Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng began condensing a second Spirit Meridian after demonstrating his control over his new Earth Fire Surge skill. He survived the difficult process and awakened a trace of red radiance in the Innate Treasure Pearl.

• Lin Feng demonstrated that he could condense Earth Fire Surge into an attack or spread it across the ground for control, easing Ling Yuan's concerns about his abilities.
• Ling Yuan went to find a healing Spirit Master and arranged for her to stand by while Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan asked Chrysanthemum Douluo and She Douluo to guard the area.
• Lin Feng separated his Purple Soul Ring from the Innate Treasure Pearl and began condensing a Spirit Meridian at his heart.
• Lin Feng struggled through the two-and-a-half-hour process and bled from the mouth, while Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan watched anxiously.
• Lin Feng completed the Spirit Meridian and, too weak to stand, rested on Qian Renxue's lap as a wisp of flame appeared at his fingertips.

Lin Feng connected his first two Spirit Meridians, increasing his cultivation speed, and agreed to share his cultivation method with the Spirit Hall. After Stingray Douluo brought back ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, Qian Renxue took Lin Feng with her to test its effects, and they waited together for its side effect to pass.

• Lin Feng connected the Spirit Meridian in his liver to the one in his heart and found that the pair increased his cultivation speed by fifty percent.
• Lin Feng explained that he intended to connect future Spirit Meridians and agreed to write down the second path for She Long to deliver to the Great Enshrinement.
• Stingray Douluo brought Qian Renxue ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, and she gave half to the three attendants to share.
• Qian Renxue took Lin Feng to a room to test the Whale Rubber, and its side effect left her clinging to him until it passed.

Ling Yuan met Ye Wanqing, admitted she had fallen for a man more than ten years younger, and sought her friend’s advice. As Ye Wanqing led her to visit her sister, Ling Yuan considered whether Xiao Feng could solve the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s fatal inheritance restriction.

• Ye Wanqing waited outside a shop for Ling Yuan, then teased her about being stood up and having a boyfriend.
• Ling Yuan took Ye Wanqing to eat king crab and confessed she had fallen for a man more than ten years younger.
• Ye Wanqing reassured Ling Yuan and offered to ask her sister for advice, mentioning that her sister and brother-in-law had faced a similar situation.
• Ye Wanqing explained that her daughter Ling Ling’s Spirit Awakening would cause the previous Nine Heart Begonia wielder to lose her life.
• Ling Yuan wondered whether Xiao Feng could overcome the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s inheritance restriction and agreed to visit Ye Wanqing’s family.

Qian Renxue and Lin Feng discussed strengthening her body before she absorbed a 10,000 Year Soul Ring, while Lin Feng reflected on their relationship and developed his Soul Vein cultivation theory. Later, Ye Wanqing’s parents encouraged Ling Yuan to pursue Lin Feng more boldly.

• Qian Renxue said her physical strength had improved, and Lin Feng told her to absorb two Immortal Herbs before attempting to absorb a 10,000 Year Soul Ring.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo interrupted Qian Renxue and Lin Feng, and Qian Renxue left with him for Disguise Simulation.
• Lin Feng wondered whether he preferred being passive, then wrote that the Innate Treasure Pearl could guide him to reshape his Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingling called Ling Yuan “Auntie,” prompting Ye Wanqing to explain how she should address beautiful older women.
• Mother Ye and Father Ye urged Ling Yuan to pursue Lin Feng proactively, and Mother Ye promised to explain her approach in detail.

Ling Yuan left the Ye Family after discussing Mother Ye’s advice and returned to Lin Feng, where she massaged him and hoped to earn Qian Renxue’s acceptance. Qian Renxue privately acknowledged Ling Yuan’s devotion but remained wary of sharing Lin Feng, then discussed the Spirit Hall’s plans and public support with Chrysanthemum Douluo.

• Mother Ye told Ling Yuan she would give her old notes, and Ling Yuan decided to speak with Xiao Feng about the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul before telling the others.
• Ling Yuan said goodbye to Ye Wanqing and left Heaven Dou City to return to the base.
• Ling Yuan massaged Lin Feng, and he reassured her that she could stay by his side as long as she wished.
• Ling Yuan wondered whether Qian Renxue would accept her, while Qian Renxue privately considered Ling Yuan’s feelings and her care for Lin Feng.
• Qian Renxue complained about impersonating Xue Qinghe, then told Chrysanthemum Douluo that the Spirit Hall had popular support and would eventually unify the continent.

Ling Yuan Jie and Qian Renxue discussed Ling Yuan Jie's feelings for Lin Feng while he pretended to sleep, and Qian Renxue allowed her to grow closer to him under certain limits. With Qian Renxue's mission approaching, Lin Feng proposed visiting Dugu Bo's Herb Garden to collect two Immortal Herbs, and the group went there the next day.

