Chapter Summaries

Yu Yan traded knowledge with Bai He for the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng and secured an additional favor in exchange for a Soul Ring color-changing skill. He obtained the Immortal Herb and reviewed his later cultivation and Soul Ring plans.

• Yu Yan explained that his Self-Created Soul Skill could change Soul Ring colors and offered to teach it in exchange for Bai He owing him a favor.
• Yu Yan told Bai He that Whale Glue could strengthen the body and increase the age of Soul Rings a Soul Master could absorb.
• Bai He handed Yu Yan the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng, and Yu Yan opened the box to inspect the Immortal Herb.
• Yu Yan’s cultivation plan outlined his future goals for the seventh through ninth Soul Rings, Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and the path toward godhood.

Bai He gathered the Speed Clan to announce that its younger members would be invited to join Exotic Beast Academy and arranged a contest to win their agreement. Yu Yan faced Bai Yu, whose speed challenged him as Mystic Ice Chains began to limit his movement.

• Bai He brought Jiang Jing and Yu Yan to the Speed Clan training grounds and summoned the clan members still at home.
• Bai He announced that he had agreed to send the younger generation to Exotic Beast Academy, prompting objections from the clan's elders.
• Bai He proposed that the clan could reject the academy if any member under fifteen defeated Yu Yan, who was still a month shy of eight.
• Yu Yan challenged the younger members, and Bai Yu stepped forward, introducing himself as a Level 12 One-Ring Soul Master.
• Bai Yu charged at Yu Yan with his Sharp-Tailed Swift Martial Soul, while Yu Yan used Mystic Ice Chains to restrict Bai Yu's room to maneuver.

Yu Yan easily defeated Bai Yu and then faced Bai Chenxiang, the Speed Clan’s level fourteen One-Ring Soul Master. Bai Chenxiang used her Phantom skill to attack from five directions, but Yu Yan prepared six Mystic Ice Chains to counter her.

• Bai Yu used Swallow Treading to accelerate, but Yu Yan’s Mystic Ice Chains blocked his movements and trapped him.
• Bai He declared Yu Yan the winner, and Bai Yu hid behind a pillar while the Speed Clan members began taking Yu Yan seriously.
• Bai He sent his granddaughter Bai Chenxiang to fight Yu Yan, and she introduced herself as a level fourteen One-Ring Soul Master.
• Bai Chenxiang possessed her Sharp-Tailed Swift Martial Soul and used Phantom, surrounding Yu Yan with five indistinguishable images.
• Unable to identify the real Bai Chenxiang, Yu Yan summoned six Mystic Ice Chains around himself to attack all five images.

Yu Yan defeated five young Speed Clan geniuses, convincing the clan to accept Bai He's arrangement for joining Exotic Beast Academy. After Yu Yan and Jiang Jing left, Bai He revealed to the elders that he had traded the clan's Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng for Yu Yan's Whale Rubber and other benefits.

• Bai Yu used his Phantom and flight Soul Skills against Yu Yan, but Yu Yan slowed him with cold and eventually bound him with Mystic Ice Chains to win.
• Yu Yan defeated five Speed Clan geniuses in succession, improving his control over the Mystic Ice Chains.
• Bai He announced that Bai Chenxiang would join Exotic Beast Academy and that other eligible children could choose for themselves.
• Jiang Jing introduced Exotic Beast Academy and its benefits to the Speed Clan, then left with Yu Yan.
• Bai He told the elders he had traded the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng for Whale Rubber and described Yu Yan's hidden Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring and Soul Ring-concealing technique.
• The Speed Clan elders accepted Bai He's deal after learning how the Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and raise Soul Ring absorption limits.

Bai He decided to use the Speed Clan’s limited funds to cultivate talented young members with Whale Glue while keeping its benefits secret. After advising Bai Chenxiang before she left for Exotic Beast Academy, he left the story with Yu Yan back at his lodging, where ten-year Soul Beast Wu Xue coveted the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng.

• Bai He told the selected young Speed Clan members that they would receive Whale Glue and ordered them to keep its benefits secret.
• Bai He rejected an elder’s proposal to share the Whale Glue’s uses with the other three great single-attribute clans, honoring his agreement with Yu Yan.
• Bai He advised Bai Chenxiang to take care of herself at Exotic Beast Academy, make friends, and seek help from Yu Yan or Vice Principal Jiang Jing if needed.
• Yu Yan returned and told Xiao Wu about his dealings with the Speed Clan.
• Xiao Wu examined the Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng, and Wu Xue stared at it longingly until Yu Yan warned the Spirit Cat not to touch it.

