Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, met Qi Lin at Lakeside Cottage and was startled when he revealed that he had reached level fifty-eight. She abandoned her plan to recruit him and asked to become his friend.

• Qin Ming brought Qi Lin to Lakeside Cottage, where Qian Renxue was waiting in disguise as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue dismissed Qin Ming so she could speak privately with Qi Lin and welcomed him with tea and compliments.
• Qi Lin saw through Qian Renxue's disguise, though she doubted that he had recognized her true appearance.
• Qi Lin corrected Qian Renxue's belief that he was level fifty and revealed he was a level fifty-eight Soul King.
• Qian Renxue accepted that Qi Lin's talent might exceed her own and asked him to become her friend instead of trying to recruit him.

Qi Lin befriended Qian Renxue, accepted her Crown Prince's Token, and learned that she hoped to recruit him for Spirit Hall. After Qian Renxue told her two guards that Qi Lin had reached Soul Power Level fifty-eight at thirteen, Xue Beng flew into a jealous rage over the Crown Prince's growing influence.

• Qian Renxue asked Qi Lin to call her Brother Xue, and he agreed while sharing his favorable opinion of Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue gave Qi Lin her Crown Prince's Token and invited him to visit the Crown Prince's Mansion.
• Qian Renxue told her two elders that Qi Lin's Soul Power Level was fifty-eight and said she expected to recruit him.
• Xue Beng smashed furniture in his palace as he feared Qi Lin would join Xue Qinghe and strengthen his rival.

Prince Xue Xing urged Xue Beng to stay patient and use his wastrel reputation to make trouble for Qi Lin. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi learned of Qi Lin’s rapid progress and Ning Rongrong’s interest in him, then decided to visit them with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.

• Prince Xue Xing entered as Xue Beng destroyed furniture and told him to wait for Xue Qinghe to make a mistake.
• Xue Beng decided to make things difficult for Qi Lin and try to drive him out of Heaven Dou Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi read a report that Ning Rongrong had reached rank twenty-eight, was close to Qi Lin, and that Qi Lin had reached rank fifty.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo questioned whether Qi Lin could protect Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi suggested they go see him.

Qi Lin shared grilled meat with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Gu Yuena before Xue Beng arrived and ordered his men to attack them. As Qi Lin stopped Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong from intervening, a meteor appeared overhead and began falling toward them.

• Qi Lin served grilled meat to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Gu Yuena outside his dormitory.
• Xue Beng arrived with ten Heaven Dou Academy students and grew jealous of Qi Lin and the women beside him.
• Xue Beng demanded that his men cripple Qi Lin and seize the women, while Qi Lin remained calm and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong prepared to fight.
• Qi Lin stopped Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, then a rapidly approaching meteor appeared above them.

A meteor struck Heaven Dou Academy, killing Xue Beng and his group while Qi Lin and his companions remained unharmed. Sword Douluo arrived to check on Ning Rongrong, and Qi Lin revealed Xue Beng was among the dead as the education committee members realized the imperial family would have to be notified.

• Xue Beng and his lackeys fled as a meteor fell, while Qi Lin assured Gu Yuena and the others they would be safe.
• The meteor struck where Xue Beng and his group had fled, killing them, while a spatial rift protected Qi Lin and his companions from the impact.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo saw the meteor fall, and Sword Douluo rushed into Heaven Dou Academy to find Ning Rongrong.
• Qi Lin and the girls reached the crater, where Qi Lin denied causing the meteor and said the victims had invited Heaven's retribution.
• Sword Douluo found Ning Rongrong unharmed, and Qi Lin told the education committee members that Xue Beng's body lay among the dead.

After Xue Beng died in the meteor strike, Ning Rongrong and Qi Lin demanded that Heaven Dou's authorities answer for his attempt to abduct the girls and attack Qi Lin. Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo joined them, then noticed that Qi Lin's home had escaped most of the damage.

• Ning Rongrong told Sword Douluo that Xue Beng had tried to have her and her friends seized, and Sword Douluo angrily demanded an explanation from Xue Ye.
• Qi Lin and Ning Rongrong pressed the three education committee members to hold the Heaven Dou Royal Family accountable, and the committee agreed to report the matter to His Majesty and the Crown Prince.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo arrived, confirmed Ning Rongrong was safe, and traded playful arguments with Sword Douluo over which one she missed most.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Qi Lin for teaching Ning Rongrong, and Qi Lin said she had been diligent and caused no trouble.
• As Qi Lin led the group toward his dormitory, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo noticed that the area around Qi Lin's home had suffered little meteor damage; Qi Lin said he had simply been lucky.

