Chapter Summaries

Yan Lingji completed the Flame God inheritance and gained control over the mist, while Lin Hao’s group established a base in the underground space and searched for Er Ming. With the auction approaching, Lin Hao tested newly delivered eighth-grade Soul Tools on a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast.

• Yan Lingji emerged from the Flame God Palace as a Rank 96 Super Douluo, introduced Meow Meow, and received permission from Lin Hao to keep the two inherited Soul Bones.
• Lin Hao’s group left the Mist Zone, organized the underground space, and summoned a thousand ordinary minions while searching for Er Ming and planning to lure him out with Xiao Wu if he remained missing.
• Long Xiaoyao told Lin Hao that Qing Yan had delivered the eighth-grade Soul Tools, and Lin Hao decided to test them and record the demonstration for the auction.
• Lin Hao’s group trapped a fifty-thousand-year Fissure Earth Lion and bombarded it with four eighth-grade Soul Tools.

Lin Hao used rank-eight Soul Tools to weaken and capture Er Ming, then sent Tu Shan Hong Hong and Yan Lingji to intercept Da Ming. The two women confronted Da Ming away from the Lake of Life, setting up a fight.

• Lin Hao killed the Fissure Earth Lion, obtained a Soul Bone, and opened two underling blind boxes that yielded a Soul Douluo and a Soul Saint.
• Lin Hao ordered the rank-eight Soul Tools to bombard Er Ming, weakening it before Long Xiaoyao restrained it with his Soul Skills.
• Er Ming warned Da Ming not to come, but Da Ming left the Lake of Life to help its friend.
• Lin Hao sent Tu Shan Hong Hong and Yan Lingji to lure Da Ming away from the Lake of Life and kill it.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong and Yan Lingji confronted Da Ming beneath the moonlight after it traveled about ten kilometers from the lake.

Tu Shan Hong Hong and Yan Lingji fought Da Ming while Long Xiaoyao defeated Er Ming, who bargained with Lin Hao to protect Xiao Wu. Lin Hao agreed and revealed that he knew Xiao Wu by name, leaving Er Ming anxious to hear how she was doing.

• Tu Shan Hong Hong and Yan Lingji attacked Da Ming, and Yan Lingji wounded it with her Eighth Soul Skill, Piercing Flame Spirit Needles.
• Long Xiaoyao released the badly injured Er Ming, who regretted calling Da Ming to rescue it.
• Er Ming offered to sacrifice itself and its Soul Bones if Lin Hao would spare Da Ming, then asked him to protect Xiao Wu until she became a Titled Douluo.
• Lin Hao agreed to protect Xiao Wu's safety but refused to provide cultivation resources, and Er Ming accepted the terms.
• Lin Hao told Er Ming that Xiao Wu was the name of the Soft Bone Rabbit, and Er Ming urgently asked whether she had encountered danger.

Lin Hao manipulated Er Ming into blaming the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao, and Er Ming died after ordering the forest’s Soul Beasts to hunt them. Da Ming learned what had happened, issued the same order before taking his own life, and Lin Hao sacrificed both forest kings to summon powerful Titled Douluo subordinates.

• Lin Hao told Er Ming a distorted account of Xiao Wu’s exposure and blamed the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao for the hunt, prompting Er Ming to command Soul Beasts to attack them before dying.
• Lin Hao sacrificed Er Ming’s Soul Bone, corpse, and Soul Ring, summoning Titan and Cheng Gang as special subordinates.
• Da Ming went berserk after sensing Er Ming’s death, but Yun Yun showed him recorded footage and Lin Hao promised to protect Xiao Wu.
• Da Ming ordered Soul Beasts to fight the Clear Sky Sect and hammer-wielding Soul Masters, then severed his heart meridians and died.
• Lin Hao sacrificed Da Ming and summoned Tian Qing and Wang Yiheng, completing his objectives in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Hao returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that news of the Clear Sky Sect and the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones had stirred the continent. There, Chrysanthemum Douluo met him on Bibi Dong’s behalf to seek a Soul Tool deal and propose a joint attack on the Clear Sky Sect, but Lin Hao warned him that Tang Chen was still alive.

• After Da Ming and Er Ming’s deaths became known, Xiao Wu asked Lin Hao to help her kill Tang Hao in exchange for her sacrifice, but Lin Hao refused and showed her Tian Qing and Titan, whose familiar auras reassured her.
• Lin Hao returned to Heaven Dou City with Yan Lingji and the others, arranged accommodations, and left Ya Fei to work with Shen Lingmin on the upcoming auction.
• A Soul King invited Lin Hao to meet Spirit Hall’s Yue Guan, who praised him and said Bibi Dong wanted to buy Soul Tools and cooperate against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Hao agreed to sell ordinary Soul Tools through Shen Lingmin but declined to sell high-grade ones or join the attack, citing his family elders’ orders.
• Lin Hao warned Yue Guan that Tang Chen was alive and was a powerful Limit Douluo, prompting Yue Guan to thank him for the information.

