Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan and his companions encountered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team at the Great Soul Arena, where he recognized Dugu Yan and considered how to approach her about her poison. The group swept all seven of their matches and left for the academy, while Lin Xuan planned to seek a more natural chance to meet Dugu Yan.

• Lin Xuan recognized Dugu Yan among the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing teased him for looking at her.
• Ning Rongrong confirmed the group belonged to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained why she had run away from studying there.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong won their two-on-two match, then Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu and Lin Xuan and Tang San each won their own pairings.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Lin Xuan won their individual matches, giving the group a clean sweep of all seven bouts.
• The group collected their points and prize money, and Lin Xuan warned them not to underestimate stronger opponents at the Great Soul Arena.
• Lin Xuan returned to the academy with his companions and planned to seek an individual match with Dugu Yan so he could bring up her poison naturally.

Lin Xuan arranged a one-on-one match against Dugu Yan so he could make her use her poison and expose the damage it had caused her. The chapter ended as Dugu Yan heard that her opponent was the support-type Soul Master known as Talisman Master.

• Tang San told Lin Xuan he was going to forge hidden weapons, including Flying God Claws, and would miss the Great Soul Arena that night.
• Lin Xuan realized the Imperial Fighting Team was due at the arena and decided to use a match against Dugu Yan to draw out her poison and reveal her condition.
• Lin Xuan, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing went to the Great Soul Arena, where Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu won their two-on-two match and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing won their singles matches.
• Lin Xuan paid the scheduling steward to alter the matchups and arrange a fight between himself and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan heard the announcer introduce her opponent as the level thirty-six support-type Soul Master Talisman Master and questioned the matchup.

Dugu Yan learned that the undefeated auxiliary Soul Master Talisman Master was her opponent, while Ning Rongrong warned Lin Xuan about Dugu Yan’s poisonous Jade Phosphorous Serpent. Lin Xuan overwhelmed Dugu Yan in close combat with fire, wind, and ice talismans, but she pulled away and prepared to counterattack.

• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that Talisman Master had won every match and earned a Bronze Soul Fighting Badge.
• Yu Tianheng warned Dugu Yan not to underestimate Lin Xuan, and she headed to the arena determined to finish the match quickly.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing warned Lin Xuan about Dugu Yan’s venom and control abilities, but Lin Xuan reassured them and entered the arena.
• Lin Xuan and Dugu Yan introduced themselves as level thirty-six Soul Elders, then activated their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Lin Xuan charged Dugu Yan with fire, wind, and ice talismans, overpowering her with a series of close-range attacks.
• Dugu Yan retreated more than ten meters, acknowledged Lin Xuan’s strength, and prepared to attack in return.

Lin Xuan defeated Dugu Yan by using realgar-fueled flames to neutralize her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, then restrained her with a Frost Lock Talisman. After the match, he met Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling in a secluded alley and revealed that Dugu Yan had been poisoned.

• Dugu Yan covered the arena in three kinds of poison, but Lin Xuan burned the mist away with Blazing Fire Talismans and realgar wine.
• Lin Xuan trapped Dugu Yan with a Frost Lock Talisman and won the match as the Talisman Master.
• Lin Xuan told Dugu Yan to meet him after the match, explaining to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that he wanted to discuss her poison.
• Lin Xuan collected his match winnings with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, then went alone to the arena's back entrance.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling met Lin Xuan in the alley, where he described Dugu Yan's symptoms and told her she had been poisoned.

Lin Xuan warned Dugu Yan that her recurring pain came from poison, and Ye Lingling confirmed she had sensed poison inside her for years. Dugu Yan hurried to Dugu Manor to question her grandfather, while Lin Xuan returned to his companions, confident that his trap for Poison Douluo might work.

• Dugu Yan rejected Lin Xuan's warning that she had been poisoned, and Lin Xuan left after offering to detoxify her.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that the Nine-Heart Begonia had sensed purple poison in her body and urged her to ask Dugu Bo about it.
• Dugu Yan remembered her parents' deaths, feared that she had also been poisoned, and set off for Dugu Manor to confront her grandfather.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing teased Lin Xuan when he returned, and he said he had set a trap whose success depended on the next few days.
• Lin Xuan and the others headed back to Blue Tyrant Academy after Ning Rongrong offered to buy them a late-night meal.

Dugu Bo learned that the mysterious Talisman Master had exposed Dugu Yan’s poison, then discovered that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Transformed Soul Beast. As Dugu Bo prepared to seize her, an unknown voice threatened Dugu Yan and ordered him to leave the city alone.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that the Talisman Master had identified her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and its symptoms, and Dugu Bo secretly decided to find him.
• Tang San gave Lin Xuan a Flying God Claw he had made overnight, and Lin Xuan and his companions headed to the Great Soul Arena.
• Dugu Bo studied the Talisman Master’s record at the arena, then spotted Lin Xuan and recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year Transformed Soul Beast.
• Dugu Bo prepared to abduct Xiao Wu, but an icy voice warned him that Dugu Yan would die unless he went outside the city alone.

Tang Hao threatened Dugu Bo into keeping quiet about the Great Soul Arena, then allowed him to approach Lin Xuan about Dugu Yan’s poison. At the arena, Lin Xuan proposed a tournament lineup centered on himself and his companions, and Ning Rongrong agreed while rejecting Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

• Tang Hao summoned Dugu Bo outside the city and threatened him to keep what he saw at the Great Soul Arena secret.
• Dugu Bo explained that he wanted to speak with Lin Xuan about Dugu Yan, and Tang Hao allowed him to approach as long as he did not bully the young.
• Dugu Bo wondered whether Lin Xuan could be Tang Hao’s illegitimate son because Tang Hao was protecting him, then returned to the city to find him.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Xuan collected their Copper Soul Fighting badges and the group’s earnings at the Great Soul Arena.
• Lin Xuan proposed that he, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong form the tournament team’s core lineup, with the remaining positions filled by Blue Tyrant Academy students.
• Ning Rongrong supported Lin Xuan’s plan and said she did not want to compete alongside Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

Lin Xuan and his companions agreed to leave Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun behind and pursue the tournament together. Outside the Great Soul Arena, Dugu Bo confronted Lin Xuan over his claim that Dugu Yan was poisoned, and Lin Xuan remained confident as the standoff continued.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong supported Lin Xuan's decision to separate from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and Lin Xuan encouraged the girls about their chances in the tournament.
• The group left the Great Soul Arena and encountered Dugu Bo waiting outside; Lin Xuan moved between him and Xiao Wu, who feared the Titled Douluo might recognize her true form.
• Dugu Bo asked Lin Xuan whether he had told Dugu Yan she was poisoned, and Lin Xuan calmly admitted he had discussed snake venom with her.
• Ning Rongrong identified herself as Ning Fengzhi's daughter and invoked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Dugu Bo refused to be intimidated.
• Lin Xuan questioned why Dugu Bo had come if he believed the poison claim was nonsense, while Tang San wondered whether Lin Xuan had become skilled enough to cure poison.

Dugu Bo confronted Lin Xuan, then agreed to meet him at Blue Tyrant Academy the next morning after Lin Xuan explained that he had treated Dugu Yan’s poison backlash. Tang San admired Lin Xuan’s skill and resolved to invite him into a Tang Sect he planned to rebuild in Heaven Dou City.

• Dugu Bo suppressed his anger, asked to speak with Lin Xuan alone, and agreed to return to Blue Tyrant Academy the next morning.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San questioned Lin Xuan after Dugu Bo left, and Lin Xuan explained how he had defeated Dugu Yan with Realgar Blaze and recognized her venom backlash.
• Lin Xuan thanked Tang San for teaching him about herbs and toxicology, while Tang San credited Lin Xuan’s insight and considered inviting him to join the Tang Sect.
• Tang San decided he would rebuild the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City and eventually ask Lin Xuan to join, possibly as deputy sect master.
• The next morning, Lin Xuan checked his stored Great Fireball Talismans and considered improving his attacks with a lightning-attribute Soul Ring after reaching level forty.
• Tang San returned after cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, which Lin Xuan envied for its ability to cultivate Spiritual Power.

Lin Xuan convinced Dugu Bo that he could treat the poison afflicting Dugu Yan and suppress the backlash in Dugu Bo’s bones. Dugu Bo took him to his hidden herb garden at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Lin Xuan prepared to inspect the rare plants and explain his cure.

• Flender told Lin Xuan that Dugu Bo had arrived and was asking to see him, while Xiao Wu worried about Lin Xuan going alone.
• Lin Xuan revealed that Dugu Yan’s poison had reached her organs and described the nightly agony Dugu Bo endured, then promised he could treat them both.
• Dugu Bo agreed to let Lin Xuan choose rare herbs from his garden in exchange for curing Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo carried Lin Xuan from Blue Tyrant Academy to a poisonous formation in Sunset Forest and challenged him to descend a sheer cliff.
• Lin Xuan used his Gale Talisman to descend safely, and Dugu Bo followed him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its rare herbs.

