Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan searched the Star Dou Mercenary Guild for information about thousand-year plant-type soul beasts and overheard a squad report a Jade Willow with at least four thousand years of cultivation in Miasma Forest. He left with a promising lead, though the dangerous soul beast was far beyond the squad’s strength.

• Ning Chuan recovered, gathered rumors over breakfast, and headed to the Star Dou Mercenary Guild for information.
• Ning Chuan circulated through the guild hall, using his spiritual power to listen for clues about thousand-year plant-type soul beasts.
• Ning Chuan overheard a scarred mercenary captain describe a powerful Jade Willow hidden in Miasma Forest, south of Mist Valley.
• The captain estimated the Jade Willow had at least four thousand years of cultivation and warned that its vines and hallucinogenic miasma made it too dangerous for his squad.
• The squad discussed selling their information or reporting it to the guild for a reward.

Ning Chuan intercepted the Scarred Man and his team after overhearing their discovery of a four-thousand-year-old Jade Willow, which he wanted for his third Soul Ring. He convinced them to discuss selling the information privately and followed them to a secluded tea stall, where negotiations could begin.

• The Scarred Man and his teammates decided to sell their Jade Willow discovery privately rather than report it to the Mercenary Guild.
• Ning Chuan recognized that the four-thousand-year-old Jade Willow could suit his Martial Soul and decided to stop the group before they left.
• Ning Chuan blocked the Scarred Man and revealed the exact location and details he had overheard.
• Ning Chuan offered to buy the Jade Willow information, easing the Scarred Man's suspicions enough for him to agree to talk privately.
• The Scarred Man and his teammates escorted Ning Chuan through a secluded alley to an open-air tea stall at the edge of town.

Ning Chuan paid Scarred Man’s mercenary squad for directions to the Jade Willow and learned how to reach it through the dangerous Miasma Forest. He left with their map and a warning that the nearly five-thousand-year-old soul beast could drain Soul Power and vitality with its concealed, far-reaching branches.

• Ning Chuan offered Scarred Man a pouch of Gold Soul Coins for information, prompting Scarred Man’s squad to suspect a trap and surround him.
• Ning Chuan claimed he was a medicinal herb merchant seeking a catalyst to treat an elder’s recurring injury, and Scarred Man accepted his explanation and payment.
• Scarred Man described the route from Mist Valley through the Miasma Forest, using landmarks including an ancient riverbed, Iron Firs, a rocky slope, a swamp, and a mountain crevice.
• Scarred Man warned that the Jade Willow was nearly five thousand years old and had drained most of a Soul Elder’s Soul Power and vitality with a single brush of its branch.
• Scarred Man gave Ning Chuan the squad’s hand-drawn map, then left with his team; Ning Chuan reviewed the route and departed the tea stall.

Ning Chuan left Star Dou Town and used the Cyan Jade Flowing Cloud Boat to travel toward the Jade Willow’s location in Mist Valley. He found the map’s markers in the Miasma Forest and reached a narrow crevice leading into the valley basin.

• Ning Chuan left Star Dou Town, donned his Hundred-Battle Scale Armor, and activated the Cyan Jade Flowing Cloud Boat with a Mid-grade Spirit Stone.
• Ning Chuan flew above Star Dou Forest, identified Mist Valley from the map, and steered southeast while avoiding dangerous terrain and Soul Beasts.
• Ning Chuan reached the Miasma Forest and followed the ruins of an ancient riverbed while searching for the map’s landmarks.
• Ning Chuan found three dead Iron Fir trees arranged in a pin shape, then continued east by north and detoured around a dangerous swamp.
• Ning Chuan discovered a narrow crevice beneath a vine-covered cliff that led into the valley basin.

Ning Chuan found the Green Jade Willow in its valley lair but refused to enter its dangerous domain. Instead, he prepared to destroy it from above with a powerful Five Thunder Talisman.

• Ning Chuan surveyed Sky-Line Gorge from the Cloud Boat and decided against entering the valley to fight the Green Jade Willow directly.
• Ning Chuan flew over the cliff and spotted the Green Jade Willow rooted atop a pile of boulders in the basin.
• Ning Chuan sensed the willow’s hidden power and confirmed that the entire valley lay within its attack range.
• Ning Chuan took out a Five Thunder Talisman capable of threatening a Title Douluo and prepared to use it for a decisive strike.

Ning Chuan used the Five Thunder Talisman to annihilate the Jade Willow and create a vast crater, then collected its powerful Soul Ring. He fled the Star Dou Forest, fearing the explosion had attracted dangerous beings.

