Chapter Summaries

Gu Chen and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples ambushed Dugu Yan and the Imperial Fighting Team outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, using targeted counters to overwhelm them. As Dugu Yan prepared to fight through her opponent, Lin Kong arrived and asked if she was all right.

• Dugu Yan confronted Gu Chen at the academy gates, and Yu Tianheng rushed in to defend her.
• Gu Chen surprised Yu Tianheng with a Martial Soul-enhanced punch that broke his forearms, then charged Ye Lingling to stop her healing him.
• Gu Chen used his Ancient Dragon Roar and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda enhancements to force Shi Mo and Shi Mo back.
• A hidden disciple approached Ye Lingling and stopped her healing, while another Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Master countered Dugu Yan's poison with a Poison-Swallowing Toad Martial Soul.
• The remaining Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples blocked Yu Feng and Osler, leaving the Imperial Fighting Team close to defeat.
• Dugu Yan began preparing her Third Soul Skill, but Lin Kong arrived and asked, "Yanyan, are you all right?"

Lin Kong returned to Dugu Yan’s side and fought the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master who had blocked her. After finding a way through his opponent’s defenses, Lin Kong wounded him badly enough that he abandoned the fight.

• Dugu Yan clung to Lin Kong when he appeared, and Lin Kong moved to confront the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master blocking her path.
• Lin Kong charged the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master and knocked him down with an elbow, but the Soul Master caught him with his tongue and hurled him into a counterattack.
• Lin Kong used Dark Blue Silver Grass to absorb the blow and launch himself back at his opponent, then exchanged close-range strikes with him.
• Lin Kong realized he needed to focus his force on a weak point and pierced the webbing between the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master’s toes.
• Lin Kong tore open the wound and nearly stomped his opponent’s toes, prompting the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master to end his Martial Soul Possession and withdraw from the fight.

Lin Kong intervened in the dispute between the Imperial Fighting Team and Gu Chen’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect group, then offered to find Ning Fengzhi and settle the matter. When he challenged a Flamingo Soul Master despite the Martial Soul’s advantage over his Dark Blue Silver Grass, Dugu Yan chose to fight alongside him.

• Lin Kong used Dark Blue Silver Grass to restrain the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master, cutting off Gu Chen’s boosts and stopping the fight.
• Dugu Yan told Lin Kong that Gu Chen’s group had come to retaliate after her grandfather crumpled Ning Fengzhi’s letter of recommendation.
• Lin Kong said he would find Uncle Ning to clear things up, but Gu Chen demanded that Dugu Yan apologize and mocked Lin Kong.
• Ye Lingling called out Gu Chen for using a Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master to target Dugu Yan, and the two sides resumed arguing.
• Lin Kong challenged a Flamingo Soul Master to a one-on-one fight, while Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, and Osler urged their team to fight together.
• Dugu Yan refused their help and told Lin Kong she would fight alongside him, even if they lost face together.

Lin Kong and Dugu Yan faced two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Masters, despite their Martial Souls supposedly being countered. Lin Kong’s fire resistance let him overwhelm both opponents in seconds, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Dugu Yan joined Lin Kong for the duel, while Gu Chen chose the Flamingo Soul Master and Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master to fight them.
• Dugu Yan suggested admitting defeat, but Lin Kong told her to stay behind him and began the match.
• The Flamingo Soul Master unleashed increasingly powerful flames, but Lin Kong charged through them unharmed and clamped a hand over his mouth to stop the attack.
• Lin Kong used his Eight Spider Lances to threaten the Poison-Swallowing Toad Soul Master, who immediately admitted defeat.
• Lin Kong slammed the Flamingo Soul Master to the ground and nearly stomped him before he admitted defeat, ending the fight and shocking the spectators.

Lin Kong went to apologize to Ning Fengzhi and learned that he was at the Heaven Dou City Grand Auction House. To enter, Lin Kong offered poisoned External Soul Bone fragments for appraisal, leaving the appraiser unsure whether they were truly External Soul Bone fragments.

• Lin Kong submitted a calling card to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned Ning Fengzhi had arranged for him to meet at the Heaven Dou City Grand Auction House.
• Lin Kong offered an External Soul Bone fragment to gain entry to the auction house’s inner hall.
• The appraiser identified the fragments’ poison as coming from a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and set a starting price of one thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• When the appraiser asked whether the pieces were External Soul Bone fragments or spider-leg fragments, Lin Kong told him to guess.

