Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe brought Xu Yuan and Hu Liena to Moonlight Pavilion Hall, where Tang Yuehua challenged them to a musical contest. Xu Yuan accepted, and the chapter ended as he heard the opening pipa performance and realized that the local musical standards were far below his expectations.

• Xue Qinghe introduced Tang Yuehua to Xu Yuan and Hu Liena at Moonlight Pavilion Hall.
• Xue Qinghe proposed a musical contest, and Hu Liena tried to leave when she realized Xu Yuan knew little about music.
• Xu Yuan stopped Hu Liena and accepted the contest, trusting his familiarity with music from his previous life.
• Tang Yuehua cleared the second floor and asked Xu Yuan to choose among musical arts, musical pieces, and dance.
• Xu Yuan chose musical arts, and a young girl performed on the pipa while Tang Yuehua and Xue Qinghe listened approvingly.
• Xu Yuan found the pipa performance harsh and was shocked by what he took to be the world's low musical standards.

Xu Yuan played the harp at Moonlight Pavilion Hall, winning the musical contest with a melody that stunned the audience. Xue Qinghe left in turmoil after misreading the melody’s name, while Xu Yuan and Hu Liena departed with the contest settled.

• After the court musician performed to great acclaim, Tang Yuehua called on Xu Yuan to take his turn and provided him with instruments.
• Xu Yuan chose a harp, recalled a melody, and played Qianshan Muxue, leaving the audience immersed and astonished.
• Xue Qinghe questioned the melody’s name, then left after suspecting Xu Yuan knew her undercover identity and had chosen the title as a message.
• Hu Liena praised Xu Yuan, while Tang Yuehua felt shaken and reconsidered her decision to abandon cultivating her Martial Soul for music.
• Xu Yuan said goodbye to Tang Yuehua and left Moonlight Pavilion Hall with Hu Liena, followed by two red-robed Archbishops.

After learning that the Spirit Fighting Arena had copied Spirit Hall’s products and undercut their prices, Xu Yuan promised Salas he would handle the problem. With the exchange at Heaven Dou Royal Academy delayed, Xu Yuan took the Origin Team to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, prompting Hu Liena to recognize his grudge-holding intentions.

• Salas told Xu Yuan and Hu Liena that the Spirit Fighting Arena had stolen Spirit Hall’s recipes and was selling matching products for less, cutting into business across the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xu Yuan told Salas to make no moves and promised to resolve the issue himself.
• Xu Yuan learned that the academy exchange was postponed because Xue Ye’s interrogation was still underway and Sun Buyu had not returned.
• Xu Yuan announced a trip to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena as combat training for the Origin Team, despite Xu Hu’s hopes for a free day.
• Hu Liena realized Xu Yuan was taking the team to the arena because it had hurt Spirit Hall’s businesses.

Xu Yuan brought the Origin Team to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to register and challenge its fighters, while Spirit Hall’s Archbishops prepared to bet on their matches. Xu Yuan began his fight against a level-thirty-nine Soul Master, trapping his opponent in scorching mist as a light-and-dark sphere entered it.

• Xu Yuan led the Origin Team through registration and Soul Power tests, and they received their Spirit Fighting Badges.
• Xu Yuan assigned Spirit Hall’s Archbishops to bet on Origin Team matches, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena went to the four-ring Soul Ancestor area and Yu Xian went to the two-ring Soul Grandmaster area.
• The arena’s lobby manager told the owner that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation team had registered and might be targeting the arena.
• Yu Xian won his match, but the Archbishop watching placed only a small bet and earned little.
• The Archbishops bet heavily on Xu Yuan, drawing attention from nearby spectators who also placed bets on him.
• Xu Yuan used his elemental abilities to block his opponent’s Rolling Pin attack, surround him with scorching mist, and send a light-and-dark sphere into it.

Xu Yuan led Origin Team through two days of spirit fights in Heaven Dou City, earning millions of Gold Soul Coins as the Spirit Fighting Arena struggled to cover its losses. The chapter left Xu Yuan and his team poised to keep profiting while the arena faced another huge payout.

• Xu Yuan defeated a three-ring Soul Elder, prompting Spirit Hall Archbishops to win big bets while the Spirit Fighting Arena faced a major loss.
• Xie Yue lost his match, Hu Liena won hers, and Origin Team won a difficult team battle, earning more than six million Gold Soul Coins that day.
• Xu Yuan brought Origin Team back to the arena the next evening, where crowds flocked to bet on them and the arena drastically changed its odds.
• Xu Yuan, Yu Xian, and Hu Liena won their matches, while Xie Yue avenged his previous defeat and Yan also secured a victory; Xu Hu lost his bout.
• Origin Team easily won its team battle, and the Spirit Fighting Arena lost nearly nine million Gold Soul Coins that day.

