Chapter Summaries

Li Man, Dong Jian, and Ye Lingling tested a way to draw Dugu Yan’s uncontrolled Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison into a temporary vessel, confirming it could leave her body without harming her Martial Soul. Dugu Bo took them to Sunset Forest the next morning to try using extreme cold, extreme heat, and medicinal ingredients, while Dong Jian wondered what the brief cycle of his black and white Soul Power revealed about his Panda Martial Soul.

• Li Man guided some of Dugu Yan’s uncontrolled poison into Dugu Bo’s Jade Poison Jade while Dong Jian stabilized the vessel with his black and white Soul Power.
• Ye Lingling stopped the test once Dugu Yan’s symptoms eased, and the group confirmed the poison had been drawn out without worsening her meridians or Martial Soul foundation.
• Dong Jian proposed that extreme cold and heat might help separate the conflicting poisons, prompting Dugu Bo to reveal he had a suitable location in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo invited Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Qin Ming, Dong Jian, and Li Man to Sunset Forest, where he planned to investigate a lasting way to manage the poison.
• Dong Jian noticed his black and white Soul Power briefly formed a cycle around the Jade Poison Jade, then joined the others as Dugu Bo led them toward Sunset Forest the next morning.

Dugu Bo brought Dong Jian, Li Man, and the others to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where its opposing temperatures helped separate Dugu Yan’s accumulated poison. The group found a promising method but still needed a safe vessel and suitable medicine, while Dong Jian’s Martial Soul began balancing itself and the Divine Dragon Secret Realm warned that the process remained unstable.

• Dugu Bo led the group through his poisonous mist formation into the valley, where Li Man detected a hidden snake by sensing the nearby moss’s declining vitality.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dong Jian’s black and white Soul Power reacted differently to the cold spring and the fire spring, and Li Man’s Green Jade Bamboo responded to the surrounding plants.
• Li Man used the Jade Poison Jade and formation nodes to help separate Dugu Yan’s cold and hot poisons, making the extraction three times faster before the jade shattered.
• Dugu Yan confirmed that her accumulated poison had eased without weakening her Jade Phosphorous Serpent, but Dugu Bo said they still needed a durable vessel and medicine to stabilize her body.
• That night, Dong Jian’s Soul Power formed a faint cycle between the springs, and the Divine Dragon Secret Realm reported twelve percent yin-yang balance while warning that his Martial Soul could collapse if exposed to a single extreme attribute.

Dong Jian, Li Man, and the others investigated unfamiliar herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, identifying dangerous cold and hot plants, a mind-affecting dew plant, and several herbs that resonated with their Martial Souls. The Divine Dragon Secret Realm confirmed the plants’ broad properties but offered no safe method for using them, leaving Dong Jian determined to find a way to test the cold and hot herbs without destroying his Martial Soul.

• Dugu Bo set strict rules against touching or consuming unidentified herbs, and Li Man and Dong Jian began mapping the valley and studying the plants from a distance.
• Dong Jian found a pale-yellow dew plant that sharpened his perception, while the group identified an extremely hot herb and an extremely cold herb whose opposing auras could briefly counteract each other.
• Ye Lingling discovered a snow-white plant that stabilized her Nine Heart Begonia, and Li Man found a golden flower that attracted her Green Jade Bamboo, but neither touched the plants.
• Dugu Bo tested the hot and cold herbs’ surrounding auras on three Soul Beasts, confirming that the auras could briefly cancel out while warning that the herbs themselves were far more powerful.
• The Divine Dragon Secret Realm identified the cold and hot plants as dangerous to Dong Jian’s Martial Soul and the dew plant as a source of Spiritual Origin that could raise perception, but it could not provide a safe method of use.
• Li Man warned Dong Jian that the two herbs might tear his Martial Soul apart, and he agreed to wait for further testing before picking them.

Dong Jian and the others tested how the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s opposing forces behaved, then devised and rehearsed a plan for harvesting its two herbs. The chapter ended with Dong Jian swallowing both herbs as their extreme heat and cold invaded his body.

