Chapter Summaries

Jin Yan and Qian Renxue teased each other after she revealed that his grandfather had arranged their engagement, then Jin Yan reviewed the rewards from killing Tang Hao and remembered the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone. The next morning, Qian Renxue prepared to hunt for a Soul Ring, and the two planned to pursue a seventy-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse King on their own.

• Qian Renxue teased Jin Yan, told him that his grandfather had made him her fiancé, and arranged for him to sleep in the room next to hers.
• Jin Yan sorted through the six Soul Bones from Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect Storage Soul Tool, then realized he had forgotten to retrieve the Blue Silver Emperor Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Jin Yan remembered that Qian Renxue had broken through to level sixty after absorbing his Immortal Herb and planned to help her hunt for a Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue teased Jin Yan the next morning, and the two ate breakfast before she went to notify Xue Ye.
• Jin Yan and Qian Renxue agreed to hunt independently for a seventy-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse King, with Cixue and Snake Lance staying out of it unless an emergency arose.

Jin Yan and Qian Renxue searched the Star Dou Great Forest for the Heavenly Dragon Horse King, then found it battling an eighty-thousand-year Holy Golden Winged Tiger. They decided to target the tiger for Qian Renxue’s soul ring, and Jin Yan attacked the exhausted horse king as their fight began.

• Jin Yan and Qian Renxue entered the Star Dou Great Forest and followed Heavenly Dragon Horse hoofprints into the Northwest Grassland.
• After losing the trail, they made camp, and Qian Renxue persuaded Jin Yan to share his tent.
• Jin Yan heard fierce neighing and returned to find a herd of Heavenly Dragon Horses fleeing from an eighty-thousand-year Holy Golden Winged Tiger.
• Jin Yan and Qian Renxue watched the tiger and the seventy-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse King battle for two hours until both were wounded and exhausted.
• Jin Yan and Qian Renxue agreed to attack the horse king first, and Jin Yan struck it with his Golden Dragon Soaring Break.

Jin Yan and Qian Renxue defeated two soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Qian Renxue absorbed a new soul skill and the Heavenly Dragon Horse’s External Soul Bone. They returned to Holy Soul Village, where Jin Yan led Qian Renxue to a hidden space behind a waterfall to retrieve a treasure.

• Jin Yan killed the Heavenly Dragon Horse, and Qian Renxue defeated the Holy Golden Winged Tiger with her Angel Holy Sword.
• Jin Yan found a seventy-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse King External Soul Bone and gave it to Qian Renxue to absorb.
• Qian Renxue absorbed the Holy Golden Winged Tiger’s soul ring and demonstrated her sixth soul skill, Breath of the Angel.
• Qian Renxue sensed that the External Soul Bone would not be rejected by her Angel God Set and absorbed it while Jin Yan stood guard.
• Three days later, Jin Yan and Qian Renxue arrived at Holy Soul Village, and Jin Yan led her toward a waterfall in the back mountain.
• Jin Yan entered the waterfall and revealed a hidden space, and Qian Renxue followed him inside.

Jin Yan brought Qian Renxue to the hidden cave where the Blue Silver Emperor had grown and revealed that Tang Hao was dead, easing her grief with proof and teasing. They uncovered the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and Jin Yan explained his theory about how Martial Souls and Soul Beasts shaped Soul Skills.

• Jin Yan led Qian Renxue through a waterfall into a cave where they found the Blue Silver Emperor, and Qian Renxue feared the place was dangerous.
• Jin Yan told Qian Renxue that Tang Hao was dead and showed her six Soul Bones taken from him, including two inherited Clear Sky Sect Soul Bones.
• Jin Yan and Qian Renxue searched the cave walls, found a hidden mechanism, and recovered a black lead box containing the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Jin Yan examined the Soul Bone and explained his theory that Martial Soul quality and Soul Beast quality and age determined Soul Skills, with a Soul Master's will having a smaller influence.

Jin Yan and Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City after finding Tang Hao’s remains gone, and Golden Crocodile prepared to accompany Jin Yan to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As Jin Yan rested and strengthened his cultivation, he noticed the Golden Dragon King Torso Soul Bone was gradually changing his bloodline.

