Arc 2The Hidden Immortal Herbs

Yang Podi grew stronger through dangerous Soul Ring hunts and discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, gathering rare herbs while his family advanced. After years of training and family changes, he began searching for his third Soul Ring and absorbed a Gold Crocodile King's ring.

  • Yang Podi killed the Blood Mantis Mercenary Group's leader and four remaining robbers, then reflected on Yang Wudi's lesson to eliminate threats and never yield to intimidation.
  • Yang Podi absorbed a roughly six-hundred-year-old Qian Jun Ant Soul Ring, gaining a strength-boosting skill and reaching rank twelve.
  • Yang Podi trained with Yang Ping'an, and over two years the Breaking Clan's elders advanced while Yang Podi became a rank-twenty Soul Grandmaster.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, harvested many rare herbs, and kept the discovery secret from most of the clan.
  • Yang Zhentian and several elders consumed Immortal Herbs and obtained powerful Soul Rings, strengthening the Breaking Clan.
  • Dugu Yan joined Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an's training before returning home, while Yang Tianyue later awakened the Soul Breaking Spear with innate full Soul Power.
  • Yang Podi reached level thirty and searched Sunset Forest with Yang Zhentian for a suitable third Soul Ring, rejecting several candidates before choosing a Gold Crocodile King.
  • Yang Zhentian subdued the Gold Crocodile King, and Yang Podi killed it and endured six hours absorbing its Soul Ring.
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Ch. 26Robbers on the Road

Yang Wudi killed five members of the Blood Mantis Mercenary Group after they tried to rob him and Yang Podi in Sunset Forest. He made Yang Podi search the bodies, then left with him and asked what he had learned from the encounter.

  • The Blood Mantis Mercenary Group surrounded Yang Wudi and Yang Podi and demanded their money and valuables.
  • Yang Wudi revealed his Soul Rings and told Yang Podi to watch as he killed the group’s leader with his Soul Breaking Spear.
  • Yang Wudi pursued and killed the four remaining robbers, then finished off a wounded man.
  • Yang Wudi ordered Yang Podi to search the five bodies for valuables, and Yang Podi vomited after completing the grisly task.
  • Yang Wudi and Yang Podi left the scene, pitched their tent in another clearing, and Yang Wudi asked his grandson what he had learned.

Ch. 27Qian Jun Ant

Yang Wudi taught Yang Podi about the Breaking Clan’s resolve and the dangers of the Soul Master world, while Yang Podi committed to pursuing pure strength. In Sunset Forest, Yang Wudi captured a large Qian Jun Ant for Yang Podi’s first Soul Ring and hurried away from its nest.

  • Yang Podi inferred why Yang Wudi had killed the five attackers, and Yang Wudi explained the need to eliminate threats and fight without yielding to intimidation.
  • Yang Podi spent the night reflecting on his clan’s history and decided to follow the path of pure strength.
  • Yang Wudi warned Yang Podi to remain alert even while sleeping in Soul Hunting Forest, and they continued searching for a Soul Beast.
  • Yang Podi questioned whether a Qian Jun Ant was a worthy choice, but agreed to take the roughly six-hundred-year-old specimen after Yang Wudi praised its strength-related benefits.
  • Yang Wudi wounded and seized the large Qian Jun Ant, then led Yang Podi away from its nest to avoid danger while absorbing the Soul Ring.

Ch. 28First Soul Ring

Yang Podi killed a Qian Jun Ant and successfully absorbed its nearly six-hundred-year Soul Ring as his First Soul Ring, reaching rank twelve. After Yang Wudi confirmed he was unharmed, Yang Podi suggested they search Sunset Forest for medicinal herbs before leaving.

  • Yang Wudi warned Yang Podi that the Qian Jun Ant's Soul Ring was far older than the normal limit, but Yang Podi insisted he could withstand it and killed the ant with his Soul Breaking Spear.
  • Yang Podi absorbed the Soul Ring despite its overwhelming pressure and scorching energy, while his body and Soul Breaking Spear were strengthened.
  • Yang Podi opened his eyes unharmed and told Yang Wudi that his First Soul Skill, Qian Jun's Strength, boosted his physical strength by fifty percent and his spear's power by one hundred percent for ten minutes; he had reached rank twelve.
  • Yang Wudi examined Yang Podi, praised his success, and found no Soul Bone in the Qian Jun Ant's corpse.
  • Yang Podi suggested that he and Yang Wudi search Sunset Forest for medicinal herbs before they left.

