Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao was robbed in the Soul Hunting Forest and reflected on his plan to buy official membership in Spirit Hall. A system then bound itself to him and granted him eight ordinary henchmen, leaving him stunned by the sudden change in his prospects.

• A Soul Master beat Lin Hao and took the Soul Beast corpse he had hunted.
• A Soul Scholar warned Lin Hao that the forest followed the law of the jungle, and Lin Hao left while vowing to repay those who had wronged him.
• Lin Hao recalled his past as a transmigrator, his weak Soul Power, and his plan to buy an official Spirit Hall membership slot.
• The Strongest Henchman Summoning System bound itself to Lin Hao and gave him eight peak-condition ordinary red-tier henchmen.
• Lin Hao saw his personal information displayed on a screen of light, including the number of henchmen he had received.

Lin Hao welcomed eight loyal Soul Master henchmen and assigned them to seek work and start a restaurant in Notting City. As he prepared for Tang San’s enrollment, he planned to seize Ah Yin while Tang Hao was distracted, but his lack of money threatened his preparations.

• Lin Hao summoned eight peak-state henchmen, who arrived at his courtyard and pledged to follow him; Zhang San was their captain and a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster.
• After learning that Zhao Liu could cook and Li Si had graduated from Fasinuo Intermediate Spirit Master Academy, Lin Hao ordered Li Si to apply as a teacher at Notting College and the others to open a Soul Beast meat restaurant.
• Lin Hao planned to use Tang San’s upcoming enrollment to distract Tang Hao and take Ah Yin from the cave beneath the waterfall, with Zhang San’s help and a scapegoat to cover their tracks.
• Lin Hao took the henchmen to a noodle shop, where they ate heavily, and worried that his two hundred Gold Soul Coins would not cover both the restaurant and the henchmen he needed.

Lin Hao built up his forces by fleecing a casino and spent four months preparing to take Ah Yin from the cave near Holy Soul Village. As Tang San and Old Jack headed for Notting City, Lin Hao learned that Qu Yang had found the cave and began his operation while Tang Hao was away.

• Lin Hao sent his men to borrow money from a casino, then used the proceeds to summon minions and assign them jobs across Notting City and Holy Soul Village.
• Lin Hao planned to lure Qu Yang to Ah Yin’s cave with a fake treasure map, while his men secretly found the waterfall and a hidden route to it.
• Over four months, Lin Hao kept his group out of sight, expanded his forces, and learned that Tang San would soon enroll at Notting College.
• Wang Da told Lin Hao that Tang San and Old Jack had left Holy Soul Village and that Qu Yang had entered the cave beneath the waterfall.
• Lin Hao and Wang Da flew toward the waterfall, intent on reaching Ah Yin before Tang Hao returned.

Lin Hao reached the cave behind the waterfall and found the Blue Silver Emperor, then sacrificed it and its hidden Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to summon powerful lackeys. The chapter ended with Lin Hao gaining Xian Lin'er and Long Xiaoyao, a level 99 Limit Douluo.

• Lin Hao and Wang Da entered the cave behind the waterfall and searched for the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Lin Hao found the Blue Silver Emperor and discovered a heavy black box hidden in the cave wall.
• Lin Hao sacrificed the Blue Silver Emperor's remains and summoned Xian Lin'er, a level 96 Super Douluo and Eighth-Level Soul Engineer.
• Xian Lin'er helped Lin Hao withstand the aura as he opened the box and found the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg Soul Bone.
• Lin Hao sacrificed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and summoned Long Xiaoyao, a level 99 Limit Douluo.

After returning to Notting City, Lin Hao stopped the gatekeeper from bullying Tang San and mocked Yu Xiaogang for watching. Back in Dorm Seven, Tang San clashed with Wang Sheng over the dormitory rules, and Lin Hao intervened just as Tang San moved to strike.

• Long Xiaoyao joined Lin Hao, who had Qu Yang devoured by a Millennium Soul Beast and returned to Notting City with Li Si.
• Li Si stopped the gatekeeper from bullying Tang San and Old Jack, then rebuked Yu Xiaogang for standing by.
• Lin Hao and Li Si returned to Notting College, where Lin Hao prepared a blanket for Xiao Wu and agreed to back Wang Sheng in dealing with the new work-study student.
• Tang San arrived at Dorm Seven, where Wang Sheng mocked his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and called him Little Third.
• Tang San evaded Wang Sheng and moved to attack him, but Lin Hao grabbed Tang San by the shoulder.

Lin Hao fought Tang San in Dorm Seven and used the battle to break through to level ten, while Tang San was carried to the Infirmary. As Lin Hao prepared to obtain a soul ring, Xiao Wu arrived as a new Work-study Student and Wang Sheng challenged her under Dorm Seven's rules.

