Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo came to thank Chen Yuan for suggesting Spirit Bones could store the poison harming the Biphosphorus Lineage, and he explained why the inherited poison threatened Dugu Yan’s life. Chen Yuan learned that Dugu Bo used a secluded place with violent ice and fire energy to suppress his own poison, leaving him eager to ask for access to it.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Chen Yuan had suggested using Spirit Bones to store poison, and Dugu Bo decided to meet him and keep their secret confidential.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan visited Chen Yuan, who sent Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing inside so they could speak privately.
• Dugu Bo thanked Chen Yuan and promised to repay him, while Chen Yuan clarified that he could not detoxify them and questioned why Dugu Bo had not used his own method for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo revealed that a secluded place with violent ice and fire energy suppressed his poison, but was deadly to low-level Spirit Masters and could not save Dugu Yan.
• Chen Yuan recognized the place as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and resolved to ask Dugu Bo to take him there.

Chen Yuan persuaded Dugu Bo to take him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, claiming he might help cure Dugu Yan's poison while concealing his interest in the Immortal Herbs. As Chen Yuan left with Dugu Bo, Ning Rongrong enlisted Zhu Zhuqing to help keep other women from winning his affection.

• Chen Yuan convinced Dugu Bo that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well might neutralize Dugu Yan's poison, and Dugu Bo agreed to take him there while warning him not to pursue his granddaughter.
• Dugu Yan read Chen Yuan's concern as sincere affection, while Chen Yuan told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing he would be away for a few days and asked them to enroll without him.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she liked Chen Yuan, then urged her to join forces against Dugu Yan and other women who might attract him.
• Meng Shenji confirmed that Chen Yuan was leaving voluntarily, and Chen Yuan asked the Three Education Committee Members to look after Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Chen Yuan followed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan into the sky on his Flying Sword after the committee members promised the girls would be safe at the academy.

Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan and Chen Yuan to his secluded valley, where Chen Yuan recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and proposed using its immortal herbs to treat their poison. Dugu Yan trusted Chen Yuan’s plan, leaving Dugu Bo astonished and suspicious.

• Dugu Bo tried to outpace Chen Yuan on the way to his cultivation site, but Chen Yuan caught up using his Flying Sword.
• At the Nameless Volcano in Sunset Forest, Dugu Bo warned Chen Yuan about the valley’s dangerous ice and fire energy and poisonous plants.
• Chen Yuan recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot as herbs that could counteract poison.
• Chen Yuan explained that consuming the herbs would erase their poison arts, then proposed taking them himself and using his blood in a medicinal formula to treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo suspected Chen Yuan wanted the herbs for himself, but Dugu Yan said she trusted him, leaving Dugu Bo astonished.

Chen Yuan harvested and consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then endured their effects in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He emerged the next day with a strengthened golden body and enhanced Golden Feathered Wings, while Dugu Yan remained conflicted about his feelings for her.

• Chen Yuan harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot with tools that were destroyed by their extreme cold and heat.
• Chen Yuan combined the herbs at the boundary of the springs, ate them, and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo stopped Dugu Yan from following Chen Yuan into the dangerous spring and led her out of the valley.
• The herbs tempered Chen Yuan's body and Golden Feathered Wings as he remained submerged overnight.
• Chen Yuan emerged with wings spanning more than eight meters, a greatly enhanced body, and immunity to poison, while his Soul Power remained at level forty.
• Chen Yuan resolved to enter Slaughter City and eventually deal with Tang Chen to pursue the Asura inheritance.

After surviving the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, Chen Yuan tested the healing effects of his blood on Dugu Bo and gave Dugu Yan an External Soul Bone to store her poison. Dugu Bo confirmed the remedy worked, and Dugu Yan accepted the gift with an affectionate embrace.

• Chen Yuan found Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan outside the valley and explained that his blood could help dissolve their poison.
• Dugu Bo refined a drop of Chen Yuan's blood and felt the poison eroding his body weaken.
• Chen Yuan told Dugu Bo that he would need a Spirit Bone to store the poison after it was removed, and Dugu Bo vowed to obtain one for Dugu Yan.
• Chen Yuan gave Dugu Yan an External Soul Bone from a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, the Eight Spider Lances.
• Dugu Yan accepted the Spirit Bone and embraced Chen Yuan, while Dugu Bo turned away in dismay.
• Chen Yuan advised Dugu Yan to absorb the Spirit Bone carefully and explained how she could help it fuse with her.

