Chapter Summaries

Ling Jing and the two Spirit Hall Douluo found a rare, mutated Illusion-Covering Mirror Fox in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he killed it to obtain his second Soul Ring. He began absorbing the roughly two-thousand-year ring, while Qian Daoliu imagined Ling Jing leading Spirit Hall’s future.

• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo guided Ling Jing through the Star Dou Great Forest, identifying several soul Ferocious Beasts but finding none suitable.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo captured a mutated Illusion-Covering Mirror Fox that could create mirror images and switch places with them.
• Ling Jing summoned a clone, used his Seraphim and Death Spider Emperor Martial Souls together, and killed the fox.
• A purple Soul Ring rose from the fox, and Ling Jing drew it toward himself and began absorbing it.
• Qian Daoliu imagined Bibi Dong becoming Pope and Ling Jing eventually succeeding her as Spirit Hall’s leader.

Ling Jing discovered that his second soul skill could combine with his first to create powerful layers of clones, then spent a year and a half training under Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu. At age nine, he and Bibi Dong visited Qian Xunji, who asked why they had come to see him.

• Ling Jing revealed that his second soul skill created five mirror clones, and Qian Daoliu realized the clones could use Ling Jing's first soul skill to create further clones.
• Ling Jing tested the combination and produced clones capable of copying Martial Souls, though the layered clones had reduced strength; Qian Xunji and Golden Crocodile Douluo were pleased with the skill's moderate Soul Power cost.
• After returning to Spirit City, Ling Jing trained with Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, studying Martial Soul theory, sparring, and learning to use the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and sword.
• A year and a half passed, during which nine-year-old Ling Jing attracted attention from young female soul masters and Bibi Dong grew increasingly possessive of him.
• Ling Jing and Bibi Dong visited Qian Xunji in Spirit Hall, and he asked why they had come to see him.

Ling Jing asked to travel and gain experience after reaching rank thirty, and Qian Xunji arranged for Yue Guan and Gui Mei to protect him while Qian Daoliu sent Golden Crocodile Douluo as well. Ling Jing planned to visit Heaven Dou City and Sunset Forest before heading to the Star Dou Great Forest, with the Icefire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs in mind.

• Ling Jing told Qian Xunji he had reached rank thirty and wanted to travel for experience and obtain his third soul ring, while Bibi Dong decided to accompany him.
• Qian Xunji agreed to the trip and assigned Yue Guan and Gui Mei to protect Ling Jing and Bibi Dong.
• Qian Daoliu sent Golden Crocodile Douluo to join the group, and he boarded their carriage the next morning.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo gently asked Ling Jing where he wanted to go first, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei noticed his contrasting treatment of them.
• Ling Jing said he would visit Heaven Dou City, then Sunset Forest, and finally the Star Dou Great Forest, while planning to visit the Icefire Yin Yang Well and find an Immortal Herb for Bibi Dong.

Ling Jing and Bibi Dong reached Heaven Dou Imperial City after traveling through several places, where Ling Jing gave her a sugar figurine modeled after her. A commotion led Ling Jing to recognize Yu Xiaogang with the young Flender and Liu Erlong, while Bibi Dong reacted with disgust toward Yu Xiaogang and an unexplained dislike of Liu Erlong.

• Ling Jing traveled through several cities with Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile Douluo before arriving in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Ling Jing bought Bibi Dong a sugar figurine modeled after her, and she carefully wrapped it away instead of eating it.
• Ling Jing heard a fight at an intersection and saw a red-haired woman confronting several Heaven Dou Royal Academy students.
• Ling Jing recognized Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong at the scene.
• Bibi Dong looked at Yu Xiaogang with disgust and felt an inexplicable dislike of Liu Erlong.

Bibi Dong encountered Yu Xiaogang, who tried to claim they still knew each other, but Ling Jing exposed his past fraud and challenged his reputation as a master. Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang and threatened to kill him for using her name and insulting Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong recognized Yu Xiaogang, but lowered the carriage curtain rather than greet him.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that he and Bibi Dong had known each other, prompting Ling Jing to accuse him of using her title to swindle people in Spirit City.
• Ling Jing displayed Twenty Bridges Moonlit Nights as evidence that Yu Xiaogang had surrendered it to pay his debts, and the crowd and Flender began to look down on him.
• Ling Jing mocked Yu Xiaogang for failing to identify his martial soul and comforted Bibi Dong as she smiled faintly.
• Bibi Dong reminded Yu Xiaogang that their friendship had ended and threatened to kill him for continuing to use her name and insult Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang’s legs crippled after he threatened her, but Golden Crocodile Douluo offered him a chance to avoid punishment by defeating Ling Jing. Yu Xiaogang accepted, believing the nine-year-old would be easy to beat.

