Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang refused Flender’s demand that he seek help from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to find the missing Liu Erlong. Flender confronted him with his debt to Erlong and explained that only Yu Xiaogang’s family status could persuade the clan to mobilize, leaving Yu Xiaogang under pressure to reconsider.

• Yu Xiaogang recalled how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had rejected and humiliated him after his martial soul mutated, and he refused to return or beg them.
• Flender angrily told Yu Xiaogang that Liu Erlong, a rank-seventy-eight Soul Saint, had disappeared and might be in danger.
• Flender accused Yu Xiaogang of abandoning Erlong at their wedding and letting pride outweigh her life after she had waited for him for twenty years.
• Flender reminded Yu Xiaogang that he and Erlong had called themselves the Golden Iron Triangle and demanded to know whether he deserved to call himself her brother or a man.
• Flender explained that the clan would only mobilize its strength if Yu Xiaogang went with Yu Tianheng, because he was the clan leader’s legitimate son and Erlong’s cousin.

Flender forced Yu Xiaogang to choose between his pride and helping find the missing Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to seek help from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The search began as Heaven Dou’s Three Education Committees warned that the abduction could throw the city into chaos.

• Flender gave Yu Xiaogang one incense stick to decide whether to help find Erlong, threatening to kill him if he refused.
• Remembering how Liu Erlong had stood by him for years, Yu Xiaogang agreed to go with Flender to the Blue Lightning Family.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender told Yu Tianheng that his aunt had been taken, and he joined them on their way to the clan residence.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang sent Tang San back to rest and watch over the others rather than risk involving him in the search.
• Zhao Wuji left to organize a search, while Zhilin, Meng Shenji, and Bai Baoshan discussed the danger and chose to avoid deeper involvement.

Yu Yuanzhen mobilized the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to find the abducted Liu Erlong, while Lin Qing secretly finished binding her spirit with an invisible shackle. The clan began searching Heaven Dou City as Lin Qing gained the power to compel Liu Erlong to obey his commands.

• Yu Yuanzhen learned that Liu Erlong had been abducted and ordered clan members to search Heaven Dou City and investigate the roads leading there.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan sprang into action, drawing the attention of Heaven Dou City's other forces.
• Lin Qing examined Liu Erlong's memories and considered how her feelings for Yu Xiaogang could serve his plans.
• Lin Qing merged Space-Awareness Silk into Liu Erlong's Origin of Spirit, creating a shackle that would compel her to obey his commands while leaving her thoughts and awareness intact.

Lin Qing completed implanting an absolute obedience rule in Liu Erlong without changing her memories or personality. He left her furious and defiant, but proved he could control her by making her stand at attention with a single order.

• Lin Qing spent three hours weaving Space-Awareness Silk into Liu Erlong’s Origin of Spirit, then finished the procedure.
• Liu Erlong woke and remembered her capture, and Lin Qing mocked her by claiming the operation had turned her into a boy.
• Lin Qing explained to Wu Yun that Liu Erlong’s memories and emotions remained intact, but an invisible shackle made his safety and orders her top priority.
• Lin Qing ordered Wu Yun to release Liu Erlong, and she unleashed her Soul Power and Fire Dragon Martial Soul Possession to attack him.
• Lin Qing told Liu Erlong to stand at attention, and her Soul Power and flames vanished as her body obeyed against her will.

Lin Qing demonstrated that the shackle he planted in Liu Erlong’s spirit source forced her to obey his commands despite her resistance. Liu Erlong remained furious and vowed to break his control as Lin Qing prepared to test it again.

• Liu Erlong struggled against the shackle controlling her body while Lin Qing ordered Wu Yun to stand down.
• Lin Qing explained that Liu Erlong’s obedience was bound to his life and that his commands outranked her will.
• Lin Qing ordered Liu Erlong to massage his shoulders, and she obeyed while unsuccessfully trying to attack him.
• Lin Qing ordered Liu Erlong to stop and face him, then asked whether she believed his control was real.
• Liu Erlong rejected the shackle and vowed to break it, and Lin Qing said they would test it again.

Lin Qing tested the limits of the Mental Shackle by ordering Liu Erlong to serve him, wash his feet, and undress. The chapter ended when he stopped her as she began unbuttoning her clothes.

• Lin Qing ordered Liu Erlong to massage his shoulders and pour him tea, and she obeyed despite her anger.
• Lin Qing told Liu Erlong to remove his shoes and wash his feet, and she complied in tears while Wu Yun watched.
• Lin Qing observed that the Mental Shackle controlled Liu Erlong's body even when her will and emotions resisted.
• Lin Qing ordered Liu Erlong to take off her clothes, and she began undoing a button despite her despair.
• Lin Qing told Liu Erlong to stop before she could continue.

Lin Qing tested the shackle’s absolute control over Liu Erlong, then learned that Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were searching for her. Liu Erlong took Yu Xiaogang’s efforts as proof he still cared and hoped he would rescue her from Lin Qing.

• Lin Qing ordered Liu Erlong to undress, then told her the command had only been a test and ordered her to get dressed.
• Lin Qing threatened Liu Erlong when she glared at him, and she lowered her head in fear of the shackle’s control.
• Wu Yun reported that Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Yu Tianheng had gone to see Yu Yuanzhen, who had mobilized the Blue Lightning Clan to search for Liu Erlong.
• Wu Yun said Yu Xiaogang had knelt outside the clan residence and begged Yu Yuanzhen to save Liu Erlong, but Lin Qing decided no action was needed.
• Liu Erlong believed Yu Xiaogang still cared about her and hoped he would bring the Blue Lightning Clan to free her from Lin Qing’s control.

Lin Qing used a report about Yu Xiaogang's hesitation to seek help for Liu Erlong to undermine her faith in him. After Wu Yun read their conversation aloud, Liu Erlong was left shaken and pale, though the chapter did not show her accepting that Yu Xiaogang had abandoned her.

• Lin Qing told Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang had hesitated before seeking help from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after learning she had been captured.
• Liu Erlong rejected Lin Qing's account as a lie and insisted Yu Xiaogang would never put his pride above her life.
• Lin Qing ordered Wu Yun to read the full conversation between Yu Xiaogang and Flender from the report.
• Wu Yun read the conversation aloud, and Liu Erlong stood rigid and pale as Yu Xiaogang's familiar words echoed in her mind.

Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to ask Yu Yuanzhen for help finding the missing Liu Erlong, enduring his father’s anger and blame. Yu Yuanzhen launched a citywide search, unaware that Liu Erlong was already in Suotuo City.

• Yu Yuanzhen angrily confronted Yu Xiaogang for returning after twenty years to seek help for Liu Erlong rather than reconcile with the clan.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted Liu Erlong was in trouble, and Yu Yuanzhen blamed him for her estrangement from the clan and disappearance.
• Flender urged Yu Yuanzhen to focus on finding Liu Erlong, and Yu Yuanzhen revealed that he had mobilized clan disciples and asked Emperor Xue Ye to seal routes out of Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianheng reported that his team had found no trace of Liu Erlong in the western part of the city.
• Yu Yuanzhen vowed to find Liu Erlong and demanded that Yu Xiaogang end their relationship, while the searchers failed to realize she was in Suotuo City at Azure Throne Academy.

Lin Qing took Liu Erlong to the Star Dou Great Forest as a forced soul-hunting assistant while his group pursued new soul rings. Ten days later, Meng Yiran prepared to absorb an eight-thousand-year soul ring, leaving Liu Erlong stunned that Lin Qing’s companions could exceed the usual limit.

• Lin Qing ordered Liu Erlong to disguise herself and accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest as his soul-hunting tool person.
• Lin Qing gave Wu Yun instructions to watch Suotuo City and Yu Xiaogang’s group while he was away.
• Lin Qing’s companions gathered for the journey, and he introduced the masked Liu Erlong as a new teacher called Liu.
• Over the next ten days, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed an eight-thousand-year Nether Shadow Cat soul ring with Lin Qing’s help and reached level 44.
• Liu Erlong helped Lin Qing’s group hunt suitable soul beasts, and Meng Yiran began absorbing an eight-thousand-year Single-Horned Armor-Piercing Snake soul ring.
• Liu Erlong wondered how Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran could absorb soul rings beyond the usual five-thousand-year limit for a Soul Ancestor’s fourth ring.

Meng Yiran obtained a powerful fourth Soul Skill, and Ning Rongrong broke through to Rank 40. Lin Qing led the group to hunt a soul beast for Ning Rongrong, while Liu Erlong vented her anger by killing it brutally.

