Chapter Summaries

The Ice and Fire Twin Dragons began teaching Lin Yi body-based combat techniques after he stabilized his breakthrough to level thirty-seven. Lin Yi struggled against a training phantom but recognized that these techniques could prepare him for Slaughter City.

• Lin Yi meditated underwater to adapt to his breakthrough from level thirty-four to level thirty-seven and the Dragon Essence he had absorbed.
• The Fire Dragon and Ice Dragon explained that Soul Masters relied too much on martial souls and taught Lin Yi to fight with his whole body.
• The dragons demonstrated combat techniques focused on momentum, pressure, and using every part of the body as a weapon.
• Lin Yi thought the techniques would complement his Sun God Spear and suit training in Slaughter City, where he hoped to meet Tang San again.
• The Fire Dragon summoned a training phantom, which overwhelmed Lin Yi with rapid physical attacks and knocked him to the ground.

Lin Yi reached level forty after spending more than half a year training under the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons, who taught him combat techniques and strengthened his body. They sent him back to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where he concealed his true level just as Dugu Bo returned.

• Lin Yi learned to sense his opponent's movements and steadily improved at parrying and counterattacking the phantom's attacks.
• Over more than half a year, Lin Yi cultivated and trained until his Soul Power advanced from level thirty-three to level forty.
• Lin Yi thanked the Ice and Fire Twin Dragons and prepared to leave so he could hunt for a Soul Ring.
• The Ice and Fire Twin Dragons checked that no one was above and used their power to send Lin Yi out of the spring without disturbance.
• Lin Yi returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, concealed his Soul Power level to avoid suspicion, and sensed Dugu Bo approaching.

Lin Yi returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and told Dugu Bo he planned to leave again soon. Dugu Bo learned through Lin Yi’s Heart Voice that he had explored beneath the spring, while Lin Yi gave him Fire Dragon Essence to help with his poison.

• Dugu Bo found Lin Yi at the spring and questioned him about his half-year absence, while Lin Yi hid what he had discovered beneath the well.
• Lin Yi asked about Dugu Bo’s poison, and Dugu Bo said it would likely be cured within one or two months.
• Lin Yi decided to go to Star Dou Forest to hunt his fourth Soul Ring, but told Dugu Bo he was leaving temporarily and would return in a month or two.
• Lin Yi gave Dugu Bo a jade bottle of crimson Fire Dragon Essence, claiming it was spiritual liquid that could help with detoxification.
• Dugu Bo recognized the liquid’s value and thanked Lin Yi for thinking of him.

Lin Yi left Dugu Bo’s valley and headed for Star Dou Forest to find a suitable fourth Soul Ring. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong dismissed Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s fruitless search for him, then summoned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.

• Dugu Bo told Lin Yi to be careful on the road, and Lin Yi left the valley after promising to visit again.
• Lin Yi decided to travel to Star Dou Forest for a ten-thousand-year light-attribute soul beast and set off while preparing himself along the way.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei reported that they had searched for Lin Yi at Skywater Academy thirteen times without finding him.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Yue Guan and Gui Mei from the search for the time being, and they left the Pope Palace still curious about Lin Yi.
• Bibi Dong summoned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, who arrived and greeted her.

Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to search for Lin Yi, while Lin Yi arrived alone in Soul Hunting Town and encountered the Blazing Fire Academy team. Huo Wu spotted him and considered approaching, but Lin Yi planned to slip away before she could question him.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to search likely training grounds and Soul Hunting Town for Lin Yi, observe him, and avoid alerting him.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan left Spirit City to begin their mission.
• Lin Yi arrived in Soul Hunting Town after several days of travel and entered the town alone.
• Lin Yi spotted Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and the Blazing Fire Academy team outside an inn and hid behind a medicinal-herb stall.
• Huo Wu recognized Lin Yi's Heart Voice and considered inviting him to Blazing Fire Academy, while Lin Yi decided to slip away before she could approach him.

Lin Yi tried to avoid Huo Wu and the Blazing Fire Academy group while staying at an inn in Soul Hunting Town before entering Star Dou Forest to hunt a ten-thousand-year soul beast. Huo Wu recognized him through his Heart Voice and considered confronting him.

• Huo Wu and the Blazing Fire Academy group speculated that Lin Yi had come to Star Dou Forest for a Fourth Soul Ring and might already be above level forty.
• Lin Yi booked a room at Laifu Inn and planned to rest before hunting a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
• The Blazing Fire Academy group arrived at the same inn, and Lin Yi hid his face as Huo Wu searched the dining hall.
• Huo Wu heard Lin Yi's Heart Voice, pretended not to notice him, and followed the others upstairs.
• Huo Wu wondered whether to speak to Lin Yi, and Huo Wushuang asked what she would say to him.

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang overheard Lin Yi thinking about soul beasts and learned that he planned to hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. The chapter left Huo Wushuang questioning Lin Yi’s strength and how he could reach Rank 50 so quickly.

• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang decided not to approach Lin Yi and went downstairs to eat with the others.
• Lin Yi privately considered suitable fourth Soul Ring targets for Huo Wu, and Huo Wu overheard his advice about the Flame Python and Lava Lizard.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang exchanged looks after realizing Lin Yi’s Heart Voice had revealed useful information about her Soul Ring hunt.
• After the Blazing Fire Academy group left, Lin Yi planned to enter the Star Dou Forest and hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Huo Wu overheard Lin Yi’s plan and told Huo Wushuang, who wondered how Lin Yi could be strong enough to hunt a Soul Ring above ten thousand years.

Huo Wu worried that Lin Yi would enter the depths of Star Dou Forest alone, while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan arrived in Soul Hunting Town to search for him. The next morning, Lin Yi set out toward the forest and unexpectedly encountered the three Spirit Hall members.

• Huo Wu rejected Huo Wushuang's idea of following Lin Yi into Star Dou Forest but worried about the danger he faced.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan planned to search Soul Hunting Town for Lin Yi and then check the forest or Skywater Academy if they found no trace of him.
• Lin Yi ate breakfast, bought steamed buns for the journey, and planned to travel east along the forest's Outer Perimeter.
• Lin Yi spotted Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan outside a grocery shop and wondered why they had come to Soul Hunting Town.

Lin Yi entered Star Dou Forest to seek a powerful light-attribute soul beast for his Myriad Star Core, while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan secretly followed him. The trio struggled to keep up as Lin Yi accelerated through the forest, and they were left stunned by his speed and his plan to hunt a ten-thousand-year soul beast.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan spotted Lin Yi in Soul Hunting Town and pretended not to notice him.
• After Lin Yi left town, Hu Liena decided the trio should follow him from a distance without making contact.
• The three observed Lin Yi move through Star Dou Forest with speed and skill that surprised them.
• Lin Yi considered hunting a ten-thousand-year light-attribute soul beast, and the trio realized the danger of his plan.
• Lin Yi sped through the forest, forcing Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to exert themselves to keep up.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan lost Lin Yi in Star Dou Forest and pursued him without finding him. Lin Yi reached a clearing, killed a Bright Moon Star Elk, and watched its black Soul Ring appear.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan lost Lin Yi when he vanished into a thicket, then followed a trail in search of him.
• Lin Yi changed direction through the forest to avoid Soul Beasts and sensed a powerful light-attribute presence nearby.
• Lin Yi found a Bright Moon Star Elk and attacked it with the Sun God Spear.
• Lin Yi wounded the Bright Moon Star Elk, stopped its escape, and killed it with a spear thrust to the throat.
• A black Soul Ring emerged from the Bright Moon Star Elk as Lin Yi watched.

Lin Yi absorbed a twelve-thousand-year Soul Ring, reached level forty-one and became a Soul Ancestor. Hu Liena witnessed his strength and Twin Martial Souls, then told Xie Yue and Yan what she had seen after Lin Yi left the forest.

• Lin Yi endured the violent energy of the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and absorbed it while Hu Liena watched from a nearby tree.
• Lin Yi reached level forty-one, gained the fourth Soul Skill Starlight Shield, and headed back through the forest.
• Hu Liena summoned Xie Yue and Yan and told them Lin Yi had killed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with one thrust.
• Hu Liena revealed that Lin Yi possessed Twin Martial Souls and described the Golden Spear to the stunned Xie Yue and Yan.
• Yan asked whether they should keep following Lin Yi after Hu Liena said he had left for Skywater Academy.

Lin Yi traveled to Sunset Forest and unexpectedly encountered Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe. She wondered how he knew her identity and whether she alone could hear his thoughts.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan decided to stop following Lin Yi and return to report what they had learned.
• Lin Yi reached Sunset Forest after six days and planned to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Lin Yi spotted members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, took a detour, and ran into Qian Renxue crouching beside a flower.
• Lin Yi left after his thoughts revealed that he knew Qian Renxue's identity, leaving her startled and suspicious.
• Qian Renxue summoned She Long and Ci Xue and asked whether they had heard the voice; both denied hearing anything.

Qian Renxue sent She Long and Ci Xue to find Lin Yi after he revealed that he knew her identity, but the two Title Douluo failed to catch him. Lin Yi reached the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and began cultivating while his pursuers returned to report without finding him.

• Qian Renxue described Lin Yi to She Long and Ci Xue, explained that he knew her identity, and ordered them to find him.
• She Long and Ci Xue pursued Lin Yi in the direction Qian Renxue indicated while she returned to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's entourage and set out for Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Yi hurried through Sunset Forest, took an antidote, and entered the area around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Lin Yi found Dugu Bo absent and sat on a bluestone to cultivate his Soul Power.
• She Long and Ci Xue failed to find Lin Yi, guessed he had left the forest by another route, and returned to report to Qian Renxue.

Lin Yi reunited with Dugu Bo and met Dugu Yan at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Dugu Bo brought his granddaughter to cultivate. After Dugu Bo left them together, Dugu Yan nearly touched the dangerous spring, and Lin Yi warned her away.

