Chapter Summaries

In Sigma City, Ni Xing’s companions noticed Flender buying medicinal herbs, while Flender secretly met Shi Nian and watched Yu Xiaogang dissect a thug. Far away, Ling Yi tested an intricate military formation against Chen Xin, leaving the onlookers unsure how anyone could defeat him without first overcoming the formation.

• Gu Yiwang and Duan Yunxi teased Ni Xing about his apparent romance as their caravan arrived in Sigma City.
• At a restaurant, Gu Yiwang, Ni Xing, Duan Yunxi, and Li Liang recognized Flender haggling over herbs and speculated about why he was buying them.
• Flender slipped into a private residence, where Shi Nian let him in and Yu Xiaogang dissected a thug; Flender’s attempts to leave were suppressed by a strange mental influence.
• In the Green Cloud Mountain Range, Ling Yi’s eight hundred grass soldiers trapped Chen Xin in a battle formation that combined their strength and coordination.
• Gu Rong sensed spatial fluctuations in the formation, and Dugu Bo concluded that anyone seeking to defeat Ling Yi would first have to break through the grass soldiers.

After Shi Nian failed to kill Ni Xing, Yu Xiaogang hid him from the search teams and left Sigma City with Flender. Lingyun City’s Enforcement Team realized Yu Xiaogang might be behind the killings, while the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King warned him to stay hidden until he grew stronger.

• Gu Yiwang and Li Liang searched several locations but failed to find their target, while Yu Xiaogang concealed himself, Shi Nian, and Flender nearby.
• Yu Xiaogang gave the injured Shi Nian medicine, warned him not to provoke anyone from Lingyun City, and left for the next city with Flender.
• Chen Ningqi and Dong Mingwei saw Yu Xiaogang and Flender leave Sigma City, then Chen Ningqi warned his team that the illusion-using Six-Ring Soul Emperor was dangerous.
• Gu Yiwang and Chen Ningqi recalled Yu Xiaogang’s updated file and suspected he might be hunting soul masters to feed his Blood Shadow Demon Dragon martial soul.
• Ni Xing urged the team not to jump to conclusions and to find Shi Nian, while Gu Yiwang sent their suspicions about Yu Xiaogang back to Lingyun City.
• Yu Xiaogang felt tempted to return and kill the people who had scorned him, but the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King warned him to stay hidden from Ling Yi until he reached the Titled Douluo realm.

Ling Yi discussed the suspected disappearances of Soul Masters with Dugu Bo and decided to pass information about Yu Xiaogang and Flender to Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects rather than arrest them without evidence. Meanwhile, Tang Sheng, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao attacked the Titan Giant Ape, which shocked them by pulling armor and a giant hammer from a storage soul tool.

• Ling Yi told Dugu Bo that Gu Yiwang’s team had encountered Yu Xiaogang and Flender while investigating the disappearances, but cautioned against arresting them without proof.
• Ling Yi explained that he wanted Lingyun City’s laws and institutions to function reliably even after he was gone, and Dugu Bo worried about leaving his family and responsibilities behind.
• Ling Yi proposed informing Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects about the suspected disappearances and recommending that Yu Xiaogang and Flender be questioned before anyone acted against them.
• Tang Sheng, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao attacked the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest while seeking a Ninth Soul Ring for Tang Xiao.
• The Titan Giant Ape knocked Tang Sheng back and revealed armor and a massive hammer taken from a storage soul tool, astonishing Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.

The Titan Giant Ape used Ling Yi’s Autumn Water Clarity Paste and Mystic Yellow Earth Mother Golden Hammer to fight Tang Sheng, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao, shocking them by wielding the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique and imitating their force techniques. After overpowering them in a prolonged clash, it withdrew, while Tang Xiao quietly considered what he had learned from the encounter.

• The Titan Giant Ape crushed a jar of Autumn Water Clarity Paste, applied it around its eyes, and charged Tang Sheng as Tang Xiao and Tang Hao considered retreating.
• Tang Sheng met the Titan Giant Ape with his Clear Sky Hammer, and the two fought until Tang Xiao and Tang Hao joined in with their own Clear Sky True Bodies.
• Tang Sheng, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao realized the Titan Giant Ape was using the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique and later recognized the Zhen Character Secret and Beng Character Secret in its attacks.
• After 181 hammer clashes, the Titan Giant Ape drove the three Tang Family members back, then withdrew as the paste’s effects began to fade.
• Tang Sheng and Tang Hao cursed the unknown person who had armed and trained the Titan Giant Ape, while Tang Xiao silently pondered the encounter.
• Tang Hao suggested they seek information about the hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King, and Tang Xiao remained silent.