• Meng Yiran absorbed a seven-thousand-five-hundred-year Tyrant Flower Soul Ring, while Zhu Zhuqing gained an eight-thousand-year Soul Ring and a stronger Nether Shadow Clone.
• Meng Yiran reached Rank 44 and demonstrated her fourth Soul Skill, Snake Lance Armor-Piercing, by piercing a thick tree.
• Ning Rongrong broke through to Rank 40, and Lin Qing agreed to help her find a suitable soul beast.
• Lin Qing ordered Liu Erlong to hunt a seven-thousand-year Gemstone Heavy-Armor Turtle beside a pool in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Liu Erlong used her dragon breath and Fire Dragon claw to kill the turtle, then glared at Lin Qing when he teased her about his little dragon.

Ning Rongrong stabilized her Fourth Soul Ring and evolved her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, then the group prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. A Titan Giant Ape appeared and took Xiao Wu into the forest after Lin Qing cleared the others away, leaving her companions stunned.

• Ning Rongrong reached level 43 and revealed that her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda boosted all her enhancement Soul Skills to 50%.
• Lin Qing told the group to rest before returning to Suotuo City, and the girls began packing after ten days in the forest.
• A violent earthquake and crashing trees announced the arrival of the Titan Giant Ape, which Liu Erlong identified as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Lin Qing stopped Liu Erlong from releasing her Martial Soul Avatar, while Xiao Wu recognized the Titan Giant Ape as Er Ming and feared her identity would be exposed.
• Lin Qing used Psychokinesis to send the others away, and the Titan Giant Ape gently picked up Xiao Wu before leaping back into the forest.

After the Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu, Lin Qing revealed his External Soul Bone and rushed after the beast alone. Liu Erlong stopped the others from following and led them toward the forest’s outskirts, urging them to trust Lin Qing.

• Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, Er Ni, and Ye Lingling prepared to pursue the Titan Giant Ape and rescue Xiao Wu.
• Lin Qing reassured the group, ordered Liu Erlong to take them out of the Star Dou Great Forest, and revealed his Emerald Eight Spider Lances.
• Lin Qing used the Spider Lances to race after the Titan Giant Ape, leaving the others behind.
• Liu Erlong blocked Dugu Yan and the others from following, warning that they would only endanger themselves.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Liu Erlong urged the others to trust Lin Qing, and Liu Erlong led them toward the outskirts.

Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming in the forest, but Lin Qing arrived soon after and faced the suspicious Titan Giant Ape. He explained that he had long known Xiao Wu’s identity but had never tried to capture her, leaving Er Ming wary but no longer attacking.

• Er Ming found Xiao Wu and tried to take her back to Life Lake, but she insisted she had to return to her companions.
• Er Ming sensed Lin Qing approaching and roared at him, but Xiao Wu jumped between them and called Lin Qing her friend.
• Lin Qing told Xiao Wu he had sent Liu Erlong and the others out of the forest and had come alone to find her.
• Lin Qing identified Er Ming as the Titan Giant Ape and named Da Ming as the Sky Azure Bull Python, astonishing Xiao Wu.
• Lin Qing told Er Ming he had known Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and would have imprisoned her if he wanted her Soul Ring, but had never done so.
• Er Ming remained distrustful but acknowledged Lin Qing’s argument, while Xiao Wu felt moved by his words.

Lin Qing warned Er Ming to keep himself and Da Ming hidden from human soul masters, especially Spirit Hall, before carrying Xiao Wu away from the Star Dou Great Forest. During their journey, Xiao Wu thanked him for accepting and protecting her, then kissed him, and Lin Qing responded by declaring his possessive feelings.

• Xiao Wu told Er Ming she was leaving, and Lin Qing warned him that human greed and methods made it dangerous for him and Da Ming to reveal themselves, especially to Spirit Hall.
• Lin Qing carried Xiao Wu out of the forest with his Eight Spider Lances as Er Ming roared a sorrowful farewell and vowed to protect them.
• As they traveled, Xiao Wu thanked Lin Qing for treating her as a companion despite knowing her identity and for coming to rescue her.
• Lin Qing teased Xiao Wu about being in his arms, and she kissed him, explaining that she knew Er Ni and Yanzi had feelings for him.
• Lin Qing told Xiao Wu he was selfish and did not want anyone he had touched to leave his side, then kissed her possessively.

Lin Qing returned to camp carrying Xiao Wu after escaping the Titan Giant Ape, and the women questioned them about the danger. While Zhu Zhuqing noticed Xiao Wu’s flushed face and unusual scent, Liu Erlong reflected on Lin Qing’s powerful Eight Spider Lances and wondered who he really was.

