Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan advanced to Spirit King and received Medusa’s Left Arm Spirit Bone, while Lin Li warned her to conceal it from Yu Tianheng. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Li found a threatening letter from Xu Changhe and resolved to settle old debts once she became stronger.

• Lin Li recognized that Dugu Yan had reached ordinary Spirit King strength and gave her Medusa’s Left Arm Spirit Bone to absorb alongside the matching Spirit Ring.
• Lin Li told Dugu Yan to keep the Spirit Bone secret from everyone except her grandfather and to tell Yu Tianheng only about the ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Lin Li returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, planned to enter seclusion after using her seventh soul skill, and found Zhou Yurou was away training.
• Lin Li found a letter from Xu Changhe, Sect Master of the Star Crown Sect, burned it with black flame, and headed to her secret chamber while vowing to settle their past debts.

Xu Changhe used the Star Crown Sect’s weakness against Tang Hao to pressure Xu Ling into bringing his powerful niece, known as the Phoenix Girl, back to the sect. Xu Ling left the hall after realizing the sect master was threatening him, while Xu Changhe remained confident he would comply.

• Xu Changhe read a report to the Star Crown Sect elders and spoke of Xu Yan’s death with feigned sorrow.
• Xu Ling objected when Xu Changhe claimed Xu Yan had been killed by a Soul Beast, insisting his son had been caught up in Tang Hao’s attack.
• Xu Changhe said the Star Crown Sect lacked the strength to confront Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xu Changhe invoked Xu Ling’s niece, the Phoenix Girl, and suggested she could restore the sect’s glory if she returned.
• Xu Ling recognized the remark as a threat and left the hall, while Xu Changhe smiled, confident Xu Ling would choose to bring his niece back.

After Xu Ling left the Star Crown Sect hall, Xu Changhe and the elders discussed how to bring Lin Li back, recognizing her talent as vital to the sect's future. Xu Changhe had already sent her a letter, while Elder Gong offered to visit her in Heaven Dou if needed.

• Xu Changhe let Elder Gong silence the elders, who admitted they had been afraid to challenge Xu Ling because Lin Li was a powerful Phoenix Girl and his granddaughter.
• Elder Gong urged the Star Crown Sect to recruit Lin Li, and volunteered to travel to Heaven Dou to meet her.
• Xu Changhe told Elder Gong that he had already sent Lin Li a letter through clansmen in the Heaven Dou Empire, and Elder Gong approved of his efforts.
• Xu Changhe lamented that the Dai Family and Zhu Family had rising talents while the Star Crown Sect lacked capable young people.
• After dismissing the elders, Xu Changhe privately brooded over the sect's depleted resources and admitted he wanted Lin Li's return partly because of her Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.

Lin Li absorbed the two-hundred-thousand-year Fallen Star Phoenix Right Leg Bone, gaining three Soul Power levels and two powerful soul skills. She then used her second spirit to travel through a moonlight door to meet an old man, warning him that she would not be persuaded to tolerate the schemes being carried out against her.

• Lin Li emerged from seclusion and reflected on her concerns about the Star Crown Sect and its treatment of young talent.
• Lin Li absorbed the Fallen Star Phoenix Right Leg Bone, rising from the peak of level 84 to the peak of level 87 and gaining clearer insight into ultimate evil.
• Lin Li gained the soul skills Shattering Void Falling Phoenix Feather and Falling Phoenix Moon, Soul Hook.
• Lin Li sensed an unwelcome presence and used Moonlight Gazing to open a silver-white door and travel to a flower-scented cottage.
• Lin Li confronted the old man waiting there and told him to stop trying to persuade her because the schemes against her were plain to see.

Lin Li confronted Elder Gong, a Titled Douluo sent by the Star Crown Sect, and rejected the sect’s claim on her while acknowledging her father’s connection to it. She left open the possibility of helping if the Star Crown Sect faced real danger.

