Chapter Summaries

Ling Yu learned that Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan had been pursued into a cave maze by a Soul King who wanted to capture Hu Liena and turn her into a puppet. He rushed to rescue them as the Soul King threatened Hu Liena with the injured Xie Yue and Yan, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Ling Yu heard an Evil Soul Master report that Hu Liena and her companions had escaped into a cave maze after a month-long pursuit, and he killed the man after questioning him with Genjutsu.
• The Soul King ordered his followers to keep searching for Hu Liena and entered the maze, revealing that he wanted to control her with his Dark Puppet Martial Soul.
• Ling Yu detected the Evil Soul Masters in the maze, activated his Lightning Release Armor, and sped toward them with his golden wing.
• The Soul King threatened Hu Liena by pointing to the wounded Xie Yue and Yan, while both urged her to escape and Yan vowed to kill the Evil Soul Masters.

Ling Yu arrived to rescue Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue from a group of Evil Soul Masters, but their Soul King leader survived his attack and trapped them in a black mist. Ling Yu began preparing a new lightning technique as the fight continued.

• Hu Liena came out of hiding to stop the Evil Soul Masters from killing Yan and Xie Yue.
• Ling Yu appeared with golden wings, froze the enemies with Golden Eye Fury, and rescued Yan and Xie Yue before unleashing Great Fire Annihilation.
• The Soul King survived the flames with his Substitution Puppet, while the attack killed most of his followers.
• The Soul King used Puppet Clone and Demonic Mist to block Ling Yu's senses and neutralize his first soul skill.
• Ling Yu tried to disperse the mist with Violent Wind Palm, then gathered blue-violet lightning into a massive net.

Ling Yu defeated the burly Evil Soul Master with a coordinated attack from his Shadow Clones and rescued Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue. After waking, he reprimanded the three for venturing too deep into the forest, and they began recovering while continuing their trial.

• The burly man sent his puppet and clones after Ling Yu, who used eight Shadow Clones to surround him with nine fire dragons.
• Ling Yu's fire attack destroyed the burly man and his black mist, but the exhausted Ling Yu fainted after finishing him off.
• Hu Liena embraced Ling Yu when he woke and thanked him for saving her and the others.
• Ling Yu scolded Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue for recklessly entering the deeper forest and warned them about the danger to civilians and soul masters.
• Ling Yu gave them healing medicine and went to recover, while Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue treated their wounds and restored their Soul Power.

After a year of fighting in the outer area, Ling Yu reached level twenty-six and completed Blood Refinement before facing a powerful Soul King with a Vampire martial soul. He killed the Soul King using lightning after surviving the man’s attacks, then collapsed from exhaustion and injuries.

• Ling Yu escorted Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena to the maze exit and warned them to stay in the outer area while he returned to the depths.
• A year later, Ling Yu had reached level twenty-six, completed Blood Refinement, and faced a Vampire martial soul user after defeating more than a dozen of his subordinates.
• The Soul King used his Vampire martial soul and soul skills to overpower Ling Yu in a direct contest of strength and seriously injure him.
• Ling Yu revealed his lightning-based second martial soul and summoned a Thunder Dragon, but the Soul King survived with his fifth soul skill, Blood Burn.
• Ling Yu blinded the exhausted Soul King with Lightning Release: Lightning Pillar, then killed him with kunai and collapsed.

After two and a half years in Labyrinth Grand Canyon, Ling Yu returned to Spirit Hall after reaching level thirty and killing most of the Evil Soul Masters in the outer region. He reunited with Bibi Dong, and after spending the night together, he set out to visit Na'er.

• Ling Yu left Labyrinth Grand Canyon after reaching level thirty and thanked the Spirit Hall guards for their service.
• Pofeng and the guards welcomed Ling Yu as a hero when he returned from the canyon.
• Ling Yu arrived at Spirit Soul Mountain and reunited with Bibi Dong, who took him to her bedroom.
• Ling Yu and Bibi Dong confessed their longing and became lovers.
• The next morning, Ling Yu resumed his cultivation, then went to visit Na'er at Spirit Hall Academy.

Ling Yu reunited with Na'er after more than two years apart, and she urged him to hunt his third Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. He trained with his newly developed magnetic power, while Na'er feared the awakening of her other consciousness.

