Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen trained with Blaziken in the Sunset Forest to raise his Soul Power and test whether Blaziken could face Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, while planning to seek Immortal Herbs and stronger Soul Rings later. After entering the Core Zone and avoiding Soul Master teams, he reached the Poison Mist Forest and asked Blaziken whether its flames could counter the poison.

• Ye Chen decided to delay absorbing his fourth and fifth Soul Rings until his spiritual power and physical strength were ready, and began grinding for experience in the Sunset Forest.
• Ye Chen and Blaziken fought Soul Beasts in the Mixed Zone, defeated a ten-thousand-year Poison Toad, and raised Ye Chen's Soul Power from Level fifty-four to Level fifty-five.
• Ye Chen entered the Core Zone, found Soul Beasts with powerful bloodlines, and failed to track the elusive Braixen.
• Ye Chen learned that Soul Master teams had flooded the forest to prepare for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, so he moved deeper into the Core Zone to avoid revealing his Soul Rings.
• Ye Chen reached the Poison Mist Forest, drank a detoxifying potion after feeling dizzy, and asked Blaziken if its flames could counteract the poison.

Ye Chen and Blaziken crossed Poison Mist Forest and discovered a vast mountain covered in dark green poisonous mist that might be Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison Array. After retreating to avoid drawing Dugu Bo’s attention, they trained for half a month, raising Ye Chen’s Soul Power to level fifty-six while he worked on developing a ranged attack.

• Ye Chen entered Poison Mist Forest with Blaziken, using poison-repelling ointment and Blaziken’s flames to travel safely among the Poison-type Soul Beasts.
• Ye Chen and Blaziken reached a mountain in the Core Zone of Sunset Forest, where Blaziken’s Flamethrower briefly cleared a path through the dark green poisonous mist before it quickly returned.
• Ye Chen suspected the poisonous mist was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison Array and withdrew with Blaziken in case the disturbance had alerted Dugu Bo.
• Ye Chen and Blaziken spent half a month fighting Soul Beasts in Poison Mist Forest, raising Ye Chen’s Soul Power from level fifty-five to level fifty-six and improving his combat skills.
• Ye Chen began practicing how to compress and launch his Soul Power as a ranged attack, but he could not yet make the compressed energy explode.

Ye Chen set aside his attempts to control the Mysterious Power and focused on luring Dugu Bo into an alliance so he could obtain Immortal Herbs. After growing stronger through battles in the Poison Mist Forest, he and Blaziken encountered a fleeing Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Serpent.

• Ye Chen concluded that the Mysterious Power came from his Body Martial Soul, but he could not control it and decided to focus on finding the Immortal Herbs.
• Ye Chen tried to attract Dugu Bo’s attention near the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison Array, but Dugu Bo did not appear for two months.
• Blaziken developed a versatile fighting style, and Ye Chen’s Soul Power rose from level fifty-six to level fifty-seven after battles against powerful Soul Beasts.
• Ye Chen defeated a four-thousand-year Poison King Scorpion without Blaziken’s help, then headed with Blaziken toward the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison Array.
• A ten-meter Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Serpent devoured the wounded Poison King Scorpion, released purple poisonous mist, and fled when Ye Chen saw it.

Ye Chen encountered Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan after Blaziken helped him defeat a Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Serpent. Dugu Yan claimed the serpent for her Third Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo stopped Ye Chen as he was leaving to ask about his Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring.

• Blaziken burned away the serpent’s poison mist, and Ye Chen knocked the Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Serpent unconscious.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived, and Ye Chen recognized them and revealed his three Soul Rings, including a Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan asked for the serpent for her Third Soul Ring, and Ye Chen willingly let her take it.
• Dugu Yan killed the serpent and absorbed its purple Soul Ring, then introduced herself to Ye Chen.
• As Ye Chen prepared to leave, Dugu Bo stopped him and asked whether his Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring was disguised by a Soul Skill.

Ye Chen tried to convince Dugu Bo that his Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring and extraordinary cultivation came from his divine-level Blaziken Martial Soul and status as the Fire God Inheritor. Dugu Bo tested Ye Chen and discovered that he had Level 57 Soul Power, but still warned that he could kill him.

• Ye Chen told Dugu Bo that Blaziken was a divine-level Martial Soul and that he had inherited the Fire God's power.
• Ye Chen explained that Level 100 Soul Power meant becoming a god and claimed he could ascend after completing his Divine Trial.
• Ye Chen invited Dugu Bo to test his Soul Power, and Dugu Bo seized him and examined his cultivation.
• Dugu Bo discovered that Ye Chen had Level 57 Soul Power and began to believe his claims.
• Dugu Bo warned Ye Chen that, despite his status as the Fire God Inheritor, he could still kill him.

Ye Chen persuaded Dugu Bo to spare him and support his path to becoming the Fire God by promising to cure the poison backlash afflicting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. He then used his knowledge of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Spring to convince Dugu Bo that he truly was the Fire God Inheritor.

• Ye Chen warned Dugu Bo that killing him could bring the Fire God's wrath and offered to cure the poison backlash affecting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo set aside his killing intent and agreed to support Ye Chen if he swore to help cure their poison backlash.
• Ye Chen swore on his Martial Soul and explained that completing divine trials earned him rewards that strengthened his abilities.
• Ye Chen claimed he could sense fire-element aura on Dugu Bo and deduced that Dugu Bo often visited a place rich in both fire and ice elements.
• Ye Chen described the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and asked whether rare medicinal herbs grew around Dugu Bo's spring, leaving Dugu Bo convinced of Ye Chen's identity.

Ye Chen convinced Dugu Bo that he was the Fire God Inheritor and offered to help cure the snake-poison backlash affecting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo agreed to take Ye Chen to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well after Dugu Yan absorbed her Soul Ring, while the reason for her slow cultivation remained unrevealed.

• Dugu Bo questioned Ye Chen about the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and its rare herbs, and Ye Chen claimed the Fire God had taught him about them for his Divine Trial.
• Ye Chen offered to search for herbs that could cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo agreed to take him to the well after Dugu Yan finished absorbing her Soul Ring.
• Ye Chen explained that he had inferred their snake-poison backlash from their unusual traits and claimed the Fire God's divine power protected him from Dugu Bo's poison.
• Dugu Bo and Ye Chen agreed to a partnership in which they would help each other while respecting their respective limits.
• Dugu Yan completed absorbing her third Soul Ring and celebrated reaching the three-ring Soul Elder level with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan asked why Dugu Bo had told her to slow her cultivation, but he promised to explain only when she became a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.

Dugu Yan challenged Ye Chen to a spar, but he sent Blaziken to fight her instead. Blaziken easily overcame her poison, leaving their strength difference clear as Dugu Bo and Ye Chen kept the snake poison backlash secret from her.

• Dugu Yan proposed a spar with Ye Chen, and he directed her to fight Blaziken instead.
• Dugu Bo told Ye Chen he had kept the snake poison backlash secret from Dugu Yan and agreed to take Ye Chen to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well after she returned to the academy.
• Dugu Yan used her third Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Purple Poison, against Blaziken.
• Blaziken held back and used Ember to burn away Dugu Yan's poison, then defeated her without difficulty.