Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao’s friends reunited in Nuoding City, where Titan confronted him over the defeats of Tai Long and Tai Nuo. Tang San intervened, ordered Titan to apologize, and threatened to sever their relationship if he refused.

• The hotel manager warned Lin Hao and his friends that Tai Nuo had returned with someone, and Wang Sheng explained the earlier conflict to Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Lin Hao and the others found Tai Long and Tai Nuo with their grandfather, Titan, patriarch of the Strength Clan.
• Titan asked Lin Hao whether he had injured his son and grandson, and Lin Hao admitted it before Titan challenged him to a wager.
• Tang San stepped between Titan and Lin Hao, told Titan that he was in the wrong, and demanded an apology to Big Brother.
• When Titan balked, Tang San told him never to call him Young Master again if he refused to apologize.

Lin Hao persuaded Tang San to merge the Tang Sect into the Misty Cloud Sect by offering him a Tang Sect Hall and access to alchemy techniques. The Strength Clan joined the Misty Cloud Sect, and Lin Hao rewarded its members with Strength Pills.

• Titan explained that he had challenged Lin Hao to recruit him for the Tang Sect, and Tang San ordered Titan to apologize for his treatment of Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao revealed that he had founded the Misty Cloud Sect and invited Tang San to merge the Tang Sect into it.
• Lin Hao cited Poison Douluo's position as a guest elder and promised to establish a Tang Sect Hall and an Alchemy Hall within the Misty Cloud Sect.
• After Xiao Wu encouraged him, Tang San agreed to merge the Tang Sect into the Misty Cloud Sect and named Lin Hao its sect master.
• Titan, Tai Nuo, and Tai Long acknowledged Lin Hao as sect master, and Lin Hao gave them Strength Pills.
• Tai Nuo swallowed a Strength Pill, found that it increased his strength by twenty percent, and thanked Lin Hao.

Lin Hao established the Misty Cloud Sect and chose Heaven-Reaching Peak as its base, then invited Shui Bing'er to join. She declined but came to Lin Hao to continue their cultivation and martial soul fusion, which increased both their cultivation speeds.

• Lin Hao recruited Tang San's Tang Sect into the Misty Cloud Sect and rejected Titan's suggestion to establish the sect at the Strength Clan's territory.
• Lin Hao, Titan, Tai Nuo, and Tang San chose Heaven-Reaching Peak, fifty li east of Heaven Dou City, as the Misty Cloud Sect's base.
• Shui Bing'er visited Lin Hao and declined his invitation to join the Misty Cloud Sect, explaining that her family could not join and the five great academies' families would not unite.
• Shui Bing'er and Lin Hao fused their Soul Power while cultivating together, gaining Soul Power faster than they would alone.
• Shui Bing'er suggested that adding her sister Shui Yue'er would make their cultivation faster, and Lin Hao remarked that it would become triple cultivation.

Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er achieved a Martial Soul fusion that formed a powerful phoenix-like woman, with Lin Hao controlling their shared body. Shui Bing'er became angry when Lin Hao examined the body too intimately, and he tried to defuse the tension by asking whether she had heard of monstrous strength.

• Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er discussed cultivating together and the possibility of raising their Soul Power before the tournament.
• After nearly three hours of cultivation, their Ice Phoenix and Talisman Martial Souls fused into a phoenix-like woman with four elemental rune patterns.
• Lin Hao took control of their fused body and examined its appearance while Shui Bing'er protested.
• Lin Hao lifted the dress to inspect the body, prompting Shui Bing'er to end the fusion and confront him.
• Lin Hao tried to justify his actions and then asked Shui Bing'er whether she had heard of monstrous strength.

Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er practiced their Martial Soul fusion, named their fusion form Realm Ice Phoenix, and Shui Bing'er returned the next day with her younger sister Shui Yue'er. The chapter ended with Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er fusing again while Shui Yue'er watched and protested his teasing.

• Lin Hao demonstrated Monster Strength to Shui Bing'er, who forgave his earlier behavior but left when he suggested continuing their cultivation.
• Shui Bing'er named their Martial Soul fusion form Realm Ice Phoenix before leaving Lin Hao's room.
• On the third day of Lin Hao's break, Shui Bing'er returned with Shui Yue'er, explaining that her father had sent them to prepare for the approaching competition.
• Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er joined hands, fused their Martial Souls into the Phoenix Maiden, and began cultivating while Shui Yue'er watched.
• Lin Hao teased Shui Yue'er by asking whether she was still young, and Shui Yue'er angrily insisted that she still had room to grow.

Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er completed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, a rune-powered Ice Phoenix attack that tore space and froze wounds beyond healing. After naming the technique, Lin Hao prepared to begin fusion cultivation with Shui Yue'er while Shui Bing'er rested nearby.

• Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er calmed their minds and manifested a rune-covered Ice Phoenix that shot skyward, tearing open spatial rifts and causing hail to fall.
• The fusion ended with Lin Hao slightly pale and Shui Bing'er drained of soul power, so Lin Hao carried her into a corridor to avoid the hail.
• Shui Bing'er explained that their Ice Phoenix Blade Transformation could create spatially severing, absolutely freezing wounds that could not be healed.
• Lin Hao called the technique an origin battle skill and named it Mystic Rune Space-Rending · Ice Phoenix Shadowwing Slash.
• Shui Yue'er asked to cultivate with Lin Hao next, and he invited her to begin fusing their Soul Power as Shui Bing'er meditated nearby.

Lin Hao and Shui Yue'er discovered that their Soul Power could fuse while they embraced, while Shui Bing'er watched and realized she felt jealous. They agreed to meet at Lin Hao's house to cultivate again, and he gave Shui Bing'er a key.

• Shui Yue'er embraced Lin Hao to test whether their Soul Power could fuse, and their Soul Power began circulating together.
• Shui Yue'er grew lost in romantic thoughts and wrapped her arms around Lin Hao, while Shui Bing'er watched and felt jealous.
• Shui Bing'er ended their long embrace as the sun set, and she and Lin Hao arranged to cultivate together again at his house.
• Lin Hao gave Shui Bing'er the key to his house, and Shui Yue'er teased them about their future wedding.

Lin Hao and the Shui sisters discussed their unusually effective cultivation together, while Ye Lingling accompanied him to school and explained the Crown Prince’s influence at the academy. Qin Ming then hurried Lin Hao to meet Qian Renxue, who had specifically asked to see him.

• Shui Yue'er mistook Lin Hao’s wedding-feast remark for a suggestion that he marry her and Shui Bing'er, then left with her sister.
• Shui Yue'er told Shui Bing'er that cultivating with Lin Hao had been more effective than cultivating with her, and Shui Bing'er said she had experienced an even greater difference.
• Shui Yue'er asked when the three of them would cultivate together, and Shui Bing'er explained that her father had encouraged the arrangement to help Skywater Academy before the tournament.
• Ye Lingling walked to school with Lin Hao and told him that the Crown Prince’s people held influence in the academy.
• Qin Ming met Lin Hao at the academy gates and took him to meet Qian Renxue, who had requested to see him.

Lin Hao met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and openly refused to show him deference, while his teammates and teachers tried to smooth over the insult. Xue Qinghe invited Lin Hao and Ye Lingling to an Eastern Palace talent gathering in three days, and Lin Hao remained unconcerned about the trouble his attitude might bring.

• Qin Ming introduced Lin Hao and Ye Lingling to Xue Qinghe and the three senior teachers in the reception room.
• Lin Hao refused to kneel or soften his blunt replies to Xue Qinghe, prompting Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, the other teammates, and the senior teachers to defend him.
• Xue Qinghe praised Lin Hao’s character and invited him and Ye Lingling to a talent exchange gathering at the Eastern Palace three days later.
• After Xue Qinghe left, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Yu Tianheng warned Lin Hao that antagonizing the Crown Prince could bring trouble, but Lin Hao refused to pretend respect or worry about the consequences.

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe hosted a Talent Exchange Meet at the Eastern Palace, offering an eighty-thousand-year soul bone as the prize for its one-on-one king-of-the-hill matches. After explaining the rules and promising gifts to the participants, he opened the gathering, and Xiao Wu volunteered to fight first.

• Xue Qinghe revealed a soul bone at the Eastern Palace gathering, and the attendees reacted with shock and greed.
• Xue Qinghe announced that the soul bone was eighty thousand years old and named it the Wisdom Spirit Bone of Spiritual Condensation.
• Xue Qinghe explained that the champion would win the soul bone by defending the arena in one-on-one matches, while other participants would receive gifts.
• Xue Qinghe began the exchange gathering, and Xiao Wu volunteered to take the stage first.

