Chapter Summaries

A year later, Jin Lingfeng met Xiao Wu on the streets of Nuoding City and escorted her to Nuoding Academy. There, he confronted Yu Xiaogang as the self-proclaimed master tried to recruit Xiao Wu, leaving her choice unresolved.

• Jin Lingfeng stopped his coachman from blaming Xiao Wu after the carriage nearly hit her, then offered her a ride to Nuoding Academy.
• Xiao Wu accepted Jin Lingfeng's offer, and he noticed the Holy Dragon Douluo watching from the crowd before they continued their journey.
• At Nuoding Academy, Jin Lingfeng and Xiao Wu encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, who had just arrived at the gates.
• After Yu Xiaogang read Xiao Wu's martial soul certificate, he tried to recruit her as his disciple, and Tang San urged her to accept.
• Jin Lingfeng insulted Yu Xiaogang and challenged his qualifications, while Yu Xiaogang renewed his demand that Xiao Wu become his disciple.

Jin Lingfeng defended Xiao Wu from Tang San, defeated him without using Soul Power, and forced Yu Xiaogang to kowtow before they entered Nuoding Academy. After Xiao Wu enrolled, she spent time with Jin Lingfeng, who planned to confront Yu Xiaogang that night.

• Xiao Wu insulted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then asked Jin Lingfeng to accompany her into Nuoding Academy.
• Tang San challenged Xiao Wu and demanded that she study under Yu Xiaogang if she lost, so Jin Lingfeng offered to fight Tang San instead.
• Jin Lingfeng shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and knocked him unconscious with a single punch, then made Yu Xiaogang kowtow in public.
• Holy Dragon Douluo and Bibi Dong watched Jin Lingfeng and Xiao Wu enter the academy, where the director enrolled Xiao Wu in Dorm Seven and let Jin Lingfeng stay overnight.
• Xiao Wu walked around the training field with Jin Lingfeng, learned his name, and asked whether she should call him Brother Feng or Brother Jin.

Jin Lingfeng befriended Xiao Wu and gave her money for carrots, then confronted Yu Xiaogang at night over his treatment of Bibi Dong. After killing Heavenly Slave and seizing Yu Xiaogang, Jin Lingfeng was overheard by a hidden woman in palace attire.

• Xiao Wu shared a carrot with Jin Lingfeng, and they spent the afternoon chatting together.
• Jin Lingfeng gave Xiao Wu money to buy carrots, and she grew fond of him as he left.
• That night, Jin Lingfeng entered Yu Xiaogang's room and killed Heavenly Slave with a single punch.
• Jin Lingfeng accused Yu Xiaogang of hurting Bibi Dong and grabbed him by the throat when Yu Xiaogang pleaded for his life.
• Yu Xiaogang cursed Jin Lingfeng and accused him of coveting Bibi Dong, while a woman in palace attire secretly listened from the roof.

Jin Lingfeng exposed Yu Xiaogang’s deception to Bibi Dong by extracting his memories, but the revelation triggered Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa curse. As the Rakshasa God took control of her body and attacked Jin Lingfeng, a sacred aura rose behind him to bathe her.

• Jin Lingfeng attacked Yu Xiaogang, but Bibi Dong intervened and stopped him from killing Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong heard Yu Xiaogang’s pleas, rejected him, and told him they would be strangers from then on.
• Jin Lingfeng struck Yu Xiaogang and used his Soul Bone Skill to extract his memories, revealing Yu Xiaogang’s schemes and his relationship with Liu Erlong.
• Bibi Dong learned the truth, wounded Yu Xiaogang, and began to succumb to the Rakshasa God’s curse.
• The Rakshasa God seized control of Bibi Dong and nearly killed Jin Lingfeng, while Bibi Dong briefly fought back and urged him to leave.
• A sacred, gentle God-tier Martial Soul aura rose behind Jin Lingfeng and bathed Bibi Dong.

