Chapter Summaries

Lin Hai tested whether the Nine Heart Begonia’s inheritance restriction could be observed by making a death-row prisoner consume a Spirit Ring Pill, but the prisoner exploded instead. The simultaneous heart pains suffered by Ye Yunyao and Ye Lingling deepened their fear about the fate of their bloodline and Martial Souls.

• Lin Hai swallowed a Spirit Ring Pill to observe his Martial Soul forming and shattering, but felt nothing.
• Ye Lingling and Ye Yunyao separately experienced a brief, terrifying palpitation when Lin Hai’s Martial Soul formed.
• Lin Hai entered Tar City’s dungeon and used Dream Weaver to question a death-row prisoner who had murdered a woman’s husband.
• Lin Hai gave the prisoner an Elixir Pill to refine, and the prisoner’s body exploded, shattering the Illusion Realm.
• Ye Yunyao and Ye Lingling suffered matching heart pain during the explosion and realized they had experienced the same episode five days earlier.

Lin Hai reached Saen City after confirming that the Ye Family mother and daughter were safe, then slipped away alone toward the Star Dou Great Forest. In Spirit City, Hu Liena delayed taking Lin Hai’s cultivation pill and tried to follow him, while Bibi Dong wrestled with her complicated feelings about their relationship.

• Lin Hai sent his messenger to investigate the Ye Family mother and daughter and worried that his actions might put them at risk.
• After three days of travel, Lin Hai arrived in Saen City and learned that the Ye Family mother and daughter were well.
• Lin Hai warned himself not to study the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Spirit Pill until he had resolved the Ye Family martial spirit restrictions.
• Lin Hai left his messenger and coachman in Saen City and went on alone toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she was waiting for Lin Hai’s scent to fade from his cultivation pill and complained that Yan kept bothering her.
• Bibi Dong rejected Hu Liena’s attempt to go to the Star Dou Great Forest and privately struggled with her feelings about Lin Hai and Hu Liena.

Lin Hai entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Gu Yuena sensed the power behind the red light and came to meet him. The chapter ended with her finding him draining a Shadow Leopard’s blood and Lin Hai recognizing the Silver Dragon King.

• Lin Hai reached a small town near the Star Dou Great Forest, then entered the forest with Old Bodhi Tree agreeing to scout in exchange for a story.
• Gu Yuena awoke in the Lake of Life and told Di Tian that the owner of the strange red light had entered the forest.
• Gu Yuena dismissed Di Tian’s offer to go in her place and used Space Power to travel toward Lin Hai.
• Old Bodhi Tree warned Lin Hai that Gu Yuena had appeared nearby and identified her as a godlike presence.
• Gu Yuena found Lin Hai sitting on a chained Shadow Leopard and letting its blood, while Lin Hai recognized her and stared at her beauty.

Lin Hai met Gu Yuena in the Star Dou Great Forest, explained how Spirit Ring Pills could help soul beasts, and healed her with his martial soul. Gu Yuena took him to the outskirts of the Lake of Life, where Ah Rou, Er Ming, and another beast confronted their arrival.

• Lin Hai recognized Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King, and she revealed that she had sensed his power five years earlier and come to meet him.
• Lin Hai explained the Spirit Ring Pill and its limitations, while Gu Yuena considered how it might affect both soul beasts and humans.
• Lin Hai used his fifth spirit ring to heal Gu Yuena and affect the Asura Sword Qi within her.
• Gu Yuena invited Lin Hai to the Lake of Life, and he asked her to take him to its outskirts first.
• Gu Yuena brought Lin Hai to the lakeside, where Ah Rou asked why they had come as Er Ming and the others grew wary.

Lin Hai told Ah Rou and the two great beasts where Xiao Wu was and gave Ah Rou pills and a letter of recommendation for her. At the Core Zone, Gu Yuena revealed that Lin Hai could heal her injuries, then ordered Di Tian to gather Spirit Bones for him.

• Lin Hai told Ah Rou, Da Ming, and Er Ming that Xiao Wu was studying at Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy alongside Tang San, Tang Hao's son.
• Lin Hai gave Ah Rou two Jade Bottles of Elixir Pills and a scroll for an academy headmaster, and suggested she take Xiao Wu to Spirit Hall Academy or Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lin Hai and Gu Yuena returned to the Core Zone, where Di Tian greeted Gu Yuena and learned Lin Hai might heal her old injuries and remove the Asura Sword Qi.
• Lin Hai offered Gu Yuena the Water Fire Dragon King Spirit Bones, but she told him to keep them and asked Di Tian to gather other Spirit Bones for him.

Lin Hai continued healing Gu Yuena while Ah Yin completed her evolution, and he secretly recreated her body and spirit bone in Sacred Soul Village to conceal their disappearance. Over the next four years, Lin Hai gathered Soul Beast blood and refined Spirit Ring Pills, though Di Tian’s pills fell short of the one-hundred-thousand-year threshold; Lin Hai also intervened in a bullied girl’s life in the Star Luo Empire.

• Di Tian gave Lin Hai more than a hundred spirit bones, and Gu Yuena and Di Tian sensed that Lin Hai stored them through unusual spatial means.
• Lin Hai and Gu Yuena continued her treatment until Ah Yin completed her evolution and her true body grew several times larger.
• Lin Hai took Gu Yuena to Sacred Soul Village and used a thousand-year Blue Silver Grass spirit bone to recreate Ah Yin’s body and spirit bone in the hidden cave.
• Over four years, the Fierce Beasts gathered spirit bones and Soul Beast blood, and Lin Hai refined Spirit Ring Pills using the Lake of Life and Ah Yin’s dispersed Soul Power.
• Lin Hai found that Di Tian’s blood could produce Spirit Ring Pills only up to 799,999 years, putting his plan for Bibi Dong’s 990,000-year spirit rings on hold.
• Lin Hai traveled with Gu Yuena to the Star Luo Empire, encouraged a bullied girl after her Martial Soul Awakening, and then left.

After reaching level seventy, Lin Hai chose the Inkstone of No Return as his sixth Spirit Ring and gained powerful spatial abilities, including the potential to travel through time if he ever mastered a world's laws. When absorbing the Mercy Sword as his seventh Spirit Ring, the dormant Primordial Force awakened briefly and nearly overwhelmed him with killing intent.

• Lin Hai reached level seventy after four years and selected the Inkstone of No Return for his sixth Spirit Ring.
• Lin Hai gained Dimensional Perception, Space Control, and the conditional Time Walker ability, which could alter lives across spacetime.
• Lin Hai began absorbing the Mercy Sword for his seventh Spirit Ring, but the Primordial Force stirred and filled him with overwhelming killing intent.
• Old Bodhi Tree and Lin Hai's eight divine artifacts helped contain the Primordial Force before it could destroy his mind.
• Old Bodhi Tree warned Lin Hai that it could not handle another surge, and Lin Hai recovered before singing to Little Dragon Cub.

After absorbing the Mercy Sword as his seventh spirit ring, Lin Hai learned his new Martial Soul Avatar forms and Demon God Domain, then resolved to avoid the dangerous Primordial Force. He told Gu Yuena he would leave in a few months, and she admitted that she could not learn his Life Technique because its human acupoint charts did not suit her; Lin Hai proposed examining her in human form through direct physical contact.

• Gu Yuena appeared beside Lin Hai after his seventh spirit ring stirred the Primordial Force, and she asked whether he was all right.
• Lin Hai discovered that his seventh spirit skill granted two forms of Martial Soul Avatar and awakened the Demon God Domain, whose use risked sending him into an endless Berserk State.
• Lin Hai vowed not to use the Primordial Force unless he mastered it or faced utter despair, and the disturbance from reaching level seventy subsided.
• Lin Hai told Gu Yuena that he would leave in a few months, and she asked whether he was really going.
• Gu Yuena explained that she had not learned the Life Technique because its human acupoint diagrams and meridian charts did not fit her nonhuman nature.
• Lin Hai suggested examining Gu Yuena through direct physical contact, then clarified that she could remain in human form.

Lin Hai examined Gu Yuena’s body and spent months adapting a God Level Life Technique for her, using the time to develop new abilities. He woke from his long enlightenment in a bath, where Bi Ji explained that Gu Yuena had sent her to wash him.

• Lin Hai sealed off the Dantian Space before following Gu Yuena into a cave, where she removed her clothes and let him examine her body.
• Lin Hai studied how Gu Yuena’s power circulated over several days and decided to adapt the Life Technique for her.
• Lin Hai used Enlightenment Under the Bodhi Tree for three months, adapting the Life Technique, creating two sword moves, and beginning to explore the Law of Time.
• Lin Hai woke naked in a bath barrel and discovered Bi Ji had been scrubbing his back.
• Bi Ji told Lin Hai that Gu Yuena had sent her to wash him because she worried he would be uncomfortable after sleeping so long.

Lin Hai healed Gu Yuena enough to leave the Lake of Life, promising to return for her and receiving her reverse scale. Outside, he accepted Xiong Jun’s challenge and began a head-on fight with him.

• Bi Ji teased Lin Hai about Zi Ji’s feelings for him, and Lin Hai reflected on both women’s affection and his hopes for the future.
• Gu Yuena’s cultivation of Lin Hai’s modified Life Technique helped her recover from her injuries, and Lin Hai told her he was leaving.
• Gu Yuena promised to bear Lin Hai’s children if he proved strong enough to save the soul beast race, then gave him her reverse scale as a keepsake.
• The Fierce Beasts bowed to thank Lin Hai for healing their lord, but Xiong Jun challenged him to a direct clash.
• Lin Hai used his Martial Soul Avatar and Demon God Wielding Sword to counter Xiong Jun’s Dark Gold Dread Claw, sending a streak of sword light toward him.

Lin Hai clashed with Xiong Jun in a fierce contest, then left the Star Dou Great Forest with the beast’s promise and many spoils. He learned that Ah Rou and Xiao Wu were still living in Nuoding City, then teleported to meet his Spirit Hall companions before setting out for the Star Luo Empire.

• Xiong Jun used Sky-Tearing Claw against Lin Hai, and Lin Hai answered with Flowing Water Without Return, ending their duel with both of them sent crashing into trees and Scarlet King.
• Xiong Jun privately promised to watch Di Tian and help Lin Hai pursue Bi Ji and Zi Ji, while Lin Hai considered delaying his plan to give Myriad Demon King a Bodhi Seed.
• Lin Hai met Da Ming and Er Ming outside the Lake of Life and learned that Ah Rou and Xiao Wu had returned to Nuoding City, where they continued studying together.
• Lin Hai teleported to the town outside the Star Dou Great Forest and found his coachman and messenger waiting in a secluded courtyard.
• Lin Hai appeared before the two Spirit Douluo, who immediately summoned their martial souls and took defensive positions.

Lin Hai learned that Bibi Dong and the Worship Hall elders had appointed him Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, and he reflected on his divided memories of his two lives. After reading Bibi Dong’s letter, he discovered that the Lord of Tar City had secretly pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall and that Spirit Hall already knew about the Jade Bottle found in the dungeon.

• The coachman and messenger greeted Lin Hai as the Saint Son and presented his token and ceremonial robes.
• Lin Hai accepted his new position and stored the robes and token along with Hu Liena’s letters.
• Lin Hai read Bibi Dong’s letter, which explained that Spirit Hall’s leaders had unanimously approved his appointment and that Bibi Dong had ordered officials to correct their conduct.
• Lin Hai learned that the Lord of Tar City had secretly pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall and had reported the dungeon death and abandoned Jade Bottle to Bibi Dong years earlier.
• Lin Hai put away Bibi Dong’s letter and set out with the coachman and messenger, leaving Hu Liena’s letters unread.

Lin Hai arrived in Suotuo City and checked into the Rose Hotel while thinking over his plans and waiting for Dai Mubai to appear. When someone knocked at his door, he opened it to find Dai Mubai and a woman standing outside.

• Lin Hai read Hu Liena’s letters, learned Yan was still pestering her and Yue Guan wanted news about his grudge with Dugu Bo, then sent a reply and elixir pills to Spirit City.
• After reaching Suotuo City, Lin Hai left his driver and messenger at the Spirit Hall Main Hall and went to the Rose Hotel alone.
• Lin Hai accidentally requested two rooms, showed his Spirit Master certificate, and received the Red Ocean and White Innocence rooms as a Soul Elder.
• Lin Hai rejected the bridal-chamber-like Red Ocean Room, chose the White Innocence Room, and rested while considering his plans.
• A man and a woman knocked at Lin Hai’s door, and he recognized the yellow-haired man as Dai Mubai.

Lin Hai met Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel and learned that Dai Mubai was a Shrek Academy student. The next morning, Dai Mubai took him to the shabby academy so he could visit Flender.

• Dai Mubai discovered that Lin Hai had rented the Red Ocean and went to confront him with his girlfriend.
• Lin Hai gave Dai Mubai the room key and asked where Flender’s Shrek Academy was; Dai Mubai offered to take him there.
• Dai Mubai arrived early the next morning and led Lin Hai from Suotuo City to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai explained that the academy accepted talented students and that he had joined because Flender was part of the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Lin Hai entered the academy with Dai Mubai and found its farmhouse dining hall as shabby as its crude village gates.

Lin Hai joined Shrek Academy after giving Flender ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, then spent over half a year there before preparing to hunt for a spirit ring. When Zhao Wuji challenged him, Lin Hai used his first soul skill to cancel Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Enhancement, leaving Zhao Wuji stunned and humiliated.

• Lin Hai told Flender how he had met Liu Erlong and asked to stay at Shrek Academy, then gave Flender ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for room, board, and better meals.
• Flender welcomed Lin Hai, and Oscar and Ma Hongjun eagerly befriended him after hearing about the donation.
• After more than half a year at Shrek, Lin Hai told Flender he was leaving to hunt spirit beasts and declined Zhao Wuji’s offer to accompany him.
• Zhao Wuji took Lin Hai’s refusal as a slight and challenged him to spar, activating his third soul skill, Gravity Enhancement.
• Lin Hai used his first soul skill, Intercept Flow, to interrupt Zhao Wuji’s technique, leaving Zhao Wuji unable to feel any increase in gravity.

Lin Hai effortlessly blocked Zhao Wuji’s attacks with the Immortal's Parasol, then left the village while the onlookers wondered about his strength. He used Teleportation afterward, revealing that he had come to pick up Zhu Zhuqing rather than hunt soul beasts.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun complained of itching, and Dai Mubai told Oscar that his lack of class was his biggest obstacle with girls.
• Lin Hai dismissed Dai Mubai’s advice in his thoughts and watched Zhao Wuji activate his Martial Soul Avatar and attack again.
• Lin Hai blocked Zhao Wuji’s Great Vajra Palm with the Immortal's Parasol without being harmed.
• Lin Hai told Flender he was leaving and strolled away beneath the open umbrella, leaving the onlookers bewildered.
• Lin Hai used Teleportation after leaving the village and revealed that he had come to pick up Zhu Zhuqing.

Lin Hai rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a clumsy pursuit and helped her plan to pretend she had amnesia so she could enter Shrek Academy without revealing her past. A month later, they arrived at the academy together, where Lin Hai greeted Flender as admissions preparations were underway.

• Lin Hai followed Zhu Zhuqing's carriage and watched her pursuers repeatedly fail to catch her, secretly helping two of them escape spirit beasts.
• Lin Hai teleported Zhu Zhuqing away from the pursuit, reunited with her, and reassured her that Zhu Zhuyun bore her no ill will.
• Lin Hai told Zhu Zhuqing to pretend she had amnesia and attribute her Martial Soul Evolution and Soul Power Level to the pursuit.
• Lin Hai and Zhu Zhuqing traveled together for a month before arriving at Shrek Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing overheard Dai Mubai discussing his plans with women.
• Lin Hai led Zhu Zhuqing to Flender and joked about Shrek Academy's annual application-fee scam.

Lin Hai brought Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek and revealed her powerful martial soul and rapid Soul Power growth, leaving Dai Mubai to realize she was his fiancée. As new students arrived, Flender used the long admissions line to collect fees for the struggling academy.

• Lin Hai introduced Zhu Zhuqing to Flender and Dai Mubai, explaining that she had awakened with level forty Soul Power after sleeping for half a month and had reached level forty-eight with Spirit Ring Pills.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her four-ring martial soul, and Lin Hai explained how he had made the pills from soul beasts.
• Dai Mubai questioned Lin Hai about finding Zhu Zhuqing, then realized she was his fiancée and felt unable to tell Lin Hai about their connection.
• Lin Hai told Dai Mubai that he and Zhu Zhuqing were together, and Dai Mubai left for Suotuo City before returning to Shrek and sleeping until the new students arrived.
• Lin Hai and Flender watched Li Yusong and Dai Mubai recruit students from a long line, while Flender defended charging fees as necessary to keep the academy open.

Lin Hai challenged Flender's money-making practices, then spotted Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, and the others arriving to enroll at Shrek Academy. After Lin Hai sensed Tang Hao hiding nearby, Tang Hao mistook the spiritual probe for Ah Rou's and sent killing intent toward her, reviving their private rivalry.

• Lin Hai mocked Flender's application fees and other schemes, and Flender defended his charges by explaining that he offered flexible martial-soul awakenings and helped orphans for free.
• Lin Hai wondered where Flender's earnings had gone, recalling the academy's meager meals and the spicy cabbage that had replaced meat dishes.
• Lin Hai spotted Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, and the others in the enrollment crowd, but decided to wait before approaching them.
• Lin Hai used the All Spirits Affinity Technique to locate Tang Hao hiding in a tree more than a li away, then withdrew his Spiritual Power without revealing his position.
• Tang Hao sensed Lin Hai's probe and assumed Ah Rou was responsible, so he directed killing intent at her.
• Ah Rou resented Tang Hao's repeated hostility, which had begun after their earlier encounter in Nuoding City, and Lin Hai wondered whether the two had secretly clashed or whether Ah Rou and Xiao Wu's identities had been exposed.

As Shrek Academy’s enrollment assessment continued, Lin Hai considered Xiao Wu and Tang San’s progress and wondered about Tang San’s third soul skill. Dai Mubai threatened a parent demanding a registration-fee refund, while Lin Hai spoke with Flender about Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Lin Hai resolved to make Flender cry someday.

• Lin Hai reflected that Xiao Wu had reached rank forty-nine and Tang San had reached level thirty-two, and wondered whether Tang San had gained an External Soul Bone.
• When a parent demanded his registration fee back after his child failed the admission assessment, Li Yusong sent Dai Mubai to handle the complaint.
• Dai Mubai threatened to return the fee a hundredfold if the parent could beat him, but the parent backed down after seeing Dai Mubai’s and Li Yusong’s spirit rings.
• Lin Hai told Flender that Dai Mubai had asked him about Zhu Zhuqing and described Zhu Zhuqing’s unusual spirit-ring configuration when they first met.
• Lin Hai silently decided that he would make Flender cry at least once after Flender replaced Liu Erlong as dean.