Chapter Summaries

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang Hao had returned to Shrek Academy gravely injured, and the healers struggled to keep him alive. Tang Hao woke briefly and coughed up dark purple blood, leaving everyone desperate to know what had happened.

• A teacher reported that Tang Hao had collapsed, severely injured, at the academy gate, and Yu Xiaogang and Tang San rushed to the infirmary.
• Tang San blamed Lin Ye and swore to kill him, believing Lin Ye's Titled Douluo ally had attacked Tang Hao.
• Flender explained that Tang Hao had fallen from the sky into a crater, and three support-type Soul Masters said his injuries and a destructive force inside him overwhelmed their healing.
• The healers stabilized Tang Hao's vital meridians but warned that he needed prolonged recovery and might suffer lasting effects.
• Tang Hao suddenly woke, coughed violently, and spat out a mouthful of dark purple clotted blood.

Tang Hao woke after his defeat and learned that Golden Crocodile Douluo had joined Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to protect Lin Ye, leaving him furious and injured. Meanwhile, Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing arrived openly at a military camp on the war front and told the guards they had come to enlist.

• Tang Hao told Tang San and Yu Xiaogang that Golden Crocodile Douluo had defeated him, and Yu Xiaogang explained the elder Douluo's strength and rank.
• Tang Hao blamed Lin Ye for setting a trap and vowed to take revenge after recovering, while Tang San promised to train harder and avenge his loss of manhood.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that Shrek Academy had lost much of its backing and privately decided he needed another way forward.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing walked to the frontline military camp, with Lin Ye saying they should make a conspicuous entrance to establish authority.
• The camp guards blocked Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing at the gate, and Lin Ye calmly said they had come to enlist.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the Heaven Dou Empire’s front-line camp, where Lin Ye proposed an alliance to destroy the Star Luo Empire. Xiao Zhan agreed to consider the offer, leaving Spirit Hall’s intentions unresolved.

• A guard went to fetch Captain Lin Dong while Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing assessed the camp’s defenses and exhausted soldiers.
• Lin Dong recognized Lin Ye as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and summoned his Martial Soul, wary of why Spirit Hall had come to the front line.
• Xiao Zhan arrived with a level-sixty-one Soul Emperor woman, and the soldiers knelt to greet him as grand marshal.
• Lin Ye introduced himself and Zhu Zhuqing, then told Xiao Zhan he had come to join forces with Heaven Dou and destroy the Star Luo Empire.
• Xiao Zhan said he needed time to consider the proposal, and Lin Ye warned him not to delay while the woman remarked on Lin Ye’s boldness.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Heaven Dou’s military camp seeking Xiao Zhan’s help, but a major Star Luo assault began before they could negotiate. Lin Ye took Zhu Zhuqing toward the battlefield, where Heaven Dou’s Soul Master teams were close to being overwhelmed as two figures rushed toward the walls.

• Xiao Zhan introduced Phantom to Lin Ye, then arranged for Lin Dong to escort Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing into the camp and invited them to a banquet.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing discussed Xiao Zhan’s guarded attitude as Lin Dong led them to their tents.
• A horn announced a Star Luo attack, and Lin Dong rushed to the front while warning Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing to stay behind.
• Lin Ye took Zhu Zhuqing toward the fighting, calling the attack the opportunity he had expected.
• Star Luo’s army attacked with thirty thousand troops, siege weapons, and two elite Soul Master teams, while Xiao Zhan ordered Heaven Dou’s defenses into action.
• Heaven Dou’s Soul Master teams suffered heavy losses against two enemy Soul Sages, and Xiao Zhan ordered injured reserves forward before a messenger spotted two figures speeding toward the walls.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing charged into the Star Luo Empire’s army, where Lin Ye unleashed his fifth Soul Skill against the rear formation. As the giant sphere fell, Zhao Gang tried to stop it but was struck by a sudden mental attack.

• Xiao Zhan and Lin Dong saw Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing charge into the Star Luo camp, and Xiao Zhan chose to watch rather than send help.
• Lin Ye identified the Star Luo rear formation and siege equipment as his target, then sent Zhu Zhuqing to retreat to safety.
• Lin Ye summoned five black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and formed the hundred-meter sphere of his Evil Thunder Star-Shattering Fall Soul Skill.
• Star Luo soldiers panicked as Lin Ye launched the sphere toward their rear formation.
• Zhao Gang tried to activate his seventh spirit ability to defend the army, but a sudden mental attack made him clutch his head and stop.

