Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen spent five days perfecting a plan to seize the Soul Bone in Holy Soul Village and move Ah Yin’s true body without leaving clues. After arranging for Zhu Zhuqing to look after his family, he left Nuoding City for the Soul Hunting Forest to begin his private mission.

• Lin Chen coaxed Su Su out of her anger with a dragon ganoderma leaf, then gave more leaves to Lin Tianyu to support his health and cultivation.
• Li Su cautioned Lin Chen to keep proper boundaries with Zhu Zhuqing, and he assured her he would not act impulsively.
• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing spent several days showing Su Su around Nuoding City while Lin Chen refined his plan for the Limestone Cave and Ah Yin’s true body.
• On the fifth day, Lin Chen completed his preparations and asked Zhu Zhuqing to care for Su Su and his parents while he was away.
• Lin Chen quietly left home at dawn and headed for the Soul Hunting Forest.

Lin Chen secretly entered the Limestone Cave behind the waterfall, took the Blue Silver Emperor’s soul bone, and dug up Ah Yin’s true form. After carefully masking his scent and trail, he concealed Ah Yin’s aura with Lovesick Heartbreak Red and headed back to Nuoding City.

• Lin Chen prepared soul beast pelts, blood, and carcasses, then traveled by hidden routes to the Back Hill of Holy Soul Village.
• Lin Chen used a grappling claw to reach the Limestone Cave and entered while covering his scent with soul beast carcasses and pelt.
• Lin Chen took the wooden box containing the Blue Silver Emperor’s soul bone and carefully dug up Ah Yin’s true form.
• Lin Chen splashed soul beast blood throughout the cave, changed pelts, and escaped downstream beneath the waterfall.
• Lin Chen returned to the Soul Hunting Forest to mask his trail, wrapped Ah Yin with Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and set off for Nuoding City.

Lin Chen returned home, reunited with Su Su and Zhu Zhuqing, and hid a dangerous Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone rather than risk opening its Lead Box. Remembering that Dugu Bo might already have met Tang San, he resolved to return to Heaven Dou City with Ah Yin, then was woken the next morning by Su Su.

• Lin Chen came home and comforted Su Su with osmanthus cake before embracing Zhu Zhuqing and saying he needed to borrow the Lovesick Heartbreak Red for a few more days.
• Lin He planted Ah Yin in a flowerpot beside the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Lin Chen joined Su Su outside.
• Lin Chen ate dinner with Zhu Zhuqing, Lin Tianyu, and Li Su, keeping quiet about his activities that day.
• Lin Chen took out the Lead Box containing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone but returned it to his Storage Soul Tool because opening it seemed too dangerous.
• Lin Chen remembered that Dugu Bo had sought out Tang San after the Shrek Academy group was expelled from the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial academy and worried they had reconnected.
• Lin Chen decided to return to Heaven Dou City with Ah Yin, slept uneasily, and woke when Su Su called him from outside the courtyard gate.

Lin Chen told his family that he was already a Soul Ancestor, while Zhu Zhuqing announced she had reached level forty. After a bittersweet celebration, Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to leave for Heaven Dou City the next morning.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Chen and Li Su that she had reached level forty, and Lin Chen congratulated her.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Lin Chen was already a Soul Ancestor, surprising Li Su, who scolded him for keeping it secret before celebrating the news.
• Lin Chen suggested that he and Zhu Zhuqing return to Heaven Dou City the next day, upsetting Zhu Zhuqing and Su Su, who did not want them to leave.
• Lin Chen spent the day with Su Su and Zhu Zhuqing, and Li Su and Lin Tianyu celebrated the youngsters' cultivation achievements over dinner.
• Lin Chen told his parents and Zhu Zhuqing that they would leave the next morning, and his parents urged them to stay safe and come home often.

Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing left Nuoding City for Heaven Dou City, grieving their departure from the Lin Family. Near Suotuo City, they found a badly injured girl and brought her to Spirit Hall, where she woke in a defensive panic.

• Li Su and Lin Tianyu packed food and clothes for Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing, and the family tearfully saw them off from Nuoding City.
• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing traveled toward Suotuo City in silence, mourning the home and family they had left behind.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted an unconscious, badly injured girl beside the road and confirmed that she was still breathing.
• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing carried the girl to Spirit Hall in Suotuo City after Lin Chen's healing skill failed to help her.
• A healing-type Soul Master treated the girl, who woke and raised her fists defensively as he reassured her that she was safe.