Lin Kong defeated two members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and grew closer to Dugu Yan, while keeping the secret of his fire-resistant Martial Soul. He told her that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could address the poison in her body, but left their relationship undefined.

• Lin Kong swiftly defeated two opponents, and Gu Chen led the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members away.
• The Imperial Fighting Team questioned Lin Kong about his Dark Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul’s resistance to fire, but he kept its secret.
• Dugu Yan reproached Lin Kong for making her worry, while Yu Tianheng quietly decided to leave the academy to gain experience.
• Lin Kong held Dugu Yan’s hand and teased her as they walked together, deepening their affection for each other.
• Lin Kong told Dugu Yan that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could deal with the poison from her Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan asked Lin Kong what they were to each other, but he did not answer.

Lin Kong disrupted the auction of a ten-year-old catgirl by bidding one million Gold Soul Coins, then left to meet Ning Fengzhi. He explained that the bid had been a way to find Ning Fengzhi sooner, and Ning Fengzhi praised his cleverness.

• The auction house presented a ten-year-old catgirl with rank ten Soul Power as its opening item, and the guests drove the bidding into the hundreds of thousands of Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Kong bid one million Gold Soul Coins, prompting a VIP guest to raise the price to one million two hundred thousand and taunt him when he stopped bidding.
• Lin Kong left his box and went to Ning Fengzhi's VIP box, where guards let him enter.
• Lin Kong greeted Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, then told Ning Fengzhi that he had bid to get his attention and meet him sooner.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Lin Kong for his cleverness.

Lin Kong explained why he had left Shrek Academy, revealing that Tang San’s father was Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao. Ning Fengzhi realized that Yu Xiaogang had targeted Lin Kong’s External Soul Bone and that fleeing Shrek had been necessary, while Lin Kong insisted Dean Flender had been a good man.

• Ning Fengzhi recognized that Lin Kong’s fire resistance had likely come from Dugu Bo’s herb garden and hinted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect deserved something in return for helping him.
• Lin Kong said he planned to return to Shrek Academy because he feared its people would lead Ning Rongrong astray, prompting Ning Fengzhi to accuse him of courting his daughter.
• Ning Fengzhi pressed Lin Kong about leaving Shrek and blamed him for being driven out by Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• Lin Kong revealed that Tang San’s father was Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, shocking Chen Xin and changing Ning Fengzhi’s understanding of the situation.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Yu Xiaogang had coveted Lin Kong’s External Soul Bone and tried to use Flender to take it, while Lin Kong called Flender a good man.

Lin Kong persuaded Ning Fengzhi that Shrek's talented students should be brought under his influence rather than Tang Hao's, and proposed reviving Clear Sky Academy with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support. Ning Fengzhi considered the proposal as Lin Kong warned of Spirit Hall's rising talent.

• Lin Kong described Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San's conduct, alarming Ning Fengzhi about Ning Rongrong's companions.
• Ning Fengzhi decided that he could overlook flaws in talented students and agreed that bringing Shrek's geniuses under Lin Kong's influence would benefit the sect and hinder Tang Hao.
• Ning Fengzhi asked why he should help Lin Kong, and Lin Kong proposed establishing an advanced Soul Master Academy for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Kong suggested restoring the declining Clear Sky Academy, and Ning Fengzhi began considering the idea.
• Lin Kong invoked the Upper Three Sects' shared opposition to Spirit Hall and warned that three members of its team were likely to reach Soul King within a few years.

Lin Kong sold fragments of his Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone at auction to attract buyers interested in its toxin, then returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Ye Lingling revealed that her clan had used up the toxin and invited him to her home for help obtaining more.

• Lin Kong told Ning Fengzhi he had brought the External Soul Bone fragments to the auction as bait to build connections.
• A bidder paid ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for the toxin-bearing fragments, while Ning Fengzhi bought a Thousand-Year Soul Bone at a high price.
• Lin Kong returned to the academy, where Dugu Yan remained absent and the Imperial Fighting Team could not train normally without her.
• Ye Lingling asked Lin Kong whether he had sold the External Soul Bone fragments, then confirmed that her family had bought them.
• Ye Lingling said her clan had exhausted the Man Faced Demon Spider toxin and offered to pay Lin Kong for more, but he explained that breaking off more fragments would be painful.
• Ye Lingling invited Lin Kong to visit her home.

Lin Kong asked Ye Qinian and Ye Lingling for information about vitality-attribute Soul Beasts and places where Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts gathered. As they hesitated to reveal the Ye Clan’s guarded knowledge, crossbow bolts flew toward them and Lin Kong leaped to protect Ye Lingling.

