Chapter Summaries

Li Qinglian answered Yu Yuanzhen’s questions about the assassination and Yu Tianheng’s death, then revealed Yu Tianheng’s trapped soul. Yu Yuanzhen nearly attacked him, but Dugu Bo stopped him; Yu Yuanzhen handed over the Thunder Spirit Dragon Marrow and left vowing revenge.

• Yu Yuanzhen agreed to give Li Qinglian the Thunder Spirit Dragon Marrow in exchange for answers to three questions.
• Li Qinglian admitted that he had killed the Soul Saint and confirmed that Yu Tianheng was dead.
• Li Qinglian used his Death Domain to reveal Yu Tianheng’s soul, showing how he had uncovered the assassins’ plot.
• Yu Yuanzhen erupted in fury over Yu Tianheng’s imprisoned soul and reached to seize Li Qinglian.
• Dugu Bo intervened and warned Yu Yuanzhen that attacking would destroy the Yu Family.
• Yu Yuanzhen threw the jade box to Li Qinglian, left the courtyard, and vowed to remember the humiliation.

Li Qinglian claimed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Thunder Spirit Dragon Marrow, realizing the treasure had helped the Yu Family produce powerful Soul Masters. Gu Yuena took pride in helping him find it, and Li Qinglian thanked her, leaving her unexpectedly flustered.

• Dugu Bo worried that Li Qinglian had made an enemy of Yu Yuanzhen, but Li Qinglian said their conflict was already irreconcilable after he took the clan’s treasure.
• Li Qinglian examined the Thunder Spirit Dragon Marrow and concluded it could temper his body and nurture Martial Souls, explaining the Yu Family’s strength.
• Gu Yuena appeared through the Dragon Abyss Ring and boasted that her dragon senses had helped Li Qinglian discover the treasure.
• Li Qinglian joked that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would go mad if it learned the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well held the ruins of two Dragon Kings.
• Gu Yuena asked Li Qinglian to appreciate her help, and he solemnly thanked her, leaving her blushing before she warned him not to betray her.

Li Qinglian teased Gu Yuena about her interest in him, then promised he would never let her down or become her enemy. The next day, he began a medicinal bath infused with Thunder Spirit Dragon Marrow to strengthen his body, while Gu Yuena explained how to absorb its lightning energy.

• Li Qinglian asked Gu Yuena whether she had been spying on him and Dugu Yan, flustering her despite her denial.
• Li Qinglian thanked Gu Yuena and swore he would never let her down or become her enemy, leaving her smiling to herself inside the Dragon Abyss Ring.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling prepared a medicinal bath for Li Qinglian using a concoction and rare ingredients from Dugu Bo.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Thunder Spirit Dragon Marrow's lightning energy would temper Li Qinglian's meridians and bones if he activated the Death Origin and Life Heart.
• Gu Yuena teased that Dugu Yan might not be able to satisfy Li Qinglian after his body grew stronger, making Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling blush.

Ye Lingling's feelings for Li Qinglian deepened as Dugu Yan explained the effects of his Body Refinement and teased her about his strength. Li Qinglian absorbed the Dragon Marrow in a medicinal bath, while Gu Yuena said it would help him reach the treasure beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well within half a year.

• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about blushing over Li Qinglian, and Ye Lingling admitted through her reactions that she was drawn to him.
• Dugu Yan explained that Li Qinglian's Body Refinement had raised his physical density until his body weighed over four hundred jin, and Ye Lingling marveled at his transformation.
• Gu Yuena told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to cherish their connection with Li Qinglian because his potential was limitless.
• Gu Yuena told Li Qinglian that absorbing the Dragon Marrow would give him Dragon Clan aura and reduce the resistance he faced in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Li Qinglian absorbed the lightning-attributed energy from the medicinal bath as Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched with concern.

Li Qinglian absorbed the dragon marrow in a medicinal bath and realized that nourishing his vitality and blood was essential to his body’s growth. At Shrek Academy, Yu Tianheng’s death and the loss of his soul left Liu Erlong furious, while Tang San decided to offer Li Qinglian his Hidden Weapon methods in exchange for knowledge of the Life Attribute.

• Li Qinglian absorbed lightning-aspected dragon power from the medicinal bath, refining his body from within and balancing it with his Death Origin and Life Heart.
• Li Qinglian realized that he had focused on tempering his muscles and bones while neglecting his vitality and blood.
• Liu Erlong grieved Yu Tianheng’s death, destroyed a table in anger, and demanded revenge against Li Qinglian.
• Yu Xiaogang condemned Li Qinglian and worried that Tang San had lost faith in his guidance.
• Dai Mubai feared that he might someday have to oppose Li Qinglian, while Tang San recognized the gap between them and resolved to obtain the Life Attribute method.
• Tang San decided to offer Li Qinglian his Hidden Weapon mechanisms, hoping to learn the method for using the Life Attribute and distract Li Qinglian from cultivation.

After absorbing the Thunder Spirit Dragon Marrow during seven days of seclusion, Li Qinglian emerged with a greatly strengthened body and cultivation at level forty-five. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling arrived to find him, and the chapter ended with Li Qinglian’s newly awakened vitality drawing his attention to Dugu Yan.

• Li Qinglian finished absorbing the medicinal bath and sensed that the Dragon Marrow had transformed his body into a powerful, precisely balanced foundation.
• Li Qinglian discovered that his cultivation had risen three levels to level forty-five, while most of the Dragon Marrow’s energy had strengthened his body.
• Dugu Yan hurried to Li Qinglian after his seven days of seclusion and froze when she saw him emerge from the bathtub.
• Ye Lingling accidentally saw Li Qinglian naked, panicked, and rushed out of the room.
• Li Qinglian realized his undergarment had dissolved in the bath, then felt the Dragon Marrow’s surging vitality and turned his attention to Dugu Yan.

After absorbing Dragon Marrow, Li Qinglian’s heightened vitality drove him to embrace Dugu Yan, while Ye Lingling lingered outside, torn between shame and desire. Gu Yuena urged Ye Lingling to go inside, warning that Dugu Yan might not be able to withstand Li Qinglian’s strength.

• Li Qinglian’s surging vitality led him to pull Dugu Yan close and carry her inside the courtyard.
• Ye Lingling remained outside, listening and struggling with her feelings for Li Qinglian and her envy of Dugu Yan.
• Gu Yuena approached Ye Lingling and told her to go inside.
• Gu Yuena warned that Li Qinglian was unusually fierce and Dugu Yan might be in danger.

Ye Lingling entered Li Qinglian’s room and became intimate with him and Dugu Yan, then woke sore and bruised. Li Qinglian used the Life Heart’s energy to heal her, revealing a Life Origin that surpassed even her Nine-Heart Begonia.

• Ye Lingling overcame her hesitation and entered Li Qinglian’s room, where Dugu Yan welcomed her with relief.
• After the night together, Ye Lingling woke with bruises and soreness while Li Qinglian apologized for being too rough.
• Li Qinglian told Ye Lingling that his growing strength made it difficult for ordinary women to withstand him.
• Li Qinglian touched Ye Lingling’s shoulder, and the Life Heart sent healing energy through her body.
• Ye Lingling recognized the energy as a Life Origin purer than her Nine-Heart Begonia and wondered if it was the Life Attribute.

Li Qinglian explained to Ye Lingling how his body and Death Divine Tree held both life and death, revealing his extraordinary origins and abilities. Dugu Yan brought Ye Lingling medicine, while Ye Lingling remained embarrassed about her relationship with Li Qinglian.

• Ye Lingling realized Li Qinglian could wield life force as well as death, and asked how his Martial Soul could contain opposing attributes.
• Li Qinglian explained that the Seed of Life had fused with his body to form a Life Heart, while his body and Death Divine Tree kept life and death separate.
• Li Qinglian revealed a green shoot growing within the Death Divine Tree, confirming its life attribute to Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling reflected that Li Qinglian's unusual powers and background made being with him seem even more fortunate.
• Dugu Yan entered with medicine to replenish Ye Lingling's blood and vitality, and Ye Lingling avoided her gaze, feeling guilty about being with Li Qinglian.

Tang San sought Li Qinglian’s guidance on cultivating Blue Silver Grass along the path of life and traded his Hidden Weapons methods for help. Li Qinglian told him to find a Life Blue Silver Grass near the place where Tang San awakened his Martial Soul, then bring her to him.

• Dugu Yan asked Li Qinglian to leave so she could speak with Ye Lingling alone, and he went out into the courtyard.
• Li Qinglian caught a pebble thrown over the wall and followed its thrower through alleys to meet Tang San.
• Tang San asked Li Qinglian how to guide Blue Silver Grass toward life, offering to agree to any terms.
• Li Qinglian demanded Tang San’s Hidden Weapons manufacturing methods, and Tang San handed him a booklet recording the techniques.
• Li Qinglian asked Tang San to find and bring him a Life Blue Silver Grass, which he said was likely near Tang San’s Martial Soul awakening place.
• Tang San agreed, eager to learn the true mysteries of his Martial Soul.

Li Qinglian manipulated Tang San into searching for Life Blue Silver Grass, secretly intending to claim Ah Yin, Tang San’s mother, as leverage over him. After Tang San left, he encountered Xiao Wu, who rejected his concern and walked away to see Li Qinglian, leaving Tang San bitter and suspicious.

• Li Qinglian planned to have Tang San find Ah Yin and make her his dependent, believing he could use her to control Tang San.
• Tang San questioned Li Qinglian’s motives, but agreed to search for Life Blue Silver Grass after Li Qinglian claimed it could reveal the origin of Tang San’s martial soul.
• Tang San left the alley and found Xiao Wu waiting outside, then asked why she had come to see Li Qinglian.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that their relationship had changed and challenged his claim that Li Qinglian was a bad person.
• Xiao Wu walked toward Li Qinglian’s estate, while Tang San blamed Li Qinglian and resolved to seek revenge after obtaining a way to cultivate Life Blue Silver Grass.

Tang San resolved to seek the Life Blue Silver Grass, while Li Qinglian reflected on his growing dragon nature and teased Gu Yuena about her attraction to men. Gu Yuena retaliated with a painful attack, leaving Li Qinglian frozen in place.

• Tang San decided that finding the Life Blue Silver Grass would help him match Li Qinglian, and he trusted his past-life memories to carry him through setbacks.
• Li Qinglian anticipated Tang San's trip and thought about his desire for Ah Yin, whom he regarded as an extraordinary woman.
• Li Qinglian discussed the effects of his dragon-derived power with Gu Yuena, including his increased vigor and the benefits Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling gained from being with him.
• Li Qinglian suggested that Gu Yuena shared the Dragon Clan's reproductive instincts and connected them to her feelings for Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yuena attacked Li Qinglian with a burst of pain, leaving him pale, sweating, and unable to move.

Li Qinglian reassured Xiao Wu that Tang Hao knew she was a soul beast and suggested Tang Hao might want her to sacrifice herself for Tang San. Xiao Wu began to suspect Tang Hao had manipulated Ah Yin into sacrificing herself, while Li Qinglian questioned why Tang Hao had not protected her by going to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Gu Yuena confronted Li Qinglian for flirting with her, then let him recover after gripping his heart.
• Xiao Wu visited Li Qinglian, who dismissed her concern about his condition and asked why she had come.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Tang Hao had discovered her identity, and Li Qinglian said Tang Hao knew but Tang San probably did not.
• Li Qinglian suggested Tang Hao might be keeping Xiao Wu alive so she could sacrifice herself for Tang San, leaving Xiao Wu terrified and distrustful of Tang San.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Tang Hao had tricked Ah Yin into sacrificing herself, and Li Qinglian said it was possible because Tang Hao could have taken Ah Yin to the Star Dou Great Forest for protection.

Li Qinglian explained to Xiao Wu why he was keeping Tang San alive: he wanted to foster a coming Age of Great Strife and become its Human Emperor. Xiao Wu offered to keep watch on Tang San and warned Li Qinglian that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was plotting revenge for Yu Tianheng's death.

• Xiao Wu worried that Tang Hao might target her and agreed to stay near Tang San as Li Qinglian's informant.
• Li Qinglian said he treated Tang San as a dangerous uncertainty and intended to let him grow rather than kill him early.
• Li Qinglian described how he planned to strengthen the era's geniuses and bring Soul Tools and other future cultivation theories into prominence.
• Li Qinglian told Xiao Wu that the coming Age of Great Strife might give her a chance to break the world's limits on soul beasts.
• Xiao Wu teased Li Qinglian about Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's interest in him, then warned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was plotting retaliation for Yu Tianheng's death.

Li Qinglian sent the Hidden Weapons Encyclopedia to Hu Liena as material for Soul Tool research, then headed back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing eagerly prepared to meet him, each stirred by the prospect of competing for his attention.

• Li Qinglian recognized the Hidden Weapons Encyclopedia's potential to advance Soul Tool research and ordered a shadow guard to deliver it to Hu Liena.
• Li Qinglian went to Sunset Forest to continue tempering his body at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Li Qinglian would meet them within the next couple of days, with the exact time and place to follow.
• Ning Rongrong chose a pale blue off-the-shoulder gown and dressed up for the meeting.
• Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about her plain training clothes, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted she did not want to be outdone.

Li Qinglian trained in the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and sensed the ancient powers waiting at its core. Outside a tavern, Ning Rongrong urged Zhu Zhuqing to show off her figure while they waited for him, but Zhu Zhuqing resisted her matchmaking hints.

• Li Qinglian endured the immense pressure and alternating cold and heat as he dived nearly seven hundred meters into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Li Qinglian sensed the Dragon Kings' ancient energies below, then returned to the surface, believing that continued training could let him reach the inheritance in a few months.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing waited outside a tavern, drawing stares from passersby because of their revealing outfits.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to change her shorts, but Ning Rongrong refused and praised her figure.
• Ning Rongrong compared herself and Zhu Zhuqing to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and hinted at their connection to Li Qinglian.
• Zhu Zhuqing angrily denied that she shared Ning Rongrong's romantic goals, insisting that she only wanted to strengthen her body and power.

Ning Rongrong tried to persuade Zhu Zhuqing that Li Qinglian would not help her for free, and that becoming close to him might be the way to gain strength. She left Zhu Zhuqing considering what she could offer him, while Ning Rongrong urged her to flirt with him.

• Ning Rongrong argued that Li Qinglian would only help Zhu Zhuqing if she offered him something in return, leaving Zhu Zhuqing unable to refute her.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Dugu Yan had recently defeated a Heaven-Micro Level teacher at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Rongrong credited Dugu Yan’s strength to following Li Qinglian and said Dugu Yan had slept with him.
• Ning Rongrong praised Zhu Zhuqing’s figure and told her that flirting with Li Qinglian would make her more popular than Dugu Yan.

Li Qinglian caught Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing discussing intimate topics, embarrassing them before they went into the tavern together. Across the street, Oscar watched Li Qinglian with fury and jealousy.

• Li Qinglian came up behind Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and revealed that he had overheard their conversation.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing blushed as Li Qinglian teased them about what he had heard.
• Li Qinglian looked over Zhu Zhuqing while Ning Rongrong considered setting them up.
• Ning Rongrong took Li Qinglian's arm and led him into the tavern, where she had ordered food.
• Oscar watched them from a dark alley and grew furious at Li Qinglian for flirting with Ning Rongrong despite having Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun watched Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing grow close to Li Qinglian, leaving them jealous and angry. Inside the tavern, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Qinglian to help them improve their strength.

• Oscar saw Ning Rongrong gazing warmly at Li Qinglian and broke down over losing her affection.
• Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuqing approach Li Qinglian and became convinced that Li Qinglian wanted to take his fiancée.
• Ma Hongjun also grew jealous as he watched the two women move closer to Li Qinglian.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing sat with Li Qinglian in the tavern and asked him to help improve their strength.
• Ning Rongrong cited Li Qinglian's help in making Dugu Yan powerful as the reason they had sought him out.

Ning Rongrong flirted with Li Qinglian and asked him to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect join Spirit Hall. The chapter ended with Li Qinglian accepting her advances and touching her waist and hips.

• Ning Rongrong asked Li Qinglian whether he had helped Dugu Yan become stronger, and he admitted that he had.
• Ning Rongrong asked Li Qinglian to help her and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, offering what Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling could give him.
• Li Qinglian pointed out that Ning Rongrong's sect was at odds with Spirit Hall, but Ning Rongrong argued that her sect needed Spirit Hall and could join it.
• Li Qinglian warned Ning Rongrong to understand what she was saying, and she confirmed that she did.
• Li Qinglian put his hand on Ning Rongrong's waist and gently kneaded her hip.