Chapter Summaries

Qian Shengyuan hunted down and defeated a twenty-five-thousand-year Bright Winged Dragon so Qian Yaoting could obtain his sixth soul ring. Qian Yaoting successfully absorbed it, reached Level 61, and left with his father eager to test his new strength against his junior brother.

• Qian Shengyuan found a Bright Winged Dragon in a canyon and assessed it as a highly compatible candidate for Qian Yaoting’s sixth soul ring.
• Qian Shengyuan wounded the dragon without killing it, then called Qian Yaoting in to deliver the final blow.
• Qian Yaoting killed the Bright Winged Dragon and began absorbing its black soul ring as Qian Shengyuan stood ready to intervene.
• Qian Yaoting completed the absorption, advanced from Level 60 to Level 61, and gained the sixth soul skill Angel Sanctuary.
• Qian Yaoting learned that Angel Sanctuary supported allies, suppressed enemies, and allowed him to launch a guaranteed piercing attack before he and Qian Shengyuan returned to Spirit City.

After returning to Spirit City, Qian Shengyuan and Qian Yaoting learned that Li Long had advanced to level thirty-five in just five days. Qian Shengyuan judged that Li Long was entering a late-bloomer stage and planned to seek heavenly treasures to strengthen his foundation, while waiting for his potential to fully emerge.

• Qian Shengyuan and Qian Yaoting returned to Spirit City and visited Li Long in the East Courtyard.
• Li Long told them he had reached level thirty-five two days earlier using the materials Qian Shengyuan provided and the Guidance Method.
• Qian Shengyuan concluded that Li Long was entering the stage where a late bloomer's cultivation speed could surpass that of others and promised to help choose his fourth soul ring.
• Qian Yaoting challenged Li Long to fight again after stabilizing his sixth soul ring, and Li Long eagerly accepted.
• Qian Shengyuan reviewed Li Long's dossier and decided to seek heavenly treasures to strengthen his cultivation foundation.

Qian Shengyuan and Mo Yuan entered the Earthfire Lava Cavern to find an Aptitude Cleansing Fruit, where they discovered a powerful earthfire lizard guarding it. The confrontation began as Qian Shengyuan drew the beast’s attention and Mo Yuan moved to flank it.

• Qian Shengyuan summoned Mo Yuan and ordered him to accompany him into Sunset Forest to find the Aptitude Cleansing Fruit Tree.
• Three days later, Qian Shengyuan and Mo Yuan descended into the Earthfire Lava Cavern, enduring its extreme heat as they traveled toward its depths.
• They found a crimson-gold Aptitude Cleansing Fruit growing on a stone platform beside a lava river.
• A roughly thirty- to forty-thousand-year-old earthfire lizard emerged to guard the fruit, and Qian Shengyuan noticed it was charging up its Soul Power.
• Qian Shengyuan told Mo Yuan to circle around the lizard’s flank, then drew its attack and dodged its lava pillar.

Qian Shengyuan retrieved a two-thousand-year Aptitude Cleansing Fruit from the Earthfire Lava Cavern and gave it to Li Long to improve his Innate Soul Power. Li Long began consuming it under Qian Shengyuan’s supervision, and the fruit’s heat started spreading through his meridians.

• Qian Shengyuan killed the Earthfire Lizard with a strike beneath its jaw while Mo Yuan distracted it.
• Qian Shengyuan picked the Aptitude Cleansing Fruit, sealed it in a jade box, and returned to Spirit City with Mo Yuan.
• Qian Shengyuan examined the fruit and determined it was about two thousand years old, powerful enough to raise Li Long’s Innate Soul Power from rank three to at least rank five.
• Qian Shengyuan brought the fruit to Li Long, warned him that its effects would be painful, and offered to guard him through the night.
• Li Long ate the Aptitude Cleansing Fruit, and its scorching warmth began permeating his meridians.

Li Long absorbed a two-thousand-year Aptitude Cleansing Fruit, which widened his meridians and raised his innate aptitude from rank three to around rank five. Qian Shengyuan and Qian Yaoting decided to save the Angel God Pool’s baptism for a future bottleneck, when Li Long could make better use of its power.

