Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng explained why he believed his parents came from the Upper Realm and asked one of them to reveal their identity to protect the new academy. Lin Lan and Hua Jieyu confirmed their origins and revealed the circumstances that brought them to this world, including Hua Jieyu’s realization that Lin Feng was the son she had lost.

• Lin Feng told Lin Lan and Hua Jieyu that the academy’s opening could attract Spirit Hall, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and other powerful enemies, so he wanted one parent to reveal their identity as a deterrent.
• Lin Feng reasoned that his parents came from a higher realm, citing their reactions to his manuals, Hua Jieyu’s swordsmanship, Dugu Bo’s deference, and how smoothly events had gone for him.
• Lin Lan and Hua Jieyu confirmed they had come from the Upper Realm and explained that the Little Princess Lin Feng saved was the daughter of a Quasi-Saint whose cultivation required her to undergo tribulation.
• Hua Jieyu revealed that she and Lin Lan had three older sons and had lost a fourth child during a great war; after reaching great cultivation, they had believed they could no longer have children.
• Hua Jieyu explained that she had wanted to thank Lin Feng for saving the Little Princess, then realized he was the son she had lost and began to cry.

Lin Lan and Hua Jieyu revealed that Lin Feng was their lost child reborn, with a Five Elements Immortal Lotus preserving his soul and granting him its elemental abilities. Lin Feng accepted them as his parents, learned how powerful they were, and heard that his world was a real small world formed from a completed novel and governed by the Heavenly Realm.

• Lin Lan explained that Lin Feng’s soul had survived the Great War by attaching to a shattered Five Elements Immortal Lotus, which later enabled his reincarnation and elemental powers.
• Hua Jieyu told Lin Feng that she had carried and given birth to him in this life, confirming that he was their son in both soul and blood.
• Lin Feng accepted Lin Lan and Hua Jieyu as his parents, and Hua Jieyu said she would soon summon his three older brothers for a family reunion.
• Lin Lan and Hua Jieyu explained that their apparent Soul Douluo strength was cultivated in this world, though they could draw on far greater power if needed.
• Hua Jieyu told Lin Feng that completed novels with sufficient influence became real small worlds governed by the Heavenly Realm, and that their changes to his world remained within the Heavenly Dao’s rules.

Lin Feng discussed the Heavenly Dao, the limits of the Douluo world, and his future cultivation with Hua Jieyu, who explained that the World Consciousness had already sought him out but she had driven it away. They agreed on a Wind-attributed fifth soul ring, and Lin Feng prepared to establish his academy at its inauguration ceremony next week.

• Hua Jieyu explained that the Heavenly Dao allowed worlds to end through internal causes and compared Douluo's strongest cultivators to the Golden Core Stage.
• Lin Feng and Hua Jieyu discussed his cultivation path, possible Godhood Legacies, and why he should treat life in Douluo as an experience rather than rush toward power.
• Hua Jieyu revealed that the World Consciousness of Douluo Continent had approached Lin Feng to negotiate, but she had driven it away because she wanted him to first master the mutual generation of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind.
• Hua Jieyu approved Lin Feng's plan to seek a Wind-attributed fifth soul ring, saying it would support his Five Elements cultivation.
• Lin Feng told Hua Jieyu and Lin Lan that the academy's inauguration was set for next week and that he planned to demonstrate strength to visiting factions.
• Hua Jieyu and Lin Lan said Lin Feng's father would deal with anyone who tried to disrupt the ceremony.

Lin Feng and the Lin Family hosted a grand ceremony celebrating the completion of Five Elements Academy, welcoming major factions and showing off their strength and connections. The guests continued to arrive, including prominent academies and clans, as the event proceeded without conflict.

• Lin Lan, Dugu Bo, and Lin Qi welcomed guests according to their ranks, while Lin Feng and the juniors helped around the ceremony.
• Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Ning Rongrong arrived; the visitors were surprised by Dugu Bo’s changed appearance and formidable aura, and Bone Douluo arranged a future spar with him.
• Ning Fengzhi gifted Five Elements Academy one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Rongrong joined Lin Feng’s group.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three councilors and presented a gift, followed separately by Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• The Four Elements Academy delegations and the Single Attribute Four Great Clans arrived, bringing their prominent young talents and offering their support.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran arrived, exchanged pleasantries with Lin Lan, and were shown to the lounge.

