Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Qin Ming takes Heaven Dou Team One to the town near the Star Dou Great Forest so Yu Tianheng can pursue his fourth soul ring and Ye Han can seek his fifth.
• At dinner, the team hears a fight outside. Ye Han recognizes the combatants as Ye Zhiqiu of Canghui Academy and the Shrek Seven Devils, including his former classmates Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Ye Han realizes this encounter coincides with the impending arrival of the Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming, who will come for Xiao Wu. Concerned that his team could be caught in the chaos, he wants to avoid being drawn into the confrontation.
• At Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling’s suggestion, Ye Han goes downstairs to greet Tang San and Xiao Wu. He explains that he has come to hunt a soul beast for a new ring, rejecting Xiao Wu’s plea that he spare them.
• Ma Hongjun rudely tells Ye Han to move aside. Ye Han responds with a sudden, powerful strike that sends him crashing to the ground.

Character developments

• Ye Han is cautious about the danger surrounding Xiao Wu and Er Ming, but still approaches his old classmates. He remains resolute about the soul-ring system and reacts decisively to Ma Hongjun’s provocation.
• Xiao Wu is pleased to see Ye Han again, but troubled by his intention to hunt a soul beast. Her familiar, playful personality also shows when she insists he call her “Sister Xiao Wu.”
• Tang San recognizes Ye Han after several years, though their past conflict makes their reunion hesitant.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling show curiosity about Ye Han’s old classmates and encourage him to reconnect with them.
• Ma Hongjun comes across as impatient and confrontational, provoking Ye Han and suffering the consequences.

Significant themes

• The conflict between soul masters and soul beasts: Xiao Wu’s compassion clashes with Ye Han’s view that soul rings are necessary under the world’s established rules.
• Fate and foreknowledge: Ye Han recognizes the events that are about to unfold, but cannot easily warn others without revealing knowledge they would not believe.
• Restraint versus confrontation: Ye Han hopes to avoid entanglement, yet Ma Hongjun’s insult quickly turns the encounter violent.

Character interactions

• Qin Ming leads the team but stays out of the fight, telling Ye Han not to get involved.
• Ye Han and Xiao Wu reunite warmly but disagree over hunting soul beasts; Tang San watches their exchange quietly.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling accompany Ye Han, while the Shrek group initially mistake the three newcomers for Canghui reinforcements.
• Ma Hongjun’s provocation ends the conversation abruptly when Ye Han knocks him down.

Key events

• Dai Mubai attacks Ye Han after seeing him defeat Ma Hongjun, but Ye Han overwhelms him in two exchanges, leaving both Shrek students badly injured.
• Ye Han threatens the pair and challenges anyone who would defend them. Dugu Yan blocks Oscar from healing them, while Ye Lingling stands beside her with her Nine Heart Begonia healing Martial Soul ready.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu are alarmed to discover both women are Soul Ancestors with four well-configured Soul Rings. Ning Rongrong recognizes them and is equally shocked to find them alongside Ye Han.
• Zhao Wuji intervenes, wary of the two girls’ strength and possible affiliations. He recognizes Qin Ming, who asks him to hold back until they learn what happened.
• Ye Han taunts Zhao Wuji for stepping in after the students were beaten. Zhao Wuji nearly attacks but agrees to wait out of respect for Qin Ming. Ye Zhiqiu quietly retreats, realizing the confrontation has escalated beyond his control.

Character developments and interactions

• Ye Han is shown to be overwhelmingly confident and forceful, treating Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s defeat as deserved and showing no fear of Zhao Wuji.
• Dugu Yan is pleased by Ye Han’s decisive defense and feels reassured that she matters to him; she actively prevents the Shrek group from intervening.
• Ye Lingling supports Dugu Yan without speaking, presenting a united front while revealing her powerful healing Martial Soul.
• Qin Ming acts as mediator between his former teacher and Ye Han, trusting that there is more to the incident than appearances suggest.
• Zhao Wuji moves from anger to restraint, though he remains hostile. His arrival raises the stakes and exposes the difference in power between the adults and students.
• The Shrek students are shaken by Ye Han’s strength and by the unexpected abilities and identities of his companions.

