Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao and Qiangu Tianzhang’s duel ended in a draw, but Ma Xiaotao’s Battle Armor impressed neutral factions and weakened opposition to the Spirit Contract Pagoda. Yu Tianyu proposed making the third match decide ownership of Dragon Valley, and Xu Xingyu privately urged Di Tian to negotiate for higher stakes.

• Ma Xiaotao and Qiangu Tianzhang collapsed unconscious, and the elders’ battle was declared a draw.
• Xu Xingyu examined Ma Xiaotao’s severe injuries, while Qiangu Tianzhang was found to have exhausted his powers and suffered serious burns.
• The duel demonstrated Battle Armor’s strength, making neutral factions curious about the Spirit Contract Pagoda and causing some Anti-Spirit Alliance members to reconsider their opposition.
• Yu Tianyu asked Di Tian to hold the third match and proposed that its winner take Dragon Valley, but Di Tian initially refused to risk the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s lead.
• Yu Tianyu offered to disband the Anti-Spirit Alliance and prevent its departing factions from troubling the Spirit Contract Pagoda if his side lost.
• Xu Xingyu privately told Di Tian to consider the proposal but demand higher stakes, and Di Tian began negotiating with Yu Tianyu.

The Spirit Contract Pagoda and the Anti-Spirit Alliance settled the terms of a single match between Di Tian and Yu Tianyu to decide the conflict. The battle began with both powerhouses releasing their dragon Martial Souls, and Di Tian’s black dragon might confronted Yu Tianyu’s lightning.

• Xu Xingyu told Di Tian he could use the Black Dragon Crown if the match became critical.
• The Spirit Contract Pagoda agreed to let the third match decide the outcome, while the Anti-Spirit Alliance agreed to disband and pay five pureblood dragon Soul Bones if it lost.
• The factions prepared for the final match, and the repaired arena was readied despite being unable to withstand a battle between such powerful Douluo.
• Yu Tianyu released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, spreading scales and blue lightning as his dragon’s might pressured the spectators.
• Di Tian transformed into a black dragon-man and answered Yu Tianyu’s pressure with the Beast God’s majesty as the battle began.

Yu Tianyu revealed the Heart of the Thunder Dragon and the Lightning Dragon Heavenly Fang Club in his battle against Di Tian, briefly matching the Beast God but struggling to use the artifacts’ full power. After the club responded to his indignation, Yu Tianyu gathered lightning for a decisive Thunder Bagua attack, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Yu Tianyu fused with the remaining True Dragon Nine Crowns and revealed the Heart of the Thunder Dragon, raising his Soul Power and bloodline to Dragon King level.
• Di Tian recognized the Heart of the Thunder Dragon as the Lightning Dragon King’s and attacked Yu Tianyu with killing intent, prompting both fighters to transform and clash.
• Xu Xingyu explained to Gu Qiuxi that Yu Tianyu’s borrowed power would fade and bring backlash because the Lightning Dragon King had not acknowledged him.
• Yu Tianyu left his Martial Soul Avatar and wielded the Lightning Dragon Heavenly Fang Club, striking Di Tian but drawing only a fraction of the artifact’s power.
• The Lightning Dragon Heavenly Fang Club responded to Yu Tianyu’s resolve, and he gathered lightning and Soul Power before unleashing Thunder Bagua.

Di Tian defeated Yu Tianyu’s Thunder Bagua with his Dark Abyss Black Dragon Slaying after recognizing that the Heart of the Thunder Dragon had begun fusing with Yu Tianyu. Yu Tianyu lost the match and fell, leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan facing the wager’s costly compensation.

• Yu Tianyu attacked Di Tian with Thunder Bagua, while Di Tian refused to evade the strike and countered with Dark Abyss Black Dragon Slaying.
• Di Tian’s attack eroded and absorbed Thunder Bagua’s energy, trapping Yu Tianyu as he poured more Soul Power into his club.
• Yu Tianyu realized he could not afford to lose, since the Anti-Spirit Alliance would owe the Spirit Contract Pagoda five true dragon Soul Bones.
• Di Tian noticed the Heart of the Thunder Dragon fusing with Yu Tianyu and said he would leave the rest to him.
• Di Tian’s black dragon head shattered Thunder Bagua, and Yu Tianyu spat blood and fell to the ground.