Lin Hao learned that the Water Cloud Sect had appeared in Heaven Dou City and discussed how to investigate it with Yan Lingji. Later, Salas came to ask the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association to join Spirit Hall, offering protection in exchange for half its revenue and exclusive access to some high-grade Soul Tools.

• Yue Guan told Lin Hao that the Water Cloud Sect had emerged in the North Pole Land with two Titled Douluo and had arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Hao and Yan Lingji discussed the Water Cloud Sect, and Yan Lingji decided to contact Meow Meow to investigate the North Pole Land.
• Lin Hao warned Yan Lingji that the Water Cloud Sect might know about Meow Meow and could have a way to restrain it.
• Ya Fei returned to the courtyard with Salas, who had followed her after Sister Min refused to sell him high-grade Soul Tools.
• Salas knocked and invited the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association to join Spirit Hall, offering protection for half its revenue and exclusive access to certain high-grade Soul Tools.

Lin Hao rejected Salas’s offer to bring Heaven and Earth Commerce Association into Spirit Hall, then learned that Spirit Hall and Water Cloud Sect were plotting to seize the association’s Soul Tool-making methods. He set a trap for Water Cloud Sect, and Shui Feng received a forged lead that drew his attention to a supposed manufacturing-site investigation.

• Lin Hao refused Salas’s offer and sent him away, then ordered Tu Shan Hong Hong to follow him.
• Salas reported Lin Hao’s strength and position to a powerful Spirit Hall man, who ordered him to pass the information to Water Cloud Sect and keep watching Lin Hao.
• After Tu Shan Hong Hong revealed the conspiracy, Lin Hao ordered Ling Ji to investigate Water Cloud Sect’s residence and bring back an ear for questioning.
• The next afternoon, Yan Lingji controlled one of Salas’s watchers and used him to deliver a forged letter to Water Cloud Sect elder Shui Feng.
• Shui Feng read the letter claiming Shen Lingmin was collecting goods in South City and prepared to investigate the alleged Soul Tool manufacturing site.

Lin Hao captured Shui Feng and tortured him for information about the Water Cloud Sect’s pursuit of the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association and its cooperation with Spirit Hall. Shui Feng refused to answer, and Lin Hao continued cutting off parts of his body as the interrogation went on.

• A messenger lured Shui Feng away from the estate, and Shui Feng told a subordinate to warn the Grand Elder if he failed to return within an hour.
• In South City, a powerful aura immobilized Shui Feng, and the messenger knocked him unconscious.
• Lin Hao questioned the bound Shui Feng about the Water Cloud Sect and Spirit Hall, then cut off his ears when Shui Feng stayed silent.
• Shui Feng threatened Lin Hao with the Water Cloud Sect’s retaliation, but Lin Hao cut off his right hand after Shui Feng failed to answer in time.
• Yan Lingji indicated that Shui Feng still would not talk, and Lin Hao began another countdown with his dagger at Shui Feng’s left wrist.

Lin Hao interrogated Shui Feng about the Water Cloud Sect’s motives and strength, using threats and torture until Shui Feng agreed to reveal the sect’s secrets. Shui Feng admitted he had lied about some details and began giving Lin Hao the Water Cloud Sect’s true situation.

• Shui Feng explained that the Water Cloud Sect targeted the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association for its Soul Tool business and suspected Lin Hao had the God of Forging’s inheritance.
• Shui Feng said Spirit Hall had approached the Water Cloud Sect and helped draw its attention to Lin Hao’s association.
• When Shui Feng refused to reveal his sect’s secrets, Lin Hao severed his hand, had Old Zhuang heal him, and threatened further torment until Shui Feng gave in.
• Shui Feng described the Water Cloud Sect’s hidden realm, its Ice Bear Clan ties, and its reported strength, including a level ninety-seven Sect Master.
• Lin Hao made Shui Feng repeat his answers and gave Yun Yun two Image Stones to compare, exposing that Shui Feng had lied.
• Shui Feng admitted his lies and began revealing the Water Cloud Sect’s actual situation, while Yan Lingji signaled that the interrogation was sufficient.

After interrogating Shui Feng, Lin Hao learned the Water Cloud Sect’s strength and its plan to escape the Rain God’s control. He sent eight Titled Douluo to secretly eliminate the sect’s delegation in Heaven Dou City, and the chapter ends as Long Xiaoyao begins the attack on the Grand Elder.

