Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan captured the Blue Silver King and moved it and its people to protect them from Tang San, then recovered the Blue Silver Emperor and reported Tang San’s escape and divine backing to Dugu Bo. He returned home with the drugged, restrained Xiao Wu and left her in Zhu Zhuyun’s care while the group prepared for what came next.

• Tang San fled through the forest with severe injuries, intending to devour Spirit Beasts to heal himself.
• Lin Manshan persuaded the Blue Silver King to leave with him by offering accelerated cultivation and showing proof that Tang San planned to kill and devour it.
• The Blue Silver King asked Lin Manshan to relocate its people as well, and he agreed to move them to the academy’s Back Mountain so they could guard and scout the grounds.
• Lin Manshan removed the Blue Silver Emperor from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and collected several bottles of its spring water.
• Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo that Tang San had escaped with a god’s assistance and that they had time to prepare while Tang San pursued his God Trial.
• Lin Manshan returned home with Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuyun agreed to care for her and tell her that Tang San had escaped when she woke.

Lin Manshan arranged a hidden sanctuary for the Blue Silver King, the Blue Silver Emperor, and their people, then spent time with the women at Tian Xing Academy. He agreed to seek a suitable soul bone for Zhu Qing so she could potentially absorb Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Lin Manshan consulted Niu Gao and Lou Gao, who helped him choose a secluded valley near the Sacred Healing Institute as a hidden home for the Blue Silver King, the Blue Silver Emperor, and their people.
• Lin Manshan learned that Zhu Zhuyun had restrained Xiao Wu in the basement, and he told the women that he still intended to kill her because she was his mortal enemy.
• Lin Manshan cooked for the women and took them on a walk around Tian Xing Academy, where students watched the celebrated group pass by.
• Zhu Zhuyun argued that Xiao Wu’s soul ring would suit Zhu Qing better, and Lin Manshan agreed to find Zhu Qing a suitable soul bone before she reached level 70.
• Lin Manshan proposed trading with Bibi Dong for a lower-age soul bone in exchange for helping evolve spirit beasts, and Zhu Zhuyun approved of the plan.

Lin Manshan moved the Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver King to a hidden valley where they could recover, then helped revive the Blue Silver Emperor. After showing her evidence of Tang San’s actions and questioning whether he was truly her son, Lin Manshan shared his memories with the two spirit forms.

• Lin Manshan poured water from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into the valley’s well, then planted the Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver King there with Ye Lingling and Ye Xintang’s help.
• Lin Manshan asked the Blue Silver King to honor his promise to provide Ye Lingling with a soul ring when she reached Soul Sage.
• Lin Manshan used Life Energy and the Blue Silver King’s domain to restore the Blue Silver Emperor, who appeared as a woman in blue.
• The Blue Silver King told the Blue Silver Emperor that Tang San devoured Spirit Beasts and planned to kill him, and Lin Manshan showed her a recording of Tang San hunting them.
• Lin Manshan questioned whether Tang San was truly the Blue Silver Emperor’s child, citing the newborn’s survival through Tang Hao’s three-day battle, then shared his memories with the two spirit forms.

Lin Manshan showed the Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver King a memory of Tang San’s childhood, revealing Tang Hao’s neglect and Old Jack’s kindness. The scene ended with Lin Manshan asking the two seniors what they had noticed.

• Lin Manshan brought the Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver King into a frozen memory of Sacred Soul Village and showed them Tang Hao’s blacksmith shop.
• Lin Manshan explained that Tang Hao refused to farm, earned little from blacksmithing, and spent his money on alcohol while Tang San grew up under his care.
• Old Jack brought food to Tang San, while Tang Hao rudely dismissed him and left to drink.
• The Blue Silver Emperor was shocked by Tang Hao’s behavior and tried to stop him, but the Blue Silver King reminded her that the memory could not be changed.
• Old Jack offered to take Tang San in, but Tang San refused and stayed with his father; after Old Jack left, Tang San carried the food into the kitchen.
• Lin Manshan froze the memory and asked the Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver King what they had noticed.

Lin Manshan showed the Blue Silver King and Blue Silver Emperor evidence of Tang San’s suspicious behavior and claimed an Evil Soul Master had taken over the child’s body. The Blue Silver Emperor believed his accusations and was devastated to learn Tang Hao had planted her true body in an isolated cave near the Blue Silver King’s territory.

• Lin Manshan showed Tang San threatening the gatekeeper with a hidden weapon and argued that his maturity and lethal intent were abnormal for a child.
• Lin Manshan presented scenes of Tang San’s cold treatment of him, his cultivation and weapon-making, and Tang Hao secretly watching him.
• Lin Manshan claimed Tang San had died in the battle years earlier and that an Evil Soul Master had possessed his body, leading the Blue Silver Emperor to accept that her child had changed into a cruel stranger.
• Lin Manshan showed the Blue Silver Emperor’s true body in a lightless cave only five days from the Blue Silver King’s territory.
• The Blue Silver King suspected Tang Hao had isolated the Blue Silver Emperor to keep her from recovering and helping Tang San awaken his Martial Soul again.

Lin Manshan and the Blue Silver King examined how Tang Hao had used the Blue Silver Emperor and showed her memories of Tang San’s cruelty. The Blue Silver Emperor accepted the truth about her family and withdrew into her main body, devastated.

• The Blue Silver King explained that his clan had helped the Blue Silver Emperor recover after she rebuilt her body, but could not have restored her from a seed without exhausting themselves.
• Lin Manshan pointed out suspicious coincidences surrounding the Blue Silver Emperor’s death and questioned Tang Hao’s sudden change in how he treated Tang San.
• The Blue Silver King accused Tang Hao of deliberately exploiting the Blue Silver Emperor and planning to use her bloodline, Soul Ring, and Soul Bone for Tang San.
• Lin Manshan showed the Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver King memories of Tang San’s violence, betrayal, and slaughter of Spirit Beasts.
• The Blue Silver Emperor believed Tang Hao had used her and that Tang San had died, then withdrew into her main body as Lin Manshan returned from the memory space exhausted.

Tang San recovered, strengthened his Eight Spider Lances, and headed for the City of Slaughter to grow stronger and rescue Xiao Wu. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong sent Ghost Douluo to Tian Xing Academy to negotiate for pills, where he encountered a transformed Dugu Bo.

• Lin Manshan left the Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver King with Ye Lingling and Ye Xintang.
• Tang San reached rank 67 after hunting Spirit Beasts, then decided to cultivate by killing Evil Soul Masters in the City of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to visit Tian Xing Academy, sound out Dugu Bo about Lin Manshan's letter, and arrange pills for three high-level Spirit Beasts.
• Ghost Douluo arrived at Tian Xing Academy and was startled when Dugu Bo appeared decades younger.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had killed Tang Hao and absorbed his Soul Bones, then displayed his nine Soul Rings to Ghost Douluo.

Dugu Bo revealed his level 99 strength and negotiated with Ghost Douluo over a pill that could help Spirit Beasts reach the hundred-thousand-year level. He then showed evidence that Tang San had become an Evil Soul Master and Clear Sky Sect had colluded with Spirit Beasts, and announced he would lead an attack on the sect.

• Dugu Bo stunned Ghost Douluo by revealing his eight black and one red Soul Rings and his level 99 cultivation.
• Dugu Bo explained that Lin Manshan was testing pills to help high-level Spirit Beasts reach the hundred-thousand-year threshold and set terms for Spirit Hall's future cooperation.
• Ghost Douluo agreed the proposed exchange of a Spirit Beast corpse and a suitable Soul Bone was reasonable, but said he would report the offer to the Pope.
• Dugu Bo showed Ghost Douluo a Recording Stone of Tang San hunting and devouring Spirit Beasts, and described evidence tying Tang San to Clear Sky Sect and Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Bo announced he would lead a team to annihilate Clear Sky Sect, and Ghost Douluo supported the attack on the grounds that the sect had cultivated an Evil Soul Master and colluded with Spirit Beasts.

Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan explained Tang Hao’s death and Tang San’s escape to Ghost Douluo, warning him that Tang San might have gained a God’s inheritance. Ghost Douluo left to report to the Pope, while Dugu Bo and Spirit Hall agreed on cooperation against the Clear Sky Sect.

• Dugu Bo warned Ghost Douluo that powerful Super Spirit Beasts might dwell beneath the Star Dou Great Forest’s lake, then recounted how he killed Tang Hao with Deadly Poison.
• Dugu Bo explained that Tang Hao avoided the Clear Sky Sect because he feared discovery and humiliation, while Lin Manshan described how they identified Tang San at the valley.
• Lin Manshan said Tang San escaped after his domain evolved and produced what appeared to be a God’s Phantom, and guessed that Tang San had fled to the City of Slaughter.
• Ghost Douluo resolved to report Tang San’s possible divine inheritance to the Pope and agreed that Spirit Hall would cooperate in the campaign against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ghost Douluo offered Dugu Bo a New Year’s gift and told Lin Manshan that the Pope had found three Spirit Beasts for his experiment before departing.

Ghost Douluo reported to Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu that Tang Hao had died, Dugu Bo had reached Rank 99, and Tang San appeared to have a god’s inheritance. Bibi Dong accepted Dugu Bo’s conditions and ordered Spirit Hall to prepare for the pill exchange while secretly tightening its blockade of the Clear Sky Sect.

• Ghost Douluo rushed to the Pope’s Palace and reported that Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan had poisoned Tang Hao, after which Dugu Bo absorbed his Soul Bone and reached Rank 99.
• At Qian Daoliu’s request, Ghost Douluo recounted how Lin Manshan had followed Tang San, recorded him devouring spirit beasts, and discovered Xiao Wu was a re-cultivating Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Ghost Douluo described the powerful spirit beasts beneath the lake and reported that Tang San’s domain had evolved, letting him overpower Lin Manshan and escape without rescuing Xiao Wu.
• Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong about Lin Manshan’s pill development and Dugu Bo’s plan to attack the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong accepted Dugu Bo’s conditions and ordered Bishop Salas to bring medicinal materials and Spirit Hall personnel to discreetly strengthen the blockade around the Clear Sky Sect.

Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu discussed Tang San’s threat, Dugu Bo’s God Trial, and the future of Lin Manshan and Tian Xing Academy. After New Year visits and training, Lin Manshan, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a powerful python for Dugu Yan’s seventh soul ring.

• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu decided to keep Tang Yuehua and the other Clear Sky Sect members imprisoned until Tang San was captured, while considering Lin Manshan’s potential and the future of Tian Xing Academy.
• Bibi Dong reflected on Hu Liena’s future but postponed deciding what to do until she completed her God Trial.
• Lin Manshan celebrated the New Year with his family and friends at Old Jack’s home, then resumed training.
• Lin Manshan reached Rank 79, and Dugu Yan reached Rank 70 a few days later.
• Lin Manshan, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan traveled secretly to a marsh near the Star Dou Great Forest’s core to search for the powerful giant python Lin Manshan had sensed.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo helped Dugu Yan obtain a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring from a Titan Giant Python, along with its Torso Bone. After Dugu Yan finished absorbing them, the three prepared to return.

• Dugu Bo restrained the sleeping Titan Giant Python while Lin Manshan fed it a Pill, allowing it to break through to a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Five days later, Dugu Bo pinned the Titan Giant Python while Lin Manshan wounded it, and Dugu Yan killed it with a spear.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the Titan Giant Python's blood-colored Soul Ring, and its Torso Bone flew from the corpse into her spinal area.
• Lin Manshan absorbed the Titan Giant Python's Life Energy through his Eight Spider Lances, increasing their age.
• A month later, Dugu Yan awoke and discovered that absorbing the Soul Ring and Torso Bone had raised her by six levels, then the three set out to return.

Lin Manshan reached level 80 and joined Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi to hunt the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor for his Soul Ring and Soul Bone. After absorbing both, he reached level 84, while Yang Wudi remained short of his breakthrough.

• Lin Manshan broke through to level 80, and he, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi set out to hunt the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor.
• Lin Manshan fed the spider a pill, and the three followed it to its cave and waited for the pill to take effect.
• Dugu Bo drove the spider out with poison, Yang Wudi struck it with Soul Breaking Strike, and Lin Manshan killed it with Dark Night Extreme Shadow.
• Lin Manshan absorbed the Blood Red Soul Ring for half a month, then absorbed the jade-green Left Leg Bone over seven days and reached level 84.
• Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan encouraged Yang Wudi not to rush his breakthrough, and Lin Manshan began harvesting the spider's remains with his Eight Spider Lances.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo hunted down the Thousand-pound Ant Emperor, helping Yang Wudi obtain a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring while Lin Manshan further strengthened his Soul Bones. After returning to the academy, Lin Manshan wrote to Bibi Dong and prepared for the coming attack on the Clear Sky Sect.

• Lin Manshan’s Eight Spider Lances absorbed the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, surpassing one hundred thousand years and greatly enhancing their devouring ability.
• Lin Manshan, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi searched the Star Dou Great Forest for the Thousand-pound Ant Emperor and eventually tracked it to a hidden valley.
• The three killed the hundred-thousand-year Thousand-pound Ant Emperor, and Yang Wudi began absorbing its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Lin Manshan used his Eight Spider Lances on the corpse, strengthening his lower-age Soul Bones, while Yang Wudi later gained three Soul Power levels and reached level 93.
• After the three returned to the academy, Lin Manshan rested, wrote a letter to Bibi Dong, and began preparing for the attack on the Clear Sky Sect.

Lin Manshan tested the Soul Crossing Technique, discovered his spirit took on the form of a Nether Race Person, and began preparing to explore the Netherworld safely. As he worked to condense a Spiritual Soul Core, a mysterious armored man in the Netherworld sensed his special physique and promised a future meeting.

• Lin Manshan separated his soul from his body and saw that his soul had pale purple skin, green hair, and pointed ears before a vortex began pulling him toward the Netherworld.
• Lin Manshan returned to his body, wondered whether his soul and body were transforming into those of a Nether Race Person, and decided to strengthen his Spiritual Power before exploring the Netherworld.
• A green-armored man sensed a life form with a special physique, declared that he would soon confront the beings who had devoured his realm, and vanished beneath a giant jade-green eye.
• Lin Manshan gathered Spiritual Power in his Upper Dantian and formed the initial shape of an azure Spiritual Soul Core, stopping when the strain caused severe pain and dizziness.

Bibi Dong supplied Ghost Douluo with medicinal materials and Soul Bones in exchange for Lin Manshan’s Pills, and Lin Manshan spent three days refining them for Spirit Hall. After Ghost Douluo returned with the Pills, Bibi Dong and a group of Spirit Hall elders headed to the Clear Sky Sect’s outer stronghold to witness Dugu Bo’s first battle as a Rank 99 Limit Douluo; the chapter ended with a carriage stopping outside Tian Xing Academy.

• Bibi Dong gave Ghost Douluo a Soul Bone reward and medicinal materials to take to Tian Xing Academy, while he absorbed the reward and broke through to Rank 96.
• Ghost Douluo delivered the medicinal materials to Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan, who refined three Pills over three days.
• Lin Manshan gave the exchanged Soul Bone to Zhu Zhuqing, and she absorbed it, raising her Soul Power to the peak of Rank 69.
• Ghost Douluo returned the Pills to Bibi Dong, who led Titled Elders and worshippers toward the Clear Sky Sect’s outer stronghold to watch Dugu Bo fight.
• A carriage stopped outside Tian Xing Academy.

Dugu Bo gathered Heaven Dou City’s factions at Tian Xing Academy and revealed recordings showing Tang San cultivating by devouring Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts, then meeting Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. The gathering ended with Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi realizing the evidence could implicate the Clear Sky Sect in protecting an Evil Soul Master and colluding with Spirit Beasts.

• Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, Sword Douluo, and Xue Qinghe arrived at Tian Xing Academy, where they joined the other invited factions.
• Dugu Bo appeared looking much younger than before and announced himself as Tian Xing Academy’s Dean, startling the guests and students.
• Dugu Bo displayed recordings of Tang San hunting Spirit Beasts and admitting that he had cultivated by devouring Spirit Masters in the City of Slaughter.
• The recordings showed Tang San meeting Xiao Wu and revealed that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi realized that Tang San’s year with the Clear Sky Sect could make others suspect the sect of sheltering an Evil Soul Master and allying with Spirit Beasts.

Dugu Bo declared that Tian Xing Academy would wage war on Clear Sky Sect, then led five allies toward the sect. The assembled observers discovered that Spirit Hall’s leaders and elders had arrived as well, and the chapter ended with Dugu Bo revealing a Rank 99 Limit Douluo cultivation and a transformed Martial Soul.

• Dugu Bo accused Tang San and Clear Sky Sect of cultivating Evil Soul Masters and conspiring against him, then announced Tian Xing Academy’s war against Clear Sky Sect.
• Dugu Bo warned other factions not to interfere and flew toward Clear Sky Sect with Lin Manshan, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Shui Chaozong, and Shui Ziliu.
• Ning Fengzhi left to investigate the confrontation, while Xue Qinghe agreed to escort Ning Rongrong back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Several days later, Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and ten Titled Elders arrived near Clear Sky Sect, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to wonder why Spirit Hall had assembled such a force.
• Dugu Bo’s roar froze Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua, but Tang Xiao broke free and rushed outside with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi saw Dugu Bo’s transformed Martial Soul and realized his Soul Power had reached Rank 99.

Dugu Bo attacked the Clear Sky Sect with a vast Time Stasis field and a rain of poison, while the sect’s hidden strength and suspected ties to Spirit Beasts became clear to the watching factions. As Tang Xiao and the elders rushed to stop him, onlookers concluded that the Clear Sky Sect had likely violated its seclusion agreement and was doomed.

• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong recognized Dugu Bo’s level 99 strength, his God Trial, and the evil aura surrounding him.
• Dugu Bo’s Time Stasis enveloped the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain, and Tang Xiao emerged to demand an explanation before Dugu Bo declared the sect would cease to exist.
• Dugu Bo exploded a green orb into a vast curtain of poisonous rain, and Tang Xiao ordered the elders to capture Dugu Bo or Lin Manshan and force them to provide an antidote.
• Ning Fengzhi realized the Clear Sky Sect had secretly gathered six Title Douluo and considered that its destruction might benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Bo questioned how five newly advanced Title Douluo obtained their Ninth Spirit Rings and suggested the Clear Sky Sect had allied with the Spirit Beast Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi and the other observers suspected the Clear Sky Sect had broken its seclusion agreement, and they believed Spirit Hall would eventually attack it.

Dugu Bo transformed into his second-stage Martial Soul Avatar, unleashing poison across the Clear Sky Sect as Tang Xiao and its elders attacked him. Yang Wudi killed Blazing Sun Douluo with a single spear, and Dugu Bo vanished as the surviving Clear Sky Sect leaders struck at him.

• Dugu Bo entered the second stage of his Martial Soul Avatar, and his poison engulfed the Clear Sky Sect, killing and injuring disciples.
• Tang Xiao and the five elders charged Dugu Bo, but he stopped Tang Xiao's giant Clear Sky Hammer and knocked him back.
• Yang Wudi revealed his Titled Douluo strength and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then killed Blazing Sun Douluo with one spear strike.
• Dugu Bo praised Yang Wudi and told Tang Xiao that the Clear Sky Sect had brought this fate upon itself by helping Tang Hao besiege him.
• Tang Xiao and the four surviving elders attacked Dugu Bo together, and Dugu Bo vanished from where he stood.