Chapter Summaries

Fang Ling and Zhuqing used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to escape a deadly ambush and kill four Fallen Spirit Masters. As an eight-ring Soul Douluo struck from the void, Fang Ling fled and called for his teacher to save him.

• Fang Ling blocked the attackers long enough to carry Zhuqing out of immediate danger, but the five Fallen Spirit Masters continued their assault.
• Fang Ling embraced Zhuqing, and they transformed into the gray-robed figure wielding the Nether Shadow Death Scythe.
• Fang Ling evaded the attacks and killed the Blood Demon Soul Emperor, the Werewolf Soul King, the Skeleton Soul King, and the Abomination Soul King.
• Fang Ling moved to kill the fleeing Ten Thousand Souls Banner Soul Emperor, but an eight-ring Soul Douluo reached out from the void.
• Fang Ling wounded the Soul Douluo's hand with Ultimate Death Power, escaped through the void, and shouted for his teacher to save him.

Dugu Bo intervened when Fang Ling and Zhu Zhuqing faced a powerful Fallen Soul Douluo with a Plague Body. He unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison, overwhelming the plague as Heaven Dou City’s factions sensed his power.

• Dugu Bo intercepted the Fallen Soul Douluo’s corrosive pus and blood after the Ten Thousand Souls Banner Soul Emperor was killed.
• Dugu Bo recognized the enemy’s Plague Body, while the Fallen Soul Douluo demanded to leave and threatened to infect Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo released his Martial Soul Avatar and spread Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison through the street.
• Pufferfish Douluo and Snake Lance alerted Qian Renxue, while Salas, Liu Erlong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling recognized Dugu Bo’s Dragon Might.
• The Fallen Soul Douluo activated his Martial Soul Avatar, but Dugu Bo’s poison overwhelmed his plague and left him facing near-certain death.

Fang Ling’s Points from the battle upgraded his Long-Handled Battle Scythe and increased its Sharpness, while he considered using his remaining Points on spirit rings. He then sensed that another Spirit Master had hidden survivors nearby, and he and Zhu Zhuqing prepared for a possible threat.

• Dugu Bo gathered the lingering poison into his Soul Core while Fang Ling and Zhu Zhuqing watched from a safe hiding place.
• Fang Ling checked his Stats Panel and used seventy-nine Points to raise his Martial Soul to Level 5, increasing its weight and upgrading Sharpness to Lv6.
• Fang Ling decided to spend his remaining Points on spirit rings rather than his Martial Soul or Soul Power, hoping to strengthen his body and prepare for his Fifth Spirit Ring.
• Fang Ling sensed a hidden Spirit Master who had concealed some of the Fallen Spirit Masters, and he warned Zhu Zhuqing that the enemy had likely fled because he was weak.

Fang Ling and Dugu Bo survived an ambush by Fallen Spirit Masters, while the hidden survivor Cang Hai fled. Dugu Bo handed the Plague Body Fallen Soul Douluo’s corpse to Spirit Hall and left with Fang Ling and Zhu Zhuqing to watch his granddaughter’s match and investigate what Tang Hao was guarding.

• Fang Ling sensed a hidden observer, while Cang Hai, frightened by Fang Ling’s strength, abandoned the mission and escaped.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had killed an ambush party targeting Fang Ling and Zhu Zhuqing, including an eight-ring Fallen Soul Douluo with the Plague Body.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived, learned of the attack, and suspected Star Luo’s involvement, while Dugu Bo left the matter for others to investigate.
• Salas and Qian Renxue thanked Dugu Bo, who handed Salas the Fallen Soul Douluo’s corpse and ordered Spirit Hall to expose the source of the attack.
• Dugu Bo warned that he would show no mercy to anyone who threatened his grandson-in-law, then departed with Fang Ling and Zhu Zhuqing to watch his granddaughter’s match and see what Tang Hao was guarding.

Fang Ling returned safely to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team after Dugu Bo’s Dragon Might caused alarm, then urged his teammates to focus on their Soul Fighting match against Shrek. The match began with Dugu Yan unleashing her poison, leaving both teams to face off in the arena.

• Dai Mubai secretly wondered whether his letter had caused Fang Ling and Zhu Zhuqing’s deaths, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling worried about Fang Ling’s safety.
• Fang Ling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Bo entered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy lounge, reassuring the team that Fang Ling was safe after an attack.
• Fang Ling declined Qin Ming’s request to lead the team in the match, saying he had exhausted his Soul Power, and told everyone to fight while he watched.
• Fang Ling and Zhu Zhuqing watched from a VIP room as Shrek and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy teams took the field and activated their Martial Souls.
• Dugu Yan used her Third Soul Ring to release Blue Phosphorous Purple Poison toward the Shrek team.

