Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong helped Xuan Ming restore his damaged Martial Soul and taught him a method for controlling both of his Martial Souls, while admitting she wanted to win his favor before he returned to Heaven Dou City. As his departure approached, Yue Guan found Xuan Ming wandering the Pope's Palace in search of food.

• Bibi Dong explained that Xuan Ming's chaotic Soul Power came from weak spiritual power and taught him a method for training and controlling both Martial Souls.
• Xuan Ming asked why Bibi Dong was helping him, and she admitted she was trying to win his heart before he left.
• Xuan Ming sensed someone watching him, while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo observed him from above.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu that Xuan Ming could leave Spirit City even though his recovery would take several more months, and Qian Daoliu decided to have Qian Renxue collect him.
• Xuan Ming wandered through the Pope's Palace looking for food, and Yue Guan found him and said he would soon return to Heaven Dou City.

Bibi Dong took Xuan Ming out of Spirit City and gave him a Storage Soul Tool, but their conversation revealed his disgust with the compromises required to survive. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong asking whether he wanted to live.

• Xuan Ming told Yue Guan that he had met Ye Lan through Dugu Yan, and Yue Guan explained that Ye Lan's son and daughter-in-law had died fighting Spirit Hall's war with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xuan Ming asked Yue Guan for flower and plant reference books, but Yue Guan teased him about his feelings for several girls before offering to consider it.
• Two days later, Bibi Dong took Xuan Ming out of the Pope's Palace without telling Nana where they were going.
• Bibi Dong offered Xuan Ming a purple Storage Soul Tool, but he questioned why they should pretend not to understand the truth between them.
• Bibi Dong urged Xuan Ming to endure the world's ugliness and live so he could destroy it, while Xuan Ming feared becoming like the things he hated.
• Bibi Dong cupped Xuan Ming's face and asked him whether he wanted to live.

Bibi Dong counseled Xuan Ming to focus first on surviving and gaining the power to choose, then sent him away with Qian Renxue. In the carriage, Xuan Ming challenged Qian Renxue’s earlier treatment of him and explained why he had fought back despite fearing death.

• Bibi Dong told Xuan Ming to prioritize staying alive and gaining the right to make choices, then struck him repeatedly when he agreed to remember.
• Bibi Dong arrived late to meet Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Renxue, and Snake Lance Douluo, and traded sharp insults with the elders.
• Qian Renxue noticed the lump on Xuan Ming’s forehead, and he said a spider had bitten him.
• After Qian Renxue’s party left, Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile Douluo that controlling Xuan Ming would be impossible, though other methods might work.
• During the carriage ride, Xuan Ming told Qian Renxue he had fought back because she had pushed him too far and treated him like an animal while demanding concern for the masses.

Xuan Ming confronted Qian Renxue over her distrust and her demand that he believe her, leaving her unsettled by how badly she had treated him. Near Heaven Dou City, they began planning a believable explanation for his months-long disappearance before Xue Qinghe arrived to collect him.

• Qian Renxue tried to explain the earlier events, but Xuan Ming challenged her demand for trust and accused her of treating him like someone who only had to obey.
• Xuan Ming complained that Qian Renxue's suspicion and lack of concern made him feel as if she wanted to drive him to his death.
• Qian Renxue tried to comfort Xuan Ming by offering to blow on the lump on his forehead, but he asked her to let him calm down.
• After reaching the area near Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue asked Xuan Ming how he would explain his months missing in Sunset Forest.
• Xuan Ming proposed several implausible accounts, and Qian Renxue warned that a careless explanation could connect him to Baers's disappearance.

Xuan Ming rebuffed Qian Renxue’s attempts to question and persuade him, explaining that Bibi Dong had given him practical help while Qian Renxue had offered support that did not meet his needs. By morning, Qian Renxue had left, and Xue Qinghe arrived to take over their dealings in Heaven Dou City.

• Xuan Ming dismissed Qian Renxue’s suspicions about his survival, and Snake Lance Douluo advised her that she was pushing him too hard because of her anxiety over Bibi Dong.
• That night, Qian Renxue told Xuan Ming that Xue Qinghe would explain what came next in Heaven Dou City and that Snake Lance Douluo would remain nearby.
• Qian Renxue discovered that Xuan Ming could meditate while talking because his mutated Beast Martial Soul gave him two trains of thought.
• Xuan Ming defended Bibi Dong’s practical help and told Qian Renxue that her well-meaning support was like a beautiful flower crown that did not help him survive.
• After a silent night, Xuan Ming woke at dawn and saw Xue Qinghe arrive in a carriage and call out to him.

