Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan accepted the black-robed youth’s offer to teach her the Five Saints Technique, which promised to transform her poison but required her to cultivate five Venom Kings. After he imprinted the technique into her mind, she meditated through the night and woke feeling stronger, quietly reconsidering her opinion of him.

• Dugu Yan told the black-robed youth that her grandfather had agreed to his conditions but would punish him if he lied.
• The black-robed youth explained that Dugu Yan needed to raise five Venom Kings by making poisonous creatures fight and devour one another, then bring them to him for fusion.
• Dugu Yan insisted she could endure the painful process and asked to learn the Five Saints Technique.
• The black-robed youth imprinted the technique into Dugu Yan’s mind, and she began cultivating it while he rested nearby.
• Dugu Yan woke after meditating all night, noticed the black-robed youth had stayed by her, and found herself thinking he looked handsome before he opened his eyes.

Dugu Yan completed her first cultivation of the Five Saints Technique and hurried to bathe after discovering that it had expelled impurities from her body. Qin Ming asked Master Chen to train the Royal Sky Battle Team while he was away, then walked in on Dugu Yan leaving Master Chen’s bathroom in pajamas and mentioning “last night,” leaving him stunned.

• Dugu Yan discovered the slime covering her after cultivating and rushed to the bathroom to wash it off.
• Master Chen teased Dugu Yan while she bathed, but stayed seated when Qin Ming knocked at the door.
• Qin Ming asked Master Chen to train the seven children from the Royal Sky Battle Team while Qin Ming handled urgent business away from Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan emerged from the bathroom in pajamas and said she needed to return home to change and wash their clothes.
• Dugu Yan began to mention “last night,” then noticed Qin Ming at the doorway and screamed in embarrassment.
• Qin Ming silently stared at Dugu Yan and Master Chen, misreading their situation.

After Qin Ming mistook Dugu Yan and Master Chen’s encounter for an intimate moment and fled, Master Chen began criticizing the Royal Sky Battle Team’s combat ability. Yu Tianheng challenged him to a fight, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Qin Ming saw Dugu Yan with Master Chen, misunderstood the situation, and ran away despite Dugu Yan chasing after him to explain.
• Dugu Yan blamed Master Chen for not warning her or stopping Qin Ming, then attacked him after he insulted her figure.
• At the open-air training ground, Master Chen told the Royal Sky Battle Team that Qin Ming was absent and Dugu Yan had gone to visit her grandfather.
• Master Chen praised the team’s strengths but called them inexperienced and not even second-rate, angering Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Master Chen to demonstrate his skills in a fight, and Master Chen accepted the challenge.

Dugu Yan arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy's training ground and learned that Yu Tianheng had been knocked unconscious after challenging Master Chen, while four other young men were trapped with a scorpion in a brutal training exercise. After seeing where the scorpion aimed its pincers, Dugu Yan avoided joining the training and began cultivating the Five Saints Technique.

• Dugu Yan arrived and found Yu Tianheng unconscious and bruised, with Yufeng, Osler, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo locked in a cage with a jade green scorpion.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that Yu Tianheng had challenged Master Chen and that Master Chen had set up the cage as life-and-death training for Beast Martial Soul Soul Masters.
• Dugu Yan watched the scorpion attack the four boys and realized it was targeting their lower bodies, while Ye Lingling explained she could heal only half their injuries if they were hit.
• Master Chen refused to reassure Osler that the training was a joke, leaving the four boys terrified of the scorpion's pincers.
• Dugu Yan decided not to participate and began cultivating the Five Saints Technique in the shade, where green and purple poisonous mists formed around her.

Yu Tianheng and his teammates endured days of brutal cage training under Master Chen, while Dugu Yan cultivated the Five Saints Technique and grew closer to him. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan asking about Master Chen’s origins as he held her ankle and claimed he preferred to keep a low profile.

• Yu Tianheng awoke and Master Chen threw him into the cage to train alongside his four companions, where they spent the day fleeing the Jade Green Scorpion.
• Over the following days, Osler was injured when he reacted too slowly, and Master Chen limited Ye Lingling’s healing so Osler had to endure half the pain until training ended.
• By the fifth day, the students had improved enough to launch occasional counterattacks, while Dugu Yan steadily absorbed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Venom through the Five Saints Technique.
• Dugu Yan and Master Chen became friendly, leaving Yu Tianheng, Yufeng, and the others baffled by their closeness after training.
• That night, Dugu Yan asked Master Chen where he came from, and he teased her about her grandfather before grabbing her ankle and saying he kept his identity low-key.

Dugu Yan’s training with the black-robed youth strengthened her vitality and rapidly raised her Soul Power, drawing Ye Lingling’s attention. When Dugu Yan confronted him about his interest in Ye Lingling, he invited her to lunch, then ruined the moment by saying she would pay.

