Chapter Summaries

Qing Mu discussed the Spirit Hall subsidy and the Four Great Families’ finances with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, then asked about suitable Soul Beasts for his next Soul Ring. Dugu Bo named several candidates and offered to help Qing Mu hunt when he reached level fifty, while Qing Mu hinted he might get there before Dugu Yan.

• Qing Mu explained that Spirit Hall’s Soul Master Subsidy provided substantial support, and Dugu Bo agreed that the Four Great Families struggled to earn money.
• Qing Mu recommended Ye Haitang as someone who could advise Dugu Bo about herbs, and Dugu Bo accepted the suggestion.
• Qing Mu asked Dugu Bo for fast, Wood Attribute Soul Beasts, and Dugu Bo named the Phantom Green Owl, Lightning Vine, and Flowing Light Roaring Ape.
• Dugu Bo gave Qing Mu a Sunset Forest Soul Beast distribution map, warned him away from dangerous territories, and promised to help hunt his Fifth Soul Ring when he reached level fifty.
• Dugu Yan argued she would reach level fifty before Qing Mu, but Qing Mu suggested he might advance faster and kept his reasons to himself.

Liu Erlong defeated Shrek's Six Devils in a training match, and Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to prepare for opponents who could counter his Blue Silver Grass. Later, Yu Xiaogang revealed he wanted to recruit Qing Mu as a disciple, while Liu Erlong secretly decided to capture him for that purpose.

• Liu Erlong overwhelmed Tang San and his teammates, eliminating Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and finally Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Tang San for failing to anticipate Liu Erlong's attacks and warned him to prepare for Fire Attribute Spirit Masters in the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that Shrek Seven Devils had an empty spot after Xiao Wu left and that Tailong and the others were not strong enough to fill it.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong about Qing Mu, a young Spirit Master with a Bulbasaur Martial Soul and Innate Level Five Spirit Power, whom he hoped to recruit as a disciple.
• Liu Erlong decided she would capture Qing Mu the next time she encountered him and make him Yu Xiaogang's disciple.

Qing Mu left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Venusaur evolved, while Dai Mubai and Liu Erlong searched Sunset Forest for a Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring. Their search ended when they found Qing Mu beside a strange toad fighting a powerful tiger, and Dai Mubai recognized him.

• Qing Mu left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Bulbasaur, who evolved into Venusaur outside the Poison Array.
• Dai Mubai told Flender he had reached level forty, and Flender sent Liu Erlong to take him to Sunset Forest for a Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong and Dai Mubai searched the Mixed Zone for days but could not find a suitable five-thousand-year tiger-type Soul Beast.
• Liu Erlong and Dai Mubai came across a strange toad fighting a tiger-type Soul Beast nearly twenty thousand years old.
• Dai Mubai recognized the person standing beside the toad, and Liu Erlong asked whether he knew him.

Qing Mu defeated a powerful Soul Beast, broke through to level forty-eight, and encountered Liu Erlong and Dai Mubai watching nearby. Liu Erlong tried to recruit him to Shrek Academy, but when he refused, she attacked and threatened to bring along another person named Qing Mu.

• Dai Mubai recognized Qing Mu and told Liu Erlong he had seen him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy a year earlier as a level-twenty-four student with a different Martial Soul.
• Qing Mu defeated the Soul Beast with Venusaur's Seed Bomb and advanced from level forty-seven to level forty-eight.
• Liu Erlong and Dai Mubai were forced out of hiding, and Qing Mu recognized Dai Mubai and identified Liu Erlong by her Martial Soul.
• Liu Erlong invited Qing Mu to join Shrek Academy, but Qing Mu refused and questioned her condescending offer.
• Liu Erlong declared that Qing Mu had no choice, threatened to bring another person named Qing Mu, and charged at him.

Liu Erlong attacked Qing Mu to force him into joining Shrek, but Venusaur’s Solar Beam badly injured her despite her Soul Saint strength. The fight left Liu Erlong furious and intent on killing Qing Mu.

