Chapter Summaries

After absorbing his Second Soul Ring, Liu Feng reached level 23 and demonstrated his new recovery Soul Skill, Endless Life. The group left the Giant Python Vine behind and camped by a stream, where they shared a meal after their successful Soul Hunting.

• Liu Feng revealed that his transformed Blue Silver Grass had gained the recovery skill Endless Life, which restored the group's strength and healed their wounds.
• Liu Feng explained that Endless Life became weaker when healing more people, and the others praised its usefulness.
• The group dissected the Giant Python Vine but found no Soul Bone, then abandoned its remains because the foul-smelling vines had little medicinal value.
• Golden Armored Turtles and Yellow Scaled Giant Rats arrived and fed on the Giant Python Vine's remains after Liu Qing and the others left.
• Liu Qing's group returned to their supplies, camped beside a stream, and prepared a meal after Zhang Ma hunted a hundred-year-old Glazed Deer.
• Aunt Liu roasted the venison, and the group ate together and shared stories from the day's Soul Hunting.

After absorbing his Second Soul Ring, Liu Feng used his Soul Skills to protect the camp and help the group survive dangers on their return from Starshine Mountain. They made it back to Liu Family Village after a month away, while Liu Qing and Aunt Liu left their feelings for each other unresolved.

• Liu Feng combined Deep Rooted and Endless Life to create a sensing and defensive root network for the night watch, while Liu Qing and Aunt Liu spoke about their uncertain future together.
• The group set out for home at dawn and, on the third day, fought off a pack of Venom Fang Wolves using Liu Feng’s binding and recovery skills alongside the others’ attacks and Liu Qing’s Antidote Powder.
• After the wolf attack drove them off their planned route, Liu Feng spread Blue Silver Grass roots through a dangerous swamp to create a safe path for everyone.
• Liu Feng and the others overcame further troubles on the journey and returned safely to Liu Family Village after a month away.

After returning safely to Liu Family Village, Liu Feng and Liu Qing reunited with Liu Bai, who welcomed them with a lavish dinner and invited Liu He to join them. The family and friends shared food, wine, and stories before going home to rest, and Liu Feng slept soundly until morning.

• Liu Feng and his group returned to Liu Family Village, where Liu Feng reunited with Liu Bai and recounted their dangerous soul-hunting journey.
• Liu Bai prepared a feast while Liu Feng and Liu Qing bathed and recovered from the journey.
• Liu Qing invited Liu He to dinner, and she accepted and joined the gathering at the Liu residence.
• Liu Bai toasted Liu He for looking after Liu Qing and Liu Feng, then shared stories of his time in the army and his cooking.
• Everyone enjoyed the meal, medicinal wine, and chilled fruit before heading home, and Liu Feng slept until broad daylight.

After recovering from a hangover, Liu Feng went to Prosperous Dragon Town to register for a level appraisal. He was certified as a level 23 Soul Grandmaster and received a new badge and access to monthly subsidies.

• Liu Bai brought Liu Feng Hangover Soup and porridge, and Liu Feng learned that Liu Qing was still asleep.
• Liu Feng set out alone for Prosperous Dragon Town, bought a copy of Compendium of Basic Medicine, and went to the Martial Soul Hall.
• Steward Wang recognized Liu Feng and began his level appraisal.
• Liu Feng summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and revealed two yellow Soul Rings.
• The Crystal Ball showed Liu Feng was level 23, and Steward Wang gave him a Soul Grandmaster badge and explained his monthly subsidy.

Liu Feng, Liu Qing, and Old Man Wang organized a regional herb-growing alliance and planned a unified pharmacy business. They agreed to hold a general meeting in Liu Family Village in three days and begin planting in time for next year's harvest.

