Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng accompanied Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan through a poisonous miasma to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he inspected the precious herbs and promised to treat Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo left to find a spirit bone, leaving Xiao Heng and Dugu Yan alone at the well as she asked whether he could truly cure her grandfather.

• Dugu Bo agreed to take Xiao Heng and Dugu Yan to his herb garden after Xiao Heng reaffirmed that he only wanted the herbs.
• Xiao Heng flew alongside Dugu Bo and gave Dugu Yan a pill to protect her from the poisonous miasma.
• Dugu Bo led them through the miasma and down into the mountain, revealing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Heng offered to detoxify Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo agreed to give him the herb garden and owe him a favor if he cured Yan'er.
• Dugu Bo chose to seek a spirit bone for Dugu Yan, warned her not to touch the springs, and left her with Xiao Heng.
• Dugu Yan asked Xiao Heng whether he could really cure her grandfather's poison.

Xiao Heng consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot Delicate before tempering his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Dugu Bo secured a spirit bone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for their deal. Xiao Heng remained submerged as Dugu Yan waited, and Dugu Bo hurried back to the medicinal garden.

• Xiao Heng harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot Delicate, ate them, and jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to balance their opposing energies with the Bei Ming Divine Skill.
• Dugu Yan waited beside the spring as Xiao Heng sank out of sight and endured the ice and fire through the night and into the following day.
• Dugu Bo negotiated with Ning Fengzhi and received a thirty-thousand-year left arm bone in exchange for attaching his name to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi explained to Sword Douluo why the sect had agreed to the deal, and Sword Douluo asked him to watch over Rong Rong and Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng discovered the source of the spring’s power and collected its treasures before returning to Dugu Yan. As dawn had not yet come, he began harvesting the surrounding medicinal herbs while Dugu Yan protested that he was taking too many from her grandfather’s garden.

• Xiao Heng dove to the spring’s jade-covered bottom and collected the extreme ice and extreme cold beads after Little Grass identified them.
• Xiao Heng broke through the jade and found enormous Dragon and Phoenix bones surrounding an egg-like object formed from their fused residual origin; Little Grass took and stored it.
• Xiao Heng returned to the surface, where Dugu Yan greeted him, and the two exchanged teasing remarks while eating fruit.
• Xiao Heng harvested the medicinal herbs around the spring, and Dugu Yan objected that the garden belonged to her grandfather, Dugu Bo.

Xiao Heng cured Dugu Yan by guiding her poison into a newly fused spirit bone, earning Dugu Bo’s gratitude and the herb garden. After they returned to the Imperial Capital, Dugu Bo praised Xiao Heng to Dugu Yan and urged her to reconsider her relationship with Yu Tianheng.

• Dugu Bo returned to the herb garden, found most of its plants gone, and gave Xiao Heng the thirty-thousand-year left arm bone he had found for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan fused the spirit bone, then followed Xiao Heng’s guidance as he channeled her poison into it.
• Dugu Bo confirmed that Dugu Yan’s poison was gone and gave Xiao Heng the herb garden and a personal favor.
• Xiao Heng, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan returned to the Imperial Capital, where Dugu Bo let Xiao Heng rest before addressing his own poison the next day.
• Dugu Bo praised Xiao Heng to Dugu Yan and questioned whether Yu Tianheng’s family would ever accept an outsider as a spouse.

Dugu Bo urged Dugu Yan to consider whether Yu Tianheng would give up his clan obligations for her, while Xiao Heng met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and declined his invitation to join the Imperial Family. The chapter left Xiao Heng unconcerned about Xue Qinghe’s possible efforts to recruit him.

• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yan to ask whether Yu Tianheng would abandon his future in the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon clan to marry her, and she left to think it over.
• Steward Zhang told Xiao Heng that Xue Qinghe was visiting Dugu Bo, and Xiao Heng went to meet the Crown Prince.
• Xue Qinghe gave Xiao Heng a token and invited him to join the Imperial Family, but Xiao Heng declined and said he wanted to remain independent.
• After Xue Qinghe left, Dugu Bo warned Xiao Heng that the Crown Prince might try to recruit him, and Xiao Heng said he was unconcerned.

