Chapter Summaries

After Lin Nuo defeated Tang San, Yu Xiaogang tried to restore his disciple’s confidence by claiming Tang San held advantages in talent, heritage, and teacher. He then invited Xiao Wu to train under him, and she agreed to follow his arrangements with Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that his future talent and second Martial Soul would eventually surpass Lin Nuo’s single Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San had a powerful inheritance and the backing of the Clear Sky Sect, while Lin Nuo’s background offered less.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that his theoretical guidance gave Tang San a decisive advantage over Lin Nuo.
• Tang San regained his confidence and praised Yu Xiaogang’s analysis despite his recent defeat.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Xiao Wu to receive guidance alongside Tang San, and she reluctantly agreed.

Tang Hao secretly appeared before Yu Xiaogang, revealed himself as Tang San’s father, and said he would let Lin Nuo serve as Tang San’s whetstone before leaving Nuoding City. Lin Nuo returned to his dorm, recognized the danger Tang Hao posed, and began planning to reach the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well before Tang San.

• Xiao Wu decided to cultivate Tang San as a human helper while also exploring the love her mother had described.
• Tang Hao appeared in Yu Xiaogang’s office and told him that Lin Nuo would be a suitable challenge for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Tang Hao’s plan and celebrated Tang San’s potential as the son of the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Tang Hao admitted to himself that Lin Nuo’s resemblance to Bibi Dong and his Martial Soul had provoked his murderous anger, but he had restrained himself to protect Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Nuo returned to his dorm, relaxed after sensing the killing intent that had followed him, and planned to seek the treasures at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

After reaching level twenty, Lin Nuo graduated from Nuoding Academy and went to Spirit Hall to ask for help arranging his next steps. He planned to retrieve the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone before heading to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and ended the chapter asking Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo for a noble recommendation letter.

• Lin Nuo decided to leave Nuoding City, retrieve the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and use Spirit Hall to arrange his enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Director Su approved Lin Nuo's graduation and wished him well as he left Nuoding Academy.
• Lin Nuo told Su Yuntao that his Soul Power had reached level twenty, and Su Yuntao rushed him to Ma Xiunuo's office for a test.
• The testing crystal ball confirmed Lin Nuo had reached level twenty, astonishing Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo.
• Lin Nuo asked Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo to help him obtain the noble recommendation letter required to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Lin Nuo secured Spirit Hall’s help in obtaining a high-level second Soul Ring and arranged to travel to Heaven Dou City for further testing. He then reached Holy Soul Village, found the hidden entrance behind the waterfall, and entered the mountain cave where Ah Yin’s Seed of Life and Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone were hidden.

• Lin Nuo promised Ma Xiunuo that he would join Spirit Hall after graduating from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Ma Xiunuo agreed to seek a recommendation and assistance from Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Nuo declined Ma Xiunuo’s offer to find his second Soul Ring in Soul Hunting Forest and said he would go to Heaven Dou City before seeking one in a richer forest.
• Ma Xiunuo sent a secret report about Lin Nuo’s age, Soul Power, and Martial Soul to the Platinum Temple in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Nuo reached Holy Soul Village and checked that Tang Hao was absent from the village’s Blacksmith Shop.
• Lin Nuo found the waterfall in the back mountains, opened the hidden stone door, and entered the cave behind it.

Lin Nuo found Ah Yin imprisoned as a Blue Silver Emperor seed in a dark cave, took her with him, and uncovered a hidden box containing a powerful leg Spirit Bone. He left the cave carrying Ah Yin and the box, planning to make further arrangements after reaching Heaven Dou City.

• Lin Nuo inspected the cave and suspected Tang Hao had suppressed Ah Yin’s growth to ensure Tang San inherited the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.
• Lin Nuo found Ah Yin’s seed in a dim stone chamber and awakened her with his Death Spider Emperor aura.
• Lin Nuo ignored Ah Yin’s frantic resistance, uprooted her, and placed her in a flowerpot to take her along.
• Lin Nuo searched the chamber, found a hidden mechanism, and opened a concealed compartment that revealed an ancient wooden box.
• Lin Nuo opened the box and discovered a leg Spirit Bone radiating an immense life force.

