Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao endured the Evil Fire Phoenix’s agony rather than vent his fire through a brothel or an unwilling arrangement, despite Flender warning that he could die. After Flender and Ma Hongjun left, Lin Xiao remained alone in the cottage, wondering whether his life would end there.

• Ma Hongjun and Flender visited Lin Xiao as he suffered from Evil Fire Burning Body and urged him to find a woman to vent the fire.
• Flender offered to pay for a commoner girl’s chastity or arrange a fiancée, but Lin Xiao rejected both choices.
• Flender warned Lin Xiao that the fire was near his body’s limit, but Lin Xiao said he would rather die than violate his principles.
• Ma Hongjun accused Lin Xiao of stubbornness and left with Flender after Lin Xiao refused their final offer.
• Lin Xiao recalled his life after transmigrating from Blue Star and regretted awakening the Evil Fire Phoenix as he continued enduring the pain alone.

Lin Xiao survived an Evil Fire Outbreak by reciting the Ice Heart Incantation, though Flender warned the fire would grow more dangerous if he kept suppressing it. Lin Xiao said he planned to leave in a few days, still refusing to compromise his principles.

• As the evil fire threatened to kill him, Lin Xiao recited the Ice Heart Incantation and felt it briefly cool the flames before he drank water and fell asleep.
• The next morning, Flender and Ma Hongjun found Lin Xiao pale on the straw mat, and a wisp of his eerie flame attacked Flender until he extinguished it with his Fourth Soul Skill.
• Flender learned Lin Xiao had survived the outbreak and warned that suppressing the evil fire would make each future attack stronger.
• Lin Xiao told Flender he would leave in a few days to see more of the world, but he did not reveal that he was searching for a cure.
• Lin Xiao quoted a line about preferring death to abandoning his principles, and Flender sighed and left with Ma Hongjun.

Lin Xiao trained with the Five Animal Frolics and Eight Section Brocade, then realized his Evil Fire might be Ultimate Fire and could protect him from poison. With a possible way to explore the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, he prepared to leave for experience the day after tomorrow and said goodbye to the villagers.

• Lin Xiao found that the Five Animal Frolics eased his Evil Fire injuries and strengthened his body, while the Eight Section Brocade seemed better for nurturing his organs, so he decided to practice both.
• Lin Xiao considered learning about the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and Immortal Grasses, but ruled out seeking help from Tang San, Chrysanthemum Douluo, or the Breaking Clan.
• Lin Xiao realized his Bewitching Spark might be Ultimate Fire, which could make him immune to poison and let him safely seek Immortal Grasses at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Xiao decided his first goal was to survive and then pursue an extraordinary life.
• Lin Xiao told the villagers he planned to leave for experience the day after tomorrow and returned home after saying goodbye to them.

Lin Xiao left the village and traveled toward Heaven Dou City, stopping at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest to prepare a bow and hunt a First Soul Ring. After killing a five-hundred-year-old Fire Cauterizing Bird with his Ultimate Fire, he was confronted by Shui Yuehua and Shui Bing'er, who doubted that he could have defeated it.

• Uncle Li found Lin Xiao's farewell letter and believed he would become a powerful Soul Master.
• Lin Xiao chose to search the Star Dou Great Forest's outskirts for a Hundred Year Soul Ring and prepared a bow and fire-coated arrows.
• Lin Xiao killed a five-hundred-year-old Fire Cauterizing Bird, and a Soul Ring rose from its body.
• Shui Yuehua and Shui Bing'er arrived looking for the Fire Cauterizing Bird and found Lin Xiao beside it.
• Shui Yuehua challenged Lin Xiao's claim that he had killed the bird, so Lin Xiao summoned his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Shui Yuehua and Shui Bing'er were surprised by Lin Xiao's Phoenix Martial Soul, but Shui Yuehua still insisted he could not have killed the bird without a Soul Ring.