• Yan Lingji used her martial soul to turn Shui Feng into a puppet and learned about the Water Cloud Sect’s members, strength, and delegation in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Hao discovered that the sect’s aura-recording item would reveal Shui Feng’s death, so he ordered his group to eliminate the delegation before killing him.
• Lin Hao and Yan Lingji met Long Xiaoyao, Jin Peng, Titan, and the others at the Water Cloud Sect’s manor and assigned them targets.
• Long Xiaoyao inspected the manor, then the eight infiltrators split up and silently killed the delegation’s weaker soul masters.
• After most of the delegation had been killed, Long Xiaoyao and the others prepared to attack the three Titled Douluo together.
• Long Xiaoyao entered the Grand Elder’s room and summoned his Dark Sacred Dragon martial soul.

Long Xiaoyao, Tu Shan Hong Hong, Xian Lin'er, and their allies wiped out the Water Cloud Sect members in Heaven Dou City and destroyed the evidence. As the surviving Titled Douluo suspected the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association, Jiang Mo ordered Salas to sever Spirit Hall's ties with the sect and stop watching Lin Hao's association.

• Long Xiaoyao killed the Water Cloud Sect's Grand Elder, while Tu Shan Hong Hong, Xian Lin'er, and another attacker killed the other Titled Douluo.
• Lin Hao sent Jin Peng and Cheng Gang to deal with the aftermath, and they set the scene ablaze before leaving.
• Sword Douluo, Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, and Gui Mei arrived at the fire and realized that at least four Titled Douluo had attacked the sect.
• Dugu Bo told the others that Lin Hao had described the Water Cloud Sect as pitiful people pursuing freedom, and the gathered Douluo left without continuing their investigation.
• Jiang Mo told Salas that all the Water Cloud Sect members in Heaven Dou City were dead and ordered him to cut ties with them and withdraw Spirit Hall's watchers from the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association.
• Salas asked whether the association had carried out the attack, and Jiang Mo pointed out that it was the Water Cloud Sect's only known enemy.

Jiang Mo learned that the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association had orchestrated an attack on Salas and demanded one million gold coins for the antidote to his poison. Back at the courtyard, Lin Hao reviewed his spoils and let Yan Lingji join him in bed to keep him company.

• Two Spirit Hall Soul Saints attacked Salas, warned Jiang Mo and Salas on behalf of their master, and killed themselves before Jiang Mo could stop them.
• Jiang Mo discovered the attackers had been controlled and blamed the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association for the assault and its antidote demand.
• Lin Hao returned to the courtyard with Yan Lingji and the others, then examined four Soul Bones and resources for summoning special underlings.
• Lin Hao summoned a batch of special underlings and went to rest in his room.
• Yan Lingji teased Lin Hao about his reluctance to take their relationship further, then joined him beneath the blanket to warm his bed.

Lin Hao visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Yan Lingji and two other women after ordering plans against the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San. Ning Fengzhi and the elders welcomed them, while the sect’s younger generation grew curious about Lin Hao and his powerful companions.

• Lin Hao ordered the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association to watch the Clear Sky Sect, pursue a way inside, and arrange for Long Xiaoyao to kill Tang San after the auction.
• After learning Ning Fengzhi had invited him, Lin Hao decided to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and accepted a separate banquet invitation from Xue Qinghe.
• Lin Hao and his companions traveled by Soul Guidance Automobile to the sect, where its seven defensive fortresses impressed him.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo prepared to welcome Lin Hao after the Second Elder announced his arrival.
• Ning Lin and Ning Ke discussed Lin Hao’s unexpected visit, while young Ning Rongrong said she wanted to see the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association.
• At the Sixth Fortress, Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluo sensed that Lin Hao’s companions included a Titled Douluo and two women whose strength they could not gauge.

Lin Hao visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Tu Shan Hong Hong and the others, where he encouraged Ning Rongrong to take cultivation seriously and discussed a business partnership with Ning Fengzhi. The chapter ended with Lin Hao agreeing to supply high-grade Soul Tools in exchange for meeting the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association’s requirements.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Lin Hao, Tu Shan Hong Hong, Yun Yun, and the others to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and they entered the council hall.
• Ning Rongrong greeted Ning Fengzhi and curiously examined Lin Hao and his companions.
• Lin Hao teased Ning Rongrong about being a child and challenged her to cultivate to level thirty-four, prompting her to vow to surpass him and work harder.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Lin Hao for motivating Ning Rongrong before discussing a long-term partnership and a commission for high-grade Soul Tools.
• Lin Hao agreed to a partnership and said the association could provide the Soul Tools, but only under other requirements.

Lin Hao negotiated a partnership between the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, using rumors about gods to explain the need for rapid expansion. He then claimed the association could address the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s flaw, leaving Ning Fengzhi eager to learn how.

