Chapter Summaries

Mu Rong proposed turning Lianhun Village into a prosperous transit station and offered the funds to begin renovating it. Pei Mozhi learned that the legendary Douluo Golden Fragrance might exist and ordered the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect to search for it while quietly protecting Mu Rong.

• Mu Rong proposed building roads, houses, and inns in Lianhun Village so merchants could store goods and use the village’s services.
• Mu Rong offered Old Monk two thousand taels of gold as startup capital and persuaded him to accept by framing it as a business investment.
• Pei Mozhi searched the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect’s records for Douluo Golden Fragrance but found no mention of it.
• Yang Li told Pei Mozhi that the Broken Clan’s leader had described Douluo Golden Fragrance as a legendary divine herb that could defy fate.
• Pei Mozhi ordered the sect to spend a hundred thousand gold soul coins searching for the herb and to discreetly watch over Mu Rong in Ju Yuan City.

Mu Rong’s logistics venture transformed Holy Soul Village as he trained to improve his strength. More than a year later, he reached level ten and prepared to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest with Uncle Suo to obtain his first spirit ring.

• Holy Soul Village grew into a busy logistics hub, attracting workers and wandering soul masters as Mu Rong trained in the nearby oak forest.
• More than a year later, Mu Rong broke through to level ten at Ju Yuan Academy, and Suo Ling admired his progress.
• Mu Rong told Suo Ling he would miss class to ask Uncle Suo to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest for his first spirit ring.
• Suo Ling worried that his own cultivation was too slow, but Mu Rong encouraged him to keep training and promised he could become a Spirit Master in a few years.

Mu Rongchen reached Rank 10 and set out with Yang Biao and two trusted guards to find a Cold Poisonous Toad soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. After half a month of searching, they found venomous toads in a marsh and prepared to approach them.

• Mu Rongchen told Lin that he had broken through to Rank 10 and accepted Chang He's offer to arrange three guards for his trip.
• Chang He appointed Yang Biao to protect Mu Rongchen, and Ning Rongrong decided to follow the group while keeping her identity secret.
• Four days later, Mu Rongchen and the guards entered the Star Dou Great Forest from Biying, heading northwest toward cold marshes and caves.
• The group spent half a month searching the forest and defeating several soul beasts while Mu Rongchen grew more accustomed to the dangers.
• Mu Rongchen and the guards spotted several ice-blue-scaled venomous toads in a deep marsh pool, and Yang Biao ordered everyone to apply snake-repellent powder.

Mu Rong and Mu Bei’s group fought a giant cold poison python at the lake, but the beast killed one man and fatally poisoned Old Chen while badly injuring another. Mu Rong joined the battle and spotted what he believed was the python’s weakness before charging in to attack.

• Mu Bei and two companions attacked the giant python, but its scales resisted their blows and its cold poison overwhelmed their defenses.
• Old Chen’s companion, Monkey, wounded the python’s abdomen, but its tail struck him and left him critically injured.
• The python poisoned Old Chen, who cut off his arm to slow the poison, though the group believed he would not survive.
• Mu Rong fought the python with his blade, dodging its attacks and finding a vulnerable patch beneath its neck near its abdomen.
• Mu Rong shouted “Spirit Seed Light,” surged forward, and prepared to attack the apparent weak point.

Mu Bei killed the Giant Python so Mu Rong could claim its Spirit Fragment, but Mu Rong’s attempt to absorb it nearly overwhelmed him. After seven hours, he survived and emerged with his soul power at level twelve and a stronger, taller body.

• Mu Bei struck the Giant Python in the belly, killing it after it had badly wounded him.
• Mu Rong apologized to Mu Bei, then killed the python and began absorbing its unusually powerful Spirit Fragment.
• The Seven Treasures Trading House head steward watched from hiding and doubted that the seven-year-old Mu Rong could survive absorbing a fragment estimated at nearly eight hundred years old.
• Mu Rong endured severe physical and spiritual pain as the python’s energy flooded his body, while Mu Bei realized the fragment was far more powerful than expected.
• After seven hours, Mu Rong completed the absorption, reaching soul power level twelve and discovering that his body had grown stronger and taller.

