Chapter Summaries

After earning enough Merit from killing the Mask Douluo to reach the One-Zhang Golden Body stage, Lin Yan inspected the dead Titled Douluo’s Spirit Bones and reunited with his grandmother, Lin Yuhuan. He stayed determined to remain at Shrek and, while continuing to wait for Huo Yuhao, set out to find the Soul Devouring Dagger needed to claim Electrolux’s fragment of divine consciousness.

• Lin Yan activated the One-Zhang Golden Body, found that it could not yet combine with the Azure Dragon Transformation, and collected the four Spirit Bones left by the Mask Douluo.
• Lin Yan reunited with Lin Yuhuan, explained his disappearance and god’s recognition, and concealed that he had killed the Mask Douluo.
• Lin Yuhuan urged Lin Yan to leave Shrek for safety, but Lin Yan refused and chose to remain at the academy.
• Lin Yan told Lin Yuhuan he would handle his own relationship with Ning Tian, while keeping his search for Huo Yuhao’s opportunities to himself.
• Lin Yan decided to search Star Luo City for the Soul Devouring Dagger, which he needed to stabilize Electrolux’s fragment of divine consciousness, and entrusted the search to Protector Luo.

Lin Yan negotiated with Star Luo Empire princess Xu Jiujiu over a joint auction, then obtained and purified the cursed Soul Devouring Dagger, discovering its Life Gold and vitality. After learning Huo Yuhao had finally left the White Tiger Duke's Estate, Lin Yan hurried after him, hoping to claim part of his opportunity.

• Lin Yuhuan and Xu Xinghua introduced Lin Yan to Xu Jiujiu during a meeting and agreed to hold a joint auction in seven days.
• Protector Luo reported that he had found the Soul Devouring Dagger at the Starshine Auction House, and Lin Yan persuaded Lin Yuhuan to let him have it.
• Lin Yan used his Golden Body and Buddha light to destroy the dagger's resentful spirit, removing its curse and revealing its blue-green Life Gold form.
• Lin Yan recognized the dagger's value but realized he needed Electrolux's divine consciousness fragment to fuse with it.
• Intelligence agents informed Lin Yan that Huo Yuhao had left the duke's estate, so Lin Yan departed Nine Treasure Commerce and caught up with him outside Star Luo City.

Huo Yuhao escaped the White Tiger Duke's Estate and traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his first Spirit Ring, while Lin Yan secretly followed, hoping to claim Electrolux's divine consciousness fragment. After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared and offered itself to Huo Yuhao, it sensed Lin Yan, knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious, and crawled toward him.

• Huo Yuhao left the White Tiger Duke's Estate and headed north, determined to gain power and avenge his mother.
• Lin Yan followed Huo Yuhao in secret, weighing whether to take his opportunities while avoiding Tang San's attention.
• Huo Yuhao met Tang Ya and Bei Bei over grilled fish, then continued into the Star Dou Great Forest with Lin Yan following.
• Huo Yuhao barely killed a Wind Baboon with the White Tiger Dagger, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged soon afterward.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began offering itself to Huo Yuhao, then sensed Lin Yan, pretended its offer was a joke, knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious, and crawled toward Lin Yan.

Lin Yan mocked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but the Million-Year Soul Beast sacrificed itself to him anyway, becoming a Wisdom Soul Ring in his Spiritual Sea. Electrolux also entered Lin Yan, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discovered that Lin Yan already possessed a divine inheritance and had no interest in its God-Making Plan.

• Lin Yan teased Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about its appearance and refused to believe it was a Million-Year Soul Beast.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed itself to Lin Yan, unleashing a vast spiritual ripple across the southern Star Dou Great Forest.
• Electrolux descended as gray air and entered Lin Yan, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hurried to complete its sacrifice.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Wisdom Soul Ring appeared in Lin Yan’s Spiritual Sea alongside Electrolux and the Thunder God inheritance item.
• Lin Yan rejected Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s God-Making Plan after demonstrating that he already possessed a divine inheritance.

