Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing defeated Tang San in a duel, then rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to guide him. Tang San renewed his resolve to surpass Lin Qing, while Tang Hao decided Lin Qing was worthy of becoming Tang San’s follower.

• Lin Qing won the duel, mocked Tang San’s challenge with a boast, and left the platform to admiration from the students.
• Yu Xiaogang comforted Tang San and warned him not to cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer too early; Tang San accepted his advice.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Lin Qing that he had taken the wrong path, but Lin Qing refused his guidance and walked away.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that he would devote himself to teaching Tang San, who vowed to defeat Lin Qing and clear his teacher’s name.
• Tang Hao watched Lin Qing leave and decided that Lin Qing was qualified to become Tang San’s follower.

As Nuoding Academy began its three-month vacation, Lin Qing invited Xiao Wu to return with him to Dihun Village, while Tang San’s attempts to win her over continued to fail. Tang Hao revealed to Yu Xiaogang that Tang San was his son and urged him to help Tang San pursue Xiao Wu and bring Lin Qing under his influence.

• After three months of cultivation, Lin Qing reached Soul Power Level sixteen and decided to return to Dihun Village for vacation.
• Tang San invited Xiao Wu to his home, but she rejected him and accepted Lin Qing’s invitation instead.
• Lin Qing told Xiao Wu that his parents had died, then began telling her about his family.
• Tang Hao visited Yu Xiaogang, revealed that Tang San was his son, and gave him the Pope’s Token while asking him to look after Tang San.
• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang to help Tang San win Xiao Wu’s affection so Lin Qing would submit to Tang San.

Over two years at Nuoding Academy, Lin Qing and Xiao Wu grew stronger while Tang San struggled to win Xiao Wu's affection and turned back to hidden weapons. After reaching Level 30, Lin Qing awakened Aura Concealment and the Infinity Castle, setting the stage for a new plan.

• Lin Qing reached Level 20, gained Mist Breathing and a second Spirit Ring, while Xiao Wu and Tang San also advanced to Level 20 and obtained their second rings.
• Tang San challenged Lin Qing, unaware that Lin Qing had already reached Level 25, and lost without Lin Qing summoning his Spirit Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San that defeating Lin Qing would win Xiao Wu's affection, prompting Tang San to devote more effort to hidden weapons.
• At age nine, Lin Qing broke through to Level 30 and condensed his Red Spider Lily's third Spirit Ring, reaching Level 31.
• Lin Qing awakened Aura Concealment and discovered that his third Spirit Skill, Infinity Castle, let him control the castle, store things, and mark people for sensing or rescue.
• Lin Qing returned to his dormitory and decided that Infinity Castle would let him begin his plan.

Tang San gave Xiao Wu concealed weapons, which she brought back to Lin Qing for protection. After absorbing a third Spirit Ring from a Thunder Lizard, Lin Qing awakened a talent that let him switch Sword Techniques freely and turn his Spirit Skills into powerful enhancements.

• Tang San demonstrated the Silent Sleeve Arrow and Zhuge Repeating Crossbow to Xiao Wu, who accepted them and later brought them to Lin Qing when he returned from his Spirit Beast hunt.
• Lin Qing thanked Xiao Wu for worrying about him and let her keep the concealed weapons for self-defense.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Qing absorbed a Spirit Ring from a nearly ten-thousand-year-old Thunder Lizard and unlocked Thunder Breathing as his third Sword Technique.
• Lin Qing discovered his Sword Technique Release talent, which let him switch unlocked Sword Techniques with a thought and converted his Spirit Skills into attribute and Sword Technique boosts.
• Lin Qing judged that stacking all three Spirit Skills could let him defeat a Soul King and contend with a Soul Emperor.

Lin Qing brought Xiao Wu to his childhood home in Dihun Village, where they cleaned, shared a meal, and walked beneath the stars. After breaking through to level seventeen, Lin Qing asked Xiao Wu to become his family and promised to protect her, and they returned home together.

• Lin Qing and Xiao Wu arrived at his rundown home in Dihun Village and spent the day cleaning it.
• Lin Qing cooked dinner, and Xiao Wu enjoyed the meal before asking him to provide all her meals from then on.
• As they gazed at the moon from a hilltop, Lin Qing’s Soul Power surged and he broke through to level seventeen.
• Lin Qing told Xiao Wu about his childhood and asked her to become his family.
• Xiao Wu asked what Lin Qing would do if powerful people tried to kill her, and he vowed to protect her even against the entire world.
• Xiao Wu kissed Lin Qing, agreed that they were family, and Lin Qing carried her home.

