Chapter Summaries

Gu Yue noticed Ice Empress’s unfamiliar aura on Lin Nuo and teased him about smelling good, while Tang Wuling and Zheng Yiran observed her growing closeness to him. At lunch, Zheng Yiran and Lin Nuo dealt with the thug Guang Long, and the restaurant owner warned them that Guang Long had a powerful older brother in the Federation military.

• Gu Yue smelled an unfamiliar ferocious-beast aura on Lin Nuo, but he concealed its source, and she said she wanted to sniff him more.
• Gu Yue followed close beside Lin Nuo, while Tang Wuling and Zheng Yiran privately discussed her affection for him.
• Lin Nuo and the others ate at a restaurant in Eastsea City, where Guang Long arrived to demand protection money and tried to take Lin Nuo’s seat.
• Zheng Yiran kicked Guang Long, and Lin Nuo knocked him unconscious with one palm before kicking him outside.
• The restaurant owner refused payment and warned Lin Nuo, Gu Yue, Tang Wuling, and Zheng Yiran that Guang Long’s older brother was powerful in the Federation military.

Lin Nuo and Tang Wuling went to the Eastsea City Blacksmith's Association with Gu Yue and Zheng Yiran for forging lessons with Mu Chen. Lin Nuo forged a time-infused Thousand Refinement metal with restorative effects, while Guang Biao began investigating who had injured his younger brother.

• Lin Nuo agreed to let the restaurant owner refuse payment, then headed to the association with Tang Wuling, Gu Yue, and Zheng Yiran.
• At the hospital, Guang Biao saw his younger brother Guang Long injured and ordered an investigation into who had attacked him.
• Mu Chen welcomed Lin Nuo and Tang Wuling at the association and was surprised to see Zheng Yiran with them.
• Lin Nuo infused a piece of metal with the laws of time and forged it into a Thousand Refinement material patterned with temporal marks.
• Lin Nuo explained that the metal could reverse blood essence aging, repair hidden injuries, and restore Soul Power, leaving Mu Chen and Zheng Yiran astonished.
• Gu Yue revealed that she had researched Lin Nuo's past forging, prompting Zheng Yiran to suspect she was a lovesick stalker.

Mu Chen and Lin Nuo plotted to obtain better forging materials, while Guang Biao surrounded Eastsea Academy demanding the four students who had injured his brother. Wu Changkong confronted him and waited for Lin Nuo to arrive so they could confirm what had happened.

• Mu Chen proposed that Lin Nuo switch to better materials and planned to get them from his wealthy senior brother after seeing Lin Nuo and Tang Wuling's forged metal.
• Zheng Yiran complained that the others excelled at multiple skills, then learned Lin Nuo was already a Level Two Mecha Designer and decided to choose a secondary profession herself.
• Guang Biao brought Federation soldiers to Eastsea Academy and demanded that Long Hengxu hand over the four students who had injured Guang Long.
• Long Hengxu refused to surrender his students, and Wu Changkong appeared, releasing eight Soul Rings and frightening Guang Biao into calling it a misunderstanding.
• Wu Changkong called Lin Nuo to confirm what had happened and told Guang Biao to wait for the alleged protagonist to arrive.

After Guang Biao bullied Lin Nuo and his companions, Wu Changkong and Mu Chen crippled him, while Gu Yue and Leng Yulai prepared a more horrifying punishment. The chapter ended with Leng Yulai and Di Tian’s group joining forces to torment the helpless Guang brothers.

• Mu Chen arrived, and Lin Nuo told Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu how Guang Biao had harassed the students and how Lin Nuo had crippled Guang Long.
• Wu Changkong and Mu Chen destroyed Guang Biao’s cultivation, while Gu Yue accepted poison from Zheng Yiran and said her family would deal with him that night.
• Wu Changkong took Lin Nuo and the others to dinner, and he told Long Hengxu that someone else would handle the aftermath.
• Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts entered the hospital disguised as medical staff and prepared to poison the Guang brothers.
• Leng Yulai appeared at the hospital and joined Di Tian’s group, promising to torment the brothers’ souls while they made their bodies suffer.

Lin Nuo returned to Wu Changkong’s apartment, where Long Bing noticed how much he resembled her former teacher and discussed protecting him and possibly sending him to her senior martial uncle. Later, Lin Nuo confronted Lin Xiu in the Small World and learned that Leng Yulai had sent for him, prompting him to seek revenge.

• Long Bing stared at Lin Nuo because he looked almost identical to her former teacher, while Zheng Yiran began to suspect his resemblance to her father and Long Bing was more than coincidence.
• Long Bing and Wu Changkong agreed that Lin Nuo should be protected and considered sending him to her senior martial uncle, but Wu Changkong said Mu Chen did not seem ready to do so.
• Lin Nuo looked after Tang Wuling and Gu Yue during dinner while Zheng Yiran watched them.
• Lin Nuo shook Lin Xiu in the Small World and recounted the events that had left him upset.
• Lin Xiu told Lin Nuo that Leng Yulai had asked him to come, and Lin Nuo decided to go see her and get revenge.

Lin Nuo met Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where Qiangu Dongfeng confronted the sisters and grew jealous of their warm welcome for Lin Nuo. The chapter ended as Qiangu Dongfeng attacked Lin Nuo, who blocked the strike with his Time Spear.

• Lin Xiu told Lin Nuo that Ya Li was being secretly cultivated by the Federation and promised to find an opportunity to bring him to her.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai rejected Qiangu Dongfeng, and Leng Yaozhu told him she wanted nothing to do with him.
• Lin Nuo arrived at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, revealed his real name to Leng Yulai, and learned that Leng Yaozhu had mistaken him for Lin Jiahao.
• Seeing the sisters' delight at Lin Nuo's arrival, Qiangu Dongfeng grew furious and attacked him with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Lin Nuo blocked Qiangu Dongfeng's attack with his Time Spear and challenged him for losing his temper.

Lin Nuo defeated Qiangu Dongfeng and was shielded by the Leng sisters, provoking their fathers’ anger and leaving Qiangu Dieting and Old Leng at odds. The sisters then took Lin Nuo to Leng Yulai’s room, where teasing revealed Leng Yaozhu’s growing closeness to him.

• Lin Nuo blocked Qiangu Dongfeng’s attack, disarmed him, and kicked him away.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai defended Lin Nuo when Qiangu Dieting and Old Leng arrived.
• Old Leng withdrew after Leng Yaozhu stopped him from pressuring Lin Nuo, then urged Qiangu Dieting to help beat Lin Nuo up.
• The Leng sisters brought Lin Nuo to Leng Yulai’s room, where Leng Yulai checked him for injuries and teased him.
• Leng Yaozhu punched Leng Yulai for acting unladylike, and Leng Yulai pointed out how close her sister had become to Lin Nuo.

Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai both showed their affection for Lin Nuo, while Leng Yaozhu privately questioned whether he and Lin Xiu were truly twin brothers. Lin Nuo left after spending the afternoon with the sisters, then returned to the Small World and traded teasing blows with the Ice Empress.

• Leng Yulai challenged Leng Yaozhu to a duel, declaring that the winner would become Lin Nuo’s principal wife, but Lin Nuo urged the sisters to get along.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Lin Nuo whether he and Lin Xiu were really brothers, and privately pointed out that his familiar gestures toward her suggested a deeper connection.
• Lin Nuo spent the afternoon with Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai, then put the sleeping Leng Yulai to bed and left after Leng Yaozhu declined to ask where he was going.
• The Ice Empress teased Lin Nuo about his many romantic interests, and he joked that he would blame her if anyone attacked him before dodging her challenge.

Wu Changkong proposed that Class Five defeat the four classes ahead of them in one day, and Lin Nuo suggested that each of the four students take on one class. Long Hengxu approved the arrangement, and the chapter ended as the promotion matches were about to begin.

• Wu Changkong told Lin Nuo and the three girls that Class Five should challenge the four classes ahead of them in a single day.
• Lin Nuo agreed and proposed that each of the four students take one class.
• Wu Changkong persuaded Long Hengxu to approve the plan, and Long Hengxu warned them not to embarrass themselves.
• At the arena, Ye Yingluo confronted Wu Changkong and declared Class One would take first place; Zheng Yiran revealed Ye Yingluo's grudge against him.
• Long Hengxu announced that Class Five would challenge the four classes ahead of them, then called for representatives to prepare for the matches.

Freshman Class Five challenged four classes in one day, and Zheng Yiran began by defeating Freshman Class Four’s three-person team alone. The chapter left Class Five preparing to choose who would fight next.

• Wu Changkong told Lin Nuo and the others to hold back, while Ye Yingluo questioned his decision to challenge four classes in one day.
• Lin Nuo confirmed to Wu Changkong that Class Five’s Soul Power Levels had not been revealed to the other classes.
• Long Hengxu called Class Five and Class Four to the arena, where Class Five sent Zheng Yiran out alone.
• Zheng Yiran kicked Jia Long off the arena and knocked his two teammates unconscious without summoning her martial soul.
• Long Hengxu declared Class Five the winner, and Lin Nuo asked Tang Wuling and Gu Yue who would fight next.

Tang Wuling faced Class Three in the class competition and won without a fight after revealing her overwhelming strength. Class Two’s confident Gu triplets prepared to challenge Gu Yue next.

