Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger, and Ye Qiu began absorbing its power. While he remained inside a purple cocoon, Zhu Zhuqing fought off a six-thousand-year Iron Scale Giant Python until a blood-colored arm emerged and knocked it away.

• Ye Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing used the forest terrain and their abilities to wear down and defeat the Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a little of the tiger's power, and Ye Qiu warned her against abusing her devouring ability.
• Ye Qiu began absorbing the tiger's power inside a purple cocoon as night fell.
• Zhu Zhuqing fought the Iron Scale Giant Python alone while Ye Qiu remained cocooned, and the snake injured her and prepared to bite her.
• The purple cocoon broke, and a massive blood-colored arm struck the python and sent it crashing away.

After Zhu Zhuqing was injured fighting the Iron Scale Giant Python, Ye Qiu used his newly awakened Sharingan skills to kill it and brought her into his Divine Might Space. He reflected on his new powers and reached level 26, then showed Zhu Zhuqing the tiger’s Head Spirit Bone before they settled in to rest.

• Ye Qiu used Susanoo to protect Zhu Zhuqing, then killed the Iron Scale Giant Python with Amaterasu as it attacked them.
• Ye Qiu brought Zhu Zhuqing into his Divine Might Space, where she treated her broken ribs while he considered the cost and limits of his new Soul Skills.
• Ye Qiu realized the Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger’s sacrifice and excess Soul Power had raised him to level 26, and reviewed Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, and Susanoo.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked about the tiger’s Soul Bone, and Ye Qiu showed her its rare Head Spirit Bone but refused to let her absorb it.
• Ye Qiu told Zhu Zhuqing to rest, then went to his own bed.

Zhu Zhuqing wrestled with her feelings for Ye Qiu and her fear that she was still following the fate imposed on her by her family. After clashing over his request that she protect Xiao Wu, she reconsidered her choices and resolved to pursue a path that could free her from that fate.

• Ye Qiu returned to find Zhu Zhuqing brooding and carried her to bed so she could rest and recover.
• Over the following days, Zhu Zhuqing grew closer to Ye Qiu as they explored together, and she cooked grilled fish for him by a stream.
• Ye Qiu asked Zhu Zhuqing to protect Xiao Wu in Suotuo City, then said she would likely go there to find Dai Mubai and was still living by others’ plans.
• Angry and hurt, Zhu Zhuqing rode away on a white wolf, and Ye Qiu followed to apologize.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted that competing with her sister was the only way she knew to survive, while Ye Qiu suggested she join Spirit Hall or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After realizing she wanted a different future, Zhu Zhuqing rode off again with a new direction in mind, and Ye Qiu chased after her.

Zhu Zhuqing brought Ye Qiu to the cave where he had treated her injuries, then confronted him about taking responsibility for seeing and touching her. She kissed him by choice and admitted it was no accident, leaving Ye Qiu confused and wondering whether she liked him.

• Zhu Zhuqing insisted that she and Ye Qiu spend the night in the cave, where he made a bed and lit a fire.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Qiu whether he remembered the cave, then asked if Xiao Wu was important to him and postponed deciding whether to protect her.
• During the night, Zhu Zhuqing wrapped herself and Ye Qiu in a blanket and accused him of taking liberties while treating her injuries.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Ye Qiu and told him that this time she had taken the initiative, not acted by accident.
• Ye Qiu failed to understand her hint, wondered whether she liked him, and began debating whether to choose Zhu Zhuqing or Xiao Wu.

Zhu Zhuqing forced Ye Qiu to acknowledge her feelings before leaving on his horse, determined to grow strong enough to defy her engagement and family. Ye Qiu was left behind, flustered and wondering how he had ended up losing both the horse and control of the situation.

• Zhu Zhuqing teased Ye Qiu after he finished meditating, then pinned him down and kissed him until he admitted that she liked him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Qiu that she was only informing him of her feelings, despite his mention of Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing promised to help Ye Qiu and protect Xiao Wu if she went to Suotuo City, then rode away on the Iron Hoof Horse.
• Zhu Zhuqing resolved to become strong enough to escape her engagement and family, while Ye Qiu ran after her too late and lamented losing his horse.

After Zhu Zhuqing left, Ye Qiu discovered that the Blue Silver Emperor had gained consciousness and could speak, easing his loneliness as he traveled onward. He left the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest with the talking grass and headed toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.

