Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan secured Ning Fengzhi’s support for establishing Linyuan Academy and bringing a team to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. At Linyuan Pavilion, Ning Rongrong claimed a room and invited Jade Guga to sleep with her, while Xiao Wu carried off Xuanwu Guga.

• The Gugas devoured a huge meal at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi watched in amazement.
• Lin Yuan asked Ning Fengzhi to help establish Linyuan Academy in Heaven Dou City, and Ning Fengzhi offered land and tournament entry.
• Ning Rongrong decided to visit Linyuan Pavilion, while Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Rongrong chose a room at Linyuan Pavilion and invited Jade Guga to sleep with her.
• Lin Yuan noticed Xuanwu Guga was missing, and Starry Guga told him that Xiao Wu had carried him away.

Lin Yuan brought the new team together for introductions and sparring, where Zhu Zhuqing defeated Bai Chenxiang and Guga overwhelmed Yang Qiumo. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan giving Yang Wudi an Immortal-Grade Ink Jade Divine Bamboo for Yang Qiumo.

• Lin Yuan introduced Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to Bai Chenxiang, Yang Qiumo, and Niu Yue as their new teammates.
• Bai Chenxiang challenged Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing used her speed to appear behind her and end the spar.
• Yang Qiumo challenged Lin Yuan, but Guga took his place and knocked Yang Qiumo into a wall with one hammer blow.
• Lin Yuan asked Yang Wudi to select herbs for the three newcomers, and Yang Wudi found an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo that could evolve Yang Qiumo's Martial Soul.
• Lin Yuan told Yang Wudi to give the precious herb to Yang Qiumo, strengthening Linyuan Pavilion as well.

Yang Wudi gave Bai Chenxiang, Niu Yue, and Yang Qiumo medicinal plants that strengthened and transformed their Martial Souls. After they absorbed the herbs, Bai Chenxiang challenged Zhu Zhuqing and Niu Yue tested his new armor against Niu Gao; Lin Yuan then called everyone to eat.

• Yang Wudi gave Bai Chenxiang Wind Vortex Grass, Niu Yue Earth Ganoderma, and Yang Qiumo Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, and Yang Qiumo vowed his life to Lin Yuan.
• Yang Qiumo refined the bamboo extract with help from the Jade Guga, while Bai Chenxiang and Niu Yue absorbed their herbs and their Martial Souls changed.
• Yang Qiumo's Ink Jade Bamboo Spear evolved into the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo Spear and he reached rank forty, while Bai Chenxiang named her transformed Martial Soul Swiftwind Shadow Swallow.
• Bai Chenxiang challenged Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing vanished and struck her from the air; the Jade Guga healed Bai Chenxiang's injured head.
• Niu Yue showed off his new rock armor, and Niu Gao punched him through a fence and part of a stone wall to test his strength.
• Lin Yuan called everyone to eat as Bai Chenxiang and Yang Qiumo bickered and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong laughed.

Ning Fengzhi told Lin Yuan that Linyuan Academy’s registration had been approved and requested an exhibition match at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Lin Yuan’s team routed the academy team, and Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan agreed to join Linyuan Academy after this year’s tournament.

• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong around Linyuan Pavilion, and Ning Fengzhi told Lin Yuan the academy’s registration had been approved and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family wanted an exhibition match.
• Lin Yuan scheduled the match for the next day, and Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong joined the visit to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Niu Yue, Yang Qiumo, and Bai Chenxiang eliminated Osler, the Shi Mo brothers, and Yu Feng early in the seven-on-seven match.
• Lin Yuan shattered Yu Tianheng’s fourth soul skill with one punch and sent him flying, prompting Yu Tianheng to surrender.
• Yu Tianheng shook Lin Yuan’s hand, and Dugu Yan said she and the team would join Linyuan Academy after completing the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Shrek Academy joined Linyuan Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy for an exchange match, where Yu Tianheng’s team quickly defeated Shrek. Afterward, Flender invited Lin Yuan’s group to visit Shrek, and the Gugas persuaded everyone to go to dinner together.

• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing with Lin Yuan, while Xiao Wu ignored Tang San and went to join Lin Yuan’s group.
• Yu Tianheng opened the match by defeating Dai Mubai, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy drove most of Shrek’s team out of the field.
• Tang San used his Green Bamboo pole-vaulting skill to dodge Yu Tianheng’s attack, drawing laughter from the spectators, before Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan incapacitated him.
• Lin Yuan ended the exchange and prepared to leave, but Flender invited his group to visit Shrek Academy.
• The Gugas pressed Flender to treat everyone to dinner, and Ning Fengzhi suggested the group eat at Drunken Sky Pavilion.
• Lin Yuan pulled Zhu Zhuqing’s cat-eared hood over her head and called her an aristocratic cat as the group left together.

