Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianheng rejected the system’s three options for unifying the continent and chose to pursue a path led by himself and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After a month of cultivation, he and Dugu Bo both advanced, and Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan, who rushed into Yu Tianheng’s arms.

• The system rewarded Yu Tianheng for detoxifying Dugu Bo and offered three main-quest options, each requiring him to help one empire unify the continent.
• Yu Tianheng rejected all three options because he wanted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to lead the continent under his command.
• Yu Tianheng cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a month and broke through to level 48.
• Dugu Bo mastered the basics of the Hundred Poisons Mysterious Skill, controlled his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison, and advanced to level 92.
• Dugu Bo went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to bring Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Yan returned several days later and rushed into Yu Tianheng’s arms.

Dugu Bo reunited Dugu Yan with Yu Tianheng, then began teaching her the Hundred Poisons Mysterious Skill. After she survived her first attempt at combining poison with Soul Power, Dugu Bo felt relieved that she could avoid the fate of her father’s generation and resolved to repay Yu Tianheng.

• Dugu Bo accepted Yu Tianheng’s importance to the Jade Phosphorus Snake lineage and watched as Dugu Yan reunited with Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo what he needed her to do, and he took her inside to teach her the Hundred Poisons Mysterious Skill.
• Dugu Bo explained how to sense poison and brought poisonous creatures out so Dugu Yan could practice with a small snake.
• Dugu Yan began combining the snake’s toxin with her Soul Power, and Dugu Bo helped her suppress the dangerous backlash.
• Dugu Yan completed her first cultivation session, and Dugu Bo concluded that the skill would protect her from her Martial Soul’s poison and vowed to repay Yu Tianheng.

After half a year of cultivation, Yu Tianheng reached Soul Power Level 50 and planned to hunt for his fifth Soul Ring. Dugu Bo offered to help, while Yu Tianheng prepared pills to hasten Dugu Yan’s progress toward Level 40 so they could hunt together.

• Dugu Bo taught Dugu Yan the Hundred Poisons Mysterious Skill for six months, while Yu Tianheng cultivated and reached Soul Power Level 50.
• Yu Tianheng told Dugu Bo he needed a Soul Beast for his fifth Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo offered to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest after Dugu Yan made more progress.
• Yu Tianheng saw that Dugu Yan had reached Soul Power Level 39 and learned she had grasped the basics of the Hundred Poisons Mysterious Skill.
• Yu Tianheng decided to speed up Dugu Yan’s cultivation by refining Origin Nurturing Pills from ingredients near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yu Tianheng spent one thousand Heavenly Mandate Points to refine ten high-grade Origin Nurturing Pills, then went to find Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan the next day.

Yu Tianheng gave Dugu Bo Origin Nurturing Pills he had refined for Dugu Yan, and she used them to break through to level forty in ten days. Dugu Bo planned to take Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng to the Sunset Forest the next day to find Soul Beasts for their fourth Soul Rings, while Dugu Yan went to thank Yu Tianheng.

• Yu Tianheng gave Dugu Bo Origin Nurturing Pills and explained that he had refined them from medicinal ingredients near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo gave the pills to Dugu Yan and explained how to take them safely.
• Dugu Yan took three pills over ten days, then broke through to level forty using the Hundred Poisons Mysterious Skill.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo about her breakthrough, and he reminded her that Yu Tianheng had reached level fifty.
• Dugu Bo said he would take Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng to the Sunset Forest the next day to seek Soul Beasts for their fourth Soul Rings.
• Dugu Yan went to find Yu Tianheng to thank him for refining the pills.

Yu Tianheng used Nine Heavens Divine Lightning to fuse the opposing waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into a stable cultivation resource. After explaining its power to Dugu Yan, he learned she had reached level 40 and agreed to hunt Soul Beasts for her Soul Ring the next day.

• Yu Tianheng decided to fuse the spring waters so the Heaven Dou Empire soldiers training in the Martial Dao could use them to cultivate.
• Yu Tianheng harnessed Nine Heavens Divine Lightning to force the Extreme Cold Yin Spring and blazing Yang Spring to merge into a balanced crystal bead.
• Yu Tianheng stored the fused spring water in a gourd and told Dugu Yan that its energy equaled the medicinal power of twenty Origin Nurturing Pills.
• Dugu Yan said she had used three Origin Nurturing Pills to break through to level 40, and Yu Tianheng told her to keep the remaining seven.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan left together and planned to hunt Soul Beasts for her Soul Ring the next day.

