Chapter Summaries

Yan Zu declined Qin Ming’s invitation to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then agreed to consider treating Dugu Yan’s grandfather, Dugu Bo, for his longstanding poison. He and his companions prepared to leave for Heaven Dou City the next day, with Blue Tyrant Academy as their first stop.

• Yan Zu explained why the Dawn team would refuse Qin Ming’s invitation, and Qin Ming accepted their decision while offering his friendship.
• Dugu Yan asked to speak privately with Yan Zu and thanked him for easing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison in her body.
• Dugu Yan asked whether Yan Zu could help her grandfather, Dugu Bo, whose poison had plagued him for decades.
• Yan Zu said treatment might be possible but would require Dugu Bo’s cooperation, repeated sessions, precious treasures, secrecy, and trust.
• Dugu Yan gave Yan Zu her grandfather’s jade token and asked him to visit when he reached Heaven Dou City.
• Yan Zu told his companions to prepare to leave for Heaven Dou City the next day, beginning with Blue Tyrant Academy.

The Dawn Team sought admission to Blue Tyrant Academy, and Dean Liu Erlong agreed to test them in a spar. Yan Zu’s Martial Soul, Little Jade, stirred painful memories in Liu Erlong before the team began its coordinated attack.

• Yan Zu introduced the Dawn Team to Liu Erlong, who asked why they had chosen Blue Tyrant Academy over Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yan Zu explained that the team wanted independence, practical combat training, and Blue Tyrant’s freer atmosphere, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing said they welcomed the danger.
• Liu Erlong challenged all five to fight her together on the training ground while she suppressed her Soul Power to Soul King level.
• Yan Zu summoned Little Jade, causing Liu Erlong to recall Luo Sanpao and briefly show shock and pain before she resumed the spar.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Yan Zu, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, while Oscar supplied Clone Sausages and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing formed groups of clones to launch their opening formation.

Yan Zu and the Dawn Team used clones, coordinated defense, and rapid recovery to withstand Liu Erlong’s attacks during their spar. Liu Erlong stopped after realizing their tactics could outlast her, leaving the team battered but still ready to fight.

• Yan Zu supported the team with Vitality Corridor and Jade Blessing as Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing used clones and precise attacks to disrupt Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong unleashed her Fire Dragon skills, but Yan Zu’s shield, Ning Rongrong’s boosts, and Oscar’s sausages kept the team fighting.
• Yan Zu renewed the shield and recovery as the team retreated, regrouped, and continued harassing Liu Erlong through a battle of attrition.
• Liu Erlong launched Furious Dragon Bite, shattering Jade Blessing and injuring the team, but Yan Zu, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong quickly restored their fighting strength.
• Liu Erlong recognized Yan Zu as the core of the team’s endurance, dispersed her Soul Power, and ended the spar while the five teammates remained standing.

After the Dawn Team passed Liu Erlong’s test, she offered to take Yan Zu as her disciple because his Qilin Martial Soul reminded her of someone from her past. Yan Zu declined until her interest was based on him as an individual, and Liu Erlong welcomed the team to Blue Tyrant Academy with core-student privileges and accommodations.

• Liu Erlong praised the Dawn Team’s coordinated fighting style and asked Yan Zu to become her disciple after learning his Martial Soul was a Qilin named Little Jade.
• Yan Zu recognized that Liu Erlong’s offer was influenced by memories of someone from her past and respectfully declined to be treated as a substitute.
• Liu Erlong accepted Yan Zu’s reasoning, welcomed all five team members, and promised them core-student resources and flexibility in their cultivation.
• Teacher Yin Shu enrolled the team and led them to their private courtyard, the Secluded Bamboo Pavilion.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar discussed Yan Zu’s refusal and their new accommodations, while Yan Zu looked forward to beginning their journey at the academy.

Yan Zu played calming harp music by the lake, easing Liu Erlong’s troubled heart. Moved to confide in him, Liu Erlong began recounting how she, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang formed the Golden Iron Triangle.

• Yan Zu went alone to the forbidden lakeside and played a soothing piece on his Flowing Clouds harp.
• Liu Erlong heard the music from her cabin, came outside, and listened as her anger and grief eased.
• Liu Erlong asked Yan Zu to play another piece, and he performed “Phoenix-Tail Bamboo Under the Moonlight” while she gazed across the lake.
• Liu Erlong admitted that she had wanted to take Yan Zu as her disciple because of someone from her past.
• Liu Erlong began telling Yan Zu how she met Flender and Yu Xiaogang and how the three formed the Golden Iron Triangle.

