Chapter Summaries

After Tang Wulin revealed his Golden Dragon Claw, Qing Linyun reminded the team to improve their coordination and kept Tang Wulin behind after training. As Tang Wulin feared he had disappointed his teacher, Qing Linyun considered the seals suppressing the Golden Dragon King and finally asked him to raise his head.

• Tang Wulin explained that he could use the Golden Dragon Claw when hurt or angry, and Qing Linyun told him to practice it.
• Qing Linyun warned Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie to coordinate as a team and stop fighting among themselves.
• Qing Linyun asked Tang Wulin to stay behind, while Wu Changkong sent Xie Xie and Gu Yue away.
• Tang Wulin assumed Qing Linyun had kept him behind to criticize his weak performance and wondered whether the power he had felt was truly his.
• Qing Linyun considered whether the consciousness connected to the Golden Dragon King’s seals was dormant, then asked Tang Wulin to raise his head.

Qing Linyun asked Tang Wulin if he wanted to become stronger and promised to show him how a genius trained. As Gu Yue brooded over Qing Linyun, Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline, and her own curiosity about him, a silver-haired girl appeared beside her sleeping form and whispered, “Big brother...”

• Qing Linyun asked Tang Wulin whether he wanted to get stronger, and Tang Wulin firmly said he was willing to endure hardship to become a genius.
• Qing Linyun told Tang Wulin to first complete Teacher Wu’s special training and promised to give him something good when the opportunity came.
• Gu Yue lay awake, angry that Qing Linyun had kept Tang Wulin behind, while recalling his criticism of her performance in the Class Promotion Tournament.
• Gu Yue recognized that Tang Wulin carried the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and wondered whether Qing Linyun knew about it or had his own intentions toward Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yue resolved to question Qing Linyun the next day, then fell asleep clutching her jade pendant.
• After Gu Yue fell asleep, a semi-illusory silver-haired girl appeared beside her and murmured, “Big brother...”

Qing Linyun browsed the system’s daily shop and bought a Thousand-Year Blue Silver King Torso Bone and an Emotion Card, which let him trade Tang Wulin’s accumulated positive emotions for items. He planned to give Tang Wulin the Soul Bone to win his gratitude, then use the card to acquire valuable treasures, and set out to find him during class.

• Qing Linyun found a honey-glazed roast suckling pig and a potted hundred-year Blue Silver Grass among the daily shop’s offerings.
• Qing Linyun bought a Thousand-Year Blue Silver King Torso Bone, intending to use it as a gift for Tang Wulin.
• Qing Linyun read that the Emotion Card could exchange a target’s positive emotions for items and decided to use it on Tang Wulin.
• Qing Linyun bought the Emotion Card, spent nearly all his available funds, and considered how Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline or Golden Dragon Spear could repay the cost.
• Qing Linyun stored the card and prepared to get Tang Wulin away from Wu Changkong during class so he could give him the Soul Bone.

Qing Linyun came to Tang Wulin’s classroom and took him away, drawing attention from the class and suspicion from Gu Yue. As they left, Qing Linyun reassured Tang Wulin that he had not minded the teasing.

• Qing Linyun interrupted Wu Changkong’s lesson and asked to take Tang Wulin with him.
• The class teased Tang Wulin about Qing Linyun’s interest in him, while Gu Yue grew angry and wondered what Qing Linyun knew about Tang Wulin.
• Wu Changkong allowed Tang Wulin to leave with Qing Linyun and told him to return early.
• Tang Wulin hurried out of the classroom, embarrassed by Xie Xie’s teasing and the class’s attention.
• In the corridor, Qing Linyun told Tang Wulin not to overthink the teasing, easing Tang Wulin’s worries.

Qing Linyun encouraged Tang Wulin to believe in his potential and gave him a Thousand-Year Blue Silver King Torso Bone. Tang Wulin accepted the gift, became Qing Linyun’s disciple, and promised not to disappoint him.

• Qing Linyun told Tang Wulin that his limits came from his lack of confidence, not his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Qing Linyun explained that Blue Silver Grass could evolve into a Blue Silver King and then a Blue Silver Emperor, and said he could help Tang Wulin reach the second stage.
• Qing Linyun gave Tang Wulin a Thousand-Year Blue Silver King Torso Bone, and Tang Wulin reluctantly accepted it after Qing Linyun insisted.
• Tang Wulin knelt and asked Qing Linyun to take him as a disciple, and Qing Linyun agreed.
• Tang Wulin formally thanked Qing Linyun and promised not to let him down, while Qing Linyun wondered how his ties to Tang Wulin and the Silver Dragon King fit together.

