Chapter Summaries

Qing Mu tested the newly acquired Power of Earth and learned how greatly it strengthened his own offense. In Qing Ling Forest’s Core Zone, Venusaur began testing his new Falling Blossoms technique against a fifteen-thousand-year Magic Thorn Vine, whose desperate counterattack remained futile.

• Qing Mu identified Power of Earth as a fast, powerful special attack that covered gaps in his offensive abilities, then let Venusaur rest after several days of protecting him.
• The next day, Qing Mu used Power of Earth to severely injure a nearly ten-thousand-year Soul Beast and judged the attack powerful enough to rival high-level Soul Skills.
• Qing Mu and Venusaur sought stronger opponents and chose a fifteen-thousand-year Magic Thorn Vine to test Venusaur’s newly comprehended Falling Blossoms.
• Venusaur controlled pink petals to sever the vine’s defenses, while Qing Mu used Power of Earth to intercept its underground attack.
• The Magic Thorn Vine launched a final poisoned-vine assault, but Qing Mu and Venusaur were immune to poison and remained beyond its reach.

Qing Mu and Venusaur defeated the Ten-Thousand-Year Magic Thorn Vine, developed Falling Petal Barrier through repeated training, and left after a week to seek a stronger opponent. A group of people in Green Academy uniforms then arrived outside Qing Ling Forest.

• Venusaur used Falling Blossoms to create Falling Petal Barrier, which blocked the Ten-Thousand-Year Magic Thorn Vine's final attack.
• After Venusaur defeated the vine, Qing Mu revived it with Grassy Terrain and ordered it to train Venusaur.
• Over a week of sparring, Venusaur improved Falling Petal Barrier while the Ten-Thousand-Year Magic Thorn Vine strengthened under Qing Mu's guidance.
• Qing Mu and Venusaur left the vine and searched for a stronger opponent to test Power Whip.
• A group wearing Green Academy uniforms arrived outside Qing Ling Forest.

Qing Mu and Venusaur continued training in Qing Ling Forest, where their battles drove many powerful Soul Beasts into the Mixed Zone and disrupted Soul Beast hunts. After Mu Xue and Mu Yun Teng obtained Yun Teng’s Soul Ring, they got lost while trying to leave and investigated a distant disturbance, whose source shocked them.

• Qing Mu saw that Power Whip could defeat powerful Soul Beasts but consumed too much Soul Power and mental strength, then resumed training with Venusaur.
• Powerful Soul Beasts fled toward the Mixed Zone after news spread of Qing Mu and Venusaur, making hunts more dangerous for teams in Qing Ling Forest.
• Mu Xue sent the Plant Academy teachers and students away, then stayed with Mu Yun Teng to help her obtain a Soul Ring.
• Mu Xue and Mu Yun Teng killed and refined a nearly four-thousand-year-old Green Vine, but powerful Soul Beasts forced them off course until Mu Xue became lost.
• Mu Xue and Mu Yun Teng heard a violent disturbance, climbed a tree to investigate, and stared in disbelief at its source.

Qing Mu and Venusaur were ambushed by four thirty-thousand-year Soul Beasts in Qing Ling Forest’s Core Zone. Venusaur repelled their opening attacks and began growing stronger, while the remaining beasts prepared to intensify their assault.

• Qing Mu and Venusaur were surrounded by the Crimson Blood Battle Pig King, Gale Wolf King, Green Wood Vine Python King, and Great Strength Earth Bear King.
• The four Soul Beasts attacked Venusaur from every direction, and Qing Mu used Mind Link to direct his response.
• Venusaur restrained the Green Wood Vine Python King, struck the Crimson Blood Battle Pig King, cut apart the Wind Blades, and shattered the Earth Bear King’s boulder with a petal barrier.
• Qing Mu activated his soul skills to clear the weather and accelerate the grass’s growth, then told Venusaur to use Growth under Sunny Day.
• Venusaur flung the Green Wood Vine Python King into the charging Crimson Blood Battle Pig King, sending both beasts crashing away.
• The Gale Wolf King and Great Strength Earth Bear King grew wary of Venusaur’s rising aura and began powering up to stop him.

Qing Mu and Venusaur used Protect in succession to withstand four Thirty-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, then killed them with Power Whip. After the battle, Qing Mu confronted two observers, Mu Xue and Mu Yun Teng, who were astonished by his strength despite his apparent level.

