Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi and his allies ambushed Qian Renxue at Falling Eagle Ravine, using the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to strengthen their attack. Qian Renxue escaped gravely wounded, and Ning Fengzhi ordered his forces to prepare for the Spirit Hall’s retaliation and purge its influence from the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Ning Fengzhi secured Yu Yuanzhen’s support and arranged an ambush with Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo at Falling Eagle Ravine.
• Gu Rong’s disciples sealed the ravine, and Ning Fengzhi used his Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to amplify Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong killed Snake Lance Douluo, while Porcupinefish Douluo self-destructed after Yu Yuanzhen and Dugu Bo overwhelmed him.
• Qian Renxue used an angelic token to escape the ravine, though Chen Xin’s sword energy gravely wounded her.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the allies to rally their forces, prepare for the Spirit Hall’s retaliation, and purge its influence from the Heaven Dou Empire.

After Spirit Hall’s branches in the Heaven Dou Empire were purged, Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi’s forces clashed at the border without either side gaining the upper hand. Lin Yi continued cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Branch Sect as Ning Fengzhi recruited former Shrek figures, while the threat of a larger conflict loomed.

• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Heaven Dou Empire allied and destroyed Spirit Hall’s branches throughout the empire.
• Bibi Dong confronted Ning Fengzhi’s forces at the border, where Chen Xin fought her with Ning Fengzhi’s support and the clash ended in a draw.
• Lin Yi cultivated beside the Ice Spring as his Soul Power advanced toward level seventy-four, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing continued cultivating near him.
• Ning Fengzhi told Lin Yi that Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as guest elders.
• Lin Yi agreed with Ning Fengzhi’s recruitment and returned to cultivating, while Xiao Wu began her training and Zhu Zhuqing guarded the courtyard.

After reaching Level 74, Lin Yi decided to give his Ice Dragon Martial Soul a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support for the hunt. Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Lin Yi found the Titan Snow Demon King in the Far North and prepared to attack it.

• Lin Yi reached Level 74, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said his body and mental strength could withstand a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for his Ice Dragon Martial Soul.
• Lin Yi asked Gu Rong to contact Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, then assured them that the ring was necessary to prepare for future danger and protect the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to support the hunt and set out with Chen Xin and Gu Rong; Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing showed concern for Lin Yi.
• The group chose the Titan Snow Demon King, whose power and Ice attributes suited Lin Yi’s Ice Dragon Martial Soul.
• Lin Yi and the others found the sleeping Titan Snow Demon King in an Ice Rift Valley, and Ning Fengzhi readied his Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda for the fight.

Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong fought the Titan Snow Demon King for a day and a night while Lin Yi waited for an opening. Lin Yi struck its vulnerable energy node and killed it, then began absorbing its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Ning Fengzhi boosted Chen Xin and Gu Rong as they attacked the Titan Snow Demon King with their strongest soul skills.
• The Titan Snow Demon King fought back with an Ice and Snow Storm, and the battle continued until both sides were badly injured.
• When the beast gathered its final ice breath, Lin Yi used Ice Lotus Blessing and Spirit Detection to find an exposed energy node beneath its jaw.
• Lin Yi struck the node with Ice Dragon—Heavenbreaker, causing the Titan Snow Demon King to collapse and release a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• With Ning Fengzhi stabilizing him and Chen Xin and Gu Rong watching, Lin Yi sat down and began absorbing the Soul Ring.

Lin Yi absorbed the Titan Snow Demon King's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, gained two Ice Dragon Soul Skills, and rose to level seventy-nine. As the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect celebrated his breakthrough, news arrived that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Lin Yi endured the Titan Snow Demon King's violent energy and will for four days while Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi protected and supported him.
• Lin Yi absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, rose from level seventy-four to level seventy-nine, and gained Ice Dragon Roar and Snow Demon Fury.
• Lin Yi thanked Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, and the group returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect received a bloodstained report that Bibi Dong had led four elders and two thousand Hall Guard Knights in an attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• The report stated that Yu Yuanzhen and more than a thousand clan members had been killed, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect fell silent.

After Spirit Hall destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Xiaogang demanded revenge, but Ning Fengzhi refused to risk the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in an immediate attack. As fear spread across the continent, Lin Yi returned to training at the Ice Spring to break through to Soul Douluo and gain strength to protect those he cared about.

