Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ce, a Venom symbiote, bonded with the injured twelve-year-old Liu Erlong after she fell from a cliff while fleeing an eight-thousand-year Red Flame Earth Dragon. He healed her and offered power in exchange for becoming his mount, leaving Liu Erlong feeling her Soul Power surge.

• Jiang Ce recognized the fleeing girl as a young Liu Erlong and followed her as she jumped from the cliff to escape the Red Flame Earth Dragon.
• Liu Erlong caught a branch while falling, but it broke, and she crashed through trees before passing out on a large tree.
• Jiang Ce landed on Liu Erlong, bonded with her, healed her injuries, and learned her memories and history.
• Liu Erlong awoke, heard Jiang Ce's voice, and was wrapped in his Venom symbiote form.
• Jiang Ce offered Liu Erlong strength to help her seek justice against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, and she felt her Soul Power rise from Level 26 to Level 29.

Liu Erlong tested the Symbiote’s abilities, killed the Red Flame Earth Dragon, and absorbed its Soul Ring to gain a powerful third skill. She then explored the dragon’s lair, found a wealth of treasures, and fused with the Red Flame Dragon Wings, reaching level thirty-three.

• Liu Erlong tested her new strength and shapeshifting abilities, learned the Symbiote had no upper limit as she grew, and agreed to share her body with it.
• Liu Erlong returned to the cliff and killed the Red Flame Earth Dragon by attacking its neck and driving black-fluid spikes into its eyes.
• The Symbiote devoured the dragon, raising Liu Erlong to level thirty and helping her absorb its eight-thousand-year Soul Ring; she reached level thirty-two and gained Dragon Flame Blood Burn.
• Jiang Ce told Liu Erlong about an External Soul Bone in the dragon’s territory, and she found Dragon Breath Grass, treasure, Soul Bones, and the Red Flame Dragon Wings in the lair.
• Liu Erlong fused with the Red Flame Dragon Wings, gained their flight and enhancement abilities, and rose to level thirty-three.

At the Heaven Dou City Mercenary Guild, Liu Erlong demanded proper danger pay for a hazardous herb-gathering commission and violently punished mercenaries who insulted and harassed her. She left the Guild smiling after Jiang Ce asked if standing up for herself had felt good.

• Liu Erlong argued that her Dragon Breath Grass commission qualified for a danger surcharge and received one thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ma San insulted Liu Erlong and pressed close to her, so she slammed him face-first into a table.
• Three mercenaries confronted Liu Erlong, who revealed her level-thirty-three Fire Dragon Martial Soul and defeated all three.
• Liu Erlong challenged the silent Guild hall and rebuked the steward for invoking the rules only after she had fought back.
• Jiang Ce asked Liu Erlong if she felt good as she walked away, and she smiled and answered that she did.

Liu Erlong learned that Whale Rubber could strengthen her foundation and help her absorb more powerful Soul Rings, so she planned to seek Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue at an auction house. Jiang Ce urged her to ignore her low-grade Soul Bones and aim for top-tier ones, then she asked whether he could devour Soul Bones.

• Jiang Ce told Liu Erlong that heated Whale Rubber was a body-tempering treasure that could improve her Soul Ring absorption limit.
• Liu Erlong decided to look for Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue at an auction house and remembered the Soul Bones in her pouch.
• Jiang Ce called the several-thousand-year Soul Bones junk and said Liu Erlong should aim for a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Jiang Ce teased Liu Erlong about belonging to him, and she changed the subject to gods and Soul Bones.
• Liu Erlong asked whether Jiang Ce could swallow Soul Bones, and he asked her to give him one to test.

Liu Erlong bought Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue at auction, then learned that Ma San’s men were still tracking her. She discovered their base and prepared to confront them as Ma Biao gathered his men to seize the opportunity behind her sudden rise in strength.

• Jiang Ce devoured Liu Erlong’s nine Soul Bones, gaining a thousand years and reaching an age of four thousand eight hundred years.
• Liu Erlong bought the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue at auction while other attendees mocked her purchase.
• Jiang Ce warned Liu Erlong that a mercenary was watching her, and she lured him into an alley and extracted the location of Ma San’s base from his memories.
• Liu Erlong learned that Ma San’s group was gathered in an eastern-district warehouse under Ma Biao, a forty-first-level Soul Ancestor.
• Ma Biao ordered his men to corner Liu Erlong and seize whatever opportunity had caused her strength to increase.

Liu Erlong defeated Ma Biao’s gang, then used Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue to strengthen her body under Jiang Ce’s supervision. After discovering she had reached level thirty-four and gained greatly improved physical abilities, she was restrained by Jiang Ce again as someone urgently knocked at the door.

• Liu Erlong stormed Ma Biao’s warehouse, defeated the mercenaries, and learned from Jiang Ce that the gang had no other members involved.
• Liu Erlong killed Ma San and burned down the warehouse.
• Liu Erlong processed and ate the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, and Jiang Ce restrained and tormented her while its effects took hold.
• The next morning, Liu Erlong discovered that she had reached level thirty-four and that her strength, speed, and flexibility had improved.
• Jiang Ce wrapped Liu Erlong in tentacles and hung her on the wall as someone pounded urgently on the door.

Liu Erlong accepted a dangerous fire-dragon bounty and hunted a Phantom Sound Bat in Sunset Forest, helping Jiang Ce strengthen his sound-wave resistance. After devouring the bat, Jiang Ce gained its skill and Liu Erlong received a boost to her Soul Power, leaving her close to level thirty-five.

• Liu Erlong complained to Jiang Ce about their brutal training, and he insisted the intensity would continue.
• Liu Erlong took a bounty to kill a five-thousand-year fire-attribute dragon-type Soul Beast despite the mission being recommended for teams of four-ring Soul Ancestors.
• Jiang Ce guided Liu Erlong to a Phantom Sound Bat, then urged her to kill it before it could make a sound.
• Liu Erlong silently killed and devoured the fifteen-hundred-year Phantom Sound Bat, giving Jiang Ce increased sound-wave resistance and its Phantom Sound Wave skill.
• Liu Erlong received Soul Power feedback equivalent to nearly a week of cultivation, and Jiang Ce slapped her through the Black Latex Suit.

Liu Erlong and Jiang Ce hunted Soul Beasts, raising his abilities and her cultivation to level thirty-five. At dusk, they found a mission target that turned out to be a pair of Red Fire Earth Dragons, and Liu Erlong began fighting them.

• Jiang Ce trained Liu Erlong’s endurance while she hunted Soul Beasts and helped him absorb them.
• Jiang Ce gained Rock Scale Armor and Fission, while his fire resistance reached forty percent and his cultivation age rose to six thousand five hundred years.
• Liu Erlong’s cultivation reached level thirty-five as she continued hunting and searching for the mission target.
• Liu Erlong and Jiang Ce discovered a male and female Red Fire Earth Dragon at a cave, and Jiang Ce pointed out that their lair might hold treasure.
• Liu Erlong attacked the dragons, striking the male with her Dragon Arm and dodging the female’s pounce before the male unleashed its dragon flame.

Liu Erlong killed a pair of dragons, harvested their corpses and treasure, and reflected on how far she had come while living independently. After Jiang Ce teased and whipped her, he kept her occupied in the cave all night; the next morning, she recovered and argued with him about his demand that she call him Daddy.

• Liu Erlong killed the male and female dragons, kept the female dragon intact for the bounty, and let Jiang Ce digest the male dragon, gaining five hundred years of lifespan and the Mountain Crushing Strike skill.
• Liu Erlong searched the dragons' cave and collected Dragon Breath Grass, gold coins, gems, Soul Bones, and Soul Tools.
• Liu Erlong thought about how she had prospered on her own and how Jiang Ce would help her grow stronger, then Jiang Ce whipped her and demanded she call him Daddy.
• Jiang Ce separated from Liu Erlong, sealed the cave entrance, and kept her occupied through the night.
• The next morning, Liu Erlong got up and complained about Jiang Ce's demands, and he suggested that she could call herself Mommy while breastfeeding him.

Liu Erlong and Jiang Ce hunted Soul Beasts until Jiang Ce evolved and Liu Erlong reached level forty, preparing her to seek a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. As they set out to find one, screams from a nearby stream interrupted them.

• Liu Erlong hunted Soul Beasts while Jiang Ce devoured them, and his age passed ten thousand years, improving his abilities and raising his conversion rate to twenty percent.
• Liu Erlong continued hunting with Jiang Ce’s fivefold passive boost, and Jiang Ce targeted Soul Beasts with disguising abilities to strengthen his concealment.
• Liu Erlong killed a nine-thousand-year Explosive Flame Earth Dragon, allowing Jiang Ce to break through twenty thousand years and gain Explosive Flame Impact.
• Liu Erlong absorbed Jiang Ce’s soul power and reached level forty, while her Fire Dragon Martial Soul and flames transformed.
• Jiang Ce told Liu Erlong to seek a suitable ten-thousand-year Soul Beast for her fourth Soul Ring, but their preparations were interrupted by agonized screams near a stream.

Liu Erlong arrived as the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon attacked Ye Yingling and the Black Wolf Mercenary Group, then fought the twenty-thousand-year-old beast with overwhelming physical strength. She left Ye Yingling safe on a rock and continued taunting the wounded dragon.