• Dugu Bo tested traces of the two herbs on a Rock Armor Beast, and the group found that the forces briefly balanced when introduced together but soon separated.
• Dong Jian used his Panda Martial Soul to redirect faint cold and heat through his body, hoping to stabilize his black and white Soul Power and reduce future backlash.
• Li Man proposed using jade knives tempered by the opposite element to harvest the herbs, and the group practiced the coordinated movements through repeated interference tests.
• Dong Jian chose to attempt the harvest at night, when Dugu Bo agreed the well was most balanced, and Li Man and Dong Jian cut the herbs free at the same time.
• Li Man launched the fiery red herb across the well, and Dong Jian caught it while holding the Octagonal White Grass before swallowing both on Dugu Bo’s command.

Dong Jian swallowed the ice and fire herbs and used his Soul Power and movement techniques to keep their opposing forces from tearing his Martial Soul apart. He emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with his Yin-Yang Iron-Eating Beast Martial Soul reorganized, while a faint dark-gold light stirred within his chest.

• Dong Jian's body and Panda Martial Soul began splitting under the herbs' extreme cold and heat, so Li Man's Meridian Suppression Formation supported him while Dugu Bo and the others urged him toward the well.
• Dong Jian redirected the cold and heat through his body until the black and white bear figures stopped moving apart, and Dugu Bo sent him into the spring.
• Beneath the water, Dong Jian circulated the cold, heat, and black-and-white Soul Power together as the spring suppressed the herbs' opposing forces.
• Dong Jian's black and white bear phantoms merged above the spring, and the Divine Dragon Secret Realm identified his reorganized Martial Soul as the Yin-Yang Iron-Eating Beast.
• Dugu Bo pulled Dong Jian from the well, Ye Lingling healed him as his old injuries began disappearing, and a dark-gold glimmer flashed within the yin-yang pattern on his chest.

After recovering from the twin herbs of ice and fire, Dong Jian awakened his Yin-Yang Iron-Eating Beast Martial Soul and learned to control its black and white Soul Power separately. He stabilized Dugu Yan’s toxins for the first time and established the early form of the Yin-Yang Breathing Method, leaving his techniques united around a new circulation system.

• Dong Jian woke after a day of bodily adjustment, and Ye Lingling confirmed that his old injuries had healed while warning him to let his new Soul Power circulation stabilize.
• Dugu Bo examined Dong Jian’s evolved Yin-Yang Iron-Eating Beast Martial Soul as Dong Jian demonstrated how black Soul Power drew inward and white Soul Power released force outward.
• Dugu Bo tested Dong Jian with repeated Soul Power attacks, and Dong Jian practiced using localized black-and-white conversion to receive and redirect force.
• Dong Jian revealed that his Soul Power had risen from rank thirty-one to rank thirty-six, and Qin Ming told him to stabilize his level before pursuing another breakthrough.
• Dong Jian used his new circulation to keep Dugu Yan’s hot and cold toxins stable together for thirty breaths, and Dugu Bo sealed them in Green Poison Jade while promising to seek a Soul Bone.
• Dong Jian discovered that his Martial Soul could absorb metallic essence from ore, then created and named the initial Yin-Yang Breathing Method, which began uniting his self-created techniques.

Dong Jian trained his new Yin-Yang Martial Soul by crossing stone pillars without Soul Skills, refining his bones with metal essence, and navigating Li Man’s bamboo-vine course. He began turning his established techniques into a unified kung fu system, while setting limits on his training and learning to rely on practiced combinations rather than constant adjustment.

• Dugu Bo tested Dong Jian’s movement across eight stone pillars, and Dong Jian reached the top using Yin-Yang Breathing and his existing techniques without activating a Soul Skill.
• Dong Jian refined his bones with black iron, rejected poisonous azurite ore, and agreed to work on one area at a time under Ye Lingling’s supervision.
• Li Man tested Dong Jian in a bamboo grove, where he eventually passed by using basic black-and-white conversions without breaking the bamboo or being touched by its vines.
• Dong Jian recognized that he was overusing conversions, and Li Man advised him to practice a few common movement combinations until they became instinctive.
• Li Man told Dong Jian to recover before attempting Mountain-Suppressing Dragon Bamboo again, and he continued training in the bamboo grove until moonrise.

Dong Jian absorbed the dewdrop from a pale yellow herb called Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, gaining sharper perception while risking an overload of his consciousness and eyes. He learned to filter the flood of sensory information, but his new ability remained brief and taxing.

