Chapter Summaries

With the Finals approaching, Lin Qian prepared Spirit Hall Academy and brought his team to watch the opening matches. He deliberately approached Yu Xiaogang, whose attempt to recruit him as a disciple left Bibi Dong and the watching factions stunned.

• Bibi Dong warned Spirit Hall Academy about Tang San and Gu Yuena, while Lin Qian declared that their team would win.
• Lin Qian put his teammates through intensive training and told Hu Liena that the substitutes would get a chance to compete during the early rounds.
• The Finals began at Spirit Hall’s arena, and Lin Qian brought his team to observe the other academies despite their first-round bye.
• Lin Qian approached Yu Xiaogang in front of the gathered factions and asked to discuss his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to make Lin Qian a Titled Douluo if Lin Qian became his disciple, prompting Lin Qian to ask Bibi Dong what she thought.

After Tang San challenged Lin Qian to a duel, Bibi Dong questioned whether Lin Qian wanted Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, and Lin Qian reassured her of his gratitude and devotion. Bibi Dong warned him to treat Qian Renxue and Nana well, then left after declaring that she wanted a love shared by only two people, while Lin Qian resolved to win her over.

• After the matches, Tang San challenged Lin Qian to a one-on-one fight, and Lin Qian agreed.
• Bibi Dong intercepted Lin Qian and asked whether he had approached Yu Xiaogang to learn theoretical knowledge.
• Lin Qian embraced Bibi Dong and told her that her guidance had given him his success, easing her doubts about their relationship.
• Bibi Dong grabbed Lin Qian's ear and told him to cut ties with other women and not to let down Qian Renxue or Nana.
• Bibi Dong said she wanted a lifelong relationship between two people and departed, while Lin Qian vowed to win her over.

Lin Qian competed under his Li Si identity before secretly returning as Spirit Hall's Saint Son, crushing both Star Luo Royal Academy and Blazing Fire Academy. The tournament audience was left convinced that the Saint Son was even stronger than Li Si.

• Heaven Dou Academy's reserve team lost to Star Luo Royal Academy, and Dai Mubai was carried from the arena after Dai Weisi's team defeated them.
• Lin Qian and Gu Yuena defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, with Lin Qian breaking the Hell White Tiger fusion and sending the entire team off the stage.
• Lin Qian left before Spirit Hall Academy's match against Blazing Fire Academy and changed his appearance to become Spirit Hall's Saint Son.
• Huo Wu asked the Saint Son whether they had met before, but Lin Qian denied knowing her and immediately sent her and the other Blazing Fire Academy members out of the arena.
• The audience concluded that Spirit Hall's Saint Son was even more terrifying than Li Si.

At the finals before the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong announced the individual elimination matches and displayed two Soul Bones as prizes. With Li Si missing and Heaven Dou Royal Academy under pressure, Tang San requested a one-on-one duel with Lin Qian that would send his team to the losers' bracket final regardless of the result.

• The top three teams gathered at Pontiff Square, where Yu Xiaogang learned that Li Si had gone missing and Tang San said Li Si had left that morning.
• Bibi Dong arrived, questioned Tang San about his absent captain, and threatened to expel Yu Xiaogang after he interrupted.
• Dugu Bo asked Spirit Hall to investigate Li Si's disappearance, and Bibi Dong promised that Spirit Hall would find him.
• Bibi Dong announced that the final champions would receive two Soul Bones and ordered the teams to draw lots for the individual elimination matches.
• Tang San challenged Lin Qian to a one-on-one duel, declaring that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would enter the losers' bracket final whether he won or lost.

Lin Qian overwhelmed Tang San in their individual match, snapping his Eight Spider Lances and enduring Tang San’s hidden weapons without injury. Tang San’s team and Skywater Academy withdrew from the individual matches, sending Spirit Hall Academy straight to the final while the remaining teams were set to meet in the losers’ bracket.

• Tang San challenged Lin Qian to a one-on-one match, and Lin Qian accepted.
• Lin Qian beat Tang San with his bare hands while Tang San’s Soul Skills failed to stop him.
• Lin Qian snapped Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances and let Tang San’s poison-coated hidden weapons bounce off his body.
• Yu Xiaogang conceded the match and withdrew Tang San’s team from the individual matches.
• Skywater Academy also withdrew, and Bibi Dong advanced Spirit Hall Academy directly to the final.

Tang San led Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Skywater Academy despite missing teammates, and his team won after breaking Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s fusion skill. The victory left Tang San frostbitten and Ma Hongjun unconscious, but Tang San insisted that they continue into the final the next day.