Bai He visited Yu Yan to deliver the Speed Clan’s list of children for Exotic Beast Academy and ask when the group would leave Dragon City. Yu Yan arranged an early departure and then made his third request to Jiang Jing: help him contact Dugu Bo so he could propose a deal.

• Bai He greeted Yu Yan at the inn and explained that he had brought the list of Speed Clan children willing to attend Exotic Beast Academy.
• Yu Yan told Bai He that Jiang Jing was visiting students and said they planned to leave Dragon City the next day; Bai He accepted the explanation and went to find Jiang Jing.
• Xiao Wu asked Yu Yan why he had been nervous around Bai He, and Yu Yan claimed he had been afraid of the Soul Douluo.
• Jiang Jing questioned Yu Yan about their departure plan, and he explained that he had chosen to return to Exotic Beast Academy early.
• Yu Yan asked Jiang Jing to help him contact Dugu Bo so he could propose a deal, and Jiang Jing agreed to arrange an opportunity for them to speak.

Yu Yan and Jiang Jing finalized their arrangement, and the Speed Clan members set out for Exotic Beast Academy with them. After more than half a month of travel, Yu Yan arrived at the academy and told Xiao Wu he would handle his enrollment first.

• Jiang Jing promised to do her best to fulfill the academy’s side of the deal, and Yu Yan promised to win Exotic Beast Academy a championship in six years.
• Bai Chenxiang and Bai Qing joined the four other Speed Clan members departing Dragon City for Exotic Beast Academy.
• Bai He watched the group leave, then returned to the Speed Clan to consider how to earn Gold Soul Coins for his family.
• After more than half a month on the road, Jiang Jing returned to Exotic Beast Academy with Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and the five Speed Clan members.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu he would handle his enrollment with Jiang Jing and meet her the next day.

After four months of negotiations, Exotic Beast Academy secured a meeting for Yu Yan with Dugu Bo on Dugu Yan’s birthday, giving Yu Yan a chance to discuss the Immortal Herbs. Yu Yan thanked the academy and learned that its tournament goal was to avoid losing to Balaque Academy.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu advanced to level 28, while Bai Chenxiang began earning Gold Soul Coins through arena battles and guild tasks.
• Exotic Beast Academy abandoned its negotiations with Prince Xue Xing and arranged through Dugu Yan to exchange Ice Soul Grasses and cultivation resources for a meeting with Dugu Bo.
• Jiang Jing told Yu Yan that he could meet Dugu Bo on January 24, Dugu Yan’s birthday, and warned him to be careful around the unpredictable Poison Douluo.
• Yu Yan thanked Jiang Jing and said his proposed transaction would benefit both sides, then discussed the academy team’s prospects in the next Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament.
• Jiang Jing said Exotic Beast Academy’s goal was to avoid losing to Balaque Academy amid the schools’ ongoing public feud.

Yu Yan told Xiao Wu that he planned to seek Dugu Bo’s help in exchange for access to a precious place, then prepared to meet him with Vice Dean Jiang Jing. Later, Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Bai Chenxiang tracked a bandit gang to a concealed passage in a mountain and entered its hideout.

• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu he hoped to trade with Dugu Bo for a precious place and gain his friendship and assistance.
• Yu Yan said he and Vice Dean Jiang Jing would meet Dugu Bo on Dugu Yan’s birthday, while Xiao Wu chose to stay at the academy.
• Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Bai Chenxiang accepted a mission to exterminate mounted bandits on the Ice Soul Grassland.
• Bai Chenxiang led Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to the mountain where she had seen the bandits enter a hidden passage.
• Bai Chenxiang opened the concealed entrance, and Yu Yan summoned his Frost Scale Armor and entered first.

Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Bai Chenxiang infiltrated the bandits’ mountain stronghold and discovered it was an ancient tomb. After capturing the bandits’ Third Boss, Yu Yan questioned him, but the prisoner alerted the bandits deeper in the tomb.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu killed the guards in the narrow passage with Xiao Wu’s Golden Rainbow Silk.
• Bai Chenxiang recognized the mountain chambers as a tomb, and the trio continued through it, killing bandits along the way.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu defeated the bandits in a large chamber and bound the Third Boss with Mystic Ice Chains.
• Yu Yan questioned the Third Boss about the tomb, but the prisoner shouted a warning to the Boss, drawing bandits from deeper inside.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu killed Wang San and the bandits who rushed to avenge him, then confronted the gang’s leader, Li Hu, and second chief, Zhao Xiao. The battle began in the tomb, where Xiao Wu dispersed Zhao Xiao’s black mist and Yu Yan blocked Li Hu’s surprise attack.

