Recaps

Lin Yan endured and absorbed a 4,500-year Heart-Healing Grass Soul Ring, breaking through to the peak of rank twenty-three and evolving his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. He tested his new Soul Skill, Scale-Leaf Light Rain, and discovered that he had gained resistance to ice.

• Lin Yan used the Supreme Purity Breathing Technique and Tai Chi-like guidance to survive the Heart-Healing Grass Soul Ring's violent clash of ice and vitality.
• The ring's power healed Lin Yan's injuries, strengthened his meridians, and raised his Soul Power from rank twenty to the peak of rank twenty-three.
• Lin Yan's Blue Silver Grass evolved, gaining silver-accented, scale-like leaves and a healing presence.
• Lin Yan tested his Second Soul Skill, Scale-Leaf Light Rain, which slowed and steadily damaged targets across an area with icy, corrosive scales.
• Lin Yan found that cold water no longer troubled him and realized his Soul Power had gained resistance to ice-element attacks.

After absorbing the Heart-Healing Grass’s Soul Ring, Lin Yan explored the mysterious frigid pool but turned back when its extreme cold threatened his life. He left the Star Dou Great Forest determined to return once he was strong enough to uncover the pool’s secret.

• Lin Yan examined the frigid pool and decided his new resistance to ice gave him a chance to investigate it.
• Lin Yan dove into the pool and descended through increasingly cold, dark water, searching for the source of the chill.
• As the cold and pressure overwhelmed him and his Soul Power dwindled, Lin Yan abandoned his descent and swam back to the surface.
• Lin Yan recovered beside the pool, resolved to return when he was stronger, then headed toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Yan returned to Nuoding City and learned that a newly formed Medicinal Herbs Guild had tried to force the Hundred Herbs Shop to close, but Master Ma Xiunuo intervened on Spirit Hall’s behalf. Lin Yan thanked Ma Xiunuo and proposed quickly expanding their partnership by opening more medicine shops, leaving the plan awaiting approval from higher-level Spirit Hall.

• Lin Yan returned to the Hundred Herbs Shop and learned that the Medicinal Herbs Guild had accused it of selling fake medicine and brought city guards to shut it down.
• Uncle Zhang and Brother Li told Lin Yan that Master Ma Xiunuo had stopped the guild and guards by invoking Spirit Hall’s protection.
• Lin Yan suspected the guild’s actions were arranged by the effeminate man who had investigated him and assured the shop assistants he would handle the matter.
• Lin Yan visited Master Ma Xiunuo, thanked him for protecting the shop, and discussed accelerating their business partnership.
• Lin Yan proposed training Spirit Hall staff to prepare medicines and opening new shops quickly, and Ma Xiunuo agreed to report the plan to higher-level Spirit Hall.

Lin Yan spent three years stabilizing his cultivation, training pharmacists, and expanding Hundred Herbs Hall with Spirit Hall, while his Soul Power rose to level twenty-nine. Unable to break through to level thirty, he decided to give himself two more months before pursuing the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Lin Yan stabilized his level twenty-three Soul Power and partnered with Spirit Hall to open Hundred Herbs Hall in Nuoding City.
• Lin Yan trained the first group of ten students to prepare basic potions, then resumed cultivating once their training was nearly complete.
• Over the next three years, Lin Yan advanced to the peak of level twenty-nine but could not break through to level thirty, which he blamed on the limitations of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Lin Yan decided to wait two more months before planning to obtain the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Hundred Herbs Hall expanded across many cities, and Lin Yan accumulated more than one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

After failing to break through rank thirty, Lin Yan planned to seek immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by using Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to gain entry to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and approach Dugu Yan. He traveled from Nuoding City to Heaven Dou City, where he arrived ready to pursue that plan.

• Lin Yan spent two months trying to break through rank thirty but remained bottlenecked by his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Lin Yan decided to pursue immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and planned to approach Dugu Bo through Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Yan chose to seek Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's help, believing his Soul Master talent and Hundred Herbs Hall would make him valuable to the crown prince.
• Lin Yan packed supplies and traveled north from Nuoding City, checking Hundred Herbs Hall branches and training against low-level Soul Beasts along the way.
• After nearly a month on the road, Lin Yan reached Heaven Dou City.