• Yu Xiaogang threatened Bibi Dong, but Golden Crocodile Douluo’s pressure forced him to his knees.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to cripple Yu Xiaogang’s legs, while Flender and Liu Erlong refused to help him.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that he was Yu Yuanzhen’s son, and Liu Erlong realized that he was her cousin.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s claim and said even Yu Yuanzhen would not dare challenge him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered to spare Yu Xiaogang if he defeated Ling Jing, and both Ling Jing and Yu Xiaogang welcomed the challenge for different reasons.

Golden Crocodile Douluo made Yu Xiaogang fight Ling Jing rather than cripple him, and Yu Xiaogang summoned his ridiculed Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao. Ling Jing revealed his Six-Winged Angel form and struck Yu Xiaogang down, leaving the fight’s outcome beyond the first blow unresolved.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo let Yu Xiaogang fight Ling Jing to shame the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan without openly damaging its ties with Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao, whose appearance drew laughter and ridicule from the onlookers.
• Ling Jing revealed his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and Millennium second Soul Ring, shocking Yu Xiaogang and the crowd.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Luo Sanpao to attack, but Ling Jing rushed in and struck him with the Angel Sacred Sword, forcing him to his knees in pain.

Ling Jing defeated Yu Xiaogang with a sword strike that left him gravely injured, while Bibi Dong defended Spirit Hall and won over the watching soul masters. After leaving Heaven Dou Imperial City for the Sunset Forest, Ling Jing looked forward to seeking the Icefire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs.

• Ling Jing struck Yu Xiaogang, and the onlookers jeered as Yu Xiaogang accused him of being vicious before passing out.
• Bibi Dong quietly asked Ling Jing what he had done, then addressed the crowd and defended Spirit Hall’s actions.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo praised Ling Jing’s calculated attack, and the Spirit Hall group departed as the onlookers scattered.
• Flender stopped Liu Erlong from helping Yu Xiaogang and reassured her that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would treat him.
• Ling Jing and the others left for the Sunset Forest, where Ling Jing hoped to find the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

Ling Jing, Bibi Dong, and Golden Crocodile Douluo followed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo through poisonous miasma and discovered the Icefire Yin Yang Well. Chrysanthemum Douluo identified its rare Immortal Herbs, and Golden Crocodile Douluo claimed the site for Spirit Hall while asking whether the herbs could benefit Ling Jing and Bibi Dong.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo suggested that Ling Jing seek his third Soul Ring in Star Dou Great Forest after their three days in Sunset Forest.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan reported that he and Ghost Douluo had found an immense stretch of poisonous miasma nearby.
• Ling Jing asked to investigate the miasma, and Golden Crocodile Douluo led the group inside under his protection.
• The group emerged at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, where Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized numerous rare Immortal Herbs.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo confirmed the herbs' powerful benefits and said he knew how to cultivate them; Golden Crocodile Douluo claimed the site for Spirit Hall and asked which herbs suited Ling Jing and Bibi Dong.
• Ghost Douluo asked whether he should notify His Holiness the Pope about the discovery.

Ling Jing and Golden Crocodile Douluo encountered and killed a seventy-to-eighty-thousand-year-old Medusa, which yielded a valuable Skull. As Golden Crocodile Douluo decided to keep it for Bibi Dong, Ling Jing pointed out a golden-fruited Immortal Herb that seemed suited to him.

• Ling Jing recognized the approaching serpent as a Medusa, and Golden Crocodile Douluo explained that its eyes could petrify enemies.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo subdued the Medusa, resisted its petrifying gaze, and killed it.
• A black Soul Ring and a Skull emerged from the Medusa's corpse, surprising Golden Crocodile Douluo and drawing Yue Guan and Gui Mei's attention.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo decided to keep the Skull for Bibi Dong and promised to petition for a suitable Soul Bone for Yue Guan.
• Ling Jing told Golden Crocodile Douluo that a golden-fruited Immortal Herb seemed suitable for him.

Ling Jing identified an immortal herb that could help Golden Crocodile Douluo reach the Peerless Douluo realm, then insisted on taking the dangerous Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to strengthen his body. The chapter left Yue Guan worried about Ling Jing’s plan as Golden Crocodile Douluo began absorbing his herb.

