Chapter Summaries

Jun Tianlin concealed his true Soul Rings before defeating Qian Lin and Li Zong in the Soul Fight with his sword techniques. The chapter revealed that years of killing had strengthened his mastery of the Seven Kill Swordplay.

• Tianlin showed an ordinary-looking Soul Ring configuration, but Tang San saw through his concealment and revealed that Tianlin's second Soul Ring was a thousand-year ring and his fourth was a ten-thousand-year ring.
• Li Zong targeted Ning Rongrong with a locked-on spear attack, but Tianlin transferred the lock-on effect to Qian Lin, causing the spear to strike Qian Lin's shield.
• Qian Lin and Li Zong joined forces against Tianlin, who used Blood Soaked Mountains and Rivers to damage their defenses.
• Tianlin unleashed Sky Collapse and Earth Crack, knocking Qian Lin and Li Zong out of the arena while holding back enough to avoid killing them.
• Tianlin's history revealed that Chen Xin had trained him through Deathmatches and hunts across the continent, where he killed hundreds and honed his Seven Kill Swordplay.

After the soul fights, Tianlin warned Ma Hongjun to abandon brothels now that his evil fire was suppressed, then took Tang San aside for a private conversation. Tianlin claimed they were fellow transmigrators from another world, and Tang San accepted the story while concealing his own suspicions.

• Dai Mubai refused Ma Hongjun’s suggestion to go have fun, and Zhu Zhuqing left after criticizing Dai’s past behavior.
• Tianlin and Flender warned Ma Hongjun not to visit brothels now that the Ice Soul Pill had suppressed his evil fire, and Ma Hongjun promised to stop.
• Tianlin asked Tang San to speak alone, and Xiao Wu quietly followed them to a deserted park in Suotuo City.
• Tianlin and Tang San used Secret Sound Transmission, and Tianlin said he came from another world after recognizing Tang San’s Tang Sect techniques.
• Tang San briefly showed killing intent but decided against attacking Tianlin, then accepted Tianlin’s claim that he belonged to the hidden Mount Shu Sect.
• Hidden nearby, Tang Hao and Yin Yang watched the two exchange unfamiliar clasped-fist greetings and wondered about their etiquette.

Tianlin convinced Tang San that the Tang Sect had never expelled him and had named him its future leader, prompting Tang San to vow to spread the sect’s name across Douluo Continent. Tianlin then asked to buy hidden-weapon blueprints and proposed a separate deal for finished Tang Sect weapons, leaving Tang San to consider the offers.

• Tianlin told Tang San that the Tang Sect had regretted his departure, made him an inner disciple, and chosen him as the next sect leader.
• Tang San believed Tianlin’s account, knelt toward the horizon in tears, and vowed to spread the Tang Sect’s name.
• Xiao Wu accused Tianlin of bullying Tang San, but Tang San explained that Tianlin had given him important news and promised to repay his kindness.
• Tianlin asked Tang San to sell him the blueprints for four basic hidden weapons for one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang San asked Tianlin to explain his proposed partnership, and Tianlin offered to cooperate on finished Wrath of the Buddha Tang Lotus and Pear Blossom Rain Needle weapons without buying their blueprints.

Tianlin negotiated a deal with Tang San to supply Hidden Weapon materials in exchange for blueprints and first claim on future advanced weapons. He secretly gave Tang San and Xiao Wu pills designed to undermine their prospects, then returned to find Ning Rongrong waiting for him.

• Tianlin offered Tang San a partnership in which the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would provide materials and money for Hidden Weapon blueprints, with first claim on future weapons like the Wrath of the Buddha Tang Lotus.
• Tang San agreed to provide the basic Hidden Weapon blueprints and asked that they not be shared with other sects or affiliated clans; Tianlin paid him one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Wu took the Gold Card, and Tianlin gave Tang San a Xuan Yuan Pill and Xiao Wu an Aura Concealing Pill while concealing his harmful intentions toward both.
• Tianlin left Tang San and Xiao Wu, intending to limit Tang San's strength and retain the ability to expose Xiao Wu when he chose.
• Tianlin met Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy's gate and took her to a luxurious hotel in the city.

Tianlin explained his plans for Tang San’s hidden weapons and his own talismans to Ning Rongrong, who broke through to level thirty after meditating. At Shrek Academy, Tang San delivered the hidden weapon blueprints and revealed that he had also reached level thirty, drawing praise from Flender, Yin Yang, and Tang Hao.

