Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao met Qian Renxue in her original identity after receiving the Angel God's blessing, and they both pretended not to know each other while trying to gain the other's trust. Qian Daoliu offered to take Lin Xiao as his disciple, but Lin Xiao refused, and Qian Renxue insisted he become her younger brother so she could protect him.

• Lin Xiao returned the Angel Holy Sword to Qian Renxue and apologized, while both concealed that they already knew each other.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Xiao that the Angel God had ordered her to help him, then called herself Sister Xue and patted his head.
• Qian Daoliu offered to become Lin Xiao's teacher and promised him status equal to Qian Renxue, but Lin Xiao declined.
• Qian Renxue urged Lin Xiao to call her Sister Xue and said she would protect him as his older sister.

Lin Xiao accepted the Angel God’s blessing and left the Worship Hall, unaware that Bibi Dong had seen Qian Renxue escort him out. Back in Heaven Dou City, Lin Xiao prepared to help Ah Yin recover at the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds and use her abilities in his plans against Tang Hao and Tang San.

• Lin Xiao agreed to grow closer to Qian Renxue because of the Angel God’s will, then left the Worship Hall with her escort.
• Bibi Dong saw Qian Renxue escort Lin Xiao and later received a warning from the Worship Hall not to touch him; she set his matter aside and arranged to meet Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Xiao reassured Ye Qingxian that the Worship Hall, not the Pope, had summoned him, then returned to Heaven Dou City with the Burning Maple Battle Team.
• Lin Xiao sent Dugu Bo to escort Ye Qingxian and the team members home while he planned to deal with the aftermath of Golden Crocodile Douluo’s likely fight with Tang Hao.
• Lin Xiao planned to help Ah Yin absorb the 80,000-Year Blue Silver King so she could recover and take human form sooner, while preparing evidence to make her confront the truth about Tang Hao.
• Feng Yu urged Lin Xiao to simply order Ah Yin around, but Lin Xiao said her willing cooperation would be more effective and praised her ability to gather information through Blue Silver Grass.

Lin Xiao and Feng Yu returned to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and found that Ah Yin had recovered 30,000 years of cultivation in three years. Lin Xiao planned to send her back to the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds to recover and scout the Star Dou Great Forest, but Ah Yin remained defensive whenever he questioned Tang Hao.

• Lin Xiao asked Ah Yin about her recovery, and she said she had regained 30,000 years of cultivation in three years.
• Lin Xiao told Ah Yin to return to the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds and recover within a few months, while Ah Yin worried that the 80,000-year Blue Silver King would be sacrificed to her recovery.
• Lin Xiao questioned whether Tang Hao had really forgotten Ah Yin in the cave and forgotten the clan grounds, and Ah Yin angrily defended him.
• Feng Yu secretly activated her Essence Blood against Ah Yin, but Lin Xiao stopped her and explained that Ah Yin was emotionally fixated on Tang Hao.
• Lin Xiao assigned Ah Yin to recover at the clan grounds and gradually investigate the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest using Blue Silver Grass as her eyes and ears.

Lin Xiao brought Ah Yin to the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds, intending to use her as an intelligence agent against Gu Yuena, but the Blue Silver King ambushed her. Lin Xiao burned the territory with Amaterasu Domain and urged Ah Yin to counterattack.

• Lin Xiao reassured Ah Yin that her Phoenix Blood Blue Silver Emperor potential was worth cultivating, then took her toward the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds.
• Lin Xiao explained to Feng Yu that Ah Yin could infiltrate Star Dou Great Forest and help them gain intelligence on Gu Yuena, while hinting that he had a backup plan involving Tang San's secret.
• The Blue Silver King attacked Ah Yin after she returned, revealing that it had devoured other Blue Silver Grass and persuaded many of them to betray her.
• Ah Yin struggled against the stronger Blue Silver King, grieved over the clan's betrayal, and told Lin Xiao to flee with Master.
• Lin Xiao unleashed Amaterasu Domain, setting the Blue Silver Territory ablaze, and told Ah Yin to strike while the Blue Silver King was weakened.

Ah Yin defeated the Blue Silver King, restored the Blue Silver Grass Clan Grounds, and agreed to serve Lin Xiao and Feng Yu while she absorbed the King’s remaining life energy. Elsewhere, Tang Hao escaped Spirit Hall with Tang San and admitted to himself that he knew someone else had taken over his son’s body, but would still treat him as his son if he could help him take revenge.

