Chapter Summaries

Lin Ze'an spent the day modifying Yue Guan's necklace into a container that could store Little Sprout. After successfully testing it, he exhausted his Soul Power and collapsed, then woke to Little Sprout feeding him herbs.

• Lin Ze'an bought materials in Spirit City and began tinkering in his courtyard, alarming Yan with a series of explosions.
• Lin Ze'an upgraded Yue Guan's necklace with Mo Ruier's life force so it could store living creatures.
• Lin Ze'an helped Little Sprout enter and leave the necklace safely, confirming that the modified storage function worked.
• Lin Ze'an became exhausted and collapsed after using up much of his Soul Power, and Little Sprout restored him with a soothing flow of Soul Power.
• Little Sprout gathered herbs and shoved a handful into Lin Ze'an's mouth.

Lin Ze'an recovered with Little Sprout's help, then joined Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue on their nighttime journey to Sunset Forest for training and Hu Liena's fourth Soul Ring. As they traveled, Lin Ze'an asked to visit his father afterward, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei secretly dealt with the pursuers following the group.

• Little Sprout fed Lin Ze'an herbs that restored his Soul Power, and he cleaned up before setting out.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue met Lin Ze'an, and they ate together while Hu Liena explained the training mission and the Douluo escorts' role.
• Lin Ze'an described his Mo Ruier Martial Soul as a plant-type Martial Soul that provided buffs and dispelled negative effects.
• The group left Spirit City by carriage for Sunset Forest, and Lin Ze'an asked to visit his father after completing the mission.
• Yue Guan spotted pursuers following the carriage and told Gui Mei to eliminate the stronger ones while leaving some comparable to the youngsters.

Lin Ze'an and his companions were ambushed near Sunset Forest, where he revealed his powerful plant Martial Soul and helped Hu Liena and Xie Yue activate Demon Charm. As Demon Charm emerged in the red mist, Lin Ze'an boosted his power and the fight against the attackers continued.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue pulled Lin Ze'an from the carriage as Yan jumped down, and thorny brambles destroyed the carriage and its horses.
• The three companions guarded Lin Ze'an while a Soul Ancestor and nine other attackers surrounded them and threatened the group.
• Lin Ze'an summoned Mo Ruier and raised a vine barrier, then used his plant powers to break the Soul Ancestor's brambles as Hu Liena and Xie Yue charged their Demon Charm.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue released Demon Charm's red mist, which disoriented and weakened the attackers.
• Lin Ze'an used Everlasting Fragrance to strengthen Demon Charm, who spun his Moon Blades and launched an attack.

Lin Ze'an led Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan through the poisonous miasma to a garden centered on the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they encountered Poison Douluo Dugu Bo. After sending his companions aside, Lin Ze'an prepared to speak with Dugu Bo alone.

• Lin Ze'an explained that plant-type attacks could not harm him and scolded Hu Liena and Xie Yue for freezing during the assassin's attack.
• The group walked deeper into Sunset Forest, and Lin Ze'an used a barrier to guide them safely through the poisonous miasma.
• They discovered a garden and a pool divided between icy blue and fiery red water.
• Dugu Bo appeared and revealed himself as a Titled Douluo, while Lin Ze'an recognized him as Poison Douluo.
• Lin Ze'an asked Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to wait farther away so he could speak privately with Dugu Bo.

Lin Ze'an struck a deal with Dugu Bo, offering to keep replenishing his vitality so the poison's backlash would not kill him in exchange for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its herbs. After Dugu Bo agreed and granted him the garden, Yue Guan discovered the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, leaving Lin Ze'an embarrassed by his master's excitement.

• Lin Ze'an told Dugu Bo that he could not purify the poison without crippling him, but offered to replenish his vitality in exchange for the garden.
• Lin Ze'an infused Dugu Bo with vitality, easing the poison's backlash, and explained that he could keep him alive as long as he continued replenishing it.
• Dugu Bo accepted the deal and asked Lin Ze'an to guarantee his granddaughter's safety.
• Lin Ze'an called out Yue Guan and Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo recognized Yue Guan before agreeing to give Lin Ze'an everything in the garden.
• Yue Guan spotted the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and excitedly rushed over to admire the Immortal Herb.

Lin Ze'an shared Immortal Herbs with Yue Guan and Uncle Ghost before using his Fragrant Domain to calm and treat Dugu Bo's poison. As Yue Guan and Uncle Ghost supplied Soul Power to the domain, Lin Ze'an replenished his strength and continued the treatment.