• Tianlin told Ning Rongrong that Tang San’s hidden weapons could strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while he planned to equip her with talismans instead.
• Tianlin revealed that he had completed three Star Shift Talismans and could summon Chen Xin to protect him if Tang San or Tang Hao turned against him.
• Ning Rongrong meditated through the night and broke through to level thirty before returning to Shrek Academy with Tianlin.
• Tang San handed Tianlin the hidden weapon blueprints and said the Xuan Yuan Pill had helped him break through to level thirty.
• Dai Mubai asked Tianlin for a pill, but Tianlin refused, and Flender, Yin Yang, and Tang Hao celebrated Ning Rongrong’s and Tang San’s breakthroughs.

Oscar joined the others after breaking through to level thirty, and Zhao Wuji led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts. Tianlin accompanied them to protect Ning Rongrong and pursue his own plans, while Tang Hao entrusted Tang San’s safety to Yin Yang before leaving; the group stopped for the night at a town hotel, where they encountered Canghui Academy.

• Oscar arrived and revealed that he had reached level thirty, prompting Flender to arrange a Soul Beast hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Hao paid Yin Yang with Black Sky Armor to protect Ning Rongrong and Xiao Tian and to watch over Tang San as best he could while Tang Hao left.
• Tianlin joined Zhao Wuji’s group, and they set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others.
• Tianlin noticed that Xiao Wu’s Aura Concealing Pill hid her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura, advancing his plan to disrupt one of Tang San’s opportunities.
• The group stopped at a town hotel for the night, where Tianlin paid for Ma Hongjun’s room and told him not to provoke the arrogant Canghui Academy students.
• Dai Mubai mocked Canghui Academy, but Tianlin rebuked him and insisted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect did not start trouble unless others offended them first.

Tianlin watched Dai Mubai’s clash with Canghui Academy escalate after its students attacked him despite his warning that he belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After the Shrek students defeated them, Ye Zhiqiu revealed his Soul King strength, and Tianlin proposed a one-on-one fight with a kneeling apology as the stakes.

• Tianlin advised Ma Hongjun to use his sect’s influence when needed, while Tang San caught a falling plate and Dai Mubai struck the Canghui student who had tripped the waiter.
• Canghui Academy’s students attacked, Xiao Wu scattered them, and one spear-wielding student ignored Tianlin’s warning and attacked him.
• Tianlin told Ma Hongjun to retaliate, and Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Dai Mubai quickly defeated the Canghui students.
• Ye Zhiqiu introduced himself and backed down after learning of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Dai Mubai challenged his respect for Shrek Academy.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed his Mystic Turtle Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, and Tianlin proposed a one-on-one Soul Fight with the loser required to kneel and apologize.

Tianlin challenged Ye Zhiqiu to withstand one attack and revealed the overwhelming power of his fourth Soul Skill, forcing Ye to admit defeat and apologize. After the battle, Tianlin returned to the Tavern with Ning Rongrong, while Zhao Wuji wondered how Shrek Academy could compete with him.

• Tianlin moved the fight outside and told Ye Zhiqiu he would use only one attack against his defense.
• Tianlin revealed his Soul Ring configuration and unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, the Radiant Immortal Execution Slash, breaking through Ye Zhiqiu's Mystic Turtle Body Protection.
• Tianlin redirected the strike into the ground, carving a huge ravine, and Ye Zhiqiu admitted defeat, apologized, and fled with his students.
• Tianlin warned Ma Hongjun to cultivate diligently and accepted Tang San's praise before returning to the Tavern with Ning Rongrong.
• Zhao Wuji watched from the shadows and concluded that the Shrek students were far behind Tianlin.

Tianlin met Yin Yang secretly, learned Tang Hao had forced him to swear not to reveal the hundred-thousand-year soul beast’s identity, and promised him Tang Hao’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as compensation. The group reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhao Wuji warned them about its dangers and Ning Rongrong recalled the mysterious auras seen there twelve years earlier.

• Tianlin asked Yin Yang to carry out a task ahead of the group’s arrival at the Star Dou Great Forest, then inferred that Tang Hao had forced him to swear an oath about the little rabbit’s identity.
• Tianlin promised Yin Yang that he would take Tang Hao’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and give it to him as an apology gift.
• Tianlin paid extra for repairs to the road he had damaged, and Ning Rongrong told the others about his life mottos.
• Tianlin encouraged Ma Hongjun to air out his bedding in good weather and walk twenty thousand steps each day.
• Zhao Wuji warned the group to stay close and remain cautious in the Star Dou Great Forest because its soul beasts had grown stronger after a riot twelve years earlier.
• Ning Rongrong recalled that terrifying auras had appeared in the forest on the day a meteor crossed the sky, but investigators from Spirit Hall and the Seven Great Sects had found nothing.

Tianlin considered the ancient Ferocious Beast auras as his group traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest. When a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent appeared, he offered to help Oscar capture it and began setting up an array.