• Ah Yin and Lin Xiao overwhelmed the Blue Silver King, and Ah Yin absorbed the life force of the traitorous Blue Silver Grass while rewarding the loyal clan members with some of that energy.
• Ah Yin spent half a month erasing the Blue Silver King’s consciousness and restoring the clan grounds, then told Lin Xiao and Feng Yu she would need three months to absorb its remaining energy and around half a year to take human form.
• Lin Xiao placed a Fire Lotus Mark on Ah Yin before returning to Heaven Dou City to report that he was safe.
• Tang Hao fled through a remote forest with Tang San after Golden Crocodile severed both his arms and his third leg, and swore revenge against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao decided that Tang San’s ability to help him take revenge mattered more than whether Tang San was truly his biological son, revealing that he had long suspected someone else had taken over the boy’s body.

Tang Hao resolved to make Tang San his instrument of revenge, while Lin Xiao said farewell to the Burning Maple Battle Team and continued his cultivation in Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi presenting Lin Xiao with four Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones.

• Tang Hao lamented his injuries and short remaining lifespan, then decided to train Tang San, awaken his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, and send him to Slaughter City.
• Lin Xiao held a farewell banquet for the Burning Maple Battle Team and gave Yan Song and Yan Yu medicinal formulas and Thousand Year Herbs suited to their Martial Souls.
• After the banquet, Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan helped the drunken Lin Xiao home, where one of the girls kissed his forehead before leaving.
• Lin Xiao practiced the Eight Section Brocade and Phoenix Frolic, and Feng Yu suggested he absorb Earth Vein Qi during her planned Nirvana in a living volcano.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Lin Xiao with Sword Douluo and gave him four Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones.

Ning Fengzhi gave Lin Xiao four Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones, which Lin Xiao shared with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Shui Bing'er before absorbing his own. The three girls gained new abilities, while Lin Xiao continued tempering another Spirit Bone with Phoenix Fire and Ye Lingling's healing as the chapter ended.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Lin Xiao four Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bones, including gifts from himself, Salas, and Xue Ye.
• Lin Xiao gave Spirit Bones to Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Shui Bing'er, urging them to absorb the bones and grow stronger.
• Dugu Yan gained Five Coloured Mottled, which absorbed poisons to temporarily boost her attributes, while Ye Lingling gained Gathering Ink into Rain, which increased healing in its area by fifty percent.
• Shui Bing'er absorbed the Gale Sparrow Spirit Bone and gained Swift Wind Light Feather, which increased her speed and Soul Skill casting speed.
• Lin Xiao tempered his Spirit Bone with three kinds of Phoenix Fire as Ye Lingling used her new healing ability to support him.
• Ye Lingling pushed herself to keep healing Lin Xiao and resolved to one day surpass her mother, Ye Qingxian.

Lin Xiao finished tempering two Spirit Bones, gained new skills, and planned to hunt for a Soul Ring after informing Aunt Qingxian. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong drove Yu Xiaogang away during a painful Rakshasa influence and sent Hu Liena toward Slaughter City, where Ma Hongjun awaited Lin Xiao.

• Lin Xiao completed the absorption of his Spirit Bones, gained Phoenix Burst Strike and Phoenix Fire Meteor Fall, and decided to hunt for a Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Bibi Dong about Tang Hao and Tang San, then accused her of abandoning him and humiliated her over Liu Erlong.
• Bibi Dong's Rakshasa-influenced hatred surged, and she ordered Yu Xiaogang to leave; he fled while she wondered whether he had ever loved her.
• Bibi Dong summoned Hu Liena and told her to prepare to go to Slaughter City.
• In Slaughter City, Ma Hongjun learned Lin Xiao had won the Soul Master Competition and said he had been waiting for him.

Tang Hao trained Tang San to perfect the Clear Sky Hammer Technique while Ah Yin extended her influence through the Blue Silver Grass of the Star Dou Great Forest. In the Lake of Life, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gained powerful spiritual abilities and discovered the Blue Silver Grass spreading toward the Core Area, leaving it hopeful that the strange activity might help it escape.

• Tang Hao told Tang San to master the Clear Sky Hammer Technique beneath the waterfall before he would take him to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor, while plotting to use his son against Spirit Hall.
• Tang San practiced furiously, vowing to kill Lin Xiao and take revenge on Spirit Hall.
• Ah Yin spread her control of the Blue Silver Grass and hoped Tang Hao would not betray her, planning to tell Lin Xiao what she learned when she could take human form.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm became a false Million-Year Soul Beast, gaining vast spiritual power and the Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell ability despite its failing lifespan.
• After observing the forest for a month, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm noticed organized Blue Silver Grass spreading toward the Lake of Life and considered whether the activity offered a chance to escape.

After breaking through to Soul Emperor, Lin Xiao stayed at the Ye Residence to cultivate and helped Shui Bing'er reach Level 49. He spent the next half month refining his Soul Power Armor into the Flame Phoenix Armor, then prepared to hunt for Spirit Rings with Bing'er.

• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er agreed to hunt for Spirit Rings together after he finished handling another matter.
• Lin Xiao practiced forming Soul Power Armor with his five Spirit Bones, but struggled to make it instantaneous and intricate.
• Feng Yu explained that refining the armor’s patterns improved Lin Xiao’s spiritual power and encouraged him to continue.
• After another half month, Lin Xiao completed the Flame Phoenix Armor, whose head and torso remained weak because he lacked the corresponding Spirit Bones.
• Lin Xiao dispelled the armor and decided to hunt for a Spirit Ring with Bing'er.

The author announced that all three book medals had been released and previewed a reader interaction event during the May Day holiday. The author also apologized for occasional dips in chapter quality, promised to finish the story, and asked readers for monthly tickets and continued support.

• The author announced that all three medals were available and explained how readers could claim them.
• The author said more medals might be released for Feng Yu, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan if the book performed steadily.
• The author announced a May Day event where readers could suggest plot ideas, with selected high-quality posts receiving 300 gift coins.
• The author apologized for occasional chapter-quality dips and promised not to abandon the book or rush its ending.
• The author asked readers for monthly tickets and continued reading, and wished them a happy May Day holiday.

Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er hunted a Snow Feather Peacock in the Star Dou Great Forest so Shui Bing'er could obtain her fifth Spirit Ring. After absorbing it, she gained the Snow Feather Screen Light Slash and demonstrated her new Spirit Skill.

• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts for their next Spirit Rings.
• Feng Yu guided them to a cave where a roughly 15,000-year-old Snow Feather Peacock lived, and Shui Bing'er accepted it as her target.
• Lin Xiao lured the Snow Feather Peacock from its cave and defeated it with his fire-based Spirit Skills, while his armor withstood its feather attacks.
• Shui Bing'er finished off the weakened Snow Feather Peacock and absorbed its black Soul Ring.
• Shui Bing'er successfully absorbed the ring and demonstrated her new Spirit Skill, Snow Feather Screen Light Slash.

Shui Bing'er absorbed the Snow Feather Peacock’s External Soul Bone, the Cold Glaze Ice Feather Tail, and gained powerful offensive and defensive abilities. Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er later found the Nether Feather Fire Crow feeding on the souls within freshly dead Spirit Beasts’ Soul Rings, giving Lin Xiao a bold idea.

• Shui Bing'er reached Level 52 after absorbing the Snow Feather Peacock’s Soul Ring and gained a powerful ranged attack.
• Shui Bing'er absorbed the Snow Feather Peacock’s External Soul Bone, the Cold Glaze Ice Feather Tail, which strengthened and reduced the cost of her fifth soul skill and could defend her in close combat.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er rested for two days, then searched the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Area for the Nether Feather Fire Crow by looking for fresh Spirit Beast corpses.
• After seven days, Lin Xiao found a twenty-thousand-year-old Ghost Leopard and an eighteen-thousand-year-old Shadow-Patterned Giant Python that had died together, and he and Shui Bing'er waited nearby.
• The Nether Feather Fire Crow arrived and swallowed the souls from the two beasts’ Soul Rings, and Lin Xiao formed a bold idea.

Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er attacked the Nether Feather Fire Crow after Lin Xiao realized its soul-devouring ability might help him overcome Soul Shock. Meanwhile, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm failed to bind with a Soul Sage and then chose Lin Xiao as its next possible host.

• Lin Xiao concluded that the Nether Feather Fire Crow might let him absorb its Soul Ring without Soul Shock and help others do the same.
• Feng Yu told Lin Xiao that the Nether Feather Fire Crow could give him soul-directed power and help him forge a unique path.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and attacked the Nether Feather Fire Crow as it prepared to leave.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm abandoned possession in favor of binding itself to a human, but its attempt to enter a Soul Sage caused the man to explode.
• After returning to the Otherworldly Dimension, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm noticed Lin Xiao and decided he might be a suitable host for its Million Year Soul Ring.

Lin Xiao defeated the Nether Feather Fire Crow and began absorbing its Sixth Spirit Ring, surviving its soul-burning counterattack with help from Feng Yu’s Little Phoenix. As the absorption neared completion, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm broke in and forced his way into Lin Xiao’s body to claim the ring for himself.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm decided to make Lin Xiao his host and hurried to stop him from taking the Nether Feather Fire Crow’s Spirit Ring.
• Lin Xiao fought the wounded Nether Feather Fire Crow, evaded its soul-burning Dark Flames, and trapped it in his Heaven Burning, Sea Boiling domain.
• The Nether Feather Fire Crow abandoned its body and attacked Lin Xiao’s soul, but Feng Yu’s Little Phoenix chased it down and nearly dissipated it.
• Lin Xiao recovered, then began absorbing the Nether Feather Fire Crow’s jet-black Soul Ring with Shui Bing’er guarding him.
• As Lin Xiao’s absorption neared completion, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared and forced his way into Lin Xiao’s body to displace the Soul Ring.

