Chapter Summaries

Tang San challenged Xiao Lin after Xiao Lin dismantled Yu Xiaogang’s reputation, and the two fought in the academy plaza. Xiao Lin countered Tang San’s first four Soul Skills with ease, leaving Tang San’s Blue Silver Prison shattered.

• Xiao Lin’s retorts devastated Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San challenged Xiao Lin to defend his teacher.
• The students cleared the plaza as Xiao Lin and Tang San prepared to fight before the gathered academies and teachers.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and revealed four Soul Rings, including a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Lin summoned the Nine Phoenix Ceremonial Flute and revealed a Soul Ring configuration with two Millennium Soul Rings and one Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Entanglement, Parasitism, and Spider Web Restraint, but Xiao Lin severed or evaded each attack.
• Tang San formed a Blue Silver Prison, and Xiao Lin’s Ambush from Ten Sides shattered it with sound waves, changing Tang San’s expression.

Xiao Lin overwhelmed Tang San with his flute and disrupted his senses, but Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. Xiao Lin blocked and redirected the blow, then launched a counterattack with Jade Flute Swordsmanship.

• Xiao Lin's invisible attacks and soul skill left Tang San disoriented, slowed his Soul Power, and injured him as the onlookers praised Xiao Lin.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, exposing that he possessed Twin Martial Souls, and challenged Xiao Lin to continue fighting.
• Xiao Lin warned Tang San that revealing his Twin Martial Souls could attract Spirit Hall's attention, but Tang San charged with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Xiao Lin met Tang San's hammer with his Nine Phoenix Ceremonial Flute, blocked the strike, and redirected its force, making Tang San stagger.
• Xiao Lin used Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Step to close in and attacked Tang San with Jade Flute Swordsmanship—Second Form, Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens.

Xiao Lin defeated Tang San in a public match at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Tang San's failed sneak attack led the education committee to expel Shrek Academy. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang left in disgrace, both vowing in different ways to dismiss the defeat and recover their standing.

• Xiao Lin overwhelmed Tang San despite his Clear Sky Hammer and broke both of Tang San's arms with a kick.
• Tang San secretly fired three Dragon Beard Needles at Xiao Lin, but Xiao Lin knocked them back and they struck Tang San.
• Xiao Lin condemned Tang San's sneak attack and challenged Flender and Yu Xiaogang over Shrek Academy's conduct.
• Meng Shenji ordered Flender and Shrek Academy to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy permanently.
• Tang San vowed revenge while Yu Xiaogang insisted Xiao Lin had only won because of his Soul Power advantage.

Xiao Wu praised Xiao Lin to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and revealed she wanted to bring other girls to his side. Xiao Lin reported Tang San to Spirit Hall for revealing the Clear Sky Hammer, while Tang San lay injured in an inn and vowed revenge.

• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that she did not mind Xiao Lin having other women and planned to bring them to him.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai reacted bitterly to the girls praising Xiao Lin, and Dai Mubai insisted he would defeat him once he caught up in Soul Power.
• Xiao Lin went to the Heaven Dou City Spirit Hall Branch and reported that Tang San had revealed the Clear Sky Hammer at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• A Spirit Hall official thanked Xiao Lin and prepared to investigate Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San lay injured in an inn room, remembered his humiliation, and vowed to make Xiao Lin pay.

After Xiao Lin reported Tang San to Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong learned that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and ordered Yue Guan to recruit Xiao Lin and capture Tang San. Spirit Hall began moving against Tang Hao through his son, while Bibi Dong also sought to keep Xiao Lin from joining Qian Renxue or the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Bibi Dong received a report that Tang San had revealed his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and was likely Tang Hao’s son.
• Bibi Dong decided to use Tang San as leverage to draw out Tang Hao and obtain his Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Bibi Dong learned that Xiao Lin had defeated Tang San and reported him to Spirit Hall, and she considered recruiting the exceptionally talented youth.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to travel to Heaven Dou City, offer Xiao Lin terms to join Spirit Hall, and investigate and capture Tang San.

