Chapter Summaries

Lin Qian survived a powerful tribulation and believed his cultivation had reached the nascent soul stage, but Chrysanthemum Douluo mistook the devastation around him for signs of a newly emerged hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Chrysanthemum Douluo entered the lightning zone and was struck unconscious by Lin Qian’s power.

• Lin Qian survived three tribulation clouds, healed with beast meat and spirit plants, and reflected on his past lives and rapid cultivation.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Hu Liena searched Star Dou Great Forest after finding it eerily empty and littered with eaten soul beasts.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo sent Hu Liena to alert the Supreme Pontiff and rushed toward the storm, convinced a weakened hundred-thousand-year soul beast was nearby.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo found Lin Qian sitting in a clearing and concluded that he was human rather than a transformed soul beast.
• A blast of white light and electricity struck Chrysanthemum Douluo, who fell from the sky and passed out after Lin Qian mistook him for a woman.

After awakening in the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Qian learned from Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan that he was in Douluo Continent, despite having just reached Nascent Soul. Yue Guan mistook Lin Qian’s power for the result of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s sacrifice and invited him to join Spirit Hall.

• Lin Qian treated the unconscious Yue Guan with spirit-plant extract and cooked meat, while Yue Guan woke and was startled by Lin Qian’s immense power.
• Yue Guan introduced himself as a level ninety-five Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall, and Lin Qian realized he was in Douluo Continent.
• Lin Qian confirmed he was in the Star Dou Great Forest and said he had never heard of Shrek Academy or Martial Souls.
• Lin Qian fabricated a story about a wounded rabbit that had given him strength, and Yue Guan assumed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had sacrificed herself for him.
• Yue Guan told Lin Qian the rabbit could perhaps be revived if he became a god and invited him to join Spirit Hall.

Yue Guan brought Lin Qian to Spirit City and helped him awaken his Martial Soul, revealing a body-type Martial Soul and an unprecedented Soul Power level. As the elders reeled at Lin Qian being a level-80 Soul Douluo at age twelve, a voice from Pope Hall summoned him and the elders.

• Yue Guan brought Lin Qian to Spirit City and personally began his Martial Soul awakening because of his unusual circumstances.
• Lin Qian realized that his cultivation method refined Soul Power and believed he could still pursue immortality on Douluo Continent.
• Lin Qian's aura erupted during the awakening, drawing Ghost Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo to the Awakening Sacred Hall.
• Lin Qian's Martial Soul appeared as a phantom of himself, which Ghost Douluo identified as an ultimate-physique Body Martial Soul.
• Yue Guan revealed that Lin Qian was already at level eighty and was only twelve years old, astonishing the elders.
• A female voice from Pope Hall ordered Yue Guan and the two elders to bring Lin Qian there.

Bibi Dong tested Lin Qian’s strength and Martial Soul, then made him her disciple and named him Spirit Hall’s new Saint Son. At Spirit Hall Academy, Hu Liena learned of his appointment and reacted with curiosity and mixed feelings.

• Bibi Dong examined Lin Qian’s level-eighty Soul Power and found that he could withstand her Titled Douluo-level pressure.
• Lin Qian revealed his Body Martial Soul, leading Bibi Dong to suspect he had a divine inheritance.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Qian to become her disciple, and he accepted to avoid angering her.
• Bibi Dong named Lin Qian her second disciple and Spirit Hall’s new Saint Son, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo acknowledged him.
• Bibi Dong assigned Ghost Douluo to hunt Lin Qian’s Soul Rings and dismissed everyone.
• Xie Yue told Hu Liena that Lin Qian had become Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, leaving her downcast and curious.

Lin Qian considered how to advance his cultivation and chose the million-year-old Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as the ideal soul-ring source. In the Star Dou Great Forest, the captive Tian Meng silently pleaded for someone to rescue him.

• Lin Qian assessed his unusual cultivation, dismissed the idea of attacking Tang San, and decided to focus on obtaining a compatible soul ring.
• Lin Qian identified the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as a soul beast with the age, energy, and attributes he needed.
• In the underground core of the Star Dou Great Forest, the captive Tian Meng endured having his soul power drained by a tube.
• The Scarlet King struck Tian Meng for making noise, then returned to his den.
• After the Scarlet King left, Tian Meng remembered his lost freedom in the Far North and pleaded for rescue.

Lin Qian traveled with Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain their first Soul Rings. At the hotel, Lin Qian effortlessly defeated a lewd Soul Saint, surprising Hu Liena before Ghost Douluo arrived.

