Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi returned to Zhang Ji and Yang Shelly during their battle with a pack of Iron Bone Ferocious Crocodiles. The crocodiles fled after Yang Shelly wounded their leader, leaving Zhang Ji stunned by the pair’s safe return and new Soul King strength.

• Yang Shelly arrived on the battlefield and cut down Iron Bone Ferocious Crocodiles with her Soul Breaking Scythe Spear.
• The Iron Bone Ferocious Crocodile leader ambushed Yang Shelly, but she counterattacked and wounded it, sending it flying.
• Ling Yi used Spring Breeze and Rain, Heavenly Rain to restore Zhang Ji, Yang Shelly, and Wo Ma.
• Zhang Ji spotted Ling Yi, allowing the wounded crocodile leader to escape; the rest of the crocodiles then fled.
• Zhang Ji greeted Ling Yi and Yang Shelly, marveling at their matching Soul King ranks and optimal Soul Ring configurations.

Ling Yi bought and renovated a struggling shop in Scarborough Market to establish a Greenwood Chamber of Commerce presence, while Yang Shelly insisted he bathe and then joined him. The chapter ended with Ling Yi recalling classical poems from his previous life after their night together.

• Ling Yi studied Scarborough Market’s shops and prices, seeing an opportunity for the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce.
• Ling Yi bought a failing purchasing shop and its courtyard from an owner whose son had disappeared in Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ling Yi renovated the shop and courtyard, then planted a Golden Osmanthus Tree and Blue Silver Grass.
• Ling Yi reflected on the market’s modest powers and the rarity of high-ranking Soul Masters while awaiting the chamber of commerce’s response.
• Yang Shelly urged Ling Yi to bathe, then entered his room as he soaked in the tub.
• Ling Yi recalled classical Chinese texts from his previous life.

Ling Yi cared for Yang Shelly after repeatedly defeating her in barehanded challenges, and she resolved to try combat equipment next time. While Ling Yi fed her a restorative soup, a friend arrived at his shop, and he went out to receive them.

• Ling Yi got up early, kissed Yang Shelly, and prepared a nourishing meal after their birthday celebration.
• Yang Shelly repeatedly challenged Ling Yi and lost, unable to accept that he had beaten her despite her being a Power Attack System Soul King.
• Yang Shelly attributed Ling Yi’s combat skill to his extraordinary talent and decided to use combat equipment in a future challenge.
• Ling Yi brought Yang Shelly Ten Tonifying Herbs Soup containing a three-thousand-year Moon Gazing Blood Eel and fed it to her.
• Ling Yi sensed a visitor at the shop, told Yang Shelly the person was a friend, and left to receive them.

Ah Rou visited Ling Yi at the newly opened Greenwood Merchant Guild and discussed how she could safely cultivate after leaving the place where she obtained her Soul Ring. Ling Yi recommended that she hide in a small town or village, then began explaining his doubts about Shapeshifting Soul Beasts reaching the Deity Transformation Stage before Ah Rou reacted to his mention of Spirit Hall’s Library Tower.

• Ah Rou sensed the life-filled artistic conception in the Greenwood Merchant Guild’s signboard and was startled when Ling Yi greeted her.
• Ling Yi brought Ah Rou inside, showed her a sound-absorbing Big-Mouthed Bat Statue, and asked about her plans after she left the forest.
• Ah Rou explained that she had no reason to return to a Junior Soul Master Academy and could not safely attend an advanced academy.
• Ling Yi advised Ah Rou to settle in an inconspicuous village or County Town and avoid traveling before reaching level sixty.
• Ling Yi said he had found no record of a Shapeshifting Soul Beast reaching the Deity Transformation Stage, despite ancient texts describing that realm.
• Ah Rou froze and asked Ling Yi what he meant by Spirit Hall’s Library Tower.

Ling Yi explained Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength to Ah Rou and revealed that Spirit Hall had a Level 99 Titled Douluo. Ah Rou was left shaken by the danger that powerful human soul masters posed to her daughter Xiao Wu and the other soul beasts.

• Ah Rou reacted with disbelief when Ling Yi said Spirit Hall had around seven or eight Titled Douluo and at least twenty Soul Douluo.
• Ling Yi told Ah Rou that Spirit Hall could rival all the other forces on Douluo Continent combined.
• Ling Yi explained that Tang Chen had helped the Clear Sky Sect become the Number One Sect Under Heaven and was a Level 99 Titled Douluo.
• Ah Rou realized a Level 99 Titled Douluo could threaten Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, and she grew frightened.
• Ling Yi revealed that Qian Daoliu, the former Tribunal Great Elder of Spirit Hall, was also Level 99.

