Chapter Summaries

Jun Xuehan broke the Board Crystal and collected its golden Hair Gold, which he planned to poison and use as hidden weapons. The next morning, he warned the Sky Azure Bull Python that Xiao Wu could be in danger because of her human companion, leaving the two soul beasts troubled by his warning.

• Jun Xuehan and Di Tian dismissed Tang Hao's strength, and Jun Xuehan accepted that he and Tang San would eventually be enemies.
• Jun Xuehan shattered the Board Crystal with his Silver Dragon Spear and collected its Hair Gold particles, planning to poison them for use as hidden weapons.
• Jun Xuehan entered Meditative Cultivation beside the Lake of Life while Di Tian and Zi Ji left with Wang Qiu'er.
• The next morning, Jun Xuehan told the Sky Azure Bull Python that he had met Xiao Wu and warned that he might kill her if she remained close to a future enemy of the Soul Beast Race.
• Jun Xuehan explained that Xiao Wu's human companion might know her identity and seek her soul ring and soul bone, leaving the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape angry, jealous, and contemplative.

Jun Xuehan suggested that Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect might be plotting to take Xiao Wu’s soul ring and soul bone, prompting the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to believe the suspicion was their own deduction. Before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Jun Xuehan received a protective dragon scale from Di Tian, while the two soul beasts resolved to persuade Xiao Wu to return.

• Jun Xuehan told the Sky Azure Bull Python that Tang San’s father was a titled douluo who had secretly followed Xiao Wu, leading the soul beasts to suspect a plot to seize her soul ring and soul bone.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python asked Jun Xuehan not to harm Xiao Wu, and he agreed as long as she did not oppose him.
• Di Tian gave Jun Xuehan a silver-white reverse scale that would let his lord sense danger and come to his rescue.
• Jun Xuehan declined Di Tian’s offer to carry him out and left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python agreed to bring Xiao Wu back and discourage her from returning to the Human World.

Jun Xuehan returned to Heaven Dou City and met Qian Renxue, bringing news that Tang Hao was dead and a roster identifying officials in Prince Xue Xing’s faction. Qian Renxue welcomed the intelligence as a major aid to her political position.

• Jun Xuehan returned to his Heaven Dou City residence after retrieving an investigative roster and the Pope’s Token from Platinum Bishop Salas.
• Qian Renxue learned Jun Xuehan had returned and sent She Long to bring him to her chambers alone.
• Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue that Tang Hao had died in the Star Dou Great Forest and gave her the roster as a gift.
• Qian Renxue thanked Jun Xuehan for avenging her father and examined the roster, finding that the listed officials belonged to Prince Xue Xing’s faction.
• Jun Xuehan explained that Spirit Hall investigators had uncovered the faction after Prince Xue Xing secretly gathered officials at a Pleasure House.

Jun Xuehan gave Qian Renxue intelligence that could help her identify secret opponents in the Imperial Court, then kept his distance despite their former closeness. After studying her report on the Heaven Dou Empire, he concluded that Spirit Hall’s real objective was control of its million-strong army.

• Qian Renxue thanked Jun Xuehan for the list of people meeting at a Pleasure House and said it would help her uncover who opposed her.
• Jun Xuehan declined Qian Renxue’s offer of a reward and explained that a hidden weapon had broken his hairpin.
• Qian Renxue tried to touch Jun Xuehan’s hair, but he moved aside, making her sense a new distance between them.
• Jun Xuehan kept his reasons for maintaining that distance to himself and asked Qian Renxue about difficulties in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Qian Renxue gave Jun Xuehan a document detailing factions in Heaven Dou City and its surroundings, and he inferred that Spirit Hall chiefly wanted control of the empire’s million-strong army.

Jun Xuehan outlined a strategy for Qian Renxue to hollow out the Heaven Dou Empire by secretly taking control of its armies and weakening its duchies. Qian Renxue praised the plan, offered him a hairpin and a soul bone, and Jun Xuehan refused the soul bone, saying he already had the ones Tang Hao left behind.

• Jun Xuehan explained that the Heaven Dou Empire’s weak control over its duchies made it vulnerable to Spirit Hall’s influence.
• Jun Xuehan proposed secretly seizing control of the empire’s border and city forces while monitoring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Renxue was distracted by Jun Xuehan, then praised his plan and said they needed to refine its details.
• Qian Renxue offered Jun Xuehan a hairpin and a soul bone, but Jun Xuehan refused the soul bone and said he still had the ones Tang Hao left behind in his Soul Tool.

Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue he planned to train in the Extreme North, then showed her Hair Gold, a hidden weapon he hoped to make deadly with poison and an immortal herb. They agreed to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest with Ci Xue the next morning.

• Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue he would leave for the Extreme North once his Soul Power reached forty levels, and Qian Renxue offered him the Worship Hall’s resources.
• Jun Xuehan demonstrated Hair Gold, explaining that its penetrating power could make it a hidden weapon capable of killing a Titled Douluo if coated with poison.
• Jun Xuehan asked for Qian Renxue’s help finding an immortal herb at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and she agreed to bring Ci Xue to Sunset Forest the next day.
• She Long announced that dinner was ready, and Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue ate together and talked about his years in Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue told Jun Xuehan his old room was ready, and they confirmed they would leave for Sunset Forest the following morning.

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue reunited in Heaven Dou City, recalling their past and sharing an unspoken moment before preparing to leave for Sunset Forest. They reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s distinctive iceberg and volcano, guarded by a Poison Array.

• Jun Xuehan remembered how Qian Renxue had saved and helped him six years earlier as the two gazed at each other in silence.
• She Long interrupted them with a message that Xue Ye wanted to see Qian Renxue, who disguised herself as Xue Qinghe and went to meet him.
• Jun Xuehan spent the night watching the stars from the roof, while Qian Renxue watched them from her window and remembered his promise to protect her.
• The next morning, Qian Renxue, Jun Xuehan, and Ci Xue left the palace and traveled to Sunset Forest.
• After searching the forest’s central region, the three found an iceberg and volcano surrounded by a Poison Array.

Jun Xuehan, Qian Renxue, and Ci Xue reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Jun Xuehan found two rare Immortal Grasses. Dugu Bo confronted them, and Ci Xue engaged him while Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue continued without speaking to him.

• Ci Xue led Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue through the Poison Array and down into the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Jun Xuehan explained that herbs grew ten times faster in the treasure land as the group walked among its medicinal plants.
• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue reached the taiji-shaped lake and spotted the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Dugu Bo arrived and recognized Jun Xuehan, but Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue left Ci Xue to deal with him.
• Ci Xue and Dugu Bo revealed their Titled Douluo Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and Dugu Bo realized Ci Xue could devour his poison.

Jun Xuehan harvested Immortal Grass from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Ci Xue kept Dugu Bo at bay. He gave Qian Renxue three herbs suited to her and used Aromatic Silk Beauty to assure her that Dugu Bo’s poison could not harm them.

• Ci Xue and Dugu Bo exchanged probing attacks and settled into a standoff as Ci Xue guarded Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue.
• Jun Xuehan considered which Immortal Grass would benefit him and Qian Renxue, then harvested Seven-Leaf Light Flower, Brilliant Gold Flowing Cloud Grass, and Ethereal Snow Crimson Exquisite for her.
• Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue the three herbs were useless to him and said she should absorb them after they returned.
• Dugu Bo protested as Jun Xuehan continued harvesting his garden, but Jun Xuehan ignored him and claimed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well belonged to the Dragon Race.
• Jun Xuehan explained that Aromatic Silk Beauty could ward off toxins and told Dugu Bo he could attack without worrying about poisoning them.

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue gathered Immortal Grass after Ci Xue drove Dugu Bo away, then absorbed the herbs in the Sunset Forest. Jun Xuehan reached the bottleneck of Level 40, while Qian Renxue rose to Level 59, leaving them poised to seek Soul Rings.

• At Qian Renxue’s order, Ci Xue fought Dugu Bo and used his poison abilities to suppress him.
• Dugu Bo withdrew rather than risk a deadly fight, and Ci Xue let him escape to protect Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue.
• Jun Xuehan finished gathering the Immortal Grass and proposed that he and Qian Renxue absorb their herbs before leaving.
• Jun Xuehan consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Qian Renxue absorbed the herbs he had chosen for her.
• After absorbing the Immortal Grass, Jun Xuehan reached the Soul Power bottleneck of Level 40 and gained water and Fire Immunity, while Qian Renxue’s Soul Power rose seven levels to Level 59.

Jun Xuehan revealed that he had found the Snow-Colored Swan's Kiss and explained how it could amplify poison, then told Qian Renxue he intended to absorb a Twenty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. They chose Azurewood Forest as their destination, and Qian Renxue asked how Spirit Hall had treated him.

