Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi led Yoshizawa and the others in a desperate escape from a Fallen Soul King, using homemade grenades to trigger a rockslide and create an opening. After Kui Long was caught and killed, Ling Yi prepared to turn and test his strength against the Soul King while urging Yoshizawa to keep running.

• Yoshizawa tried to negotiate with the Soul King and invoked his powerful family connections, but the Soul King laughed and intensified his killing intent.
• Ling Yi threw two homemade grenades at the nearby hill, causing a rockslide that forced the Soul King to retreat and giving the group a chance to scatter.
• Ling Yi and Yoshizawa fled toward Sena City as Ling Yi used his Soul Skill to keep pace and guided Yoshizawa toward ground covered in Blue Silver Grass.
• Kui Long screamed and was abruptly silenced several hundred meters away, while Yoshizawa continued running without turning back.
• Ling Yi resolved to test himself against the Soul King and threw three more homemade grenades toward the left rear.

Captain Yoshizawa escaped after Ling Yi stayed behind to face a Soul King-level Fallen Soul Master, prompting him to call for Spirit Hall reinforcements. The story then revealed how Ming He became a Fallen Soul King and showed Ling Yi preparing to attack him in a fully armed disguise.

• Captain Yoshizawa collapsed after escaping and told the cavalry that a Soul King-level Fallen Soul Master had attacked his patrol.
• Captain Yoshizawa urged the cavalry to report Ming He to Sena City's Spirit Sub-Hall and request judgment personnel.
• Scouts found Joshua and two other survivors, but Kui Long and Ling Yi were missing.
• Ming He’s past was revealed: after struggling as a poor soul master, he began draining blood from victims and rose to Soul King rank.
• Ling Yi used the grenades as cover, escaped with Flying on Grass, and used his Second Body to mislead Ming He.
• Ling Yi put on his armor, took up the Tri-Point Double-Edged Blade, and approached Ming He from another direction.

Ling Yi fought Ming He, a Fallen Soul King, and used hypnosis, flame, and refined weapon techniques to counter his Blood Devouring Vine abilities. Ming He failed to injure Ling Yi and began considering retreating.

• Ming He saw Ling Yi's three Soul Rings and, after mistaking him for a stronger opponent, grew angry when he realized Ling Yi was only a Soul Elder.
• Ling Yi used hypnosis to catch Ming He off guard and struck him, but Ming He escaped the blow with Blood Shadow Clone.
• Ling Yi ignited Fire Oil on his blade to keep Ming He's blood-shadow clones at bay and fought through the Blood Devouring Vines.
• Ming He used Raging Python Dance and Blood-Colored Fragrance, but Ling Yi's protection against poison left him unaffected.
• Ming He found he could neither injure Ling Yi nor avoid being wounded and began thinking about retreating.

Ling Yi drove off the Fallen Soul King Ming He and pursued one of his fleeing blood shadows, using fire and specialized ammunition to attack it. The target vanished into a burning vine, leaving Ling Yi to suspect the effect of a Soul Skill as the confrontation ended without revealing whether Ming He had been caught.

• Ling Yi recognized Ming He's desire to retreat and decided to create an opening rather than continue their stalemate.
• Ling Yi hurled four Round-Bellied Porcelain Bottles into the air, ignited the surrounding vines, and forced Ming He and his Blood Shadow Clone to flee in opposite directions.
• Ling Yi pursued the eastern figure because his Second Body was positioned nearby, then fired Fierce Fire Bullets from his slingshot.
• The bullets struck the blood-colored figure, which disappeared and left behind a burning, charred vine.
• Ling Yi sensed resentment and killing intent in the shadow and considered whether its disappearance came from a rule-like Soul Skill.

Ling Yi let himself be captured after a staged ambush, while Ah Yin investigated the unusual growth of Blue Silver Grass near the Heaven Dou Empire border. After hearing Xiao Yan mention Ling Yi, Ah Yin became curious about him.

• Ling Yi returned toward Sena City and let a gray-brown vine ambush him, then pretended to lose consciousness as his attacker took his Storage Soul Tool.
• Ah Yin, disguised as a young man, introduced himself to Xiao Yan as a recent academy graduate investigating the abundant Blue Silver Grass near the Border Army camp.
• Xiao Yan ordered Ah Yin to leave but refused his guard's suggestion to capture him, explaining that the army's medicinal herb formulas were no secret.
• Xiao Yan remarked that Ah Yin reminded him of Ling Yi, and Ah Yin listened from the nearby woods and grew curious about Ling Yi.