• Hu Liena asked Lin Gan about his relationship with Shui Bing'er, and Lin Gan confirmed they were together.
• Shui Bing'er noticed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s unusual formation as Tang San took command of the team.
• Gu Yuena refused to join Tang San’s newly devised team fusion skill, but Tang San stabilized it and summoned an enormous Clear Sky Hammer.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed Ice and Snow Drifting, but Tang San’s team fusion skill broke it and won the match for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang San was left frostbitten and Ma Hongjun unconscious, while Shui Bing'er conceded defeat.
• Flender proposed withdrawing from the final, but Tang San insisted that Heaven Dou Royal Academy keep going tomorrow.

Lin Qian used his mental abilities and the Demon Charm fusion skill to dismantle Tang San’s team’s attack during the finals. Tang San’s Illusion Space began to falter as Lin Qian’s side drove the opposing team toward defeat.

• Tang San sensed Lin Qian disrupting Illusion Space and ordered his teammates to attack him, but Lin Qian knocked Dugu Yan unconscious and threw Zhu Zhuqing out of the fight.
• Lin Qian bound Tang San with Spiritual Chains, whose explosion disrupted Tang San and Illusion Space, then signaled Xie Yue and Hu Liena to use Demon Charm and Full Moon.
• Demon Charm’s Moon Blades injured Ma Hongjun, while Zhu Zhuqing withdrew after Lin Qian intimidated her and Ning Rongrong fled after Tang San warned her.
• Tang San halted his attack to avoid hitting Zhu Zhuqing, suffering backlash that further destabilized Illusion Space.
• Lin Qian approached Tai Long, who curled into a ball in fear, leaving Tang San stunned by how quickly the battle was unraveling.

Lin Qian exposed Tang San’s deception and overwhelmed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, leaving Tang San fighting alone. As Tang San struggled against Lin Qian, Demon Charm rejoined the battle after receiving Bibi Dong’s private instruction.

• Tang San offered to concede on behalf of his teammates if Lin Qian let them leave, but then attacked Demon Charm under cover of red mist.
• Lin Qian defeated Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Tai Long, while the others pretended to withdraw from the arena.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to concede for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Bibi Dong refused because he was not a contestant.
• Tang San used Tang Sect techniques and the Clear Sky Hammer against Lin Qian, but could not gain the advantage.
• Bibi Dong privately instructed Demon Charm, who spread the red mist and forcefully rejoined the battle.

Tang Hao attacked Lin Qian and the Papal Palace, but fled with Tang San after the Worship Hall arrived and overwhelmed him. Light Feather Douluo revealed that he had broken through to Level 97, though he remained the Fifth Enshrined Elder.

• Tang Hao detonated his first six Soul Rings to block Lin Qian's attack, sending Tang San crashing into the Papal Palace.
• Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall elders joined forces to shield the Papal Palace from Tang Hao's Clear Sky True Body and Ring Detonation.
• A gigantic black scythe shattered Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer, so he seized Tang San and tried to escape.
• Light Feather Douluo arrived and forced Tang Hao to turn back, but Tang Hao threw his hammer, took an arrow through the abdomen, and fled with Tang San.
• Light Feather Douluo said he had broken through to Level 97 after sparring with Lin Qian, and the other Enshrined Elders gathered around them.
• A cool voice interrupted the Enshrined Elders' laughter and conversation.

Gu Yuena confronted Lin Qian in the Papal Palace, forcing Bibi Dong and the others to stand aside before Lin Qian used his Spacetime Domain to speak with her privately. He told Gu Yuena he loved her and would stay with her, and she realized he understood that she had come prepared to provoke a fight.

• After Tang Hao escaped, Gu Yuena announced that Heaven Dou Royal Academy conceded and demanded to find Lin Qian.
• Bibi Dong cleared the crowd, but Qian Renxue refused to leave; Gu Yuena's pressure cowed her and forced Bibi Dong to activate her Martial Soul.
• Gu Yuena sensed the Rakshasa God's aura from Bibi Dong and demanded that the others stop interfering.
• Lin Qian asked Bibi Dong to leave the matter to him, then used his Spacetime Domain to speak privately with Gu Yuena.
• Lin Qian admitted his initial motives had been impure but told Gu Yuena she was his emotional anchor and that he would love her for the rest of his life.
• Gu Yuena asked if Lin Qian knew she had come intending to pick a fight with him.