• Lin Li dismissed Xu Ling’s appeal to family, saying the Star Crown Sect had given her nothing and that she understood its plans for her spirit bones.
• Lin Li saw through Xu Ling’s disguise, and Elder Gong revealed himself as a Titled Douluo with a snowy-white fox martial soul.
• Elder Gong’s Spiritual Power spread through the area, but Lin Li cut through its ripples with her Soul Power, causing the camellias in Soul Town Village to fall.
• Lin Li asked why Elder Gong served the Star Crown Sect, and he said he guarded it because of an oath he had made.
• Lin Li told Elder Gong that the Star Crown Sect was her father’s home, not hers, but said he could seek her help if the sect truly faced trouble.

Lin Li learned more about Elder Gong’s past and offered to help Xu Ling obtain soul bones so he could advance to the Titled rank. Xu Ling accepted her concern with a smile, noting that she resembled her father.

• Lin Li struggled to hate Xu Ling after seeing his grief at his son’s gravestone.
• Elder Gong spoke with Lin Li about her soul rings and admired the camellias in Soul Town Village before disappearing.
• Xu Ling reappeared and explained that Elder Gong had loved the previous Second Elder and had remained with the Star Crown Sect after the Second Elder died.
• Lin Li asked Xu Ling which soul bones he needed and offered to equip him with a full set so he could reach the Titled rank.
• Xu Ling told Lin Li that she was much like her father.

Lin Li gave Xu Ling the Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb Aromatic Silk Beauty, which transformed his Spirit and greatly increased his strength. The system issued new rewards and missions, including helping Xu Ling reach Titled Douluo, while Xu Ling completed his transformation and regained his youth.

• Lin Li gave Xu Ling the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and he consumed it after learning she had no use for it.
• The herb transformed Xu Ling's Star Crown Spirit and rapidly raised his Soul Power from its peak at level 85.
• The system issued Lin Li delayed rewards, compensation, and missions involving Xu Ling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan.
• Xu Ling completed his absorption, underwent Marrow Cleansing, and regained dark hair, fair skin, and a straightened posture.

Lin Li presented Xu Ling with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Wisdom Skull and urged him to absorb it, while explaining her plans to strengthen the Imperial Dou Team and prepare for future battles. She left Xu Ling with a clear reminder that she needed his help to settle accounts with the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall.

• Xu Ling told Lin Li that absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty had evolved his Star Crown Spirit into the Star Radiance Crown and raised his Soul Power to the peak of level eighty-seven.
• Xu Ling recalled competing in the Star Luo Royal Spirit Master Academy's seed team and described the overwhelming power of Qian Xunji's Six-Winged Angel.
• Lin Li revealed the Hundred Thousand Year Star Radiance Ice Condensation Wisdom Skull and explained that she had reserved her Wisdom Skull and Torso Bone positions for the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign and Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Xu Ling refused the Soul Bone, but Lin Li insisted he absorb it, arguing that he could not count on obtaining another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
• Lin Li told Xu Ling that she needed his help to collect a debt from the Clear Sky Sect and vowed not to spare anyone in Spirit Hall.

Xu Ling absorbed a soul bone that rapidly advanced his Spiritual Power, while Lin Li returned to Shrek Academy and found Zhu Zhuqing devastated after discovering Dai Mubai’s betrayal. Lin Li offered to protect Zhu Zhuqing from her family and asked whether she still wanted to stay with Dai Mubai.

• Xu Ling absorbed the soul bone, and his Spiritual Power evolved toward the level needed to become a Titled Douluo.
• Lin Li used her spirit ring to return to Shrek Academy, leaving the tea behind in Soul Town Village.
• Zhu Zhuqing cried alone after seeing Dai Mubai enter a hotel with several girls and learning that his friends had helped conceal his behavior.
• Lin Li appeared before Zhu Zhuqing, who knelt and begged her teacher for help.
• Lin Li comforted Zhu Zhuqing, promised to shield her from most harm, and asked whether she still wanted to be with Dai Mubai.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected her relationship with Dai Mubai, and Lin Li gave her an Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb that raised her to the Soul Ancestor realm. Zhu Zhuqing chose to remain at Shrek Academy so she could defeat them and challenge her fate, just as someone called out to her from outside.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Li that Dai Mubai disgusted her and that she no longer wanted to be with him.
• Lin Li offered Zhu Zhuqing a Purple Stamen Orchid, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed it while Lin Li stood guard.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached the Soul Ancestor realm after absorbing the herb.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Li she wanted to stay at Shrek Academy and defeat them to break her fate.
• Lin Li offered to kill Zhu Zhuqing's family and fiancé for her, and a woman called to Zhu Zhuqing from outside.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected Ning Rongrong’s plea to defend Dai Mubai and remained determined to prove herself at Shrek Academy. Lin Li left the academy after sensing Bone Douluo, Gu Rong, and confronted him in a Soul Hunting Forest.

