Chapter Summaries

Lin Nuo defeated Yu Tianheng in the Soul Fighting Arena, drained his strength with his Vampire Spider Stinger, and collected the three thousand Gold Soul Coins they had wagered. As the crowd celebrated Lin Nuo’s victory, Dugu Yan worried that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would retaliate and left to warn her grandfather.

• Lin Nuo blocked Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claw and pierced his shoulders with his Vampire Spider Stinger, paralyzing and draining him.
• Lin Nuo demanded the wager, and Yu Tianheng threw him a Gold Soul Coin card containing three thousand coins before admitting defeat.
• Yu Tianheng claimed he had lost only because he was careless and vowed to challenge Lin Nuo again, while Lin Nuo dismissed him and walked away.
• The spectators cheered Lin Nuo’s strength and swagger, and Dugu Yan watched him with gratitude.
• Dugu Yan warned a black-veiled young woman that she needed to inform her grandfather because the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan might target Lin Nuo, then left the arena.

After Lin Nuo impressed the Soul Fighting Arena, Xue Qinghe introduced him to Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, who questioned him about his background and choice of academy. Ning Fengzhi asked why he had enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead of Spirit Hall Advanced Academy, leaving Qian Renxue ready to protect Lin Nuo if the conversation turned dangerous.

• Royal attendants escorted Lin Nuo to meet Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin in a private room.
• Xue Qinghe praised Lin Nuo’s conduct and asked him to call her Brother Xue.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, and Lin Nuo greeted them deferentially.
• Ning Fengzhi probed Lin Nuo’s origins while Chen Xin watched him closely.
• Ning Fengzhi asked why Lin Nuo had chosen Heaven Dou Royal Academy over Spirit Hall Advanced Academy, and Qian Renxue prepared to seek her grandfather’s help if he threatened Lin Nuo.

Lin Nuo deflected Ning Fengzhi’s questions about his Millennium Soul Ring, while Chen Xin’s search found no Spirit Bone. After Ning Fengzhi left, Xue Qinghe gave Lin Nuo a Crown Prince’s token and offered him support, then privately burned with anger over how poorly his mother had protected him.

• Lin Nuo explained that Spirit Hall had tested his physical strength and found him able to withstand a Millennium Soul Ring, concealing any secret method from Ning Fengzhi.
• Chen Xin forcibly probed Lin Nuo for a Spirit Bone but found only his unusual meridians and violent spider Soul Power.
• Ning Fengzhi left with Chen Xin after concluding he could not extract useful information from Lin Nuo.
• Xue Qinghe gave Lin Nuo a Crown Prince’s token and promised him access to the Eastern Palace and its resources.
• Qian Renxue grew furious at Lin Nuo’s mother for leaving him unprotected, then apologized to him and offered to grant anything he wanted.

Lin Nuo asked Qian Renxue for rare-plant guides and a living-creature storage Soul Tool, intending to use them to claim the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. After hearing how Lin Nuo defeated Yu Tianheng, Dugu Bo grew angry with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Dugu Yan asked him to protect Lin Nuo.

• Lin Nuo requested botanical guides and a Soul Tool capable of storing living creatures, and Qian Renxue agreed to provide them.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Yu Tianheng had publicly confessed to her, then bullied Lin Nuo after she rejected him and Lin Nuo defeated him.
• Dugu Bo resolved to confront Yu Yuanzhen over Yu Tianheng's conduct, but Dugu Yan urged him to give Yu Tianheng only a warning.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to secretly protect Lin Nuo, explaining that Lin Nuo was eight or nine years old, had a poisonous spider martial soul, and possessed a thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo questioned whether Lin Nuo had truly defeated Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan warned that the Upper Three Sects might target such an extraordinary talent.

Dugu Bo decided to watch Lin Nuo while keeping Dugu Yan safe, and Lin Nuo studied an Immortal Herb catalog before heading out to explore Heaven Dou City. Qian Renxue feared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might target him, so she sent Porcupinefish Douluo to guard him and began considering how to reveal their relationship.

• Dugu Yan blushed when Dugu Bo teased her about Lin Nuo, and Dugu Bo promised to watch Lin Nuo and punish Yu Tianheng if needed.
• Lin Nuo received Yue Guan's Immortal Herb Illustrated Catalog and a living creature storage Soul Tool from Qian Renxue through Snake Lance Douluo.
• Lin Nuo studied the catalog, noted Snowy Swan Kiss's risks, and decided the Eight Spider Lances would be a better vessel for his toxins.
• Lin Nuo left Heaven Dou Royal Academy to explore Heaven Dou City, and a report of his departure reached Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue ordered Porcupinefish Douluo to protect Lin Nuo from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and considered how to acknowledge him as her younger brother.

