Chapter Summaries

After losing to Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng pursued Ye Lingling and invited her to join Imperial Dou Academy, then discovered Dugu Yan with Lin Du and challenged him. Lin Du left with Dugu Yan after claiming he was stronger than Yu Tianheng, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned.

• Yu Tianheng accepted responsibility for his team's defeat, while Ye Lingling said Dugu Yan could have beaten them even faster with poison.
• Yu Tianheng thanked Ye Lingling and invited her to join Imperial Dou Academy; she said she would consider it and left.
• Yu Tianheng declared he would not give up pursuing Dugu Yan, then learned she was with Lin Du.
• Yu Tianheng blocked Dugu Yan and Lin Du and demanded to know who Lin Du was, then challenged him to fight.
• Lin Du said he was stronger than Yu Tianheng, patted his shoulder, and left holding Dugu Yan's hand, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned.

After Yu Tianheng’s team lost to Dugu Yan, Lin Du decided to recruit Ye Lingling as well. Yu Tianheng admitted his defeat to Liu Erlong and revealed that Lin Du had sealed his Soul Power and dismissed him as unworthy of fighting; Liu Erlong demanded to meet Lin Du.

• Yu Tianheng told Yufeng that Lin Du had sealed his Soul Power with one hand, then went to bring Ye Lingling back.
• Lin Du told Dugu Yan he intended to recruit Ye Lingling and led her to Ye Lingling’s home.
• Yu Tianheng and his group returned to Ye Lingling’s residence, where Liu Erlong asked how their match had gone.
• Yu Tianheng admitted that one Soul Ancestor had defeated all five members of his team.
• Yufeng revealed that Lin Du had sealed Yu Tianheng’s Soul Power and said only someone behind Yu Tianheng was worthy of making Lin Du act.
• Liu Erlong angrily demanded that Yu Tianheng take her to Lin Du.

Lin Du reunited with Liu Erlong and met Ye Caiyi and Ye Lingling, then invited the two women to teach at his planned Advanced Soul Master Academy. Yu Tianheng also invited Liu Erlong to Imperial Dou Academy, so Lin Du proposed comparing the academies’ offers.

• Liu Erlong recognized Lin Du and Dugu Yan, and greeted them warmly while Yu Tianheng and Yufeng learned that Lin Du was the twelve-year-old Six-Ring Spirit Emperor and Martial Soul Hall Saint Son.
• Liu Erlong introduced Ye Caiyi, Ye Lingling, and Yu Tianheng to Lin Du, and Lin Du praised the rare Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul.
• Lin Du invited Ye Lingling to join his planned academy and asked Liu Erlong and Ye Caiyi to become teachers there.
• Yu Tianheng invited Liu Erlong to teach at Imperial Dou Academy, and Lin Du suggested that the two academies compete by offering better terms.

Lin Du proposed founding a Soul Master Academy and recruited Ye Caiyi after assuring her that Salas would never trouble her again. The chapter ended with Lin Du offering Ye Caiyi one of his Ten Thousand Year Snow Silkworms.

• Lin Du agreed with Yu Tianheng's compromise, and Yu Tianheng left to report back to his superiors.
• Lin Du told Liu Erlong that he wanted to train a team to win the All-Continent High-Level Soul Master Competition rather than compete himself.
• Dugu Yan revealed Lin Du's position as Martial Soul Hall Branch Hall Master and his wealth from auction sales.
• Ye Caiyi asked about Salas, and Lin Du implied that he had ensured Salas would never appear before her again.
• Ye Caiyi accepted Lin Du's offer to teach at his planned academy, while Liu Erlong promised to support him against Imperial Dou Academy's offer.
• Lin Du offered Ye Caiyi one of his Ten Thousand Year Snow Silkworms after she recognized the rare treasures he had auctioned.

Lin Du gave Ye Caiyi and Ye Lingling two Ten Thousand Year Cinnabar Lotuses to persuade them to join his planned academy. Ye Caiyi accepted and agreed to teach there, while Ye Lingling agreed to enroll, and Lin Du ended by teasing Liu Erlong with an offer of a valuable Spirit Bone.

