Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan and Ye Lingling ate roasted meat in the Star Dou Forest until the Titan Giant Ape confronted them, accusing them of killing Sister Xiao Wu. Lin Yuan revealed his Asura Demon Sword and two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, drove the Titan Giant Ape back, and ordered Ye Lingling to retreat before their fight continued.

• Ye Lingling tearfully savored Lin Yuan's roasted meat while he sensed something approaching.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest and accused Lin Yuan of trespassing and killing its Soul Beast kin.
• The Titan Giant Ape smelled Sister Xiao Wu's scent on Ye Lingling and charged at her, mistaking them for Xiao Wu's killers.
• Lin Yuan shielded Ye Lingling and struck the Titan Giant Ape, then revealed his Soul Rings and Asura Demon Sword.
• Lin Yuan repelled the Titan Giant Ape with the Asura Demon Sword and told Ye Lingling to retreat three hundred meters.

Lin Yuan fought the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Forest and severely wounded it with his Asura Demon Sword. After the beast’s desperate counterattack injured Ye Lingling, Lin Yuan unleashed his ninth Soul Skill.

• Lin Yuan sent Ye Lingling to hide and protected her with his Soul Power before confronting the Titan Giant Ape.
• Lin Yuan broke free of the Titan Giant Ape’s Gravity Domain and wounded it with his Asura Blood Blade.
• Lin Yuan struck the Titan Giant Ape with a massive sword slash, leaving it severely injured.
• The Titan Giant Ape unleashed Titan Superstar, shattering the ground and sending Ye Lingling flying despite Lin Yuan’s protection.
• Enraged by Ye Lingling’s injury, Lin Yuan activated his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and used his ninth Soul Skill, Asura Heaven-Slaying Slash.

Lin Yuan fought the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts after the Titan Giant Ape injured Ye Lingling, then broke through to Level 95 and trapped them in his domains. The chapter left Lin Yuan facing the beasts as he prepared to settle the fight.

• Lin Yuan struck at the Titan Giant Ape with a giant sword, then countered its Azure Annihilation Thunder with his Right Arm Soul Bone skill.
• Lin Yuan rescued the unconscious Ye Lingling as the Sky Azure Bull Python arrived and warned him to leave.
• The Titan Giant Ape accused Lin Yuan of imprisoning Xiao Wu, and Lin Yuan confirmed it while demanding retribution for Ye Lingling.
• Lin Yuan’s Soul Power broke through to Level 95, and his frost-filled snowfall drained the Soul Power of nearby soul masters.
• Lin Yuan opened the Asura Domain and Divine Slaughter’s Domain, trapping the two beasts and challenging them to fight.

Lin Yuan overwhelmed the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape with his domains and Asura Demon Sword, forcing the two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts to launch a desperate joint attack. He activated his Hundred-Thousand-Year Second Soul Skill, Asura Skybreaker, as their attacks converged.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape struggled against Lin Yuan’s overlapping domains and unleashed attacks that he easily countered.
• Lin Yuan struck at the Sky Azure Bull Python with the Asura Demon Sword, revealing strength that made the two beasts fear his God-level Martial Soul.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python told Er Ming to flee while it held Lin Yuan back, but Er Ming refused to abandon its big brother.
• Lin Yuan pressed the two soul beasts back until they prepared a final attack, combining Clear Sky Annihilation Thunder with Titan Superstar.
• Lin Yuan activated his Hundred-Thousand-Year Second Soul Skill, Asura Skybreaker, against the beasts’ combined assault.

Lin Yuan nearly killed the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, but Di Tian and Zi Ji awakened and intervened. Di Tian confronted Lin Yuan over his attempt to kill the two soul beasts, while both sides remained wary of fighting.

• Lin Yuan cleaved apart the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape’s final attack, then struck at the weakened Sky Azure Bull Python.
• A powerful attack knocked Lin Yuan away, and he recognized Di Tian’s energy as he realized Di Tian, Zi Ji, and Bi Ji had awakened.
• Di Tian and Zi Ji emerged from the Lake of Life, and Zi Ji’s attempt to pressure Lin Yuan was effortlessly broken.
• Di Tian accused Lin Yuan of coveting the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and Lin Yuan argued that the strong were revered on Douluo Continent.
• Lin Yuan asked whether Di Tian had awakened early to stop him, and Di Tian warned that his Dragon Clan would not cling to life before Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan forced Di Tian to spare the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape by accepting a rare External Soul Bone and a fifty-thousand-year spiritual-type Soul Beast for Ye Lingling. After escaping the Star Dou Forest, Lin Yuan revealed that Di Tian had injured him and prepared Ye Lingling to absorb the beast's energy.

• Lin Yuan demanded a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and a suitable Soul Beast as payment for sparing the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• Di Tian offered a Fifty-Thousand-Year External Soul Bone, and Lin Yuan also demanded a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast compatible with Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Di Tian agreed and ordered the Titan Giant Ape to capture a fifty-thousand-year spiritual-type Soul Beast.
• The Titan Giant Ape delivered the Soul Beast, and Lin Yuan took it and Ye Lingling out of the Star Dou Forest.
• At their campfire, Lin Yuan admitted that Di Tian had injured him and told Ye Lingling she could absorb the Soul Beast's energy.

Ye Lingling absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring in the Star Dou Forest while Lin Yuan recovered from his injuries, and they returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. There, Lin Yuan confronted Xiao Wu after discovering she had left her aura on Ling Ling to draw Da Ming and Er Ming to her aid.

• Ye Lingling killed the Soul Beast and absorbed its fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring while Lin Yuan expelled the congealed blood from his body.
• After absorbing the Soul Ring, Ye Lingling clung to Lin Yuan, then discovered that her Soul Power and Martial Soul had grown stronger.
• Lin Yuan and Ye Lingling left the Star Dou Forest and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Lin Yuan gave her an External Soul Bone.
• Azure Dragon Shang Que asked about Lin Yuan's weakened aura, and Lin Yuan recounted his encounter with Di Tian and the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Lin Yuan confronted Xiao Wu after learning she had left her aura on Ling Ling, and Xiao Wu apologized for Da Ming and Er Ming's attempt to take revenge.

Lin Yuan punished Xiao Wu by locking her in the Secret Chamber after she admitted leaving her aura on Ye Lingling. The next morning, Ye Lingling absorbed Di Tian’s fifty-thousand-year External Soul Bone and tested its abilities with Lin Yuan.

• Lin Yuan ordered Shang Que to lock Xiao Wu in the Secret Chamber, where she pleaded for release.
• Lin Yuan explained that Di Tian had offered the External Soul Bone to settle their conflict and protect Star Lake.
• Ye Lingling successfully absorbed the External Soul Bone and revealed a pair of white wings that let her fly.
• Ye Lingling demonstrated that the bone’s feathers could become blades, return to attack, and form a golden barrier.
• Lin Yuan attacked the barrier with his Right Arm Soul Bone skill, Heaven and Earth Reversal, Azure Luan, Sky-Howling Break.

Ye Lingling tested her External Soul Bone barrier and learned Xiao Wu had caused the Soul Beast attack on Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan brought Ye Lingling to the Heaven Dou Battle Team and challenged Osler, Yufeng, and the Shimo brothers to defeat her.

• Ye Lingling's barrier shattered under Lin Yuan's Soul Bone skill, and Lin Yuan said it could withstand a Soul Emperor but not a Soul Saint.
• Azure Dragon Consultation told Ye Lingling that Xiao Wu had placed a Soul Beast aura on her, leading two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to attack; Lin Yuan left Xiao Wu's fate to her own choices.
• Lin Yuan told Ye Lingling to train for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and brought her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to test her strength.
• Lin Yuan met with the Heaven Dou Battle Team and learned that Osler and the others had reached level forty-five Soul Ancestor while Cai Die was working toward Soul Ancestor.
• Lin Yuan revealed that Ye Lingling had reached level fifty-three Soul King and ordered Osler, Yufeng, Shimo, and Shimo to join forces against her.

Ye Lingling sparred with Osler, Yufeng, and the Shimo brothers, demonstrating that her transformed Nine Heart Begonia gave her formidable defensive and offensive abilities. She revealed that her fifty-thousand-year External Soul Bone also granted flight, leaving the four teammates awed and eager to become Lin Yuan’s direct disciples.

• Osler, Yufeng, and the Shimo brothers released their martial souls and joined Ye Lingling for a spar.
• Ye Lingling repelled their opening attacks with Soul Power barriers, surprising them with her defenses.
• Osler attacked with Ghost Leopard Stab, but Ye Lingling blocked him with her third soul skill, Nine Heart Begonia: Flower's Protection.
• Ye Lingling stopped Yufeng’s Rising Wind and Gathering Clouds and blocked the Shimo brothers’ paired Black Tortoise Shield Strikes with her petals.
• Ye Lingling revealed that her fifty-thousand-year External Soul Bone granted flight and offensive power, and the four teammates wished they could become Lin Yuan’s direct disciples.

Lin Yuan trained the Heaven Dou Battle Team and continued studying at Moonlight Pavilion before Xue Qinghe arranged to meet him privately. Their conversation turned to Lin Yuan’s future at the academy, while Lin Yuan considered pursuing the Asura God Inheritance.

• Osler and the other Heaven Dou Battle Team members admitted they could not break through Ye Lingling’s defense, and Lin Yuan praised their coordination and urged them to train for the tournament.
• Lin Yuan spent the next few days studying at the academy and Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua asked him to stay after class.
• Tang Yuehua brought Lin Yuan to a quiet room, where Xue Qinghe arrived and explained that he had requested the meeting himself, not on Emperor Xue Ye’s orders.
• After Tang Yuehua left them alone, Xue Qinghe asked whether Lin Yuan planned to remain at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Lin Yuan said they could discuss it later.
• Lin Yuan reflected on his intention to seek the Asura God Inheritance through the City of Slaughter and considered the Asura God’s history and role as a law enforcer.

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe invited Lin Yuan to become his guest elder after learning that Lin Yuan had reached Level 95 as a Title Douluo at only twenty. Lin Yuan rejected the offer and declined Xue Qinghe’s proposal to deal with Tang San, leaving Xue Qinghe’s recruitment attempt unsuccessful.

• Xue Qinghe asked Lin Yuan about his cultivation, and Lin Yuan revealed that he was a Level 95 Title Douluo.
• Lin Yuan noticed Xue Qinghe’s nervousness but did not expose her disguise as Qian Renxue.
• Xue Qinghe offered Lin Yuan a guest elder position, freedom, and access to rare spirit rings and spirit bones.
• Lin Yuan refused, saying that rewards held little value to him as a Title Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe offered to deal with Tang San, but Lin Yuan said he would resolve the matter himself.

After Lin Yuan dismissed the disguised Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue returned to her true form and discussed Lin Yuan’s strength and possible recruitment with Spirit Hall’s elders. She ordered them to investigate him and left open the possibility of killing him if he could not be recruited.

• Lin Yuan dismissed Xue Qinghe after recognizing that the Crown Prince had been trying to recruit him, and Tang Yuehua praised Qinghe while Lin Yuan warned that clever people often died young.
• After leaving Moonlight Pavilion, Xue Qinghe reached a private residence and revealed himself as Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue asked She Long and Ci Xue to assess Lin Yuan, and both said his strength surpassed theirs.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long and Ci Xue to investigate Lin Yuan’s past and forbade them from reporting the matter to the Pope, saying she intended to recruit him.
• Qian Renxue reflected on Lin Yuan’s unusual maturity and warned that she would kill him if he became an enemy and could not be recruited.

Lin Yuan forced Xiao Wu into submission after days in the Secret Chamber, then allowed her to serve him and return to Ye Lingling’s room. The next morning, Ye Lingling asked Lin Yuan whether he had released Xiao Wu, and he confirmed that Xiao Wu’s future usefulness was the reason.

• Lin Yuan found Xiao Wu terrified and begging for release in the Secret Chamber, then warned that he could kill her and ordered her to wash and change.
• Xiao Wu obeyed, later brought Lin Yuan foot-washing water, and pleaded for forgiveness; Lin Yuan told her to remember her status and warned her against defying him again.
• Xiao Wu drank the tea, carried away the water, and returned to Ye Lingling’s room while Lin Yuan went to sleep.
• The next morning, Ye Lingling saw Xiao Wu lying on the bed and asked Lin Yuan if he had released her.
• Lin Yuan confirmed that he had released Xiao Wu because her survival would greatly affect Ye Lingling’s future.

Lin Yuan told Dream Machine that the Asura God King's Deity Inheritance was drawing near, but he planned to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy temporarily rather than inherit the deity immediately. He left the students in Dream Machine's care and prepared to take Shang Que with him, while unresolved threats in the City of Slaughter remained.

• Ye Lingling persuaded Lin Yuan to accompany her to the Imperial Palace the next day to see the celebration preparations, then went to spar with the Heaven Dou Battle Team.
• Prince Xue Xing discussed preparations for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament with Dream Machine and praised Lin Yuan's teaching after learning Ye Lingling had reached level fifty-three Soul King.
• Lin Yuan told Dream Machine that he would leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy in three days and entrusted the students to his care.
• Lin Yuan explained that the Asura God King's deity had contacted him and that he sensed the Deity Inheritance drawing closer, but he could not inherit it yet because the tournament and other matters needed attention.
• Lin Yuan planned to take Azure Dragon Shang Que with him and remembered that the King of Slaughter and others in the City of Slaughter still coveted his immortal body.

