Recaps

Zi JI returned with news that Gu Yuena’s injuries would take ten years to heal and gave Lin Yue blood from the extinct Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Lin Yue chose a fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear for his fourth Spirit Ring and prepared to hunt one with help from Zi JI, Dugu Bo, and Tang Yin.

• Zi JI told Lin Yue that Gu Yuena was recovering from the Healing Potion but would need ten years to heal.
• Zi JI gave Lin Yue Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff blood and asked whether he could make an Awakening Potion for the extinct Soul Beast; Lin Yue said he could not do so yet.
• Lin Yue asked for Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blood, and Zi JI supplied blood from Xiong Jun’s fight with Di Tian.
• Lin Yue refined the blood into a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Awakening Potion and chose a fifty-thousand-year bear for his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Tang Yin worried that Lin Yue could not defeat the bear, and Lin Yue reassured her that Dugu Bo and Zi JI would help protect him.
• Lin Yue asked Tang Yin whether she had finished refining the poisonous herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then suggested they use them.

Lin Yue hunted and killed a fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear after Zi JI transformed a Blood Demon Berserk Bear with a Bloodline Awakening Potion. He began absorbing its Spirit Ring while Zi JI realized Tang Yin’s poison had nearly destroyed the bear’s vitality.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan warned Lin Yue against hunting a fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but Lin Yue refused to change his mind.
• Zi JI brought back a Blood Demon Berserk Bear, transformed it into a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with the awakening potion, and suppressed it with frost.
• Tang Yin struck the bear with Yama’s Invitation, poisoning it and drastically weakening its vitality.
• Lin Yue endured the bear’s attack with Death Resistance, then used his Demon Sword and Bloodfall to kill it.
• Lin Yue began absorbing the bear’s Spirit Ring, while Zi JI recognized that Tang Yin’s poison had nearly rotted away the beast’s insides.

Lin Yue absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s Spirit Ring, reached Soul Power Level 48, and prepared to find a fourth Spirit Ring for Tang Yin. A year later, Tang Yuehua struggled to control Tang San’s brutality while Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang planned his future, and Lin Yue faced Dugu Yan in the Great Soul Arena.

• Lin Yue absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s Spirit Ring, broke through to Soul Power Level 48, and gained a grappling displacement Soul Skill.
• Lin Yue asked Zi JI for powerful plant-type Soul Beast materials to prepare Tang Yin’s fourth Spirit Ring.
• Tang Yuehua failed to suppress Tang San’s violent thoughts and questioned Tang Hao about his cultivation method and early training in Slaughter City.
• Tang Hao insisted that Tang San had chosen his path, while Yu Xiaogang announced that he had found an academy suited to him.
• Lin Yue entered the Great Soul Arena for his match against the undefeated Dugu Yan, and the crowd cheered as the Soul Ancestors faced off.

Qian Renxue revealed to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy directors that Lin Yue was a twelve-year-old Four-Ring Soul Ancestor and planned to recruit him as her retainer. In the arena, Lin Yue defeated Dugu Yan with a powerful attack, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders considered his potential and whether the sect could win his allegiance.

• Disguised as Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue told the academy directors that the masked Lin Yue was a twelve-year-old Four-Ring Soul Ancestor and said she wanted to recommend him to the academy.
• Meng Shenji and the other directors reacted with disbelief at Lin Yue's age and strength, then recognized his opponent, Dugu Yan, as a wielder of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.
• Dugu Yan challenged Lin Yue and used her Jade Phosphor Dragon Breath, Jade Phosphor Dragon Armor, and Jade Phosphor Poison Swamp to restrict him with poison.
• Lin Yue unleashed his fourth soul skill, broke through Dugu Yan's poisonous mist, seized her, and slammed her into the arena floor.
• Ning Rongrong cheered for Lin Yue as Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo discussed his rapid growth and the possibility of tying him to their sect.

Ning Fengzhi considered recruiting Lin Yue and investigated the talented students at Shrek Academy, while Xue Qinghe tried to draw Lin Yue into Heaven Dou Royal Academy and invited him to bring his teacher to a meeting. The chapter ended with Xue Qinghe asking to meet Lin Yue’s teacher.

• Ning Fengzhi worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect lacked future strength and watched Lin Yue, but Meng Shenji’s arrival showed that Xue Qinghe had reached Lin Yue first.
• Bone Douluo reported that a Fire Phoenix Soul Master and a Food-Type Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power were at Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi decided not to seize them by force.
• Meng Shenji escorted Lin Yue into Xue Qinghe’s private box, where Lin Yue and Dugu Yan removed their disguises.
• Xue Qinghe reminded Lin Yue of their agreement and Meng Shenji offered him the captaincy of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team, but Lin Yue said he would think it over.
• Xue Qinghe invited Lin Yue to his residence and asked to meet the teacher Lin Yue had taken.

Lin Yue was taken to the Crown Prince's residence, where Qian Renxue tested his loyalty with a bet about the next Soul Master Tournament and pressed him about the woman visiting the Dugu Family. Their tense conversation ended when a sudden attack struck Xue Qinghe and exposed Qian Renxue's true appearance.

• Qian Renxue brought Lin Yue from the Dugu residence to the Crown Prince's residence and questioned him about the woman visiting the Dugu Family.
• Qian Renxue bet that Spirit Hall would win the next Soul Master Tournament, wagering that Lin Yue would become her right-hand man if it did and that she would grant him three requests if it did not.
• Lin Yue maintained that he did not know the woman's identity, then teased Qian Renxue by suggesting the woman might make a suitable spouse.
• A surge of Soul Power pierced the study window and struck Xue Qinghe, causing Qian Renxue's disguise to vanish and reveal her true appearance.