Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai found Lin Hao embracing Zhu Zhuqing and left for Suotuo City in anger, while Lin Hao gave Zhu Zhuqing pills. The next morning, the Shrek students prepared to leave for Tang San’s fourth Spirit Ring, and Ning Rongrong told Oscar that their sect rule meant they could never be together.

• Dai Mubai saw Lin Hao holding Zhu Zhuqing, rejected her explanation, and went to Suotuo City.
• Lin Hao gave Zhu Zhuqing three bottles of pills, including Wind Walk Pills, and she accepted them.
• Dai Mubai missed training, and Yu Xiaogang announced the academy would close the next day and the group would seek Tang San’s fourth Spirit Ring before going to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San told the others he had trained with Lin Hao when they asked how he had reached level forty.
• Ning Rongrong told Oscar that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect required her partner to be a Power Attack System Spirit Master, so they could never be together.

Lin Hao accompanied Nalan Yanran and Liu Ling to Wutan City for her engagement annulment, while arranging to bring powerful Misty Cloud Sect experts. In the Xiao Clan marketplace, he discussed recruiting Gu He into the sect and then found an old black iron shard that stirred his excitement.

• Nalan Yanran asked Lin Hao to join her trip to Wutan City, and he insisted that Ge Ye bring eight Dou Ling experts to ensure the Xiao Clan would comply.
• Lin Hao, Nalan Yanran, and Liu Ling explored the Xiao Clan marketplace, where Lin Hao said he had come early to enjoy himself and visit a friend.
• Lin Hao asked Liu Ling to persuade Gu He to become the Misty Cloud Sect's Pill Hall Master, and Liu Ling agreed to support the proposal while leaving the decision to his master.
• Lin Hao spotted an ancient, rust-covered black iron shard at a marketplace stall and felt a surge of excitement.

Lin Hao bought a strange iron shard that concealed a Lower Mysterious Tier Dou Technique, and Liu Ling identified it as Sucking Palm. Their discussion was interrupted by Jia Lie'ao, who tried to take Nalan Yanran to his residence and ordered his attendants to seize the group when Lin Hao refused.

• Lin Hao bought a handful of discarded ironware from a street stall for twelve gold coins, including a strange iron shard.
• Liu Ling revealed that the shard contained the Lower Mysterious Tier Dou Technique Sucking Palm, and Lin Hao let him examine it in exchange for borrowing his Alchemist robe.
• Lin Hao, Liu Ling, and Nalan Yanran discussed pairing Sucking Palm with a technique that repelled objects, which could make the two techniques more powerful together.
• Jia Lie'ao spotted Nalan Yanran, offered her a bracelet, and invited her to a banquet at his residence.
• After Lin Hao asked what would happen if they refused, Jia Lie'ao said they had no choice and his attendants moved in to seize the group.

Lin Hao killed Jia Lie'ao in Wutan City and ordered Liu Ling and Nalan Yanran to lead the Misty Cloud Sect group in wiping out the Jia Lie Clan. He failed to persuade Xiao Yan to lend him his ring, so he planned another way to obtain what he wanted and asked Nalan Yanran to summon the Medicine Emperor.

• Lin Hao killed Jia Lie'ao and his lackeys, then walked past the city patrol with Nalan Yanran and Liu Ling.
• Lin Hao sent Liu Ling and Nalan Yanran to gather the group and wipe out the Jia Lie Clan.
• Lin Hao stopped Xiao Yan and offered to help with his cultivation problem in exchange for borrowing his ring, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Lin Hao told Xiao Yan he would be staying at the Miteer Auction House, then admitted he had hoped to obtain the Flame Blowing Palm from Yao Lao.
• Lin Hao asked Nalan Yanran to contact the Medicine Emperor in Feng City and tell him to come to the Misty Cloud Sect.

Lin Hao led Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect delegation to the Xiao Clan to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan. He urged both families to accept the breakup and pointed out that Xiao Yan already had someone in his heart.

• Lin Hao gave Nalan Yanran a note bearing the name Yao Chen and told her to deliver it to Han Feng with a request for generous gifts.
• At the Xiao Clan, Lin Hao dismissed the elders and other guests so the Misty Cloud Sect could speak privately with Xiao Zhan.
• Lin Hao announced that Nalan Yanran had come to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan, shocking Xiao Zhan and angering him.
• Ge Ye began explaining the Misty Cloud Sect's restrictions, but Lin Hao interrupted and said Xiao Yan's conduct was also improper.
• Lin Hao suggested dissolving the engagement because Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan each had someone else in mind, leaving Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er visibly unsettled.