• Liu Feng returned home and joined Liu Qing and Aunt Liu in welcoming Old Man Wang, who asked about the soul hunt and the proposed Herbal Alliance.
• Liu Feng and Liu Qing agreed the alliance was feasible but said its profits and responsibilities needed careful planning.
• Liu Feng, Liu Qing, and Old Man Wang agreed to divide profits by the quantity and quality of each village's herbs, with Liu Family Village handling processing and storage and other villages focusing on cultivation.
• The group named the organization the Prosperous Dragon Town Herbal Merchants Association, appointed its officers and stewards, and assigned transportation and financial duties.
• Old Man Wang and Liu Qing agreed to merge their pharmacies into Green Wood Pharmacy, split its shares equally, and build a business combining herb sales and medical treatment.
• Old Man Wang left to inform the others and announced that a general meeting would take place in Liu Family Village in three days so planting could begin promptly.

Liu Feng trained with the Xing Yi Three Forms while Old Man Wang gathered villagers to establish the Herbal Merchants Association and organize forest ginseng cultivation and protection. Everyone reviewed the association plan and raised no objections.

• Liu Feng practiced the Xing Yi Three Forms and refreshed himself with well water.
• Old Man Wang returned with Liu Qing, Liu Feng, and more than twenty village chiefs, hunters, and herb gatherers.
• Old Man Wang introduced Liu Feng as a Level 23 Soul Grand Master who had built the herb network.
• Old Man Wang explained plans to expand forest ginseng cultivation and arrange rotating guards to protect it from wild beasts.
• Liu Qing and the others wrote down the association's rules, personnel arrangements, and rewards and punishments.
• Everyone read the Merchant Association Plan, and Old Man Wang asked for questions or suggestions; they indicated they had none.

Liu Feng helped establish the Herbal Alliance and asked Old Man Wang to teach him medicine, while his family warned him about the dangers of pursuing an Advanced Academy. He explained that medical study would help him find trustworthy Soul Masters to develop the Xing Yi Three Forms, and Aunt Liu offered to obtain herbal books for him.

• Liu Qing led the villagers and Liu Feng in signing the agreement, and Old Man Wang announced the Herbal Alliance's establishment.
• Liu Feng asked Old Man Wang to teach him medicine, explaining that it would prepare him for the future as a Support Soul Master.
• Liu Feng told Liu Qing he wanted to attend an Advanced Academy, but Liu Qing and Liu Bai warned him about the obstacles and recounted how Liu Qing had returned from traveling alone after his brother disappeared.
• Liu Qing proposed that Liu Feng study medicine, serve as a Military Physician, build connections, and obtain a Recommendation Letter to enter an Advanced Academy.
• Liu Feng explained that medical practice would let him meet and screen injured Soul Masters around Prosperous Dragon Town before asking suitable people to analyze their Soul Skills.
• Aunt Liu offered to use her physician connection to obtain herbal and medical books, and Liu Feng thanked her.

Wang Qiang and Liu Qing established Green Wood Pharmacy as the new home for their merged businesses while Liu Feng and Old Man Wang organized herb farming across the Nine Villages. After helping link all nine villages’ herbs with his Blue Silver Grass abilities, Liu Feng returned home completely exhausted, dreaming of the association’s future prosperity.

• Wang Qiang and Liu Qing chose a site near the southern entrance of Prosperous Dragon Town and oversaw construction of Green Wood Pharmacy while their existing stores remained open.
• Liu Feng surveyed the Nine Villages’ fields, and Old Man Wang settled the villagers’ disputes by assigning land shares to each village for internal distribution.
• Liu Feng presented Old Man Wang with a map of suitable herbs for each plot, and Old Man Wang arranged for seeds and seedlings to be purchased and distributed.
• Green Wood Pharmacy opened after a month-long promotion was advertised, while the Nine Villages’ fields were leveled and prepared for planting.
• Liu Feng used his Blue Silver Grass and Second Soul Skill, Endless Life, to link the herbs in each village, while Old Man Wang protected him and restored his Soul Power with Ripe Fruit Falls.
• Liu Feng asked Old Man Wang where he had found the Earth Spirit Golden Melon for his Third Soul Ring, then returned home exhausted after they linked all Nine Villages in one day.

