Chapter Summaries

Yao Yan explained that the Dugu Family's hereditary Jade Scale Serpent Poison came from accumulated Soul Ring Poison and offered Dugu Bo two ways to treat it. Dugu Bo revealed that the needed herb garden was already his, and he led Yao Yan and Dugu Yan there to begin the cure.

• Yao Yan accurately described Dugu Bo's poison symptoms and promised he could cure him.
• Yao Yan identified the Dugu Family's inherited poison as Soul Ring Poison caused by generations of absorbing conflicting poisonous Soul Rings.
• Yao Yan suggested a soul bone as a limited treatment for Dugu Yan and a Poison Pill to seal Dugu Bo's Soul Ring Poison.
• Yao Yan warned that Dugu Bo needed rare herbs to strengthen his fragile meridians before forming a Poison Pill.
• Dugu Bo recognized Yao Yan's drawing as his family's herb garden and took Yao Yan and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

Yao Yan brought Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and explained the value and dangers of its Immortal Herbs. After giving Dugu Yan two herbs that might evolve her Martial Soul, he harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot for himself.

• Yao Yan used his flying Soul Bone to reach Sunset Forest, while Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan there separately.
• Yao Yan identified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and warned Dugu Bo about the deadly Snowy Swan Kiss.
• Yao Yan gave Dugu Bo an Earth Dragon Golden Melon and Dragon Heart Weeping Blood, explaining how they might improve Dugu Yan's snake Martial Soul and poison.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan went to a cave to refine the herbs, leaving Yao Yan beside the spring.
• Yao Yan cut the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot with special daggers, then entered the spring and drew the herbs toward himself with Blue Silver Grass.

Yao Yan endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye’s waters and used Immortal Herbs to transform his Blue Silver Grass, while Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Serpent evolved into a Jade Scale Poison Flood Dragon. After testing Yao Yan’s enhanced Martial Soul, Dugu Bo followed him into the herb garden so they could address the hidden ailment in Dugu Bo’s meridians.

• Yao Yan swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then tempered his Martial Soul in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Serpent evolved into a Jade Scale Poison Flood Dragon, and her Soul Power rose to level forty-four.
• Dugu Bo found Yao Yan underwater, took his Soul Tool, and left him to wait; Yao Yan then discovered and ate the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo.
• Yao Yan showed Dugu Bo his transformed Blue Silver Grass, demonstrated its strength and self-repair, and revealed that he had gained immunity to water, fire, and poison.
• Yao Yan told Dugu Bo it was time to resolve the hidden ailment in his meridians, and the two entered the herb garden.

Yao Yan refined a Nourishing Pill that restored Dugu Bo’s meridians, then accepted a living-storage Soul Tool and promised to look after Dugu Yan after Dugu Bo’s death. After harvesting only mature Immortal Herbs and leaving their roots and younger plants, Yao Yan was approached by a sleepy Dugu Yan.

• Yao Yan refined the Immortal Herbs into a Nourishing Pill, which Dugu Bo swallowed and found effective in repairing and strengthening his meridians.
• Dugu Bo offered Yao Yan the Hundred Treasures Ruyi Bag and asked him to care for Dugu Yan after his death; Yao Yan accepted both the bag and the promise.
• Yao Yan harvested most mature Immortal Herbs while preserving their roots and leaving the younger plants, explaining that spiritual herbs should not be taken greedily.
• Dugu Bo admired Yao Yan’s restraint and again thought of him as a future grandson-in-law.
• Dugu Yan approached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, rubbing her eyes as she woke.

Yao Yan warned Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to keep Dugu Yan’s martial soul evolution secret, then went with Dugu Bo to hunt a fifty-thousand-year Thousand Shadow Vine for his next soul ring. He used the Eye of Destiny to locate the vine’s main body in an ancient forest.

• Dugu Yan woke and learned that Yao Yan had refined the Nourishing Pill to help resolve Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Yao Yan showed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan a file exposing Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism and revealed his connection to Yu Tian Heng, prompting them to agree to conceal Dugu Yan’s martial soul evolution behind a soul-bone explanation.
• Dugu Bo agreed to accompany Yao Yan into the Sunset Forest to hunt a soul ring, while Dugu Yan stayed behind with Body Tempering Pills.
• Yao Yan told Dugu Bo he intended to absorb a fifty-thousand-year Thousand Shadow Vine soul ring, explaining that its clones suited his life-focused Blue Silver Grass.
• Yao Yan opened the Eye of Destiny and revealed the Thousand Shadow Vine’s hidden main body in an ancient vine forest.

