Recaps

Fang Lin asked Ye Lingling whether Nine Heart Begonia could heal his father’s old injuries, then sparred with Yu Tianheng and revealed that the academy’s unpleasant Soul Beast meat soup was the secret to strengthening the body. The group began trying the soup, while Fang Lin led Ye Lingling away before she could taste it.

• At dinner, Shi Mo explained that Black Tortoise Soul Masters could combine their defensive skills, and said seven Soul Saints had once used the technique to defend against a Titled Douluo.
• Fang Lin asked Ye Lingling whether Nine Heart Begonia could heal his father’s hidden injuries, and Ye Lingling said her level seventy-six aunt might be able to help but that Fang Lin would need Teacher Qin or the education committee to persuade her.
• Fang Lin and Yu Tianheng sparred without Soul Skills, and Yu Tianheng noticed Fang Lin had become considerably stronger in less than half a month.
• At breakfast, Yu Tianheng asked Fang Lin how he had strengthened his body, and Fang Lin presented the academy’s gamey Soul Beast meat soup as the secret.
• Yu Feng tried the soup, and Yu Tianheng and the Shi Mo brothers fetched bowls while Dugu Yan refused to drink it.
• When Ye Lingling showed interest in trying the soup, Fang Lin claimed he had sprained his ankle and led her out of the cafeteria.

Fang Lin met Dugu Bo and explained how two deadly Immortal Herbs could help cure the poison in Dugu Bo’s body. Dugu Bo took him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Fang Lin recognized the herbs and persuaded Dugu Bo to let him try refining them.

• Fang Lin waited in the woods and asked Dugu Bo whether Dugu Yan’s serpent venom had been transferred to her Soul Bone.
• Fang Lin explained that two extreme ice-and-fire herbs could help neutralize the poison in a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Soul Master.
• Dugu Bo took Fang Lin to his herb garden at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Fang Lin identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Fang Lin said he could refine the herbs by taking them together in the well, and Dugu Bo agreed to let him try.
• Fang Lin asked Dugu Bo to pick the herbs without touching them directly.

Fang Lin survived the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after refining the two immortal herbs, gaining an Ice and Fire Golden Body that made him immune to poison, ice, and fire. Dugu Bo agreed to use Fang Lin’s blood to treat his snake-venom backlash and keep him at the herb garden, where Fang Lin noticed other rare herbs he did not yet know how to safely use.

• Fang Lin ate the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, then jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine their medicinal power.
• After spending a day in the spring, Fang Lin emerged with an Ice and Fire Golden Body, but Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo saw him naked before he jumped back into the water.
• Dugu Yan returned to the academy with Dugu Bo, saying she could explain Fang Lin’s whereabouts to Teacher Qin and the education committee members.
• Fang Lin told Dugu Bo that his blood could serve as the key ingredient in an antidote, and Dugu Bo agreed to treat his poison with a few drops each day for up to half a year.
• Dugu Bo ordered Fang Lin to stay at the herb garden, where Fang Lin spotted several other immortal herbs but realized he did not know how to harvest or use them safely.

Fang Lin strengthened his body and Martial Soul while cultivating at Dugu Bo’s herb garden, and Dugu Bo considered the benefits Fang Lin’s Immortal Herbs might bring Dugu Yan. After Fang Lin reached level twenty-nine and asked for meat, Dugu Bo brought him a Soul Beast to cook, then asked how old he was.

• Fang Lin practiced with his saber while Dugu Bo observed and suspected the Immortal Herbs had improved Fang Lin’s Martial Soul and physique.
• Fang Lin ate Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and cultivated there as autumn turned to winter, reaching Soul Power level twenty-nine in under two months.
• Fang Lin asked Dugu Bo to let him leave the valley to hunt Soul Beasts for meat, so Dugu Bo brought him an uninjured Thousand-Year Soul Beast corpse.
• Fang Lin roasted the Soul Beast meat with seasonings, and Dugu Bo tasted it and asked Fang Lin how old he was.

