Chapter Summaries

Zhao Mu borrowed Ye Lingling’s Medicinal Herb Illustration Guide and agreed to investigate whether he could help her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul evolve. He returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the guide, where he and Dugu Bo began identifying its immortal herbs.

• Dugu Yan brought Ye Lingling to Zhao Mu, and Ye Lingling lent him her family’s detailed Medicinal Herb Illustration Guide.
• Ye Lingling asked Zhao Mu to lift the curse of her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, and he agreed to look for a way while warning that he could not promise success.
• Dugu Yan asked whether Heibai’s blood could help Ye Lingling, but Zhao Mu explained that its Earth Dragon Golden Melon potency might not work on a Nine Heart Begonia.
• Zhao Mu promised to study another possible method and contact Ye Lingling after confirming his plans.
• After Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling left, Zhao Mu carried the guide to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and showed it to Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo asked what Zhao Mu was searching for as he examined the guide page by page.

Zhao Mu gave Ye Lingling the Aromatic Silk Beauty to help her remove the Nine Heart Begonia’s inherited curse, and she absorbed it under his and Dugu Yan’s supervision. Her Martial Soul evolved into the ten-petaled Nine-Heart Begonia, though whether the curse had truly disappeared remained uncertain.

• Zhao Mu found and harvested an Aromatic Silk Beauty from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then continued cultivating there.
• Zhao Mu gave Ye Lingling the Immortal Herb and explained how to absorb it, while Dugu Yan encouraged her to accept it.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty as Zhao Mu and Dugu Yan watched over her, and her Martial Soul transformed in golden light.
• Zhao Mu noticed that Ye Lingling’s begonia had ten petals instead of nine, and she named the evolved Martial Soul the Nine-Heart Begonia.
• Dugu Yan asked whether the curse had vanished and whether the new Martial Soul’s healing power had increased, but Ye Lingling could not yet confirm either change.

Ye Lingling revealed that her evolved Nine-Heart Begonia could resurrect the dead at the cost of her own life, and she gave Zhao Mu its newly formed seed. After learning that Zhao Mu and Dugu Yan gained unusual Soul Rings from Immortal Herbs, Ye Lingling asked how she could obtain Soul Rings like theirs.

• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that her resurrection skill could save someone with a single breath, but using it would kill her and permanently wither the Nine-Heart Begonia.
• Ye Lingling privately resolved to reserve resurrection for the person she would marry, then explained that her evolved Martial Soul had produced a Nine-Heart Begonia seed.
• Ye Lingling handed the seed to Zhao Mu, thinking about him as a possible husband and wondering whether Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng had broken up.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty had raised her Soul Power Level to forty, and asked how Dugu Yan obtained her unusual Soul Rings.
• Zhao Mu considered gaining a Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Ring to combine its healing with the Mountain-Back Iron-Armored Bamboo's defense, then explained that his and Dugu Yan's Soul Rings had not come from hunting Soul Beasts.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that they had formed their Soul Rings by absorbing Immortal Herbs, leaving Ye Lingling to wonder whether she could obtain the same kind of Soul Rings.

Ye Lingling accepted Zhao Mu’s Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and gained a fourth Soul Ring, five Soul Power levels, and extraordinary physical strength. After she shattered a rockery, Zhao Mu helped her compress and store her excess energy, leaving her with a new way to unleash it in battle.

• Ye Lingling initially refused Zhao Mu’s offer of an Immortal Herb, but Dugu Yan persuaded her to accept it and repay the favor by working with them.
• Zhao Mu gave Ye Lingling an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and explained how to consume it and form a Soul Ring.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the herb, gained a white fourth Soul Ring, and rose to Soul Power level forty-five.
• Ye Lingling discovered that her body was overflowing with energy and shattered a rockery with one punch.
• Zhao Mu advised Ye Lingling to compress and store her surplus energy, and she sealed it inside her body despite Dugu Yan’s concerns.

After Ye Lingling gained strength from the Nine-Heart Begonia, Zhao Mu planted another seed for Heibai and the academy appointed Qin Ming to lead the Heaven Dou Royal Team. Qin Ming announced tournament preparations, but Zhao Mu refused to attend the planned special training, leaving their new instructor displeased.

• Zhao Mu planted a Nine-Heart Begonia seed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told Heibai to tend it for food.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin chose Qin Ming to lead the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Qin Ming met the assembled team and scheduled Soul Fighting Arena special training to begin in seven days.
• Zhao Mu asked Qin Ming for leave and said he might skip the entire special training, angering Qin Ming and disappointing Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Zhao Mu refused to attend Qin Ming’s special training and agreed to fight him for permission to miss it. Their battle left Qin Ming battered after Heibai resisted his attacks and proved immune to fire.

