Chapter Summaries

Ling Yu and Gu Yuena arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Sword Douluo tested Ling Yu and saw his remarkable strength and four-ring configuration. Ning Fengzhi welcomed him and invited him to talk, while Ning Rongrong and the two elders settled their squabble; Ling Yu left impressed by the sect’s strength and unity.

• Ning Rongrong led Ling Yu and Gu Yuena to the sect’s main hall, where Sword Douluo attacked Ling Yu with a sword beam to test him.
• Ling Yu dodged the strike, revealed his Unsharpened Sword and four soul rings, and broke through Sword Douluo’s pressure.
• Ning Fengzhi apologized for the test and offered Ling Yu a body-strengthening item, then praised his talent and invited him into the hall.
• Ning Rongrong complained that her father and the elders had ignored her, and Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo hurried to appease her.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo argued over whose fault it was, then challenged each other to spar later that night.

Ning Fengzhi offered Ling Yu a rare Whale Pearl and revealed that he hoped Ling Yu would protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future, including by marrying Ning Rongrong. Ling Yu refused to promise marriage and learned that the sect had recently faced a dangerous attack by rapidly strengthening Evil Soul Masters.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Ling Yu a Whale Pearl, presenting it as an investment in his exceptional potential.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted that he had sent Ning Rongrong to Shrek hoping she would secure a future with a powerful assault-system Soul Master.
• Ling Yu refused to agree to marry Ning Rongrong, explaining that he already loved Gu Yuena and asking Ning Fengzhi to discuss the matter with the Pope.
• Ning Rongrong realized her father had been trying to arrange her marriage to Ling Yu, but she felt pleased because she already had feelings for him.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Spirit Hall had rescued him, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo from Evil Soul Masters six months earlier, leaving Ling Yu wondering why Bibi Dong had not told him.

Ning Fengzhi warned Ling Yu that the Evil Soul Masters had a formidable force backed by another plane, prompting Ling Yu to plan to search for the Abyss Plane’s transmission location. Ling Yu rejected Ning Rongrong’s proposed match, leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s leaders angry and Rongrong heartbroken.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ling Yu that the Evil Soul Masters had at least one Limit Douluo, several Level 98 Titled Douluos, and many other powerful fighters.
• Ling Yu learned from Wufeng that another plane was empowering the Evil Soul Masters to distract the continent’s experts and keep them from finding the transmission passage.
• Ling Yu decided to warn Dong'er and search in secret for the Abyss Plane’s transmission location after settling Shrek’s affairs.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ling Yu to agree to a relationship with Ning Rongrong, but Ling Yu refused and promised only to protect the Seven Treasure legacy if he survived.
• Ning Rongrong ran from the hall in tears, while Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo confronted Ling Yu and Ning Fengzhi realized Ling Yu feared dying in the coming calamity.

Ling Yu explained to Ning Rongrong that the coming war left him no time for romance, and that survival depended on everyone becoming stronger. Ning Rongrong took his words as a promise to wait for him, while Gu Yuena watched Ling Yu realize she had misunderstood.

• Ning Fengzhi set aside the discussion of Ling Yu’s concerns, while Gu Rong and Chen Xin told him to make Ning Rongrong feel better.
• Ling Yu and Gu Yuena followed Ning Rongrong, and he reassured Gu Yuena that he valued the women who stood by him.
• Ling Yu found Ning Rongrong in a grove and explained that he had to focus on preparing for the war rather than pursuing love.
• Ning Rongrong said she would wait for Ling Yu and work harder to become stronger, then ran ahead.
• Gu Yuena watched the bewildered Ling Yu and remarked that he really was something.

Ling Yu attended Ning Rongrong’s twelfth birthday banquet, where his rapid cultivation breakthrough drew attention from Spirit Hall and the gathered factions. He identified the Fire Leopard Sect’s vice sect master as a hostile spy and decided to keep him alive to extract information.

• Ling Yu arrived at the banquet with Na'er and Gu Yuena, and Ning Rongrong welcomed them into the hall.
• Ling Yu greeted Yu Luomian, then surprised Yue Guan and Gui Mei by revealing he had reached Soul Ancestor; he promised them gifts after the banquet.
• Ning Rongrong told Ling Yu that the man in the corner was the Fire Leopard Sect’s vice sect master, an eighty-fifth-level Soul Douluo.
• Ling Yu sensed the vice sect master’s killing intent and told Gu Yuena that he was a spy they could use to obtain information.
• Ling Yu reflected that his Spiritual Power now rivaled that of a Titled Douluo and quietly laughed.

At Ning Rongrong’s birthday banquet, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Huyan Li, and Huo Wushuang challenged Spirit Hall’s Holy Son Ling Yu to spar. Ling Yu showed little interest but was asked to face the four young soul masters.

• Ning Fengzhi introduced Ning Rongrong as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future leader and asked Ling Yu not to betray her feelings.
• Ling Yu noticed the Fire Leopard Sect’s Vice Sect Master’s killing intent as Ning Fengzhi and other leaders left the hall.
• Feng Xiaotian approached Ling Yu and asked about his rank before Huo Wu arrived and learned he was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Huo Wu demanded a spar with Ling Yu, and Feng Xiaotian agreed to join.
• Huyan Li and Huo Wushuang also stepped forward, asking to spar with Ling Yu.

Ling Yu defeated four academy standouts with a single genjutsu at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then gave Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo several Immortal Grasses for Spirit Hall. He also prepared rare treasures for Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue, while Yue Guan asked when Ling Yu would bring Hu Liena to see him.

• Ling Yu took Na'er outside and used one genjutsu to control Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and the other two challengers for half an hour.
• The four returned to the hall humbled, and Ling Yu advised Feng Xiaotian that Huo Wu would only be won over by someone stronger than her.
• Ning Fengzhi returned with an unpleasant expression, and the birthday banquet ended as the factions departed.
• Ling Yu gave Yue Guan Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Narcissus Jade Bone, then entrusted him with Snow Swan Kiss for His Holiness the Pope.
• Ling Yu presented Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid for his senior sister, Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma for Yan, and Black Jade Divine Bamboo for Xie Yue.
• Yue Guan asked when Ling Yu would bring Nana to see him, and Ling Yu felt awkward about adding another woman to the situation.

After learning that the Fire Leopard Sect and Wind Sword Sect were obstructing the coalition against the Evil Soul Masters, Ling Yu used himself as bait to draw out the conspirators. He trapped the Fire Leopard Sect Vice-Sect Master in a genjutsu, but an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo appeared and sealed the area behind a spatial barrier.

• Ling Yu learned that the Fire Leopard Sect, Wind Sword Sect, and other factions were refusing to provide the agreed forces, and he suspected traitors were helping the Evil Soul Masters.
• Ling Yu left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and headed into the wasteland beyond Seven Treasure Mountain to lure his pursuers into attacking.
• The Fire Leopard Sect Vice-Sect Master confronted Ling Yu and demanded that he join them or die.
• Ling Yu activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and immobilized the Vice-Sect Master with genjutsu before striking with the Unsharpened Sword.
• An Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo attacked Ling Yu with a black arrow, and Ling Yu identified the strange aura on the man's Black Sable Bow.
• The Titled Douluo revealed that a spatial barrier had sealed a five-kilometer area, while the Vice-Sect Master repeated his demand for Ling Yu to surrender or die.

Ling Yu battled the Fire Leopard Sect Vice-Sect Master and an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo, using his spiritual abilities and Susanoo to turn the fight in his favor. After the Titled Douluo sacrificed an arm to escape Amaterasu and launched his ninth soul skill, Ling Yu met the attack with Heaven Sword.

• Ling Yu taunted the Fire Leopard Sect Vice-Sect Master, then used Demonization and Eye of Desire to leave him gravely injured.
• The Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo attacked Ling Yu, whose Susanoo blocked the arrow without harming him.
• The Titled Douluo used Weapon Soul True Body, but Ling Yu imprisoned him with Golden Eye Fury and ignited Amaterasu on his body.
• Ling Yu crushed the Fire Leopard Sect Vice-Sect Master with Susanoo, and the man succumbed to the fire of desire.
• Ling Yu enlarged Susanoo and fused it with his purple sword as the Titled Douluo severed his burning arm and unleashed Sun Shooter.
• Ling Yu answered the golden arrow with Heaven Sword as the two attacks collided.

Ling Yu survived the Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo’s attacks by restoring himself with Nirvana and erasing the man’s final Soul Skill with Three-Colored Divine Light. After the Titled Douluo self-destructed, Ling Yu recovered the Fire Leopard Sect Vice-Sect Master and reunited with Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Sword Douluo, who realized he had killed a Titled Douluo.

• The Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo used Myriad Arrows Piercing Heart against Ling Yu, who restored his strength and injuries with Nirvana.
• Ling Yu erased the arrows with Three-Colored Divine Light, then declared he would capture the Titled Douluo for questioning.
• The Titled Douluo burned his Soul Power and Spiritual Power to self-destruct, and Ling Yu shielded himself and the Fire Leopard Sect Vice-Sect Master with Susanoo.
• Ling Yu found and stored the sphere that had sealed the area, causing the spatial barrier to disappear.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Sword Douluo arrived; Sword Douluo sensed the missing Titled Douluo and asked Ling Yu if he had killed him.

