Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo met with Bibi Dong to learn the privileges Spirit Hall had approved for him and received a carving knife made of Life Gold. He accepted the cursed item, whose hidden life-force properties made it far more valuable than its appearance suggested.

• A Spirit Hall steward woke Lin Mo and escorted him to meet Bibi Dong at the Papal Hall.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Mo that he would receive Red Cardinal authority and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone after reaching Soul Emperor, while explaining that he would be listed as a candidate for Holy Son.
• Lin Mo questioned the limits of the Holy Son title, and Bibi Dong made clear that it carried no right of succession to the papacy.
• Bibi Dong presented Lin Mo with a carving knife that had brought misfortune to its previous owners and offered him the chance to refuse it.
• Lin Mo recognized the knife as a Cursed Carving Knife made of Life Gold and accepted it.

Lin Mo fused the Cursed Blade and Blood Curse Blade into the growing Life Curse Blade, then tested its abilities and continued making Soul Tools. Half a month later, he broke through to level forty, leaving him ready to obtain his fourth Soul Ring.

• Lin Mo used Fusion Forging to combine the Cursed Blade and Blood Curse Blade, creating the Proto-Divine Artifact Life Curse Blade.
• Lin Mo activated the blade with his blood, controlled it with his spiritual power, and concealed it inside his body to nourish it.
• Lin Mo learned Yan had left the academy on a mission and tested the Life Curse Blade’s life-draining effect while sparring with Plant Sanctuary students.
• Lin Mo used the bishop’s warrant to obtain materials and oversee the production of standardized Soul Tools, completing the Pope’s task.
• Lin Mo used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to disguise himself and distort what observers saw as strange nighttime thunderstorms unsettled the academy.
• Half a month later, Lin Mo broke through the bottleneck at level forty as his three Soul Rings revolved around him.

Lin Mo broke through to level forty and received the Soul Contract skill, then learned that two Title Douluo would accompany him to hunt his fourth soul ring. He was left stunned when Bibi Dong appeared to join the expedition as well.

• Lin Mo broke through to level forty, received the Soul Contract skill, and wondered whether the system’s borrowed power came from his future self.
• Lin Mo asked Bibi Dong about his fourth soul ring, and she told him to prepare and visit Spirit Hall’s treasury for defensive items.
• Three days later, Yue Guan arrived to escort Lin Mo, then grew cold when Lin Mo mentioned Dugu Bo.
• Gui Mei appeared and told Lin Mo to wait, and Bibi Dong descended the steps in casual white robes.
• Lin Mo stared in disbelief at Bibi Dong and wondered whether the group intended to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Lin Mo entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei to hunt his fourth soul ring, and the system granted him the Dragon Might domain. Deep in the forest, Xiao Wu sensed an unease and agreed to go out with the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python.

• Bibi Dong told Lin Mo that their destination was the Star Dou Great Forest, and he wondered why she had brought two Title Douluo along.
• After several days of travel, Bibi Dong warned Lin Mo to stay alert as they entered the forest.
• The system unlocked a regional map and rewarded Lin Mo with the Dragon Might domain, which intimidated beasts and suppressed soul masters with beast martial souls.
• Lin Mo worried that his new domain might connect him to Di Tian, then followed Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei into the forest.
• At Star Lake, Xiao Wu felt an unexplained unease, and the Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python offered to take her out for a walk.

Lin Mo and three Spirit Hall powerhouses searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable fourth soul ring, and a vast thunderstorm led them to a Thunder Hell Vine. The system identified the beast as a fourteen-thousand-year Soul Beast with perfect compatibility, but warned that absorbing its ring carried a serious risk.

• Lin Mo traveled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest with Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei while they searched for a suitable lightning-attributed Soul Beast.
• Lin Mo described Soul Tools, including aircraft, while the group rested and ate.
• After days of searching, a distant thunderstorm awakened Lin Mo's Thunder Hell Vine Martial Soul, and he asked Bibi Dong to investigate.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to advance cautiously, and the group reached a scorched clearing where a purple vine absorbed the lightning.
• Lin Mo's system identified the Thunder Hell Vine as a fourteen-thousand-year Soul Beast with 100% compatibility and a 63% absorption success rate.

Lin Mo chose to absorb a fourteen-thousand-year Thunder Hell Vine Soul Ring despite the danger, and Bibi Dong let Yue Guan and Gui Mei suppress the beast so he could deliver the final blow. After the vine dropped a rare right-leg Soul Bone, Bibi Dong arranged to keep it and seek suitable Soul Bones for her Elders, then questioned Lin Mo about the beast’s age before he began absorbing its ring.