• Zhao Mu insisted his own training plan conflicted with Qin Ming’s special training and threatened to leave the Heaven Dou Royal Team if he could not take leave.
• Qin Ming offered to approve Zhao Mu’s leave if Zhao Mu defeated him, and Zhao Mu accepted while urging Qin Ming to use his full strength.
• At the Soul Fighting Arena, Qin Ming used his Blazing Azure Wolf Martial Soul and earplugs to counter Heibai’s Thunder Roar and press Zhao Mu with rapid claw attacks.
• Dugu Yan angrily defended Zhao Mu when Yu Tianheng mocked him, while Zhao Mu pulled Heibai out of Qin Ming’s assault.
• Heibai changed into a hard, dark-gold form, threw Qin Ming, charged through his flame attack, and rammed him after Zhao Mu said they were immune to fire.
• Qin Ming, battered by Heibai’s counterattack, began using his Second Soul Skill, Canglang Avatar.

Zhao Mu used Heibai’s ice attacks and Boil Release acid mist to overcome Qin Ming during their arena match. Qin Ming conceded defeat, and Zhao Mu withdrew the corrosive mist.

• Zhao Mu ordered Heibai to use Freeze Beam, which briefly encased Qin Ming in ice before Qin Ming shattered it.
• Qin Ming claimed his Blazing Azure Wolf’s unusual flames could withstand ordinary water attacks, and Zhao Mu prepared to show him Boil Release.
• Heibai released acid mist, while Qin Ming used Burning Heaven Flame to try to evaporate it.
• Qin Ming discovered the mist was corroding his clothes and skin, leaving him unable to counter it in the confined arena.
• Qin Ming surrendered, and Zhao Mu withdrew the acid mist as Qin Ming ended his Martial Soul Possession.

After defeating Qin Ming, Zhao Mu challenged Shrek Academy’s teaching methods and left Qin Ming questioning his convictions. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Nine-Heart Begonia sprouted as Dugu Yan prepared to leave for special training and admitted her feelings toward Yu Tianheng had changed.

• Qin Ming accepted defeat but still urged Zhao Mu to join special training, and Zhao Mu argued that Shrek’s success came from recruiting geniuses rather than exceptional teaching.
• Zhao Mu told Qin Ming not to let loyalty ruin him, then left without joining the special training.
• Qin Ming reconsidered Shrek Academy’s methods and wondered whether its students’ talent, rather than its training, explained their strength.
• Days later, Zhao Mu and Heibai saw that the Nine-Heart Begonia seed had sprouted at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Zhao Mu stopped Heibai from disturbing it.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo she would leave with Qin Ming’s team for special training and confessed that she liked Yu Tianheng less than before.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that she had never truly liked Yu Tianheng.

Dugu Bo encouraged Dugu Yan to pursue Zhao Mu, then sparred with Zhao Mu and told him about a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear External Soul Bone at the Heaven Dou Auction House. Zhao Mu decided to fund his bid by auctioning Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Zhao Mu was a far better match than Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan left with her mind full of thoughts.
• Zhao Mu tested his Boil Release Acid Mist against Dugu Bo, whose Jade Phosphorous Profound Dragon blew away most of the corrosive mist.
• Dugu Bo asked Zhao Mu about Soul Bones and revealed he knew of a three-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone that would suit him.
• Dugu Bo told Zhao Mu the External Soul Bone would be the finale item at the next Heaven Dou Auction House auction, where many bidders would compete for it.
• Zhao Mu said he would auction Immortal Herbs to raise the money, and Dugu Bo realized the herbs could fund the purchase.

Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo brought three Immortal Herbs to the Heaven Dou Auction House to raise funds for bidding on an External Soul Bone. After the herbs were accepted as finale auction items, they took a private room and the auction began.

• Zhao Mu selected Aromatic Silk Beauty, Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, and Yuanyang Heavenly Chives from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Three days later, Dugu Bo accompanied Zhao Mu to the Heaven Dou Auction House in Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo submitted the three Immortal Herbs, and the appraiser confirmed they qualified as finale auction items.
• A figure in the appraisal room realized that four factions were competing for the External Soul Bone, including Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo and Zhao Mu watched the special auction from Prince Xue Xing's private room.
• Xiao Wu opened the auction, and the first item presented was a bracelet Soul Tool made by Lou Gao.

Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo attended an auction where Zhao Mu’s Nine-Rank Ganoderma attracted fierce bidding. After Zhao Mu pushed Spirit Hall’s offer higher, Ning Fengzhi bought it, leaving the pair concerned that the wealthy sect master and his guards could obstruct their attempt to obtain the final External Soul Bone.

