Recaps

Lin Chen, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan defeated the three-thousand-year Jade Scale Illusion Serpent, and Dugu Yan began absorbing its Soul Ring with Dugu Bo’s help. After her absorption stabilized, Dugu Bo told Lin Chen about a dangerous Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison Array three li to the east.

• Lin Chen suppressed the Jade Scale Illusion Serpent while Xiao Wu destroyed its clones, and he shielded the group from its poison-scale barrage.
• Dugu Yan struck the serpent’s exposed weak points with her Jade Phosphorous Bone-Eroding Needle, killing it.
• Dugu Bo praised the group and warned Dugu Yan that a three-thousand-year Soul Ring exceeded the limit for a Third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan began absorbing the purple Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo calmed the poison in her meridians so she could continue safely.
• Dugu Bo privately told Lin Chen about the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison Array he had set up three li east.

Dugu Bo allowed Lin Chen to explore the outer area beyond the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison Array, and Lin Chen brought Xiao Wu through the deadly miasma to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They began inspecting its rare herbs, while the valley’s ice-and-fire spiritual energy slowly increased Lin Chen’s fusion degree.

• Dugu Bo gave Lin Chen permission to explore the area beyond the poison array, warning him not to venture too deep.
• Lin Chen and Xiao Wu crossed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison Array inside Lin Chen’s strained Chaos Shield.
• They reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the valley’s opposing hot and cold slopes held unusual medicinal plants.
• Lin Chen identified Fragrant Silk Beauty and cockscomb phoenix sunflowers for Xiao Wu, then led her farther into the valley without picking anything.
• The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s spiritual Qi flowed into Lin Chen’s meridians and gradually raised his fusion degree.

Lin Chen and Xiao Wu reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Lin Chen sought treasures to strengthen himself and cleanse Xiao Wu of her Soul Beast presence. After finding the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, he explained that picking it required the picker to offer heart’s blood while thinking of the person they loved most, leaving Xiao Wu’s feelings—and the flower’s fate—uncertain.

• Lin Chen and Xiao Wu saw the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and endured its fierce opposing spiritual forces behind Lin Chen’s Chaos Shield.
• Lin Chen reflected that he wanted to temper the Chaos Pearl and use the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and other herbs to make Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast presence undetectable.
• Lin Chen and Xiao Wu searched the cliffside for red herbs as the well’s heat and cold strained them.
• Xiao Wu spotted the Lovesick Heartbreak Red growing in a rock crevice, and Lin Chen confirmed its identity.
• Lin Chen told Xiao Wu that the flower could only be picked if the picker willingly used their heart’s blood while thinking of the person they loved most.

Lin Chen confessed his feelings to Xiao Wu, and she agreed to stay with him forever. After Xiao Wu successfully picked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Lin Chen found the Crystal Snow Dragon Ginseng and revealed that he intended to use both treasures to erase her Soul Beast presence and protect her from Spirit Hall.

• Lin Chen asked Xiao Wu to stay with him forever, and she accepted before they embraced.
• Xiao Wu used her heart's blood to pick the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which remained intact.
• Lin Chen found the Crystal Snow Dragon Ginseng beside the ice spring.
• Lin Chen explained that the two treasures could help Xiao Wu shed her Soul Beast presence and become indistinguishable from a human Soul Master.

Lin Chen used the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and Crystal Snow Dragon Ginseng to refine Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast origin, but the herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s spiritual Qi drove her cultivation out of control. To keep her from being injured, he sacrificed his Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring to contain her surging Soul Power, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Xiao Wu cried as Lin Chen reassured her that he would protect her and help conceal her identity.
• Lin Chen began refining the two herbs in Xiao Wu at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, guiding their medicinal power with his Chaos Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu’s cultivation rose beyond level forty as the well’s spiritual Qi weakened, and the violent medicinal power threatened to burst her meridians.
• Lin Chen sacrificed his Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring and transferred it to Xiao Wu, drawing her surging Soul Power into the ring and stabilizing her cultivation.

Lin Chen sacrificed two of his Soul Rings to stabilize Xiao Wu’s transformation, leaving him gravely weakened and unconscious while she became fully human and reached level forty-five. Dugu Bo gave Lin Chen a Soul Gathering Pill and explained the sacrifices he made, but Lin Chen’s recovery remained uncertain.

