Chapter Summaries

Mo Lin and Mo Jia visited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to enlist its support against the Clear Sky Sect and bring Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong back. Mo Lin revealed that he was Yu Yuanzhen’s nephew and told him the Clear Sky Sect had killed his mother.

• Mo Lin chose to visit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect before returning to Spirit Hall, and Mo Jia accompanied him.
• Mo Lin and Mo Jia assessed the sect’s strength while waiting for Yu Yuanzhen to meet them.
• Yu Yuanzhen recognized the bracelet Mo Lin gave him as the one he had gifted his younger sister and realized Mo Lin was her son.
• Mo Lin told Yu Yuanzhen that his mother had died fourteen years earlier and named the Clear Sky Sect as her killer.
• Yu Yuanzhen questioned how the Clear Sky Sect could have done it, and Mo Lin challenged his belief that major powers were free of wrongdoing.

Mo Lin explained that Clear Sky Sect had caused Yu Yuanling’s death and sought Yu Yuanzhen’s help in taking revenge. Yu Yuanzhen learned the Mo Family had four Title Douluo, weighed the threat posed by Clear Sky Sect, and discussed the expulsion of Yu Xiaogang before Mo Lin hinted at sidelining the elders.

• Mo Lin told Yu Yuanzhen that Clear Sky Sect had hunted Yu Yuanling because of her love for Mo Di, persuading him to consider revenge.
• Mo Lin introduced Mo Jia as a level ninety-five Title Douluo and revealed that the Mo Family had four Title Douluo, bringing the potential alliance’s total to five.
• Mo Lin warned Yu Yuanzhen that Clear Sky Sect had seven Title Douluo, including Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, and said Yu Xiaogang could help strengthen their lesser forces.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that the elders had ultimately expelled Yu Xiaogang amid growing ridicule and unrest within the clan.
• Mo Lin asked Yu Yuanzhen to write a letter for Yu Xiaogang and suggested that the elders could be kept from interfering, while assuring him that Mo Jia would exercise restraint.

Mo Lin coached Yu Yuanzhen into writing an emotional letter to Grandmaster and arranged further steps to bring him back. On the way to the Heaven Dou capital, Mo Lin explained that he was also steering the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan toward an alliance with the Mo Family and Spirit Hall, leaving Mo Jia suspicious of his larger plans.

• Yu Yuanzhen repeatedly revised his letter to Grandmaster under Mo Lin and Mo Jia’s guidance until Mo Lin approved it.
• Mo Lin and Mo Jia left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for the Heaven Dou capital, with Mo Lin explaining that Grandmaster still loved his father despite their estrangement.
• Mo Lin reminded Mo Jia to pose as Yu Mo and himself as Yu Jia, elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Mo Lin explained that the clan’s neutrality left it vulnerable in an approaching war and proposed that it ally with the Mo Family and Spirit Hall through him.
• Mo Jia questioned Mo Lin’s motives, and Mo Lin assured him that his plans would benefit the Mo Family.

Mo Lin and Mo Jia arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Mo Lin used his appearance-changing soul skill to keep their plans separate. After visiting the Spirit Hall Cathedral and warning Salas not to sabotage Shrek Academy or antagonize the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, they disguised themselves as clan elders and headed for the imperial palace.

• Mo Lin used his soul skill to alter and restore his appearance, assuring Mo Jia that they could conceal their identities.
• Mo Lin presented Bibi Dong's Papal Token to the guards at the Heaven Dou City Spirit Hall Cathedral and entered with Mo Jia.
• Salas recognized Mo Lin and was reprimanded after suggesting he could eliminate Shrek Academy's competitors.
• Mo Lin ordered Salas to hinder Shrek Academy only if Spirit Hall's involvement stayed hidden and warned him not to target the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or Thunderclap Academy.
• Mo Lin told Mo Jia that Salas's arrogance could undermine their plans and said he intended to remove him once he gained power.
• Mo Lin and Mo Jia changed their appearances, put on Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder robes and insignias, and headed toward the imperial palace.

