Chapter Summaries

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left Exotic Beast Academy for the Far North, stopping at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well before Yu Yan dove into its depths to seek the Ice and Fire Dragon King's remains. He reached the mark where he had turned back before, ready to descend farther.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu said farewell to Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Vice Dean Jiang Jing, then set out for the Far North.
• Yu Yan stopped at New Life Village and visited the settlement he had built for people he had rescued.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Wu Xue begged Yu Yan for an herb, and he let it choose one while warning it to avoid the central area.
• Xiao Wu compared the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with the Lake of Life, and Yu Yan explained the well's unusual energies and ecology.
• After settling Xiao Wu, Yu Yan entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and reached the point where he had stopped on his previous dive.

Yu Yan absorbed the Ice and Fire Dragon King's blood, evolving his body and transforming his Ice and Fire Twin Fish into Flood Dragons. After explaining the changes to Xiao Wu, he left her wondering whether the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well held a path to godhood.

• Yu Yan absorbed the fused blood, strengthening his body, meridians, bones, spiritual power, and Ice and Fire Twin Fish Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu awoke from cultivation and saw the transformed Ice and Fire Flood Dragons circling Yu Yan.
• Yu Yan finished absorbing the blood and told Xiao Wu how he had found and absorbed it, withholding some details about the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu that his soul skills had grown slightly stronger but had not fundamentally changed.
• Xiao Wu asked whether a god lay beneath the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and whether the place could help someone become a god, and Yu Yan said he did not know about the latter.

Wu Xue became a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast and demonstrated her new abilities before Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Wu Xue continued toward the Far North. In Heaven Dou City, Yu Yan failed to find Dugu Bo and met Ning Fengzhi, who sought to befriend and recruit him.

• Wu Xue completed her transformation into a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast after benefiting from Yu Yan's cultivation resources and rare herbs.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu watched Wu Xue demonstrate her new stealth ability, Mental Shock, and powerful crescent-shaped claw strikes.
• After spending two days at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Wu Xue set out for the Far North.
• Yu Yan learned that Dugu Bo had been absent from Heaven Dou City for two months, then received a visit from Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Yan thanked Ning Fengzhi for the Soul Beast notes, and the two chatted as Ning Fengzhi hoped to recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Yu Yan spoke with Ning Fengzhi about Soul Power cultivation and accepted an invitation to study at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after returning from the Far North. Ning Rongrong took Yu Yan and Xiao Wu around Heaven Dou City, where their stories of traveling alone only increased her longing for freedom.

• Ning Rongrong watched Yu Yan, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yan’s companions converse, while Xiao Wu recognized her as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s little princess.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Yu Yan’s Soul Power knowledge and invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s library; Yu Yan accepted for after his trip to the Far North.
• Ning Fengzhi asked why Yu Yan was going to the Far North, and Yu Yan said he planned to pick an herb and declined help.
• Ning Fengzhi left Ning Rongrong to show Yu Yan and Xiao Wu around Heaven Dou City, and she chose to take them to a fine restaurant.
• Ning Rongrong said she envied Yu Yan and Xiao Wu’s trip to the Far North, and their account of traveling alone made her long for that freedom even more.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu traveled to the Far North to find the Pure Moon Lotus, using Xiao Wu’s sensitivity to Moonlight Energy to trace it to a guarded area. They discovered a Northern Plains Giant Wolf sentry and began considering how to get past its pack without drawing attention.

• Yu Yan told Ning Rongrong stories about Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Shrek Academy, leaving her with a poor impression of the two men.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left Heaven Dou City for the Far North, while Ning Rongrong resolved to travel the world herself and Ning Fengzhi hoped Yu Yan would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu followed signs of the Pure Moon Lotus’s influence to a river valley in the northern Mad Axe Mountain Range.
• Xiao Wu sensed Moonlight Energy and led Yu Yan northwest toward its strongest concentration.
• Yu Yan spotted a five-thousand-year-old Northern Plains Giant Wolf guarding the area and began planning how to lure the pack away.

Yu Yan used a Soul Beast-attracting herb and Xiao Wu’s help to draw most of the Northern Plains Giant Wolves away while he sought the Pure Moon Lotus. He harvested and froze the mature herb, but Soul Masters detected him in Wu Xue’s black mist and locked onto his location.

• Yu Yan devised a plan to use a Soul Beast-attracting herb to lure away the Northern Plains Giant Wolves, and Xiao Wu agreed to help.
• On the night the Pure Moon Lotus matured, Xiao Wu used the herb’s fragrance to draw the wolves and pursuing Soul Masters away from the mountain.
• Yu Yan entered the mountain with Wu Xue and found the Pure Moon Lotus guarded by a thirty-thousand-year Northern Plains Giant Wolf King.
• Yu Yan provoked the wolf king and fought it until arriving Soul Masters joined the battle, then concealed himself and Wu Xue in black mist.
• Yu Yan harvested the mature Pure Moon Lotus with an Ice Crystal Ore dagger and froze it, but Soul Masters detected them and a wave of light locked onto their location.

Yu Yan escaped the Soul Masters pursuing him after stealing the Pure Moon Lotus, but the mysterious man who followed him revealed himself as Xue Qinghe, who recognized Yu Yan and invited him to Dragon City. Yu Yan realized that Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Renxue and accepted the danger of speaking with her while her hidden protectors might be nearby.

• Yu Yan fled with Wu Xue after the Northern Plains Giant Wolf King summoned its pack, and the discordant man pursued him.
• Yu Yan used his Ice and Fire Twin Dragons Martial Soul to escape faster, but the man overtook him and stopped him for a conversation.
• The man recognized Yu Yan as the genius with the Mutated Martial Soul, then revealed himself as Xue Qinghe, Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yu Yan realized Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Renxue and concealed his recognition with an excuse.
• Xue Qinghe invited Yu Yan to Dragon City to talk, confident he would agree.

Yu Yan accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation but postponed meeting him in Dragon City until the next day so he could wait for Xiao Wu and handle other matters. After Xiao Wu arrived, the two left, and Xue Qinghe invited them to a banquet.

• Yu Yan accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation and proposed visiting him in Dragon City the following day.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to return to Dragon City and wait while Yu Yan handled his other affairs.
• Xiao Wu arrived, and Xue Qinghe introduced himself and considered recruiting her as well as Yu Yan.
• Yu Yan asked to leave with Xiao Wu, and Xue Qinghe invited them to a banquet at the Far North Restaurant the next day.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu followed a long tunnel to an ice cavern filled with glowing ores, ice fragments, and golden-patterned silkworm sheddings. Yu Yan recognized signs that the cavern might be the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s ice vault, and Xiao Wu began assessing the sheddings’ value.

• Yu Yan worried that continuing through the tunnel would make him miss Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s invitation, but Xiao Wu persuaded him to keep going and explain afterward.
• After traveling for more than six hours, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu reached an ice cavern lit by fluorescent ores, and Yu Yan collected a few pieces he could not identify.
• Yu Yan sensed an ice-attribute treasure and found scattered ice fragments and silkworm sheddings, including some with golden patterns.
• Yu Yan connected the ice cavern and golden-patterned sheddings to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and suspected the silkworm was currently being drained by the Ten Great Beast Kings.
• Yu Yan asked Xiao Wu to appraise the sheddings, and she determined that the one-pattern shedding was equivalent to material from a thirty-thousand-year Soul Beast, while the two- and three-pattern sheddings were equivalent to eighty-thousand- and one-hundred-and-forty-thousand-year materials.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu explored the ice cavern, collected Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and Golden-Striped Ice Silkworm molts for Da Ming and Er Ming, then enjoyed dinner by the sea. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue waited in disguise as Xue Qinghe for Yu Yan in Dragon City, but he never arrived, leaving her furious as she prepared to depart the next day.

• Xiao Wu learned from Yu Yan that each golden stripe on an Ice Silkworm molt represented a hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Xiao Wu asked to take the molts and Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow for Da Ming and Er Ming, and Yu Yan agreed to let them have the items.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu gathered the useful treasures, left the cavern, and caught lobster Soul Beasts for dinner by the sea.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, waited three hours for Yu Yan at the Far North Inn while considering how to recruit him.
• After an official relayed Heaven Dou City's demand for his return, Xue Qinghe said he would depart the next day and left the inn angry at Yu Yan for standing her up.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu visited the Speed Clan before traveling to Heaven Dou City, where they arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi welcomed them and arranged a residence nearby, while Yu Yan prepared to read the sect’s books.

• Yu Yan learned that Xue Qinghe had already left for Heaven Dou City, and Xiao Wu asked to accompany him when he visited the crown prince.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu visited the Speed Clan, where Bai He had begun supporting new businesses and encouraging clan members to earn Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and used Ning Fengzhi’s token to gain entry.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Yu Yan and Xiao Wu, then arranged a luxurious residence for them near Ning Rongrong’s.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested they could seek out Ning Rongrong for help, and Xiao Wu’s stare made him excuse himself.

Yu Yan visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Library Pavilion with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, where he began studying a Title Douluo’s research on Soul Power. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong bringing him a meal as he read.

• Yu Yan rejected Xiao Wu’s teasing about romance, saying he was at the sect to read.
• Ning Rongrong led Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to the nine-floor Library Pavilion and explained its founders’ hope of discovering how to evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Yu Yan considered offering an Immortal Herb to the sect in return for its future help, while Xiao Wu realized the herbs could earn him its gratitude.
• Yu Yan began reading Conjecture on the Essence of Soul Power, a book written by a Rank 96 Title Douluo, as Xiao Wu explored the library and Ning Rongrong went to talk with her.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong brought Yu Yan a meal while he was engrossed in his book.

Ning Fengzhi praised Yu Yan and Xiao Wu’s talent and urged Ning Rongrong to learn from them, while the pair made plans to test Yu Yan’s research on criminals farther afield. The next morning, Ning Rongrong eagerly took them to Heaven Dou City, including to visit Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Yu Yan and Xiao Wu had spent nearly all their time in the Library Pavilion, and he praised their discipline and potential.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong about his Soul Power at age nine, and Gu Rong compared it with the much higher levels Yu Yan and Xiao Wu had reached.
• Yu Yan reviewed his research ideas on Gaseous Soul Power Liquefaction, and he and Xiao Wu discussed finding pirates for experiments after leaving the sect.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu decided to rest for two days before departing and planned to ask Ning Rongrong to show them around Heaven Dou City and take them to see Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Rongrong happily agreed, summoned guards, and led Yu Yan and Xiao Wu out, while Ning Fengzhi smiled and Chen Xin teased Gu Rong in the main hall.

Ning Rongrong took Yu Yan and Xiao Wu sightseeing around Heaven Dou City, and they visited the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Yu Yan bought several items and Xiao Wu rescued enslaved people. As they left to visit Xue Qinghe, Prince Xue Xing confronted them and demanded that they hand over the people Xiao Wu had bought.

• Ning Rongrong showed Yu Yan and Xiao Wu First Emperor Praise Square, the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, and the Heaven Dou Royal Inn.
• Ning Rongrong used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's token to bring Yu Yan and Xiao Wu into the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• Yu Yan bought herbs, seeds, honey, and a Martial Soul research notebook, while Xiao Wu bought several enslaved people to take to New Life Village.
• After Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong left the Auction House, Prince Xue Xing and his guards blocked their way.
• Prince Xue Xing demanded that Yu Yan hand over the people Xiao Wu had bought.

After Prince Xue Xing threatened Yu Yan outside the Auction House, Yu Yan and his companions visited Crown Prince [Xue Qinghe], who welcomed them to dinner while hoping to recruit Yu Yan. The chapter ended with Yu Yan taking in the distinctive sights of the Crown Prince's Residence.

• Yu Yan mocked Prince Xue Xing for blocking their way, and Prince Xue Xing surrounded them with guards before leaving with a threat rather than starting a fight.
• Ning Rongrong offered to help Yu Yan handle Prince Xue Xing, but Yu Yan declined and said they should visit the Crown Prince.
• Xiao Wu asked Ning Rongrong to send the people they had bought at the Auction House to New Life Village near Ice Soul City.
• Ning Rongrong led Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to the Crown Prince's Residence, where [Xue Qinghe] waited at the entrance and welcomed them despite Yu Yan's missed appointment.
• [Xue Qinghe] invited Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong to dinner, and Yu Yan admired the residence's royal architecture, rare plants, and pond of Swan Soul Beasts.

Xue Qinghe invited Yu Yan to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but he declined because he had promised to represent Exotic Beast Academy in the next Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament. Xue Qinghe accepted his refusal and anticipated that Exotic Beast Academy would likely win the tournament.

• Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong followed Xue Qinghe into the reception hall and took their seats.
• Xue Qinghe offered to drink with Yu Yan, but they set aside the wine because neither enjoyed drinking.
• Xue Qinghe invited Yu Yan to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and offered to meet his conditions.
• Yu Yan declined, citing Vice Dean Jiang Jing's help and his promise to compete for Exotic Beast Academy.
• Xue Qinghe accepted the refusal and said Exotic Beast Academy would likely win the next tournament.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and discovered that Prince Xue Xing had sent a squad to follow them. They lured the pursuers to a deserted valley, where Yu Yan prepared to attack.

• Ning Fengzhi discussed Yu Yan and Xiao Wu with Ning Rongrong, who judged that Yu Yan was more likely seeking information to repay the sect’s help than intending to join it.
• After learning Yu Yan and Xiao Wu were being followed, Ning Fengzhi sent two outer sect deacons to watch over them from a distance.
• Xiao Wu sensed the pursuers, and Yu Yan identified them as people sent by Prince Xue Xing and chose to confront them in a secluded valley.
• A squad of seven entered the valley, and Yu Yan confirmed they had come because he and Xiao Wu had offended someone powerful.
• Yu Yan activated his Martial Soul Possession and began using his fifth Soul Ring, prompting the leading Soul King to warn the others to retreat.

Yu Yan completed the Soul Power Compression Method, proving that liquid soul power increased a soul master’s reserves, strength, and skill power. After compressing their own soul power at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and preparing herbs there, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu returned to Exotic Beast Academy more than a month late and received another lecture from Vice President Jiang Jing.

• Yu Yan used the Soul Power Compression Method on a soul elder bandit leader, and tests showed that liquid soul power more than doubled the man’s reserves while boosting his physical strength and soul skills.
• The bandit leader tried to escape, but Wu Xue killed him; Yu Yan and Xiao Wu then decided to head to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu compressed their soul power at the well, greatly increasing their reserves and combat power, and planted seeds and prepared herbs before leaving.
• After spending more than ten days at the well, Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Wu Xue returned to Ice Soul City and Exotic Beast Academy.
• Vice President Jiang Jing scolded Yu Yan and Xiao Wu for returning over a month late, then sent them away.

Yu Yan helped Ye Lingling evolve her Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul with two Immortal Herbs, removing the curse that limited its bearers and greatly strengthening its healing ability. Ye Lingling reached level 30, while the chapter ended with an unrelated passage listing possible burial goods for a powerful sovereign.

• Yu Yan gave Ye Lingling the Empty Bright Jade Core and Pure Moon Lotus to help evolve her Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingling swore to follow Yu Yan before eating the Immortal Herbs and beginning her Martial Soul evolution.
• The herbs protected Ye Lingling and severed the black-red threads that restricted the Nine-Heart Begonia to two bearers.
• Ye Lingling's evolved Nine-Heart Begonia gained vastly stronger healing, and her Soul Power reached level 30.
• Dugu Yan questioned Ye Lingling about her new abilities, and Yu Yan learned that the Martial Soul could also restore a small amount of Soul Power.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu stayed in Suotuo City while waiting for Shrek Academy’s registration period, and Yu Yan arranged a search for Zhu Zhuqing and the sleazy trio. After seeing Dai Mubai, Yu Yan told Xiao Wu he wanted to recruit Zhu Zhuqing into Exotic Beast Academy and help her change her fate; Xiao Wu agreed, and they ended the discussion playfully sparring.

• Yu Yan hired Suotuo City’s underworld boss to watch for Zhu Zhuqing near Shrek Academy and to search for Bu Le, Tian Ya, and E Kao.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu saw Dai Mubai heading to the Rose Hotel with twins, and Yu Yan told Xiao Wu that Dai Mubai had fled the Star Luo Empire’s succession struggle.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu that Zhu Zhuqing might be coming to Suotuo City to find Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu pitied her for being tied to the runaway prince.
• Yu Yan admitted he had come partly to recruit Zhu Zhuqing into Exotic Beast Academy, and Xiao Wu asked if he liked her.
• Yu Yan denied having feelings for someone he had never met, and Xiao Wu agreed they could help Zhu Zhuqing if they encountered her.
• Xiao Wu asked Yu Yan to consult her before making plans next time, then the two joked and sparred.