• The auction began with various items before Zhao Mu’s Nine-Rank Ganoderma was offered for a starting price of one million Gold Soul Coins.
• When Private Room Number Two bid two million and other bidders fell silent, Zhao Mu raised the price from Private Room Number Six to prevent Spirit Hall from getting a bargain.
• Dugu Bo identified Private Room Number Two as belonging to Spirit Hall, and Zhao Mu and its occupant traded bids until Spirit Hall offered three million.
• Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect bid three million fifty thousand, and Spirit Hall stopped bidding, allowing him to buy the Nine-Rank Ganoderma.
• Zhao Mu asked whether Dugu Bo could seize the final External Soul Bone if they failed to win it at auction, but Dugu Bo doubted he could overcome Spirit Hall’s fighter or Ning Fengzhi’s two guards and amplification.

Zhao Mu watched the auction of Aromatic Silk Beauty and used the bidding to drain the funds of Ning Fengzhi and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. After Xue Qinghe won it, the auction began for Zhao Mu’s Yuanyang Heavenly Chives at a surprisingly high starting price.

• Ning Fengzhi bid 3.5 million Gold Soul Coins for Aromatic Silk Beauty, hoping its poison-countering properties would protect him.
• Xue Qinghe outbid Ning Fengzhi, explaining that Aromatic Silk Beauty was needed to protect the Heaven Dou Plan from Chi Xue Pufferfish Poison.
• Zhao Mu raised the price to 4.05 million, prompting Xue Qinghe to bid 4.5 million.
• Xue Qinghe won Aromatic Silk Beauty for 5 million Gold Soul Coins.
• The auctioneer introduced Zhao Mu’s Yuanyang Heavenly Chives and set its starting bid at 5 million Gold Soul Coins.

Zhao Mu watched the Yuanyang Heavenly Chives spark a bidding war between Ning Fengzhi and Yu Luomian, driving the price to eleven million Gold Soul Coins. He earned more than seventeen million after the auction commission, while the External Soul Bone auction remained ahead.

• Bidders in the auction hall drove the Yuanyang Heavenly Chives’ price past eight million, and Ning Fengzhi joined the contest despite Sword Douluo warning him to save funds for the External Soul Bone.
• Zhao Mu raised the price, and Yu Luomian, bidding from Room No. 4 for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, tried to deter rivals by invoking his clan’s name.
• Ning Fengzhi challenged Yu Luomian’s threat and continued bidding, prompting Yu Luomian to compete against him as the price climbed to ten million.
• Ning Fengzhi offered eleven million and said he would withdraw if Yu Luomian bid higher, but Yu Luomian stayed silent, so the auctioneer sold him the herbs.
• Zhao Mu collected more than seventeen million Gold Soul Coins after commission, bringing the combined sale price of the three Immortal Herbs to nineteen million and fifty thousand.

The auction house revealed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone and began bidding at eight million Gold Soul Coins. As Spirit Hall and Ning Fengzhi drove the price up, Zhao Mu joined the contest, and Ning Fengzhi raised his bid to sixteen million.

• The auctioneer sealed the stage inside a reinforced cage and unveiled the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone.
• The auctioneer opened bidding at eight million Gold Soul Coins, and Yu Luomian made the first bid at ten million.
• Spirit Hall and Ning Fengzhi raised the price, while Yu Luomian withdrew after the bidding reached fourteen million.
• Ning Fengzhi and Spirit Hall continued bidding past fifteen million as Sword Douluo warned Ning Fengzhi that their funds were running low.
• Zhao Mu entered the contest with a bid of fifteen million six hundred thousand and ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Fengzhi responded by raising the bid to sixteen million Gold Soul Coins.

Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo won the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone after the auction house disqualified Spirit Hall’s bid as malicious. They collected the Soul Bone and their auction proceeds, where an unexpected balance of 1.1 million Gold Soul Coins left Poison Douluo puzzled.

• Ning Fengzhi bid sixteen million for the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone, but Spirit Hall outbid him and he withdrew because he had run out of funds.
• Zhao Mu and Spirit Hall’s bidder raised the price until Spirit Hall bid eighteen million, beyond Zhao Mu’s limit.
• Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo considered robbing Spirit Hall, but the auctioneer announced that Spirit Hall had engaged in malicious bidding and awarded the Soul Bone to Zhao Mu’s room.
• Dugu Bo explained that malicious bidding meant a bidder lacked sufficient funds, and he reassured Zhao Mu that the proceeds from their Immortal Herb sales covered their own bid.
• Three auction house elders delivered the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone and gave Dugu Bo and Zhao Mu their auction proceeds.
• Dugu Bo was puzzled when the elders said the proceeds left them with 1.1 million Gold Soul Coins.

