Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Qian learned that Bibi Dong planned to ambush Tang San, while Bibi Dong resolved to kill him after realizing Yu Xiaogang knew his identity. The Imperial Fighting Team First Squad continued its winning streak, and Lin Qian defeated Thunder Academy before returning to Qian Renxue.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Qian that Bibi Dong planned to intercept and kill Tang San on the way to Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong concluded that Yu Xiaogang knew Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and decided Tang San had to die.
• The Imperial Fighting Team First Squad beat Skywater Academy, with Gu Yuena defeating all seven opponents using her Water Element power.
• Lin Qian faced Thunder Academy, tore apart Lei Dong’s lightning attacks, and remained unharmed after Yu Tianxin’s assault, prompting both opponents to concede.
• Lin Qian returned to the tent, where Qian Renxue was waiting for him.

Lin Qian forced Feng Xiaotian to fight him in the tournament and defeated him brutally before Huo Wu stopped him from killing Feng. He took Huo Wu to a grove afterward and demanded to see her sincerity.

• Feng Xiaotian challenged Lin Qian and threatened to reveal his meetings with a blonde beauty, so Lin Qian beat and choked him before agreeing to fight him in the tournament.
• Feng Xiaotian spread rumors that his match against Lin Qian was driven by a love triangle, drawing a crowd that included Qian Renxue and Huo Wu.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked with his soul skills and Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, but Lin Qian countered with Xue Wu Shining Sun and overwhelmed him.
• Huo Wu ordered Lin Qian to spare Feng Xiaotian, and Lin Qian withdrew his power before taking her to a grove.
• Lin Qian demanded to know why Huo Wu had pleaded for Feng Xiaotian, accepted her explanation, and told her to show her sincerity.

After the Promotion Tournament, Bibi Dong received Yu Xiaogang at the Papal Palace, where he sought the secret of cultivating Twin Martial Souls for Tang San. Lin Qian’s warning had already revealed Yu Xiaogang’s intentions and Tang San’s identity, and Bibi Dong threw Yu Xiaogang out before sinking deeper under Rakshasa’s influence.

• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Main Team won the Promotion Tournament, and Xue Ye announced that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe would represent the empire at the Finals in Spirit City.
• After the teams departed, Yu Xiaogang went to the Papal Palace to ask Bibi Dong how she had overcome the Twin Martial Souls cultivation hurdle.
• Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang about Tang San being Tang Hao’s son and refused to help him.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Lin Qian had sent her evidence about Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then ordered the guards to throw Yu Xiaogang out and confiscated his Pope Token.
• Alone on her throne, Bibi Dong grieved over Yu Xiaogang’s betrayal as Rakshasa’s evil power further consumed her.

Lin Qian intervened when Bibi Dong’s forces attacked the tournament teams on their way to Spirit City, while he and Spirit Hall secretly staged the confrontation. He arranged a retreat to protect his teammates and prevent Chrysanthemum Douluo from provoking the hidden Tang Hao.

• Lin Qian and Qian Renxue traveled together in a carriage, where they discussed Tang San’s identity and Lin Qian’s plan to use him against the old aristocratic powers.
• Masked attackers ambushed the tournament teams, and Lin Qian joined the battle after rescuing his teammates from a Soul Saint.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan confronted Tang San, while Dragon Duke and Snake Granny were defeated, Dugu Bo withdrew, and Sword Douluo fought Yue Guan to a standstill.
• Lin Qian warned Yue Guan that Tang Hao was hidden nearby and asked him to spare his teammates.
• Yue Guan accepted Lin Qian’s request, then led the attackers in withdrawing from the field.

Lin Qian and the others reached Spirit City, where he reunited with Qian Daoliu and sparred with Light Feather Douluo. Qian Daoliu gave Qian Renxue another mission, leaving its nature unexplained.

• Ning Rongrong embraced Sword Douluo and thanked him for protecting the teams, while Lin Qian publicly acknowledged his relationship with her.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San condemned Spirit Hall, but Ning Fengzhi joined their criticism despite secretly supporting Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue traveled with Lin Qian to Spirit City under heavy guard, and they went to Douluo Hall to see Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu spoke privately with Qian Renxue while Lin Qian sparred with Light Feather Douluo and won with his Ultimate Ice.
• Qian Daoliu praised Qian Renxue’s progress and instructed her to build on the results of her first mission.