Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Yun discovered he had become a Nine-Star Dou Zhe at age eleven and warned him to conceal his strength from the imperial family. After Lin Hao asked for a pill to help someone with blocked meridians, Yun Yun urged him to earn it through sect missions, and he decided to descend the mountain to train.

• Lin Hao reunited with Yun Yun, who reproached him for disappearing for two years.
• Yun Yun sensed Lin Hao's cultivation and learned he was a Nine-Star Dou Zhe who had begun mastering the Chaos Profound Art.
• Yun Yun warned Lin Hao to hide his extraordinary strength because the imperial family might see him as a threat.
• Lin Hao asked Yun Yun for a tendon-and-marrow-cleansing pill for someone with blocked meridians, and she said he could exchange contribution points for one.
• Yun Yun advised Lin Hao to complete sect missions rather than rely on his status or ask Gu He for a favor, and Lin Hao resolved to accept a mission and descend the mountain.

After a month of hunting magical beasts, Lin Hao completed his mission to collect one hundred first-tier magical cores and prepared to return to the Misty Cloud Sect for a medicinal pill. On his way out of the forest, he found Ya Fei surrounded by attackers and intervened, killing one of them before the others confronted him.

• Lin Hao killed a Frost Horned Wolf and collected the hundredth magical core for his sect mission.
• Lin Hao reflected on how a month of training had improved his combat strength and hoped to obtain a pill that would help Old Jack open his meridians.
• Lin Hao heard fighting in the forest and saw a group surrounding Ya Fei after they killed her companion.
• When one attacker began to assault Ya Fei, Lin Hao rushed in and killed one of the men with his sword.
• The middle-aged attacker recognized Lin Hao's Misty Cloud Sect clothing and demanded to know who he was.

Lin Hao used his Sea Overturning soul skill to defeat the bandits threatening Ya Fei, then faced their middle-aged leader. After Lin Hao blocked the leader’s attack, the man tried to kill Ya Fei with his back exposed to Lin Hao.

• Lin Hao revealed his Misty Cloud Sect identity, but the middle-aged bandit refused to back down and ordered his men to attack.
• Lin Hao used Sea Overturning to incapacitate three bandits, then killed them while their leader watched.
• The middle-aged man attacked Lin Hao, but Lin Hao blocked his fist with Mountain Moving.
• The middle-aged man turned and launched another attack at Ya Fei, choosing to risk his own life to kill her.

Lin Hao rescued Ya Fei from a bandit attack and learned that the attackers were driven by an old family grudge. After Ya Fei jokingly made him her younger brother, she invited him to the Mittel Family in Gama Holy City.

• Lin Hao used his Mountain Moving spirit skill to kill the bandit leader who was attacking Ya Fei.
• Lin Hao searched the attackers' bodies and found valuables and provisions but no clues to their identities.
• Ya Fei explained that the bandits were former members of the Mittel Family seeking revenge over the expulsion and later death of the leader's father.
• A wounded guard recognized Lin Hao as Yun Shan's disciple, and Lin Hao introduced himself to Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei teased Lin Hao about repaying him, then offered to help him find a match and invited him to the Mittel Family; Lin Hao accepted.

Lin Hao accompanied Ya Fei into Gama Holy City, where Mu Zhan confronted them and his guard tried to attack Lin Hao. After recognizing Lin Hao’s Misty Cloud Sect status, Mu Zhan let them go but vowed to keep pursuing Ya Fei; at the Mittel Family estate, patriarch Mittel Tengshan personally welcomed Lin Hao.

• Ya Fei asked Lin Hao to pretend to be close to her so Mu Zhan would back off, then linked arms with him at the city gates.
• Mu Zhan’s guard shoved Lin Hao and tried to grab him, but Lin Hao knocked the guard backward with a subtle force.
• Ya Fei rebuked Mu Zhan and took Lin Hao through the gates, where officials admitted him without questions because of his Misty Cloud Sect uniform.
• Ya Fei explained why she had linked arms with Lin Hao, and he teased her before she took his hand and led him toward her family.
• Mu Zhan recognized Lin Hao as a disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect and vowed that Ya Fei could only belong to him.
• Mittel Tengshan personally welcomed Lin Hao at the Mittel Family estate, raising Ya Fei’s standing within the family.