As Nuoding Academy’s graduation approached, Lin Qing agreed to attend Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu and Tang San, though he planned to arrive later. He used the time apart to find Ah Yin in her cave and began transforming her into a demon, leaving her change unfinished.

• Xiao Wu said she would follow Lin Qing to whichever academy he chose, and Lin Qing agreed to go to Shrek Academy with her and Tang San after handling some business.
• Lin Qing reassured Xiao Wu that their separation would last only a few days, secretly marked her for protection, and watched her leave for Suotuo City with Tang San.
• After waiting for Tang Hao to leave, Lin Qing disguised himself, traveled to Holy Soul Village, and found the waterfall concealing Ah Yin’s cave.
• Lin Qing opened the stone door, found Ah Yin rooted in the cave, and poured the essence of his Azure Blue Spider Lily over her to begin turning her into a fierce demon.
• As demonic aura gathered around Ah Yin, Lin Qing stopped watching her transformation and searched the cave’s stone walls.

Lin Qing recovered Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, then watched as she completed her transformation into a new human body and entered Infinity Castle. After covering his tracks near Holy Soul Village, he went to Infinity Castle and began breaking through to level forty while Ah Yin guarded him.

• Lin Qing found Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in a hidden lead box and stored it in Infinity Castle.
• Ah Yin completed her transformation, and Lin Qing told her to enter Infinity Castle before he left the cave.
• Lin Qing masked his presence with ghostly aura, left a taunting message for Tang Hao, and departed Holy Soul Village along sunlit roads to erase his trail.
• Lin Qing sensed his Soul Power fluctuating, entered Infinity Castle, and asked Ah Yin to protect him while he broke through to level forty.
• Lin Qing gave Ah Yin the Demon King Meditation Method, which he had adapted to let Demons cultivate using ghostly aura, then began meditating.

Lin Qing broke through to level forty-one in Infinity Castle and gained the Red Spider Lily's Demon Blood ability. He then left for the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable soul beast for his fourth Spirit Ring, but continued deeper when he found none of the right age.

• Lin Qing absorbed demonic aura in Infinity Castle, broke through to level forty-one, and formed his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Ah Yin guarded Lin Qing during his breakthrough, learned he was human, and reported that her level had fallen to sixty after becoming a demon.
• Lin Qing discovered that his Demon Blood Spirit Skill could turn targets into demons, then told Ah Yin to cultivate in Infinity Castle and form future Spirit Rings from demonic aura.
• Lin Qing left Infinity Castle and headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a soul beast for his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Lin Qing found no suitable soul beasts in the mixed zone and ventured toward its deeper regions.

Lin Qing encountered a thirty-thousand-year Titan Python in the Star Dou Great Forest and struggled to overcome its immense strength. When the python tried to swallow him, Lin Qing fed it his severed arm, and his Demon Blood incapacitated the beast, leaving him alive with his arm regenerated.

• Lin Qing reached the middle layer of the mixed zone and narrowly escaped a surprise attack from a thirty-thousand-year Titan Python.
• Lin Qing dodged the python’s attacks with different Breathing Styles but struggled to pierce its hard scales.
• Lin Qing combined Thunder Breathing clones to wound the python, enraging it further.
• The Titan Python inhaled the battlefield’s fog and dragged Lin Qing toward its mouth with powerful suction.
• Lin Qing cut off his left arm and used Thunder Breathing to send it into the python’s stomach.
• The python collapsed after Lin Qing’s Demon Blood took effect, and Lin Qing landed safely as his arm regenerated.

Lin Qing absorbed the Titan Python’s Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring inside Infinity Castle and gained Serpent Breathing as his fourth Spirit Skill. Afterward, he kissed Ah Yin, who declared that she belonged only to him.

• Ah Yin explained that she had not produced a Spirit Ring when she was Demonified because she had already sacrificed her own ring and was between life and death.
• Lin Qing moved the Titan Python and its Spirit Ring into Infinity Castle, then absorbed the ring while Ah Yin stood guard.
• Lin Qing sensed that the Titan Python had completed its transformation and tested his fourth Spirit Skill, Serpent Breathing, which changed the shape and color of his Nichirin Blade.
• Lin Qing thanked Ah Yin for her advice by kissing her, and the two embraced and kissed.
• Ah Yin rejected her past connection to Tang Hao and Tang San, said she belonged only to Lin Qing, and kissed him again.

Lin Qing discovered that the Titan Python had produced a complete set of forty-thousand-year Spirit Bones and learned that Ah Yin might one day create Spirit Bones herself. On his way to Suotuo City, he encountered Zhu Zhuqing surrounded by pursuers and intervened just as a Soul King attacked her.

• The Titan Python presented Lin Qing with six forty-thousand-year Spirit Bones after breaking through to forty thousand years.
• Ah Yin explained that she could not produce Spirit Bones until reaching the Titled Douluo realm, but might then create them repeatedly.
• Lin Qing left Ah Yin in Infinity Castle, rode the Titan Python toward Suotuo City, and continued alone from the forest's outer region.
• Zhu Zhuyun and several Soul Masters cornered Zhu Zhuqing, while Chief Steward Wang prepared to kill her.
• Lin Qing struck Chief Steward Wang with yellow lightning and challenged the group for attacking Zhu Zhuqing.

Lin Qing rescued Zhu Zhuqing by killing the old eunuch and five Soul Ancestors with a single sword technique. He let Zhu Zhuyun and her Soul King escort go at Zhu Zhuqing’s request, then punished them for threatening him by injecting his blood into their bodies before sending them away.

• Lin Qing stepped in to protect Zhu Zhuqing and faced the old eunuch, five Soul Ancestors, Zhu Zhuyun, and her Soul King escort.
• Lin Qing used Serpent Breathing, Fifth Form: Slithering Serpent, to kill the five Soul Ancestors and grievously wound the old eunuch, then beheaded him.
• Zhu Zhuyun offered to leave with the Soul King, and Lin Qing asked Zhu Zhuqing whether he should let them go.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Qing to spare them, and he agreed; she warned Zhu Zhuyun that she would kill her the next time they met.
• Lin Qing decided Zhu Zhuyun had threatened him, seized her and the Soul King, and injected each with a small amount of his blood before ordering them to leave.

Lin Qing rescued Zhu Zhuqing, brought her to an inn in Soul Hunting Town, and treated her wounds while she was unconscious. After she woke and thanked him, the two introduced themselves and discovered they were both headed to Suotuo City.

• After Zhu Zhuyun left, Zhu Zhuqing fainted from exhaustion, and Lin Qing caught her and carried her to an inn in Soul Hunting Town.
• Lin Qing searched the town for scarce, expensive medicine, then applied it to Zhu Zhuqing’s wounds and bandaged her while she slept.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke and checked that Lin Qing had not taken advantage of her; Lin Qing admitted he had treated her chest wound and seen her body.
• Lin Qing promised to take responsibility, and Zhu Zhuqing said she did not blame him, growing more favorably disposed toward him.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Lin Qing introduced themselves and learned that they were both traveling to Suotuo City.

Lin Qing promised to accompany Zhu Zhuqing to Suotuo City and protect her from the Star Luo Empire’s succession struggle. After three days of caring for her, he set out with her on his twenty-thousand-year Unicorn Pegasus, White Cloud.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Qing that her family and the Star Luo Imperial Family had bound her to a deadly succession struggle, and that her sister had sent people to hunt her.
• Lin Qing vowed to protect Zhu Zhuqing and go with her to meet her fiancé in Suotuo City, while Zhu Zhuqing worried that he would anger her family and the imperial family.
• Lin Qing cared for Zhu Zhuqing over the next three days, and they shared a bed on the final night without becoming intimate.
• Lin Qing and Zhu Zhuqing left for Suotuo City after he summoned White Cloud, a twenty-thousand-year Unicorn Pegasus, outside Soul Hunting Town.

Lin Qing reunited with Xiao Wu outside Suotuo City, where she mistook Zhu Zhuqing riding in his arms for a romantic rival. After Lin Qing explained how he had rescued Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu calmed down and introduced herself as his girlfriend.

• Lin Qing rode up to Xiao Wu and Tang San on his Unicorn Pegasus, with Zhu Zhuqing in his arms.
• Xiao Wu demanded to know who Zhu Zhuqing was, and Tang San accused Lin Qing of betraying Xiao Wu before she told him to stay out of it.
• Lin Qing pulled Xiao Wu into an embrace and explained that he had rescued Zhu Zhuqing in the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled with her to Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu accepted Lin Qing's explanation, teased him affectionately, and wiped her tears against his clothes.
• Zhu Zhuqing introduced herself, and Xiao Wu introduced herself as Lin Qing's girlfriend.

