Chapter Summaries

Lin Nuo arrived in Douluo Continent and awakened an unusual martial soul and Innate Full Soul Power at the Spirit Hall branch in Nuoding City. He thanked Su Yuntao but avoided promising to join Spirit Hall, leaving Su Yuntao worried that his chance for recognition would slip away.

• Lin Nuo argued with the system in his head after it transported him to Douluo Continent and gave him the talent of Twin Martial Souls.
• At the martial soul awakening ceremony, Lin Nuo met Su Yuntao and entered the awakening formation.
• Lin Nuo suppressed the force emerging from his left hand, but his martial soul awakened and changed his appearance into that of a delicate, violet-pink-haired child.
• Su Yuntao identified Lin Nuo's martial soul as a Death Demon Spider, though Lin Nuo doubted that the phantom resembled the spider in the illustrated handbook.
• Lin Nuo tested at Innate Full Soul Power, and Su Yuntao urged him to join Spirit Hall.
• Lin Nuo thanked Su Yuntao without agreeing to join, leaving Su Yuntao fearing that his prospective achievement would escape him.

Lin Nuo declined Su Yuntao’s offer to join Spirit Hall, then went to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where Yu Xiaogang mistook him for a child connected to Dong'er. After seeing Lin Nuo’s Death Demon Spider soul master certificate, Yu Xiaogang lost heart and walked away, leaving Lin Nuo and Tang San to enter the academy.

• Lin Nuo persuaded Su Yuntao to let him remain at home for now, promised Spirit Hall would be his first choice later, and accepted ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Nuo arrived at the academy and saw Tang San about to attack the gatekeeper with a Silent Sleeve Arrow.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Tang San, checked his certificate, and became excited by Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Lin Nuo, mistook him for Dong'er’s child, and then noticed the Death Demon Spider listed on his certificate.
• Yu Xiaogang walked into the academy in despair, while Lin Nuo and Tang San entered separately and headed for the Academic Affairs Office.

After Director Su granted Lin Nuo special enrollment privileges, Lin Nuo discovered that his appearance and twin spider martial souls resembled Bibi Dong’s. He began his first meditation but found Spirit Hall’s basic method painfully slow, leaving him wishing he could learn Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill.

• Director Su waived Lin Nuo’s fees, arranged a private dormitory, and offered help with his first Soul Ring.
• Lin Nuo saw his reflection and realized that his appearance resembled a young Bibi Dong.
• Lin Nuo summoned his Death Spider Emperor and Soul-Eater Spider Emperor martial souls and considered them useful protection while he grew stronger.
• Lin Nuo began meditating with Spirit Hall’s basic method and found that it cultivated Soul Power too slowly.
• Lin Nuo longed for Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill but decided not to pursue it because doing so would invite danger.

Lin Nuo’s terrifying Death Spider Emperor martial soul frightened Xiao Chenyu and the Lion Group, while Master Yu recognized its connection to someone he knew. As Lin Nuo searched for a suitable first soul ring, Master Yu approached him with a suggestion.

• Xiao Chenyu and the Lion Group tried to recruit Lin Nuo, but Lin Nuo revealed his Death Spider Emperor martial soul and sent them fleeing in terror.
• Master Yu recognized Lin Nuo’s martial soul and suspected he was the child of its former owner, then advised Tang San to befriend him.
• Lin Nuo searched the academy library for information about soul beasts and their habitats while Master Yu repeatedly watched him.
• Master Yu approached Lin Nuo and recommended the Ghost Face Spider or Nether Poison Spider as more practical first soul ring choices than the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Lin Nuo as his disciple, boasting that his theories would make both Lin Nuo and Tang San great Soul Masters. Lin Nuo refused, wary of the danger of joining the pair, and Yu Xiaogang reacted with indignation.

• Yu Xiaogang decided to train Tang San as an experimental subject and Lin Nuo as a future powerhouse, imagining that their success would earn him respect.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Lin Nuo’s talent and argued that even geniuses needed a famous teacher, using Tang San as proof of his Invincible Theory.
• Tang San urged Lin Nuo to become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple so they could become senior and junior brothers and eventually reach the heights of Title Douluo.
• Lin Nuo refused, explaining that he had his own cultivation plans and could not accept Yu Xiaogang’s Invincible Theory.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily criticized Lin Nuo for trusting the books he had read and warned him that he was refusing a great opportunity.

Lin Nuo rejected Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to recruit him by exposing his lack of strength and mocking his Invincible Theory, then left the library to seek top-quality Whale Rubber. Xiao Chenyu agreed to procure the best Whale Rubber in Nuoding City for him.

