Chapter Summaries

Lin Xing awakened the Splendor of Tranquil Waters as his Martial Soul and Furina appeared to save him from a Soul Beast in Star Dou Great Forest. After he passed out from his injuries, he woke beside Furina and realized she had her own consciousness, though her aloof behavior puzzled him.

• Lin Xing fled a poisonous-clawed Soul Beast through Star Dou Great Forest despite having no Martial Soul and suffering multiple injuries.
• When the Soul Beast attacked him, Lin Xing awakened a strange power and summoned the Splendor of Tranquil Waters, which pierced the beast.
• Lin Xing recognized Furina as the person who had killed the Soul Beast and sensed a connection between them before passing out.
• Lin Xing woke in Star Dou Great Forest feeling recovered, then fell when he realized he had been resting his head on Furina's thighs.
• Lin Xing apologized to Furina and wondered why she was acting aloof rather than theatrically as he expected.

Lin Xing discovered that Furina was his Martial Soul and learned that the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale was his true Martial Soul. He uncovered its tribunal powers, while Furina refused to explain their past connection.

• Lin Xing absorbed Furina into himself and then summoned her back, confirming that she was his Martial Soul.
• Lin Xing questioned Furina about how she knew his name, and she admitted that she knew him but refused to explain how they had met.
• Lin Xing guessed that Furina had been acting aloof to change his impression of her, and she insisted that she had always carried herself like the Hydro Archon.
• Lin Xing nearly collapsed as the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale appeared in his hand and drained half his vitality, Qi, and spirit.
• Lin Xing learned that the Oratrice was his true Martial Soul, could summon Neuvillette to enforce a tribunal, and allowed him to invent charges or convict an opponent directly.

Lin Xing learned the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale's judgment powers and discovered that he could share senses with Fufu to wield her power. After Fufu's summons helped defeat three Soul Beasts, the Oratrice absorbed their Soul Rings, leaving Lin Xing suspicious about what that power might demand of him.

• Lin Xing assessed the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale's five judgment tiers and noted that its single-target use and limited daily charges left him vulnerable to groups.
• Lin Xing recalled Fufu when her presence drained him, then opened a shared-senses connection so she could see and feel through him.
• Lin Xing's hair and eyes changed to match Fufu's, and he used the Splendor of Tranquil Waters to cut down a distant tree.
• Three Soul Beasts approached, and Lin Xing summoned Surintendante Chevalmarin, Gentilhomme Usher, and Mademoiselle Crabaletta, who drove them away.
• The Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale shattered and absorbed the three white Soul Rings, making Lin Xing stronger but uneasy about the power's implications.

Lin Xing struggled through the Star Dou Great Forest while questioning Fufu about her powers, only to realize he might be lost when a gigantic eagle appeared nearby. He activated Fufu mode and fled as the eagle fought something ahead.

• Lin Xing's Fufu power faded, leaving him weak, so he used a stick to stumble through the forest.
• Lin Xing avoided strange creatures and suspicious fruit while Fufu commented on what she saw, and he asked how powerful her abilities could become.
• Fufu said she could usually reach Soul Saint strength and might reach Titled Douluo strength under unusual circumstances, but Lin Xing's body could only withstand about level 40 before passing out.
• Fufu realized Lin Xing was trying to trick information out of her and reminded him that she had first used her power to save him from a Soul Beast.
• A massive eagle with red crystals on its back appeared after a tremendous impact knocked Lin Xing down.
• Lin Xing activated Fufu mode, cut through the undergrowth with the Splendor of Tranquil Waters, and ran from the fighting eagle.

Lin Xing fled from two powerful Soul Beasts before Sword Douluo Chen Xin appeared and questioned him about his unusual Martial Soul. Lin Xing denied having Twin Martial Souls and claimed his Martial Soul could not receive Soul Rings, leaving Chen Xin astonished and himself hoping to avoid recruitment.

• Lin Xing had the three little ones carry him away while he fled the two battling Soul Beasts.
• A silver-blue sword gleam killed both Soul Beasts, and Chen Xin caught up with Lin Xing and stopped the Splendor of Tranquil Waters with his hand.
• Chen Xin recognized Lin Xing's sword and the three little ones as apparent Twin Martial Souls, then introduced himself as Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Lin Xing denied having Twin Martial Souls, recalled the three little ones, and explained that they were traits of his Martial Soul.
• Lin Xing told Chen Xin that his Martial Soul could not receive Soul Rings and claimed his attacks came from its natural traits and his Soul Power.

