Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu used his Illusion Technique to turn Sabu Chu’s lackeys against one another, then let Han Man break Sabu Chu’s limbs. After leaving the academy with Ye Lingling, Ye Qiu followed her into a grove, where he accidentally bumped into her when she stopped.

• Ye Qiu used his Illusion Technique to make Han Man protect him and fight Sabu Chu’s lackeys while Ye Qiu blocked Sabu Chu from escaping.
• Han Man defeated the lackeys, slapped Sabu Chu, and broke his limbs at Ye Qiu’s order.
• Ye Qiu told Han Man to carry Sabu Chu to the entrance of Count Sadio’s Estate, then left the academy with Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling thanked Ye Qiu, and the two walked through the crowd and into a small grove.
• Ye Lingling stopped suddenly, and Ye Qiu bumped into her before noticing she had halted.

Ye Qiu met Ye Lingling, who agreed to take him to see Dugu Yan the next day because she had left the academy with a health problem. As he headed for the gates, Xue Beng surrounded him with students and confronted him.

• Ye Lingling led Ye Qiu to the cafeteria and warned him that Dugu Yan had poisoned other suitors who came looking for her.
• Ye Qiu told Ye Lingling he was not pursuing Dugu Yan, and she explained that Yu Tianheng had transferred to the academy for her.
• Ye Lingling said Dugu Yan had left the academy because of health problems and told Ye Qiu to meet her the next morning.
• Ye Qiu left the cafeteria and admired the academy grounds on his way toward the gates.
• Xue Beng's students surrounded Ye Qiu, and Xue Beng approached him with the injured Han Man and Sabu Chu nearby, asking if he was Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu confronted Xue Beng after the prince came to punish him, but Xue Qinghe intervened and escorted Ye Qiu away. After they left, Xue Beng revealed that he had only been testing Ye Qiu and vowed to repay the humiliation.

• Xue Beng ordered his men to attack Ye Qiu, who held back after sensing someone nearby.
• Xue Qinghe arrived, stopped Xue Beng’s men, and made his younger brother apologize to Ye Qiu.
• Ye Qiu asked to punish Sabu Chu, and Xue Qinghe agreed; under an illusion, Xue Beng crushed Sabu Chu’s vital parts.
• Xue Qinghe saw Ye Qiu off, and Xue Beng regained his senses and recognized Ye Qiu’s skill as an illusion technique.
• Xue Beng blamed Sabu Chu for the humiliation, injured him again, and left vowing revenge.

Ye Qiu left the academy with Xue Qinghe, who secretly investigated his Sharingan and ordered a probe into Xue Beng. Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ye Qiu found Xiao Lan and Ning Rongrong covered in soot after Ning Rongrong’s cooking, then reluctantly tasted one of her grilled sausages.

• Xue Qinghe apologized to Ye Qiu for not showing him around and asked about his Martial Soul, which Ye Qiu identified as the Sharingan.
• After Ye Qiu left, Pufferfish reported the Sharingan’s mental and spatial abilities to Xue Qinghe, who ordered him to investigate Xue Beng.
• Ye Qiu used Kamui to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and found Xiao Lan covered in soot, crying that Ning Rongrong had forced her to eat her cooking.
• Ning Rongrong offered Ye Qiu a grilled sausage and insisted he try it after Xiao Lan refused.
• Ye Qiu bit into the sausage and was overwhelmed by its sweet, bitter, sour, and astringent flavors.

Ye Qiu reflected on the danger of his Soul Skills while Ning Rongrong wrestled with whether she had been too willful after her family rejected her Candied Hawthorns. During their nighttime talk, she thanked him for praising the treats, and he admitted he had only wanted to trick her into eating one.

• Ye Qiu comforted Xiao Lan after she and Ning Rongrong ate the bitter Candied Hawthorns, while Ning Rongrong carried the rest to her family.
• Ye Qiu considered how his Soul Skills could kill or cripple opponents and wondered whether he could create a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Ye Qiu found Ning Rongrong drinking alone on the pavilion roof and asked what she had been thinking about.
• Ning Rongrong recalled that her family had criticized her Candied Hawthorns and wondered whether she had always been too willful.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Ye Qiu for saving her and praising the treats, and Ye Qiu apologized for praising them to trick her into eating one.

