Chapter Summaries

The narrator met Chrysanthemum Douluo, who recognized the traces of two immortal herbs and learned that they came from the legendary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The narrator refused to reveal its location but offered to help Chrysanthemum Douluo find another immortal herb, leaving their discussion to continue over tea.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo examined the narrator's aura and identified the lingering essence of Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• The narrator described the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well but refused to reveal where it was, explaining that its immortal herbs had already been picked.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that a compatible immortal herb might advance his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Martial Soul.
• The narrator offered to help Chrysanthemum Douluo obtain an immortal herb and invited him inside to talk.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo admired the narrator's sensitive plant, and the narrator said they had once tended a Blue Silver Grass stalk that was personally special to them.

The narrator offered Chrysanthemum Douluo the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which he had sought for years, and asked to study plants under him in return. Chrysanthemum Douluo accepted and gave the narrator a token to meet him in the inner city the next morning.

• The narrator revealed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized the flower he had searched for throughout his life.
• The narrator offered Chrysanthemum Douluo the flower, explaining that it had never acknowledged them and that their beloved had died.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo promised to grant the narrator a favor, but the narrator asked instead to study flower and plant identification, medicinal combinations, and spiritual energy under him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to teach the narrator and gave them a golden chrysanthemum token to bring to the inner city between five and seven the next morning.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo left, and the narrator examined the token bearing the word "Elder" on its back.

Su Yi entered Spirit Hall’s inner city and was shown its major halls before reaching Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan’s residence. Yue Guan welcomed Su Yi into his garden and offered him tea he had roasted himself.

• Su Yi presented Elder Ju’s token at the inner city gate and followed an attendant inside.
• The attendant showed Su Yi the Papal Hall, Elder Hall, and Douluo Hall, explaining their roles and authority.
• Su Yi followed the attendant to Yue Guan’s residence, Chrysanthemum Garden, and was led inside by a boy in pale gold robes.
• Yue Guan tended his chrysanthemums, greeted Su Yi, and led him to a bamboo cottage.
• Yue Guan prepared chrysanthemum tea and invited Su Yi to taste it.

You explained your three levels of understanding the way of plants to Chrysanthemum Douluo, who recognized the insight of your older sister and took you to his library. He allowed you to study his family’s Illustrated Catalogue of Immortal Herbs, but forbade you from copying or sharing it.

• You told Chrysanthemum Douluo that you had studied plants on your own and with an older sister whose Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, then mentioned reading in Dugu Bo’s residence.
• You described the way of plants as identification, combination, and feeling, and showed how plants responded to your Blue Silver Grass.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo praised your sister’s understanding and led you to the Fragrant Collection Pavilion, his library of books on flowers and plants.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo gave you permission to read his family’s Illustrated Catalogue of Immortal Herbs in the pavilion, provided you neither damaged nor removed it nor copied or shared its contents.

After studying Chrysanthemum Douluo’s plant collection, you questioned how Martial Soul Fusion Skills affected their users’ minds and dispositions. Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that their fusion with Ghost Douluo had gradually drawn their personalities closer, leaving you wary of the danger that a subordinate user could lose their sense of self.

• You studied and annotated Chrysanthemum Douluo’s extensive collection of books on plants, herbs, and alchemy, earning his growing appreciation.
• Ghost Douluo visited Chrysanthemum Garden, and his appearance prompted you to investigate whether Martial Soul Fusion Skills influenced their users’ minds.
• You asked Chrysanthemum Douluo whether the spiritual connection between fusion-skill partners changed their dispositions, and he explained how dominant users could influence subordinate ones.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo said that neither he nor Ghost Douluo dominated their Two Extremes Stillness Domain, yet their personalities had still grown closer over time.
• You recalled examples of fusion-skill partnerships and concluded that prolonged resonance could erode a subordinate user’s individuality, making a firm sense of self essential.

