Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang learned that Li Xun had a mutated wood-carving Martial Soul that could control plants and tried to inspect it, but Li Xun refused and continued into the forest. Li Xun then revealed that he intended to use a thousand-year Lone Bamboo for his Second Spirit Ring, and the group found one ahead.

• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang that Li Xun's Thousand Hands Great Buddha was a wood carving that controlled trees, prompting Yu Xiaogang to suspect a positive mutation.
• Yu Xiaogang asked to see Li Xun's Martial Soul and warned that its mutation might turn negative, but Li Xun refused and led Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan deeper into the forest.
• Yu Tianheng angrily challenged Li Xun for ignoring his uncle, while Qin Ming recognized Yu Xiaogang as Grandmaster and invited him to advise Li Xun.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Li Xun's control-focused cultivation plan and said that strengthening his plants with a Second Spirit Ring would waste his talent.
• Li Xun told Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan that he wanted a thousand-year Lone Bamboo, and the group spotted one over twenty meters tall with purple showing on its surface.

Li Xun absorbed a twelve-hundred-year Gu Bamboo as his Second Spirit Ring, defying Yu Xiaogang’s absorption-limit theory. His successful absorption left Yu Xiaogang shaken and the others stunned.

• Li Xun began cutting down the Gu Bamboo, and Sword Douluo used sword qi to fell it while leaving the final blow to Li Xun.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Li Xun that a Thousand Year Spirit Ring exceeded the Second Spirit Ring limit, but Li Xun continued and killed the bamboo.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Li Xun would fail to absorb the ring, while Tang San believed the attempt would end in disaster.
• Li Xun absorbed the Spirit Ring without pain and realized his body could handle more than twelve hundred years.
• Li Xun discovered that the ring increased his plant toughness, growth, and reproduction, while Yu Xiaogang trembled as his theory was disproved.

Li Xun successfully absorbed a thousand-year Spirit Ring, prompting Yu Xiaogang to revise his theory and try to persuade him to become a disciple. Li Xun remained satisfied with his choices and politely refused, while Yu Xiaogang continued arguing that a good teacher could guide his cultivation.

• Yu Xiaogang recovered from his shock and suggested Li Xun’s mutated Martial Soul enhanced his physical qualities, allowing him to absorb a Spirit Ring beyond ordinary limits.
• Tang San chose to trust Yu Xiaogang despite still having doubts about the explanation.
• Dugu Yan congratulated Li Xun, while Qin Ming questioned his choice of Lone Bamboo and Ning Rongrong asked whether she could also absorb a thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Li Xun and argued that his first two Spirit Rings had wasted his talent and left him with fewer skills than other Soul Masters.
• Li Xun defended his long-term approach and declined Yu Xiaogang’s offer of guidance, but Yu Xiaogang urged him to reconsider and cited Tang San’s progress as an example.

Li Xun challenged Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring theories and exposed that the so-called Grandmaster was stuck at level twenty-nine, humiliating him in front of Tang San and the others. Tang San, enraged by the insult to his Teacher, aimed a Sleeve Arrow at Li Xun with intent to kill.

• Li Xun argued that strengthening his Martial Soul and passive abilities mattered more than gaining early offensive Soul Rings, and questioned whether Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was being developed wisely.
• Yu Xiaogang defended conventional Soul Ring choices, but Li Xun said Tang San and he were exceptional and could rely on their powerful Teachers for protection and Soul Rings.
• Yu Tianheng revealed that Yu Xiaogang was not a Titled Douluo, and Qin Ming clarified that his Soul Power had been stuck at level twenty-nine.
• Li Xun pretended to misunderstand the title Grandmaster and praised Yu Xiaogang as a scholar, deepening Yu Xiaogang’s humiliation.
• Tang San became furious at Li Xun for insulting his Teacher, raised his arm, and aimed his Sleeve Arrow at him.

Li Xun prepared to settle his feud with Yu Tianheng through a challenge at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As the students gathered to watch, Yu Tianheng revealed he had reached level thirty and obtained his Third Spirit Ring, just before the fight began.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang left, while Yu Tianheng promised to challenge Li Xun back at the academy to avenge his uncle’s humiliation.
• Li Xun cultivated at the academy training grounds and learned that his plants had grown more numerous and his Rapid Growth ability had become faster and cheaper to use.
• Ning Rongrong warned Li Xun that Yu Tianheng was level twenty-nine, but Li Xun explained he had been waiting for the challenge.
• Qin Ming and Meng Shenji tried to stop the match, while Ning Fengzhi supported Li Xun’s decision and returned home.
• Students gathered as Osler announced betting odds, and Meng Shenji placed a Gold Soul Coin on Li Xun.
• Yu Tianheng told Li Xun he had obtained his Third Spirit Ring and reached level thirty, but Li Xun taunted him about losing.

