Chapter Summaries

Lin Kong revealed that he possessed an External Soul Bone and had enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with a recommendation from Ning Fengzhi, while keeping the trouble behind his unknown identity secret. The academy's board debated whether to accept him, and Prince Xue Xing arrived with Xue Beng, who sought to have Lin Kong expelled.

• Osler explained that External Soul Bones could grow with their owners, and Yu Feng and the others reacted with shock to Lin Kong's revelation.
• Lin Kong told Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan that Ning Fengzhi had recommended him, leaving them amazed by his connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Kong refused to explain his identity troubles, saying that Teacher Qin Ming and many others would be angry if he did.
• Zhi Lin told Meng Shenji that Lin Kong was an unregistered nobody whose Soul Power had risen from level twenty-one to level twenty-five in a month, prompting Meng Shenji to debate whether to admit him.
• Xue Beng brought Prince Xue Xing to the board of education's office, hoping to use his uncle's influence to drive Lin Kong out of the academy.

Lin Kong deflected questions about his origins and impressed Yu Tianheng, Osler, Yu Feng, and Dugu Yan with his unusual knowledge and vivid descriptions. His mysterious background left the group increasingly awed by him.

• Yu Tianheng and Osler tried to learn Lin Kong’s family background, but Lin Kong said he had not even told Teacher Qin Ming and left enrollment matters to him.
• Osler asked about Lin Kong’s hobbies, and Lin Kong challenged Yu Tianheng to describe the injuries caused when lightning struck a tree sheltering someone; Yu Tianheng’s answer was corrected.
• Lin Kong described migrating birds and ocean fish as the legendary Kunpeng, leaving Osler and Dugu Yan fascinated by his account.
• Lin Kong praised the evening view of Cloud Mountain Waterfall with the line, “One might think the Milky Way had fallen from the ninth heaven,” astonishing Yu Feng.
• Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Yu Feng were impressed by Lin Kong’s knowledge, while Dugu Yan gazed at him with a deepening blush.

Lin Kong fabricated an illustrious background for himself, claiming ties to the obscure Moon Hermitage in Wind Spirit Valley, and Qin Ming left to report it to the academy’s education committee. As Dugu Yan took Lin Kong on a tour with the Imperial Fighting Team, Yu Tianheng tried to prevent them from being alone, but Lin Kong’s playful answer to a question about which woman was more beautiful left both Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling smiling together.

• Qin Ming overheard Lin Kong’s fabricated claims about his identity, and Lin Kong named Moon Hermitage in Wind Spirit Valley as his supposed home.
• Qin Ming told Dugu Yan to show Lin Kong around the academy and planned to ask the education committee about the mysterious place.
• Yu Tianheng grew jealous and sent Osler away, then persuaded the team to accompany Dugu Yan and Lin Kong on the tour.
• Ye Lingling joined the group, and Dugu Yan introduced her as a healing-type Soul Master with the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Yu Feng asked Lin Kong which of the two women was more beautiful, and Lin Kong replied that the one who liked him was naturally more beautiful.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling exchanged smiles, linked arms, and walked together while the men reacted to Lin Kong’s answer.

Lin Kong challenged Yu Feng to a barehanded fight and defeated him in seconds with a joint lock, astonishing the Imperial Fighting Team. After Ye Lingling healed Yu Feng, Lin Kong criticized the team’s fighting form and told Yu Tianheng what he meant.

• Yu Feng challenged Lin Kong to a one-on-one fight after Lin Kong provoked him about his External Soul Bone.
• Lin Kong redirected Yu Feng’s palm strike, seized his wrist, and used joint locks to pin him facedown until he surrendered.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, and Osler stared in disbelief at Lin Kong’s quick victory.
• Ye Lingling healed Yu Feng’s arm, and Yu Feng asked Lin Kong what move he had used.
• Lin Kong criticized Yu Feng’s loose fighting form, then told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling they had the same problem.
• Yu Tianheng asked Lin Kong what he meant.

Lin Kong taught the Imperial Fighting Team how to brace themselves against joint attacks, then challenged them to test their combat skills. The chapter ended with him declaring that he would fight all seven of them at once.

• Lin Kong demonstrated how tensing the body and channeling Soul Power helped Yu Feng resist pressure on a weak point in his wrist.
• Lin Kong asked the seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team about their actual combat experience and called them weak.
• Dugu Yan and Osler challenged Lin Kong, while Yu Feng protested after being used as an example of weakness.
• Lin Kong declared that he would fight all seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team together.

