Chapter Summaries

After Lin Ye’s arena victory, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee invited him and Zhu Zhuqing to join, offering access to the Mimic Cultivation Grounds and priority resources. Lin Ye accepted a Guest Token but asked for time to decide, while Meng Shenji warned that Spirit Hall would soon take notice of his talent.

• Dugu Yan brought Education Committee members Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin to meet Lin Ye after the match.
• The three Soul Douluos praised Lin Ye’s strength, Soul Rings, and battle judgment, then invited him and Zhu Zhuqing to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Zhi Lin explained the benefits of the Mimic Cultivation Grounds, and Bai Baoshan promised the pair priority access to academy resources.
• Lin Ye thanked the committee, asked for time to consider, and accepted Meng Shenji’s Guest Token.
• After leaving, Meng Shenji noted that Spirit Hall’s spies would have witnessed the match and would not let Lin Ye’s talent go unnoticed.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing enjoyed snacks on Heaven Dou City's Snack Street before Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei confronted them. The two Titled Douluo welcomed the Pope as she appeared between them, leaving Lin Ye stunned.

• Lin Ye teased Zhu Zhuqing as she asked for candied hawthorns, then took her around Snack Street for food.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether Lin Ye planned to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Lin Ye said he would decide later.
• Lin Ye sensed powerful presences in the sky and underground, then saw chrysanthemums and strange shadows surround the street.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei appeared with nine Soul Rings each, and Lin Ye recognized them as Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• A woman praised Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who lowered their heads and welcomed her as Your Holiness the Pope.
• The Pope emerged between Yue Guan and Gui Mei, leaving Lin Ye stunned.

Spirit Hall Pope Bibi Dong personally confronted Lin Ye and confirmed that he possessed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and an extraordinary third Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. She invited him to join Spirit Hall, leaving Lin Ye weighing her offer.

• Bibi Dong appeared before Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing with Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then asked to see Lin Ye's Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye revealed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and displayed his three Soul Rings, including a Ten-Thousand-Year third ring.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei reacted with shock, while Bibi Dong recognized Lin Ye's exceptional potential and decided Spirit Hall needed to recruit him.
• Bibi Dong confirmed that Lin Ye had no faction and personally asked him to join Spirit Hall.
• Lin Ye considered her invitation, and Bibi Dong began to explain that empty words would not persuade a true genius.

Bibi Dong recruited Lin Ye into Spirit Hall as her personal disciple, offering him a Ten-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone, and agreed to let Zhu Zhuqing join him. Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to leave Heaven Dou City for Spirit City the next day.

• Bibi Dong offered Lin Ye a personal disciple position and a Ten-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone, and Lin Ye accepted while asking to make a request.
• Lin Ye took Zhu Zhuqing's hand, and Bibi Dong invited her to join Spirit Hall as well.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing to pack and leave for Spirit City at noon the next day.
• Lin Ye returned to Tianshui Hotel with Zhu Zhuqing and wrote Dugu Yan a letter explaining their departure and promising to continue her monthly detoxification.
• Lin Ye sealed the letter with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Guest Token and considered the benefits of joining Spirit Hall.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing boarded a luxurious carriage sent by Bibi Dong to escort them to Spirit City, where Zhu Zhuqing stayed unusually close to him. When her hunger prompted her to ask for candied hawthorns, Lin Ye demanded that she beg, and she angrily refused.

• Lin Ye gave an inn attendant a sealed letter and Heaven Dou Royal Academy guest token to deliver to Dugu Yan, then met Zhu Zhuqing outside.
• Six Spirit Hall guards, each a Soul Sage, arrived in a lavish carriage and escorted Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing at Bibi Dong's command.
• Zhu Zhuqing sat close beside Lin Ye in the carriage and claimed she was cold when he teased her about it.
• Zhu Zhuqing's stomach rumbled, and she asked Lin Ye for candied hawthorns from his Storage Jade Pendant.
• Lin Ye demanded that Zhu Zhuqing beg for the sweets, but she refused and threatened him.

