Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang proposed using an Ice Attribute Soul Ring to control Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, and Flender reluctantly agreed to trust his theory. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Mu killed an Earth Flame Lizard, while Xiao Wu questioned whether soul beasts deserved to die and fell silent after Tang San’s reply.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Ma Hongjun should absorb an Ice Attribute Soul Ring at Rank 30 to purge his Evil Fire, and Flender reluctantly left the choice to him.
• Lin Mu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable soul beast but found none during the morning.
• An approximately thirty-thousand-year-old Earth Flame Lizard attacked, and Lin Mu killed it with his Molten Great Axe and ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring.
• Tang San praised Lin Mu’s strength, and Xiao Wu asked Tang San whether soul beasts deserved to die.
• Tang San asked whether humans deserved to die if soul beasts did not, and Xiao Wu fell silent.
• Lin Mu judged the Earth Flame Lizard’s Soul Ring too weak and unsuitable compared with a Hellfire Dragon Soul Ring.

Lin Mu acquired a Thirty Thousand Year left arm Spirit Bone and subdued an injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, allowing Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran to claim it. Zhao Wuji's group then arrived, and Lin Mu reassured them he would not pursue their earlier conflict, while Oscar noticed the serpent was close to death.

• Lin Mu obtained a Thirty Thousand Year left arm Spirit Bone from the Earth Flame Lizard and sensed an injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent approaching.
• Lin Mu knocked the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent out of the air, and Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived to find him had subdued it.
• Chao Tianxiang thanked Lin Mu and asked to take the serpent for Meng Yiran, and Lin Mu agreed.
• Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Academy students arrived, recognized Lin Mu, and reacted with fear; Tang San moved to Lin Mu's side, ready to fight.
• Lin Mu told Zhao Wuji's group he considered their earlier dispute settled, and Oscar warned Zhao Wuji that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was close to death.

Lin Mu gave Meng Yiran the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, then led Tang San and Xiao Wu deeper into the forest. When a Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed them, Tang San and Xiao Wu fought it while Lin Mu watched, and the spider launched a sudden strike at Xiao Wu.

• Zhao Wuji asked Lin Mu to give the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Oscar, but Lin Mu awarded it to Meng Yiran instead.
• Meng Yiran killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and absorbed its Soul Ring while Zhao Wuji left to find another Soul Beast for Oscar.
• Lin Mu led Tang San and Xiao Wu deeper into the forest, where Tang San sensed the dangers around them and Xiao Wu worried about her identity as a Soul Beast.
• A two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed the group, and Lin Mu told Tang San and Xiao Wu to fight it while he watched.
• Tang San restrained the spider with Blue Silver Grass, and Xiao Wu broke one of its legs with her Waist Bow before they dodged its web.
• The wounded spider struck at Xiao Wu from a vicious angle, leaving Tang San unable to push her out of the way.

Tang San killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, but its venom left Xiao Wu unconscious. When the Titan Giant Ape arrived and attacked, Lin Mu blocked its blow so Tang San could carry Xiao Wu away, then stood in the beast’s path.

• The Man Faced Demon Spider poisoned Xiao Wu, and Tang San carried her to safety before counterattacking with Blue Silver Grass and Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, then sealed the wound on Xiao Wu’s shoulder as its venom spread.
• Lin Mu appeared, gave Tang San a pill, and told him to flee with Xiao Wu as heavy footsteps approached.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Tang San, and Lin Mu blocked its fist but was hurled through a tree.
• Tang San fled with Xiao Wu while Lin Mu changed into Cyan Armor and confronted the Titan Giant Ape.

Lin Mu used Tuo Na Duo of Hurricane’s speed and wind arrows to wear down the Titan Giant Ape, then used Xiao Wu’s safety to force it into a bargain. The Titan Giant Ape agreed to do anything if Lin Mu spared Xiao Wu, and Lin Mu demanded that it sacrifice itself as his seventh Soul Ring.

• Lin Mu evaded the Titan Giant Ape’s attacks and escaped its Gravity Control Domain with Tuo Na Duo of Hurricane’s speed.
• Lin Mu fired a volley of wind arrows at the Titan Giant Ape’s vulnerable spots, gradually wounding it while avoiding every attack.
• Lin Mu revealed that he knew Er Ming’s connection to Xiao Wu and threatened to kill Xiao Wu and take her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Lin Mu told Er Ming that Xiao Wu had been detoxified and was not in danger, then used the threat of harming her to make Er Ming plead for her safety.
• Lin Mu demanded that Er Ming sacrifice itself to become his seventh Soul Ring in exchange for sparing Xiao Wu.

Lin Mu forced the Titan Giant Ape to sacrifice itself, then absorbed its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, evolving his Fire Qilin Martial Soul and reaching level seventy-five. As he prepared to leave, he found the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Eight Spider Lances and recognized their value to Tang San.

• Lin Mu swore he would never harm Xiao Wu if the Titan Giant Ape sacrificed itself, and the Titan Giant Ape agreed before giving up its life.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python sensed Er Ming’s sacrifice at Life Lake and roared in grief, while Xiao Wu awoke with a sudden, wrenching sorrow as Tang San carried her away.
• Lin Mu endured the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring’s energy, and his Fire Qilin Martial Soul evolved as his Soul Power rose to level seventy-three.
• Lin Mu absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s Left Arm Soul Bone, breaking through to level seventy-five and gaining strength he believed could rival a Titled Douluo.
• Lin Mu found the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Eight Spider Lances and noted that they would help Tang San.

Lin Mu reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu, then set out with them for Heaven Dou City so Tang San could attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Back at Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang suspected the expert who had defeated Zhao Wuji was Lin Mu, but Flender dismissed the possibility that a Soul Emperor could have beaten Zhao Wuji fairly.

• Lin Mu returned to the inn, confirmed Xiao Wu had recovered from the poison, and told Tang San they would leave for Heaven Dou City after she rested.
• Two days later, Lin Mu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu traveled toward Heaven Dou City by carriage.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender that a powerful young expert had taken the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and crushed him without using a soul skill, then demanded compensation for the money he had spent appeasing him.
• Zhao Wuji described the expert’s young age and Blue Silver Grass disciple, leading Yu Xiaogang to suspect the expert was Lin Mu.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Lin Mu could only be a Soul Emperor, and Flender concluded that Zhao Wuji must have been caught off guard.

Oscar revealed that his third Soul Skill granted a powerful boost but left its user unable to distinguish friend from foe, while Yu Xiaogang encouraged Ma Hongjun to trust him with his future Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Lin Mu brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua came to meet them.

• Oscar demonstrated his Mutated Mushroom Sausage and explained that its thirty percent boost to all attributes came with a half-hour frenzy that could endanger allies.
• Flender comforted Oscar, while Yu Xiaogang urged Ma Hongjun to cultivate toward level thirty and promised to choose his third Soul Ring himself.
• Lin Mu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Heaven Dou City and went to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Lin Mu pressured the guards into fetching the chief steward, Ode, and asked him to tell Madam Yue that an old friend's son had come to visit.
• Ode brought Lin Mu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to a side hall, where Tang Yuehua arrived to meet them.

Lin Mu brought Tang San to Tang Yuehua and proved his identity with Tang Hao’s Pope’s Order and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. Tang Yuehua agreed to arrange admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Lin Mu showed Tang Yuehua Tang Hao’s Pope’s Order and introduced Tang San, whose surname and Blue Silver Grass confirmed he was Tang Hao’s son.
• Tang Yuehua asked where Tang Hao was, and Lin Mu said he did not know.
• Lin Mu introduced himself as Tang San’s disciple Master and revealed that he was a Soul Sage, impressing Tang Yuehua.
• Lin Mu asked Tang Yuehua to help Tang San enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and she agreed.
• Lin Mu asked Tang Yuehua to arrange admission for Xiao Wu as well, and she agreed.

Tang San learned that Tang Yuehua was his aunt and questioned why Tang Hao had left him to grow up in poverty, while Lin Mu urged him to judge his father’s choices for himself. Tang Yuehua introduced Lin Mu to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who arranged for Lin Mu’s disciple to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy and invited Lin Mu to become a senior instructor.

• Lin Mu told Tang San that Tang Yuehua was Tang Hao’s younger sister, and Tang San wondered why his father had failed to provide for him.
• Lin Mu comforted Tang San without excusing Tang Hao’s failures as a father, and Tang San described his new aunt as graceful but overly smooth-tongued.
• Tang Yuehua told Xue Qinghe that a young Soul Sage named Lin Mu might be useful to the Heaven Dou Empire and that one of the academy applicants was his disciple.
• Two days later, Xue Qinghe met Lin Mu at Moonlight Pavilion, arranged for his disciple to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and invited Lin Mu to serve as a senior instructor.

Lin Mu accepted Xue Qinghe’s offer to become a senior instructor at Heaven Dou Royal Academy but refused her attempts to draw him closer with a brotherly bond and a noble title. He later accompanied Tang San and Xiao Wu to the academy, where their Soul Power tests revealed startling results.

• Lin Mu accepted Xue Qinghe’s instructor position while declining to call her his brother or accept a noble title.
• Lin Mu left Xue Qinghe, whose irritation and curiosity grew as she considered using a beauty to win him over.
• Lin Mu brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for their final enrollment tests.
• Xiao Wu tested at level thirty-one, impressing Sun Buyu with her strength at age twelve.
• Tang San tested at level thirty-four, leaving Sun Buyu stunned that a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master had reached such a level.

Lin Mu met Xue Qinghe and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee, who arranged a spar to test his strength. He faced Qin Ming in the training ground and easily caught his flaming attack, absorbing its fire without releasing his martial soul.

• Lin Mu arrived at the Education Committee and met Xue Qinghe and the three committee members, who were astonished that he was a young Soul Sage.
• Meng Shenji asked Lin Mu to reveal his exact soul power rank, but Lin Mu refused and agreed to a practical spar instead.
• The committee selected Qin Ming, a level sixty-two Assault System Battle Soul Emperor, to spar with Lin Mu.
• Qin Ming released his Blazing Flame Azure Wolf martial soul and charged Lin Mu with a flame-wreathed claw.
• Lin Mu caught Qin Ming's attack barehanded and absorbed the flames, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Lin Mu overwhelmed Qin Ming and revealed an unprecedented Soul Ring configuration, including a Hundred Thousand Year Seventh Soul Ring. Qin Ming challenged him with his strongest attack, and Lin Mu began to respond with his first Soul Ring.

• Lin Mu blocked Qin Ming’s attacks without summoning his Martial Soul and sent him flying with a kick after Qin Ming used his Third Soul Skill, Azure Wolf’s Fury.
• Lin Mu equipped his crimson Armor Martial Soul, whose pressure subdued Qin Ming and astonished the Committee Members and Xue Qinghe.
• Qin Ming admitted Lin Mu was stronger but asked to see his true strength, and Lin Mu revealed a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring, two more black Soul Rings, and a Hundred Thousand Year Seventh Soul Ring.
• Xue Qinghe became determined to claim Lin Mu, while Qin Ming recovered his resolve and launched his Sixth Soul Skill, Sky Burning Flame.
• Lin Mu activated his first Soul Ring to counter Qin Ming’s pillar of fire.

Lin Mu defeated Qin Ming and agreed to lead the Imperial Dou Team, asking Xue Qinghe and the academy’s leaders to keep his strength and Soul Ring configuration secret. When he arrived at the team’s training grounds, Yu Tianheng challenged his appointment, and Lin Mu criticized Yu’s age and level.

• Lin Mu’s First Soul Skill overwhelmed Qin Ming’s Sixth Soul Skill, and Qin Ming conceded.
• Xue Qinghe and the three Committee Members praised Lin Mu and asked him to train the Imperial Dou Team; Qin Ming offered to serve as his assistant instructor.
• Lin Mu accepted the position and asked Xue Qinghe, the Committee Members, and Qin Ming to keep his abilities secret.
• Two days later, Lin Mu arrived at the Imperial Dou Team’s training grounds with Xue Qinghe and two students, and Qin Ming introduced him as the new team leader.
• Yu Tianheng questioned the sudden change in leadership, and Lin Mu challenged him for being nearly twenty years old and only level thirty-nine.

Lin Mu proved his strength to the Imperial Dou Team by defeating Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan with ease. After Yu Tianheng accepted Lin Mu as their teacher, Lin Mu announced that Tang San and Xiao Wu would join the team for training and the Soul Master Competition.

• Dugu Yan challenged Lin Mu, but Qin Ming stopped her and explained that Lin Mu was stronger than he was.
• Lin Mu told Yu Tianheng to attack him at full strength, and Yu Tianheng struck with his Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Lin Mu caught Yu Tianheng's attack barehanded and kicked him away.
• Dugu Yan attacked Lin Mu with poison mist, and Lin Mu dodged it before kicking her beside Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng apologized and accepted Lin Mu's strength, while Dugu Yan remained angry.
• Lin Mu announced that Tang San and Xiao Wu would join the Imperial Dou Team and compete with them.

Lin Mu arranged a spar between his disciple Tang San and Imperial Dou Team captain Yu Tianheng, while Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng before the match. Tang San overcame Yu Tianheng’s stronger Soul Power and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon to win, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned by his defeat to a younger Blue Silver Grass Soul Master.

• Dugu Yan objected to Lin Mu adding two young recruits, but Lin Mu arranged for Tang San to spar with Yu Tianheng instead.
• Lin Mu ruled out Dugu Yan as Tang San’s opponent because Jade Phosphorous Serpent Venom would not threaten him, then asked Ye Lingling to heal Yu Tianheng.
• Tang San revealed that he was a Level 34 Control System Battle Soul Elder, shocking Yu Tianheng, who was Level 39.
• Yu Tianheng tore through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and pressed his attack, while Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and ranged attacks to keep him at a distance.
• Yu Tianheng used Wrath of Thunder to blast apart the grass and charged, but hidden vines crystallized around his legs and tripped him.
• Tang San approached Yu Tianheng and held a Leaf Blade to his throat, winning the spar and leaving Yu Tianheng dazed.

After Tang San defeated Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianheng asked Lin Mu to take him as a disciple, but Lin Mu refused and promised only to guide the team. Xiao Wu revealed her strength, and Lin Mu assigned demanding daily soul-duel training to Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.

• Yu Tianheng admitted defeat to Tang San and welcomed him to the Imperial Dou Team.
• Yu Tianheng asked Lin Mu to take him as a disciple, but Tang San rejected him and Lin Mu said he would focus on cultivating Xiao San while still guiding Yu Tianheng as team leader.
• Lin Mu asked Xiao Wu to show her strength, and she revealed that she was a level-thirty-one Soul Elder with three soul rings.
• Lin Mu ordered Yu Tianheng to participate in at least three soul duels each day, including sparring with Tang San.
• Lin Mu assigned Dugu Yan two soul duels daily, and she insisted on doing three like Yu Tianheng.

Lin Mu reorganized the Imperial Dou Team’s training, setting Yu Feng and Osler up as rivals and directing the Shi Mo brothers to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang put Dai Mubai and the others through exhausting weighted runs, and Flender chose to trust his training methods.

• Lin Mu told Yu Feng and Osler that only one of them might compete, making them rivals for a place on the team.
• Lin Mu identified the Shi Mo brothers’ matching Black Tortoise Martial Souls as the team’s key to victory and ordered them to train, eat, and live together while merging their Soul Powers.
• Lin Mu said Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul made her the team’s essential healer and offered to train her privately.
• Yu Xiaogang made Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing run around the village carrying heavy stones.
• Flender questioned the weighted runs, but Yu Xiaogang defended them as training for endurance and character, and Flender reluctantly agreed to trust him.

Lin Mu reunited with Ye Lingling and began teaching her a self-defense movement technique, which he named Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens. Meanwhile, Tang San and Xiao Wu registered for spirit battles, and Tang San agreed to team up with Yu Tianheng.

• Yu Tianheng and his companions left with Qin Ming for the spirit arena, while Ye Lingling stayed behind with Lin Mu.
• Xiao Wu took Tang San to register for spirit battles, and Xue Qinghe also departed.
• Ye Lingling spoke with Lin Mu about their reunion and her mother's wish to repay his kindness.
• Lin Mu taught Ye Lingling basic footwork inspired by Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and named the technique Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens.
• At the spirit arena, Xiao Wu registered as Soft Bone Charm Rabbit and Tang San chose Blue Silver General as his alias.
• Tang San registered for individual and two-person battles with Xiao Wu, then accepted Yu Tianheng's invitation to form a team.

Lin Mu went to the Heaven Dou Auction House with Xue Qinghe to buy rare herbs for the Imperial Dou Team, then bid on a Fox Woman being sold at auction. Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin joined the bidding, and Ning Fengzhi noticed Lin Mu beside Xue Qinghe.

• Lin Mu decided to buy rare herbs to make pills that would strengthen the Imperial Dou Team, and Xue Qinghe offered to accompany him to the auction house.
• Lin Mu bought the medicinal herbs he needed at the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• The auction's final item was a Fox Woman with fox ears and a tail, and Lin Mu asked Xue Qinghe to bid for her.
• Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing competed for the Fox Woman, while Ning Fengzhi raised the bid to 180,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Xue Qinghe and noticed Lin Mu beside her, wondering about their growing closeness.