• Bone Douluo Gu Rong and Sword Douluo Chen Xin grieved over the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's destruction, while Ning Fengzhi condemned Bibi Dong's ruthless strike.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Yu Xiaogang begged Ning Fengzhi to send troops against Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to seek revenge immediately, saying Spirit Hall's forces were too strong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had to protect its disciples.
• Yu Xiaogang swore to fight Spirit Hall for the rest of his life and left with Liu Erlong and Flender, resenting Ning Fengzhi's refusal.
• News of the clan's destruction spread fear through the Heaven Dou Empire, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect heightened its defenses.
• Lin Yi resolved to grow stronger, turned back toward the Ice Spring, and continued pursuing a breakthrough to Soul Douluo.

As Spirit Hall’s growing threat drove the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to prepare for war, Lin Yi trained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. A Spirit Hall Douluo ambushed him, demanded that he join Bibi Dong, and left after Lin Yi refused, warning that he would kill him next time.

• The Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect strengthened their defenses and recruited allies as they prepared for Spirit Hall’s next attack.
• Lin Yi trained beside the Ice Spring and spent quiet moments with Xiao Wu, while Zhu Zhuqing tended to him and continued her cultivation.
• Bone Douluo Gu Rong left for the Heaven Dou palace to discuss joint defenses with Xue Ye and other officials.
• A hidden attacker struck Lin Yi from behind, but Lin Yi shielded Zhu Zhuqing with his body and stacked his defensive Soul Skills, surviving with a severe wound.
• The cloaked attacker revealed his allegiance to Spirit Hall and offered Lin Yi an elder’s position if he joined Bibi Dong.
• Lin Yi refused to submit, and the attacker vanished after threatening to kill him next time; Zhu Zhuqing rushed to support the injured Lin Yi.

After Lin Yi protected Zhu Zhuqing from a Titled Douluo's attack, she confessed that she had kept him in her heart. Xiao Wu overheard and proposed that all three of them be together, leaving Lin Yi and Zhu Zhuqing stunned.

• Lin Yi recovered from the injuries he suffered while taking the Titled Douluo's attack for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lin Yi why he had risked his life to protect her, and he said it had been an instinctive reaction because she had been caught up in his grievances.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether Lin Yi saw her as only an unrelated maid, then admitted she had kept him in her heart despite knowing about his feelings for Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu returned, overheard Zhu Zhuqing's confession, and asked whether she liked Lin Yi too.
• Xiao Wu suggested that she, Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Yi could be together, leaving Lin Yi speechless and Zhu Zhuqing bewildered.

After Ghost Leopard Douluo attempted to assassinate Lin Yi, Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to relocate its foundation to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The transfer began as the Heaven Dou Empire strengthened its defenses, and the chapter ended with Ning Rongrong telling Lin Yi that she wanted to end their engagement.

• Lin Yi reported Ghost Leopard Douluo’s infiltration and assassination attempt, prompting Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi to rush to the branch sect.
• Ning Fengzhi identified the attacker as Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Chen Xin ordered Lin Yi to train by his side for protection.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to secretly relocate its people and resources to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Heaven Dou Empire reorganized its forces and concentrated its defenses as the sect’s relocation accelerated.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at the branch sect, found Lin Yi training, and told him she wanted to end their engagement.

Ning Rongrong tried to end her engagement to Lin Yi, but Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin refused. Lin Yi agreed to honor the arrangement to preserve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support, then focused on breaking through to Soul Douluo.

• Ning Rongrong told Lin Yi she resented him for taking Shrek’s championship and said she wanted to end their engagement.
• Ning Fengzhi scolded Ning Rongrong and, with Chen Xin, insisted the engagement remain in place; Ning Fengzhi confined her to her room.
• Ning Fengzhi privately asked Lin Yi whether he wanted to marry Ning Rongrong or preferred Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Yi said he would leave the engagement to Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, concealing that he needed the sect’s support to obtain powerful Soul Rings.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Lin Yi’s answer and urged him to cultivate toward Soul Douluo; Lin Yi left resolved to grow stronger at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After eight months of cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Yi broke through to Soul Douluo. He told Zhu Zhuqing his feelings mattered but postponed romance until after his breakthrough, then went to Chen Xin to arrange his Eighth Soul Ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lin Yi whether he truly felt nothing for her, and Lin Yi kissed her forehead before repeating that they would talk after he became a Soul Douluo.
• Lin Yi returned to cultivation, and after four more months his Soul Power broke through level eighty, making him a Soul Douluo.
• Lin Yi left seclusion and went to find Chen Xin, eager to obtain the Eighth Soul Ring for his Snow Lotus Martial Soul.
• Chen Xin confirmed Lin Yi's breakthrough and praised his stable cultivation, then set off with him to discuss the Soul Ring with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong.

