Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan proved his strength to Zhang Lexuan, purified Ma Xiaotao’s rampaging Evil Fire, and then sensed Du Busi arriving at Shrek Academy. Du Busi demanded that Shrek hand Lin Yan over, and the chapter ended as he and Xuan Zi prepared to clash.

• Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan fought evenly until their strongest attacks devastated the valley, after which Zhang Lexuan acknowledged his Titled Douluo-level strength.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lin Yan that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire had worsened and that Chen Zifeng had lost his right arm; Lin Yan agreed to help Ma Xiaotao.
• Lin Yan used Three Thousand Buddha Realms to suppress and purify Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, leaving her unconscious but out of danger.
• Seven days after Lin Yan returned to Shrek Academy, Du Busi arrived with more than twenty Body Sect experts and demanded that Xuan Zi bring out Lin Yan.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi released their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings, and their immense auras collided above Shrek Academy.

Lin Yan met Du Busi at Sea God Island and revealed that his Great Buddha was a Body Martial Soul that used himself as its form. Du Busi recognized him as a rare successor, while the old feud between the Body Sect and Shrek Academy remained unresolved.

• Lin Yan brought Zhang Lexuan to Sea God Island as Du Busi and Xuan Zi fought above Shrek Academy.
• Sea God's Light drove back Du Busi's aura, purified Xuan Zi's poison, and revealed that Mu En was still alive.
• Du Busi entered Shrek Academy and confronted Mu En over the death of his elder brother, Du Bisi.
• Du Busi questioned Lin Yan about his Body Martial Soul, and Lin Yan asked whether anyone else in the Body Sect used their whole self as a Martial Soul.
• Lin Yan revealed his Great Buddha Martial Soul and its three Spirit Rings, and Du Busi realized it too was a Martial Soul of the self.

Lin Yan questioned Du Busi about his parents, but learned that the Body Sect had no connection to his family and left without joining it. After spending a month revisiting his childhood home in Clearwater Village with Zhang Lexuan, he returned to Shrek Academy and welcomed Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and the other new Inner Court students.

• Lin Yan asked Du Busi whether his father or Martial Soul was connected to the Body Sect, but Du Busi denied knowing his family and offered Lin Yan the sect master position if he joined.
• Lin Yan refused Du Busi's offer, and Mu En ended the confrontation by saying Lin Yan was already his disciple; Du Busi left while warning Lin Yan to reconsider.
• Mu En suggested that Lin Yan's missing mother might have gone overseas, and Lin Yan took Zhang Lexuan to revisit their old home in Clearwater Village.
• Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan stayed in Clearwater Village for a month, and Lin Yan helped the new village chief awaken four children's Martial Souls before returning to Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lin Yan that Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and the other tournament participants had been admitted early to the Inner Court, where Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan welcomed them.
• Lin Yan guided the seven newcomers through registration and residence assignments; Bei Bei shared a building with Huo Yuhao, while Tang Ya shared with Jiang Nannan and Ning Tian with Wu Feng.

Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan arrived at the Inner Court Soul Fighting Arena for their assessments, where Wu Ming volunteered to examine them. Xu Sanshi passed by using his fourth Spirit Skill to switch places with Wu Ming and make her fall off the platform, but he left himself facing her fury.

• Lin Yan explained the Inner Court rankings, and Zhang Lexuan clarified that she was the strongest student and did not take part in them.
• Wu Ming volunteered to examine the new students, and Zhang Lexuan agreed despite Lin Yan's concerns about her temper.
• Bei Bei pushed Xu Sanshi to take the first assessment, and Xu Sanshi tried to win Wu Ming's favor before their match began.
• Xu Sanshi provoked Wu Ming, then used Xuanming Substitution to switch places with her and send her off the platform.
• Zhang Lexuan declared Xu Sanshi the winner, and Wu Ming glared at him as he realized she would make his Inner Court days difficult.

Bei Bei defeated Xixi by awakening the Radiant Sacred Dragon Power, and Jiang Nannan began her assessment against Zhou Jing. Jiang Nannan dodged Zhou Jing’s poisonous mist, but the match was still underway.

