Chapter Summaries

After absorbing the Life Vine, Xiao Yi struggled to accept her Hair-Skin Soul Bone but discovered her Soul Power had risen to rank 34. She demonstrated her Third Soul Skill, Spring of Life, a powerful group-healing domain, and considered how the Ageless Evergreen Ivy’s Life Attribute had mutated its effects.

• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong comforted Xiao Yi and urged her to learn to control her Hair-Skin Soul Bone.
• Ding Daoheng told Xiao Yi that her Soul Power had reached rank 34, and she realized the Life Vine’s absorption had greatly strengthened her.
• Xiao Yi revealed and activated her Third Soul Skill, Spring of Life, healing the adults within its domain.
• Chen Xiaojun cut himself to test the healing, and Xiao Yi scolded him when the wound quickly closed.
• Xiao Yi explained that Spring of Life restored 30% of an ally’s maximum health immediately and another 20% over ten seconds, and Zhu Jiazhen praised it as a rare group-healing skill.
• Xiao Yi said the Soul Skill seemed to have improved through a mutation involving the Ageless Evergreen Ivy’s Life Attribute.

Xiao Yi explained the strength and limits of her Spring of Life healing soul skill, while Chen Xiaojun encouraged her as they grew closer. Chen Cong then met the powerful soul beast Black Old, who revealed that other ancient beasts had noticed Xiao Yi’s martial soul and hinted at their interest in soul masters.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Cong that Spring of Life’s range and number of targets depended on her soul power, and that it could restore 70% of one person’s vitality instantly.
• Zhu Jiazhen and Ding Daoheng praised Xiao Yi’s healing ability, while Chen Xiaojun encouraged her and she shared an affectionate moment with him.
• Chen Cong left the group and traveled to a hill twenty li away, where he respectfully greeted Black Old, a powerful Darkness Blue Silver Vine soul beast.
• Black Old teased Chen Cong about Xiao Yi’s martial soul and said its aura had attracted the attention of other powerful soul beasts.
• Chen Cong recognized that Black Old’s talk of mutual dependence referred to soul beasts seeking soul power, bodies, and martial souls from soul masters to aid their evolution.

Chen Cong confronted Black Old over the danger posed to Xiao Yi by her rare Martial Soul, then left after warning him not to harm her. At the Spring of Life, Old Green awoke and sensed Xiao Yi, leaving her and the others bracing for his arrival.

• Chen Cong warned Black Old that the Chen Clan would protect Xiao Yi, while Black Old claimed he was only curious about her Martial Soul and said other Soul Beasts might covet it.
• Chen Cong activated his nine Soul Rings and departed, and Black Old mused about Xiao Yi's Life and Devouring attributes before sensing that Old Green was waking.
• Old Green rose from his long slumber near the Spring of Life and sent out Mental Power that detected the Ageless Evergreen Ivy near Xiao Yi.
• Chen Cong, Ding Daoheng, Cheng Wenge, and Zhu Jiazhen recognized Old Green and worried he would be angered that Xiao Yi absorbed the Life Vine's Soul Ring.
• Chen Cong told Xiao Yi to prepare for Old Green's arrival as his Mental Power drew closer, and Xiao Yi resolved to endure whatever happened.

Old Green recognized Xiao Yi’s Ageless Evergreen Ivy as the emperor of the Evergreen Ivy Clan and explained that he had awaited the emperor’s return for a thousand years. He left the Chen Clan stunned as he revealed the previous emperor’s departure and entrusted duty to guard the clan and the Spring of Life.

• Old Green appeared as a Spiritual Soul Body and ignored the others as he focused on Xiao Yi’s Ageless Evergreen Ivy.
• Chen Cong and the others blocked Old Green, fearing for Xiao Yi and explaining that she had come to obtain a soul ring.
• Old Green recognized the Ageless Evergreen Ivy and bowed to Xiao Yi, calling her the emperor who had finally returned.
• Old Green explained that the previous emperor had taken human form and left the secret realm about a thousand years earlier.
• Old Green said the previous emperor had tasked him with guarding the Evergreen Ivy Clan and the Spring of Life until the next emperor appeared.