Dugu Yan’s poison forced Shrek Academy’s team into a dangerous position, but Tang San used liquor and fire to clear it. After Dugu Yan gained the upper hand in the ensuing fight, Fang Ling revealed to Dugu Bo that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and warned him against acting against her.

• Dugu Yan released her deadly Purple Mist, forcing Shrek’s team to choose between spending their Soul Power to clear it or being engulfed.
• Tang San threw two wineskins into the air, and Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Light Wave and Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line turned the liquor into flames that burned away the poison.
• Dugu Yan mocked Shrek for using external items, then fought Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai while overpowering them with her strength and poison.
• In the VIP Room, Dugu Bo asked Fang Ling whether he had noticed anything unusual about Xiao Wu when they attended the same academy.
• Fang Ling told Dugu Bo that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit and urged him not to act, citing Tang Hao’s ability to kill the previous Pope.

Fang Ling and Dugu Bo decided not to pursue Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy dominated its match against Shrek. After Xiao Wu was badly injured, Tang San revealed his External Soul Bone and attacked Dugu Yan, who blasted him away with her cloven hoof.

• Fang Ling persuaded Dugu Bo that Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring was not worth provoking Tang Hao over, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted that she would not pursue it.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s coordinated attacks and support left Shrek struggling, while Dugu Yan poisoned and pressured Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng.
• Tang San directed Xiao Wu toward an opening, but the Shi Brothers anticipated her teleportation and struck her, leaving her severely injured.
• Enraged by Xiao Wu’s injury, Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances and trapped Yu Feng before charging Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan knocked aside Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng, then used her cloven hoof and Blast to send Tang San flying and make him spit blood.

Dugu Yan and Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Shrek in a one-sided match, leaving several fighters injured before the healers intervened. Fang Ling later visited the Shrek lounge, apologized for his teammates’ harshness, and told Tang San that Blue Silver Grass had held him back.

• Dugu Yan exploited Tang San’s opening and drove him back, while she defeated Dai Mubai and broke Yu Tianheng’s arm.
• Shrek’s injured fighters surrendered, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling removed their poison and treated the team.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Shrek’s tactical problems, especially Tang San’s loss of control when Xiao Wu was hurt.
• Fang Ling arrived at the Shrek lounge with Zhu Zhuqing and two other women, and Dai Mubai grew angry at seeing them.
• Fang Ling apologized for his teammates’ harshness, then left after telling Tang San that Blue Silver Grass had held him back.

Fang Ling planned to earn more Points by slaughtering in Slaughter City and discovered that increasing his spirit ring’s age also strengthened his body and meridians. After Tang Hao left them alone, Fang Ling resolved to exploit Dugu Bo’s strength to obtain more Points.

• After Fang Ling left, Shrek’s group discussed his insults, and Yu Xiaogang urged them to train harder after their defeat.
• Fang Ling and Dugu Bo encountered Tang Hao, who left after Dugu Bo warned him about keeping the Blue Silver Emperor in Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo suspected the Star Luo Imperial Family would face a major disaster over the Fallen Soul Douluo and the Plague Body.
• At Dugu Manor, Fang Ling slowly spent Points to raise the Annihilation Knife Mantis spirit ring’s age and felt Heaven and Earth Origin Power strengthen his body and meridians.
• Fang Ling decided he needed more Points and planned to use Dugu Bo’s strength to obtain them after gaining his Fifth Spirit Ring.

Four months after Fang Ling’s meridians recovered to the Soul Emperor level, he went soul hunting with Dugu Bo while Spirit Hall traced the Fallen Soul Douluo’s group to the Star Luo Empire. Qian Daoliu confronted the Star Luo Emperor and revealed his overwhelming strength, leaving the emperor to recognize the supposedly vanished Peerless Douluo.

• Fang Ling recovered to the Soul Emperor level, and Dugu Bo took him to hunt for a soul ring while Zhu Zhuqing stayed at Dugu Manor.
• Spirit Hall traced the six attackers to the Star Luo Empire, and Qian Daoliu went there after receiving Qian Renxue’s letter.
• Qian Daoliu confronted the Star Luo Emperor over cultivating a Fallen Soul Douluo, but the emperor denied involvement and demanded proof.
• The Star Luo Emperor summoned two Hell White Tigers to challenge Qian Daoliu, and Qian Daoliu shattered them both with a single slap each.
• The Star Luo Emperor recognized Qian Daoliu as the level 99 Peerless Douluo and wondered why the old man was still alive.

After the Star Luo Emperor exposed nobles who hired Fallen Spirit Masters, Fang Ling and Dugu Bo traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Fang Ling’s fifth Spirit Ring. They continued searching after rejecting two Death Attribute soul beasts, and the hunt remained unresolved after a month.

