Chapter Summaries

Lin Du returned to Spirit City with Mighty Lion Douluo as Dugu Yan struggled against Demon Charm in the tournament. After spotting a weakness in the Red Mist, Dugu Yan launched an aerial counterattack, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Dugu Bo grew furious watching Demon Charm hurt Dugu Yan, but Dugu Xin stopped him from interrupting the match.
• Lin Du returned to the city with Mighty Lion Douluo and learned that Dugu Yan, the Saintess, and Xie Yue were still on the platform.
• Dugu Yan held out as the Red Mist steadily swallowed her poisonous mist and left her with little room to move.
• Dugu Yan realized that the Red Mist did not cover the air above the platform and leapt upward to locate Demon Charm.
• Dugu Yan used her External Soul Bone to strengthen her tail and whipped it toward Demon Charm.

Lin Du returned during the graduation exhibition match and replaced the injured Dugu Yan to face Hu Liena and Xie Yue. As the crowd celebrated the coming showdown, Bibi Dong emerged from seclusion and decided to watch the battle.

• Demon Charm controlled Dugu Yan with Fox Charm, then struck her with Xie Yue's Moon Blades and sent her toward the edge of the platform.
• Lin Du caught Dugu Yan, healed her wounds, and asked to take her place in the match.
• Demon Charm agreed to Lin Du's substitution, and Cang Chen announced a showdown between the Saint Son and Saintess.
• Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan about the noise, learned Lin Du was about to fight Hu Liena, and said she wanted to see how much he had improved.

At the Spirit Hall tournament, Lin Du faced Hu Liena’s Demon Charm and revealed that he had become a Six-Ring Spirit Emperor with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Bibi Dong reacted with a menacing display of power and vanished, while Lin Du began his counterattack against the Golden Divine Dragon.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to remain at the Pope’s Palace and conceal what he had seen.
• Hu Liena used Demon Charm’s red mist to engulf Lin Du and suppress his senses, Soul Power, and movement.
• Lin Du announced that he would defeat Hu Liena before a falling leaf landed, then revealed six Spirit Rings, including a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong learned that Lin Du was a Six-Ring Spirit Emperor, unleashed a terrifying aura, and disappeared from the VIP Room.
• Lin Du entered an alternate space, grabbed the Golden Divine Dragon’s horns, and used his power to cover it in ice as the venue turned bitterly cold.

Lin Du defeated Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the White Tiger Dragon God and won the championship. After the arena celebrated, Hu Liena vowed to surpass him, but Lin Du dismissed her challenge and left.

• Lin Du summoned lightning and used the White Tiger Dragon God’s ice-and-lightning attacks to freeze Demon Charm and the Battle Soul Platform.
• Lin Du struck Demon Charm with the Glacier Lightning Dragon Sword, splitting the fusion and knocking Hu Liena and Xie Yue out of the fight.
• A falling leaf marked the brief duration of the battle, and Cang Chen announced Lin Du as the champion as the crowd cheered.
• Dugu Yan congratulated Lin Du, who credited her contribution and brushed her hair.
• Hu Liena vowed to catch up with and surpass Lin Du, but he mocked her ambition and walked away.

After Lin Du won the championship, Yue Guan reported that Bibi Dong had returned from seclusion with terrifying strength, while Lin Du later told Dugu Bo that he had obtained and absorbed two Hundred Thousand Year Skulls. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo stunned and asking how Lin Du could absorb two soul bones into one head.

• Lin Du left with Dugu Yan after dismissing Hu Liena’s tearful call.
• Yue Guan reported that Bibi Dong had watched Lin Du’s match, left in anger after seeing his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and had grown stronger than Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Lin Du rewarded Yue Guan and Gui Mei with Snow Silkworms, and Dugu Bo praised Lin Du’s victory and asked about his soul bone.
• Lin Du revealed that he had obtained two Hundred Thousand Year Skulls from a mutated Two-Headed Howling Moon Wolf Emperor, with one soul bone produced by each head.
• Lin Du explained that he had absorbed both skulls and offered to demonstrate their transformed forms and Soul Skills, leaving Dugu Bo shocked and curious.

After Lin Du described the formidable abilities of his two soul bones, Dugu Bo was so provoked by Lin Du’s strength that he went into seclusion. News of Lin Du’s achievements reached Xue Qinghe, who prepared to ask Grandpa to fulfill the promise made six years earlier and revealed his true appearance.