• Dong Jian and the others investigated a pale yellow herb whose dewdrop affected perception and attracted creatures with strong spiritual power.
• Dugu Bo tested mist from the dewdrop on a Spirit Eye Fox, whose left eye briefly gained sharper perception.
• Dong Jian absorbed the dewdrop through his eyes and used Yin-Yang Breathing to filter the flood of sensations before it overwhelmed him.
• After resting, Dong Jian used his enhanced perception to detect subtle shifts in movement and Soul Power, then dodged three bamboo-vine attacks.
• Ye Lingling warned that the ability strained Dong Jian's eyes and mental power, and Dugu Bo named the herb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

Dong Jian trained with Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to develop Force Observation without relying on his enhanced sight, then tested its limits against Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo authorized Dong Jian and Li Man to select suitable medicinal herbs for the Imperial Fighting Team while keeping the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret, and they planned to test Li Man’s golden tulip the next day.

• Li Man blindfolded Dong Jian for bamboo-grove training, and he learned to combine listening, ground perception, and Soul Power control before using his enhanced vision selectively to detect how force traveled.
• Dong Jian named his new ability Force Observation, tested its limits against Li Man’s feints and Dugu Bo’s poison attacks, and organized it into three levels with strict limits on its use.
• Dong Jian told Qin Ming about Force Observation’s capabilities and weaknesses, and Li Man realized it could help her and Dong Jian locate shared nodes during Martial Soul Fusion.
• Dugu Bo allowed Dong Jian and Li Man to choose suitable herbs for the other Imperial Fighting Team members, but forbade the team from visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or learning its location.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yan not to strengthen her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison before containing its accumulated poison, and he agreed to test the golden tulip with Li Man the following day.
• Dong Jian and Li Man planned to assess the Imperial Fighting Team members’ actual conditions before choosing herbs, while Dugu Bo retained control over picking and sealing them.

Dong Jian and Li Man discussed the risks of Li Man’s Green Jade Bamboo evolving and addressed how Dong Jian had entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well without telling her beforehand. While examining a golden tulip, they discovered a mysterious white flower with red veins that reacted to Li Man’s presence, leaving its nature unknown.

• Li Man explained that she feared evolving the Green Jade Bamboo might disrupt the bamboo formations she had spent years developing, and Dong Jian urged her to preserve the judgment underlying her techniques.
• Dong Jian described hearing Li Man’s instructions in the spring, and Li Man told him she was upset that he had concealed his plan until he had already committed to entering; he promised to tell her beforehand next time.
• Li Man and Dong Jian examined the golden tulip at night and found that it might awaken the hidden power in the Green Jade Bamboo’s dragon patterns.
• Dong Jian noticed a small white flower with red veins behind the golden tulip, and it turned toward Li Man after a drop of her blood fell nearby.
• Li Man recorded the white flower’s unusual reaction without touching it, while she and Dong Jian discussed how they would act if one of them faced danger; the flower continued watching them as they left.

Li Man tested the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s effect on her Green Jade Bamboo and devised a formation to absorb its medicinal power without letting her Martial Soul lose control. After Dugu Bo picked the flower, Li Man began the absorption and remained enveloped in golden light as the Green Jade Bamboo underwent its transformation.

• Li Man found that the tulip’s golden mist purified the Green Jade Bamboo’s existing power and revealed its dragon patterns, but she stopped the test when the bamboo instinctively reached for the flower.
• Dong Jian suggested routing the medicinal power through the Parasitic Bamboo Formation Eye and multiple filters, and Li Man prepared nine formation eyes with the others assigned safety roles.
• Dugu Bo picked the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Li Man began absorbing its released medicinal power through the formation eyes as they shattered and handed the flow to their replacements.
• Li Man and her Green Jade Bamboo resisted letting the Immortal Herb determine the Martial Soul’s form, while Dong Jian redirected an overly fast medicinal current into a reserve channel.
• The tulip’s final petals became light and its medicinal power entered the Green Jade Bamboo; the bamboo bent without breaking, sounded a resonant dragon-like cry, and engulfed Li Man in golden light as Dong Jian waited outside the formation.

Li Man evolved her Green Jade Bamboo into the Green Jade Dragon Bamboo by giving its varied powers distinct roles within a formation. After testing its new abilities, she wondered whether her changed Martial Soul could still fuse with Dong Jian’s Yin-Yang Iron-Eating Beast, while the white flower near the black stone showed a faint reaction to her.

