Chapter Summaries

After Altimos failed to permanently cleanse Long Long’s Purple Scorpion poison, Ling Yi offered to treat him. Ling Yi’s careful efforts to enter the Heaven Dou Empire military had brought him to this opportunity, and the chapter ended before he tried.

• Long Long suffered a painful relapse, and Altimos used Light Healing and Holy Light Purification to ease his symptoms.
• Altimos explained that the Soul Emperor’s Purple Scorpion toxin would multiply from even a trace and consume Long Long’s Soul Power.
• Altimos said they had to wait for the Ye Family Old Matriarch, whose Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul could cleanse the toxin.
• Ling Yi reflected on how obtaining Dugu Bo’s Ruyi Treasure Sack had changed his plans and on the ripples his actions were causing across Douluo Continent.
• Ling Yi offered to try treating Long Long.

Ling Yi offered to treat Long Long’s Purple Scorpion toxin, and Altimos agreed to let him try after Ling Yi claimed an eighty percent chance of success. Ling Yi arranged for Altimos and Lian Lane to concentrate the toxin near Long Long’s wound, then revealed that his Second Soul Skill could treat the cause.

• Ling Yi said he could treat Long Long, whose body was being corroded by toxin from a Purple Scorpion Soul Emperor’s soul skill.
• Altimos asked how confident Ling Yi was, and Ling Yi answered that he had an eighty percent chance of success.
• Altimos agreed to let Ling Yi proceed and said the others would support him.
• Ling Yi asked Altimos and Lian Lane how many times they could still use their purification soul skills and how precisely they could control them.
• Ling Yi asked them to concentrate the toxin near Long Long’s initial wound, and both said they could do it.
• Ling Yi said his Second Soul Skill could treat the cause of Long Long’s illness.

Ling Yi quickly treated Long Long’s Purple Scorpion poisoning by removing the affected flesh and part of his liver, then helping the Healing System Soul Masters stabilize and heal him. He took the extracted poison for himself and argued that Healing System Soul Masters should carry weapons to defend themselves, but the others doubted his plan.

• Altimos and Lian Lane purified most of the poison in Long Long’s body, leaving the source near the wound.
• Ling Yi cut away the poisoned flesh and part of Long Long’s liver, then used Finger Rebirth as other Healing System Soul Masters healed him.
• Ling Yi collected the toxic blood in jade bottles and asked Altimos if he could keep some of the Purple Scorpion poison as payment.
• Ling Yi said he wanted the poison for self-defense and proposed tempering weapons with it, but the others warned that poisoned Martial Souls could poison their owners.
• Ling Yi suggested Healing System Soul Masters could carry custom-made weapons, then silently questioned their reluctance to defend themselves.

Li Zhishu revealed a powerful Xingyi Boxing Stance form while fighting Long Yin, and Dugu Bo explained how Ling Yi had developed it on the front lines. The chapter left Dugu Bo waiting for Ling Yi’s return before resuming his travels.

• Li Zhishu used an upgraded Fierce Horse Gallop form of the Xingyi Boxing Stance against Long Yin, whose Ice Wolf Assault charged at him.
• Zhang Mufeng and Qingqiu Xin discussed Li Zhishu’s departure from the military after the costly campaign and how Dugu Bo had helped him retire.
• Dugu Bo explained that Ling Yi had deduced the upgraded boxing stance during the war and that Li Zhishu’s level thirty-six Soul Power made it formidable.
• Zhang Mufeng and Qingqiu Xin decided to press Li Zhishu to explain what he had learned, while Dugu Xin watched eagerly.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Xin to master the Spirit Snake Kill form before pursuing the upgraded stance and planned to leave Blue Silver Territory once Ling Yi returned.

Ling Yi examined the physical, soul-power, and mental changes that came with becoming a Soul Grandmaster after absorbing a two-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass soul ring. He dismissed the idea of pursuing a ten-thousand-year fourth ring and ended the chapter reflecting on his increased soul power and unexpectedly improved Mental Strength.

• Ling Yi guided a two-thousand-year original Blue Silver Grass to transform into a Purple Soul Ring and attach to his martial soul.
• Ling Yi found that the ring’s life energy had given his already strong body a rapidly developing self-healing ability.
• Ling Yi considered whether his future physical and mental growth might let him absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, but rejected the risk and lack of protection.
• Ling Yi reasoned that he had no reliable way to obtain a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast and that Dugu Bo was not yet close enough to help him hunt one.
• Ling Yi measured the results of his breakthrough and found his soul power had risen from rank thirty to above thirty-two, while his Mental Strength had improved unexpectedly.