• Lin Chen gave Xiao Wu his Ten Thousand Year Third Soul Ring and then his Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring, stabilizing her surging medicinal power as her Soul Beast imprint disappeared.
• Lin Chen’s cultivation fell from level thirty-seven to level fifteen, and he collapsed unconscious beside the springs.
• Xiao Wu awoke transformed into a human at level forty-five, then found Lin Chen pale and barely breathing and begged Dugu Bo to save him.
• Dugu Bo gave Lin Chen a Soul Gathering Pill, steadied his breathing, and explained that Lin Chen had sacrificed both Soul Rings to save Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu learned that Lin Chen had sacrificed his Soul Rings to save her, while Dugu Bo revealed the tragic history of the Dugu Family’s poisonous Martial Soul. The chapter left Dugu Bo recounting how the Serpent Emperor’s poison had taken his wife, son, and daughter-in-law, leaving only him and Dugu Yan.

• Dugu Bo told Xiao Wu that Lin Chen had stripped away his Soul Rings and given her his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring to protect her.
• Xiao Wu thanked Dugu Bo for saving Lin Chen and cared for Lin Chen as he recovered.
• Dugu Bo recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, and she explained how Lin Chen had helped conceal and cleanse her identity.
• Dugu Bo described how the Dugu Family’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison had killed his wife during childbirth and later taken his son and daughter-in-law.
• Dugu Bo said that generations of his family had died from their Martial Soul’s backlash, leaving only him and Dugu Yan.

Lin Chen woke from his severe injuries and proposed a Soul Bone Poison Storage Method to treat the Dugu Family’s inherited poison. He began explaining how his Chaos Soul Power and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well might make the method work, but had not yet revealed his concern.

• Dugu Bo told Xiao Wu that Dugu Yan had inherited the family poison and that it would erupt when she reached level fifty, while his own life was nearing its end.
• Xiao Wu reassured Dugu Bo that Lin Chen might find a way to cure Dugu Yan’s poison once he woke.
• Lin Chen regained consciousness in great pain, and Xiao Wu tearfully cared for him.
• Lin Chen thanked Dugu Bo for saving him with a solemn kowtow, and Dugu Bo warned that losing two Soul Rings had damaged his meridians and cultivation foundation.
• Lin Chen proposed using Soul Bones to contain and refine the family poison, explaining that his Chaos Soul Power and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could help treat both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Lin Chen said the method would usually take years to stabilize but could be accelerated with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and Immortal Herbs, then trailed off before explaining the drawback.

Lin Chen persuaded Dugu Bo that he could help him control his poison, and Dugu Bo agreed to let him use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while helping him recover. After Lin Chen regained some strength, Dugu Bo arranged four months of seclusion for him and Xiao Wu at the valley.

• Lin Chen explained that his method had a sixty percent chance of success, and Dugu Bo decided to trust him and grant him access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs.
• Xiao Wu stayed beside Lin Chen as he recovered overnight, reaching rank sixteen with his Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo left the valley to ask Heaven Dou Royal Academy for leave for Lin Chen and Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Bo told the academy board that Lin Chen and Xiao Wu would study with him for at least four months and would return when he decided.
• Zhi Lin agreed to the leave and said the academy would pause the team's matches while Lin Chen and Xiao Wu trained with Dugu Bo.

Lin Chen recovered in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well valley while Dugu Bo sheltered and cared for him, and he promised to give Dugu Bo an answer within three months. Meanwhile, the Imperial Fighting Team kept competing at the Great Soul Arena, where its members improved and gained points during Lin Chen’s absence.

• Dugu Bo brought Lin Chen and Xiao Wu a meal and explained that he had told the academy Lin Chen was his nominal disciple, keeping their training private.
• Dugu Bo built a temporary hut from serpent vines and oilcloth while Lin Chen rested and Xiao Wu stayed with him.
• Lin Chen cultivated in the hut, recovered about thirty percent of his Soul Power, and estimated he could return to level thirty in less than a month.
• Lin Chen promised Dugu Bo that he would give him an answer within three months, while Dugu Bo continued guarding the valley.
• News spread that Lin Chen and Xiao Wu had gone to train with Dugu Bo, and the Imperial Fighting Team continued competing without Lin Chen’s matches.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, and Ye Lingling continued improving as the team’s Bronze Soul Fighter points rose over the next half month.

After recovering at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Chen sought a Second Soul Ring that would match his Chaos Pearl Martial Soul. He killed a twenty-eight-thousand-year Prison-Suppressing Demon Spider despite Dugu Bo’s warnings, leaving the dangerous absorption still ahead.

