Chapter Summaries

After a year in the Inner Court, Lin Yan’s Soul Power had reached rank forty-eight, and he had mastered several powerful battle techniques. He returned to the Outer Court for the holiday, encouraged Bei Bei, offered to help Jiang Nannan’s mother, and then left Shrek City for home.

• Lin Yan returned from Sea God Island with rank forty-eight Soul Power, five Self-Created Battle Techniques, and mastery of Mu En’s “Sovereign Over All.”
• Lin Yan told Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya his Soul Power rank, startling them with how far he had advanced beyond them.
• Lin Yan encouraged Bei Bei not to compare their cultivation and asked the group about their holiday plans.
• Bei Bei planned to accompany Tang Ya to her hometown, while Jiang Nannan planned to visit her ailing mother.
• Lin Yan asked Jiang Nannan to bring her mother to Shrek City when school resumed so the academy’s healing-type Soul Masters could examine her.
• Lin Yan bid farewell to Mu En and Zhang Lexuan, purified Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, greeted Yan Shaozhe, and left Shrek City with the old steward.

After returning to Nine Treasure City, Lin Yan reassured Lin Yuhuan about his rapid cultivation and considered his feelings for Ning Tian and Zhang Lexuan. He reunited with Ning Tian and agreed to travel with her father and Lin Yuhuan to Mingdu.

• Lin Yan told Lin Yuhuan that he expected to become a Soul King within half a year, and she encouraged him to visit Ning Tian, who had often asked about his return.
• Lin Yan weighed the advantages of marrying Ning Tian against his feelings for Zhang Lexuan, then set the question aside when Ning Tian arrived.
• Ning Tian reunited with Lin Yan and explained that she had come with Ning Xingzong, while Wu Feng was away to obtain a Spirit Ring after breaking through to Soul Grandmaster.
• Lin Yan joined Ning Tian to meet Lin Yuhuan and Ning Xingzong, who praised his progress and asked him to spend a few more days with Ning Tian.
• After learning that Lin Yuhuan and Ning Xingzong were leaving for Mingdu, Lin Yan asked to accompany them, and Ning Xingzong agreed.

Lin Yan accompanied Ning Xingzong, Lin Yuhuan, and Jian Feng on a secret journey to the Sun Moon Empire, where they met a contact connected to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. The group reached Mingdu and was left waiting at a hotel, prompting Jian Feng to suspect their meeting might be a trap.

• Ning Xingzong explained that the group was going to Mingdu for an important operation, and Lin Yan guessed it concerned Soul Tools.
• Ning Xingzong, Lin Yuhuan, and Jian Feng used Flying Soul Tools to carry Lin Yan to the Sun Moon Empire, slipping past the border defenses.
• Lin Yuhuan told Lin Yan to observe quietly and not interfere, but did not reveal the purpose of the operation.
• The group met a powerful contact in Sunset City and continued toward Mingdu with a merchant caravan bearing the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's banner.
• The caravan entered Mingdu without inspection, and the contact arranged for the group to stay at the Mingyue Hotel instead of meeting the person in charge.
• Jian Feng warned Ning Xingzong that the delayed meeting might be a trap and urged him to be cautious.

Lin Yan explored Mingdu and visited Silver Moon Mall to look for a Flying Soul Tool. Meanwhile, Ning Xingzong revealed that he hoped Lin Yan would marry Ning Tian, and Lin Yan encountered a striking silver-haired girl in the mall elevator.

• Ning Xingzong dismissed Jian Feng's anger and told Lin Yan he could explore Mingdu, then sent Lin Yuhuan to follow him.
• After Lin Yan left, Ning Xingzong told Jian Feng he planned to make Lin Yan Tian'er's husband, and Jian Feng approved.
• Lin Yan wandered through Mingdu and entered Silver Moon Mall, where he used a Soul Tool map to find the floors selling Soul Tools.
• Lin Yan headed for the tenth floor to look for a Flying Soul Tool and paused the elevator for a silver-haired girl rushing to board.
• The silver-haired girl thanked Lin Yan, then stared at him with a dazed expression.