• Lin Ze'an gave Yue Guan the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which Yue Guan accepted, and gave Uncle Ghost the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Lin Ze'an considered how to distribute the remaining Immortal Herbs among Dugu Bo, Bibi Dong, his companions, himself, and his father.
• Lin Ze'an asked Dugu Bo to sit and not resist, then summoned Mo Ruier and spread the Fragrant Domain across the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Fragrant Domain made Dugu Bo's poison docile and shocked Hu Liena, Yan, and Dugu Bo with Lin Ze'an's power and young age.
• Lin Ze'an infused Dugu Bo with life force as Yue Guan and Uncle Ghost sent their Soul Power into the domain, restoring its strength and replenishing Lin Ze'an.

Lin Ze'an cured Dugu Bo’s poison backlash and gave him the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then secretly fed energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Little Sprout. Yue Guan discovered Little Sprout and advised Lin Ze'an to keep his opportunities and secrets to himself.

• Lin Ze'an finished treating Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo woke free of the poison backlash that had tormented him for years.
• Lin Ze'an gave Dugu Bo the Aromatic Silk Beauty and warned him not to eat it.
• Lin Ze'an sent Hu Liena and the other two away to search for Immortal Herbs, then released Little Sprout from his necklace.
• Lin Ze'an drew energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, converted it into life force, and helped Little Sprout grow stronger.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei found Lin Ze'an with Little Sprout, and Yue Guan told him to keep his opportunities and secrets to himself.

Lin Ze'an and the others encountered and fought a powerful Three-Tailed Spirit Fox in Sunset Forest, with Little Sprout saving Lin Ze'an from an ambush. After the group killed the beast, Hu Liena began absorbing its unexpectedly seven-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Hu Liena decided to obtain her fourth Soul Ring before taking the Immortal Herb, and the group continued through Sunset Forest.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Lin Ze'an encountered a six-thousand-year Three-Tailed Spirit Fox whose bewitching ability weakened everyone except Lin Ze'an.
• The Three-Tailed Spirit Fox ambushed Lin Ze'an, but Little Sprout burst from his necklace and drove it back with a storm of emerald leaves.
• After an hour-long fight, the group killed the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox, which turned out to be seven thousand years old.
• Hu Liena began absorbing the Spirit Fox's Soul Ring while Lin Ze'an used his green glow to help stabilize its energy.

Hu Liena endured the difficult absorption of a seven-thousand-year Soul Ring with Lin Ze'an protecting her, and she eventually succeeded. The group reached a market town to arrange a carriage, where Lin Ze'an bought roasted rabbits and learned Xie Yue had gone ahead to the branch hall.

• Lin Ze'an used his life force to protect Hu Liena's meridians while she struggled to absorb the Soul Ring, and he told Xie Yue and Yan that he could only keep her alive.
• Hu Liena completed the absorption, thanked Lin Ze'an, and rested with the others while they recovered their Soul Power.
• Xie Yue suggested visiting Lin Ze'an's home before returning to Spirit City, and Hu Liena proposed getting a carriage from the nearest town because theirs had been destroyed.
• Lin Ze'an explained market day to Yan and Hu Liena, then bought four roasted Soft Bone Rabbits and shared them with them.
• Hu Liena told Lin Ze'an that Xie Yue had gone to the branch hall and would meet them later.

Lin Ze'an returned to his village and learned that his father, Lin Gang, had died protecting the villagers from a murderous Soul Master. Unable to accept his death, Lin Ze'an tried to revive him with life force before Yue Guan stopped him, leaving Lin Ze'an grieving and remembering his father's sacrifice.

• Lin Ze'an arrived at his village with Hu Liena and the others, where Xiao Hu and Xiao Hua hinted that something had happened to his father.
• Lin Ze'an rushed home and found the village gathered beneath white mourning cloth; the village chief explained that Lin Gang had held off a Soul Master who was trying to slaughter everyone.
• Lin Ze'an found Lin Gang's wounded body in a coffin and desperately tried to revive him with Mo Ruier's life force.
• Yue Guan restrained Lin Ze'an and told him it was too late, then blamed himself for not bringing Lin Gang to Spirit City.
• Lin Ze'an clung to Yue Guan and remembered his promise to sacrifice himself for the safety of others, realizing that his father had made the same choice.

After burying Lin Gang, Lin Ze'an resolved to grow strong enough to protect everyone and never face such a choice again. At a Spirit Branch Hall, he discovered its bishop had released the Evil Soul Master who killed his father, and ordered the corrupt hall investigated while Yue Guan promised to secure justice.

