Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s new thesis on the Internal Energy Cultivation Method and whale rubber spread across the continent, prompting soul masters and powerful factions to respond. Qian Renxue planned to teach the method throughout the Heaven Dou Empire, while Ning Rongrong shared whale rubber with the Royal Fight Team.

• At Notting City’s Spirit Branch Hall, soul masters discussed Xiao Yan’s thesis, complained that Spirit Hall had bought up the whale rubber supply, and praised his methods.
• Xiao Gui watched the discussion and wondered how Xiao Lin and the others were doing as she prepared to obtain her Third Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin considered seeking help from Sea God Island to find whale-type Sea Soul Beasts over ten thousand years old.
• At Xue Qinghe’s residence, Qian Renxue asked Pufferfish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo to help spread the Internal Energy Cultivation Method to every village in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue sent She Long to inform her grandfather and tasked Ci Xue with representing her at a meeting in the imperial palace.
• Ning Rongrong distributed Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber to her Royal Fight Team classmates.

Xiao Lin's thesis fueled public anger against Yu Xiaogang, while the Shrek Three Bastards rejected him as their teacher. Unaware of the fallout, Xiao Lin considered whether Medusa Snake and Mei Mei could combine their powers in a Sacrifice and bloodline awakening.

• People in Heaven Dou City and students at Blue Tyrant Academy blamed Yu Xiaogang for spreading rumors about Xiao Yan and called for a boycott.
• Zhao Wuji encouraged the students' speeches, while Flender worried that Yu Xiaogang's actions might cost Ma Hongjun access to Xiao Yan's help.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar condemned Yu Xiaogang and agreed not to acknowledge him as their teacher.
• Xiao Lin pondered whether Medusa Snake and Mei Mei could perform a resonant Sacrifice and whether Mei Mei could use her Earth Dragon Golden Melon bloodline to help awaken Medusa Snake.

Xiao Lin absorbed Lei Lei’s Hundred Thousand Year Left Leg Bone, gaining two powerful lightning soul skills and awakening a domain through the Imprisoning Dragon Staff. He tested the new power in the sky and discovered it could briefly halt clouds and transform them into a thundercloud.

• Xiao Lin fused Lei Lei’s Hundred Thousand Year Left Leg Bone, strengthening his fifth soul skill and learning Thunder Rending Flash and Magnetic Storm Spacetime.
• Xiao Lin asked Lei Lei about a domain and summoned the Imprisoning Dragon Staff as the soul bone continued to fuse.
• The staff’s magnetic field reacted with the soul bone, awakening its lightning power and transforming the staff into a bright silver rod streaked with blue lightning.
• Xiao Lin realized Lei Lei’s domain multiplied his strength and flew above the clouds using the War God Cape.
• Xiao Lin swept the staff through the air, briefly freezing the clouds and producing lightning that turned one into a thundercloud.

Xiao Lin discovered that absorbing Lei Lei’s soul bone had strengthened his Chaos Right Leg Bone and granted him Chaos Qi, while the Thunderous Surge Domain added a separate boost. He used the Chaos Qi to evolve his spine, leaving the Dragon Kings convinced that awakening his Second Spirit was now inevitable.

• Xiao Lin questioned Lei Lei about the Thunderous Surge Domain’s strength boost, and the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King explained that the Chaos Soul Bone had also grown stronger.
• Xiao Lin withdrew the domain and Horned Dragon Staff, sensed Chaos Qi in his meridians, and realized his strength had increased about two and a half times.
• The Ice Dragon King explained that Lei Lei’s soul bone had resonated with Xiao Lin’s Chaos Right Leg Bone and increased its power.
• The Fire Dragon King urged Xiao Lin to use the Chaos Qi to strengthen his body and improve his chances of awakening his Second Spirit.
• Xiao Lin guided the Chaos Qi into his spine, evolving it into a powerful Dragon Spine and increasing his vitality.
• The Ice Fire Dragon King declared that Xiao Lin’s Second Spirit was sure to awaken, and Lei Lei praised him.

Xiao Lin reached level sixty and discovered that the Imprisoning Dragon Staff could absorb and distribute some of his soul power to his four Soul Beasts while he compressed the rest. Elsewhere, Tang Hao and Dugu Bo returned from their negotiations, then sensed the presence of a Soul Emperor.

• Lei Lei told Xiao Lin that his father likely possessed either dragon wings as an External Soul Bone or a Torso Bone.
• After reaching level sixty, Xiao Lin entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to compress his excess soul power.
• The Imprisoning Dragon Staff absorbed some of Xiao Lin's soul power and divided it among the Great Strength Vajra Bull, Thunder Shadow Leopard, Blazing Vajra, and Comet Snow Wolf.
• The Two Great Dragon Kings recognized that the Imprisoning Dragon Staff was approaching the level of a Super Artifact, while Lei Lei overheard them.
• Dugu Bo returned with Tang Hao after arranging Whale Rubber shares with Ning Fengzhi, while Tang Hao reported that only the Strength Clan and Speed Clan had agreed to rejoin the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao and Dugu Bo noticed Xiao Lin was absent, then sensed a Soul Emperor's aura and reacted in shock.