Lin Yuan and his companions visited Shrek Academy, where he mocked Yu Xiaogang’s medicinal bath and the Gugas reacted to its smell. Little Moon and Starry Guga defeated Tai Long and Tai Nuo, and Lin Yuan left with Flender to see the grove despite the threat from the Strength Clan.

• Flender paid 888 Gold Soul Coins for the Gugas’ feast, and Lin Yuan’s group visited Shrek Academy a few days later.
• Lin Yuan mocked Yu Xiaogang’s medicinal bath and his fifty years spent honing level twenty-nine Soul Power.
• Tai Long pressed Xiao Wu to spar, so Little Moon kicked him into a tree.
• Tai Nuo confronted Lin Yuan, but Little Moon kicked him down and Starry Guga’s vines threw him and Tai Long over the academy wall.
• Tai Nuo threatened Lin Yuan and left with Tai Long, while Flender warned Lin Yuan about Tai Tan and Lin Yuan asked to see the grove.

Tai Tan confronted Lin Yuan over Tai Nuo and Tai Long’s injuries, but Guga repeatedly overpowered him with Lin Yuan’s hammer. The chapter ended with Tai Tan raging after Xuanwu Guga stopped his next attack behind an earthen wall and water barrier.

• Tai Tan arrived at the academy with Tai Nuo and Tai Long and demanded that Lin Yuan answer for injuring his son and grandson.
• Tai Tan attacked Lin Yuan, but Dark Gold Guga caught his punch and then knocked him into a sandpit with Lin Yuan’s hammer.
• Tai Tan strengthened himself with multiple soul skills and charged Lin Yuan, but Little Moon teleported Guga above him, and Guga hammered him into a crater.
• Tai Tan rose and attacked again, but Little Moon brought Xuanwu Guga in front of him, where it blocked his fist with an earthen wall and water curtain.
• Tai Tan shouted that he was angry after his attack failed to break through Xuanwu Guga’s defense.

Lin Yuan and his Gugas defeated Tai Tan after he attacked, and Lin Yuan also knocked Liu Erlong through a stone wall when she challenged him. Flender and Zhao Wuji restrained Liu Erlong and led Lin Yuan away to tour the academy.

• Tai Tan activated his Martial Soul Avatar and prepared to strike Lin Yuan, but Starry Guga bound him with vines and flung him into the air.
• Little Moon teleported Dark Gold Guga behind Tai Tan, whose Dark Gold Dreadclaw tore through his Mighty God Fist and badly wounded him.
• Tai Tan fell unconscious into a crater, and Tai Nuo and Tai Long carried him out of the academy.
• Liu Erlong arrived, accused Lin Yuan of attacking Tai Tan and talking back to Grandmaster, then punched at Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan struck Liu Erlong with a hammer and sent her crashing through a stone wall.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji restrained Liu Erlong while Zhao Wuji escorted Lin Yuan away to tour the academy.

Tai Tan summoned the Strength Clan after Lin Yuan defeated him, but learned that the other three clan chiefs served Lin Yuan through Linyuan Pavilion. Tai Tan severed ties with them, while Lin Yuan and the others left Shrek Academy.

• Tai Tan ordered Tai Nuo to gather the Strength Clan and summon the chiefs of the Speed, Breaking, and Defense Clans.
• Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao arrived at Shrek Academy and saw Lin Yuan surrounded by Tai Tan and his clan members.
• Tai Tan demanded that the three chiefs help him attack Lin Yuan, but Yang Wudi revealed that the Breaking Clan served Lin Yuan and Bai He explained that all three clans belonged to Linyuan Pavilion.
• Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao rejected Tai Tan's accusations of betrayal and reminded him that the Clear Sky Sect had abandoned the four clans.
• Tai Tan declared that the Strength Clan would sever ties with the other three clans, and Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao joined Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan left Shrek Academy with Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others, while Guga complained that Flender had fled before treating them to a meal.

Two years after Lin Yuan reached level sixty, he traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to seek his Sixth Soul Ring. Er Ming led him to a powerful Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, which confronted them in a ruined forest clearing.

• At Linyuan Pavilion, Lin Yuan agreed to go to Star Dou with Xiao Wu, while Zhu Zhuqing joined after reaching level fifty.
• Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming beside the lake and fed Er Ming a mountain of pastries.
• Da Ming told Lin Yuan about a powerful, cunning new Soul Beast that had repeatedly escaped them, and Lin Yuan asked Er Ming to lead him to it.
• Lin Yuan and Guga brought their level-six hammers as they followed Er Ming through a forest nearly emptied of Soul Beasts.
• They found a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff in a clearing of smashed trees, and it rose to face them as Er Ming stepped in front of Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan and the six Gugas fought the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff with a coordinated ambush, but the beast broke free and prepared to unleash its full strength. Er Ming stood ready to intervene as the confrontation escalated.

