Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan and Yang Wudi attacked Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders after Dugu Bo restrained them, while the onlookers recognized Lin Manshan’s formidable strength. Tang Xiao broke free by exploding his Soul Rings, but the assault injured him and left the Clear Sky Sect’s fate uncertain.

• Dugu Bo used Time Stasis to freeze Tang Xiao and the four Titled Elders, allowing Yang Wudi and Lin Manshan to launch attacks.
• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong recognized that Lin Manshan’s attack power rivaled that of a high-level Titled Douluo, while Ning Fengzhi worried about Tian Xing Academy’s growing power.
• Tang Xiao exploded his first six Soul Rings and his eighth Soul Ring to break free, then used his Clear Sky Hammer to defend against Yang Wudi and Lin Manshan’s attacks.
• The resulting explosion injured Tang Xiao and blasted him and the elders backward, but the elders caught their sect master after they escaped the restraint.
• Tang Xiao saw that the Clear Sky Sect’s disciples were still alive and realized Dugu Bo intended to cripple the sect’s strong fighters and leave its enemies to finish it off.

The Clear Sky Sect fought Dugu Bo and the Tian Xing Academy forces, while Tang Xiao challenged Dugu Bo and sacrificed his ninth Spirit Ring. Lin Manshan swiftly killed one Clear Sky elder and wounded another, leaving the battle in progress as observers marveled at his abilities.

• Ghost Douluo and Ning Fengzhi watched as Yang Wudi and Niu Gao appeared with Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Ning Fengzhi regretted not having allied his daughter with Lin Manshan earlier.
• Tang Xiao told the four Clear Sky elders to target Lin Manshan, then challenged Dugu Bo to fight alone.
• Dugu Bo told Tang Xiao that Tang Hao was dead, and Tang Xiao flew after him to a nearby peak.
• Tang Xiao shattered his ninth Spirit Ring and charged Dugu Bo, while the four elders attacked Lin Manshan, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao.
• Lin Manshan used his Dark Night skills to behead one elder and wound another, stunning the watching experts.
• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong analyzed Lin Manshan's concealed energy and unusual movement skill as Lin Manshan charged the wounded elder.

Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Lin Manshan defeated several Clear Sky Sect elders, while Dugu Bo continued fighting Tang Xiao. Even after using Explode Ring, Tang Xiao was being forced back by Dugu Bo’s superior cultivation and Soul Bones.

• Niu Gao used his evolved Martial Soul and Ninth Soul Skills to withstand a Clear Sky Hammer strike, then battered the elder wielding it.
• Yang Wudi overwhelmed his opponent with his spear and killed him with Throw of Qian Jun, which caused the elder’s Soul Bone to fall.
• Lin Manshan killed another Clear Sky Sect elder with a rapid series of slashes and stored the corpse in his soul tool.
• Niu Gao smashed another elder into the ground, while Yang Wudi collected the fallen Soul Bone.
• Yang Wudi, Lin Manshan, and Niu Gao joined Dugu Bo’s battle and saw him force Tang Xiao back despite Tang Xiao using Explode Ring.

Tang Xiao launched a final attack on Lin Manshan, but Lin Manshan escaped with Yang Wudi and Niu Gao, and Dugu Bo killed Tang Xiao. After storing Tang Xiao’s body, Dugu Bo called out to Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Grieving over the elders’ deaths, Tang Xiao detonated his Ninth Spirit Ring and charged at Lin Manshan, determined to take him down with him.
• Dugu Bo pursued Tang Xiao while Lin Manshan used the Void Evasion Technique to carry Yang Wudi and Niu Gao clear of the Great Sumeru Hammer’s strike.
• Tang Xiao’s hammer attack failed, and Dugu Bo kicked him in the back as his strength gave out, killing him.
• Lin Manshan stored Tang Xiao’s body in his soul tool, and Dugu Bo called for the Spirit Hall and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect groups to come forward.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo approached Dugu Bo, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu led Spirit Hall out of hiding.

Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan raided the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden passage, crippling its remaining disciples and taking its treasures while Spirit Hall prepared to handle the survivors. Dugu Bo left the cleanup to Bibi Dong and departed with Lin Manshan and Ning Fengzhi, while Bibi Dong turned her attention to completing her final step toward godhood.

• Dugu Bo announced that he would cripple the Clear Sky Sect disciples and let Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi decide what to do with the sect, then revealed that Tang San was still alive.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to gather Spirit Hall forces and capture the remaining Clear Sky Sect members after Dugu Bo finished his raid.
• Lin Manshan found the hidden passage, and he, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi pursued Tang Yuehua and the children while Niu Gao collected treasures from the secret vault.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi defeated the Clear Sky Sect defenders, and Lin Manshan took their Soul Tools before Dugu Bo crippled the survivors.
• Dugu Bo handed the remaining captives to Spirit Hall and left for Heaven Dou City with Lin Manshan and Ning Fengzhi, while Bibi Dong prepared to complete her final step.

After destroying the Clear Sky Sect, Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan traveled with their companions and Ning Fengzhi, who tried to learn their plans and allegiances. The group later examined the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Bones and discussed how its mistreatment of affiliated clans had contributed to its decline.

• Ning Fengzhi congratulated Dugu Bo on reaching Rank 99 and asked about his plans, and Dugu Bo said he would cultivate in seclusion but protect Tian Xing Academy and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Manshan to compete in the next Soul Master Competition and suggested his daughter could join as a substitute, but Lin Manshan declined and planned to cultivate after returning to the academy.
• Ning Fengzhi probed the group about their improved strength, but Lin Manshan and the others avoided revealing their secrets.
• Yang Wudi handed over the Soul Bones taken from the Clear Sky Sect, and Lin Manshan and Niu Gao retrieved more from the elders’ corpses and Tang Xiao’s and Tang Yuehua’s Soul Tools.
• Lin Manshan identified the finest Soul Bones as mostly suited to Power Type Spirit Masters, while Yang Wudi and Niu Gao described the Clear Sky Sect’s hoarded rewards and failure to repay affiliated clans for their contributions.
• Dugu Bo said the Clear Sky Sect’s shrinking numbers reflected how resentment grew when people’s labor and loyalty went unrewarded.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo assigned the Clear Sky Sect’s spirit bones to strengthen their allies and advance the women’s cultivation. After replacing his Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone and helping Ye Lingling absorb it, Lin Manshan took her to find the Blue Silver King for her next spirit ring.

• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo agreed to give Yang Wudi and Niu Gao Power-type Spirit Bones, while Shui Chaozong received suitable bones to support his cultivation.
• Lin Manshan assigned Tang Xiao’s 90,000-year right leg bone to himself, a left arm bone to Zhu Zhuyu, and the upgraded Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone to Ye Lingling.
• Back at the academy, Lin Manshan replaced his right leg bone and infused the Blue Silver Emperor bone with Life Energy before giving it to Ye Lingling.
• Zhu Zhuyu reached level 70, and Lin Manshan planned to help her and Zhu Zhuqing obtain their seventh spirit rings after Ye Lingling’s spirit ring.
• Ye Lingling completed the bone absorption and reached level 70; Yang Wudi and Niu Gao reached level 94, while Shui Chaozong reached level 87.
• After everyone stabilized their cultivation, Lin Manshan took Ye Lingling to the Blue Silver King’s location.

Lin Manshan and Ye Lingling went to receive the Blue Silver Emperor's Sacrifice, which would give Ye Lingling a powerful seventh Soul Ring and Blue Silver Emperor bloodline talents. The Blue Silver Emperor instead chose a Soul Sacrifice to free herself from painful memories, leaving Lin Manshan to promise that he would protect her clan.