• Ye Qiu stored Zhu Zhuqing's belongings, worried about her assignment to protect Xiao Wu, and calmed himself by the Blue Silver Emperor's soothing energy.
• Ye Qiu realized the Blue Silver Emperor had been speaking to him and learned that it called Ah Yin its sister and resented Tang Hao for leaving it in a dark cave.
• Ye Qiu took the Blue Silver Emperor with him and departed the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Qiu rode Tiger Cub, a thousand-year Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger, toward a town near the forest's edge while carrying the Blue Silver Emperor.

Ye Qiu followed the Blue Silver Emperor’s mysterious sense of familiarity through the forest, hoping to reach a place connected to it. When the Black Tiger Mercenary Group tried to rob him, he trapped their leader Wang Hu in an illusion and began torturing him.

• The Blue Silver Emperor sensed a familiar presence and guided Ye Qiu toward it, so he changed course and hurried after the feeling.
• Yin Yan spotted Ye Qiu riding an Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger and led the Black Tiger Mercenary Group to intercept him.
• The mercenaries surrounded Ye Qiu and demanded his belongings and the secret of how he controlled Spirit Beasts.
• Ye Qiu opened his Mangekyo Sharingan and condemned the group after seeing the bloodied wolves in their cage.
• Wang Hu charged at Ye Qiu, but Ye Qiu trapped him in a blood-red illusion where he was bound to a cross and stabbed repeatedly.

Ye Qiu reached the Blue Silver Forest after killing Wang Hu’s group and freeing himself from their trap. As the Blue Silver Emperor began to regain its strength, the Blue Silver King attacked Ye Qiu to reclaim the emperor’s Soul Bone, until a childish voice intervened.

• Ye Qiu defeated Yin Yan and the attackers with Amaterasu and Susanoo, then threw Wang Hu into the Spirit Beast cage and escaped with Tiger Cub.
• Ye Qiu followed the Blue Silver Emperor’s summons to the Blue Silver Forest, where the Blue Silver Grass welcomed their returning emperor and offered it their energy.
• The Blue Silver King attacked Ye Qiu, believing he had stolen the Blue Silver Emperor’s origin, and demanded that he surrender the Soul Bone.
• Ye Qiu dodged the Blue Silver King’s attacks and tried to explain that he had obtained the Soul Bone by chance.
• A childish voice ordered the Blue Silver King to stop hurting Big Brother Ye Qiu.

The Blue Silver King tried to persuade the Blue Silver Emperor to devour Ye Qiu and reclaim her origin, but she refused to harm him. After being pressured to fulfill her duty to the clan, she pierced Ye Qiu’s heart and began merging into him instead, leaving the Blue Silver King in panic.

• The Blue Silver Emperor forbade the Blue Silver King from hurting Ye Qiu, and the king proposed taking back her Soul Bone instead.
• The Blue Silver King trapped Ye Qiu in Blue Silver Grass and drained his Soul Power while privately explaining that the Blue Silver Emperor could devour him and preserve his consciousness.
• The Blue Silver Emperor emerged and asked Ye Qiu whether he wanted her to stay with him, then agreed to begin the king’s plan.
• The Blue Silver Emperor pierced Ye Qiu’s heart and began flowing into his body, while the Blue Silver King realized the process was reversed and called on the Blue Silver Grass for help.

Ye Qiu woke in the Blue Silver Forest transformed by the Blue Silver King’s efforts, with the Blue Silver Emperor reborn as a girl who could retreat into his chest. He discovered he had gained the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and grown taller but lost his second Spirit Ring, while the Blue Silver King and surrounding Blue Silver Grass now bowed to him as their emperor.

• The Blue Silver King poured Blue Silver power into Ye Qiu, restoring his strength and changing his body while using his Soul Power and second Spirit Ring to re-form the Blue Silver Emperor as a human girl.
• After many days, Ye Qiu woke to find the girl beside him and learned that she was the Blue Silver Emperor he had saved.
• The girl pounced into Ye Qiu’s arms, then turned into a streak of light and burrowed into his chest when she grew sleepy.
• Ye Qiu found that he had grown taller, gained blue hair and the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, but his Soul Power had fallen to rank 20 and his second Spirit Ring was gone.
• The Blue Silver King summoned a Blue Silver Grass throne and addressed Ye Qiu as its emperor while the surrounding Blue Silver Grass bowed to him.

Ye Qiu learned that the Blue Silver Emperor had become part of him, giving him her bloodline and Blue Silver Domain while relying on his Soul Power to recover. He bonded with her new consciousness, named her Xiao Lan, and began cultivating in the Blue Silver Domain as he prepared to receive his second Spirit Ring.

• Ye Qiu spoke with the weakened Blue Silver King, which explained that the Blue Silver Emperor had become his origin and promised to prepare his second Spirit Ring.
• The Blue Silver King explained that the new Blue Silver Emperor shared Ye Qiu's abilities and could recover inside his body if she died, then departed without giving him clothes.
• Ye Qiu cultivated beneath the stars and felt his Soul Power flow through his Right Leg Bone before being absorbed by the Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Blue Silver Emperor appeared as a little girl, bonded affectionately with Ye Qiu, and accepted the name Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Lan suggested that Ye Qiu use the Blue Silver Domain to cultivate, and he found that it increased his cultivation speed by more than two and a half times.

Ye Qiu formed a second Spirit Ring with the Blue Silver King’s help, then left the Blue Silver Forest with Xiao Lan. After Xiao Lan condensed her first Spirit Ring, Ye Qiu discovered that her healing ability could restore living things and could also be used by him.

• The Blue Silver King and the Blue Silver Grass helped Ye Qiu form a five-thousand-year Spirit Ring, which he disguised as a hundred-year ring with the Blue Silver Domain.
• Ye Qiu said farewell to the Blue Silver King and left the forest with Xiao Lan on Tiger Cub, later finding clothes in an Emei Monkey nest.
• After Xiao Lan slept for two days, she returned and told Ye Qiu that she had condensed her first Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Lan demonstrated Endless Vitality, which restored plants and converted Soul Power into healing vitality.
• Xiao Lan explained that Ye Qiu could also use Endless Vitality while she was inside his body.

Ye Qiu entered Heaven Dou Imperial City with Xiao Lan, where a nobleman harassed her and Ye Qiu intervened. Ye Lingling ended the confrontation, but Sabu Chu left glaring at Ye Qiu, leaving him wary of future trouble.

• Ye Qiu arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City with Xiao Lan and planned to rest there before traveling to Sunset Forest.
• Ye Qiu bought Xiao Lan two expensive candied hawthorn skewers as they explored the city.
• Sabu Chu knocked Xiao Lan down, ruined her candied hawthorn, and tried to strike her, so Ye Qiu grabbed his wrist and threatened him.
• Ye Lingling intervened and persuaded Ye Qiu to release Sabu Chu, then left with Sabu Chu following after her.
• Ye Qiu noticed Sabu Chu's hateful glance and resolved to stay alert in case the nobleman came after him.

Ye Qiu took Xiao Lan to the Heaven Dou Auction House to sell a rare Soul Bone so he could afford their expenses. After the appraisers valued it at a starting price of one million Gold Soul Coins, they admitted the pair to the Red VIP Area.

• Xue Qinghe sensed his Martial Soul react during Ye Qiu's earlier clash, but the feeling vanished before he could discover its cause.
• Ye Qiu remembered the four-thousand-year Emerald-Eyed Cloud-Winged Tiger Soul Bone in his Divine Might Space and took Xiao Lan to the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• A receptionist explained the auction house's entry requirements and led Ye Qiu and Xiao Lan to meet its appraisers.
• Ye Qiu presented the Head Spirit Bone, and the appraisers confirmed it was genuine and proposed a starting price of one million Gold Soul Coins.
• The appraisers accepted Ye Qiu's agreement and directed the receptionist to take him and Xiao Lan to the Red VIP Area.

Ye Qiu and Xiao Lan entered the auction’s Red VIP Area to wait for the evening treasures session, where Ye Qiu’s Head Spirit Bone would be auctioned. They met a spoiled girl and her father, and the girls traded insults while the auction had yet to begin.

• Ye Qiu collected his Savings Card and identity Emblem, then waited with Xiao Lan until the treasures session was due to start.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Lan followed an attendant into the inner hall, where she seated him in the Red VIP Area.
• Xiao Lan sat on Ye Qiu’s lap and asked him to feed her fruit, while a girl nearby mocked him as a rookie.
• Xiao Lan defended Ye Qiu, and the girl traded insults with her until her father interrupted and apologized.
• The girl’s father offered to buy anything she wanted at the auction, while Xiao Lan and the girl exchanged one last round of insults.