• Xixi initially outmaneuvered Bei Bei and injured him, but Bei Bei’s lightning power disrupted her Soul Power and forced her to rely on her Lightning Clone to escape his Dragon Transformation strike.
• Bei Bei awakened the Radiant Sacred Dragon Power, stunned Xixi with its dragon might, and caught her by the neck, winning the assessment.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Bei Bei’s power came from the Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline inherited by his family, and that it had degenerated into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon while retaining part of its bloodline.
• Zhou Jing volunteered to examine Jiang Nannan after Xixi had used considerable Soul Power, and the two began their match.
• Jiang Nannan used her speed to evade Zhou Jing’s Purple Jade Vines and escaped the poisonous black mist Zhou Jing released.

Jiang Nannan passed Zhou Jing’s assessment, and Lin Yan later visited her while reassuring her about his relationship with Zhang Lexuan. Nearly a year later, Lin Yan completed the Thunder God Nine Trials’ second trial and received a new challenge: condense a Soul Core within one year.

• Jiang Nannan escaped Zhou Jing’s vine cage with Teleportation, endured the required ten exchanges, and passed her assessment.
• Lin Yan guided Bei Bei and the others around the Inner Court, then returned to cultivation before Zhang Lexuan came back that evening.
• Lin Yan visited Jiang Nannan the next day, confirmed that Zhang Lexuan was his girlfriend, and reassured Jiang Nannan that he would not abandon her.
• Three months after reaching the final stair, Lin Yan took the last step and passed the Thunder God Nine Trials’ second trial.
• Lin Yan received five percent more Thunder God Affinity, one level of Soul Power, and a ten-percent increase in spiritual power, bringing him to level sixty-nine.
• Lin Yan learned that the third trial required him to condense a Soul Core within one year.

Lin Yan rescued Jiang Nannan from the Lightning Sea when she pushed herself past her limits, then agreed to accompany Ning Tian and Wu Feng to Nine Treasure City. When Ning Tian asked about his relationship with Jiang Nannan, Lin Yan confessed that Jiang Nannan was his girlfriend, and Ning Tian agreed to share him despite concerns about her future as sect master.

• Lin Yan pulled Jiang Nannan from the Lightning Sea and warned her that overexertion could have killed her.
• Lin Yan agreed to return to Nine Treasure City with Ning Tian and Wu Feng after realizing he had not visited his grandmother in nearly two years.
• Ning Tian asked Lin Yan about Jiang Nannan, and Lin Yan told her Jiang Nannan was his girlfriend.
• Lin Yan said Ning Tian could remain his younger sister or accept sharing him, and Ning Tian chose to accept the arrangement.
• Ning Tian worried her father might object and asked Lin Yan to handle the matter; Lin Yan reassured her and said Jiang Nannan would treat her like a younger sister.

Lin Yan returned to Nine Treasure City, revealed his Ultimate Lightning martial soul and near-Titled Douluo strength to Lin Yuhuan, and discussed the search for his mother. He also told his grandmother that he would marry Ning Tian but would have other wives, leaving Lin Yuhuan shocked and asking whether Ning Tian had really agreed.

• Lin Yan visited Bei Bei, learned Tang Ya was approaching the Soul Ancestor realm unusually quickly, and heard that she believed the Tang Sect's ancestor was watching over her.
• Lin Yan left Shrek City with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, reached Nine Treasure City after four days, and returned to Lin Estate to reunite with Lin Yuhuan.
• Lin Yan revealed that his Soul Power had reached level sixty-nine and that his Black Demon Mace had evolved to possess Ultimate Lightning, giving him strength close to that of an ordinary Titled Douluo.
• Lin Yan told Lin Yuhuan that his meeting with Du Busi had ended his last lead about his mother, so she promised to have the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect investigate the ocean.
• Lin Yan told Lin Yuhuan he would marry Ning Tian but would not have only one wife, and said Ning Tian had already agreed.
• Lin Yuhuan reacted in disbelief and asked whether Ning Tian had truly agreed.

Lin Yan persuaded Ning Xingzong to approve his marriage to Ning Tian by promising to restore her Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul, then returned to Shrek City and learned that Du Busi had found a clue about Lin Yan’s origins. Du Busi revealed that his brother had a child with a woman from nearly 170 years ago, but the woman’s identity remained unknown.