Chrysanthemum Douluo emerged from seclusion after using the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to advance his cultivation, while the narrator spent the half month studying plants and alchemy in the pavilion. After hearing that Ghost Douluo had found their target, the narrator urged Chrysanthemum Douluo to prepare protective equipment for him, then received answers to a series of scholarly questions.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo entered seclusion in the Fragrant Collection Pavilion, leaving the narrator free to study and ask Qingyu for help with important matters.
• During the following ten days, Ghost Douluo visited the pavilion several times and waited near Chrysanthemum Douluo’s quiet chamber.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo emerged with a stronger aura and said the Lovesick Heartbreak Red had helped him pass rank ninety-six and might enable another advance within three to five years.
• The narrator told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Ghost Douluo had found their whereabouts and suggested crafting him protective equipment from the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• The narrator asked about tempering plant Martial Souls and registering devouring abilities, and Chrysanthemum Douluo explained the limits of the former and the difference between combat skills and Devouring Cultivation.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo answered the narrator’s remaining questions about medicinal herbs, plant spiritual qi, and pill formulas as evening fell.

After two months of studying and growing close to Chrysanthemum Douluo, you revealed your connection to Qian Renxue and explained that you wanted to face her in a fair fight, not pursue revenge against Spirit Hall. Chrysanthemum Douluo warned that Qian Renxue was nearing Soul Douluo and that challenging her could cost you your life.

• Your Soul Power rose to rank seventy-four as you studied the Fragrant Collection Pavilion’s texts and grew close to Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• You asked Chrysanthemum Douluo about Qian Renxue, making him wary when he recognized the name.
• You recounted your family’s destruction during the Heaven Dou succession struggle and your past efforts to expose Qian Renxue’s impersonation of Xue Qinghe.
• You told Chrysanthemum Douluo that you bore Spirit Hall no ill will, had already taken revenge on those who directly attacked your family, and wanted only to settle matters with Qian Renxue face-to-face.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned you that Qian Renxue was approaching Soul Douluo while you were only at Soul Emperor Peak, and that she might kill you.

The narrator revealed that their dark-red fifth soul ring was a life-bound ring nearing the hundred-thousand-year level, then asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to arrange a duel with Qian Renxue. Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to deliver the challenge under strict safety conditions.

• The narrator explained that the Blue Silver King had created their life-bound fifth soul ring, which could grow with their cultivation.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned that the narrator remained weaker than Qian Renxue, whose Soul Saint cultivation and angel martial soul gave her a major advantage.
• The narrator argued that a duel could help Qian Renxue confront her obsession over the exposure of her identity and teach her not to underestimate opponents.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to help, requiring the duel to happen outside the city with no other witnesses and the narrator to concede if the fight became dangerous.
• The narrator handed Chrysanthemum Douluo an anonymous-sealed challenge letter for Qian Renxue, and he accepted it without opening it.

The narrator and Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared a secluded valley as the battlefield for the narrator’s meeting with Qian Renxue, arranging to lure her toward a nearby forest. Chrysanthemum Douluo concealed himself as Qian Renxue arrived in her Angel form.

• The narrator and Chrysanthemum Douluo traveled from Spirit City to a valley covered in Blue Silver Grass.
• The narrator showed Chrysanthemum Douluo the forest beside the valley and explained the plan to draw Qian Renxue into it.
• The narrator asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to hide so Qian Renxue would not suspect they had conspired, and he agreed.
• The narrator waited alone in the valley, sensing the grass resonate with their Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue flew in from Spirit City and appeared above the valley with her Angel wings spread.

Su Yi challenged Qian Renxue to reveal how he had uncovered her identity, and the two began a duel in the valley. Qian Renxue suppressed his opening attack and drew a golden sword as Su Yi advanced with a spear strike.

• Qian Renxue confronted Su Yi about the leaflets exposing her disguise, and he promised to explain only if she defeated him.
• Su Yi revealed his six Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while Qian Renxue displayed her seven rings and agreed not to use her Martial Soul Avatar or Angel Domain.
• Su Yi unleashed the Evil God Forbidden Zone and Essence Devouring Absorption, but Qian Renxue's holy light burned away the dark vines.
• Qian Renxue charged with Angel Assault, and Su Yi blocked her punch with the Blue Silver Dragon-Devouring Spear before staggering backward.
• Qian Renxue formed a golden longsword, and Su Yi counterattacked with Three Stars Chasing the Moon, aiming his spear at three vital points.

The narrator fought Qian Renxue with spearwork, Blue Silver Grass, and self-healing armor, but she overwhelmed him with Angel Judgment. After he was badly wounded, he fled toward the eastern side of the valley, and Qian Renxue pursued him.