Xiao Wu challenged Huyan Li at the Genius Exchange Conference and defeated him with her powerful Spirit Rings and Rasengan. After the Soul Sages barred Huyan Li from returning to the arena, the conference continued with Xiao Wu still awaiting another challenger.

• Xiao Wu stepped onto the arena, and Huyan Li accepted her challenge despite her warning that he could step down.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she was a level-forty-seven Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year third Spirit Ring and a forty-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring.
• Huyan Li used Copper Wall Iron Wall, while Xiao Wu formed a Rasengan without activating a Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Wu used Teleport to close the distance and struck Huyan Li with Rasengan, knocking him out of the arena.
• Healing System Soul Kings treated Huyan Li, but a Soul Sage stopped him from challenging Xiao Wu again, and Xue Qinghe declared Xiao Wu the winner of the first round.

Xiao Wu faced Mu Yun Teng of the Plant Academy, who used vines to counter her teleportation and wear down her Soul Power. Xiao Wu eventually defeated her with Cloud Mist Wind Dragon, earning her second consecutive victory and qualifying for the consolation prize.

• Mu Yun Teng challenged Xiao Wu and used Vine Entanglement and Vine Barrier to keep her at a distance.
• Xiao Wu realized Mu Yun Teng defended whenever she came within teleport range and used feints to drain Mu Yun Teng's Soul Power.
• Mu Yun Teng unleashed Vine Fortress to trap Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu formed Cloud Mist Wind Dragon and shattered the vines.
• The wind dragon broke through Mu Yun Teng's inner fortress and knocked her unconscious, and Xiao Wu covered her with a robe.
• The referee declared Xiao Wu the winner and announced that she had achieved two consecutive victories and met the requirements for the consolation prize.

Xiao Wu won nine consecutive arena matches before surrendering to Yao Zi, and Tang San followed by fighting a fifteen-round gauntlet with his hidden weapons and new poison-based fourth Spirit Skill. After Tang San was defeated, he revealed that he and Xiao Wu had fought to help Lin Hao claim first place.

• Xiao Wu defeated nine opponents, then ran out of Soul Power and surrendered to Yao Zi, earning three Crystal Peaches.
• Tang San challenged Yao Zi and used hidden weapons to exhaust her Soul Power, winning his first match.
• Tang San faced successive challengers and revealed his fourth Soul Skill, Hidden Poison Submerged Dragon Draw, which strengthened his Blue Silver Grass and physical abilities.
• Tang San was eventually defeated after lasting fifteen rounds and received five Crystal Peaches.
• Tang San told Lin Hao that he and Xiao Wu had fought to help him claim first place.

Tang San and Xiao Wu had helped Lin Hao by defeating many challengers, and Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng joined in to clear more obstacles. As the gauntlet reached its final stage, Lin Hao stopped Ye Lingling from sacrificing herself and prepared to take the stage.

• Shui Bing'er stopped Shui Yue'er from challenging the arena and pointed out that Tang San was going to speak with Lin Hao.
• Tang San told Lin Hao that he and Xiao Wu had fought first to help him, then returned to Shrek Academy for treatment.
• Lin Hao reflected that he had not truly done Tang San any special favors, despite Tang San believing they were brothers.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng entered the matches to help Lin Hao, while Huo Lie won for Blazing Academy and Shi Mo was defeated.
• Ye Lingling offered to endure attacks and heal herself to drain an opponent, but Lin Hao stopped her and announced that he would take the stage.

Lin Hao entered the arena and defeated four challengers from Blazing Academy by turning their attacks against them and countering them with his own skills. After Huo Wushuang was knocked off the stage, Huo Wu prepared to challenge Lin Hao.

• Lin Hao introduced himself and sent Huo Lie flying with his own Fireburst Seven-Star Bomb.
• Lin Hao used Wind-Pushing Force to redirect Huo Yu’s flames and engulfed him in fire.
• Huo Wushuang stopped Huo Wu from challenging Lin Hao and took the stage himself to test Lin Hao’s skills.
• Lin Hao’s Sea Overturning waves swallowed Huo Wushuang’s fireball, and Huo Wushuang’s Fire Dragon Charge failed to stop the remaining waves from knocking him off the arena.

Lin Hao defeated Huo Wu and then faced Feng Xiaotian, who challenged him to a duel between men. Lin Hao learned Feng Xiaotian’s strongest technique during their clash and knocked him unconscious, just as a Hell White Tiger leaped onto the arena.

