Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Yan endured the perilous fusion of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass External Soul Bone and gained the Nine-Leaf Sword Wings, greatly increasing his combat strength. He and Dugu Bo then set out for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to secure its remaining Immortal Herbs.

• Lin Yan used the Supreme Purity Breathing Technique, his tempered physique, and his Withering and Flourishing Intent to survive the painful Soul Bone fusion while Dugu Bo stood guard.
• The fusion formed nine tangible azure-gold sword leaves behind Lin Yan, which he controlled as extensions of his body and used to slice through a rock.
• Dugu Bo praised the rare, powerful External Soul Bone, and Lin Yan thanked his teacher for guarding him.
• Lin Yan noted that his Soul Power had reached rank thirty-eight and that his new Soul Bone and abilities made him strong enough to challenge ordinary Soul Kings.
• Lin Yan warned that someone might still reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and take its mature Immortal Herbs, so Dugu Bo agreed to return there with him.

Lin Yan and Dugu Bo harvested the mature immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and returned to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Yan was surprised to learn Lin Yan had become her grandfather’s disciple.

• Lin Yan explained how to identify and harvest the immortal herbs while Dugu Bo collected them and Lin Yan stored and labeled them.
• Lin Yan and Dugu Bo left immature herbs and ordinary spirit medicines behind, then flew back to Heaven Dou City with the harvested treasures.
• Dugu Yan rushed to greet Dugu Bo and showed excitement when she saw Lin Yan, while Dugu Bo teased her about asking after him.
• Dugu Yan claimed Ye Lingling had been asking when Lin Yan would return, and Lin Yan felt glad to hear that Ye Lingling had missed him.
• Lin Yan asked Dugu Bo whether he had brought Dugu Yan the immortal herb, and Dugu Yan realized Lin Yan was calling her grandfather Teacher.

Dugu Yan consumed the Sweet Potato Golden Dragon, raising her Soul Power to level thirty-five and evolving her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul toward the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. After Lin Yan revealed his level-thirty-eight Soul Power and extraordinary Soul Rings, Dugu Yan invited him to join the Imperial Fighting Team, and he showed interest.

• Dugu Bo gave Lin Yan the Sweet Potato Golden Dragon and asked him to guide Dugu Yan through absorbing it.
• Dugu Yan ate the Immortal Herb, and Lin Yan instructed her to meditate and guide its power.
• Dugu Yan’s Soul Power rose to level thirty-five, and her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul evolved toward the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• Dugu Yan celebrated her transformation and offered to protect Lin Yan, but Dugu Bo urged Lin Yan to reveal his own strength.
• Lin Yan showed Dugu Yan his level-thirty-eight Soul Power and three Soul Rings: two purple and one black.
• Dugu Yan invited Lin Yan to join the Imperial Fighting Team, and he said the team sounded interesting.

Lin Yan concealed his extraordinary Soul Rings and prepared to join the Imperial Fighting Team after returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. There, he reunited with Ye Lingling, whose worry and affection left them both awkwardly unable to speak freely.

• Dugu Yan agreed to bring Lin Yan into the Imperial Fighting Team, while Dugu Bo advised him to conceal his strength.
• Lin Yan disguised his Soul Rings as two yellow and one purple, then practiced with his Nine-Leaf Sword Wings at Dugu Manor.
• Lin Yan and Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next morning, where Ye Lingling hurried to check that Lin Yan was safe.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about focusing on Lin Yan and left the two alone.
• Lin Yan and Ye Lingling exchanged awkward greetings, and Lin Yan struggled to find the words to express his feelings.

Lin Yan and Ye Lingling walked together behind Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Ye Lingling confessed her feelings and Lin Yan returned them. They agreed they were together and stood hand in hand in the sunset.

• Lin Yan invited Ye Lingling to walk with him, and she quietly agreed.
• They walked in silence through the academy’s rear grounds, finding a grove and lawn instead of the flowers Lin Yan had invented.
• Ye Lingling confessed that she liked Lin Yan, and he told her he liked her too.
• Ye Lingling placed her hand in Lin Yan’s, and he held it as they shared their first moment together.
• Lin Yan asked if they were together now, and Ye Lingling nodded and agreed.