• Lin Hao proposed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect help the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association expand in exchange for exclusive Soul Tools and a promise not to compete with its businesses.
• Lin Hao told Ning Fengzhi that the Water Cloud Sect’s conflict was connected to gods, intending to use the information to lure out its remaining members.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to cooperate with the association and asked whether it could help the sect overcome its Martial Soul limitation.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Tu Shan Hong Hong demonstrated her Martial Soul without letting any aura escape.
• Lin Hao claimed the method required a precious item and explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s flaw originated from an accident during the first wielder’s Martial Soul development.

Lin Hao traded two Qiluo Tulips to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for gold and access to its World Treasury, while arranging for Yun Yun to exchange sword techniques with Sword Douluo. Ning Fengzhi began using one treasure to repair his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but he had not awakened after three hours.

• Lin Hao revealed two Qiluo Tulips and explained that they could help evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to help the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association expand and offered sixty million gold coins for one Qiluo Tulip and a choice of three World Treasury treasures for the other.
• Sword Douluo agreed to exchange pointers with Yun Yun, and Lin Hao accepted Ning Fengzhi’s trade terms.
• Lin Hao explained how to use the Qiluo Tulip, and Ning Fengzhi chose to use one himself while reserving the other for his daughter.
• Ning Fengzhi absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and nine-colored radiance began enveloping him and his Martial Soul.
• After three hours without Ning Fengzhi awakening, Sword Douluo suggested that Bone Douluo watch over him while the others ate.

Ning Fengzhi awakened with his Martial Soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and he discovered that the immortal herb had also raised his Soul Power to level eighty. After lunch and discussions about the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association’s expansion, Lin Hao prepared to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s World Treasury with Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong.

• Ning Fengzhi awoke to find his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved into the nine-story Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi sensed that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had raised his Soul Power from level seventy-nine to level eighty, and he thanked Lin Hao and his companions.
• Ning Fengzhi hosted Lin Hao and the others for lunch and agreed to provide sixty million gold coins while arranging for the Commerce Association’s expansion to be discussed.
• Ning Fengzhi met with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to discuss helping the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association expand.
• Lin Hao, Tu Shan Hong Hong, and the others prepared to visit the World Treasury, with Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong leading them.

Lin Hao entered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s underground World Treasury with Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Bone Douluo, then used the inventory and system to search its treasures. He found a Gathering Essence Pearl but considered it of limited use to him.

• Ning Fengzhi brought Lin Hao and Ning Rongrong to the palace concealing the underground entrance to the World Treasury, where Bone Douluo waited.
• Bone Douluo unlocked the enormous golden doors with three unusual keys, and the group entered a palace filled with coins, chests, and treasures.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Lin Hao an inventory booklet and allowed him to choose three items without a time limit.
• Lin Hao scanned the treasury with his system, studied the booklet, and walked around the hall before examining the wall cabinets.
• Tu Shan Hong Hong carried Lin Hao up to a cubby, where he found a fiery red Gathering Essence Pearl that gathered Heaven and Earth Origin Qi.

Lin Hao chose three treasures from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s World Treasury, including a black fan that Yan Lingji recognized as connected to the Darkness God. He left with the group, excited by the prospect of a future connection to a powerful god, though he did not know where the Darkness God’s inheritance site was.

• Yan Lingji asked Lin Hao for the black folding fan, and he gave it to her after the system identified it as impossible to sacrifice.
• Lin Hao selected a yellow pearl and a black tree root alongside the fan, despite Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong questioning his choices.
• Lin Hao and his companions left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after discussing their planned cooperation on the Soul Tool Auction.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong to consume the Aromatic Silk Beauty and cultivate diligently, and she promised to work hard.
• Yan Lingji explained that the fan had belonged to the Darkness God, a friend of the Flame God, and Lin Hao became eager to pursue the god’s inheritance.

Lin Hao attended Qian Renxue’s banquet and met with her to discuss the influence of the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association in Heaven Dou City. He suspected Qian Renxue was trying to use the association to draw attention from other forces while Spirit Hall acted in secret.

• Lin Hao gave Long Xiaoyao the Dark Folding Fan to study and learned the Clear Sky Sect had secretly met with Tang Yuehua.
• Lin Hao attended Qian Renxue’s banquet with Yan Lingji and the others, then asked Yun Yun to investigate who had planned it and who had recently appeared around Xue Qinghe.
• A mysterious young man led Lin Hao to meet Qian Renxue, whose strength Tu Shan Hong Hong and Yan Lingji could not gauge.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Hao about the future of the Heaven and Earth Commerce Association and Heaven Dou City, but Lin Hao insisted he only wanted to expand his business and earn money.
• Lin Hao realized Qian Renxue seemed to want the association to attract other forces’ attention so Spirit Hall could operate in secret and shift blame onto it.