• Lin Hao stepped in when Tang San attacked Wang Sheng and challenged Tang San to a fight.
• Lin Hao and Tang San exchanged attacks until Lin Hao threw Tang San into a wall and knocked him out of the fight.
• Lin Hao meditated and broke through to level ten while Wang Sheng stood guard and other students took Tang San to the Infirmary.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Dorm Seven, introduced herself as a new Work-study Student, and Wang Sheng challenged her to fight for the dorm's boss position.

Xiao Wu became Dorm Seven’s boss, and Lin Hao helped her settle in before treating the Work-study Students to a meal. At the cafeteria, Xiao Chenyu’s group blocked their way upstairs, and Lin Hao confronted them.

• Xiao Wu defeated Wang Sheng and accepted the role of Dorm Seven’s boss, then chose the bed beside Lin Hao’s and asked him about the academy.
• Teacher Mo brought bedding for Tang San and learned from Lin Hao that Tang San was in the Infirmary after sparring with him.
• Lin Hao gave Xiao Wu a set of bedding he had obtained for her, and she quickly made her bed before heading to the cafeteria with the others.
• Lin Hao promised to treat the group to food on the cafeteria’s second floor, and the eleven Work-study Students followed him there.
• Xiao Chenyu mocked Wang Sheng and the other Work-study Students, but Lin Hao stepped forward and led them toward the stairs despite Xiao Chenyu’s warning about fighting.

Lin Hao met Tang San and Yu Xiaogang at the academy, then summoned two Orange Minions and sent them to find a storefront in Heaven Dou City. He returned to the dormitory, where Xiao Wu woke him and he noticed Tang San was missing.

• Lin Hao invited Tang San to eat with the dorm students, but Tang San declined because he had plans with Yu Xiaogang.
• Wang Sheng and the others told Xiao Wu that Yu Xiaogang was an unsuitable teacher for Tang San, and Xiao Wu decided to warn Tang San.
• Lin Hao sparred with Li Si and discussed hunting for a soul ring before summoning sixty minions, including Orange Minions Zhao Kai and Huang Chao.
• Lin Hao learned that Huang Chao had finance and management skills, gave both Orange Minions money, and sent them to find a storefront in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Hao returned to the dormitory and fell asleep; Xiao Wu woke him, and he saw that Tang San was absent.

Lin Hao told Xiao Wu he was leaving to obtain a Soul Ring, then accepted her challenge to spar. He defeated her after studying her attacks, and the chapter left him checking whether she was hurt.

• Wang Sheng told Lin Hao that Xiao Wu and Tang San had fought after Tang San rejected their warnings about the Grandmaster, and that Teacher Mo had punished them.
• Lin Hao told Xiao Wu he would leave for Soul Hunting Forest the next day to obtain a Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu worried about who would do his work.
• Xiao Wu took Lin Hao out for a walk and challenged him to spar, betting that he would call her Xiao Wu-jie if she won.
• Xiao Wu attacked Lin Hao with her Scorpion Braid and rapid strikes, while Lin Hao defended himself and studied her fighting style.
• Lin Hao found a pattern in Xiao Wu's attacks, countered with a barrage, and knocked her to the ground with a whip kick.
• Lin Hao hurried over to help Xiao Wu up and asked whether she was alright.

Lin Hao traveled to Soul Hunting Forest and absorbed a dangerous Soul Ring from a Tyrant Gold Bear King, becoming a Soul Master. The System rewarded him with an Icefire Mysterious Dragon Pill that could improve his Martial Soul and potential.

• Lin Hao and Xiao Wu ended their sparring after he worried he had hit her too hard, and they agreed to call it a draw.
• Lin Hao left Notting City with Long Xiaoyao and Xian Lin'er to seek a metal-attributed Soul Beast whose Soul Ring could strengthen his Mo Dao.
• Long Xiaoyao brought back a just-over-four-hundred-year-old Tyrant Gold Bear King, and Lin Hao chose it despite warnings that absorbing its Soul Ring would be dangerous.
• Lin Hao endured the Soul Ring’s overwhelming energy and pain, successfully absorbing it and becoming a Soul Master.
• The System rewarded Lin Hao with an Icefire Mysterious Dragon Pill, which could promote Martial Soul mutation and increase his potential.

Lin Hao recovered from absorbing the Tyrant Gold Bear King’s Soul Ring, discovered his Soul Power had reached level 12, and found an External Soul Bone in the beast’s left claw. After resting and eating with Long Xiaoyao and Xian Lin'er, he absorbed the Soul Bone and collapsed from the pain.