Xuan Ming returned to Heaven Dou City with Xue Qinghe, who explained why he could attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy despite not being a noble. After reuniting with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, he declined to discuss what had happened during his disappearance.

• Xue Qinghe told Xuan Ming that Dugu Bo had searched Sunset Forest and Barak Royal City for him, suspecting the Barak Royal Family before finding no evidence against them.
• Xue Qinghe brought Xuan Ming to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained its admission rules, special admission for gifted students, and the political reasons the nobility restriction remained.
• Xuan Ming ate several portions in the academy cafeteria, and Xue Qinghe asked about his money and Storage Soul Tool.
• Xue Qinghe sent for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who came to the cafeteria after class.
• Dugu Yan started to hug Xuan Ming but stopped when his dragons showed resistance, then asked about his disappearance; Xuan Ming said he did not want to discuss it, and Ye Lingling remarked on his hair.

Xuan Ming met Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee and revealed the dangerous Blood Spear and his Black Dragon Martial Soul’s Berserk Transformation. The committee agreed to learn more about his unusual abilities while taking responsibility for him as a new student.

• Dugu Yan styled her hair after Xuan Ming demonstrated his practiced hair-tying, while Xue Qinghe grew unsettled about who had taught him.
• Xue Qinghe gave Dugu Yan Xuan Ming’s identity documents and asked her to take him to the Education Committee.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Xuan Ming to Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and the other committee member, and Xuan Ming showed them his Blood Spear and explained that it could devour its master.
• When Meng Shenji tested Xuan Ming’s Soul Power, Xuan Ming’s Black Dragon Martial Soul entered Berserk Transformation, but he remained lucid.
• Xuan Ming explained that his Berserk Transformation was triggered involuntarily by intense physical or mental stimulation, and Meng Shenji said the committee would investigate his Martial Soul further.

Xuan Ming settled into life at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Dugu Yan explained why Soul Masters needed to cultivate in moderation. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong discussed her plans for Xuan Ming and learned that Dugu Bo was searching for him, then arranged for him to be told that Xuan Ming had returned to Heaven Dou City.

• Xuan Ming told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that his Berserk Transformation would only stop once it calmed down, then said he was hungry and ate again.
• Dugu Yan explained that prolonged cultivation caused fatigue, declining efficiency, and psychological strain, while Xue Qinghe noted that only rare talents could sustain near-constant training.
• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong why Xuan Ming had left for Heaven Dou City, and Bibi Dong explained that she wanted to suppress his rebellious streak and foster resentment toward Qian Renxue's family.
• Yue Guan reported that Dugu Bo was searching Spirit City for Xuan Ming, and Bibi Dong ordered agents in Heaven Dou City to tell him that Xuan Ming had returned.
• Xuan Ming's academy life settled into a routine, and he returned to the Ye residence after classes.

Xuan Ming told Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall had sent him back to Heaven Dou City to work near Xue Qinghe and win Dugu Yan over, while making clear he had no loyalty to them. He asked Dugu Bo to help him appear to be making progress, and Dugu Bo suspected he also wanted protection.

• Dugu Bo confronted Xuan Ming about surviving his disappearance, and Xuan Ming alternated between joking and revealing that Spirit Hall had abducted him and assigned him to work beside Xue Qinghe.
• Xuan Ming said Spirit Hall wanted him to win Dugu Yan over and use her to control Dugu Bo, while Dugu Bo refused to get involved and warned Xuan Ming not to hurt her.
• Xuan Ming explained that he had no loyalty to Spirit Hall and was only pretending to cooperate because his talent made them reluctant to kill him.
• Xuan Ming said his defiance in Spirit City had been a calculated outburst that made him seem easier to understand and control than a silent schemer.
• Xuan Ming asked Dugu Bo to put on an act so Spirit Hall would think he was making progress, and Dugu Bo asked whether Xuan Ming also wanted him as a protective talisman.

After Xue Qinghe became crown prince, he brought Xuan Ming to meet Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Xuan Ming detected Chen Xin’s concealed sword intent, then stayed silent through the political discussion as Ning Fengzhi suggested introducing him to his daughter.

• Xue Qinghe moved into the Eastern Palace after his investiture and invited Xuan Ming to meet Ning Fengzhi.
• At Seven Treasure Pavilion, Xuan Ming noticed Chen Xin’s concealed sword intent and called him ruder than himself.
• Chen Xin admitted he had tested Xuan Ming and praised his vigilance.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe discussed affairs of state while Xuan Ming meditated silently nearby.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested arranging a meeting between Xuan Ming and his daughter, and Xue Qinghe asked Xuan Ming what he thought.