Dugu Bo led Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan into the heart of Sunset Forest to find Soul Beasts for their next Soul Rings. He brought them to an underground river inhabited by a vast Crocodile Dragon colony and asked Yu Tianheng to choose between two Ten-Thousand-Year Crocodile Dragons.

• Dugu Bo explained which Soul Beasts could strengthen Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul and how it might evolve into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.
• Dugu Bo led Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan through Sunset Forest, with Dugu Yan protected between them.
• Dugu Bo recalled a nearby Crocodile Dragon colony whose dragon blood made its members suitable for Yu Tianheng’s fifth Soul Ring.
• The three reached the underground river and saw hundreds of Crocodile Dragons, including the colony’s powerful leader and several Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Dugu Bo pointed out two Ten-Thousand-Year Crocodile Dragons, estimated at twelve thousand and twenty thousand years old, and asked Yu Tianheng which one he would choose.

Yu Tianheng chose the thirty-five-thousand-year-old Crocodile Dragon leader as the target for his fifth Soul Ring despite Dugu Bo’s warning. After Dugu Bo disabled the rest of the pack, Yu Tianheng began fighting the leader, and Dugu Bo hinted that he still had an unused trump card.

• Yu Tianheng told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that he intended to hunt the Crocodile Dragon leader, which was at least thirty-five thousand years old.
• Dugu Bo spread his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison through the underground river, incapacitating most of the Crocodile Dragons.
• Dugu Bo used his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Avatar to knock out the three Crocodile Dragons that could still move, including two ten-thousand-year beasts.
• The Crocodile Dragon leader charged Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Bo moved Dugu Yan out of danger while Yu Tianheng faced it alone.
• Yu Tianheng struck the leader with Thunder Dragon Head, breaking its scales but failing to seriously injure it.
• Dugu Yan feared for Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Bo assured her that Yu Tianheng still had a trump card.

Yu Tianheng killed the thirty-five-thousand-year-old Crocodile Dragon leader with his Purple Lightning Mad Saber, then absorbed its Soul Ring and reached level 51. With his new Fifth Soul Skill, he joined Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in continuing their search for a suitable Soul Beast for Dugu Yan.

• Yu Tianheng summoned Purple Firmament Divine Lightning and killed the Crocodile Dragon leader with his Purple Lightning Mad Saber.
• Dugu Bo watched Yu Tianheng's attack in shock, while Dugu Yan praised him and went to guard him as he prepared to absorb the Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianheng absorbed the Crocodile Dragon leader's thirty-five-thousand-year-old Soul Ring and gained the Fifth Soul Skill Azure Lightning Heaven-Devouring Prison.
• Yu Tianheng's Soul Power Level rose to 51, and Dugu Bo confirmed that the absorption had gone smoothly.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan left the underground river to find a suitable Soul Beast for Dugu Yan.

Yu Tianheng weakened a Giant Venomous Python so Dugu Yan could kill it and absorb its Soul Ring. While Dugu Yan absorbed the ring, a swarm of pythons arrived, led by a fifty-thousand-year-old female seeking revenge.

• The three found a five-thousand-year-old Giant Venomous Python, which Dugu Yan chose for her fourth Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianheng used Palm Lightning to weaken the python, and Dugu Yan killed it with a dagger before beginning to absorb its Soul Ring.
• After an hour, thousands of Giant Venomous Pythons surrounded them while Dugu Yan was still absorbing the ring.
• The huge female python attacked Dugu Yan, but Dugu Bo blocked its strike and punched it away while Yu Tianheng guarded Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo realized the female python was likely related to the slain python and had attacked in revenge.

Dugu Bo drew the fifty-thousand-year-old Giant Venomous Python away while Yu Tianheng protected Dugu Yan as she absorbed her Soul Ring. Yu Tianheng slaughtered more than a thousand attacking pythons, and the survivors finally stopped advancing.

• Dugu Bo used his Martial Soul Avatar to fight the fifty-thousand-year-old Giant Venomous Python and pulled it away from Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianheng reassured Dugu Yan when the surrounding pythons disturbed her, and she steadied herself to continue absorbing the Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianheng used Thunder Dragon Claw and Thunderous Might to kill waves of Giant Venomous Pythons, earning Heavenly Mandate Points.
• Yu Tianheng activated Thunderous Fury and Dragon Transformation, strengthening his lightning and Soul Power.
• Yu Tianheng unleashed Thunder Dragon Head four times, wiping out more than a thousand pythons around himself and Dugu Yan.
• The remaining Giant Venomous Pythons halted their attack as charred corpses covered the area.

