Chapter Summaries

Qing Mu set out from home with Bulbasaur to train and pursue his next Soul Ring. He headed for the Star Dou Great Mountain Range, planning to reach Level Thirty and obtain a Fire Lamp Grass ring.

• Qing Mu explained that his Wood Spirit Seed could conceal his Soul Power Level, easing Qing Tianfeng and Xu Yao’s worries about his safety.
• Qing Tianfeng gave Qing Mu a Storage Soul Tool containing money, supplies, and recommendation letters for Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy.
• Qing Mu said goodbye to his parents and left the castle with Bulbasaur, who held his hand with a Vine Whip as they departed.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur left town together, beginning the journey that would give rise to the legend of Bulbasaur Douluo.
• Qing Mu chose the Star Dou Great Mountain Range as his first destination so he could train, reach Level Thirty, and seek a Fire Lamp Grass Soul Ring.

Qing Mu and Bulbasaur entered the Star Dou Great Mountain Range after killing a group of bandits, while Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran watched nearby. The chapter ended with Qing Mu spotting a thousand-year-old pig-type Soul Beast and approaching it excitedly.

• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur left a nearby town for the Star Dou Great Mountain Range, but bandits stopped them to demand their valuables.
• Qing Mu summoned Bulbasaur, whose Leaf Blade killed the bandits, and collected their Gold Soul Coins.
• Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran watched the fight, and Chao Tianxiang teased Meng Yiran about Qing Mu's talent.
• Chao Tianxiang told Meng Yiran they had to wait for her grandfather before searching for her Third Soul Ring.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur entered the Star Dou Great Mountain Range, where Qing Mu soon found a thousand-year-old pig-type Soul Beast and approached it.

Qing Mu and Bulbasaur defeated a Thousand-Year Crimson Blood Battle Pig, then repeatedly healed and fought it to test how defeating Soul Beasts granted experience. After three days of experiments, Qing Mu broke through the level-thirty bottleneck and continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Mountain Range.

• Qing Mu had Bulbasaur sneak up on the Crimson Blood Battle Pig and put it to sleep with Sleep Powder before binding it with Leech Seeds.
• The wounded Crimson Blood Battle Pig awakened and used Berserk, but Bulbasaur knocked him down and subdued him again.
• Qing Mu spared the unconscious pig and left, but returned after it woke and tested whether defeating the same target gave less experience.
• Qing Mu used Grassy Terrain to heal the pig, then had Bulbasaur fight him repeatedly over the next three days.
• Qing Mu concluded that experience depended on a Soul Beast's strength and condition, broke through level thirty, and headed deeper into the mountain range with Bulbasaur.

Qing Mu and Bulbasaur found a two-thousand-year Fire Lamp Grass and launched a prepared attack to obtain Qing Mu’s third Soul Ring. After bombarding it with Seed Bombs, they stopped only when their Soul Power was nearly exhausted.

• A tiger-shaped Hundred-Year Soul Beast ambushed Qing Mu and Bulbasaur, but Bulbasaur struck it into a tree with Vine Whip.
• Qing Mu found an area that might contain Fire Lamp Grass and warned Bulbasaur that Thousand-Year Soul Beasts could be nearby.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur discovered a two-thousand-year Fire Lamp Grass growing amid a field of charred ashes.
• Qing Mu had Bulbasaur use Growth, then they charged the Fire Lamp Grass and attacked with Seed Bombs.
• The Fire Lamp Grass’s Fireballs failed to stop the attack, and Qing Mu and Bulbasaur continued bombing its location until their Soul Power was nearly exhausted.

Qing Mu defeated Fire Lamp Grass and absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching level thirty-two and gaining Sunny Day. He confirmed that the move activated Bulbasaur’s Chlorophyll, allowing him to continue his planned battle strategy.

• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur waited until Fire Lamp Grass’s Soul Ring appeared, then Qing Mu drew it in and had Bulbasaur carry him back to the cave.
• Qing Mu refined the Soul Ring while Bulbasaur guarded the cave, and he emerged more than an hour later at level thirty-two.
• Qing Mu discovered that the Soul Ring had granted him Sunny Day and tested the move inside the cave.
• Qing Mu saw Bulbasaur turn increasingly emerald green under Sunny Day and celebrated the success of his plan.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur left the cave, and Qing Mu felt comforted by the sunlight.

