Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong manipulated Yu Xiaogang’s interest in her to provoke Qian Xunji against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Tang Hao emerged from Slaughter City with Divine Slaughter’s Domain. At a hotel, Tang Hao clashed with Lin Hanye’s group after Liu Erlong mocked him, and both sides prepared to fight.

• Bibi Dong encouraged Yu Xiaogang’s belief that she admired his research, then instructed Ling Yuan to tell Qian Xunji that he had pursued her.
• Tang Hao left Slaughter City after three and a half years, having gained Divine Slaughter’s Domain, and headed toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao encountered Lin Hanye, Liu Erlong, Ah Yin, and Shao Xin at a hotel and approached them to make Ah Yin’s acquaintance.
• After Ah Yin rebuffed Tang Hao, Liu Erlong mocked his age and smell, prompting him to unleash Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Lin Hanye blocked Tang Hao’s killing intent with Frozen Domain, and Tang Hao challenged Lin Hanye, Liu Erlong, and Shao Xin to fight.
• Lin Hanye accepted the challenge, and Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Shao Xin stood with him.

Tang Hao attacked Lin Hanye, Liu Erlong, Ah Yin, and Shao Xin at the hotel, but the group overwhelmed him with their coordination. When Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and tried to strike Ah Yin, Lin Hanye and the others stopped him, leaving him staggered by Liu Erlong’s explosive fire attack.

• Ah Yin refused to let Tang Hao attack her companions, and Liu Erlong provoked him into a fight.
• Tang Hao charged Lin Hanye and Liu Erlong, but they caught his punch and threw him through the hotel window.
• Lin Hanye, Liu Erlong, and Ah Yin kicked Tang Hao between them while the hotel crowd watched.
• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and swung at Ah Yin, but Lin Hanye blocked him with ice prisms and Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Barrier rebounded his hammer.
• Liu Erlong struck Tang Hao with a magma fireball, and his Clear Sky Hammer barely withstood the blast.

Lin Hanye, Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Shao Xin defeated Tang Hao in a coordinated fight, then left after Lin Hanye taunted him and gave false names. Tang Hao swore revenge as Lin Hanye departed with Ah Yin and Liu Erlong.

• Ah Yin and Lin Hanye trapped Tang Hao with Blue Silver Range Entangle and Ice Coffin, and the Ice Spikes badly wounded him.
• Tang Hao collapsed and lost his Clear Sky Hammer, while the crowd was stunned by his defeat and the unusual Soul Ring Configurations of Ah Yin and Lin Hanye.
• Lin Hanye refused to kill Tang Hao, then announced that he was Flender, named Zhao Wuji as his companion, and claimed Ah Yin and Liu Erlong were his wives.
• Lin Hanye took Gold Soul Coins from Tang Hao's Soul Tool to pay the hotel owner before leaving with Ah Yin and Liu Erlong, while Shao Xin followed.
• Tang Hao vowed revenge, and Lin Hanye taunted him by predicting that he and Ah Yin would have children and grandchildren while Tang Hao remained a bachelor.

After defeating Tang Hao, Lin Hanye explained the fight to his companions and admitted that he truly wanted both Ah Yin and Liu Erlong as his wives. Later, Ah Yin confessed that she was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, but Lin Hanye’s calm response left her surprised.

• Tang Hao collapsed after Lin Hanye’s verbal attack, and the hotel owner arranged for him to receive treatment and notified the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Hanye told Liu Erlong, Ah Yin, and Shao Xin that Tang Hao was powerful but had lost because of his arrogance and their teamwork.
• Lin Hanye confirmed that he genuinely wanted Ah Yin and Liu Erlong as his wives, prompting the women to question him about his other connections before Shao Xin left them alone.
• Lin Hanye noticed Ah Yin was troubled, and Liu Erlong gave them privacy to walk together beneath the moonlight.
• Ah Yin revealed that she was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, the Blue Silver Emperor, and Lin Hanye calmly asked whether she expected him to attack her for her soul bone or soul ring.

After Tang Hao was beaten by Lin Hanye, Liu Erlong, and Ah Yin, the Clear Sky Sect learned his distorted account and brought him home. Tang Chen heard the full story and told Tang Hao that he would still lose if they fought again.

• Lin Hanye reassured Ah Yin that he would never let anyone harm her, even though he would continue hunting soul beasts for Soul Rings.
• Tang Bai, Tang Xiao, and Tai Tan arrived after hearing Tang Hao was injured, and Tang Bai confirmed that Tang Hao was badly hurt but would recover.
• Tai Tan intimidated the townspeople into keeping quiet, while Tang Hao falsely blamed Flender and Zhao Wuji for provoking the Clear Sky Sect and deceiving Ah Yin.
• Tang Bai and Tang Xiao vowed that the Clear Sky Sect would seek retribution, while Tang Hao pleaded with them not to harm Ah Yin and praised her beauty and talent.
• Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect seven days later and described the fight to Tang Chen, who concluded that Tang Hao would have no chance of winning a rematch.

Tang Chen analyzed how Flender and his companions defeated Tang Hao, then urged Clear Sky Sect to learn from the loss and leave the dispute to the younger generation. He departed disappointed in the sect’s arrogance, while Tang Hao promised to grow stronger and defeat his future rivals.

• Tang Chen explained how Flender, two girls, and Zhao Wuji had worked together to defeat Tang Hao.
• Tang Chen told Clear Sky Sect that tactics and personal ability mattered more than relying on the Clear Sky Hammer, and warned Tang Hao against arrogance.
• Tang Chen named Bibi Dong and the three young fighters as powerful future opponents for Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao promised Tang Chen that he would grow stronger and defeat Flender and the others.
• Tang Wei and the other sect members urged Tang Chen to punish the fighters, but Tang Chen insisted that the younger generation settle matters themselves.
• Tang Chen left the hall disappointed in Clear Sky Sect and worried about its future.

Qian Xunji learned that Tang Hao had returned to Clear Sky Sect and dismissed him as unremarkable. Ling Yuan reported that Yu Xiaogang had tried to approach Bibi Dong, but her account of Bibi Dong’s feelings toward Qian Xunji delighted him, and he rewarded Ling Yuan with a soul bone.

• A Red-Robed Bishop told Qian Xunji that Tang Hao had returned to Clear Sky Sect and had been beaten by weaker soul masters on the way.
• Ling Yuan entered the council hall, and Qian Xunji recognized that she had broken through Level 90 and offered her permission to hunt for her Ninth Soul Ring.
• Ling Yuan warned Qian Xunji that Yu Xiaogang had used his soul master theories to approach Bibi Dong, then said Bibi Dong had shown no interest in him.
• Ling Yuan claimed Bibi Dong wanted a future partner stronger and smarter than herself, like Qian Xunji, making him overjoyed.
• Qian Xunji rewarded Ling Yuan with the Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm Bone for protecting Bibi Dong.

Qian Xunji tested Bibi Dong by arranging for Yu Xiaogang to enter the Library Pavilion’s restricted fifth floor, where he was caught with a top-secret book. Bibi Dong denied authorizing him and nearly killed him, but Qian Xunji stopped her to avoid provoking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect; she then asked how Spirit Hall should punish the traitor.

• Ling Yuan received a Soul Bone from Qian Xunji, while Silver Hammer offered to deal with Yu Xiaogang and Qian Xunji refused to kill him outright.
• A Temple Knight told Yu Xiaogang that the Pope had allowed him into the Library Pavilion’s fourth and fifth floors, claiming the Saintess had pleaded for him.
• Yu Xiaogang went straight to the fifth floor and picked up a top-secret golden book before Bishop Otto caught him and escorted him to Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong denied authorizing Yu Xiaogang and declared that stealing Spirit Hall’s secrets deserved execution, then grabbed him by the throat.
• Qian Xunji stopped Bibi Dong before she killed Yu Xiaogang, and she threw him into a pillar, leaving him unconscious with broken ribs.
• Bibi Dong questioned whether Spirit Hall should let Yu Xiaogang off easily and asked Qian Xunji what punishment he had in mind.

Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang imprisoned and punished, then asked Qian Xunji for permission to seek Divine Slaughter's Domain in Slaughter City. Yu Xiaogang awoke in Cell Number Eleven, where the prisoners introduced him to their imposing leader.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang's Soul Power sealed and sentenced him to years in Spirit City's worst cell, followed by castration.
• Qian Xunji approved the punishment and told the Temple Knights to carry it out, while Bishop Otto left the Council Hall.
• Bibi Dong asked to travel to Slaughter City after the first Soul Master Tournament to obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Qian Xunji agreed.
• Yu Xiaogang woke in Cell Number Eleven and learned from Gui Hua that the prisoners' leader held sway over the cell.
• Yu Xiaogang met the scarred man who called himself Big Brother and tried to ingratiate himself as the prisoners laughed at him.

Yu Xiaogang was taunted and renamed Rose by the Scarred Man, then resisted the inmates’ humiliating demand and discovered his Soul Power was sealed. Meanwhile, the chapter explained how Ling Yuan used a feather’s resonance to track Lin Hanye and reached the place where the Saintess had obtained an Immortal Herb and slain Medusa.