Significant themes

• Power and reputation: Ye Han’s effortless victories overturn the Shrek group’s confidence, while the girls’ ranks suggest powerful backing.
• Restraint versus retaliation: Qin Ming prevents Zhao Wuji from escalating the fight before the facts are known.
• Judgment and moral accountability: Ye Han presents his violence as punishment for the boys’ behavior, but his taunts and harsh treatment keep the confrontation volatile.

Key plot points

• After their encounter with Poison Douluo’s group, the Shrek students return to the inn shaken and humiliated. Zhao Wuji asks what they know about Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ye Han.
• Tang San explains that Ye Han was his former classmate at Nuoding Academy, while Ning Rongrong suspects he now attends Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Xiao Wu identifies his martial soul as a powerful fire-attribute external beast: a qilin.
• Qin Ming arrives, introduced as a distinguished Shrek graduate and one of the youngest Soul Emperors in history. He apologizes for Ye Han injuring Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun and offers healing pills. Oscar says their burns are difficult to treat; Tang San explains that Ye Han’s flames are far stronger than Ma Hongjun’s phoenix fire.
• Qin Ming reveals that Ye Han is already a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor seeking his fourth soul ring. The news astonishes the Shrek group. He adds that Ye Han’s progress came largely from cultivation under Poison Douluo, not academy instruction.
• Two days later in Star Dou Forest, Yu Tianheng kills a roughly 4,500-year-old Thunderhorn Python and absorbs its soul ring. He breaks through to rank 41 and gains the offensive skill Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Rush.
• A tremendous roar triggers a beast tide. Ye Han recognizes the Titan Giant Ape’s presence. Though Qin Ming worries the disturbance will disrupt the search for Ye Han’s soul ring, Ye Han senses that his Fire Qilin has found a lead on a fifth soul ring.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San remains composed but reveals lasting respect—and unease—about Ye Han’s flames, recalling how they nearly overwhelmed his blue silver grass.
• Xiao Wu reacts with concealed fear when Poison Douluo is mentioned, hinting at a personal reason for her anxiety.
• Ning Rongrong realizes Ye Han’s talent and connections explain why her father once considered recruiting him, and feels the gap between them.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun are badly burned, with Fatty suffering most despite his natural fire resistance.
• Qin Ming acts as mediator between Ye Han and the injured Shrek students, while expressing admiration for Ye Han’s achievements.
• Yu Tianheng successfully advances to Soul Ancestor and gains a powerful new skill; Ye Lingling heals his injuries.
• Ye Han’s exceptional power is emphasized, and his apparent lead on a fifth soul ring sets up the next development.

Significant themes

• Talent and ambition: Ye Han’s extraordinary advancement—and Yu Tianheng’s breakthrough—highlight the importance of rare ability and relentless cultivation.
• Humility and wounded pride: The Shrek students struggle with the humiliation of being overpowered, while their peers’ achievements force them to reassess their standing.
• Power and its consequences: Ye Han’s superior flames inflict injuries that ordinary healing struggles to address.
• Hidden fears and secrets: Xiao Wu’s reaction to Poison Douluo hints at tensions beyond the group’s immediate concerns.

Ye Han left Qin Ming’s group to hunt a fifth soul ring, stunning the Imperial Fighting Team when Dugu Yan revealed he had reached level fifty at age twelve. Elsewhere in the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San’s group struggled after the Titan Giant Ape abducted Xiao Wu, while Ye Han rode toward a rare fire-and-light Soul Beast.