Ling Yi captured Ming He after posing as his captive, then restrained and hypnotized him to conduct experiments on his body and martial soul. After leaving the forest, Ling Yi arrived at Long Xing City, where a street commotion began.

• Ming He regained consciousness in shackles and realized Ling Yi had captured him after he fled and exhausted his Soul Power.
• Ling Yi explained that he had pretended to be a captive to stay near Ming He, then ambushed him and sealed his Soul Power.
• Ling Yi blinded Ming He and kept him captive, using sound to hypnotize him and learn about his past crimes.
• Ling Yi performed his one hundred and thirty-third experiment on Ming He, ordering him to summon his martial soul.
• Ling Yi left the Unnamed Forest and traveled east to Long Xing City.
• A commotion broke out in the street when someone shouted at Yang Shelly to stop pushing people around.

Ling Yi bought metalworking supplies and other materials in Long Xing City, then met Yang Shelly, an eighteen-year-old Soul Master from a local business family. After parting from her, he realized she was connected to the Breaking Clan and its medicinal-herb trade, leaving him interested in her position.

• Ling Yi visited Zhu Tao's blacksmith shop, ordered Hollow Metal Pellets and other supplies, and bought the materials Zhu Tao had in stock.
• Ling Yi went to Long Xing Supermarket and quietly purchased materials from merchant caravans.
• Yang Shelly approached Ling Yi, introduced herself as a rank thirty-two Power Attack System Soul Master, and learned that he was a rank thirty-two Healing System Soul Master.
• Ling Yi and Yang Shelly walked through Long Xing City, where she asked about his background and he told her he had served as a military physician in the Heaven Dou Empire's Border Army.
• After they parted at Ling Yi's hotel, he recognized Yang Shelly as a collateral branch member of the Breaking Clan who handled medicinal-herb purchases and medicine sales in Long Xing City.

Ling Yi explained to Yang Shelly that the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique belonged to blacksmiths rather than exclusively to the Clear Sky Sect, then told her how he had learned forging from several masters. His story ended with him recalling Old Master Jin’s letter to Lou Gao and the many people whose kindness he remembered.

• Yang Shelly saw Ling Yi leave the blacksmith shop and questioned him about his forging skill and use of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.
• Ling Yi told Yang Shelly that the technique was not the Clear Sky Sect’s exclusive secret and had been created to help blacksmiths temper metal.
• Yang Shelly set aside her doubts and eagerly asked Ling Yi about his past as they went to a restaurant.
• Ling Yi described learning forging from Master Jiang, his Fifth Brother, and Old Master Jin.
• Ling Yi recalled that Old Master Jin’s letter had connected him with Lou Gao and helped shape his rise as a blacksmith, and he remembered the many people who had supported him.

Ah Yin concluded that Ling Yi had a hidden purpose behind his Blue Silver Grass projects and set out for Balak Kingdom to observe him. Meanwhile, in Long Xing City, Ling Yi watched Yang Shelly fight a Battle Tiger Soul Master, whose attack she answered with a reckless counterstrike.

• Ah Yin reviewed Ling Yi’s achievements and reasoned that his ordinary Blue Silver Grass martial soul could not explain his rapid cultivation without a deeper secret.
• Ah Yin decided to travel to Balak Kingdom and see what kind of person Ling Yi was.
• Ling Yi watched Yang Shelly compete in Long Xing City’s Dragon Rise Soul Arena.
• Yang Shelly used her Sharp, Pierce, and Burst soul skills to attack the Battle Tiger Soul Master instead of defending against his faster strike.
• The Battle Tiger Soul Master dodged her scythe and retreated, calling Yang Shelly a madwoman.

After losing to Mad Tiger, Yang Shelly recovered with Ling Yi’s healing and entered a two-on-two spirit battle with him. They faced Mad Tiger and Mad Lion, and Shelly prepared to take them on while Ling Yi stayed back to support her.

• Mad Tiger used mobile combat and defense to exhaust Yang Shelly and win their spirit battle.
• Ling Yi healed the depleted Yang Shelly, who thanked him and recovered.
• Ling Yi and Yang Shelly registered for a two-on-two match as the Peerless Grass Cutting Duo.
• The duo discovered their opponents were Mad Tiger and Mad Lion, the Lion Tiger Duo.
• Yang Shelly told Ling Yi to stay back, heal her if possible, and flee if she was in danger.

