Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao absorbed the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s Million Year external soul bones and explained the powerful abilities he gained. He revealed that his Ice Fire Yin Yang Well domain could preserve the real spring’s energy, then sent the soul bones into it to nurture them.

• Lin Xiao absorbed the Ice Soul Left Eye and Fire Soul Right Eye, raised his cultivation to Level 92, and gave Feng Yu three drops of Essence Blood to restore her.
• Lin Xiao told Feng Yu and the others that his Million Year Soul Ring granted Sun and Moon Shine Together, allowing him to heal while borrowing power from the sun or moon.
• Lin Xiao explained that the two external soul bones created the Extreme Cold Domain and Extreme Flame Domain, which combined into the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well domain.
• Ye Qingxian realized that absorbing the dragon kings’ origins would cause the real Ice Fire Yin Yang Well to decline.
• Lin Xiao said the soul bones could preserve the spring’s energy, then sent them into the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well to nurture them for several months.

Lin Xiao revealed that Maple Ye was the reincarnated Phoenix Ancestor, then learned that Bibi Dong had started a war against the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires. Ye Qingxian also told him that Senior Dugu had been missing for an unusually long time, leaving Lin Xiao worried and determined to find him without alarming Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

• Lin Xiao retrieved the Ice Soul Pearl and Fire Soul Pearl, and Ye Qingxian was relieved that the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well could be preserved.
• Lin Xiao introduced Maple Ye to the others, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling realized she was the Little Red Bird who had watched them for years.
• Lin Xiao revealed that Maple Ye was the reincarnation of the Phoenix Ancestor, an existence above God King.
• Ye Qingxian told Lin Xiao that Bibi Dong had reached Level 99 and launched a war against the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
• Ye Qingxian privately told Lin Xiao that Senior Dugu had gone missing, and Lin Xiao decided to search for him while keeping the news from Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Ah Yin discovered that the Star Dou Great Forest’s soul beasts were gathering and went to warn Ye Qingxian while Lin Xiao recovered at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. As Ye Qingxian refined pills, she described her chosen path of divine authority over plants, nature, and harvests, and Lin Xiao suggested the title Goddess of Abundance.

• Ah Yin noticed the Star Dou Great Forest’s soul beasts gathering and suspected Di Tian was preparing another Beast Tide.
• Knowing Lin Xiao was in seclusion, Ah Yin went to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well to tell Ye Qingxian about the danger.
• Ye Qingxian checked Lin Xiao’s condition and began refining pills from precious spirit herbs to help restore him.
• Ye Qingxian told Lin Xiao she wanted her divine authority to govern plant growth and harvests, symbolizing nature and flourishing life.
• Lin Xiao recognized that Ye Qingxian’s path suited the title Goddess of Abundance and asked what she thought of it.

Lin Xiao learned that a second Beast Tide was imminent and set out to stop it despite not having fully recovered from his depleted Essence Blood. When the Beast Tide overwhelmed the border, he stood alone before Xiong Jun and the advancing Spirit Beasts.

• Lin Xiao chose the title Goddess of Abundance for Ye Qingxian and promised to help her reach godhood within ten years.
• After finishing the Ten Complete Great Tonic Pill, Ye Qingxian learned from Ah Yin that the Spirit Beasts were growing restless and another Beast Tide might be near.
• Lin Xiao began refining the Pill, then decided to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest and take more Pills while traveling.
• Two days later, the Beast Tide erupted, while the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires held back troops and the Spirit Hall Empire secretly directed the invasion toward them.
• At Heaven Dou Empire's southern border, Lin Xiao appeared alone before Xiong Jun and the Beast Tide, stopping their advance.

Lin Xiao confronted Xiong Jun and the Beast Tide after they broke the five-year pact and devastated human settlements. As Xiong Jun attacked with Sky-Rending Claw, Lin Xiao revealed his immense strength and countered with the Crimson Sky Sword, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Xiong Jun refused Lin Xiao's demand to stop the Spirit Beasts' invasion and transformed into a gigantic golden Savage Bear.
• Lin Xiao summoned the Phoenix Domain, filling the sky with five kinds of flames and displaying his nine powerful Soul Rings.
• Xiong Jun recalled Lin Xiao's growth over five years but dismissed his doubts and launched Sky-Rending Claw.
• Lin Xiao drew the Crimson Sky Sword and used Emperor Sword: Dragon Slaying against Xiong Jun's incoming claw-light.

Lin Xiao severed Xiong Jun’s paw with a devastating sword strike, then unleashed his Phoenix Fire and Exile Domain against the Spirit Beast tide. As the beasts were destroyed and the defenders hailed him as a divine savior, Qian Renxue approached the battlefield alone.

• Lin Xiao combined his spiritual power, Soul Power, Phoenix Fires, and sword intent to cut off Xiong Jun’s Dark Gold Terrorclaw paw.
• The defenders knelt and begged Lin Xiao to save them, while Xiong Jun ordered the Spirit Beasts to attack and gathered up his severed paw.
• Lin Xiao sent a sea of Phoenix Fire into the charging horde, killing countless Spirit Beasts.
• Lin Xiao invoked Exile Domain, where Snowmen carried Black Sun Purifying Fire that devoured the souls of the dead Spirit Beasts.
• Qian Renxue arrived with the Spirit Hall army, ordered them to wait, and rushed toward the battlefield alone.

Lin Xiao defeated Xiong Jun, earned the title Flame Emperor, and learned that Zi Ji and Myriad Demon King were attacking the Star Luo Empire. After Qian Renxue’s forces garrisoned the city, Lin Xiao hurried to confront the other invasion.

• Lin Xiao pinned Xiong Jun with the Crimson Sky Sword, spared him, and ordered him to tell the Fierce Beasts to stay within the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiong Jun fled after Lin Xiao’s black flames destroyed his severed palm, while the defenders celebrated their survival and named Lin Xiao the Flame Emperor.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Xiao that Bibi Dong had agreed to let the Fierce Beasts expand into the human empires, and that she had come with loyalists to stop them.
• Lin Xiao warned that he would confront Bibi Dong after handling the Fierce Beasts, and Qian Renxue promised to support him.
• Qian Renxue led her Knight Order into the city as Lin Xiao left for the Star Luo Empire to face Zi Ji and Myriad Demon King’s invasion.

Zi Ji and the Myriad Demon King led a coordinated Spirit Beast assault on Wusheng Pass, overwhelming the Star Luo defenders. Lin Xiao arrived and subdued the Myriad Demon King, then mounted Zi Ji and ordered her to take him into the city and drive the Spirit Beasts out.

• The Myriad Demon King and Zi Ji led their forces in a coordinated attack on Wusheng Pass, and the Star Luo defenders’ fire arrows failed to stop them.
• Zi Ji sent flying Spirit Beasts over the walls with other beasts riding on them, trapping the defenders in a brutal battle inside and outside the city.
• Lin Xiao arrived above the battlefield and ordered Zi Ji and the Myriad Demon King to withdraw.
• Lin Xiao struck the Myriad Demon King with blazing and pale flames, burning his roots and rapidly draining his vitality.
• Zi Ji tried to recover the situation, but Lin Xiao appeared behind her, mounted her, and ordered her to take him into the city and make the Spirit Beasts leave.

Lin Xiao ended the battle at Wusheng Pass by forcing the Spirit Beasts and human soldiers to stop, then warned Zi JI to tell Di Tian and Gu Yuena not to invade the Human World. After Lin Xiao left to meet the Star Crown Douluo, Zi JI and Myriad Demon King withdrew, with Zi JI unsettled by Lin Xiao’s preference for her demon markings.

• Lin Xiao rode Zi JI into Wusheng Pass and used Spiritual Detection and spiritual pressure to halt the fighting.
• Lin Xiao told Zi JI to warn Di Tian and Gu Yuena that the Human World was not theirs to invade, and said he would oppose Gu Yuena if necessary.
• Lin Xiao said Xiong Jun had survived their encounter, then headed to a remote hut to meet the Star Crown Douluo.
• Zi JI showed Lin Xiao her changed appearance, but he said she looked better with her demon markings before leaving.
• Zi JI treated Myriad Demon King's burning injuries and led the Spirit Beasts away from Wusheng Pass.

Lin Xiao confronted Star Crown Douluo after stopping the Spirit Beast invasion and warned him to make the right choices. In Star Luo City, Dai Weisi, desperate to secure the throne despite being unable to father a child, resolved to ask Dai Zhen to father an heir with Zhu Zhuyun and pass the child off as his own.

• Lin Xiao found Star Crown Douluo hiding in a wooden house, called out his evasive tactics, and accepted his thanks for saving the Star Luo Empire.
• Lin Xiao warned Star Crown Douluo that he was a smart man who knew what he should do, then left to inspect Zhu Zhuqing’s work and remind Zhu Zhuyun about Ye Qingxian’s popular faith.
• Dai Weisi worried that his illness had left him unable to father an heir, while mistakenly believing Zhu Zhuyun was patiently supporting him.
• Dai Weisi considered asking Dai Zhen to impregnate Zhu Zhuyun and presenting the child as his own so he could become emperor and secure the Dai Clan’s succession.
• Dai Weisi decided Zhu Zhuyun’s wishes did not matter and fixated on using her to bear a prince.

Dai Weisi told Emperor Dai Zhen that Dai Mubai and Tang San had left him impotent, then asked his father to have Zhu Zhuyun bear a Dai heir. Dai Zhen accepted the plan, leaving Dai Weisi to depart with conflicting feelings and silently leave the Zhu Clan Mansion without seeing her.

• Dai Weisi decided to sacrifice his relationship with Zhu Zhuyun for the Star Luo throne and went to meet Dai Zhen.
• Dai Weisi confessed that Dai Mubai and Tang San had plotted against him and that he had lost his manhood after Tang San poisoned him.
• Dai Zhen questioned whether Dai Weisi could rule as emperor, and Dai Weisi asked him to favor Zhu Zhuyun so she could bear a prince.
• Dai Weisi said Zhu Zhuyun was still a virgin, and Dai Zhen agreed that she should enter the palace after the Spirit Hall Empire and Beast Tide crises eased.
• Dai Weisi went to the Zhu Clan Mansion hoping to see Zhu Zhuyun, but left without meeting her.

Zhu Zhuyun hosted Lin Xiao at her secret base and updated him on the Star Luo Empire’s crisis, only to learn he had personally stopped both Beast Tides. Astonished by his strength, she threw herself at him and asked to bear his child, but he sent her flying and told her to stop acting crazy.

• Zhu Zhuyun brewed tea for Lin Xiao, teased Zhu Zhuqing, and showed off the Fire Lotus Mark on her belly before Lin Xiao’s spiritual pressure made her cover herself.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Lin Xiao that the Spirit Hall Empire and the Beast Tide threatened the Star Luo Empire, and urged him to seize the moment with her.
• Lin Xiao revealed that he had personally destroyed the Beast Tide attacking the Heaven Dou Empire and driven back the one attacking the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuyun rushed into Lin Xiao’s arms and begged him to let her bear his child, but Lin Xiao blasted her away with Soul Power and scolded her.

Lin Xiao told Zhu Zhuyun about Ye Qingxian’s divine path and his plan to meet the Star Luo Emperor to promote her faith across the empires. Dai Zhen was plotting to summon Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing to the palace when Lin Xiao appeared before him and demanded a talk.

• Lin Xiao explained Ye Qingxian’s divine authority and his plan to promote the Faith of the Goddess of Abundance in the Star Luo, Heaven Dou, and Spirit Hall Empires.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked whether she could become a god, but Lin Xiao dismissed her hopes and left to meet the Star Luo Emperor.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun that she lacked the power to qualify for godhood, while Zhu Zhuqing herself had a chance.
• Dai Zhen considered summoning Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing to the palace and making whoever conceived first the Empress.
• Lin Xiao appeared in the imperial garden and called Dai Zhen by name, demanding that they talk.

Lin Xiao persuaded Dai Zhen to have the Star Luo Empire enshrine Ye Qingxian as the Goddess of Abundance, then left to pursue his wider plans. Back at the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Yuena learned that Xiong Jun had ignored Lin Xiao’s offer to retreat and lost a paw, while she struggled to understand why she could not hate him.

• Lin Xiao revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings to Dai Zhen and demanded that every settlement in the Star Luo Empire enshrine a statue of Ye Qingxian as the Goddess of Abundance.
• Dai Zhen agreed, and Lin Xiao left the Star Luo Empire without acting on Zhu Zhuyun’s uncertain plan to seize the throne.
• Zi Ji and the Myriad Demon King returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Gu Yuena and Di Tian heard about the failed Beast Tide.
• Zi Ji explained that she had retreated when Lin Xiao offered to spare her forces, while Xiong Jun admitted he had received the same offer but chose to fight.
• Gu Yuena reprimanded Xiong Jun for losing his paw and wondered why she could not bring herself to hate Lin Xiao.

Di Tian and the other beasts feared Lin Xiao’s immense power and suspected his draconic aura came from a Dragon King bloodline, prompting Gu Yuena to plan to investigate him personally. Meanwhile, Lin Xiao became a celebrated figure across the continent, and he politely declined Xue Ye’s offer to have Princess Xue Ke serve him.

• Di Tian asked Zi Ji, Xiong Jun, and the Myriad Demon King to assess Lin Xiao’s strength, and they described him as terrifying and difficult to face.
• Zi Ji said Lin Xiao’s draconic majesty made her want to submit, and Gu Yuena concluded that he might possess a Dragon King bloodline.
• Gu Yuena said she would personally seek out Lin Xiao later to investigate his bloodline and settle accounts with him.
• News spread that Lin Xiao had wiped out the Beast Tide and severed Xiong Jun’s palm, making him an idol among soul masters across the continent.
• Xue Ye promised to carry out Lin Xiao’s request concerning the Ye Family Head and offered Princess Xue Ke as Lin Xiao’s maid.
• Lin Xiao declined Xue Ye’s offer and told him to keep Xue Ke by his side.

Xue Ye accepted that he could not control Lin Xiao, while Lin Xiao planned to search the Ashen Mountain Range himself for the missing Dugu Bo. In the Spirit Hall Empire, Hu Liena volunteered to negotiate with Lin Xiao, and Yu Xiaogang dismissed reports of Lin Xiao’s strength while claiming Tang San would surpass him.

• Xue Ye gave up on arranging a marriage between Xue Ke and Lin Xiao, and Xue Ke withdrew after hearing the discussion.
• Ning Fengzhi told Lin Xiao that searches for Dugu Bo had found no clues, though the Ashen Mountain Range was the last place he might have appeared.
• Lin Xiao decided to finish his affairs on the continent and then search the Ashen Mountain Range for Dugu Bo himself.
• Hu Liena volunteered to negotiate with Lin Xiao, and Bibi Dong agreed while warning her not to provoke him.
• Yu Xiaogang scoffed at reports of Lin Xiao repelling the Beast Tides and claimed Tang San would eventually surpass him.

Shui Bing'er reached Titled Douluo after defeating a sea Spirit Beast and absorbing its Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, revealing powerful new Ninth Soul Ring abilities. Meanwhile, Tang Yuehua remained in seclusion and Tang San continued forging the Furious Tang Lotus, while Shui Bing'er faced the future challenge of killing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Tang Yuehua heard that Lin Xiao had driven back the Beast Tide but chose to remain secluded in a remote village.
• Tang San continued forging the Furious Tang Lotus at the ruins of the Clear Sky Sect, unaware of recent events.
• Shui Bing'er defeated a massive octopus Spirit Beast, then absorbed its two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone with the Snow Empress guarding her.
• Shui Bing'er broke through to Titled Douluo and revealed her Ninth Soul Ring's Sea God's Twilight and Ice God's Wrath abilities.
• The Snow Empress noted that Shui Bing'er would need to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King within five years.

Shui Bing'er demonstrated her 200,000-year soul bone skill, completed the Sea God's Eighth Trial, and received her final trial. Meanwhile, Lin Xiao assessed the Spirit Hall Empire's prosperity in disguise before a mysterious veiled woman approached him in Spirit City.

• Shui Bing'er explained and demonstrated Spiritual Touch, and the Snow Empress tested its tentacles and praised the soul bone's abilities.
• Shui Bing'er completed the Sea God's Eighth Trial, gained a third 100,000-year spirit ring, and received the task of slaying the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and passing the trial of the Seven Emotions.
• Shui Bing'er and the Snow Empress planned to visit Bo Saixi on Sea God Island before returning to the continent to tell Lin Xiao the news.
• Lin Xiao traveled incognito through the Spirit Hall Empire and concluded that Spirit Hall's institutions and treatment of commoners, rather than Bibi Dong, drove its prosperity.
• A mysterious woman in a black robe and veil drew the street's attention, noticed Lin Xiao, and approached him.

Lin Xiao’s attempt to learn why Hu Liena carried a strange divine aura turned into a confrontation, and he abducted her after Spirit Hall guards tried to arrest him. Feng Yu identified Hu Liena’s power as the inheritance of the God of Lust, while Lin Xiao suppressed its influence on himself.

• Hu Liena approached Lin Xiao to test her charm, but he ignored her and insulted her for interrupting his meal.
• Hu Liena endured Lin Xiao’s taunts before identifying herself as Spirit Hall’s Saintess and ordering her guards to investigate him.
• Lin Xiao blasted away the guards and vanished with Hu Liena, leaving the remaining guards to search for her and report the incident.
• While holding Hu Liena, Lin Xiao felt a burning sensation from her touch, but suppressed it by reciting a calming mantra.
• Feng Yu identified Hu Liena as a bearer of the God of Lust’s inheritance and called the god an evil, minor deity.

Lin Xiao captured Hu Liena near Spirit City, learned that she had inherited the God of Lust and that the inheritance had changed her appearance, then revealed his identity. He planned to challenge Bibi Dong before negotiating, while Hu Liena’s unstable emotions led her to proposition him.

• Lin Xiao sealed Hu Liena’s Soul Power and tortured her with Nine Nether Flame Hell until she gave her name and explained her changed appearance.
• Feng Yu explained that the Seven Deadly Sins Gods’ inheritances could alter their inheritors’ bodies and temperaments, convincing Lin Xiao that Hu Liena was telling the truth.
• Lin Xiao removed the flame and seal, revealed himself as Ghost Masked Yama, and learned that Hu Liena and Bibi Dong wanted to discuss peaceful coexistence.
• Lin Xiao rejected Hu Liena’s offer to arrange talks and said he would fight Bibi Dong first, with the loser surrendering their bargaining chips.
• Hu Liena insisted that she and Lin Xiao had shared a bond since Slaughter City, then offered to stay by his side and began tearing at her clothes when he refused.