Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue invited Ye Wen to discuss expanding his medicine business across the Heaven Dou Empire, and Ye Wen struggled to avoid becoming too closely tied to her. He accepted her generous offer of land and agency, but resolved to watch for signs that her hidden identity was in danger.

• Qian Renxue questioned Pietro about Ye Wen and praised his responsibility and modesty after hearing what little he knew.
• Qian Renxue brought Ye Wen to a private room in the Soul Fighting Arena and introduced herself again as Xue Qinghe, asking him to address her as Brother Xue.
• Qian Renxue proposed acting as Ye Wen’s agent to distribute his medicines throughout the Heaven Dou Empire and promised a fair division of profits.
• Ye Wen warned that his operation lacked the capacity to supply such a large market, hoping to discourage Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue offered him land to grow and produce the medicinal herbs, leaving Ye Wen unable to refuse without raising suspicion.
• Ye Wen agreed to cooperate and decided to monitor Qian Renxue closely so he could flee if her identity was exposed.

Ye Wen’s business prospered with Qian Renxue’s support, but his life became more complicated when Huo Yu’er arranged for Xiao Wu to become his second wife. Tang San reacted with silent hostility, while Tang Hao decided to kill Xiao Wu for her 100,000 Year Soul Bone.

• Ye Wen returned to Nuoding City with Qian Renxue’s investment, and Huo Rui assured him she would handle any trouble arising from the project.
• As Ye Wen cultivated with Xiao Wu and Huo Yu’er, Huo Yu’er told him she and Xiao Wu had agreed that Xiao Wu would become his second wife.
• Xiao Wu embraced Ye Wen and openly confessed that she liked him, drawing the attention of the dormitory’s Work-Study Students and Tang San.
• Tang Hao watched from the shadows, concluded Xiao Wu would not become Tang San’s wife, and decided to kill her for her Soul Bone.
• Huo Yu’er sensed Tang Hao’s killing intent and secretly connected with the deepest power hidden within her body.

Huo Yu'er used her overwhelming spiritual power to confront Tang Hao and warned him not to interfere with her disciple and Xiao Wu. Tang Hao backed down, then began plotting to befriend Ye Wen and draw Huo Yu'er's power to his side.

• Huo Yu'er suppressed her power and overwhelmed Tang Hao with spiritual pressure, leaving him unable to speak.
• Huo Yu'er told Tang Hao she knew Xiao Wu was a transformed 100,000 Year Soul Beast and warned him not to disturb Xiao Wu and her disciple.
• Tang Hao nodded in submission, then reflected that Xiao Wu and Tang San were fated to meet but not be together.
• Tang Hao decided that Tang San should befriend Ye Wen to gain the favor of the powerful senior behind him.
• Tang Hao assessed Ye Wen's looks and considered whether he had the strength to be a suitable companion for Huo Yu'er's disciple.

Ye Wen struggled to protect Huo Yu'er and the people he loved while fearing Tang Hao might discover him. As Tang San sank into resentment and pursued strength obsessively, Ye Wen left with Xiao Wu for the neighboring city.

• Tang Hao decided to encourage Tang San to befriend Ye Wen's group and use their connections against Spirit Hall, without considering Tang San's feelings or ability to fit in.
• Ye Wen rejected plans to summon Spirit Hall, approach Tang San, or confront Tang Hao, and also decided against killing Tang San because he feared Tang Hao would retaliate against everyone he cared about.
• Ye Wen invited Xiao Wu to visit a neighboring city, and Tang San grew furious and bitter after seeing her accept while Yu Xiaogang had forbidden him from pursuing her.
• Tang San abandoned hope and trained even harder, while Tang Hao watched and looked forward to his future second Martial Soul and Ring Detonation.
• Ye Wen briefly informed Huo Yu'er, then left for the neighboring city with Xiao Wu.

Ye Wen took Xiao Wu out of Nuoding City to draw Tang Hao into revealing himself, but Tang Hao never appeared. After they spent the day exploring a nearby city, Ye Wen and Xiao Wu shared an inn room, where he let go of some of his fear and fell asleep beside her.

• Ye Wen suspected Tang Hao wanted Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone and decided to use himself and Xiao Wu as bait by leaving Nuoding City with her.
• Ye Wen watched for Tang Hao on the road, but Tang Hao did not attack, even after they reached the next city.
• Xiao Wu happily dragged Ye Wen around the city, and they played until late at night.
• Xiao Wu insisted on renting a double room and hugged Ye Wen tightly while they slept.
• Ye Wen woke before dawn, wondered why Tang Hao had not acted, then pulled Xiao Wu into his arms and went back to sleep.

