Chapter Summaries

Tang Yuehua explored a weapon graveyard beneath the Ling Family Old Residence and encountered the terrifying battle intent of a Bronze Spear. Meanwhile, Ni Xing faced the Nine Shao Tuning Soul Guidance Array and began to awaken his own intent, earning Ling Yi’s hope that he would inherit the Jade Shattering Spear Technique.

• Tang Yuehua found piles of broken weapons and discovered a grid of pits, each containing a different weapon.
• Tang Yuehua approached a Bronze Spear, whose battle intent overwhelmed her until the Azure Nether Divine Sword roused her from its pressure.
• Tang Yuehua recalled Ling Yi’s suggestion to visit Shan Hai Village and approached an Eight-Edged Heavy Sword instead.
• Ling Yi sensed a disturbance from the direction of the Waterwood Principality, then returned to studying a begonia flower in the Martial Soul Research Institute.
• Liu Hao activated the Nine Shao Tuning Soul Guidance Array while Ni Xing defended himself against its sound waves with a Bronze Spear.
• Mo Yuxiong explained that Ni Xing needed to awaken his own intent rather than simply endure the trial, and Ni Xing’s will surged as Ling Yi recognized the beginnings of an inheritor for the Jade Shattering Spear Technique.

Ling Yi taught Ni Xing the first form of his Jade Shattering Spear Technique and arranged for him to join Gu Yiwang’s army. After returning to the City Lord Manor, Ling Yi learned that Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng had been found in the Star Dou Great Forest and agreed to investigate with Ah Rou.

• Ling Yi persuaded Ni Xing to enlist and sent him to learn under Gu Yiwang, now a Commandant.
• Ling Yi demonstrated the Jade Shattering Spear Technique, and Ni Xing broke through the spear intent’s mental pressure to unleash a powerful thrust.
• Ling Yi gave Ni Xing a scroll depicting the technique’s general outline and first form, advising him to learn from it while developing his own path.
• An hour later, Ling Yi handed Ni Xing over to Gu Yiwang and returned to the City Lord Manor.
• Ah Rou told Ling Yi that Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng had been found in the Star Dou Great Forest and invited him to see it.

Ling Yi and Ah Rou traveled to a cave in the Star Dou Great Forest to collect a Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, but their arrival triggered a confrontation with the cave’s Purple Patterned Demon Bear and left them trapped beneath the collapsed mountain. As they waited for Xiao Wu and the others, Ah Rou drew Ling Yi into an intimate encounter.

• Ling Yi and Ah Rou reached the mountain cave where Ah Rou said the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng grew, and Ling Yi noticed signs that someone had been living there.
• Ling Yi transplanted the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng into a stone basin, while Ah Rou argued that the cave was abandoned and they could take it.
• The Purple Patterned Demon Bear returned to its lair and roared, prompting Ling Yi and Ah Rou to transform into Wind God Fei Lian and knock it out of the cave.
• The cave passage collapsed, trapping Ling Yi and Ah Rou beside the stone platform; Ling Yi reassured Ah Rou that he had food, water, and digging tools.
• Ah Rou said Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming had been notified, then kissed Ling Yi as they prepared to rest.

Ling Yi answered Ah Rou’s questions in the collapsed cave before breaking free of her shackles and turning the tables on her. Two days later, he found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and subdued it with his modified Azure Emperor Wood Emperor True Body, sealing it in wood-attribute chains.

• Ah Rou questioned Ling Yi about whether he had known her plan, whether he had other women, and whom he considered the prettiest.
• Outside the cave, Xiao Wu asked Da Ming and Er Ming why Ah Rou wanted them to call her Sister instead of Mother, then insisted they change how they addressed her too.
• Ling Yi broke the shackles, overpowered Ah Rou, and spent two days with her in the cave before departing.
• Ling Yi appeared in the hills more than three hundred li from Lone Peak and encountered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger again.
• Ling Yi stopped the tiger’s attacks, summoned his modified Azure Emperor Wood Emperor True Body, beat it, and sealed it with wood-attribute chains.

Ling Yi investigated the source of Tang Yuehua’s ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and set out northeast with Treading Snow, A'Huang, Meow Meow, and Xiao Hei, using Xiao Hei’s movement to teach the others. Meanwhile, Ni Xing began teaching Python Bull Strength Fist to soldiers in Lingyun City.