• Lin Hao reassured Long Xiaoyao that the dangerous Soul Ring absorption had been his own choice and thanked him for finding the Soul Ring.
• Lin Hao tested his Soul Power and found that he had reached level 12, then examined the yellow Soul Ring on his Mo Dao.
• Lin Hao searched the Tyrant Gold Bear King’s corpse and found a golden External Soul Bone shaped like a Dark Gold Terror Claw in its left claw.
• Lin Hao chose to absorb the External Soul Bone himself and rested while Long Xiaoyao roasted the beast’s paws.
• Lin Hao endured the Soul Bone’s painful absorption for over two hours, then collapsed, exhausted and barely focused.

Lin Hao tested his newly gained Tyrant Gold Bear King Claw, then arranged for Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to face a Mandala Snake in the Soul Hunting Forest. He watched their desperate fight before having Ai Fike kill the snake, leaving its yellow Soul Ring above the corpse.

• Lin Hao released his Tyrant Gold Gale Claw and tested its strength and sharpness on a large tree.
• Long Xiaoyao told Lin Hao that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had entered the forest, and Lin Hao gathered Ai Fike and Li Si to follow them.
• Lin Hao and his group hid and watched as the Mandala Snake swallowed Luo San Pao and poisoned Yu Xiaogang while Tang San struggled to fight it.
• Tang San noticed Lin Hao's group, and Yu Xiaogang rejoiced, believing that Li Si had arrived to save them.
• Ai Fike used his Wooden Stream Barrage repeatedly to kill the Mandala Snake, and a yellow Soul Ring formed above its corpse.

Lin Hao and Ai Fike rescued Yu Xiaogang and Tang San from a Mandala Snake, but Tang San’s anger over losing the snake’s Soul Ring led him to threaten Lin Hao. With Yu Xiaogang poisoned and the adults demanding an apology, Tang San was forced to back down, and the group treated Yu Xiaogang’s wound.

• Ai Fike said Lin Hao had alerted him to Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s danger, while Li Si scolded Yu Xiaogang for bringing Tang San into the Soul Hunting Forest alone.
• Lin Hao criticized Tang San for using weapons against Xiao Wu, and Tang San accused Lin Hao of destroying the Mandala Snake’s Soul Ring and threatened revenge.
• Li Si and Ai Fike confronted Tang San over his outburst, and Yu Xiaogang slapped him and ordered him to apologize.
• Yu Xiaogang’s wound from the Mandala Snake’s poisonous mist worsened, and he pretended to faint rather than intervene as Tang San faced the demand.
• Lin Hao warned Tang San that Yu Xiaogang could be crippled if the poison went untreated, so Tang San apologized to Lin Hao and Ai Fike.
• Lin Hao forgave Tang San and asked Ai Fike to help Yu Xiaogang, and Ai Fike gave Tang San an antidote pill and instructions to clean and bandage the wound.

Tang San’s first Soul Ring gave him a weakened Entanglement skill, while Yu Xiaogang discovered he had lost sensation in his lower body. Back at Notting College, Tang San blamed Lin Hao and attacked him, but Lin Hao knocked him down.

• Tang San treated Yu Xiaogang’s poison injury, and Lin Hao’s group stayed in the Soul Hunting Forest while Yu recovered.
• With Ai Fike’s help, Tang San absorbed a 230-year snake Soul Ring and gained Entanglement, whose effects proved far weaker than expected.
• Lin Hao parted from the others, and Yu Xiaogang went to a clinic after discovering he could no longer feel his little brother.
• At Notting College, Wang Sheng told Lin Hao that Xiao Chenyu and Bu Xing had fought Dorm Seven to a draw, and Xiao Wu explained how she had obtained her Soul Ring.
• Tang San stormed into Dorm Seven, accused Lin Hao of weakening his skill and harming Yu Xiaogang, and attacked him.
• Lin Hao dodged Tang San’s attack and punched him into the bedframe, leaving him bloodied but still glaring.

Lin Hao defeated Tang San, exposed his hidden weapons, and accused him of withholding them during the Mandala Snake attack. Tang San vomited blood as his dormmates turned against him, while Lin Hao left him to be taken to the Infirmary.

• Lin Hao blamed Tang San and his teacher for their troubles, provoking Tang San into attacking him without using Soul Skills.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Mysterious Jade Hand, but Lin Hao pierced his fingers with his Tyrant Gold Bear King Claw and knocked him down.
• Tang San reached for hidden weapons, but Lin Hao restrained him, confiscated his Sleeve Arrows and needles, and accused him of letting the Mandala Snake injure Grandmaster.
• Wang Sheng and the others doubted Tang San, and Tang San spat blood after calling Lin Hao a slanderer.
• Lin Hao told Wang Sheng to take Tang San to the Infirmary, then recounted the Soul Hunting Forest events to Xiao Wu and the others.
• Wang Sheng and the other students condemned Tang San and Grandmaster, and some suggested making Tang San move out.