• Ling Yuan Jie admitted her feelings for Lin Feng, and Qian Renxue agreed she could hold his hand but not kiss him unless Lin Feng confessed his feelings to her.
• Lin Feng overheard the conversation, then woke to find Ling Yuan Jie taking his hand and leading him to eat with Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Feng that her mission was scheduled for the Noble Banquet one week later.
• Lin Feng suggested visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Dugu Bo left, so Qian Renxue could refine two Immortal Herbs.
• The next day, Lin Feng, Qian Renxue, and Chrysanthemum Douluo visited Dugu Bo, who mistook Qian Renxue in disguise for Lin Feng's younger sister and teased him about favoring his girlfriend.

Lin Feng brought Qian Renxue and Chrysanthemum Douluo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so Qian Renxue could absorb two Immortal Herbs and forge her Golden Body. After she entered the spring, Lin Feng waited nearby as her pain gradually eased.

• Dugu Bo gave Lin Feng ten Antidotes of Poison Barrier and joked about him marrying Dugu Yan before sending the group to the well.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo marveled at the medicinal herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and urged Qian Renxue to have the Spirit Hall secure the site.
• Lin Feng pointed out the two Accompanying Immortal Herbs in the spring, and Chrysanthemum Douluo congratulated Qian Renxue on obtaining them.
• Lin Feng built a shed around the well, and Chrysanthemum Douluo left to watch for attacking Spirit Beasts.
• Qian Renxue swallowed both Immortal Herbs and jumped into the well, where its energy destroyed her clothes and caused her pain.
• Lin Feng stayed nearby and waited as Qian Renxue's pained cries subsided.

Lin Feng reunited with Qian Renxue after she refined the two Immortal Grasses, and they shared a tender journey back from Sunset Forest. Back at their base, Gui Mei reported on Xue Qinghe’s movements as Qian Renxue prepared for her mission.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Feng that the Immortal Grasses had improved her constitution and Spiritual Power enough to absorb a 10,000 Year Soul Ring, though she was tired.
• Lin Feng carried Qian Renxue out of the greenhouse, and she asked to sleep while hugging his changed Innate Treasure Pearl.
• Qian Renxue rode on Lin Feng’s back as Chrysanthemum Douluo cleared their way, and they stopped to greet Dugu Bo before leaving Sunset Forest.
• Qian Renxue reflected on her upcoming mission and the time she would lose with Lin Feng, but decided she could not withdraw from it.
• Gui Mei reported that Xue Qinghe had visited the Imperial Palace and would attend a Noble Banquet in a week, while Qian Renxue told him to stay alert.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo took Gui Mei aside to show him something and offered him Whale Rubber.

Lin Feng taught Ling Yuan Jie and Qian Renxue to cook, then reflected on his Soul Ring theories before Qian Renxue joined him in bed with his Martial Soul. The chapter ended with them falling asleep beside each other.

• Ling Yuan Jie struggled to cook braised fish, so Lin Feng offered to teach her.
• Lin Feng showed Ling Yuan Jie and Qian Renxue how to cook, but Qian Renxue burned her first attempt at scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
• Lin Feng prepared a meal for everyone, and Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan Jie praised his cooking.
• Lin Feng reviewed his notes and wondered whether his First Soul Vein helped him understand the laws behind his Soul Skills.
• Qian Renxue brought the Innate Treasure Pearl to Lin Feng's room, then lay beside him and fell asleep in his arms.

Lin Feng and Qian Renxue shared a quiet morning before he practiced shaping his Fire Domain into chains. Ling Yuan Jie asked him to help with the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul problem, and Lin Feng confessed that he liked her, leaving them to plan how to approach Qian Renxue.

• Qian Renxue teased Lin Feng awake, and they stayed together until breakfast.
• Lin Feng formed chains from his Fire Domain but found that they consumed too much Spiritual Power.
• Ling Yuan Jie told Lin Feng that Ye Zixin came from a Nine Heart Begonia branch and asked him to help her friend's family with the Martial Soul's inheritance problem.
• Lin Feng embraced Ling Yuan Jie and told her that he liked her and that they should treat each other as equals.
• Ling Yuan Jie planned to speak with Qian Renxue, while Lin Feng agreed to study the Nine Heart Begonia issue in private.

At a noble’s banquet, Qian Renxue resumed her Xue Qinghe disguise after having the real Xue Qinghe killed, but she regretted the dullness of the mission and decided to train a replacement. Back in the Crown Prince Residence’s secret chamber, she told Lin Feng and Ling Yuan of her plan and rested while Lin Feng massaged her legs.

