Chapter Summaries

Gan Lin went with Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace for Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul Awakening. After confronting Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng, Gan Lin nearly struck Ye Lingling when she and Dugu Yan tried to prank him, but Dugu Bo stopped his punch.

• Ye Lingling jumped on Gan Lin to wake him, and Dugu Yan explained that the children were going to the palace for the Martial Soul Awakening.
• Gan Lin, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling arrived at the palace, where Prince Xue Xing introduced the fourth prince, Xue Beng.
• Gan Lin called out Xue Beng for staring at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, prompting Prince Xue Xing to make Xue Beng apologize.
• As Gan Lin dozed off while waiting, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling crept up to prank him.
• Gan Lin woke and swung at Ye Lingling, but Dugu Bo appeared and caught his fist.

Gan Lin awakened a Vision Martial Soul under the gaze of the Heaven Dou nobles, while a phantom of Morax appeared and gave him a Geo Vision and Blackcliff Warbow. The chapter ended as the Thunder Tiger Soul Douluo launched his seventh and eighth Soul Skills.

• Dugu Bo scolded Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling for disturbing the sleeping Gan Lin, and Ye Huixin let him nap until the Martial Soul Awakening began.
• Xue Ye opened the ceremony, and the children of the gathered families and sects awakened their Martial Souls; Ye Lingling received Nine Heart Begonia with good Innate Soul Power.
• Gan Lin took the final turn, and the Thunder Tiger Soul Douluo noticed that his Soul Power flow had been interrupted as a gigantic phantom appeared behind the boy.
• Morax's phantom gave Gan Lin an unlit Liyue Vision, which the Diary System converted into a second Martial Soul, while Gan Lin concealed his original Martial Soul.
• Morax gathered rocks into a Blackcliff Warbow and restored the Vision's Geo light; as Gan Lin took the bow, the Soul Douluo used Martial Soul Avatar and Fierce Tiger Rushing Thunder.

During Gan Lin’s Martial Soul Awakening, Soul Douluo Thunder Tiger attacked him, but Morax protected Gan Lin and killed the traitor. Dugu Bo confronted Emperor Xue Ye, who offered compensation, while Gan Lin described his dream of Morax to Ning Fengzhi and the gathered experts.

• Soul Douluo Thunder Tiger attacked Gan Lin during his Martial Soul Awakening, but a talisman blocked the strike and Morax killed Thunder Tiger with a spear of rock.
• Morax warned Gan Lin to be careful and told him that Ganyu missed him before fading away.
• Dugu Bo shielded Gan Lin and Dugu Yan, demanded an explanation from Emperor Xue Ye, and forced him to offer the two juniors three treasures each and a private gift for Gan Lin.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gan Lin about the strange awakening and talismans, while Dugu Bo defended Gan Lin’s right to keep his secrets.
• Gan Lin described a dream of a kind elder who led the adepti, carved dragons, and protected the world, leaving the gathered experts to consider what they had witnessed.

Gan Lin used the Blackcliff Warbow to punish Huyan Zhen for coveting his divine weapon, stripping him of his Martial Soul and cultivation. The onlookers abandoned their schemes as Huyan Zhen left in disgrace, while Gan Lin conserved the limited divine power in the Sigil of Permission.

• Huyan Zhen urged Xue Ye to take Gan Lin's divine bow, but Xue Qinghe and Xue Ye denied wanting it.
• Gan Lin challenged Huyan Zhen to try the Blackcliff Warbow, and its golden light sent him flying.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others realized the bow could overpower even a Titled Douluo, and Salas decided to report the matter to Bibi Dong.
• Huyan Zhen stood up, discovered his Martial Soul and Soul Power were gone, and accused Gan Lin of causing it.
• Huyan Zhen left in disgrace, and Gan Lin reflected that using the bow consumed the limited divine power in the Sigil of Permission.

After Huyan Zhen left, Xue Ye apologized to Gan Lin for the ceremony and gave him permission to choose three treasures from the imperial treasury. Gan Lin declined Xue Qinghe’s attempts to learn his political views, selected his rewards, and left the treasury with his choices confirmed.

