Chapter Summaries

Lin Yao posed as a wealthy novice at a Black Seal City auction, lured four factions into ambushing him, and killed them to seize their treasure. After completing his pursuit mission and returning to Jia Nan Academy, he counted his spoils and resolved to use them to strengthen himself.

• Lin Yao attended the Black Seal City auction in disguise, lavishly bid on valuable items, and drew the greed of several attendees and the auction house.
• Lin Yao led the pursuers into a deserted canyon, revealed his four-star Dou Wang strength, and killed the ambushers from four factions in a brief fight.
• Lin Yao collected sixteen Storage Rings, then tracked down and killed the criminal who had murdered Jia Nan Academy students.
• Lin Yao returned to Jia Nan Academy after completing the pursuit mission in three days, turned in the criminal's head, and returned the Five Elements Art and Star Collapse Step.
• Lin Yao emptied the Storage Rings and found twelve million gold coins, numerous cultivation arts and Magic Cores, and rare medicinal ingredients, including a crimson spirit fruit needed for a Dou Spirit Pill.

Lin Yao stabilized his new Dou King realm, revealed his bloodline awakening to Jia Nan Academy’s leaders, and earned an early path into the Inner Court with generous rewards. Hu Gan brought him to the Academy’s hidden Library Pavilion, where Lin Yao began searching among its treasures for one item to take.

• Lin Yao refined a third-tier Magic Core with Groudon’s earth-origin power and the Reincarnation Mangekyo Sharingan, then absorbed its energy to stabilize his Dou King realm.
• Elder Huo discovered Lin Yao’s breakthrough and brought him to Hu Gan, where Lin Yao explained his bloodline awakening and the Academy granted him a premium fifth-tier pill and chief Alchemy Department status.
• Hu Gan approved Lin Yao’s early Inner Court entry and promised him the selection tournament’s top-five reward, while Elder Huo granted him access to Alchemy Department formulas and resources.
• Hu Gan escorted Lin Yao to the hidden Library Pavilion, where its guardians, Nine Star Dou Zong Qian Mu and Bai Lie, opened the sealed entrance and warned him that he could take only one treasure.
• Lin Yao entered the pavilion’s main hall and activated his Reincarnation Mangekyo Sharingan to search its flying treasures for the item best suited to him.

Lin Yao chose the Void Ring, a high-grade Storage Ring that amplified Spatial Power and could strengthen his spatial ocular technique. After Hu Gan learned of his choice, he told Lin Yao that the academy would admit him to the Inner Court as an instructor, and planned to take him to meet the Grand Elder the next morning.

• Lin Yao examined treasures in the Library Pavilion, rejected the Mad Thunder Art, and found the Void Ring, whose spatial energy resonated with his ocular technique.
• Lin Yao chose the Void Ring over the Nine Layered Phoenix Fire Art and left the Library Pavilion after Bai Lie warned him to keep what he had seen there secret.
• Hu Gan escorted Lin Yao back and examined the Void Ring, agreeing that it was a rare treasure suited to Lin Yao's talents.
• Hu Gan told Lin Yao that the academy would admit him to the Inner Court as an instructor because his Dou Wang strength exceeded the graduation standards.
• Lin Yao thanked Hu Gan and left to rest before meeting the Grand Elder the following morning.

Lin Yao absorbed Elder Huo’s fifth-grade Body Nourishing Pill and advanced to five-star Dou Wang, then used the Void Ring’s Spatial Power to strengthen his spatial eye technique. The next morning, Hu Gan brought him into the Inner Court, where Lin Yao met Grand Elder Su Qian.

• Lin Yao visited Elder Huo, showed him the Void Ring, and received a fifth-grade Body Nourishing Pill to stabilize his cultivation.
• Lin Yao absorbed the pill’s energy and broke through from four-star to five-star Dou Wang.
• Lin Yao infused the Void Ring with his spiritual power and Dou Qi, letting his Reincarnation Mangekyō Sharingan absorb Spatial Power and strengthen its spatial eye technique.
• Lin Yao discovered that the Void Ring’s space had expanded and that it could boost his spatial eye technique’s power by about fifty percent.
• Hu Gan led Lin Yao through the spatial gate into the Inner Court, where Grand Elder Su Qian examined him and praised his talent.