Lin Xing accepted Chen Xin’s offer to become his disciple, then passed out when his Fufu state ended. After waking in camp, he realized Chen Xin had likely brought him there while accompanying Ning Rongrong to hunt for a Soul Ring, and he began sensing the power within his body.

• Chen Xin learned that Lin Xing had trained his Soul Power to level forty without Soul Rings and invited him to become his disciple.
• Lin Xing agreed to become Chen Xin’s first disciple, then lost consciousness when his hair and eyes returned to normal.
• Chen Xin carried Lin Xing back to camp and discovered that Lin Xing’s body absorbed his powerful Soul Power without being filled.
• Chen Xin handed Lin Xing to a guard, then took Ning Rongrong deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to play.
• Furina poked and kneaded the unconscious Lin Xing’s face in the Sea of Consciousness.
• Lin Xing woke in camp, inferred that Chen Xin had brought him there with Ning Rongrong, and began sensing the power in his body.

Lin Xing explored the powers within him and questioned the strange rules of the Douluo Continent before meeting Chen Xin’s granddaughter, Ning Rongrong. He introduced himself as Chen Xin’s new disciple and modestly explained how he had become one.

• Lin Xing distinguished Fufu’s gentler power from the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale’s fiercer energy and used it to shape water into a sword.
• Lin Xing reflected on how easily he could create attacks, criticized the Douluo Continent’s Self-Created Soul Skill rules, and calculated the enormous death toll Slaughter City’s rules implied.
• Chen Xin arrived carrying Ning Rongrong, and Lin Xing decided to address him as Teacher.
• Chen Xin introduced Lin Xing to Ning Rongrong as his new disciple and his beloved granddaughter.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Lin Xing’s strength, and Lin Xing replied that Chen Xin had insisted on taking him as a disciple.

Lin Xing revealed Furina as his conscious Martial Soul and explained the powers she granted him, including the three little ones. He then used their unusual traits to catch Chen Xin off guard during a combat test, leaving his sword thrust about to strike.

• Lin Xing asked Fufu to meet Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin, and Furina appeared beside him.
• Ning Rongrong hugged Furina, while Chen Xin learned that Furina was Lin Xing’s Martial Soul and granted him his sword and three companions.
• Lin Xing described the three little ones’ names and abilities, while keeping the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale secret.
• Chen Xin began testing Lin Xing’s combat skills, and Lin Xing summoned the three little ones after possessing Furina.
• Chen Xin’s sword Qi passed through the three little ones, whose attacks then knocked him off balance as Lin Xing thrust Splendor of Tranquil Waters at him.

Lin Xing fought Chen Xin to build combat experience, using the Splendor of Tranquil Waters and healing to endure the overwhelming pressure. After Chen Xin praised his progress and sent him to rest, Lin Xing left the Fufu state and felt intensely drained.

• Lin Xing used water needles to disrupt Chen Xin's Soul Power, but Chen Xin dissolved them and pressed the attack.
• Lin Xing merged the three little ones into one and fought Chen Xin, who steadily improved his combat instincts while keeping him suppressed.
• After twenty minutes, Lin Xing called a halt, and Chen Xin helped him relax and praised his talent and rapid progress.
• Chen Xin took Ning Rongrong away so Lin Xing could rest, and Lin Xing returned to his tent and spoke with Fufu.
• Lin Xing left the Fufu state and discovered that, despite not passing out, he felt hollowed out and physically exhausted.

After recovering from using Fufu's power, Lin Xing teased Fufu and joined Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong by the fire. Chen Xin questioned Lin Xing about his water sword technique and praised its potential against opponents below rank fifty, though Lin Xing noted its weakness against fire.

• The Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale replenished Lin Xing's strength while he slept, and he woke Fufu by joking that Neuvillette had taken her little cakes.
• Fufu realized Lin Xing had tricked her and pinched him hard enough to leave a red mark on his face.
• Furina came out of the tent, and Ning Rongrong ran to greet her, leaving Chen Xin feeling overlooked.
• Chen Xin gave Lin Xing food, and Lin Xing teased him about his age and whether he was an old virgin.
• Chen Xin asked about Lin Xing's water sword move, and Lin Xing said he had first used it in their spar and that it was vulnerable to fire.