For a week, Xu Yuan and Origin Team’s betting streak drove the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena toward bankruptcy, while Spirit Hall’s Salas celebrated their troubles. On the ninth day, the arena owner Ma Qiren begged Xu Yuan to stop and offered him one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, but Xu Yuan refused the money and kept walking.

• The Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena ran short of reserve funds as Xu Yuan continued winning, while Salas took pleasure in its losses.
• On the ninth day, crowds surrounded the arena and welcomed Xu Yuan and Origin Team as they arrived.
• Ma Qiren and the arena’s managers waited at the entrance and pleaded with Xu Yuan to show mercy.
• Ma Qiren offered Xu Yuan a gold card containing one hundred million Gold Soul Coins as an apology.
• Xu Yuan refused the gold card and tried to walk past Ma Qiren, who continued begging him to spare the arena.

Xu Yuan accepted Ma Qiren’s apology but insisted that Origin Team compete for one final night at the Spirit Fighting Arena. Their first match pitted Xu Yuan against Yan, and Xu Yuan immediately countered Yan’s opening attack with water-element coverage.

• Xu Yuan accepted Ma Qiren’s apology and proposed that Origin Team compete for one last night so the spectators could watch and bet.
• Ma Qiren reluctantly agreed, and the crowd rushed into the Spirit Fighting Arena for the final matches.
• Xu Yuan and Yan were paired against each other, giving Xu Yuan a chance to test Yan’s progress after their time in the arena.
• The audience overwhelmingly bet on Xu Yuan after watching the Spirit Hall Archbishops’ choices.
• Yan opened with his Third Spirit Ring skill, Flame Boiling, but Xu Yuan covered the platform with water and suppressed his fire.

Xu Yuan defeated Yan with a single wave, and the Origin Team continued its matches at the Spirit Fighting Arena. After Hu Liena beat Xie Yue and the Arena canceled the team fight, the group counted their winnings and prepared to divide the dividends.

• Xu Yuan defeated Yan by enveloping him in white mist, and the crowd accepted that Yan had genuinely fainted.
• Xu Hu lost his close-combat match after badly injuring his opponent, while Yu Xian won his two-ring division match.
• Hu Liena used her Charm skill to catch Xie Yue off guard, bound him with her tails, and won their Soul Ancestor match.
• The Spirit Fighting Arena canceled the Origin Team's scheduled team fight, claiming it could not find a suitable opponent.
• Xu Yuan and the others counted more than 180 million Gold Soul Coins in profit from nine days, including Ma Qiren's 100 million compensation, and prepared to divide the money.

Xu Yuan distributed the Spirit Hall team’s earnings before Yue Guan arrived and took him away on an urgent mission. Yue Guan revealed that a poisonous treasure offered by the Heaven Dou Empire had led him to a hidden medicinal garden inside a volcano, leaving Xu Yuan to discover why he had been summoned.

• Xu Yuan distributed the more than 180 million Gold Soul Coins among the team and prepared to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yue Guan arrived at the hotel, told Xu Yuan to accompany him, and left Hu Liena in charge of the exchange team.
• Yue Guan took Xu Yuan outside Heaven Dou City and explained that a poisonous plant had been included in the Heaven Dou Empire’s compensation five years earlier.
• Yue Guan said he had confronted the Title Douluo called Du, who knocked him into a volcano with a sneak attack.
• Yue Guan revealed that he had found a natural medicinal garden filled with heavenly treasures inside the volcano and brought Xu Yuan there.

Yue Guan brought Xu Yuan to Dugu Bo’s lair in Sunset Forest, promising to find him a heavenly treasure at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As they arrived, Dugu Bo sensed them and shouted at Yue Guan, while memories revealed the tragedy behind their decades-long rivalry.

