Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Spirit Hall had ordered Blue Silver Grass eradicated after Lan Changsheng attacked Spirit City, and urged him to leave for Shrek Academy. Tang San informed Tang Hao, who agreed to protect him and Xiao Wu on the journey while keeping his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul hidden.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that Bibi Dong had ordered Spirit Hall to eradicate Blue Silver Grass and place its Soul Masters under Spirit Hall's management.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Lan Changsheng had killed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo and injured Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu; Tang San admitted his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to contact Lan Changsheng and proposed that Tang San transfer to Shrek Academy, bringing Xiao Wu along if Tang Hao agreed.
• Tang San told Tang Hao about Spirit Hall's order and Yu Xiaogang's plan to send him to Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao agreed that Xiao Wu could join them and said he would protect Tang San from the shadows, warning him to conceal his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and show only the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San revealed Xiao Wu’s identity as a soul beast and offered her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and a place at Shrek Academy. After they withdrew from Nuoding Academy and set out with Yu Xiaogang, the story shifted to Dugu Bo bringing Dugu Yan to Lan Changsheng for treatment.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu that he knew she was a soul beast and gave her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to conceal her aura.
• Tang San invited Xiao Wu to leave Nuoding Academy with him for Shrek Academy, and she accepted after he promised to protect her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu withdrew from the academy, packed their belongings, and joined Yu Xiaogang at the school gates.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that he had messaged Lan Changsheng, then left with him and Xiao Wu for Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told her that Lan Changsheng had cured the poison in his body.

Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to the transformed Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and introduced her to Lan Changsheng, who could cure their Martial Soul toxicity. Dugu Bo demonstrated his new fusion with his Martial Soul and Martial Soul Avatar, while Dugu Yan concluded it was best used to finish opponents quickly.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and were astonished by Lan Changsheng’s transformed valley.
• Dugu Bo introduced Lan Changsheng as his younger brother, and Dugu Yan struggled to call the young-looking man Grandpa.
• Dugu Bo explained that Lan Changsheng could cure their Martial Soul toxicity by growing a Poison Gland to store their poison, as he had done for Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo combined his Jade Forest Serpent Emperor fusion with his Martial Soul Avatar and transformed into a powerful Human-Serpent Form.
• Dugu Bo released the form when its Soul Power cost proved too high, and Dugu Yan said its close-combat strength made it better for quickly finishing opponents than saving as a trump card.

Dugu Yan chose to transform her Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul and its toxins with Lan Changsheng’s life divine power, despite the loss of her poison attribute. The transformation succeeded, leaving her with a new Martial Soul called the Life Dragon Snake and bringing her and Dugu Bo closer together.

• Dugu Yan rejected the first method because its form was too ugly, then agreed to the second method despite the cost of abandoning her family's Martial Soul and poison attribute.
• Lan Changsheng used life divine power to heal Dugu Yan's hidden injuries and transform the toxins within her and her Jade Phosphorus Snake into new Soul Power.
• The Jade Phosphorus Snake shed its poisonous form and transformed into a white, winged creature resembling both a snake and a dragon.
• Dugu Yan woke with her appearance restored and her new Martial Soul beside her, then named it the Life Dragon Snake.
• Dugu Yan embraced Dugu Bo, and they comforted each other as they reflected on the choice they had made.

Dugu Yan tested her altered martial soul and new soul skills while Lan Changsheng learned of Spirit Hall’s actions and sought advice from Dugu Bo. They decided to counter Spirit Hall by sheltering Blue Silver Grass soul masters and rallying public opposition to its regulations.

• Dugu Yan discovered that her first soul skill corroded enemies and healed allies, while Silver Wing Cutting disrupted the flow of soul power through wounds.
• Lan Changsheng received a message, worried that Spirit Hall was trying to provoke him, and told Dugu Bo what had happened.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Chrysanthemum Guan had murdered his son and daughter-in-law, then urged Lan Changsheng to retaliate against Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Yan rejected Dugu Bo’s plan to seize cities and suggested fighting Spirit Hall’s influence through public opinion.
• Dugu Bo proposed that Lan Changsheng shelter Blue Silver Grass soul masters and help them rally others against Spirit Hall’s oppressive regulations.
• Lan Changsheng agreed that protecting the soul masters could undermine Spirit Hall’s legitimacy and help humans and soul beasts live together.

