Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao awakened the sealed god-level martial soul Gungnir and innate full soul power, then received Xuan Zi as his Dao Protector. Xuan Zi severely beat Tang Hao and warned him to behave, leaving Tang Hao determined to keep Tang San away from Lin Xiao.

• Lin Xiao selected Child of Nature status, a Dao Protector, and a god-level martial soul from the system’s rewards.
• Lin Xiao awakened Gungnir, disguised as a wooden stick, and demonstrated innate full soul power before watching Tang San awaken Blue Silver Grass.
• Old Jack encouraged Lin Xiao to attend Nuoding City's Junior Academy with Tang San using one of the village's recommendation letters.
• The system summoned Xuan Zi as Lin Xiao's loyal Dao Protector, and Lin Xiao ordered him to teach Tang Hao a lesson.
• Xuan Zi defeated the injured Tang Hao and warned him that he was Lin Xiao's Dao Protector.
• Tang Hao recovered enough to decide he had to keep Tang San away from Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao arrived at Nuoding Academy with Tang San and rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple. After Xuan Zi reported that he had taken Ah Yin’s Soul Bone, Lin Xiao headed to Dorm Seven to pursue his plan to take Xiao Wu.

• Lin Xiao ordered Xuan Zi to watch Tang Hao and retrieve Ah Yin’s body and Soul Bone from a cave if the chance arose.
• At the academy gates, Lin Xiao kicked the insulting gatekeeper in the crotch, and Yu Xiaogang led Lin Xiao and Tang San inside.
• Yu Xiaogang deduced that Tang San and Lin Xiao had twin Martial Souls and invited them to become his disciples; Tang San accepted.
• Lin Xiao questioned Yu Xiaogang’s rank and theories, then declined to decide on discipleship, prompting Yu Xiaogang to threaten that he would regret it.
• Xuan Zi told Lin Xiao he had obtained Ah Yin’s Soul Bone and blade of blue silver grass, and Lin Xiao went to Dorm Seven to pursue Xiao Wu.

Lin Xiao defeated Xiao Wu and Tang San to become Dorm Seven’s head, then secretly left Nuoding City with Xiao Wu and Xuan Zi. They headed for the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, though Lin Xiao said he did not intend to use Xiao Wu as his first soul ring.

• Lin Xiao blocked Xiao Wu’s kick, defeated her, and became the head of Dorm Seven.
• Tang San arrived, challenged Lin Xiao, and was beaten until his face swelled.
• Yu Xiaogang mistook Tang San for a pig-headed stranger, then threatened to report Lin Xiao and left with him.
• After Dorm Seven fell asleep, Lin Xiao summoned Xuan Zi and asked him to take Xiao Wu and Lin Xiao to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xuan Zi carried Lin Xiao and grabbed Xiao Wu as they flew out of Nuoding City.

Lin Xiao forced Xiao Wu to become his maid and brought her to the Star Dou Great Forest to meet Da Ming and Er Ming. After Xuan Zi defeated Er Ming, Lin Xiao revealed the Child of Nature’s aura to Da Ming, while powerful life forces stirred beneath the Lake of Life.

• Lin Xiao spared Xiao Wu from being killed for her soul ring but made her his maid, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Lin Xiao and Xuan Zi traveled with Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Er Ming sensed her aura and rushed to her.
• Er Ming snatched Xiao Wu and attacked Lin Xiao, but Xuan Zi used his ninth soul skill to knock him unconscious.
• Lin Xiao explained that he had brought Xiao Wu to meet the forest’s overlords, and she agreed to lead him deeper into the forest if he spared Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Da Ming questioned Lin Xiao at the Lake of Life, then lowered himself when he sensed the Child of Nature’s aura.
• Xuan Zi detected powerful life forces beneath the lake, and Lin Xiao looked toward the water as they stirred.

Lin Xiao obtained his first soul ring from a Hundred Thousand Year Emerald Sword Bamboo and absorbed Ah Yin’s Right Leg Bone. After testing Gungnir’s newly unsealed first soul skill near the Sunset Forest, he left Xuan Zi stunned by its power.

• Bi Ji and the Myriad Demon King greeted Lin Xiao at the Lake of Life, and the Myriad Demon King brought him a Hundred Thousand Year Emerald Sword Bamboo for his first soul ring.
• The Emerald Sword Bamboo sacrificed himself, and Lin Xiao absorbed his red soul ring and Ah Yin’s Right Leg Bone, breaking through to level twenty.
• Lin Xiao declined the Myriad Demon King’s offer of another soul ring and told Xiao Wu to cultivate in the Star Dou Great Forest until he returned.
• Xuan Zi carried Lin Xiao to the outskirts of the Sunset Forest, where Lin Xiao tested Gungnir’s first soul skill, Pierce, and wounded Xuan Zi through his soul power shield.

