Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue became determined to earn Zhao Linchuan’s promised gift for his future principal wife by cultivating harder, then asked Liu Erlong about his abilities. That night, unable to ignore the sounds from Zhao Linchuan’s room, she encountered Liu Erlong outside the bathroom and blushed at her teasing.

• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue that she was progressing too slowly to receive his gift and said he would save it for his future principal wife.
• Qian Renxue resolved to cultivate harder so she could claim the gift for herself.
• Liu Erlong explained that she was helping Zhao Linchuan plan Azure Dragon Academy’s expansion, and Qian Renxue asked whether he was physically capable.
• Liu Erlong teased Qian Renxue that she would soon find out how capable Zhao Linchuan was.
• Unable to sleep through the sounds from outside her room, Qian Renxue went to the bathroom and met Liu Erlong, who teased her about Zhao Linchuan.

Zhao Linchuan led Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and Liu Erlong to Star Dou Forest to hunt Soul Rings, while Qian Renxue stayed behind. Three days later, the group found two powerful black tigers fighting in the forest, and a woman descended into their clearing.

• Qian Renxue claimed she had stayed up cultivating as Zhao Linchuan prepared to leave for Star Dou Forest with the others.
• Zhao Linchuan gave the women Wings of Wind, and they flew after him toward the forest.
• After the group departed, Qian Renxue sneaked into Zhao Linchuan's room and sprawled on his bed, muttering about overpowering him someday.
• Three days later, two black tigers with cultivation bases of about forty-five thousand years fought over a female tiger in the middle region of Star Dou Forest.
• A valiant female voice called from above, and a streak of red-gold light crashed into the clearing.

Liu Erlong subdued two Ghost Tigers in the Star Dou Forest to provide Soul Rings for Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, then brought them to the group’s camp. The others gathered around the battered beasts as Liu Erlong presented them.

• A female Ghost Tiger fled while Liu Erlong used her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to frighten the two male Ghost Tigers into submission.
• Liu Erlong revealed her Scarlet Sun Dragon Emperor True Body and crushed the two tigers, which were forty-five thousand and forty-three thousand years old.
• At the camp, Ning Rongrong prepared a drink and excitedly imagined becoming powerful, while Zhu Zhuqing teased her about her figure.
• Liu Erlong flew into the clearing and dropped the two flattened Ghost Tigers before Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others rushed over to inspect the badly injured Ghost Tigers.

Zhao Linchuan brought Ning Rongrong a suitable fourth Soul Ring and left Liu Erlong to protect the others while he took Xiao Wu toward Star Dou Forest’s core. On the way, he asked Xiao Wu whether she knew where the Blue Silver Ancestral Land was.

• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing killed the two Ghost Tigers and began absorbing their Soul Rings.
• Zhao Linchuan brought Ning Rongrong a 32,000-year-old Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse for her fourth Soul Ring, and she excitedly kissed him before dragging it away.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Liu Erlong to look after the others while he took Xiao Wu deeper into Star Dou Forest to visit her home.
• Xiao Wu worried about her identity being discovered, but Zhao Linchuan reassured her that he could protect her.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Xiao Wu if she knew where the Blue Silver Ancestral Land was, and she said she did.

Zhao Linchuan entered the Blue Silver Ancestral Land and persuaded the Blue Silver King to sacrifice the Blue Silver Grass clan’s power to his first Soul Ring in exchange for reviving Ah Yin. As the ring reached one hundred thousand years, Ah Yin’s own blood-red Soul Ring suddenly flew into Zhao Linchuan and merged with it.

• Xiao Wu left the Lake of Life with spirit herbs after asking Da Ming and Er Ming to collect Spirit Bones for her.
• Da Ming admitted that Zhao Linchuan’s presence had terrified him, but hoped he would protect Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Linchuan told the Blue Silver King about Ah Yin’s Sacrifice and asked the clan to empower his first Soul Ring, promising to revive her when he became a god.
• Zhao Linchuan swore an oath to revive Ah Yin, and a bolt of purple lightning answered as the Blue Silver King agreed to the Sacrifice.
• The Blue Silver Grass clan’s energy transformed Zhao Linchuan’s first Soul Ring into a hundred-thousand-year ring, and Ah Yin’s blood-red Soul Ring then appeared and merged with it.

Zhao Linchuan completed Ah Yin’s sacrifice, gaining a seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, then returned to camp with Xiao Wu. After the group relaxed together, he asked Zhuqing, Zhu Yun, and Rongrong to describe what they had gained from absorbing their Soul Rings.