Xiao Lin met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue, after she summoned him to discuss recruiting him into her retinue. Qian Renxue offered him cultivation resources and future titles, while Xiao Lin privately doubted her promises.

• Xiao Lin continued cultivating at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after gaining fame for defeating Tang San and exposing Yu Xiaogang.
• Meng Shenji told Xiao Lin that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had arrived and wanted to see him.
• Xiao Lin recognized that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and suspected she wanted to recruit him to strengthen her power.
• Qian Renxue met Xiao Lin alone and praised his talent and victory over Tang San.
• Qian Renxue invited Xiao Lin to join her retinue and promised resources, a marquis title, land, and possibly a kingship.
• Xiao Lin outwardly appeared overwhelmed but privately dismissed the offers as empty promises.

Xiao Lin rejected Qian Renxue’s offer to join her faction, proposing friendship instead and using music lessons to build a mutually beneficial relationship. After teaching her the flute, he ended their lesson by telling her she smelled good.

• Xiao Lin declined to become Qian Renxue’s subordinate but offered to help her as a friend.
• Xiao Lin mentioned his friendships with Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, prompting Qian Renxue to see him as a valuable potential ally.
• Xiao Lin said shared musical interests could make someone his best friend, and Qian Renxue agreed to learn the flute from him.
• Qian Renxue struggled to play the flute, so Xiao Lin adjusted her grip and taught her how to control her breathing.
• Qian Renxue produced a clear note and grew increasingly aware of Xiao Lin’s closeness.
• Xiao Lin praised Qian Renxue’s progress, then told her she smelled good.

After Qian Renxue left Xiao Lin, he examined the weaknesses in his self-created Jade Flute Swordsmanship and decided to seek guidance from Feng Xiaotian. Xiao Lin reached the city where Godwind Academy stood, ready to find him.

• Qian Renxue hurried away after Xiao Lin complimented her scent, then resolved to continue trying to win him over with adjusted methods.
• Xiao Lin reviewed his battle with Tang San and recognized that his Jade Flute Swordsmanship lacked the refinement of an established technique.
• Xiao Lin recalled Feng Xiaotian's Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Slashes and decided he could learn from its force, rhythm, and accumulating attacks.
• Xiao Lin set off early the next morning and reached the city near Godwind Academy by evening.

Xiao Lin found Feng Xiaotian practicing the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Slashes outside Godwind Academy and recognized the potential in his self-created Soul Skill. After Xiao Lin demonstrated his own Jade Flute Swordsmanship, Feng Xiaotian accepted him as a kindred spirit and took him to a tavern to talk.

• Xiao Lin arrived at Godwind Academy and saw Feng Xiaotian practicing while other students mocked his dedication to creating a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Xiao Lin recognized the patterns and accumulating force in Feng Xiaotian's Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Slashes and introduced himself as another researcher of self-created techniques.
• Xiao Lin revealed the Nine Phoenix Ceremonial Flute and challenged Feng Xiaotian with his Jade Flute Swordsmanship.
• Feng Xiaotian and Xiao Lin exchanged strikes, with Feng Xiaotian using the first two slashes of his technique and Xiao Lin countering with the Phoenix Cry Nine Heavens Step and Flute Cry Shakes the Nine Heavens.
• Feng Xiaotian believed Xiao Lin was genuinely researching Self-Created Soul Skills and dragged him to a tavern to talk over drinks.

Xiao Lin visited Feng Xiaotian to discuss his Jade Flute Swordsmanship, and Feng freely shared years of research on the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Slashes. Their mutual sincerity led Xiao Lin to realize he needed trusted companions rather than continuing alone.