Qing Mu tested how much experience he gained from defeating lower-level Soul Beasts and decided to seek out a Thousand-Year Soul Beast. When Bulbasaur used Sweet Scent, it attracted a crowd of Soul Beasts, and Qing Mu asked it to filter out those below the Thousand-Year level.

• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur wiped out a herd of Black Water Buffalos, but Qing Mu barely gained any Soul Power and suspected Hundred-Year Soul Beasts no longer gave him meaningful experience.
• Qing Mu healed the Black Water Buffalos with Grassy Terrain and left to search for a Thousand-Year Soul Beast; after he departed, the herd woke and ate the enticing grass.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur searched the outer region of the Star Dou Great Mountain Range for more than half a day without finding a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, so Qing Mu considered going deeper.
• Bulbasaur released Sweet Scent, attracting Soul Beasts from all around, and Qing Mu asked it to exclude those below the Thousand-Year level.

Qing Mu used Bulbasaur’s Sweet Scent and Sunny Day to lure Soul Beasts, then faced a Flying Silver Wolf. Elsewhere in the Star Dou Great Mountain Range, Meng Yiran chose to pursue a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for her Third Soul Ring, but the serpent was drawn toward Qing Mu’s location.

• Bulbasaur’s Sweet Scent stopped nearby low-level Soul Beasts, while Qing Mu used Sunny Day to prepare for a possible battle.
• A Flying Silver Wolf arrived, and Qing Mu told Bulbasaur to stop using Sweet Scent and use Growth so they could try to defeat it.
• Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang showed Meng Yiran a thousand-year Jade Scale Snake, but Meng Yiran decided she wanted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent instead.
• Chao Tianxiang took Meng Yiran after the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but it changed direction and sped toward another location.

Qing Mu’s Bulbasaur used Seed Bomb to bring down a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, helping Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran capture it. After they recognized Qing Mu from the Star Dou Great Mountain Range entrance, he explained that he was traveling alone to Exotic Beast Academy.

• Chao Tianxiang chased the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Meng Yiran but struggled to catch its increased speed.
• Qing Mu ordered Bulbasaur to use Seed Bomb, and the explosions injured the fleeing serpent and forced it to fall.
• Chao Tianxiang caught up and struck the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to the ground, knocking it unconscious.
• Chao Tianxiang thanked Qing Mu and introduced herself, then recognized him from their earlier encounter near the mountain range entrance.
• Meng Yiran asked why Qing Mu was traveling alone in the dangerous area, and he said his parents had sent him to train and that he was taking a shorter route to Exotic Beast Academy.

Meng Yiran refined the Phoenix Tail Chicken Crown Snake’s Soul Ring while Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang gave Qing Mu a token for Exotic Beast Academy. Meanwhile, Dragon Duke Meng Shu caught up with a Man Faced Demon Spider and confronted a group already attacking it.

• Meng Yiran killed the Thousand-Year Phoenix Tail Chicken Crown Snake and began refining its Soul Ring.
• Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang gave Qing Mu a token to present when he enrolled at Exotic Beast Academy, thanking him for helping stop the serpent.
• Qing Mu kept his strength concealed, relieved that Snake Dowager had no intention of attacking him.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu found the Man Faced Demon Spider surrounded by a group of boys and girls and ordered them to stop stealing his Soul Beast.
• Meng Shu’s roar startled the group and made the burly middle-aged man realize the newcomer was stronger than him.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu confronted the Shrek group over the Man Faced Demon Spider and demanded that the first attacker lose his right hand. Zhao Wuji revealed Tang San’s father was Tang Hao, leaving Meng Shu stunned and recognizing Tang San as the son of Tang Hao and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Meng Shu summoned his eight Soul Rings, knocked out the Man Faced Demon Spider, and challenged the Shrek group for taking his prey.
• Zhao Wuji identified Meng Shu as the legendary Dragon Duke, and Dai Mubai explained the Peerless Dragon Snake’s fearsome Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Meng Shu rejected Zhao Wuji’s attempt to return the Man Faced Demon Spider and demanded that the first attacker have his right hand chopped off.
• Zhao Wuji spoke privately with Meng Shu and warned him that the Shrek students came from powerful families.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that Tang San’s father was Tang Hao, and Meng Shu stared at Tang San in shock.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu took the unconscious Man Faced Demon Spider after Zhao Wuji persuaded him to spare Tang San, while Tang San vowed revenge. Qing Mu remained with Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran as they headed to their meeting point, where a Titan Giant Ape suddenly appeared.