• Lin Mo insisted on hunting the Thunder Hell Vine for its Soul Ring, and Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to weaken it while leaving the final blow to him.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei subdued the Thunder Hell Vine, and Lin Mo killed it by piercing its source core with his Thunder Spear.
• A lightning-patterned black Soul Ring appeared, and Bibi Dong uncovered a Ten Thousand Year Right Leg Soul Bone in the vine’s remains.
• Bibi Dong kept the Soul Bone and promised Yue Guan and Gui Mei that she would seek suitable Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones for them through the Elder Hall.
• Yue Guan warned that the Thunder Hell Vine seemed powerful enough to be nearly thirty thousand years old, but Lin Mo estimated that it had only recently reached ten thousand years.
• Bibi Dong urged Lin Mo to give up if the Soul Ring was too dangerous and pointed out that he might still obtain the Soul Bone, while Lin Mo privately dismissed the offer because it overlapped with his own.

Lin Mo absorbed a fourteen-thousand-year Thunder Hell Vine Soul Ring, became a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, and revealed his powerful Thunderous Divine Form. A system warning sounded just as Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape arrived to confront Bibi Dong, leaving Lin Mo wondering what danger the warning foretold.

• Lin Mo chose to absorb the Thunder Hell Vine's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, endured its lightning power, and suppressed its Soul Shock to complete his fourth ring.
• Lin Mo unlocked the Soul Contract talent and learned he could contract up to five Soul Beasts and replicate three skills from each.
• Lin Mo tested Thunderous Divine Form, demonstrating its enhanced strength, lightning control, autonomous vines, and lightning beams fired from his eyes.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Mo to keep his new abilities secret, and the system warned him twice that a crisis was imminent.
• The Titan Giant Ape entered the Annihilation Thunder Domain with Xiao Wu, who ordered Er Ming to kill Bibi Dong.
• Lin Mo recognized Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape, then looked toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest as he wondered about the system warning.

Bibi Dong and the Title Douluo attacked Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape, forcing the beast to the brink of defeat. Beast God Di Tian awakened and pursued the fleeing Lin Mo and Bibi Dong, but they escaped, leaving Di Tian to find the Titan Giant Ape dying and Xiao Wu terrified.

• Xiao Wu recognized Bibi Dong as the woman who had killed her mother and ordered Er Ming to attack her.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei activated their Martial Soul Avatars and overwhelmed the Titan Giant Ape while Gui Mei protected Lin Mo.
• Bibi Dong poisoned and badly wounded the Titan Giant Ape, prompting Lin Mo to fear that a powerful beast from the forest's core had awakened.
• Di Tian's Dragon Might erupted from the forbidden zone, and Bibi Dong abandoned the hunt and fled with Lin Mo as Yue Guan and Gui Mei followed.
• Di Tian pursued the escaping group and struck at them, but Lin Mo used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to help them escape.
• Di Tian took human form above the ruined battlefield and found the Titan Giant Ape barely alive while Xiao Wu trembled nearby.

Bibi Dong, Lin Mo, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei escaped Di Tian’s devastating attack in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Di Tian questioned Xiao Wu and the injured Titan Giant Ape about Lin Mo. The group left the forest shaken, and Lin Mo suspected his Dragon Might Domain had drawn Di Tian’s attention but could not explain the attack.

• Lin Mo used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to distort Di Tian’s perception, giving Bibi Dong and the others a chance to escape his spatial attack.
• Di Tian questioned the Titan Giant Ape and Xiao Wu about the humans and Lin Mo, then returned to the Ancient Forbidden Zone to recover.
• The Titan Giant Ape collapsed unconscious, and Xiao Wu anxiously called to Er Ming.
• Bibi Dong’s group stopped beyond the forest and wondered why Di Tian had attacked them, while Lin Mo suspected his Dragon Might Domain had made him a target.
• Bibi Dong checked Lin Mo for injuries, then led the group away from the Star Dou Great Forest.

After returning to Spirit City, Lin Mo learned that Bibi Dong would seek approval to reserve the Thunder Hell Vine’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone for him. Back at his villa, he explored his new Soul Beast Contract ability and copied three of Zi Ling’s skills, leaving him with a powerful duplicate and the ability to exchange places with it.

• Bibi Dong asked Lin Mo about his Soul Power and promised to apply to the Elder Hall for the Thunder Hell Vine’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong considered asking Lin Mo to become her disciple but decided to wait for a better opportunity.
• Lin Mo returned to Martial Soul Academy and went back to his villa, where Xie Yue and the others had not yet returned.
• Lin Mo examined Zi Ling’s contract panel and learned the effects of her five innate soul skills.
• Lin Mo copied Burrowing Technique, Ginseng-Shedding Doppelganger, and Limb Regeneration, then created a duplicate that could exchange places with him within three thousand meters.
• Lin Mo wondered whether his duplicate could use system skills.

