Chapter Summaries

After eight months of cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan reached Rank 40 and asked Lin Ya to accompany her to hunt a soul ring. Lin Ya had also advanced to Rank 60 and prepared to leave to hunt his sixth soul ring.

• Dugu Yan broke through to Rank 40, and Lin Ya congratulated her while explaining that her ultimate martial soul slowed her cultivation.
• Dugu Yan decided to keep working hard and asked Lin Ya to accompany her to hunt her fourth soul ring; he agreed.
• Ye Lingling felt discouraged that she was only Rank 26 while Yao Zi, Huo Wu, Shui Binger, and others had advanced further.
• Twilight Cloud Vine doubted whether her ordinary martial soul could lead her to become a Titled Douluo, and Lin Ya promised it would evolve into the Heavenly Blue Vine.
• Lin Ya recalled that he had reached Rank 60 and decided to leave to hunt his sixth soul ring.

Lin Ya helped Dugu Yan obtain a 15,000-year Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring, and she successfully advanced to a level 43 Soul Ancestor. Just as Lin Ya relaxed, a 70,000-year White-Eyed Demon Tiger King ambushed him.

• Lin Ya used Fenghou Strange Gates to choose a 15,000-year Man Faced Demon Spider as Dugu Yan’s fourth soul ring.
• Lin Ya summoned the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor, which defeated the Man Faced Demon Spider and left it alive for Dugu Yan to finish with her soul cannon.
• Lin Ya collected a poison-elemental soul bone dropped by the Man Faced Demon Spider and promised to refine it into an External Soul Bone for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan endured the painful absorption and became a level 43 Soul Ancestor while Lin Ya used his Emerald Swan Martial Soul to ease her suffering.
• A 70,000-year White-Eyed Demon Tiger King ambushed Lin Ya, who froze its attack with Chaotic Golden Tuo.

Lin Ya revealed the Evil God Pearl to explain why the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King had targeted him, then transformed into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and overwhelmed the beast. He trapped the fleeing tiger in his fully unleashed Evil Tiger Domain.

• Lin Ya realized the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King was drawn to the Evil God Pearl and refused to hand it over.
• Lin Ya transformed into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and used Evil God Protection to absorb the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King’s attacks.
• Lin Ya struck the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King with Dark Demon Evil Thunder, badly injuring it and destroying its confidence.
• The White-Eyed Demon Tiger King tried to flee, but Lin Ya unleashed Evil Tiger Domain and trapped it.

Lin Ya killed a seventy-thousand-year White-Eyed Demon Tiger King and claimed its Soul Ring and right arm bone, then brought Dugu Yan to Solitary Bamboo Forest to begin cultivating two more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. The chapter ended as Lin Ya released the Ink Bamboo Domain and Blue Silver Domain to begin the process.

• Lin Ya's Dark Demon Evil God Tiger killed the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King, and Lin Ya took its Soul Ring and soul bone.
• Lin Ya planned to use the soul bone to strengthen his Evil Demon Right Leg Bone and let his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Spirit devour the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King's Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan embraced Lin Ya and praised his strength, and Lin Ya told her that only she and her grandfather had inherited the true Tang Sect legacy.
• Lin Ya brought Dugu Yan to Solitary Bamboo Forest, where the Black Jade Divine Bamboo and Ah Yin prepared to help him cultivate two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Lin Ya released the Ink Bamboo Domain and Blue Silver Domain to begin the cultivation process.

Black Jade Divine Bamboo and Ah Yin absorbed power from their kind, raising their Soul Ring qualities to 120,000 and 130,000 years and giving Lin Ya three hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings. The Life Goddess began Lin Ya’s inheritance trials and set him the task of evolving his Emerald Swan into a Life Phoenix within one year.

• Black Jade Divine Bamboo gathered the Solitary Bamboos’ power and raised its Soul Ring quality to 120,000 years.
• Ah Yin drew power from Blue Silver Grass across the continent and raised her Soul Ring quality to 130,000 years, leaving Lin Ya with four Soul Rings colored red, orange-gold, red, and red.
• Lin Ya’s accumulated Soul Ring quality reached 550,000 years, triggering the Life Goddess to summon him and begin the Life Nine Trials.
• The Life Goddess set Lin Ya’s first trial: evolve his Emerald Swan Martial Soul into a Life Phoenix within one year, and explained that Bi Ji could become a true phoenix after surviving the 700,000-year heavenly tribulation.
• The Life Goddess gave Lin Ya two God-Given Soul Rings in advance, and Lin Ya accepted them.

