Recaps

Tian Yan used the Heaven-Swallowing Giant Salamander to crush Ye Xiao’s forces and kill him after he tried to escape. After recovering her strength, she headed with Jiang Lin and the others to the City Lord’s Manor to confront Xiao Shan, while the Martial Soul Hall discussed her monster phantom.

• Tian Yan ordered the Heaven-Swallowing Giant Salamander to crush the armored soldiers, killing nearly seven hundred and sending the survivors fleeing.
• Ye Xiao tried to escape on his Black Eagle Martial Soul and threw two deputy generals at the pursuing phantom, but it crushed them and then smashed him into the ground.
• Tian Yan recalled the phantom and recovered her strength with the Black Water Rebirth Art while Xiao Wu and Little Dragon Girl supported her.
• Tian Yan took Jiang Lin toward the City Lord’s Manor to kill Xiao Shan, and Xiao Wu followed with Little Dragon Girl.
• At the Martial Soul Hall, Carlot asked the deacons about the monster phantom, and Matthew Nuo suggested it was Tian Yan’s Martial Soul.

Carlot’s group agreed that the strange creature was likely a Martial Soul and decided to report it. Meanwhile, Tian Yan found Xiao Shan hiding in a secret chamber beneath the City Lord’s Manor and killed him with her threads, leaving Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl at the manor.

• Carlot asked the gathered deacons for their opinions, and they agreed with Matthew Nuo that the monster was likely a Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao urged the group to report the monster’s information to their superiors, and Matthew Nuo supported him.
• Jiang Lin, Little Dragon Girl, and Tian Yan arrived at the City Lord’s Manor and discovered that Xiao Shan was hiding in a refined-iron chamber underground.
• Tian Yan sent pink threads through the ground, and Xiao Shan burned away the first ones with his Flame-Horned Night Wolf Martial Soul.
• Tian Yan sent more threads and used Life-Severing Finger to extinguish Xiao Shan’s flames and pierce his Blackflame Shield.
• The threads struck Xiao Shan’s body, and he died regretting that he would never return to the imperial capital.

After Xiao Shan's death, Jiang Lin obtained his Storage Soul Tool and gained 7,300 Collapse Points for changing Notting City's future. The system warned him that malicious mass slaughter would cost him points, so Jiang Lin considered putting aside reckless schemes and focusing on cultivation.

• Jiang Lin asked Tian Yan to retrieve Xiao Shan's Storage Soul Tool, but she refused because it would count as her second move, so Little Dragon Girl used her Ice Dragon phantom to retrieve it instead.
• Little Dragon Girl exhausted herself retrieving the ring, and Jiang Lin caught her when she stumbled before helping her sit down to recover.
• Jiang Lin examined Xiao Shan's ring and found 17,000 Gold Soul Coins, meditation techniques, and miscellaneous items inside.
• The system awarded Jiang Lin 7,300 Collapse Points after detecting that Xiao Shan and many city guards had died and Notting City's future had changed.
• Jiang Lin considered gaining more points by killing people, but the system warned that large-scale slaughter driven by subjective malice would trigger deductions; it confirmed that legitimate self-defense was exempt.
• Jiang Lin decided to cultivate peacefully for a while, using his existing Collapse Points for draws and aiming to grow strong enough to accept the Ancient God Art inheritance.

Jiang Lin returned to Holy Soul Village to say goodbye to Old Jack and learn the identity of the faction that had once harmed him. Old Jack revealed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect and Yu Yuanpo, and Jiang Lin vowed to make him apologize once Jiang Lin was strong enough.

• Jiang Lin returned to Holy Soul Village with Little Dragon Girl, Xiao Wu, and Tian Yan to visit Old Jack before leaving for a long time.
• Jiang Lin told Old Jack that Tian Yan had found him as a descendant of the Jiang Clan and was taking him back to the clan to study.
• Jiang Lin asked Old Jack which faction had stolen his soul beast and seriously injured him, but Old Jack initially refused to say.
• Jiang Lin revealed his Pure Yang Flame, Twin High-grade Martial Souls, and Innate Full Soul Power to convince Old Jack that he could protect himself.
• Old Jack named the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect and identified Yu Yuanpo, the younger brother of sect master Yu Yuanzhen, as the man who had injured him.
• Jiang Lin promised Old Jack that he would make Yu Yuanpo kneel and apologize once he became strong enough.

