Arc 1Immortal Herbs and Twin Souls

Lu Xuan helped the Ye and Dugu families confront their martial-soul afflictions, while Immortal Herbs and his experiments gave the younger generation new powers. After years of cultivation and pill-making, he absorbed the Rouge Dragon’s Soul Ring and gained an eye-type external Soul Bone.

  • Lu Xuan joined Ye Renxin as a disciple, obtained his first Soul Ring from an Azure Jade Bird, and revealed a flute skill that enhanced his allies’ attributes.
  • Lu Xuan accompanied Ye Renxin to Dugu Bo’s Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he consumed Divine Black Jade Bamboo and evolved his Jade Flute martial soul.
  • Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin took Immortal Herbs that transformed their martial souls and cured their poison affliction, while Ye Qingxian weakened her Nine Heart Begonia to make room for Ye Lingling’s awakening.
  • Ye Lingling awakened a Seven-Heart Begonia and a water-aspected spear, while Dugu Yan consumed an Immortal Herb and gained a Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent martial soul.
  • Dugu Yan absorbed a thousand-year serpent Soul Ring, named her tangible martial soul Xiao Cai, and discovered that it could absorb poison and help her cultivate.
  • Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan gained second Soul Rings, while Lu Xuan refined Nine-Flower Jade Dew Pills from Immortal Herbs after years of research.
  • Lu Xuan fed the Rouge Dragon spiritual herbs until it reached 9,999 years, then absorbed its Soul Ring and reached rank thirty-six.
  • Lu Xuan awakened an eye-type external Soul Bone as Dugu Bo, Ye Renxin, and the others watched in amazement.
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Ch. 1Huang Yaoshi Template? Even at His Peak!

Lu Xuan awakened in the Douluo Continent with a system that granted him innate full soul power, twin martial souls, and Huang Yaoshi’s complete heritage. After meeting the people who rescued him, he recognized Ye Renxin, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, and began weighing how to develop his Jade Flute and Body martial souls.

  • Lu Xuan opened the system’s novice gift pack and received innate full soul power, twin martial souls, Huang Yaoshi’s template, and mastery of languages and scripts.
  • Lu Xuan inherited Huang Yaoshi’s talents, Peach Blossom Island techniques, and the complete Nine Yin Manual.
  • Lu Xuan discovered his Jade Flute and Body martial souls and considered pursuing both cultivation routes.
  • Ye Renxin told Lu Xuan that a young girl had found him collapsed by the roadside and brought him for treatment.
  • Lu Xuan learned that the healer was Ye Renxin and that Dugu Yan had rescued him, while Ye Lingling apologized for Dugu Yan’s bluntness.

Ch. 2After Meeting Your Granddaughter, I've Decided You're Family!

Lu Xuan became Ye Renxin’s disciple and settled at the Ye Family clinic, where he quickly learned medicine while secretly cultivating. As Ye Lingling practiced his body-training technique, Lu Xuan hoped it would improve her aptitude before her martial soul awakening, though Ye Renxin feared the sacrifice the Nine Heart Begonia inheritance would demand.

  • Lu Xuan asked Ye Renxin to take him in as a disciple, admitting he wanted the elder as his grandfather after meeting Ye Lingling.
  • Lu Xuan impressed Ye Renxin by learning the clinic’s medicinal ingredients and basic prescriptions, while concealing his cultivation and keeping his displayed Soul Power Level at ten.
  • Ye Renxin privately worried that Ye Lingling’s awakening of the Nine Heart Begonia would require either him or his daughter to die.
  • Ye Lingling visited Lu Xuan and practiced the Muscle-Tendon Changing and Marrow-Cleansing Chapter with him.
  • Lu Xuan hoped the technique could raise Ye Lingling’s Innate Soul Power before her upcoming martial soul awakening.

Ch. 3Searching for a Soul Ring in Sunset Forest

Lu Xuan traveled with Zhao Yan into Sunset Forest to find a suitable First Soul Ring, eventually choosing an Emerald Jade Cicada for its healing abilities. After finding it trapped in a web, Lu Xuan warned that a three-thousand-year Man Faced Spider might be using the cicada as bait.