Lin Yan reunited with Bei Bei and Tang Ya in the Star Dou Great Forest after gaining strength from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. He gave Tang Ya a Blue Silver King Spirit Bone that evolved her Martial Soul, accepted the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, and waited with them for Huo Yuhao to awaken.

• Lin Yan returned to Bei Bei and Tang Ya, who were treating the unconscious Huo Yuhao, and explained that he had been searching for a rare herb.
• Lin Yan gave Huo Yuhao medicine for his internal injuries, then learned that Thunderclap Fruits had strengthened Bei Bei and begun transforming Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Lin Yan presented Tang Ya with a Ten-Thousand-Year Blue Silver King Spirit Bone, and she absorbed it to evolve her Martial Soul into a lightning-attribute Blue Silver King.
• Tang Ya gave Lin Yan the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record in gratitude for the Spirit Bone.
• Huo Yuhao woke up, and Tang Ya scolded him for entering the Star Dou Great Forest alone without a Spirit Ring.

After Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect, Lin Yan gave him a Thunderclap Fruit to improve his aptitude before he absorbed a Spirit Ring. The fruit triggered a Bronze-Rank Second Awakening of Huo Yuhao’s Body Martial Soul, revealing the power of his eyes and leaving Lin Yan astonished.

• Huo Yuhao regretted missing the chance to absorb the Wind Baboon’s Spirit Ring, but Bei Bei told him it was a weak Ten-Year Spirit Ring and offered to help find a better one.
• After learning Huo Yuhao had a rare Body Martial Soul and no family, Tang Ya invited him to join the Tang Sect and offered him its Shrek Academy admission exemption.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Tang Ya and Bei Bei’s offer, pledged loyalty to the Tang Sect, and completed his initiation ceremony.
• Lin Yan gave Huo Yuhao a Thunderclap Fruit and advised him to absorb it before obtaining a Spirit Ring.
• After two hours, Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul manifested as a bronze light and a silver-white vertical eye, which Lin Yan recognized as a Bronze-Rank Second Awakening.

Lin Yan helped Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya obtain their first and third Spirit Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest after Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes gained a lightning attribute through a second awakening. Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power rose to level seventeen, and the group left for Shrek Academy after he demonstrated his first Soul Skill, Lightning Gaze.

• Lin Yan explained Huo Yuhao’s second awakening, and Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes changed to silver-white with flickering lightning.
• The group chose a Thunderstorm Wolf Spider for Tang Ya, and Bei Bei subdued it so she could absorb its Spirit Ring.
• After searching for a day, Lin Yan brought down a Blackfeather Thunder Crow, and Huo Yuhao absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power surged from level ten to level seventeen, which Bei Bei and Tang Ya confirmed with a crystal ball.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated Lightning Gaze, a lightning attack that struck targets within twenty meters of his gaze.
• The group left the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Shrek Academy.

Lin Yan returned to Shrek Academy after recovering from a near-fatal attack by a Titled Douluo Evil Soul Master and reunited with Zhang Lexuan. Zhang Lexuan confessed her feelings, Lin Yan reciprocated, and he brought her to the Thunder God's Divine Trial Grounds to experience the Lightning Sea.

• Lin Yan returned to Shrek City with Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao, then went to Sea God Pavilion to report to Mu En about the Titled Douluo Evil Soul Master and the secret organization behind the Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Yan visited Zhang Lexuan, reassured her that he had recovered, and told her that his Soul Power had reached Rank 59.
• Zhang Lexuan confessed that she had fallen in love with Lin Yan, and Lin Yan kissed her to show that he returned her feelings.
• Lin Yan told Zhang Lexuan how he had nearly died, and she angrily condemned the Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Yan took Zhang Lexuan to the Thunder God's Divine Trial Grounds and explained the Lightning Sea's body-tempering effects.
• Zhang Lexuan entered the Lightning Sea to temper her body, and Lin Yan jumped in beside her.

