Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan traveled across the continent, selecting criminals from Spirit Hall’s lists and helping local branch halls punish wrongdoing. After five months of cultivation and adventures, they reached the Star Luo Empire and set out for its capital, Star Luo City.

• Lin Yu chose Wang Ba, who had imprisoned and abused more than a hundred women, as a priority target for Spirit Hall to find.
• Lin Yu recognized Zhao Wuji on the criminal lists and learned that Zhao Wuji had killed most of a family after assaulting its eldest daughter, then escaped a pursuit by sixteen Soul Emperor bishops.
• Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan traveled from city to city, helping branch halls deal with criminals, evil soul masters, corrupt officials, and abusive branch members.
• Five months passed as Lin Yu reached level 39, and the group entered the Star Luo Empire, where they found fewer problems to handle.
• Dugu Yan worried that visiting Star Luo City was risky, but Lin Yu and Qian Renxue reassured her, and the group continued toward the capital before planning to visit the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan arrived in Star Luo City and spent the evening visiting a popular cake shop. There, Lin Yu recognized Zhu Zhuqing spying on Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing began confiding in the strangers.

• Lin Yu and his companions settled at the Spirit Hall Holy Temple in Star Luo City and went out for dinner.
• Dugu Yan led Lin Yu and Qian Renxue to Xuenai Cake Shop, where they ordered expensive desserts and drinks.
• Lin Yu noticed Zhu Zhuqing hiding near their table and watching a blond youth enter an inn with two women.
• Lin Yu recognized the youth as Dai Mubai and realized Zhu Zhuqing was distressed by what she had seen.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked what a man would do with two women in a hotel, then began asking Lin Yu for advice about a friend.

Zhu Zhuqing sought advice about her unfaithful fiancé, Dai Mubai, and finally confronted him after hearing him with two women in a hotel room. She kicked him and walked away, while Dai Mubai chased after her because he needed the Zhu Family’s support in the Star Luo throne competition.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan that her fiancé repeatedly cheated, but she feared she could not escape their Marriage Contract.
• Lin Yu explained that Zhu Zhuqing was a direct descendant of the Hell Spirit Cat Zhu Family and that her fiancé was a Star Luo prince, but Qian Renxue still resolved to help her.
• Zhu Zhuqing heard Dai Mubai making obscene remarks with two women and kicked the hotel room door open.
• Dai Mubai tried to claim that he and the women had only been playing a game, but Zhu Zhuqing kicked him in the crotch and left.
• Dai Mubai chased Zhu Zhuqing because he needed her Zhu Family alliance and their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to compete for the Star Luo throne.

Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan intervened when Dai Mubai cornered Zhu Zhuqing, promising to help her escape her fate and leave Star Luo City. After Lin Yu overpowered Dai Mubai, Dai Mubai summoned his martial soul, but Lin Yu revealed his Elemental Angel and three extraordinary spirit rings, leaving Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing stunned.

• Dai Mubai caught up with Zhu Zhuqing and insisted their arranged engagement meant she could not escape him, then tried to excuse his cheating and comfort her.
• Lin Yu kicked Dai Mubai away before he could touch Zhu Zhuqing, while Qian Renxue reassured her that they knew her identity and would help her leave Star Luo City.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to break free, and Lin Yu confronted Dai Mubai despite her warning that he was a prince.
• Lin Yu met Dai Mubai's punch head-on and sent him flying, then Dai Mubai summoned his Evil Eye White Tiger and activated his first spirit ability.
• Lin Yu revealed his Elemental Angel and three spirit rings—two purple and one black—shocking Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

Lin Yu brutally defeated Dai Mubai in the street and stopped only when Qian Renxue intervened. He led Zhu Zhuqing away from her arranged marriage and revealed that he and his companions were from Spirit Hall, leaving Dai Mubai unconscious and vowing revenge.

• Dai Mubai revealed that he was the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire, but Lin Yu continued beating him until he begged for mercy.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Yu to stop, and Lin Yu kicked Dai Mubai away before leaving with Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to follow Lin Yu and his companions, feeling free from her marriage contract for the moment.
• Dai Mubai cried out after Zhu Zhuqing as she left, then vowed revenge before fainting.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged the group to leave Star Luo City, but Qian Renxue said they would stay overnight and depart at dawn.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized the group was from Spirit Hall, and Lin Yu confirmed it and suggested they introduce themselves.

Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan revealed their powerful identities to Zhu Zhuqing and brought her into Spirit Hall, where she chose to become a Core Disciple. The Star Luo Empire gave up on punishing Lin Yu for beating Dai Mubai, then sent troops after Zhu Zhuqing, only to learn she had already left the city.

• Dugu Yan, Lin Yu, and Qian Renxue introduced themselves to Zhu Zhuqing, who felt reassured by their protection and agreed to go with them to Spirit City.
• Lin Yu arranged a room for Zhu Zhuqing at the Spirit Hall Holy Temple and learned about her age, cultivation, and potential.
• Dai Mubai woke the next morning and begged the Star Luo Emperor to punish Lin Yu, but the Emperor refused after learning Lin Yu was Qian Daoliu's direct disciple.
• The Zhu Family reported that Zhu Zhuqing had not returned, and Dai Mubai pleaded with the Emperor to recover his fiancée before the Emperor ordered troops to the holy temple.
• Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing had already left Star Luo City when the Star Luo Royal Knights arrived.
• The Platinum Bishop told the knights that Zhu Zhuqing had willingly joined Spirit Hall and directed the Star Luo Emperor to seek her at the Papal Palace in Spirit City.

Lin Yu, Dugu Yan, Qian Renxue, and Zhu Zhuqing reached the Star Dou Great Forest after Lin Yu and Dugu Yan broke through to the levels needed for new soul rings. As the group searched for Dugu Yan’s third soul ring, they encountered a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, and Lin Yu stopped Qian Renxue, suspecting it might be the spider tied to an External Soul Bone.

• The Star Luo Emperor abandoned his effort to retrieve Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Dai Mubai devastated and facing a grim future under Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuqing continued traveling with Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan, and they planned to take her to Spirit City after their training journey.
• About a month later, Lin Yu and Dugu Yan arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest after breaking through to levels 40 and 30, respectively.
• Lin Yu proposed that the group hunt soul beasts themselves, targeting a soul ring over three thousand years old for Dugu Yan and a fourth soul ring over forty thousand years old for himself.
• The group entered a blood-stained area of the forest and identified it as territory likely belonging to Man Faced Demon Spiders.
• A two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider attacked, and Lin Yu stopped Qian Renxue, wondering whether it was the one that could yield the Eight Spider Lances.

Lin Yu helped Dugu Yan obtain the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Eight Spider Lances, which let her purge and weaponize the poison in her body. The group later found a forty-thousand-year Flame Water Spirit Fox for Lin Yu’s spirit ring, and Lin Yu and Qian Renxue began fighting it.

• Lin Yu suggested that Dugu Yan gamble on the Man Faced Demon Spider yielding an External Soul Bone, and she chose to try.
• Lin Yu struck the spider with Fire Fist, and Dugu Yan killed it and absorbed its soul ring, gaining the Eight Spider Lances and breaking through to level 33.
• Lin Yu explained that Dugu Yan could channel her Poison Backlash into the Eight Spider Lances and expel it; she tested this on a tree, which the combined toxins rapidly corroded.
• Qian Renxue pulled Dugu Yan away from Lin Yu, and the group continued searching the forest for Lin Yu’s spirit ring.
• After nearly ten days, Lin Yu and Qian Renxue attacked a forty-thousand-year Flame Water Spirit Fox near the Core Area; Lin Yu trapped it with Darkness Cage and readied a Wind Blade as it lunged at him.

Lin Yu and Qian Renxue defeated a Flame Water Spirit Fox with over forty thousand years of cultivation, and Lin Yu absorbed its soul ring to reach level 44 and gain his fourth spirit ability. The chapter left Lin Yu planning to develop a powerful single-target attack for the coming fight against Tuoba Xi.

• Qian Renxue protected Lin Yu from the Flame Water Spirit Fox's charge, then restrained it with her fourth spirit ability while Lin Yu attacked with his Elemental Confinement Array.
• Qian Renxue struck the badly wounded Flame Water Spirit Fox with her Sacred Sword, and Lin Yu delivered the final blow.
• Lin Yu absorbed the Flame Water Spirit Fox's soul ring and advanced four levels, reaching level 44.
• Lin Yu explained that his fourth spirit ability, Elemental Clone, created seven independently fighting clones that could use his spirit abilities as he gained more rings.
• Lin Yu recognized that he needed a powerful finishing move to threaten a Spirit Douluo like Tuoba Xi.

Lin Yu learned that Spirit Hall had located a fugitive Soul Emperor in Nuoding City and traveled there to kill him and advance the Elemental God's Second Trial. At the city’s Martial Soul Branch Hall, he recognized Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San noticed him in return.

