Chapter Summaries

Zhu Wu examined how the seven Dragon Kings’ soul bones had transformed his body and expanded his Inner Space, while realizing that he still needed to reach god-level strength before he could devour Dragon Valley. He planned to cultivate further, then opened his eyes to Long Ling’er and the gathered Dragon Souls.

• Zhu Wu assessed the abilities of the fused Dragon King soul bones and the changes to his wings, scales, tail, and heart.
• He recognized that his body’s organs still lagged behind his bones and heart, so he would need abundant nutrients and time to rebuild his strength.
• Zhu Wu found that his Soul Power remained at level 57 and that his Inner Space had grown into a miniature world several kilometers across.
• He concluded that he would need god-level strength and control before his Small World could devour Dragon Valley.
• Zhu Wu planned to raise his Soul Power, improve his soul rings, form more Soul Cores, and eventually attain godhood.
• Zhu Wu opened his nine-colored eyes as Long Ling’er greeted him and the gathered Dragon Souls bowed, including the seven Dragon Kings.

Zhu Wu absorbed the Dragon God’s inheritance in Dragon Valley, gathered the Dragon Bones, and reunited with Zi Ji and Long Ling’er after emerging from the realm. He left with them, determined to follow the path the Dragon God had prepared for him.

• Zhu Wu opened a portal and summoned more than a thousand Dragon Souls into his Inner Space.
• Zhu Wu transformed back into human form, reunited with Long Ling’er, and learned that six months had passed inside Dragon Valley.
• Zhu Wu collected the Dragon Bones over several days and opened a spatial rift to leave with Long Ling’er.
• Zhu Wu reunited with Zi Ji, learned that eight months had passed outside, and told her about the Dragon God’s inheritance.
• Zhu Wu led Zi Ji and Long Ling’er out of the ice crevice, and Long Ling’er asked where they would go next.

Zhu Wu traveled to the Western Plateau and condensed spiritual and blood qi soul cores, using their energies to create artificial moonlight and sunlight in his Inner Space. After months of intense cultivation, he reached rank 60 and prepared to obtain a soul ring.

• Zhu Wu took Zi Ji and Long Ling'er to the Western Plateau, where he condensed a Moonlight Essence Core in his Upper Dantian and a Blood Qi Soul Core in his Middle Dantian.
• Zhu Wu absorbed the excess solar fire into his Inner Space and formed a golden fireball, then fed himself after the blood qi consumed in condensing his core left him exhausted.
• Zhu Wu placed Long Ling'er in his Inner Space to absorb the Light Dragon King's remains and a Fire Attribute True Dragon arm bone, while he sent the Light Dragon King's Dragon Soul to be nourished inside the fireball.
• Zhu Wu and Zi Ji cultivated day and night on the plateau, storing excess yin and fire energies in his Inner Space and advancing his Soul Power rapidly.
• Zhu Wu reached rank 60 after three months and stopped cultivating so he could obtain a soul ring.

Zhu Wu returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, killed the Sky Azure Bull Python, and absorbed its 100,000 Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. He decided to postpone visiting Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts, wary that the Silver Dragon King might be watching.

• Zhu Wu declined to seek the Ice Empress and returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to kill the Sky Azure Bull Python before Tang San could claim its Soul Ring.
• Zhu Wu incapacitated Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python, then sent Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape into his Inner Space.
• Zhu Wu killed the Sky Azure Bull Python and absorbed its 100,000 Year Soul Ring, gaining only one Soul Power level.
• Zi Ji gave Zhu Wu the Sky Azure Bull Python's Water- and Thunder-attribute Torso Bone, which he stored to decide on a recipient later.
• Zhu Wu chose not to visit Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts yet because he feared the Silver Dragon King might discover his plans.

Zhu Wu gathered powerful soul beasts and the Water and Fire Dragon Kings into his Inner Space after Father God chose him as the Dragon Clan’s successor. He left the diminished Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well behind for Dugu Bo to cultivate, while Tang Hao had still not reached Ah Yin.