Lin Yan accompanied a silver-haired girl to buy rare metal before shopping for a Class 5 flying Soul Tool, but a piece of unusual Thunder Origin Gold stirred the Lightning Soul in his Spiritual Sea. The chapter ended with Lin Yan unable to learn where the special metal had come from.

• Lin Yan met a silver-haired Soul Ancestor in the Soul Tool elevator, and she offered to guide him to a flying Soul Tool after buying rare metal on the twenty-second floor.
• While waiting for the girl, Lin Yan examined a piece of Thunder Origin Gold and felt the Lightning Soul react from within his Spiritual Sea.
• The girl noticed inconspicuous golden patterns on the metal and learned from the clerk that the batch contained twice as much lightning energy as ordinary Thunder Origin Gold, making it twice as expensive.
• Lin Yan asked where the special Thunder Origin Gold came from, but the clerk said its origin was a trade secret.

Lin Yan bought Thunder Origin Gold and a Fifth-Level Flying Soul Tool at Silver Moon Mall with help from Meng Hongchen, who promised to investigate the metal’s origin. After Lin Yan arranged to meet her the next day, his grandmother warned him against pursuing a relationship with her.

• The silver-haired girl promised to find out where the Thunder Origin Gold came from, and Lin Yan bought the metal for a thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The girl introduced herself as Meng Hongchen, and Lin Yan realized she was the granddaughter of the master of Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Meng Hongchen used her Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy student ID to take Lin Yan onto the restricted sixteenth floor, where he bought and tested a Fifth-Level Flying Soul Tool called Purple Radiance Wings.
• Lin Yan arranged to meet Meng Hongchen at a nearby restaurant the next day, and they parted ways.
• Lin Yuhuan questioned Lin Yan about Meng Hongchen and warned him there could be no future between them; Lin Yan inwardly resented her interference in his feelings.

Lin Yan learned that the Thunder Origin Gold came from Thunder Grand Canyon, the place where he had obtained his first Spirit Ring, and wondered whether it was connected to the Lightning Soul. Lin Yuhuan explained that the canyon held the continent’s densest lightning-attribute essence and that a Titled Douluo had fled its core, calling it a place humans could not survive.

• Lin Yan told Lin Yuhuan that the Thunder Origin Gold had reacted to his Martial Soul, then went to meet Meng Hongchen while Lin Yuhuan secretly followed him.
• Meng Hongchen told Lin Yan that the Thunder Origin Gold came from Thunder Grand Canyon, where a Heaven Dou Empire sect had found it and traded it for Soul Tools.
• Lin Yan decided he would investigate Thunder Grand Canyon when he had a suitable opportunity or enough strength, then shared a meal with Meng Hongchen and said goodbye before returning to the hotel.
• Lin Yan told Lin Yuhuan where the metal came from, and she explained the canyon’s ancient origins, immense lightning essence, and the Titled Douluo who had fled its core in terror.

Lin Yan accompanied Ning Xingzong to Mingdu, where Ning negotiated with Elder Liang to recruit him from Illustrious Virtue Hall to the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect. Elder Liang agreed to the offered positions and succession terms, then demanded a childhood betrothal between his grandson and Ning Tian, leaving the hall in tense silence.

• Lin Yuhuan warned Lin Yan not to enter Thunder Grand Canyon alone, and he agreed to be careful.
• Four days after arriving in Mingdu, Lin Yuhuan, Jian Feng, Ning Xingzong, and Lin Yan followed a contact to Elder Liang's estate.
• Ning Xingzong offered to meet Elder Liang's terms for leaving Illustrious Virtue Hall and joining the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect as a guardian consecrator.
• Elder Liang confirmed that his son would become vice sect master and that his descendants who reached Level Eight could inherit that position, and Ning Xingzong agreed.
• Elder Liang added that Ning Xingzong must arrange a childhood betrothal between Ning Tian and Elder Liang's grandson, prompting the others to frown and leaving the hall silent.

