Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu explored the Nether Duke Manor’s cafeteria, sampled its Soul Power foods, and compared its resources favorably with Shrek Academy. He spotted Zhu Zhuqing dining alone and prepared to reunite with her.

• Lin Yu visited the Nether Duke Manor’s cafeteria and learned that its first-floor meals were free while its second-floor Soul Power foods and soul beast dishes cost money or points.
• Lin Yu bought Soul Power foods and soul beast dishes, then felt them strengthen his body and increase his Soul Power as he ate.
• Lin Yu reflected on Shrek Academy’s harsh admissions, poor training provisions, and dangerous graduation requirements, judging it a bad place for talented students.
• The second floor fell silent when Zhu Zhuqing arrived, bought food with a black crystal card, and sat alone in a corner.
• Lin Yu recognized Zhu Zhuqing and his eyes flickered as he saw her again.

Lin Yu saw Zhu Zhuqing being ostracized at Nether Duke Manor and sat with her despite the threat from Zhu Zhuyun. Zhu Zhuqing felt reassured by his promise to protect her but decided to wait and see whether she could trust him.

• The people in the cafeteria avoided Zhu Zhuqing because Zhu Zhuyun had forbidden anyone from associating with her, while Zhu Zhuyun also blocked her access to classes, training grounds, and sparring partners.
• Lin Yu noticed Zhu Zhuqing sitting alone and felt sorry for her.
• Lin Yu carried his meal over and sat across from Zhu Zhuqing despite the onlookers' shock.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned Lin Yu that Zhu Zhuyun would make trouble for him, but Lin Yu said he had come to change Zhu Zhuqing's fate and was not afraid of her sister.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled Lin Yu's strength and considered relying on him, but decided to wait until she knew him better.

Lin Yu reassured Zhu Zhuqing that he would help her change her fate, then toured Nether Duke Manor with her. After hearing that Lin Yu had approached her younger sister, Zhu Zhuyun gave him a chance to join her faction but ordered her steward to make clear that refusing would make him her enemy.

• Lin Yu told Zhu Zhuqing that she could rely on him, and she quietly felt warmth and gratitude as they ate together.
• A steward sent by Zhu Zhuyun saw Lin Yu and Zhu Zhuqing talking in the cafeteria and went to report their meeting.
• Zhu Zhuyun decided not to judge Lin Yu for approaching Zhu Zhuqing, but instructed the steward to explain the sisters’ rivalry and warn Lin Yu that refusal would make him her enemy.
• After their meal, Lin Yu and Zhu Zhuqing toured the academy and Martial Soul Simulation Training Field before reaching the manor’s Soul Duel Arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing showed Lin Yu how fighters used the Soul Duel Arena notice boards to find suitable opponents.

Lin Yu took Zhu Zhuqing to the Nether Duke Manor’s Soul Arena and coached her through a sparring session, correcting her combat techniques. Steward Wang An arrived on Zhu Zhuyun’s orders to recruit Lin Yu, but Lin Yu refused to speak with him privately, leaving Wang An to suspect Lin Yu had chosen Zhu Zhuqing’s side.

• Lin Yu led Zhu Zhuqing through the Soul Arena to find an empty platform so they could practice.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and First Soul Skill, Hell Stab, to attack Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu dodged and blocked Zhu Zhuqing’s strikes while teaching her to use feints, exploit weaknesses, and drive her claws into an opponent.
• Steward Wang An interrupted the spar and asked Lin Yu to speak with him privately.
• Lin Yu declined and told Wang An to say what he had to say in front of Zhu Zhuqing, prompting Wang An to wonder whether Lin Yu had sided with her.

Lin Yu rejected Zhu Zhuyun’s attempt to recruit him and openly chose to stand with Zhu Zhuqing, prompting Wang An to threaten him. Zhu Zhuyun began retaliating the next day by sending an arrogant youth to claim Lin Yu’s Soul Duel Arena platform.

• Wang An asked Lin Yu to meet Zhu Zhuyun, but Lin Yu refused and declared that he would help Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing, moved by Lin Yu’s firm support, fully accepted that he intended to change her fate.
• Wang An threatened to obstruct Lin Yu’s cultivation, and Lin Yu challenged him to use whatever methods he had; Wang An left to report the exchange to Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun learned of Lin Yu’s refusal and decided to make him suffer, then sent an arrogant young man to take over the platform where Lin Yu was training Zhu Zhuqing.
• The young man demanded that Lin Yu and Zhu Zhuqing leave the platform, while his companions laughed at Lin Yu’s question about the Soul Duel Arena rules.