Jin Lingfeng helped Bibi Dong break free of the Rakshasa curse, then reached Soul Elder and used his new skill to raise her ninth Soul Ring to the Hundred Thousand Year level. He and Bibi Dong went to Nuoding Academy’s cafeteria, where Xiao Wu reunited with Jin Lingfeng and learned that Bibi Dong was not his girlfriend.

• Jin Lingfeng’s pleas helped Bibi Dong overcome the Rakshasa God’s curse, and she asked whether he liked her before fainting.
• Bibi Dong secretly kissed Jin Lingfeng as he slept, while he pretended not to notice.
• Jin Lingfeng broke through to Rank 30, gained two third Soul Skills, and raised Bibi Dong’s ninth Soul Ring to the Hundred Thousand Year level.
• Jin Lingfeng and Bibi Dong headed to the cafeteria, watched from afar by a black-clothed old man.
• Xiao Wu spotted Jin Lingfeng in the cafeteria and asked whether Bibi Dong was his girlfriend; Jin Lingfeng said she was only a friend.

Jin Lingfeng left Xiao Wu and returned to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong sent him to the Heaven Dou Empire as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son to assist Qian Renxue. The chapter ended as Jin Lingfeng and his escorts arrived at the imperial court in Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Wu said goodbye to Jin Lingfeng as he departed with Bibi Dong, while a bandaged youth watched them leave with a cold smile.
• Five days later, Bibi Dong told Jin Lingfeng that Qian Renxue had replaced Xue Qinghe but needed help dealing with Xue Ye and Dugu Bo.
• Bibi Dong announced that Jin Lingfeng would travel to the Heaven Dou Empire as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, and Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo were assigned to accompany him.
• Holy Dragon Douluo reported the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast at Nuoding Academy to Qian Daoliu, who ordered him to protect Jin Lingfeng on the mission.
• Three days later, Jin Lingfeng’s party arrived at the Heaven Dou Empire’s palace, where Xue Qinghe and the other princes stood before the emperor.

Jin Lingfeng arrived in Heaven Dou City and reunited with Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe. After sharing a carriage, they discussed her dangerous position in the palace, and Jin Lingfeng promised to help her deal with Poison Douluo.

• Xue Ye ordered Qian Renxue and Xue Zichang to receive Spirit Hall's Holy Son, while Xue Zichang voiced suspicion about Spirit Hall's motives.
• Jin Lingfeng arrived, recognized Qian Renxue beneath her Xue Qinghe disguise, and exchanged greetings with her and Xue Zichang.
• Xue Zichang offered Jin Lingfeng a choice of carriages, and Jin Lingfeng chose to ride with Xue Qinghe, prompting Xue Zichang to watch them suspiciously.
• Inside the carriage, Jin Lingfeng and Qian Renxue reunited affectionately and discussed her rivals in the palace and Poison Douluo's presence.
• Jin Lingfeng promised to deal with Poison Douluo and reassured Qian Renxue that he loved her spoiled, sharp-tongued nature.

Jin Lingfeng attended a welcome banquet at Xue Ye’s palace, where the emperor and princes tried to intoxicate him and learn Spirit Hall’s mission. After Jin Lingfeng drank every cup without effect, Xue Beng exposed their plan, and Jin Lingfeng left threatening to report the insult to the Pope.

• Jin Lingfeng, Qian Renxue, and Xue Zichang entered Heaven Dou Hall, where Xue Ye welcomed Jin Lingfeng and invited him to a banquet.
• At Xunyan Palace, Xue Ye seated Jin Lingfeng behind Xue Beng and served him Heavenly Immortal Drunk as a test.
• Jin Lingfeng purified the wine with the Primal Chaos Bead, while Qian Renxue discreetly warned him and then encouraged him to keep drinking.
• Jin Lingfeng drank more than twenty cups without getting drunk, while the four princes collapsed and Qian Renxue pretended to be drunk.
• Xue Beng drunkenly revealed that the banquet was meant to make Jin Lingfeng talk, so Jin Lingfeng accused Xue Ye of tampering with the wine and threatened to report him to the Pope.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Beng confined to the cold palace for half a year and tried to stop Jin Lingfeng from leaving.