• Lin Kong and Ye Lingling arrived in Qingtang Town and met Ye Qinian at the inn.
• Ye Qinian tried to persuade Lin Kong to provide Man Faced Demon Spider venom for the Ye Clan’s medicinal research, offering Gold Soul Coins in return.
• Lin Kong refused payment and asked for information about vitality-attribute Soul Beasts and Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast habitats.
• Ye Qinian and Ye Lingling hesitated because revealing the location of plant Soul Beasts could expose the Ye Clan’s resources to attack.
• Lin Kong noticed the incoming crossbow bolts and leaped toward Ye Lingling.

Lin Kong protected Ye Lingling during an ambush that killed Ye Qinian, then shielded her from a powerful Soul Master’s attack. The Ye Clan arrived at the ruined inn, unsure whether Lin Kong and Ye Lingling had survived.

• Assassins fired a volley of arrows at Lin Kong and Ye Lingling, and Lin Kong covered her to keep her safe.
• Ye Lingling noticed Ye Qinian lying dead with his body riddled with arrows.
• After the arrows stopped, Lin Kong helped Ye Lingling up and scanned for further danger.
• A Soul Master launched a powerful ball of Soul Power at them, and Lin Kong used his Eight Spider Lances and Dark Blue Silver Grass to shield them.
• The Ye Clan arrived at the ruined inn and called for people to search for survivors.

After surviving the explosion that collapsed the ruins, Lin Kong woke in Ye Lingling’s bedroom while she kept watch beside his bed. He was embarrassed when she caught him chewing on a strand of her hair, and she agreed to keep the incident secret.

• The Ye family found Lin Kong shielding Ye Lingling beneath the rubble, gravely wounded but still alive.
• Ye Lingling’s healing petal sustained Lin Kong as the Ye family rescued them.
• Lin Kong woke in Ye Lingling’s bed and saw her asleep beside him.
• Trying to move a strand of hair off his face without waking Ye Lingling, Lin Kong caught it between his teeth and wet the ends.
• Ye Lingling woke, noticed what Lin Kong was doing, and laughed when he pretended to be asleep.
• Lin Kong begged Ye Lingling to keep the embarrassing incident secret, and she agreed.

After the assassination in Qingtang Town was covered up, Ye Lingling gave Lin Kong a map of vitality-attribute plant Soul Beast locations. Lin Kong returned to Heaven Dou City and asked Ning Fengzhi for protection to enter Sunset Forest.

• Lin Kong recovered from his injuries in Qingtang Town but learned nothing about who had organized the assassination.
• Ye Lingling gave Lin Kong maps marking Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast gathering places and possible locations for his future Soul Rings, then said the investigation would lead nowhere.
• Lin Kong asked Ye Lingling whether she was often in danger and offered to help her, but she said she would tell him when the time was right.
• Lin Kong returned to Heaven Dou City and asked Ning Fengzhi whether the Ye Clan had long been troubled by internal conflicts over the Nine Heart Begonia inheritance.
• Ning Fengzhi accused Lin Kong of falling for Ye Lingling and warned him not to get involved with another woman while he was connected to Rongrong.
• Lin Kong changed the subject and asked Ning Fengzhi to arrange protection for his trip to a Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast gathering area in Sunset Forest.

Lin Kong persuaded Ning Fengzhi to support his trip by revealing that Whale Rubber could greatly accelerate cultivation, then entered a hidden Blue Silver Grass valley with Sword Douluo Chen Xin. They exposed the Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts hiding underground and surveyed the colony.

• Ning Fengzhi dismissed Lin Kong's offer until Lin Kong claimed his method could raise cultivation as much as an extra rank of Innate Soul Power.
• Lin Kong revealed that swallowing heated Whale Rubber produced the effect, and Ning Fengzhi asked where he was going and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's help.
• Lin Kong and Sword Douluo Chen Xin followed the Ye Clan's map markings into a concealed valley in the Sunset Forest.
• Lin Kong explained that the Ye Clan eliminated Blue Silver Kings upon reaching ten thousand years to prevent them from getting out of control and to monopolize the colony's resources.
• Sword Douluo cut down the grass and released his Titled Douluo pressure, forcing the hidden Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts to emerge from underground.

Lin Kong meditated among the Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts to purify the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline hidden in his Dark Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. The valley’s beasts submitted and offered their energy, strengthening his bloodline and evolving his second Soul Ring from ten years to a hundred years while Sword Douluo watched.

