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.

Li Mingzhu accepted Dugu Bo’s offer to support him in exchange for tying himself to the Dugu Family, and agreed to leave Winchester Academy to cultivate at Dugu Manor. After Dugu Bo left him alone with Dugu Yan, she confronted him about lying to her.

• Dugu Bo offered Li Mingzhu resources and help with Soul Rings in exchange for his commitment to the Dugu Family, while promising not to impose severe restrictions.
• Li Mingzhu accepted Dugu Bo’s terms, and the two settled into a more trusting relationship.
• Li Mingzhu explained that he no longer needed to attend Winchester Academy and agreed to stay at Dugu Manor to cultivate under Dugu Bo’s guidance.
• Dugu Bo left the hall after teasing Li Mingzhu and Dugu Yan, leaving them alone.
• Dugu Yan blocked Li Mingzhu from leaving and challenged him about pretending to be an ordinary Soul Master, while Li Mingzhu pleaded that he had hidden his talent for safety.

After a year of cultivation at Dugu Manor, Li Mingzhu reached Level 37 and approached Dugu Bo to discuss the poison afflicting him. Dugu Bo asked how Li Mingzhu had learned his secret.

• Dugu Yan teased Li Mingzhu into calling her “Big Sister Yan Yan” several times, then laughed when she demanded he say it with more feeling.
• Over the next year, Li Mingzhu trained at Dugu Manor and raised his Soul Power to Level 37 with Dugu Bo’s help.
• Dugu Yan returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Direct Lineage Intermediate Academy, while Li Mingzhu stayed at the manor.
• Li Mingzhu visited Dugu Bo’s quarters and asked whether he had been poisoned.
• Dugu Bo sealed the room, accepted that Li Mingzhu knew his secret, and demanded to know how he had found out.

Li Mingzhu revealed that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were poisoned by their own Martial Souls and described ways to treat the toxins. Dugu Bo recognized a possible immortal herb in his medicinal garden and carried Li Mingzhu to it in Sunset Forest.

• Li Mingzhu explained how he had discovered the poison in Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo admitted that their Martial Souls' toxins threatened their lives.
• Li Mingzhu described a temporary treatment using a Soul Bone and identified the immortal herb aromatic silk beauty as a possible cure.
• Dugu Bo said his medicinal garden contained an herb resembling aromatic silk beauty and might hold other immortal herbs.
• Dugu Bo grabbed Li Mingzhu and flew with him to his medicinal garden deep in Sunset Forest.

Li Mingzhu and Dugu Bo entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the aromatic silk beauty suppressed Dugu Bo’s toxins and gave him hope for his family’s future. With Dugu Bo’s permission and the Wishful Hundred-Treasure Purse, Li Mingzhu began harvesting herbs, choosing a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum to prepare for his fourth Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo carried Li Mingzhu through the poisonous miasma and set him down inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Li Mingzhu identified the aromatic silk beauty, and Dugu Bo followed him inside its light barrier.
• Dugu Bo felt the toxins in his body suppressed and thanked Li Mingzhu, then allowed him to harvest immortal herbs and gave him a Wishful Hundred-Treasure Purse.
• Li Mingzhu surveyed the herbs and chose the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to prepare for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Li Mingzhu uprooted the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and explained its effects to the curious Dugu Bo.

Li Mingzhu absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, completing his Indestructible Diamond Body and raising his Soul Power to the Level 40 bottleneck. He then gave Dugu Bo two Earth Dragon Golden Melons for himself and Dugu Yan before consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which brought his spiritual power to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.

• Li Mingzhu consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and refined its medicinal potency while Dugu Bo stood guard.
• The herb completed Li Mingzhu's Indestructible Diamond Body and raised his Soul Power to the Level 40 bottleneck, astonishing Dugu Bo.
• Li Mingzhu unearthed two Earth Dragon Golden Melons and explained that they could nourish draconic bloodlines and promote Martial Soul Evolution.
• Dugu Bo learned the melons could help evolve his and Dugu Yan's Martial Souls and was overwhelmed by the possibility.
• Li Mingzhu consumed the dew from the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, sharply increasing his spiritual power and improving his eyesight.
• Li Mingzhu tested his spiritual power and concluded it had reached the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Li Mingzhu confirmed that the immortal herbs had greatly strengthened his physique and spiritual power, then helped Dugu Bo use the earth dragon golden melon to evolve his Martial Soul. Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Dragon emerged with a Dragon Core that absorbed his toxins, and he gave Li Mingzhu the aromatic silk beauty.

• Li Mingzhu assessed his spiritual power as nearing the Spirit Abyss Realm and decided not to take more immortal herbs for now.
• Li Mingzhu told Dugu Bo to eat the earth dragon golden melon and refine its medicinal power.
• Dugu Bo endured the transformation as his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor grew dragon horns and claws, becoming the Jade Phosphor Dragon.
• Dugu Bo’s evolved Dragon Core absorbed the toxins in his body, and his Soul Power rose from rank ninety-one to rank ninety-three.
• Dugu Bo named his evolved Martial Soul the Jade Phosphor Dragon and gave Li Mingzhu the aromatic silk beauty.

