Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhiping told Yu Xiaogang that he had been castrated, leaving him devastated before he found the will to survive and seek revenge. Lin Zhiping then moved him to a cell with Scarface, Brother Long, and Brother Jie, whose sinister welcome left Yu Xiaogang screaming in terror.

• Lin Zhiping taunted Yu Xiaogang about being castrated and explained that he had done it to make him share Yu Tianheng’s fate.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled his past tragedies, despaired, and briefly wished to die.
• Yu Xiaogang regained his resolve by thinking of avenging Yu Tianheng and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Lin Zhiping knocked Yu Xiaogang unconscious, carried him to another cell, and left him with Scarface, Brother Long, and Brother Jie.
• Yu Xiaogang woke and screamed in terror as the three prisoners approached him.

After Yu Xiaogang disappeared, Liu Erlong accused Bibi Dong of imprisoning him and stormed Pope Hall, but Bibi Dong denied holding him and ordered Spirit Hall to search for him. Lin Hao learned of Yu Xiaogang’s disappearance, leaving his whereabouts unknown.

• Liu Erlong found Yu Xiaogang’s room empty and, after three days of searching, learned he had headed toward the hill where Pope Hall stood.
• Liu Erlong concluded Bibi Dong had detained Yu Xiaogang and flew to Pope Hall, with Flender following her.
• Bibi Dong stopped the Holy Emperor Guards from attacking Liu Erlong and insisted Yu Xiaogang had left Pope Hall long ago.
• Flender persuaded Liu Erlong to leave after Bibi Dong threatened them, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to search for Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Hao heard that Yu Xiaogang had gone missing and reacted with astonishment.

Lin Hao reunited with Hu Liena after the Skywater Team’s victory and explained why he and his teachers left Spirit City. He accused Bibi Dong of protecting Yu Xiaogang and releasing Tang San, leaving Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan shocked.

• Lin Hao wondered who had abducted Yu Xiaogang, then set the mystery aside.
• Shui Linglong drew the Plant Team as the Skywater Team’s first opponent, while the Spirit Hall leader reviewed the tournament teams and Hu Liena learned Lin Hao had joined Skywater.
• Shui Bing’er led the Skywater Team to an overwhelming victory over the Plant Team without Lin Hao taking the field.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan waited for Lin Hao outside the reception hotel, and Hu Liena angrily demanded to know why he had left Spirit City.
• Lin Hao apologized to Hu Liena and explained that Tang Hao had ambushed him and his teachers, and that they had left after Bibi Dong released Tang San for Yu Xiaogang’s sake.
• Lin Hao condemned Bibi Dong as selfish and coldhearted, while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan reacted with shock.

Lin Hao revealed to Hu Liena that Bibi Dong had freed Tang San for Yu Xiaogang’s sake, leaving Hu Liena shaken and determined to investigate. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai asked Dai Weisi to punish Zhu Zhuqing for breaking their engagement, and Dai Weisi vowed to report Lin Hao to their father and defend the Star Luo Imperial Family’s dignity.

• Lin Hao and Chrysanthemum Douluo told Hu Liena that Bibi Dong had released Tang San and rebuked them to protect Yu Xiaogang.
• Hu Liena said she could not accept their claims without investigating, then left with Xie Yue and Yan.
• Shui Yue'er and Ning Rongrong questioned Lin Hao about Bibi Dong’s former lover, and Lin Hao joked about her taste.
• After Shrek Academy won its match, Dai Mubai confronted Dai Weisi and asked what should happen when someone broke the Star Luo Imperial Family’s marriage agreement.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had broken their engagement and sought refuge with Lin Hao, who was taught by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Dai Weisi declared that the Star Luo Empire would hold Lin Hao accountable and promised to tell their father.

Hu Liena confronted Bibi Dong about letting Tang San go for Yu Xiaogang’s sake, and Bibi Dong admitted she still loved him and praised his martial soul research. After enduring days of abuse in Spirit City Prison, Yu Xiaogang was treated and released, though his captors regretted that they could not keep tormenting him.

• Hu Liena went to Pope Hall with Xie Yue and Yan to ask Bibi Dong why she had spared Tang San.
• Bibi Dong admitted that she had let Tang San go because she still loved Yu Xiaogang and explained why she admired his research.
• Hu Liena was stunned by Bibi Dong’s defense of Yu Xiaogang’s work and began questioning what she knew about him.
• After two tournament rounds, Liu Erlong still could not find Yu Xiaogang, who had been held and tormented in Spirit City Prison for seven or eight days.
• Lin Zhiping had Yu Xiaogang treated and released, and Yu Xiaogang hurried out after hearing his captors wished they could keep tormenting him.