Ling Yi absorbed the origin of a two-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass, strengthening his mental will and raising his martial soul to the three-thousand-year Viscount Level. With his new third soul skill, Ceaseless Growth, he believed he had earned the title of Great Physician.

• Ling Yi sensed a brief icy-heart state that made his mental strength longer, heavier, broader, and easier to gather.
• Ling Yi stored the Blue Silver Grass seed and examined his martial soul, judging it had reached the equivalent of three thousand years.
• Ling Yi tested his improved martial soul and found that his cultivation felt freer and his aptitude had risen to Innate Soul Power rank four.
• Ling Yi reviewed his status, including his new third soul ring and Ceaseless Growth soul skill, and concluded that he now deserved the name Great Physician.

Ling Yi learned from Xiao Yan that a captain with a Unicorn Flood Dragon Snake Martial Soul had been spotted at Golden Eagle Gorge, so he and Xiao Yan sought permission to go there. The chapter recounted how Ling Yi had saved Xiao Yan and earned the trust of the border army through his rescue work and freely shared medical skills.

• Ling Yi stored his thousand-year Blue Silver Grass plants in the Ruyi Treasure Sack as Xiao Yan came to find him.
• Xiao Yan told Ling Yi that he and Tang Chuan had seen a captain with a Unicorn Flood Dragon Snake Martial Soul at Golden Eagle Gorge.
• Ling Yi praised Xiao Yan and went with him to ask Lord Altimos for permission to visit Golden Eagle Gorge.
• The chapter recalled that Ling Yi had revived Xiao Yan after a Soul King's attack pierced his heart and killed three comrades behind him.
• Ling Yi had built strong ties across the border army by rescuing wounded soldiers and sharing surgical techniques, reducing the army's casualty rate.

Xiao Yan sparred with Li Li at Heaven Dou Empire Border Army Camp No. 42, relying on his Black Gold Inner Armor and defensive fighting style to withstand the agile fighter. After the match, Ling Yi asked about Li Li’s assassin-style approach, and his curiosity about the style began to stir.

• Xiao Yan charged Li Li, but Li Li dodged and stabbed him in the lower back, only for the blade to clang against Xiao Yan’s Black Gold Inner Armor.
• Xiao Yan switched to defending and counterattacking, frustrating Li Li until he ended the spar after more than ten minutes.
• Li Li complained about Xiao Yan wearing armor, while Xiao Yan mistook Li Li’s short sword for a dagger and teased him about its size.
• Ling Yi pulled Xiao Yan away before Li Li could restart the fight and asked whether Li Li followed the assassin style of Agility Attack System soul masters.
• Ling Yi reflected on Li Li’s Unicorn Flood Dragon Snake Martial Soul and the different combat styles available to Agility Attack System soul masters.

At Luin Junior Soul Master Academy, Ah Yin rejected Xie Wendong’s offer to help her hunt a soul beast and revealed that she was a Great Soul Master. Back in her dormitory, she concealed her true strength and decided she could no longer remain at the academy.

• Xie Wendong invited Ah Yin to join his team for a soul hunt, promising his father’s help in obtaining a Hundred-Year soul ring.
• Ah Yin refused Xie Wendong’s offer, then revealed two yellow soul rings and left the stunned crowd.
• Alone in her dormitory, Ah Yin summoned her martial soul and used Domain Power to disguise her second soul ring while a third purple ring appeared.
• Ah Yin regretted drawing attention to herself and realized she needed to leave the academy now that she was old enough to graduate.

After reaching the third stage of Deep Sleep, Ling Yi awakened a true Sea of Consciousness and used it to deduce the upgraded Xingyi Boxing form Flood Dragon Snake Shot. Back at the Forty-Second Camp, he practiced the form based on his observations of Li Li, bringing the deduction close to completion.

• Ling Yi's mental projection absorbed insights from three avatars in his newly awakened Sea of Consciousness and deduced Flood Dragon Snake Shot.
• Ling Yi woke in his tent at the Heaven Dou Empire Border Army's Forty-Second Camp and stored his Blue Silver Grass plants in the Ruyi Treasure Sack.
• Ling Yi practiced Flood Dragon Snake Shot, an upgraded form based on Li Li's Unicorn Flood Dragon Snake Martial Soul and its second Soul Skill.
• Ling Yi reviewed the five upgraded Xingyi Boxing forms already developed in the Border Army and prepared to finish Flood Dragon Snake Shot.