Lin Xiao explained his Evil Fire flaw to Shui Yuehua, who agreed to protect him while he absorbed his first Soul Ring. After Shui Bing'er discovered that her Ice Phoenix might suppress his Evil Fire, Lin Xiao absorbed the ring and revealed the power of his first soul skill.

• Lin Xiao demonstrated that his Evil Fire could burn a tree to charcoal and told Shui Yuehua he had no teacher because his flawed Martial Soul would eventually kill him.
• Shui Bing'er pleaded with Shui Yuehua to help Lin Xiao, and Shui Yuehua agreed to protect him while he absorbed the Fire Cauterizing Bird Soul Ring.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er summoned their phoenix Martial Souls and felt an intimate connection; Shui Bing'er sensed that her Ice Phoenix might suppress his violent Evil Fire.
• Shui Bing'er suggested that the Shui Family take Lin Xiao in, and Shui Yuehua agreed to ask him after he finished absorbing the Soul Ring.
• Lin Xiao absorbed the five-hundred-year Soul Ring, reached rank 12, and demonstrated his first soul skill, Phoenix Feather Array, which trapped and killed a Groundhog Soul Beast.

Lin Xiao proposed drawing Frost Ice Carps to Shui Bing'er by creating a cold current, and Shui Yuehua helped freeze the river despite doubting his plan. As a school of Frost Ice Carps arrived, Lin Xiao prepared to fish with Bing'er.

• Shui Yuehua praised Lin Xiao's powerful Evil Fire but warned that it harmed its wielder, while Lin Xiao wondered whether the fire could evolve.
• Shui Bing'er explained that a Fire Cauterizing Bird had killed the four-hundred-year-old Frost Ice Serpent she and Shui Yuehua had found.
• Lin Xiao suggested a Frost Ice Carp for Shui Bing'er's First Soul Ring and proposed luring the fish by freezing part of the river.
• Shui Yuehua ice-sealed the river while Lin Xiao explained that Frost Ice Carps followed cold currents; Shui Bing'er helped freeze a stone for their fishing setup.
• Lin Xiao warmed Shui Bing'er's cold hands, attached the frozen stone to a rope, and prepared his fishing rod as a school of Frost Ice Carps approached.

Lin Xiao taught Shui Bing'er to fish, and the two caught Frost Ice Carp before she absorbed her first Soul Ring. Shui Bing'er awakened the Ice Seal skill, and Lin Xiao began preparing a spicy fish dinner as Granny Shui Yuehua waited skeptically.

• Lin Xiao guided Shui Bing'er as they caught a hundred-year Frost Ice Carp, then helped her fend off its attack.
• Lin Xiao caught a larger, over-four-hundred-year Frost Ice Carp, and Shui Bing'er killed it to obtain her first Soul Ring.
• Shui Bing'er absorbed the Soul Ring and demonstrated her First Soul Skill, Ice Seal, freezing a large tree.
• Lin Xiao set up a grill and prepared to cook the fish with spices, while Granny Shui Yuehua doubted his cooking would be any good.

Lin Xiao shared grilled fish and soup with Shui Bing'er and Granny Shui Yuehua, then discussed his Evil Fire and his plans for Heaven Dou City. Shui Bing'er made him promise to stay her friend, and the chapter ended with Lin Xiao telling her a story that also captivated Granny Shui Yuehua.

• Granny Shui Yuehua ate most of Shui Bing'er's grilled fish before Lin Xiao explained that she needed the nourishment after expending Soul Power.
• Granny Shui Yuehua asked Lin Xiao how he planned to handle his Evil Fire, and Shui Bing'er offered to suppress it and bring him home with her.
• Lin Xiao told Shui Bing'er he planned to resolve the Evil Fire in Heaven Dou City, while privately considering whether letting it evolve might preserve its special attributes.
• Shui Bing'er became upset when Lin Xiao rejected joining her family, so he promised they would write, meet during holidays, and remain best friends for life.
• Lin Xiao told Shui Bing'er his retelling of Heavenly Match, and Granny Shui Yuehua edged closer to listen.