• Lin Du revealed a Ten Thousand Year Cinnabar Lotus and explained its potential benefits for Ye Caiyi and Ye Lingling's Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Souls.
• Ye Caiyi accepted the herb and offered to join Lin Du's academy, then urged Ye Lingling to consume it.
• Ye Lingling refused the first Cinnabar Lotus and insisted Ye Caiyi should take it instead.
• Lin Du produced a second Cinnabar Lotus and invited Ye Caiyi to teach and Ye Lingling to study at his academy.
• Ye Caiyi accepted Lin Du's offer, and Ye Lingling agreed to go wherever her mother went.
• Liu Erlong joked that Lin Du's gifts looked like a betrothal present, and Lin Du offered her a Howling Moon Wolf King Right Leg Bone.

Jian Fei tried to recruit Liu Erlong and Ye Caiyi to Imperial Dou Academy, but his leering behavior and low salary offer angered them and their companions. Liu Erlong rejected the offer, and Jian Fei left after dismissing their academy and warning them not to seek admission later.

• Liu Erlong accepted Lin Du's Spirit Bone, and Yu Tianheng arrived with Imperial Dou Academy recruiter Jian Fei.
• Jian Fei ogled Liu Erlong and Ye Caiyi before offering them teaching positions and telling them to report the next morning.
• Lin Du said the women were already teachers at his academy, while Jian Fei threatened him and Yu Tianheng praised Imperial Dou Academy's salaries and prospects.
• Liu Erlong rejected Jian Fei's offer and ordered him to leave, and Yu Tianheng tried to persuade her by citing the academy's benefits.
• Dugu Yan criticized Jian Fei's behavior and revealed that Liu Erlong's Spirit Bone had sold for more than ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Jian Fei dismissed the claim about the Spirit Bone and ended the recruitment offer, warning Liu Erlong and Ye Caiyi not to come begging to join later.

Lin Du founded World Creation Mountain Academy, which grew into a power in Heaven Dou City and surpassed Imperial Dou Academy in strength. Years later, Qian Renxue delivered the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow she had gathered and asked what Lin Du needed it for.

• Jian Fei left after Liu Erlong rejected Imperial Dou Academy, and Yu Tianheng departed after seeing her Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and hearing that Ye Lingling would join Lin Du's academy.
• Lin Du gave Liu Erlong and Ye Caiyi one million Gold Soul Coins each as their first year's salary and joked about his ambitions to embrace beauties at the summit of life.
• Lin Du secured land through Xue Qinghe and completed World Creation Mountain Academy about a year later, drawing congratulations from major sects and royal factions.
• Dugu Bo agreed to become the academy's Vice Dean, and after two years its students and staff made it stronger than Imperial Dou Academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue gave Lin Du the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow she had gathered and asked what he intended to use it for.

Lin Du explained that he planned to use Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow to lure out the Million-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and persuade it to become his Seventh Spirit Ring. Before he left to pursue it, Qian Renxue made him promise to return safely and shared an emotional farewell with him.

• Lin Du collected the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow he and Grandpa had gathered as bait for a strange creature he sensed in the Star Dou Great Forest three years earlier.
• Lin Du told Qian Renxue that the creature was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, a Million-Year Soul Beast whose immense Soul Power came from devouring Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow rather than surviving Heavenly Tribulations.
• Qian Renxue worried that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Soul Power could overwhelm Lin Du, but he explained that he intended to persuade it to sacrifice itself to avoid the danger of its accumulated Heavenly Tribulations.
• Qian Renxue embraced Lin Du and asked him to promise he would return safely, and he reassured her.
• Qian Renxue kissed Lin Du, then asked him to promise her again before kissing him once more.

Lin Du traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest with Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit to carry out a plan involving Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow. Its scent reached a Snow Silkworm in the Central Circle, which recognized it and reacted with excitement.

• Lin Du told Dugu Bo he was leaving to hunt for his Seventh Spirit Ring and that Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit would accompany him.
• Dugu Bo gave Lin Du a bottle of Beryl Ice Fire Kiss as protection, warning him that its poison could harm even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and Super Douluo.
• Lin Du left for the Star Dou Great Forest with Dugu Yan and met Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit at its entrance.
• Lin Du explained that they would conceal their auras in the mixed circle and retreat rather than fight the Ferocious Beasts if danger arose.
• After three days of travel, Lin Du released one hundred jin of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow, plunging the surrounding area into freezing weather.
• A Snow Silkworm in the Central Circle sensed the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow and exclaimed that it recognized its scent.

Lin Du waited for the Million-Year Soul Beast he had sensed, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from a fissure to devour the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow he had gathered. After finishing the feast, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm prepared to leave, while Lin Du remained ready to negotiate.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow and used its power to reach it.
• Lin Du watched an Armored Ice Horned Rhinoceros flee in terror and learned from Dragon God that a Million-Year Soul Beast was approaching.
• A fissure opened before Lin Du, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm crawled out amid a blizzard of extreme cold.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm ate the entire pile of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow while Lin Du let it feast.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm thanked Lin Du and prepared to return through the fissure.

Lin Du confronted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and revealed his unusual Spirit Ring configuration and powerful mental abilities to convince it that he could survive its sacrifice. When a furious roar came from the Central Region, the frightened Sky Dream Ice Silkworm charged at Lin Du.

• Lin Du sealed the fissure and demanded that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm repay him for the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow by becoming his Spirit Ring.
• Lin Du explained that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm faced death from Heavenly Tribulation or the Ferocious Beasts, while it dismissed his chances of surviving its million-year Soul Power.
• Lin Du summoned the Holy God Moon Goddess Lulu Na and revealed his six Spirit Rings, shocking the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with his immense Mental Power.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit appeared to block the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s escape, and it agreed to sacrifice itself while asking Lin Du not to make it die alongside him.
• A furious roar came from the Central Region, and the trembling Sky Dream Ice Silkworm charged straight at Lin Du.

Lin Du absorbed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as a Wisdom Spirit Ring, enduring five dangerous days as the ring gained five golden auspicious cloud patterns. After his body healed, he remained unconscious while speaking with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Spiritual Sea.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm poured its power into Lin Du and transformed into white radiance that entered his body.
• Lin Du ordered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to keep pouring in Soul Power, then began absorbing it while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit watched over him.
• Lin Du absorbed Soul Power for five days as the platinum Spirit Ring formed five golden patterns, and his body repeatedly cracked and healed.
• On the sixth morning, Lin Du's blood scabs broke away to reveal healed skin, and the platinum Spirit Ring sank into his body.
• Lin Du kept his eyes closed and spoke with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Spiritual Sea, where it complained that he had absorbed half its Soul Power.

Lin Du absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year Spirit Ring and chose its spiritual domain instead of an additional Ice Attribute Martial Soul. After Lin Du and his companions left the Star Dou Great Forest's Mixed Circle, a mysterious man and woman arrived to investigate the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's vanished aura.

• In Lin Du's Spiritual Sea, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm complained that Lin Du had absorbed half his Soul Power, then offered him either an Ice Attribute Martial Soul or a spiritual-attribute domain.
• Lin Du chose the domain, rejected the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's efforts to change his mind, and intimidated him with six powerful phantoms until he granted it.
• Lin Du awoke and reassured Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit that he felt well, while Golden Crocodile Spirit wondered why he could not see the Spirit Ring or a Spirit Bone.
• Qian Daoliu urged them to leave the Mixed Circle before the Ferocious Beasts discovered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura, and the three departed at high speed.
• A golden-eyed man and an emerald-dressed woman appeared in the muddy area, where the woman identified the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura and asked whether they should send Spirit Beasts to search for the humans.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Du learns that Di Tian may have watched him depart and reaches safety with Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit. While Lin Du sleeps at a hotel, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm secretly begins transforming him.

• Bi Ji offered to deal with Xiong Jun, but Di Tian refused and told her he would handle any complaints himself.
• Di Tian watched Lin Du leave the Star Dou Great Forest, then flew away without pursuing him.
• Lin Du asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about the gaze, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suspected Di Tian had held back to avoid exposing the Ferocious Beasts.
• After a day and night of travel, Lin Du, Qian Daoliu, and Golden Crocodile Spirit reached safety and checked into a hotel.
• Lin Du collapsed into sleep, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his mental power to deepen it before transforming into golden butterflies and entering Lin Du's head.

After recovering from the transformation caused by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Lin Du awakened the Heavenly Dream Domain and demonstrated its powers to Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu asking how much Lin Du's Million-Year Seventh Spirit Ring had enhanced him.

• Lin Du woke after sleeping for a full day and night, and a platinum mark appeared on his forehead as he activated his new Domain.
• Lin Du used Divine Measurement to perceive everything inside the inn and learned that his Domain could reach a radius of seven hundred li at his current strength.
• Lin Du opened and shut the room door with his thoughts, prompting Qian Daoliu to recognize that the mark and strange power came from a Domain.
• Lin Du named the Domain the Heavenly Dream Domain and shared Divine Measurement with Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit through a technique he called Divine Enjoyment.
• Qian Daoliu praised the Domain's power and asked Lin Du how much enhancement his Seventh Spirit Ring had granted him.

Lin Du explained that his Million-Year Spirit Ring could eventually grant a tenfold boost, impressing Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit. As they prepared to return to Heaven Dou City, Lin Du spotted Zhu Zhuqing caught in a street dispute and went to investigate.

• Lin Du told Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit that his Spirit Ring currently boosted him fivefold and could eventually provide a tenfold increase.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit marveled at Lin Du's potential strength, and Lin Du suggested they resume their journey to Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Du sensed a commotion outside the tavern and recognized Zhu Zhuqing among the gathered crowd.
• Lin Du saw Qian Laide accuse Zhu Zhuqing of stealing his money pouch while his servants backed his claim.

Lin Du stopped Qian Laide from molesting Zhu Zhuqing and summoned Qian Nade to answer for his grandson’s actions. When the Red-robed Bishop arrived and threatened him, Lin Du challenged his claim to represent Spirit Hall, and Qian Nade slapped Qian Laide.

• Qian Laide accused Zhu Zhuqing of stealing his money pouch and ordered his servants to surround her so he could search her.
• Lin Du kicked Qian Laide down and pinned him to the pavement, then ordered the servants to fetch Qian Nade within ten minutes.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to stay beside Lin Du as they waited for Qian Nade to arrive.
• Qian Nade arrived in his Spirit Emperor form and threatened Lin Du for hurting his grandson.
• Lin Du questioned whether a Red-robed Bishop could represent Spirit Hall, and Qian Nade slapped Qian Laide to stop his curse.

Lin Du exposed Qian Laide’s false accusation against Zhu Zhuqing and confronted Qian Nade over his grandson’s crimes. Qian Nade transformed to fight Lin Du, who trapped him in the Heavenly Dream Domain’s God’s Wrath.

• Qian Nade slapped Qian Laide, bowed to Lin Du, and apologized for his grandson’s behavior.
• Lin Du forced Qian Laide to admit that Zhu Zhuqing had not stolen his money pouch and that he had framed her.
• Lin Du asked Qian Nade how Spirit Hall rules should punish Qian Laide, but Qian Nade begged for mercy and ordered his grandson to apologize.
• Lin Du accused Qian Laide of mistreating other victims and lifted him by the neck while Zhu Zhuqing left the decision to Lin Du.
• Qian Nade invoked his position as Safe City’s administrator and challenged Lin Du, then transformed and revealed his six Spirit Rings.
• Lin Du unleashed the Heavenly Dream Domain’s God’s Wrath, enveloping Qian Nade in a silver-gray storm.

Lin Du killed Qian Nade and Qian Laide, then used the incident to improve Spirit Hall’s reputation and befriended Zhu Zhuqing. He left with Qian Daoliu and warned that Bibi Dong’s actions would ultimately destroy Spirit Hall.

• Lin Du killed Qian Nade with a glance and destroyed Qian Laide’s Spiritual Sea, killing him as well.
• Lin Du apologized for the pair’s abuses in Safe City and invited people to report corrupt Spirit Hall members for rewards.
• Lin Du spoke with Zhu Zhuqing, exchanged names with her, and gave her his Saint Son Token before leaving.
• Lin Du rejoined Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit and argued that Spirit Hall needed a good reputation to maintain its rule.
• Qian Daoliu said he could not interfere with Bibi Dong, and Lin Du warned that her actions would bring about Spirit Hall’s destruction.

Lin Du discussed Bibi Dong’s threat to Spirit Hall with Qian Daoliu, who told him how he could formally challenge her for the position of Pope. Lin Du returned to World Creation Mountain Academy, where Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling had been waiting for him.

• Lin Du warned Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong’s ambition and desire for revenge could lead her to harm Spirit Hall, including Xue'er.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Lin Du could challenge Bibi Dong for the position of Pope after gaining approval from the Elder Hall and Worship Hall, but refused to help him become stronger.
• Lin Du parted ways with Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Spirit and continued alone to Heaven Dou City.
• At World Creation Mountain Academy, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling worried about Lin Du’s delayed return and his dangerous Spirit Ring hunt.
• Liu Erlong reassured the three that Lin Du was likely still absorbing his Spirit Ring and suggested they train to earn his help with their own Spirit Rings.
• Lin Du returned, and Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong rushed to greet him while Liu Erlong encouraged Ye Lingling to show her excitement.