Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan asked her grandfather, Dugu Bo, to secretly protect Xia Yuan after he became involved in a conflict with Yu Tianheng. Xia Yuan sensed Dugu Bo at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and invited him inside, leaving them talking about Dugu Yan and Xia Yuan’s unusual perception.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Xia Yuan had been drawn into a conflict with Yu Tianheng and asked him to protect Xia Yuan, while denying that she liked him.
• Dugu Bo agreed to help Dugu Yan and listened as she explained how she and Xia Yuan had met, though she left out her concerns about Ye Lingling.
• Xia Yuan sensed Dugu Bo’s presence near his dormitory through the Blue Silver Domain and realized Dugu Yan had likely sent him to guard him.
• Xia Yuan called for the hidden senior, and Dugu Bo revealed himself as Poison Douluo before entering Xia Yuan’s room.
• Dugu Bo told Xia Yuan that Dugu Yan had asked him to protect him, and Xia Yuan guessed that Dugu Bo was her grandfather.

Xia Yuan persuaded Dugu Bo that he could treat the poison affecting both him and Dugu Yan, using his mutated Martial Soul as an explanation. Dugu Bo agreed to take Xia Yuan to request leave from the academy the next day, bringing him closer to the medicinal garden Xia Yuan wanted to reach.

• Dugu Bo learned that Xia Yuan had Innate Full Soul Power and had awakened his Mutated Blue Silver Grass just over a year earlier.
• Xia Yuan asked Dugu Bo whether he had a medicinal garden and challenged him to explain why he had not used medicinal knowledge to cure his own poison.
• Xia Yuan claimed his Martial Soul could sense life and offered a treatment that would ease the symptoms, while warning that a complete cure might erase Dugu Bo's poison-based cultivation.
• Xia Yuan said the same method could resolve Dugu Yan's inherited poison, prompting Dugu Bo to reconsider the age gap between them.
• Dugu Bo offered to take Xia Yuan to request leave from the academy the next day.

Xia Yuan earned Dugu Bo’s trust by easing his nightly poison episode with his Blue Silver Emperor, and Dugu Bo summoned him to the academy’s Education Committee the next morning. Dugu Yan brought Xia Yuan to meet him, while the committee members remained confused about Dugu Bo’s visit.

• Dugu Bo and Xia Yuan talked at length until Dugu Bo suddenly began convulsing from his poison.
• Xia Yuan bound Dugu Bo with his Blue Silver Emperor and used his domain to ease the episode, exhausting himself in the process.
• Dugu Bo thanked Xia Yuan and left, having gained a much higher opinion of him.
• Xia Yuan rested overnight, then cultivated his Purple Demon Eye the next morning before going to class.
• Dugu Yan told Xia Yuan that Dugu Bo was waiting for him at the Education Committee and warned him not to offend her grandfather.
• Dugu Yan brought Xia Yuan before Dugu Bo and the three confused committee members.

Dugu Bo took Xia Yuan from Heaven Dou Royal Academy to his hidden home in Sunset Forest, trusting Xia Yuan to treat his poison. Xia Yuan reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and began planning how to harvest its rare herbs without Dugu Bo finding out.

• Dugu Bo asked to take Xia Yuan away, and Xia Yuan agreed to help him despite the education committee members’ concern.
• Dugu Bo promised to return Xia Yuan safely within seven days, while Meng Shenji told Zhi Lin to inform Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Dugu Bo brought Xia Yuan to Sunset Forest and promised to support him if Xia Yuan could detoxify him.
• Xia Yuan asked Dugu Bo not to disturb him while he prepared medicine, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Dugu Bo led Xia Yuan through his poison formation to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xia Yuan saw its divided vermilion and milky-white springs.

Xia Yuan consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well until their medicinal effects transformed his body. He woke immune to temperature extremes and with stronger Soul Rings, while Xue Qinghe decided to visit him.

• Dugu Bo left Xia Yuan at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned him not to damage the herb garden or touch the spring water.
• Xia Yuan used his Blue Silver Emperors to harvest the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, ate them, and plunged into the spring.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Dugu Bo had taken Xia Yuan away and prepared gifts and an invitation for his teacher before going to find him.
• Xia Yuan woke the next morning with improved physical constitution, immunity to heat and cold from energy-based sources, a nine-thousand-year Second Soul Ring, and the ability to attempt absorbing a Third Soul Ring over ten thousand years.

