Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo gave Ah Yin a gift and pressed Dugu Chen about getting engaged, but Dugu Chen hurried away with her. After spending the night together and letting Ah Yin cultivate the Qiluo Tulip’s medicinal power, Dugu Chen brought her homemade porridge, and she praised his cooking.

• Dugu Bo gave Ah Yin a meeting gift and asked when she and Dugu Chen would get engaged.
• Dugu Chen said there was no rush, then took Ah Yin to the rear courtyard and fled with her when Dugu Bo insisted he wanted grandchildren.
• Dugu Chen carried Ah Yin to his room, and they spent the night together before she cultivated beside him while he slept.
• Dugu Chen woke to find Ah Yin absorbing the immortal herb’s medicinal power and left her to continue cultivating.
• Ah Yin finished cultivating by dusk, and Dugu Chen brought her candied fruit porridge that he had made for her.

Dugu Chen and Ah Yin discovered that their complementary Immortal Herbs enhanced each other’s cultivation when they meditated together. After confirming the effect, Ah Yin decided they would leave that day to visit her friend.

• Dugu Chen and Ah Yin meditated together, and the treasure aura from Ah Yin’s Immortal Herb drew out and fused with the medicinal power within Dugu Chen.
• Dugu Chen woke the next morning and realized the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and Qiluo Tulip had complemented each other during cultivation.
• After Ah Yin finished meditating, Dugu Chen asked about changes in her body, and she sensed faster medicinal fusion and a faint white mist within her.
• Dugu Chen explained his discovery, and Ah Yin concluded that staying together could improve their cultivation speed.
• Dugu Chen asked when Ah Yin planned to visit her friend, and she chose to set off that day while continuing to absorb the Immortal Herb’s power along the way.

Dugu Chen and Ah Yin traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest so Ah Yin could visit an old friend. They found a young woman combing a little girl's hair, and Dugu Chen asked Ah Yin if the woman was her friend.

• Dugu Chen finished cultivating, and Ah Yin brought him breakfast and said she wanted to become a good wife.
• Dugu Chen told Dugu Bo that he and Ah Yin planned to visit her old friend in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Bo warned them to be careful.
• Dugu Chen and Ah Yin left Dugu Residence and reached the Star Dou Great Forest after a day of travel.
• Dugu Chen and Ah Yin entered the forest and found a young woman combing a little girl's hair in a clearing.
• Dugu Chen stared at the young woman until Ah Yin pinched his waist, then he awkwardly asked whether she was Ah Yin's friend.

Dugu Chen and Ah Yin met A Rou and her daughter, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin introduced Dugu Chen as her future husband. The group learned that Lovesick Heartbreak Red concealed Ah Yin’s soul beast aura, and A Rou asked how Ah Yin had obtained the Immortal Herb.

• A Rou sensed Dugu Chen and Ah Yin approaching and shielded Xiao Wu until she recognized Ah Yin.
• Dugu Chen told Ah Yin he had known her identity since they first met and reassured her that he accepted her.
• Ah Yin introduced Dugu Chen to A Rou as her future husband, and A Rou welcomed the pair.
• Dugu Chen explained that Lovesick Heartbreak Red concealed Ah Yin’s soul beast aura and was a powerful Immortal Herb.
• A Rou asked where Ah Yin had gotten the flower, and Ah Yin said Dugu Chen had given it to her.

Dugu Chen took Ah Yin to her Blue Silver clan’s homeland, where the Blue Silver King urged her to return and lead her people. Ah Yin hesitated between her clan’s hopes and the important matters awaiting her, while Dugu Chen comforted her.

• Dugu Chen offered A Rou an Immortal Herb if she joined his family, and A Rou said she needed time to consider.
• Dugu Chen asked Ah Yin to show him her clan’s homeland, and she agreed to take him there.
• Ah Yin led Dugu Chen to an unnamed forest where the Blue Silver Grass welcomed her return.
• The Blue Silver King greeted Ah Yin and asked her to stay and lead the clan, but she said she had more important matters to attend to.
• The Blue Silver King reproached Ah Yin for choosing a human over her people, and Dugu Chen embraced her and reassured her.

Dugu Chen confronted the Blue Silver King for trying to pressure Ah Yin into staying with the Blue Silver Clan, then proposed that the clan offer her support as she advanced. Ah Yin agreed to accept their help in condensing her sixth soul ring.

• The Blue Silver King attacked Dugu Chen verbally for approaching Ah Yin, and Ah Yin stepped in to defend him.
• Dugu Chen displayed his powerful soul rings and True Dragon Pressure, then challenged the Blue Silver King’s claim that Ah Yin owed the clan her protection.
• Ah Yin calmed Dugu Chen after the Blue Silver King backed down, and the two embraced and kissed.
• Dugu Chen asked about Ah Yin’s cultivation and learned that the Qiluo Tulip had raised her soul power to level fifty-eight.
• Dugu Chen urged Ah Yin to accept offerings from the Blue Silver people and let them help her condense her sixth soul ring.

Dugu Chen persuaded the Blue Silver King to let Ah Yin accept the Blue Silver Forest’s power and complete her inheritance. After three days, Ah Yin emerged from the cocoon with a Blue-Gold Soul Ring, leaving Dugu Chen astonished at her transformation.

• Dugu Chen offered to help the Blue Silver King become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in exchange for the Blue Silver lineage supporting Ah Yin, and the Blue Silver King agreed.
• The Blue Silver King and Dugu Chen urged Ah Yin to accept her subjects’ strength, and Ah Yin agreed.
• The Blue Silver Forest poured its life force into Ah Yin, beginning her Blue Silver Emperor inheritance and transforming the forest and the Blue Silver King.
• Dugu Chen guarded the blue-gold cocoon and meditated for three days as the inheritance drew in energy from the surrounding forest.
• The cocoon shattered, and Ah Yin emerged surrounded by a Blue-Gold Soul Ring, surprising Dugu Chen.

Ah Yin completed her transformation into the Blue Silver Emperor and reunited with Dugu Chen. As he prepared to take the Blue Silver King to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and protect the forest with Poison Formations, Ah Yin entrusted her clan’s homeland to the Blue Silver King.

• Ah Yin awakened after the ritual with a crystalline Blue-Gold Soul Ring and a transformed appearance, and told Dugu Chen she felt able to catch up to him.
• Dugu Chen and Ah Yin shared an affectionate moment, while the Blue Silver King blessed their relationship.
• Dugu Chen proposed taking the Blue Silver King to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help it become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and tend the well.
• After Ah Yin worried about leaving the forest unguarded, Dugu Chen promised to protect its core with Poison Formations and flew off to set them up.
• Ah Yin told the Blue Silver King she loved Dugu Chen and entrusted the Blue Silver Forest to its protection, then wandered through the forest alone.

Dugu Chen returned from the Blue Silver Forest with Ah Yin after securing the clan grounds and bringing the Blue Silver King with them. In the Star Dou Great Forest, he persuaded A Rou to leave with them, though she first planned to say goodbye to her friends.

• Dugu Chen set up Concealment and Poison Formations around the Blue Silver Forest's core region.
• Ah Yin finished helping the Blue Silver Grass improve its bloodlines, and Dugu Chen stored the shrunken Blue Silver King in the Ruyi Treasure Pouch before flying with her to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• A Rou worried about her future as she watched Xiao Wu, then greeted Dugu Chen and Ah Yin when they arrived.
• Ah Yin told A Rou that she had achieved a breakthrough with help from her people, and Xiao Wu ran over to greet them.
• Dugu Chen urged A Rou to leave the forest for Xiao Wu's safety and Ah Yin's companionship, and A Rou agreed after asking to say goodbye to her friends.
• Dugu Chen told Ah Yin that he planned for her and A Rou to live at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Chen returned to Heaven Dou City with Ah Yin, A Rou, and Xiao Wu, hiding the mother and daughter’s identities from Dugu Bo. After arranging their stay at Dugu Residence, he spent the night with Ah Yin.

• Dugu Chen brought Ah Yin, A Rou, and Xiao Wu to Dugu Residence after returning from Star Dou.
• Dugu Bo welcomed Dugu Chen and Ah Yin, then learned Ah Yin’s martial soul had evolved and her appearance had changed.
• Dugu Chen introduced A Rou and Xiao Wu as Ah Yin’s friend and daughter, and Dugu Bo agreed to let them stay at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo privately questioned Dugu Chen about A Rou, and Dugu Chen joked that Xiao Wu could become his granddaughter before slipping away.
• Ah Yin arranged for A Rou and Xiao Wu to stay in the room beside hers and Dugu Chen’s.
• Dugu Chen carried Ah Yin to bed, and the two spent the night together.