• Tianlin recalled that the strange auras had appeared on the day he was born and suspected Ferocious Beasts were involved.
• A sealed giant grub sensed Tianlin's return to the Star Dou Great Forest and spread its Mental Power toward him.
• Tianlin stopped Dai Mubai from killing Soul Beasts unnecessarily as the group traveled through the forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a flying snake, and Tang San identified it as a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suitable for Oscar's Soul Ring.
• Tianlin offered to restrain the serpent for Oscar, then took Array Stones from his Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch and prepared to set an array.

Tianlin trapped the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent in a Tianxuan Maze and used talismans to seal its Soul Power and bind its body, leaving Oscar ready to claim its Soul Ring. Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived to demand the serpent, while Zhao Wuji realized the Dragon Duke might be nearby.

• Tianlin used seven Array Stones to trap the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent in a simplified Tianxuan Maze.
• Tianlin placed a Spell Restriction Talisman and a Body Binding Talisman on the serpent, and Tang San and Ma Hongjun reacted to his techniques.
• Tianlin called Oscar to deliver the final blow to the immobilized Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and ordered the group to stop, claiming the serpent for themselves.
• Zhao Wuji revealed his seven Soul Rings, then recognized Chao Tianxiang and worried that Dragon Duke Meng Shu might be nearby.

Zhao Wuji let Jun Tianlin and Chao Tianxiang decide who would claim the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Meng Yiran challenged Tianlin to a fair fight. When Tianlin explained that Oscar was the one who needed the Spirit Ring, Chao Tianxiang offered to recruit Oscar and support his future cultivation, leaving Oscar blushing and hesitant.

• Zhao Wuji told Chao Tianxiang that Jun Tianlin had subdued the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and left its ownership to them to settle.
• Chao Tianxiang recognized Jun Tianlin as Sword Douluo's disciple, and Meng Yiran refused to give up the serpent and proposed a fair fight.
• Jun Tianlin explained that Oscar needed the Spirit Ring and could not fight because he was a Food-Type Soul Master.
• Chao Tianxiang, impressed by Oscar's talent and lack of a sect, offered him a place with her family and promised to provide his future Spirit Rings.
• Oscar said he needed the dean's approval, while Tianlin privately planned to bring the Peerless Dragon Serpent couple under his command.

Oscar obtained the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, while Ning Rongrong gained a Soul Power Amplification skill from a Heavenly Spirit Tiger. Tianlin then learned that Meng Yiran was absorbing an over-aged Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and rushed to her aid, hoping to prevent Tang San from ever obtaining the Eight Spider Lances.

• Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and gained the Flying Mushroom Sausage skill, while Snake Granny left with Meng Yiran after agreeing to visit Shrek Academy later.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed a Heavenly Spirit Tiger Soul Ring and gained Soul Power Amplification as the group camped for the night.
• Tianlin learned that the Titan Giant Ape had stayed at Lake of Life and that Meng Yiran had begun absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring.
• Tianlin left camp and asked Yin Yang to take him to Dragon Duke and Snake Granny.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Granny watched in alarm as Meng Yiran struggled to withstand the Man Faced Demon Spider’s over-aged Soul Ring.

Tianlin and Yin Yang used Meng Yiran’s dangerous spirit ring absorption to persuade the Dragon Duke to bring the Dragon Serpent Family into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Tianlin saved Meng Yiran, who obtained her spirit ring and reunited with her relieved grandfather.

• Tianlin and Yin Yang approached the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny, and Tianlin warned that Meng Yiran’s Man Faced Demon Spider was around two thousand years old.
• The Dragon Duke tried to strike himself with his Dragon Staff after believing he could not save Meng Yiran, but Yin Yang stopped him and claimed there was a way to help.
• The Dragon Duke agreed to make the Dragon Serpent Family an affiliated family of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if Tianlin saved Meng Yiran.
• Tianlin used his Holy Spirit Pearl and Holy Breath Barrier to ease Meng Yiran’s spirit ring absorption, revealing his Twin Martial Souls to the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny.
• With Tianlin’s aid, Meng Yiran obtained the two-thousand-year spirit ring, then threw herself into her grandfather’s arms and cried.

Dragon Duke led the Dragon Serpent Family into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Tianlin and Yin Yang saved Meng Yiran, while Tianlin rejected Dragon Duke’s matchmaking attempt. Back at camp, Tianlin gave Tang San a poisonous plant Soul Beast he had chosen to prevent Tang San from obtaining the Eight Spider Lances.

• Dragon Duke comforted Meng Yiran, introduced her to Thunder Eagle and Tianlin, and announced that the Dragon Serpent Family would join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tianlin politely rejected Dragon Duke’s attempt to pair him with Meng Yiran, and Snake Granny told Dragon Duke about a promising Food-Type Soul Master.
• Tianlin returned to camp with Yin Yang and the Dragon Serpent Family, where Ning Rongrong welcomed them and Dragon Duke confirmed his family’s allegiance to the sect.
• Zhao Wuji and the others reacted to the sect’s increased strength, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing grew wary of its ties to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tianlin gave Tang San a poisonous thorn-covered plant Soul Beast that Yin Yang had found, intending to keep Tang San from obtaining the Eight Spider Lances.