• Zhao Wuji convinced Dragon Duke Meng Shu to end the confrontation, and Meng Shu claimed the Man Faced Demon Spider for Meng Yiran.
• Tang San felt the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring should have been his and vowed to make Meng Shu suffer when he became strong enough.
• Meng Yiran absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring and reached level thirty-one, while Qing Mu hid that he was already a Soul Elder.
• Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang led Qing Mu and Meng Yiran to their meeting point by a river in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• A tremendous roar interrupted their rest, and Chao Tianxiang saw a Titan Giant Ape in the Outer Zone.

Qing Mu, Meng Yiran, Dragon Duke, and Snake Dowager were caught in the path of the Titan Giant Ape in the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager’s Dragon Snake Combination Skill failed to injure it, leaving them with little hope beyond escape.

• The Titan Giant Ape passed Qing Mu, Snake Dowager, and Meng Yiran, then stopped and struck Dragon Duke out of hiding.
• Snake Dowager rushed to help Dragon Duke, while the Titan Giant Ape’s tree-club attack nearly hit Meng Yiran before Qing Mu’s Bulbasaur pulled her clear with Vine Whip.
• Qing Mu urged Meng Yiran to flee, and she used her Snake Wing skill to carry him away on her Serpent Cane.
• The Titan Giant Ape threw a boulder at Qing Mu and Meng Yiran, so Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager unleashed their Dragon Snake Combination Skill to destroy it and strike the beast.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged unharmed, and Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager realized they could only hope to survive by fleeing.

Qing Mu and Meng Yiran escaped the Titan Giant Ape’s attack and fled the Star Dou Great Forest, while Zhao Wuji learned that Tang San had run toward the danger. Outside the forest, Meng Yiran worried about her grandparents, and Qing Mu privately feared the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager had little chance of survival.

• Qing Mu used Bulbasaur’s Seed Bombs to break apart falling rocks while Meng Yiran guided them away from the Titan Giant Ape.
• After their flight ended, Qing Mu and Meng Yiran ran through the forest, and Meng Yiran was surprised that Qing Mu could keep up with her.
• Zhao Wuji stopped them and asked whether they had seen a Blue-Clad Youth; Qing Mu said the youth had gone toward the Titan Giant Ape and warned Zhao Wuji not to follow.
• Qing Mu and Meng Yiran continued toward the forest’s edge, and Meng Yiran used Snake Wing again once she had recovered some Soul Power.
• After escaping the forest, Meng Yiran cried and asked whether her grandparents were all right; Qing Mu comforted her but believed their chances of survival were nearly zero.

Meng Yiran waited with Qing Mu for Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager, prepared to search the Star Dou Great Forest if they failed to return. After they reappeared alive, Qing Mu left with Bulbasaur and continued his journey alone, where he was attacked by a Soul Beast.

• Meng Yiran asked Qing Mu to stay with her until morning, and he agreed before bringing her food with Bulbasaur.
• At sunrise, Meng Yiran set off toward the Star Dou Great Forest, but Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager flew out and reunited with her.
• Dragon Duke told Meng Yiran that members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had helped them survive the Titan Giant Ape's attack.
• Snake Dowager asked where Qing Mu was, and Meng Yiran realized he had already left with Bulbasaur.
• Qing Mu ran alongside the Star Dou Great Forest and used his Second Spirit Ring to drain energy from a Honey Badger-like Soul Beast that attacked him.

After a month of getting lost and fighting Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, Qing Mu emerged stronger but exhausted, then rested in a nearby town. He decided to travel to Suotuo City to enter the Great Soul Arena and test how battling Spirit Masters affected his experience.

• Qing Mu defeated a Honey Badger Soul Beast and continued leveling with Bulbasaur in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur spent a month lost in the forest, surviving brutal battles that raised Qing Mu from level 32 to level 34 and left them with a fierce killing intent.
• Qing Mu reached a town, bought clean clothes, ate a lavish meal, and slept deeply at an inn.
• Qing Mu asked an inn clerk about a nearby Great Soul Arena and learned that Suotuo City was the closest suitable destination.
• Qing Mu recalled that Shrek was located in Suotuo City and decided to test whether fighting Spirit Masters granted experience.

Qing Mu registered at the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena under the codename Garlic Turtle and waited for his first duel. He recognized Tang San and the others from Shrek, while Tang San sensed that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul strongly rejected Qing Mu.

• Qing Mu entered the Great Soul Arena and registered using false details, including the name Garlic Turtle and a Level 34 Green Vine Martial Soul.
• Qing Mu received an Iron Soul Fighting Badge and learned the rules for earning points and advancing through the ranks.
• Qing Mu waited in the one-on-one Spirit Duel area, where Tang San and the others from Shrek arrived.
• Qing Mu decided to use the encounter as a test while avoiding provoking Shrek and its powerful allies.
• Tang San sensed Qing Mu and wondered why his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul rejected him so strongly.

Qing Mu, fighting under the codename Garlic Turtle, faced Xiao Wu in a one-on-one Spirit Duel and revealed a grass-field Soul Skill that could heal and enhance Wood Attribute Spirit Masters. The chapter ended as he introduced himself as a level thirty-four Control System Battle Spirit Master and prepared to fight.

• Tang San sensed that his Blue Silver Grass both rejected Qing Mu and felt drawn to him, without understanding the cause.
• The announcer called Xiao Wu’s next opponent Garlic Turtle, and Qing Mu’s powerful aura startled the Shrek group.
• Xiao Wu confidently accepted the duel, hoping to earn her fifth consecutive victory.
• Qing Mu covered the arena in grass with his first Soul Skill, prompting Tang San to recognize its healing and enhancement effects.
• Tang San told Ning Rongrong that the field’s enhancement could rival her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda for Wood Attribute Spirit Masters, and Qing Mu introduced himself to Xiao Wu as a level thirty-four Control System Battle Spirit Master.

Qing Mu used his self-created Leech Seed to bind Xiao Wu and interrupt her Soul Skills, gaining the upper hand in their Soul Arena match. After explaining how he developed the technique, he launched Giga Drain at Xiao Wu while Tang San watched anxiously.

• Qing Mu introduced himself as a Level 34 Control System Battle Spirit Master, while Xiao Wu declared herself a Level 31 Assault System Battle Spirit Master and used Charm.
• Xiao Wu charged Qing Mu, but he secretly resisted Charm and threw a Leech Seed that sprouted vines and bound her.
• Qing Mu explained that Leech Seed was his first Self-Created Soul Skill, and warned Xiao Wu against underestimating her opponent.
• Tang San tried to rush into the arena, but Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun stopped him and reminded him that Xiao Wu could still use Teleportation.
• Xiao Wu tried to use Charm again, but Leech Seed's draining force interrupted her Soul Skill, so Qing Mu attacked with Giga Drain.

Qing Mu defeated Xiao Wu in the Soul Fighting Arena by draining her energy until she surrendered, then received an unusually large amount of Soul Power. He challenged Tang San to seek revenge in future matches and dismissed Ma Hongjun’s threat by pointing out their rank difference.

• Qing Mu used Leech Seed and Giga Drain to drain Xiao Wu until Tang San urged her to surrender.
• Xiao Wu surrendered, Qing Mu stopped his Soul Skills, and he received far more Soul Power than expected.
• Tang San carried the unconscious Xiao Wu away and challenged Qing Mu to fight again at the arena.
• Qing Mu said he would keep fighting at the Suotuo Spirit Duel Arena until he earned a Silver Soul Fighting Badge.
• Ma Hongjun threatened Qing Mu, who silenced him by noting that a Soul Grandmaster could not be matched against a Soul Elder.

Qing Mu learned from the fighters at the Great Soul Arena and defeated a defensive Spirit Master with Leech Seed, extending his winning streak. After eleven consecutive victories, the arena’s management decided to arrange stronger opponents and pit him against Dai Mubai if he reached fifteen wins.

• Dai Mubai challenged Qing Mu, who said they could discuss it if they were matched, then watched fights at the Great Soul Arena to study the combat techniques.
• The next day, Qing Mu trapped an Iron Horn Rhinoceros Spirit Master with Leech Seed and won when his opponent surrendered.
• Over the following ten days, Qing Mu earned eleven consecutive victories and drew attention as the fighter known as Garlic Turtle.
• Supervisor Ao ordered the staff to match Qing Mu against stronger Spirit Masters and, if he reached fifteen wins, against Shrek’s Dai Mubai.