Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhan taught Su Wen the Soul Ring Fusion Method, and Su Wen learned it almost immediately. The method inspired Su Wen to seek a way to combine his scattered abilities, though he concluded that his current hundred-year and Thousand Year Soul Rings were still insufficient.

• Xiao Zhan explained how his Soul Ring Fusion Method spliced soul rings together and envisioned eventually merging them with the Martial Soul and the Soul Master.
• Su Wen considered how Soul Detonation might fuse soul rings into the Martial Soul and resolved to obtain the secret technique if he had the chance.
• Su Wen quickly learned the Soul Ring Fusion Method under Xiao Zhan's guidance, surprising them both.
• Xiao Zhan praised Su Wen's talent, urged him to find his own path, and asked about his plans for developing a long-range Fire Element combo-burst technique.
• Su Wen reflected on his goal of making each page of his Heavenly Book a world and considered formations a way to organize his abilities.
• After returning to his dormitory, Su Wen recognized the Soul Ring Fusion Method as inspiration for a long-troubling problem and judged his current soul rings insufficient.

Su Wen planned to develop ways to raise his Soul Ring ages and cultivate Source Soul Power while steadily advancing his training. Half a year later, he reached rank thirty, leaving Xiao Zhan shocked by his rapid progress.

• Su Wen reasoned that he could replace weaker Soul Rings with stronger ones and considered using formation-type Soul Skills to reduce the injuries from Ring Explosion.
• Su Wen set goals of reaching rank thirty within half a year and rank forty two years later, and continued developing his Source Soul Power Cultivation Method.
• Su Wen cultivated the Soul Fusion Method, the Soul Ring Fusion Method, his martial soul, and his Soul Skills while using medicinal baths and academy supplements.
• Half a year later, Su Wen broke through to rank thirty at twelve and a half years old.
• Xiao Zhan worried about Su Wen's rapid cultivation, and Su Wen explained that his high martial soul Fusion Degree made bottlenecks easier to overcome.

Su Wen refused Xiao Zhan’s demand for a physical examination and searched for a suitable Soul Beast for his Third Soul Ring. Dugu Yan revealed that a Stone Monster Tribe lived in the depths of Sunset Forest, making it Su Wen’s leading target.

• Xiao Zhan insisted that Su Wen get examined because his rapid cultivation might harm him or invite suspicion, but Su Wen refused.
• Su Wen reviewed Soul Beasts that could support his formation concepts and chose Stone Monsters as his preferred target, despite their rarity and poor compatibility with his Book Martial Soul.
• After reaching rank thirty, Su Wen decided to hunt in Sunset Forest, where he hoped to find the specific Soul Beast he wanted and begin working on Dugu Bo.
• Su Wen asked Dugu Yan about Sunset Forest, and she said her grandfather had discovered a Stone Monster Tribe in its depths.
• Su Wen confirmed that the tribe’s Stone Monsters matched his understanding and decided one would likely provide his Third Soul Ring.

Su Wen chose a Stone Monster as the target for his Third Soul Ring, hoping to gain combination skills and possibly Earth Element control. As Su Wen, Xiao Zhan, and Dugu Yan reached Sunset Forest, Xiao Zhan explained how Su Wen could guide his Soul Ring absorption, leaving Dugu Yan impressed by the scholars’ methods.

• Su Wen decided to hunt a Stone Monster after learning about the tribe’s ability to split, reassemble, and merge with rocks.
• Su Wen invited Dugu Yan to help him hunt, and she agreed because she planned to visit her grandfather in Sunset Forest.
• Su Wen, Xiao Zhan, and Dugu Yan left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reached the edge of Sunset Forest by evening.
• Xiao Zhan questioned Su Wen’s choice and recommended a Swordscale Dragon, but Su Wen explained that he wanted to move beyond his paper-sword fighting style and might gain Earth Element control from a Stone Monster Soul Ring.
• Xiao Zhan taught Su Wen how to sense and merge his Book Martial Soul into the Soul Ring to influence the resulting ability and potentially trigger a metamorphosis or affect his Second Soul Skill.
• Dugu Yan reflected on Xiao Zhan’s advice and admired how scholars could plan Soul Ring absorption rather than relying on luck and instinct.

Su Wen, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Zhan searched Sunset Forest for a Stone Monster to provide Su Wen’s Third Soul Ring. After finding one over five thousand three hundred years old, Su Wen insisted he could absorb it despite Xiao Zhan and Dugu Yan’s warnings.

