Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi explained that Gale Demon Wolf corpses could be turned into a medicine that enhanced sexual stamina, and gave Xue Xing a bottle as a gift. Xue Xing left with the medicine, while Ling Yi decided to use him to discreetly introduce Wolf Soul No. 1 to a wider market.

• Ku Fan collected the discarded Gale Demon Wolf corpses and brought them to Ling Yi’s Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, where Xue Xing asked what Ling Yi planned to do with them.
• Ling Yi paid Ku Fan for the corpses and offered him fifty Boneless Silverscale Fish, prompting Xue Xing to ask to buy two hundred.
• Ling Yi explained that he had received only 1,083 Boneless Silverscale Fish and had already reserved shares for several influential figures, including Xue Xing.
• Ling Yi gave Xue Xing a bottle of medicine made with Gale Demon Wolf bone powder and herbs, explaining that it could help him remain vigorous through the night without harming his essence or vital energy.
• After Xue Xing and Ku Fan departed, Ling Yi considered using the military exercise as a discreet opportunity to introduce Wolf Soul No. 1 and increase the value of Gale Demon Wolves and Wolf Bandits.

Ling Yi left Heaven Dou City for Sunset Forest, where he planned to evolve his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. He revealed the concealed passage he had built between the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce and the forest, then led Dugu Bo, Yang Shelly, and Ah Yin toward Mist Mountain.

• Ling Yi set aside the consequences of his earlier move and prepared to leave Heaven Dou City for another plot node.
• Ling Yi announced that he would go into seclusion to study herbal preparation, concealing his real plans from acquaintances and interested parties.
• Two days later, Ling Yi led Dugu Bo, Yang Shelly, and Ah Yin out of a cave by pushing aside a massive boulder.
• Ling Yi explained that rounded stones beneath the boulder let him move it with much less force than it appeared to require.
• Ling Yi revealed that he had dug a secret passage over a hundred li from Heaven Dou City to Sunset Forest, and the group headed toward Mist Mountain.

Ling Yi used the Blue Silver Grass around Mist Mountain to extend his domain hundreds of li, then harnessed its recognition and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energies to evolve his martial soul. He successfully advanced it into the Blue Silver King.

• Ling Yi and Ah Yin joined hands to activate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and extended the Blue Silver Domain across a radius of three hundred li.
• Ling Yi focused the domain through dozens of nearby, high-year Blue Silver Grass plants while Ah Yin withdrew from their connection.
• Ling Yi entered a meditative state and steadied the many images he sensed, but avoided sinking deeper because the Heart Power cost was too great.
• The Blue Silver Grass within the domain recognized Ling Yi as their emperor, and the extreme cold, heat, and wood energies surged through his body.
• Ling Yi practiced his boxing forms and manifested a blade of grass behind him as the voices changed from calling him emperor to calling him king.

Third Prince Xue Ye questioned Commander Ku Fan about selling Gale Demon Wolf corpses, then used the matter to remind Ku Fan that he was Xue Ye’s man. After Fei Bai assessed Ku Fan as likely trustworthy, Xue Ye asked whether Ninth Prince Xue Xing had visited him, leaving Fei Bai at a loss for how to explain Xue Xing’s recent seclusion.

• Xue Ye questioned Ku Fan about exchanging Gale Demon Wolf corpses for Boneless Silverscale Fish, and Ku Fan admitted selling them without permission.
• Xue Ye told Ku Fan he had spoken to Marquis Fei Bai to prevent punishment and reminded Ku Fan that he owed his position to Xue Ye.
• Ku Fan thanked Xue Ye, watched a Soul Ancestor fight with him, and then left the VIP box.
• Fei Bai told Xue Ye that Ku Fan appeared clean and had no known ties to other factions beyond his connection to someone from Greenwood Chamber of Commerce.
• Xue Ye said he trusted Ku Fan only partly, then asked whether Xue Xing had visited Fei Bai; Fei Bai struggled to explain that Xue Xing had not left his bedchamber for two days.

Ku Fan returned to the Royal Hunting Ground and told Wu Jinyuan that Third Prince Xue Ye would not truly trust anyone, even though Ku Fan had secured influence in his faction. The two agreed to use their positions to quietly place trusted people from their hometowns in low-level military posts.