• Qian Daoliu forced the Star Luo Emperor to confess that he had hired Fallen Spirit Masters and ordered him to reveal others involved.
• Over the next two months, the Star Luo Empire purged nobles connected to Fallen Spirit Masters, compensated the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and dissolved Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai.
• Dugu Bo took Fang Ling to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable Death Attribute soul beast for his fifth Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Bo rejected a twenty-thousand-year Death Demon Spider because its Death Attribute was too weak for Fang Ling.
• After four days, Fang Ling and Dugu Bo found a five-thousand-year Withered Death Butterfly, but Dugu Bo rejected it as too ordinary.
• Fang Ling and Dugu Bo continued searching, and a month passed without them finding a suitable soul beast.

Fang Ling and Dugu Bo encountered two women who lured them into a dense forest where an Undead King Tiger hunted. Fang Ling recognized the tiger as a suitable Death Attribute soul beast for his fifth spirit ring, and Dugu Bo revealed his Titled Douluo strength to face it.

• Fang Ling and Dugu Bo discussed their difficulty finding a suitable Death Attribute soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wang Yuecheng and Wang Miaoyin asked Fang Ling and Dugu Bo to help recover their mother's keepsake, and Fang Ling agreed after demanding a reward.
• Wang Yuecheng and Wang Miaoyin led Fang Ling and Dugu Bo into a dense forest surrounded by soul beasts and an enormous gray-black tiger.
• Wang Yuecheng and Wang Miaoyin revealed their reverence for the tiger, while Fang Ling recognized them as Chang Ghosts controlled by it.
• Fang Ling identified the tiger as a roughly twenty-thousand-year-old Undead King Tiger suitable for his fifth spirit ring, and Dugu Bo activated his Martial Soul Possession.
• The Undead King Tiger sensed Dugu Bo's immense power and panicked at the presence of a Titled Douluo.

Fang Ling killed the Undead King Tiger and absorbed its twenty-thousand-year soul ring while Dugu Bo stood guard. As the absorption neared completion, a dangerous gray mist spread from Fang Ling, revealing a trace of immense power that left Dugu Bo in awe.

• Dugu Bo suppressed the Chang Ghosts and defeated the Undead King Tiger, then told Fang Ling to kill it and absorb its soul ring.
• Fang Ling killed the Undead King Tiger and began absorbing its soul ring, fighting the beast’s spiritual phantom inside his spiritual sea.
• The Chang Ghosts faded after their master died, and Dugu Bo discovered a twenty-thousand-year Head Spirit Bone in the tiger’s head.
• As Fang Ling’s soul-ring absorption neared completion, a gray glow and dangerous mist spread around him, causing Dugu Bo to retreat before the immense power stirring above.

Fang Ling’s Death Power spread across the forest, killing everything within its reach, while a wounded Silver Dragon sensed the power from the Lake of Life. After reviewing the new abilities gained from his spirit rings, Fang Ling discovered that his Special Talent was merging with a strand of Greater Death Qi from his previous life.

• Dugu Bo retreated as Fang Ling’s gray mist expanded to a hundred-meter radius and reduced nearby life to ash.
• A Silver Dragon beneath the Lake of Life sensed the powerful Death Power but chose to recover from her injuries instead of investigating.
• After twenty-four cycles over a day, Fang Ling opened his eyes and checked his stats, finding his Soul Power at Level 52 and his Fourth Spirit Ring above twenty thousand years.
• Fang Ling examined his Fifth Spirit Ring’s Enslavement skill and its Soul Plunder, Undead Space, and Domination talents.
• Fang Ling saw that his Special Talent was merging with Greater Death Qi connected to his previous life and Little Cripple.

Fang Ling absorbed the Undead King Tiger’s Head Spirit Bone and gained the growth-type Soul Devour talent, while his Dominion talent also advanced. He recognized how dangerous his soul-related abilities would appear to Spirit Hall and resolved to keep them hidden.

• Fang Ling realized his previous life’s death power had likely brought about his transmigration, but chose not to dwell on how he had died.
• Dugu Bo gave Fang Ling the Undead King Tiger’s Head Spirit Bone and urged him to absorb it alongside the matching Spirit Ring.
• During the two-day absorption, Fang Ling’s Spiritual Power grew enough to sense everything around him, and Dugu Bo warned him not to let it escape his control.
• Fang Ling discovered that the Spirit Bone had granted him Soul Devour Level 5, which let him gain soul growth by consuming Undead under his control.
• Fang Ling saw that Dominion had advanced to Level 6, raising his Undead control limit and letting him distribute more than half of mental attacks or control effects among his Undead.
• Fang Ling decided to conceal his soul-related abilities because he feared Spirit Hall would hunt him down, with Qian Renxue among the first to seek his life.