• Yu Xiaogang expected Lin Nuo to accept his offer of mentorship, but Lin Nuo challenged his ability to provide suitable Soul Rings and asked whether he was even a Soul King.
• Lin Nuo questioned whether Yu Xiaogang’s Invincible Theory was copied from other people’s research, prompting Yu Xiaogang to lose his temper and flee the library.
• Tang San glared at Lin Nuo and hurried after Yu Xiaogang, while Lin Nuo returned to studying soul beasts and memorized useful information.
• Lin Nuo left the library and went to Xiao Chenyu’s group, offering to forget their past conflict if they helped him obtain enough top-quality Whale Rubber.
• Xiao Chenyu saluted Lin Nuo and promised to deliver the finest Whale Rubber in Nuoding City, even if he had to take it from his father’s stores.

Xiao Chenyu brought Lin Nuo several pieces of Whale Rubber, including a six-thousand-year premium piece obtained from his father. Lin Nuo absorbed it in an ice bath, greatly strengthening his body and leaving him confident he could absorb a 6,700-year Soul Ring.

• Xiao Chenyu was caught taking Whale Rubber from his father's treasury, then obtained a six-thousand-year premium piece after explaining he wanted to befriend Lin Nuo.
• Lin Nuo kept the premium Whale Rubber and returned the lower-quality pieces to Xiao Chenyu, promising to help him if he encountered trouble.
• Xiao Chenyu reported Lin Nuo's promise to his father, who sent Lin Nuo a storage ring full of Gold Soul Coins the next day.
• Lin Nuo melted and swallowed the premium Whale Rubber, then plunged into an ice-water bath as its heat surged through his body.
• After the heat subsided, Lin Nuo washed away the impurities expelled from his body and concluded he could handle a 6,700-year Soul Ring.

Lin Nuo prepared to obtain an over-limit first Soul Ring and recruited Su Yuntao and two Spirit Hall colleagues to help him hunt a poisonous spider-type soul beast. After the group reached the Soul Hunting Forest near dusk, Su Yuntao decided they would rest at the nearby market and enter the forest after daybreak.

• Master Yu spread word that he would take Tang San soul hunting and planned to make Lin Nuo beg to become his disciple.
• Lin Nuo studied soul beasts for three days and decided to seek Spirit Hall's help so Director Su would not witness his unusually powerful first Soul Ring.
• Lin Nuo visited Su Yuntao at the Nuoding City Martial Soul Branch Hall, and Su Yuntao assembled a team that included Si Si.
• Lin Nuo told Su Yuntao that he wanted a poisonous spider-type soul beast, such as a Ghost Face Spider or Black-Veined Demon Spider, for his first Soul Ring.
• Su Yuntao led the group to the Soul Hunting Forest, where they arrived near dusk and chose to rest at the market before entering the forest the next morning.

Lin Nuo and three Spirit Hall Soul Grandmasters searched the Soul Hunting Forest for a first Soul Ring, and Su Yuntao led them to a Black-Veined Demon Spider he mistakenly judged to be three or four hundred years old. After the group barely defeated it, Su Yuntao told Lin Nuo to deliver the final blow and claim its Soul Ring.

• Su Yuntao led Lin Nuo, Si Si, and another deacon into the forest’s northern swamp, where poison- and spider-type soul beasts lived.
• The group found a Black-Veined Demon Spider, and Lin Nuo suspected it was at least six hundred years old despite Su Yuntao’s lower estimate.
• Lin Nuo stepped back and let Su Yuntao, Si Si, and the other deacon attack the spider together.
• The three Soul Grandmasters struggled against the spider but eventually beat it to the brink of death.
• Su Yuntao told Lin Nuo to finish off the spider and take its Soul Ring.

Lin Nuo successfully absorbed the Black-Veined Demon Spider’s Soul Ring and gained his first Soul Skill, Death Demon Scythe. He revealed the scythe to Su Yuntao and the others while keeping its ability to absorb Soul Power and life force secret.

• Lin Nuo killed the suffering Black-Veined Demon Spider and drew its Soul Ring over himself to begin absorbing it.
• Lin Nuo absorbed the Soul Ring safely, advanced from level ten to level thirteen, and became a one-ring Battle Soul Master.
• Lin Nuo reassured Su Yuntao, Si Si, and their companion that he was willing to show them his Soul Skill.
• Lin Nuo summoned the Death Demon Scythe, whose venom corroded the grass, stunning the three witnesses.
• Lin Nuo withheld that the scythe could absorb Soul Power and life force because he feared the effects on his Soul Power and mind.