Lin Hao persuaded Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan to dissolve Xiao Yan’s engagement to Nalan Yanran by offering generous gifts and making clear the Misty Cloud Sect’s resolve. Xiao Yan agreed, and Lin Hao left the Xiao residence to meet Ya Fei at the Miteer Auction House.

• Lin Hao redirected the engagement dispute toward Xiao Yan’s choice between Gu Xun'er and Nalan Yanran, while Xiao Yan decided he preferred Gu Xun'er.
• Lin Hao presented a Qi Gathering Powder as a goodwill token and offered Xiao Zhan the Jia Lie Clan’s account books and property deeds.
• Xiao Zhan urged Xiao Yan to accept the dissolution, and Xiao Yan agreed after weighing the gifts and the Misty Cloud Sect’s force.
• Xiao Zhan invited Lin Hao and Nalan Yanran to stay, but Lin Hao declined because he had promised Ya Fei he would stay at the Miteer Auction House.
• After Lin Hao left the Xiao residence, Ya Fei approached him.

Xiao Yan accepted the benefits of the Jia Lie Clan’s settlement and obtained Yao Lao’s Body-Tempering Spirit Liquid formula, while Lin Hao bought the Wind Scroll Technique and prepared to leave on a long journey. The chapter ended with Lin Hao embracing Ya Fei as they said goodbye.

• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the ingredients and formula for the Body-Tempering Spirit Liquid, then assured him the strange Alchemist had not discovered Yao Chen hiding in the ring.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Jia Lie Clan’s marketplace would strengthen his and Xiao Zhan’s position against the Three Great Elders.
• Lin Hao met Ya Fei at the Miteer Auction House and collected the Mysterious Tier high-grade Wind Scroll Technique after paying five hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Hao told Ya Fei he had bought the method for the Misty Cloud Sect and planned to travel and train for at least one or two years.
• Ya Fei gave Lin Hao the supplies he had requested and wished him to take care as he prepared to leave.
• Lin Hao stepped forward and lightly embraced Ya Fei around the waist, making her stiffen in surprise.

After parting from Ya Fei in Wutan City, Lin Hao traveled to Green Mountain Town to seek Xiao Yi Xian’s guidance in poison. He found her at the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion just as it announced a herb-gathering trip into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, leaving him with a chance to approach her.

• Lin Hao teased Ya Fei, promised to give her a great gift next time, and left her reflecting on her feelings for him.
• Lin Hao arrived in Green Mountain Town and bought a piece of Coptis Essence at the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion, paying the clerk to keep quiet about its unusual crimson mark.
• Lin Hao saw Xiao Yi Xian emerge from the pavilion and decided she was the person who could help him surpass Tang San in poison.
• A man announced that the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion was recruiting ten additional people above two-star Dou Zhe for a herb-gathering trip into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Lin Hao joined Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion’s expedition to get close to Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Scripture, then used his Spirit Skill to shield mercenaries from a beast tide. After the beasts retreated, a devastating flood surged toward the group, and Lin Hao summoned his External Soul Bone to escape.

• Lin Hao revealed that he was a Dou Shi and accepted a place on Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion’s expedition alongside Xiao Yi Xian.
• The expedition traveled deeper into the forest, where Lin Hao observed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group guarding Xiao Yi Xian’s carriage.
• On the third day, a beast tide charged at the group, and Lin Hao protected himself and nine mercenaries with his Mountain Moving Spirit Skill.
• The beast tide retreated, but the group realized a flood had driven the magical beasts toward them.
• Lin Hao summoned his External Soul Bone as the flood surged toward the group.

After a flood separated Lin Hao and Xiao Yi Xian from the others, Xiao Yi Xian rescued Lin Hao, but was bitten by a poisonous snake while changing into clothes he lent her. Lin Hao killed the snake and waited for her to recover, then admitted he had seen her naked, leaving Xiao Yi Xian glaring at him with murderous intent.

• Lin Hao flew toward Xiao Yi Xian during the flood but was struck and swept into the water, later waking on dry ground beside her.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she had pulled Lin Hao ashore, and Lin Hao lent her clean clothes so she could change.
• A Red Ice Snake bit Xiao Yi Xian while she was changing, and Lin Hao killed it with his third spirit skill.
• Lin Hao noticed the signs of Xiao Yi Xian's Woe Poison Body, covered her with the clothes, and waited for her to wake.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked how much Lin Hao had seen, and he admitted that he had seen all of it, provoking her murderous glare.