Zhang Lexuan dissolved her engagement to Bei Bei, while Lin Yan returned to Shrek Academy and helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire. Later, he witnessed Huo Yuhao fight Wang Dong, whose use of her Martial Soul turned their clash into a harder battle than Lin Yan expected.

• Zhang Lexuan told Mu En she wanted to end her engagement to Bei Bei so she could be with Lin Yan, and Mu En agreed while asking her to keep the arrangement secret.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Lin Yan to help Ma Xiaotao, and Lin Yan used his Three Thousand Buddha Kingdoms Domain to purify the Evil Fire in her body.
• Lin Yan asked Du Weilun to notify him when Ning Tian and Wu Feng arrived at Shrek Academy, then went to look for Jiang Nannan.
• Lin Yan saw Huo Yuhao confronting Wang Dong and noticed that Wang Dong released her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul from the start.
• Huo Yuhao used Lightning Gaze to stun Wang Dong and struck her with Mysterious Jade Hand, giving her a black eye.
• Wang Dong recovered and countered Huo Yuhao's next Lightning Gaze with Butterfly Goddess's Light, forcing him to dodge.

Lin Yan stopped Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao's fight, then found Jiang Nannan and heard her confession. He told her he already had a girlfriend and another arranged match, and Jiang Nannan agreed to become one of his girlfriends.

• Wang Dong recovered from Huo Yuhao's Lightning Gaze, beat him, and faced his counterattack with Butterfly Goddess's Light.
• Lin Yan intervened with Golden Body Power, shattered both attacks, and sent Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao to the Academic Affairs Office.
• Lin Yan searched for Jiang Nannan and found her at her home in Shrek City, where she embraced him after believing he had died.
• Jiang Nannan confessed that she liked Lin Yan and asked to be his girlfriend.
• Lin Yan explained that he already had a girlfriend and an arranged marriage, and Jiang Nannan chose to accept being one of his girlfriends.
• Lin Yan promised not to leave or drive Jiang Nannan away and kissed her.

Lin Yan fused the One-Zhang Golden Body with the Azure Dragon Transformation, creating the Heavenly Dragon Golden Body, and used it to advance farther through the Lightning Sea during his Thunder God trial. After returning from the Divine Trial Grounds, he reunited with Zhang Lexuan at her residence.

• Lin Yan met Wang Dong at the academy and revealed his Hundred-Thousand-Year fifth Spirit Ring before flying to Sea God Island.
• Lin Yan tried to draw Electrolux out with Life's Blade, then began studying how to fuse the One-Zhang Golden Body and Azure Dragon Transformation.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng reunited with Lin Yan, and Zhang Lexuan told him about her relationship with Bei Bei and her request to dissolve their engagement.
• Over three months, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin power improved Lin Yan's cultivation, bringing his Soul Power to the limit of Rank 59.
• Lin Yan successfully fused the One-Zhang Golden Body and Azure Dragon Transformation into the Heavenly Dragon Golden Body, then swam through the Lightning Sea to the six-tenths mark before Xiao Jiu rescued him.
• Lin Yan returned from the Divine Trial Grounds and embraced and kissed Zhang Lexuan when he found her at home.

Lin Yan went to the Soul Fighting Arena to test his newly mastered Heavenly Dragon Golden Body and challenged a Heaven Ranking Soul Sage. His transformation let him suppress Lian Fang in close combat, forcing Lian Fang to use his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Lin Yan explained to Ling Luochen that he had spent three months in seclusion, but she became angry when he appraised her and left.
• At the arena, Lin Yan greeted Zhuang Yuqin and announced that he wanted a Heaven Ranking student to challenge him.
• Lian Fang accepted Lin Yan's challenge, and his Flame Fang skill burned away Lin Yan's Chidori Senbon.
• Lin Yan activated the Heavenly Dragon Golden Body and struck Lian Fang hard enough to drive the Soul Sage nearly to the edge of the platform.
• Lian Fang used two enhancement Soul Skills, but Lin Yan still held the advantage and forced him to activate his Martial Soul Avatar.

