Chapter Summaries

After killing Viscount Priest, Lin Qing escaped detection and used three pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to strengthen his body. He began absorbing the 5,500-year Silver Hero Beast Soul Ring, enduring severe pain as the process continued.

• Lin Qing escaped the explosion scene disguised as a child and received five pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber for fulfilling his final wish by killing Viscount Priest.
• Suotuo City issued a notice blaming the assassination on an unidentified old woman and began searching for her.
• Lin Qing absorbed three pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, strengthening his physique to a level comparable to an ordinary Soul Ancestor.
• Lin Qing prepared the Gold of Life and a Level Seven Soul Guidance Milk Bottle, then began absorbing the 5,500-year Silver Hero Beast Soul Ring.
• Lin Qing used the Gold of Life and Soul Guidance Milk Bottle to endure the Soul Ring's violent energy as destruction and repair repeatedly ravaged his body.

Lin Qing survived absorbing an over-limit Soul Ring and gained the Metal Manipulation skill, then returned to Emperor Soul Village after two years away. He reunited with Er Ni and Er Gouzi and was welcomed home by Aunt Li's family.

• Lin Qing reached level twenty-four after successfully absorbing the Soul Ring and tested his new Metal Manipulation skill.
• Lin Qing decided he could stop hiding his appearance and planned to bring Er Ni with him.
• Two days later, Lin Qing returned to Emperor Soul Village, where Er Gouzi barely recognized him.
• Er Ni ran out to greet Lin Qing, cried in his arms, and heard him promise he had returned.
• Aunt Li's family prepared a welcome dinner, and Er Gouzi grumbled as Aunt Li fussed over Lin Qing.

Lin Qing invited Er Ni to move with him to Suotuo City and received a piece of Gold of Life she had saved. He then went to Black Wind Cave and killed One-Eyed Dragon after using an illusion to make the bandit leader slaughter his own men and misjudge the final attack.

• Lin Qing asked Er Ni to help manage his planned shop in Suotuo City, and she agreed to go with him.
• Er Ni gave Lin Qing a piece of Gold of Life that Er Gouzi had found in the mountains.
• Lin Qing set out for Black Wind Cave to prevent the bandits from attacking Emperor Soul Village and killing Er Ni in the future.
• Lin Qing used an illusion to make One-Eyed Dragon believe his lackeys were plotting against him, causing him to kill them.
• One-Eyed Dragon attacked Lin Qing, who used Metal Manipulation and another illusion to make him give up defending himself before a flying saber beheaded him.

Lin Qing rescued the women held by One-Eyed Dragon's bandits, claimed a rare ore, and returned to Emperor Soul Village before traveling with Er Ni to Suotuo City. There, Ma Hongjun harassed Er Ni, and Lin Qing used a mental illusion to terrify him into collapsing in fear.

• Lin Qing freed the kidnapped women, learned the bandits had hidden their valuables in a stone chamber, and took Sinking Silver Ore and some Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Qing let the women divide the remaining valuables, then returned to Aunt Li's home before dawn, relieved that the bandits were gone and planning his next move.
• Lin Qing and Er Ni arrived in Suotuo City by carriage, where he told her they would live and work there.
• Ma Hongjun stopped their carriage, introduced himself as a Level 18 Soul Master, and lecherously demanded that Er Ni become his girlfriend.
• Lin Qing used his hidden mental Soul Skill to make Ma Hongjun see a black-robed figure threatening to castrate him, leaving Ma Hongjun unable to move and terrified.

Lin Qing watched the final words of another relic, learning how a past version of himself built a commercial empire through careful trade and philanthropy. The relic ended with that Lin Qing donating his fortune, while the present Lin Qing reflected on his life.

• Lin Qing used his power to punish Ma Hongjun for leering at Er Ni, then brought her back to his courtyard.
• A black Ash Urn appeared, and Lin Qing chose to listen to its final words.
• The relic showed Lin Qing abandoning the Soul Master path to pursue business, starting with a small stall and gradually expanding into a merchant association.
• Lin Qing sponsored orphans and funded their Soul Master education, earning a reputation for generosity.
• His merchant association grew into a continent-wide commercial empire, supported by Soul Masters he had helped.
• Before his death, Lin Qing donated his wealth to charities, schools, clinics, and orphanages, leaving the present Lin Qing impressed by his life.