Tang Sheng and Tang Hao told Tang Zhen that their ambush of the Titan Giant Ape had failed because it wielded a giant hammer and knew the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique. While Tang Zhen raged at Tang Xiao for delaying his breakthrough to visit Lingyun City, Dugu Bo and Tang Xiao began a fierce duel on the Troop Review Platform.

• Tang Hao explained that the Titan Giant Ape had used a giant hammer and the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique to repel him, Tang Sheng, and Tang Xiao.
• Tang Sheng revealed that a giant forging hammer had been transported to Lingyun City, and Tang Hao admitted Tang Xiao had gone there to discuss hammer techniques with Ling Yi.
• Tang Zhen angrily condemned Tang Xiao for postponing his breakthrough and soul hunt to visit Lingyun City.
• Jiu Lan treated Fang Xiaobai's injured leg after he strained his meridians learning the Wind God Leg, while Duan Yunxi and Hua Dong teased him.
• Ling Yi assessed Dugu Bo and Tang Xiao's strengths as the two faced off, and Tang Xiao charged with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Dugu Bo thrust his Ice Fire Dragon Binding Staff at Tang Xiao's hammer hand, but Tang Xiao summoned a fresh burst of strength and drove his hammer toward the staff.

Dugu Bo and Tang Xiao fought to a standstill, collapsing the Troop Review Platform, then discussed Tang Xiao’s growth and his need for a Ninth Soul Ring over dinner with Ling Yi. Ling Yi offered information on three rare Soul Beasts and hinted that his knowledge reached almost everywhere, leaving Tang Xiao wondering whether Ling Yi feared exposing his abilities.

• Dugu Bo and Tang Xiao exchanged powerful attacks until their final techniques shattered the Troop Review Platform and forced them to stop fighting.
• Tang Xiao told Ling Yi that his Giant Spirit Intent had advanced after facing the Titan Giant Ape and that sparring with Dugu Bo had accelerated its transformation.
• Ling Yi asked whether Tang Xiao was seeking a Ninth Soul Ring, and Tang Xiao regretted failing to hunt the Titan Giant Ape despite its being a perfect match.
• Ling Yi offered Tang Xiao information on the Ice Bear King, the Lava Troll, and an Evil Orca near the hundred-thousand-year threshold.
• Tang Xiao questioned how Ling Yi knew so much about rare Soul Beasts, and Ling Yi said he would eventually learn anything he wanted to know outside a few places.
• Tang Xiao asked whether Ling Yi feared his ability would be exposed, and Ling Yi answered only with a faint smile.

Ling Yi hosted Tang Xiao and Tang Hao in Vast Sea City as Purple Pearl won her spirit fight, then prepared to guide the brothers on a sea voyage. Tang Chen arrived under a temporary mission and explained that he would assist Tang Xiao’s hunt for a powerful Evil Orca.

• Ling Yi and Ah Yin watched Purple Pearl defeat Hayworth in the Vast Sea Great Spirit Arena, while Ling Yi explained his views on rules and strength.
• Ling Yi returned to the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce with Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and Purple Pearl, and arranged for the brothers to sail the following day.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao noticed Xiao Hei seemed unusually dangerous, and Tang Chen identified the black cat as a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Tang Chen arrived in Tang Xiao and Tang Hao’s hotel room on a temporary mission after hearing about Tang Xiao’s planned Evil Orca hunt.
• Tang Chen explained that Tang Xiao’s father hoped he would contact Seagod Island so its Sea Soul Masters would not interfere with the hunt.

Tang Chen returned to Seagod Island and delivered Asura God's order to Bo Saixi, who rejected it in favor of Seagod's authority. Meanwhile, Ling Yi and the Tang family confronted an Evil Orca, and Tang Xiao survived its attempted self-destruction; the chapter ended with the whale's frozen corpse and Tang Chen thanking Ling Yi.