Lin Yu faced a group sent by Zhu Zhuyun to disrupt his cultivation and exposed himself as a Soul Grandmaster. After effortlessly defeating Lu Qi, he challenged the arrogant leader and the entire group to fight him.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained the Soul Duel Arena rules, and Lin Yu revealed his two soul rings when Lu Qi challenged him.
• The arrogant young man goaded Lu Qi into fighting Lin Yu while planning to use the duel to learn Lin Yu's soul skills.
• Lu Qi used his Ghost Leopard Martial Soul and First Soul Skill, Phantom Blade, to charge at Lin Yu.
• Lin Yu weakened Lu Qi with Violet Weakening Aura, then kicked him off the ring into the crowd.
• Lin Yu demanded that the arrogant young man fight him or have the whole group attack together, and the young man stepped forward.

Lin Yu defeated Bai Sheng and the group who came with him at the Soul Duel Arena. He used the World-Destroying Black Lotus to provoke them into attacking together, then beat them all within a minute.

• Bai Sheng challenged Lin Yu, believing his Vajra Lion Martial Soul could counter Lin Yu’s weakening ability.
• Lin Yu’s Violet Weakening Aura left Bai Sheng almost unable to stand, and Mental Replication Eye let Lin Yu copy Bai Sheng’s Second Soul Skill and defeat him with Phantom Blade.
• Lin Yu mocked Bai Sheng’s followers and used the World-Destroying Black Lotus to enrage them into charging onto the ring.
• Lin Yu weakened the attackers and copied their Soul Skills, defeating the entire group and sending them tumbling out of the ring.

After Lin Yu overwhelmed Bai Sheng and the other young Soul Masters, Zhu Xuanfeng ordered Zhu Zhuyun to stop targeting him, while Lin Yu continued training Zhu Zhuqing. Half a year later, the sixteenth live stream began, and Dai Tianfeng boasted about his previous reward as Xue Ye watched jealously.

• Zhu Xuanfeng learned that Lin Yu had defeated Bai Sheng and his companions, reconsidered his potential, and ordered Zhu Zhuyun not to harm him.
• Zhu Zhuyun stopped interfering with Lin Yu in the Soul Arena but continued ostracizing and targeting Zhu Zhuqing elsewhere.
• Lin Yu taught Zhu Zhuqing the Xuanwu Inner Art and several Martial Skills, and her cultivation progressed quickly.
• Half a year after the previous stream, everyone was drawn into the Live Stream Room when the sixteenth live stream began.
• Dai Tianfeng boasted that he hoped to win a Martial Skill as a hereditary reward, while Xue Ye resented his showing off and wished for a Martial Soul Evolution opportunity.

The Live Stream Room showed Du Busi confronting Xuan Zi at Shrek Academy, prompting speculation about the Body Sect and Body Martial Souls. Du Busi and Xuan Zi began a fierce battle, and the chapter ended with their clashes shaking the battlefield.

• Meng Shenji argued with Dai Tianfeng over which empire would win rewards in the new Q&A, while Spirit Hall expected to claim them.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Dai Mubai watched from the Strength Clan’s headquarters; Tang San had reached the Soul Elder realm but had not obtained the Eight Spider Lances.
• The livestream began showing future Shrek Academy, where Du Busi summoned Xuan Zi and Lin Yu recognized Du Busi as the Body Sect’s rank-ninety-eight sect master.
• Xuan Zi questioned whether the Body Sect intended to wage war on Shrek Academy, and viewers connected the sect to Body Martial Souls.
• After negotiations failed, Du Busi transformed into a giant and Xuan Zi unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar; the two fought fiercely in midair.

The broadcast revealed how the Body Sect trained its disciples and showed that its leader, Du Busi, had absorbed three Hundred-Thousand Year Soul Rings. After the broadcast ended, a Q&A offered a body-tempering technique as its top reward, thrilling Yu Xiaogang, who hoped to win it and regain Tang San’s respect.

• The broadcast showed Du Busi overpowering Xuan Zi before the Dragon God Douluo drove him away, though his ability to defeat Du Busi remained uncertain.
• The broadcast revealed the Body Sect’s rigorous physical training and Du Busi’s remarkable Soul Ring configuration, prompting Soul Masters to wonder whether such training enabled him to absorb Hundred-Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• The broadcast ended and announced a Q&A asking why the Body Sect considered the Body Martial Soul heaven’s gift, with a body-tempering technique offered as the first-place reward.
• Soul Masters and Soul Beasts were tempted by the rewards, which promised stronger bodies and, potentially, the ability to absorb higher-aged Soul Rings or better survive Heavenly Tribulations.
• Yu Xiaogang became eager to win the top reward so he could grow stronger, avoid using his embarrassing Fart Soul Skill, and pass the technique to Tang San to restore his disciple’s respect.