Lin Xiao arrived in Heaven Dou City after parting from Shui Bing'er, who revealed why she had made him repeat her favorite story so many times. Settled at an inn with money and a Storage Soul Tool Shui Bing'er had left him, Lin Xiao began planning how to approach Dugu Yan and reach Dugu Bo.

• Shui Bing'er and Lin Xiao reached Heaven Dou City, and she told him she would miss him before they parted.
• After Lin Xiao left, Shui Bing'er told Granny Shui Yuehua that she had repeated the story because she wanted to hear Lin Xiao say its final line to her.
• Lin Xiao found money and a Storage Soul Tool in his pocket, realized Shui Bing'er had provided them, and silently vowed to repay her kindness.
• Lin Xiao changed into better clothes, checked into an inn, and planned how to find Dugu Bo by approaching his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Lin Xiao decided he would need to impress Dugu Yan, prove he could solve problems, and earn Dugu Bo's trust while protecting himself.

Lin Xiao approached Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, hoping to tell her he could fix the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul’s flaw. After she and Ye Lingling mistook him for a child with a crush, he insulted her Martial Soul and poison to provoke her into a wager duel, which she accepted with harsher stakes.

• Lin Xiao waited outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy and approached Dugu Yan as she left with Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling teased Lin Xiao, assuming he wanted to confess to Dugu Yan, while he asked to meet her grandfather, Poison Douluo.
• Lin Xiao revealed that he knew the flaw in the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul and claimed he could solve it, but Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling laughed him off.
• Angered by their dismissal, Lin Xiao called Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul useless, denigrated her poison, and challenged her to a wager duel.
• Dugu Yan accepted the duel and set the loser’s penalty as agreeing to three conditions from the winner.

Lin Xiao challenged Dugu Yan to prove himself and used his poison immunity and Evil Fire Phoenix abilities to defeat her without injuring her. Dugu Yan accepted the loss, then chased Ye Lingling after she teased them.

• Ye Lingling warned Dugu Yan not to hurt Lin Xiao, while Lin Xiao decided to challenge her despite their level gap.
• Lin Xiao and Dugu Yan announced their Soul Power levels and Martial Souls, then began their Soul Fight.
• Dugu Yan used Jade Phosphorous Purple Poison and Fleeting Years, but Lin Xiao remained unaffected by her poison.
• Lin Xiao linked the scattered flames into Evil Fire Chains that trapped Dugu Yan and threatened to burn her if she tried to escape.
• Lin Xiao dismissed the chains before Dugu Yan was hurt, explaining that he had already proved his strength and did not want to injure her.
• Ye Lingling teased Dugu Yan about Lin Xiao being her husband, and Dugu Yan chased her down and tugged her lips.

After defeating Dugu Yan, Lin Xiao asked her to take him to her home so he could seek a cure for their Martial Soul defects and make a deal with Poison Douluo. With Dugu Bo away for several months, Dugu Yan invited Lin Xiao to stay with her, while Ye Lingling's teasing left Lin Xiao suspicious of her intentions.

• Ye Lingling teased Dugu Yan about the three requests she owed Lin Xiao, and Dugu Yan scolded her for making dirty jokes around a child.
• Lin Xiao told Dugu Yan that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul defect shortened its bearers' lives, and Dugu Yan revealed that early death was a curse in her family.
• Lin Xiao explained that his own Martial Soul had a defect and that he wanted to make a deal with Poison Douluo to save them all.
• Dugu Yan said her grandfather was away for several months, and Lin Xiao agreed to stay at her home while he waited.
• Ye Lingling offered to host Lin Xiao, but Dugu Yan warned that Ye Lingling's mother wanted a live-in son-in-law, then invited Lin Xiao to stay with her instead.
• Ye Lingling blushed and fell silent after Dugu Yan accused her of wanting to take Lin Xiao home, leaving Lin Xiao wary of her.

