Chapter Summaries

Ling Yu confronted Bibi Dong about her cold treatment of Na'er and learned that Bibi Dong regretted making him her disciple because she had developed romantic feelings for him. He planned to leave Spirit City with Na'er for a while, but agreed to stay another day or two so Bibi Dong could take him to the Worship Hall.

• Ling Yu brought Na'er to meet Bibi Dong and announced that she had awakened her Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, but Bibi Dong responded coldly.
• After Na'er left, Ling Yu argued with Bibi Dong over her hostility toward his new little sister and her fear that Na'er might love him romantically.
• Bibi Dong admitted that she regretted taking Ling Yu as her disciple because she had wanted to become closer to him and had fallen in love with him.
• Ling Yu said he would take Na'er away from Spirit City for a while to give them both time to think, and Bibi Dong reluctantly agreed after asking him to stay long enough to visit the Worship Hall.
• After leaving the hall, Ling Yu reflected that he might love Bibi Dong and decided to look for answers while traveling with Na'er.

Ling Yu was appointed the Holy Son of Spirit Hall at a ceremony in the Worship Hall, though he did not understand why the elders had chosen him. That night, Bibi Dong summoned him to her bedroom, where a sudden surprise left him frozen.

• Ling Yu told Na'er he would take her on a trip and then went with Bibi Dong to the Worship Hall the next day.
• Qian Daoliu gathered six other high-ranking Spirit Hall elders and announced that Ling Yu had been appointed the Holy Son.
• Ling Yu accepted a gilded command tablet that gave him authority over Spirit Hall forces outside the Pope's Palace and Worship Hall.
• Bibi Dong told Ling Yu to visit her bedroom that night because she had something to tell him.
• Ling Yu entered Bibi Dong's dark bedroom, where the door slammed shut and someone restrained him before the lights came on.

Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s guardian elders discussed Spirit Hall’s appointment of a six-year-old Holy Son and suspected he had Twin Martial Souls. Their meeting ended when five-year-old Ning Rongrong arrived and learned the boy was only a year older than her.

• Ning Fengzhi read a letter from Spirit City announcing that Spirit Hall had appointed a six-year-old boy as its Holy Son, puzzling him and Sword Douluo.
• Bone Douluo joined the discussion, and he and Sword Douluo nearly started another fight before Ning Fengzhi stopped them.
• Ning Fengzhi said the boy likely possessed Twin Martial Souls and had another crucial advantage, then advised the elders not to provoke Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong came looking for Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, then took the letter and read about Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Ning Rongrong asked who the boy was and pouted when she learned he was only one year older than her.

Ling Yu and Na'er traveled from Spirit City to Heaven Dou City, where Ling Yu trained his ninjutsu and demonstrated Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation. After arriving, he visited the city's Spirit Hall, and news of the Holy Son's presence quickly spread to the Heaven Dou Empire and major sects.

• Ling Yu told Na'er that they would stop in Heaven Dou City before traveling to his hometown, while his clones cultivated and drove the carriage.
• During the journey, Ling Yu achieved initial mastery of Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation and used it to engulf much of a lake in flames.
• A week after leaving Spirit City, Ling Yu and Na'er arrived in Heaven Dou City and drew attention as they traveled through its streets.
• Ling Yu and Na'er went to the city's Spirit Hall, where Platinum Bishop Salas welcomed Ling Yu as the Holy Son and arranged rooms for them.
• Secret reports informed the Heaven Dou Empire and several major sects that Spirit Hall's Holy Son had arrived in Heaven Dou City.

Ling Yu took Gu Yuena to a Heaven Dou City auction, where she urged him to buy Whale Rubber because she sensed it would strengthen the body. Ling Yu won the item for seven thousand Gold Soul Coins, leaving the crowd puzzled by a child bidding on it.

• Ling Yu and Gu Yuena settled into luxurious rooms arranged by Salas, then went out to explore the city.
• Ling Yu spotted an auction house, masked himself and Gu Yuena, and entered using the Gold Soul Card Bibi Dong had given him.
• At the auction, Yaya introduced Whale Rubber from a five-thousand-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whale as the first item.
• Gu Yuena told Ling Yu the Whale Rubber would benefit the body, and he decided to trust her.
• Ling Yu bid seven thousand Gold Soul Coins and won the Whale Rubber.