Li Xun faced Yu Tianheng in a challenge after Yu Tianheng revealed he had become a fourteen-year-old Soul Elder. Li Xun unveiled his Thousand-Year second Spirit Ring and used his plant abilities to keep Yu Tianheng at a distance, leaving the duel unresolved as Yu Tianheng struggled to advance.

• Yu Tianheng summoned his Martial Soul and revealed three Spirit Rings, showing that he had reached Soul Elder at fourteen.
• Li Xun summoned the Thousand Hands Great Buddha and revealed a Thousand-Year second Spirit Ring, stunning the spectators and prompting the Teaching Committee members to discuss his talent.
• Yu Tianheng attacked with Thunder Dragon Claw as Li Xun used Tree World Advent and Enhancement to cover the arena with rapidly growing trees and vines.
• Yu Tianheng used Thunderbolt to destroy the thorny plants and tried to charge, but Li Xun repeatedly grew saplings beneath his feet and kept him from advancing.
• Li Xun told Yu Tianheng that the distance between them had grown to twelve meters, while he remained in place.

Li Xun defeated Yu Tianheng by overwhelming him with spiraling wooden spears and thorny vines, then stopped before killing him. Yu Tianheng received treatment but decided to leave the academy, vowing to make Li Xun pay.

• Yu Tianheng doubled the power of his abilities with Dragon's Wrath and charged Li Xun, but Li Xun sent twisting tree spears and vines to bind and wound him.
• Meng Shenji urged Li Xun to stop, and Li Xun released Yu Tianheng, who collapsed with severe wounds.
• Ye Lingling treated Yu Tianheng, while the students and teaching committee stared at Li Xun in shock.
• Li Xun teased Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan after the match, and news of Yu Tianheng's defeat spread through Heavenly Dou Academy.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng visited Yu Tianheng in the infirmary, but he said he had withdrawn from the academy and vowed to take others down with him.

Li Xun learned that Yu Tianheng’s departure had weakened Qin Ming’s team, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan demanded an apology for Yu Tianheng’s injuries and clashed with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He later traveled with Sword Douluo Chen Xin to the Breaking Clan to meet Yang Wudi, where he discovered Yang Qianjun had been punished after returning with money and was now betrothed to a Bai Family girl.

• Prince Xue Xing warned Xue Beng not to provoke Li Xun and to keep the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from gaining influence at the academy.
• Ye Lingling, Osler, and Yu Feng left with Yu Tianheng, leaving Qin Ming dispirited, while Li Xun resolved to recruit more team members.
• Yu Yuanzhen confronted Ning Fengzhi over Yu Tianheng’s injuries and demanded that Li Xun apologize, but Sword Douluo Chen Xin fought him before he left the sect.
• Li Xun decided to seek Yang Wudi’s Medical Book and traveled with Sword Douluo Chen Xin to the Breaking Clan’s residence.
• An old man told Li Xun that Yang Qianjun had been beaten and confined after his money was discovered, and that he and a Bai Family girl had become betrothed.
• Yang Wudi confronted Li Xun and recognized that he had brought Sword Douluo Chen Xin as backup.

Li Xun proposed that the Breaking Clan cooperate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect by making and selling medicines, with the clan also protecting the business. Yang Wudi remained wary but reconsidered after hearing the proposed profits and that Dugu Bo might join the sect.

• Yang Wudi offered to repay Qian Jun and cancel their deal, but Li Xun said the Medicine Manual was only a secondary reason for his visit.
• Li Xun proposed that the Breaking Clan make medicines while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect distributed them, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin confirmed Li Xun could negotiate on the sect's behalf.
• Li Xun explained that the Breaking Clan would also serve as Security Advisors, then offered a profit split and annual wages for their protection.
• Yang Wudi objected that the arrangement might make his clan an affiliate, and Li Xun reassured him that it was a cooperative partnership and offered to mediate with Spirit Hall.
• Li Xun said Dugu Bo was discussing becoming a consecrated elder, leaving Yang Wudi stunned at the prospect of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect having three Titled Douluo.

Li Xun secured a partnership between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Breaking Clan, then invited Yang Qianjun to join his Soul Master Competition team. On the street, Li Xun caught Zhu Zhuqing as she fell from a window and saw two masked men retreat, leaving Zhu Zhuqing injured.

