Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo visited Xiao Qing and made him his disciple after giving him the Hundred-Treasure Bag, then poisoned and abducted Tang San. The next morning, Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu discovered both boys were missing and concluded they had been kidnapped.

• Dugu Bo offered to take Xiao Qing as his disciple, and Xiao Qing agreed after Dugu Bo gave him the Hundred-Treasure Bag.
• Dugu Bo announced that he would take Tang San, then returned carrying the unconscious Tang San and gave Xiao Qing several bottles of poison.
• Dai Mubai noticed Tang San was missing, and Xiao Wu told him Tang San had failed to meet her as promised.
• Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu gathered the others to search for Tang San and Xiao Qing, but found no signs that either had left the dormitory.

After Dugu Bo abducted Tang San and brought him to his hidden lair, he demanded the formula for neutralizing Jade Phosphor Snake Poison. Xiao Qing explained his plan to treat Dugu Bo’s deep-seated poison, but Tang San doubted it until Xiao Qing claimed he had an example to follow.

• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang concluded that poison had been used to abduct Tang San and Xiao Qing, while Zhao Wuji and Flender considered who might be responsible.
• Tang San woke in an unfamiliar place and found Xiao Qing preparing poison under Dugu Bo’s supervision.
• Dugu Bo asked Tang San for the method he had used to neutralize Yan'er’s Jade Phosphor Snake Poison and allowed him a quarter of an hour to speak privately with Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing told Tang San that Dugu Bo had accepted him as a disciple and brought them to the lair, then proposed making a Soul Core to absorb the poison Dugu Bo’s martial soul produced.
• Tang San called Xiao Qing’s Soul Core plan impractical because there was no precedent, but Xiao Qing insisted that an example existed.

Xiao Qing and Tang San examined a method for condensing Soul Power into a Soul Core, then Tang San offered Dugu Bo a cure for the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison but was forced to drink a poison to prove his ability. Xiao Qing demonstrated his martial soul and proposed the Soul Core method to Dugu Bo, who saw its promise but doubted he could meet its requirements.

• Xiao Qing showed Tang San how Xiao Feng had compressed its Soul Power while advancing, and Tang San judged the process feasible with exceptional mental strength and precise control.
• Tang San told Dugu Bo he could cure Dugu Yan's poison and negotiate conditions, but Dugu Bo challenged him to drink a bottle of poison, which Tang San swallowed.
• Dugu Bo took Xiao Qing to a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, where Xiao Qing summoned Xiao Feng and completed the mission of defeating it.
• Xiao Qing explained the Soul Core method to Dugu Bo, who noted a ninth soul ring could cause the needed Soul Power surge but lamented that he could not absorb another one.
• Xiao Qing encouraged Dugu Bo to keep hope, pointing out that Tang San's prescription could alleviate the poison while they waited for another opportunity.

Xiao Qing learned poison-making from Dugu Bo while Dugu Bo waited for Tang San to recover. After Tang San cured Dugu Bo’s poison, Dugu Bo agreed to let him study poison arts and take herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, provided Tang San identified two other herbs for each one he took.

• Dugu Bo urged Xiao Qing to master his poison arts and spent half a day teaching him about poisonous materials in Sunset Forest.
• Xiao Qing and Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Tang San making poison from leftover materials.
• After confirming Tang San had cured his poison, Dugu Bo agreed to let him study poison arts and take medicinal herbs.
• Dugu Bo required Tang San to name and explain two other herbs for every herb he took.
• Tang San hesitated over revealing his knowledge, and Xiao Qing watched as Tang San finally made a move.

Tang San gathered Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while explaining their properties to Dugu Bo, and discovered an Earth Vein Poria that could help Dugu Bo. After Dugu Bo collected a herb for Dugu Yan, Xiao Qing found an unknown treasure that his martial soul urged him to consume.

