Chapter Summaries

Spirit Hall’s ambush of Lin Hao’s convoy turned into a trap when Dugu Bo, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi intervened, leaving Yue Guan badly wounded and Ghost Douluo retreating. As Xue Qinghe arrived, Ghost Douluo lunged to take him hostage, but Lin Hao used Sucking Palm to stop him.

• Dugu Bo, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi revealed themselves and confronted Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the ambushers.
• Chen Xin disrupted Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s attempt to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then severely wounded Yue Guan with his sword attacks.
• Gui Mei ordered a retreat, but Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and the Unrivaled Dragon Serpent couple blocked the attackers as the battle spread.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with the Heaven Dou Royal First Team, and Gui Mei tried to seize him as a hostage.
• Lin Hao raised his hand and used Sucking Palm as Gui Mei lunged at Xue Qinghe.

Lin Hao and his allies captured the Spirit Hall attackers, but Xue Qinghe tried to take the prisoners into royal custody. Lin Hao refused to hand them over without compensation, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Lin Hao pulled Xue Qinghe out of danger as Chen Xin trapped and wounded Gui Mei with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Dugu Bo and the others captured Diyala, six Soul Sages, and more than a dozen other attackers.
• Lin Hao traded Qi Boosting Powders to Dugu Bo for fifty Soul-Sealing Pills and rewarded his allies with medicinal pills.
• Xue Qinghe claimed the prisoners should be handed over to him as Crown Prince, while Lin Hao suspected he would arrange their escape.
• Lin Hao demanded ten million Gold Soul Coins before surrendering the prisoners, and Xue Qinghe argued that national interests came first.

In Yelin City, Lin Hao demanded payment from Golden Crocodile Douluo for Spirit Hall captives, while Golden Crocodile tried to force him to release them. Lin Hao revealed that captives were being killed and their heads delivered at intervals, leaving Golden Crocodile facing the threat that the killings could reach the Title Douluos.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived in Yelin City and ordered Lin Hao to release the Spirit Hall captives without payment.
• Lin Hao refused and named the ransom prices, resisting Golden Crocodile's escalating Soul Power with his skills and external soul bone until Dugu Bo helped shield him.
• A royal knight delivered the head of a captured Soul Ancestor, and Lin Hao claimed the man had been a bandit falsely claiming ties to Spirit Hall.
• Lin Hao explained that his people were killing captives at regular intervals and sending their heads to the room, prompting Golden Crocodile to erupt in anger.
• Another head arrived, and Lin Hao warned that the killings would proceed from Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings up through the Title Douluos.

Lin Hao forced Golden Crocodile Douluo and Salas to pay for Spirit Hall captives by threatening to have them killed, then left with Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo warned that Spirit Hall would keep targeting Lin Hao, who remained confident as they headed out while being followed.

• Lin Hao refused Golden Crocodile Douluo's threats and demanded benefits in exchange for the bandits Spirit Hall wanted back.
• A royal knight reported that another Soul Emperor had been killed and delivered his severed head, prompting Golden Crocodile Douluo to demand that Lin Hao's people stop.
• Lin Hao revealed that his captives were scattered across Yelin City and set a deadline for payment, then demanded 6.9 million Gold Soul Coins and three Spirit Bones.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Salas to pay, and Lin Hao promised to return the captives after sunrise before leaving the room.
• Dugu Bo warned Lin Hao that Bibi Dong would continue to target him, and Lin Hao asked Dugu Bo to stop the people following them.

At the Spirit Master Tournament finals in Spirit City, Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy while Lin Hao remained missing. Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan revealed their Dragon-Snake Combined Strike Martial Soul Fusion Skill against the Hell White Tiger, and Osler and Yu Feng countered Star Luo’s flank attack with their own Soul Skill Fusion Skill.