Lin Hao learned that Tang Hao had helped Bu Xing and four other students grow stronger, and he prepared for trouble while arranging to leave Notting College. Brother Qiang then lured Lin Hao toward the Soul Hunting Forest with a supposed Eight Treasure Chicken, and Lin Hao suspected a trap connected to Tang Hao.

• Rumors about Yu Xiaogang and Tang San spread beyond the academy, and the dean punished Tang San with latrine-cleaning duty and stripped Yu Xiaogang of his privileges.
• Wind Scythe told Lin Hao that a mysterious person had helped Bu Xing and four other students, and Lin Hao suspected Tang Hao was behind it.
• Lin Hao told Wind Scythe to expand the restaurant business and planned for Li Si to deal with Bu Xing and the other students.
• Long Xiaoyao sensed Tang Hao in the academy Infirmary, and Lin Hao warned Wang Sheng and the others before leaving the academy with Long Xiaoyao.
• Brother Qiang invited Lin Hao to hunt an Eight Treasure Chicken, but Long Xiaoyao warned him it was probably a trap, and Lin Hao agreed to go while pretending not to notice Brother Qiang's suspicious behavior.

Lin Hao entered the Soul Hunting Forest with Brother Qiang and confronted Tang Hao, who had lured him there to cripple him. Long Xiaoyao revealed his strength and overwhelmed Tang Hao, leaving the fight ongoing as he relentlessly attacked him.

• Lin Hao arrived at the Soul Hunting Forest with Brother Qiang, who fled when Lin Hao revealed he knew they had been lured into a trap.
• Tang Hao emerged and attacked Lin Hao, but Long Xiaoyao intervened and struck Tang Hao back.
• Long Xiaoyao recognized Tang Hao as the Clear Sky Douluo and summoned his Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, revealing two 100,000 Year Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao used his Clear Sky Avatar and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Long Xiaoyao overpowered him and sent him flying with a tail strike.
• Long Xiaoyao charged after Tang Hao and pounded him with claws, tail strikes, and Soul Skills.

Long Xiaoyao overwhelmed Tang Hao, who escaped after detonating his Soul Rings, while Lin Hao and Xian Lin’er took Brother Qiang away from the battle. Lin Hao learned that Tang Hao had used a method to turn Brother Qiang into a Soul Master and planned to investigate it for profit.

• Long Xiaoyao repeatedly battered Tang Hao and mocked him for sharing a name with his Young Master.
• Tang Hao used Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation to launch Haotian Strike at Long Xiaoyao, then fled while Long Xiaoyao was occupied defending himself.
• Long Xiaoyao shattered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer Avatar and hurried to rejoin Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao and Xian Lin’er took the restrained Brother Qiang to feed Soul Beasts, and Lin Hao learned Tang Hao had made Brother Qiang a Soul Master using a secret method.
• Notting City’s City Guard arrived at the ruined battle site but found nothing beyond the destruction.

Lin Hao returned to the dormitory and learned that Xiao Chenyu's group had ambushed Wang Sheng, then found Tang San fighting Bu Xing and the others in the Academy Grove. After Tang San drove them off and left for the Infirmary, Lin Hao emerged and warned Xiao Chenyu that he would remember the attack on Wang Sheng.

• Wang Sheng told Lin Hao that Xiao Chenyu's group had ambushed him while Xiao Wu was away, and that Xiao Wu had taken the others to confront them.
• Lin Hao went to the Academy Grove and saw Tang San fighting Bu Xing and his four companions while Xiao Wu and Xiao Chenyu watched.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to knock Bu Xing unconscious, then attacked another of the group until the others fled with their injured companions.
• Xiao Chenyu and Xiao Wu told Tang San to get his wounds treated, and Tang San limped toward the Infirmary.
• Lin Hao stepped out, and Xiao Chenyu asked why he had returned from the Soul Hunting Squad; Lin Hao warned him that he would remember the ambush on Wang Sheng.

Lin Hao defeated Xiao Chenyu and secured compensation for Wang Sheng, then told Xiao Wu that her identity as a transformed Soul Beast had been exposed. He warned that Tang San’s father would return, leaving Xiao Wu to consider whether to trust Lin Hao and flee to the forest.

• Lin Hao demanded that Xiao Chenyu’s group apologize to Wang Sheng and compensate him, then accepted Xiao Chenyu’s challenge.
• Lin Hao defeated Xiao Chenyu, who conceded and agreed to send an apology and two Silver Soul Coins to Wang Sheng.
• Lin Hao took Xiao Wu aside and told her the powerful experts had fought over her identity as a transformed Soul Beast.
• Lin Hao claimed Tang San’s father had discovered Xiao Wu and warned that he would return, urging her to go back to the forest.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Lin Hao wanted her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Lin Hao said he hoped to cooperate with her instead.