• Ling Yi read that Tang Yuehua had become a Four Ring Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and focused on discovering where she obtained it.
• Ling Yi took Treading Snow, A'Huang, Meow Meow, and Xiao Hei from the City Lord Manor and rode toward the Back Mountain, planning to cross the Heaven Spirit Mountain Range to the Waterwood Principality.
• Ling Yi ordered Xiao Hei to lead the way northeast and used the blue-green glow from his hand to make Xiao Hei’s collar tighten when he ran too far ahead.
• Ling Yi told Treading Snow, A'Huang, and Meow Meow to study Xiao Hei’s aura and movement, and each noticed skills that could help them improve.
• At the Grand Training Field, Gu Yiwang persuaded Ni Xing to teach the new fist techniques, and Ni Xing began demonstrating the first form of Python Bull Strength Fist to a group of soldiers.

Ling Yi returned to the Ling Family Old Residence and uncovered A'Hua's surviving seed in the underground Soldier Tomb. He replanted it among the weapons, where it adapted to the Geng Xin Sharp Qi and began a new life as Three-Leaf Sword Grass.

• Ling Yi traveled from Lingyun City to the Waterwood Principality with Xiao Hei, Treading Snow, A'Huang, and Meow Meow, reaching the Ling Family Old Residence that night.
• Ling Yi noticed changes to the floor tiles, opened a hidden entrance, and entered the underground Soldier Tomb beneath the old house.
• Ling Yi found A'Hua's seed, which remained after A'Hua had condensed its cultivation into a Soul Ring for Tang Yuehua and sacrificed itself in an attempt to advance.
• Ling Yi planted the seed in the Soldier Nurturing Tomb and used his life energy to help its roots endure and adapt to the Geng Xin Sharp Qi.
• Ling Yi named the reborn plant Three-Leaf Sword Grass and declared that it was lord level, with six leaves marking its future king-level advancement.

Ling Yi met Tang Chen in the forbidden zone after Tang Chen summoned him, and the two exchanged polite words about Ling Yi’s Martial Soul Organ Theory and their understanding of martial souls. Tang Chen then asked whether Ling Yi had come alone, hinting at his concern for the city lord’s safety.

• Tang Xiao escorted Ling Yi from Snow Moon City into the forbidden zone where Fallen Soul Masters appeared.
• Ling Yi explained that he had been examining Yi Linlie, whose Soul Power had reached level 10 and who had become a one-ring Battle Soul Master.
• Tang Chen praised Ling Yi’s wisdom and Martial Soul Organ Theory, while Ling Yi made clear that he valued guidance from Tang Chen as a Level 99 expert.
• Tang Chen accepted Ling Yi’s offer to exchange insights about martial souls, surprising Tang Zhen and Tang Xiao with his warm response.
• Tang Chen asked whether Ling Yi had come alone and suggested that a Healing System Soul Master should have someone to protect him.

Ling Yi described his confidence in handling danger, prompting Tang Chen to reflect on his defeat by Wu Wudi and his uncertain fate after failing the Asura God’s trial. Tang Chen then questioned Ling Yi about Wu Wudi and Erlang, hoping to learn whether Erlang’s body-tempering skills came from an inheritance.

• Ling Yi told Tang Chen that he could defend himself with hand-to-hand combat if reasoning failed, surprising Tang Chen, Tang Zhen, and Tang Xiao.
• Tang Xiao explained that the Body Sect described people who built combat strength by tempering their bodies and honing their fighting skills.
• Tang Chen recalled his failed divine trial, his confinement as Slaughter King, and his desire to survive and become strong enough to challenge the Rakshasa God.
• Tang Chen revealed that Wu Wudi had defeated him and asked Ling Yi whether he knew the name; Ling Yi acted surprised, while Tang Zhen and Tang Xiao realized Wu Wudi had surpassed Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen asked whether Erlang had caught Tang Hao’s Great Sumeru Hammer bare-handed through body-tempering strength, and Ling Yi praised Erlang’s physical power and said he had deepened Ling Yi’s understanding of body tempering.
• Tang Chen urgently asked whether Erlang had his own inheritance.

Ling Yi treated Tang Zhen’s hidden injuries with his healing skills, but explained that removing the abnormal force would be as dangerous as separating a Soul Bone. Tang Chen then discovered that Ling Yi’s healing could also ease his own hidden injuries and asked him for treatment.

• Ling Yi refused to reveal Erlang’s information, and Tang Chen accepted his refusal before asking about Tang Zhen’s hidden injuries.
• Ling Yi explained that the abnormal force had become linked to Tang Zhen’s vital energy, making its removal nearly as dangerous as separating a torso Soul Bone.
• Tang Chen described the risks of expelling the force and asked Ling Yi to demonstrate his healing while Tang Chen suppressed it.
• Ling Yi used his Green Wood Blue Silver Emperor and healing soul skills to improve Tang Zhen’s condition, though the treatment did not remove the underlying injury.
• Tang Chen sensed that Ling Yi’s healing had eased his own hidden injuries and asked Ling Yi to treat him as well.

After treating Tang Chen, Ling Yi asked him to examine Ling Yi’s theories on Tool Martial Soul forging, impressing the Level 99 Peerless Douluo with ideas Ling Yi had begun developing as a child. Their discussion gave both men new insights and left Tang Chen wondering whether he could forge his Clear Sky Hammer into a divine artifact; when he returned to the Slaughter City, he found a towering figure seated on his throne.

• Ling Yi finished treating Tang Chen and asked him about the nature of Tool Martial Souls instead of seeking advice on cultivation.
• Ling Yi showed Tang Chen his booklet, Tool Martial Soul · Forging Secret Art, which explored strengthening and forging Tool Martial Souls, and Tang Chen eagerly read it.
• Tang Chen learned Ling Yi had begun these inquiries at eleven and called him Master Ling, recognizing that his theories touched on the domain of gods.
• Ling Yi and Tang Chen discussed the questions in the booklet, and Tang Chen shared his knowledge of the Clear Sky Hammer while gaining fresh insight into his own Martial Soul.
• Tang Chen imagined that he might forge the Clear Sky Hammer into a divine artifact and become a god through its power.
• Ling Yi left with Tang Xiao escorting him, while Tang Chen returned to the Slaughter City and found a towering figure sitting on his throne.

Tang Chen met the Asura God's Divine Sense Incarnation, who explained that the Rakshasa God had sabotaged his Eighth Trial and offered to void its failure if Tang Chen helped provide evidence. Inside Tang Chen's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, the incarnation extracted one trace of Rakshasa's aura and showed him how the corruption had taken hold, leaving Tang Chen to deal with the traces that remained.

• Tang Chen confronted the dark-red figure, who clarified that he was the Asura God's Divine Sense Incarnation rather than the true Asura God.
• The incarnation told Tang Chen that the Rakshasa God had interfered with his inheritance trial and that the God Realm Committee would consider sanctions.
• The incarnation offered to extract Rakshasa's aura and memories as evidence, explaining that the failed trial could be voided; Tang Chen agreed to cooperate.
• The incarnation entered Tang Chen's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, removed one trace of Rakshasa's aura, and said Tang Chen would have to clear away the rest himself.
• The incarnation showed Tang Chen memories of Rakshasa's corruption and the events that followed, then explained that stronger or longer-lasting Angel Holy Light might have cleansed the evil intent and let Tang Chen pass the Eighth Trial.

Asura God (Divine Sense Incarnation) watched Tang Chen’s memories and learned that Wu Wudi had defeated Tang Chen while declaring the Rakshasa Sect’s doctrine. As he became interested in Ling Yi’s healing abilities and forging ideas, Tang Chen realized Ling Yi might have noticed Asura God watching him.

• Wu Wudi appeared after Tang Chen’s fight and defeated him head-on, leaving Asura God (Divine Sense Incarnation) unable to identify the black-armored man’s power or origin.
• Tang Chen told Asura God (Divine Sense Incarnation) that Wu Wudi sought the new Slaughter God and followed the doctrine that whoever killed the Rakshasa God would become the new Rakshasa God.
• Asura God (Divine Sense Incarnation) suspected Wu Wudi might be a god who had illegally descended to the mortal world and questioned Tang Chen about him.
• Tang Chen mentioned a guard beside an emerging force’s founder who resembled Wu Wudi, while Asura God (Divine Sense Incarnation) continued reviewing Tang Chen’s memories of Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Ling Yi.
• Asura God (Divine Sense Incarnation) noticed Ling Yi’s Ultimate Life aura and considered him as a possible inheritor, then became astonished by Ling Yi’s Tool Martial Soul Forging Secret Art.
• Tang Chen saw that Ling Yi had looked toward Asura God (Divine Sense Incarnation) and nodded while speaking about gods, making Asura God (Divine Sense Incarnation) narrow his eyes.

Asura God presented evidence that Rakshasa God had sabotaged Tang Chen's trial, while the God Realm ordered Destruction to capture Rakshasa and assigned Asura God and the Goddess of Life to investigate Wu Wudi. The Goddess of Life considered Ling Yi a possible successor if he reached Titled Douluo within six years, and Asura God's incarnation returned to choosing candidates in Slaughter City.

• Tang Chen woke in Slaughter City and remembered that Asura God's Divine Sense Incarnation had removed Rakshasa God's malicious aura and recovered his memories of the ambush.
• Asura God's Divine Sense Incarnation showed Rakshasa's aura and Tang Chen's memories to the God Realm council, which confirmed Rakshasa's guilt and ordered Destruction to apprehend him.
• The God Realm's leaders noticed Wu Wudi's appearance in Tang Chen's memories and assigned Asura God and the Goddess of Life to investigate his identity and search for illegally descended gods.
• The Goddess of Life said Ling Yi could attempt her Godhood Inheritance if he reached Titled Douluo within six years, and the council ordered searches across the God Realm and other worlds.
• Asura God's Divine Sense Incarnation returned to Slaughter City, watched the Blood Dragon King and its companion at eighty-nine victories, and considered the fighter a backup candidate.

Ling Yi prepared to leave Snow Moon City and accepted an escort from Tang Xiao, who hoped to receive his guidance. Before setting out, Ling Yi arranged for Snow Moon City to receive a teaching team and warned its lord about the limits of the Qi and Blood Battle Formation; he and Tang Xiao then rode south together.

• Ling Yi sensed a higher-plane aura appear and vanish, then confirmed that Douluo Star showed no sign of foreign interference.
• Ling Yi agreed to travel with Tang Xiao, who joined him with a Clear Sky Sect convoy and sought guidance for his cultivation.
• Ling Yi accepted City Lord Su Di's invitation to send a teaching team to Snow Moon City and urged him to strengthen the soldiers' training, while warning that the Qi and Blood Battle Formation could not be sustained for long.
• A'Huang and Xiao Hei clashed near the South Gate, and A'Huang broke a stone brick before Ling Yi made him pay for the damage.
• Ling Yi left Snow Moon City with Tang Xiao, while passersby recognized them and marveled at Tang Xiao escorting Master Ling.

Ling Yi was summoned to the Heaven Dou Palace, where he learned that Xue Ye might replace Empress Di Xiya with Imperial Concubine Denice after a dispute and amid pressure from Denice’s powerful family. He reunited with Xue Qianxun in the garden, and the chapter ended with her proudly telling him about her cultivation and martial arts practice.

• Ling Yi entered Heaven Dou City and agreed to Xu Yixiu’s request to visit the palace, leaving Ta Xue and his animal companions in the palace grounds.
• As Xu Yixiu guided him through the palace, Ling Yi learned that Xue Ye had been considering sending Di Xiya to the Cold Palace and elevating Denice, whose family supported the empire.
• Ling Yi arrived at the palace garden and greeted Xue Ye, Empress Di Xiya, Denice, and the children, while Xue Qianxun ran to him and clung to him.
• Xue Ye introduced Denice and their son Xue Luoshu to Ling Yi, while Xue Qianxun avoided leaving Ling Yi’s arms.
• Ling Yi praised Xue Qianxun for reaching the level-20 soul power bottleneck, and she proudly described practicing several Fist Frames, including “Swan Soaring into the Dark Expanse.”

Ling Yi trained Xue Qianxun in a prolonged sword spar at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, guiding her attacks while she demonstrated her exceptional soul skills. After he ended the bout, Xue Qianxun practiced recovering her strength, while Ling Yi considered expanding his body-tempering system into a Qi and Blood Martial Path.

• Seven days later, Ling Yi sparred with Xue Qianxun in the palace garden and used his sword to guide her attacks as she grew more confident.
• Xue Qianxun activated her first soul skill and later her thousand-year second soul skill, Holy Light Guardian, launching repeated aerial attacks that Ling Yi calmly defended against.
• Xue Ye marveled at his daughter’s strength, while Denice grew jealous and imagined that Ling Yi might cultivate her son, Luo Shu.
• After Xue Qianxun’s strength and soul power waned, Ling Yi disarmed her and brought her safely back to the ground.
• Ling Yi ordered Xue Qianxun to stand in stance, and she calmed her breathing while absorbing sunlight to aid her recovery.
• Ling Yi reflected on the body-tempering realms practiced in Lingyun City and considered developing a Qi and Blood Martial Path.

Ling Yi explained the safeguards and potential of the cultivation arts he created for Xue Qianxun, then reflected on the uncertain future of Douluo Continent and his need to grow stronger. Tang Xiao presented his first ideas for the Giant Spirit Sky Piercing Hammer, and Ling Yi listened as he described a new way of wielding the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Ling Yi had added strict prerequisites to the Holy Light Meditation Method so the Heaven Dou imperial family could not easily exploit it after he left.
• Ling Yi considered Xue Qianxun’s possible paths toward holy light and phoenix power, and recognized that the world’s future was not bound to the original story.
• Ling Yi resolved to build enough strength to face unknown threats, including Light God King Chang Gongwei.
• Tang Xiao told Ling Yi that a month of thought and practice had led him to focus the Giant Spirit Sky Piercing Hammer on the qualities of a giant spirit.
• Tang Xiao explained that imitating the Titan and his clansmen had made his hammer strikes feel stronger and smoother, and Ling Yi listened with interest.

Tang Xiao strengthened his Clear Sky Hammer by comprehending Giant Spirit Intent and chose to pursue a new path toward surpassing his grandfather. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang escaped Hell Road, reunited with his transformed Luo San Pao, and prepared to feed it powerful Soul Beasts so they could approach level 70.

• Tang Xiao used Giant Spirit Intent to smash a deep pit and learned from Ling Yi that the technique had increased his power enough to rival a Power Attack System Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Tang Xiao explained that he wanted to reach his grandfather’s peak and thanked Ling Yi for showing him a new path.
• Yu Xiaogang woke in a snowy forest after escaping Hell Road and found food and shelter.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled surviving Hell Road’s dangers and summoned his evolved Luo San Pao, which displayed the Slaughter God Domain.
• Yu Xiaogang brought out the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and a shriveled snake tail for Luo San Pao to devour, hoping they would reach level 70.

Yu Xiaogang’s Luo San Pao consumed the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and evolved into a three-headed dragon, but its new heads proved difficult to control. Meanwhile, Ling Yi had Lou Gao assemble a gigantic forging platform in the Star Dou Great Forest to teach a promising student, and Lou Gao objected to being asked to continue the training.

• Luo San Pao ate the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and began condensing a seventh Soul Ring.
• Two new heads grew from Luo San Pao’s neck, and one attacked Yu Xiaogang before the main head intervened.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled Ling Yi’s warning about the Blood Shadow Demon Dragon and considered seeking Ling Yi’s help with the hostile, independent heads.
• Bing Le introduced himself to Yu Xiaogang as a Heaven Water Academy teacher, but Yu Xiaogang distrusted him and sent him away.
• Ling Yi showed Lou Gao the enormous forging platform they had assembled in the Star Dou Great Forest and explained that he planned to teach a promising student.
• Lou Gao realized Ling Yi wanted him to continue training the student and protested that he had too many responsibilities in Gengxin City and at Heavenly Craft Academy.

Ling Yi brought Lou Gao to meet Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape, and began teaching him the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique. As Er Ming practiced, Ling Yi studied the ape’s wild aura and developed a new insight, leaving Er Ming sensing that Ling Yi briefly seemed like one of his own kind.

• Lou Gao warned Ling Yi to prepare to fight when he saw the approaching Titan Giant Ape, but Ling Yi stopped him and greeted Er Ming as an acquaintance.
• Er Ming explained that Da Ming and Xiao Wu Jie had stayed home, and Lou Gao struggled to believe the Titan Giant Ape was speaking peacefully with them.
• Ling Yi showed Er Ming how to smelt ore, then demonstrated all eighty-one forms of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.
• Er Ming reproduced the technique after watching it once and began striking the iron ore with the oversized forging hammer.
• Ling Yi studied Er Ming’s wild aura and formed the image of a hammer-wielding beast in his Sea of Consciousness, while Er Ming sensed Ling Yi’s aura briefly resembled his own kind.