• Ku Fan returned to the God Crossbow Camp and reviewed his conversation with Xue Ye before Wu Jinyuan visited him.
• Wu Jinyuan asked whether Ku Fan had gained a firm foothold with the Third Prince, and Ku Fan said he controlled the God Crossbow Camp and had Marquis Fei Bai’s confidence.
• Ku Fan recalled Ling Yi’s advice to judge people by considering their identity and circumstances, then concluded that Xue Ye had an emperor’s temperament and would trust no one.
• Wu Jinyuan described twelve people they had recruited from their hometowns, including two placed as Five-Man Squad Leaders in the Royal Knights.
• Ku Fan and Wu Jinyuan agreed to keep their recruits in grassroots military roles and pledged to build their influence gradually.

Ling Yi outlined plans to expand the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce by sharing trade channels with the Breaking Clan while dominating the supply of basic medicinal herbs. Five days later, he and Yang Shelly arrived in Spirit City and set out for Kui Qi’s residence.

• Ling Yi instructed the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce’s managers to prioritize trade routes and bring the Breaking Clan into its medicinal herb business.
• Ling Yi explained that low prices and high-quality herbs would let the chamber control most of the continent’s basic medicinal herb supply.
• Five days later, Ling Yi and Yang Shelly rode Treading Snow and Red Cloud to Spirit City and entered through the north gate.
• Ling Yi and Yang Shelly explored Spirit City, and Yang Shelly enjoyed having time alone with him.
• Ling Yi asked a passing Soul Master for directions and learned where Kui Qi lived.

Pope Qian Xunji approved Ling Yi’s request to read books in Spirit Hall’s Library Tower. Bishop Qi brought Ling Yi there and introduced him to the tower’s keeper, Mussorgsky, before an unseen speaker called down from the second floor.

• Qian Xunji reviewed Spirit Hall’s affairs and told Bishop Qi to take Ling Yi to the Library Tower without further reporting.
• Bishop Qi left the Pope’s Palace and went to collect Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi arrived at the Library Tower while Yang Shelly stayed at Bishop Qi’s residence to cultivate.
• Bishop Qi introduced Ling Yi to Mussorgsky, who praised him for developing Blue Silver Rice.
• A voice from the second floor asked Mussorgsky who had arrived.

Ling Yi showed Bibi Dong how to connect clues scattered across old biographies, turning historical research into a puzzle. Bibi Dong eagerly followed the trail, and Ling Yi ended by asking whether she knew of a Soul Beast matching the strange bear in the records.

• Ling Yi read Silven’s biography in Spirit Hall’s Library Tower and considered the knowledge available on its lower four floors.
• Bibi Dong asked why Ling Yi was reading biographies instead of studying Soul Beast materials, and he explained that the records could be connected across time.
• Ling Yi showed Bibi Dong a biography describing a dark-gold bear whose claws broke through a defensive Soul Skill, then linked it to other accounts mentioning the Smith family’s powerful claw and palm abilities.
• Bibi Dong deduced that Will Smith and Xiqi Smith were likely related and became excited by the historical puzzle.
• Ling Yi asked Bibi Dong whether she knew of any Soul Beast matching the dark-gold bear described in the biography.

Ling Yi found a reference to the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear in the Library Tower and used it to create a detailed visualization and painting of the rare soul beast. He left planning to ask around the Market Towns near the Star Dou Great Forest for information about it.

• Bibi Dong found a Rare Bear-Type Soul Beast Illustrated Handbook entry describing the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, and Ling Yi used Heart Power to form a visualization of the beast.
• Ling Yi mixed pigments with metal powder and painted a dark-gold bear whose body conveyed toughness and whose claws appeared razor-sharp.
• Ling Yi stored his painting and supplies, then told Bibi Dong he would ask friends in the Market Towns outside the Star Dou Great Forest about the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear.
• Ling Yi explained to Bibi Dong that studying soul beasts required both reading records and observing them in person, since real creatures could differ from written data.

After three months in Spirit City, Ling Yi and Yang Shelly headed east toward the Star Dou Great Forest as Ling Yi reflected on his progress and his ambitions. Yang Shelly worried that he planned to bring Ah Yin along, leaving their journey together at risk of becoming a threesome.

• Ling Yi and Yang Shelly left Spirit City on Treading Snow and Red Wind after nearly three months there.
• Ling Yi reviewed his abilities and noted that Angel Holy Light had helped him raise his Fourth Soul Skill to the Ten Thousand Year level.
• Ling Yi compared his progress with Yang Shelly and other prodigies, then resolved to someday create his own golden finger.
• Yang Shelly asked Ling Yi whether they were going straight to the Star Dou Great Forest and worried he would fetch Ah Yin on the way.

Ling Yi explained to Yang Shelly why soul masters paid high prices for supplies near the Star Dou Great Forest and reflected on the wealth and influence he had built. That night, he found a Spirit Hall registration record for Ah Rou and wondered whether Spirit Hall had already targeted her.