  • Ye Renxin told Lu Xuan that he was ready for his First Soul Ring and gave him a storage Soul Tool stocked with coins, books, and scrolls.
  • Lu Xuan and Zhao Yan set out for Sunset Forest, where Lu Xuan explained which enhancement-oriented Soul Beasts could suit his Jade Flute martial soul.
  • After searching unsuccessfully among Soul Beasts that were too young, too old, or unsuitable, Lu Xuan heard an Emerald Jade Cicada and chose it for its healing abilities.
  • Lu Xuan and Zhao Yan found the cicada trapped in a web, and Lu Xuan warned Zhao Yan that a Man Faced Spider might have set a deliberate trap.

Ch. 4Azure Jade Bird

Lu Xuan absorbed a five-hundred-and-sixty-year Azure Jade Bird Soul Ring with Zhao Yan guarding him, reaching level fourteen and gaining his First Soul Skill. They returned to the Ye Family Medical Hall with an Emerald Jade Cicada for Ye Lingling, who asked Lu Xuan what his new skill did.

  • Lu Xuan identified a five- or six-hundred-year Azure Jade Bird, and Zhao Yan subdued it while capturing the Emerald Jade Cicada for Ye Lingling.
  • Zhao Yan gave the Azure Jade Bird to Lu Xuan, who killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
  • Lu Xuan overcame the unruly Soul Ring energy, fused it with his Jade Flute, and reached level fourteen with a new Soul Skill.
  • Zhao Yan and Lu Xuan returned to the Ye Family Medical Hall with the Emerald Jade Cicada, where Ye Lingling asked Lu Xuan about his First Soul Skill.

Ch. 5One Flute Supports Ten Thousand Soldiers

Lu Xuan demonstrated how his Jade Flute could strengthen allies and learned that Ye Renxin planned to die so Ye Lingling could awaken the Nine Heart Begonia. He proposed ways to avoid the sacrifice, including seeking help from Dugu Yan’s grandfather, but Ye Renxin had not yet accepted any solution.

  • Lu Xuan played his Jade Flute and revealed that his first soul skill boosted listeners’ attack, defense, and speed by twenty percent of his attributes for as long as he played.
  • Ye Qingxian and Ye Renxin praised the skill’s battlefield potential, and Lu Xuan thanked Ye Renxin and Zhao Yan for helping him obtain his Soul Ring.
  • As Ye Lingling’s sixth birthday approached, Ye Renxin told Lu Xuan that he expected to die so Lingling could awaken the Nine Heart Begonia, which could belong to no more than two living soul masters at once.
  • Lu Xuan suggested that Ye Renxin or Ye Qingxian evolve or mutate their martial souls, but Ye Renxin explained that the family had failed to find a safe method.
  • Lu Xuan proposed asking Dugu Yan’s grandfather for a rare poison or a medicine that could induce a deathlike state, and suggested that Ye Lingling might instead awaken Zhao Yan’s martial soul.

Ch. 6Dugu Bo

Lu Xuan proposed ways to address the Ye Family’s dwindling Nine Heart Begonia lineage and the Dugu Family’s poisonous Martial Soul. At Dugu Manor, he suggested that Dugu Xin strengthen his constitution with Soul Rings from powerful, nonpoisonous Soul Beasts.

  • Ye Renxin decided to pursue Lu Xuan’s ideas, urge Ye Qingxian and Zhao Yan to have another child, and investigate a fake-death medicine and a degraded Martial Soul mutation.
  • Ye Renxin, Lu Xuan, and Ye Lingling visited Dugu Manor, where Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin welcomed them.
  • Dugu Xin learned that Lu Xuan had become a one-ring Soul Master, and Dugu Bo recognized the boy’s talent.
  • Ye Renxin asked Dugu Bo for poisons so he could try to induce a detrimental mutation in his Martial Soul.
  • Lu Xuan proposed that Dugu Xin absorb Soul Rings from powerful, nonpoisonous Soul Beasts to strengthen his body against the Jade Phosphorous Serpent’s poison, leaving Dugu Xin hesitant.

Ch. 7Lu Xuan's Innocent Heart

Lu Xuan proposed ways for Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin to endure the Jade Phosphorous Serpent toxins, suggesting a poison-attributed Soul Bone might contain and consume them. Dugu Bo then invited Ye Renxin to his private herb garden to search for poisonous plants, insisting Lu Xuan come along as a hostage, while Lu Xuan innocently agreed.

