Chapter Summaries

After Dugu Bo left, Lin Chuan teased Dugu Yan about being alone with him, and she spent the night wrestling with her feelings before going to his cabin. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan boldly challenging Lin Chuan, who pulled her close and kissed her.

• Dugu Bo left for several days after telling Dugu Yan to cultivate and Lin Chuan to guide her in combat.
• Lin Chuan teased Dugu Yan about what they could do while Dugu Bo was away, then flicked her forehead and laughed when she took him seriously.
• That night, Dugu Yan remembered her grandfather's advice and her kiss with Lin Chuan, then changed into a sheer nightgown and went to his cabin.
• Dugu Yan entered Lin Chuan's room, bolted the door, and challenged him by asking whether he was scared.
• Lin Chuan embraced Dugu Yan and kissed her, while she clung to his back.

Dugu Yan grew closer to Lin Chuan after spending the night with him, and she found comfort and security in their relationship. Their quiet days were interrupted when Dugu Bo arrived with Zhu Zhuqing, who openly told Lin Chuan that she had missed him.

• Dugu Yan asked Lin Chuan if he liked her, and he teased her before drawing her close.
• Dugu Yan woke in Lin Chuan's arms the next morning and felt secure with him.
• Over the following two days, Dugu Yan and Lin Chuan grew closer as they spent their nights together.
• Lin Chuan sensed visitors approaching the valley, and Dugu Yan joined him in watching the entrance.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Zhu Zhuqing, who greeted Dugu Yan and told Lin Chuan that she had missed him.
• Dugu Bo noticed that Zhu Zhuqing looked at Lin Chuan with the same affection as Dugu Yan.

Dugu Bo realized that Lin Chuan and Dugu Yan had become intimate while he was away, but Lin Chuan promised to take responsibility for her. Zhu Zhuqing reassured Dugu Yan that she did not blame her and suggested they could both stay by Lin Chuan's side.

• Dugu Bo noticed Dugu Yan's flushed face and suspected Lin Chuan had taken advantage of his absence.
• Dugu Bo confronted Lin Chuan, who admitted that he and Dugu Yan had consummated their relationship and vowed to stay with her for life.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Dugu Yan into a cabin and asked whether she and Lin Chuan were together.
• Dugu Yan apologized for taking Zhu Zhuqing's place, but Zhu Zhuqing said she was not there to compete with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dugu Yan that they could both like Lin Chuan and stay by his side together.

Zhu Zhuqing explained her brutal past in the Star Luo Empire to Dugu Yan, and the two became sisters rather than rivals over Lin Chuan. Dugu Bo told Lin Chuan that Bibi Dong was preparing a major hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Lin Chuan decided to wait for her to reveal a weakness while they acted.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Dugu Yan about the Star Luo Empire's deadly succession struggle, Dai Mubai's escape, and her own flight to Shrek, where she met Lin Chuan.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she accepted sharing Lin Chuan's affection because she had seen how jealousy and rivalry ruined lives, and Dugu Yan thanked her.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan clasped hands and agreed to be sisters.
• Dugu Bo told Lin Chuan that Spirit Hall was gathering at least a hundred soul masters under Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei to hunt a specific soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, possibly with Bibi Dong accompanying them.
• Lin Chuan inferred that Bibi Dong had Twin Martial Souls and sought a hundred-thousand-year soul ring to help her become a god, then decided to wait for her to reveal a weakness while they acted.

Lin Chuan planned to seek the Strength Clan’s forging techniques and Divine Craftsman Lou Gao’s help while Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing reconciled and trained together. At Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao asked Tang San whether he knew of the Strength Clan.

• Lin Chuan told Dugu Bo he wanted the Strength Clan’s forging techniques, special metals, and Lou Gao’s help to make powerful weapons.
• Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing emerged reconciled, agreed to be with Lin Chuan together, and asked him not to favor one over the other.
• Zhu Zhuqing settled at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she and Dugu Yan cultivated and spent their days together with Lin Chuan.
• Lin Chuan tested the women’s coordination in a sparring match, easily stopping their attacks without moving from his spot.
• After half a month of cultivation at Holy Soul Village, Tang San stabilized his Soul Power and told Tang Hao he sensed another breakthrough.
• Tang Hao asked Tang San whether he knew of the Strength Clan, and Tang San recognized the name from his father’s stories.

Tang San left his father in Holy Soul Village and traveled to Heaven Dou City to seek support from the Strength Clan. After hearing Titan recount the Clear Sky Sect’s history and Tang Hao’s suffering, Tang San restrained his anger and thought about what Lin Chuan would do.

• Tang San persuaded Tang Hao that reuniting the four affiliated families would help them face Spirit Hall, then left to find the Strength Clan while Tang Hao stayed with Ah Yin.
• Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy, greeted Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong, and learned that Lin Chuan had gone with Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San went to the Strength Clan’s compound, where Titan recognized him as the young master and welcomed him into a private chamber.
• Titan told Tang San about the Clear Sky Sect’s former glory, Spirit Hall’s persecution, and the four clans’ decline.
• Tang San learned more about Tang Hao’s grief over Ah Yin, suppressed his killing intent, and wondered what Lin Chuan would do.

Tang San vowed to repay Spirit Hall and care for the Strength Clan before Lin Chuan arrived, astonishing him with the depth of his strength. Lin Chuan asked Titan to forge a core transmission base for a Soul Tool, and Titan became absorbed in the unfamiliar blueprint.

• Tang San promised Titan he would care for the Strength Clan and collect the blood debts owed by Spirit Hall.
• Tang San prepared to leave for Sunset Forest to visit Lin Chuan before entering Slaughter City, but Lin Chuan arrived at the Strength Clan.
• Lin Chuan greeted Tang San, while Tailong eagerly served him and Titan asked what had brought him there.
• Lin Chuan asked Titan to use the Strength Clan's finest forging techniques to make a core transmission base for a Soul Tool.
• Titan and Tang San were shocked by Lin Chuan's request, and Titan studied the complex blueprint he presented.

Lin Chuan won Titan and the Strength Clan’s support for his forging project, then revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Tang San and explained that it contained divine power. Tang San was left stunned by the revelation.

• Titan examined Lin Chuan’s blueprint, became excited by its forging theories, and pledged the Strength Clan’s full support after Tang San gave his approval.
• Lin Chuan patiently taught Titan forging techniques and asked the Strength Clan to practice engraving circuits with ordinary metals before using the core materials.
• Tang San told Lin Chuan he had reached Soul Emperor, learned his father’s hammer techniques, and fused with his mother’s hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Lin Chuan revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Tang San and said it contained divine power.
• Tang San was shocked that Lin Chuan possessed an object holding divine power.

Lin Chuan offered Tang San the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but Tang San refused it and resolved to become stronger on his own. After Lin Chuan encouraged him to enter Slaughter City, he gave Tang San a mysterious silver-white disk.

• Lin Chuan revealed that he was studying the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s divine power and offered to give it to Tang San once he extracted its divinity.
• Tang San refused the artifact, saying Lin Chuan had already given him enough and would need it when facing Bibi Dong.
• Tang San told Lin Chuan that he planned to enter Slaughter City after settling the Strength Clan’s affairs.
• Lin Chuan approved Tang San’s decision and warned him to trust no one and show no mercy in Slaughter City.
• Lin Chuan gave Tang San a silver-white metal disk with intricate patterns and a pale blue gemstone, and Tang San asked what it was.

Tang San left Heaven Dou City for Slaughter City after Lin Chuan gave him a communication Soul Tool that would let Lin Chuan locate him in danger. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong allowed Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to pursue Tang San, but warned that he might have hidden safeguards.

• Lin Chuan gave Tang San a communication Soul Tool and promised to reach him if he activated it in danger.
• Tang San departed for Slaughter City, determined to grow strong enough to oppose Spirit Hall and catch up to Lin Chuan.
• Bibi Dong confronted Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan over their defeat in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Tang San had left Heaven Dou City alone and asked to lead a team to kill him.
• Bibi Dong permitted the Golden Generation to pursue Tang San but warned that Lin Chuan might have given him life-saving trump cards.

Bibi Dong ordered Huyan Zhen to join the Golden Generation in killing Tang San, using the mission both to secure the target’s death and to punish the Elephant Armored Sect for its secret schemes. Huyan Zhen resolved to recruit the Holy Dragon Sect as well, leaving him poised to assemble a much larger force for the ambush.

• Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena and the others to rendezvous with Huyan Zhen, warning that the mission would also serve as a test of his loyalty.
• Huyan Zhen received Bibi Dong’s secret decree and realized she knew about his dealings with Salas and his schemes in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Huyan Zhen decided to kill Tang San decisively despite the trusted elder’s concerns about Tang Hao and Lin Chuan.
• Huyan Zhen planned to visit Tuoba Xi and persuade the Holy Dragon Sect to join the operation as a pledge of loyalty to Bibi Dong.
• Huyan Zhen envisioned both sects’ elites, two high-level Soul Douluo, and the Golden Generation surrounding Tang San.

Huyan Zhen persuaded Tuoba Xi to join an ambush on Tang San in exchange for Spirit Hall’s favor, though both men doubted whether Spirit Hall would truly support them. A day later, Xie Yue proposed that the Golden Generation search the routes around Sunset Grand Canyon while the sect masters held the canyon, revealing a struggle over who would claim the credit.

• Huyan Zhen showed Tuoba Xi Bibi Dong’s secret decree ordering Tang San’s death and persuaded him to join the plot.
• Tuoba Xi agreed to work with Huyan Zhen, and they planned to ambush Tang San’s group at Sunset Grand Canyon the following night.
• After Huyan Zhen returned home, Huyan Li celebrated the plan, but Huyan Zhen warned him not to underestimate Tang San and doubted Spirit Hall’s promised support.
• A day later, Xie Yue told Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi that Tang San might take either Black Pine Forest or Rocky Slope, and proposed that he, Yan, and Hu Liena search those routes while the sect forces guarded the canyon.
• Huyan Zhen recognized that Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena wanted to claim the operation’s credit for themselves.

Huyan Zhen let Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena pursue Tang San while keeping himself and Tuoba Xi ready to exploit either outcome. Tang San escaped their ambush with his Blue Silver Domain, and Huyan Zhen arrived to find the Golden Generation defeated and ask where he had gone.

• Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi agreed to let Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena pursue Tang San, intending to claim credit if they succeeded and blame them if they failed.
• Tang San sensed the Golden Generation pursuing him through the Black Pine Forest and concealed himself behind a tree.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena surrounded Tang San, but recoiled when he revealed that he had become a Soul Emperor.
• Tang San trapped the three with Blue Silver Domain and Forest Myriad Manifestations, then escaped rather than risk facing hidden reinforcements.
• Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi arrived with elite fighters and found the Golden Generation dazed; Huyan Zhen asked where Tang San had gone.

After Tang San escaped Spirit Hall's pursuit, he activated the communication device Lin Chuan had given him. Lin Chuan sensed his distress, left the Strength Clan's workshop to reach him, and sent Titan to seek support from Shrek Academy.

• Hu Liena told Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi that Tang San had escaped and was already a Soul Emperor, prompting Huyan Zhen to order a search of the Black Pine Forest.
• Tang San hid in a concealed cave and activated the communication device Lin Chuan had given him after deciding he could not survive the ambush alone.
• Lin Chuan sensed the device's signal while working with Titan and Tailong, and concluded that something had happened to Tang San.
• Lin Chuan told Titan to find Flender at Shrek Academy and gave him Tang San's last known location before leaving at tremendous speed.
• Titan and Tailong watched Lin Chuan vanish and wondered whether Teacher Lin was even human.

Titan gathered the Strength Clan to go to Shrek for help while Tang San tried to escape his pursuers through Black Pine Forest. The Elephant Armored Sect and Holy Dragon Sect surrounded him, leaving him cornered and apologizing to his big brother as he prepared to fight.

• Titan ordered the Strength Clan fighters to go to Shrek and help Tang San.
• Tang San used the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to fly through Black Pine Forest, killing an Elephant Armored Sect Soul Master who discovered him.
• Tang San hid beneath a waterfall in a pool while Huyan Zhen searched nearby, then continued south after the pursuers moved on.
• Tuoba Xi led the Holy Dragon Sect's elite to ambush Tang San at the southern exit of the forest.
• Huyan Zhen, Tuoba Xi, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena surrounded Tang San, who readied his remaining hidden weapons and apologized to his big brother.

Lin Chuan arrived just as Tuoba Xi was about to kill the exhausted Tang San, rescuing him with a blast of Golden Crow Fire. He faced the assembled sect fighters and the Golden Generation, then raised his flame as Tuoba Xi ordered everyone to attack.

• Tang San prepared to fight to the death as Tuoba Xi, Huyan Zhen, and their Soul Masters surrounded him.
• Tuoba Xi attacked Tang San with his eighth soul skill, leaving Tang San too exhausted to evade the killing blow.
• Lin Chuan descended into the cave in a burst of golden flame, blasted Tuoba Xi and the surrounding fighters away, and shielded Tang San.
• Tang San recognized Lin Chuan as his Big Brother and broke down with relief.
• Lin Chuan confronted Huyan Zhen and dismissed Tuoba Xi's protest that the fight was a private grudge.
• Lin Chuan summoned Golden Crow Fire, and Tuoba Xi ordered the gathered fighters to attack him.

Lin Chuan defeated Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi with a single Golden Crow attack, then discovered that three Spirit Hall Title Douluo had been lying in wait. Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Lingyuan Douluo launched a coordinated assault, leaving Lin Chuan facing a deadly three-against-one battle.

• Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars in a desperate attack on Lin Chuan, but his Golden Crow flames destroyed them in one move.
• Lin Chuan sensed hidden enemies and called them out, revealing Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Lingyuan Douluo as the true killing force.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena realized the Golden Generation had only been bait, while Huyan Zhen and Tuoba Xi understood their sects had been used as expendable pawns.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Lingyuan Douluo surrounded Lin Chuan with simultaneous attacks, sealing off his escape routes.

Lin Chuan fought off Chrysanthemum Douluo, Gui Mei, and Lingyuan Douluo until he discovered that Bibi Dong had joined the ambush. He activated the Star Shuttle to shield himself and Tang San and escape, but a mysterious thread caught the light as it began to jump.

• Lin Chuan used his spiritual power and Golden Crow Fire to drive back the three Title Douluo while Tang San and the Golden Generation watched.
• Lin Chuan sensed Bibi Dong nearby, broke away from the battle, and taunted her into revealing herself.
• Bibi Dong emerged and unleashed her overwhelming pressure, leaving Tang San convinced they faced certain death.
• Lin Chuan used the Star Shuttle to create a blue barrier that absorbed the attacks from Bibi Dong and the three Title Douluo.
• Lin Chuan began a Star Shuttle jump with Tang San, but a concealed, domineering thread wrapped around the shrinking point of light.

Bibi Dong’s attempt to capture Lin Chuan and Tang San failed when the Asura God diverted their spatial escape to Slaughter City, separating them. Lin Chuan headed toward the city while the Sea God confronted the Asura God in the God Realm over his interference.

• Bibi Dong watched Lin Chuan and Tang San vanish, then swore to hunt them down.
• The Asura God’s power redirected the Star Shuttle, and Tang San and Lin Chuan were separated in the spatial turbulence.
• Tang San landed alone in an unfamiliar part of Slaughter City and called out for Lin Chuan.
• Lin Chuan landed elsewhere, recognized Slaughter City, sensed the Asura God’s influence, and set off along a road of bones toward the black city.
• The Sea God stormed into the Asura Temple and accused the Asura God of violating the God Realm’s laws by diverting Lin Chuan and Tang San.

Asura God and the Sea God argued over Tang San and Lin Chuan, then agreed that both would face the Slaughter City trials while Asura God promised not to interfere again. At Sunset Grand Canyon, the Shrek group found the aftermath of a devastating battle, but Titan concluded that Lin Chuan and Tang San had survived their escape in the Star Shuttle.

• Asura God told the Sea God that he had chosen both Tang San and Lin Chuan for godhood trials.
• Asura God proposed Slaughter City as a trial ground and said that whoever endured it could qualify for more; he promised not to interfere again.
• Flender and the Shrek group arrived at Sunset Grand Canyon and found a battlefield devastated by powerful attacks.
• Dugu Bo identified signs that Bibi Dong and three Title Douluo had been at the scene, while Ning Rongrong pleaded with Chen Xin to find Lin Chuan.
• Titan examined wreckage from the Star Shuttle and concluded that its spatial jump had succeeded, leaving Lin Chuan and Tang San alive.