Fang Lin finished half a year of cultivation in Dugu Bo’s valley, reached Soul Power level thirty, and continued helping Dugu Bo purge his poison. Dugu Bo took him back to Heaven Dou Academy after proposing a future match with Dugu Yan, which Fang Lin avoided by suggesting she was already involved with Yu Tianheng.

• Dugu Bo mistook Fang Lin’s words and believed he had set his sights on Dugu Yan, prompting Fang Lin to flee into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Over the next half year, Fang Lin refined most of the two Immortal Herbs’ medicinal power, reached level thirty, and consumed Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers.
• Dugu Bo told Fang Lin he would take him back to Heaven Dou Academy because Fang Lin had nearly eaten all the flowers and his blood had become less useful as medicine.
• Dugu Bo offered to consider Fang Lin and Dugu Yan being together if Fang Lin reached level forty-five before turning twenty.
• Fang Lin told Dugu Bo that Yu Tianheng might already be with Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo carried him back to Heaven Dou Academy.

Fang Lin returned to Heaven Dou Academy after six months away and reunited with Ye Lingling and his teammates, learning how they had progressed. Qin Ming then took him toward the Empire Soul Hunting Forest, where Fang Lin insisted he could absorb a four-thousand-year Soul Ring; Qin Ming decided to test his claim before proceeding.

• Dugu Bo brought Fang Lin back to Heaven Dou Academy, where Ye Lingling recognized him and welcomed him home.
• Fang Lin reunited with Yu Feng, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, the Shi Brothers, and Ye Lingling, and their teasing turned their awkward reunion into laughter.
• Qin Ming noticed Fang Lin had reached level thirty and revealed that Dugu Yan had become a level-thirty-one Soul Elder, while Yu Feng and Ye Lingling had reached level twenty-six.
• Qin Ming took Fang Lin away from group training and set out with him for the Empire Soul Hunting Forest, giving him a guide to its Soul Beasts.
• Fang Lin asked to consider Soul Beasts from the Fourth Soul Ring volume and declared he wanted a Soul Ring at least four thousand years old.
• Qin Ming warned Fang Lin that a four-thousand-year Soul Ring was dangerous at level thirty, but after Fang Lin credited his confidence to Dugu Bo, Qin Ming turned back to find a more direct way to test him.

Qin Ming tested Fang Lin’s physical and mental endurance, then advised him to seek a Third Soul Ring of roughly 3,600 years and choose a utility skill suited to his strengths. He named three possible Soul Beasts for Fang Lin to consider as they continued down the mountain.

• Fang Lin admitted to Qin Ming that he had been too confident about absorbing a four-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Qin Ming tested Fang Lin by increasing Soul Power pressure while Fang Lin used neither his Martial Soul nor Soul Power.
• Qin Ming concluded that Fang Lin could likely absorb a Soul Ring around 3,600 years old, with 3,800 years as the upper limit.
• Qin Ming recommended a utility-type Third Soul Skill and listened as Fang Lin asked for a way to counter energy attacks or evade and close in.
• Qin Ming suggested the Crane Feather Pattern Antelope, the Void Pattern Jade Tapir, and the Mysterious Nether Gold-Entwining Tree as possible Soul Beasts.

Fang Lin chose a Mysterious Nether Gold-Entwining Tree for his third Soul Ring and absorbed its nearly four-thousand-year ring. He reached Soul Elder level and discovered that the new Soul Skill strengthened his long saber, though its unusual extra effect remained unclear.

• Fang Lin chose the Mysterious Nether Gold-Entwining Tree after weighing its advantages against the Void Pattern Jade Tapir, then traveled with Qin Ming to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Qin Ming identified the tree as younger than four thousand years by its fruits and burned away its vines, allowing Fang Lin to destroy its trunk.
• Fang Lin absorbed the purple Soul Ring despite its powerful energy, while Qin Ming guarded him.
• Fang Lin completed the absorption, reached level thirty-three, and felt his body grow stronger.
• Fang Lin told Qin Ming that the Soul Skill enhanced his long saber’s weight, hardness, and explosive power, and mentioned another effect he could not yet explain.