After Lin Nuo refused to help Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, Tang San fought the Datura Snake alone and rescued his teacher in an astonishingly undignified way. The snake collapsed and produced a yellow Soul Ring, while Tang San stared in disbelief at the sight of Yu Xiaogang emerging from its tail.

• Su Yuntao invited Lin Nuo to register as a Soul Master and collect his monthly Spirit Hall subsidy, and Lin Nuo agreed.
• Lin Nuo refused to investigate the cries for help, so Su Yuntao and the others retreated from the forest.
• Tang San spotted Lin Nuo leaving and grew furious that he had not come to help, then resolved to fight the Datura Snake to save Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San held the Datura Snake's jaws open and fired his Zhuge Crossbow into its mouth.
• The wounded Datura Snake spasmed until Yu Xiaogang was squeezed out through its tail, then collapsed and revealed a yellow Soul Ring.

Tang San rescued Yu Xiaogang from the Datura Snake but amputated his poisoned left arm to save his life. Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to absorb the snake’s Soul Ring, and Tang San began drawing it toward his Blue Silver Grass.

• Tang San cut open the Datura Snake and pulled Yu Xiaogang from its body, then found that the venom had badly poisoned him.
• Tang San gathered medicinal herbs, sealed the blood flow in Yu Xiaogang’s left shoulder, and cut off his poisoned arm.
• Tang San treated the severed stump and apologized, while Yu Xiaogang hid his anger and told him he did not blame him.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to absorb the Datura Snake’s nearly four-hundred-year Soul Ring to strengthen his Blue Silver Grass and gain paralytic venom.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and began drawing the Soul Ring toward himself.

Tang San failed to absorb the Datura Snake’s Soul Ring, and Yu Xiaogang claimed it was too powerful for him while hiding his suspicion that it had chosen Yu Xiaogang instead. Yu Xiaogang led Tang San to kill a hundred-year Tyrant Flower, but Tang San questioned why its Soul Ring was so pale, leaving Yu Xiaogang alarmed that his disciple had learned to judge Soul Ring ages.

• Tang San repeatedly failed to absorb the Datura Snake’s Soul Ring, and Yu Xiaogang realized it seemed to be calling to him despite his Soul Power remaining at level 29.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that the Datura Snake’s Soul Ring was too powerful for him, and the two left it behind as they headed toward the forest’s edge.
• Yu Xiaogang found a hundred-year Tyrant Flower and advised Tang San to take its Soul Ring for his first, citing its toughness and poison attributes.
• Tang San severed the Tyrant Flower’s roots and watched a pale yellow Soul Ring appear above its remains.
• Tang San questioned the Soul Ring’s pale color, and Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San had learned to identify Soul Ring ages.

Tang San absorbed a century-old Tyrant Flower soul ring and unlocked his Mysterious Heaven Skill breakthrough, but his first soul skill, Blue Silver Entangle, proved feeble. Yu Xiaogang insisted the skill was powerful and persuaded Tang San to trust his judgment.

• Yu Xiaogang reprimanded Tang San for doubting his advice and urged him to absorb the Tyrant Flower soul ring.
• Tang San absorbed the ring with little pain, and his Mysterious Heaven Skill broke through its bottleneck.
• Tang San tested his first soul skill, Blue Silver Entangle, which weakly wrapped around a tree and did nothing else.
• Yu Xiaogang praised the skill as evidence of exceptional control and claimed it would make Tang San an invincible control-type soul master.
• Tang San briefly suspected his skill was weak, but Yu Xiaogang's confidence dispelled his doubts.

After Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Lin Nuo had ignored their cries for help in the Soul Hunting Forest, Yu Xiaogang returned to Nuoding City determined to punish him. Lin Nuo registered with Spirit Hall, then faced Yu Xiaogang and Tang San outside his dormitory as Tang San challenged him to a duel.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Lin Nuo had seen them in danger but refused to help, enraging Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San completed his Soul Master assessment at the Spirit Hall branch and received a monthly subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin.
• Lin Nuo registered with Spirit Hall, and Ma Xiunuo planned to recommend him for Heaven Dou Royal Academy after his graduation.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Lin Nuo outside his dormitory, hoping to force him into submission and gain access to a Spirit Bone that might restore his arm.
• Tang San accused Lin Nuo of causing Yu Xiaogang's injury and challenged him to a duel, demanding that Lin Nuo kneel and apologize if he lost.