• Yue Guan reassured Xu Yuan that he had subdued Dugu Bo and explained that a heavenly treasure had raised his cultivation and opened a path beyond level ninety-four.
• Yue Guan and Xu Yuan flew overnight from Heaven Dou City to Dugu Bo’s lair in the central mountain range of Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo recalled how he had fallen in love with a female Soul Master who loved Yue Guan, then challenged Yue Guan after mistaking his refusal for contempt.
• During the fight between Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei, the female Soul Master was tortured to death by the Soul Master Yue Guan and Gui Mei had been hunting.
• Dugu Bo sensed Yue Guan and Xu Yuan arriving at his lair, vanished from his cave, and shouted that Yue Guan had gone too far.

Yue Guan brought Xu Yuan to the Natural Herb Garden, where Dugu Bo confronted them over the rare plants. Xu Yuan reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used his blink skill to retrieve two Heavenly Treasures, leaving Dugu Bo watching.

• Dugu Bo intercepted Yue Guan and Xu Yuan, demanding to know why Yue Guan had returned to the Natural Herb Garden.
• Yue Guan argued that the garden’s treasures should not be left unused and continued inside with Xu Yuan.
• Dugu Bo followed after realizing Yue Guan claimed to have a way to identify and harvest the dangerous herbs.
• Xu Yuan eagerly explored the garden, then summoned his Spirit Rings beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xu Yuan used his blink skill and a broken Jade Tray to retrieve an ice-blue and a fiery-red Heavenly Treasure from the pool.

Xu Yuan swallowed the opposing Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, leaving Yue Guan and Dugu Bo convinced he would die. After Xu Yuan survived and began cultivating in the pool, Dugu Bo realized the herbs’ opposing properties had neutralized each other and noticed their roots remained behind.

• Xu Yuan quickly picked and swallowed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then suffered waves of extreme cold and heat.
• Yue Guan panicked over Xu Yuan’s condition and demanded that Dugu Bo save him, but Dugu Bo said the two Medicine Kings were beyond his ability and Xu Yuan was doomed.
• Xu Yuan fell into the icy pool, and Yue Guan and Dugu Bo assumed he could not survive.
• After several minutes, Xu Yuan floated on the pool with normal coloring and steady breathing, appearing to be in deep cultivation.
• Dugu Bo realized the herbs’ opposing properties had neutralized their poisons and that Xu Yuan had left their roots intact, allowing them to grow again.

Xu Yuan absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, greatly strengthening his body, meridians, and Soul Power. He awoke to find Dugu Bo and Yue Guan battered from another fight, then discovered his clothes and Storage Bracelet had been ruined.

• Yue Guan confirmed Xu Yuan was safe and suspected he had known the Medicine Kings’ properties before eating them.
• Dugu Bo offered Spirit Hall the garden’s heavenly treasures in exchange for information about the herbs, but Yue Guan said he did not know their properties.
• Dugu Bo and Yue Guan argued and launched into a fierce battle that sent sand and stones flying.
• Xu Yuan’s Martial Soul absorbed the energies of ice and fire, tempering his body, widening his meridians, and refining his Soul Power.
• Xu Yuan awoke in the pool and found Dugu Bo and Yue Guan bruised; he realized the extreme temperatures had destroyed his clothes and cracked his Storage Bracelet.

After absorbing two Immortal Herbs, Xu Yuan emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and negotiated with Dugu Bo over the treasures in his herb garden. Xu Yuan agreed to trade their medicinal properties for the herbs, then began explaining them as he dug them up.

• Xu Yuan blinked onto the shore, changed clothes, and emptied his Storage Bracelet, revealing a vast fortune in Gold Soul Coins and other possessions.
• Xu Yuan apologized to Yue Guan for absorbing two Immortal Herbs without consulting him, and Yue Guan told him to be more careful.
• Dugu Bo proposed that Xu Yuan marry Dugu Yan, but Xu Yuan refused and pointed out that she liked Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Bo demanded payment for the two Medicine Kings Xu Yuan had eaten and offered to drop the matter if Xu Yuan explained the herbs in his garden.
• Xu Yuan agreed to the trade and began naming the herbs and describing their properties as he dug them up.

Xu Yuan and Yue Guan left Dugu Bo after Xu Yuan explained how to redirect toxins into Soul Bones, then returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and began the journey home. On the carriage, Xu Yuan gathered Origin Team to distribute immortal herbs, starting with the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid for Lin Yuwei.

• Xu Yuan traded some immortal herbs to Dugu Bo for a Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch and stayed with Yue Guan in Sunset Forest for two more days.
• Xu Yuan told Dugu Bo to force the toxins in his body into his Soul Bones, and Dugu Bo immediately tried the method as Xu Yuan and Yue Guan departed.
• Three days after returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yue Guan led the Spirit Academy group home, ending the exchange study.
• Xu Yuan gathered Origin Team aboard the carriage and explained that he had brought each member a heavenly treasure.
• Xu Yuan gave Lin Yuwei the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, and she kissed his cheek as Hu Liena glared and the others teased them.