• Qian Renxue gave Jin Yan the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and advised him to offer Tang Hao’s strength-type Soul Bones to the Sixth and Seventh Worshipers.
• Jin Yan and Qian Renxue found Tang Hao’s corpse missing in Nuoding City, where Xiao Wu’s scattered bones remained, and decided to return to Heaven Dou City.
• Jin Yan returned to his residence, where Golden Crocodile agreed to accompany him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in a few days before returning to Spirit Hall.
• Jin Yan spent two days consolidating his cultivation, which had reached level forty-six, while sensing that the Golden Dragon King Torso Soul Bone was gradually strengthening his bloodline.

Golden Crocodile confronted Ning Fengzhi in Seven Treasure City over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s refusal to hand over a mine and five Soul Bones. The meeting grew tense when Bone Douluo and Yu Luomian challenged Spirit Hall, leaving Golden Crocodile focused on Bone Douluo.

• Golden Crocodile and his group arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Yu Luomian were waiting.
• Ning Fengzhi led the visitors to the sect’s imitation Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and seated them for a meeting.
• Golden Crocodile demanded an explanation for the sect’s failure to follow the agreement over the Balak Kingdom mine.
• Bone Douluo denounced Spirit Hall’s demands, and Yu Luomian offered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s support in rallying against it.
• Golden Crocodile asked whether Bone Douluo’s defiance represented the sect’s position, and Ning Fengzhi denied it while admitting the sect could not afford the demands.
• Golden Crocodile fixed his attention on Bone Douluo, who stubbornly met his gaze despite not understanding the gap between their strength.

Golden Crocodile overwhelmed Bone Douluo after Bone Douluo challenged him, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders struggled to rescue him. As Golden Crocodile shattered Bone Douluo’s bones, Ning Rongrong rushed into the hall leading a cat-eared girl on a leash.

• Bone Douluo challenged Golden Crocodile, who seized him with a Soul Power claw after Bone Douluo tried to escape through space.
• Golden Crocodile followed Bone Douluo’s spatial passage and slapped him back into the hall.
• Chen Xin tried to protect Bone Douluo, but Golden Crocodile knocked him aside and broke through Bone Douluo’s defenses.
• Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders joined forces to free Bone Douluo, who fell badly injured.
• Golden Crocodile released his Martial Soul and used Divine Crocodile Tail Swing to shatter Bone Douluo’s bones.
• Ning Rongrong ran into the hall leading a cat-eared girl on a leash.

After Golden Crocodile killed Bone Douluo, Jin Yan accompanied Ning Fengzhi and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect treasury to collect treasures. Jin Yan chose four Soul Bones, including one suited to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, and Yu Luomian asked Golden Crocodile to trade for it.

• Golden Crocodile killed Bone Douluo, took four Soul Bones from his corpse, and left Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong grieving.
• Jin Yan cut the chain binding the cat woman, while Ning Fengzhi scolded Ning Rongrong and agreed to lead the group to the treasury.
• Ning Fengzhi opened the treasury and allowed Jin Yan and two Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan juniors to choose items; Jin Yan took a few miscellaneous treasures.
• Golden Crocodile opened the sealed Soul Bone collection, and Jin Yan selected a Blazing Fire Demon Tiger Left Arm Bone for Mighty Lion Douluo and three more Soul Bones.
• Jin Yan took a thirty-thousand-year Blue Lightning Dragon Eagle Torso Bone, prompting Yu Luomian to ask Golden Crocodile to exchange other treasures for it.

Jin Yan and Golden Crocodile left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Jin Yan defeated Gu Feng and crippled his leg in a wagered duel. Back in Heaven Dou City, Golden Crocodile gave Jin Yan ten more Soul Bones before they prepared to return to Spirit City.

• Golden Crocodile refused Yu Luomian’s request for Soul Bones, then stored the five bones Jin Yan had won from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Feng challenged Golden Crocodile over his grandfather’s death and wagered his life against Jin Yan; Jin Yan instead demanded one of Gu Feng’s legs if he lost.
• At the sect’s martial arena, Jin Yan revealed his four Soul Rings and used Dominating the World to overwhelm Gu Feng, then crushed Gu Feng’s right leg.
• Yu Luomian showed killing intent toward Jin Yan, so Golden Crocodile knocked him to the ground with his pressure and warned him not to threaten Jin Yan.
• Jin Yan returned to Heaven Dou City with Golden Crocodile, while Dugu Bo and Tuo Ba Xi departed for their own affairs.
• Golden Crocodile gave Jin Yan ten Soul Bones, including Ning Fengzhi’s left arm bone and four bones from Bone Douluo, bringing the Soul Bones stored in Panlong to nineteen.

Jin Yan visited Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City, learned more about Spirit Hall’s divine succession plans, and decided to return to Spirit Hall despite her teasing attempts to keep him there. After Ning Fengzhi mourned the loss of Bone Douluo’s inheritance, Jin Yan prepared to leave with Ye Lingsu and her daughter.

• Qian Renxue told Jin Yan and Golden Crocodile that she could not return to Spirit Hall while Xue Ye remained gravely ill, and Golden Crocodile revealed that he had reached Rank Ninety-Nine.
• Golden Crocodile explained that Bibi Dong carried a trace of divinity and that Qian Daoliu had hoped Qian Renxue would inherit the Angel God’s divine position; Qian Renxue said she could do so within three years of returning to Spirit Hall.
• Jin Yan bit Qian Renxue’s finger, and after Golden Crocodile left, Qian Renxue struck Jin Yan until he had matching black eyes.
• Ning Fengzhi let Gu Feng leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Bone Douluo’s funeral and mourned the loss of the sect’s Bone Dragon inheritance.
• Jin Yan told Qian Renxue that he would return to Spirit Hall, and she joked about making him her chief eunuch and letting him enter the palace.
• The next morning, Jin Yan went to Ye Lingsu’s clinic to leave for Spirit Hall with Ye Lingsu and her daughter.

Jin Yan’s group encountered Flender, Zhao Wuji, and their students at a tavern, where Jin Yan crippled Ma Hongjun and repelled Zhao Wuji. The next day, Golden Crocodile and Zhang Yan returned with a suitable soul beast for Ye Lingsu, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang continued toward Yu Xiaogang’s friend.

• Ye Lingsu thanked Jin Yan for helping Ye Lingling, and the group traveled toward Spirit Hall with Dugu Bo, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan.
• Ye Lingsu broke through to Spirit Douluo, so Zhang Yan and Golden Crocodile went to scout the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable soul ring.
• Jin Yan recognized Flender’s group at a tavern and crippled Ma Hongjun after the students mocked the people nearby.
• Zhao Wuji attacked Jin Yan but was forced back, and Flender withdrew with Zhao Wuji and their injured students.
• Flender planned to enter the forest the next morning to hunt soul rings for Oscar and Ma Hongjun, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San continued toward Flender’s friend.
• Golden Crocodile and Zhang Yan returned with a seventy-thousand-year Emerald Tree Jiao suited to Ye Lingsu.

Zhang Yan and Jin Yan hunted the Emerald Tree Jiao so Ye Lingsu could gain its Soul Ring, while Golden Crocodile dealt with the Star Dou Great Forest’s enraged overlords. After Ye Lingsu gained a powerful eighth soul skill, Jin Yan and Golden Crocodile returned to Spirit Hall, where Ju and Gui Douluo had joined the Worship Hall.

• Zhang Yan fought the Emerald Tree Jiao with Jin Yan’s help and used his hundred-thousand-year ninth soul skill to leave it alive for Ye Lingsu.
• Ye Lingsu absorbed the Emerald Tree Jiao’s Soul Ring, while Jin Yan recovered its Emerald Heart from the corpse.
• Da Ming and the Titan Giant Ape sensed Sister Xiao Wu’s death and set out to take revenge, but Golden Crocodile went to confront them and returned unharmed.
• Ye Lingsu gained an eighth soul skill that temporarily restored a target to their peak condition at the cost of her own life force.
• Jin Yan and Golden Crocodile returned to Spirit Hall, where they found Ju and Gui Douluo serving as the Worship Hall’s eighth and ninth Worshipers.

