Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan considered Oscar’s invitation to join Shrek Academy but said she needed her grandfather’s approval. When Dugu Bo and Gai Yue confronted each other in the forest, Oscar and Dugu Yan flew over and revealed their identities.

• Oscar invited Dugu Yan to Shrek Academy, but she decided to ask Dugu Bo before choosing.
• Gai Yue sensed someone hiding nearby and confronted Dugu Bo in the forest.
• Oscar gave Dugu Yan a Divine Speed Swift Swallow Sausage, and they flew together toward the confrontation.
• Gai Yue and Dugu Bo faced each other, each displaying their powerful spirit rings.
• Oscar and Dugu Yan arrived and told their respective elders that the other was not an enemy.

Oscar, Dugu Yan, and Gai Yue resolved their misunderstanding with Dugu Bo and agreed to travel together while Oscar helped Dugu Yan find a suitable Third Spirit Ring. Back at camp, Gai Yue presented Shao Xin with a Spirit Tree Cave for his Seventh Spirit Ring and introduced Dugu Bo.

• Dugu Yan reunited with her grandfather, Dugu Bo, and Oscar explained how he had recognized the Poison Douluo.
• Gai Yue apologized to Dugu Bo, who praised him for protecting Oscar.
• Oscar offered to help Dugu Yan find a suitable Third Spirit Ring, and Dugu Yan persuaded Dugu Bo to travel with Oscar and Gai Yue.
• Dugu Yan led the group back to camp, where Shao Xin had been waiting anxiously for Oscar.
• Gai Yue gave Shao Xin a barely alive forty-three-thousand-year Spirit Tree Cave for his Seventh Spirit Ring and introduced him to Dugu Bo.

Shao Xin absorbed the Black Spirit Ring while Dugu Bo stood guard and questioned Oscar about his medicinal knowledge and rapid cultivation. Oscar concealed the Whale Rubber’s role and recognized that Dugu Bo hoped to learn more about his supposed Ancient Tome, leaving the conversation unresolved.

• Shao Xin thanked Dugu Bo, killed the Spirit Tree Cave, and began absorbing its Black Spirit Ring while Gai Yue watched over the area.
• Dugu Yan spoke privately with Dugu Bo, then called Oscar over so her grandfather could question him.
• Dugu Bo praised Oscar’s talent and asked how an eleven-year-old Food System Soul Master had advanced so quickly.
• Oscar claimed that medicinal study and a fortunate herb had let him make pills that increased cultivation speed, concealing the Whale Rubber.
• Dugu Bo suggested exchanging knowledge of medicinal principles and ancient books, and Oscar politely avoided revealing his Ancient Tome.

Oscar refused to hand Dugu Bo his ancient tome but offered to refine pills if Dugu Bo supplied medicinal ingredients. Dugu Bo began considering Oscar a worthy future husband for Dugu Yan and weighed sending her to Shrek Academy.

• Dugu Bo questioned Oscar about his ancient tome and offered to trade for it.
• Oscar withheld the tome, citing that he had not brought it, and offered to refine pills for Dugu Yan using supplied ingredients.
• Dugu Bo considered showing Oscar the herbs in his treasured land so Oscar could identify them and make pills.
• Dugu Bo judged Oscar to be an unusually strong match for Dugu Yan and began considering sending her to Shrek Academy.

Dugu Bo agreed to take Oscar to his medicinal treasure ground in Sunset Forest and offered him a favor if he could find herbs and refine pills for Dugu Yan. Oscar realized the ground was likely the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, concealed his excitement, and continued to win Dugu Bo’s approval.

• Dugu Bo decided to show Oscar his treasure ground because Oscar might identify herbs that could help Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo promised to grant Oscar one condition if he refined suitable pills for Dugu Yan.
• Oscar asked whether the treasure ground was in Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo said it was in Sunset Forest, half a day away.
• Oscar recognized that Dugu Bo’s treasure ground was probably the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well but hid his excitement.
• Oscar spoke sincerely with Dugu Bo, who grew increasingly appreciative of him as a possible grandson-in-law.

Oscar revealed the details of Dugu Bo’s poison and learned how deeply it had tormented Dugu Yan since she was a child. After sharing their suffering, Oscar hinted that he might be able to solve their problem, leaving Dugu Bo hopeful but uncertain.

