Chapter Summaries

Blood Infant used his Blood Burst Technique to attack Lin Ye, but Lin Ye’s inner armor stopped the killing blow. With Spirit Hall’s forces closing in, Blood Infant activated his final trump card, Demon God Descent, to try to defeat Lin Ye and escape.

• Blood Infant detonated a mouthful of blood, blasting Lin Ye away and obscuring his senses with blood mist.
• Blood Infant struck at Lin Ye’s heart, but Lin Ye’s inner armor blocked his claws; Blood Infant tore his clothes and then retreated after his kick also failed to penetrate it.
• Lin Ye explained that the Symbiotic Battle Suit had simulated the inner armor from a strange metal he found in the Treasure Vault.
• Blood Infant argued that Lin Ye was being despicable, and Lin Ye replied that he owed no rules to an Evil Soul Master.
• With Spirit Hall’s forces potentially approaching, Blood Infant activated his fifth soul skill, Demon God Descent, to boost his physical attributes and try to kill Lin Ye before escaping.

Lin Ye defeated Blood Infant by using Ghost Shadow and the Xuanyuan Sword, but Blood Infant’s soul invaded his mind and was devoured by the Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul. Dual Pupils evolved, and Hu Liena reunited with Lin Ye at the blockade.

• Lin Ye endured Blood Infant’s enhanced attacks while waiting for Ghost Shadow to recover, then used its speed boost and the Xuanyuan Sword to decapitate him.
• Blood Infant used Mental Impact from his severed head and tried to possess Lin Ye, but Lin Ye’s third Martial Soul devoured his soul.
• The energy from Blood Infant’s soul evolved Lin Ye’s Dual Pupils and strengthened their existing abilities.
• Lin Ye wrapped up Blood Infant’s corpse to take back to Spirit Hall, then headed toward the blockade.
• Hu Liena and two others approached, and Hu Liena rushed into Lin Ye’s arms, relieved that he was safe.

Lin Ye returned safely after killing the Soul King-level Evil Soul Master Blood Infant, shocking Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the others. With Blood Infant’s head as proof, Lin Ye expected his group to win first place in the year-end assessment, while Hu Liena reaffirmed her closeness to him.

• Hu Liena and Tangyuan greeted Lin Ye, who revealed Blood Infant’s severed head and confirmed he had killed the Evil Soul Master.
• Lin Ye returned to the carriage, where Xie Yue praised him for protecting Hu Liena, and Yan accepted that he had no chance with her.
• Hu Liena asked Lin Ye to call her by a more intimate name, and he agreed to call her Liena.
• Xie Yue learned that Lin Ye, not the teacher, had killed Blood Infant and reacted in disbelief.
• Lin Ye explained that Blood Infant’s Soul King-level proof could earn enough bonus points to secure first place in the year-end assessment.

Lin Ye treated Ziluo, returned to Spirit City, and claimed first place in the assessment, earning a soul bone. A year later, Bibi Dong invited him to join Spirit Hall’s dangerous Death Training Camp, and Lin Ye agreed after learning Hu Liena would participate.

• Lin Ye used his Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul to heal Ziluo’s mental injuries, while several students who had failed to return from Guhe Town were confirmed dead.
• The convoy returned to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong awarded soul bones to the top three; Lin Ye placed first and chose the Bloodthirsty Rampage Right Arm Bone.
• After nearly a year and a half in Spirit City, Lin Ye was summoned to Pontiff Palace, where Bibi Dong explained the three-year Death Training Camp in Death Canyon.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Ye that Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and many other students would join the camp, and Lin Ye agreed to participate because Hu Liena would be there.

Lin Ye and the other Spirit Hall students arrived at Death Canyon, received Soul Tool Bracelets, and heard the rules for the three-year Death Training Camp. The gates opened, and the students rushed into the canyon.

• Lin Ye and the other students arrived at the fenced Death Canyon, where patrols guarded the perimeter.
• The students lined up to receive Soul Tool Bracelets that would signal supply drops and allow them to request withdrawal.
• Lin Ye examined his bracelet and spoke with Hu Liena about its appearance while Xie Yue, Yan, and the other students collected theirs.
• The lead teacher warned that cheating and killing fellow students were forbidden and punishable by expulsion from Spirit Hall.
• The guards opened the gates, and the young Soul Masters rushed into Death Canyon.

Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan survived Death Canyon together for three years, while Lin Ye’s newly unlocked ability helped the whole team cultivate faster. By the end, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan had all reached Rank 50, while Lin Ye had grown stronger and gained new abilities.

• Spirit Hall’s dwindling supply of herbivorous Soul Beasts made Death Canyon increasingly dangerous, pushing Soul Masters to form teams to survive.
• Lin Ye formed a team with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, whose roles covered assault, defense, control, and support, with Xie Yue’s leg bone partly compensating for the lack of an Agility System Soul Master.
• Lin Ye broke through Rank 40 and removed the jade pendant’s fifth restriction, gaining a reward that expanded his attacks and increased cultivation speed for himself and his teammates.
• Lin Ye grew taller and changed in appearance over the three years, while growing closer to Hu Liena and focusing on cultivation.
• With Lin Ye’s help, Hu Liena rose from Rank 42 to Rank 50, while Xie Yue and Yan advanced from Rank 43 to Rank 50.

Lin Ye helped Hu Liena hunt a Ten Thousand Year Three-Eyed Demonic Fox in Death Canyon so she could obtain her fifth soul ring. Hu Liena absorbed it and gained the Light of Illusion, and the group prepared to leave the canyon the next day.

• Lin Ye used his Double Pupils to resist the Three-Eyed Demonic Fox's illusion, wounded its leg, and stopped it from escaping.
• Hu Liena killed the subdued Three-Eyed Demonic Fox and began absorbing its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Lin Ye and Xie Yue guarded her.
• Hu Liena woke after several hours and revealed that her fifth soul skill, Light of Illusion, could control anyone struck by its illusory light for up to half an hour.
• Xie Yue congratulated Hu Liena on becoming a Soul King, and Hu Liena credited Lin Ye's Fallen Heart Flame with helping them cultivate faster.
• Lin Ye said the group would leave Death Canyon the next day, and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan welcomed the news.

Bibi Dong waited outside Death Canyon as the survivors of the three-year Death Training Camp emerged. Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan arrived last, and their cultivation levels astonished the gathered Soul Masters.

• Bibi Dong ordered the gates opened and waited for the remaining students to leave Death Canyon.
• Five students emerged first, reported that they had all reached the Soul Ancestor realm, and went to rest.
• Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan emerged from the forest and greeted Bibi Dong.
• Xie Yue reported that he and Yan had reached level fifty, Hu Liena had reached level fifty-one, and Lin Ye had reached level forty-nine.
• The Soul Masters reacted with shock at the group's cultivation, especially Lin Ye's level at not yet twelve years old.

Bibi Dong awarded Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan Purple Record Medals at a public investiture ceremony. Afterward, Lin Ye resumed cultivating and broke through to level fifty, bringing the Spirit Hall arc close to its end.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that she had become a Soul King by obtaining a ten-thousand-year Three-Eyed Demonic Fox soul ring in Death Canyon.
• Bibi Dong announced that she would award Purple Record Medals to the Golden Generation after they returned to Spirit City.
• A red-clad archbishop introduced Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan at a public ceremony in Spirit City, where Bibi Dong awarded each of them a Purple Record Medal.
• After the ceremony, Lin Ye returned to intense cultivation with Spirit Hall's resources and the Fallen Heart Flame.
• More than a month later, Lin Ye broke through to level fifty.

After reaching level fifty, Lin Ye asked Bibi Dong for permission to leave Spirit City and hunt a soul beast. Bibi Dong agreed but asked him to compete alone for Spirit Hall in the upcoming tournament, and Lin Ye accepted.

• Lin Ye broke through to level fifty after cultivating with Spirit Hall's medicinal resources and the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Lin Ye visited Bibi Dong to request permission to leave Spirit City and hunt a soul beast.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Ye that the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament would take place in about a year and explained her plan to use him to set a new tournament record.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Ye to form a team by himself and win important matches alone, then reveal his identity after claiming the championship.
• Lin Ye agreed to compete and was told to find Salas in Heaven Dou Imperial City for arrangements.

Bibi Dong took Lin Ye to Douluo Hall to arrange a guardian for his trip, where she revealed that Qian Daoliu had promised his granddaughter Xue'er to Lin Ye as his fiancée. Lin Ye was stunned by the news, while Qian Daoliu struggled to accept the unexpected marriage arrangement.