• A Spirit Hall soul master told Lin Yu and Qian Renxue that two fugitive Soul Emperors had been found, including Bi Zhiyu, a level 63 control-type soul master hiding in Nuoding City.
• Lin Yu chose to pursue Bi Zhiyu first, hoping to kill three Soul Emperors and complete the Elemental God's Second Trial before facing Tuoba Xi with Qian Renxue.
• Lin Shuai drove Lin Yu and the others to Nuoding City, where they headed to the Martial Soul Branch Hall.
• Outside the branch hall, Lin Yu recognized Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang climbing the steps.
• Tang San sensed Lin Yu watching and turned around, meeting his gaze for the first time.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang headed to the Spirit Hall branch to collect their monthly subsidies while discussing Tang San’s next soul ring. Lin Yu overheard Yu Xiaogang’s claims about his research and confronted him, leaving the group facing his accusation.

• Tang San noticed Lin Yu and the children traveling behind him, but Yu Xiaogang assured Tang San and Xiao Wu that they were more talented.
• Tang San questioned whether his second soul ring could exceed Yu Xiaogang’s stated 764-year limit, and Yu Xiaogang insisted that it could not.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to help Tang San obtain a roughly 600-year second soul ring and reminded him and Xiao Wu that reaching Soul Grandmaster would bring them monthly Spirit Hall subsidies.
• Lin Yu overheard the conversation and condemned Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang for collecting the money, then accused Yu Xiaogang of falsely claiming to have researched his theories.
• Xiao Wu threatened to beat Lin Yu, and the three turned to face him.

Lin Yu ignored Xiao Wu’s provocations, then sent her flying with a slap when she attacked him. Tang San threatened Lin Yu, but Yu Xiaogang stopped him and was publicly accused of plagiarizing his martial soul theories, leaving his reputation under scrutiny.

• Xiao Wu charged at Lin Yu after Yu Xiaogang encouraged her to teach him a lesson.
• Lin Yu slapped Xiao Wu so hard that she flew down the steps and lay incapacitated.
• Tang San rushed to Xiao Wu and threatened Lin Yu, but Yu Xiaogang stepped in to stop him.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Lin Yu, who claimed his martial soul theories were plagiarized.
• Bystanders began questioning Yu Xiaogang’s reputation, and he angrily denied the accusation.

Lin Yu accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing Spirit Hall’s Martial Soul research and passing it off as his own, exposing the secret behind his reputation as Master Yu. Yu Xiaogang’s panicked outburst convinced the crowd and left Tang San questioning his teacher.

• Lin Yu accused Yu Xiaogang of seducing Bibi Dong to gain access to Spirit Hall’s library and plagiarizing its research.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled how he had used Bibi Dong to steal knowledge and publish it as his own, then left Spirit Hall to protect his reputation.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted at Lin Yu to shut up, exposing his panic in front of the crowd.
• The crowd began cursing Yu Xiaogang and calling him a plagiarist after seeing his reaction.
• Tang San noticed Yu Xiaogang’s response and suspected Lin Yu’s accusations were true.

Lin Yu exposed Yu Xiaogang as a plagiarist, then beat him and Tang San in front of the onlookers. Tang San attacked again with Blue Silver Entanglement, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lin Yu accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and pointed out errors in the work.
• Yu Xiaogang, enraged and desperate to defend his reputation, summoned Luo Sanpao and challenged Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu interrupted Yu Xiaogang's Soul Skill and knocked him down with a punch, a slap, and a kick.
• Tang San attacked Lin Yu using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Mysterious Jade Hand, but Lin Yu caught his punch and slapped him into a stone wall.
• Tang San summoned Blue Silver Grass and launched his First Spirit Ability, Blue Silver Entanglement.

Lin Yu effortlessly countered Tang San’s hidden weapons while Yu Xiaogang suffered from the projectiles, then released Yu Xiaogang and defeated Tang San in a brutal fight. The chapter left Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang beaten and shaken by Lin Yu’s overwhelming strength.

• Tang San trapped Lin Yu with Blue Silver Entanglement and fired sleeve darts, but Lin Yu broke free and caught them.
• Lin Yu redirected Tang San’s sleeve darts and silver needles into Yu Xiaogang, who begged Tang San to stop throwing them.
• Lin Yu released Yu Xiaogang and challenged Tang San, who attacked with his Tang Sect techniques and hidden weapons but could not find an opening.
• Lin Yu declared Tang San too weak and knocked him flying before beating him into the ground.
• Xiao Wu cried out helplessly as Yu Xiaogang regretted provoking Lin Yu and Tang San questioned his confidence as a genius.

Lin Yu defeated Tang San and had Yu Xiaogang punished by Spirit Hall after exposing his Elder Token. He ordered Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism revealed and the group’s subsidies cut, then left the crowd as he sensed Tang Hao watching from hiding.

• Lin Yu pinned Tang San beneath his foot, and Tang San stopped resisting when Su Yuntao and the White-Robed Deacons arrived.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Lin Yu of insulting Spirit Hall, but Su Yuntao slapped him and ordered him beaten with thirty strokes.
• Su Yuntao recognized Lin Yu as Young Master Lin Yu, and Lin Yu demanded Yu Xiaogang surrender Spirit Hall’s Elder Token.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed the token, and Lin Yu ordered Spirit Hall to stop the group’s subsidies and publicize Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism.
• Yu Xiaogang fainted after the crowd condemned him, while Lin Yu left with Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Yu sensed Tang Hao watching from the shadows and stopped as he recognized him.

After Lin Yu defeated Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, he explained parts of Bibi Dong’s past to Qian Renxue while withholding the truth about her father’s death. He rested before setting out to kill Bi Zhiyu, and Su Yuntao secured permission to join the attack.

• Tang Hao watched Lin Yu defeat Yu Xiaogang and Tang San but stayed hidden because two Titled Douluo were guarding Lin Yu’s group.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu carried the unconscious Yu Xiaogang away, and Tang San vowed to take revenge on Lin Yu.
• Qian Renxue questioned Lin Yu about Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, and Lin Yu confirmed their relationship while withholding further details.
• Lin Yu, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing ate and rested at the branch hall before Lin Yu prepared to attack Bi Zhiyu that night.
• Su Yuntao reported Bi Zhiyu’s defenses and asked to fight alongside Lin Yu, who agreed and assigned the other White-Robed Deacons to handle cleanup.

Lin Yu led Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Yuntao to Bi Zhiyu’s manor, where he planned to fight the Soul Emperor alone while the others dealt with his men. Dugu Yan unleashed her Jade Phosphor Purple Poison against the manor’s defenders, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Lin Yu assigned Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Yuntao to handle the manor’s guards and ordered everyone not to interfere in his duel with Bi Zhiyu.
• Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Yuntao defeated the first thugs who charged them, prompting another guard to fire a signal flare.
• Bi Zhiyu spotted the intruders and sent his strongest subordinate, Ah Fei, to deal with them, while more than eighty thugs and several Soul Masters gathered outside.
• Dugu Yan taunted the assembled defenders, released her Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul, and revealed that she was a three-ring Soul Elder.
• Dugu Yan unleashed her third spirit ability, Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, spreading violet poison mist across the battlefield.

Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Yuntao fought the manor’s Soul Masters, while Ah Fei waited for a chance to attack. After Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing displayed their strength, Ah Fei ambushed Dugu Yan with his spatial ability, leaving her in immediate danger.

• Dugu Yan poisoned more than eighty thugs and three Soul Grand Masters, while Ah Fei pressured the remaining fighters to stay and fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed a Soul Grandmaster and severely wounded him with her First Spirit Ability, Hell Stab.
• Su Yuntao blocked another Soul Grandmaster, and the fighters battled with Dugu Yan suppressing two Soul Elders.
• Ah Fei revealed his Space Mouse martial soul and four spirit rings, but Lin Yu said Dugu Yan could handle him.
• Ah Fei used Space Transfer to appear behind Dugu Yan and attacked her with his Third Spirit Ability, Space Bite Kill.

Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Su Yuntao defeated Bi Zhiyu’s men, prompting Lin Yu to confront Bi Zhiyu over a massacre committed five years earlier. Bi Zhiyu revealed his six Soul Emperor rings and prepared to fight Lin Yu.

• Dugu Yan used her Eight Spider Lances and poison to kill Soul Ancestor Ah Fei, then killed two Soul Elders.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated a level 23 Soul Grandmaster, while Su Yuntao also won his battle.
• Lin Yu noticed that Bi Zhiyu had not appeared, and Bi Zhiyu discovered his men had been defeated.
• Lin Yu accused Bi Zhiyu of slaughtering over a hundred villagers in Wang Village five years earlier and declared that Spirit Hall would execute him.
• Bi Zhiyu unleashed his Soul Emperor aura and six soul rings, and Lin Yu told the others to step back.