Mu Zhan secretly challenged Lin Hao to make him leave Ya Fei, but Lin Hao blocked his attacks and countered with overwhelming force. After Mu Zhan refused to accept defeat, Lin Hao prepared a powerful sword technique, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Mu Zhan entered Lin Hao's room in disguise and challenged him to a three-move battle over Ya Fei.
• Lin Hao blocked Mu Zhan's Wind Splitting Palm and Stone Crushing Fist with his Mountain Barrier.
• Mu Zhan used his full strength and the Mu Clan's Thunderbolt Piercing Sun Spear, cracking Lin Hao's barrier on his third move.
• Lin Hao counterattacked with Sea Overturning, sending Mu Zhan flying and tearing away his mask.
• Mu Zhan refused to concede, and Lin Hao summoned a green longsword and began Extreme Wind: Sunset Shine.

After Mu Zhan’s failed attempt to challenge Lin Hao, Ya Fei decided to leave Holy City for Wutan City to escape his harassment. As Lin Hao set off for the Misty Cloud Sect, a palace maid brought him to meet her unnamed mistress, whom he found waiting in a quiet courtyard.

• Tengshan, Ya Fei, and others arrived just as Lin Hao was about to strike Mu Zhan, and Lin Hao explained that Mu Zhan had challenged him to a three-move spar.
• Ya Fei confronted Mu Zhan and later apologized to Lin Hao, then decided to leave Holy City and gain experience at a family business.
• The next day, Tengshan approved Ya Fei’s transfer to the Miteer Auction House in Wutan City, and Lin Hao said farewell before setting out for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• A palace maid invited Lin Hao to meet her mistress, and he agreed to ride in her carriage to a quiet courtyard.
• Lin Hao entered the courtyard and saw a woman waiting inside.

Princess Yao Ye tried to recruit Lin Hao as a puppet sect master of the Misty Cloud Sect for the Jia Ma Empire, but he rejected her proposal and demanded marriage instead. Lin Hao left after warning that he would oppose any imperial attack on the sect.

• Yao Ye offered Lin Hao the Misty Cloud Sect leadership with imperial support, but Lin Hao refused to become the imperial family's puppet.
• Yao Ye promised to grant Lin Hao any benefit he wanted, and Lin Hao demanded her body and then marriage.
• Yao Ye offered to provide Lin Hao with other beauties, but he refused and said he would support Yun Yun as sect master.
• Lin Hao warned Yao Ye that the Misty Cloud Sect would not interfere in imperial succession and that he would resist any imperial attempt to target the sect.

Nalan Yanran gave Lin Hao the pills Yun Yun had prepared and learned about his medicinal-bath training and mysterious homeland. After sharing a bath barrel for body tempering, Nalan Yanran worried when Lin Hao disappeared again, and Yun Yun reminded her that he was her martial uncle.

• Nalan Yanran delivered ten bottles of pills from Yun Yun to Lin Hao and explained their uses.
• Lin Hao told Nalan Yanran about his body-tempering bath, explaining that some of its rare herbs came from his hometown.
• Nalan Yanran asked to share Lin Hao’s medicinal bath behind a cloth divider, and he agreed.
• Nalan Yanran later told Yun Yun that Lin Hao had not returned and complained that he had left without warning.
• Yun Yun realized Nalan Yanran cared for Lin Hao and reminded her that he was her martial uncle.

After returning to Holy Soul Village, Lin Hao gave Old Jack a Profound Opening Pulse Pill to open his meridians and enable him to become a Spirit Master. Old Jack reached level ten Soul Power, leaving him one Spirit Ring away from becoming a true Spirit Master.

• Lin Hao returned to Holy Soul Village and learned from Old Jack that he had been gone for nearly two years and that Xiao Wu had graduated.
• Lin Hao offered Old Jack a Profound Opening Pulse Pill, which he said could make Old Jack a Spirit Master.
• Old Jack took the pill and endured the painful cleansing of his meridians as impurities left his body.
• Lin Hao tested Old Jack's Soul Power with a crystal ball, which lit up with full Soul Power at level ten.
• Lin Hao told Old Jack that he needed only one Spirit Ring to become a true Spirit Master.

Lin Hao searched the Star Dou Great Forest with Qin Ming for a gold-attribute Soul Beast to obtain his third Spirit Ring. After hearing a battle nearby, they followed a group Lin Hao suspected came from Shrek Academy and found them confronting a young man over a Spirit Ring and his refusal to join a family.

• Lin Hao enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after helping Old Jack obtain a Spirit Ring, and the academy assigned Qin Ming to guide him on his hunt for a third ring.
• Qin Ming asked about Lin Hao's teacher and his plan to pursue the Ultimate Balanced Path, but Lin Hao refused to reveal his teacher's identity.
• An energy shockwave alerted Qin Ming and Lin Hao to a distant battle, and Lin Hao hurried toward it using the Flying Catkin Movement Technique.
• Lin Hao spotted six winged figures and suspected they belonged to Shrek Academy, then followed them with Qin Ming after recognizing Zhao Wuji.
• A man threatened a young man over a Spirit Ring and demanded that he join his family or surrender an arm, but the young man refused and challenged him to take it.