Lin Nuo mocked Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, prompting Tang San to challenge him and launch a sneak attack with Blue Silver Entangle. Lin Nuo effortlessly destroyed the vines and charged at Tang San with his Death Demon Scythe.

• Lin Nuo ridiculed Yu Xiaogang for needing Tang San's help against a weak Soul Beast, while noble students joined in mocking Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San to teach Lin Nuo a lesson, and Tang San vowed to make Lin Nuo apologize.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and hundred-year Soul Ring, then attacked Lin Nuo with Blue Silver Entangle before Lin Nuo could announce his own Martial Soul.
• Lin Nuo summoned his Death Demon Scythe and destroyed the vines with its venom and a casual swing, astonishing Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Nuo mocked Tang San's Soul Skill and charged at him with the scythe.

Lin Nuo defeated Tang San in their Soul Duel, cutting his cheek and secretly draining some of his life force. After Lin Nuo exposed Tang San’s hidden weapons as a sneak attack, the crowd turned against him, and Tang San erupted in fury.

• Tang San dodged Lin Nuo’s charge with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and fired a Silent Sleeve Arrow from his sleeve.
• Lin Nuo deflected the Steel Sleeve Arrow with a blade aura, then struck Tang San across the cheek with his Magic Scythe and absorbed some of his life force.
• Lin Nuo declared himself the winner and mocked Tang San for standing up for someone with so little skill.
• Lin Nuo pointed out the Steel Sleeve Arrows embedded in the ground, prompting the students to jeer at Tang San for using hidden weapons in the duel.
• Tang San, enraged by the crowd’s contempt and Lin Nuo’s accusations, vowed that Lin Nuo had chosen the Way of Seeking Death.

After Lin Nuo defeated Tang San, he stopped the crowd from escalating their ridicule while reasoning that Tang Hao would not dare intervene. Xiao Wu returned and learned what happened, then saw Lin Nuo and reacted with shock.

• The students mocked Tang San for disguising his sneak attack as a fighting style, and Yu Xiaogang tried to defend him by calling it battle wisdom.
• Lin Nuo quieted the crowd, deciding not to push Tang San into complete humiliation because Tang Hao might be watching and treating him as a whetstone for his son.
• Lin Nuo thought Tang Hao would remain hidden because of his injuries, his concern for the Clear Sky Sect, and the possibility that a stronger expert guarded Lin Nuo.
• Xiao Wu returned after secretly condensing her first Soul Ring and asked Wang Sheng what had happened.
• Wang Sheng described Tang San's sneak attack and Lin Nuo's victory, and Xiao Wu looked toward Lin Nuo before reacting as if struck by lightning.

Xiao Wu attacked Lin Nuo after recognizing the resemblance between his aura and the woman who killed her mother, but Tang San rescued her from Lin Nuo’s scythe. Afterward, Xiao Wu discovered that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass smelled foul because his first Soul Ring came from a Tyrant Flower.

• Xiao Wu charged Lin Nuo with her Waist Bow after his aura and appearance reminded her of her mother's killer.
• Yu Xiaogang became fixated on Xiao Wu’s hundred-year Soul Ring and decided to make her his disciple.
• Lin Nuo swung his Death Demon Scythe at Xiao Wu, and Tang San pulled her out of its path with Blue Silver Entangle.
• Xiao Wu retched at the stench of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and asked what Soul Beast he had absorbed.
• Tang San explained that Yu Xiaogang had selected a hundred-year Tyrant Flower as his first Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu stared at him in disbelief.

Xiao Wu accused Lin Nuo of resembling the woman who killed her mother, prompting Tang San to turn against him. After Lin Nuo explained that he was an orphan and Master Yu confirmed his account, Xiao Wu and Tang San reconsidered the accusation, though Tang San still held a grudge against Lin Nuo.

• Xiao Wu defended Tang San from Lin Nuo’s criticism of Master Yu, but Tang San rebuked her for insulting his teacher.
• Tang San apologized for snapping at Xiao Wu and asked why she had attacked Lin Nuo.
• Xiao Wu said Lin Nuo resembled the woman who had killed her mother, and Tang San added another reason to seek revenge on him.
• Lin Nuo said he had been an orphan since childhood and explained that similar martial souls could produce similar appearances and auras.
• Master Yu supported Lin Nuo’s explanation, so Xiao Wu apologized and Tang San revoked his suspicion that Lin Nuo was connected to her mother’s killer while keeping his grudge over the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons.