Chapter Summaries

Qing Mu revealed that his true cultivation was level thirty-seven and showed Dugu Bo Ivysaur’s full-power form to demonstrate his value. Dugu Bo agreed to let Ivysaur draw out his poison while Qing Mu healed the damage, beginning the treatment in the herb garden.

• Dugu Bo told Qing Mu he could take herbs only after completely curing him, then admitted he had noticed Qing Mu was hiding his cultivation.
• Qing Mu withdrew the Wood Spirit Seed’s concealment and revealed his level was thirty-seven, shocking Dugu Bo.
• Qing Mu summoned Bulbasaur and had it evolve into Ivysaur to display its full-power form.
• Dugu Bo accepted the treatment and spread his arms, leaving himself defenseless.
• Ivysaur’s vines drew poisonous energy from Dugu Bo while Qing Mu healed his body, and the surrounding plants grew more vibrant.

Qing Mu spent two months treating Dugu Bo’s poisoning, temporarily restoring his health and gaining two cultivation levels. After Dugu Bo gave him a Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch, Qing Mu collected the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass began to tremble, suggesting it might have developed intelligence.

• Qing Mu used Ivysaur’s poison extraction and Grassy Terrain to treat Dugu Bo, easing his chronic ailment.
• Over two months, Qing Mu performed more than ten poison extractions, temporarily restoring Dugu Bo’s health and raising his cultivation by two levels.
• Dugu Bo offered Qing Mu a reward, then gave him a Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch that could hold living things.
• Qing Mu used the pouch to collect the Immortal Herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• As Qing Mu prepared to harvest the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, it trembled, and he wondered whether his Grassy Terrain had awakened its intelligence.

Qing Mu hesitated to consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot after discovering the Ice Grass had gained sentience. Ivysaur instead formed a symbiotic bond with both herbs, leaving Qing Mu with an altered Ivysaur who gained Ice Attribute immunity and affinity.

• Dugu Bo warned Qing Mu that the two Immortal Herbs' extreme forces could be dangerous, and Qing Mu revealed that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass had gained sentience.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass pleaded with Qing Mu not to eat it, and Ivysaur proposed transplanting it onto himself so they could coexist.
• Qing Mu trusted Ivysaur's judgment, and Ivysaur absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, enduring its freezing energy and gaining Ice Attribute immunity and affinity.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot volunteered to coexist with Ivysaur and entered his body, balancing the Ice Grass's cold with its heat.

After Ivysaur gained ice and fire immunity and affinities, Qing Mu left Sunset Forest with Bulbasaur and headed for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Dugu Bo then pressured Xiao Wu into agreeing to sacrifice herself to Dugu Yan in exchange for a promise to kill a woman in the future, while Tang San remained distraught at the academy.

• Ivysaur's Ice-Fire Body Tempering made him much stronger and gave him ice and fire immunity and affinities, deepening Qing Mu's understanding of Sunny Day.
• Qing Mu changed Ivysaur back into Bulbasaur, asked Dugu Bo to escort him out of Sunset Forest, and headed toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qing Mu considered returning home to share the Immortal Herbs he had obtained with Ye Lingling and his parents.
• Dugu Bo offered Xiao Wu the choice of sacrificing herself to Dugu Yan or being killed for her spirit bone, and Xiao Wu agreed in return for his promise to kill a woman someday.
• Xiao Wu continued hoping Tang San would come to save her, while Ning Rongrong comforted a despondent Tang San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Tang San remained unable to find Xiao Wu or Qing Mu, while Qing Mu returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and learned that Xiao Wu had been captured. After reuniting with Ye Lingling, he invited her to travel home with him so he could use Immortal Herbs to improve her cultivation, and they left the academy together.

• Tang San told Ning Rongrong that Xiao Wu had been missing for over two months and that the search had found no clues; Ning Rongrong also had no news of Qing Mu.
• Qing Mu arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and learned that Xiao Wu had been captured, then suspected Dugu Bo but decided not to get involved.
• Qing Mu reunited with Ye Lingling, explained that Dugu Bo had asked him to treat his illness, and learned that she remained at rank thirty-seven while he had reached rank thirty-nine.
• Qing Mu invited Ye Lingling to visit his home so he could use Immortal Herbs to improve her aptitude, and she agreed.
• Qing Mu and Ye Lingling took leave and departed the academy, prompting Dugu Yan to complain that Qing Mu was choosing Ye Lingling over his friends.
• A figure appeared behind Dugu Yan and asked who had made her unhappy.

Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Bulbasaur eased the poison’s effects on him, and a blood-red pillar of light announced a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s sacrifice. While powerful figures rushed to investigate, Qing Mu and Ye Lingling traveled toward the Hagen Das Kingdom, and a mysterious woman arrived at Qing Tianfeng’s castle.

• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan he was taking her somewhere, then carried her toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• A blood-red pillar rose from Sunset Forest, and Bibi Dong sent Gui Mei to investigate the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s sacrifice.
• Tang Hao rushed toward the pillar, fearing Xiao Wu had sacrificed herself either to Tang San or to someone who had discovered her identity.
• Qing Mu found that Lovesick Heartbreak Red and Aromatic Silk Beauty had developed intelligence while traveling with Ye Lingling toward the Hagen Das Kingdom.
• A mysterious woman arrived at Qing Tianfeng’s castle and remarked that Lingling had chosen her son.

Ye Haitang visited Xu Yao and revealed that her daughter, Ye Lingling, was in love with Qing Mu. After meeting Qing Mu, both mothers approved the match and began arranging the young couple’s marriage.

• Ye Haitang told Xu Yao that Qing Mu had taken a liking to a girl and revealed that the girl was her daughter, Ye Lingling.
• Ye Haitang praised Qing Mu’s talent, while Xu Yao agreed that he was a worthy match for Ye Lingling.
• Qing Mu and Ye Lingling arrived at the castle, where Ye Lingling was surprised to find her mother there.
• Ye Haitang and Xu Yao met Qing Mu and agreed to settle the matter of their children’s marriage.
• Ye Haitang gave Qing Mu a black card with three million Gold Soul Coins and an additional spending limit, along with notes from a Titled Douluo who had a Sky Green Vine Martial Soul.

Qing Mu returned to the Ye Family, accepted Ye Haitang’s gifts, and gave Xu Yao the Aromatic Silk Beauty, an Immortal Herb that could increase her Soul Power and potentially evolve her Martial Soul. As Xu Yao began absorbing it, Qing Mu revealed that he had an Immortal Herb for Ye Lingling as well.

• Ye Haitang gave Qing Mu many gifts and recognized the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch, which Ye Lingling explained Dugu Bo had given him in gratitude for a great favor.
• Xu Yao brought Qing Mu, Ye Lingling, and the others inside to rest and talk.
• Qing Mu presented Xu Yao with the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained its benefits, including the possibility of evolving her Narcissus Flower Martial Soul.
• Xu Yao followed Qing Mu’s instructions and began absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Qing Mu told the envious Ye Lingling that he had an Immortal Herb for her too.

Qing Mu gave Ye Lingling an Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid and Ye Haitang an Aromatic Silk Beauty, then watched over them as they refined the herbs. Ye Lingling woke first with her Soul Power at level forty and further power waiting to be released after she absorbed her Fourth Soul Ring.

• Qing Mu gave Ye Lingling an Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid and explained how to absorb it.
• Qing Mu gave Ye Haitang an Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Ye Haitang asked about its effects on the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Qing Mu said the Aromatic Silk Beauty might evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, so Ye Haitang chose to consume it herself.
• Qing Mu told Bulbasaur to guard the room while Ye Lingling and Ye Haitang refined their Immortal Herbs.
• More than half a day later, Ye Lingling awoke and discovered her Soul Power had risen from level thirty-seven to level forty.

Ye Lingling and Ye Haitang benefited from their Immortal Herbs, while Xu Yao’s Narcissus Jade Bone raised her Soul Power and transformed her Martial Soul. Qing Mu told Xu Yao that the change gave her the potential to become a Titled Douluo.

• Qing Mu told Ye Lingling that absorbing her Soul Ring should raise her to level forty-two, and she took his hand.
• Ye Haitang awoke two levels stronger at level eighty-three and felt that her prospects of reaching Titled Douluo had improved.
• Xu Yao awoke at level forty-six, five levels higher, and summoned a Martial Soul that had evolved into a Narcissus Jade Bone.
• Qing Mu told Xu Yao that her evolved Martial Soul was higher in quality than Chrysanthemum Douluo’s and could help her reach Titled Douluo.

Qing Mu left his family home after entrusting Xu Yao with an Immortal Herb for Qing Tianfeng, then accompanied Ye Lingling to the Ye Family so its elders could help her hunt her Fourth Soul Ring. At the Ye residence, Qing Mu said he had suggestions about the Soul Ring Ye Lingling should obtain.