• Ye Han told Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Qin Ming to retreat while he pursued a Soul Beast alone, then flew off with the Fire Qilin.
• Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming learned from Dugu Yan that Ye Han had reached level fifty months earlier and was seeking his fifth soul ring.
• Qin Ming led the Imperial Fighting Team toward the forest’s outer perimeter to wait for Ye Han.
• Ye Han pursued a dual-attribute Soul Beast with exceptionally pure fire and powerful light attributes.
• Tang San’s group camped in shock and distress after the Titan Giant Ape abducted Xiao Wu, leaving Tang San convinced she would die.

Tang San pursued the Titan Giant Ape after it abducted Xiao Wu, while Ye Han encountered Qian Renxue at a lava valley in the Star Dou Great Forest. Facing Qian Renxue and a hidden Titled Douluo, Ye Han identified himself as Shi Hao and offered to leave, though the two had not yet resolved their encounter.

• Tang San ate Oscar’s mushroom sausage and flew after the Titan Giant Ape, while Ning Rongrong boosted his speed.
• Ye Han and the Fire Qilin reached a lava valley and found Qian Renxue waiting beside the lava lake.
• Qian Renxue ordered Ye Han to stop, and Snake Lance Douluo She Long’s pressure locked onto him from the shadows.
• Ye Han prepared to use his abilities to escape but held back when Qian Renxue softened her manner and asked his identity and purpose.
• Ye Han introduced himself as the eighteen-year-old rogue cultivator Shi Hao and offered to leave the soul beast to Qian Renxue.

Ye Han accepted Qian Renxue’s offer to take the soul beast beneath the magma lake, while she watched to see how he would fight it. As the Fire Qilin unleashed Blazing Sun against the Six-Winged Scarlet Flame Insect King, the skill unexpectedly strengthened both beasts and left the insect king confused.

• Qian Renxue questioned Ye Han’s age and recklessness, while he claimed he could flee if the soul beast proved too strong.
• Qian Renxue yielded the compatible soul beast to Ye Han, hoping to recruit him, and asked him to call her Sister Snow.
• She Long watched from concealment and reflected that both young people had given false names, while Ye Han was really only twelve.
• Qian Renxue moved aside as Ye Han and the Fire Qilin faced the Six-Winged Scarlet Flame Insect King, which was over thirty thousand years old.
• The Fire Qilin used its third soul skill, Blazing Sun, but the golden light strengthened the insect king as well, making it pause in confusion.

Ye Han and the Fire Qilin defeated a Six-Winged Scarlet Flame Insect King and absorbed its thirty-thousand-year soul ring as Ye Han’s fifth ring. Qian Renxue guarded him, increasingly impressed by his abilities and trust, while the absorption left the Fire Qilin at level 53 with the fifth soul skill Solar True Flame.

• Ye Han’s Fire Qilin used Blazing Sun and its fire attacks to overcome the Six-Winged Scarlet Flame Insect King despite the skill also strengthening the enemy.
• The Fire Qilin killed the insect king, and a ten-thousand-year soul ring rose from its corpse.
• Ye Han explained that the Fire Qilin had independently comprehended several self-created soul skills, then demonstrated Ember, Fire Spin, and Flamethrower for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue agreed to guard Ye Han while he absorbed the soul ring, and the Fire Qilin swallowed it as Ye Han sat down to cultivate.
• Ye Han and the Fire Qilin absorbed the thirty-thousand-year ring without difficulty, and Qian Renxue protected them with her Angel Domain.
• After an hour, Ye Han checked the Fire Qilin’s status and found its soul power had reached level 53 and its fifth soul skill was Solar True Flame.

Ye Han finished absorbing the Six-Winged Scarlet Flame Insect King's soul ring and demonstrated the Fire Qilin's powerful fifth skill, Solar True Flame, before leaving Qian Renxue. He reunited with the Shrek group just as Tang San reached the Soul Elder realm, and the Fire Qilin's five soul rings left everyone stunned.