Xia Yuan revealed his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and used a medicinal liquid to help Dugu Bo guide his toxins into a Soul Bone. After the treatment worked, Dugu Bo asked Xia Yuan to take him as his master.

• Xia Yuan released his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, showing its flight ability and innate Angel Domain.
• Xia Yuan prepared medicinal liquid and explained that Dugu Bo could use it to force his toxins into his Head Soul Bone, while a theoretical Soul Core treatment carried grave risks.
• Dugu Bo drank the medicinal liquid and began guiding his toxins while Xia Yuan meditated to absorb the effects of the immortal herbs.
• Dugu Bo successfully reduced the effects of his poison and thought about arranging a future between Xia Yuan and his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo learned that Xia Yuan had never taken a master and asked him to become his disciple.

Xia Yuan declined Dugu Bo’s offer to become his disciple and resisted his attempt to arrange a match with Dugu Yan, but accepted a Wishful Treasure Pouch. After Xue Qinghe introduced Ning Fengzhi’s group, Xia Yuan secured a year’s leave from the academy, and Dugu Bo grew suspicious when Ye Lingling hinted that Xia Yuan had promised her something.

• Xia Yuan refused Dugu Bo’s offer of discipleship and questioned his proposal that he cultivate a relationship with Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo gave Xia Yuan a Wishful Treasure Pouch and permission to use the herbs, then returned to bring him to meet Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong to Xia Yuan, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were also present.
• Xia Yuan asked for a year’s leave from the academy, and Xue Qinghe agreed to arrange it.
• Ye Lingling reminded Xia Yuan that he had promised her something, leaving Xia Yuan confused and Dugu Bo wondering if she was another admirer.

Xia Yuan spent a year at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well digesting the medicinal power of Immortal Herbs and cultivating the Purple Demon Eye. After consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, he reached the Purple Demon Eye's third realm, Mustard Seed, and prepared to hunt his third Soul Ring with Dugu Bo's help.

• Dugu Yan told Xia Yuan to meet her and Ye Lingling again in a year, while Dugu Bo agreed to help him find a Soul Beast for his third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo gave Xia Yuan permission to use the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and set aside early mornings for his cultivation and medicine preparation.
• Xia Yuan spent the year digesting the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs' medicinal power and later consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• A year later, Xia Yuan finished treating Dugu Bo, who said his Soul Power had risen by a rank and that he wanted to stop treatment before the toxins caused a backlash.
• Xia Yuan told Dugu Bo he was ready to hunt his third Soul Ring, and the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew had advanced his Purple Demon Eye directly to Mustard Seed.

After a year of cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xia Yuan asked Dugu Bo to help him find a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his third Soul Ring. They entered the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Area, but Xia Yuan’s desired draconic or earth-dragon type with a life attribute would be difficult to locate.

• Xia Yuan explained that his Purple Demon Eye had reached the Mustard Seed realm and that the immortal herbs had aided his cultivation over the past year.
• Xia Yuan told Dugu Bo he wanted a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo warned him about the extreme demands such a ring placed on a Soul Master.
• Xia Yuan said he wanted a draconic subdragon or earth-dragon Soul Beast, or one with multiple attributes including life, to strengthen his Mutated Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo questioned whether Xia Yuan’s Martial Soul was truly ordinary Blue Silver Grass, then agreed to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dugu Bo led Xia Yuan into the Mixed Area and explained that Soul Beasts matching his requirements would be hard to find, especially since the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan alone had a reliable way of locating dragon types.

Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable third Soul Ring, with Xia Yuan using his Blue Silver Domain to track soul beasts. They found a ten-thousand-year Withered Wood Dragon Python, and Xia Yuan chose it before striking its head with his Blue Silver Tyrant Spear.

• Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo spent their first day searching without finding a suitable soul beast, then rested safely behind Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist.
• The next day, Xia Yuan used the Blue Silver Grass to locate a snake while Dugu Bo identified signs of a powerful serpent.
• Xia Yuan spotted a camouflaged ten-thousand-year Withered Wood Dragon Python, which Dugu Bo identified as an earth dragon-type soul beast with illusion and camouflage abilities.
• Xia Yuan chose the Withered Wood Dragon Python for his third Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul Avatar to attack it.
• Dugu Bo poisoned and knocked the Withered Wood Dragon Python from its tree, and Xia Yuan pierced its head with his Blue Silver Tyrant Spear.