• Qian Renxue deflected the narrator’s spear attacks with Angel’s Edict and pressed him with her holy sword and Angel Wings.
• The narrator summoned Myriad Forms Dragon Scale Armor, endured a sword strike, and counterattacked, prompting Qian Renxue to withdraw and acknowledge his self-healing armor.
• The narrator used Life Enhancement and Blue Silver Grass vines to hinder Qian Renxue, but she escaped upward and unleashed Angel Judgment.
• The narrator absorbed vitality from the valley’s Blue Silver Grass and met the attack with his spear and armor, but Qian Renxue’s sacred power shattered the armor and left him gravely wounded.
• The narrator pretended to be beaten, then sprang up and fled east; Qian Renxue immediately chased after him.

The narrator used Blue Silver Grass, concealment, and forest terrain to evade Qian Renxue and launch repeated ambushes. Qian Renxue survived the attacks, but the narrator vanished into the woods again, leaving their fight unresolved.

• The narrator sprinted into the eastern forest as Qian Renxue pursued and slashed at him with her holy sword.
• The narrator blocked Qian Renxue with a towering net of Blue Silver Grass, then concealed himself in the forest while she searched for him.
• The narrator ambushed Qian Renxue with entangling vines and a Blue Silver Overlord Spear, but she dodged the vines and knocked the spear aside.
• The narrator spread the Evil God Forbidden Zone and used the vegetation to attack Qian Renxue from concealed positions, weakening her and frustrating her efforts to locate him.
• Qian Renxue followed the narrator’s taunting voice toward a Blue Silver Grass decoy, and the narrator struck her from behind with his spear.
• Qian Renxue blocked the narrator’s attack and countered, but he retreated into the vines and disappeared.

You taunted Qian Renxue into abandoning her promise and unleashing her Angel Domain, which suppressed your Evil God Domain. You countered with armored Blue Silver Grass and Life Enhancement, leaving the two domains locked in a stalemate.

• You used the forest, concealment, and Essence Devouring Absorption to drain Qian Renxue while restoring your own strength.
• You urged Qian Renxue to use her full strength, but she refused to break her promise not to use her Martial Soul Avatar or Angel Domain.
• You taunted Qian Renxue with stories of Qian Daoliu's defeat and Qian Xunji's death, provoking her fury.
• You mocked the repeated defeats of Supreme Pontiffs by hammer-wielding opponents, and Qian Renxue unleashed her Angel Domain.
• You used Blue Silver Armor Attachment and Life Enhancement to protect and restore the Blue Silver Grass, holding the Evil God Domain against the Angel Domain.

Qian Renxue used Angel's Roar to expose the hidden speaker, then battered them with her sword until they escaped into the forest. Both fighters showed signs of strain, and the chapter ended with the speaker taunting Qian Renxue from hiding again.

• Qian Renxue unleashed Angel's Roar, briefly overwhelming the speaker before the Zhou Tian Star Dou Art helped them recover.
• Qian Renxue found the speaker and struck them repeatedly, forcing them to defend with their spear and suffer injuries.
• The speaker baited Qian Renxue into an overextended strike, then slipped into the bushes and vanished into the forest.
• Qian Renxue searched the foliage while the hidden speaker caught their breath and sensed that her aura had weakened.
• The speaker taunted Qian Renxue, and she tightened her grip on her sword.

Su Yi provoked Qian Renxue by invoking Tang San and the Angel Clan’s history, driving her into a furious attack. Nearby, Qian Daoliu learned Su Yi’s tragic past from Chrysanthemum Douluo but chose to watch the battle rather than intervene.

• Su Yi taunted Qian Renxue about Tang San and the Angel Clan’s defeat, and Qian Renxue unleashed her Seventh Soul Ring in a golden storm.
• Qian Daoliu secretly arrived beside Chrysanthemum Douluo, who explained that Su Yi was the sole survivor of the clan purged after Qian Renxue’s undercover mission.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Su Yi had come to settle matters with Qian Renxue, not seek revenge, and had shown respect for Spirit Hall.
• When Su Yi’s insults against Qian Daoliu and the Angel Clan reached them, Chrysanthemum Douluo urgently offered to seize him and make him repent.
• Qian Daoliu restrained Chrysanthemum Douluo with his pressure and told him to watch for now.

