Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan absorbed the whale rubber’s effects, killed the Nine-Section Jade Green Snake, and began absorbing its soul ring while Li Mingzhu and Dugu Bo watched. Dugu Bo appeared, offered Li Mingzhu his protection if Dugu Yan succeeded, and grew anxious as her absorption reached its final stage.

• Li Mingzhu used a branch to keep Dugu Yan lucid until the whale rubber’s side effects ended, and she felt stronger afterward.
• Li Mingzhu led Dugu Yan to the Nine-Section Jade Green Snake, and she killed it with arrows from a safe distance.
• Li Mingzhu burned the snake’s corpse and venom with Dragon Flame, and Dugu Yan began absorbing its yellow-purple soul ring.
• Dugu Bo emerged from hiding to watch over Dugu Yan and tested Li Mingzhu with his Titled Douluo aura.
• Li Mingzhu assured Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan could absorb the ring, and Dugu Bo promised to accept her conditions and shelter him if she succeeded.
• Dugu Yan’s soul ring absorption reached its final stage, and Dugu Bo nervously waited as she moaned unconscious.

After Dugu Yan absorbed her second soul ring, she revealed a powerful poison domain that impressed Dugu Bo and inspired Li Mingzhu to suggest developing a poison-based technique. Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan tried to dissuade Li Mingzhu from pursuing a six-thousand-year-old Void Spirit Crane for his next soul ring, but he remained confident in his choice.

• Dugu Yan finished absorbing her soul ring and reunited emotionally with Dugu Bo before excitedly hugging Li Mingzhu.
• Dugu Yan demonstrated her Nine-Scale Poison Domain, which poisoned intruders, replenished her soul power, and weakened opponents within its range.
• Li Mingzhu proposed that Dugu Yan experiment with shaping her poison into a self-created technique, and Dugu Bo showed interest while Dugu Yan struggled to follow his explanation.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan to practice her soul skill, then offered to catch Li Mingzhu a soul beast for his next ring.
• Li Mingzhu requested a Void Spirit Crane over six thousand years old, and Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan warned him that absorbing it would be dangerously risky.
• Li Mingzhu stood by his decision, believing his strengthened physique could withstand the unusually old soul ring.

Li Mingzhu absorbed a 6,200-year-old Void Spirit Crane soul ring despite Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s warnings. He successfully broke through and revealed his third soul skill, Void Dragon Body, leaving Dugu Bo even more determined to keep him close.

• Dugu Bo captured a poisoned Void Spirit Crane, and Li Mingzhu refused to reconsider absorbing its soul ring.
• Li Mingzhu killed the weakened crane and began absorbing its purple-black soul ring as Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan stood guard.
• Li Mingzhu endured the soul ring’s violent power and successfully absorbed it, breaking through his stalled soul power level.
• Dugu Yan teased Li Mingzhu about thanking her, then shyly invited him to call her Yanyan.
• Li Mingzhu activated Martial Soul Possession and explained that Void Dragon Body diverted sixty percent of incoming damage and increased his strength and speed by twenty percent.

After absorbing a powerful Soul Ring, Li Mingzhu revealed his level and explained his Ultimate Attributes to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo challenged Li Mingzhu to test whether his Ultimate Fire could withstand the poison from Dugu Bo’s Poison Pill.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were astonished by Li Mingzhu’s Void Dragon Body and learned that his Soul Power had reached level thirty-three.
• Dugu Bo examined Li Mingzhu and found his Soul Power unusually dense, prompting Li Mingzhu to explain the benefits and drawbacks of his Ultimate Attributes.
• Li Mingzhu demonstrated his purple Ultimate Fire and claimed it made him immune to all poisons.
• Dugu Bo accepted Li Mingzhu’s challenge and produced a highly toxic Poison Pill formed from his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul.

Li Mingzhu impressed Dugu Bo by enduring his Poison Pill and earned an unconditional favor, then claimed his knowledge came from a book from Sea God Island. As Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Li Mingzhu left Sunset Forest, Dugu Yan asked about the Sea God inheritance, while Dugu Bo listened gravely.

• Li Mingzhu praised Dugu Bo's poison skills, and Dugu Bo wagered an unconditional favor that Li Mingzhu could not hold his Poison Pill for a quarter of an hour.
• Li Mingzhu held the Poison Pill for the full quarter of an hour without harm, and Dugu Bo agreed to honor his promise.
• Li Mingzhu told Dugu Bo that he had learned about ultimate fire and over-limit Soul Ring absorption from a book from Sea God Island.
• After Dugu Yan mastered her second Soul Skill, Dugu Bo left Sunset Forest with her and Li Mingzhu, walking at her request.
• Dugu Yan asked Li Mingzhu whether Sea God Island had a god, and he said it held the Sea God's inheritance, though he knew no more about how to obtain it.

Li Mingzhu traveled with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo from Sunset Forest to Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Yan brought him to Dugu Manor to rest. As he settled in for the night, he resolved to deepen his ties with the Dugu Family and accepted that he was attracted to Dugu Yan.

• Li Mingzhu explained the ranks of Sea God Island's divine trials, and Dugu Bo recalled rumors of Spirit Hall's devastating defeat there.
• Dugu Bo flew Li Mingzhu and Dugu Yan out of Sunset Forest and brought them to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan showed Li Mingzhu around the city, then took him to Dugu Manor when they were both tired.
• Li Mingzhu bathed, changed, and went to bed while Dugu Yan rested at home and Dugu Bo remained away.
• Li Mingzhu considered his plans and decided to build Dugu Bo's trust before revealing the antidote and immortal herbs, while letting his closeness with Dugu Yan develop naturally.

After investigating Li Mingzhu, Dugu Bo discovered that the boy was only nine, had reached level thirty-three, and possessed twin martial souls, so he decided to nurture him as a successor. Dugu Bo sealed the hall to speak privately with Li Mingzhu, while Dugu Yan asked what he was doing.

• Dugu Bo told Li Mingzhu to call him Grandpa and revealed his newfound warmth toward the boy.
• Dugu Bo explained through his thoughts that he had investigated Li Mingzhu in Nuoding City and found his age, soul power, and twin martial souls far surpassed the records.
• Dugu Bo decided to nurture Li Mingzhu and provide him with resources and protection, hoping he would become a Titled Douluo.
• Li Mingzhu realized Dugu Bo had uncovered his secrets and trusted that his talent and ability to cure Dugu Bo’s poison would keep him safe.
• Dugu Bo dismissed the servants and sealed the hall with his soul power, prompting Dugu Yan to ask what he was doing.

Dugu Bo tested Li Mingzhu after revealing that the boy was nine and possessed Twin Martial Souls, while Dugu Yan learned that Li Mingzhu had lied to her. The confrontation ended peacefully after Li Mingzhu displayed his Great Void Domain and Dugu Yan pleaded with her grandfather to spare her savior.

• Dugu Bo teased Dugu Yan about Li Mingzhu's dishonesty, and she confronted Li Mingzhu after he pretended to look tense.
• Dugu Bo approached Li Mingzhu to assess his character, then revealed that he believed Li Mingzhu was nine years old and possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Li Mingzhu activated his Great Void Domain and declared he could escape even from a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Yan stepped between them and pleaded with Dugu Bo not to harm Li Mingzhu because he had saved her life.
• Dugu Bo reassured Dugu Yan that he had only been testing Li Mingzhu, and Li Mingzhu withdrew his domain.