Mo Lin and Mo Jia represented the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, while Flander warned Yu Xiaogang that their presence might signal the clan’s support for the empire. During a private visit to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, Mo Lin hinted that he knew the prince was Qian Renxue and found no powerful Soul Masters nearby.

• Mo Lin and Mo Jia greeted Emperor Xue Ye, who welcomed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s elders and arranged their accommodations.
• Mo Lin told Mo Jia that he would visit the Crown Prince that night, making sure others could hear him.
• Flander told Yu Xiaogang that two Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders had arrived, and Yu Xiaogang worried the clan might be ending its neutrality to support the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Flander presented the students with new tournament uniforms and left Yu Xiaogang to handle their complaints.
• Mo Lin visited Xue Qinghe and tested the prince by describing him with words that hinted he knew Qian Renxue’s identity.
• Qian Renxue reacted with a slight fluctuation in soul power, while Mo Lin sensed no other powerful Soul Masters nearby.

Mo Lin revealed to Qian Renxue that he knew her identity and urged her not to blame Spirit Hall alone when investigating Tang Hao. The next day, he took Yu Tianxin away from Thunderclap Academy to compare their lightning attacks, ending by asking what difference Tianxin saw.

• Mo Lin told Qian Renxue he had come on his own behalf and advised her to implicate another faction as well as Spirit Hall in any discussion of Tang Hao.
• Mo Lin teased Qian Renxue before leaving, then reflected that he needed to build ties with her and other key Spirit Hall figures.
• Mo Lin and Mo Jia visited Thunderclap Academy, where Mo Lin introduced Mo Jia as Elder Yu Jia and took Yu Tianxin away to talk.
• In a forest, Mo Lin had Yu Tianxin use his fourth soul skill, then demonstrated Palm Thunder and asked him to compare the attacks.

Mo Lin demonstrated his lightning techniques to Yu Tianxin and offered to teach him, giving him a rare herb and revealing his connection to the clan leader. As Yu Tianxin absorbed the herb, Mo Lin passed Yang Five Thunders into his mind and helped him begin cultivating it.

• Mo Lin demonstrated his precise lightning techniques, and Yu Tianxin admitted he was outmatched and asked to learn them.
• Mo Lin gave Yu Tianxin the Nine Thunder Dragon Glorybind and revealed that he was Yuan Ling’s son and the clan leader’s nephew.
• Yu Tianxin began absorbing the herb while Mo Lin used Double Full Hands to pass him Yang Five Thunders cultivation methods and memories of its applications.
• Mo Lin guided Yu Tianxin’s soul power as he began cultivating Yang Five Thunders and adapting to the new power emerging from his heart.

After helping Yu Tianxin absorb the Nine Thunder Dragon Glorybind, Mo Lin and Mo Jia attended the tournament opening, where Mo Lin reassured Emperor Xue Ye about the seating arrangement beside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Bone Douluo sensed that Mo Jia was a Title Douluo whose strength might exceed his own.

• Yu Tianxin absorbed the Nine Thunder Dragon Glorybind, reached Rank 46, and called Mo Lin “Little Uncle” after Mo Lin insisted.
• Mo Lin warned Yu Tianxin that he must avoid intimacy with girls until he had fully mastered his new technique.
• Mo Lin told Mo Jia he was delaying giving Master the letter until the timing would make its effect stronger, and said they would watch the tournament matches.
• At the arena, Mo Lin accepted the seats beside Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, reassuring Emperor Xue Ye that the seating would not cause trouble.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Mo Lin, while Mo Lin and Mo Jia discussed why Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Fengzhi disliked each other.
• Bone Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that Mo Lin was an experienced Soul King and Mo Jia was a Title Douluo who might be stronger than him.

