Chapter Summaries

After leaving seclusion, Lin Mian learned that a system wanted him to recruit Zhu Zhuqing and set out for the Star Dou Great Forest. In the God Realm, the Rakshasa God confronted the God of Slaughter over their shared interest in an inheritor.

• Lin Mian dismissed a Second-Level God’s divine artifact and left seclusion after the Apprentice-Recruitment Strengthening System assigned him to recruit Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Mian met Qian Renxue, remembered her grandfather bringing her to Judgment Hall, and told her he was heading to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Mian flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Qian Renxue promised to keep his departure secret.
• The Rakshasa God accused the God of Slaughter of stealing his prospective inheritor, and the God of Slaughter agreed to stop pursuing that person.
• The Rakshasa God refused to let the God of Slaughter go and prepared to vent his anger.

Zhu Zhuqing fled through the Star Dou Great Forest with a Law Enforcement Soul Tool that could expose the men pursuing her. Lin Mian rescued her and, after killing the pursuers, asked her to become his disciple.

• Zhu Zhuqing ran from men who wanted the Law Enforcement Soul Tool because it had recorded their crimes against ordinary people.
• As Zhu Zhuqing exhausted her Soul Power and fell, she tried to stab herself rather than be captured.
• Lin Mian stopped Zhu Zhuqing from taking her own life and confronted the pursuing men.
• The men attacked Lin Mian with their Soul Skills, but he killed them all instantly.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Mian, and he asked her to become his disciple as repayment for saving her.

Lin Mian accepted Zhu Zhuqing as his disciple and traveled with her to Suotuo City so she could meet her fiancé, Dai Mubai. He planned to expose Dai Mubai’s true character and protect Zhu Zhuqing from him.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Lin Mian as her master after he revealed that he was the Judgment Douluo, though she did not believe his identity.
• Lin Mian learned that Zhu Zhuqing had come to Suotuo City to find her fiancé, Dai Mubai, and reassured her that he would protect her.
• The system gave Lin Mian a mission to show Zhu Zhuqing Dai Mubai’s true character and prevent him from ruining her.
• Lin Mian and Zhu Zhuqing traveled for two days before arriving outside Suotuo City, where Lin Mian led her inside.

Lin Mian and Zhu Zhuqing toured Suotuo City, where she explained how his old inventions had spread across the continent. Zhu Zhuqing then saw her fiancé Dai Mubai entering an inn with two women, and Lin Mian tried to console her with an irreverent joke.

• Lin Mian was surprised to find familiar snacks and video projection Soul Tools throughout the city, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that both had originated from his ideas.
• Zhu Zhuqing praised Judgment Douluo’s inventions and achievements, while Lin Mian claimed to be him and she dismissed the claim.
• Lin Mian and Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai enter an inn with two twin women, flirting with them as they clung to his arms.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke down in tears as she realized she could not rely on Dai Mubai, her fiancé, and felt trapped by her family’s plans.
• Lin Mian noticed Zhu Zhuqing crying and told her that her fiancé’s infidelity was no big deal, offering her an irreverent piece of advice.

Lin Mian accompanied Zhu Zhuqing to the hotel, where they watched Dai Mubai and Tang San fight after Dai Mubai threatened Xiao Wu. The Judgment Hall arrived to stop the duel, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Mian reassured Zhu Zhuqing that he would support her, and she decided she no longer wanted to watch Dai Mubai inside the hotel.
• Dai Mubai confronted Tang San and Xiao Wu over their room, and Tang San stepped in to fight him.
• Lin Mian narrated the battle as Dai Mubai and Tang San exchanged soul skills, while Zhu Zhuqing judged Dai Mubai more likely to win in a fair fight.
• Judgment Hall soul masters entered the hotel to stop the disturbance and enforce the rules for duels.

Judgment Hall enforcers arrested Tang San and Dai Mubai for fighting outside an arena, while Lin Mian and Zhu Zhuqing watched. As the prisoners were taken away, Zhu Zhuqing expressed her wish to join Judgment Hall, and Lin Mian promised to hand it to her if he became a god.