• Bibi Dong led Lin Ye to Douluo Hall and confronted Qian Daoliu about the Qian Family's past treatment of her.
• Qian Daoliu explained that he had passed the Pontiff position to Bibi Dong to make amends, and Lin Ye realized he had been Pontiff before the previous one.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu that Lin Ye was the child of the powerful lord who had once defeated him.
• Bibi Dong reminded Qian Daoliu that he had promised to betroth Xue'er to that lord's son, making Lin Ye his grandson-in-law.
• Lin Ye asked Bibi Dong what was happening, and she said Lena knew Xue'er had an arranged marriage but did not know Lin Ye was her intended.

Bibi Dong sent Lin Ye on a yearlong mission and arranged for Golden Crocodile Douluo to protect him as he traveled to the Star Dou Forest. After leaving Spirit City, Lin Ye and Golden Crocodile Douluo reached the forest on the Heaven Dou Empire frontier and headed toward its depths.

• Lin Ye asked Bibi Dong about his fiancée, and she explained that the woman was on a secret mission in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Daoliu for a Titled Douluo to protect Lin Ye, and Qian Daoliu assigned Golden Crocodile Douluo to accompany him.
• Lin Ye told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that he would leave for a year on a special mission.
• Bibi Dong introduced Golden Crocodile Douluo to Lin Ye and instructed them to depart.
• Lin Ye and Golden Crocodile Douluo traveled by carriage from Spirit City to the Star Dou Forest frontier, then entered the forest and headed for its depths.

Lin Ye killed and absorbed the fifty-thousand-year Diamond Overlord Tiger’s Soul Ring in the Star Dou Forest, finishing the process in less than half an hour. He learned his new Soul Skill and prepared to leave the dangerous area with Golden Crocodile Douluo.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo subdued the Diamond Overlord Tiger and asked Lin Ye to kill it for its Soul Ring.
• Lin Ye thanked Golden Crocodile Douluo, pierced the tiger’s heart with his sword, and waited for its black Soul Ring to form.
• Lin Ye summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul and absorbed the Soul Ring, while his powerful physique endured its Soul Power and the Devouring Ancestral Dragon consumed its remnant will.
• Lin Ye completed the absorption in less than half an hour, surprising Golden Crocodile Douluo, and sensed the Soul Skill information in his mind.
• Lin Ye stored the tiger’s corpse and told Golden Crocodile Douluo they should leave the forest’s dangerous interior and camp near the outskirts.

Lin Ye named his fifth soul skill Diamond Overlord Body and calculated how its boosts could raise his strength to 140,000 jin for ten minutes. While camping with Golden Crocodile Douluo, Lin Ye learned about the elder’s stalled cultivation and revealed a transparent flame that might help him break through.

• Lin Ye examined his fifth soul skill, which granted temporary immunity to negative statuses and greatly increased his physical abilities.
• Lin Ye named the skill Diamond Overlord Body and worked out how it could combine with his other boosts to reach 140,000 jin of strength.
• Lin Ye shared roasted Diamond Overlord Tiger meat with Golden Crocodile Douluo and asked about his past.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo explained that he had served in Douluo Hall for over a century and had been unable to advance from Rank 98 despite years of secluded cultivation.
• Lin Ye suggested he might have a way to help Golden Crocodile Douluo break through and showed him a transparent flame in his palm.

Lin Ye demonstrated that his Fallen Heart Flame could purify Golden Crocodile Douluo’s Soul Power and loosen his Rank 99 bottleneck. Golden Crocodile Douluo pledged to serve Lin Ye as he prepared for the long process of tempering his Soul Power.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked whether Lin Ye’s transparent flame was a second Martial Soul, and Lin Ye confirmed it counted as one.
• Lin Ye explained that the Fallen Heart Flame could burn within Soul Power, remove impurities, and potentially help Golden Crocodile Douluo break through.
• Lin Ye ignited the flame inside Golden Crocodile Douluo, who circulated his Soul Power as the Fallen Heart Flame tempered it.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo felt his bottleneck loosen, though less than one ten-thousandth of his Soul Power had been tempered.
• Lin Ye estimated that Golden Crocodile Douluo would need about two years of daily sessions, and Golden Crocodile Douluo knelt and promised to heed Lin Ye’s orders.