• Lin Kong revealed the unusual black-and-white Dark Blue Silver Grass with golden veins and told Sword Douluo Chen Xin that it carried the inheritance of the Blue Silver King.
• Lin Kong entered the valley’s colony of Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts and meditated for three days, hoping to activate his hidden bloodline.
• The Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts lowered their leaves in submission to Lin Kong, and Sword Douluo realized his bloodline had drawn their allegiance.
• The Soul Beasts sent blue light into Lin Kong, purifying his bloodline and raising his second Soul Ring from ten years to a hundred years.
• Sword Douluo watched in astonishment as Lin Kong’s bloodline strengthened and his Soul Ring changed from white to yellow.

Lin Kong explained his unusual Soul Ring to Sword Douluo, then spent two and a half months cultivating until it surpassed nine hundred years. After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he reunited with the Imperial Fighting Team and agreed to travel with them to train at Great Soul Arenas in other cities, with Suotuo City in mind.

• Lin Kong told Sword Douluo that a ten-year Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast had sacrificed itself to save his life, and Sword Douluo accepted his account with astonishment.
• Lin Kong stayed in the hidden valley while Sword Douluo departed, raising his Soul Power to rank twenty-seven and his special Soul Ring to over nine hundred years.
• Lin Kong bid farewell to the Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Kong reunited with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the Imperial Fighting Team, while Yu Tianheng and the others teased him about greeting the women first.
• Yu Tianheng explained that Qin Ming wanted the team to train at Great Soul Arenas in other major cities, and Lin Kong agreed, thinking of Suotuo City.

Lin Kong and the Imperial Fighting Team arrived at Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena, where Lin Kong’s reputation earned them a VIP welcome. When Qin Ming discovered the Shrek Seven Devils were missing from the team list, Lin Kong prompted the staff to reveal their existence, and Qin Ming eagerly asked for their records.

• Great Soul Arena staff welcomed Lin Kong as Lord Black Prison Asura and escorted him and the Imperial Fighting Team to a VIP box.
• Lin Kong explained that he had once won forty consecutive matches at the arena, while privately planning to keep his arrival secret from Shrek Academy for now.
• Qin Ming discussed how a powerful food-type Soul Master could help a team reach Silver Soul Fighter status, and the team learned Suotuo City had no locally promoted Silver Soul teams.
• Qin Ming noticed the arena’s opponent list was missing a team, and Lin Kong suggested it might be newly formed or awaiting updated results.
• The staff identified the Shrek Seven Devils, whose team streak had been broken but whose individual and two-person records were strong, and Qin Ming asked for their detailed information.
• Yu Tianheng proposed that the arena assemble seven individual Silver Soul Fighters to face the Imperial Fighting Team.

After revealing that Shrek Academy had driven him out, Lin Kong joined the Imperial Fighting Team’s preparations to face the Shrek Seven Devils. The teams met in the arena, where Lin Kong revealed himself and challenged Xiao Wu, Rongrong, and Zhuqing.

• The Imperial Fighting Team learned that the Shrek Seven Devils would be their next opponents, and Lin Kong revealed that he had once attended Shrek Academy before being driven out.
• Dugu Yan and the Imperial Fighting Team backed Lin Kong, and he chose to fight while Dugu Yan agreed to sit out.
• Lin Kong analyzed the Shrek team and told his teammates to follow his lead as he opened the battle.
• Tang San noticed that the Imperial Fighting Team’s roster listed an unidentified eighth fighter, while Dai Mubai said the team should simply charge in.
• At the arena, Lin Kong removed his hood, stunning the Shrek members, and asked Xiao Wu, Rongrong, and Zhuqing if they were going to fight him.

Lin Kong returned as a member of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Team and reunited with Ning Rongrong before facing his former Shrek teammates. As Tang San and Dai Mubai insisted they were opponents, Lin Kong challenged Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to say whether they wanted him to forfeit.

• Ning Rongrong ran to greet Lin Kong, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing held back under Tang San’s gaze and Dai Mubai’s presence.
• Tang San ordered Ma Hongjun and Oscar to stay put, and the chapter showed how Yu Xiaogang’s training arrangements had helped Tang San gain authority over the Shrek team.
• Lin Kong told Ning Rongrong he had joined the Imperial Fighting Team, then walked with her to face the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai told Lin Kong that he was their opponent, but Lin Kong dismissed Tang San’s demand that he forfeit.
• Lin Kong asked Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar whether they also wanted him to admit defeat.