Lin Yan visited Xue Qinghe at the crown prince’s residence and offered a curved-shaft plow in exchange for a recommendation to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Xue Qinghe agreed to seek a place for him if the plow proved as effective as Lin Yan claimed.

• Lin Yan arrived at the crown prince’s residence and requested an audience with Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe received Lin Yan and asked why he wanted to meet.
• Lin Yan asked Xue Qinghe to recommend him for admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy despite not being a noble.
• Lin Yan presented drawings of a curved-shaft plow and explained how it could make farming more efficient.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to seek an academy place for Lin Yan if the plow’s effectiveness was confirmed.

Lin Yan revealed that he was a young Soul Grandmaster to persuade Xue Qinghe to accept his request to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Xue Qinghe agreed to consider his admission after testing the curved-shaft plow, while secretly ordering Uncle Ying to investigate Lin Yan.

• Lin Yan revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and two disguised yellow Soul Rings, shocking Xue Qinghe with his strength.
• Xue Qinghe judged Lin Yan qualified for Heaven Dou Royal Academy and promised to send word after testing the curved-shaft plow.
• After Lin Yan left, Xue Qinghe summoned Uncle Ying and ordered him to investigate Lin Yan thoroughly.
• Lin Yan left the residence relieved, planned to approach Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo after entering the academy, and slept soundly that night.

After the curved-shaft plow earned imperial praise, Lin Yan received a baronial title and permission to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Xue Qinghe personally escorted him to enroll, where Lin Yan gave his age and the new name of his evolved Martial Soul.

• Xue Qinghe told Lin Yan that the curved-shaft plow had succeeded in testing and that the emperor had granted him the title of imperial baron and permission to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Qinghe offered to accompany Lin Yan to the academy, and Lin Yan accepted his invitation.
• During the carriage ride, Xue Qinghe asked Lin Yan about the city and his plans, and Lin Yan impressed him with his knowledge of commerce and cultivation.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Lin Yan to Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who welcomed him and agreed to oversee his instruction.
• During enrollment, Lin Yan stated that he was twelve and named his evolved Martial Soul Illusory Rainbow Ice Blue Silver Grass.

Lin Yan revealed his mutated Blue Silver Grass martial soul and rank twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster strength, impressing Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s commissioners and securing admission. Xue Qinghe, secretly Qian Renxue, remained suspicious of his transformation and resolved to investigate him, while Lin Yan planned to approach Dugu Yan.

• Lin Yan revealed his Illusory Rainbow Ice Blue Silver Grass and two soul rings, shocking the academy commissioners with his rank twenty-nine strength.
• Lin Yan explained that his martial soul had undergone a beneficial mutation and that he had spent years building his foundation.
• Meng Shenji and the other commissioners praised Lin Yan’s talent, and Xue Qinghe handed his admission arrangements to them.
• Qian Renxue recalled a report describing Lin Yan’s ordinary Blue Silver Grass and half-rank innate Soul Power, then decided to investigate his secrets discreetly.
• Lin Yan completed his admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and planned to find an opportunity to approach Dugu Yan.

Lin Yan built a cautious friendship with Ye Lingling through shared reading and discussions at Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s library. As Ye Lingling grew more comfortable with him, Dugu Yan gradually lowered her guard and began joining their conversations.

• Lin Yan abandoned his unsuccessful attempts to approach Dugu Yan directly and studied in Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s library, researching plant-type Soul Beasts, poisons, and pharmacology.
• Lin Yan and Ye Lingling reached for the same book about rare plant-type Soul Beasts, then agreed to read it together.
• Lin Yan discussed his Mutated Blue Silver Grass and shared insights about Soul Beasts, gradually drawing Ye Lingling into conversation.
• Lin Yan and Ye Lingling began meeting regularly in the library and became familiar through their exchanges about books, courses, and cultivation.
• Dugu Yan observed Lin Yan’s respectful friendship with Ye Lingling, lowered her wariness, and sometimes joined their conversations.

Lin Yan gradually earned Dugu Yan’s trust, then used his knowledge of her jade phosphorous serpent martial soul to reveal her early toxin buildup. He offered to examine her and seek a way to treat it, and Dugu Yan asked how he planned to proceed.

