Chapter Summaries

Fang Lin bought jade marrow-congealing herbs and mixed them with thousand-year whale rubber to make a concoction for Ye Lingling, hoping to strengthen her physique for absorbing an older Soul Ring. Ye Lingling drank the soup and began refining it with Soul Power as Fang Lin waited outside, uncertain whether he had used too much herb.

• Fang Lin asked Cheng Mo for mild herbs that could mask food's taste and bought ten stalks of jade marrow-congealing herb.
• Fang Lin heated thousand-year whale rubber, blended it with the herbs, and made a pale gold-green concoction.
• Fang Lin brought the concoction to Ye Lingling and told her his family recipe could strengthen her physique and help her absorb older Soul Rings.
• After Fang Lin insisted, Ye Lingling drank just under half the pot of Jade Dregs Soup.
• Ye Lingling felt coolness in her mind and heat in her body, then followed Fang Lin's advice and began refining the soup with Soul Power.
• Fang Lin waited outside Ye Lingling's room and wondered if he had added too much jade marrow-congealing herb.

Fang Lin continued cultivating and watched Ye Lingling reach rank thirty before she obtained her third Soul Ring. During the Imperial Fighting Team’s tour, Dugu Yan broke through to rank forty at fifteen and a half, ending the trip early; she stayed near Xilu City to seek a Soul Ring, while Fang Lin headed toward Suotuo City to visit home.

• Fang Lin practiced spiritual cultivation and estimated he could reach the peak of rank thirty-nine within a year.
• Ye Lingling thanked Fang Lin for the Jade Dregs Soup and suggested adjusting its ingredients to reduce the heat.
• Ye Lingling obtained a sixteen-hundred-year Soul Ring from a Life-Severing Newt and advanced to rank thirty-one.
• Qin Ming took the Imperial Fighting Team on a tour of nearby cities to train in their Soul Fighting Arenas.
• Dugu Yan announced she had reached rank forty at fifteen and a half, so Qin Ming ended the tour early.
• Dugu Yan stayed near Xilu City and wrote to Dugu Bo for help obtaining a Soul Ring, while Fang Lin set out for Suotuo City to visit home.

Fang Lin and Dugu Yan accompanied Dugu Bo into Star Dou Great Forest to find Dugu Yan a fourth Soul Ring. After Dugu Bo went into a burrow to capture a Cave Demon Spider, a seven-thousand-year-old Blazing Flame Centipede emerged, leaving Fang Lin and Dugu Yan to stall it while they waited for him.

• Dugu Yan told Fang Lin she wanted a spider-type Soul Beast for a venom-based fourth Soul Skill, and she considered a Man Faced Demon Spider or Cave Demon Spider.
• Dugu Bo spotted a forty-eight-hundred-year-old Cave Demon Spider and leaped into its burrow to capture it.
• Fang Lin kept watch and considered hunting a Man Faced Demon Spider for a chance at an External Soul Bone.
• Dugu Yan grew uneasy when Dugu Bo did not return, and Fang Lin noticed scorched ground and signs that another creature had emerged from the burrow.
• A seven-thousand-year-old Blazing Flame Centipede appeared, and Fang Lin told Dugu Yan to stall it and make noise until Dugu Bo returned.

Fang Lin and Dugu Yan struggled against a powerful Blazing Flame Centipede while Dugu Bo remained absent. As the pair faced what seemed like certain death, Dugu Yan asked Fang Lin whether he was interested in her, and he spotted a green-robed figure in a distant treetop.

• Dugu Yan used her poison and Soul Skills to support Fang Lin as he fought the Blazing Flame Centipede.
• Fang Lin injured the beast but was badly hurt and spent much of his Soul Power, while Dugu Yan briefly distracted it with her Soul Bone Skill.
• Dugu Yan covered the area with red poison mist and helped Fang Lin recover as they waited in vain for Dugu Bo to answer her call.
• Dugu Yan asked Fang Lin whether he was interested in her, and Fang Lin noticed the corner of a green robe in a treetop half a kilometer away.