• Lin Yi noticed Dugu Bo returning with Dugu Yan and wondered why he had brought her to the valley.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan learned through Lin Yi’s Heart Voice that he had returned after obtaining a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan said Dugu Bo had brought her to the well to help her overcome her level-thirty-nine cultivation bottleneck.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan not to touch the flowers or springs, then left her in Lin Yi’s care while he went to refine medicine.
• Dugu Yan asked Lin Yi how long he had stayed at the well and reached toward the spring, but Lin Yi stopped her and warned that even Dugu Bo could be injured by touching it.

Lin Yi examined Dugu Bo’s detoxifying pill and advised him to reduce its dosage for Dugu Yan, leaving her curious about Lin Yi’s knowledge of pill refining.

• Dugu Yan asked Lin Yi about Skywater Academy and said she envied Xiao Wu and the other girls, while Lin Yi thought about how formidable their group would be with Dugu Yan in it.
• Dugu Yan asked Lin Yi what he had learned from cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and he said its spiritual energy made cultivation more effective.
• Dugu Bo brought Lin Yi a pill and asked whether it could detoxify Dugu Yan.
• Lin Yi judged that Dugu Bo’s pill was well made but advised reducing its dosage by at least seventy percent to avoid harming Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo accepted Lin Yi’s advice and left to prepare a new dose, and Dugu Yan asked Lin Yi whether he understood pill refining.

Dugu Yan finished taking the detoxification medicine and broke through to level forty at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Dugu Bo planned to take her and Lin Yi into Sunset Forest the next day to find her fourth Soul Ring, while Lin Yi hoped to gather Immortal Herbs and leave.

• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan a newly formulated pill, and Lin Yi said one pill a day should clear her poison in about ten days.
• Dugu Yan cultivated as the medicine cleared her poison, and her Soul Power reached the level-forty bottleneck.
• After taking the final detoxification pill, Dugu Yan broke through to level forty and thanked Lin Yi.
• Dugu Bo announced that he would take Dugu Yan into Sunset Forest to hunt for her fourth Soul Ring.
• Lin Yi hoped to gather Immortal Herbs while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were away, but Dugu Bo ordered him to come along and help choose a suitable Soul Beast.

Dugu Bo led Lin Yi and Dugu Yan to a Jade Phosphorous Poison Python’s nest in Sunset Forest to find Dugu Yan a Soul Ring, but changed plans after hearing Lin Yi’s thoughts about her improved physique. The three left the nest to seek a stronger soul beast.

• Dugu Bo took Lin Yi and Dugu Yan through a hidden trail and poisonous fog to a valley filled with Jade Phosphorous Serpents.
• Dugu Bo identified a 4,200-year-old Jade Phosphorous Serpent King as a suitable Soul Ring for Dugu Yan.
• Lin Yi thought Dugu Yan’s Immortal Herb treatment had strengthened her enough to absorb a Soul Ring of over 6,000 years.
• Dugu Bo sensed Dugu Yan’s improved condition and decided to look for a soul beast better suited to her.
• Dugu Bo led Dugu Yan and Lin Yi away from the serpent nest toward another location.

Dugu Yan absorbed an 8,200-year Nether Poison Dragon Soul Ring and gained the Nether Poison Domain, reaching rank 41. Back at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Dugu Bo told Lin Yi his poison was mostly cured and gave him permission to take any Immortal Herbs before leaving.

• Dugu Bo led Lin Yi and Dugu Yan to a hidden wetland and killed an 8,200-year Nether Poison Dragon for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the Soul Ring and broke through to rank 41, gaining the area-control skill Nether Poison Domain.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Lin Yi returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well by evening, while Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo heard Lin Yi's thoughts about leaving soon.
• Dugu Bo told Lin Yi that his poison was mostly cured and invited him to take whichever Immortal Herbs he wanted before departing.

Lin Yi carefully harvested several Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, leaving their roots intact and reserving Snowy Swan Kiss for Dugu Yan. He stayed overnight with Dugu Yan, and they quietly cultivated before his planned departure the next morning.

• Lin Yi harvested Immortal Herbs for Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Qingyue, and others, taking care not to damage their roots.
• Lin Yi noticed Dugu Yan had patiently followed him and decided to leave Snowy Swan Kiss for her.
• Dugu Yan asked whether Lin Yi needed help, but he declined and continued harvesting.
• Lin Yi finished gathering the herbs, thanked Dugu Yan, and decided to stay until morning before saying goodbye to Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan and Lin Yi sat apart on bluestones and cultivated quietly.

Lin Yi left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with a Spirit Bone from Dugu Bo and advice about an Immortal Herb that could strengthen Dugu Yan's poison-type martial spirit. As he headed back toward Skywater Academy, he encountered Qian Renxue, who had been waiting for him.

• Dugu Bo gave Lin Yi a rare skull Spirit Bone as a parting gift.
• Lin Yi told Dugu Bo about the Snowy Swan Kiss and its potential to develop Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent martial spirit.
• Dugu Yan woke after Lin Yi left and asked whether he would return, and Dugu Bo said he would.
• Lin Yi passed through the poison array and began traveling back toward Skywater Academy.
• Near the forest's edge, Lin Yi met Qian Renxue, who revealed she had been waiting for him.