Lin Xiao entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Xuan Zi, where he recruited Dugu Bo by promising to cure his poison and his granddaughter Yanyan’s. After Dugu Bo refined an immortal herb and reached Soul Power Level ninety-two, Lin Xiao finished tempering his body in the spring and prepared a cure for Yanyan.

• Lin Xiao and Xuan Zi reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo confronted them as a level ninety-one Titled Douluo.
• Lin Xiao described Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison and offered to cure him and Yanyan in exchange for the Dugu Family’s allegiance.
• Dugu Bo agreed, and Lin Xiao gave him the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss to refine, warning that the poison’s amplification could kill him.
• While Dugu Bo endured the herb’s effects, Lin Xiao refined the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot in the spring and asked Xuan Zi to gather the other immortal herbs.
• Dugu Bo formed a poison core, advanced to level ninety-two, and lost the poison backlash; Lin Xiao completed the Ice and Fire Golden Body.
• Lin Xiao said Golden-Patterned Clematis could evolve Yanyan’s Martial Soul and remove her poison, then offered Xuan Zi the earth dragon golden melon to help him advance.

Lin Xiao entered the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and met the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, who offered him their inheritance in exchange for promises tied to the Dragon Race’s future. He accepted their conditions and received their power before returning to Xuan Zi and Dugu Bo.

• Lin Xiao sank into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and fell unconscious, awakening in a strange world before the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
• Xuan Zi and Dugu Bo sensed the dragons’ immense auras, then learned through a telepathic message that Lin Xiao was safe and would receive a blessing.
• Lin Xiao asked the Dragon Kings for an inheritance and endured the Fire Dragon King’s pressure, proving himself with Gungnir, his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Ah Yin’s right leg bone.
• The Dragon Kings required Lin Xiao to help reunite the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King and break the restrictions on Soul Beasts becoming gods, and asked to dwell in his Sea of Consciousness to protect his mind.
• Lin Xiao accepted, received two God-Given Soul Rings and two Soul Bones as the Dragon Kings’ power entered him, and returned to the surface, where Xuan Zi and Dugu Bo discussed his gains with him.

After receiving his second-round system rewards, Lin Xiao welcomed Zhang Lexuan, who had reached Soul Douluo after absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. The ice-blue bead pointed him toward the Far North, so he planned a journey there and left Zhang Lexuan in charge of his nascent faction.

• Lin Xiao reviewed the powers gained from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' soul bones and Gungnir's second soul skill, then chose the ice-blue bead, a Dao Protector, and a Storage Ring as his system rewards.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with soul power level 83, and Lin Xiao welcomed her into his group.
• Lin Xiao sensed the ice-blue bead drawing him north and decided to put a trip to the Far North on the agenda.
• Lin Xiao ordered Dugu Bo to settle his family matters and guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then placed Zhang Lexuan in charge of faction affairs while he was away.

Lin Xiao arrived in Skywater City with Xuan Zi and quickly met Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er. He asked to negotiate with the Shui Family, whose leaders welcomed him and prepared to hear his proposal.

• Lin Xiao and Xuan Zi reached Skywater City, where Lin Xiao hoped to meet Shui Bing'er and discuss business with the Shui Family.
• Lin Xiao accidentally bumped into Shui Yue'er, then recognized her and Shui Bing'er and asked them to take him to the Shui Family.
• Xuan Zi revealed his powerful aura, prompting Granny Sha to recognize him as a Titled Douluo and guide Lin Xiao to the Shui Family.
• Shui Tianyi, Lin Wan, and Shui Yunxi waited at the family entrance and welcomed Lin Xiao, while marveling at his strength despite his young age.
• Shui Tianyi invited Lin Xiao into the main living room, and Lin Xiao said they should begin their discussion.

Lin Xiao persuaded Shui Tianyi to bring the Shui Family into his new sect by offering Shui Bing'er an immortal herb and promising Soul Bones. He and Xuan Zi then entered the Far North, where Lin Xiao planned to seek out the Ice Empress first.

• Lin Xiao offered Shui Tianyi a Frostglass Heart Blossom for Shui Bing'er and promised the Shui Family more Soul Bones if it joined his force.
• Xuan Zi revealed his level-99 Peerless Douluo aura and hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Lin Xiao told Shui Tianyi that Dugu Bo had also joined as an elder.
• Shui Tianyi agreed to support Lin Xiao, and Shui Bing'er accepted the immortal herb and vowed to repay him.
• Lin Xiao and Xuan Zi set out the next morning and flew through the stormy Frozen Forest into the Far North.
• Lin Xiao decided to find the Ice Empress before approaching the Snow Empress.