• Ling Jing told Golden Crocodile Douluo that the Earth Dragon Golden Melon suited his martial soul and might help him become a Peerless Douluo.
• Yue Guan confirmed the herb’s identity and suitability, while Ling Jing explained that he had read about immortal herbs in Spirit Hall’s records.
• Ling Jing praised Yue Guan’s expertise and entrusted him with maintaining the Icefire Yin Yang Well and cultivating its immortal herbs.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo swallowed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon and began absorbing its medicinal power.
• Ling Jing chose the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, planning to use the Icefire Yin Yang Well to temper his body.
• Yue Guan warned Ling Jing that the herbs were dangerous and urged him to choose a safer immortal herb instead.

Ling Jing and Bibi Dong consumed Immortal Herbs at the Icefire Yin Yang Well while Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to document the herbs for Spirit Hall. Golden Crocodile Douluo broke through to Peerless Douluo, and Ling Jing asked that Yue Guan and Gui Mei each receive an Immortal Herb as a reward.

• Yue Guan recommended Snow Swan Kiss and Aromatic Silk Beauty to Bibi Dong, who consumed them to strengthen and protect her poison.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to record the Immortal Herbs and their effects, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei discussed which herbs might suit them.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo emerged from his cultivation as a rank ninety-nine Peerless Douluo.
• Yue Guan explained to Golden Crocodile Douluo which Immortal Herbs Ling Jing and Bibi Dong had taken and relayed Bibi Dong's plan to report the herbs to Qian Xunji.
• Ling Jing asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to award Yue Guan and Gui Mei an Immortal Herb each for their service.

Ling Jing and Golden Crocodile Douluo considered using the Aromatic Silk Beauty to evolve a Martial Soul and draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Spirit Hall. They decided to first test its power on Ling Jing’s master’s wife, whose Qiong Flower Martial Soul limited her to eight rings.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo rewarded Yue Guan and Gui Mei with Immortal Herbs for their service.
• Ling Jing considered consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, then recognized that the Aromatic Silk Beauty might help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect evolve its Martial Soul.
• Ling Jing explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect sought to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Yue Guan said the Aromatic Silk Beauty could be regrown at the Icefire Yin Yang Well within a dozen or so years if its roots and stems were preserved.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo proposed giving the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Ling Jing’s master’s wife, whose Qiong Flower Martial Soul had capped her at Soul Douluo.

Ling Jing and Bibi Dong benefited from Immortal Herbs, while Gui Mei reported the Icefire Yin Yang Well and its treasures to Qian Xunji. Qian Daoliu recognized the site’s importance and decided to inspect it in person, ordering platinum bishops to accompany him.

• Bibi Dong told Ling Jing that Snow Swan Kiss had strengthened her poison and raised her Soul Power to level seventy-nine, while Ling Jing finished refining Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Yue Guan compiled a list of the Icefire Yin Yang Well’s Immortal Herbs, and Gui Mei brought the report to Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji and Gui Mei informed Qian Daoliu about the Icefire Yin Yang Well, Golden Crocodile Douluo’s breakthrough, and the benefits the Immortal Herbs had brought others.
• Qian Daoliu examined the list and considered saving the Divine Light Glazed Crystal Lotus for Qian Renxue so she might attract the Angel God’s attention.
• Qian Daoliu decided to visit the Icefire Yin Yang Well personally and ordered Qian Xunji to send platinum bishops with him.

Ling Jing proposed compressing Soul Power into a solid core, and Qian Daoliu agreed to test the method at the Icefire Yin Yang Well. After naming it the Soul Core Method, they prepared for Ling Jing and Bibi Dong to hunt Soul Rings.

• Gui Mei brought Qian Daoliu to the Icefire Yin Yang Well, where he was amazed by its springs and Immortal Herbs.
• Ling Jing asked Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo about using the Origin-Returning Gilded Stamen to compress Soul Power and form an energy core.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Golden Crocodile Douluo judged Ling Jing's idea feasible, while Qian Daoliu recognized its potential to transform Soul Master cultivation.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo named the proposed method the Soul Core Method, and Qian Daoliu promised to credit Ling Jing if he completed it.
• Qian Daoliu decided to consume the Immortal Herb and attempt the method at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, while Ling Jing and Bibi Dong prepared to hunt Soul Rings.

Golden Crocodile Douluo, Ling Jing, and Bibi Dong encountered Flender and Liu Erlong in Sunset Forest while Liu Erlong struggled with how to face her father. After assessing Liu Erlong’s talent, Golden Crocodile Douluo asked whether she and Flender would join Spirit Hall.