Lin Ye teased Zhu Zhuqing over a skewer of candied hawthorns until she cried, then tried to comfort her with the treat. Zhu Zhuqing demanded that he beg before she would eat, and Lin Ye responded by pulling her onto his lap.

• Lin Ye dodged Zhu Zhuqing's attempts to steal his Storage Jade Pendant and mocked her as they wrestled across the sofa.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped struggling, turned away, and began sobbing after Lin Ye's teasing went too far.
• Lin Ye took out candied hawthorns and tried to coax Zhu Zhuqing into eating them, but she refused unless he begged.
• Lin Ye grabbed Zhu Zhuqing around the waist and laid her across his lap when she stood by her demand.

Lin Ye teased Zhu Zhuqing by holding her on his lap and threatening to eat her candied hawthorn, leading them to bite the same piece and nearly kiss. After she ate the rest, Zhu Zhuqing stayed on his lap and used his shoulder as a pillow, leaving Lin Ye stunned.

• Lin Ye held Zhu Zhuqing on his lap and teased her by threatening to eat her candied hawthorn skewer.
• Zhu Zhuqing lunged for the skewer, and she and Lin Ye bit the same piece, coming close to kissing.
• Zhu Zhuqing pulled away in embarrassment as Lin Ye ate his half and gave her the remaining candied hawthorn.
• Zhu Zhuqing ate the skewer while sitting on Lin Ye's lap, then rested her head on his shoulder.
• Lin Ye protested that Zhu Zhuqing was making his legs numb, but she told him to endure it because he had held her first.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Spirit City and entered the Papal Palace to meet Bibi Dong and Hu Liena. Hu Liena looked down on Lin Ye, while Zhu Zhuqing eyed her warily.

• Lin Ye teased Zhu Zhuqing during the carriage ride, and she eventually settled back into his arms and fell asleep.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Spirit City and were awed by its immense walls and the Papal Palace.
• Yue Guan greeted them and escorted them into the Papal Palace, where Bibi Dong was waiting.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed Hu Liena and tightened her grip on Lin Ye's hand, wary of Hu Liena's allure.
• Hu Liena saw Lin Ye and silently dismissed him as a handsome but useless Soul Elder.

Bibi Dong revealed Lin Ye’s Martial Soul and extraordinary Soul Rings to Hu Liena, proving his talent and ending her disdain. Hu Liena then escorted Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing from the Papal Palace and began showing them around Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong named Lin Ye her second personal disciple and introduced Hu Liena as his senior sister.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Ye to reveal his Martial Soul and Soul Rings, and his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger suppressed Hu Liena’s Demon Fox Martial Soul.
• Hu Liena saw Lin Ye’s two Thousand-Year Soul Rings and Ten-Thousand-Year Third Ring, and she admitted she had been wrong to doubt Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong assigned Hu Liena to show Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing around Spirit Hall and arrange their accommodations.
• Hu Liena led Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing out of the Papal Palace and explained the Papal Palace, Elder Hall, and Hall of Consecration.

Hu Liena showed Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing their new residence and explained that Zhu Zhuqing would live at Martial Soul Academy instead. Lin Ye accompanied Zhu Zhuqing there, where he learned about the academy’s fierce rankings and top students.

• Hu Liena warned Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing to stay away from the Hall of Consecration, where Spirit Hall’s powerful Super Douluo lived.
• Hu Liena showed Lin Ye the personal disciples’ residence and told him that Zhu Zhuqing would have to live at Martial Soul Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing became distressed at the thought of living apart from Lin Ye, and Lin Ye teased her before deciding to accompany her to the academy.
• Hu Liena explained that Martial Soul Academy ranked students by strength and named Xie Yue, Yan, and herself as its top three.
• Hu Liena led Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing into the bustling academy, where their arrival drew the students’ attention.