Ning Xingzong rejected Elder Liang’s marriage proposal for Ning Tian and named Lin Yan as a stronger candidate. Lin Yan wagered he could defeat Liang Feng without using his Martial Soul, leaving the two ready to fight in Elder Liang’s arena.

• Ning Xingzong refused Elder Liang’s proposal and presented Lin Yan, a twelve-year-old rank forty-eight Soul Ancestor, as Ning Tian’s husband candidate.
• Elder Liang doubted Lin Yan’s claims, but Lin Yan predicted he would become a Soul King within half a year and argued that he would help the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect surpass its rivals.
• Lin Yan challenged Liang Feng, offering to defeat him without using his Martial Soul; Elder Liang agreed to join the sect if Lin Yan won.
• The group went to Elder Liang’s Soul Fighting Arena, where Elder Liang introduced his grandson, Liang Feng, and ordered him to teach Lin Yan a lesson.

Lin Yan fought Liang Feng without using his Martial Soul, overwhelming him with Unity of Heaven and Man, Chidori Sharp Spear, and Sovereign Over All. After Liang Feng was defeated, Jian Feng recognized the technique, and Ning Xingzong asked what it was.

• Lin Yan used Unity of Heaven and Man to pressure Liang Feng before their attacks began.
• Liang Feng flew upward with his Flying Soul Tool, but Lin Yan struck it with Chidori Sharp Spear and sent him falling.
• Lin Yan manifested Sovereign Over All, and Liang Feng released his Demon-Eye Beast Martial Soul and fired a mental attack.
• Lin Yan neutralized Liang Feng's mental beam and shattered his defensive shield with a punch, leaving Liang Feng terrified.
• Jian Feng recognized Sovereign Over All, and Ning Xingzong asked him to explain the technique.

Lin Yan defeated Liang Feng in Mingdu, securing Liang Tongxuan’s defection and bringing his family and Soul Tool expertise to the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect. After returning to Nine Treasure City, Lin Yan left for Shrek Academy with Yan Shaozhe and argued that powerful Soul Masters should wield powerful Soul Tools.

• Jian Feng revealed that Lin Yan had learned Sovereign Over All from the Dragon God Douluo, whom Lin Yuhuan said had taken Lin Yan as his disciple.
• Lin Yan defeated Liang Feng with Sovereign Over All, and Liang Tongxuan agreed to honor the wager and join the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect.
• Liang Tongxuan sealed his estate, gathered his family and valuables, and led about a hundred people out of Mingdu under cover of night.
• Ning Xingzong escorted the group to Nine Treasure City, where Lin Yan rested for a day before preparing to return to Shrek Academy.
• Lin Yan said goodbye to Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then met Yan Shaozhe, who had come to escort him back to the academy.
• During their flight, Lin Yan told Yan Shaozhe that Soul Tools should be developed for use by powerful Soul Masters.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Lin Yan discussed Soul Tools with Mu En and learned that Thunder Grand Canyon’s core held a Lightning Pool. He then met Jiang Nannan and promised to ask an Inner Court elder to treat her mother.

• Lin Yan returned to Shrek Academy and told Mu En that he believed the academy should invest more in Soul Tools.
• Lin Yan asked Mu En about Thunder Grand Canyon, and Mu En described its Lightning Pool and promised to take Lin Yan there once he reached rank fifty.
• Lin Yan showed Zhang Lexuan the Purple Radiance Wings, and she told him that Bei Bei had asked him to visit.
• Lin Yan found Bei Bei and learned that Jiang Nannan’s mother had arrived for treatment.
• Lin Yan promised Jiang Nannan that he would ask an Inner Court elder, a Titled Douluo, to treat her mother.