• Tang Chen arrived at Seagod Island, where Sea Dragon Douluo recognized him, and hesitated before entering the Seagod Temple to meet Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi sent Sea Witch away, confronted Tang Chen over his broken vow, and refused to obey Asura God's order without Seagod's approval.
• Asura God told Sea God that he had issued the order under his Law Enforcement authority, then explained the God Realm Committee's new patrol directives.
• Ling Yi watched Tang Sheng, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao attack an Evil Orca, which began gathering power to self-destruct.
• Asura God's will halted the Evil Orca briefly, allowing Tang Xiao to strike its heart and survive the blast.
• Ling Yi froze the Evil Orca's corpse, and Tang Chen thanked him as Tang Xiao recovered nearby.

Ling Yi taught Tang Xiao a mental secret method to help him absorb his ninth Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Xue Qianxun spent time with her mother and pet Qianren, as Xue Luoshu underwent his Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony and tested his Innate Soul Power.

• Ling Yi concluded that Tang Chen's Rakshasa contamination remained uncleared, then offered Tang Xiao the Heart-Ape Stabilizing the Sea method before his ninth Soul Ring absorption.
• Xue Qianxun flew above Heaven Dou City with Qianren, then returned to Di Xiya and teased the bird before lunch.
• Xue Qianxun wished Qianren would reach a hundred years of cultivation so she could send letters to Ling Yi.
• Xue Luoshu awakened a wind-tinted White Swan martial soul and placed his hand on the Soul Testing Crystal as Xue Ye and Denice watched.

Xue Luoshu awakened with innate Level 7 soul power, prompting Imperial Concubine Denice to seek a connection between him and Ling Yi, while Xue Qianxun eagerly anticipated Ling Yi's visit. In Lingyun City, Tang Zhen recovered from his injury and learned that Gu Rong had become another Titled Douluo there, leaving him to consider whether Clear Sky Sect should relocate closer to Lingyun City.

• Xue Luoshu's Martial Soul Awakening revealed innate Level 7 soul power, and Denice reassured him that he could become powerful despite comparisons with Xue Qianxun.
• Mang Li told Xue Qianxun that Ling Yi would visit soon to assess her training, and Denice asked him to relay Storm Duke's invitation to Ling Yi.
• Tang Zhen recovered from his injury, thanked Ling Yi for treating him and helping Tang Xiao obtain his Ninth Soul Ring, and joined the others for a meal.
• Ling Yi introduced Tang Zhen, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao to Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo at the dining hall.
• Tang Zhen learned that Gu Rong was a Titled Douluo serving Lingyun City and began considering whether Clear Sky Sect should relocate closer to the Northern Lands.

Ling Yi treated Tang Zhen and assessed that regular care could stabilize his injuries, though he offered no hope of a cure. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang plotted to seize power by targeting Blood Bird Andaril and tracking Iris Targaryen, while keeping Flender and Shi Nian under his control.

• Ling Yi told Tang Zhen that the Viscera Protecting Pill and periodic treatment should keep him stable for several years, but he did not promise a full recovery.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed the Martial Soul Ranking and vowed to surpass Ling Yi and Tang Hao by pursuing faster cultivation with the Three-Headed Blood Dragon King.
• Flender reported that Blood Bird Andaril lived alone near Rogge Town, and Yu Xiaogang decided to target the Level 82 Soul Douluo.
• Shi Nian reported on the Targaryen Family and said Iris Targaryen might travel to Heaven Dou City after receiving a reply from an important person.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Shi Nian to identify the important person and watch Iris's movements, then gave him blood-colored resources to aid his cultivation.

Ling Yi oversaw the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce’s finances and expansion while its teacher-training program sent instructors to advanced academies. As Yu Xiaogang advanced his Martial Soul to Level 80, Ling Yi ordered another food-price cut in northern Heaven Dou, leaving Qingqiu Xin questioning the company’s reduced profits.

• Ling Yi promised Xue Qianxun he would return for her birthday, then went back to Heaven Dou City and asked Mang Li about Duke Storm and the teacher placements.
• Mang Li reported that seventy-two trainees had earned Advanced Teacher Qualification Certificates and that thirty-seven intermediate-qualified trainees had already taken academy jobs.
• Ye Zhiqiu introduced himself to his Skywater Academy students by demonstrating his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and martial arts skills, while Zhao Wuji and Lu Qibin observed.
• Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul became the Four-Headed Blood Dragon King, raising his Soul Power from Level 79 to Level 80.
• Ling Yi ordered food prices in northern Heaven Dou reduced by another ten percent, and Qingqiu Xin objected that the change would leave little or no profit.

Ling Yi explained to Qingqiu Xin that Greenwood Chamber of Commerce’s greatest wealth was its influence over people, then ordered a plan to lower northern Heaven Dou grain prices and control the grain trade. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang weighed whether to go to Heaven Dou City or Sunset Forest, suppressing his doubts about the harm he might cause.

• Qingqiu Xin warned Ling Yi that lowering prices could hurt Greenwood Chamber of Commerce members and local incomes.
• Ling Yi taught Qingqiu Xin that a rich person’s greatest wealth was the poor and the wider population connected to the chamber.
• Ling Yi said he wanted Greenwood Chamber of Commerce to control grain buying and selling across northern Heaven Dou by lowering prices after the cold current reduced harvests.
• Qingqiu Xin accepted Ling Yi’s decision and agreed that he and Mang Li would carry out the plan.
• Shi Nian asked Yu Xiaogang whether to travel to Heaven Dou City or Sunset Forest, and Yu Xiaogang recalled Ling Yi’s advice about life choices and Blood Bird Andaril’s worried expression.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed his guilt over the deaths he might cause and reconsidered which road to take.

Yu Xiaogang reflected on his growing strength and resolved to reach Ling Yi’s level, while Ling Yi practiced Tai Chi at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and carved its principles into the cliff for Dugu Bo. Ling Yi sensed Yu Xiaogang nearby, leaving their paths poised to intersect.

• Yu Xiaogang recalled Ling Yi’s three paths for his development and, recognizing his own transformation, vowed to stand at the summit and measure himself against Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi practiced the Two Forms Fist on the Cold Extreme Yin Spring and Blazing Yang Spring as Dugu Bo watched in astonishment.
• Ling Yi demonstrated his revised fist technique and Lingyun Nine Heavens Diagram, but Dugu Bo admitted he had remembered only the opening form and asked Ling Yi to write down the principles.
• Ling Yi carved the Tai Chi outline and the word “Dao” into the cliff, giving Dugu Bo material to study and promising him another gift when he reached level ninety.
• Ling Yi sensed Yu Xiaogang’s aura from the summit of Mist Mountain and found the encounter interesting.

Ling Yi, disguised as Wu Wudi, confronted Yu Xiaogang at a campfire and tested whether he had become strong enough to face him. Yu Xiaogang endured the provocation, but Ling Yi destroyed the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King's spirit and left, warning Yu Xiaogang to return when his beast had nine heads.

• Yu Xiaogang recognized Wu Wudi, but controlled his anger when Ling Yi mocked him and claimed not to remember him.
• Yu Xiaogang recounted witnessing Wu Wudi defeat Tang Xiao and Tang Hao six years earlier, including Wu Wudi's parting insult that Yu Xiaogang was not worthy of dying by his hand.
• Ling Yi asked whether Yu Xiaogang now believed he had earned the right to die by his hand, and Yu Xiaogang summoned the Four-Headed Blood Dragon King under the pressure of Ling Yi's killing intent.
• The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King recognized Ling Yi and groveled before him, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned by its fear.
• Ling Yi silenced the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King by destroying its spirit, then told Yu Xiaogang he might return when the beast had nine heads and disappeared.

Ling Yi returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and considered how to separate Dean Andaril’s soul from Yu Xiaogang’s Four-Headed Blood Dragon King. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang planned to strengthen his martial soul, and Iris Targaryen prepared to respond to Ling Yi’s return to Heaven Dou City.

• Ling Yi dismissed his brief impulse to kill Yu Xiaogang and focused instead on studying the Four-Headed Blood Dragon King and the possibility of rescuing Dean Andaril’s soul.
• After a night of cultivation, Ling Yi left Sunset Forest for Heaven Dou City, where people had been waiting for him.
• Yu Xiaogang found that the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King’s mental strength had been devastated, then decided to hunt the Ink Scale Poison Flood Dragon to evolve his martial soul.
• Viserys told Iris Targaryen that Ling Yi had returned, and Iris broke his carving knife before emerging from his study.
• Rhaegar reported that Ling Yi was at the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce and asked Iris whether to visit him or invite him to the Storm Duke Residence.