Xiao Heng prepared pills and a cultivation circulation diagram to treat Dugu Bo, then spent the day refining more pills. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue investigated Xiao Heng, and Dugu Yan revealed that Yu Tianheng had left her; the chapter ended with Xiao Heng realizing Dugu Bo had likely arranged for them to be alone.

• Xiao Heng refined medicinal liquid and pills for Dugu Bo, gave him treatment instructions, and returned to alchemy.
• Qian Renxue changed back into Xue Qinghe and ordered two guards to investigate Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng spent the day refining pills for himself and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Yan brought Xiao Heng food and asked whether he would give up power for someone he loved.
• Dugu Yan admitted Yu Tianheng had abandoned her, and Xiao Heng left to check on Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Heng found Dugu Bo outside and suspected he had deliberately left Dugu Yan alone with him.

After curing Dugu Bo, Xiao Heng left the Dugu estate with a token and learned about new places to seek treasures and the limited time before a rift closed. Having stabilized his gains, he went to Shrek Academy to meet its students and deliver items to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Dugu Bo thanked Xiao Heng for curing his poison, offered him a place to stay, and gave him a token that could command the Dugu Clan’s forces before Xiao Heng departed.
• Dugu Yan asked how Xiao Heng had cured Dugu Bo, then muttered that Xiao Heng had taken advantage of her.
• Fat Boss told Xiao Heng that his young lady was at Shrek Academy, and Xiao Heng sent a Soul Tool to the sect while instructing him to leave her situation unchanged.
• Little Grass told Xiao Heng about potential treasures in the Heaven Dou Great Forest, the Extreme North, the northwestern desert, and the God Realm, and said the rift might last another ten or twenty years.
• Xiao Heng spent two days digesting the effects of the Ice and Fire Body Tempering, then visited Shrek Academy and encountered members of its original group.

Xiao Heng visited Shrek Academy to see Ning Rongrong, reunited with her, and gave her bottles and an immortal herb to help her cultivate. The chapter ended with him explaining how she should absorb the Silken Tulip.

• Xiao Heng asked Qin Ming to lead him to Ning Rongrong at the new Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Heng waited outside the girls’ dormitory and chatted with several girls until Ning Rongrong found him and confronted him.
• Xiao Heng carried Ning Rongrong into a forest, where they kissed and shared an intimate moment.
• Xiao Heng gave Ning Rongrong several Jade Bottles and explained how the Silken Tulip could complement her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Xiao Heng gave Ning Rongrong an immortal herb, then presented Zhu Zhuqing with valuable supplies and the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone. After Zhu Zhuqing confronted him about his feelings, they grew intimate, and she confessed that she liked him before Xiao Heng left Shrek Academy determined to become stronger.

• Xiao Heng warned Ning Rongrong that her immortal herb was precious and told her to use it privately; she agreed to call Zhu Zhuqing for him.
• Xiao Heng took Zhu Zhuqing to a secluded part of the back mountain and gave her several Jade Bottles and the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, explaining how to use the flower.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Heng whether he liked her, and he admitted his attraction while saying he wanted to invest in her future.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Xiao Heng's advances, and they spent the afternoon together in the forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Xiao Heng and told him she liked him; Xiao Heng left Shrek Academy at sunset, resolving to grow strong enough to overcome future obstacles.

Xiao Heng hunted Spirit Beasts alone in the Star Dou Great Forest, raising his Spirit Rings’ ages and deciding to cultivate all three of his martial souls. After setting up camp, he confronted a young woman who had approached his fire and told her to wait.

• Xiao Heng flew to the Star Dou Great Forest and hunted Spirit Beasts, increasing his first Spirit Ring to one hundred thousand years and his second past fifty thousand years.
• Xiao Heng gained another rank from the power fed back by his Spirit Rings, but found no Spirit Bone in the giant spider’s corpse.
• Xiao Heng decided to obtain Spirit Rings for all three of his martial souls, and Little Grass recommended seeking Spirit Beasts connected to time, space, or life.
• Xiao Heng set up camp near the forest’s outskirts and began roasting the giant spider’s legs.
• Xiao Heng noticed someone hiding behind a tree and sent a pebble past the person’s face; a young woman emerged, apologized, and tried to leave.
• Xiao Heng watched the woman retreat and told her to wait.

