Chapter Summaries

Qing Mu continued winning at the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena while Bulbasaur recovered from the baleful aura caused by past battles. After Qing Mu reached a fifteen-match winning streak and the arena began matching him against opponents tailored to counter him, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others sensed that he had grown stronger.

• Supervisor Ao questioned the reliability of Qing Mu’s registration information and wondered where the mysterious Garlic Turtle had come from.
• Qing Mu took Bulbasaur to a massage parlor, where Bulbasaur relaxed and continued recovering from the effects of killing many Soul Beasts.
• Qing Mu recalled how getting lost in the Star Dou Great Forest had led Bulbasaur to kill an injured Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast after evolving into Ivysaur.
• Qing Mu won several more duels, reached a fifteen-match winning streak, and realized the Great Soul Arena was selecting opponents specifically to challenge him.
• Qing Mu left the arena after deciding he had learned all he could from the Iron Badge Soul Elders, while Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others noticed his growing strength.

Yu Xiaogang praised Qing Mu’s self-created skill and urged the Shrek students to work harder, then Dai Mubai faced Qing Mu in the arena. Qing Mu used Grassy Terrain and Giga Drain to recover from Dai Mubai’s attacks and began draining Dai Mubai’s energy as the fight continued.

• Yu Xiaogang identified Qing Mu’s seed-entangling move as a powerful Self-Created Soul Skill and encouraged Tang San and the others to surpass him through hard work.
• Dai Mubai drew Qing Mu as his opponent and vowed to avenge Xiao Wu before entering the arena.
• Dai Mubai struck Qing Mu with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, knocking him back several meters.
• Qing Mu spread Grassy Terrain across the arena and used its energy to heal himself.
• Qing Mu’s Giga Drain vines pursued Dai Mubai, caught him as he fell, and began draining his energy.

Qing Mu used Giga Drain to recover from Dai Mubai’s attacks, forcing Dai Mubai to activate White Tiger Adamant Transformation and charge into close combat. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched as Qing Mu surrounded himself with Leech Seeds, leaving Dai Mubai facing a dangerous defensive barrier.

• Tang San realized that Qing Mu’s Second Spirit Skill could heal him while draining Dai Mubai’s energy.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched the match and discussed Qing Mu’s healing abilities and hidden Third Spirit Skill.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Adamant Transformation and charged at Qing Mu after deciding he could not win by wearing him down.
• Dai Mubai dodged Qing Mu’s Leech Seeds, but Qing Mu scattered more around himself to block close combat.
• Dai Mubai rushed into the Leech Seed barrier, and a seed in his path grew and shot toward him.

Qing Mu defeated Dai Mubai in the Soul Fighting Arena, extended his winning streak, and reflected on how his experience system worked. After leaving the arena, he summoned Bulbasaur and headed for Suotuo City’s largest market.

• Qing Mu restrained Dai Mubai with Leech Seeds, drained his energy to heal himself, and won as the arena’s medical staff carried Dai Mubai away.
• Oscar compared Qing Mu’s healing technique to Tang San’s Second Soul Skill, prompting Xiao Wu to hit him and defend Tang San.
• Dugu Yan judged that Qing Mu’s plant-based abilities would be vulnerable to her Jade Scale Snake Poison, while Ye Lingling quietly assessed his healing.
• Qing Mu concluded that experience feedback depended on an opponent’s strength and that Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast nature explained her exceptional reward.
• The host announced Qing Mu’s sixteenth consecutive victory as Garlic Turtle, and the crowd cheered for him.
• Qing Mu left the arena, removed his disguise in a secluded spot, summoned Bulbasaur, and set out for Suotuo City’s largest market.

Qing Mu visited Suo Tuo Great Market, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling encountered him and learned about his unusual Bulbasaur Martial Soul. After Qing Mu left, Ye Lingling revealed that she felt an inexplicable connection to him and asked Dugu Yan about Martial Soul Fusion Skills.

• Qing Mu entered Suo Tuo Great Market with Bulbasaur, and a young nobleman mistook it for a Soul Beast pet.
• Dugu Yan corrected the nobleman and introduced herself and Ye Lingling to Qing Mu, while Ye Lingling felt an unusual pull toward him.
• Dugu Yan compared Bulbasaur to Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao, and Qing Mu pretended not to know the women already.
• Qing Mu left the market, and Ye Lingling asked Dugu Yan whether she had heard of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Ye Lingling suspected that she and Qing Mu could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Dugu Yan urged her to pursue him before the opportunity vanished. Qing Mu examined a suspicious black crystal at a stall and challenged the vendor’s claims that it was rare Whale Jelly.

• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that Qing Mu’s presence and her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul’s reaction made her suspect they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dugu Yan persuaded Ye Lingling to go after Qing Mu, promising to help bring him back if he refused.
• Ye Lingling agreed that she should get to know Qing Mu rather than risk losing the chance, while Dugu Yan teased that she would catch him if necessary.
• Qing Mu asked a stall owner about a black crystal, and the owner claimed it was rare Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly.
• Qing Mu challenged the seller’s story, pointing out that the crystal’s appearance and the risks of hunting a Ten Thousand Year whale-type Soul Beast made the claim implausible.
• The stall owner changed his claim, saying the blackened crystal was weathered Thousand Year Whale Jelly with weakened effects, and invited Qing Mu to name a price.

Qing Mu bought a piece of Whale Rubber that was actually Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly, then left the market after finding nothing else affordable. As he prepared to leave Suo Tuo Great Market, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling caught up with him, and Dugu Yan asked whether he had felt anything special when he saw Lingling.

• Qing Mu bargained with a stall owner and bought the weathered Whale Rubber for one hundred and twenty Gold Soul Coins.
• Qing Mu recognized the Whale Rubber as Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly and considered how it might help him withstand stronger Soul Rings.
• Qing Mu searched the market, entered the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce, and left when he saw its high prices.
• Qing Mu decided to leave Suo Tuo Great Market with Bulbasaur, but Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling blocked his path.
• Dugu Yan whispered to Qing Mu and asked whether he had felt anything special when he saw Lingling.

Qing Mu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling met privately to discuss the unusual reaction between Qing Mu and Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul, which suggested they might be able to perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Qing Mu remained unsure about trusting someone he had just met, and Ye Lingling asked him to give her a chance to become his partner.

• Dugu Yan teased Qing Mu about Ye Lingling’s special feelings, and Qing Mu sensed an unusual closeness that made him suspect a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ye Lingling led Qing Mu, Dugu Yan, and Bulbasaur to her family’s secluded courtyard in Suotuo City.
• After Uncle Liu showed them to a private room, Dugu Yan explained that Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul had reacted when she saw Qing Mu.
• Qing Mu acknowledged that a Martial Soul Fusion Skill might be possible but asked what Ye Lingling thought, since they had only just met.
• Ye Lingling asked Qing Mu to give her a chance, saying she believed they could become partners who trusted each other.

Qing Mu agreed to spend time with Ye Lingling and consider practicing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with her, while keeping his secrets guarded. He revealed that he planned to leave Suotuo City to choose an academy, and Dugu Yan suggested he attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy with them.

• Ye Lingling suggested that Qing Mu get to know her before deciding whether to practice a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Qing Mu agreed.
• Dugu Yan teased Qing Mu, and she and Ye Lingling asked him to use their familiar names.
• Qing Mu told Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan that he planned to visit Plant Academy and Exotic Beast Academy before choosing where to study.
• Dugu Yan asked Qing Mu why he did not come with them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Dugu Yan challenged Qing Mu to a spirit duel to prove Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s elite students were strong, while Ye Lingling gave him 30,000 Gold Soul Coins. Qing Mu accepted Dugu Yan’s condition that he attend her academy if she won, and the duel began with Bulbasaur preparing to counter her charge.

• Dugu Yan invited Qing Mu to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and challenged him to a spirit duel after he criticized the academy’s academic reputation.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about Qing Mu being her sweetheart, leaving Ye Lingling flustered as she explained the implications of their potential Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ye Lingling gave Qing Mu a Yellow Crystal Card containing 30,000 Gold Soul Coins, and Qing Mu joked to Bulbasaur that he was being kept.
• Qing Mu agreed to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy if Dugu Yan defeated him in their duel.
• Dugu Yan activated Martial Soul Possession and charged Qing Mu, who calmly ordered Bulbasaur to use Vine Whip.

Qing Mu used Bulbasaur’s Vine Whip to overwhelm Dugu Yan, then trapped her when she tried to attack him directly. Just as he claimed victory, Dugu Yan unleashed a powerful aura and appeared ready to fight back.