• Ye Haitang realized Xu Yao had obtained a Wood Spirit Seed, while Xu Yao learned that she had the potential to become a Titled Douluo.
• After half a month at the castle, Qing Mu gave Xu Yao an Immortal Herb for Qing Tianfeng, who had been summoned to Hagen Dasi City.
• Ye Lingling told Qing Mu that she had to return home to hunt her Fourth Soul Ring, and Qing Mu decided to accompany her.
• Qing Mu, Ye Lingling, and Bulbasaur traveled by carriage for about a week and arrived at the Ye Family residence.
• Ye Haitang welcomed Qing Mu and told Ye Lingling that she and the two elders would take her to hunt her Fourth Soul Ring the next day.
• Qing Mu said he had suggestions about Ye Lingling's Soul Ring.

Qing Mu suggested that Ye Lingling absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as her Fourth Soul Ring, arguing that her enhanced physique made it possible. Ye Lingling insisted on the choice, and Ye Haitang led her to a secret chamber containing two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.

• Qing Mu explained to Ye Haitang that the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid and Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly had strengthened Ye Lingling enough to withstand a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring physically, though Soul Shock remained a concern.
• Ye Haitang said she needed time to consider the risk and consult the elders, then sent Qing Mu and Ye Lingling to rest.
• Ye Lingling stayed behind and told Ye Haitang she had firmly decided to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as her Fourth Soul Ring because she trusted her enhanced constitution and did not want to fall behind Qing Mu.
• Ye Haitang warned that Ye Lingling's Spiritual Power might not withstand the Soul Shock, then took her to a hidden chamber beneath her room.
• Ye Lingling saw two glowing Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones in the chamber and was astonished.

Ye Haitang gave Ye Lingling a Ten Thousand Year Emerald Swan Head Bone to strengthen her Spiritual Power and prepare her to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Ye Lingling absorbed the bone and gained Jade Defense, leaving her better able to protect herself and support allies in battle.

• Ye Lingling asked whether the two glowing bones were Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, and Ye Haitang revealed their family had kept them for generations.
• Ye Haitang gave Ye Lingling the Ten Thousand Year Emerald Swan Head Bone, explaining that it could boost her Spiritual Power and help her withstand a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring’s Soul Shock.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the Head Soul Bone while Qing Mu studied a Titled Douluo’s notes and worried that she and Ye Haitang might not have reached an agreement.
• Ye Lingling gained the Jade Defense Soul Skill, which turned healing power into a shield that could reflect attacks and enhance Nine Heart Begonia’s healing.

Ye Lingling received the Ye Family’s Ten Thousand Year Emerald Swan Head Bone, while Ye Haitang kept the powerful Right Arm Bone from her. After Ye Lingling left to seek her Fourth Soul Ring, Qing Mu set out alone and encountered Bu Le, whose robbery ended in a sudden, lethal counterattack.

• Ye Haitang warned Ye Lingling not to covet the Right Arm Bone, which the Ye Family reserved as an inherited Soul Bone for its strongest members.
• Ye Lingling departed with the Ye Family elders to hunt for the rare Soul Beast needed for her Fourth Soul Ring, and Qing Mu set out separately with Bulbasaur.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur were surrounded on an official road by bandits led by the Soul King Bu Le, who demanded Qing Mu’s Soul Tool.
• Qing Mu recognized Bu Le and dismissed his threat, prompting Bu Le to prepare to attack.
• Qing Mu’s first Soul Ring spread grass across the ground, and Bulbasaur evolved into Ivysaur and cut down the surrounding bandits with its Vine Whips.
• Bu Le attacked with his Heavenly Twin Covers, but jade-scaled vines erupted beneath him and pierced his body.

Qing Mu defeated Bu Le, broke through to level forty, and traveled to Qing Ling Forest to hunt for his Fourth Soul Ring. After finding a promising defensive plant-type Soul Beast, he prepared to pursue it.

• Qing Mu revealed his three Soul Rings and used Bulbasaur to drain Bu Le’s energy before killing him.
• Qing Mu broke through to level forty, and Ivysaur searched the bodies for valuables before Qing Mu destroyed the evidence and left.
• Xue Qinghe’s carriage convoy stopped at the scene, where the knight captain reported that a Soul King-level fight had taken place, then continued onward.
• Qing Mu found little of value in Bu Le’s Storage Soul Tool beyond ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and continued toward Qing Ling Forest.
• Qing Mu entered Qing Ling Forest with Ivysaur evolved and, a day later, spotted an enormous blooming flower as a possible target for his defensive Fourth Soul Ring.

