Chapter Summaries

After awakening with half a rank of innate soul power and a second martial soul, a picture album, six-year-old Dugu Lin claimed he had been reborn from twenty-four years in the future. He began sharing future knowledge to convince Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, who remained doubtful but listened.

• Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that he had been reborn, while they worried that his mind had been affected by his poor awakening result.
• Dugu Lin recalled awakening the Jade Phosphorous Serpent and the picture album, then explained that he had planned his confession to avoid being suspected of possession.
• Dugu Lin cited Tang Hao's killing of Spirit Hall Pope Qian Xunji as a secret from the past, then revealed that Tang San would disclose his mother's identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast at the Battle of Jialing Pass.
• Dugu Lin explained the three stages of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast's human transformation, surprising Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan with knowledge they did not possess.
• Dugu Lin promised to recount the next twenty-four years and prove his rebirth through future events, while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan remained skeptical.

Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan secrets about Spirit Hall and warned them of dangers in their future. He revealed that Tang San would be the chief culprit behind their family’s deaths, leaving Dugu Bo shocked and asking him to continue.

• Dugu Lin claimed Bibi Dong killed Qian Xunji after he had forced her, then blamed Tang Hao and drove the Clear Sky Sect into seclusion.
• Dugu Lin questioned why Tang Hao had brought his pregnant wife Ah Yin near Spirit City, suggesting Tang Hao might have deliberately exposed her identity.
• Dugu Lin warned that Yu Tianheng would get Dugu Yan killed, prompting Dugu Bo to erupt in anger before calming down.
• Dugu Lin said Dugu Yan would meet Tang San while preparing for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and blamed Tang San for all three of their deaths.
• Dugu Bo denied that he could have helped Tang San and apologized for losing control, while Dugu Yan urged him to let Dugu Lin finish.

Dugu Lin explained the true value of Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and how Tang San had exploited it in the future. Dugu Bo was left furious after learning that Tang San took dozens of Immortal Herbs and repaid him with only a few drops of blood.

• Dugu Lin warned Dugu Bo that Tang San would cure the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison and persuade him to give away his medicinal garden.
• Dugu Lin revealed that the garden was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, whose Immortal Herbs were valuable enough to rival ten Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sects.
• Dugu Lin explained that the Qiluo Tulip could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and that Immortal Herbs could help soul masters become gods.
• Dugu Lin said Tang San consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then used a few drops of his blood to cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo realized Tang San had taken the Immortal Herbs, used him as an enforcer for decades, and contributed to his family’s deaths, so he smashed the stone table in rage.

Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan about Tang San’s future rise, from winning the Soul Master Tournament to becoming a god, while revealing Tang San’s deeds and warning Dugu Bo about him. Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were left stunned by the revelations, including Tang San’s eventual resurrection and victory over Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue.

• Dugu Lin said Tang San shared the Immortal Herbs with his companions, including Xiao Wu, and suggested capturing her for her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring or Soul Bone, but Dugu Bo learned she would not leave the Star Dou Great Forest for five years.
• Dugu Lin revealed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and won the Soul Master Tournament, prompting Dugu Bo to declare that Tang San would die when they met before learning that Tang San’s father was the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Dugu Lin recounted that Xiao Wu’s identity was exposed, the Clear Sky Douluo rescued her and Tang San, and Dugu Yan married Yu Tianheng; he also described Tang San’s training, domains, and rise to level sixty at nineteen.
• Dugu Lin said Tang San reached level sixty-six and gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring after Xiao Wu sacrificed herself, then founded the Tang Sect and fought against the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that Tang San inherited the Sea God’s position at twenty-five, died fighting Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, and was resurrected by Shura God before defeating them as the Asura God King.

Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan how they had died in his previous life and warned them about Tang San, then revealed his unusual Jade Phosphorous Serpent and second Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan astonished by the metal book called the Spirit Album.

• Dugu Lin recounted how Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had died during the Battle of Jialing Pass and how Tang San's companions had mocked Dugu Bo afterward.
• Dugu Bo restrained his toxins, vowed revenge on those who had killed Dugu Lin, and agreed to visit the herb garden in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Lin summoned his detached Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, which Dugu Yan picked up and played with.
• Dugu Lin revealed that he had a second Martial Soul, a metal book bearing the words Spirit Album.
• Dugu Lin suggested the Spirit Album might be the book Tang San had thrown at him in his previous life, leaving Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan stunned.

Dugu Lin explained his mysterious Spirit Album Martial Soul and brought his ambitions for cultivation to Dugu Bo. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he chose the Immortal Herbs he planned to consume to strengthen himself and evolve his Martial Soul.