• Dugu Yan told Su Wen and Xiao Zhan that Stone Monsters over fifty thousand years old lived deep in Sunset Forest, and they began searching the outskirts.
• Su Wen found a rock holding traces of a Stone Monster’s Soul Power, and the group followed the trail for three days before finding stronger traces.
• Su Wen, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Zhan tracked the Stone Monster for half a month and found a five-meter-tall creature with purple markings.
• Su Wen determined the Stone Monster was over five thousand three hundred years old, and Xiao Zhan and Dugu Yan warned that it was too powerful for his Third Soul Ring.
• Su Wen argued that his physical conditioning and other advantages would let him withstand the Soul Ring, while Xiao Zhan questioned whether his training had made him strong enough.

Su Wen absorbed a five-thousand-three-hundred-year-old Stone Monster Soul Ring despite knowing his body was not strong enough to withstand it unaided. He survived by redirecting much of its soul power into his Martial Soul Space, gained the Giant Stone Array Soul Skill, and saw his Heavenly Book Martial Soul undergo a minor evolution.

• Su Wen insisted on absorbing the Stone Monster's Soul Ring, and Xiao Zhan agreed to help him.
• Xiao Zhan weakened the Stone Monster, and Su Wen killed it and drew its purple Soul Ring onto himself.
• As the Soul Ring's power tore through his meridians and damaged his body, Su Wen redirected some of its energy into his Martial Soul Space.
• After more than six hours, Su Wen completed the absorption and revealed that his Heavenly Book Martial Soul had slightly evolved.
• Su Wen demonstrated his Third Soul Skill, Giant Stone Array, summoning enormous boulders that spread an oppressive force across the area.

Su Wen demonstrated how his Giant Stone Array and newfound earth element control could make him a formidable Soul Ancestor-level fighter. After he bluntly identified the danger posed by Dugu Yan’s cultivation, Dugu Bo appeared and demanded to know how Su Wen would solve it.

• Xiao Zhan and Dugu Yan tested Su Wen’s Giant Stone Array and found its pressure could hinder even powerful Soul Masters.
• Su Wen explained that his martial soul let him create more stones for the array than the Stone Monster could, and confirmed that he had gained control over the Earth Element.
• Xiao Zhan judged that Su Wen could reach Soul Ancestor-level combat strength and potentially join the Soul Master Competition, while Su Wen said he could serve as an all-purpose substitute.
• Su Wen noticed Dugu Yan’s despondence and asked whether her Martial Soul cultivation poisoned her and worsened as she advanced.
• Su Wen assured Dugu Yan that the problem could be solved, but Dugu Bo interrupted and demanded to know how.

Su Wen explained possible ways to manage the Dugu family's toxin backlash and claimed he had a method to cure it at the root. Dugu Bo became interested and asked him to explain, leaving Su Wen poised to reveal his solution.

• Dugu Bo arrived and warned Su Wen not to spread claims that Dugu Yan was poisoned, then drove away the hidden royal guards.
• Su Wen insisted he could help Dugu Yan and explained that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's poison eroded its Soul Master's body during cultivation.
• Su Wen proposed using Solidified Soul Power or a Soul Bone to absorb or contain the toxins, though he said these methods would not solve the underlying cause.
• Dugu Bo invited Su Wen to call him Grandpa Dugu, and Su Wen said he had a method to cure the toxin backlash at its root.
• Dugu Bo listened with interest and asked Su Wen to explain his proposed cure.

Su Wen revealed a Soul Fusion Skill that could help Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan control the toxins caused by their Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Souls. Dugu Bo recognized that the technique might let the Dugu Family address its hereditary problem at the root, though he and Yan still needed to learn how to use it.

• Su Wen told Dugu Bo and Xiao Zhan that his research at the Royal Academy Research Institute concerned Soul Power circulation routes.
• Su Wen explained that a route simulating a serpent shedding its skin could ease the Dugu Family’s toxin problem but would weaken their poison abilities, then displayed an auxiliary route for Dugu Bo and Yan Jie.
• Dugu Bo tested the route and realized that Su Wen’s Soul Fusion Skill deepened the bond between a Soul Master and their Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo asked Su Wen to explain the skill’s effects to Xiao Zhan and his granddaughter, and Su Wen described how it enabled energy exchange between the Soul Master and Martial Soul.
• Su Wen explained that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan could use the skill to keep toxins from entering their bodies or draw toxins back into their Martial Souls, and Dugu Bo thanked him for helping his family.

Su Wen earned Dugu Bo’s trust by identifying how extreme cold and heat suppressed the Dugu family’s toxins, and Dugu Bo agreed to show him the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The chapter left Su Wen surveying the spring and the Rare Herbs growing in its valley.