Lin Xing discussed the Seven Kill Sword’s inheritance with Chen Xin, then spent the night developing a practical control skill. The next morning, he was set to hunt Ning Rongrong’s second Soul Ring and test his combat adaptability.

• Chen Xin explained that the strength of an inherited Martial Soul depended largely on its owner’s Innate Soul Power, and said he had no interest in having children.
• Chen Xin told Lin Xing to hunt Ning Rongrong’s second Soul Ring the next morning and handle the fight himself.
• Lin Xing recalled Fufu for the night and stayed awake to practice shaping water into useful forms.
• Lin Xing developed a control skill that marked a target and sent a water hoop after them, where it constricted and used water spikes to disrupt their Soul Power circulation.

Lin Xing tested a tricky water-ring technique on Chen Xin while considering how scarce cultivation opportunities were in Douluo I. The ring’s spikes failed to disturb Chen Xin’s fully released Titled Douluo-level Soul Power.

• Fufu asked Lin Xing for little cakes, and he promised to get her some after they left the forest.
• Lin Xing reflected that Chen Xin might be stuck at level ninety-seven without extraordinary talent or rare opportunities such as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Xing called to Chen Xin several times but received no response.
• Lin Xing marked Chen Xin with a blue four-leaf clover and sent a water ring around him.
• Lin Xing tightened the ring and fired water spikes, but Chen Xin’s Soul Power did not waver.

Lin Xing tested his new ability on Chen Xin, who then taught him about cultivating intent and demonstrated his sword intent. Lin Xing could not sense it directly, but used the Splendor of Tranquil Waters to capture some for later study.

• Lin Xing used the Splendor of Tranquil Waters to briefly disrupt Chen Xin's Soul Power, and Chen Xin praised his technique.
• Chen Xin explained that intent could suit Lin Xing and described Divine Slaughter's Domain, which could be gained by leaving Slaughter City.
• Chen Xin demonstrated his sword intent, slicing through a tree and its drifting leaves without any Soul Power fluctuation.
• Chen Xin projected his intent for Lin Xing to study while Ning Rongrong woke and watched from a distance.
• Lin Xing told Chen Xin to stop after half an hour, then retrieved the Splendor of Tranquil Waters, which had captured some of Chen Xin's intent.

Lin Xing tested himself against a heavily armored Scaled Beast while trying to develop a Self-Created Soul Skill. He abandoned Splendor of Tranquil Waters to continue the fight through pure physical combat, as Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong watched.

• Chen Xin took Ning Rongrong and Lin Xing to a cave where he had marked a Scaled Beast over six hundred years old as a suitable opponent.
• Lin Xing summoned the beast, tested its strength, and found that Splendor of Tranquil Waters pierced its scales while the Oceanid healed his injuries.
• Lin Xing trapped the Scaled Beast in a water ring and detonated it, but the blast failed to bring the beast down.
• Lin Xing planted Splendor of Tranquil Waters in the ground and faced the charging beast with his bare hands to pursue a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Chen Xin explained Lin Xing's plan to Ning Rongrong, who worried that punching the beast's armored body would hurt.

Lin Xing used Chen Xin’s Sword Intent to awaken his own Intent, then improvised a domain that subdued the Scaled Beast. Ning Rongrong killed the beast and began absorbing its Soul Ring, while Lin Xing asked Chen Xin to test his new domain.

• Chen Xin surrounded Lin Xing and the Scaled Beast with five Seven Kill Swords, creating a field of Sword Intent to help Lin Xing comprehend Intent.
• After a long battle, Lin Xing formed Sword Intent around his fist and broke through the Scaled Beast’s scales.
• Lin Xing used the Splendor of Tranquil Waters to create the domain Clear Abyss of the Azure Stream, which pinned the Scaled Beast down with swords of flowing water.
• Lin Xing kept the Scaled Beast alive with healing until Chen Xin brought Ning Rongrong down to claim its Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong killed the Scaled Beast and began absorbing its Soul Ring as Lin Xing dismissed his domain and asked Chen Xin to test it.

Ning Rongrong completed her second Soul Ring absorption, reaching level twenty-one, while Lin Xing teased Chen Xin and urged him to spar. Chen Xin finally agreed, and Lin Xing revealed his Court of Surging Conviction domain, which weakened Chen Xin’s physical attributes as the confrontation began.