• Xue Qinghe left the banquet with three Dark Guards, who asked him to die and killed him before Qian Renxue took his place.
• Qian Renxue continued the banquet in disguise and resolved to ask Qian Daoliu to send a candidate who could eventually replace her.
• At the Crown Prince Residence, Qian Renxue entered the hidden passage and reunited with Lin Feng and Ling Yuan in the secret chamber.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Feng that she regretted the mission and had asked Chrysanthemum Grandpa to request a replacement from Qian Daoliu.
• Lin Feng massaged Qian Renxue as she rested, while Ling Yuan kneaded his shoulders.

Qian Daoliu weighed the risks of Qian Renxue’s mission and agreed that she and Lin Feng could travel after returning to Spirit City. Back in Heavenly Dou, Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan made Lin Feng consume Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber to strengthen him for a near-limit Soul Ring, and its effects began to affect him.

• Qian Daoliu reflected on the Whale Rubber, the Immortal Herbs, and Qian Renxue’s request for someone to replace her in the mission.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue and Lin Feng to remain in Heavenly Dou until the mission handover, then return to Spirit City before traveling elsewhere.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Feng and Ling Yuan that her cultivation had more than doubled and that she hoped to soon obtain a 10,000 Year Fourth Soul Ring.
• Lin Feng explained that he wanted to test whether controlling a Soul Skill during absorption could help his research into condensing Spirit Meridians for others.
• Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan restrained Lin Feng and fed him melted Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber.
• Lin Feng swallowed the Whale Rubber, felt its effects take hold, and sat down to meditate as Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan watched him blush.

Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan teased Lin Feng together, and he reflected on the limits of certain Martial Souls and his plans to investigate the Nine Heart Begonia Family. Three months later, Lin Feng and Ling Yuan went shopping in Heaven Dou City until someone suddenly called out to her.

• Qian Renxue revealed that she knew Lin Feng had overheard their earlier conversation, accepted his feelings for Ling Yuan, and joined her in teasing him.
• After Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan left, Lin Feng considered whether the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul was restricted and planned to visit the Ye Family to investigate it.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Feng to make Grilled Fish for dinner.
• Three months later, Lin Feng and Ling Yuan walked through Heaven Dou City, ate fish balls, and went into a clothing shop together.
• Someone called out to Ling Yuan, making her freeze.

Ling Yuan reunited with Ye Wanqing in Heaven Dou City and introduced her to Lin Feng as her boyfriend. Over dinner, Ye Wanqing teased them, learned Lin Feng was nineteen, and invited them to stay at her home with her sister.

• Ling Yuan ran into Ye Wanqing while shopping with Lin Feng, and Lin Feng told Ye Wanqing he was Ling Yuan's boyfriend.
• Ye Wanqing teased Ling Yuan about her relationship, and Ling Yuan hurriedly took her and Lin Feng to a restaurant.
• Ling Yuan introduced Lin Feng, and Ye Wanqing embarrassedly learned he knew she stole lollipops from children.
• Lin Feng praised Ling Yuan's spirit, affection, care, and beauty when Ye Wanqing asked what he liked about her.
• Ling Yuan said Lin Feng was nineteen and that they planned to stay in Heaven Dou City for a few months before going to Spirit City.
• Ye Wanqing invited Ling Yuan and Lin Feng to her spacious home, saying her sister missed Ling Yuan too.

Ling Yuan and Lin Feng visited the Ye Family so Lin Feng could study the Nine Heart Begonia’s healing ability. After demonstrating his own healing Soul Skill, he told the Ye parents he might have a way to solve the Martial Soul’s inheritance problem.

• Ling Yuan, Lin Feng, and Ye Wanqing left the restaurant together, while Ye Wanqing sped ahead after feeling left out of the couple’s whispered conversation.
• At the Ye Family home, Mother Ye teased Ling Yuan about the relationship advice she had given her, while Ye Wanqing told Ye Lingling to call Ling Yuan Auntie and Lin Feng Uncle.
• Ling Yuan asked Mother Ye to summon the Nine Heart Begonia so Lin Feng could study its healing ability.
• Mother Ye healed Lin Feng, who then used his Breath of Life Soul Skill on the Ye parents and explained that it offered precise, pure healing.
• Lin Feng told the Ye parents he believed he could find a different way to solve the Nine Heart Begonia’s inheritance problem, shocking them.

Lin Feng explained how the Nine Heart Begonia’s source had been restricted by heaven and earth, then offered the Ye Family ways to break that limit. The family agreed to secretly join Spirit Hall, and Lin Feng prepared to help Ye Lingling evolve her Martial Soul with an Immortal Herb.

