Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming brought Lin Yang to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the three committee members were astonished by his age and strength and competed to take him as a disciple. Before Lin Yang could answer, Dugu Bo arrived and made his own offer.

• Qin Ming introduced Lin Yang as a rank thirty-two Soul Elder seeking enrollment, and Lin Yang revealed his Martial Soul and three Soul Rings.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin recognized Lin Yang's fused External Soul Bone and learned he was not yet eight, then each asked him to become a personal disciple.
• Lin Yang hesitated because he wanted to avoid becoming entangled with the imperial family, while the three committee members argued over who would teach him.
• Dugu Bo entered the reception room, confirmed that his granddaughter Dugu Yan had told him about Lin Yang, and asked Lin Yang to take him as his master.

Lin Yang ended the standoff between Dugu Bo and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three committee members by choosing to become Dugu Bo’s disciple while promising to continue serving the academy. Dugu Bo took Lin Yang away, leaving the committee members to accept his choice and hope he might someday win them a tournament championship.

• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin released their Martial Souls to resist Dugu Bo, and the four prepared to fight over Lin Yang.
• Lin Yang calmed them, thanked both sides, and asked Dugu Bo why he wanted to take him as a disciple.
• Dugu Bo said Lin Yang pleased him, and Lin Yang chose him as his master while offering to keep contributing to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Meng Shenji accepted Lin Yang’s decision and reminded him that he remained an academy student; Lin Yang thanked Qin Ming for introducing him.
• Dugu Bo seized Lin Yang and vanished with him, while the committee members told Qin Ming to place Lin Yang in his class and discussed his future tournament potential.

Lin Yang explained why he had offered to become Dugu Bo’s disciple, but Dugu Bo refused, saying he could not teach him. When Lin Yang hinted at Dugu Bo’s poison, Dugu Bo attacked with soul pressure and discovered Lin Yang’s external soul bone and extraordinary soul rings, then demanded an explanation.

• Dugu Bo brought Lin Yang to his secluded manor and, after observing his patience, invited him to sit and asked whether his offer of discipleship was sincere.
• Lin Yang admitted that the offer had both helped Dugu Bo save face and reflected his genuine desire to learn from a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo said he had never taken a disciple and could not teach Lin Yang because his poison cultivation was dangerous and Lin Yang’s saber martial soul did not fit his legacy.
• Lin Yang asked whether Dugu Bo’s refusal was connected to the poison affecting him, prompting Dugu Bo to engulf Lin Yang in soul pressure and demand to know how he knew.
• Dugu Bo noticed Lin Yang’s external soul bone and saw his displayed soul rings change to yellow, purple, and black, including a ten-thousand-year third ring.
• Lin Yang claimed he was an ordinary soul master with a few fortunate encounters, but Dugu Bo rejected the explanation and told him to explain himself.

Lin Yang explained that Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul could no longer contain her accumulating toxins and offered two ways to resolve the danger. Dugu Bo swore to keep Lin Yang’s secrets in exchange for his help, then promised him three favors if he cured Dugu Yan.

• Lin Yang told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan’s toxins had exceeded her Martial Soul’s capacity and were corroding her body.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Lin Yang could save Dugu Yan, and Lin Yang offered a compatible heavenly treasure or a Soul Bone to contain the toxins.
• Lin Yang warned that the Soul Bone method required a potion he would formulate and said he would not trust Dugu Bo without protection.
• Lin Yang demanded that Dugu Bo swear on his Martial Soul to keep everything about him secret, and Dugu Bo took the oath.
• Dugu Bo promised Lin Yang three things within his power if Lin Yang resolved Dugu Yan’s poison.

Lin Yang prepared a potion that let Dugu Bo guide some of his poison into his Soul Bone, convincing him that Dugu Yan could be cured. Dugu Bo then agreed to reveal his heavenly treasures and asked Lin Yang to identify those suitable for Yanyan, giving Lin Yang access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Dugu Bo chose to test Lin Yang’s potion himself and took him to his laboratory at the Butterfly Mansion.
• While Lin Yang prepared the potion, Dugu Bo examined his laboratory and was impressed by his detailed anatomical diagrams and skillful work.
• Dugu Bo drank the potion and successfully guided some of his poison into his Soul Bone, realizing that Yanyan could be saved.
• Lin Yang offered to examine Dugu Yan and prepare a potion for her, but Dugu Bo insisted she use heavenly treasures instead.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he possessed heavenly treasures and asked Lin Yang to identify those suited to Yanyan, granting Lin Yang access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Bo took Lin Yang to his medicinal garden in the Sunset Forest, where Lin Yang searched for a treasure that could help Dugu Yan. He identified the Earth Dragon Golden Melon as an herb suited to Dugu Bo, leaving its use—and the search for Dugu Yan’s remedy—still ahead.

