Chapter Summaries

After two spirit masters betrayed and wounded Lin Ye, he revealed his God-Rank Dark Demon Evil God Tiger martial soul and used its Devour ability to kill them. As their bodies vanished, pure energy welled up inside Lin Ye.

• Lin Ye recalled helping Scarface and Scny-Monkey fight a seven-hundred-year-old sabertooth tiger before they stabbed him and demanded his valuables.
• Lin Ye summoned his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger martial soul, terrifying the two spirit masters despite having no spirit rings.
• Scarface and Scny-Monkey attacked Lin Ye with their first spirit skills, but his Devour ability absorbed their attacks and drained their spirit power.
• Lin Ye trapped the two men with the black hole’s suction and surrounding gale as they begged him to spare them.
• Lin Ye expanded the black hole and devoured Scarface and Scny-Monkey, then felt pure energy surge through his body.

Lin Ye absorbed a seven-hundred-year Spirit Ring, broke through to level twenty-two, and gained the Evil God Thirteen Slashes skill. While seeking a place to wash, he rescued the gravely wounded Zhu Zhuqing, who woke to find he knew her sister was hunting her.

• Lin Ye used his Devour skill to recover and strengthen himself, then killed a seven-hundred-year Sabertooth Tiger and absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• Lin Ye broke through to level twenty-two and tested his first soul skill, Evil God Thirteen Slashes, which shattered a boulder.
• Lin Ye found Zhu Zhuqing unconscious and bleeding in a secluded pool, pulled her ashore, and used absorbed energy to stabilize her injuries.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke beside Lin Ye's campfire and asked whether he had saved her and what he wanted.
• Lin Ye introduced himself and revealed that he knew Zhu Zhuqing's biological sister was hunting her, leaving Zhu Zhuqing shocked and demanding to know who he was.

Lin Ye reassured the injured Zhu Zhuqing and fed her before a nearly two-thousand-year-old Darkrock Giant Rhino appeared. He revealed his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul and attacked the beast, leaving the battle unresolved as his slashes began to break through its armor.

• Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing he meant her no harm and gave her roasted chicken, which she cautiously ate before thanking him.
• The ground shook, and a Darkrock Giant Rhino emerged from the darkness; Zhu Zhuqing urged Lin Ye to run.
• Lin Ye recognized the rhino as a nearly two-thousand-year Soul Beast and welcomed the chance to obtain a second Spirit Ring.
• Lin Ye activated his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul, causing Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Spirit Cat to tremble and resonate with it.
• Lin Ye used his first Spirit Skill, Evil God Thirteen Slashes, and the first six strikes barely marked the rhino's armor before the seventh began to exceed its limits.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing killed a Darkrock Giant Rhino, and Lin Ye absorbed its nearly two-thousand-year Spirit Ring despite Zhu Zhuqing's warnings. He gained a Thousand-Year second Spirit Ring and the Evil God Guard skill, but a sudden attack flew toward Zhu Zhuqing as the chapter ended.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing worked together to break the Darkrock Giant Rhino's armor and kill it.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned Lin Ye that absorbing the rhino's nearly two-thousand-year Spirit Ring could kill someone at his level, but Lin Ye began absorbing it anyway.
• Zhu Zhuqing guarded Lin Ye while he absorbed the Spirit Ring, which raised his Soul Power from Level 22 to level 25.
• Lin Ye gained the Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, strengthened his body, and discovered his second soul skill, Evil God Guard.
• A sharp wave of light shot from the darkness toward the back of Zhu Zhuqing's head, and Lin Ye shouted a warning.

Lin Ye saved Zhu Zhuqing from a hidden attack, then she learned the attackers were assassins sent by her sister. The three masked pursuers surrounded them in the forest, led by a Soul Elder who mocked Zhu Zhuqing and Lin Ye.

• A beam shot toward Zhu Zhuqing, but Lin Ye pulled her into his arms and saved her from being struck.
• Lin Ye made an awkward remark about Zhu Zhuqing's figure, and she blushed, accused him of being a pervert, and sprang away.
• Lin Ye sensed three human attackers approaching, and Zhu Zhuqing identified them as assassins sent by her sister.
• Three masked men emerged, including a Soul Elder and two Great Soul Masters, and their leader taunted Zhu Zhuqing about her companion.