Xiao Heng gave Ning Rongrong an immortal herb, then secretly met Zhu Zhuqing and gave her medicines and the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to improve her cultivation. Zhu Zhuqing admitted she was willing to be with him, and after they shared an intimate moment, Xiao Heng left Shrek Academy determined to grow stronger.

• Xiao Heng gave Ning Rongrong an immortal herb and urged her to use it secretly.
• Ning Rongrong called Zhu Zhuqing to meet Xiao Heng, who led her to a secluded spot in the back mountain.
• Xiao Heng gave Zhu Zhuqing several Jade Bottles and the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, explaining how to absorb the flower.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether Xiao Heng liked her, and he admitted both his feelings and his desire to invest in her future.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she was willing, and she and Xiao Heng shared an intimate moment before she told him she liked him.
• Xiao Heng left Shrek Academy at sunset, resolving to become stronger.

Xiao Heng invited a stranded woman to share his fire and food, then exposed her and five accomplices as robbers. He defeated them, absorbed their Soul Power, and dissolved their bodies, leaving the forest after disposing of all six.

• Xiao Heng offered the woman a place by his fire and watched her accept food while trying to poison him.
• Xiao Heng revealed that he had detected the five hidden accomplices and identified the woman as a Soul Sage.
• The woman ordered her five men to attack, but Xiao Heng flew above them and revealed his powerful spirit rings and sword.
• Xiao Heng used Shadow Swords to kill the five men, then pierced the woman’s Martial Soul True Body and killed her.
• Xiao Heng absorbed Soul Power from all six bodies and used Fossil Water to dissolve them.

Xiao Heng collected soul bones, refined stolen Soul Power, and hunted soul beasts to strengthen himself. After killing a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and absorbing its soul ring, he reached level seventy and gained a powerful sixth soul skill.

• Xiao Heng stored four soul bones, then found a camp where a group allowed him to rest at its edge.
• Xiao Heng refined the absorbed Soul Power overnight, reaching level sixty-nine before leaving the group and heading toward the central region.
• Xiao Heng killed a ten-thousand-year Gray Wolf and absorbed its soul ring, then sensed a roughly forty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
• Xiao Heng defeated the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with his sword and absorbed its soul ring, breaking through to level seventy.
• Xiao Heng tested his new sixth soul skill, Army Breaker, and its golden sword light cut down the trees ahead.

Xiao Heng searched the Heaven Dou Great Forest for a final soul ring for Jianmu and discovered an old tree that could speak. After negotiating with it, he prepared to receive a soul ring, while the old tree recognized the extraordinary aura of his martial soul.

• Xiao Heng collected a soul bone from the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and decided to leave the forest once Jianmu gained one more soul ring.
• Little Grass guided Xiao Heng to a seemingly ordinary tree, which dodged and blocked his flames before revealing that it could speak.
• The old tree offered Xiao Heng a soul ring and a seventy- or eighty-thousand-year soul bone in exchange for his promise to leave and never return.
• Xiao Heng accepted the offer after asking Little Grass whether the old tree could be trusted, then sat beneath it and summoned Jianmu.
• The old tree reacted in shock to Jianmu's appearance, then prepared to add a soul ring while hoping to absorb some of Jianmu's aura.

Xiao Heng completed his seventh spirit ring with the old tree’s help, then returned to Heaven Dou City and attended an auction with Ning Fengzhi, Tang San, and Xiao Wu. The auction’s next lot was revealed to be a girl imprisoned in a cage.

• The old tree gave Xiao Heng its energy until his seventh spirit ring turned red, while Little Grass gained a trace of the tree’s aura.
• Xiao Heng thanked the old tree, then flew back to Heaven Dou City and planned to visit Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Xiao Heng to an auction, where they met Tang San and Xiao Wu and discussed Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to buy Xiao Wu an auction item worth up to ten thousand gold coins, but Tang San declined the gift.
• The auctioneer unveiled the next lot: a girl curled up inside a cage.

At the auction, Xiao Heng helped Ning Fengzhi rescue a Cat Girl from being sold as a pet and used tokens from Xue Qinghe and Dugu Bo to silence a rival bidder. Afterward, he agreed to accompany Ning Fengzhi to meet the Imperial Family, while hinting that Xue Qinghe had extraordinary talent and a weakness he would not reveal.