Lin Nuo visited the Ye Family Medical Clinic to meet Ye Lingling and pursue the Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul for his future inner circle. Ye Qingrou welcomed him and arranged for him and her daughter to talk privately, but their awkward silence was interrupted when she joined them in the back hall.

• Lin Nuo bought new clothes in Heaven Dou City and recognized a clinic as a possible branch of the Nine-Heart Begonia Family.
• Lin Nuo entered the Ye Family Medical Clinic and met Ye Lingling and her mother, Ye Qingrou.
• Ye Qingrou recognized Lin Nuo as the academy prodigy her daughter had told her about and sent the two young people to the back hall.
• Ye Lingling served Lin Nuo tea, but the pair sat in silence as he struggled to start a conversation.
• Ye Qingrou entered the back hall with tea snacks and broke the awkward silence.

Lin Nuo visited the Ye Family Medical Clinic, where Ye Qingrou welcomed him and asked him to look after Ye Lingling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After learning Dugu Yan needed the Ye family's herbs, Lin Nuo saw a chance to approach her, while Qian Renxue decided to remove Yu Tianheng from the academy to support what she believed was her brother’s plan.

• Lin Nuo met Ye Qingrou at the Ye Family Medical Clinic, impressed her with his manners, and accepted her invitation to call her Aunt Ye.
• Ye Qingrou asked Lin Nuo to look after Ye Lingling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Ye Lingling blushed and interrupted her mother's matchmaking efforts.
• As Lin Nuo and Ye Lingling prepared to leave, Ye Qingrou mentioned Dugu Yan's herbs, and Lin Nuo asked about her health.
• Ye Qingrou hinted that Dugu Yan had a hidden ailment, and Lin Nuo promised to help if she suffered an episode at the academy.
• Porcupinefish Douluo reported Lin Nuo's visit to Qian Renxue, who assumed he was recruiting the Ye Family and intended to approach Poison Douluo through Dugu Yan.
• Qian Renxue decided to find a way to expel Yu Tianheng from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Yu Tianheng was expelled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy after the Crown Prince intervened, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s elders turned the setback into a chance to advance Yu Tianxin. Lin Nuo welcomed the change, but Dugu Bo’s visit ended with him recognizing Lin Nuo as a likely descendant of Bibi Dong and realizing he had stumbled into a dangerous secret.

• Yu Yuanba rejected a plan to retaliate against Lin Nuo and ordered Yu Tianheng to study at Blue Tyrant Academy instead.
• The clan elders saw Yu Tianheng’s failure as an opportunity for Yu Tianxin in the struggle for young clan leader authority.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee Members regretted Yu Tianheng’s expulsion but stayed out of the political conflict.
• Lin Nuo celebrated Yu Tianheng’s removal and planned to keep Ning Fengzhi from placing anyone on the Imperial Fighting Team before eventually removing Qin Ming.
• Dugu Bo secretly entered Lin Nuo’s room and froze when Lin Nuo’s face reminded him of Bibi Dong, leading him to suspect Lin Nuo was her descendant.

Lin Nuo and Dugu Bo discussed poison control, each hoping to gain something from the exchange: Dugu Bo sought a way to prevent poison backlash, while Lin Nuo wanted access to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Lin Nuo proposed a ruthless strategy for deterring enemies, leaving Dugu Bo stunned and ending their conversation with a joke about his future alias.

• Dugu Bo visited Lin Nuo at Dugu Yanyan’s request and offered to teach him about poison-attributed Soul Power in repayment for helping her.
• Dugu Bo secretly hoped Lin Nuo could help him find a way to overcome the Dugu Family’s poison backlash.
• Lin Nuo shared toxicology ideas that impressed Dugu Bo, then proposed poisoning the disciples of any hostile sect if Dugu Bo could not defeat its strongest fighter.
• Dugu Bo objected that the plan would slaughter entire families and harm Heaven’s harmony.
• Lin Nuo joked that the plan would harm Heaven’s harmony, not Wenhe, and said Wenhe would be his alias while traveling the continent.

Lin Nuo convinced Dugu Bo that a rare herb had cured his Martial Soul’s toxic backlash, prompting Dugu Bo to take him to his medicinal garden in hopes of finding a cure for his lineage. As they left, Qian Renxue ordered Pufferfish and Snake Lance to watch Dugu Yan, while Lin Nuo asked Dugu Bo to find him a Death Demon Spider for his third Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo questioned Lin Nuo about toxic backlash, and Lin Nuo claimed an herb he had eaten had cured his symptoms.
• Dugu Bo invited Lin Nuo to his private medicinal garden and promised to grant any future request if Lin Nuo could find a cure for the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Lineage.
• Dugu Bo took Lin Nuo to the Eastern Palace to inform Qian Renxue, then carried him away toward his residence.
• After they departed, Qian Renxue ordered Pufferfish and Snake Lance to watch Dugu Yan until Lin Nuo returned safely.
• Dugu Bo sensed Lin Nuo’s exceptional physical condition and offered to find his third Soul Ring; Lin Nuo requested a suitably aged Death Demon Spider.