• Lin Nuo reminded Tang Wuling to hold back so Wu Changkong would not lose his bonus.
• Tie Xiong claimed Class Five had won earlier by exploiting other classes’ underestimation, but Tang Wuling revealed three Thousand-year Soul Rings and stunned the crowd.
• Class Three conceded, and Lin Nuo praised Tang Wuling for winning without fighting.
• Class Two’s Gu triplets insisted their aerial coordination could defeat even a Soul Elder, and their teacher sent them forward rather than concede.

Gu Yue easily defeated Class Two, leaving Class One as the last challenger in the tournament. Lin Nuo then faced Class One alone and defeated all three of its students, including their Martial Soul Fusion Skill users, in moments.

• Gu Yue blasted the three flying Gu brothers out of the air with elemental attacks and won her match for Class Five.
• Gu Yue asked Lin Nuo for a head pat, and he praised her after she stepped off the stage.
• Ye Yingluo encouraged Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng to defeat Class Five, while Xie Xie silently worried about Lin Nuo's strength.
• Lin Nuo challenged Class One alone and knocked Wei Xiaofeng off the stage with one slap.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi used their Dark Eagle Dragon Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Lin Nuo defeated them with a single punch.

Lin Nuo and Class Five won the promotion tournament after he shattered Class One’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wu Changkong gave the four students cultivation pills. Back at his dorm, Lin Nuo found Leng Yulai waiting to say goodbye, but his teasing earned him a punch.

• Ye Yingluo questioned why Class Five had four Soul Elders, and Long Hengxu told her she lacked the ability to teach them.
• Long Hengxu declared Lin Nuo and Class Five the winners, and Lin Nuo brushed off Zheng Yiran’s teasing about his confident performance.
• Wu Changkong gave Lin Nuo and the three girls four pills from Leng Yulai, then told them to cultivate during vacation and warned he would train them separately afterward.
• Zheng Yiran said the pills had ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, and Lin Nuo concluded that Lin Xiu had intentionally muddied the waters before telling Tang Wuling to take them.
• Lin Nuo returned to his dorm and found Leng Yulai waiting to say goodbye; after he teased her, she punched him to the ground.

Leng Yulai told Lin Nuo that the Holy Spirit Cult planned to steal two Rank 12 Godslayer Fixed Soul Ammunition shells and destroy Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, while some cult members pushed the Demon Empress toward an Abyss Plane invasion. Lin Nuo gave Leng Yulai a pill for the Demon Empress, and Gu Yue decided it was time to meet the real Lin Nuo.

• Leng Yulai teased Lin Nuo about claiming the main-wife position before explaining that the Holy Spirit Cult was preparing to attack Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• Lin Nuo suggested jokingly that they steal a third shell to destroy the Spirit Pagoda, then asked Leng Yulai about the cult's ties to the Abyss Plane.
• Leng Yulai said the Demon Empress, Dark Blood Demon, and Dark Hummingbird were in contact with the Abyss Plane, with the latter two urging an invasion.
• Lin Nuo infused Wu Changkong's pill with his Authority of Right and Wrong and instructed Leng Yulai to give it to the Demon Empress.
• Leng Yulai guessed that Lin Nuo had other women and left, after which he traded jokes with the Ice Empress.
• Gu Yue recovered some hidden injuries after taking a pill, then told Zi Ji she wanted to meet the real Lin Nuo.

Lin Nuo discussed the survival of soul beasts with Gu Yue after she discovered Ice Empress in his dormitory. He argued that soul beasts needed to survive for now but remained trapped by human advances and hidden opposition, leaving Gu Yue to ask for his solution.

• Gu Yue confronted Lin Nuo about Ice Empress, and Lin Nuo tried to escape by tossing Ice Empress toward her.
• Ice Empress called Gu Yue old, so Gu Yue froze the dormitory door and smacked Ice Empress while teasing Lin Nuo.
• Gu Yue recognized Ice Empress's unusual potential and addressed Lin Nuo as the Child of Time.
• Lin Nuo said soul beasts needed to survive temporarily to preserve the Douluo Plane's balance and prepare for the Abyss invasion.
• Lin Nuo warned Gu Yue that Tang Hao and Ah Yin would oppose artificial Soul Spirits, and Gu Yue asked him for his solution.

Lin Nuo urged Gu Yue to stop shouldering the soul beast race’s fate alone and offered a Soul Spirit Small World as a solution, while the Ice Dragon King revealed that the Dragon God had created the lightning tribulations. Gu Yue learned Lin Nuo had known her identity all along and called Na'er to expose him, as the Ice Empress declared her loyalty to Lin Nuo.

• Lin Nuo gave Gu Yue information about a Soul Spirit Small World and argued that she should let the ferocious beasts become Soul Spirits instead of trying to manage human-soul beast relations herself.
• The Ice Dragon King criticized Gu Yue and revealed that the Dragon God, not the God Realm, had established the lightning tribulations targeting soul beasts.
• Gu Yue was shaken to learn that her efforts could not prevent the tribulations or the God Realm’s return, and Lin Nuo comforted her by reminding her she had been burdened with the soul beast race’s problems soon after waking.
• Lin Nuo admitted he had known Gu Yue’s identity and had intended to attend Na’er’s funeral feast, so Gu Yue called Na’er to tell her he had bullied her.
• The Ice Empress claimed she belonged to Lin Nuo and refused to be grouped with the soul beast race, leaving Zi Ji, Lin Nuo, and Gu Yue stunned.

Lin Nuo explained to Gu Yue that the Dragon God’s actions had prevented soul beasts from becoming gods and reassured her that his plan to revive Qian Renxue was calculated. The conversation turned to his other relationships before the Ice Dragon King reminded him of an important matter.

• Gu Yue asked the Ice Dragon King whether the Dragon God had caused soul beasts to lose the ability to become gods, and the Ice Dragon King confirmed it.
• Gu Yue asked how she could become the Dragon God, and the Ice Dragon King told her to ask Lin Nuo, who was secretly cultivating a God King.
• Lin Nuo revealed that he planned to bring back Qian Renxue, prompting Gu Yue to worry about the karmic backlash he might suffer.
• Lin Nuo assured Gu Yue that his plan was within his calculations and that Qian Renxue could help him overcome Tang San across the three planes.
• Gu Yue warned Lin Nuo not to risk his life, then asked whether he was keeping women from other timelines too.
• The Ice Dragon King interrupted their banter and reminded Lin Nuo that he had an important matter to attend to.

Lin Nuo arranged for the Ice Dragon King to become Gu Yue’s Soul Spirit and the Fire Dragon King to become Tang Wuling’s, while planning to fuse the Ice Empress and Zi Ji’s Soul Rings for himself. After Gu Yue broke through to rank forty and gained a purple Soul Ring, she and the Ice Empress called Lin Nuo a perverted lolicon.

• Lin Nuo explained that the Ice Dragon King would become Gu Yue’s Soul Spirit and the Fire Dragon King would guard Tang Wuling’s Sea of Consciousness as her Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yue offered Zi Ji the chance to become Lin Nuo’s Soul Spirit, and Lin Nuo planned to fuse Zi Ji’s Soul Ring with the Ice Empress’s for his fourth Soul Ring.
• The Ice Empress asked Lin Nuo to help the Snow Empress become a god, and he said he had considered it and would treat her request as family’s.
• The Ice Dragon King became Gu Yue’s Soul Spirit, and Gu Yue reached rank forty and changed her new Soul Ring’s color to purple.
• Lin Nuo teased Gu Yue about leaving or lying in his arms, so she kicked at him and called him a perverted lolicon; the Ice Empress agreed.

Lin Nuo visited the forging site with Gu Yue and demonstrated Spirit Forging alongside Lin Yan, whose power-attribute metal fused with Lin Nuo’s time-attribute metal. The forging proved their metals could be shared despite the usual bond between a metal and its forger, and Lin Yan sent the fused material to Lin Fan for a better Soul Tool.

• Lin Nuo and Gu Yue arrived at the buildings near the former Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Qian Jun and Jiang Mo initially mistook Lin Nuo for one of his clones.
• Lin Yan showed Lin Nuo his power-attribute forging progress, which had reached the peak of fifth-rank Spirit Forging.
• Lin Nuo and Lin Yan forged metal together, each using blood to bind the metal to his life and awaken its spirit.
• Lin Nuo completed Spirit Forging, then gave his metal to Lin Yan, who fused the time- and power-attribute metals despite the rule that only a metal’s original forger could activate it.
• Lin Yan gave the fused metal to Lin Nuo to take to Lin Fan for a better Soul Tool, while Gu Yue and the Ice Dragon King reflected on Lin Nuo’s unusual relationship with Law Power.

Lin Nuo went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to collect the promised compensation, but Ning Fengzhi tried to trade for his secret method for absorbing thousand-year Soul Rings. After Lin Nuo demanded Ning Fengzhi’s head, the dispute escalated as powerful voices came to his defense.

• Lin Nuo asked about the compensation from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lin Tian admitted that he and Lin Yan had forgotten to collect it while cultivating.
• Lin Nuo asked Gu Yue to let the Scarlet King become Lin Yan’s fifth Soul Ring, and Gu Yue agreed to discuss it with him.
• Lin Nuo traveled to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to collect the debt.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Lin Nuo and offered to trade for his secret method for absorbing thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Lin Nuo demanded Ning Fengzhi’s head, and Gu Rong attacked him with Soul Power.
• Two voices challenged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders for bullying Lin Nuo and urged their companion to fight back.