Chapter Summaries

Bone Douluo Gu Rong mutilated Ma Hongjun before leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong. At the Nine Heart Begonia Family, Ye Zhilan said Ning Rongrong's scars might be healed with controlled lightning and recommended Lin Hao.

• Bone Douluo Gu Rong used his soul power to immobilize Ma Hongjun and crushed his manhood, leaving him unconscious and bleeding.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, and the others rushed to Ma Hongjun while Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong left the academy.
• Ning Fengzhi took Ning Rongrong to the Nine Heart Begonia Family residence to seek treatment for her burn scars.
• Ye Zhilan examined Ning Rongrong and said the scars might be healed by precisely destroying the scar tissue with lightning while she used her nine heart begonia to help it regenerate.
• Ye Zhilan recommended Lin Hao as a young lightning-skilled soul master who might be able to help Ning Rongrong.

Ning Fengzhi brought Ning Rongrong to Skywater Academy to ask Lin Hao to help heal her facial injuries, offering five million Gold Soul Coins and a favor from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Lin Hao agreed, partly hoping the sect’s commercial network could help him find hair gold, and Ning Fengzhi asked Chrysanthemum Douluo about Lin Hao’s strength.

• Ning Fengzhi arranged with Ye Zhilan to visit Lin Hao the next morning, while Ning Rongrong worried that he might be the Lin Hao she had met in Suotuo City.
• Lin Hao coached Zhu Zhuqing on concentrating her Netherworld Hundred Claws attacks on a small area as Ning Fengzhi’s group arrived at Skywater Academy.
• Ye Zhilan explained that Ning Rongrong’s face had been injured and asked Lin Hao to use thunder power while she healed it with her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Lin Hao and Zhu Zhuqing from the humiliating incident in Suotuo City and felt mortified.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Lin Hao five million Gold Soul Coins and a favor; Lin Hao agreed, hoping the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could help him obtain hair gold.
• After Ye Zhilan began explaining the treatment, Ning Fengzhi quietly asked Chrysanthemum Douluo whether Lin Hao was his disciple and truly a fourteen-year-old Soul Saint.

Lin Hao used his lightning powers and Ye Zhilan’s healing Martial Soul to remove Ning Rongrong’s burn scars, restoring her face. Ning Rongrong embraced him in gratitude, while Ning Fengzhi began hoping Lin Hao would become his son-in-law and secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan revealed that Lin Hao was a Rank 75 Soul Saint at fourteen and had joined the Worship Hall with Ghost Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo had left Bibi Dong’s side and considered the possibility of recruiting them and Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao reassured Ning Rongrong before beginning treatment, and Ye Zhilan used her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul to heal the tissue his lightning removed.
• Lin Hao and Ye Zhilan restored Ning Rongrong’s face after more than an hour of careful treatment.
• Ning Rongrong hugged Lin Hao in gratitude, and Ning Fengzhi decided he would welcome Lin Hao as his daughter’s future husband.

Ning Fengzhi rewarded Lin Hao for healing Ning Rongrong and agreed to transfer her to Skywater Academy, while Yu Xiaogang learned that his nephew and father had suffered at the hands of Lin Hao and his allies. Enraged, Yu Xiaogang devised a plan to recruit Tang Hao and left for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Ning Fengzhi paid Lin Hao five million Gold Soul Coins and agreed to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect search for hair crystal.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to enroll Ning Rongrong at Skywater Academy, then left with her, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
• Ye Zhilan accepted her compensation and took her leave.
• Qin Ming told Flender that Ma Hongjun had become a eunuch and described how Yu Tianheng had suffered the same fate after offending Lin Hao and Dugu Yan.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Yu Tianheng was his nephew and that Yu Yuanzhen had been severely injured, then vowed revenge on Lin Hao, Dugu Bo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to unite Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao against his enemies and left for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect that night.

Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, where he learned the full extent of his father Yu Yuanzhen’s injuries and nephew Yu Tianheng’s castration. He proposed joining forces with Tang Hao to take revenge on Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo, but Yu Yuanzhen questioned whether Tang Hao would cooperate.

• Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, where Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Mother welcomed him home.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Yu Yuanzhen whether Yu Tianheng had been castrated, and Yu Yuanzhen admitted that his own choices had led to the tragedy.
• Yu Yuanzhen coughed blood and explained that his internal injuries from the fight with Dugu Bo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo had not healed.
• Yu Xiaogang vowed revenge on Lin Hao for harming Yu Tianheng and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Yu Yuanzhen ally with his disciple Tang San’s father, Tang Hao, to attack Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked whether Tang Hao would be willing to join them.

Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao formed an alliance to kill Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, or Ghost Douluo, while Lin Hao and Shui Bing'er grew stronger over the following year. As the Continental Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament began, Lin Hao prepared to lead Skywater Team to victory and claim Spirit Hall’s three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.

• Yu Xiaogang brought Yu Yuanzhen to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Tang Hao agreed to ally with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect against Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao agreed to watch their targets and attack together whenever one of them was alone.
• Lin Hao advanced to level 76 and developed a hair gold storm powerful enough to threaten even a Titled Douluo.
• Shui Bing'er reached level 51 after absorbing a ten-thousand-year ice-attribute Soul Ring and became unmatched among her peers except for Lin Hao.
• Bibi Dong announced three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as the tournament’s championship prize, and Lin Hao registered as a substitute for Skywater Team alongside Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.

Lin Hao accompanied the Skywater Team to the Continental Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament and learned that Shrek Academy had left Heaven Dou Royal Academy to join Blue Tyrant Academy, leaving Qin Ming in trouble. When Shrek arrived, Lin Hao noticed Yu Tianheng and Ma Hongjun had become strangely effeminate, while Yu Xiaogang and others glared at him with resentment.

• Lin Hao, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the Skywater Team traveled through the crowded streets to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena as young women threw embroidered balls toward Lin Hao.
• At the arena, Lin Hao noticed Yu Tianheng was absent from the Thunder Team and asked Dugu Yan why Shrek Academy had not arrived.
• Dugu Yan explained that Flender had taken Shrek Academy to join Blue Tyrant Academy after Qin Ming vouched for them to Prince Xue Xing, which left Qin Ming in a difficult position.
• Shrek Academy arrived in green uniforms, and Lin Hao noticed Yu Tianheng and Ma Hongjun looked pale and effeminate.
• Yu Tianheng, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang saw Lin Hao and reacted with rage, but Yu Xiaogang suppressed his hatred and pretended not to notice him.

The qualifiers exposed the gap between the dominant Skywater Team and the struggling Shrek Team, forcing Tang San to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer to secure a crucial victory. Tai Tan learned Tang Hao’s identity and vowed to help avenge the arm Lin Hao and the two elders had severed.

• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Liu Erlong each nursed resentment toward Lin Hao as Shrek Academy encountered Canghui Academy before the tournament opening ceremony.
• Ning Fengzhi hinted that an empire team could win the championship, and Shrek defeated the Heaven Dou Second Team in the exhibition match.
• Shui Bing’er led Skywater Academy through the qualifiers with her level-fifty-one strength, while Shrek lost to Blazing Fire and Canghui before Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to defeat Thunder Academy.
• Tai Tan rushed to Shrek Academy, confirmed Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, and knelt before him as his young master.
• Tang Hao told Tai Tan that Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo had severed his arm, and Tai Tan vowed to avenge him.

Lin Hao led the Skywater Team against Shrek in the first advancement tournament match and defeated every opponent who took the stage, leaving Shrek in despair. As the Royal Knights cheered, a shadowy figure watched Lin Hao and vowed revenge.

• The qualifiers ended with Skywater in first place, and Xue Ye granted titles to the captains, vice-captains, and members of the five advancing teams.
• Shui Linglong drew Shrek as Skywater’s opponent for the first day of the advancement tournament, and Lin Hao decided he would handle the match himself.
• Flender urged Shrek to fight with backbone despite facing Lin Hao and Shui Bing’er, and the teams began their match at the Imperial Knights’ camp.
• Lin Hao defeated Tai Long, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng with single blows, without summoning his martial soul.
• Tang San attacked Lin Hao with Blue Silver Cage, but Lin Hao destroyed the cage and knocked him unconscious, securing Skywater’s victory and shattering Shrek’s confidence.
• A cloaked figure watched Lin Hao from the woods and vowed revenge against him, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.

The Heaven Dou Empire’s convoy was ambushed on its way to Spirit City by black-clad attackers led by Tai Tan, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Hao. After the other teams were driven away, Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao revealed their powerful martial souls and confronted Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.

• The tournament teams departed Heaven Dou Imperial City for Spirit City, with Lin Hao traveling alongside the Skywater Team and other teams visiting him during stops.
• Yu Yuanzhen, Tang Hao, and Tai Tan prepared more than a thousand black-clad attackers in a mountain pass, planning to target the Skywater Team and kill Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.
• The attackers triggered a rockslide as the convoy entered the pass, and the Imperial Knights and competing teams scrambled to defend themselves.
• Tai Tan led more than eight hundred attackers against the convoy while Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao led an elite force toward the Skywater Team.
• The attackers drove the other teams away, after which Yu Yuanzhen revealed his nine-ring Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and declared his intent to kill Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen ambushed Lin Hao, but Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo trapped Yu Yuanzhen and the black-clad Soul Masters with their Two Forms Stillness Domain. Tang Hao escaped and detonated seven Soul Rings to attack Lin Hao and the two Douluo, while Lin Hao remained behind after sending Shui Bing'er and the others away.

• Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen revealed themselves as the leaders of the attack on Lin Hao, who taunted them about their past defeats.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo used Two Forms Stillness Domain, immobilizing Yu Yuanzhen and the black-clad Soul Masters, but Tang Hao escaped with Slaughter Assault.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned Lin Hao to flee, and Lin Hao sent Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Shui Linglong away to find Sect Master Ning.
• Tang Hao activated Clear Sky True Body and detonated seven Soul Rings through his eighth ring, then brought his enormous Clear Sky Hammer down toward Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.

Lin Hao used a golden Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to withstand Tang Hao’s Great Sumeru Hammer, then fought back with a powerful White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill while a summoned Poisonous Flood Dragon kept Yu Yuanzhen occupied. As Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo escaped toward Ning Fengzhi, Lin Hao’s allies gathered nearby as the battle continued.

• Lin Hao swallowed a Golden Body Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and blocked Tang Hao’s full-powered Great Sumeru Hammer strike without injury.
• Lin Hao used two Mirror Shadow Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums to summon the Evil-Eyed White Tiger and Nether Civet, then transformed into a Hell White Tiger and drove Tang Hao into retreat.
• Lin Hao used his Mirror Shadow Beast Heartguard to summon images of Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, whose Dragon-Snake Combined Strike created a Poisonous Flood Dragon that entangled Yu Yuanzhen.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo flew toward Ning Fengzhi while the black-clad Soul Masters pursued them.
• Shui Linglong led Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong toward Ning Fengzhi, where they met Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Dragon Duke Meng Shu, and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang.

Ning Rongrong’s allies rushed to help Lin Hao after Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen broke Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo joined the battle, but Tang Hao rejected Chen Xin’s demand to stop and threatened to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect his enemy.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen were attacking Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo, whose Two Forms Stillness Domain had been broken.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo set out to help Lin Hao, while Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang rushed to restrain Yu Yuanzhen.
• Sword Douluo killed the Soul Masters pursuing the badly injured Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, then hurried with the others toward the battlefield.
• Yu Yuanzhen destroyed the Poisonous Flood Dragon created by Lin Hao’s Mirror Images, but Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang summoned their stronger Dragon-Snake Combined Strike and engaged him again.
• Ning Fengzhi enhanced Lin Hao and Sword Douluo with his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Chen Xin asked Tang Hao to stop fighting Lin Hao.
• Tang Hao refused, declared that he would kill Lin Hao, and threatened to treat the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as his enemy if it intervened.

Ning Fengzhi chose to help Lin Hao, allowing Sword Douluo and Lin Hao to turn the battle against Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen. Tang Hao escaped with Tai Tan’s help, but Sword Douluo killed Tai Tan, leaving the others victorious on the battlefield.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered Sword Douluo to attack Tang Hao, and Lin Hao withdrew to restore his Soul Power.
• Lin Hao created mirror images of Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong and used them to summon a Titled Douluo-level Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Lin Hao activated his Golden Spirit Domain, suppressing Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen while strengthening Sword Douluo, Meng Shu, and Chao Tianxiang.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon attacked Yu Yuanzhen as Sword Douluo pursued Tang Hao, who fled toward Tai Tan.
• Tai Tan fought Sword Douluo to buy time for Tang Hao to escape, but Sword Douluo beheaded him.

Tang San watched Lin Hao and his allies turn the ambush against Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen, while Yu Xiaogang rushed to aid his father. Ning Fengzhi blocked Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong from joining the fight, and Yu Xiaogang furiously accused him of betraying the Upper Three Sects.

• Tang San watched Lin Hao restrain Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen with two Martial Soul Fusion Skills, allowing Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to escape.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Dragon Duke Meng Shu, and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, and Chen Xin joined Lin Hao in fighting Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao escaped with Tai Tan's sacrifice, while Yu Yuanzhen remained trapped and was driven back by Lin Hao's Golden Sacred Dragon and the Peerless Dragon Snake's poisonous flood dragon.
• Tang San warned Yu Xiaogang that Yu Yuanzhen was in danger, so Yu Xiaogang hurried to the battlefield with Flender and Liu Erlong.
• Ning Fengzhi confronted the three and ordered them to leave, warning Flender about Ma Hongjun injuring Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Xiaogang furiously challenged Ning Fengzhi for preventing him from saving Yu Yuanzhen and accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of siding with Spirit Hall.

Lin Hao and his allies defeated Yu Yuanzhen after Ning Fengzhi rebuffed Yu Xiaogang’s accusations. Lin Hao killed Yu Yuanzhen, took his three soul bones, and forced Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong to give him blood before they left.