You endured Qian Renxue’s Angel True Body by replenishing your strength from the forest and waiting for her Soul Power to fade. After turning the fight around with a sudden aerial attack, you pierced her right wing and sent her crashing into the valley, then approached as she struggled to rise.

• Qian Renxue activated Angel True Body, overwhelmed your Evil God Forbidden Zone, and struck you with her Angel Holy Sword.
• You absorbed stored vitality and dark energy, healed your injuries, and advanced your fifth Soul Ring to one hundred thousand years before clashing with Qian Renxue.
• You evaded Qian Renxue through the forest and continuously restored your strength, while her Soul Power and Angel Domain weakened.
• You began counterattacking at close range, exploiting Qian Renxue’s declining strength and forcing her to retreat.
• Qian Renxue tried to escape above the forest, but you used Myriad Forms Mimicry to fly after her and pierce her right wing.
• You struck Qian Renxue out of the sky and approached her as she struggled to rise in the valley.

The narrator defeated Qian Renxue and criticized her for squandering three chances through arrogance, rigidness, and impulsiveness. After recounting how her ancestor Qian Yuhan risked the Angel Holy Sword to save the world, the narrator declared them even and flew away, leaving Qian Renxue behind.

• The narrator listed how Qian Renxue had abandoned her aerial advantage, refused to fight freely, and lost control when provoked, calling her arrogant, hidebound, and impulsive.
• The narrator praised Qian Daoliu, then described how the First-Generation Angel God, Qian Yuhan, chose to wield the dangerous Angel Holy Sword to protect all living beings.
• The narrator said Qian Renxue had forgotten the Angel Clan's true pride and retained only arrogance, rigid thinking, and vanity.
• The narrator declared that they were even and flew out of the valley, leaving Qian Renxue lying in the grass.

After recovering from his soul wound, the protagonist decided to seek three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and identified ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow as a bargaining chip to secure a soul beast’s sacrifice. By comparing clues about Dragon City and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he pinpointed Xi City as his next lead.

• The protagonist’s soul wound healed, his Life-bound Soul Ring turned crimson, and he decided to pursue three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• He weighed the known sources of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts and concluded that hunting one directly would be too dangerous, leaving a willing sacrifice as his best option.
• He chose ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow as a valuable offer that could persuade a hundred-thousand-year soul beast to sacrifice itself.
• He searched Heaven Dou Empire records and traced the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s family connections to locate the later-era Dragon City.
• He identified Xi City, a snowbound northern city whose residents included the maternal families of Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin.

Su Yi found a cavern beneath Xi City containing ten-thousand-year Profound Ice Marrow and took one piece as a gift for the Far North’s rulers. He left it with a message inviting the Snow Empress to negotiate in Xi City, then returned to wait for her response.

• Su Yi traced underground cold currents through Xi City and discovered an abandoned well leading to a cavern of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and roughly forty pieces of ten-thousand-year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Su Yi pried one piece of Profound Ice Marrow from the cold pool, sealed it in a stone box, and left the rest untouched.
• Su Yi entered the Far North, concealed himself from Soul Beasts, and reached the edge of the core region.
• Su Yi left the sealed Profound Ice Marrow beside a stele asking the Snow Empress to exchange it for three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and meet him in Xi City.
• Su Yi erased his tracks, returned to Xi City, and waited at the inn.

Su Yi met Ice Empress and Snow Empress in Xi City and traded the location of the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave for their promise to provide three hundred-thousand-year soul beasts for sacrifice. After confirming the cave held the promised treasure, Snow Empress arranged for a hundred-thousand-year soul beast to sacrifice herself to Su Yi in ten days.

• Su Yi waited in Xi City until Ice Empress and Snow Empress arrived, then approached them and offered a trade.
• Ice Empress attacked Su Yi, but Snow Empress stopped her and agreed to follow the terms of his proposed bargain.
• Su Yi revealed that the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave lay beneath a well in the Abandoned Courtyard South of the City.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress found forty-two rods of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow in the cave and returned to Su Yi.
• Snow Empress told Su Yi that a hundred-thousand-year soul beast would come to sacrifice herself to him in ten days.