Xuan Ming traveled into Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo to find a powerful lightning-attribute Soul Beast for his second Soul Ring. Dugu Bo warned him about the deadly risks of absorbing a limit Soul Ring, and the chapter ended as they spotted a creature watching them from the darkness.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Xue Qinghe, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future, and whether Xuan Ming might be worth considering as an ally.
• After another year of cultivation, Xuan Ming reached rank twenty, and Dugu Bo examined his unusual physical and spiritual strength before agreeing to help him hunt for a Soul Ring.
• Xuan Ming asked for a fierce lightning-attribute Soul Beast, preferably a dragon or lesser dragon with dragon blood, and Dugu Bo took him into Sunset Forest without Dugu Yan and the others.
• Dugu Bo explained that Xuan Ming could safely attempt a Soul Ring under two thousand years, while a limit Soul Ring could cause death or lasting damage; he also recounted surviving a fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring himself.
• Xuan Ming said he needed strength because his bad luck could put his life at risk, and Dugu Bo criticized his sharp tongue.
• Dugu Bo noticed a pair of glowing slit pupils watching them from about a hundred meters away in the forest.

Xuan Ming risked absorbing a nearly three-thousand-year Startling Wing Thunder Python Soul Ring, then faced Dugu Bo's suspicions about his distance from Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Dugu Bo questioned whether Xuan Ming would seek revenge, and Xuan Ming ended their confrontation by insulting him.

• Dugu Bo stopped the Startling Wing Thunder Python's ambush and poisoned it, but Xuan Ming killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring despite the danger.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Dugu Bo had taken Xuan Ming to hunt for a Soul Ring and reflected on Xuan Ming's extraordinary cultivation and risky control of his two streams of thought.
• After Xuan Ming woke in a treehouse, Dugu Bo confronted him about keeping emotional distance from Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and asked whether he planned to take revenge.
• Xuan Ming pointed out that Dugu Bo could have killed him while he absorbed the Soul Ring and asked why he had not acted.
• Xuan Ming told Dugu Bo that he must have poisoned his own brains, leaving Dugu Bo asking what he meant.

Xuan Ming persuaded Dugu Bo to let him inspect the dangerous Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then used his Startling Thunder Soul Skill to descend into the valley. After explaining how he controlled the spear’s flight and protected himself with his domain, Xuan Ming approached the well, hoping to find two immortal herbs.

• Dugu Bo refused to let Xuan Ming enter his herb garden at first, but agreed to let him test the valley’s dangers from the edge.
• Xuan Ming summoned his Blood Spear and used Startling Thunder to fly down into the valley, alarming Dugu Bo.
• Xuan Ming used his domain to slow his landing and reached the valley floor safely.
• Xuan Ming explained that Startling Thunder made the Blood Spear launch forward at high speed and could carry him when he held on.
• Xuan Ming checked that his domain could withstand the energy assault and walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well despite Dugu Bo’s warning.

Xuan Ming ate the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, then plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to transform their poisons. At the bottom, the Ice Dragon King and a fiery-red dragon phantom considered choosing him as a vessel, while Dugu Bo returned to find the spring calm and its bloodline suppression gone.

• Xuan Ming refused to promise Dugu Bo that he would pursue a relationship with Dugu Yan, but agreed to protect her if she was in danger.
• Xuan Ming harvested the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, ate them, and dove into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo waited through a day and night before bubbles and violent tremors emerged from the spring, accompanied by bloodline suppression that overwhelmed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• At the bottom of the well, the Ice Dragon King and a fiery-red phantom discussed choosing Xuan Ming, whose mutated bloodline made him akin to a dragon, as a vessel.
• The tremors stopped, and Dugu Bo returned to the calm spring, realizing the bloodline suppression had vanished.

Xuan Ming left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo after the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King revealed their power and chose him as their inheritor. On the way toward the Star Dou Great Forest, Xuan Ming explained his misgivings by recounting his difficult past, then said he trusted the Ice Dragon King with it because she was not human.

• Dugu Bo saw Xuan Ming emerge from the spring alive and learned that he had not been possessed by an ancient dragon soul.
• The Ice Dragon King attacked Dugu Bo with freezing dragon breath after he suggested Xuan Ming might have picked up something unclean.
• Xuan Ming told Dugu Bo that he needed to leave, and Dugu Bo arranged a carriage for him after they left the Sunset Forest.
• On the journey toward the Star Dou Great Forest, the Ice Dragon King promised not to abandon Xuan Ming and asked why he distrusted the inheritance offer.
• Xuan Ming described his hardships and explained how he stayed optimistic, then said he shared his story because the Ice Dragon King was not human.

Xuan Ming reached the Star Dou Great Forest after cultivating relentlessly, and the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King tempered his strained soul with their powers. After waking with a clearer mind, he struggled with the Ice Dragon King’s demands for an affectionate form of address and finally agreed to call her Big Sister.