Old Green explained that Xiao Yi was the Evergreen Ivy Clan’s new emperor and that Black Old was a powerful Dark Blue Silver Grass who coveted her. Xiao Yi accepted the danger ahead and promised to face the difficult road together with Chen Xiaojun.

• Old Green revealed that the Life Vine could grow into an eighth-grade Soul Beast and that Xiao Yi inherited the Evergreen Ivy Clan’s Emperor Bloodline.
• Old Green explained that Xiao Yi’s Ageless Evergreen Ivy was an emperor Martial Soul that could eventually gain spiritual intelligence and live independently as a Soul Beast.
• Chen Cong told Old Green that Black Old had coveted Xiao Yi, and Old Green condemned Black Old’s interference in the Vine Clan’s affairs.
• Old Green revealed that Black Old was Dark Blue Silver Grass with wood, darkness, life, and Devouring Attributes, and that he could devour blue silver grass to increase his cultivation.
• Chen Cong realized that Black Old viewed Xiao Yi as prey and wanted her Ageless Evergreen Ivy Martial Soul, leaving the group concerned for her safety.
• Xiao Yi took Chen Xiaojun’s hand and said they would face their difficult paths together, while Old Green resolved to make preparations.

Old Green Head unleashed his soul power to warn the powerful soul beasts in the Vine Sea Secret Realm against targeting Xiao Yi, briefly restoring calm. He explained that only seven beasts in the realm, including himself, had truly reached Saint King level, though others possessed comparable battle power.

• Old Green Head sent a powerful soul-power surge across the secret realm, stirring its hidden Vine Soul Beasts and provoking reactions from several Saint King-level creatures.
• Ding Daoheng and the others hurried to Old Green Head, who said he had warned the old beasts and assured them that lesser soul beasts would not lightly attack Xiao Yi.
• Zhu Jiazhen welcomed the warning, and Cheng Wenge said the group could handle threats below Saint King level.
• Chen Xiaojun wondered how the secret realm could sustain so many powerful beasts, and Old Green Head clarified that only seven had truly reached Saint King level.
• Chen Cong noted that the Xie Luo Mountain Range’s abundant soul power could nourish the three-thousand-square-kilometer secret realm.

Old Green explained why powerful Vine Soul Beasts had gathered in the secret realm and identified traces of several vine species within Xiao Yi’s martial soul. He judged Xiao Yi’s condition stable and approved the plan to use nine Vine Soul Beasts to help him advance, while stressing the importance of choosing high-grade beasts.

• Old Green told Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong that the soul beasts were divided into factions and that the Chen Clan could stand against them.
• Old Green revealed that rare Vine Soul Beasts had appeared in the secret realm over the past few hundred years, strengthening its soul power and attracting more beasts.
• Old Green pointed out that Xiao Yi’s Ageless Evergreen Ivy Tree bore marks of the Sword Willow Vine, Sky Azure Vine, and Life Vine.
• Chen Cong described Xiao Yi’s awakened Devouring and Five Elements Attributes, and Old Green welcomed the news as beneficial to the sovereign’s growth.
• Old Green said Xiao Yi’s condition was stable and endorsed using nine Vine Soul Beasts to advance his martial soul, recommending Grade Nine beasts when possible.

Chen Xiaojun and Old Green discussed how to choose soul-beast attributes to help Xiao Yi advance safely, and Old Green agreed to pass on the Evergreen Ivy Clan’s inherited techniques. Three days later, Chen Xiaojun visited the Chen Clan’s medicinal plantation, where Ding Daoheng called him over for an inspection.

• Old Green praised the Five Elements soul-beast choices and cautioned that Xiao Yi’s attributes needed to remain compatible and stable.
• Chen Xiaojun explained his Yin-Yang Five Elements theory, proposing that Life pair with a complementary Yin attribute such as death, destruction, or slaughter.
• Old Green accepted the theory but warned that an imbalance between Yin and Yang could cause backlash, and Chen Xiaojun asked him to help screen future soul beasts.
• Old Green offered to teach Xiao Yi the Evergreen Ivy Clan’s inherited techniques, including techniques for cooperation between soul masters and the Ageless Evergreen Ivy.
• Three days later, Chen Xiaojun arrived at the Chen Clan’s medicinal plantation, where Ding Daoheng invited him to inspect the fields with Zhu Jiazhen’s explanation.

Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun toured the Chen Clan Plantation to inspect its medicinal herbs and family reserves for the planned Herbal Medicine Market. Zhu Jiazhen and Ding Daoheng explained the plantation’s crops and cultivation methods, leaving Chen Xiaojun impressed by its scale and expertise.

• Zhu Jiazhen showed Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun the Medicine Fields and described the uses of Spirit Heart Grass, Purple Cloud Ganoderma, and Night Glow Grass.
• Zhu Jiazhen explained that the clan used fertile soil, suitable climates, and water diluted with the Spring of Life to cultivate medicinal herbs, while Ding Daoheng described their routine field care.
• Cheng Wenge introduced the Spirit Fields, where Ding Daoheng explained the qualities and limited supply of Spirit Crystal Rice.
• Ding Daoheng described how the clan used spirit-rich land, special formations, soul techniques, and careful seed and field management to grow Spirit Crystal Rice.
• Chen Xiaojun admired Ding Daoheng’s cultivation methods and reflected on how developed agriculture was across the Douluo Continent.

Ding Daoheng explained how the Chen Clan cultivated spirit rice and high-level fruits and vegetables using specialized soul arts and Life Stream Water. The group hoped that producing High-Level Spirit Rice would help the clan gain influence in the Agricultural Association.

• Ding Daoheng described how purified Spirit Spring Water and soul arts supported the growth and quality of spirit rice.
• Cheng Wenge explained that soul arts helped with farming, while Chen Xiaojun said he would ask his mother to teach him useful techniques.
• Ding Daoheng showed Chen Xiaojun a White Melon grown with Life Stream Water, and Chen Xiaojun praised its taste.
• Ding Daoheng explained that the clan's experimental high-level fruits and vegetables had low yields and were not yet ready to sell outside the village.
• Ding Daoheng said the clan had little influence in the Agricultural Association, and Cheng Wenge and Zhu Jiazhen urged him to keep working toward producing High-Level Spirit Rice.

Chen Cong, Chen Xiaojun, and Zhu Jiazhen toured the Fine Products Garden and discussed its rare high-grade herbs and cultivation methods. Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong revealed plans for a Chang'an City Herbal Medicine Market and an integrated medicinal-herb industry, leaving the clan’s plantation poised to support their expansion.

• Zhu Jiazhen showed Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun the Fine Products Garden and explained how the clan cultivated rare seventh- and eighth-grade medicinal herbs.
• Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun examined Purple Lotus Heart Grass, Mystic Dragon Root, Azure Spirit Mushrooms, and other precious herbs as Zhu Jiazhen described their properties and cultivation.
• Zhu Jiazhen explained how the clan adjusted irrigation, shade, and ventilation to improve the growth of Azure Wave Jade Grass and Ice Heart Lotus.
• Chen Xiaojun praised the plantation, and Zhu Jiazhen, Ding Daoheng, and Cheng Wenge described its legacy and benefits for cultivation.
• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong told Ding Daoheng they planned to establish a Herbal Medicine Market in Chang'an City and build an industry linking herb cultivation, processing, and sales.
• Chen Cong said they also planned to introduce rare varieties and develop more efficient growing methods to strengthen the plantation as the market’s backing.

Chen Xiaojun discussed the secret realm’s shortages of high-grade seeds and manpower with Chen Yu and the elders, proposing to ease access restrictions. Chen Yu challenged him to consider the family’s limited Soul Saint manpower and prompted him to ask for guidance.

• Zhu Jiazhen identified high-grade seeds and manpower as two problems facing the secret realm’s development.
• Chen Yu arrived, heard Chen Xiaojun recount what had happened, and asked for his proposed solutions.
• Chen Xiaojun said the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well held many high-grade seeds and proposed opening the secret realm to Soul Saint Stage members of the Zhaowu Nine Clans.
• Chen Xiaojun argued that the secret realm was safer and that Old Green would protect it while Xiao Yi was present.
• Chen Cong questioned what would happen if Xiao Yi were harmed, and Chen Yu pointed out that the Chen Clan’s Soul Saints already had assigned duties.
• Chen Xiaojun realized he had not considered the limits on available manpower and respectfully asked Chen Yu to instruct him.