Mu Rong returned to Ju Yuan City after gaining his first soul skill from an Ice Phoenix soul ring and registering as a Rank 12 Soul Master. He advised Suo Ling and Lin on their future soul rings, while a letter documenting his dangerous hunt and six-hundred-year Soul Seed was unfolded.

• Mu Rong gave Mu Bei gold soul coins for Old Mu's family and bowed at Old Mu's grave before the group began their journey back.
• After five days, Mu Rong returned to Ju Yuan City, registered his Level 12 rank, and declined Instructor Chen's invitation to join the martial soul division for the time being.
• Mu Rong showed Suo Ling and Lin his Soul Seed and advised them to choose fire-attribute soul beasts for their future soul rings.
• Lin unfolded a letter describing Mu Rong's soul-hunting journey, his actions after the little monkey died, and the details of his six-hundred-year Soul Seed.

Mu Rong considered which intermediate Soul Master academy to attend and worried that he might soon be separated from Lin and Suo Ling. After finding two possible schools, he promised to wait for Suo Ling while she worked to catch up.

• A letter praised a young man's loyalty and the potential of his rare Ice Phoenix martial soul and powerful Spirit Seed.
• The dean told Mu Rong he could graduate and offered to help him enter any intermediate Soul Master academy in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Mu Rong reviewed the academy list, ruled out schools with restrictive admissions, and narrowed his choices to Suotuo City’s academy and Shrek Academy.
• Lin returned with Suo Ling and revealed that his Spirit Seed had risen in rank after a year of refining a Flamehorn Wolf horn.
• Mu Rong told Lin and Suo Ling that they might soon part ways because Suo Ling was only at the sixth rank.
• Suo Ling resolved to cultivate and catch up, and Mu Rong promised to wait for her at the intermediate Soul Master academy.

Mu Rong prepared to enroll at Soul Heaven Academy in Suosuo City with Suo Ling and the forest, then met Ning Fengzhi, who tried to recruit him to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. Mu Rong refused to leave his friends but accepted a Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan guest token, then hurried back to the tavern.

• Mu Rong gave Suo Ling two hundred thousand gold soul coins for cultivation and agreed to attend Soul Heaven Academy in Suosuo City with Suo Ling and the forest.
• As the three headed to a tavern, Ning Fengzhi stopped Mu Rong and took him to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan's branch.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Mu Rong's progress and asked about the Soul Fighting Arena, while Mu Rong asked whether he had found the Immortal Herbs.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to arrange Mu Rong's entry to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, but Mu Rong refused to abandon his friends and chose Soul Heaven Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Mu Rong a guest token that let him seek help from Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan branches across the continent.
• After Mu Rong left, Ning Fengzhi told Uncle Jian he had chosen not to probe Mu Rong's soul power, and Mu Rong hurried toward the tavern, considering the token a possible protection.

Mu Rong and Soul Eater left Ju Yuan City and arrived at Suotu City, where they enrolled at Suotu Academy. As the new students gathered for training, an older youth approached and promised to protect Soul Eater.

• The city lord gave Mu Rong five thousand spirit stones, rare treasures, and a golden soul card, then asked him to look after Soul Eater.
• After a month of travel, Mu Rong and Soul Eater reached Suotu City, where the dean of Ju Yuan Academy introduced Mu Rong and Soul Eater to Dean Wang of Suotu Academy.
• Dean Wang was impressed by Mu Rong's ninth-level innate soul power, Ice Phoenix martial soul, and twelve levels of soul power, and promised him the academy's best treatment.
• Mu Rong and Soul Eater settled into the academy, explored Suotu City, and bought supplies and cultivation herbs.
• At the training grounds, Soul Eater worried about the gathered students, and an older youth stepped forward and promised to protect him.

Mu Rong faced Ao De Jiang in a martial soul contest, using his Ice Phoenix’s cold poison and evasive movement to defeat the older Blazing Tiger user. Ao De Jiang refused to accept the loss and charged again, but Mu Rong matched his strength in a direct clash.

• Mu Rong and Ao De Jiang were announced as the first competitors, with Mu Rong identified as a twelve-year-old control-type user and Ao De Jiang as a fifteen-year-old assault-type user.
• Ao De Jiang attacked with his Blazing Tiger martial soul, but Mu Rong filled the battlefield with Cold Poison Mist and dodged his strikes.
• Mu Rong struck Ao De Jiang with an icy snake tail and a punch, sending him face-first into the mud.
• Ao De Jiang got up and charged Mu Rong again, and the two exchanged a blow that sent them both staggering back three steps.
• Ao De Jiang was shocked that Mu Rong’s strength matched his own.

