Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen and the others left the sea after Zero drove off the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while the Douluo God Realm’s God Kings debated the threat posed by the mysterious beings. On the Unnamed Planet, Zero discovered that his arrival had weakened Douluo Star’s Dimensional Barrier, allowing Tartarus to advance his plan to bring another plane to attack.

• Qian Jun Douluo and Dugu Bo urged Lin Chen’s group to leave before the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King returned, and Golden Crocodile Douluo led them toward Vast Sea City.
• The five God Kings discussed Zero and the golden ray, concluding they could do little but wait for the mysterious beings’ plans to unfold.
• Tartarus appeared before Zero and revealed that Zero’s arrival had loosened Douluo Star’s Dimensional Barrier ahead of schedule.
• Tartarus said he could bring another plane to attack within one day by his own reckoning, then left through a golden Portal.
• Zero sensed a destructive presence seeping through the barrier’s cracks, vowed to stop any attack, and vanished toward Douluo Star.

After returning to Spirit Hall, Lin Chen explained Zero’s appearance at sea to Qian Daoliu, who ordered the matter kept secret. Impressed by Lin Chen’s talent and character, Qian Daoliu proposed betrothing him to Qian Renxue, and the Consecrated Elders approved.

• Lin Chen and the others returned to Spirit Hall after a long journey, and Demon Subduing Douluo went for treatment.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Lin Chen about Zero, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and the golden beam; Lin Chen said Zero had come to stop the beam and could not ordinarily interfere in human affairs.
• Qian Daoliu told the Consecrated Elders to keep everything about Zero secret and not question Lin Chen about him privately.
• The Consecrated Elders praised Lin Chen’s talent, loyalty, and character, including his support for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu proposed betrothing Qian Renxue to Lin Chen, and the Consecrated Elders agreed.

Lin Chen learned that the Abyss Plane would invade the Douluo Continent in about a year and warned Qian Daoliu, who promised to prepare Spirit Hall. After Qian Daoliu announced Lin Chen and Qian Renxue's betrothal, Lin Chen told Qian Renxue he was willing to marry her.

• Zero told Lin Chen that Tartarus had weakened the plane barrier and that the Abyss Plane would invade in about a year, promising to help defend the planet.
• Qian Daoliu announced that Lin Chen and Qian Renxue would be betrothed, leaving them both flustered.
• Lin Chen described the Abyss Plane's forces to Qian Daoliu and the Consecrated Elders, who agreed to prepare and set aside Spirit Hall's differences with Pope Hall.
• Qian Daoliu told Lin Chen that Spirit Hall would spare no expense to strengthen him before the invasion.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Chen whether he wanted to call off the betrothal, and Lin Chen took her hand and said he was willing.

Lin Chen and Qian Renxue made their relationship official before he left Spirit Hall to gain real-world experience and prepare for the Abyss Plane’s invasion. He and Dugu Bo set out for Heaven Dou City, while Qian Renxue began preparing for her Fourth Trial.

• Lin Chen and Qian Renxue agreed to be together, and she asked him to call her Xue'er.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Chen that her Fourth Trial would take her high into the sky, and they wished each other well.
• Qian Daoliu offered Lin Chen Spirit Hall’s cultivation resources, but Lin Chen chose to seek combat experience outside and return to Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to the plan and assigned Dugu Bo to accompany Lin Chen, while arranging to send news from the Far West.
• Lin Chen told Dugu Bo to pack for the journey, and Dugu Bo eagerly prepared to see Dugu Yan after more than two years away.
• Lin Chen and Dugu Bo left Spirit City at dawn, and Lin Chen saw golden light shining from the direction of the Angel Temple.

Lin Chen returned to Heaven Dou City after more than two years and reunited with Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Xiao Wu at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After learning that Ye Lingling had become withdrawn while caring for Blue Silver Grass, Lin Chen set out to visit her and considered asking Xiao Wu to help him contact the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts.

• Lin Chen and Dugu Bo arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dugu Yan greeted them and revealed she had reached level forty-eight.
• Xiao Wu returned to the Training Grounds, reunited with Lin Chen, and learned that his Soul Power had reached level sixty-four.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Chen that Ye Lingling had stayed secluded, caring for Blue Silver Grass and cultivating while her mother recovered.
• Lin Chen considered seeking the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts as allies against a possible Abyss Plane invasion and asked Xiao Wu for help later.
• Lin Chen left Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan at the academy and headed alone toward the Crown Prince's Residence.

Lin Chen reunited with Ye Lingling and learned that she had reached Soul Power Level forty without obtaining her fourth Soul Ring. He planned to take her, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he also intended to contact Da Ming and Er Ming about the Abyss invasion.

• Lin Chen visited Ye Lingling in her courtyard and saw that the Blue Silver Emperor he had given her had grown considerably.
• Ye Lingling told Lin Chen she had reached Level forty and still needed a suitable fourth Soul Ring for her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul.
• Lin Chen offered to accompany Ye Lingling to the Star Dou Great Forest and suggested inviting Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan as well.
• After leaving Ye Lingling, Lin Chen planned the route through the Star Dou Great Forest and considered how to secure Da Ming and Er Ming's support against the Abyss.

Lin Chen agreed to travel with Qin Ming’s Imperial Fighting Team to Suotuo City before heading to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Ye Lingling obtain her fourth Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu received a warning that the Abyss was growing stronger and ordered closer surveillance of the spatial rift.

• Lin Chen invited Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan to join him and Ye Lingling on a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Yan agreed to request leave from the academy.
• Qin Ming arrived and invited Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling to compete with the Imperial Fighting Team at the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City.
• Lin Chen proposed visiting Suotuo City before the Star Dou Great Forest, and the group agreed to depart with Qin Ming the next day.
• Lin Chen and his companions joined Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team in carriages bound for Suotuo City.
• Qian Daoliu read a report that the spatial rift in the Far West was widening and Abyssal presence had increased, then ordered the branch to double its watch and report anything that emerged.

Lin Chen accompanied the Imperial Fighting Team to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, where he spotted Flender and the Shrek Seven Devils and watched Dugu Yan win two individual matches. The Shrek Seven Devils also won their team battle, and Lin Chen left unimpressed by their strength.

• Qin Ming registered the Imperial Fighting Team at the Great Soul Arena, while Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu registered for individual matches and Lin Chen chose not to compete.
• Lin Chen sensed Flender arriving with the masked Shrek Seven Devils and noticed an unfamiliar girl had taken Xiao Wu's place in the group.
• Dugu Yan defeated a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster and a level thirty agility-type Soul Elder in her individual matches.
• Lin Chen watched the Shrek Seven Devils win their team battle and judged that none of them posed a challenge to him.
• Lin Chen left the stands and walked toward Dugu Yan and the others.

Lin Chen and his companions confronted Ma Hongjun after he harassed Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu beat him senseless. When Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar arrived to defend Ma Hongjun, Lin Chen revealed six Soul Rings and unleashed the pressure of a Soul Emperor.

• Lin Chen, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu found Ma Hongjun blocking Ye Lingling and harassing her on the street.
• Lin Chen pulled Ye Lingling behind him, but Ma Hongjun insulted him and the girls, provoking Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Yan struck Ma Hongjun with a punch, and Xiao Wu kicked him into a wall.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar arrived, and Ma Hongjun accused Lin Chen and the others of bullying him.
• Lin Chen explained that Ma Hongjun had harassed Ye Lingling, then revealed six Soul Rings and the pressure of a Soul Emperor.

Lin Chen encountered Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others, then let Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu defeat them for Ma Hongjun’s harassment of Lingling. After Lin Chen’s group left, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun decided to seek help from Dean Flender.

• Lin Chen revealed his powerful Soul Rings, and Tang San recognized him as the boy who had defeated him and crippled Yu Xiaogang at Nuoding Academy.
• Lin Chen dismissed his old grudge with Tang San but ordered Dugu Yan to punish Ma Hongjun for harassing Lingling.
• Dugu Yan defeated Dai Mubai and Tang San, while Xiao Wu kicked Ma Hongjun into the ground; Lin Chen warned Ma Hongjun not to harass anyone again.
• After Lin Chen and his companions left, Ma Hongjun protested the defeat, and Dai Mubai proposed asking Dean Flender to teach Lin Chen a lesson.

After Tang San and the others returned to Shrek Academy injured, Flender told them to avoid provoking Lin Chen and learned that Lin Chen was Qinghe the Great’s disciple. Flender went to meet him, and the chapter ended as Qin Ming introduced the two.

• Tang San and the others told Flender that Lin Chen had defeated them, and Dai Mubai said Lin Chen was a Soul Emperor with a Hundred Thousand Year Sixth Soul Ring.
• Flender learned about Tang San’s grudge with Lin Chen and ordered the students, especially Ma Hongjun, not to provoke him.
• Flender recalled that Lin Chen was Qinghe the Great’s disciple and wondered if he could ask Lin Chen to help Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.
• Lin Chen took Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling to dinner and said the group would leave for the Star Dou Great Forest after Qin Ming’s remaining matches.
• Flender heard tavern patrons connect Lin Chen to the Crown Prince’s Residence and Qinghe the Great, then left Suotuo City.
• Flender met Qin Ming at the Great Soul Arena, and Qin Ming introduced Lin Chen as a Heaven Dou Royal Academy student and the emperor’s prized disciple.

Lin Chen told Flender that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong were alive but could not be released from prison, leaving Flender grieving over his former friends. Lin Chen and his companions left Suotuo City and continued toward the Star Dou Great Forest, which they expected to reach in about two days.

• Lin Chen greeted Flender and advised him to improve Shrek Academy's students' conduct.
• Flender asked Lin Chen about Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, and Lin Chen said they were alive in prison but would not be released.
• Flender lamented to Qin Ming that he could do nothing for his imprisoned friends, then left the Great Soul Arena.
• Lin Chen, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo departed Suotuo City for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Chen told Xiao Wu they were about two days from the forest, and Xiao Wu excitedly said she missed it.

Lin Chen revealed to Xiao Wu that he had known since Nuoding City that she was a Soul Beast, then reassured her that her identity did not change how he felt about her. Xiao Wu chose to stay by his side, though she tearfully scolded him for keeping the truth from her.

• Lin Chen led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable Soul Beast for Ye Lingling’s fourth Soul Ring.
• The group reached the Mixed Zone and decided to camp for the night, with Lin Chen taking Xiao Wu to gather firewood.
• Lin Chen told Xiao Wu that she was not human and said Dugu Bo had recognized her identity years earlier in Nuoding City.
• Xiao Wu feared Lin Chen might have tried to kill her for her Soul Beast bones, but he explained that he had accepted her as Xiao Wu, his maid and best friend.
• Xiao Wu cried with relief and decided not to leave Lin Chen, then reproached him for keeping her identity secret for so long.

Lin Chen revealed that the Aromatic Silk Beauty in Xiao Wu’s sachet had concealed her Soul Beast presence and asked her to help him meet Da Ming and Er Ming. The group then found a Verdant Wood Spirit Deer for Ye Lingling, who began absorbing its Soul Ring as her fourth.

• Lin Chen explained how the Aromatic Silk Beauty had hidden Xiao Wu’s identity from even a Titled Douluo, and Xiao Wu embraced him in gratitude.
• Lin Chen told Xiao Wu he needed to meet Da Ming and Er Ming for the safety of Douluo Continent, and she promised to help persuade them.
• Lin Chen put Xiao Wu’s sachet back on before the group continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Ye Lingling a Soul Ring.
• Lin Chen sensed a roughly six-thousand-year-old healing Soul Beast, and the group found a Verdant Wood Spirit Deer suited to Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Lin Chen wounded the fleeing deer, Ye Lingling ended its life, and she began absorbing its deep-purple Soul Ring as her fourth.

After Ye Lingling reached level 42 by absorbing her fourth Soul Ring, Lin Chen sent Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling back to Heaven Dou City while he and Xiao Wu stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest. Xiao Wu removed her sachet and summoned Da Ming and Er Ming, and the chapter ended as the Titan Giant Ape reunited with her.

• Ye Lingling completed her Soul Ring absorption, became a level 42 Soul Ancestor, and improved the healing ability of her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Lin Chen told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that he had a secret mission from His Highness Qinghe and asked Dugu Bo to escort them back to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling left for the outskirts while Lin Chen and Xiao Wu remained in the forest.
• Lin Chen told Xiao Wu to remove her sachet, and she released her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast presence before calling for Da Ming and Er Ming.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the woods, gently touched Xiao Wu, and she greeted Er Ming by hugging its finger.

Lin Chen met Xiao Wu’s protectors, the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, at the Lake of Life and warned them that the Abyss Plane would invade the Douluo Continent in one year. He urged humans and Soul Beasts to unite, but the beasts remained wary as the discussion turned to their long history of conflict.

• The Titan Giant Ape, whom Xiao Wu called Er Ming, threatened Lin Chen until Xiao Wu told him Lin Chen was her friend.
• Er Ming led Xiao Wu and Lin Chen to the Lake of Life, where the Sky Azure Bull Python, whom Xiao Wu called Da Ming, emerged and heard her explanation of Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen told Da Ming and Er Ming that the Dimensional Barrier had been damaged and the Abyss Plane would invade in one year.
• Lin Chen described the Abyss Plane’s strength and said neither humans nor Soul Beasts could survive unless they joined forces.
• Er Ming rejected the idea of an alliance because humans hunted Soul Beasts, while Xiao Wu urged him to consider Lin Chen’s proposal.

Lin Chen entered the Lake of Life to reach the hidden Secret Realm Space where powerful Soul Beasts slept. After reassuring Xiao Wu and the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, he opened a portal through the spatial barrier and disappeared into it.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python agreed to lend Lin Chen and humanity support, but warned that he and the Titan Giant Ape could not control what happened in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Chen said he intended to enter the Secret Realm Space beneath the Lake of Life, while the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape warned him of the danger.
• Xiao Wu tried to follow Lin Chen, but the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python stopped her and explained that she would be safer staying behind.
• Lin Chen reassured Xiao Wu that the Soul Beasts below would not attack him, then used his Ultimate Armor and plunged into the lake.
• At the empty lakebed, Lin Chen used his spatial abilities to create a golden portal and leaped through it into the Secret Realm Space.

Lin Chen entered a hidden forest realm and encountered the proud Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who questioned how he had arrived and why he sought the powerful Soul Beasts within. As they spoke, a hostile three-headed crimson beast emerged from the forest depths.

• Lin Chen entered the forest realm, found no Soul Beasts nearby, and encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion demanded to know how Lin Chen had entered her territory and warned him to leave.
• Lin Chen revealed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings Soul Bone's dragon majesty, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion accepted that he represented the two seniors.
• Lin Chen explained that his Palagi Shield could cross spatial barriers, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked him to keep her company and talk about the human world.
• A powerful Soul Beast approached, and a hostile three-headed crimson beast charged out of the forest and confronted Lin Chen.

Lin Chen persuaded the Scarlet King to take him to see Di Tian, while Qian Renxue completed her fourth Divine Trial and returned to the Angel Temple. She immediately asked Qian Daoliu where Lin Chen was.

• The Scarlet King questioned Lin Chen about his presence in the secret realm and his dragon might, and Lin Chen explained his shield, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' Soul Bones, and the Abyss Plane.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion defended Lin Chen, and the Scarlet King agreed to take him to Di Tian under the condition that Lin Chen stay beside him.
• After thirty days of Qian Renxue's fourth Divine Trial, golden light spread across Spirit City and a pillar of light brought her down to the Angel Temple.
• Qian Renxue opened her eyes, saw Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, and asked where Lin Chen was.

After completing the Fourth Trial of the Angel God Trial, Qian Renxue learned that Abyss Creatures had begun emerging from an expanding spatial rift in the Far West. She postponed her Fifth Trial to seek Bibi Dong’s cooperation in defending the continent.

• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu where Lin Chen had gone, and he said Lin Chen had returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo.
• Qian Renxue reported that the Fourth Trial had increased her Soul Power by seven levels and advanced her Angel Godhood affinity, then explained that the Fifth Trial would involve breaking free from a cocoon of Angel Divine Power.
• Mighty Lion Douluo delivered a report that the Far West rift had grown and that Spirit Hall’s investigators had found and eliminated a few Abyss Creatures.
• Mighty Lion Douluo said Spirit Hall had sent a hundred Soul Saints and Elder Demon Bear to the rift, but the Worship Hall had no further troops to spare without Bibi Dong’s approval.
• Qian Renxue decided to speak with Bibi Dong as the Worship Hall’s Elder of Judgment and delayed her Fifth Trial to address the Abyss invasion.