Chapter Summaries

Qi Lin completed the Goddess of Life’s second trial, reached level ninety, and received a third trial requiring him to defeat or help defeat five powerful Title Douluo. He discovered his million-year soul skill could heal any injury in a second and used it to cure Gu Yuena, then spent the night with her.

• The Goddess of Life gave Qi Lin a million-year soul ring, which raised his Soul Power Level to ninety.
• The Goddess of Life assigned Qi Lin a trial to defeat or assist in defeating five Title Douluo above level ninety-five within three months, and left him a Life Mark for the reward.
• Qi Lin examined his seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and learned that his eighth soul skill, Divine Farmer Undying, could heal injuries completely in one second.
• Gu Yuena arrived with Xiao Wu and the others, and Qi Lin later told her about accepting the God of Life’s trial.
• Gu Yuena worried that the Divine Realm might discover her, but Qi Lin reassured her and used Divine Farmer Undying to heal her injuries completely.
• Gu Yuena and Qi Lin became intimate, and their encounter ended with Gu Yuena defeated after a long battle.

Qi Lin returned to the Battle Through the Heavens World and found that eleven years had passed since he last saw Xiao Xun'er. Xiao Xun'er joyfully reunited with him, though she gently reminded him that he had kept her waiting.

• After the battle, Qi Lin used the Gate of All Heavens to travel back to the Battle Through the Heavens World.
• In Wutan City, Xiao Xun'er waited late into the night, remembering Qi Lin and the qilin jade token he had given her eleven years earlier.
• A white light appeared in Xiao Xun'er's room, and Qi Lin emerged before her.
• Xiao Xun'er recognized Qi Lin and greeted him with excitement, while he realized that eleven years had passed in her world.
• Xiao Xun'er told Qi Lin that he had promised to return the next day, and he apologized for making her wait.

Qi Lin reunited with Xiao Xun'er after eleven years, promised to visit her more often, and vanished before dawn. Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying speculated that Qi Lin was a qilin, while she resolved to keep him from feeling lonely.

• Xiao Xun'er welcomed Qi Lin and thanked him for the Qilin Jade Token that had comforted her over the years.
• Xiao Xun'er told Qi Lin about her life, Xiao Yan’s misfortune and punishment, and Nalan Yanran breaking off her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Qi Lin left before dawn to watch the match between the Skywater Team and the Heaven Dou Team, promising Xiao Xun'er he would visit often.
• After Qi Lin vanished, Ling Ying speculated that he was a magical beast, and he and Xiao Xun'er concluded that Qi Lin was likely a qilin.
• Xiao Xun'er resolved to keep Qi Lin company so he would not feel lonely.

Qi Lin and Gu Yuena arrived at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, where Skywater Academy faced Elephant Armament Academy. Shui Bing'er led Skywater to victory, while Hu Yan Li's use of a Spirit Bone drew covetous attention from the VIPs.

• Qi Lin woke beside Gu Yuena, enjoyed the breakfast she prepared, and went with her to the arena.
• Skywater Academy faced Elephant Armament Academy, whose captain Hu Yan Li was furious over his grandfather Hu Yan Zhen's death.
• Shui Bing'er and the Skywater team overwhelmed the Elephant Armament team with their strength enhanced by the Heavenly Water Formation.
• Hu Yan Li revealed a valuable head Spirit Bone and charged Shui Bing'er, attracting greedy interest from the arena's VIPs.
• Shui Bing'er defeated Hu Yan Li, and the referee declared Skywater Academy the winner.

Dugu Yan faced Thunderclap Academy and used her evolved Martial Soul and poison techniques to defeat the team. Thunderclap Academy's members either fled the arena or were forced to concede, leaving Dugu Yan with an easy victory.

• Dugu Yan entered the arena as Heaven Dou Academy's representative, drawing cheers while Yu Tianxin and Thunderclap Academy feared her unknown strength.
• Dugu Yan released her Martial Soul, whose pressure startled Yu Tianxin, and the teams began the match.
• Yu Tianxin led Thunderclap Academy in a coordinated lightning assault, but Dugu Yan evaded most of it with the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Steps.
• Dugu Yan unleashed her Purple Poison Mist, prompting the three Thunderclap members below level forty to jump off the arena.
• Yu Tianxin and the remaining members tried long-range attacks while retreating, but the poison forced them off the arena and Dugu Yan won.

Huo Wu left the Great Soul Arena to clear her head, but Shi Nian lured her into a forest with an illusion and revealed his intent to kill her. Qi Lin and Zhu Zhuqing followed unnoticed as Huo Wu confronted Shi Nian and prepared to fight.