Ye Qiu and Ning Rongrong teased each other after a late-night conversation, and she shoved him into a flowerbed when he failed to blush until she confronted him. After Ye Qiu healed himself and briefly woke Xiao Lan, morning found Ning Rongrong already trying to become a qualified young lady.

• Ning Rongrong punched Ye Qiu for admitting he had only pretended to be moved, and they argued about Xiao Lan’s disastrous cooking.
• Ning Rongrong hugged Ye Qiu and tested whether he would blush, then shoved him into a flowerbed when he blushed too late.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Ye Qiu and said she would become a qualified young lady, then threw a wine cup at him after hearing his remark about her clothes.
• Ye Qiu healed his scratches with Endless Vitality and went to Xiao Lan’s room, but softened and left after waking her.
• Ye Qiu found Ning Rongrong awake early and heard that she was following through on her decision to become a qualified young lady.

Ye Qiu met Ye Lingling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and she took him to the Imperial Fighting Team’s training ground so he could see Dugu Yan. They arrived as Yu Tianheng defeated the Shi Mo brothers in a sparring match.

• Ning Rongrong kissed Ye Qiu, bit his cheek, and left him to wonder about her feelings.
• Ye Qiu cultivated, used Kamui to reach Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and met Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling teased Ye Qiu about the bite marks before healing them with a green glow.
• Ye Lingling led Ye Qiu to the Imperial Fighting Team’s training ground, where Yu Tianheng fought the Shi Mo brothers.
• Yu Tianheng broke both of the Shi Mo brothers’ shields, and they jumped off the platform as Ye Qiu and Ye Lingling arrived.

Ye Qiu arrived with Ye Lingling at the Imperial Fighting Team’s arena and asked to speak privately with Dugu Yan after noticing her changing hair and worrying that her poison had flared up. Yu Tianheng confronted him before Dugu Yan could answer, and the chapter ended with lightning gathering around Yu Tianheng as he prepared to fight.

• Yu Tianheng defeated the Shi Mo brothers in the arena, and Yu Feng tried to smooth things over between the teammates.
• Ye Lingling arrived with Ye Qiu, prompting the Imperial Fighting Team to gather around them and Dugu Yan to ask who he was.
• Ye Qiu noticed that much of Dugu Yan’s purple hair had turned green and wondered whether her poison had worsened.
• Yu Tianheng warned Ye Qiu to stop staring at Dugu Yan, but Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng to watch himself.
• Ye Lingling introduced Ye Qiu as someone who had come to see Dugu Yan, and Ye Qiu asked Dugu Yan to speak with him alone.
• Yu Tianheng stepped forward, demanded to know Ye Qiu’s intentions, and surrounded himself with crackling lightning.

Ye Qiu confronted Yu Tianheng and met privately with Dugu Yan, revealing that he knew about the Dugu family's poison. When Dugu Yan summoned her Martial Soul, Ye Qiu discovered it was a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.

• Ye Qiu challenged Yu Tianheng's threats, and Ye Lingling defended Dugu Yan's right to choose whom she spoke with.
• Dugu Yan took Ye Qiu and Ye Lingling to a lounge, where Ye Qiu asked to speak with Dugu Yan alone.
• Ye Lingling left the lounge, and Yu Tianheng waited outside for Dugu Yan to come out.
• Ye Qiu told Dugu Yan that her poison was becoming impossible to suppress and that Poison Douluo was also deeply poisoned.
• Dugu Yan summoned her Martial Soul, and Ye Qiu recognized it as a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.

Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolved, and she attacked Ye Qiu with poison, but his Kamui let him evade her strikes. Ye Qiu convinced her he could detoxify her and Poison Douluo, and she agreed to take him to meet her grandfather in Heaven Dou City.

• Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolved, transforming her legs into a snake tail, and she unleashed her Jade Phosphor Purple Poison on Ye Qiu.
• Ye Qiu used Kamui to let the poison and Dugu Yan’s dagger pass through him while she tested whether his Soul Skill had a time limit.
• Ye Qiu warned Dugu Yan that her uncontrolled poison could kill her and described the symptoms afflicting her and Poison Douluo.
• Ye Qiu offered to detoxify them in exchange for Poison Douluo agreeing to a condition, and Dugu Yan agreed to take him to her grandfather.
• Ye Qiu passed through the wall and emerged outside, where Ye Lingling asked about Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng demanded to know what Ye Qiu had done to her.