After organizing the chamber of commerce, Liu Feng studied herbal medicine and surgery while cultivating among Blue Silver Grass. He broke through to Level 24 and continued developing his medical skills at Green Wood Pharmacy.

• The villagers guarded and cultivated medicinal materials while clearing the riverbed for a future Waterwheel, and Liu Qing, Wang Qiang, and Liu Bai handled their respective work at the pharmacy and herb fields.
• Liu Feng received Aunt Liu's collected Herbal Knowledge, became an apprentice at Green Wood Pharmacy in Prosperous Dragon Town, and studied under Old Man Wang while continuing his cultivation.
• After three months, Liu Feng broke through to Level 24 while cultivating among the Blue Silver Grass in the pharmacy's back courtyard.
• Green Wood Pharmacy became the number one pharmacy in Prosperous Dragon Town, and Liu Feng began studying surgical medicine under Physician Zhao.
• Liu Feng assisted Physician Zhao in treating a Soul Master's claw wound and continued practicing surgery until his medical skills improved.

Liu Feng balanced surgical training with cultivation, becoming a renowned surgeon and reaching Soul Grandmaster at seventeen. After he saved Zhang Xin with a complex operation, his reputation spread beyond Prosperous Dragon Town.

• Liu Feng apprenticed himself to Physician Zhao, assisted in a major amputation, and spent the next half year gaining surgical experience.
• Liu Feng independently operated on a Soul Master bitten by a venomous Hundred-Year Mandragora Snake, using an antidote and his Second Soul Skill, Endless Life, to save him.
• Liu Feng invented and improved surgical tools, earning acclaim from Physicians around Prosperous Dragon Town while continuing his medical studies and cultivation.
• Two years passed, and Liu Feng became known as the Surgical Saint Hand and reached Soul Grandmaster at seventeen.
• Liu Feng admitted Zhang Yuan to the operating room and directed him to bring in his critically injured brother, Zhang Xin.
• Liu Feng used blood transfusion, surgery, and Endless Life to save Zhang Xin, and his reputation spread beyond Prosperous Dragon Town.

Liu Feng shared a meal with the Zhang Brothers, forgave their overdue medical fees, and invited them to a gathering. After they left, he reflected on how he chose friends and built connections to support his cultivation and Soul Skill research.

• Zhang Yuan and the recovering Zhang Xin thanked Liu Feng for saving Zhang Xin and asked for more time to pay their medical fees.
• Liu Feng told the brothers they could repay him when able, then invited them to eat and drink with him.
• Zhang Yuan explained that their hunting party had been attacked by a seven-hundred-year-old White Tiger, and the brothers had barely survived.
• Liu Feng invited the Zhang Brothers to a gathering he planned to hold in half a month, and they agreed to attend.
• After the brothers departed, Liu Feng reflected on his standards for friendship and his efforts to find compatible Soul Masters for his Soul Skill research.

Liu Feng returned to Liu Family Village with Liu Qing and Old Man Wang to help harvest an unusually abundant crop of medicinal herbs. After the villages brought in their harvest, Liu Feng and Old Man Wang organized the villagers to process the herbs using improved formulas and techniques.

• Liu Qing told Liu Feng that the medicinal materials across the nine villages were ready for harvest, and Liu Feng agreed to return with him and Old Man Wang.
• Liu Feng saw the thriving Blue Silver Grass along the road and recognized the results of his grandfather’s years of cultivation.
• Liu Feng and the others arrived at Liu Family Village, where Liu Bai welcomed them and started the harvest.
• Liu Feng used his First Soul Skill, Deep Roots, to harvest herbs and discovered that his Second Soul Skill had strengthened the underground Blue Silver Grass network.
• Liu Feng and the villagers spent seven days harvesting, then gathered the medicinal materials from all nine villages in warehouses at Liu Family Village.
• Liu Feng and Old Man Wang supervised the villagers as they cleaned, dried, sliced, and ground the herbs according to improved formulas for medicines and other products.

