Chapter Summaries

Ye Lingling treated Yu Tianheng and heard that he had lost a fight to the man Dugu Yan was seeing. Suspecting that an Evil Soul Master had hypnotized Dugu Yan and possibly Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, she rushed to Dugu Manor.

• Ye Lingling confirmed that Yu Tianheng had no external injuries and suggested his condition came from exhausting his vital essence.
• Yu Tianheng explained that he had fought the handsome young man who had been beside Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and lost while trying to visit Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianheng said Dugu Yan had returned with the man dressed in shorts and a high-waisted crop top, leading Ye Lingling to believe she had fallen for him.
• Ye Lingling suspected the man had used an Evil Soul Master’s power to control Dugu Yan and possibly Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Ye Lingling told Yu Tianheng he would recover, then hurried to Dugu Manor.

Dugu Yan tried to secure her relationship with Li Qinglian, but Ye Lingling burst into the room and accused him of being an Evil Soul Master who had hypnotized her. Dugu Yan rejected the accusation, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Dugu Yan straddled Li Qinglian and told him she wanted to stay with him for life, then leaned in to kiss him.
• Ye Lingling kicked open the door, saw Dugu Yan and Li Qinglian together, and shouted that Li Qinglian was a pervert.
• Dugu Yan demanded to know what Ye Lingling was doing, while Li Qinglian questioned whom she had called a pervert.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan to come with her and claimed Li Qinglian was an Evil Soul Master who had hypnotized her.
• Dugu Yan denied that Li Qinglian was an Evil Soul Master and dismissed Ye Lingling's suspicion of hypnosis.

Ye Lingling confronted Dugu Yan after mistaking Li Qinglian for an Evil Soul Master, but learned Dugu Yan had willingly tried to seduce him and had fallen for him. Li Qinglian revealed that he was the Holy Son of Spirit Hall and that his Martial Soul had the Death Attribute, leaving both women startled.

• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that she had taken the initiative with Li Qinglian and had not been hypnotized or controlled.
• Ye Lingling apologized for interrupting them after Dugu Yan explained that she loved Li Qinglian and admired his strength.
• Li Qinglian introduced himself to Ye Lingling, who explained that Yu Tianheng’s depleted vitality had made her suspect Li Qinglian was an Evil Soul Master.
• Dugu Yan revealed that Li Qinglian was the Holy Son of Spirit Hall, and Ye Lingling recognized his reputation.
• Li Qinglian explained that his Martial Soul had the Death Attribute and could drain life force even when unsummoned, alarming Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Li Qinglian repeatedly tempered his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, absorbing the Dragon Kings’ essence and pushing his diving limit to four hundred meters. As dusk fell, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling waited anxiously for him beside a campfire.

• Li Qinglian returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after stocking up on provisions in Heaven Dou City.
• He made repeated dives, enduring the alternating pressure of ice and fire as the Dragon Kings’ essence seeped into his bones and muscles.
• Li Qinglian concluded that the true Ice-Fire Golden Body came from the spring’s accumulated essence and believed Tang San had gained only its outermost benefits.
• After a week of training, Li Qinglian reached four hundred meters, twice his previous limit, and felt his body rapidly evolving.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling sat by a campfire near the spring at dusk, watching the mist and worrying about Li Qinglian.

Li Qinglian emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after a week of cultivating, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were both struck by his transformed physique. The girls worried over his condition while struggling to hide their attraction to him.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling waited by the spring and wondered how Li Qinglian could cultivate underwater.
• Li Qinglian emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and asked why the two girls had come.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling stared at Li Qinglian's striking physique and blushed.
• Dugu Yan noticed that Li Qinglian had grown thinner and expressed concern for him.
• Dugu Yan teased Li Qinglian while both girls continued to feel drawn to his appearance.

Li Qinglian ate the food Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had prepared and explained that refining his body at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had made him much stronger and heavier. He declared that the Strength Clan were still Soul Cultivators, leaving himself as the only true Body Cultivator in the world.

• Li Qinglian devoured the meat while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched him fondly.
• Dugu Yan explained that she and Ye Lingling had prepared nourishing food for him, and Li Qinglian thanked her.
• Dugu Yan asked why Li Qinglian had become thinner and stronger, and he said he had been refining his body at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Li Qinglian revealed that he weighed more than two hundred jin despite looking slim, leaving Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling astonished.
• Li Qinglian dismissed the Strength Clan as Soul Cultivators and said he was the world's only Body Cultivator.

Li Qinglian explained how his unusual body had grown stronger and discussed the possibility of cultivating the body separately from Soul Power. He left Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling intrigued by his methods after revealing that his Dragon Abyss Ring could hold living things and even let him enter it.

• Li Qinglian explained that his body had retained the Death Divine Tree’s ability to draw nourishment from heaven and earth, then grown stronger after absorbing immortal herbs and the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s flesh-and-blood factors.
• Dugu Yan asked whether she and others could become Body Cultivators, and Li Qinglian said he had no method yet but might develop one in the future.
• Dugu Yan proposed that she and Ye Lingling prepare Li Qinglian’s meals while he cultivated, and Ye Lingling agreed.
• Ye Lingling asked how Li Qinglian had breathed while submerged, and he said his magical treasure let him breathe underwater.
• Li Qinglian revealed that the Dragon Abyss Ring could hold several mountains and living things, and that he could enter it himself.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling discovered the Dragon Abyss Ring could hold living people when Li Qinglian brought them inside to see his treasure. There, they encountered a breathtaking silver-haired woman whose identity remained unrevealed.

• Dugu Yan realized Li Qinglian's status and power exceeded what she had understood, then asked to see his treasure.
• Li Qinglian teased Dugu Yan about what she meant, and she became embarrassed while Ye Lingling listened.
• Li Qinglian used the Dragon Abyss Ring to bring Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling into its vast, well-stocked inner space.
• A beautiful silver-haired woman appeared inside the ring, leaving Dugu Yan stunned by her appearance.

Gu Yuena met Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and encouraged Dugu Yan to pursue Li Qinglian, while revealing that she wanted to disrupt his future relationship with the Goddess of Life. She left Li Qinglian burning with heat after warning that his growing yang essence needed an outlet.

• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan were stunned by Gu Yuena's beauty, and Dugu Yan cautiously asked how to address her.
• After Gu Yuena introduced herself, Dugu Yan called her Nana and offered to be her concubine, prompting Li Qinglian to protest.
• Gu Yuena accepted Dugu Yan as her little sister and promised to protect her if Li Qinglian bullied her.
• Gu Yuena teased Dugu Yan and said she would bring her and Li Qinglian together, hoping to undermine his bond with the Goddess of Life.
• Gu Yuena explained that Li Qinglian's body had grown too strong and his yang essence needed release, then caused him to feel scorching heat.

Gu Yuena warned Li Qinglian that his rapid Body Refinement had thrown his body’s yin and yang out of balance, then helped Dugu Yan approach him. Dugu Yan acknowledged Li Qinglian as her master with a drop of blood, leaving Ye Lingling to reflect on her friend’s new source of support.

• Gu Yuena told Li Qinglian that his overflowing vital essence and unbalanced body made his rapid Body Refinement dangerous.
• Dugu Yan confessed her feelings to Li Qinglian and asked to acknowledge him as her master with a drop of blood.
• Gu Yuena enveloped Li Qinglian and Dugu Yan in mist, saying she had intervened because Li Qinglian would not have been able to endure the situation otherwise.
• Gu Yuena wondered whether rebuilding herself in human form could combine human and dragon traits, but decided she could not abandon her current strength and position.
• Ye Lingling watched the mist conceal Dugu Yan and Li Qinglian, feeling both happy for her friend and bitter about the difference in their futures.

After waking from the danger caused by his Dragon Essence, Li Qinglian apologized to Dugu Yan and left Ye Lingling to care for her. Ye Lingling discovered that Dugu Yan’s skin had become smoother and her physical speed had improved after receiving Dragon Essence Factors through her intimacy with Li Qinglian.

• Li Qinglian woke without pain, apologized to Dugu Yan for not checking on her first, and held her hand.
• Li Qinglian left Dugu Yan in Ye Lingling’s care, and Ye Lingling used her Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul to ease Dugu Yan’s soreness.
• Dugu Yan complained that her abdomen hurt and showed Ye Lingling a faint red mark on her skin.
• Ye Lingling noticed Dugu Yan’s skin had become unusually smooth and examined the change.
• Dugu Yan realized her skin had improved, and the chapter revealed that Dragon Essence Factors had transformed her body and slightly increased her physical speed.

Li Qinglian returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then found Qian Renxue waiting at his residence in a jealous mood. He tried to coax her with wine, but she stayed sulky as he hinted that he had brought her a gift.

• Li Qinglian transported Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling back to Heaven Dou City with the Dragon Abyss Ring, and Ye Lingling offered to prepare medicinal cuisine for him.
• Li Qinglian saw Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling off, then returned alone to find Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo waiting outside his home.
• Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo told Li Qinglian that Qian Renxue was inside and had been in a bad mood.
• Li Qinglian found Qian Renxue waiting in the courtyard and offered her wine, but she turned away and refused it.
• Li Qinglian teased Qian Renxue by hinting that he had prepared a wonderful gift for someone, leaving her response unstated.

Li Qinglian gave Qian Renxue a rare immortal herb suited to her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, easing her irritation and drawing her curiosity about his recent progress. Qian Renxue challenged him to a spar, and they faced off in the courtyard.

• Qian Renxue demanded to see the gift Li Qinglian had mentioned.
• Li Qinglian presented Qian Renxue with a jade box containing a Holy Light Glazed Gold Stamen, an immortal herb compatible with her Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue suspected the Goddess of Life had provided the herb, but Li Qinglian said it was his to give and that she could absorb it perfectly.
• Qian Renxue remarked that Li Qinglian's aura felt more solid than before, and he said he had made a breakthrough in cultivation.
• Qian Renxue asked Li Qinglian to spar, and the two took their positions in the courtyard.

Li Qinglian and Qian Renxue sparred in the courtyard, where his physical strength and Death Domain countered her powerful angel abilities. The fight remained unresolved as Qian Renxue shattered her Holy Sword and closed in with a golden-lit punch.

• Qian Renxue revealed that she had reached level sixty-one and summoned her Six-Winged Angel.
• Li Qinglian struck Qian Renxue with a forceful punch, then used Death Siphon to spread roots across the courtyard.
• Qian Renxue took to the air and attacked with a pillar of golden light, but Li Qinglian's Death Domain devoured it.
• Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Spear Douluo recognized Li Qinglian's third soul skill as a domain, while Qian Renxue prepared a close-range attack.
• Qian Renxue's Holy Sword collided with Li Qinglian's Falling Death Star and shattered, but she reached him and drove a golden-lit fist toward his chest.

Li Qinglian showed Qian Renxue that his week of body refinement had made him strong enough to withstand her Angel Assault, then exploited her distraction to bind her with vines. Qian Renxue remained airborne and un defeated, but Li Qinglian caught her off guard and left her embarrassed.

• Qian Renxue struck Li Qinglian with Angel Assault, but he met her punch with brute force and was thrown back without losing his composure.
• Qian Renxue and the Titled Douluo Snake Lance and Pufferfish were stunned by Li Qinglian's physical strength.
• Li Qinglian revealed his refined physique and said he had spent the past week training his body, stirring Qian Renxue's attraction and curiosity.
• Qian Renxue refused to concede, arguing that her ability to fly kept the fight from being decided.
• Li Qinglian took advantage of Qian Renxue's distraction and used vines to bind her, prompting her to glare at him in embarrassment and anger.

Li Qinglian defeated Qian Renxue and explained how Body Refinement tempered energy into the body itself. He suggested that developing the method could greatly increase human lifespan, leaving Qian Renxue, Snake Lance, and Pufferfish astonished.

• Li Qinglian bound Qian Renxue with Ghost Vine, teased her appearance, and asked her to admit defeat; she conceded rather than risk tearing her dress.
• Li Qinglian released Qian Renxue, and she asked whether she could practice Body Refinement after recognizing how unusual his strength was.
• Li Qinglian explained that Body Refinement fused energy into flesh, bones, and cells instead of storing Soul Power in the meridians and dantian.
• Li Qinglian described the painful process of repeatedly tempering the body with opposing forces, but admitted he had no clear method others could follow.
• Li Qinglian suggested that Body Refinement might greatly increase human lifespan, startling Qian Renxue, Snake Lance, and Pufferfish.

Li Qinglian explained that soul beasts could extend their lives by strengthening their bodies, while Heavenly Tribulations limited their growth, and argued that human Body Refinement could also prolong life. Qian Renxue and the Titled Douluo realized that researching Body Refinement could give Spirit Hall a renewed purpose in serving humanity.

• Li Qinglian explained to Qian Renxue, Snake Spear, and Thornfish how physical strength related to lifespan and how soul beasts grew through eating.
• Li Qinglian told them that soul beasts faced a Heavenly Tribulation every hundred thousand years, which restricted their development.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Body Refinement could give humans eternal life, and Li Qinglian clarified that it could not but might add centuries to their lifespans.
• Qian Renxue, Snake Spear, and Thornfish recognized that researching Body Refinement could restore Spirit Hall's importance to humanity.
• Snake Spear and Thornfish grew excited at the chance to take part in the great cause and be remembered in history.

Li Qinglian agreed to work with Qian Renxue on developing a Body Refinement method, and Qian Renxue kissed his cheek before leaving. He then asked Gu Yuena to help, arguing that a new cultivation system could reduce the slaughter of soul beasts, and she began to understand his reasoning.

• Snake Lance and Pufferfish pledged to help Li Qinglian and Qian Renxue study Body Refinement techniques.
• Li Qinglian agreed to organize his insights into notes so he and Qian Renxue could analyze them together.
• Qian Renxue kissed Li Qinglian on the cheek, promised him any reward if they succeeded, and left the courtyard.
• Gu Yuena questioned whether Li Qinglian could create a Body Refinement method, and he asked her to help.
• Li Qinglian argued that the God Realm had shaped human cultivation to weaken soul beasts and that a new cultivation system could curb their slaughter.
• Gu Yuena understood Li Qinglian's argument.

Gu Yuena agreed to act against the God Realm’s soul-beast-hunting cultivation system through Li Qinglian, who continued refining his body and recording what he learned. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu focused on finding a way to revive her mother, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing asked her to introduce them to Li Qinglian so they could seek his strength and guidance.

• Gu Yuena recognized the God Realm’s cultivation system as a threat to soul beasts and agreed to act through Li Qinglian.
• Li Qinglian traveled between Heaven Dou City and Sunset Forest, refining his body at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and using the Pure Heart Eyes to study energy flow.
• Xiao Wu avoided Tang San after returning from the Star Dou Great Forest and focused on her goal of bringing her mother back to life with Li Qinglian’s help.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing teased Xiao Wu about Li Qinglian, and Xiao Wu said she was afraid of him rather than romantically interested.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she liked Li Qinglian’s strength, while Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted his guidance to grow stronger and defeat her older sister.

Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang about the possibility of higher-ranked Martial Soul attributes after hearing Li Qinglian's explanation, and Yu Xiaogang resolved to investigate while urging Tang San to leave Suotuo City and grow stronger. After parting from Dugu Yan, Li Qinglian encountered a masked figure blocking his way in a dark alley.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Li Qinglian had described his Blue Silver Grass as close to ascending to a higher-dimensional power.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted he had not heard of such a theory and promised to ask his Spirit Hall connections about it.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to leave Suotuo City and warned that Li Qinglian's lead would grow if Tang San did not advance quickly.
• Li Qinglian and Dugu Yan shared a kiss before she returned home and advised him to rest in Heaven Dou City.
• Li Qinglian walked alone through a dark alley and stopped when a black-clad figure wearing a dark red mask appeared ahead, radiating killing intent.