Liu Erlong recounted her love for Yu Xiaogang, their wedding-day separation, and the twenty years she spent waiting for him. Yan Zu questioned whether Yu Xiaogang knew of their blood ties, how Yu Luomian learned of the wedding, and why Yu Xiaogang abandoned Liu Erlong afterward, stirring doubts she had long suppressed.

• Liu Erlong told Yan Zu how she fell in love with Yu Xiaogang and how Yu Luomian revealed on their wedding day that they were cousins.
• Liu Erlong described Yu Xiaogang leaving without a word and explained that she founded Blue Tyrant Academy hoping he would one day return.
• Yan Zu acknowledged Liu Erlong's devotion, then asked whether Yu Xiaogang could have overlooked their shared clan lineage.
• Yan Zu questioned why Yu Luomian appeared at the wedding and how he learned about it, prompting Liu Erlong to suspect someone had informed him.
• Yan Zu pointed out that Yu Xiaogang had left Liu Erlong alone and shown no concern for twenty years, bringing her buried resentment and doubts to the surface.

Yan Zu's questions about Yu Xiaogang's long absence enraged Liu Erlong, who withdrew from public life for several days. Meanwhile, Tai Long harassed Xiao Wu at the academy, and she kicked him away when he tried to grab her.

• Yan Zu asked Liu Erlong whether Yu Xiaogang had known about Blue Tyrant Academy and deliberately stayed away, making her question whether her devotion had been one-sided.
• Liu Erlong erupted in anger, ordered Yan Zu to leave, and remained by the lake as he walked away, hoping she would reconsider her past and live for herself.
• For several days, Liu Erlong stayed out of sight while Teacher Yin Shu managed the academy, and Yan Zu's companions settled into their new surroundings.
• Tai Long blocked Xiao Wu on her way back from the supply office and boasted about his strength and influence while offering to be her friend.
• When Xiao Wu refused to talk, Tai Long tried to grab her arm, and she dodged and kicked him several meters away.

After Xiao Wu defeated Tai Long, his father Tai Nuo came to Blue Tyrant Academy demanding an apology and a chance to strike her back. Yan Zu and Teacher Yin Shu stood up for Xiao Wu, but Tai Nuo threatened the academy and prepared to attack, leaving the confrontation on the verge of violence.

• Xiao Wu kicked Tai Long away after he tried to put his hands on her, then warned him not to try again.
• Tai Nuo heard that Xiao Wu had beaten his son and stormed to Blue Tyrant Academy to demand justice.
• Yan Zu and Xiao Wu went with Teacher Yin Shu to meet Tai Nuo in the academy courtyard.
• Xiao Wu explained that Tai Long had made the first move, while Yan Zu urged Tai Nuo to question the witnesses.
• Tai Nuo rejected their account, released the pressure of his five Soul Rings, and threatened to fight the academy unless Yin Shu stepped aside.
• Tai Long begged his father to stop, but Tai Nuo shoved him away; as Yin Shu hesitated, someone shouted, "Take this punch!"

Yan Zu and Xiao Wu defeated Tai Nuo with their teamwork and Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Tai Tan arrived and challenged them after condemning the fight. As Tai Tan’s Soul Douluo pressure bore down on them, Yan Zu faced the prospect of revealing his hidden abilities.

• Yan Zu and Xiao Wu evaded Tai Nuo’s attacks while Little Jade’s support skills protected and sustained them.
• Yan Zu and Xiao Wu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, transforming Xiao Wu into the Auspicious Jade Rabbit, and she knocked Tai Nuo down with Jade Rabbit Treads on Clouds.
• Tai Nuo admitted defeat and prepared to leave with Tai Long, but Tai Tan appeared and berated him for backing down.
• Tai Tan blamed Yan Zu and Xiao Wu for harming his family and challenged them to face him together.
• Yan Zu weighed the risks of fighting Tai Tan without revealing his hidden abilities as Tai Tan’s pressure locked onto him and Xiao Wu.

Liu Erlong fought Tai Tan to protect Yan Zu and Xiao Wu, but their clash left her gravely injured and near death. Tai Tan withdrew with Tai Long and Tai Nuo, while Yan Zu carried Liu Erlong to her residence to treat her.

• Liu Erlong arrived to shield Yan Zu and Xiao Wu, then challenged Tai Tan after he refused to back down.
• Liu Erlong and Tai Tan fought, and she was badly wounded as their Soul Skills collided.
• Yan Zu, Little Jade, and Ning Rongrong supported Liu Erlong as she unleashed her Fire Dragon Avatar against Tai Tan.
• Tai Tan was injured by Liu Erlong's desperate attack and left the academy with Tai Long and Tai Nuo.
• Yan Zu carried the unconscious Liu Erlong to her residence and ordered Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to guard the door.

Yan Zu and Little Jade treated Liu Erlong after she was badly injured, and she awakened with a clear understanding that Yu Xiaogang had never deserved her devotion. She severed ties with him and accepted Yan Zu as her disciple, then he prepared to continue treating her.

• Yan Zu and Little Jade used their healing abilities to stabilize Liu Erlong’s injuries, exhausting themselves in the process.
• Liu Erlong woke and thanked Yan Zu for saving her, then admitted she had clung to hope about Yu Xiaogang because she could not accept that he might never have loved her.
• Liu Erlong declared that she was severing all ties with Yu Xiaogang and that the Blue Tyrant Academy would belong to her and those worthy of it.
• Liu Erlong sincerely asked Yan Zu to become her student, and he accepted with a solemn bow.
• Liu Erlong named Yan Zu her only disciple and promised to teach and protect him, while Yan Zu prepared to treat her injuries further.

Yan Zu healed Liu Erlong, who discovered that he was an eleven-year-old Soul Ancestor with a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring and proudly accepted him as her disciple. After they discussed seeking Dugu Bo’s support, Yan Zu went to Dugu Manor to treat Dugu Yan and build an alliance, where Dugu Bo came out to welcome him.

• Yan Zu used Life's Praise and Little Jade's power to heal Liu Erlong's injuries and revealed his Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong celebrated Yan Zu's strength, recovered enough to stand, and welcomed Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong as her students too.
• Liu Erlong warned Yan Zu about the Strength Clan and other forces, and Yan Zu proposed visiting Dugu Bo to treat Dugu Yan and secure an ally.
• The next morning, Yan Zu went alone to Dugu Manor in Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan's jade token.
• Dugu Bo greeted Yan Zu with hearty laughter and apologized for not welcoming him sooner.

Yan Zu examined Dugu Bo and explained that removing his deep-seated poison would require slow treatment and rare treasures to protect his foundation. Dugu Bo revealed his medicinal garden near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and took Yan Zu to see it, stopping at the poison barrier guarding the valley.

• Dugu Bo warmly welcomed Yan Zu and said Dugu Yan had gone to find Leng Ling.
• Yan Zu examined Dugu Bo and warned that the poison had penetrated his meridians and marrow, so it would need to be removed gradually with the aid of rare natural treasures.
• Dugu Bo revealed that his secluded residence in the Sunset Forest contained a spring surrounded by rare medicinal herbs, and offered Yan Zu free access to the garden.
• Dugu Bo led Yan Zu out of Heaven Dou City and through the Sunset Forest to the poison formation outside the valley.
• Dugu Bo gave Yan Zu a poison-warding pill and warned him about the Jade Phosphorous Seven Absolutes Poison Barrier.

Yan Zu used Little Jade and his Starlight Descent skill to purify a passage through Dugu Bo’s poison barrier, convincing Dugu Bo of his ability to counter toxins. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yan Zu identified Immortal Herbs that could help cure Dugu Bo’s poison and potentially strengthen his cultivation and Martial Soul Origin.

• Yan Zu declined Dugu Bo’s Poison-Avoidance Pill and summoned Little Jade to demonstrate his ability to resist poison.
• Yan Zu used Starlight Descent while Little Jade created an auspicious shield that purified the poison barrier as they entered it.
• Dugu Bo followed Yan Zu through the cleared passage and praised his powers, gaining confidence that Yan Zu could treat his poison.
• Yan Zu and Dugu Bo reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Yan Zu recognized numerous Immortal Herbs.
• Yan Zu explained that combining the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with other herbs could produce a pill to remove Dugu Bo’s poison and possibly advance his cultivation.

Yan Zu secured Dugu Bo’s oath of secrecy and began preparing to treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan with pills made from the medicinal garden’s herbs. The chapter ended with Yan Zu starting his first practice refinements beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Dugu Bo eagerly promised Yan Zu any herbs he needed after hearing that Yan Zu was ninety percent certain he could purge the poison and help him advance.
• Yan Zu asked Dugu Bo to keep his treatment methods and secrets confidential, and Dugu Bo swore an oath on his Martial Soul.
• Yan Zu explained that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan would need gradual treatment, then asked Dugu Bo to deliver a letter to Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Dugu Bo left through the poisonous barrier with Yan Zu’s letter, while Yan Zu stayed in the valley with Little Jade to study the herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yan Zu placed the Auspicious Cloud Furnace near the spring and began refining basic Qi-Replenishing Pills and Strength-Restoring Pills.

Yan Zu practiced pill refining, then devised five linked formulas for treating Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and strengthening his allies. With Little Jade’s help, he harvested the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Dugu Bo was deeply moved by the care and rigor behind Yan Zu’s plans.

• Yan Zu improved his pill-refining technique, producing high-grade pills and near-supreme-grade Strength-Restoring Pills with Little Jade’s auspicious presence.
• Yan Zu wrote five detailed formulas, progressing from body tempering and restoring vitality to detoxification, improving mental power, and Martial Soul Evolution.
• Yan Zu carefully harvested the Immortal Herbs and initially failed to pick the Lovesick Heartbreak Red because it resisted his feelings.
• Little Jade surrounded the flower with auspicious presence, and Yan Zu picked it after focusing on his sincere desire to protect those he cherished.
• Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan, read Yan Zu’s formulas, and realized how much effort Yan Zu had devoted to helping them.

Yan Zu refined three types of pills at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, with Little Jade’s auspicious Qi stabilizing the process. He completed the Jade Phosphorous Life-Transformation Pills, which could counter the serpent poison without harming their Martial Soul Origins.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan withdrew to rest while Yan Zu prepared the ingredients and asked Dugu Bo to provide a wisp of pure Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison origin.
• Yan Zu refined fifteen high-grade Ice and Fire Body-Tempering Pills with Little Jade’s help.
• Yan Zu refined twenty Life-Creation Pills, whose life force made the valley’s plants seem more vibrant.
• Yan Zu used Dugu Bo’s serpent poison origin to refine two Jade Phosphorous Life-Transformation Pills after struggling to balance the poison against the purifying ingredients.

Yan Zu completed five batches of pills and used a Jade Phosphorous Life-Transformation Pill, Life's Praise, and Little Jade's Auspicious Domain to treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. Dugu Yan recovered from the poison, while Dugu Bo's treatment remained underway.

• Yan Zu refined twenty Universe Mind-Calming Pills and, with Little Jade's help, successfully made fifteen Universe Creation Pills after three days and nights.
• Yan Zu gave Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan each a Jade Phosphorous Life-Transformation Pill and warned them to remain conscious and guide its medicinal power.
• Yan Zu revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and used Life's Praise while Little Jade spread the Auspicious Domain to ease their pain and aid their recovery.
• Dugu Yan endured three hours of treatment as poisonous gas left her body and her complexion and eyes returned to a healthy appearance.
• Dugu Yan opened her eyes and told Yan Zu that all the poison had disappeared from her body.

Yan Zu removed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison from Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, then restored their damaged foundations with Life-Creation Pills. After warning them about the risks, he gave them Universe Creation Pills, and their Martial Soul evolution began.

• Yan Zu stripped the poison from Dugu Bo, whose cultivation briefly fell to the peak of Level 90 and whose appearance transformed as the poison vanished.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan took Life-Creation Pills while Yan Zu used Life's Praise to repair their foundations.
• Dugu Bo recovered to Level 91 with a stronger foundation, while Dugu Yan advanced from Level 38 to Level 40.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan thanked Yan Zu, and he asked them to keep his powerful Soul Ring configuration secret.
• Yan Zu warned them that the Universe Creation Pills carried risks, then gave them one each, and they swallowed the pills as their Martial Soul evolution began.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan underwent dramatic Martial Soul evolutions after the power of creation took effect, gaining dragonlike forms and greater control over their poison. Dugu Bo reached rank ninety-three and regained his youthful appearance, while Dugu Yan’s new strength awaited confirmation after she obtained a Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Poison Dragon Emperor, a higher-grade Martial Soul with dragonlike power and poison.
• The evolution raised Dugu Bo’s Soul Power to rank ninety-three and restored his appearance to that of a man in his early forties.
• Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent evolved into the top-tier Jade Phosphorous Jade Dragon, with dragon claws, horns, elemental affinity, and controlled forms of poison.
• Dugu Yan’s transformation improved her vitality and allowed her Soul Power to keep accumulating, though her new rank would not be known until she obtained a Soul Ring.
• A notification sounded in Yan Zu’s mind.