Fang Lin tested his third Soul Skill, discovering that it strengthened his saber and let it grow to enormous size as he poured in Soul Power. The next morning, Qin Ming set up a group battle for Fang Lin and Yu Feng against Dugu Yan and the others, and the teams prepared to fight.

• Fang Lin demonstrated Profound Nether Overlord Body Saber to Qin Ming, who judged that Fang Lin’s Iron Saber Martial Soul had become a high-quality Tool Martial Soul.
• Fang Lin returned to the training ground that night and found that additional Soul Power made his saber grow to nearly five meters before he could no longer hold it.
• Fang Lin speculated that his improved Martial Soul quality and rapid cultivation might have resulted from the ice and fire Immortal Herbs.
• Yu Feng, Yu Tianheng, and the others asked Fang Lin about his third Soul Skill, and Fang Lin promised to show them during training.
• Qin Ming paired Fang Lin with Yu Feng against Dugu Yan, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, and Ye Lingling, then ordered them to win by knocking down their opponents.
• Fang Lin told Yu Feng to keep Dugu Yan occupied while he cut down the Shi Mo Brothers.

Fang Lin defeated the Shi Mo Brothers, bypassed Dugu Yan’s poison to eliminate Ye Lingling, and then overcame Dugu Yan’s counterattack. The match ended with Dugu Yan withdrawing her Martial Soul after Fang Lin tapped her out.

• Fang Lin shattered the Shi Mo Brothers’ joined turtle-shell shield with his Shadow Blade, leaving them unable to fight.
• Fang Lin charged through Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist using his Invincible Golden Body Soul Skill and tapped Ye Lingling out of the match.
• Dugu Yan used her poison to stall Fang Lin, then slowed him with an eerie green beam and attacked with her snake tail.
• Fang Lin caught Dugu Yan’s tail, tapped her shoulder with the back of his saber, and released her.
• Dugu Yan withdrew her Martial Soul as the poisonous mist dispersed.

Fang Lin defeated Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan in a second match after Qin Ming promised him his overdue credit allowance. The others realized Fang Lin had been holding back, and the chapter ended with the team marveling at his strength.

• Ye Lingling healed the Shi Mo Brothers, and Qin Ming questioned Fang Lin about resisting Dugu Yan's poison before reviewing the team's mistakes.
• Qin Ming sent Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan to fight Fang Lin, then promised him his full credit allowance if he won before Ye Lingling could heal anyone.
• Dugu Yan buffed Yu Tianheng while Ye Lingling prepared to heal him, and Fang Lin launched a powerful attack with his Third Soul Skill.
• Fang Lin's saber clash sent Yu Tianheng flying, then he knocked out Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan before she could heal Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Feng and the Shi Mo Brothers realized Fang Lin had been holding back and expressed amazement at his strength.

Fang Lin declined Yu Feng’s invitation to bet on the Shi Mo Brothers, then collected his academy subsidies and arranged to redeem more Soul Crystals. He joined Yu Feng and Dugu Yan on their trip to Heaven Dou City, where Yu Feng challenged Fang Lin’s claim that he hated gambling.

• Yu Feng invited Fang Lin to Heaven Dou City to bet on the Shi Mo Brothers’ winning streak, but Fang Lin claimed he hated gambling and refused.
• After a healer treated Yu Tianheng, Fang Lin collected his Heaven Dou Grade token and learned that his subsidies could be redeemed at the academic affairs office.
• Fang Lin asked Cheng Mo to upgrade his Iron Essence inner armor and redeemed two Soul Crystals for his father’s retired army friends.
• Cheng Mo explained Soul Crystal limits and effects, and Fang Lin asked him to set aside two more.
• Fang Lin caught up with Yu Feng and rode with him and Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou City, then denied having said he hated gambling.