After Tang San became a Soul Elder with a new Blue Silver Grass skill, Tianlin left the group to follow a mysterious voice that spoke directly into his soul. The voice guided him through the Star Dou Great Forest to a golden-lit cave.

• Tang San absorbed the Purple Vein Thorns Soul Ring, became a Soul Elder, and gained Blue Silver Strangulation without obtaining an External Soul Bone.
• Tianlin reflected that Tang San had lost the opportunities to become a twin god and praised him while concealing his pity.
• A mysterious young man's voice spoke directly into Tianlin's soul and asked him to leave his companions and find it.
• Tianlin said goodbye to Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Zhao Wuji, and the others, then headed away from the group.
• After the others had left the forest, Tianlin contacted the voice and followed its guidance deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The voice concealed Tianlin's aura as he passed nearby Soul Beasts and led him to a cave glowing with golden light.

Tianlin found the Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm sealed in a cave and learned that his Demon Sword and Holy Spirit Pearl had once been among divine treasures that fell into the Star Dou Great Forest. After discovering the other sword and five pearls had been taken by Ferocious Beasts, Tianlin resolved to reclaim them, but heavy footsteps at the cave entrance signaled the return of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

• Tianlin entered a golden cave and found the Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm sealed inside a crystal.
• The Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm recognized Tianlin's Demon Sword and Holy Spirit Pearl as two treasures that had saved it twelve years earlier.
• The Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm recounted how two swords and six pearls fell into the Lake of Life, where Di Tian's attack scattered them among the Ferocious Beasts.
• Tianlin learned that the Illuminating Courage Divine Sword had suppressed Demon Spirit and decided to reclaim the other sword and five pearls.
• The Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm revealed that Bear Lord had captured it and sealed it in the cave as a cultivation tool.
• Heavy footsteps sounded outside as two giant Soul Beasts approached, including the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Jun Tianlin hid in a cave while Bear Lord and the Earth Behemoth drained Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm’s Soul Power, then freed the silkworm and escaped with it. As they fled Star Dou Great Forest, Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm offered to become a Wisdom Spirit Ring for Tianlin.

• Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm urged Tianlin to hide until Bear Lord and the Earth Behemoth left, and Tianlin concealed himself with a Stealth Talisman.
• Tianlin watched Bear Lord and the Earth Behemoth drain Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm, then learned that the younger beast was an earth-attributed Behemoth nearing one hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Tianlin decided to claim the Earth Behemoth as a future Spirit Ring after it reached one hundred thousand years.
• After the two beasts left, Tianlin used Feng Shui Circulation to dissolve the Dark Gold Seal and free Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm.
• Tianlin put Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm in his Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch and raced out of Star Dou Great Forest, while the silkworm offered to become a Wisdom Spirit Ring for him.

Tianlin brought the Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and planned to restore its origin and refine a Snow Soul Divine Pill to help it break through its cultivation bottleneck. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong endured Grandmaster’s running drills because she hoped to learn his Spirit Fusion Theory for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, though she resented his withholding its principles.

• Tianlin learned the Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm could offer him only a nine-hundred-ninety-thousand-year soul ring because its origin had been damaged.
• Tianlin escaped the Star Dou Great Forest, traveled to Sunset Forest, and brought the Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tianlin gathered medicinal herbs, including a Ten Thousand Year Snow Silkworm, to prepare to refine a Snow Soul Divine Pill.
• Tianlin and the Golden Pattern Ice Silkworm promised to help each other reach greater heights, including godhood for the silkworm.
• Grandmaster began the Shrek Seven Devils’ Devil Training, and Ning Rongrong endured the running drills because she hoped to learn Spirit Fusion Theory.
• Ning Rongrong privately resented Grandmaster for publishing the name of his theory without explaining how it worked.

Yin Yang secretly studied Tang San’s techniques while guarding him and Ning Rongrong, and the Royal Fight Team arrived at Shrek Academy with Qin Ming. The chapter ended with Qin Ming introducing his students to Flender and Zhao Wuji.

• Yin Yang used Divine Eagle Eyes to study Tang San’s cultivation and techniques, learning much of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Yin Yang suspected Tianlin knew Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and was concealing her identity for his own plans.
• The Royal Fight Team arrived at Shrek Academy after defeating a Soul Ancestor team, while the Shrek Seven Devils remained a Silver Soul Team.
• Qin Ming reunited with Zhao Wuji and Flender, who learned that Qin Ming had reached level sixty-six.
• Qin Ming introduced the Royal Fight Team to his former teachers.