Chen Yu confronted Chen Xiaojun about his plans to loosen secrecy around the secret realms, recruit more families and talent, and expand the Chen Clan. He endorsed bold reform while warning Xiaojun to work with the clan rather than push changes alone.

• Chen Yu laid out a plan to open the secret realms to more cultivators, cultivate talent, and strengthen the clan through recruitment and expansion.
• Chen Yu questioned Chen Xiaojun's motives, and Xiaojun said he feared the clan would lose the initiative if it missed the chance to use the secret realms.
• Chen Yu told Xiaojun to prepare complete proposals for discussion with the elders and urged him to act carefully and consider the clan's broader interests.
• Chen Yu explained that the Chen Clan had endured by adapting, pooling its wisdom, and knowing when to push bold reforms.
• Chen Yu said the clan's emergence and need for resources and talent made loosening secrecy and attracting families urgent, while Xiaojun recognized he still had much to learn.

Xiao Yi reunited with Chen Yu as Old Green introduced the Green Vine Saint King, who revealed his connection to the Evergreen Ivy Clan and offered Xiao Yi the Sky Azure Vine inheritance. Xiao Yi gratefully accepted, gaining a major opportunity to strengthen her cultivation path.

• Xiao Yi greeted Chen Yu, who affectionately welcomed her.
• Old Green revealed that one treant was his external incarnation, while Chen Yu recognized the other as the Green Vine Saint King.
• The Green Vine Saint King introduced himself as Sky Azure and explained the ties between the Sky Azure Vine and Evergreen Vine lineages.
• Old Green said Xiao Yi could learn the Sky Azure Vine’s inherited secret techniques because her Second Soul Ring martial soul was the Sky Azure Vine.
• Xiao Yi thanked Old Green and Sky Azure and promised to cultivate diligently for the Green Vine Clan.

Xiao Yi explained how the Evergreen Heart Sutra complemented the Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream and described her plans to combine both with the Big Dipper Grand Technique. Chen Cong concluded that the three techniques could form an inheritance with a strong chance of reaching level 99 Peerless Douluo, leaving Chen Xiaojun newly impressed by Xiao Yi and the Evergreen Ivy Clan.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that Old Green had taught her the Evergreen Heart Sutra, a meditation method passed down by the Evergreen Ivy Clan's emperors.
• Old Green and Old Heaven explained that the Evergreen Heart Sutra and the Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream complemented each other, strengthening Xiao Yi's Soul Power and combat agility when used together.
• Chen Cong praised Xiao Yi's comprehension and urged her to continue studying how to fuse the two techniques.
• Xiao Yi said she was also cultivating the Big Dipper Grand Technique and hoped to combine all three methods.
• Chen Cong estimated that the three fused techniques could give Xiao Yi a strong chance of reaching level 99 Peerless Douluo, shocking those present.

Chen Xiaojun encouraged Xiao Yi to fuse three cultivation techniques into a new path, while the Chen Clan agreed to share the Big Dipper Grand Technique with Old Green and Green Vine Saint King. Xiao Yi demonstrated her Life Force Field’s healing and herb-nourishing effects, drawing praise and a cutting remark about Seventh Grade Spirits.

• Chen Xiaojun encouraged Xiao Yi to combine the Evergreen Heart Sutra, Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream, and Big Dipper Grand Technique into a new cultivation path.
• Old Green and Green Vine Saint King asked the Chen Clan to teach them the Big Dipper Grand Technique, and Chen Yu agreed after consulting Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun.
• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun she had learned Life Force Field and demonstrated how it surrounded everyone with restorative power.
• Xiao Yi used Life Force Field on the Fine Products Garden herbs, increasing their vitality, growth, and medicinal potency.
• Zhu Jiazhen and Ding Daoheng praised Xiao Yi’s Emperor Martial Soul, and Cheng Wenge remarked that it surpassed a Seventh Grade Spirit.

Old Green explained the Evergreen Ivy Clan’s Life Force Field and Life Force Awakening, and how mastering both could help Xiao Yi approach the Life Domain. Chen Xiaojun then learned that the Evergreen Ivy Clan had an ancient alliance and ongoing ties with the Blue Silver Grass Clan.