Qing Linyun brought Tang Wulin to a quiet room so he could absorb the Thousand-Year Blue Silver King Torso Bone in safety. As Tang Wulin’s absorption began smoothly and his Soul Power grew, Qing Linyun prepared to absorb a powerful dragon-bloodline External Soul Bone himself.

• Qing Linyun realized Tang Wulin had nowhere private to absorb the Soul Bone, so he went after him.
• Tang Wulin reflected on Qing Linyun’s generosity and promised himself he would repay his master by becoming stronger.
• Qing Linyun found Tang Wulin and took him back to the dormitory, offering to stand guard while he absorbed the Soul Bone.
• Tang Wulin settled into the bedroom and began absorbing the Thousand-Year Blue Silver King Torso Bone.
• Qing Linyun prepared to absorb a four-hundred-thousand-year-old dragon-bloodline External Soul Bone outside the bedroom.
• The Soul Bone’s wood-attribute energy flowed into Tang Wulin, blending with his Soul Power and strengthening it.

Tang Wulin’s thousand-year Blue Silver King Soul Bone awakened his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, raising him to level 16 and transforming his Martial Soul. Qing Linyun fused a 400,000-year Soul Bone, reached level 78, and planned to guide Tang Wulin toward a support-focused cultivation path.

• Tang Wulin broke through three levels during the Soul Bone’s influence, and golden markings appeared on his Blue Silver Grass as his bloodline began to manifest.
• Qing Linyun completed the fusion of the 400,000-year Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Right Palm Bone and gained the Soul Skills Rule the World and Purple Brilliant Dragon Flame.
• Qing Linyun’s Soul Power rose from the threshold of level 75 to level 78, leaving him one level away from Soul Douluo.
• Tang Wulin told Qing Linyun about his level increase and evolved Martial Soul, and Qing Linyun told him to consolidate his gains and prepare to change his combat and cultivation approaches.
• Tang Wulin left the dormitory determined not to disappoint his master, while Qing Linyun planned to guide him along a life-and-healing support route.

Qing Linyun’s private training and gifts greatly strengthened Tang Wulin, while his classmates noticed his new confidence. Gu Yue grew suspicious that Qing Linyun knew about Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline and decided to probe him face-to-face.

• Qing Linyun returned Tang Wulin to Wu Changkong’s class after another private lesson, and the students noticed Tang Wulin’s changed bearing and stronger Soul Power.
• Tang Wulin kept quiet when Xie Xie asked what Qing Linyun had given him, remembering the Thousand-Year Blue Silver King Torso Bone and Goldsong’s newly raised Soul Ring.
• Qing Linyun announced that the Class Promotion Tournament was two days away and said Tang Wulin would shine, drawing more attention and teasing from the class.
• Gu Yue watched Qing Linyun and Tang Wulin, suspected Qing Linyun might have discovered Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline, and resolved to sound him out in person.

Qing Linyun redeemed his full Emotion Card and obtained all eighteen Golden Dragon King Bloodline Seals, then broke the first ten and began absorbing their power. Tang Wulin and Na'er sensed the bloodline's sudden absence, while Qing Linyun finished the chapter with his body rapidly growing stronger.

• Qing Linyun redeemed the Emotion Card and received the full Golden Dragon King Bloodline, with all eighteen seals appearing inside him.
• Tang Wulin felt an unexplained emptiness in his chest during class, and Na'er sensed the Golden Dragon King's absence from Sea God Island.
• Qing Linyun decided to break the first ten seals and save the remaining eight for later.
• Qing Linyun shattered the first ten seals and used his spiritual power to subdue and absorb their violent energy.
• Qing Linyun's body underwent a powerful transformation, becoming stronger and harder.

Qing Linyun emerged from secluded cultivation with his Soul Power at the level 79 bottleneck, a Golden Dragon King Second Martial Soul, and the Golden Dragon Spear. Gu Yue asked him to go for a walk, while her growing attraction to him left her struggling to find a way to ask about Tang Wulin.

• Qing Linyun felt his body grow stronger from the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and found his Soul Power had reached the level 79 bottleneck.
• Qing Linyun discovered the Golden Dragon King as his Second Martial Soul, accompanied by five golden Soul Rings.
• Qing Linyun summoned the Golden Dragon Spear and delighted in gaining the divine weapon.
• Qing Linyun opened his door and found Gu Yue waiting outside, flustered.
• Gu Yue asked Qing Linyun to walk with her, while she wondered how to ask about Tang Wulin and felt drawn to him.

Qing Linyun teased Gu Yue during their walk through Eastsea City, making her pay for grilled cold noodles that he then claimed for himself. After provoking her with a game of blocking her path, he apologized, and Gu Yue ordered him to follow quietly.