• Shrek Soul Master Academy and Skywater Academy fought to a draw after Tang San and Shui Bing’er’s teams clashed, leaving both out of the final three-to-one round.
• Star Luo Royal Academy used the Hell White Tiger against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, which fielded only six members because Lin Hao was absent.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan fused their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and evolved Jade Phosphorous Serpent into the Dragon-Snake Combined Strike, knocking back the Hell White Tiger and attacking it with poisonous flames.
• Dai Weisi ordered Star Luo’s other four battle-type Spirit Masters to attack the fusion from both sides.
• Osler and Yu Feng formed wind dragons with Cloud Mist Wind Dragon to block the attackers, then announced their Soul Skill Fusion Skill, Dragon Through Dragon.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy and advanced to the tournament final, but Lin Hao remained missing as Bibi Dong prepared Spirit Hall Academy to exploit the team’s weaknesses. As the final began and spectators jeered at Lin Hao’s absence, a Hall Guard Knight removed his helmet and challenged them for calling him a coward.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, which then forfeited its match against Spirit Hall Academy.
• Yu Tianheng rallied his teammates for the final while Hu Liena and Xie Yue dismissed their chances without Lin Hao.
• Bibi Dong instructed Spirit Hall Academy to stall Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan’s fusion and evade Osler and Yu Feng’s single-direction attack.
• Bibi Dong ordered strict searches around Spirit City and the Pope Palace, but Yue Guan reported that Lin Hao had not been found.
• The six Heaven Dou Academy competitors entered the final without Lin Hao, and Spirit Hall supporters jeered at his absence.
• A Hall Guard Knight removed his helmet and demanded to know who was calling Lin Hao a coward.

Lin Hao returned as a level 67 Soul Emperor to lead the Heaven Dou Royal First Team against Spirit Hall in the tournament final. Spirit Hall’s team activated its Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Bibi Dong’s tactics quickly put Lin Hao’s teammates in danger.

• Lin Hao appeared at the final match and revealed his six Spirit Rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings, as the teams’ Soul Power levels were compared.
• Yu Feng and Osler rushed to stop Xie Yue and Hu Liena from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Lin Hao warned them too late to prevent it.
• Lin Hao pulled Yu Feng and Osler away from the spreading mist with Sucking Palm and told them to attack the other Spirit Hall members.
• Yu Feng and Osler used Dragon Through Dragon against Yan, but Yan dodged and countered with Hell Magma Charge, swallowing their wind dragons and injuring them.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong of devising the tactic that exploited the wind-based attack’s weakness to fire.

Lin Hao’s teammates were trapped by Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan’s Dragon-Snake Combined Strike, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena fought Lin Hao as Demon Charm. Lin Hao used Demon Suppression to bind them even after they ended their fusion, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ye Lingling healed Osler and Yu Feng with her Nine-Heart Begonia and urged the team to keep fighting because Lin Hao had returned.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan unleashed Dragon-Snake Combined Strike, spreading poisonous flames and lightning across the arena as Osler and Yu Feng followed with Dragon Through Dragon, striking Xu Yu and restricting Spirit Hall’s team.
• Xie Yue focused on Lin Hao while the others were suppressed, and attacked his Mountain Moving barrier with his Full Moon self-created soul skill.
• Lin Hao used Demon Suppression to dispel Demon Charm’s pink mist and bind Xie Yue and Hu Liena with golden chains that absorbed their Soul Power.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena ended Demon Charm in an attempt to escape, but the chains remained around them, with Hu Liena’s binding glowing more strongly than Xie Yue’s.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Spirit Hall and won the tournament, but Lin Hao risked his life by provoking Bibi Dong while accepting the prize. As he returned with the three Spirit Bones, Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to seize him.

• Lin Hao’s Demon Suppression Chains defeated Hu Liena and Xie Yue, and Bibi Dong conceded the match to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The red-robed bishop declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the tournament champion, while Huo Wu and the others celebrated and worried that Spirit Hall might target Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao stepped forward to receive the award, and Bibi Dong privately asked him to join Spirit Hall.
• Lin Hao said he would join only if Bibi Dong became his chief concubine, prompting her to end their conversation and present him with three Spirit Bones.
• After Lin Hao returned to his group with the Spirit Bones, Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to seize him.

After the tournament, Bibi Dong tried to detain Lin Hao on suspicion of endangering the Spirit Master world, but Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and others stood between him and Spirit Hall. As both sides prepared to clash, Yu Xiaogang secretly hoped Spirit Hall would kill Lin Hao.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei charged at Lin Hao, but Chen Xin stopped them with his Seven Kill Sword and demanded they let Lin Hao go.
• Dugu Bo, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Shui Ruohan, Qin Ming, Xue Qinghe, and others challenged Bibi Dong's accusation and demanded evidence against Lin Hao.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Hall Guard Knights and Spirit Masters to seize Lin Hao, while Shui Ruohan warned that Spirit Hall could turn suspicion into guilt.
• Lin Hao told his allies to stand down, but Shui Ruohan, Qin Ming, Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and others gathered around him, ready to defend him.
• Flender wanted to help Qin Ming, but Yu Xiaogang stopped him and privately hoped Spirit Hall would kill Lin Hao.

Lin Hao used his sixth Spirit Skill, Star Plucking, to devastate Pope Palace and escape Spirit Hall's attempt to capture him. He left Bibi Dong furious and his allies behind as the Spirit Hall Spirit Masters charged.

