Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan gave Dugu Bo Aromatic Silk Beauty to protect Dugu Yanzi from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's opposing energies, then consumed Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to temper his body and open his meridians. He gained a major boost in physical strength, strengthened his External Soul Bone, and raised his soul power by three levels.

• Lin Manshan gave Dugu Bo the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch containing Aromatic Silk Beauty and told him to have Dugu Yanzi hold it when she entered the valley.
• After Dugu Bo left, Lin Manshan chose Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to strengthen his body and open the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
• Lin Manshan consumed Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and used Netherworld Alchemy and the Jing Tian Jue to refine its medicinal energy.
• Three hours later, Lin Manshan found that his External Soul Bone had become harder and his physical strength had increased by at least fifty percent.
• Lin Manshan realized the herb had raised his soul power by three levels, though much of its medicinal energy remained stored in his body.

Lin Manshan consumed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, purged impurities from his body, and reached level 40 before preparing to transfer his Soul Power to Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan, and Lin Manshan began strengthening her while assuring them the herbs protected him from the well’s dangerous energy.

• Lin Manshan ate the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and used the Alchemy Technique to temper his body, expelling impurities.
• Lin Manshan discovered his physical strength had increased, his Soul Power had reached level 40, and the Immortal Herbs’ medicinal power remained within him.
• Lin Manshan decided to let his body recover before taking another herb or hunting for his fourth Soul Ring, and he prepared poison-cleansing pills for Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo arrived carrying Dugu Yan and the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Lin Manshan used the Reincarnation Technique to transfer Soul Power into Dugu Yan.
• Lin Manshan explained that the transferred power would protect and strengthen Dugu Yan, and he assured her that the Immortal Herbs made him resistant to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energy.

Lin Manshan prepared poison-purging medicine and guided Dugu Yan to absorb a Soul Bone, hoping to test whether Soul Power could give it the potential to grow. While they waited, he told Dugu Bo that two immortal herbs had raised his Soul Power to level 40 and could help him reach level 45 after absorbing his fourth Soul Ring.

• Lin Manshan gave Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan their medicine and explained how to draw the stripped poison into their Soul Bones.
• Dugu Bo showed them two Ten Thousand Year arm bones, and Dugu Yan chose the left arm bone to absorb first.
• Lin Manshan explained that Soul Power might erase a Soul Bone Skill while giving the bone growth potential, but warned that they did not yet know whether the method would work.
• Dugu Bo worried that the process could affect his other Soul Bones, especially his Skull's Medusa's Gaze, and agreed to wait for Dugu Yan's results.
• Dugu Bo asked about Lin Manshan's herbs, and Lin Manshan said they had raised his Soul Power by six levels to level 40 and could help him reach level 45 after his fourth Soul Ring.

Lin Manshan helped Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo purge their poison and prepare to absorb the Nine Treasures Dragon Ganoderma. As the herb’s effects took hold, Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent began transforming, and Lin Manshan watched eagerly to see what it would become.

• Dugu Yan discovered that absorbing the modified Head Bone had cost her its Soul Skill, and Dugu Bo chose to modify his own Soul Bone instead.
• Lin Manshan helped Dugu Yan purge her poison, then channeled Soul Power into Dugu Bo so he could absorb the modified Soul Bone without affecting his Head Bone.
• Dugu Bo used the new Soul Bone to purge his accumulated external toxins, while Lin Manshan stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to treat and restore both him and Dugu Yan.
• Lin Manshan consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and advanced his Purple Cloud Eye to the Mustard Seed Realm.
• After twenty days of treatment, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan swallowed the Nine Treasures Dragon Ganoderma.
• Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent began changing, growing webbed fins as its upper body shrank and its belly bulged.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan absorbed Immortal Herbs that evolved their Martial Souls and increased their Soul Power. After leaving the valley with Lin Manshan, they searched Sunset Forest for Soul Rings and found a snake Spirit Beast in a mountain crevice.

