Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai fought Dai Weisi in the Spirit Hall Team’s match, revealing a mutated black tiger martial soul and a vicious fighting style. As Dai Mubai lost himself to bloodlust, the Star Luo Royal Team was nearly eliminated, while observers learned his power came at the cost of his life force.

• Dai Weisi questioned Dai Mubai’s black tiger martial soul, but Dai Mubai attacked and wounded him with a powerful mutated soul skill.
• Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi clashed with their strengthening skills, while the Spirit Hall Team fought the other members of the Star Luo Royal Team.
• Yu Tianheng, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San assessed the Spirit Hall Team; Tang San said Dai Mubai’s herb was not an immortal herb and was damaging his body.
• Dai Mubai pinned Dai Weisi and bit his shoulder, then lost control and tore at him as the other contestants watched.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena eliminated most of the Star Luo Royal Team without using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Zhu Zhuyun could not reach Dai Weisi to combine with him.

Dai Mubai defeated Dai Weisi in a brutal match, while Yu Xiaogang devised a risky plan to exploit Dai Mubai and Oscar’s unstable abilities. Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect to seek help rescuing Ah Yin, but the chapter ended as he urgently told Tang Xiao that she had been taken.

• Yu Xiaogang decided that Dai Mubai could consume Oscar’s dangerous sausages to become strong enough to help defeat the Imperial Dou Team alongside Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• The Star Luo Royal Academy leader conceded after Dai Mubai severely injured Dai Weisi, and Xie Yue knocked Dai Mubai unconscious when he continued attacking.
• Dai Weisi threatened Dai Mubai with death if he ever left Spirit City, while Ma Hongjun watched with a gloating smile.
• Tang Hao reached the Clear Sky Sect and proved his identity by summoning his Clear Sky Hammer and nine Soul Rings.
• Tang Xiao stopped the Seventh Elder from attacking Tang Hao, then rushed to examine his injuries as Tang Hao announced that Ah Yin had been taken away.

Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Xiao that Lin Mu had taken Ah Yin and Tang San, while Lin Mu cultivated in Spirit City and successfully condensed a fire-attribute Soul Core. Tang Xiao vowed to avenge Tang Hao and recover the sect’s soul bones, while Lin Mu prepared to pursue even greater power.

• Tang Hao told Tang Xiao that Lin Mu had taken Ah Yin and Tang San, and that he had lost an arm and a leg.
• The Seventh Elder confronted Tang Hao over the harm he had caused the sect, but Tang Hao knelt and asked for time to resolve the matter before accepting punishment.
• The Second Elder persuaded the Seventh Elder to delay the dispute, and Tang Xiao took Tang Hao aside to hear his account.
• Tang Hao told Tang Xiao that Lin Mu had crippled and humiliated him and taken the sect’s two soul bones, prompting Tang Xiao to vow revenge.
• Lin Mu cultivated in Spirit City, gathered his Soul Power and spiritual power into a vortex, and condensed a red fire-attribute Soul Core.

After the fourth round of the finals, Lin Mu met with Qian Daoliu, who wanted assurances about Tang San. Lin Mu admitted Tang San’s identity and promised he would not target Spirit Hall, while hinting that he could become strong enough to challenge Qian Daoliu in a few years.

• Two teams forfeited their matches, and Thunderclap Academy advanced into the top three.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Lin Mu, who quickly flew to meet him atop a tall building.
• Qian Daoliu raised Tang San’s identity and the conflict between Spirit Hall and Tang Hao; Lin Mu acknowledged Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.
• Lin Mu argued that both sides had acted naturally in defending their interests and warned Qian Daoliu that he might match his strength in a few years.
• Qian Daoliu agreed not to harm Tang San after Lin Mu promised his disciple would not seek to destroy Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu asked what Lin Mu relied on, and Lin Mu answered that he had both confidence and something to rely on, leaving Qian Daoliu angry about losing his granddaughter and his advantage.