• Lin Ze'an buried Lin Gang beside his mother and vowed to become strong enough to protect life without making another impossible choice.
• Lin Ze'an and Yue Guan visited a Spirit Branch Hall, where Bishop Mai Xuanfeng claimed no villagers had been harmed and the Evil Soul Master had been executed.
• Yue Guan attacked Mai Xuanfeng after suspecting his account, and a deacon revealed that Mai Xuanfeng had ordered the captured killer released for bribes.
• Lin Ze'an kicked Mai Xuanfeng and demanded that everyone at the hall be taken into custody, the empire's branch halls be inspected, and the Evil Soul Master be found.
• Yue Guan agreed to carry out Lin Ze'an's orders and promised to ensure Lin Gang received justice.

Lin Ze'an persuaded Bibi Dong to reform Spirit Hall by offering her the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, then traded the Infernal Delicate Apricot to Qian Daoliu for two fifty-thousand-year Soul Bones. As Lin Ze'an prepared to leave Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu stopped him and stared at his storage ring.

• Lin Ze'an urged Yue Guan and Uncle Ghost to take their Immortal Herbs into seclusion, then went alone to meet Bibi Dong.
• Lin Ze'an told Bibi Dong about the abuses in the village and Spirit Branch Hall and urged her to hold a public trial.
• Bibi Dong warned that a trial could harm Spirit City's reputation, so Lin Ze'an offered her the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew in exchange for agreeing to reform Spirit Hall.
• Lin Ze'an visited Qian Daoliu and offered the Infernal Delicate Apricot in exchange for two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Qian Daoliu gave Lin Ze'an a skull and right arm bone, each fifty thousand years old, then stopped him as he was leaving and focused on his storage ring.

Lin Ze'an discovered that Golden Crocodile Douluo was his maternal great-grandfather after proving his connection to Jin Ling. Back in his courtyard, he activated the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, whose life force enveloped him in a flower bud.

• Qian Daoliu recognized the ring Lin Ze'an wore and summoned Golden Crocodile Douluo, who recognized it as the gift he had given Jin Ling.
• Lin Ze'an and Golden Crocodile confirmed their family connection when their blood merged, and Golden Crocodile embraced him as his grandson.
• Lin Ze'an learned Golden Crocodile had searched for Jin Ling for years, then presented him with a jade pendant and paid his respects as his great-grandfather.
• Late that night, Lin Ze'an returned to his courtyard and reflected on meeting his mother's great-grandfather before taking out the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Lin Ze'an activated the Lovesick Heartbreak Red with his blood, and its life force lifted him into a flower bud.

Lin Ze'an absorbed Lovesick Heartbreak Red, heard a voice urge him to follow his heart, and reached level 30. After Yan visited, Lin Ze'an asked how he would feel if he learned he had another relative in the world.

• A gentle voice inside the bud told Lin Ze'an that life and death, good and evil depended on his heart, and urged him to continue onward as its successor.
• The bud bloomed and released a wave of life force across half of Spirit City, then faded as Lin Ze'an returned to the ground at level 30.
• Yan came to check on Lin Ze'an and was shocked by his changed aura and breakthrough.
• Lin Ze'an explained that he had taken an Immortal Herb and invited Yan into his plant-filled courtyard, where he served him freshly squeezed fruit juice.
• Lin Ze'an asked Yan how he would feel if someone told him he had another relative, and Yan wondered why he was asking.

Lin Ze'an discussed his newfound family with Yan, who shared his longing for relatives and encouraged him to cherish the bond. Bibi Dong then promoted Lin Ze'an to Elder and rewarded him with a 60,000-year-old head Soul Bone, leaving him puzzled about her generosity as he headed to Yue Guan's palace with a plan for his spare Soul Bone.

• Lin Ze'an told Yan that he had discovered his great-grandfather, and Yan admitted he had no known family and wished he could find relatives of his own.
• Yan encouraged Lin Ze'an to value his newfound family, and Lin Ze'an hugged him in thanks.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Ze'an that the Great Elder and Second Worship had proposed making him Spirit Hall's Holy Son, but the elders instead promoted him to Elder.
• Bibi Dong gave Lin Ze'an a 60,000-year-old plant-type head Soul Bone as a reward for offering Immortal Herbs.
• Lin Ze'an left the Pope Palace and headed for Yue Guan's palace, planning to give his 50,000-year-old head Soul Bone to his master.

Lin Ze'an reunited with Yue Guan after his master broke through, then helped him obtain a Soul Bone and gained his third Soul Skill. A month later, Spirit Hall held a public trial for Mai Xuanfeng, an evil Soul Master, and other criminals, with Qian Daoliu manifesting the Six-Winged Angel to show the trial's importance.