• Yu Yan killed Wang San after he refused to betray Li Hu, then prepared to face the approaching bandits.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu killed the bandits who came to avenge Wang San, and Yu Yan collected Wang San’s head as proof for the Soul Master Guild mission.
• Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Bai Chenxiang continued through the tomb and eventually encountered the remaining bandits gathered in a burial chamber.
• Li Hu confirmed that the gang were tomb raiders, summoned his Black Tiger Martial Soul, and prepared to fight Yu Yan.
• Zhao Xiao summoned his Night Owl Martial Soul and shrouded the chamber in black mist as Li Hu attacked Yu Yan with Shadow Leap and Nether Rending Palm.
• Xiao Wu dispersed the mist with Moonlight Energy, and Yu Yan blocked Li Hu’s strike with his Frost Scale Armor.

Yu Yan trapped and killed Li Hu while Xiao Wu fought the bandits in Zhao Xiao’s black mist. With Li Hu dead, Yu Yan went to help Xiao Wu, whose battle was still underway.

• Yu Yan used the Mystic Ice Chains to confine Li Hu while Xiao Wu defended against attacks and charged into the black mist to fight the bandits.
• Li Hu activated his Third Spirit Skill and shattered part of the chains, but Yu Yan’s Soul Power rapidly repaired them and bound him.
• The Mystic Ice Chains restricted Li Hu’s Soul Power, and Yu Yan killed him by piercing his heart.
• Yu Yan told Bai Chenxiang to handle Li Hu’s corpse, then rushed to join Xiao Wu’s ongoing fight.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu defeated the bandits and learned that a weakened Corpse Ghost Vine guarded the tomb’s main burial chamber. Bai Chenxiang stayed behind while Yu Yan and Xiao Wu headed deeper into the tomb to claim its treasures.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu killed the bandits, sparing one frightened man so Yu Yan could question him.
• The bandit explained that Zhao Xiao had led the gang’s excavation of a tomb belonging to a king from before the Hagen-Dazs Kingdom was established.
• The bandit revealed that a more than two-thousand-year-old Corpse Ghost Vine guarded the main burial chamber and had been weakened by the gang’s repeated attacks.
• Yu Yan decided to enter the burial chamber, and Xiao Wu killed the surviving bandit after he had answered their questions.
• Bai Chenxiang objected to disturbing the dead, so Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left her behind and followed the bandit’s directions into the tomb.

Yu Yan defeated the Corpse Ghost Vine blocking the main burial chamber and entered the king’s lavish tomb with Xiao Wu. They opened a chest and discovered bamboo slips containing valuable theories about Martial Soul evolution and Soul Ring selection.

• Yu Yan used Fire Fish’s skills to burn the Corpse Ghost Vine while Xiao Wu watched, and a purple Soul Ring appeared when the vine died.
• Yu Yan recovered some Soul Power, then entered the main burial chamber with Xiao Wu after they found no further dangers.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu surveyed the lavish chamber, its golden floor, royal treasures, and the coffin at its center.
• Yu Yan opened a chest and found bamboo slips on Martial Soul evolution, choosing Soul Rings, and ways to enhance Martial Souls.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu explored the tomb, learning about rare Immortal Herbs and collecting a Spirit Bone, noble robes, and a multifunctional Golden Scepter. After finding a warning on the coffin that opening it would release poisonous energy and destroy the king’s preserved body, Yu Yan decided to leave it sealed.

• Yu Yan found a bamboo scroll describing the effects and combinations of several Immortal Herbs, including herbs that could strengthen the body or reshape a Martial Soul.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu discovered a Spirit Bone in a box and placed it in their storage.
• Yu Yan examined the noble robes and Golden Scepter, discovered the scepter could amplify pressure, change size, and store items, then kept it for himself.
• Yu Yan stored the nearby treasures and found a bamboo scroll on the coffin warning that its preservation energy was poisonous and asking the reader not to open it.
• Xiao Wu asked whether they should open the coffin, and Yu Yan decided to heed the warning and leave it closed.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu divided the bandits’ spoils, gave Bai Chenxiang gold in exchange for her secrecy, and returned to their quiet routine as she strengthened her body with Whale Glue. After reaching level 29 at age eight, Yu Yan prepared to leave for Heaven Dou City with Vice Principal Jiang Jing, parting sadly from Xiao Wu for a trip that could last up to half a year.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu gave Bai Chenxiang gold bricks as her share of the spoils and persuaded her to promise she would keep the events secret.
• Bai Chenxiang showed Yu Yan the bandits’ remaining items, and he stored the valuables and Zhao Xiao’s tomb-raiding book in the Golden Scepter.
• Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Bai Chenxiang sealed the passage and returned to Ice Soul City, where Bai Chenxiang consumed Whale Glue and raised her physical strength to the level of a Three-Ring Soul Elder.
• After two full-moon nights, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu broke through to level 29 in the first month after turning eight and privately boasted about their future strength.
• Yu Yan prepared to travel with Vice Principal Jiang Jing to Heaven Dou City for Dugu Yan’s birthday and hugged Xiao Wu goodbye, warning that he might be gone for as long as half a year.

