Chapter Summaries

During three months of cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ling Yu grew closer to Liu Erlong and warned Dugu Bo about the coming calamity between two worlds. The chapter leaves Ling Yu and Liu Erlong separated again after she entered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s secret realm to attempt a breakthrough.

• Ling Yu helped Dugu Bo detoxify his granddaughter Dugu Yanyan, and his cultivation rose from level 32 to level 36 while he trained with Liu Erlong.
• Ling Yu urged Dugu Bo to join a faction before the coming calamity, and Dugu Bo considered joining Spirit Hall for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Liu Erlong told Ling Yu that her father had summoned her to the clan, and Ling Yu promised to ask for her hand when he met him.
• Dugu Bo brought Ling Yu a letter explaining that Liu Erlong had reached level 88 and entered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s secret realm for a trial expected to last at least a year.
• The letter reported that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had encountered Evil Soul Masters and was preparing to discuss the threat with Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

After six months of training with Dugu Bo, Ling Yu reached level 40 and evolved his Sharingan into the Mangekyo Sharingan. He renewed his vow to protect the people of Douluo Continent and was left ready to pursue greater strength.

• Ling Yu reached level 40 Soul Power, completed his thousand sword swings, and raised his fourth soul ring target to a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• As his Spiritual Power surged, Ling Yu reflected on his reasons for seeking strength, including his losses, his fight against Evil Soul Masters, and his respect for the soldiers protecting ordinary people.
• Ling Yu swore to stand against calamity and bring peace to the mountains and rivers for as long as he lived.
• Ling Yu's Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyo Sharingan as sunlight shone down on him.

Ling Yu hunted a fifty-thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Demonic Ape alone to test his strength and Mangekyo Sharingan. The ape’s spiritual attack failed to overcome him, and Ling Yu caught its full-powered strike, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ling Yu followed Dugu Bo’s clues into Sunset Forest and tracked the Golden-Eyed Demonic Ape using his Sharingan.
• Ling Yu found the ape pretending to sleep and charged at it without drawing the Unsharpened Sword.
• The Golden-Eyed Demonic Ape struck Ling Yu with its Eye of Desire, igniting a fire of desire within his body.
• Ling Yu awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and used his Spiritual Power to suppress and extinguish the attack.
• The ape smashed both fists down, but Ling Yu caught its full-powered blow with his own strength.

Ling Yu killed the Golden-Eyed Demonic Ape with Amaterasu, absorbed its fifty-thousand-year soul ring, and broke through into the Marrow Cleansing realm. He reached level 43, gained the Eye of Desire soul skill, and left with greatly increased Spiritual Power and physical strength.

• Ling Yu tested his strength against the Golden-Eyed Demonic Ape with Fire Release: Storm Dance and shuriken, then used Amaterasu to burn it.
• Ling Yu used Kagutsuchi to control the black flames and prevent them from spreading through the forest, then waited for the ape to die and its soul ring to appear.
• Ling Yu absorbed the soul ring, broke through from Bone Forging to Marrow Cleansing, and destroyed the ape's lingering will with his Spiritual Power.
• Ling Yu washed away the impurities from his body and found that he had reached level 43, gained the fourth soul skill Eye of Desire, and increased his Spiritual Power by twenty percent.
• Ling Yu realized his first Marrow Cleansing had strengthened and widened his meridians, while his physical strength rose to thirty thousand kilograms.

Ling Yu prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after deciding who would receive its Immortal Grasses, then gave Dugu Bo a rare flower for his granddaughter. He set out for Suotuo City, leaving behind a letter for Liu Erlong and reflecting on how much his strength and cultivation speed had improved.

• Ling Yu buried the giant ape's corpse, returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and planned which people would receive Immortal Grasses.
• Ling Yu decided on herbs for several Spirit Hall members and Shrek students, while withholding Immortal Grasses from people he considered unworthy or uncertain.
• Ling Yu told Dugu Bo he was leaving and gave him a Snake Extinction Flower to purify his granddaughter's snake-type Martial Soul bloodline.
• Ling Yu left a letter for Liu Erlong with Salas in Heaven Dou City and then boarded a carriage for Suotuo City.
• Ling Yu reflected that he had risen from level thirty-two to level forty-three, gained a fourth Soul Ring, evolved his Martial Soul, and condensed a Soul Core.

Ling Yu returned to Shrek Academy after half a year away and reunited with Na'er and the others. Ning Rongrong revealed that she had figured out he was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and told him about plans to form an alliance against the increasingly active Evil Soul Masters, while the Heaven Dou Emperor refused to send troops.