• Huo Wu watched Dugu Yan defeat Thunderclap Academy and left the stands for a walk after Huo Wushuang agreed to let her go.
• Shi Nian noticed Huo Wu had left alone and followed her from Canghui Academy's stands.
• Qi Lin spotted Shi Nian trailing an illusion-bound Huo Wu and took Zhu Zhuqing after them.
• Shi Nian led Huo Wu into a forest, dispelled the illusion, and admitted he planned to kill her and had also killed Yu Tianheng.
• Huo Wu accused Shi Nian of targeting rivals for Canghui Academy, entered Martial Soul Possession, and refused to surrender as Shi Nian shouted that she was courting death.

Qi Lin rescued Huo Wu from Shi Nian, who had murdered Yu Tianheng and tried to kill her. Huo Wu returned safely to Blazing Fire Academy with Qi Lin, grateful and newly determined to study under him.

• Zhu Zhuqing alerted Qi Lin that Shi Nian was about to attack Huo Wu, and Qi Lin stepped out to protect her.
• Shi Nian attacked Qi Lin with his illusion, but Qi Lin’s spiritual power caused a backlash that left Shi Nian screaming in pain.
• Qi Lin killed Shi Nian with a wave of golden radiance, and Huo Wu admired his strength and thanked him on the way back.
• Blazing Fire Academy searched anxiously for Huo Wu, while Huo Wushuang blamed himself for letting her go out alone.
• Huo Wu returned with Qi Lin and Zhu Zhuqing, and Huo Wushuang and the dean recognized that Qi Lin had saved her.

Huo Wu survived Shi Nian’s assassination attempt, while news of his crimes spread and Canghui Academy was disgraced. Flender and Liu Erlong visited the imprisoned Yu Xiaogang, who hid his resentment and pretended to repent so they would help him leave.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Xuan thanked Qi Lin for saving Huo Wu, and Huo Xuan made him an honored guest of Blazing Fire Academy.
• News of Shi Nian’s attempt on Huo Wu spread, and Flender and Liu Erlong lamented that Shi Nian had also killed Yu Tianheng.
• Flender and Liu Erlong visited Yu Xiaogang in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and were shocked by his filthy, emaciated condition.
• Liu Erlong confronted Yu Xiaogang’s guard, who said Yu Xiaogang had caused the deaths of three of his relatives, and Yu Xiaogang asked her not to punish him.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly blamed Flender and Liu Erlong for abandoning him, but pretended to repent and asked them to apologize to Qi Lin and tell him, “I, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, admit defeat!”

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang pretended to have accepted his imprisonment while secretly plotting revenge and escape. After learning Tang San had been taken away following Shrek Academy’s defeat, Yu Xiaogang used the danger of Twin Martial Souls to persuade Flender and Liu Erlong to help free him, confident Bibi Dong would provide a solution.

• Flender and Liu Erlong believed Yu Xiaogang had learned from his past, while he privately continued to blame others and plan revenge.
• Yu Xiaogang asked about Tang San and learned that Haotian Mianxia had taken him away after Shrek Academy was crushed by Heaven Dou Academy and Tang San was badly injured.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Xiao Wu, Rongrong, Zhu Qing, and Dugu Yan had made extraordinary gains in Soul Power, deepening his resentment.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls could cause him to die and said Bibi Dong knew how to resolve the conflict between them.
• Liu Erlong promised to contact Tang San and ask Father to release Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang declared that Bibi Dong would help him.

Tang San obtained his fourth spirit ring and a Spirit Bone in Sunset Forest, gaining a hidden ability to devour life force. Meanwhile, Flender and Liu Erlong asked Tang Yuehua to help find him and Tang Hao, but she had no leads.

• Flender and Liu Erlong left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after warning Tang San’s guard to watch over Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to Sunset Forest to hunt a fourth spirit ring, while Tang San considered the weaknesses of Blue Silver Grass and still wanted to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San tortured a four-thousand-three-hundred-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider before killing it, and it dropped a right-hand palm bone.
• Tang San absorbed the spider’s spirit ring and Spirit Bone, reaching level forty-three and gaining the Devouring ability, which could also consume life force.
• Flender and Liu Erlong asked Tang Yuehua for help locating Tang San and Tang Hao, so she sent more searchers to several forests and remote regions.

Xiao Wu recruited Huo Wu as an ally in her imagined bid to become Qi Lin’s harem mistress, while Dugu Yan secretly visited Qi Lin and Ye Lingling discovered their closeness. Days later, Ye Lingling went to Qi Lin’s room herself, and he pulled her into his arms.

• Xiao Wu convinced Huo Wu to stay the night and privately decided to make her an ally in her rivalry for Qi Lin’s affection.
• Qi Lin and Gu Yuena spent an intimate night together while Dugu Yan slipped out of her dormitory to visit him.
• Ye Lingling entered Dugu Yan’s empty room and suspected that Dugu Yan had gone to Qi Lin’s dormitory.
• A few nights later, Ye Lingling entered Qi Lin’s bedroom while he and Dugu Yan slept, and Qi Lin drew her into his arms.

Dugu Yan discovered that Ye Lingling had spent the night with Qi Lin, and Ye Lingling awoke embarrassed but reassured by Qi Lin and Gu Yuena's calm behavior. At the training ground, Shui Yue'er and Ning Rongrong began suspecting that Ye Lingling had become involved with Qi Lin too.

• Dugu Yan woke to Ye Lingling's cries and realized Ye Lingling was with Qi Lin.
• Ye Lingling awoke in Qi Lin's bedroom, worried about what he thought of her, and learned Dugu Yan had already gone back.
• Qi Lin teased Ye Lingling, and Gu Yuena greeted her without showing anger when they met at breakfast.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling at the training ground, making Ye Lingling blush.
• Shui Yue'er pointed out Ye Lingling's changed aura and late arrival to Ning Rongrong, who wondered whether Gu Yuena allowed Qi Lin's relationships.

After several easy victories for Heaven Dou Academy, Ning Rongrong single-handedly defeated Elephant Armament Academy in the wake of Hu Yan Li’s assassination. Her triumph left Heaven Dou Academy’s reserve team widely expected to win the tournament, while Xue Ye began planning how to win Qi Lin over.

• Dugu Yan warned Ye Lingling that Ning Rongrong and Shui Yue'er were growing suspicious of their relationship with Qi Lin, and the two decided to keep it secret so they could continue monopolizing his nights.
• Heaven Dou Academy defeated several weaker opponents, with the Shi Mo brothers, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong winning their matches.
• Hu Yan Li was assassinated in his dormitory, and his head Spirit Bone was stolen, leaving Elephant Armament Academy with only two Soul Ancestors.
• Heaven Dou Academy sent Ning Rongrong to face Elephant Armament Academy alone, and she used her boosts, agility, and swordplay to defeat all seven opponents.
• After Ning Rongrong's victory, spectators regarded Heaven Dou Academy as the likely tournament champion, while Xue Ye considered using Qi Lin's romantic reputation to recruit him.

Bibi Dong reflected on how Qi Lin had freed her from the Rakshasa God’s influence and described her purge of corruption in Spirit Hall, while Hu Liena remained confident about the Spirit Hall team’s chances in the competition. In Heaven Dou City, Ning Rongrong invited Qi Lin and Zhu Zhuqing to attend the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s auction.

• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena whether she felt pressure about facing Heaven Dou Academy, and Hu Liena insisted Spirit Hall’s stronger Soul King lineup and Martial Soul Fusion Skill gave them the advantage.
• After Hu Liena left, Bibi Dong recalled how Qi Lin had cured the Rakshasa God’s influence and how she had spent the past half year purging corruption from Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong finished a sparring match with Zhu Zhuqing, lasting ten minutes before Zhu Zhuqing defeated her.
• Ning Rongrong told Qi Lin that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would hold an auction in two days and invited him to attend with her and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Qi Lin agreed to go to the auction with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

Qi Lin and Ning Rongrong attended the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s exclusive auction, where Ning Fengzhi invited them to charge any purchases to the sect. Qi Lin eagerly bid on items he liked, including rare ninety-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

• Qi Lin and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Auction and learned that only invited guests could attend.
• Qi Lin and Ning Rongrong drew attention as they entered, while Liu Erlong and Flender remarked on Qi Lin’s apparent compatibility with Ning Rongrong and other talented women.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo greeted Qi Lin and Ning Rongrong in a private room, and Ning Fengzhi offered to put their auction purchases on the sect’s account.
• The auction began, and the auctioneer presented treasures including meteorite iron, Crystal Dragon Blood Ginseng, and rare Whale Rubber.
• Qi Lin bid freely on items he liked and made sure to buy the ninety-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

Qi Lin bought a Fox Woman named Xue Ling after sensing that she resonated with his second martial soul. After the auction, he freed her from her shackles and told her to stay by his side as a maid.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect did not profit from slave auctions but accepted consignments, while Ning Rongrong suggested Qi Lin could buy the Fox Woman.
• The auctioneer revealed that the Fox Woman had been sold to a duke before his jealous wife sent her to the auction house.
• Qi Lin sensed a resonance between the Fox Woman and his second martial soul and told Ning Rongrong to buy her.
• Ning Rongrong bid three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the auction house sold the Fox Woman to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At the auction house backstage, Qi Lin learned that the Fox Woman was fourteen-year-old Xue Ling, removed her shackles, and told her to stay with him as a maid.

After Xue Ling joined Qi Lin’s household, he used a Creation Heaven Mending Pill to restore her failed Martial Soul mutation. Her Martial Soul awakened a second time and resonated with Qi Lin’s Mystic Ice Qilin Spirit, leaving her newly empowered and devoted to him.

• Xue Ling joined Qi Lin and Ning Rongrong on their return to Heaven Dou Academy, where Xiao Wu and the others welcomed her and Gu Yuena prepared a room for her.
• After dinner, Qi Lin questioned Xue Ling about her fox ears and tail and confirmed that his Mystic Ice Qilin Spirit had resonated with her when they first met.
• Qi Lin gave Xue Ling the last available Creation Heaven Mending Pill, and she swallowed it without hesitation.
• Xue Ling’s Martial Soul awakened a second time, her Soul Power rose to level twenty, and she became able to pursue the path of a Soul Master.
• Xue Ling thanked Qi Lin for giving her a new life, and his Mystic Ice Qilin Spirit resonated faintly with her newly awakened Martial Soul.

Xue Ling’s second awakening and soul rings strengthened her, while Heaven Dou Academy dominated the Spirit Master Competition’s preliminaries and advancement round. After the advancement round ended, Tang Yuehua’s searchers found Tang Hao and Tang San, and Tang Hao agreed to take his son back to Heaven Dou City after hearing that Tang San’s safety was at risk.

• Xue Ling returned from the Extreme North with a level twenty-seven Soul Power and unusually strong soul rings, while Qi Lin continued refining Physique-Strengthening Pills for his companions.
• Heaven Dou Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy, securing a place among the five teams advancing from the preliminaries as Shrek Academy and Elephant Armament Academy were eliminated.
• During the advancement round, most opponents forfeited against Heaven Dou Academy, which won all fourteen matches; Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu were among the few who fought the team.
• Tang Yuehua’s searchers found Tang Hao and Tang San near a waterfall in Sunset Forest and told them to return to Moonlight Pavilion because Tang San’s life and safety were at stake.
• Tang Hao told the searchers he would bring Tang San back in a few days, then instructed his son to prepare to leave for Heaven Dou City the next day.

Tang Yuehua told Tang Hao and Tang San that Bibi Dong might know how to resolve Tang San’s twin martial soul conflict, while Yu Xiaogang could obtain the method but remained imprisoned. As the sixteen qualifying teams departed for Spirit City, Qi Lin planned to complete his Life God Trial and later explore the Battle Through the Heavens World.

• Tang Yuehua told Tang Hao and Tang San that Yu Xiaogang had identified Bibi Dong as the person who knew how to resolve Tang San’s martial soul conflict.
• Tang Yuehua explained that Yu Xiaogang was imprisoned by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Tang Hao agreed to wait while Liu Erlong negotiated for his release.
• Tang San privately judged Tang Yuehua’s cautious approach as pedantic and prepared for the possibility that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would refuse to release Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Yuehua sent word to Liu Erlong and Flender, who set out to discuss Yu Xiaogang’s release with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xue Ye sent the sixteen teams advancing to the finals toward Spirit City, accompanied by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and five hundred imperial knights.
• During the journey, Qi Lin relaxed with his companions and planned to complete his Life God Trial in Spirit City before exploring the Battle Through the Heavens World.

After Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang escaped the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with Tang Hao, Yu Luomian revealed that Xiaogang had murdered clan members and their relatives, then declared him a traitor who must die. Liu Erlong was left shaken by his betrayal and uncertain where he had gone.

• Qi Lin and the Heaven Dou Team arrived safely in Spirit City, while Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Qian Renxue wondered whether Spirit Hall would target them.
• Yu Luomian refused Liu Erlong’s request to free Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong returned to Heaven Dou City after visiting him.
• Tang Hao secretly rescued Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Three days later, Yu Luomian summoned Liu Erlong and told her that Xiaogang had poisoned twenty-eight people, including thirteen guards and their relatives.
• Yu Luomian announced a bounty on Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and insisted that he must die, while Liu Erlong questioned whether his earlier repentance had been an act.