Chapter Summaries

Lin Mu rejected Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng’s attempt to win his support, then beat them both when Xue Beng offered to treat him as a foster father. Prince Xue Xing reported the incident to Emperor Xue Ye, who remained committed to Xue Qinghe’s succession and promised to protect the other princes.

• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng asked Lin Mu to guide Xue Beng and support his bid for the throne, but Lin Mu insulted them.
• Xue Beng grabbed Lin Mu’s leg and offered to obey him as a foster father, so Lin Mu kicked him into a wall and knocked him unconscious.
• Prince Xue Xing accused Lin Mu of cruelty, and Lin Mu kicked him into the wall beside Xue Beng.
• Prince Xue Xing went to Emperor Xue Ye and claimed Lin Mu had injured him and Xue Beng after they tried to show goodwill.
• Emperor Xue Ye suspected Prince Xue Xing wanted to stop Xue Qinghe’s succession, but Prince Xue Xing warned him that Lin Mu feared neither the royal family nor Spirit Hall.
• Emperor Xue Ye resolved that Lin Mu’s actions were tied to Xue Qinghe’s sworn younger sister and promised Prince Xue Xing that Xue Qinghe would not harm the other princes.

After Qian Renxue ascended the Heaven Dou throne, Lin Mu learned that Bibi Dong planned to launch the Soul Hunting Operation against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He considered warning the sects and telling Qian Renxue, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo offered to help.

• Qian Renxue celebrated her enthronement with Lin Mu and praised his role in securing the Heaven Dou throne.
• Bibi Dong learned that Xue Qinghe had become emperor and decided to launch the Soul Hunting Operation to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Bibi Dong promised Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo first choice of the Soul Bones taken from the two sects, and they privately decided to inform Lin Mu.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo told Lin Mu about Bibi Dong's plan after he left the palace.
• Lin Mu considered warning the two sects and notifying Qian Renxue, while Chrysanthemum Douluo asked whether they should spare Yu Tianheng and Ning Rongrong or betray Bibi Dong.

Lin Mu warned Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong planned to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then advised her to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect suffer before using Heaven Dou’s aid to win its allegiance. Qian Renxue persuaded Lin Mu to help as the Empire’s Grand General, leaving him surprised by her tactics.

• Lin Mu ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to remain close to Bibi Dong and report developments before they departed for the Soul Hunting Operation.
• Lin Mu went to Heaven Dou City’s palace and told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong planned to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Lin Mu advised Qian Renxue to wait until the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had suffered heavy losses before sending aid, so it would depend on the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Mu to help because the Empire lacked powerful soul masters, then used an intimate appeal to persuade him.

Lin Mu agreed to help Qian Renxue win the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support and arrived just as Spirit Hall attacked it. He drove Spirit Hall’s forces away, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was nearly wiped out.

• Lin Mu explained why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could be brought under Qian Renxue’s control more easily than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then agreed to help her.
• Lin Mu and Qian Renxue went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to look for Yu Tianheng, but he was not there.
• Lin Mu and Qian Renxue reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Spirit Hall attacked and overwhelmed its defenses.
• Lin Mu arrived at the blood-soaked battlefield, defeated a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo with one move, and forced the attackers to retreat.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was nearly annihilated, with only the Soul Masters who had gone out to train surviving.

Lin Mu and Xue Qinghe arrived in time to save the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from Spirit Hall’s attack, and Lin Mu treated the surviving disciples with Blue Silver Pills. Ning Fengzhi decided to relocate the sect to Heaven Dou City, and the group prepared to travel there under protection.

• Sword Douluo was stunned by the power of Lin Mu’s golden armor, and Lin Mu reunited with Xue Qinghe at the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo returned with the survivors, and Ning Fengzhi thanked Xue Qinghe and Lin Mu for their rescue.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to let Ning Fengzhi move the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Mu gave Ning Fengzhi Blue Silver Leaves, which Ning Fengzhi distributed as pills to heal the wounded.
• Lin Mu explained that the pills came from his disciple’s Fourth Soul Skill and said the injured would need a healing-system Soul Master for full recovery.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Xue Qinghe and Lin Mu to accompany the sect to Heaven Dou City in case Spirit Hall attacked again.

After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was destroyed, Yu Xiaogang swore vengeance on Bibi Dong and urged Ma Hongjun to seek a God Inheritance. Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin met Lin Mu, who promised to protect them in Heaven Dou City and examined Yu Tianheng’s lightning.

• News spread that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been devastated and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan exterminated, prompting Yu Xiaogang to blame Bibi Dong and vow that one of them would die.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ma Hongjun that he was his only family and urged him to cultivate for a God Inheritance, but Dai Mubai then abducted Ma Hongjun.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin asked Meng Shenji to help them contact Lin Mu, who was living in the imperial palace.
• Lin Mu met Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, declined to teach Yu Tianheng, but promised to keep them safe in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Mu tested Yu Tianheng’s lightning and concluded that it had not reached the ultimate level, possibly because the Holy Dragon of Light’s origin was insufficient or its spirit rings were holding it back.

After a year of training, Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu while Lin Mu arranged for the Clear Sky Sect to join Tang San’s faction and prepared to recruit the Sky Azure Bull Python as a soul spirit. The Sky Azure Bull Python questioned how Lin Mu could absorb another soul ring, and Lin Mu claimed he had his own way.

• Tang San told Lin Mu he had mastered his killing intent, and Lin Mu took him to visit his mother before going to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Second Elder agreed to merge the Clear Sky Sect into Lin Mu’s faction, and Lin Mu placed it under Tang San’s Tang Sect as Hammer Hall.
• Lin Mu told Tang San that Ah Yin could regain her human form within two or three months, and Tang San eagerly spoke with his mother.
• Lin Mu brought Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu.
• Lin Mu offered the Sky Azure Bull Python the chance to become his soul spirit, promising to resurrect it and the Titan Giant Ape after he became a god.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python asked how Lin Mu could absorb another soul ring, and Lin Mu said he had his own way.

Lin Mu made the Sky Azure Bull Python his Soul Spirit and gave its Right Arm Soul Bone to Tang San, then set plans in motion to build a faction and unite the Four Elemental Academies. The chapter left Tang San facing Titan’s grief and anger over Tang Hao’s death while Lin Mu began bringing Godwind Academy under his new faction.

• Xiao Wu told Da Ming to sacrifice himself to Lin Mu, and the Sky Azure Bull Python agreed to become Lin Mu’s Soul Spirit.
• Lin Mu absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python into his sixth Soul Ring, turning it blood-red, and gave its Right Arm Soul Bone to Tang San, who absorbed it and reached Level 68.
• Back in Heaven Dou City, Tang San recruited most of the Imperial Dou Team for the new faction and gave its members pills to help raise their Soul Power.
• Tang San told Titan that Tang Hao had died, and Titan blamed a vile scheme, provoking Tang San’s anger.
• Lin Mu visited the palace and Godwind Academy as he planned to unite Godwind Academy, Skywater Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Thunderclap Academy under his faction.

Tang San restrained Titan after Titan vowed to avenge Tang Hao, then crippled his cultivation when he demanded the truth about his master's death. Tang San appointed Tailong as the Strength Clan's new leader, and Titan told Tailong to acknowledge Tang San as his master.

• Titan vowed to avenge Tang Hao, but Tang San bound him with Blue Silver vines and rebuked him for defending his father.
• Titan broke free with his Martial Soul Avatar, but Tang San's hundred-thousand-year soul skill sealed his Soul Power and brought him under control again.
• Titan blamed Lin Mu for misleading Tang San, so Tang San crippled Titan's cultivation with a thin needle and ignored his accusation that Tang San had killed Tang Hao.
• Tang San withdrew the Blue Silver Forest and named Tailong the Strength Clan's new leader.
• Titan accepted that he had to focus on the clan and told Tailong to acknowledge Tang San as his master, leaving Tailong bewildered.

Tang San made Tailong the Strength Clan leader and ordered him to summon the other single-attribute clan leaders to Heaven Dou City. Lin Mu began uniting the Elemental Academies under his leadership, securing the four academies and leaving Elephant Armored Academy out of his plans.

• At Titan's urging, Tailong knelt before Tang San, acknowledged him as his master, and accepted leadership of the Strength Clan.
• Tang San told Tailong to contact the other single-attribute clan leaders and bring them to Heaven Dou City.
• At Godwind Academy, the dean and Feng Xiaotian rejected allegiance to Spirit Hall and discussed moving the academy to Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Mu arrived and proposed merging the four Elemental Academies, offering to teach them Self-Created Soul Skills and naming himself principal of the new academy.
• The Godwind dean agreed, and Lin Mu recruited Blazing Fire Academy, Thunderclap Academy, and Skywater Academy as well, while excluding Elephant Armored Academy.

After relocating the merged academies to Heaven Dou City, Lin Mu sent Tang San to recruit the four single-attribute clans into the newly named Limitless Sect. The clans agreed to join, and Lin Mu directed Bai He’s granddaughter to study at Elemental Academy.

• Lin Mu established Elemental Academy in Heaven Dou City and made five Self-Created Soul Skills available to all its students.
• Tang San told Lin Mu that the other three single-attribute clans had arrived, and Lin Mu ordered him to bring them into the Tang Sect alongside Hammer Hall.
• Lin Mu named Tang San’s sect the Limitless Sect and lightly scolded him for worrying about the name.
• Titan explained that he had stepped down as Strength Clan patriarch and appointed Tailong, whose master was Tang San, Lin Mu’s disciple.
• Lin Mu invited Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He to join his faction, and the three agreed to serve him.
• Bai He asked Lin Mu to guide his granddaughter’s cultivation, and Lin Mu told him to send her to Elemental Academy.

After Ah Yin was revived, she chose to stay with Lin Mu and offered to repay his kindness by caring for him. Lin Mu brought her and Tang San back from Sunset Forest, while assigning the five old men to Hammer Hall.

• Ah Yin took human form and rushed into Lin Mu's arms instead of embracing Tang San.
• Ah Yin asked to remain by Lin Mu's side, and Lin Mu accepted her request and suggested she teach at his new academy.
• Lin Mu brought Ah Yin before Tang San and the five old men, then offered the old men positions as stewards in Hammer Hall.
• Lin Mu left Sunset Forest with Ah Yin and Tang San, and Dugu Bo was tasked with taking the five elders to the sect.

Ye Lingling confronted Ah Yin over her closeness to Lin Mu while Flender and the Shrek teachers joked about Lin Mu’s new faction. Imperial cavalry arrived to arrest Flender over an old robbery, and Lin Mu appeared when Liu Erlong attacked the captain, leaving her pinned down by his pressure.

• Ye Lingling clung to Lin Mu and questioned his closeness with Ah Yin, whom he introduced as Tang San’s mother and a new academy teacher.
• Flender and the Shrek teachers mocked Lin Mu’s Limitless Sect, then cavalry surrounded the academy and demanded Flender.
• The cavalry captain rejected Flender’s bribe and accused him of trespassing, robbery, injuring a viscount, and attempting bribery.
• Flender blamed Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong attacked the captain after he insulted Xiaogang.
• Lin Mu appeared above the group and used his aura to pin Liu Erlong to the ground, then criticized her devotion to Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Lin Mu crushed Liu Erlong and Flender, ordered Shrek Academy sealed, and had its leaders imprisoned. Back in his room, Ye Lingling arrived for a late-night visit, heard Lin Mu with Ah Yin, and left determined to rescue him.

• Lin Mu kicked Liu Erlong away and sent Flender flying when he charged at him.
• Liu Erlong rejected Flender's explanation, and Flender collapsed after spitting blood.
• Lin Mu ordered the cavalry to arrest the Shrek Academy teachers and seal the academy; Qin Ming watched with regret, while Zhao Wuji was made to change his name to Zhao Daxiong.
• Lin Mu returned to his room and found Ah Yin waiting beneath his bedding.
• Ye Lingling heard strange sounds from Lin Mu's room, realized Ah Yin was with him, and left resolved to rescue Lin Mu.
• Lin Mu admitted he had noticed Ye Lingling outside but said Ah Yin had kept him from leaving, while his main quest completion neared ninety percent.

Tang San and Lin Mu prepared to take a group of disciples to Sea God Island, stopping in Vast Sea City to arrange a ship and acquire a Dragon Abyss Boat. The group was set to sail the next morning, while Ah Yin and Ye Lingling competed for Lin Mu’s attention.

• Tang San told Lin Mu that his Soul Power had reached level sixty-nine and asked about traveling to Sea God Island; Lin Mu agreed and planned to bring Ye Lingling and the others.
• Lin Mu went to Qian Renxue’s bedchamber and obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud after exhausting her.
• Lin Mu gathered Tang San, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, Bai Chenxiang, Ah Yin, and the others, and they set out for Vast Sea City.
• The group reached Vast Sea City, where Ning Rongrong presented Lin Mu with a Dragon Abyss Boat and Tang San reported sightings of a blood-drinking evil Soul Master.
• Lin Mu arranged a ship to depart the next morning, and Ah Yin and Ye Lingling both joined him after the others left.

Lin Mu took his companions aboard the Merry and sailed toward Sea God Island, then left the ship to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. After defeating it and promising to revive it when he became a god, he made it the soul spirit of his Ninth Soul Ring and reached Level 99, triggering an assessment.

• Lin Mu paid Captain Jack to take the group to Sea God Island and told them he had once crossed the sea and discovered another continent.
• After several days at sea, Lin Mu left the Merry and descended into the Demonic Whale Sea to find the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Lin Mu ambushed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Tsinami of the Howling, then lured it to the surface and struck it with Yatales Aurora Fiend.
• Lin Mu offered to revive the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King after becoming a god, and the wounded beast submitted as the soul spirit of his Ninth Soul Ring.
• Lin Mu reached Level 99, and an assessment began.

After reaching Level 99 by absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Lin Mu gave the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Tang San and condensed an earth-attribute Soul Core. He chose to pursue his own godhood, then Ye Lingling visited him and took the initiative.

• Lin Mu reached Level 99, gained a million-year Torso Soul Bone, and discovered that three gods had offered him divine trials.
• Lin Mu took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Sea God's Divine Sense and gave it to Tang San.
• Lin Mu returned to his room and successfully condensed an earth-attribute Soul Core, but his fire-attribute Soul Core resisted his attempt to form a water-attribute one.
• Lin Mu decided to create his own godhood rather than accept a god's inheritance.
• Ye Lingling brought Lin Mu dinner, and she took his hand and placed it inside her collar.

Tang San and his companions reached Sea God Island and insisted on attempting its trials, while Yu Xiaogang, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar separately crossed the Sea of Seas to reach the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang hoping the Sea God would restore his crippled Soul Power as Sea Horse Douluo judged their request.

• Lin Mu brought Tang San and the others to Sea God Island, where Tang San asked the Yellow-robed Soul Masters to let them take the trials.
• The middle-aged Yellow-robed Soul Master warned the group that the trials could not be abandoned, but Tang San and the others persisted; Lin Mu and Ah Yin declined to participate.
• Tang San tried to explore the island with his Blue Silver Domain, but the middle-aged man stopped him and warned him not to probe Sea God Island.
• Yu Xiaogang, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar reached the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar after traveling with help from the Purple Pearl Pirate Group.
• Sea Horse Douluo required them to cross the Sea of Seas before qualifying for the trial; Dai Mubai carried Oscar across while Ma Hongjun helped Yu Xiaogang, who was struck by the waves and coughed up blood.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Sea Horse Douluo to begin their trials, hoping the Sea God would restore his Soul Power.

At the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun received difficult Black Level trials, while Yu Xiaogang demanded a trial of his own. Sea Horse Douluo rejected him and sent him flying just as Lin Mu and the others emerged from the forest.

• Sea Horse Douluo insulted Yu Xiaogang and began the trial ceremony for Dai Mubai, who received a Black Level Four Trial.
• Sea Horse Douluo explained the trial's danger, and Dai Mubai pressured Oscar to take part; Oscar received a Black Level Five Trial.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Ma Hongjun to seek Sea God's inheritance, but Ma Hongjun also received a Black Level Five Trial.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded a trial, and Sea Horse Douluo called him unworthy and sent him crashing outside the Sea of Seas.
• Lin Mu and the others emerged from the forest and witnessed Yu Xiaogang's humiliation.

Lin Mu brought Tang San and the others to Sea God Island to undertake the Sea God's trials, where Yu Tianheng confronted Yu Xiaogang over Spirit Hall's attack on the Yu family. The group received their trials, Tang San was chosen for the Sea God Nine Trials, and Bo Saixi noticed a divine trial mark on Lin Mu.

• Tang San mocked Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Tianheng seized him and demanded to know whether he had been involved in Spirit Hall's attack on the Yu family.
• Sea Horse Douluo stopped Yu Tianheng and Ma Hongjun from fighting, while Lin Mu briefly revealed overwhelming pressure and said he had brought the group to attempt the Sea God's trials.
• Sea Horse Douluo assigned trials to the group, with Ye Lingling and Xiao Wu receiving Red Tier Seven Trials and Tang San receiving the Sea God Nine Trials.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi appeared, and Bo Saixi was shocked to see a divine trial mark between Lin Mu's brows.