• Yang Wudi gave Li Xun the Medicine Manual and agreed to discuss the Breaking Clan joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with his teacher.
• Li Xun gave Yang Qianjun a wedding gift and told him their clans would work together to produce and sell medicine.
• Li Xun invited fourteen-year-old Yang Qianjun, whose Soul Power had reached level twenty-seven, to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy's team for the Soul Master Competition.
• Two masked men attacked a falling Zhu Zhuqing from a second-floor window, but Li Xun caught her and dodged their energy attacks.
• Li Xun asked Zhu Zhuqing if she was all right, noticed her bleeding shoulder, and set her down so she could bandage it.

Li Xun saved the injured Zhu Zhuqing and tried to persuade her to leave Star Luo for Heaven Dou, but she refused. He later secured Yang Qianjun’s participation in the future Soul Master Competition and left with Sword Douluo, struggling against the cold during their flight.

• Zhu Zhuqing gave Li Xun her name and refused his offer to escort her home or take her to Heaven Dou.
• Li Xun decided that Zhu Zhuqing’s refusal did not change his plans and joked with Yang Qianjun about the meal Yang owed him.
• Li Xun ate an expensive meal with Yang Qianjun, who returned to the Yang Mansion grieving over the bill.
• Yang Qianjun told Yang Wudi that Li Xun had invited him to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the future Soul Master Competition, and Yang Wudi agreed.
• Li Xun and Sword Douluo left the residence, and Li Xun asked to fly more slowly because the wind was cold.

Li Xun and Sword Douluo encountered Zhu Zhuqing fleeing two Gale Demon Wolves outside Dragon Arising City, and Li Xun intervened to save her. He defeated the wolves with his Wood Style spirit ability, leaving Zhu Zhuqing and Sword Douluo astonished by his growing strength.

• Li Xun spotted Zhu Zhuqing being chased through the fields and persuaded Sword Douluo to help her, explaining that he hoped to recruit her into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing struggled toward the forest while injured and nearly out of Soul Power, unaware that Li Xun and Sword Douluo were approaching.
• Li Xun leaped down from the flying sword and used Wood Style, Tree World Advent, to create a dense forest that overwhelmed the two Gale Demon Wolves.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Li Xun as the young man who had rescued her earlier and was shocked by his Thousand-Year Second Spirit Ring and powerful spirit ability.
• Sword Douluo saw how much Li Xun's First Spirit Ability had improved, and Li Xun greeted Zhu Zhuqing as they met again.

Li Xun urged Zhu Zhuqing to leave Star Luo with him, but she struggled against the duty binding her to the royal succession conflict. After learning that Dai Mubai had fled and her eldest sister still pursued her, Zhu Zhuqing remained trapped in uncertainty.

• Li Xun introduced himself and Sword Douluo as members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and invited Zhu Zhuqing to come to Heaven Dou.
• Sword Douluo explained that Zhu Zhuqing was expected to marry into the Dai family and fight alongside her husband for the throne.
• Li Xun questioned whether Zhu Zhuqing wanted to become empress or liked Dai Mubai, and she answered no to both.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Dai Mubai was eleven, had Soul Power Level twenty-five, and had fled, while his stronger opponent was the First Prince.
• Li Xun asked whether the Zhu family sisters would die if their princes were killed, and Zhu Zhuqing said her eldest sister would not let her go.
• Li Xun asked Zhu Zhuqing how strong her eldest sister was.

Li Xun comforted Zhu Zhuqing by suggesting her eldest sister may have driven her from the Star Luo Empire to protect her, then took her toward Heaven Dou on Sword Douluo’s flying sword. After returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Li Xun prepared Ning Fengzhi to negotiate with the Breaking Clan.

• Li Xun reasoned that Zhu Zhuqing’s eldest sister had likely intended to drive her out of the Star Luo Empire rather than kill her, and Zhu Zhuqing clung to the possibility that she had been protected.
• Li Xun reassured Zhu Zhuqing, gave her his cotton coat, and took her onto Sword Douluo’s flying sword, saying she would be safe in Heaven Dou and after Dai Mubai’s death.
• During the flight, Li Xun held Zhu Zhuqing close for warmth and used his Chakra to treat her shoulder wound; Zhu Zhuqing felt calmer and decided she no longer had ties to Dai Mubai.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Li Xun warned Ning Fengzhi not to celebrate too soon and said he still needed to discuss cooperation with Yang Wudi.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to set out that day to negotiate with the Breaking Clan and was pleased with how far Li Xun had advanced the effort.

Ning Fengzhi welcomed Zhu Zhuqing into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Li Xun showed her to a nearby residence. After discovering that her injuries still hurt, he told her to undress and lie down so he could heal her more effectively, leaving her embarrassed by the misunderstanding.