• Feng Xiaotian told Xiao Lin how the academy, his teachers, and his parents dismissed his dedication to Self-Created Soul Skills.
• At Feng Xiaotian's dormitory, Xiao Lin examined detailed notes documenting the techniques behind the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Slashes.
• Xiao Lin explained the shortcomings of his Jade Flute Swordsmanship, and Feng Xiaotian gave him his years of research to study.
• Xiao Lin questioned Feng Xiaotian's generosity, but Feng said he trusted Xiao Lin because they shared a genuine love of Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Xiao Lin accepted Feng Xiaotian's sincerity and realized he needed a team of companions he could trust.

Xiao Lin gave Feng Xiaotian a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, helping him break through to level fifty before returning to Heaven Dou City. At the entrance to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan confronted him after waiting three days.

• Xiao Lin gave Feng Xiaotian the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as a sincere return gift, and Feng Xiaotian accepted it.
• Feng Xiaotian consumed the Immortal Herb and, after three days of cultivation, rose from level forty-four to level fifty.
• Xiao Lin urged Feng Xiaotian to hunt a Soul Beast for his fifth Soul Ring, then left for Heaven Dou City.
• Xiao Lin returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan blocked his path and complained about waiting three days to meet him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan examined Xiao Lin and called him an excellent young talent whom His Majesty valued.

Chrysanthemum Douluo offered Xiao Lin generous terms to join Spirit Hall, but Xiao Lin refused and openly insulted its leader. Chrysanthemum Douluo left him with a warning, while Xiao Lin stood by his decision.

• Meng Shenji confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo and assured Xiao Lin that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would protect him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo offered Xiao Lin core disciple status, abundant resources, personal guidance from a Titled Douluo, and the prospect of becoming an elder.
• Xiao Lin calmly refused to join Spirit Hall, saying he preferred to cultivate freely and had other ambitions.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned Xiao Lin that Spirit Hall's offer would not remain open and hinted there could be consequences for refusing.
• Xiao Lin said he would never join a Spirit Hall led by the Mad Hag.

Xiao Lin confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan over Bibi Dong before Qian Renxue privately revealed her true identity. The chapter ended with Xiao Lin pretending to be shocked by her confession.

• Xiao Lin resisted Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's pressure and criticized Bibi Dong, so Yue Guan left without attacking him.
• Meng Shenji warned Xiao Lin that Spirit Hall might retaliate and offered Heaven Dou Royal Academy's support.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had overheard Xiao Lin and questioned him about what he knew of Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue removed her disguise and told Xiao Lin that her true name was Qian Renxue and that she was the daughter of Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong.
• Xiao Lin acted surprised when Qian Renxue revealed that the Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was a woman.

Qian Renxue revealed her identity to Xiao Lin and recruited him as an ally against Bibi Dong. Xiao Lin agreed, and Qian Renxue mistook him for a woman and declared them good sisters.

• Qian Renxue told Xiao Lin that she had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire to gather strength and overthrow Bibi Dong, and asked him to help her.
• Xiao Lin questioned why he should trust Qian Renxue, who argued that their goals aligned and warned she could silence him if he betrayed her.
• Xiao Lin agreed to work with Qian Renxue as long as she did not ask him to do anything immoral.
• Qian Renxue hugged Xiao Lin, thanked him for trusting her, and said she would treat him like her little sister.
• Xiao Lin realized Qian Renxue believed he was a woman and went along with her calling them good sisters.

Xiao Lin realized Chrysanthemum Douluo was heading to Shrek Academy to capture Tang San and feared he would discover Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He rushed to save her, but Tang San blocked the entrance and refused to let him through.

• Xiao Lin spotted Chrysanthemum Douluo questioning a passerby and learned he was heading toward Shrek Academy to find Tang San.
• Xiao Lin realized Xiao Wu was at Shrek Academy without the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to conceal her aura, so Chrysanthemum Douluo could expose her identity.
• Xiao Lin rushed to Shrek Academy’s temporary residence in Heaven Dou City to take Xiao Wu away before Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived.
• Xiao Lin found Tang San at the entrance and demanded to see Xiao Wu, but Tang San accused him of trying to steal her and refused to move.