Lin Xiao and Xuan Zi tunneled into the Ice Empress’s lair, where Lin Xiao awakened her with stinky tofu and durian and offered a deal to help her and the Snow Empress survive their heavenly tribulations. The Ice Empress agreed to take him to the Snow Empress Palace, where the chapter leaves them about to meet the Snow Empress.

• Lin Xiao and Xuan Zi dug beneath the Ice Jade Scorpions’ cave and found the Ice Empress resting in her lair.
• Lin Xiao placed stinky tofu and durian by the Ice Empress, waking her and provoking her to attack him and Xuan Zi.
• Lin Xiao activated his Child of Nature buff, causing the Ice Empress to halt her attack and ask what he wanted.
• Lin Xiao offered to help the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress survive their coming heavenly tribulations, and the Ice Empress eagerly agreed to take him to see the Snow Empress.
• After arranging for Xiao Qing to reinforce the underground defenses, the Ice Empress flew with Lin Xiao and Xuan Zi to the Snow Empress Palace and led them inside.

Lin Xiao met the Snow Empress and offered her and the Ice Empress Thousand-Night Ice Soul Flowers that could help them survive their heavenly tribulations. He asked the Far North to support his future faction, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to join as elders.

• The Ice Empress released her aura, drawing the Snow Empress from behind the palace to meet Lin Xiao and Xuan Zi.
• The Snow Empress became strangely drawn to Lin Xiao, welcomed him into her bedchamber, and served him tea.
• Lin Xiao showed the Snow Empress and Ice Empress two Thousand-Night Ice Soul Flowers and explained how they could strengthen and heal them with ice and snow.
• The Snow Empress asked what Lin Xiao wanted in return, and he clarified that he wanted the Far North to support his future faction.
• The Snow Empress agreed to become an elder of Lin Xiao's faction, and the Ice Empress agreed as well.

Lin Xiao followed the Ice God Pearl to the Ice God Palace, where he met the Ice God's remnant soul and learned that she had fallen long ago. Before fading away, she offered him her Godhood Inheritance and said he could pass it to the Snow Empress.

• Lin Xiao showed the Ice God Pearl to the Snow Empress, who identified it as a divine artifact formed from the faith of the Far North and directed him to the Ice God Palace.
• The Snow Empress carried Lin Xiao to the palace atop the highest mountain in the Far North, while Xuan Zi and the Ice Empress waited below.
• Lin Xiao placed the glowing Ice God Pearl in the hands of a statue and was transported to a space where he met the Ice God.
• The Ice God revealed that she had fallen and that her remnant soul had awakened because of Lin Xiao and the pearl's recognition of him.
• The Ice God offered Lin Xiao her Godhood Inheritance, suggested he could give it to the Snow Empress, and then dissipated as her power ran out.

Lin Xiao emerged from the Ice God Palace with the Ice God's divine seat and told the Snow Empress it could let her pursue godhood. The Snow Empress accepted his proposal, and Lin Xiao persuaded her and the Ice Empress that they could remain together as he planned to marry them both.

• Lin Xiao told the Snow Empress that the Ice God had died, then presented the divine seat and said she could use it to break the Soul Beast Clan's barrier to godhood.
• The Snow Empress accepted Lin Xiao's proposal and returned with him to Xuan Zi and the Ice Empress.
• Lin Xiao told Xuan Zi he had gained a great deal, while the Snow Empress urged the Ice Empress to be polite to him.
• After hearing what happened in the Ice God Palace, the Ice Empress warned Lin Xiao not to bully the Snow Empress.
• Lin Xiao declared that he wanted both women and said he could begin the Ice God's god trial himself.
• The Snow Empress reassured the Ice Empress that they would stay together, and the Ice Empress reluctantly accepted Lin Xiao's plan.

Lin Xiao took the Snow Empress and Ice Empress on a month of sightseeing before bringing them back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to settle into cultivation. He left Xuan Zi there to help Zhang Lexuan while he planned to establish the Spirit Pagoda and find a way to reconcile humans and Soul Beasts.

• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to relax with Lin Xiao before focusing on cultivation, and he took them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Xiao introduced the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Zhang Lexuan, then left Xuan Zi behind to assist Zhang Lexuan.
• Lin Xiao traveled with the two Empresses to the southern coast, where they enjoyed the sea and discussed humanity's ingenuity and the future of Soul Beasts.
• Lin Xiao promised the Snow Empress he would seek a way to reconcile humans and Soul Beasts, then toured cities and tried activities with the Empresses for a month.
• The trio returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Empresses built an ice house and Lin Xiao resumed morning cultivation and afternoon sparring with the Ice Empress.