Lin Xiao and Dugu Yan visited Ye Qingxian so she could examine their defective Martial Souls. Ye Qingxian could not cure either defect, but her Nine Hearted Begonia healed Lin Xiao’s lingering injuries and revealed a new path for his cultivation.

• Lin Xiao practiced the Five Animal Frolics at Dugu Estate while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched and discussed his Martial Soul defect.
• Ye Lingling invited Lin Xiao and Dugu Yan to her home so her mother, Ye Qingxian, could examine them.
• Lin Xiao and Dugu Yan told Ye Qingxian about their Martial Soul defects, and she used her Nine Hearted Begonia to heal them.
• The healing light restored the remaining injuries in Lin Xiao’s meridians, and he realized he had found his own method of cultivation.
• Ye Qingxian told them she could not resolve their innate defects, and Dugu Yan accepted that she had done her best.

Lin Xiao realized the Nine Hearted Begonia could heal the damage from his Evil Fire Body Forging Method, allowing him to train his body more aggressively and potentially raise his future Soul Ring limits. He revealed this discovery to Ye Qingxian and Ye Lingling, urged them to keep it secret, and chose to begin dangerous Evil Fire body tempering with Ye Lingling’s help.

• After the Nine Hearted Begonia healed his hidden injury, Lin Xiao realized it could repair the damage caused by his intense training.
• Lin Xiao explained to Ye Qingxian that strengthening his body before obtaining Soul Rings could let him absorb older rings and grow stronger.
• Ye Qingxian secured the room and warned Lin Xiao and Ye Lingling to keep the Nine Hearted Begonia’s cultivation potential secret.
• Lin Xiao suggested the Nine Hearted Begonia curse might be resolvable, though he would need Poison Douluo’s return to investigate, and Ye Lingling eagerly asked whether there was a solution.
• Ye Lingling agreed to help Lin Xiao train, and he chose to temper his body with the Evil Fire before consuming the Immortal Grass.

Lin Xiao and Ye Lingling planned to begin Evil Fire Body Tempering, but Ye Qingxian took charge of making it safer with carefully prepared baths, food, and Soul Power restoratives. She arranged for Lin Xiao to stay with the Ye Family until the treatment began the next day, leaving Dugu Yan unhappy as he moved out of her home.

• Ye Lingling eagerly agreed to help Lin Xiao begin body tempering after school, and Lin Xiao said they needed medicinal baths, nourishing food, and water first.
• Ye Qingxian warned that Ye Lingling's Soul Power and healing might not be enough, then offered to prepare suitable medicinal baths and mild medicinal cuisine herself.
• Ye Qingxian asked how Lin Xiao would draw out his Evil Fire and decided to add herbs that stimulated the Six Desires to his bath.
• Ye Qingxian promised to prepare the recipes and Soul Power restoratives that night, then invited Lin Xiao to stay at the Ye Family home.
• Dugu Yan watched Lin Xiao leave for the Ye Family home and lowered her head glumly, while Ye Qingxian mentioned patients with venereal disease.

Ye Qingxian began treating Lin Xiao with Evil Fire Body Tempering, using medicinal cuisine and the Nine Hearted Begonia to heal and strengthen him as he endured the pain. By the end, his rebuilt body had grown resilient enough that the rampaging Evil Fire could no longer overwhelm it.

• Ye Qingxian worried over whether the Curse of the Nine Hearted Begonia could be lifted and hoped Lin Xiao would heed her advice.
• Lin Xiao stayed with the Ye Family, practiced the Five Animal Frolics, and let Ye Qingxian assess his unusually strong physique.
• Ye Qingxian prepared a medicinal bath and cuisine for Lin Xiao while Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan were at school.
• Lin Xiao’s Evil Fire erupted in the bath, so he used the Ice Heart Incantation and Five Animal Frolics as Ye Qingxian fed him medicinal cuisine and healed him with the Nine Hearted Begonia.
• Lin Xiao endured the intense burning as his body was repeatedly repaired and strengthened, until his tougher meridians and organs could withstand the Evil Fire.