• Lin Li warned Zhu Zhuqing that Shrek Academy’s control-type spirit master had left and offered to help her find a fourth spirit ring, but Zhu Zhuqing declined.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai had left and tried to explain his decision, but Zhu Zhuqing dismissed the excuse and warned Rongrong not to plead for him.
• Lin Li watched Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, then reflected on Oscar’s Divinity Seed and the conditions required for it to take root.
• Lin Li sensed someone approaching, vanished from Shrek Academy, and appeared in a Soul Hunting Forest.
• Bone Douluo, Gu Rong, appeared before Lin Li, who challenged him for following her.

Lin Li refused Gu Rong’s invitation to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and unleashed her Abyssal Phoenix powers when he tried to stop her. The confrontation escalated as she combined two spirit abilities against Gu Rong’s Bone Dragon Armor.

• Gu Rong invited Lin Li to return with him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where the Sect Master wanted to meet her.
• Lin Li refused, summoned her Abyssal Phoenix, and unleashed her Abyssal Interminable Domain with eight spirit rings.
• Gu Rong offered to discuss benefits, but Lin Li declined and turned to leave.
• Gu Rong summoned his martial spirit to stop Lin Li, and his Bone Dragon Armor blocked her black Soul Power chains.
• Lin Li used Abyssal Waltz and Abyssal Fallen God Formation together, filling the domain with Ultimate Evil Power.

Lin Li fought Gu Rong with her demonic and phoenix abilities, forcing him to use his ninth spirit ability before she brought down her Nether Sun. Just as it was about to hit him, Sword Douluo Chen Xin appeared, and Lin Li called him out for hiding.

• Gu Rong manifested his Bone Dragon True Body and used Bone Domain Devour to weaken Lin Li's attacks.
• Lin Li unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar and Death God's Fall, prompting Gu Rong to use Bone Transformation Divine Dragon to confine her strike.
• Lin Li summoned the Eternal Nether Sun and began dropping it toward the struggling Gu Rong.
• Chen Xin appeared with his sword just before the Nether Sun struck, and Lin Li told him to stop hiding.

Lin Li fought Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi after they challenged her in the Abyssal Interminable Domain, unleashing powerful soul skills and threatening to self-destruct. Ning Fengzhi called the confrontation a misunderstanding, but Lin Li still demanded an explanation.

• Lin Li summoned her Eighth Spirit Ability, Eternal Fall to Yama, and Yama Hell descended on Gu Rong.
• Gu Rong charged at Yama Hell as a white-robed Sword Immortal used the Seven Kill Sword's Martial Soul True Body and God-Demon Dual Slash.
• Ning Fengzhi empowered his allies with the Seven Treasures True Body and several boosts while Lin Li unleashed Yellow Springs Purgatory.
• Ning Fengzhi's Spiritual Power boost helped Gu Rong and the Sword Immortal resist Lin Li's Head Spirit Bone skill.
• Lin Li summoned her Profound Nether Phoenix Wings and threatened to self-destruct unless the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect gave her a reasonable explanation.
• Ning Fengzhi shouted that the fight was a misunderstanding.

Lin Li forced Ning Fengzhi to offer a soul bone after threatening the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with her overwhelming power. Ning Fengzhi then revealed that he had invited her to ask how one obtains a Deity's inheritance.

• Lin Li threatened Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect by unleashing her soul rings and domain.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Lin Li a ninety-thousand-year Dark Gold Earth Dragon Scorpion Left Leg Bone as an apology.
• Lin Li lowered her soul rings but struck Bone Douluo with Ultimate Evil Power, keeping the Nether Sun poised above the group.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Gu Rong from advancing and asked Lin Li to speak with them face-to-face.
• Lin Li asked why Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo had invited her, and Ning Fengzhi asked how one obtains a Deity's inheritance.

Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Li how to find a Deity’s inheritance, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect gave her a soul bone in exchange for information. Lin Li revealed that Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi guarded two Deity inheritances, leaving Ning Fengzhi to consider whether the sect could access either one.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Li how someone could begin the path to godhood, and Lin Li mocked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s chances.
• Ning Fengzhi signaled Chen Xin to hand Lin Li a soul bone, which she swiftly stored in her Soul Tool ring.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Li to reveal the Deities’ whereabouts in return for a generous reward.
• Lin Li named Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi as guardians of two places of Deity inheritance.
• Ning Fengzhi realized the inheritances might be reserved for Spirit Hall and Bo Saixi’s own people.

Lin Li told Ning Fengzhi and the others about Oscar’s possible God of Food inheritance, then returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. She weighed the limits of her power and the obstacles to her plans before settling down to cultivate toward Titled Douluo rank.

• Lin Li explained that Oscar might inherit the God of Food’s power and said divine inheritances could only be activated after reaching rank ninety.
• Lin Li flew from the Soul Hunting Forest to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, regretting that she had not killed the others when she had the chance.
• Back in her dormitory, Lin Li realized her current Soul Power could not defeat a Titled Douluo unless she fought to the death.
• Lin Li considered the requirements and obstacles facing the Angel God, the Sea God, and Oscar’s potential inheritance.
• Lin Li sat cross-legged and began cultivating so she could break through to Titled Douluo rank.

Lin Li and Zhou Yurou discussed Tang San’s return to Shrek Academy and the awakening of his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul. Zhou Yurou questioned whether Tang Hao truly cared about his son, pointing out that he should have known how best to develop the Blue Silver Emperor.

• The system told Lin Li that Tang San had returned to Shrek and Tang Hao had returned to the Clear Sky Sect, possibly because of the soul bones offered as competition prizes.
• Zhou Yurou returned from visiting Shrek Academy and told Lin Li that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s relationship had fallen apart and Tang San had come back.
• Zhou Yurou reported that Tang San’s Martial Soul had changed, and Lin Li explained that the Blue Silver Emperor had fully awakened rather than evolved.
• Lin Li said a Grandmaster had guided Tang San toward a poisonous path for his Martial Soul.
• Zhou Yurou asked whether Tang Hao cared about Tang San, since he should have known what soul skills best suited the Blue Silver Emperor.

Lin Li considered Tang Hao’s motives and the Clear Sky Sect’s failure to oppose Spirit Hall, then resolved to hunt the Star Dou Great Forest’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for her second martial soul. She left Zhou Yurou with the grim plan to kill the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python for their soul rings.

• Lin Li questioned whether Yu Xiaogang could understand the Blue Silver Emperor better than Tang Hao and recalled that Tang Hao had delayed Tang San’s absorption of the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Lin Li suspected Tang Hao had recognized Tang San’s unusual abilities and wondered whether he had deliberately planned to place his hopes in Tang San.
• Lin Li condemned the Clear Sky Sect for hiding despite its strength and connected its later leadership to the Hundred-Thousand-Year Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• Lin Li’s resentment toward the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts grew, and she considered hunting the two beasts for her Star Radiance Crown.
• When Zhou Yurou mentioned the two known Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, Lin Li said they would kill them first and use them for soul rings.

Lin Li reassured Zhou Yurou that she would provide for her future spirit rings and explained how she had strengthened Dugu Yan's poison. As the academy prepared for the competition, Lin Li anticipated its beginning.

• Zhou Yurou felt inferior because Lin Li had helped her far more than she had helped Lin Li.
• Lin Li promised to take care of Zhou Yurou's future spirit rings, and Zhou Yurou asked why Lin Li had offered to make Dugu Yan her disciple if she defeated Spirit Hall's Golden Generation.
• Lin Li explained that Dugu Yan's poison could threaten even high-level Soul Emperors and revealed that she had refined it herself.
• Lin Li recounted how she had helped cure Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, given Dugu Yan a poison cultivation manual, and prepared pills to strengthen her for the competition.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy of Spirit Masters grew solemn as everyone prepared for the event, and Lin Li said it was beginning.