Chapter Summaries

Ye Kai explained the Soul Spirit system to Ah Yin and invited her to become its first witness, and she agreed. After Ah Yin stayed close to him to recover, Ye Kai and his companions reached Heaven Dou City, where he planned to seek out Little Angel the next day.

• Ye Kai described how a Soul Spirit contract could preserve a Soul Beast's soul and consciousness in a Soul Master's Sea of Consciousness, allowing it to control its Soul Ring and fight independently.
• Ye Kai invited Ah Yin to join him in witnessing the new cultivation era, and Ah Yin accepted because she trusted him and wanted to support the Soul Beasts' future.
• Ah Yin said she would recover faster by staying near Ye Kai, so he cleaned her roots and placed her against his chest as he went to sleep.
• Ye Kai and his companions resumed their journey the next morning and reached Heaven Dou City a day earlier than expected.
• Ye Kai stayed overnight at the Spirit Hall's temple in Heaven Dou City, reported his itinerary, and planned to look for Little Angel the following day.

Ye Kai revealed to Ah Yin that the child in Tang San’s body might have been replaced by an outsider, and she vowed to kill him. Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village, found Tang Hao gone, and feared he had become an orphan again.

• Ah Yin asked Ye Kai to spare Tang San, and Ye Kai promised to spare him once if he sought revenge.
• Ye Kai showed Ah Yin an image of Tang San and explained that another soul might have taken over her child’s body.
• Ah Yin said she would personally kill Tang San and sacrifice him to her son’s spirit.
• Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village and noticed the changed terrain without understanding it came from a battle involving Tang Hao.
• Tang San found Tang Hao’s letter and, believing his father had vanished, went to Old Jack’s house for help.

Ye Kai met Qian Renxue in her Xue Qinghe disguise and urged her to reconsider her plans for Spirit Hall and the continent. He proposed preparing commoner administrators and military leaders for future governance, leaving Qian Renxue to choose between pursuing godhood or continuing her undercover work while learning statecraft.

• Ye Kai teleported to Qian Renxue’s secret chamber after she activated their mark, then tickled her until she dropped her Xue Qinghe disguise.
• Qian Renxue noticed Ye Kai was still Level 10, and he explained that he intended to use Soul Spirits rather than add soul rings.
• Ye Kai questioned the value of Qian Renxue’s Heaven Dou Kingdom Usurpation Plan and suggested that she could instead cultivate, become a god, and help Spirit Hall defeat its opponents.
• Ye Kai advised Qian Renxue to use her position in Heaven Dou to train commoner administrators and military leaders loyal to Spirit Hall.
• Ye Kai presented Qian Renxue with two choices: return to cultivate toward godhood or continue undercover while learning governance and secretly promoting talented commoners.

Ye Kai advised Qian Renxue on building a loyal administrative base and securing the Heaven Dou Crown Prince position while continuing her undercover mission. Qian Renxue chose to remain undercover, and Ye Kai returned to the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Saint Hall after promising to visit her again that night.

• Ye Kai explained that Spirit Hall would lack enough administrators after unification and warned Qian Renxue against relying on officials tied to powerful clans.
• Ye Kai urged Qian Renxue to recruit commoners and discarded clan heirs, and advised her not to eliminate the Second Prince and Third Prince.
• Ye Kai proposed that Qian Renxue use Xue Qinghe's name to recruit Snake Lance as an imperial retainer, gaining political support while encouraging rival princes to spend their clans' resources.
• Qian Renxue chose to continue her undercover mission while also pursuing cultivation, and Ye Kai said he would discuss replacing one of her guards with a stronger elder.
• Qian Renxue asked Ye Kai to stay with her, but he returned to the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Saint Hall and said he would visit again that night.
• Ye Kai comforted Ah Yin after taking her out of the Soul Tool, then went to find Platinum Bishop Salas.

Ye Kai explored Heaven Dou City after learning Dugu Bo was not there, then took Ah Yin to the city auction house. He spotted Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin in the VIP area, where Ning Rongrong noticed him.

• Ye Kai asked Salas about Dugu Bo and learned there had been no recent sightings of him in Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Kai went to the Heaven Dou City Auction House with Ah Yin after receiving Salas's VIP card and two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Kai watched the auction begin and thought about the mistreatment of beast-eared girls and his resolve to oppose human trafficking.
• Ah Yin warned Ye Kai that a Titled Douluo had arrived, and Ye Kai recognized Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin entering the Red VIP Area.
• Ning Rongrong called Ye Kai pretty, and Chen Xin comforted her after Ning Fengzhi reprimanded her for pointing at him.