Lin Hao offered Meng Yiran a medicinal pill as compensation for Tang San killing the Man Faced Demon Spider she wanted. After the pill boosted her strength, Meng Yiran considered letting Tang San absorb the Spirit Ring, while Tang San was moved by Lin Hao’s apparent loyalty.

• Zhao Wuji arrived with the Shrek Five Monsters and tried to calm Meng Shu, who demanded an explanation for Tang San killing Meng Yiran’s prey.
• Lin Hao stopped Zhao Wuji and Meng Shu from leaving to discuss the dispute privately and proposed compensating Meng Yiran with something rare.
• Lin Hao gave Meng Yiran a Power Accumulation Pill, which she swallowed after Meng Shu approved.
• Meng Yiran tested the pill’s effects by breaking a tree and found her strength had increased by nearly forty percent.
• Lin Hao offered the bottle of pills in exchange for Meng Yiran allowing Tang San to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Spirit Ring, and Tang San felt ashamed for having doubted Lin Hao.

Lin Hao compensated Meng Yiran so Tang San could claim the Man Faced Demon Spider's Spirit Ring, then warned the group that Tang San might gain an External Soul Bone and sent Meng Shu away to protect him. Tang San was moved by Lin Hao's care and, after revealing Xiao Wu's abduction, was reassured by Lin Hao's claim that she would survive.

• Meng Yiran accepted Lin Hao's pills as compensation and agreed to let Tang San take the Man Faced Demon Spider's Spirit Ring.
• Tang San called Lin Hao Big Brother for the first time, and Lin Hao urged Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to leave before Tang San absorbed the ring.
• Lin Hao revealed that the spider was two thousand years old and predicted Tang San had a ninety percent chance of gaining an External Soul Bone.
• Tang San realized Lin Hao had sent Meng Shu away to prevent him from being targeted for the rare treasure and was deeply moved.
• Tang San told Lin Hao that the Titan Giant Ape had taken Xiao Wu, and Lin Hao assured him that Xiao Wu would survive.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang continued searching for a Soul Beast for Meng Yiran while discussing Lin Hao and Tang San. Back with the Shrek group, Tang San struggled to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Spirit Ring, and Xiao Wu returned safely as Lin Hao kept her identity and Tang San’s possible External Soul Bone out of Meng Shu’s reach.

• Meng Yiran asked Meng Shu to compare Tang San with Lin Hao, and Meng Shu wondered whether she liked Tang San.
• Tang San spat blood while absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Spirit Ring, and Lin Hao explained that the beast was over two thousand years old and said Tang San might gain an External Soul Bone.
• Ma Hongjun challenged Lin Hao’s prediction, while Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming recognized that Lin Hao knew an unusual amount about Soul Beasts.
• Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming sensed someone approaching and prepared to protect Tang San during his absorption.
• Xiao Wu emerged from the woods alive, scolded Lin Hao for making people worry, and then noticed Tang San absorbing the Spirit Ring.

Xiao Wu returned with a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, crediting Lin Hao for helping her surpass ordinary limits. Tang San successfully absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Spirit Ring and gained an External Soul Bone, then thanked Lin Hao, who gave him a Power Accumulation Pill.

• Xiao Wu told Zhao Wuji that the Titan Giant Ape had set her down, allowing her to kill a suitable Soul Beast and obtain a ten-thousand-year third Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Wu credited Lin Hao with teaching her that Spirit Ring age limits had exceptions, and Oscar asked Lin Hao if he was still looking for brothers.
• Tang San convulsed as eight purple-black spider legs emerged from his back, confirming that he had gained an External Soul Bone.
• Ma Hongjun praised Lin Hao for predicting Tang San’s External Soul Bone, while Zhao Wuji congratulated Qin Ming on having an excellent student.
• Tang San thanked Lin Hao for helping him obtain the External Soul Bone, and Lin Hao gave him a portion of a first-grade Power Accumulation Pill.

After Xiao Wu and the Shrek Seven Devils left the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Hao and Qin Ming searched for a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast. Lin Hao felt an unexplained call that led them to Shui Bing'er and her father, who invited Lin Hao to join the Water Family after Shui Bing'er sensed their Martial Souls could form a fusion skill.