Dugu Chen brought A Rou and Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, settled the Blue Silver King there, and showed the mother and daughter their new home. The chapter left A Rou and Xiao Wu safe in the protected valley while Ah Yin began tending its spiritual plants.

• A Rou woke after a sleepless night and found Dugu Chen cultivating in the courtyard; Ah Yin brought breakfast, and A Rou woke Xiao Wu to join them.
• After breakfast, Dugu Chen took Ah Yin, A Rou, and Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to settle the Blue Silver King and prepare a home for A Rou and Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Chen planted the Blue Silver King in the valley, where it agreed to tend the spiritual plants and protect the area.
• Dugu Chen showed A Rou and Xiao Wu around and explained that they could live safely there, protected by the Concealment Formation and Poison Formation.
• Ah Yin began tending the spiritual plants, and Dugu Chen reassured her that the family would look after her.

Dugu Chen built wooden houses in the valley for himself and Ah Yin, and for A Rou and Xiao Wu. He then consumed the Autumn Dew of Insight and successfully condensed a tiny Soul Core, which he hoped to use as a reference for creating one he could store inside his body.

• Dugu Chen felled trees in Sunset Forest, carried the logs back to the valley, and built two wooden houses with Ah Yin.
• Dugu Chen spent the night with Ah Yin, then left the valley in the morning and sat down to cultivate.
• Dugu Chen consumed the Autumn Dew of Insight and felt his spiritual power increase by more than double.
• Dugu Chen used his enhanced spiritual power to compress his soul power into a tiny, solid Soul Core.
• Dugu Chen celebrated his success and studied the Soul Core as a reference for developing one he could store within his body.

Dugu Chen studied how to control a Soul Core Prototype, then watched Xiao Wu grow after A Rou gave her the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone. A message from his father summoned him back for Bibi Dong’s imminent Saintess Ceremony, and he decided to return alone.

• Dugu Chen mastered the Soul Core Prototype’s operation and continued practicing its formation over the following days.
• Dugu Chen gave A Rou the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone for Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin guided Xiao Wu as she absorbed it.
• Xiao Wu grew considerably after the Immortal Herb’s medicinal power fused with her, delighting A Rou.
• The Azure-Scaled Eagle delivered Dugu Chen a message from his father ordering him to return for the Saintess Ceremony.
• Dugu Chen recognized that Bibi Dong was to be named Saintess, hid the message from Ah Yin and A Rou, and decided to return on his own.

Dugu Chen left Ah Yin in Sunset Forest and returned to Dugu Residence, where Dugu Bo punished him before taking him and Dugu Xin to Wuhun City for the Saintess Ceremony. They arrived in the Spirit Hall city and followed a red-robed bishop toward their assigned lodgings.

• Dugu Chen promised Ah Yin to return and left Sunset Forest as A Rou and Xiao Wu watched him go.
• Dugu Bo met Dugu Chen above Heaven Dou City, scolded him, and made him and Dugu Xin kneel in the ancestral hall.
• Dugu Bo released Dugu Xin but left Dugu Chen kneeling, then took both sons toward Wuhun City the next morning.
• After more than ten days of travel, Dugu Bo, Dugu Chen, and Dugu Xin arrived in Wuhun City, where Dugu Chen drew attention with his appearance.
• A red-robed bishop greeted Dugu Bo and led the three toward the lodgings Spirit Hall had arranged for them.

Bibi Dong received the Saintess Token at Spirit Hall’s grand ceremony, where Qian Xunji announced a martial arts competition for the younger generation. Dugu Chen realized his family had brought him expecting the contest, and Bibi Dong became captivated by his appearance.

• Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, and Dugu Chen attended Bibi Dong’s Saintess Ceremony alongside powerful sects and both empires’ royal families.
• Qian Xunji presented Bibi Dong with the Saintess Token, formally investing her as Spirit Hall’s Saintess.
• Tang Hao recognized Dugu Chen, and Tang Xiao agreed that he must come from a powerful faction.
• Qian Xunji invited the younger generation of the major sects to compete in martial arts, and Dugu Chen realized Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin had known about the plan.
• Qian Xunji noticed Dugu Chen, and Bibi Dong blushed after seeing him and became captivated by his appearance.

At the Saintess ceremony, Spirit Hall offered a Soul Bone to the winner of a contest meant to attract powerful independent soul masters. Dugu Chen and Dugu Xin discussed the competition and prepared to take part, while the first contestants stepped onto the arena.

• Qian Xunji announced that the contest champion would receive a Soul Bone, and Dugu Xin explained that Spirit Hall hoped to recruit independent soul masters.
• Dugu Xin said he would compete, while Dugu Chen confidently vowed to win the championship and claim the Soul Bone for the Dugu Household.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Chen and Dugu Xin to stay cautious against the powerful guests, and both sons agreed.
• Chen Dongqing, a formidable independent Soul Emperor whose martial soul had mutated into a Giant Strength Mammoth, became the first contestant to enter the arena.
• A Soul Emperor from a minor faction followed Chen Dongqing onto the platform with a weaker soul ring configuration.

Chen Dongqing dominated the arena, defeating challenger after challenger until Dugu Xin stepped forward to test him. Dugu Xin revealed the Jade-Scale Serpent Emperor and his Soul Saint strength, leaving Qian Xunji eager to recruit him.

• Chen Dongqing grew larger, shattered a Soul Emperor's blade attacks with his fists, and defeated him with a powerful leap and strike.
• Chen Dongqing continued to hold the arena against younger-generation challengers without showing fatigue.
• Dugu Xin told his little brother he would go first, then entered the arena and introduced his Jade-Scale Serpent Emperor martial soul.
• Dugu Xin and Chen Dongqing exchanged introductions and prepared to fight as spectators praised Dugu Xin's powerful bloodline and Soul Saint cultivation.
• Qian Xunji recalled his failed attempt to recruit Dugu Bo and began planning how to win Dugu Xin over.

Dugu Xin defeated Mighty God Chen Dongqing with poison and attrition, becoming the arena champion. After fending off further challengers, he faced Yu Xiaolie of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, whose martial soul release left the battle poised to begin.

• Chen Dongqing combined his soul skills into Giant God Transformation and charged Dugu Xin while fighting off the effects of Jade-Scale Purple Poison.
• Dugu Xin used Serpent Emperor Heavenly Shield and evasive tactics to let the poison weaken Chen Dongqing, then cured him after winning.
• Chen Dongqing conceded defeat, and Qian Xunji ordered a guard to invite him to join Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Xin defeated the challengers who followed and remained the arena champion.
• Yu Xiaolie of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect challenged Dugu Xin, released his martial soul, and gathered lightning around his scaled limbs.

Dugu Xin defeated Yu Xiaolie in the arena by overpowering his attacks and exhausting him with Jade-Scale Serpent Emperor Poison. After the match, Qian Xunji asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei to compare Dugu Xin’s fighting style with Dugu Bo’s.

• Yu Xiaolie attacked Dugu Xin with Thunder Dragon Head, but Dugu Xin’s Jade-Scale Serpent Emperor swallowed the attack and drove him toward the arena’s edge.
• Yu Xiaolie activated Thunderous Rage and struck back, but Dugu Xin used Serpent Emperor's Swift Advance to attack him from behind.
• Dugu Xin and the Jade-Scale Serpent Emperor pressured Yu Xiaolie from both sides, while Yu Xiaolie’s electric defenses consumed his soul power resisting the poison.
• Dugu Xin enveloped Yu Xiaolie in Jade-Scale Serpent Emperor Poison, forcing him to concede and leave the platform.
• Dugu Bo praised Dugu Xin’s strength, while Dugu Chen remarked that his elder brother had maintained his combat ability despite handling family affairs.
• Qian Xunji asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei to compare Dugu Xin’s Jade-Scale Serpent Emperor with Dugu Bo’s, and Yue Guan said each had different strengths.

Tang Hao challenged Dugu Xin at the arena, dismissing him and demanding that Dugu Chen fight instead. Dugu Xin unleashed his Martial Soul True Body to meet Tang Hao’s overwhelming Clear Sky True Body, and the chapter ended as Tang Hao’s giant hammer descended toward him.

• Qian Xunji praised Dugu Xin’s talent, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei guessed that the Pope wanted to recruit him.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Zhen for permission to fight, then ignored Tang Xiao’s warning and entered the arena.
• Tang Hao challenged Dugu Xin and demanded that Dugu Chen take his place, but Dugu Xin insisted Tang Hao defeat him first.
• Tang Hao’s hammer shattered the arena as Dugu Xin evaded, then Dugu Xin transformed into the Jade-Scale Serpent Emperor and activated his Martial Soul True Body.
• Tang Hao activated his Clear Sky True Body and swung his enormous hammer down at Dugu Xin, who realized he could only face the blow directly.