• Qing Linyun stopped at a grilled cold noodle stall and bought two portions while Gu Yue came over, hoping to share.
• Qing Linyun told Gu Yue to pay for the food, then claimed both portions were his, prompting her to chase and curse him.
• Qing Linyun held Gu Yue back when she tried to take the noodles, and she bit his arm before he hung one portion around her neck.
• Qing Linyun repeatedly blocked Gu Yue's way, making her change direction until she stopped and told him to quit.
• Qing Linyun apologized, and Gu Yue ordered him to follow behind her without speaking.

Gu Yue took Qing Linyun to Eastsea City's snack street, where sharing tanghulu stirred memories of their past with Na'er. On a moonlit bridge, Gu Yue questioned Qing Linyun about Tang Wulin's strange presence, but he played innocent and left her struggling to explain herself.

• Gu Yue and Qing Linyun walked through Eastsea City's snack street, where he bought her grilled fish and other treats.
• Qing Linyun bought Gu Yue tanghulu, reminding her of the times he had taken Na'er out and making her wonder what the gesture meant.
• Gu Yue and Qing Linyun reached a bridge and stood together beneath the moon.
• Gu Yue asked Qing Linyun what he had been teaching Tang Wulin, and he said he had taken him as a disciple and was teaching him cultivation.
• Gu Yue insisted that Tang Wulin had a strange presence, but Qing Linyun pretended not to sense it and challenged her to explain what she meant.

Qing Linyun reassured Gu Yue that he supported her dream of protecting Soul Beasts and agreed that artificial Soul Spirits could help humans and Soul Beasts coexist. He claimed he had a way to resolve their conflict and began by asking whether she knew about the Heaven-Supporting Pillar.

• Qing Linyun brushed off Gu Yue's suspicions about Tang Wulin, and she turned away from him in annoyance.
• Gu Yue asked whether Qing Linyun liked Soul Beasts, and he said they should not go extinct.
• Gu Yue explained her dream of creating artificial Soul Spirits so Soul Masters would not need to hunt Soul Beasts, and Qing Linyun said he shared her view.
• Qing Linyun explained that the Spirit Pagoda's Soul Spirit technology was crude and could lead to renewed hunting if Soul Beasts recovered.
• When Gu Yue asked whether humans and Soul Beasts could reconcile, Qing Linyun said he had a way and asked whether she knew about the Heaven-Supporting Pillar.

Qing Linyun revealed that he had helped create the Heaven-Supporting Pillar’s Soul Spirit technology, and Gu Yue hired him as her bodyguard and private tutor for a billion a month. As the two grew closer by the river, Na'er saw a photo of them together and grew furious.

• Gu Yue questioned Qing Linyun about the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, and he admitted that he had provided its Soul Spirit technology and owned a share of the company.
• Qing Linyun explained that the company made Soul Spirits from Soul Beast genetic fragments, though it lacked enough data for species over a hundred thousand years old.
• Gu Yue offered Qing Linyun a billion a month to serve as her bodyguard and private tutor, and he accepted.
• Qing Linyun draped his coat over Gu Yue, and they stood shoulder to shoulder watching the river without mentioning Tang Wulin or their hidden thoughts.
• Na'er saw a photo of Qing Linyun standing close to Gu Yue on her Soul Communicator and angrily threw it, cracking the screen.

Qing Linyun reassured a jealous Na'er after Gu Yue sent her a photo of him, then reflected on his complicated feelings for Na'er and began cultivating. Na'er realized she had exposed that she knew about Gu Yue, while Gu Yue remained unaware of the blunder.

• Na'er called Qing Linyun and confronted him about spending time with Gu Yue and buying her candied hawthorn.
• Qing Linyun explained that the photo made them look closer than they were and claimed he had gone with Gu Yue to keep an eye on her for Na'er.
• Na'er made Qing Linyun promise not to buy Gu Yue candied hawthorn, lend her his clothes, or let her call him brother.
• Qing Linyun recalled taking Na'er in as a child, promised to visit her after his busy stretch, and reflected on their uncertain feelings for each other.
• Qing Linyun considered Gu Yue, the Soul Beast Clan, and his new work before sitting down to cultivate his Soul Power.
• Na'er realized that she had revealed she knew Gu Yue and had her contact information, while Gu Yue returned to her dormitory unaware of Na'er's mistake.

Tang Wulin entered his Sea of Consciousness and met Old Tang, who revealed that the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and its eighteen seals had vanished. After Tang Wulin described his recent training and gifts from Qing Linyun, Old Tang grew suspicious of the teacher’s lavish investment.

• Tang Wulin fell asleep and found himself in a Sea of Consciousness filled with Blue Silver Grass.
• Old Tang introduced himself as a remnant of a top-tier expert and told Tang Wulin that the Golden Dragon King Bloodline was inside him.
• Tang Wulin denied knowing about the bloodline, and Old Tang discovered that its eighteen seals had disappeared without a trace.
• Old Tang asked whether Tang Wulin had recently met anyone, and Tang Wulin praised his master, Qing Linyun.
• Tang Wulin told Old Tang that Qing Linyun had given him a Thousand-Year Blue Silver King Torso Bone, raised his First Soul Ring to a Hundred-Year Soul Ring, and helped him gain four levels.
• Old Tang remarked that Qing Linyun had made a lavish investment, while Tang Wulin said his master planned to make him a powerful expert and king of Douluo Continent.

Tang San told Tang Wulin that he carried a weak Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline and urged him to cultivate, while remaining suspicious of his master, Qing Linyun. Tang Wulin woke resolved to grow stronger, and Tang San considered the threat posed by whoever had taken the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.

• Tang San learned that Tang Wulin's master was a Soul Saint and told Tang Wulin that the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline had begun to emerge in him.
• Tang San urged Tang Wulin to cultivate, reassured him that Blue Silver Grass could become powerful, and said he would meet Qing Linyun someday.
• Tang Wulin asked who Tang San was, but Tang San told him to call him Old Tang and said he would explain when Tang Wulin grew stronger.
• Tang Wulin woke at dawn, resolved to train hard for himself and Qing Linyun, and felt the hollow feeling in his chest had vanished.
• Tang San praised Qing Linyun's strength but worried that an unknown expert had suppressed and taken the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.

Tang San awakened Tang Wulin’s Asura Clear Sky Hammer and Divine Slaughter’s Domain, then planned to pass the Sea God Godhood to him to protect the Douluo Continent. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin wondered why Gu Yue was acting unusually cheerful, unaware that she believed Qing Linyun had feelings for her.

• Tang San concluded that the Golden Dragon King Bloodline’s disappearance made it too dangerous to wait, so he awakened Tang Wulin’s Asura Clear Sky Hammer and Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang San planned to pass the Sea God Godhood to Tang Wulin once he grew strong enough, hoping the God King-level power would deter the mysterious expert.
• In class, Tang Wulin noticed Gu Yue acting unusually gentle, and Xie Xie speculated that she had fallen in love with someone.
• Gu Yue privately believed her conversation with Qing Linyun had brought them closer and that he was attracted to her.
• The narration revealed that Qing Linyun had tailored his words to Gu Yue’s hopes rather than acting out of love.

Qing Linyun reviewed the progress on his Three-Word Battle Armor with Ye Lingling while Na Nali and Ye Lingling competed for his attention. After Na Nali left, he and Ye Lingling discussed the remaining upgrades, and she shyly asked him to stay longer as he prepared to return to the academy.

• Gu Yue imagined recruiting Qing Linyun to help revive the Soul Beasts and making him her royal consort.
• Qing Linyun met with Ye Lingling and Na Nali at the Heaven-Supporting Pillar's East Sea branch to ask about his Battle Armor.
• Ye Lingling reported that four Battle Armor components had reached Three-Word level, with the other components still being upgraded, and said medicine for Wu Changkong's injuries was nearly ready.
• Na Nali and Ye Lingling argued over Qing Linyun's attention until he sent Na Nali outside to discuss business with Ye Lingling.
• Qing Linyun and Ye Lingling reviewed the remaining Battle Armor upgrades, and Ye Lingling shyly asked him to stay longer as he prepared to leave for the academy.

Qing Linyun left his company after teasing encounters with Ye Lingling and Na Nali, while Gu Yue discovered that Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline had vanished and sensed the Asura God’s presence within him. She suspected Qing Linyun was involved but chose to wait and watch, unaware that Tang Wulin was beginning to awaken a second, powerful martial soul.

• Qing Linyun praised Ye Lingling, promised to treat her to a meal, and then fended off Na Nali’s flirtation before returning to school.
• Gu Yue sensed that Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline was gone and detected the Asura God’s presence in its place.
• Gu Yue restrained her urge to attack Tang Wulin, vowed to kill him if the Golden Dragon King Bloodline could not be recovered, and suspected Qing Linyun was involved.
• Tang Wulin felt a sudden chill, but Wu Changkong punished him for not paying attention in class by making him stand at the back.
• An Asura Clear Sky Hammer appeared in Tang Wulin’s Sea of Consciousness, while Divine Slaughter’s Domain lay dormant in his bloodline.