Eight-year-old Liu Erlong cared for her ill mother, returned to the academy after beating students who mocked her, and was nearing level 20 with her Fire Dragon Martial Soul. Elsewhere, a youth watched a tall figure descend Jade Dragon Mountain, while Tie Futu asked Lou Gao how he had settled a group of people.

• Liu Erlong fed porridge to her sick mother, Liu Yan, and told her she had beaten older students who mocked her.
• Liu Yan reassured Erlong that she trusted her to be kind, and Erlong tended to her before returning to Luolin Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Dean Yi Qingzhu questioned Erlong about the fight, then allowed her back to class and considered how the academy could help her hunt for her second Soul Ring.
• Yi Qingzhu recalled that a powerful Soul King had claimed to be Erlong's father and realized no academy teacher might be able to guide her Soul Ring hunt.
• A youth watched a tall figure descend Jade Dragon Mountain, while Lou Gao visited Tie Futu in the Blacksmith Association's forging room.
• Tie Futu asked Lou Gao how he had settled those people as he continued forging metal.

Lou Gao reported how he had settled thousands of arrivals in and around Gengxin City, but Tie Futu reminded him not to neglect his forging in favor of association affairs. Lou Gao resolved to delegate his administrative work and return to practicing his craft.

• Lou Gao told Tie Futu that he had helped more than 2,700 young adults find livelihoods, including over 1,200 who joined the Blacksmith Association.
• Lou Gao explained that the new blacksmiths would strengthen the Association’s influence while helping it stay unnoticed by powerful factions.
• Tie Futu used Ling Yi’s advice to remind Lou Gao that his own forging mattered more than managing the Association.
• Tie Futu urged Lou Gao to help verify and develop Ling Yi’s theories on Spirit Refinement so future blacksmiths could advance.
• Lou Gao left to arrange the Association’s affairs and then resume practicing his forging skills.

Ling Yi left the Heaven Dou Border Army under a transfer order, heading toward the Balak Kingdom while reflecting on the knowledge and relationships he had gained during his time in the army. He accepted the move as a chance to leave on good terms and continue his research elsewhere.

• Xiao Yan complained that Ling Yi’s transfer was unreasonable while they traveled along the road toward the Balak Kingdom.
• Ling Yi told Xiao Yan to obey the army’s orders and suggested his repeated requests to move between camps had made him seem unreliable to his superiors.
• Ling Yi reflected that he had anticipated being transferred after moving among camps to study soldiers and build connections throughout the Border Army.
• Ling Yi reviewed the techniques and theories he was developing, including six upgraded Xingyi Boxing Stances and Soul Guiding Array Patterns.
• Ling Yi assessed that his half year in the Border Army had greatly expanded his knowledge and earned him the support of many soldiers and officers.

At Qu Yue River Camp, Lian Lane told Count Altimos that Ling Yi had been transferred to the Balak Kingdom, prompting them to discuss why the Border Army’s higher-ups had acted against him. Altimos received Ling Yi’s parting gift and discovered that it contained a book of healing formulas and mutated Blue Silver Grass, leaving him ashamed of his earlier suspicion.

• Lian Lane told Altimos that Ling Yi had been seconded to the Balak Kingdom, and Altimos said Ling Yi’s growing influence may have made his departure inevitable.
• Lian Lane accused Altimos of allowing the transfer, but he denied involvement and explained that higher-ups might have acted on distorted reports.
• Lian Lane gave Altimos a brocade box Ling Yi had prepared for him months earlier.
• Altimos opened the box and found a book of healing formulas using Blue Silver Grass and several mutated Blue Silver Grass plants.
• Lian Lane explained that Ling Yi intended the formulas to help address the Border Army’s shortage of Healing System Soul Masters, and Altimos regretted doubting his motives.

Lian Lane showed Altimos that Ling Yi’s herbal recipes were only an extra gift, while the mutated Blue Silver Grass might enable a low-cost Mimetic Cultivation Ground. They decided the discovery was too valuable to research openly and began considering how to involve trusted clan members, with Altimos wondering whether to visit Ling Yi for advice.

• Lian Lane told Altimos the herbal recipes were only an extra and revealed that the Light Blue Silver Grass carried the light attribute.
• Lian Lane showed Altimos her Watery Blue Silver Grass and explained that Ling Yi’s book described how to cultivate both mutated varieties and proposed using their seeds to create a Mimetic Cultivation Ground.
• Altimos and Lian Lane recognized that successful research could benefit their clans but attract the attention of powerful factions, so they resolved to protect the plants and book.
• Altimos and Lian Lane decided they needed trusted relatives to lead the research and thought about applying to return to their clans.
• Altimos struggled to find someone in his clan capable of taking responsibility and considered visiting Ling Yi in the Barak Kingdom to ask for advice.