• Liu Erlong found the Black Wolf Mercenary Group dead or incapacitated after the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon overwhelmed them.
• Jiang Ce recognized Ye Yingling as the future mother of Ye Lingling and considered how the Nine-Heart Begonia might evolve with Immortal Herbs.
• Liu Erlong landed between Ye Yingling and the dragon, punched it hard enough to disrupt its gathered breath, and stabbed one of its eyes with a black blade.
• Liu Erlong carried Ye Yingling to a distant rock, told her to stay there, and returned to face the enraged dragon.
• Liu Erlong dodged the dragon's charge and tail sweep, battered its head with a barrage of punches, and challenged it to attack again.

Liu Erlong killed the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon, absorbed its twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring, and gained a Soul Bone that raised her to level forty-six. Jiang Ce teased her after the battle, and she headed toward Ye Yingling.

• Jiang Ce suggested the Leo Kick, and Liu Erlong plunged from the sky to pierce the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon’s neck and kill it.
• Liu Erlong absorbed the dragon’s twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring, resisted its Soul Shock, and reached level forty-four with the Blazing Dragon-Capturing Slam.
• Jiang Ce devoured the corpse, gained four thousand years of age, and gave Liu Erlong soul power while strengthening her fire abilities.
• A dark-golden right-leg Soul Bone emerged; Liu Erlong fused with it, gained the Golden Flame Dragon Horn Thrust, and reached level forty-six.
• Jiang Ce teased Liu Erlong and struck her with Phantom Dragon Impact, and she cursed at him before walking toward Ye Yingling.

Jiang Ce made Ye Yingling a Venom Symbiote host, granting her combat abilities alongside her healing powers and recruiting her as his disciple. He postponed her second Soul Ring and planned to train her, while Liu Erlong led them back to restock and find something to nourish Ye Yingling.

• Liu Erlong rescued Ye Yingling from the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon, but Jiang Ce’s black liquid engulfed Ye Yingling and turned into a tight black suit.
• Jiang Ce explained that the Symbiote could evolve Ye Yingling’s abilities, and she tested its combat skills by firing Flame Burst Bomb at a mountain.
• Jiang Ce told Ye Yingling that she could use the skills he had devoured and receive a share of the benefits when he consumed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Ye Yingling called Liu Erlong her senior sister and Jiang Ce her teacher, while Jiang Ce teased Liu Erlong and outlined his training plans for his new disciple.
• Jiang Ce postponed Ye Yingling’s Second Soul Ring and explained that the Symbiote let her fight in any Soul Master role even if her Martial Soul did not evolve.
• Jiang Ce changed back into the Black Latex Suit and led the group toward town to restock and find something to nourish Ye Yingling.

Liu Erlong returned to the mercenary guild with Ye Yingling, completed her commission, and secured extra compensation after exposing the guild’s faulty intelligence. She then sold and traded supplies at the auction house before taking Ye Yingling to a premium suite at the Rose Hotel.

• Liu Erlong entered the mercenary guild with Ye Yingling, and the steward learned that the Black Wolf Mercenary Group had died to a twenty-thousand-year Golden-Armored Blazing Dragon while Liu Erlong had saved Ye Yingling.
• Liu Erlong presented the corpse of a five-thousand-year Red Fire Earth Dragon and berated the steward for twice providing dangerously inaccurate information.
• The steward raised Liu Erlong’s commission payment from thirty thousand to fifty thousand, and the guild marked the mission complete.
• Liu Erlong displayed Soul Bones and other valuable goods at the Heaven Dou City Auction House, received a membership card, and bought Whale Glue.
• Liu Erlong paid for a premium suite at the Rose Hotel and went upstairs with Ye Yingling.

Liu Erlong and Jiang Ce helped Ye Yingling strengthen her body with Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and trained her through her new Symbiote suit. Afterward, they prepared to travel into the Sunset Forest to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ye Yingling hoped to end the Ye Clan’s Martial Soul curse.

• Liu Erlong prepared Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue for Ye Yingling, and Jiang Ce explained that it could strengthen her body and raise the age of the Soul Rings she could absorb.
• Ye Yingling ate the Whale Glue and endured an intense night of training with Jiang Ce and Liu Erlong, then noticed her body and soul-power circulation had grown stronger.
• Liu Erlong and Ye Yingling ate a hearty meal in Heaven Dou City before Jiang Ce announced their next destination was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the Sunset Forest.
• Liu Erlong accepted several Sunset Forest mercenary missions worth over two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and she and Ye Yingling set off.

Jiang Ce trained Ye Yingling and Liu Erlong in Sunset Forest until their strength had recovered, then led them into a poisonous valley filled with Immortal Herbs. They defeated Medusa, and Jiang Ce parasitized her, declaring her his pet and planning to make the valley his garden.