Ling Yi and Yang Shelly defeated Mad Tiger and Mad Lion at Dragon Rise Soul Arena, then grew closer as Ling Yi explained his combat skills. Ling Yi prepared to leave Long Xing City for the Balak Kingdom, while Vitality Gold · Stage 1 was ready for further research.

• Yang Shelly charged Mad Tiger with all three Soul Skills active while Mad Lion tried to circle around and target Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi anticipated Mad Lion's move and struck Mad Tiger with a poisoned vine whip, forcing Mad Tiger to face Yang Shelly's attack instead.
• Yang Shelly's Third Soul Skill - Burst wounded Mad Tiger, and Ling Yi's vine whip bound him and flung him off the Spirit Arena Stage.
• Yang Shelly then defeated Mad Lion after forcing him into a direct exchange of attacks.
• After leaving Dragon Rise Soul Arena, Yang Shelly questioned Ling Yi's Healing System role, and he explained that his army experience had taught him battle timing.
• Ling Yi said he would return to the Balak Kingdom, and Vitality Gold · Stage 1 had been forged into a thin coffin for the next stage of research.

Ling Yi returned to Sena City with Yang Shelly and told Captain John he planned to leave the army and travel the continent with her. Ah Yin learned he had already gone back toward the Heaven Dou Empire and set out to find him again.

• Ling Yi and Yang Shelly met John and his patrol team outside Sena City, surprising them with Ling Yi’s return.
• Ling Yi told John that he had escaped from a Fallen Soul Master, met Yang Shelly in Long Xing City, and planned to retire from the army and travel with her.
• John accepted Ling Yi’s decision and directed him to report to the Count, who allowed him to leave for the Heaven Dou Border Army to handle his retirement.
• Ah Yin heard through her Blue Silver Domain that Ling Yi had left Sena City and missed her again.
• Ah Yin recalled her growing curiosity about Ling Yi’s Blue Silver Grass martial soul and decided to pursue him toward Fasinuo Province.

Ling Yi trained Yang Shelly and treated her hidden injuries while they traveled toward the Heaven Dou Border Army. He then visited Count Altimos and asked to withdraw from the army, leaving Altimos to accept that Ling Yi was free to go.

• Ling Yi explained that Yang Shelly's strenuous training had caused hidden injuries and used his healing soul skill while teaching her the Basic Body Tempering Art.
• Ling Yi and Yang Shelly continued traveling toward the border, cultivating along the way as someone pursued them from behind.
• Ling Yi left Yang Shelly in Kelo City and went alone to the Border Army medical camp to meet Count Altimos.
• Count Altimos recognized that Ling Yi had never truly belonged to the Heaven Dou Border Army and could not be stopped from leaving.

Ling Yi sensed an elusive observer on his ride back to Kelo City but could not locate them, while Ah Yin watched him from afar and wondered at his influence over Blue Silver Grass. Back at his courtyard, he trained and cared for Yang Shelly, yet the feeling that something was wrong persisted into the night.

• Ling Yi sensed a deliberate gaze following him on the road, searched with his Mental Strength and Blue Silver Grass, and reached Kelo City without finding its source.
• Ah Yin watched Ling Yi from outside the city and remarked on the unusual domination she had sensed through the Blue Silver Grass.
• Ling Yi returned to his courtyard, checked Yang Shelly's boxing practice, and corrected her breathing before preparing their meal.
• Ling Yi cooked a reduced version of Supplement Essence Soup, and Yang Shelly ate before using the hot water he had prepared for her bath.
• Ling Yi probed the courtyard's new Blue Silver Grass but found nothing unusual and went to bed still uneasy.

After a month of training, Yang Shelly improved her physical abilities and learned new Xingyi forms from Ling Yi. While they traveled through a Soul Beast Forest, a sudden attack left Yang Shelly striking at a tree more than a hundred meters behind Ling Yi.

• Yang Shelly mastered the Cat Form and Chicken Form, so Ling Yi added Leopard Class and Eagle Class Martial Soul Skills to the Beast Martial Soul: Xingyi Boxing Stance and taught them to her.
• Yang Shelly's Soul Power rose to nearly Level 34, and her improved physique strengthened her combat ability despite her Tool Martial Soul's physical disadvantages.
• Yang Shelly fought a three-hundred-year Wind Shadow Leopard until it withdrew, then told Ling Yi she had memorized its movements to cultivate the Wind Leopard Assault form.
• Ling Yi examined something in a stream while Yang Shelly suddenly appeared on a tree more than a hundred meters behind him and hacked toward another tree with her Long-handled Scythe.