Lin Kong challenged the Imperial Fighting Team to fight all seven of them alone, then concealed himself inside Dark Blue Silver Grass and used his External Soul Bone to block their attacks. The team’s ranged probes failed, and Yu Tianheng considered his next move as Osler offered to rush into the thicket.

• Lin Kong repeated that he would fight the entire Imperial Fighting Team alone, and Yu Tianheng accepted the challenge.
• Lin Kong summoned Dark Blue Silver Grass, warned the team about his External Soul Bone, and vanished inside the thicket.
• Yu Tianheng sent Yu Feng into the air to search, but Yu Feng could not locate Lin Kong and his Wind Blades only cut through the grass.
• Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claws were intercepted by hard black vines that detonated the attacks before they could damage the thicket.
• Shi Mo and Shi Mo hurled their transformed Black Tortoise shells at the grass, but the vines knocked them back, leading Yu Tianheng to identify Lin Kong’s External Soul Bone.
• Osler asked whether he should rush into the thicket, and Yu Tianheng studied the grass before turning to Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan’s poison failed to affect Lin Kong, so the Imperial Fighting Team charged his thicket. Lin Kong poisoned Osler and defeated Yu Feng with the Eight Spider Lances, leaving five teammates facing him and a demand to surrender.

• Dugu Yan sent two kinds of poison toward Lin Kong’s thicket, but her External Soul Bone absorbed them; Yu Tianheng refused to let her try a stronger poison.
• Yu Tianheng ordered the Imperial Fighting Team to charge, and Osler was trapped by Dark Blue Silver Grass and poisoned by Lin Kong’s Eight Spider Lances.
• Yu Feng attacked the thicket from the air, but Lin Kong leapt up and caught him with spider silk after Yu Feng dodged the first ambush.
• Qin Ming suppressed the poison in Osler and Yu Feng with his fire-attribute Soul Power.
• Lin Kong faced the five remaining members of the Imperial Fighting Team and told them to surrender.

Lin Kong used his External Soul Bone, poison resistance, and psychological tactics to outmaneuver the Imperial Fighting Team. After taking Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling hostage, he forced Qin Ming to surrender on the team’s behalf.

• Lin Kong argued that most of the Imperial Fighting Team could not threaten him, provoking Yu Tianheng into accepting a one-on-one challenge.
• Yu Tianheng charged Lin Kong with his Third Soul Skill, but Lin Kong vaulted over him and attacked the rest of the team instead.
• Lin Kong leaped over Shi Mo and Shi Mo’s Tortoise Shell Explosion defense and used Dark Blue Silver Grass to surround Ye Lingling.
• Lin Kong caught Dugu Yan off guard and pretended to threaten her, then bound Ye Lingling and aimed his Eight Spider Lances at her vital points.
• Qin Ming surrendered on behalf of the Imperial Fighting Team before Lin Kong finished his countdown.

After defeating the Imperial Fighting Team, Lin Kong treated the poisoned members and Qin Ming resolved to recruit him for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Lin Kong then took Dugu Yan aside, leaving Yu Tianheng to believe he was kissing her and suffer another heartbreak.

• Yu Tianheng accepted the Imperial Fighting Team's crushing defeat as Lin Kong released Ye Lingling and apologized for scaring her.
• Dugu Yan demanded that Lin Kong owe her a favor, then hurried him to help Yu Feng and Osler, and Lin Kong absorbed the poison from them.
• Qin Ming urged Lin Kong to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and promised to persuade the education committee members to accept him.
• Lin Kong teased Dugu Yan, examined her hand, and pulled her toward a secluded corner after saying they should keep what he noticed secret.
• Yu Tianheng saw Lin Kong and Dugu Yan in the distance and thought Lin Kong was kissing her, leaving him heartbroken.

Lin Kong convinced Dugu Yan that her Jade Phosphorus Snake poison could be countered, and she hurried him away to test his claim in private. Their hand-in-hand departure left Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team stunned, while Dugu Yan ended the chapter flustered by Lin Kong’s teasing.