• Li Long absorbed the cleansing fruit overnight as Qian Shengyuan guarded him.
• Li Long reported that his meridians had widened by nearly twenty percent and his Soul Power circulated more quickly; he estimated he could reach level thirty-six in about two months.
• Qian Shengyuan visited the Angel God Pool, where Qian Yaoting asked whether Li Long would undergo its baptism.
• Qian Shengyuan explained that Li Long’s Iron Rod Martial Soul would gain less from the pool than an Angel Martial Soul and that the baptism would be most useful at a major bottleneck.
• Qian Yaoting agreed that Li Long should build a stronger foundation before entering the pool, and the two left the Angel Temple.

After two months of steady cultivation, Li Long broke through to level thirty-six as Qian Yaoting demonstrated his newly consolidated sixth soul skill, Angel Sanctuary. Qian Yaoting invited Li Long to travel with him after Li Long obtained his fourth ring, and Li Long considered using the trip to search for the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.

• Li Long reached level thirty-six after his meridians and Soul Power recovery continued improving over two months.
• Qian Yaoting showed Li Long Angel Sanctuary, a domain that slowed enemies, accelerated allies' Soul Power recovery, and enabled a guaranteed-hit attack.
• Li Long praised the soul skill's power, and Qian Yaoting explained that it consumed too much Soul Power to last long.
• Qian Yaoting invited Li Long to travel with him after Li Long obtained his fourth ring, and Li Long agreed while considering a search for the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
• Li Long resumed cultivating with his Iron Rod and ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, while Qian Yaoting returned to train so Li Long would not catch up to him.

Li Long discussed his feelings for Qian Yao and Qian Yue with Qian Shengyuan, who approved his wish to marry both and revealed that Li Long was expected to become the future Pope of Spirit Hall. With a trip to Sunset Forest arranged, Li Long saw an opportunity to visit the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and returned to cultivation.

• Qian Shengyuan asked Li Long about his progress at level thirty-six and what he thought of Qian Yao and Qian Yue.
• Li Long admitted that he liked both girls and asked to be betrothed to both, and Qian Shengyuan agreed that he could pursue both without rushing.
• Qian Shengyuan told Li Long that his Senior Brother wanted the divine path and that Li Long was expected to become the future Pope of Spirit Hall.
• Qian Shengyuan approved the planned trip with Qian Yaoting to Sunset Forest and told Li Long to stay within his limits while seeking anything valuable.
• Li Long found Qian Yue's congratulatory gift outside the cultivation room, then returned to training and sensed that his fourth-ring breakthrough might be closer.

Li Long finished preparing for a journey with Qian Yaoting and traveled south toward the outskirts of Sunset Forest. Along the way, Qian Yaoting explained that the trip would help Li Long learn the dangers of the outside world and test his limits, and they camped for the night before continuing.

• Li Long secured a high-level travel permit, collected Whale Rubber, and prepared his supplies while Qian Yao and Qian Yue gave him pastries and an herbal guide.
• Qian Yaoting met Li Long at the Papal Palace, and they left Spirit City together, traveling south and staying overnight at a Spirit Hall outpost.
• Qian Yaoting showed Li Long a map of the outskirts of Sunset Forest, pointing out medicinal resources, dangerous areas, and a suspected spirit herb location.
• Qian Yaoting explained that he had brought Li Long to gain real-world experience, recalling how a ten-thousand-year soul beast once chased him through half the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At their woodland campsite, Qian Yaoting said his father believed Li Long was exceptional and asked him not to forget Qian Shengyuan if he someday reached a powerful position.

Li Long traveled south with Qian Yaoting, experiencing village life and learning practical lessons about the world beyond Spirit City. They continued toward Sunset Forest, which they expected to reach in two days.

• Qian Yaoting took Li Long along small roads, and they stopped in a town to eat noodles before continuing past autumn fields.
• Qian Yaoting taught Li Long about drinking from streams and avoiding needless conflicts with strangers as they traveled through the countryside.
• The two reached a small city before sunset, lodged at an inn, and planned to approach Sunset Forest cautiously after two more days of travel.
• The next morning, Qian Yaoting and Li Long bought hot buns and continued south as the road grew wetter and more wooded.

Li Long and Qian Yaoting entered Sunset Forest, where Li Long searched for a plausible lead to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well. After detecting an unusual scent drifting from the southeast, they headed toward its source, leaving Li Long hopeful it might lead to the hidden valley.

• Qian Yaoting warned Li Long about Sunset Forest’s treacherous terrain, and the two followed a trail deeper into the forest.
• Li Long used their rest stop to ask Qian Yaoting about rare local herbs and the terrain where old spiritual herbs grew.
• Li Long continued watching for environmental anomalies that might point to the poisonous mist surrounding the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
• Qian Yaoting smelled a cloying, decayed scent coming from a low-lying area to the southeast and led Li Long toward it.

