Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing wounded Yufeng and defeated Shi Mo and Shimo’s defenses by using their poisoned blood on her swords. As she launched a final attack on Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng struck her with his Thunderous Force.

• Zhu Zhuqing severed Yufeng’s wings and kicked him away, causing him to drop Yu Tianheng onto the Spirit Combat Arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Shi Mo and Shimo with three soul skills, cracked their turtle shells, and stabbed them through the openings.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her blood carried Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Violet Poison, which she had smeared on her swords to poison Shi Mo and Shimo.
• Zhu Zhuqing charged at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, but they retreated behind Shi Mo and Shimo, who moved to block her.
• Zhu Zhuqing leaped over Shi Mo and Shimo toward Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, but Yu Tianheng struck her with his Thunderous Force and numbed her body.

Zhu Zhuqing was poisoned and knocked unconscious during the spirit battle, forcing the Shrek Team to surrender. Lin Ye healed her, then challenged the victorious Imperial Fighting Team to avenge her, and Yu Tianheng accepted.

• Shi Mo and Shimo struck Zhu Zhuqing with their Rotating Tortoise Shells, leaving her unconscious and badly affected by Dugu Yan’s poison.
• Ning Rongrong surrendered, and Lin Ye rushed onto the arena and used Light of Purification to dispel the poison from Zhu Zhuqing.
• Doudou declared the Imperial Fighting Team the winners as the teams and Qin Ming reacted in shock to Lin Ye’s five soul rings.
• Lin Ye handed Zhu Zhuqing to Ning Rongrong, healed the eliminated Yufeng and Osler, and challenged the Imperial Fighting Team because Zhu Zhuqing belonged to him.
• Yu Tianheng accepted Lin Ye’s challenge after Yufeng urged the team to fight.

Lin Ye challenged the Imperial Fighting Team after seeing Zhu Zhuqing injured, then overwhelmed its members with his physical strength. He finished by hurling Yu Tianheng into Dugu Yan, while Ye Lingling remained untouched.

• Lin Ye healed the Imperial Fighting Team so he could challenge them at full strength, then revealed he intended to beat them.
• Lin Ye knocked Yu Tianheng away with one punch and evaded Yufeng and Osler’s attacks before smashing them into the Shi brothers.
• Lin Ye shattered the Shi brothers’ defenses and beat all five men, despite Yu Tianheng, Yufeng, and Osler trying to help.
• Lin Ye spared Ye Lingling, but hurled Yu Tianheng into Dugu Yan, sending both of them flying.

Lin Ye defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, healed them, and refused Qin Ming’s repeated offer to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As Qin Ming kept pressing him, Lin Ye said he would agree if Qin Ming could catch one punch, and Qin Ming eagerly accepted.

• Lin Ye beat the Imperial Fighting Team until Zhu Zhuqing woke and asked him to stop, then healed the team with Light of Recovery.
• Qin Ming praised Lin Ye’s strength and invited him to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s tournament team.
• Lin Ye refused Qin Ming’s offer, explaining that he had his own way to enter the tournament.
• Qin Ming kept pressing Lin Ye to name his conditions, but Lin Ye said Heaven Dou Royal Academy could not give him what he wanted.
• Lin Ye tried to leave with Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran, then challenged Qin Ming to catch one punch in exchange for agreeing to join.
• Qin Feng’s face lit up as he accepted Lin Ye’s challenge.

Lin Ye offered to join the Imperial Fighting Team if Qin Ming could withstand one punch, and Qin Ming accepted, confident that his Soul Emperor strength would be enough. Lin Ye sent him flying with a boosted punch, then left with Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran, while Qin Ming regretted failing to recruit him.

• Qin Ming accepted Lin Ye’s challenge and entered Martial Soul Possession, revealing that he was a Soul Emperor with the Blazing Wolf Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye activated his second and fourth soul skills to strengthen himself before striking Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming tried to block Lin Ye’s punch with his arms but was sent flying.
• Lin Ye left the Main Spirit Arena with Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran as Ye Lingling healed Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming lamented missing the chance to recruit Lin Ye, and Zhao Wuji and Flender approached him.
• The Imperial Fighting Team members were stunned when Qin Ming addressed Zhao Wuji and Flender as his teacher and headmaster.

After the battle, Lin Ye and Ye Lingling discovered that they might be cousins through their mothers, who both belonged to the Ye family. Ye Lingling invited Lin Ye to visit her family in Heaven Dou Imperial City, while Grandmaster left with Yu Tianheng to talk privately.

• Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team learned that Qin Ming had graduated from Shrek Academy, and Qin Ming invited his former teachers and juniors to dinner.
• Flender revealed that Lin Ye had beaten him and Zhao Wuji, while the two teachers refused to explain why.
• Grandmaster called Yu Tianheng aside and led him out of the Main Spirit Arena for a private conversation.
• Ye Lingling suspected that Lin Ye was the son of her younger aunt, Ye Zhixin, whose martial soul had been an evolved Nine Heart Begonia.
• Lin Ye told Ye Lingling that he had been raised by an unrelated grandfather and did not know where his parents were.
• Ye Lingling invited Lin Ye to meet her mother in Heaven Dou Imperial City, and Lin Ye accepted.

After discovering that Ye Lingling was his younger sister, Lin Ye treated the Imperial Fighting Team to a meal in Suotuo City. Qin Ming announced that Shrek Academy would merge with Heaven Dou Royal Academy and arranged for Lin Ye to travel with the team to Heaven Dou Imperial City.

• Lin Ye learned that Ye Lingling was his younger sister and invited the Imperial Fighting Team to Baoshan Restaurant to make amends for their earlier clash.
• Lin Ye and the Imperial Fighting Team ran into Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, who had just finished a meal with Shrek Academy.
• Yufeng tried to order nearly everything on the menu to fleece Lin Ye, but Lin Ye ate the leftovers and showed that the enormous meal was no trouble for him.
• Qin Ming told the Imperial Fighting Team that Shrek Academy would merge with Heaven Dou Royal Academy and that its team would compete as the academy's second team.
• Qin Ming told Lin Ye to meet the Imperial Fighting Team at the Tulip Hotel the next morning so they could travel together to Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Lin Ye traveled with Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran from Suotuo City to Heaven Dou Imperial City, while Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After reaching the imperial city, Lin Ye followed Ye Lingling’s directions toward the Nine Heart Begonia Clan.

• Lin Ye met Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team at the Tulip Hotel, and the group set out from Suotuo City in three carriages.
• After a journey of at least seven days, the carriages reached the outskirts of Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• At a fork in the road, Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team headed toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Lin Ye continued with Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran.
• Lin Ye entered Heaven Dou Imperial City and marveled at its size and prosperity compared with Spirit City and Suotuo City.
• Lin Ye had Golden Crocodile Douluo drive along the route Ye Lingling indicated toward the Nine Heart Begonia Clan.

Ye Lingling brought Lin Ye, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran to the Nine Heart Begonia Clan’s estate and explained how its support-focused main branch relied on five combat-oriented branches. She reunited with her mother, the clan head, and left the story as they met in the study.

• Ye Lingling guided Lin Ye, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran from Heaven Dou Imperial City’s main district to the Nine Heart Begonia Clan’s estate.
• Ye Lingling explained that only two Nine Heart Begonia Soul Masters could exist at once and described how the clan’s five branches protected its main branch.
• Ye Lingling brought her friends to her residence, where the maid Hong Ying let them in and told Ye Lingling her mother was in the study.
• Ye Lingling called out to her mother, and the clan head looked up from her documents in surprise.

Lin Ye reunited with his aunt Ye Zhilan, who welcomed him and urged him to stay with the Nine Heart Begonia Clan. After meeting Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran, Ye Zhilan privately encouraged Lin Ye to marry one of them or both.

• Ye Lingling returned home with Lin Ye and revealed that he was her cousin, Ye Zhilan’s nephew.
• Ye Zhilan embraced Lin Ye, learned that he had grown up without his parents, and offered to care for him, but he agreed only to stay a few days.
• Lin Ye introduced his friends Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran to Ye Zhilan, who warmly questioned them about their backgrounds and feelings for him.
• Ye Zhilan sent Ye Lingling away with the two girls and asked Lin Ye whether he planned to marry Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, or both.

Lin Ye told Ye Zhilan that he already had a girlfriend and a fiancée while she questioned him about Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran. Ye Zhilan urged him to marry multiple women, favoring Zhu Zhuqing, and left Lin Ye overwhelmed but warmed by her care.