• Lin Yuan stopped Er Ming from joining the fight and ordered the Gugas to avoid a direct clash with the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.
• Xuanwu Guga blocked the mastiff with an earth wall, was struck through several trees, and stood unharmed after Jade Guga restored its vitality.
• Guga and Dark Gold Guga attacked but were overpowered, so Lin Yuan directed Xuanwu Guga to trap the mastiff in a bog while Starry Guga bound it with vines and Jade Guga renewed them.
• Little Moon teleported Dark Gold Guga into the mastiff's blind spot, where she slashed its ribs, and Lin Yuan followed with a hammer blow to its head.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff unleashed its Lion Mastiff Roar, shattering the bog and vines, while Little Moon teleported the Gugas out of danger.
• Lin Yuan realized the mastiff was losing control, and Er Ming tensed at the edge of the woods as it prepared to fight in earnest.

Lin Yuan and the Gugas killed the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, and Lin Yuan absorbed its black Soul Ring, reaching level sixty-two and gaining Golden Mastiff Guga. As the Gugas began tussling, Lin Yuan noticed something in the beast’s left foreleg.

• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff activated its Domination Domain and attacked the group, forcing Lin Yuan and the Gugas to trap it with vines and stone walls.
• Little Moon redirected the beast’s roar, and Lin Yuan struck it with the Starfall Hammer, but the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff remained standing.
• Xuanwu Guga and Starry Guga pinned the beast down while Little Moon used Spatial Slash to sever its throat.
• Lin Yuan and the Gugas fled as the wounded beast pursued them, until it weakened, collapsed, and died.
• Lin Yuan absorbed the beast’s black Soul Ring, rose from level sixty to level sixty-two, and gained Golden Mastiff Guga.
• As the Gugas tussled, Lin Yuan went to store the corpse and noticed something in its left foreleg.

Lin Yuan brought Golden Mastiff Guga back to camp, and Zhu Zhuqing gained a fifth Soul Ring after defeating a Shadow Netherwolf. The group left the Star Dou Great Forest and headed back to Linyuan Pavilion.

• Lin Yuan returned to the lakeside camp with Golden Mastiff Guga and the Shadow Netherwolf's corpse, then shared roasted meat with the Gugas.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed a fifteen-thousand-year-old Shadow Netherwolf, absorbed its Soul Ring, and advanced to rank fifty-two.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested her new fifth Soul Skill, Dance of the Dark Night, against a pack of Netherworld Wolves and defeated them.
• Lin Yuan, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the Gugas said goodbye to the Sky Azure Bull Python and Er Ming before setting out for Linyuan Pavilion.

Lin Yuan brought Golden Mastiff Guga to Linyuan Pavilion, where she challenged Chen Xin to a fight the next morning. The seven Gugas battled Chen Xin together, and he prepared to unleash his Seven Kill Domain.

• Lin Yuan brought Golden Mastiff Guga to Linyuan Pavilion, where she chose an empty bed as her own.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Golden Mastiff Guga to Chen Xin, who agreed to test the Gugas’ abilities at the Training Ground.
• Golden Mastiff Guga charged Chen Xin and blasted him through the railing with a single claw strike.
• Xuanwu Guga, Starry Guga, Little Moon, Dark Gold Guga, Golden Mastiff Guga, and Guga coordinated their attacks against Chen Xin’s Soul Skills.
• Jade Guga healed the injured Gugas, and Guga and Golden Mastiff Guga combined their strength to drive Chen Xin back with a hammer strike.
• Chen Xin readied his Seven Kill Domain as the seven Gugas faced him.

Chen Xin tested the seven Gugas’ coordinated strength in the Training Ground, where Golden Mastiff Guga’s Domination Domain challenged his Seven Kill Domain. After defeating the group, Chen Xin praised their teamwork, and Lin Yuan led the hungry Gugas off to eat.

• Golden Mastiff Guga activated her Domination Domain and charged Chen Xin, whose Seven Kill Sword wounded her before she struck him hard enough to send him flying.
• Jade Guga healed Golden Mastiff Guga, while Chen Xin’s Myriad Swords Return to the Sect was checked by Starry Guga’s vines and Xuanwu Guga’s Black Tortoise defense.
• Golden Mastiff Guga used Lion Mastiff Roar to distract Chen Xin, and Little Moon teleported Dark Gold Guga behind him for a claw attack.
• Chen Xin unleashed a giant sword that shattered the Black Tortoise and sent all seven Gugas tumbling across the Training Ground.
• Chen Xin told Lin Yuan that the Gugas’ teamwork made them formidable below the Titled Douluo level, and Lin Yuan took the hungry group to eat.
• Golden Mastiff Guga asked about yesterday’s meat, prompting the others to stifle their laughter while she wondered what she had missed.