Xiao Lin reached Soul Emperor and set out alone for the July Fire Plain to seek a hundred-thousand-year Corona Demon for his next soul ring. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang was humiliated outside the Papal Hall, but Wu Ning paused the guards when Yu Xiaogang claimed he had an important matter for the Pope.

• Tang Hao and Dugu Bo sensed that twelve-year-old Xiao Lin had advanced to Soul Emperor and were shocked by his rapid progress.
• Xiao Lin emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, received his Black Card from Dugu Bo, and declined an offer of help obtaining his sixth soul ring.
• Xiao Lin said goodbye to Tang Hao, Dugu Bo, Mei Mei, and Qiu Qiu, then flew alone toward the July Fire Plain while compressing his soul power.
• Outside the Papal Hall, Wu Ning mocked Yu Xiaogang and signaled the guards to restrain and remove him.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he had an important matter for Bibi Dong, so Wu Ning stopped the guards and waited to hear what it was.

Yu Xiaogang won Bibi Dong’s favor by claiming a Ten Thousand Year Living Magnet could help her hunt the Thunder Emperor Dragon, but Wu Ning later arranged to give him weaker Whale Rubber and dismissed his Power Transfer method. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu sent She Long a Soul Bone for Qian Renxue and ordered him to assassinate Xue Xing.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan possessed a Ten Thousand Year Living Magnet that could draw away the Thunder Emperor Dragon’s lightning.
• Bibi Dong praised Yu Xiaogang and ordered Wu Ning to give him Whale Rubber, while Yu Xiaogang left the Papal Hall pleased and resentful of Wu Ning.
• Wu Ning reported that Whale Rubber mainly benefited young Soul Masters and that Yu Xiaogang’s Power Transfer method had serious limitations.
• Bibi Dong ordered Wu Ning to secretly replace Yu Xiaogang’s Whale Rubber with a Hundred Year piece.
• Qian Daoliu gave She Long a sixty-thousand-year left arm bone for Qian Renxue and ordered him to kill Xue Xing.

Seven days after Xiao Lin’s Exercise Manual swept the continent, Tang San published it through the Tang Sect, alarming Bibi Dong and prompting her to investigate the mysterious force. Bibi Dong sought another divine inheritance to help her wage war, but the Rakshasa God told her to follow his tasks and promised to assist her against any threat.

• Tang San distributed Xiao Lin’s Exercise Manual across the continent through the Tang Sect, drawing the attention of other factions.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Luan Douluo to investigate the Tang Sect and suspected Xiao Yan had created it.
• Bibi Dong asked Wu Ning about other places of God Inheritance, and he mentioned Slaughter City, the Star Luo Royal Family, and the Extremely North Land.
• Bibi Dong consulted the Rakshasa God, who said he would not let other gods seek successors and urged her to turn the continent into a place of slaughter, evil, and filth.
• The Rakshasa God planned to fuse with the world core and believed no other god would stop him.

Yu Xiaogang resented Xiao Yan’s Exercise Manual for undermining his plans, so he began drafting a paper on martial soul evolution. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun blamed Yu Xiaogang for their past training and agreed to avoid him, with Dai Mubai deciding to hire someone to kill him.

• Yu Xiaogang raged over the Exercise Manual’s spread and its damage to his reputation and plans at Martial Soul Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang began writing a thesis titled “On the Possibility of Local Evolution of Spirit” to restore his standing among ordinary Soul Masters.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun discussed how the Exercise Manual’s training methods worked better for them than Yu Xiaogang’s methods.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar agreed with Ma Hongjun’s resentment toward Yu Xiaogang, and Dai Mubai decided they would train with Zhao Wuji instead.
• Dai Mubai said he would find someone to kill Yu Xiaogang, while Oscar thought beating him up would be enough.

After Prince Xue Xing’s assassination unsettled the Royal Fight Team, Xiao Lin continued south with a caravan and found his soul-power compression accelerating as his Second Dantian expanded. The Two Dragon Kings attributed his good fortune to the Power of Faith generated by his Exercise Manual, leaving Xiao Lin wondering how widely it had been accepted.

