Chapter Summaries

In the winter of Douluo Calendar Year 2632, Bone Douluo Gu Rong found an abandoned infant with exceptionally pure Innate Soul Power in the Cangmang Mountain Range. He named the child Lin Che and carried him toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving the infant on the path to a new home.

• After escaping a Spirit Hall stronghold with a Black Iron Token, Gu Rong sensed a milky scent in the blizzard and searched a sheltered mountain hollow.
• Gu Rong found a nearly frozen infant wrapped in coarse linen embroidered with Duckweed Grass and discovered pure Innate Soul Power flowing through the child's meridians.
• Remembering his own rescue in a snowstorm, Gu Rong wrapped the infant in his Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm Silk robe and named him Lin Che.
• Gu Rong noticed a Green Mark on Lin Che's palm that matched the swaddling's embroidery, then set out for Seven Treasures City.
• At dawn, Gu Rong arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Lin Che safe in his arms.

Gu Rong raised Lin Che as his adopted son in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Lin Che grew close to Ning Rongrong and trained in Soul Power control. At his Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, Lin Che awakened two Huaxia Spirits and reached rank twenty Innate Soul Power, beginning a new chapter in his life.

• Gu Rong brought the infant Lin Che to the sect, and Ning Fengzhi accepted him as Gu Rong's adopted son while Ning Rongrong welcomed him as her little brother.
• Lin Che grew up studying and practicing Soul Power control with Gu Rong, while Ning Rongrong often brought him treats and invited him to play.
• Lin Che and Ning Rongrong found a strange note in a wooden box in the plum grove, and Lin Che briefly heard a voice announcing a System binding.
• Before Lin Che's Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, Gu Rong gave him a jade pendant and reassured him that he would accept any Martial Soul.
• At the ceremony, Lin Che awakened the Azure Water Sword and Universe Cauldron, activating the Can Opening System and raising his Innate Soul Power from rank five to rank twenty.

Lin Che awakened the Azure Water Sword and Universe Cauldron with Innate Soul Power Rank 20, then used a system reward to begin cultivating the Azure Water Sword Art. After discovering a Spirit Hall informer in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he warned Gu Rong, and the sect began preparing to protect him as he trained for his First Soul Ring.

• Lin Che's awakening revealed his Dual Martial Souls and Innate Soul Power Rank 20, prompting Ning Fengzhi to order the sect to keep his talent secret.
• Gu Rong gave Lin Che Soul Concealing Jade and warned him about the dangers of revealing Dual Martial Souls.
• Lin Che opened the Novice Crate and received the Azure Water Sword Art (Beginner Chapter) and three Spirit Calming Pills.
• Lin Che overheard a blue-robed disciple reporting his abilities and suspected the disciple was a Martial Soul Hall informer.
• Lin Che told Gu Rong about the informer, and Gu Rong planned to train him, prepare the sect's defenses, and obtain his First Soul Ring soon.

Lin Che discovered that his Universe Cauldron came with a system and opened its Novice Welfare Crate, which gave him the Azure Water Sword Art. Gu Rong helped him use the sword technique and warned him to keep the system and Universe Cauldron secret, while Lin Che began training under his guidance.

• Gu Rong guided Lin Che through stabilizing his Soul Power, triggering the Novice Welfare Crate system in Lin Che's consciousness.
• Gu Rong recognized the system as a rare companion ability and instructed Lin Che to spend one point of Innate Soul Power to open the crate.
• Lin Che opened the crate and received the Azure Water Sword Art, a manual that improved his Soul Power infusion and taught him Azure Edge Draw.
• Lin Che followed the manual to strengthen his Azure Water Sword and cut a mark into the courtyard's bamboo with Azure Edge Draw.
• Gu Rong warned Lin Che to hide the system and Universe Cauldron from everyone, and Lin Che agreed to keep them secret.
• Gu Rong arranged to teach Lin Che swordsmanship in the courtyard each morning.

Lin Che entered Spirit Bamboo Valley to use Spirit Rhyme Bamboo for sword practice, but a Spirit Hall spy attacked after discovering his martial souls. Lin Che drove him off by drawing on the bamboo’s Soul Power with the Universe Cauldron, then took a stalk back to warn Gu Rong as he hurried toward the sect.