Dugu Yan absorbed the Eight Spider Lances and advanced to level thirty-nine, while Chen Yuan asked Dugu Bo to let him cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and help him find a fourth Spirit Ring. Chen Yuan then consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his spiritual power, and the chapter ended with Dugu Yan dressed and reunited with Dugu Bo as she asked where Chen Yuan was.

• Dugu Yan fused the External Soul Bone, gained the Eight Spider Lances, and reached level thirty-nine, while Dugu Bo took Chen Yuan away to give her privacy.
• Chen Yuan asked Dugu Bo for permission to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and to gather herbs, and Dugu Bo agreed while warning him to treat Dugu Yan well.
• Chen Yuan told Dugu Bo his Soul Power had reached level forty and asked him to help find a suitable Spirit Beast for his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Chen Yuan found the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, drank its dew, and meditated as his spiritual power grew and let him perceive his surroundings through closed eyes.
• Dugu Yan withdrew the Eight Spider Lances, changed into fresh clothes, and told Dugu Bo she had reached level thirty-nine before asking where Chen Yuan was.

Chen Yuan insisted on hunting an eighteen-thousand-year Black Dragon for his fourth Spirit Ring, despite Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan warning him of the danger. Dugu Bo restrained the beast at Black Dragon Stream, and Chen Yuan killed it with a strike from the Seven Kill Sword, leaving him poised to absorb its Spirit Ring.

• Dugu Yan praised the benefits of her growing External Soul Bone, and Chen Yuan began calling her Yanyan at her request.
• Chen Yuan announced that he wanted a twenty-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and Dugu Bo pointed him toward an eighteen-thousand-year Black Dragon in Sunset Forest.
• Despite Dugu Yan's concern, Chen Yuan insisted on challenging the Black Dragon and followed Dugu Bo to Black Dragon Stream.
• Dugu Bo entered the chasm and fought the Black Dragon, then used Medusa's Gaze to petrify it.
• Chen Yuan seized the opening and pierced the Black Dragon's brain with the Seven Kill Sword, killing it.

Chen Yuan absorbed the Black Dragon’s eighteen-thousand-year Spirit Ring despite its overwhelming power and gained the Fourth Soul Skill Sword Qi Dragon Transformation. After testing the skill’s devastating force, he noticed the Black Dragon’s corpse move as if something inside it had stirred.

• Chen Yuan began absorbing the Black Dragon’s Spirit Ring while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan guarded him.
• Chen Yuan endured the Spirit Ring’s energy, recovered with his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and overcame the Black Dragon Remnant Soul.
• Chen Yuan completed the absorption, reached around level forty-five, and gained Sword Qi Dragon Transformation, which turned his sword qi into a corrosive Black Dragon.
• Chen Yuan demonstrated the Fourth Soul Skill and erased a mountain peak, then noticed the Black Dragon’s corpse move as though something was inside it.

Chen Yuan found and refined the Black Dragon’s Dragon Pearl, which greatly boosted his Soul Power recovery and cultivation. As he and Dugu Yan flew back toward the valley, he invited her to return to the academy with him and promised he would not let her go.

• Chen Yuan searched the Black Dragon’s corpse and found a dark bead that Dugu Bo identified as its Dan Pearl, or Dragon Pearl.
• Chen Yuan used his connection to the Black Dragon’s Spirit Ring to refine the Dragon Pearl, which replenished his Soul Power and accelerated his cultivation.
• Chen Yuan told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan about the Dragon Pearl’s benefits and credited Dugu Bo for helping him obtain it.
• Chen Yuan flew toward the valley with Dugu Yan on his Flying Sword while Dugu Bo traveled ahead alone.
• Chen Yuan asked Dugu Yan to return to the academy with him, and after she questioned him about the two girls who liked him, he promised he would find a way and never let her leave.

Chen Yuan gave Dugu Bo blood infused with the Ice Fire Immortal Herbs and guided Dugu Yan in claiming the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. After advising them to seek the Break Clan Yang Family’s research on Immortal Herbs, he left for the academy.

• Chen Yuan picked the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Narcissus Jade Bone, then gave Dugu Bo a bottle of blood infused with the Ice Fire Immortal Herbs to use with a medicinal potion.
• Chen Yuan explained how to claim the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Dugu Yan’s essence blood made the flower fall into her hands.
• Dugu Yan wondered whether Chen Yuan was hiding something after she saw him in a daze, but Chen Yuan said the flower had recognized her as its destined owner.
• Chen Yuan advised Dugu Bo to take Dugu Yan to the Star Luo Empire and seek the Break Clan Yang Family’s research on Immortal Herbs, while keeping the Ice and Fire Spring secret.
• Chen Yuan said farewell to Dugu Yan and flew his sword back to the academy.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing returned to their residence and learned that Chen Yuan had become a Soul Ancestor after receiving benefits from Poison Douluo. He gave each girl an Immortal Herb and guarded them as they began absorbing it.

