Chapter Summaries

Feng Yu's Nirvana ended with her gaining the ability to take human form, while the eruption drew Dai Weisi's forces into Burning Fire Valley. Lin Xiao fled their search, but later encountered Zhu Zhuyun, who claimed she had come to the mountain for him.

• Lin Xiao's Nirvana fused his four flames into Origin Phoenix Fire, and his Soul Power remained at level 72.
• A volcano erupted as the Nirvana ended, and Dai Weisi sent forces into Burning Fire Valley to search for a Rare Treasure.
• Zhu Zhuyun entered the mountain, hoping to help Lin Xiao and win his affection.
• Feng Yu briefly appeared as a beautiful young woman before returning to her Little Red Bird form, warning Lin Xiao that people were approaching.
• Lin Xiao used his Crimson Sky Flame Phoenix Wings to escape the searchers, then followed Zhu Zhuyun's Fire Lotus Mark and asked why she was there.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Lin Xiao she had come to the mountain for him.

Lin Xiao refused Zhu Zhuyun’s plan to disguise him as a maid and instead abducted her from the Star Luo camp. Dai Weisi saw Lin Xiao carrying his fiancée away and flew into a rage.

• Zhu Zhuyun questioned Lin Xiao about the Rare Treasure rumors, and he denied causing the phenomenon despite revealing his seven Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuyun warned Lin Xiao that Dai Weisi had brought two military Soul Sages and several hundred guards, then proposed disguising him as her personal maid.
• Lin Xiao rejected the disguise and said he could force his way through the guards.
• Lin Xiao grabbed Zhu Zhuyun and flew away with her using his Crimson Sky Flame Phoenix Wings.
• Dai Weisi learned that Zhu Zhuyun had been abducted and saw Lin Xiao carrying her above the camp, prompting him to raise his killing intent.

Lin Xiao returned Zhu Zhuyun to Dai Weisi after using her hostage situation to sow discord, but Dai Weisi ordered his forces to kill him. Lin Xiao unleashed his mutated Unknown Domain, Banishment, and darkness swallowed everyone around him.

• Dai Weisi accused Lin Xiao of taking a Rare Treasure and ordered him to release Zhu Zhuyun and surrender it.
• Lin Xiao mocked Dai Weisi for valuing the supposed treasure over Zhu Zhuyun, then negotiated a safe passage for her return.
• Dai Weisi agreed to let Lin Xiao leave, and Lin Xiao returned Zhu Zhuyun despite her warning that Dai Weisi would kill him.
• Dai Weisi ordered his guards and Soul Masters to attack Lin Xiao with crossbows, battle formations, and Martial Soul Avatars.
• Lin Xiao unleashed Banishment, a dark domain that enveloped the attackers and devoured everyone.

Lin Xiao used the Exile Domain and Black Sun Purifying Fire against Dai Weisi’s forces, then revealed overwhelming strength against two Soul Sages. After defeating them and consuming the guards, he advanced toward Dai Weisi, while Zhu Zhuyun recognized him and was stunned by his growth.

• Lin Xiao’s Exile Domain suppressed the guards’ killing intent and consciousness, while his World Purifying Black Lotuses put those they touched to sleep.
• Lin Xiao used his armor and Ink Jade Phoenix Form to spar with the Dark Sparrow Soul Sage and White Tiger Soul Sage, letting them appear to overpower him while he honed his fighting skills.
• Zhu Zhuyun recognized Lin Xiao beneath his mask and was shocked that he had become a Soul Sage at sixteen; Dai Weisi mistakenly believed Lin Xiao was being suppressed.
• The two Soul Sages offered Lin Xiao a chance to join the Star Luo Empire or leave, but Lin Xiao refused and unleashed his Phoenix techniques.
• Lin Xiao grievously wounded the Dark Sparrow Soul Sage and pierced the White Tiger Soul Sage with Blazing Feather Sky Burning Strike.
• Lin Xiao’s flames consumed the guards and the two wounded Soul Sages, then he walked toward Dai Weisi.

Lin Xiao revealed himself to Dai Weisi after sparing him and left the Star Luo Empire, deciding that killing the First Prince would cause more trouble than it was worth. That night, Lin Xiao appeared in Zhu Zhuyun’s room to reinforce the mark on her with a soul-branding technique.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun knelt and begged Lin Xiao to spare them, with Zhu Zhuyun pretending she would sacrifice herself for Dai Weisi.
• Lin Xiao removed his Ghost Mask and revealed his identity, then warned Dai Weisi that he had spared him out of respect for the Star Luo Emperor before flying away.
• Lin Xiao reflected that killing Dai Weisi could waste Zhu Zhuyun as a chess piece and throw the empire into chaos, so he chose to focus on becoming stronger.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun returned to Star Luo City, where Zhu Zhuyun urged Dai Weisi to resist indulgence until he became heir apparent.
• After Zhu Zhuyun bathed and went to bed, Lin Xiao appeared in her room and said he would reinforce her mark with a technique that could brand her soul.

