Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin prepared to grow stronger and left with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo for the Star Dou Forest. Tang Hao urged Tang San to seek power in Slaughter City, then proposed going to the Clear Sky Sect as another path.

• Xiao Lin recovered from his injuries over three days and set out with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo for the Star Dou Forest.
• Tang San vowed revenge on Xiao Lin while Tang Hao warned him against acting impulsively.
• Tang Hao explained that Slaughter City could offer Tang San rapid growth and Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang San worried Xiao Lin would become too powerful before he could reach Titled Douluo rank.
• Tang Hao proposed that Tang San go to the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Hao decided to take Tang San back to Clear Sky Sect, unaware that Tang San saw him as a burden and only wanted the sect’s resources. As they left the cave, Tang Hao vowed revenge on Xiao Lin, while Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang Hao had been crippled and Tang San had disappeared.

• Tang Hao explained that he had been cast out of Clear Sky Sect and offered to beg the sect to accept them so Tang San could receive its support.
• Tang San secretly judged his injured father to be dead weight and calculated that joining Clear Sky Sect would serve his ambitions better.
• Tang San pretended to comfort Tang Hao, who believed his son was concerned for him and agreed to leave for Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao and Tang San left the cave, and Tang Hao swore to return to Heaven Dou City and make Xiao Lin suffer.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Xiao Lin, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had severed Tang Hao’s arm and leg, while Tang San had fled with him, and he raged against Xiao Lin.

Yu Xiaogang decided to seek Bibi Dong’s help against Xiao Lin, while Xiao Lin traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to choose a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. The chapter left Xiao Lin seeking an explosive assault-type Soul Skill for his Nine Phoenix Ceremonial Flute.

• Yu Xiaogang blamed Xiao Lin for Shrek Academy’s ruin and vowed to make him pay.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Bibi Dong had once been his lover and decided to ask Spirit Hall for help.
• Yu Xiaogang left the camp determined to ally with Bibi Dong, even if he had to sell his soul.
• Xiao Lin entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xiao Lin told Sword Douluo that he wanted an assault-type Soul Ring with a powerful burst skill capable of deciding a battle in one strike.

Xiao Lin and the two Titled Douluo discovered a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger battling a Crimson Flame Lion King in the Star Dou Great Forest. After the tiger defeated the lion, Xiao Lin claimed both Soul Beasts and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo attacked the tiger.

• Xiao Lin, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo searched the forest for a powerful attack-oriented Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but the beasts they found evaded them.
• The three heard a roar and found a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fighting a Crimson Flame Lion King.
• Xiao Lin identified the tiger as a rare, dangerous mutant with evil, time, and space attributes.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger slowed the lion with Time Deceleration, poisoned it with its tail, and killed it with a series of attacks.
• Xiao Lin declared that he wanted both Soul Beasts, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo launched an attack on the tiger.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fought Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo while Xiao Lin warned them about its Life-and-Death Arena skill. When the tiger finally lunged at Sword Douluo, Xiao Lin intervened with Invincible Golden Body.

• The wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger refused to flee after Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo ambushed it.
• Xiao Lin warned Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo that the tiger's Life-and-Death Arena could strip an opponent of their cultivation and return them to age six.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo kept their distance and attacked the tiger with ranged strikes, gradually wounding it.
• The tiger seized an opening as Sword Douluo moved closer and lunged at him to activate its skill.
• Xiao Lin rushed in front of Sword Douluo and unleashed Invincible Golden Body.

Xiao Lin, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo defeated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger after Xiao Lin blocked its Life-and-Death Arena and trapped it with the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron. The tiger died, leaving a black Soul Ring beside the Crimson Flame Lion King's blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Xiao Lin used Invincible Golden Body to block the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Life-and-Death Arena, saving Sword Douluo from being caught in it.
• Xiao Lin trapped the tiger inside the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron's World Within the Cauldron and weakened it with a disorienting flute melody.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo struck the tiger with their full-power soul skills, leaving it gravely wounded but still alive.
• Xiao Lin used Three Cauldrons as One—Cauldron-Splitting Sky to kill the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with a golden beam.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo thanked Xiao Lin for saving them, and the three turned their attention to the tiger's black Soul Ring and the Crimson Flame Lion King's blood-red Soul Ring.

Xiao Lin assigned the Crimson Flame Lion King's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to his Nine Phoenix Ceremonial Flute and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring to his Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, then discovered a Soul Bone from each beast. He offered Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo Immortal Herbs in gratitude, and the elders accepted them before raising a request.

• Xiao Lin decided which Martial Souls would absorb the two Soul Rings, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo approved his allocation.
• Xiao Lin found a Hundred-Thousand-Year Left Leg Bone on the Crimson Flame Lion King and a rare, multi-attribute Torso Bone on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Xiao Lin offered Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo one Soul Bone each, but they refused and urged him to keep both.
• Xiao Lin gave Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo two Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as thanks, and they eventually accepted them.
• Sword Douluo said that he and Bone Douluo had a small request for Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin absorbed the Crimson Flame Lion King's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and left leg bone, along with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's rewards, and reached level sixty-eight. After Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo guarded him through the breakthrough, the three prepared to part ways and return to their respective destinations.

• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo hinted that they had a favor to ask Xiao Lin later, and he agreed without knowing what it was.
• Xiao Lin absorbed the Crimson Flame Lion King's Soul Ring and left leg bone simultaneously while the two Douluo guarded him.
• Xiao Lin awoke after absorbing the rewards and discovered that his Soul Power had risen to level sixty-eight and his Martial Souls had gained new Soul Rings.
• Xiao Lin kept his newly acquired Soul Skills secret, while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo praised his extraordinary strength and potential.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo prepared to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Xiao Lin set out for Heaven Dou City.

Xiao Lin returned to Heaven Dou City and was summoned by Qian Renxue, disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. After learning that Xiao Lin had reached Rank Sixty-Eight, Qian Renxue was shaken by his rapid growth, and Xiao Lin asked why she had called him.

• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo invited Xiao Lin to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in a month, and he agreed.
• Xiao Lin returned to Heaven Dou City and was intercepted by imperial guards who escorted him to a secluded palace.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, emerged to meet Xiao Lin in the palace.
• Qian Renxue sensed Xiao Lin's increased strength and was shocked when he revealed he had reached Rank Sixty-Eight.
• Qian Renxue congratulated Xiao Lin and mentioned the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while Xiao Lin asked why she had summoned him.

Qian Renxue challenged Xiao Lin to a fight before deciding whether to tell him about her business. Their clash revealed Xiao Lin’s new six-ring configuration, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and ended with their attacks colliding in the hall.

• Qian Renxue asked Xiao Lin to prove his strength by defeating her, and he accepted.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Level 68 Soul Emperor cultivation and attacked Xiao Lin with a rapid series of palm strikes.
• Xiao Lin summoned his Nine Phoenix Ceremonial Flute and revealed six Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue was shocked by Xiao Lin’s advancement, then summoned the Six-Winged Angel and charged with Angel Assault.
• Xiao Lin met Qian Renxue’s charge with a flute soundwave, and their attacks collided, shaking the hall.

Xiao Lin initially evaded Qian Renxue’s attacks without using his second Martial Soul, prompting her to demand that he fight at full strength. He revealed the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and defeated her with its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Skills, leaving her kneeling and wounded.

• Qian Renxue unleashed a barrage of close-range and ranged Soul Skills, but Xiao Lin evaded and countered them with the Nine Phoenix Ceremonial Flute.
• Qian Renxue stopped fighting and accused Xiao Lin of holding back by refusing to use his second Martial Soul and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Skills.
• Xiao Lin agreed to show his full strength and summoned the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, revealing its black and red Soul Rings.
• Xiao Lin used Cauldron Suppresses Primordial Chaos to immobilize Qian Renxue and then struck her with Cauldron-Splitting Sky.
• Qian Renxue survived the attack on one knee, bloodied and overcome by the clear difference between their strength.

After Xiao Lin defeated Qian Renxue, he helped her reconsider her undercover mission and focus on becoming stronger. Qian Renxue regained her composure and thanked him, while beginning to see him in a new light.

• Xiao Lin worried that Qian Renxue was crying after she knelt silently following her defeat.
• Qian Renxue reflected on how completely Xiao Lin had beaten her and struggled with the first serious setback of her life.
• Xiao Lin praised Qian Renxue's potential and urged her to question whether she wanted to rule as the Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince or become a peak powerhouse.
• Xiao Lin argued that sufficient strength would make her undercover schemes unnecessary, prompting Qian Renxue to reconsider her mission and her confidence in herself.
• Qian Renxue thanked Xiao Lin, rose with renewed resolve, and privately wondered whether he was interested in women.

Qian Renxue told Xiao Lin that Bibi Dong had ordered his death after Yu Xiaogang persuaded her, though Qian Renxue had temporarily suppressed the order in Heaven Dou City. The story then flashed back to Yu Xiaogang arriving at Pope Palace, where Bibi Dong welcomed him warmly and killed a guard who insulted him.

• Qian Renxue warned Xiao Lin that Spirit Hall had issued a kill-on-sight order against him at Yu Xiaogang's urging.
• Xiao Lin grew furious and vowed to show no mercy to Yu Xiaogang and Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded an audience at Pope Palace, but two guards mocked him and blocked his way.
• Bibi Dong recognized Yu Xiaogang and killed one guard for insulting him.
• Bibi Dong led Yu Xiaogang into Pope Palace, and Yu Xiaogang took her affection as proof that he still held a special place in her heart.

