Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao watched Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Shui Yue'er grow close, then tried to reassure Shui Bing'er when she felt guilty about receiving more from him than she had given. The gathering ended with Ning Rongrong welcoming Shui Bing'er to Heaven Dou City while sounding a little possessive.

• Lin Xiao found himself unable to join the girls' lively conversation as they discussed their Martial Souls, cultivation levels, and Soul Skills.
• Shui Yue'er admired Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's levels, and Ye Lingling nearly revealed the secret of the Immortal Grass before Dugu Yan stopped her.
• Ye Lingling told Shui Bing'er that Lin Xiao had delayed hunting for his Fourth Soul Ring so they could hunt together, leaving Shui Bing'er surprised and guilty.
• Lin Xiao reassured Shui Bing'er that friendship did not depend on who gave more, and she accepted his words with a smile.
• Ning Rongrong welcomed Shui Bing'er to Heaven Dou City and promised that no one would bully her while Ning Rongrong was there.

Lin Xiao and his friends shared dinner before Ye Qingxian revealed that Ning Fengzhi’s merchants had found the potato Lin Xiao had described. After Lin Xiao confirmed it and estimated its yield, Ye Qingxian realized it might end food shortages across the continent.

• Lin Xiao invited Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Ning Rongrong the next day.
• At dinner, Lin Xiao explained that Ye Qingxian had been studying ways to improve crops after he told her about plant breeding and the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.
• After dinner, Ye Qingxian showed Lin Xiao a potato brought back by Ning Fengzhi’s merchant caravan from the far west.
• Lin Xiao confirmed it was a potato and said it could yield two to three thousand pounds per acre.
• Ye Qingxian said that if Lin Xiao was right, the potato might end food shortages across the continent.

Lin Xiao explained to Ye Qingxian that faith might be connected to becoming a god and urged her to claim the credit for improving crops. Ye Qingxian accepted his trust, told him to share anything that could benefit her, and sent him away as she continued her research.

• Ye Qingxian praised Lin Xiao for sharing his knowledge and helping commoners despite gaining little for himself.
• Lin Xiao rejected fame and urged Ye Qingxian to take responsibility for developing high-yield crops and receiving the commoners' gratitude.
• Lin Xiao told Ye Qingxian that faith might help someone become a god, so she should not hand the recognition to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ye Qingxian lightly thumped Lin Xiao and told him that, as her junior, he must not hide anything beneficial to her.
• Ye Qingxian dismissed Lin Xiao and returned to researching improved Hybrid Rice, wheat, and Potato varieties.

Lin Xiao teased Ye Lingling after she tried to bite him, then checked that Shui Bing'er was settling in and planned to have Dugu Bo help her obtain her Fourth Soul Ring. The next morning, Ning Rongrong joined Lin Xiao and the others to register at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Lin Xiao ran into Ye Lingling outside Ye Qingxian's pharmacy, and the two traded teasing remarks before spitting into each other's hands.
• Lin Xiao visited Shui Bing'er and reassured her that he would help arrange her Fourth Soul Ring hunt with Dugu Bo.
• Lin Xiao told Shui Bing'er that Dugu Bo had reached level 95 and could now defeat Yu Yuanzhen by a wide margin.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong excitedly told Lin Xiao she was ready to register at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Xiao and the group walked to the academy's Admissions Office.

Lin Xiao enrolled Shui Bing'er and the others at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then struggled to navigate the rivalry brewing among the girls. After Feng Yu awoke from a month-long sleep, Lin Xiao arranged medicinal cuisine for Shui Bing'er, who reached level 40 ten days later.

• Lin Xiao completed Shui Bing'er and the others' enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and showed them its Mimetic Cultivation Environment.
• Lin Xiao failed to notice the girls' quiet competition, while Ning Rongrong felt inferior to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er and left with a stiff smile.
• Lin Xiao found Feng Yu awake after a month of sleep and scolded the bird for eating Immortal Grass and becoming an expensive, bottomless pit.
• Lin Xiao asked Ye Qingxian to prepare medicinal cuisine to help Shui Bing'er reach level 40, and she agreed.
• Shui Bing'er took Ye Qingxian's medicinal cuisine and practiced Eight Section Brocade and Five Animal Frolics for ten days, then broke through to level 40.

Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest with Dugu Bo to hunt their fourth soul rings, and Dugu Bo urged Lin Xiao to test his strength against the Water Condensing Cold Kite. The chapter left Lin Xiao carrying Shui Bing'er into the air to search for the beast.

• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er continued through the forest with Dugu Bo, seeking an eight-thousand-year Water Condensing Cold Kite and a twelve-thousand-year Blazing Flame Vulture.
• Dugu Bo teased Lin Xiao about his relationship with Shui Bing'er and questioned how much of his strength he had used at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Bo challenged Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er to join forces against the Water Condensing Cold Kite, and Lin Xiao agreed after Shui Bing'er said she would follow his lead.
• Lin Xiao spread his Crimson Sky Flame Phoenix Feather and offered to carry Shui Bing'er over the swamp where the kites lived.
• Lin Xiao carried Shui Bing'er into the sky to look for the Water Condensing Cold Kite.

Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er hunted an 8,000-year-old Water Condensing Cold Kite in the Star Dou Great Forest, but the injured beast escaped toward the forest's outer perimeter. As Lin Xiao pursued it with Shui Bing'er in his arms, a black-clad girl fleeing a group of men ran toward the kite.

• Lin Xiao chose an 8,000-year-old Water Condensing Cold Kite and had Senior Dugu frighten its flock away.
• Shui Bing'er slowed the kite with Ice Seal while Lin Xiao trapped it in Ultimate Fire, but it broke free and attacked them with ice spikes.
• Lin Xiao used Flame Burst to dodge the attack and then pursued the fleeing kite while holding Shui Bing'er close.
• The Water Condensing Cold Kite fled toward the outer perimeter, where a black-clad girl being chased by men spotted it and ran toward it.

Zhu Zhuqing fled into the jungle as the injured Water Condensing Cold Kite crashed, while Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er joined forces to finish the Spirit Beast. Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill transformed the forest into an icy domain and left Zhu Zhuqing shivering in hiding.

• The Water Condensing Cold Kite exhausted itself and plunged into the jungle, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to charge after it to escape her pursuers.
• The Soul Elder leading Zhu Zhuqing's pursuers ordered his men to retreat and report that they had seen her heading to Suotuo City.
• Zhu Zhuqing hid in the grass near the Water Condensing Cold Kite, suppressing her presence while fearing the assassins would find her.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er agreed to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against the Water Condensing Cold Kite and flew into the jungle.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er activated Absolute Zero · Winter Kingdom, freezing the surrounding forest and striking the Water Condensing Cold Kite with an Absolute Zero Beam.
• Zhu Zhuqing trembled in the grass as the sudden cold nearly froze her to death.

Shui Bing'er and Lin Xiao defeated the Water Condensing Cold Kite, then Lin Xiao discovered Zhu Zhuqing hiding nearby and interrogated her about why she was being hunted. The chapter ended with Shui Bing'er suggesting they freeze Zhu Zhuqing until Dugu Bo arrived, leaving Zhu Zhuqing terrified of being shattered.

• Shui Bing'er used Absolute Zero · Winter Kingdom to suppress the Water Condensing Cold Kite, then froze it with the Frozen Death Ray.
• Shui Bing'er shattered the frozen Water Condensing Cold Kite after Lin Xiao told her to kill it before Dugu Bo arrived.
• Lin Xiao found a girl hidden in a haystack and restrained her, demanding to know who she was and why she had been hiding.
• The girl revealed that she was Zhu Zhuqing, Second Miss of the Star Luo Zhu Family, and said she was being hunted because of a struggle for power.
• Shui Bing'er suggested freezing Zhu Zhuqing until Dugu Bo arrived, and Zhu Zhuqing feared she would be shattered.

After Zhu Zhuqing accidentally witnessed Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Lin Xiao persuaded Dugu Bo to spare her. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo poisoning Zhu Zhuqing as a warning to keep their secret.

• Zhu Zhuqing feared Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er would kill her after she witnessed the Water Condensing Cold Kite shatter.
• Lin Xiao summoned Dugu Bo with a Flame Phoenix signal and explained how Zhu Zhuqing had arrived.
• Dugu Bo proposed killing Zhu Zhuqing, but Lin Xiao argued that she deserved a chance, and Dugu Bo agreed to spare her.
• Dugu Bo threatened Zhu Zhuqing and revealed his nine Soul Rings, while Shui Bing'er began absorbing the Water Condensing Cold Kite’s Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo used his Golden Horned Jade Dragon to poison Zhu Zhuqing and warned that he would activate the poison if Lin Xiao’s information leaked.