• Ning Rongrong told the Royal Fight Team that Prince Xue Xing had been killed, and the girls speculated that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe or a Titled Douluo might be involved.
• Dugu Yan said her grandfather had returned without learning who killed Prince Xue Xing, while Tang Ni noticed strange threads of destiny flowing toward the south and saw that the continent’s Fortune was gathering around Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin joined Boss Wang’s caravan near Suotuo City to cross the Star Dou Great Forest into the Star Luo Empire.
• Xiao Lin used the Imprisoning Dragon Staff to compress his soul power, causing his Second Dantian to spread through his body and more than double its capacity.
• The Two Dragon Kings said Xiao Lin’s wishes were coming true because he had gained the Power of Faith, and Xiao Lin wondered whether the Exercise Manual had earned the approval of most Soul Masters.

Xiao Lin questioned whether the Power of Faith had caused his recent good fortune and tested the idea by advising Boss Wang on his son's cultivation. He still could not sense any Power of Faith afterward, leaving its nature uncertain.

• Xiao Lin argued that the Power of Faith alone could not explain his good fortune and speculated that Gaia or the Dragon God might have granted him Fortune.
• The Two Great Dragon Kings insisted that the Dragon God’s consciousness was more likely than Gaia’s, while Xiao Lin considered how his Second Dantian might combine with his Second Spirit and the Imprisoning Dragon Staff.
• Boss Wang asked Xiao Lin for cultivation advice for his eight-year-old son, whose Spirit was Purity Bamboo and whose Innate Soul Power was rank five.
• Xiao Lin recommended the support-control path, a Jade Bamboo Soul Ring, and cultivation near water to strengthen Purity Bamboo’s healing and regenerative abilities.
• Boss Wang offered Xiao Lin the caravan’s profits in gratitude, but Xiao Lin declined and returned to sensing for the Power of Faith.
• Xiao Lin sensed nothing and wondered whether he could not detect the Power of Faith or whether the force was something else.

Xiao Lin considered whether his newfound guidance came from the Power of Faith or merit, then planned ways to gain it through good deeds and social reform. He decided to focus on steady cultivation and cooperate with Qian Renxue, while leaving Bibi Dong alone for now and preparing to limit the danger she posed.

• Boss Wang promised Xiao Lin that he and his descendants would do good deeds, and Xiao Lin wondered whether his resulting enlightenment came from the Power of Faith.
• The Ice Fire Dragon Kings told Xiao Lin that the Power of Faith was beyond his current grasp and advised him to strengthen his Mental Power and foundation.
• Xiao Lin doubted that killing Bibi Dong before she harmed anyone would earn him faith, so he chose to leave her alone while preparing to reduce the harm she could cause.
• Xiao Lin decided to keep writing Theses and support the spread of the Exercise Manual, foundational education, and the unification of the continent as possible sources of faith or merit.
• Xiao Lin resolved to train his Mental Power through the Ice Fire Dragon Kings, Lei Lei, and Mei Mei so he could eventually grasp the Power of Faith.

Xiao Lin ate a roast duck made by a powerful Food Soul Master and discovered that it greatly restored his strength and soul power. While he wondered why the caravan trusted him to protect them, a group in the Star Dou Great Forest targeted the caravan after smelling the food.

• Boss Wang brought Xiao Lin a hot roast duck made with a Soul Elder's Food Martial Soul.
• Xiao Lin ate a piece and felt his strength, senses, stamina, and soul power improve dramatically.
• Xiao Lin questioned why Boss Wang had spent so much on the duck, and Boss Wang explained that the caravan relied on Xiao Lin's publicly stated Soul King strength for protection.
• A group more than a thousand meters away smelled the roast duck and set their sights on Xiao Lin and the caravan.

Xiao Lin detected a Wolf Thief Gang ambush surrounding the caravan and used his Dragon Might to frighten their leader, Gray Wolf. When Gray Wolf finally howled and the Wolf Thieves prepared to attack, Xiao Lin summoned his Imprisoning Dragon Staff and resolved to stop hiding his strength.

• Xiao Lin sensed approaching footsteps and warned Boss Wang that danger was coming.
• Boss Wang alerted the caravan, and a crowd of Wolf Thieves surrounded the resting travelers.
• A guard identified the attackers as Wolf Thieves, and panic spread through the caravan.
• Xiao Lin released his Bloodline Power and Dragon Might, leaving Gray Wolf too terrified to give an order.
• Gray Wolf finally howled, beginning the battle, and Xiao Lin summoned his Imprisoning Dragon Staff.

Xiao Lin used his Imprisoning Dragon Staff and Golden Flame to destroy the Wolf Thief Gang, then accepted a gold ingot from Boss Wang. After the surviving wolf thieves died, Xiao Lin urged the caravan to leave before Soul Beasts arrived.

• Xiao Lin revealed his four soul rings and attacked the Wolf Thief Gang with his Imprisoning Dragon Staff.
• Xiao Lin killed most of the more than one hundred wolf thieves with three sweeping strikes while lightning blinded them.
• The surviving wolf thieves collapsed in the burning, scorched ground, and Xiao Lin used his Mental Power to make them suffer until they died.
• Boss Wang thanked Xiao Lin and insisted that he accept a gold ingot, which Xiao Lin stored in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Xiao Lin withdrew most of the flames and told Boss Wang to move the caravan before Soul Beasts arrived.