Ling Yi reassured Ah Rou about the absent Level 99 Titled Douluo and explained how Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen had reshaped the balance of power on the Douluo Continent. The chapter left Ah Rou listening as Ling Yi described Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength.

• Ling Yi calmed Ah Rou’s fear of Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen, and promised that he would never hurt her.
• Ah Rou teased Ling Yi for claiming he was human, while Ling Yi noticed that his shop’s subtle hypnosis had strengthened her trust in him.
• Ling Yi asked whether any Shapeshifting Soul Beast had ever reached Level 100 Godhood, and Ah Rou’s silence suggested she knew of none.
• Ling Yi explained that Qian Daoliu had defeated Titled Douluo across the continent and expanded Spirit Hall’s branches into cities that had barred its awakening ceremonies.
• Ling Yi said Tang Chen later rose to challenge powerful factions as well, leaving many older Titled Douluo dead and more than half of the continent’s known Titled Douluo in Spirit Hall.

Ah Rou stayed at Ling Yi’s home and grew increasingly unsettled by her feelings as she watched him care for Yang Shelly. On the fifth day, a beautiful blue-haired woman arrived at the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce and said she had come because she missed Ling Yi.

• Ling Yi introduced Yang Shelly as his lifelong soulmate and Ah Rou as his little sister, and the three shared dinner.
• Ah Rou spent a sleepless night hearing Ling Yi and Yang Shelly together, then watched Ling Yi bring breakfast to Yang Shelly the next morning.
• Ling Yi used a sound-sealing Soul Tool, but Ah Rou still lost sleep during her stay and spent her days in a daze.
• On the fifth day, Ah Rou worked as receptionist at the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce when a blue-haired woman arrived looking for Ling Yi.
• The woman told Ah Rou she had come because she missed Ling Yi, leaving Ah Rou shocked.

Ah Yin and Yang Shelly exchanged veiled jabs over their closeness to Ling Yi while he prepared food in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao worried over Tang Zhen’s lingering injuries from a battle with a Wu Family Titled Douluo.

• Ah Yin reminded Yang Shelly that she and Ling Yi shared a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and that she had waited 143 days for him to return.
• Yang Shelly said she and Ling Yi had both reached Soul King and described how well their abilities complemented each other in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ah Yin pointed to the dimmed Origin Returning Seal on Ling Yi as evidence that he had faced danger, and Yang Shelly recalled his abduction by the Titan Giant Ape.
• Ling Yi heard the women’s exchange from the kitchen and resolved to keep his distance from Ah Yin because he was devoted to Yang Shelly.
• At Haoyang Cliff, Tang Xiao expressed concern for his coughing father, Tang Zhen, and blamed their grandfather for sparing the Wu Family remnants.
• Tang Zhen’s hidden wounds stemmed from his costly victory over a Wu Family Titled Douluo in 2612 of the Douluo Calendar.

Bai He visited Gengxin City and asked Blacksmith Association chairman Lou Gao to let outsiders buy items from Heavenly Craft Academy’s exchange list. He sought Blood Essence Fruit, and Lou Gao asked which item he wanted without yet agreeing.

• Bai He arrived in Gengxin City and met Lou Gao at the Blacksmith Association headquarters.
• Lou Gao praised Tang Yuehua’s carving skills at Heavenly Craft Academy, and Bai He thanked him for looking after her.
• Bai He asked whether outsiders could obtain items on the academy’s exchange list.
• Bai He requested Blood Essence Fruit, explaining through his investigation that the Blacksmith Association might have a steady supply from livestock blood at its Breeding Farm.
• Lou Gao asked Bai He how many Blood Essence Fruits he wanted, without accepting or refusing the request.

Tang Yuehua immersed herself in sculpting and completed a lifelike stone statue of Liu Erlong, discovering that the process greatly strengthened her Mental Strength. Hamo Lei Te praised her achievement, which came after she broke through her previous limits as a rank fifteen, one-ring Weapon Soul Master.

• Tang Yuehua spent the day carving a tall stone into a statue of Liu Erlong, working in a state of complete concentration.
• Tang Yuehua finished the sculpture and called Liu Erlong over to see how closely it resembled her.
• Liu Erlong supported the exhausted Tang Yuehua, who explained that completing the sculpture in one uninterrupted effort made a difference.
• Tang Yuehua realized that her Mental Strength had grown substantially while she sculpted using the notes from Vice Dean Ling.
• Hamo Lei Te praised the statue's lifelike spiritual aura and Tang Yuehua's skill, comparing her potential to Ling Yi's.
• Tang Yuehua thanked the academy for its teaching and cultivation, and the chapter revealed that she had become a rank fifteen, one-ring Weapon Soul Master.

After three years in Slaughter City, Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect and learned that his father, Tang Zhen, was recovering from a severe injury. Tang Hao resolved to find a stronger healer as his family welcomed him home.

• Tang Hao woke in the Northern Territory, recalled his three years in Slaughter City, and headed south after declaring he would never return.
• Half a month later, Tang Hao reached Haoyang Cliff and demanded to know who had injured Tang Zhen.
• Tang Zhen explained that he had killed a Wu Family Titled Douluo but suffered a grave injury when the enemy’s Taiyi Bell reflected his attack.
• Tang Xiao embraced Tang Hao, and Tang Zhen watched his sons reunite with pride.
• Tang Hao offered to find a Healing System Soul Douluo to treat Tang Zhen, while Xuan Baiyu insisted his limited healing ability was no fault of his own.

Tang Zhen’s injuries temporarily improved after Xuan Baiyu treated him and he ate a Blood Essence Fruit, while the Clear Sky Sect discussed its failed attempts to recruit Ye Qi Hong. Xuan Baiyu revealed that Ye Qi Hong’s granddaughter had just turned six, and Tang Zhen lamented that the Nine Heart Begonia’s fate could not be defied.

• Tang Zhen ate a Blood Essence Fruit, and Xuan Baiyu used his healing skills to stabilize his injuries at the cost of exhausting himself.
• Xuan Baiyu explained that Ye Qi Hong was the Clear Sky Sect’s only remaining option for a healing-type Soul Douluo outside Spirit Hall, despite her repeated refusals of their invitations.
• Xuan Baiyu shared uncertain news that Ye Qi Hong’s granddaughter had just turned six years old.
• Tang Hao questioned why the granddaughter’s age mattered, but Tang Xiao and Tang Zhen stopped him and asked Xuan Baiyu how reliable the news was.
• Xuan Baiyu suggested that Ye Qi Hong might have refused the invitations because of her granddaughter, and Tang Zhen sighed that the Nine Heart Begonia’s fate could not be defied.

Tang Zhen treated Tang Hao’s accumulated injuries and praised his strengthened constitution, then said Tang Hao could absorb the Clear Sky Sect’s third Inheritance Soul Bone after reaching level 70. The others understood that giving Tang Hao the last inheritance bone would effectively mark him as the sect’s next heir.

• Tang Zhen set aside the news about the Nine Heart Begonia Ye Family, and those in the Council Hall accepted most of Xuan Baiyu’s report about the Martial Soul’s flaw.
• Tang Zhen ordered Tang Hao to turn around and used the Tang Family’s inherited secret arts to treat his body while Tang Xiao offered to help.
• Tang Hao woke from the treatment feeling refreshed as the heat had cleared his stagnant qi and blood and seemingly refined away his hidden injuries.
• Tang Zhen praised Tang Hao’s physical strength and said he should be able to absorb the sect’s third Inheritance Soul Bone after reaching level 70.
• Tang Xiao and the others recognized that giving Tang Hao the final inheritance bone would confirm his position as the Clear Sky Sect’s heir.

At the Blacksmith Association headquarters, Lou Gao told Ling Yi that Bai He had traded rare ores for Blood Essence Fruits, and they discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden role in the deal. Lou Gao wondered why the sect was acting through Bai He, while Ling Yi’s explanation remained pending as the chapter ended.

• Lou Gao told Ling Yi that Bai He had exchanged rare ores for five Blood Essence Fruits every three months.
• Lou Gao explained that he believed the Clear Sky Sect had supplied the ores and that the fruits were not really intended to cultivate the Speed Clan’s younger generation.
• Lou Gao said only a few people knew about the transaction because the Clear Sky Sect seemed intent on keeping it secret.
• Lou Gao asked Ling Yi why the Clear Sky Sect wanted Blood Essence Fruits and had sent Bai He to conduct the trade.

Ling Yi and Lou Gao discussed why Clear Sky Sect might need the Blood Essence Fruit, suspecting a senior member was terminally ill, and agreed to keep their transaction with Bai He strictly business. Ling Yi then visited Heavenly Craft Academy and reconciled with the resentful but delighted Tie Futu after nearly three years away.

• Ling Yi suspected Tang Zhen's health was failing but decided not to scheme against Clear Sky Sect with the forces he currently controlled.
• Ling Yi suggested to Lou Gao that a high-ranking member of Clear Sky Sect might need the Blood Essence Fruit to prolong their life.
• Ling Yi warned Lou Gao to treat the exchange with Bai He as a simple transaction and avoid investigating Clear Sky Sect.
• Lou Gao told Ling Yi about the work he and Tie Futu had handled at Heavenly Craft Academy while Ling Yi was away.
• Ling Yi visited Tie Futu, who reproached him for being gone nearly three years, then accepted his shoulder massage and joked with him.