• Ye Zhilan rebuked Lin Ye for treating Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran as mere friends and asked whether he intended to let them down.
• Lin Ye said he had a girlfriend, Hu Nana, and a fiancée arranged by his father, concealing Hu Liena's real name.
• Ye Zhilan judged Hu Nana acceptable despite being older and recommended that Lin Ye marry Zhu Zhuqing as well.
• Ye Zhilan regretted that she could not recommend Meng Yiran too without Lin Ye's father present, while Lin Ye felt both troubled and touched by her concern.
• Ye Zhilan and Lin Ye discussed marriage at length, and the narration explained why soul master families often encouraged powerful men to have more children.

Lin Ye learned from Ye Zhilan about his mother Ye Zhixin, his father Lin Tian, and the circumstances of their romance. The next day, Lin Ye and Ye Lingling encountered a jealous young man in black, who challenged Lin Ye for calling her Lingling.

• Lin Ye concealed parts of his past while telling Ye Zhilan about his life, then asked her about his parents.
• Ye Zhilan explained that Ye Zhixin had been unable to awaken a martial soul after Ye Zhilan awakened the Nine Heart Begonia, and that Ye Zhixin met Lin Tian while traveling.
• Ye Zhilan recounted how Lin Tian fought his way into the Nine Heart Begonia Clan and left with Ye Zhixin, later earning legends of his strength.
• Ye Lingling took Lin Ye, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran to cultivate and admire the Begonia Flower Sea.
• On the way home, Ye Lingling coldly dismissed a young man in black, and Lin Ye slapped away his attempt to grab her.
• The young man in black grew jealous when Ye Lingling accepted Lin Ye calling her Lingling and demanded to know who Lin Ye was.

Lin Ye defended Ye Lingling from Ye Mo’s harassment and beat him down despite Ye Mo’s Soul Ancestor strength. He left with Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran after warning Ye Mo to stay away from his sister.

• Ye Mo mocked Ye Lingling and claimed she was destined to become his woman, while Lin Ye warned him to stop.
• Lin Ye punched Ye Mo and sent him flying after Ye Mo refused to back down.
• Ye Mo used his Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul and revealed four soul rings, but Lin Ye dismissed his strength.
• Ye Mo attacked with three soul skills, but Lin Ye overwhelmed him and beat him until he was battered and twitching.
• Lin Ye warned Ye Mo not to pester Ye Lingling again, then left with Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran.

Lin Ye returned home after beating Ye Mo, and Ye Kaishan arrived with Ye Mo and Ye Mo’s father to demand revenge. Ye Zhilan defended Lin Ye and exposed Ye Kaishan’s shameless excuses, but Ye Kaishan remained set on acting before the other branch elders arrived.

• Ye Lingling worried that Ye Mo’s grandfather, a Soul Douluo, would come after Lin Ye, but Lin Ye said he feared no one below a Titled Douluo.
• After lunch, Ye Kaishan shouted outside Ye Zhilan’s residence and demanded that Lin Ye come out for beating Ye Mo.
• Ye Lingling explained what had happened, and Ye Zhilan supported Lin Ye, then confronted Ye Kaishan at the gate.
• Ye Zhilan told Ye Kaishan that Lin Ye had beaten Ye Mo after Ye Mo kept pestering Ye Lingling, but Ye Kaishan dismissed her account and claimed Ye Mo had been ambushed.
• Ye Kaishan learned that Lin Ye was Lin Tian and Zhixin’s son, then decided to use the confrontation to vent his old grudge against Lin Tian.
• Ye Zhilan challenged Ye Kaishan’s shifting story and asked what he intended to do while she waited for other branch elders to arrive.

Ye Kaishan arranged for Ye Lin, a Soul Emperor, to face Lin Ye for three minutes, hoping his son could avenge his old resentment toward Lin Tian. Lin Ye accepted, and the chapter ended as Ye Lin summoned and possessed his Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul.

• Ye Kaishan demanded a rematch after Ye Mo injured Lin Ye, proposing that Lin Ye last three minutes against Ye Lin.
• Ye Zhilan objected to the age and strength mismatch, but Lin Ye agreed after Ye Lingling told her he had defeated two Soul Sages.
• Ye Zhilan accepted the condition, and Ye Kaishan urged Ye Lin to use the match to vent his resentment toward Lin Tian through Lin Ye.
• Ye Lin confronted Lin Ye, blamed him for his father's past, and summoned his Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul.
• Ye Lin completed Martial Soul Possession and revealed six soul rings: two yellow, two purple, and two black.

Lin Ye confronted Ye Lin and revealed overwhelming physical strength and an evolved Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul with a formidable soul ring configuration. He left Ye Lin beaten senseless while Ye Kaishan watched in alarm.

• Ye Lin charged Lin Ye in Martial Soul Possession, but Lin Ye sent him flying with a single punch.
• Ye Lin activated several strengthening soul skills and attacked again as Lin Ye summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia and revealed five powerful soul rings.
• Lin Ye used the Begonia’s enhancement skills and Nine Yang True Qi to overpower Ye Lin’s strengthened strike and knock him back.
• Lin Ye pursued the airborne Ye Lin and relentlessly beat him until he was bruised, bleeding, and unable to fight back.
• Ye Kaishan cried out as he realized Lin Ye was mercilessly beating his son.

Lin Ye fought Ye Kaishan after Ye Kaishan interrupted his beating of Ye Lin, and he revealed enough strength to overpower the Soul Douluo. As Ye Kaishan’s eighth soul skill threatened Lin Ye, a massive axe arrived and split the black giant tiger apart.

• Ye Kaishan shoved Ye Zhilan aside and charged at Lin Ye, but Lin Ye used Phoenix Dance Six Illusions to make Ye Kaishan’s attack hit Ye Lin.
• Ye Kaishan attacked Lin Ye in anger, and Lin Ye activated Diamond Overlord Body and Bloodthirsty Rampage to punch him away.
• Ye Kaishan activated Martial Soul Avatar and Demon Tiger Shadow Claw, but Lin Ye used his Double Pupils and Phoenix Dance Six Illusions to evade him and strike back.
• Ye Kaishan unleashed his eighth soul skill, Demon Tiger Heaven-Shattering Blast, and its black giant tiger began pulling Lin Ye toward its mouth.
• As Lin Ye prepared to use the Xuanyuan Sword, a massive grayish-brown axe flew in and cleaved the black giant tiger apart.

Yue Zhong and the elders of the other branches stopped Ye Kaishan from attacking Lin Ye and learned that Lin Ye was the son of Lin Tian and Ye Zhixin. Yue Zhong invited Lin Ye to treat the Nine Heart Begonia Clan as his home, but Lin Ye remained noncommittal.

• Yue Zhong arrived with three branch elders and stopped Ye Kaishan’s attack on Lin Ye.
• Ye Zhilan confirmed Lin Ye was Lin Tian and Ye Zhixin’s son, prompting Yue Zhong and the other elders to recall Lin Tian’s past beating of them.
• Yue Zhong ordered Ye Kaishan to leave and warned him not to attack Lin Ye again, so Ye Kaishan departed with Ye Lin and Ye Mo.
• Yue Zhong apologized to Lin Ye and asked whether his parents had come with him, and Lin Ye explained that they had left him with his grandfather when he was young.
• Yue Zhong reassured Lin Ye about his father and invited him to live with the Nine Heart Begonia Clan, while Lin Ye politely withheld commitment.

Lin Ye escaped Yue Zhong’s attempts to win him over and learned that four girls accompanying him around Heaven Dou Imperial City were related to Yue Zhong and his elders. That night, Golden Crocodile Douluo ambushed Ye Kaishan, beat him unconscious, and broke his leg; the next day, most of the Nine Heart Begonia Clan quietly celebrated the punishment.

• Lin Ye learned that Yue Zhong’s granddaughter and three other elders’ relatives had been flirting with him because of his Martial Soul.
• Ye Kaishan chased a mysterious figure into the forest after a pebble smashed his window.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed his nine soul rings and overpowered Ye Kaishan, who realized he faced a Titled Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo beat Ye Kaishan for more than two hours, then shattered his left lower leg and warned him against bullying the young.
• The Nine Heart Begonia Clan learned that Ye Kaishan had been crippled, and most members secretly applauded.

Lin Ye learned that the Dugu Bo he sought might be Dugu Yan’s grandfather, the Poison Douluo, and arranged to find him through Dugu Yan. After leaving the Nine Heart Begonia Clan with Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran, he set out for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Lin Ye asked Ye Lingling about Dugu Bo, and she said the most famous man by that name was Dugu Yan’s grandfather, a Titled Douluo known as Poison Douluo.
• Ye Lingling suggested that Lin Ye visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy with her and ask Dugu Yan when her grandfather would be home, and Lin Ye agreed.
• Lin Ye bid farewell to Ye Zhilan, who urged him to treat Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran well and offered the Nine Heart Begonia Clan’s help.
• Lin Ye left the residence with Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran, where Golden Crocodile Douluo was waiting with the carriage.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo drove Lin Ye and the three girls toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.