Lin Yan defeated Lian Fang, a Soul Sage, in the Soul Arena with Thunder God's Blessing and Thunder Realm Divine Punishment, rising to tenth place on the Heaven Ranking. After recovering at home, he told Zhang Lexuan he wanted her as a reward for his hard work, leaving her blushing and tense as he held her hand.

• Lian Fang activated his Martial Soul Avatar and gained the upper hand against Lin Yan, who fought back with his Soul Skills but was gradually suppressed.
• Lin Yan used Thunder God's Blessing to empower Thunder Realm Divine Punishment, overpowering Lian Fang's sixth Soul Skill until Xuan Zi intervened to shield Lian Fang from the attack.
• Xuan Zi praised Lin Yan, who had defeated Lian Fang but exhausted nearly all his Soul Power; Zhuang Yuqin healed his burns and refused to treat Lian Fang.
• Lin Yan rose from first place on the Earth Ranking to tenth place on the Heaven Ranking after defeating Lian Fang, then returned home to recover and cultivate.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Lin Yan food and praised his rapid progress, and Lin Yan asked for her as a reward before catching her hand and leaving her flustered.

After Lin Yan reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng following their loss in the Freshman Assessment, he returned to Sea God Island and finally awakened Electrolux by using Life's Blade. Electrolux revealed that the blade contained rare Life Gold and began explaining its potential benefits, while Lin Yan chose to trust him.

• Zhang Lexuan met Han Ruoruo to work on Martial Soul research and tried to conceal why she was late.
• Lin Yan watched Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er lose their match against Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie, then comforted Ning Tian and Wu Feng and gave them Thunderclap Fruits.
• Lin Yan took Ning Tian and Wu Feng out for a meal, returned to Sea God Island, and used Life's Blade in another attempt to awaken Electrolux's consciousness.
• Electrolux responded to the Life Gold in Life's Blade and introduced himself to Lin Yan as the Holy Necromancer, Calamity of the Undead.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm challenged Electrolux, but Lin Yan stopped him and asked Electrolux about Life Gold and how to use it.
• Lin Yan told Electrolux that he trusted him, leaving Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to protest Lin Yan's unfair treatment.

Lin Yan fused with Life's Blade, gaining a transformed body and Spiritual Sea, and Electrolux became his Martial Soul and accepted him as a disciple to teach him magic. After Lin Yan reunited with Zhang Lexuan, his cultivation breakthrough and their nights together left her exhausted a week later.

• Lin Yan entered the Divine Trial Grounds and fused with Life's Blade, which cleansed and strengthened his body and expanded his Spiritual Sea.
• Life's Blade formed a vertical eye on Lin Yan's forehead, and Lin Yan's Soul Power reached level sixty as his spiritual power more than doubled.
• Electrolux explained that Life Gold had stabilized his lingering soul, revealed that he had become one of Lin Yan's Martial Souls, and offered to teach him magic.
• Lin Yan accepted Electrolux as his master, and Electrolux told him to improve his control of spiritual power before beginning magic lessons.
• Lin Yan returned to Zhang Lexuan, shared a meal with her, and told her he planned to wait before obtaining a Spirit Ring.
• A week later, Han Ruoruo noticed Zhang Lexuan's dark circles, and Zhang Lexuan resolved to rein in Lin Yan after losing sleep because of him.

Lin Yan mastered magic under Electrolux’s guidance and successfully summoned undead creatures through the Gate of the Undead. He then asked Electrolux to restore the Thunderclap Hellvine’s consciousness, and Electrolux’s spell drew purplish-gold light from its Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone toward Lin Yan’s brow.

• Lin Yan completed his first lightning spell, then spent three months improving his magic and enduring the increasingly powerful Lightning Sea.
• Lin Yan cast the Gate of the Undead, summoning Skeleton Soldiers and Death Knights before explaining magic to Xiao Jiu.
• Lin Yan told Electrolux about the Thunderclap Hellvine and asked him to restore its consciousness.
• Electrolux cast a soul magic spell that made the Thunderclap Hellvine’s Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone glow and sent purplish-gold lights toward Lin Yan’s brow.