Jiang Lin left Jack in the protection of ten shadow ninjas and traveled with Xiao Wu, Little Dragon Girl, and Tian Yan to the Star Dou Forest to seek soul rings and train. After reaching the forest, he considered options for his first King's Power Sword soul ring, then faced a pack of Gale Wind Demon Wolves to hone his combat skills.

• Jiang Lin assigned three shadow ninjas to join the seven already guarding Jack and ordered them to protect him and flee with him if danger arose.
• Jiang Lin told Xiao Wu, Little Dragon Girl, and Tian Yan that they were heading to the Star Dou Forest for soul rings, and Xiao Wu grew dejected at the prospect of hunting soul beasts.
• After half a month, Jiang Lin and the others reached the Star Dou Forest, where he considered suitable thousand-year soul beasts for his King's Power Sword's first soul ring.
• A pack of more than a dozen century-old Gale Wind Demon Wolves attacked, and Jiang Lin stepped forward to fight them while Little Dragon Girl watched.
• Jiang Lin suppressed most of the King's Power Sword's power and charged the wolves; one leaped at him as the alpha wolf sent three others to back it up.

Jiang Lin fought off a pack of Gale Wind Demon Wolves and continued deeper into the Star Dou Forest, where he began battling a thousand-year Netherworld Leopard to obtain his first Soul Ring. The leopard ambushed him and sent him crashing through several trees, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Jiang Lin blinded and killed several Gale Wind Demon Wolves with his King's Power Sword, prompting the lead wolf to retreat with the surviving pack.
• Jiang Lin's group encountered powerful Soul Beasts that Little Dragon Girl drove away by releasing her Frost Dragon Soul.
• Jiang Lin discovered that summoned companions could not absorb Soul Rings and concluded they grew stronger by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
• Jiang Lin found a thousand-year Netherworld Leopard and insisted on fighting it himself while Little Dragon Girl watched.
• The Netherworld Leopard ambushed Jiang Lin from the shadows, and its claw strike sent him flying through several trees.

Jiang Lin continued fighting the Netherworld Leopard despite his injuries, using the King's Power Sword and Pure Yang Flame to wear it down. When the weakened beast tried to escape in black mist, Little Dragon Girl forced it into view, leaving it helpless before Jiang Lin.

• Little Dragon Girl and Xiao Wu rushed to Jiang Lin, but he told them he would fight the Netherworld Leopard himself and asked them to keep it from escaping.
• Jiang Lin used the King's Power Sword Intent to block the leopard's soundwave attack, then sent a Pure Yang fire dragon and his sword after it.
• When the Netherworld Leopard charged back at Jiang Lin, he used a second, weaker fire dragon to hold it off until his first fire dragon and sword caught up.
• The King's Power Sword, its sword energy, and the Pure Yang Flame burned and wounded the Netherworld Leopard, while Jiang Lin's Soul Power dwindled to less than a tenth.
• The Netherworld Leopard released dense black mist to escape, but Little Dragon Girl summoned the Frost Dragon Soul and forced it to reappear.
• Jiang Lin approached the weakened leopard as it could only glare and roar at him.

Jiang Lin fused the Netherworld Leopard’s thousand-year Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power level 23 and gaining the Void-Splitting Slash. Meanwhile, Yue Guan questioned Carlot about Jiang Lin’s origins, then left to return to Spirit Hall’s main hall with the possibility of a reclusive Jiang Clan still unresolved.

• Jiang Lin overcame the Netherworld Leopard’s lingering consciousness and fused its Soul Ring, advancing to level 23 and becoming a One-Ring Soul Master.
• Jiang Lin tested his new First Soul Skill, Void-Splitting Slash, and Xiao Wu, Tian Yan, and Little Dragon Girl reacted to its power.
• Jiang Lin said he would wait a few days before seeking a second Soul Ring and suggested they find food first.
• At the Notting City Spirit Hall, Carlot told Yue Guan that he could not uncover Jiang Lin’s identity and mentioned the suspected reclusive Jiang Clan.
• Yue Guan ordered the search to continue and vanished to return to the main hall, while Carlot wondered whether the Jiang Clan existed.

Jiang Lin searched for a Windfeather Falcon to obtain his second Soul Ring, then clashed with Meng Yiran after catching a mutated Black-Scaled Viper. Chao Tianxiang arrived to protect her, leaving Jiang Lin worried about facing the powerful Unrivaled Dragon Serpent family.

• Jiang Lin rejected the idea of helping Xiao Wu obtain a Soul Ring, and Little Dragon Girl agreed to help him hunt a Windfeather Falcon.
• Jiang Lin caught several Black-Scaled Vipers as bait and seized a mutated seven-hundred-year one.
• Meng Yiran claimed the viper and attacked Jiang Lin, but his Pure Yang Flame overwhelmed her Snake Blade and chased her down.
• Chao Tianxiang appeared, cut apart Jiang Lin's fire snake, and promised to help Meng Yiran take revenge.
• Jiang Lin recognized Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang and worried that his group might be outmatched.

Jiang Lin gave Meng Yiran the Black-Scaled Viper and used a fabricated story about the Everplain Jiang Clan to convince Chao Tianxiang and the hidden Meng Shu to leave without a fight. Afterward, Little Dragon Girl believed his promise to take her to Everplain City, increasing her favorability toward him.

• Jiang Lin handed Meng Yiran the Black-Scaled Viper as an apology after realizing Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu were too strong to challenge.
• Tian Yan warned Jiang Lin that she could not defeat the person hiding nearby or help them escape, while Xiao Wu hesitated to summon Er Ming.
• Jiang Lin claimed that he, Little Dragon Girl, Tian Yan, and Xiao Wu belonged to the hidden Everplain Jiang Clan, which supposedly ruled an oasis city in the Death Desert.
• Meng Shu advised Chao Tianxiang to stop pursuing the matter, and Chao Tianxiang left with Meng Yiran after Meng Yiran challenged Jiang Lin to defeat her someday.
• Jiang Lin promised Little Dragon Girl he would take her to Everplain City, and her favorability toward him increased by five.

Jiang Lin obtained a 2,100-year Windfeather Falcon Soul Ring and unlocked a flying second Soul Skill, then tried his luck with the card-drawing system. The chapter ended with Tian Yan confronting him about the name Jingjing.

• Jiang Lin lured a Windfeather Falcon to snake meat, and Little Dragon Girl froze it so he could kill it.
• Jiang Lin absorbed the Windfeather Falcon's Soul Ring despite Xiao Wu's concern, reaching Soul Power Level 28.
• Jiang Lin used his second Soul Skill, Azure-Feather Sword Wings, and flew before landing back on the cliff.
• Jiang Lin asked the system whether others could see his card draws, then spent 1,000 Collapse Points to obtain a Spirit-Gathering Pill.
• Jiang Lin prepared to draw again, but Tian Yan asked who Jingjing was.

Jiang Lin stayed in Star Dou Forest to cultivate while Xiao Wu returned home and Tian Yan left after changing their agreement. Back at the cabin, Jiang Lin continued drawing from the Bronze Roulette and finally received a golden result.

• Jiang Lin told Xiao Wu he planned to cultivate in Star Dou Forest for five or six years, and Xiao Wu decided to return home.
• Little Dragon Girl asked Xiao Wu to let them accompany her, but Xiao Wu declined and soon departed.
• Tian Yan demanded that Jiang Lin reveal how to remove her seal immediately or let her leave, and Jiang Lin allowed her to go while keeping their agreement in place.
• Jiang Lin returned to the cabin with Little Dragon Girl and used the Bronze Roulette, drawing Yin-Yang Bliss Powder before spending another 1,000 Collapse Points.
• The roulette stopped after its third spin, and a blinding golden light appeared before Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin gained the upper volume of the Northern Mysterious Technique and discovered that it granted him a powerful Martial Soul and two Soul Skills. After nearly overwhelming himself with absorbed energy, he recovered and agreed to let Little Dragon Girl cook for them.