Dugu Bo and Yao Yan entered the ruins in Sunset Forest, where Dugu Bo weakened a fifty-thousand-year Thousand Shadow Vine so Yao Yan could kill it and absorb its Soul Ring. Meanwhile, a blonde girl arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, revealed her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and Rank 44 strength, and stunned the staff.

• Dugu Bo destroyed the vines guarding the ruins with his Medusa's Gaze, impressing Yao Yan with his Head Soul Bone skill.
• Dugu Bo found the Thousand Shadow Vine in an underground pool and poisoned it until Yao Yan could tear it apart with his Blue Silver Vines.
• Yao Yan began absorbing the fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring while Dugu Bo watched and considered something.
• A blonde girl entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told the Dean of Students she was thirteen and Rank 44 with a Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• The blonde girl released her Dragon's Might and displayed four Soul Rings, drawing the academy's instructors to the office and leaving the Dean of Students shocked.

Long Qiuer joined the Imperial Dou Team after learning that Yao Yan, its Blue Silver Grass Soul Master, would return soon. In Sunset Forest, Yao Yan gained a powerful cloning skill, tested it with Dugu Bo, and was carried back at high speed despite his protests.

• Meng Shenji met Long Qiuer and admired her Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• Qin Ming invited Long Qiuer to join the Imperial Dou Team, and she agreed after learning Yao Yan would return in a few days.
• Yao Yan absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring, reached level fifty-three, and gained the fifth soul skill Blue Silver Clone.
• Yao Yan demonstrated that his clones could use his Soul Rings, create further clones, and take on simulated appearances.
• Dugu Bo used Yao Yan's simulated Chrysanthemum Douluo Moon Pass to vent his resentment.
• Dugu Bo pinned Yao Yan in midair and carried him out of Sunset Forest at high speed despite his protests.

After returning with a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, Yao Yan urged Dugu Yan to temper herself in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye so she could prepare to absorb one herself. Three days later, he visited Jieyou Pharmacy in Heaven Dou City and arrived at Caiyi’s office, where Zhu Zhuqing opened the door.

• Dugu Yan learned that Yao Yan had acquired a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and asked whether she could obtain one too.
• Yao Yan proposed that Dugu Yan cultivate in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to temper her spiritual power, and she agreed to enter the spring.
• Yao Yan began improving the Body Tempering Pill formula while Dugu Yan tested how long she could endure the spring.
• Three days later, Yao Yan carried gifts to Jieyou Pharmacy and asked a maidservant to take him to Caiyi’s office.
• Yao Yan overheard Caiyi discussing his childhood and her concern that she could not remain by his side forever.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened the office door and greeted Yao Yan.

Yao Yan reunited with Li Caiyi and Zhu Zhuqing, then helped Li Caiyi awaken her Martial Soul by using a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King to open her meridians. Li Caiyi awakened a Red Fox Martial Soul, while Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing an Immortal Herb; a metallic ring sounded as Yao Yan left the room.

• Yao Yan returned to Heaven Dou City and reunited with Li Caiyi, then kissed her and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yao Yan gave Li Caiyi a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King and Zhu Zhuqing a Flower of the Other Shore.
• Yao Yan took Li Caiyi to another office, where she swallowed the ginseng and he guided its medicinal power through her blocked meridians.
• Li Caiyi opened her final meridian and awakened a Red Fox Martial Soul, and Yao Yan taught her to circulate the Inner Elixir Technique.
• Yao Yan left Li Caiyi resting and heard a clear metallic ring from nearby.

Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul evolved into a sword, and Yao Yan gave her and Li Caiyi the Inner Elixir Technique before leaving for Heaven Dou City. There, he and Qian Renxue planned XinHuo Academy and discussed Hidden Weapons, but she stopped him from leaving the Prince’s Mansion.

• Zhu Zhuqing showed Yao Yan her evolved sword Martial Soul and its new Flash skill, which let her teleport up to twenty meters.
• Yao Yan reported that Li Caiyi had awakened a Fox Demon Martial Soul with rank-seven Innate Soul Power, then gave both women the Inner Elixir Technique and left them together.
• At the Prince’s Mansion, Qian Renxue posed as Xue Qinghe’s younger sister, Xiao Xue, and Yao Yan gave her a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone Immortal Herb.
• Yao Yan and Qian Renxue discussed Hidden Weapons and planned XinHuo Academy, including its admissions, leadership, and role in educating officials.
• When Yao Yan tried to leave, Qian Renxue ordered the doors sealed and dragged him toward the inner hall to eat with her.