Golden Crocodile returned to Spirit Hall as a newly risen Limit Douluo, where Qian Daoliu proposed Jin Yan for Holy Son and the elders prepared to decide the matter at a council. Jin Yan distributed powerful Soul Bones to the worshippers and set out to build rapport with the elders before the vote.

• Bibi Dong congratulated Golden Crocodile, but Qian Daoliu proposed Jin Yan as Holy Son and scheduled a Council of Elders meeting for the next day.
• Golden Crocodile and Qian Daoliu backed Qian Renxue for Holy Maiden, while Bibi Dong argued for Hu Liena; Qian Daoliu deferred the decision to the council.
• Jin Yan reunited with the worshippers and presented them with Soul Bones, including a fifty-thousand-year bone taken from Tang Hao for Jiang Mo Douluo.
• Jin Yan distributed additional Soul Bones to Qianjun Douluo, Guangling Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Qing Luan Douluo.
• After speaking with the worshippers, Jin Yan visited the elders to build support ahead of the Holy Son selection, while Spirit Hall's newest Title Douluo served as its Ninth Elder.

Jin Yan brushed off Hu Liena as they each pursued support from Spirit Hall elders, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy seeking its headmaster. The chapter ended with Li Yusong attacking Yu Xiaogang after he refused to leave.

• Jin Yan ignored Hu Liena's attempted greeting and walked away, angering her and strengthening her resolve to win him over.
• Hu Liena continued toward the Pope's Palace, confident that she would secure the Holy Maiden position.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to Shrek Academy and claimed to be the headmaster's sworn brother.
• Li Yusong told Yu Xiaogang that Flender was away, but Yu Xiaogang insisted on waiting at the academy.
• Li Yusong summoned his Dragon Pattern Staff and six Soul Rings, then struck the ground with Soul Emperor pressure and sent Yu Xiaogang flying.

Flender brought Ma Hongjun to Yu Xiaogang, who arrived with Tang San and agreed to teach at Shrek Academy. When Ma Hongjun recognized Tang San’s account of the people who had injured him, his Evil Fire erupted and the academy’s teachers rushed to subdue him.

• Flender arrived with Ma Hongjun, learned that Li Yusong had stopped Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, and arranged for them to stay and teach at Shrek Academy.
• Ma Hongjun asked about his martial soul problem, and Flender promised Yu Xiaogang would try to help while postponing any treatment.
• Tang San introduced himself to Ma Hongjun and described being injured by a golden-armored beast and Dugu Bo.
• Ma Hongjun recognized them as the people who had injured him, became agitated, and lost control as his Evil Fire erupted.
• Tang San dodged Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line, and Shrek’s teachers arrived and joined forces to subdue him.

Spirit Hall held a council to appoint new Elder Hall leaders and confirm Jin Yan as Holy Son and Qian Renxue as Holy Maiden, while announcing a grand ceremony to display its strength. A month later, influential factions from across the continent gathered at Spirit Hall for the event.

• Bibi Dong opened the council, where Jin Yan proposed selecting Elder Gui Bao and Demon Bear Douluo as chief and deputy elders based on strength; the elders approved the appointments.
• Jin Yan announced that Zhang Yan had become a Titled Douluo and proposed combining his title-bestowal with the investitures of the Holy Son and Holy Maiden and Ju and Gui Douluo’s promotion; Qian Daoliu revealed Golden Crocodile had broken through the limit.
• The council chose Qian Renxue as Holy Maiden and Jin Yan as Holy Son, while Tang San and Ma Hongjun watched Dai Mubai join the line at Shrek Academy’s enrollment.
• Clear Sky Sect learned of Jin Yan and Qian Renxue’s appointments, and the Second Elder instructed Tang Yuehua to gather information on Jin Yan.
• After a month of preparation, leaders and envoys from major continental factions arrived at Spirit Hall for the ceremony.

