Chapter Summaries

Ling Feng defeated Zhu Yue and condemned the nobles at Ning Rongrong’s hundred-day banquet for opposing Spirit Hall’s affordable salt and books. After the banquet, Ning Fengzhi invited the Spirit Hall group to speak privately and introduced his infant daughter, while Qiangu Xiaoye asked whether her martial soul had been tested.

• Ling Feng easily defeated Zhu Yue after she attacked him, and the nobles fell silent when no one else dared challenge him.
• Ling Feng denounced the nobles for trying to protect their profits by opposing cheap refined salt and books for commoners.
• The banquet ended with the nobles leaving in defeat, and Ning Fengzhi invited Qiangu Xiaoye, Dugu Bo, and the three young Spirit Hall members to the inner hall.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced his hundred-day-old daughter, Ning Rongrong, and explained that she might inherit the burden of leading the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qiangu Xiaoye asked whether Ning Rongrong’s martial soul had been tested, and Ning Fengzhi said it would most likely be the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Qiangu Xiaoye hinted to Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall might help evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, prompting Ning to consider whether to ally with Spirit Hall for Ning Rongrong’s future. As Spirit Hall’s group traveled home, they debated whether Ning would overcome the risks and accept the offer.

• Qiangu Xiaoye told Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall’s ancient texts contained clues about Martial Soul evolution and suggested the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could grow closer to Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi weighed the possibility of breaking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s rank seventy-nine limit and told Chen Xin he hoped Ning Rongrong could surpass his own achievements.
• Ling Feng exchanged a smile with the awakened Ning Rongrong before leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Qiangu Xiaoye’s group.
• In the carriage, Jin Chen asked whether Ning Fengzhi would agree, while Qian Renxue and Dugu Bo discussed his hesitation and the political risks facing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ling Feng advised Qiangu Xiaoye and the others to wait for Ning Fengzhi to choose whether to ally with Spirit Hall, while quietly spreading rumors of closer cooperation to pressure the two great empires. The group left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reached Heaven Dou City, where they settled in for the night.

• Ling Feng argued that Ning Fengzhi would soon have to choose between the two great empires, Spirit Hall, or increasingly difficult neutrality.
• Ling Feng recommended waiting rather than demanding an answer and suggested spreading vague reports of closer cooperation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qiangu Xiaoye praised Ling Feng’s judgment, and Ling Feng vowed to offer the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Bones at his grandfather’s grave after defeating them.
• The group joked with Jin Chen about Ning Rongrong and traveled onward as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disappeared behind them.
• Qiangu Xiaoye’s carriage entered Heaven Dou City, passed its gates without obstruction, and stopped at the Yuelai inn, where the group took rooms and gathered for a meal.

Dugu Bo learned that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had confined Ye Renxin and his family after he refused to hand over his six-year-old granddaughter, who inherited the Nine Heart Begonia. With Qiangu Xiaoye and Ling Feng's support, Dugu Bo went to rescue his old friend and offer to bring the family to Spirit Hall.

• Dugu Bo overheard diners say the imperial family had shut down Ye Renxin's clinic and placed his family under house arrest after he refused their demand for his granddaughter.
• Dugu Bo told Ling Feng that Ye Renxin had saved his life twenty years earlier, and he decided to ensure the Ye Family's safety and ask whether they would leave with him.
• Ling Feng supported intervening, and Qiangu Xiaoye agreed to accompany Dugu Bo to meet Ye Renxin.
• The group crossed Heaven Dou City, and Royal Offering Hall officials backed down when they recognized Qiangu Xiaoye and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo knocked out the Soul Sage guards outside the Ye Family courtyard, opened the gates, and called out to Ye Renxin.

Dugu Bo and Ling Feng visited Ye Renxin and offered to bring the Ye Family under Spirit Hall’s protection. Ye Renxin agreed to consider leaving after Dugu Bo and Qiangu Xiaoye promised to shield his family and the people who depended on them.

• Dugu Bo reunited with Ye Renxin and asked him to bring the Ye Family to Spirit Hall for protection.
• Ye Renxin explained that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had surrounded his residence and threatened to punish his relatives and the people he had helped if the family fled.
• Ling Feng suggested that the imperial family could be prevented from retaliating, and Dugu Bo revealed he was now a level ninety-three Titled Douluo.
• Qiangu Xiaoye promised Spirit Hall would protect the entire Ye Family if they joined, and Ye Renxin was moved to tears.
• Ye Renxin introduced Ye Lingling to Dugu Bo, who invited her to play with his granddaughter Yanyan.