Yao Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qin Ming introduced Long Qiuer, a new team member with the Golden Dragon Martial Soul. As the team began special training for the Continental Advanced Academy Elite Competition, Long Qiuer challenged Yu Tian Heng to a spar, setting up a clash between the Golden Dragon and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

• Yao Yan met Dugu Yan at the academy gates and confirmed that her improved physique could handle a six-thousand-year soul ring.
• Qin Ming introduced Long Qiuer, a level forty-three Battle Soul Ancestor whose familiar face shocked Yao Yan and whose Golden Dragon Martial Soul made him suspect she was the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
• Qin Ming announced that the team would travel from Heaven Dou City to Suotuo City to fight in Great Soul Arenas and build combat experience for the competition in two years.
• Yu Tian Heng explained that the Golden Dragon was linked to the Dragon God's ultimate strength, and Qin Ming proposed a spar between Long Qiuer and Yu Tian Heng.
• Long Qiuer said she could beat Yu Tian Heng without using Soul Skills, and the two stepped into the training grounds to fight.

Long Qiuer defeated Yu Tian Heng in a training match and was named his substitute on the Imperial Fighting Team. Three months later, the Shrek group went to Suotuo City for a break, where Tang San and Xiao Wu condemned Spirit Hall despite collecting its stipends, leaving Huang Yuan alone with his complaint.

• Long Qiuer blocked Yu Tian Heng’s attack with her bare hand, then broke both his arms with a punch after unleashing her Golden Dragon’s Might.
• Dugu Yan challenged Long Qiuer over Yu Tian Heng’s injuries, but Qin Ming stopped her and said Long Qiuer had held back.
• Qin Ming named Long Qiuer as Yu Tian Heng’s substitute and paired her with Yao Yan for two-person matches; the team prepared to leave the next day.
• Three months later, the Shrek group finished Master Yu’s training and headed to Suotuo City for a seven-day break.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu argued with Huang Yuan about Spirit Hall, then went ahead to collect their stipends, leaving Huang Yuan to criticize them for taking its money while cursing it.

Shrek's students drew attention at Suotuo City's Spirit Hall, where staff secretly began a plan after Tang San's identity was exposed. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang persuaded Tang Hao that Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might have betrayed Tang San, and Tang Hao left to investigate.

• The Shrek students tested their Soul Power at Spirit Hall, where a staff member hinted that a man named Tang San had become a rich man's male lover.
• A Spirit Hall elder gave a staff member a letter and ordered him to proceed with their plan after Tang San appeared.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Flender's office, agreed to solve Shrek's funding problem, and demanded that Ning Rongrong join the next training mission.
• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San's identity had been exposed, and Yu Xiaogang blamed a possible academy traitor.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi of revealing Tang San's identity to obtain his Hidden Weapon blueprints, and Tang Hao left to investigate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall in Suotuo City to draw its attention away from Tang San, then fled toward the Star Dou Great Forest as Golden Crocodile Douluo pursued him. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai targeted Yao Yan and Long Qiuer after becoming infatuated with Long Qiuer, leaving a confrontation about to begin.

• Tang Hao smashed Spirit Hall's dome with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Golden Crocodile Douluo sensed the attack.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized Tang Hao and chased him toward the Star Dou Great Forest, ordering Snake Lance Douluo to watch Yao Yan.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai recovered from the disturbance and noticed Long Qiuer walking with Yao Yan.
• Dai Mubai dismissed Ma Hongjun's warning and approached Yao Yan and Long Qiuer, intending to take Long Qiuer for himself.

Yao Yan intervened when Dai Mubai harassed Long Qiuer and beat Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun in front of Suotuo City's onlookers. He left Dai Mubai badly injured and struck him between the legs, while the crowd cheered.

• Dai Mubai blocked Long Qiuer's path and tried to use his status as a Soul Elder to force her to associate with him, while Yao Yan realized Shrek Academy was feared in Suotuo City.
• Yao Yan struck Dai Mubai into a shop wall, then faced him and Ma Hongjun when they attacked alongside Long Qiuer.
• Yao Yan shattered Dai Mubai's fist with his Coiled Dragon Staff and pinned Ma Hongjun against a wall with the staff.
• Yao Yan caught Dai Mubai as he fled, beat and slapped him, and ignored his threat about Shrek's Soul Saint dean.
• Yao Yan struck Dai Mubai between the legs with the staff, leaving him crumpled on the ground as the crowd cheered.