  • Lu Xuan suggested strengthening Dugu Xin's body to withstand the toxins, but Dugu Yan feared becoming as muscular as the Diamond Mammoth clan.
  • Lu Xuan proposed using a Soul Bone to contain the Jade Phosphorous Serpent toxins and said a poison-attributed Soul Bone might consume them as nourishment, exciting Dugu Bo.
  • Dugu Bo asked Ye Renxin which poisonous plants he needed, and Ye Renxin listed more than twenty varieties.
  • Dugu Bo said his herb garden held a Soul-Silencing Sleepflower and a Spirit-Shattering Thornflower, then invited Ye Renxin to search it while requiring Lu Xuan to come as leverage.
  • Ye Renxin worried about Dugu Bo's intentions, but Lu Xuan innocently welcomed the chance to see something new, and the group prepared to leave.

Ch. 8Immortal Herbs! Immortal Herbs!

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ye Renxin identified the Immortal Herbs and explained their extraordinary effects to Dugu Bo. Ye Renxin then harvested a Divine Black Jade Bamboo shoot for Lu Xuan to test, and Lu Xuan prepared to eat it.

  • Dugu Bo led Ye Renxin and Lu Xuan into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they saw a vast collection of rare herbs.
  • Ye Renxin accused Dugu Bo of wasting the herbs and said the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd could cure Dugu Xin’s poison, while the Golden Chi Dew Grass could cure Dugu Bo and help him reach Titled Douluo.
  • Ye Renxin described the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King’s benefits and said the Divine Black Jade Bamboo could raise Lu Xuan’s Soul Power and possibly evolve his Martial Soul.
  • Ye Renxin proposed testing the Divine Black Jade Bamboo on Lu Xuan, and Dugu Bo agreed after asking whether Lu Xuan was willing.
  • Ye Renxin carefully harvested and peeled the bamboo shoot, then instructed Lu Xuan to eat it and immediately circulate his cultivation technique.

Ch. 9Super Martial Soul: Divine Black Jade Bamboo Flute

Lu Xuan absorbed the Divine Black Jade Bamboo Shoot and reached level twenty, while Ye Renxin and Dugu Bo discussed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's Immortal Herbs and their potential to cure inherited martial soul afflictions. The chapter ended with Lu Xuan revealing his evolved Divine Black Jade Bamboo Flute and announcing that his first soul skill had grown stronger.

  • Lu Xuan swallowed the Divine Black Jade Bamboo Shoot and meditated beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Ye Renxin searched for herbs suited to his family.
  • Ye Renxin explained the Immortal Herbs to Dugu Bo and noted that the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower could benefit Zhao Yan, while the Aromatic Silk Beauty might help the Nine Heart Begonia bloodline.
  • Ye Renxin considered the obstacles preventing his family from evolving their martial souls, while Dugu Bo realized the herbs might cure the afflictions suffered by his family.
  • Lu Xuan finished refining the shoot and told Ye Renxin and Dugu Bo that he had reached level twenty.
  • Lu Xuan summoned his Jade Flute, now evolved into the Divine Black Jade Bamboo Flute, and said his first soul skill had grown stronger.

Ch. 10A Bold Idea

After Lu Xuan’s martial soul evolved, Dugu Bo agreed to use Immortal Herbs to address his family’s martial-soul defects, while Ye Renxin prepared for Ye Lingling’s awakening. As Ye Renxin taught Lu Xuan about the garden’s plants, Lu Xuan proposed combining Immortal Herbs into a pill that could change a person’s fate.

  • Lu Xuan demonstrated that Jade Flute Fivefold Melody boosted five attributes by twenty-five percent, with the boosts doubling for himself.
  • Dugu Bo offered Ye Renxin Immortal Herbs for his family, but Ye Renxin explained that the Nine Heart Begonia’s limit still constrained his family.
  • Lu Xuan suggested using the previously discussed method and possibly an Immortal Herb to restore Ye Lingling’s weakened martial soul after her awakening.
  • Ye Renxin picked two Immortal Herbs for Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin, then arranged to bring Ye Renxin’s daughter and Ye Lingling back in two days.
  • Ye Renxin began preparing medicine to induce a deathlike state and taught Lu Xuan about the Immortal Herbs and poisonous plants in the garden.
  • Lu Xuan proposed combining the Immortal Herbs into a pill capable of transforming a person’s fate and potentially helping his master’s family and Dugu Bo’s family.