Lan Changsheng left Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to protect Ah Yin while he went out to see how Spirit Hall’s crackdown on Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters had affected the continent. After freeing two groups of captives, he saw how differently they reacted and faced the second group’s request to follow him.

• Lan Changsheng gave Dugu Bo two healing stalks of Blue Silver Grass, entrusted Ah Yin to his protection, and left to investigate Spirit Hall’s actions.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Lan Changsheng was a Soul Beast, and she agreed to learn about Spirit Hall’s movements while he guarded Ah Yin.
• Lan Changsheng followed Spirit Hall escorts and freed a group of Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters, but several chose to go to Spirit City for food and shelter instead of fleeing to Heaven Dou Empire.
• A young One-Ring Soul Master watched Lan Changsheng leave with fervent excitement.
• Lan Changsheng freed another group of Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters, who had no plans and asked to follow him because they feared being captured again.

Lan Changsheng reflected on why humans had surpassed soul beasts and realized that human communities preserved knowledge and created meaning through their shared lives. His understanding of the Law of Life deepened, raising his mastery to twenty-three percent.

• Lan Changsheng watched people at a market and recognized how humans passed skills and ways of life from one generation to the next.
• Lan Changsheng paused at a young mother wiping her child clean and suddenly understood something about human life.
• Lan Changsheng healed the damaged leaf of a Blue Silver Grass stalk and continued observing life across rivers, hills, and farmland.
• Lan Changsheng sensed a connection linking all things and understood that the Law of Life included how living things saw one another.
• Lan Changsheng stood in the valley as days passed, and the system reported that his mastery of the law had increased by two percent to twenty-three percent.

Tang Hao killed a Spirit Hall deacon who had tracked Tang San, then hurried Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Grandmaster along hidden routes to evade further pursuit. After they hid by a river to rest, another Spirit Hall search party arrived, and Tang Hao went to face them.

• A Spirit Hall deacon learned Tang San had left Nuoding Academy and set out to find him after hearing he had traveled with Yu Xiaogang and a young girl.
• Tang Hao killed a level-thirty Spirit Hall Soul Master carrying portraits of Tang San and warned the others that Spirit Hall would keep tracking them.
• Tang Hao urged the exhausted Grandmaster to keep moving, and Tang San supported his teacher as they followed Tang Hao.
• The group hid among reeds beside a river and fell asleep while Tang Hao kept watch.
• Five Spirit Hall Soul Masters found the riverbank, and Tang Hao walked out to draw their attention as their leader prepared to attack.

Tang Hao defeated four Spirit Hall attackers and made Tang San and Xiao Wu fight the remaining short-staff Soul Master as training. Their battle continued with both sides still standing, and Tang San was forced back after clashing with the man's staff.

• The Spirit Hall squad attacked Tang Hao, who knocked out four members and left the short-staff Soul Master conscious.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to fight the survivor with Xiao Wu while he and Grandmaster stayed out of the battle.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu coordinated their opening attacks, using Blue Silver Grass and Xiao Wu's leg hold to bring the short-staff Soul Master down, but he threw Xiao Wu to the ground and escaped Tang San's bindings.
• Tang San checked Xiao Wu, then directed her and the Blue Silver Grass to attack the Soul Master from multiple sides.
• The short-staff Soul Master struck back at Tang San, and their weapons clashed, forcing Tang San back five steps.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang escaped after Tang San killed the short-staff Soul Master, while Tang Hao stayed behind to cover their tracks. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong learned of their flight and decided to pursue Tang San herself.

• Xiao Wu and Tang San worked together to defeat the short-staff Soul Master, whom Tang San bound with Blue Silver Grass and killed with his dagger.
• Tang Hao praised Tang San but warned him not to endanger his teammates, then sent Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu ahead while he dealt with the remaining enemies.
• Tang San used a disguise technique to alter their appearances, and the three left by a small path under Yu Xiaogang's lead.
• A Spirit Hall messenger reported to Bibi Dong that Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang had left Nuoding City and that a pursuit squad had disappeared.
• Bibi Dong said no ordinary reinforcement would be enough and resolved to go after Tang San herself, reflecting on the Blue Silver Emperor, the Clear Sky Hammer, and Lan Changsheng.
• Spirit Hall figures appeared in Sunset Forest near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

A Spirit Hall scouting squad entered Sunset Forest to investigate an abnormal energy site, but Dugu Bo confronted them on his territory. He poisoned and incapacitated all seven intruders, leaving them unconscious in the forest.