• Lin Qian met Hu Liena, who tested her charm on him, but he remained unmoved and called her senior sister.
• Ghost Douluo explained that Hu Liena had reached rank thirty and would also seek a Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After traveling for a day, Lin Qian, Hu Liena, and Ghost Douluo reached the forest outskirts and checked into a luxury hotel.
• A Soul Saint named NPC threatened Hu Liena and challenged Lin Qian after Lin mocked his name.
• Lin Qian struck NPC with one punch before he could activate his Martial Soul and sent him flying out of the hotel.
• Ghost Douluo arrived and drove NPC away, then told Lin Qian and Hu Liena to go upstairs while he kept watch.

Lin Qian led Ghost Douluo and Hu Liena through Star Dou Great Forest to retrieve his stored Soul Bones and find a Soul Ring, while considering the forest’s hidden powers and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. A Three-Tailed Enchanting Fox sacrificed itself, but Lin Qian stopped Hu Liena before she absorbed its Soul Ring.

• Lin Qian told Ghost Douluo that he needed his first Soul Ring and asked him to accompany him home to collect Soul Bones.
• Soul Beasts fled from Lin Qian and his companions, so the group left the forest’s outskirts and headed toward Lin Qian’s home in the Mixed Zone.
• Lin Qian pondered how to reach the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm near the Lake of Life and rescue it before it became part of Huo Yuhao’s story.
• Ghost Douluo warned of an enemy, and the group encountered a Three-Tailed Enchanting Fox with three thousand years of cultivation.
• The Three-Tailed Enchanting Fox sacrificed itself and produced a purple Soul Ring; Ghost Douluo urged Hu Liena to absorb it, but Lin Qian told them to wait.

Lin Qian helped Hu Liena obtain a four-thousand-year Celestial Fox Soul Ring after destroying her chance to absorb a sacrificed ring, and her new Soul Skill proved unusually powerful. He then left his companions behind and headed to the far edge of the Star Dou Great Forest to contact Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

• Lin Qian scattered Hu Liena's sacrificed Soul Ring, then explained that he wanted her to pursue a divine inheritance through a mythic fox Soul Beast.
• Lin Qian found a four-thousand-year Celestial Fox, persuaded it to sacrifice itself, and Hu Liena absorbed its Soul Ring to reach rank thirty-two.
• Hu Liena revealed her third Soul Skill, Enchanted Realm, which drained spiritual energy and Soul Power, disrupted judgment, and weakened enemies.
• Lin Qian refused Ghost Douluo's offer to find his Soul Ring and brought Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo back to the cabin before setting out alone.
• Lin Qian went to the forest's far edge, sat down, and released his spiritual power to contact Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Lin Qian tricked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm by impersonating the Ice Empress, then persuaded him to become his first soul ring. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm agreed, hoping to escape his confinement and search for the Ice Empress.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm mistook Lin Qian's disguised form for the Ice Empress before realizing Lin Qian was a man and demanding to know who he was.
• Lin Qian calmed the agitated Sky Dream Ice Silkworm by threatening that he would never see the Ice Empress again.
• Lin Qian revealed that he knew about the Silver Dragon King and offered to explain if the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm became his first soul ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm doubted that Lin Qian could withstand his power, but Lin Qian explained that he had rank-eighty innate soul power and a body martial soul.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed that they were in Lin Qian's spiritual space and agreed to become his first soul ring.

Lin Qian absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as a Soul Ring, surviving the overwhelming energy only after Tian Meng sealed it. The disturbance awakened the Silver Dragon King at the Lake of Life, who wondered who had caused it.

• A massive spiritual shock swept through the northern Star Dou Great Forest, briefly stunning Ghost Douluo and Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena urged Ghost Douluo to investigate, but he refused to risk the group near the Core Area and said they should wait for Lin Qian.
• Lin Qian met the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his true form, and Tian Meng began transferring his power and ten golden rings to him.
• Lin Qian began bleeding from his seven orifices and begged Tian Meng to seal the excess energy, so Tian Meng hurriedly compressed his power and completed the fusion.
• Lin Qian's wounds healed after he absorbed the Soul Ring, but he lost consciousness, while the Silver Dragon King awoke at the Lake of Life and asked who had caused the energy disturbance.

Lin Qian woke after absorbing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s power, learned about his evolving Soul Ring and ice attribute, and returned to Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo with three simulated ten-thousand-year Soul Rings. He revealed that the rings granted him twelve Soul Skills, astonishing them both.

