Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen made a secret treatment agreement with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then Dugu Yan interrupted a confrontation at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and persuaded Dugu Bo to leave before he attacked Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Prince Xue Xing furious and the Shrek group puzzled by Dugu Bo's sudden departure.

• Jiang Chen set prices and monthly free sessions for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, made them promise to keep his secret, and asked Dugu Yan to take him to see her grandfather the next day.
• Dugu Yan decided to warn Dugu Bo about her poisoning without revealing Jiang Chen's secret.
• Prince Xue Xing demanded that the Shrek Academy group kneel and apologize for injuring Prince Xue Beng, while Dai Mubai and Tang San challenged his treatment of commoners.
• Dugu Bo released a chilling aura as the argument escalated, and Xiao Wu relied on Jiang Chen's cultivation method to conceal her soul beast identity.
• Dugu Yan rushed in and whispered to Dugu Bo, who abruptly refused to help Prince Xue Xing and left with her.
• Prince Xue Xing and the Shrek group were left stunned by Dugu Bo's sudden change of plans.

After Prince Xue Xing disrupted Shrek Academy’s recruitment, Flender and Yu Xiaogang led the group away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Dugu Yan revealed that Jiang Chen had cured her poison, leaving Dugu Bo determined to learn whether Jiang Chen could also save them.

• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng left the Education Committee hall after Dugu Yan intervened, and the committee members tried to persuade Shrek Academy to stay.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to accept further humiliation, and Flender led Shrek Academy out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Jiang Chen could cure their poison and had to be protected from anyone who might harm him.
• Dugu Bo examined Dugu Yan and confirmed that her poison was gone and her Soul Power circulated faster than before.
• Dugu Yan explained how Jiang Chen had cured her with a Fire Lotus, and Dugu Bo suspected that Jiang Chen was either backed by an expert or was not human.

Dugu Yan persuaded Dugu Bo to meet Jiang Chen at the Herb Garden, while the Shrek group chose to join Blue Tyrant Academy after being expelled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Dugu Bo broke into Jiang Chen’s room that night and ordered him to come to the Herb Garden, threatening his companions if he refused.

• Dugu Yan convinced Dugu Bo to meet Jiang Chen at the Herb Garden and test his poison resistance.
• Jiang Chen returned to the Heaven Dou Hotel and learned that the Shrek group had been thrown out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender proposed that the group go to Blue Tyrant Academy, and the students agreed after Jiang Chen voiced no objection.
• Dugu Bo entered Jiang Chen’s room at night and spread poison mist, but Jiang Chen’s Scarlet-Gold Flame destroyed it.
• Dugu Bo demanded that Jiang Chen come with him to the Herb Garden and threatened his companions if Jiang Chen refused.

Dugu Bo took Jiang Chen to his herb garden at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Jiang Chen proved he could withstand the poisonous miasma. Dugu Bo then demanded that Jiang Chen swallow a deadly pill before they could discuss a deal, and Jiang Chen asked for a promise in return if he endured it.

• Jiang Chen agreed to go with Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo carried him through the night to a mist-shrouded valley in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo warned Jiang Chen about the deadly poison around his herb garden, but Red Lotus Karma Fire protected Jiang Chen as he walked through the miasma.
• Dugu Bo sent venomous snakes to attack Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen burned them with golden-red sparks before entering the basin.
• Jiang Chen saw the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and asked whether he had passed Dugu Bo's test, but Dugu Bo denied it.
• Dugu Bo gave Jiang Chen a Bone-Eroding Soul-Devouring Pill and demanded that he swallow it; Jiang Chen agreed on the condition that Dugu Bo grant him a request if he endured the poison.

Jiang Chen made Dugu Bo agree to grant him requests if he survived the Poison Core and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He emerged from the spring with his Glazed Jade Bones advanced and his Soul Power at level thirty-seven, leaving Dugu Bo stunned.

• Jiang Chen challenged Dugu Bo to grant him several requests if he survived eating the Bone-Eroding Soul-Devouring Pill and bathing in the spring.
• Jiang Chen swallowed the pill and entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Crimson Gold Fire Lotus helped him withstand the poison, heat, and cold.
• Jiang Chen dived into the spring's deeper reaches as the ice and fire energies tempered his body.
• Jiang Chen broke through to the third stage of Glazed Jade Bones and reached Soul Power level thirty-seven before emerging from the spring.
• Dugu Bo called Jiang Chen a monster, and Jiang Chen joked that he was merely tough-skinned and sturdy.