• Dugu Lin described how his Spirit Album had only three blank bronze pages and guessed that Soul Rings and his own drawings might affect its powers.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Lin and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Lin warned him not to consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass or Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Dugu Lin chose the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to strengthen his foundation and the Aromatic Silk Beauty to evolve his Spirit Album.
• Dugu Lin planned to consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot later, then use the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to improve his spiritual power.

Dugu Lin selected Immortal Herbs for himself and his family while warning Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to wait until their Martial Soul flaws were resolved. He identified several herbs and proposed seeking knowledge about the rest from experts, beginning with Ye Renxin of the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan.

• Dugu Lin chose the Infernal Delicate Apricot, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, and Aromatic Silk Beauty, and told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan not to take herbs until their Martial Soul flaws were resolved.
• Dugu Lin identified the Aromatic Silk Beauty and suggested trading it to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for Spirit Bones, but Dugu Bo urged him to eat it so his Second Spirit could evolve.
• Dugu Lin recognized the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone as suitable for Dugu Yan and pointed out a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum that resembled Chrysanthemum Douluo's Martial Soul.
• Dugu Lin admitted that he did not know how to use most of the Immortal Herbs and named Ye Renxin, Yang Wudi, and Chrysanthemum Douluo as likely sources of knowledge.
• Dugu Lin proposed obtaining information from Ye Renxin, the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan patriarch, whom Dugu Bo agreed might know about the herbs.

Dugu Lin persuaded Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to seek Immortal Herb information through the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan, the Breaking Clan, and Xue Qinghe, revealing that Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Renxue in disguise. He then consumed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and finished refining it with ten levels of Soul Power.

• Dugu Lin proposed approaching the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan, aiding the Breaking Clan, and using Xue Qinghe to obtain information from Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Dugu Lin revealed that the real Xue Qinghe had died and that Qian Renxue had replaced him, and Dugu Bo agreed to support her while keeping the secret.
• Dugu Lin remembered Dugu Bo's favor to Prince Xue Xing, and Dugu Bo decided he could repay it through Xue Qinghe.
• Dugu Lin ate all eight petals and the pistil of the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid while Dugu Bo guarded him.
• After refining the herb overnight, Dugu Lin found his aptitude and Martial Soul quality improved and said he had reached ten levels of Soul Power.

Dugu Lin persuaded Dugu Bo to buy Whale Rubber and tested its ability to strengthen a Soul Master's physique. After refining several portions, Dugu Lin became strong enough to absorb a much older Soul Ring, and Dugu Yan agreed to use Whale Rubber to strengthen herself too.

• Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo that Whale Rubber could strengthen a Soul Master's body and let them absorb older Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo bought two pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber and one piece of thirty-thousand-year Whale Rubber, enduring onlookers' suggestive stares.
• Dugu Lin swallowed and refined a piece of thousand-year Whale Rubber, and Dugu Bo judged his physique strong enough for a roughly seven-hundred-year first Soul Ring.
• Dugu Lin explained Whale Rubber's side effect to Dugu Yan, who agreed to eat it so she could absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Lin refined the remaining Whale Rubber in portions over two days, strengthening his physique enough to absorb a roughly twenty-five-hundred-year Soul Ring.

Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo searched a swamp for a suitable first Soul Ring, choosing a poison-attribute Red-tailed Triangle Snake to strengthen the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul. Dugu Bo found a ten-thousand-year Snake King but selected a robust snake with about 2,500 years of cultivation for Dugu Lin.

• Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo he would add his first Soul Ring to the Jade Phosphorous Serpent and pursue Ultimate Poison and Ultimate Ice.
• Dugu Lin explained his plan to use the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to seek Ultimate Ice and said he preferred an enhancement-type Soul Skill or a poison-attribute one.
• Dugu Bo asked Dugu Lin what Soul Power level he expected to reach in twenty-four years, and Dugu Lin answered Level 31.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Lin to a swamp where Red-tailed Triangle Snakes lived and stirred the water to flush out the soul beasts.
• Dugu Bo spotted a ten-thousand-year Mutated Red-tailed Triangle Snake King but avoided provoking it and chose a snake with roughly 2,500 years of cultivation.

Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo found a mutated Venom Flood Dragon, and Dugu Lin chose its roughly two-thousand-year Soul Ring over the Red-tailed Triangle Snake. He absorbed it safely and gained Jade Phosphor Halo, a buff-type skill that raised all his attributes and poison resistance.

• Dugu Bo rescued Dugu Lin from the Venom Flood Dragon, and Dugu Lin persuaded him not to kill it immediately.
• Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo killed the Venom Flood Dragon and found that its Soul Ring was barely over two thousand years old.
• Dugu Lin chose the Venom Flood Dragon's Soul Ring, hoping its mutation would grant him a buff-type skill.
• Dugu Lin absorbed the Soul Ring safely, while his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul visibly felt the strain.
• Dugu Lin tested Jade Phosphor Halo and discovered it boosted all his attributes by twenty percent and poison resistance by fifty percent.

