Recaps

After Xue Luochuan and Xue Haicang died, Lin Qian helped Qian Renxue consolidate her position in Heaven Dou and entered the Sunset Forest to claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He reached the hidden treasure site and decided he would need to begin by approaching Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo’s granddaughter.

• Xue Ye’s investigation blamed a ten-thousand-year soul beast for the princes’ deaths, and he closed the case without evidence against Lin Qian.
• Xue Xing and Xue Beng became notorious, while Qian Renxue used the contrast to improve her reputation among Heaven Dou’s citizens.
• After the uproar faded, Lin Qian entered the Sunset Forest with Qian Renxue’s cover and waited for Dugu Bo to leave.
• Lin Qian teleported into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found its rich spiritual energy and rare medicinal treasures.
• Lin Qian resolved to pursue Dugu Yan as his first step toward taking the treasured land from Dugu Bo.

Lin Qian reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tian Meng helped the plants awaken and speak. After winning the favor of Youyou, Lin Qian began collecting immortal herbs and consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, whose effects began transforming his eyes and spiritual power.

• Tian Meng used Spiritual Detection and spiritual origin to awaken the plants around the spring, allowing them to speak.
• The Snow Empress tested the huge pink flower with ultimate ice, but the attack had no effect, and Lin Qian recognized her ultimate fire.
• Lin Qian talked with the flower, learned her name was Youyou, and persuaded her to let him take rare treasures.
• Lin Qian confessed his feelings to Youyou, then moved farther into the garden to collect immortal herbs.
• Lin Qian consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and its medicinal power surged through his body and Sea of Consciousness.

Lin Qian gained greater control over his Sea of Consciousness and met the immortal herbs A Jiao and Octagon at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. During his battle with A Jiao, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress absorbed the Extreme Cold Ice Spring and regained physical bodies, leaving the pair ready to unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Lin Qian discovered that his evolved spiritual power gave him sole control of his Sea of Consciousness and let him perceive the world in greater detail.
• Youyou introduced Lin Qian to A Jiao and Octagon, and A Jiao offered to Sacrifice to him if he could defeat her.
• Lin Qian let the Snow Empress control his body, and she used her Ultimate Ice to freeze A Jiao before the Blazing Yang Spring melted the ice.
• The Snow Empress absorbed the Extreme Cold Ice Spring, regained her physical body, and drew much of the spring into the air.
• The Ice Empress also regained her physical body, and the two prepared to use Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors.

Lin Qian gained two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and a Soul Bone from Octagonal, then used A Jiao’s Blazing Gel to attempt a breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation Stage. He survived the Heavenly Tribulation but was left near death, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress carried him into an ice house to save him.

• A Jiao halted the fight, and Octagonal offered his Sacrifice to Lin Qian, granting him two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and a Soul Bone.
• The Snow Empress explained that her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Ice Empress could provide Lin Qian with another Soul Ring when he reached Titled Douluo.
• A Jiao gave Lin Qian her Blazing Gel, which he swallowed before entering the spring to refine it.
• A Heavenly Tribulation struck as Lin Qian attempted to reach the Spirit Transformation Stage, and he endured all forty-nine bolts.
• Lin Qian survived the final strike but was left charred and close to death, so the Snow Empress carried him into an ice house.
• The Ice Empress followed the Snow Empress inside, determined to help save Lin Qian.

After returning to Heaven Dou Imperial City, Lin Qian was summoned to meet Xue Ye, who granted him an earl’s title and arranged for him to transfer to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The chapter left Lin Qian accepting the transfer while Ning Fengzhi quietly signaled that he expected something from him.

• Dugu Bo returned to Sunset Forest, found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well ravaged, and angrily demanded to know who had done it.
• Qian Renxue summoned Lin Qian to the palace, where she introduced him to Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi.
• Xue Ye praised Lin Qian’s talent and, after Qian Renxue accepted Ning Fengzhi as her teacher, granted Lin Qian an earl’s title and admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Qian explained that he had previously studied at Blue Tyrant Academy, and Ning Fengzhi proposed describing the move as a transfer.
• Lin Qian accepted the transfer, noticed Ning Fengzhi’s urgent hints, and exchanged a grateful glance with him.