Ch. 29Searching Sunset Forest

Yang Podi and Yang Wudi searched Sunset Forest for medicinal herbs but left without finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. On the way home, Yang Podi learned about poison, the Breaking Clan’s medicine-refining tradition, and Aromatic Silk Beauty; back at Clear Source Mountain, Niu Jinfeng checked that he was unharmed.

  • Yang Wudi agreed to take Yang Podi through Sunset Forest, where they encountered many Soul Beasts, found valuable herbs, and avoided a ten-thousand-year Hell Leopard.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Wudi failed to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Yang Wudi refused to enter the forest’s inner region, so they left.
  • Yang Podi asked about poison Soul Masters, and Yang Wudi explained Dugu Bo’s poisons and the risks that prolonged poison use posed to Soul Masters.
  • Yang Wudi described Aromatic Silk Beauty and told Yang Podi that he would teach him the Breaking Clan’s medicine-refining knowledge, while Yang Podi said he wanted to focus on becoming a stronger Soul Master.
  • Yang Wudi and Yang Podi returned to Clear Source Mountain, where Niu Jinfeng examined Yang Podi and warned him not to take such risks again.

Ch. 30Medicine Refining Knowledge

Yang Podi began studying the Breaking Clan’s inherited medicine refining knowledge under his grandfather, Yang Wudi, and discovered the potential of the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass. He left eager to learn more while continuing his secret spear training and demanding physical conditioning.

  • Yang Wudi brought Yang Podi to the family’s medicine refining room and explained that he must first learn medicinal ingredients before attempting to refine anything.
  • Yang Podi studied the clan’s inherited books, including the Complete Compendium of Douluo Continent Immortal Herb, and found the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass especially suited to the Soul Breaking Spear Martial Soul.
  • Yang Wudi said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had searched for the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass without success, and Yang Podi wondered if it grew at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
  • Yang Podi decided not to refine medicine until he was confident and considered whether poisons might help awaken his body Martial Soul.
  • Yang Podi secretly practiced spear techniques from his previous life and began wearing a thirty-kilogram set of weights during his daily training.

Ch. 31Learning Spear Techniques

Yang Podi practiced the basic thrusting technique of the Soul Breaking Spear and reflected on how mastering foundational spear skills could complement his Soul Skills. Yang Wudi then asked him to train alongside Yang Ping'an, an orphaned clan genius, and Yang Podi agreed to take him in and cultivate with him.

  • Yang Podi practiced spear thrusts for two hours each morning, planning to master each technique before moving on.
  • Yang Wudi urged Yang Podi to socialize and build relationships that would help him lead the Breaking Clan.
  • Yang Wudi explained that Yang Ping'an had lost his family and that his mother had entrusted him to Yang Wudi before she died.
  • Yang Wudi said Yang Ping'an had rank-seven Innate Soul Power and should train with Yang Podi as his future right-hand man.
  • Yang Podi agreed to have Yang Ping'an move into his home and train alongside him.

Ch. 32Yang Ping'an

Yang Podi welcomed Yang Ping'an into the family and trained alongside him as he adjusted to life in the Breaking Clan. Two years later, the clan had grown stronger, while Yang Podi's family and Yang Ping'an continued to advance in their cultivation.

  • Yang Zhentian brought Yang Ping'an home, and Yang Podi promised to guide him as his older brother.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an practiced, studied, and trained together, with Yang Ping'an gradually becoming lively and diligent.
  • Over the next two years, Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang each broke through to Soul Douluo, strengthening the Breaking Clan's standing.
  • Yang Zhentian reached rank 76, Niu Jinfeng reached rank 68, and Yang Ping'an gained his first Soul Ring and reached rank 16.
  • Yang Tianyue grew into an energetic two-year-old, and the Breaking Clan continued to flourish as its elders grew stronger.

Ch. 33Dugu Bo came seeking medicine

Yang Podi broke through to rank twenty and prepared to hunt for his second Soul Ring with Yang Zhentian. He also learned that Dugu Bo had brought Dugu Xin to the Breaking Clan for treatment, but the clan’s medicine experts could only ease the poison unless Dugu Xin destroyed his Martial Soul or obtained the rare aromatic silk beauty.