• Oscar asked Dugu Bo whether he had considered removing the poison from himself and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo admitted he had found no solution.
• Oscar described Dugu Bo’s recurring symptoms, confirming that the poison had seeped into his bones.
• Dugu Yan learned that Dugu Bo had endured even worse pain than she had and broke down crying.
• Dugu Bo comforted Dugu Yan and recalled the agony she had suffered as a young child.
• Oscar suggested that seeing through Dugu Bo’s condition meant he had more than mere knowledge, prompting Dugu Bo to ask whether he could cure them.

Oscar offered to help detoxify Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, explaining that their poison was deeply rooted and that he could not guarantee a complete cure. He left them considering a difficult ideal remedy involving two rare Immortal Herbs, while suggesting other ways to ease the poison.

• Oscar told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that he might be able to remove or alleviate their poison.
• Dugu Bo warned Oscar not to treat the matter lightly, but Dugu Yan defended him and Oscar reassured them of his sincere intentions.
• Oscar explained that the poison had penetrated Dugu Bo's marrow and suggested that a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure or a special object had helped him survive.
• Dugu Bo revealed that a Medicine Garden's special properties had suppressed his poison and helped him become a Titled Douluo.
• Oscar said two rare Immortal Herbs could detoxify them without side effects, but he could not currently obtain them, and he proposed that other methods could still greatly alleviate their symptoms.

Shao Xin successfully absorbed his seventh spirit ring and became a Level 71 Soul Saint. Dugu Bo postponed acquiring Dugu Yan’s Third Spirit Ring and planned to take Oscar and the others to his Medicine Garden to search for a way to detoxify her.

• Shao Xin absorbed the Spirit Tree Cave’s spirit ring, reached Level 71, and received congratulations from Oscar, Gai Yue, and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo reasoned that Oscar might identify useful herbs in his Medicine Garden and decided to prioritize treating Dugu Yan’s poison over her Third Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Bo invited Oscar, Gai Yue, and Shao Xin to visit his Medicine Garden, and Gai Yue and Shao Xin supported Oscar’s decision to help.
• Oscar agreed to travel with Dugu Bo after dawn, while Dugu Yan reflected on Oscar calling her sister and saying he had a favorable impression of her.

Oscar proposed that Dugu Bo use a Spirit Bone to contain the poison in his body, and Dugu Bo began testing the method. At dawn, Dugu Bo led Oscar, Shao Xin, and Gai Yue through his poison formation to the Medicine Garden, where Oscar recognized the hot spring below.

• Oscar suggested that Dugu Bo channel his poison into a Spirit Bone, and Dugu Bo excitedly decided to test the method.
• Oscar asked Dugu Bo to find Dugu Yan a suitable Spirit Bone, and Dugu Bo promised to seek a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bone.
• Dugu Bo tested Oscar's method through the night and felt encouraged by the results.
• At dawn, Dugu Bo led Oscar and the others toward his Medicine Garden, hoping to find useful herbs there.
• Dugu Bo guided the group through his poison formation to a steaming valley, and Oscar asked whether a hot spring lay below.

Oscar, Gai Yue, Shao Xin, and Dugu Bo reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Oscar explained its rare properties and how it may have helped Dugu Bo survive his poison. Dugu Bo granted Oscar access to the treasured land and asked whether it held herbs that could cure him and Dugu Yan; Oscar said its presence raised his confidence by twenty percent.

• Dugu Bo led Dugu Yan down the mountainside, and Oscar, Gai Yue, and Shao Xin followed using Flying Swallow Sausages.
• Gai Yue and Shao Xin saw the spring divided into icy blue and crimson halves, and Oscar identified it as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Oscar explained that the well was one of the Three Great Treasure Gathering Basins, where rare medicinal herbs could grow and mature faster.
• Oscar reasoned that the well's opposing energies had helped suppress the poison in Dugu Bo's body and keep him alive.
• Dugu Bo offered Oscar free access to the well and asked whether it contained Immortal Herbs that could detoxify him and Dugu Yan.
• Oscar said he was not sure whether suitable Immortal Herbs were present, but the well increased his confidence by twenty percent.

Oscar promised Dugu Bo a fifty percent chance of curing his poison and guaranteed he could cure Dugu Yan, then stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to study its herbs. After Gai Yue and Shao Xin returned to the academy, Oscar found and picked Aromatic Silk Beauty to protect himself from the many poisonous plants around the spring.