• Qing Mu ordered Bulbasaur to use Vine Whip, and its redirected attack sent Dugu Yan flying and injured her arm.
• Qing Mu continued pressing the attack as Dugu Yan dodged, while Ye Lingling watched and Dugu Yan wondered about Bulbasaur’s unusual control of its vines.
• Dugu Yan concluded that Qing Mu himself was the weak point and charged toward him despite being grazed by the vines.
• Bulbasaur used additional vines to block Dugu Yan’s attack, strike her from behind, and bind her tightly.
• Qing Mu told Dugu Yan that he had won, but Dugu Yan erupted with a powerful aura, her eyes turning purple as she declared that he should not underestimate her.

After Dugu Yan's Jade Scale Snake Poison erupted during her fight with Qing Mu, Bulbasaur absorbed the poison without harm, and Ye Lingling healed Dugu Yan. The group went to the Suo Tuo Grand Hotel, where Qing Mu noticed Yu Tianheng, while strange pits remained where Bulbasaur had stood.

• Dugu Yan's poison spread across the arena, but Bulbasaur drew the poisonous mist back and remained unaffected.
• Ye Lingling healed the unconscious Dugu Yan, who woke and apologized to Qing Mu for using her Third Spirit Skill.
• Dugu Yan realized she felt unusually well after the poison backlash and credited Ye Lingling's healing before inviting her and Qing Mu to dinner.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur left the arena with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, leaving four unusual pits where Bulbasaur had stood.
• At the Suo Tuo Grand Hotel, Qing Mu watched Yu Tianheng and reflected on Yu Xiaogang's reputation as a Martial Soul theorist.

Yu Tianheng asked Qing Mu about his Innate Soul Power and urged him to become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, but Qing Mu declined. Ye Lingling showed Qing Mu special concern at dinner, leaving the Imperial Fighting Team wondering about their relationship; after Qing Mu left, Ye Lingling wondered if he could walk on with her.

• Yu Tianheng learned that Qing Mu had awakened with Innate Soul Power Level Five and offered to introduce him to Yu Xiaogang as a master.
• Qing Mu rejected the offer, while Yu Tianheng resolved to tell Yu Xiaogang about him and have his uncle approach him directly.
• Ye Lingling served Qing Mu grilled Soul Beast meat and gave Bulbasaur a dessert, prompting Yu Feng and the others to question their relationship.
• Qing Mu said goodbye and returned to his hotel, while Ye Lingling watched him leave and wondered whether he could walk on with her.

Qing Mu used Ye Lingling’s Yellow Crystal Card to pay his hotel bill, then watched the Imperial Fighting Team defeat the Berserk Team in the main arena. Ye Lingling noticed him in the stands and greeted him with a nod.

• Qing Mu discovered that Ye Lingling’s Yellow Crystal Card could pay his hotel bill and resolved to repay her kindness.
• Tang San wondered why Qing Mu had not come to the arena and said he had wanted to avenge Xiao Wu and Boss Dai.
• Qing Mu watched the Imperial Fighting Team battle the Berserk Team and judged the main arena’s teams stronger than those in the branch arena.
• The Imperial Fighting Team defeated the Berserk Team, and Yu Tianheng confidently expected to fulfill the nobles’ demands.
• Ye Lingling spotted Qing Mu in the spectator stands and nodded to him.

Ye Lingling left the Imperial Fighting Team to meet Qing Mu, who invited her to the small courtyard that afternoon and promised her a return gift. When they met, Qing Mu gave her a cup of golden, amber-like liquid, leaving its purpose unrevealed.

• Ye Lingling left the Imperial Fighting Team to find Qing Mu, and Qin Ming postponed the team's battle review until she returned.
• Qing Mu watched a Spirit Duel Arena match with Bulbasaur and asked Ye Lingling to meet him alone that afternoon.
• Ye Lingling agreed to meet Qing Mu at the small courtyard, and he left the arena with Bulbasaur.
• Qing Mu arrived at the courtyard and complimented Ye Lingling after seeing her dressed up.
• Qing Mu took a cup of golden, amber-like liquid from his Storage Soul Tool and presented it to Ye Lingling as his return gift.

Qing Mu tested whether Ye Lingling trusted him by offering her Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly, and she drank it, choosing to gamble on their potential partnership. When the jelly's potency overwhelmed her, Qing Mu began helping her refine it.