After winning the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone, Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo arranged for Heibai to carry it back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while they left the auction house. They encountered Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Xue Qinghe, and the chapter ended with Sword Douluo warning that Zhao Mu carried powerful killing intent and harbored a great terror.

• Zhao Mu hid the Soul Bone in Heibai’s mouth and told him to return it to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well alone.
• Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo encountered Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin outside the auction house, where Chen Xin’s pressure triggered a strange response in Zhao Mu.
• Ning Fengzhi chatted with Zhao Mu and mentioned his daughter Rongrong, while Xue Qinghe arrived and invited Zhao Mu to visit her residence.
• After Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo left, Sword Douluo called Zhao Mu unusually monstrous and warned Ning Fengzhi that Zhao Mu carried powerful killing intent.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Zhao Mu carried a hidden killing intent that made Sword Douluo’s Seven Kill Sword tremble with fear and resonate with him. As Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo headed toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy for safety, Yu Luomian tried to trade for the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone, then attacked Dugu Bo and was met by Dugu Bo’s transformed Jade Phosphorous Profound Dragon.

• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that Zhao Mu possessed immense concealed killing intent, which made the Seven Kill Sword fear and resonate with him.
• Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo decided to avoid the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for now and head to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after obtaining the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone.
• Yu Luomian intercepted Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo and offered a twenty-thousand-year Crystal Spirit Beast Head Soul Bone, plus compensation, in exchange for the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone.
• Dugu Bo rejected Yu Luomian’s offer and mocked his claim that their families might become related through Yu Tianheng and Dugu Bo’s granddaughter.
• Yu Luomian attacked Dugu Bo with his lightning-wreathed dragon claw, but Dugu Bo blocked it and threw him aside, explaining that he feared lightning least of all.
• Yu Luomian fully dragonified and charged again, while Dugu Bo summoned his nine Soul Rings and rode into the clash on his Jade Phosphorous Profound Dragon.

Dugu Bo and Zhao Mu left Heaven Dou City for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Spirit Hall ambushed them on the way to seize the Soul Bone. Dugu Bo revealed his Time Stasis skill and clashed with Demon Bear Douluo, whose Annihilation Death Ray began overpowering Medusa’s Gaze.

• Dugu Bo defeated Yu Luomian but spared his life, warning the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan not to provoke him.
• Dugu Bo and Zhao Mu left Heaven Dou City for Heaven Dou Royal Academy and were ambushed by black-clad attackers.
• Dugu Bo restrained the attackers’ leader, who revealed himself as Demon Bear Douluo by using his Demon Bear Avatar.
• Demon Bear Douluo demanded the Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo taunted him with the Gilded Box while Zhao Mu fought off the other Spirit Hall soul masters.
• Demon Bear Douluo used Blazing Meteor Fall, but Dugu Bo stopped time and moved in to attack him.
• Demon Bear Douluo partly overcame Time Stasis and fired his Annihilation Death Ray, which began overpowering Dugu Bo’s Medusa’s Gaze.

Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo staged the theft of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone, letting Demon Bear Douluo take an empty Gilded Box so others would believe the Soul Bone was gone. Xue Qinghe discovered the box was empty and ordered Spirit Hall to stop interfering with his plans in the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Demon Bear Douluo seized Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo's Gilded Box and withdrew with the Spirit Hall group as Heaven Dou Royal Academy's teachers arrived.
• Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo convinced Meng Shenji and the others that Demon Bear Douluo had stolen the Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo later revealed their deception to Zhao Mu.
• Demon Bear Douluo met Xue Qinghe in the forest and handed him the Gilded Box.
• Xue Qinghe found the box empty, reprimanded Demon Bear Douluo, and ordered him to keep Spirit Hall and the Pope Palace out of his plans.

Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone. Zhao Mu decided to test whether Heibai could absorb it, potentially giving the bear a powerful upgrade before Zhao Mu tried himself.

• Zhao Mu and Dugu Bo stayed at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while gossip about Dugu Bo and the stolen Soul Bone spread outside.
• Zhao Mu returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Heibai secretly eating Immortal Herbs, but confirmed he still had only four Soul Rings.
• Heibai produced the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Palm Bone from his mouth, and Zhao Mu told him he would have to go on a diet.
• Dugu Bo urged Zhao Mu to absorb the Soul Bone, but Zhao Mu wondered whether it would be better suited to Heibai.
• Zhao Mu explained how to absorb a Soul Bone and urged Heibai to try merging it into his right paw, while Heibai remained confused about the process.