• After the other guests departed, Xue Ye apologized to Gan Lin and offered him any three treasures from the imperial treasury.
• Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe to escort Gan Lin to the treasury while he took Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to a side hall.
• On the way, Xue Qinghe invited Gan Lin to serve the Heaven Dou dynasty and asked what he thought of Spirit Hall, but Gan Lin gave noncommittal answers.
• Xue Qinghe opened the imperial treasury and allowed Gan Lin to choose any three items.
• Gan Lin selected the Compendium of a Hundred Herbs, the Condensed Arrow Ice Box, and a ten-thousand-year Left Arm Soul Bone, then confirmed his choices to Xue Qinghe.

Gan Lin returned from the treasury with three treasures chosen to help him use the Immortal Herbs, improve his attacks, and manage Dugu Bo's poison. Impressed by his talent and practical choices, Xue Ye offered him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as an additional gift.

• Gan Lin chose the Compendium of a Hundred Herbs to help him identify and use the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gan Lin selected the Condensed Arrow Ice Box to supplement his attacks and a ten-thousand-year-old Left Arm Soul Bone to store Dugu Bo's toxins more safely.
• Xue Qinghe brought Gan Lin back to the side hall and reported his choices to Xue Ye.
• Xue Ye praised Gan Lin's talent and restraint, while Dugu Bo silently expressed his approval.
• Xue Ye ordered an attendant to bring another treasure and offered Gan Lin the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as a token of his regard.

Gan Lin accepted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Ye, strengthening his ties with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and claiming an opportunity connected to the Sea God. That night, he wrote in his mysterious diary, which was nearly fully charged, and wondered what reward it would offer.

• Xue Ye presented Gan Lin with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as an apology gift, and Gan Lin accepted it calmly.
• Dugu Bo approved of Gan Lin's decision, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling admired the treasure and Gan Lin.
• Dugu Bo led Gan Lin away from the palace, and Xue Ye promised that the imperial family would welcome him in the future.
• Alone in his room, Gan Lin produced his diary and considered its charging rules, its readers in Teyvat, and the restriction against writing real names.
• Gan Lin noted that the diary was ninety-five percent charged and awaited its reward.

Ganyu read Gan Lin’s diary and learned that he missed her and wanted to touch her horns. Determined to help him from afar, she gathered the fortune she had saved over a thousand years and brought it to Ningguang.

• Ganyu found a diary containing Gan Lin’s account of his Martial Soul Awakening and read about his worries and longing for her.
• Ganyu was moved to learn that Gan Lin missed her, and she felt bashful when she read that he wanted to touch her horns.
• Ganyu decided to help Gan Lin and collected her savings and valuables from a wooden box.
• Ganyu brought her thousand-year fortune to Ningguang, who was astonished by its size.
• Ganyu told Ningguang, “I want to help him.”

Gan Lin wondered whether his Qilin Martial Soul meant he shared Ganyu’s bloodline, and Ganyu read his thoughts in the diary. Convinced there might be more to his origins, she rushed to ask Cloud Retainer for answers.

• Gan Lin wrote that his Qilin Martial Soul might mean he was born into the Qilin clan and hoped he and Ganyu were real family.
• Ganyu read Gan Lin’s entry and recalled finding him as a baby with a golden Qilin marking among Qingxin flowers at the foot of Jueyun Karst.
• Ganyu became convinced that Gan Lin’s bloodline might match hers and decided she needed to learn the truth.
• Ganyu hurried from Yuehai Pavilion toward Cloud Retainer’s abode, while a secretary reported that Lady Ganyu had been driven mad by work.
• Ganyu arrived at Cloud Retainer’s abode and prepared to ask about Gan Lin’s origins, planning to ask the Geo Archon if Cloud Retainer had no answers.

Gan Lin used his diary’s expanded reward selection to claim the Primordial Jade Cutter, Juvenile Jade, and Basalt Pillar. The two Geo items began transforming into Soul Rings, and Gan Lin learned he could control the process to obtain rings at an age he could absorb.

• Gan Lin discovered that the diary let him choose three treasures, and he suspected Ganyu had given him a massive tip.
• Gan Lin chose the Primordial Jade Cutter, a weapon once wielded by Morax, and learned it increased his attack power by 1000% while he was uninjured.
• Gan Lin selected Juvenile Jade and Basalt Pillar, hoping the Teyvat drops could become Soul Rings on the Douluo Continent.
• Gan Lin felt the Juvenile Jade pulling at him like a Soul Ring and confirmed that both Geo items could be converted into Soul Rings.
• Gan Lin learned he could stop extracting energy whenever he wished, allowing him to obtain a Soul Ring at an age he could absorb.