Lin Xiao began absorbing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Million-Year Soul Ring, while his existing Nether Feather Fire Crow Soul Ring resisted and began devouring it. The two Soul Beasts clashed inside Lin Xiao’s Sea of Consciousness, and an unexpected change interrupted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s apparent victory.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm entered Lin Xiao and sealed its Origin in ten layers as it formed a Million Year Soul Ring.
• Shui Bing'er watched anxiously as Lin Xiao groaned and his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring turned into a 100,000-year Soul Ring.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to smash the Nether Feather Fire Crow Soul Ring, but the black ring began devouring its golden Soul Ring.
• The Nether Feather Fire Crow emerged from its ring and fought Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, revealing its power to restrain souls and spiritual bodies.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suppressed the Nether Feather Fire Crow and prepared to shatter it, but an unexpected change occurred.

Feng Yu protected Lin Xiao in his Sea of Consciousness, where the Little Phoenix devoured the Nether Feather Fire Crow and Tian Meng, producing a million-year Black Gold Soul Ring and a golden Head Soul Bone. Lin Xiao woke with a headache, was comforted by Shui Bing'er, and was pecked by an irritated Feng Yu for flirting before checking his new gains.

• The Little Phoenix swallowed and refined the Nether Feather Fire Crow, then sent its enhanced Black Crow and a Golden Crow to attack Tian Meng.
• Tian Meng pleaded that it could help Lin Xiao cultivate, but Feng Yu decided to use it as nourishment instead.
• The two fire crows devoured Tian Meng, and Feng Yu gathered its remaining energy into a golden Head Soul Bone while its Soul Ring merged with the Nether Feather Fire Crow's into a million-year Black Gold Soul Ring.
• Lin Xiao woke with a severe headache, and Shui Bing'er held him and massaged his head until the pain eased.
• Lin Xiao joked with Shui Bing'er about massaging her feet, prompting Feng Yu to emerge from his hair and peck him in anger.

Lin Xiao examined the abilities granted by his new Million Year Soul Ring and the Tianmeng Spiritual Pivot Crown, finding that his Martial Soul and existing Underworld Sparrow skill had also grown stronger. As he and Shui Bing'er headed back, he kept the truth about his black-gold Soul Ring a secret from her.

• Feng Yu explained that Lin Xiao's Sixth Spirit Ring had become a Million Year Nether Feather Fire Crow Soul Ring and urged him to inspect his gains.
• Lin Xiao discovered that his Martial Soul had evolved and gained four Soul Devouring Fire skills from the Nether Feather Fire Crow Soul Ring.
• Lin Xiao examined the Tianmeng Spiritual Pivot Crown's mental abilities and learned that his Underworld Sparrow skill had also gained power over souls.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er prepared to return, and she asked him about the strange changes in his Soul Ring.
• Lin Xiao told Shui Bing'er that the black-gold Soul Ring was their secret, and she agreed.

Lin Xiao revealed his million-year Soul Ring to Ye Qingxian and told her he planned to leave academy life to explore the world. Ye Qingxian supported his decision, promised he would always have a home with her, and appeared to recognize Feng Yu’s secret without pressing her about it.

• Lin Xiao returned to Heaven Dou City and showed Ye Qingxian his black-gold, million-year Soul Ring.
• Ye Qingxian praised Lin Xiao’s growth, while he told her that her and Dugu Bo’s support had helped him reach this point.
• Lin Xiao said he planned to leave academy life and gain experience in the outside world, and Ye Qingxian encouraged him to go.
• Ye Qingxian embraced Lin Xiao, promised he could always return to her home for support, and teased him about finding a girlfriend.
• Ye Qingxian pulled Feng Yu from Lin Xiao’s hair and asked her to take care of him, leaving Lin Xiao and Feng Yu unsure whether she had guessed Feng Yu’s secret.

Lin Xiao left to gain experience while Shrek Academy’s defeated students struggled with the aftermath of the competition. At the academy, he intervened when Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and planned to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Dugu Bo gave Lin Xiao several bottles and jars of poison to use as weapons, while Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling saw him off.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Tang San and the Clear Sky Douluo were safe and suggested they had gone into hiding, then claimed Tang San would eventually make a comeback.
• Flender said Lin Xiao had become a true Phoenix and doubted Yu Xiaogang’s confidence in Tang San.
• Dai Mubai accused Zhu Zhuqing of sleeping with Lin Xiao and hurled insults at her, prompting Lin Xiao to slap him twice and reveal six Soul Rings.
• Lin Xiao told Zhu Zhuqing to apply to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and cut ties with Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing said Dai Mubai needed her to compete with Dai Weisi, not the other way around.