Lin Ye and Golden Crocodile Douluo followed Tangyuan to a river, where they found an unconscious, poisoned girl. Lin Ye brought her back to camp and used the Light of Purification to remove the poison, leaving her unconscious beneath a blanket.

• Tangyuan urgently led Lin Ye and Golden Crocodile Douluo through the forest to a riverbank.
• Lin Ye found an unconscious girl with deep, poisoned claw wounds on her back, and Golden Crocodile Douluo guessed she had fled pursuers by jumping into the river.
• Lin Ye carried the girl back to camp while Tangyuan proudly accepted his praise for finding her.
• Lin Ye covered the girl with a blanket and used the Light of Purification to dispel the poison in her body.

Lin Ye treated Zhu Zhuqing after Tangyuan found her washed ashore in the Star Dou Forest. The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing woke, met her rescuers, and revealed her name to Lin Ye.

• Lin Ye used his Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia to purge the poison from Zhu Zhuqing’s wound, then gave Golden Crocodile Douluo the day’s Fallen Heart Flame.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke beside the extinguished campfire, found her injury healed, and realized her rescuer had left.
• Tangyuan ran out of the bushes and greeted Zhu Zhuqing, who picked up and affectionately stroked the white mouse.
• Lin Ye returned with fruit and explained that Tangyuan had tracked Zhu Zhuqing’s blood scent and led them to her.
• Lin Ye offered Zhu Zhuqing food and asked about her name and how she had ended up in the forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Ye for saving her and introduced herself.

Lin Ye, Zhu Zhuqing, and Golden Crocodile Douluo cooked venison while the Black Widow Soul Hunting Group tracked Zhu Zhuqing to their camp. The hunters approached through the forest, and Golden Crocodile Douluo warned Lin Ye that someone was coming.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo returned with a Sprout-Horned Deer, and Lin Ye introduced him to Zhu Zhuqing as Elder Jin.
• Sister Spider’s group followed the river, where Doggie tracked Zhu Zhuqing’s scent and Monkey spotted footprints and smoke from Lin Ye’s camp.
• Sister Spider ordered the group toward the smoke, threatening whoever had rescued their target if they refused to hand her over.
• Lin Ye served roasted venison to Zhu Zhuqing and Golden Crocodile Douluo while explaining his unusually large appetite.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo heard a commotion, set down his food, and warned Lin Ye that someone was approaching.

Lin Ye and Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted the Black Widow Soul Hunting Group, which had pursued Zhu Zhuqing. After Golden Crocodile Douluo killed the group members except Sister Spider, Zhu Zhuqing questioned her and learned the Nether Grand Duke's Mansion had hired them; Lin Ye dismissed the threat.

• Zhu Zhuqing urged Lin Ye to flee when she realized her pursuers had found her, but he insisted on protecting her.
• Sister Spider and seven soul masters from the Black Widow Soul Hunting Group emerged and threatened Lin Ye and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Ye told Golden Crocodile Douluo to kill the group and leave Sister Spider alive for questioning.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo killed the other soul masters, and Zhu Zhuqing asked Sister Spider whether the Zhu Family had sent them.
• Sister Spider revealed that the Nether Grand Duke's Mansion had hired the group, but Lin Ye said he had never heard of it and showed no concern.

After Lin Ye punished Sister Spider, he asked Zhu Zhuqing where she planned to go, leaving her torn between finding Dai Mubai and staying with Lin Ye. When Lin Ye said he was headed to Suotuo City, Zhu Zhuqing realized it was her destination too.

• Lin Ye severed Sister Spider's hand and foot tendons, bound her, and left her hanging in the forest.
• Lin Ye returned to the clearing and asked Zhu Zhuqing where she planned to go after leaving the Star Dou Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned whether she could trust her parents' advice to find Dai Mubai, who had left for Shrek Academy years earlier.
• Zhu Zhuqing considered following Lin Ye because he made her feel safe, but feared the consequences and still wanted to see Dai Mubai.
• Lin Ye told Zhu Zhuqing he planned to visit Suotuo City in Balak Kingdom, and she realized it was where she intended to go.