Xia Yuan killed the Withered Wood Dragon Python and absorbed its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, aided by his life force and spiritual preparation. He gained the Blue Silver Wood Clone skill and discovered he could camouflage his Soul Rings, leaving him able to conceal their true colors.

• Xia Yuan used the Purple Demon Eye to shake the Withered Wood Dragon Python's spirit, then killed it with his Blue Silver Tyrant Spear.
• Xia Yuan absorbed the Python's black Soul Ring as Dugu Bo guarded him, and his life origins helped him endure the process.
• Xia Yuan's Soul Rings changed color after he absorbed the ring, and he told Dugu Bo that he had gained an additional camouflage ability.
• Xia Yuan explained that his third Soul Skill, Blue Silver Wood Clone, created a powerful but fragile clone that he had to control himself.
• Dugu Bo did not ask Xia Yuan to reveal the Soul Skill's details.

Xia Yuan returned to Heaven Dou City after absorbing his third Soul Ring and met with Xue Qinghe, who invited him to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s new tournament team as captain. As they traveled to the academy, Qian Renxue secretly studied Xia Yuan, puzzled by the power she sensed from him.

• Dugu Bo praised Xia Yuan’s Ten-Thousand-Year third Soul Ring and promised to support him if he encountered trouble.
• Xia Yuan told Dugu Bo his Soul Power was rank thirty-five but concealed how much he had truly advanced.
• Xia Yuan went to Heaven Dou City to report his safety to Xue Qinghe before returning to the academy.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Xia Yuan had reached the Three-Ring level and offered to recommend him as captain of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s new tournament team.
• During the carriage ride to the academy, Qian Renxue secretly examined Xia Yuan and wondered about the unusual power she sensed from him.

Qin Ming took charge of selecting Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Team and told the students he wanted monsters, not ordinary geniuses. After the academy reserved six of the seven places, the remaining students protested, but none dared challenge Yu Tianheng for his spot.

• Zhi Lin named Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo as members who would skip the selection, then explained that a sixth place was reserved for Xia Yuan.
• Students protested that they had to compete for only one remaining place, even though the sixth candidate was absent.
• Qin Ming silenced the crowd, introduced himself as the team’s leading teacher, and explained the selection was for Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s seeded team in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Qin Ming said he needed monsters rather than geniuses and challenged the students to face Yu Tianheng, who had a three-ring Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
• No student stepped forward, and Qin Ming mocked them for lacking the courage to challenge Yu Tianheng.

Xia Yuan returned to the academy with Crown Prince Qian Renxue, and the education committee members appointed him captain of the Imperial Fighting Team. Qin Ming questioned whether he had enough authority to discipline the team, leaving a conflict over Xia Yuan’s place unresolved.

• Qin Ming began forming the Imperial Fighting Team and appointed Yu Tianheng captain and Dugu Yan vice-captain, but Dugu Yan questioned making the decision before all members had gathered.
• The education committee members left after receiving a message, then returned with Crown Prince Qian Renxue and Xia Yuan.
• Meng Shenji named Xia Yuan captain and Yu Tianheng vice-captain, revealing that Xia Yuan had reached three rings.
• Qin Ming asked whether he had the authority to expel team members who refused discipline, and Meng Shenji urged him to resolve conflicts properly before seeking his help.

Qin Ming accepted Xia Yuan as captain of the Imperial Fighting Team but remained hostile toward him as he began training the newly assembled team. The chapter ended with Qin Ming starting their first lesson—running—and angrily confronting Ye Lingling after she questioned the need to prepare for battle.

• Yu Feng was selected for the Imperial Fighting Team, while Aosiluo withdrew, and Xia Yuan was named captain with Yu Tianheng as vice-captain.
• Qian Renxue urged Meng Shenji to pay close attention to the team, and the education committee members discussed the tension between Xia Yuan, Yu Tianheng, and Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming introduced himself as Teacher Qin and assigned roles to the team members, then asked Xia Yuan to explain his mutated Blue Silver Grass martial soul and control-system path.
• Qin Ming announced that the team's first training exercise would be running and asked Ye Lingling how she would protect herself on a battlefield.
• Ye Lingling suggested she might never go to a battlefield, and Qin Ming shouted at her for questioning his orders.

Xia Yuan challenged Qin Ming’s argument that Auxiliary Soul Masters should train to run from danger, arguing that their battlefield role and survival depended on positioning, allies, and sound judgment instead. Qin Ming lost his composure and challenged Xia Yuan to a race, leaving the students stunned.

