Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong resisted Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison as her Martial Souls and Soul Bones manifested, and the herbs she had consumed accelerated their effects. Dugu Bo realized the herbs had saved her, while Bibi Dong had already absorbed most of their power.

• Dugu Bo feared Bibi Dong would die from his poison and bring ruin upon him and his granddaughter.
• Bibi Dong’s armor, Death Spider Emperor, and Six-Winged Purple Light Wings emerged as red and white light halted the poison’s spread.
• Dugu Bo discovered that Bibi Dong possessed twin Martial Souls and marveled at the strength they could give her.
• Bibi Dong forced the poison from her body while the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot helped her absorb their effects.
• Dugu Bo realized Bibi Dong had survived because she had eaten the two herbs Chrysanthemum Douluo had offered to Qian Xunji.

Bibi Dong completed her poison trial with Dugu Bo and explained how the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot had strengthened her body. Dugu Bo regretted that Dugu Yan could not benefit from the herbs, but hoped his service to Martial Soul Hall would secure a cure for his family.

• Dugu Bo admired Bibi Dong's talent and considered whether his granddaughter could become her disciple, but feared appearing to seek power in Martial Soul Hall.
• Bibi Dong absorbed the remaining effects of her spirit abilities, thanked Dugu Bo, and recognized that he had used only a small amount of poison.
• Dugu Bo asked about the herbs that resisted his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison, and Bibi Dong named the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Bibi Dong explained that the opposing herbs could neutralize each other and, with special absorption methods, grant immunity to water, fire, and all poisons.
• Dugu Bo regretted that Dugu Yan had missed the herbs, then asked whether they had restrained his three poisons; Bibi Dong credited both the herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while thinking of Qian Xunji's guidance.

Qian Xunji explained how the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well had kept Dugu Bo’s poison suppressed and described two possible ways to detoxify him. Dugu Bo rejected the first method because it could erase his poison arts, and the chapter ended with him considering Qian Xunji’s second, less certain treatment.

• Qian Xunji told Dugu Bo that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s opposing springs had suppressed his poison and helped keep him alive.
• Qian Xunji explained that Bibi Dong had eaten the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass so she could survive near the springs.
• Qian Xunji said taking both herbs could detoxify Dugu Bo with at least an eighty percent chance, but would also dissolve his poison arts.
• Dugu Bo trusted Qian Xunji’s warning and decided against a treatment that might cost him his strength and ability to protect Dugu Yan.
• Qian Xunji offered a second treatment with a sixty percent chance of curing Dugu Bo without weakening him, and said it could at least ease his suffering.

Qian Xunji explained how Dugu Bo could gradually transfer the toxins in his body into a Soul Bone, while promising he could cure Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo agreed to the treatment, and Qian Xunji turned to Bibi Dong to retrieve the Nine-Section Jade.

• Dugu Bo asked whether Qian Xunji could cure his granddaughter Dugu Yan, and Qian Xunji said he was confident he could.
• Dugu Bo pledged his life to Martial Soul Hall if Qian Xunji cured his granddaughter, and Qian Xunji explained that toxins could be stored in a Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo worried that forcing decades of accumulated toxins into a Soul Bone could worsen the backlash, so Qian Xunji proposed filtering them gradually with medicines.
• Dugu Bo chose to try Qian Xunji's method, and Qian Xunji promised Dugu Yan could definitely be cured even if his own treatment failed.
• Qian Xunji said he would prepare Dugu Bo's antidote and went to Bibi Dong to have her take out the Nine-Section Jade.

Qian Xunji used the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to preserve Bibi Dong’s Nine-Section Jade, then prepared to gather herbs and refine medicines. After Dugu Bo returned with supplies and a copper cauldron, Qian Xunji began refining medicine using the Scorching Yang Spring’s heat.

• Qian Xunji threw Bibi Dong’s Nine-Section Jade into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, explaining that it needed the spring’s help to survive after drinking her blood.
• Qian Xunji laid out his prepared boxes and bottles and carefully sorted the herbs around the well without picking those that had not matured.
• Dugu Bo returned with food, water, medicine-making vessels, and a copper cauldron.
• Qian Xunji set the cauldron over the Scorching Yang Spring and began refining medicine, relying on its heat and his Heaven Swallowing Devil Art.

Qian Xunji spent the night refining a mysterious poison in his bronze cauldron while Dugu Bo watched, sensing that it could threaten even his life. The poison finally finished refining, but Qian Xunji did not reveal what it was.

• Dugu Bo told Qian Xunji that the antidotes had eased his poison backlash and seemed to help break his level ninety-one bottleneck.
• Qian Xunji began refining an unfamiliar poison in his bronze cauldron, and Dugu Bo noticed its scentless purple smoke stirred his deadly-poison intuition.
• Dugu Bo quietly tested the smoke but could not identify its ingredients, and he wondered why Qian Xunji was making such a potent poison.
• Qian Xunji opened the cauldron three times to add ingredients, suffering damage each time as the smoke changed from purple to white to black.
• After nearly a full night, the black smoke withdrew into the cauldron, and Qian Xunji announced that the refining had succeeded.
• Dugu Bo asked Qian Xunji what the poison was.