At Spirit Hall’s ceremony, Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi assessed the faction’s growing power as its Titled Douluo Elders appeared. The chapter ended with two Worship Elders arriving in the sky, and Yu Yuanzhen recognizing them as Limit Douluo.

• Xue Qinghe questioned Ning Fengzhi about Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi warned him that it likely possessed two Limit Douluo and urged him to seek peace with it.
• A Cardinal led Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and the other faction representatives into Spirit City for the ceremony.
• Bibi Dong arrived with Spirit Kite Douluo, and the gathered factions greeted the Pope before Spirit Kite began introducing Spirit Hall’s Elders.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin appeared among the Elders, while Ju and Gui Douluo were notably absent; Ning Fengzhi estimated Spirit Hall could have twenty Titled Douluo.
• Spirit Kite announced the Worship Elders, and two powerful figures appeared above the plaza as Yu Yuanzhen identified them as Limit Douluo.

Spirit Hall publicly invested Zhang Yan as Liehuang Douluo and Jin Yan as its Holy Son, revealing its overwhelming strength and Jin Yan’s extraordinary Soul Ring configuration. Jin Yan began the challenge segment in Qian Renxue’s absence, drawing the attention of old enemies including Tang San.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo was revealed as a Limit Douluo, and Zhang Yan was invested as Liehuang Douluo after displaying a hundred-thousand-year ninth Soul Ring.
• Jin Yan met Qian Renxue for a meal, and she teased him about becoming Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Spirit Hall invested Jin Yan as Holy Son and announced a three-day challenge, offering a twenty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider torso Soul Bone as the prize.
• Jin Yan entered the platform and shocked the crowd with a purple first Soul Ring and a powerful configuration, then offered to face challenges in place of the absent Holy Maiden.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun recognized Jin Yan; Tang San resolved to investigate Xiao Wu’s disappearance and glared at him with the Purple Demon Eye as Jin Yan looked his way.

Jin Yan defeated challengers at the Soul Master competition and exposed the Golden Dragon Crocodile’s overwhelming suppression of Yu Tianlong’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang used a secret message to summon Bibi Dong, who discovered that he had been castrated and heard his demand for an explanation about Tang San’s injury.

• Jin Yan’s glare caused Tang San to collapse with bleeding eyes, and Yu Xiaogang blamed Jin Yan and left to seek help.
• Jin Yan knocked Zhu Wuming unconscious with one punch, then forced Yu Tianlong to his knees by releasing the Golden Dragon Crocodile’s pressure.
• Yu Xiaogang presented Tang Hao’s Pope’s Order at Pope’s Palace and sent Bibi Dong the coded message, “Add one more stroke to the character for king, and insert it over Dong and Bi!”
• Bibi Dong hurried to Pope’s Palace after hearing the message, while Golden Crocodile suspected Yu Xiaogang had summoned her.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded an explanation for Tang San’s injury, and Bibi Dong realized he had been castrated before rejecting his claim that Jin Yan attacked Tang San.

Bibi Dong refused to give Yu Xiaogang the secret to absorbing Soul Rings with a second martial soul, but Golden Crocodile used Yu Xiaogang to force her to hand over a Crimson Bead from the Capital of Slaughter. Two days later, Jin Yan continued defeating challengers, and Qin Ming stepped onto the stage to face him.

• Bibi Dong took Yu Xiaogang’s Pope’s Order, rejected his demand for her Twin Martial Souls secret, and returned the token before he left the Pope’s Palace.
• Golden Crocodile seized Yu Xiaogang outside the palace and demanded Bibi Dong’s rare treasure from the Capital of Slaughter in exchange for releasing him.
• Bibi Dong gave Golden Crocodile the Crimson Bead, and he released Yu Xiaogang before rejoining Qian Daoliu and the other worshippers.
• Over the next two days, Jin Yan continued defeating challengers, drawing more Soul Masters eager to show their strength before the gathered forces.
• Qin Ming introduced himself as a level fifty-eight attack-type Soul King, released his Blazing Wolf martial soul, and opened the match with Blazing Wolf Claw.