After reaching level eighty, Lin Yi joined Sword Douluo Chen Xin and the Golden Iron Triangle on a hunt for his Eighth Soul Ring. They found a lone, roughly ninety-thousand-year-old Thousand Jun Ant Emperor, and Lin Yi chose it as his target.

• Lin Yi broke through to level eighty, and Ning Fengzhi arranged for Chen Xin to lead the Soul Ring hunt while Gu Rong stayed behind to guard the sect.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang joined the hunt, and the group chose the Star Dou Great Forest over the Far North.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Lin Yi against seeking a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, but Chen Xin revealed that Lin Yi had Twin Martial Souls, changing the group's goal.
• After five days of searching near the forest's core, Flender spotted a lone Thousand Jun Ant Emperor estimated to be around ninety thousand years old.
• Lin Yi judged the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor to be a valuable and safer target than pushing deeper for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast, and told Chen Xin he wanted to hunt it.

Lin Yi and his allies defeated the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor, allowing Lin Yi to absorb its peak ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring and gain the Thousand Jun Barrier. After reaching level eighty-two, he left the Star Dou Great Forest with the group and thought about returning to Zhu Zhuqing.

• Chen Xin, the Golden Iron Triangle, and Lin Yi fought the Thousand Jun Ant Emperor, with Chen Xin and the Golden Sacred Dragon keeping it occupied and breaking through its defenses.
• Chen Xin wounded the Ant Emperor’s tail joint, and the Golden Sacred Dragon’s follow-up attack nearly severed its tail barb.
• Lin Yi disrupted the Ant Emperor’s counterattack and struck a crack in its exposed abdomen, killing it.
• Lin Yi absorbed the Ant Emperor’s Soul Ring after a day and a night, rose to level eighty-two, and gained the Snow Lotus Martial Soul’s Eighth Soul Skill, Thousand Jun Barrier.
• Chen Xin led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Lin Yi considered finding a second Soul Ring for his Ice Dragon Martial Soul and facing his feelings for Zhu Zhuqing.

Lin Yi tested his new Thousand Jun Barrier and proved it could withstand Chen Xin’s powerful attack when enhanced by his Snow Lotus True Body. After returning to Zhu Zhuqing, he fulfilled their promise, gave her Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and helped her advance to level fifty, leaving her ready to seek her fifth Soul Ring.

• Lin Yi tested Thousand Jun Barrier against Chen Xin, and the barrier endured Chen Xin’s Eighth Soul Skill when Lin Yi activated Snow Lotus True Body.
• Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong praised Lin Yi’s defensive strength and warned him about the Soul Power it consumed.
• Lin Yi visited Zhu Zhuqing after settling into the sect’s new home, and the two shared a passionate kiss and became intimate.
• Lin Yi gave Zhu Zhuqing Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, an Immortal Herb suited to her agility-type Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the herb, advanced from level forty-four to level fifty, and agreed to stabilize her cultivation before Lin Yi helped her find a fifth Soul Ring.

Spirit Hall seized the Star Luo Empire in a coup, leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect facing an imminent war. Zhu Zhuqing learned her family had been destroyed, and Lin Yi comforted her as the sect prepared for battle.

• Ning Fengzhi read a report that Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall had slaughtered the Star Luo imperial family and Zhu Family, then taken control of the empire.
• Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi recognized that Spirit Hall would likely turn against Heaven Dou and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect next.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived and learned that her family and the chains of her former life were gone, leaving her grief-stricken and numb.
• Lin Yi held Zhu Zhuqing and reassured her that he, Xiao Wu, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be her new home.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to activate its defenses and accelerate its alliance with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

As the Spirit Hall absorbed the Star Luo Empire, Ning Fengzhi organized the Heaven Dou forces and sent Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong to seek help from the Clear Sky Sect. He then decided to lead Chen Xin and Gu Rong on an expedition to secure a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for Lin Yi, who vowed to succeed.