• Jun Xuehan showed Qian Renxue and Ci Xue the Snow-Colored Swan's Kiss and explained that it could multiply toxins hundreds or thousands of times.
• Jun Xuehan confirmed he had reached the forty-level Soul Power bottleneck, and Qian Renxue suggested finding him a Soul Ring in Sunset Forest.
• Jun Xuehan said he needed a Soul Ring around twenty thousand years old and argued that his physical strength and Mental Power would let him withstand it.
• Qian Renxue worried about the dangers of absorbing such a powerful Soul Ring, then agreed to take Jun Xuehan to Azurewood Forest.
• Jun Xuehan, Qian Renxue, and Ci Xue left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Qian Renxue asked Jun Xuehan how Spirit Hall had treated him.

Jun Xuehan assured Qian Renxue that he would not leave Spirit Hall, and she promised to protect him if Pope's Palace ever mistreated him. In Azurewood Forest, he chose a rare Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon as his target, and Ci Xue brought the badly wounded beast back for him.

• Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue that he would never willingly leave Spirit Hall, easing her fears.
• Qian Renxue offered to take Jun Xuehan to Worship Hall if Pope's Palace treated him poorly, but he thanked her and said he was treated well.
• Qian Renxue, Jun Xuehan, and Ci Xue traveled into Azurewood Forest's Core Area and discovered a roughly twenty-thousand-year-old Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon.
• Jun Xuehan decided to take the rare soul beast, and Ci Xue fought it for more than twenty minutes before dragging it back severely injured.
• Ci Xue warned Jun Xuehan that the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon was exceptionally powerful and asked whether he truly intended to absorb its soul ring.

Jun Xuehan absorbed the Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon’s twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring, overcoming its resentment when the Silver Dragon King’s Bloodline subdued it. He reached Level 43 and gained the Dark Annihilation Soul Skill, then prepared to return with Qian Renxue and Ci Xue as dawn approached.

• Jun Xuehan killed the injured Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• The Dark Bluehorn Rhinoceros Dragon’s resentment entered Jun Xuehan’s Spiritual Sea, but the Silver Dragon King Martial Soul suppressed it and the beast merged into the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Jun Xuehan completed the absorption and reached Level 43, gaining the fourth Soul Skill, Dark Annihilation.
• Qian Renxue praised Jun Xuehan’s powerful Soul Ring configuration, then suggested that they return before dawn.

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue investigated the blood scent near Fengning Village after realizing its villagers were missing during the autumn harvest. As they fled toward Heaven Dou City, two Evil Soul Masters attacked them, while Ci Xue remained missing.

• Jun Xuehan dismissed Qian Renxue’s suggestion that he return to Fengning Village, where villagers had once called him an Ominous One.
• Jun Xuehan detected a faint scent of blood, and Qian Renxue sent Ci Xue to investigate Fengning Village.
• Jun Xuehan noticed that no villagers were harvesting the wheat and concluded that something was wrong.
• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue ran toward Heaven Dou City after Ci Xue failed to return, then released their martial souls when they were attacked.
• Two black-robed six-ring Evil Soul Masters appeared, and Jun Xuehan identified them as the Shadow Devouring Leopard and Demon Crane.

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue fought two black-robed Evil Soul Masters, using their abilities to gain the upper hand. The two enemies then began a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and transformed into a Crimson Blood Striped Leopard, leaving Qian Renxue and Jun Xuehan facing a more dangerous opponent.

• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue split up to battle the Shadow Devouring Leopard and Demon Crane Evil Soul Masters.
• Jun Xuehan used his elemental attacks and Dark Annihilation domain to force the Shadow Devouring Leopard opponent onto the defensive.
• Qian Renxue unleashed her Sacred Flame sword and golden domain against the Demon Crane opponent.
• The two black-robed men joined together and began a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, prompting Qian Renxue and Jun Xuehan to attack and try to interrupt them.
• The fusion blast sent Qian Renxue and Jun Xuehan flying, and the two Evil Soul Masters emerged as a winged Crimson Blood Striped Leopard.

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue fought the Crimson Blood Striped Leopard, the fusion of two black-robed men, and defeated it despite Jun Xuehan suffering severe corrosive burns while protecting her. Qian Renxue supported the injured Jun Xuehan as they headed toward Heaven Dou City for treatment.