Mu Rong defeated Odwin in the academy preliminaries, then spent half a year studying and growing stronger. He and Lan Lin went to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena in masks, where Mu Rong registered under the provocative title "Dad Beats Up His Son."

• Mu Rong overcame Odwin's slowing Cold Poison, bit his arm, and knocked him down to win their match.
• Lan Lin narrowly defeated Lu Zhen, and the first day of preliminaries ended with victories for both Lan Lin and Mu Rong.
• Odwin admitted defeat to Mu Rong, who told him he was still too weak to win.
• Over the next half-year, Mu Rong reached rank thirteen and learned about three rare Soul Fragments that could serve as his second Soul Ring.
• Mu Rong persuaded Lan Lin to visit the Great Soul Arena, and they registered under the titles "Dad Beats Up His Son" and "Lone Wolf King."

Mu Rong fought the rank-seventeen Ghost Spider girl in his first match as a Soul Master, overcoming her web and poison attacks to win. The girl admitted defeat, leaving the arena stunned by his victory.

• Spirit Seed bet all his gold Soul Coins on Mu Rong after the emcee announced his match.
• Mu Rong revealed his rank-twelve Ice Phoenix Snake Martial Soul, while the Ghost Spider girl revealed her rank-seventeen Martial Soul.
• The Ghost Spider girl trapped Mu Rong in a web and poisoned his arm, but her poison resisted his Cold Poison.
• Mu Rong tore through the web and charged through the girl's smaller webs, then struck her abdomen with his knee.
• The Ghost Spider girl admitted defeat as Mu Rong approached her with his Ice Phoenix Snake, and the crowd fell silent.

Mu Rong and the forest demon spent six months fighting demons, raising their strength and earning merit points. When a Soul Eater clan boss tried to recruit and threaten Mu Rong, he revealed his Lu family guest elder token and demanded information on rare medicinal plants for his big brother.

• Mu Rong comforted the forest demon after his defeat, and the two reached the trial’s second stage.
• Over six months, Mu Rong defeated ninety-seven demons and advanced to fourteen ranks, while the forest demon defeated twenty-five.
• A Soul Eater clan boss lured Mu Rong into a reception room and threatened him when he refused to join the clan.
• Mu Rong showed the boss his Lu family guest elder token, prompting the boss to apologize and return it.
• Mu Rong ordered the boss to have Cai Bo gather information about rare flowers and medicinal herbs for his big brother.

Mu Rong used a Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan token to make the Great Dou Soul Fort agree to search for rare materials, then returned to the academy and turned away Ao Dewei’s challenge. Back in his dorm, he took out a hundred-year-old soul-calming herb to cultivate his spiritual power.

• An elder intervened at the Great Dou Soul Fort, apologized to Mu Rong, and agreed to gather the materials he requested within two years.
• After leaving the fort, Mu Rong explained to Zang Lin that using the clan token had protected them but left him owing the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan a favor.
• Ao Dewei challenged Mu Rong again at the academy gates, but Mu Rong told him to surpass his Great Dou Soul Fort record instead of repeatedly challenging him.
• Mu Rong returned to his dorm and took out a hundred-year-old soul-calming herb to aid his spiritual-power cultivation.

Mu Rong cultivated his mental power and reviewed its stages, then stayed in Suo Ling City while Lin returned to Ju Yuan City for the holiday. At the Great Dou Spirit Arena, Ou Yuhan gave Mu Rong a massive collection of information about rare spirit herbs, which Mu Rong planned to study before hunting spirit beasts again.

• Mu Rong cultivated his mental power and reflected that he still had a long way to go before reaching the Sea Passing Realm.
• Lin packed for the holiday and gave Mu Rong spirit bones and cultivation herbs to pass on to Suo Ling, along with advice about training him.
• Mu Rong stayed in Suo Ling City while Lin boarded a carriage back to Ju Yuan City.
• At the Great Dou Spirit Arena, Ou Yuhan welcomed Mu Rong and handed him more than ten thousand pages of rare-herb information gathered over half a year.
• Mu Rong thanked Ou Yuhan and said he would study the papers before he had time to hunt spirit beasts again.