Lin Hao told Xiao Yi Xian that she possessed the Woe Poison Body and warned that its power would eventually kill her, promising to help her. After Xiao Yi Xian spotted a hidden cave across the cliff, Lin Hao flew them to its entrance so they could search for treasure.

• Xiao Yi Xian chased Lin Hao after he teased her about her waist, then rested beside him.
• Lin Hao explained that Xiao Yi Xian had the Woe Poison Body and that its full awakening would be fatal.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Lin Hao's name, then spotted a cave entrance on a ledge across the cliff.
• Lin Hao invited Xiao Yi Xian to search the cave for treasure, and she agreed.
• Lin Hao formed golden wings and carried Xiao Yi Xian across the ravine to the cave's ledge.

Lin Hao and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden cave and divided its treasure, including gold and rare medicinal herbs. They found a poison manual for Xiao Yi Xian and a flying Dou Technique for Lin Hao, while a final stone box remained unopened.

• Lin Hao broke through the cave's stone door, and Xiao Yi Xian checked for traps before they entered the treasure chamber.
• Lin Hao and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to divide the gold, and Xiao Yi Xian kept most of the medicinal herbs while Lin Hao took the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.
• Lin Hao found a scroll hidden in the skeleton's arm and claimed it for himself.
• Lin Hao opened the first stone box and gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Lin Hao opened the second stone box and claimed the Eagle Wings scroll for his sworn younger sister.

Lin Hao opened the final stone box with Xiao Yi Xian, then learned that Han Feng had come to the Misty Cloud Sect after receiving his message. He began negotiating with Han Feng for information about Yao Chen, leaving Han Feng to consider Lin Hao’s demands for several Dou Techniques.

• Lin Hao opened the third stone box and found the Mad Lion Roar sonic Dou Technique, which he let Xiao Yi Xian memorize before she returned it to him.
• A month later, Nalan Yanran hurried Lin Hao into the Misty Cloud Sect because Han Feng had arrived to meet Yun Yun.
• Lin Hao warned Nalan Yanran never to repeat the two words he had sent Han Feng, saying they could bring disaster upon her clan.
• Lin Hao entered Yun Yun’s side hall and confronted Han Feng, who demanded to see the person behind the message.
• Lin Hao offered to provide information about Yao Chen in exchange for the Flame Blowing Palm, Eight Extremities Collapse, and the Flame Splitting Wave-Devouring Ruler; Han Feng accepted the first demand but questioned the others.

Lin Hao traded Han Feng’s Dou Techniques and pill formulas for information about Yao Chen, then revealed Yao Chen’s whereabouts in stages. After giving Nalan Yanran four pill formulas, Lin Hao told her he was leaving for a year to obtain his fourth Spirit Ring on the Douluo Plane.

• Lin Hao insisted that Han Feng provide five pill formulas, including one fifth-tier and one sixth-tier formula, alongside three Dou Techniques, and Han Feng agreed.
• Lin Hao had Gu He check the pill formulas, then told Han Feng that Yao Chen was in Wutan City and promised to reveal more information over six days.
• Lin Hao gave Han Feng a letter naming the Xiao Clan after three days and another naming Xiao Yan after six days.
• Lin Hao told Nalan Yanran that trading information for the techniques and formulas was worthwhile and gave her four formulas for sect contributions.
• Lin Hao told Nalan Yanran he would leave for a year to obtain his fourth Spirit Ring on the Douluo Plane.

Shrek Academy arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy, where Yu Xiaogang reunited with Liu Erlong after Flender revealed that he had known she was there. Tang San watched Yu Xiaogang closely, and the chapter ended with him stopping his teacher from fleeing and becoming convinced that Lin Hao’s suspicions were right.

• Flender led Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy, where the recruiter offered to take the group to meet the dean after seeing their strength.
• As the group passed through a forest, Yu Xiaogang heard a song and Liu Erlong’s voice, then tried to run back before Flender stopped him.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had suggested Blue Tyrant Academy and revealed that its dean was Liu Erlong, prompting Tang San to scrutinize Yu Xiaogang’s reaction.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to leave again, but Tang San reminded him that Shrek needed to borrow a hen to lay eggs, and Flender led him onward.
• Liu Erlong saw Yu Xiaogang and rushed to him, but he turned to flee again; Tang San grabbed him without using force and was stunned when Yu Xiaogang stopped.

Lin Hao and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy instructors found a sixty-thousand-year Prison-Suppressing Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, matching the upper age limit he had set for his fourth Spirit Ring. The instructors subdued it, leaving Lin Hao to kill it and absorb its Spirit Ring.

