Chapter Summaries

Tang San attacked Lin Qi with pebbles and Blue Silver Grass but was defeated, while Yu Xiaogang accused Lin Qi of going too far. The dean expelled Yu Xiaogang from Nuoding Academy, and Master Meng punished him by making him age ten years.

• Tang San secretly threw pebbles at Lin Qi, then charged in with more Hidden Weapons, a punch, and Blue Silver Bind.
• Lin Qi used Sword Qi Like Silk to shred Tang San's attacks and kicked him away, leaving him bloodied.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Lin Qi of hurting Tang San, but students mocked Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Wu defended Lin Qi.
• The dean expelled Yu Xiaogang from Nuoding Academy after he threatened the students.
• Master Meng used his Rotten Wood Martial Soul to make Yu Xiaogang appear ten years older, leaving him horrified.

Lin Qi defeated Tang San, while Master Meng’s time-altering Soul Skill aged Yu Xiaogang by ten years and led to his expulsion from Nuoding Academy. Tang San woke outside the academy under Yu Xiaogang’s care and vowed to avenge them both.

• Master Meng aged Yu Xiaogang by ten years, and Leng Qing attacked Tang Hao despite his protests.
• Lin Qi warned the defeated Tang San to abandon underhanded tricks, then encouraged him to keep improving.
• Tang San asked why Lin Qi had broken Blue Silver Bind so easily; Lin Qi mocked the technique, and Tang San fainted.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San away after Nuoding Academy’s dean expelled him, and a Healing System Soul Master treated Tang San’s injuries.
• Tang San woke at night, learned Yu Xiaogang had been expelled, and vowed to reclaim their humiliation from Lin Qi.

After losing to Lin Qi, Tang San accepted that he had to keep cultivating Blue Silver Grass for now and resolved to strengthen his Tang Sect hidden weapons. Lin Qi discovered that the Earth Nether Sword Ridge Beast’s broken External Soul Bone had granted him growing Chest Sword Qi, while Tang San returned to Nuoding Academy determined to assert himself.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San against cultivating both Martial Souls at once, and Tang San decided to focus on creating stronger hidden weapons to defeat Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi found that his Body of Fortune had drawn the External Soul Bone’s essence into a Chest Sword Qi that could grow alongside his Mountain River Sword Dao and temper his Soul Power.
• The External Soul Bone shattered after its essence was extracted, and Lin Qi meditated as the Sword Qi circulated through him.
• Tang San returned to Nuoding Academy and casually defeated a student who challenged him.
• After someone taunted Tang San to challenge Lin Qi, Tang San demanded that the speaker step forward despite the pain from his lingering Sword Qi.

Lin Qi broke through to level twenty and prepared to travel with Master Meng and Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest. In Nuoding City, Tang Hao revealed to Tang San that he was a Titled Douluo, while Yu Xiaogang urged him to take action against Lin Qi and Master Meng.

• Lin Qi completed his sword practice and maintained a three-foot aura of Sword Qi before Master Meng announced their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu learned that Lin Qi had reached level twenty and privately planned to have Da Ming and Er Ming frighten him when they arrived.
• Tang Hao visited Tang San and revealed that he was a Soul Master, then Yu Xiaogang disclosed that Tang Hao was a Titled Douluo.
• Tang San questioned why Tang Hao had hidden his identity, and Tang Hao said he had wanted Tang San to grow strong without relying on him.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang Hao an exaggerated account of Tang San's defeat by Lin Qi and condemned Master Meng, hoping Tang Hao would retaliate.

Tang Hao urged Tang San to seek Master Meng’s tutelage so he could grow strong enough to defeat Lin Qi, and Tang San agreed to approach him the next day. Tang San returned to Yu Xiaogang without revealing his decision, leaving Yu Xiaogang convinced that his disciple would stay loyal to him.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang Hao to avenge Tang San, but Tang Hao steered Tang San toward defeating Lin Qi himself.
• Tang Hao took Tang San aside and recommended that he become Master Meng’s disciple after praising Master Meng’s teaching and Lin Qi’s Thousand-Year first Soul Ring.
• Tang San hesitated because of Lin Qi and Master Meng’s past rejection, but Tang Hao persuaded him that Master Meng might accept him if he showed his talent.
• Tang San agreed to approach Master Meng the next day, while Yu Xiaogang mistook his return and silence for proof of loyalty.

Tang San publicly knelt to ask Master Meng to take him as a disciple, only to learn that Master Meng had already left Nuoding Academy. Meanwhile, Lin Qi, Master Meng, and Xiao Wu reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Wu promised to guide them.