• Zhao Linchuan used the Azure Dragon Domain to restore the Blue Silver Grass after their sacrifice and promised the Blue Silver King he would keep his oath.
• Xiao Wu met Zhao Linchuan outside the Blue Silver Ancestral Land, and he carried her back to camp with a promised gift.
• Zhao Linchuan and Xiao Wu joined Rongrong and the others in the bathing tent while Liu Erlong prepared a late-night snack.
• At dawn, Zhao Linchuan rested beside Liu Erlong and asked Zhuqing, Zhu Yun, and Rongrong to share what they had gained.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu shared the results of absorbing their new soul rings in the Star Dou Forest. After the others left the tent, Zhao Linchuan and Liu Erlong were left alone together.

• Ning Rongrong announced that her Soul Power had reached level forty-three and described her fourth soul skill, which boosted attribute-based attacks.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing reported their Soul Power levels and explained that their fourth soul skill created powerful Netherworld Shadow Clones.
• Xiao Wu revealed that her fifth soul skill, Void, protected her from physical attacks and halved damage from energy attacks, leaving Ning Rongrong exasperated.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing went outside to join Ning Rongrong, leaving Liu Erlong alone with Zhao Linchuan in the tent.
• Zhao Linchuan persuaded Liu Erlong to let him watch her, but soon began touching her as they prepared to leave the Star Dou Forest.

Zhao Linchuan investigated the Strength Clan's unexplained departure from Heaven Dou City, then summoned Dugu Bo to discuss helping Crown Prince Qinghe take the throne. Dugu Bo listened uneasily as Zhao Linchuan proposed publicly exposing scandals involving Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.

• Wu Siyu told Zhao Linchuan that Tai Long was missing and the Strength Clan had left Heaven Dou City after transferring its estate to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhao Linchuan ordered Tai Long removed from Azure Dragon Academy's student registry and asked Wu Siyu to summon Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo reported that Dugu Yan's Eight Spider Lances were storing her toxins and that her condition was improving.
• Zhao Linchuan told Dugu Bo he wanted to help Crown Prince Qinghe take the throne.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Dugu Bo to find a way to expose in public the alleged relationships involving Prince Xue Xing, Xue Ye's favored concubine, Xue Beng, and Prince Xue Xing's wife; Dugu Bo reacted uneasily.

Zhao Linchuan arranged for Dugu Bo to secure his support by promising Dugu Yan a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, then asked Xiao Wu to use her mental-control Spirit Bone skill for a year. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang San doubted that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul could advance beyond rank thirty-one, leaving Yu Xiaogang to weigh whether he should cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer instead.

• Dugu Bo told Zhao Linchuan that he wanted Dugu Yan to receive a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, and Zhao Linchuan agreed to train her for the Soul Master Tournament.
• Dugu Bo left to carry out Zhao Linchuan's plan, promising to visit the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and draw Xue Xing into a scandal with Xue Ye's favored consort.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Xiao Wu to use her Jade Rabbit Skull's long-term mind-control skill to assist him, and she agreed to control the target for about a year.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that his Soul Power had remained at rank thirty-one for over half a year and feared his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had reached its cultivation limit.
• Yu Xiaogang considered whether Tang San should switch to cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, worrying about Tang Hao's reaction and the upcoming Soul Master Tournament.

Yu Xiaogang approved Tang San’s decision to cultivate his second Martial Soul and planned a trip to the Star Dou Forest, but Flender warned that Heaven Dou City was under lockdown. Flender explained that Emperor Xue Ye was reportedly near death after a scandal involving members of the royal family, so Yu Xiaogang decided to postpone Tang San’s journey.

• Tang San chose to cultivate his second Martial Soul, and Yu Xiaogang supported him while arranging for Flender to accompany them to the Star Dou Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, prompting Flender to warn that revealing the Clear Sky Hammer could put Tang San in danger.
• Flender said Heaven Dou City was under lockdown and the soul hunt would have to wait.
• Flender recounted how a Soul Emperor battle exposed Prince Xue Xing, Consort Xiang, the Fourth Prince Xue Beng, and Prince Xue Xing’s consort together at Spring Pavilion.
• Flender speculated that Emperor Xue Ye was near death after the scandal and said palace officials had summoned the academy’s education committee members.
• Yu Xiaogang left to tell Tang San to delay the soul hunt for a few days.

Zhao Linchuan and Xiao Wu discussed their control of Emperor Xue Ye with Qian Renxue, who planned to use him to destabilize the Heaven Dou Empire and win support before taking the throne. Qian Renxue left to test Xiao Wu’s secret command and exile Xue Xing and the others, intending to ensure they could not reveal the truth.

• Zhao Linchuan, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Wu discussed the public scandal surrounding Xue Ye and Dugu Bo’s handling of it.
• Xiao Wu assured Qian Renxue that Xue Ye’s spiritual control was secure and taught her the secret command that would make him obey.
• Qian Renxue planned to make Xue Ye paranoid and oppressive, then protect his targets so the ministers and vassal kings would support her.
• Zhao Linchuan warned Qian Renxue not to push the empire into military rebellion, and she said she would keep the turmoil within limits.
• Qian Renxue left to test the command on Xue Ye and order Xue Xing and the others exiled, while saying she would not let them leave Heaven Dou City alive.

Zhao Linchuan gave Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling Immortal Herbs as part of Azure Dragon Academy’s Elite Training Program, and both discovered their Soul Rings had changed to purple, purple, and black. Back in their dormitory, Dugu Yan wondered where she had seen her herb before but dismissed the thought.

• Zhao Linchuan welcomed Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to his office and gave them black robes to cover their revealing clothes.
• Zhao Linchuan told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling they had been selected for the Elite Training Program and presented them with Immortal Herbs suited to their Martial Souls.
• After leaving the office, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling returned to their dormitory and summoned their Soul Rings, finding that both had purple, purple, and black rings.
• Ye Lingling worried that her outfit had made a bad impression on Zhao Linchuan, while Dugu Yan complained about her own uncomfortable clothes and blamed her grandfather’s idea.
• Dugu Yan opened her jade box, wondered where she had seen the Azure-Scaled Moon-Gazing Grass, then gave up trying to remember.

Over three months, Zhao Linchuan expanded Azure Dragon Academy and introduced reforms to teacher pay, student credits, task assignments, advanced training, and moral education. The reforms began to strengthen the academy’s community, and Zhao Linchuan believed it could become a major force in the Soul Master world if given time.

• Zhao Linchuan expanded Azure Dragon Academy and improved teachers’ salaries with doubled pay, assessment bonuses, and resource allocations.
• Zhao Linchuan established a Credit Exchange System and Task Hall, letting students earn credits through assessments and tasks suited to their abilities.
• Zhao Linchuan created an Inner Court for outstanding senior students and established affiliated outer academies for newly awakened children.
• Zhao Linchuan added Moral Education to the outer academies, teaching children about right and wrong, gratitude, and responsibility.
• Students and nearby communities embraced the reforms, while Zhao Linchuan worked tirelessly and anticipated Azure Dragon Academy’s rise over the next twenty years.

Huang Yuan trained in Azure Dragon Academy’s Special Training Room, where students fought without Soul Ring or Spirit Bone skills. Jing Ling then proposed a risky plan to obtain Soul Elder-grade Soul Ascension Pills by taking advantage of possible new missions to eliminate Fallen Soul Masters.

• Huang Yuan finished a grueling sparring session and joked with his battered classmates as they left the Special Training Room.
• The chapter explained that Zhao Linchuan’s White Tiger Domain suppressed Soul Ring and Spirit Bone skills inside the academy’s three Special Training Rooms.
• Jing Ling startled Huang Yuan, then asked him to team up and exchange credits for three Soul Elder-grade Soul Ascension Pills.
• Huang Yuan estimated that the pills would cost sixty thousand credits and take at least three and a half years to earn.
• Jing Ling said he had overheard Director Wu discussing missions to eliminate Fallen Soul Masters, and Huang Yuan questioned how students who had not entered the Inner Court could accept them.

Jing Ling and Huang Yuan discussed joining missions to fight Fallen Soul Masters, but Jiang Zhu’s promotion to teaching assistant pushed Huang Yuan to pursue the same opportunity. The following spring, Liu Erlong neared level eighty-nine with Zhao Linchuan’s help, and Qian Renxue returned with a Six-Winged Angel mark, interrupting their private moment.

• Jing Ling invited Huang Yuan to team up for missions against Fallen Soul Masters and proposed recruiting a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple as an auxiliary Soul Master.
• Jing Ling told Huang Yuan that Jiang Zhu had become a teaching assistant and could enter the Inner Court, prompting Huang Yuan to head to the Academic Affairs Office to apply for the same position.
• By the following spring, Liu Erlong had reached level eighty-nine after sparring with Zhao Linchuan and said she hoped to become a Titled Douluo within three years.
• Zhao Linchuan promised to seek Liu Erlong a high-age Spirit Bone to help her break through sooner, and she prepared to continue their private discussion.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the villa with a Six-Winged Angel mark between her brows, teased Zhao Linchuan and Liu Erlong, and Zhao Linchuan remarked on how much she had gained.

Qian Renxue invited Zhao Linchuan to help her hunt her seventh Soul Ring, and he agreed while promising to reveal a valuable gift on a trip the next day. She also asked him to help her obtain a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, but his teasing response left the request unresolved.

• Qian Renxue asked Zhao Linchuan to join her Soul Ring hunt and offered to grant him a marquis title, but he accepted the hunt while asking to delay the title.
• Liu Erlong said her interest in becoming a marchioness depended on what Zhao Linchuan wanted, then went to cook.
• Zhao Linchuan pulled Qian Renxue onto his lap and told her the gift he had planned for her might help her reach Ultimate Douluo and advance her Seraphim Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue agreed to travel with Zhao Linchuan the next day to retrieve the gift and said she would pack after dinner.
• Qian Renxue asked Zhao Linchuan to help her obtain a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and he joked that he could not get in the mood to help her.

Qian Renxue seduced Zhao Linchuan, and he agreed to help her refine the Whale Rubber. After seven days and eight nights together, she was exhausted and desperately thirsty, while Zhao Linchuan went to fetch her clean water.

• Zhao Linchuan found Qian Renxue waiting for him in Ning Rongrong's bedroom, dressed in revealing golden clothes.
• Qian Renxue teased Zhao Linchuan about saying he felt nothing for her, and he changed his mind about helping her refine the Whale Rubber.
• Zhao Linchuan carried Qian Renxue to the bed, and they spent seven days and eight nights together.
• Qian Renxue crawled toward a long-stale cup of water, too exhausted and thirsty to stand.
• Zhao Linchuan lifted Qian Renxue, warned her not to drink the old water, and hurried off to get her clean water.

After Qian Renxue recovered from their encounter, Zhao Linchuan promised to take her to the Extreme North for a 990,000-year-old Soul Beast that could grant her extraordinary powers. Qian Renxue ended the chapter pledging to obey him if even one of his promises proved true.

• Qian Renxue drank two jugs of warm water, then reproached Zhao Linchuan for nearly killing her; he carried her to bathe and later combed her hair.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue that he planned to make a 990,000-year-old ice silkworm her seventh Soul Ring and said he would control it into sacrificing itself to her.
• Zhao Linchuan explained that the sacrifice could also grant Qian Renxue a 990,000-year-old Spirit Bone, an opening for a Second Martial Soul with ultimate ice, and several Ferocious Beast-level Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue reacted with disbelief, then pledged to submit to Zhao Linchuan’s command if even one of his promises came true.

Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue found Tian Meng beneath the Extreme North and collected nearly all the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow around him. The chapter ended with Zhao Linchuan piercing Tian Meng with the Western Heaven Immortal Battle Spear as Qian Renxue prepared for his Sacrifice.

• Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue traveled deep into the Extreme North and opened a shaft through the ancient ice.
• They descended into an ice cellar and found Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Marrow and the sleeping nine-banded Ice Silkworm, Tian Meng.
• Qian Renxue and Zhao Linchuan stored all the Cold Marrow except the largest piece beneath Tian Meng.
• Zhao Linchuan warned Qian Renxue to guard her Sea of Spirit, then drove the Western Heaven Immortal Battle Spear through Tian Meng and pinned him to the Cold Marrow.

Zhao Linchuan forced Tian Meng to sacrifice himself to empower Qian Renxue, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress sensed the immense surge and came to investigate. The Ice Empress considered killing the human receiving the sacrifice, but Zhao Linchuan emerged from the tunnel and confronted them.

• Zhao Linchuan suppressed Tian Meng's consciousness and forced him to sacrifice everything to Qian Renxue.
• Tian Meng's body burned as a pillar of energy rose, and Zhao Linchuan used his Azure Dragon Domain and Five Virtues Empowerment to support Qian Renxue.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived after sensing the sacrifice's spiritual-power surge.
• The Ice Empress proposed killing Qian Renxue and devouring her and Tian Meng to avoid their next Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Snow Empress warned that someone had already come out, and Zhao Linchuan shot from the ice tunnel to face them.