• Qin Ming rebuked Ye Lingling for questioning his training and announced that the students would run fifty laps before lunch.
• Xia Yuan asked whether a same-rank Battle Soul Master was faster than an Auxiliary Soul Master, then argued that running would only delay an Auxiliary Soul Master’s death if they were left unprotected.
• Xia Yuan said Auxiliary Soul Masters should support their teammates from the rear and rely on positioning, reactions, and allies rather than trying to outrun enemies.
• Xia Yuan criticized Qin Ming’s endless running drills as a waste of cultivation time that could harm the students’ bodies.
• Qin Ming erupted and shouted, “Do you believe you can't outrun me?!” before freezing along with the shocked students.

Ning Fengzhi and Zhi Lin discussed Qin Ming’s teaching and agreed to let the Imperial Fighting Team try separate instruction for a year. Zhi Lin announced the arrangement to Qin Ming and the students, leaving them to choose whose guidance to follow.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Qin Ming’s insight, and Zhi Lin explained that the academy would assess Qin Ming’s suitability over time.
• Zhi Lin proposed separate instruction for one year, and Ning Fengzhi asked if his daughter could train with the team under Qin Ming.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Qin Ming’s ideas about using martial souls resembled the philosophy of an academy that accepted only monsters.
• Zhi Lin went to the square, where Xia Yuan considered how to make Qin Ming reveal flaws in his teaching or leave the team.
• Zhi Lin told Qin Ming that the team would receive separate instruction for a year and could choose between Qin Ming’s guidance and training with Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan and Qin Ming agreed to train their chosen students separately for a year, with their results judged through Grand Spirit Arena battles. Afterward, Xia Yuan began assessing Shi Mo and Yu Feng’s cultivation needs, leaving Yu Feng considering whether to strengthen his advantages or address his weaknesses.

• Zhi Lin let the students choose their instructor, and Yu Tianheng chose Qin Ming while Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Feng, and Shi Mo chose Xia Yuan.
• Qin Ming proposed that Aosiluo replace Xia Yuan if Xia Yuan’s training proved ineffective, and he and Yu Tianheng vowed to withdraw if their own side lost.
• Zhi Lin settled on one-on-one Grand Spirit Arena battles to compare results, assigned Shi Mo to train with Qin Ming, and said he would inspect both groups after a year.
• Xia Yuan led his group away and guided Shi Mo to recognize that the academy’s waterfall could develop his defensive abilities.
• Xia Yuan asked Yu Feng to assess his strengths and weaknesses, and Yu Feng wondered whether he should build on his advantages or compensate for his shortcomings.

Xia Yuan arranged cultivation plans for Yu Feng, Shi Mo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, explaining that he could draw Dugu Yan’s toxins into himself to help cure her. At the Blue Silver Grass-rich training site, Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia reacted strongly to Xia Yuan’s martial soul, and she hugged him as pinkish-white light surrounded them.

• Xia Yuan told Yu Feng and Shi Mo to study how their martial soul traits could work with a mimicry cultivation environment before he gave them a training plan.
• Xia Yuan learned that Dugu Yan had no soul bone and explained that he would draw her toxins into himself, which would help him digest the medicinal power within him.
• Xia Yuan decided that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling would cultivate with him, while Yu Feng and Shi Mo adapted to their training for a week.
• Xia Yuan brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to a dense Blue Silver Grass forest and released his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul to strengthen the life energy there.
• Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia became active, and she hugged Xia Yuan as pinkish-white light burst around them, leaving Dugu Yan stunned.

Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling awakened a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Dugu Yan used Xia Yuan’s help to expel poison from her body. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi arranged for Ning Rongrong to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy under strict rules, and the Education Committee considered how Qin Ming and Xia Yuan compared as teachers.

• Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling unexpectedly fused their Martial Souls and discovered that Life Transfer could restore Xia Yuan at the cost of Ye Lingling’s Soul Power and physical strength.
• Ye Lingling asked Xia Yuan to accept her, but Dugu Yan interrupted to ask how to draw out her poison.
• Xia Yuan gave Dugu Yan a medicinal catalyst, cut his arm, and helped her force Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison from her body.
• Ning Fengzhi told the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee that he wanted Ning Rongrong to study under Qin Ming’s teacher and asked them to treat her like any other student, or more strictly.
• After Ning Fengzhi left, Meng Shenji asked Zhi Lin whether Qin Ming or Xia Yuan was more likely to win, and Zhi Lin said it was hard to tell.