Jin Lingfeng met Qian Renxue and agreed to a staged duel against ten Soul Elders as part of a plot to kill the Second and Third Princes and frame Xue Beng. The chapter ended as the match began, with the ten fighters surrounding Jin Lingfeng.

• After the banquet, Xue Ye asked Prince Xue Xing which princes might be colluding with Spirit Hall, and Xue Xing named Xue Beng as the most suspicious while ruling out Xue Qinghe.
• Jin Lingfeng secretly visited Qian Renxue, reassured her about the dangers ahead, and revealed that he had already controlled Xue Xing.
• Jin Lingfeng challenged the Heaven Dou Empire to send ten Soul Elders to fight him alone, and Xue Ye accepted the match.
• Qian Renxue and Jin Lingfeng planned to use the duel as cover for an assassin to kill Xue Zichang and Xue Ying, then blame the attack on Xue Beng.
• At Central Gate Square, Xue Ye ordered the ten assembled Soul Elders to begin the match, and they surrounded Jin Lingfeng.

Jin Lingfeng defeated ten level 39 Soul Masters at the Heaven Dou palace, but a masked assassin struck him and the princes with a golden needle. Two princes died, Qian Renxue survived her wound, and Yue Guan discovered Xue Zichang was still alive before secretly finishing him off.

• Jin Lingfeng used his Demonic Crocodile Descends domain to seal the Soul Power of ten attackers and defeat them.
• A masked assassin emerged from an eastern pavilion and struck Jin Lingfeng, Xue Zichang, Xue Ying, and Qian Renxue with golden needles before fleeing.
• Xue Ye learned that Xue Zichang and Xue Ying had died, while Qian Renxue was out of mortal danger and Jin Lingfeng had stopped breathing.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrived, mourned Jin Lingfeng, and demanded an explanation from Xue Ye.
• Yue Guan discovered that Xue Zichang still had a faint pulse and secretly sent Soul Power into him, killing him completely.

Jin Lingfeng learned Qian Renxue was safe, helped Dugu Bo plan how to manage the poison in his and Dugu Yan’s bodies, and spent half a year secretly with Qian Renxue. After repeatedly dreaming of Xiao Wu in danger and hearing Qian Renxue confront him about her, he left for Nuoding Academy before returning to Spirit City.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei helped Jin Lingfeng escape, while Xue Ye collapsed after learning that the Fourth Prince had been rescued.
• Jin Lingfeng told Dugu Bo how soul bones could contain his toxins and offered to remove the poison from Dugu Yan.
• Jin Lingfeng dreamed of Xiao Wu being attacked, then reassured Qian Renxue after she overheard him say Xiao Wu’s name in his sleep.
• Qian Renxue, now Crown Prince, urged Jin Lingfeng to return and promised they could be together after he reached Level 100 and helped Spirit Hall unify the continent.
• Jin Lingfeng left Qian Renxue and traveled with Yue Guan to Nuoding Academy, where he hurried into the instructors’ office.

Jin Lingfeng learned that Lu Zheng had taken Xiao Wu to Spirit City and intercepted the carriage, killing Lu Zheng and freeing her. Demon Bear Douluo then attacked Jin Lingfeng in revenge, but a black-robed elder arrived and ordered him to stop.