• Lin Che found Spirit Rhyme Bamboo in the valley and absorbed its Sword Attribute Soul Power to strengthen his Azure Water Sword phantom.
• A suspicious Green-robed person revealed himself as a Spirit Hall spy and attacked Lin Che with purple vines.
• Lin Che fled through the bamboo and revealed both his Azure Water Sword and Universe Cauldron when the spy cornered him.
• Lin Che used the Universe Cauldron to absorb Soul Power from the Spirit Rhyme Bamboo and wounded the spy with a powerful Azure Edge Draw.
• The Green-robed person escaped after learning Lin Che had Dual Martial Souls, and Lin Che dug up a stalk of Spirit Rhyme Bamboo to bring back as evidence.
• Lin Che headed back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to tell Gu Rong about the attack.

Lin Che told Gu Rong that a Spirit Hall Shadow Scout had discovered his Dual Martial Souls, and Gu Rong tracked down and captured the spy before he could send a report. The chapter ended with the sect strengthening its defenses as Lin Che began cultivating toward Level Eleven and his First Soul Ring.

• Lin Che returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and told Gu Rong that a disguised Spirit Hall spy had attacked him and discovered his Dual Martial Souls.
• Gu Rong identified the attacker as a Shadow Scout, gave Lin Che a Formation Disk for protection, and followed the Spirit Rhyme Bamboo's aura to find him.
• The Shadow Scout tried to attack Gu Rong and trigger his token's self-destruct, but Gu Rong defeated him, disabled the token, and used the Soul Searching Technique.
• Gu Rong learned that Spirit Hall was seeking young Soul Masters with special Martial Souls, including Lin Che and a child in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Gu Rong arranged stronger defenses for the West Courtyard and told Lin Che to cultivate for half a month, aiming to reach Level Eleven and prepare to absorb his First Soul Ring.
• Lin Che began cultivating beside the Spirit Rhyme Bamboo while the captured Shadow Scout remained unconscious.

Lin Che absorbed a Hundred-Year Spirit Rhyme Bamboo Soul Ring with Gu Rong’s help, gaining the First Soul Skill Azure Edge Slash after the Universe Cauldron refined a hidden trace of Thousand-Year Sword Intent. With Spirit Hall’s threat approaching, Gu Rong prepared to train Lin Che further.

• Lin Che reached Level Eleven, and Gu Rong gave him a Soul Seed made from a Hundred-Year Spirit Rhyme Bamboo to help him absorb his First Soul Ring safely.
• Lin Che absorbed the Soul Seed in Gu Rong’s Calm Heart Formation, but hidden Sword Intent from a Thousand-Year Spirit Rhyme Bamboo surged through his meridians.
• Lin Che used the Universe Cauldron to refine the violent Sword Intent and complete the fusion, forming a yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
• Lin Che gained the First Soul Skill Azure Edge Slash and used it to cleave a thick bamboo in half, impressing Gu Rong with its strength.
• Gu Rong warned Lin Che that Spirit Hall might act soon and promised to teach him to combine the Universe Cauldron with the Azure Water Sword.

Jiang Zhu arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and revealed her Healing Scepter by healing an injured disciple. Elder Jiang Yun recognized that its fleeting golden patterns might signal a powerful mutation, while Lin Che saw potential in her unusual martial soul.

• Elder Jiang Yun brought Jiang Zhu to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Lin Che sensed unusual vitality in her Soul Power.
• When a disciple suffered a Sword Qi wound, Elder Jiang Yun urged Jiang Zhu to use her Healing Scepter and First Soul Skill, Healing Mist.
• Jiang Zhu healed the disciple completely and briefly saw golden patterns flash across her scepter.
• Elder Jiang Yun told the gathered disciples that Jiang Zhu had rank-seven Innate Soul Power and would join the Medicine Hall, then asked her about the golden flash.
• Ning Rongrong welcomed Jiang Zhu and took her to the Medicine Hall, while Elder Jiang Yun found an ancient text describing the Seven-Colored Sacred Staff.
• Lin Che reflected on the protective potential of Jiang Zhu's martial soul and returned to practice Azure Edge Slash.

Jiang Zhu searched Palegrass Slope for a Healing Rabbit and was poisoned by a mutated Pseudo Healing Rabbit. As the venom weakened her, Lin Che arrived and attacked the beast, leaving Jiang Zhu's rescue unresolved.