Lin Qing confirmed his relationship with Xiao Wu and revealed his unusually powerful Spirit Rings while entering Suotuo City. Tang Hao secretly plotted to capture Lin Qing and exploit his secret, while Tang San left the others to pursue an opportunity he sensed nearby.

• Xiao Wu called herself Lin Qing's girlfriend, upsetting Tang San and stirring complicated feelings in Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Qing showed his yellow, purple, and purple Spirit Rings, shocking Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and the distant Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao decided to seize Lin Qing's thousand-year second-ring secret and planned to use him and Xiao Wu against Tang San.
• Lin Qing opened a disguised gate to Infinity Castle for the Unicorn Pegasus, then led Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing into Suotuo City to find an inn.
• At a fork in the road, Tang San chose to follow his intuition left toward an opportunity, while Lin Qing and the two girls went right.

Lin Qing, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing checked into the Rose Hotel, where they encountered Dai Mubai arguing over a room. Zhu Zhuqing recognized her fiancé and, disgusted by his behavior, lost her last hope that he would change.

• Lin Qing and Xiao Wu took one room at the Rose Hotel, while Zhu Zhuqing received a separate room key.
• Dai Mubai arrived with twin girls and demanded the room he claimed was reserved for him, prompting the receptionist to fetch the manager.
• Lin Qing challenged Dai Mubai's claim, but Dai Mubai dismissed him and tried to flirt with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing after she rejected him, destroying her remaining hope in him.
• Zhu Zhuqing compared Dai Mubai unfavorably with Lin Qing and considered relying on Lin Qing instead.

Lin Qing revealed Zhu Zhuqing's identity to Dai Mubai, who responded by accusing her of cheating instead of apologizing. Zhu Zhuqing kissed Lin Qing, broke off their engagement, and Dai Mubai transformed and charged at them as Lin Qing moved to confront him.

• Lin Qing defended Zhu Zhuqing when Dai Mubai tried to pay for her, then revealed her name to provoke Dai Mubai's recognition.
• Dai Mubai realized Zhu Qing was Zhu Zhuqing, his abandoned fiancée, and accused her of being unfaithful with Lin Qing.
• Zhu Zhuqing declared Dai Mubai human trash, called Lin Qing her boyfriend, kissed him, and announced she would annul their engagement with the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Possession and charged at Lin Qing and Zhu Zhuqing, ignoring the hotel manager's attempt to stop him.
• Lin Qing pulled Zhu Zhuqing behind him and charged barehanded at Dai Mubai's attack.

Lin Qing defeated Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai attacked him with his White Tiger Spirit Skills, then took Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to a room. Xiao Wu confronted Lin Qing over his flirtation with Zhu Zhuqing, and the chapter ended with Xiao Wu confessing her feelings and kissing him.

• Lin Qing repelled Dai Mubai's charge with a punch, shocking Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai used several White Tiger Spirit Skills, but Lin Qing shattered his barrier and knocked him unconscious with an uppercut.
• Lin Qing took half of Dai Mubai's Gold Soul Coins and gave the rest to the hotel manager to cover the damage.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Qing and Xiao Wu and apologized for kissing Lin Qing, while Lin Qing flirted with her and angered Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu took Lin Qing into their room, kissed him, and confessed that she liked him.

Lin Qing spent the morning caring for Xiao Wu after their night together, while Zhu Zhuqing agreed to join him and Xiao Wu in applying to Shrek Academy. Xiao Wu gave Lin Qing her mother’s comb as a sign of trust, and he promised to comb her hair for the rest of his life.

• Lin Qing teased Xiao Wu after she woke, then left her to rest and went to buy breakfast.
• Lin Qing encountered Zhu Zhuqing, whose poor sleep and blush revealed she had heard them through the hotel walls.
• Lin Qing and Zhu Zhuqing ate breakfast and agreed to apply to Shrek Academy together.
• Lin Qing brought breakfast back, and Xiao Wu insisted on dressing herself before asking him to comb her hair.
• Xiao Wu explained that her mother’s comb was meant for someone she could entrust her life to, and Lin Qing kissed her and promised to comb her hair for the rest of his life.
• Lin Qing put away the bloodstained bedsheet as a keepsake before he and Xiao Wu left the room.