Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao proved that his evil fire let him withstand Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and persuaded him that he could enter an Innate Treasure Land. Dugu Bo revealed that the land helped suppress his family’s poisonous Martial Soul flaw, and Lin Xiao promised to help him and Dugu Yan before she arrived looking for her grandfather.

• Dugu Bo tested Lin Xiao with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, but Lin Xiao showed no serious signs of poisoning.
• Dugu Bo examined Lin Xiao and learned that his evil fire devoured poison and even the Soul Power used to probe him.
• Lin Xiao asked whether he could enter an Innate Treasure Land, and Dugu Bo said its miasma and herbs would not pose a deadly threat to him.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he relied on the treasure land’s special magnetic field to suppress his own toxins and lamented that Lin Xiao had not come sooner to save his son.
• Lin Xiao promised to help Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan resolve their Martial Soul flaws, and Dugu Bo warned him to produce a satisfactory answer.
• Dugu Yan called from outside the courtyard, asking whether Lin Xiao had seen her grandfather.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling returned home to find Lin Xiao unharmed after his meeting with Dugu Bo, who concealed their earlier confrontation by welcoming him as Yan Yan’s friend. The group discussed their Martial Soul flaws, and Lin Xiao said he wanted to delay their trip to Sunset Forest until his Evil Fire erupted a third time and transformed.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling worried that Dugu Bo might have harmed Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao emerged safely and said he and Dugu Bo had spoken enthusiastically.
• Ye Lingling checked Lin Xiao for injuries, while Dugu Yan insisted that her grandfather was kind and amiable.
• Dugu Bo appeared with a venomous green snake for Dugu Yan and praised Lin Xiao as her courageous friend, and Lin Xiao played along by praising Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that he and Lin Xiao had discussed a possible solution to their Martial Soul flaws, though it was not guaranteed to work.
• Lin Xiao told Dugu Bo he wanted to wait until his third Evil Fire Outbreak, which he believed would transform his Evil Fire.

Ye Qingxian agreed to help Lin Xiao prepare to explore the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well by teaching him about medicinal herbs and pairing their effects. After learning that his evil fire was becoming inseparable from his strengthened body, she began arranging another Evil Fire Body Tempering, hopeful that the Martial Soul Curse might be resolved.

• Ye Qingxian returned to the Ye Residence and learned that Dugu Bo had brought Lin Xiao, Ye Yan, and Ye Lingling back.
• Dugu Bo asked Ye Qingxian to guide Lin Xiao in pharmacology so they could make better use of the herbs in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and she agreed.
• Ye Qingxian spoke with Lin Xiao privately, and he described the treasure land and claimed to have an ancient text about it.
• Lin Xiao explained that his evil fire was building again and asked Ye Qingxian to prepare for another Evil Fire Body Tempering.
• Ye Qingxian said Lin Xiao's body had become difficult to separate from the evil fire and decided to arrange the next treatment with Ye Yan and Ye Lingling watching.
• After Lin Xiao left, Ye Qingxian went to retrieve her treatment notes and realized she could not stop smiling at the prospect of resolving the Martial Soul Curse.

Lin Xiao endured a more intense Evil Fire Body Tempering in Ye Qingxian’s iron cauldron while Ye Lingling overcame her fear and helped heal him. As flames around Lin Xiao turned jet black and a phoenix cry sounded, Ye Qingxian wondered whether his evil fire was a flaw or a necessary path to Phoenix Nirvana.

• Ye Qingxian prepared the iron cauldron and Medicinal Cuisine, while Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan feared that Lin Xiao would be scalded.
• Lin Xiao entered the boiling medicinal bath, drank the Medicinal Cuisine, and began practicing the Five Animal Frolics as his evil fire surged through him.
• Ye Qingxian used her Nine Hearted Begonia to repair Lin Xiao’s body, while Ye Lingling collapsed from fear and then stood to support him with her own soul skills.
• Ye Qingxian considered whether Lin Xiao’s evil fire might be a cycle of Phoenix Nirvana rather than a flaw in his Martial Soul.
• Flames rose from Lin Xiao’s body, darkened toward jet black, and seemed to carry the cry of a phoenix.

