Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye unleashed his Evil God Thirteen Slashes against Tang San, whose Eight Spider Spears initially blocked the attacks. The final three slashes merged into a massive Moon Blade, forcing Tang San to use every defense he had as it bore down on him.

• Lin Ye fired four slashes at Tang San, and Tang San blocked them with his Eight Spider Spears.
• Tang San mocked Lin Ye, but Lin Ye sent six stronger slashes that tore through Tang San's Blue Silver Grass net and made him stagger when he blocked them.
• Lin Ye announced that he had yet to use his finishing slashes, while Tang San dismissed the warning.
• Lin Ye unleashed the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth slashes, merging them into a huge blackish-purple Moon Blade.
• Tang San panicked and layered Blue Silver Grass defenses, a Spider Web Restraint, and his Eight Spider Spears in front of himself.

Lin Ye overwhelmed Tang San with his final Evil God Thirteen Slashes, then trapped the injured Tang San in his Dark Demon Evil Prison Formation and summoned a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger phantom to attack him. The phantom lunged at Tang San, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Lin Ye's Moon Blades tore through Tang San's Blue Silver Grass defenses and shattered his spiderweb before striking his Eight Spider Spears, blasting him into a distant dirt pit.
• Tang San got back to his feet with cracked Eight Spider Spears, while Lin Ye dismissed the spirit bone's durability and announced that the fight would end.
• Lin Ye activated his fourth spirit skill, the Dark Demon Evil Prison Formation, whose gravity forced Tang San to his knee and suppressed his Soul Power circulation.
• Lin Ye gathered black-purple energy and lightning into a massive Dark Demon Evil God Tiger phantom above Tang San.
• Tang San struggled to stand with his cracked spider spears, but Lin Ye sent the tiger phantom lunging toward him.

Lin Ye crippled Tang San and shattered his Eight Spider Spears, while Zhu Zhuqing wounded Dai Mubai and trapped him in a blood-red mist. Dai Mubai lost his bearings inside the mist as Zhu Zhuqing appeared behind him to attack.

• Lin Ye destroyed Tang San's Eight Spider Spears and left him crippled in a crater.
• Dai Mubai was stunned by Tang San's defeat, and Zhu Zhuqing struck him across the chest with Netherworld Thrust.
• Dai Mubai invoked his engagement to Zhu Zhuqing, but she rejected him and he decided to flee.
• Zhu Zhuqing spread a blood-red mist with her forty-thousand-year head Soul Bone, blinding and disorienting Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai attacked blindly and failed to hit Zhu Zhuqing, who appeared behind him and declared he would die.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai by striking him with her Netherworld Frost Shadow Slash, leaving him gravely injured and crippled. Lin Ye then turned his attention to the badly wounded Tang San, who feared what was coming next.

• Zhu Zhuqing stalked Dai Mubai through the red mist and wounded him repeatedly.
• Dai Mubai used his third spirit skill to leap above the mist, but Zhu Zhuqing struck him in midair with her fourth spirit skill.
• Dai Mubai crashed to the ground in agony, and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Lin Ye after dismissing his curses.
• Lin Ye praised Zhu Zhuqing and comforted her before turning toward Tang San, who lay helpless in a pit.
• Lin Ye taunted Tang San and said it was his turn, while Tang San watched him approach in fear.

Lin Ye continued threatening the injured Tang San until Shrek Academy dean Flender arrived and demanded that he release Tang San. Lin Ye refused, leaving his foot poised above Tang San as Flender confronted him.

• Tang San tried to intimidate Lin Ye by invoking Shrek Academy and Yu Xiaogang, but Lin Ye mocked him and threatened to cripple him.
• As Lin Ye raised his foot over Tang San, Flender arrived and found Dai Mubai badly injured and Tang San lying in a pit with shattered Eight Spider Spears.
• Dai Mubai begged Flender to kill Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing before passing out from pain.
• Flender demanded that Lin Ye release Tang San and surrender, but Lin Ye refused and kept his foot above Tang San.