Lin Yao received Jia Nan Academy’s support as a teacher, then cultivated for three days in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and strengthened his body and Dou Qi. After collecting pill-refining ingredients from the medicinal herb storehouse, he planned to use energy-rich Pills to draw Zi Yan closer.

• Su Qian gave Lin Yao a teacher identity token and a Purple Crystal Fire Card, and promised academy-supplied pill ingredients in exchange for some of his Pills.
• Lin Yao entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, sensed Fallen Heart Flame’s heartfire tempering his body and Dou Qi, and began cultivating in a lower-level room.
• After three days, Lin Yao emerged with more condensed Dou Qi, stronger self-created Chidori and Rasengan techniques, and a stabilized five-star Dou Wang realm.
• Lin Yao went to the medicinal herb storehouse, where its elderly keeper arranged the ingredients and Magic Cores he requested.
• Lin Yao left with the materials and planned to refine energy-rich Pills to attract Zi Yan, who often searched near the storehouse for food.

Lin Yao refined Dou Spirit Pills to attract Zi Yan, the young Ancient Void Dragon, and offered her the pills to befriend her. Zi Yan accepted his offer to teach her alchemy and promised to take him treasure hunting.

• Lin Yao used the Star Sky Burning Flame to refine high-grade Dou Spirit Pills and left their fragrance spreading through his courtyard.
• Over the next two days, Lin Yao refined more pills and experimented with producing two batches at once.
• Zi Yan sneaked into the courtyard, drawn by the pill fragrance, and watched the bottles Lin Yao had made.
• Lin Yao gave Zi Yan two bottles of Dou Spirit Pills and invited her to learn alchemy with him.
• Zi Yan introduced herself, agreed to study with Lin Yao, and promised to take him treasure hunting.

Lin Yao grew closer to Zi Yan as he trained her, refined a Peak Grade Five Dou Spirit Pill, and advanced to Seven-Star Dou King. After impressing Elder Huo and Su Qian, he and Zi Yan discovered Earth Core Body Tempering Milk in a hidden cave, which Lin Yao prepared as a nourishing drink for her.

• Lin Yao sparred with Zi Yan, explained that her fighting style relied too heavily on strength and speed, and promised to help her improve and share pills with her.
• Lin Yao refined three Peak Grade Five Dou Spirit Pills and used one to break through from Five-Star to Seven-Star Dou King.
• Lin Yao gave Elder Huo a high-quality Dou Spirit Pill, and Su Qian praised his cultivation and asked him to continue teaching Zi Yan combat techniques.
• Lin Yao used his Mangekyō Sharingan to kill a Snow Demon Heavenly Ape, then followed Zi Yan into its cave and found Earth Core Body Tempering Milk in an underground chamber.
• Lin Yao concealed the cave entrance and prepared a medicinal drink with the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and other ingredients for Zi Yan to enjoy.

Su Qian visited Lin Yao and Zi Yan, brought Lin Yao the Five Elements Body Tempering Technique, and saw how well Lin Yao was caring for Zi Yan. Lin Yao cultivated its Earth and Water stages, advancing to an eight-star Dou King while Zi Yan slept and recovered.

• Lin Yao served Zi Yan spiritual liquid refined from Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid, and Su Qian arrived and praised his alchemy.
• Su Qian gave Lin Yao the Five Elements Body Tempering Technique, which complemented Lin Yao's Five Elements Art, and asked him to care for Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan drank the spiritual liquid, grew sleepy as her body absorbed its energy, and fell asleep while Lin Yao watched over her.
• Lin Yao studied the technique, traded three Dou Spirit Pills for an Earth Dragon Root, and completed the Earth Art, reaching the late stage of the Seven-Star Dou King.
• Lin Yao later obtained a sixth-tier Water Attribute Magic Core and completed the Water Art, advancing to an eight-star Dou King and strengthening the connection between the technique and his Five Elements Art.