After Yu Xiaogang returned from prison and rejoined Shrek Academy, he blamed Lin Hao for his capture. Lin Hao then intercepted the departing Shrek Team with allies, intending to avenge an earlier attack on his caravan.

• Yu Xiaogang left prison, washed and changed, and noticed that his appearance and voice had become more effeminate.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the hotel and told Flender, Liu Erlong, and Tang San that Lin Hao had arranged his imprisonment.
• After learning that Shrek had been eliminated and planned to leave Spirit City, Lin Hao decided to confront the team and settle the score for the caravan attack.
• Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Dragon Duke Meng Shu, and Serpent Grandmother Chao Tianxiang blocked Shrek's road out of Spirit City.
• Lin Hao accused Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao of attacking the caravan and declared that Shrek Academy would answer for it.

Lin Hao and the Spirit Hall elders attacked the eliminated Shrek team, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo slaughtered several members, including Yu Tianheng. Tang Hao returned in time to save Tang San from Chrysanthemum Douluo’s attack, leaving him face-to-face with the two Douluos.

• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong formed the Golden Sacred Dragon to hold off Lin Hao while the Shrek team fled.
• Lin Hao used Image Clone to create a second Golden Sacred Dragon, which gained the upper hand against the original.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo pursued the fleeing team, and Chrysanthemum Douluo killed Yu Tianheng with a storm of golden petals.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo killed Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and other lagging team members while Tang San struggled to escape.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo sent golden petals after Tang San, but Tang Hao returned and shattered them with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo confronted Tang Hao and declared that he and Ghost Douluo would finish him for good.

Tang Hao unleashed a mysterious blood-red power during his fight with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, forcing them back and allowing him to escape with Tang San. Lin Hao suspected the power came from the Asura God, leaving the others shaken by the possibility that Tang Hao had wielded divine power.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei used their Martial Soul Avatars to attack Tang Hao, while Tang San fled at his father's urging.
• As Tang Hao was overwhelmed by his injuries and their attacks, a blood-red power surged from his Divine Slaughter's Domain and restored his strength.
• Tang Hao's blood-red hammer strike blasted both Douluos from their Martial Soul Avatars, but Lin Hao's Image Clone blocked the follow-up blow and saved them.
• With his new power dwindling, Tang Hao grabbed Tang San and escaped under cover of the dust from his hammer strike.
• Lin Hao told Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo that Tang Hao's blood-red power might have been divine power from the Asura God.

Lin Hao suspected the Asura God had intervened to protect Tang San and help him escape, then prepared to take his injured teacher and Uncle Ghost back to Spirit City. He forced Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong to choose which one of them would be spared, leaving Yu Xiaogang torn between self-preservation and loyalty.

• Lin Hao told Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo that he did not know why the Asura God had helped Tang Hao, though he suspected Tang San was the reason.
• Lin Hao helped the injured Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo prepare to return to Spirit City after Tang San and several others escaped; Yu Tianheng, Tai Long, and others had been killed.
• Lin Hao threatened Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong, then offered to spare only one of them.
• Flender asked Lin Hao to spare Liu Erlong, and Liu Erlong asked him to spare Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Hao asked Yu Xiaogang whom he wanted to leave, and Yu Xiaogang struggled between wanting to survive and pleading for Flender and Liu Erlong.

Yu Xiaogang chose to save himself, leaving Flender and Liu Erlong behind, and Lin Hao let him go while ridiculing him. Lin Hao then forced Liu Erlong to become his maid in exchange for sparing Flender, and she followed him to Spirit City as Flender watched in anguish.

• Yu Xiaogang decided he had to survive to avenge his father and Tian Heng, so he pleaded only for his own release.
• Liu Erlong and Flender were devastated by Yu Xiaogang's betrayal, and Lin Hao mocked Yu Xiaogang before allowing him to leave.
• Lin Hao offered to spare Flender if Liu Erlong became his maid, and Liu Erlong accepted to save him.
• Flender urged Liu Erlong not to sacrifice herself, but she told him to leave and live for Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong followed Lin Hao toward Spirit City, while Flender collapsed in grief and cried out that he could not live without her.