• Ning Fengzhi offered Zhu Zhuqing a choice between joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or the academy, and she chose the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed whether Li Xun had misled Yang Wudi about Dugu Bo becoming an enshrined elder, and Li Xun clarified that he was secretly negotiating with Dugu Bo.
• Li Xun led Zhu Zhuqing to the sect's inner residences, where she chose the small building beside his and met Aunt Xue.
• Li Xun asked about Zhu Zhuqing's injuries, and she admitted they still hurt.
• Li Xun told Zhu Zhuqing to take off her clothes and lie down so he could heal her efficiently, and she initially feared he had tricked her before he explained.

Li Xun treated Zhu Zhuqing’s wound and welcomed her into a safer life with Ning Rongrong, while his alliances and plans continued to develop over the next year. The chapter left him training his growing team for the next Soul Master Competition.

• Li Xun treated Zhu Zhuqing’s shoulder wound, and she blushed as he examined her.
• Ning Rongrong visited Li Xun, learned about Zhu Zhuqing’s situation, and promised they would someday take her back openly.
• Li Xun studied Yang Wudi’s medical books and found records of two more Immortal Grade plants.
• Over the next year, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong became close friends, Yang Wudi’s partnership with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect advanced, and the Breaking Clan’s ties with the other clans worsened.
• Xue Qinghe visited the academy and questioned Li Xun about Spirit Hall, while Yang Qianjun joined Li Xun’s team.
• At the training ground, Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing and Yang Qianjun as they attacked Li Xun, who activated Wood Style.

Li Xun defeated Zhu Zhuqing and Yang Qianjun in sparring, then arranged a new team match while reflecting on the weaknesses of his plant-based skill. During the next round, Dugu Yan suddenly stumbled as she blocked Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks, leaving the cause unclear.

• Li Xun evaded Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Stab, caught her, and offered advice before ending her attack.
• Yang Qianjun charged through Li Xun’s growing woodland, but the plants lifted and restrained him.
• The team discussed how to counter Li Xun and agreed that future sparring teams should have at least four members.
• Li Xun paired Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Yang Qianjun against Zhu Zhuqing and the Shi brothers, then watched their match.
• Dugu Yan blocked Zhu Zhuqing from reaching Ning Rongrong with her snake venom, but suddenly stumbled during their exchange.

Li Xun recognized Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison and examined Dugu Bo, then claimed he could cure them both. He began explaining two possible treatments, starting with a Soul Bone method suitable only for Dugu Yan.

• Li Xun stopped Zhu Zhuqing from striking Dugu Yan when her poison erupted, and the group carried the unconscious Dugu Yan back to her dormitory.
• Dugu Bo rushed to his granddaughter’s side, then spoke with Li Xun after the others left.
• Li Xun identified the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison and learned from Dugu Bo that the poison had killed Dugu Yan’s father and afflicted Dugu Bo himself.
• Li Xun examined Dugu Bo and said he could cure both him and Dugu Yan, surprising Dugu Bo.
• Li Xun proposed forcing Dugu Yan’s poison into a suitable Soul Bone, while warning that the method would only treat Dugu Bo’s symptoms.

Li Xun proposed ways to manage Dugu Bo and Yan Yan’s poison and revealed that Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden held the two dangerous herbs he needed. Dugu Bo agreed to take Li Xun there, leaving Li Xun regretting that he had been carried off before he could object.

• Li Xun explained that Soul Bones could store poison, while offering the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help to keep Dugu Bo from seeking bones by killing their owners.
• Li Xun described the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, saying he could use them to prepare a cure after consuming them himself.
• Dugu Bo revealed that his medicinal garden contained herbs like the ones Li Xun described, but urged him not to risk his life testing them.
• Li Xun persuaded Dugu Bo to show him the garden, hoping to inspect its other herbs as well.
• Dugu Bo hurriedly picked Li Xun up to fly him to the garden before Li Xun could finish saying he wanted to go back first.

Li Xun brought Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and identified several Immortal Grade herbs, including a pair that could strengthen the body and repel poison. Dugu Bo refused to let Li Xun risk consuming them, so Li Xun offered to show him two other herbs that might cure their poison.

• Dugu Bo carried Li Xun through the air to the basin in Sunset Forest, where Li Xun recognized the red-and-blue pool as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Li Xun explained that the well helped rare plants grow and identified Aromatic Silk Beauty as a flower that weakened poison arts.
• Li Xun showed Dugu Bo Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, explaining that they could be consumed together to grant resistance to water, fire, and poison.
• Dugu Bo worried that the herbs could purge his poison pill and diminish his strength, and he refused to let Li Xun take the risk.
• Li Xun agreed to set the paired herbs aside and offered to show Dugu Bo two other Immortal Grade herbs that might remove the toxins from him and Dugu Yan.