• Ning Chuan activated the Five Thunder Talisman with a High-grade Spirit Stone and hurled it at the Jade Willow.
• The Jade Willow sensed the attack and raised its branches and roots, but the talisman struck its trunk and unleashed five-colored divine thunder.
• The thunder destroyed the Jade Willow and the valley, leaving a vast crater and a deep-purple Soul Ring.
• Ning Chuan realized the blast exceeded the talisman's stated killing range and might draw powerful beings to the area.
• Ning Chuan used the Heavens Trash Recycling Station to collect the Soul Ring, then sped toward the edge of the Star Dou Forest.

After Ning Chuan fled the Miasma Forest, Soul Masters and mercenaries converged on the enormous crater left by the lightning strike, while Spirit Hall and two mysterious observers tried to determine its cause. The Scarred Man suspected Ning Chuan was connected to the disaster and ordered his men to find him.

• Ning Chuan fled toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest as a mercenary discovered the vast, scorched crater left by the lightning strike.
• A Canghui Academy instructor judged the chaotic residual power to be beyond an ordinary battle and led his students away to report it.
• Rumors about the Five-Colored Divine Thunder spread through Star Dou Town, drawing Soul Masters and mercenaries toward the crater; the Scarred Man suspected Ning Chuan had uncovered something about the Jade Willow.
• Li Kuangshi and the Venom Scorpion Leader nearly fought over the site until Deacon Liu arrived, ordered Spirit Hall to investigate, and established a cordon.
• Two mysterious figures observed the crater and ordered an investigation into the lightning strike and whoever had caused it.
• The Scarred Man ordered Monkey to use every connection to find Ning Chuan.

As Spirit Hall struggled to contain the growing crowd around the Lightning-Struck Giant Pit, the Scarred Man sent Lao Hei underground to search for treasure. Lao Hei found several radiant stones and tried to escape, but their light drew the attention of Soul Masters at the pit’s edge.

• Deacon Liu ordered Spirit Hall’s knights to watch the crowd and prevent anyone from entering the pit until reinforcements arrived.
• The Scarred Man tasked Lao Hei with sneaking underground while the group caused a distraction.
• Lao Hei descended into the pit and searched along its smooth, glassy wall as chaotic Soul Power battered him.
• Lao Hei found a crimson stone and then several more stones glowing in different colors, which he collected in a pouch.
• The stones’ five-colored glow shone through the darkness, and Soul Masters at the pit’s edge noticed it as Lao Hei scrambled back up.

A five-colored glow in the pit revealed Thunder Crystals, triggering a battle among the Soul Masters and Spirit Hall forces. After a young Soul Master absorbed energy directly from a crystal, the distant figure ordered his followers to seize three intact Thunder Crystals of different attributes.

• Lone Wolf’s team uncovered glowing stones, and Lone Wolf threw their bag into the melee to escape the surrounding attackers.
• Li Kuangshi, the Venom Scorpion Leader, and other Soul Masters fought over the bag until it burst and scattered seven or eight Thunder Crystals.
• Soul Masters fought and killed one another as Deacon Liu ordered Spirit Hall’s knights to hold the perimeter and prevent anyone from leaving with the crystals.
• A young Soul Master picked up a blue Thunder Crystal, absorbed its energy, and collapsed unconscious after the crystal shrank.
• The distant figure ordered his followers to seize at least three intact Thunder Crystals of different attributes.

The battle over the Thunder Crystals spiraled into a massacre as soul beasts flooded the crater and attacked both humans and one another. A Gold-Seeking Mouse swallowed a dark-purple crystal and began a terrifying transformation, drawing every nearby gaze as an ancient aura awakened within it.

• Bloodthirsty Wolves attacked wounded Soul Masters, and a Rock-Armored Violent Bear joined the battle for a Thunder Crystal.
• A Purple-Striped Forest Python swallowed an earth-yellow Thunder Crystal, convulsed from its energy, and fought the bear.
• More soul beasts surged into the melee, while Deacon Liu ordered Spirit Hall's knights to retreat toward town.
• A Gold-Seeking Mouse found and swallowed a dark-purple Thunder Crystal as a Flame Lion slid into the crater.
• The mouse erupted with purple-black lightning, grew rapidly, and released a destructive aura that made the nearby battle pause.