• Lin Du explained that the Thunder God Helmet enhanced his thunder attacks and that his Howling Moon Skull provided powerful night enhancements, mental immunity, and clone abilities.
• Dugu Bo learned that Lin Du had easily beaten Yu Luomian and left to enter seclusion, while Dugu Xin apologized and Lin Du reassured him.
• Emperor Xue Ye read the report on Lin Du’s rapid rise and ordered it delivered to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe burned the first report, then accepted another copy from Xue Ye’s secret guard and carefully kept it beneath his pillow.
• Xue Qinghe said six years had passed and it was time for Grandpa to fulfill his promise, then revealed his true appearance.

Emperor Star Luo stripped Dai Mubai of his prince title after he fled toward the Heaven Dou Empire, then named Dai Weisi Crown Prince. Meanwhile, Tang Hao visited Yu Xiaogang with an intelligence report about Lin Du, whose Spirit Ring configuration Yu Xiaogang called impossible.

• Emperor Star Luo learned that Dai Mubai had fled and ordered that the empire’s resources go to Dai Weisi, whom he named Crown Prince.
• Dai Mubai hurried toward the border, unaware that he had lost both his claim to the throne and his prince title.
• Tang Hao appeared in Yu Xiaogang’s room and asked him to assess an intelligence report intercepted from Martial Soul Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang read the report and questioned its authenticity before Tang Hao confirmed its source.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Lin Du’s Spirit Ring configuration was impossible for a Soul Master to possess.

Yu Xiaogang convinced Tang Hao that Lin Du’s reported strength and Spirit Ring configuration were fabricated, securing Tang Hao’s trust as Tang San’s teacher. After Tang Hao left money for his son, Yu Xiaogang pocketed the Gold Soul Coins, then gave Tang San an extra egg the next morning.

• Yu Xiaogang claimed Lin Du’s Spirit Rings were imitations created by a Ring Mimic Chameleon and argued Spirit Hall had hidden his graduation from other factions to conceal the deception.
• Tang Hao accepted Yu Xiaogang’s explanation and entrusted Tang San’s education to him, leaving him a pouch of soul coins before departing.
• Yu Xiaogang took all the Gold Soul Coins from the pouch for himself, keeping the silver and Copper Soul Coins for Tang San.
• The next morning, Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San an extra egg and said he would pay out of his own pocket to improve the boy’s nutrition.

Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang as his adoptive father, while Lin Du learned that his next assignment was to deal with Zhao Wuji. After Lin Du warned Qian Daoliu about Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa God Trial and requested help finding Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, Salas resolved to fight Bibi Dong to regain his former rank.

• Tang San knelt before Yu Xiaogang and asked to take him as his adoptive father, and Yu Xiaogang accepted.
• Qian Daoliu told Lin Du that Zhao Wuji, now a Spirit Sage, had been assigned to him as a target to resolve.
• Lin Du agreed to handle Zhao Wuji after recognizing his name and Martial Soul from the intelligence report.
• Lin Du told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong was undergoing a Rakshasa God Trial and asked him to find Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow for his seventh soul ring.
• Salas read a secret letter from the Pope and decided to fight Bibi Dong so he could regain his former position as one of the four great Bishops.

Lin Du brought Dugu Yan to a village near Suotuo City to find Shrek Academy and someone connected to it. As they approached, villagers warned them about the academy’s notorious Zhao Wuji, while Flender tried to caution Zhao about drawing Spirit Hall’s attention.

• Salas destroyed a secret letter that revealed an order to execute Lin Du.
• Lin Du flew away with Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo decided he would travel to the Heaven Dou Empire after obtaining a Spirit Ring for Dugu Xin.
• Lin Du told Dugu Yan that they would complete a task before going to Heaven Dou City, then landed near a village south of Suotuo City.
• Villagers warned Lin Du and Dugu Yan that Shrek Academy was notorious for its students’ abuses, and they gave them directions to the school.
• Flender urged Zhao Wuji to be more cautious about his past killings, but Zhao dismissed his concerns.
• A red-haired little fatty interrupted Flender and demanded help suppressing his Evil Fire.

Lin Du and Dugu Yan arrived at Shrek Academy, where Ma Hongjun leered at Dugu Yan and provoked them. After Dugu Yan gouged out Ma Hongjun’s eyes, Lin Du revealed his overwhelming power and identity as the Martial Soul Hall Saint Son, ordering Flender and the others to leave while Spirit Hall conducted business.

