Recaps

Lin Mo separated from Qin Ming’s group to hunt a powerful Soul Beast for his Fifth Soul Ring, trusting his strength and Charizard to handle the danger alone. After he flew off, Dugu Yan revealed that Lin Mo had reached level fifty months earlier, shocking Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng.

• Lin Mo told Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Qin Ming to leave the area while he hunted a Soul Beast alone, and Dugu Yan agreed to leave markers along their route.
• Lin Mo summoned Charizard, mounted it, and flew toward the Soul Beast he had sensed.
• Yu Feng, Osler, and the others noticed Charizard’s changed form and Lin Mo’s four Soul Rings, including a black one.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan whether Lin Mo was seeking his Fifth Soul Ring, and she confirmed that Lin Mo had broken through level fifty months earlier.
• Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng reacted with shock when they learned Lin Mo was already a Soul King.

Lin Mo pursued a fire-and-light Soul Beast for Charizard’s Fifth Soul Ring while Shrek Academy regrouped after the Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu. Tang San flew after Xiao Wu, and Lin Mo found a beautiful winged Soul King already waiting at the lava valley.

• Qin Ming led the Imperial Fighting Team toward the forest’s outskirts to wait for Lin Mo after learning he was a twelve-year-old Soul King.
• Lin Mo and Charizard tracked a rare Soul Beast with fire and light attributes deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San, enraged over Xiao Wu’s capture, took Oscar’s Mushroom Sausage and flew after the Titan Giant Ape; Ning Rongrong boosted his speed with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Lin Mo reached a lava-filled valley and found a beautiful woman with white wings and five Soul Rings standing beside the lava lake.
• Lin Mo recognized the woman, and his pupils contracted.

Lin Mo encountered Qian Renxue in the Star Dou Great Forest while both were seeking Soul Rings, and discovered that a hidden Titled Douluo had him and Charizard locked in place. He concealed his identity and offered to leave, while preparing to use his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill if attacked.

• Lin Mo recognized Qian Renxue and considered fleeing, but realized Spirit Hall must have a Titled Douluo guarding her.
• Qian Renxue ordered Lin Mo to stay and was astonished by his evolved Charizard, four Soul Rings, and apparent level-fifty cultivation.
• A powerful presence hidden nearby locked onto Lin Mo and Charizard, so Lin Mo readied his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill as an escape measure.
• Qian Renxue softened her approach and asked Lin Mo who he was and why he had come to the forest.
• Lin Mo introduced himself as Mo Ling, claimed to be an eighteen-year-old unaffiliated cultivator seeking a fifth Soul Ring, and offered to leave the Soul Beast to Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue questioned whether her long undercover mission had been worth the cost to her cultivation, then offered Lin Mo the Soul Beast beneath the lava lake to build a bond with him. Lin Mo accepted her offer so he could pursue a Soul Ring compatible with his Martial Soul.

• Qian Renxue silently compared her cultivation with Lin Mo's and questioned whether infiltrating the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had been worth sacrificing years of her life.
• Lin Mo explained that he had come to the lava lake because his Martial Soul sensed a highly compatible Soul Beast, and said he could escape if it proved too powerful.
• Qian Renxue offered Lin Mo the Soul Beast because its attributes did not suit the sacred and light Soul Ring she needed.
• Lin Mo suspected Qian Renxue wanted to recruit him, but accepted her offer rather than delay his search for a Soul Beast.

Lin Mo and Qian Renxue exchanged false names before Lin Mo began hunting a roughly thirty-thousand-year-old Sun Insect King for his Fifth Soul Ring. Charizard’s Sunny Day strengthened both combatants, but its Ultimate Fire gave Charizard a decisive advantage as the fight began.

• Qian Renxue asked Lin Mo to call her Sister Xue, and Lin Mo reluctantly agreed while Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long watched from hiding.
• Lin Mo kept Charizard close and sent him into the lava lake to flush out a Soul Beast while Qian Renxue stayed back to observe.
• Charizard forced a Sun Insect King from the lava, and Lin Mo judged that its cultivation was within their ability to handle.
• Charizard used Sunny Day, boosting both himself and the Sun Insect King, while Qian Renxue recognized the skill as a pseudo-domain rather than a true domain.
• The Sun Insect King fired a golden-red beam, but Charizard’s Flamethrower overwhelmed it and began melting its carapace.
• Lin Mo recognized that Sunny Day had raised Charizard’s flames to Ultimate Fire, giving him a strong attribute advantage over the Sun Insect King.

Lin Mo and Charizard defeated the thirty-thousand-year Sun Insect King, and Charizard demonstrated its self-created flame skills to Qian Renxue. Lin Mo absorbed the beast’s Soul Ring safely, reaching Soul Power Level 53 and gaining the fifth Soul Skill, Light of the Corona.