• Tang San knelt outside the bamboo forest and begged Master Meng to accept him as a disciple while students gathered to watch.
• The dean told Tang San that Master Meng and the others had left early that morning, and Tang San left the academy humiliated and blaming Lin Qi and Master Meng.
• Tang Hao found Tang San outside the academy, learned Master Meng was gone, and saw that Tang San was deeply upset.
• After traveling for several days, Lin Qi, Master Meng, and Xiao Wu arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu boasted that she would help them in the forest and teased Lin Qi about calling her Sister Xiao Wu if he got scared.

Lin Qi entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Master Meng to seek an enhancement-type Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu reunited with her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast guards, Da Ming and Er Ming. After Lin Qi claimed the activated reward, a terrifying creature emerged from underground and addressed him as its prince.

• Master Meng advised Lin Qi to seek an enhancement-type Soul Ring and led him through the forest.
• Da Ming and Er Ming arrived when Xiao Wu called, and she introduced Lin Qi as her good friend and Master Meng as her teacher.
• Lin Qi's system activated a reward for the Legacy of the Ancient Beast God after detecting Xiao Wu's two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast guards.
• Lin Qi claimed the reward as the earth split open and a giant hand seized Er Ming, terrifying Xiao Wu and the others.
• A voice from underground called Lin Qi its prince and said that it had finally waited for his appearance.

The Battle Saint Ape and Six-Winged Golden Mantis emerged from underground and knelt before Lin Qi, calling him their Highness. They said an ancient prophecy foretold his arrival, leaving Xiao Wu and the forest’s powerful Soul Beasts bewildered.

• The Battle Saint Ape emerged from the abyss, identified himself to Master Meng, and knelt before Lin Qi as his long-awaited Highness.
• The Battle Saint Ape summoned the Six-Winged Golden Mantis, who arrived and also paid respects to Lin Qi.
• The Battle Saint Ape forced the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python to kneel before Lin Qi, even threatening to split Da Ming’s tail so he could manage it.
• Lin Qi asked why the two newcomers called him His Highness, and they cited a prophecy left by Lord Beast God that foretold his arrival in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Battle Saint Ape rejected Di Tian’s claim to the Beast God title and described the Dragon God as an old earthworm, while the Six-Winged Golden Mantis called him a selfish old loach.

The Battle Saint Ape and Six-Winged Golden Mantis told Lin Qi and the others that Dragon God had betrayed the Soul Beasts and cursed them so they could never become gods. They recognized Lin Qi as the Ancient Beast God's successor, agreed to remain in the Star Dou Great Forest, and elsewhere a Spirit Hall Academy member sensed movement.

• The Battle Saint Ape and Six-Winged Golden Mantis recounted how Dragon God tricked Soul Beast gods into fighting the God Realm, ambushed Lord Beast God, and cursed Soul Beasts against becoming gods.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python realized that the Dragon God they had revered had harmed Soul Beasts, and Xiao Wu reconsidered her understanding of Lin Qi.
• The Battle Saint Ape declared that Lin Qi was the successor to the Ancient Beast God and the future common lord of beasts, which Xiao Wu accepted as the explanation for Soul Beasts' behavior toward him.
• Lin Qi asked about the Battle Saint Ape's and Six-Winged Golden Mantis's strength and learned they had five hundred thousand and six hundred thousand years of cultivation, respectively.
• The Six-Winged Golden Mantis explained that they had to guard sleeping Soul Beasts and protect Lord Beast God's unfinished goal; Lin Qi told them to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• A black-clad member of Spirit Hall Academy sensed movement while the group hunted Soul Beasts in the forest.

Ghostly investigated a disturbance in the Star Dou Great Forest and was badly wounded by a powerful, unseen beast. Lin Qi then received a dying Five-Colored Star Butterfly suited to his needs, which willingly gave up its life for his Soul Ring.

• Ghostly left Yue Guan and the Spirit Hall Academy students to investigate tremors in the forest.
• The Battle Saint Ape struck at Ghostly with golden light, injuring him and forcing him to flee.
• The Battle Saint Ape told Lin Qi that he had driven away a human who approached.
• Lin Qi noticed an injured Five-Colored Star Butterfly flying toward him, and Master Meng confirmed it suited his needs.
• The Five-Colored Star Butterfly pressed Lin Qi's hand to its head and died, offering its Soul Ring.

Ghost Douluo returned gravely injured after encountering a terrifying Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, forcing Chrysanthemum Douluo to lead the students out. Lin Qi successfully gained his Second Soul Skill, while the Battle Saint Ape and Six-Winged Golden Mantis revealed that Humanoid Transformation was a trap for Soul Beasts, horrifying Xiao Wu.