Mu Rong studied The Poison Scripture and the herbal books Mu Hong had given him, discovering clues that pointed him toward the Sunset Forest and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Meanwhile, Elder Changlin returned to Ju Yuan City and reunited with his father and Suo Ling, then prepared to help her train.

• Mu Rong read The Poison Scripture and learned that its poisons could even harm the Sealed Void Demon.
• After studying the herbal books for a month, Mu Rong found an account of Ah Yin discovering immortal herbs at a spring and resolved to search for the Sunset Forest and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Elder Changlin returned to Ju Yuan City, where Elder Changhe learned Mu Rong had reached Great Soul Master rank and lent Elder Changlin five thousand gold soul coins.
• Elder Changlin visited Suo Ling, gave her a golden soul card, and told her he would guide her training as Elder Brother had asked.

Mu Rong trained Suo Ling, reached the Great Soul Scholar realm, and weighed whether to attend the Advanced Soul Academy or travel with his younger companions. He asked King Ying to help find a suitable Soul Fragment, leaving the search in King Ying’s hands.

• Mu Rong trained Suo Ling in the mountain forest for half a month, teaching him to rely on agility, evade attacks, and counter instinctively.
• Mu Rong gave Suo Ling three gold soul fragments before escorting him and the others back to the city.
• Mu Rong reached the Great Soul Scholar realm, while Suo Ling advanced to level fourteen and Mu Rong reached level sixteen.
• Mu Rong said he would wait until absorbing the Spirit Seed before deciding whether to attend the Advanced Soul Academy or Great Soul Academy with his younger brothers.
• Mu Rong visited King Ying to ask him to find a suitable Soul Fragment, and King Ying agreed to research and arrange the hunt.

Mu Rong bargained with King Ying for help obtaining an Ice Crystal Dragon Soul Fragment and arranged a hunt with Old Zhou. Back in the dormitory, he fought Oscar and Suo Ling, easily outmatching them with his strength and technique.

• Mu Rong asked King Ying for an Ice Crystal Dragon Soul Fragment, and King Ying explained that the Ice Crystal Dragons lived in dangerous packs.
• Mu Rong offered two roots of Netherworld Vine and a gold Soul Coin card to secure help from Old Zhou, and King Ying agreed to meet him at the academy entrance the next morning.
• Mu Rong returned to the dormitory, where Oscar and Suo Ling demanded to know what Soul Beast he planned to hunt.
• Oscar and Suo Ling attacked Mu Rong without using martial souls, but he quickly broke their teamwork and demonstrated his superior physical abilities.

Mu Rong traveled with Old Zhou and King Ying into the frozen forest to find a soul beast. When they objected to his request for a nine-hundred-year beast, he revealed that he had already absorbed a six-hundred-year first soul ring, leaving them stunned.

• Mu Rong explained that Suo Ling's martial soul was the rare Ice Crystal Scorpion, then sparred with her and Demon Blade until he stopped them.
• Old Zhou and King Ying escorted Mu Rong to the frozen forest, where they warned him to stay close and said his target lived deeper inside.
• Mu Rong asked the two elders to help him hunt a nine-hundred-year soul beast, and they angrily refused.
• Mu Rong revealed his first soul ring was six hundred years old, stunning Old Zhou and King Ying.

Mu Rong, King Ying, and Zhou the Old Axe searched the frozen wasteland for Ice Crystal Dragons so Mu Rong could attempt to absorb a high-age Soul Fragment. They found a colony, but the elders’ attack went disastrously wrong, leaving King Ying injured and Zhou the Old Axe wounded as the pack overwhelmed them.

• Mu Rong persuaded King Ying and Zhou the Old Axe to support his attempt to absorb a nine-hundred-year Soul Fragment.
• Mu Rong, King Ying, and Zhou the Old Axe spent nearly a month searching the frozen wasteland and locating Ice Crystal Dragons in a glacier crevasse.
• Mu Rong retreated while King Ying and Zhou the Old Axe attacked the colony’s largest Ice Crystal Dragon.
• The Ice Crystal Dragons combined their power into an enormous ice spear and froze both elders in midair.
• The colony’s leader shattered the ice around King Ying and hurled him into a wall, while the other dragons wounded Zhou the Old Axe with ice spears.