The Gold-Seeking Mouse transformed after swallowing the Thunder Crystal, drawing a terrifying pressure from the depths of Star Dou Forest. A colossal dragon claw took the mouse and the entire crater into the forest, leaving the survivors shaken and the region’s balance of power poised to change.

• The Gold-Seeking Mouse swelled and crackled with purple-black lightning as its mutation frightened the fighters and beasts around the pit.
• The mouse’s energy summoned dark clouds, and Deacon Liu ordered everyone to retreat.
• An overwhelming pressure froze or knocked out the battlefield’s inhabitants as a gigantic dragon claw emerged from the forest.
• The dragon claw scooped up the Gold-Seeking Mouse and the entire crater, then withdrew into the forest.
• Deacon Liu recognized the claw as belonging to the overlord of Star Dou Forest, while Li Kuangshi and the other survivors abandoned their pursuit of the Thunder Crystal.

Ning Chuan hid in an abandoned house and began absorbing the purified Jade Willow Soul Ring as his third ring. Meanwhile, survivors spread panic through Star Dou Town, where Deacon Liu and Lone Wolf separately ordered searches for the Green-Clad Youth.

• Ning Chuan landed outside Star Dou Forest, concealed his Cloud Boat, and searched an abandoned earthen house for a safe place to rest.
• The Heavens Trash Recycling Station reported that the Jade Willow Soul Ring was purified, stable, and within Ning Chuan’s ability to absorb with its assistance.
• Ning Chuan summoned the Soul Ring and began absorbing it with the Azure Emperor Longevity Art, enduring its surging energy and residual devouring intent.
• Survivors returned to Star Dou Town and spread rumors about the disaster, prompting panic, rising prices, and mercenary groups preparing to leave.
• Deacon Liu ordered a secret investigation into the Green-Clad Youth and sent Spirit City Main Hall an urgent report about the Dragon Claw and a suspected powerful ruler Soul Beast.
• Lone Wolf heard that Spirit Hall was searching for Ning Chuan and ordered his men to comb the northwest for him.

Ning Chuan successfully absorbed his third Soul Ring, gained the Life Praise domain skill, and left the Star Dou Forest for Helsing City. In Star Dou Town, factions searched in vain for the vanished Green-Clad Youth before the unrest subsided.

• Ning Chuan absorbed the Jade Willow Soul Ring, reached Soul Power Level thirty-four, and gained the Life Praise recovery and Life Drain domain skill.
• Ning Chuan erased the signs of his stay, removed his Bronze Mask, changed into coarse clothes, and set out for Helsing City.
• Li Kuangshi and other factions ordered searches for the Green-Clad Youth after the chaos in the Star Dou Forest.
• Deacon Liu investigated Ning Chuan's false identity and suspected flying Soul Tool, but the clues misled the Spirit Hall branch.
• Lone Wolf regretted failing to keep Ning Chuan in Star Dou Town as the searches produced no leads and the town gradually calmed down.
• Ning Chuan walked along the official road toward Helsing City.

After the upheaval in Star Dou Forest, major powers across Douluo Continent investigated the Five-Colored Divine Thunder, the Dragon Claw, the Thunder Crystals, and the mysterious Green-Clad Youth. They issued orders to monitor Star Dou Town and the forest, leaving the continent’s factions converging on the same unexplained incident.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s covert network to investigate the Green-Clad Youth and classified intelligence about Star Dou Forest’s powerful presence as top secret.
• Xue Ye ordered patrols and an investigation team near Star Dou Town to watch the forest and Spirit Hall, while keeping an eye out for the Green-Clad Youth.
• Ning Fengzhi directed Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect informants to search for Thunder Crystals and investigate the youth without contacting or provoking him.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples to cultivate their lightning powers and sent Yu Luomian’s team to Star Dou Town to investigate the thunder and the youth.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered his officials to monitor Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall, considering the upheaval a possible opportunity for his nation.

Ning Chuan returned home safely after obtaining his third Soul Ring and reaching level thirty-one, reuniting with his relieved family. He chose to cultivate at home and help establish the family’s medicinal field before considering a Soul Master Academy.

• Liu Lan, Ning Dazhuang, and Ning Xiaohe welcomed Ning Chuan home and checked that he was safe.
• Ning Chuan told his family he had found and absorbed a wounded thousand-year Green Wood Vine’s Soul Ring with help from a mercenary group.
• Ning Chuan revealed his purple third Soul Ring and said his Soul Power had reached level thirty-one, making his parents celebrate his achievement.
• Ning Chuan gave Ning Xiaohe candy and pastries and shared gifts with his parents.
• Ning Chuan told his parents he would first consolidate his cultivation and help manage the medicinal field before considering academy study, and they supported his plan.
• Ning Chuan said good night to his parents and went to rest in the attic.

