Chapter Summaries

Lin Nuo killed Tang Hao with a concentrated Spider Stinger attack after Tang Hao failed to defend himself, ending the Clear Sky Douluo’s life in the arena. Lin Nuo then looted four high-quality Spirit Bones from Tang Hao’s corpse while Tang Xiao and the other onlookers reacted.

• Tang Hao realized he could not withstand Lin Nuo’s attack and told Tang Xiao to escape with Tang San and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao tried to shield himself with Divine Slaughter's Domain, his remaining Soul Power, and the Clear Sky Hammer, but Lin Nuo’s Spider Stinger pierced them all and killed him.
• Ning Fengzhi decided not to intervene, while the assembled powerhouses reacted to Tang Hao’s death.
• Lin Nuo searched Tang Hao’s corpse and recovered four Strength-Type Spirit Bones, drawing the crowd’s attention.

Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to capture the exposed Xiao Wu, while Lin Nuo accused the Upper Three Sects of colluding with Soul Beasts to stop them from intervening. Tang San defended Xiao Wu as Tang Hao’s death and Tang Xiao’s defeat left him reeling, and Xiao Wu suspected someone had revealed her identity.

• Ning Fengzhi and the other sect leaders coveted Tang Hao’s Spirit Bones but focused on preventing Spirit Hall from claiming Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to capture Xiao Wu, and she threatened Ning Fengzhi when he tried to intervene.
• Lin Nuo warned that protecting Xiao Wu would make the Upper Three Sects appear to be conspiring with Soul Beasts.
• Tang Xiao tried to escape with Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Golden Crocodile Douluo struck him down, waking Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San stood between Xiao Wu and Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong declared she would take Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Lin Nuo taunted Tang San about his family’s relationships with Soul Beasts, and Xiao Wu realized someone must have exposed her identity.

Xiao Wu began a soul sacrifice to save Tang San, but redirected its power into Lin Nuo, giving him a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. As Xiao Wu faded away, Tang San mourned her and Bibi Dong raged at losing the sacrifice.

• Xiao Wu offered Bibi Dong her Soul Ring and Spirit Bone in exchange for Tang San's safety, then began a complete soul sacrifice.
• Xiao Wu redirected the sacrifice's energy toward Lin Nuo, and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring formed in his second slot.
• Xiao Wu planned to hide her remnant soul in Lin Nuo's Soul Ring or Spirit Bone so she could help Tang San defeat him in the future.
• Tang San wept as Xiao Wu faded away and called him foolish.
• Bibi Dong became furious when Xiao Wu's sacrifice went to Lin Nuo instead of her.

Xiao Wu completed her sacrifice, giving Lin Nuo a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a left leg bone while Tang San was beaten for attacking him. The Evil God King erased the Charm Soul Skill Xiao Wu had implanted, leaving Lin Nuo with Invincible Golden Body and Void as Tang Xiao fled with Tang San and Xiao Wu’s rabbit body.

• As Xiao Wu’s sacrifice neared completion, Tang San attacked Lin Nuo with hidden weapons and Blue Silver Grass, but the worshippers beat him down.
• Xiao Wu’s soul phantom attacked Lin Nuo and merged into him, then her humanoid body vanished and left behind a Soft Bone Rabbit.
• Xiao Wu’s power formed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for Lin Nuo, raising his Soul Power past level seventy-five, and produced a pink left leg bone that he stored instead of fusing.
• Tang Xiao carried the unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu’s rabbit body out of Spirit City.
• The Evil God King erased the Charm Soul Skill Xiao Wu had implanted in Lin Nuo’s Soul Ring, which formed the new Soul Skills Invincible Golden Body and Void.

After Lin Nuo gained Xiao Wu’s power and reached Soul Power level seventy-five, Bibi Dong ended the day’s matches and demanded compensation from the sects tied to Shrek Academy. The next day, the championship battle between the Imperial Fighting Team and Spirit Hall Academy began, leaving Lin Nuo and Hu Liena standing motionless as the audience speculated they were locked in a mental contest.

• Bibi Dong ended the matches, demanded an explanation from Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen, and accepted substantial resources from their sects as compensation.
• The Imperial Fighting Team and Spirit Hall Academy Team began their championship battle before the Pope Palace, drawing an even larger crowd than the previous day.
• Hu Liena urged her teammates to fight Lin Nuo despite their fear of his strength, hoping to catch his attention.
• The teams clashed across the arena while Lin Nuo and Hu Liena stood facing each other without attacking, prompting spectators to guess they were battling with Mental Power.

During the championship match, Hu Liena surprised everyone by confessing her feelings to Lin Nuo instead of attacking him. Bibi Dong angrily tried to stop her, but Hu Liena insisted that Lin Nuo was different.

• Spectators sensed that neither Lin Nuo nor Hu Liena had used Mental Power, while Xie Yue told Yan to mind his own business.
• Hu Liena shyly asked Lin Nuo whether she could pursue him and confessed that she had admired him for a long time.
• Tian Yue angrily criticized Hu Liena, but Hu Liena ignored her and repeated her question to Lin Nuo.
• Bibi Dong scolded Hu Liena for disrupting the championship match, and Hu Liena defended her right to pursue her happiness.
• Bibi Dong forbade Hu Liena from being with Lin Nuo, but Hu Liena stubbornly replied that Bibi Dong did not understand because Lin Nuo was different.

Hu Liena insisted that she wanted to pursue Lin Nuo, even if he already had Ye Lingling and might take other women. As Bibi Dong struggled to stop her, Yan made a selfless offer that stunned the gathering.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Lin Nuo's talent and character made him an ideal partner and that a match between them could unite Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong tried to discourage Hu Liena by pointing out that Ye Lingling was already by Lin Nuo's side and asking whether Hu Liena could accept sharing him.
• Hu Liena interpreted Bibi Dong's words as permission to pursue Lin Nuo so long as she accepted sharing him with Ye Lingling and other women.
• Yan, heartbroken but wanting Hu Liena to be happy, urged Lin Nuo to give her a chance and offered to raise their future children.
• Yan declared that he was even willing to let the children take their mother's surname.

Yan left the arena after Hu Liena told him he was not worthy of raising Lin Nuo’s children, and Lin Nuo quickly defeated the Spirit Hall Academy Team to secure the championship for the Imperial Fighting Team. As Hu Liena blushed while looking at the webs binding her, Lin Nuo met Dongzi’s gaze and waited for her to announce what came next.

• Hu Liena told Yan that she was happy at the thought of having Lin Nuo’s children but that Yan was not worthy of raising them, so Yan ran off and was eliminated.
• Bibi Dong silenced the crowd and ordered the match to continue, while Hu Liena announced that she and Xie Yue would use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm.
• Lin Nuo used his Third Soul Skill, Death Spider Web Bind, to trap the Spirit Hall Academy Team and poison its members, ending Demon Charm and allowing the Imperial Fighting Team to defeat them.
• Bibi Dong declared the Imperial Fighting Team of Heaven Dou Royal Academy the tournament champions, and the crowd cheered.
• Hu Liena blushed as she looked at the webs binding her, while Lin Nuo met Dongzi’s eyes and waited for her next announcement.

At the Soul Master Tournament ceremony, Bibi Dong invited Lin Nuo to join Spirit Hall, while Spirit Hall officials mistook the offer for preparations to appoint him Holy Son. Lin Nuo accepted and received three Spirit Bones, and Bibi Dong privately warned him to stay away from Nana before returning to the Pope Palace.

• Spirit Hall officials admired Lin Nuo’s talent and decided he should become Holy Son, while Bibi Dong silently fumed at their assumptions.
• Bibi Dong followed tournament custom and invited Lin Nuo to join Spirit Hall, despite privately viewing him as a threat and hoping to keep him under watch.
• Spirit Hall officials interpreted the invitation as a step toward Lin Nuo’s appointment as Holy Son, and Lin Nuo accepted the offer.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan were already connected to Spirit Hall, while Osler and the other Heaven Dou nobles said they would consult their families before deciding.
• Bibi Dong awarded Lin Nuo three Spirit Bones, then privately warned him not to pursue Nana before leaving for the Pope Palace.

After the tournament, Lin Nuo handled Hu Liena’s confession and followed Tian Yue to Qian Renxue’s seclusion chamber. Qian Renxue greeted him with a sarcastic remark about Hu Liena’s feelings for him.

• Spirit Hall officials crowded around Lin Nuo to congratulate him, and he thanked them while expressing his loyalty to Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena asked whether Lin Nuo had considered her feelings, and he said he was not opposed before she kissed his cheek and fled.
• Tian Yue scolded Lin Nuo for letting Hu Liena kiss him, then told him that Qian Renxue wanted to see him.
• Lin Nuo asked a Cardinal to take Ye Lingling and the others to rest before accompanying Tian Yue toward the Worship Hall.
• Tian Yue explained that Qian Renxue was secluded in a secret chamber, and Lin Nuo grew suspicious as they approached it.
• Lin Nuo entered Qian Renxue’s chamber, where she teased him about making Hu Liena’s disciple fall for him.

Lin Nuo gave Qian Renxue the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and explained how to absorb it. Its fierce medicinal power overwhelmed her attempts to suppress it, transforming the Six-Winged Angel’s fire toward Ultimate Fire as Qian Renxue’s suppressed emotions erupted.

• Qian Renxue dismissed Tian Yue and told Lin Nuo she wanted to discuss the tournament rewards and the Immortal Herb he had promised her.
• Lin Nuo warned Qian Renxue that the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower’s yang fire energy could cause painful reactions, but she insisted she could absorb it.
• Lin Nuo gave Qian Renxue instructions, and she swallowed the entire Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• The herb’s energy surged through Qian Renxue’s meridians, overwhelming her attempts to restrain it.
• The power erupted and began transforming the fire element in Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel martial soul toward Ultimate Fire as a tempting voice urged her to be a hero for a fleeting moment.

After Qian Renxue absorbed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, its power awakened Ultimate Fire and pushed her to level eighty, but overwhelmed her reason and drove her to pounce on Lin Nuo. The Rakshasa God then told Dongzi that her son-in-law had been found, leaving her stunned.

• The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower’s power merged with Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel, evolved her flames into Ultimate Fire, and raised her Soul Power to level eighty.
• Overcome by the herb’s effects, Qian Renxue pinned Lin Nuo with her Soul Power and then pounced on him.
• Tian Yue heard the commotion outside the chamber, failed to get past its scorching door, and decided she would tease Qian Renxue about it later.
• The Angel Statue flickered in the Worship Hall, worrying Qian Daoliu even though he could still sense Qian Renxue’s aura.
• The Rakshasa God used her divine sense to discover what was happening and told Dongzi that her son-in-law had been found.

Bibi Dong interpreted Rakshasa God's cryptic warning as a sign that Lin Nuo might be pursuing Hu Liena and rushed to her residence. Hu Liena sat alone, happily planning how to win Lin Nuo's heart, while Bibi Dong arrived behind her and overheard her complaining about her teacher.

• Rakshasa God told Bibi Dong that her bride price was attacking her dowry, then vanished without explaining.
• Bibi Dong considered whether the warning concerned Qian Renxue and Lin Nuo, but decided Qian Renxue would not cross that line.
• Bibi Dong realized Hu Liena might be the intended bride and hurried to her residence, fearing Lin Nuo had won her disciple over.
• Hu Liena sat alone and planned ways to grow closer to Lin Nuo, imagining that he might someday marry her.
• Bibi Dong arrived behind Hu Liena and overheard her say that her teacher did not trust her judgment of Lin Nuo.

Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena to stop trusting Lin Nuo and promised to secure her the Holy Maiden position, but Hu Liena defended him. The next day, Lin Nuo woke in the secret chamber beside an exhausted Qian Renxue, who asked to sleep longer.

• Bibi Dong searched the courtyard for Lin Nuo, then confronted Hu Liena about her feelings for him.
• Bibi Dong called Lin Nuo evil and urged Hu Liena to focus on cultivation, promising she could still become Holy Maiden.
• Hu Liena defended Lin Nuo and reminded Bibi Dong that he was her child, while Bibi Dong chose not to correct her.
• The next day, Lin Nuo woke sore beside the sleeping Qian Renxue after their intense night of Soul Duels.
• Qian Renxue mumbled that her waist hurt and asked Lin Nuo to let her sleep longer.

After waking from their night together, Qian Renxue panicked and blamed herself, while Lin Nuo tried to reassure her. To explain why they could be together, he claimed he was not Bibi Dong’s biological child but a creation of an evil deity.

• Qian Renxue woke beside Lin Nuo, realized their night together had been real, and became overwhelmed with guilt and embarrassment.
• Lin Nuo urged Qian Renxue to face what had happened and argued that Spirit Hall should not be bound by others’ relationship precedents.
• Qian Renxue rejected his argument, fearing she would dishonor the Angel God and her family, and began to cry.
• Lin Nuo decided he could not reveal his true secrets, so he told Qian Renxue that he was not Bibi Dong’s child.
• Lin Nuo claimed that an inherently evil deity had created him in its spare time, leaving Qian Renxue astonished.

Lin Nuo told Qian Renxue that he was not Bibi Dong’s biological son and explained why he had let people believe otherwise, easing Qian Renxue’s doubts. She decided to keep the truth from Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu for now, while Tian Yue grew worried waiting outside the stone door.