Lin Xuan explained how Dugu Bo could seal his poison in a Soul Bone and selected medicinal herbs to treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo left to bring Yan to the garden, granting Lin Xuan permission to take any other herbs he wanted.

• Lin Xuan told Dugu Bo to divert his poison into a Soul Bone, which Dugu Bo accepted as a way to preserve his Soul Power and gain another weapon.
• Lin Xuan explained that herbs were still needed to heal Dugu Bo's organs and bone marrow and treat Dugu Yan's developing poison damage.
• Dugu Bo gave Lin Xuan a Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch that could store living plants.
• Lin Xuan collected Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma and Snow Silkworm for Dugu Bo, and Nine-Grade Dragon Ganoderma and Earth Dragon Golden Melon to strengthen Dugu Yan's Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo praised the herbs' potential to heal and transform Dugu Yan's Martial Soul, then left to bring her from Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo gave Lin Xuan permission to take any herbs from the garden and warned him to avoid the dangerous central pool.

Lin Xuan consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and two opposing Immortal Herbs, then emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with a newly awakened domain. Dugu Bo recognized the domain’s power, while Dugu Yan completed her transformation and was startled by Lin Xuan’s naked appearance.

• Lin Xuan used defensive Talismans to harvest the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then ate both herbs and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan the Nine-Grade Dragon Ganoderma and Earth Dragon Golden Melon, while he consumed the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma and Snow Silkworm to heal his body.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan noticed Lin Xuan’s clothes beside the spring but could not find him, until the well churned and Lin Xuan rose from its waters.
• Lin Xuan emerged with a yin-yang symbol and released an invisible ripple that restrained Dugu Bo’s Soul Power, senses, and strength.
• Dugu Yan finished absorbing the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, then froze and blushed when she saw Lin Xuan unclothed.
• Dugu Bo recognized the effect as a domain and exclaimed that Lin Xuan had awakened one despite his low level.

After tempering himself with the extreme heat and cold herbs, Lin Xuan awakened the Taiji Domain and reached Level 40 as a Quasi Soul Ancestor. Dugu Bo, impressed by Lin Xuan’s talent and backing, tried to arrange for him to marry Dugu Yan, but Lin Xuan objected that they barely knew each other.

• Dugu Yan was shocked when Lin Xuan revealed and then retracted his newly awakened Taiji Domain.
• Lin Xuan explained that the domain strengthened his attributes and elemental control, and revealed he had reached Level 40 after absorbing herbs.
• Dugu Bo marveled at Lin Xuan’s domain and talent, then considered recruiting him into the Dugu Family through Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo praised Lin Xuan and offered Dugu Yan, his property, and his Heaven Dou City residence as dowry.
• Dugu Yan protested Dugu Bo’s proposal, and Lin Xuan refused to rush into a match with someone he had only met a few times.

Lin Xuan returned from Dugu Bo’s herb garden with rare herbs and a breakthrough to level forty, then reunited with his worried friends at Blue Tyrant Academy. He placed the Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch on the table and prepared to reveal the treasures he had brought back.

• Dugu Bo stopped pushing Dugu Yan and Lin Xuan together after they both asked him to let things take their course.
• Lin Xuan gathered several immortal herbs and dug up an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, intending to give it to Tang San in repayment for Tang Hao’s help.
• Dugu Bo brought Lin Xuan and Dugu Yan back to Heaven Dou City, where Lin Xuan said goodbye and returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Xiao Wu rushed into Lin Xuan’s arms, and the others welcomed him back and asked whether Dugu Bo had harmed him.
• Lin Xuan revealed that his Soul Power had risen from level thirty-six to level forty in half a day, astonishing his friends.
• Lin Xuan placed the Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch on the stone table and announced that he had brought back treasures capable of stirring the Soul Master world.

Lin Xuan returned to Shrek with four Immortal Herbs and gave them to Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu. After Tang San explained their powers and the conditions for picking Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Xiao Wu kissed Lin Xuan, leaving the group ready to grow stronger for the Continental Soul Master Tournament.

• Lin Xuan presented Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Lovesick Heartbreak Red to the group.
• Tang San identified the Immortal Herbs and explained how they could improve their recipients’ cultivation and potential.
• Tang San explained that Xiao Wu had to prove her sincere love to pick Lovesick Heartbreak Red without losing its medicinal power.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong hesitated to accept the priceless gifts, but Lin Xuan urged them to prepare for the Continental Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang San thanked Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan embraced Xiao Wu and told her he believed in her.
• Xiao Wu kissed Lin Xuan, while Ning Rongrong watched and Zhu Zhuqing sighed enviously.

Xiao Wu won the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s recognition, and Lin Xuan persuaded her to consume it after revealing he knew she was a transformed Soul Beast. The herb erased her Soul Beast aura and raised her Soul Power to Level 40.

• Xiao Wu shed blood onto the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which left the Wujue Stone and enveloped her in its aura.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong took their herbs into separate rooms to absorb them.
• Lin Xuan brought Xiao Wu to his bedroom and urged her to eat the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but she initially refused.
• Lin Xuan revealed that his Martial Soul’s domain had exposed Xiao Wu’s identity and assured her he would never seek her Soul Ring or Soul Bone.
• Xiao Wu consumed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which erased her Soul Beast aura and raised her to Level 40.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San emerged from absorbing their medicinal herbs with powerful improvements, while Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. After Ning Rongrong kissed Lin Xuan in gratitude and Xiao Wu accepted the gesture, Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether she should kiss him too.

• Ning Rongrong awakened the nine-level Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and her Soul Power reached level thirty.
• Lin Xuan emerged with Xiao Wu, whose Soul Beast aura had vanished, while Zhu Zhuqing’s injuries healed and her Soul Power reached level thirty.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass grew tougher after absorbing the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, and his Soul Power rose to level thirty-six.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Lin Xuan in excitement, then apologized to Xiao Wu, who reassured her and accepted her affection for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong reconcile and wondered if she had to kiss Lin Xuan as well.

After the team’s medicinal herbs greatly improved their Soul Power and abilities, Lin Xuan and Tang San agreed they needed to obtain Soul Rings and recruit teammates for the upcoming tournament. The five headed to Back Hill to ask Liu Erlong for help.

• Tang San reported that he had reached level thirty-six and that the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo had strengthened his Blue Silver Grass, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong said they had reached level thirty.
• Lin Xuan pointed out that he and Xiao Wu had reached level forty and that Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong needed Soul Rings, and Xiao Wu privately asked him to help conceal her own Soul Ring breakthrough.
• Tang San suggested telling Dean Erlong about their tournament plans and selecting two more teammates from Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lin Xuan agreed that Liu Erlong or Yin Shu should introduce them to older students, and Ning Rongrong urged everyone to go to Back Hill.
• The five left their courtyard and went to Back Hill, where Liu Erlong cultivated near the artificial lake and Flender often visited.

Lin Xuan and his companions told Liu Erlong they would form a team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, but refused to include Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun because they distrusted their character and discipline. Liu Erlong agreed to recruit veteran students from Blue Tyrant Academy, and four candidates were summoned to the Back Hill.

• Liu Erlong noticed Tang San's rise to rank thirty-six and learned that Lin Xuan had obtained treasures from Poison Douluo, including the opportunity that evolved Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Lin Xuan told Liu Erlong that he, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing planned to form a tournament team and wanted to choose two additional teammates while traveling to Sunset Forest for Soul Rings.
• Liu Erlong suggested Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, but Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Lin Xuan rejected Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun because of their conduct and lack of discipline.
• Lin Xuan asked Liu Erlong to select hardworking, well-behaved students from Blue Tyrant Academy's advanced classes instead, and Liu Erlong agreed.
• Liu Erlong sent Yin Shu to summon Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiangzhu, who began making their way to the Back Hill.

Liu Erlong assembled Blue Tyrant Academy’s strongest students to form a team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, naming Lin Xuan captain and Tang San vice-captain. Tai Long and the others challenged the appointments, and Lin Xuan proposed that he and Tang San fight all four together.

• Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiangzhu hurried to Liu Erlong’s cottage after Yin Shu summoned them.
• Liu Erlong announced that Lin Xuan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing would join the four students to form the tournament team.
• Liu Erlong named Lin Xuan captain and Tang San vice-captain, prompting Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiangzhu to question the decision.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing backed Lin Xuan and Tang San, while Liu Erlong invited the two groups to settle the dispute through Soul Fighting.
• Tai Long challenged Lin Xuan and Tang San, and Lin Xuan offered to fight all four students alongside Tang San.