• Lin Ze'an waited outside Yue Guan's cultivation room and congratulated him after Yue Guan emerged from seclusion following his breakthrough.
• Lin Ze'an told Yue Guan about recent events and offered him a fifty-thousand-year-old skull Soul Bone, which Yue Guan accepted after learning Lin Ze'an had another one.
• With Yue Guan's help, Lin Ze'an hunted an Ancient Tea Tree, gained the Soul Skill Leaves Fall to the Other Shore, and reached level thirty-four.
• A month later, Bibi Dong opened Spirit Hall's public trial of Mai Xuanfeng, an evil Soul Master, and hundreds of other offenders before representatives from across the continent.
• Qian Daoliu manifested the Six-Winged Angel, whose holy light forced the criminals to their knees, and Bibi Dong announced that they would be sent to Slaughter City for life.

After the judgment, Lin Ze'an confronted Gu Zhi, his father's murderer, and rejected the idea of killing him himself. Lin Ze'an then revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings and unleashed a massive life-force vortex over Spirit City, shocking Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo.

• After the representatives departed, Bibi Dong left Gu Zhi and the other condemned Soul Masters in Lin Ze'an's hands, while Yue Guan promised to support his disciple.
• Lin Ze'an confronted Gu Zhi and explained that he would not settle the past with blood, but Gu Zhi mocked him and blamed his crimes on his stalled potential.
• Lin Ze'an told Gu Zhi he would not get the chance to carve out a place in Slaughter City, then rose into the air as Mo Ruier and Glass appeared behind him.
• Lin Ze'an revealed purple, purple, and black Soul Rings, leaving Gu Zhi and the Palace Guard Knights stunned by his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Lin Ze'an summoned a vast green vortex of life over Spirit City, prompting Bibi Dong to leave the Pope Palace and Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to sense the strange phenomenon.

Lin Ze'an used his third Soul Skill to strip the criminals in Slaughter City of their Soul Power and Martial Souls, then handed their extracted energy to Little Sprout. The Goddess of Life traced the disturbance to Lin Ze'an, concealed the heavenly phenomena, and planned to meet him after he finished, while Yue Guan warned Lin Ze'an to leave such matters to him.

• Lin Ze'an unleashed Leaves Fall to the Other Shore on the kneeling criminals, and Gu Zhi begged for mercy as the attack struck.
• The Goddess of Life sensed a powerful disturbance in life force, traced it to Lin Ze'an, and realized his power did not belong to this world.
• The Goddess of Life discovered that Tang San had been brought to Douluo Continent through a breach in the world's barrier and decided to meet Lin Ze'an.
• Lin Ze'an drained the criminals of their Soul Power and Martial Souls, compressed the collected energy, and sent it to Little Sprout.
• The criminals attacked Lin Ze'an after their restraints vanished, but Yue Guan and the Palace Guard Knights subdued and removed them.
• Yue Guan thanked Lin Ze'an for his actions but told him to leave such matters to his master in the future.

Lin Ze'an moved into a newly built palace in the Elder Hall, where Ghost Leopard and Ling Yuan were assigned to protect him. After learning Ling Yuan hoped to earn his help obtaining a powerful ninth Soul Ring, he promised to ask his master to help once she reached Level 90.

• Golden Crocodile introduced Ghost Leopard and Ling Yuan, two Level 89 Soul Douluos assigned to protect Lin Ze'an.
• Ghost Leopard and Ling Yuan quickly moved Lin Ze'an's belongings to his new palace in the Elder Hall, even carrying out things he had not intended to move.
• Lin Ze'an explored the palace and recalled that an unknown force had approached him after he used his third Soul Skill, before Mo Ruier erased it.
• Ling Yuan told Lin Ze'an she hoped his talent would help her obtain a powerful ninth Soul Ring, while insisting she truly wanted to follow him.
• Lin Ze'an helped Ling Yuan up and promised to ask his master to help her hunt for her ninth Soul Ring when she reached Level 90.

Lin Ze'an offered to use his life force to restore Gui Mei from his half-dead state, and Gui Mei agreed despite the risk. As the painful transformation began, the Goddess of Life intervened with divine power.

• Lin Ze'an visited Gui Mei and asked whether he wanted to come back to life.
• Lin Ze'an explained that he could turn the death energy in Gui Mei's body into vitality, and Gui Mei agreed to trust him.
• Lin Ze'an called Yue Guan to stand guard, then used his life force and Mo Ruier's presence to begin cleansing Gui Mei.
• Gui Mei writhed as the death energy was stripped from his soul and vitality filled his body.
• The Goddess of Life watched Lin Ze'an's attempt, judged that he lacked sufficient power, and sent divine power toward Gui Mei.