• Dugu Bo woke after absorbing an Immortal Herb, reached level 93, and named his evolved Martial Soul the Azure Serpent Dragon Emperor.
• Dugu Yan woke with her Soul Power increased to level 40, and discovered that her Martial Soul had evolved.
• Lin Manshan explained that Dugu Yan still had unabsorbed medicinal power and might gain more Soul Power after absorbing her fourth Soul Ring.
• The three decided to leave the valley, collect Immortal Herbs for Lin Manshan's companions, and hunt suitable Spirit Beasts in Sunset Forest.
• Lin Manshan sensed a roughly nine-thousand-year-old Spirit Beast, and Dugu Bo identified its hiding place as a snake den in a mountain crevice.
• Dugu Bo released poison into the crevice, forcing a green snake's head to emerge.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo helped Dugu Yan absorb a nine-thousand-year Medusa Snake Soul Ring, while Lin explained Soul Core cultivation and Dugu Bo considered how his Poison Pill might grow. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan reaching level forty-four after absorbing the ring.

• Dugu Bo swiftly defeated a poisoned Medusa Snake, and Lin Manshan killed it to produce a deep-purple Soul Ring for Dugu Yan.
• Lin Manshan explained how Soul Cores could be formed by compressing Soul Power into vortices at the three Dantians.
• Dugu Bo realized his Poison Pill might function like a Soul Core, but Lin Manshan cautioned that condensing poison would be slower than ordinary cultivation without an effective Meditation Method.
• Lin Manshan cultivated while Dugu Yan absorbed the nine-thousand-year Soul Ring under Dugu Bo's watch.
• Dugu Yan told Lin Manshan that her level had risen by four to forty-four, and he asked whether she had retained the Soul Ring and Soul Skill.

Dugu Yan successfully absorbed a Soul Ring and gained Medusa’s Gaze, while Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo searched Sunset Forest for a suitable Fourth Soul Ring. A powerful roar led them through a mountain passage into a hidden gorge, where Lin Manshan sensed a Spirit Beast with less than twenty thousand years of cultivation.

• Dugu Yan completed her Soul Ring absorption and gained the ability to petrify people with Medusa’s Gaze.
• Lin Manshan withdrew his Soul Power, and the group rested before continuing their search for his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo questioned Lin Manshan’s high standards, so Lin Manshan described how he had obtained his first three Soul Rings.
• A tremendous roar startled the group near a mist-covered mountain, and Dugu Bo led them inside a narrow cave passage to investigate.
• Lin Manshan and the others emerged into a hidden gorge, where Lin Manshan sensed a Spirit Beast about three hundred meters away with a cultivation below twenty thousand years.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo fought a supposedly extinct Golden Mane Lion Mastiff, whose Overlord Domain made it a terrifying opponent despite its relatively low cultivation. Lin Manshan delivered the killing blow and began absorbing its Soul Ring, while Dugu Bo reacted with disbelief at the end.

• Lin Manshan identified the sleeping Golden Mane Lion Mastiff as a Beast King with power comparable to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and chose it for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo used Time Stasis and Jade Phosphor Divine Light to poison the beast, but its Overlord Domain transformed it and let it charge after him with a devastating sonic roar.
• Lin Manshan carried Dugu Yan after the fleeing Dugu Bo as the Lion Mastiff weakened and its domain faded.
• Lin Manshan struck the poisoned beast's vulnerable face and killed it by stabbing its eye sockets with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Lin Manshan began absorbing the beast's black Soul Ring as Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan approached, and Dugu Bo suddenly exclaimed in disbelief.

After absorbing the Golden Mane Lion Mastiff’s Soul Ring and Right Arm Bone, Lin Manshan reached Rank 45 and returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo. Back home, he gave Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing Immortal Herbs suited to them and explained how to absorb them.