Yu Tianyu surrendered to Di Tian, ending the Anti-Spirit Alliance’s wager battle in defeat. Afterward, the Heart of the Thunder Dragon drained Yu Tianyu to death, leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan helpless.

• Yu Tianyu admitted defeat to Di Tian and asked him to spare his clansmen, but Di Tian said someone else would take his life.
• The Anti-Spirit Alliance accepted that it had lost and would have to disband, abandon Dragon Valley, stop opposing the Spirit Contract Pagoda, and hand over five True Dragon Soul Bones.
• Yu Tianyu suddenly began to age as the Heart of the Thunder Dragon in his chest drained his Soul Power, life force, and bloodline power.
• A Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon elder tried to remove the Heart of the Thunder Dragon, but its lightning shield repelled him and kept everyone away from Yu Tianyu.
• The Anti-Spirit Alliance ignored the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s pleas for help, and Yu Tianyu was drained to ashes as his Soul Bones and True Dragon Nine Crowns lost their power.

The Lightning Dragon King's surviving consciousness had manipulated Yu Tianyu through the Heart of the Thunder Dragon to investigate Dragon Valley and prepare a body for his resurrection. Yu Tianyu's boast during his fight with Di Tian enraged the Lightning Dragon King, who abandoned possession and drained him to death instead.

• A Blue Lightning Clan clansman absorbed an incomplete dragon soul in the Thunder Dragon tomb, evolved his Martial Soul, and renamed the clan the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after becoming its patriarch.
• The Lightning Dragon King sensed Dragon Valley's presence on Yu Tianyu and lured him into taking the Heart of the Thunder Dragon and the Lightning Dragon Heavenly Fang Club.
• The Lightning Dragon King influenced Yu Tianyu to form the Anti-Spirit Alliance and seize Dragon Valley from the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• The Lightning Dragon King recognized Xu Xingyu as the reincarnation of the Starry Dragon Emperor and accepted the Spirit Contract Pagoda's control of Dragon Valley.
• The Lightning Dragon King purified Yu Tianyu's bloodline to prepare him as a vessel for his eventual resurrection.
• Yu Tianyu enraged the Lightning Dragon King by calling himself a Dragon King during his fight with Di Tian, and the Lightning Dragon King drained him to death through the Heart of the Thunder Dragon.

After Yu Tianyu died to the Lightning Dragon King’s Dragon Heart, Xu Xingyu recovered the abandoned divine artifacts and negotiated the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s victory over the Anti-Spirit Alliance. He then headed back to Dragon City with Gu Qiuxi and the unconscious Ma Xiaotao, discussing her interest in Battle Armor and his plans to limit its availability.

• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan abandoned the Heart of the Thunder Dragon and the Lightning Dragon Heavenly Fang Club, and Xu Xingyu picked them up and sent them to Electrolux to investigate whether the Lightning Dragon King could be resurrected.
• The Qiangu Family led the Anti-Spirit Alliance in signing a contract that ceded Dragon Valley, ended its harassment of the Spirit Contract Pagoda, and required it to provide five true dragon Soul Bones.
• The Anti-Spirit Alliance delivered five Soul Bones, and Xu Xingyu ordered the alliance to disband according to the contract.
• Xu Xingyu carried the unconscious Ma Xiaotao and held Gu Qiuxi’s hand as they returned to the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s Dragon City branch.
• Gu Qiuxi discussed the recent matches with Xu Xingyu and focused on Ma Xiaotao’s Battle Armor; Xu Xingyu said he planned to restrict the sale of higher-grade Battle Armor.

Xu Xingyu treated Ma Xiaotao after her duel with Qiangu Tianzhang, then reprimanded her for her reckless choices in the fight. Ma Xiaotao admitted her mistakes, while Xu Xingyu hoped he could help her become more mature.