• Jiang Zhu went to Palegrass Slope to capture a hundred-year Healing Rabbit for the Medicine Hall.
• Jiang Zhu lured a seemingly gentle rabbit toward her cage, but it revealed poisoned claws and slashed her wrist.
• Jiang Zhu discovered that the mutated Pseudo Healing Rabbit's venom sealed Soul Power and required Miasma Clearing Grass as an antidote.
• The venom weakened Jiang Zhu, and the Pseudo Healing Rabbit advanced on her as she lost consciousness.
• Lin Che arrived, drove the Pseudo Healing Rabbit back with Sword Qi, and charged at it with his Iron Sword.

Lin Che killed a mutated Pseudo Healing Rabbit and used a system-provided Hundred Herbs Antidote to save Jiang Zhu from Soul Devouring Poison. After returning with her to the Medicine Hall, he learned the rabbit’s Soul Core could be refined into an antitoxin, while Jiang Zhu’s Healing Scepter showed signs of a hidden connection to the antidote.

• Lin Che killed the mutated Pseudo Healing Rabbit after its Poison Thorns poisoned Jiang Zhu and left her near death.
• Lin Che spent five Soul Power to open an Emergency Rescue Can and obtained a Hundred Herbs Antidote, which he fed to Jiang Zhu and guided through her meridians with Soul Power.
• Jiang Zhu woke, recovered enough to walk, and retrieved her Healing Scepter, which glowed in response to the antidote’s energy.
• Lin Che collected the rabbit’s pale purple Soul Core and escorted Jiang Zhu back to the Medicine Hall, claiming Gu Rong had supplied the antidote.
• Elder Jiang Yun examined Jiang Zhu, thanked Lin Che for saving her, and found that the Soul Core could be refined into an antitoxin.
• Lin Che returned to the West Courtyard, intending to tell Gu Rong about the rescue and ask about the Soul Core and Jiang Zhu’s unusual Healing Scepter.

Jiang Zhu absorbed the mutated Healing Rabbit’s Hundred-Year Soul Core, overcame its Soul Devouring Poison, and awakened the Scar Healing Halo. Her healing Martial Soul proved valuable to the sect, while Lin Che and Ning Rongrong helped reveal its bonds and potential; Jiang Zhu began training toward a future as a powerful healer.

• Elder Jiang Yun prepared Jiang Zhu to absorb the mutated Soul Core Lin Che had retrieved from the Misty Forest.
• Jiang Zhu’s Healing Scepter absorbed the Soul Core, trapped and purified its poison, and broke through to Rank Ten Soul Power with a Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
• Jiang Zhu tested her Scar Healing Halo, which restored a damaged Soul Condensing Grass, healed her scratch, and replenished some Soul Power.
• Lin Che brought Meridian Protection Pills and Soul Condensing Flowers, and Elder Jiang Yun explained that Jiang Zhu’s healing effect was stronger on him because their Martial Souls resonated.
• Ning Rongrong amplified Jiang Zhu’s halo with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, increasing its size and light motes.
• Jiang Zhu practiced healing plants and sect members over the following days, while Lin Che supported her; she resolved to keep others from delaying cultivation because of injuries.

Lin Che and Jiang Zhu reached Nuoding Academy after evading Spirit Hall patrols, where Lin Che encountered Tang San and revealed his Dual Martial Souls. As Tang San faced a confrontation with older students, Lin Che’s Fortune Detection located a Mandala Snake Soul Ring nearby, and he anticipated that Tang San’s fortunes would soon become his own.

• Gu Rong gave Lin Che and Jiang Zhu Soul Concealment Talismans and Spirit Condensing Dew before they left for Nuoding Academy.
• Lin Che and Jiang Zhu hid from Spirit Hall patrols on their journey, and Lin Che’s system detected that the talismans increased his Universe Cauldron’s activity.
• At Nuoding Academy, Tang San demonstrated his Blue Silver Grass and was revealed to have Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lin Che displayed the Azure Water Sword and Universe Cauldron, while Jiang Zhu used her Healing Scepter to treat an injured child.
• Tang San probed Lin Che with the Purple Demon Eyes, but the Universe Cauldron reflected the attack and hurt him.
• Lin Che registered at the academy as Tang San was surrounded by older students, and his system located a Mandala Snake Soul Ring in the woods west of the academy.

Lin Che stopped Wang Sheng from bullying Tang San in Seventh Dormitory, then used Jiang Zhu’s healing to confirm Tang San’s hidden Martial Soul and complete a system quest to track him. The monitoring talisman revealed the Mandala Snake’s location in the West Grove, and Lin Che set out to intercept it before dawn.