• Oscar told Dugu Bo that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well raised his chance of curing Dugu Bo's poison to fifty percent, while he was certain he could cure Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo agreed to let Oscar use the treasured place and said he would try refining his toxins into his Spirit Bone.
• Oscar asked Gai Yue and Shao Xin to return to the academy, and Dugu Bo escorted them out of the poison formation.
• Oscar warned Dugu Yan to stay at the edge of the area, then approached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well alone.
• Oscar found Aromatic Silk Beauty, whose fragrance neutralized poisons, plucked it, and began examining the herbs around the spring.

Oscar entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used the opposing immortal herbs Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to begin tempering and reshaping his body. He remained submerged in the spring, focusing on refining their powerful ice and fire energies.

• Dugu Bo returned, found Oscar already inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and took Dugu Yan to the cliffside Stone House without disturbing him.
• Oscar surveyed the herbs and decided to harvest the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, whose opposing properties could become a potent tonic when combined.
• Oscar used his dagger and jade constructs to harvest both herbs and brought them together before their medicinal effects could fade.
• Oscar consumed the two herbs, then endured their violent alternating ice and fire energies as his body turned blue and red.
• Oscar leaped into the meeting point of the Extreme Cold Yin Spring and Scorching Yang Spring, where he circulated his Soul Power to absorb the herbs and temper his body.

Oscar survived a day in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, absorbing part of two Immortal Herbs and gaining poison immunity while his body continued transforming. Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan believed he had died, leaving Dugu Yan devastated as Dugu Bo planned to inform Oscar’s academy.

• Oscar endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and absorbed one-third of the energy from the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Oscar gained an Ice-Fire Golden Body, became Immune to All Poisons, and found the spring’s extreme temperatures harmless.
• Dugu Yan went to bring Oscar food, discovered he was missing, and called for him until Dugu Bo came to investigate.
• Dugu Bo found Oscar’s Soul Tools by the spring and concluded that Oscar had fallen in and died.
• Dugu Yan broke down in grief over Oscar, whom she had hoped to accompany to Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo comforted Dugu Yan and said he would visit the Balak Kingdom to notify Oscar’s teachers and discuss compensation.

After surviving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Oscar emerged naked and encountered Dugu Yan, who had mistaken his disappearance for death. Dugu Yan realized he was alive but became flustered after seeing him, while Oscar asked her to return his Soul Tools so he could get dressed.

• Dugu Bo left for Shrek Academy, worried about how to explain Oscar’s disappearance to Gai Yue and Shao Xin.
• Oscar emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, discovered his clothes and Soul Tools were missing, and headed outside naked.
• Dugu Yan approached, saw Oscar, and screamed before asking whether he was human or a ghost.
• Oscar explained that he had entered the well to absorb the Immortal Herbs and noticed Dugu Yan wearing his Soul Tool rings.
• Dugu Yan realized Oscar was alive and became nervous and excited after seeing him naked, while Oscar asked her to return his Soul Tools.

Oscar returned alive to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Yan found him and learned that Dugu Bo had already left to tell Shrek Academy of Oscar’s supposed death. Oscar taught Dugu Yan how to refine the poison in her body, then took her flying on his Jade Sword; they ended the chapter together at the Stone House, with Dugu Yan still flustered by their close contact.

• Dugu Yan returned Oscar’s Soul Tool and turned away in embarrassment after seeing him naked, while Oscar dressed and reassured her.
• Dugu Yan told Oscar that Dugu Bo had gone to Shrek Academy to report his death, and Oscar decided he could not catch up to him to correct the misunderstanding.
• Oscar explained how to refine poison in the body, and Dugu Yan practiced the method with limited success because she lacked a Spirit Bone.
• Oscar pulled Dugu Yan into his arms and summoned an Azure Jade Sword, then flew with her toward the Stone House.
• Oscar circled through the air with Dugu Yan before taking her to the Stone House, where they ate and she privately recalled their intimate flight.

Oscar taught Dugu Yan to refine the toxins in her body, then began preparing a Phoenix Nirvana Pill from the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to help Ma Hongjun. As Oscar worked at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan watched him and realized how satisfied she felt simply being near him.