Yang Shelly met Liu Erlong at Heavenly Craft Academy and was startled by the young Soul Master's talent and resemblance to a stone statue. She began probing Liu Erlong about the sculptor who made it, suspecting the statue was Ling Yi's early work.

• Han Li approached Yang Shelly to ask if she was a new student, then hurried away with Lu Qiwen after she said she was not.
• Yang Shelly studied a lifelike statue and suspected it was a work Ling Yi had made while learning to sculpt.
• Liu Erlong asked Yang Shelly the same question Han Li had, and Yang Shelly introduced herself as a 24-year-old Level 53 Soul King.
• Yang Shelly and Liu Erlong exchanged surprised praise after learning that Liu Erlong was fifteen and Level 39.
• Yang Shelly praised the statue's likeness to Liu Erlong and asked to meet its sculptor.

Ah Yin and Ah Rou discussed whether Ling Yi was a transformed soul beast after Ah Rou revealed how she had mistaken him for one. Ah Yin explained that Ling Yi was human and described how he had created his first four Soul Rings from cultivated Blue Silver Grass, leaving Ah Rou unconvinced about his true nature.

• Ah Yin tended the Blue Silver Grass in the Spring Breeze and Rain Mimetic Cultivation Ground while Ah Rou debated whether to reveal that she was a transformed soul beast.
• Ah Rou asked if Ah Yin was Ling Yi’s mother, then explained that she believed Ling Yi was a transformed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast like her.
• Ah Rou recounted how she had met Ling Yi in the Star Dou Great Forest and had Er Ming save him after he exposed his aura to a Soul Douluo.
• Ah Yin said Ling Yi was human, though he knew Ah Rou was a soul beast and had never told anyone about Ah Yin’s identity.
• Ah Rou argued that Ling Yi must be a soul beast because he had condensed his own Soul Rings, and Ah Yin explained that his first four came from Blue Silver Grass he cultivated himself.

Ling Yi introduced himself to Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua, then left with Yang Shelly and returned to his courtyard. After dinner, Ah Yin described her rapid cultivation and ambitions while Yang Shelly’s clingy behavior unsettled Ah Rou, leaving Ling Yi alone with Yang Shelly for the evening.

• Ling Yi greeted Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua, who excitedly recognized him as Heavenly Craft Academy’s vice dean and the creator of several famous techniques and artworks.
• Yang Shelly stepped between the two girls and Ling Yi, and he took her hand and led her away.
• Ling Yi brought Yang Shelly to his secluded courtyard, where Ah Yin and Ah Rou later returned for dinner.
• Yang Shelly fed Ling Yi affectionately, while Ah Rou watched her and Ah Yin with conflicted curiosity.
• Ah Yin told Ling Yi that her cultivation was advancing quickly and said she expected to reach the Soul Emperor realm within a few years.
• Ah Yin and Ah Rou went back to their rooms, and Yang Shelly continued teasingly to monopolize Ling Yi’s attention.

Ling Yi studied the thunderous power in Da Ming’s shed scale while Ah Yin, Ah Rou, and Yang Shelly trained at Lingyun Residence. The chapter left Ling Yi continuing his attempt to understand the lightning, while the three women pursued different cultivation paths.

• Ling Yi meditated at dawn and concluded that Blue Silver Grass corresponded to yang, wood, and the Xun and Zhen trigrams.
• Ling Yi used a scale shed by Da Ming to draw out tiny arcs of lightning and began trying to capture and analyze them.
• Ah Yin and Ah Rou found breakfast Ling Yi had prepared, then saw Yang Shelly leave Ling Yi’s bedroom looking exhausted.
• Yang Shelly returned to her room and cultivated Soul Power, determined not to fall behind Ah Yin.
• Ah Yin practiced the Beast Martial Soul Xingyi Boxing Stance·Ⅱ, while Ah Rou focused on the Rabbit Form of the Basic Body Tempering Art.

In Douluo Calendar Year 2616, Ling Yi worked in the Lava Cave while Liu Erlong forged a saber and showed off her new fourth soul ring. Liu Erlong watched Ling Yi’s unusual metalworking as he prepared green scale fragments and melted exceptionally heat-resistant metal, leaving the furnace itself close to liquefying.

• Ling Yi visited the Lava Cave and greeted Liu Erlong, who told him she had obtained a five-thousand-nine-hundred-year Exploding Fire Dragon Ape as her fourth soul ring.
• Liu Erlong forged a saber with the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique while Ling Yi prepared his tools and heated metal ingots.
• Ling Yi broke two green scales into small fragments and carefully processed them as Liu Erlong finished her saber and came over to observe.
• Ling Yi’s three metal ingots melted into liquid, while the furnace’s Obsidian Olivine lining began to liquefy from the heat.