Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao paid his last five gold soul coins to awaken his martial souls, discovering a bone-white flame and a powerful body martial soul. Back at home, he encountered the spirit inside his ring and recognized him as Old Medicine.

• Lin Xiao paid five gold soul coins and entered the awakening hall, where the crystal ball briefly showed innate full soul power before dimming to reveal innate level-three soul power.
• The awakening overseer dismissed Lin Xiao without a martial soul certificate, and Lin Xiao hurried home.
• Lin Xiao manifested a cold bone-white flame, then summoned a humanoid body martial soul that fused with him and strengthened his body.
• Lin Xiao wondered whether selling his mother's ring would have changed his awakening, then heard an aged voice ask whether he wanted to sell it.
• A white mist filled Lin Xiao's room, and he recognized the figure emerging from it as Old Medicine.

Lin Xiao learned that Old Medicine had watched over him from the Black Ring and awakened by absorbing his and his mother’s soul power. Old Medicine offered to teach Lin Xiao alchemy, and Lin Xiao eagerly accepted and became his disciple.

• Old Medicine questioned Lin Xiao about how he recognized him, and Lin Xiao explained that he had reincarnated with memories of his previous life.
• Old Medicine praised Lin Xiao’s resolve and asked whether he wanted to become stronger, and Lin Xiao enthusiastically agreed.
• Lin Xiao asked about his mutated flame martial soul, and Old Medicine explained that he had absorbed soul power from Lin Xiao’s mother and later used Lin Xiao’s innate Level 7 soul power to awaken.
• Old Medicine revealed that he had been in the Douluo world for forty years and asked Lin Xiao to become his disciple, offering to teach him alchemy.
• Lin Xiao immediately kowtowed to Old Medicine, who told him that three bows were enough.

Lin Xiao asked Old Medicine whether he could become an Alchemist, and Old Medicine confirmed that his soul had the necessary fire and wood attributes but needed stronger perception. Old Medicine recommended a fire-attribute cultivation method, then offered Lin Xiao the evolvable low yellow-tier Flame Mantra, which Lin Xiao eagerly accepted.

• Lin Xiao asked Old Medicine if he could become an Alchemist, and Old Medicine said Lin Xiao had strong fire and weak wood soul attributes but needed to cultivate his soul perception.
• Old Medicine compared the cultivation methods of his world with this world's methods and advised Lin Xiao to focus on a fire-attribute method while also cultivating his soul.
• Lin Xiao asked about heaven-tier methods, and Old Medicine said he had none but possessed the low yellow-tier Flame Mantra.
• Old Medicine explained that the Flame Mantra could evolve but that he did not know how far it could progress.
• Lin Xiao agreed to learn the Flame Mantra, reasoning that even its low yellow-tier form would be among the best methods in this world.

Lin Xiao decided to cultivate dou qi and Soul Power together, using the Flame Mantra and his Martial Souls. Old Medicine agreed to help him manage the risks until Dou Wang, and Lin Xiao asked what rank that would correspond to in the Douluo world.

• Old Medicine gave Lin Xiao the Flame Mantra, and Lin Xiao worried that Douluo lacked the heavenly flames it needed to evolve.
• Old Medicine explained that other flames could be fused and used to advance the technique, and Lin Xiao proposed using his flame Martial Soul as its foundation.
• Lin Xiao planned to cultivate dou qi through his flame Martial Soul and Soul Power through his Self Martial Soul while keeping the latter hidden from others.
• Old Medicine warned that the two energies might conflict, but offered to suppress violent surges until Lin Xiao reached Dou Wang, provided he solved the compatibility problem before then.
• Lin Xiao promised to help Old Medicine rebuild his physical body and asked which Douluo rank corresponded to Dou Wang.

Lin Xiao learned from Old Medicine that Soul Power converted poorly into Dou Qi, received a High-grade Profound Tier Dou Technique, and set out for the White Tiger Duke Mansion to find out about Huo Yuhao. After a guard drove him away, Lin Xiao circled back and collided with a wary stranger.

• Old Medicine told Lin Xiao that his father was only at the third stage of Dou Qi and explained how little Soul Power could be converted for Dou Disciple cultivation.
• Old Medicine gave Lin Xiao the Eight Extremes Collapse Dou Technique and reminded him that his teacher would protect him.
• Lin Xiao decided to visit the White Tiger Duke Mansion to check whether Huo Yuhao had obtained the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm or the Holy Necromancer.
• Lin Xiao traveled for three days to the White Tiger Duke Mansion, where a guard mistook him for a beggar and drove him away.
• Lin Xiao circled back around the estate and collided with a poorly dressed stranger, and both watched each other warily.