Yu Xiaogang manipulated Bibi Dong into ordering an attack on Xiao Lin, then stayed at Spirit Hall under her protection. Qian Renxue told Xiao Lin that Bibi Dong had sent assassins after him, leaving him facing an imminent threat.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong that Xiao Lin had harmed Tang Hao and Tang San, then urged her to kill Xiao Lin.
• Bibi Dong initially refused, but agreed to send people after Xiao Lin when Yu Xiaogang threatened to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang stayed at Spirit Hall while Bibi Dong personally attended to him, and gossiping staff began to disappear.
• Qian Renxue told Xiao Lin that Bibi Dong had ordered assassins to target him in Heaven Dou City and that more would come from Spirit City.

Xiao Lin and Qian Renxue formed an alliance to share intelligence and oppose Bibi Dong’s influence in Spirit Hall. Qian Renxue also decided to focus on cultivating her strength, while Xiao Lin warned that he might eventually claim Spirit Hall for himself.

• Xiao Lin asked Qian Renxue which side she would take if Spirit Hall sent assassins after him, and she said she would support him.
• Qian Renxue proposed sharing Spirit Hall intelligence with Xiao Lin in exchange for his help taking control of Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Lin accepted the alliance and warned Qian Renxue that he might take Spirit Hall for himself when he became powerful enough.
• Qian Renxue said she would begin cultivating properly and would no longer pursue her infiltration of the Heaven Dou Empire as strictly.

Xiao Lin returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling. Meng Shenji was astonished by Xiao Lin’s strength and asked him to represent the academy in the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Xiao Lin returned to the academy and found the students gathered while the education committee selected tournament contestants.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling greeted Xiao Lin, and Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan noticed how much stronger he had become.
• Yu Tianheng avoided Xiao Lin’s gaze, still wary of him after their earlier encounter at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Meng Shenji sensed that Xiao Lin’s aura had become impossible for him to read and asked about his recent experiences.
• Meng Shenji invited Xiao Lin to represent Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Xiao Lin agreed to compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament despite the danger of entering Spirit Hall’s stronghold. After Meng Shenji named him captain and announced the first five main team members, the Shi Mo brothers challenged Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong’s selections, and Xiao Lin responded with amused calm.

• Xiao Lin decided the tournament’s rewards and Spirit Hall’s reluctance to attack him publicly made competing worthwhile.
• Meng Shenji announced Xiao Lin as captain, and the academy students voiced their support.
• Meng Shenji named Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong as main team members.
• The Shi Mo brothers objected to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong being selected over them, citing their seniority and academy records.
• Xiao Lin called the objection interesting as Meng Shenji prepared to respond.

Xiao Lin defended Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong’s place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then silenced the Shi Mo brothers by revealing his Soul Emperor strength and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. His display left the crowd stunned and strengthened Zhu Zhuqing’s resolve to catch up to him.

• Xiao Lin challenged Shi Mo’s claim that Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong were unqualified, saying they had come to the academy for his sake.
• Xiao Lin declared that he could lead the others to victory in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and rebuked Shi Mo for questioning his people.
• Xiao Lin released his Nine Phoenix Ceremonial Flute and revealed six Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, along with his level sixty-eight Soul Emperor strength.
• The pressure from Xiao Lin’s Soul Power forced the Shi Mo brothers to their knees as the crowd reacted in shock.
• Zhu Zhuqing resolved to train harder to catch up to Xiao Lin, Ning Rongrong admired his strength, and Dugu Yan recalled her earlier attempt to challenge him.

Xiao Lin chose Yu Tianheng as the sixth member of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's tournament team, and Yu Tianheng apologized and pledged his loyalty. With the roster arrangement approved, the team prepared to leave for Spirit City in half a month, where Xiao Lin intended to confront Bibi Dong, Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang.

• Xiao Lin named Yu Tianheng as the team's sixth member despite the earlier doubts raised by Yu Tianheng's companions.
• Xiao Lin explained that Yu Tianheng had not opposed him and was strong enough to help the team win the championship, then gave Yu Tianheng authority to recommend the seventh member.
• Yu Tianheng apologized for his past resentment and promised to follow Xiao Lin loyally.
• Meng Shenji approved Xiao Lin's selection plan, and no one objected.
• Meng Shenji announced that the team would depart for Spirit City in half a month, and Xiao Lin resolved to face Bibi Dong, Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang.

Xiao Lin sought Dugu Bo’s help in approaching the Speed Clan for the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, which he needed to rebuild a body for Xiao Wu. Dugu Bo confirmed that he knew the Four Great Families, but Xiao Lin had not yet explained his request.

• Xiao Lin prepared to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and pursue the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng before the tournament began.
• Xiao Lin reviewed the Four Great Families and considered recruiting Yang Wudi, but decided he needed a powerful ally to approach the clans safely.
• Xiao Lin went to Dugu Bo’s bamboo house and asked whether he knew the Clear Sky Sect’s four affiliated clans.
• Dugu Bo named the Strength Clan, Breaking Clan, Defense Clan, and Speed Clan, then asked Xiao Lin why he was interested in them.