• Lin Yang left Katherine in charge of the Butterfly Mansion, reassuring her that she could manage while he was away.
• Dugu Bo carried Lin Yang from Heaven Dou City to his hidden medicinal garden in the Sunset Forest, revealing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo explained that the garden’s environment suppressed his poison and asked Lin Yang to find a Heavenly Treasure suitable for Dugu Yan.
• Lin Yang identified several Immortal Herbs while examining the plants around the pool.
• Lin Yang found the Earth Dragon Golden Melon and told Dugu Bo it could help snake-type Martial Souls evolve into flood dragons.

Lin Yang harvested immortal herbs from Dugu Bo’s garden and agreed to remove Dugu Bo’s poison in exchange for access to the medicinal plants. After planting Ah Yin by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Yang consumed two opposing immortal herbs and began using their power to pursue the Second Awakening of his Demon God Body Martial Soul.

• Lin Yang explained that immortal herbs had powerful effects but required the right method of use, and Dugu Bo gave him permission to take any herbs he wanted if he used them carefully.
• Dugu Bo asked Lin Yang to remove his poison using the Soul Bone Method, and Lin Yang agreed to begin the work the next day and prepare in the garden.
• After Dugu Bo left, Lin Yang planted Ah Yin near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she quickly took root and spread into a patch of Blue Silver Grass.
• Lin Yang harvested the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, then swallowed both herbs at once.
• Lin Yang plunged into the junction of the ice and fire springs and began controlling the herbs’ power, intending to use it to complete the Second Awakening of his Demon God Body Martial Soul rather than forge an Ice and Fire Golden Body.

Lin Yang pushed himself to the brink in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and triggered a silver rank second awakening, transforming his body and strengthening Transparent World. He emerged with all three Soul Rings upgraded to Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, while Ah Yin’s repeated attempts to reach him deepened her fusion with the Demon Blood.

• Lin Yang descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, enduring crushing pressure until he detonated the ice and fire power within himself.
• The Demon God Body devoured the raging forces as Lin Yang’s body repeatedly collapsed and regenerated, while Ah Yin tried to reach him through the spring water and deepened her fusion with the Demon Blood.
• Lin Yang regained consciousness after an unknown amount of time and realized he had achieved a silver rank second awakening.
• Lin Yang discovered that Transparent World’s range had greatly increased and that he could perceive flowing power and weaknesses in attacks.
• Lin Yang found that his muscles, bones, blood vessels, and heart had grown far stronger, and all three of his Soul Rings had become black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Dugu Bo found Lin Yang alive after mistakenly thinking he had fallen into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then received another treatment for his poison backlash. He rewarded Lin Yang with access to the herb garden and a Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch, but ended by revealing he had a condition.

• Dugu Bo arrived at the herb garden, found Lin Yang missing, and feared he had fallen into the spring.
• Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass restrained Dugu Bo until Lin Yang emerged from beneath the spring and explained that he had been cultivating there.
• Lin Yang told Dugu Bo that he had reached rank thirty-three and introduced Ah Yin as his pet, which Dugu Bo allowed to stay in the garden.
• Lin Yang prepared a stronger potion, and Dugu Bo used it to channel poison into his Soul Bone and ease the backlash.
• Dugu Bo granted Lin Yang permission to use the herb garden and gave him a Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch, then said he had a condition.

After Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul changed following her treatment, Lin Yang took her to the Sunset Forest to find her Third Soul Ring. They spent the first day searching without success, while Dugu Bo secretly followed and watched them camp together.

• Lin Yang tested how his blood assimilated the powers in potions and noted that his Second Awakening had strengthened the effect.
• Dugu Yan visited Lin Yang, showed him her evolved Jade Phosphorous Poison Jiao Martial Soul, and asked him to protect her on the Soul Hunting trip.
• Lin Yang and Dugu Yan left Heaven Dou City for the Sunset Forest to seek a suitable Soul Beast for her Third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo secretly followed them, keeping watch as they searched the forest and dismissing their relaxed manner as insufficiently vigilant.
• After they found no suitable Soul Beast on the first day, Lin Yang roasted meat at their camp, and Dugu Bo watched them share the meal with displeasure.

Lin Yang struck a three-thousand-year Gale Leopard away from Dugu Yan, who insisted on fighting it herself and killed it with her origin poison. Seeing the gap between her strength and Lin Yang’s, Dugu Yan reconsidered her confidence, while Dugu Bo left her to face her own path.