• Li Man rejected the idea of choosing a single bamboo transformation and arranged roots, leaves, sturdy stalks, and dragon patterns into different parts of a formation, evolving her Martial Soul into the Green Jade Dragon Bamboo.
• Li Man emerged from the golden light with three Soul Rings and reached Soul Power Level thirty-six; she discovered that her formation eyes could sense nearby plants and Soul Power through their roots.
• Dugu Yan tested the new bamboo’s resistance to poison, and Li Man isolated a contaminated formation eye before it could transmit poison back through the formation.
• Li Man recovered some Soul Power from a formation eye and redirected part of Dong Jian’s impact through the golden veins, though a faster strike shattered the formation before she could respond.
• Dong Jian supported the exhausted Li Man, and she asked whether the Green Jade Dragon Bamboo could still fuse with his Yin-Yang Iron-Eating Beast after both Martial Souls had stabilized.
• That night, Li Man visited the white flower by the black stone; its red markings briefly glimmered when she touched her chest, while Dong Jian watched from a distance.

Li Man tested her evolved Green Jade Dragon Bamboo and developed Dragon Bamboo Origin Return, while Dong Jian and Qin Ming helped assess its limits. Dong Jian and Li Man prepared to return to the academy, leaving Dugu Yan at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red untouched; they planned to return with information about the Imperial Fighting Team so Dugu Bo could help choose herbs for them.

• Li Man tested her evolved Soul Skills and, with Dong Jian's attacks, developed Dragon Bamboo Origin Return to reclaim some power from formation eyes before they shattered.
• Li Man tested the Green Jade Dragon Bamboo against poison, heat, cold, and transmitted impacts, finding improved resilience and power conduction but no immunity to attributes.
• Qin Ming postponed another Mountain-Suppressing Dragon Bamboo fusion test and arranged for Dong Jian and Li Man to return to the academy to recover and train.
• Dugu Bo gave Li Man an edited herb record and asked her to return in seven days with information about the Imperial Fighting Team; Dugu Yan stayed behind to continue her treatment.
• Li Man left the Lovesick Heartbreak Red untouched after its markings glowed, and she and Dong Jian departed the valley for the academy.

Dong Jian and Li Man returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after their Martial Souls evolved and their Soul Power rose to level thirty-six. Qin Ming began a three-day assessment to reconsider how the Imperial Fighting Team worked together, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling remained away for treatment.

• Qin Ming returned with Dong Jian and Li Man, explaining that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had stayed behind while Dugu Yan underwent treatment.
• Dong Jian and Li Man revealed their evolved Martial Souls and level thirty-six Soul Power, demonstrating new abilities to the team.
• Qin Ming said Dugu Bo would provide medicinal herbs after the team completed assessments, and Dong Jian and Li Man explained that choices would depend on each member's condition.
• Dong Jian and Li Man showed that their changed abilities could conflict when they responded to the same threat, so Qin Ming ruled out high-intensity sparring for them.
• Dong Jian and Li Man observed the team training and recorded its members' weaknesses, while Qin Ming placed their nameplates at the center of the team wall as new tactical cores.

Dong Jian, Li Man, and Qin Ming tested the members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and found that their bodies, not their signature abilities, limited their strength. After Dong Jian sparred with Yu Tianheng, he and Li Man left to retrieve medicine from Dugu Bo, carrying notes about each person’s needs.

• Dong Jian and Li Man tested Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers, identifying strain and coordination problems that stronger signature abilities would not solve.
• Li Man left Ye Lingling’s notes blank pending her confirmation and noted that Dugu Yan still needed to separate her accumulated poison.
• Dong Jian and Li Man explained that their own improvements came from medicines compatible with their abilities and listed the limits they still faced.
• Dong Jian and Yu Tianheng exchanged three blows, and Yu Tianheng accepted the test results while reserving his own decision about whether to take the medicine.
• Qin Ming gave Dong Jian and Li Man Dugu Bo’s token and said they would leave alone the next morning, while Yu Tianheng asked Dong Jian to tell Dugu Yan not to suppress her poison again.
• Dong Jian and Li Man left Heaven Dou Royal Academy before dawn to retrieve medicine, bringing notes about the group’s revealed needs.

Dong Jian, Li Man, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo selected herbs suited to the Imperial Fighting Team’s injuries and needs in Sunset Forest, while Dugu Yan continued recovering from her poison. They planned to harvest the herbs and return to the academy in stages, leaving Dugu Yan’s possible Soul Bone absorption undecided.

