Chapter Summaries

The Nine-Colored Goddess agreed to give Ye Lingling a God-Bestowed Soul Ring once she reached the Soul Emperor realm, though the ring’s power would depend on what she could endure. After Ye Lingling broke through, Lin Yuan prepared her for the dangerous trial of absorbing it.

• The Nine-Colored Goddess offered Ye Lingling a chance to establish her own lineage through nine trials, with failure making her a guardian who would sacrifice her life.
• Lin Yuan asked the Nine-Colored Goddess to grant Ye Lingling a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and she agreed to provide one after Ye Lingling reached the Soul Emperor realm.
• Ye Lingling spent the next few days pushing her martial soul and Soul Power until she broke through to the Soul Emperor realm.
• Ye Lingling excitedly told Lin Yuan about her breakthrough, and he took her to obtain her exclusive Soul Ring while warning her to endure its painful power alone.

Lin Yuan arranged for Ye Lingling to absorb a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and she endured the trial despite her body nearing collapse. She succeeded in forming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Lin Yuan began healing her.

• Lin Yuan explained the God-Bestowed Soul Ring to Ye Lingling and placed an Asura Power shield around her for protection.
• The Nine-Colored Goddess summoned the God-Bestowed Soul Ring and bound Ye Lingling in the golden disk’s light.
• Ye Lingling resisted the Soul Ring’s crushing pressure, rebuilt her shattered Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, and continued absorbing its energy despite her injuries.
• Lin Yuan nearly stopped the trial when Ye Lingling’s body began to collapse, but she asked him not to interfere and insisted she would not fail.
• Ye Lingling’s nine golden halos turned crimson, confirming that she had formed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Lin Yuan used his Soul Power to heal her.

Ye Lingling completed the Nine-Colored Goddess’s trial and gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring before Lin Yuan set out for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. On the way to Spirit City, the Heaven Dou Empire’s convoy was ambushed, leaving Zhu Zhuqing and the others preparing to fight.

• Ye Lingling merged with a Hundred-Thousand-Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring and gained Nine-Colored Protection and Life Resonance.
• Lin Yuan praised Ye Lingling’s new soul ring and led her toward Spirit Hall to attend the tournament.
• The Heaven Dou Empire’s convoy stopped between two hills after the Royal Knights sensed danger and spotted ominous crows and falling leaves.
• Rocks cascaded down the hills, and the Royal Knights formed a defense line as casualties mounted.
• Thousands of black-clad soul masters attacked the convoy, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized that they meant to isolate the academies and target them.
• Osler told Zhu Zhuqing and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students to release their martial souls and soul rings against the attackers.

Zhu Zhuqing and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy disciples revealed their Soul King strength and fought Spirit Hall’s Soul Douluo, Lor Diarra. After Zhu Zhuqing wounded him with her linked clones, Lor Diarra unleashed his powerful eighth Soul Skill, and the Shimo brothers moved to block his attack on Osler.

• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy disciples revealed that they were Soul Kings with two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings each, and Zhu Zhuqing killed a Spirit Hall Soul Master with a surprise attack.
• Yue Guan ordered Lor Diarra to attack the students while he dealt with the target, and Lor Diarra kicked Zhu Zhuqing aside.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the others decided to fight Lor Diarra together, and Zhu Zhuqing struck him with her Nether Shadow Link, breaking one of his wings.
• Lor Diarra used his eighth Soul Skill, Blood-Bathed Regeneration, and sent a barrage of golden feather blades at Zhu Zhuqing and the others.
• Osler attacked Lor Diarra to keep him occupied, but Lor Diarra evaded and kicked toward him as the Shimo brothers activated their Mystic Shield Block.

Zhu Zhuqing fought Lor Diarra despite the overwhelming gap between their strength and broke through from level fifty-three to level fifty-four during battle. After Lor Diarra badly injured her, Azure Dragon Consultation stepped in and promised to handle him.

• Lor Diarra shattered Zhu Zhuqing’s Black Tortoise Shield and attacked her and the others with golden feathers.
• Zhu Zhuqing charged at Lor Diarra, but his strength as an eighty-sixth-level Soul Douluo drove her back.
• Lor Diarra used Golden Eagle's Fury to overwhelm Zhu Zhuqing, and she broke through to level fifty-four Soul King.
• Zhu Zhuqing counterattacked and forced Lor Diarra to evade, but he seized her, slammed her into the ground, and kicked her away.
• Osler and Cai Die rushed toward Zhu Zhuqing, while Azure Dragon Consultation appeared beside her and said he would take care of Lor Diarra.

Azure Dragon Consultation killed Lor Diarra and Spirit Hall’s other experts after they attacked Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s disciples, while Sword Douluo Chen Xin battled Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan. Ghost Douluo Gui Mei joined Yue Guan to activate the Polar Stillness Domain, and Ning Rongrong boosted Chen Xin as the domain neared completion.

• Azure Dragon Consultation killed Lor Diarra and Spirit Hall’s black-robed experts after Lor Diarra harmed Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ghost Douluo Gui Mei recognized Shang Que and confronted him, while Sword Douluo Chen Xin fought Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.
• Chen Xin shattered Yue Guan’s Gathering of Cold Essence and pressed his attack, forcing Yue Guan to call Gui Mei for help.
• Gui Mei joined Yue Guan, and the two fused their soul rings to unleash the Polar Stillness Domain.
• Chen Xin tried to stop the domain, and Ning Rongrong used the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to augment his speed.

Spirit Hall’s ambush on the Heaven Dou teams failed after Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo intervened, and the teams continued to Spirit City. Bibi Dong learned that six Heaven Dou Royal Academy students had reached the Soul King realm and suspected Lin Yuan was behind their strength.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo interrupted Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei’s attempt to fuse and forced Spirit Hall’s forces to retreat.
• Lin Yuan comforted Zhu Zhuqing, healed her injuries, and praised her for enduring the battle, while learning she had advanced to level fifty-four.
• Lin Yuan ordered his people to clear the road and prepare for the tournament, and the Heaven Dou teams continued their journey under an escort reinforced by Xue Qinghe.
• The teams arrived in Spirit City, where Spirit Hall’s black-robed Soul Masters watched them with hostility.
• Bibi Dong heard Yue Guan and Gui Mei report the failed ambush and learned that six of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s seven members had reached the Soul King realm.
• Bibi Dong suspected Lin Yuan was responsible for the students’ strength.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to investigate Lin Yuan and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy disciples, while debating whether to change the tournament’s promised soul-bone prize. As the tournament began, Lin Yuan led his team to face a Star Luo Empire academy and challenged them to finish the battle within ten seconds.

• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to investigate the backgrounds of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s disciples and their allies.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo urged Bibi Dong to replace the three soul bones, but Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo warned that breaking Spirit Hall’s promise would damage its reputation.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the elders and secretly ordered a Black-Robed Soul Master to monitor Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, disrupt their preparations, and target Tang San if necessary.
• Lin Yuan warned Zhu Zhuqing that Spirit Hall might attack during the tournament and told her team to stay alert.
• The tournament began, and Lin Yuan selected a Star Luo Empire academy as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first opponent.
• Lin Yuan told Ye Lingling’s team to end the battle within ten seconds or go without dinner.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy revealed its overwhelming strength against Yellow Springs Academy, shocking Bibi Dong with Ye Lingling’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. After the team won in ten seconds, Bibi Dong decided to meet Lin Yuan that night.

• Ye Lingling reassured Lin Yuan before Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s match against Yellow Springs Academy began.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy released its Martial Souls and Soul Rings, revealing that the team included Soul Kings and that Zhu Zhuqing’s fourth Soul Ring was ten thousand years old.
• Ye Lingling displayed her sixth, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Bibi Dong suspected it was God-Bestowed.
• Ye Lingling suppressed Yellow Springs Academy’s Soul Power, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Lingling knocked out all seven opponents in ten seconds.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to invite Lin Yuan to meet her that night and refused his suggestion to arrange additional experts.

Lin Yuan met with Bibi Dong at the Pope's Palace, where she tried to recruit him into Spirit Hall and threatened him after he refused. He left after crippling Gui Mei with a single kick, while Bibi Dong and the elders recognized that his strength exceeded their expectations.

• Lin Yuan arrived at the Pope's Palace and met Bibi Dong, who praised his strength and questioned him about Ye Lingling's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong offered Lin Yuan wealth, power, and Spirit Hall itself if he joined her, but he rejected her promises.
• Bibi Dong warned Lin Yuan that clever people often did not live long, and Spirit Hall elders entered after he smashed his cup.
• Lin Yuan challenged Bibi Dong and the elders to stop him, then kicked Gui Mei so hard that his body shattered and he was left near death.
• Yue Guan demanded that Bibi Dong avenge Gui Mei, while Bibi Dong told the elders that Gui Mei was still alive and Lin Yuan's strength surpassed their expectations.

After Lin Yuan injured Ghost Douluo, Bibi Dong ordered the others not to interfere in his affairs and recognized the danger he posed. The Heaven Dou team then faced Star Luo Royal Academy, where Ye Lingling’s stronger team gained the upper hand, but Dai Weisi continued fighting.

• Bibi Dong ordered several Title Douluo to take Ghost Douluo for treatment and forbade anyone from interfering in Lin Yuan’s affairs.
• Ye Lingling urged Star Luo Royal Academy to surrender, but Dai Weisi refused because defeat would threaten his standing as Crown Prince.
• Zhu Zhuyun offered to take Zhu Zhuqing home, and Zhu Zhuqing rejected her appeal, recalling the danger she had faced in their clan.
• Dai Weisi attacked Ye Lingling, but Osler blocked him while Shimo and Shimo raised stone pillars against the Star Luo team.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Yufeng shredded its blades, and Ye Lingling bound Star Luo’s Control System Soul Master and inflicted matching injuries on the team.
• Dai Weisi used White Tiger Vajra Transformation and charged Ye Lingling, while Zhu Zhuqing and Cai Die launched Soul Skills at him.

Ye Lingling used her newly empowered Nine Heart Begonia to overwhelm Dai Weisi, forcing him and Zhu Zhuyun to unleash their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended as their fused beast gathered a massive dark purple lightning sphere to attack.

• Ye Lingling’s surging power astonished Dai Weisi, while Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang suspected Lin Yuan’s guidance had changed her abilities.
• The Evil God told Tang San that Ye Lingling had received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring from the Nine-Colored Goddess, and Tang San vowed to surpass Lin Yuan by becoming a god.
• Ye Lingling used her fifth Soul Skill, Nine Heart Begonia: Flower Burial, to wound Dai Weisi and neutralize his Fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger Annihilation of Gods.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun joined forces to summon their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Hell White Tiger used Thunder Judgment and formed a huge sphere of dark purple lightning in its mouth.

Ye Lingling defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun after their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed to break her defense, securing Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s victory over Star Luo Royal Academy. At a celebratory banquet, the team discussed their prospects in the tournament, and Ye Lingling asked Lin Yuan about the championship reward.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed the Hell White Tiger, but Ye Lingling protected Yufeng with her Nine Heart Begonia: Guard.
• Ye Lingling used Nine Heart Begonia: Reverse Scale to reflect the Hell White Tiger’s attacks, dispelling the fusion skill and injuring Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Dai Weisi surrendered before Ye Lingling’s petals struck, and Su Yuntao declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.
• Lin Yuan praised Ye Lingling, then led the Heaven Dou Royal Academy disciples away while Bibi Dong watched them depart.
• At a Spirit Hall tavern banquet, the team celebrated and discussed the tournament’s rewards and their chances of winning.
• Ye Lingling asked Lin Yuan whether the tournament championship reward included three soul bones.

Dugu Bo asked Lin Yuan to let Dugu Yan return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Lin Yuan refused, insisting she should accept the consequences of leaving. Dugu Bo then confronted Dugu Yan at Shrek Academy, where she rejected his offer and stood by her choice to stay with Yu Tianheng.

• Dugu Bo asked Lin Yuan to help bring Dugu Yan back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Lin Yuan said she had left by choice and could not return as an exception.
• Dugu Bo left to speak with Dugu Yan, while Ye Lingling dismissed the idea that she should be allowed back.
• Dugu Bo arrived at Shrek Academy and found Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng together in their room.
• Dugu Bo criticized Shrek’s worn cultivation manuals and told Dugu Yan he had come to take her back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Yan refused to return, accepted the hardship of her choice, and said she wanted to stay with Yu Tianheng at Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo argued that Dugu Yan would have had better resources at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and challenged Shrek’s chances of winning the tournament.

Dugu Yan refused Dugu Bo’s plea to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he slapped her before she disowned him and ran away. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation admitted they lacked confidence against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Bibi Dong asked whether they knew the tournament champion’s reward.

• Dugu Yan rejected Dugu Bo’s offer to help her join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, insisting she would stay at Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo slapped Dugu Yan in anger, but she told him to pretend he had no granddaughter and ran away.
• Dugu Bo collapsed against the wall, regretting that he had struck Dugu Yan.
• Several academies forfeited their matches against Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the tournament continued.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation had little confidence against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, whose weakest members were stronger than their best.
• Bibi Dong asked Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena whether they knew the reward for winning the tournament.

Bibi Dong gave the Golden Generation three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and ordered them to fight Heaven Dou Royal Academy fiercely, even if they could not win. She then agreed to help the Rakshasa God target Qian Renxue and kill Lin Yuan, before learning that Tang San might be an inheritor of the Evil God.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan warned Bibi Dong that Heaven Dou Royal Academy's strength made victory difficult, but Yan insisted Spirit Hall could not lose.
• Bibi Dong explained that Heaven Dou Royal Academy winning the three reward soul bones would threaten Spirit Hall's influence and ordered the Golden Generation to injure the academy's disciples.
• Bibi Dong gave Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to temporarily strengthen them.
• The Rakshasa God emerged from the hall's shadows and demanded that Bibi Dong avoid Qian Renxue's death so the god could devour her spiritual power.
• Bibi Dong agreed that the Rakshasa God could take Qian Renxue after the plan succeeded and promised to arrange Lin Yuan's death.
• Bibi Dong said Tang San carried the Evil God's aura and might be the Evil God's chosen inheritor.

The Rakshasa God warned Bibi Dong that Tang San, Lin Yuan, and other hidden forces threatened her path to godhood, and Bibi Dong vowed to eliminate them when necessary. As the tournament reached its top three, Bibi Dong appeared before the academies and focused her attention on Lin Yuan.

• The Rakshasa God told Bibi Dong that Tang San carried the Evil God's power and that Tang San, Lin Yuan, and the Nine-Colored Goddess's inheritor stood in her way to godhood.
• Bibi Dong agreed to monitor Shrek Academy and said she would spare no cost to deal with Tang San, while viewing Qian Renxue as a chess piece.
• The tournament's final three advancing academies were revealed as Spirit Hall Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Shrek Academy.
• Bibi Dong appeared before Pope's Palace, and the members of Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy refused to kneel to her.
• Bibi Dong praised Tang San as Master's disciple, then decided that Lin Yuan was the opponent she truly intended to target.

Bibi Dong announced three rare soul bones as the prize for the championship, and Shrek Academy faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the individual competition. Tang San used a seven-person power-transfer technique to unleash Tool Spirit True Body, but Ye Lingling answered with her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as the chapter ended.

• Bibi Dong presented three soul bones, including a head bone from a soul beast more than fifty thousand years old, as the championship prize.
• The draw matched Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Spirit Hall Academy received a bye, and Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to follow his plan.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar gathered Shrek's Soul Power, and Tang San's team used Ring Fusion to channel it into him.
• Tang San summoned and enlarged his Clear Sky Hammer, using the combined power to reach the level needed for Tool Spirit True Body.
• Ye Lingling activated her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and used her sixth soul skill, Nine Heart Begonia—Divine Punishment Descends.

Ye Lingling used her Hundred-Thousand-Year soul skill to crush Shrek Academy’s Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill and defeat its members. After Zhu Zhuqing rejected Tang San and Dai Mubai, both men vowed revenge against her and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Ye Lingling restrained Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and overwhelmed Shrek Academy with her blood-red soul power.
• Ye Lingling trapped Shrek Academy inside Eternal Prison, shattered Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, and left the team unable to fight.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang helped Tang San up, while Tang San vowed he would surpass Ye Lingling.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang San that he was arrogant and undeserving of being a Soul Master, then rejected Dai Mubai as her fiancé.
• Tang San threatened Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai vowed to make her and Heaven Dou Royal Academy pay.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy prepared to face Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament final, with Lin Yuan warning his disciples not to underestimate the Golden Generation. The match began, and Hu Liena and Xie Yue unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Bewitching Charm, enveloping Heaven Dou Royal Academy in red mist.

• Lin Yuan warned the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team that Spirit Hall Academy’s Golden Generation was dangerous and told Ye Lingling to fight according to her training.
• The tournament final began before a restricted audience as Spirit Hall Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy released their Martial Souls.
• Hu Liena used her charm skill to distract the male members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Spirit Hall Academy’s support Soul Master boosted Hu Liena and Xie Yue, who joined their powers to create Bewitching Charm.
• Bewitching Charm spread strange red mist across the battlefield, concealing the fused figure and engulfing Heaven Dou Royal Academy.