• Lin Kong insisted that Dugu Yan had been poisoned and claimed he knew how to deal with Jade Phosphorus Snake venom, though he admitted he knew little about poisons.
• Lin Kong said realgar wine and flames could counter Dugu Yan’s Third Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison, and Dugu Yan agreed to test it.
• Dugu Yan grabbed Lin Kong’s wrist and led him away to find a secluded place, warning him that the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul’s weakness had to remain secret.
• Yu Tianheng and the others watched Dugu Yan run off hand in hand with Lin Kong, and Yu Tianheng lamented his shattered fantasies about her.
• At the secluded spot, Dugu Yan told Lin Kong there was no hidden meaning in her words, and Lin Kong startled her by greeting her as Your Majesty Poison Douluo.

Dugu Bo caught Dugu Yan and Lin Kong together and initially suspected Lin Kong of pursuing his granddaughter, but learned they were testing her poison skill and that she had feelings for him. After discovering Lin Kong was the student he had been asked to drive out, Dugu Bo agreed to help with Lin Kong’s enrollment trouble.

• Dugu Bo overheard Dugu Yan’s words and confronted Lin Kong, while Dugu Yan panicked and tried to explain.
• Lin Kong calmed Dugu Yan, who told Dugu Bo they had gone to a secluded grove to test whether realgar wine and flames could break her Jade Phosphor Purple Poison.
• Dugu Bo questioned Dugu Yan about holding Lin Kong’s hand, then began asking Lin Kong personal questions until Dugu Yan stopped him.
• Dugu Bo learned Lin Kong was the boy Xue Xing had asked him to drive out and found out Lin Kong had beaten one of Xue Beng’s lackeys.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to support Lin Kong because he was having trouble enrolling, and Dugu Bo agreed to go look into it.

Prince Xue Xing and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee members argued over control of the academy, using Lin Kong as leverage. Qin Ming arrived with news of Lin Kong’s victory over the Imperial Fighting Team, and the committee members agreed to discuss admitting him.

• Xue Xing clashed with Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan over the imperial family’s authority to interfere in academy affairs.
• Qin Ming rushed into the office and announced that Lin Kong had defeated all seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team by himself.
• Qin Ming recounted how Lin Kong used his External Soul Bone and strategy to defeat the team and force them to concede.
• Xue Beng asked Qin Ming about the External Soul Bone, shocking everyone in the office.
• Meng Shenji resumed the discussion of Lin Kong’s admission, and all three committee members agreed while Xue Xing fell silent.

Xue Xing tried to block Lin Kong from joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Dugu Bo arrived and overruled everyone by ordering Lin Kong admitted. The board members and Xue Xing were left baffled after Dugu Bo destroyed Ning Fengzhi’s letter of recommendation and departed.

• Xue Xing argued that Lin Kong was an undocumented stranger and opposed the three board members’ unanimous decision to admit him.
• Dugu Bo entered the board members’ office, heard that Lin Kong had defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, and praised his strength.
• Dugu Bo used Soul Power to take Ning Fengzhi’s letter of recommendation, crumpled it, and asked what anyone would do next.
• Dugu Bo summoned Lin Kong and Dugu Yan, then declared that Lin Kong should enroll.
• Dugu Bo, Lin Kong, and Dugu Yan left the office, while Xue Xing, the board members, and Qin Ming wondered how Lin Kong had been admitted without the letter.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin learned that Lin Kong had won over Dugu Yan and persuaded Dugu Bo to vouch for his admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, making Ning Fengzhi’s recommendation letter worthless. Ning Fengzhi decided to leave Lin Kong alone—until he remembered that Ning Rongrong was interested in him and lost his composure.

• A messenger presented Ning Fengzhi with an urgent letter from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and a recommendation letter crumpled into a ball by Dugu Bo.
• Ning Fengzhi initially guessed that Lin Kong had failed to enroll, but the letter revealed that Lin Kong had secured Dugu Bo’s support and would enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin learned that Lin Kong had won over Dugu Yan and persuaded Dugu Bo in only half a day.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected suggestions to investigate or retrieve Lin Kong, saying he admired him and would leave him alone.
• Sword Douluo reminded Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong was interested in Lin Kong, prompting Ning Fengzhi to threaten to drag Lin Kong back and torture him.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect sent disciples to challenge Dugu Yan, but she was away with Dugu Bo. After Lin Kong revealed that Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo were poisoned by the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul, Dugu Bo took him to the Sunset Forest.