Ye Kai met Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin at the auction, where Ning Fengzhi learned that Ye Kai belonged to Spirit Hall and had powerful backing. After Ye Kai left, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin considered his potential and the growing tension between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ning Fengzhi apologized for Ning Rongrong's discourtesy and asked Ye Kai about his family and teacher.
• Ye Kai introduced himself as a member of Spirit Hall but declined to reveal his teacher's identity.
• Ning Rongrong complimented Ye Kai, and Ye Kai greeted Chen Xin while considering the obstacles to winning over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After the auction ended, Ye Kai said goodbye to Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong and departed.
• Chen Xin described Ye Kai as a frighteningly talented and patient cultivator, while Ning Fengzhi recalled reports of unusual activity at Spirit Academy.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether she would see Ye Kai again, and Ning Fengzhi said she would, while privately expecting them to meet as enemies.

Ye Kai advised Qian Renxue on securing the Heaven Dou Crown Prince Position before courting Ning Fengzhi and outlined schemes to eliminate political rivals. His explanation that they might marry left Qian Renxue imagining their future children and choosing their surnames.

• Ye Kai returned to the Martial Soul Saint Hall, stored Ah Yin in his Soul Tool, and teleported to Qian Renxue's Secret Chamber for dinner.
• Ye Kai advised Qian Renxue to secure the Crown Prince Position before approaching Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue agreed to prioritize the Crown Prince Position, and Ye Kai described ways to deal with the Second and Third Princes and recruit officials covertly.
• Ye Kai proposed using Spirit Hall to weaken opposition before Qian Renxue surrendered the Heaven Dou Empire and faked Xue Qinghe's death.
• Qian Renxue heard Ye Kai explain that marriage could help him join the Qian family and began imagining their children and deciding whether they would take the Qian or Ye surname.

Ye Kai received a mission to treat Dugu Bo and his family, and went to meet the Poison Douluo after learning his son’s toxins had erupted. Qian Renxue reluctantly let him approach Dugu Bo under Spirit Hall’s name, and Ye Kai arrived at Dugu Bo’s residence with Salas.

• Ye Kai received a mission to treat Dugu Bo’s family, with a larger reward for finding a permanent solution to their poison problem.
• The system warned Ye Kai that Tang San’s original solution only delayed the Dugu Family’s poisoning, and revealed that Dugu Bo had returned to Heaven Dou City because his son’s toxins had erupted.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Qian Renxue that Dugu Bo was at the Ye Family, and Ye Kai offered to help him and win his support for her.
• Qian Renxue gave Ye Kai a token bearing the word “Qinghe” and agreed to let him approach Dugu Bo with Salas, though she warned him to be careful.
• Ye Kai persuaded Salas to take him to Dugu Bo’s residence, where they learned the Ye Family had already suppressed the poison temporarily and were admitted to meet Dugu Bo.

Ye Kai confronted Dugu Bo and offered to cure the Dugu Family’s poison in exchange for Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden and a promise to keep Spirit Hall’s secret technique confidential. After testing Ye Kai’s healing domain, Dugu Bo saw that the treatment worked, and Ye Kai explained that he could also cleanse the poison from Dugu Bo’s son and granddaughter.

• Ye Kai provoked Dugu Bo, then calmed him by revealing his Tree of Life martial soul and hinting that he knew about Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Ye Kai dismissed Salas and secretly showed Dugu Bo Qian Renxue’s token before proposing a deal.
• Dugu Bo agreed to give Ye Kai his Medicine Garden and keep the secret technique confidential if Ye Kai could resolve the Dugu Family’s poison problem.
• Ye Kai used his Innate Domain to reduce the toxins in Dugu Bo’s body, then explained that the treatment required leaving some toxins in place.
• Ye Kai said he could cleanse Dugu Bo’s son and granddaughter, and had transitional measures for his granddaughter until she could use the Condensing Poison Pill.

Ye Kai taught Dugu Bo how to condense a Poison Pill and helped him find ways to treat his family’s toxins, securing Dugu Bo’s promise to show him the Medicine Garden. Afterward, Ye Kai returned to Qian Renxue, who worried about his trip and kept him company for the night.

• Ye Kai explained how Dugu Bo could condense toxins into a Poison Pill and use Soul Bones or training to help Yan Yan and the others.
• Dugu Bo confirmed the Poison Pill worked, learned Tree Climbing and Water Treading from Ye Kai, and promised to take him to the Medicine Garden the next day.
• Dugu Bo asked Ye Kai to remove the poison from Dugu Xin, and Ye Kai treated him before leaving with Salas.
• Ye Kai returned to Qian Renxue, who checked that Dugu Bo had not hurt him and objected to his trip to Sunset Forest.
• Qian Renxue prepared sleepwear for Ye Kai and turned him into her dress-up doll for a while.