Lin Yan and Electrolux developed the Soul Spirit Method, which could let willing Soul Beasts retain their intelligence and assist Soul Masters after becoming Spirit Rings. After Lin Yan fled from a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, he appeared atop a Three-Headed Tibetan Mastiff and came face-to-face with it.

• The Thunderclap Hellvine revived as a spirit body, and Lin Yan proposed that Soul Beasts could remain conscious after becoming Spirit Rings.
• Electrolux studied Spirit Rings and Soul Beast hunts in the Star Dou Great Forest, then devised a method for creating Soul Spirits with the consent of both parties.
• Lin Yan planned to ask Mu En to negotiate with the Fierce Beasts in the forest’s Core Zone about the method.
• A Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ambushed Lin Yan as he left the forest’s Mixed Zone, so he escaped using his Space Movement Soul Skill.
• Lin Yan landed on the Three-Headed Tibetan Mastiff’s back and stared in shock as it turned to face him.

Lin Yan was captured by Scarlet King after his Space Movement Soul Skill unexpectedly placed him on the beast's back. To save his life, Lin Yan explained the Soul Spirit Method, and Scarlet King took him and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the Core Zone to meet Di Tian and test his claims.

• Lin Yan landed on Scarlet King's back, was thrown off, and was pinned beneath the beast's claw.
• Scarlet King questioned Lin Yan about his visit and threatened to kill him after discovering that Xuan Zi was not nearby.
• Lin Yan revealed the Soul Spirit Method and argued that it could reduce Soul Beast deaths by letting Soul Spirits retain their minds and provide multiple Spirit Rings.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion urged Scarlet King to let Lin Yan prove his claim, and Scarlet King agreed to take him to the Core Zone.
• Scarlet King brought Lin Yan and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the Lake of Life, where Lin Yan expected to meet Di Tian.

Lin Yan convinced Di Tian to let him test the Soul Spirit Method with the dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon, hiding his true reason for seeking such a powerful beast. After preparing both sides and beginning the fusion, Electrolux appeared through Lin Yan’s Holy Necromancer Martial Soul, and Di Tian sensed something unusual.

• Di Tian questioned Lin Yan about the Soul Spirit Method, then agreed to let him test it after Lin Yan claimed a powerful, intelligent Soul Beast would improve the first attempt.
• Lin Yan persuaded Di Tian to summon the nearly dying Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon and received a Seven-Star Fruit to heal his injury.
• Lin Yan explained the Soul Spirit Method to the Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon and eased its hesitation by promising it a second life and a chance to aid the Soul Beast race.
• Di Tian questioned whether Lin Yan could withstand a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s power, but Lin Yan confidently said he could.
• Lin Yan began the Soul Spirit Method with Electrolux controlling his Holy Necromancer Martial Soul, and Di Tian narrowed his eyes as he sensed something from the figure behind Lin Yan.

Lin Yan transformed the Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon into the first Soul Spirit, proving that it retained its memories, could fight independently, and granted him Soul Skills. Di Tian accepted the method’s promise but demanded proof that a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit could provide multiple Spirit Rings, leaving Lin Yan to return in two years to demonstrate it.

• Lin Yan used Electrolux’s ritual to turn the Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon into a Soul Spirit, raising his Soul Power to level sixty-four and gaining a left arm Spirit Bone.
• Lin Yan summoned the Thunderclap Hellvine’s soul to convince Di Tian that his fifth Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring had come from a willing sacrifice rather than hunting.
• Di Tian confirmed that the Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon retained its consciousness and memories, and Lin Yan demonstrated its Thunder Wave Soul Skill against him.
• The Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon showed that it could fight independently, convincing Di Tian that Soul Spirits could act as battle partners as well as grant Soul Skills.
• Lin Yan claimed that a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit could provide two or three Spirit Rings, and promised to prove it when he reached level seventy within two years.
• Di Tian agreed to wait for the demonstration and warned Lin Yan that he would kill him if the claim proved false.