After six years, Tang San reunited with Lin Xiao and Xiao Wu at the Rose Hotel, where Lin Xiao effortlessly defeated Tang San and Dai Mubai. Lin Xiao reflected on his growing power and the Spirit Pagoda’s progress, then fell asleep after planning to spend time with Xiao Wu.

• Tang San arrived in Suotuo City seeking a room and found Lin Xiao with Xiao Wu at the Rose Hotel.
• Tang San challenged Lin Xiao for a room, and Dai Mubai joined the fight after Lin Xiao offered a million Gold Soul Coins if they won.
• Lin Xiao revealed his five-ring Soul King strength, defeated Dai Mubai and Tang San, and left Tang San swearing revenge.
• Lin Xiao recalled his new soul skills, the Spirit Pagoda’s soul-spirit program, and the families and academies that had joined it.
• Lin Xiao planned to promote the Spirit Pagoda, eventually unify the continent, and take Xiao Wu out for fun before falling asleep.

Lin Xiao took Xiao Wu and Xuan Zi to Shrek Academy, where he defeated Zhao Wuji and had Xuan Zi reveal himself as a Titled Douluo. After Dai Mubai and Li Yusong apologized and Dai Mubai humiliated himself, Lin Xiao left, while the Shrek students passed their assessment and Dai Mubai vowed revenge.

• Lin Xiao brought Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy and promoted the Spirit Pagoda, provoking Li Yusong and drawing Zhao Wuji into a fight.
• Zhao Wuji used his soul skills against Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao pierced his arm with Gungnir and forced him to surrender with the Ice-Fire Divine Domain.
• Xuan Zi pinned Flender down and revealed himself as the Taotie Douluo and Grand Elder of the Spirit Pagoda, shocking the Shrek teachers and students.
• Lin Xiao ordered Dai Mubai to kneel and slap himself ten times, while Li Yusong apologized; then Lin Xiao left with Xiao Wu and Xuan Zi.
• Flender scolded Dai Mubai and Li Yusong, the Shrek students passed their assessment, and Dai Mubai returned to his dormitory vowing revenge.

Lin Xiao sent Xiao Wu to fight at the Great Soul Arena while Xuan Zi began the second stage of a plan targeting Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang was ambushed, but Lang Yi stepped in to protect him, leaving them facing two powerful attackers.

• Lin Xiao registered Xiao Wu as Soft-Boned Enchanting Rabbit, and she defeated a Soul Grandmaster with a quick teleport and kick.
• Lin Xiao set Xiao Wu a goal of twenty consecutive wins, then told Xuan Zi to begin the second stage of the plan against Yu Xiaogang and record it from multiple angles.
• Xuan Zi recruited three men from Spirit Hall's prison and sent them to act out an ambush on Yu Xiaogang outside Nuoding City.
• Two brothers with Great Strength Gorilla martial souls cornered Yu Xiaogang in an alley, but broke through his Luo Sanpao's attacks and ignored his threats.
• Lang Yi appeared and challenged the brothers to protect Yu Xiaogang, who was moved by his courage.

Yu Xiaogang was deceived into believing Lang Yi was his kindred spirit and promised to train him, while Lang Yi’s staged assault was secretly recorded for Xuan Zi. Xiao Wu won her twentieth consecutive match, then watched the recording with Lin Xiao and realized what he had done.

• Scarface and Rose beat Lang Yi and assaulted Yu Xiaogang, who later comforted Lang Yi and promised to help him become a powerful Soul Master.
• Lang Yi met Scarface and Rose outside Nuoding City, revealed that Yu Xiaogang trusted him, and collected three hundred Gold Soul Coins from Xuan Zi for the recording.
• Xiao Wu defeated the arctic bear Soul Master to earn her twentieth consecutive victory and advance to Bronze Soul Fighter.
• Lin Xiao healed Xiao Wu and showed her the Image Recording Stones depicting Scarface, Rose, Lang Yi, and Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu recognized Lin Xiao’s trick, pounced on him, and called him a pervert.

Lin Xiao returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to visit the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then spent the night with the Snow Empress after she confessed her love. He woke at noon with her still asleep and found the frozen door stopping him from leaving.

• Xiao Wu pressed Lin Xiao for more details about the Yu Xiaogang and Lang Yi serial, and Lin Xiao said there would be more stories.
• Lin Xiao asked Xuan Zi to take him and Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he reunited with the Snow Empress and told her he had missed her.
• Lin Xiao held the sleeping Ice Empress through the afternoon while the Snow Empress massaged his shoulders and invited him to her room to discuss her Ice God trials.
• The Snow Empress froze her door shut, kissed Lin Xiao, and confessed that she loved him and wanted him to teach her how to express her feelings.
• Lin Xiao and the Snow Empress spent the night together, and he woke the next day to find her asleep beside him and the door still frozen shut.