• Lin Qian woke with his Soul Power at level eighty-three and thanked Tian Meng for helping him grow stronger.
• Tian Meng explained that his Soul Ring would evolve, could produce four Soul Skills, and gave Lin Qian an unformed ice attribute; Lin Qian agreed to visit the Far North and seek the Ice Empress.
• Tian Meng told Lin Qian he had exposed Lin Qian’s disguise because Bingbing had never treated him affectionately, and the two bickered on their way back.
• After Lin Qian returned from being gone for two days, Hu Liena confronted him while Ghost Douluo asked to see his Soul Rings.
• Lin Qian displayed three simulated black Soul Rings and named Spiritual Detection, Simulation, and Group Weakening as his first three Soul Skills.
• Lin Qian revealed that each Soul Ring had granted four skills, giving him twelve Soul Skills in total, and stunned Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo.

Lin Qian arrived at Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy and was challenged by Yan after their confrontation over Hu Liena. Lin Qian accepted the challenge, and Yan revealed his rank and Martial Soul as the match began.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo brought Lin Qian to Spirit Hall Academy, where he was given a private villa and Hu Liena offered to show him around.
• Hu Liena led Lin Qian to the Soul Fighting platforms, where she introduced Yan as a member of the Spirit Hall Golden Generation.
• Yan pressured Lin Qian with his Soul Power, but Lin Qian dispelled it with his spiritual power and made Yan stagger.
• Yan challenged Lin Qian, and Lin Qian stepped onto the platform while Xie Yue and Hu Liena recognized his strength.
• Lin Qian teased Yan about Hu Liena's feelings, angering Yan, who introduced himself as a rank thirty-four Flame Lord Soul Master and released his three Soul Rings.

Lin Qian effortlessly defeated Yan without summoning his Martial Soul, then revealed his three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings as the academy hailed him as Spirit Hall’s Saint Son. The commotion spread to Spirit City and made Lin Qian’s name famous across the continent.

• Lin Qian dodged Yan’s attacks and mocked him for being unworthy of making him summon his Martial Soul.
• Yan used his first two Soul Skills, but Lin Qian avoided his charge and knocked back his enlarged body with a single punch.
• Yan unleashed his third Soul Skill, Hell Lie Yan, but Lin Qian emerged unharmed and struck Yan off the platform with a lightning-wreathed fist.
• After the physician carried away the unconscious Yan, Lin Qian introduced himself as the Pope’s second personal disciple and Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, then revealed three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• The students chanted “Long live Spirit Hall,” drawing the attention of powerful figures in Spirit City as Lin Qian’s fame spread across the continent.

Bibi Dong saw Lin Qian’s talent as a chance to accelerate her plans against the Angel Clan and began the first step. In the Worship Hall, Qian Renxue mourned her mother’s rejection, while Qian Daoliu told her Bibi Dong might soon see her because of Lin Qian.

• Bibi Dong learned that Lin Qian had quickly won over Spirit Hall Academy and decided his talent could support her plans to unify the Douluo Continent and destroy the Angel Clan.
• Bibi Dong received a letter from the Worship Hall, refused to meet its sender, and ordered that the first step of her plan begin.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong had refused to see her again, and she wept as he comforted her.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Lin Qian had returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and that Bibi Dong might involve him in a plan.
• Qian Renxue focused on Lin Qian’s three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and said she looked forward to seeing him.

Lin Qian spent a semester at Spirit Hall Academy resisting Tian Meng’s pleas to visit the Far North before finally getting permission to leave. Tian Meng revealed what he had overheard in Bibi Dong’s thoughts about Qian Renxue and the Qian Family, and Lin Qian decided where to go next.

• Lin Qian cultivated in the academy while Tian Meng repeatedly urged him to travel to the Far North and meet the Ice Empress.
• After repeated requests, Lin Qian received Bibi Dong’s permission to leave after one semester to hunt for a soul ring.
• Lin Qian changed his mind about visiting the Far North and wandered in other directions, provoking Tian Meng to reveal a secret.
• Tian Meng said he had overheard Bibi Dong vow to destroy the Qian Family and send Qian Renxue to the Heaven Dou Empire, then described her evil aura driving him from the Papal Palace.
• Lin Qian recognized the aura as Rakshasa Divine Power and decided to head east.