Lin Yan arranged for Elder Zhuang to cure Jiang Nannan's mother and gave Jiang Nannan money to help her settle in Shrek City. After Lin Yan left, Jiang Nannan admitted to her mother that she felt unworthy of him because of the gap in their abilities.

• Elder Zhuang cured Jiang Nannan's mother and gave Jiang Nannan three pills to complete her recovery.
• Lin Yan urged Jiang Nannan to have her mother stay in Shrek City and gave her a gold card with one thousand Gold Soul Coins to buy a home.
• Lin Yan visited Jiang Nannan's mother, then left for the academy as Jiang Nannan saw him off.
• Jiang Nannan's mother asked whether she and Lin Yan were a couple and encouraged her to pursue her feelings.
• Jiang Nannan said she felt inferior because Lin Yan was far more talented and had fifteen more Soul Power ranks than she did.

After reaching level forty-nine, Lin Yan encountered Ling Luochen in the library and then accepted Chen Zifeng’s challenge at the Soul Fighting Arena. The match began with Chen Zifeng unleashing his Soul-Chasing Sword, and Lin Yan summoned his Spiked Club to face it.

• Lin Yan reached level forty-nine after two months of uninterrupted cultivation.
• Ling Luochen told Lin Yan she had forgotten their awkward past, though her embarrassment suggested otherwise.
• Xixi told Lin Yan that Chen Zifeng was waiting to challenge him, and persuaded him to go to the arena.
• Chen Zifeng challenged Lin Yan to measure the gap between himself and the Human Ranking’s top student, and Lin Yan accepted.
• Chen Zifeng opened the match by sending his Soul-Chasing Sword at Lin Yan, who summoned his Spiked Club.

Lin Yan defeated Chen Zifeng in the Soul Fighting Arena, then accepted a challenge against Wu Ming, the Earth Ranking’s first place. Their clash began with Wu Ming’s Golden Crow True Flame, and her exploding fourth Soul Skill engulfed Lin Yan in a terrifying blast.

• Lin Yan blocked Chen Zifeng’s sword attacks and shattered his fifth Soul Skill with Thunderous Bagua.
• Chen Zifeng admitted defeat, and Lin Yan prepared to leave the arena.
• Wu Ming challenged Lin Yan to fight her, and he agreed to test his strength against the Earth Ranking’s top student.
• Wu Ming attacked with Golden Crow True Flame Break, but Lin Yan blocked it with his Black Demon Mace.
• Lin Yan struck Wu Ming’s Golden Crow True Flame Ring, which exploded and engulfed him in a powerful blast.

Lin Yan fought Wu Ming on the Soul Arena Platform, enduring her Golden Crow flames with the Azure Dragon Transformation and countering with lightning and mace techniques. Wu Ming’s powerful soul skills wounded him, but he broke free of her flaming vortex and emerged to face her again.

• Lin Yan used the Azure Dragon Transformation to withstand Wu Ming’s Golden Crow True Flame Explosion and Golden Crow True Flame Ignition.
• Lin Yan’s Thunderous Bagua clashed with Wu Ming’s flaming lion attack, and the impact blasted Lin Yan away.
• Lin Yan restrained Wu Ming with Chidori Stream and lightning needles, then closed in with Chidori Blade on his Black Demon Mace.
• Wu Ming burned away Lin Yan’s lightning attacks and struck him with a hidden sixth soul skill, scorching his back with a pillar of Golden Crow fire.
• Wu Ming trapped Lin Yan in her fifth soul skill, Golden Crow True Flame Rotation, but Lin Yan tore through the vortex with Wild Dragon Bagua and faced her again.

After losing to Wu Ming, Lin Yan sought Mu En’s help to overcome a weakness in his third Soul Skill. Three months later, he perfected a defensive second form of Counterattack Hammer and broke through to Soul King, allowing him to pursue a Spirit Ring in Thunder Grand Canyon.