• Lin Che arrived at Seventh Dormitory and drove Wang Sheng and his lackeys away with a precise display of sword qi, securing the window bed for Tang San.
• Jiang Zhu healed Tang San’s injury and sensed an unusual power hidden in his Blue Silver Grass, while Lin Che’s system identified Tang San as a Child of Destiny.
• Lin Che used the Universe Cauldron to confirm Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and received a Soul Power Fluctuation Monitoring Talisman as his quest reward.
• Tang San questioned Lin Che about his sword technique, then tried probing him with the Purple Demon Eyes, but Lin Che detected the attempt.
• Lin Che used the talisman to locate the Mandala Snake in the West Grove and prepared to intercept it at dawn.

Lin Che stole the Mandala Snake and its soul ring from Tang San, then used a talisman to absorb it as a thousand-year ring and gain Azure Water Entanglement. Tang San settled for a weaker Yellow Crystal Beast ring, while Master began to suspect Lin Che possessed the legendary Universe Cauldron.

• Lin Che followed the system map to the Mandala Snake and secretly weakened it as Tang San and Master approached.
• Lin Che killed the snake, drained its remaining soul power, and used an adaptation talisman to absorb its transformed thousand-year ring.
• Lin Che gained the Azure Water Entanglement skill, while Tang San suffered soul-power backlash and lost the Mandala Snake as his first-ring opportunity.
• Tang San absorbed a Yellow Crystal Beast ring and gained the less powerful Crystal Armor Defense skill.
• Master warned Tang San to stay away from Lin Che, then recognized signs that Lin Che might wield the legendary Universe Cauldron.
• Lin Che returned to the academy and detected a Man Faced Demon Spider as his next target.

Lin Che and Jiang Zhu left Nuoding for Shrek Academy, where they hoped to find Immortal Herb clues and awaken Jiang Zhu’s Healing Scepter. After defeating Spirit Hall Shadow Scouts on the road, they reached Suotuo City, while Pope Bibi Dong ordered that Lin Che be captured alive or dead.

• Lin Che left Nuoding with Jiang Zhu after learning Master was investigating his Martial Soul, and Jiang Zhu’s Healing Scepter began absorbing residual Soul Power from the Mandala Snake.
• Lin Che and Jiang Zhu were ambushed at an abandoned post station by three Spirit Hall Shadow Scouts, and Jiang Zhu awakened her first Soul Skill to help defeat them.
• A dying Shadow Scout revealed that Spirit Hall was targeting people with abnormal Soul Rings, and Lin Che obtained a Shrek Admission Guide from his system reward.
• Lin Che and Jiang Zhu reached Suotuo City and headed toward Shrek Academy after hearing that its entrance tests were especially difficult.
• At Spirit Hall Headquarters, Bibi Dong recognized Lin Che’s Universe Cauldron and told Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan to let Shrek test him before seeking to capture him alive or dead.

Lin Che passed Shrek Academy’s three-stage enrollment test and defeated Tang San in the combat round, earning first place while Tang San came second. Shrek prepared to enter a dangerous secret realm at dawn, while Bibi Dong and Yue Guan planned to let the group go in first and seize the Universe Cauldron and immortal herbs afterward.

• Zhao Wuji tested the applicants with a Gravity Field, poisonous mist, and Nether Vine, and Lin Che broke all three stages using his Azure Water Sword and Universe Cauldron.
• Tang San completed the trial after Lin Che, then Lin Che defeated him in the combat test by severing his Blue Silver Grass and briefly absorbing his soul power.
• Flender ranked Lin Che first and Tang San second, and Jiang Zhu healed Ma Hongjun and Oscar before Ning Rongrong arrived and agreed to cooperate with Shrek in the secret realm.
• Lin Che received a system quest to facilitate cooperation between Shrek and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Yu Xiaogang recognized the dangerous abilities of his martial souls.
• Flender announced that the secret realm test would begin at dawn, and Lin Che found an immortal herb clue in the enrollment guide.
• Yue Guan reported Lin Che’s location to Bibi Dong, who ordered him to wait until the group entered the secret realm before taking the Universe Cauldron and immortal herbs.

Lin Che pursued Er Ming after it abducted Xiao Wu and used the Universe Cauldron to seize a thousand-year Ghost Vine Soul Ring that Tang San wanted. The group left Star Dou Forest with Lin Che stronger, while Yue Guan and Bibi Dong watched and planned to wait for him to find the immortal herbs.