Ye Kai woke beside Qian Renxue, then left to visit Dugu Bo and inspect the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. After deciding to entrust the site to the Blue Silver plants, he planted Ah Yin there, but she feared he was abandoning her.

• Qian Renxue woke beside Ye Kai, mistook him for part of a dream, and the two exchanged kisses and playful counterattacks before she let him leave.
• Ye Kai teleported to the Martial Soul Saint Hall and met Dugu Bo, who took him to Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo showed Ye Kai the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and warned him that many of its plants were poisonous.
• Ye Kai explained that the site needed guards and planned to bring the Blue Silver King and other Blue Silver plants there.
• Ye Kai planted Ah Yin beside the well, and she wrapped her branches around him and asked if he was abandoning her.

Ye Kai left Ah Yin in the Sunset Forest to recover and prepare defenses while he arranged for the Blue Silver King and his clan to join her. After training with Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City, he escorted the Blue Silver King’s group to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and considered how to protect the area from humans.

• Ye Kai explained that Ah Yin should stay in the Sunset Forest temporarily to recover and prepare scouting, warning, and defensive measures for the Blue Silver King’s arrival.
• Ye Kai gave two Soul Saint guards Ah Yin’s leaf and ordered them to bring the Blue Silver King and his clan to the Sunset Forest.
• Ye Kai trained with Qian Renxue, dodging her attacks before countering and teasing her about always falling just short.
• The guards reported that the Blue Silver King and part of his clan had arrived outside the Sunset Forest, and Ye Kai went to meet them.
• Ye Kai led the Blue Silver King and his clan toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and noted that the thinning poisonous gas might no longer keep humans away.

Ye Kai brought the Blue Silver King to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, arranged for him to guard the area and gather other Blue Silver Grass, and reunited with Ah Yin, who could now appear in soul form. After harvesting mature medicinal plants and preparing to leave with Ah Yin, Ye Kai washed her while she struggled with guilt over her growing dependence on him.

• Ye Kai offered the Blue Silver King the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well as a cultivation ground in exchange for guarding it and contacting other Blue Silver Kings.
• Ah Yin appeared in soul form and explained that Ye Kai’s Life Aura could help her regain a human body.
• Ah Yin described her Blue Silver Grass radar network across Sunset Forest and asked Ye Kai to transplant several thousand-year-old Blue Silver Grasses to the well.
• Ye Kai gathered seeds from mature medicinal plants, left the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot untouched, and decided to give the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.
• Ah Yin agreed to leave with Ye Kai, then asked him to wash the ash from her leaves as she felt both guilty and comforted by his touch.

Ye Kai agreed to form a Soul Spirit Contract with Ah Yin, who became his contracted soul spirit and gained the ability to switch between spiritual and physical forms. Their contract caused a distant lion-type Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest to sense a major change in fate and the forest’s fortune.

• Ye Kai asked Ah Yin to recommend a Plant-Type Soul Beast, and she volunteered to become his soul spirit.
• Ye Kai returned to Heaven Dou City, left letters for Qian Renxue and Salas saying he would enter seclusion, and began the contract with Ah Yin.
• Ah Yin willingly completed the contract with Ye Kai, forming a blood-red Soul Ring around his Tree of Life.
• Ye Kai explained that Ah Yin could switch freely between spiritual and physical forms, and she tested her new body before embracing him.
• A golden lion-type Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest opened a third eye and sensed enormous fluctuations in fate and the forest’s fortune.

The Silver Dragon King investigated a sudden shift in the Soul Beast race’s fate while Ah Yin gave Ye Kai the Blue Silver Domain and helped him disguise his Red Soul Ring. Ye Kai checked his gains and prepared to return to Spirit City after cultivating with Qian Renxue.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed a drastic change in the fate of the Star Dou Great Forest and possibly the entire Soul Beast race, so Di Tian brought her to the Silver Dragon King.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to awaken Ten Thousand Demons King and strengthen surveillance of the forest’s outer regions, then told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to stay close.
• Ah Yin gave Ye Kai the Blue Silver Domain and changed his conspicuous Red Soul Ring into a light-purple ring through camouflage.
• Ye Kai and Ah Yin discussed his dangerous plan to take her away from Tang Hao, and Ah Yin urged him not to risk himself again.
• Ye Kai checked his System Panel, saw that his gains included the Blue Silver Domain and the ability to open the Sixth Gate, and decided to return to Spirit City after cultivating with Qian Renxue.
• Ye Kai teleported to Qian Renxue’s Secret Chamber and showed her his unmasked Red Soul Ring, leaving her stunned.