Yang Shelly and Ah Yin fought in the forest until an explosion interrupted them, and they hurried back to find Ling Yi standing unharmed beside a wounded Wind Shadow Leopard. Ling Yi then noticed Ah Yin and felt an unsettling pressure from his bloodline.

• Yang Shelly attacked Ah Yin, who defended herself with Blue Silver Grass and her soul skills as they fought through the forest.
• Yang Shelly broke through Ah Yin's vines and reached her, but an explosion and a cry of “Brother Yi” made her retreat toward the stream.
• Ah Yin followed Yang Shelly at a distance, and they found Ling Yi standing beside a bloodied Wind Shadow Leopard.
• Yang Shelly checked that Ling Yi was unharmed, and he explained that the Wind Shadow Leopard had secretly followed them.
• Ling Yi asked whether Yang Shelly had been injured fighting Ah Yin, then felt an intense pressure from his bloodline as he looked at Ah Yin.

Ling Yi resisted Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline suppression and refined the lingering wills in his three soul rings into conscious control. He then used his third soul skill to heal the injured Wind Shadow Leopard, leaving Ah Yin with a host of questions about him.

• Ah Yin approached Ling Yi and noticed that his Blue Silver Grass martial soul carried several auras from the same lineage as him.
• Yang Shelly raised her sickle to warn Ah Yin away, but Ling Yi calmed her and resisted the submission imposed by Ah Yin’s bloodline.
• Ling Yi took control of his martial soul and refined the lingering wills within his three soul rings.
• Ling Yi used his third soul skill, Unceasing Growth, to heal the injured Wind Shadow Leopard.
• Ah Yin watched Ling Yi and wondered how he had found her, evolved his martial soul, and decided to save the leopard.

Ling Yi and Yang Shelly met Ah Yin, who revealed that she had been secretly observing them and introduced herself as a Level 33 Blue Silver Grass Battle Soul Elder. Ling Yi recognized her as the Blue Silver Emperor and resolved to become the Green Emperor.

• Ling Yi introduced himself to Ah Yin while grilling meat and asked whether she had been watching him from the shadows.
• Ah Yin admitted that she had observed Ling Yi and asked how he had discovered her, but Ling Yi kept his method secret.
• Ah Yin’s imperial aura stirred Yang Shelly’s Soul Power, and Ling Yi offered her roast meat to defuse the tension.
• Ah Yin introduced herself as a Level 33 Control System Battle Soul Elder whose martial soul was Blue Silver Grass, leaving Yang Shelly astonished.
• Ling Yi identified Ah Yin as the Blue Silver King or Blue Silver Emperor and declared that he wanted to become the Green Emperor.

Ling Yi recognized Ah Yin’s exceptional martial soul and suspected her true identity as the Blue Silver Emperor, but confronted her for secretly observing him and probing his background. He left her with a demand for mutual respect and the conviction that people were equal regardless of birth, talent, or strength.

• Ling Yi stated his goals of becoming a Titled Douluo before fifty and advancing his bloodline into the Blue Silver Emperor, while Ah Yin accepted that title for her martial soul.
• Ling Yi recognized Ah Yin as the human-form Blue Silver Emperor and noticed Yang Shelly watching their exchange.
• Ah Yin asked Ling Yi about his Innate Soul Power, and Ling Yi rebuked her for secretly observing him and investigating his information.
• Ah Yin panicked and denied having ill intent, while Yang Shelly prepared to fight if Ling Yi signaled her to act.
• Ling Yi inferred that Ah Yin had exceptional talent and told her that people were equal in personhood regardless of their status or strength.

Ling Yi, Yang Shelly, and Ah Yin traveled toward Gengxin City, with Ling Yi studying while Yang Shelly practiced Wind Leopard Assault. During a lunch stop, Ling Yi cooked for himself and Yang Shelly and fed Ah Yin and the Wind Shadow Leopard with simpler food.

• Ling Yi and Yang Shelly rode through BeiYuan Province toward Gengxin City while Ah Yin followed on the Wind Shadow Leopard.
• Ling Yi studied martial and soul-related knowledge as Yang Shelly practiced Wind Leopard Assault and Ah Yin watched them with irritation.
• The Wind Shadow Leopard recalled how it had tried to ambush a human during an earlier forest encounter, only to have a black ball thrown into its mouth and explode.
• Ling Yi stopped in a clearing and cooked chicken and rice with Soul Power.
• Ling Yi shared flatbread and roast meat with Ah Yin and the Wind Shadow Leopard while he and Yang Shelly ate the meal he had prepared.