• Lin Manshan finished opening his sixth extraordinary meridian, then discovered and absorbed the Golden Mane Lion Mastiff’s Right Arm Bone while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan guarded him.
• Lin Manshan used his Eight Spider Lances on the dead beast and told Dugu Bo that he had reached Rank 45.
• Lin Manshan, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Bo left to arrange the academy’s establishment.
• Lin Manshan gave Zhu Zhuyun an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and Zhu Zhuqing a Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then explained how Zhu Zhuqing should consume hers.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyu began absorbing Immortal Herbs while Lin Manshan cultivated, but Dugu Bo arrived with Ye Lingling and revealed that he had arranged her marriage to Lin Manshan. Lin Manshan realized Dugu Bo had acted quickly to protect their secret, and thanked him as Dugu Bo left to bring more girls and prepare for their Soul Rings.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed her Immortal Herb, and Zhu Zhuyu began taking Water Immortal Jade Bone.
• Dugu Yan joined Lin Manshan and the others in cultivation, then Ye Lingling arrived with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had proposed Ye Lingling's marriage to Lin Manshan and secured the Ye Family's agreement under specific conditions.
• Dugu Yan reproached Dugu Bo for arranging the marriage without first discussing it with Ye Lingling and Lin Manshan.
• Dugu Bo left to bring two more girls from Skywater City and prepare to hunt new Soul Rings.
• Lin Manshan realized Dugu Bo had arranged the marriage to protect their secret from the Ye Family and other forces, then called out to thank him.

Lin Manshan gave Ye Lingling an Aromatic Silk Beauty and guided her in cultivating while the Zhu family women absorbed their Immortal Herbs. After each woman reported her improvement, Lin Manshan took them to the living room to eat while they waited for Ye Lingling to finish.

• Lin Manshan reassured Dugu Yan about Dugu Bo's difficulties and invited Ye Lingling into the room.
• Lin Manshan gave Ye Lingling an Aromatic Silk Beauty and guided her through the Jing Tian Jue.
• Zhu Zhuyun woke and said she had advanced four levels to level 46.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke at level 30, and Lin Manshan told her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red would bring further benefits after she absorbed a Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuyu woke and revealed that she had advanced seven levels, prompting the women to thank Lin Manshan, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan.
• Lin Manshan estimated Ye Lingling would need four to six more hours to absorb the herb, then invited the women to eat while they waited.

Ye Lingling joined Lin Manshan and Dugu Yan’s household after taking Immortal Herbs, and she discovered signs that her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul might have evolved. Lin Manshan began training the women, while Shui Chaozong faced another visit from a glamorous woman in Skywater City.

• Ye Lingling greeted Lin Manshan as her husband, and Dugu Yan explained how Dugu Bo’s marriage proposal had followed their plans to recruit Ye Lingling and help her Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingling revealed that she had gained six Soul Power levels and reached level forty after taking an Immortal Herb.
• Ye Lingling summoned her Nine Heart Begonia, whose golden stamens and new fragrance prompted Dugu Yan to suggest that it might have evolved.
• Lin Manshan told Ye Lingling to stay at the mansion until Dugu Bo returned so they could hunt for her Soul Ring, then explained the effects of the Immortal Herbs he had absorbed.
• The next morning, Lin Manshan taught Ye Lingling and the others the Jing Tian Treasure Codex while Shui Chaozong read reports in Skywater City.
• A glamorous woman brought Shui Chaozong a bowl of goji berry porridge.

Shui Chaozong and Yun Qian discussed their daughters’ return and their mysterious son-in-law, Lin Manshan, before Dugu Bo arrived to take Bing'er and Yue'er to Heaven Dou City. Dugu Bo revealed that Lin Manshan had cured him and Yan'er, evolved their Martial Souls, and was preparing strength-enhancing pills for the girls, leaving Shui Chaozong eager to welcome his son-in-law.

• Yun Qian told Shui Chaozong that Bai Xue would bring Yue'er and Bing'er home, then praised Lin Manshan and wondered whether Dugu Bo would approve of him.
• A maid announced that Dugu Bo had arrived, and Shui Chaozong and Yun Qian went to greet him.
• Dugu Bo demonstrated his evolved Martial Soul and explained that Lin Manshan had cleansed the toxins from him and Yan'er, greatly increasing their strength.
• Dugu Bo asked Bing'er and Yue'er's Soul Power levels, then said he would take them to the Spirit Beast Forest and that Lin Manshan was refining pills to strengthen them without side effects.
• Shui Chaozong offered his household’s herbs as compensation, but Dugu Bo dismissed them as inadequate compared with his rare collection.
• Shui Chaozong apologized to Dugu Bo and privately resolved to treat Lin Manshan well when they met.

Dugu Bo asked Shui Chaozong to support Man'er’s new academy and help protect its members, explaining Man'er’s extraordinary potential and the allies gathering around him. Shui Chaozong agreed to back his son-in-law, while Dugu Bo prepared to take Bing'er and Yue'er to obtain their Soul Rings.

• Dugu Bo asked Shui Chaozong to let Bing'er and Yue'er join Man'er’s team in the All-Continent Soul Master Competition, and Shui Chaozong agreed.
• Dugu Bo learned that Shui Chaozong and his wife had not taught the Startled Swan Steps to anyone else.
• Dugu Bo revealed Man'er’s new inherited Ultimate Skill and great strength, then warned that Man'er and his companions could attract suspicion as they grew stronger.
• Dugu Bo explained that he wanted Shui Chaozong to station people at Man'er’s academy to protect it and support the power Man'er would build.
• Dugu Bo told Shui Chaozong that Lou Gao and the Ye Family were expected to join Man'er’s cause, and Shui Chaozong pledged his support.
• Dugu Bo said Man'er would bring Bing'er and Yue'er back after he helped them obtain their Soul Rings, and Shui Chaozong agreed to send people with them to Heaven Dou City.

Lin Manshan reunited with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, then gave Shui Yue'er the Primordial Immortal Herb to raise her cultivation. He prepared the dangerous Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass for Shui Bing'er, and the chapter ended as she tested her compatibility with it.

• Dugu Bo brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er back to Heaven Dou City, where Lin Manshan warmly welcomed them.
• Lin Manshan explained the Primordial Immortal Herb's effects and drawbacks, then gave it to Shui Yue'er to absorb.
• Lin Manshan told Shui Bing'er that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass could evolve her ice attribute and grant Ice Element Control, but might kill her during fusion.
• Lin Manshan explained how Shui Bing'er could test her compatibility by offering blood and wrapping the herb in her soul power.
• Shui Bing'er summoned her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, spat blood onto the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and wrapped it in pale blue soul power as a sudden change occurred.

Shui Bing'er absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass after it accepted her blood, while Shui Yue'er broke through to Rank 30. Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo then planned an Inner and Outer Court system to build a power for the Lin Family.

• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass absorbed Shui Bing'er's blood, lowered its defenses, and was swallowed by her; its effects let her cultivate safely.
• Shui Yue'er woke after absorbing the Primordial Immortal Herb and had broken through to Rank 30, then Shui Bing'er awoke with a powerful chill surrounding her martial soul.
• Lin Manshan taught Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er the ultimate arts of the Jing Tian Treasure Codex.
• Dugu Bo told Lin Manshan that he had explained the herbs' concealment to the Shui Family Couple and had spoken with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er about keeping their stories consistent.
• Lin Manshan proposed dividing the academy into an Outer Court for educating students and an Inner Academy focused mainly on cultivating Commoner Soul Masters loyal to the academy.
• Lin Manshan planned to divide the Jing Tian Jue into four levels, and Dugu Bo agreed to work out the details of the power's management system.

Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo how he discovered Tang Hao’s connection to the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor and obtained her Right Leg Bone, then revealed another re-cultivated soul beast had attended Nuoding Academy with him. He proposed taking the Blue Silver Emperor’s dormant main body to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so it could grow into a future Soul Ring for Lingling, and Dugu Bo considered the plan.

• Lin Manshan claimed that Beast Taming Technique had led him to discover Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer and the Blue Silver Emperor hidden behind a waterfall.
• Lin Manshan said he had found and absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Right Leg Bone in the cave, which explained his ability to use Life Energy.
• Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan speculated that Tang San might possess half Soul Beast blood and discussed why Tang Hao had visited the Blue Silver Emperor when Tang San returned to the village.
• Lin Manshan revealed that a second Hundred-Thousand-Year Re-cultivated Soul Beast had joined Nuoding City Primary Soul Master Academy as a Work-Study Student and shared his dormitory.
• Lin Manshan proposed taking his team to Heaven Dou City's Great Soul Arena before traveling to Fasinuo Province to retrieve the Blue Silver Emperor’s main body.
• Lin Manshan planned to transplant the Blue Silver Emperor into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and use Life Energy to raise her cultivation for Lingling’s future Soul Ring.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo discussed Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang before setting out to hunt Spirit Beasts for the girls. After nearly ten days in Sunset Forest and the surrounding glaciers, the women obtained their Soul Rings, and Shui Yue'er reached level 35 with a Sonic Wave skill.

• Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo that Xiao Wu might eventually sacrifice herself for Tang San, and revealed his conflict with Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang.
• Dugu Bo condemned Yu Xiaogang and the others, promised to protect Lin Manshan, and planned to visit the Ye Family after the hunt.
• Lin Manshan gathered information about his in-laws while examining the Shui sisters' changes, then joined the group as they traveled to Sunset Forest.
• Shui Yue'er absorbed a Screaming Fish Soul Ring and gained the Sonic Wave skill, reaching Soul Power level 35.
• The group completed their hunts, and Lin Manshan noted that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level 35, Ye Lingling level 43, and Shui Bing'er level 44.

Dugu Bo arranged for the Ye Family to join Tian Xing Academy, then traveled to recruit Lou Gao while Lin Manshan brought the Shui Family into the new alliance. After returning to Heaven Dou City, Lin Manshan and the others headed to the Great Soul Arena in disguises for the grudge match.

• Dugu Bo invited Ye Xintang to join Tian Xing Academy as a Councillor and place the Ye Family in charge of its Sacred Healing Institute, medical work, and medicinal materials.
• Ye Xintang agreed to the arrangement, and Dugu Bo explained that the royal family would oversee construction while the academy's new members remained secret.
• Dugu Bo left for Gengxin City to recruit Lou Gao, while Lin Manshan took Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to Skywater City and secured the Shui Family's support.
• Lin Manshan and Shui Chaozong agreed to make Skywater Academy Tian Xing Academy's Water Element Branch, and Shui Ziliu joined the group bound for Heaven Dou City.
• Shui Ziliu suggested that Lin Manshan and the girls wear disguises in public, so they donned masks and veils before heading to the Great Soul Arena.

Lin Manshan and his companions registered under aliases at the Great Soul Arena and rapidly earned Silver Douluo Badges. On the eighth day, Lin Manshan faced Yu Tianheng, who challenged him over Dugu Yan, and sent him flying with the Dragon Catching Skill.

• Lin Manshan and his companions registered with false identities and began competing in individual, duo, and team matches.
• After seven days of victories, the group earned Silver Douluo Badges, breaking the arena's advancement record.
• Lin Manshan met Yu Tianheng in an individual match, and Yu Tianheng confronted him over Dugu Yan leaving the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Yu Tianheng opened the fight with Lightning Dragon Claw, and Lin Manshan dodged it and grabbed his wrist with the Dragon Catching Skill, sending him flying.