Ling Yu interrogated the Fire Leopard Sect Vice-Sect Master and revealed that Evil Soul Masters were preparing for a powerful invasion from the Abyss Plane. Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong resolved to prepare for the threat while Ling Yu and other young fighters grew stronger.

• Ling Yu explained that the Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo had self-destructed, then used Genjutsu to interrogate the Fire Leopard Sect Vice-Sect Master.
• The Vice-Sect Master revealed that the Evil Soul Masters had helped his Sect Master become a Titled Douluo, given him a soul bone, and promised the sect greater status; two black-robed negotiators had hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
• The Vice-Sect Master said the Evil Soul Masters had ordered them to delay the gathering and recruit more forces, prompting Ling Yu to suspect they were opening a passage to the Abyss Plane.
• Ling Yu explained that the Abyss Plane had 108 layers, with powerful monarchs who could be resurrected, and that its strongest inhabitants could rival gods.
• Ling Yu urged Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong not to despair, citing Godhood Inheritances on the continent and his own potential to grow stronger.
• Ning Fengzhi began calling Ling Yu Xiao Yu, and the three elders vowed to protect the younger generation while they prepared for the coming battle.

Ling Yu gave Ning Fengzhi an Immortal Grass to help repair the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's martial-soul flaw, and Ning Fengzhi passed it to Ning Rongrong. After she awakened the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Ling Yu and the girls headed back toward Suotuo City, where he planned to strengthen their defenses before leaving for at least half a year.

• Ling Yu gave Ning Fengzhi the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained that it could remedy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's flaw.
• Ning Fengzhi gave the Immortal Grass to Ning Rongrong, choosing her future potential over his own chance to grow stronger.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty and transformed her martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Ling Yu with a kiss and told him she would always wait for him, while Ling Yu said to leave their relationship to time.
• Three days later, Ling Yu told Ning Rongrong and Gu Yuena he would urge Flender to move the academy to a city protected by a Titled Douluo and warned them that he would be away for at least half a year.

Ling Yu discussed Shrek Academy’s relocation and the threat of Evil Soul Masters with Flender, then attended the admissions test and saw Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing arrive. After Tang San and Xiao Wu met Shrek’s requirements, Ling Yu was told to take them to the fourth test.

• Flender told Ling Yu that he and Zhao Wuji had killed a group of Evil Soul Masters, and said Shrek would relocate to Heaven Dou City after recruiting Tang San.
• Ling Yu warned Flender that his advice about daring to cause trouble could encourage harmful behavior, and Flender agreed to correct the teachers’ and students’ outlooks.
• Ling Yu went to the admissions day and spotted Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing in the line.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu revealed their Martial Souls and soul rings, meeting Shrek’s age and Soul Power requirements.
• Li Yusong asked Ling Yu to take Tang San and Xiao Wu to the fourth test.

Ling Yu welcomed Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek and challenged them to withstand ten moves from him as their final admission test. Ma Hongjun arrived and distracted himself by ogling the new students, leaving the test about to begin.

• Ling Yu introduced himself to Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Tang San sensed that Ling Yu was overwhelmingly powerful.
• Zhu Zhuqing passed Li Yusong’s examination, while Xiao Wu grew jealous after Tang San called her beautiful.
• Ling Yu explained that Shrek had nine students, all at least Level 30, and told the three newcomers that they still had to pass a final test.
• Ling Yu challenged Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to attack him together and last ten moves.
• Ma Hongjun arrived, leered at Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, and Ling Yu kicked him away so he could continue the test.

Ling Yu tested Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing by requiring them to withstand ten moves while he used only his body. He effortlessly resisted Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks and knocked her unconscious, then faced Tang San and Xiao Wu as their fight continued.

• Ma Hongjun revealed his confidence in Ling Yu, recalling how Ling Yu had defeated Zhao Wuji without using a soul skill.
• Ling Yu gave Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing two minutes to prepare before testing them with ten moves using only his body.
• Tang San and the two girls introduced themselves and agreed that Tang San would direct their attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Ling Yu with her first and second soul skills, but her strikes only sparked against his skin, and Ling Yu knocked her unconscious.
• Tang San bound Ling Yu with Blue Silver Grass and sent Xiao Wu to attack; her Waist Bow could not move him, so she used her Charm skill.

Ling Yu tested Tang San and warned him about using lethal hidden weapons during an ordinary spar. After defeating Tang San, Ling Yu left to speak with Tang Hao, while Tang San and Fatty stayed to watch over the unconscious Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xiao Wu used a mental soul skill on Ling Yu, but he saw through it and knocked her unconscious.
• Tang San attacked Ling Yu with hidden weapons aimed at vital points, then charged with the Clear Sky Hammer when they failed to hit him.
• Ling Yu struck Tang San's hammer with his fist, sending Tang San flying and leaving him injured.
• Ling Yu questioned Tang San about his violent tactics and warned him not to aim at vital points unless facing a life-or-death enemy.
• Tang San apologized for losing control, and Ling Yu left him and Fatty to watch over Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing while he went to speak with Tang Hao.

Ling Yu confronted Tang Hao in the forest and asked what had happened to Qian Xunji, while agreeing to protect Xiao Wu and help Tang San obtain a future soul ring. Tang Hao began recounting his first encounter with Qian Xunji twenty years earlier, ending as he described witnessing Qian Xunji’s martial soul transform after contact with a mysterious creature.

• Tang Hao appeared before Ling Yu after Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer, and Ling Yu deduced that Tang San was his son.
• Ling Yu asked whether Tang Hao blamed Spirit Hall for Qian Xunji’s fate, and Tang Hao said Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall were separate matters.
• Tang Hao asked Ling Yu to protect Xiao Wu, then asked him to help Tang San hunt a seventh or eighth soul ring in the future; Ling Yu agreed.
• Tang Hao began explaining that Qian Xunji had been gravely injured twenty years earlier by a mysterious expert and had nearly died before Qian Daoliu intervened.
• Tang Hao recounted seeing Qian Xunji meet a powerful, strange creature near the Extreme North, after which Qian Xunji’s Six-Winged Angel martial soul became a Fallen Angel and his injuries healed.

Tang Hao recounted how Qian Xunji’s attack devastated the Clear Sky Sect and left it sealed for twenty years. Ling Yu pieced together that the attackers had targeted Tang Chen and the City of Slaughter, and that they had spared Tang Hao to use him in their plan; he also concluded that Qian Xunji had hunted Ah Yin for her extraordinary vitality.

• Tang Hao told Ling Yu that Qian Xunji and an abyssal creature attacked the Clear Sky Sect after Tang Hao escaped, killing his father before the sect sealed itself away for twenty years.
• Ling Yu questioned why the attackers had targeted the sect and learned that the assaulting force consisted of Qian Xunji and two Rank 95 Titled Douluo.
• Ling Yu realized that the attackers wanted to keep the Clear Sky Sect from reaching Tang Chen in the City of Slaughter and disrupting his control by the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King.
• Tang Hao said he did not know why Qian Xunji had hunted Ah Yin, and recalled that he had been with her when Tang San was born.
• Ling Yu concluded that the attackers had spared Tang Hao so his Clear Sky Hammer could weaken Tang Chen’s control, and that they had targeted Ah Yin for her powerful life force.

Ling Yu learned that the gods might be allowing the Abyss crisis to worsen so Douluo Continent’s strongest fighters would grow through easier divine examinations, but he rejected the cost in ordinary lives and vowed to surpass the gods. Tang Hao revealed that Qian Xunji had survived their battle and planned to join the Anti-Evil Soul Master Alliance.

• The sword spirit told Ling Yu that the Asura God and Rakshasa God had likely noticed the Abyss threat and might lower divine-examination difficulty to strengthen Douluo Continent’s peak fighters.
• Ling Yu rejected sacrificing ordinary people as a solution and resolved to become strong enough to avoid the gods’ constraints.
• Tang Hao told Ling Yu that Qian Xunji became an Evil Soul Master after Ah Yin’s sacrifice and escaped after Bibi Dong helped Tang Hao inflict heavy injuries on him.
• Tang Hao said he planned to visit the Anti-Evil Soul Master Alliance to fight the Evil Soul Masters.
• Ling Yu explained that the Fire Leopard Sect had been destroyed because it betrayed the alliance and sided with Evil Soul Masters.

After learning how the Abyss had used Tang Hao and the City of Slaughter to empower the Evil Soul Masters, Ling Yu worried about the continent’s defenses and resolved to help Qian Renxue take the Heaven Dou throne. He admitted Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing to the academy, which prepared to relocate to Heaven Dou City, then gathered everyone for a welcome feast in Suotuo City.

• Ling Yu realized that the Abyss had manipulated events around Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Chen to gain control of the King of Slaughter and help Evil Soul Masters escape the City of Slaughter.
• Ling Yu decided to attend a gathering of the Anti-Evil Soul Master Alliance and use his ability to sense malice to identify traitors; he also resolved to help Qian Renxue become ruler of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ling Yu returned to the academy, where Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing had awakened, and told them they had been admitted despite failing to last ten exchanges against him.
• Ling Yu told the new students that the academy would relocate to Heaven Dou City in two days because Evil Soul Masters made the area unsafe, and they agreed to stay and travel with the group.
• That evening, Ling Yu invited the students and teachers to a welcome feast in Suotuo City, while Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing through their martial soul resonance and she regarded him coldly.