• Qing Mu used Power of Earth and Leech Seeds to delay the Gale Wolf King and Great Strength Earth Bear King as four Soul Beasts charged him and Venusaur.
• Qing Mu used Protect to block the four Soul Beasts’ attacks, and Venusaur raised a second shield after the first ended.
• Qing Mu ordered Venusaur to use Power Whip, which killed the Gale Wolf King and then beat the other three Soul Beasts to death.
• Venusaur absorbed nutrients to recover while Qing Mu gained Soul Power, then Qing Mu called out to two people watching nearby.
• Mu Xue and Mu Yun Teng introduced themselves, and Mu Xue wondered how someone who appeared to be level forty-five could kill four Thirty-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Qing Mu encountered Mu Xue and Mu Yun Teng in Qing Ling Forest and agreed to let them leave after they promised to keep his abilities secret. After Mu Yun Teng asked to become his disciple and learn Power Whip, Qing Mu refused and departed with Venusaur.

• Mu Xue explained that she and Mu Yun Teng had become separated from Plant Academy’s group during the Soul Beast riot and had wandered into the Core Zone.
• Qing Mu warned them about the Core Zone, pointed out a route out of the forest, and asked them to keep their encounter secret.
• Mu Yun Teng asked whether Qing Mu’s Power Whip was a Self-Created Soul Skill, and Qing Mu said she could call it that.
• Mu Yun Teng offered to become Qing Mu’s disciple, but he refused and left with Venusaur after collecting materials from the four Soul Beasts.
• Mu Xue stopped Mu Yun Teng from calling after Qing Mu and watched him depart.

After months of battling in Qing Ling Forest, Qing Mu escaped the forest’s seventy-thousand-year Soul Beast King and grew considerably stronger. He arrived in Blazing Flame City, where he planned to study Fire Attribute techniques so Bulbasaur could learn Solar Beam.

• Qing Mu reflected on how his actions had stirred Qing Ling Forest and on the vast numbers and strength of Soul Beasts compared with humanity.
• Qing Mu and Venusaur battled Soul Beasts for months, raising Qing Mu to level 47 and earning him a Thirty-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur escaped the pursuit of Qing Ling Forest’s seventy-thousand-year plant Soul Beast, and Qing Mu decided his next Soul Ring should focus on speed.
• Qing Mu assessed Venusaur’s growing strength and improved control over Power Whip, which let it conserve Soul Power when using the move.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur reached Blazing Flame City, rested for two days, and Qing Mu decided to study Fire Attribute techniques to help Bulbasaur learn Solar Beam.

Qing Mu and Bulbasaur climbed Blazing Flame Volcano to train in its intense Fire Attribute energy. After Huo Wushuang explained why the volcano remained open to visitors, he mistook Qing Mu’s visit for deliberate adaptation training, and Qing Mu and Bulbasaur began studying the Fire Attribute.

• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur reached Blazing Flame Volcano and began climbing toward its summit to train.
• Qing Mu considered how Solar Beam could complete Bulbasaur’s Undying Artillery Platform System and how Grass Slide could help them escape danger.
• Huo Wushuang explained that the volcano was not reserved as a training ground because of eruptions, its vast size, and the harsh conditions.
• Qing Mu introduced himself and Bulbasaur to Huo Wushuang, who admired Bulbasaur’s self-awareness and assumed they had come to adapt to a fiery environment.
• Huo Wushuang returned to meditating, while Qing Mu and Bulbasaur began studying the Fire Attribute.

Qing Mu used Sunny Day as a white orb and discovered that it drew Fire Attribute energy around him, creating a strong environment for Fire-based moves. Huo Wushuang learned that the skill could boost nearby Fire Attribute spirit skills by fifty percent, then gave Qing Mu his contact information before leaving.

• Qing Mu maintained Sunny Day as a white orb, causing nearby Fire Attribute energy to gather around him and strengthening the Fire-rich environment.
• Bulbasaur and Infernal Delicate Apricot thrived in the energy, while Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass felt uncomfortable.
• Huo Wushuang noticed the orb, waited for it to disperse, and asked Qing Mu what his Third Spirit Skill did.
• Qing Mu told Huo Wushuang that Sunny Day enhanced his speed and could also increase nearby Fire Attribute spirit skills by fifty percent.
• Huo Wushuang invited Qing Mu to the Blazing Flame Restaurant, but Qing Mu declined and said he planned to stay.
• Huo Wushuang gave Qing Mu his contact information and left to seek answers to his doubts.

Qing Mu discovered that the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass could draw on Bulbasaur’s power by fully integrating with him, greatly strengthening their moves and sharing their insights. Meanwhile, Huo Wushuang told Huo Wu about Qing Mu’s extraordinary Wood Attribute boost, but she refused to believe him.