Yao Yan and Long Qiuer left Dai Mubai injured in Suotuo City, while Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek and told Tang San what had happened. Tang San rallied the academy to confront the pair, and Shrek headed into the city in force.

• Yao Yan stopped Long Qiuer from pursuing Ma Hongjun and left Dai Mubai to fend for himself.
• Oscar and Tang San treated Ma Hongjun after he returned to Shrek battered and asked them to avenge him.
• Huang Yuan suggested that Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai had provoked the fight by trying to take a girl by force.
• Ma Hongjun admitted that he had forgotten Dai Mubai in the street, prompting Tang San to ask about their attackers.
• Tang San sent for Xiao Wu, Zhao Wuji, and Ning Rongrong, then led the assembled Shrek group toward Suotuo City.

Dai Mubai was treated after Yao Yan left him gravely injured, but the healing Soul Master could not restore his manhood, and Yu Xiaogang cut away the necrotic injury. While Zhao Wuji sent the Shrek Six Devils to search for Yao Yan and his companion, Yao Yan stayed in a hotel writing a story intended to unsettle Bibi Dong.

• Tang San, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong tried to stabilize Dai Mubai before Zhao Wuji brought him to Flender's shop for treatment.
• A healing Soul Master saved Dai Mubai's life but said he could do nothing about his injury, and the academy could not afford surgery.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the Shrek Six Devils to search Suotuo City for Yao Yan and his companion while warning them not to confront the pair alone.
• Yu Xiaogang told Dai Mubai the necrotic injury had to be cut away, then removed it as Zhao Wuji turned aside.
• After two days of searching, Long Qiuer found Yao Yan in a hotel room writing a manuscript titled "The Love Story of Dong'er and the Master," and began reading it.

Long Qiuer read Yao Yan’s story about Dong’er and Master, and Yao Yan questioned why Master received a happy ending after both had done wrong. As Yao Yan and Long Qiuer went to publish the story, the Shrek group found their hotel and waited to ambush them.

• Long Qiuer read the story in which Dong’er became Tang Sect leader, waged war, and died while Master gained fame and happiness.
• Yao Yan told Long Qiuer he wanted to change the ending because Master had escaped consequences for his part in their tragedy.
• Yao Yan completed the story and took Long Qiuer from the hotel to publish it, while a watcher reported their location to others.
• Snake Lance Douluo watched the pair leave and vanished after suggesting someone should lose the City Lord’s position.
• Zhao Wuji led the Shrek Six Devils and Master Yu to the hotel, where they hid and waited for Yao Yan and Long Qiuer to return.

Yao Yan and Long Qiuer confronted the Shrek group, and Long Qiuer broke Xiao Wu’s leg while Yao Yan overwhelmed Tang San and Huang Yuan. Tang San healed and charged back into battle, still convinced he could defeat Yao Yan despite the appearance of two powerful clones.

• Tang San led the Shrek group in blocking Yao Yan and Long Qiuer, and Long Qiuer insulted them as they argued over Dai Laoda’s injury.
• Long Qiuer effortlessly broke Xiao Wu’s leg, and Xiao Wu recognized that Long Qiuer knew her identity and urged Tang San to retreat.
• Tang San attacked Yao Yan but had his Mysterious Jade Hand shattered by a single blow from Yao Yan’s simulated Coiled Dragon Staff.
• Yao Yan countered Huang Yuan’s spiritual attack with the Eye of Destiny, evaded Ma Hongjun’s flames, and summoned two Blue Silver clones.
• Tang San used Oscar’s Recovery Sausage to heal his arms, dismissed the clones as weak illusions, and charged back into the fight.

Yao Yan and Long Qiuer defeated Tang San and the other Shrek students, then confronted Zhao Wuji when he demanded revenge for Dai Mubai. The chapter ended with Yao Yan and Long Qiuer preparing to fight Zhao Wuji.

• Tang San's Blue Silver Entanglement and Hidden Weapons failed to harm Yao Yan, who overwhelmed him with the Coiled Dragon Staff and a punch before striking his abdomen.
• Long Qiuer blocked Zhao Wuji's attack as Yao Yan's clones defeated Huang Yuan and Ma Hongjun.
• Zhao Wuji demanded that Yao Yan and Long Qiuer cripple themselves or fight him, claiming he sought revenge for Dai Mubai.
• Long Qiuer chose to fight, and Yao Yan told Zhao Wuji he would cripple him as they faced off outside the hotel.