  • Yang Podi broke through to rank twenty during meditation, becoming the youngest Soul Grandmaster in the Breaking Clan’s history.
  • Yang Podi told Yang Zhentian and his family about his breakthrough, then agreed to hunt a Soul Beast with his father.
  • Yang Podi recalled that Dugu Bo had brought his poisoned son, Dugu Xin, to the Breaking Clan half a month earlier.
  • Yang Wudi told Dugu Bo that the clan could relieve Dugu Xin’s poisoning but could not cure its Martial Soul source.
  • Yang Wudi said aromatic silk beauty could cure Dugu Xin, but it had been missing for countless years, and Dugu Bo asked the clan to continue treating his son.

Ch. 34Entering Sunset Forest

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian searched Sunset Forest for a suitable Soul Beast for Yang Podi’s second Soul Ring. They found a rare Purple-Eyed Demon Tiger nearing a thousand years old, and Yang Podi chose it as his target.

  • Yang Podi told Yang Zhentian he wanted a strength-type Soul Beast over nine hundred years old but under a thousand, to avoid risking an unsuitable ring or attracting attention.
  • Yang Zhentian took Yang Podi into Sunset Forest, where he carefully protected him from hazards as they searched for three days and nights.
  • Yang Podi rejected a Qian Jun Ant and several bear-type Soul Beasts because they did not meet his standards.
  • Yang Zhentian heard a distant tiger’s roar and led Yang Podi to a rare Purple-Eyed Demon Tiger, explaining its strength, darkness attributes, and possible teleportation skills.
  • After learning the tiger was over nine hundred years old and close to a thousand, Yang Podi decided it would suit him and chose it.

Ch. 35Second Soul Ring: Purple-Eyed Demon Tiger

Yang Podi absorbed a nearly thousand-year-old Purple-Eyed Demon Tiger Soul Ring and gained a teleporting attack skill. He and Yang Zhentian prepared to leave after finding no Soul Bone in the tiger's remains.

  • Yang Zhentian fought the Purple-Eyed Demon Tiger, wounded it, and pinned it to the ground with his spear.
  • Yang Podi killed the weakened tiger by stabbing its eye, then absorbed its Soul Ring despite Yang Zhentian's concern about its age.
  • Yang Podi completed the three-hour absorption and gained a second yellow Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power level twenty-two.
  • Yang Podi demonstrated Devil Tiger Destruction Kill, which teleported him up to thirty meters and boosted his spear's weight and attack power by fifty percent.
  • Yang Zhentian explained how Soul Masters could sense the Soul Power fluctuations caused by teleportation, and he and Yang Podi prepared to leave after finding no Soul Bone.

Ch. 36Titan Giant Python

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian searched Sunset Forest for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well but discovered a dangerous Titan Giant Python in a silent marsh. After Yang Podi revealed why he had wanted to stay, Yang Zhentian doubted the legendary well could be found.

  • Yang Podi persuaded Yang Zhentian to remain in Sunset Forest and train while they searched for places with poisonous gas.
  • The two explored the forest’s core region, encountered powerful Soul Beasts, and retreated after finding no poisonous areas.
  • Yang Podi noticed a silent marsh, and Yang Zhentian helped him test it by throwing in a Soft Bone Rabbit.
  • A Titan Giant Python emerged from the marsh and swallowed the rabbit, prompting Yang Zhentian to warn Yang Podi about the creature’s strength and territory.
  • Yang Zhentian urged Yang Podi to leave Sunset Forest, but Yang Podi admitted he had come to search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
  • Yang Zhentian said the well’s existence was recorded in books but doubted it could be found in Sunset Forest.

Ch. 37Found It at Last

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian searched Sunset Forest for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, using their map and Yang Zhentian’s tracking skills to navigate. After reaching a remote area where the air carried an unusual toxin with both ice and fire attributes, they realized the well was probably nearby.

  • Yang Podi told Yang Zhentian that he believed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was in Sunset Forest, and Yang Zhentian questioned whether it could really exist.
  • Yang Zhentian showed Yang Podi a rough map and taught him to use the sun and their travel distance to estimate their location while warning him not to rely on the map for safety.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian continued searching and were chased by a Man Faced Demon Spider over forty thousand years old, leaving them lost in an unknown area.
  • Yang Zhentian sensed that their surroundings were unusually remote and that the air contained a mild toxin with both freezing ice and blazing fire attributes.
  • Yang Podi told Yang Zhentian that the strange toxin pointed to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well being nearby.

Ch. 38The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a hidden valley filled with rare medicinal herbs. Yang Podi harvested nearly all the immortal-grade and ten-thousand-year herbs, leaving his father questioning his motives and his loyalty to the clan.