• A Spirit Hall squad led by a Soul King searched Sunset Forest for abnormal concentrations of life energy on Bibi Dong's orders.
• The squad reached Dugu Bo's territory, where Dugu Bo warned them that the area was private property.
• The Soul King refused to leave and ordered the squad to attack Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo released his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's poison, overwhelming the squad despite their antidote pills.
• Dugu Bo defeated the seven intruders and left them unconscious with their meridians sealed by poison.

After Ah Yin fell asleep, the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King awakened beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by absorbing the life divine power from her roots. They asked her to connect them with Lan Changsheng, but she refused, and they offered her a strand of their ice-fire origin in exchange.

• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King sensed Ah Yin’s life divine power and awakened underground.
• The two dragon kings followed Ah Yin’s roots and woke her by touching them.
• Ah Yin refused to give the dragons access to Lan Changsheng’s power, fearing the cost to his path to godhood.
• The Ice Dragon King offered Ah Yin a strand of ice-fire origin from each dragon if she helped them contact Lan Changsheng.

Dugu Bo killed the surviving Spirit Hall Soul King after the man forced his damaged meridians and died, then strengthened the defenses around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to protect Ah Yin. Ah Yin helped create a potent poison that could permanently sever a Soul Master’s connection to their Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo prepared to face the coming battle.

• The Spirit Hall Soul King deliberately forced Soul Power through his poisoned meridians and died after warning Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall would send a larger force.
• Dugu Bo swallowed the six remaining unconscious Spirit Hall members with his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and told Ah Yin what had happened.
• Dugu Bo refused Ah Yin’s suggestion to move, explaining that the Life Divine Power at the spring could preserve her soul’s memories and give her a chance to reunite with her brother.
• Dugu Bo laid multiple layers of poisonous defenses throughout Sunset Forest and along the path to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ah Yin connected her roots to the valley’s plants and, with Lan Changsheng’s guidance and Life Divine Power, created a seven-colored poison called cold ember severed thoughts.
• Ah Yin explained that the poison could permanently sever a Soul Master’s connection to their Martial Soul if not neutralized within three days, and Dugu Bo vowed to handle the rest.

Ah Yin negotiated with the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings while Lan Changsheng learned that Bibi Dong was heading for Tang San and raced to protect him. The chapter ended with Lan Changsheng and Bibi Dong both rushing toward Tang San’s location.

• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings proposed joining their origins with Ah Yin’s to strengthen her after resurrection, and Ah Yin refused to decide until Lan Changsheng returned.
• Ah Yin made the Dragon Kings stop consuming Life Divine Power until Lan Changsheng arrived, and they agreed to wait while offering future help in exchange for an equivalent amount of divine power.
• Lan Changsheng learned that Ah Yin had spent her own origin and Life Divine Power to strengthen the guardian plants, then discovered through Blue Silver Grass that Bibi Dong had left Spirit City for Tang San.
• Lan Changsheng gave Ah Yin a formula for Cold Ember Severed Thoughts and set off to help Tang San, while Ah Yin used only a drop of each Immortal Herb extract.
• Bibi Dong rushed toward Tang San, determined to seize the hundred-thousand-year and million-year targets, as Lan Changsheng raced in the same direction.

Lan Changsheng confronted Bibi Dong and fought off her attacks, revealing new control over his life divine power and grass. The chapter ended after he dissolved her Rakshasa: Meteor with a golden-lit hand, leaving Bibi Dong surprised.

• Lan Changsheng waited on a grassy slope as Bibi Dong approached, and she recognized him as the one connected to Tang San.
• Bibi Dong attacked with six pillars of scarlet light, but Lan Changsheng countered each one with a Blue Silver Emperor Spear.
• Bibi Dong charged with her Spider Spears, while Lan Changsheng blocked her strikes and used Life Divine Power to drive off her corrosive mist and summon vines.
• Lan Changsheng turned his spear into countless grass filaments that repeatedly swarmed around Bibi Dong's armor, forcing her to expand the Divine Slaughter's Domain and leap away.
• Bibi Dong launched Rakshasa: Meteor from above, but Lan Changsheng pressed his golden-lit hand against the sphere and dissolved it, surprising her.