After a night of cultivation, Ning Chuan decided to teach his younger sister Ning Xiaohe the Spirit Rhino Bull Fist. He coached her through its opening stance in the family backyard, then brought her inside to eat with their parents.

• Ning Chuan woke after cultivating the Azure Emperor Longevity Art, feeling restored and stronger at level thirty-four Soul Power.
• Ning Chuan invited Ning Xiaohe to the backyard to learn boxing, and she eagerly agreed.
• Ning Chuan demonstrated Bull Gazing at the Moon and patiently corrected Ning Xiaohe’s posture and focus.
• Ning Xiaohe practiced until her stance steadied, and Ning Chuan ended the lesson when she grew tired.
• Ning Chuan praised Ning Xiaohe and led her inside, where Liu Lan served breakfast and Ning Dazhuang asked about his cultivation.

Ning Chuan consulted the Ten Thousand Herb Appraisal for gentle ways to improve his family’s health and chose Foundation-Cultivating Soup for them. He left the chapter planning to prepare it once the family’s Solomon’s Seal matured.

• Ning Xiaohe practiced Bull Gazing at the Moon while Ning Chuan watched and considered how to support her developing physique.
• Ning Chuan studied the Ten Thousand Herb Appraisal and compared Foundation-Cultivating Soup, Blood and Qi Powder, and a Body Tempering Medicinal Bath.
• Ning Chuan chose Foundation-Cultivating Soup because its ingredients were common and its effects were mild enough for his whole family.
• Ning Chuan corrected Ning Xiaohe’s fist movements and told Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan that he planned to make the soup when the Solomon’s Seal matured.
• Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan welcomed Ning Chuan’s plan, and Liu Lan agreed to let him prepare the soup.

Ning Chuan gathered ingredients and brewed Foundation-Cultivating Soup using a recipe from the Ten Thousand Herb Appraisal. After tasting it and confirming its gentle benefits, he shared it with his family and planned to make it regularly.

• Ning Chuan bought Red Dates and Goji Berries in Helsing City's southern market district.
• Ning Chuan harvested polygonatum and Solomon's Seal from the family herb field and prepared all four ingredients according to the recipe.
• Ning Chuan simmered the ingredients over low heat for one shichen and tasted the finished soup.
• Ning Chuan served the soup to Ning Dazhuang, Liu Lan, and Ning Xiaohe, and they all enjoyed its warming effects.
• Ning Chuan proposed brewing the soup for the family every seven days, and Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan agreed.

Ning Chuan shared the second decoction of Foundation-Cultivating Soup with his family and taught his parents the Turtle-Crane Longevity Technique to help them absorb nourishment and improve their health. As evening fell, his parents began practicing while Ning Chuan watched over the peaceful courtyard.

• Ning Chuan divided the second decoction of Foundation-Cultivating Soup among Ning Dazhuang, Liu Lan, and Ning Xiaohe.
• Ning Chuan recalled the Turtle-Crane Longevity Technique from the Inheritance Bracelet and decided to teach it to his parents.
• Ning Chuan demonstrated abdominal breathing and guided Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan through the technique, while Ning Xiaohe tried copying him.
• Ning Dazhuang and Liu Lan agreed to practice the breathing method regularly, and Ning Chuan cleaned up and buried the medicinal dregs.
• Ning Dazhuang practiced the technique in the courtyard as Ning Chuan watched his family together at sunset.

Ning Chuan taught Ning Xiaohe the second move of the Spirit Rhino Bull Fist, Bull Emerging from the Abyss, and coached her as she practiced. Xiaohe began to grasp how to coordinate her step, waist, and punch, then joined her family for dinner.

• Ning Xiaohe showed Ning Chuan how steadily she could hold Bull Gazing at the Moon, and he praised her progress.
• Ning Chuan demonstrated Bull Emerging from the Abyss and explained how to generate force through the waist and hips.
• Ning Xiaohe struggled with her first attempt, so Ning Chuan corrected her stance, movement, and punching technique.
• Ning Xiaohe practiced repeatedly until her movements grew smoother and she began to grasp the move's essentials.
• Ning Chuan ended the training and took Ning Xiaohe to dinner, where Liu Lan and Ning Dazhuang welcomed them and praised her.