• Ning Rongrong cursed the noblemen who approached her and Zhu Zhuqing after class, while Zhu Zhuqing urged her to avoid making enemies at the academy.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing returned to their residence and happily found Chen Yuan waiting for them.
• Chen Yuan told the girls he had absorbed three Immortal Herbs and reached level 40, then showed them his four Spirit Rings, including a black fourth ring.
• Chen Yuan gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Zhu Zhuqing the Narcissus Jade Bone, explaining how to use each herb.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing consumed their Immortal Herbs and began refining their medicinal power while Chen Yuan stood guard.

After absorbing their Immortal Herbs, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty and discovered that their bodies and cultivation had improved. Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and she left to tell her father and pursue Tang San’s Hidden Weapons while Chen Yuan stayed with Zhu Zhuqing.

• Ning Rongrong awakened from absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty, reached level thirty, and discovered her Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong excitedly embraced Chen Yuan, who encouraged her to cultivate and said she might become a Titled Douluo.
• Zhu Zhuqing awakened after absorbing the Narcissus Jade Bone, reached level thirty, and felt her body, speed, and Soul Power circulation had improved.
• Chen Yuan said he would take Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to hunt Spirit Beasts, but Ning Rongrong decided to return to the sect immediately to report her Martial Soul’s evolution.
• Ning Rongrong said she would bring her father, Sword Grandpa, and Bone Grandpa to buy Hidden Weapons from Tang San, then asked Chen Yuan not to bully Zhu Zhuqing.

Chen Yuan meditated with the Dragon Pearl and found that it doubled his cultivation speed as he comprehended its Darkness Attribute. He took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to hunt Spirit Beasts, then left with Zhu Zhuqing for Sunset Forest after asking Ning Rongrong to tell Ning Fengzhi about Tang San’s blacksmithing.

• Chen Yuan meditated with the Dragon Pearl, which absorbed energy and helped his Soul Power advance toward the Forty-sixth Level.
• Chen Yuan told the Three Education Committee Members that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had reached thirty-level Soul Power, and they approved leave for the trio.
• Chen Yuan warned Ning Rongrong to report Tang San’s blacksmithing and Hidden Weapons to Ning Fengzhi before she returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
• Chen Yuan took Zhu Zhuqing toward Sunset Forest on his Flying Sword and held her around the waist when the flight unsettled her.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Chen Yuan that he was different from other men, and she agreed when he asked for a chance to protect her.

Chen Yuan protected Zhu Zhuqing from a Shadow Beast in Sunset Forest, helping her obtain a 1,700-year Spirit Ring and a powerful Third Soul Skill. After Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty-six and thanked him with a kiss, they prepared to return to the academy.

• Chen Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing searched Sunset Forest for a suitable Third Spirit Ring, then stopped to roast Soft Bone Rabbits.
• A Shadow Beast attacked and plunged them into darkness, but Chen Yuan resisted its power and drove it away from Zhu Zhuqing.
• Chen Yuan beat the 1,700-year Shadow Beast nearly unconscious, and Zhu Zhuqing recovered from its attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Shadow Beast and absorbed its purple Spirit Ring while Chen Yuan waited by the bonfire.
• Zhu Zhuqing awakened with her Third Soul Skill, Netherworld Intrusion, and her Soul Power rose to level thirty-six.
• Chen Yuan asked Zhu Zhuqing for a practical show of gratitude, and she kissed his cheek before sharing the rabbit meat.

Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and revealed that her Martial Soul had evolved into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after consuming an Immortal Herb from Chen Yuan. She also presented Hidden Weapons and urged the sect to find Tang San, leaving Ning Fengzhi and the elders eager to pursue both opportunities.

• Ning Rongrong surprised Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong by revealing her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and explaining that an Immortal Herb had raised her Soul Power to Level 30.
• Ning Rongrong told them that Chen Yuan had become a Four Ring Soul Elder with a Ten Thousand Year fourth Spirit Ring after consuming an Immortal Herb.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Chen Yuan had obtained the Immortal Herbs by helping Dugu Yan with her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, and that Poison Douluo likely helped him hunt his spirit beast.
• Ning Rongrong showed the elders Hidden Weapons from Tang San and said the weapons could greatly strengthen the sect's disciples.
• Ning Rongrong urged the sect to find Tang San in Heaven Dou City, and Ning Fengzhi praised her for thinking about the sect.

Ning Fengzhi tested the Hidden Weapons and decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needed to acquire them from Tang San. After learning Tang San was at Shrek Academy, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong traveled there to meet him.

• Ning Rongrong tested her Hidden Weapons against Chen Xin, who found they could let lower-level Spirit Masters threaten Soul Ancestors.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Ning Rongrong for securing the Hidden Weapons and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while she credited Chen Yuan and explained Tang San had refused to sell the weapons.
• Ning Fengzhi resolved to obtain the Hidden Weapons through both soft and hard methods and teased Ning Rongrong about her feelings for Chen Yuan.
• A sect disciple reported that Blue Tyrant Academy had been renamed Shrek Academy and that Tang San was there.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong traveled through Gu Rong's spatial vortex and appeared outside Shrek Academy.

Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s two Titled Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy and summoned Tang San to ask about his Hidden Weapons. Tang San revealed that Tang Hao was his father, leaving Ning Fengzhi convinced that Tang Hao was the Divine Craftsman he had been seeking.

• Flender welcomed Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, who asked to speak with Tang San.
• Gu Rong rebuked Yu Xiaogang for challenging them, while Liu Erlong shielded him from the pressure.
• Zhao Wuji found Tang San with the Shrek Five Devils and urged him to invoke his father’s name if he faced danger.
• Tang San left Xiao Wu behind and went with Zhao Wuji to the Reception Room.
• Ning Fengzhi asked who had taught Tang San his Hidden Weapon techniques, and Tang San identified Tang Hao as his father but described him as an ordinary village blacksmith.
• Ning Fengzhi inferred that Tang Hao was the Divine Craftsman and realized Tang San did not know his father’s true identity.

Ning Fengzhi told Tang San about Tang Hao's past and used the revelation to negotiate for Hidden Weapon blueprints and production. After leaving Shrek Academy, Ning Fengzhi ordered Gu Rong to investigate Tang Hao and weighed using him against Spirit Hall or exploiting both father and son.

• Yu Xiaogang confirmed that Tang San's father, Tang Hao, was the Clear Sky Douluo and the youngest Titled Douluo on the continent.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Tang Hao killed former Pope Qian Xunji, prompting Spirit Hall to retaliate against him and the Clear Sky Sect, which expelled him and sealed its gates.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Tang San to sell the Hidden Weapon inheritance, but Tang San refused and offered blueprints for components while keeping the assembly process confidential.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to order components for 1,000 sets, gave Tang San a 100,000 Gold Soul Coin deposit, and received the blueprints.
• After leaving the academy, Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong to investigate Tang Hao and determine whether he still had his strength, while he and Chen Xin took Ning Rongrong to hunt her Third Spirit Ring and visit Chen Yuan.

Tang San learned more about his father and renewed his resolve to oppose Spirit Hall, while Ning Rongrong absorbed her third Spirit Ring and revealed her remarkable growth. Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin then brought her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Chen Yuan realized he was likely in for a beating.

• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Tang San not to blame Tang Hao, and Tang San vowed to become strong enough to take revenge on Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender discussed building Shrek Academy's strength and gathering allies against Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin took Ning Rongrong to Sunset Forest, where she absorbed a roughly seventeen-hundred-year Wind Spirit Bird Spirit Ring.
• Ning Rongrong awakened with a forty-percent Soul Power Amplification skill, level-thirty-five Soul Power, and her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda spirit.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin brought Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Chen Yuan feared he could not avoid a beating.

Chen Xin tested Chen Yuan’s growth in a high-altitude sword fight and saw the power of his fourth Spirit Ring. Chen Yuan unleashed a boosted sword strike approaching Titled Douluo attack power, leaving Chen Xin stunned.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin to test Chen Yuan after learning he had become a Soul Ancestor, and Chen Yuan revealed his black fourth Spirit Ring before following his teacher into the sky.
• At a thousand meters, Chen Xin challenged Chen Yuan to show his full strength, and the two clashed with their Seven Kill Swords using pure swordsmanship.
• Chen Yuan used his fourth Soul Skill, Sword Qi Dragon Transformation, and Chen Xin had to reinforce his Spirit Sword Guard to withstand the corrosive black dragon.
• Chen Yuan replenished his energy, activated several enhancements, and unleashed six condensed killing characters with the Killing Word Technique.
• Chen Xin recognized that Chen Yuan’s single strike had nearly reached Titled Douluo attack power, though it did not reflect his ordinary combat strength.