Chapter Summaries

Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Nirvana herb changed his appearance and left him with feminine traits, while Yu Xiaogang persuaded Bibi Dong to help him take revenge on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xiao Wu feared Lin Mu would target Da Ming, but Tang San refused to ask his Master to spare him.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that Ma Hongjun’s weakened yang energy had caused the herb’s unexpected effects, and Yu Xiaogang collapsed in anger.
• Bibi Dong rebuked Chrysanthemum Douluo for the mishap, while he questioned her concern for Yu Xiaogang and then apologized to him.
• Ma Hongjun accepted Yu Xiaogang’s reassurance that his martial soul and Soul Power had improved, and Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to help destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong agreed to proceed gradually and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to accompany Yu Xiaogang to the sect.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San to persuade Lin Mu not to kill Da Ming, but Tang San told her to break with her past, prompting her to protest that he had never considered soul beasts’ feelings.

Tang San and Xiao Wu argued over his attitude toward soul beasts, and Xiao Wu ran away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Lin Mu found her outside Heaven Dou City and brought her back, where she unexpectedly told Tang San that he had been right.

• Xiao Wu accused Tang San of becoming cold toward soul beasts, and he angrily reminded her that she had once been a soul beast too.
• Xiao Wu fled the academy, and Tang San searched for her before asking Lin Mu for help.
• Lin Mu searched Heaven Dou City, found Xiao Wu outside the city, and persuaded her to return by saying Tang San regretted his words.
• Lin Mu brought Xiao Wu back to the teachers' dormitory and left her alone with Tang San.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San she had thought things over and agreed that what he said made sense, leaving him stunned.

After reaching level eighty, Lin Mu prepared to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his Eighth Soul Ring, while Qian Renxue suspected he might have a divine inheritance. He left his students behind and headed to meet Dugu Bo, unaware that Yu Xiaogang and two Titled Douluo had arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xiao Wu reconciled with Tang San and told him she believed Da Ming and Er Ming would be revived.
• A system reward raised Lin Mu's soul power to level eighty, prompting him to prepare for his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Lin Mu told the Imperial Dou Team he would go to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Qian Renxue wondered whether he had inherited a god's power.
• Tang San asked to accompany Lin Mu, but Lin Mu refused because the journey was too dangerous; Xiao Wu did not object.
• Lin Mu flew toward Sunset Forest to meet Dugu Bo before going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who had been assigned to protect him.

Yu Xiaogang confronted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect over Ma Hongjun’s crippling, relying on Bibi Dong’s support as a Spirit Hall elder. Lin Mu arrived just as Ning Fengzhi offered compensation and saw a chance to recruit Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to hunt Fierce Beasts.

• Ning Fengzhi questioned Yu Xiaogang’s unusual entourage, and Yu Xiaogang demanded justice for his disciple Ma Hongjun.
• Yu Xiaogang invoked his status as a Spirit Hall elder, prompting Ning Fengzhi to offer one million Gold Soul Coins to settle the dispute.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned Ghost Douluo that they might not survive a fight against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Titled Douluo while protecting Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Mu and Poison Douluo arrived, and Lin Mu said he would settle the matter in exchange for the compensation.
• Lin Mu noticed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and considered using them to hunt Fierce Beasts.

Lin Mu used Yu Xiaogang’s secret about Ma Hongjun to make him leave, then persuaded Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to help him obtain his Eighth Soul Ring. Ning Fengzhi agreed to support the hunt, and Lin Mu revealed that Ning Rongrong had told him Yu Xiaogang’s secret.

• Lin Mu threatened to tell Ma Hongjun how Yu Xiaogang had put out the fire unless Yu Xiaogang stopped pressing the matter.
• Yu Xiaogang offered Lin Mu one million Gold Soul Coins, but Lin Mu blocked his departure and demanded to speak privately with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang left after Lin Mu threatened to reveal his secret, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo agreed to help Lin Mu hunt for his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to support Lin Mu’s soul-ring hunt because Lin Mu’s growing strength would help check Spirit Hall.
• Lin Mu told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong had revealed Yu Xiaogang’s secret, leaving the others with a new understanding of Yu Xiaogang’s attachment to Ma Hongjun.

Lin Mu led five Titled Douluo into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a fire-attributed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then killed Scarlet King with their combined strength. The group left the forest with Scarlet King's corpse, while Lin Mu left a taunting message behind.

• Lin Mu sent the others to wait while he searched for a suitable target, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Dugu Bo traded barbs as they waited.
• Lin Mu lured Scarlet King, a fire-attributed Three-Headed Red Demon Mastiff, toward the group while attacking it from afar.
• Scarlet King tried to summon other soul beasts, so Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo trapped it with the Two Extremes Stillness Domain.
• Ning Fengzhi boosted Lin Mu and Sword Douluo as Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo struck Scarlet King, and Lin Mu finished it with Titan Sky Break.
• Lin Mu took Scarlet King's corpse and left the forest with the others, leaving the words "Spirit Hall's Duanmu Yan!" amid the devastation.

Di Tian learned that Scarlet King had been killed and ordered Xiong Jun to find the suspected Spirit Hall-connected soul master, Lin Mu. Meanwhile, Lin Mu began absorbing Scarlet King's over two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring while the Titled Douluos guarded him.

• Bi Ji reported that the Auspicious Beast was unharmed but emotionally unstable, and she found the words “Spirit Hall, Duanmu Yan” carved near Scarlet King's remains.
• Di Tian suspected the killer was connected to Spirit Hall and recognized him as the soul master who had killed two members of Bi Ji's clan.
• Di Tian gave Xiong Jun a dragon scale to help locate the killer, but told him to contact Di Tian before acting in case the target possessed God Inheritance.
• Lin Mu and his companions reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Lin Mu sat beside Scarlet King's corpse and absorbed its soul ring.
• Sword Douluo and the other Titled Douluos watched Lin Mu, while Chrysanthemum Douluo said Scarlet King was likely more than two hundred thousand years old.

Lin Mu finished absorbing Scarlet King's soul ring and gained two powerful soul skills, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo reconsidered their loyalty to Bibi Dong. He gave them cultivation pills as thanks, leaving the two elders more inclined to work with him again.

• Ning Fengzhi considered taking Scarlet King's soul bone for Sword Douluo, but Dugu Bo warned him not to covet it, and Ning Fengzhi backed down.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Ghost Douluo that they did not need to risk their lives for Bibi Dong, and Ghost Douluo agreed to follow Lin Mu so long as he did not destroy Spirit Hall.
• Lin Mu finished absorbing Scarlet King's soul ring, reached more than halfway through Level 83, and stored Scarlet King's Right Leg Bone for later.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo prepared to leave after completing their duty, and Lin Mu promised to honor their agreement and ask for their help again if needed.
• Lin Mu gave Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo bottles of pills as a bonus, and they were moved by his generosity.

Lin Mu sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo away after considering how pills could help them grow stronger. When Ning Fengzhi asked for pills for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Lin Mu refused and proposed testing his new soul skill on Bone Douluo instead, then carried Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo toward the sect.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo thanked Lin Mu and departed, while Lin Mu considered using pills to help them advance.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Mu for cultivation pills for Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, but Lin Mu refused because their cooperation had already been settled.
• Lin Mu suggested testing his newly acquired eighth soul ring, and Sword Douluo redirected the challenge toward his friend Gu Rong, Bone Douluo.
• Lin Mu told Dugu Bo to leave, and Dugu Bo called him master before departing, shocking Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.
• Lin Mu swept up Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo as a Hurricane and flew toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xiaogang had been caught having an affair with his disciple and ordered Yu Luomian to bring him back while keeping the scandal secret. Meanwhile, Lin Mu tested his powerful new soul skills against Bone Douluo, demonstrating strength that left Sword Douluo with no chance of victory; Lin Mu then left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Yu Tianheng told Yu Yuanzhen that Yu Xiaogang had been seen having an affair with his disciple, and Yu Yuanzhen ordered him to keep the scandal quiet.
• Yu Luomian agreed to go to Shrek Academy, ensure the witnesses stayed silent, and bring Yu Xiaogang back, crippling him if he refused.
• Lin Mu used his new Crimson Devil Explosive Flame Kill against Bone Douluo, piercing and burning through Bone Douluo's Ninth Soul Skill and injuring him.
• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi he had zero chance of defeating Lin Mu alone and said he and Bone Douluo would need to join forces to withstand Lin Mu's attacks.
• Lin Mu finished testing his skills, left two bottles of cultivation pills for Ning Fengzhi, and departed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Flender tried to make Liu Erlong give up on Yu Xiaogang, but she remained devoted to him. Yu Luomian came to Shrek Academy seeking Yu Xiaogang and, finding him away in Spirit City, decided to arrange Liu Erlong’s marriage to crush Yu Xiaogang’s hopes.

• Flender comforted Liu Erlong and criticized Yu Xiaogang, but Liu Erlong insisted that Yu Xiaogang was the only one she loved.
• Yu Luomian arrived at Shrek Academy demanding that Yu Xiaogang come out, and Liu Erlong angrily refused to welcome him.
• Flender explained that Yu Xiaogang had gone to Spirit City to address his disciple’s martial soul problem, and Yu Luomian confirmed that Yu Xiaogang was not at the academy.
• Yu Luomian threatened Flender to keep the secret about Liu Erlong’s private affairs from becoming public.
• Yu Luomian told Liu Erlong it was time to start a family, then clarified that he wanted to crush Yu Xiaogang’s hopes.

Yu Luomian tried to arrange a marriage between Liu Erlong and Lin Mu, but their confrontation was interrupted when Xiong Jun arrived at Shrek Academy searching for Spirit Hall. Xiong Jun suppressed Zhao Wuji and Yu Luomian, then stayed at the academy while waiting for his target to appear.

• Yu Luomian proposed Lin Mu as a son-in-law, but Liu Erlong rejected him and defended her freedom to choose a partner.
• Yu Luomian struck Liu Erlong, and Flender tried to calm the conflict as Yu Luomian condemned her relationship with Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiong Jun entered Shrek Academy asking for directions to Spirit Hall, then suppressed Zhao Wuji with his aura.
• Flender explained where Spirit Hall was, and Xiong Jun chose to stay at Shrek Academy while waiting for the person he sought.
• Yu Luomian tried to stop Xiong Jun from staying, so Xiong Jun blasted him dozens of meters away with his aura.

Lin Mu treated the Imperial Dou Team to hotpot made from the Scarlet King's meat, whose potent energy left everyone flushed with vigor. As the others hurried off to cultivate, Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling dragged Lin Mu toward the dormitories.

• Lin Mu gave Ning Rongrong cultivation-aiding pills and later surprised the Imperial Dou Team by bringing out a leg from the Scarlet King.
• Lin Mu prepared Scarlet King dog meat hotpot while Tang San comforted Xiao Wu about eating soul beast meat, and Xiao Wu asked whether Da Ming was safe.
• The team ate the hotpot, and Lin Mu warned them to eat only what they could handle because the meat's energy was immense.
• Yu Tianheng and the others left to cultivate after the meal, while Tang San was dragged away by Xiao Wu.
• Ye Lingling and Qian Renxue, affected by the meal, clung to Lin Mu, and Qian Renxue pulled him toward the dormitories.

Yu Xiaogang returned to Spirit City and confronted Bibi Dong over Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo abandoning him during the trip. He later met Ma Hongjun, who was settling into the Spirit Hall Team, and urged him to win Yan over so they could establish themselves there.

• Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong of deliberately making things difficult by assigning Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to protect him, then claimed they had deserted him to curry favor with Lin Mu.
• When Yu Xiaogang tried to leave, Bibi Dong forced him to his knees with her aura; after he explained what happened, she promised to investigate and give him an explanation.
• Yu Xiaogang left the Pope's bedchamber to see Ma Hongjun, who had joined the Spirit Hall Team and was training for the Soul Master Competition.
• Yan worried that Ma Hongjun might compete with him for Hu Liena, but Ma Hongjun reassured him and began advising him on how to pursue her.
• Yu Xiaogang interrupted Ma Hongjun's conversation with Yan and told Ma Hongjun to win Yan over so they could gain a secure place within the team.

Lin Mu rejected Qian Renxue’s attempt to recruit him, then accepted her offer to make breakfast in exchange for satisfying her. Meanwhile, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo returned to Spirit City and faced Bibi Dong’s accusations over their dealings with Lin Mu.

• Qian Renxue asked Lin Mu to join Xue Qinghe’s ranks, but he refused, while Ye Lingling brought him breakfast.
• Qian Renxue offered to agree to anything Lin Mu wanted if he made breakfast for her, and he prepared food for both her and Ye Lingling.
• Lin Mu took Ye Lingling to the Imperial Dou Team’s training grounds and left the exhausted Qian Renxue to rest and clean the room.
• Bibi Dong summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo and accused them of abandoning Yu Xiaogang and currying favor with Lin Mu.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo denied betraying Spirit Hall or courting Lin Mu and claimed they had gone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to deal with him before he injured them.

Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to bring Lin Mu to the Papal Palace after suspecting his ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. They confronted him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Chrysanthemum Douluo secretly planned to help him evade their attack, but the Two Extremes Stillness Domain appeared to catch Lin Mu off guard.

• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to apologize to Yu and then sent him and Ghost Douluo to fetch Lin Mu, adding Platinum Bishop Lor Diarra to their group.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Mu's training left the Imperial Dou Team struggling to last a minute against him after he absorbed Scarlet King's Soul Ring.
• Lin Mu used Tuo Na Duo of Hurricane to reach Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Lor Diarra, then refused to go unless Bibi Dong personally invited him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo secretly told Lin Mu that he and Ghost Douluo would stage an attack and signal him to evade their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo unleashed the Two Extremes Stillness Domain, and Chrysanthemum Douluo was shocked when Lin Mu did not evade it.

Lin Mu defeated Lor Diarra and gained Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s allegiance by arranging a way for them to remain in Spirit Hall while secretly serving him. To prevent Bibi Dong from suspecting them, he injured the two elders and left Lor Diarra unconscious.

• Lin Mu escaped the Two Extremes Stillness Domain with a technique that left a clone behind, then knocked Lor Diarra unconscious with one punch.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo thanked Lin Mu for protecting them from blame and asked to serve him.
• Lin Mu refused to have them leave Spirit Hall, instead offering them pills every six months while they remained there.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo agreed to follow Lin Mu’s orders and proposed taking injuries to conceal their allegiance from Bibi Dong.
• Lin Mu struck the two elders with his Fourth Soul Skill, and the blast knocked Lor Diarra unconscious again.

Lin Mu decided to confront Bibi Dong at the Papal Palace and attacked it to provoke her, while Xiong Jun's actions left Dai Mubai injured and unconscious. The chapter ended as Bibi Dong ordered five Titled Douluo to fight Lin Mu alone.

• Lin Mu injured Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo with his Fourth Soul Skill, then gave them cultivation pills and told them he would visit the Papal Palace to settle scores with Bibi Dong.
• At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai knelt before Xiong Jun and asked to become his disciple, but Xiong Jun fractured both his shoulders before leaving after his dragon scale lit up.
• In Spirit City, Yan praised Ma Hongjun for helping him get closer to Nana.
• Lin Mu arrived above the Papal Palace in Flame of Nawa armor and slashed a huge gap into its roof with his Fourth Soul Skill.
• Bibi Dong confronted Lin Mu, who mocked her and the Chrysanthemum-Ghost Duo, and she ordered five Titled Douluo to attack him.

Lin Mu used his Spirit Armament and overwhelming speed to fight off five Titled Douluo at the Papal Palace. He left Bibi Dong severely wounded, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo missing, and Magic Bear Douluo and Spirit Kite Douluo unconscious.

• Lin Mu revealed his eight Soul Rings, including two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and wounded Magic Bear Douluo and Spirit Kite Douluo with one arrow.
• Lin Mu evaded Ghost Leopard Douluo's sneak attack and struck him into the Papal Palace wall.
• Lin Mu unleashed his Fire Qilin Domain and Eighth Soul Skill, suppressing the surrounding Soul Masters and forming a Molten Scale Blade and gauntlet.
• Lin Mu attacked Bibi Dong with two blade slashes and blasted Magic Bear Douluo and Spirit Kite Douluo with his gauntlet.
• Bibi Dong's Martial Soul Avatar shattered, and the explosions sent her flying and vomiting blood; Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo crashed into opposite palace walls, while Magic Bear Douluo and Spirit Kite Douluo fell unconscious.

Lin Mu defeated Falling Devil Douluo and evaded Bibi Dong’s and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s attacks. Qian Daoliu arrived, recognized Lin Mu’s connection to Qian Renxue, and asked him to join Spirit Hall.

• Lin Mu switched armor and struck Ghost Leopard Douluo with Titan Sky Break, but Falling Devil Douluo blocked the attack with his Coiled Dragon Staff and crushed Ghost Leopard Douluo beneath it.
• Lin Mu fought Falling Devil Douluo, using his speed and ranged attacks to evade the Seventh Worshipper’s Eighth Soul Skill and land three punishing kicks that left him severely wounded.
• Bibi Dong watched Falling Devil Douluo fall, then Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo used Two Extremes Stillness Domain while Bibi Dong attacked Lin Mu with Eternal Scar.
• Lin Mu evaded the attacks and moved toward Bibi Dong, but Thousand Jun Douluo struck him aside with the Coiled Dragon Staff.
• Qian Daoliu appeared, confirmed Lin Mu’s identity, and asked him to join Spirit Hall.