• Dugu Bo brought Dong Jian and Li Man to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ye Lingling reviewed the team’s records and confirmed their assessments of the teammates’ physical problems.
• Dugu Bo and the others matched Yu Tianheng with Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Yu Feng with Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and Osler with two complementary herbs.
• They chose tailored herb portions for Shi Mo and Shi Mo, then selected Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to stabilize Ye Lingling’s Soul Power and mental strength.
• Dugu Bo offered Dugu Yan a poison-attribute right arm Soul Bone but postponed the decision until after another round of drawing out her poison.
• Li Man arranged how the herbs would be harvested and stored, and Dugu Bo planned to send Dong Jian and Li Man back first before bringing Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan later.
• Li Man and Dong Jian looked at the still-unclaimed Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which remained untouched and had not resonated with the Green Jade Dragon Bamboo.

Dong Jian and Li Man harvested and carefully transported the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan returned two days later, the Imperial Fighting Team reunited and was ready to begin taking the herbs.

• Dugu Bo, Dong Jian, and Li Man harvested the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and other medicines, packing them in separate sealed jade cases.
• Dugu Bo lent Dong Jian a Soul Tool for the herbs and escorted Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the edge of Sunset Forest before sending Dong Jian and Li Man on to the academy.
• Dong Jian and Li Man checked the herbs during the journey and replaced a damaged Parasitic Bamboo Formation Eye when the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum began leaking medicinal power.
• Dong Jian and Li Man arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qin Ming kept the Soul Tool sealed until Ye Lingling returned.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling back to the academy two days later, reuniting the Imperial Fighting Team so they could begin taking the Immortal Herbs.

Yu Tianheng absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, strengthening his body and allowing his Thunderclap power to flow more smoothly as his Soul Power reached the threshold of level forty. He held off on testing the team’s new strength until everyone’s medicinal power had stabilized.

• Dugu Bo instructed Yu Tianheng to absorb the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum gradually while Ye Lingling, Dong Jian, Li Man, and Qin Ming monitored him.
• Yu Tianheng struggled to channel Thunderclap through his legs, but followed Dong Jian’s guidance and learned to ground the power through both feet.
• The herb’s medicinal power pushed Yu Tianheng’s Soul Power to the threshold of level forty and eased the strain on his body when he released Thunderclap.
• Yu Tianheng tested Thunder Dragon Claw on a wooden post and found that the attack flowed more smoothly, though Ye Lingling stopped him from testing it again.
• Yu Tianheng proposed a proper strength test after everyone’s medicinal power stabilized, since Dong Jian and Li Man had completed their Martial Soul Evolutions.

Ye Lingling absorbed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, which strengthened the Nine Heart Begonia’s healing distribution and improved her ability to sense injuries. The Imperial Fighting Team resumed training as its nine-person system continued to be rebuilt.

• Ye Lingling asked most people to leave while she absorbed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, with Dugu Bo, Qin Ming, Dong Jian, Li Man, and Dugu Yan remaining.
• Ye Lingling absorbed all eight petals, reaching Soul Power level thirty-nine as pale markings appeared around the center of her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Ye Lingling tested her healing on Dugu Yan, Qin Ming, Dong Jian, and Li Man, finding that she could heal multiple people with less effort and sustain the work longer.
• Dugu Bo released three clouds of poison for Ye Lingling to assess, and she agreed to join Dugu Yan’s next treatment at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Lingling reviewed the team’s medical records, advised that Yu Tianheng avoid repeated use of Thunderous Might for three days, and limited the next treatments to two people at a time.
• Ye Lingling watched the Imperial Fighting Team train together as the team’s nine-person system continued to be rebuilt.

Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers absorbed their medicines and gained improved physical abilities, while Dugu Yan waited for a Soul Bone test. The Imperial Fighting Team began retraining to adapt its teamwork to the members’ changed capabilities.

• Yu Feng absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, gaining three Soul Power levels and more balanced wings that let him maintain his speed through repeated aerial turns.
• Osler absorbed the Spirit Vine Marrow and Ink Shadow Fruit, gaining two levels and improving his ability to sustain repeated bursts of speed.
• The Shi Brothers absorbed different proportions of Turtle Breath Vine and Mysterious Rock Earth Marrow Ganoderma, redistributing their strength and improving how their bodies endured impacts.
• Dugu Yan learned she would next absorb a Soul Bone, pending a test at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to determine whether the poison could enter it.
• Qin Ming halted the team’s first training session after their old coordination failed to match their improved abilities and new Martial Souls.