• Lin Yang punched a three-thousand-year Gale Leopard away as it attacked Dugu Yan during his watch.
• Dugu Yan asked Lin Yang to let her fight the wounded beast, then battled it despite struggling against its speed and strength.
• Dugu Yan endured the Gale Leopard’s attack and poisoned its wound with her Martial Soul Origin, killing it and gaining a purple Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan compared her difficult victory with Lin Yang’s effortless punch and realized the gap between their abilities.
• Dugu Bo watched Dugu Yan get hurt but chose not to intervene, then left her to continue her own path.

After tending to Dugu Yan's wounds, Lin Yang traveled with her through the forest in search of a Soul Beast. They found a Bone-Eroding Viper Dragon suited to Dugu Yan, and Lin Yang knocked it unconscious so she could absorb its Soul Ring.

• Lin Yang treated Dugu Yan's wounds, and she asked him to call her Yanzi instead of senior.
• Lin Yang and Dugu Yan spent the night talking before setting out at dawn to search for a Soul Beast.
• Lin Yang detected poisonous energy in the wind and led Dugu Yan to a swamp where a Bone-Eroding Viper Dragon emerged.
• Lin Yang identified the dragon as roughly 3,200 to 3,500 years old, an age suitable for Dugu Yan's third Soul Ring.
• Lin Yang knocked the Bone-Eroding Viper Dragon unconscious and explained why its Soul Ring could help Dugu Yan; she agreed to absorb it.

Dugu Yan absorbed the Bone-Eroding Viper Dragon’s Soul Ring while Lin Yang protected her from a Cave Demon Spider ambush. After Dugu Bo witnessed Lin Yang’s strength and Dugu Yan reached Level 33, he pledged to protect Lin Yang, and Dugu Yan discovered the spider’s remains.

• Dugu Yan absorbed the Bone-Eroding Viper Dragon’s Soul Ring, and the Earth Dragon Golden Melon strengthened her as she refined it.
• A ten-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider ambushed Dugu Yan, but Lin Yang killed it with a swift series of slashes before Dugu Bo could intervene.
• Dugu Bo thanked Lin Yang for saving Dugu Yan and promised to protect him, while Lin Yang agreed to call him Poison Elder.
• Dugu Yan finished absorbing the Soul Ring and reached Level 33, matching Lin Yang’s Soul Power level.
• Dugu Yan confronted Dugu Bo about secretly following her, then saw the Cave Demon Spider’s remains and suspected he had released it too.

After a month and a half of cultivation and treating Dugu Bo, Lin Yang began the new academic year at Heaven Dou Royal Academy alongside Dugu Yan. They joined the Heaven Dou Grade and were told to report to the Third Training Ground as reserve members of the Heaven Dou Royal Team.

• Dugu Yan learned that Lin Yang had killed the Ten-Thousand-Year Cave Demon Spider and discovered her third Soul Skill was Jade Phosphor Corrosive Bone Poison.
• Lin Yang spent the next month and a half cultivating and researching, while Dugu Bo stabilized the poison in his body and Dugu Yan frequently visited Lin Yang at the Butterfly Mansion.
• Lin Yang used the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to advance his Spiritual Power to the middle stage of the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Lin Yang and Dugu Yan entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Heaven Dou Grade as classmates and met Qin Ming as their teacher.
• After class, Qin Ming told Lin Yang and Dugu Yan to report to the Third Training Ground that afternoon for their Heaven Dou Royal Team reserve duties.

Lin Yang joined the Heaven Dou Royal Academy reserve team and revealed his rank thirty-three Soul Elder status, while Yu Tianheng struggled with the gap between himself and his teammates. Qin Ming began practical combat training, and Dugu Yan demonstrated the power of her evolved Martial Soul before her poison attack exploded against his barrier.

• Yu Tianheng saw Dugu Yan’s Heaven Dou Grade badge and learned she had reached rank thirty, then watched Lin Yang introduce himself as a rank thirty-three Soul Elder with the Nichirin Blade Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan reported rank thirty-three, Ye Lingling reported rank twenty-six, and Yu Tianheng reported rank twenty-nine, leaving him near the bottom of the group.
• Qin Ming challenged the team to practical combat, and Yu Tianheng performed poorly before Qin Ming sent him flying and criticized his mistakes.
• Dugu Yan fought Qin Ming and used her evolved Martial Soul’s crystal spike, which pierced his Soul Power barrier before exploding into emerald poison gas.

Lin Yang fought Qin Ming in a fierce training match, revealing overwhelming physical ability and powerful self-created sword skills despite never activating his Soul Rings. Qin Ming ended the bout impressed and directed Lin Yang to a simulated training ground.

