Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and taunted their former teammates, only to learn Ye Lingling had become the Heaven Dou Battle Team’s captain. Ye Lingling revealed she had reached level 48, leaving Yu Tianheng’s challenge hanging in the classroom.

• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan arrived during Teacher Otto’s lesson, and Ye Lingling sensed that they were level 44 and level 43.
• Yu Tianheng mocked Osler and the others for staying behind, while they revealed they had all reached level 42.
• Dugu Yan displayed her closeness with Yu Tianheng and provoked Ye Lingling, who told them the team had a new captain and goal.
• Yu Tianheng questioned how a support-type Soul Master could lead the team, and Osler defended Ye Lingling as the strongest and fastest-growing member.
• Ye Lingling summoned her Nine Heart Begonia and revealed her level 48 Healing System Tool Soul Ancestor cultivation and two yellow, one purple, and one black soul rings.

Ye Lingling revealed her Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, while the Heaven Dou Battle Team showed Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan that its members had all become Soul Ancestors. Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan regretted leaving, and Lin Yuan arrived as Ye Lingling greeted him.

• Ye Lingling released her Martial Soul and stunned Yu Tianheng with her Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and Rank 48 Soul Power.
• Osler, Shimo, and the other Heaven Dou Battle Team members revealed that they had reached Rank 42 and had optimal Soul Ring configurations.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan expressed regret over leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Osler and Ye Lingling told them the team had moved on without them.
• Teacher Otto resumed class after the confrontation, and Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan returned to their seats in silence.
• Lin Yuan arrived, Ye Lingling ran to greet him, and she told him what had happened.

Ye Yao visited Lin Yuan and Ye Lingling to make pastries, while Lin Yuan discussed Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan’s choices with his disciple. The chapter ended with Ye Yao inviting Lin Yuan to learn pastry-making with her at night.

• Yu Tianheng regretted his past choices and understood why Dugu Bo had wanted Dugu Yan to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Yao arrived at Lin Yuan’s courtyard to make pastries, and Lin Yuan admired her grace as they talked.
• Lin Yuan praised Ye Lingling’s progress and warned her not to become complacent about her cultivation.
• Lin Yuan told Ye Lingling that Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan might regret choosing Shrek Academy but would not necessarily be able to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Yao served her pastries to Lin Yuan and Ye Lingling, then offered to teach Lin Yuan how to make them together at night.

After seeing how far their former teammates at Heaven Dou Royal Academy had advanced, Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan questioned their choice to join Shrek Academy. Yu Xiaogang reassured them and sent them away determined to train harder, while privately wondering how Lin Yuan had helped the Heaven Dou Battle Team progress so quickly.

• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan regretted leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy after learning that Ye Lingling had a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and their former teammates had reached the Soul Ancestor realm.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan asked Yu Xiaogang whether Shrek Academy could help them catch up, and he urged them to focus on cultivation and persevere.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered what Lin Yuan had done to accelerate the Heaven Dou Battle Team’s progress, but told himself that Tang San would continue to surpass others under his guidance.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan resolved to train twice as hard and prove that choosing Shrek Academy had not been a mistake.

Lin Yuan refused Xiao Wu's request to visit Tang San, reminding her that she was his pet and restricting her from leaving. At the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Teaching Committee, he learned that the Heaven Dou Battle Team needed two members for the upcoming tournament and decided to go to the auction to buy a girl he believed could fill one spot.

• Lin Yuan handed Ye Lingling over to Shang Que for training, while Ye Lingling continued cultivating toward the Soul King realm.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Yuan to let her visit Tang San for his birthday, but he rebuked her, ordered her to remember she was his pet, and placed a painful restriction on her leaving.
• Lin Yuan met with Dream Machine and the other committee chiefs, who asked him to suggest candidates for the Heaven Dou Battle Team's two vacant places.
• Lin Yuan said no current Heaven Dou Royal Academy student qualified and reviewed the tournament rules and the academy's team requirements.
• After learning the Heaven Dou Empire's Auction House was taking place that day, Lin Yuan decided to go there to buy a girl suited to the team and pursue something else he wanted.

After leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Yuan visited the Heaven Dou Empire's Auction House, where he offered a soul bone to meet its entry requirements. The maid brought him to an appraiser, who asked what he wanted to auction.

• Dream Machine, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin discussed Lin Yuan's plans for the tournament and decided to leave matters to him.
• Lin Yuan left the academy and headed to the Heaven Dou Empire's Auction House, hoping to find valuable treasures.
• A maid told Lin Yuan he needed bidding credentials proving assets worth ten thousand Gold Soul Coins or an item to consign.
• Lin Yuan presented a five-thousand-year left arm soul bone from a Crystal Dragon Beast, and the maid admitted him.
• The maid led Lin Yuan to the appraisal room, where an appraiser asked what he wanted to auction.

Lin Yuan offered a five-thousand-year Crystal Dragon Beast Left Arm Soul Bone for auction to obtain bidding qualifications. At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo suspected the masked, silver-haired bidder was Lin Yuan.

• Lin Yuan presented the soul bone, and the appraisers confirmed its identity and arranged for it to be auctioned as a finale lot.
• The appraisers issued Lin Yuan a bidding certificate and alerted the nobles that a soul bone would be available.
• Lin Yuan entered the auction hall wearing a mask and waited in the black-seat VIP section.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Sword Douluo and recognized Lin Yuan by his silver-white hair.
• Sword Douluo agreed that the masked bidder appeared to be Lin Yuan.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed obtaining the Crystal Dragon Beast soul bone while Tang San attended the auction for useful materials. When a captured cat girl was put up for sale, Tang San protested the cruelty, and Sword Douluo defended the power of the strong.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo decided they had to obtain the Crystal Dragon Beast soul bone, while Ning Fengzhi considered how to avoid offending Lin Yuan.
• Tang San entered the auction after selling his Hidden Weapon: Sandstorm, and the first Soul Tool sold for fifty-five thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The auctioneer unveiled a captured young girl with a Beast Transformation ability and invited bids from the crowd.
• Lin Yuan watched the cat girl and gave Ning Fengzhi a knowing smile, while Tang San condemned the auction of a living person.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the auction house followed the rules of the strong, and Sword Douluo agreed that the weak had no claim to fairness.
• Tang San challenged Sword Douluo’s view, and Sword Douluo confirmed that the strong could do as they pleased.

Lin Yuan bought the cat girl at auction after Prince Xue Xing and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect backed down, while Ning Fengzhi bought Tang San’s Sandstorm weapon. The auction then presented Lin Yuan’s Crystal Dragon Beast left arm soul bone, and bidding began.

• Sword Douluo defended the powerful bidders’ right to do as they pleased, while Tang San watched the cat girl helplessly.
• Lin Yuan outbid Prince Xue Xing for the cat girl at 200,000 Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not compete.
• Ning Fengzhi bought Tang San’s Hidden Weapon: Sandstorm for 10,000 Gold Soul Coins after Tang San confirmed it was his.
• The auctioneer introduced a 5,000-year-old Crystal Dragon Beast left arm soul bone that Lin Yuan had put up for auction.
• Ning Fengzhi had Sword Douluo bid 3,500,000 Gold Soul Coins for the soul bone, and other bidders raised the price further.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect won the Crystal Dragon Beast left arm soul bone after bidding five million Gold Soul Coins against Dai Weilin. A mysterious Ancient Ruins map fragment then drew fierce bidding, with Lin Yuan choosing not to participate as Dai Weilin raised the price to eight million.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin raised their bid for the soul bone to five million Gold Soul Coins, prompting Dai Weilin to withdraw.
• The auctioneer declared the Crystal Dragon Beast left arm soul bone sold to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The auctioneer presented an Ancient Ruins map fragment said to point toward a site that might contain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Lin Yuan examined the map's unusual spiritual power but declined to bid because the price exceeded his budget.
• Dai Weilin bid eight million Gold Soul Coins, causing the other bidders to withdraw.

Dai Weilin won the Ancient Ruins map fragment for eight million Gold Soul Coins and invited Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to cooperate with the Star Luo Empire. He revealed that the fragment was incomplete and hinted that the ruins were connected to legends of gods.

• Ning Fengzhi withdrew from the bidding after Sword Douluo Chen Xin warned that eight million Gold Soul Coins exceeded the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's budget, and Dai Weilin won the map fragment for the Star Luo Empire.
• A gray-robed old man invited Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to meet Dai Weilin, while Lin Yuan watched them leave and then vanished into the shadows.
• Lin Yuan arranged for Cat Girl to be sent to Heaven Dou Royal Academy under Dream Machine and the other two chiefs' protection.
• Dai Weilin met Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo in a quiet room and proposed that the Star Luo Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect explore the Ancient Ruins together.
• Dai Weilin admitted that the map fragment was incomplete and that the Star Luo Empire possessed only one portion, then asked whether the sect had heard legends of gods.

Lin Yuan confronted Dai Weilin over the map fragment and killed him after Dai Weilin threatened his family. He took the fragment and concluded that it pointed to a Deity’s inheritance in Great Death Canyon, not the Asura God’s inheritance in the City of Slaughter.

• Ning Fengzhi left after telling Dai Weilin that he needed time to consider cooperating over the Ancient Ruins map.
• Dai Weilin told his subordinate that the Star Luo Empire’s map fragment supposedly led to the Asura God King’s Deity.
• Lin Yuan appeared and demanded to see the fragment, but Dai Weilin threatened to exterminate his ten generations and ordered a Soul Emperor to attack him.
• Lin Yuan stopped the Soul Emperor’s dagger and killed him with a word, then killed Dai Weilin after he begged for mercy.
• Lin Yuan found the hidden map fragment and said Great Death Canyon was likely the inheritance site of another Deity, since the Asura God’s inheritance was in the City of Slaughter.

Lin Yuan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the cat girl and offered her a choice between joining the academy and leaving the empire. She chose the academy, but Lin Yuan refused to become her master and named her Cai Die.

• Lin Yuan took the ancient map fragment and vanished without the guards noticing.
• Ye Lingling covered the wary cat girl with her outer garment and tried to comfort her while waiting for Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan returned and offered the cat girl the choice of joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s battle team or leaving Heaven Dou City.
• The cat girl chose to join the academy and asked Lin Yuan to take her as his disciple, but he refused because he already had a disciple.
• Lin Yuan learned that the cat girl had no name and named her Cai Die.

Lin Yuan named the cat girl Cai Die and discussed Death Canyon and the known Deity Inheritances with Shang Que, then resolved to accelerate cultivation for Ye Lingling. At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong arrived during Tang San’s trial and helped him with a boost from Ning Fengzhi.

• Lin Yuan named the cat girl Cai Die, asked Ye Lingling to show her around Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and planned to train her after she adapted.
• Shang Que told Lin Yuan that Death Canyon was filled with baleful energy and discussed the known Deity Inheritances and their likely successors.
• Lin Yuan learned Ye Lingling had reached rank forty-nine and decided that they should intensify their cultivation.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San endured a Soul Douluo’s Soul Power pressure as spider-like bones grew from his back.
• A Clear Sky Hammer appeared and blasted the burly old man away, and Ning Rongrong arrived and introduced Tang San to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi used his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to increase Tang San’s power.

Bone Douluo Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi intervened in Tai Tan’s wager, and Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer revealed his connection to the Clear Sky Sect. Tai Tan recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son, but Tang San learned only that his father’s past was something he would have to hear from Tang Hao himself.

• Gu Rong arrived with Ning Fengzhi and persuaded Tai Tan to end the wager after noticing Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San recognized Ning Fengzhi from the auction house, greeted him, and agreed to call him Uncle Ning.
• Tai Tan asked Zhao Wuji to prepare a room so he could speak privately with Tang San.
• After learning Tang San was Tang Hao’s biological son, Tai Tan knelt and wept over Tang Hao’s letter, praising his former master.
• Tai Tan questioned Tang San about his missing teeth and prepared to seek revenge, but Tang San stopped him and blamed Lin Yuan, a teacher from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Tang San enlisted Tai Tan to rescue Xiao Wu from Lin Yuan, and Tai Tan confronted Lin Yuan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Lin Yuan recognized Tang San and challenged Tai Tan’s brazen demand, setting the stage for a clash.

• Tang San told Tai Tan that Lin Yuan had injured him and taken Xiao Wu, and asked for help rescuing her.
• Tai Tan agreed to help, dismissing the danger of facing a young Title Douluo, and left with Tang San for Lin Yuan’s residence.
• Lin Yuan discussed the upcoming tournament with the Teaching Committee chiefs and declined to train the academy’s second team.
• Lin Yuan sensed a provocation and vanished, prompting the three chiefs to follow him outside.
• Tai Tan arrived with Tang San, displayed his Soul Douluo strength, and demanded that Lin Yuan hand someone over.
• Lin Yuan recognized Tang San beside Tai Tan and rebuked Tai Tan for acting brazenly before him.

Lin Yuan confronted Tang San and Tai Tan after they demanded that he hand over Tang San’s sister, and he brutally punished them both. He spared Tai Tan at Bai Baoshan’s request and left the Teaching Committee to handle the fallout.

• Tai Tan invoked the Clear Sky Sect and demanded that Lin Yuan hand over Tang San’s sister, but Lin Yuan slapped him down for his disrespect.
• Lin Yuan knocked Tai Tan unconscious and stopped Tang San from fleeing, then cursed him with tormenting pain and nightmares.
• Lin Yuan pressed Tang San into the mud and kicked him off the mountaintop before turning back to Tai Tan.
• Bai Baoshan asked Lin Yuan to spare Tai Tan, and Lin Yuan agreed but warned that the Strength Clan would not get another chance.
• Chief Dream Machine promised that the Teaching Committee would petition the emperor to impeach the Strength Clan, and Lin Yuan returned to his courtyard.

Lin Yuan dismissed Tang Hao’s accusation and sent the injured Tang San back to Shrek Academy after driving him from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong learned what had happened, and Tang San awakened to find them waiting for him.

• Tang Hao confronted Lin Yuan through a voice transmission, but Lin Yuan defended his actions and criticized Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao carried the unconscious Tang San to Shrek Academy and left him with Flender, who warned that trying to rescue Xiao Wu would put Tang San in danger.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong grew impatient while waiting for Tang San, then heard from Flender that Lin Yuan had defeated him.
• Ning Fengzhi used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to help Tang San wake up and warned him that provoking Lin Yuan again could cost him his life.

Tang San refused to sell his hidden weapons to Ning Fengzhi and vowed to make Heaven Dou Royal Academy submit once he became powerful enough. After Tang San left, Bone Douluo Gu Rong urged Ning Fengzhi to kill him before he threatened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Ning Fengzhi warned that Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect made that too dangerous.

• Tang San decided he would not return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and refused Ning Fengzhi's offer for his hidden weapons, blaming the academy for his suffering and separation from his sister.
• Bone Douluo Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi that Tang San should be killed if he was Tang Hao's son, since he could become a danger to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi cautioned Gu Rong that attacking Tang San could provoke Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect into devastating retaliation.
• Ning Rongrong overheard Gu Rong's plan and tearfully asked why he was targeting Third Brother, prompting Gu Rong to explain his fears for the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Gu Rong from continuing the discussion, and Gu Rong left Shrek Academy.

Lin Yuan took Ye Lingling to the Star Dou Forest to find a suitable Soul Ring after she reached Rank 50. The chapter ended with them sharing roasted Soul Beast meat in the forest.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's need for strength and concluded that Ning Rongrong would need a Title Douluo's protection.
• Ye Lingling reached Rank 50 under Lin Yuan's guidance, so he took her to the Star Dou Forest to find her a Soul Ring.
• Lin Yuan sensed that no suitable Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts were nearby and flew with Ye Lingling toward the forest's core region.
• At their evening campsite, Ye Lingling asked why Lin Yuan treated her so well, and he promised he would protect her as his direct disciple.
• Lin Yuan roasted Soul Beast meat over a campfire, and Ye Lingling eagerly tasted a piece.