Lin Ye used Mental Shock and a devastating attack to kill Zhao Gang and wipe out thousands of Star Luo soldiers, stunning both armies and swaying Xiao Zhan toward Spirit Hall’s alliance. When Wei Qingshan ordered his Soul Masters to attack Lin Ye, Zhu Zhuqing teleported them a thousand meters away, leaving the Star Luo forces bewildered.

• Lin Ye’s Mental Shock stopped Zhao Gang from activating his Martial Soul True Body, and Lin Ye’s attack obliterated Zhao Gang, the siege weapons, and at least two thousand soldiers.
• Xiao Zhan and the soldiers on both sides stared at the crater, while Xiao Zhan reconsidered Spirit Hall’s proposed alliance after witnessing Lin Ye’s power.
• Wei Qingshan identified Lin Ye as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and ordered more than twenty Star Luo Soul Masters to avenge Zhao Gang.
• Wei Qingshan and the others unleashed their spirit skills at Lin Ye, but Zhu Zhuqing grabbed Lin Ye and teleported them a thousand meters away.
• The Star Luo Soul Masters found their attacks had missed and stared in shock at Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing in the distance.

Lin Ye used his Dark Evil Heaven-Splitting Palm to stop Wei Qingshan and the Star Luo forces from retreating, forcing Wei to defend the thirty thousand soldiers behind them. Wei and more than twenty Soul Masters barely held the attack back before Lin Ye detonated the palm and shattered their shield.

• Wei Qingshan ordered the Star Luo Soul Masters to retreat after Zhao Gang and two thousand soldiers were killed, but Lin Ye decided to stop them from escaping.
• Lin Ye unleashed his Dark Evil Heaven-Splitting Palm toward the retreat route, threatening the thirty thousand infantrymen behind Wei's group.
• Wei turned back and formed a Flame Shield, then called the other Soul Masters to help reinforce it against the descending palm.
• Lin Ye detonated the palm, and its shockwave shattered the Flame Shield into countless fragments.

Lin Ye’s attack routed the Star Luo Soul Masters and lifted Heaven Dou’s morale, prompting Xiao Zhan to agree to an alliance with Spirit Hall. Lin Ye proposed leading a small elite unit as a spearhead and asked for an official military post, leaving Xiao Zhan to consider what position to grant him.

• Lin Ye’s attack sent Wei Qingshan and the Star Luo Soul Masters fleeing, while Heaven Dou’s forces pursued and killed those left behind.
• Xiao Zhan ordered the Heaven Dou Soul Masters to attack, and the soldiers celebrated their first victory in months as Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing returned.
• In the command tent, Xiao Zhan warned Lin Ye that one fighter could not hold the defensive line and explained Heaven Dou’s desperate position.
• Lin Ye said he had come to discuss an alliance, and Xiao Zhan agreed to form one with Spirit Hall.
• Lin Ye proposed leading one hundred elite Soul Masters as a spearhead and requested an official military post so he could enter the camp openly.

Lin Ye accepted a captaincy and took command of the Edge Blade Battalion, forcing its veterans to submit with his overwhelming power. Meanwhile, Wei Qingshan reported to Star Luo Grand Marshal Dai Shan that Heaven Dou had allied with Spirit Hall.

• Xiao Zhan appointed Lin Ye captain of the Edge Blade Battalion, and Lin Dong gathered its hundred elite Soul Masters.
• Lin Ye faced the skeptical Li Ze and overwhelmed the formation with his five black Spirit Rings, lightning, and killing intent until they acknowledged his command.
• Lin Ye dismissed the battalion and announced that he would take them out to kill the next day.
• At the Star Luo frontline camp, Wei Qingshan arrived covered in mud and told Dai Shan that Zhao Gang was dead.
• Wei Qingshan revealed that Heaven Dou had allied with Spirit Hall, leaving Dai Shan stunned.

Dai Shan learned that Lin Ye had killed Zhao Gang in one strike and ordered Ghost Shadow to assassinate Lin Ye. Before dawn, Star Luo launched a massive attack on the Heaven Dou defensive line, leaving Xiao Zhan and his exhausted troops facing fifty thousand soldiers.