Qi Lin demonstrated his Soul Power control training method to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, impressing them with Ning Rongrong’s speed and his own attack. As the visitors absorbed the demonstration, Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, arrived and asked what they were doing.

• Qi Lin welcomed Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo to his dormitory and served them tea.
• Ning Rongrong demonstrated how Qi Lin’s training method let her move at a speed that astonished the three visitors.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Qi Lin to demonstrate the method, and Bone Douluo volunteered to be his target.
• Qi Lin struck Bone Douluo with a golden shockwave, prompting Bone Douluo to praise the power of the attack.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, approached and asked Qi Lin and the others what they were doing.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, visited after Xue Beng’s death and learned that Qi Lin’s Spirit Power Training Method could give Support Spirit Masters combat strength. Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue arranged to buy copies, then left after Xue Ye summoned Qian Renxue to the palace.

• Qian Renxue apologized to Ning Fengzhi, Qi Lin, and the others on behalf of the Heaven Dou Royal Family for Xue Beng’s conduct and promised the royal family would address the incident.
• Qian Renxue heard how Qi Lin had demonstrated his training method and was shocked to learn it could help Support Spirit Masters fight.
• Qi Lin explained that the method required his guidance and could take a year to show results, while unguided students might need three to five years.
• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue asked Qi Lin to sell them copies of the Spirit Power Training Method, and Qi Lin agreed to let them decide the price.
• A messenger informed Qian Renxue that Xue Ye had summoned her to the palace, so she and Ning Fengzhi departed.

Qian Renxue persuaded Xue Ye to punish those who had accompanied Xue Beng and compensate Qi Lin for the offense against him. Xue Ye agreed to make Qi Lin a marquis and grant him Nuoding City as his fief.

• Ning Fengzhi brought Qian Renxue, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo before Xue Ye to address Xue Beng’s attempt to violate Ning Fengzhi’s daughter.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were furious over the incident, and Qian Renxue argued that Xue Beng’s crimes still required consequences despite his death.
• Qian Renxue revealed that Qi Lin was a thirteen-year-old level fifty-eight Soul King whom Xue Beng had threatened, prompting Xue Ye to ask how to appease him.
• Qian Renxue proposed judging the nine dead accomplices by their past offenses and granting Qi Lin a high noble title as compensation.
• Xue Ye accepted Qian Renxue’s proposals and granted Qi Lin a marquisate with Nuoding City as his fief.

After Xue Beng’s death, Xue Ye punished his associates and strengthened Xue Qinghe’s claim as the empire’s sole heir. At Heaven Dou Academy, Qi Lin told Dugu Yan and the others about Xue Beng’s attack and revealed that he had met Dugu Bo after obtaining his fifth soul ring.

• Xue Ye publicly listed Xue Beng’s crimes, confined his mother to the Cold Palace, placed Prince Xue Xing under house arrest, and stripped several nobles of their titles and positions.
• Xue Qinghe’s faction filled the vacant positions, and Xue Qinghe became the empire’s sole heir.
• Qi Lin brought Xiao Wu and the others to watch the Imperial Dou Team train and observed Qin Ming leading their practical combat lessons.
• Dugu Yan asked Qi Lin about Xue Beng’s death, and Qi Lin recounted the incident and suggested it might have followed his conversation with the Crown Prince.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling told Ning Rongrong that Dugu Yan had beaten Xue Beng when he harassed them.
• Qi Lin told Dugu Yan that he had absorbed his fifth soul ring in Sunset Forest and met her grandfather, Dugu Bo, afterward.

Qi Lin used his Fifth Spirit Ability to cure Dugu Yan’s inherited toxic backlash, and she thanked him with an emotional embrace. Meanwhile, Yu Tianheng waited for Dugu Yan and planned to secure the young clan leader position with her and Dugu Bo’s support.

• Qi Lin revealed his unusual martial soul and used his Fifth Spirit Ability, Healing Divine Light, on Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan discovered that Qi Lin had cured her family’s toxic backlash and hugged him in gratitude.
• Dugu Yan told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that she saw Qi Lin only as a younger brother, while they felt relieved.
• Yu Tianheng waited beneath a tree and anticipated returning to Dugu Yan, believing her support and Dugu Bo’s backing would make him young clan leader.

Dugu Yan invited Qi Lin to visit her grandfather’s herb garden after he cured her inherited toxin backlash, while Qian Renxue rewarded Qi Lin and his companions with noble titles and compensation. Dugu Yan led Qi Lin to the poisonous formation outside the garden and gave him an antidote pill before they entered.

• Dugu Yan told the others about her family’s toxin backlash and invited Qi Lin to visit her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
• Qian Renxue arrived with royal guards and issued an imperial edict granting Qi Lin a marquis title, his companions viscountess titles, and Qi Lin substantial rewards.
• Dugu Yan came to Qi Lin’s dormitory the next morning with a Soul Sage retainer, and the three traveled to Sunset Forest.
• At Dugu Bo’s herb garden, the retainer departed, and Dugu Yan explained that a poisonous formation guarded the valley.
• Dugu Yan placed an antidote pill in Qi Lin’s mouth so he could safely pass through the poisonous mist.

Qi Lin accompanied Dugu Yan to Dugu Bo’s Herb Garden after curing her toxin backlash, earning Dugu Bo’s gratitude and a lasting promise of help. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Qi Lin prepared to identify the garden’s plants with his Nature Control ability.

• Dugu Yan led Qi Lin through the poisonous mist and toward the valley where Dugu Bo and his Herb Garden lived.
• Dugu Bo detected their arrival and secretly planned to use a fabricated toxin-backlash threat to break Dugu Yan’s connection with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan heir and favor Qi Lin.
• Dugu Bo greeted Dugu Yan and Qi Lin, then learned that Qi Lin had completely cured Dugu Yan’s toxin backlash.
• Dugu Bo thanked Qi Lin for saving Dugu Yan and promised to help him whenever he needed it.
• Dugu Bo brought Qi Lin and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned Qi Lin not to touch unfamiliar plants.
• Qi Lin assured Dugu Bo that his Nature Control ability let him identify plants and their properties.

Qi Lin used his Nature Control soul skill to identify the Herb Garden’s medicinal ingredients and offered to refine them into pills with his Six Ding Creation skill. Dugu Yan agreed to give him a share, and Qi Lin planned to distribute pills among Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Gu Yuena, and his parents.

• Dugu Bo gave Qi Lin an antidote pill, then left Dugu Yan to show him around the valley.
• Dugu Yan introduced the medicinal ingredients she knew, and Qi Lin revealed that his fourth soul skill could identify plants.
• Qi Lin activated Nature Control and explained the properties and uses of every medicinal ingredient in the Herb Garden.
• Dugu Yan realized Qi Lin had freely shared valuable knowledge and promised she would still give him immortal herbs if he asked.
• Qi Lin offered to refine the ingredients into pills using Six Ding Creation and asked Dugu Yan to give him a share as she saw fit.

Qi Lin gathered herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and refined thirteen Creation Heaven Mending Pills, which he and Dugu Yan took to improve their cultivation and martial souls. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo spread word of his toxin backlash and returned to check on the two youngsters, leaving Dugu Yan newly transformed and grateful to Qi Lin.

• Qi Lin randomly collected more than sixty herbs from the Herb Garden and refined them with his Six Ding Divine Fire.
• News spread through Heaven Dou City that Dugu Bo's toxins had backfired and affected his descendants after he visited the Nine Heart Begonia Clan.
• Dugu Bo headed back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after hoping the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would cooperate.
• Qi Lin completed thirteen golden Creation Heaven Mending Pills and explained that they could strengthen the body, increase Soul Power, and evolve a Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan and Qi Lin swallowed pills and meditated, with Qi Lin absorbing his pill in half an hour and Dugu Yan taking four hours.
• Dugu Yan's Martial Soul Possession manifested emerald scales and a circling green dragon, and she embraced Qi Lin in gratitude.

After returning, Dugu Bo learned that Qi Lin’s pill had evolved Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul and raised her Soul Power to level forty, while Qi Lin had reached level sixty at thirteen. Impressed by Qi Lin, Dugu Bo resolved to make him his granddaughter’s husband, and Qi Lin gave him one pill while keeping the rest.

• Dugu Bo returned and found Dugu Yan being intimate with Qi Lin, then misunderstood their relationship.
• Dugu Yan explained that Qi Lin’s Creation Heaven Mending Pill had evolved her Martial Soul into the Jade Phosphor Dragon and raised her Soul Power to level forty.
• Dugu Bo sensed Dugu Yan’s strength and learned that Qi Lin had reached level sixty at thirteen.
• Qi Lin offered Dugu Bo the remaining Creation Heaven Mending Pills, explaining that they worked only once and that his friends and parents also needed them.
• Dugu Bo took one pill and returned the rest, while Qi Lin readily accepted them.

Dugu Bo took the Creation Heaven Mending Pill, evolved his Spirit into the Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon Emperor, and reached level ninety-three after curing his poison backlash. The story then shifted to Dai Mubai's Battle Soul match, where Tang San secretly used him to test a risky new Spirit Power Training Method.

• Dugu Bo swallowed the Creation Heaven Mending Pill and evolved his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor into the Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon Emperor.
• Dugu Bo reached level ninety-three, thanked Qi Lin for the pill, and proposed that Dugu Yan marry him.
• Dugu Yan avoided discussing the proposal and asked Dugu Bo to take her and Qi Lin spirit hunting so they could obtain spirit rings.
• Dai Mubai dominated a level-forty-two Soul Ancestor in the Battle Soul arena while the Shrek group watched and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang praised his training method.
• Tang San privately judged the training method dangerous and had Dai Mubai test spirit power transmission through his meridians as he worked on a supposedly harmless alternative.

Dai Mubai's meridians ruptured during a Soul Arena match, leaving him gravely injured and unable to fight. Flender and Shao Xin stabilized him, while the Shrek students confronted Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang over the dangers of his Spirit Power Training Method.

• Dai Mubai's meridians exploded mid-fight, and his opponent overwhelmed him before kicking him from the arena.
• Flender and Shao Xin found Dai Mubai unconscious with both arms bloodied, and Shao Xin said he could not repair the ruptured meridians.
• Flender blamed himself for letting the Shrek students learn Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's method, while Shao Xin suspected Yu Xiaogang had taught it incorrectly.
• Shao Xin fed Dai Mubai two Healing Candy Beans, and Flender carried him back to the Shrek group.
• Ma Hongjun angrily called Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang a quack, while Oscar and Yu Tianheng stayed silent and Yu Xiaogang insisted his deductions had predicted no lasting harm.

After Dai Mubai’s meridians ruptured during the Spirit Power Control Method training, Ma Hongjun confronted Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San shifted the blame to his teacher and claimed he had warned him about the method. The Shrek group decided to travel to Heaven Dou Academy, though Flender intended to seek help through its connections rather than rely on Qi Lin.

• Ma Hongjun seized Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang by the collar and accused him of using the students as test subjects for a training method whose dangers he had only guessed at.
• When Ma Hongjun questioned Tang San for avoiding the training, Tang San claimed he had warned Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang about its flaws and had been observing the students to improve it.
• Tang San admitted he had found no solution, disappointing the Shrek group, and Ma Hongjun suggested asking Qi Lin for help.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang agreed they should go to Heaven Dou Academy and implied Qi Lin should have warned them, prompting Flender and the other teachers to look at him strangely.
• Flender decided they needed to reach Heaven Dou City quickly and hoped to use Heaven Dou Academy’s connections to find a healing Soul Sage for Dai Mubai.

Dugu Yan obtained a six-thousand-year subdragon spirit ring and rose to level forty-eight, while Qi Lin declined to seek a sixth ring and returned with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The Shrek group reached Heaven Dou Academy, where Dai Mubai feared his hands could not be healed and blamed both Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and Qi Lin; Flender warned the group against antagonizing Qi Lin.

• Dugu Bo found Dugu Yan a six-thousand-year subdragon, and absorbing its spirit ring raised her Soul Power to level forty-eight.
• Qi Lin declined to keep searching for a sixth spirit ring, and Dugu Bo invited him to treat the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as his home.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Qi Lin returned to Heaven Dou Academy the next day.
• After the Shrek group arrived, Dai Mubai asked Flender whether his injured hands could be cured, and Flender feared his damaged meridians required a rare healing-type Soul Douluo.
• Dai Mubai threatened Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, who blamed Qi Lin for withholding knowledge and causing the training injuries.
• Flender warned Dai Mubai and the others not to antagonize Qi Lin, just as Qin Ming called out to the arriving dean.