• Lin Chen recovered to the peak of rank twenty, and his Chaos Pearl’s fusion with his body reached sixty-five percent.
• Lin Chen told Xiao Wu and Dugu Bo that he wanted a demon spider Soul Ring with confinement and suppression attributes.
• Lin Chen sensed a twenty-eight-thousand-year Prison-Suppressing Demon Spider underground and insisted on using it as his Second Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo dragged the spider from its abyss, wounded it, and suppressed it with poison.
• Lin Chen killed the Prison-Suppressing Demon Spider by striking its Soul Power core.

Lin Chen absorbed the Prison-Suppressing Demon Spider's twenty-eight-thousand-year Soul Ring, overcame its violent Soul Power and mental assault, and gained the Chaos Prison Suppression domain. He reached level twenty-six and told Dugu Bo he would begin guiding poison into his Soul Bones after recovering and stabilizing his cultivation.

• Lin Chen used a Dragon Ganoderma Leaf and began absorbing the demon spider's Soul Ring as Xiao Wu watched and Dugu Bo warned her not to interfere.
• The Soul Ring's violent power and ancient will assaulted Lin Chen, but his Chaos Pearl and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's spiritual Qi helped him endure and assimilate them.
• Lin Chen completed the absorption, broke through the level-twenty bottleneck to level twenty-six, and formed his second Soul Ring.
• Lin Chen activated Chaos Prison Suppression, and Xiao Wu and Dugu Bo felt its domain suppress their Soul Power and movement.
• Lin Chen explained the domain's effects to Dugu Bo and said he would guide poison into Dugu Bo's Soul Bones after stabilizing his cultivation and repairing his meridians.

Lin Chen broke through to level thirty after recovering his meridians and raising his Chaos Pearl fusion to seventy percent. He chose to seek a Void Beast King for his Third Soul Ring, and he, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Lin Chen broke through to level thirty, and Dugu Bo confirmed that his meridians had healed and his Martial Soul fusion had reached seventy percent.
• Xiao Wu reported that her cultivation had risen to level forty-six while staying at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Chen told Dugu Bo he wanted a Void Beast King's Soul Ring for its spatial Soul Skill, Void Shift, and said Chaos Perception could help him find one.
• Dugu Bo agreed to accompany Lin Chen and Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, and the three disguised themselves before leaving the valley.
• Lin Chen, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo traveled across the treetops toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Dugu Bo exposed his power when the Blood Shadow Society ambushed him, Lin Chen, and Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Dugu Bo killed two bandits and ordered Lin Chen to deal with the rest, Lin Chen used Chaos Prison Suppression against the four attackers rushing them.

• Dugu Bo warned Lin Chen and Xiao Wu that bandits as well as Soul Beasts posed dangers in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Eight Blood Shadow Society bandits surrounded the group and demanded money, threatening the children when Dugu Bo pretended to be helpless.
• Dugu Bo killed two attackers with poison needles and revealed his strength, then told Lin Chen to kill the remaining bandits.
• The bandits tried to seize Lin Chen and Xiao Wu as hostages, but Lin Chen stepped in front of Xiao Wu and unleashed Chaos Prison Suppression on the four attackers.

Lin Chen killed the Blood Shadow Society thugs who threatened him and Xiao Wu, while Dugu Bo taught him not to show mercy to dangerous enemies. They tracked a fifty-thousand-year Void Beast King to a valley, where the creature sensed their presence and raised its head.

• Lin Chen used his domain to suppress and kill four thugs, including the scar-faced Soul Ancestor.
• Dugu Bo killed two fleeing thugs with poison needles, leaving all eight attackers dead.
• Dugu Bo praised Lin Chen for staying steady and taught him that mercy toward enemies could endanger those he wanted to protect.
• Lin Chen sensed a powerful Void Beast King ahead, and Dugu Bo estimated its age at between forty-eight and fifty thousand years and warned Lin Chen not to fight it head-on.
• Lin Chen, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo reached a valley with a spatial rift and found the Void Beast King, which sensed them and raised its head.

Lin Chen, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo defeated the fifty-thousand-year Void Beast King with coordinated attacks that exploited Lin Chen’s ability to disrupt its spatial powers. Dugu Bo warned Lin Chen that absorbing its Soul Ring as his Third Soul Ring would be even more dangerous than his previous one.