Ye Qiu watched an auction expose two abused Cat-Ear Sisters as slave merchandise, then clashed with Ning Rongrong after she frightened Xiao Lan. Sword Douluo Chen Xin split Ye Qiu’s mask and hurt his eyes, leaving Ye Qiu to realize he had provoked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ye Qiu noticed the middle-aged man bidding on a broadsword for his collection as the auction progressed.
• The host presented two Cat-Ear Sisters in a cage and demonstrated their trained reactions, provoking heavy bidding from the guests.
• Ning Rongrong joked that Xiao Lan might be sold and spanked, so Ye Qiu comforted Xiao Lan and warned Rongrong with an illusion technique.
• Ning Rongrong called for Grandpa Sword, and Ye Qiu discovered a silver-haired swordsman had been standing behind them.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin split Ye Qiu’s mask with sword qi and injured his eyes, while the middle-aged man called out for Uncle Jian to show mercy.

After Ye Qiu calmed the dispute with Ning Rongrong and Sword Douluo, the auction continued, where Ning Fengzhi bought Ye Qiu’s Soul Bone for five million Gold Soul Coins. Xiao Lan then pointed out a mysterious black object she wanted, and Ye Qiu agreed to buy it.

• Ye Qiu explained that his Illusion Technique had not harmed Ning Rongrong, and Sword Douluo let the matter end.
• Count Sadio won the Catgirl Twins for eight hundred and eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Xiao Lan healed Ye Qiu’s irritated eyes.
• The auction offered a rare Head Spirit Bone, and Ning Fengzhi outbid the crowd at five million Gold Soul Coins to buy it.
• Ye Qiu told Ning Fengzhi that he and Xiao Lan were commoners, declining to identify any family connections.
• Xiao Lan said she wanted the mysterious black object in the next auction lot, and Ye Qiu promised to buy it for her.

Ye Qiu bought a mysterious black seed at auction for one thousand Gold Soul Coins, then met with Ning Fengzhi, who invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The chapter ended with Ye Qiu and Xiao Lan leaving with their winnings and a new connection to Ning Fengzhi's sect.

• Ye Qiu bid one thousand Gold Soul Coins for a seed that had failed to sell at previous auctions.
• After the auction, Ning Fengzhi invited Ye Qiu to wait in a VIP room, where he introduced himself as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's sect master and offered Ye Qiu a token and a chance to join.
• Xiao Lan let Ning Rongrong pinch her cheeks after being tempted with promises of tasty food, then insisted she would not go with her because Ye Qiu would buy her food.
• Ye Qiu received the auction items and a Savings Card containing over four million Gold Soul Coins, while Xiao Lan eagerly took the black seed.
• Ye Qiu bid farewell to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong, and said he would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if he had the chance.

After leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ye Qiu and Xiao Lan discovered that a mysterious black seed responded to Xiao Lan’s vitality. The seed transformed Xiao Lan and gave her a second Spirit Ability, while Ye Qiu remained uncertain about its origin and her momentary change in demeanor.

• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that Ye Qiu’s Spiritual Power was far beyond what his Soul Grandmaster cultivation suggested, while Ning Rongrong remained unimpressed.
• Ye Qiu sensed hidden watchers after leaving with Xiao Lan, dismissed them as little rats, and took Xiao Lan to a hotel.
• Xiao Lan used her First Spirit Ability, Endless Vitality, on the black seed, and Ye Qiu helped supply Soul Power as its shell cracked and revealed a green seed.
• The green seed entered Xiao Lan, who grew taller, gained a second Spirit Ring, and briefly showed a holy, unfamiliar aura that immobilized Ye Qiu; Ye Qiu also broke through to level 23.
• After returning to normal, Xiao Lan demonstrated her Second Spirit Ability, Blue Silver Fragrance, which could detoxify and remove negative conditions, and Ye Qiu praised her while wondering what the seed had been.

Ye Qiu learned that Xiao Lan’s Seed of Life let him use her Soul Skills and could revive her as long as he survived. After testing her Blue Silver Fragrance, he spent several days with her in Heaven Dou City and prepared to leave for Sunset Forest.

• Xiao Lan passed Ye Qiu a Seed of Life, which lodged in his heart and allowed them to communicate mind-to-mind.
• Xiao Lan explained that the seed let Ye Qiu use her Soul Skills in her absence and could revive her even if her soul was extinguished, provided Ye Qiu lived.
• Ye Qiu activated Xiao Lan’s Blue Silver Fragrance, which spread a mist that detoxified and cleared negative statuses more effectively nearby.
• Xiao Lan clung to Ye Qiu throughout the evening and insisted on sleeping in his arms.
• Ye Qiu spent the next few days in Heaven Dou City with Xiao Lan, had a blacksmith make a Zhuge Crossbow, and bought several kunai-like daggers.
• Ye Qiu told Xiao Lan that they would leave for Sunset Forest the next day.