• Jin Lingfeng discovered that Xiao Wu had gone missing, and Yue Guan told him Lu Zheng had captured her and was taking her to Spirit City.
• Jin Lingfeng tracked down Lu Zheng's carriage, killed him, and rescued Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu asked Jin Lingfeng why he had helped her despite knowing her true identity, and he told her he already loved someone else.
• Demon Bear Douluo attacked the carriage, but Yue Guan and Gui Mei protected Jin Lingfeng and Xiao Wu.
• Demon Bear Douluo vowed to kill Jin Lingfeng over Lu Zheng's death, but a black-robed elder appeared and told him to return to Spirit City and apologize to the Great Priest.

Bibi Dong arrived in time to save Jin Lingfeng, killed Demon Bear Douluo, and took Lingfeng and Xiao Wu toward Nuoding Academy. Later, as she and Lingfeng shared a quiet evening, he pressed her to reveal whom she liked, leaving her nervous about answering.

• Demon Bear Douluo attacked Jin Lingfeng, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei tried to protect him and Holy Dragon Douluo turned away.
• Bibi Dong appeared, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to seal Demon Bear Douluo.
• Bibi Dong revealed nine red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, killed Demon Bear Douluo with her Sixth Soul Skill, and gave his two soul bones to Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Bibi Dong departed with Jin Lingfeng and Xiao Wu, saying she would accompany Lingfeng to Nuoding Academy before returning to Spirit City.
• At an inn that night, Jin Lingfeng teased Bibi Dong about the person she liked and coaxed her into promising to tell him.

Bibi Dong confessed that she liked Jin Lingfeng, then hid her feelings when he dismissed it as a joke. The next evening, Xiao Wu asked to become his little sister, but Jin Lingfeng rejected her because he loved Qian Renxue, and he left with Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong told Jin Lingfeng that he was the person she liked, then covered her confession with teasing when he did not believe her.
• Xiao Wu overheard Bibi Dong's feelings and realized that she and Bibi Dong both loved Jin Lingfeng.
• Outside Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu asked Jin Lingfeng to accept her as his little sister so they could stay close.
• Jin Lingfeng refused Xiao Wu's request and said he already loved someone, so they should remain ordinary friends.
• Xiao Wu wished Jin Lingfeng happiness and returned to the academy, while Bibi Dong praised him for rejecting her request and warned him to keep his distance from girls.

Jin Lingfeng and Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City after spending a happy half month together, and Bibi Dong hinted at her romantic feelings for him. The chapter ended as Jin Lingfeng questioned whether she truly liked him and reached to lift her lowered chin.

• Bibi Dong teased and punished Jin Lingfeng before they left for Spirit City, and he promised to refine her soul bones.
• During their half-month journey, Jin Lingfeng and Bibi Dong visited remote towns and grew closer.
• As they neared Spirit City, Bibi Dong thanked Jin Lingfeng and promised she would always be his Sister Dong'er.
• Jin Lingfeng told Bibi Dong that she and Xue'er were his reverse scales and vowed to protect them.
• Bibi Dong asked Jin Lingfeng if he dared to hug her, then suggested they keep it secret from Xue'er.
• Jin Lingfeng asked whether Bibi Dong really liked him and reached to lift her chin.

Bibi Dong and Jin Lingfeng shared their first embrace before returning to the Papal Palace, where Jin Lingfeng reunited with Golden Crocodile Douluo. The chapter left Jin Lingfeng moved by his growing feelings for Bibi Dong and his grandfather’s sadness at seeing how much he had grown.

• Bibi Dong blasted Jin Lingfeng away after he teased her, then felt guilty when he assumed she disliked him.
• Jin Lingfeng asked to hug Bibi Dong, and she agreed; they embraced as she privately vowed to protect him for the rest of her life.
• The next evening, Bibi Dong and Jin Lingfeng arrived at the Papal Palace, where Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the guards greeted them as Your Holiness and Holy Son.
• Jin Lingfeng told Bibi Dong he wanted to visit his grandfather, and she let him go back to Yiheyuan.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo welcomed Jin Lingfeng and noticed how much taller he had grown, then felt sorrowful when he could no longer pat his grandson’s head.

