Chapter Summaries

Lin Du used the Sword of the Sword King to break the illusion clouding Liu Erlong’s judgment, and she left the Star Dou Great Forest with her feelings clarified. Yu Xiaogang suffered a sudden pain in his heart without realizing what he had lost, while Lin Du and the others began their journey back.

• Lin Du cut through the illusion affecting Liu Erlong, and she thanked him for freeing her from its influence.
• After dinner, Qian Renxue and Dugu Yan followed Lin Du into his tent, while Yu Xiaogang clutched his heart in pain at Nuoding Academy.
• The next morning, Liu Erlong escorted Lin Du, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan to the Star Dou Great Forest’s exit.
• Lin Du gave Liu Erlong his Saint Son Token and camping equipment before she kissed his cheek and departed.
• Lin Du left the forest with Qian Renxue and Dugu Yan as a crimson-gold streak of light.

Lin Du returned to Spirit City with Qian Renxue and Dugu Yan, then confronted Jerev in Spirit Hall over his betrayal. Jerev denied the accusation and appealed to Pope Bibi Dong for protection.

• Lin Du arrived at Spirit City aboard the Phoenix Dragon God, drawing a crowd before entering with Qian Renxue and Dugu Yan.
• Lin Du said he planned to deal with a low-level Spirit Emperor, and Dugu Yan and Qian Renxue chose to accompany him.
• The three entered Spirit Hall’s Preaching Hall, where Jerev recognized Lin Du and grew anxious.
• Lin Du confronted Jerev and warned Salas not to interfere, saying even the Pope could not save Jerev.
• Jerev denied betraying Lin Du and said he would ask Pope Bibi Dong to uphold justice.

After Jerev escaped the Preaching Hall with Salas’s help, Lin Du pursued him and prepared to kill him. Lin Du’s power drew the Eight Great Enshrined and the Eight Great Elders to the scene, leaving Spirit Hall on the brink of a major confrontation.

• Salas disrupted Qian Renxue’s Soul Skill, allowing Jerev to flee the Preaching Hall, and Lin Du warned Salas that he would answer for it.
• Lin Du overtook Jerev on the way to the Pope’s Palace and confronted him with the Dragon Ascending Sword and his black third Spirit Ring.
• Lin Du summoned the Dragon God, creating a vast display that Qian Daoliu recognized as Lin Du’s Martial Soul.
• Qian Daoliu and the other Enshrined mobilized, while Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to gather the Eight Great Elders.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue saw the Elders fly overhead, and Hu Liena suspected that Lin Du had returned.

Lin Du used Sword King Dragon God to attack Jerev despite Bibi Dong's arrival and the Pope's demand that he stop. Jerev begged Bibi Dong to save him as the sword strike came for him.

• Yan left Hu Liena and Xie Yue to investigate the powerful Soul Power Fluctuation.
• Jerev used four defensive Soul Skills and tried to bargain with Lin Du, hoping to stall until help arrived.
• Lin Du transformed into Sword King Dragon God, wielding the Sword of the Sword King, and Jerev's confidence faltered.
• Bibi Dong arrived and rebuked Lin Du, while Jerev turned his back on Lin Du to greet her.
• Lin Du locked onto Jerev and launched Sword King Dragon Ascending Sword, sending a huge sword gleam toward him as Jerev begged Bibi Dong for help.

Lin Du killed Jerev despite Bibi Dong’s attempt to stop him, prompting the furious Pope to attack Lin Du and Qian Renxue. As Bibi Dong’s strike came down, Qian Renxue shielded Lin Du, who declared that no one could take his life.

• Lin Du’s golden sword light split Bibi Dong’s Death Spider Web Bind and killed Jerev, leaving Bibi Dong’s gown stained with blood.
• Bibi Dong unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar and ordered Lin Du’s immediate execution, while Yue Guan tried and failed to calm her.
• Yan gloated at Lin Du’s danger, while Hu Liena watched with melancholy.
• Dugu Yan boosted Qian Renxue with her two poison skills, and Qian Renxue transformed and shielded Lin Du with her wings.
• Bibi Dong used her Sixth Soul Skill, Blood Sucking Spider Thorn, against Qian Renxue and Lin Du, and Lin Du insisted that no one could kill him.

Qian Daoliu intervened to protect Lin Du from Bibi Dong and revealed his extraordinary spirit rings, while the other Douluo Hall enshrined displayed their increased power. The confrontation left Bibi Dong facing overwhelming opposition and the Elder Hall elders reluctant to fight.