Ch. 11Dugu Xin's Plan

Ye Renxin prepared a Fake Death Drug and a poison to weaken the Nine Heart Begonia, hoping the combined plan would free the Ye Family from its hereditary fate. Meanwhile, Dugu Xin proposed that the Dugu family bring Lu Xuan closer to Dugu Yanyan and make him their son-in-law.

  • Ye Renxin finished preparing a Fake Death Drug that would imitate death for seven days and found a poison that could weaken the Nine Heart Begonia.
  • Ye Renxin decided to combine the feigned-death method with the poison to give the Ye Family a chance to escape its hereditary affliction.
  • Dugu Bo told Dugu Xin about Ye Renxin's promise, and Dugu Xin suggested testing the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd on himself before Dugu Bo took his own Immortal Herb.
  • Dugu Bo praised Lu Xuan's talent, and Dugu Xin proposed making him the Dugu family's son-in-law by encouraging him and Dugu Yanyan to spend time together.

Ch. 12Martial Soul Regression

Lu Xuan studied medicinal herb combinations at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as Dugu Bo and his family arrived, transformed by Immortal Herbs. Ye Qingxian chose to take the Spirit-Shattering Thornflower in her father's place, and her Nine Heart Begonia regressed as her cultivation fell.

  • Lu Xuan developed ideas for combining the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's medicinal plants while studying with Ye Renxin.
  • Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Xin, Ye Qingxian, Zhao Yan, and Ye Lingling, and told Ye Renxin that the Dugu family's affliction had been cured.
  • Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent transformed into a Golden Phosphorus Serpent, and he broke through to level ninety; Dugu Xin's Martial Soul became a Jade-Scaled Black Python.
  • Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan greeted Lu Xuan, who told them their elders were preparing an extraordinary opportunity for them.
  • Ye Qingxian insisted on taking the Spirit-Shattering Thornflower instead of Ye Renxin, swallowed it, and watched her Nine Heart Begonia regress into a Broken-Calyx Begonia.
  • Ye Qingxian's cultivation dropped from level sixty-three to fifty-eight, and her sixth Soul Ring lost its power.

Ch. 13Call Me Grandpa

Ye Qingxian sacrificed much of her cultivation to loosen the Nine Heart Begonia’s fate, while Ye Renxin prepared to take the Fake Death Drug and Zhao Yan began absorbing an Immortal Herb. Dugu Bo asked Lu Xuan to choose a cultivation path and herb for Dugu Yan, hinting that he wanted Lu Xuan to become part of the Dugu family.

  • Ye Lingling understood that Ye Qingxian’s sacrifice was for her and the Ye Family, and promised to work toward freeing the Nine Heart Begonia from its fate.
  • Ye Qingxian reassured Ye Renxin that she did not regret losing most of her strength, while Zhao Yan promised to stand by her.
  • Ye Renxin said he would take the Fake Death Drug and asked Dugu Bo and Lu Xuan to wait three days before awakening Ye Lingling’s martial soul.
  • Ye Renxin gave Zhao Yan a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, which Zhao Yan swallowed to absorb its medicinal power.
  • Dugu Bo asked Lu Xuan to recommend an Immortal Herb and cultivation path for Dugu Yan, then told him to call him Grandpa like Dugu Yan did.

Ch. 14Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent

Lu Xuan proposed using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s Immortal Herbs to help Dugu Yan pursue the path to becoming an Ultimate Douluo, and suggested a rare Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent as her First Soul Ring. Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin failed to find the serpent, but Dugu Xin gained a powerful Sixth Soul Ring, while preparations continued for Ye Lingling’s martial soul awakening.