Jin Lingfeng reunited with Golden Crocodile Douluo and promised to strengthen his soul rings and soul bones, but Qian Daoliu revealed that Golden Crocodile’s old injuries had worsened. Jin Lingfeng resolved to reach Level 100 to try to heal him, while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile shared a private moment of reconciliation.

• Jin Lingfeng drank with Golden Crocodile Douluo and promised to raise the ages of his soul rings and soul bones to Hundred Thousand Year level.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo urged Jin Lingfeng not to help Qian Daoliu, then got drunk and was escorted back to rest.
• Qian Daoliu told Jin Lingfeng that Golden Crocodile’s old injuries had relapsed ten years earlier and worsened three months ago.
• Jin Lingfeng vowed to hide his grief from Golden Crocodile and cultivate toward Level 100 in hopes of healing him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed he had been listening, punched Qian Daoliu for telling Jin Lingfeng, and then accepted his invitation to drink.

At fourteen, Jin Lingfeng reached Soul Power level 43 and received orders to travel to the Star Luo Empire to negotiate Spirit Hall’s cooperation with the Zhu Family. He met Zhu Zhuqing at the rendezvous, while Spirit Hall’s elders secretly followed to protect him.

• Jin Lingfeng continued helping Golden Crocodile Douluo refine his soul rings and soul bones, and his friendship with Hu Liena remained close.
• Bibi Dong told Jin Lingfeng that Spirit Hall had contacted the Zhu Family and assigned him to negotiate with them in the Star Luo Empire.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to secretly protect Jin Lingfeng, while Holy Dragon Douluo also departed on an assignment.
• Zhu Youzhi told Zhu Zhuqing that cooperation with Spirit Hall could spare her from marrying Dai Mubai after the empire fell, and warned her to keep the plan from Zhu Yun.
• Jin Lingfeng dismissed his coachman at a town near Star Luo City and met Zhu Zhuqing at their agreed rendezvous.

Jin Lingfeng arrived in Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuqing to negotiate an alliance between Spirit Hall and the Zhu Family. Zhu Youzhi questioned Spirit Hall’s offer, and the chapter ended with him appearing dissatisfied as Zhu Zhuqing anxiously hoped the empire would fall so she could escape her engagement to Dai Mubai.

• Jin Lingfeng identified himself to Zhu Zhuqing with the code phrase and followed her into Star Luo City.
• Zhu Zhuqing escorted Jin Lingfeng to Flying Cloud Tower, where he waited for her father and privately decided to find a way to end her engagement to Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Youzhi arrived with Zhu Zhuqing and asked what benefits the Zhu Family would receive for joining Spirit Hall.
• Jin Lingfeng offered Zhu Youzhi an elder position, Titled Douluo protection for the family, and twice its former fiefs if the Star Luo Empire fell.
• Zhu Youzhi reacted coldly to the offer while Zhu Zhuqing anxiously hoped for the empire’s fall.

Jin Lingfeng tried to protect Zhu Youzhi and Zhu Zhuqing when Dai Weisi caught them meeting in Flying Cloud Tower. He revealed his identity as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son with the arrival of Yue Guan and Gui Mei, leaving Dai Weisi unable to seize them.

• After Yue Guan warned that the Star Luo imperial family had arrived, Jin Lingfeng told Zhu Youzhi and Zhu Zhuqing to claim he had saved her from soul beasts three months earlier.
• Dai Weisi burst into their room, accused Jin Lingfeng and the Zhu Family of collusion, and ordered his guards to seize them.
• Jin Lingfeng explained how he had survived the assassination and why he had come to visit Zhu Zhuqing, while Zhu Youzhi confirmed his account.
• Dai Weisi rejected their explanation and ordered the guards to take them to the imperial palace.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei appeared, blasted the guards away, and confirmed Jin Lingfeng’s identity as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Jin Lingfeng asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei to restrain their auras and declared Zhu Zhuqing his friend.