Lin Qian asked Qian Renxue to find the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then met Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to offer a path to evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. After seeing his Immortal Herb and cultivation method, the two considered pledging allegiance to him.

• Lin Qian asked Qian Renxue to help him find the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, explaining that he would need it for a future trip to Sea God Island.
• Lin Qian revealed his identity to Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, who invited him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi said the sect would follow Lin Qian if he could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Lin Qian showed Ning Fengzhi the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained that it could evolve the sect's Martial Soul.
• Lin Qian taught Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo the basics of an internal cultivation method that could overcome defects and talent limits.
• After testing the method and feeling their bottlenecks loosen, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo decided to pledge allegiance to Lin Qian.

Liu Erlong found Lin Qian at Moonlight Pavilion with Tang Yuehua and questioned him about transferring to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Jealous and newly determined to pursue him, she took him away after Tang Yuehua agreed he could leave.

• Liu Erlong barged into Moonlight Pavilion and called for Lin Qian while he was having tea with Tang Yuehua.
• Lin Qian explained that Xue Ye had forced him to transfer to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Liu Erlong reluctantly believed him.
• Liu Erlong questioned Lin Qian and Tang Yuehua about their relationship, then confronted Tang Yuehua about keeping him there.
• Tang Yuehua let Lin Qian go, and Liu Erlong pulled him out of the room before they could linger together.

Lin Qian and Liu Erlong grew closer while shopping and spending several days together in Heaven Dou City, as Flender witnessed their relationship and Yu Xiaogang received a letter about it. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang reading Flender’s tip-off and reacting with surprise and bitterness.

• Liu Erlong pursued Lin Qian after he teased her by walking away, then asked him to go shopping with her.
• Flender encountered Lin Qian and Liu Erlong holding hands, saw their relationship, and left heartbroken before sending Yu Xiaogang a letter.
• Lin Qian spent several days exploring Heaven Dou City with Liu Erlong, who told him about her past with Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Qian asked to enter Liu Erlong’s room, but she blushed, refused, and shut the door.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to his room in Nuoding City and read Flender’s letter about Liu Erlong and Lin Qian.

Yu Xiaogang visited Blue Tyrant Academy and learned that Liu Erlong had a much younger boyfriend, Lin Qian. After Lin Qian pointed out the limits of Yu Xiaogang’s theories and the couple flaunted their relationship, Flender suggested a reunion, and they set off together.

• Yu Xiaogang accepted Flender’s invitation to visit Heaven Dou Imperial City after reading that Liu Erlong had moved on.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong happily introduced Lin Qian as her boyfriend and proposed adding him to the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Lin Qian praised Yu Xiaogang’s work as useful for teaching basics but said it had little value beyond Soul Ancestor.
• Liu Erlong called Yu Xiaogang her cousin, leaving him stunned, while Lin Qian teased him and promised to make Liu Erlong happy.
• Flender proposed a reunion, and Liu Erlong led Lin Qian away with her arm linked through his, leaving Flender and Yu Xiaogang behind.

Lin Qian transferred to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Li Si and asked to join the Imperial Fighting Team. The team prepared for his challenge, while captain Yu Tianheng vowed not to lose.

• The day after Lin Qian and Liu Erlong became intimate, Flender and Yu Xiaogang noticed the change, and Liu Erlong began calling Lin Qian “Cousin.”
• Seven days later, Lin Qian arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and enrolled in the upper class under his assumed identity, Li Si.
• Lin Qian’s first day passed quietly, with Xue Beng avoiding any conflict with him.
• Lin Qian asked Qin Ming to let him join the Imperial Fighting Team, and Qin Ming told him he would have to earn the established members’ acceptance.
• Qin Ming announced that Lin Qian would challenge every member of the first team, prompting Yu Tianheng to vow that he would not lose.

Lin Qian introduced himself to Imperial Battle Team One and challenged them to use their strongest attacks, intending to expose how weak they were. He emerged unharmed from the team’s combined assault, leaving Dugu Yan and the others stunned.