  • Lu Xuan urged Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin to consider raising Dugu Yan toward Ultimate Douluo and advised them to let her choose a path suited to her temperament.
  • Lu Xuan proposed that Dugu Yan take the Seven-Colored Rainbowglow Ginseng and obtain a Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent as her First Soul Ring.
  • Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin set out to search for a suitable serpent, with Dugu Xin also hoping to find his Sixth Soul Ring.
  • Zhao Yan absorbed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and advanced to the threshold of Soul Douluo, then volunteered to help with the search.
  • Ye Lingling took a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King before her martial soul awakening, while Lu Xuan and Ye Qingxian prepared for the ceremony.
  • Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin returned without finding the serpent, but Dugu Xin obtained a twenty-five-thousand-year-old Purple-Gold Spirit-Scaled Python as his Sixth Soul Ring and gained Jade Phosphorus Purple-Gold Slash.

Ch. 15Twin Martial Souls

Zhao Yan returned with three rare Soul Beasts as Ye Lingling began her martial soul awakening. Heaven’s restraint turned her Nine Heart Begonia into a Seven-Heart Begonia, but she awakened a second, water-aspected spear martial soul, and celebrated with her mother.

  • Zhao Yan brought back a Rainbow Dragon, a Rouge Dragon, and a Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent, and Dugu Xin took them away for safekeeping.
  • Zhao Yan guided Ye Lingling through her martial soul awakening, and she first manifested the Nine Heart Begonia.
  • Heaven’s pressure caused the Nine Heart Begonia to regress into a Seven-Heart Begonia, leaving Ye Qingxian and Dugu Yan in tears.
  • Lu Xuan said there was still hope, and Ye Lingling awakened a second martial soul: a water-aspected spear.
  • Ye Lingling ran into Ye Qingxian’s arms and said she had two martial souls, then suggested telling her grandfather the news.

Ch. 16Whale Rubber

Lu Xuan proposed using Whale Rubber to strengthen Dugu Yan’s body so she could absorb a Soul Ring beyond the usual limit. Ye Renxin and Dugu Bo considered testing the method and sharing it publicly, while suspecting that Lu Xuan’s family may have been destroyed over the secret.

  • Ye Renxin praised Lu Xuan and celebrated Ye Lingling’s awakening of Twin Martial Souls, while recognizing that the Ye Family needed Dugu Bo’s protection.
  • Dugu Bo asked Ye Renxin about Dugu Yan’s cultivation, and Lu Xuan suggested pairing Seven-Colored Rainbowglow Ginseng with a nearly thousand-year Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent.
  • Lu Xuan proposed that the ginseng could strengthen Dugu Yan and raise her Soul Power, then revealed that heated Whale Rubber might further improve her ability to endure an over-limit Soul Ring.
  • Lu Xuan explained that he wanted Ye Renxin and Dugu Bo to publicize Whale Rubber’s modest benefits to avoid suspicion and earn Spirit Hall’s recognition and reward.
  • Ye Renxin and Dugu Bo doubted Lu Xuan’s story about a friend and wondered whether his family had been killed because of its secret method for absorbing over-limit Soul Rings.

Ch. 17Martial Soul Evolution: Seven-Colored Little Serpent

Dugu Yan consumed the Seven-Colored Rainbowglow Ginseng and evolved her martial soul, though it had not yet become a true Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent. The group then tested Whale Rubber to see whether it could raise her soul-ring tolerance enough to absorb a nearly nine-hundred-year-old soul ring.

  • Dugu Yan swallowed the Seven-Colored Rainbowglow Ginseng and refined its medicinal power while Ye Renxin assessed Lu Xuan and Ye Lingling’s soul-ring limits.
  • Dugu Yan summoned her evolved seven-colored poisonous snake martial soul, and Ye Renxin judged that she could absorb a soul ring of about nine hundred years.
  • Ye Renxin asked Lu Xuan to test whether Whale Rubber could make up the small gap in Dugu Yan’s soul-ring tolerance.
  • Zhao Yan returned with the Emerald Jade Cicada and Whale Rubber, then volunteered to test the medicine for the Dugu Family.
  • Zhao Yan absorbed an eight-hundred-year piece of Whale Rubber, but Ye Renxin found its effect negligible and handed him a piece just over a hundred years old to test next.

Ch. 18Dugu Yan's First Soul Ring

Dugu Yan endured Whale Rubber body tempering and gained the strength to absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring. Dugu Bo fed a Seven-Colored Poison Fruit to a Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent, and Dugu Yan began absorbing its Soul Ring as her Seven-Colored Snake Martial Soul changed.

