Chapter Summaries

Tang San fought alone after Shrek’s other members fell, but the Imperial Fighting Team won after Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling neutralized the Shi Family Brothers’ Dragon Beard Needles. After the match, Qing Mu told Ye Lingling he would leave Suotuo City the next day.

• Tang San used Hidden Weapons and Blue Silver Entanglement against the Imperial Fighting Team, but Ye Lingling’s healing could not remove the pain caused by the Dragon Beard Needles.
• Ye Lingling asked Dugu Yan to use Jade Scale Blue Poison on the Shi Family Brothers, suppressing their pain while Ye Lingling healed them and returned them to battle.
• Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Xiao Wu were defeated, while Tang San fought on until his Soul Power and Hidden Weapons ran out and he conceded.
• Tang San collected his Hidden Weapons, including the Dragon Beard Needles, while Flender lamented losing his money on the match.
• Ye Lingling found Qing Mu outside the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena, and Qing Mu told her he planned to leave Suotuo City the next day.

Qing Mu left Suotuo City to train, and Ye Lingling secretly followed him after giving him gifts and money. Du Yunhan intercepted her and approved of Qing Mu as a potential Ye Family son-in-law, but warned her about following him carelessly.

• Ye Lingling asked where Qing Mu was going, and he told her he planned to train before visiting her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Lingling gave Qing Mu the Heart of Begonia and a card containing two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and they spent their last day together in Suotuo City.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur left Suotuo City for a medium-sized Soul Beast Forest, and Ye Lingling secretly followed them.
• Du Yunhan stopped Ye Lingling on the road and said Qing Mu was talented and qualified to become the Ye Family's son-in-law.
• Du Yunhan reprimanded Ye Lingling for following Qing Mu without precautions and reminded her of what had happened to her sister.

Ye Lingling asked Du Yunhan to protect Qing Mu, and he sent a Ye Family Soul King to follow him. Qing Mu and Bulbasaur escaped the pursuer with a Seed Bomb trap and continued traveling before stopping to rest.

• Du Yunhan explained that the Ye Family could not let Ye Lingling risk the same fate as her sister Ye Qianqian, and he agreed to send a Soul King to protect Qing Mu.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur sensed they were being watched and sped up to shake off the pursuer.
• The Ye Family Soul King followed them, but Qing Mu and Bulbasaur used a Seed Bomb explosion to change direction and escape into a grove.
• The Soul King searched for Qing Mu and Bulbasaur but could not catch them after they used Chlorophyll to increase their speed.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur ran several dozen more miles, then stopped to rest after the unfamiliar gaze disappeared.

Qing Mu brought Bulbasaur to Paloo Forest to gain experience and test Bulbasaur’s new Poison Sting. After the Thousand-Year Vajra Bear fled their first clash, Qing Mu and Bulbasaur chased it down.

• Qing Mu entered Paloo Forest with Bulbasaur to hunt Soul Beasts and help Bulbasaur level up.
• Bulbasaur struck a Thousand-Year Vajra Bear with Poison Sting, piercing it with a powerful purple vine and slowing its movements with poison energy.
• The bear used its Innate Ability and tore the vine apart, while Qing Mu judged Poison Sting more powerful than Vine Whip.
• The Thousand-Year Vajra Bear turned and fled instead of continuing the fight.
• Qing Mu activated Chlorophyll with Bulbasaur and chased the bear, calling out to it as it tried to escape.

Qing Mu and Bulbasaur sought out stronger Soul Beasts after defeating a Thousand-Year Vajra Bear, then challenged a nearly two-thousand-year-old Green Scale Python. Bulbasaur trapped and poisoned the python, leaving Qing Mu confident that their range of moves could counter different opponents.

• Qing Mu healed the Thousand-Year Vajra Bear and asked it to lead him to stronger Soul Beasts.
• The Thousand-Year Vajra Bear led Qing Mu and Bulbasaur to the cave of a nearly two-thousand-year-old Green Scale Python.
• Bulbasaur's Poison Sting bounced off the Green Scale Python's defensive scales, so Qing Mu used Leech Seed to bind and drain it.
• Bulbasaur took advantage of the python dropping its defensive stance and injected poison into its body.
• Qing Mu concluded that Bulbasaur's varied moves let them adapt their tactics to different enemies.

Qing Mu and Bulbasaur explored Paloo Forest, battling Soul Beasts as Qing Mu observed how eating stronger beasts could increase a Soul Beast’s cultivation. After two months of training, they attacked a Four-Thousand-Year Black Water Mystic Turtle, whose water-element energy resisted Bulbasaur’s poison.

• The King Kong Bear devoured the defeated Green Scale Python and grew larger, leading Qing Mu to suspect that Soul Beasts could cultivate faster by eating stronger opponents.
• The King Kong Bear guided Qing Mu and Bulbasaur to nearby Soul Beasts, but Qing Mu dismissed it after Bulbasaur killed a Three-Thousand-Year Centipede.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur headed deeper into Paloo Forest, where they battled powerful Soul Beasts and rapidly increased their levels.
• Two months later, Bulbasaur, now in Ivysaur Form, struck a Four-Thousand-Year Black Water Mystic Turtle with purple vines, but the turtle’s water-element energy stopped the poison.

Qing Mu and Ivysaur defeated a Black Water Mystic Turtle, and Ivysaur mastered the use of three vines while practicing Poison Sting. After two months of growth, Qing Mu searched Paloo Forest for its rumored King of the Forest, hoping to find a stronger opponent.

• The Black Water Mystic Turtle attacked Qing Mu and Ivysaur, but Qing Mu restrained it with vines and Ivysaur put it to sleep with Sleep Powder.
• Ivysaur battered the sleeping Black Water Mystic Turtle and used three purple vines to deliver a near-fatal final blow.
• Qing Mu congratulated Ivysaur for nearly mastering Poison Sting and reflected on their progress, including Ivysaur’s new Solar Beam and Qing Mu’s rise to Soul Power Level thirty-six.
• Qing Mu healed the Black Water Mystic Turtle with Grassy Terrain and wondered how Ye Lingling was progressing with Whale Rubber.
• Qing Mu grew frustrated that strong Soul Beasts were avoiding them in Paloo Forest and decided the rumored King of the Forest might be the opponent they needed.

After returning the Black Water Mystic Turtle, Qing Mu studied plant-type Spirit Master techniques and realized Bulbasaur could not use Power Whip because the move demanded more energy than his current level could provide. He devised a way to fuse Vine Whips into a weaker version of Power Whip, and Ivysaur produced the first fused vine.

• Qing Mu returned the dazed Black Water Mystic Turtle and continued searching Paloo Forest for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Qing Mu studied Ye Lingling’s books and realized that Power Whip required more energy than Bulbasaur could currently supply.
• Qing Mu proposed fusing multiple Vine Whips into one stronger attack, and Ivysaur agreed to test the method.
• Ivysaur first combined two Vine Whips into a twisting attack, but Qing Mu explained that the vines needed to fuse rather than merely strike together.
• Ivysaur followed Qing Mu’s instructions and sent two Vine Whips underground, where they fused into a glowing vine that burst from the earth.

Qing Mu experimented with fusing Ivysaur’s Vine Whips and refined the technique into Power Whip. After the improved move helped Ivysaur defeat a Gale Eagle, a massive Soul Beast watched them from the forest.

• Qing Mu saw Ivysaur briefly fuse its Vine Whips, but the move drained too much Spiritual Power and soon fell apart.
• Qing Mu found inspiration in a book and resumed training Ivysaur to improve the technique.
• A Gale Eagle swooped down on Ivysaur and Qing Mu, but Ivysaur’s vines struck it by surprise.
• Ivysaur blocked the Gale Eagle’s Wind Blades with Leaf Blades and wounded it.
• Ivysaur used the improved Power Whip to bring down the Gale Eagle as a massive Soul Beast watched from the forest.

After reaching level thirty-seven, Qing Mu left Paloo Forest with Ivysaur and traveled toward Heaven Dou City to find his girlfriend at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. A hidden figure who had feared Qing Mu also departed for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Qing Mu broke through to level thirty-seven after defeating the Gale Eagle, treated it, and left Paloo Forest with Ivysaur.
• Several days later, Qing Mu left the forest regretting that he had not encountered the King of the Forest, while a hidden figure emerged and decided to relocate to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qing Mu boarded a merchant caravan bound for Heaven Dou City, where its leader praised Bulbasaur and offered to introduce Qing Mu to his granddaughter.
• Qing Mu told the caravan leader that he already had a girlfriend and was traveling to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find her.