Gan Lin told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that he was ready to absorb his first Soul Ring, then used the Juvenile Jade to gain a thousand-three-hundred-year ring. He emerged with his Soul Power stabilized at level fifteen.

• Gan Lin told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that he would absorb a Soul Ring, and explained that the Juvenile Jade and Basalt Pillar had been bestowed alongside Rex Lapis's phantom.
• Dugu Bo agreed to guard Gan Lin during the absorption, while Dugu Yan watched over the cave.
• Gan Lin chose the Juvenile Jade, sensing its potential to absorb other attributes and help his Soul Skill grow.
• Gan Lin absorbed the Juvenile Jade's Soul Ring, which settled at a thousand-three-hundred-year age without harming him.
• Gan Lin's Soul Power rose from level ten to level fifteen, and he awoke feeling more than twice as strong as before.

After absorbing his first Soul Ring, Gan Lin showed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan the two forms of his Soul Skill, Primordial Rock Breath. The chapter ended as Dugu Bo sensed the surprising force of Gan Lin’s group attack.

• Dugu Bo examined Gan Lin after he absorbed the Thousand-Year Soul Ring and found him healthy and unusually strong.
• Gan Lin explained that Primordial Rock Breath had single-target and group-attack forms, so Dugu Bo took them to a clearing in Sunset Forest.
• Gan Lin fired the single-target form at Dugu Bo, who blocked it and praised its strength while warning that its long windup made it difficult to land.
• Gan Lin asked Dugu Yan to stand behind Dugu Bo before demonstrating the group form, and Dugu Bo supported his request.
• Gan Lin aimed Primordial Rock Breath at the ground and unleashed a shock wave; Dugu Bo was surprised by its strength.

Gan Lin tested his first Soul Skill, and Dugu Bo explained its strengths, weaknesses, and how to use it in battle. Gan Lin sensed that his Soul Ring held other sealed skills, leaving Dugu Bo wondering how powerful it might become.

• Dugu Bo assessed Gan Lin’s first Soul Skill, warning that its slow charge, indiscriminate range, and ground-bound attack made it vulnerable to counters.
• Dugu Bo advised Gan Lin to use the skill to control enemy movement and conceal its power from others.
• Dugu Yan reacted with surprise that Gan Lin’s skill had forced Dugu Bo to use Soul Power, then challenged Gan Lin to spar with her later.
• Gan Lin sensed several sealed markings on his Soul Ring that seemed to represent additional Soul Skills and told Dugu Bo about them.
• Dugu Bo guessed that Gan Lin’s Soul Ring had untapped potential and told him to master his first skill before trying to unlock more.
• Dugu Yan asked when Gan Lin would awaken the other skills, and he said he would do so when he could handle them.

Gan Lin defeated Dugu Yan in a spar without using his Martial Soul, then investigated signs that his Vision Martial Soul was awakening a second element. He studied the Compendium of a Hundred Herbs to prepare for finding Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Gan Lin overwhelmed Dugu Yan with physical techniques and pinned her, winning despite being level fifteen and never activating his Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan complained to Dugu Bo after losing, and he laughed at her defeat.
• Gan Lin recorded his Vision's changes and suspected that a second element was awakening.
• Gan Lin studied the Compendium of a Hundred Herbs, noting how to find and consume Immortal Herbs for himself, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.

Gan Lin persuaded Dugu Bo to let him practice harvesting spirit herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He selected four Immortal Herbs for himself, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, leaving Dugu Bo impressed by his knowledge and care.

• Gan Lin asked Dugu Bo for jade, gold, and silver shovels so he could practice processing medicinal herbs, and Dugu Bo agreed to take him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gan Lin identified and carefully harvested Ice and Fire Joined-Spike Grass for himself.
• Gan Lin selected Dark Jade Poison-Concentrating Flower for Dugu Bo, explaining that it could strengthen his poison and repair damage to his meridians.
• Gan Lin harvested Azure Phosphorous Dew-Concentrating Grass for Dugu Yan and Exquisite Jade-Stamen Flower for Ye Lingling.
• Gan Lin sealed the four herbs in boxes and said he would process them according to the Compendium of a Hundred Herbs, while Dugu Bo hid his approval and led him back.