  • Yang Zhentian gave Yang Podi antidote pills and carried him through the poisonous mist to a hidden valley.
  • They found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and saw numerous rare immortal herbs growing around it.
  • Yang Zhentian became absorbed in examining the Aromatic Silk Beauty while Yang Podi began harvesting herbs.
  • Yang Podi spent two hours digging up nearly all the immortal-grade and ten-thousand-year herbs, leaving their roots and less valuable plants behind.
  • Yang Zhentian challenged Yang Podi over taking the herbs, and Yang Podi said the clan should not trust everyone with knowledge of their value.
  • Yang Zhentian objected to Yang Podi's suspicion of clan members, but fell silent when Yang Podi pointed to the medicinal herbs he had left.

Ch. 39Dividing the Immortal Herbs

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian decided to conceal the Immortal Herbs and distribute them among their family while protecting the Breaking Clan from the risks of others learning about them. They finished dividing the herbs and planned to take them next, leaving two dangerous herbs unharvested for Yang Podi to consider using later.

  • Yang Podi urged Yang Zhentian to keep the Immortal Herbs secret, secure the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and limit knowledge of it to their immediate family.
  • Yang Podi proposed herbs for his parents and grandfathers, medicine refined from a nine-grade purple ganoderma for the clan elders, and future shares for Ping'an and Tianyue.
  • Yang Zhentian suggested storing the herbs himself because Yang Podi was only a rank-twenty-two Soul Grandmaster, and they agreed to store them separately.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian each took turns choosing Immortal Herbs, and Yang Podi set aside a ten-thousand-year earth ganoderma for his maternal grandfather.
  • Yang Podi asked them to leave the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot unharvested so he could consider using them after reaching Soul Elder; Yang Zhentian warned him to wait until he was stronger.

Ch. 40Nine-Leaf Sword Grass

Yang Zhentian absorbed the Nine-Grade Dragon Ganoderma and broke through to rank eighty, while Yang Podi endured the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass’s nine leaves and gained a sharp new power. After demonstrating his Soul Breaking Spear’s enhanced attacks, Yang Podi became exhausted and began recovering with a Dragon Ganoderma Leaf.

  • Yang Zhentian consumed the Nine-Grade Dragon Ganoderma and, after five hours, broke through to rank eighty as his body and Soul Breaking Spear showed signs of change.
  • Yang Zhentian picked the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass with a jade knife and warned Yang Podi that absorbing its ninth leaf could be dangerous.
  • Yang Podi absorbed the first eight leaves, enduring increasingly intense pain as the Sword Qi affected his body and brain.
  • Yang Podi ignored Yang Zhentian’s warning and absorbed the ninth leaf over an entire day, uniting the effects of all nine leaves.
  • Yang Podi tested his enhanced Soul Breaking Spear, firing a spear gleam and slashing the rock wall, then collapsed from exhaustion.
  • Yang Zhentian caught Yang Podi and gave him a Dragon Ganoderma Leaf to help him recover.

Ch. 41Aromatic Silk Beauty

After Yang Podi absorbed the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, he and Yang Zhentian concealed the signs of their harvest and returned to the Breaking Clan. Yang Zhentian revealed the aromatic silk beauty and their discovery of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang, then faced their alarm over the herbs he and Podi had consumed.

  • Yang Podi said the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass had improved his understanding of sword Qi and spear momentum and eased his cultivation bottlenecks.
  • Yang Podi reminded Yang Zhentian to disguise the excavation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the two restored the site before leaving Sunset Forest.
  • Yang Zhentian and Yang Podi returned to the Breaking Clan, avoided Niu Jinfeng's questions, and went their separate ways.
  • Yang Zhentian showed Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang the aromatic silk beauty and described the discovery of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while withholding some details about the immortal herbs.
  • Yang Zhentian presented his plan and several herbs to Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang, who agreed to follow it and prepare for another trip to Sunset Forest.
  • Yang Zhentian admitted that he had eaten a nine-grade dragon ganoderma and Podi had eaten the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, prompting Yang Wudi to scold them for the risk to Podi.

Ch. 42Concealing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

Yang Zhentian and his family strengthened the Breaking Clan with immortal herbs, new Soul Rings, and a concealed Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After securing the well as the clan’s secret base, the four returned home with the clan’s power greatly increased.

  • Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang absorbed Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Kings, reaching level 83, while Niu Jinfeng absorbed an earth dragon golden melon that evolved her Martial Soul and raised her to level 70.
  • Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, Yang Zhentian, and Niu Jinfeng traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Niu Jinfeng concealed its entrance and the brothers replanted and organized its herbs.
  • Yang Zhentian tried to hide the remaining treasures from Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang by claiming his son Podi had taken them, but his father ordered him to bring Podi’s collection back for inspection.
  • The four hunted Soul Rings in Sunset Forest, and Yang Zhentian absorbed a seventy-thousand-year-old Scarlet Ghost White Tiger while Niu Jinfeng absorbed an Iron-Armored Demon Bear over forty thousand years old.
  • Yang Zhentian reached level 82 and Niu Jinfeng reached level 73; the four then set off back to the Breaking Clan, which now had three Soul Douluos and seven Soul Saints.

Ch. 43The Aftermath of the Immortal Herbs

After returning to the Breaking Clan, Yang Podi secured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s location and hid his immortal herbs in a separate Soul Tool. When his father and grandfathers demanded to see his treasures, he kept his own herbs safe but watched Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang take Yang Zhentian’s herbs for study.

  • Niu Jinfeng told Yang Podi how the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was concealed and gave him a key to reach it.
  • Yang Podi moved his immortal herbs into a small Soul Tool he could keep close to his body.
  • Yang Zhentian asked Yang Podi to show the herbs he had gathered, but Yang Podi claimed he had given the best ones to his father.
  • Yang Podi displayed ordinary medicinal treasures and let his grandfathers inspect his empty wristguard Soul Tool.
  • Yang Zhentian handed over his Lovesick Heartbreak Red, eight-petal immortal orchid, and cockscomb phoenix sunflower, and Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang kept them to study.
  • Yang Zhentian asked Yang Podi to compensate him with a hidden immortal herb, but Yang Podi brushed him off and left.

Ch. 44Dugu Yan visits

Dugu Yan stayed with Yang Podi’s family while her father and grandfather sought treatment from the Breaking Clan. The next morning, after watching Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an train, she challenged them both to a Soul Fighting match, with Niu Jinfeng present to keep them safe.

  • Yang Zhentian brought Dugu Yan home and introduced her to Yang Podi, Yang Ping'an, and the rest of the family.
  • Yang Podi reflected that Dugu Yan might later attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy and meet Yu Tianheng, while Niu Jinfeng welcomed her into their home.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an practiced spear techniques and sparred, with Yang Podi usually winning through the strength of his heavy spear.
  • Dugu Yan watched the boys train and proposed fighting both of them at once in a Soul Fighting match.
  • Niu Jinfeng agreed to supervise, and Dugu Yan insisted she would keep her poison under control.

Ch. 45Dugu Yan

Yang Podi defeated Dugu Yan in a sparring match without using any Soul Skills, then explained why he prioritized physical training and cultivation. Dugu Yan grew curious about his discipline and followed him through the day.

  • Niu Jinfeng asked Dugu Yan to fight Yang Podi first, and both children summoned their Martial Souls for the match.
  • Yang Podi pierced Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent, broke through her poison, and pinned her with his spear without using a Soul Skill.
  • Dugu Yan asked for a rematch, but Yang Podi reminded her he had held back and left to study.
  • Dugu Yan followed Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an to class, where Yang Podi spent much of the time meditating.
  • At dinner, Yang Podi told Dugu Yan that physical training and medicinal baths strengthened his body and improved his meditation, leaving her astonished by his focus.

Ch. 46A day in Dugu Yan's life

Dugu Yan joined Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an for a full day of training and discovered how demanding the Breaking Clan’s routines were. After a medicinal bath, she found her evening meditation unusually smooth, though she did not yet understand why.

  • Dugu Yan asked Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an to teach her spear techniques, so Yang Podi suggested weighted running instead.
  • Dugu Yan ran with weights while the boys practiced with heavy spears, and she learned Yang Podi trained with a two-hundred-jin spear and fifty kilograms of additional weight.
  • At the clan schoolhouse, Dugu Yan attracted a crowd of children while Yang Podi mostly read or meditated through the lessons.
  • Dugu Yan joined the afternoon routine of weighted exercises, refused weighted swimming, and became so exhausted that someone had to help her to the rest area.
  • Niu Jinfeng carried Dugu Yan home, where she and the boys took medicinal baths and ate dinner with the family.
  • Dugu Yan began her evening meditation and noticed it went more smoothly than usual after the day’s training and medicinal bath.