As the caravan traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Lin reflected on the Wolf Thieves and realized his strength lay in gathering many kinds of power rather than relying on the ancient Dragon Kings. He underwent a second awakening of the Imprisoning Dragon Staff, leaving him with a new understanding of his Weapon Soul True Body.

• Xiao Lin protected the caravan as its members, believing him to be a hidden Soul Saint, grew more awed and grateful toward him.
• Xiao Lin wondered why the Wolf Thief Leader had not dropped a Soul Bone and whether Wolf Thieves were hybrids with Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Lin joked about the Ice Fire Dragon Kings’ descendants, and they told him that his greatest advantage was the Imprisoning Dragon Staff’s ability to gain varied powers.
• Xiao Lin resolved to pursue growth beyond becoming a God King and to seek power beyond Douluo Continent if necessary.
• Xiao Lin absorbed the Imprisoning Dragon Staff into himself, experienced a vision of countless staffs bearing his will, and awakened the staff for a second time.

Xiao Lin learned that his Second Stage Weapon Soul True Body granted powerful Soul Skills, a transforming Imprisoning Dragon Staff, and unlimited evolution, though the evolution required far more Soul Power than he could provide. He continued gathering the Power of Faith, then rested with the caravan, while Tang Ni later found that she could no longer perceive Xiao Lin’s fate.

• Xiao Lin assessed the Second Stage Weapon Soul True Body’s abilities and decided not to attempt its unlimited evolution for now.
• Xiao Lin chose to keep gathering the Power of Faith, reasoning that he could use it to evolve the Imprisoning Dragon Staff rather than become a god.
• Boss Wang mistook Xiao Lin’s heavy breath for exhaustion and offered him roast duck before stopping the caravan to rest for the night.
• Tang Ni noticed that her Eye of Fate could no longer detect Xiao Lin or the threads of fortune connected to him.

After reaching Kilikris City, Xiao Lin published his thesis on self-created soul skills through Spirit Hall under the name Grandmaster Xiao Yan, then flew away before Hall Master Keller could stop him. Keller began reading the thesis and discovered its broad classification of skills, though much of its content was beyond his understanding.

• Xiao Lin arrived in Kilikris City and submitted his thesis, "On the Classification and Study of Self-Created Soul Skills," to Spirit Hall under the identity of Grandmaster Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Lin flew away at a speed that led Keller to believe he was a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse.
• Keller opened the thesis and read that self-created soul skills could be divided into Physical Skill, Illusion Skill, and Soul Skill categories.
• Keller learned about techniques such as Instant Step, Advanced Instant Step, and Flight Skill, which used Soul Power and physical techniques to enhance movement.
• Keller struggled to understand the more advanced explanations and continued reading the thesis's teachings on the other skill categories.

Keller studied Xiao Yan’s thesis on illusion techniques and Self-Created Soul Skills, then failed twice while attempting to create a Rasengan. Convinced Xiao Yan was a Super Douluo, Keller ordered the thesis sent to Spirit City under the highest secrecy, unaware that his report could make Bibi Dong more wary of Xiao Lin.

• Keller read the thesis on illusion techniques and learned about Mental Power, methods for resisting illusions, and the importance of Soul Power control.
• Keller tried to make a Rasengan but caused an explosion before he could condense Soul Power outside his body.
• After using Spirit Possession of War Wolf, Keller formed Soul Power in his palm, but his attempt to spin it ended in a louder explosion that burned his palm.
• Keller decided the Rasengan was beyond him and concluded that Xiao Yan was a Super Douluo with even more powerful Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Keller ordered a Spirit Hall member to send Xiao Yan’s thesis to Spirit City under the highest level of confidentiality and to inform the Pope that Xiao Yan was a Super Douluo.
• Xiao Lin flew away, unaware Keller had mistaken him for a Super Douluo and planned to report it to Bibi Dong.

Xiao Lin flew into the Volcanic Archipelago to find the source of its powerful fire energy, while Huo Wu recruited a stall owner to help her team gather Fire Lotus Fruits. The Fire Dragon King identified the largest volcano as the place where Ultimate Fire was strongest.

• Xiao Lin spotted Huo Wu and Blazing Academy's team arguing over the price of Fire Lotus Fruits, then flew toward the Volcanic Archipelago.
• Huo Wu learned that Fire Lotus Fruits grew inside a volcano and could only be picked using non-fire Soul Power before the unstable lava erupted.
• Huo Wu persuaded the stall owner to guide her team to the fruit tree, promising protection and help from their teacher.
• Xiao Lin searched the volcanic islands until the Fire Dragon King directed him to the largest volcano, where the fire energy had reached Ultimate Fire.