Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye killed Tang Chen with a single punch, prompting Bo Saixi to attack him in grief while several Heaven Dou fighters tried to flee. Qian Daoliu stopped Lin Ye from killing Bo Saixi, leaving him to ask Lin Ye to spare her.

• Lin Ye blew Tang Chen apart with one punch, and Bo Saixi and Tang San mourned his death.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai realized Lin Ye had become overwhelmingly powerful; Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun planned to flee while Oscar stayed behind.
• Bo Saixi charged Lin Ye with the Sea God Trident, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun fled as Oscar chose to face the battle.
• Lin Ye summoned his Soul Spirits to pursue the fleeing Heaven Dou fighters, then dodged Bo Saixi's attack and subdued her, draining her strength and taking the Sea God Trident.
• Qian Daoliu urged Lin Ye not to kill Bo Saixi, and Lin Ye asked him why before Qian Daoliu requested that he spare her.

Lin Ye refused to release Bo Saixi after learning that Qian Daoliu still loved her, and decided to keep her at Spirit Hall. He threatened Bo Saixi into serving by Qian Daoliu’s side, while she angrily resisted.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Lin Ye that Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen had both pursued Bo Saixi, and that she had been Qian Daoliu’s first love.
• Lin Ye considered the risks of releasing Bo Saixi or killing her, then decided to keep her under control at Qian Daoliu’s side.
• Qian Daoliu said he would accept Bo Saixi leaving safely, even though he still loved her.
• Bo Saixi condemned Spirit Hall and defended the Sea God, while Lin Ye accused the Sea God of hypocrisy and challenged her claims about justice.
• Lin Ye ordered Bo Saixi to serve beside Qian Daoliu and threatened Sea God Island and her relatives when she refused.
• Bo Saixi declared that Lin Ye could not win her soul, and Lin Ye replied that he only needed her body to remain by Qian Daoliu’s side.

Lin Ye executed the captured Peak Douluo who had been empowered by the gods, while Xiao Wu agreed to ask him to spare Ma Hongjun. Tang San learned that Xiao Wu had been revived but remained trapped in battle, and the Clear Sky Sect continued fighting after Tang Chen’s death.

• Lin Ye decided the captured, artificially elevated Peak Douluo were too dangerous to spare and killed them, devouring their life force and Soul Power.
• Ma Hongjun saw Xiao Wu among the Soul Spirits and begged her to plead for his life; Xiao Wu agreed to ask Lin Ye to spare him.
• Tang San spotted the revived Xiao Wu but continued fighting because he could not reach her amid the battle.
• After Bo Saixi’s capture and Tang Chen’s death, the Heaven Dou forces and Sea God Island’s fighters stopped resisting, while the Clear Sky Sect fought on to escape or preserve its legacy.
• Lin Ye killed and devoured the captured Peak Douluo he did not know; Feng Xiaotian, Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Jiang Zhu remained alive.

Lin Ye questioned Oscar about joining the battle, then spared Oscar and Jiang Zhu because Oscar acknowledged Spirit Hall’s cause and admitted his own mistake. He stripped both of their Soul Power and Soul Rings, leaving them alive with their powerful physiques and the chance to cultivate again.

• Lin Ye asked Oscar why he had not fled, and Oscar explained that he believed Spirit Hall cared more for commoners than the nobles or sects but had fought for Shrek Academy out of personal loyalty.
• Oscar asked Lin Ye to spare Jiang Zhu, who had joined the battle because Liu Erlong insisted on supporting Grandmaster.
• Lin Ye condemned Shrek Academy’s ingratitude and Zhao Wuji’s abuse of commoners, then told Oscar he would spare him and Jiang Zhu because Oscar had a conscience.
• Lin Ye offered to spare their lives if they accepted the loss of their cultivation and Soul Rings, and Oscar and Jiang Zhu agreed.
• Lin Ye used the Devouring Ancestral Dragon to drain Oscar and Jiang Zhu’s Soul Power and devour their Soul Rings, reducing them from Rank 99 Peak Douluo to people with only a trace of Soul Power.

After Lin Ye stripped Oscar and Jiang Zhu of their cultivation, they left the battlefield and Flender confronted his buried resentment toward Grandmaster and his unrequited love for Liu Erlong. Lin Ye then questioned Feng Xiaotian, rejected his accusations over Huo Wu, and sentenced him to death.