Lin Qing gained valuable business knowledge and watched his restaurant become Suotuo City's top establishment over the next two years. He also became a Level 3 Soul Engineer and found Er Ni studying in their courtyard.

• Lin Qing received Merchant Knowledge from the old Ash Urn and realized it could help him build a career for Er Ni.
• Ma Hongjun refused Dai Mubai's invitation to visit Spring Breeze Pavilion because Lin Qing's terrifying illusion had left him badly shaken.
• Over two years, Qinglin Restaurant grew into the leading restaurant in Suotuo City.
• Lin Qing became a Level 3 Soul Engineer through his study of Soul Tools.
• Lin Qing finished meditating and found Er Ni studying beneath the courtyard's grapevine trellis.

Lin Qing advised Er Ni to expand the restaurant business and use it to gather information, then received an Ash Urn containing the final words of a parallel-world version of himself who had been reborn as a flower. The flower’s monotonous diary showed years of immobility and exposure to the elements.

• Lin Qing told Er Ni that the restaurant’s growth was slowing because Suotuo City’s market was nearing saturation, and proposed expanding into other cities and businesses.
• Lin Qing instructed Er Ni to use the restaurants to gather intelligence, stockpile Whale Rubber, and look for Soul Master Academies that needed sponsors.
• Lin Qing returned to his room and found an Ash Urn marked with an image of a flower, which the system identified as the relic of “Immortal Herb Lin Qing.”
• Lin Qing played the urn’s final words and learned that this parallel-world version of himself had been reborn as a flower.
• Lin Qing watched the flower’s diary recounting years spent rooted in place, absorbing the elements and enduring changing weather.

Lin Qing watched Immortal Herb Lin Qing’s memories and learned that it had spent ten thousand years alone before discovering it was a Truth-Seeing Profound Pupil Lotus trapped in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. The Immortal Herb despaired at being unable to escape Tang San’s prison, while Lin Qing wondered what power its relic might hold.

• Lin Qing endured thousands of years of Immortal Herb Lin Qing’s monotonous record of absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.
• After reaching Year 10001, Immortal Herb Lin Qing communicated with nearby plants and learned it was a Truth-Seeing Profound Pupil Lotus and an Immortal Herb.
• Immortal Herb Lin Qing recognized the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and the other imprisoned Immortal Herbs around it.
• Immortal Herb Lin Qing discovered that Tang San’s poisonous barrier could not be crossed without ultimate elemental power and despaired of ever escaping.
• Lin Qing considered the Truth-Seeing Profound Pupil Lotus’s possible abilities and wondered what its relic would be.

Immortal Herb Lin Qing revealed that, after 11,500 years trapped by Tang San’s poisonous barrier, he chose to end his life in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Just before he died, another Immortal Herb followed him into the spring, leaving Lin Qing stunned by the revelation.

• Immortal Herb Lin Qing recounted how repeated attempts to escape Tang San’s barrier prison had failed.
• Immortal Herb Lin Qing described his despair and rejected the other Immortal Herbs’ efforts to persuade him to keep living.
• Immortal Herb Lin Qing pulled out his roots and jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to die.
• Another Immortal Herb plunged into the spring after Immortal Herb Lin Qing, but he died before learning what happened next.
• Lin Qing sat stunned after hearing Immortal Herb Lin Qing’s final words.

Lin Qing learned that Immortal Herb Lin Qing had ended his life after more than eleven thousand years of imprisonment and received a cache of powerful relics. He accepted the herb’s final wish to take the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and stored the dangerous Soul Rings for later.

• Lin Qing sympathized with Immortal Herb Lin Qing’s despair after hearing how he had uprooted himself and jumped into a spring to die.
• The system awarded Lin Qing the Truth-Seeing Profound Pupil Lotus and Lovesick Heartbreak Red essences, Soul Rings, and Soul Bones.
• Lin Qing wondered why Lovesick Heartbreak Red had followed Immortal Herb Lin Qing into the spring and suspected it had loved him.
• Immortal Herb Lin Qing’s final wish revealed his hatred of Tang San and demanded that Lin Qing take the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Lin Qing agreed to fulfill the wish and placed both 100,000-Year Soul Rings in the Relic Space because he was too weak to absorb them safely.

Lin Qing absorbed the Truth-Seeing Profound Pupil Lotus Immortal Herb Essence, transforming his Heavenly Eye Martial Soul and raising his innate Soul Power to full rank. He discovered that his evolved Martial Soul could materialize Spiritual Power into a direct attack.