• Bibi Dong ordered her Spirit Masters to seize Lin Hao, while Shui Bing'er, Ye Lingling, Ning Fengzhi, and Qin Ming urged him not to surrender.
• Lin Hao stepped away from Shui Bing'er and announced that he would show off before leaving.
• Lin Hao fused his first five Spirit Rings into his sixth and unleashed Star Plucking, turning day into night and sending countless stars crashing toward Pope Palace.
• Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall defenders raised barriers, but the starfall shattered their defenses, injured Spirit Masters, and left Pope Palace in ruins.
• Bibi Dong ordered everyone to capture Lin Hao, but he vanished through a spatial ripple before they could reach him.

Lin Hao rescued the injured Yun Yun from a pool in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and brought her to a cave for treatment. As Yun Yun remained immobilized by the Amethyst Winged Lion King's seal, Lin Hao removed her bloodstained armor to reach her wound.

• Xiao Yan found Yun Yun in the pool, but Lin Hao arrived first, used a Sucking Palm to lift her out, and flew away.
• Yao Lao explained that Lin Hao's golden wings came from a flying Dou Technique and told Xiao Yan to leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range after two years of training.
• The chapter recounted how Han Feng had tried to seize Yao Lao, how Ling Ying intervened to save Xiao Yan, and how Han Feng agreed not to target the Xiao Clan before Xiao Yan turned eighteen.
• Lin Hao found a cave and laid Yun Yun in a clean spot, regretting that a magical beast had delayed him from reaching her before her battle with the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Yun Yun woke and told Lin Hao that the beast's seal had left her limbs stiff and blocked her battle qi, then agreed to let him treat her wound.
• Lin Hao explained that he needed to remove Yun Yun's clothes and Sea Heart Armor to clean the wound, and she consented as he removed the armor.

Lin Hao rejected using aphrodisiac powder to take advantage of Yun Yun, but the bottle ended up in their barbecue seasonings and both of them consumed it. Yun Yun learned the powder’s purpose, leaving them to face its effects together.

• Lin Hao threw the aphrodisiac powder into the stream, resolving not to use it against Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun roasted elk for Lin Hao and insisted he eat the undercooked meat as thanks for caring for her.
• Yun Yun planned to distract the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Lin Hao secretly entered its cave for the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Lin Hao and Yun Yun discussed marriage and Gu He while eating, then noticed that they both felt strange and overheated.
• Lin Hao found the jade bottle in the seasoning box and told Yun Yun that it contained aphrodisiac powder, which they had both used.

Lin Hao stayed with Yun Yun through the night as she suffered the effects of the Yin-Yang Powder, and she eventually broke through the Amethyst Winged Lion King's seal. At dawn, they flew back toward the beast's territory to settle the score.

• Lin Hao accompanied Yun Yun to a mountaintop, where she spat blood and collapsed as the powder's effects worsened.
• Lin Hao immobilized and blindfolded Yun Yun, then used a special Dou Qi technique to help her endure the crisis through the night.
• At dawn, Yun Yun's energy surged and she broke through the Amethyst Winged Lion King's seal.
• Lin Hao withdrew his barrier and flew toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory, while Yun Yun followed with her own battle-qi wings.

Lin Hao and Yun Yun confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King over its Transformation Pill and the Purple Spirit Crystal. After their fight revealed Lin Hao’s unusual powers and Soul King strength, he proposed a contest of brute strength, leaving Yun Yun doubtful and the Lion King stunned.

• Lin Hao offered the Amethyst Winged Lion King Transformation Pills in exchange for becoming the Misty Cloud Sect’s guardian magical beast, but it rejected the deal and attacked.
• Lin Hao defended himself with Mountain Moving and his wings while Yun Yun’s wind diverted the Lion King’s claws, allowing Lin Hao to strike it with Golden Extreme Divine Light.
• Yun Yun questioned Lin Hao about reaching Soul King, and he confirmed his cultivation while the Lion King complained that they were fighting it two against one.
• Lin Hao proposed that he and the Amethyst Winged Lion King fight without Dou Qi or Dou Techniques, with the loser accepting the agreed terms, and Yun Yun warned her junior brother not to agree.