After returning to Spirit City, Lin Hao reunited with the Skywater Team and learned they had been eliminated from the Three-Team Tournament’s first half. At the revival match, Dai Weisi challenged Lin Hao over Zhu Zhuqing, while Hu Liena watched him arrive surrounded by beautiful girls with bitter jealousy.

• Lin Hao brought Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to Douluo Hall for treatment, then returned to the Guest Hotel and heard Shui Yue'er describe the Skywater Team’s defeat by the Spirit Hall Team and the Star Luo Royal Team.
• Shui Yue'er told Lin Hao that Dai Weisi had insulted him and demanded Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Hao said he would join the Skywater Team in their revival match the next day.
• Lin Hao arrived at the tournament with the Skywater Team and Liu Erlong, surprising Bibi Dong and making Hu Liena jealous as she saw him surrounded by girls.
• Dai Weisi accused Lin Hao of sabotaging the marriage alliance between the Star Luo Imperial Family and the Nether Duke's Estate, and Lin Hao argued that taking Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai had helped Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi dismissed Lin Hao’s claimed Soul Saint rank as a disguise and challenged him to prove his strength, unaware that Lin Hao had fought in a battle against Titled Douluo.

The Skywater Team faced the Star Luo Royal Team, while Lin Hao sat out and Shui Bing'er led the fight. Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Ice and Snow Drifting Ice Phoenix, defeating the Hell White Tiger and leaving Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun badly injured.

• Lin Hao sat at the back as the Skywater Team and Star Luo Royal Team began their match.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused into the Hell White Tiger, while the teams engaged in battle across the platform.
• Shui Bing'er struggled to hold off the Hell White Tiger as the Star Luo Royal Team pushed back the Skywater fighters.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu activated their Ice and Snow Drifting Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill, freezing the Star Luo Royal Team and trapping the Hell White Tiger.
• The snow tornado shattered the frozen Hell White Tiger, and Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fell onto the ice after spitting up blood.

The Skywater Team defeated the Star Luo Royal Team with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Lin Hao declared he would protect Zhu Zhuqing. The tournament final against the Spirit Hall Team began, with the Skywater Team opening by unleashing the same fusion skill and freezing most of its opponents.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used Ice and Snow Drifting Ice Phoenix to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, and the rest of the Skywater Team eliminated the remaining Star Luo Royal Team members.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan were shocked by the Skywater Team's Martial Soul Fusion Skill and wondered about Lin Hao's strength and his decision not to fight.
• Lin Hao taunted Dai Weisi after the match and vowed to protect Zhu Zhuqing from the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• The next day, the Skywater Team and Spirit Hall Team entered the tournament final and summoned their martial souls after the Grand Cardinal started the battle.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu activated Ice and Snow Drifting Ice Phoenix, whose freezing storm immobilized six Spirit Hall Team members while Yan resisted with his flames.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Demon Charm defeated Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu’s Ice Crystal Phoenix, leaving the Skywater Team’s two fusion-skill users exhausted. Lin Hao then activated Thunder God Armor and Thunder Flash to confront Demon Charm.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena fused into Demon Charm, spreading red mist that weakened the fighters and obscured the arena.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu formed the Ice Crystal Phoenix and sent it diving at Demon Charm.
• Xie Yue used Full Moon to cut apart the Ice Crystal Phoenix after a prolonged clash, leaving Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu unable to continue fighting.
• Lin Hao stepped forward, told Hu Liena and Xie Yue he intended to lead the Skywater Team to the championship, and activated Thunder God Armor.
• Lin Hao used Thunder Flash to appear before Demon Charm, and Xie Yue reacted by swinging both Moon Blades at him.

Lin Hao led the Skywater Team to defeat the Spirit Hall Team and win the tournament, leaving Bibi Dong furious as he stepped forward to receive the championship rewards. Bibi Dong revealed three soul bones on the prize tray.

• Lin Hao used the Thunder Magnetic Field to deflect Xie Yue’s Moon Blade, then struck the Demon Charm Body with his Ice-Fire Bullet Fist and shattered it, knocking Xie Yue and Hu Liena out of the arena.
• Lin Hao used Thunder Flash to eliminate the rest of the Spirit Hall Team, including Yan, while Shui Bing’er and the other Skywater Team members remained onstage.
• The Grand Cardinal announced the Skywater Team as the winner, and the crowd in Spirit City erupted in cheers.
• Shui Linglong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Qiu Ruoshui celebrated the victory, while Liu Erlong thought sadly of Flender and Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong congratulated the Skywater Team and presented the championship rewards, revealing three soul bones on a tray for Lin Hao.