• Lin Ye let Oscar and Jiang Zhu leave, and Xiao Wu and Golden Crocodile Douluo caught them as they fell from the sky.
• Oscar and Jiang Zhu told Flender and Liu Erlong that they had repaid their debts to Shrek Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy, then left the battlefield.
• Flender mourned the deaths of Shrek Academy’s teachers and Qin Ming and privately resented Grandmaster for drawing them into the war.
• Lin Ye asked Feng Xiaotian why he opposed Spirit Hall, and Feng Xiaotian accused him of stealing Huo Wu.
• Lin Ye said Huo Wu had chosen freely and sentenced Feng Xiaotian to death before punching him.

Lin Ye killed Feng Xiaotian, then confronted Yu Tianheng over his hatred of Spirit Hall and accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing Spirit Hall’s research. He left Yu Tianheng speechless by listing errors in Yu Xiaogang’s theories and revealing how Spirit Hall had supplied his data.

• Lin Ye killed Feng Xiaotian and drained his corpse, while Ma Hongjun trembled and pleaded silently for mercy.
• Lin Ye asked Yu Tianheng why he opposed Spirit Hall, and Yu Tianheng blamed it for destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and killing his family.
• Lin Ye claimed Spirit Hall destroyed the sect because Yu Xiaogang had exploited its records and research, and Yu Tianheng could not explain where his uncle’s data came from.
• Yu Tianheng suggested Liu Erlong and Flender had helped Yu Xiaogang, but Lin Ye said they had not yet met him when he proposed his theories.
• Lin Ye asserted that Spirit Hall and its Pope had supplied Yu Xiaogang’s research data and criticized several of his Martial Soul theories as erroneous.
• Yu Tianheng had no answer as Lin Ye mocked Yu Xiaogang’s claims about Trash Martial Souls, twin Martial Souls, and the types of Martial Souls.

Lin Ye condemned Yu Tianheng for defending Yu Xiaogang and prepared to kill him. Dugu Yan arrived with Dugu Bo and begged Lin Ye to spare Tianheng, leaving Yu Tianheng's fate undecided.

• Lin Ye challenged Yu Tianheng's defense of Yu Xiaogang, criticizing his theories and accusing him of plagiarizing Spirit Hall materials.
• Yu Tianheng remained furious and refused to admit his uncle had done anything wrong, so Lin Ye decided he would kill him.
• Lin Ye raised his fist to strike Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan and called for him to stop.
• Dugu Yan pleaded with Lin Ye to spare Tianheng, saying the Heaven Dou Empire, Tang San, and the others had deceived him.

Lin Ye forced Yu Tianheng to choose between renouncing revenge for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and losing his martial soul, cultivation, and soul rings to live with Dugu Yan. Yu Tianheng chose his family’s vendetta, and Dugu Yan kissed Lin Ye in anger after threatening to cuckold him.

• Lin Ye told Dugu Yan that Yu Tianheng could live only if he promised never to oppose Spirit Hall, but Yu Tianheng struggled to give up his family’s vendetta.
• Dugu Yan pleaded with Yu Tianheng to choose a life with her, while Yu Tianheng said he could not abandon his parents’ and clan’s revenge.
• Lin Ye offered Yu Tianheng the choice of dying for his hatred or having his martial soul, cultivation, and soul rings crippled so he could live in seclusion with Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan threatened to cuckold Yu Tianheng with Lin Ye, but Yu Tianheng still refused to abandon his vendetta.
• Dugu Yan shouted at Yu Tianheng, then walked up to Lin Ye, cupped his chin, and kissed him.

Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng and asked Lin Ye to cripple him so she could kill him herself. After Yu Tianheng died, Lin Ye faced Ma Hongjun, who begged for his life, and Xiao Wu pleaded for him.

• Dugu Yan kissed Lin Ye, then furiously rejected Yu Tianheng and asked to kill him herself.
• Lin Ye drained Yu Tianheng's Soul Power, martial soul, soul rings, and vitality, leaving him crippled.
• Dugu Yan poisoned Yu Tianheng until he died, and Dugu Bo took her away to rest.
• Ma Hongjun begged Lin Ye to spare him, claiming he supported Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Ye to spare Ma Hongjun, even if he crippled him.

Lin Ye offered Ma Hongjun a chance to live if he mutilated Dai Mubai, setting the former friends against each other. Ma Hongjun turned on Dai Mubai with accusations about their past, and their brotherhood began to collapse.

• Xiao Wu pleaded for Lin Ye to spare Ma Hongjun, and Lin Ye decided to make him atone instead of killing him outright.
• Lin Ye told Ma Hongjun he could earn his life by killing an enemy, then pointed out that Dai Mubai was the only enemy left beside him.
• Lin Ye ordered Ma Hongjun to roast Dai Mubai's cock and began counting down while Dai Mubai urged Ma Hongjun to face death bravely.
• Ma Hongjun prepared to obey, but Dai Mubai reminded him of the money he had given him in Suotuo City.
• Ma Hongjun accused Dai Mubai of treating him like a lackey and sending him to cheap brothels while keeping the finest women for himself.

Ma Hongjun burned Dai Mubai’s crotch and mouth to earn Lin Ye’s mercy, while Lin Ye revealed how he had turned the Dai Family against Dai Mubai. Lin Ye then killed Dai Mubai by reducing him to ash, leaving him to die in fury and resentment.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Dai Mubai with his Evil Fire after Lin Ye shattered Dai Mubai’s defense and drained his power.
• Ma Hongjun burned Dai Mubai’s mouth to silence his insults, then asked Lin Ye to spare his life.
• Lin Ye agreed to spare Ma Hongjun and told Dai Mubai that his family blamed him for Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Yuehua’s deaths.
• Lin Ye revealed that the Dai Family would be forced to send its most outstanding direct daughters to the Zhu Family.
• Lin Ye provoked Dai Mubai’s fury, then used the Devouring Ancestral Dragon’s power to reduce him to ash.

Lin Ye crippled Ma Hongjun and made him choose between his life and his manhood. Ma Hongjun chose to live, and Lin Ye carried out the punishment while the opposing forces surrendered or were subdued.

• Ma Hongjun asked to leave, but Lin Ye drained his Soul Power, soul rings, and martial soul, leaving him crippled.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo caught Ma Hongjun before he fell, as the Heaven Dou Empire and Sea God Island surrendered and Tang San and the Golden Iron Triangle were subdued.
• Lin Ye told Ma Hongjun he would spare his life only if he endured the same punishment as Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun chose life.
• Lin Ye took an ordinary soldier's sword and castrated Ma Hongjun, who screamed and wept.

Lin Ye humiliated the captured Tang San and condemned him and the Clear Sky Sect as hypocrites who had helped cause the war. Tang San could not answer Lin Ye’s accusations as the soldiers looked down on him.

• Tang San angrily demanded that Lin Ye kill him rather than humiliate him, but Lin Ye vowed to make him suffer before killing him.
• Lin Ye told Tang San he would make him watch as his teacher and father were killed, leaving Tang San furious and despairing.
• Lin Ye reminded Tang San that Spirit Hall had awakened his Martial Soul and provided subsidies, prompting soldiers from both empires to regard Tang San with contempt.
• Lin Ye blamed the Clear Sky Sect and Sea God Island for forcing Heaven Dou Empire into war and sacrificing ordinary soldiers for the interests of elites.
• Lin Ye argued that Spirit Hall protected the continent and accused Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect of disguising self-interest as righteousness.

Lin Ye mocked Tang San and arranged for Ma Hongjun to mutilate him in exchange for a chance to leave. After Lin Ye stripped Tang San of his powers, Ma Hongjun cut him, while Xiao Wu wondered whether she could persuade Lin Ye to spare his life.

• Lin Ye denounced Tang San as hypocritical, and Tang San stayed silent rather than answer.
• Lin Ye offered Ma Hongjun a way to leave if he cut Tang San, and Ma Hongjun accepted the offer.
• Lin Ye used his Devouring Domain to drain Tang San's Soul Power, soul rings, Bloodline Power, and martial soul.
• Grandmaster and Liu Erlong urged Flender to stop Ma Hongjun, but Flender stayed silent to protect his disciple.
• Ma Hongjun cut Tang San beneath the waist as Xiao Wu watched, hoping she might still persuade Lin Ye to spare him.

Lin Ye prepared to kill Tang San, but Xiao Wu pleaded for his life despite the Soul Spirits condemning her defense of a God Realm ally. Lin Ye agreed to spare Tang San only if he made a choice, leaving the condition unstated.

• Tang San raged at Lin Ye after Ma Hongjun castrated him, and Lin Ye decided to kill him rather than keep tormenting him.
• Xiao Wu begged Lin Ye to spare Tang San, prompting Bi Ji and Zi Ji to remind her that he was an enemy of the Soul Beast race.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Ye to cripple Tang San and let him live as an ordinary person, but Lin Ye silently devised another plan.
• Lin Ye said he would spare Tang San if Tang San made a choice.

Lin Ye offered Tang San a chance to leave, but only if he chose whom to save, forcing him to decide between Xiao Wu, Tang Hao, and Grandmaster. Tang San was left agonized by the impossible choices while Lin Ye waited for his answer.

• Lin Ye accused Tang San of pretending to be insane and offered to spare him if he made a choice.
• Tang San denied using Xiao Wu to win his freedom and asked whether Lin Ye was telling the truth.
• Lin Ye offered Tang San three options: leave with Xiao Wu, leave with Tang Hao, or kill Xiao Wu and take Tang Hao and Grandmaster.
• Bi Ji covered Xiao Wu's mouth before she could explain that she was not a Soul Spirit who could be killed.
• Tang San condemned Lin Ye for threatening Xiao Wu, but Lin Ye blamed Xiao Wu's plea and sacrifice on Tang San.
• Tang San agonized over choosing between Xiao Wu, Tang Hao, and Grandmaster as Lin Ye demanded his decision.

Lin Ye forced Tang San to choose among options that would save different loved ones, and Xiao Wu hoped he would choose her. Tang San asked whether the third option could be changed, leaving Xiao Wu convinced that he had considered killing her and ending her trust in him.

• Tang San struggled to choose between saving Xiao Wu, Tang Hao, or both Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang, while Lin Ye counted down.
• As the deadline approached, Xiao Wu hoped Tang San would choose her, and Zi Ji and the other Soul Spirits mocked her.
• Tang San stopped Lin Ye and asked whether he could change the third option, which required Xiao Wu's death.
• Bi Ji caught the fainting Xiao Wu and told her that Tang San valued his father and teacher more than her.
• Xiao Wu wept in Bi Ji's arms, decided Tang San had deceived her, and vowed never to believe him again.

Lin Ye forced Yu Xiaogang to choose between saving Tang San and Tang Hao or saving Flender and Liu Erlong. As Xiao Wu rejected Tang San, Yu Xiaogang faced Lin Ye's ultimatum with no easy escape.

• Zi Ji accused Tang San of wanting to bargain because he could not bring himself to kill Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu realized he had considered it.
• Xiao Wu ended her relationship with Tang San and declared that she belonged to Lin Ye, telling Tang San to leave.
• Lin Ye offered to revise Tang San's third choice if Yu Xiaogang chose to save Tang San, but the price would be leaving Flender and Liu Erlong behind.
• Lin Ye presented Yu Xiaogang with the alternative of leaving Tang San and Tang Hao to die so Flender and Liu Erlong could leave alive.
• Lin Ye criticized Yu Xiaogang's treatment of women and his ambitions, then demanded that he choose between Tang San and Liu Erlong.

Lin Ye forced Yu Xiaogang to choose between saving Tang San and saving Liu Erlong, Flender, and himself, while Liu Erlong waited to see whom Yu Xiaogang valued most. Yu Xiaogang begged Bibi Dong to change the choices, and Bibi Dong told Liu Erlong that his theories and dreams mattered more to him than any woman.

• Liu Erlong realized Yu Xiaogang's choice would reveal whether she or his lifelong theories mattered more to him, and she resolved to refuse if he chose to save Tang San.
• Lin Ye warned Yu Xiaogang that if he failed to choose within five minutes, Tang San, Tang Hao, Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang would all die.
• Yu Xiaogang agonized over the choice and knelt before Bibi Dong, begging her to change it and offering to die if Tang San and Liu Erlong could live.
• Yue Guan scolded Yu Xiaogang for addressing Bibi Dong by name, and Bibi Dong rebuked him for abandoning their past relationship before later asking her for help.
• Liu Erlong defended Yu Xiaogang against Bibi Dong's criticism, but Bibi Dong told her that Yu Xiaogang's desire to prove himself mattered more to him than love.

Yu Xiaogang faced a choice between saving Liu Erlong or choosing the first option, and Bibi Dong, Flender, and Lin Ye pressed him to decide. He chose the first option and apologized to Liu Erlong, who collapsed as Flender caught her.

• Bibi Dong rebuked Yu Xiaogang for begging her after their past and his relationship with Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong urged Yu Xiaogang to choose freely, while Flender pleaded with him not to sacrifice her and considered revealing that Spirit Hall had supplied much of Yu Xiaogang’s research data.
• Lin Ye demanded Yu Xiaogang make his choice and began counting down as Tang Hao and Tang San watched.
• Yu Xiaogang apologized to Liu Erlong and chose the first option.
• Liu Erlong collapsed in devastation, and Flender caught her, furious at Yu Xiaogang’s decision.