After Lin Xiao’s third Evil Fire episode, his Phoenix Martial Soul evolved into a form marked by black flames, blood-red eyes, and a wickedly charming appearance. He worried that the change might be permanent or signal corruption, but Ye Qingxian urged him to test his Martial Soul Possession.

• Lin Xiao recovered from the Evil Fire and discovered that his appearance and temperament had changed as his Phoenix Martial Soul appeared behind him.
• Ye Lingling brought Lin Xiao a mirror, and he saw his blood-red eyes and newly flamboyant appearance.
• Lin Xiao summoned a red-and-black flame and suspected his Evil Fire Phoenix contained dormant Darkness and Destruction Attributes.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan reassured Lin Xiao that his new look was still handsome, though he seemed more roguish.
• Ye Qingxian told Lin Xiao that Nirvana produced evolution rather than mutation and asked him to release his Martial Soul Possession.

Lin Xiao discovered that his evolved Phoenix Martial Soul could switch between its Evil Fire Phoenix and a powerful Darkness and Destruction Phoenix form. After demonstrating the new form’s devastating strength, he left Ye Qingxian’s courtyard wrecked and was ordered to help repair it before eating.

• Lin Xiao found that Martial Soul Possession now offered two forms: the Evil Fire Phoenix and the Darkness and Destruction Phoenix.
• Ye Qingxian suggested the new form might be part of the phoenix’s path of Nirvana, and Lin Xiao theorized that his Phoenix Martial Soul could gain further forms like a True Dragon’s transformations.
• Lin Xiao used Phoenix Feather Array in his new form, filling the courtyard with corrosive black-red flames and chains.
• Lin Xiao accidentally ruined Ye Qingxian’s courtyard, and she knocked him on the forehead for it.
• Ye Qingxian ordered Lin Xiao, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to repair the courtyard before they could eat.

After cleaning the courtyard, Lin Xiao teased Ye Lingling for crying while watching his Evil Fire Body Tempering, and she and Dugu Yan turned the teasing back on him. Ye Qingxian listened from outside, envied their easy friendship, then silenced them by asking whether they had finished cleaning.

• Ye Lingling complained that she and Dugu Yan had to help Lin Xiao clean the courtyard he had damaged.
• Lin Xiao asked whether someone had cried during his Evil Fire Body Tempering, and Ye Lingling denied it while Dugu Yan played along.
• Lin Xiao told Ye Lingling her tears showed kindness, leaving her flustered and unable to respond.
• Dugu Yan imitated Lin Xiao's praise, and Ye Lingling retaliated by teasing and ruffling Lin Xiao's hair.
• Dugu Yan joined Ye Lingling in ruffling Lin Xiao's hair, and Lin Xiao vowed to grow up and amaze them.
• Ye Qingxian listened outside the courtyard, envied the friends' happiness, then called in to ask whether they had finished cleaning.

Lin Xiao wrote to Shui Bing'er before preparing to travel with Dugu Bo and Ye Qingxian to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, reflecting on his irreversible path of phoenix evolution. Shui Bing'er replied with affection, and Lin Xiao, Dugu Yan, and their elders departed, leaving Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan behind as they promised to return with good news.

• Lin Xiao wrote Shui Bing'er a letter explaining that Ye Qingxian had helped him control his Evil Fire and that he would soon travel with Poison Douluo for an important cultivation task.
• Lin Xiao concluded that his Evil Fire was an irreversible part of his phoenix evolution and resolved to become a True Phoenix capable of standing beside a True Dragon.
• Shui Bing'er received Lin Xiao's letter, wrote back about her life in Skywater City, and hurried to mail it herself.
• Lin Xiao and Dugu Yan said goodbye to Ye Lingling before setting out with Dugu Bo and Ye Qingxian.
• Lin Xiao promised Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan that the group would handle the hard work and return with good news.

Dugu Bo brought Ye Qingxian and Lin Xiao to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ye Qingxian was astonished by its abundance of medicinal herbs and began reorganizing the overgrown garden. Lin Xiao received Azure Water Jade from Dugu Bo and explored the core area, discovering a vast collection of immortal herbs.