Liu Feng developed Blue Silver Grass Perfume and turned it into a thriving business with Shopkeeper Ning and Aunt Liu. After the shop began earning substantial profits, he asked Shopkeeper Ning to help him find high-grade Whale Rubber.

• Liu Feng broke through to Level 25 while training at the Waterfall, then collected Blue Silver Grass dew and developed a refreshing perfume.
• Liu Feng discovered that Female Soul Masters bought the perfume because its natural scent did not alert Soul Beasts during Soul Hunting, and he arranged to sell it through Shopkeeper Ning's network.
• As sales grew, Liu Feng and Shopkeeper Ning agreed to open Blue Silver Perfume, with Aunt Liu managing the shop and Grandpa Liu Bai making the perfume.
• The shop's sales rose to around ten thousand bottles a month, giving Liu Feng six thousand Gold Soul Coins in monthly profit.
• Liu Feng asked Shopkeeper Ning to help him obtain thousand-year or ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, and Shopkeeper Ning agreed to search for it.

Liu Feng shifted the Blue Silver Grass Perfume Shop’s focus to its herbal line and expanded sales through demonstrations, guild partnerships, and advertising. After a competitor copied the product, Shopkeeper Ning connected the business with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, boosting sales across the Heaven Dou Empire and prompting Liu Feng to expand Blue Silver Grass cultivation.

• Liu Feng, Aunt Liu, and Shopkeeper Ning decided to focus on the herbal perfume series and lower its price after the floral line struggled against established brands.
• Liu Feng and Aunt Liu promoted Blue Silver Grass Perfume in Heckmu Town, while Shopkeeper Ning’s hired shop workers posed as customers to encourage sales.
• Liu Feng arranged trials and partnerships with Soul Master guilds, commissioned posters and flyers, and helped the perfume become known across the region.
• Liu Feng learned that a new shop had copied Blue Silver Grass Perfume’s packaging and slogan, and his team held a trial fair to demonstrate their product’s quality.
• Shopkeeper Ning used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s connections to address the counterfeiting, and the shop began a partnership that expanded sales across the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Liu Feng brought in the Herbal Alliance to increase Blue Silver Grass cultivation, enlarging his Mimicry Cultivation Territory and improving his cultivation speed.

Liu Feng discussed the pharmacy’s booming Tiger Deer Strengthening Wine sales and expanded his plans to collect other Soul Beast materials. When Zhang Feng arrived seeking wine, Liu Feng recognized his Jade Phosphorous Serpent poisoning and began examining him for treatment.

• Old Man Wang reported that the Tiger Deer Strengthening Wine was selling so quickly that the pharmacy was nearly out of stock.
• Wang Qiang agreed to procure more tiger- and deer-type Soul Beasts, and Liu Feng asked him to collect materials from unfamiliar Soul Beasts as well.
• Zhang Feng entered the pharmacy to buy wine, and Liu Feng recognized the scent of Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison on him.
• Zhang Feng told Liu Feng that he was a level 38 Battle Soul Elder and former scout whose poisoning had left toxins in his liver.
• Liu Feng prepared to treat Zhang Feng, summoned his Blue Silver Grass, and used it to probe the poison inside his body.

Liu Feng diagnosed Zhang Feng with severe liver poisoning and recommended removing the damaged liver, then arranged a blood supply and performed the surgery with Physician Zhao. Zhang Feng recovered from the operation and was no longer troubled by the toxins.

• Liu Feng found that toxins had badly damaged Zhang Feng's liver and proposed surgery to remove it.
• Zhang Feng returned to the Third Great Camp with Physician Sun, who tested the soldiers and collected compatible blood.
• After Zhang Feng and Physician Sun returned to Green Wood Pharmacy, Liu Feng and Physician Zhao prepared and performed the surgery.
• When Zhang Feng's blood pressure dropped during the operation, the trainee physician transfused the preserved blood and stabilized him.
• Liu Feng removed the poisoned liver, closed the wound, and used his Second Soul Skill, Endless Life, to aid Zhang Feng's recovery.
• Liu Feng and Physician Zhao monitored Zhang Feng as he regained his health and recovered from the toxins.