• The Void Beast King attacked with spatial claw blades, and Lin Chen protected himself and Xiao Wu with the Chaos Shield while Dugu Bo’s poison needles were deflected.
• The Void Beast King teleported behind Xiao Wu, but Lin Chen’s Chaos Prison Suppression Domain disrupted its movement long enough for Xiao Wu to dodge and strike its front paw.
• Dugu Bo enveloped the beast in Jade Phosphorous Poison Mist, and Lin Chen interrupted its Space Rending by targeting the spatial node in its paw.
• Dugu Bo pierced the spatial core atop the Void Beast King’s head with an innate poison needle, killing it as its spatial power faded.
• Xiao Wu caught the injured Lin Chen, and Dugu Bo praised his timing before warning him about absorbing the fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Lin Chen absorbed the Void Beast King's fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring, enduring a devastating assault from its spatial power. An Associated Soul Bone fused with him and helped him survive, leaving him with an awakening spatial perception and a blue mark between his brows.

• Lin Chen began absorbing the Void Beast King's Soul Ring while Dugu Bo guarded him and Xiao Wu watched anxiously.
• The fifty-thousand-year spatial Soul Ring tore at Lin Chen's body and soul, while the Chaos Pearl and stored spiritual Qi helped him endure.
• A spatial Soul Bone emerged from the Void Beast King's brow and fused with Lin Chen, stabilizing the spatial power and repairing his meridians.
• Lin Chen completed the fusion and awakened an extraordinary perception of space, including distant Soul Beasts and spatial folds.
• Lin Chen opened his eyes and revealed a faint blue archaic-eye mark between his brows.

Lin Chen awakened after absorbing the Void Divine Eye, returned to the Sunset Forest, and stabilized his cultivation before beginning Dugu Bo’s poison treatment. The treatment started with the Medusa Head Soul Bone and Aromatic Silk Beauty, but the two poisons immediately clashed inside Dugu Bo.

• Lin Chen awoke with the Void Divine Eye and learned from Dugu Bo that the rare spatial External Soul Bone’s abilities remained uncertain.
• Lin Chen discovered he had risen to level thirty-five after absorbing a fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring and the Void Divine Eye, then returned with Dugu Bo and Xiao Wu to the Sunset Forest.
• Lin Chen meditated through the night to stabilize his Soul Ring and nurture the Void Divine Eye.
• Dugu Bo presented a Ten Thousand Year Medusa Head Soul Bone and the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Lin Chen explained how he would use them to draw out and contain Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Dugu Bo fused with the Medusa Head Soul Bone, causing its poison and his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison to clash violently in his meridians.

Lin Chen successfully sealed part of Dugu Bo’s poison in his Head Soul Bone, giving Dugu Bo hope that his decades-long affliction could be treated. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe learned about Shrek Academy and Yu Xiaogang, whose past connection to Bibi Dong drew his scorn.

• Lin Chen used his chaos soul power and the aromatic silk beauty to guide Dugu Bo’s poisons into the Soul Bone between his brows.
• Dugu Bo felt the treatment ease the stagnant poison in his body and acknowledged Lin Chen’s ability.
• Lin Chen said they would repeat the treatment every two days, and Dugu Bo told him to rest and take herbs from the medicinal garden.
• Xiao Wu brought Lin Chen warm water and pills while he rested beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ye Weiyang about Shrek Academy and learned that Yu Xiaogang was leading its team in the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena.
• Xue Qinghe recalled Yu Xiaogang’s past with Bibi Dong and privately dismissed him as a useless theorist.

Xue Qinghe investigated Lin Chen and Tang San’s origins, discovered that Spirit Hall had overlooked both despite their Innate Full Soul Power, and ordered surveillance of Dugu Bo. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Chen prepared to temper his body with rare herbs and collected dew.

• Ye Weiyang told Xue Qinghe that Shrek Academy’s talented disciples, including Tang San and Ning Rongrong, might compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and he planned to assess and recruit them.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Dugu Bo had taken Lin Chen as a disciple and ordered people to watch Sunset Forest from a safe distance.
• Ye Weiyang presented records showing Lin Chen’s Chaos Pearl and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had both been registered with Innate Full Soul Power, but their local branch hall had dismissed their Martial Souls as trash.
• Xue Qinghe condemned Spirit Hall’s handling of the records and said its lower ranks needed a thorough cleanup.
• After twelve days of sealing Dugu Bo’s toxins into the Medusa Soul Bone, Lin Chen prepared an octagonal mysterious ice grass, an infernal delicate apricot, and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to temper his body.
• Xiao Wu asked whether the herbs could temper the body, and Lin Chen nodded before faltering as he looked at her.