• Liu Erlong charged at Qing Mu, and Venusaur raised a wall of vines to block her attack.
• Liu Erlong’s flames failed to burn through the vines easily, but she eventually shattered the barrier with repeated strikes.
• Venusaur absorbed the scattered light and grew larger and stronger as Qing Mu prepared to test its full power.
• Qing Mu ordered Venusaur to fire Solar Beam at Liu Erlong, who activated her Martial Soul Avatar and tried to defend herself.
• Solar Beam shattered Liu Erlong’s shield and severely wounded her arms, while Dai Mubai watched in shock.
• Liu Erlong roared that she wanted Qing Mu dead.

Qing Mu fought Liu Erlong with Venusaur’s repeated Solar Beams, forcing her to flee with Dai Mubai before striking them down. After confirming they had vanished, Qing Mu left the area with Venusaur.

• Liu Erlong attacked Qing Mu, but Venusaur fired another Solar Beam and shattered her flames.
• Liu Erlong realized she could not keep trading attacks and fled with Dai Mubai.
• Qing Mu pursued Liu Erlong as Venusaur used Chlorophyll to move faster under the sunlight.
• Liu Erlong sensed the danger behind her and unleashed attacks, but Solar Beam caught and annihilated her and Dai Mubai.
• Qing Mu searched the area to confirm Liu Erlong had vanished, then left with Venusaur.

Dugu Bo tested Yang Wudi’s knowledge of medicinal herbs and asked him to handle a secret matter for the Breaking Clan. Meanwhile, Qing Mu sought Dugu Bo as a sparring partner and arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo introduced him to Yang Wudi.

• Dugu Bo visited the Breaking Clan headquarters and privately tested Yang Wudi by showing him rare medicinal herbs.
• After confirming Yang Wudi’s expertise, Dugu Bo warned him to keep their secret and offered great benefits if he handled a matter for him.
• Qing Mu reflected that Venusaur had become too strong for ordinary Soul Beasts to provide useful combat training, so he went to find Dugu Bo.
• Qing Mu arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Dugu Bo with Yang Wudi, whom Dugu Bo introduced as the Breaking Clan head.

Qing Mu met Yang Wudi and learned about the Soul-Raising Pellet that Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo had developed. He used Bulbasaur, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and Wood Spirit Power to refine it into a patterned pill, leaving both men astonished by the result.

• Dugu Bo introduced Qing Mu to Yang Wudi and praised Qing Mu as the greatest genius he had ever seen.
• Dugu Bo showed Qing Mu the Soul-Raising Pellet he and Yang Wudi had developed, which could raise Spirit Masters' Soul Power.
• Qing Mu read Yang Wudi's notes and suggested he could help turn the pellet into a true pill.
• Qing Mu had Bulbasaur evolve into Ivysaur, then used the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Wood Spirit Power to refine the pellet into a smaller pill with green patterns.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi were shocked by the pill's medicinal fragrance and asked Qing Mu how he had made it.
• Qing Mu explained that he had used flames to purify the pellet and Wood Spirit Power to condense it, while Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi recognized how difficult flame control made the process.

Qing Mu tested the improved Soul-Raising Pill, which raised him to level forty-nine but proved too fierce for weaker constitutions. He then faced Dugu Bo in a sparring match, where Venusaur’s Solar Beam overwhelmed Dugu Bo’s expectations.

• Yang Wudi estimated that the modified Soul-Raising Pill was at least fifty percent stronger, and Qing Mu volunteered to test it himself.
• Qing Mu swallowed the pill, refined its violent medicinal force, and advanced to level forty-nine; he warned Yang Wudi to make it gentler.
• Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo continued developing the pill while Qing Mu and Dugu Bo arranged a battle away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qing Mu evolved Bulbasaur into Venusaur and strengthened them both with Sunny Day and Grassy Terrain before ordering a Solar Beam attack.
• Dugu Bo defended with a dark green shield but realized that Venusaur’s attack was far stronger than he had expected from a Soul Ancestor.

Qing Mu demonstrated Venusaur’s full strength to Dugu Bo, who transformed into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor to fight back. Venusaur’s close-range Solar Beam drove Dugu Bo hundreds of meters away and wore through his poisonous protective layer.

• Qing Mu explained that Venusaur’s earlier Solar Beam was only his normal-state full strength, then used Growth to enlarge Venusaur and boost its power.
• Dugu Bo summoned his Martial Soul Avatar, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, and used poisonous green mist to weaken Venusaur’s Solar Beam before dodging it.
• Dugu Bo charged at Venusaur, but Venusaur attacked him with vines and Qing Mu blocked his lunge with Protect.
• Dugu Bo fired Jade Green Lasers into Qing Mu’s Protect shield, but the shield held firm.
• Venusaur struck Dugu Bo at close range with another Solar Beam, pushing him hundreds of meters back and exhausting the poison coating on his scales.