Lin Ye defended Zhu Zhuqing from three assassins sent by Zhu Zhuyun and revealed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s millennial second Soul Ring. He overwhelmed the attackers with his spirit skills while Zhu Zhuqing circled to flank them.

• A three-ringed Soul Elder and two men in black confronted Zhu Zhuqing, mocked her, and threatened her and Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye pulled Zhu Zhuqing behind him and challenged the assassins, while she prepared to fight beside him.
• The assassins summoned their martial souls and attacked Lin Ye as Zhu Zhuqing circled around them.
• Lin Ye revealed his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger possession and millennial second Soul Ring, then blocked the Soul Elder’s attack with Evil God Guard.
• Lin Ye struck the Soul Elder with Evil God Thirteen Slashes, while Zhu Zhuqing launched Netherworld Thrust from his flank.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing defeated the three assassins sent by Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Ye after surviving the attack. Lin Ye planned to travel across the Douluo Continent, with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest as his true destination.

• Zhu Zhuqing wounded the iron-staff Great Soul Master while Lin Ye overwhelmed the three-ring Soul Elder, and Lin Ye's black lightning destroyed the Ghost Vine attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Ghost Vine Great Soul Master with her Netherworld Hundred Claws, leaving the injured Soul Elder as the last attacker standing.
• Lin Ye killed the Soul Elder after he revealed that Zhu Zhuyun had ordered the assassination.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Ye and admitted that he was not a bad person despite calling him a pervert.
• Lin Ye searched the assassins' belongings and gave Zhu Zhuqing their secret letter, which she burned.
• Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing he planned to travel the continent while secretly intending to claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing stopped in a nearby supply town, where Zhu Zhuqing waited for him at a restaurant. Dai Mubai arrived with a woman and Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized her fiancé with disgust as he noticed her.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing left the Star Dou Great Forest and reached a town used by Soul Masters.
• Lin Ye sent Zhu Zhuqing to order food while he went to a general store to look for supplies and a storage-type Soul Tool.
• Zhu Zhuqing waited for Lin Ye as her food grew cold, briefly worrying that he had left her behind.
• Dai Mubai entered the restaurant with a woman on his arm and Ma Hongjun following him.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai as her fiancé and felt disgusted by his behavior with the woman.
• Dai Mubai spotted Zhu Zhuqing in the corner and stopped walking.

Dai Mubai approached Zhu Zhuqing at a restaurant without recognizing her, but she rejected him and exposed her disgust at his leering thoughts. When Ma Hongjun grabbed her wrist, Zhu Zhuqing slashed his face with her claws, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Dai Mubai noticed Zhu Zhuqing, sent away the woman he had been embracing, and went over to flirt with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly told Dai Mubai to leave, and Ma Hongjun insulted her for rejecting him.
• Dai Mubai tried to smooth things over while leering at Zhu Zhuqing and imagining taking her away that night.
• Zhu Zhuqing denounced Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and Ma Hongjun grabbed her wrist.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke free and slashed Ma Hongjun's cheek, making him stumble into tables and chairs.

Zhu Zhuqing was attacked by Dai Mubai after scratching Ma Hongjun while defending herself, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar blamed her without hearing her out. As Dai Mubai forced her to kneel, Lin Ye arrived and stood beside her, while Ma Hongjun threatened them both.

• Ma Hongjun accused Zhu Zhuqing of disfiguring him, and Dai Mubai kicked her into a wall, reopening her old injuries.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar heard Ma Hongjun's account and criticized Zhu Zhuqing, who said Ma Hongjun had grabbed her wrist first.
• Dai Mubai summoned his three Soul Rings and demanded Zhu Zhuqing kneel and apologize to Ma Hongjun.
• Lin Ye entered the restaurant, noticed Zhu Zhuqing's injuries, and went to her side despite her urging him to leave.
• Ma Hongjun threatened to kill Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing unless they gave him an explanation.

Lin Ye defended Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, then accepted Dai Mubai’s challenge to a duel. Lin Ye revealed his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul and thousand-year second spirit ring, leaving Tang San urging Dai Mubai to cripple him.

