Chapter Summaries

After Lu Yang revealed his second Soul Skill, Qian Renxue decided to keep him in Heaven Dou City and arrange his education herself. Back in the city, Lu Yang considered how to overcome the physical strain that could slow his cultivation after rank thirty.

• Qian Renxue asked about Lu Yang’s second Soul Skill, and he demonstrated Blazing Sun Shakes the Earth, a ranged attack formed from condensed Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue and Lu Yang left the Star Dou Great Forest and stayed overnight in Soul Hunting Town.
• Qian Renxue consulted She Long about Lu Yang’s education, and She Long recommended keeping the talented boy close while teaching him privately.
• Qian Renxue decided to keep Lu Yang in Heaven Dou City and bring him to the Crown Prince’s Residence when the opportunity arose.
• After returning to Heaven Dou City, Lu Yang considered his rapid progress to rank twenty-two and worried that his Winged Dragon of Ra Martial Soul would strain his body after rank thirty.

Lu Yang asked Qian Renxue to help him study pharmacology so he could improve his physique and support his cultivation. After she agreed to find him a teacher, he examined his second Soul Ring’s effects and began considering how to manage his growing Soul Power needs, including seeking knowledge from Dugu Bo.

• Lu Yang asked Qian Renxue to arrange for him to study pharmacology, explaining that he wanted to strengthen his body after absorbing the Crimson Flame Feathered Sparrow's Soul Ring.
• She Long warned Lu Yang that Soul Shock from a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring could not be overcome by physical strength alone, and Qian Renxue agreed to find him a teacher.
• Qian Renxue and She Long escorted Lu Yang back to his courtyard, where he reviewed the gains from his Soul Hunting trip and wondered whether his Martial Soul would reveal its true form after more Soul Rings.
• Lu Yang entered Martial Soul Possession and found that his second Soul Ring had strengthened his golden Soul Power armor but increased its Soul Power consumption.
• Lu Yang discovered that sunlight helped him recover Soul Power quickly and considered researching Soul Cores and learning from Dugu Bo's Poison Pill.

Lu Yang studied pharmacology and combat in Heaven Dou City but worried that his physical and spiritual strength would not be sufficient for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Qian Renxue considered approaching the Nine Heart Begonia Ye Family to find him a new pharmacology teacher, while rumors and Tang San's retaliation made him unpopular at Nuoding Academy.

• Lu Yang made rapid progress in pharmacology and devised a medicinal bath, so Qian Renxue arranged combat training with She Long and Ci Xue.
• Lu Yang's studies and sparring slowed his cultivation, while Qian Renxue grew concerned about his lack of social interaction.
• Lu Yang worried that medicinal baths could no longer strengthen his body enough for his planned third soul ring, and he considered obtaining whale rubber.
• Qian Renxue learned that Lu Yang had nearly exhausted his teacher's pharmacology knowledge, and Ci Xue suggested asking Ye Qingling of the Nine Heart Begonia Ye Family to teach him.
• Qian Renxue hesitated to approach Ye Qingling because revealing her identity as the Heaven Dou Crown Prince could endanger her plan.
• In Nuoding City, Tang San attacked students who spread rumors about Yu Xiaogang, making himself widely disliked at the academy.

Tang Hao confronted Yu Xiaogang over Tang San’s troubles and ordered him to repair Tang San’s relationship with Xiao Wu. Later, She Long brought Lu Yang to the Ye Family to study medicine, where Lu Yang encountered a girl at the family clinic.

• Tang Hao struck Yu Xiaogang and demanded that he resolve Tang San’s predicament and bring Tang San and Xiao Wu together.
• Tang Hao left Nuoding City to vent his anger on Spirit Hall branch halls.
• She Long took Lu Yang to the Ye Family estate in Heaven Dou City, explaining that Qian Renxue had arranged for him to study medicinal principles there.
• Ye Qingling accepted Lu Yang as a student after Xue Qinghe offered benefits to the Ye Family.
• The Ye Family steward brought Lu Yang to the family Medical Clinic, where a physician gave him a medical canon to study.
• Lu Yang entered the rear courtyard and saw a cool, aloof girl reading beside a stone table.

Lu Yang studied the Ye Family’s Medical Canon while barely interacting with Ye Lingling, prompting Qian Renxue to question what he was thinking. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to force students to accept Tang San ended with him killing a student, and the scandal spread through Nuoding City as Spirit Hall delayed responding to the case.