Lin Yuan and his companions explored Heaven Dou City's lively market on the eve of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while Yang Qiumo gave Bai Chenxiang a hairpin and the Gugas sampled the street food. The group later gathered for dinner with their allies, leaving the tournament's opening ceremony set for the next day.

• Lin Yuan bought candied hawthorns and cakes for the Gugas, who quickly ate everything.
• Yang Qiumo bought Bai Chenxiang a silver hairpin after she asked whether it looked nice, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased them about it.
• Lin Yuan bought fried chicken legs for the Gugas, and Golden Mastiff Guga shared the bags with the others.
• Ning Rongrong led the group to a restaurant where Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao were waiting.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased Bai Chenxiang about Yang Qiumo, while the group ate together and raised their cups ahead of the tournament opening ceremony.

Lin Yuan and the Linyuan Academy team attended the Heaven Dou tournament opening, where the first-round draw paired them with Elephant Armor Academy. As the match began, both teams took their positions, but the fight's outcome was left unrevealed.

• Lin Yuan sent the Gugas to Ning Fengzhi in the VIP seats, where they ate snacks and Salas asked whether they could teleport.
• The Shrek Academy team drew ridicule for its shit-green uniforms, while Dai Mubai, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Tai Long reacted to seeing Lin Yuan.
• Huo Wu dismissed Linyuan Academy's powerful supporters, Feng Xiaotian offered to study their tactics, and Yu Tianxin asked a teammate to investigate them.
• Emperor Xue Ye officially opened the Heaven Dou Division of the tournament, and the announcer drew Linyuan Academy against Elephant Armor Academy.
• The seven members of each team took their positions on the stage, and the referee lowered his flag to begin the match.

Lin Yuan Team revealed its overwhelming strength against Elephant Armor Academy, stunning the arena with two Soul Kings and Zhu Zhuqing’s ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. As the crowd turned its attention to the still-unrevealed captain, Lin Yuan finally gave the command to begin.

• Elephant Armor Academy announced its seven members’ levels, led by Huyan Li at level forty-three, while Bai Chenxiang, Niu Yue, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong revealed that Lin Yuan Team’s lowest member was level forty-four.
• Yang Qiumo announced that he was a level fifty-one Soul King, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed herself as a level fifty-two Soul King with two ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, including her fourth.
• Dai Mubai and the Shrek team reacted in shock, while Yu Xiaogang rejected Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Ring as impossible and Tang San began doubting the theories he had trusted.
• Salas recognized Lin Yuan Team as a rival to the Spirit Hall Golden Generation and sent an attendant away as the arena focused on Lin Yuan.
• Lin Yuan drew one hand from his pocket and told his team to go.

Linyuan Academy overwhelmed the Elephant Armor team in the qualifier, with Zhu Zhuqing destroying their formation and securing the victory. The chapter ended with the crowd celebrating and the referee declaring Linyuan Academy the winner.

• Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates as Bai Chenxiang and Niu Yue struck first, sending Huyan Li flying and frustrating the Elephant Armor fighters.
• Xiao Wu used teleportation and Waist Bow to slam a level-forty-one Elephant Armor Soul Ancestor into the arena floor.
• Yang Qiumo pierced through the defenses of four Elephant Armor team members while Lin Yuan calmly made tea at the back of the arena.
• Huyan Li regrouped the seven Elephant Armor fighters into the Seven Luminaries Rock Armor Formation.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her fifth Soul Skill, Dance of the Dark Night, to mark all seven fighters and detonate their formation from within.
• The referee declared Linyuan Academy the winner as the stands erupted in cheers.

After Lin Yuan's team won its opening match, Lin Yuan offered Huyan Zhen an Immortal Herb and a place for the Elephant Armor Sect in Linyuan Pavilion in exchange for the chance to break through to Titled Douluo. Huyan Zhen asked for time to decide, and the team celebrated its victory at Moonwatch Tower.

• Xiao Wu and Bai Chenxiang praised Zhu Zhuqing after the match, while Lin Yuan went to speak with Huyan Zhen.
• Lin Yuan revealed that he knew Huyan Zhen was stuck at level eighty-nine and offered an Immortal Herb that might help him become a Titled Douluo.
• Lin Yuan asked Huyan Zhen to join the Elephant Armor Sect to Linyuan Pavilion, promising Huyan Zhen an elder's position and that his people would remain under his command.
• Huyan Zhen weighed the offer and asked for time to decide, and Lin Yuan told him to visit Linyuan Pavilion in Sunset Forest when he had made up his mind.
• Ning Fengzhi invited the team to celebrate at Moonwatch Tower, where they met Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan and raised a toast to winning the championship.