Bibi Dong and Lan Changsheng continued their battle, and Bibi Dong revealed that her Rakshasa Divine Power could wound him despite his Life Divine Power. The fight left Lan Changsheng injured and Bibi Dong savoring his blood.

• Bibi Dong realized Lan Changsheng had been wounded when he blocked her attack, then pressed him with her Spider Spears and asked why he had not dodged.
• Bibi Dong formed a cracked orb of dark purple light, while Lan Changsheng used Blue Silver Grass to trap her in a cage.
• Bibi Dong withdrew the orb, transformed with scarlet markings, and vanished from Lan Changsheng's perception.
• Bibi Dong emerged through a rift behind Lan Changsheng and cut through his oath of protection, leaving a wound that remained after he reassembled from Blue Silver Grass.
• Bibi Dong wiped Lan Changsheng's golden-red blood from her face, tasted it, and told him that his blood was warm.

Lan Changsheng discovered how Bibi Dong concealed herself from Divine Sense and countered her ambush by sensing her through nearby Blue Silver Grass. Bibi Dong revealed the cost and limitations of her self-created Rakshasa skill as their fight continued.

• Bibi Dong vanished from Lan Changsheng’s Divine Sense and attacked him, but Oath of Protection blocked her strike.
• Lan Changsheng connected to the Blue Silver Grass around him and used its shared perceptions to spot Bibi Dong emerging from a rift behind him.
• Lan Changsheng thrust his Blue Silver Emperor Spear at Bibi Dong, forcing her to deflect it and abandon her attack.
• Bibi Dong realized Lan Changsheng had found her through the Blue Silver Grass, which her perception-distorting power could not erase.
• Bibi Dong’s thoughts revealed that her skill, Rakshasa True Form: Silent Shadow Severed Thought, concealed her from mental perception but left her visible and caused severe consumption and backlash that devoured her memories.

Lan Changsheng fought Bibi Dong as she used her Rakshasa power to drain life and restore her strength. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang headed toward the battle, while Tang Hao took Tang San and Xiao Wu into hiding.

• Tang Hao sensed a battle between Lan Changsheng and Bibi Dong and led Tang San and Xiao Wu into the woods to hide.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted on going to Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao allowed him to leave after warning him not to expose the children.
• Bibi Dong resolved to pursue power regardless of its cost, and Lan Changsheng challenged her about the limits of her ability.
• Bibi Dong drained the vitality of plants and animals to heal herself and replenish her Soul Power as Lan Changsheng attacked her.
• Lan Changsheng stopped attacking and used his life divine power to restore the creatures Bibi Dong was draining.

Lan Changsheng defeated Bibi Dong by unleashing the Law of Life, but his mastery and divine insights suffered as a result. He spared her, then learned from Ah Yin that Spirit Hall was still threatening the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Lan Changsheng fought Bibi Dong, wounded her, and pierced her armor with the Blue Silver Emperor Spear.
• Lan Changsheng restored the life Bibi Dong had devoured, causing the swallowed auras to tear through her body and leave her powerless.
• Lan Changsheng sensed a terrifying danger and chose not to kill Bibi Dong; he told her he had saved her to make her rescind the order to exterminate Blue Silver Grass.
• Ah Yin noticed Lan Changsheng's weakened power through the Oath of Protection, and he admitted he had sacrificed his path to godhood and was injured.
• Ah Yin told Lan Changsheng that Brother Dugu had held off a Titled Douluo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and was planting more poisonous plants.
• Lan Changsheng checked his divine trial and saw that its transformation progress had fallen to 43%.

Lan Changsheng struggled to recover the insights he had forgotten and reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu after ensuring they were safe. Bibi Dong forgot Yu Xiaogang and rejected him, while Lan Changsheng asked Xiao Wu to help change the hostility between humans and soul beasts.

• Lan Changsheng learned that Tang San and the others were safe under Clear Sky Douluo's protection and went to find them.
• Yu Xiaogang found Bibi Dong, but she did not remember him and warned him to stay away before leaving.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed in grief after Bibi Dong departed without recognizing their past.
• Lan Changsheng reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu and introduced himself to her as a fellow soul beast.
• Lan Changsheng told Xiao Wu he had met her mother and asked whether she would help him change the hostility between humans and soul beasts.