Jiang Chen diagnosed Dugu Bo’s poison and proposed a way to treat both him and Dugu Yan while preserving their abilities. While waiting at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he searched for a herb that could help Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolve and discovered a Dragon Blood Yin-Born Orchid.

• Jiang Chen described Dugu Bo’s poisoning symptoms and warned that the poison could kill him within three years.
• Jiang Chen offered to draw Dugu Bo’s poison into a Soul Bone using the spring and his Red Lotus Karma Fire; Dugu Bo agreed and provided a Medusa Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo promised Jiang Chen herbs from his garden in exchange for treating him and Dugu Yan, then left to fetch his granddaughter.
• Jiang Chen surveyed the Herb Garden and considered refining its immortal herbs into pills, including finding one that could help Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolve.
• Jiang Chen discovered a strange flower in a stone crevice and identified it as the Dragon Blood Yin-Born Orchid.

Jiang Chen treated Dugu Bo’s poison at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, earning Dugu Bo’s trust and permission to take herbs from his garden. Dugu Yan’s own treatment remained to come, and she worried about enduring the pain.

• Jiang Chen found and secretly harvested a Dragon Blood Yin-Born Orchid from Dugu Bo’s Herb Garden.
• Dugu Bo placed a Jade Phosphorous Heart Curse on Jiang Chen as a safeguard before beginning the treatment.
• Dugu Bo soaked in the spring while Jiang Chen used the Red Lotus Karma Fire to force his poison into the Medusa Skull Bone.
• Dugu Bo recovered, removed the curse from Jiang Chen, and offered him anything he wanted from the Herb Garden as payment.
• Dugu Yan embraced her grandfather, then hesitated as she considered how painful her own treatment might be.

Jiang Chen treated Dugu Yan in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the Dragon Blood Yin-Born Orchid to purge her poison and transform her Martial Soul. The treatment left her in agony, but her Jade Phosphorous Serpent evolved into a dark-gold-patterned Flood Dragon.

• Jiang Chen told Dugu Yan to enter the spring in her undergarments, and Dugu Bo agreed that she should follow the treatment despite her embarrassment.
• Dugu Yan entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and circulated her Soul Power as Jiang Chen instructed.
• Jiang Chen refined the Dragon Blood Yin-Born Orchid into spiritual liquid and placed a drop on Dugu Yan's brow.
• Jiang Chen used crimson-gold flames to guide the spring's energy and the herb's medicinal power through Dugu Yan, forcing poisonous vapor from her body.
• Dugu Yan endured intense pain as her Jade Phosphorous Serpent grew more powerful, then broke through a shackle and transformed into a horned Flood Dragon.

Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent evolved into a flood dragon, curing the backlash from her poison and impressing Dugu Bo. Jiang Chen then gave her two mysterious spirit orbs, claiming they could help her Martial Soul evolve into a true dragon.

• Dugu Yan completed her transformation, and Jiang Chen told her that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent had become a flood dragon and that her venomous techniques had grown stronger without risking backlash.
• Dugu Bo arrived, confirmed Dugu Yan’s evolution, and thanked Jiang Chen by offering him anything from the herb garden.
• Dugu Bo teased Dugu Yan about Jiang Chen while Jiang Chen gathered herbs from the garden.
• Jiang Chen gave Dugu Yan two golden-red spirit orbs and said they were key to evolving her Martial Soul into a true dragon.

Jiang Chen absorbed the immortal-herb essences and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energies, reaching level forty and completing several major breakthroughs. After he emerged with an Ice Fire Golden Body, Dugu Yan caught sight of him unclothed and reacted with embarrassment and fascination.

• Jiang Chen endured the combined medicinal, ice, and fire energies as Dugu Bo explained that his strong foundation let him absorb power that could burst a Soul Saint apart.
• Jiang Chen formed the Ice Fire Golden Body and completed the Void Insight Phase of his Glazed Divine Eyes.
• Jiang Chen checked his system and found that his soul power had reached level forty and his Creation Green Lotus Art had advanced to its fourth layer, granting him the Green Lotus Domain.
• Jiang Chen tested his resistance to the spring’s extreme temperatures, then emerged and admired his strengthened body and appearance.
• Dugu Yan saw Jiang Chen unclothed, turned away in embarrassment, and continued glancing at him after he put on his robe.

Jiang Chen demonstrated how Snowy Swan Kiss could amplify Dugu Bo’s poison and persuaded him to help refine a Myriad Poison Bead. After making the beads, Jiang Chen invited Dugu Bo to test one, and Dugu Bo infused it with Soul Power.