• Jiang Ce used Phantom Dragon Impact and dangerous hunts to train Ye Yingling, while Liu Erlong helped her battle Soul Beasts and complete Mercenary Guild missions.
• Jiang Ce split off two more Fission Bodies, and after seven days of hunting, all four clones had restored their cultivation to thirty thousand years as Ye Yingling became a capable fighter.
• Liu Erlong brought Ye Yingling and Jiang Ce, in a human form, into a poisonous valley containing two adjoining pools and numerous Immortal Herbs.
• Medusa emerged from a cave and ordered the intruders to leave, but Liu Erlong and Ye Yingling quickly overwhelmed her on Jiang Ce's command.
• Jiang Ce decided to keep Medusa alive to guard the valley, then sent black liquid from Ye Yingling to parasitize her and copy her skills.

Jiang Ce took Liu Erlong, Ye Yingling, and Medusa through the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s treasures, where Liu Erlong and Ye Yingling transformed their Martial Souls by consuming Immortal Herbs. He left Medusa tempted by the possibility of evolving beyond her thirty-thousand-year cultivation.

• Jiang Ce ordered Liu Erlong and Ye Yingling to harvest the paired Immortal Herbs while Medusa watched, warning them against eating the herbs outright.
• Liu Erlong swallowed six Immortal Herbs, transformed her Fire Dragon Martial Soul into a Golden Holy Flame Dragon, and reached the level-fifty bottleneck.
• Ye Yingling swallowed five Immortal Herbs, transformed her Nine-Heart Begonia into Nine-Heart Begonia: Sacred Chant, and reached the level-twenty bottleneck.
• Liu Erlong thanked Jiang Ce and celebrated her new Martial Soul, while Medusa regretted that she had never used the herbs she had guarded.
• Jiang Ce teased Medusa about joining the evolution, then tempted her with the prospect of reaching a hundred thousand years instead of remaining at thirty thousand.

Jiang Ce empowered Medusa with the Venom Symbiote and Immortal Herbs, then copied the abilities and Martial Souls of his companions. He and Liu Erlong discovered a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and he proposed that all four Symbiotes could fuse before they settled in for the night.

• Jiang Ce released his suppression of Medusa, healed her, and made her guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well garden.
• Medusa consumed several Immortal Herbs, evolved into Queen Medusa, and rapidly raised her cultivation to fifty thousand years.
• Jiang Ce copied Liu Erlong, Ye Yingling, and Queen Medusa's abilities and Martial Souls, then explained Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Jiang Ce and Liu Erlong fused their Golden Holy Flame Dragon Martial Souls into the Holy Flame Dragon King, whose domain weakened enemies and empowered allies.
• Jiang Ce told Ye Yingling that their Symbiotic Link allowed different Martial Souls to fuse and that all four of them could combine.
• Jiang Ce brought out a large bed, and Liu Erlong led the way toward it while Ye Yingling blushed.

Jiang Ce tempered Liu Erlong, Ye Yingling, and Medusa in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings watched from below. The next morning, he prepared to take the three women to hunt Soul Rings, leaving Medusa to guard the base.

• Bingli and Huochi, the dragon souls beneath the spring, watched Jiang Ce temper Liu Erlong and grew furious when they realized he was carrying on above them.
• Bingli calmed Huochi, and both dragon souls withdrew into the dragon bones without revealing themselves.
• Jiang Ce sensed the dragon souls and continued tempering Liu Erlong while Ye Yingling and Medusa waited on the bank.
• The next morning, Liu Erlong and Ye Yingling complained about Jiang Ce's treatment, while Medusa examined the human form he had made for her.
• Jiang Ce announced that he would help the three women hunt Soul Rings and ordered Medusa to guard the base.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Ye Yingling reunited with her parents and revealed that Jiang Ce had lifted the curse on her Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul and helped her become a powerful Four-Ring Soul Ancestor. She urged her parents to keep the breakthrough secret, then ended the night with Jiang Ce and Liu Erlong in her room.

• Liu Erlong, Ye Yingling, and Jiang Ce returned to Heaven Dou City after hunting in Sunset Forest, where Liu Erlong gained a Soul Ring and Soul Bone and reached level fifty-nine while Ye Yingling advanced to level forty-five.
• The trio turned in their mercenary commission, collected hundreds of thousands of Gold Soul Coins, and had a special-herb gathering task posted.
• Ye Yingling asked to visit her parents, and Jiang Ce and Liu Erlong accompanied her to the Ye Clan residence.
• Ye Yingling told her parents she had become Jiang Ce's disciple, displayed her healed Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul and four Soul Rings, including three Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and asked them to keep the secret.
• Father Ye hosted a banquet to thank Jiang Ce and Liu Erlong, then arranged guest rooms for them beside Ye Yingling's.
• Late that night, Jiang Ce and Liu Erlong entered Ye Yingling's room, where Liu Erlong shut the window and joined them.