• Ghost Douluo collapsed in front of Chrysanthemum Douluo and warned that a powerful Soul Beast threatened everyone in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo led the students out, and Ghost Douluo explained that the unknown Soul Beast's attack aftermath had nearly killed him while a Five-Colored Star Butterfly had caused his chest wound.
• Ghost Douluo advised Chrysanthemum Douluo that even their combined strength might not defeat the powerful Soul Beast, so Chrysanthemum Douluo decided to report the danger to the Pope.
• Lin Qi absorbed his Second Soul Ring and gained Five Elements Protection, which tripled all five attributes and could restore him to peak condition at the cost of disabling the skill for three days.
• The Battle Saint Ape and Six-Winged Golden Mantis condemned Xiao Wu's Humanoid Transformation as a trap that made a Soul Beast's fate worse than dying in the Heavenly Tribulation, leaving Xiao Wu horrified.

Lin Qi left the Star Dou Great Forest after discovering that the Five-Colored Star Butterfly had produced two Spirit Bones and assigning the forest’s Soul Beasts to follow Battle Saint Ape and Six-Winged Golden Mantis. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong heard Ghost Douluo’s report about a powerful Soul Beast and worried it would disrupt her plans for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• Six-Winged Golden Mantis explained that Humanoid Transformation could twist a Soul Beast’s thoughts and leave it vulnerable to sacrifice, while Xiao Wu accepted Lin Qi as her Master.
• Lin Qi sent Xiao Wu to inspect the Five-Colored Star Butterfly and learned that it had left both an External Soul Bone and a Torso Spirit Bone.
• Lin Qi arranged a grand burial for the Five-Colored Star Butterfly and told the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to follow Battle Saint Ape and Six-Winged Golden Mantis’s orders.
• Lin Qi left the Star Dou Great Forest with Master Meng, while the Soul Beasts saw him off respectfully.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo reported to Bibi Dong, who learned that an unknown powerful Soul Beast had appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Qi took Xiao Wu and Master Meng to Sunset Forest to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Tang Hao agreed to let Yu Xiaogang move Tang San to Shrek Academy. Lin Qi’s lucky guess led the group to the mountain concealing the well.

• Lin Qi gave Xiao Wu the Five-Colored Star Butterfly’s External Soul Bone, and she eagerly called him Master in exchange.
• Lin Qi told Xiao Wu they were heading to Sunset Forest rather than Nuoding Academy, and she endured his teasing for the sake of the Spirit Bone and its wings.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Tang Hao that Tang San should attend Flender’s Shrek Academy, and Tang Hao agreed to send him there the next day.
• Lin Qi, Xiao Wu, and Master Meng arrived at Sunset Forest, where Lin Qi used his Body of Fortune to choose a direction.
• Lin Qi’s group reached the foot of a mountain hidden by a poisonous formation, and Lin Qi identified it as the site of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Master Meng explained that immortal herbs could help talented Soul Masters condense Divine Positions, then brought Lin Qi and Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Bo returned and attacked the trespassers, but Master Meng matched his aura and criticized his Poisonous Toxin Backlash.

• Master Meng used his transformed Rotten Wood Martial Soul to clear the poisonous fog and led Lin Qi and Xiao Wu into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Qi and Xiao Wu descended into the basin, where Master Meng recognized many rare immortal herbs, including the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Master Meng explained that immortal herbs were catalysts that could help suitably talented Soul Masters inherit or independently condense a Divine Position.
• Lin Qi sensed Dugu Bo returning, and Dugu Bo accused the three of trespassing on his territory before attacking them with his Titled Douluo aura.
• Master Meng calmly resisted Dugu Bo’s pressure and rebuked him for suffering Poisonous Toxin Backlash from his own Martial Soul.

Master Meng overwhelmed Dugu Bo, countering his poison and defeating him in close combat with a Windmill. After Dugu Bo yielded, Master Meng asked about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Dugu Bo did not recognize the name.

• Dugu Bo attacked Master Meng with poison, but Master Meng’s death energy neutralized it.
• Master Meng transformed his Rotten Wood Martial Soul and used life energy to dissolve Dugu Bo’s stronger poison.
• Dugu Bo’s Petrification Beam failed to harm Master Meng, who regenerated from wood chips in a Tree Man form.
• Dugu Bo charged into close combat, but Master Meng seized him, struck his head, and spun him around by the tail in a Windmill.
• Dugu Bo yielded, and Master Meng helped him up before asking whether the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was his territory.
• Dugu Bo asked what the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was, leaving Master Meng and Lin Qi surprised.

Master Meng and Lin Qi confronted Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo mistook them for Spirit Hall agents and resisted them. After Leng Qing beat him until he admitted his mistake, Lin Qi turned to discuss Dugu Bo’s problem.

• Master Meng scolded Dugu Bo for failing to recognize the Immortal Herbs growing at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Qi noticed Dugu Bo considering whether to seize him, then revealed that Leng Qing was standing behind him.
• Dugu Bo concluded that Lin Qi was the Pope’s son from Spirit Hall and refused to cooperate with him.
• Leng Qing grabbed and punched Dugu Bo until he accepted that Lin Qi and his companions were not from Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo explained that Spirit Hall had once recruited him before pursuing him, and Lin Qi ended the exchange by saying they needed to discuss Dugu Bo’s problem.

Lin Qi forced Dugu Bo to surrender the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and work for him, then settled in with Master Meng and Xiao Wu. When Lin Qi jumped into the dangerous spring, Dugu Bo feared he had died, but Lin Qi called out that it felt incredible.

• Lin Qi demanded compensation from Dugu Bo for his hostile intentions, claiming the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and requiring Dugu Bo to obey his orders.
• Dugu Bo agreed to work for Lin Qi to protect his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, and Leng Qing took him away for private onboarding guidance.
• Lin Qi decided to stay at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so Master Meng could study the herbs and help improve his cultivation.
• Master Meng used his Treant Martial Soul True Body and Eighth Soul Skill to grow a Bamboo House, while Lin Qi sent Xiao Wu to prepare it.
• Lin Qi leaped into the spring despite Master Meng's warning, and Dugu Bo feared he had died until Lin Qi called out that the water felt incredible.

Lin Qi survived the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and emerged after tempering his body, leaving Dugu Bo stunned by his power and by Xiao Wu’s identity as Lin Qi’s Reserve Soul Ring. Lin Qi then asked Dugu Bo to find someone.

• Lin Qi entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where its energies tempered his body as Master Meng added medicinal essence to aid the process.
• Dugu Bo worried as Lin Qi remained submerged for over an hour, while Master Meng, Leng Qing, and Xiao Wu stayed calm.
• The spring churned into a vortex, and Lin Qi rose from it between columns of red and blue water.
• Dugu Bo recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in Humanoid Transformation, and Lin Qi explained that she was his Reserve Soul Ring.
• Master Meng and Xiao Wu sensed a powerful aura from Lin Qi, who said he had gained more than body tempering.
• Lin Qi called Dugu Bo over and told him to find someone.

Dugu Bo asked Master Meng to cure the Poisonous Toxin Backlash from his Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul, and accepted him as a nominal disciple to learn how to become a Poisonous Body. Lin Qi then revealed the red and blue Soul Rings of his Second Martial Soul, the Water Fire Dragon Ring, leaving Xiao Wu astonished.

• Dugu Bo asked Master Meng whether he could resolve the Poisonous Toxin Backlash caused by his Martial Soul.
• Master Meng described nine possible methods, and Dugu Bo chose the method that would let him adapt to poison and become a Poisonous Body.
• Lin Qi told Master Meng to teach Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo bowed and accepted him as his nominal master.
• Master Meng declared that Lin Qi was Dugu Bo's Senior Brother, and Dugu Bo reluctantly accepted the new relationship.
• Lin Qi went to inspect the bamboo house with Xiao Wu, then revealed the red and blue Soul Rings of his Second Martial Soul, the Water Fire Dragon Ring.

Lin Qi cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, strengthened his Sword Qi, and left for Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu. Soon after arriving, he encountered Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and the meeting triggered another system notification.

• Lin Qi revealed that his Body of Fortune Martial Soul had gained a growing twin-dragon Soul Ring, then used his Sword Qi to absorb the Five-Colored Star Butterfly torso bone and strengthen his Sword Qi.
• Dugu Bo accepted Lin Qi's method for dealing with Poisonous Toxin Backlash and left to carry out Lin Qi's assignment, while Lin Qi called him Junior Brother.
• After more than ten days of cultivation, Lin Qi left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Xiao Wu and traveled to Heaven Dou City to visit its Soul Fighting Arena and seek a potential opponent.
• Lin Qi and Xiao Wu arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Lin Qi recognized the concealed strength of the two guards accompanying the approaching Xue Qinghe.
• A passerby identified Xue Qinghe as the Heaven Dou Empire's Crown Prince, and the system notification appeared again.