Mo Lin reviewed Shrek Academy’s roster and concluded that the world’s corrective force had preserved the team’s original levels, though Tang San might lack the same protections and advantages. As Shrek prepared to face Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy’s second team, Mo Lin and Ning Fengzhi exchanged guarded predictions about the match.

• Mo Lin noticed the three deans of Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy and reflected on how he had encouraged Dugu Bo to build a connection with Tang San.
• Mo Lin checked Shrek Academy’s roster and found its competitors’ listed levels unchanged from the original story, including Tang San at level forty-one.
• The tournament draw placed Shrek Academy in the third match against Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy’s second team.
• Yu Xiaogang looked toward Mo Lin, then withdrew his gaze when Mo Lin met it; Flander noticed and urged him to focus on the match.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Mo Lin to predict the match, and Mo Lin suggested the stronger side would win if it kept its composure.
• Ning Fengzhi predicted that the side Mo Lin described as stronger was less likely to win, and Mo Lin challenged his judgment.

Mo Lin tricked Ning Fengzhi into betting fifty thousand gold soul coins on Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, even though he secretly backed Shrek Academy. After Shrek won, Mo Lin and Mo Jia planned to divert Ning Fengzhi’s attention, while Ning Fengzhi took Tang San to meet someone who knew why Tang Hao had disappeared.

• Mo Lin bet on Shrek Academy after Ning Fengzhi wagered fifty thousand gold soul coins on the next match, leaving Ning Fengzhi unable to back out in front of Emperor Xue Ye.
• Tang San revealed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• Mo Lin asked Ning Fengzhi to send the wager and told Mo Jia they needed to disrupt his plan to help the Heaven Dou Imperial Family seize someone.
• Ning Fengzhi reunited with Ning Rongrong after the match and greeted the Shrek students, while hiding that his cane had broken.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Tang San to come with him to meet someone who knew why Tang Hao had vanished from public view after becoming a Titled Douluo.

Mo Lin monitored Xue Qinghe’s conversation with Tang San about Tang Hao’s departure from the Clear Sky Sect, then explained how his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan position could help Qian Renxue’s future plans. The chapter ended with Mo Jia confronting an injured Tang Hao in a forest outside Heaven Dou City.

• Mo Lin told Mo Jia to watch the teahouse entrance and engage any approaching Title Douluo while he shifted positions.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang San that the Clear Sky Sect had pressured Tang Hao to leave after learning he possessed a secret treasure, but had found no information about Tang San’s mother.
• After Tang San left, Ning Fengzhi asked Xue Qinghe why he had not heard about the Clear Sky Sect before, and Xue Qinghe said he had learned the information only the day before.
• Mo Lin met Qian Renxue after Ning Fengzhi left and explained that his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan position could provide cover and support for her future actions.
• Mo Jia confronted an injured Tang Hao in a remote forest outside Heaven Dou City, holding Non-Aggression in sword form.

Mo Jia fought Tang Hao to keep him away from a teahouse where Xue Qinghe was speaking with Tang San, then returned to Mo Lin and reached level ninety-six. Tang Hao survived with new injuries and began wondering why a Titled Douluo had blocked his approach to the teahouse.

• Tang Hao approached the teahouse where Tang San was meeting Ning Fengzhi, but Mo Jia intercepted him and challenged him to withstand a powerful attack.
• Mo Jia and Tang Hao unleashed their ninth soul skills, devastating the surrounding forest; Bone Douluo Gu Rong later found the battle site empty and reported his suspicions to Ning Fengzhi.
• Mo Jia returned to Mo Lin's residence injured, and Mo Lin healed him while congratulating him on breaking through to level ninety-six.
• Mo Jia learned that he had fought Tang Hao and questioned why Mo Lin had kept Tang Hao away from the teahouse.
• Mo Lin explained that Xue Qinghe had planted doubts about the Clear Sky Sect in Tang San's mind, which could deepen Tang San's resentment toward the sect and trouble Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao treated his wounds in hiding and speculated that someone important in the teahouse had been the reason Mo Jia stopped him.

Ning Fengzhi reported Bone Douluo Gu Rong’s discovery to Xue Ye, who ordered increased patrols while allowing the Soul Master Tournament to continue. Mo Lin taunted Ning Fengzhi over a promise, argued with Salas about the Shrek Academy–Elephant Armor Sect match, and watched Shrek win.

• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye what Gu Rong had discovered and asked whether the tournament should be suspended, but Xue Ye ordered increased patrols and the immediate reporting of suspicious activity.
• Ning Fengzhi added that he had another matter to report concerning Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Mo Lin reminded Ning Fengzhi to keep his promise, and Ning Fengzhi said the promised delivery would arrive at Mo Lin’s residence that day.
• Xue Ye asked Mo Lin to predict the match, and Mo Lin backed Shrek Academy while Salas argued that the Elephant Armor Sect was stronger.
• Tang San struggled against the Elephant Armor Sect’s attack and briefly put Shrek at a disadvantage, but he quickly restored the team’s formation.
• Xiao Wu’s Charm helped Shrek knock out Huyan Li, and the Elephant Armor Sect soon collapsed; Mo Lin left by Salas and said he had been right.

Shrek learned that Yu Tianxin had reached rank forty-seven and went to watch Thunderclap Academy compete. There, Mo Lin challenged Tang San’s condemnation of Spirit Hall for keeping the fusion school secret, leaving Tang San unable to answer.

• Yu Tianxin led Thunderclap Academy through a string of victories after reaching rank forty-seven with the Nine Thunder Dragon Glorybind’s medicinal power.
• Yu Xiaogang told the Shrek students that Yu Tianxin was his nephew and a rank-forty-seven member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• The Shrek group went to the central arena to observe Thunderclap Academy’s match and discussed different soul master schools.
• Mo Lin interrupted Tang San’s discussion and compared Spirit Hall’s secrecy about the fusion school to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect keeping Heart Separation Control secret.
• Mo Lin argued that Spirit Hall had the same right as the great sects to keep its techniques private, and Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender let him leave without responding.

Mo Lin secretly killed Shi Nian and took his Soul Bone while Tang San escaped an illusion without realizing what had happened. He then brought Thunderclap Academy's students to train against his upgraded puppets, launching them into a chaotic battle.

• Tang San decided that Spirit Hall's actions still justified his hatred and left the Soul Arena, while Shi Nian followed him out of the city and Mo Lin followed Shi Nian.
• Mo Lin attacked Shi Nian with white flames, devoured his soul, and took his Soul Bone and belongings before hiding the corpse.
• Tang San remained trapped in Shi Nian's illusion for ten minutes, then returned to Shrek Academy confused when he found nothing had happened there.
• Mo Lin returned to Thunderclap Academy's lounge and assured the team leader that Yu Tianxin's temporary boost would not harm his future cultivation.
• Mo Lin took the students outside, demonstrated his upgraded puppets, and started training by activating all seven against them.

Thunderclap Academy’s students lost their training match against Mo Lin’s puppets, and Mo Lin assigned them regular training sessions. In the tournament, Shrek Academy fell behind Blazing Academy after Huang Yuan was knocked unconscious, but Tang San disabled the Fire Leopard soul master and shifted the advantage back toward Shrek.

• Mo Lin defeated Thunderclap Academy’s seven main members with his puppets and ordered them to train against the puppets twice a week.
• Mo Lin watched Shrek Academy face Blazing Academy and observed that Tang San struggled to use his Blue Silver Grass around flames.
• Huo Wu’s Repelling Fire Ring knocked Dai Mubai, Tailong, and Huang Yuan off balance, and the Fire Leopard soul master knocked Huang Yuan unconscious.
• Xiao Wu and Jing Ling protected Tailong while Tang San pulled Dai Mubai clear of Huo Wushuang’s attack.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to reach the isolated Fire Leopard soul master, restrain him, and leave him unable to fight.