Qing Mu had Ivysaur attack a Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Shield Flower so he could obtain its defensive Soul Ring. Ivysaur shattered its Emerald Shield and killed it, leaving an ink-black Soul Ring above the corpse.

• Qing Mu chose the Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Shield Flower for its powerful defensive ability and ordered Ivysaur to grow under Sunny Day.
• Ivysaur grew stronger and attacked the flower with Seed Bombs, but the blasts barely rippled its Emerald Shield.
• Qing Mu used Grassy Terrain while Ivysaur used Ingrain to recover energy, then Ivysaur struck with an enhanced Power Whip.
• Ivysaur shattered the Jade Shield Flower's Emerald Shield and pierced its body, killing it.
• An ink-black Soul Ring condensed above the Jade Shield Flower's corpse.

Qing Mu and Ivysaur defeated the Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Shield Flower, but a Thirty-Thousand-Year Earth Dragon King interrupted them before Qing Mu could absorb its Soul Ring. Ivysaur failed to slow the charging beast with Ice Beam and used a wall of vines to counter its attack.

• Ivysaur defeated the Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Shield Flower, and Qing Mu prepared to absorb its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• A Thirty-Thousand-Year Earth Dragon King appeared, and Qing Mu ordered Ivysaur to retreat rather than risk fighting it.
• The Earth Dragon King rapidly caught up, and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass's Ice Beam barely slowed it.
• The Earth Dragon King attacked Ivysaur, who blocked its claws with a vine wall before the vines reached out to grab it.

Qing Mu and Ivysaur fought the Thirty-Thousand-Year Earth Dragon King with poison, healing, and Power Whip, but struggled to overcome his defenses. After Qing Mu took the Earth Dragon King’s trump-card attack to protect Ivysaur, Ivysaur evolved into Venusaur and killed the Earth Dragon King.

• Ivysaur poisoned the Thirty-Thousand-Year Earth Dragon King, while Qing Mu set up Sunny Day and Grassy Terrain and used Leech Seed.
• The Earth Dragon King destroyed the Leech Seeds and grievously wounded Ivysaur with a powerful ground attack, but Ivysaur quickly healed through Sunny Day, Grassy Terrain, and Ingrain.
• Ivysaur struck the Earth Dragon King with Power Whip, but the attack failed to pierce his scales, and both sides continued an exhausting battle of recovery and endurance.
• The Earth Dragon King fired a concentrated energy orb at Ivysaur, and Qing Mu shielded him with the Wood Spirit Seed’s energy, suffering grievous injuries.
• Ivysaur evolved into Venusaur and unleashed a barrage of Power Whip, shattering the Earth Dragon King’s scales and killing him.

After Venusaur evolved and defeated the Thirty-Thousand-Year Earth Dragon King, Qing Mu recovered from his injuries and found a Right Leg Bone in the beast’s corpse. He chose to return to the Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Shield Flower’s Soul Ring and began refining it.

• Venusaur recovered after using Power Whip, while Qing Mu healed himself with Grassy Terrain and realized he needed a stronger defensive move.
• Qing Mu congratulated Venusaur on evolving and recognized that Power Whip had greatly increased their combat strength.
• Qing Mu inspected the Thirty-Thousand-Year Earth Dragon King’s Soul Ring but decided it was unsuitable for him.
• Venusaur retrieved a Right Leg Bone from the Earth Dragon King’s corpse and gave it to Qing Mu.
• Qing Mu and Venusaur returned to the Jade Shield Flower’s black Soul Ring, and Qing Mu began refining it.

Qing Mu absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and gained the defensive Spirit Skill Protect, then retreated to a cave to absorb a Thirty-Thousand-Year Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone. After three days under Venusaur’s guard, he awakened with a surprising new move.

• Qing Mu broke through to level forty-two and obtained Protect from his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Qing Mu learned that Protect could shield him from powerful attacks by consuming Soul Power, improving his ability to survive fights against stronger opponents.
• Qing Mu asked Venusaur to find a safer place so he could absorb the Thirty-Thousand-Year Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone.
• Venusaur carried Qing Mu to a cave on the outskirts of Qing Ling Forest, cleaned it, and blocked the entrance.
• Venusaur guarded Qing Mu for three days while he absorbed the Soul Bone, and Qing Mu opened his eyes in surprise at the move he had gained.