Lin Ye faced off against Flender, who transformed into his Soul Sage form and threatened him for hurting Tang San. Flender invoked Tang Hao’s name to intimidate Lin Ye, but Lin Ye burst out laughing, leaving Flender stunned.

• Lin Ye dismissed Flender’s threats and challenged him to prove he could defeat a Soul King.
• Flender revealed his Cat Eagle Martial Soul and seven Soul Rings, unleashing the pressure of a level 78 Soul Sage.
• Zhu Zhuqing moved closer to support Lin Ye, but he reassured her and told her to stay back.
• Tang San pleaded with Flender not to provoke Lin Ye, fearing Lin Ye would cripple him.
• Flender threatened Lin Ye with the prospect of Tang Hao’s revenge if he harmed Tang San.
• Lin Ye laughed at Flender’s threat, leaving Flender confused and angered.

Lin Ye defied Flender and crippled Tang San with a lightning-infused kick, then taunted him until he fainted. Flender, enraged and fearing Tang Hao’s revenge, vowed to kill Lin Ye, who readied himself to fight.

• Lin Ye insulted Flender for relying on Tang San’s Titled Douluo father to threaten him.
• Lin Ye stomped on Tang San’s crotch, crippling him with a lightning-infused kick.
• Lin Ye mocked Tang San about Xiao Wu, and Tang San spat blood before fainting from rage.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched with satisfaction as Lin Ye overpowered Tang San and shattered his pride.
• Flender vowed to kill Lin Ye and take his head to apologize to Haotian Douluo, while Lin Ye challenged him to fight.

Lin Ye fought Flender, a level 78 Soul Sage, and revealed five Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings. After Flender wounded him in close combat, Lin Ye activated his transformation and drove Flender back with a powerful attack.

• Lin Ye sent Zhu Zhuqing to safety and summoned the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul, shocking Flender with his five Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Flender decided Lin Ye was too dangerous to live and attacked him with his fourth spirit skill, but Lin Ye's Evil God Guard blocked the wind blades.
• Flender used Eagle Claw Rend to engage Lin Ye in close combat, and his speed let him slash Lin Ye's arm.
• Lin Ye activated Dark Demon Evil God Transformation and used Evil God Thirteen Slashes to blast Flender backward.

Lin Ye’s fourth spirit skill badly injured Flender, but Flender activated his Martial Soul True Body and knocked Lin Ye back with a powerful strike. Flender then prepared to attack with Hurricane Strangulation.

• Lin Ye unleashed his fourth spirit skill, Dark Demon Evil Prison Formation, suppressing Flender with gravity and weakened Soul Power.
• Lin Ye sent a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger phantom crashing into Flender, who barely blocked it with his sixth spirit ability and suffered internal injuries.
• Lin Ye charged again, but Flender activated his seventh Soul Skill, Cat Owl True Body, transforming into an enormous Four-Eyed Cat Eagle.
• Flender struck Lin Ye with an eagle claw, sending him flying and leaving his arms numb.
• Flender announced his fifth soul skill, Hurricane Strangulation, and gathered a hurricane with his wings.

Flender’s Hurricane Strangulation shattered Lin Ye’s Evil God Guard, but Zhu Zhuqing protected him with her Invincible Golden Body. As Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang approached as reinforcements, Lin Ye decided to retreat rather than risk a fight against the Golden Iron Triangle.

• Flender unleashed a vastly strengthened Hurricane Strangulation at Lin Ye, who struggled to hold it back with Evil God Guard.
• The barrier shattered, and Zhu Zhuqing shielded Lin Ye from the remaining hurricane with her Invincible Golden Body.
• Lin Ye sensed Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang approaching, while Flender announced that Shrek Academy’s reinforcements were coming.
• Lin Ye judged that Liu Erlong and the Golden Iron Triangle’s Golden Holy Dragon were too dangerous to face, so he prepared to retreat.
• Flender charged at Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing again before his reinforcements arrived.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing wounded Flender and escaped, while Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong found Tang San and Dai Mubai gravely injured. Flender revealed that Lin Ye was a Soul King with five Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and a Head Soul Bone.