• Oscar continued teaching Dugu Yan how to refine her toxins so she could detoxify herself after obtaining a Spirit Bone.
• Oscar recognized that his feelings for Dugu Yan went beyond his original desire to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, though he avoided acting recklessly because they were both eleven and Dugu Bo was protective of her.
• After three days of preparation, Oscar began refining the Phoenix Nirvana Pill, using the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and other spiritual medicines to maximize its benefits for Ma Hongjun.
• Oscar used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and his Alchemy Furnace to refine the pill, while Dugu Yan watched from outside and felt content simply having him nearby.

Oscar refined five Immortal Grade Pills, including one intended for Ma Hongjun, while Dugu Yan learned poison techniques from him. Dugu Bo arrived at Shrek Academy and reported that Oscar was gone, leaving the teachers and students grieving as Gai Yue had yet to return.

• Oscar spent seven days refining five Immortal Grade Pills and prepared the Phoenix Nirvana Pill for Ma Hongjun.
• Oscar taught Dugu Yan how to use and brew poisons, and she studied with unexpected enthusiasm.
• Dugu Bo reached Shrek Academy ahead of Gai Yue and Shao Xin and told Flender and the others that Oscar was gone.
• Ma Hongjun rejected Dugu Bo's news in agitation, while Flender and the other teachers were heartbroken.
• Dugu Bo left after telling Flender where Gai Yue could find him and promising to apologize.
• The academy fell into a sorrowful mood, affecting Dai Mubai as Ma Hongjun mourned Oscar.

Dugu Bo and Gai Yue returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well believing Oscar had died, and Gai Yue stayed to mourn him. They then found Oscar alive in the Stone House, teaching Dugu Yan to make poison, and Dugu Bo rushed at him in anger.

• Dugu Bo brought Gai Yue to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Gai Yue mourned Oscar and blamed himself for leaving him behind.
• Dugu Bo promised to fulfill one condition for Gai Yue, but Gai Yue declined to use the promise for revenge against the Wind Sword Sect.
• Gai Yue asked to stay with Oscar's cenotaph for seven days, and Dugu Bo agreed to retrieve Oscar's Soul Tools for it.
• Dugu Bo and Gai Yue entered the Stone House and heard Dugu Yan laughing with a familiar male voice.
• Dugu Bo and Gai Yue found Oscar alive, holding Dugu Yan's hands as they worked with herbs, and Dugu Bo charged at him.
• Oscar hid behind Dugu Yan and called the scene a misunderstanding as Dugu Yan tried to explain.

Oscar and Dugu Yan explained that he had survived the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then Oscar offered to cure the poison afflicting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo accepted the plan but remained wary of Oscar’s growing closeness with his granddaughter.

• Dugu Yan explained that Oscar had survived in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after consuming Immortal Herbs, and Oscar apologized to Gai Yue for making him worry.
• Dugu Bo demanded that Oscar release Dugu Yan, and Oscar claimed they had only been researching poisons.
• Oscar said he could cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan if they first drew their toxins into Spirit Bones, and Dugu Bo agreed to obtain a Spirit Bone for Dugu Yan.
• Oscar estimated Dugu Yan could recover within three months and Dugu Bo within a year, with at least an eighty percent chance of curing Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan defended Oscar when Dugu Bo warned him, while Dugu Bo privately acknowledged Oscar’s qualities but disliked how quickly the pair had become intimate.

Oscar refined pills for Gai Yue, Ma Hongjun, and Shrek’s teachers while cultivating in Sunset Forest, and Dugu Bo returned with a spirit bone for Dugu Yan. The chapter left Dugu Bo frustrated by how close Oscar and Dugu Yan had grown during his absence.

• Oscar refined Ninth-Grade Primordial Pills for Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Shao Xin, along with other pills for Shrek’s teachers and Ma Hongjun.
• Oscar gave Gai Yue an Immortal Grade Pill made with Dark Jade Divine Bamboo and sent him home with the pills for the others.
• Oscar continued cultivating in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as he and Dugu Yan grew closer, while Gai Yue warned Oscar to keep his focus on cultivation.
• Dugu Bo returned with a twenty-four-thousand-five-hundred-year Right Arm Bone from a Bone-Gnawing Poisonous Python, but refused to reveal where he had obtained it.
• Dugu Bo noticed Oscar and Dugu Yan’s growing closeness and felt frustrated that they had spent nearly a month together.