• Qian Daoliu blocked Bibi Dong’s attack on Qian Renxue and declared that Lin Du was his appointed heir, refusing to let Bibi Dong kill him.
• Bibi Dong released her nine spirit rings, including a red hundred-thousand-year ring, and challenged Qian Daoliu’s authority.
• Qian Daoliu revealed eight black spirit rings and one red ring, stunning everyone in the plaza.
• Golden Crocodile Spirit stepped forward, revealed that he had reached Level 99, and displayed his evolved Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul.
• Mighty Lion Douluo and the other enshrined revealed that they had each advanced to Level 97, while Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized the signs of Immortal Herbs.
• Bibi Dong’s other elders lost their desire to fight against the enshrined, while Chrysanthemum Douluo remained secretly allied with Lin Du.

After the Enshrined intervened to protect Lin Du, he revealed evidence that Jerev had conspired against him, forcing Bibi Dong to accept that Jerev deserved death and apologize. Lin Du then left Salas’s punishment to Qian Daoliu, who ordered Salas to resign as a Platinum Bishop.

• Bibi Dong restrained her hostility toward Lin Du after Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Spirit, and the Enshrined of Elder Hall released their auras, but warned that they would share responsibility if Spirit Hall’s rules collapsed.
• Lin Du played an Imprint Stone recording of Jerev and Guo Xiong conspiring against him, turning Spirit Hall’s members against Jerev and prompting Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue to leave and focus on improving their strength.
• Lin Du said Jerev’s collusion with outsiders made him deserving of death, and Bibi Dong apologized to Lin Du before the assembled crowd.
• Bibi Dong ended the confrontation and left, after which Salas begged Qian Daoliu to punish him for obstructing Lin Du.
• Qian Renxue explained Salas’s actions, and Lin Du left his punishment to Qian Daoliu, who ordered Salas to submit his resignation as a Platinum Bishop.

Qian Renxue revealed that an Immortal Herb had evolved her Martial Soul into the Twelve-Winged Sacred Angel, exciting Qian Daoliu and the Enshrined. Dugu Bo confronted Lin Du about whether he had treated Dugu Yan fairly, then learned that Lin Du had already helped her and prepared to enter seclusion before Lin Du stopped him.

• Qian Renxue explained that consuming the Twelve-Winged Holy Light Lily had evolved her Martial Soul into the Twelve-Winged Sacred Angel.
• Qian Daoliu praised Lin Du’s help, warned him to be cautious around Bibi Dong, and took Qian Renxue aside.
• Dugu Bo asked Lin Du to give Dugu Yan benefits comparable to Qian Renxue’s, and Dugu Yan explained that Lin Du had given her an Immortal Herb and Dragon Blood Grass.
• Dugu Yan showed Dugu Bo her evolved Azure Phosphorus Flood Dragon Martial Soul and told him her Soul Power had risen to level 28.
• Dugu Bo apologized to Lin Du and prepared to enter seclusion, but Lin Du called out to stop him.

Lin Du gave Dugu Bo a Snow Swan Kiss, explaining that it could amplify any poison a thousandfold, and Dugu Bo left to study it. Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue to prepare for her undercover mission in the Heaven Dou Empire, and promised to reunite her with Lin Du in the same city within six years.

• Lin Du offered Dugu Bo two Dragon Blood Grasses and added a Snow Swan Kiss, which he said was uniquely suited to Dugu Bo.
• Lin Du explained that the Snow Swan Kiss could amplify any poison a thousandfold, and warned Dugu Bo to handle it carefully.
• Dugu Bo accepted the Snow Swan Kiss and said he would take it to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to study rather than test it in Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue to absorb the Angel Armament skull bone and prepare to impersonate Xue Qinghe in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue said she could not bear to leave Lin Du, and Qian Daoliu promised to get them living in the same city within six years.

Bibi Dong resolved to gain enough power to destroy Spirit Hall and entered a mysterious purple-black vortex, while news of Spirit Hall’s strength and Lin Du’s extraordinary talent spread across the continent. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi summoned Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to discuss the intelligence about Lin Du.

• Bibi Dong decided she had to become a God to destroy Spirit Hall and stepped into a purple-black vortex.
• News of the near-conflict within Spirit Hall and its seventeen Title Douluo, including two Limit Douluo, reached the major powers across the continent.
• Ning Fengzhi studied a report about six-year-old Lin Du’s three rings, including two purple and one black, and wished he could recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Bone Douluo Gu Rong and Sword Douluo Sword Dao Chen Xin to his office to discuss the extraordinary intelligence.
• Gu Rong asked Ning Fengzhi what had happened, while Chen Xin said he had been cultivating and Gu Rong teased him for emphasizing it.

Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed intelligence about Martial Soul Hall Saint Son Lin Du’s extraordinary talent and Qian Daoliu’s changed Spirit Rings. The chapter ended with Chen Xin ruling out Lin Du as a lost member of his family while wishing he could have such a gifted junior.