• Father Ye urgently asked Lin Feng whether he had a genuine solution for the Nine Heart Begonia’s limits.
• Lin Feng said the Nine Heart Begonia’s source was anchored by the world’s rules, restricting its Soul Skills and the number of people who could awaken it.
• Lin Feng presented Martial Soul evolution and learning to control Source Power as two ways to break the restriction, and offered the Ye Family an Immortal Herb and a foundation in his Cultivation Method.
• Mother Ye agreed that the family would secretly join Spirit Hall, while Lin Feng said the Aromatic Silk Beauty could solve Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul problem.
• Father Ye asked why Lin Feng had offered his Cultivation Method as well, and Lin Feng joked about wanting more children, embarrassing Mother Ye and Ling Yuan.

Lin Feng helped Ye Lingling absorb the Aromatic Silk Beauty, evolving her Nine Heart Begonia and securing the Ye Family’s support for joining Spirit Hall. After visiting Commercial Street with Ling Yuan Jie, he returned to the Secret Chamber, where Qian Renxue arranged for Ling Yuan Jie to absorb the Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower.

• Lin Feng guided Ye Lingling in absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and her Martial Soul evolved beyond the Nine Heart Begonia.
• Mother Ye offered Lin Feng the Ye Family’s support and three million Gold Soul Coins, while he said someone would discuss joining Spirit Hall with them later.
• Lin Feng and Ling Yuan Jie stayed for a meal before leaving the Ye Family, and Ye Wanqing thanked them as they departed.
• Lin Feng and Ling Yuan Jie browsed clothing on Commercial Street, and Ling Yuan Jie secretly planned to involve Qian Renxue in wearing one of his designs.
• Qian Renxue asked when Ling Yuan Jie would absorb her reserved Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower, and Ling Yuan Jie chose to do it immediately.

Ling Yuan absorbed the Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower, gained three Soul Power levels, and evolved her Blazing Kite into a true Fire Phoenix. After Qian Renxue whisked her away to bathe, Lin Feng was left wishing he could have seen her use Martial Soul Possession.

• Qian Renxue gave Ling Yuan the Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower and instructed her to swallow it whole and guide its power through her body.
• As Ling Yuan absorbed the herb, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo discussed their guard duty and speculated about her relationship with Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng and Qian Renxue talked while Ling Yuan refined the herb, and Lin Feng teased Qian Renxue about her appearance.
• Ling Yuan finished absorbing the herb, gained three Soul Power levels, and transformed her Blazing Kite Martial Soul into a Fire Phoenix.
• Ling Yuan noticed her body had changed, and Qian Renxue took her to bathe while Lin Feng regretted missing the chance to see her use Martial Soul Possession.

Lin Feng returned to the Secret Chamber and found Ling Yuan and Qian Renxue trying on new outfits. After praising them, he faced Qian Renxue’s question about which of them looked better.

• Lin Feng left the Secret Chamber, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo departed after teasing him.
• Ling Yuan offered Qian Renxue one of the outfits she had bought, then coaxed her into changing into it.
• Ling Yuan and Qian Renxue emerged together, and Lin Feng stared at them and praised their appearance.
• Qian Renxue leaned against Lin Feng and asked whether she or Ling Yuan looked better, leaving him unable to answer.

Lin Feng, Qian Renxue, and Ling Yuan returned to Spirit City after completing their plans in Heaven Dou, while Qian Renxue prepared to reunite with her grandfather and Ling Yuan worried about his reaction to her relationship with Lin Feng. They arrived at the city with Chrysanthemum Douluo confirming to Ghost Douluo that Lin Feng had won Ling Yuan over.

• Lin Feng praised Qian Renxue's beauty but said Ling Yuan surpassed her in grace, charm, and gentleness, prompting Qian Renxue to vow she would outshine Ling Yuan in a few years.
• Qian Renxue said her replacement would soon take over the mission and that she expected to return to Spirit City and see her grandfather the following month.
• Lin Feng predicted that Ling Yuan would reach Titled Douluo within five years and suggested the title Ni Huang for her.
• Lin Feng reflected on the gains from the Heaven Dou trip, including the immortal grasses, the alliance with the Nine Heart Begonia Family and Dugu Bo's family, and the progress of the usurpation plan.
• A month later, Lin Feng, Qian Renxue, and Ling Yuan returned to Spirit City, where Ling Yuan worried that Qian Daoliu might disapprove of her relationship with Lin Feng.
• Qian Renxue reassured Ling Yuan that her grandfather could not reject her choice, while Chrysanthemum Douluo told Ghost Douluo that Lin Feng had won Ling Yuan over.