• The Scarred Man renamed Yu Xiaogang Rose and ordered Gui Hua to make him a name plaque.
• The Scarred Man demanded that Yu Xiaogang grab his pocket, and Gui Hua demonstrated the ritual by kneeling.
• Yu Xiaogang shoved the Scarred Man onto the bed and declared his lineage and refusal to comply.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to summon Luo Sanpao, but found that his Soul Rings and Soul Power were sealed, and the Scarred Man threw him onto the bed.
• The narration explained that Ling Yuan could track someone through a feather formed from her Soul Power, a trait retained after her martial soul evolved into the Fire Phoenix.
• Ling Yuan followed the feather’s aura to the place where the Saintess had obtained an Immortal Herb and killed Medusa.

Lin Hanye settled his companions at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gave Ling Yuan whale glue to prepare her for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Ling Yuan realized she had previously melted whale glue for Bibi Dong without knowing it could strengthen a soul master's physique.

• Lin Hanye brought Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Shao Xin to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained its benefits and dangers.
• Ah Yin found more Immortal Herbs, including Amaryllis, and made pills so Liu Erlong and Shao Xin could safely stay there.
• Lin Hanye received Ling Yuan's signal, met her at the mountain hollow, and followed her to a cave.
• Lin Hanye gave Ling Yuan whale glue and explained that refining it could increase her Soul Ring endurance and help her absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Ninth Soul Ring.
• Ling Yuan recalled that she had bought and melted whale glue for Bibi Dong, then used her Phoenix Flame to melt the pieces Lin Hanye had brought.

After Ling Yuan accidentally consumed too much whale glue, she and Lin Hanye spent several days together before confronting what had happened between them. Lin Hanye then offered to help her obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and revealed a God Bestowed Soul Ring, leaving Ling Yuan poised to absorb it.

• Ling Yuan ignored Lin Hanye's warning and ate most of the whale glue at once, then became dazed and pounced on him.
• Lin Hanye and Ling Yuan slept together, and after she tried to get up, they resumed their intimacy for several days.
• Ling Yuan dressed and confronted Lin Hanye about what had happened, while he said he would take responsibility and help her obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ling Yuan doubted Lin Hanye could provide such a Soul Ring but agreed to become his concubine if he could.
• Lin Hanye presented Ling Yuan with a Golden Bead, explaining that it was an Artificial Soul Ring that could reach a hundred thousand years if her foundation allowed it.

Ling Yuan absorbed the Golden Bead and gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, reaching level 92 and awakening powerful Soul Skills and a Phoenix Domain. She committed to Lin Hanye while making clear she would not betray Spirit Hall or help him harm it.

• Ling Yuan crushed the Golden Bead and spent three days absorbing it under Lin Hanye’s guidance.
• Ling Yuan gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, bringing her Soul Ring sequence to yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red.
• Ling Yuan reported that she had reached level 92 and gained Phoenix Sunset, Great Phoenix Slash, and the Phoenix Domain.
• Lin Hanye praised Ling Yuan’s new abilities, and she credited him for her gains.
• Ling Yuan told Lin Hanye she would not help the Pope oppose him, but she would also refuse to do anything that harmed Spirit Hall.

Lin Hanye clarified that he wanted to target Qian Xunji, not Spirit Hall, then brought Ling Yuan to meet Ah Yin and Liu Erlong. After a year of cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Hanye reached level 60 and began absorbing a sixth Soul Ring that transformed into a red ring.

• Lin Hanye explained that he respected Spirit Hall's work for commoners and only intended to deal with Qian Xunji.
• Ling Yuan took Lin Hanye to the Wooden House to meet Ah Yin and Liu Erlong, and Liu Erlong sneaked into his room that night.
• Lin Hanye, Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, Shao Xin, and Ling Yuan spent the following months cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ah Yin rose from level 49 to level 57, Liu Erlong reached level 59, and Lin Hanye became the first among them to reach level 60.
• Lin Hanye began absorbing his sixth Soul Ring, and the newly appeared black ring gradually changed until it became red.

After absorbing a hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring, Lin Hanye tested its two skills in a fight with Phoenix Douluo Spirit Kite. The battle continued as Lin Hanye unleashed his second skill, Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar, whose icy dragon froze and shattered everything in its path.

• Lin Hanye emerged from the Ice Blue Light Pillar, and Spirit Kite challenged him to demonstrate his sixth soul skill.
• Lin Hanye summoned the Mysterious Ice Dragon Halberd and tested its speed, strength, and freezing power against Spirit Kite.
• Spirit Kite attacked with Phoenix Meteor Shower, while Lin Hanye used his Swift Ice Bird External Soul Bone and Spinning Ice Halberd to counter her.
• Spirit Kite transformed into a Fire Phoenix with her Martial Soul Avatar and deflected Lin Hanye's thrown halberd with a Flame Magic Array.
• Lin Hanye caught the halberd and unleashed Mysterious Ice Dragon Soar, freezing and shattering vegetation, boulders, and the ground.

After gaining two powerful ice-based soul skills, Lin Hanye assessed his strength and prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City for the Soul Master Tournament. Shao Xin joined him, hoping to find a partner among the young soul masters there.

• Lin Hanye tested his ice dragon attack against Ling Yuan, whose Martial Soul Avatar was briefly frozen before she dispelled the icy energy with her Phoenix Domain.
• Lin Hanye explained his new soul skills and strength, and Shao Xin asked about becoming a better fighter despite being a Food System Soul Master.
• Ling Yuan said she had come to secretly protect Bibi Dong, who was competing with the Spirit Hall Team in the Heaven Dou Division of the Soul Master Tournament.
• Lin Hanye decided to go to Heaven Dou City alone, leaving Ah Yin and Liu Erlong behind; he persuaded Liu Erlong to stay by promising her a unique gift after she reached level 60.
• Shao Xin asked to accompany Lin Hanye, and Lin Hanye, Liu Erlong, and Ah Yin encouraged him to seek a girlfriend at the tournament.
• Shao Xin left Sunset Forest with Lin Hanye and Ling Yuan.

Lin Hanye returned to Heaven Dou City with Shao Xin and used a Radiant Sword Lion Family token to enter the opening ceremony of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. He surveyed the competing teams and encouraged Shao Xin to join one and pursue a girl, while Bibi Dong remained absent from the Spirit Hall team.

• Ling Yuan told Lin Hanye that he could visit the Saintess at the Great Spirit Arena and that she had reserved rooms for them at Angel Hotel before disappearing.
• Lin Hanye and Shao Xin reached the sold-out Great Spirit Arena, where Lin Hanye presented the Radiant Sword Lion Family token and gained entry through a VIP passage.
• Lin Hanye watched the academy teams assemble and recognized Han Xue, Xie Ming, Hu Mei, Dugu Xin, Li Bingyan, Ning Caichen, Yu Xiaomen, and Yu Xiaoqiang among the competitors.
• Lin Hanye noticed that Bibi Dong was not with the Spirit Hall team, while Shao Xin became distracted by the young female soul masters.
• Lin Hanye advised Shao Xin to join a team containing a girl he liked and use his standing as a Food System Soul King to pursue her.

Lin Hanye met Huang Yueyao again at the tournament and declined her invitation to join the Radiant Sword Lion Family. When Emperor Xue Tian and the other dignitaries arrived, Lin Hanye and Bibi Dong exchanged a discreet glance while pretending not to know each other.

• Lin Hanye reassured Shao Xin that he could compete without provoking the Clear Sky Sect, and warned him not to reveal the Rasengan.
• Huang Yueyao greeted Lin Hanye after five years and invited him to join her family, but he declined and thanked her for giving him Thousand Faces.
• Emperor Xue Tian arrived with Xue Ye, Ning Daorong, Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi, Bibi Dong, Ju Gui, and other attendants.
• Lin Hanye and Bibi Dong noticed each other but concealed their relationship as the VIPs greeted the emperor.

Lin Hanye attended the opening of the Soul Master Tournament, where Shao Xin competed for Yelin Advanced Soul Master Academy and defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team. After the event, Bibi Dong arranged to meet Lin Hanye at Yixuan Teahouse at dusk, and he waited for Shao Xin to emerge.

• Huang Yueyao introduced Lin Hanye as a Soul Emperor, prompting Xue Tian and Ning Daorong to encourage him to mingle with Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi.
• Lin Hanye took a seat in the VIP section beside Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Chrysanthemum, and Ghost as the tournament officially opened.
• Shao Xin represented Yelin Advanced Soul Master Academy in the opening match and helped his team defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Hanye to join the tournament, but Lin Hanye declined and said he had come only to accompany Shao Xin.
• Bibi Dong arranged a dusk meeting with Lin Hanye at Yixuan Teahouse, and Lin Hanye waited at the Great Soul Arena for Shao Xin to come out.

Lin Hanye met Shao Xin’s new interest, Han Yue, and encouraged him to pursue her despite their different soul-master roles. He then met Bibi Dong in disguise at a teahouse, where she misunderstood his strained demeanor as proof of how much he had sacrificed for her and embraced him.

• Lin Hanye invited Shao Xin and the Yelin Academy group to eat, where he learned that Han Yue was Han Xue’s half-sister and had a kind nature.
• Lin Hanye told Shao Xin that Han Yue was a good match for him, prompting Shao Xin to resolve to become an attacking Support System soul master.
• Lin Hanye urged Shao Xin to cultivate toward level sixty, then left for his arranged meeting with Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong removed her disguise and greeted Lin Hanye affectionately in the teahouse’s Private Room.
• Bibi Dong mistook Lin Hanye’s silence and unease for distress over his sacrifices for her, then pulled him into a tight embrace.