• Xuan Ming traveled for seven days toward the Star Dou Great Forest while alternating his thoughts to cultivate without rest.
• The Ice Dragon King warned Xuan Ming that his relentless cultivation could damage his developing mind and soul, but he insisted he knew his limits.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King used their dragon soul powers to temper Xuan Ming’s soul with ice and fire, while his annihilation power resisted them.
• Xuan Ming passed out during the painful process and later woke with his mind feeling clear and replenished.
• The Ice Dragon King asked Xuan Ming to call her Mom, then settled for Big Sister after he resisted, and declared him her little brother.

Xuan Ming entered the Star Dou Great Forest with the Ice Dragon King guiding him, and she took possession of his body after sensing a nearby clash. She intervened to protect Ah Rou and Xiao Wu from Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei, leaving the Ice Dragon King facing the three Titled Douluo.

• Xuan Ming traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Ice Dragon King guided him through the dense terrain and drove off Soul Beasts.
• Xuan Ming cooked his jerky over a fire from his Black Dragon and shared a bite with the Ice Dragon King.
• The Ice Dragon King sensed trouble nearby and possessed Xuan Ming's body, forming an ice-crystal dragon before taking a humanoid shape.
• The Ice Dragon King arrived as Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei pursued Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, then blocked Bibi Dong's attack with an ice wall.
• Bibi Dong and her companions released their nine Soul Rings and surrounded the Ice Dragon King, who answered by firing countless icicles at them.

Xuan Ming and the Ice Dragon King escaped Bibi Dong’s attack, and the Ice Dragon King revealed that the Silver Dragon King was sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Xuan Ming got lost while trying to leave, his distrust of the Dragon Kings surfaced, leaving the Ice Dragon King demanding to know why he was angry.

• The Ice Dragon King defeated Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei long enough for Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to escape, then withdrew after the Spirit Hall group fled.
• Xuan Ming learned that the Ice Dragon King had intervened to save the transformed Soul Beasts and warned him that Bibi Dong carried a dangerous divine presence.
• The Ice Dragon King sensed the Silver Dragon King and a young dragon descendant in the forest, so she told Xuan Ming to turn back instead of traveling deeper.
• Xuan Ming lost his way while trying to leave the Star Dou Great Forest and became increasingly withdrawn as he slowly found his direction.
• Xuan Ming reflected on the Ice Dragon King’s unexplained kindness and suspected that she and the Fire Dragon King had an ulterior purpose.
• The Ice Dragon King confronted Xuan Ming, irritated by his silence, and demanded to know why he was giving her a sour face.

Xuan Ming confronted the Ice Dragon King about her deception and learned why she had brought him to the Star Dou Great Forest and wanted him to become a god. After agreeing to help her as long as she stopped lying, Xuan Ming left the forest and wondered whether Xiao Wu would still go to Nuoding City.

• Xuan Ming accused the Ice Dragon King of hiding her motives and using their bond to manipulate him.
• The Ice Dragon King explained the Divine Realm’s laws, the danger facing the dragons and Soul Beast Clan, and why she had tested the Divine Realm’s response and sought the Silver Dragon King.
• The Ice Dragon King admitted she had saved the two little rabbits as potential Soul Rings for Xuan Ming and hoped he would help the dragons in return for her aid.
• Xuan Ming agreed to help the Ice Dragon King if she stopped lying, and the Fire Dragon King revealed that her supposedly seamless excuses were the best plan she could devise.
• Two days later, Xuan Ming left the Star Dou Great Forest and considered whether Xiao Wu would still leave for Nuoding City.

Xuan Ming traveled toward Nuoding City to seek the Blue Silver Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, getting lost and robbed along the way. After reaching the city, he learned that Ah Rou and Xiao Wu were nearby and decided to meet them, while they remained wary of the powerful dragon presence that had saved them.

• Xuan Ming learned that the Ice Dragon King could not recover quickly, but she agreed that the Fire Dragon King could help if he encountered the Titled Douluo guarding the Soul Bone.
• Xuan Ming traveled toward Fasinuo Province, and the Ice Dragon King warned him that the Spirit Hall Pope was inheriting an evil god's legacy.
• After two months of getting lost, being robbed, and losing his carriage, Xuan Ming reached Nuoding City and learned that Ah Rou and Xiao Wu were approaching.
• The Ice Dragon King revealed that she had marked Ah Rou and Xiao Wu and had concealed their presence, while Xuan Ming said he wanted to see them.
• Ah Rou and Xiao Wu hid near the hotel, and Xiao Wu asked whether the powerful dragon that had saved them was a Soul Beast.