Recaps

Lin Chen found a twelve-thousand-year Radiant Sacred-Scale Tiger in the Sunset Forest and began absorbing its Soul Ring as his third. The tiger’s Soul Shock attacked his Sea of Consciousness, but silver armor appeared to confront it.

• After two days of searching, Dugu Bo, Lin Chen, and Dugu Yan sensed a powerful Soul Beast in the Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo identified the beast as a Radiant Sacred-Scale Tiger with light and sacred attributes, estimated to be over twelve thousand years old.
• Dugu Bo blocked the tiger’s attack, poisoned it into unconsciousness, and Lin Chen killed it with the Ultimate Zero Sword.
• Lin Chen began absorbing the tiger’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring while Dugu Yan watched enviously.
• The tiger’s phantom attacked Lin Chen’s soul, but silver motes formed a suit of armor across his Sea of Consciousness.

Lin Chen absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, reached level 33, and gained a powerful Soul Skill and the Ultimate Holy Shield. After Zero appeared in his Sea of Consciousness and drove away the Radiant Holy Scale Beast, Lin Chen left Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to find Dugu Yan a Soul Ring while he returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• The Ultimate Holy Shield blocked the Radiant Sacred-Scale Tiger’s attack, and Ultraman Zero appeared in Lin Chen’s Sea of Consciousness and dispelled Soul Shock.
• Lin Chen endured several hours of pain and absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, reaching level 33 with three Soul Rings.
• Lin Chen revealed that his third Soul Skill, Holy Radiance Possession, boosted all his attributes by 200 percent for half an hour.
• Lin Chen demonstrated the Ultimate Holy Shield, the Ultimate Armor’s defensive form, to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo gave Lin Chen a token to pass through the Poison Array and let him return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while he took Dugu Yan to hunt for a Soul Ring.

Lin Chen returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and witnessed Qian Renxue emerge from absorbing the Immortal Herb with a nine-winged angel form. After discovering that he had seen through her disguise, Qian Renxue made him promise to keep her secret and revealed her true identity.

• Lin Chen returned from the Poison Array and saw Qian Renxue surrounded by golden light as her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul evolved into a nine-winged form.
• Qian Renxue withdrew her wings and resumed her disguise as Xue Qinghe, then noticed Lin Chen had witnessed her transformation.
• Qian Renxue seized Lin Chen and warned him that her identity was a secret he must not reveal.
• Qian Renxue released Lin Chen and told him that she was Qian Renxue, the young master of Spirit Hall, rather than Xue Qinghe.

Qian Renxue revealed to Lin Chen that she was using Xue Qinghe’s identity to seize the Heaven Dou Empire’s throne and warned him to keep her secret. Lin Chen swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he struggled through excruciating pain as the Ice and Fire Golden Body began.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Chen her identity, her plan to become emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, and the danger they would both face if she were exposed.
• Qian Renxue reminded Lin Chen to call her Brother Xue in public, while Lin Chen asked her to find him another Immortal Herb.
• Lin Chen swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot as Qian Renxue watched.
• Lin Chen leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and endured the overwhelming pain as the two herbs’ opposing powers churned inside his body.

Lin Chen completed the Ice and Fire Golden Body, while Qian Renxue searched the Immortal Herbs for suitable gifts. After Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan returned from soul hunting, Lin Chen arranged for Dugu Bo to take an Immortal Herb and invited Qian Renxue to Nuoding City to help his uncle and cousin.

• Lin Chen finished absorbing the two Immortal Herbs and emerged with physical strength comparable to a Soul Emperor and two additional Soul Power levels.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan returned from hunting a Rock Lizard Venom Dragon that suited Dugu Yan.
• Qian Renxue offered Lin Chen the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss as a joke, then revealed the Snake Spirit Jade Blood Vine as a suitable Immortal Herb for Dugu Bo.
• Lin Chen passed the Snake Spirit Jade Blood Vine to Dugu Yan, who persuaded Dugu Bo to accept it by threatening to kiss Lin Chen.
• Dugu Bo swallowed the Snake Spirit Jade Blood Vine and began absorbing it while Dugu Yan stood guard.
• Lin Chen invited Qian Renxue to Nuoding City so he could give Immortal Herbs to his uncle and cousin.

Lin Chen and Dugu Bo traveled to Nuoding City so Lin Chen could visit Xiao Chenfeng and give him an Immortal Herb. After arriving at the City Lord’s Residence, Lin Chen reunited with Xiao Chenfeng and began telling him about the gift.

• Lin Chen convinced Qian Renxue to let him give Immortal Herbs to Xiao Chenfeng and his son, and Dugu Bo agreed to accompany him.
• Lin Chen and Dugu Bo set out for Nuoding City, but Dugu Bo drove them the wrong way until Lin Chen recognized the Soul Hunting Forest and corrected their route.
• Lin Chen returned to Nuoding City and told Dugu Bo he intended to stay for about half a month, while secretly planning to find the Blue Silver Emperor in Holy Soul Village.
• Lin Chen and Dugu Bo reached the City Lord’s Residence, where a guard excitedly welcomed Lin Chen and led them to Xiao Chenfeng.
• Lin Chen reunited with Xiao Chenfeng, introduced Dugu Bo, and revealed that he had brought Xiao Chenfeng a rare Immortal Herb.

Lin Chen gave Xiao Chenfeng the Immortal Herb Lone Shadow Moon-Howling Grass, which raised his Soul Power to level 49 and strengthened his wolf Martial Soul. Xiao Chenyu then reported that Tang San wanted to challenge him for Xiao Wu, and Lin Chen realized his earlier gifts had changed the story.

• Lin Chen explained Immortal Herbs and urged Xiao Chenfeng to accept the Lone Shadow Moon-Howling Grass, showing his level 35 Soul Power and powerful presence to convince him.
• Xiao Chenfeng absorbed the herb while Lin Chen and Dugu Bo guarded him; after two hours, his Soul Power rose from level 45 to level 49 and his wolf Martial Soul grew stronger.
• Xiao Chenyu returned and told Lin Chen that Tang San wanted to challenge him and take Xiao Wu back.
• Lin Chen recalled that the Whale Rubber and first Soul Ring he had arranged for Xiao Chenyu had made him stronger than in the original story, leaving him amused that he had changed the plot.

Lin Chen visited Xiao Chenyu and gave him an Immortal Herb, then learned Xiao Chenyu had made Xiao Wu his maid after defeating her and Tang San. At Nuoding Academy, Xiao Chenyu challenged Xiao Wu to a bet, and she prepared to fight him.

• Lin Chen gave Xiao Chenyu a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which Xiao Chenyu swallowed and absorbed to reach the level 20 bottleneck.
• Xiao Chenyu told Lin Chen that he had defeated Tang San and Xiao Wu about a year earlier, then brought Xiao Wu to the city lord's residence as a maid.
• Lin Chen learned Xiao Wu and Tang San rarely saw each other and told Xiao Chenyu he was interested in taking a maid.
• At Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu and Tang San confronted Xiao Chenyu, who wagered Xiao Wu's freedom and a hundred Gold Soul Coins against her obedience.
• Xiao Wu accepted Xiao Chenyu's challenge and told Tang San to stand back so she could fight first.

Xiao Wu lost her fight with Xiao Chenyu, who then defeated Tang San with ease. Tang San trapped Xiao Chenyu with Blue Silver Grass and secretly fired a Sleeve Arrow at his dantian.

• Xiao Chenyu overpowered Xiao Wu and flung her away, but Lin Chen caught her before she hit the ground.
• Xiao Wu refused to accept defeat and urged Tang San to fight Xiao Chenyu.
• Tang San revealed his Level 17 Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, while Xiao Chenyu announced that he was Level 20.
• Xiao Chenyu seized Tang San's hands, broke through his defense, and knocked him five meters away with a shoulder strike.
• Tang San entangled Xiao Chenyu with Blue Silver Grass and fired a Sleeve Arrow toward his dantian.

Xiao Chenyu defeated Tang San and claimed Xiao Wu as the prize of their bet, but Lin Chen told her she could leave whenever she wished. Xiao Wu chose to stay as Lin Chen’s maidservant, and he led her away to get food.

• Tang San’s arrow failed to pierce Xiao Chenyu’s dantian, and Xiao Chenyu knocked Tang San unconscious with a punch.
• Xiao Chenyu reminded Xiao Wu that she had lost their bet, while Lin Chen coached him to provoke her into accepting a demand.
• Xiao Wu agreed to become Lin Chen’s maidservant rather than submit to Xiao Chenyu’s harsher alternative.
• After Xiao Chenyu left with the other students, Lin Chen told Xiao Wu she was free to go, but she insisted on keeping her word.
• Lin Chen took Xiao Wu by the wrist to get her food, and she stopped resisting and followed him.

Yu Xiaogang comforted Tang San after Xiao Chenyu defeated him, while Lin Chen persuaded Xiao Wu to consider leaving Nuoding City with him. Lin Chen then asked Dugu Bo to accompany him to Holy Soul Village Back Mountain to investigate a lead on a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

• Yu Xiaogang found Tang San unconscious, and Tang San woke and recounted how Xiao Chenyu had defeated him and countered his Silent Sleeve Arrow.
• Yu Xiaogang speculated that Xiao Chenyu had worn armor and blamed Lin Chen for arranging it, then began advising Tang San on what to do next.
• Lin Chen treated Xiao Wu to a feast, gave her five hundred Gold Soul Coins, and told her she did not have to serve as his maid or leave Nuoding City with him.
• Xiao Wu chose to leave with Lin Chen, though he asked her to think it over while he remained in Nuoding City for about ten more days.
• Lin Chen told Dugu Bo that Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast and asked him to go to Holy Soul Village Back Mountain in two days to investigate a lead on a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Lin Chen and Dugu Bo found the Blue Silver Emperor seedling in a cave behind a waterfall near Holy Soul Village. They prepared to take the hidden Soul Bone, while Dugu Bo challenged the seedling to consider whether Tang Hao truly loved her.

• Lin Chen and Dugu Bo reached Holy Soul Village after Lin Chen claimed Xiao Wu had told him where Tang Hao had appeared.
• They followed a valley to a waterfall and discovered a cave hidden behind it.
• Inside the cave, Lin Chen and Dugu Bo found the Blue Silver Emperor seedling and sensed its powerful life force.
• Lin Chen told the seedling he would nurture her until her soul awakened, then asked her to decide whether Tang Hao truly loved her.
• Dugu Bo urged Lin Chen to search for the Soul Bone and stayed behind to question the Blue Silver Emperor about the cave’s harsh conditions.
• The Blue Silver Emperor shook her leaves wildly as Dugu Bo suggested Tang Hao had not treated her as someone he loved.

Lin Chen found the Blue Silver Emperor’s hidden right leg Soul Bone and took Ah Yin from the cave, planning to bring both back to Nuoding City. He returned home with Dugu Bo and left Xiao Wu unaware of what they had taken.

• Lin Chen discovered a loose stone, uncovered a lead box, and found the Blue Silver Emperor’s right leg Soul Bone inside.
• Lin Chen decided not to absorb the Soul Bone yet, stored it, and pulled Ah Yin from the cave into the Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch.
• Lin Chen and Dugu Bo left the mountain, and Lin Chen said Tang Hao was unlikely to sense the Blue Silver Emperor and discover their theft.
• Lin Chen and Dugu Bo returned to the Lin Family residence in Nuoding City, where Xiao Wu asked where Lin Chen had been.
• Lin Chen asked Xiao Wu about Xiao Chenyu and Tang San, then invited her to join him for a feast.

Lin Chen made a sachet with the Aromatic Silk Beauty to mask Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast scent, then went to Nuoding Academy Square after Yu Xiaogang threatened Xiao Chenyu’s father over a rematch. He stopped Tang San’s poisoned Dragon Whisker Needle from hitting Xiao Chenyu and challenged Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to fight him together.

• Lin Chen used the Aromatic Silk Beauty to create a sachet that changed his scent, intending to give it to Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Chenyu told Lin Chen that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San demanded a rematch and threatened to use the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to force Xiao Chenfeng from office.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San prepared poisoned Hidden Weapons for the rematch, while Lin Chen arrived at the academy square with Xiao Chenyu and more than fifty underlings.
• Tang San attacked Xiao Chenyu with a poisoned Dragon Whisker Needle, but Lin Chen intercepted it with his sword before it struck Xiao Chenyu’s Dantian.
• Lin Chen ordered Xiao Chenyu to step back, then summoned three Soul Rings—purple, purple, and black—and invited Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to attack him together.

Lin Chen overwhelmed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, beating Tang San unconscious and brutally humiliating Yu Xiaogang. After Yu Xiaogang passed out, Lin Chen returned to Xiao Chenyu and Xiao Wu and told them to go back and cultivate.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were shocked by Lin Chen's powerful Soul Rings, and Tang San backed away in fear.
• Lin Chen punched Tang San, broke free of his Blue Silver Grass, and redirected Tang San's Dragon Whisker Needles into Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Chen struck Tang San again and sent him crashing through a wall, leaving him unconscious.
• Lin Chen slapped and kicked Yu Xiaogang, then made him deny that he had planned to remove Uncle Xiao as city lord.
• Lin Chen stabbed Yu Xiaogang with Dragon Whisker Needles until he passed out from the pain.
• Lin Chen left Yu Xiaogang and returned to Xiao Chenyu and Xiao Wu, telling them to go back and cultivate.

After defeating Yu Xiaogang, Lin Chen gave Xiao Wu an Aromatic Silk Beauty sachet to conceal her Soul Beast presence, while Tang Hao secretly watched over the injured Tang San. Three days later, Lin Chen and Xiao Wu left Nuoding City with Dugu Bo and headed for Heaven Dou City.

• Lin Chen gave Xiao Wu a sachet containing Aromatic Silk Beauty, which altered her presence so she would be less likely to be recognized as a Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao found the unconscious Tang San and Yu Xiaogang at Nuoding Academy, carried them to Yu Xiaogang's room, and vowed to watch over Tang San from the shadows.
• Lin Chen spent three days exploring Nuoding City with Xiao Wu before preparing to leave with her and Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Chenfeng and Xiao Chenyu bid Lin Chen farewell, and Lin Chen asked Xiao Chenfeng to pass his regards to his parents when they returned.
• Lin Chen, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo departed for Heaven Dou City, where Lin Chen promised to show Xiao Wu around and introduce her to friends.

Lin Chen returned to Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu and brought her to the Crown Prince's Residence, where Xue Qinghe questioned him about the trouble he had caused with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Xue Qinghe tasked him with approaching Ye Lingling, while privately investigating Xiao Wu and deciding to leave the strained clan relations alone for now.

• Lin Chen arrived in Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu and took her to the Crown Prince's Residence, where she met Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe confronted Lin Chen about castrating Yu Xiaogang and the resulting damage to relations with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xue Qinghe told Lin Chen that Ye Lingling had been looking for him and urged him to recruit her to help the Crown Prince's Residence.
• After Lin Chen left, a servant reported that Xiao Wu had a rabbit Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, and appeared to be an ordinary talented student rather than a spy.
• Xue Qinghe called off the investigation into Xiao Wu and ordered that the strained relations with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan be left alone for the time being.

Lin Chen enrolled Xiao Wu at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where she met Dugu Yan. After learning Ye Lingling had repeatedly asked for him, Lin Chen visited her and heard that she wanted to join the Crown Prince's Residence to protect her family.

• Lin Chen brought Xiao Wu to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Zhao Mingyuan completed her enrollment for classes starting the next day.
• Lin Chen introduced Xiao Wu to Dugu Yan, who told him that Ye Lingling had been seeking him out and gave him her address.
• Lin Chen left Xiao Wu with Dugu Yan and went to the Nine Heart Begonia Villa to find Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling asked Lin Chen to help her join the Crown Prince's Residence so she could protect the Nine Heart Begonia Family.

Ye Lingling asked Lin Chen to help treat her seriously ill mother and joined the Crown Prince's Residence because she trusted him. Xue Beng came to pressure Ye Lingling into becoming his follower, but Lin Chen invoked the Crown Prince's authority to protect her.

• Ye Lingling told Lin Chen that her mother had been seriously ill for three months and that Xue Beng had offered treatment in exchange for her becoming his follower.
• Ye Lingling explained that she wanted to join the Crown Prince's Residence because Lin Chen had cured Dugu Yan's poison, and Lin Chen agreed to examine her mother without promising a cure.
• Xue Beng arrived with two servants and demanded to know whether Ye Lingling had considered his proposal.
• Lin Chen warned Xue Beng to leave, and Ye Lingling denied ever agreeing to his terms.
• Xue Beng claimed that only he could help Ye Lingling's mother through Prince Xue Xing, but Lin Chen said the Crown Prince's Residence would handle her affairs and that Xue Qinghe already knew.

Lin Chen drove Xue Beng away after Ye Lingling refused to go with him, then examined Ye Lingling's ailing mother. He used the Blue Silver Emperor to replenish her fading vitality, leaving it with Ye Lingling as her mother's condition began to improve.

• Lin Chen and Ye Lingling ordered Xue Beng to leave, and he departed angrily after threatening that Ye Lingling would regret her choice.
• Ye Lingling brought Lin Chen to her mother's room, where he sensed that her vitality was steadily draining away.
• Lin Chen remembered the Blue Silver Emperor in his Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch and decided its life force might help her mother.
• Lin Chen planted the Blue Silver Emperor in a flowerpot beside the bed, and its golden light helped steady the woman's breathing and restore some color to her face.
• Lin Chen left the Blue Silver Emperor with Ye Lingling and promised to return to check whether her mother's condition improved further.

During the half month after Lin Chen treated Ye Lingling's mother with the Blue Silver Emperor, her condition improved and Ye Lingling grew warmer toward him. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Tianheng confronted Lin Chen over his uncle Yu Xiaogang, and the chapter ended with their fight set for the next day.

• Lin Chen visited Ye Lingling's home regularly, and her mother progressed from being bedridden to taking a few steps with support.
• Ye Lingling's attitude toward Lin Chen softened, and she began bringing him tea and making occasional conversation.
• Lin Chen arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling, drawing envious looks from the male students.
• Yu Tianheng blocked Lin Chen's way and accused him of insulting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan by crippling Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Chen agreed to fight Yu Tianheng, who challenged him to a match at the academy's cultivation grounds the following day.

Lin Chen faced Yu Tianheng in a crowded academy duel and overwhelmed him with his three Soul Rings and superior speed. He left Yu Tianheng sprawled on the training ground after declaring him defeated.

• Lin Chen brushed off Yu Tianheng’s challenge and told Xiao Wu that only a Soul Emperor might beat him.
• Xue Qinghe read a report about the upcoming duel but made no arrangements, confident in Lin Chen’s strength.
• Yu Tianheng arrived at the training ground and challenged Lin Chen in front of the gathered students.
• Lin Chen revealed his purple, purple, and black Soul Rings, shocking the crowd and unnerving Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng attacked with Blue Lightning Dragon Claw, but Lin Chen blocked it, appeared behind him with Void Instant Slash, and kicked him across the training ground.

Lin Chen defeated Yu Tianheng, and Ye Lingling formally joined the Crown Prince's Residence after her mother's health improved. Before returning to the residence, Lin Chen sensed a faint, reassuring response from the growing Blue Silver Emperor.

• Lin Chen knocked Yu Tianheng down again, forced him to admit defeat, and left the training ground with Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling told Lin Chen that her mother's condition had stabilized and formally joined the Crown Prince's Residence as the Nine Heart Begonia Family's representative.
• Ye Lingling asked to move with her mother, and Lin Chen offered them a place inside the Crown Prince's Residence.
• Lin Chen examined Ye Lingling's mother and sensed a faint, reassuring response when he touched the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Lin Chen left for the Crown Prince's Residence, where he planned to tell Brother Xue about Ye Lingling's decision.

A year and a half later, Lin Chen had reached level forty-four and continued training under Qin Ming while Qian Renxue had become a level-fifty Soul King. After learning that Ye Lingling and her family had joined the Crown Prince's Residence, Lin Chen went to visit her.

• Lin Chen fought Qin Ming in a training session and was told he had improved but still had not used his full strength.
• Lin Chen's fourth Soul Ring came from a thirty-five-thousand-year light- and space-attribute Soul Beast, granting him the Voidlight Reversal Shield skill.
• Dugu Bo reached level ninety-four after condensing his Soul Core and cultivating with the Snake Spirit Jade Blood Vine.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Chen that Ye Lingling's mother had recovered and that the remaining members of the Nine Heart Begonia Family had joined the Crown Prince's Residence.
• Lin Chen left to visit Ye Lingling at her secluded courtyard, where begonias surrounded a space reserved for the Blue Silver Emperor's flowerpot.

Lin Chen received a vision of the Blue Silver Emperor thanking him, then accepted Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a representative of the Crown Prince’s Residence. He agreed to help Qian Renxue’s Nation-Stealing Plan and prepared to travel with Dugu Bo.

• Lin Chen touched the Blue Silver Emperor and briefly saw a woman’s phantom thank him before the vision vanished.
• Qian Renxue showed Lin Chen Ning Fengzhi’s invitation and explained that the sect master might be assessing his talent or the Crown Prince’s Residence’s attitude toward him.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Chen to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as the Crown Prince’s representative, and Lin Chen agreed to bring Dugu Bo for protection.
• Lin Chen offered to help Qian Renxue deal with Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing, while she explained that she needed to prevent the Upper Three Sects from intervening in her plan.
• Lin Chen asked Dugu Bo to accompany him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next morning, and Dugu Bo agreed while planning to seek medicinal herbs.