Lin Feng and Lin Lan received the continent’s factions as they arrived for Five Elements Academy’s Completion Ceremony, while Hu Yan Zhen provoked Lin Lan and was challenged to a later spar. Spirit Hall arrived last, and Lin Lan ushered the guests toward the ceremony ground as the auspicious time approached.

• The Star Luo Imperial Family arrived with Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, offered congratulations, and entered the lounge.
• Hu Yan Zhen insulted Five Elements Academy, and Lin Lan retorted before agreeing to spar with him later.
• The other Lower Four Sects arrived without incident, followed by Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen discussed Dugu Bo’s rejuvenation, while the leaders of the Upper Three Sects exchanged greetings and banter.
• Yue Guan and Ghostly arrived with Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, and Dugu Bo traded insults with them.
• Lin Lan called the guests to the ceremony area as the auspicious time approached.

Lin Lan introduced Five Elements Academy’s powerful staff, student benefits, and self-created Soul Skills at its completion ceremony. Dugu Bo then revealed his evolved Martial Soul and Level 96 Soul Power, warning the assembled factions against targeting his granddaughter or Lin Feng.

• Lin Lan announced that Five Elements Academy had a Titled Douluo vice dean, several Soul Douluo executives, and Soul King-level instructors, and outlined the academy’s cultivation resources and Soul Skill program.
• Lin Lan explained that students would receive help hunting Soul Rings and that only Senior Department students could learn the academy’s Combat Type Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Dugu Bo revealed his Earth Poison Dragon Martial Soul and its nine Soul Rings, shocking the gathered Spirit Masters with his evolution and strength.
• Dugu Bo announced that his granddaughter Yan Yan had also undergone Martial Soul Evolution, warned others not to target her or Lin Feng, and disclosed that his Soul Power had reached Level 96.
• Dugu Yan asked Lin Feng whether he had taught Dugu Bo to act pretentiously, and Lin Feng denied it.

Lin Feng challenged Hu Yanli at the Five Elements Academy’s opening ceremony and defeated him without releasing his Martial Soul, showcasing the academy’s self-created Soul Skills. He then introduced two Level 33 students for another demonstration, leaving the audience eager to see the academy’s other teaching achievements.

• Lin Feng challenged Hu Yanli to a match after Hu Yan Zhen objected to his challenge.
• Hu Yanli charged Lin Feng with his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul, but Lin Feng evaded his attacks and struck back with two self-created Soul Skills.
• Lin Feng’s palm attacks sent Hu Yanli flying and then left him writhing in pain until he fell to his knees; Ye Renxin healed him afterward.
• Lin Feng mocked Hu Yan Zhen and explained that his own top-tier skills were not representative of what ordinary students would learn.
• Lin Feng called Lin Jian and Lin Qing onto the stage and invited juniors in the audience to challenge them, promising a demonstration of the academy’s basic skills and teaching results.

Lin Jian defeated Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er in succession, combining his unusual soul skills with precise techniques and footwork. After stopping just short of striking Shui Bing'er, he left the arena having won another match.

• Lin Jian revealed his thousand-year second soul ring and defeated Huo Wushuang by redirecting his attacks, evading his claws, and countering his strongest kick.
• Huo Wu challenged Lin Jian, but he blocked her Repelling Fire Ring and subdued her with a precise finger strike and Void Prison.
• Lin Jian’s consecutive victories impressed the crowd, while Shui Bing'er entered the arena to test Five Elements Academy’s techniques.
• Shui Bing'er trapped Lin Jian’s feet in ice and attacked with her Repelling Ice Ring, but he broke free, blocked it with Iron Wall Block, and shattered her ice walls.
• Lin Jian restrained Shui Bing'er with Void Prison and stopped his finger strike just short of her shoulder; Shui Bing'er acknowledged her defeat.