Fang Lin updated his Spirit Hall status to Soul Elder and searched Heaven Dou City for five-thousand-year Whale Rubber. He placed an order through Seven Treasures Pavilion, declined another recruitment offer, and left considering how to afford better equipment.

• Fang Lin collected his Spirit Hall allowances, tested at level thirty-three, received a Soul Elder badge, and declined the young deacon’s offer to join Spirit Hall.
• Fang Lin visited Begonia Studio, but Uncle Ye had no older Whale Rubber available.
• Fang Lin went to Seven Treasures Pavilion, where Shopkeeper Ning Yuanzhi offered to order five-thousand-year Whale Rubber from Vast Sea City for a hundred-Gold-Soul-Coin deposit.
• Fang Lin paid the deposit and declined Ning Yuanzhi’s offer to provide the Whale Rubber for free if he joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Fang Lin saw a ten-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool priced at ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and considered stealing herbs from Dugu Bo’s garden to raise the money.

Fang Lin went to Heaven Dou City's Soul Fighting Arena, where he met Dugu Yan and persuaded her to form a two-person team with him. They registered as Blade and Jade Phosphorous, leaving them ready to compete together.

• Fang Lin checked the arena records for the Black Tortoise Brothers' match, then meditated while considering how to obtain Immortal Herbs to strengthen his spiritual power and prepare for his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan arrived at the arena and told Fang Lin that Qin Ming had assigned her to earn a Silver Soul Badge within a year.
• Fang Lin asked Dugu Yan to team up, explaining that he could fight safely within her poison fog and help cover its weakness against wind-type opponents.
• Dugu Yan agreed, and she and Fang Lin registered as a two-person team called Blade and Jade Phosphorous.

Fang Lin and Dugu Yan fought Lin Qing and Yang Chen in a two-on-two Soul Fight, where Dugu Yan's poison pressured their opponents and Fang Lin shielded her from a barrage of ice arrows. The opposing team retreated by jumping off the platform, giving Fang Lin and Dugu Yan the win.

• Fang Lin and Dugu Yan watched the Shi Mo Brothers defeat their opponents in arena eight.
• Fang Lin and Dugu Yan entered the platform and faced Lin Qing, a bow-wielding Tool Soul Master, and Yang Chen, a spear-wielding Tool Soul Master.
• Dugu Yan spread poisonous mist across the platform, and Lin Qing and Yang Chen considered withdrawing rather than risk being poisoned.
• Lin Qing fired a storm of ice arrows toward Fang Lin and Dugu Yan, and Fang Lin cut the arrows apart while protecting Dugu Yan.
• Lin Qing and Yang Chen jumped off the platform, and the referee declared Fang Lin and Dugu Yan the winners.

After Fang Lin and Dugu Yan left the arena, Yu Feng took Fang Lin to eat chilled cake made with a Food System Soul Skill. Yu Feng’s casual remark gave Fang Lin an idea for acquiring and consuming Immortal Herbs, and he began recalling their preparation methods.

• Fang Lin and Dugu Yan left the Soul Fighting Arena, and Yu Feng asked whether they planned to reach Silver Soul Fighter in two-on-two matches.
• Dugu Yan went to shop for clothes while Fang Lin and Yu Feng waited, and Yu Feng remarked that she had changed lately.
• Yu Feng took Fang Lin to a stall where a Food System Soul Master served chilled cake that restored vigor and refreshed the mind.
• Yu Feng’s suggestion that they could simply eat at the stall inspired Fang Lin to realize he could trade Immortal Herb consumption methods directly with Dugu Bo and consume the herbs himself.
• Fang Lin ordered another serving of Clear Spirit Frozen Milk and recalled how several Immortal Herbs were consumed.

Fang Lin arranged for his father to receive treatment for his hidden injuries and learned more about the strained relationship between Ye Lingling and Ye Xinhua. He sent a letter inviting his parents to Heaven Dou Academy and began considering a future trip to Suotuo City.

• Fang Lin asked Dugu Yan to contact Dugu Bo about an important matter, and she agreed to take him to see her grandfather after he emerged from seclusion.
• Qin Ming told Fang Lin that treatment from a Nine Heart Begonia Soul Saint had been arranged, but Fang Lin asked to delay it so his father, Fang Yuanqiao, could receive it instead.
• Qin Ming warned Fang Lin not to mention his relationship with Ye Lingling to Ye Xinhua, then explained that Ye Xinhua's daughter had died before Ye Lingling appeared as a new Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master.
• Fang Lin wrote and sent a letter asking Fang Yuanqiao to come to Heaven Dou Academy for treatment and inviting his parents to visit Heaven Dou City.
• Fang Lin reflected on how long it had been since he returned to Suotuo City and considered taking an academy mission there in the future.

Fang Lin brought his father to the Begonia Studio, where Ye Xinhua healed Fang Yuanqiao’s old injuries. The visit ended with Ye Xinhua asking Fang Lin whether he knew Ye Lingling, leaving him and Qin Ming caught off guard.

• Fang Lin exchanged letters with Fang Yuanqiao, then learned his mother was staying home because she was pregnant.
• Fang Yuanqiao visited Fang Lin at Heaven Dou Academy and saw that his son had become a three-ring Soul Elder.
• Fang Lin and Fang Yuanqiao traveled with Qin Ming to the Begonia Studio to meet Ye Xinhua.
• Ye Xinhua checked Fang Lin’s cultivation foundation, then used the Nine Heart Begonia to heal Fang Yuanqiao.
• Ye Xinhua asked Fang Lin whether he knew Ye Lingling, and Fang Yuanqiao prompted his silent son to answer.

Fang Lin learned that Ye Xinhua’s treatment of his father had left him with an implied debt, then returned to training and broke through to level thirty-four. He was still short of Silver Soul Fighter rank with Dugu Yan, who refused to attend their matches and left him considering academy credit assignments instead.

• Fang Lin described Ye Lingling honestly to Ye Xinhua, who dismissed the deal for treating his father and sent the guests away.
• Fang Yuanqiao reasoned that Ye Xinhua had arranged the treatment to make Fang Lin indebted to either her or Ye Lingling, then returned home the next day to Qiao Rong.
• Fang Lin resumed his training and duo Soul Fighting with Dugu Yan, and two months later broke through to level thirty-four.
• Fang Lin practiced with his saber and went to Dugu Yan’s dormitory to urge her to compete, but she refused and went back to bed.
• Fang Lin complained that Dugu Yan’s reluctance was delaying their progress toward Silver Soul Fighter rank and considered taking academy credit assignments for money.

Fang Lin accepted a mission to serve as Prince Xue Beng’s study companion and guard at his residence, hoping to earn Soul Crystals with little effort. After meeting Xue Beng and seeing his indolent behavior, Fang Lin settled into the middle courtyard, where he noticed a young man in a similar princely robe pass by.

• Fang Lin chose mission 201 after Cheng Mo explained that it involved cultivating with Prince Xue Beng and encouraging him to study, with Soul Crystals available whenever stock allowed.
• Fang Lin also registered for mission 65, a search for Cinnabar Lotuses in Sunset Forest, intending to collect them near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Using the imperial token, Fang Lin entered Xue Beng’s residence and met the fourth prince, who dismissed him and went off with two maids.
• Steward Kebo showed Fang Lin a room in the middle courtyard and explained that the residence’s recruited Soul Masters handled security.
• While speaking with Kebo, Fang Lin saw a young man in his twenties wearing a robe similar to Xue Beng’s pass by.

Fang Lin settled into a quiet guard assignment at Xue Beng’s residence while Xue Qinghe’s interest made him wary of the political intrigue surrounding the prince. After nearly three months, Fang Lin left with his pay and learned from Dugu Yan that Dugu Bo had emerged from seclusion.

• Xue Qinghe asked Fang Lin to encourage Xue Beng and had Kebo arrange a room for him in the inner courtyard.
• Fang Lin spent half a month cultivating at the residence, exchanging few words with Xue Beng, who told him to practice elsewhere.
• Fang Lin continued his routine for nearly three months, and Xue Qinghe occasionally asked him how Xue Beng was doing.
• Fang Lin left the residence after his attempts to encourage Xue Beng failed, and Kebo paid him a hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Fang Lin met Dugu Yan and learned that Dugu Bo had come out of seclusion three days earlier.

Fang Lin used five thousand Gold Soul Coins to obtain and consume five-thousand-year-old Whale Rubber, which unblocked his meridians and improved his Soul Power circulation. He then accompanied Dugu Yan to the Dugu Clan’s ancestral grounds, where Dugu Bo suspected he had come to ask for more herbs.

• Fang Lin bought Whale Rubber at the Seven Treasures Pavilion and had a fire-attribute Soul Master melt it for him.
• Fang Lin swallowed the Whale Rubber at an inn, endured its heat, and broke through to the next Soul Power level as his meridians became unblocked.
• Fang Lin tested his Martial Soul and found that his Soul Power circulation efficiency had increased by more than ten percent.
• Dugu Yan explained that ordinary members of the Dugu Clan lived in a village outside the clan’s valley ancestral grounds.
• Dugu Bo sensed Fang Lin’s improved cultivation and guessed that he had come seeking more herbs.

Fang Lin explained the Immortal Herbs to Dugu Bo and suggested choices for him and Dugu Yan, hoping to receive some for himself. Dugu Bo revealed that he had brought Fang Lin to the Dugu Clan ancestral ground intending to make him father descendants with the clan.

• Dugu Yan questioned Fang Lin about gaining levels by consuming herbs, then persuaded Dugu Bo to take them to the herb garden.
• Dugu Bo flew Fang Lin and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, warning Fang Lin through Soul Power voice transmission to tell him everything he knew.
• Fang Lin described the Immortal Herbs and suggested Aromatic Silk Beauty for Dugu Yan and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid for Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo challenged Fang Lin's claim that he could not pick the herbs and asked why he should give any to him.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had intended to keep Fang Lin at the ancestral ground and have him father Jade Phosphorous Serpent descendants with members of the clan.

Fang Lin learned that the medicinal power of his earlier Immortal Herbs prevented him from safely taking the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum until he reached level fifty. Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo refined their chosen herbs, while Fang Lin consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and began a gentle absorption.

• Dugu Bo warned Fang Lin that combining more Immortal Herbs could make their medicinal powers interfere, and advised him to wait until level fifty before taking the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.
• Dugu Yan chose the eight-petal immortal orchid and swallowed it as Fang Lin instructed.
• Dugu Bo took the nine-grade purple ganoderma, then he and Dugu Yan left to refine their herbs.
• Fang Lin returned alone to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew among broken stones.
• Fang Lin sucked up the dew and meditated as its cool medicinal power flowed through his body and gathered between his brows.

Fang Lin discovered that his meridians had opened and that he could see distant details by focusing Soul Power around his eyes, while he considered the risks of absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Dugu Yan awakened after refining the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid with her Soul Power raised to rank thirty-eight, and she and Fang Lin went to check on Dugu Bo.

• Fang Lin saw his meridians in an internal vision and realized that two of the eight extraordinary meridians had opened.
• Fang Lin tested his enhanced vision in the misty valley and considered whether he could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring without drawing unwanted attention.
• Fang Lin ate a Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower and considered trying Dugu Bo's Jade Qilin Serpent Emperor Poison.
• Dugu Yan awoke after absorbing the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and found that her Soul Power had risen from rank thirty-two to rank thirty-eight.
• Fang Lin told Dugu Yan that the herb would improve her cultivation, then left with her to look for Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo returned to the valley clean and refreshed after Fang Lin and Dugu Yan waited for him.