• Ling Yu arrived at Shrek Academy, where Na'er rushed into his arms and the others welcomed him back.
• Ling Yu noticed how much the students had changed and shared a meal with them, including Ning Rongrong, who asked whether he had been to Heaven Dou City.
• Ling Yu declined Dai Mubai’s invitation to go out and met Ning Rongrong in a grove after lunch.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Ling Yu about being from Spirit Hall and identified him as its Holy Son based on what she had seen and learned from her father.
• Ning Rongrong told Ling Yu that Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were preparing an Anti-Evil Soul Master Alliance, while the Heaven Dou Emperor had rejected a request to send troops against Evil Soul Masters.

Ling Yu discovered that Na'er’s consciousness had fused with Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, and struggled to understand what the change meant for their relationship. Gu Yuena confirmed that she was both Na'er and the Silver Dragon King, and Ling Yu gave her a Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

• Ning Rongrong told Ling Yu that Ning Fengzhi wanted to give him a rare body-strengthening treasure and speak with him at her birthday banquet, and Ling Yu agreed to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ling Yu realized that the girl waiting in his room was not acting like Na'er and confronted her, prompting the sword spirit to identify her as Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King.
• The sword spirit explained that Na'er's consciousness had fused with Gu Yuena's after Gu Yuena's injuries recovered, and that Na'er's memories and feelings remained part of her.
• Gu Yuena told Ling Yu that she was both Na'er and the Silver Dragon King, and he embraced her after seeing that she did not reject him.
• Ling Yu gave Gu Yuena a Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained how it could be plucked and protected.

Gu Yuena revealed her identity as the Silver Dragon King and asked whether Ling Yu would still stand by her; he promised to protect her while urging her to avoid harming innocent humans and to change the laws that forced Soul Beasts and Soul Masters into conflict. After Ling Yu returned to his room, the Sword Spirit warned him that a spatially gifted race might be sacrificed to create spacetime turbulence that could sweep away the God Realm.

• Gu Yuena accepted the flower after spitting blood onto it, and Ling Yu reassured her that he would protect her despite her being the Silver Dragon King.
• Ling Yu accepted Gu Yuena's duty to seek a future for Soul Beasts, but asked her not to harm innocent humans and proposed growing strong enough to change the rules.
• Gu Yuena chose to keep the flower by her side rather than absorb it, then thanked Ling Yu before he returned to his room to cultivate.
• The Sword Spirit told Ling Yu that it had sensed a plot to sacrifice a spatially gifted race and unleash spacetime turbulence against the God Realm.
• Ling Yu learned that the turbulence had already begun and that the God Realm might face an invasion before it could escape the disaster.

Ling Yu began seeking his Sword Heart so he could receive the Unsharpened Sword Spirit’s swordsmanship inheritance, then quickly comprehended it and began inheriting the spirit’s sword. The inheritance left him experiencing Wufeng’s memories during what appeared to be the God Realm’s great war.

• The Unsharpened Sword Spirit told Ling Yu to understand why he wielded a sword before receiving the swordsmanship Empowerment.
• Ling Yu skipped the Great Soul Arena assignment and went to a nearby mountain to practice, focusing on his purpose and resolve.
• Ling Yu comprehended his Sword Heart, and a golden sword appeared and fused with the Unsharpened Sword Spirit’s purple sword.
• The sword spirit passed his sword to Ling Yu and urged him to endure the inheritance.
• Ling Yu found himself experiencing Wufeng’s perspective and saw a sky split by cracks as shining streaks collided, which he suspected was the God Realm’s great war.

Ling Yu witnessed Wufeng’s memories as he searched for the meaning of his sword in the Extreme North and met the Heavenly Snow Woman. After learning about the devastation caused by the God Realm’s war, Wufeng offered to teach her the sword.

• Wufeng wandered the snow-covered Extreme North for half a year, practicing his sword while Ling Yu shared his experiences and insights.
• Wufeng encountered the Heavenly Snow Woman and her emerald-green scorpion, and she explained that his sword’s aura had drawn her to him.
• The Heavenly Snow Woman followed Wufeng for a year as he practiced deep in the Extreme North, despite the worsening cold and the rifts and roars in the sky.
• Wufeng told the Heavenly Snow Woman that the God Realm had severed the lower realms’ hope of becoming gods and would not accept their faith.
• The Heavenly Snow Woman described how the God Realm’s war and the worsening environment had killed many Soul Beasts, and Wufeng asked if she wanted to learn the sword.

Ling Yu experienced Wufeng’s memory of discovering how to use his divine artifact to pursue godhood and forging the Heaven Sword, then woke in the academy after exhausting his Spiritual Power. He ended the chapter alone with his sword, speaking to the weary Wufeng in his mind.

• Wufeng trained a little girl and explained that he judged Soul Beasts by their actions and wisdom rather than their kind.
• The girl told Wufeng that divine artifacts contained immortal spirit energy and could serve as vessels for god positions, giving him a new path to godhood.
• Wufeng practiced the same sword strike for seven days, while Ling Yu’s consciousness followed him and suffered from the strain.
• Wufeng unleashed the Heaven Sword, splitting the ground and snow mountains into a vast canyon, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Ling Yu woke in bed as Na'er, Flender, and the others worried over him; he told them he had fallen asleep while practicing swordsmanship.
• After the others left, Ling Yu picked up his longsword and called to Wufeng, who replied that he had been sleeping.

Ling Yu trained with the Unsharpened Sword and mastered Wufeng’s signature technique, My Body as a Sword, despite his limited Soul Power. After unleashing a massive slash that split the hillside, he left Zhao Wuji and Flender astonished by his growing strength.

• Ling Yu told the sword spirit that he had learned roughly seventy percent of Heaven Sword and asked when the invading plane would arrive; the spirit estimated that at least five years remained.
• The next day, Ling Yu practiced swordsmanship on a hillside and adapted Wufeng’s techniques to his own Sword Heart after the sword spirit advised him to stop imitating rigidly.
• Ling Yu performed My Body as a Sword, releasing violet Sword Qi that grew before he drove it into the ground and carved a deep crack into the hillside.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender rushed over after hearing the explosion, and Ling Yu told them he had been training and had used a little too much strength.
• Zhao Wuji scolded Ling Yu for training noisily, while Flender saw the damage and regarded him as a precious talent.

Ling Yu demonstrated his greatly improved strength in a spar with Zhao Wuji, then gathered the others to distribute medicinal herbs he had brought back. The chapter left him facing Na’er’s chilly gaze after he dodged Ning Rongrong’s attempted kiss.

• Ling Yu overwhelmed Zhao Wuji with his speed and broke through Zhao Wuji’s Immovable Wisdom King Body before enduring his Gravity Enhancement and a powerful bear-paw strike.
• Ling Yu stopped the spar, and Zhao Wuji and the watching teachers were shocked by his physical strength and rapid recovery.
• Ling Yu gave Ma Hongjun Fire Scale Grass to help control his Evil Fire and warned him to restrain his desires.
• Ling Yu gave Ning Rongrong Essence Cultivation Grass to strengthen her foundation, then avoided her attempted kiss.
• Ning Rongrong ran off angrily while Na’er watched Ling Yu with a chilly gaze.

Ling Yu gave Oscar and Dai Mubai herbs that strengthened their cultivation and Martial Souls, then reflected on Tang San, Tang Hao, and his plans for the future. The next morning, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar reported their improvements, and Ling Yu advised them to stabilize their realms.

• Ling Yu gave Oscar a Purple Vein Flower to widen his meridians and improve his cultivation speed, and Oscar accepted him as a close brother.
• Ling Yu gave Dai Mubai a Sun Flower to strengthen his Martial Soul’s light attribute, and Dai Mubai called Ling Yu his best brother.
• Ling Yu considered whether Tang San would come to Shrek Academy and resolved to seek answers from Tang Hao about Qian Xunji, the Clear Sky Sect, and Spirit Hall.
• Na'er told Ling Yu she understood Ning Rongrong’s feelings for him and would not object if he cared for her, provided he spoke with the other two sisters.
• The next morning, Ma Hongjun reported reaching level 27 and gaining control of his Evil Fire, while Dai Mubai reached level 37 and Oscar reached level 29 after refining their herbs.
• Ling Yu told the three students that the herbs had strengthened their foundations and advised them to stabilize their cultivation.

Ling Yu and Gu Yuena joined the Shrek group in the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings when they sensed a powerful Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Ling Yu revealed that he had become a Soul Ancestor and ran ahead to investigate, leaving Zhao Wuji to lead the others back toward the forest’s edge.

• Ling Yu told Oscar and Dai Mubai that Oscar and Na'er could seek their next Soul Rings together once they had both stabilized their strength.
• Flender examined Ma Hongjun after learning he had reached level twenty-seven and confirmed that Ling Yu’s medicinal herb had strengthened him without harming his potential.
• A month later, Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group into the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ling Yu arranged their formation while searching for Soul Beasts with his Sharingan.
• Ling Yu and Gu Yuena sensed an extremely evil presence, and Gu Yuena identified it as a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that hunted and devoured other Soul Beasts.
• Ling Yu urged Zhao Wuji to take the others away, revealed his four Soul Rings, and ran toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger alone.

Ling Yu joined the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python in their battle against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, revealing his Susanoo and agreeing to unleash a full-power attack if the two beasts could hold the tiger still. The three prepared to strike together, with Ling Yu warning that he would be exhausted afterward.

• Ling Yu followed the evil aura and found the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python fighting the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• The tiger evaded Ling Yu’s attack and appeared behind him, but his Susanoo blocked its bite before the tiger’s counterattack cracked the skeleton.
• The Titan Giant Ape asked Ling Yu to spar after the battle, and Ling Yu agreed.
• The Titan Giant Ape explained that the tiger had killed tens of thousands of Soul Beasts and had cultivation exceeding eighty thousand years.
• Ling Yu told Daming and Erming to restrain the tiger for a few seconds so he could seriously injure it with a full-power attack, and they agreed.

Ling Yu joined forces with the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python to restrain the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and unleash his ultimate sword technique. The tiger was left severely wounded and facing certain death, while Ling Yu was nearly drained of Soul Power.

• Ling Yu told the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python to restrain the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for three seconds as his Susanoo transformed.
• The two Soul Beasts used their domains and attacks to trap the tiger, while Ling Yu fused his sword with Susanoo and covered it in black flames.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python's Slowness Ray briefly halted the tiger's Evil God Hook, allowing the Titan Giant Ape to immobilize it with Titan's Grip.
• Ling Yu struck the restrained tiger with Heaven Sword, cutting it from neck to abdomen and leaving it severely wounded by the black flames.
• Ling Yu's Mangekyo Sharingan faded, and he dropped to one knee after nearly exhausting his Soul Power.

Ling Yu and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger were pulled into a life-and-death arena and transformed into juveniles, where Ling Yu defeated the tiger with his overwhelming strength and a mysterious command. Back in the present, he captured the Evil God Orb and learned from the sword spirit that the Unsharpened Sword could let him safely absorb its powers.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger teleported Ling Yu away as it was about to die, transporting them to a life-and-death arena in their juvenile forms.
• Ling Yu dodged the tiger's black lightning, resisted its corruption with golden light, and involuntarily commanded it to kneel before striking it down.
• Ling Yu returned to the present and used Golden Eye Fury to freeze and seize the Evil God Orb as the tiger's corpse crumbled to dust.
• The sword spirit identified the orb as containing the tiger's soul ring, soul bone, six attributes, divine consciousness, and resentment.
• The sword spirit explained that Ling Yu could use the Unsharpened Sword's fusion and Devouring abilities to suppress the orb's lingering wills and absorb it safely.

Ling Yu returned to the group after helping Daming and Erming, then led them to a recently ascended ten-thousand-year Thunder Dragon Beast for Gu Yuena’s soul ring. He disabled the beast with his Sharingan genjutsu and called for Gu Yuena to finish it.

• Ling Yu told Daming and Erming his name, then returned to Zhao Wuji and the others after the two beasts thanked him and departed.
• With Ling Yu’s Sharingan guiding them, the group hunted a thirteen-hundred-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, who gained a flight-granting soul skill.
• Ling Yu persuaded Zhao Wuji and the others to let Gu Yuena attempt a ten-thousand-year soul ring from a Thunder Dragon Beast, and Gu Yuena said she trusted her brother and herself.
• Ling Yu led the group to the Thunder Dragon Beast and warned the others to stay back while he confronted it.
• Ling Yu used genjutsu to daze the Thunder Dragon Beast, then called for Gu Yuena to finish it as Ma Hongjun wondered what had happened.

Na’er absorbed the Thunder Dragon Beast’s black soul ring, and four months later Ling Yu traveled with Ning Rongrong and Gu Yuena to Heaven Dou City for Ning Rongrong’s birthday banquet. Worried that the Evil Soul Masters were part of a larger Abyss Plane plot, Ling Yu arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with his companions.

• Na’er killed the restrained Thunder Dragon Beast with her silver spear and absorbed its black soul ring under Ling Yu’s guidance.
• Over the next four months, Ling Yu’s clone hunted Evil Soul Masters while he learned of the Anti-Evil Soul Master Alliance and the threat posed by the Abyss Plane.
• Ning Rongrong tried to reassure Ling Yu that the alliance could handle the Evil Soul Masters, but he remained troubled by their connection to the Abyss Plane.
• Ling Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Yuena reached Heaven Dou City and traveled to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong invited Ling Yu and Gu Yuena to meet her father, Sword Grandpa, and Bone Grandpa.