Mo Lin manipulated Xue Ye and Salas while Shrek defeated Blazing Academy, then prepared Mo Jia for a role in Shrek’s next match. As Blue Sunshine Academy revealed its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, Mo Lin pointed out that it had fatal flaws but claimed he could not recall the details.

• Mo Lin praised Tang San’s footwork and suggested that techniques requiring no Soul Power could benefit the Heaven Dou Empire, angering Salas.
• Shrek defeated Blazing Academy after Huang Yuan returned to the fight, and Mo Lin asked Mo Jia about his acting skills and began explaining a plan.
• Mo Lin lounged through Shrek’s match against Blue Sunshine Academy, whose students taunted Shrek before launching their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Xue Ye wondered whether the attack was a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ning Fengzhi said he did not think such a skill was possible.
• Mo Lin explained that Blue Sunshine Academy’s attack came from similar martial souls resonating and claimed it had serious flaws, but said he could not recall the details.

Tang San defeated Blue Sunshine Academy after discovering its captain knew of Shi Nian and believed Tang San had taken something from him. After the match, Salas tried to interrogate Tang San, but Mo Lin intervened, and Mo Jia arrived to confront Salas.

• Inside the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, Tang San recognized its spiritual pressure and learned that Blue Sunshine Academy’s captain believed he possessed something belonging to Shi Nian, who had targeted him before.
• Tang San defeated Blue Sunshine Academy, and the host declared Shrek Academy the winner as the mist cleared and the opposing students collapsed.
• Salas summoned Flender and demanded that Shrek Academy’s students be questioned, then insisted on interrogating Tang San despite Flender and Ning Fengzhi objecting.
• Mo Lin defended Shrek Academy as an observer and challenged Salas for blaming them before the incident had been investigated.
• Mo Jia entered the room and reminded Salas of his warning that someone else could take his position as Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall Cathedral in Heaven Dou City.

Mo Lin helped Flender and Liu Erlong force Salas to resign, then admitted to Mo Jia that he had faked a papal decree because he lacked the authority to dismiss him. Liu Erlong learned that Yu Xiaogang still felt attached to his clan, while Shrek Academy lost to Skywater Academy and finished the preliminaries in fourth place.

• Mo Jia used Mo Lin's apparent papal authority to make Salas agree to resign after the tournament, and Mo Lin left with Flender and Liu Erlong.
• Mo Lin told Mo Jia that he had pretended to deliver the Pope's decree to remove Salas, and said he had enough money to bring the Mo Family back to the continent.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder had helped them, and Yu Xiaogang admitted he wished he could return but doubted the clan elders would allow it.
• Shrek Academy faced Skywater Academy in the final preliminary match, and Tang San was frozen by Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix after their teams exchanged techniques.
• Shrek Academy lost to Skywater Academy and fell to fourth place in the preliminary rankings.

Mo Lin and Mo Jia tracked down Dugu Bo and Yue Guan just as they were about to fight, and Mo Lin intervened to mediate. He suspected Dugu Bo had been hunted for secretly accessing Spirit Hall’s confidential records, but Dugu Bo remained silent, leaving the truth unresolved.

• Mo Lin and Mo Jia searched for Dugu Bo and Yue Guan, using their respective powers to find a clue and track them into the forest.
• Yue Guan confronted Dugu Bo, and the two prepared to settle their old dispute before Mo Lin and Mo Jia arrived.
• Mo Lin and Mo Jia’s presence made Dugu Bo and Yue Guan hold back, and Mo Lin reminded Dugu Bo of their past connection.
• Dugu Bo explained that he would eventually fight Yue Guan regardless, while Mo Lin asked why Spirit Hall had hunted him down years ago.
• Mo Lin proposed that Dugu Bo had been caught secretly seeking information on Twin Martial Souls in Spirit Hall, and Dugu Bo reacted with shock but did not answer.