• Dugu Yan tested her evolved poison against Qin Ming, who burned it away and advised her to practice finer Soul Power control.
• Lin Yang drew Crimson Interval, prompting Qin Ming to use Martial Soul Possession and the onlookers to recognize the seriousness of the match.
• Lin Yang dodged Qin Ming’s flaming wolf claw and countered with Sun Breathing, Tenth Form: Beneficent Radiance, which collided with the attack in a massive explosion.
• Lin Yang and Qin Ming traded Soul Skills and blade strikes until Lin Yang called off the fight, claiming he had used too much Soul Power.
• Qin Ming praised Lin Yang and recommended the Simulated Training Ground at Number Twenty-One in Section A, while realizing Lin Yang had never used his Soul Rings.

After impressing Qin Ming with his strength, Lin Yang settled into life at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while continuing to work at the Butterfly Mansion. Three months later, as the Mansion grew short-staffed, Keynes brought four girls for Lin Yang to take in and employ.

• Qin Ming urged the reserve students to keep improving, then dismissed them to reconsider his teaching plan after seeing Lin Yang's abilities.
• Lin Yang told Dugu Yan he would visit the Simulated Training Ground and library, and promised to go out with her during the upcoming Blessing Festival.
• Lin Yang fought five wolf-shaped Soul Beasts at the Simulated Training Ground, then spent the next three months attending classes, cultivating, treating patients, and training Katherine.
• Lin Yang reached rank thirty-four in Soul Power as the Butterfly Mansion gained patients from Soul Hunting Corps and Low-Rank Soul Master Groups, leaving Katherine overworked.
• Keynes brought four girls to the Butterfly Mansion, and Lin Yang agreed to take them in, pay them wages, and let them choose later whether to stay.

Lin Yang taught Dugu Yan Water Breathing, and Dugu Bo developed it into Jiao Breathing, greatly improving her combat ability. During a training match, Dugu Yan poisoned and outmaneuvered Yu Tianheng, then used Poison Breath as he prepared to strike her with Thunder Dragon Claw.

• Lin Yang taught Dugu Yan Water Breathing, and Dugu Bo used it as a blueprint to create Jiao Breathing suited to her Jade Phosphorous Poison Jiao Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan's new techniques increased her strength and flexibility, while Qin Ming recognized Lin Yang's influence and Yu Tianheng worried about falling behind her.
• Dugu Yan used Twin Jiao Poison Fangs to attack Yu Tianheng, who countered with Thunderous Might and burst the poison jiao into a poisonous cloud.
• Dugu Yan used Scale Shadow, Bewildering Tracks to emerge from the poison mist and strike Yu Tianheng, forcing toxins into his body.
• Yu Tianheng caught Dugu Yan's wrist and unleashed Thunder Dragon Claw, but Dugu Yan answered with Jiao Breathing's Poison Breath.

After Lin Yang’s training session was interrupted by A-Da’s warning, he rushed to the Butterfly Mansion and found Katherine’s brother Keynes gravely injured and missing an arm and a leg. Lin Yang realized Ye Lingling’s healing might be the only way to keep Keynes alive.

• Qin Ming stopped Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng from fighting to the death, then criticized their technique and warned them to practice and cooperate.
• A-Da arrived at the training ground and urgently told Lin Yang that something had happened to Katherine.
• Lin Yang flew with A-Da to the Butterfly Mansion, where Katherine begged him to save her brother.
• Lin Yang found Keynes unconscious, badly injured, and missing his right arm and left leg, and saw that his injuries could soon prove fatal.
• Dugu Yan arrived with Qin Ming and Ye Lingling, and Lin Yang recognized Ye Lingling as Keynes’s best chance of survival.

Lin Yang and Ye Lingling saved Keynes’s life after the Wolfhead Soul Hunting Corps severed his arm and leg, but Keynes fell into despair over his injuries. Lin Yang reignited his will with the promise of power and revenge, then offered him a scarlet potion that might grant the power of the Demon God.

• Ye Lingling used her Nine Heart Begonia and Lin Yang’s Soul-Recovery Potion to heal Keynes’s internal injuries, and Keynes regained consciousness.
• Lin Yang told Katherine that Keynes needed her, then learned from A Hai that the Wolfhead Soul Hunting Corps had stolen their wounded Soul Beast and mutilated Keynes when he protested.
• Katherine tried to comfort her brother, but Keynes remained hollow and unresponsive.
• Lin Yang asked Keynes whether he wanted power and revenge, stirring a spark of defiance in him.
• Keynes accepted the risk of enduring unbearable pain or dying, and Lin Yang presented him with a scarlet potion to test the power of the Demon God.