Ye Qingxian completed Lin Xiao’s Evil Fire Body Tempering, which washed his marrow and remolded his bones. Lin Xiao emerged stronger and transformed in appearance, while Ye Qingxian worried about keeping the Nine Hearted Begonia secret.

• Ye Qingxian treated Lin Xiao with the Nine Hearted Begonia as he practiced the Five Animal Frolics and absorbed the medicinal bath’s effects.
• Lin Xiao completed the tempering, and Ye Qingxian recognized that he had achieved Wash Marrow, Bone Remolding.
• Lin Xiao climbed out to wash at the well, and Ye Qingxian teased him about being embarrassed before bringing him clothes.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan returned and noticed Lin Xiao’s transformed appearance.
• Ye Qingxian explained that the tempering had changed Lin Xiao’s metabolism and appearance.

Ye Qingxian examined Lin Xiao after his Evil Fire Body Tempering and found that his strength and physical potential had increased without harming his development. When Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan asked to try it too, Ye Qingxian refused, warning them of its unbearable pain and dangers, and Lin Xiao suggested they first build their endurance through Extreme Training.

• Ye Qingxian examined Lin Xiao and found that his physical strength exceeded that of an ordinary Soul Grandmaster while his growth remained unaffected.
• Lin Xiao tested his newfound flexibility, balance, and control with increasingly difficult movements, impressing Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan asked Ye Qingxian if they could undergo Evil Fire Body Tempering, but she firmly refused and warned them about its severe pain and risks.
• Ye Qingxian showed Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan the shredded towel and scratched Bath Barrel as evidence of Lin Xiao's ordeal, though she exaggerated that he had cried for his mother.
• Lin Xiao discouraged them from trying Evil Fire Body Tempering and suggested they temper their bodies through Extreme Training first.

Lin Xiao continued his brutal training while waiting for Dugu Bo to return, then faced the Titled Douluo’s suspicion when he revealed he knew about the Dugu Family’s Martial Soul defect. The chapter left Dugu Bo’s killing intent easing as Lin Xiao claimed his own Martial Soul had the same flaw and offered to cooperate to save himself and Dugu Yan.

• Lin Xiao kept training with the Extreme Training Method and used the Nine Hearted Begonia to recover when he neared death.
• Dugu Bo returned to the Dugu Estate and challenged Lin Xiao about living there and being Dugu Yan’s friend.
• Lin Xiao praised Dugu Bo’s straightforward nature and explained that he had helped Dugu Yan improve her strength.
• Lin Xiao asked Dugu Bo how he had resolved the defect in his Martial Soul, provoking him to unleash pressure and threaten him.
• Lin Xiao said his Martial Soul shared the same defect and offered to cooperate to save himself and Dugu Yan, causing Dugu Bo’s pressure and killing intent to recede.

After Dugu Bo’s killing intent forced Lin Xiao to confront his weakness, Lin Xiao explained his Evil Fire Phoenix flaw and his suspicions about the Jade Phosphorous Serpent. Dugu Bo seized on Lin Xiao’s account of an Ice-and-Fire treasure land, ending the chapter eager to hear what Lin Xiao remembered.

• Dugu Bo withdrew his killing intent, and Lin Xiao laughed as he recognized how powerless he was in the world of the strong.
• Lin Xiao explained that his Evil Fire Phoenix produced dangerous Evil Fire and Fire Poison, then described his search for an Immortal Grass in an Innate Treasure Land.
• Lin Xiao deduced that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent had a flaw and that Dugu Bo had found a solution that could not save his family.
• Lin Xiao mentioned a treasure land where Ice and Fire Coexisting could be found, making Dugu Bo demand to see the ancient book.
• Lin Xiao said the book had turned to ash but that he had memorized its contents, and Dugu Bo exclaimed that the boy seemed destined to survive.