• Lin Qing hesitated over whether to absorb the unfamiliar Immortal Herb Essence, then decided it was likely compatible with him and swallowed it.
• The essence surged toward Lin Qing's sea of consciousness, causing intense pain as he guided its energy into his Heavenly Eye Martial Soul.
• Lin Qing's Heavenly Eye Martial Soul evolved, gaining a rotating black-and-white aura around its silver pupil.
• Lin Qing realized the transformation had raised his innate Soul Power from Rank Eight to Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lin Qing fired a materialized Spiritual Power beam at the wall, scorching a deep hole and confirming his Martial Soul had gained an offensive ability.

Lin Qing opened his Spiritual Sea after absorbing the Truth-Seeing Profound Pupil Lotus essence, then fused the 100,000-year Truth-Seeing Profound Pupil External Soul Bone. He discovered the bone had doubled his Spiritual Power and granted powerful abilities to his left and right pupils.

• Lin Qing discovered that the Immortal Herb essence had opened a vast Spiritual Sea, strengthening his Spiritual Power and improving his prospects for absorbing high-year Soul Rings.
• Lin Qing examined the Truth-Seeing Profound Pupil External Soul Bone and recognized its compatibility with his transformed Heavenly Eye Martial Soul.
• Lin Qing fused the black-and-white eye bone with his eyes and Origin of Spirit without pain or rejection.
• Lin Qing learned that the External Soul Bone doubled his Spiritual Power's capacity, intensity, and refinement.
• Lin Qing discovered that his right pupil, Profound Instrument, could absorb Spiritual Power and convert other energy into it, while his left pupil, Truth-Breaking, could see through illusions and resist mental attacks and control.

Lin Qing gave Er Ni the Lovesick Heartbreak Red Immortal Herb Essence instead of consuming it himself. It transformed her ordinary wildflower Martial Soul into a Lovesick Heartbreak Red, leaving both of them stunned.

• Lin Qing decided the Lovesick Heartbreak Red Essence and 100,000-Year Torso Bone were better suited to Er Ni than to him.
• Lin Qing called Er Ni over and gave her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red Immortal Herb Essence to eat.
• Er Ni accepted and swallowed the essence without hesitation because she trusted Lin Qing.
• The essence changed Er Ni's hair to cherry pink and transformed her pale wildflower Martial Soul into a Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Lin Qing realized Er Ni's Martial Soul had undergone a beneficial mutation into an immortal-grade Martial Soul.

After Lovesick Heartbreak transformed Er Ni’s martial soul, Lin Qing discovered that she had Innate Full Soul Power and encouraged her to cultivate. Er Ni sensed her martial soul’s sole innate skill, which could boost her and her beloved in every attribute and was bound to Lin Qing, leaving him touched and awkward.

• Lin Qing tested Er Ni’s Soul Power and found that she had Innate Full Soul Power with her immortal-grade martial soul.
• Lin Qing reassured Er Ni that she deserved the gift and told her she could become a powerful Soul Master.
• Er Ni vowed to cultivate hard so she could stand beside Lin Qing and help him.
• Lin Qing asked Er Ni to sense whether Lovesick Heartbreak had any special abilities.
• Er Ni revealed that her martial soul’s only innate skill, Lovesick Heartbreak, boosted her and her beloved in every attribute, with Lin Qing as its sole possible target.
• Lin Qing realized the skill was effectively another confession and felt both warmth and awkwardness.

Lin Qing learned that Er Ni's Lovesick Heartbreak skill could greatly boost all his attributes and that her Martial Soul could restore and resurrect them. After helping her absorb Ten-Thousand Year Whale Rubber, he prepared to give her the 100,000-Year Lovesick Heartbreak Red Torso Bone.

• Er Ni explained that Lovesick Heartbreak boosted all of Lin Qing's attributes by 100% even without Soul Rings, with stronger effects as their combined age increased.
• Er Ni revealed that her Martial Soul could fully restore them once per day and resurrect each of them once in a lifetime.
• Lin Qing decided to help Er Ni strengthen herself before hunting for a Soul Ring, then gave her two pieces of Ten-Thousand Year Whale Rubber to absorb.
• Er Ni's transformation continued through the night, and she woke at dawn embarrassed by her memories of the process.
• Lin Qing took out the 100,000-Year Lovesick Heartbreak Red Torso Bone for Er Ni.

Lin Qing gave Er Ni a 100,000-Year Lovesick Heartbreak Red Torso Bone, and she fused with it safely over two days. After awakening two powerful Soul Bone Skills, Er Ni emerged as a formidable support, strengthening Lin Qing’s confidence in their future plans.

• Lin Qing persuaded Er Ni to accept the Soul Bone, explaining that its shared origin with her Lovesick Heartbreak Red martial soul made it best suited to her.
• Er Ni absorbed the 100,000-Year Lovesick Heartbreak Red Torso Bone while Lin Qing watched over her for two days and nights.
• Er Ni awoke on the morning of the third day and told Lin Qing that the fusion had left her feeling stronger and more resilient.
• Er Ni revealed that the Torso Bone granted her Red Stamen Immortal Body, which shielded her and a chosen beloved, and Light of Weakness, which weakened enemies across a wide area.
• Lin Qing praised Er Ni as a monster-class support and felt more confident about carrying out his future plans with her at his side.

Lin Qing and Er Ni prepared for a soul hunt and entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find their first Soul Rings. After five days of searching, they still had not found a soul beast of the right age for Er Ni.

• Lin Qing arranged Qinglin Restaurant's affairs and gathered survival supplies while Er Ni practiced her new abilities and learned basic combat and wilderness skills.
• Lin Qing and Er Ni left Suotuo City for the Star Dou Great Forest, planning to obtain Er Ni's first Soul Ring and Lin Qing's third.
• Lin Qing gave Er Ni a Level 3 defensive Soul Tool bracelet and explained how to use it as they ventured deeper into the forest.
• Lin Qing searched for a soul beast between one thousand and fifteen hundred years old, judging that Er Ni could safely absorb a ring in that range.
• After five days of searching the forest's outer region, Lin Qing and Er Ni found only beasts that were either too young or too old.

Lin Qing struggled to find a suitable soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest while protecting the sleeping Er Ni. During his night watch, an Ash Urn appeared beside their camp, revealing the final words of another Lin Qing from the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

• Lin Qing and Er Ni made camp, and Lin Qing set up defenses before taking watch while Er Ni slept.
• A familiar tremor alerted Lin Qing, and an Ash Urn appeared beside the campfire with a prompt to hear its final words.
• Lin Qing activated the recording and learned that the other Lin Qing had been reborn in the Douluo Continent.
• The recording showed that the other Lin Qing awakened the Heavenly Eye martial soul with Rank Eight Innate Soul Power at age six.
• The other Lin Qing realized he had been born into the White Tiger Duke Mansion, Huo Yuhao’s future home.

White Tiger Lin Qing recognized Huo Yuhao as the future recipient of countless powerful opportunities and resolved to claim them first. After training until he reached Rank 20 and waiting for Huo Yuhao to leave the Duke Mansion, Lin Qing prepared to begin his pursuit.

• White Tiger Lin Qing saw Huo Yuhao training alone and decided to intercept the opportunities he knew Huo Yuhao would encounter.
• Lin Qing trained relentlessly, reached Rank 20, and delayed obtaining his second Soul Ring while he waited for Huo Yuhao to leave the Duke Mansion.
• At age eleven, Huo Yuhao broke through to Rank 10 and departed the Duke Mansion to seek his first Soul Ring.
• Lin Qing watched Huo Yuhao leave from a pavilion and set out to pursue the opportunities for himself.

White Tiger Lin Qing followed Huo Yuhao into the Star Dou Great Forest, waiting to seize an opportunity tied to Huo Yuhao’s first Soul Ring. After Huo Yuhao defeated a Wind Baboon and passed out, Lin Qing approached him, but the Million-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suddenly burst from the ground.

• White Tiger Lin Qing secretly followed Huo Yuhao into the Star Dou Great Forest and watched him meet Tang Ya and Bei Bei.
• After Tang Ya and Bei Bei left to hunt a Soul Ring, Huo Yuhao continued deeper into the forest in search of his first Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao fought and killed a ten-year Wind Baboon, then fainted beside the white Soul Ring that appeared from its corpse.
• White Tiger Lin Qing emerged from hiding and approached the unconscious Huo Yuhao, ready to act after years of preparation.
• The ground split open, and the Million-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged near Huo Yuhao.