• Ning Fengzhi defended the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s actions and struck Yu Xiaogang down for challenging him.
• Lin Hao’s Golden Sacred Dragon and the Peerless Dragon Snake couple’s venomous flood dragon overwhelmed Yu Yuanzhen, and Lin Hao crushed him to death.
• Yu Xiaogang and Yu Tianheng mourned Yu Yuanzhen, while Lin Hao collected the three soul bones that emerged from his remains.
• Lin Hao rebuked Shrek Academy, slapped Liu Erlong when she defended Yu Xiaogang, and restrained himself from killing Yu Xiaogang because of Bibi Dong.
• Flender calmed Liu Erlong, then gave Lin Hao a bowl of blood from himself, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong before leaving with them and Yu Tianheng.

After the convoy’s attackers fled, Ning Fengzhi concealed his plans to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect while the group resumed its journey to Spirit City. Lin Hao told Qian Renxue about Bibi Dong’s past with Yu Xiaogang and her decision to spare Tang San, leaving Qian Renxue with reason to watch Bibi Dong closely.

• After Tai Tan and Yu Yuanzhen died and Tang Hao escaped, the Black-Clad Soul Masters fled, and the convoy regrouped with few casualties but many damaged carriages.
• The Elephant Armor Team accused the Thunder Team, while Ning Fengzhi stayed silent and secretly planned to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect after the tournament.
• The Imperial Knights reorganized the convoy using shared horses, and the group continued toward Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue summoned Lin Hao and asked why Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen had attacked the convoy; Lin Hao cited his feud with Tang Hao and his injury of Yu Tianheng.
• Lin Hao told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang had once been lovers and claimed Bibi Dong had spared Tang San because of Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Hao explained that he, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo had left Bibi Dong’s service after she released Tang San, and he urged Qian Renxue to keep Bibi Dong in view.

Lin Hao and the Heaven Dou teams arrived in Spirit City, while Yu Xiaogang secretly went to Pope Hall to beg Bibi Dong for help avenging his father. Bibi Dong refused and sent him away, leaving him to accept that he could not avenge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Qian Renxue promised Lin Hao she would protect him if Bibi Dong tried to harm him, and Lin Hao took his leave.
• After a week of travel, the caravan reached Spirit City, where the teams entered the city and received rooms at the Guest Reception Hotel.
• Lin Hao invited Shui Linglong, Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other women to tour his former home and explore Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly left the hotel, showed the Holy Emperor Guards his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect Elder Token, and requested an audience with Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang knelt before Bibi Dong and begged her to avenge Yu Yuanzhen, blaming Lin Hao and the others for his father's death.
• Bibi Dong refused to attack Spirit Hall's people and allies, told Yu Xiaogang to leave Spirit City, and warned him that he could never avenge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

After Bibi Dong refused to help Yu Xiaogang avenge his father, Qian Renxue had him beaten and sent to prison, then confronted Bibi Dong over any plans against Lin Hao and the two Spirit Hall worshippers. Bibi Dong insisted she had not agreed to Yu Xiaogang’s request, but privately admitted she still loved him and might help if he left Liu Erlong and returned to her.

• After leaving the Pope Hall, Yu Xiaogang wandered into an alley, where Qian Renxue’s black-clad subordinates beat him unconscious.
• Qian Renxue ordered her subordinates to take Yu Xiaogang to Spirit City’s prison and told them not to let him die.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong in the Pope Hall and warned her not to target Lin Hao, Worshipper Ju, or Worshipper Gui.
• Bibi Dong said she had not agreed to Yu Xiaogang’s request and ordered Qian Renxue to leave.
• After Qian Renxue left, Bibi Dong admitted she still loved Yu Xiaogang and considered helping him if he left Liu Erlong and returned to her.

Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo returned to Spirit City and were summoned by Qian Daoliu, who offered each of them a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang was delivered to prison, where Lin Zhiping castrated him and mocked him as a girl.

• Lin Hao brought Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the women to the Chrysanthemum Residence, then took the women sightseeing and shopping around Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Lin Hao and the two Douluos, praised Lin Hao for helping Qian Renxue reach the Soul Emperor realm, and offered each man a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Lin Hao and the two Douluos followed Qian Daoliu through a concealed passage toward Spirit Hall's treasury.
• Qian Renxue's Black-Clad Soul Masters delivered Yu Xiaogang to Spirit City's prison and instructed jailer Lin Zhiping to lighten his burden and give him a proper reception.
• Lin Zhiping chained Yu Xiaogang to an iron cross and castrated him, then told the awakened Yu Xiaogang that he was a girl now.