• Charizard killed the weakened Sun Insect King, and its thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring appeared.
• Qian Renxue questioned Lin Mo about Charizard’s many skills, and Lin Mo explained that it had learned them as Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Charizard demonstrated Ember, Fire Spin, and Flamethrower for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue agreed to guard Lin Mo while he absorbed the Soul Ring, and Charizard swallowed it.
• Lin Mo and Charizard absorbed the Soul Ring without danger, and two hours later Lin Mo saw that his Soul Power had reached Lv53 and his fifth Soul Skill was Light of the Corona.

After absorbing the Sun Insect King’s Soul Ring, Lin Mo tested Charizard’s new Fifth Soul Skill and thanked Qian Renxue before heading back to his companions. Qian Renxue then set off with She Long to search for her Sixth Soul Ring.

• Lin Mo explained that the Sun Insect King’s Soul Ring granted Charizard the offensive Soul Skill Light of the Corona, raised his Soul Power to rank fifty-three, and further purified its flames to Ultimate Fire.
• At Lin Mo’s request, Charizard demonstrated Light of the Corona by vaporizing a large hollow in the lava lake, impressing Qian Renxue with its attack power.
• Lin Mo thanked Qian Renxue for yielding the Sun Insect King and said he needed to return to his companions; Qian Renxue teased him about claiming to be a lone cultivator, then let him leave.
• Lin Mo flew away on Charizard and promised to remember Qian Renxue’s kindness, while she watched him depart.
• Qian Renxue called She Long and turned toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest to search for her Sixth Soul Ring.

Tang San absorbed a powerful Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and obtained the Eight Spider Lances before Lin Mo encountered the Shrek group in Star Dou Great Forest. After Tang San explained that the Titan Giant Ape had taken Xiao Wu, he begged Lin Mo to help rescue her.

• Tang San endured the absorption of a Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring that exceeded the usual limit for a third Soul Ring and reached the Soul Elder realm, gaining the Eight Spider Lances.
• Lin Mo turned Charizard toward familiar presences in the forest and landed before the Shrek group, stunning them with Charizard's five Soul Rings.
• Lin Mo asked where Xiao Wu was, and Tang San recounted how the Titan Giant Ape had taken her.
• Lin Mo described the Titan Giant Ape's overwhelming strength and questioned how the Shrek group knew his Martial Soul had once been called Charmeleon.
• Tang San pleaded with Lin Mo to rescue Xiao Wu, offering to pay any price.

Tang San pleaded with Lin Mo to ask Poison Douluo to rescue Xiao Wu, but Lin Mo refused and left with Charizard. At the Lake of Life, Xiao Wu decided not to return to the human world and accepted Er Ming and Da Ming’s protection.

• Lin Mo told Tang San that rescuing Xiao Wu from the Titan Giant Ape was too dangerous and urged the group to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San asked Lin Mo to enlist Poison Douluo, but Zhao Wuji rebuked him and Lin Mo refused.
• Tang San angrily accused Lin Mo of being cold-blooded, and Lin Mo departed on Charizard.
• At the Lake of Life, Er Ming asked Xiao Wu whether she would return to Tang San, and she said she would not.
• Da Ming reassured Xiao Wu that he and Er Ming would protect her, and Xiao Wu agreed to stay.

Lin Mo returned to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest with his fifth Soul Ring and explained his unusual Soul Ring absorption to the Imperial Fighting Team. After telling them that Xiao Wu had been taken by the Titan Giant Ape but the rest of Shrek Academy was safe, Qin Ming led the team out of the forest.

• Lin Mo arrived on Charizard and revealed that he had become a five-ring Soul King with two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Lin Mo claimed Charizard helped him withstand the pressure of stronger Soul Rings, and Qin Ming warned everyone not to exceed their limits.
• Lin Mo blamed Charizard for accidentally killing the Soul Beast and said he had absorbed its Soul Ring on the spot.
• Lin Mo told Qin Ming that the Titan Giant Ape had taken Xiao Wu, while the other Shrek Academy members were alive and had been advised to leave.
• Qin Ming ordered the Imperial Fighting Team to withdraw from the Star Dou Great Forest, and the group headed toward Soul Hunting Town.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Lin Mo told Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan about his fifth Soul Ring and growing strength, while Dugu Yan recounted how Ma Hongjun had insulted them in the Star Dou Great Forest. Dugu Bo asked whether Lin Mo was still hiding a trump card, leaving the courtyard waiting for his answer.

• Lin Mo returned to the Ye Family Medical Hall with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and reassured Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan that they were safe.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ma Hongjun had insulted them, and Lin Mo said he had beaten him and his companion with Charizard's flames.
• Lin Mo revealed that his fifth Soul Ring came from a thirty-thousand-year Sun Insect King and gave Charizard the Light of the Corona skill.
• Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo judged that Lin Mo's combat strength now rivaled or exceeded that of an ordinary Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Ye Lingling noted that Lin Mo's records would attract attention from other factions, and Lin Mo said he could no longer hide everything.
• Dugu Bo recalled Lin Mo's composure during their spar and asked whether he was concealing another trump card.

Lin Mo demonstrated a new Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill formed by merging Charizard with his Body Martial Soul, revealing strength and mobility far beyond his previous limits. He named the ability Crimson Blood Flame Dragon Transformation as news of his power spread through Heaven Dou City.