Gan Lin took the Ice and Fire Joined-Spike Grass to test the Compendium of a Hundred Herbs, despite Dugu Bo’s worries. The herb’s opposing forces overwhelmed Gan Lin’s body, and the Juvenile Jade protected his meridians as the test continued.

• Gan Lin explained why Dugu Bo’s poison-tainted body and powerful Soul Power made him an unsuitable test subject, and insisted on taking the herb himself.
• Gan Lin reminded Dugu Bo that he had chosen and prepared the test and had to bear its risks, so Dugu Bo agreed to stand guard.
• Dugu Bo raised a poison barrier around Gan Lin as Gan Lin swallowed the Ice and Fire Joined-Spike Grass.
• The herb’s ice and fire forces surged through Gan Lin’s body, causing severe pain and visible changes to his skin.
• Gan Lin told Dugu Bo not to suppress the herb’s effects, while the Juvenile Jade shielded the walls of his meridians from collapsing.

Gan Lin endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well herbs, using the Primo Geovishap's power to tame their forces and strengthen his body. He broke through to level twenty and awakened Anemo alongside Geo, leaving Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan stunned by his gains.

• Gan Lin survived the herbs’ ice-and-fire tempering, and he told Dugu Bo that the Compendium of a Hundred Herbs’ formulas were likely correct.
• Dugu Bo realized Gan Lin had protected him and Dugu Yan from the danger of testing the herbs, and Dugu Yan understood that Gan Lin had also shielded her from their enemies.
• Gan Lin sensed that he had reached level twenty, while Dugu Bo found his meridians and Qi and blood greatly strengthened.
• Gan Lin’s Vision Martial Soul changed, and he discovered that he could wield Anemo as well as Geo.
• Gan Lin summoned Geo in one palm and Anemo in the other, and Dugu Bo called him a monster with pride.

Gan Lin guided Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling as they took Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Dugu Bo stayed behind to guard them. Dugu Yan’s transformation began, and Ye Lingling swallowed her herb as Gan Lin comforted her.

• Gan Lin explained that Ye Lingling should take the gentle Exquisite Jade-Stamen Flower while her healing Martial Soul Origin was still developing, and Dugu Bo went to fetch her.
• Ye Huixin brought Ye Lingling to the well, and Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan the Azure Phosphorous Dew-Concentrating Grass before setting aside his own herb to guard the girls.
• Dugu Yan swallowed the Azure Phosphorous Dew-Concentrating Grass, and blue-green lines spread across her skin as she endured the pain.
• A three-foot emerald snake phantom appeared behind Dugu Yan, and its gaze killed the poisonous insects around the well.
• Ye Lingling swallowed the Exquisite Jade-Stamen Flower after Gan Lin reassured her and guided her to close her eyes.

Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan transformed after taking rare herbs, reaching Level thirty and becoming ready to hunt for their third Soul Rings. As Dugu Bo left to prepare for the hunt, Gan Lin chose to stay behind and test more herbs in the spring.

• Ye Lingling swallowed the Exquisite Jade-Stamen Flower, and her Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Heart Glaze Begonia with stronger, less draining healing abilities.
• Dugu Yan’s bloodline reverted to the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, her poison became more powerful and obedient, and she reached Level thirty.
• Gan Lin found that Ye Lingling had also reached Level thirty and confirmed that she could seek a third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo gave Gan Lin the dark jade poison-condensing flower and announced that he would prepare to hunt Soul Rings with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Gan Lin decided to stay behind and try more herbs, and Dugu Bo agreed while warning him to test only one plant at a time and avoid the deepest blackish plants.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ye Huixin left Gan Lin at the cave as they set out to prepare for the Soul Ring hunt.

After Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling into the poisonous miasma, Gan Lin consumed three established Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to strengthen his body, Soul Power, Martial Soul, and spiritual perception. He finished near the level-thirty bottleneck and planned to hunt for Soul Rings once the others returned.

• Gan Lin picked and consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot, which strengthened his body, raised his fire affinity, and increased his Soul Power.
• Gan Lin ate the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, balancing his ice and fire affinities and further hardening his body.
• Gan Lin submerged himself in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used its opposing currents to refine his body, Soul Power, and Vision Martial Soul.
• Gan Lin consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, greatly expanding his Sea of Consciousness and improving his perception and control.
• Gan Lin assessed his gains and looked toward the Sunset Forest, planning to obtain Soul Rings after Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling returned.