Xiao Lin went to Shrek Academy to see Xiao Wu, but Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San confronted him, believing he meant to lure their companions away. Xiao Lin fought them with his flute and Soul Skills, and Oscar surrendered after being wounded, leaving the other three facing him.

• Xiao Lin asked Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to let him see Xiao Wu, but they blocked his way and accused him of poaching Shrek Academy's students.
• Tang San joined Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and the four challenged Xiao Lin to fight them together.
• Xiao Lin revealed his four Soul Rings, including a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and used his flute's General's Command and Ambush from Ten Sides to empower himself and restrain the group.
• Xiao Lin attacked with Guangling Melody's Sound Blades, wounding Oscar as the blades pursued him despite his attempts to dodge.
• Oscar surrendered and withdrew from the fight, while Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun remained to face Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin defeated Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun with his fourth Soul Skill, then tried to take Xiao Wu away. Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan arrived at the courtyard, and Xiao Wu recognized the danger posed by the Titled Douluo.

• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun attacked Xiao Lin, who overwhelmed them with Blue Sea Tide Melody and knocked them down.
• Tang San realized Xiao Lin had hidden his true strength during their previous battle.
• Xiao Wu embraced Xiao Lin and asked to leave with Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing as well.
• Xiao Lin pulled Xiao Wu toward the exit, warning her that danger was near.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan entered the courtyard and asked who Tang San was, while Xiao Wu sensed his Titled Douluo aura.

Xiao Lin used Aromatic Silk Beauty to conceal Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast aura from Chrysanthemum Douluo, then refused to sell him the flower. Chrysanthemum Douluo turned his attention to Tang San and revealed that Spirit Hall had identified him as Tang Hao’s son and ordered him taken in for questioning.

• When Chrysanthemum Douluo sensed a trace of Soul Beast aura from Xiao Wu, Xiao Lin gave her Aromatic Silk Beauty to hide it.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo failed to recognize Xiao Wu’s identity but noticed the Immortal Herb and tried to buy it from her.
• Xiao Lin stepped in and told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Aromatic Silk Beauty was his and was not for sale.
• Unable to challenge Xiao Lin openly, Chrysanthemum Douluo turned to Tang San and said Spirit Hall had ordered him taken for questioning as Tang Hao’s son.
• Tang San realized Xiao Lin was likely the person who had reported his identity.

Xiao Lin rescued Xiao Wu from Chrysanthemum Douluo and admitted he knew she was a Soul Beast, then reassured her that he wanted her, not her Soul Ring or Soul Bone. Xiao Wu kissed him and declared him hers, only for Dugu Yan to arrive and confess that she liked him too.

• Xiao Lin took Xiao Wu from Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy before Chrysanthemum Douluo could discover her identity.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Xiao Lin had known she was a Soul Beast, and he admitted it while promising to protect her.
• Xiao Wu embraced Xiao Lin, kissed his cheek, and declared that he belonged to her.
• Dugu Yan arrived with a food box and saw Xiao Wu clinging to Xiao Lin with a lipstick mark on his cheek.
• Xiao Wu introduced herself as Xiao Lin's childhood sweetheart and said she planned to marry him.
• Dugu Yan told Xiao Wu that Xiao Lin had saved her life and confessed that she liked him too.

Xiao Wu tested Dugu Yan’s feelings for Xiao Lin and, after Dugu Yan confessed her sincerity, explained why she believed Xiao Lin could love and protect several women. Xiao Lin was left considering her unconventional idea that he could bring those he loved with him when he became a god.

• Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan argued over their feelings for Xiao Lin, and Dugu Yan said she was willing to do anything for him.
• Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan demanded that Xiao Lin choose between them, but he said he cherished them both as good friends.
• Dugu Yan gave Xiao Lin the lunch she had made and invited him to visit her home at her grandfather’s request before leaving.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she had deliberately provoked Dugu Yan to test how deeply she cared for Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Wu argued that Xiao Lin should keep the women who loved him by his side and bring them with him when he became a god, leaving Xiao Lin to consider her reasoning.