Zhu Yuan told Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing that Evil Soul Masters had destroyed her village and killed her parents, and they agreed to take her with them to Heaven Dou City. As the carriage set out, Lin Chen learned that Zhu Yuan was a talented twelve-year-old Soul Elder and began to suspect there was more to her past.

• Zhu Yuan recounted how her parents died protecting her from the Evil Soul Masters who attacked her village.
• A Soul Saint investigated and found the villagers dead, their bodies drained of blood and vital essence, while the attackers had fled.
• Zhu Yuan asked to stay with Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Chen agreed to bring her along to Heaven Dou City.
• During the carriage ride, Zhu Yuan revealed that she was a twelve-year-old rank-thirty-one Battle Soul Master with a Fire Sparrow martial soul.
• Lin Chen wondered why Zhu Yuan had returned to her remote village instead of receiving a recommendation to an Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing brought Zhu Yuan back to the Academy, where Mo Yuan agreed to let her stay temporarily and consider her as a reserve member of the Sun Never Sets Team. Lin Chen also asked Mo Yuan to take Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her fourth soul ring.

• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Academy with Zhu Yuan, who remained frightened and clung closely to Zhu Zhuqing.
• The academic affairs director arranged temporary accommodation for Zhu Yuan while awaiting Mo Yuan's decision.
• Lin Chen proposed that Zhu Yuan join the Sun Never Sets Team as a reserve, and Mo Yuan agreed to observe her before deciding.
• Yun Yan thanked Lin Chen for the medicinal herbs and said she had recovered and reached rank fifty-nine.
• Lin Chen asked Mo Yuan to help Zhu Zhuqing obtain her fourth soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Chen told Mo Yuan that he had obtained the Blue Silver Emperor’s body and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, then proposed using them to expose Tang Hao and Tang San to the Spirit Hall. The two agreed to act against them, while Zhu Yuan settled into the Training Ground and Lin Chen considered his next plans.

• Lin Chen revealed his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to Mo Yuan and explained that it had belonged to the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Lin Chen told Mo Yuan that Tang San was Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor’s son, and showed him the Blue Silver Emperor’s original body.
• Lin Chen proposed secretly delivering the Blue Silver Emperor to the Spirit Hall and revealing Tang Hao’s presence and Tang San’s identity.
• Mo Yuan agreed that they should tell the Spirit Hall about both the Blue Silver Emperor and Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought Zhu Yuan to the Training Ground, where Mo Yuan arranged for her to stay and Yun Yan led her to her room.

Lin Chen investigated whether Tang San had allied with Dugu Bo by gathering information at Blue Tyrant Academy and a Heaven Dou City teahouse. He confirmed that Tang San had been abducted and rescued, then heard a report of a battle in Sunset Forest involving figures called “Old Poison” and “Clear Sky.”

• Lin Chen left the academy early and traveled to Heaven Dou City to investigate Tang San and Dugu Bo.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Lin Chen learned that former Shrek Academy teachers and students had joined the academy and that its dean had renamed it Shrek Academy.
• A guard told Lin Chen that a student had been abducted on the night the group arrived, and that the dean and others returned injured after rescuing him.
• Lin Chen concluded that Tang San had encountered Dugu Bo that night, but he could not determine whether they had formed an alliance.
• At a teahouse, Lin Chen overheard a report of a battle in Sunset Forest between a Golden Giant Dragon and a Jade-Green Snake, with someone shouting “Old Poison” and “Clear Sky.”

After learning that Tang Hao had left Tang San near Heaven Dou City, Lin Chen and Mo Yuan arranged to deliver Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor form and information about Tang Hao and Tang San to Spirit Hall. Mo Yuan completed the mission, leaving them to await Spirit Hall’s response.

• Lin Chen pieced together the report of the battle between the Golden Iron Triangle, Dugu Bo, and Tang Hao, then told Mo Yuan what he had learned.
• Lin Chen persuaded Mo Yuan to take the Blue Silver Emperor to Spirit Hall while Tang Hao was away, so Spirit Hall could move against Tang San.
• Mo Yuan secretly carried the Blue Silver Emperor to the Martial Soul Holy Palace and left her with a note identifying Ah Yin, Tang Hao, and Tang San.
• Mo Yuan drew the palace guards’ attention with a distant soul power attack, ensuring they found the bundle and note before he slipped away.
• Mo Yuan returned to the academy and signaled success to Lin Chen, who went back to his dormitory relieved.