• Qin Ming led Lin Hao and the academy's three instructors deeper into the forest to hunt a soul beast for Lin Hao's fourth Spirit Ring.
• Meng Shenji rushed ahead after sensing a powerful aura and discovered a Prison-Suppressing Beast whose age Qin Ming identified as sixty thousand years.
• The Prison-Suppressing Beast attacked the group with its Ten Thousand Demon Lock, but Bai Baoshan protected them with his Heavenly Star Furnace True Body.
• Zhi Lin restrained the beast with his Azure Vine, while Meng Shenji used his Soul Skills to suppress its bloodline power and knock it unconscious.
• Meng Shenji told Lin Hao to kill the subdued Prison-Suppressing Beast and absorb its Spirit Ring.

Lin Hao absorbed the Prison-Suppressing Beast’s sixty-thousand-year Spirit Ring as his fourth ring, enduring its immense energy with the help of the Chaos Profound Art. He succeeded and revealed that his new soul skill, Ten Thousand Demon Lock, had been renamed Demon-Suppressing Talisman, or Demon Suppression.

• Lin Hao killed the mindless Prison-Suppressing Beast, and its black sixty-thousand-year Spirit Ring appeared.
• Despite Meng Shenji’s warning, Lin Hao used the Realm Profound Talisman and Chaos Profound Art to absorb the Spirit Ring.
• For five shichen, Lin Hao endured the Ring’s immense energy while Qin Ming, Bai Baoshan, Zhi Lin, and Meng Shenji watched over him.
• Lin Hao successfully absorbed the Spirit Ring, becoming a four-ringed Soul Ancestor and gaining a more imposing presence.
• Lin Hao told Qin Ming that his fourth soul skill was Ten Thousand Demon Lock, which he had renamed Demon-Suppressing Talisman, or Demon Suppression.

Lin Hao demonstrated his fourth soul skill, and Zhi Lin offered him cultivation notes after Lin Hao refused to become his disciple. Back in Heaven Dou City, Lin Hao arranged through Dugu Yan to meet Dugu Bo, then surprised her by asking to look at her lower abdomen.

• Lin Hao used his fourth soul skill to bind and suppress Qin Ming, but Qin Ming broke free because of their Soul Power difference.
• Qin Ming measured Lin Hao at Level 48, and Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan predicted he would soon reach level fifty.
• Zhi Lin asked Lin Hao to become his disciple, but Lin Hao refused because he already had a master.
• Zhi Lin gave Lin Hao a booklet of cultivation insights, including his Pulse Control Method, hoping to build a connection with the future Title Douluo.
• Lin Hao returned to his private residence in Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Yan told him her grandfather would visit after going to the Prince's residence.
• Lin Hao asked Dugu Yan to let him look at her lower abdomen.

Lin Hao suspected Dugu Yan might possess the Woe Poison Body and persuaded her to test it by taking Dream-Drunk Powder. Dugu Yan collapsed after swallowing it, just as an unseen voice demanded to know what Lin Hao had done to her.

• Lin Hao asked to inspect Dugu Yan’s lower abdomen to check for the mark of the Woe Poison Body, but she refused.
• Lin Hao learned that Dugu Yan had never been exposed to poison because Dugu Bo had forbidden it.
• Lin Hao revealed that he was a level forty-eight Soul Ancestor and claimed Dugu Yan could grow stronger by taking poison if she possessed the Woe Poison Body.
• Dugu Yan thought of helping Yu Tianheng’s bid to become clan leader and swallowed Lin Hao’s Dream-Drunk Powder.
• Dugu Yan collapsed, and an aged, hoarse voice from the corridor demanded to know what Lin Hao had done to her.

Lin Hao tested Dugu Yan with Dream-Drunk Powder and discovered that she possessed a Woe Poison Body, then confronted Dugu Bo over his hostile treatment. He offered to detoxify Dugu Bo in exchange for three promises, beginning with Dugu Bo serving as a guest elder of the Misty Cloud Sect for ten years.

• Dugu Bo rushed to Dugu Yan, found her unconscious from poison, and attacked Lin Hao with a poison-mist claw.
• Lin Hao explained that he had given Dugu Yan poison as an experiment and argued with Dugu Bo about his treatment of someone he needed to ask for help.
• Lin Hao examined Dugu Yan and found the Seven-Colored Hidden Line, confirming she possessed a Woe Poison Body with the potential to become a Limit Douluo.
• Lin Hao told Dugu Bo that his own poison could be cured, but demanded three promises in return.
• Lin Hao asked Dugu Bo to serve as a guest elder of the Misty Cloud Sect and protect it from foreign enemies for ten years.