Qing Mu arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where a student challenged him to a spirit duel over his relationship with Ye Lingling. Tang San and the Shrek group recognized Qing Mu and followed the dispute toward the academy’s arena to watch.

• Qing Mu climbed the steps to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Bulbasaur and encountered a group of students in goose-yellow uniforms.
• A student recognized Qing Mu as Ye Lingling’s boyfriend and challenged him to a spirit duel, demanding that he stay away from her if he lost.
• Tang San recognized Qing Mu as the person with an External Beast Martial Soul, while Zhao Wuji and the Shrek group remembered meeting him in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qing Mu accepted the challenge and followed the student toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Spirit Duel Arena.
• Ning Rongrong urged the Shrek group to watch the duel, and Flender agreed so they could assess the academy’s students.

Ye Lingling had rapidly advanced with Qing Mu’s help, and she and Dugu Yan hurried to the arena after learning he had arrived. At the arena, Dai Mubai clashed with Heaven Dou students, while Yu Xiaogang predicted Qing Mu would lose his upcoming duel.

• Ye Lingling reached level thirty-seven after consuming Qing Mu’s Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly and accelerating her cultivation.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Qing Mu was at the central Spirit Duel Arena to face a newly advanced Heavenly Supreme Grade student, and they hurried there.
• A Heaven Dou student led Qing Mu on a long walk to the arena while secretly arranging for an audience to witness his defeat.
• A uniformed student insulted the Shrek group, and Dai Mubai attacked him before Yu Tianheng intervened and knocked him back.
• Yu Xiaogang predicted the Heaven Dou student would defeat Qing Mu because of his higher level and a likely Fire Lion Martial Soul that countered Bulbasaur.

Qing Mu defeated a Heaven Dou Royal Academy student, then left the Spirit Duel Arena with Ye Lingling. Dugu Bo discovered that Dugu Yan’s poison had eased after Ye Lingling treated her and asked to meet the Nine Heart Begonia owner.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San praised Qing Mu’s skill after Bulbasaur defeated their opponent, and Yu Xiaogang became interested in Qing Mu’s External Beast Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingling embraced Qing Mu, and they left the Spirit Duel Arena together.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong recognized Ye Lingling as the Nine Heart Begonia support Spirit Master, while Oscar watched Ning Rongrong wistfully.
• Dugu Bo arrived and found Dugu Yan’s accumulated poison had greatly diminished.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that she had stopped suffering Snake Poison Reversal after Ye Lingling treated her, so Dugu Bo asked her to take him to Ye Lingling.

Qing Mu reunited with Ye Lingling and met Dugu Bo, who questioned her about Dugu Yan’s fight with Qing Mu in Suotuo City. Qing Mu revealed that Bulbasaur could absorb poison energy, drawing Dugu Bo’s excited attention.

• Ye Lingling asked Qing Mu about his three months away, and he thanked her for the Martial Soul theory books she had lent him.
• Dugu Yan brought Dugu Bo to Ye Lingling’s residence, where Dugu Bo asked Ye Lingling to treat Dugu Yan with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Dugu Bo questioned Ye Lingling about Dugu Yan’s fight with Qing Mu in Suotuo City and listened as she recounted what had happened.
• Qing Mu told Dugu Bo that Bulbasaur could absorb Poison Attribute energy and had drawn Jade Scale Purple Poison from Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo flashed in front of Qing Mu and excitedly demanded to know whether his claim was true.

Qing Mu proved that Bulbasaur could extract Jade Scale Snake Poison from Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling healed her afterward. Dugu Bo offered Qing Mu a favor, then agreed to let Bulbasaur extract his more dangerous poison.

• Qing Mu had Bulbasaur draw Jade Scale Snake Poison from Dugu Yan, shocking Dugu Bo with its ability to absorb the venom.
• Dugu Yan weakened after the extraction, and Qing Mu explained that her body needed time to adjust.
• Ye Lingling healed Dugu Yan with her Nine Heart Begonia, leaving her feeling refreshed and clear-headed.
• Dugu Bo offered Qing Mu a favor, and Qing Mu revealed that Dugu Bo suffered from an even more severe Poison Backlash.
• Dugu Bo agreed to the extraction despite warning Qing Mu of the danger, and Bulbasaur placed its vines on him as they turned deep purple.