Lin Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, Mo Yuan, and Zhao Tian traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest so Zhu Zhuqing could seek her fourth Soul Ring. After a day of searching without finding a suitable Soul Beast, Mo Yuan sensed a fast lion-type Soul Beast hunting nearby and went to investigate.

• Mo Yuan told Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing that they would head to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Lin Chen worried about the matter involving the Blue Silver Emperor and Tang Hao.
• Zhao Tian joined Mo Yuan and flew Zhu Zhuqing and Lin Chen to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest before leaving for Suotuo City.
• Mo Yuan took Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing into the forest, where they searched for a suitable Soul Beast for Zhu Zhuqing but found none.
• As the group camped at dusk, Mo Yuan sensed a fast lion-type Soul Beast nearby and left to investigate.

Mo Yuan brought back a Netherworld Sword Lion for Zhu Zhuqing, who risked absorbing its nine-thousand-year soul ring and succeeded with the dragon ganoderma leaf’s help. Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Chen she wanted to help with his and Teacher’s plans, and the three rested by the campfire.

• Mo Yuan returned with a Netherworld Sword Lion after chasing it through the forest.
• Lin Chen judged the beast’s soul ring to be about nine thousand years old and warned Zhu Zhuqing that it could be too dangerous, but she insisted on absorbing it.
• Lin Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing a dragon ganoderma leaf, and she killed the Netherworld Sword Lion and began absorbing its soul ring.
• As the ring’s energy injured Zhu Zhuqing, she chewed the leaf, which helped her withstand the backlash and successfully refine the soul power.
• Lin Chen embraced Zhu Zhuqing, and she told him she wanted to help with what he and Teacher were planning.
• Mo Yuan watched over them as the three rested beside the campfire.

After Zhu Zhuqing stabilized her new soul ring, Lin Chen and Mo Yuan left the Star Dou Great Forest to absorb the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone in a hidden cave. Lin Chen opened its Lead Box, and the soul bone’s immense aura overwhelmed him as Mo Yuan helped him resist it.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Chen that her fourth soul skill permanently increased her speed and strength by fifty percent, and she chose to keep the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Lin Chen refused to absorb the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone in the Star Dou Forest because its aura might attract powerful soul beasts or experts.
• Mo Yuan and Lin Chen returned Zhu Zhuqing to an inn, then flew to a secluded cave in the mountains.
• Lin Chen retrieved the Lead Box containing the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and opened it inside the cave.
• The soul bone released a crushing aura that nearly forced Lin Chen to his knees, so Mo Yuan channeled soul power into him to help him endure it.

Lin Chen absorbed the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor soul bone, gaining flight and self-repair abilities while its energy strengthened his body and Liuli. He left the cave with Mo Yuan, flying under his own power as they headed back to the town where Zhu Zhuqing was waiting.

• Lin Chen fused the soul bone with his right leg and learned it granted flight and self-repair.
• The soul bone's stored energy strengthened Lin Chen and Liuli, and Lin Chen's second auxiliary soul skill gained a healing effect.
• Lin Chen demonstrated his new flight ability to Mo Yuan and explained that his healing power could regenerate limbs in places dense with blue silver grass.
• Mo Yuan advised Lin Chen to study life-attributed items that might strengthen the healing ability, then said they should return to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Chen inspected and left the cave with Mo Yuan, and flew under his own power as they set out for town.

Lin Chen returned to Heaven Dou with Mo Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing after obtaining a Soul Bone that granted him flight. He revealed the secret to Zhu Zhuqing on the journey, then asked Mo Yuan to scout the academy’s situation upon their arrival.

• Lin Chen practiced flying on the trip back to town while Mo Yuan waited for him to recover his Soul Power.
• Lin Chen and Mo Yuan met Zhu Zhuqing for dinner, then Lin Chen accompanied her on a quiet walk through town.
• The next morning, Mo Yuan carried Zhu Zhuqing into the air as Lin Chen flew alongside them, astonishing her.
• During a rest stop, Lin Chen told Zhu Zhuqing that absorbing a Soul Bone had given him the ability to fly, and she understood his trust in her.
• The three arrived at the Soul Master Academy in Heaven Dou City before noon, and Lin Chen asked Mo Yuan to scout the situation.