• Lu Yang introduced himself to Ye Lingling, then sat apart from her and spent the afternoon reading the Ye Family’s Medical Canon.
• Qian Renxue heard She Long’s report that Lu Yang had not spoken to Ye Lingling and wondered whether she had misjudged him.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered students to stop ostracizing Tang San, then attacked noble students who refused to obey him.
• Yu Xiaogang killed a third-year student with Earth-Shattering Luo Sanpao, and the victim’s family and other parents pressured Nuoding Academy over the death.
• The Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch received the case, but its deacon got no reply about whether Yu Xiaogang should be arrested and sent to Slaughter City.

Lu Yang tested whether simmered whale rubber could improve physical constitution, and Ye Qingling followed up with a much older, stronger batch. The chapter ended with Ye Lingling forced to swallow it and struggling to refine its effects.

• Lu Yang showed Ye Lingling a Medical Canon record suggesting whale rubber could improve physical constitution and proposed testing it.
• Ye Qingling approved Lu Yang's experiment, and he simmered a piece of whale rubber and ate a spoonful himself.
• Lu Yang felt a burning heat as he refined the whale rubber's energy, then reported that its effect was slight.
• Ye Qingling brought nearly a thousand-year-old piece of whale rubber, simmered it herself, and fed it to Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling blushed and struggled to refine the stronger whale rubber after Ye Qingling made her swallow it.

Lu Yang confirmed that whale rubber improved physical constitution and secured a supply through Qian Renxue, while searching for records on immortal herbs. At the Ye Family, Ye Qingling gave him a volume of unusual medical cases to study, leaving him to continue his research.

• Ye Lingling absorbed the medicinal power, and Ye Qingling confirmed that whale rubber improved physical constitution.
• Lu Yang reported his findings to Snake Lance Douluo She Long and asked him to obtain older whale rubber.
• She Long informed Qian Renxue, who gave him Gold Soul Coins to buy whale rubber for Lu Yang.
• Lu Yang received several portions of thousand-year whale rubber but set them aside while searching for knowledge about immortal herbs.
• Lu Yang visited the Ye Family, where Ye Lingling gave him a volume of unusual medical cases from Ye Qingling, and he began reading it.

Lu Yang studied the Ye Family’s medical records, cultivated, and spent dinner with Qian Renxue and She Long. The next day, he returned to the Medical Clinic and surprised Ye Lingling with a purple-haired girl embracing her.

• Lu Yang read about the Breaking Clan’s medicine-refining arts before leaving the Medical Clinic, where a beautiful girl arrived and hugged Ye Lingling.
• Qian Renxue and She Long waited for Lu Yang at dinner, and Qian Renxue persuaded him to call her Sister Xue.
• Qian Renxue tried to understand Lu Yang’s desires, then discussed giving him more spending money with She Long.
• Lu Yang returned to the Medical Clinic the next day and startled Ye Lingling and the purple-haired girl as they pulled apart.

Lu Yang met Dugu Yan, who persuaded him and Ye Lingling to spend the afternoon shopping in Heaven Dou City. After they spotted Ning Rongrong at a restaurant and finished their outing, Lu Yang returned home, and Ye Lingling asked Dugu Yan not to keep him from cultivating again.

• Ye Lingling introduced her childhood friend Dugu Yan to Lu Yang, and the three spent the morning reading together.
• Dugu Yan insisted that Ye Lingling and Lu Yang accompany her shopping, and Lu Yang agreed.
• Lu Yang, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan went to a restaurant, where they saw Ning Rongrong ordering the steward around.
• Dugu Yan paid for the meal, then led Lu Yang and Ye Lingling around Heaven Dou City shopping until evening.
• Lu Yang left for home, and Ye Lingling cautioned Dugu Yan not to keep him from cultivating next time.

Dugu Yan began training harder after learning Lu Yang was close to surpassing her, prompting Dugu Bo to consider whether the Ye Family’s healing martial soul could help with his family’s poison. Once Lu Yang and Dugu Yan both reached rank thirty, they set out with Ye Lingling and Dugu Bo’s support for the Sunset Forest to hunt soul rings.

• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that Lu Yang’s soul power was reportedly rank twenty-seven or twenty-eight, and Dugu Yan rushed home to cultivate.
• Dugu Bo learned that Dugu Yan had been inspired to train and considered asking the Ye Family for help with the Dugu Family’s poison martial soul.
• Lu Yang and Dugu Yan reached rank thirty, and Dugu Yan invited Lu Yang to join her soul hunt with Dugu Bo accompanying them.
• Qian Renxue allowed Lu Yang to go, hoping the journey might help her win Dugu Bo over, though she felt displeased about Lu Yang’s plans.
• Lu Yang, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan left Heaven Dou City by carriage for the Sunset Forest.