Qing Mu treated Dugu Bo’s poison with Bulbasaur, then asked him to find herbs that might improve his cultivation; Dugu Bo recognized many of them from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and agreed to help. At the Heaven Dou Golden Academy Spirit Duel Arena, Yu Tianheng defeated Dai Mubai, and Dugu Bo spotted something in the stands that shocked him.

• Bulbasaur absorbed Dugu Bo’s toxins for ten minutes before reaching its limit, and Qing Mu said it would take more than ten treatments to remove them.
• Qing Mu gave Dugu Bo a notebook of herbs to search for, explaining that he hoped they could improve his cultivation despite his rank-five Innate Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo recognized many of the herbs as plants from his secret base at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and agreed to help Qing Mu find them.
• Yu Tianheng’s lightning arrows shattered Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and knocked him off the arena.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan appeared in the stands, and Dugu Bo suddenly saw something that left him astonished.

Dugu Bo discovered that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Humanoid Spirit Beast, but held back to keep the secret of his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone concealed. Meanwhile, Qing Mu recovered from Dugu Bo’s poison and revealed his remarkable Soul Power level to Ye Lingling, then explained that he needed to battle powerful opponents to cultivate quickly.

• Dugu Bo recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year Humanoid Spirit Beast and decided not to make a move in public.
• Xiao Wu sensed something ominous nearby, but Tang San found nothing wrong with her.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur refined Dugu Bo’s poison, and Bulbasaur learned Deadly Poison.
• Qing Mu awoke unharmed, ate with Ye Lingling, and revealed that his Soul Power had reached level thirty-seven.
• Qing Mu told Ye Lingling that battling powerful Soul Beasts and Spirit Masters was essential to his rapid cultivation, making Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Mimic Training Grounds unsuitable.

Qing Mu told Ye Lingling that her Martial Soul information had given him what he needed, and she offered a better solution. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo captured Xiao Wu after discovering she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Humanoid Spirit Beast, leaving her to propose a deal.

• Qing Mu explained that he no longer needed to seek information from Plant Academy or Exotic Beast Academy, and Ye Lingling said she might have a better solution.
• Dugu Bo ambushed Xiao Wu on the courtyard roof, restrained her before she could use Teleportation, and carried her away.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Shao Xin sensed Dugu Bo's departing Soul Power, but Tang San soon realized Xiao Wu was missing.
• Dugu Bo debated whether to kill Xiao Wu for her Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring or preserve it for Dugu Yan, then Xiao Wu regained consciousness.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had identified Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Humanoid Spirit Beast, and Xiao Wu accepted that escape was impossible.
• Xiao Wu thought of Tang San and asked Dugu Bo whether she could make a deal with him.

Xiao Wu offered to sacrifice herself to Dugu Bo in exchange for his help killing someone, and he agreed to hear her condition. Meanwhile, Qin Ming met Qing Mu and discussed his decision to travel and cultivate independently.

• Xiao Wu explained that a willing Soul Beast sacrifice could grant a Spirit Master a compatible Soul Ring, Soul Bone, and powerful energy.
• Dugu Bo considered having Xiao Wu sacrifice herself to his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, and agreed to one request within his limits.
• Xiao Wu asked Dugu Bo to help her kill someone.
• Qing Mu trained his evasion by dodging Bulbasaur's Vine Whip in the courtyard.
• Qin Ming arrived with Ye Lingling, praised Qing Mu, and asked why he did not want to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qing Mu told Qin Ming that he wanted to travel and grow stronger through battles and experience.

Qing Mu joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy on the condition that he return for the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, then continued studying while treating Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo brought him to his secret Herb Garden, where Qing Mu saw the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the rare herbs growing around it.

• Qin Ming granted Qing Mu team-level student rights and waived his coursework after Qing Mu agreed to compete in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Qing Mu completed his enrollment, gained access to the fourth floor of the Heaven Dou Academy Library Pavilion, and invited Ye Lingling to study there.
• After a week, Dugu Bo appeared while Qing Mu was studying poison skills and took him to his secret hideout.
• Dugu Bo revealed his Herb Garden, where Qing Mu saw the red-and-white pool and the rare herbs he had been seeking.