• Jiang Chen told Dugu Bo that his ancestral methods could advance Dugu Bo’s poison arts.
• Jiang Chen harvested Snowy Swan Kiss with the Red Lotus Karma Fire and showed how it magnified Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Jiang Chen promised to refine a Myriad Poison Bead in exchange for Dugu Bo’s secrecy and future help, with a third favor left undecided.
• Dugu Bo supplied Jade Phosphorous Serpent venom, and Jiang Chen used Snowy Swan Kiss and Red Lotus Karma Fire to refine three purple beads.
• Jiang Chen asked Dugu Bo to try a bead, and Dugu Bo infused one with Soul Power.

Jiang Chen showed Dugu Bo how Snowy Swan Kiss could amplify poison and promised to refine it into a Myriad Poison Bead to strengthen Dugu Bo’s poison arts. After securing Dugu Bo’s agreement to three requests, Jiang Chen refined the venom into three beads, and Dugu Bo eagerly tested one.

• Jiang Chen identified Snowy Swan Kiss as a plant that could amplify toxins and demonstrated its effect on Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Jiang Chen explained that refining Snowy Swan Kiss with Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent venom could greatly strengthen his poison arts.
• Dugu Bo agreed to keep Jiang Chen’s work secret, help him obtain herbs or assistance in the future, and fulfill a third request when Jiang Chen named it.
• Jiang Chen refined the venom and Snowy Swan Kiss into three deep-purple beads using Red Lotus Karma Fire.
• Dugu Bo took one bead and injected it with Soul Power.

Jiang Chen refined poison beads for Dugu Bo and prepared to help Ye Lingling improve her Nine Heart Begonia, while Dugu Yan stayed with him at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The chapter ended with Shrek Academy’s students in Heaven Dou City worrying because Jiang Chen had been missing for a day.

• Jiang Chen explained the Myriad Poison Beads’ uses, and Dugu Bo thanked him and promised to repay the favor.
• Jiang Chen asked Dugu Yan to bring Ye Lingling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so he could try to break the Nine Heart Begonia’s limitations.
• Dugu Bo left to find Ye Lingling while Jiang Chen refined herbs and Dugu Yan practiced with her evolved Martial Soul.
• Jiang Chen found a Water Jade Heart Lotus, refined it into a pill, and stored it in the Green Lotus Pendant.
• In Heaven Dou City, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar worried that Jiang Chen had disappeared without leaving a message.

While Flender and the others searched Heaven Dou City for the missing Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen worked at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help Ye Lingling challenge the bloodline restriction on her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul. The attempt triggered a backlash, and Dugu Bo recognized that Jiang Chen’s Martial Soul might be able to break limits.

• Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and the others worried over Jiang Chen’s disappearance, so Flender and Yu Xiaogang went to Spirit Hall while the rest searched the city.
• Jiang Chen finished refining an immortal herb into a pill and watched Dugu Yan practice her newly awakened Jade Phosphor Flood Dragon soul.
• Dugu Bo brought Ye Lingling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Jiang Chen gave her a Water Jade Heavenly Heart Pill to strengthen her foundation.
• Jiang Chen had Ye Lingling enter the spring with her Nine Heart Begonia released, then used auxiliary herbs to help her Martial Soul absorb the well’s energies.
• The Nine Heart Begonia began to show a golden glow, but Ye Lingling suffered a bloodline backlash that made the glow flicker.
• Dugu Bo suspected Jiang Chen’s Martial Soul could break limits and promised Dugu Yan he would not betray their benefactor.

Jiang Chen used the Red Lotus Karma Fire and Emerald Green Lotus to break Ye Lingling’s bloodline shackles, awakening the tenth petal of her Nine Heart Begonia. The breakthrough bestowed a new life-enhancing ability on Jiang Chen, which he tested on plants as he considered cultivating medicinal herbs himself.

• Ye Lingling suffered backlash from her bloodline shackles, so Jiang Chen warned her to endure his treatment.
• Jiang Chen forged Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul with the Red Lotus Karma Fire while using the Emerald Green Lotus to heal the damage.
• Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia formed its tenth lotus petal and released seven-colored light that Jiang Chen’s Glazed Green Lotus absorbed.
• Dugu Bo identified the light as a legendary divine bestowal associated with god-level Martial Souls, and Dugu Yan realized Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul had reached that level.
• Jiang Chen awakened a life-enhancing power, used it to restore and improve nearby plants, and considered using it to cultivate immortal herbs.