• Xu Xingyu brought the unconscious Ma Xiaotao to his room and used light, water, and wood elements to treat her injuries and restore her Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao woke about an hour later and told Xu Xingyu she felt well, though she needed a few days of rest.
• Xu Xingyu confronted Ma Xiaotao about her performance against Qiangu Tianzhang, and she recalled how she had wasted Soul Power and risked serious injury.
• Ma Xiaotao accepted that Xu Xingyu's criticism was justified, and he resolved to help her curb her fiery temper and become more mature.

After Ma Xiaotao chose to return to her Vermilion Bird Trials, Xu Xingyu checked on Xu Yanxue and Bai Xiuxiu at the Earth Dragon Sect before preparing to leave for Dragon Valley. He arranged for Xu Yanxue to be watched during her Deep Meditation and agreed to take Nan Qiuqiu along.

• Xu Xingyu scolded Ma Xiaotao and told her to rest, but she decided to return and continue her Vermilion Bird Trials after recognizing her shortcomings.
• Xu Xingyu felt reassured by Ma Xiaotao's resolve and reflected on the strict trials, which demanded strong temperament and made failure fatal.
• Xu Xingyu found Bai Xiuxiu safely storing most of the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, while Xu Yanxue had entered Deep Meditation after absorbing a large amount.
• Xu Xingyu asked Nan Shuishui to arrange for people to watch over Xu Yanxue while he took his companions to Dragon Valley.
• Nan Shuishui asked Xu Xingyu to take Nan Qiuqiu to Dragon Valley, and he agreed; Nan Qiuqiu acted cautiously around him after witnessing his strength.

Xu Xingyu and his companions traveled to Dragon Valley, where Gu Yuena and the blonde Time Dragon King waited for him. At the entrance, Xu Xingyu used his Dragon God presence to open a stable gate, then led the group inside.

• Xu Xingyu set out for Dragon Valley with Gu Qiuxi, Bai Xiuxiu, Xu Sanshi, Dugu Yanran, Nan Qiuqiu, and the others.
• In Dragon Valley, Gu Yuena and the blonde woman argued silently over their rivalry and waited for Xu Xingyu to arrive.
• After about a week of travel, Xu Xingyu and his companions reached a wasteland near the Far North and found Dragon Valley's spatial entrance.
• Xu Xingyu stopped the others from touching the distortion and released his Dragon God Martial Soul.
• The spatial distortion sensed Xu Xingyu's Dragon God presence and opened into a gate, and he led the group toward Dragon Valley.

Xu Xingyu and his companions entered Dragon Valley, where the Dragon Souls and Dragon Clouds recognized him and led the group to the valley’s core. There, Xu Xingyu found Gu Yuena fighting the new Time Dragon King, who stopped and threw herself into his arms.

• Xu Xingyu and the others entered Dragon Valley and found a wasteland filled with Dragon Souls and seven-colored Dragon Clouds.
• The Dragon Souls bowed to Xu Xingyu and carried him and his companions toward Dragon Valley’s core.
• Dragon Clouds flowed into Xu Xingyu, while Gu Qiuxi and Bai Xiuxiu were the only others to attract their attention.
• Xu Xingyu’s group reached a basin with a seven-colored lake and a tower, where Gu Yuena and the new Time Dragon King were fighting.
• Gu Yuena and the blond woman stopped fighting, and Gu Yuena rushed to Xu Xingyu and embraced him.

Xu Xingyu met A Jin, a blonde woman who claimed to be the Time Dragon King's successor and to have known him ten thousand years earlier. After agreeing to call her A Jin, he asked why Dragon Valley had changed so much.

• Gu Yuena openly called Xu Xingyu her lover and dismissed the blonde woman as a maid, shocking those present.
• The blonde woman knelt before Xu Xingyu, greeted him as the Starry Dragon Emperor, and said she had last seen him ten thousand years earlier.
• Xu Xingyu suspected the woman had a connection to his past and asked what he should call her.
• The woman chose the name A Jin until Xu Xingyu resolved their karma, while Gu Yuena mocked the name.
• Xu Xingyu accepted the name A Jin and asked her why Dragon Valley differed from what he remembered.