Lin Yuan discussed the King of Slaughter with Dream Machine, then continued cultivating and managing the killing intent tied to his Asura Demon Sword. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong learned that the Heaven Dou Empire had produced an exceptionally young Title Douluo whose strength and Martial Soul remained uncertain.

• Lin Yuan left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after asking Dream Machine to investigate the King of Slaughter, and Dream Machine reflected on Lin Yuan's potential to reach Level 100.
• Lin Yuan told Tang Yuehua that his hostility was suppressed but his killing intent remained, and he agreed to keep it under control.
• Bibi Dong arrived at Pope's Palace in Spirit City and asked about a newly emerged Title Douluo in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yue Guan reported that the man was the youngest known Title Douluo, had studied at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and possessed an unidentified, unusually powerful Martial Soul.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to investigate the young Title Douluo and suspected Qian Renxue of recruiting him to challenge her. In Heaven Dou City, Lin Yuan toured the Imperial Celebration preparations with Ye Lingling and Xue Beng before seeing Crown Prince "Xue Qinghe" approach with Ning Fengzhi.

• Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renxue had concealed information about a young Title Douluo and ordered She Long and Ci Xue to send his details back to Spirit Hall, killing anyone who obstructed them.
• Bibi Dong ordered a Black-Robed Soul Master to strengthen Spirit Hall’s intelligence network in the Heaven Dou Empire and gather information about the young Title Douluo.
• Lin Yuan brought Ye Lingling to see the Imperial Celebration construction, where Xue Beng explained that preparations had begun ten years earlier.
• Xue Beng treated Lin Yuan with deep respect because Lin Yuan had once saved him from Crown Prince "Xue Qinghe" and taught him for a time.
• Lin Yuan saw Crown Prince "Xue Qinghe" chatting with Ning Fengzhi as they approached.

Xue Beng fled when he saw Xue Qinghe approaching Lin Yuan, who declined invitations from the Crown Prince and Ning Fengzhi. After sending Ye Lingling back to the academy, Lin Yuan left Heaven Dou City with Azure Dragon Consultation for the City of Slaughter.

• Xue Beng panicked at the sight of Xue Qinghe and hurried away, leaving Ye Lingling wondering why the Fourth Prince feared the Crown Prince.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi greeted Lin Yuan and praised Ye Lingling, while both considered recruiting Lin Yuan to their side.
• Xue Qinghe invited Lin Yuan to walk and talk, but Lin Yuan politely refused and left with Ye Lingling.
• Lin Yuan sent Ye Lingling back to the academy, then departed Heaven Dou City with Azure Dragon Consultation for the City of Slaughter.
• The chapter described the City of Slaughter’s restrictions and explained that leaving required one hundred consecutive Hell Arena victories and passing the Hell Road trial.

Lin Yuan returned to the City of Slaughter to delay the Asura God's inheritance, hoping instead to create his own God Position despite the danger. After arriving in a town and drinking Bloody Mary at a tavern, he drew the locals' hostility and killed the first man who challenged him.

• Shang Que asked why Lin Yuan had returned to the City of Slaughter, and Lin Yuan explained that he wanted to postpone the Asura God's inheritance while attending the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Lin Yuan told Shang Que that he hoped to create his own God Position, though he recognized that reaching level one hundred this way could cost him his life.
• Lin Yuan arrived in a gloomy town and entered a tavern, where he ordered and drank Bloody Mary.
• The tavern patrons mocked Lin Yuan and threatened him, but he challenged them to attack together or one at a time.
• One man charged Lin Yuan and was killed, prompting the other patrons to call for them to kill him.

Lin Yuan slaughtered the City of Slaughter experts who ambushed him and then fought Terror Knight Scott and his guards. He charged into the soldiers’ formation, cutting them down as they attacked.

• Lin Yuan killed the tavern attendants and confronted two Title Douluo and six Soul Douluo sent by the King of Slaughter.
• Lin Yuan revealed his powerful soul rings and the Asura Demon Sword, then defeated the Soul Masters and absorbed their blood with the sword.
• Terror Knight Scott arrived with one hundred soldiers and ordered them to attack Lin Yuan, offering a soul bone as a reward.
• Lin Yuan rushed into the soldiers’ formation and cut them down, leaving them no chance to resist.