• Lin Qian told Imperial Battle Team One that he wanted to train with them and help Heaven Dou win the next Soul Master Tournament.
• Yu Tianheng accepted Lin Qian’s challenge, and the team revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Power ranks.
• Lin Qian revealed that he was a rank forty-three Soul Ancestor with four Soul Rings, including a black fourth ring, and ordered the team to attack him at full strength.
• Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claw was caught and tossed aside by Lin Qian, who demanded that the team use their strongest attacks.
• Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, and the rest of the team unleashed their strongest Soul Skills, but Lin Qian remained completely unharmed.

Lin Qian defeated the Imperial Fighting Team with his Ice Explosion Soul Skill, became its captain, and began training the members. Dugu Yan grew attracted to him after he said he might cure her poison, while Dugu Bo and Youyou separately wondered about Li Si.

• Lin Qian froze the team with Ice Explosion, then Qin Ming accepted him as captain in place of Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng welcomed Lin Qian, who gave him and the other team members advice on teamwork and Soul Skills.
• Lin Qian gave Ye Lingling ice-cold jade marrow and told her to return after breaking through so he could help her obtain a Soul Ring.
• Lin Qian told Dugu Yan he knew she was poisoned and might be able to cure her, prompting her to believe he liked her.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo about Li Si's abilities, and Dugu Bo decided to meet him.
• Youyou wondered whether Li Si was the person she had been thinking of.

Lin Qian helped Dugu Yan absorb Ice-Cold Jade Marrow, accelerated her breakthrough, and began a relationship with her. He then met her grandfather, Dugu Bo, and offered to help treat his poison by forcing it into a Soul Bone.

• Lin Qian brought Dugu Yan to his dormitory, helped her absorb Ice-Cold Jade Marrow, and secretly expelled some of her poison.
• Dugu Yan broke through to level thirty, kissed Lin Qian, and began dating him; they spent the rest of the day together.
• Yu Tianheng confronted Lin Qian, but Dugu Yan told him to stop, and Lin Qian announced that he and Dugu Yan were dating.
• Dugu Bo met Lin Qian outside Heaven Dou Academy and took him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after sensing the soothing effect of his Ultimate Ice.
• Lin Qian explained how he had treated Dugu Yan and offered to help Dugu Bo expel his poison and teach him to force it into a Soul Bone.

Lin Qian cured Dugu Bo’s poison, earned his trust, and chose the title Spirit Ice Douluo. After Dugu Bo warned him about Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, Lin Qian met Qian Renxue in the imperial palace, where their teasing ended with her jealousy over his other relationships.

• Lin Qian cleared the toxins from Dugu Bo’s body, and Dugu Bo gratefully treated him as family and promised to defend him from Dugu Yan.
• Lin Qian spent time with Dugu Bo, Youyou, A Jiao, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress, then chose Spirit Ice Douluo as his title in honor of his bond with the Soul Spirits.
• Dugu Bo told Lin Qian that he and Prince Xue Xing suspected Xue Qinghe of killing the second and third princes, and warned Lin Qian to be cautious around the crown prince.
• Lin Qian visited Qian Renxue at the Eastern Palace and called her his fiancée, prompting her to complain about his other romantic relationships.
• Lin Qian teased Qian Renxue for acting jealous even as she denied wanting to be his fiancée.

Lin Qian and Hu Liena traveled to Star Luo Imperial City for a friendly tournament after the Star Luo Empire won the continental championship. The delegation met Platinum Archbishop Catherine and Emperor Dai Xiao, whose Soul Power pressure Lin Qian immediately resisted.

• Bibi Dong sent Lin Qian to represent Spirit Hall in the exchange tournament, and he set out with Hu Liena and a large escort.
• Catherine welcomed Lin Qian and Hu Liena at the city gates, then declared that Spirit Hall would win the championship.
• Lin Qian led the delegation into the city and joined Catherine and a Star Luo official on the way to the imperial palace.
• Lin Qian and the others met Emperor Dai Xiao in the grand hall, where Dai Xiao pressed Lin Qian with overwhelming Soul Power.
• Lin Qian struck back against Dai Xiao's pressure.

Lin Qian tricked Bi Ji into sacrificing herself, gained her Soul Ring, and broke through to level ninety-two before fleeing the Star Dou Great Forest. Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts discovered Bi Ji was gone and launched a pursuit, while the Silver Dragon King emerged from the Lake of Life.