Lin Xiao and Dugu Bo poisoned Zhu Zhuqing to keep her from exposing their secrets, while Lin Xiao offered to protect her and planned to make her an informant. Shui Bing'er broke through to Soul Ancestor, and Zhu Zhuqing began to trust Lin Xiao, though she felt a pang of envy as he praised Shui Bing'er.

• Dugu Bo and Lin Xiao agreed to poison Zhu Zhuqing instead of killing her, and Lin Xiao laid out a plan to bind her with danger, gratitude, and moral obligation.
• Lin Xiao reassured Zhu Zhuqing that the poison would remain dormant if she kept their secret, and offered to take her out of the Star Dou Great Forest and compensate her.
• Lin Xiao considered Zhu Zhuqing a potential source of information about Shrek and a hidden piece for the future.
• Shui Bing'er woke after absorbing her soul ring and announced that she had reached level 41 as a Soul Ancestor with an eight-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided Lin Xiao was a good person and felt a little sour when he praised Shui Bing'er.

Lin Xiao discovered that Shui Bing'er could combine her defensive soul skills and was astonished by her strength and fighting technique. As he encouraged her to be confident, Zhu Zhuqing envied their bond and Dugu Bo worried about his granddaughter Dugu Yan.

• Dugu Bo interrupted Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er to ask about her Fourth Soul Skill, Wrath of Ice and Snow.
• Lin Xiao asked Shui Bing'er to test whether her third and Fourth Soul Skills could stack, and she found that Blizzard Ice Phoenix Armor and Wrath of Ice and Snow worked together.
• Lin Xiao tested Shui Bing'er's defenses and fought her, but her Ice Crystal armor held and her combat skills brought them to a draw.
• Shui Bing'er pretended to lose focus and told Lin Xiao she still needed him to protect her, and he urged her to be confident.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er with envy, while Dugu Bo worried that winning over Dugu Yan would be difficult.

Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er hunted a fourth Soul Ring together, targeting Blazing Flame Vultures in the Star Dou Great Forest. Lin Xiao chose to face a fifteen-thousand-year-old Vulture Lord, and he and Shui Bing'er activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as it attacked.

• Dugu Bo offered to help Lin Xiao hunt for a Soul Ring, but Lin Xiao said he and Shui Bing'er would handle it together.
• Dugu Bo threatened to kill Zhu Zhuqing and her family if she revealed what she knew, and Lin Xiao tried to reassure her with a dark joke.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er cornered a flock of Blazing Flame Vultures, while Shui Bing'er slowed them with her Frost Assault and Ice Seal.
• Lin Xiao used Phoenix Feather Array to let the younger vultures escape, leaving only the fifteen-thousand-year-old Blazing Flame Vulture Lord inside.
• After Lin Xiao sensed the Vulture Lord's attack, he and Shui Bing'er merged their Soul Power and formed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, with Lin Xiao taking the lead.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Lin Xiao's adult form and realized she was drawn to the strength and security he seemed to offer.

Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat the Blazing Flame Vulture Lord, and Lin Xiao absorbed its 15,000-year Soul Ring. He gained a Fourth Soul Skill that could leave lasting damage in an enemy’s meridians.

• Lin Xiao’s Ink Jade Phoenix Form changed his fusion skill’s flames into pitch-black Destruction Fire, which burned the Blazing Flame Vulture Lord despite its fire resistance.
• The Blazing Flame Vulture Lord attacked with nine crimson feathers, but Lin Xiao countered with a miniature Black Fire Phoenix and then fought it at close range.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er separated after Lin Xiao defeated the Blazing Flame Vulture Lord, while Dugu Bo marveled at their powerful fusion skill.
• With Dugu Bo guarding him, Lin Xiao absorbed the Blazing Flame Vulture Lord’s 15,000-year Soul Ring after half an hour.
• Lin Xiao revealed that his Fourth Soul Skill, Blazing Feather Sky Burning Strike, fired nine phoenix-feather-shaped beams that left permanent Nirvana Fire Marks capable of damaging an enemy’s meridians.

Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er prepared to visit Dugu Bo’s secluded cultivation site, then parted from Zhu Zhuqing at the forest’s edge. After Lin Xiao challenged her reasons for seeking him out and gave her valuable cultivation resources, Zhu Zhuqing read his gifts at an inn and wept.

• Lin Xiao asked Dugu Bo to let Shui Bing'er visit his secluded cultivation site, and Dugu Bo agreed after noting that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill required complete trust.
• At the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, Zhu Zhuqing asked to join Lin Xiao at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but he told her to confront her feelings about her fiancé first.
• Lin Xiao gave Zhu Zhuqing a Storage Ring and a Jade Box containing valuable cultivation resources before she continued toward Suotuo City.
• At an inn, Zhu Zhuqing discovered the medicinal supplies and Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King Lin Xiao had given her and broke down in tears.

Lin Xiao brought Shui Bing'er to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well to temper her body, where Feng Yu’s appetite caused trouble and Shui Bing'er asked him to stay with her. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing joined Shrek Academy and was unsettled to learn that Ma Hongjun also had a Phoenix Martial Soul.

• Lin Xiao told Dugu Bo that helping Zhu Zhuqing could secure her promise and give him a connection to Shrek, then the three returned to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Xiao showed Shui Bing'er the hidden Herb Garden and explained that he had brought her there to temper her body in the Ice Fire Pool Water.
• Feng Yu revealed that she had pecked holes into the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, and Lin Xiao chased her before giving up and threatening to stop her from sleeping on his head.
• Shui Bing'er asked Lin Xiao to stay while she underwent three days of body tempering, and he agreed to help prepare medicinal ingredients and food.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing passed the entrance examination and met Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing was surprised and displeased to learn that Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul was Evil Fire Phoenix, while Dai Mubai grew irritated by her attention to him.

At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai fought over Zhu Zhuqing until she clarified that neither of them was the person she admired. Meanwhile, Shui Bing'er finished tempering her body at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and Lin Xiao prepared to return to Heaven Dou City with her.

• Ma Hongjun flirted with Zhu Zhuqing and claimed she liked him, prompting Dai Mubai to confront him.
• Ma Hongjun accused Dai Mubai of trying to steal his girl, and the two released their Martial Souls to fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped them and said she did not like Ma Hongjun and considered him inferior to someone else, leaving both men unaware she meant neither of them.
• Dai Mubai took Zhu Zhuqing to her assessment and mocked Ma Hongjun, who decided to turn against him and seek Yu Tianheng's help.
• At the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Xiao told Shui Bing'er that her body tempering was ending and they would soon return to Heaven Dou City.
• Shui Bing'er asked whether Zhu Zhuqing might meet someone Lin Xiao knew in Suotuo City, and Lin Xiao replied that she probably would.

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After three days in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er returned safely to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo. At Ye Residence, they reunited with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and Lin Xiao offered to take over the remaining work of finding battle team candidates.

• Dugu Bo regretted leaving the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well without Lin Xiao and worried about what might have happened there.
• Shui Bing'er dressed after emerging from the water, and Lin Xiao left the herb garden with her and Feng Yu.
• Dugu Bo met Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er, questioned them about danger in the well, and escorted them back to Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er returned to Ye Residence, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were practicing their punches.
• Ye Lingling complained that she and Dugu Yan had been tasked with finding battle team candidates, and Lin Xiao offered to handle the remaining work.

Lin Xiao reviewed the candidates for the team and chose Yan Song to fill its need for a defender. With the lineup taking shape, Lin Xiao planned to organize training and combat drills so the team would be ready to compete.

• Shui Bing'er volunteered to help Lin Xiao, and he said they would work together after Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling finished their part.
• Dugu Yan showed Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er a file of potential teammates, and Lin Xiao noticed that most of the candidates were girls.
• Ye Lingling teased Lin Xiao about having watched him grow up, and he rapped her on the head before Shui Bing'er tried to comfort her.
• Lin Xiao selected Yan Song, a 35th Level Battle Soul Grandmaster whose Thick Earth Rock Turtle martial soul and defensive third soul skill suited the team's needs.
• The group agreed to recruit Yan Song, and Lin Xiao took responsibility for planning the team's training and combat drills.