After saving Zhang Feng’s life, Liu Feng helped him recover at Green Wood Pharmacy and invited him to a dinner gathering at Longxing Hotel. On the day of the gathering, Zhang Feng had nearly recovered and helped deliver a cart of Soul Beast Meat, while Liu Feng searched Prosperous Dragon Town’s Marketplace for special additions to the meal.

• Zhang Feng’s wife thanked Liu Feng for saving her husband and gave him a Golden Soul Card worth three thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Liu Feng used his healing skills to check Zhang Feng’s recovery, warned him to keep resting, and invited him to a gathering at Longxing Hotel in a week.
• Seven days later, Zhang Feng had nearly recovered and left Green Wood Pharmacy to explore town before the gathering.
• Zhang Feng met Liu Feng, who asked him to help deliver a cart of Soul Beast Meat to Longxing Hotel, and Zhang Feng brought it to the hotel’s kitchen.
• Liu Feng continued through Prosperous Dragon Town’s Marketplace, looking for distinctive goods to add to the gathering.

Liu Feng spent the morning browsing the Marketplace before meeting his friends at Longxing Hotel. Zhang Yuan, Zhang Xin, and Zhou Zheng arrived, and the group prepared to share a meal.

• Liu Feng bought a Soul Beast skeleton from a Marketplace vendor and arranged for its spines to be delivered to Green Wood Pharmacy.
• Liu Feng and Zhang Feng went to Longxing Hotel and waited in a reserved room for their friends to arrive.
• Liu Feng told Zhang Feng that he could move around while recovering but needed several more months before returning to the battlefield.
• Zhang Yuan, Zhang Xin, and Zhou Zheng arrived and greeted Liu Feng and Zhang Feng.
• Liu Feng introduced everyone, then asked the waiter to serve the dishes.

Liu Feng hosted Zhang Xin, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Feng, and Zhou Zheng for a lavish meal and shared medicinal wine. Zhang Xin and Zhou Zheng presented Liu Feng with valuable gifts, and the gathering ended with everyone enjoying tea and fruit.

• Liu Feng introduced the feast and his homemade Jade Snake medicinal wine, then toasted the group.
• Zhang Xin and Zhang Yuan gave Liu Feng a Golden Soul Card with five thousand Gold Soul Coins and six Rhino Earth Dragon Pearls.
• Zhou Zheng gave Liu Feng a box of gallbladders from thousand-year-old snake soul beasts, including one from a five-thousand-year-old beast.
• Liu Feng reassured Zhang Feng that he did not need to bring a gift, and the five friends ate, drank, and chatted together.
• Liu Feng rang for the waiter to clear the table, and the waiter served fruit and tea for the group to enjoy.

Liu Feng proposed analyzing his four friends’ Amplification Soul Skills to create techniques that could strengthen his cultivation, and demonstrated his Xing Yi Three Forms. His friends agreed to help, and they planned to begin the analysis the next day.

• Liu Feng explained that he had chosen Zhang Feng, Zhou Zheng, Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Xin because they were trustworthy and their Martial Souls and soul skills suited his plan.
• Liu Feng described Soul Skill Analysis as studying soul skills to develop techniques that did not rely on Soul Rings, focusing on Amplification Soul Skills to strengthen himself.
• Liu Feng demonstrated the Galloping Horse, Mountain Charging Qi, and Light as a Crane forms of his Xing Yi Three Forms.
• Zhou Zheng and the others agreed to join Liu Feng’s effort and pledged to work together.
• Liu Feng and his friends discussed their plan until nightfall and agreed to officially begin the next day.