Gu Yuena rejected Lin Qian’s hope that humans and Soul Beasts could coexist, then reminded him of his promise to let her kill him if they ever became enemies. She challenged him outside the Papal Palace, and their divine battle left Lin Qian’s Dragon King Bloodline suppressed by the Dragon God’s Heart.

• Gu Yuena explained that her duty as the Silver Dragon King and the hatred between humans and Soul Beasts made her unable to choose love over her responsibility.
• In a memory of their first night together, Lin Qian promised to face their future troubles with Gu Yuena and said she could kill him if they became enemies.
• Outside the Papal Palace, Gu Yuena used Spiritual Sharing to show Lin Qian the memory, then summoned her Silver Dragon Spear and challenged him.
• Gu Yuena activated the Space Lock Domain, and Lin Qian summoned the Asura Demon Sword to fight her in a battle comparable to the Divine Level.
• Lin Qian held his ground against Gu Yuena’s spear strike, but she activated the Dragon God’s Heart and suppressed his Blood Essence Soul Ring and Dragon King Bloodline.

Gu Yuena’s domain repelled Bibi Dong’s divine weapon and Qian Renxue’s attack, while Lin Qian protected Qian Renxue and ordered everyone outside to stand down. As he challenged the Divine Realm’s divisions between light and darkness and humans and soul beasts, Gu Yuena renewed her attack to test his resolve.

• Bibi Dong struck Gu Yuena’s sealing domain with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, but the domain repelled it and injured her.
• Qian Renxue used Angel’s Roar against the barrier, and Lin Qian reflected the rebounding attack to protect her before ordering everyone not to attack again.
• Qian Daoliu stopped Qian Renxue from going to Lin Qian, while Bibi Dong admitted she could not break through the barrier either.
• Lin Qian and Gu Yuena discussed the conflict between their divine powers and the divide between humans and soul beasts.
• Gu Yuena raised the Silver Dragon Spear and challenged Lin Qian to prove he could break those chains.

Lin Qian forced the Blood-Red Baboon King to sacrifice itself so Wang Qiu'er could gain a powerful Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then discovered he could wield her Golden Dragon Spear. After Lin Qian and Wang Qiu'er formed the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Dragon's Roar of Destiny, they flew toward their next destination.

• Lin Qian subdued the Blood-Red Baboon King, knocked out its kin, and forced it to sacrifice itself for Wang Qiu'er.
• Wang Qiu'er absorbed the sacrifice, reached the peak of rank sixty-three, and gained the Golden Dragon Bloodlust Soul Skill and a teleportation Left Leg Bone.
• Lin Qian took up the Golden Dragon Spear and revealed that the Silver Dragon King had bestowed the Dragon King Bloodline on him, allowing him to break its seal.
• Lin Qian and Wang Qiu'er joined hands and created the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Dragon's Roar of Destiny.
• Lin Qian and Wang Qiu'er remained fused as a golden dragon and flew toward their next destination.

Lin Qian and Wang Qiu'er descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where a trial revealed the Dragon Clan's origins and the Water and Fire Dragon Kings' deaths. After learning why Gu Yuena had withheld the full story, Lin Qian vowed not to let her down and advanced beyond the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's protection.

• Lin Qian teased Wang Qiu'er, then entered the North Wind God submarine without taking advantage of her near-naked state.
• Lin Qian explained how his blood and Soul Power reinforced the submarine as he and Wang Qiu'er descended safely to the spring's depths.
• Lin Qian gave Wang Qiu'er the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, whose Sea God's power protected them both as they left the submarine.
• The trial transported Lin Qian and Wang Qiu'er to an open space, where Gu Yuena's voice recounted the Dragon God's creation of the Nine Great Dragon Kings and the Dragon Clan's conflict with the Divine Realm.
• Lin Qian understood that the Water and Fire Dragon Kings had died in Sunset Forest and that Gu Yuena had withheld the Divine Realm's secrets; he vowed not to let her down and moved beyond the Shroud's protection.

Lin Qian sacrificed his heart’s blood and endured the Blazing Yang Spring to claim the Dragon God Core, leaving himself near death. Gu Yuena sent Wang Qiu'er away with him and revealed that she had shaped Wang Qiu'er’s path to help save him.

• Lin Qian plunged his hands into the Blazing Yang Spring, then drank its scorching water and used his blood to melt the barrier around the Dragon God Core.
• Lin Qian let the Dragon God Core drain his heart’s blood, grasped it, and teleported with Wang Qiu'er to shore before collapsing.
• Wang Qiu'er demanded that Youyou save Lin Qian, but Youyou explained that his heart meridians and organs were badly damaged.
• Gu Yuena told Wang Qiu'er that she was the only one who could save Lin Qian and asked whether she loved him.
• Wang Qiu'er declared her love, and Gu Yuena revealed that she had granted Wang Qiu'er human form and intelligence to help Lin Qian before teleporting them away.