Ch. 47Three major events

Over three years, Dugu Bo recovered from his poisoning and became a Titled Douluo while the Breaking Clan grew stronger. The clan’s greatest discovery was Yang Tianyue, whose exceptional spear talent and innate full Soul Power led her grandfathers to take charge of her training and conceal her true ability.

  • Dugu Yan trained and studied with Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an, while Niu Jinfeng asked Yang Podi whether he would consider marrying her; he insisted he was too young.
  • After her treatment was completed, Dugu Yan returned home with Dugu Xin, tearfully parting from Yang Podi and agreeing to visit again.
  • Over the next three years, Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang eased Dugu Bo’s poisoning, allowing him to break through to Titled Douluo, while the Breaking Clan’s elders and Niu Jinfeng made major advances in Soul Power.
  • Yang Tianyue began spear training at five and quickly showed remarkable talent, impressing Yang Podi, Yang Ping'an, and the elders.
  • At her Martial Soul Awakening, Yang Tianyue awakened the Soul Breaking Spear and displayed innate full Soul Power, which the family decided to conceal by publicly claiming she had rank-nine innate Soul Power.
  • Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang argued over teaching Yang Tianyue before agreeing to train her together, and they later accompanied her to obtain her first Soul Ring.

Ch. 48Breaking Through to Level 30

Yang Podi reached level 30 at eleven and a half, becoming a Soul Elder sooner than anyone his family knew of. He and Yang Zhentian set out for the Sunset Forest to seek a powerful strength-type Soul Beast for his third Soul Ring, ideally one around four thousand years old.

  • Yang Podi broke through to level 30 after nearly three years of cultivation and told his parents the next morning.
  • Yang Podi asked about strength-type Soul Beasts that could grant a lock-on skill, and his parents told him about the rare Iron-Feathered Tiger Eagle.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian decided to hunt for his third Soul Ring in the nearby Sunset Forest, while Yang Tianyue vowed to surpass him and Yang Ping'an resolved to train harder.
  • On the journey, Yang Podi said he wanted a Soul Ring around four thousand years old, and Yang Zhentian confirmed that his physique was strong enough for the challenge.
  • Yang Podi told Yang Zhentian they should choose a Soul Beast after reaching the forest, prioritizing a rare and powerful strength-type beast, preferably a dragon type.

Ch. 49Entering Sunset Forest Again

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian searched Sunset Forest for a suitable Soul Beast but found none that met Yang Podi’s demanding requirements. They continued their hunt after discussing powerful Soul Beasts and the clan elders’ plans for their ninth Soul Rings.

  • Yang Podi grew frustrated after seven days of searching Sunset Forest and suggested looking in Star Dou Great Forest, while Yang Zhentian reminded him that he had rejected several suitable Soul Beasts.
  • Yang Zhentian explained the danger of hunting a Titan Giant Ape and discussed how he and the family’s elders might obtain their ninth Soul Rings.
  • Yang Podi mentioned ten-thousand-year cold marrow as a way to increase a Soul Beast’s age, and Yang Zhentian said it was an exceptionally rare treasure.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian waited by a stream, saw several Soul Beasts including a roughly four-thousand-year-old Great Strength Gorilla, and continued searching after Yang Podi rejected them.

Ch. 50Third Soul Ring

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian discovered a Gold Crocodile King fighting a ten-thousand-year Earth Demon Bear, and Yang Podi chose the crocodile for his third Soul Ring. After a grueling six-hour absorption, Yang Podi successfully gained the four-thousand-year Soul Ring and emerged with increased Soul Power and a strengthened Soul Breaking Spear.

  • Yang Zhentian and Yang Podi followed a swarm of Sunset Bees and watched a ten-thousand-year Earth Demon Bear emerge from a mud pool before a Gold Crocodile King attacked it.
  • Yang Podi identified the Gold Crocodile King, estimated to be between 3,500 and 4,000 years old, as the Soul Beast he wanted for his third Soul Ring.
  • Yang Zhentian wounded the Gold Crocodile King with his Soul Breaking Spear and pinned it to the ground with his sixth Soul Skill.
  • Yang Podi stabbed the Gold Crocodile King in both eyes until it died and a purple Soul Ring appeared above its corpse.
  • Yang Podi endured six hours of intense pain while absorbing the Gold Crocodile King's Soul Ring, then stabilized with greatly increased Soul Power and a heavier, sharper Soul Breaking Spear.
Arc 2 of 16
Arc 2 of 16