• Lin Yan conceded his match against Wu Ming, who praised his strength and judged him capable of ranking among the Earth Ranking’s top ten.
• Wu Ming teased Lin Yan and invited him to a meal, but he declined and left the arena; afterward, he treated fire poison from her Golden Crow True Flame at the infirmary.
• Lin Yan visited Mu En and asked how to change Counterattack Hammer’s manifested form to counter area attacks, and Mu En confirmed that the weakness could be addressed.
• After three months of study and cultivation, Lin Yan tested his new defensive form against Zhang Lexuan’s attacks and successfully blocked them from every angle.
• Lin Yan broke through to Soul King during the test and planned to join Mu En in exploring Thunder Grand Canyon to resolve his Spirit Ring issue.

Lin Yan and Mu En explored Thunder Grand Canyon’s Core Zone, where a vast Lightning Pool filled the canyon and reacted violently to their arrival. Mu En concluded that a powerful Soul Beast was controlling the pool, leaving the pair facing the unknown ruler of the zone.

• Lin Yan traveled to Thunder Grand Canyon with Mu En after reaching rank fifty and set his sights on a Spirit Ring of at least forty thousand years.
• Mu En took Lin Yan through the canyon’s Central Zone and showed him the Core Zone’s enormous Lightning Pool, which had expanded by absorbing lightning over countless years.
• Lin Yan sensed that the Lightning Soul was strongly drawn to something in the Core Zone.
• A lightning pillar shot from the pool at Lin Yan and Mu En, and Mu En shattered it with a golden dragon strike.
• The Lightning Pool erupted and launched ten powerful lightning pillars at them, which Mu En blocked with a golden dragon sphere.
• Mu En told Lin Yan that a Soul Beast likely controlled the Lightning Pool and had become the ruler of the Core Zone.

Lin Yan and Mu En searched Thunder Grand Canyon for a suitable fifth Spirit Ring after giving up on investigating the Lightning Pool. Lin Yan was abducted into the pool by a mysterious creature, where he woke inside a protective barrier and discovered that a talking Hundred-Thousand-Year plant Soul Beast had brought him there.

• Mu En said he could not enter the Lightning Pool alone, so he and Lin Yan left the Core Zone without investigating the creature hidden inside.
• Lin Yan and Mu En searched the Central Zone for a forty-thousand-year Soul Beast with a strong bloodline for Lin Yan's fifth Spirit Ring.
• Mu En left Lin Yan to capture a Thunder Earth Dragon King, and a mysterious creature seized Lin Yan and dragged him underground.
• Mu En found Lin Yan missing, followed the tunnel, and realized it led into the Lightning Pool.
• Lin Yan woke inside a transparent barrier surrounded by Lightning Plasma and learned that a talking Hundred-Thousand-Year plant Soul Beast had brought him there.

Lin Yan discovered that the Lightning Soul was the Thunder God Token, a key to the Thunder God's inheritance, after a Thunderclap Hellvine brought him into the Lightning Pool. The Thunderclap Hellvine revealed that a relic containing the inheritance lay nearby, leaving Lin Yan poised to learn what it held.

• Lin Yan remained trapped in the Lightning Pool with the purple-gold vine, but the Lightning Soul's reaction showed that the two were connected.
• The vine told Lin Yan it had waited for someone carrying the Thunder God Token and identified the Lightning Soul in his Spiritual Sea as that token.
• The vine revealed that it was a Thunderclap Hellvine with the Thunder God's bloodline, and Lin Yan realized it had formed the Lightning Pool by drawing lightning.
• Lin Yan asked how the Thunderclap Hellvine had survived to a hundred thousand years, and it credited a treasure left by the Thunder God.
• The Thunderclap Hellvine explained that a nearby inheritance relic held the key to inheriting the Thunder God's divine position, while the Lightning Soul was the key to opening it.