Lin Qian lured a hundred-thousand-year Three-Headed Red Demon Hound out of its cave and fought it in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Soul Hunting Forest. He was about to finish it with the Great Geng Sword Formation when someone suddenly ordered him to stay his sword.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin discussed where to send Ning Rongrong to school before a roar from the forest drew Chen Xin away to investigate.
• Lin Qian explained his plan to befriend the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and use the alliance to remove obstacles to Spirit Hall’s future plans.
• Tian Meng found a hundred-thousand-year Three-Headed Red Demon Hound and used a spiritual attack to drive it from its cave.
• Lin Qian battled the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound, withstanding its flames and slowing it with a spiritual attack.
• Lin Qian unleashed the Great Geng Sword Formation to kill the Red Demon Hound, but an unknown person called out for him to stay his sword.

Lin Qian negotiated with Sword Douluo Chen Xin to claim the dying Three-Headed Red Demon Hound and absorb its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. As the absorption triggered a fierce battle in his Sea of Consciousness, Chen Xin realized Lin Qian had survived the most dangerous moment and waited for him to finish.

• Chen Xin interrupted the Great Geng Sword Formation, and Lin Qian persuaded him to let him take the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound in exchange for a future favor to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Qian killed the weakened Three-Headed Red Demon Hound and began absorbing its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring while Chen Xin stood ready to intervene.
• The Three-Headed Red Demon Hound's Soul Spirit attacked Lin Qian's Sea of Consciousness, and Tian Meng fought it as Lin Qian's meridians ruptured and healed.
• The Three-Headed Red Demon Hound launched a final Soul Shock, but Tian Meng met it head-on after Lin Qian called for his help.
• Chen Xin saw that Lin Qian had passed the worst danger, dispersed his Soul Power, and sat down to wait.

After absorbing the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, Lin Qian faced Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who challenged him to a fight before taking him to meet the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s sect master. Lin Qian concealed his true level and revealed his extraordinary Martial Soul and Soul Rings, then began a clash of their strongest moves.

• Lin Qian finished absorbing the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and took the Hell Lie Yan left leg Soul Bone from Tian Meng to absorb it.
• Chen Xin invited Lin Qian to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Lin Qian asked him to take him to meet the sect master instead.
• Chen Xin tested Lin Qian with his Soul Power pressure and Seven Kill Domain, but Lin Qian stood firm and said he was not trying to escape.
• Lin Qian revealed his Body Martial Soul and four displayed Soul Rings, then claimed to be a level-forty-nine Soul Ancestor while concealing his true level.
• Chen Xin introduced himself and offered Lin Qian three moves, but Lin Qian proposed they each use their strongest move instead.
• Lin Qian unleashed his second Soul Skill, Hell Demon Flame Sky-Splitting Slash, as Chen Xin prepared to answer with his own strongest attack.

Lin Qian defeated Sword Douluo in a spectacular clash, then refused Ning Fengzhi’s offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He hinted that he already belonged to a sect and left promising that their next meeting would involve the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

• Lin Qian used his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring to clash with Sword Douluo, and both emerged unharmed.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong arrived after hearing the battle and discovered that Lin Qian had killed the Three-Headed Red Demon Hound.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Lin Qian the position and benefits of deputy sect master, but Lin Qian refused.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong pressed Lin Qian to reconsider, while Sword Douluo hesitated to interfere because he regarded Lin Qian as a friend.
• Lin Qian said he already belonged to a sect, reminded Ning Fengzhi of his promise to repay a debt someday, and hinted that his talent pointed to his origins.
• Ning Fengzhi let Lin Qian leave after suspecting which sect had raised him, and Lin Qian promised their next meeting would concern the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Lin Qian reunited with Hu Liena and discovered that her Demon Fox martial soul had evolved into a Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox. After he kissed her and gave her a pink external soul bone, she absorbed it and left feeling refreshed, while appearing to have forgotten the kiss.

• Lin Qian met Hu Liena at the academy and noticed that her martial soul had evolved to have three tails after absorbing a Celestial Fox soul ring.
• Lin Qian suggested renaming her martial soul the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, and Hu Liena then teased him with her new charm.
• Lin Qian kissed Hu Liena, startling her, and she angrily activated Martial Soul Possession before he offered her an apology gift.
• Hu Liena admired the pink external soul bone Lin Qian gave her and agreed to absorb it while he stood guard.
• Hu Liena absorbed the soul bone and agreed to learn a new cultivation method from Lin Qian.