• Ling Yi told Yang Shelly that most soul masters could not afford Storage Soul Tools and explained the high cost of buying even a small one.
• Yang Shelly realized how exceptional Ling Yi’s rise from a humble background had been and praised him.
• Ling Yi considered the wealth and Storage Soul Tools he possessed, as well as why he could not yet release his new-type tools onto the market.
• That night, Ling Yi examined a registration record showing that Ah Rou had registered at Corgi City Spirit Hall as a Rank 10 soul master in 2610 and reached Rank 20 in 2612.
• Ling Yi wondered whether Ah Rou had already been targeted by Spirit Hall.

Ling Yi connected Spirit Hall’s registration records to a possible way of detecting transformed soul beasts and considered the timeline and cultivation of Ah Rou, Xiao Wu’s mother. He decided to focus first on helping Shelly obtain a Fifth Soul Ring, but then spotted someone approaching below his window.

• Ling Yi reasoned that Spirit Hall could identify transformed soul beasts by tracking exceptional young Soul Masters, especially orphans with no recorded awakening ceremony.
• Ling Yi recalled taking Ah Yin to meet Sa Fande Sa, hoping the Platinum Bishop’s backing would make her seem human to Spirit Hall.
• Ling Yi worked out that Ah Rou might have transformed in 2610 and could reach Soul Sage level by the time Xiao Wu’s mother was hunted in 2637.
• Ling Yi chose to help Shelly obtain a Fifth Soul Ring before pursuing any lead about Ah Rou.
• Ling Yi looked down and saw a figure approaching along the bluestone street.

Ling Yi met Zhang Ji on the street while both were heading toward the Star Dou Great Forest, and invited him to share a drink. Zhang Ji’s clan junior Wo Ma arrived, leaving the three together as Zhang Ji praised Wo Ma’s progress toward Soul Douluo rank.

• Ling Yi recognized Zhang Ji, the Spirit Hall Soul Douluo, and greeted him on the street.
• Zhang Ji explained that he was traveling to the Star Dou Great Forest to help a clan junior hunt a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Ling Yi invited Zhang Ji to stay at his hotel and have a drink, and Zhang Ji agreed.
• Wo Ma arrived and greeted Zhang Ji, whom he called Third Uncle.
• Zhang Ji praised Wo Ma for reaching Level 60 at age forty-four and encouraged him to continue cultivating.

Yang Shelly struggled to hide her embarrassment after a restless night, while Ling Yi reassured her about their plans to find her Fifth Soul Ring. They set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhang Ji and Wo Ma caught up with them and Zhang Ji questioned their decision to travel there alone.

• Zhang Ji stayed at a different hotel from Ling Yi after Wo Ma appeared, while Yang Shelly visited Ling Yi to ask about the commotion.
• Yang Shelly woke after a restless night and met Ling Yi for breakfast, where she blamed her poor sleep on anxiety about entering the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ling Yi reassured Yang Shelly that he had prepared many possible Soul Beast targets for her Fifth Soul Ring and complimented her appearance.
• Ling Yi and Yang Shelly left Scarborough Market on foot toward the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving their horses at the hotel.
• Zhang Ji and Wo Ma caught up with Ling Yi and Yang Shelly, and Zhang Ji questioned why the two young Soul Ancestors were entering the forest without elders.

Ling Yi joined Zhang Ji and Wo Ma on their Soul Hunting Operation and used his knowledge of the Library Tower’s records to advise Wo Ma on finding a Six-Armed Demon Bear. The group reached the Star Dou Great Forest, ready to search for Wo Ma’s target.

• Zhang Ji invited Ling Yi and Yang Shelly to travel with him and Wo Ma, and both agreed.
• Ling Yi offered to help Wo Ma identify and hunt a suitable soul beast using what he had memorized from the Library Tower.
• Wo Ma revealed that he wanted a Six-Armed Demon Bear aged between fifteen thousand and twenty thousand years to gain its Six-Armed Barrage talent.
• Wo Ma described where his old friend had spotted a Six-Armed Demon Bear, and Ling Yi suggested how to narrow the search and exploit the beast’s habits and weaknesses.
• Ling Yi, Yang Shelly, Zhang Ji, and Wo Ma reached the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ling Yi and his companions entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts, where Ling Yi’s armor and combat skills surprised Zhang Ji and Wo Ma. The chapter ended as Ling Yi revealed his evolved grass Martial Soul and claimed it could scout the surroundings, prompting Zhang Ji to react sharply.