• After failing to comprehend Fire Attribute moves, Qing Mu asked the Infernal Delicate Apricot how it learned Flamethrower and had it demonstrate the move.
• Qing Mu realized the Infernal Delicate Apricot had not been drawing on Bulbasaur’s power, so he explained that it needed to regard itself as part of Bulbasaur.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot fused with Venusaur and released a Flamethrower several times stronger, prompting the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to merge with Bulbasaur as well.
• Qing Mu gained insights into Fire and Ice Attribute moves, and Bulbasaur began shooting sparks from his mouth.
• At Blazing Fire Academy, Huo Wushuang told Huo Wu that a Wood Attribute Spirit Master he had met boosted Fire Attribute soul skills by fifty percent across an area.
• Huo Wu rejected Huo Wushuang’s claim as impossible.

Huo Wushuang brought Huo Wu to meet Qing Mu and verify his claim that Qing Mu could boost Fire Attribute techniques by fifty percent. They confirmed the enhancement, then watched Bulbasaur unleash a powerful Flamethrower as Qing Mu considered how to improve it.

• Huo Wushuang told Huo Wu about the talented Spirit Master he had met at the volcano, and Huo Wu agreed to meet him.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang found Qing Mu and Bulbasaur training at Blazing Flame Volcano, where Bulbasaur breathed fire and Qing Mu activated his Third Soul Ring.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang tested their soul skills and confirmed that Qing Mu's ability increased their Fire Attribute techniques' power by fifty percent.
• Qing Mu ordered Bulbasaur to use Flamethrower with the seed on its back, and the attack melted a distant rock into the magma.
• Qing Mu studied Bulbasaur's Flamethrower and wondered what it lacked compared with Solar Beam.

Qing Mu figured out that Solar Beam relied on concentrated Light Element rather than Fire Element, then let Bulbasaur fight Huo Wu after she tried to catch him. Huo Wu escaped Bulbasaur’s vines with Resisting Fire Ring, leaving Qing Mu considering the move’s knockback effect.

• Qing Mu realized that Solar Beam’s key was absorbing and compressing Light Element, not using Fire Element.
• Qing Mu welcomed Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu after noticing them watching his training, and Huo Wu tried to pet Bulbasaur.
• Huo Wu chased Bulbasaur, so Qing Mu told Bulbasaur to defeat her.
• Bulbasaur’s vines ignored Huo Wu’s flames, bound her, and drained her energy with Giga Drain.
• Huo Wu used Resisting Fire Ring to blast away Bulbasaur’s vines and escape, and Qing Mu recalled the move’s knockback effect.

Qing Mu and Bulbasaur defeated Huo Wu after Bulbasaur proved immune to her fire attacks and interrupted her strongest skill. Huo Wu vowed to challenge him again, and Qing Mu offered to show her Bulbasaur’s true strength.

• Huo Wu began charging her Fourth Spirit Skill, Blazing Sun of Fire Dance, but Bulbasaur knocked her unconscious with a vine before she could use it.
• Qing Mu healed Huo Wu, and he told Huo Wushuang that he was a Control System Spirit Master.
• After waking, Huo Wu asked why her flames had failed, and Qing Mu explained that Bulbasaur was immune to fire.
• Huo Wu accepted her defeat and vowed to challenge Qing Mu again, while Qing Mu told her she still had more to learn.
• Qing Mu said he would show Huo Wu Bulbasaur’s true strength.

Qing Mu had Bulbasaur demonstrate its power and defeated Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang with a single restrained attack. After healing them, he warned the siblings not to make him their goal, and they left the volcano while he returned to researching Solar Beam.

• Qing Mu entered Mind Link and had Bulbasaur reveal dozens of vines, then fuse them into powerful emerald-green Power Whips.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang defended themselves with Resisting Fire Ring and Fire Dragon Claws, but Bulbasaur's vines overwhelmed them and sent them flying, seriously injured.
• Qing Mu told the siblings that he could defeat them without Fire Immunity and urged them to reach the level of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation before challenging him.
• Qing Mu cast Grassy Terrain to heal Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, who thanked him for showing mercy and treating their injuries.
• Qing Mu told the siblings they could not catch up to him, and Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu left Blazing Flame Volcano.
• Qing Mu resumed researching Solar Beam.

Qing Mu completed Solar Beam after two months of research, giving Bulbasaur a powerful, low-cost attack that completed his planned combat system. With the move perfected enough to use, Qing Mu decided to leave Blazing Flame Volcano and resume training elsewhere.