Qing Mu and Venusaur continued their spar with Dugu Bo, trading Solar Beams and heavy blows until Venusaur revealed it could rapidly heal its injuries. After several hours, the battle ended with Qing Mu thanking Dugu Bo for his guidance.

• Dugu Bo watched Venusaur's Solar Beam pierce the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's poisonous defense, then saw a second beam erase a stretch of forest as he dodged.
• Dugu Bo charged toward Qing Mu through another Solar Beam and broke Venusaur's Falling Petal Barrier, injuring it with repeated tail strikes.
• Venusaur hit the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor with Solar Beam and knocked it back, prompting Dugu Bo to praise its attack power while noting its weak speed and defense.
• Qing Mu said the fight was not over, and Venusaur gathered white light to heal its injuries within seconds.
• Dugu Bo began treating Qing Mu as a true opponent, and several hours later Qing Mu thanked him for his guidance.

Qing Mu and Venusaur defeated Dugu Bo in a spar after Venusaur used Power Whip, and the breakthrough energy from Dugu Bo’s admission of defeat let Qing Mu break through his level-fifty bottleneck. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan announcing that she had also reached level fifty.

• Dugu Bo and Qing Mu continued sparring, helping Qing Mu refine his combat experience.
• Qing Mu ordered Venusaur to use Power Whip, and its vines overwhelmed Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.
• Dugu Bo admitted Qing Mu had won the spar rather than use his eighth soul skill, Time Freeze.
• Qing Mu refined the energy released by Dugu Bo’s admission and broke through his level-fifty bottleneck.
• Dugu Yan ran over and announced that she had successfully reached level fifty.

Dugu Yan and Qing Mu both reached level fifty, but Dugu Bo warned them against competing in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament because of Spirit Hall’s powerful Golden Generation and the risk of exposing their secrets. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo offering to help them obtain their fifth Soul Rings together.

• Dugu Bo praised Dugu Yan for reaching level fifty and reflected on Qing Mu’s startling strength and recent progress.
• Dugu Yan asked Qing Mu whether he would enter the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, but he declined to avoid revealing his true cultivation at Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation had all become Soul Kings and warned Dugu Yan that competing could expose her Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yan gave up on the tournament and asked Dugu Bo to help her obtain her fifth Soul Ring.
• Qing Mu confirmed that he had also reached level fifty, and Dugu Bo offered to help him and Dugu Yan obtain their fifth Soul Rings together.

Dugu Yan absorbed a nearly twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring and came close to reaching level fifty-two. Qing Mu then sought a thirty-thousand-year Flowing Light Roaring Ape, and Dugu Bo used Time Freeze to stop its king from fleeing.

• Dugu Yan killed the Phantom Color Python and absorbed its nearly twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring while Qing Mu and Dugu Bo guarded her.
• Dugu Yan finished absorbing the ring, became a Soul King, and came close to breaking through to level fifty-two.
• Qing Mu asked Dugu Bo to help him hunt a Flowing Light Roaring Ape and chose one around thirty thousand years old.
• Dugu Bo led Qing Mu and the others to the apes’ territory and rushed toward the Flowing Light Roaring Ape King.
• Dugu Bo activated his eighth soul skill, Time Freeze, and immobilized the fleeing Flowing Light Roaring Ape King.

Qing Mu absorbed a thirty-thousand-year Flowing Light Roaring Ape Soul Ring and gained the Grass Slide skill, which dramatically increased his speed. He tested it with Grassy Terrain and began considering whether he could use Solar Beam while moving at full speed.

• Dugu Bo poisoned the Flowing Light Roaring Ape King, and Qing Mu and Venusaur killed it so Qing Mu could claim its Soul Ring.
• Qing Mu absorbed the Soul Ring for a day, resisting the ape’s lingering soul attacks while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan watched over him.
• Qing Mu completed the absorption, reached level fifty-two, and gained the fifth Soul Skill Grass Slide.
• Qing Mu activated Grassy Terrain and used Grass Slide to cross several hundred meters and return almost instantly.
• Dugu Bo marveled at Qing Mu’s new speed, and Qing Mu wondered whether he could use Solar Beam while performing Grass Slide.