  • Dugu Yan swallowed Whale Rubber and endured its painful body-tempering effects under Ye Qingxian's watch.
  • Ye Renxin persuaded Dugu Bo not to seek ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber for the children, and Lu Xuan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan took Whale Rubber for two days.
  • Lu Xuan's body became capable of withstanding a fifteen-hundred-year second Soul Ring, while Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan could absorb Soul Rings up to eleven hundred years old.
  • Dugu Bo fed the Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent a Seven-Colored Poison Fruit, and the serpent broke through into the thousand-year tier before Dugu Bo gravely injured it.
  • Dugu Yan killed the serpent and began absorbing its thousand-year Soul Ring, enduring violent poison and pain as her Seven-Colored Snake Martial Soul merged with its power.

Ch. 19Martial Soul Materialization

Dugu Yan’s martial soul completed its evolution and materialized as a living Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent after she absorbed her Soul Ring. Her new Soul Skill proved powerful, but Lu Xuan’s suggestion that Xiao Cai eat a serpent’s corpse left Dugu Yan frightened and uncertain.

  • Dugu Yan’s martial soul transformed into the true Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent, and Dugu Bo noticed that it had materialized.
  • Ye Renxin confirmed the materialization, while Dugu Yan named the serpent Xiao Cai and learned that she could still use Martial Soul Possession.
  • Dugu Yan revealed that her First Soul Skill, Seven-Colored Transformation, enhanced seven attributes by twenty percent each, easing Dugu Bo’s fears.
  • Lu Xuan suggested that Xiao Cai eat the dead serpent to see whether it could help Dugu Yan cultivate, and Dugu Yan panicked and clung to Dugu Bo.
  • Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin encouraged Dugu Yan to try Lu Xuan’s suggestion and learn more about martial souls.

Ch. 20Life-Bound Soul Ring!

Dugu Yan’s tangible Seven-Colored Rainbow Phosphorus Serpent devoured a Soul Beast corpse and transformed her First Soul Ring into a seven-colored Life-Bound Soul Ring that could grow with her. Ye Renxin and Dugu Bo then planned to arrange the children’s next Soul Rings, while Ye Lingling celebrated the strength of her first healing skill.

  • Dugu Yan commanded Xiao Cai to eat the snake’s corpse while Lu Xuan and Ye Renxin watched for changes in its power.
  • After Xiao Cai finished the corpse, Dugu Yan’s First Soul Ring transformed into a seven-colored ring, which Lu Xuan identified as a possible Life-Bound Soul Ring.
  • Ye Renxin discovered that Dugu Yan’s tangible martial soul could cultivate by absorbing poison, and that eating the corpse had raised her Soul Power by half a level.
  • Ye Renxin proposed arranging Ye Lingling’s First Soul Ring first, then seeking second Soul Rings for all three children the next day.
  • Ye Lingling said her Emerald Jade Cicada Soul Ring gave her a healing skill as strong as an ordinary Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master’s third skill.

Ch. 21Choosing a Second Soul Ring

Lu Xuan chose to wait until he could absorb the two-thousand-year Rainbow Dragon as his second Soul Ring, while Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan left to find their own rings. He stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate and study its Immortal Herbs before the group returned to Heaven Dou City.

  • Lu Xuan weighed the Rainbow Dragon's enhancement abilities against the Rouge Dragon's annihilation power and decided the Rainbow Dragon would best complement his existing Soul Skill.
  • Lu Xuan told Zhao Yan and Ye Renxin his plan, and he rejected Ye Renxin's suggestion to take the Rouge Dragon first because he wanted the Rainbow Dragon's abilities to reinforce his enhancement skill.
  • Ye Renxin agreed that Lu Xuan should finish refining the Whale Rubber and wait until his body could withstand the Rainbow Dragon's two-thousand-year Soul Ring.
  • The next day, Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin took Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to hunt for their second Soul Rings, while Lu Xuan stayed behind to cultivate.
  • Lu Xuan planned to study the Immortal Herbs for a cure for Ye Renxin's Martial Soul Regression and to see if he could use the herbs to refine pills.

Ch. 22Hiding Their Strength

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling returned from their soul-ring hunt as level twenty-seven and level twenty-six Soul Grandmasters. Before they parted from Lu Xuan, he urged them and their elders to hide their ages and cultivation until they were strong enough to protect themselves.