Lin Feng arranged for Lin Qing to fight Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng together, wagering the palm technique Lin Jian had used against ten Thunder Dragon Crystals. Lin Qing’s Earth Huang Thunder Prison Dragon overwhelmed the brothers, and his victory helped ease the resentment he carried from his childhood.

• Lin Feng asked Lin Qing if he could face Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng at once, and Lin Qing confidently agreed.
• Lin Feng proposed the two-on-one match after revealing that Lin Qing’s dragon Martial Soul could suppress the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Lin Feng wagered Lin Jian’s palm technique against ten Thunder Dragon Crystals, and Yu Yuanzhen accepted.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin charged Lin Qing, but his dragon’s might weakened them and he countered their attacks.
• Lin Qing shattered the brothers’ combined soul skill, subdued Yu Tianheng, and knocked Yu Tianxin off balance.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin admitted defeat, and Lin Qing felt his resentment ease and thanked Lin Feng.

Lin Feng defeated Feng Xiaotian by redirecting his consecutive attacks, then advised him to focus on cultivation and pursue greater strength. As Lin Feng prepared to yield the stage to the Soul Douluo, another challenger interrupted.

• Yu Yuanzhen conceded the battle and promised to send ten Thunder Dragon Crystals to Five Elements Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Lin Feng, but Lin Feng deflected his attacks and stopped his fifteenth slash with a precise finger strike.
• Feng Xiaotian admitted defeat, and Lin Feng advised him to strengthen his cultivation instead of focusing so much on his Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Lin Feng privately told Feng Xiaotian that improving his strength might help him win Huo Wu's affection, and Feng Xiaotian resolved to cultivate diligently.
• The audience reassessed Lin Feng's strength, and another person interrupted as Lin Feng prepared to hand over the stage to the Soul Douluo.

Lin Feng defeated Xie Yue of Spirit Hall using alternating soft and powerful self-created techniques without summoning his Martial Soul. He ended the younger generation’s matches and yielded the stage to his father and Huyan for their Soul Douluo-level battle.

• Xie Yue challenged Lin Feng, and Lin Feng agreed while announcing that the younger generation’s matches would end afterward.
• Lin Feng evaded Xie Yue’s Moon Blades and countered with the Nine Yin White Bone Claw and Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, suppressing him with alternating soft and hard attacks.
• Xie Yue used his fourth soul skill and Full Moon, but Lin Feng slowed the spinning attack and broke its weakest point with Dragon Appears on the Field.
• Xie Yue admitted defeat, while Spirit Hall’s representatives considered Lin Feng’s cultivation and the possibility of seizing the Five Elements Academy’s self-created techniques.
• Lin Feng refused Ghost Douluo’s request to reveal his Soul Power level and announced that the next match would be between his father and Huyan.

Lin Lan defeated Hu Yan Zhen in the Five Elements Academy arena using only his palm techniques, shocking the gathered factions. After the ceremony, several powers requested private meetings with Lin Lan or Lin Feng, while Hu Yan Zhen left with the Elephant Armored Sect.

• Hu Yan Zhen transformed into his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul Avatar and charged Lin Lan, who dodged and struck him with powerful palm techniques.
• Lin Lan cracked Hu Yan Zhen's armor, injured his knee, and then broke through his Mammoth Trample with Regretful Dragon Strike, forcing him back into human form and knocking him out of the fight.
• Hu Yan Zhen silently left the stage, and the audience marveled that Lin Lan had defeated the Elephant Armored Sect's sect master without using his martial soul.
• Lin Lan invited the guests to the banquet and offered them rooms and a visit to Sunset Forest the next day.
• The Elephant Armored Sect departed, while the Star Luo Empire, Spirit Hall, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Xue Qinghe requested private talks with Lin Lan, and Ning Fengzhi sought Lin Feng.

Lin Feng explained how an Immortal Grade herb had helped Dugu Bo evolve his Martial Soul, then examined Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and identified the source of its cultivation limit. He told Ning Fengzhi that Aromatic Silk Beauty could evolve the pagoda, leaving Ning eager to learn more about the herb.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Feng whether he had helped Dugu Bo evolve his Martial Soul, and Lin Feng explained the role of an Immortal Grade herb Dugu had found.
• Lin Feng described how Immortal Grade herbs could replenish Martial Soul Origin and promote Martial Soul Evolution.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether an Immortal Grade herb could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Lin Feng examined his Martial Soul.
• Lin Feng questioned Ning Fengzhi about the pagoda’s enhancement abilities, attributes, and cultivation patterns, then concluded it contained the Essence of Sun and Moon.
• Lin Feng told Ning Fengzhi that Aromatic Silk Beauty could evolve the pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi asked what the herb was and whether it would truly work.

Lin Feng discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s chances of evolving its martial soul with Ning Fengzhi and refused to trade the Five Elements Academy’s Self-Created Soul Skills. He then revealed his level 43 cultivation to Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, who promised to keep it secret.

• Lin Feng explained that the Aromatic Silk Beauty could help Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit Masters break through level 80 but could not fix the martial soul’s flaw for future generations.
• Lin Feng told Ning Fengzhi he knew where to find the herb and suggested the sect research a cultivation method for absorbing and refining the Essence of Sun and Moon.
• Lin Feng refused Ning Fengzhi’s request to trade the Five Elements Academy’s Self-Created Soul Skills but welcomed Ning Rongrong and other Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples to enroll.
• Sword Douluo asked about Lin Feng’s cultivation, and Lin Feng revealed that he was a level 43 Soul Ancestor after Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo pledged secrecy.

After the factions demanded the Five Elements Academy’s techniques and people, Lin Lan and Lin Feng refused them and clashed with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Spirit Hall. Lin Feng explained that he wanted to consider the continent’s future before deciding how to deal with Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall, and planned to consult the Continent Consciousness after reaching level 50.

• Lin Lan told Lin Feng that Xue Qinghe and the Star Luo Imperial Family had both demanded the academy’s soul skills and its method for absorbing spirit rings beyond one’s level, and he had refused them.
• Yu Luomian asked to buy Lin Qing for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, so Lin Lan beat him and demanded compensation from Yu Yuanzhen.
• Lin Feng decided not to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan yet, though he still intended to teach them a lesson before the Spirit Hall acted.
• The Spirit Hall demanded the academy’s techniques and people, and Chrysanthemum Douluo left with the badly wounded Ghost Douluo and the Golden Generation after Lin Lan’s attack.
• Lin Feng told Hua Jieyu that he was unsure how to deal with Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall because their fall could worsen life for ordinary people across the continent.
• Lin Feng planned to ask the Continent Consciousness what it wanted once he reached level 50, while refusing to let anyone bully his family and academy.

Lin Feng strengthened Five Elements Academy’s security and secrecy before joining Dugu Bo at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for his agreed battle with Gu Rong. Dugu Bo defeated Gu Rong with his evolved poison, earth power, and new whip technique, leaving Gu Rong to admit his loss.

• Lin Feng publicized Five Elements Academy’s strengths as major powers sent their younger generations to enroll.
• Lin Feng and Dugu Bo secured the academy with poisonous and concealed barriers, and Lin Feng required students to swear not to reveal what they learned.
• Lin Feng, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and others accompanied Dugu Bo to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for his battle with Gu Rong.
• Dugu Bo disrupted Gu Rong’s spatial attacks with Earth Vein Shock and used his poison-laced White Python Long Whip to keep Gu Rong at bay.
• Dugu Bo and Gu Rong unleashed their strongest attacks, but Dugu Bo’s whip struck Gu Rong’s chest after the clash.
• Gu Rong acknowledged that Dugu Bo had won the battle.

After trading an Aromatic Silk Beauty to Ning Fengzhi for two soul bones and ten years of medicinal ingredients, Lin Feng helped strengthen Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ning Rongrong. With Ning Rongrong sent to the Five Elements Academy and his clinic entrusted to Ye Renxin, Lin Feng prepared to travel in search of his own path of the sword.

• Sword Douluo tried to challenge Dugu Bo, but Dugu Bo refused, and Ning Rongrong laughed at Sword Douluo being left speechless.
• Lin Feng and Ning Fengzhi agreed to trade an Aromatic Silk Beauty for two high-quality soul bones and ten years of medicinal ingredients for the Five Elements Academy.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan absorbed the soul bones, gaining new abilities and increased strength, while Ning Rongrong used the Aromatic Silk Beauty to evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and reach Rank 30.
• After Ning Rongrong obtained her third soul ring, Ning Fengzhi sent her to the Five Elements Academy to ensure she continued cultivating.
• Lin Feng decided to travel to develop his swordsmanship, and Lin An, Lin Jian, and Lin Qing joined him while Dugu Yan stayed behind.
• Lin Feng handed the clinic to Ye Renxin before the four young men departed, leaving Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling behind.

Lin Feng’s group captured a twenty-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast and raised it to forty thousand years so Lin An could absorb its soul ring. Lin An gained a new sword-copying soul skill, while Lin Feng planned further weapons training for the group and a future journey to the City of Slaughter.

• Lin Feng’s group searched the Frozen Forest for a suitable Mirror Shadow Beast and found a twenty-thousand-year one on their tenth day.
• Lin Feng poisoned the beast, and Lin An, Lin Qing, and Lin Jian helped subdue it while Lin Feng disrupted its attempts to copy their skills.
• Lin An fed the captured beast a Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma until it reached forty thousand years, then absorbed its soul ring and gained Phantom Feather Light Sword.
• The Mirror Shadow Beast dropped a head soul bone, which Lin Feng told Lin An to save rather than absorb.
• Lin Feng gave Lin An and Lin Jian swords and Lin Qing a saber, and planned to send Lin Jian and Lin Qing to the City of Slaughter after the tournament.

Lin Feng and his companions arrived in Beishui City, where he rescued Liu Xiuniang and her daughter Xiao Lian from men trying to seize them over gambling debts. After Xiao Lian escaped a brothel and reunited with her injured mother, Lin Feng helped Liu Xiuniang take revenge on the husband who had sold them.

• Lin Feng stopped men from taking Liu Xiuniang and Xiao Lian, paid their claimed debt, and gave them money to leave her gambling-addicted husband.
• Two days later, Xiao Lian collapsed in front of Lin Feng while fleeing thugs, and Lin Jian learned she had been sold to a brothel by her father.
• Xiao Lian told Lin Feng that her father had sold her and Liu Xiuniang again, taken their money, and left Liu Xiuniang imprisoned and abused in the brothel.
• Lin Feng sent Lin An to rescue Liu Xiuniang, and he gave the reunited mother and daughter healing pills.
• Lin Feng accompanied Liu Xiuniang to their village and took her husband to a forest, where she killed him herself.

Lin Feng brought Liu Xiuniang and Xiao Lian to Skywater Academy after helping Xiao Lian awaken a promising Ice Frost Flower Spirit. Dean Xue Qinghan accepted them both and agreed to protect Liu Xiuniang if her killing of her abusive husband ever came to light, while Lin Feng and his companions prepared to leave Beishui City.

• Lin Feng helped seven-year-old Xiao Lian awaken an Ice Frost Flower Spirit with level-seven Innate Soul Power, then decided to take her and Liu Xiuniang to Skywater Academy.
• Lin Feng introduced Liu Xiuniang and Xiao Lian to Dean Xue Qinghan and asked her to admit Xiao Lian and provide work for her mother.
• Xue Qinghan accepted Xiao Lian as a student and arranged a kitchen job and a dormitory room for Liu Xiuniang.
• Lin Feng privately told Xue Qinghan that Liu Xiuniang had killed her husband and asked her to protect the mother and daughter if authorities investigated; Xue Qinghan agreed.
• Lin Feng and his companions said farewell to Liu Xiuniang and Xiao Lian, and Lin Feng encouraged Xiao Lian to cultivate so they might meet again at a future competition.