• Tang San agreed to teach Dugu Bo about medicinal herbs on the condition that Dugu Bo keep the knowledge secret.
• Tang San collected several Immortal Herbs and explained their properties to Dugu Bo as Xiao Qing followed them.
• Tang San found and dug up an Earth Vein Poria, then explained that it could strengthen one's foundation, replenish one's origin, and increase cultivation.
• Dugu Bo asked whether the Earth Vein Poria could help Dugu Yan, and Tang San pointed him to a Crimson-Scaled Snake Saliva Fruit suitable for her.
• Tang San collected an Azurewood Dragonwhisker Root, while Xiao Qing found an unknown, seven-colored treasure and decided to gather it because his martial soul wanted to absorb it.

Tang San arranged for Dugu Bo to take the Earth Vein Poria and for Dugu Yan to consume the Crimson-Scaled Snake Saliva Fruit while he and Xiao Qing prepared to take their Immortal Herbs. Xiao Qing received a Dragon Orb from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and, back at the well, named his herb the Illusory Crystal Glimmer Stamen.

• Tang San gave Dugu Bo instructions for preparing and taking the Earth Vein Poria, and Dugu Bo agreed to return with Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Qing was drawn into an illusion, where the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King gave him a Dragon Orb and told him to return for their trial when he was strong enough.
• Xiao Qing returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and waited for the herb’s reflection to overlap beneath the moonlight.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan, and Xiao Qing named his Immortal Herb the Illusory Crystal Glimmer Stamen.

Xiao Qing harvested the Illusory Crystal Glimmer Stamen, then consumed it alongside Tang San and Dugu Yan as they began absorbing their Immortal Herbs. Xiao Qing’s mental space transformed, and Dugu Bo sensed that his aura had gained qualities of a Titled Douluo’s.

• Xiao Qing used Xiao Feng to reach the Illusory Crystal Glimmer Stamen’s reflection and scoop up the invisible flower.
• Dugu Bo brought Xiao Qing back to the others, and Dugu Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Qing began consuming their Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the Crimson-Scaled Snake Saliva Fruit, causing her poison to leave her body as her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor drew it in.
• Tang San drank the Azurewood Dragonwhisker Root juice and gave Xiao Qing a Heart-Protecting Pill before Xiao Qing swallowed the Illusory Crystal Glimmer Stamen.
• Xiao Qing’s Nine-Colored Liquid spread through his mental space, expanding his Sea of Consciousness and densifying his mental power.
• Dugu Bo sensed that Xiao Qing’s aura had taken on qualities of a Titled Douluo’s and wondered whether the herb suited him.

After absorbing the Illusory Crystal Glimmer Stamen, Xiao Qing reached Soul Power Level forty-seven and revealed his Thousand Illusions domain, which strengthened his illusion skill. Dugu Yan’s encounter with an illusion of her childhood bedroom stirred her grief over her dead father, and Xiao Qing offered to let her try to see him again.

• Dugu Yan absorbed the Crimson-Scaled Snake Saliva Fruit and transformed her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul.
• Xiao Qing finished absorbing the Illusory Crystal Glimmer Stamen and raised his Soul Power Level to forty-seven.
• Xiao Qing revealed his Thousand Illusions domain, and Dugu Bo celebrated that his disciple possessed a domain Soul Skill.
• Xiao Qing used his domain-enhanced fourth Soul Skill to trap Dugu Yan in an illusion, which Dugu Bo broke with his Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan asked Xiao Qing to let her see her father, then blamed herself for his death as Dugu Bo comforted her.
• Xiao Qing told Dugu Bo to let Dugu Yan face her grief herself and offered to let her try the illusion.

Xiao Qing helped Dugu Yan enter an illusion and watched Tang San become cocooned in Blue Silver Grass as his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline awakened. Dugu Bo took the Earth Vein Poria to attempt forming a Soul Core, while Xiao Qing simulated his condition; when poisonous mist erupted from Dugu Bo, Xiao Qing drove it away from Tang San with the Aromatic Silk Beauty, but it turned toward Dugu Yan.