• Wei Qingshan told Dai Shan that Lin Ye had killed Zhao Gang and destroyed more than two thousand soldiers and their siege equipment with a single lightning attack.
• Dai Shan sent a secret letter requesting reinforcements and ordered Wei Qingshan to keep the news from spreading.
• Dai Shan tasked Ghost Shadow with assassinating Lin Ye on the battlefield, and Ghost Shadow agreed.
• Before dawn, a war horn woke Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing as Star Luo forces launched another attack.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing joined Xiao Zhan and Lin Dong on the wall, where they saw fifty thousand Star Luo troops advancing against the exhausted defenders.

Lin Ye ordered a thirty-thousand-man decoy force and sent the hundred Soul Masters of the Edge Blade Battalion to attack the Star Luo army’s flanks, while he and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to strike separately. After Zhu Zhuqing activated her Soul Bone skill and vanished with Lin Ye, Xiao Zhan and Phantom could only wonder where they had gone.

• Lin Ye told Xiao Zhan to deploy thirty thousand soldiers as a decoy and leave the attack to the Edge Blade Battalion.
• Lin Ye ordered Li Ze to split the hundred Soul Masters into two teams and create chaos on the enemy’s flanks.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing jumped from the city wall, and Lin Ye promised Xiao Zhan they would give the enemy a taste of their own medicine.
• Xiao Zhan ordered thirty thousand infantrymen to form ranks and defend without retreating or attacking without permission.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated her sixty-thousand-year Soul Bone skill, took Lin Ye’s hand, and vanished with him before Xiao Zhan or Phantom could see how they moved.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing teleported into the center of the Star Luo army and began slaughtering soldiers and Soul Masters. As Dai Shan ordered more forces to surround them, Lin Ye opened a vast black hole with his Devour talent, pulling nearby soldiers toward it.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing appeared in the heart of the Star Luo army, where Zhu Zhuqing charged into the soldiers and Lin Ye cut down attackers with Evil God Thirteen Slashes.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Star Luo officer and continued attacking the ranks as Dai Shan learned Lin Ye was present and ordered Soul Master squads to surround them.
• Several hundred Star Luo Soul Masters attacked Lin Ye, but he revealed five Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and overwhelmed them with seven slashes.
• Lin Ye decided to clear the surrounding soldiers more efficiently and used his Devour talent to create a giant black hole that began pulling them in.

Lin Ye’s Devour skill devastated the Star Luo army and raised his Soul Power to Rank 59, while Zhu Zhuqing broke through to Rank 50. As the Heaven Dou army pursued the retreating Star Luo soldiers, Ghost Shadow appeared to assassinate Lin Ye.

• Lin Ye’s black hole absorbed Star Luo soldiers and catapult stones, throwing the army into chaos as Dai Shan ordered his troops to keep attacking.
• Xiao Zhan ordered the Heaven Dou army to sortie, and thirty thousand soldiers charged the disorganized Star Luo camp.
• The Devour skill fed Lin Ye energy until his Soul Power reached Rank 59, while Zhu Zhuqing defeated the last resisting Soul Master and broke through to Rank 50.
• Lin Ye congratulated Zhu Zhuqing as the Star Luo army retreated and the Heaven Dou soldiers pursued them.
• Ghost Shadow, a Soul Sage with a Ghost Leopard Martial Soul, appeared and confronted Lin Ye, who mocked his appearance and Soul Rings.

Lin Ye tested the limits of his Evil God Guard against Ghost Shadow, then trapped the Soul Sage in his Dark Demon Evil Prison Formation. The chapter ended as Ghost Shadow revealed his Martial Soul True Body to face Lin Ye’s looming attack.

• Ghost Shadow attacked Lin Ye with his third spirit skill, but Lin Ye’s Evil God Guard blocked the blow.
• Ghost Shadow battered the shield with his fifth soul skill until it shattered, then failed to wound Lin Ye and was caught by the wrist.
• Lin Ye said the warm-up was over and activated his fourth spirit skill, the Dark Demon Evil Prison Formation, suppressing Ghost Shadow’s movement and Soul Power.
• A phantom of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger formed above Ghost Shadow, who activated his seventh spirit ability, Martial Soul True Body, and transformed into a giant black Ghost Leopard.

Lin Ye defeated Ghost Shadow with his right arm Soul Bone skill, then used his Head Soul Bone to leave Ghost Shadow helpless for Zhu Zhuqing to kill. After the battle, Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing headed toward the Heaven Dou City walls.

• Ghost Shadow blocked Lin Ye's Dark Demon Evil God Tiger phantom with his Martial Soul True Body, then launched his sixth spirit ability, Ghost Shadow World-Annihilating Slash.
• Lin Ye shattered Ghost Shadow's slash with his Dark Evil Heaven-Splitting Palm and destroyed his Martial Soul True Body.
• Ghost Shadow tried to flee, but Lin Ye's Mental Shock incapacitated him.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed Ghost Shadow with her Netherworld Frost Shadow Slash, freezing him until he shattered into fragments.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing left for the Heaven Dou City walls.

After Ghost Shadow was killed and the Star Luo Empire retreated, Lin Ye told Xiao Zhan he and Zhu Zhuqing would leave to obtain Soul Rings. Lin Ye prepared a letter asking Chrysanthemum Elder and Ghost Elder to help hunt a dangerous soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Dai Shan learned that Ghost Shadow had been frozen and shattered by a woman beside Lin Ye, and ordered a request for powerful reinforcements from the imperial court.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing reached the Heaven Dou Empire's city wall, where Xiao Zhan praised their victory over the retreating Star Luo army.
• Lin Ye told Xiao Zhan that he and Zhu Zhuqing had broken through and needed to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts.
• Lin Ye estimated they would be gone for half a month to a month, and Xiao Zhan agreed to guard the frontline until they returned.
• Lin Ye wrote a letter summoning Chrysanthemum Elder and Ghost Elder to help hunt an extremely dangerous soul beast, but kept its identity secret from Zhu Zhuqing.

Lin Ye recruited Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to help him hunt a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose Life-and-Death Arena could reduce opponents to six-year-olds. The group entered the Star Dou Great Forest and began searching for a suitable fifth Soul Ring for Zhu Zhuqing before pursuing Lin Ye’s prey.

• Lin Ye sent a letter summoning Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, then left for the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo met Lin Ye and were alarmed when he revealed his target was a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Lin Ye explained the tiger’s Life-and-Death Arena and asked the two Douluo to restrain it with the Two Extremes Still Domain before it could use the skill.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo agreed to help, with the warning that they would flee with Lin Ye if the hunt went wrong.
• The four entered the forest, and Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Ye she wanted a fifth soul skill suited to area attacks or creating clones.

Lin Ye and the elders found a thirty-two-thousand-year Shadow Demon Sovereign Cat for Zhu Zhuqing’s fifth Spirit Ring. After enduring the violent energy and the beast’s lingering resentment, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed it successfully, reached level 53, and greatly increased her speed.

• Ghost Douluo located a thirty-two-thousand-year Shadow Demon Sovereign Cat that was suitable for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo trapped the cat with his Aura Barrier, and Ghost Douluo severely wounded it.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Shadow Demon Sovereign Cat and began absorbing its black Spirit Ring despite the danger to her body and consciousness.
• Zhu Zhuqing subdued the cat’s lingering soul and stabilized the Spirit Ring after two hours.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed her fifth Spirit Ring absorption, reached level 53, and told Lin Ye that her physical fitness and speed had greatly improved.

Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated her powerful fifth soul skill, Netherworld Light, and revealed that it granted her Super Armor while she used it. Lin Ye and the others continued searching Star Dou Great Forest for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but after seven days they had found no trace of it.

• Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Light to blast a long, wide path through the forest and explained that the skill gave her three minutes of Super Armor.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo praised Zhu Zhuqing's power, while Lin Ye celebrated her new strength and teased her about sparring.
• Lin Ye insisted that they find the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger because his Martial Soul needed its Soul Ring, and the group went deeper into Star Dou Great Forest.
• After seven days of searching through the harsh mixed zone, Ghost Douluo reported that he had found no sign of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Lin Ye and the others tracked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger through the forest after finding its evil aura and the drained corpse of a Human-Faced Demon Spider. They reached a hill overlooking the source of thunder and blood stink, where Lin Ye sensed the beast was nearby.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo urged Lin Ye to stop searching and choose a Thunderstorm Bear, but Lin Ye insisted they continue tracking the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing found a withered blade of grass stained with fresh, evil-smelling fluid, and Lin Ye identified its aura as belonging to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• The group followed the trail and discovered a forty-thousand-year Human-Faced Demon Spider drained of blood and Soul Power.
• Lin Ye led the group onward as the forest grew silent and the stench of blood intensified.
• Lin Ye sensed violent lightning and wind energy ahead, then ordered everyone to conceal their auras and climb a nearby hill.