• Huo Wu used her fire abilities against Lin Hao, but he avoided her Resist Fire Ring and defeated her with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Lin Hao to a quick, serious fight after Lin Hao defeated Huo Wu.
• Feng Xiaotian revealed his Gale Wings and unleashed Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, while Lin Hao used his golden wings to counter each strike.
• Lin Hao copied Feng Xiaotian’s technique and knocked him off the arena with a powerful final slash, leaving him unconscious.
• A Hell White Tiger leaped onto the arena after Lin Hao was declared the winner.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing challenged Lin Hao with their Hell White Tiger fusion skill, turning the tournament into a contest of national pride. Lin Hao matched their attacks and then unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Demon Suppression, as golden chains descended toward the Hell White Tiger.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing entered the arena as the Hell White Tiger and argued that their fusion skill counted as one challenger under the rules.
• Xue Qinghe allowed the challenge, saying Heaven Dou Empire would not be sore losers and calling shamelessness an ability.
• Lin Hao used Mountain Moving, but the Hell White Tiger broke free with White Tiger Vajra Transformation and charged at him.
• Lin Hao struck the Hell White Tiger with Sea Overturning, and it countered with Hell Slash and White Tiger Intense Light Wave.
• Lin Hao activated Demon Suppression and sent countless rune-covered golden chains crashing down toward the Hell White Tiger.

Lin Hao won the Genius Exchange Tournament after suppressing Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai’s Hell White Tiger, then received a thirty-thousand-year Spiritual Condensation head Spirit Bone from Xue Qinghe. After parting from Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Ye Lingling, he walked alone through the late-night streets, where a force suddenly came at him from behind.

• Lin Hao’s golden chains suppressed the Hell White Tiger until Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill dissolved, and the referee declared the Star Luo Empire’s team defeated.
• With no challengers remaining, Lin Hao was named champion of the first Genius Exchange Tournament and accepted a thirty-thousand-year Spiritual Condensation head Spirit Bone from Xue Qinghe.
• Lin Hao walked back with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Ye Lingling, who congratulated him and discussed whether Shui Bing'er could have defeated him.
• A messenger sent Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er home, then a Nine-Heart Begonia Clan guard escorted Ye Lingling away after she asked Lin Hao whether Shui Bing'er was his girlfriend.
• Lin Hao strolled alone through the street, reflecting on the benefits of Spirit Bones, when a sudden force came from behind him.

Lin Hao was ambushed by a six-ring Soul Emperor and a seven-ring Ghost Vine Spirit Master, but used Edict God to control the Soul Emperor and escape the vines. The Ghost Vine Spirit Master launched a sealed-space attack, leaving Lin Hao to gamble on a desperate fight.

• A Black Bear Soul Emperor battered Lin Hao, while an evolved Ghost Vine restrained and poisoned him.
• Lin Hao resisted the poison and used Edict God to control the Soul Emperor, who broke the vines binding him.
• Lin Hao realized the Ghost Vine Spirit Master was a Soul Sage and could not make his controlled puppet reveal who had ordered the assassination.
• Lin Hao commanded the puppet to attack the Ghost Vine Spirit Master, who dodged and unleashed his Ghost Vine True Body and Withered Vine Buries Heaven.
• The Ghost Vine Spirit Master formed a contracting net across the street, and Lin Hao prepared to risk everything against him.

Lin Hao used his Suanni Precious Technique to destroy the Ghost Vine Spirit Master's attack, then recovered enough Soul Power to use Edict God on a six-ring Soul Emperor and force him to kill himself. Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er returned after discovering they had been lured away, while Lin Hao was left exhausted amid the gathered witnesses.

• Lin Hao unleashed the Suanni Precious Technique, shattering the Ghost Vines and apparently bringing down the Ghost Vine Spirit Master as the patrol soldiers arrived.
• The six-ring Soul Emperor regained his clarity when Lin Hao's Soul Power ran out, but the patrol army surrounded him before he could attack.
• Lin Hao took Qi Gathering Powder, restored his Soul Power, and used Edict God to order the Soul Emperor to kill himself; the man resisted briefly before stabbing himself with a dagger.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er reached Lin Hao, and Shui Bing'er explained that they had discovered the scheme to lure them away and hurried back.
• Shui Bing'er questioned Lin Hao about making the Soul Emperor kill himself, and Lin Hao dismissed the man as deserving death before asking Ye Lingling what had brought her there.