• Su Wen asked how Dugu Bo suppressed his toxins and deduced that he used opposing forces of extreme cold and heat.
• Dugu Bo invited Su Wen to call him Grandpa Dugu and agreed to let him see his Medicine Garden, while explaining why Dugu Yan could not enter.
• Dugu Bo brought Su Wen to his home in Sunset Forest, and Xiao Zhan later confronted Su Wen about the risks he had taken.
• The next day, Dugu Yan and Xiao Zhan returned to the academy while Dugu Bo led Su Wen through Sunset Forest to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Su Wen arrived at the valley and saw the divided spring surrounded by Rare Herbs.

Su Wen examined the rare herbs in Dugu Bo’s valley and considered which ones could help Xiao Zhan. He spotted a Land Dragon Golden Melon just before the chapter ended.

• Su Wen recognized the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Dugu Bo explained its yang properties and the limits of consuming peerless herbs.
• Dugu Bo let Su Wen use any herbs in the garden except the poisons he had cultivated himself, and Su Wen considered giving the chrysanthemum to Xiao Zhan.
• Dugu Bo warned Su Wen that Xiao Zhan would still face an almost impossible bottleneck on the path to becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Su Wen identified several Immortal Herbs, while Dugu Bo recommended the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for Xiao Zhan and warned him away from the toxic ice and fire herbs.
• Su Wen spotted a Land Dragon Golden Melon and thought that Old Jerry was in luck.

Su Wen considered using the Ice and Fire Power in the valley to temper his body and strengthen his abilities, while Dugu Bo assessed the risks. The chapter left Su Wen planning to cultivate there first and test whether he could withstand the extreme power before attempting to absorb the poisonous herbs.

• Dugu Bo identified the Land Dragon Golden Melon as a nonpoisonous Earth Attribute treasure that could evolve Su Wen's Martial Soul.
• Su Wen said he wanted the Land Dragon Golden Melon for his grandfather, whose sweet potato Martial Soul had only recently reached Soul Master level.
• Su Wen proposed absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot together to temper his body and possibly gain immunity to poison.
• Dugu Bo warned that the herbs' toxins might not cancel each other out, and Su Wen agreed to first test his tolerance to the valley's Ice and Fire Power.
• Dugu Bo reasoned that withstanding extreme Fire Attribute Primordial Qi might help Su Wen gain resistance to the Ice Attribute through the valley's mutually reinforcing forces.

Su Wen rapidly improved his resistance to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s powers and decided to risk consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot. Dugu Bo warned that the attempt could kill him but ultimately agreed to help if it failed.

• Su Wen used Xiao Zhan's Fire Demon Body Tempering method with the well’s Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, and Dugu Bo observed his resistance improving.
• After three months, Su Wen could briefly cultivate beside the spring, crediting his progress to his Martial Soul’s development and his Visualization Method.
• Dugu Bo told Su Wen that the two herbs possessed their own Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire, with poisons that might cancel each other out.
• Su Wen explained his plan to use the herbs and the spring to balance their powers, despite Dugu Bo warning that failure would kill him.
• Dugu Bo agreed to help Xiao Zhan and Grandpa Jerry if Su Wen died, and Su Wen prepared iron sheet and jade to harvest the herbs.

Su Wen used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, transforming his body and Martial Soul. After ten months of cultivation, he reached Level 39 and prepared to break through again.

• Su Wen swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then endured their conflicting powers in the spring as they destroyed and repaired his body and Martial Soul.
• After five hours, Su Wen emerged from the spring without pain, and Dugu Bo admired his successful method of using the two Immortal Herbs.
• Su Wen summoned his transformed Martial Soul, which Dugu Bo judged to have reached the Top-Tier level, and discovered that his Soul Power had reached Level 35.
• Su Wen planned to reach Level 40 within a year, obtain another Immortal Herb, and return to Notting City to visit New Moon Village and seek the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Su Wen continued cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and ten months later his Soul Power reached Level 39.

Su Wen consumed the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and broke through to Level 40, then prepared to hunt a Mirror Image Beast for his Fourth Soul Ring. He and Dugu Bo set their sights on the Icy Sealed Forest, where a Mirror Image Beast under thirty thousand years old had reportedly been seen.

• Su Wen absorbed the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, whose dormant medicinal power was expected to raise his cultivation toward Level 44, and broke through to Level 40.
• Dugu Bo reflected on Su Wen's exceptional talent and offered him a Wishful Treasure Pouch, which Su Wen used to store a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and a Land Dragon Golden Melon.
• Dugu Bo questioned Su Wen's plan to pursue a Copy-type Soul Skill, but Su Wen maintained that his path was clear and centered on learning and researching through his Book Martial Soul.
• Su Wen told Dugu Bo that he planned to hunt a Mirror Image Beast for his Fourth Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo offered to help.
• Su Wen said he had investigated reports of a Mirror Image Beast in the Icy Sealed Forest north of the Heaven Dou Empire, though its age and exact strength still needed to be confirmed.