• Gu Rong and Chen Xin bickered until Ning Fengzhi stopped them and presented a Martial Soul Hall intelligence report.
• Ning Fengzhi confirmed the report was accurate, and Chen Xin and Gu Rong marveled at six-year-old Lin Du’s three rings and unprecedented Spirit Ring configuration.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed how Lin Du’s abilities surpassed the limits described in Ten Competitiveness of Spirits, while Gu Rong dismissed the work.
• Chen Xin asked about Qian Daoliu’s changed Spirit Ring configuration, and Ning Fengzhi said his investigation had not uncovered how it changed.
• Gu Rong promised to accompany Chen Xin if he eventually challenged Qian Daoliu, and Chen Xin said he would wait until the sect’s next guardian had grown.
• Gu Rong wondered whether Lin Du was a lost Chen family member with a mutated sword Martial Soul, but Chen Xin said no members of his family remained outside and regretted that Lin Du was not one of them.

Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin discussed how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might win over Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, Lin Du, and then assessed Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength. They left the idea of pairing Lin Du with the still-young Ning Rongrong for later and turned to the danger posed by Spirit Hall.

• Ning Fengzhi warned Gu Rong that Spirit Hall’s deployment of powerful Title Douluo showed how difficult it would be to recruit Lin Du through force or rewards.
• Gu Rong proposed using Ning Rongrong’s future beauty to attract Lin Du, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin to point out that Rong Rong was only three and Lin Du was six.
• Gu Rong argued that Lin Du might be a worthy match for Rong Rong when she grew up, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to discuss the idea later.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Spirit Hall had seventeen Title Douluo and could destroy any single force, including the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Rong noted that Spirit Hall’s divided factions under Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong were the sects’ one advantage.

Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed forming alliances and strengthening the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then Chen Xin challenged Gu Rong to demonstrate the gap between them. The chapter ended as Chen Xin’s Sword Dao and Gu Rong’s Bone Transformation Divine Dragon charged toward one another in the back mountain.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed accepting Emperor Xue Ye’s offer to teach Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and seeking alliances to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin urged Gu Rong to break through to Rank 95, prompting Gu Rong to challenge him to a duel.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong went to the back mountain and each summoned their Martial Soul Avatar and ninth soul skill.
• Chen Xin unleashed Sword Dao Chen Xin, while Gu Rong transformed his bone dragon into a divine dragon with Bone Transformation Divine Dragon.
• Chen Xin’s giant azure sword and Gu Rong’s divine dragon rushed toward each other as Ning Fengzhi watched.

Chen Xin defeated Gu Rong in a spar to show him the gulf between level 94 and level 95, then explained the higher realms among Title Douluo. He revealed that his father had died after losing to Qian Daoliu, and Gu Rong left him with words of encouragement.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong's clash unleashed a massive energy tide across the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi calmed the Elders by saying the two were only sparring.
• Ning Fengzhi noticed Gu Rong's trembling hands and pale face, realizing Chen Xin had won.
• Chen Xin explained that level 95 marked the threshold of Super Douluo or Peak Douluo, with levels beyond it growing increasingly powerful up to the Limit Douluo realm.
• Gu Rong asked why Chen Xin knew so much, and Chen Xin said his father had explained the realms before dying from injuries suffered against Qian Daoliu.
• Gu Rong comforted Chen Xin and said he believed Chen Xin could reach level 99, where they could challenge Qian Daoliu together.

Chen Xin explained that reaching Rank 99 required a Hundred Thousand Year ninth soul ring and that Spirit Hall’s Enshrined may have advanced through rare treasures. The discussion ended with Chen Xin blaming Qian Daoliu for the Enshrined’s sudden gains, while Gu Rong insisted Lin Du might be involved.

• Chen Xin told Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi that neither he nor Gu Rong could reach Rank 99 without a Hundred Thousand Year ninth soul ring, and described how difficult advancement became after Rank 95.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized the value of Chen Xin’s information and decided it should become a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect secret, while Gu Rong regretted not obtaining a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast.
• Ning Fengzhi pointed out that Spirit Hall’s Enshrined seemed to have recently advanced, and Chen Xin suggested they had consumed Heaven and Earth Treasures that could also evolve Martial Souls.
• Gu Rong blamed Lin Du for Spirit Hall’s changes, but Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin rejected the idea, with Chen Xin arguing that Lin Du was too young to be involved.
• When Gu Rong demanded another explanation, Chen Xin said Qian Daoliu was the most likely person behind the Enshrined’s gains.

As Qian Renxue prepared to leave Spirit Hall for an undercover mission in the Heaven Dou Empire, she confessed that she could not bear to leave Lin Du. Lin Du promised he would find her even if Heaven did not welcome him.