Ye Wen suspected that a powerful figure was restraining Tang Hao and Tang San, and wondered whether that figure was connected to Huo Yu'er. After resuming cultivation, he agreed to take Xiao Wu out again but set strict rules for their outings.

• Ye Wen concluded that someone powerful was keeping Tang Hao and Tang San from interfering with him and Xiao Wu, and speculated that the person might be connected to Huo Yu'er.
• Ye Wen decided to focus on cultivation so he could become worthy of Huo Yu'er.
• Xiao Wu asked Ye Wen to take her out again, and he agreed on the condition that she follow three rules.
• Ye Wen told Xiao Wu they could go out at most once a month for no more than three days, that she had to stay beside him, and that she must flee to find Yu'er if he ordered her to run.
• Xiao Wu objected to the last rule, but Ye Wen argued that she should seek reinforcements rather than fight alongside him.

After defeating Xiao Wu, Ye Wen persuaded her to seek reinforcements when he was outmatched, and she asked him to plan her next Soul Ring. Thinking about Tang San’s future and the resources he might claim, Ye Wen resolved to pursue opportunities for himself and began considering how to treat Dugu Bo’s poison.

• Ye Wen explained that Xiao Wu’s Charm Soul Skill could not help against powerful or numerous enemies, and Xiao Wu agreed to his three conditions.
• Xiao Wu asked Ye Wen to advise her on her Third Soul Ring, and he promised to help; Tang San watched jealously but held back out of respect for Yu Xiaogang.
• After Xiao Wu left, Ye Wen worried that Tang Hao might drag him into a conflict with Spirit Hall and considered living in seclusion.
• Ye Wen realized he could compete for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and other divine opportunities, then decided to investigate how to solve Dugu Bo’s poisoning problem.
• Ye Wen returned to cultivating while concealing his growing ambition from Tang Hao.

Ye Wen, Huo Yu'er, and Xiao Wu were ambushed by human traffickers on the road to the city. After a hidden attacker intervened, Ye Wen ordered Xiao Wu to run for help while he and Huo Yu'er faced the enemy.

• Ye Wen brought Huo Yu'er along with Xiao Wu on their trip to the city.
• Two men leapt from a passing carriage and attacked Huo Yu'er and Xiao Wu, revealing that they intended to abduct them.
• Ye Wen and Huo Yu'er fought back, and Ye Wen nearly struck down one attacker with his Void Soul Skill.
• An unseen person in the carriage stopped Ye Wen's attack with a fire Soul Skill, allowing the ambusher to escape.
• Ye Wen ordered Xiao Wu to find Granny Huo for help, but Xiao Wu froze, torn between obeying him and staying to fight.

Ye Wen, Huo Yu'er, and Xiao Wu fought the traffickers, but their leader overwhelmed them with a hidden group-control Soul Skill and a cannon-like attack. Ye Wen saved the two girls at the cost of taking the blast himself, leaving Huo Yu'er and Xiao Wu furious and ready to avenge him.

• The traffickers' leader used a group-control Soul Skill to stop Ye Wen, Huo Yu'er, and Xiao Wu from escaping, then ordered his lackeys to attack.
• Xiao Wu insulted the leader to draw his attention, while Ye Wen engaged the two lackeys and Huo Yu'er used Illusory Vision to make them strike each other.
• Ye Wen killed the second brother with Void Slash, but the leader revealed his snail-shell cannon and attacked the trio with an invisible shockwave.
• The leader strengthened his control and froze the three long enough for his blast to hit; Ye Wen saved Huo Yu'er and Xiao Wu before it struck.
• Huo Yu'er and Xiao Wu cried out for Ye Wen, and the leader moved to attack them; Huo Yu'er vowed to kill him, while Xiao Wu's eyes filled with bloodshot veins and killing intent.

Xiao Wu and Huo Yu'er teamed up to fight the human trafficker leader after his shield blocked Huo Yu'er's arrow. Xiao Wu disrupted his attacks while Huo Yu'er fired special arrows, but his repeatedly formed Snail Shields continued to withstand them.

• Huo Yu'er fired an arrow that the human trafficker leader blocked with his Snail Shield, and Xiao Wu charged at him.
• Xiao Wu baited the leader into focusing on her while Huo Yu'er shot arrows at his vital points, and Xiao Wu shattered his shield with consecutive heavy kicks.
• The leader used his Void Cannon, but Xiao Wu evaded it, so he aimed the attack at Huo Yu'er instead.
• Huo Yu'er fired a specially made arrow that collided with the Void Cannon and caused an explosion.
• Xiao Wu wrapped her scorpion braid around the leader's neck and urged Huo Yu'er to keep shooting while she disrupted his aim.
• The leader repeatedly formed Snail Shields to block Huo Yu'er's arrows, preventing her from breaking through his defenses.

Huo Yu'er and Ye Wen defeated the human trafficker leader after Xiao Wu fought desperately to protect Ye Wen. With the leader dead, Ye Wen and Xiao Wu were gravely injured, and Huo Yu'er prepared to get them away from the area.

• Huo Yu'er used Illusion Sight to confuse the human trafficker leader, but he defended himself with Snail Shields and targeted her with his Gravity Domain and Flame Jet.
• Xiao Wu was thrown aside after her braid was severed, while Ye Wen's wind attack blocked the leader's cannon muzzle and caused it to explode.
• Huo Yu'er shot the injured leader with a powerful arrow, and the marks beneath his skin appeared as his body began to swell.
• Ye Wen emerged from the crater and killed the leader by severing his head with a ring of wind blades.
• Huo Yu'er carried the unconscious Xiao Wu to the traffickers' carriage while Ye Wen gathered the corpses, then collapsed from his injuries.
• Huo Yu'er took charge of the carriage as Ye Wen and Xiao Wu lay unconscious, pleased that the three had grown closer.

After recovering from their injuries, Ye Wen found Xiao Wu grieving over the braid she had lost in the fight with the human traffickers. He agreed to comb her hair, but Xiao Wu’s wooden comb broke in her hands.

• Huo Yu'er enlisted the local City Lord and a healing soul master to treat Ye Wen and Xiao Wu, while a campaign against human traffickers spread around Tianxin City.
• Ye Wen continued recuperating from his severe internal injuries until he could get out of bed.
• Ye Wen noticed Xiao Wu holding her severed braid and realized her hair had been cut short during the battle.
• Xiao Wu reassured Ye Wen that he had protected her, then asked him to comb her hair.
• Xiao Wu took out her carrot-decorated wooden comb, but it broke in half as soon as she handled it.

After Xiao Wu broke her mother Ah Rou’s comb, Ye Wen repaired it and combed and braided Xiao Wu’s hair, prompting her to ask whether he would stay with her forever. The two promised to stand by and protect each other, and Ye Wen called Xiao Wu his family.

• Xiao Wu broke the comb Ah Rou had left her and tearfully asked Ye Wen for help.
• Ye Wen reassured Xiao Wu, then repaired the comb with nails, string, and glue.
• Xiao Wu asked Ye Wen to comb her hair and braid her signature scorpion braid, and he carefully did both.
• Xiao Wu asked Ye Wen to stay with her forever, and he promised to protect her as long as she did not betray him.
• Xiao Wu promised to remain on Ye Wen’s side, and Ye Wen declared that she was his family.

Ye Wen worried about Xiao Wu’s hidden Soul Beast identity and considered seeking Dugu Bo’s Lovesick Heartbreak Red to conceal it. While thinking about Dugu Bo’s pill pearl, Ye Wen unexpectedly devised a Soul Core cultivation method and refined it into a safer technique for lower-ranked Soul Masters, which he named Mysterious Origin Skill.

• Ye Wen considered Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast identity a ticking time bomb and feared Tang Hao might exploit it to enlist his help.
• Ye Wen thought of obtaining the Lovesick Heartbreak Red from Dugu Bo, but he had no way to safely approach or treat Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Ye Wen’s thoughts about Dugu Bo’s pill pearl inspired him to write a Soul Core cultivation method based on Soul Power circulation through acupoints.
• Ye Wen concealed the most advanced parts of the method and refined the rest into a balanced technique usable by Soul Masters below the Titled Douluo rank.
• Ye Wen named the technique Mysterious Origin Skill, drawing on an explanation from Daoist classics in his previous life.

Ye Wen gave Huo Yu'er and Xiao Wu the Mysterious Origin Skill, and Huo Yu'er recognized that it hinted at Soul Core cultivation before sharing it with her family. A year and a half later, Ye Wen reached level 30 and learned his third soul ring should come from an Earth Element Soul Beast, then encountered Yu Xiaogang, who had a complicated reason for stopping him.

• Ye Wen gave Huo Yu'er and Xiao Wu the Mysterious Origin Skill, and Huo Yu'er realized it pointed toward Soul Core cultivation.
• Huo Yu'er asked to share the technique with her family, and Ye Wen agreed as long as they kept it secret.
• Huo Rui practiced the Mysterious Origin Skill, felt her cultivation speed return, and hoped she might reach Titled Douluo.
• A year and a half later, Ye Wen broke through to level 30 and discovered that an Earth Element Soul Beast would suit his third soul ring.
• Ye Wen met Yu Xiaogang outside the dormitory, and Yu Xiaogang stopped him after reflecting on how Ye Wen had turned out to be a hidden genius.