The livestream announced valuable rewards for answering why the Body Martial Soul was called the strongest Martial Soul and a gift from heaven, prompting Soul Masters and Soul Beasts to consider its advantages. At the Strength Clan headquarters, Tai Tan challenged Yu Xiaogang to answer, giving Yu Xiaogang the chance to show off the answer he had already devised.

• Soul Masters and Soul Beasts coveted the rewards, especially the body-tempering cultivation technique, and considered how Body Martial Souls might enhance bodily control and training.
• Tai Tan grew excited about the rewards but worried about the risks of answering incorrectly and losing a Soul Ring.
• Tai Tan asked Yu Xiaogang whether he knew why the Body Martial Soul was considered the strongest Martial Soul.
• Tai Tan secretly hoped Yu Xiaogang would answer incorrectly because he resented Yu Xiaogang being Tang San's teacher and taking credit for Tang San's talent.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Tai Tan's question as an opportunity to show off and adopted a confident pose.

At the Strength Clan residence, Yu Xiaogang presented his theory about Body Martial Souls, then submitted it to the live Q&A after Lin Yu answered first. Lin Yu won the reward with the correct explanation that Body Martial Souls could undergo a second awakening and evolve, while Yu Xiaogang lost one level of Soul Power and tried to recover his pride.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that Body Martial Soul users strengthened the body parts corresponding to their Martial Souls, and Tang San summarized his theory.
• The attendees hesitated to answer, then turned to Yu Xiaogang because his cultivation was already stalled and he had proposed the answer.
• Lin Yu submitted an answer first, Yu Xiaogang followed, and major factions rushed to fill the remaining answer slots.
• The Live Stream Room declared Lin Yu's answer correct and awarded him a random body-tempering cultivation technique, while Yu Xiaogang's answer was partly right and cost him one Soul Power level.
• Soul Masters were shocked to learn that Body Martial Souls could undergo a second awakening and evolve, and Yu Xiaogang took comfort in other factions having given the same wrong answer.

After the Live Q&A ended, Zhu Xuanfeng realized that Body Martial Souls could become exceptionally powerful and decided to recruit Ye Liangchen for the Nether Duke Manor. He welcomed Lin Yu and offered him a place in the Hell Spirit Cat Clan, including the choice of a bride.

• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin lamented that Lin Yu would not join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Rongrong objected when her father joked about betrothing her to him.
• The major factions again wanted to recruit Lin Yu, but the Live Stream Room announced that the next Q&A would take place one month later and then closed.
• Zhu Xuanfeng concluded that Body Martial Soul Masters could become powerful Titled Douluo and hoped the eye-martial-soul genius in his manor could evolve further.
• Zhu Xuanfeng summoned Ye Liangchen, and Lin Yu guessed the reason and went to meet him.
• Zhu Xuanfeng questioned Lin Yu about his background, learned that he was an orphan, and invited him to join the Hell Spirit Cat Clan, offering him a choice of bride.

Lin Yu secured Zhu Xuanfeng’s promise that Zhu Zhuqing would marry him after Dai Mubai’s death, and Zhu Zhuyun stopped bullying her sister. Over the next half year, Lin Yu struggled in four knowledge-based Live Q&As but earned a Hundred-Thousand Year Soul Ring reward, then learned that Spirit Hall planned to send him and Hu Liena to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for an exchange.

• Lin Yu told Zhu Xuanfeng he would join the Hell Spirit Cat Clan if he could marry Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Xuanfeng privately promised her to Lin Yu until Dai Mubai died.
• Lin Yu asked Zhu Xuanfeng to stop Zhu Zhuyun from targeting Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun subsequently agreed to stop bullying her sister.
• Four Live Q&As took place over half a year, and Lin Yu answered correctly only once, winning a Hundred-Thousand Year Soul Ring that he chose to save for later.
• Lin Yu received a message from his Taiqing Avatar that Spirit Hall planned to send him, Hu Liena, and others to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for an exchange.

Lin Yu traveled to Heaven Dou Imperial City ahead of Spirit Hall’s exchange team, intending to investigate and eventually secure the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. While wandering the city, he heard a request about forged components that made him suspect he had encountered Tang San.

• Lin Yu split off a Jade Pure avatar, left the Nether Duke Manor, and flew from Star Luo Imperial City to Heaven Dou Imperial City, arriving after three days.
• After resting, Lin Yu decided to wait before visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so he could find Dugu Bo and use a cure for the Jade Phosphorous Poison to win his cooperation.
• Lin Yu planned to take most of the Immortal Herbs at the well but leave useful ones for Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and he criticized Tang San for taking herbs without sharing them with allies.
• Lin Yu wandered Heaven Dou Imperial City, considered building his own force and supporting Qian Renxue, and passed the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• A long-haired youth in brown walked past Lin Yu near a Blacksmith Shop, where someone asked about components ordered from blueprints a month earlier; Lin Yu suspected the youth was Tang San.