Lin Mo discovered that his doppelganger could use his soul-bound system skills, including Flash and Mirror Flower, Water Moon, and tested how convincingly it could imitate people and their auras. He then used the doppelganger around Martial Soul Academy and Spirit Hall’s Flame Sanctuary, where he began carving Soul Tool patterns with the Life Curse Blade.

• Lin Mo used Flash and Mirror Flower, Water Moon through his doppelganger, changing its Martial Soul, Soul Rings, appearance, and aura before it dissipated from Soul Power consumption.
• The next morning, Lin Mo controlled a doppelganger around Martial Soul Academy and visited Yu Yuan, who did not recognize it as a doppelganger.
• Chi Lie told Lin Mo that Spirit Hall’s fire-type Soul Masters had prepared materials for Soul Tool production while he was away.
• Lin Mo went to Spirit Hall’s Flame Sanctuary, where even the stationed Soul Douluo failed to notice his doppelganger.
• Lin Mo summoned the Life Curse Blade from his true body, stored it in the System Space, then brought it out at the sanctuary and began carving core formation patterns into a crystal.

Lin Mo advanced to Intermediate Soul Tool Technology, then prepared introductory materials for teaching basic soul tool core arrays. He met Hu Liena's returning group and went to report to Bibi Dong, who led him toward the upper levels of Papal Hall.

• Lin Mo completed enough soul tools to advance his technology proficiency and unlocked manufacturing knowledge for Fourth-Level through Sixth-Level Soul Tools.
• Lin Mo decided to teach only basic soul tool core arrays, finished a beginner's manuscript, and sent a clone to request an audience with Bibi Dong.
• Lin Mo encountered Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan after their mission; Hu Liena learned he had become a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, and Yan vowed to challenge him after his own breakthrough.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Lin Mo had suffered any effects from absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, then invited him to follow her up the circular staircase.

Lin Mo presented Bibi Dong with Basic Soul Tool Technology and arranged to travel to the Northern Territory after Spirit Hall could produce Soul Tools normally. Bibi Dong promised him a reward and called an emergency Elder Council meeting after he left.

• Lin Mo gave Bibi Dong his organized manuscript on Basic Soul Tool Technology, and she recognized its value to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong decided to seek approval to grant Lin Mo the Ten Thousand Year Thunder Hell Vine Soul Bone ahead of schedule as a reward.
• Lin Mo told Bibi Dong he planned to travel to the Northern Territory for about two or three months once Soul Tool production was running normally.
• Lin Mo asked Bibi Dong to select people with strong spiritual power to learn Soul Tool crafting, and she agreed.
• After Lin Mo departed, Bibi Dong ordered an emergency Elder Council meeting.

Bibi Dong secured the Ten Thousand Year Thunder Hell Vine Soul Bone for Lin Mo by arguing that his Ancient Soul Tool Manufacturing Technology was worth more than the reward. After Lin Mo received the Soul Bone, Bibi Dong urged him to absorb it, but he already had a Blue Silver Emperor leg bone in his right leg.

• Bibi Dong proposed awarding Lin Mo a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone in advance, and the elders objected until she offered to share Ancient Soul Tool Manufacturing Technology with Spirit Hall.
• Lin Mo returned to Martial Soul Academy, requested rare metals, and began preparing to manufacture intermediate Soul Tools.
• Bibi Dong established Spirit Hall's first Soul Engineer team and appointed Lin Mo as the first-generation master of the Soul Tool Hall.
• Lin Mo taught the new Soul Engineers while Spirit Hall gathered materials for his intermediate Soul Tools.
• Bibi Dong gave Lin Mo the Ten Thousand Year Thunder Hell Vine Soul Bone and offered to guard him while he absorbed it.
• Lin Mo realized he could not fuse with the Soul Bone because he already had the Blue Silver Emperor leg bone in his right leg.

Lin Mo extracted the Thunder Hell Vine Soul Bone’s Origin Essence to strengthen his Martial Soul and Fourth Soul Ring, reaching Level 43. He concealed the enhancement by presenting an existing substitute ability as the bone’s soul skill, and Bibi Dong agreed to keep it secret.

• Lin Mo asked Bibi Dong for a private cultivation chamber before dealing with the Ten Thousand Year Thunder Hell Vine Soul Bone.
• Lin Mo discovered that his right leg bone slot was already occupied, so he extracted the soul bone’s Origin Essence to strengthen his Martial Soul and Fourth Soul Ring.
• Lin Mo absorbed the essence, reached Level 43, and found that his Fourth Soul Skill, Thunderous Divine Form, had grown stronger and cost less Soul Power to maintain.
• Lin Mo showed Bibi Dong a controlled duplicate and claimed the soul bone had granted him a substitute skill that could switch their positions.
• Bibi Dong praised the skill’s defensive and deceptive uses and promised to seal its details as a top-secret record.

Lin Mo completed three level-six soul tools and demonstrated their capabilities to Bibi Dong, shocking her with their long-lasting energy storage, powerful defense, and sustained flight. He reported that Soul Tool Hall’s trainees had begun making basic soul tools and said he would soon leave for actual combat experience.

• Lin Mo finished a closed soul-power storage milk bottle, an invincible defense shield, and a flight propulsion unit.
• Lin Mo brought the three soul tools to Bibi Dong and explained that the milk bottle could preserve soul power for several months.
• Lin Mo demonstrated that the shield could briefly withstand a Titled Douluo’s attack and that the flight unit could fly for nearly twenty hours with a fully charged milk bottle.
• Lin Mo told Bibi Dong that Soul Tool Hall’s trainees could now make basic soul cannons, though their failure rate remained high.
• Lin Mo said he would soon leave for actual combat experience, and Bibi Dong urged him to take the soul tools; he replied that he had kept a set for himself.

Lin Mo prepared to leave Spirit Hall for solitary training, receiving medicine from Yue Guan and permission from Bibi Dong. He flew away in a Soul Tool as Bibi Dong secretly sent Shadow Guards to protect him.

• Yue Guan gave Lin Mo a pouch of medicinal pills and poisons, and Lin Mo returned the favor with a Fourth-Level Flight Propulsion Unit.
• Lin Mo formally reported his departure to Bibi Dong, who warned him to be careful and to report in at Spirit Hall Branch Halls.
• Lin Mo activated a Sixth-Level Flight Propulsion Unit and flew away from Spirit Hall, astonishing the watching knights.
• Yue Guan refused Gui Mei's request to borrow the flight unit, and Gui Mei reached for it with a Ghost Hand.
• Bibi Dong ordered Shadow Guards to follow Lin Mo secretly and avoid interfering with him.

Lin Mo escaped the Shadow Guards by flying to a city and disguising himself, then traveled to Sunset Forest to reunite with Zi Ling. He appeared beside Zi Ling while she was hiding underground, but she realized something was wrong and demanded to know who he was.

• Lin Mo used his Flight Thruster to outrun the Shadow Guards, then entered a city and used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to evade them.
• The Shadow Guards returned to Bibi Dong and admitted they had lost Lin Mo, and Bibi Dong said she had expected him to escape.
• Several days later, Lin Mo reached Sunset Forest and used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to pass through the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast territory.
• Zi Ling sensed a terrifying presence near Ice-Fire Valley and hid underground, where Lin Mo appeared beside her and greeted her.
• Zi Ling noticed that Lin Mo's arrival had not triggered their Soul Contract and that her thoughts had seemed interfered with, so she blocked his path and demanded to know who he was.

Lin Mo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and found the Herb Garden recovering, with the Blue Silver Emperor thriving. After reuniting with Zi Ling and rewarding her care of the garden, he revealed that he had gained abilities through their Soul Contract, including her Shed Husk Clone.

• Lin Mo entered the valley and found the harvested Immortal Herbs sprouting again and the Blue Silver Emperor grown to several meters tall.
• The Blue Silver Emperor reached for Lin Mo, and Zi Ling recognized him after he restored their Contract Sensing.
• Zi Ling told Lin Mo that Dugu Bo had visited every ten days or half a month and sometimes taken herbs, but had noticed nothing unusual.
• Lin Mo inferred that Zi Ling had used Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow to help the Immortal Herbs recover, then gave her a pouch of the marrow as payment.
• Zi Ling asked how Lin Mo had traveled underground, and he explained that she had granted him the skill through their Soul Contract.
• Lin Mo formed a second copy of himself with Soul Power, revealing an ability like Zi Ling's Shed Husk Clone.

Lin Mo tested his ability to control the Frost Bone Dragon, then learned from the system that Tang Hao and Tang San were in Sunset Forest. Remembering Tang Hao’s earlier assassination attempt, Lin Mo summoned Zi Ling and considered striking back.

• Lin Mo used Zi Ling’s replicated Spiritual Body Threads to briefly revive and control the Frost Bone Dragon, but his cultivation could not sustain it.
• Lin Mo told Zi Ling to gather herbs for a trip to the Extreme North, and she reluctantly agreed to guide him.
• While cultivating beside the pool, Lin Mo received a system alert and saw Tang Hao and Tang San traveling through Sunset Forest.
• The system marked Tang Hao and Tang San’s real-time location, and Lin Mo considered attacking them while Tang Hao remained injured.
• Lin Mo showed Zi Ling the projection, and she recognized Tang Hao and asked whether they should sneak over and teach him a lesson.