Hu Liena brought Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing to the academy, where Yan confronted Lin Ye after learning he was the Pope’s newly accepted personal disciple. Doubting Lin Ye’s worth and driven by jealousy, Yan challenged him to prove himself.

• Students gathered to watch Hu Liena walk through the academy with Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yan confronted Hu Liena and demanded to know who Lin Ye was.
• Hu Liena told Yan that Lin Ye was her junior brother and the Pope’s second personal disciple.
• Yan and the students questioned why Lin Ye had been chosen, fueling Yan’s resentment.
• Yan stepped in front of Lin Ye and asked if he was Lin Ye.

Yan challenged Lin Ye to a duel, and Lin Ye accepted while wagering that the loser would kneel, kowtow three times, and call themselves trash. The two headed toward a humiliating showdown at the Soul Fighting Arena, with Yan eagerly accepting the bet.

• Yan challenged Lin Ye to spar at the Soul Fighting Arena, and Lin Ye agreed while asking if Yan was worthy of challenging him.
• Yan lost his temper and tried to attack Lin Ye, but Hu Liena stepped in to stop him.
• Lin Ye asked Hu Liena to step aside and accepted Yan's challenge.
• Lin Ye proposed that the loser kneel before the academy, kowtow three times, and shout, “I'm trash!” three times.
• Yan accepted the wager, and Lin Ye declared that he would not regret his decision.

Lin Ye accepted Yan’s wager for a duel despite Hu Liena warning him that Yan was a level 49 Soul Ancestor. The Martial Soul Academy crowd gathered to watch, and the chapter ended as Yan revealed his strength and the arena waited for Lin Ye to state his own.

• Hu Liena warned Lin Ye that Yan’s level and combat experience made the wager dangerous, but Lin Ye said Yan was no threat.
• Yan headed to the Central Soul Arena, and news of the wager brought the academy’s students out to watch.
• Zhu Zhuqing remained confident in Lin Ye, while Hu Liena worried that he might be forced to kneel and disgrace the Papal Palace.
• Yan entered to cheers, and Lin Ye walked in alone as the crowd jeered at him.
• The referee explained the match rules, and Yan announced that his Martial Soul was Flame Lord and his Soul Power was level 49.

Lin Ye revealed that he was a rank 38 Soul Elder before challenging Yan, a rank 49 Soul Ancestor, leaving the arena convinced he would lose. Once the match began, Lin Ye’s Dark Demon Evil God Tiger suppressed Yan’s Flame Lord, and his first two Spirit Rings stunned the crowd by both being thousand-year rings.

• Lin Ye announced his rank and Martial Soul, provoking laughter from the crowd and disbelief from Hu Liena while Zhu Zhuqing remained confident in him.
• Lin Ye confirmed he would continue with the match, and Yan threatened to torture him after the referee started the fight.
• Yan released his Flame Lord Martial Soul and four Spirit Rings, then taunted Lin Ye with the difference in their strength.
• Lin Ye summoned the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose aura made Yan’s Flame Lord tremble and dim.
• Lin Ye revealed three Spirit Rings, and the crowd was shocked when his first and second rings both appeared purple and thousand-year-old.

Lin Ye revealed a ten-thousand-year third Spirit Ring, leaving the arena stunned and driving Yan into a jealous rage. Lin Ye shattered Yan’s magma attack with one punch, and Yan responded by summoning flaming boulders as the fight continued.

• Lin Ye revealed his black ten-thousand-year third Spirit Ring, shocking the crowd and leaving Yan convinced it was an illusion.
• Yan challenged Lin Ye to prove the ring was real, while Hu Liena recognized that Yan was about to suffer and Zhu Zhuqing admired Lin Ye.
• Yan attacked with his first Spirit Skill, Hellish Magma Rush, and Lin Ye split the magma torrent with one punch without being injured.
• Yan activated his second soul skill, Granite Rock, summoning flaming boulders that crashed toward Lin Ye.