• Lin Yan built a close friendship with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling by spending time with them at the academy.
• In the garden pavilion, Lin Yan asked Dugu Yan whether she had been experiencing fatigue or sluggish meridians.
• Lin Yan claimed he sensed a faint trace of toxin linked to Dugu Yan’s jade phosphorous serpent martial soul, alarming both Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Lin Yan explained that the toxin buildup was still slight and suggested that early treatment might guide it out or neutralize it.
• After considering Lin Yan’s offer to examine her, Dugu Yan asked how he intended to try.

Lin Yan explained that Jade Phosphorous Serpent Soul Masters could store their poison in Soul Bones, then described ways to increase the chance of obtaining one. Ye Lingling listened to his account of a Soul Beast willingly yielding a Soul Bone and hoped the method would help Dugu Yan.

• Lin Yan told Dugu Yan that Soul Bones could store Jade Phosphorous Poison, with External Soul Bones potentially offering unlimited capacity.
• Lin Yan explained that a Soul Beast’s willingness to die or its desire for release could increase the chance of a Soul Bone appearing.
• Dugu Yan hurried away to try Lin Yan’s advice, and Ye Lingling said she would ask her elders to test it too.
• Ye Lingling questioned Lin Yan’s claims, so he described an elder who gained a Torso Bone after promising to protect a Starlight Jade Butterfly’s eggs.

Lin Yan persuaded Ye Lingling that his proposed Soul Bone solution for Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison had a basis, then revealed he hoped to earn Dugu Bo’s trust and gain access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After Dugu Yan reported his advice to her grandfather, Dugu Bo decided to test the method by finding her a Soul Bone.

• Ye Lingling thanked Lin Yan for identifying Dugu Yan’s hidden ailment and offering her hope, then let him walk her back to the girls’ dormitory.
• Lin Yan reflected that his advice could prompt Dugu Bo to verify the Soul Bone method and eventually help him reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Lingling returned to her dorm curious about Lin Yan and continued thinking over their conversation.
• Dugu Yan repeated Lin Yan’s advice to Dugu Bo, including the ideas of storing poison in Soul Bones and increasing the chance of obtaining one.
• Dugu Bo resolved to find a Soul Bone for Dugu Yan so they could test Lin Yan’s method.

Dugu Yan returned home after her grandfather summoned her, then told Lin Yan that she had fused with a compatible Soul Bone and used his method to ease the poison in her body. She invited Lin Yan to dinner with Dugu Bo, beginning the next step of his plan to meet him.

• Dugu Yan waited for news from her grandfather while Lin Yan continued spending time with her and Ye Lingling at the academy.
• A servant summoned Dugu Yan home, and Lin Yan predicted that her grandfather had found her a suitable Soul Bone.
• Dugu Yan told Lin Yan that she had fused with a thousand-year left arm bone and successfully guided some of her poison into it, easing the pressure in her meridians.
• Dugu Yan invited Lin Yan to dinner with Dugu Bo, and Lin Yan accepted, anticipating that the meeting would be more than a simple thank-you.

Lin Yan visited Dugu Manor with Dugu Yan, where Dugu Bo tested him with escalating Titled Douluo pressure before welcoming him to dinner. As Dugu Yan praised Lin Yan’s help with her Soul Bone, Dugu Bo watched him and eventually turned the conversation toward the matter at hand.

• Lin Yan arrived at Dugu Manor with Dugu Yan and met Dugu Bo in the main hall.
• Dugu Bo subjected Lin Yan to rising Soul Power pressure, but Lin Yan endured it without kneeling.
• Dugu Yan protested and asked Dugu Bo to stop testing Lin Yan.
• Dugu Bo withdrew the pressure, praised Lin Yan’s resolve, and invited him to dinner.
• Dugu Yan described her Soul Bone and toxin-guiding experiences while Dugu Bo watched Lin Yan; after dinner began, Dugu Bo steered the conversation toward the main issue.

Lin Yan concealed the real source of his knowledge and described ways to treat Dugu Bo's poison. After learning that Dugu Bo had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Yan agreed to visit it with him.

• Dugu Bo questioned Lin Yan about how he knew the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison's symptoms and treatment, and Lin Yan blamed an unnamed ancient book lent by a wandering senior.
• Dugu Bo described how the poison had fused with his body and asked whether Lin Yan knew a cure.
• Lin Yan explained two possible treatments: taking the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, or gradually storing the poison in a high-age Soul Bone.
• Lin Yan said the second treatment could be made certain with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo revealed that he had found such a place.
• Lin Yan accepted Dugu Bo's invitation to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well the morning after tomorrow.

Lin Yan accompanied Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and confirmed that it was the legendary treasure site. He outlined two ways to treat Dugu Bo’s poison, then agreed to stay at the valley to prepare medicine and cultivate while Dugu Bo sought a suitable Soul Bone.

• Lin Yan took leave from the academy, and Dugu Bo flew him to a hidden valley protected by poisonous traps.
• Lin Yan identified the valley’s divided hot and cold spring as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and showed Dugu Bo the infernal delicate apricot and octagonal mysterious ice grass.
• Lin Yan explained that consuming both herbs could quickly purge Dugu Bo’s poison, but Dugu Bo refused because losing the poison would cost him most of his cultivation.
• Lin Yan proposed gradually channeling the poison into a Soul Bone with medicinal solutions, a process requiring at least six months and a Soul Bone at least fifty thousand years old.
• Dugu Bo agreed to find a suitable Soul Bone, while Lin Yan offered to remain at the well to prepare medicine and cultivate; his technique helped him withstand the valley’s extreme conditions.

Lin Yan harvested and consumed a nine-grade purple ganoderma at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, breaking through to rank thirty and transforming his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. He planned to stabilize his strength, prepare medicine to suppress Dugu Bo’s poison, and explore whether he could safely absorb more immortal herbs.

• Dugu Bo thanked Lin Yan for protecting the infernal delicate apricot and octagonal mysterious ice grass as a safeguard, then left to search for a suitable Soul Bone.
• Lin Yan found and carefully harvested a nine-grade purple ganoderma near the Extreme Cold Yin Spring.
• Lin Yan used the Supreme Purity Breathing Technique to refine the ganoderma’s medicinal power and broke through from the peak of rank twenty-nine to rank thirty.
• Lin Yan’s Blue Silver Grass grew stronger, and his perception of plants and their life force deepened as his martial soul transformed.
• Lin Yan absorbed all the ganoderma’s remaining potency and reached the peak of rank thirty, but needed a third soul ring to advance further.

Lin Yan helped Dugu Bo begin drawing the poison from his body into a sixty-thousand-year Deadly Scorpion Torso Soul Bone. Over the next six months, they continued the gradual treatment at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and grew closer through their discussions of medicine and poison.

• Dugu Bo returned with a sixty-thousand-year Deadly Scorpion Torso Soul Bone, which he had obtained by following Lin Yan’s advice to weaken the beast before killing it.
• Lin Yan prepared a medicinal mixture designed to guide Dugu Bo’s accumulated toxins toward the Soul Bone rather than neutralize them.
• Dugu Bo drank the medicine and began fusing with the Soul Bone, while Lin Yan stood guard as the toxins started gathering in it.
• Over the next six months, Dugu Bo expelled his poison in stages, and Lin Yan adjusted the medicine to match his progress.
• Dugu Bo and Lin Yan grew closer through their exchanges, which deepened Lin Yan’s understanding of herbs, medicine, and poison.

Lin Yan became Dugu Bo’s disciple and revealed his unusual Martial Soul, two thousand-year Soul Rings, and plans to absorb a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring. After testing Lin Yan’s spiritual strength, Dugu Bo concluded that Soul Shock was unlikely to stop him.

• Dugu Bo offered to teach Lin Yan poison skills, and Lin Yan bowed to accept him as his master.
• Lin Yan revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and two purple Soul Rings, explaining that his mutations and cultivation technique let him absorb thousand-year rings.
• Lin Yan told Dugu Bo he had reached the peak of rank thirty and wanted a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo warned Lin Yan about Soul Shock, and Lin Yan described his spiritual strength and plans to temper his body with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Dugu Bo tested Lin Yan with mental pressure up to nearly Soul Emperor level, then judged that Soul Shock would pose little threat to him.