• Qian Renxue congratulated Ye Han on absorbing the soul ring, and Ye Han demonstrated Solar True Flame, which evaporated a large patch of magma.
• Ye Han thanked Qian Renxue for giving him the Six-Winged Scarlet Flame Insect King, then departed to find his companions as Qian Renxue set out to search for her sixth soul ring.
• The Fire Qilin sensed familiar auras below, so Ye Han changed course and descended toward the Shrek group.
• Tang San completed his cultivation and entered the Soul Elder realm before Zhao Wuji and the others noticed the Fire Qilin descending.
• Ye Han landed before the Shrek group, and everyone stared in disbelief at the Fire Qilin's five soul rings.

Ye Han returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with his fifth soul ring and told the Imperial Fighting Team that Xiao Wu had been taken by the Titan Giant Ape. Back in Heaven Dou City, he revealed a powerful half-beast transformation to Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, leaving them stunned.

• Ye Han returned to Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team as a twelve-year-old Soul King with five soul rings, including two ten-thousand-year rings.
• Ye Han told the team that the Titan Giant Ape had taken Xiao Wu, while the rest of the Shrek party survived and had been urged to leave the forest.
• Qin Ming ordered the Imperial Fighting Team to evacuate the Star Dou Great Forest after completing their soul-hunting goals.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ma Hongjun had provoked her, and Ye Han explained that he had beaten and burned Ma Hongjun and his companion.
• Ye Han persuaded Dugu Bo to leave the dispute to the younger generation, partly because Tang Hao was protecting Tang Sam.
• Ye Han demonstrated his fusion with the Fire Qilin, transforming into a half-beast form whose aura approached that of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage, shocking Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.

Ye Han revealed that the Fire Qilin’s evolution had given him a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which he named Qilin Transformation. After Qin Ming reported Ye Han’s breakthrough to Soul King, Heaven Dou City learned of the twelve-year-old’s extraordinary cultivation, attracting widespread attention and hidden schemes.

• Ye Han explained that Qilin Transformation combined his body martial soul with the Fire Qilin, granting him powerful attacks, flight, and mobility, though he still could not defeat a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo praised Ye Han’s new ability, and Ye Han named it Qilin Transformation.
• Qin Ming told Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin that Ye Han had become a Soul King with two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• The Education Committee members discussed keeping Ye Han’s strength secret, but Zhi Lin suspected the news had already spread through the academy’s noble students.
• Rumors of Ye Han’s talent spread across Heaven Dou City, drawing admiration, envy, and interest from people with hidden schemes.

Yue Guan visited Dugu Manor to invite Ye Guan to join Spirit Hall and examined his Fire Qilin Martial Soul, discovering that Ye Guan had consumed a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. Ye Guan declined to join for now but agreed to visit Spirit City, and Dugu Bo insisted on accompanying him.

• Yue Guan arrived at Dugu Manor with Salas and asked Ye Guan to join Spirit Hall on the Pope's behalf.
• Ye Guan manifested his Fire Qilin Martial Soul, and Yue Guan recognized the golden glow from the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Ye Guan had consumed.
• Yue Guan offered to take Ye Guan as his disciple, but Dugu Bo mocked the suggestion and explained that he had given Ye Guan the herb.
• Yue Guan offered Ye Guan a chance to become the Holy Son of Spirit Hall, but Ye Guan declined to join before graduating from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yue Guan invited Ye Guan to visit Spirit City because the Pope was interested in his Martial Soul, and Ye Guan agreed to go the next day.
• Dugu Bo said he would accompany Ye Guan, and Yue Guan reluctantly accepted.

Ye Han traveled to Spirit City with Yue Guan and Dugu Bo, where he met Pope Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Golden Crocodile Douluo. Bibi Dong questioned him about his rapid cultivation and ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and Ye Han attributed his physical strength to the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

• Ye Han left Heaven Dou City with Yue Guan and Dugu Bo and reached Spirit City two days later.
• Dugu Bo explained the roles of the Papal Palace and Douluo Hall as Yue Guan hurried them to meet the Pope.
• Ye Han encountered Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue in her true form, and Golden Crocodile Douluo in the Papal Palace.
• Qian Renxue teased Ye Han about having previously introduced himself as Shi Hao, and he explained that he had used a false identity while traveling.
• Bibi Dong asked how Ye Han had reached Soul King at twelve and obtained a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Ye Han said the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had strengthened his physique and meridians, allowing him to attempt the ten-thousand-year ring after Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan examined him.

Ye Han explained his rapid cultivation and Fire Qilin’s evolution to Bibi Dong, who hoped the information could help her find a way to save Yu Xiaogang. He refused her offer to join Spirit Hall but agreed to record his experiences, leaving the method’s usefulness for Yu Xiaogang uncertain.

• Yue Guan confirmed that Ye Han had consumed a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Ye Han credited the herb for his rapid cultivation.
• Bibi Dong asked to see Ye Han’s detached martial soul, and he summoned the Fire Qilin with five soul rings.
• Ye Han described how his soul rings had strengthened and evolved the Fire Qilin, prompting Bibi Dong to consider applying similar methods to Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong offered Ye Han a future consultation and invited him to join Spirit Hall, but Ye Han declined until he completed his studies at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Han agreed to stay in Spirit City for three days and write down his experiences for Spirit Hall’s research.
• Ye Han privately reflected that Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao might have become the Golden Sacred Dragon if its mutation had been completed.

Ye Han finished recording the materials in Spirit City, received a pass to the Spirit Hall Library Pavilion from Qian Renxue, and left with Dugu Bo. As they reached Xuanfeng City in search of a rare medicinal herb, Qian Renxue returned to her Heaven Dou mission, still uncertain about her choices but determined to continue.

• Ye Han completed the records, and Qian Renxue gave him a personal-use pass to the Spirit Hall Library Pavilion before he left Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Ye Han’s talent had made her question whether her years undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire had been worthwhile, but she decided to return to her mission.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo praised Ye Han’s growth and combat ability and urged Spirit Hall to recruit him before he became a greater threat than Tang Hao.
• Three days later, Ye Han and Dugu Bo arrived outside Xuanfeng City, where Ye Han hoped to find a rare ginseng he needed.
• Dugu Bo asked what Ye Han planned to ask Bibi Dong, and Ye Han dismissed her promised favor as an empty check.

Ye Han and Dugu Bo visited the impoverished Speed Clan village to negotiate with Bai He for the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. After Ye Han confirmed his identity as a twelve-year-old Soul King, Bai He revealed the rare herb, leaving the visitors to inspect it.

• Ye Han and Dugu Bo arrived at Bai Family Village, where a clansman escorted them to the Speed Clan patriarch, Bai He.
• Bai He recognized Dugu Bo as a Titled Douluo and was astonished to learn that Ye Han was the rumored twelve-year-old Soul King.
• Ye Han summoned his Fire Qilin and displayed his five soul rings, confirming his identity before Bai He and Bai Chenxiang.
• Ye Han asked to buy Bai He's Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Bai He brought out its jade box and opened it.

Ye Han bought the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from Bai He for 150,000 Gold Soul Coins, giving the impoverished Speed Clan a chance to recover. After Bai He verified the payment, Ye Han and Dugu Bo left for Heaven Dou City, with Ye Han’s offer of future help still open to the clan.

• Dugu Bo recognized that the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng was highly compatible with Ye Han’s Body Martial Soul, and Bai He agreed to sell it for Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Han offered Bai He 150,000 Gold Soul Coins and promised to help Bai He or the Speed Clan if they faced future difficulties.
• Bai He traveled to Xuanfeng City to verify the soul tool card and confirmed that it held the full amount.
• While Bai He was away, Ye Han praised Bai Chenxiang’s talent and reminded her that the Speed Clan’s Sharp-Tailed Swift Martial Soul gave her a unique strength.
• Bai He returned and declared the deal done, and Ye Han took the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Ye Han and Dugu Bo left the village for Heaven Dou City, while Bai He and Bai Chenxiang watched them go.

Ye Han returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, explained his absence, and left the Education Committee members with detailed martial soul research before departing to cultivate at Dugu Bo’s manor. Meanwhile, Flender told Yu Xiaogang about Ye Han’s extraordinary achievements and warned him that Tang San’s soul-hunting trip had gone wrong.

• Ye Han explained to Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin that he had stayed away to avoid bringing danger to the academy, and said Bibi Dong had summoned him to ask about his cultivation and the Fire Qilin.
• Ye Han gave the Education Committee members his martial soul cultivation notes and Fire Qilin records, then told them he would not return to the academy for a long time.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin assured Ye Han that his student status and benefits would remain unchanged, and Ye Han left with Dugu Bo.
• Outside the academy, Ye Han reflected on his coming seclusion at Dugu Bo’s manor and sensed that his martial soul wanted to devour the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Ye Han had become a twelve-year-old Five-Ring Soul King whose External Beast Martial Soul had undergone two beneficial mutations, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned.
• Flender urged Yu Xiaogang to let Ye Han’s achievements go and said Tang San’s soul-hunting trip had gone wrong.

Yu Xiaogang learned that the Titan Giant Ape had abducted Xiao Wu, leaving Tang San devastated, while Tang Hao secretly weighed whether to reveal Xiao Wu’s identity and reassure his son. A year later, Ye Han broke through to level fifty-six in Dugu Manor, where Dugu Bo praised his solid foundation.

• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that the Titan Giant Ape had seized Xiao Wu and that Tang San had been badly injured while trying to protect her.
• Yu Xiaogang visited Tang San, who vowed to rescue Xiao Wu before breaking down over his weakness; Yu Xiaogang hesitated to tell him about Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao watched from outside Shrek Academy and debated whether to tell Tang San that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and likely safe.
• Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang had left Notting Academy before she could give him the soul bones and resources she had prepared.
• A year later, Ye Han reached level fifty-six in Dugu Manor, and Dugu Bo praised his solid foundation.

Ye Han consumed the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and spent two months in Deep Meditation, awakening the flesh part of his Body Martial Soul and qualitatively transforming his bloodline. After recovering from the ordeal, he revealed that his new ability let him reshape his appearance.

• Ye Han told Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling he was ready to consume the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, then entered the secret chamber to cultivate.
• Ye Han ate the ginseng and entered a prolonged Deep Meditation, while Dugu Bo sensed his condition and kept watch for two months.
• Ye Han awoke with a strengthened Qilin Bloodline, the newly awakened Flesh part of his Body Martial Soul, and soul power at level fifty-seven, but emerged weakened from fasting.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling helped Ye Han, and Ye Lingling gave him Whale Rubber before Dugu Bo arranged a feast to restore his strength.
• Ye Han demonstrated his transformed blood-aura and revealed that awakening the flesh part let him change his appearance, astonishing Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.

Ye Han explained his disguise ability to Dugu Bo and then asked about the experience behind Dugu Bo’s Pill Pearl. He revealed his plan to develop the Soul Core Method, leaving Dugu Bo impressed by the idea and willing to guide him.

• Ye Han demonstrated how he used his Body Martial Soul to alter his appearance, and Dugu Bo praised the disguise as useful for covert travel.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Han about changing any part of his body, and he rebuked her while Ye Lingling laughed.
• Ye Han asked Dugu Bo to explain how he had condensed his natal Pill Pearl, surprising him because the technique was tied to the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul.
• Ye Han clarified that he wanted to use Dugu Bo’s experience to help develop the Soul Core Method, which would compress soul power and shape it into a self-sustaining vortex.
• Dugu Bo recognized the method’s potential and praised Ye Han’s concept, while Ye Han explained that his research drew on cultivation records he had read in academy libraries.