Lin Nuo stole Ah Yin’s Spirit Bone and left a substitute Blue Silver Grass in the waterfall cave before escaping. Tang Hao sensed the cave’s restriction break and rushed back in fury, while Salas received Ma Xiunuo’s report and recognized Lin Nuo’s resemblance to the Pope.

• Lin Nuo decided to flee before Tang Hao could discover the theft, planted ordinary Blue Silver Grass in Ah Yin’s mound, and left the waterfall cave.
• Tang Hao reflected on his plans for Tang San and Ah Yin before sensing that the cave’s Soul Power restriction had been broken.
• Tang Hao shattered his low-level Soul Rings to speed back toward Holy Soul Village, fearing Ah Yin and the treasures in the cave had been taken.
• Ma Xiunuo’s letter reached Salas in Heaven Dou City, and Salas read about Lin Nuo’s talent and planned academy enrollment.
• Salas examined Lin Nuo’s profile and froze when the portrait reminded him of Her Holiness the Pope.

Salas suspected Lin Nuo was connected to Bibi Dong because he shared her appearance and Death Spider Emperor martial soul, and he secretly went to report the discovery to the Eastern Palace. Qian Renxue concluded that Bibi Dong had an illegitimate son and had sent her away to clear his path, while Snake Lance Douluo urged her to wait for Salas’s full report.

• Salas compared Lin Nuo’s report with Bibi Dong’s martial soul and feared that any choice about the boy could bring him trouble, so he decided to seek advice from the Eastern Palace.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Qian Renxue that Salas had intercepted the confidential report from Nuoding City and was on his way to report in person.
• Qian Renxue crushed an ornament, shed her Xue Qinghe disguise, and accused Bibi Dong of secretly having a son with another man.
• Snake Lance Douluo pointed out that Lin Nuo’s appearance and martial soul did not prove a relationship, but Qian Renxue argued that no other known person possessed the Death Spider Emperor.
• Snake Lance Douluo calmed Qian Renxue and urged her to wait until Salas arrived and they had verified the full story.

Salas told Qian Renxue that Lin Nuo wanted to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and she ordered his information kept secret while wrestling with whether she could harm a possible younger brother. Meanwhile, Tang Hao discovered that the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone had been stolen and set off toward Spirit City, blaming Spirit Hall.

• Salas reported that Nuoding City's branch hall had delayed Lin Nuo's information for nearly three years and that Lin Nuo wanted help entering Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue ordered Salas to classify everything about Lin Nuo as top secret and personally bring him back without alerting Pope Palace.
• Alone, Qian Renxue admitted she could not bring herself to kill Lin Nuo if he proved to be her brother.
• Tang Hao found the compartment holding the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone empty, then checked that Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass remained unharmed.
• Tang Hao reinforced the cave's defenses and flew toward Spirit City, convinced Spirit Hall had stolen the bone.

Platinum Bishop Salas met Lin Nuo and escorted him toward Heaven Dou City, convinced by Lin Nuo’s resemblance to Bibi Dong that he was a Young Lord. Before they left, Salas learned about Xiao Wu and Tang San, then tried to learn more about Lin Nuo’s parents.

• Salas arrived in Ma Xiunuo’s office, mistook Lin Nuo for a younger Bibi Dong, and nearly knelt to greet him as Young Lord.
• Salas praised Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao instead of punishing them after noticing Lin Nuo’s familiarity with them.
• Ma Xiunuo told Salas that Xiao Wu and Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power but had refused to join Spirit Hall.
• Salas took Lin Nuo toward Heaven Dou City in his carriage and eagerly explained Spirit Hall’s internal affairs.
• Salas asked Lin Nuo about his parents and suggested visiting them to thank them for raising such a genius.

Lin Nuo convinced Bishop Salas that he was an orphan, then took advantage of Salas’s mistaken belief about his identity to gain Spirit Hall’s advanced Meditation Method and help securing a second Soul Ring. Salas discovered Lin Nuo could absorb a Soul Ring around 2,100 years old and promised to find one for him in Sunset Forest.

• Lin Nuo told Salas he had no parents and had grown up as an orphan, leading Salas to suspect the Pope had hidden Lin Nuo’s identity from him.
• Salas answered Lin Nuo’s questions about Soul Power and soul skills and gave him Spirit Hall’s advanced Meditation Method.
• Lin Nuo asked Salas to help him hunt a second Soul Ring in Sunset Forest before he enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Salas agreed.
• Salas probed Lin Nuo’s body and first mistook its apparent 2,000-year Soul Ring limit for an error.
• After testing Lin Nuo again, Salas confirmed his second Soul Ring limit was about 2,100 years and pledged to find him a suitable ring.