Lin Qian learned that the Purple Pearl Pirates might join the Sun Moon Merchant Association and decided to negotiate with their captain, Zi Zhenzhu, in person. He and his companions boarded the Sea Demon Ship in Vast Sea City and set off for Purple Pearl Island.

• Yue Hongchen told Lin Qian that the Purple Pearl Pirates were a powerful crew with principles, and that Captain Zi Zhenzhu was considering an alliance but wanted Lin Qian involved.
• Lin Qian decided to visit Purple Pearl Island, and Yue Hongchen introduced the Haipo brothers, whose Martial Soul Fusion Skill rivaled a Soul Saint’s power.
• After resting for a day, Lin Qian traveled with his companions to the docks, where Luo’er and the crew of the Sea Demon Ship awaited them.
• Luo’er introduced Lin Qian to Captain Haider, who welcomed the president, his guests, and his ladies aboard the ship.

Lin Qian absorbed a million-year soul ring as the Divine Realm’s god kings debated whether his human status and his many soul beast companions violated their rules. The god kings prepared to vote on how to handle his unusual path to power.

• Lin Qian completed the absorption of a million-year soul ring, and dark clouds gathered over the city.
• The Divine Realm’s gods saw the light from Lin Qian’s breakthrough, and Destruction God King teased Asura God about his successor.
• Asura God left the Assembly of Gods after the other god kings questioned whether he had advised Lin Qian about pursuing the Sea God’s inheritance.
• The god kings observed Lin Qian’s golden soul ring and agreed that rules barring soul beasts from becoming gods did not apply to him as a human.
• Destruction God King pointed out that Lin Qian had many soul beasts with him, and Evil God King proposed a vote on the matter.

Lin Qian completed the fusion of his million-year Divine Bestowed Soul Ring, reaching level ninety-six and becoming a Peak Douluo. With one day left in his assessment, he set his sights on clearing the trial.

• The Evil God King and God King of Goodness supported Asura God’s proposal, while the Destruction God King abstained and left with the Goddess of Life.
• The clouds cleared, and Lin Qian’s sixth Soul Ring successfully settled at one million years without the Divine Realm striking him down.
• Bo Saixi was moved to tears by Lin Qian’s success, but he teased her and left her flustered before she departed.
• Wang Qiu'er, the Two Ice and Snow Women, and the others gathered around Lin Qian after he completed the fusion.
• Tian Meng told Lin Qian that one day remained in the assessment, and Lin Qian resolved to clear the trial.

After passing the second Sea God trial, Lin Qian and his companions began the Third Trial, enduring enormous waves while strapped to sinking silver pillars. The first day left nearly everyone exhausted or unconscious, and they realized they would have to withstand the ordeal themselves.

• The group received their second-trial rewards, including increased Sea God affinity, Soul Power, and Soul Ring cultivation, then followed Bo Saixi to the Raging Wave Despair.
• Bo Saixi explained that the Third Trial required them to endure waves while fastened to heavy sinking silver pillars for set daily durations.
• Lin Qian chose the front pillar to face the strongest waves, and the group began the tidal body-tempering trial.
• Tian Meng was repeatedly knocked unconscious by the waves, so Lin Qian asked Bo Saixi to rescue him.
• After the first day, only Lin Qian, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress had lasted the full duration, while the others lay sore and exhausted on shore.

Lin Qian completed the Third Trial ahead of schedule after reaching Soul Power Level 97, and his companions eventually finished their own trials as well. As they rested, they compared their Fourth Trial assignments, which all involved the Demon Soul Great White Sharks and the evil orcas.

• Over the course of the year, Lin Qian and the others endured Tidal Body Tempering while Bo Saixi supported them and showed Lin Qian special attention on the Sea God's orders.
• Lin Qian broke through to Level 97 and completed the Third Trial beyond requirements, raising his Sea God Affinity by 20% to a total of 40%.
• In the final month, Lin Qian's companions also completed the Third Trial, and Bo Saixi left them in his care before returning to Sea God Hall.
• After the group rested, Lin Qian, Tian Meng, Yue Hongchen, and Ning Rongrong revealed their Fourth Trial assignments, each involving the Demon Soul Great White Shark pack and the evil orcas.