• Er Ming seized Xiao Wu and fled into Star Dou Forest, prompting Lin Che and Tang San to chase after them.
• Lin Che confronted Er Ming, absorbed some of its Soul Power, and learned that it had no intention of harming Xiao Wu.
• Lin Che used a rare talisman to raise a Ghost Vine's age to a thousand years, then took its Soul Ring while suppressing Er Ming; Tang San could not absorb it safely.
• Tang San absorbed a hundred-year Blue Silver Grass Soul Ring instead, while Lin Che refined Er Ming's Soul Power and reached level eighteen.
• Yue Guan reported Lin Che's abilities to Bibi Dong, who decided to let events unfold until Lin Che found the immortal herbs.

Lin Che used a God-Tier Can to obtain an Infernal Delicate Apricot and save Jiang Zhu from an Ice Scorpion’s poison, triggering her Healing Scepter’s evolution into the Seven-Colored Sacred Staff. As Shrek’s group camped for the night, Yue Guan and Bibi Dong plotted to monitor them and seize the group when they found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

• An Ice Scorpion attacked the group, and Jiang Zhu shoved Lin Che out of its way before its tail stinger poisoned her.
• Jiang Zhu’s Healing Scepter absorbed the ice poison, and Lin Che synthesized a God-Tier Can to obtain an Infernal Delicate Apricot for her to eat.
• The Ice Scorpion attacked again, but Lin Che suppressed it with Cauldron Suppression while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun struck it, forcing it to flee.
• Jiang Zhu’s Martial Soul evolved into the Seven-Colored Sacred Staff, unlocking Seven-Colored Spirit Healing, and her soul power rose to level fourteen.
• Tang San realized that an opportunity to obtain a rare treasure had vanished, while Lin Che kept the system’s role secret.
• Yue Guan reported Lin Che’s opportunity to Bibi Dong, who ordered Shrek’s group monitored and planned to capture them when they found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

Lin Che won Flender’s Thorn Forest morning training by clearing the path efficiently with the Azure Water Sword and conserving Soul Power with the Universe Cauldron, while Tang San struggled and finished far behind. As the students rested, Yue Guan and Bibi Dong planned to have Ghost Douluo create trouble for Shrek, and Flender announced an afternoon Soul Power Competition.

• Flender ordered the students to carry thirty-jin buckets through the Thorn Forest and reach the mountain peak within half an hour without using their Martial Souls to destroy the course.
• Lin Che cut a precise path through the thorns and used the Universe Cauldron to support his bucket and conserve Soul Power, while Tang San relied on movement skills and Blue Silver Grass to navigate the forest.
• Lin Che found Qi Condensing Grass and absorbed its energy, while Tang San used an Oscar Recovery Sausage and continued to lose Soul Power as he struggled through the thorns.
• Lin Che reached the peak first, and Flender reported that Tang San arrived two incense sticks later; Lin Che then explained that Tang San’s inefficient Soul Power use widened their gap.
• Flender praised Lin Che and announced an extra chicken leg, while Lin Che received an Epic Can from his completed system quest and the other students rested and recovered.
• Yue Guan reported Lin Che’s growth to Bibi Dong, who ordered Ghost Douluo to prepare to cause trouble for Shrek; Flender then announced an afternoon Soul Power Competition.

Lin Che used the Spirit Grass Cultivation Method and his Universe Cauldron to purify energy from spirit grass, breaking through to Soul Power level 30. As the Shrek students gathered for a competition, Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to act against Lin Che before he obtained his third soul ring.

• Lin Che opened the Epic Can, learned the Spirit Grass Cultivation Method, and refined energy from an Infernal Delicate Apricot leaf and a Ghost Vine sprout.
• Tang San tried absorbing energy from nearby plants but found it impure, while Lin Che used the Universe Cauldron and Azure Sword Qi to purify his spirit grass energy and break through to level 30.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong reacted to Lin Che's breakthrough, and Lin Che shared basic guidance about cultivating spirit grass with Ning Rongrong and Jiang Zhu.
• Tang San returned to his cabin and wondered whether the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record could help him absorb plant energy more efficiently.
• Yue Guan reported Lin Che's breakthrough to Bibi Dong, who ordered Ghost Douluo to move against him before he absorbed his third soul ring and to investigate the cultivation method.
• Flender announced an afternoon Soul Power Competition, and Lin Che prepared to test his skills as a plot against Shrek began unfolding.