Lin Yao grew stronger while training and cooking for Zi Yan, then decided to leave Jia Nan Academy for two or three years to seek opportunities and advance toward Dou Emperor. Su Qian approved of his journey but warned him not to take Zi Yan, and Lin Yao promised to bring her along after he returned.

• Lin Yao reunited with Zi Yan and prepared energy-rich meals for her while she gathered medicinal herbs for him.
• Over half a month, Zi Yan improved in combat, and Lin Yao advanced to eight-star Dou King through training with the Five Elements Body Tempering Technique.
• Lin Yao decided to travel abroad for two or three years and asked Su Qian for leave.
• Su Qian supported Lin Yao's plan but advised him not to bring Zi Yan until he was strong enough to protect her.
• Lin Yao told Zi Yan he would travel without her, and she pleaded to go with him; he promised they would explore the continent together after he returned.

Chen Xin brought the unconscious Lin Yao and Ning Rongrong back toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, rescuing Dragon Duke Snake Matriarch and Meng Yiran along the way. After Lin Yao recovered, he revealed that he could create his own Soul Rings, leaving the sect’s leaders stunned by the potential impact of his ability.

• Chen Xin spotted a Fallen Soul Master attacking Dragon Duke Meng Shu, Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran, then killed him with a single sword strike.
• Chen Xin invited the injured Dragon Duke Snake Matriarch and Meng Yiran to return with them to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and they accepted.
• Lin Yao’s parents, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong gathered at the sect as Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong recounted Lin Yao’s battle and his killing of the Holy Spirit Cult’s Title Douluo.
• Lin Yao woke after recovering and explained that his Five Elements abilities and sixth Soul Ring had helped him defeat the Title Douluo.
• Lin Yao revealed that he could condense his own Soul Rings instead of obtaining them from soul beasts, astonishing everyone with the possibility that this ability could change the Soul Master system.

Qian Renxue learned that Lin Yao had survived an encounter with a fallen Title Douluo and vowed to punish the enemies who targeted him. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Lin Yao welcomed new members with Immortal Herbs, and Ning Rongrong evolved her martial soul into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Qian Renxue heard Snake Lance Douluo's report that Lin Yao had encountered a fallen Title Douluo in the Star Dou Great Forest, then vowed to hunt down the fallen Soul Masters who targeted him.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang agreed to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Meng Yiran, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar also expressed their desire to join.
• Lin Yao gave Ma Hongjun a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Oscar a Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King, and Meng Yiran a Spiritual Snake Luo Fruit.
• Ning Rongrong asked Lin Yao for the Aromatic Silk Beauty so she could grow strong enough to support him, and he gave it to her.
• Ma Hongjun purified his Evil Fire and reached level thirty, Oscar rose to level 36, and Meng Yiran advanced to level 37 as her martial soul strengthened.
• Ning Rongrong reached level 40 and evolved her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, delighting Ning Fengzhi.

Oscar returned to Shrek Academy with renewed confidence after Ning Fengzhi recognized his talent, while Lin Yao escorted Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun to Sunset Forest. Ning Rongrong successfully absorbed a ten-thousand-year Rock Armor Ant King Soul Ring, reaching level forty-seven, and the group returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Oscar returned to the renamed Shrek Academy determined to train and finish the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while Ning Fengzhi chose to respect Oscar’s path.
• Meng Yiran trained with her evolved Serpent Cane, strengthened by the Spiritual Snake Luo Fruit, and resolved to keep pace with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s strongest members.
• Lin Yao, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Dugu Bo traveled to Sunset Forest, where Ma Hongjun absorbed a Thousand-Year Blazing Demon Bird Soul Ring and gained his third ring.
• Ning Rongrong chose a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring for her fourth ring, and Dugu Bo captured a suitable Rock Armor Ant King for her.
• With Lin Yao and Dugu Bo guarding her, Ning Rongrong absorbed the Rock Armor Ant King’s Soul Ring, reached level forty-seven, and gained a defensive trait for her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Back at the sect, Ning Rongrong excitedly took Meng Yiran to meet Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy to help Flender finish the Soul Master Tournament.