Su Wen consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his vision and Spiritual Power before setting out to find a Mirror Image Beast for his Fourth Soul Ring. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he gave Xiao Zhan a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and a Soul Core cultivation route, then traveled with Dugu Bo to the Icy Sealed Forest.

• Su Wen consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which enhanced his vision and Illusion Spirit Eye and appeared to give it the ability to break Illusion Realms.
• Su Wen told Dugu Bo he was ready to leave and hunt for a Mirror Image Beast.
• Su Wen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told Xiao Zhan he had reached Level 40.
• Su Wen gave Xiao Zhan a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and a Soul Power route for condensing a Soul Core, and Xiao Zhan planned to master the route before using the herb.
• Su Wen left with Dugu Bo for the Icy Sealed Forest in the Northern Heaven Dou Empire.

Su Wen and Dugu Bo tracked down a nearly twenty-thousand-year Mirror Image Beast in Ice Crystal Valley, where Dugu Bo weakened it and Su Wen killed it. Su Wen absorbed its soul ring as his Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring and planned to return home before bringing Old Jerry to Heaven Dou City.

• Su Wen asked the White Wolf Soul Hunting Team for information about the Mirror Image Beast and paid three thousand Gold Soul Coins for its whereabouts.
• Su Wen and Dugu Bo traveled to Ice Crystal Valley and searched for three days before finding the Mirror Image Beast.
• Dugu Bo overwhelmed the Mirror Image Beast with poison and bound it, allowing Su Wen to finish it off with compressed fireballs.
• Su Wen defeated the Mirror Image Beast's remnant soul in his Sea of Consciousness and endured the physical strain of absorbing its soul ring.
• Su Wen completed the ten-hour absorption and gained a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring, while Dugu Bo noted that the White Wolf Soul Hunting Team had apparently watched them from hiding.
• Su Wen told Dugu Bo he planned to return home and bring Old Jerry to Heaven Dou City.

Su Wen returned to Notting City and caught up with the Bald Headmaster and Su Yuntao before reaching New Moon Village. There, he offered Old Jerry a Land Dragon Golden Melon that could help him grow much stronger.

• Su Wen returned to Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy, where the Bald Headmaster welcomed him and said Tang San and Xiao Wu had graduated early at Level 29 and planned to attend Shrek Academy.
• Su Wen visited the Spirit Hall Branch and reunited with Su Yuntao, who said he had accepted that he and Si Si were not suited for each other.
• Su Wen returned to New Moon Village and greeted Old Jerry, whose soul power had reached Level 20.
• Su Wen told Old Jerry the Land Dragon Golden Melon could give him a chance to become a Soul Saint, and Old Jerry accepted it after Su Wen said it was useless to him.

Su Wen gave Old Jerry a Land Dragon Golden Melon, evolving his Martial Soul and transforming his First Soul Skill. While considering how to develop his soul skills, Su Wen later encountered Tang San, who remained in Holy Soul Village after graduating and reacted warily to him.

• Su Wen gave Old Jerry the Land Dragon Golden Melon and concealed the bedroom while Old Jerry absorbed it.
• Old Jerry's Martial Soul evolved, and his First Soul Skill gained the ability to grant temporary Dragon Qi that strengthened a consumer's physique and made future body tempering easier.
• Su Wen realized the value of Old Jerry's new ability and told him not to reveal its effects to outsiders.
• On the third day after returning to New Moon Village, Su Wen went to Holy Soul Village and found Tang San still cultivating there.
• Tang San recognized Su Wen, adopted a guarded stance, and readied his hidden weapons.

Su Wen raised his soul power to level forty-eight while traveling around Notting City, then searched for the Blue Silver Emperor’s hidden valley while Tang Hao was away. He found the plant behind a waterfall and used Copy on it.

• Su Wen met Tang San in Holy Soul Village, noticed Tang San’s wariness, and later worried that Tang Hao might have sensed his aura.
• Su Wen spent two and a half months exploring villages and cities, recording the terrain as Mimicry Cultivation, and broke through to level forty-eight.
• Su Wen returned to New Moon Village and decided that Tang Hao’s absence gave him a chance to search for the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Su Wen searched from the sky for a valley surrounded by mountains with a waterfall and found a suitable location after five days.
• Su Wen passed through the waterfall, confirmed the Blue Silver Emperor was growing in the cave, and used Copy on it.