• The Blue Silver Emperor explained that her Sacrifice could strengthen Ye Lingling's martial soul, though it would not produce a Soul Bone, and Ye Lingling learned that Lin Manshan had replaced the leg bone he had given up for her.
• Lin Manshan supplied the Blue Silver Emperor with Life Energy, restoring her hundred thousand year cultivation and allowing her to regain a human body.
• The Blue Silver Emperor began the Sacrifice for Ye Lingling, and the Blue Silver King protested when he realized she was burning her soul.
• The Blue Silver Emperor told Lin Manshan that she wanted to escape her painful memories and asked him to protect her clan, which he promised to do.
• The Blue Silver Emperor entrusted the Blue Silver Clan to the Blue Silver King as her form began to fade.

Ye Lingling gained the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Origin and abilities through her seventh Soul Ring, while Lin Manshan realized the Blue Silver Emperor might be revived if her Soul Origin could be safely extracted and transferred. He accepted the Emperor’s dormant seed for safekeeping, then returned home and learned Zhu Zhuyun had already arranged a reply to the royal invitation.

• Ye Lingling reached Level 74 after gaining the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Ring, and her Martial Soul Avatar awakened plant-commanding abilities that astonished Lin Manshan and the Blue Silver King.
• Lin Manshan sensed that the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Origin remained inside Ye Lingling’s seventh Soul Ring and concluded that it might preserve a chance of revival, though her memories would likely be lost.
• The Blue Silver King dug up the Blue Silver Emperor’s dormant seed and entrusted it to Lin Manshan for safekeeping until he could transfer the Soul Origin safely.
• Lin Manshan and Ye Lingling returned home, where Zhu Zhuyun told them Uncle Liu had prepared a reply declining Xue Ye’s invitation for now.
• Lin Manshan said he and Dugu would go to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day to help Zhu Qing and Zhu Yu obtain Soul Rings before discussing the invitation further.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo took Zhu Zhuyu and Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Great Forest, where the women gained hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and Soul Bones and Lin Manshan grew stronger. Back at the Imperial Palace, Lin Manshan greeted Xue Qinghe as a brother, making the officials think he was openly supporting the First Prince.

• Shui Chaozong carried Dugu Bo, Lin Manshan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyu to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan captured two ninety-thousand-year Three-eyed Ghost Cats and fed them Pills.
• After the Three-eyed Ghost Cats reached the hundred-thousand-year level, Zhu Zhuyu and Zhu Zhuqing each killed one and absorbed its Soul Ring and Soul Bone, reaching level 75.
• Lin Manshan devoured the beasts and advanced several Soul Bones, increased his Soul Power to level 85, and celebrated with the group before they returned to the academy.
• Dugu Bo arranged a visit to Xue Ye, and Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo went to the Imperial Palace, where Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi welcomed them with officials.
• Lin Manshan greeted Xue Qinghe as a brother, leading the officials to interpret his words as public support for the First Prince and leaving Xue Beng pale and Prince Xue Xing helpless.

Xue Ye supported Xue Qinghe’s ambition to restore the Snow Clan and welcomed Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan to the palace. After lunch, Xue Qinghe sought Lin Manshan’s advice on her plans and declared she would surpass him, before the guests departed.

• Xue Ye learned that Xue Qinghe hoped to strengthen the Snow Clan’s bloodline and chose to support him as heir, while dismissing Xue Beng’s prospects.
• Xue Ye welcomed Dugu Bo, Lin Manshan, and Ning Fengzhi, then hosted a banquet honoring Dugu Bo’s rank 99 achievement.
• Dugu Bo announced he would enter seclusion and reassured Xue Ye that Tian Xing Academy would deter trouble near Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe invited Lin Manshan to walk in the rear garden, thanked him for his past guidance, and vowed to surpass him.
• Xue Qinghe shared her plans with Lin Manshan and asked for his advice before they returned to the hall.
• Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan took their leave, and Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi saw them off.

Dugu Bo prepared to challenge the Life and Death Arena again while Lin Manshan planned to enter the Hell Realm for cultivation. Bibi Dong and Tang San also prepared for divine trials, and Tang San began the Asura God's labyrinth test by bypassing its paths from the cavern ceiling.

• Dugu Bo decided to begin closed-door cultivation before challenging the Life and Death Arena, and Lin Manshan comforted the worried Dugu Yan.
• Lin Manshan told the women he would enter closed-door cultivation so he could travel to the Hell Realm.
• Bibi Dong, having reached the peak of Level 99, prepared to visit Na'er before attempting her final step toward godhood.
• Tang San reached Level 70, then received the Asura God's second trial: to find the secret grounds through the Hell Labyrinth within three days.
• Tang San returned to Hell Road and used his Eight Spider Lances to crawl along the cavern ceiling, bypassing the labyrinth's narrow paths.

Tang San completed the Asura God’s second trial and entered a corpse-filled blood realm, where he received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring and learned the conditions of the third trial. The Asura God hoped Tang San would use the month of preparation to temper his mind and cleanse the hidden impurities in his cultivation, but warned that failure to meet his standards would make Tang San a stepping stone.

• Tang San reached the maze’s exit after hours of flight, while the Asura God criticized his impatience and revealed that he had manipulated the maze to test him.
• Tang San entered a vast realm of corpse mountains and blood mist, where the Asura God announced that he had passed the second trial and awarded him a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• The Asura God set Tang San’s third trial: cross the Corpse Mountain and Sea of Blood within a month, with another month to prepare and failure resulting in erasure.
• Tang San recognized the Soul Ring’s extraordinary power and began absorbing it, hoping it would grant him a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• The Asura God explained that the realm could cleanse Tang San’s cultivation impurities, recalled how Tang Chen had wasted the same trial, and left Tang San’s fate to his own comprehension.

Lin Manshan entered the Netherworld and met Mountain, who explained the origins of the world and the God Realm’s encroachment upon it. Mountain hinted that Lin Manshan was qualified to learn his secret, and Lin Manshan asked whether he was meant to inherit Mountain’s God Position.

• Lin Manshan used the Soul Crossing Technique to enter the Netherworld and flew down from the Soul-Gathering Vortex instead of falling into the Nether River.
• Lin Manshan observed the river turning souls into Soul Origin and saw Secret Realms created by Gods.
• Mountain appeared before Lin Manshan, introduced himself, and welcomed him as a rare companion in the desolate Netherworld.
• Mountain recounted the origins of the Netherworld, the primordial Gods, the Dragon God, and the creation of the God Realm.
• Mountain revealed that the God Realm was encroaching on the Netherworld, and Lin Manshan asked whether Mountain wanted him to inherit his God Position and duties.

Lin Manshan learned that the Lord of the Underworld intended for him to inherit the Underworld God Position, then began receiving Soul Power to strengthen his soul and accelerate his transformation. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong entered a secret pool for her own transformation, which began painfully as bony material emerged across her skin.

• The Lord of the Underworld told Lin Manshan that his special physique made him the only suitable successor and that he could not escape the inheritance forever.
• The Lord of the Underworld explained how the Netherworld’s Secret Realm spaces preserved Divine Souls and enabled realistic God Trials.
• The Lord of the Underworld revealed that his true body was the Soul Eye and said he wanted to enter the Gate of Returning Ruins and be reborn.
• The Soul Eye infused Lin Manshan with Soul Power to strengthen his Soul Origin and help his body transform.
• Bibi Dong entered a dark green pool beneath a sculpture of a woman with a scythe, and her body began painfully developing layers of bony material.

Bibi Dong entered the Rakshasa God's Sinful Reincarnation trial and found herself back in her childhood village. In the Netherworld, the mountain explained the trial to Lin Manshan and decided to send him into it to help Bibi Dong and stabilize his Divine Soul.