Lin Yu confirmed that the youth in Heaven Dou Imperial City was Tang San and decided to plan a way to torment him rather than attack him directly. After learning Dugu Bo had likely gone to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Yu searched Sunset Forest and found the mist-shrouded mountain where it was located.

• Lin Yu used the Eye of Destiny to identify the youth at a blacksmith shop as Tang San, but Tang San sensed something and could not recognize him.
• Lin Yu considered how to expose and torment Tang San, judging that a direct attack or warning Spirit Hall would be unwise.
• Lin Yu entered Dugu Manor invisibly and learned from the servants that Dugu Bo had gone out.
• Lin Yu inferred that Dugu Bo was at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then flew to Sunset Forest using his Thunder Wings.
• Lin Yu searched the forest for over an hour and found the mist-shrouded mountain where the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was located.

Lin Yu descended into Dugu Bo’s herb garden at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and demanded that Dugu Bo submit, offering to cure the Jade Phosphorous Poison afflicting his family. Dugu Bo challenged him, transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor avatar, and began their battle.

• Lin Yu flew through Dugu Bo’s poisonous defenses, used the World Purification White Lotus to cross the summit’s poison mist, and landed in the valley.
• Dugu Bo noticed the crash, confronted Lin Yu, and tried to identify whether a powerful figure had accompanied him.
• Lin Yu introduced himself, demanded Dugu Bo’s herb garden and submission, and offered to cure the Jade Phosphorous Poison afflicting Dugu Bo’s family.
• Dugu Bo questioned Lin Yu’s claim and challenged him to prove his strength before he would consider submitting.
• Dugu Bo summoned his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, activated his Martial Soul Avatar, and released Jade Phosphorous Poison.

Lin Yu used the Ancestral Dragon Transformation and the World Purification White Lotus to defeat Dugu Bo in battle. After Lin Yu demanded to know whether he was convinced, Dugu Bo submitted, hoping Lin Yu would cure the poison afflicting his family.

• Dugu Bo and Lin Yu took to the air and summoned their Martial Souls for battle.
• Lin Yu fused the Chaos Azure Lotus and Golden Dragon Martial Souls into the Chaos Ancestral Dragon, alarming Dugu Bo with its power.
• Dugu Bo attacked with poison and serpent skills, but Lin Yu purified them with the World Purification White Lotus and struck him down.
• Dugu Bo tried to use Time-Space Freeze, but Lin Yu continued pummeling him until he lost his Martial Soul Avatar and fell, badly wounded.
• Lin Yu asked whether Dugu Bo was convinced, and Dugu Bo submitted, honoring his promise and seeking a cure for his family’s poison.

After treating Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Poison, Lin Yu explored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and awakened new abilities in his Chaos Azure Lotus Martial Soul. He learned that eye-cultivation arts qualified as body-tempering techniques and chose the Cosmic Star Godly Pupils.

• Lin Yu healed Dugu Bo and purified the Jade Phosphorous Poison from his body, then explained how the poison afflicted the Jade Phosphorous Family and why relying on Lin Yu was their only practical solution.
• Dugu Bo accepted his reliance on Lin Yu and asked him to treat Dugu Yan; Lin Yu agreed, and Dugu Bo left to bring her to the valley.
• Lin Yu used the Eye of Destiny to inspect the Immortal Herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and discovered that many could help evolve Martial Souls.
• The Chaos Azure Lotus Martial Soul resonated with the medicinal plants and awakened the Chaos Domain, whose Creation ability promoted growth and amplified energy while Return to Origin absorbed attacks it could withstand.
• Lin Yu confirmed with the system that eye-cultivation secret arts counted as body-tempering techniques and chose the Cosmic Star Godly Pupils.

Lin Yu chose Cosmic Star Godly Pupils and gave his Hundred-Thousand Year Soul Ring the Mental Mark and Mental Burst skills before treating Dugu Yan at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He stayed to cultivate there, and a month later his Taiqing Avatar reported that it had arrived at Heaven Dou Imperial City.

• Lin Yu selected Cosmic Star Godly Pupils to evolve his Double Pupil Martial Soul and chose Mental Mark and Mental Burst for his Hundred-Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and introduced her to Lin Yu as the Jade Phosphorous Family's master.
• Lin Yu used the World Purification White Lotus to remove the Jade Phosphorous Poison from Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo invited Lin Yu to stay at Dugu Manor, but Lin Yu declined so he could keep cultivating and nurturing the Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Bo left with Dugu Yan, and Lin Yu cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a month.
• Lin Yu received a message from his Taiqing Avatar that it had arrived at Heaven Dou Imperial City.