• Old Green distinguished force fields from domains and explained that Xiao Yi’s Life Force Field could develop further if she comprehended the Life Domain.
• Xiao Yi described Life Force Awakening, a secret skill that boosted a target’s abilities after healing and could also be used on herself without losing strength.
• Chen Cong and Chen Yu reminded Chen Xiaojun that clan secret skills were profound inheritances and encouraged him to keep learning.
• Chen Xiaojun asked about the relationship between the Evergreen Ivy Clan and the Blue Silver Grass Clan.
• Old Green explained that the clans had once depended on and allied with each other during the Dark Era, and that their covenant and mutual ties still remained.
• The Green Vine Saint King and Old Green said the Evergreen Ivy Clan’s Life Attribute strength and secret skills surpassed those of the Blue Silver Grass Clan.

Xiao Yi used items Ye Xiuxin had given her to transform the Ice Heart Lotus into a Ninth Grade Ice Heart Snow Lotus and turn the Life Stream Hub Pool into a miniature Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Old Heaven and Old Green tested the pool and discovered that it accelerated their growth and strength.

• Xiao Yi poured Extremely Cold Spring Water onto the Ice Heart Lotus, advancing it into a Ninth Grade Ice Heart Snow Lotus.
• Chen Xiaojun recognized the spring water, and Xiao Yi explained that Ye Xiuxin had prepared it to help the lotus advance.
• Xiao Yi poured spring water into the Life Stream Hub Pool and added three Hearts of the Divine Tree, making the pool's waters manifest both icy and blazing heat.
• The herbs growing beside the pool responded to its nourishment by growing more vigorously, and Chen Xiaojun called it a miniature Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Green Vine Saint King and Old Green entered the pool to test it; Green Vine Saint King felt his body grow more than three times as fast, while Old Green sensed the ingredients held mysterious, high-level energy.

Xiao Yi demonstrated that Ice and Fire Spring Water and the Heart of the Divine Tree could accelerate the growth of high-level Plant Soul Beasts, prompting the Chen Clan and Evergreen Ivy Clan to negotiate a trade. The chapter ended with the clans discussing valuable exchanges and deeper cooperation while Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun shared a tender moment.

• Chen Xiaojun praised Xiao Yi's cultivation method after medicinal herbs grew rapidly in the pool, while Chen Yu cautioned that the Heart of the Divine Tree was scarce.
• The Green Vine Saint King and Elder Qing asked about obtaining the spring water and Heart of the Divine Tree, and Chen Yu said the Chen Clan had reserves of water but little Heart left.
• Elder Qing proposed trading the essence of the Spring of Life, and the Green Vine Saint King offered the Chen Clan land and protection in his territory.
• Elder Qing and the Green Vine Saint King offered to help the Chen Clan connect with other clans, leaving the Chen Clan pleased with the proposed alliance.
• Xiao Yi took Chen Xiaojun's hand, and he gently stroked her head as the three Great Grandfathers watched with approving smiles.

The group tested Ice and Fire Spring Water on spirit rice and medicinal herbs, finding that the rice could not withstand it while the herbs endured. Old Green officially named Xiao Yi the Evergreen Ivy Clan’s Holy Maiden, and Chen Xiaojun recognized that she had a destiny and path of her own.

• Ding Daoheng wanted to use Ice and Fire Spring Water to upgrade spirit rice and sixth-grade herbs, but Xiao Yi advised caution until Xiu Xin arrived.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested testing the water with a ladle, and Ding Daoheng’s Spirit Crystal Rice grew quickly before splitting and freezing under its power.
• Zhu Jiazhen sprinkled the water on medicinal herbs, which endured the test, and the group began diluting it for further trials.
• Old Green announced that Xiao Yi had officially become the Evergreen Ivy Clan’s Holy Maiden because she had inherited the Ageless Evergreen Ivy Emperor Bloodline martial soul.
• The Green Vine Saint King explained the Holy Maiden’s vine marks, and Chen Xiaojun understood their connection to her bloodline and External Soul Bone.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected on Xiao Yi’s strength and independent destiny, believing she would make her own legend.