• Bibi Dong's bones and body changed as a vortex pulled her soul away from her physical body and into her childhood village.
• Bibi Dong recognized the village and ran home, while a black-robed man watched her from a distant hill.
• The mountain showed Lin Manshan an image of Bibi Dong and explained that she was undergoing the Rakshasa God's Sinful Reincarnation trial.
• The mountain told Lin Manshan that the trial could stabilize his Divine Soul and strengthen his will, and said he should enter to help Bibi Dong.
• The mountain explained that the Rakshasa God judged evil thoughts, and that successors had to experience every sin without losing their reason to inherit the God Position.

Lin Manshan entered the Rakshasa God’s Sinful Reincarnation trial and found himself in an illusion where Bibi Dong relived the murder of her parents. As the Rakshasa God watched and manipulated the trial, Lin Manshan was captured alongside Bibi Dong and wondered how he could guide her away from darkness.

• The mountain explained that the Rakshasa God’s final trial tested whether a successor could endure Sinful Reincarnation without losing their true heart, then sent Lin Manshan into the Secret Realm.
• The Rakshasa God sensed Lin Manshan’s soul in her trial and decided he could help address Bibi Dong’s deficiencies.
• Bibi Dong woke beside her parents in an illusion and tried to persuade them to move before bandits attacked their village.
• A man’s poisonous mist made Bibi Dong’s parents scratch themselves to death, while Bibi Dong and Lin Manshan remained unaffected.
• The black-robed man seized Bibi Dong and Lin Manshan, declared them valuable research subjects, and continued killing villagers as Bibi Dong watched in anger and resentment.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong were rescued from an Evil Soul Master by Qian Xunji and taken to a Spirit Hall Branch Hall for Martial Soul Awakening. Their poor results suggested the Rakshasa God's God Trial had changed their circumstances and left them facing an ordinary, difficult life.

• Qian Xunji killed the Evil Soul Master and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to take Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong to safety.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo brought the six-year-old children to a Spirit Hall Branch Hall and arranged their Martial Soul awakenings.
• Lin Manshan awakened a Firewood Chopper Martial Soul with level 0.5 Innate Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong awakened a spider Martial Soul with what appeared to be level 1 Innate Soul Power.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong suspected the Rakshasa God's God Trial had altered their fates to give them an ordinary, harsher life.

Lin Manshan, using the name Hua Man, explained his God Trial theory to Bibi Dong and urged her to remain rational as they experienced commoner life in the Illusion Realm. The next morning, they arrived at the Primary Soul Master Academy, where students mocked Lin Manshan’s appearance.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo arranged for Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong to stay overnight and attend the Primary Soul Master Academy as work-study students.
• Lin Manshan introduced himself to Bibi Dong as Hua Man and said they were undergoing trials in an Illusion Realm centered on her world.
• Lin Manshan suggested Bibi Dong’s trial might require her to experience life as a commoner and asked her to stay rational; she agreed to cooperate.
• The Rakshasa God watched them and wondered which God had sent Lin Manshan into the trial, since his experience could help Bibi Dong inherit her God Position.
• The next morning, Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong entered the academy, where students mocked Lin Manshan’s purple skin and pointed ears.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong enrolled at the Primary Soul Master Academy and saw how neglect and class prejudice harmed Work-Study Students. Bibi Dong began considering how she would improve academy conditions if she unified the continent, while the two were left alone beside a bare bed without bedding.

• A noble student insulted Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong, then ordered his lackeys to make them his slaves, but the two ignored him.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong registered at the Academic Affairs Office and collected their uniforms, while the academy staff failed to follow Chrysanthemum Douluo's instruction to look after them.
• Bibi Dong reflected on how the Branch Hall's neglect and powerful people's words could shape ordinary people's lives and futures.
• Lin Manshan explained that Work-Study Students' labor supported the academy and that poor dormitory conditions reflected a lack of funding; Bibi Dong recalled Spirit Hall's Soul Master Subsidy system and its limits.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong entered the Work-Study Student dormitory, found its bare beds and lack of partitions, and realized they had no bedding.