• Tang San gratefully called Lin Hao his big brother after receiving a first-grade pill, and Lin Hao explained that sect rules prevented him from sharing Misty Cloud Sect secrets.
• Zhao Wuji took Xiao Wu and the Shrek Seven Devils away from the forest, and Lin Hao refused Xiao Wu's suggestion that she leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• A day later, Lin Hao rejected several thousand-year Soul Beasts and told Qin Ming he wanted to absorb a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring; Qin Ming eventually agreed but warned him to flee if danger arose.
• Lin Hao felt something calling to him, so he and Qin Ming changed direction and found a middle-aged man and a young woman in the forest.
• Shui Bing'er sensed that her Martial Soul could complement Lin Hao's and form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and her father invited Lin Hao to join the Water Family as a red seed.
• Shui Bing'er introduced herself to Lin Hao.

Lin Hao met Shui Bing'er and her father while seeking a third Spirit Ring, and Shui Bing'er's father considered him a potential son-in-law because they could form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After Lin Hao insisted on pursuing a ten-thousand-year metal Spirit Ring, Shui Bing'er and her father doubted his judgment, but Qin Ming supported him; two days later, the group found an unfamiliar ice-attribute Soul Beast.

• Lin Hao met Shui Bing'er, shook her hand, and told her father that he already belonged to a sect and studied at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Shui Bing'er invited Lin Hao to hunt Soul Beasts together, and Qin Ming and Shui Bing'er's father agreed to travel with them.
• Lin Hao revealed that he had reached level thirty and wanted a third Spirit Ring of at least ten thousand years, preferably with a metal attribute.
• Shui Bing'er warned Lin Hao that his plan was reckless, and her father's opinion of him as a possible suitor fell, while Qin Ming urged them to trust Lin Hao.
• Two days later, the group reached a snowy mountain and spotted a huge, unfamiliar ice-attribute Soul Beast with a blue rune between its brows.

Shui Bing'er and her father killed an Ice Bear so she could absorb its Spirit Ring, gaining the Resist Ice Ring skill. Afterward, Lin Hao grilled the group some meat, and Shui Ruohan returned with a golden Soul Beast.

• Shui Bing'er's father attacked the Ice Bear with his sixth Soul Skill, Ice-Splitting Cold Sky Fist, and severely wounded it.
• Shui Bing'er killed the Ice Bear and absorbed its fifteen-hundred-year Spirit Ring, gaining the Resist Ice Ring Soul Skill.
• Lin Hao prepared and grilled Ice Bear meat while Shui Bing'er and Qin Ming waited with him.
• Shui Bing'er praised Lin Hao's cooking and joked that he could grill meat for her in the future because they were friends.
• Shui Ruohan returned from scouting, dragging a golden, metal-attributed Soul Beast.

Lin Hao began absorbing the Spirit Ring of an Exorcism Golden Scale Lion Shui Ruohan had brought him, but the sacred beast’s overbearing power pushed his body to the brink. He faced death or permanent damage if he failed, while Shui Bing’er and the others could only hope he survived.

• Shui Ruohan brought the wounded Exorcism Golden Scale Lion to Lin Hao and urged him to claim its Spirit Ring.
• Lin Hao killed the lion and began absorbing its black Spirit Ring with the Realm Profound Talisman glowing in his palm.
• The Spirit Ring’s scorching energy overwhelmed Lin Hao, and he spat blood as Shui Bing’er tried to approach him.
• Shui Ruohan and Qin Ming stopped Shui Bing’er from interfering and told her Lin Hao had to rely on himself.
• Lin Hao’s skin bled and his bones crackled as the Spirit Ring threatened to kill him or leave him permanently unable to advance.
• Shui Ruohan admitted he had not expected his attempt to help Lin Hao to endanger him and said they could only hope for a miracle.

Lin Hao endured the Exorcism Golden Scale Lion's Spirit Ring energy and gained his third Spirit Ring, then unexpectedly obtained an External Soul Bone shaped like golden wings. He retracted the wings and revealed that his third Spirit Skill was Demon Subduing.

• Lin Hao's tempered body and the Chaos Profound Art helped him withstand the Spirit Ring energy until his condition stabilized.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Ruohan realized Lin Hao would likely compete against Skywater Academy for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but still valued building a lasting relationship with him.
• Lin Hao convulsed as golden wings burst from his back, and Qin Ming recognized that he had gained an External Soul Bone.
• Shui Ruohan considered taking the newly formed External Soul Bone for Shui Bing'er but restrained himself to avoid making Lin Hao an enemy.
• Lin Hao retracted the wings, leaving golden wing tattoos on his back, and told Shui Bing'er that his third Spirit Skill was Demon Subduing.