• Zhao Wuji left Flender to take Ma Hongjun to vent his Evil Fire, and Flender led Ma Hongjun toward the academy gate.
• Lin Du and Dugu Yan arrived at Shrek Academy and encountered Flender and Ma Hongjun at the entrance.
• Ma Hongjun leered at Dugu Yan and defended his behavior when she warned him to stop.
• Lin Du seized Ma Hongjun by the throat, and Dugu Yan gouged out his eyes after Lin Du ordered her to do so.
• Flender released his Level 75 Soul Sage aura, but Lin Du countered it by revealing his Level 65 Spirit Emperor cultivation and six Spirit Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Flender recognized Lin Du as the Martial Soul Hall Saint Son, and Lin Du ordered everyone unrelated to Spirit Hall’s business to leave.

Lin Du and Dugu Yan confronted Shrek Academy, where Lin Du defeated Flender and Ma Hongjun was found blinded. As the academy’s fighters surrounded Lin Du, he unleashed a mysterious skill that plunged the area into night.

• Flender transformed and attacked Lin Du, but Lin Du’s Extreme Ice Fire Tornado blasted him through the academy wall.
• Flender told the others that the Martial Soul Hall Saint Son had gouged out Ma Hongjun’s eyes, and Lu Qibin used Star Shift to rescue Ma Hongjun from beneath Dugu Yan’s foot.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar reacted in disbelief to Lin Du’s six Spirit Rings, while Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and Flender prepared to attack him together.
• Lin Du challenged the assembled fighters and activated Howling Moon Skull, Mirage Flower Water Moon, turning daylight into night.

Lin Du used the Mirage Flower Water Moon Spirit Bone skill to trap the Shrek group in an alternate space and set their reflections against them while Dugu Yan attacked the students. He fought Zhao Wuji as the Lion Dragon God and, after overpowering him, prepared to use a Golden Magatama.

• Lin Du darkened the surroundings, transformed the ground into a sea, and summoned reflections of the Shrek group as opponents.
• Lin Du sent Dugu Yan to fight the Shrek students while Flender and the others struggled against their identical reflections.
• Zhao Wuji used Martial Soul Avatar and several Soul Skills to attack Lin Du, but Lin Du transformed into the Lion Dragon God and resisted his blows.
• Lin Du struck Zhao Wuji in the chest and knocked him away, then formed a Golden Magatama to continue the fight.

Lin Du killed Zhao Wuji and defeated Shrek Academy’s students before leaving with Dugu Yan. Flender arranged Zhao Wuji’s burial and took the injured Ma Hongjun for treatment, while Dai Mubai and Oscar stayed at Shrek.

• Lin Du transformed into the Sword King Dragon God and killed Zhao Wuji with the Sword King Thunder Dragon Sword.
• Dugu Yan defeated Shrek Academy’s students and broke Dai Mubai’s waist with a kick.
• Lin Du told Flender that Zhao Wuji had been his only target, then left with Dugu Yan on the Phoenix Dragon God.
• Flender ordered Zhao Wuji’s body buried and took Ma Hongjun to find a Medical Soul Master to treat his eyes.
• Li Yusong and the others buried Zhao Wuji, and Dai Mubai and Oscar declared they would remain with Shrek.

Dai Mubai ingratiated himself with Shrek Academy’s teachers while recovering, and Flender found a living eyeball to restore Ma Hongjun’s sight. The next morning, Lin Du and Dugu Yan went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace so Lin Du could meet Xue Ye and seek Elders to help deal with Salas.

• Dai Mubai praised Shrek Academy to win favor, and Shao Xin gave him Soul Power sugar beans to aid his recovery.
• Flender learned that Ma Hongjun’s damaged eye could not be restored without a living replacement eyeball.
• Flender returned with a bloodstained eyeball, and the Medical Soul Master used it to restore Ma Hongjun’s sight.
• Lin Du and Dugu Yan arrived at her home in Heaven Dou City and stayed there overnight.
• Lin Du told Dugu Yan he wanted to borrow Elders from Xue’er because he expected Salas to cause trouble.
• Lin Du showed the palace guards his Martial Soul Hall Saint Son Token, and one guard went to report his visit to Xue Ye.

Lin Du and Dugu Yan met Emperor Xue Ye, then went to the East Palace to see Qian Renxue, whom Lin Du had not seen in six years. Qian Renxue revealed her true identity and reunited with Lin Du and Dugu Yan.

• Lin Du and Dugu Yan met Xue Ye after being summoned to the palace and spent over an hour discussing matters with him.
• Lin Du led Dugu Yan to Xue Qinghe’s East Palace, where Qian Renxue anxiously awaited news of his arrival.
• After learning Lin Du was at the entrance, Qian Renxue hurried to meet him and invited him and Dugu Yan into her study.
• Once the study door closed, Qian Renxue dropped Xue Qinghe’s disguise and embraced Lin Du.
• Qian Renxue hugged Dugu Yan, then returned to Lin Du’s arms.

Lin Du used his Spirit Bone Skill to let Qian Renxue leave the palace in disguise, then brought his companions to the Spirit Hall Branch Hall to confront Salas. She Long prepared to carry out Lin Du’s order, leaving Salas facing the Snake Lance Douluo’s overwhelming power.

• Xue Ye learned that Lin Du had gone to the East Palace to meet Xue Qinghe, while Qian Renxue reunited with Lin Du and Dugu Yan in the study.
• Lin Du created a lifelike Xue Qinghe puppet with his Spirit Bone Skill, allowing Qian Renxue to disguise herself and explore Heaven Dou City with the group.
• Lin Du told She Long to act when they reached the Spirit Hall Branch Hall, where the guards refused to let them pass despite seeing his Saint Son Token.
• Dugu Yan poisoned the two guards, and Lin Du led the group into the branch hall as Salas sealed the complex and waited for them.
• Salas taunted Lin Du about regaining his position as Hall Master, but Lin Du ordered She Long to attack, prompting Salas to demand an explanation.

Lin Du seized control of the branch hall by killing Salas, who revealed that Bibi Dong had ordered him to deal with Lin Du. After displaying Salas’s head to the Red-robed Bishops, Lin Du declared himself the new master and left them with orders to restore the office and report everything about the branch hall.

• Qian Renxue used her Order Domain to isolate Salas’s office while Snake Lance Douluo quickly subdued Salas.
• Lin Du rejected Salas’s offers of loyalty and ordered Snake Lance to kill him; Salas revealed Bibi Dong’s order before Lin Du ended his life.
• Lin Du left the office with Salas’s head and presented it to the waiting Red-robed Bishops.
• The Red-robed Bishops accepted Lin Du as their new hall master, and Lin Du ordered them to restore the office and prepare a full account of the branch hall.
• After Lin Du departed, Salas’s former confidant told the bishops to follow the new hall master’s orders.

Lin Du took Dugu Yan and Qian Renxue to the Tiantou Soul Dueling Arena, where Dugu Yan registered to compete. After seeing her age and strength, the arena's manager issued her a Bronze Badge and gave her compensation.

• After Salas was dealt with, Lin Du asked Dugu Yan and Qian Renxue to visit somewhere entertaining, and they chose the Soul Dueling Arena.
• Lin Du bought a VIP Room and asked the attendant to register Dugu Yan as a competitor.
• Dugu Yan gave her registration details as Lin Yan, a sixteen-year-old Level 45 Control System Battle Soul Ancestor with an Azure Phosphorus Flood Dragon Martial Soul.
• The registration Spirit Master asked Dugu Yan to display her four Spirit Rings, then went to consult the arena's manager because they had no suitable opponent for her.
• Bai Fei introduced himself as the arena's Level 73 Spirit Sage manager and issued Dugu Yan a Bronze Badge, refunding their earlier payment and giving her one thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Dugu Yan entered the Tiantou Soul Dueling Arena and faced the Tyrant in her first Soul Duel after receiving a Bronze Badge. The battle began with both fighters unleashing their Soul Skills, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Dugu Yan told Lin Du and Qian Renxue about the arena manager's surprise at her age and Soul Power, then waited in the VIP Room for an opponent.
• Bai Fei informed Dugu Yan that her match would take place on Battle Soul Platform No. 7, and Lin Du and Qian Renxue encouraged her before she left.
• Dugu Yan stepped onto the platform masked, where the host introduced her Bronze Badge and her opponent, the Tyrant, a veteran with twenty wins, seven draws, and five losses.
• The Tyrant threatened Dugu Yan and demanded that she surrender, while spectators made crude remarks about her appearance.
• Dugu Yan activated Martial Soul Possession and released poison mist and a purple mist wyrm, prompting the Tyrant to use Ghoul Guard and Tiger Roar Mountain Forest.