After Ye Lingling evolved her Nine Heart Begonia at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, she received recognition from the God of Wood Spirits and gained a new ability. Jiang Chen and the others tested her power, while her inheritance trial remained set to begin at Soul Saint.

• Ye Lingling emerged from the spring with a changed appearance and a golden lotus mark, astonishing Dugu Yan.
• A golden pillar of light descended upon Ye Lingling, and Jiang Chen realized it signaled a divine inheritance.
• Ye Lingling said the God of Wood Spirits had recognized her evolved Nine Heart Begonia and would begin her first trial when she reached Soul Saint.
• Ye Lingling revealed her new Life Link ability and used it to restore a wilted Cold Mist Grass.
• Jiang Chen let Ye Lingling connect the golden thread to his wrist, and he felt his fatigue ease and his Soul Power circulate more smoothly.

Ye Lingling discovered new healing and plant-related powers after her martial soul evolved, while Jiang Chen realized his own martial souls were even more extraordinary. Two ancient dragon souls sent mysterious crystals to Jiang Chen, who hid their identity, and Dugu Bo told the girls to train in the Herb Garden.

• Ye Lingling demonstrated that her evolved Nine Heart Begonia could erase old scars and influence nearby plants, impressing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Jiang Chen compared Ye Lingling's new powers with his Glazed Green Lotus and concluded that his martial souls had far greater potential than he had explored.
• Two ancient dragon remnant souls beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well discussed testing Jiang Chen and sent up a red and a blue Dragon Source Crystal.
• Jiang Chen found the crystals, sensed a powerful dragon will when he touched the red one, and hid both in his Green Lotus Pendant by claiming they were beauty stones.
• Dugu Bo instructed Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to cultivate in the Herb Garden and adapt to their evolved martial souls.

Jiang Chen reached level forty and planned to leave the Herb Garden to obtain a Soul Ring, but first he discovered that two mysterious crystals from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could evolve his Purple Sky Dragon Spear. Meanwhile, the Shrek Academy group in Heaven Dou City remained unable to find him and feared he had been abducted.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were shocked when Jiang Chen revealed that he had reached level forty, and Dugu Bo took them away while Jiang Chen stayed behind.
• Jiang Chen returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to stabilize his Soul Power and examined the red and blue crystals he had found there.
• The crystals reacted to Jiang Chen's Purple Sky Dragon Spear, merging into it and giving it the powers of ice and fire.
• Jiang Chen tested the evolved spear, then sat in the spring to settle his Soul Power as the Glazed Green Lotus absorbed and balanced the twin forces.
• In Heaven Dou City, Ma Hongjun and the others told each other they had found no clues about Jiang Chen, and Ma Hongjun wondered if a wealthy older woman had abducted him.

Shrek Academy searched for Jiang Chen and feared that a Title Douluo had taken him, until Dugu Yan sent word that he was safe at her grandfather’s home. Ning Rongrong left to seek help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Flender prepared to move the others to Blue Tyrant Academy; three days later, Jiang Chen stabilized his Soul Power at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Flender reported that they could not find Jiang Chen, leading Yu Xiaogang to suspect he had been taken.
• The group connected Jiang Chen’s disappearance to Poison Douluo after recalling his encounter with the purple-haired girl at Heaven Dou Academy.
• A messenger sent by Dugu Yan told Shrek Academy that Jiang Chen was safe and staying as a guest with her grandfather.
• Ning Rongrong decided to return home and call on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu wanted to wait for news.
• Flender ordered the others to prepare to leave for Blue Tyrant Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu reluctantly faced his rebuke.
• Three days later, Jiang Chen stabilized his Soul Power at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Jiang Chen left Sunset Forest after consolidating his Soul Power and returned to find Shrek Academy empty, realizing the group had likely moved to Blue Tyrant Academy. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo confronted Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who had come to find Jiang Chen and was told he had already left.

• Jiang Chen finished consolidating his Soul Power, teased Dugu Bo, and declined to wait for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling before leaving Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo tried to trick Jiang Chen into revealing whether he had memorized the route, but Jiang Chen saw through the fake token and departed.
• Jiang Chen flew back to Shrek Academy, found it deserted, and remembered that the group had likely gone to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Dugu Bo sensed a Title Douluo approaching and went to meet Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who said he had come to bring Jiang Chen back.
• Dugu Bo told Chen Xin that Jiang Chen had already left Sunset Forest.