Yu Xiaogang invited Ye Wen to study at his friend’s academy, hoping to draw the talented youth into plans centered on Tang San. Realizing Tang Hao had been monitoring him but was wary of the powerful figure protecting Huo Yu'er, Ye Wen rejected the offer and left, while Yu Xiaogang wondered whether to try again.

• Yu Xiaogang envied Ye Wen’s talent, then asked where he planned to study after graduating from Nuoding Academy.
• Ye Wen realized Tang Hao had likely revealed his cultivation to Yu Xiaogang and worried that accepting the invitation could endanger Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Ye Wen individual guidance from a Soul Emperor-level expert and help obtaining suitable Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang hoped to recruit Ye Wen to support Tang San’s rise and protect his own plans for the Soul Master Tournament.
• Ye Wen concluded Tang Hao was afraid to confront the power behind Huo Yu'er, declined the invitation, and left.
• Yu Xiaogang hesitated over whether to approach Ye Wen again to fulfill the task from Clear Sky Douluo.

Yu Xiaogang kept trying to recruit Ye Wen, but the confrontation escalated when Tang San attacked Ye Wen and the students prepared to fight. As Ye Wen and Yu Xiaogang faced off, an older voice ordered everyone to stop.

• Ye Wen told Yu Xiaogang that his fiancée's grandmother was a Soul Douluo and rejected his recruitment efforts, while Xiao Wu mocked Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San arrived to defend Yu Xiaogang, then fired a sleeve arrow at Ye Wen, who dodged it and struck back with a wind blade.
• Tang San blocked the wind blade with Blue Silver Grass and pulled Yu Xiaogang clear, then prepared to continue attacking Ye Wen.
• Ye Wen confronted Tang San, while Xiao Wu activated her Martial Soul Possession and Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao, creating a standoff.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Ye Wen stop as Ye Wen gathered wind elements, but an aged voice interrupted and told everyone to stop.

The dean stopped Yu Xiaogang from pursuing Ye Wen and warned him to leave Ye Wen alone. After graduating and setting out as traveling Soul Masters, Ye Wen developed a special version of his Profound Origin Technique that concealed Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast aura.

• Ye Wen withdrew and left with Xiao Wu after the dean arrived, and the dean warned Yu Xiaogang not to bother Ye Wen again.
• Yu Xiaogang left with Tang San, and the invitation ended with the two sides parting on bad terms.
• Half a year later, Ye Wen obtained a thousand-year Third Soul Ring from an earth-element Sub-Dragon Soul Beast and gained Earth Element Control.
• Ye Wen, Huo Yu'er, and Xiao Wu graduated and decided to travel in disguise instead of applying to an advanced academy.
• After studying Soul Beast auras and testing his cultivation method, Ye Wen created a Special Edition Profound Origin Technique that could conceal Xiao Wu’s aura without telling her.

Ye Wen developed a special Soul Tool from the remains of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, giving Xiao Wu a weapon that simulated its aura. After more than half a year of travel and training, Ye Wen, Xiao Wu, and Huo Yu'er arrived in Suotuo City, where Ye Wen discovered they might have found suitable opponents.

• Ye Wen used Soul Tools and the remains of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to create a weapon that simulated its aura, then tied it to Xiao Wu's ponytail.
• Xiao Wu embraced Ye Wen and thanked him for the weapon, while they silently acknowledged that they understood each other's secret.
• Huo Yu'er grew jealous of their closeness, so Ye Wen made her a matching hairband to reassure her.
• More than half a year later, Huo Yu'er led Ye Wen and Xiao Wu to Suotuo City, where Tang San was destined to rise.
• The three had all reached Silver Soul Fighter rank, and Ye Wen was surprised to realize he might no longer lack opponents.

Ye Wen, Huo Yu'er, and Xiao Wu watched Dai Mubai and Oscar face the Absolute Offense and Defense duo in a Soul Fighting match. Wu Qing tried to unsettle Oscar before the match began, and the teams prepared to fight as their opponents bickered.

• Ye Wen recognized Dai Mubai and Oscar as the Twin-Winged White Tiger team and considered betting on their winning streak.
• The Absolute Offense and Defense duo entered, prompting Xiao Wu and Huo Yu'er to react uneasily to their large attacker.
• Wu Qing used his frog-like Martial Soul and ate a live bug to disturb Oscar before the referee started the match.
• The referee warned Wu Qing and ordered him back to his position, while Ye Wen explained that he was trying to disrupt Oscar's focus.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar entered their Martial Soul Possession states as Wu Qing and Snail argued about whether Wu Qing wanted to kill or eat someone.