Lin Hao fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King under an agreement not to use battle qi or combat techniques, relying on his tempered body and a wind-based body art to defeat it. The injured lion king insisted that it had followed the rules, and Lin Hao asked whether it wanted to keep fighting.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King agreed to fight Lin Hao on the ground without battle qi, while Yun Yun worried that Lin Hao was courting death.
• Lin Hao and the lion king charged at each other, and Lin Hao’s punch and sweeping kick sent the lion king skidding across the ground.
• The lion king circled Lin Hao cautiously, while Lin Hao explained that years of body tempering had made his physical strength comparable to the Dou Emperor-level beast.
• Lin Hao summoned the wind-based Cloud Mist Wind Dragon, which swallowed the lion king and left it wounded after the winds subsided.
• Lin Hao noticed the lion king’s wounds healing in sunlight and realized that its Purple Spirit Crystals absorbed the essence of the sun and moon.
• The lion king declared that it had not used a combat technique, and Lin Hao asked whether it wanted to continue despite its injuries.

Lin Hao persuaded the Amethyst Winged Lion King to join the Misty Cloud Sect as its guardian divine beast and gave Yun Yun a rare wind-aligned herb. The lion king brought its daughter to join as well, and Lin Hao and Yun Yun set off for Desert City on its back.

• Lin Hao convinced the Amethyst Winged Lion King to join the Misty Cloud Sect, where it would serve as a guardian divine beast with authority equal to a Supreme Elder.
• Lin Hao gave Yun Yun a quasi-eighth-grade Seven-Leaf Wind-Soaring Grass, and she accepted it after he said it could transform her wind-based cultivation.
• Yun Yun warned Lin Hao that trusting the Amethyst Winged Lion King was a gamble, and Lin Hao said he could afford the risk.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King returned with its third-tier daughter, and Lin Hao promised her priority cultivation resources and a guardian title once she reached the fifth tier.
• Lin Hao mounted the Amethyst Winged Lion King and invited Yun Yun to ride with him to Desert City; she sat behind him, keeping her distance.

Lin Hao and Yun Yun visited the Ancient Map Shop in Desert City, where Lin Hao traded an Ice Soul Frost Condensing Flower to Hai Bodong for two map fragments. Hai Bodong went into seclusion to try to break Queen Medusa’s seal, while Lin Hao left with half of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map.

• Lin Hao found a damaged map fragment in the shop and identified its owner as Hai Bodong, whom Yun Yun recognized as the Ice Emperor.
• Lin Hao offered Hai Bodong the Ice Soul Frost Condensing Flower and explained that it could help him gather his ice Dou Qi and possibly break his seal.
• Hai Bodong agreed to exchange his two map fragments for the herb, and Lin Hao stored the fragments in his ring.
• Lin Hao and Yun Yun left the shop, and Hai Bodong closed it to cultivate in seclusion.
• That night, an icy fluctuation spread from the Ancient Map Shop and made Desert City’s residents shudder.

Lin Hao and Yun Yun arrived near Rock Desert City, where Lin Hao intervened when the Young City Lord tried to abduct Qing Lin. He invited Qing Lin to join the Misty Cloud Sect as his personal maid, and she agreed on the condition that Xiao Ding give his permission.

• Lin Hao and Yun Yun entered Rock Desert City with the large and small Amethyst Winged Lion Kings and decided to meet Gu He the next day.
• The Young City Lord dragged Qing Lin away and accused her of being a spy, while the crowd cursed her for being a half-snake person.
• Lin Hao showed the Young City Lord his Misty Cloud Sect token and ordered him to release Qing Lin.
• Lin Hao introduced himself to Qing Lin and invited her to join the Misty Cloud Sect as his personal maid, promising her cultivation and status equal to a core disciple.
• Qing Lin agreed to join but said she needed Xiao Ding's permission, and Lin Hao offered to speak with her captain.

Lin Hao visited the Rock Desert Mercenary Company and took Qing Lin with him, then revealed that her Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Pupils gave her the potential to become a Dou Saint. After tracing reports of a cavern outside Rock Desert City, Lin Hao and Yun Yun discovered a two-headed snake beneath its magma pool, and Qing Lin learned that someone had taken treasures from below.

• Lin Hao visited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, asked to take Qing Lin, and gave the company a Qi Recovery Powder as compensation.
• Qing Lin questioned whether her life was worth only one pill, and Lin Hao explained that he wanted to sever her ties to the company while repaying what she owed it.
• Lin Hao arranged a search for underground passages near Rock Desert City and followed reports of a cavern containing seven-colored snake scales.
• Qing Lin communicated with a two-headed snake in the magma pool, and Lin Hao told Yun Yun that Qing Lin's Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Pupils gave her the potential to reach Dou Saint.
• Qing Lin told Lin Hao that someone had gone beneath the magma and taken treasures.