Dugu Lin gained the Jade Phosphor Halo and reached Soul Power level fourteen, then returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo. There, they began planning to find immortal herbs and soul bones to address the Dugu family's poison, while Dugu Bo set out to ask Ye Renxin for information.

• Dugu Bo praised Dugu Lin's Jade Phosphor Halo, and Dugu Lin discovered his Soul Power had reached level fourteen.
• Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo searched the Black-Patterned Venom Flood Dragon's corpse but found no soul bone.
• Dugu Yan admired Dugu Lin's Jade Phosphorous Serpent and named it Little Lin before Dugu Lin decided to return to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo that soul bones could serve as poison sacs to contain the toxins affecting him and Dugu Yan.
• After returning to Heaven Dou City, Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo agreed to seek information about immortal herbs, and Dugu Bo left to ask Ye Renxin.

Dugu Lin planned how to obtain Immortal Herbs and Spirit Bones without exposing his family to danger, and persuaded Dugu Bo to pursue a cautious trade for the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. They then considered how to get Qian Renxue to recruit Dugu Bo and provide Spirit Bones, while Dugu Lin warned that Dugu Bo’s head Spirit Bone made storing poison dangerous.

• Dugu Lin meditated with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, which learned the meditation method but fell asleep until it ate fresh beef.
• Dugu Lin asked Uncle Fu to investigate the Clear Sky Sect’s four affiliated clans and learned that they were banding together after the Clear Sky Sect sealed its mountain.
• Dugu Bo returned without information about Immortal Herbs, and Dugu Lin said they should avoid the Breaking Clan until they secured the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Dugu Lin rejected Dugu Bo’s idea of taking the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng by force and proposed trading medicinal herbs and assistance for it instead.
• Dugu Lin and Dugu Bo discussed getting Qian Renxue to recruit Dugu Bo and provide two Spirit Bones, and Dugu Lin warned Dugu Bo that his head Spirit Bone was too dangerous for storing poison.

Dugu Lin persuaded Dugu Bo to arrange Dugu Yan’s engagement to Qian Renxue, hoping to gain soul bones and deter other clans while delaying marriage until Qian Renxue’s identity was exposed. After preparing Dugu Bo to seek a powerful ally, they began the proposal through Prince Xue Xing.

• Dugu Lin proposed that Dugu Yan become engaged to Qian Renxue and suggested asking for two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and Chrysanthemum Douluo’s Immortal Herb Catalogue as betrothal gifts.
• Dugu Lin warned Dugu Bo that Yu Tianheng might have been sent by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to win Dugu Bo’s support through Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Lin told Dugu Yan about the engagement plan, and she blushed but did not refuse.
• Over the next few days, Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo about Spirit Hall’s powerful worshippers and heightened his sense of the need for an ally.
• On the morning of the fourth day, Dugu Bo visited Prince Xue Xing and said he had an important matter to discuss.

Dugu Bo proposed marrying his granddaughter Dugu Yan to one of the Heaven Dou Empire’s princes, hoping to secure her and Dugu Lin’s future. His offer prompted Xue Ye and Qian Renxue to consider how the marriage could affect the succession, leaving Qian Renxue weighing whether she would have to marry Dugu Yan herself.

• Dugu Bo told Prince Xue Xing he wanted Dugu Yan to marry either the eldest or second prince, and Prince Xue Xing eagerly agreed to discuss it with Xue Ye.
• Prince Xue Xing reported the proposal to Xue Ye, who realized the prince chosen would gain a Title Douluo’s support and ordered him to probe Dugu Bo’s demands.
• After learning of the proposal, Qian Renxue told Snake Lance Douluo to spare Xue Luochuan for now so his death would not implicate them.
• Qian Renxue recognized that Dugu Yan’s engagement to Xue Luochuan could threaten her claim to the throne and considered preventing the alliance or marrying Dugu Yan herself.
• Qian Renxue rejected attacking Dugu Bo because it could expose her identity and angrily confronted the prospect of marrying another woman.

Dugu Lin absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, surviving the body tempering and gaining an Ice-Fire Golden Body. He emerged with Ultimate Ice and a new Ultimate Cold Poison, while Qian Renxue considered forming a marriage alliance with Dugu Yan to secure the crown prince position.