• Lin Yan convinced Ning Xingzong to accept his relationship with Ning Tian by promising to evolve her Martial Soul into the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
• Ning Tian and Lin Yan shared their first kiss, and Wu Feng asked Lin Yan to help her advance her cultivation; he promised both women future opportunities.
• Lin Yan brought Ning Tian and Wu Feng back to Shrek City, then went to the Sea God Pavilion to ask Mu En about condensing a Soul Core.
• Du Busi told Lin Yan that a letter revealed his elder brother had once had a partner who bore him a child.
• Du Busi said the woman had written the letter several years after separating from his brother and that she had lived nearly 170 years earlier.

Lin Yan learned that his origins might connect him to Qian Huanyi, the Holy Light Fairy, and decided to seek clues at Tianzhen Academy. He arrived there with Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao, whose Soul Sage breakthrough was approaching, and Ma Xiaotao intimidated the academy guards when they blocked their way.

• Du Busi told Lin Yan that the Angel Martial Soul inheritor Qian Huanyi had once borne a child with him, and Lin Yan suspected his father might descend from that child.
• Lin Yan asked Mu En to investigate the Angel Clan and resolved to search for Yu Mengdi at Tianzhen Academy; Du Busi offered his own help and left after warning Mu En and Xuan Zi not to harm Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan told Xuan Zi and Mu En that any family connection to Du Busi would not weaken his loyalty to Shrek Academy, and Mu En supported his proposal to reconcile with the Body Sect.
• Lin Yan asked to leave for Tianzhen Academy, and Mu En approved the trip with Zhang Lexuan accompanying him; Yan Shaozhe asked them to take Ma Xiaotao because her Soul Sage breakthrough could trigger her Evil Fire.
• Lin Yan, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao flew to Tianfang City and went to Tianzhen Academy, where the guard captain refused to let them see the headmaster until Ma Xiaotao released her Fire Phoenix pressure.

Lin Yan failed to locate Yu Mengdi at Tianzhen Academy, learning only that she might come from overseas. After Ma Xiaotao broke through to Soul Sage, her Evil Fire erupted and altered her Martial Soul, but Lin Yan suppressed it and revealed he knew where to find the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower that could cure her.

• Lin Yan asked Tianzhen Academy's headmaster and Ye Wuqing about Yu Mengdi, but learned she had graduated and might come from overseas.
• Lin Yan left Tianzhen Academy with Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao, then stayed in Tianfang City when Ma Xiaotao sensed her breakthrough was near.
• Ma Xiaotao broke through to Soul Sage, but her Evil Fire erupted and drove her to attack Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhang Lexuan restrained Ma Xiaotao while Lin Yan used Three Thousand Buddha Realms to suppress the evil energy, after which Ma Xiaotao collapsed unconscious.
• Lin Yan told Zhang Lexuan that he knew where to find the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and they agreed to plan carefully before retrieving it.

Lin Yan asked Scarlet King to find a willing, dying Soul Beast for Ma Xiaotao’s seventh Spirit Ring, and Scarlet King brought back a fifty-thousand-year Azure Phoenix. Lin Yan began the Soul Spirit fusion ritual, leaving Zhang Lexuan, Scarlet King, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watching as the process started.

• Ma Xiaotao woke after her Martial Soul went berserk, and Lin Yan warned her that its Evil Fire had grown stronger.
• Lin Yan, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao entered the Star Dou Great Forest so Ma Xiaotao could obtain her seventh Spirit Ring through Soul Spirit fusion.
• Lin Yan summoned Scarlet King, asked him to find a willing Soul Beast nearing the end of its lifespan, and requested more time to fulfill his promise to Di Tian.
• Scarlet King returned with a fifty-thousand-year Azure Phoenix that had been gravely injured by a heavenly tribulation, and the Azure Phoenix agreed to become Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Spirit.
• Lin Yan summoned the Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon Soul Spirit to reassure the Azure Phoenix, then began the fusion ritual as Zhang Lexuan watched.