Ling Yi visited the Targaryen family, where Duke Iris asked him to take Xue Luoshu as a disciple so the prince could gain support in his bid for the throne. Ling Yi refused, and Iris turned to a plan involving Ning Fengzhi while urging Rhaegar to father talented heirs.

• Duke Iris and his grandsons Rhaegar and Viserys welcomed Ling Yi at the mansion gates with formal greetings.
• At the banquet, Iris asked Ling Yi to take Xue Luoshu as his disciple, but Ling Yi firmly refused.
• Rhaegar argued that Luoshu could become emperor with their support, and Ling Yi warned him against speaking of conquest and urged peace between the empires.
• After Ling Yi left, Iris said he had already arranged an alternative with Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Iris told Rhaegar to father children with the twenty women chosen for him, hoping to produce a talented heir for the Targaryen family.

Mang Li rewarded Ying Xiang and Juan Shang with bloodline-enhanced Wolf Soul pills, then traveled to Gengxin City, where Ling Yi reunited with old acquaintances and gave Lou Gao a rare Wine Stone from his registered disciple. The chapter left Lou Gao and the others stunned by the disciple’s apparent dealings with a powerful Iron Arm Ape clan.

• Mang Li told Ying Xiang and Juan Shang about Duke Iris’s banquet with Ning Fengzhi and gave them Wolf Soul Essence Replenishing Pills infused with Storm Dragon Wolf bloodline power.
• Ying Xiang and Juan Shang rushed to the Storm Duke Residence, while Mang Li prepared to visit the imperial palace with Xu Yixiu.
• Ling Yi arrived in Gengxin City and greeted Xiang Guyun at the North City Gate before heading to the Blacksmith Association Headquarters.
• Ling Yi reunited with A Gu, Mo Chengyun, and Qiu Yishui, then presented Lou Gao with a Wine Stone as a gift from Lou Gao’s registered disciple.
• Ling Yi explained that the Wine Stone could produce vast quantities of aged Monkey Wine and said the disciple had obtained it from a Diamond Iron Arm Ape King, astonishing Lou Gao and the others.

Ling Yi guided Mo Chengyun through forging a Black Vein Iron saber and used rare materials to refine it into the Dragon Scale Blade. Mo Chengyun became the eighth Divine Craftsman of Douluo Continent, then brought his Martial Soul and new weapon together.

• Ling Yi explained Spirit Refinement as Mo Chengyun forged a ring-pommel saber, helping Mo Chengyun enter a focused state.
• Ling Yi combined a five-hundred-year Crimson Flame Fruit, a five-hundred-year Ice Crystal Fruit, and a thousand-year Unicorn Horned Serpent's essence blood in a jade cauldron.
• Ling Yi spread the resulting purple mist around Mo Chengyun and the saber, transforming it into the Dragon Scale Blade.
• At Ling Yi's prompting, Mo Chengyun summoned his Martial Soul and Soul Rings while holding the Dragon Scale Blade.
• Mo Chengyun was recognized as the eighth Divine Craftsman of Douluo Continent, then slowly brought his Martial Soul and the Dragon Scale Blade together.

On his way back to Lingyun City, Ling Yi read reports, inspected an image of the battle involving Iris Targaryen, and used his Heart Power to locate a familiar mountain hollow. He arrived there with Ta Xue, where Flender and Shi Nian hid nearby and recognized him as a likely Eight Ring Soul Douluo.

• Ling Yi read reports about Tang Xiao's return, Dai Tianqi's new son, and Iris Targaryen's disappearance, then viewed an image of the devastation at Iris's battle site.
• Ling Yi expanded his Heart Power through the surrounding land and found a familiar mountain hollow northeast of his route.
• Ling Yi sent Ta Xue toward the hollow, and the horse raced to a barren mountain in Ionia Province.
• Ling Yi and Ta Xue smelled blood near the mountain and looked toward its source as Flender and Shi Nian watched them from behind a boulder.
• Shi Nian asked whether they should attack, and Flender warned him that Ling Yi was probably an Eight Ring Soul Douluo.