• Ling Yu entered Na'er's room, and she embraced him tearfully after telling him how much she had missed him.
• Na'er confronted Ling Yu for visiting her only after arriving at Spirit Hall the previous day and worried that he might abandon her because of his relationship with the Pope.
• Ling Yu reassured Na'er that she was family, and she revealed that she had reached level 34 and obtained a six-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Na'er suggested that Ling Yu hunt a suitable Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he agreed to go with her and Senior Sister.
• Ling Yu demonstrated magnetic power in the training room, controlling fifty shuriken with his Spiritual Power after recalling how he had used the technique against thirty Evil Soul Masters.

Ling Yu reunited with Bibi Dong, then set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with Na'er, Hu Liena, and Yue Guan to obtain a soul ring. Na'er led him toward a rare Demonic Eye Peacock she believed would suit him.

• Ling Yu acknowledged that he was thinking of Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong insisted that she would be the senior wife if Liu Erlong joined their family.
• Ling Yu met Yue Guan at the foot of Spirit Soul Mountain, and Yue Guan praised his actions against the Evil Soul Masters in the Labyrinth Grand Canyon.
• Ling Yu, Na'er, Hu Liena, and Yue Guan traveled by carriage to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Yue Guan said he would intervene only if their lives were in danger.
• Hu Liena asked Ling Yu to tell them about his time in the Labyrinth Grand Canyon, and he shared some of his less dangerous experiences.
• Na'er explained that a fifteen-thousand-year-old Demonic Eye Peacock could provide a powerful spiritual soul skill, then led Ling Yu deeper into the forest.

Ling Yu led Na'er and Hu Liena through the Star Dou Great Forest, then stayed behind to face the approaching Scarlet King so the two women could escape. Scarlet King recognized Ling Yu as the youth who had once suppressed the forest’s powerful beasts, and melted his shuriken with ease.

• Ling Yu used Shadow Clones to drive off Soul Beasts as the group advanced into the forest’s inner region.
• Na'er led them toward a plain occupied by a powerful beast, while secretly sensing one of her subordinates approaching.
• As Soul Beasts fled in panic, Ling Yu recognized the danger and tried to lead Na'er and Hu Liena away.
• Ling Yu stopped to hold off the approaching threat and urged Na'er and Hu Liena to keep running.
• Scarlet King appeared and offered to spare Ling Yu if he moved aside, but Ling Yu activated his Spiritual Domain and attacked with magnetically controlled shuriken.
• Scarlet King endured the attack, explaining that Ling Yu’s domain was still rudimentary as the shuriken melted against his heads.

Ling Yu fought the Scarlet King, a 250,000-year-old Three-Headed Crimson Demonic Mastiff, and learned that powerful Evil Soul Masters had angered the beast by slaughtering Soul Beasts. After Yue Guan brought Ling Yu, Gu Yuena, and Hu Liena to their destination, an injured Demonic Eye Peacock chose to sacrifice itself as Ling Yu’s soul ring.

• Ling Yu attacked the Scarlet King with Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique and a lightning Qilin, but barely scorched the powerful beast.
• Yue Guan arrived, identified the Scarlet King as a 250,000-year-old Ferocious Beast, and carried Ling Yu away as the beast continued onward.
• Yue Guan reassured Ling Yu that Gu Yuena and Hu Liena were safe, then explained that Evil Soul Masters had likely provoked the Scarlet King by killing Soul Beasts.
• Yue Guan guided the group to a plain, where a wounded Demonic Eye Peacock flew toward Ling Yu and chose to become his soul ring.
• Ling Yu accepted the peacock’s sacrifice and vowed to kill the Evil Soul Masters who had harmed it.

Ling Yu absorbed the peacock’s gift, gained a third soul skill, and evolved his Sharingan to Three-Tomoe. As the group prepared to leave, roars from the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python prompted Yue Guan to go investigate.

• The peacock enveloped Ling Yu in multicolored light, and he absorbed its soul ring and head soul bone energy.
• Ling Yu’s Spiritual Power surged, and his Sharingan evolved from Two-Tomoe to Three-Tomoe.
• Ling Yu gained the third soul skill, Demonization, which increased all his attributes and boosted the damage of his spiritual soul skills.
• Yue Guan praised Ling Yu’s powerful new amplification skill, and the group prepared to leave.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python roared nearby, and Yue Guan decided to take Ling Yu, Na'er, and Hu Liena somewhere safe before investigating.