Lin Ya completed the Life Goddess’s trial and strengthened his soul bones, soul rings, and Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor. He chose the Lake of Life and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his next target, then discovered a new ability and called for Wang Sheng.

• The Life Goddess warned Lin Ya that his Jade Phoenix had to reach one million years to become a true Jade Phoenix King, asked whether Fenghou Strange Gates could reveal the past and future, and sent him back to Sunset Forest.
• Lin Ya returned to Dugu Yan, refined a Man Faced Demon Spider leg bone into Replica Eight Spider Lances for her, and transformed his White-Eyed Demon Tiger Right Arm Bone into a one-hundred-and-thirty-thousand-year Evil Demon Right Leg Bone.
• Lin Ya fed the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King soul ring to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, raising his fifth soul ring to one hundred and ten thousand years.
• Lin Ya divined that the Star Dou Great Forest held great fortune and decided to seek the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm at the Lake of Life, intending to use the Soul Spirit Method despite the ferocious beasts there.
• Lin Ya fed his stored Evil Spirit Orca soul rings to the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor, which evolved into a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and gained the Soul-Devouring Domain.
• After checking the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor’s evolution, Lin Ya excitedly called for Wang Sheng to give him something.

Lin Ya brought Wang Sheng to the Lake of Life to test his Spirit Medium Method, which could let soul beasts lend their souls to soul masters without dying. The fierce beasts agreed to let him try it on the Six-Winged Darkgold Tiger.

• Lin Ya took Wang Sheng, who had just reached level twenty, into the Star Dou Great Forest to help him obtain a soul ring.
• The Six-Winged Darkgold Tiger met Lin Ya at the Lake of Life and led him and Wang Sheng to Di Tian and the other fierce beasts.
• Lin Ya introduced his Spirit Medium Method and explained that soul beasts would not need to die to entrust their souls to soul masters.
• Bear Lord doubted Lin Ya’s claim, but agreed that the fierce beasts could observe a test because Lin Ya and Wang Sheng could not escape.
• The fierce beasts chose the Six-Winged Darkgold Tiger for the trial, and it reluctantly accepted its role as the test subject.

Lin Ya demonstrated Spirit Mediumship, which let the Six-Winged Darkgold Tiger lend power to Wang Sheng and gave soul beasts a way to cooperate with humans without losing their freedom. After revealing that Twin Hands could reconstruct a body from blood, Lin Ya was asked by Di Tian to treat a dragon.

• Lin Ya had Wang Sheng form a transparent Soul Ring, then used the Six-Winged Darkgold Tiger’s essence blood to establish a connection between them.
• The Six-Winged Darkgold Tiger lent its power to Wang Sheng, temporarily raising his second Soul Ring to ten thousand years before withdrawing the power.
• Lin Ya explained that Spirit Mediumship benefited both partners and could discourage Soul Masters from hunting contracted soul beasts.
• Lin Ya used Twin Hands and the tiger’s essence blood to reconstruct a small body, explaining that the skill could revive soul beasts within his current limits.
• Di Tian asked Lin Ya to set Spirit Mediumship aside and treat a dragon.

Lin Ya agreed to try treating Gu Yuena, the injured Silver Dragon King, and revealed his extraordinary soul rings to the savage beasts at the Lake of Life. After Gu Yuena gave permission, Di Tian led him beneath the lake, where Gu Yuena asked whether he could treat her injuries.

• Lin Ya told Di Tian he would try to treat the dragon, and Di Tian dove into the Lake of Life to seek Gu Yuena's permission.
• Bi Ji asked about Lin Ya's life aura, and he revealed his four soul rings, including a two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirit ring, and explained how Soul Spirits could grant him multiple rings.
• Di Tian reported Lin Ya's origins and resurrection ability to Gu Yuena, who agreed to let him try treating her.
• Lin Ya followed Di Tian beneath the lake, using Fenghou Strange Gates to part the water around himself as Wang Sheng stayed behind with the Six-Winged Darkgold Tiger.
• Lin Ya reached Gu Yuena at the lakebed, and she asked if he was the human capable of treating her injuries.

Lin Ya treated Gu Yuena’s injuries but lacked the strength to fully heal her, then asked Di Tian for the Million-Year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his next Soul Ring. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared and revealed it had become a million-year Soul Beast while waiting for Lin Ya.