After absorbing the Undead King Tiger’s soul ring and head spirit bone, Fang Ling reached Soul Power level fifty-three and gained powers tied to undead and soul growth. He and Dugu Bo agreed to keep the dangerous soul-ring skill secret, while Fang Ling’s remarks about the endless path of cultivation left Dugu Bo wondering whether his disciple could become a god.

• Fang Ling finished absorbing the Undead King Tiger’s soul ring and head spirit bone, advancing to Soul Power level fifty-three.
• Fang Ling explained that his Enslave skill could turn those he killed into undead, while his Soul Devour skill let him gain soul growth by consuming undead under his control.
• Dugu Bo warned Fang Ling to keep Enslave secret, and Fang Ling said he would disguise his Fifth Spirit Skill as Blade of Death.
• Fang Ling and Dugu Bo discussed his awakened Death Power and whether gods existed.
• Fang Ling argued that cultivation had no endpoint, prompting Dugu Bo to marvel that his disciple might become a god.

Fang Ling and Dugu Bo replenished Fang Ling’s undead by hunting Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, earning him a large number of Points. Fang Ling evolved his Long-Handled Battle Scythe to Level 6, but learned that turning Death into a Martial Soul Innate Specialty would require 18,000 Points while the fusion remained unstable.

• Fang Ling warned Dugu Bo to keep his potential secret, and Dugu Bo agreed before offering to help replenish his undead.
• Fang Ling chose common, fast-reproducing Soul Beasts as targets, and Dugu Bo cleared away the ashes before they began hunting.
• Dugu Bo subdued Soul Beasts while Fang Ling killed them and collected their undead, secretly gaining 5,864 Points.
• Fang Ling spent 640 Points to evolve his Long-Handled Battle Scythe to Level 6, increasing its weight and improving its Sharpness and Toughness specialties.
• Fang Ling considered making Death a Martial Soul Innate Specialty, but discovered the unstable fusion required 18,000 Points.

Fang Ling and Dugu Bo searched for the Blue Silver King to prevent Tang San from awakening his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. They found the eighty-five-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King, and Dugu Bo poisoned it until it was nearly dead.

• Fang Ling decided to seek out the Blue Silver King to cut off Tang San's potential path to greater power.
• Fang Ling explained to Dugu Bo that Tang San might awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, and Dugu Bo agreed to eliminate the risk.
• Fang Ling and Dugu Bo searched forests for about ten days, following clues to where Tang San had trained with Tang Hao.
• Fang Ling sensed a spiritual field in a forest and followed it with Dugu Bo toward its source.
• Fang Ling identified the Blue Silver King, and Dugu Bo attacked it with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison until it was nearly dead.

Fang Ling and Dugu Bo killed the Blue Silver King, and Fang Ling turned it into a powerful undead. They returned toward Heaven Dou City, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao remained unaware that Tang San could no longer awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.

• Fang Ling used Dugu Bo's poison to suppress the Blue Silver King, then cut it apart with his Long-Handled Battle Scythe and Ultimate Death Power.
• Fang Ling absorbed the Blue Silver King's soul ring and created an undead version whose vines possessed considerable battle power.
• Fang Ling and Dugu Bo searched the Blue Silver Forest for other Blue Silver Kings, found none, and headed back to Heaven Dou City after nearly two months away.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu strolled happily through Heaven Dou City after their Soul Fighting wins, unaware that the Blue Silver King's death had ended Tang San's chance to awaken his bloodline.
• Tang Hao followed the two and watched over them, also unaware of the Blue Silver King's death and Tang San's lost chance to become the Blue Silver Emperor.

After returning to Heaven Dou City with his Fifth Spirit Ring, Fang Ling accepted Qian Renxue’s invitation to the Crown Prince’s Mansion, hoping to build an alliance and learn her intentions. Qian Renxue welcomed him as Xue Qinghe, and the two went inside to talk.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed Fang Ling’s rapid progress, then decided to return to cultivation as Tang San worried about reaching Soul Ancestor in time for the Spirit Master Competition.
• Fang Ling returned to Heaven Dou City after two months away, and Qian Renxue learned that he had become a thirteen-year-old Soul King.
• Qian Renxue considered inviting Fang Ling immediately, then delayed the invitation for three days so he could rest after returning home.
• Fang Ling told Dugu Yan he was visiting the Crown Prince’s Mansion to assess Qian Renxue’s interest in recruiting him and to strengthen their relationship.
• Qian Renxue greeted Fang Ling at the mansion entrance, and Fang Ling embraced her while addressing her as Big Brother Qinghe before they went inside.