• Lin Qian confessed to Bi Ji, showed her Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and persuaded her to sacrifice herself.
• Tian Meng guided Bi Ji through the Sacrifice, and she became the sixth member of Lin Qian's Soul Spirit family.
• Lin Qian absorbed Bi Ji's emerald-green Soul Ring, reached level ninety-two, and fled the forest with his companions.
• Di Tian and the Soul Beasts learned that Bi Ji had vanished and split up to pursue the humans; Ning Fengzhi's companions and Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo were wounded before escaping.
• Bibi Dong sent powerful experts to guard the forest's perimeter and requested support from the Worship Hall.
• The Silver Dragon King emerged from the Lake of Life, and the Soul Beasts knelt to welcome their true master.

Gu Yuena ended her seclusion early after learning Bi Ji had disappeared, while Lin Qian returned to Spirit Hall and agreed to teach Ning Rongrong. Bibi Dong summoned Lin Qian over the beast tide, and he entered to find her watching him expectantly.

• Gu Yuena ordered the other Soul Beasts to leave and told Di Tian she would end her seclusion despite her lingering injuries.
• Di Tian urged Gu Yuena to launch a beast tide against humans, but she refused and said she would leave seclusion after making preparations.
• Lin Qian rewarded the injured members of his group, and Ning Fengzhi asked him to teach Ning Rongrong; Lin Qian agreed.
• Bibi Dong summoned Lin Qian to address the Star Dou Great Forest beast tide, which she suspected he had caused.
• Lin Qian entered Bibi Dong's room and saw her watching him like a wife waiting for her husband to return.

Lin Qian and Hu Liena entered Slaughter City, where the Asura God took an interest in Lin Qian and arranged for him to choose his code name. Lin Qian won his first Hell Slaughter Arena match with a single mental attack, revealing his strength to the frightened spectators.

• Lin Qian and Hu Liena reached Slaughter City, where Terror Knight Scott gave them passes after receiving an instruction from the Asura God.
• The Asura God watched Lin Qian through a crystal ball and decided to claim him as his successor.
• Lin Qian and Hu Liena followed the seductive woman through Slaughter City to the Hell Slaughter Arena, while Lin Qian repeatedly cut off her explanations.
• Lin Qian entered the arena as contestant 9527 and watched the other fighters kill the man with twenty consecutive victories’ opponents.
• Lin Qian killed the giant hammer wielder with a mental attack, and the host announced him as the winner.

Lin Qian absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Ring, gained a fourth Soul skill and an Evil God Domain, but refused its offered Soul Bone. He then took Gu Yuena to Vast Sea City and began healing her injuries on a beach, leaving her suspicious of his reasons.

• Snow Empress and the other Soul Spirits intimidated Fat Tiger in Lin Qian’s Sea of Consciousness while Lin Qian absorbed its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Lin Qian gained the Dark Demon Evil Thunder Fury Soul skill and an Evil God Domain, but his Soul Power remained at Level 92.
• Fat Tiger offered to produce a Soul Bone, but Lin Qian refused because the available bones did not suit his needs.
• Gu Yuena mocked Lin Qian for failing to gain a level and offered to help him obtain his remaining Soul Rings; he instead offered to treat her injuries.
• Lin Qian brought Gu Yuena to a beach in Vast Sea City, pressed her Acupoints, and used his Life Domain to heal her while she waited suspiciously for his treatment to end.

Gu Yuena led Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Blazing Fire Academy and swept its first six contestants with her elemental Soul Skills. Huo Wu entered as the final fighter, but she had already lost the will to fight.

• Emperor Xue Ye rewarded the winning academy with one thousand Gold Soul Coins and the losing academy with five hundred.
• Lin Qian assigned Gu Yuena to fight first against Blazing Fire Academy after Huo Wu challenged him to face her in the arena.
• Gu Yuena used Elemental Tide to counter Huo Wushuang's fire attack and slide him off the platform.
• Gu Yuena defeated five more Blazing Fire Academy contestants, including Huo Yun and Huo Yu, without showing fatigue.
• Huo Wu entered the arena as Blazing Fire Academy's last contestant, resigned to being defeated.

After Gu Yuena forfeited to give Lin Qian a chance to fight, he faced Huo Wu, who unleashed her dangerous Ring Fusion technique. As her attack closed in, Lin Qian turned himself toward the blast to protect Huo Wu.