• Zhu Wu captured the Three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors and brought them into his Inner Space to raise as future soul rings for Ling'er.
• Zhu Wu checked on Ah Yin and learned that Tang Hao had not arrived; he noted that Tang San's cultivation was slower without the immortal herbs and Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Zhu Wu brought Ten Thousand Demons King into his Inner Space, showed him the Dragon remains, and asked him to cultivate there and watch over the soul beasts.
• Zhu Wu met the Water and Fire Dragon Kings, showed them his memories of meeting Father God, and brought their Dragon Souls and bones into his Inner Space.
• Zhu Wu collected the spring water and useful medicinal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, leaving the weakened treasure site for Dugu Bo before flying away.

Xiao Wu and Er Ming tried to escape the forest where Zhu Wu had confined them, but the Ten Thousand Demons King subdued them and warned them not to try again. The next day, Zhu Wu reunited with Ning Rongrong and the others at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, offered Soul Bones, and agreed that Rongrong could join him in cultivation.

• Xiao Wu woke beside Er Ming, learned that Da Ming was missing, and joined Er Ming in searching for him.
• Er Ming climbed a cliff with Xiao Wu and discovered they were trapped in a valley forest beneath a sky where a dragon's shadow showed in the sun.
• Zhu Wu struck Er Ming with Mental Shock, and the Ten Thousand Demons King bound Xiao Wu and whipped Er Ming before warning them against escaping again.
• The Three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors heard Er Ming's cries and obediently returned to eating medicinal herbs, deciding resistance was futile.
• Zhu Wu arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, reunited with Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan, and explained that Ling Er was in seclusion.
• Zhu Wu offered several Soul Bones and proposed taking Ye Lingling somewhere better suited to cultivation; Ning Rongrong asked to accompany him, and Gu Rong gave his approval.

Zhu Wu briefed Ning Fengzhi and the others on Spirit Hall’s plan to take over the continent and revealed that his path to godhood was clear. He distributed several hundred-thousand-year soul bones among his allies, leaving them to cultivate and prepare for what came next.

• Zhu Wu gave Dugu Bo a rare cultivation site and asked him to bring Dugu Yan there to cultivate.
• Zhu Wu told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe had died long ago and that Spirit Hall’s impostor was likely poisoning Xue Ye, then asked him to deliver a warning letter.
• Zhu Wu revealed that his path to godhood was clear and showed the group three hundred-thousand-year soul bones.
• Zhu Wu gave Ning Rongrong a soul bone to use when she was stronger and gave Ye Lingling a Blue Silver Emperor soul bone.
• Zhu Wu gave Bone Douluo a Sky Azure Bull Python torso bone and Dugu Bo a Clear Sky Sect inherited soul bone, which Dugu Bo passed to Dugu Yan.

Zhu Wu visited Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion and discovered that her music could soothe the restless Dragon Souls in his Inner Space. He ordered her to leave with him the next day and perform for him regularly, while Tang Yuehua quietly held on to the possibility of getting close enough to change their positions.

• Zhu Wu left Ning Fengzhi to arrange guards for Ling Ling and the others, then flew to Moonlight Pavilion to hear Tang Yuehua play.
• Zhu Wu intimidated Tang Yuehua and suggested that changing her attitude might persuade him to spare Tang San, but refused her request to release her second brother.
• Tang Yuehua activated her Noble Domain and played music that calmed Zhu Wu and the Dragon Souls in his Inner Space.
• Water Dragon King recognized the music's soothing effect and recommended that Zhu Wu bring Tang Yuehua into the Dragon Realm to help the Dragon Souls recover their memories.
• Zhu Wu told Tang Yuehua he would take her away the next day, help resolve her Martial Soul defect, and require her to play positive music three times daily.
• Tang Yuehua obeyed Zhu Wu's demands while privately believing that staying close to him might give her a chance to change the outcome.

Zhu Wu returned to Blazing Academy after more than two years away and told Huo Wu's family about his travels and plans to take her into seclusion. He brought Huo Wu to the Dragon Realm, where she began absorbing a god-level True Dragon Soul Bone.

• After leaving Tang Yuehua behind, Zhu Wu flew to Blazing Academy and reunited with Huo Wu and her family.
• Zhu Wu explained that he had traveled to another continent, then said he planned to take Huo Wu away to absorb a set of Soul Bones.
• The next morning, Zhu Wu teleported Huo Wu into the Secret Realm and transformed into a Golden-tailed Swift to leave.
• In the Dragon Realm, Zi Ji welcomed Huo Wu and took her to a volcano where the Fire Dragon King prepared a god-level True Dragon Soul Bone for her.
• The Fire Dragon King urged Huo Wu to cultivate so she could help Zhu Wu in the future, and the dragon skeleton broke apart into streams of light and entered Huo Wu's body.

Zhu Wu confined Tang Yuehua to an isolated peak in the Dragon Realm and gave her a rare flower that cured her martial soul’s flaw, then took her to hunt a soul ring. The chapter ended with Tang Yuehua silently absorbing a Light Attribute lark’s soul ring while Zhu Wu cultivated beside her.

• Zhu Wu moved Tang Yuehua to a secluded castle in the Dragon Realm and told her to cultivate, warning her not to attempt escape.
• Zhu Wu asked Ning Fengzhi to send two trustworthy maids to care for Tang Yuehua, then learned that Bone Douluo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling had improved after absorbing hundred-thousand-year soul bones.
• Zhu Wu brought Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to the Dragon Realm, where they reunited with Zi Ji and settled near the Medicine Garden.
• After Tang Yuehua ate the rare flower and reached level 10, Zhu Wu brought her to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a soul ring.
• Zhu Wu captured a Light Attribute lark and handed Tang Yuehua a dagger; she killed the bird and began absorbing its soul ring as Zhu Wu cultivated beside her.

Zhu Wu helped Tang Yuehua awaken her emotion-affecting soul skill, then kept up an intense family cultivation routine in the desert while Spirit Hall leaders discussed his warning. Five months later, Tang San reached Rank 50 and prepared to leave with Tang Hao.

• Tang Yuehua used her first soul skill on Zhu Wu, who identified its spiritual effects and urged her to develop it before demanding a reward.
• Zhu Wu flew to a desert mountain, built a small fort, and cultivated there daily with his family joining him during cooler hours.
• Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong were moved by Zhu Wu's tireless cultivation, while zither music and Little White's pill-eating filled the family's routine.
• Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue discussed Long Ying Tian's warning and Spirit Hall's plans to unify the continent and find Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Five months later, Tang San told Tang Hao he had reached Rank 50, and the two ate before flying away together.

Tang Hao and Tang San reunited with Ah Yin, whom they discovered alive in the Blue Silver Grass clan grounds. Ah Yin concealed her suspicions as Tang San recounted his past, leaving her privately convinced that he and Tang Hao had deceived her.

• Tang San sensed Ah Yin through the Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Hao recognized her voice and led him to her.
• Tang Hao introduced Tang San to Ah Yin, and Tang San tearfully called her Mom.
• Ah Yin explained that a senior had revived her with help from her clan and a soul bone, while Tang Hao hid his disappointment that the soul bone was no longer available for Tang San.
• Ah Yin told Tang Hao that her clan had spent too much life force helping her recover, so Tang San would need to seek a soul ring elsewhere; Tang Hao planned to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.
• Tang San described Long Ying Tian as deceitful, but Ah Yin recognized distortions in his story and privately concluded that Tang Hao and Tang San had deceived her.

Ah Yin poisoned Tang Hao after revealing she knew Tang San had occupied her child’s body, but Tang Hao escaped with Tang San and succumbed to the poison. Tang San burned his father’s body, kept the soul bones, and vowed to avenge him by killing Ah Yin and the Blue Silver King.

• Ah Yin secretly poisoned Tang Hao’s water, then confronted him and accused Tang San of being an outsider who had occupied her dead child’s body.
• Tang Hao blocked the Blue Silver King’s attack and fled with Tang San, but the poison overwhelmed him shortly after they left the forest.
• As he died, Tang Hao accepted Tang San as his son, entrusted him with the Clear Sky Sect’s vengeance, and told him to burn his body and take the soul bones.
• Tang San burned Tang Hao’s body, collected the soul bones, and flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San vowed to return and kill Ah Yin and the Blue Silver King, whom he planned to make into soul rings.

Tang San absorbed four soul bones and a powerful soul ring, then settled near Vast Sea City to cultivate and prepare for revenge. Meanwhile, Zhu Wu learned that Ah Yin had poisoned Tang Hao and punished her by claiming control over her life and abilities.

• Tang San absorbed four soul bones, defeated a thirty-thousand-year Titan Anaconda, and reached Soul Power level 55.
• Tang San disguised himself, bought the Dragon Abyss Boat at auction, stole money from wealthy merchants, and built a residence near Vast Sea City under the alias Tan Sanwu.
• Tang San established a cultivation and forging routine, vowed to avenge Tang Hao, and planned to rescue Tang Yuehua while rejecting Ah Yin as his mother.
• Zhu Wu reached level 64 and traveled to the Blue Silver Emperor's territory to ask about Tang Hao's death.
• After searching Ah Yin's memories, Zhu Wu learned she had poisoned Tang Hao to avoid harming Tang San's body and declared that her life and abilities belonged to him as punishment.
• Ah Yin accepted Zhu Wu's punishment, and he sent her away while promising the Blue Silver King a separate territory for his people.

Zhu Wu moved the Blue Silver Grass and Blue Silver Emperor into the Dragon Realm, then returned to Holy Soul Village after celebrating New Year with Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling’s families. He reunited with old neighbors and headed to see the village chief, while hinting that he had matters to settle with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Zhu Wu used a spatial array to move the Blue Silver Grass and Blue Silver Emperor into the Dragon Realm, where he assigned them to guard the Medicine Garden.
• Zhu Wu celebrated New Year at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then decided to visit his grandfather Zhu Gang and Old Jack in Holy Soul Village.
• Zhu Wu flew to Holy Soul Village and saw that it had been rebuilt and his former home had been kept in good condition.
• Qing Shen and Dong Shu recognized Zhu Wu, welcomed him home, and worried that he planned to confront the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan too soon.
• Zhu Wu reassured Qing Shen and Dong Shu, then followed Dong Shu toward the village chief’s relocated house.

Zhu Wu returned to Holy Soul Village, then went to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to confront Yu Renkui and his wife over the past. He challenged them to fight together, declaring that victory would spare them and settle the past, while defeat would doom the entire clan.

• Zhu Wu visited Old Jack and the villagers, gave young Xiao Jieming a Zhu Fruit, and secretly strengthened his body with soul power.
• After reassuring Old Jack that the village was well, Zhu Wu left and visited a family in another village before flying toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Zhu Wu arrived at the clan’s mountain gate, announced himself, and continued toward the square as the clan’s elders gathered.
• Yu Renkui knocked out his son Yu Tianming and went with his wife, Min Er, to face Zhu Wu, while Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian assembled the clan’s disciples.
• Zhu Wu rejected Yu Yuanzhen’s attempt to call him his child and challenged Yu Renkui and Min Er to fight him together, wagering the clan’s lives on the outcome.

Zhu Wu confronted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan over its betrayal and declared that the clan could live only if Yu Renkui and his wife defeated him. He killed the two Soul Emperors with one spatial strike, then the clan tried to flee as Ten Thousand Demons King and Zi Ji attacked.

• Zhu Wu rejected Yu Yuanzhen's plea for reconciliation and condemned the clan for betraying the Young Sect Master, including Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong's relationship.
• Zhu Wu offered to spare the clan if Yu Renkui and his wife defeated him, while Ten Thousand Demons King and Zi Ji guarded against escape.
• Zhu Wu sensed Soul Tools hidden in the surrounding mountains and gave Yu Renkui and his wife three breaths to prepare.
• Zhu Wu used Space Severance to cut Yu Renkui and his wife in half with a single strike.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered the clan to scatter as the elders summoned their Martial Soul Avatars, but Ten Thousand Demons King's Mental Shockwave brought many to their knees and Zi Ji dove into the attack.

Zhu Wu and his allies destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and he later gave the recovered Soul Bones and supplies to Ning Fengzhi. Spirit Hall’s elders discussed the destruction and the threats still facing the continent, while Yu Xiaogang collapsed after Liu Erlong told him the clan was gone.

• Yu Luomian tried to capture Zhu Wu, but Zhu Wu teleported onto his dragon form and struck him down before Ten Thousand Demons King impaled him.
• Zi Ji froze Yu Yuanzhen’s dragon form, and Zhu Wu rejected Yu Yuanzhen’s plea to spare the clan before ordering Zi Ji to kill him.
• Ten Thousand Demons King cleared the compound, and Zhu Wu took three Soul Bones and the clan’s supplies before returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhu Wu informed Ning Fengzhi of the clan’s destruction, handed over the Soul Bones and supplies, and left two days later to resume cultivation at his desert base.
• Bibi Dong showed Spirit Hall’s elders footage of the destruction, and they discussed the Illusory Beast Sect, Tang Hao and his son, and the continent’s political situation.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that Zhu Wu had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Xiaogang spat blood and fainted.

Yu Xiaogang resolved to hide and wait for Tang San to grow strong enough to help him avenge his clan, while Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er advanced their cultivation and Spirit Hall argued over Hu Liena's appointment. After Zi Ji captured the Titan Giant Ape for Long Ling'er to absorb, Zhu Wu reached level seventy and headed for the Far North Land to obtain a Soul Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang blamed the Illusory Beast Sect for destroying his clan and decided to hide rather than risk becoming a hostage while he waited for Tang San to grow stronger.
• Long Ling'er finished absorbing her Soul Bone, and Zhu Wu brought her out of the Dragon Realm to cultivate beside him.
• Xue Ye passed the throne to Xue Qinghe, and Bibi Dong proposed appointing Hu Liena as Spirit Hall's Saintess, but Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu opposed the appointment and assigned Hu Liena to gain experience in Spirit City.
• Zi Ji froze and captured the Titan Giant Ape, and Long Ling'er killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring while Xiao Wu cried out for Third Brother to save her.
• Long Ling'er reached level sixty-two, and Zhu Wu later broke through to level seventy and flew toward the Far North Land to obtain another Soul Ring.

Zhu Wu met the Ice Empress and Snow Empress in the Far North and sought a soul-ring sacrifice, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to win the Ice Empress’s affection. The Ice Empress agreed to sacrifice herself under the condition that Sky Dream leave her alone, and Zhu Wu persuaded the Snow Empress to stay and protect her clan.

• Zhu Wu arrived at the Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s valley and endured the Ice Empress’s Freezing Ray without injury.
• Zhu Wu revealed that he needed a soul ring, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged to urge the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself and become a divine beast with him.
• The Ice Empress agreed to sacrifice herself if Sky Dream did not harass her, and Zhu Wu accepted her condition.
• The Snow Empress offered to sacrifice herself instead, but Zhu Wu explained that he preferred her to wait while he cultivated and later help the Ice Empress become a god.
• The Snow Empress chose to remain in the Far North to protect the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, and Zhu Wu instructed her how to preserve her essence and Soul Power during the sacrifice.