• Ning Fengzhi called for Heaven Dou’s remaining legions, academies, clans, and independent Soul Masters to unite against the Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Yu Xiaogang to contact Tang San and seek the Clear Sky Sect’s support, so Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong set out to find him.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect into its highest state of alert and announced that he, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong would accompany Lin Yi to hunt for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Lin Yi accepted the expedition and promised Ning Fengzhi that he would obtain the Soul Ring.

Lin Yi, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to the Far North, where they defeated a Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Bear King so Lin Yi could obtain his second Ice Dragon Soul Ring. After absorbing it, Lin Yi reached peak level eighty-four and gained two powerful Soul Skills; the group then headed back to the sect as the continent’s situation remained uncertain.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked to join the expedition to obtain her fifth Soul Ring and grow stronger after Spirit Hall destroyed her family, and Ning Fengzhi agreed under strict orders.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Lin Yi, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Far North and encountered the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Bear King.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong occupied the Ice Bear King while Lin Yi weakened a crack in its armor with Ice Dragon Roar, allowing Chen Xin to pierce its chest with God and Demon Slash.
• With Ning Fengzhi’s attack enhancement, Lin Yi delivered the killing blow and froze the Ice Bear King, revealing its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Lin Yi absorbed the Soul Ring over a day and a night, reaching peak level eighty-four and gaining Ice Dragon Aurora Wave and Ice Dragon Storm.
• After congratulating Lin Yi and collecting the Ice Bear King’s materials, the group set off south to return to the sect and respond to the changing situation.

After returning from the Far North, Lin Yi tested his strength against Dugu Bo and proved he could withstand the Poison Douluo’s ninth Soul Skill. As the Heaven Dou–Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Anti-Spirit Hall Alliance formed, Lin Yi accepted the appointment as the first Talent Hall Master.

• Zhu Zhuqing killed a fifty-thousand-year-old Phantom Ice Mink King, absorbed its Soul Ring, and advanced to level fifty-one with the new Soul Skill Hell Phantom Strike.
• Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Lin Yi sparred with Dugu Bo and used his layered defenses and Ice Dragon abilities to survive the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison.
• Dugu Bo praised Lin Yi’s combat skill, and the spectators recognized that the Soul Douluo could hold his own against a Titled Douluo.
• Most of the Five Elements Academies and other Soul Master groups joined or aligned with the Heaven Dou–Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Anti-Spirit Hall Alliance, while the Elephant Armored Sect sided with Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi and the imperial family established the Talent Hall to train gifted young Soul Masters in the alliance.
• Lin Yi accepted the appointment as the first Talent Hall Master.

Lin Yi put fifty young Soul Masters through punishing physical, control, and combat training at Talent Hall, then organized them into fixed teams for a new stage focused on teamwork. The chapter left the recruits beginning to form their teams as Lin Yi prepared to test how they would survive against overwhelming strength.

• Lin Yi introduced himself as Talent Hall Master and ordered the recruits to run the mountain steps ten times without using Soul Power, denying lunch to the last ten finishers.
• Lin Yi used Spirit Detection to assess each recruit’s strengths and weaknesses as they completed the exhausting run.
• Lin Yi imposed weeks of individualized conditioning, Soul Power control drills, unfair combat exercises, lessons, and painful medicinal baths.
• Huo Wu, Shui Yue'er, and others protested the harsh training, but Lin Yi challenged their readiness to survive battle, and they returned to training in silence.
• Lin Yi announced that the recruits would be split into five fixed teams and named Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er as captains.

Lin Yi defeated all five teams in the Talent Hall’s combat training and began pushing the trainees through daily battles to improve their teamwork. As he weighed the need for stronger Soul Rings against the sect’s precarious situation, Sword Douluo Chen Xin told him that Ning Rongrong would join the Talent Hall.

• Lin Yi challenged five teams of ten Soul Masters to last an incense stick against him, then defeated Ye Lingling’s team without releasing a Soul Ring.
• Lin Yi used his Martial Souls and Soul Skills to defeat Dugu Yan’s, Feng Xiaotian’s, and Huo Wu’s teams, while Shui Bing’er’s team held out the longest before conceding.
• Lin Yi criticized the trainees’ poor coordination and adaptability, then began daily combat training that forced them to fall, recover, and improve.
• Lin Yi judged that obtaining more Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings would be difficult while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong had to protect the sect and Heaven Dou Alliance.
• Chen Xin told Lin Yi that he and Ning Fengzhi had decided to let the confined Ning Rongrong join the Talent Hall.