Lin Yao inspected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Soul Tool research and praised the engineers’ progress in making more stable, efficient devices. In Heaven Dou City, he intervened when Tai Tan nearly forced Tang San to kneel, leaving Tai Tan defeated and questioning the Strength Clan patriarch’s ability.

• Lin Yao visited the sect’s Soul Tool research department and learned that its first batch of new low-grade Soul Tools had improved stability by nearly fifty percent and reduced Soul Power consumption by thirty percent.
• Lin Yao encouraged the Soul Engineers to continue their research and promised to personally approve resources and help with technical obstacles.
• While walking through Heaven Dou City, Lin Yao sensed a disturbance at Shrek Academy and found Tai Tan suppressing Tang San after Tang San had injured Tai Long and Tai Nuo.
• Lin Yao attacked Tai Tan with a silver sword formed from Soul Power, then shattered Tai Tan’s fifth Soul Skill and forced him to his knees.
• Lin Yao looked at the defeated Tai Tan and asked whether the Strength Clan patriarch had only that much ability.

Lin Yao intervened when Titan confronted Tang San, then visited Ning Rongrong and the others at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After Xue Beng was found beside a dead commoner girl and dismissed her death, Lin Yao killed him, leaving Xue Qinghe to face the fallout with the imperial family.

• Lin Yao forced Titan to stop attacking Tang San, heard Tang San's account, and let Titan leave the academy entrance.
• Lin Yao visited Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Meng Yiran, told them about the confrontation, and watched the Imperial Dou Team train.
• Xue Qinghe hurried to Lin Yao after hearing about the clash with the Strength Clan, but a maid reported that a commoner girl had died in Xue Beng's dormitory.
• Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing dismissed the girl's death as an accident, while Xue Qinghe struggled over whether to punish Xue Beng.
• Lin Yao killed Xue Beng with a Soul Power sword and told Xue Qinghe he would take responsibility; Xue Qinghe promised to explain the matter to the Emperor and sent Lin Yao away.

Lin Yao crippled and killed Xue Beng after witnessing his cruelty, shocking everyone at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and risking a conflict between the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Prince Xue Xing held back from retaliating, while Qian Renxue worried that the fallout could endanger Lin Yao and disrupt her plans.

• Lin Yao revealed his Star Sword martial soul and six Soul Rings, then used his speed to sever all five of Xue Beng’s limbs.
• Lin Yao ignored Prince Xue Xing’s outrage and killed Xue Beng with a Water Attribute sword aura.
• The three education committee members admitted they had been unable to stop Lin Yao, and Meng Shenji questioned whether his actions were worth the consequences.
• Lin Yao stood by his choice, saying Xue Beng deserved to die and that killing him had brought peace to his mind.
• Prince Xue Xing refrained from ordering his Soul Saint guards to attack because he feared Lin Yao’s strength and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s backing.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, worried about the danger to Lin Yao and the effect his actions could have on her plans.

After killing Xue Beng, Lin Yao left the academy while Qian Renxue promised to manage the imperial fallout and privately invited him to help remake the continent. Lin Yao deferred his answer and resolved to prioritize growing stronger, knowing conflict between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was likely.

• Lin Yao told Qian Renxue he would take responsibility for killing Xue Beng and left the academy as Prince Xue Xing and the councilors watched.
• Qian Renxue followed Lin Yao, dismissed her guards, and described her ideal of unifying the continent and creating a fairer society.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Yao to join her in changing the continent, but Lin Yao said he needed time to consider.
• Qian Renxue promised to mediate with Xue Ye and help suppress the consequences of Xue Beng's death.
• After Qian Renxue left, Lin Yao considered the likely conflict between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and resolved to strengthen himself.

Lin Yao returned to the Star Palace and met two new versions of himself: one trapped in the Yu-Gi-Oh! monster card Ultimate Tyrant, and another from a seemingly ordinary parallel world in 2006 Imperial Capital. The Lin Yaos helped Ultimate Tyrant begin recovering from his long isolation and wondered whether the newcomer’s world hid a larger story.

• Lin Yao entered the Star Palace and found the colossal Ultimate Tyrant and an ordinary-looking newcomer gathered with the other Lin Yaos.
• Demon Slayer World Lin Yao explained that Yu-Gi-Oh! World Lin Yao had been trapped as Ultimate Tyrant for so long that his emotions and desires had nearly vanished.
• The Lin Yaos fused memories with Ultimate Tyrant, realizing their shared experiences might gradually help him recover, then debated powerful Yu-Gi-Oh! monsters.
• Urban World Lin Yao noticed the overlooked newcomer and learned that he came from a parallel world set in 2006 with no known power system.
• Urban World Lin Yao fused the newcomer's memories and speculated that his Imperial Capital setting might develop into a classic rebirth story involving fortune, hidden families, and cultivation.
• The newcomer accepted that his world might be ordinary and felt content knowing the Star Palace could give him access to the other Lin Yaos' powers.

Lin Yao broke through to Level 70 Soul Saint and joined a Shrek Academy group heading into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings. As the group began searching the Mixed Zone, Lin Yao sensed suspicious figures nearby, who were torturing soul hunters and extracting their souls.

• Lin Yao consolidated the power gained from the Star Palace newcomers and reached Level 70, forming an embryonic Soul Core.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged for Xuan Zi, Zhang Lexuan, and several Core Disciples to accompany Lin Yao to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Yao introduced himself as a Level 70 Soul Saint with twin Martial Souls, astonishing the other members of the group.
• The group entered the Mixed Zone, where Zhang Lexuan and Lin Yao searched for suitable soul beasts and Lin Yao sensed strange auras nearby.
• Several black-robed Soul Masters captured soul hunters, extracted one victim's soul, and tortured the others.

Lin Yao found a dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden-Eyed Jade Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest and successfully bound its soul to himself as a Soul Spirit, reaching rank 73 and gaining powerful new abilities. As he and Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming continued into the Core Zone, a golden-flamed beast pursued an ape-type soul beast while black-robed Evil Soul Masters approached.

• Zhang Lexuan sent Jiang Nannan and the other newly advanced students back to Shrek, then rested while Wu Ming and Lin Yao kept watch.
• Wu Ming briefly cultivated with Lin Yao, but stopped when rumors about his relationships made her uncomfortable.
• Lin Yao sensed a presence and led Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming to a dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden-Eyed Jade Beast.
• Lin Yao used his experimental Soul Spirit method to bind the Golden-Eyed Jade Beast, rose from rank 70 to 73, and gained a Martial Soul Avatar, Dark Nether Heart Tribulation, and Deep Gloom Domain.
• Lin Yao found no soul bone but discovered the Golden-Eyed Jade Beast's soul had joined Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress in his spiritual sea.
• A lion-like soul beast with golden flames pursued an ape-type soul beast as several black-robed Evil Soul Masters approached the Core Zone.

After gaining a Spirit System domain from his seventh Soul Ring, Lin Yao encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the Star Dou Great Forest and was protected from Scarlet King by Elder Xuan. In the Mixed Zone, Lin Yao revealed his Martial Soul Avatar to kill five Evil Soul Masters, then led Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming toward the academy.

• Lin Yao showed Wu Ming and Zhang Lexuan his new domain, but sensed approaching soul beasts before they could leave the Core Zone.
• Wu Ming defeated a Spirit Monkey of Light, and Lin Yao restrained the Three-Eyed Golden Lion when it attacked the group.
• Scarlet King arrived to defend the Imperial Auspicious Beast, but Elder Xuan blocked its attack and fought it while Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Lin Yao withdrew.
• In the Mixed Zone, Zhang Lexuan sensed five Evil Soul Masters, led by Wan Hun, preparing to ambush the group.
• Lin Yao unleashed his Soul Destroying Spear Martial Soul Avatar and killed all five Evil Soul Masters within moments.
• Lin Yao led Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming onward toward the academy.