Qian Xunji finished refining Yama's Invitation, a set of three deadly poison needles, and explained how they could kill even powerful opponents if they pierced their skin. Dugu Bo remained skeptical of the weapon but was grateful that Qian Xunji's treatment had eased his suffering and could also free his granddaughter from poison.

• Qian Xunji waited for the bronze cauldron to cool, then removed its lid and took out three tiny black needles.
• Qian Xunji identified the needles as Yama's Invitation and explained their lethal poison and the strength and technique required to fire them.
• Dugu Bo doubted that the needles could kill a Title Douluo, while Qian Xunji considered giving them to Bibi Dong.
• Dugu Bo's condition had improved after Qian Xunji's treatment, and he realized the same method could relieve his granddaughter's poison as well.

Qian Xunji finished treating Dugu Bo and prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Bibi Dong was cultivating. Dugu Bo gave him a Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch for Bibi Dong, and Qian Xunji offered Dugu Bo two iron balls as a return gift, claiming they could save his life.

• Dugu Bo told Qian Xunji that his poison treatment had reached its limit, and Qian Xunji agreed it was time to return to Martial Soul Hall.
• Qian Xunji reflected that Bibi Dong's blood had helped make the herbs' medicinal effects gentler for Dugu Bo, while Dugu Yan would have to wait until she was stronger for treatment.
• Dugu Bo gave Qian Xunji a Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch, which could hold living things, for Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunji showed Dugu Bo the Nine-Section Jade and accepted the pouch, then offered Dugu Bo two black iron balls as a return gift.
• Dugu Bo doubted that the iron balls could match the pouch or save his life, and Qian Xunji threatened to give them to someone who valued them.

Qian Xunji demonstrated the deadly Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Gall to Dugu Bo and explained how he had enhanced it with poisonous herbs. The demonstration left Dugu Bo impressed, while Qian Xunji clarified that he had deliberately limited its power to avoid collapsing the cave around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

• Dugu Bo snatched the two iron balls from Qian Xunji and asked what made them special.
• Qian Xunji stopped Dugu Bo from squeezing one and explained that the paired hidden weapons could release poisonous fog and needle volleys.
• Qian Xunji demonstrated the weapon, filling the area with purple mist and sending hundreds of poisonous needles into a mountain wall.
• Dugu Bo examined the deep, toxic holes in the wall and praised Qian Xunji's invention, though he questioned its power against strong soul masters.
• Qian Xunji said he had limited the test to roughly the thirtieth-rank level to keep the cave from collapsing and protect the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Qian Xunji demonstrated the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Gall to Dugu Bo and gave him two more before the pair went to Heaven Dou City. There, Liu Erlong suggested visiting an Auction House known to sell Spirit Bones, and Qian Xunji agreed.

• Qian Xunji explained that the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Gall grew more powerful with greater Soul Power and was most effective when used unexpectedly.
• Dugu Bo asked for a hundred of the weapons, but Qian Xunji said he had only made two and had used them in the demonstration.
• Qian Xunji admitted he had made four and tossed two more to Dugu Bo, who caught them safely and stored them in his treasury.
• One day later in Heaven Dou City, Liu Erlong pointed out an Auction House and suggested they visit because it sometimes sold Spirit Bones.
• Qian Xunji recognized the Auction House's hammer emblem and agreed to go inside with Liu Erlong.

Qian Xunji accompanied Liu Erlong to Heaven Dou City and joined her at its auction house. Unable to enter without bidding credentials, he offered a mysterious small black box for appraisal instead.

• Qian Xunji ran into Liu Erlong while she was on a mission in Heaven Dou City and decided to help her.
• Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong arrived at the Heaven Dou Auction House and marveled at its enormous scale.
• An attendant explained that guests needed proof of at least ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to bid, or could enter by presenting an item worth at least one thousand Gold Soul Coins for auction.
• Qian Xunji showed the attendant a small black box and asked her to have an appraiser assess its value.
• The attendant invited Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong inside to have the box appraised.

Qian Xunji brought Han Sha She Ying to the Auction House to have it appraised and entered into an auction. He demonstrated the poisoned weapon in the testing room, leaving its power on display for the appraiser and receptionist.

• A receptionist led Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong through the Auction House to the appraisal room.
• Number Eight Appraiser examined Han Sha She Ying and asked what it was used for.
• Qian Xunji explained that Han Sha She Ying was a poisonous weapon and agreed to demonstrate it in the testing room.
• The receptionist and Number Eight Appraiser followed Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong to a steel-lined weapon testing room.
• Qian Xunji fired Han Sha She Ying, releasing thirty-six steel needles and a faint yellow poisonous mist.