Lin Nuo and Salas entered Sunset Forest to hunt a suitable second Soul Ring, but Lin Nuo rejected an Earth Cave Demon Spider and asked to search deeper. They followed poisonous miasma into the forest, where the scrape of many arthropod limbs sounded ahead.

• Salas warned Lin Nuo to stay close and suggested using the Pope’s Purple-Winged Demon Spider Soul Ring as a reference if they could not find a suitable Death Demon Spider.
• Salas sensed a Soul Beast, dragged an Earth Cave Demon Spider from underground, and identified it as roughly twelve hundred years old.
• Lin Nuo rejected the Earth Cave Demon Spider because its age and likely Soul Skills did not suit him.
• Salas praised Lin Nuo’s ambition and led him deeper into Sunset Forest in search of stronger spider-type Soul Beasts.
• After following poisonous miasma for half a day, Lin Nuo and Salas heard arthropod limbs scraping together in the dark forest ahead.

Lin Nuo absorbed a two-thousand-year Purple-Winged Demon Spider Soul Ring, breaking through his bottleneck and gaining the Soul-Crossing Spider Spear skill. The absorption also awakened six purple crystal wings that Salas recognized as a legendary External Soul Bone.

• Salas spotted a Purple-Winged Demon Spider and judged it a perfect second Soul Ring for Lin Nuo.
• Salas subdued the spider, and Lin Nuo killed it with his Death Demon Scythe.
• Lin Nuo absorbed the two-thousand-year Soul Ring without difficulty and broke through his level-twenty bottleneck.
• Lin Nuo gained the Soul-Crossing Spider Spear soul skill, and Salas discovered his Soul Power had reached level twenty-five.
• Purple-black energy gathered on Lin Nuo's back, and six translucent purple wings burst out as Salas identified them as an External Soul Bone.

Lin Nuo fused his newly manifested Six-Winged Purple Light Wings with his body, then returned to Heaven Dou City with Salas. Salas told him that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe wanted to meet him, and Lin Nuo agreed while anticipating that the prince was actually Qian Renxue.

• Salas overcame his greed for Lin Nuo’s External Soul Bone and helped him fuse it with his spine using Soul Power pressure.
• Lin Nuo gained effortless control of the Six-Winged Purple Light Wings and thanked Salas.
• Lin Nuo and Salas left Sunset Forest and rode back toward Heaven Dou City.
• Salas told Lin Nuo that Xue Qinghe had heard of his talent and wanted a private meeting.
• Lin Nuo agreed to meet Xue Qinghe and privately looked forward to seeing Qian Renxue.

Lin Nuo arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Salas and impressed the academy’s leaders with his extraordinary talent. Qian Renxue recognized that Lin Nuo looked almost exactly like Bibi Dong, leaving her inwardly shaken as Salas revealed Lin Nuo’s level and second Soul Ring.

• Salas escorted Lin Nuo to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and used Xue Qinghe’s recommendation letter to pass the Imperial Guards.
• An instructor brought Salas and Lin Nuo to meet Xue Qinghe and the academy’s three Education Committee Members.
• The three Education Committee Members mistook Lin Nuo for Bibi Dong, while Qian Renxue recognized his resemblance to her mother and struggled to hide her shock.
• Salas announced that Lin Nuo was a level-twenty-five Soul Grandmaster who had obtained a thousand-year second Soul Ring before turning nine.

Lin Nuo revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings and secured an offer of support from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the crown prince. After rejecting a proposed match with Xue Ke, he returned to his dormitory to cultivate and plan how to approach Dugu Yan and other influential students.

• Lin Nuo displayed a yellow first Soul Ring and a purple second Soul Ring, stunning Qian Renxue and the three Education Committee Members.
• Meng Shenji urged Lin Nuo to remain at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and promised the academy’s finest resources.
• Xue Qinghe offered Lin Nuo royal funding and suggested he meet her younger sister Xue Ke, but Lin Nuo politely declined romance to focus on cultivation.
• Qian Renxue felt relieved when Lin Nuo rejected the proposal, and Xue Qinghe ended the conversation with encouragement.
• Lin Nuo returned to his private dormitory, meditated, and decided to learn Dugu Yan’s routine before approaching her or the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Lin Nuo considered future opportunities to deal with Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming.

Qian Renxue decided to conceal Lin Nuo’s origins and keep him in Heaven Dou City, while Lin Nuo explored Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next morning. Near the Mimicry Cultivation Area, he came across a student confessing to Dugu Yan.

• Qian Renxue resolved to hide information about Lin Nuo from Spirit City, believing he might be her younger brother and that keeping him nearby was safest.
• Lin Nuo finished meditating with Salas’s high-level method and noticed that his Soul Power circulated much faster.
• Lin Nuo dressed in his Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniform and headed to inspect the Mimicry Cultivation Area.
• Lin Nuo found a crowd gathered around a young male student confessing to Dugu Yan with a bouquet of flowers.

Lin Nuo watched Yu Tianheng confess to Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and saw the political ambitions behind his pursuit. Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng again, and he suppressed his anger to keep pursuing his clan’s plans.

• A senior sister with a cat Beast Martial Soul flirted with Lin Nuo, but he politely declined her invitation.
• Lin Nuo recognized Yu Tianheng’s pursuit of Dugu Yan as an attempt to win Poison Douluo’s support and strengthen his claim as young clan master.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng that they were not suited for each other and demanded that he stop pestering her.
• Yu Tianheng felt humiliated and nearly erupted, but remembered Yu Yuanzhen’s instructions and forced himself to endure the rejection.

Yu Tianheng challenged Lin Nuo to a Soul Duel after jealousy made him blame Lin Nuo for Dugu Yan rejecting him. Lin Nuo secured the moral high ground and a wager of three thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Qian Renxue learned of the confrontation and hurried to the arena disguised as Xue Qinghe.

• Dugu Yan noticed Lin Nuo, and Yu Tianheng grew jealous, convinced Lin Nuo had caused her to reject him.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Lin Nuo to a Soul Duel, drawing the crowd's contempt for targeting a new junior.
• Lin Nuo accepted the challenge and demanded three thousand Gold Soul Coins if Yu Tianheng lost.
• Dugu Yan rebuked Yu Tianheng for bullying Lin Nuo and coveting his money, making Yu Tianheng even angrier.
• Qian Renxue read a report about the confrontation, disguised herself as Xue Qinghe, and hurried to the Soul Duel arena.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Nuo prepared to duel Yu Tianheng while Qian Renxue, the Education Committee Members, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo watched. Ning Fengzhi suspected Lin Nuo was connected to Bibi Dong, but Qian Renxue offered an explanation that left him unconvinced and intent on investigating further.

• The Education Committee Members and Qian Renxue watched Lin Nuo and Yu Tianheng prepare to fight, and Qian Renxue urged the committee to stop the duel if Lin Nuo was in danger.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived and recognized Lin Nuo's resemblance to someone he and Qian Renxue knew, while Sword Douluo confirmed Lin Nuo was level twenty-five and had a solid foundation.
• Qian Renxue argued that Lin Nuo's resemblance came from his Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul and that Spirit Hall had overlooked his potential.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted that Lin Nuo's connection to Bibi Dong might be a coincidence, but privately resolved to investigate his background and consider recruiting him.

Lin Nuo revealed his powerful martial soul and an unprecedented thousand-year Soul Ring, shocking Yu Tianheng and the spectators before their duel began. He easily blocked Yu Tianheng’s first attack, then faced the full force of his second Soul Skill.

• Yu Tianheng possessed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and challenged Lin Nuo, boasting of his strength and genius.
• Lin Nuo revealed his spider-like martial soul and yellow and purple Soul Rings, stunning Yu Tianheng and Ning Fengzhi with his power.
• Lin Nuo announced that other people’s geniuses were merely the threshold to meet him, then displayed Soul Power at level twenty-five.
• Yu Tianheng attacked with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Lin Nuo blocked it with his Death Demon Scythe.
• Yu Tianheng unleashed Thunderbolt, filling the arena around Lin Nuo with a dangerous web of lightning.
• Lin Nuo remained calm at the center of the lightning and warned Yu Tianheng that he had chosen the Way of Seeking Death.