• Judgment Hall enforcers stopped Tang San and Dai Mubai's fight and began recording the scene and assessing the damage.
• Dai Mubai tried to bribe the enforcers, increasing his offense, and the assessment found 150 Gold Soul Coins in damage but no civilians injured.
• Tang San considered resisting but surrendered when the enforcers aimed their Soul Tools at him.
• Xiao Wu tried to stop the arrest, but Tang San told her to register at Shrek Academy and wait for him.
• The enforcers took Tang San and Dai Mubai to Judgment Hall for detention and Soul Core charging.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Mian she wanted to join Judgment Hall, and he said he would hand it over to her if he became a god.

Lin Mian explained to Zhu Zhuqing that strengthening her body could let her absorb higher-age soul rings and raise her potential. He began her training with a painful medicinal bath, leaving her to endure the heat at the Rose Hotel.

• Lin Mian teased Zhu Zhuqing about doubting him and claimed he would make her a Limit Douluo.
• Lin Mian told Zhu Zhuqing he was nearly seventy, then promised to show her something that night.
• At the Rose Hotel, Lin Mian prepared a bath of dragon blood essence and precious herbs for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Mian explained that a stronger body could withstand older soul rings and help Zhu Zhuqing surpass other soul masters in potential.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the scalding bath and gritted her teeth through the pain as Lin Mian urged her to endure it.

Zhu Zhuqing endured Lin Mian’s medicinal bath and declared her resolve to become strong enough to control her own life and join the Judgment Hall. After the system rewarded Lin Mian, he left to investigate a threat against the Judgment Hall, where Tang Hao watched Tang San and Dai Mubai in custody.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Mian that she despised Dai Mubai and would grow strong enough to reject her family’s control and break off their engagement.
• Zhu Zhuqing expressed her belief in the Judgment Hall and its protection of ordinary people, and Lin Mian affirmed her determination.
• The system marked Lin Mian’s task complete and rewarded him with level fourteen Soul Power and a 40-square-meter storage Soul Tool.
• Lin Mian left Zhu Zhuqing and went to handle a threat against the Judgment Hall.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San and Dai Mubai through a window as they sat imprisoned in a Judgment Hall branch.

Tang Hao blamed Lin Mian for Ah Yin’s death and tried to assassinate Judgment Hall personnel, but Lin Mian caught him and brought him to a remote battlefield. Lin Mian let Tang Hao unleash his strongest attack, and Tang Hao detonated all nine Spirit Rings to power his Great Sumeru Hammer.

• Tang Hao vowed to destroy Judgment Hall because he blamed Lin Mian for failing to save Ah Yin and for capturing Tang San.
• Tang Hao sneaked into a Judgment Hall branch to kill its personnel, but Lin Mian seized him and knocked everyone else unconscious.
• Lin Mian restrained Tang Hao, transported him far from human habitation, and questioned why he had attacked Judgment Hall.
• Tang Hao admitted his hatred of Lin Mian and said he wanted to make him suffer by destroying what he loved.
• Lin Mian gave Tang Hao one chance to use his strongest move, and Tang Hao activated Great Sumeru Hammer and detonated all nine Spirit Rings.

Lin Mian used his Order Domain to defeat and kill Tang Hao after condemning him for attacking the Judgment Hall over A Yin. He carried Tang Hao’s intact corpse to the Clear Sky Sect, where he reflected on Tang Chen’s disappearance and the sect’s lack of successors.

• Tang Hao unleashed his full-strength Clear Sky Hammer attack, but Lin Mian’s Order Domain blocked it with mountains that later reassembled.
• Lin Mian berated and repeatedly slapped Tang Hao, then killed him with a word and preserved his intact corpse.
• Lin Mian wondered where Tang Chen had gone and hoped he had found a godhood inheritance.
• Lin Mian flew to the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Hao’s corpse and observed its aging Title Douluo and lack of promising successors.
• Lin Mian called out from above the Clear Sky Sect.

Lin Mian returned to the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Hao’s corpse, explaining that he had killed him after Tang Hao tried to assassinate someone from the Judgment Hall. Tang Xiao suppressed his anger and learned that Lin Mian had spared Tang Hao’s soul bones out of consideration for Tang Chen.