Ling Feng brought the Ye Family to Spirit Hall after protecting them from the Royal Offering Hall, and Qian Xunji proposed naming Ling Feng Holy Son and Qian Renxue Holy Daughter. The elders began to support the proposal, leaving Spirit Hall’s succession poised to be decided jointly.

• Jin Chen struck down the Royal Offering Hall leader, and Ling Feng warned the group that the Ye Family was now under Spirit Hall’s protection.
• The Royal Offering Hall soul masters retreated, and Ye Renxin agreed to take his family with Ling Feng and the others.
• Ling Feng and his companions brought the Ye Family to Spirit City, where Qian Xunji summoned them to Pope Hall.
• Qian Xunji proposed establishing the positions of Holy Son and Holy Daughter for Ling Feng and Qian Renxue, with the two jointly inheriting Spirit Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Jin Chen voiced their support for Ling Feng’s appointment.

Qiangu Lingfeng and Qian Renxue were appointed Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and Holy Daughter as Qian Xunji declared that Spirit Hall was strong enough to stop enduring its rivals. Qian Xunji planned to publicize their talents and contributions, while Ling Feng suggested Dugu Bo guide the young Ye Lingling.

• Qian Xunji appointed Qiangu Lingfeng Holy Son and Qian Renxue Holy Daughter after the gathered elders and enshrined voiced their support.
• Ling Feng described Spirit Hall’s formidable strength and argued that it no longer needed to hide its power.
• Qian Xunji declared that Spirit Hall would assert its dominance and proposed announcing the two youths’ talents across the continent.
• Qiangu Xiaoye suggested publicizing Ling Feng and Qian Renxue’s contributions, including refined salt, papermaking, printing, and farm fertilizer, and Qian Xunji agreed.
• Qian Xunji promised the Ye Family fair treatment, and Ling Feng recommended Dugu Bo guide Ye Lingling, who had a Nine Heart Begonia martial soul.

Spirit Hall’s Kindergarten Project won widespread support, prompting Ning Fengzhi to bring Ning Rongrong to Spirit City in search of a way to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. He asked Qiangu Xiaoye how confident Spirit Hall was in its method, leaving the negotiations underway.

• Spirit Hall announced Qiangu Lingfeng and Qian Renxue as Holy Son and Holy Daughter, then opened free Kindergartens across the continent.
• The Kindergartens filled within two months, greatly raising Spirit Hall’s reputation among commoners.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to visit Spirit Hall with Ning Rongrong, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong to pursue the possibility of evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Eight days later, Ling Feng chose to let Ning Fengzhi speak with Qian Xunji and the elders before joining the discussion.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Qiangu Xiaoye how confident Spirit Hall was in its method for evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Fengzhi considered Spirit Hall’s offer of a catalyst that could help Ning Rongrong’s martial soul surpass its level-79 limit and chose to give his daughter that opportunity. Half a year later, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was quietly aligning its trade with Spirit Hall, while Spirit City’s first kindergarten children began classes.

• Yue Guan and Ling Feng told Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall possessed the catalyst needed to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, though they did not reveal what it was.
• Ling Feng asked Ning Fengzhi to decide whether he had come as a sect master or as Ning Rongrong’s father, and said Spirit Hall wanted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stand on its side when needed.
• After speaking with Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi decided to take a chance on a better future for Rongrong and stayed several days in Spirit Hall before departing.
• Over the next half year, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s merchants bought Spirit Hall’s Refined Salt and paper, while Spirit Hall supplied the sect with rare metals at cost.
• Prince Xue Xing protested the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s trade shift but could not stop it, while Spirit City’s Kindergarten Project enrolled its first batch of children.

After half a year of cultivation, Ling Feng broke through to the sixtieth rank and became an eleven-year-old Spirit Emperor. He planned to consolidate his foundation before seeking a hundred-thousand-year sixth spirit ring, and Qian Daoliu agreed to accompany him.

• Ling Feng reached the peak of the fifty-ninth rank after consuming Hundred-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber for half a year.
• After three days in seclusion, Ling Feng broke through to the sixtieth rank, and Qiangu Xiaoye and Tuoba Yue'er welcomed him as an eleven-year-old Spirit Emperor.
• Ling Feng told his parents he wanted a hundred-thousand-year sixth spirit ring from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but would first consolidate his cultivation; Qiangu Xiaoye reported no news of Tang Hao.
• Ling Feng visited the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu and the elders congratulated him and discussed the dangers of absorbing a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.
• Ling Feng said he was certain he could endure the ring's will, and Qian Daoliu offered to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ling Feng traveled with Qian Daoliu to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which Di Tian had raised to nearly two hundred thousand years of cultivation. After entering the valley alone, Ling Feng faced the tiger as it prepared to attack.

• Qian Daoliu agreed to accompany Ling Feng to the Star Dou Great Forest, and they departed three days later.
• Qian Daoliu explained that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was an unusually powerful creature born from evil, with evil, time, and space attributes.
• Di Tian revealed that he had fed the tiger Immortal Herbs for four years, bringing its strength close to two hundred thousand years, and warned Ling Feng that its resentment could overwhelm him.
• Di Tian led Ling Feng to a trapped valley and told him to face the tiger alone while Qian Daoliu and Di Tian watched outside.
• Ling Feng entered the valley, summoned his Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, and raised his Coiling Dragon Staff against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger called Ling Feng a snack and said it wanted to eat meat after growing tired of medicinal plants.

Ling Feng fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in its Life and Death Duel Arena, where both were reduced to their juvenile forms. Ling Feng’s strength and experience from his six-year-old self let him win, and the tiger began sacrificing itself to become his soul ring.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger trapped Ling Feng in its Life and Death Duel Arena and forced both of them back into their juvenile forms.
• Ling Feng explained that at six he had already gained powerful physical and spiritual abilities, then summoned his Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Ling Feng and the tiger clashed, while Qian Daoliu and Di Tian watched from outside the formation.
• Ling Feng’s body, spiritual power, and combat instincts overwhelmed the tiger, and he identified himself as Qiangu Lingfeng, Holy Son of Spirit Hall.
• The defeated Dark Demon Evil God Tiger accepted Ling Feng’s victory and began sacrificing itself to become his soul ring.

Ling Feng absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, while Tang Hao approached the sacrifice but was driven away by Di Tian. Ling Feng tested his new sixth Soul Skill before Qian Daoliu and Di Tian.

• Tang Hao spotted the sacrifice’s red light and crept toward the Core Area, hoping to claim its power.
• Di Tian warned Tang Hao to leave, and Tang Hao fled; Qian Daoliu told Di Tian to spare him for Ling Feng to use as practice later.
• Ling Feng completed his absorption and gained a two-hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Bone.
• Ling Feng demonstrated Evil God Domain, which distorted time and space within its range and let him slow others while accelerating himself.
• Ling Feng demonstrated Evil God Claw, whose evil power tainted wounds and made them difficult to heal.

Ling Feng demonstrated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s spatial abilities and used its left arm bone’s concealment skill, while Qian Daoliu and Di Tian assessed his new powers. As they prepared to leave, the tiger’s tail became an External Soul Bone called the Evil God Hook and fused with Ling Feng, leaving him far stronger.

• Ling Feng showed how his Soul Skill created a domain and let his attacks tear through space, then demonstrated the left arm bone’s ability to conceal him completely for a limited time.
• Di Tian revealed that Tang Hao had tried to claim the spoils but fled when Di Tian pressured him; Ling Feng said to keep Tang Hao alive because he would be useful later.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s severed tail transformed into an External Soul Bone and flew into Ling Feng, causing him immense pain as it fused with his body.
• Ling Feng summoned the Evil God Hook and tested its spatial and time-slowing powers, then judged that his increased strength would let him challenge powerful Soul Douluo and escape even stronger opponents.

Ling Feng returned to Spirit City after gaining the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Ring, Soul Bone, and Evil God Hook, which could dangerously increase Soul Ring age. Tang Hao fled the Star Dou Great Forest with Tang San, then headed back into the forest after leaving the infant with a farming family.

• Ling Feng explained that the Evil God Hook could bind enemies, halt time briefly, and increase Soul Ring age by consuming remnants of similar soul beasts, but warned that its evil power could erode his mind.
• Di Tian cautioned Ling Feng not to use Evil God Devour lightly, and Ling Feng promised to control the forbidden power before leaving the valley with Di Tian and Qian Daoliu.
• Tang Hao escaped the Star Dou Great Forest carrying Tang San and vowed revenge on Spirit Hall, then entrusted the infant to a farming family and plunged back into the forest.
• Ling Feng returned to Spirit City, where Qian Xunji and the elders welcomed him and reacted to his two-hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring and level sixty-eight cultivation.
• Ling Feng reunited with Qian Renxue and Jin Chen, kept the Evil God Hook’s powers secret, and considered seeking the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for his seventh Soul Ring.

Tang Hao left his infant son with a farmer before confronting an eighty-thousand-year Great Strength Demon Ape, but a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape killed him. The farmer and his wife named the child Wang San and planned to send him to Spirit Hall’s free kindergarten, while Ling Feng sensed that something important had happened without knowing what.

• Tang Hao entrusted the infant Little San to a childless farmer and his wife, then went into the forest to hunt a Great Strength Demon Ape for a Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao fought the Great Strength Demon Ape despite his severe injuries, until a Titan Giant Ape appeared and crushed him beneath its foot.
• Three days later, the farmer and his wife decided to raise Little San as their son and named him Wang San.
• The farmer’s wife told her husband about Spirit Hall’s free kindergarten, and they planned to send Wang San there when he was old enough.
• In Spirit City, Ling Feng felt that something important had happened, but he told Qian Renxue he was probably tired after absorbing the Soul Ring.

Ling Feng was ordered to lead a Spirit Hall delegation to subdue the Fire Leopard Sect and Elephant Armor Sect, accompanied by Qian Renxue, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei. The group reached the Elephant Armor Sect, where Huyan Zhen welcomed Ling Feng and Qian Renxue at the mountain gate.

• Qian Xunji told Ling Feng to bring the wavering Fire Leopard Sect and Elephant Armor Sect under Spirit Hall's control, with Yue Guan and Gui Mei assisting him.
• Qian Renxue joined the mission, while Jin Chen was told to stay behind and cultivate.
• Ling Feng and Qian Renxue departed Spirit City with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and twenty elite Soul Emperors.
• On the journey, Ling Feng considered the two sects' leaders and warned Qian Renxue that the Fire Leopard Sect might resist.
• Huyan Zhen recognized the strength of Spirit Hall's delegation and ordered the Elephant Armor Sect to welcome them.
• Huyan Zhen greeted Ling Feng and Qian Renxue at the Elephant Armor Sect's mountain gate.

Qiangu Lingfeng and Qian Renxue visited the Elephant Armor Sect to bring it under Spirit Hall’s influence. After Ling Feng defeated Huyan Lie in a brief spar, Huyan Zhen pledged the sect’s loyalty to Spirit Hall.

• Huyan Zhen welcomed Qiangu Lingfeng, Qian Renxue, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei to the Elephant Armor Sect’s council hall.
• Ling Feng asked Huyan Zhen to make the Elephant Armor Sect an affiliated sect of Spirit Hall, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei warned that neutrality was no longer practical.
• Huyan Lie challenged Ling Feng to test his strength, and Ling Feng accepted the challenge.
• Ling Feng used his Evil God Domain to slow Huyan Lie and stopped a punch just short of his face, convincing him of Ling Feng’s superiority.
• Huyan Zhen agreed to follow Spirit Hall, and Ling Feng gave him a Grade Eight Purple Ganoderma as a token of goodwill.
• Huyan Zhen and the elders pledged their loyalty to Spirit Hall.

Ling Feng confronted Fire Leopard Sect and won its submission after effortlessly defeating Huo Lie, then offered Fire Leopard King a chance to challenge him. Two days later, Spirit Hall’s carriage headed home with Fire Leopard Sect pledged to Spirit Hall.

• Fire Leopard King rejected Spirit Hall’s demand, and Huo Lie challenged Ling Feng to a duel over the sect’s allegiance.
• Ling Feng used Evil God Claw to destroy Huo Lie’s attack and carve five trenches into the arena floor, making Huo Lie concede defeat.
• Ling Feng offered Fire Leopard King a personal challenge, but Fire Leopard King admitted he was no match and pledged Fire Leopard Sect to Spirit Hall.
• Ling Feng gave Fire Leopard King a Fire Ganoderma and urged him to treat their alliance as a new beginning.
• Two days later, Qian Renxue teased Ling Feng as Spirit Hall’s carriage set out for home.

Ling Feng entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to pursue the ancient Dragon Kings’ remains and awaken their power. After releasing both his Dark Sacred Dragon and Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Souls, he drew the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King into contact with him.

• Ling Feng decided to enter seclusion at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping to obtain the Dragon Kings’ god-level Soul Rings and Soul Bones and evolve his Martial Soul.
• Ling Feng’s carriage entered Heaven Dou City and continued through Sunset Forest to the valley guarded by Mighty Lion Douluo.
• Ling Feng went into the valley alone and released his spiritual power at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King awakened and appeared before Ling Feng as phantoms.
• Ling Feng released his Dark Sacred Dragon and Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Souls, and the Fire Dragon King recognized them.