• Xiao Qing placed Dugu Yan in an illusion, and he and Dugu Bo discovered Tang San wrapped in Blue Silver Grass as his bloodline awakened.
• Dugu Bo asked Xiao Qing to protect Dugu Yan if he died, then swallowed the Earth Vein Poria and began forming a Soul Core.
• Xiao Qing activated his Thousand Illusions and Thousand-Body Phantom Domain to record and simulate Dugu Bo's changing condition.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that the Three Education Committee Members reveal Dugu Bo's location, and Flender and Liu Erlong agreed to search the Sunset Forest with him.
• Dugu Bo's poisonous mist poured from his seven orifices, forcing Xiao Qing to stop his simulation and flee.
• Xiao Qing used the Aromatic Silk Beauty to shield Tang San from the pursuing mist, which then drifted toward the stone cave where Dugu Yan lay.

Xiao Qing saved Dugu Bo with Tang San’s Heart-Protecting Pill, giving him another chance to form a Soul Core. Dugu Bo succeeded and reunited with Dugu Yan, while Tang San began breaking free of the Blue Silver Grass cocoon.

• Xiao Qing carried Dugu Yan out of the stone cave and waited with her and Tang San while Dugu Bo struggled inside the poison mist.
• Dugu Bo lost control of his Soul Power and toxins, but Xiao Qing gave him Tang San’s Heart-Protecting Pill before he collapsed.
• Dugu Bo used the pill’s strength to try again, while Xiao Qing read his notes and learned the conditions needed to form a Soul Core.
• Dugu Bo drew the poison mist back into his body and formed a dark-green Poison Core in his dantian.
• Dugu Yan woke and embraced Dugu Bo after Xiao Qing explained how close he had come to dying.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass cocoon began to crack as he started breaking free.

Tang San absorbed the Azurewood Dragonwhisker Root, awakening his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, evolving his martial soul, and gaining the Blue Silver Domain. Xiao Qing demonstrated his own domain and trapped Tang San in an illusion that ended with him meeting Ah Yin.

• Tang San emerged from the broken cocoon with waist-length hair and a changed appearance, then discovered his Blue Silver Grass had grown tougher and developed golden patterns.
• Tang San examined Blue Silver Grass growing on the rock wall and realized his martial soul had evolved and he had awakened the Blue Silver Domain, which let him control and scout through nearby grass.
• Dugu Bo warned Xiao Qing not to cause trouble while he recovered, then entered the cave with Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Qing revealed his own domain, Thousand Illusions, which suppressed Tang San's strength and then drew him into an illusion.
• In the illusion, Tang San found himself in his bedroom in Holy Soul Village, where an unfamiliar woman named Ah Yin embraced him after he called her Mom.

Tang San realized the illusion had shown him his mother, Ah Yin, and decided to return to Holy Soul Village to search for clues. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo defeated the Golden Iron Triangle, but Yu Xiaogang awoke at Blue Tyrant Academy believing he and Liu Erlong had died.

• Tang San asked Xiao Qing about Ah Yin, then resolved to return to Holy Soul Village to look for traces of her.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong summoned the Golden Sacred Dragon and challenged Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo overwhelmed their attack with poisonous venom, broke apart the Golden Sacred Dragon, and caught the falling trio with the serpent's tail.
• Yu Xiaogang woke in a bedroom at Blue Tyrant Academy and apologized to Liu Erlong, believing Dugu Bo had killed them.
• Liu Erlong assured Yu Xiaogang that they were alive, and Flender entered as the pair gazed at each other.

After learning that Yu Xiaogang knew about his family, Tang San discovered he was Clear Sky Douluo’s son and traveled with Xiao Qing to Holy Soul Village to investigate his mother’s past. They arrived and learned Tang Hao had not returned, while Village Chief Jack welcomed them to stay for Tang San’s upcoming birthday.

• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had returned looking changed, and Yu Xiaogang hurried to check on him.
• Tang San asked Xiao Qing to accompany him to Holy Soul Village and offered to teach him poisons in return; Xiao Qing agreed.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that he was Clear Sky Douluo’s son and a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect, then supported his search for his mother.
• Tang San and Xiao Qing flew to Holy Soul Village on Thunder Feather, where Village Chief Jack said Tang Hao had not come back.
• Xiao Qing accepted Village Chief Jack’s invitation to prepare a birthday meal for Tang San, who thanked him for arranging the visit.

Tang San found Ah Yin hidden in a cave behind a waterfall, where she told him how to help her briefly regain human form. Meanwhile, Tang Hao visited the Blue Silver Grass Ancestral Land to ask about evolving Tang San’s martial soul and learned that someone else had already become the new Blue Silver Emperor.

• Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain to follow Ah Yin’s presence to a cave behind a waterfall, with Xiao Qing accompanying him.
• Tang San found Ah Yin in the form of Blue Silver Grass and spoke with her through Xiao Qing’s illusion.
• Ah Yin told Tang San to retrieve and absorb the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor left leg Soul Bone, then use its second Soul Skill with his Blue Silver Domain in a place thick with Blue Silver Grass to help her regain human form briefly.
• Tang Hao entered the Blue Silver Grass Ancestral Land and asked the Blue Silver King how Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul could evolve into a Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Blue Silver King told Tang Hao that someone had become the new Blue Silver Emperor a few days earlier.

Tang San revived his mother, Ah Yin, on his birthday by awakening her soul and helping her regain a human form. He celebrated with Ah Yin, Village Chief Jack, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Wu, feeling he had finally found a family harbor.

• Tang San declined Village Chief Jack's offer to celebrate his birthday early and slipped out after Xiao Qing fell asleep.
• Tang San absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor's left leg Soul Bone, reached rank forty, and moved Ah Yin to a place rich in Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain and Soul Skills to nourish Ah Yin, who awakened and took human form to embrace him.
• Village Chief Jack arrived with birthday noodles and met Ah Yin, Tang San's mother.
• Xiao Qing served dinner, while Village Chief Jack, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Wu gave Tang San gifts and celebrated his birthday.

Tang San brought Ah Yin to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help her recover, while Dugu Bo revealed that he had been chosen to inherit the God of Venom’s godhood. The chapter ended as Xiao Qing’s Dragon Orb stirred after Dugu Bo described his divine trials.

• Tang San said goodbye to Village Chief Jack and left with Xiao Qing, carrying Ah Yin toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Blue Silver King admitted that Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline had already awakened and believed Ah Yin would recover faster through her bond with her son.
• Xiao Qing and Tang San reunited with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and Xiao Qing teased Dugu Bo about his cooking.
• Tang San asked to plant Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and offered Dugu Bo his poison formulas in exchange for permission.
• Dugu Bo privately told Xiao Qing that the God of Venom had given him a Medicine Furnace and nine trials to inherit his godhood.
• As Dugu Bo explained that his trials required herbs and poison-making, Xiao Qing’s Dragon Orb suddenly stirred.

Xiao Qing spoke with Frost, the Ice Dragon King, and learned that the Ice God died in the Dragon God War after leaving an inheritance in the Far North. Frost warned that the Dragon Orb had barred Xiao Qing from inheriting existing godhood, leaving him to consider creating his own, before Xiao Qing prepared to return to Blue Tyrant Academy with Tang San.

• Xiao Qing asked the Dragon Orb's voice about the God of Venom, and Frost revealed himself as the Ice Dragon King and said his successor had left an inheritance in the Far North.
• Frost explained that the Ice God died in the Dragon God War and had left divine power in the Far North, possibly tied to the Ten-Thousand-Year Frost Marrow.
• Frost told Xiao Qing that carrying the Dragon Orb meant he could no longer inherit existing godhood and would have to create his own.
• Xiao Qing struggled to imagine a godhood based on his Prism Ball's ability to catch spirits, while Tang San asked when they would return to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Xiao Qing teased Tang San about missing Xiao Wu, then considered seeking the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and hunting powerful sea Soul Beasts.
• Dai Mubai welcomed Xiao Qing and Tang San back, joking that they had nearly missed the Soul Master Tournament finals.