Lin Xiao returned to Skywater City after more than half a year apart from Shui Bing'er and went to see her father, Shui Shengxiao. He revealed that he was already a Soul Sage and cautiously raised his feelings for Bing'er alongside his feelings for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, leaving Shui Shengxiao to question whether Lin Xiao understood the difference between love and desire.

• Lin Xiao left Zhu Zhuyun and traveled from the Ashen Mountain Range to Skywater City to see Shui Bing'er.
• A Shui Family guard welcomed Lin Xiao and led him to the Reception Hall to meet Shui Shengxiao.
• Shui Shengxiao assumed Lin Xiao had not advanced to Soul Emperor, but Lin Xiao revealed he was already a Soul Sage.
• Shui Shengxiao expressed his support for Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er’s relationship.
• Lin Xiao admitted he also had deep feelings for his two senior sisters, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Shui Shengxiao asked Lin Xiao whether he knew the difference between love and desire.

Lin Xiao and Shui Shengxiao discussed Lin Xiao’s relationship with Shui Bing'er, and Shui Shengxiao approved while warning him not to hurt her. When Shui Bing'er returned, Lin Xiao embraced her and said they had a long future together, leaving her wondering if he had confessed.

• Shui Shengxiao told Lin Xiao that he approved of his relationship with Shui Bing'er and urged him never to abandon her.
• Shui Shengxiao advised Lin Xiao to treat his partners fairly and asked what he thought of Shui Yue'er, but Lin Xiao said future relationships depended on fate.
• Shui Shengxiao told Lin Xiao that Shui Bing'er was training students at Skywater Academy and shared his concern that Spirit Hall wanted to absorb the Five Great Element Academies.
• Shui Bing'er hurried home after hearing Lin Xiao had returned and was overjoyed to see him.
• Lin Xiao embraced Shui Bing'er and said they had a long future together, making her wonder whether he had confessed.

Lin Xiao confessed his feelings to Shui Bing'er and reassured her that she belonged beside him despite his affection for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. After a month together in Skywater City, he prepared to leave with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, while the couple revisited the place where their bond began.

• Lin Xiao confessed to Shui Bing'er, told her about Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and promised not to make her change how she treated them.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er cultivated the Yin Yang Phoenix Nirvana Profound Chapter together for three nights, improving their constitutions.
• Lin Xiao stayed with Shui Bing'er in Skywater City for a month, and Bai Xiuyun checked that Shui Bing'er had not lost her Vermilion Mark.
• Lin Xiao prepared to leave Skywater City with Shui Bing'er, while her parents entrusted Shui Yue'er to them.
• Lin Xiao and Shui Bing'er returned to the snowy place where they had first cultivated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, kissed, and Shui Bing'er wished he would always stay with her.

Lin Xiao left with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, then went to the Skywater City Martial Soul Hall Branch to ask that Spirit Hall ease its pressure on the Shui Family and Skywater Academy. After revealing his seven ten-thousand-year soul rings, he warned that Spirit Hall could decide whether they became friends or enemies.

• Shui Shengxiao worried that Lin Xiao would provoke Martial Soul Hall, but Lin Xiao assured him he had his own plans and left with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Lin Xiao brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er into the Skywater City Martial Soul Hall Branch with him after asking the staff to secure the cardinal’s permission.
• Red Cardinal Sony received Lin Xiao and asked why he had come to the branch.
• Lin Xiao asked Sony to tell Spirit Hall to go easy on the Shui Family and Skywater Academy, then revealed his seven black soul rings.
• Lin Xiao told Sony to pass his message to Bibi Dong or Qian Daoliu and said Spirit Hall’s choices would determine whether they were friends or enemies; Sony was shocked when he examined Lin Xiao’s token.

After Sony recognized Lin Xiao’s Worship Hall Elder Token, Lin Xiao returned to Heaven Dou City and let Spirit Hall decide how to respond to him. Bibi Dong saw him as an enemy aligned with the Qian Family, while Qian Daoliu believed he could help Qian Renxue and ordered that Lin Xiao receive special privileges.

• Sony recognized the Token as a Worship Hall Elder Token, yielded to Lin Xiao, and sent news of Lin Xiao’s strength to Spirit City.
• Lin Xiao returned to Heaven Dou City with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• Bibi Dong accused Lin Xiao of becoming the Worship Hall’s lackey, rejected Chrysanthemum Douluo’s advice to show him goodwill, and concluded that he had received a God Trial.
• Qian Daoliu prayed before the Angel God Statue and decided Lin Xiao might assist Qian Renxue against Bibi Dong.
• Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile to warn Bibi Dong not to interfere with Lin Xiao and to grant him special privileges.