Li Long and Qian Yaoting searched Sunset Forest for the Icefire Yin-Yang Well but found only ordinary locations. After several fruitless days, Li Long realized they had been searching in the wrong direction, and they planned to explore deeper into the forest.

• Qian Yaoting followed a faint unusual smell with Li Long, but it faded near a dried creek bed and led them nowhere.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long camped for the night and decided to investigate a suspected spirit herb zone to the northeast the next day.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long explored a hidden valley with a shallow pool, found only ordinary plants and water, and marked the location on their map.
• Over the next day and a half, Qian Yaoting and Li Long searched a gorge, a burned forest slope, and a cave without finding the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
• Li Long suggested searching deeper into Sunset Forest, and Qian Yaoting agreed while warning that stronger soul beasts might pose a danger.
• Li Long concluded they had been searching in the wrong direction and planned to continue looking for the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.

Qian Yaoting and Li Long were caught in a beast tide while exploring deeper in the forest, then lost their route in its aftermath. Following the strange scent Li Long had noticed earlier, they found the edge of a dense purple poison mist.

• Qian Yaoting and Li Long heard a huge beast herd approaching and ran for higher ground.
• They escaped the charging beasts by hiding on a tree branch and saw an enormous soul beast pursuing the herd.
• After the tide passed, Qian Yaoting changed their route, but the wrecked forest left them unable to find their way.
• Li Long recognized the sweet, decaying scent and led Qian Yaoting toward a shadowed hollow where they discovered a boundary of poison mist.

Li Long and Qian Yaoting crossed the poisonous mist and found the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, a basin filled with rare herbs. They discovered a fifty-thousand-year soul beast, the Queen Medusa, guarding it, and Li Long concluded they had to return for his teacher.

• Li Long tested the poisonous mist with a branch and realized they could fly over it, so Qian Yaoting carried him above the barrier.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long descended through the dense canopy into a hidden basin and found two springs, one crimson and one deep blue, surrounded by powerful herbs.
• Li Long noticed a presence concealed in the shadows, and Qian Yaoting sensed it and took a combat stance.
• The Queen Medusa emerged from the shadows, revealing herself as a fifty-thousand-year soul beast.
• Li Long recognized the Queen Medusa and judged that he and Qian Yaoting could not safely defeat it, so they needed to return and bring his teacher.

Li Long and Qian Yaoting encountered the Queen Medusa guarding the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, but its petrifying ray forced them to retreat from Sunset Forest. They planned to wait for Qian Shengyuan to arrive before returning to the treasured land.

• The Queen Medusa summoned poisonous beasts, and Qian Yaoting killed them with his angelic soul skills while Li Long watched for the queen’s attack.
• The Queen Medusa fired a petrifying ray at Qian Yaoting, who evaded it and cut away the fabric that had begun to petrify.
• Qian Yaoting carried Li Long out of the valley and flew with him toward the outskirts of Sunset Forest.
• Qian Yaoting said they needed his father’s help to overcome the Queen Medusa and investigate the guarded pools and plants.
• Qian Yaoting sent word to Spirit City, expecting Qian Shengyuan to arrive by the next day.

Qian Shengyuan joined Qian Yaoting and Li Long at the hidden valley in Sunset Forest and confronted the Queen Medusa guarding its rare spiritual herbs. The fight continued beside the Ice-Fire Springs, with Qian Shengyuan deliberately keeping the battle away from the plants.

• Qian Shengyuan received Qian Yaoting’s request for help and flew from the Papal Palace to Sunset Forest.
• Qian Yaoting described the poisonous mist barrier, the Ice-Fire Springs, the rare plants, and the Queen Medusa that had driven them back.
• Qian Shengyuan entered the valley with Qian Yaoting and Li Long, recognized the rare spiritual herbs, and detected the Queen Medusa hiding nearby.
• Qian Shengyuan sent Qian Yaoting and Li Long to the basin’s perimeter and challenged the Queen Medusa to come out.
• Qian Shengyuan attacked the Queen Medusa, dodged its Petrification beam, and drew the ongoing battle away from the Ice-Fire Springs.

Qian Shengyuan trapped the Queen Medusa, and Li Long proposed sealing it into his Iron Rod Martial Soul and using Aromatic Silk Beauty to evolve it. Qian Shengyuan agreed to contact the Coiling Dragon Clan for its ancient Sealing Method, then recognized the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs.