• Dugu Bo led Ye Qingxian and Lin Xiao through a hidden route into the valley containing the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Qingxian examined the plants and realized the spring’s influence made the herbs exceptionally abundant and fast-growing.
• Ye Qingxian used her tools to dig up and rearrange the herbs, while Lin Xiao told Dugu Bo that she knew more about medicinal and poisonous plants than he did.
• Dugu Bo gave Lin Xiao Azure Water Jade after noticing his positive influence on Dugu Yan, then helped Ye Qingxian tend the garden.
• Lin Xiao entered the core area, where the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well suppressed his Evil Fire and he found an astonishing collection of immortal herbs.

Ye Qingxian explained that poisonous plants could be used as medicine and studied the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well’s herbs to design treatments and cultivation mixtures. After seven days, she finished plans intended to transform Dugu Bo and Dugu Yanyan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent, remove limits on Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearted Begonia, and advance Lin Xiao’s Destruction Phoenix.

• Dugu Bo asked Ye Qingxian whether she planned to remove the poisonous plants, and she explained that herbs could be medicine or poison depending on their properties and use.
• Lin Xiao reported the Immortal Grasses he had found, and Ye Qingxian recommended herbs for Dugu Bo, Dugu Yanyan, Ye Lingling, and Lin Xiao while advising him not to consume them yet.
• Ye Qingxian proposed combining Immortal Grasses with other herbs to balance their medicinal effects, while Dugu Bo sought her guidance on the plants.
• Lin Xiao practiced beside the Ice Fire Pool, and Ye Qingxian spent seven days testing the herbs and learning their properties.
• Ye Qingxian devised a mixture using Dragon Lingzhi Leaf, Snow-Colored Swan Kiss leaves, and Earth Dragon Golden Gourd for the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, and combinations for Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearted Begonia and Lin Xiao’s Destruction Phoenix.

Ye Qingxian combined Immortal Grass at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and removed the Curse of the Nine Hearted Begonia, freeing herself from the fear of dying before Ye Lingling grew up. After comforting her, Lin Xiao and Dugu Bo turned their attention to the poison in Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.

• Lin Xiao brought Ye Qingxian the Immortal Grass she had requested, and she combined Aromatic Silk Beauty, Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King, and Thousand Year Snow Silkworm Grass to test their effects.
• Ye Qingxian’s Nine Hearted Begonia transformed, and a dark-red line of blood carrying the curse was expelled from her body.
• Ye Qingxian cried with relief as Lin Xiao comforted her, while Dugu Bo reflected on his own losses and felt hopeful that his Martial Soul problem could also be solved.
• After her tears subsided, Ye Qingxian kissed Lin Xiao on the cheek, making him blush, and Dugu Bo urged her to address his poison.
• Ye Qingxian suggested Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison came from the strength of his Martial Soul rather than a defect, and said she wanted to see it evolve.

Ye Qingxian explained that Dugu Bo could evolve his Emerald Python Emperor Martial Soul by strengthening its toxin, and Dugu Bo chose the dangerous third option. As they prepared for the evolution, Lin Xiao reminded Dugu Bo to watch his Dan Pearl, which might hold the chance for a further evolution.

• Ye Qingxian argued that Dugu Bo's poison was powerful enough to harm its host and that Lin Xiao's unusual evil fire was no ordinary comparison.
• Ye Qingxian offered Dugu Bo three treatments, including evolving his martial soul and strengthening its toxin at the risk of a deadly backlash.
• Dugu Bo chose the third option, saying his concern for Yan Yan had eased and he wanted to see how powerful his poison could become.
• Lin Xiao joked that Dugu Bo should write a will and arrange his burial, which angered him but helped dispel his unspoken worry.
• Dugu Bo revealed his Dan Pearl, and Lin Xiao suggested it might contain the opportunity for another martial soul evolution.

Dugu Bo used the Immortal Grass to push his bloodline toward dragon transformation, while Ye Qingxian and Lin Xiao guarded him through the dangerous process. He succeeded in evolving his Emerald Python Emperor Martial Soul into a Flood Dragon and thanked them both for saving his life.

• Dugu Bo consumed the Dragon Lingzhi Leaf, Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, and Snow-Colored Swan Kiss to stimulate his bloodline and strengthen his poison.
• Ye Qingxian told Lin Xiao that her evolved Nine Hearted Begonia could now heal injuries to a Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo's Emerald Python Emperor began shedding its scales and growing horns as his toxins erupted and his blood began to boil.
• Ye Qingxian used her Nine Hearted Begonia to heal the damage to Dugu Bo's meridians while Lin Xiao watched his transformation.
• Dugu Bo's Martial Soul completed its dragon transformation, grew a golden horn, and he spat out a golden Inner Core.
• Dugu Bo thanked Ye Qingxian and Lin Xiao for helping him survive and guiding his desperate gamble.

Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul evolved into the Golden Horned Jade Dragon, then Lin Xiao consumed two immortal herbs and transformed his Phoenix Martial Soul into the Ink Jade Phoenix. A disturbance in the sky drew the Sea God’s attention, and Bo Saixi ordered Sea God Island’s guardians to find Lin Xiao.

• Dugu Bo named his evolved Martial Soul the Golden Horned Jade Dragon and said his strength and poison had improved.
• Ye Qingxian reported that her Soul Power had risen five levels, while Dugu Bo had gained just over one level.
• Lin Xiao consumed the Primal Chaos Immortal Herb and Black Jade Divine Bamboo, transforming into the Ink Jade Phoenix with fused darkness and destruction attributes, indestructibility, and Immunity to All Erosion.
• A vast hollow opened in the sky, but a distant phoenix cry caused it to close before it could find anything.
• Bo Saixi received a decree from the Sea God and summoned the seven Holy Pillar Guardians to search for the God Child who controlled Darkness and Destruction.

The Slaughter King, Angel God, and Rakshasa God learned of a God Child who controlled Darkness and Destruction, while the God Kings debated claiming him as an inheritor. A mysterious phoenix cry disrupted their ability to locate the prodigy, leaving the gods uncertain about the Phoenix God’s motives.

• The Slaughter King's knights announced a reward for finding the God Child, causing the Fallen Ones in Slaughter City to turn on one another.
• The Angel God sent Qian Daoliu a Divine Decree to watch for the God Child, and Qian Daoliu sent a secret letter to Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the Rakshasa God’s warning as nonsense but ordered Chrysanthemum Elder to keep watch.
• Evil God King and Destruction God King argued over who should claim the prodigy as an inheritor until Asura God revealed that a phoenix cry had scrambled the aura of Douluo Star.
• Asura God explained that the gods could no longer sense the prodigy, and the God Kings wondered why the Phoenix God had intervened.

After evolving into the Ink Jade Phoenix, Lin Xiao discovered that he had gained immense physical strength and resistance to poison, control, and other effects, while reaching Soul Power Level 20 before acquiring his second Soul Ring. He and Ye Qingxian prepared to hunt for Soul Rings with Dugu Bo’s help, leaving for the Sunset Forest first.

• Dugu Bo and Ye Qingxian examined Lin Xiao’s new Ink Jade Phoenix form, and Lin Xiao explained its strength and resistances.
• Dugu Bo’s secret poison had no effect on Lin Xiao, confirming his resistance and leaving Dugu Bo dejected.
• Lin Xiao returned to his original form and told Ye Qingxian that he had reached Soul Power Level 20 but needed a Soul Ring to progress further.
• Ye Qingxian warned Lin Xiao not to become arrogant, and Lin Xiao acknowledged that he was still weak compared with true powerhouses.
• Lin Xiao asked Dugu Bo to help them hunt Soul Rings, and Dugu Bo led the group toward the Sunset Forest.

Lin Xiao sought a Tyrant Flame Blazing Luan as his Second Soul Ring and insisted on absorbing a two-thousand-year one despite Dugu Bo’s warnings. After Dugu Bo confirmed Lin Xiao’s extraordinary mental strength, he helped subdue the beast, and Lin Xiao began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Lin Xiao explained that he wanted a Buff-type Soul Skill and proposed hunting a fifteen-hundred-year Tyrant Flame Blazing Luan.
• Dugu Bo, Ye Qingxian, and Lin Xiao found a flock led by a two-thousand-year Tyrant Flame Blazing Luan, and Lin Xiao insisted on trying to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Lin Xiao argued that his physical strength and mental power mattered more than the Spirit Hall’s published age limits, while Ye Qingxian explained how Evil Fire Body Tempering had strengthened his mental power.
• Dugu Bo tested Lin Xiao’s mental strength and found it close to the Soul Elder level, then agreed to let him try.
• Dugu Bo poisoned the Tyrant Flame Blazing Luan Leader until it collapsed, and Lin Xiao killed it with one strike.
• Lin Xiao summoned the Ink Jade Phoenix, possessed his body, and began absorbing the purple Soul Ring.

Lin Xiao successfully absorbed a two-thousand-year Soul Ring as his Second Soul Ring and revealed the powerful Flame Burst Phoenix Transformation. After demonstrating its explosive attack, he prepared to rest with Dugu Bo and Ye Qingxian before they hunted for Ye Qingxian’s Seventh Spirit Ring the next day.

• Lin Xiao finished absorbing the Tyrant Flame Blazing Luan’s Soul Ring without incident and revealed his Second Soul Skill, Flame Burst Phoenix Transformation.
• Lin Xiao explained that the skill doubled his attack, defense, and agility for half an hour, while its Flame Patterns stored fire-attribute Soul Power for explosive attacks.
• Lin Xiao demonstrated Flame Burst by destroying a giant tree, impressing Dugu Bo and Ye Qingxian; he said his Soul Power was level 25.
• Ye Qingxian advised Lin Xiao to keep Flame Burst secret, and Lin Xiao considered studying it further and teaching an Ice Burst technique to Shui Bing'er.
• As night fell, Lin Xiao, Dugu Bo, and Ye Qingxian set up camp, and Lin Xiao began preparing the Tyrant Flame Blazing Luan for a barbecue.

Lin Xiao, Dugu Bo, and Ye Qingxian found a suitable Snow Hoof Unicorn Horse for Ye Qingxian’s spirit ring, while Dugu Bo chose to test his newly strengthened body in close combat. As the horse prepared to unleash an explosive attack, Lin Xiao hit on the idea of developing a poison-based burst technique.

• Dugu Bo admitted Lin Xiao’s cooking tasted good, and he and Ye Qingxian discussed contentment and the drive to strive forward.
• The three found a nearly sixty-thousand-year-old Snow Hoof Unicorn Horse that Ye Qingxian believed she could absorb.
• Dugu Bo decided to fight without poison to test his close-combat abilities, and Lin Xiao considered teaching Dugu Yan some close-combat skills.
• Dugu Bo mounted the Snow Hoof Unicorn Horse and pummeled it with Turtle Fist punches, inspiring Lin Xiao to imagine a poison burst technique.
• The enraged Snow Hoof Unicorn Horse charged its horn with blazing white light to unleash an explosive attack against Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo helped Ye Qingxian obtain a black Soul Ring, then learned about Lin Xiao’s Poison Burst Technique, a devastating use of poison that could spread across a battlefield. The chapter left Dugu Bo eager to study the technique while promising to avoid harming the innocent.

• Dugu Bo defeated the Snow Hoof Unicorn Horse in close combat, and Ye Qingxian killed it and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• Lin Xiao teased Dugu Bo about lacking a powerful Soul Skill beyond poison and offered to teach him the Poison Burst Technique.
• Lin Xiao explained that the technique would explosively spread Dugu Bo’s poison, potentially turning a vast area into a deadly wasteland.
• Dugu Bo accepted the technique as a possible battlefield weapon, saying he would use it to protect his family but avoid harming the innocent.
• Dugu Bo called Lin Xiao dangerous, while Lin Xiao insisted that he was inherently kind.