Lin Yan helped Ma Xiaotao absorb Azure Phoenix as her first Soul Spirit, then returned to Shrek City to learn from Mu En how to condense a Soul Core. After studying Mu En’s demonstration, Lin Yan began forming a Soul Core himself.

• Lin Yan guided Azure Phoenix through the Soul Spirit ritual, and Ma Xiaotao gained her seventh Spirit Ring, reached Rank 72, and received Azure Phoenix’s right arm Spirit Bone.
• Ma Xiaotao summoned Azure Phoenix as her Soul Spirit, and Scarlet King confirmed that Di Tian expected Lin Yan to return within a year to fulfill his promise.
• Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek City, where Lin Yan told Mu En he wanted to condense a Soul Core before reaching the Titled Douluo realm.
• Mu En explained the risks and demonstrated how gaseous Soul Power became liquid, then formed a Soul Core from solid Soul Power.
• Lin Yan began his own attempt, controlling his silver Ultimate Lightning Soul Power as it rotated and compressed.

Lin Yan successfully condensed a Soul Core with Mu En’s guidance, drawing on Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s origin power when his own Soul Power ran low. He chose to fuse the core into his Upper Dantian, then spent half a day recovering before preparing to attempt it.

• Lin Yan repeatedly failed to condense a Soul Core until Mu En advised him to strip the Ultimate Lightning attribute from his Soul Power.
• Lin Yan formed a solid Soul Power funnel that gathered immense energy and began draining his spiritual power and Soul Power.
• When Lin Yan neared exhaustion, he asked Electrolux and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to release part of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s origin power, while Life’s Blade repaired the damage to his body.
• Lin Yan struck the fully charged funnel and successfully formed a complete Soul Core, astonishing Mu En.
• Lin Yan decided to place the Soul Core in his Upper Dantian rather than the easier Lower Dantian, and Mu En agreed to watch over the attempt.
• Lin Yan restored himself to peak condition over half a day before preparing to fuse the Soul Core into his body.

Lin Yan absorbed the Soul Core, became an Ultimate Soul Sage, and received the Thunder God Nine Trials’ fourth task: to kill a peak-condition Titled Douluo Evil Soul Master within a year. Afterward, he watched Ma Xiaotao and her Soul Spirit turn the tide against Lei Ze, then offered Ling Luochen a Soul Spirit in exchange for her help.

• Lin Yan used the Eye of Life to draw the Soul Core into his Spiritual Sea, where Electrolux helped stabilize it as Lin Yan fused with it over the course of a day.
• Lin Yan reached level seventy and became a Soul Sage; Mu En congratulated him and advised him to study the Soul Core in seclusion.
• Lin Yan learned that his third trial had increased his Thunder God affinity and granted him the Thunder God Domain, then discovered that the fourth trial required him to kill a peak-condition Titled Douluo Evil Soul Master within a year.
• At the Soul Fighting Arena, Lin Yan watched Ma Xiaotao summon the Azure Phoenix Soul Spirit and reverse her fight against Lei Ze.
• Lin Yan explained Soul Spirits to Ling Luochen and offered to help her obtain a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit if she would become one of his helpers.

Lin Yan traveled with Mu En to the Star Dou Great Forest to fulfill his promise to Di Tian and discuss cooperation on the Soul Spirit Method. After Lin Yan condensed his seventh Spirit Ring and demonstrated that the method could raise cultivation, Di Tian asked whether a second Spirit Ring from the same Soul Spirit would retain its full power.

• Ling Luochen asked Lin Yan whether he could make her unimaginably strong, and Lin Yan told her to focus on raising her cultivation.
• Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan studied Soul Cores together for half a year after she warned him about the risks of condensing one early.
• Lin Yan and Mu En went to the Star Dou Great Forest to meet Di Tian and discuss promoting the Soul Spirit Method, while Lin Yan also prepared to fulfill his promise.
• Scarlet King brought Di Tian to meet Lin Yan and Mu En, and Di Tian agreed to discuss cooperation after Lin Yan fulfilled his promise.
• Lin Yan condensed his seventh Spirit Ring with the Desolate Heaven Thunder Dragon Soul Spirit, reaching rank seventy-two and showing Di Tian that the method could break through cultivation bottlenecks.
• Di Tian asked whether a second Spirit Ring from the same Soul Spirit would retain its power, and Lin Yan began demonstrating it.