• Qian Shengyuan trapped the Queen Medusa in a golden barrier and ordered Li Long and Qian Yaoting to keep it there until it could be moved to Spirit City.
• Li Long proposed sealing the Queen Medusa into his Iron Rod Martial Soul and using Aromatic Silk Beauty to promote its evolution toward a dragon form.
• Qian Shengyuan warned Li Long that sealing a soul beast was risky, but said the Coiling Dragon Clan might know an ancient Sealing Method.
• Qian Shengyuan recognized the site as the legendary Icefire Yin-Yang Well, and Li Long asked whether it contained Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Li Long and Qian Shengyuan found the Aromatic Silk Beauty and went to seek Long Yuan, the Spirit Hall Super Douluo who had sealed dragon souls into his Coiling Dragon Staff. Long Yuan admitted them to his chamber and waited to hear Li Long’s plan for sealing the Queen Medusa into the Iron Rod.

• Qian Shengyuan showed Li Long the Aromatic Silk Beauty and said they should let it grow longer before harvesting it.
• Qian Shengyuan told Li Long that Long Yuan, a secluded Spirit Hall elder and Coiling Dragon Clan inheritor, was their best chance of sealing the Queen Medusa into the Iron Rod.
• Qian Shengyuan left Qian Yaoting to guard the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, then took Li Long to Spirit City to meet Long Yuan.
• Qian Shengyuan explained Li Long’s plan outside Long Yuan’s sealed cultivation chamber, and Long Yuan agreed to let them enter.
• Long Yuan examined Li Long in his chamber and waited for him to explain his idea.

Li Long explained his plan to seal the Queen Medusa into his Iron Rod and then use the Aromatic Silk Beauty to evolve his martial soul. Long Yuan agreed to teach him the Sealing Method, requiring him to study its foundations and return in half a month.

• Li Long outlined how sealing the Queen Medusa and then consuming the Aromatic Silk Beauty might give his Iron Rod new abilities and trigger a further evolution.
• Long Yuan warned that the Queen Medusa could awaken and resist during catalysis, and that the herb might not transform its snake bloodline into a dragon.
• Li Long said he would maintain control over his martial soul and regarded dragon transformation as an extra possibility rather than a necessity.
• Long Yuan agreed to teach Li Long the Sealing Method on the condition that he observe the sealing, and instructed him to return in half a month after studying the fundamentals.
• Li Long left the stone chamber with Qian Shengyuan and began planning how to prepare for the lesson while continuing his Guidance Method practice.

After half a month of preparation, Li Long worked with Long Yuan to seal the Queen Medusa’s spirit and soul inside the Iron Rod. With the initial seal complete and the Queen Medusa asleep, Li Long planned to use the Aromatic Silk Beauty to catalyze Martial Soul Evolution.

• Li Long studied Sealing Methods and prepared Soul Power channels inside the Iron Rod for half a month.
• Qian Shengyuan led Li Long to the stone chamber, where Long Yuan inspected the Iron Rod and explained how they would seal the Queen Medusa.
• Long Yuan began the Sealing Method while Li Long guided the Queen Medusa’s resisting spirit and soul into the Iron Rod.
• Li Long adjusted his Soul Power to guide her resistance, and the Queen Medusa’s spirit and soul settled around the prepared channels.
• Long Yuan confirmed that the Queen Medusa was sealed and asleep, and Li Long said he would next use the Aromatic Silk Beauty to catalyze Martial Soul Evolution.

Li Long spoke with the sealed Queen Medusa about evolving into a dragon and gaining a place among the divine race, and she accepted his offer to work together. He consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, strengthening the Iron Rod and awakening her further, while the herb’s medicinal power continued to take effect.

• Li Long entered the Iron Rod’s inner space and told the Queen Medusa that the Aromatic Silk Beauty could help her evolve into a dragon, promising to fight alongside her and revive her as a divine beast.
• The Queen Medusa accepted Li Long’s proposal and formed a steady connection with him.
• Li Long plucked the Aromatic Silk Beauty and consumed it, directing its medicinal power through his body into the Iron Rod.
• The Queen Medusa awakened further as dark-golden scales spread across the Iron Rod, changing its appearance and strengthening its Soul Power.
• Li Long told Qian Shengyuan and Qian Yaoting that the Queen Medusa’s condition was stable and that she was evolving in sync with the Iron Rod.