• Ning Fengzhi promised Chen Xin and Gu Rong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would search for treasures to improve their cultivation, then sent disciples out the next morning.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo pledged themselves to Lin Du, told him Bibi Dong had entered seclusion, and reported that he was expected to enroll at the Martial Soul Hall Soul Master Academy.
• Qian Renxue invited Lin Du to tour Spirit City each morning, and he realized she was troubled by her approaching departure for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue finally admitted to Lin Du that she was attached to him and could not bear to leave him.
• Lin Du teased Qian Renxue about their past intimacy, and she realized he had been awake when they shared a cabin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Lin Du reassured Qian Renxue that he would come find her in the Heaven Dou Empire if she could not return to him.

Qian Renxue left Spirit Hall for the Heaven Dou Empire under the protection of She Long and Ci Xue, while Lin Du spent the following six years growing stronger. At twelve, he reached level 60 and learned the location of a mutated Hundred-Thousand-Year Lightning Twin-Headed Howling Moon Wolf, setting out to hunt it as Dugu Yan prepared for the graduation tournament.

• Lin Du reassured Qian Renxue, then entrusted She Long and Ci Xue with protecting her and gave them Snow Silkworms before she departed for the Heaven Dou Empire as Xue Qinghe.
• Lin Du and Dugu Yan enrolled in the Martial Soul Hall Soul Master Academy, where Dugu Yan defeated the dissatisfied first-year students.
• At ages seven and nine, Lin Du reached levels 40 and 50, then traveled with Qian Daoliu to the Extreme North Land to hunt a Heavenly Snow Woman and an Ice Hunting Tooth Tiger.
• Six years after Qian Renxue left, Lin Du reached level 60 at age twelve and asked Dugu Yan to compete in the graduation tournament if he could not return in time.
• Gabriel told Lin Du that Spirit Beast Hall had located the activity range of a mutated Lightning Twin-Headed Howling Moon Wolf, a newly ascended Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Lin Du and Mighty Lion Douluo traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Mutated Lightning Twin-Headed Howling Moon Wolf for Lin Du's next spirit ring. After reaching the Core Circle and waiting for the nocturnal wolves to emerge, they heard a pack nearby and set off toward it.

• Lin Du took the map from Gabriel, said goodbye to Dugu Yan, and hurried to Douluo Hall.
• Lin Du and Mighty Lion Douluo flew to the Star Dou Great Forest and camped in the mixed circle for the night.
• Lin Du and Mighty Lion Douluo entered the Core Circle at noon and waited until evening because Howling Moon Wolves were nocturnal.
• Lin Du told Mighty Lion Douluo about Tian Xue and their trip to the Extreme North Land while they waited.
• Lin Du and Mighty Lion Douluo heard a pack of at least ten wolves howling and rushed toward the sound.

Lin Du and Mighty Lion Douluo confronted a Two-Headed Howling Moon Wolf Emperor and its pack so Lin Du could obtain his Sixth Soul Ring. Lin Du transformed Dragon God into Moonlight Dragon God and drove back the wolf kings, preparing to strike with the Moonlight Dragon Ascending Sword.

• Mighty Lion Douluo identified the Two-Headed Howling Moon Wolf Emperor as Lin Du’s target and transformed into his Blazing Lion Martial Soul Avatar to fight it.
• Lin Du summoned Dragon God and used Super Power Transformation to draw on Moon Goddess Luna’s power, becoming Moonlight Dragon God.
• The ten Howling Moon Wolf Kings combined their attacks into a Silver White Light Beam, but Moonlight Dragon God blocked it with the Moonlight Shield and pressed forward.
• As the wolf kings exhausted themselves, Lin Du raised the Dragon Ascending Sword and prepared to unleash Certain victory! Moonlight Dragon Ascending Sword!

Lin Du transformed Dragon God into White Tiger Dragon God and defeated the Howling Moon Wolf Kings with ice attacks. Mighty Lion Douluo battled the Two-Headed Howling Moon Wolf Emperor, leaving the Emperor badly wounded after biting its head.

• Moonlight Dragon God cut down one Ten Thousand Year Howling Moon Wolf King, then dodged attacks from the remaining wolves.
• Lin Du used Super Power Transformation to turn Dragon God into White Tiger Dragon God, whose icy power froze the surrounding area.
• White Tiger Dragon God froze the remaining nine Howling Moon Wolf Kings with White Tiger Ice Fang Bullet, then destroyed them with White Tiger Ice Flame Bullet, leaving nine Black Spirit Rings and two Spirit Bones.
• Mighty Lion Douluo's Blazing Lion overpowered the Two-Headed Howling Moon Wolf Emperor, but the Emperor's lightning attack grazed his face.
• Mighty Lion Douluo bit down on the Two-Headed Howling Moon Wolf Emperor's head, making it howl in pain.