• Qing Mu explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and offered Ye Lingling the jelly along with her Yellow Crystal Card, giving her the choice to trust him or part ways.
• Ye Lingling drank the Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly and said she wanted someone who could walk forward with her.
• Qing Mu told Ye Lingling to meditate and refine the jelly while he protected her.
• Ye Lingling endured the fierce medicinal potency, but Qing Mu realized the jelly was unusually powerful and her physique was too weak to handle it alone.
• Qing Mu pressed his hands against Ye Lingling's back and used his Soul Power to help her refine the jelly.

Qing Mu helped Ye Lingling absorb Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly, strengthening her body and raising her Soul Power Level to thirty-six. After he revealed that Whale Rubber could increase a Spirit Master's Soul Ring endurance, Ye Lingling promised to keep the secret between them.

• Qing Mu's Wood Spirit Seed converted Ye Lingling's Whale Rubber medicinal power into gentler energy as he guided her through absorbing it.
• Ye Lingling, affected by the Wood Spirit Seed's aura, pinned Qing Mu and moved toward him, so Qing Mu knocked her unconscious to stop her.
• Ye Lingling awoke and discovered that her body was more than twice as strong and her Soul Power Level had risen to thirty-six.
• Qing Mu told Ye Lingling that her improved physique could let her absorb a Five-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and explained how Whale Rubber raised Soul Ring endurance.
• Ye Lingling realized Qing Mu had entrusted her with a valuable secret and promised she and the Ye Family would not reveal it.

Qing Mu and Ye Lingling grew closer after she chose to keep the secret of Whale Rubber safe, while Ye Lingling gained its benefits and cleansed impurities from her body. Half a month later, Qing Mu watched Ye Lingling face the masked Shrek Seven Devils in her final Suotuo City match.

• Ye Lingling urged Qing Mu to keep Whale Rubber's secret until they were stronger, and he agreed.
• Ye Lingling discovered Whale Rubber had covered her in foul-smelling impurities, and Qing Mu explained the reaction and comforted her.
• Ye Lingling asked Qing Mu to call her Lingling, then later reflected that she had found someone to walk through life with.
• Over the next half month, Qing Mu won four more matches and earned a Silver Soul Fighting Badge as his bond with Ye Lingling deepened and Bulbasaur's murderous aura was cleansed.
• Qing Mu warned Ye Lingling about Shrek's weaknesses before the Imperial Fighting Team faced the masked Shrek Seven Devils.
• Dugu Yan opened the battle with her First Soul Skill, Jade Scale Crimson Poison.

Before the match, Ye Lingling warned the Imperial Fighting Team about Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Tang San’s dangerous Self-Created Soul Skills. The team targeted Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai’s furious charge after her defeat cost Shrek another member, leaving Tang San’s battle plan in disarray.

• Ye Lingling told Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing might use the Hell White Tiger and that Tang San’s Self-Created Soul Skills posed a threat.
• Yu Tianheng dismissed Dugu Yan’s suggestion to target Dai Mubai and Tang San, ordering the team to focus on Zhu Zhuqing.
• Osler knocked Zhu Zhuqing off the arena, and she lost consciousness after vomiting blood.
• Dai Mubai charged Osler in a rage, ignoring Tang San’s attempt to restrain him with Blue Silver Grass.
• The Imperial Fighting Team quickly knocked Dai Mubai off the stage, leaving Tang San speechless as Shrek’s battle plan fell apart.

The Imperial Fighting Team quickly eliminated Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai, leaving Shrek badly outnumbered. Tang San attacked with Hidden Weapons, and Qing Mu realized the Shi Family Brothers had been brought down by Dragon Beard Needles while wondering why Tang San had not used his Eight Spider Lances.

• The Imperial Fighting Team eliminated Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai at the start of the match, while Flender revealed he had wagered the academy's funds and Zhao Wuji's belongings on Shrek's victory.
• Ye Lingling healed the injured Yu Feng and Osler, removing Tang San's hope of exploiting their injuries.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu charged the Imperial Fighting Team with Ning Rongrong's support, and Tang San launched a Hidden Weapon attack despite Yu Xiaogang's instructions.
• The Shi Family Brothers blocked Tang San's Hidden Weapons with their shields, but Dragon Beard Needles struck them and made them collapse.
• Qing Mu recognized what had brought down the Shi Family Brothers and wondered why Tang San had not used his Eight Spider Lances.