Li Mingzhu accepted a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma from Dugu Bo and agreed to call him Grandpa, while Dugu Bo went to fetch Dugu Yan before taking them Soul Hunting. Li Mingzhu planned to give the mild herb to his grandfather Li Mu and began searching the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for the remains of the Dragon Kings.

• Dugu Bo gave Li Mingzhu permission to take an Immortal Herb, and Li Mingzhu accepted it and began calling him Grandpa Dugu.
• Dugu Bo decided to fetch Dugu Yan from Heaven Dou City and take both her and Li Mingzhu Soul Hunting after they consolidated their Soul Power.
• Li Mingzhu plucked a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, causing Yu Xiaogang to faint and leaving Tang San inexplicably angry at Nuoding Academy.
• Li Mingzhu stored the herb for his grandfather Li Mu, whom he planned to bring to Dugu Manor.
• Li Mingzhu headed toward the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping to find the Dragon Kings’ Soul Bones and Dragon Cores beneath its waters.

Li Mingzhu probed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and sensed a dangerous hidden space, then recovered before Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to him. Dugu Bo prepared to help Dugu Yan evolve her Martial Soul with an Earth Dragon Golden Melon.

• Li Mingzhu used Spiritual Detection to probe the spring, sensed a hidden space that seemed to contain the Water and Fire Dragon Kings’ bodies, and withdrew after its spatial pull endangered him.
• Li Mingzhu decided to postpone further exploration until he had undergone Ice and Fire Body Tempering or gained his Martial Soul Avatar, then meditated to restore his spiritual power.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Li Mingzhu, and Li Mingzhu explained that a failed attempt to create a Self-Created Soul Skill had drained his spiritual power.
• Dugu Yan thanked Li Mingzhu for helping her avoid the fate of her father, while Dugu Bo interrupted their affectionate exchange.
• Dugu Bo showed Dugu Yan an Earth Dragon Golden Melon and told her to peel it and eat the flesh so her Martial Soul could evolve.

Dugu Yan consumed the earth dragon golden melon and underwent a dramatic Martial Soul Evolution, emerging with an ink-blue True Dragon Martial Soul with water and poison attributes. She woke feeling better than ever, while Dugu Bo and Li Mingzhu considered what her evolution might mean for their future.

• Dugu Yan peeled and ate the earth dragon golden melon, then followed Dugu Bo's guidance to refine its medicinal power.
• After a long transformation, Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorus Snake developed ink-blue scales, black mist, four limbs, and water attributes.
• Dugu Bo realized Dugu Yan's evolved Martial Soul was taking a different path from his and believed he could still advance his own Martial Soul further.
• Dugu Yan's Martial Soul completed its transformation into an ink-blue True Dragon, and Dugu Bo guessed it might suit a warrior's path.
• Dugu Yan woke and told Dugu Bo that she felt no discomfort and that her body felt better than ever.

Dugu Yan completed her Martial Soul Evolution, learned that the toxins in her body had gathered in her Dragon Core, and discovered that she had reached Level 30. Dugu Bo revealed that his Soul Power had risen to Level 93 and agreed to develop Self-Created Soul Skills for his descendants.

• Dugu Bo reassured Dugu Yan that her toxins had gathered in her Dragon Core, and she embraced him in relief.
• Dugu Yan described her evolved Martial Soul’s stronger poison, water-attribute abilities, improved physical strength, and changed Soul Skills.
• Li Mingzhu suggested Dugu Bo develop Self-Created Soul Skills for his family, and Dugu Bo agreed after Dugu Yan urged him on.
• Dugu Bo guessed that Dugu Yan had reached Level 30, then revealed that his own Soul Power had risen to Level 93.

Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Yu Tianheng had harassed her and threatened her with his clan, prompting Dugu Bo to consider retaliation before Li Mingzhu offered to handle him. At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Yuanzhen reprimanded Yu Tianheng for ruining his plan to ally with Dugu Bo through Dugu Yan.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Yu Tianheng had pursued her, threatened her through Ye Lingling, and insulted Dugu Bo as the weakest Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo erupted in anger and threatened to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Li Mingzhu urged him to wait and promised to teach Yu Tianheng a lesson when Dugu Yan transferred to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Bo calmed down and decided to let Li Mingzhu deal with Yu Tianheng, while resolving to confront Yu Yuanzhen after becoming a Super Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen scolded Yu Tianheng for threatening Dugu Yan and explained that he had wanted to win her over to bind Dugu Bo to the clan.
• Yu Tianheng recalled that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had both rejected him, despite his attempt to use his pursuit of Ye Lingling to make Dugu Yan jealous.