• Lin Ye used his Head Soul Bone's Mental Shock to interrupt Flender, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to wound him with Netherworld Frost Shadow Slash.
• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing fled before Flender's reinforcements arrived, leaving him badly injured.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang arrived, and Flender urged them to save Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• Yu Xiaogang found Tang San barely alive, with his Eight Spider Spears shattered, and realized his future potential might be greatly diminished.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that Lin Ye had five Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and a Head Soul Bone capable of mental attacks.

Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender rushed Tang San and Dai Mubai back to Shrek Academy for emergency treatment after Lin Ye left them gravely injured. The healing Soul Masters emerged from the infirmary with grave expressions, leaving their condition unknown.

• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong discovered that Tang San's Head Soul Bone had been destroyed and that he had been mutilated, and Yu Xiaogang feared Tang Hao's reaction.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Liu Erlong and Flender to carry Tang San and Dai Mubai back to Shrek Academy for treatment.
• Flender forced the students aside and ordered the academy's healing-type Soul Masters to treat Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• Liu Erlong blamed Lin Ye for the injuries and vowed to tear him apart if she saw him again.
• The lead healing-type Soul Master came out of the infirmary with a grave expression, and Yu Xiaogang urgently asked how Tang San and Dai Mubai were.

After Tang San and Dai Mubai survived their injuries but were left crippled like Ma Hongjun, Yu Xiaogang and Flender decided they had to kill Lin Ye before Tang Hao learned what happened. Xiao Wu discovered Tang San’s condition and swore revenge on Lin Ye, while Lin Ye traveled toward Spirit Hall.

• The healing Soul Master told Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong that Tang San and Dai Mubai had survived but their lower bodies were irreparably ruined, just like Ma Hongjun’s.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the substitutes to compete in the tournament and urged Flender and Liu Erlong to kill Lin Ye before Tang Hao found out.
• Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong rushed to the infirmary, where Xiao Wu saw Tang San and Dai Mubai bandaged and unconscious.
• Oscar feared Lin Ye and resolved to avoid him, while Xiao Wu raged over Tang San’s condition and vowed to avenge him.
• Lin Ye traveled by carriage along an official road toward Spirit Hall.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing shared a playful, affectionate moment in their carriage as they left Heaven Dou City to avoid Shrek Academy’s retaliation. They headed toward Spirit City, confident in their future and their powerful allies.

• Zhu Zhuqing complained that they were leaving Heaven Dou City so soon, and Lin Ye explained they needed to lie low after crippling Shrek Academy’s three prized students.
• Zhu Zhuqing defended their actions against Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others, and declared that as Pope Bibi Dong’s personal disciple she feared no one’s background.
• Lin Ye encouraged Zhu Zhuqing’s ambition to become a Titled Douluo and promised they would stand together at the peak of the continent.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered Lin Ye the final candied hawthorn, but he teased her by pretending to remove sugar from her chin with a kiss.
• Lin Ye ate the last hawthorn as the two bickered affectionately while their carriage traveled toward Spirit City.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Spirit City and spent a quiet night together after their violent, exhausting trip to Heaven Dou City. Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep reassured that Lin Ye would handle explaining their early return to Bibi Dong.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Spirit Hall after several days of travel, and Zhu Zhuqing hurried into their residence to rest.
• Lin Ye prepared hot water while Zhu Zhuqing washed, and he found his agitation from the recent fighting fading in their home.
• Lin Ye held Zhu Zhuqing in bed, and she worried about returning before Bibi Dong's one-month deadline.
• Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing to leave tomorrow's troubles to him, then promised to take her to the night market for candied hawthorns.
• Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep in Lin Ye's arms, and Lin Ye kissed her forehead before drifting off beside her.

Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing returned early from Heaven Dou City and faced Bibi Dong, who exposed Lin Ye’s excuse and accused them of neglecting their investigation. Zhu Zhuqing took the blame to protect Lin Ye, leaving Bibi Dong’s reprimand softened by her concern for the pair.

• Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the Papal Palace and told Bibi Dong they had returned early because the rival academy teams seemed unremarkable.
• Bibi Dong saw through Lin Ye’s explanation and accused him and Zhu Zhuqing of sightseeing and fooling around.
• Bibi Dong reprimanded Lin Ye for lying and warned him not to become arrogant after his achievements in Slaughter City.
• Zhu Zhuqing knelt before Bibi Dong, admitted they had deceived her, and claimed she had dragged Lin Ye to the Heaven Dou City night market.
• Bibi Dong’s pressure eased as she scolded Lin Ye for letting Zhu Zhuqing take the blame and plead for him.

Lin Ye defended Zhu Zhuqing and carried her in his arms in front of Bibi Dong, provoking and teasing her despite the solemn setting. Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to attack Lin Ye together, leaving them shocked.

• Lin Ye insisted that he alone was responsible and tried to keep Zhu Zhuqing from taking the blame, but she refused to stop kneeling.
• Lin Ye scooped Zhu Zhuqing up in a princess carry, and she blushed and begged him to put her down while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan watched in disbelief.
• Lin Ye teased Zhu Zhuqing and demanded a kiss before he would put her down, while Bibi Dong watched with interest.
• Bibi Dong struck her scepter against the floor, unleashed her pressure, and ordered Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to attack Lin Ye together.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were stunned by Bibi Dong's command, as Hu Liena considered Lin Ye's strength and their own combined abilities.

Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to fight Lin Ye alone while Zhu Zhuqing was forbidden from joining. The group gathered at the Soul Fighting Arena, where the Golden Generation released their Martial Souls and challenged Lin Ye to reveal his strength.

• Yan welcomed Bibi Dong's order, eager to avenge the humiliation Lin Ye had inflicted on him.
• Zhu Zhuqing pleaded to fight alongside Lin Ye, but Bibi Dong forbade her and threatened Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan with three days in confinement if they lost.
• Lin Ye reassured Zhu Zhuqing and accepted the challenge, then followed Bibi Dong and the others to the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Bibi Dong sent Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan into the arena, where Yan vowed to make Lin Ye pay for his past humiliation.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue coordinated their attack as all three Golden Generation members released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Yan challenged Lin Ye to show his Martial Soul and Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, and Lin Ye answered by unleashing an overwhelming aura.

Lin Ye faced Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Enchantress fusion skill, whose red mist weakened perception, and used his wind power to disperse it. The mist’s suppression failed, leaving Enchantress and the onlookers stunned as the battle continued.

• Lin Ye possessed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as Bibi Dong ordered him to show his strength.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to become Enchantress and spread a perception-weakening red mist across the arena.
• Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing watched anxiously as the mist approached Lin Ye, while Yan prepared to attack.
• Lin Ye summoned dozens of tornadoes with his wind power, clearing the red mist and pushing it back.
• Enchantress and Yan were stunned by Lin Ye’s counter, while Zhu Zhuqing praised him and Bibi Dong admired his judgment.

Lin Ye fought Enchantress and Yan in the Soul Fighting Arena, breaking their attacks with his skills and enduring their combined assault. After Evil God Guard shattered, he activated Dark Demon Evil God Transformation and caught Enchantress’s Moon Blades with his bare hands.

• Yan attacked Lin Ye with Granite Rock, but Lin Ye destroyed the boulder with Evil God Thirteen Slashes.
• Enchantress rushed Lin Ye with his Moon Blades, but Lin Ye blocked them with Evil God Guard.
• Enchantress and Yan combined their attacks, cracking and then shattering Lin Ye’s defensive barrier.
• Lin Ye activated Dark Demon Evil God Transformation and caught Enchantress’s Moon Blades barehanded.