Lin Chen began tempering his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while using Immortal Herbs to strengthen himself and advance the Void Divine Eye. His Heaven-Slaying Sword and Chaos Pearl emerged and absorbed the spring’s power, leaving Xiao Wu worried as a green-robed figure entered the valley.

• Lin Chen explained his plan to temper his body in the springs and told Xiao Wu to wait in the hut.
• Lin Chen entered the meeting point of the hot and cold springs and released the medicinal power of the three ingredients he had taken.
• Lin Chen used Chaos Soul Power to refine the ice-and-fire energy, but the immense power became difficult to control.
• The Heaven-Slaying Sword appeared from Lin Chen’s palm, and the Chaos Pearl floated above him.
• Lin Chen’s two Martial Souls absorbed the springs’ spiritual Qi and the Immortal Herbs’ medicinal power, making the waters surge as Xiao Wu watched anxiously.
• A green-robed figure entered the valley and abruptly stopped.

Dugu Bo discovered that Lin Chen possessed a second Martial Soul, the Heaven-Slaying Sword, while Lin Chen continued tempering his body and both Martial Souls in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As Lin Chen remained immersed in cultivation past the two-hour limit, Dugu Bo began to hope that the encounter could change the fate of himself and the Dugu Family.

• Dugu Bo returned to the valley and was stunned to see Lin Chen using both the Chaos Pearl and the Heaven-Slaying Sword.
• Xiao Wu quieted Dugu Bo, who watched the two Martial Souls absorb the spring’s spiritual Qi as Lin Chen tempered his body.
• Dugu Bo reassured Xiao Wu that Lin Chen’s Soul Power remained controlled and promised to intervene if the medicinal power became dangerous.
• Lin Chen continued cultivating as the Chaos Pearl refined the ice-and-fire power, the Heaven-Slaying Sword absorbed it, and the Void Divine Eye fused with the Soul Bone.
• The two-hour limit passed, but Lin Chen kept cultivating, and Dugu Bo watched with growing anticipation for the future of the Dugu Family.

Lin Chen finished tempering his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reaching Soul Elder level and awakening stronger spatial perception through the Void Divine Eye. Dugu Bo discovered his Twin Martial Souls, and Lin Chen asked him to keep the secret, but Dugu Bo responded with a sly smile.

• Lin Chen completed three hours of cultivation in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found his Soul Power had reached level thirty-six.
• Lin Chen tested the Void Divine Eye and saw spatial fluctuations and spiritual Qi with exceptional clarity.
• Xiao Wu welcomed Lin Chen, and Dugu Bo praised his ability to endure the spring while asking how he had survived it.
• Dugu Bo questioned Lin Chen about the sword Martial Soul, and Lin Chen admitted he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Lin Chen explained that he was an orphan from Holy Soul Village and asked Dugu Bo to keep his secret.
• Dugu Bo stroked his chin and answered with a sly smile.

Lin Chen accepted Dugu Bo’s offer to become his sole personal disciple, gaining the protection of a Titled Douluo. Four and a half months later, Dugu Bo completed his poison refinement and reached rank ninety-three, while Lin Chen’s abilities had also grown substantially.

• Dugu Bo offered to keep Lin Chen’s secret if Lin Chen became his personal disciple and promised to teach him his poison arts.
• Lin Chen weighed the benefits, knelt, and accepted Dugu Bo as his master, while Xiao Wu welcomed the decision.
• After four and a half months at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Bo finished sealing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison inside his Medusa Skull and advanced from rank ninety-one to rank ninety-three.
• Lin Chen congratulated Dugu Bo, who credited his disciple for helping complete the transformation.
• Dugu Bo assessed Lin Chen’s progress: his cultivation neared rank forty, his Chaos Pearl had fully fused with him, and his Void Divine Eye had evolved to its second stage and unlocked Void Mark.

After four months of cultivation in the valley, Lin Chen and Xiao Wu had grown stronger, and Dugu Bo decided it was time to return to the academy. Lin Chen planned to seek a spatial Soul Beast for his Fourth Soul Ring, and he began gathering Immortal Herbs before their departure.

• Lin Chen’s Void Shift and Xiao Wu’s cultivation improved during their four months beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo told Lin Chen and Xiao Wu that they would return to the academy and find a Soul Beast for Lin Chen’s Fourth Soul Ring.
• Lin Chen chose to seek a spatial Soul Beast near the spatial rifts in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Bo agreed to leave the next morning.
• Lin Chen visited the medicinal garden and began picking Immortal Herbs, placing them in warm-jade boxes.