Qian Xunji demonstrated Han Sha She Ying’s power and entered it into the Heaven Dou Auction House, then went with Liu Erlong to the Auction Center. Liu Erlong tried to keep Qian Xunji from looking at the attendants, while her feelings for Yu Xiaogang remained unresolved.

• Qian Xunji demonstrated that Han Sha She Ying fired steel needles and poisonous mist, then absorbed the poison and retrieved the needles unharmed.
• The appraiser praised the weapon and proposed a starting bid of one thousand Gold Soul Coins, which Qian Xunji accepted.
• A receptionist helped Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong set up an auction account and explained the auction house’s rules and bidding sessions.
• The receptionist gave Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong masks and escorted them to the Auction Center before leaving them with its attendants.
• Liu Erlong used her height to shield Qian Xunji’s view of the attendants because she did not want her love rival’s man distracted by them.

Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong took their seats in the Heaven Dou Auction House, where a man in white explained that its attendants were enslaved and sold as auction items. Liu Erlong’s sympathy grew, while the auction continued with a belt-shaped Soul Tool already bid up to forty thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• An attendant seated Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong in the outer white section of the Auction Center, and Liu Erlong complained about her dismissive attitude.
• A man in white told Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong that the attendants were bought as children, trained to serve, and could be sold by the auction house.
• Liu Erlong asked whether the attendants were slaves and learned that buying them to free them would not necessarily improve their lives.
• The man in white explained that each attendant cost one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and that he had been unable to change their circumstances.
• The auction hall remained sparsely occupied as bidders raised the price of a belt-shaped Soul Tool to forty thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong attended an auction, where the sale of a Cat Girl exposed the Auction House’s trafficking of people. Qian Xunji restrained Liu Erlong and resolved to remember the Auction House, leaving its fate tied to his identity as the Martial Soul Hall Pope.

• The man in white asked Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong what they had come to buy, and Liu Erlong explained that they were there to sell something.
• The host sold a Soul Tool for forty-three thousand Gold Soul Coins and introduced a new auction item with a starting bid of one hundred thousand.
• The host revealed a young Cat Girl in an iron cage and described her feline traits while inviting the bidders to bid.
• Liu Erlong tried to attack the host, but Qian Xunji grabbed her hand and held her back.
• Qian Xunji watched the auction with cold anger and recognized that he could not openly shut down the Auction House in Heaven Dou City without exposing his identity.
• Liu Erlong calmed down and lowered her gaze, trusting that Qian Xunji would deal with the Auction House as the Martial Soul Hall Pope.

At an auction, Ning Fengzhi bid aggressively on a Cat Girl, explaining to Liu Erlong that he intended to save her from the effects of a martial soul mutation. When Prince Xue Xing challenged the bidder, Ning Fengzhi revealed himself, and Qian Xunji recognized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect master.

• Liu Erlong saw the white-clad man bid on the Cat Girl and assumed he wanted to buy her for vile reasons.
• The man told Liu Erlong that the Cat Girl still had her soul and that her condition came from a martial soul mutation, then continued raising his bid.
• Prince Xue Xing stood and demanded to know who was competing with him for the Cat Girl.
• The white-clad man stood, nodded at Prince Xue Xing, and asked whether the auction could continue under its rules.
• Qian Xunji recognized the man as Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi bought the Cat Girl at auction despite Prince Xue Xing’s opposition, then invited Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong to see her. As the group watched the final auction item arrive, Liu Erlong recognized it as Qian Xunji’s Han Sha She Ying.

• Ning Fengzhi’s bid of 180,000 Gold Soul Coins won the Cat Girl after Prince Xue Xing failed to challenge him.
• Liu Erlong thanked Ning Fengzhi, but remained wary of his motives and agreed to inspect how he treated the Cat Girl.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong to visit the Cat Girl after the auction.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested they watch the final auction item before leaving.
• The Auction House brought out the Han Sha She Ying, and Liu Erlong recognized it as Qian Xunji’s hidden weapon.

Ning Fengzhi bought Han Sha She Ying at the auction and joined Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong to collect his purchases. He had the women in the iron cage sent to his residence as well.

• Ning Fengzhi recognized Han Sha She Ying's value as a weapon for the younger generation and bid ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Fengzhi won the auction without competition and invited Qian Xunji and Liu Erlong to accompany him.
• A silver-gowned attendant led the three to a private room to wait for their lots.
• Ning Fengzhi collected Han Sha She Ying, paid with a red card, and ordered the women in the iron cage sent to his residence.

Ning Fengzhi asked Qian Xunji to teach him how to use the weapon. After Qian Xunji explained it, Ning Fengzhi learned quickly and fastened it to his chest.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Qian Xunji to teach him how to use the weapon.
• Qian Xunji agreed and briefly explained how it worked.
• Ning Fengzhi quickly learned to use the weapon and fastened it to his chest.