Yu Tianheng used his newly acquired Fifth Soul Skill to slaughter most of the Giant Venomous Pythons, but the male leader ambushed him when his Soul Power ran out. Believing Yu Tianheng dead, the leader headed for Dugu Yan while Dugu Bo remained occupied with the female leader.

• Yu Tianheng unleashed Azure Lightning Heaven-Devouring Prison and killed thousands of Giant Venomous Pythons, exhausting nearly all his Soul Power in the process.
• The seventy-thousand-year male Giant Venomous Python leader revealed its plan to devour Dugu Yan and explained how it had lured Dugu Bo away and trapped her while she absorbed a Soul Ring.
• The male leader struck Yu Tianheng from behind when he was depleted, hurling him through several trees and leaving his fate unknown.
• Believing Yu Tianheng dead, the male leader crawled toward Dugu Yan as she absorbed her Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo continued facing the sixty-thousand-year female leader five li away to keep their fight from disturbing Dugu Yan.

Dugu Bo killed the female Giant Venomous Python leader, then hurried back after discovering a more powerful male was threatening Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan. Yu Tianheng survived the male’s attack and launched a lightning-charged spear strike at its tail.

• Dugu Bo froze the female Giant Venomous Python leader with his eighth Soul Skill and petrified it with Medusa’s Gaze, shattering it into stone.
• Dugu Bo heard a powerful roar and realized another, stronger Giant Venomous Python was attacking Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, so he rushed back to them.
• Yu Tianheng rose after being struck by the male python’s tail, relying on his Innate Realm body cultivation to withstand the blow.
• Yu Tianheng summoned the Purple Lightning Spear, infused it with True Qi and lightning, and drove its tip into the male python’s tail.

Yu Tianheng killed the seventy-thousand-year Giant Venomous Python leader with the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Prison Suppression Scripture and savage physical attacks. After Dugu Bo found him and went to check on Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng learned that the python had dropped a Giant Venomous Python Left Arm Bone.

• Yu Tianheng pinned the Giant Venomous Python leader with his Purple Lightning Spear and struck it repeatedly with heavenly lightning.
• Yu Tianheng tore apart the python, killed it, and held up its severed head as Dugu Bo arrived.
• Dugu Bo asked if Yu Tianheng was all right, then hurried to check on Dugu Yan as Yu Tianheng collapsed from exhaustion.
• The system awarded Yu Tianheng seven thousand Heavenly Mandate Points and reported that the python had dropped a Giant Venomous Python Left Arm Bone.
• Yu Tianheng reacted with excitement upon learning he had obtained a Soul Bone.

Yu Tianheng found a seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone from the Giant Venomous Python and decided to give it to Dugu Yan, whose new fourth Soul Ring had raised her to level forty-one. Dugu Bo recognized the bone’s immense value and warned that powerful forces across the continent would fight to obtain it if its existence became known.

• Yu Tianheng found the Giant Venomous Python’s Left Arm Soul Bone and chose not to fuse with or sell it.
• Yu Tianheng decided to give the serpent-type Soul Bone to Dugu Yan because it suited her Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan finished absorbing her fourth Soul Ring, reached level forty-one, and gained the Jade Scale Thrust skill.
• Yu Tianheng presented the Soul Bone to Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo identified it as a seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo realized that Spirit Hall, the empires, and major sects would compete fiercely for the Soul Bone if they learned of it.

Yu Tianheng persuaded Dugu Yan to accept the seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone from the Giant Venomous Python, which Dugu Bo also coveted but declined to take. Dugu Yan completed the painful fusion, and the chapter ended with venomous scales appearing on her left arm.

• Dugu Bo warned Yu Tianheng that the Soul Bone was exceptionally valuable and asked whether he truly wanted to give it to Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianheng explained that the poison-type Soul Bone suited Dugu Yan better than his lightning-focused Martial Soul and urged her to absorb it.
• Dugu Yan initially refused, but accepted the Soul Bone after Yu Tianheng argued it would strengthen her and help her keep up with him.
• Dugu Bo refused Dugu Yan’s offer to give him the Soul Bone and suggested she treat it as a betrothal gift before she began absorbing it.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Bo guarded Dugu Yan as she endured the Soul Bone’s power and fused it with her left arm.
• Dugu Yan opened her eyes with diamond-shaped venomous scales on her left arm, and her fingertips left trails of green smoke.

Dugu Yan successfully fused with a seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone and learned its poison-enhancing effects and skill, while Dugu Bo warned her to keep it secret. After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Tianheng was appointed captain of its Imperial Fighting Team and revealed that he was a Level 51 Soul King.

• Dugu Yan fused with the Giant Venomous Python Left Arm Soul Bone, gaining stronger poison and the Myriad Poisons Strangulation skill.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yan to hide her Soul Bone, and the three returned to his country residence before heading back to the academy a month later.
• Dugu Bo escorted Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then went to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to discuss their marriage with Yu Yuanzhen.
• Meng Shenji explained the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament and named Yu Tianheng captain of the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Yu Tianheng revealed his five Soul Rings and stated that his Soul Power Level was fifty-one.

Yu Tianheng revealed that he had reached Soul King and secured Dugu Yan’s place as vice captain of the Imperial Fighting Team. After the academy selected the team, he met its members at the training ground to begin preparing them for the tournament.

• Yu Tianheng showed the Education Committee his five Soul Rings, shocking its members with his Soul King strength.
• Yu Tianheng proposed Dugu Yan as vice captain, and Meng Shenji approved her inclusion on the team.
• The academy selected the Imperial Fighting Team, with Yu Tianheng as captain and Dugu Yan as vice captain alongside Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Yu Feng, Osler, and Ye Lingling.
• Yu Tianheng reviewed the roster with Dugu Yan and said they would assess the team before improving their strength and teamwork.
• Dugu Yan gathered the members at the training ground, where Yu Tianheng arrived dramatically on his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

Yu Tianheng set the Imperial Fighting Team’s sights on winning the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament and outlined a three-year training plan. He then traveled to the imperial palace to check on his disciple Mu Qing and meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who expected him to bring glory to the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Yu Tianheng told the Imperial Fighting Team that their goal was to win the tournament and set a target of reaching at least level 45 Soul Power or the fourth ring within three years.
• Yu Tianheng taught the team the complete Innate Skill and planned to support their training with pills and one-on-one combat instruction.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan to oversee the team’s training while he focused on raising his own Soul Power from level 51 toward becoming a Six-Ring Soul Emperor.
• Yu Tianheng left for the imperial palace to check on Mu Qing and bring him pills made from Immortal Herbs.
• Yu Tianheng met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who praised his tournament prospects, while Yu Tianheng warned that Spirit Hall Academy would be difficult to defeat.

Xue Qinghe dangled an earldom and a fief before Yu Tianheng to secure his ambition and loyalty, and Yu Tianheng resolved to win the Soul Master Tournament. Yu Tianheng visited Mu Qing, gave him powerful cultivation resources, and asked whether Xue Qinghe had tried to recruit him.

• Xue Qinghe told Yu Tianheng that winning the tournament could earn its captain an earldom, a fief, and the right to raise a private army.
• Yu Tianheng was tempted by the chance to build military strength and promised to do his best to win the championship.
• Yu Tianheng visited Mu Qing, who reported that the crown prince's guards had advanced in Martial Dao training and that he had reached the second level of Organ Refining.
• Yu Tianheng gave Mu Qing a supreme-grade cultivation pill and spiritual spring, saying the pill could help him enter the Innate Realm.
• Yu Tianheng asked Mu Qing whether Xue Qinghe had tried to recruit him with promises of high office and riches.

Mu Qing reaffirmed his loyalty to Yu Tianheng, who then investigated Tang San’s whereabouts and learned he had left Nuoding Academy with Tang Hao for the Star Luo Empire. Dugu Bo visited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to arrange Dugu Yan’s marriage to Yu Tianheng, and Yu Xiaolong agreed to the match.

• Mu Qing told Yu Tianheng he would serve only him despite the crown prince’s efforts to recruit him, and Yu Tianheng praised his loyalty.
• Yu Tianheng asked Song Guan to investigate Tang San, and a messenger reported that Tang San had left Nuoding Academy with Tang Hao for the Star Luo Empire.
• Yu Tianheng decided not to pursue Tang San while Tang Hao protected him.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and asked to discuss Dugu Yan’s marriage to Yu Tianheng with acting clan leader Yu Xiaolong.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Yu Tianheng had become a Five-Ring Soul King, and Yu Xiaolong agreed to prepare gifts and formally propose the marriage.
• Dugu Bo warned Yu Xiaolong not to let Yu Tianheng mistreat Dugu Yan, and Yu Xiaolong promised to treat her as family.