Lin Xiao agreed to Ye Qingxian’s plan to train the girls at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, while Gu Yuena discovered that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had vanished from its silkworm slough. She realized the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus had been part of a scheme against her.

• Ye Qingxian told Lin Xiao that Poison Douluo had gone to the mountains to improve the Poison Burst Technique and invited him to seek help at Sunset Forest.
• Ye Qingxian proposed a Training Camp at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well to improve Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Shui Bing’er’s strength, and Lin Xiao agreed.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Shui Bing’er accepted the plan, and Ning Rongrong was delighted to hear she could join them.
• Feng Yu urged Lin Xiao to cultivate and make progress on the Asura God’s God Trial while he had the chance.
• Gu Yuena awoke and discovered that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s body was only a slough with a simulated spirit inside.
• Di Tian opened the slough and confirmed it was empty, prompting Gu Yuena to suspect the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus had been used to scheme against her.

Gu Yuena learned that Di Tian had forced Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to consume the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus, allowing it to shed its shell and escape, and ordered the Fierce Beasts to emerge from seclusion. She warned them that the Phoenix God King might have been reborn, while Xiao Wu continued persuading the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python about Lin Xiao.

• Gu Yuena questioned Di Tian about the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus, and he admitted that he had forced Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to swallow it.
• Gu Yuena decided the Ice Silkworm's escape was not Di Tian's fault and ordered the Fierce Beasts to emerge because her injuries had stabilized.
• Di Tian offered to rally the Star Dou Great Forest's Spirit Beasts against humans, and Gu Yuena entrusted him with those plans.
• Gu Yuena warned Di Tian and the others that the Phoenix God King might have been reborn, prompting Di Tian and Zi JI to discuss the threat.
• Gu Yuena told the Fierce Beasts to divide and consume the vitality left in the Ice Silkworm's discarded shell before emerging.
• Xiao Wu continued working to make the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python less resistant to Lin Xiao.

Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming sensed the arrival of the Star Dou Great Forest’s most powerful soul beasts and feared what their appearance meant for them. The six Soul Beast Monarchs withdrew their pressure, but the resulting Beast Tide killed Soul Masters and sent news of the disturbance racing toward the human empires.

• Xiao Wu reassured Er Ming that Lin Xiao was more trustworthy than the Lake of Life’s rulers, while Da Ming pointed out that the weak had no choice but to obey the strong.
• Six powerful soul beast auras emerged, and Beast God Di Tian, Bear Lord, Bi Ji, Myriad Demon King, Zi Ji, and Scarlet King displayed their power across the forest.
• The Monarchs’ pressure terrified the soul beasts, triggering a Beast Tide that killed numerous Soul Masters hunting at the forest’s outskirts.
• After the Monarchs withdrew their pressure and the sky cleared, Xiao Wu worried that she might be punished for choosing to cultivate as a human and wished Lin Xiao were there.
• News of the disturbance in the Star Dou Great Forest quickly reached the human empires.

After the Fierce Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest emerged early, Lin Xiao realized his actions had helped cause the upheaval and anticipated that it would reshape the continent’s conflict. Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to investigate the beast kings, while Qian Daoliu learned the Black Dragon was being called the Beast God.

• Lin Xiao learned through Ah Yin’s intelligence network that the Fierce Beasts had emerged, recognized his role in their awakening, and predicted humanity would unite against them.
• Lin Xiao and Feng Yu discussed how the beasts’ arrival could delay Spirit Hall’s plans and create an opportunity amid the turmoil.
• Bibi Dong judged that the six beast kings were organized and exceptionally powerful, then ordered Spirit Hall to monitor the Star Dou Great Forest and gather intelligence.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu that witnesses had seen a Black Dragon wielding immense power and Spatial Tears.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo reported that people were calling the Black Dragon the Beast God, and Qian Daoliu opened his eyes sharply.

Qian Daoliu dismissed the Star Dou Ferocious Beasts as powerful beasts while Spirit Hall promised to protect the continent, as panic spread through the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires. At the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Xiao and Ye Qingxian began training five young women, and Lin Xiao resolved to build a faction of his own with them as its first members.

• Qian Daoliu reassured Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters that the Fierce Beasts were not gods and declared that the Angel God would protect the people.
• Dai Zhen sent forces to the Star Luo Empire’s border, while Xue Ye kept Heaven Dou’s troops in place amid fears of a trap and growing public support for Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong admired the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well’s gardens before Lin Xiao revealed that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had helped cultivate them.
• Ye Qingxian outlined individualized training for Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong, including medicinal treatments, the Eight Section Brocade, and the Heart Cleansing Mantra.
• Lin Xiao encouraged the five women to become gods and decided to form his own faction with them, planning to recruit Oscar next.

Ju Zi answered readers’ questions about the novel’s planned multiple female leads, future plot, and likely length, and defended that direction against criticism. The chapter ended with a plea for readers to keep following the story and cast monthly votes.

• Ju Zi said the novel would have multiple female leads and focus on romance.
• Ju Zi said Lin Xiao’s Butterfly Effect would bring the Star Dou Great Forest’s Fierce Beast forces onto the stage early and push the continent toward the Douluo 2 era.
• Ju Zi said Lin Xiao would create his own force, with characters including Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, and Snow Empress appearing later.
• Ju Zi estimated the novel would exceed a million words and said it would remain within the Douluo world rather than expand into myriad worlds.
• Ju Zi defended the multiple-female-lead premise, naming Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, the two sisters, and Shui Bing'er as important to Lin Xiao’s relationships.
• Ju Zi asked readers to keep reading and to give the novel monthly votes.

Di Tian tested Xiao Wu’s loyalty to the soul beasts by threatening her, then brought her before Gu Yuena, who planned to use her experience in the Human World. Xiao Wu passed the test, but she was startled to recognize Gu Yuena as another Co-Lord of Soul Beasts, like the one beside Lin Xiao.

• Di Tian intimidated Xiao Wu and questioned whether she would side with humans or soul beasts after transforming.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape defended Xiao Wu and pleaded with Di Tian to spare her.
• Di Tian revealed that his threat had been a test, then took Xiao Wu to meet Gu Yuena.
• Di Tian reported Xiao Wu’s history and her loyalty to Da Ming and Er Ming, and Gu Yuena judged her suitable for a mission in the Human World.
• Gu Yuena introduced herself to Xiao Wu as the Silver Dragon King and Co-Lord of Soul Beasts, leaving Xiao Wu wondering how she could share that title with the woman beside Lin Xiao.

Gu Yuena recruited Xiao Wu as an undercover agent in the Human World and revealed her suspicions about the reincarnated Phoenix God King. Meanwhile, Lin Xiao’s five students continued their grueling training at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well as he considered how to fleece the Asura God.

• Gu Yuena tried to win Xiao Wu over by condemning the oppression of Spirit Beasts and promising to revive their race, but Xiao Wu remained skeptical.
• Gu Yuena ordered Xiao Wu to gather intelligence on human factions and Titled Douluo and to watch Feng Yu, whom she identified as the reincarnation of the Ancient Phoenix God.
• After Xiao Wu left, Demon Spirit warned Gu Yuena that awakening early had worsened her primordial spirit injuries, but she said she had to seek the reincarnated Phoenix God King and the Phoenix Bone she possessed.
• At the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, Shui Bing’er led the training, while Shui Yue’er, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Ning Rongrong endured their own demanding exercises.
• Lin Xiao watched the girls train and considered how to fleece the Asura God.

Lin Xiao studied how to develop the Exile Domain and concluded that its soul-specializing power could support new attacks using the souls stored in his Million Year Sixth Soul Ring. He went to an empty valley to test the idea, releasing the Exile Domain and summoning more than a thousand souls.

• Lin Xiao reasoned that the Exile Domain’s main strength was soul attacks and listed several ways such attacks could be used.
• He realized he could use the souls in his Million Year Sixth Soul Ring for interference, tracking, or direct attacks instead of saving them only for Cinder Extinction Returning Soul Sacrifice.
• Lin Xiao decided to turn the sinister technique into a force for good and left the training grounds for a remote valley.
• Ye Lingling noticed Lin Xiao leaving, but Ye Qingxian told her to focus on her training.
• Lin Xiao released the Exile Domain and called forth more than a thousand souls from his Sixth Spirit Ring.

Lin Xiao completed the Asura God's Third Trial by using the Exile Domain's souls, then remodeled the domain to look like a cheerful Snowy Ice City. He began exploring how the domain could manipulate enemies' senses, while Feng Yu worried that his methods were becoming unsettling.

• Lin Xiao used the Exile Domain's souls to unleash Soul Shriek and devour a Hundred-Year Spirit Beast, completing the Asura God's Third Trial and receiving a ten-thousand-year increase to all his Spirit Bones.
• Asura God's Fourth Trial tasked Lin Xiao with detaining the soul of a Titled Douluo or Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.
• Worried that the domain's sinister appearance would make others see him as a Fallen One, Lin Xiao decided to disguise it through illusion and presentation.
• Lin Xiao remodeled the domain into a snowy scene with an illusory Snowy Ice City and souls shaped like cheerful Snow Kings.
• Lin Xiao considered using the Exile Domain to amplify enemies' loneliness and pain, leaving Feng Yu concerned about his direction.