• Gu Yuena forfeited her match and urged Lin Qian to take the stage against Huo Wu.
• Huo Wu fought Lin Qian with her Repelling Fire Ring, repeatedly pushing him toward the edge of the platform.
• Lin Qian leaped above the ring’s three-meter range and challenged Huo Wu to use her remaining abilities.
• Huo Wu fused all four of her Soul Rings and launched a growing ball of explosive energy at Lin Qian.
• Huo Wu rushed into Lin Qian’s arms, and he turned them around so he faced the incoming attack.

Lin Qian unleashed Ice Meteor to defeat Huo Wu’s attack, then collapsed after a mysterious gray current entered his Sea of Consciousness and merged with him. Xue Ye ordered Blazing Fire Academy confined rather than expelled after Gu Yuena spoke on Lin Qian’s behalf.

• Lin Qian used his fifth Soul Skill, Ice Meteor, to overwhelm Huo Wu’s flames and shield her from the impact, but then collapsed, bleeding from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
• A gray current entered Lin Qian’s Sea of Consciousness, claimed territory there, and appeared as a majestic figure that praised his body.
• Xue Ye rushed to Lin Qian and called for treatment; a doctor determined that Lin Qian had fainted from exhaustion and would recover after resting.
• Xue Ye accused Huo Wu of attempted murder and threatened to strip Blazing Fire Academy of its right to compete, while Huo Wu remained dazed and Huo Wushuang checked on her.
• Gu Yuena told Xue Ye that Lin Qian had asked her not to blame Blazing Fire Academy, and Qian Renxue persuaded him to heed her words.
• Xue Ye dropped the threat of expulsion but ordered everyone from Blazing Fire Academy confined to their camp pending punishment.

After collapsing from exhaustion, Lin Qian was guarded by Gu Yuena as visitors gathered to see him. In his sea of consciousness, Electrolux revealed himself and asked to join Lin Qian, who accepted.

• Gu Yuena reassured the visitors that Lin Qian had only fainted from exhaustion and refused to let anyone enter his tent.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu brought Blazing Fire Academy to thank Lin Qian, but Gu Yuena sent them away until he woke.
• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue arrived to visit Lin Qian, and Gu Yuena turned them away as well.
• In Lin Qian's sea of consciousness, Electrolux explained that he had been drawn to Lin Qian's spatial soul core and offered to teach him necromantic power.
• Electrolux asked to enter Lin Qian's soul and become part of his body, and Lin Qian agreed.

Lin Qian completed the fusion that gave him the Holy Necromancer as a third Martial Soul, then woke from his weakened state to find Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena waiting beside him. Qian Renxue embraced him and offered to give him a physical examination as Gu Yuena withdrew.

• Gu Yuena filled in for injured Li Si at the advancement tournament and defeated seven opponents, crippling a competitor who tried to grope her.
• Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena argued at Lin Qian's bedside while he showed signs of waking.
• Lin Qian's fusion with Electrolux's power created the Holy Necromancer, a third Martial Soul with eleven Soul Skills, and evolved his Third Soul Core.
• Electrolux urged Lin Qian to establish the Spirit Pagoda, and Lin Qian promised to reconstruct Electrolux's physical body after the tournament.
• Lin Qian woke, and Qian Renxue embraced him while Gu Yuena excused herself and gave them space.
• Qian Renxue climbed onto the bed and offered to give Lin Qian a physical examination.

Lin Qian defeated Plant Academy and met Huo Wu alone after the match. Huo Wu kissed him, and Lin Qian responded by kissing her as their encounter turned intimate.

• Lin Qian defeated Plant Academy's captain with his Great Cold Without Snow Soul Skill, then revealed he had reached rank fifty-seven and apologized for his poor control.
• Huo Wu asked Lin Qian to speak with her alone, and Qian Renxue urged him to go while Gu Yuena and the others left.
• Huo Wu asked whether Lin Qian had healed and why he had saved her, and he said he had simply not wanted her to die.
• Huo Wu threw herself into Lin Qian's arms and kissed his cheek, knocking them to the ground.
• Lin Qian pushed Huo Wu beneath him and kissed her on the lips.