The Imperial Dou Team and Spirit Hall Team prepared to face off for the championship before the Papal Palace, where Bibi Dong offered three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as the prize. After the ceremony, Qian Renxue confronted Lin Mu over his deception and dragged him away, drawing Ning Fengzhi’s attention.

• Thunderclap Academy forfeited, leaving the Imperial Dou Team and Spirit Hall Team to compete for the championship.
• Yu Xiaogang boasted that he would defeat Lin Mu, but Yu Tianheng kicked him to the ground, and Ma Hongjun threatened revenge during the match.
• Bibi Dong arrived before the Papal Palace, announced the competition, and displayed three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as the reward.
• Xue Qinghe asked Lin Mu whether he expected to win, and Lin Mu hinted that he already knew her identity.
• Qian Renxue accused Lin Mu of deceiving her and dragged him away, while Ning Fengzhi wondered how close Lin Mu and the Crown Prince were.

Bibi Dong watched Qian Renxue leave with Lin Mu and worried that Yu Xiaogang’s future in Spirit Hall depended on the Spirit Hall Team’s match against the Imperial Dou Team. The teams began fighting, and the Imperial Dou Team countered the Spirit Hall Team’s opening moves with Tang San’s flight and the Shi Mo brothers’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Bibi Dong abandoned her plan to win over Lin Mu and considered relying on the Worship Hall to eliminate him, while Yu Xiaogang caught her gaze from the stands.
• Bibi Dong tied Yu Xiaogang’s place in Spirit Hall to the Spirit Hall Team’s victory and watched as both teams took their positions.
• Tang San attacked Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun with his Blue Silver Emperor, but Dai Mubai severed the vines after Ma Hongjun’s flames failed to burn them.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Bewitching Charm, while Xu Yu boosted them with his support Soul Skill.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eyes and Right Leg Soul Bone to fly his teammates beyond Bewitching Charm, then entered the red mist to hold it back as Xiao Wu blocked an attack.
• Shi Mo and Shi Mo unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, summoning a Black Tortoise Divine Beast and shocking the Spirit Hall Team.

The Spirit Hall Team’s match turned against them when Yu Tianheng knocked Xu Yu out and Dai Mubai transformed into a berserk beast. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue demanded Lin Mu help her seize the Heaven Dou Empire, but he agreed to assist only on his own terms.

• Yan’s attack failed to harm the Black Tortoise, whose Energy Beam blasted him away and forced Ma Hongjun to catch him.
• Yu Tianheng exploited the weakened formation and knocked Xu Yu out of the arena, while Dai Mubai refused to shield him.
• Dai Mubai ate two of Oscar’s sausages and transformed into a nearly three-meter-tall berserk beast, prompting Yu Xiaogang to expect victory.
• Qian Renxue brought Lin Mu to a lounge and demanded that he help her seize the Heaven Dou Empire or be imprisoned.
• Lin Mu agreed to help Qian Renxue take the throne but refused to obey her every command, leaving her surprised by his willingness to cooperate.

Tang San used his fifth soul skill to defeat the Spirit Hall Team and secure the tournament championship for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After Bibi Dong awarded the prizes, Lin Mu confronted Yu Xiaogang over their wager and forced him to his knees, then challenged Bibi Dong to pay the debt instead.

• Xie Yue used his self-created skill against Tang San, but Tang San summoned the Blue Silver Eternal Forest and bound Bewitching Charm.
• Yu Tianheng defeated Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu eliminated Oscar, and the Imperial Dou Team’s victory became certain as Dai Mubai and Yan turned on each other.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena surrendered, and Bibi Dong announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy as champions.
• Tang San accepted three soul bones from Bibi Dong on behalf of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Mu demanded a Thirty Thousand Year Soul Bone from Yu Xiaogang, who denied losing, so Lin Mu forced him to his knees.
• Bibi Dong condemned Lin Mu for acting in the Papal Palace, and Lin Mu told her to compensate him with a soul bone or stay out of it.

Lin Mu rejected Bibi Dong’s offer of Gold Soul Coins for Yu Xiaogang’s debt, exposed their past relationship, and ordered Tang San to extract the Holy Dragon of Light Origin from Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang was left mutilated, while Bibi Dong watched without intervening.

• Bibi Dong offered Gold Soul Coins instead of a soul bone to settle Yu Xiaogang’s debt, but Lin Mu refused and implied that she and Yu Xiaogang had a secret relationship.
• Bibi Dong disavowed Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang angrily revealed their past, confirming the gossip and further damaging Bibi Dong’s standing.
• Lin Mu brought Tang San to Yu Xiaogang and told him to use the Eight Spider Lances to extract the Holy Dragon of Light Origin from Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to acknowledge Lin Mu as his master and then pleaded to seek help from his father, but Lin Mu refused and Tang San began the extraction.
• Bibi Dong did not stop Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang’s appearance deteriorated until the onlookers realized he had become a eunuch.

After the Imperial Dou Team won the tournament, Lin Mu distributed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and helped Yu Tianheng absorb the Holy Dragon of Light Origin. Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon gained a purer True Dragon bloodline, though he said it had not fully evolved.

• Lin Mu left Yu Xiaogang behind after Tang San extracted the soul bones, and the Imperial Dou Team departed as champions.
• Back at the inn, Lin Mu gave Tang San the Wisdom Skull, which Tang San gratefully accepted.
• Yu Tianheng refused the fire-attributed soul bone, and Tang San suggested giving him the Holy Dragon of Light Origin stored in the Eight Spider Lances.
• With Lin Mu’s approval, Yu Tianheng absorbed the origin through Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances.
• Yu Tianheng thanked Lin Mu for transforming him, then explained that the origin had purified his martial soul’s True Dragon bloodline rather than fully evolving it.

After the competition ended, Lin Mu disbanded the Imperial Dou Team and set out to hunt his Ninth Soul Ring. He left Tang San and Xiao Wu somewhere safe, then asked Qian Daoliu to help him hunt the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

• Lin Mu kept the fire-attributed soul bone and gave Yu Feng, Osler, and Zhu Zhuqing cultivation pills instead of the Swift Forwarding Chase Wind Red Left Leg, explaining that the team would disband.
• Lin Mu told the others to return to Heaven Dou City and decided to send Xiao Wu back to the Star Dou Great Forest while taking Tang San out to gain experience.
• Tang San absorbed the Wisdom Skull, increasing his spiritual power, and Lin Mu took him and Xiao Wu to a small village before returning to Spirit City.
• Lin Mu told Qian Daoliu that he had reached Rank 90 and asked him to help hunt a Soul Ring.
• Lin Mu revealed that he planned to hunt the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear they had encountered before.

Lin Mu persuaded Qian Daoliu to help hunt a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear in exchange for supporting Qian Renxue’s bid to control the Heaven Dou Empire, despite the danger of facing other powerful Soul Beasts. Meanwhile, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao’s group arrived at the Sunset Forest to retrieve the sect’s soul bone and Ah Yin, where Dugu Bo confronted them and warned them against provoking Lin Mu.

• Qian Daoliu doubted Lin Mu could absorb the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s Soul Ring until Lin Mu revealed his six black and two red Soul Rings, confirming he was a God Inheritance holder.
• Lin Mu threatened to bully Qian Renxue if Qian Daoliu refused to help, and Qian Daoliu agreed on the condition that Lin Mu help her take control of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lin Mu warned Qian Daoliu that they might face Di Tian and several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, so Qian Daoliu decided to gather the other worshippers.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao led a group into the Sunset Forest, where Tang Hao identified Ah Yin and the Seventh Elder blamed him for bringing trouble upon the sect.
• Dugu Bo blocked the group, and Tang Hao realized Dugu Bo had broken through two levels before Tang Xiao shielded him and Dugu Bo warned them not to act rashly against Lin Mu.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao confronted Dugu Bo and then tried to take Ah Yin from the Blue Silver Emperor, but Ah Yin rejected Tang Hao and accused him of abandoning her. Tang Hao attacked her in a rage, and when Tang Xiao intervened, the brothers began fighting.

• Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and five elders combined their Clear Sky Hammers to shatter Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Avatar and leave him badly wounded.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao went to the Blue Silver Emperor, where Ah Yin appeared and ordered Tang Hao to leave.
• Ah Yin accused Tang Hao of abandoning her and trying to stop her resurrection, while Tang Hao struggled to explain himself to Tang Xiao.
• Ah Yin praised Lin Mu and reacted shyly when Tang Hao asked whether she wanted to be with him, driving Tang Hao into a rage.
• Tang Hao attacked the Blue Silver Emperor, but the Blue Silver King blocked most of the blow; Tang Xiao then stood between them to protect Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao attacked Tang Xiao, who defended himself without striking back, while the elders watched.

Lin Mu and the Worship Hall confronted Di Tian and Xiong Jun in the Star Dou Great Forest, with Lin Mu drawing Xiong Jun away while Qian Daoliu fought Di Tian. Lin Mu tricked Xiong Jun into facing his attack and left the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear severely wounded as the others arrived.

• Qian Daoliu told the worshippers that their target was a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with over four hundred thousand years of cultivation and warned them of other super Fierce Beasts.
• Lin Mu brought Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, whose strength had reached rank ninety-six, to join the expedition.
• Di Tian and Xiong Jun arrived, and Lin Mu sent Qian Daoliu to fight Di Tian while he lured Xiong Jun away.
• Lin Mu stopped and persuaded Xiong Jun to let him attack first before taking Xiong Jun's Sky-Tearing Claw head-on.
• Lin Mu unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Spirit Armament, and struck Xiong Jun with a series of attacks, leaving his back badly torn as the others arrived.

Lin Mu and the Worships defeated Xiong Jun, whose willing sacrifice gave Lin Mu a Four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and raised him to level 93. He then received offers of inheritance from both the Fire God and Wind God, who began fighting over him while Lin Mu questioned whether either divine position suited him.

• Lin Mu trapped the wounded Xiong Jun with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s Two Extremes Stillness Domain, then joined the Worships in launching a combined attack.
• With Xiong Jun near death, Lin Mu persuaded him to sacrifice himself by promising to revive and strengthen him after becoming a god.
• Xiong Jun willingly sacrificed himself, and Lin Mu absorbed his Four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, advancing to level 93.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo coveted the soul bone expected from Xiong Jun, but Thousand Jun Douluo refused to help him claim it without consulting the Great Worship.
• The Fire God and Wind God each offered Lin Mu their inheritance, then argued in the God Realm over which of them should have him as an heir.
• Lin Mu doubted that either the Fire God or Wind God suited him because he possessed four attributes and might gain more.

Lin Mu defeated Golden Crocodile Douluo, aided Qian Daoliu, and brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to meet the Sky Azure Bull Python. After promising he could resurrect the Titan Giant Ape once he became a god, Xiao Wu urged Da Ming to sacrifice itself to Tang San so they could reunite in the God Realm.

• Lin Mu struck Golden Crocodile Douluo with his Heaven-Burning Claw, shattering his Martial Soul Avatar and blasting him away.
• Lin Mu gave Qian Daoliu Blue Silver Pills, then agreed to help Xue Qinghe take control of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lin Mu brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to the lake where the Sky Azure Bull Python, whom Xiao Wu called Da Ming, emerged.
• Da Ming accused Lin Mu of killing Er Ming, but Xiao Wu explained that Er Ming had attacked first and could still be resurrected.
• Lin Mu promised to resurrect the Titan Giant Ape after becoming a god, and Xiao Wu urged Da Ming to sacrifice itself to Tang San.

Xiao Wu persuaded Da Ming to sacrifice himself for Tang San, and Lin Mu left the Star Dou Great Forest with his disciple. In Sunset Forest, Lin Mu returned just as Tang Xiao attacked the injured Blue Silver King, and Tang San turned on Tang Hao; the father and son clashed, with Tang San badly outmatched.

• Xiao Wu convinced Da Ming that Tang San could earn a god's recognition and persuaded him to sacrifice himself for Tang San.
• Lin Mu left the Star Dou Great Forest with Tang San while Xiao Wu watched them go sadly.
• Tang Xiao decided to take Dugu Bo and leave Ah Yin and the Blue Silver King, but the elders urged him to kill the Blue Silver King for its potential Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang Xiao struck at the injured Blue Silver King, but Lin Mu appeared and repelled him before defeating Tang Hao with one casual blade swing.
• Tang San attacked Tang Hao with Hidden Weapons to avenge his injured mother, and Tang Hao fought back, knocking Tang San more than ten meters away.

Lin Mu fought Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders while Tang San defended Ah Yin from Tang Hao’s Great Sumeru Hammer. The battle left Tang Hao near death, and Lin Mu unveiled Thunder Yatales.

• Ah Yin attacked Tang Hao after he injured Tang San, and Tang San blocked Tang Hao’s hammer with his Blue Silver Barrier.
• Lin Mu overwhelmed Tang Xiao and the four elders, revealing that he was a Titled Douluo and defeating the Seventh Elder with a powerful flaming slash.
• The Second Elder threatened Dugu Bo, but Lin Mu rescued him and restored his Soul Power.
• Tang Hao detonated his seven usable Soul Rings and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer at Ah Yin’s true body, while Tang San shielded her and Lin Mu knocked the attack aside.
• Tang Hao collapsed near death, Tang San threw hidden weapons at him, and Lin Mu donned his ultimate armor, Thunder Yatales.

Lin Mu used Thunder Yatales to overpower Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders, who had come with Tang Hao to reclaim two soul bones. After the elders abandoned Tang Xiao and pleaded for mercy, Lin Mu refused to spare them and began forcing them to pay for their actions.

• Lin Mu revealed Thunder Yatales and sensed its elemental and lightning powers as Tang Xiao rallied the elders to fight him.
• Tang Xiao gathered the Soul Power of five Titled Douluo and attacked with the Nine Absolutes of Haotian, but Lin Mu blocked his blows with the Heaven and Earth Thunder Sword.
• The Second Elder broke the formation, leaving Tang Xiao weakened and allowing Lin Mu to send him crashing to the ground.
• The Second Elder offered to abandon Tang Hao and the soul bones, but Lin Mu rejected the offer and demanded that the elders cripple their cultivation.
• When the Second Elder tried to argue, Lin Mu shocked him with the Heaven and Earth Thunder Sword, while the other elders begged for mercy and Lin Mu refused.

Lin Mu defeated the Clear Sky Sect elders and Tang Xiao, crippling their cultivation before Tang Hao died. As Lin Mu began absorbing Xiong Jun’s soul bone, Ah Yin looked at him with infatuation, and Tang San resolved to cultivate harder.

• Lin Mu used the Heaven and Earth Thunder Sword to knock out the four Clear Sky Sect elders and cripple their cultivation.
• Lin Mu defeated Tang Xiao and the Seventh Elder, then crippled both their cultivation and Tang Xiao’s.
• Lin Mu treated Tang San’s injuries and used nutrient solution to help preserve Ah Yin’s true body, bringing her phantom forth.
• Tang Hao saw Ah Yin’s interest in Lin Mu, vomited poisonous blood, and died; Lin Mu burned his body and collected four soul bones.
• Lin Mu gave Dugu Bo pills and tasked him with guarding the defeated Clear Sky Sect members while he absorbed Xiong Jun’s soul bone.
• Ah Yin watched Lin Mu with infatuation, and Tang San began cultivating so he could keep up with his master.