Lin Xiao encountered Huo Yuhao after he escaped from the White Tiger Duke Mansion, then let him go and followed him to pursue a greater opportunity. Old Medicine sensed that Huo Yuhao's unusually strong destiny was being subtly influenced, and Lin Xiao suspected Tang San was behind it.

• Lin Xiao misled the men searching for Huo Yuhao, then chased after the boy when he realized who he might be.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Lin Xiao with a dagger, but Lin Xiao subdued him and confirmed his identity.
• Lin Xiao told Huo Yuhao he was not there to capture him, and Huo Yuhao left after thanking him.
• Old Medicine sensed a powerful, eerie influence on Huo Yuhao's destiny and urged Lin Xiao to follow him.
• Lin Xiao followed Huo Yuhao, suspecting Tang San's influence and noting that Huo Yuhao's journey seemed unusually free of danger.

Lin Xiao followed Huo Yuhao toward the Star Dou Great Forest, then waited near a signpost for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to appear. After avoiding Tang Ya and Bei Bei’s attempt to recruit him into the Tang Sect, he sensed a powerful Spirit Power presence nearby.

• Lin Xiao and Old Medicine discussed Huo Yuhao’s heavy trials and the burden of his extraordinary fortune.
• After following Huo Yuhao for a month, Lin Xiao reached the area around the Star Dou Great Forest and went ahead to search on his own.
• Lin Xiao met Tang Ya and Bei Bei at a signpost, but ran away when he suspected Tang Ya wanted him to join the Tang Sect.
• Lin Xiao returned to the signpost and waited in a tree, where Old Medicine sensed a powerful, concealed Spirit Power presence nearby.

Lin Xiao and Old Medicine waited near Huo Yuhao, hoping to seize the powerful soul tied to his first opportunity. Old Medicine captured Electrolux’s remnant soul and retreated to recover, leaving Lin Xiao with Huo Yuhao as Tang Ya and Bei Bei arrived.

• Lin Xiao asked Old Medicine about his strength and learned that an immortal herb might help restore his Soul Power.
• Old Medicine sensed Huo Yuhao approaching, and Lin Xiao recognized the Wind Baboon and prepared to take Huo Yuhao’s opportunity.
• Huo Yuhao fought the Wind Baboon, which died after its movements suddenly stopped, and a powerful presence began to manifest around him.
• Old Medicine captured Electrolux’s remnant soul and brought it into the Black Ring.
• Old Medicine told Lin Xiao to cultivate Eight Extremes Collapse and the Flame Mantra while he rested and awakened Electrolux.
• Lin Xiao examined the unconscious Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya and Bei Bei arrived.

Huo Yuhao awoke after absorbing the Wind Baboon’s soul ring and became a Soul Master, then wondered where to go next. Lin Xiao urged him to consider the Body Sect because of his Spiritual Eye martial soul, prompting Tang Ya to prepare her own pitch for the Tang Sect as Lin Xiao walked away.

• Lin Xiao told Bei Bei and Tang Ya he did not know what had happened to Huo Yuhao and pointed out the Wind Baboon; Bei Bei realized Huo Yuhao had absorbed its ten-year soul ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that three people were waiting outside and advised him to get on good terms with Lin Xiao before sending him back to consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao woke, recognized Lin Xiao, and revealed his white first soul ring, celebrating that he had become a Soul Master.
• Bei Bei learned that Huo Yuhao’s martial soul was the Spiritual Eye, while Huo Yuhao explained that Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Lin Xiao had come to check on him.
• Lin Xiao suggested Huo Yuhao join the Body Sect to develop his Spiritual Eye martial soul, interrupting Tang Ya before she could invite him to the Tang Sect.
• Lin Xiao walked away and told Huo Yuhao to find him after deciding what to do, while Tang Ya huffed at his suggestion.

Tang Ya persuaded Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect by offering its secret arts and a place at Shrek Academy. Huo Yuhao declined Lin Xiao’s advice to seek the Body Sect or Sun Moon Empire, while Lin Xiao left to begin cultivating Eight Extremes Collapse.

• Tang Ya offered Huo Yuhao the Tang Sect’s secret arts and admission to Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao agreed to join the sect as its third member.
• Huo Yuhao suggested recruiting Lin Xiao, so Tang Ya sent him to invite Lin Xiao into the Tang Sect.
• Lin Xiao refused the invitation and again recommended that Huo Yuhao go to the Body Sect, the Sun Moon Empire, or join him.
• Huo Yuhao stood by his choice of Shrek Academy and said he would not regret it or become Lin Xiao’s enemy.
• Lin Xiao walked alone through the Star Dou Great Forest to test his cultivation of Eight Extremes Collapse in real combat.