• Lin Mian summoned Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect by calling out from above the sect.
• Tang Xiao recognized Lin Mian as the peer who had defeated him in his youth and later overcome Tang Chen, and he introduced him to the elders as His Excellency the Arbiter.
• The Seventh Elder apologized after Tang Xiao warned him not to disrespect Lin Mian.
• Lin Mian tossed Tang Hao’s corpse to Tang Xiao, who recognized his younger brother and struggled to contain his rage.
• Lin Mian told Tang Xiao that he had killed Tang Hao for trying to assassinate someone from the Judgment Hall and had returned the corpse without taking its soul bones.

Lin Mian returned Tang Hao’s body to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao accepted responsibility and prepared to lay his brother to rest. The next morning, Lin Mian received a mission to take Ning Rongrong as a disciple and set out for Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing.

• Tang Xiao knelt before Lin Mian, apologized for Tang Hao’s actions, and offered compensation on behalf of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Mian refused compensation and left Tang Hao’s body with the sect, telling them they could seek revenge if they wished.
• Tang Xiao carried Tang Hao into the sect and asked someone to inform Yuehua so she could see her brother one last time.
• Lin Mian received a mission to take Ning Rongrong as a disciple in Suotuo City, with Soul Tool Communicators among the rewards.
• After Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the medicinal liquid, Lin Mian woke her and told her they were going to Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy began admissions, and Lin Mian brought Zhu Zhuqing to find her a junior sister. Ning Rongrong arrived in a Soul Tool Car and asked to register at the academy.

• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Li Yusong dealt with applicants who protested Shrek Academy's nonrefundable fees and strict entry requirements.
• Li Yusong revealed his six Spirit Rings and warned the applicants that Shrek accepted only exceptional young Soul Masters.
• Zhu Zhuqing criticized Shrek Academy and Dai Mubai while Lin Mian explained that he had brought her to find a junior sister.
• A Soul Tool Car drew attention as it sped toward the academy, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized it from the Star Luo Empire.
• Ning Rongrong stepped out of the car and asked to register at Shrek Academy.

Lin Mian waited as the Judgment Hall confronted Shrek Academy over alleged extortion. After the two sides reached a stalemate, he brought Zhu Zhuqing between them and challenged everyone to fight.

• Ning Rongrong registered at Shrek Academy as a twelve-year-old level twenty-six Soul Grandmaster with a Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda martial soul.
• Judgment Hall enforcers arrived to investigate Shrek Academy for extortion, and Li Yusong sent Ma Hongjun to find the headmaster.
• Flender and the other Shrek elders faced the enforcers, revealing three Soul Sages and two Soul Emperors among them.
• The Judgment Hall demanded that Shrek submit to an investigation, while Flender hesitated because he could not afford the fine or risk imprisonment.
• Lin Mian brought Zhu Zhuqing between the two groups and loudly urged them to fight or face him instead.

Lin Mian subdued the Shrek Academy group, then persuaded Ning Rongrong to become his second disciple in exchange for her Soul Tool Car. After receiving a mission to train Ning Rongrong and correct her behavior, he smiled and said he had already thought of a method.

• Lin Mian snapped his fingers and made the Shrek Academy group collapse, leaving Judgment Hall's people stunned by his strength.
• Lin Mian asked the Judgment Hall Soul Sage for a Soul Tool Car as a reward for helping them, but the Soul Sage said he would need approval from the main hall.
• Lin Mian offered to take Ning Rongrong as his disciple in exchange for her Soul Tool Car, and Ning Rongrong accepted.
• Lin Mian introduced Zhu Zhuqing as Ning Rongrong's senior sister, and Zhu Zhuqing welcomed her despite feeling embarrassed by her master's behavior.
• Lin Mian received the mission rewards and a new mission to train Ning Rongrong, then said he had already thought of a method.

Lin Mian bought Flender’s academy for five thousand Gold Soul Coins and took him to collect the rest of his savings for Judgment Hall. After Ning Rongrong taught Lin Mian about the Soul Tool Car, she drove it at high speed toward a child, refusing to slow down.