• Zhang Ji led Ling Yi, Yang Shelly, and Wo Ma into the Star Dou Great Forest and warned them to stay alert and avoid attacking Soul Beasts that were not threats.
• More than an hour into the forest, Wo Ma drove off three White-tailed Weasels while Ling Yi and Yang Shelly wore full armor that puzzled Zhang Ji and Wo Ma.
• Ling Yi knocked a jade-green venomous snake unconscious with his spear and stored it in a sealed bamboo basket, astonishing Zhang Ji with his staff technique.
• Ling Yi offered to scout ahead with a perception ability and revealed his evolved blue-green grass Martial Soul, causing Zhang Ji’s expression to change.

Zhang Ji reacted to Ling Yi’s soul-beast-like aura, prompting an explanation of how Ling Yi’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had evolved and why powerful groups accepted his unusual growth. By Douluo Calendar Year 2615, Ling Yi’s cultivation, business, and influential connections had made his evolution a matter few powers saw reason to challenge.

• Zhang Ji sensed a soul-beast aura from Ling Yi’s evolved Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and questioned what it meant.
• Zhang Ji recalled Spirit Hall’s records confirming Ling Yi’s human ancestry and tracing his rapid cultivation and Martial Soul changes.
• Powerful groups learned that Ling Yi cultivated his own soul rings, carried living Blue Silver Grass in the Ruyi Treasure Sack, and had supplied special-attribute plants to military families.
• Ling Yi’s Blue Silver Rice, Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, and relationships across the Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo Empire, and Spirit Hall gave him broad protection and influence.
• The continent’s powers began experimenting with Blue Silver Grass themselves and regarded Ling Yi’s evolution as unlikely to change the balance of power.

Ling Yi demonstrated that his Blue Silver Domain could sense auras and greatly amplify his healing Soul Skills as he traveled through the forest with Zhang Ji, Wo Ma, and Yang Shelly. At the Star Dou Great Forest’s core, three powerful Soul Beasts sensed the Blue Silver Grass responding to a newly born ruler, while Xiao Wu watched the grass sway.

• Ling Yi used his Blue Silver Domain to sense auras through the forest’s Blue Silver Grass and strengthen his healing abilities.
• Zhang Ji and Wo Ma reacted with envy and surprise to Ling Yi’s domain, while Yang Shelly admired him.
• Ling Yi’s group moved through the forest with his domain guiding their way.
• Blue Silver Grass swayed around the lake in the Star Dou Great Forest’s core, drawing the attention of Xiao Wu, the Soft Bone Rabbit, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Da Ming suggested that a ruler of the Blue Silver Grass clan had been born somewhere in the forest.

Ling Yi’s group continued through the Star Dou Great Forest, where his Blue Silver Domain revealed traces of Golden-Striped Bees but no Six-Armed Demon Bear. He explained that finding a bee hive would not guarantee the bear Wo Ma sought was nearby, leaving Wo Ma anxious but hopeful that Jiufeng’s sighting would lead them to it.

• Ling Yi’s group traveled through the forest, while Zhang Ji and Wo Ma grew accustomed to Ling Yi’s comfortable overnight arrangements.
• Ling Yi used Blue Silver Domain to survey nearby soul beasts and detected Golden-Striped Bees.
• Zhang Ji suggested following the bees to their hive and searching for the Six-Armed Demon Bear nearby.
• Ling Yi explained that Golden-Striped Bee hives did not necessarily indicate a nearby bear, much less the Six-Armed Demon Bear Wo Ma sought.
• Wo Ma recalled that Jiufeng had encountered a Six-Armed Demon Bear in the area and hoped it would visit the hive for honey.

Ling Yi, Zhang Ji, and Wo Ma watched a Six-Armed Demon Bear attempt to raid a Golden-Striped Bee hive, hoping to follow it and secure its Soul Ring. The bee colony overwhelmed the bear, which survived its fall and fled toward their hiding place.

• Ling Yi estimated the Six-Armed Demon Bear and the hive’s bee colony strength, then told Zhang Ji and Wo Ma to wait and only attack if the bear faced mortal danger.
• Zhang Ji and Wo Ma revealed they had no area-of-effect Soul Skills, so the group decided to wait for the bear to leave before pursuing it.
• Golden-Striped Bees coated the bear in sticky fluid that slowed its movements as it climbed toward the hive.
• Four powerful bee kings emerged, and Ling Yi suspected the bear sought Golden-Striped Royal Jelly as well as honey.
• The bear roared and killed many weaker bees, but stronger bees stung it until it fell from the cliff into a pit.
• The injured bear crawled out of the pit and fled toward Ling Yi, Zhang Ji, and Wo Ma’s hiding place.