Lin Chen reunited with his teammates at the academy, learned that Bai Ning and Zhu Zhuqing had both become Soul Ancestors, and warned everyone to stay inside as trouble gathered outside. He waited for news of the Martial Soul Holy Palace and anticipated a storm around Heaven Dou City.

• Mo Yuan left the academy after telling Lin Chen to inform Yun Yan that he had returned but would not come inside.
• Bai Qingqing thanked Lin Chen for helping Bai Ning's martial soul evolve and offered the Bai Family's help in return.
• Lin Chen and the reunited teammates shared food and stories, while he concealed the important discoveries from his trip home.
• Bai Ning announced she had obtained her fourth soul ring, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed she was level forty-three with a fourth soul ring.
• Lin Chen warned everyone to remain in the academy for the next few days, and the teammates agreed to follow his advice.
• Zhu Zhuqing silently reassured Lin Chen as he waited for news of the Martial Soul Holy Palace and anticipated trouble around Heaven Dou City.

Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing shared a quiet moment before Mo Yuan interrupted them with news that Spirit Hall was preparing to move against Tang San. After Mo Yuan left, Lin Chen considered whether to warn Xiao Wu about the danger but chose to stay out of it.

• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing sat together in the lounge, chatting and sharing a pastry until Mo Yuan arrived and teased them.
• Mo Yuan told Lin Chen that Spirit Hall had sent the Blue Silver Emperor to the Papal Hall and was sending experts to Heaven Dou City, where Tang San was already under surveillance.
• Lin Chen reasoned that Spirit Hall intended to pursue Tang Hao and Tang San, then worried that Xiao Wu might be exposed as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Lin Chen considered warning Xiao Wu but decided not to get involved, and Mo Yuan left him alone in the lounge.

Lin Chen watched the Papal Hall's experts arrive in Heaven Dou City and saw the Golden Iron Triangle's Martial Soul Fusion Skill get crushed, confirming that Spirit Hall had captured Tang San. He resumed cultivation, expecting Tang Hao to come for his son and the conflict to escalate.

• Lin Chen recalled that the Blue Silver Emperor had entered the Papal Hall, Tang San was under surveillance, and Papal Hall experts were on their way.
• The next morning, Lin Chen spotted several powerful figures flying toward Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City, though Yun Yan saw nothing and urged him to cultivate.
• Lin Chen and Liuli cultivated through the morning, and Lin Chen further absorbed the unsettled energy from his Soul Bone.
• A muffled boom sounded from Heaven Dou City, where a golden dragon apparition appeared and was swiftly shattered by Spirit Hall's experts.
• Lin Chen recognized the apparition as the Golden Iron Triangle's Martial Soul Fusion Skill and concluded that Spirit Hall had captured Tang San.
• Lin Chen expected Tang Hao to come to his son's rescue and resumed cultivating to prepare for the coming conflict.

After discovering that Ah Yin’s remains and the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had been stolen, Tang Hao learned that Spirit Hall had captured Tang San and was demanding his surrender. He raced toward Heaven Dou City, while the chapter ended with the Sun Never Sets team discussing cultivation in Suotuo City.

• Tang Hao found Ah Yin’s remains and the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone missing from the cave, then destroyed the waterfall mountain in fury.
• Tang Hao followed a faint trail toward the Soul Hunting Forest but lost it among the trees.
• Tang Hao overheard soul masters say Spirit Hall had captured Tang San and was demanding that Tang Hao surrender.
• Tang Hao rampaged through the Soul Hunting Forest, then abandoned the search for the thief and flew toward Heaven Dou City to rescue Tang San.
• Two days later, the Sun Never Sets team discussed cultivation at their academy in Suotuo City.

Lin Chen and Mo Yuan rushed to Spirit Hall after Tang Hao arrived in Heaven Dou City demanding his son’s release. Tang Hao faced Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and ten other Titled Douluos, then revealed his nine soul rings as the standoff began.

• Tang Hao’s thunderous demand for Spirit Hall to release his son reached Lin Chen and Mo Yuan, and they hurried to Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Chen and Mo Yuan landed on a nearby rooftop and saw Tang Hao confronting Spirit Hall while Tang San was bound and held captive.
• Tang Hao recognized Tang San’s silent plea for him to leave but demanded that Yue Guan hand over his son.
• Yue Guan revealed ten more Titled Douluos, leaving Tang Hao facing eleven Spirit Hall powerhouses.
• Tang Hao summoned his nine soul rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year ring, and filled the plaza with his formidable aura.