• After Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu stopped challenging him, Qing Mu focused on developing Solar Beam and realized Bulbasaur absorbed sunlight too slowly.
• Qing Mu studied Solar Beam’s light-absorption method and spent two months adapting it for Bulbasaur.
• Bulbasaur charged and fired Solar Beam through a distant boulder, impressing Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu with its power.
• Qing Mu celebrated Bulbasaur’s success and recognized that Solar Beam completed his Sunny Day and Growth-based combat system.
• Qing Mu recorded notes on improving the move’s charge time and decided to leave the volcano, where training was unsuitable for Bulbasaur.

After creating Solar Beam, Qing Mu left Blazing Flame Volcano with Bulbasaur and set out for Sunset Forest to train and prepare for his Fifth Soul Ring. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang grew frustrated when Tang San disappeared and began considering Qing Mu as a potential disciple before leaving with Flender to search for Tang San.

• Huo Wushuang praised Qing Mu's Solar Beam and invited him to celebrate, but Qing Mu declined and left Blazing Flame Volcano with Bulbasaur.
• Huo Wushuang watched Qing Mu depart and resolved to work harder after seeing how quickly he returned to training.
• Qing Mu chose Sunset Forest as his next destination, hoping to train near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and find a suitable Soul Beast for his Fifth Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang learned from Ning Rongrong that Tang San had disappeared again and complained that he was neglecting cultivation before the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang considered Qing Mu as a possible new disciple, then called Flender and left to search for Tang San.

Tang San mistook Dugu Yan for Xiao Wu while wandering drunk, then realized he sensed Xiao Wu's scent on her. Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to return to training and privately considered recruiting Qing Mu as a second disciple, while Dugu Yan reflected on Xiao Wu's sacrifice and the rewards it could bring.

• Tang San spotted Dugu Yan and chased after her, believing she was Xiao Wu, but stopped in confusion when he saw her face and sensed Xiao Wu's scent on her.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender found Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang told him to stop drinking and train for the upcoming tournament.
• Tang San promised Yu Xiaogang he would work hard and try to reach rank thirty-seven before the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang considered taking Qing Mu as a second disciple but worried he had no convincing benefit to offer him.
• Dugu Yan walked away from Tang San and recalled learning that Dugu Bo had taken Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Humanoid Spirit Beast, and that Xiao Wu was willing to sacrifice herself for her.

Qing Mu returned to Sunset Forest to seek Dugu Bo’s advice about a fast Wood Attribute Soul Beast for his next Soul Ring. He revealed that he was preparing for his Fifth Soul Ring, leaving Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan stunned by his four-ring configuration.

• Dugu Bo reassured Dugu Yan that her secret would be difficult to discover, then left Heaven Dou City with her.
• Qing Mu and Bulbasaur entered Sunset Forest and passed through Dugu Bo’s Poison Array without significant harm.
• Qing Mu found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well deserted and said he had hoped to ask Dugu Bo about Soul Beasts for his Fifth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan, and Qing Mu asked about fast Wood Attribute Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were shocked when Qing Mu revealed his Yellow Yellow Purple Black Soul Rings and explained that he was preparing for his Fifth Soul Ring.

Qing Mu revealed his Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring and explained how he had reached level forty-seven. After identifying Xiao Wu as the source of Dugu Yan’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, he described the steps behind his rapid progress and said he was seeking a suitable Soul Beast for his next ring.

• Qing Mu displayed his four Soul Rings, astonishing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan with his Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had witnessed a Soul Beast Sacrifice, and Dugu Yan revealed her Hundred Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring.
• Qing Mu recognized Xiao Wu’s sacrifice and explained that he had avoided targeting her because the risks were too great.
• Qing Mu told Dugu Bo he was level forty-seven and asked for help finding a Soul Beast for his next Soul Ring.
• Qing Mu explained that an Immortal Herb, a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, and absorbing a Soul Ring beyond conventional limits had helped him gain ten levels in just over half a year.

Qing Mu persuaded Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to develop the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s Immortal Herbs to strengthen their family. Dugu Bo decided Yang Wudi could help, and explained why the Breaking Clan had fallen on hard times.

• Qing Mu said Immortal Herbs could raise Soul Power by five to seven levels and told Dugu Bo he had already used most of the herbs he took.
• Qing Mu urged Dugu Bo to make use of the remaining herbs, and Dugu Yan supported him, arguing the benefits outweighed the risks.
• Dugu Bo agreed to develop the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and named Yang Wudi, leader of the Breaking Clan, as a knowledgeable and trustworthy candidate.
• Dugu Bo explained that Yang Wudi resented the Clear Sky Sect for abandoning the Breaking Clan, whose members had suffered heavy losses and whose income was weakened by their fear of collecting Spirit Hall subsidies.