Lin Yan learned of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and set his sights on its Soul Ring, while Dugu Bo finished curing the poison in his body. Dugu Bo left the valley with herbs for Dugu Yan, and Lin Yan prepared to absorb the two Immortal Herbs.

• Dugu Bo told Lin Yan about a rare Nine-Leaf Sword Grass in Sunset Forest, and Lin Yan asked to hunt it for his third Soul Ring.
• After several months at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Bo completely sealed away his poison and celebrated his recovery.
• Lin Yan told Dugu Bo he would absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot before seeking the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass.
• Lin Yan gave Dugu Bo the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss and explained its ability to amplify existing toxins and illnesses.
• Lin Yan gave Dugu Bo a Sweet Potato Golden Dragon for Dugu Yan, which could help evolve her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo left the valley with the herbs, while Lin Yan turned toward the two Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Lin Yan absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, using the Supreme Purity Breathing Technique to survive their clashing powers and transform his body. The danger passed, and he continued refining the herbs’ power while preparing to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Lin Yan plucked the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, enduring their extreme cold and heat as he swallowed them and leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Yan circulated the Supreme Purity Breathing Technique to guide the herbs’ conflicting powers through his body and convert them into primordial Qi and body-tempering power.
• Lin Yan’s meridians, bones, organs, and muscles were repeatedly damaged and rebuilt as he absorbed the herbs’ power.
• Lin Yan’s physical strength surged, but his Soul Power remained at the rank-thirty bottleneck without a third Soul Ring.
• Lin Yan’s Illusory Rainbow Ice Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul grew more vibrant and resilient as it was tempered by the ice and fire powers.
• Lin Yan continued absorbing the herbs’ power to strengthen his foundation for his next Soul Ring.

Lin Yan completed his transformation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, strengthening his body, Soul Power, and Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. He and Dugu Bo then traveled to find the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, whose cultivation had risen to about thirteen thousand years.

• After seven days of cultivation, Lin Yan absorbed the effects of the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, breaking through a physical limitation and improving his Soul Power and Blue Silver Grass.
• Lin Yan emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and summoned Dugu Bo with the jade-green token.
• Dugu Bo examined Lin Yan’s new strength and took him into the Sunset Forest to find the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass.
• After traveling for roughly four hours, Dugu Bo led Lin Yan to a rocky valley where the aggressive Nine-Leaf Sword Grass stood with a cultivation of about thirteen thousand years.

Lin Yan fought and killed a thirteen-thousand-year Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, using his Withering and Flourishing Intent and Tai Chi Sword Intent to redirect its strongest attack. After recovering, he began absorbing its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring while Dugu Bo warned him to withstand the Soul Shock.

• Lin Yan entered the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass's territory and dodged its flying leaves before attacking with his evolved Blue Silver Grass.
• The Nine-Leaf Sword Grass unleashed a powerful sword force, and Lin Yan used Tai Chi rotation to weaken and redirect it into the mountainside.
• Lin Yan pierced the weakened Nine-Leaf Sword Grass with ice-and-fire-charged Blue Silver Grass, killing it and producing a black Soul Ring.
• Lin Yan recovered from his injuries and exhaustion while Dugu Bo watched, impressed by his victory.
• Lin Yan drew the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring onto his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as Dugu Bo warned him to hold fast against the Soul Shock.

Lin Yan successfully absorbed the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, reaching level thirty-eight and gaining the Blue Silver · Sword Leaf skill. As he and Dugu Bo prepared to leave, a blue-gold object fused into Lin Yan’s spine, and Dugu Bo recognized it as a rare External Soul Bone.

• Lin Yan resisted the Soul Ring’s violent energy and mental assault, absorbing it and advancing to the peak of level thirty-eight.
• Lin Yan’s Blue Silver Grass changed, and he gained the third Soul Skill, Blue Silver · Sword Leaf.
• Dugu Bo praised Lin Yan’s new power, and the two prepared to return to meet Yanyan.
• A blue-gold object shot from the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass’s remains and fused into Lin Yan’s spine, causing him extreme pain.
• Dugu Bo realized the object was an External Soul Bone, likely a rare spine-type Soul Bone.