• Lin Mian woke Flender and pressured him to sell the academy rather than face Judgment Hall’s punishment and mounting debts.
• Flender agreed to sell the academy for five thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Lin Mian sealed his Soul Power before taking him to retrieve his remaining money.
• Lin Mian told Zhu Zhuqing he had bought the academy as a place to live, then invited her and Ning Rongrong to ride in a Soul Tool Car.
• Ning Rongrong explained how the car’s Soul Core powered it and described Judgment Hall’s research into a formation that could gather Soul Power from the surroundings.
• Ning Rongrong drove the car quickly, ignored Zhu Zhuqing’s warning about a child ahead, and left Zhu Zhuqing closing her eyes as danger approached.

Lin Mian stopped Ning Rongrong from hitting Xiao Xi and forced her to apologize, punishing her for her arrogance. After Ning Rongrong demanded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect come for him, Lin Mian sent her bodyguard to deliver the challenge and declared he would keep teaching her until the sect defeated him.

• Lin Mian caught Xiao Xi before the Soul Tool Car hit her and ordered Ning Rongrong to apologize.
• When Ning Rongrong refused and insulted Xiao Xi, Lin Mian slapped her, forced her to kneel, and made her apologize to Xiao Xi and her mother.
• Ning Rongrong threatened to summon Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone, so Lin Mian brought out her hidden guard, Ning Ershi.
• Lin Mian released Ning Ershi to tell the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that he would teach Ning Rongrong and invited anyone who objected to challenge him.
• Lin Mian told Ning Rongrong that she would remain his student until the sect defeated him, leaving her trembling at the thought of his continued lessons.

Lin Mian sealed Ning Rongrong’s Soul Power and punished her for looking down on ordinary people by making her walk a hundred li and go without food. After she failed to arrive on time and refused dinner, Xiao Xi secretly brought her a meal, though Ning Rongrong rejected it.

• Lin Mian sealed Ning Rongrong’s Soul Power and sent Zhu Zhuqing to watch her walk a hundred li back to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong arrived two hours late, and Lin Mian ignored her while Zhu Zhuqing joined him for dinner.
• Lin Mian ordered Ning Rongrong to do chores and cultivate the academy’s land, run another hundred li, and go without food if she failed to finish.
• Ning Rongrong refused dinner, cried alone, and hoped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would rescue her.
• Xiao Xi secretly brought Ning Rongrong food, but Ning Rongrong shouted that she did not want it.

Dai Mubai reunited with Flender, Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun in the Judgment Hall, where they decided to rebuild Shrek Academy with Dai Mubai’s money and recruit Tang San. The next morning, Ning Rongrong was ordered to do menial work at her new academy and reluctantly got started to avoid missing breakfast.

• Dai Mubai and Tang San discussed enrolling at Shrek Academy while they were imprisoned in the Judgment Hall.
• Flender and the others were brought in, and Flender explained that he had sold Shrek Academy and had no money to reopen it.
• Dai Mubai offered Flender thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins to rebuild the academy, and the group chose a new site across from the old grounds.
• Dai Mubai recommended Tang San for Shrek, and Flender recognized the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges Yu Xiaogang had given him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong to clean the academy and reclaim northern wasteland for planting, so Ning Rongrong left her room to work rather than go hungry.

Lin Mian gave Zhu Zhuqing a communicator, a Visualization Diagram, and an Immortal Herb before leaving on a long journey. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong had been beaten and sent Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo toward Suotuo City to confront the culprit.

• Lin Mian gave Zhu Zhuqing a Soul Tool Communicator so she could contact him while he was away.
• Lin Mian gave Zhu Zhuqing a Visualization Diagram and Worry-Free Clearing Heart Grass to help her cultivate safely, then left.
• Ning Ershi returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and showed Ning Fengzhi a recording of Ning Rongrong being beaten.
• Ning Fengzhi summoned Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, who were enraged after watching the recording.
• Sword Douluo said the culprit seemed familiar, but he and Bone Douluo raced toward Suotuo City to confront him.