Tang Chen defeated Qian Daoliu in a battle and secured a refuge for the Clear Sky Sect on the mountain peak. After Qian Daoliu left, Tang Chen departed as well, while a golden streak of light later silenced a roaring presence in Sunset Forest.

• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu clashed with their enormous hammer and sword, devastating the Unnamed Mountain Range.
• Qian Daoliu admitted defeat and promised that Spirit Hall would not set foot on Tang Chen's mountain until he defeated him.
• Tang Chen reflected that the mountain would give the Clear Sky Sect a fallback if his descendants eventually challenged Spirit Hall, then vanished from the peak.
• A golden streak of light passed over Sunset Forest and silenced a roaring creature below, which later gave a suppressed groan of pain.

Ling Yi sent Xiao Yan back to the Heaven Dou Border Army after reaching Sena City, reflecting on the growing network of allies he had cultivated there. Elsewhere, Tang Hao’s sparring with Tai Tan ended when Tang Yue Hua used her zither to dispel their battle intent, while a mysterious woman watched a cavern from the surrounding trees.

• A woman watched the cavern from a tree as poisonous snakes gathered around her and strange golden and purple-red lights flickered inside.
• Tang Hao fought Tai Tan at Haoyang Cliff, using the Clear Sky Nine Wonders and Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique to press the defending Strength Clan leader.
• Tang Hao recalled his defeat on Seagod Island and how it had driven him to train and pursue combat more intensely.
• Tang Yue Hua played her zither to calm Tang Hao and Tai Tan, and Tang Hao praised her growing control of her Domain Power.
• Ling Yi parted from Xiao Yan at Sena City, sending him back to the Border Army after Xiao Yan’s Soul Power reached level 30 during their journey.
• Ling Yi considered the many soldiers and officers who had become his allies and believed their influence would grow into a formidable force.

After half a month in Sena City, Ling Yi joined a border patrol as its accompanying military doctor and slowly built ties with both commoner and noble Soul Masters. He was set to patrol beyond the city with Yoshizawa’s team instead of John’s, after Yoshizawa arranged the assignment to draw him closer to the nobles.

• Ling Yi served on Sena City’s patrol team, having gone on three short missions and helped his teammates eat a Badger Pig they encountered.
• Ling Yi reflected that he could not spread his herbal formulas in the Balak Kingdom as he had in the Heaven Dou Border Army, and resolved to improve them before making them public.
• Yoshizawa called Ling Yi to set out, and Ling Yi asked why Yoshizawa was leading the mission instead of John.
• Yoshizawa had used his connection to Sena City’s City Guard Commander, his uncle, to assign his team a distant patrol while John’s team stayed in the city.
• Ling Yi prepared to leave with Yoshizawa’s team, whose noble members hoped to draw him into their circle.

Yoshizawa’s patrol found a third deserted village and began to withdraw, while Ling Yi sensed a hidden observer and grew certain that they were in danger. The chapter left the patrol near the village entrance, with Ling Yi locating a faint breath beside a thatched hut.

• Yoshizawa led his team through a mountain village and found that its residents had vanished without signs of a struggle.
• Yoshizawa suspended the patrol mission and ordered the team to return and report the disappearances.
• Ling Yi worried that Fallen Soul Masters had taken the villagers and assessed the strength of the hidden threat.
• As the team neared the village entrance, Ling Yi sensed someone watching them and detected a faint breath beside a thatched hut.

Ling Yi and the survivors of his patrol fled a Soul King who hunted them with blood-draining vines, while Ling Yi suspected the pursuer wanted to capture him for his healing abilities. The Soul King finally blocked their escape and forced Yoshizawa to fight, leaving the group trapped in the vines’ attack.

• Ling Yi secretly prepared explosive smoke balls and a decoy escape while the patrol left a mountain village.
• A gray-brown vine dragged away a rear guard, and the pursuing Soul King killed him and several others by draining their bodies.
• Ling Yi healed his surviving teammates as they fled, and he judged that the Soul King’s interest in his healing skills might be keeping him alive.
• Ling Yi weighed escaping alone but held back after sensing the Soul King’s malice had diminished toward him.
• The Soul King attacked Yoshizawa with gray-brown vines, and Yoshizawa countered with Axe Blade Storm before the stronger Raging Python Dance overwhelmed the group and stopped their flight.