Lin Xiao hunted soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and discovered that Old Medicine could convert soul-ring power into battle qi and soul power. After a month and a half, Lin Xiao reached rank ten, but he still struggled to cultivate battle qi and suspected the world was obstructing him.

• Tang Ya learned that Lin Xiao had refused to join the Tang Sect, then set out with Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao toward Shrek after she obtained her third soul ring.
• Lin Xiao killed a deer-shaped soul beast with Martial Soul Possession and Eight Extremes Collapse, then tried to convert its yellow soul ring's power into battle qi.
• Old Medicine confirmed that soul rings contained pure soul power, shattered the ring, and converted its power into battle qi before proposing to collect unused soul rings and divide their power between battle qi and soul power.
• Lin Xiao continued hunting and cultivating for a month and a half, reached rank ten, and told Old Medicine that something seemed to prevent him from cultivating battle qi.

Lin Xiao broke through the restraints in his body and balanced dou qi with Soul Power, then encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who liked his dou qi. The Auspicious Beast offered him cultivation resources in exchange for a daily strand, but Lin Xiao refused because he needed the energy to grow stronger.

• Lin Xiao cultivated dou qi until he broke through his body's restraints and balanced it with Soul Power.
• Lin Xiao spotted a little golden-furred beast watching him, and Old Medicine said she had been observing him for three days.
• Old Medicine warned Lin Xiao that a powerful being was approaching, so Lin Xiao fled as the Scarlet King arrived and chased after him with the little beast.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached Lin Xiao and, through the Scarlet King, said she liked the energy inside him and bore him no ill will.
• The Scarlet King relayed the Auspicious Beast's offer of cultivation resources in return for a daily strand of Lin Xiao's energy, but Lin Xiao refused to give up his dou qi.

Lin Xiao negotiated with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion over battle energy, trading soul-healing herbs and agreeing to meet regularly. The two became friends, and Lin Xiao selected ten valuable herbs in exchange for five strands of energy.

• Lin Xiao learned from Old Medicine that the Scarlet King was roughly a seven- to nine-star Dou Wang and decided not to risk Old Medicine falling asleep by fighting him.
• The Scarlet King relayed that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion demanded payment for the low-level soul beasts, so Lin Xiao proposed trading battle energy for soul-healing herbs and a soul ring.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion agreed to provide herbs, and the Scarlet King brought Lin Xiao a huge pile of them.
• Lin Xiao proposed taking a few herbs now and meeting every three months to trade, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion accepted.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked Lin Xiao to be her friend, and he agreed, introducing himself as Lin Xiao.
• Following Old Medicine's advice, Lin Xiao picked ten herbs that could best restore the soul and offered five strands of energy in exchange.

Lin Xiao received a 1,500-year-old dark dragon soul ring through the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and gained his first soul skill, Dark Feast. He left the Scarlet King's territory after arranging to return in three months, while Old Medicine revealed that the Auspicious Beast's third eye held the power of fate.

• Lin Xiao gave the Three-Eyed Golden Lion battle energy, and she offered to find him a soul beast for his soul ring.
• Lin Xiao asked for a roughly 1,500-year-old dark Dragon-type Soul Beast, and the Scarlet King returned with one after leaving him with the Auspicious Beast.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion made the dragon sacrifice itself to Lin Xiao, and Lin Xiao absorbed its soul ring.
• Lin Xiao awakened his first soul skill, Dark Feast, which surrounded him in darkness, raised his strength by thirty percent, and gave his attacks dragon might.
• Lin Xiao said he would return in three months and promised to name the Three-Eyed Golden Lion if she took human form before leaving.
• Old Medicine told Lin Xiao that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's third eye contained the power of fate.

Lin Xiao and Old Medicine discussed the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s role in the Soul Beast Race’s fate and planned to trade with her again. In a safe cave, Old Medicine taught Lin Xiao pill refinement and made three second-tier pills that could awaken Electrolux enough to speak, while Lin Xiao considered seeking Spirit Gold to help him recover.

• Lin Xiao agreed with Old Medicine that the Emperor Auspicious Beast was tied to the Soul Beast Race’s fortune and decided to lure her away before Huo Yuhao met her.
• Old Medicine offered to teach Lin Xiao pill refinement using the medicinal ingredients they had gathered.
• Old Medicine refined ten herbs into three second-tier pills with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and explained that they could awaken Electrolux but not restore his strength.
• Lin Xiao remembered that Spirit Gold could help Electrolux recover and planned to trade for some from the Auspicious Beast.
• Old Medicine told Lin Xiao that the pills would still be quite useful to him.

