Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan hinted to the disguised Xue Qinghe that he knew more than he let on, then left the Crown Prince’s residence. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo fought Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, whose greater strength left Dugu Bo in danger as Lin Yuan watched from a nearby tree.

• Lin Yuan hinted that Xue Qinghe’s identity or plans were no secret to him, advised him that some matters were beyond his control, and left the residence.
• Xue Qinghe worried that Lin Yuan had seen through his disguise, while Snake Lance Douluo urged him to kill Lin Yuan; Xue Qinghe wondered whether Lin Yuan had guessed or uncovered the truth.
• Dugu Bo waited in a forest for Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, intending to settle their score from ten years earlier.
• Yue Guan and Dugu Bo began fighting, and Yue Guan noticed that Dugu Bo’s speed suggested someone had cured his poison.
• Yue Guan used his greater strength and soul skills to overwhelm Dugu Bo, who tried Medusa’s Gaze, but Yue Guan dodged it and pressed his attack.

Lin Yuan intervened to stop Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan from killing Dugu Bo and overwhelmed him in battle. Yue Guan realized Lin Yuan was a Level 96 Title Douluo, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Dugu Bo faced Yue Guan's Martial Soul Avatar while Lin Yuan watched nearby.
• Lin Yuan appeared between Yue Guan and Dugu Bo, struck Yue Guan, and revealed he had come to prevent Dugu Bo's death.
• Yue Guan warned Lin Yuan not to interfere in Spirit Hall's affairs, but Lin Yuan summoned the Asura Demon Sword and attacked.
• Lin Yuan shattered Yue Guan's Gathering of Cold Essence and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Yue Guan used Golden Stamen Flowing Radiance, but Lin Yuan split his Martial Soul and drove him through more than a dozen trees.
• Yue Guan recognized that Lin Yuan was a Level 96 Title Douluo.

Lin Yuan defeated Yue Guan and accepted Dugu Bo’s promised herbs, but refused to promise future help, leaving Dugu Bo regretting that Dugu Yan had not become Lin Yuan’s disciple. At the Spirit Hall branch, Yue Guan asked Salas about the person who cured Dugu Bo and about Lin Yuan.

• Yue Guan fled after Lin Yuan overwhelmed him, and Dugu Bo thanked Lin Yuan for sparing him.
• Dugu Bo promised Lin Yuan the herbs in his Medicine Garden and asked him to protect Dugu Yan if danger came.
• Lin Yuan refused to interfere in Dugu Bo’s affairs beyond their agreement, and Dugu Bo regretted that Dugu Yan had not become Lin Yuan’s disciple.
• Salas noticed Tang San’s rapid progress and wondered about Lin Yuan’s strength while reviewing the tournament roster.
• Yue Guan arrived at the Spirit Hall branch and asked Salas who had cured Dugu Bo and what he knew about Lin Yuan.

Yue Guan learned that Lin Yuan was a young Title Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and decided to report him to the Pope rather than risk fighting him. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Yuan continued preparing the Yellow Battle Team for the tournament and promised to take them to a tavern after training.

• Salas told Chrysanthemum Douluo about Lin Yuan, prompting Yue Guan to panic over his age, strength, and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Yue Guan blamed Salas for withholding the information, then ordered him to keep quiet while he returned to Spirit City to report to the Pope.
• At dawn, Lin Yuan watched the Yellow Battle Team train and noted Ye Lingling had reached Level 55 while the other students were Level 47.
• Ye Lingling asked Lin Yuan if the team could rest, and he told them to train for two more hours before he took them to a tavern.

Lin Yuan trained the Heaven Dou Battle Team, then took them to celebrate and announced a three-day break. Their meal was interrupted by Blue Sunshine Academy, and Lin Yuan left its students and teacher injured after they challenged him.

• Lin Yuan noticed that the Heaven Dou Battle Team had only six members and considered finding another disciple so they could enter the tournament.
• Lin Yuan treated the team to dinner and granted them three days off.
• Blue Sunshine Academy students led by Remnant Dream Shinian entered the restaurant and demanded food and rooms despite its reservation.
• A Blue Sunshine Academy student confronted Lin Yuan, who kicked him and broke his chest bones.
• Remnant Dream Shinian attacked Lin Yuan, who dodged and struck him, sending him crashing through tables and chairs.

Lin Yuan protected the Heaven Dou Battle Team after a clash with Canghui Academy, then accepted Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. There, Sword Douluo challenged him to a sword spar, and the two set out for Sunset Forest.

• Lin Yuan drove off the Canghui Academy disciples after threatening to kill them if they did not leave.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Lin Yuan to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lin Yuan escorted the Heaven Dou Battle Team back to their academy before accepting.
• Ning Fengzhi learned about Lin Yuan’s years of cultivation and his early breakthrough to the Title Douluo realm.
• Sword Douluo asked Lin Yuan to compare their swordsmanship in a spar, and Lin Yuan agreed.
• Lin Yuan mentioned Sword Douluo’s grandson Chen Xuan, then headed with Sword Douluo toward Sunset Forest to spar.

Lin Yuan and Sword Douluo Jian Daochenxin clashed in Sunset Forest, where Lin Yuan’s Asura Demon Sword and superior power overwhelmed Chen Xin’s attacks. Chen Xin refused to surrender and prepared to continue fighting, and Lin Yuan accepted his challenge.

• Lin Yuan and Jian Daochenxin revealed their soul rings and Martial Souls as Ning Fengzhi assessed their strengths.
• Jian Daochenxin attacked Lin Yuan with his Seven Kill Sword, but Lin Yuan countered with the Asura Demon Sword and killing domains.
• Jian Daochenxin unleashed his eighth soul skill, and Lin Yuan’s sword struck him hard enough to make him stagger and bleed.
• Lin Yuan warned Jian Daochenxin that continuing could damage his meridians, but Chen Xin insisted on fighting on.
• Lin Yuan accepted Chen Xin’s challenge as a blue character for “Kill” appeared behind the Sword Douluo.

Lin Yuan defeated Sword Douluo Jian Daochenxin by revealing his Asura Sword Intent, leaving him devastated over his inability to advance in the sword path. Afterward, Lin Yuan recovered at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Ye Lingling waited anxiously outside his room.

• Lin Yuan used his Asura True Body to clash with Sword Douluo's Eighth Soul Skill, unleashing a powerful explosion that forced Ning Fengzhi and the Spirit Hall experts to retreat.
• Lin Yuan revealed his Asura Sword Intent, turning Sword Douluo's sword phantoms against him and making Jian Daochenxin admit defeat.
• Lin Yuan advised Sword Douluo to seek the spirit of the sword rather than cling to its form, and Jian Daochenxin broke down in sorrow as Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong watched.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ye Lingling asked Shang Que whether Lin Yuan had fought again, and Shang Que said battle could help him break through to Level 97 Title Douluo.
• Ye Lingling refused to leave Lin Yuan's room, staying awake to wait for him to recover.

Lin Yuan allowed the Heaven Dou Battle Team to rest and promised them Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones if they won the tournament, then headed to the Imperial Palace to meet Xue Ye. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun visited the Drunken Immortal Inn seeking female Soul Masters.

• Lin Yuan told Shang Que to pause the children's training and promised each disciple a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone if the team won the Grand Finals.
• Lin Yuan left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and stopped at the Drunken Immortal Inn before planning to meet Xue Ye.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun searched for a red-light district, and Dai Mubai suggested they visit the Drunken Immortal Inn.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun sent Oscar back to Shrek Academy and went into the inn, where the proprietress offered to introduce them to several new girls.

Lin Yuan caught Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun at the Drunken Immortal Inn and forced them into a slap-counting game before leaving them to fight. He then entered the Heaven Dou Empire’s Imperial Palace and met Emperor Xue Ye, who hurried out to welcome him.

• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai hired women at the Drunken Immortal Inn, where Lin Yuan discovered them in a neighboring room.
• Lin Yuan dismissed the women and ordered Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai to slap each other ten thousand times as punishment.
• After Ma Hongjun accidentally hit Dai Mubai hard, the two argued and began striking each other in earnest while Lin Yuan watched and then left.
• Lin Yuan used his token to enter the Heaven Dou Empire’s Imperial Palace and meet Xue Ye, who rushed out to welcome him.

Lin Yuan asked Emperor Xue Ye for the Heaven Dou Empire’s national treasure, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and offered to protect the Empire in exchange. After consulting Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye agreed to give it to Lin Yuan, leaving Xue Beng to retrieve it in secret.

• Lin Yuan told Xue Ye he wanted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which Xue Ye regarded as the Empire’s foundation.
• Xue Ye hesitated to surrender the treasure, and Lin Yuan promised to help protect the Empire if it faced danger.
• Xue Ye summoned Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong to advise him, and Ning Fengzhi weighed the treasure against Lin Yuan’s support.
• Lin Yuan said he would not insist on the treasure, but Xue Ye decided the Empire’s safety mattered more and agreed to hand it over.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Beng to lead knights to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud secretly and kill anyone who tried to stop them.

Xue Ye gave Lin Yuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in exchange for help if the Heaven Dou Empire faced danger. Lin Yuan then led the Heaven Dou Battle Team to Star Dou Forest for training, where he warned that its Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts would soon disappear and assigned Ye Lingling a Man Faced Demon Spider to fight.

• Xue Beng brought the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Lin Yuan, and Xue Ye asked him to help the empire if it faced a future crisis.
• Lin Yuan accepted the treasure, promised to honor his word, and left the Imperial Palace; Ning Fengzhi wondered whether he would remember the exchange.
• After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Yuan took the Heaven Dou Battle Team to Star Dou Forest to train for their Fifth Soul Rings.
• Lin Yuan ordered the students to fight Soul Beasts without killing them, and Ye Lingling and Osler remarked on how few Soul Beasts remained.
• Lin Yuan predicted that Star Dou Forest would soon have no Soul Beasts over ten thousand years old and pointed out a Ten Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider for Ye Lingling to handle.

Ye Lingling and the Heaven Dou Battle Team fought a fifteen-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider while Lin Yuan watched to give them real combat experience. After the spider wounded them with its concealment and ambush tactics, Lin Yuan warned that they were still underestimating it.

• Lin Yuan explained to Azure Dragon Consultation that he wanted the Heaven Dou Battle Team to face real danger and improve through combat.
• Osler directed the Shimo brothers and Yufeng to attack the Man Faced Demon Spider, but it vanished using its concealment skill.
• Ye Lingling warned the team to expect a sneak attack, while Lin Yuan tracked the spider and chose not to intervene.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed Ye Lingling, but her External Soul Bone struck one of its legs and wounded it.
• Yufeng, the Shimo brothers, and Osler prepared to press their attack as Lin Yuan cautioned them not to underestimate the spider.

Lin Yuan's students weakened the Man Faced Demon Spider, but he stopped them from killing it and led them deeper into the Star Dou Forest to continue their training. At Star Lake, the Titan Giant Ape sensed Lin Yuan approaching and asked its Big Brother whether they should intimidate him.

• The Man Faced Demon Spider used Spider God Possession and lunged at Yufeng, but Ye Lingling protected him with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Osler's attack was blocked, and the spider's poisonous mist began corroding Shimo's Black Tortoise defense.
• Ye Lingling used Flower Burial to wound the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Yufeng followed with a barrage of wind blades.
• Lin Yuan stopped the group from killing the weakened spider and led them deeper into the forest to find Soul Beasts over ten thousand years old.
• At Star Lake, the Titan Giant Ape sensed Lin Yuan approaching and asked its Big Brother whether they should intimidate him.

Lin Yuan confronted Da Ming and Er Ming at Star Lake, bringing Shang Que to demonstrate his power and demand their help finding Soul Beasts for Ling Ling. He used their concern for Xiao Wu to force them to obey, leaving the two beasts furious but unable to refuse.

• Da Ming warned Er Ming to flee if Lin Yuan attacked, while Er Ming insisted they should face him together.
• Lin Yuan arrived and said he had come to relax, then summoned Shang Que to show the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts his strength.
• Shang Que warned Da Ming and Er Ming that Lin Yuan no longer needed their soul rings or soul bones and could kill them if they provoked him.
• Lin Yuan asked the two beasts to help capture Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for Ling Ling after her Soul Power breakthrough.
• When Lin Yuan mentioned Xiao Wu, Da Ming and Er Ming charged at him, and he threatened them into agreeing to follow his orders.

Lin Yuan made the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape find Soul Beasts for his disciples, then revealed that Xiao Wu was at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and offered the two beasts a chance to enter the human world. After Lin Yuan left to investigate an explosion, Dragon Duke Meng Shu confronted the Heaven Dou Battle Team over a Soul Beast, while Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang questioned whether they should attack the young disciples.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape brought Lin Yuan five unconscious Soul Beasts and asked where Xiao Wu was.
• Lin Yuan said Xiao Wu was at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and could not return to Star Dou Forest because of her identity.
• The Titan Giant Ape tried to attack Lin Yuan, but the Sky Azure Bull Python stopped him and asked what Lin Yuan wanted in exchange for Xiao Wu’s release.
• Lin Yuan offered the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape a chance to go to the human world, then left after sensing an explosion in the forest.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu injured Osler and threatened the Heaven Dou Battle Team for taking a Soul Beast he had chosen.
• Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang warned Meng Shu that the young disciples appeared to come from prominent families.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang confronted the Heaven Dou Battle Team over a soul beast, then attacked when the youngsters refused to leave. Ye Lingling and Osler protected the team from their combined assault, while they waited for Teacher Lin Yuan to arrive.

• Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang threatened the Heaven Dou Battle Team and refused to surrender the soul beast chosen for Meng Yiran.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu noticed Ye Lingling's ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and fifty-thousand-year External Soul Bone, but still demanded that the team retreat.
• Osler reassured Ye Lingling that Teacher Lin Yuan was nearby, and Ye Lingling used her External Soul Bone to shield the team from the Soul Douluo pair's pressure.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang launched a joint attack, but Ye Lingling's silver light and Osler's black barrier blocked it.

The Heaven Dou Battle Team fought the Peerless Dragon Serpent Couple until Ye Lingling wounded Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang and Dragon Duke Meng Shu realized who the students were. Lin Yuan arrived and punished Meng Shu, then summoned his Asura Demon Sword as the team witnessed its freezing power.

• Dragon Duke Meng Shu urged Chao Tianxiang to finish the fight, but Ye Lingling used Flower Burial to blast Chao Tianxiang away and make her spit blood.
• Meng Shu recognized Ye Lingling and learned the team came from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, so he stopped attacking and offered compensation for the misunderstanding.
• Yufeng and Osler rejected Meng Shu's attempt to settle things, and Osler angrily confronted him over the injuries he had caused.
• Lin Yuan appeared behind Meng Shu, and Ye Lingling greeted her teacher before Lin Yuan kicked Meng Shu a hundred meters and left him coughing blood.
• Lin Yuan summoned the Asura Demon Sword, chilling the surroundings, while Osler and the others marveled at its power.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Lin Yuan, but he defeated them decisively. He spared them at Ye Lingling’s request and demanded the soul bones belonging to Meng Shu and his clan.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang unleashed their Dragon Snake Fusion Attack and asked Lin Yuan to spare their lives.
• After Meng Shu used Poison Dragon Flame, Lin Yuan countered with his Asura Blood Blade and tore the pair from their fused dragon.
• Lin Yuan overwhelmed Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, shattering Meng Shu’s Dragon Staff and leaving them defeated.
• Ye Lingling asked Lin Yuan to spare the pair, and he agreed but threatened to wipe out the Meng Clan if they attacked again.
• Lin Yuan checked on Osler and ordered Meng Shu to hand over all the soul bones belonging to him and his clan.
• Meng Shu surrendered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and said his clan owned only one other soul bone.

Lin Yuan forced Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang to surrender their soul bones, then left the Heaven Dou Battle Team to continue training in the Star Dou Forest. Half a month later, Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education committee still had no word from Lin Yuan or the team and worried that the tournament deadline was approaching.

• Lin Yuan took one soul bone from Dragon Duke Meng Shu and ordered the Meng Clan to deliver another to Heaven Dou Royal Academy within three days.
• Lin Yuan warned the Heaven Dou Battle Team that strength mattered, encouraged them to aim for the Title Douluo level, and vanished as they continued training.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang accepted that they had to hand over their clan’s soul bone, and decided to place their hopes in Yiran’s future.
• Lin Yuan watched over the team as its members fought soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest and trained toward the Soul King realm.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dream Machine, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin discussed the lack of news from Lin Yuan and the risk of losing the tournament advancement slot if the team did not return in time.