Yu Yan left Exotic Beast Academy with Jiang Jing and traveled to Heaven Dou City to meet Dugu Bo during Dugu Yan’s birthday celebration. At the birthday gathering, Prince Xue Xing threatened to interfere with Yu Yan’s deal, but Yu Yan remained confident before an unfamiliar middle-aged man approached and greeted him.

• Xiao Wu reluctantly said goodbye to Yu Yan and decided she would visit Da Ming and Er Ming after Jiang Jing confirmed Yu Yan’s success.
• Yu Yan and Jiang Jing traveled to Heaven Dou City and waited two days for Dugu Yan’s birthday.
• Jiang Jing brought Yu Yan to Dugu Bo’s residence, where many visitors had come to present gifts for Dugu Yan.
• Prince Xue Xing mocked Jiang Jing and threatened to stop her and Yu Yan from getting what they wanted from Dugu Bo.
• Yu Yan assured Jiang Jing that Prince Xue Xing could not prevent his deal with Dugu Bo.
• A refined middle-aged man approached Yu Yan in the birthday hall and said he had been looking forward to meeting him.

Ning Fengzhi approached Yu Yan and tried to recruit him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Yu Yan evaded his hints and changed the subject. Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived at the birthday banquet, and after Dugu Bo briefly addressed the guests and left, Prince Xue Xing took over as host.

• Ning Fengzhi introduced himself to Yu Yan and recognized him from a portrait brought back by Ning Zihu.
• Ning Fengzhi secretly checked Yu Yan's Soul Power Level and discovered it was close to Rank 30, far higher than he had expected.
• Ning Fengzhi hinted that Yu Yan should join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and praised his daughter as a potential future partner, while Yu Yan brushed off the hints and asked about the guests.
• Ning Fengzhi explained the identities of Xue Beng, Xue Ke, and Tang Yuehua to Yu Yan.
• Dugu Bo entered the hall with Dugu Yan, thanked the guests, and left Prince Xue Xing to host the birthday banquet.
• Prince Xue Xing stepped forward and began presiding over the banquet.

Yu Yan went with Jiang Jing to meet Dugu Bo, who tested him with escalating Soul Power pressure. Yu Yan endured the pressure with his strength and Martial Soul Possession, surprising Dugu Bo as he continued advancing.

• Dugu Yan led Jiang Jing and Yu Yan away from the banquet to meet her grandfather, while Ning Fengzhi left for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Yan warned Yu Yan that Dugu Bo disliked people who wasted words before they entered his courtyard.
• Dugu Bo released Soul Power pressure at level twenty-something, but Yu Yan walked through it without difficulty.
• Dugu Bo increased the pressure through levels 39, 42, 46, and 49, until pressure at level 54 forced Yu Yan to stop.
• Yu Yan summoned the Ice and Fire Twin Fish in Martial Soul Possession and resumed walking toward Dugu Bo under the level 54 pressure.

Yu Yan offered Dugu Bo the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and evidence that he understood the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison, hoping to secure a deal. After Dugu Bo threatened him for revealing knowledge of his secret, Yu Yan claimed he could cure Dugu Bo and help Dugu Yan evolve her Martial Soul.

• Yu Yan showed Dugu Bo notes describing the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng's benefits for dragon-type Martial Souls.
• Yu Yan revealed the actual herb, captivating Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Jiang Jing with its power and fragrance.
• Dugu Bo sent Dugu Yan and Jiang Jing away so he could privately negotiate with Yu Yan.
• Dugu Bo read Yu Yan's notes on the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison and confirmed that their account of its outbreaks was accurate.
• Dugu Bo pressured Yu Yan to explain himself, and Yu Yan said he could cure Dugu Bo's poison and help Dugu Yan evolve her Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul.