Arc 4The Ice and Fire Journey

Lin Yue helped the Dugu family transform and proved his strength before returning to Nuoding City to strengthen Tang Yin. The group entered Star Dou Forest, where Gu Yuena began tracking Lin Yue as Tang Yin started absorbing her second Spirit Ring.

  • Dugu Yan evolved her Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor into the Jade Phosphor Dragon, while Dugu Bo condensed a Soul Core and reached level ninety-three.
  • Lin Yue absorbed three Immortal Herbs with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energies, then returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City with the Dugu family.
  • Lin Yue defeated Yu Tianheng in a match, and Dugu Bo later defeated Yu Yuanzhen and received a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone from Ning Fengzhi.
  • Qian Renxue invited Lin Yue to help change the world, but he declined, while her memories of a childhood connection to him began to seem uncertain.
  • Lin Yue returned to Nuoding City and gave Tang Yin Immortal Herb potions that raised her to Soul Grandmaster and greatly improved her vitality and healing.
  • Lin Yue, Tang Yin, and Xiao Wu traveled toward Star Dou Forest, where Xiao Wu revealed her desire to avenge her mother and Gu Yuena began searching for Lin Yue.
  • Lin Yue and Tang Yin entered Star Dou Forest, killed a ghost vine estimated to be over three thousand years old, and Tang Yin began absorbing its purple Spirit Ring.
Chapters 76–100 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 76The Wonderful Use of Immortal Herb Crystals!

After Dugu Xin, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan absorbed Immortal Herb Origin Crystals, their Soul Power surged and Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolved into the Jade Phosphor Dragon. Lin Yue realized the purified crystals could be divided and used to produce the same effects, and eyed the remaining Immortal Herbs.

  • Dugu Xin broke through by two Soul Power levels after absorbing an Immortal Herb Crystal and praised Lin Yue for giving the Dugu family the first one.
  • Dugu Bo absorbed an Immortal Herb Origin and reached the bottleneck of level 93, so Lin Yue urged him to use the Soul Core Condensation Method.
  • Dugu Yan broke through from level 22 to level 30 after absorbing her crystal, with her foundation strengthened.
  • Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor evolved into the Jade Phosphor Dragon, which formed a golden Dragon Pearl that contained her poison.
  • Dugu Bo rejoiced that the Dugu family’s inherited Martial Soul had transformed, while Lin Yue considered using divided Immortal Herb Crystals to repeat the process.

Ch. 77Dugu Bo: Little Monster, How Can I Repay You? How About a Wife?

Dugu Yan tested the earth-tinged Spirit Skills gained from her evolved Martial Soul, then left with Dugu Xin to find a Third Spirit Ring while Lin Yue stayed behind to refine medicine. A week later, Dugu Bo condensed a Soul Core, broke through to level ninety-three, and offered Lin Yue a wife as repayment for his help.

  • Dugu Yan demonstrated how her Jade Phosphor Dragon Breath could suppress and slow targets, and how Jade Phosphor Dragon Armor could protect and enhance several people.
  • Lin Yue told Dugu Bo to study the Soul Core Condensation Method, and Dugu Bo began practicing beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
  • Dugu Xin took Dugu Yan to seek a Third Spirit Ring, with Lin Yue suggesting her body might withstand one as old as five thousand years.
  • After a week of study, Dugu Bo condensed a Soul Core, merged it with his Poison Pill, and advanced to level ninety-three.
  • Dugu Bo thanked Lin Yue for his help, and Lin Yue asked for a share of the Immortal Herbs.
  • Dugu Bo told Lin Yue he could take the herbs and asked whether he wanted a wife.

Ch. 78Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Narcissus Jade-Muscle Bone, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew—Refine Them All!

Lin Yue promised to help Dugu Bo form a second Soul Core once his Soul Power reached level 94, then refined a potion from three Immortal Herb crystals to strengthen himself. As Lin Yue endured the potion’s transformation, a vortex above him began drawing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s yin and yang powers into his dantian.

  • Dugu Bo asked Lin Yue whether the Dual Soul Core method was real after nearly destroying himself while attempting to form a second Soul Core.
  • Lin Yue explained that a second Soul Core required at least level 95 and promised to help Dugu Bo reach that breakthrough once his Soul Power stabilized at level 94.
  • Lin Yue revealed his stored Immortal Herb crystals and said he could refine a potion to combine their effects, while Dugu Bo left to find Dugu Yan and hunt Spirit Rings.
  • Lin Yue combined crystals from the Unusual Velvet Heaven-Piercing Chrysanthemum, Narcissus Jade-Muscle Bone, and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew into a potion and drank it.
  • As Lin Yue endured the potion’s painful effects, a vortex formed above his head and began drawing yin and yang powers from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into his dantian.

Ch. 79Immortal Herbs Refined, a Body to Rival a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

Lin Yue refined three Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, raising his Soul Power and greatly strengthening his body before returning to Heaven Dou Imperial City with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. Their arrival drew visitors to the Dugu Residence, where Tang Yuehua came to see the family.

  • Lin Yue absorbed three Immortal Herbs with the well’s ice and fire energies, raising his Soul Power from level sixteen to twenty and transforming his body.
  • Lin Yue decided to return to Nuoding City and bring Ah Yin back to the well later, while leaving the dangerous Eight-Horned Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot untouched.
  • Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan returned from Soul Hunting, and Dugu Yan told Lin Yue she had absorbed a three-thousand-five-hundred-year Spirit Ring and surpassed level thirty-three.
  • Lin Yue, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Xin returned to the Dugu Residence in Heaven Dou Imperial City, where watchers hurried to report their arrival.
  • Tang Yuehua arrived at the Dugu Residence and was welcomed by Bai Ling and Dugu Bo as the family resumed receiving visitors.

Ch. 80The Upper Three Sects Gathered, and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family Arrived in Person!

Tang Yuehua watched Lin Yue at the Dugu Family’s gathering before Yu Yuanzhen arrived and tried to bring his grandson Yu Tianheng closer to Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo rejected him and prepared to fight, but Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi arrived with their Titled Douluo guards and Ning Rongrong, leaving Lin Yue to wonder why the Crown Prince was staring at him.

  • Tang Yuehua spoke with Bai Ling while repeatedly watching Lin Yue, who wondered whether Tang Hao had told her about him.
  • Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianheng visited Dugu Bo, and Yu Yuanzhen praised his grandson’s talent while suggesting the youngsters spend time together.
  • Dugu Bo rejected Yu Yuanzhen’s proposal, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to challenge him to exchange a few pointers.
  • Xue Qinghe arrived with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Ning Rongrong, interrupting the confrontation.
  • Lin Yue noticed Xue Qinghe staring at him and wondered why the Crown Prince seemed to recognize him.

Ch. 81Dugu Bo: Get That Stinking Dragon Out of Here—This Is My Worthy Son-in-Law!

Dugu Bo declared that Lin Yue was the boy his family had chosen as Dugu Yan’s husband, using him to rebuff Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. As the gathering reacted, Qian Renxue recognized Lin Yue and wondered why he felt familiar.

  • Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen greeted Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi at the Dugu Family residence, while Tang Yuehua said she had come only to visit.
  • Dugu Bo confronted Yu Yuanzhen and announced that his granddaughter’s husband had already been chosen, pointing to Lin Yue.
  • Lin Yue tried to deny the claim, but Dugu Bo secretly asked him to play along and help fend off the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
  • Yu Yuanzhen called Dugu Bo’s choice of a six-year-old an excuse to insult his clan, and the guests accepted that explanation.
  • A guard reminded Xue Qinghe that Lin Yue had previously clashed with Prince Xue Beng, and Qian Renxue felt that she had known Lin Yue in some distant, comforting past.

Ch. 82Qian Renxue: This Kid Has Innate Soul Power at Rank Twenty?!!

At the Dugu Family gathering, Dugu Bo challenged Yu Yuanzhen to let Yu Tianheng face Lin Yue, betting that the Dugu Family would join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect if Tianheng won. Lin Yue revealed that he had rank-twenty Soul Power, leaving the guests stunned and prompting Xue Qinghe and Tang Yuehua to suspect his Innate Soul Power exceeded rank ten.

  • Dugu Bo asked Lin Yue to help him impress Yu Yuanzhen, while Lin Yue said Dugu Yan's marriage should depend on her own wishes.
  • Dugu Bo wagered that he would bring the Dugu Family into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect if Yu Tianheng defeated either of the Dugu children.
  • Yu Yuanzhen accepted the wager and ordered Yu Tianheng to fight Lin Yue, refusing Tianheng's attempt to choose Dugu Yan instead.
  • Yu Tianheng introduced himself as a twenty-eight-rank Strength Attack Type Soul Grandmaster, and Lin Yue revealed he was a rank-twenty Strength Attack Type Soul Master with the Ghost Sword Martial Soul.
  • Xue Qinghe and Tang Yuehua realized Lin Yue's extraordinary Soul Power suggested his Innate Soul Power had been above rank ten.

Ch. 83Yu Tianheng: I can give you a one-arm handicap!

Lin Yue accepted the others’ assumption that he had innate level 20 soul power, while Qian Renxue suspected he had reached that level through cultivation. As the wager’s match began, Lin Yue refused Yu Tianheng’s proposed handicaps and challenged him to fight at full strength.

  • Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianheng concluded that Lin Yue had innate level 20 soul power, while Qian Renxue suspected his power came from cultivation and felt a mysterious déjà vu as she watched him.
  • Yu Tianheng struggled with jealousy and shock, and Yu Yuanzhen told him to suppress his strength to level 20 and avoid using his second spirit ring.
  • Ning Fengzhi, Tang Yuehua, and Xue Qinghe pressed for further handicaps, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed that Yu Tianheng could fight with only one arm.
  • Lin Yue rejected the handicaps and told Yu Tianheng to use his full strength, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to accept and order his grandson to attack.
  • Yu Tianheng activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, charged Lin Yue with lightning, and used his first spirit skill, Thunder Dragon Claw.

Ch. 84Chen Xin: A Self-Created Soul Skill?! Where Did This Monster Come From?!!

Lin Yue fought Yu Tianheng, revealing overwhelming defense and swordsmanship before using a self-created Soul Skill to wound him. Yu Tianheng refused to surrender and prepared to continue the battle.

  • Lin Yue dodged Yu Tianheng’s First Spirit Skill and endured his Second Spirit Skill, Thunderous Might, without injury.
  • Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo studied Lin Yue’s Blood Sword, and Sword Douluo concluded that Lin Yue was certain to win.
  • Yu Tianheng’s Thunderclap Claw failed to break Lin Yue’s defense, while Lin Yue’s attacks cut into Yu Tianheng.
  • Lin Yue used Wave-Splitting Slash and a self-created Soul Skill to send sword-energy blades through Yu Tianheng’s dragon scales, leaving him badly wounded.
  • Yu Tianheng cauterized his wounds with lightning and declared that he would fight to the very end.

Ch. 85A hidden sect's legacy? A breakthrough in battle!

Lin Yue defeated Yu Tianheng in a fierce battle after Yu Tianheng broke through during the fight. The spectators wondered whether Lin Yue came from a hidden sect, while Lin Yue privately told Dugu Bo that he had faked his injuries to let the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan save face.

  • Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo suspected Lin Yue came from a hidden sect because of his talent and unusual techniques.
  • Lin Yue sent Yu Tianheng flying, but Yu Tianheng compressed his soul power and broke through during the battle.
  • Yu Tianheng unleashed his Thunder Dragon Claw, and Lin Yue countered with a cross-shaped slash of blood energy.
  • Yu Tianheng struck Lin Yue with his final attack, then collapsed; Lin Yue remained standing, deciding the match in his favor.
  • Ning Fengzhi healed Lin Yue and Yu Tianheng, and Lin Yue returned to the Dugu Family's seats.
  • Lin Yue privately told Dugu Bo that he was unharmed and had faked coughing up blood to let the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan save face.

Ch. 86Dugu Bo Versus Yu Yuanzhen!

After Lin Yue defeated Yu Tianheng, Dugu Bo provoked Yu Yuanzhen into a Titled Douluo duel, leaving the rest of the gathering to follow them or remain behind. Xue Qinghe then invited Lin Yue to sit and talk.

  • Dugu Bo watched Yu Tianheng fall, while Lin Yue learned that the second stage of his commission required helping Dugu Bo defeat a Titled Douluo for a self-selected Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
  • Yu Yuanzhen retrieved Yu Tianheng and prepared to leave, but Dugu Bo mocked him and challenged him to a spar.
  • Yu Yuanzhen accepted Dugu Bo's challenge, and the two flew away as Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and others followed to watch.
  • Xue Qinghe stayed behind with Ning Rongrong and invited Lin Yue over for a chat.

Ch. 87What? You Want Me to Find Bibi Dong?!

Lin Yue avoided discussing Spirit Hall with Xue Qinghe, then returned to his room and learned that perfecting his Soul Puppet required copying a powerful person's soul signature. He realized the model would need to be Bibi Dong, and the chapter ended with Xue Qinghe confronting him outside his room and suspecting he had been with a woman.

  • Lin Yue apologized to Xue Qinghe for his dispute with Xue Beng and avoided discussing Spirit Hall when Tang Yuehua spoke against it.
  • Tang Yuehua questioned Lin Yue about his family until Xue Qinghe intervened, and Lin Yue went back to his guest room to wash up.
  • Lin Yue summoned his first-tier Soul Puppet and learned from Alice that he needed to copy an Original Body's soul signature to complete its soul and personality.
  • Lin Yue realized he would have to get within ten meters of Bibi Dong to copy her signature, then stored the puppet away.
  • Xue Qinghe appeared outside Lin Yue's room to speak with him privately and noticed a woman's scent.

Ch. 88Qian Renxue: A Kindred Spirit! He's My Kindred Spirit!! He's Mine! No One Else Can Have Him!!!

Lin Yue explained to Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, that Spirit Hall had surpassed other powers by recruiting and supporting talented common-born Soul Masters. Convinced that Lin Yue shared her vision, Qian Renxue asked him to help her change the world.

  • Qian Renxue asked Lin Yue what he thought of Spirit Hall, and he redirected the discussion to the Heaven Dou Empire and the source of Spirit Hall's strength.
  • Lin Yue argued that Spirit Hall gained the people's support by welcoming talented commoners, while other powers favored inherited bloodlines.
  • Lin Yue blamed unfair resource allocation for weakening sects and cited Yu Xiaogang's place in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as an example.
  • Lin Yue said the Heaven Dou Empire would never match Spirit Hall unless it recruited and trained more common-born Soul Masters.
  • Excited by Lin Yue's views, Qian Renxue, still disguised as Xue Qinghe, invited him to join her in changing the world.

Ch. 89Chosen Consort

Lin Yue declined Xue Qinghe's invitation to join political struggles, but his words strengthened Qian Renxue's convictions and sparked a breakthrough in her cultivation. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo's battle with Yu Yuanzhen intensified as Dugu Bo revealed enough strength to trap his opponent with his eighth soul skill.

  • Lin Yue refused Xue Qinghe's offer to become allies and said he wanted to focus on cultivation, while Xue Qinghe insisted they could still be close friends.
  • Qian Renxue took Lin Yue's words as confirmation of her mission, felt her soul power surge, and resolved to make him her Chosen Consort.
  • Lin Yue returned to Dugu Xin, and Qian Renxue excused herself from the Dugu Residence to seek a secluded place and break through.
  • Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen continued their fierce battle, and Chen Xin, Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi were astonished that Dugu Bo could withstand the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's attacks.
  • Dugu Bo taunted Yu Yuanzhen about the poison in his body, then used his eighth soul skill, Time Freeze, to trap him in an expanding domain.

Ch. 90Mom?

Dugu Bo defeated Yu Yuanzhen and accepted a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone gift from Ning Fengzhi, while Yu Yuanzhen suspected Lin Yue was behind the Dugu Family’s sudden rise. As Qian Renxue left the Dugu Residence, she glimpsed a woman who seemed familiar and returned to find no one there.

  • Dugu Bo defeated Yu Yuanzhen, and Ning Fengzhi healed them before offering Dugu Bo a ten-thousand-year Netherworld Purple Python Left Arm Soul Bone as a gift.
  • Dugu Bo challenged Gu Rong to a fight in exchange for joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Ning Fengzhi declined and said the gift had no conditions.
  • Yu Yuanzhen returned with Yu Tianheng and concluded that Lin Yue was connected to the Dugu Family’s sudden transformation.
  • Qian Renxue told She Long that someone in the Dugu Family meant a great deal to her and imagined confiding in Lin Yue about her hardships.
  • Qian Renxue glimpsed a familiar woman near the Dugu Residence, hurried back to look, and found the entrance empty.

Ch. 91Tang San: Where's My Whale Rubber? Not a Single Piece?!!

Lin Yue left Heaven Dou Imperial City for Nuoding City with Dugu Xin accompanying him partway, while Tang San discovered that Spirit Hall had bought up all the Whale Rubber. Tang San blamed Spirit Hall for learning the rubber’s body-tempering secret through shared memories and swore revenge.

  • Lin Yue told Dugu Xin he was returning to Nuoding City to keep a promise and prepare to hunt for a Spirit Ring, and Dugu Xin insisted on traveling with him partway.
  • Tang San took his saved Gold Soul Coins to a Nuoding City herbal shop, where the Goatee Old Man told him Spirit Hall had bought all the Whale Rubber a month earlier.
  • Tang San recalled that Yu Xiaogang had doubted Whale Rubber could improve Spirit Ring age limits and had been unable to lend him enough money to buy it.
  • Tang San suspected that someone from Spirit Hall had learned Whale Rubber’s secret by viewing Tang Yin’s memories, then blamed Spirit Hall for ruining his opportunity and vowed revenge.

Ch. 92Snake Lance: "Young mistress, I couldn't find the Lin Yue you wanted"

She Long confirmed that Tang San existed but was a boy who hated Spirit Hall, while the predicted Lin Yue could not be found. Qian Renxue concluded her memories of Tang Yin and Lin Yue had been a dream and vowed to make Tang Hao pay for the blood debt.

  • Tang Hao watched Tang San denounce Spirit Hall and felt relieved that his son shared his hostility.
  • She Long identified Tang San in Nuoding City, then watched him kill a Spirit Hall patrol squad with hidden weapons and steal their coins.
  • She Long reported to Qian Renxue that Tang San was male, deeply hostile to Spirit Hall, and that no Lin Yue existed near Nuoding City.
  • Qian Renxue realized there was no Tang Yin or Lin Yue and wondered whether her memories of their childhood had only been a dream.
  • Qian Renxue blamed Tang Hao for the difference between the son and daughter she remembered and vowed to make him repay the blood debt.

Ch. 93Tang Yin: "Immortal Herbs! Brother Lin Brought Back Immortal Herbs!!"

Lin Yue returned to Nuoding City, where Tang Hao secretly intervened to send Dugu Xin away before Lin Yue reunited with Tang Yin and Xiao Wu. He revealed to Tang Yin that he had brought back the peerless Immortal Herb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

  • Lin Yue arrived at Nuoding City and told Dugu Xin he could hunt for his Second Spirit Ring alone.
  • Dugu Xin secretly followed Lin Yue until a black-robed Titled Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring confronted him and ordered him to leave.
  • Dugu Xin recognized the stranger’s overwhelming strength and returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City to ask his father about him.
  • Tang Yin noticed that Lin Yue’s new method for cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill had greatly improved her progress.
  • Tang Yin and Xiao Wu joyfully welcomed Lin Yue back, and he promised them gifts from Heaven Dou Imperial City.
  • Lin Yue whispered that he had brought Tang Yin Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and she trembled at the name of the Immortal Herb.

Ch. 94Tang Hao: "Three levels at once? What on earth did that brat feed Xiao San?"

Lin Yue gave Tang Yin the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew he had found at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and refined it into a potion for her. She absorbed it, broke through to level 20, and left Tang Hao alarmed that Lin Yue might have given her something dangerous.

  • Lin Yue returned with gifts for Xiao Wu and Tang Yin, and Xiao Wu noticed an unusual fragrance on him.
  • Lin Yue took Tang Yin to a secluded cultivation chamber and revealed that he had found an Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and several Immortal Herbs.
  • Lin Yue refined the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew crystal into a potion and gave it to Tang Yin, who accepted it with complete trust.
  • Tang Yin absorbed the potion, strengthened her Mental Strength, and rose from level 18 to level 20, breaking through to become a Soul Grandmaster.
  • Tang Hao sensed Tang Yin's sudden breakthrough and first celebrated her talent, then worried that Lin Yue had given her dangerous medicine.

Ch. 95Divine Black Jade Bamboo and Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng! The Tide of Life!

After Tang Yin broke through to Soul Grandmaster, Lin Yue chose to strengthen her body with a potion made from Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and Divine Black Jade Bamboo before they searched for her second Spirit Ring. The potion unleashed a vast tide of vitality, revealing a power that reminded Tang Hao of Ah Yin and prompting him to consider telling Tang Yin about the past.

  • Tang Yin told Lin Yue she had broken through to Soul Grandmaster, and they discussed seeking a second Spirit Ring in the Star Dou Forest or Sunset Forest.
  • Lin Yue offered Tang Yin a choice between a vitality-boosting potion and ice-and-fire body tempering, then chose the potion out of concern for her safety.
  • Lin Yue combined Divine Black Jade Bamboo and Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng with supporting herbs, and Tang Yin drank the resulting potion.
  • Tang Yin circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill to absorb the potion's vitality, causing a radiant tide of life to spread through Nuoding Academy and Blue Silver Grass to flourish.
  • Tang Hao sensed the power and recognized it as the aura of Ah Yin, then wondered what had happened to Tang Yin and decided it might be time to discuss the past with her.

Ch. 96An emperor's bloodline! Setting out for Star Dou Forest

After absorbing two immortal herbs, Tang Yin gained immense toughness and regenerative vitality as her Blue Silver Emperor bloodline began to awaken. Lin Yue planned to teach her an improved Mysterious Heaven Skill during their journey to Star Dou Forest, while Xiao Wu agreed to accompany them and hoped to find treasures to strengthen herself.

  • Tang Yin tested the herbs’ effects and discovered that her body could resist injury and rapidly heal wounds.
  • Lin Yue told Tang Yin he would teach her his refinements to the Mysterious Heaven Skill as they traveled to Star Dou Forest.
  • Tang Hao secretly watched Tang Yin and believed her progress would soon prepare her to transform her bloodline in the Blue Silver Secret Realm.
  • Xiao Wu asked Tang Yin how she and Lin Yue were advancing so quickly, then agreed to join their trip to Star Dou Forest.
  • Xiao Wu planned to seek medicinal herbs and help from Da Ming and Er Ming so she could keep pace with Lin Yue and Tang Yin.

Ch. 97Gu Yuena: "A familiar aura?"

Lin Yue, Tang Yin, and Xiao Wu traveled toward the Star Dou Forest, where their conversation about hunting soul beasts exposed Xiao Wu’s hatred of Spirit Hall and stirred Tang Yin’s suspicions. Deep in the forest, a mysterious being sensed a familiar aura approaching and sent Di Tian to investigate the outskirts as the children arrived at Blackstone Town.

  • Lin Yue challenged Xiao Wu’s belief that humans and soul beasts were natural enemies, and Tang Yin questioned how Xiao Wu had obtained her first spirit ring from a Soft Bone Rabbit.
  • After Lin Yue mentioned Spirit Hall’s operation to obtain a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring for Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu revealed that her mother had died during a Soul Hunting Operation, while Tang Yin covertly suspected her story.
  • A being beneath the Lake of Life sensed a faint, familiar aura approaching the Star Dou Forest and ordered Di Tian to investigate unusual visitors at its outskirts.
  • Lin Yue, Tang Yin, and Xiao Wu arrived at Blackstone Town, where Lin Yue paid their coachman and surveyed the prosperous outpost.

Ch. 98A Lead for Di Tian

Xiao Wu left Blackstone Town alone to find strength and pursue revenge on Bibi Dong, while Lin Yue and Tang Yin entered Star Dou Forest to hunt for spirit rings. Deep in the forest, Di Tian confronted Xiao Wu and realized she might know where the beings his lord sought could be found.

  • Lin Yue and Tang Yin agreed to support Xiao Wu's revenge against Bibi Dong, and Lin Yue bought rare ores for Tang Yin.
  • Xiao Wu slipped out of the inn at night, leaving a note, while Tang Hao watched her go and stayed behind to protect his daughter.
  • Tang Yin found Xiao Wu's note at dawn, and Lin Yue left money and a message with the innkeeper before entering Star Dou Forest with her.
  • Xiao Wu rode Er Ming through the forest and vowed to avenge her mother with his help.
  • Di Tian appeared before Xiao Wu and Er Ming, asked about strange beings in the forest, and recognized Xiao Wu's startled reaction as a lead.

Ch. 99Xiao Wu would rather die than yield!

Di Tian brought Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life and tried to force her to reveal the people she had met, but she refused to betray Lin and Ah Yin. Gu Yuena sensed the person she sought entering the Star Dou Forest and ordered Zi JI to watch over him, while Di Tian secretly arranged for the Myriad Demon King to investigate Xiao Wu.

  • Di Tian seized Xiao Wu and took her to the Lake of Life, where Gu Yuena confirmed that a faint trace of the familiar aura lingered on her.
  • Di Tian demanded that Xiao Wu reveal whom she had met, but she refused to expose Lin and Ah Yin despite his threats.
  • Gu Yuena stopped Di Tian and said the person she sought was entering the Star Dou Forest, but the time was not yet right to approach him.
  • Gu Yuena ordered Zi JI to watch a human soul master child north of the forest without harming him or letting him die, and told Di Tian to leave Xiao Wu alone.
  • Di Tian sent Er Ming away with Xiao Wu and secretly ordered the Myriad Demon King to investigate whom she was protecting and help locate Gu Yuena's target.

Ch. 100Zi JI: This is... the aura of the Dragon Kings!!

Lin Yue and Tang Yin hunted a powerful ghost vine in the Star Dou Forest, using fire poison and their combined attacks to kill it. Tang Yin began absorbing its thousand-year spirit ring as Tang Hao watched anxiously, while a hidden purple-clad woman sensed multiple Dragon King auras around Lin Yue and wondered if he was the person her Lord had mentioned.

  • Tang Yin chose a ghost vine as her target, and she and Lin Yue found one estimated to be over 3,000 years old.
  • Lin Yue wounded the ghost vine, but its parasitic seeds and multiplying vines overwhelmed Tang Yin's blue silver grass and threatened them both.
  • Lin Yue used fire spring water from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to scorch the surrounding plants, then exposed the ghost vine's roots.
  • Tang Yin and Lin Yue attacked the exposed roots with hidden weapons and blue silver grass until the ghost vine died and left a purple spirit ring.
  • Tang Yin began absorbing the spirit ring while Tang Hao worried about whether she could endure it, and a hidden purple-clad woman sensed Dragon King auras around Lin Yue.
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