• Dugu Yan asked how Dugu Bo should cultivate the poisonous creatures, and the black-robed youth told her to feed them only venom so they would fight and devour one another.
• After a month of practicing the Five Saints Technique, Dugu Yan’s Soul Power rose from level thirty-one to level thirty-four, and Ye Lingling noticed her increased vitality and cultivation.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that the black-robed youth had taught her a miraculous cultivation technique.
• Dugu Yan asked why the black-robed youth had invited Ye Lingling to dinner but not her, and he playfully invited her to lunch the next day.
• The black-robed youth said Dugu Yan would pay for lunch, prompting her to kick him and call him a stingy bastard who deserved to be single forever.

Dugu Yan invited Master Chen to dinner, then visited him at night with a gift of precious tea leaves while pretending she had come to wash his clothes. Ye Lingling also visited Master Chen for cultivation guidance and encountered Dugu Yan leaving his courtyard, where both girls concealed their reasons for coming.

• Dugu Yan invited Master Chen to eat with her, making Yu Tianheng jealous and prompting him to insist that she had been forced.
• Ye Lingling visited Master Chen at night to ask for cultivation guidance, interrupting an intimate moment between him and the Ice Empress.
• Dugu Yan met Ye Lingling outside Master Chen's courtyard and claimed she had come to deliver his clothes, though Ye Lingling noted that their laundry bet had ended.
• Dugu Yan admitted to Master Chen that she had not washed his clothes and offered to wash them that day, then gave him a gift bag of tea leaves she said her Grandpa had sent.
• Master Chen accepted Dugu Yan's gift without exposing her cover story, and she blushed as she thanked him for accepting it.

Dugu Yan made tea for the black-robed youth, questioned him about Ye Lingling, and changed into Silk Pajamas after he teased her. When he asked if she liked him, she panicked and denied it, claiming she was only concerned as the Vice-Captain.

• Dugu Yan brewed premium tea for the black-robed youth, who praised her skill.
• Dugu Yan asked why Ye Lingling had visited so late, and the black-robed youth said they had discussed improving her Begonia Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan let the black-robed youth rub her feet as they bickered, then went to shower and changed into Silk Pajamas.
• The black-robed youth teased Dugu Yan about staying overnight and asked what she meant by him getting ideas.
• Dugu Yan lunged at the black-robed youth after he teased her about Ye Lingling, and he caught her wrists.
• The black-robed youth asked whether Dugu Yan liked him, and she panicked and denied it, saying she was concerned as the Vice-Captain.

Dugu Yan grew increasingly shy and intimate with the black-robed youth, then fled when he tried to touch her further. The next evening, Ye Lingling visited Master Chen again to ask about her Martial Soul, leaving Dugu Yan jealous and curious about what they discussed.

• The black-robed youth drew Dugu Yan close and caressed her thigh, but she stopped him when his hand moved higher and fled to the guest room.
• The following evening, Ye Lingling arrived at Master Chen’s building again, and he let her in.
• Dugu Yan arrived cheerfully, froze when she saw Ye Lingling, and claimed she had come to get a change of clothes.
• After Ye Lingling left, Dugu Yan questioned the black-robed youth, who said Ye Lingling had asked how to resolve the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul’s inheritance flaw.
• The black-robed youth said he knew a little about the flaw, and Dugu Yan stopped questioning him before realizing how intimate their pose had become.

Master Chen trained the Royal Sky Battle Team while growing closer to Dugu Yan, whose cultivation and poison abilities improved rapidly. Dugu Yan told him that her Grandpa had raised five poisons into Venom Kings, and Master Chen instructed her to bring them and several Immortal Herbs from the Herb Garden.

• Master Chen pulled Dugu Yan into his arms and kissed her, and she eventually responded before fleeing to take a bath.
• The Royal Sky Battle Team improved under Master Chen’s harsh training, with Dugu Yan’s Soul Power Level and Jade Phosphorous Serpent Venom advancing especially quickly.
• Yu Tianheng grew jealous as Dugu Yan became intimate with Master Chen and increasingly distant toward him.
• Dugu Yan told Master Chen that her Grandpa had cultivated five poisons into Venom Kings and that she could bring them the next day.
• Master Chen told Dugu Yan to take several Immortal Herbs from her Grandpa’s Herb Garden to help her absorb the Venom Kings.

The black-robed youth began Dugu Yan’s medicinal bath to help her absorb toxins, but a poisonous toad startled her into rising naked from the water. She hurriedly hid again after realizing he had seen her, while he remained unbothered by the toad and teased her.

• Dugu Yan and the black-robed youth kissed and embraced before beginning their next cultivation step.
• Dugu Yan arrived with poisonous creatures and, after protesting, undressed and entered a hot medicinal bath.
• The black-robed youth released a crimson poisonous toad, which lunged at his hand as Dugu Yan warned him to be careful.
• Dugu Yan sprang from the bath to shield him, but he caught the toad safely between his fingers.
• Dugu Yan realized she was standing exposed, crouched back into the water, and angrily called the black-robed youth a pervert as he teased her.

The Black-robed Youth put Dugu Yan through a painful fusion of the Five Poisons and Immortal Herb medicine, helping her absorb them and break through the level-forty bottleneck. After an exhausting night, he carried her from the bath barrel, and she weakly asked to bathe again.

• The Black-robed Youth drained the venom from five poisonous creatures into Dugu Yan’s bath and told her to absorb it with the Five Saints Technique.
• As Dugu Yan struggled through the pain and tried to leave the barrel, the Black-robed Youth warned that stopping would destroy her foundation and asked if she was sure she wanted to give up.
• Dugu Yan returned to the toxic water, grabbed the Black-robed Youth, and kissed him while enduring the fusion.
• By dawn, Dugu Yan had absorbed the Five Poisons and Immortal Herb medicine, and her Soul Power had surged past the level-forty bottleneck.
• The Black-robed Youth carried the exhausted Dugu Yan toward the bed, but she asked him to let her take a bath.

Dugu Yan recovered from the Five Poisons fusion and Immortal Herb, then returned to the Royal Sky Battle Team with a dramatically increased level and a powerful Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. She grew openly affectionate with the black-robed youth, who turned down her advances for now because her body and cultivation foundation were still unstable.

• The black-robed youth said Dugu Yan was still sleeping, while Ye Lingling understood that she had spent the previous night with him.
• Dugu Yan woke sore and exhausted, learned that her body was still adapting to the Five Poisons fusion, and let the black-robed youth feed her medicinal porridge.
• A few days later, Dugu Yan returned to the training ground at level forty-five, taller and more vibrant, with multicolored strands in her hair and a pitch-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan openly clung to the black-robed youth, prompting Yu Tianheng's teammates to tell him to accept that he never had a chance with her.
• Dugu Yan asked the black-robed youth to take their relationship further, but he refused because her body had not yet stabilized; she accused him of teasing her after he had previously tried to take advantage of her.

Dugu Yan willingly showed her affection for the black-robed youth in the Heavenly Curtain’s broadcast, while the real Dugu Yan watched in shame and sorrow. Several days later, Ye Lingling asked Master Chen to dinner, leaving him and Dugu Yan surprised.

• Dugu Yan asked what the black-robed youth would do if she truly agreed to his proposal, and he whispered a teasing suggestion to her.
• Dugu Yan overcame her embarrassment, expressed her love, and willingly followed through with the intimate gesture as the black-robed youth comforted her.
• The Heavenly Curtain obscured the scene with golden mist, frustrating viewers across the continent.
• In Sunset Forest, Dugu Yan watched the broadcast with shame and longing while Dugu Bo stood speechless beside her.
• Several days later at the Trial Ground, Ye Lingling approached Master Chen and invited him to dinner, surprising him and Dugu Yan.

Ye Lingling privately sought the Black-robed Youth’s help with her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, while Dugu Yan grew jealous and later learned he planned to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The next day Qin Ming returned, but Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling both remained subdued at the team’s welcome meal.

• Ye Lingling asked to speak privately with the Black-robed Youth, and he left the academy with her while Dugu Yan secretly watched.
• The Black-robed Youth returned late and told Dugu Yan he had been helping Ye Lingling with her martial soul.
• The Black-robed Youth told Dugu Yan he would leave after Qin Ming returned, and Dugu Yan pleaded to go with him.
• Dugu Yan feared the Black-robed Youth no longer cared for her, so he comforted her with a kiss.
• Qin Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the Royal Sky Battle Team welcomed him with a meal where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling both appeared unhappy.

Master Chen left the academy, then went with Dugu Yan to Sunset Forest and cured Dugu Bo of his poison. He stayed with Dugu Yan at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, where they planted seeds and grew closer.

• Qin Ming told the Royal Sky Battle Team that Master Chen had left the academy, while Dugu Yan was away on leave.
• Yu Tianheng rejoiced at Master Chen's departure, and the other team members and Ye Lingling felt disappointed.
• Dugu Yan brought Master Chen to Dugu Bo's hut in Sunset Forest so he could remove the poison that had plagued her grandfather.
• Master Chen cured Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan happily clung to him and asked him to stay.
• Master Chen agreed to remain at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, where he and Dugu Yan planted seeds and spent intimate days together.