• Zhu Zhuqing warned Lin Ye that Dai Mubai was a Level 37 Soul Elder, and Lin Ye comforted her before confronting the men.
• Lin Ye exposed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s scandals, turning the restaurant’s onlookers against them.
• Dai Mubai challenged Lin Ye to a duel, with the loser required to kneel and kowtow in apology, and Lin Ye accepted.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Possession and released his three Soul Rings.
• Lin Ye revealed his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Possession and two Soul Rings, frightening Xiao Wu and shocking the restaurant.
• Tang San recognized Lin Ye’s Martial Soul and quietly told Dai Mubai to cripple him if possible.

Lin Ye overwhelmed Dai Mubai in their duel, beating him badly despite Dai Mubai’s higher level and transformation. Zhao Wuji intervened to stop Lin Ye’s final blow, and Lin Ye demanded that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun honor the wager and apologize.

• Dai Mubai attacked Lin Ye with his first and second spirit skills, but Lin Ye blocked the attack and drove him back with his Evil God Thirteen Slashes.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and fought Lin Ye evenly, but his strength and stamina began to fail after a minute.
• Lin Ye smashed Dai Mubai’s claw and punched him repeatedly, leaving his face swollen and dispelling the transformation.
• Zhao Wuji appeared and blocked Lin Ye’s final punch, then identified himself as Shrek Academy’s vice principal.
• Lin Ye reminded Zhao Wuji that Dai Mubai had set the duel’s rules and demanded that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun kneel and kowtow to apologize.

Lin Ye forced Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to honor their bet and apologize to Zhu Zhuqing before carrying her away after her injuries worsened. Three days later, Zhu Zhuqing woke from a nightmare in an inn and found Lin Ye sitting beside her bed.

• Zhao Wuji made Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun kneel and apologize after Lin Ye refused to let Shrek Academy back out of the bet.
• Dai Mubai apologized while swearing to take revenge, and Ma Hongjun repeatedly begged Zhu Zhuqing for forgiveness.
• Zhu Zhuqing collapsed from her injuries, so Lin Ye carried her out and told Zhao Wuji his name before leaving.
• Three days later, Zhu Zhuqing woke from a nightmare in which Zhao Wuji's bear paw struck Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye teased Zhu Zhuqing from the chair beside her bed after she woke and called his name.

Lin Ye reassured Zhu Zhuqing that a female healer had changed her clothes while treating her, not him. After she recovered from her embarrassment, he told her they were leaving for the Heaven Dou Empire with a merchant caravan to seek a great opportunity.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke relieved to find Lin Ye safe, then denied calling his name in her sleep.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw she was wearing a nightgown and accused Lin Ye of undressing her, but he explained that a female Soul Master had changed her clothes while treating her injuries.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted her cleaned leather outfit on the clothes rack and realized she had wrongly accused Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing they were going to the Heaven Dou Empire and explained that traveling with a guarded merchant caravan would help them avoid trouble on the border roads.
• Lin Ye left Zhu Zhuqing alone to change before the caravan departed in an hour.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing joined Li Feng’s small merchant caravan bound for the Heaven Dou Empire, but their journey was interrupted when a coordinated ambush began in a canyon. The chapter ended with Lin Ye pulling Zhu Zhuqing from their carriage as boulders crashed down toward the caravan.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned the caravan’s size, and Lin Ye explained that its seven high-level Soul Master guards protected valuable cargo.
• Lin Ye introduced Zhu Zhuqing to Li Feng, who assigned them to the spacious last carriage.
• On the road, Zhu Zhuqing asked about Lin Ye’s promised opportunity in the Heaven Dou Empire, but he refused to explain.
• As the caravan camped in a canyon for the night, Lin Ye heard signal-like wolf howls from three directions and woke Zhu Zhuqing.
• Boulders began rolling down both sides of the canyon, and Lin Ye pulled Zhu Zhuqing from the carriage and used his First Spirit Skill.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing fought off a pack of Wolf Raiders while Li Feng charged the Wolf King, but their soul power dwindled as more enemies swarmed them. Lin Ye activated his Devour skill, unleashing a growing black hole that began pulling in the Wolf Raiders and their fallen bodies.