Ling Yu attended an auction with Na'er, bought her a valuable storage bracelet, and then won a mysterious sword-shaped stone block that stirred a reaction in Dragon Shadow. The chapter ended with Ling Yu realizing the Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe, had also attended the auction.

• Ling Yu confirmed with Na'er that the first auction item could strengthen the body, then watched the auction proceed.
• Ling Yu outbid other bidders for a fifty-cubic-meter storage bracelet and gave it to Na'er, who kissed his cheek.
• The auctioneer presented a sword-shaped stone block that had resisted every attempt to damage it, and Ling Yu sensed Dragon Shadow react to it.
• Xue Qinghe bid ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on the stone block, but Ling Yu raised the bid and won it for eleven thousand.
• Ling Yu recognized Xue Qinghe as the Crown Prince and concealed his surprise.

Ling Yu and Gu Yuena attended an auction in Heaven Dou City, where Ling Yu met Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin. After the meeting, they explored the city, and Ling Yu planned to take Gu Yuena to Sunset Forest to hunt for a soul ring.

• Ling Yu watched a catgirl auction and saw the refined buyer free her and send her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for a respectable job.
• Ling Yu recognized Ning Fengzhi, then greeted him and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who invited him to visit the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Ling Yu and Gu Yuena's unusual talents and decided they needed to reconsider their future plans.
• Ling Yu and Gu Yuena left the auction house, wandered through Heaven Dou City, and agreed to go to Sunset Forest the next day to hunt a soul ring.
• Ling Yu took a bite from Gu Yuena's candied hawthorn skewer, and both blushed when she told him she had already licked it.

Ling Yu, Na'er, and Salas traveled to Sunset Forest to find Na'er her first soul ring, but they found no suitable Soul Beast before nightfall. Na'er was overcome by unexplained grief upon entering the forest, and after dinner she slept beside Ling Yu, her figure briefly blurring as he fell asleep.

• Ling Yu assessed Na'er's strength and Spiritual Power, then chose the Earth Tyrant Dragon and Purple Jade Bamboo as possible targets for her first soul ring.
• Ling Yu, Na'er, and Salas entered Sunset Forest, where Na'er began crying and said her heart hurt.
• Ling Yu searched the forest with his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, but after a day of searching he rejected the Soul Beasts they found as unsuitable.
• Ling Yu grilled Soul Beast meat with Na'er for dinner, then took her into a tent to sleep.
• Na'er's figure blurred briefly just after Ling Yu fell asleep.

Ling Yu found a seven-jointed Purple Jade Bamboo for Na'er to absorb, and she gained her first soul skill and reached Soul Power level twelve. After they returned to Heaven Dou City, Salas sent a letter to Spirit City while Ling Yu resumed cultivating in Lightning Armor Mode.

• Ling Yu found Purple Jade Flowers and followed them to a grove of Purple Jade Bamboo with Salas and Na'er.
• Ling Yu identified a seven-jointed stalk, and Salas pulled it out so Na'er could absorb its soul ring.
• Na'er gained the soul skill Unstoppable Force, which boosted her attack power and speed and added armor penetration.
• Ling Yu tested Na'er's Soul Power and found that she had reached level twelve, surpassing him.
• After the trio returned to Heaven Dou City, Salas sent a letter to Spirit City, and Ling Yu trained in Lightning Armor Mode.

Ling Yu met Qian Renxue, who invited him to join her after he left Spirit Hall, but her account of her family contradicted everything he expected. He was left reeling over how the story had gone wrong.

• She Long summoned Ling Yu and Na'er to meet the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, and escorted them to the imperial palace.
• Ling Yu recognized that the Crown Prince was Qian Renxue in disguise, and she revealed her true appearance.
• Qian Renxue invited Ling Yu to join her, citing his conflict with Bibi Dong and her own future as the Angel God's inheritor.
• Ling Yu asked Qian Renxue about her relationship with Bibi Dong, and she said she had once called her sister but had abandoned the title after learning they were enemies.
• Qian Renxue said her mother was a Spirit Hall maid and Qian Xunji was her father, leaving Ling Yu shocked and muttering that everything had gone wrong.

Ling Yu went to Blue Tyrant Academy seeking answers from Liu Erlong, but she mistook him for someone she had waited twenty years to see and overwhelmed him with affection. The chapter ended with Ling Yu trapped in her room as she kissed and groped him.

• Ling Yu realized that Bibi Dong's past differed from what he remembered and decided Liu Erlong might explain the contradictions.
• Ling Yu left Qian Renxue, brought Na'er back to her room, and headed to Blue Tyrant Academy to find Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong recognized Ling Yu as A'Yu, embraced him, and bit his shoulder while accusing him of leaving her waiting for twenty years.
• Liu Erlong carried Ling Yu into the academy and attacked him, while he insisted they had never met and used his soul skills to evade her.
• Liu Erlong realized Ling Yu had not grown up, restrained him, and kissed him despite his protests.

Ling Yu met Liu Erlong, who claimed she had waited for him for twenty years and treated him with intimate affection. He suspected he would travel back in time and meet her and Bibi Dong in the future, then left with Liu Erlong clinging to him.

• Liu Erlong questioned Ling Yu about becoming Bibi Dong’s disciple and joining Spirit Hall, then asked which woman was more beautiful.
• Ling Yu asked why Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong acted as if they had known him for a long time, but Liu Erlong said someone had forbidden her from explaining.
• Liu Erlong cried about waiting for Ling Yu for twenty years, and Ling Yu suspected he would someday travel through time to meet her and Bibi Dong in the past.
• Liu Erlong asked Ling Yu to call her Er Long and kiss her, and he agreed after she continued crying.
• Ling Yu left with Liu Erlong holding his hand and found himself feeling unexpectedly sweet rather than uncomfortable.

Ling Yu returned to Morning Glow Village with Liu Erlong and Na'er, but Uncle Zhang warned him that his grandfather's mental state had deteriorated. Ling Yu rushed home and found his grandfather unable to recognize him.

• Liu Erlong left Blue Tyrant Academy with Ling Yu, then joined him and Na'er on their journey to Fanos Province.
• Ling Yu, Liu Erlong, and Na'er traveled for several weeks before reaching the mountains near Morning Glow Village.
• The three crossed the mountains and arrived at Ling Yu's village after a day and a night on foot.
• Uncle Zhang told Ling Yu that his grandfather was home but was not in a good mental state.
• Ling Yu rushed into the house, where his grandfather asked who he was and why he had come.

Ling Yu returned home and learned that his grandfather had advanced Alzheimer’s disease, leaving him devastated and unable to help. A healing Soul Douluo confirmed the illness could not be cured, and Ling Yu stayed by his grandfather while Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong remained with him.

• Ling Yu reunited with his grandfather, who barely recognized him, and Uncle Zhang explained that the old man had been suffering from late-stage Alzheimer’s for over two months.
• Ling Yu sent Liu Erlong to seek help from Bibi Dong, then spent the evening feeding his grandfather and mourning his condition with Na'er.
• Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and a healing Soul Douluo arrived the next morning, but the Soul Douluo said the illness was incurable and could only be eased by extending the old man’s life briefly.
• The Soul Douluo advised Ling Yu to cherish the time his grandfather still had awareness, and Ling Yu sat beside the old man holding his wrist.
• Bibi Dong warned Liu Erlong to keep Ling Yu company without crossing boundaries, and Liu Erlong admitted she had kissed him once.

Ling Yu took his ailing grandfather on a walk through Morning Glow Village, recalling their shared memories as the old man struggled to remember him. Back home, Ling Yu comforted his grandfather and ate the raw fish he had prepared, telling him it was delicious.

• Ling Yu guided his grandfather through Morning Glow Village and reminded him of moments from their life together.
• When Uncle Zhang’s child appeared, the old man mistook him for his grandson Xiao Yu and called for him to come home.
• At the hill, Ling Yu told his grandfather he regretted not returning sooner and hoped their walk would leave a light in his memory.
• Ling Yu returned from gathering wild vegetables to find his grandfather trying to fry a fish for Xiao Yu and searching anxiously for him.
• The old man recognized Ling Yu, offered him the raw fish, and Ling Yu ate it while reassuring him that it was the best.

Two years after his grandfather's death, Ling Yu left Morning Glow Village with Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and Na'er to obtain his second Soul Ring. At Sacred Soul Forest, he killed a 9,900-year Three-Eyed Demonic Dragon, and its Soul Ring rose before him.

• Ling Yu mourned his grandfather for a hundred days, reached level twenty, and promised to protect Morning Glow Village and train its future Soul Power awakeners.
• Bibi Dong arrived as Liu Erlong kissed Ling Yu, then took Ling Yu and Na'er toward Sacred Soul Forest while Liu Erlong followed.
• Bibi Dong explained that Ghost Douluo had located a 9,900-year Three-Eyed Demonic Dragon whose powerful Spiritual Power suited Ling Yu.
• Ghost Douluo met them at the cliff, where the Three-Eyed Demonic Dragon emerged from its cave.
• Bibi Dong paralyzed the dragon with her Death Spider Emperor's venom, and Ling Yu stabbed its neck, causing its Soul Ring to appear.

Ling Yu absorbed the Three-Eyed Demonic Dragon’s soul ring and gained a powerful passive skill that enhanced his spiritual abilities and Spiritual Power. As he flew back with Bibi Dong, he said he planned to train in Spirit Hall’s Labyrinth Grand Canyon, but she refused to let him go.

• Ling Yu absorbed the Three-Eyed Demonic Dragon’s soul ring, reaching approximately level 22 and strengthening his Spiritual Power and body.
• Ling Yu discovered that his second soul skill, Demonic Transformation, permanently increased the damage of his spiritual soul skills and his Spiritual Power without consuming Soul Power.
• Na'er secretly reacted to Ling Yu’s absorption and said her other memories were awakening, leaving her little time to suppress them.
• Ling Yu buried the Demonic Dragon’s corpse by collapsing its cave with Earth Release: Earth Core Movement.
• Bibi Dong asked Ling Yu to stay, and he said he planned to train for three years at Spirit Hall’s Labyrinth Grand Canyon.
• Bibi Dong objected that the Labyrinth Grand Canyon was for Soul Ancestors and above and told Ling Yu he could not go.

Ling Yu said goodbye to Liu Erlong and chose to enter Spirit Hall’s Labyrinth Grand Canyon to gain life-and-death combat experience. Bibi Dong agreed to take him there after giving him a token that could summon her aid, and the chapter ended with the canyon’s deadly levels laid out.

• Ling Yu persuaded Bibi Dong to let him train in the Labyrinth Grand Canyon, and she gave him a token that would let her locate and assist him in an emergency.
• Liu Erlong told Ling Yu she was returning to Heaven Dou City, and he promised to find her in three years after training in the canyon.
• Ling Yu secretly visited Liu Erlong that night, and they shared an intimate farewell before she left him a letter reaffirming her love.
• Ling Yu noticed Na'er had not shown her usual reluctance about his departure, but he set the thought aside and went to Bibi Dong.
• Ling Yu asked Bibi Dong to take him into the Labyrinth Grand Canyon, and she explained its outer area, inner area, and forbidden zone, including the powerful Evil Soul Masters and missing Titled Douluo within.

Ling Yu entered Labyrinth Grand Canyon to hunt Evil Soul Masters, despite Bibi Dong’s concern and offer of protection. After reaching the canyon, he killed a Soul Ancestor with a Resentful Spirit martial soul, proving his new Chidori in battle.

• Bibi Dong brought Ling Yu to Labyrinth Grand Canyon and urged him to reconsider, but he chose to enter alone with a token for emergencies.
• Ling Yu and Bibi Dong kissed before he left, and Platinum Bishop Pofeng gave him three months of supplies and confirmed that he would receive no survival assistance for three years.
• Ling Yu entered the canyon, used his Sharingan to scout, and encountered an Evil Soul Master with a Resentful Spirit martial soul.
• The Evil Soul Master attacked with Soul Devour, but Ling Yu dodged the threat and countered with Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu.
• Ling Yu used Lightning Release: Chidori to charge through the Evil Soul Master’s clones, then killed him after resisting the man’s Ghost Cry.

Ling Yu fought his way through the outer region of Labyrinth Grand Canyon, defeating several groups of Evil Soul Masters while measuring the danger of the valley. After a costly battle left him injured, he recovered and continued onward, intent on finding Senior Sister.

• Ling Yu killed an Evil Soul Master in the outer region and judged that he could challenge Soul Kings but not Soul Emperors yet.
• Ling Yu ambushed four Evil Soul Masters with shuriken, water, and lightning techniques, then killed them while they were paralyzed.
• Ling Yu rested to restore his Soul Power before setting out to find Senior Sister.
• A day later, Ling Yu defeated three coordinated Soul Ancestors but suffered four deep wounds and used most of his strength.
• Ling Yu recovered from his injuries and recognized that even the valley's minor Evil Soul Masters were formidable opponents.