Lin Ye overwhelmed Yan in the Soul Arena, countering all four of Yan’s Spirit Skills without being harmed. As Yan finally despaired, Lin Ye unleashed his ten-thousand-year Third Spirit Skill, Dark Demon Evil God Transformation, and began to grow stronger.

• Lin Ye used Evil God Thirteen Slashes to shatter Yan’s falling boulders and drive him back, humiliating him before the spectators.
• Hu Liena recognized Lin Ye’s terrifying combat power and concluded Yan had already lost.
• Yan unleashed Hellfire, but Lin Ye’s Evil God Guard shielded him from the flames.
• Yan used Surging Magma, yet Lin Ye’s barrier endured the attack without cracking.
• Lin Ye announced it was his turn, activated Dark Demon Evil God Transformation, and tripled his attack, defense, and strength.

Lin Ye defeated Yan in a brutal Soul Arena match and demanded that Yan honor their wager. Hu Liena tried to intervene, but Lin Ye warned that he would fight anyone who stopped him.

• Lin Ye used his overwhelming speed and strength to beat Yan, shattering his Flame Lord Martial Soul and leaving him unable to fight.
• The referee declared Lin Ye the winner, stunning the spectators and filling them with awe and fear.
• Lin Ye reminded Yan that he had to kneel and kowtow as promised, but Yan protested.
• Lin Ye stomped on Yan's chest and threatened to keep him in the arena until he fulfilled the wager.
• Hu Liena urged Lin Ye to stop, but Lin Ye asked why she had not intervened when Yan tried to cripple him and warned that he would beat anyone who interfered.

After forcing Yan to kneel and declare himself trash, Lin Ye left the Soul Arena and escorted Zhu Zhuqing to her dormitory. Zhu Zhuqing hugged him and vowed to surpass him, then ran inside, leaving Lin Ye amused as he headed back to the direct disciples' pavilion.

• Lin Ye made Yan kowtow before the crowd and shout that he was trash, then warned him not to provoke him again.
• Hu Liena cautioned Lin Ye that humiliating Yan would bring trouble, but Lin Ye said he would take responsibility for his actions.
• Hu Liena pointed Lin Ye toward the ordinary students' dormitories, and he walked Zhu Zhuqing back there.
• Zhu Zhuqing hugged Lin Ye from behind and declared that she would surpass him someday before running into her dormitory.
• Lin Ye laughed at Zhu Zhuqing's ambition and headed toward the pavilion for direct disciples.

Bibi Dong praised Lin Ye for defeating Yan and gave him a fifty-thousand-year spiritual head Soul Bone. After absorbing it in the Papal Palace, Lin Ye reached level 40.

• Bibi Dong praised Lin Ye for defeating Yan at the Soul Fighting Arena, while Hu Liena reacted awkwardly to his dismissal of Yan as weak.
• Bibi Dong gave Lin Ye a fifty-thousand-year spiritual head Soul Bone from a Phantom Demon Tiger and told him to absorb it in the hall.
• Lin Ye began absorbing the Soul Bone as Bibi Dong stood guard and Hu Liena sensed his Spiritual Power growing stronger than that of some Soul Kings.
• Lin Ye completed the absorption, unleashed a powerful aura, and discovered he had reached level 40.

After absorbing a 50,000-year Mental Skull, Lin Ye reached rank 40, gained immense Spiritual Power, and acquired the silent long-range skill Mental Shock. Bibi Dong arranged for Yue Guan to escort him to Sunset Forest to hunt his fourth soul ring.

• Lin Ye's Spiritual Power expanded to about fifteen hundred meters, and Bibi Dong and Hu Liena were stunned by his strength.
• Lin Ye explained that Mental Shock could silently incapacitate or kill a target within his Spiritual Power's range.
• Bibi Dong praised the skill and said Lin Ye should hunt a fourth soul ring of around twenty thousand years.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to escort Lin Ye to Sunset Forest and help him find a suitable soul ring.