Ling Yu joined Yue Guan to investigate a clash between three Soul Beast kings and three Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo, discovering that the beasts knew Yue Guan through their former benefactor. The lead Evil Soul Master taunted Yue Guan about his past, and Yue Guan erupted in fury and attacked.

• Yue Guan left Na'er and Hu Liena outside the forest, then returned with Ling Yu to the battle.
• Ling Yu saw the Titan Giant Ape, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and Scarlet King facing three Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo, one of whom had a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python recognized Yue Guan as someone connected to their former benefactor, Qing Wu.
• Yue Guan questioned the Evil Soul Masters about their return, and their leader claimed they intended to save the continent.
• The leader taunted Yue Guan by recalling an atrocity committed against his mother, and Yue Guan erupted with rage and attacked him.

Ling Yu and the Soul Beasts fought three Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo, while Yue Guan’s fury threatened to make the battle even more dangerous. Ling Yu noticed the fallen bodies were being drained and flew toward the battlefield, though both sides dismissed him as too weak to matter.

• A provocateur revealed the source of Yue Guan’s hatred, driving him to the brink of losing control.
• Scarlet King attacked the three Evil Soul Masters, and Yue Guan joined in, breaking the Dark Profound Turtle shield with his blades and Scarlet King’s fire.
• The Evil Soul Masters countered with Dark Water Tremor and Death Barrier as the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python slowed their forces with their domains.
• The tall Evil Soul Master clashed with the Titan Giant Ape, injuring its arm before his own broken arms regenerated, then vowed to kill and drain the beast.
• Ling Yu realized the corpses were steadily being drained of blood and flew toward the battlefield, but both sides ignored him because he seemed too weak to survive the fighting.

Ling Yu helped Yue Guan and the three beasts defeat the Evil Soul Masters, then uncovered a piece of Gold of Life and awakened a powerful, nonhuman creature. As the creature demanded the metal, Scarlet King recognized the Gold of Life, and a tremor in space changed his expression.

• Scarlet King and the other beasts used their domains against the Evil Soul Masters, but the Titled Douluo neutralized most of them.
• Ling Yu revealed his three Soul Rings and froze the Evil Soul Masters, allowing Yue Guan and the three beasts to strike them with their strongest attacks.
• Ling Yu dug beneath the dead Soul Beasts and found a glowing piece of metal in a blood-filled magic array.
• The injured Evil Soul Masters called out to a powerful red creature, which demanded that Ling Yu hand over the metal.
• Yue Guan and the beasts identified the creature as nonhuman and recognized Ling Yu's metal as Gold of Life.
• Space trembled around them, and Scarlet King's solemn expression turned mocking as he faced the creature.

Di Tian intervened in the Star Dou Great Forest and revealed that Ling Yu was connected to his lord’s plan. Back in Spirit City, Ling Yu’s Gold of Life awakened the strange stone into a sword named Wufeng, which absorbed his blood.

• Di Tian failed to capture the teleporting creature, crushed the fleeing Evil Soul Masters, and told Ling Yu to make good use of the metal.
• Di Tian told the Soul Beasts that Ling Yu had twin Martial Souls and an aura even more powerful than his lord’s, while Scarlet King confirmed that Ling Yu had risked his life to protect his lord.
• Yue Guan hurried Ling Yu, Na'er, and his senior sister back to Spirit City, where Na'er and his senior sister went to cultivate.
• Ling Yu placed the Gold of Life beside the sword-shaped stone, and the stone absorbed the metal’s life aura before shedding its shell to reveal a purple sword called Wufeng.
• Wufeng cut Ling Yu’s finger and absorbed his blood, then released a brilliant purple radiance.

Ling Yu met Wufeng, the spirit of the Unsharpened Sword, who asked him to inherit its legacy and recounted the sword’s origins and its first wielder. Wufeng revealed that a powerful foreign plane had invaded Douluo Continent, leaving Wufeng as its only Limit Douluo against more than a hundred Titled Douluo-level foes.

• Ling Yu awoke in a purple space, where the sword spirit introduced itself as Wufeng and asked him to inherit the Unsharpened Sword’s legacy.
• Wufeng explained that the Douluo Continent’s plane consciousness forged the Unsharpened Sword from the plane’s powers of attack and justice.
• Wufeng recounted how the sword was bestowed on him, the era’s most talented soul master, who reached Limit Douluo and created the Heaven and Earth Sword.
• Wufeng told Ling Yu that another plane invaded Douluo Continent through a passage, bringing more than a hundred Titled Douluo-level experts.
• Wufeng revealed that he was the only Limit Douluo on Douluo Continent when the invasion began.

The sword spirit explained how Wufeng sacrificed himself to defeat an invading plane and turn the Unsharpened Sword into a Transcendent Divine Artifact. He demonstrated Wufeng’s Heaven Sword to Ling Yu, then began training him with the still-weakened sword as he worried that a great calamity was approaching.

• The figure told Ling Yu that Wufeng had led Douluo Continent’s fighters against an invading plane, but after two months he was the only survivor.
• Wufeng turned himself into a sword, wounded the opposing plane master, absorbed the enemy artifact’s power, and severed the passage between the planes.
• The figure explained that Wufeng’s soul had been destroyed and the Unsharpened Sword sealed, leaving his fragmented soul as its sword spirit; he admitted that the sword had not regained its full strength.
• The figure demonstrated Wufeng’s first sword form, Heaven Sword, and explained that mastering it required finding one’s own Dao and cultivating a Sword Heart.
• The figure sent Ling Yu out of the space and ordered him to swing the five-thousand-kilogram sword one thousand times each morning, then privately worried about the coming calamity.

Ling Yu tested the Unsharpened Sword, studied Yue Guan’s book on Immortal Grasses, and discussed Bibi Dong’s divine trial with her. He told her he would leave Spirit City the next day, and she encouraged him to gain experience beyond the city.

• Ling Yu discovered that the Unsharpened Sword weighed five thousand kilograms, could not be stored in his Soul Tool, and helped him train his body as he carried it.
• Ling Yu visited Yue Guan and borrowed a book detailing Immortal Grasses and other heavenly treasures.
• Ling Yu read and memorized the book, including information on the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Bibi Dong told Ling Yu that she had received a divine trial years ago and had reached its third trial; Ling Yu said he had known since they first met.
• Ling Yu told Bibi Dong he would leave Spirit City the next day, and she supported his decision to gain experience outside the city.

Ling Yu and Na'er reached Suotuo City on their way to Shrek Academy, where Ling Yu planned to enroll. They stayed at the Rose Hotel, and Na'er insisted that they share its last available room.

• Ling Yu told Na'er he had reasons from the future for heading to Shrek Academy instead of Heaven Dou City, while carrying the Unsharpened Sword as part of his training.
• Ling Yu recalled his arduous sword practice under the Sword Spirit and his recent rise to level 32 after absorbing the Demonic Eye Peacock's energy.
• Ling Yu and Na'er arrived in Suotuo City and chose the Rose Hotel for the night before visiting Shrek Academy.
• Ling Yu asked the attendant for two rooms, but Na'er shyly insisted that one room was enough.
• Na'er led Ling Yu into their room, leaving him staring blankly at the key.

Na'er pushed Ling Yu to confront his feelings for her, and he finally kissed her after she confessed she wanted to stand beside him as more than a sister. The next morning, they remained close, though they had not taken the final step.

• Na'er drew Ling Yu into her room, and he tried to insist they should keep proper boundaries as brother and sister.
• Na'er asked how Ling Yu would feel if she fell in love with another boy, and he admitted that imagining her leaving made his heart hurt.
• Na'er sat on Ling Yu's lap and pressed him to acknowledge their feelings, but he tried to restrain himself and meditate.
• Na'er told Ling Yu she wanted to become more than his little sister and stand by his side, and Ling Yu kissed her.
• The next morning, Ling Yu finished cultivating as Na'er watched him affectionately; they had been intimate but had not taken the final step.

Ling Yu and Na'er arrived at Shrek Academy, where Ling Yu challenged Dai Mubai to recover a family's enrollment fee and revealed his extraordinary strength. After the academy's enrollment rules were clarified, Ling Yu showed his Sharingan and three startling soul rings, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Ling Yu and Na'er reached Shrek Academy and found a long line of applicants.
• Ling Yu stepped in when an angry father demanded the return of his family's ten Gold Soul Coins, then defeated Dai Mubai with a single punch.
• Ling Yu returned the coins to the father and persuaded the old man in charge to stop using the academy's unfair enrollment methods.
• The old man announced that applicants had to be under twelve and have at least rank-twenty Soul Power, leaving Ling Yu, Na'er, and a girl in a blue dress.
• Ling Yu revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and displayed purple, purple, and black soul rings, astonishing the old man, Dai Mubai, and the girl.