• Lin Nuo told Qian Renxue that he and Bibi Dong were not related by blood and explained that he had used the mistaken belief to gain Spirit Hall’s protection and resources.
• Qian Renxue believed Lin Nuo and hugged him, relieved that he was not Bibi Dong’s son.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Nuo to keep the truth from Bibi Dong so she could surprise and unsettle her later.
• Qian Renxue decided not to tell Qian Daoliu yet, and Lin Nuo agreed to go along with her plan.
• Tian Yue waited outside the stone door, worried by Qian Renxue’s long absence and occasional pained moans, and resolved to fetch the others if nothing changed soon.

After Qian Renxue and Lin Nuo left the secret chamber, Tian Yue revealed that she had heard Qian Renxue cry out while absorbing the Immortal Herb, embarrassing her. Learning that Bibi Dong had confronted Hu Liena, Qian Renxue decided to encourage Hu Liena to spend time with Lin Nuo.

• Tian Yue greeted Lin Nuo and Qian Renxue as they left the chamber and wondered why Qian Renxue was leaning on him.
• Tian Yue explained that she had guarded the door all night and heard Qian Renxue cry out in pain, leaving Qian Renxue mortified.
• Tian Yue told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had rushed into Hu Liena's residence and left Hu Liena unhappy.
• Qian Renxue judged Lin Nuo's combat prowess formidable and decided Hu Liena could help share his firepower.
• Qian Renxue told Tian Yue not to stop Hu Liena from visiting Lin Nuo, surprising Tian Yue.

Qian Renxue returned to the Worship Hall with Lin Nuo after reaching level eighty, and Qian Daoliu praised Lin Nuo and promised to make him Spirit Hall’s Holy Son. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu preparing to take Qian Renxue to the Star Dou Forest to find her eighth Soul Ring.

• Qian Renxue decided to keep her relationship with Lin Nuo secret for now and planned to ask Qian Daoliu for help finding her eighth Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu noticed that Qian Renxue had reached level eighty and credited Lin Nuo’s Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for strengthening her Soul Power and Six-Winged Angel.
• Lin Nuo modestly credited the God Ancestor, pleasing Qian Daoliu, who promised to propose naming him Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she would not disappoint him, while he celebrated her prospects and Lin Nuo’s potential.
• Qian Daoliu announced that he and Qian Renxue would leave at once for the Star Dou Forest to find her eighth Soul Ring.

Lin Nuo persuaded Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue to hunt for a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast at sea so Qian Renxue could prepare for the Angel God Trial. After they left, the Evil God King confronted Lin Nuo about his earlier claim that an evil Deity had created him, while the Goodness God King teased the Evil God King about his reputation.

• Lin Nuo urged Qian Daoliu to search the ocean instead of the Star Dou Forest for Qian Renxue's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Qian Daoliu hesitated because of his agreement with Bo Saixi.
• Lin Nuo appealed to Qian Daoliu's duty to restore the Angel God's glory, and Qian Renxue joined the request to hunt at sea.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to take Qian Renxue out to sea, though he privately apologized to Bo Saixi for breaking their understanding.
• After Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue left, Lin Nuo was transported before the Evil God King and the Goodness God King.
• The Evil God King questioned Lin Nuo about claiming an evil Deity had created him, and the Goodness God King joked that the Evil God King's reputation had reached the Douluo Continent.

After Lin Nuo completed the second Evil God and Goodness God trials, the God Kings increased his Soul Ring lifespans and warned him about Asura and the Sea God’s hidden schemes. The Evil God King assigned Lin Nuo’s third trial: clear Slaughter City, where his Divine Slaughter’s Domain would be purified into an Evil Domain.

• Lin Nuo persuaded the Evil God King to stop questioning him, and the God Kings sensed an unexpected development involving Qian Renxue and arranged a seal for her.
• Qian Renxue felt an unfamiliar power flash through her body as she traveled toward the sea, but she could not identify its cause.
• Lin Nuo received five percent more affinity with both Evil and Goodness divine power, and his Soul Ring lifespans increased by twenty thousand years, turning the Rakshasa Spider Emperor’s rings into five black and two red.
• The Evil God King told Lin Nuo that Hu Liena carried a hidden trace of Asura Divine Power and that Titled Douluo from Sea God Island had appeared on the continent.
• The Evil God King made Lin Nuo’s third trial clearing Slaughter City, and the Goodness God King gave him divine power to purify its foul aura.
• The Evil God King promised to cleanse the Divine Slaughter’s Domain Lin Nuo gained into an Evil Domain after he cleared Slaughter City.