• Lin Ya used Twin Hands to heal Gu Yuena’s bodily wounds and partially restore her damaged soul, increasing her recovery speed.
• Gu Yuena thanked Lin Ya and said she would recover to her peak in sixteen thousand years, while Di Tian acknowledged Lin Ya’s healing and offered him a favor.
• Lin Ya asked Di Tian for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm because his next Soul Skill required a Million-Year Soul Ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared at the Lake of Life and announced that it had cultivated into the first Million-Year Soul Beast on Douluo Continent.

Lin Ya chose the Silver Dragon King's soul ring over Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year ring after Gu Yuena explained the connection between the Qi Body Source Flow and the origin of soul beasts. The chapter ended with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trying to persuade Lin Ya to accept it by offering him another martial soul.

• Di Tian agreed to let Lin Ya take Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's soul ring, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm promised to seal part of its origin to limit the spiritual impact.
• Gu Yuena questioned whether Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suited Lin Ya's sixth soul skill, then explained that soul beasts originated from the Dragon God and offered a soul ring made from her own origin.
• After divining, Lin Ya chose Gu Yuena's soul ring, leaving Sky Dream Ice Silkworm distraught and begging him to reconsider.
• Lin Ya explained that his second martial soul had inherited the God of Life's Divine Seat, shocking Gu Yuena and Di Tian.
• Di Tian considered whether Bi Ji should become Lin Ya's soul ring, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered to give Lin Ya another martial soul if he would accept it.

Lin Ya accepted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s martial soul and absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring, awakening Qi Body Source Flow and reaching Level 61. With the Star Luo Spirit Pearl’s help, he condensed his first Soul Core, leaving the thirteen-year-old with a sleeping Qi Infant holding it in his dantian.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm granted Lin Ya a new martial soul, though he would need an ice-element soul ring before he could summon it.
• Lin Ya absorbed the Silver Dragon King soul ring, broke through to Level 61, and awakened Qi Body Source Flow as his sixth soul skill.
• Qi Body Source Flow opened Lin Ya’s eight extraordinary meridians and drew vast amounts of energy into his dantian.
• Lin Ya swallowed the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and used the Qi Infant in his dantian to form a Soul Core.
• The Qi Infant calmed the Soul Core, then fell asleep while hugging it, completing Lin Ya’s first Soul Core at age thirteen.

After condensing a Soul Core, Lin Ya tried to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, but Di Tian demanded that he prove he could protect himself. The chapter ended as Di Tian sent the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff to test Lin Ya.

• Lin Ya revealed that he had condensed a Soul Core, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered to help him condense a spiritual Soul Core.
• Lin Ya said he planned to leave, but Di Tian urged him to stay by the Lake of Life until he could treat Gu Yuena.
• When Lin Ya refused and claimed no one could stop him from leaving, Di Tian challenged him to defeat an opponent or stay in the forest.
• Di Tian summoned the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff and ordered it to teach Lin Ya a lesson without hurting him.

Lin Ya fought Scarlet King in a spar, countering the beast’s domains and demonic flames with his summoned spirits and Qi Body Source Flow. As Scarlet King charged at him, Lin Ya transformed into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, leaving Di Tian and Bi Ji stunned.

• Scarlet King opened with Demon Mastiff War Roar, but Lin Ya summoned a Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor to block it.
• Scarlet King spread his Scarlet Demon Domain, and Lin Ya answered with four soul spirits and their domains, suppressing Scarlet King’s cultivation to rank ninety-six.
• Scarlet King unleashed Demon Mastiff Breath, but Lin Ya used Qi Body Source Flow to absorb the flames and rubbed Scarlet King’s head.
• Enraged, Scarlet King charged Lin Ya with Demon Mastiff Charge as Bi Ji and Di Tian prepared to intervene.
• Lin Ya transformed into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Di Tian recognized the soul beast.

Lin Ya, transformed into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, fought Scarlet King and defeated the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff with Dark Demon Evil Thunder. Scarlet King conceded defeat as Lin Ya returned to human form.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger collided with Scarlet King, and Di Tian and the other fierce beasts watched as they recognized Lin Ya's overwhelming aura.
• Scarlet King charged Lin Ya with its full strength, but Lin Ya met it in a brutal physical battle and gradually tore deep wounds into it.
• Scarlet King unleashed its ultimate crimson flame attack, and Lin Ya countered with Dark Demon Evil Thunder.
• Lin Ya's lightning overcame Scarlet King's flames and struck it down, while Myriad Demon King struggled to contain the battle's aftershocks.
• Lin Ya returned to human form, and Scarlet King admitted defeat.

Lin Ya left the Star Dou Great Forest with Wang Sheng after defeating Scarlet King, receiving Di Tian’s Reverse Scale and a Life Evergreen Vine. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he considered an ice dragon for his third martial soul.

• Di Tian gave Lin Ya his Reverse Scale and a section of Life Evergreen Vine, securing Lin Ya’s promise to return a favor.
• Lin Ya and Wang Sheng left the Star Dou Great Forest, and Lin Ya warned Wang Sheng not to rely on borrowed power.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered to raise Lin Ya’s soul rings and suggested several ice-attribute soul beasts for his third martial soul, but Lin Ya rejected each one.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Ya asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm what he thought about an ice dragon.

Lin Ya returned safely to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then used Fenghou Strange Gates to burrow underground in search of the Dragon Kings’ remains. He found the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s dragon pearls, which contained their souls, and prepared to use the Ice Dragon King as his third martial soul.

• Lin Ya reunited with his companions at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told them he had come to look for something underground.
• Lin Ya used his fourth soul skill, Fenghou Strange Gates, to travel through the earth while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm marveled at the ability.
• Lin Ya told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King had fallen in the Divine Dragon Realm and that their bodies had formed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Ya reached the source of the concentrated ice and fire energy and used Fenghou Strange Gates to shield himself from it.
• Lin Ya found and picked up the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s dragon pearls, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized they could give Lin Ya a Divine King-level third martial soul.

Lin Ya refined the Ice Dragon King Dragon Pearl and discovered that the Ice Dragon King had become a tiny, affectionate dragon who called him Daddy. He brought her out of the Self-Cultivation Furnace as an independent frost dragon, revealing her to the New Interception Sect’s hall masters.

• Lin Ya entered the Self-Cultivation Furnace and used Fenghou Strange Gates to withstand the frozen world inside the Ice Dragon King Dragon Pearl.
• The Ice Dragon King shrank into a tiny dragon after seeing Lin Ya’s sixth soul ring and became affectionate when he transformed into a silver dragon.
• The Ice Dragon King called Lin Ya Daddy, and he decided to make her a detached-type martial soul so she could keep her consciousness and fight independently.
• Lin Ya asked the Ice Dragon King to leave with him, and she obediently agreed.
• A thunderous boom drew Niu Gao and Yang Wudi to the furnace, where they found Lin Ya standing beside a massive aqua-blue frost dragon bearing two soul rings, including an unfamiliar ice-blue one.

Lin Ya returned to the New Interception Sect and revealed his third Martial Soul, the Ice Dragon King, before learning how the sect had expanded its Soul Tool production and improved civilian life. He inspected the new farming and household devices in villages near Heaven Dou City and ordered the automatic-flushing toilets installed in his rooms while rewarding their inventor.

• Lin Ya revealed the Ice Dragon King as his third, external-type Martial Soul and explained that her natal ring was a zeroth soul ring that could eventually become a god ring.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao told Lin Ya that the sect had recruited enough soul masters to reach 2,000 Soul Elders and could now produce fifth-grade Soul Tools.
• Niu Gao reported that the sect had promoted practical household Soul Tools across the Heaven Dou Empire with Prince Xue Xing's help.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao took Lin Ya to nearby villages, where he saw Soul Tool plows, water pumps, bicycles, and other devices transforming daily life.
• Lin Ya ordered automatic-flushing toilets installed in his rooms and instructed the sect to promote and give a raise to their inventor.

Lin Ya reflected on how Soul Tools and Soul Charging Stations could improve ordinary people’s lives and reduce the power gap between them and low-level soul masters. He returned to the New Interception Sect and began absorbing a God-Given Soul Ring in seclusion, hoping to evolve his Emerald Swan and strengthen his other Martial Souls.

• Lin Ya discussed Soul Tool prices with Yang Wudi and learned that Soul Charging Stations charged commoners nine copper soul coins per unit of Soul Power.
• Lin Ya urged Yang Wudi and Niu Gao not to underestimate ordinary people, since future weapons could let common soldiers challenge low-level soul masters.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao hoped Lin Ya might unify Douluo Continent, though they considered it unlikely given the New Interception Sect’s limited strength.
• Lin Ya returned to the New Interception Sect and planned to use the Life Goddess’s two God-Given Soul Rings to strengthen his Emerald Swan and Heavenly Register.
• Lin Ya asked Yang Wudi and Niu Gao to guard him, then entered the secret chamber and began absorbing a God-Given Soul Ring.