  • Dugu Yan gained the Rainbow Phosphorus Myriad Poisons skill from a 1,300-year-old Jade Phosphorus Centipede and reached level twenty-seven.
  • Ye Lingling absorbed a 1,300-year-old evergreen vine's soul ring, improving her healing and reaching level twenty-six.
  • As Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling prepared to leave Sunset Forest, Lu Xuan warned them to conceal their extraordinary strength and suggested they claim to be ten years old.
  • Lu Xuan proposed that they strengthen their bodies, pursue soul rings of at least five thousand years for their third rings, and eventually attempt ten-thousand-year fourth rings.
  • Ye Renxin said he would consider Lu Xuan's advice and urged him to keep cultivating while studying the Immortal Herb; Lu Xuan promised an incredible surprise when he emerged from seclusion.

Ch. 23Nine-Flower Jade Dew Pill

After two years of cultivation and experimentation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lu Xuan successfully refined three Nine-Flower Jade Dew Pills from peerless Immortal Herbs. He planned to save the pills for Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and himself until their existing medicinal power had been absorbed, and expected to make more pills from the remaining ingredients.

  • Zhao Yan reached rank eighty-six, Ye Renxin reached rank eighty-nine, Dugu Bo became a rank ninety-four Titled Douluo with a transformed martial soul and a ninety-thousand-year Soul Bone, and Dugu Xin advanced to rank seventy after two years at the well.
  • Lu Xuan completed years of calculations and trials and refined three pills from the essences of seven Immortal Herbs and additional rare ingredients.
  • Lu Xuan assigned the pills' ingredients to enhance Dugu Yan's poison resistance, strengthen Ye Lingling's water and life attributes, and improve his own mental strength and constitution.
  • Lu Xuan named the pills Nine-Flower Jade Dew Pills and explained that they could elevate martial souls, strengthen bodies, enhance mental power, and increase Soul Power.
  • Lu Xuan said the pills should be taken only after lingering medicinal power from other Immortal Herbs had been absorbed, and that the remaining rare ingredients could yield another seven or eight potent pills.

Ch. 24Rainbow Dragon Listening Melody

Lu Xuan continued strengthening his body and planned to absorb a nearly ten-thousand-year Third Soul Ring, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after building their foundations and choosing powerful Soul Rings. The three remained determined to compete over their Soul Ring ages as they prepared for their next breakthroughs.

  • Dugu Xin reminded Lu Xuan to seek his Third Soul Ring, and Lu Xuan explained that he planned to wait until he could withstand a ninety-nine-hundred-year ring.
  • Lu Xuan recounted how his Rainbow Dragon Listening Melody stacked with his First Soul Skill, boosted attributes, and gradually tempered his body.
  • After three months, Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Lu Xuan praised their progress.
  • Ye Lingling planned to use a five-thousand-year Nine Heart Begonia Soul Beast for her Third Soul Ring in hopes of restoring her martial soul, while Dugu Yan continued waiting for a stronger Jade Phosphorus Toad ring.
  • Lu Xuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling competed to obtain older Soul Rings, and Lu Xuan believed the girls could attempt Hundred Thousand Year rings by their seventh Soul Rings while he aimed for one by his sixth.

Ch. 25External Soul Bone?

Lu Xuan absorbed a limit-age Rouge Dragon soul ring, survived its violent power, and reached rank thirty-six. The absorption also awakened a rare eye-type external soul bone, leaving Dugu Bo, Ye Renxin, and the others astonished.

  • Dugu Bo and Ye Renxin guarded Lu Xuan as Dugu Xin brought out the Rouge Dragon, which had been cultivated for two years.
  • Lu Xuan fed the Rouge Dragon spiritual herbs until its age reached 9,999 years, then killed it before it could become a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
  • Lu Xuan absorbed the Rouge Dragon's soul ring, enduring its tremendous soul power and refining it without losing control.
  • The soul ring's power raised Lu Xuan to rank thirty-six and awakened an eye-type external soul bone that transformed his vision.
  • Dugu Bo, Ye Renxin, and the others marveled at Lu Xuan's rare fortune as he joked that absorbing the soul ring and gaining the soul bone was normal.
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