Ye Kai promised Qian Renxue a birthday surprise before returning to Spirit City, then took her to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to receive it. After consuming the fused herbs and enduring half a day of refining, Qian Renxue absorbed their medicinal power but collapsed from exhaustion.

• Ye Kai told Qian Renxue he planned to return to Spirit City after celebrating her birthday and teased her with an unnamed surprise.
• Qian Renxue spent the next few days close to Ye Kai, and they traveled by Teleportation from Heaven Dou City to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Blue King approached them, but Ye Kai reassured Qian Renxue and told Blue King to leave them alone.
• Ye Kai gave Qian Renxue the fused Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and instructed her to refine them where the red and white waters met.
• Qian Renxue endured the herbs' alternating heat and cold for half a day, absorbed their medicinal power, and collapsed in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

After Qian Renxue survived the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s baptism, Ye Kai carried her to shore, where Ah Yin teased and kissed him before Qian Renxue woke. Qian Renxue began testing her improved physical abilities as Ye Kai left the spring, unaware that a mysterious powerful being was watching them.

• Ye Kai rescued the unconscious Qian Renxue from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and covered her with his clothes.
• Ah Yin teased Ye Kai about their contract and initiated a passionate kiss before retreating into his Sea of Consciousness when Qian Renxue stirred.
• Qian Renxue woke, recalled passing out, and checked that Ye Kai was unharmed.
• After noticing her damaged clothes, Qian Renxue put on Ye Kai’s outfit and asked whether she looked good.
• Ye Kai told Qian Renxue to test the physical improvements and water- and fire-elemental resistance she had gained from the baptism.
• Qian Renxue began testing her abilities while Ye Kai walked away, and an unknown powerful being watched them.

The Goddess of Life chose to observe Ye Kai as a possible successor, while Ye Kai returned to Heaven Dou City with Qian Renxue and prepared to help Ah Yin recover. The chapter ended with Ye Kai opening the Jade Box containing Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

• The Goddess of Life sensed Ye Kai’s contract with Ah Yin and decided to observe him before offering him a God Position Assessment.
• Ye Kai and Qian Renxue parted ways in Heaven Dou City after Qian Renxue ambushed him affectionately and returned to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace disguised as Xue Qinghe.
• Ah Yin reassured Ye Kai and urged him to absorb his soul bone before returning to Spirit Hall.
• Ye Kai returned to the Martial Soul Saint Hall, announced that he would enter seclusion, and took out the Jade Box containing Ah Yin’s soul bone.
• Ye Kai opened the Jade Box, revealing the blue-gold Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

Ye Kai absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, strengthening his recovery and Soul Ring absorption limits before returning to Spirit City. Hu Liena confronted him after noticing another woman’s scent, suspecting that someone else had gotten close to him.

• Ye Kai absorbed the Soul Bone, improving Ultimate Life, raising his Soul Ring to seven thousand years, and reaching level 24 with a new thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Ye Kai explained the Soul Bone’s effects to Ah Yin, then packed up and returned to Spirit City with his guards.
• Ye Kai learned that Pope Teacher was in seclusion and went back to his residence.
• Hu Liena rushed into Ye Kai’s arms and kissed him after he returned from several months away.
• Hu Liena noticed another woman’s scent on Ye Kai and angrily demanded to know which girl he had been with.

Ye Kai was confronted by Hu Liena after she caught Ah Yin’s scent, and Ah Yin emerged to explain herself. Ah Yin and Hu Liena reached an uneasy understanding, leaving Ye Kai to prepare a room for Ah Yin and spend the night with Hu Liena.

• Hu Liena demanded that Ye Kai reveal who he had been with, and he blamed Xue'er Jie.
• Ah Yin emerged from Ye Kai’s Sea of Consciousness and sent him out so she could speak with Hu Liena alone.
• Ah Yin told Hu Liena that she was not a rival to fear and hinted that she had influenced the events that led to Hu Liena’s teacher becoming Pope.
• Hu Liena learned that Ah Yin had witnessed her intimacy with Ye Kai and grew embarrassed and indignant.
• Ah Yin promised Hu Liena a night with Ye Kai, then told him to prepare a room for her as well.