Qing Mu returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, where Yang Wudi announced his improved Soul-Raising Pill and asked Qing Mu to complete its final step. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang learned that Liu Erlong and Dai Mubai had vanished in Sunset Forest and decided to leave Shrek Academy to search for someone.

• Dugu Yan asked Qing Mu about his fifth Soul Skill, and Dugu Bo remarked that it made him faster than same-rank agility-type Spirit Masters.
• Qing Mu, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Yang Wudi celebrated perfecting the Soul-Raising Pill and explained his plans to develop pills for Title Douluo.
• Yang Wudi revealed that the pill still needed one final step, and Qing Mu understood that Bulbasaur would refine it.
• At Shrek Academy, Flender told Yu Xiaogang that the search for Liu Erlong and Dai Mubai had gone cold in Sunset Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he would leave Shrek Academy for a while to find someone.

Yu Xiaogang decided that Bibi Dong might be the only person able to find Liu Erlong, while Qing Mu prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after completing his goals. Ye Lingling broke through level fifty and resolved to win the tournament’s Soul Bone prizes for Qing Mu.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Bibi Dong could help find Liu Erlong, and Flender recognized that Spirit Hall had the best chance of locating her.
• Qing Mu continued refining elixirs with Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi and decided to leave once their work was finished.
• Ye Lingling broke through level fifty after training with the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid’s lingering medicinal power and her family’s trial.
• Ye Lingling told Ye Haitang she wanted a twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring and planned to win the tournament’s three Soul Bones for Qing Mu.
• Ye Haitang warned Ye Lingling that Spirit Hall’s powerful team would make victory difficult, but Ye Lingling remained determined.

Tang Hao reached Shrek Academy to check on Tang San, only to discover that Xiao Wu had disappeared and suspect someone had taken her. Meanwhile, Qing Mu proposed ways to cure Dugu Bo’s poisonous Soul Power, but Dugu Bo said he had already tried the first method without success.

• Tang Hao left his cave and traveled to Heaven Dou City to watch over Tang San before the tournament.
• Tang Hao secretly entered Shrek Academy, admired Tang San’s cultivation, and realized Xiao Wu was nowhere to be found.
• Tang Hao heard Tang San wondering where Xiao Wu had gone and became enraged, convinced that someone had taken her.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Bo sneezed while working with Yang Wudi, and Qing Mu offered to solve his toxin problem.
• Qing Mu described storing the poison in a dedicated place inside Dugu Bo’s body, but Dugu Bo replied that he had already tried condensing a Poison Pill without success.

Qing Mu refined Icefire Mysterious Pills that cured Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s poison and strengthened their Martial Souls. After Qing Mu left to continue his journey, Dugu Bo suggested that Yang Wudi recruit Ye Haitang to help research the Immortal Herbs.

• Qing Mu explained that he could treat Dugu Bo’s poisoned body and proposed using herbs and Ivysaur’s blood to create a pill that could change his constitution.
• Qing Mu, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi spent a week refining two Icefire Mysterious Pills, which Qing Mu gave to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan refined the pills over several days, curing the harm from their variant Soul Power and strengthening their Martial Souls.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan learned from Yang Wudi that Qing Mu had left to continue his journey.
• After Yang Wudi complained about researching unfamiliar herbs alone, Dugu Bo proposed asking Ye Haitang to join him.

Yu Xiaogang met with Bibi Dong in Spirit City to ask her to find Liu Erlong and reveal how to add Soul Rings to a second Martial Soul. Bibi Dong agreed to search for Liu Erlong but demanded Tang San join Spirit Hall in exchange for the Twin Martial Souls solution; Yu Xiaogang hesitated, and she had him escorted out.

• Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City and used Tang Hao's Elder Token to gain an audience with Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to help find Liu Erlong, and she agreed despite her resentment.
• Yu Xiaogang asked how Bibi Dong had solved the problem of adding Soul Rings to a second Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong demanded that Yu Xiaogang's disciple join Spirit Hall and serve under her before she would share the solution.
• Yu Xiaogang hesitated because Tang San was Tang Hao's son, so Bibi Dong ordered the guards to escort him out.