After arranging for Soul Spirits with Di Tian, Lin Yan returned to Shrek Academy, prepared Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire seal, and left to complete his trial by hunting an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo. He crossed into the Sun Moon Empire, evaded its border troops, and arrived in Mingdu to meet Meng Hongchen.

• Lin Yan demonstrated the power of his Black Demon Avatar, then proposed establishing an organization to manage Soul Spirit fusions, which Di Tian accepted.
• Mu En praised Lin Yan and approved his plan to travel, while Lin Yan said Zhang Lexuan should succeed him as head of Shrek Academy.
• Lin Yan and Electrolux sealed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire for up to a year, and Lin Yan left Shrek City alone for the Sun Moon Empire.
• At the Ming Dou Mountain Range, Lin Yan checked the former bandit hideout, then used his Space Movement Soul Skill to escape the Sun Moon Empire’s border troops.
• Lin Yan entered Mingdu, bought local-style clothes, and contacted Meng Hongchen near the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy; someone approached as he waited.

Lin Yan spent five days exploring Mingdu with Meng Hongchen before Jing Hongchen confronted him as a Shrek Academy enemy. Lin Yan demonstrated overwhelming strength by shattering Jing Hongchen’s Level-Nine defensive Soul Tool with one palm strike, leaving Jing Hongchen stunned.

• A dark-skinned student approached Lin Yan, but Meng Hongchen arrived and introduced him as her boyfriend to end the encounter.
• Meng Hongchen warned Lin Yan to be discreet around Mingdu’s powerful nobles, then showed him the city over the next five days.
• Lin Yan told Meng Hongchen he was leaving Mingdu, and Jing Hongchen appeared as Lin Yan sensed someone watching him.
• Jing Hongchen recognized Lin Yan as the tournament champion and threatened him, but Meng Hongchen stood between them and defended Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan challenged Jing Hongchen to take one palm strike and used Sovereign Over All to shatter his Level-Nine defensive Soul Tool and force him back.

Lin Yan left Mingdu after reaching a tentative friendship with Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, then devised a plan to lure an Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo from the Holy Spirit Cult. He launched an undead attack on South Marsh City as bait and prepared to escalate the assault.

• Lin Yan threatened Jing Hongchen, then persuaded him that the Hongchen Family could benefit from friendship rather than hostility; Jing Hongchen agreed to be friends and invited Lin Yan to visit.
• Jing Hongchen learned how Meng Hongchen had met Lin Yan and encouraged her to bring him into the Hongchen Family, while Meng admitted she was unsure whether Lin Yan liked her.
• Lin Yan left Mingdu and, seeking a lone Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo for his Divine Trial, settled on using an undead army to draw one out of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lin Yan sent his undead army against South Marsh City, where the defenders sounded the alarm and attacked the advancing skeletons, Death Knights, and Liches with Soul Tool cannons.
• Lin Yan watched from atop a juvenile Bone Dragon and judged that ordinary undead might not be enough to attract a Titled Douluo, then sent the Bone Dragon diving toward the battle.

Lin Yan lured Evil Soul Masters toward South Marsh City by attacking its walls with undead, then hid his army in the Misty Swamp. When he discovered Ye Guyi fighting his undead, he captured her and took her to an island in the swamp.

• Lin Yan used his undead army and Bone Dragon to destroy part of South Marsh City's walls, then withdrew into the Misty Swamp without harming the civilians.
• South Marsh City panicked as news of the undead spread, while arriving Sun Moon Empire troops found the army in the swamp and chose to defend the city rather than risk entering the bogs.
• After several days, Lin Yan sensed that undead creatures had been killed and found Ye Guyi defeating them with her Angel Martial Soul.
• Lin Yan strengthened the undead against Ye Guyi's sacred power, then used the Bone Dragon to overpower her and carry her away.
• On a small island, Lin Yan caught Ye Guyi's Holy Sword between two fingers and disarmed her, leaving her despairing over the strength of her captor.