• Li Feng and Lin Ye destroyed falling boulders, then more than forty Wolf Raiders leaped from the cliffs and attacked the caravan with wind blades.
• Li Feng raised his Vajra Bear Barrier to defend the group, but the Wolf King appeared and intensified the pack's assault.
• Li Feng broke the barrier and charged toward the Wolf King while Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing fought the remaining Wolf Raiders.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing killed numerous Wolf Raiders, but their soul power ran low as the pack kept attacking.
• Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing to retreat and activated Devour, creating a black vortex that sucked in corpses and began dragging in living Wolf Raiders.

Lin Ye’s Black Hole devoured many Wolf Raiders, but sustaining it nearly exhausted his Soul Power. After absorbing the beasts’ blood and vitality, he recovered, rose from Rank 25 to Rank 28, and saw his first Soul Ring advance to the Millennium Tier.

• Lin Ye’s Black Hole dragged in more than twenty Wolf Raiders, allowing the six Soul Ancestor guards to kill the creatures slowed by its suction.
• Li Feng noticed Lin Ye’s power while fighting the Wolf King and increased his strength to end their battle quickly.
• Lin Ye withdrew Devour when his Soul Power was nearly depleted, then collapsed under a surge of heat and energy as Zhu Zhuqing tried to approach.
• Lin Ye warned Zhu Zhuqing back, released a powerful black shockwave, and returned to his senses as the energy subsided.
• Lin Ye discovered that absorbing the Wolf Raiders had raised his Soul Power from Rank 25 to Rank 28 and transformed his first Soul Ring from yellow to purple.

After helping Li Feng’s group defeat the Wolf Raiders, Lin Ye received a Storage Soul Tool and discovered it contained valuable Whale Glue, including a thousand-year piece. Zhu Zhuqing blushed when she recognized what Whale Glue was commonly used for.

• Lin Ye realized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Devour skill could increase the age of his existing Soul Rings and decided to keep it secret.
• Li Feng killed the Wolf King with his Sixth Soul Skill, and his men finished off the remaining Wolf Raiders.
• Li Feng thanked Lin Ye for saving his men and gave him an old Storage Soul Tool with five cubic meters of space.
• Lin Ye found two hundred Gold Soul Coins, rusted daggers, and three pieces of Whale Glue inside the pendant.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked about the Whale Glue, then blushed and said nobles used it for that.

Lin Ye explained that Whale Glue could strengthen a Soul Master's body and help raise the limit for absorbing Soul Rings, and he planned to use it after reaching the Heaven Dou Empire. As the repaired convoy traveled on, Zhu Zhuqing cultivated toward a breakthrough while Lin Ye fell asleep, leaving her distracted by unfamiliar feelings about him.

• Lin Ye teased Zhu Zhuqing about Whale Glue's rumored use among nobles before explaining its value in strengthening the body and raising the Soul Ring absorption limit.
• Lin Ye said the Whale Glue would come in handy in the Heaven Dou Empire, and Zhu Zhuqing wondered what great opportunity he was preparing for.
• The repaired merchant convoy departed the canyon, and Lin Ye thought ahead to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs.
• Zhu Zhuqing said her Soul Power was close to breaking through from level 27 to level 28, while Lin Ye went to sleep.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Lin Ye sleep, felt an unfamiliar sense of peace, then scolded herself and tried to focus on cultivating.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Heaven Dou City with Li Feng’s caravan and parted ways with him. After settling into an inn, Lin Ye decided to sneak into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that night, planning to bypass Dugu Bo and the poisonous barrier using his abilities and a cure for Dugu Yan as leverage.

• Li Feng thanked Lin Ye for traveling with the caravan, warned him to stay cautious, and departed after inviting him to share a drink next time.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing found an inn in Heaven Dou City, where Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Ye to rest early before heading to her room.
• Lin Ye looked toward Sunset Forest and decided to make for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that night.
• Lin Ye planned to use his Devour All Things skill to remove Dugu Yan’s inherited poison and bargain with Dugu Bo if he found the Titled Douluo guarding the well.
• Lin Ye reasoned that his wind attribute and Evil God Guard could protect him from the poisonous barrier around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.