• Xiao Wu became furious when the auctioneer presented a Cat Girl for sale, and Ning Fengzhi bid to save her.
• Xiao Heng stopped Ning Fengzhi from confronting an old bidder, then used tokens representing Xue Qinghe and Dugu Bo to make the man back down.
• The auctioneer sold the Cat Girl to Xiao Heng's party for 180,000 gold coins, and Ning Fengzhi warned that nobles would soon learn Xiao Heng's identity.
• After the auction, Xiao Heng told Ning Fengzhi how he had obtained the tokens and described Xue Qinghe as a capable Crown Prince with a fatal weakness.
• Xiao Heng agreed to accompany Ning Fengzhi on his visit to the Imperial Family and revealed that Xue Qinghe's talent matched his own, while withholding further details.

Xiao Heng took the frightened cat-eared girl he bought at the auction house under his care, eventually letting her stay as his maid while refusing to exploit her. The next morning, he joined Ning Fengzhi and Venerable Wang to visit the Imperial Family.

• Ning Fengzhi left Xiao Heng to decide what to do with the girl, and Xiao Heng freed her from the auction house and gave her gold coins.
• The girl said she had nowhere to go, so Xiao Heng agreed to let her stay with him and arranged a room at the hotel.
• That night, the girl tried to serve Xiao Heng, but he refused and accepted her as a maid; after helping him wash, she fell asleep beside him.
• Xiao Heng woke early, covered the sleeping girl with a blanket, and prepared to visit the Imperial Family.
• Ning Fengzhi and Venerable Wang waited for Xiao Heng outside the hotel, then invited him to ride with them to the Imperial Family.

Xiao Heng attended court with Ning Fengzhi and grew closer to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe while the elders discussed relations between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire. After Emperor Xue Ye offered Xiao Heng two gifts from the treasury, Xiao Heng and Xue Qinghe agreed to become friends and set off to have lunch and tour the palace.

• Xiao Heng entered the imperial hall with Ning Fengzhi, where Emperor Xue Ye welcomed Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe invited Xiao Heng to stand beside him.
• After court, Xiao Heng joked with Xue Qinghe as they followed Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi to a private discussion.
• Ning Fengzhi told Emperor Xue Ye that Xiao Heng might inherit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, surprising both Emperor Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe.
• Emperor Xue Ye offered to arrange a marriage for Xiao Heng, then gave Xue Qinghe permission to show him around and take him to choose two treasury items.
• Xiao Heng and Xue Qinghe agreed to drop formalities and become friends, and Xue Qinghe invited him to lunch before touring the palace.

Xiao Heng befriended Xue Qinghe and followed him into the Heaven Dou Empire’s hidden treasury to choose treasures. He selected a piece of Outer-Heaven Meteorite Iron and continued inspecting the collection, where a strange crystalline blue object caught his attention.

• Xiao Heng and Xue Qinghe agreed to become friends, and Xiao Heng said he would visit again after handling his other affairs.
• Xue Qinghe took Xiao Heng to the Imperial Family treasury using the Emperor’s authorization, then showed him a concealed treasure chamber below it.
• Xiao Heng chose a black piece of Outer-Heaven Meteorite Iron, despite Xue Qinghe recommending that he take a spirit bone instead.
• Little Grass dismissed most of the chamber’s treasures and noted that the blue triangular object at its center had some spirituality.
• Xiao Heng continued examining the treasures as the crystalline blue object’s strange energy and light rippled through the chamber.

Xiao Heng left the Imperial City after befriending Xue Qinghe and giving him valuable medicine and a cultivation method. He then agreed to lead the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s team in the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Competition and arrived at Glazed Academy to take charge.

• Xiao Heng chose a living-storage hairpin Soul Tool from the Imperial treasury after learning he could not take the Vast Sea Universe Cover.
• Xiao Heng gave Xue Qinghe cultivation and healing pills along with a cultivation manual, then departed the Imperial City.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Xiao Heng to lead the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s team and win the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Competition, and Xiao Heng agreed.
• Venerable Wang told Xiao Heng about Glazed Academy and its standout student Feng Jing, whose Golden Feather Roc martial soul had reached rank forty.
• Xiao Heng arrived at Glazed Academy, where Venerable Wang introduced him to the teachers as the person responsible for the competition team.