• Snake Lance Douluo advised Qian Renxue that a marriage alliance with Dugu Yan could help her claim the crown prince position, and she recognized the plan’s advantages.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Lin to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Lin insisted he was ready to absorb the two Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Bo picked the Infernal Delicate Apricot with jade and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with gold, and Dugu Lin consumed both before leaping into the pool.
• Dugu Lin endured the extreme heat and cold for more than a day as the Jade Phosphorous Serpent absorbed Ultimate Ice Soul Power.
• Dugu Lin awoke unharmed, emerged from the pool, and learned that his physical strength had risen by four to five thousand years and his Soul Power had reached level fifteen.
• Dugu Lin discovered that he had gained Ultimate Ice, which combined with his poison to create Ultimate Cold Poison.

Dugu Lin confirmed that his blood could help Dugu Bo move his poison into his soul bones, then stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate and consider how to recruit Yang Wudi and develop alchemy. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo arranged to meet Xue Qinghe at an auction, where he recognized Snake Spear Douluo as one of the prince’s hidden protectors.

• Dugu Lin gave Dugu Bo a drop of blood, and Dugu Bo confirmed that it could help clear his poison before deciding that fifty drops would suffice to transfer the toxins into his soul bones.
• Dugu Lin stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate, while Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City and reported that Xue Qinghe and Xue Luochuan had sent calling cards.
• Dugu Lin considered recruiting Yang Wudi with the Auspicious Silk Immortal Herb and having him develop alchemy, while Dugu Bo periodically shared news about the princes.
• Dugu Bo learned that an eleven-thousand-year Evil Demon Sabertooth Tiger right arm bone would be auctioned and arranged for Xue Qinghe to hear that he would attend.
• Xue Qinghe entered Dugu Bo’s private room with Snake Spear Douluo, whom Dugu Bo suspected was one of the Titled Douluo guarding him.

Dugu Bo met Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, and used their discussion of his clan’s poison to win her support and promise of soul bones. At the auction, Qian Renxue bid for a fox-eared girl, while Dugu Bo began telling her about immortal-grade medicinal herbs.

• Dugu Bo told Qian Renxue that his clan’s Jade Phosphorous Snake Poison had killed his son, but that he had found a way to cure the clan’s Martial Soul defect with suitable soul bones.
• Qian Renxue agreed to look for poison-attributed soul bones, and Dugu Bo hinted that he and Dugu Yan would each need one.
• When a fox-eared girl was put up for auction, Dugu Bo condemned the nobles for treating people as merchandise and praised Spirit Hall for respecting commoners.
• Qian Renxue said she wanted to change the nobles’ abuses, and Dugu Bo indicated that he would support her bid for the throne.
• Qian Renxue bid for the fox-eared girl, then Dugu Bo asked to bid personally for the Evil Demon Annihilation Right Arm Bone and brought up immortal-grade medicinal herbs.
• Qian Renxue recognized the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as Chrysanthemum Douluo’s Martial Soul.

Dugu Bo negotiated with Qian Renxue for the Immortal Herb Catalogue and a delayed marriage for Dugu Yan while secretly securing her support. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Lin revealed that eating the Aromatic Silk Beauty had expanded his Spirit Album and that he could draw in it, suggesting he might influence how his second martial soul developed.

• Dugu Bo asked Qian Renxue to obtain a copy of Chrysanthemum Douluo's Immortal Herb Catalogue, and she agreed to consult her father.
• Dugu Bo bought a soul bone for 2.7 million Gold Soul Coins and asked Qian Renxue to postpone his granddaughter Dugu Yan's wedding so she could cultivate.
• Qian Renxue proposed waiting until Dugu Yan was twenty-five to assess her progress toward Soul King, and Dugu Bo accepted.
• Qian Renxue asked Snake Lance Douluo whether Dugu Bo could be fully recruited, and he advised that they try.
• Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told Dugu Lin the negotiations had succeeded.
• Dugu Lin said the Aromatic Silk Beauty had expanded his Spirit Album from three pages to nine and demonstrated that he could draw and erase images using blood and Soul Power.

Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo about pills that could raise Soul Power and urged him to begin researching alchemy. When Dugu Bo failed to refine pills, Dugu Lin taught him ways to practice precise Soul Power control, and Dugu Bo quickly mastered walking on trees.

• Dugu Lin revealed that he had reached Soul Power Level 20 and decided to wait before obtaining his second Soul Ring, while Dugu Yan said she had reached level 16.
• After more than a month of cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Lin and the Jade Phosphorous Serpent returned to Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Yan celebrated her progress and shared spicy rabbit head with him.
• Dugu Lin told Dugu Bo about pills that could raise Soul Power and described how to refine them, so Dugu Bo tried making some in a medicine cauldron.
• When Dugu Bo's first attempt burned the ingredients to ash, Dugu Lin suggested practicing Soul Power control by sticking to and moving along trees.
• Half a month later, Dugu Bo ran up a tree and stood sideways on its trunk, impressing Dugu Yan, then asked Dugu Lin to explain how to walk on water.