• Flender comforted Liu Erlong as she worried about her complicated relationship with her father, Yu Luomian.
• Flender sensed Ling Jing’s group approaching and recognized Golden Crocodile Douluo, Bibi Dong, and Ling Jing.
• Ling Jing considered contracting Liu Erlong but decided her martial soul and talent did not justify using a contract opportunity.
• Flender and Liu Erlong greeted Golden Crocodile Douluo, Bibi Dong, and Ling Jing respectfully.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Flender and Liu Erlong whether they belonged to a clan or faction and whether they were willing to join Spirit Hall.

Ling Jing rejected Flender and Liu Erlong’s possible recruitment into Spirit Hall and left with Golden Crocodile Douluo and Bibi Dong. In Star Dou Great Forest, the group found a pack of Flowing Shadow Azure Wolves, and Ling Jing considered hunting one for its spiritual attributes.

• Ling Jing questioned Flender and Liu Erlong about their ties to Yu Xiaogang, then left with Golden Crocodile Douluo and Bibi Dong without inviting them to join Spirit Hall.
• Flender expressed relief that they had not been forced to join, while Liu Erlong concealed her thoughts.
• Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan Douluo had chosen spiritual-attribute and control-type Soul Rings as the direction for Ling Jing’s Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul.
• In Star Dou Great Forest, Golden Crocodile Douluo spotted a rare pack of Flowing Shadow Azure Wolves, including several within Ling Jing’s cultivation range.
• Bibi Dong explained that the wolves had powerful spiritual abilities but fragile bodies, and Ling Jing eagerly considered hunting one himself.

Ling Jing fought an eight-thousand-year Flowing Shadow Azure Wolf while Golden Crocodile Douluo restrained the Wolf King and Bibi Dong cleared away the rest of the pack. Ling Jing overcame the wolf’s perception-distorting innate skill and struck it down, leaving it unable to move.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo immobilized the Flowing Shadow Azure Wolf King with his pressure, while Bibi Dong swept aside the pack and left an eight-thousand-year Flowing Shadow Azure Wolf for Ling Jing.
• Ling Jing summoned five clones, copying the Seraphim Martial Soul with his main body and Bibi Dong’s Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul with his clones.
• The Flowing Shadow Azure Wolf used its innate skill to distort Ling Jing’s perception and make his attacks miss.
• Ling Jing used his spiritual power and the clones’ Life-Eroding Spider Mark to locate the wolf despite its distorted illusions.
• Ling Jing and his clones attacked from multiple directions, and Ling Jing’s Angel Sacred Sword pierced the Flowing Shadow Azure Wolf and left it unable to move.

Ling Jing absorbed the Flowing Shadow Azure Wolf’s Soul Ring, reached level thirty-five, and learned his third Soul Skill, Thousand Currents Illusory Realm. As Golden Crocodile Douluo prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with Ling Jing and Bibi Dong, they encountered a woman Ling Jing suspected was Ah Yin, the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor.

• Ling Jing absorbed the Flowing Shadow Azure Wolf’s Soul Ring and raised his Soul Power to level thirty-five.
• Ling Jing considered contracting Bo Saixi to copy her Sea God Martial Soul, but decided to save that chance for later.
• Ling Jing told Golden Crocodile Douluo and Bibi Dong that his third Soul Skill, Thousand Currents Illusory Realm, could disrupt enemies’ senses and Soul Skills.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo advised Ling Jing to adapt his use of copied Martial Souls and proposed leaving the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Ling Jing and Bibi Dong to a clearing, where Ling Jing saw a woman tending Blue Silver Grass and suspected she was Ah Yin.

Golden Crocodile Douluo discovered Ah Yin, a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, and pursued her into the Star Dou Great Forest while Bibi Dong protected Ling Jing. Ah Yin called for Ah Rou, and a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape blocked Golden Crocodile Douluo as another powerful beast answered with an ox bellow.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo recognized Ah Yin as a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, and Bibi Dong considered securing her for Ling Jing.
• Ah Yin sensed Golden Crocodile Douluo's overwhelming power and fled toward the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Bibi Dong to protect Ling Jing and chased Ah Yin, blasting aside the Blue Silver Grass she sent against him.
• Ah Yin cried out for Ah Rou as Golden Crocodile Douluo reached to seize her.
• A hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape charged from the forest and stood between Ah Yin and Golden Crocodile Douluo, who activated his Golden Crocodile King True Body.
• An ox bellow echoed through the Star Dou Great Forest.