Xu Xingyu and his companions followed A Jin into the Star Dragon Tower, where they discovered the Dragon Ascension Pillar and learned that the tower held the Dragon God’s examination. A Jin identified herself as the Time Dragon King and Dragon God High Priest, then invited them to undertake the trial or leave.

• A Jin refused to explain Dragon Valley’s secrets, and Xu Xingyu asked whether she had brought him there for a purpose.
• Xu Xingyu chose to trust A Jin, and she transformed into an Eastern-style golden dragon and led the group to the tower in the lake.
• A Jin revealed that the Star Dragon Tower was a Super Divine Artifact supporting Dragon Valley, and Xu Xingyu sensed the Dragon God’s presence within it.
• The tower’s entrance opened, and the group entered a strange world where Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena recognized the Dragon Ascension Pillar.
• A Jin introduced the Star Dragon Trial Ground, declared that she was the Time Dragon King and Dragon God High Priest, and offered the group a chance to take the Dragon God’s examination.

Xu Xingyu and the others began the Dragon God’s trials at the Dragon Ascension Pillar, where several received powerful inheritances and examinations. The chapter ended with Gu Qiuxi puzzling over a trial that required her to aid Xu Xingyu and develop her own godhood.

• Xu Xingyu declared that he would accept the Dragon God’s trial and fulfill his responsibility to reconcile humans and the Dragon Clan, then stepped onto an arena.
• Gu Qiuxi and the others chose arenas to await their trials, while A Jin and Gu Yuena remained behind because they were already God Level beings.
• A Jin activated the Dragon Ascension Pillar, and its nine-colored light bestowed dragon-shaped marks and trials on those in the arenas.
• Nan Qiuqiu received the Black Level Six Trials, Dugu Yanran received the Top-Tier Seven Trials, and Xu Sanshi received the Black Tortoise Nine Trials through a power entrusted to him by Xu Xingyu.
• Bai Xiuxiu received the Ice Dragon Nine Trials, which she could begin at the Soul Emperor realm, while Gu Qiuxi received the Golden Dragon First Trial and was tasked with helping Xu Xingyu and condensing her own godhood within ten years.

Xu Xingyu received the Dragon God Nine Trials and met the Dragon God in a mysterious space. The Dragon God embraced him and told him he could choose his own path, and Xu Xingyu promised not to disappoint him.

• A nine-colored pillar appeared, and Gu Yuena and A Jin recognized it as the Dragon God’s inheritance for Xu Xingyu.
• Gu Yuena worried when Xu Xingyu emerged from the light and stood motionless, but A Jin assured her he would soon regain his senses.
• A nine-colored dragon became a mark on Xu Xingyu’s forehead as he entered a vast, mysterious space.
• The Dragon God appeared and greeted Xu Xingyu as his son, while Xu Xingyu recognized him as his father from his first life.
• The Dragon God embraced Xu Xingyu and said he would support whichever path his son chose, and Xu Xingyu promised not to let him down.

Xu Xingyu returned from meeting the Dragon God and learned that he had become the Dragon God's inheritor, with his first trial requiring him to dive to the bottom of the Divine Dragon Pool. As the others were sent to their own trials, Xu Xingyu, Gu Yuena, and Gu Qiuxi headed for his trial site.

• Xu Xingyu confirmed to A Jin that he had received the Dragon God Nine Trials and knew his first trial was to dive to the bottom of the Divine Dragon Pool.
• A Jin summoned Xiao Dong, who transformed into a dragon and was recognized by Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena as the current Earth Dragon King.
• Xiao Dong introduced herself as the Earth Dragon King, then took Nan Qiuqiu, Dugu Yanran, Bai Xiuxiu, and the others to their trials while Xu Sanshi was sent to the Black Tortoise inheritance grounds.
• A Jin led Xu Xingyu to his first trial site, with Gu Yuena and Gu Qiuxi accompanying him.
• Xu Xingyu learned that Gu Qiuxi's Golden Dragon First Trial gave her a place to cultivate and comprehend laws for her Blank God Position.

A Jin explained the Divine Dragon Pool’s dangers, its water beasts, and how their Blood Crystals could earn cultivators a Divine Dragon Baptism. After A Jin took Gu Yuena aside to speak with the Silver Dragon King, Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi began their trial by diving into the pool.

• A Jin explained that the Divine Dragon Pool accelerated cultivation but subjected divers to crushing pressure and attacks from powerful water beasts.
• A Jin explained that the pool protected fallen Dragon Clan members’ consciousnesses, so she and Xiao Dong periodically cleared water beasts that threatened the formation.
• A Jin described how water beast Blood Crystals could be contributed to trigger Divine Dragon Baptisms of different grades.
• Xu Xingyu thanked A Jin and asked if he could return with more questions, and A Jin agreed as long as they did not concern the trial’s key points.
• A Jin took Gu Yuena aside to speak with the Silver Dragon King while Gu Yuena left with her reluctantly.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi jumped into the Divine Dragon Pool to begin their trial.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi entered the Divine Dragon Pool, where its pressure and Water Beasts challenged their cultivation. Xu Xingyu retreated to the sixth level to recover and cultivate, while Gu Qiuxi trained on the first level and resolved to gather strength before facing the beasts herself.

• Xu Xingyu checked that Gu Qiuxi could withstand the pool’s pressure, then continued downward to complete his trial.
• Xu Xingyu encountered Water Beasts on the third level, which attacked him more fiercely when he released his Dragon God presence.
• Xu Xingyu fought his way to the sixth level but retreated when Super Douluo-level Water Beasts drained his energy and deeper levels threatened stronger foes.
• Xu Xingyu concealed himself with an isolation array on the sixth level and began cultivating in the pool’s energy.
• Gu Qiuxi realized the pool could help her advance from rank forty-four Soul Ancestor toward Soul King, but decided to cultivate on the first level until she could fight Water Beasts herself.

Gu Yuena and A Jin watched Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi cultivate in the Divine Dragon Pool, while A Jin recalled a past disaster caused by rushing into its lower levels. Xiao Dong then reported that her guidance during another trial had left Nan Qiuqiu and Dugu Yanran exhausted.

• A Jin praised Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi for recognizing their limits and choosing to cultivate at a level they could withstand, while Gu Yuena dismissed their caution as basic judgment.
• Gu Yuena teased A Jin about her past, prompting A Jin to recall how her former team nearly died after rushing into the lower levels of the Divine Dragon Pool.
• A Jin refused to tell Gu Yuena more about the incident and turned away, embarrassed by the foolish choices she and her former captain had made.
• Xiao Dong appeared on a screen and told A Jin and Gu Yuena that Nan Qiuqiu and Dugu Yanran had to earn a hundred consecutive victories against Dragon Souls within a year.
• Xiao Dong admitted that she had given the two girls extra guidance after their poor first-day performance, leaving them looking nearly dead, and A Jin worried about her as an examiner.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi spent six months cultivating and hunting water beasts in the Divine Dragon Pool, growing stronger while Xu Xingyu carefully refined the energy from its baptisms. The chapter left Xu Xingyu preparing to condense his First Soul Core, with his Soul Spirits growing in power alongside him.

• Gu Qiuxi advanced from Soul King to level-sixty Soul Emperor and began hunting water beasts, but Xu Xingyu later trained with her so she could gather enough Blood Crystals for a Middle Baptism.
• Xu Xingyu reached level seventy and gathered enough Blood Crystals for Middle Baptisms, while avoiding excessive external energy that might destabilize his cultivation.
• Xu Xingyu refined baptism energy into Chaos Energy and used the surplus to increase the ages of his Soul Rings as he prepared to condense his First Soul Core.
• Xu Xingyu's Thundering Hell Vine Soul Spirit reached Ferocious Beast cultivation and awakened its Thunder God Bloodline, while Xing Xuan remained loyal to Xu Xingyu as her clan's benefactor and master.