Dugu Yan pretended to accept Ye Qiu's pursuit to drive Yu Tianheng away, and Ye Qiu played along so he could meet her grandfather. Yu Tianheng attacked them as they left, and a blood-red light appeared in the smoke after his strike landed.

• Dugu Yan clung to Ye Qiu and told Yu Tianheng she had accepted Ye Qiu's pursuit and planned to take him to meet her grandfather.
• Dugu Yan secretly asked Ye Qiu to help get rid of Yu Tianheng, and Ye Qiu agreed to play along.
• Ye Qiu took Dugu Yan's hand, told Yu Tianheng to stop bothering her, and led her away.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan from behind with his lightning dragon claw despite Ye Lingling's warning.
• A blast filled the area with smoke, and a blinding blood-red light appeared as Yu Tianheng laughed.

Ye Qiu protected Dugu Yan from Yu Tianheng’s attack and challenged him to a fight. He overwhelmed Yu Tianheng with Susanoo and left him battered in a crater.

• Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claw struck at Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan, but Ye Qiu shielded them both with a blood-red skeletal Susanoo.
• Ye Qiu accused Yu Tianheng of attacking from behind and challenged him to fight, offering to leave if Yu Tianheng won.
• Yu Tianheng unleashed his spirit abilities, but Susanoo blocked his attacks and smashed apart his Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Susanoo caught Yu Tianheng, then repeatedly slammed and punched him into a crater while Ye Feng and the others watched in shock.

Ye Qiu defeated Yu Tianheng and accompanied Dugu Yan to Dugu Manor, where he revealed that he knew about the Dugu Family’s Medicine Field. Dugu Yan suspected he had uncovered the family’s secret and hurried to warn her grandfather.

• Ye Qiu crushed Yu Tianheng in a fight, then left him for Ye Lingling to heal while he and Dugu Yan departed hand in hand.
• Dugu Yan pulled her hand away and led Ye Qiu out of the academy, refusing to explain how her Martial Soul had evolved.
• On the carriage ride to Heaven Dou City, Ye Qiu used his healing abilities to ease Dugu Yan’s poison backlash.
• Ye Qiu mentioned that he had heard Senior Dugu owned a Medicine Field, and Dugu Yan concealed her alarm.
• At Dugu Manor, Dugu Yan sent Ye Qiu to the reception hall and hurried to tell her grandfather that he knew about the Medicine Field.

Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ye Qiu knew about their Medicine Field and had unusual eye abilities, prompting Dugu Bo to rush to meet him. After testing Ye Qiu’s speed and seeing his eyes, Dugu Bo recognized him as someone who resembled the benefactor he had been waiting for.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ye Qiu knew about their Medicine Field and that her venom had no effect on him.
• Dugu Bo became excited when he learned Ye Qiu had blood-red eyes and blue hair, then took Dugu Yan to meet him.
• Ye Qiu greeted Dugu Bo, who suddenly attacked him to test his Martial Soul, and Ye Qiu dodged with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Dugu Bo stared at Ye Qiu’s Sharingan and called him his benefactor, saying he looked remarkably like someone from his memories.
• Dugu Bo asked Ye Qiu about his Martial Soul, while Dugu Yan became dazed after looking at his eyes.

Dugu Yan kissed Ye Qiu under the influence of his unusual Soul Skill, then attacked him after realizing what had happened. Dugu Bo intervened, and when Dugu Yan suffered a poison backlash, he took Ye Qiu and flew with her toward Sunset Forest.

• Dugu Yan unexpectedly embraced and kissed Ye Qiu, then regained her senses and accused him of using a Soul Skill on her.
• Dugu Yan attacked Ye Qiu with her Jade Phosphor Purple Poison while Dugu Bo watched and suspected Ye Qiu was not lying.
• Ye Qiu offered to cure Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo's poison, but Dugu Bo joined the fight and used his Eighth Soul Skill, Time Freeze.
• Dugu Bo patted Ye Qiu on the head, and Dugu Yan collapsed from a poison backlash when the time freeze ended.
• Dugu Bo put Ye Qiu into his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch and flew toward Sunset Forest with Dugu Yan.

Ye Qiu woke at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo questioned him and revealed that he had mistaken Ye Qiu for the descendant of a benefactor. The chapter ended with Ye Qiu stunned by Dugu Bo’s claim that he resembled the man and shared similar Soul Skills.

• Dugu Bo brought the unconscious Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Qiu woke, recognized the treasured spring and its Immortal Herbs, and met Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo teased Ye Qiu about Dugu Yan, then invited him to tea and watched for his reaction to the supposed poison.
• Dugu Bo asked about Ye Qiu’s family, and Ye Qiu said he was an orphan raised by his late grandfather.
• Dugu Bo said he had met Ye Qiu’s father over twenty years earlier and had advanced to level ninety-four thanks to that benefactor.
• Dugu Bo identified Ye Qiu through his Martial Soul, similar Soul Skills, and resemblance to the benefactor, leaving Ye Qiu astonished.

Dugu Bo revealed that a mysterious benefactor had saved him, created a secret realm around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and left him awaiting Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu discovered the benefactor may have been a transmigrator named Ye Xiu, whose disappearance was possibly connected to Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall.

• Dugu Bo told Ye Qiu that the benefactor had helped him obtain his Eighth Spirit Ring and ordered him to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo brought Ye Qiu into the secret realm using familiar hand seals, revealing that the mountain and well were hidden in a separate space.
• Dugu Bo explained that the benefactor had left before telling him how to cure the poison affecting him and his granddaughter.
• Dugu Bo said he had seen the benefactor's Blood-colored Longsword with Bibi Dong, then recalled that she later imprisoned and tortured Yu Xiaogang.
• Dugu Bo told Ye Qiu that the benefactor had called himself Ye Xiu.

Ye Qiu followed Dugu Bo to meet Dugu Yan, who attacked him over their accidental first kiss. Dugu Bo revealed that Ye Qiu and Dugu Yan were promised to each other, but Ye Qiu refused because he already cared for someone else—and possibly more than one person.

• Ye Qiu arrived with Dugu Bo and saw Dugu Yan recovering near the wooden hut.
• Dugu Yan rushed at Ye Qiu with a poisoned dagger, but he dodged her attacks with his Mangekyo state.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that she was Ye Qiu's fiancée because their fathers had agreed to a marriage contract.
• Dugu Bo said the Earth Dragon Golden Melon Dugu Yan had eaten was the betrothal gift and that her parents had agreed to the match.
• Ye Qiu refused the marriage contract, saying he already had someone in his heart and there might be more than one.
• Dugu Bo insisted that Ye Qiu could take multiple wives as long as Dugu Yan became his principal wife.

Ye Qiu refused Dugu Bo’s attempts to push him and Dugu Yan into their supposed engagement, but agreed to help treat their poison and assist Dugu Yan with her fourth Spirit Ring. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan standing silently by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo cursed Ye Qiu for not going to her.

• Dugu Bo examined Ye Qiu, learned he was genuinely young, and gave up pressing him about marrying Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan punched Ye Qiu in the eye, called him a lecher, and ran back to her room.
• Ye Qiu explained how to deal with the toxins and learned that Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor was still evolving after she took the Earth Dragon Golden Melon.
• Ye Qiu agreed to use herbs from around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and to help Dugu Yan obtain her fourth Spirit Ring.
• Ye Qiu noticed Dugu Yan standing by the cold spring, warned her that the well’s opposing forces could harm her, and went to his room.
• Dugu Bo watched Ye Qiu leave and cursed him for failing to approach Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan learned that her parents had agreed to her marriage, then left the frozen spring in grief. The next morning, Ye Qiu inspected the poisonous herbs and learned more about Dugu Yan’s frozen parents before joining her and Dugu Bo for a quiet breakfast.

• Dugu Bo confirmed that Dugu Yan’s parents had agreed to the marriage, and Dugu Yan returned to her room after nearly collapsing from the cold.
• Ye Qiu watched Dugu Bo support Dugu Yan, then heard Dugu Bo blame himself for his son and daughter-in-law’s fate and call Ye Qiu their family’s hope.
• The next morning, Ye Qiu approached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to inspect the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and noticed Dugu Yan’s parents frozen inside the spring.
• Dugu Bo told Ye Qiu that a benefactor had frozen the couple’s vitality to preserve them, then sent Ye Qiu to call Dugu Yan for breakfast.
• Dugu Yan joined Dugu Bo and Ye Qiu for breakfast, but the three ate in silence.