• Jiang Lin received the incomplete Northern Mysterious Technique inheritance and experienced life as a gigantic fish in its Inheritance Space.
• Jiang Lin's status panel showed that the technique had given him the Northern Dark Spiritual Meridian, the Soul Skills Essence Devouring and Purification, and Level 28 cultivation.
• Jiang Lin summoned the Northern Dark Spiritual Meridian and used Essence Devouring to absorb a vast amount of energy, nearly overloading his body.
• Jiang Lin activated Purification to compress and refine the Soul Power, then reassured the worried Little Dragon Girl.
• Jiang Lin offered to make a meal, but Little Dragon Girl insisted that she cook instead, prompting his doubts about her skills.

Jiang Lin found Little Dragon Girl’s cooking inedible, then taught her to cook a proper meal. After teasing and flattering her over her soot-covered face, he touched her cheek, leaving her blushing and flustered.

• Little Dragon Girl tried to cook for Jiang Lin, but her food was badly burned and tasted awful.
• Jiang Lin persuaded Little Dragon Girl to taste her own cooking, and she realized Granny Sun had been lying to spare her feelings.
• Jiang Lin taught Little Dragon Girl to cook, and they made an appetizing meal together.
• Jiang Lin pointed out the soot on Little Dragon Girl’s face, and she washed it off before getting upset when he laughed at her.
• Jiang Lin complimented Little Dragon Girl’s beauty, then touched her cheek and made her blush.

Five years after settling in the Star Dou Forest, Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl had grown close while cultivating and living together. Jiang Lin discovered that Tian Yan had bypassed one of her system seals and become powerful enough to challenge a Soul Douluo, while he remained a Level 49 Soul Ancestor.

• Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl established separate beds in their shared wooden house, and she fell asleep watching him rest.
• Jiang Lin followed a daily cultivation routine, taught Little Dragon Girl to cook, and took her out once a week as five years passed.
• At age eleven, Jiang Lin saw that Little Dragon Girl was a Level 53 Soul King with an affection score of 75, and decided he would give her a magnificent wedding if they became a couple.
• Jiang Lin checked Tian Yan's panel and learned she had reached the Half-Step Heavenly Human Realm after bypassing the system's first seal.
• The system explained that Tian Yan's realm equaled a Level 71 Soul Saint and had the combat power of a Level 81 Soul Douluo.
• Jiang Lin compared their progress and noted that he had reached Level 49, with combat power comparable to a weaker Level 61 Soul Emperor.

After five years of cultivation, Jiang Lin remained just short of Soul King when Xiao Wu returned, accompanied by two powerful figures. Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl reunited with Xiao Wu, whose appearance had changed dramatically.

• Jiang Lin checked his status panel and continued cultivating toward Soul King, though his progress had slowed.
• Little Dragon Girl sensed a familiar presence approaching with two frighteningly powerful presences behind it.
• Jiang Lin recognized the approaching girl as Xiao Wu and went to meet her with Little Dragon Girl, keeping hold of her hand despite her embarrassment.
• Xiao Wu reunited with Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl and explained that family affairs had kept her away for five years.
• Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl were surprised by how much Xiao Wu had grown.

Xiao Wu reunited with Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl, planted Star-Dream Rose seeds with them, and shared a meal. She learned that Tian Yan had been gone for five years, and Jiang Lin said he did not know where she was but believed she would return after finishing important work.

• Jiang Lin invited Xiao Wu to eat with him and Little Dragon Girl, and Xiao Wu concealed that Da Ming and Er Ming were hiding nearby.
• Xiao Wu admired the Deep Blue Starflowers around the cabin and learned Little Dragon Girl had cultivated them with Jiang Lin's help.
• Xiao Wu revealed that her late mother had given her Star-Dream Rose seeds, and the three planted them together.
• Xiao Wu praised Little Dragon Girl's cooking, and they ate together in the cabin.
• Xiao Wu asked about Tian Yan, and Little Dragon Girl and Jiang Lin told her Tian Yan had been away for five years; Jiang Lin said he did not know her whereabouts but expected her to return.

Jiang Lin broke through to Level 50 Soul Power and prepared to hunt a fifth Soul Ring with Little Dragon Girl. In the Star Dou Forest, he chose to fight a 12,000-year Earth Giant Bear alone, leaving Xiao Wu astonished by his strength and ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.

• Jiang Lin broke through to Level 50 Soul Power, and Xiao Wu was shocked by how far his cultivation had surpassed hers.
• Jiang Lin promised Xiao Wu he would protect her, and she vowed to keep cultivating so she would not fall too far behind.
• Jiang Lin told Little Dragon Girl he planned to hunt a 27,000-year Cold Crystal Python for his fifth Soul Ring, with her help driving it from its deep lake.
• Jiang Lin, Little Dragon Girl, and Xiao Wu entered the Star Dou Forest's inner region and encountered a 12,000-year Earth Giant Bear.
• Jiang Lin refused Little Dragon Girl's offer to fight the bear, and Xiao Wu saw his three purple and one black Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring.

Jiang Lin defeated the Earth Giant Bear with his King's Power Sword Shield, Thousand-Shadow Sword Formation, and Pure Yang Flame, then obtained its right arm Soul Bone. He and Xiao Wu continued deeper into Star Dou Forest toward the great lake where the Cold Crystal Python lived, while an armed team of Soul Masters followed behind.

• Jiang Lin blocked the Earth Giant Bear's attacks with his King's Power Sword Shield, then summoned the Thousand-Shadow Sword Formation and drained the bear's life essence.
• The Earth Giant Bear tried to escape underground, but Jiang Lin slowed it with his sword shadows and killed it with Pure Yang Flame.
• Jiang Lin recovered the Earth Giant Bear's twelve-thousand-year right arm Soul Bone and planned to sell it.
• Xiao Wu praised Jiang Lin's strength, and the three continued toward the Cold Crystal Python's lake.
• An armed team of Soul Masters arrived at the battle site and proceeded deeper into Star Dou Forest.
• Jiang Lin, Xiao Wu, and their companion arrived at the great lake several hours later.

Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl killed the Cold Crystal Python, and Jiang Lin obtained its Soul Ring and a rare Trunk Soul Bone. While he absorbed the Soul Ring, a powerful blue-clad elder arrived and asked Little Dragon Girl to reveal her Martial Soul.

• Little Dragon Girl summoned an Ice Dragon and defeated the 27,000-year-old Cold Crystal Python, leaving Jiang Lin to finish it off.
• Jiang Lin discovered a dark-blue Trunk Soul Bone inside the python and began absorbing its Soul Ring to break through to Soul King.
• Little Dragon Girl and Xiao Wu guarded Jiang Lin as his aura rose during the several-hour absorption.
• A group of powerful blue-clad figures arrived, and their elder approached Jiang Lin and his companions.
• Little Dragon Girl shielded Xiao Wu and Jiang Lin, but eventually agreed to release her Martial Soul after the elder insisted he meant no harm.

Little Dragon Girl refused repeated invitations to join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, despite the sect’s leaders offering her exceptional status and resources. After Yu Yuanpo used his Soul Power to pressure her, she stood firm and declared she would never join, leaving the group’s leaders enraged.

• Yu Xuanhai sensed the overwhelming superiority of Little Dragon Girl’s Ice Dragon Martial Soul and invited her to join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, but she refused.
• Yu Xuanhai offered to admit Xiao Wu and the others as well, but Little Dragon Girl again declined to join any sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived and offered to make Little Dragon Girl the sect’s Holy Maiden, promising the sect’s full resources, but she refused.
• Yu Yuanpo released his Soul Rings and pressed Little Dragon Girl with his power, until Yu Xuanhai intervened and dispelled the pressure.
• Yu Yuanzhen gave Little Dragon Girl another chance to accept, but she said Jiang Lin would not agree and declared she would never join the sect.

Jiang Lin tried to protect Little Dragon Girl from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect by persuading its leaders to give her three days to decide whether to join them. Yu Yuanzhen agreed to wait but left Yu Yuanqing behind to ensure Little Dragon Girl came with them afterward, regardless of her answer.

• A gloomy elder urged Yu Yuanzhen to abduct Little Dragon Girl, but Jiang Lin's breakthrough to Soul King drew the sect's attention.
• After Xiao Wu explained the situation, Jiang Lin offered to persuade Little Dragon Girl and promised the sect an answer within three days.
• Yu Yuanpo and the gloomy elder objected to waiting, but Yu Yuanzhen accepted Jiang Lin's proposal and warned that someone would stay behind to watch them.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Yuanqing to remain and bring Little Dragon Girl to meet the sect in three days, whether she agreed or not.
• Yu Xuanhai told Yu Yuanqing to wait, and she landed beside Jiang Lin and the others.

With Yu Yuanqing guarding Little Dragon Girl for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, Jiang Lin decided his only chance to protect her was to attempt the dangerous Ancient God Art inheritance. The system warned his odds were one in ten thousand, but he used a rare card that raised his survival rate to fifty percent, leaving him poised to begin the inheritance.

• Yu Yuanqing warned Little Dragon Girl that she could not refuse the Sect Master's demand, then left Jiang Lin and the others alone.
• Jiang Lin reassured Little Dragon Girl and considered why summoning Da Ming and Er Ming or fleeing would put them all at greater risk.
• Jiang Lin activated the Ancient God Art inheritance, but the system warned that failure would kill him and gave him only a one-in-ten-thousand chance of success.
• Jiang Lin resolved to proceed, and the system offered him Goddess of Fortune's Favor for 3,500 Collapse Points, raising his survival rate to fifty percent.
• Jiang Lin bought and used Goddess of Fortune's Favor, and the goddess sent purple light from her crystal into him before vanishing.

Jiang Lin entered the Ancient God inheritance and began absorbing its Memory Crystals, experiencing the life of the young Ancient God Cang Xu. After surviving Cang Xu’s painful transformation into a One-Star Ancient God with help from the Goddess of Luck’s blessing, Jiang Lin moved on to the next crystal.

• Jiang Lin entered the inheritance space and realized that the Ancient God inheritance contained power from one to five stars.
• Jiang Lin entered the Sea of Death and began absorbing the Ancient God’s Memory Crystals, becoming the young Ancient God Cang Xu in the first memory.
• Cang Xu absorbed Xuanlan Star’s origin over several thousand years, then began the painful bodily reconstruction required to become a One-Star Ancient God.
• As Jiang Lin’s soul neared collapse from the agony, the Goddess of Luck’s purple glimmer restored and strengthened it.
• Cang Xu completed his bodily reconstruction and formed a One-Star Ancient God Mark, ending Jiang Lin’s first memory; Jiang Lin then drew the second Memory Crystal toward himself.

After completing the memory inheritance, Jiang Lin began the first stage of Ancient God Cang Xu’s Strength Inheritance on Xuanlan Star. Cang Xu poured Ancient God Power into him, and Jiang Lin’s body exploded under the strain.

• Jiang Lin absorbed the final usable memory crystal and learned that he had experienced Cang Xu’s 137,921-year life.
• The system offered the Strength Inheritance, and Jiang Lin chose to begin its first stage because he could not withstand the later stages.
• Jiang Lin entered the blood-red gate and arrived on a flourishing Xuanlan Star, where Cang Xu had become a One-Star Ancient God.
• Cang Xu appeared before Jiang Lin and transferred a stream of Ancient God Power into his brow.
• The power tore apart Jiang Lin’s meridians, destroyed his dantian, and caused his body to explode.