• Chen Xin refused Lin Xing’s offer to test his new skill, and Lin Xing wondered why Ning Rongrong was absorbing a Scaled Beast for her second Soul Ring.
• Lin Xing teased Furina inside the Sea of Consciousness, then brought her out after Ning Rongrong completed her absorption and reached level twenty-one.
• Ning Rongrong asked to spend more time with Furina, and Chen Xin reluctantly agreed to delay their return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Xing asked Chen Xin again to experience his domain, and Chen Xin agreed after considering the risks of sparring with his underhanded disciple.
• Lin Xing expanded the Court of Surging Conviction, where Chen Xin felt his strength, defense, and speed suppressed.

Lin Xing used the Clear Abyss of the Azure Stream and the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale’s borrowed power to challenge Chen Xin, stripping away one of his Soul Rings and ten percent of his Soul Power. The spar escalated when Lin Xing’s Judgment and Ruling met Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Avatar head-on, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lin Xing activated the Clear Abyss of the Azure Stream, combining it with the Court of Surging Conviction to strengthen the domain.
• Lin Xing attacked Chen Xin with water swords and Intent, but Chen Xin used his fifth Soul Skill to shatter the swords and resist the concealed attack.
• Lin Xing used Deprivation to take Chen Xin’s Sixth Soul Ring temporarily and reduce his Soul Power by ten percent.
• Lin Xing unleashed a rain of Intent-infused water swords, which Chen Xin deflected with Seven Kill and Sword Intent.
• Lin Xing gathered the swords into Judgment and Ruling and sent it crashing down toward Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin summoned his Seven Kill Avatar to meet Lin Xing’s attack, prompting Lin Xing to realize he lacked the Splendor of Tranquil Waters to contend with it.

After sparring with Chen Xin, Lin Xing considered how to develop another attack skill and accidentally recreated Chen Xin’s sixth Soul Skill. Chen Xin proposed that Lin Xing test his abilities against Gu Rong after they returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Chen Xin broke through Lin Xing’s Court of Surging Conviction with his Seven Kill Avatar, and Lin Xing ended the spar by dispelling his domains and sword of Intent.
• Fufu summoned an Oceanid that instantly healed Chen Xin’s wounds as the group walked back.
• Lin Xing considered his domains’ strength and potential attacks, then unconsciously formed countless Soul Power swords resembling the Splendor of Tranquil Waters.
• Chen Xin told Lin Xing that he would arrange for him to spar with Gu Rong at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Lin Xing followed Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong back toward camp, using Fufu’s Intent to copy Chen Xin’s sword and Soul Skill. He demonstrated that his Court of Surging Conviction could close the distance between them, and the chapter left Chen Xin impressed as Lin Xing extended the technique’s range with the Splendor of Tranquil Waters.

• Fufu sulked when Lin Xing did not comfort her, but he coaxed her with a promise of little cakes and recalled her into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Xin carried Ning Rongrong away on the Seven Kill Sword and told Lin Xing to follow, while Lin Xing recalled the Intent he had attached to Chen Xin.
• Lin Xing flew after Chen Xin on a Seven Kill Sword and explained that his Intent had observed Chen Xin’s Soul Power and let him replicate his sword technique.
• Chen Xin used Sword Wings Soar to speed ahead, but Lin Xing used Domain Expansion and the Court of Surging Conviction to appear beside him.
• When Chen Xin stretched the gap to a kilometer, Lin Xing summoned the Splendor of Tranquil Waters and used it to lock onto him and close the distance again.

Chen Xin, Lin Xing, and Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after flying from Star Dou Great Forest, with Lin Xing explaining how Intent helped him conserve Soul Power. At the sect, Chen Xin and the newly arrived Bone Douluo argued over the sleeping Ning Rongrong until another voice offered to take her.

• Chen Xin slowed their flight as they left Star Dou Great Forest, and Ning Rongrong teased him about wanting Lin Xing to spar with Bone Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong bargained with Chen Xin for permission to take Furina out to play, and Lin Xing agreed.
• The group flew through Balak Kingdom and Heaven Dou Empire, with Ning Rongrong falling asleep during the journey.
• Chen Xin and Lin Xing reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin asked how Lin Xing had flown without becoming exhausted.
• Lin Xing credited Intent with minimizing Soul Power use, though the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale was actually replenishing his power.
• Bone Douluo appeared and argued with Chen Xin over the sleeping Ning Rongrong, until someone offered to take her.