Xu Yuan gave immortal herbs to the Origin Team, then left for Notting City to visit his grandfather and Su Yuntao. After returning from the trip, he prepared to break through to Soul Ancestor but felt an intense, unexplained unease.

• Xu Yuan gave Hu Liena Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and distributed suitable immortal herbs to Xu Hu, Yan, Xie Yue, and Yu Xian.
• Xu Yuan told Yue Guan he wanted to visit Notting City, and Yue Guan arranged for two Archbishops to escort him.
• Xu Yuan returned to Holy Soul Village, gave Old Jack a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, and stayed for a week.
• Xu Yuan visited Su Yuntao at the Notting City Spirit Hall branch and gave him a Snow Ginseng.
• After leaving Notting City, Xu Yuan prepared to break through the level-forty bottleneck but suddenly felt an intense sense of unease.

Xu Yuan and two Spirit Hall Archbishops were ambushed by a group of powerful Soul Masters led by Prince Xue Xing, who sought revenge for his son. Xu Yuan recognized Meng Shu among the attackers and threatened Meng Yiran, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Xu Yuan sensed danger, and the two Archbishops guarded him as more than a dozen black-clad Soul Masters surrounded them.
• Prince Xue Xing approached and revealed that he had arranged the ambush to avenge his son, Xue Celou.
• Xue Xing said he had waited until Xu Yuan separated from Yue Guan before making his move.
• Xu Yuan identified Meng Shu by his Martial Soul and warned him that Meng Yiran could be harmed.

Xu Yuan turned Meng Shu’s presence against Prince Xue Xing’s hired forces, then killed Xue Xing with his Railgun before the battle could escalate. With their employer dead, the mercenaries fled, and Xu Yuan continued toward the Star Dou Forest with the two Archbishops.

• Xu Yuan revealed that he knew Meng Shu and his granddaughter, making the surrounding Soul Masters wary of Meng Shu’s possible allegiance.
• Prince Xue Xing exposed Meng Shu’s identity, so Meng Shu unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Xu Yuan.
• Xu Yuan dodged Meng Shu’s strike by flashing to Xue Xing, then fired his Railgun and killed the prince.
• The hired Soul Masters scattered after Xue Xing’s death, and Meng Shu left without his promised reward.
• Xu Yuan returned to the two Archbishops and led them toward the Star Dou Forest.

Xu Yuan reached the Star Dou Forest after breaking through to level forty and began searching with two Soul Saints for a suitable Fourth Spirit Ring. After more than half a month without finding one, he considered entering the inner region when a graceful figure suddenly appeared.

• Xu Yuan broke through to level forty under Meng Shu's pressure and traveled for a month to the Star Dou Forest with two Soul Saints.
• Xu Yuan chose to search cautiously for a Spirit Beast around seven thousand years old rather than risk absorbing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Xu Yuan and the two Archbishops sheltered overnight in a cave after persuading its black bear resident to leave.
• The black bear guarded the cave through the night and was found exhausted beside a dead male bear and a sprawled female bear the next morning.
• Xu Yuan searched the forest for more than half a month without finding a suitable Spirit Beast and considered entering the inner region.
• A graceful figure suddenly entered Xu Yuan's field of vision.

Xu Yuan hunted down a Tailless Beast and absorbed its Spirit Ring, gaining a skill that multiplied his next attack’s power a hundredfold. He also obtained a Soul Bone whose passive blessing increased that boost tenfold, then tested the skill and was overwhelmed by the surge of power.

• Xu Yuan and the two Archbishops spotted a Tailless Beast, which fled at astonishing speed when it noticed them.
• Xu Yuan and the Archbishops chased the Tailless Beast for two days and nights before pinning it down and killing it.
• Xu Yuan spent nearly a day absorbing the beast’s Spirit Ring and gained Holy Spirit Endowment, which increased his next skill or attack’s power a hundredfold.
• Xu Yuan discovered that the Tailless Beast had also yielded a Soul Bone with the passive skill Holy Spirit Blessing, which increased Holy Spirit Endowment’s effect tenfold.
• Xu Yuan tested the combined abilities by releasing his First Spirit Ring skill and felt an immense surge of power.