Lin Nuo entered Dugu Bo’s hidden herb garden and recognized its rare Immortal Herbs, then explained how Dugu Bo could use the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to cure his lineage’s poison backlash. The cure would cost Dugu Bo all the poison arts he had cultivated.

• Dugu Bo led Lin Nuo through the poisonous barrier into his hidden valley herb garden.
• Lin Nuo recognized the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and its rare herbs, privately deciding to claim the garden’s treasures for himself.
• Lin Nuo told Dugu Bo that the valley’s extreme springs had helped suppress the venom’s backlash and break his bottleneck.
• Lin Nuo identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot as a way to cleanse Dugu Bo’s body and cure his poison backlash.
• Lin Nuo warned that the treatment would erase the poison arts Dugu Bo had cultivated for half his life.

Lin Nuo persuaded Dugu Bo to have Dugu Yan consume the ice-and-fire herbs and offered a way to preserve Dugu Bo’s poison cultivation while containing its toxins. After Dugu Bo left to fetch Dugu Yan, Lin Nuo harvested herbs for himself and began consuming the Nether Demon Spider Orchid and Nine Nether Soul-Eater Grass, then lost consciousness.

• Dugu Bo accepted Lin Nuo’s advice that Dugu Yan should consume the ice-and-fire herbs, since losing her toxins would cost her little at her current level.
• Lin Nuo showed Dugu Bo the Earth Dragon Golden Melon and explained that it could mutate his Martial Soul, so Dugu Bo stored it away as a last resort.
• Lin Nuo proposed using Dugu Yan’s toxin-resistant blood and medicine from the Nine-Heart Begonia Family to force Dugu Bo’s toxins into a high-year Spirit Bone.
• Dugu Bo thanked Lin Nuo, allowed him to choose herbs from the garden, and left to bring Dugu Yan to the valley.
• Lin Nuo harvested the Nether Demon Spider Orchid and Nine Nether Soul-Eater Grass, consumed them in the center of the pool, and gradually lost consciousness.

Lin Nuo woke after a mysterious being ordered him to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and discovered that his Twin Martial Souls had transformed enough to potentially fuse. Dugu Bo confirmed Lin Nuo had broken through level thirty, and Lin Nuo reassured him that Dugu Yan would also benefit greatly from the herbs.

• A mysterious being left a diamond-shaped mark on Lin Nuo and instructed him to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Lin Nuo awoke at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and realized Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had been watching over him for a long time.
• Lin Nuo examined his transformed Twin Martial Souls and sensed that the Death Spider Emperor and Soul-Eater Spider Emperor could fuse without rejection, possibly forming a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dugu Bo checked Lin Nuo and discovered that he had broken through the level-thirty barrier.
• Lin Nuo explained that the herbs had raised his cultivation and assured Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan would also undergo a major transformation and cultivation leap.

Dugu Bo revealed that the Dugu Family's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul caused the poison tormenting Dugu Yan and had killed her father, then explained Lin Nuo's plan to neutralize it. Dugu Yan swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and leaped into the spring as their opposing powers surged through her body.

• Dugu Yan wondered what Lin Nuo meant by hidden dangers in her body, and Lin Nuo left Dugu Bo to explain the truth himself.
• Dugu Bo admitted that the pain in Dugu Yan's ribs came from poison accumulating through the Dugu Family's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, which had killed her father.
• Dugu Bo explained Lin Nuo's method for neutralizing the poison and said he had a separate way to treat himself, along with an Earth Dragon Golden Melon to evolve his martial soul.
• Dugu Yan thanked Lin Nuo and urged Dugu Bo to use the two Immortal Herbs himself, but Dugu Bo refused and reassured her that he had another solution.
• Dugu Yan harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, swallowed them, and jumped into the spring as freezing and scorching forces overtook her.

Lin Nuo waited while Dugu Yan refined two extreme medicinal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and strengthened his own spiritual power with the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. Dugu Yan emerged with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison gone and her Soul Power and physique improved; Dugu Bo asked her to check her martial soul and soul ring skills.

• Dugu Bo worried that Dugu Yan might not survive after swallowing the herbs and entering the spring, while Lin Nuo reassured him that she was refining their effects.
• Lin Nuo refined the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew as Dugu Bo noticed his medicinal garden had been badly ravaged.
• Dugu Yan emerged from the spring, then ducked back underwater in embarrassment when she noticed Lin Nuo looking at her.
• Dugu Bo inspected Dugu Yan and found that her poison had vanished, her Soul Power had passed level thirty, and her physical strength had increased.
• Dugu Bo celebrated the lifting of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Lineage's curse and asked Dugu Yan to release her martial soul so he could check for changes to its origin and her first two soul ring skills.

Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul transformed into a Flood Dragon after the Ice and Fire medicinal power tempered her, while Lin Nuo’s physical resilience proved capable of supporting an exceptionally powerful third Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo stunned by Lin Nuo’s limits and Lin Nuo dismissing his success as luck.

• Dugu Yan transformed her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul into a Flood Dragon, gaining Dragon claws, horns, and a powerful Dragon’s might.
• Dugu Yan discovered that her years-long bodily pain had vanished and that her first two Soul Skills had become pure fire poison and frost poison.
• Dugu Bo decided to seek ice- or fire-attribute Dragon-type soul beasts for Dugu Yan’s future Soul Rings and told her and Lin Nuo to meditate by the Ice and Fire Spring.
• Dugu Bo tested Lin Nuo’s physical limits and found that he could withstand a third Soul Ring approaching five thousand years.
• Lin Nuo modestly attributed his strength to luck, leaving Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan speechless.

After Lin Nuo and Dugu Yan obtained their third Soul Rings, Lin Nuo reached level thirty-six, alarming the people tasked with protecting and assessing him. Dugu Bo warned Lin Nuo about political dangers in Heaven Dou City, while Porcupinefish Douluo reported his astonishing advancement to Qian Renxue’s Eastern Palace, where they considered whether to investigate his secret.

• Dugu Yan absorbed a dragon-descended Soul Ring, reached level thirty-three, and gained the Ice-Fire Dragon Claw skill after Lin Nuo advised Dugu Bo to preserve her balance of ice and fire attributes.
• Lin Nuo refined a nearly six-thousand-year Death Demon Spider Soul Ring, surged to level thirty-six, and gained Death Spider Web Bind.
• Dugu Bo warned Lin Nuo to keep a low profile and watch for spies and political threats, and asked him to look after Ye Lingling at the academy.
• Porcupinefish Douluo saw Lin Nuo return safely to Heaven Dou City, confirmed his level thirty-six Soul Power, and assigned sentries to continue guarding him.
• Porcupinefish Douluo reported Lin Nuo’s rapid cultivation to Qian Renxue’s Eastern Palace, where they considered probing him for the secret behind his progress.

Qian Renxue ordered her agents to protect Lin Nuo and planned to meet him, while growing more determined to bring her talented little brother under her control. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xue Beng ambushed Lin Nuo, whose first kick knocked a lackey unconscious, and then ordered the others to attack.

• Qian Renxue rejected Porcupinefish Douluo's suggestion and ordered hidden agents to watch the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and protect Lin Nuo.
• Qian Renxue reviewed Lin Nuo's unexplained rise and resolved to meet him and bring him under her control.
• Lin Nuo encountered Xue Beng and his lackeys blocking the academy gates, and one lackey demanded that he bow to the prince.
• Xue Beng ordered his men to beat Lin Nuo unconscious and take him away, but Lin Nuo kicked the leading lackey across the courtyard and knocked him out.
• Xue Beng recognized Lin Nuo as the genius who had defeated Yu Tianheng and ordered the remaining lackeys to summon their martial souls and attack.

Lin Nuo defeated Xue Beng and his lackeys at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then privately revealed his connection to Poison Douluo and forced Xue Beng to promise not to trouble him again. Back in his dorm, Lin Nuo reflected on Qian Renxue’s misjudgment, spoke to Ah Yin, and accepted an invitation to meet the Crown Prince.

• Lin Nuo revealed his three Soul Rings and used his third soul skill to paralyze Xue Beng and his lackeys outside the academy gates.
• Lin Nuo warned Xue Beng not to provoke him again and told him that Poison Douluo was an old friend.
• Xue Beng apologized and promised not to seek trouble with Lin Nuo, while the watching students marveled at Lin Nuo’s strength and age.
• Lin Nuo returned to his dorm, mocked Qian Renxue’s judgment, and gently touched Ah Yin, who was growing in a flowerpot.
• A messenger told Lin Nuo that the Crown Prince had invited him to visit, and Lin Nuo agreed to go after preparing.

Lin Nuo visited the Crown Prince's Residence and found Qian Renxue posing as the Crown Prince's adopted sister, Xue Qian. He played along with her role-playing and promised to keep her identity secret.

• Lin Nuo noticed the Crown Prince's Residence had new, unusually powerful guards and servants.
• Qian Renxue appeared before Lin Nuo as a beautiful woman instead of Xue Qinghe, and he pretended to be flustered.
• Qian Renxue introduced herself as Xue Qian, an adopted younger sister of the Crown Prince, and Lin Nuo accepted the explanation.
• Lin Nuo and Qian Renxue chatted for half an hour, and she found him more composed and interesting than she had expected.
• Qian Renxue warned Lin Nuo to keep her identity secret, and he promised to keep his lips sealed.