• Five Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to challenge Dugu Yan, but Qin Ming told them she had left with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to stand up for her after Lin Kong said she was poisoned, and Lin Kong pretended he had been joking.
• Dugu Bo secretly visited Lin Kong that night and asked how he knew Dugu Yan was poisoned.
• Lin Kong told Dugu Bo that both Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo were poisoned by the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo took Lin Kong to the Sunset Forest after Lin Kong left a note explaining his absence.

Dugu Bo led Lin Kong into Sunset Forest and challenged him to prove he was worthy of Dugu Yanyan by fighting Soul Beasts. Lin Kong slaughtered a pack of Fang Rats, then approached Dugu Bo carrying six impaled rats on his Eight Spider Lances.

• Dugu Bo mocked Lin Kong's talent and said he was unworthy of Dugu Yanyan.
• Lin Kong guessed that Dugu Bo was testing his strength by making him kill Soul Beasts, then charged toward a Fang Rat pack.
• Lin Kong used his Dark Blue Silver Grass to disrupt the pack's charge and his Eight Spider Lances to impale the Fang Rats.
• The surviving Fang Rats fled, but Lin Kong used his Soul Rings to grow the grass, slow them down, and kill several stragglers.
• Lin Kong turned toward Dugu Bo and walked over with six dead Fang Rats impaled on his Spider Lances.

Lin Kong demonstrated the Eight Spider Lances' devouring and rapid regeneration to Dugu Bo, then proposed testing them on a Man Faced Demon Spider. While chasing a wounded six-thousand-year-old spider through Sunset Forest, Lin Kong came across Skywater Academy's team and called for help.

• Lin Kong showed Dugu Bo how the Eight Spider Lances devoured more than twenty Fang Rats without increasing Lin Kong's Soul Power.
• The Eight Spider Lances shattered their own tips to demonstrate their poison, then rapidly regenerated by consuming the Soul Power they had gained.
• Lin Kong proposed testing the Eight Spider Lances by having them devour a Man Faced Demon Spider, and Dugu Bo showed interest.
• Shui Bing'er led Skywater Academy's teachers and students to rest beside a river in Sunset Forest.
• The Skywater Academy team heard two Soul Beasts approaching and formed a defensive formation.
• Lin Kong chased a wounded six-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider out of the woods and asked the Skywater Academy beauties for help.

Lin Kong killed a Man Faced Demon Spider with help from Shui Bing'er and Skywater Academy, then met Dugu Bo, who revealed himself after Shui Bing'er deduced he was nearby. Dugu Bo agreed to take Lin Kong to the herb garden.

• Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy girls slowed the fleeing Man Faced Demon Spider with water and ice Soul Skills.
• Lin Kong caught the spider, impaled it with his Eight Spider Lances, and bound it in Dark Blue Silver Grass to devour it.
• Shui Bing'er recognized Lin Kong's External Soul Bone and inferred that Dugu Bo was the expert accompanying him.
• Dugu Bo emerged from the forest, and the Skywater Academy group bowed to Poison Douluo.
• Lin Kong teased Dugu Bo, who then agreed to take him to the herb garden.

Lin Kong and Dugu Bo reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Lin Kong identified several immortal herbs and explained their effects. Dugu Bo was astonished by his knowledge, and Lin Kong prepared to harvest the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot with Dugu Bo’s help.

• Dugu Bo led Lin Kong through his poison formation and showed him the hidden Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo warned Lin Kong not to touch the herbs carelessly and revealed that he had suffered from consuming one himself.
• Lin Kong spotted the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, which he planned to use to gain resistance to ice and fire.
• Lin Kong listed the effects of several immortal herbs, leaving Dugu Bo stunned by his knowledge.
• Lin Kong set down his belongings and asked Dugu Bo to help him pick the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Lin Kong swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then survived the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gained an Ice and Fire Golden Body. After waking with stronger abilities, he agreed to choose an immortal-grade herb for Dugu Bo before returning to Heaven Dou City.

• Dugu Bo harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with metal and the Infernal Delicate Apricot with jade, then sent both herbs to Lin Kong.
• Lin Kong swallowed the herbs and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Dugu Bo feared he had died.
• Lin Kong woke safely in the well, where the water nourished his body and his constitution, talent, Soul Power, Dark Blue Silver Grass, and Eight Spider Lances improved.
• Dugu Bo asked Lin Kong to choose an immortal-grade herb for him, and Lin Kong said he would leave for Heaven Dou City afterward.
• Dugu Bo gave Lin Kong a Jade Phosphorus Snake scale to help him pass through Sunset Forest unhindered.