• Er Ni sensed through the Lovesick Heartbreak Red that Lin Qing was safe, and the women waited anxiously for him and Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted Lin Qing returning at great speed with an unconscious Xiao Wu in his arms, and everyone rushed to check on them.
• Xiao Wu blushed and stumbled when Zhu Zhuqing questioned her, while Zhu Zhuqing detected an unusual sweet scent and Lin Qing stayed composed.
• Lin Qing gave the others evasive explanations about escaping the Titan Giant Ape as Ye Lingling used her Nine Heart Begonia to heal them.
• Liu Erlong recalled Lin Qing’s Eight Spider Lances and extraordinary speed, judged his External Soul Bone exceptionally powerful, and wondered who he really was.

Lin Qing received another Ash Urn relic, this one belonging to a divine beast called the Heavenly Pupil Emperor Scorpion, and watched its final recording. The revelation that the scorpion was born in the God Realm as a Divine Official left Lin Qing wondering how it had died.

• Liu Erlong doubted whether Xiao Gang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could protect her from Lin Qing, and struggled to understand why the girls around him trusted and admired him.
• Lin Qing sensed Liu Erlong watching him, while she kept watch outside the camp as the others slept.
• A square ash urn appeared beside Lin Qing in the night and offered to play the last words of Divine Beast Lin Qing.
• The urn showed a three-eyed, ice-blue scorpion in a primeval forest, and Lin Qing identified it as the Heavenly Pupil Emperor Scorpion.
• The recording revealed that the scorpion was a transmigrator born in the God Realm, a Divine Official whose parents were Third-Class Gods.

Lin Qing learned that he had been reborn in the era when the Dragon God still ruled, and struggled to fuse his Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Spirit powers before the coming war. He then witnessed Destruction’s gods order his clan to abandon its ancestral territory, suggesting that war preparations had begun.

• Lin Qing confirmed from the mural and other sources that the Dragon God and the five Great God Kings ruled the God Realm before Tang San’s era.
• Lin Qing recalled the Dragon God War and resolved to grow stronger before the divine beast race’s coming disaster.
• Lin Qing repeatedly tried to fuse his Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Spirit powers, but failed and concluded he needed a neutralizing point.
• Gods serving Destruction ordered the scorpion divine beast clan to leave its ancestral habitat for the Deity Legion’s garrison.
• Lin Qing realized the formal troop deployment might mean the Dragon God War was approaching, or another divine war was imminent.

Lin Qing witnessed Divine Beast Lin Qing’s clan flee to the Ice Forest after being driven from their territory by a Second-Class God, then saw how the young scorpion resolved to grow stronger in the Water Dragon King’s domain. The chapter ended with Divine Beast Lin Qing leaving his family’s shelter to hunt, seek treasures, and survive the dangers ahead.

• A Second-Class God forced Divine Beast Lin Qing’s Third-Class God parents to lead their Heavenly Pupil Emperor Scorpion clan away from their forest.
• Divine Beast Lin Qing’s clan reached the Ice Forest, territory ruled by the Water Dragon King, and settled in a cramped cave at its edge.
• Young Divine Beast Lin Qing resolved to become stronger so he could survive the Ice Forest and future crises.
• Divine Beast Lin Qing left his parents’ protection and fought a Giant Bear, consumed a ten-thousand-year Ice Ginseng, and stole an Ice Spirit Fruit while escaping pursuing Ice Falcons.
• Lin Qing judged that Divine Beast Lin Qing needed to grow strong enough to protect himself from the Dragon God War and the human gods’ later purge of divine beasts.

Over a hundred years, Divine Beast Lin Qing grew into a Third-Class God-level beast by surviving the Ice Forest, defeating its guardians, and collecting rare Immortal Herbs, while repeatedly attempting to fuse his Ultimate Spirit and Ultimate Ice attributes. His exploration brought him face-to-face with an Ice Dragon, a Second-Class God-level Soul Beast who demanded that he explain his presence or die.

• Divine Beast Lin Qing defeated a White-Fronted Ice Tiger guarding Ice Crystal Canyon and stole its Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow core.
• He endured the bites of tens of thousands of Ice Fin Fish to retrieve an Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass from a deep-blue lake.
• He repeatedly tried to fuse his Ultimate Spirit and Ultimate Ice attributes, but each attempt caused violent internal explosions.
• While passing through an Ice Crystal Dense Forest, Divine Beast Lin Qing encountered an Ice Dragon from the clan under the Water Dragon King's command.
• The Second-Class God-level Ice Dragon claimed the forest as its territory and ordered Divine Beast Lin Qing to explain himself or die.