Lin Hao claimed the three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones after leading the Skywater Team to victory, then distributed two of them among his allies. As the group prepared to leave Spirit City, Ning Fengzhi arrived and proposed that they join forces to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect before it could retaliate for Yu Yuanzhen’s death.

• Bibi Dong presented Lin Hao with the three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, and the two exchanged veiled barbs over his departure from Spirit Hall.
• Lin Hao returned to the hotel with the Skywater Team, Shui Linglong, Liu Erlong, and the others, where Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo greeted him proudly.
• Lin Hao assigned the mental-attribute Head Soul Bone to Shui Bing'er and the wind-attribute left leg bone to Zhu Zhuqing, keeping the fire-attribute right arm bone for himself.
• As the group prepared to leave Spirit City, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin visited Lin Hao.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect strike first and wipe out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

Lin Hao and Ning Fengzhi joined forces with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. After assembling their forces outside Heaven Dou Imperial City, they launched the Dragon Hunting Operation and marched toward the sect.

• Lin Hao agreed to Ning Fengzhi's plan to strike the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Ning Fengzhi questioned Liu Erlong about her presence with Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao told Ning Fengzhi that Liu Erlong was his maid and warned her not to reveal what had happened; Liu Erlong submitted while struggling with her doubts about Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the girls hurried back to Heaven Dou Imperial City to prevent news of Yu Yuanzhen's death from reaching the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi told Lin Hao that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Imperial Family had assembled their forces, including three thousand Royal Knights and imperial consecrated soul masters.
• Ning Fengzhi named the campaign the Dragon Hunting Operation and ordered the assembled army to march toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

Ning Fengzhi led a surprise attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, accusing Yu Yuanzhen of conspiring with Tang Hao to ambush tournament teams and revealing that Yu Yuanzhen had been executed. As the sect faced destruction, Yu Luomian pleaded for mercy and called on Liu Erlong to plead for him.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Dragon-Hunting Army to wait until nightfall before attacking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• The attackers silently killed the outer guards, then stormed the sect while the Heaven Dou Royal Knights blocked the mountain routes.
• Yu Luomian and Yu Dalong arrived at the battle, where Ning Fengzhi accused Yu Yuanzhen of colluding with Tang Hao and said the sect was being punished on the emperor's orders.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that Yu Yuanzhen had already been executed, and Yu Dalong reacted with disbelief and fury.
• Yu Luomian realized Yu Dalong had known of Yu Yuanzhen's plan and pleaded with Ning Fengzhi to spare the sect, promising not to seek revenge.
• Seeing Liu Erlong beside Lin Hao, Yu Luomian urgently called on his daughter to plead for her father.

Lin Hao demanded that Yu Luomian prove his loyalty by turning against Yu Yuanzhen’s family. Yu Luomian and most of the surviving Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect joined the purge, leaving Yu Dalong crippled and Long Yuzhi and Ye Ningjiao dead.

• Lin Hao offered to spare the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect if its members killed Yu Yuanzhen’s wife, Yu Dalong, and Yu Dalong’s wife.
• Yu Dalong accused Yu Luomian of falling for Lin Hao’s scheme, but Yu Luomian broke his arm and destroyed his cultivation.
• Yu Luomian urged the surviving elders and disciples to attack Yu Dalong and seize Long Yuzhi and Ye Ningjiao to save the sect.
• Most of the survivors turned on Yu Dalong, while a minority of Yu Yuanzhen’s loyalists refused to join them.
• The attackers killed Long Yuzhi and Ye Ningjiao and brought their bodies back to Yu Luomian.

After Dai Weisi reported Lin Hao’s protection of Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Tianfeng sent an envoy to demand that Spirit Hall intervene. Bibi Dong secretly encouraged the Star Luo Empire to attack Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo, hoping to use the conflict against them.

• Dai Weisi returned to the Star Luo palace and told Dai Tianfeng that Zhu Zhuqing had rejected her engagement and was under Lin Hao’s protection.
• Dai Weisi described Lin Hao’s refusal to release Zhu Zhuqing and his public mockery of the Star Luo imperial family.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered an envoy to Spirit City to demand that Bibi Dong explain Lin Hao’s actions and return Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bibi Dong told the envoy she would not hold the Star Luo Empire responsible if it seized Zhu Zhuqing from Lin Hao.
• After the envoy left, Bibi Dong revealed that she wanted the Star Luo Empire to attack Lin Hao, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.