Lu Yang entered Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to hunt for his third soul ring, revealing his remarkable talent and plans to pursue an unusually powerful soul beast. The group continued into the forest after Ye Lingling clarified that whale rubber was for strengthening Lu Yang’s physique, not a sign of a romance.

• Dugu Bo learned that eight-year-old Lu Yang was already a Soul Elder and asked what soul beast he wanted for his third ring.
• Dugu Bo explained that Sunflare Golden-Winged Sparrows lived in Sunset Forest but were powerful, while Lu Yang named them as one of his possible targets.
• Lu Yang summoned his martial soul and revealed that his first two soul rings were thousand-year rings, then said he aimed for an eight- to nine-thousand-year third ring.
• Ye Lingling worried about Lu Yang’s plan, but he reassured her that his training had made his physique strong enough to handle it.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling after hearing Lu Yang mention whale rubber, and Ye Lingling explained that it improved his physique.

Lu Yang and his companions entered the Sunset Forest to hunt for a soul beast, where he fought a Sunflare Golden-Winged Sparrow. He killed the more than nine-thousand-year-old beast with explosive fire attacks, leaving Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling stunned.

• Dugu Bo inferred that whale rubber might help improve physiques and enable absorption of stronger soul rings, and decided to ask Ye Qingling about it later.
• Dugu Bo led Lu Yang, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling into the Sunset Forest and told them to handle soul beasts themselves unless they needed help.
• A Sunflare Golden-Winged Sparrow attacked, and Lu Yang held off its diving strike with a soul-power spear.
• Lu Yang formed a bow and fired an explosive arrow that engulfed the flying sparrow in flames.
• Lu Yang used his second soul skill, Blazing Sun Shakes the Earth, to detonate another fireball and kill the sparrow, which was over nine thousand years old.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling were shocked that Lu Yang had defeated the powerful soul beast.

Lu Yang absorbed the Sunflare Golden-Winged Sparrow's Soul Ring and unexpectedly awakened the Winged Dragon of Ra, whose divine pressure stunned those nearby. He then revealed his third Soul Skill, Wings of the Sun, leaving Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling fascinated by his golden armor and wings.

• Lu Yang chose to absorb the Sunflare Golden-Winged Sparrow's purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Dugu Bo stood guard.
• As Lu Yang endured a powerful surge of energy, his Martial Soul unfolded from a golden sphere into the Winged Dragon of Ra and released overwhelming divine pressure.
• Dugu Bo shielded Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while hidden Snake Lance Douluo watched the awakening and decided to report Lu Yang's newfound value to Qian Renxue.
• After Lu Yang finished meditating, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling asked him to demonstrate his third Soul Skill.
• Lu Yang activated Wings of the Sun, covering himself in golden armor and spreading a pair of broad metallic wings.

After gaining his third soul ring, Lu Yang showed off his improved martial soul possession and helped Dugu Yan obtain her own third soul ring, whose effects left her feeling unwell. Back in Heaven Dou City, Lu Yang considered how to obtain the Immortal Herb Compendium, and She Long brought him to meet Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's Residence.

• Dugu Yan admired Lu Yang's perfected soul power armor as he assessed his new strength after his martial soul unfolded.
• Dugu Bo led the group to Dugu Yan's target soul beast, and Lu Yang captured the fifteen-hundred-year-old snake for her.
• As Dugu Yan absorbed the soul ring, Ye Lingling noticed green tips in her hair, and Dugu Bo rushed her back to Heaven Dou City when she felt tired.
• Lu Yang decided to seek the Immortal Herb Compendium through Qian Renxue and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.
• She Long intercepted Lu Yang after he left the Ye Family and took him to the Crown Prince's Residence, where Qian Renxue greeted him.

Qian Renxue revealed her Xue Qinghe disguise and her infiltration of the Heaven Dou Empire to Lu Yang, then arranged for him to live in the Crown Prince’s Residence under continued surveillance. After Lu Yang asked for records about immortal herbs, Qian Renxue sought help identifying someone in Spirit Hall who might know about them.

• Qian Renxue changed from Xue Qinghe back to her true appearance and told Lu Yang about her identity and mission.
• Lu Yang asked whether Qian Renxue had always been herself, and his response reassured her enough to stop testing him further.
• Lu Yang asked Qian Renxue to find Spirit Hall records about immortal-grade herbs, and she agreed to have someone search for them.
• Qian Renxue warned Lu Yang to keep her identity secret and moved him into the Crown Prince’s Residence.
• After Lu Yang left, Qian Renxue asked She Long and Ci Xue who might know about immortal herbs, and Ci Xue said he could think of someone.