• Qian Renxue and Jun Xuehan attacked the Crimson Blood Striped Leopard, but it dodged their strikes and knocked Qian Renxue toward the ground while spraying corrosive blood at her.
• Jun Xuehan shielded Qian Renxue with his body and dragon wings, taking the corrosive blood across his armor and wings.
• Jun Xuehan released Qian Renxue from the blood's range and used the Reverse Scale God Slaying Spear to counter the leopard's attack as Qian Renxue pressed forward.
• Jun Xuehan's spear pierced and pinned the Crimson Blood Striped Leopard, breaking the fusion and separating the two black-robed men.
• Qian Renxue killed both black-robed men, then checked Jun Xuehan's injuries and helped him toward Heaven Dou City for treatment.

After Jun Xuehan was injured protecting Qian Renxue from Evil Soul Masters, she brought him home and tried to treat his wound, but her Power of Purification could not remove the Corrosive Energy. A Healing Soul Master arrived to examine him, while She Long set out to check on Ci Xue and investigate the Evil Soul Masters.

• Jun Xuehan retrieved his spear and told Qian Renxue he had no reason for protecting her, while privately admitting he did not want her to get hurt.
• Qian Renxue supported Jun Xuehan back to their residence and ordered She Long to find a Healing Soul Master, check on Ci Xue in Fengning Village, and search for Evil Soul Masters.
• Jun Xuehan discovered that Corrosive Energy in his back wound was preventing it from healing.
• Qian Renxue asked Jun Xuehan to remove his shirt so she could examine the wound, but her Power of Purification could not clear the Corrosive Energy.
• She Long returned with an elderly Healing Soul Master and left to check on Ci Xue as the old man began examining Jun Xuehan.

Jun Xuehan used his Soul Power to remove the corrosive energy in his wounds while Qian Renxue watched and realized her feelings for him were growing. After Ci Xue reported that Fengning Village had been massacred by Evil Soul Masters, he and She Long discussed the bond between Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue and revealed the power of Jun Xuehan’s fourth soul ring.

• A Healing Soul Master said he could not treat Jun Xuehan’s wounds because of the corrosive energy, so Jun Xuehan began eroding it with his own Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue watched Jun Xuehan and reflected on his strength, realizing that her curiosity about him had grown into something deeper.
• She Long and Ci Xue returned, and Ci Xue told Qian Renxue that Evil Soul Masters had massacred Fengning Village and that a Soul Douluo had held him back.
• Qian Renxue told Ci Xue to rest and asked She Long to bring food, then returned to Jun Xuehan’s room.
• She Long asked Ci Xue whether Qian Renxue’s attitude toward Jun Xuehan had changed, and Ci Xue revealed that Jun Xuehan’s fourth soul ring came from a Super Soul Beast with twenty thousand years of cultivation.

Jun Xuehan's mysterious silver halo cleared the corrosive energy from his wounds and eased his pain. Qian Renxue bandaged him herself and ordered him to recuperate in Spirit Hall for a year, postponing his journey to the far north.

• She Long doubted Ci Xue's claim that Jun Xuehan had absorbed a twenty-thousand-year soul ring, and Ci Xue said he had witnessed it and helped kill the beast.
• A silver halo appeared on Jun Xuehan's forehead, clearing the corrosive energy in his wounds and calming his mind, but vanished when Qian Renxue moved closer to inspect it.
• Qian Renxue insisted Jun Xuehan bandage his injuries and remain for four months of recuperation followed by eight months of observation, postponing his far-north training journey.
• Qian Renxue applied ointment and bandaged Jun Xuehan's wounds herself, saying he had been injured while saving her.
• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue fell silent after he changed into dry clothes, neither mentioning the moment between them.

Jun Xuehan explained the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to Qian Renxue and said he could not pluck it, so she put it away. She arranged for him to recuperate while he asked She Long to gather materials and forge parts for a hidden weapon, leaving Qian Renxue curious about what he was making.

• Qian Renxue asked whether Jun Xuehan had found an Immortal Grass that could help his injuries, and he showed her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained how it could be plucked.
• Qian Renxue took the flower from Jun Xuehan and asked whether anything unusual had happened while he recovered, but he said nothing had.
• Qian Renxue told Jun Xuehan to recuperate under her instructions and promised to provide cultivation resources, while he asked if he could refuse.
• She Long brought in the delicacies, and Jun Xuehan gave him a blueprint and a list of materials, requesting two hundred of each part and a Forging Furnace.
• Qian Renxue guessed the poisonous herbs were for Hair Gold, and Jun Xuehan said the parts were for a hidden weapon he had devised in the Library Pavilion of Spirit Hall.