Lin Xiao took a pill to strengthen his Spirit Power while Old Medicine used two others to help Electrolux recover. After the two powerful soul remnants struck up a conversation, Electrolux said spirit gold could aid his recovery, and Old Medicine asked what it was.

• Old Medicine gave Lin Xiao one pill and used the other two to treat Electrolux, explaining that Lin Xiao needed to reach the Spirit Realm before imbuing pills with spirituality.
• Lin Xiao swallowed his pill and absorbed its medicinal power while Old Medicine crushed the other pills and channeled their medicinal power and dou qi into Electrolux.
• Electrolux awoke enough to speak with Old Medicine, and the two introduced themselves and bonded over their pasts and abilities.
• Electrolux offered to teach Lin Xiao magic once he could manifest a human form, while Old Medicine said Electrolux was not yet strong enough to do so.
• Lin Xiao asked how Electrolux could recover faster, and Electrolux named spirit gold as a treasure that could restore some of his strength.
• Old Medicine asked Electrolux what spirit gold was.

Lin Xiao learned that Spirit Gold could benefit him and Electrolux, then headed toward the Far North to pursue the Ice Empress and develop Soul Spirits. While selling herbs in Heaven Dou City to prepare for the cold, he was identified as the owner of a Body Martial Soul and invited to join the Body Sect.

• Electrolux told Lin Xiao and Old Medicine that Spirit Gold could be immensely useful to him and Lin Xiao, and Lin Xiao suggested asking the Soul Beasts about it.
• Lin Xiao decided to head to the Far North and capture the Ice Empress before anyone else could, but Old Medicine warned that his Flame Martial Soul would not protect him from the extreme cold.
• Lin Xiao went to an auction house in Heaven Dou City to sell medicinal herbs and joked with Old Medicine and Electrolux about robbing powerful groups.
• An elderly appraiser recognized Lin Xiao's formidable physique and asked whether his martial soul was a Body Martial Soul.
• The old man revealed that he was a Body Sect disciple and offered to buy Lin Xiao's herbs for twice their price if Lin Xiao joined the sect.

Lin Xiao traveled to the Far North after accepting a Body Sect token without considering himself bound to the sect. There, he continued practicing pill refining and learned that Old Medicine and Electrolux were researching how to turn soul beasts into soul spirits.

• Lin Xiao told the old man he would join the Body Sect later, then accepted the man's disciple token and a card containing 5,000 Gold Soul Coins for his medicinal herbs.
• Lin Xiao bought travel supplies and a pill-refining furnace, then traveled along remote trails toward the Far North over two months.
• Lin Xiao practiced refining pills on a snow-covered mountain but still could not produce a first-grade pill.
• Lin Xiao asked Old Medicine and Electrolux about their research with Elder Yi, and they explained their estimated chances of creating a soul spirit with or without a soul beast's cooperation.

Lin Xiao practiced pill refining and attracted a massive swarm of ice-blue scorpions, forcing him to fight his way down the mountain. He collapsed after battling a three-thousand-year scorpion, and Old Medicine stepped in, telling him to seek stronger opponents for future training.

• Old Medicine told Lin Xiao that Soul Spirits could now be created with certainty, and Lin Xiao successfully refined an unranked pill after five attempts.
• Old Medicine warned Lin Xiao to consider escaping, and Lin Xiao saw ice-blue scorpions swarming up the mountain after the furnace explosions drew them.
• Lin Xiao used Dark Feast and Eight Extremes Collapse to fight through the scorpions while Old Medicine collected their Soul Rings.
• Lin Xiao pushed on against increasingly powerful scorpions, but collapsed after facing a three-thousand-year scorpion and admitted he had grown careless.
• Old Medicine appeared beside Lin Xiao, praised his effort, and told him to train against five-thousand-year Soul Beasts; Lin Xiao resolved to act more cautiously.

Lin Xiao survived an avalanche after Old Medicine wiped out the ice-blue scorpions, then faced their furious ruler, the Ice Empress. He claimed he could help her become a god, and challenged her confidence in surviving her coming four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation.

• Old Medicine killed the surrounding ice-blue scorpions with his soul power and gathered their Soul Rings before an avalanche began.
• Lin Xiao swallowed a recovery pill, followed Old Medicine's directions to a cave, and waited out the avalanche.
• After Lin Xiao emerged, the Ice Empress appeared from beneath the ground and accused him of slaughtering her subjects.
• Lin Xiao identified the Ice Empress, apologized, and said he had come specifically to find her.
• The Ice Empress laughed at Lin Xiao's claim that he could help her become a god, so he asked whether she could survive her coming four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation.