Douluo Ceremony in Spirit City and become a Spirit Hall guest elder.
• Bibi Dong concluded that Old Tom’s recruitment favored Qian Renxue’s faction and felt displeased that Snake Lance Douluo had credited Qian Renxue.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that Old Tom had advanced from rank 88 to 93 and Snake Lance Douluo from rank 92 to 95, surpassing him.
• Bibi Dong suspected Qian Renxue had used rare soul bones to strengthen both men and wondered whether Hu Liena had met Lu Yuan.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena and the Golden Generation to find Lu Yuan.