• Lin Mo fused with Charizard, transforming into a half-dragon whose presence approached the Seven-Ring Soul Sage realm.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling reacted with astonishment, and Lin Mo explained that the transformation was a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill rather than ordinary Martial Soul Possession.
• Lin Mo demonstrated that the form let him use most of Charizard's Soul Skills and all of his Body Martial Soul abilities, while combining Blood Qi and flame in his attacks.
• Lin Mo showed how Spatial Battlefield, Dragon Dance, and flight could help him escape a Titled Douluo, then ended the transformation and recalled Charizard.
• Lin Mo named the skill Crimson Blood Flame Dragon Transformation, while members of the Imperial Fighting Team spread news of his strength and ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring through Heaven Dou City.

After learning that Lin Mo had become a twelve-year-old Soul King, Heaven Dou City’s factions began discussing and maneuvering around him. As Dugu Bo sheltered Lin Mo at Dugu Manor, Prince Xue Xing sent Xue Beng to make his acquaintance before Crown Prince Xue Qinghe could act.

• Qin Ming told Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin that Lin Mo had reached Soul King rank and possessed two ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, so they worried about protecting his secret.
• The committee learned Lin Mo was staying at Dugu Manor under Dugu Bo’s protection and realized news of his breakthrough had likely already spread through the Imperial Fighting Team’s noble families.
• Rumors about Lin Mo swept through Heaven Dou City, drawing admiration, envy, and hidden schemes toward the twelve-year-old Soul King.
• Three days later, Prince Xue Xing told Xue Beng that Xue Qinghe was interested in Lin Mo and would likely approach him soon.
• Prince Xue Xing arranged for Xue Beng to visit Lin Mo at Dugu Manor and instructed him to act like a wastrel making casual acquaintance, without recruiting Lin Mo or competing with Xue Qinghe.

Xue Qinghe visited Dugu Manor on Emperor Xue Ye’s behalf and granted Lin Mo the title of earl for his extraordinary cultivation achievements. The imperial family’s generous reward surprised Lin Mo and Dugu Bo.

• After Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing left Dugu Manor, Dugu Bo explained that Xue Beng acted like a wastrel to protect himself from his eldest brother, Xue Qinghe.
• A servant announced Xue Qinghe’s arrival, and Lin Mo and Dugu Bo went to receive him with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with attendants and numerous gifts, without the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members who had accompanied him before.
• Xue Qinghe praised Lin Mo for delaying his fourth Soul Ring and reaching the rank of Five-Ring Soul King at a young age.
• Xue Qinghe announced that Emperor Xue Ye had granted Lin Mo the title of earl and its corresponding stipend, surprising Lin Mo and Dugu Bo.

Lin Mo accepted a nominal earldom from Xue Qinghe to gain the Heaven Dou Empire’s protection while continuing his cultivation. Dugu Bo warned that Spirit Hall, especially Pope Bibi Dong, was the real threat, and Lin Mo decided to face events as they came.

• Xue Qinghe explained that Lin Mo’s earldom carried honors and benefits but no duties, then gave him the earl’s token.
• Lin Mo accepted the title and reasoned that the imperial connection could shield him from other powers while he traveled and cultivated.
• Dugu Bo questioned Lin Mo’s decision, and Lin Mo explained that he could not remain hidden at Dugu Bo’s home forever.
• Dugu Bo said the imperial families were no real concern but warned that Spirit Hall and Pope Bibi Dong posed the greater danger.
• Lin Mo said he would respond to problems as they arose and considered that Qian Renxue might help resolve the threat from Spirit Hall.

Salas waited anxiously for orders about recruiting Lin Mo, while Bibi Dong weighed Qian Renxue’s claim on him against her own interest in his unusually successful Martial Soul mutations. Bibi Dong decided to pursue Lin Mo because she hoped his mutations might reveal a way to cure Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul.

• Salas reviewed Lin Mo’s record and worried that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would recruit him before Spirit Hall acted.
• Bibi Dong confirmed that Salas’s report had reached her, while Snake Lance Douluo conveyed Qian Renxue’s order that Pope Hall not interfere with Lin Mo.
• Bibi Dong studied Lin Mo’s successive benign Martial Soul mutations and compared them with Yu Xiaogang’s malignant mutation.
• Bibi Dong recalled her history with Yu Xiaogang and wondered whether Lin Mo’s case could help resolve the problem with Luo Sanpao.
• Bibi Dong resolved to pursue Lin Mo despite the risk of opposing Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu.

Yue Guan went to Dugu Manor on Bibi Dong’s orders to recruit Lin Mo for Spirit Hall, despite Qian Renxue’s objections. After seeing Lin Mo summon Charizard, Yue Guan recognized signs that Lin Mo had consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to visit Heaven Dou City and offer Lin Mo terms to join Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue learned Yue Guan was heading to Dugu Manor and chose to wait before acting.
• Yue Guan arrived at Dugu Manor with Salas, then sent Salas away so he could speak privately with Dugu Bo and Lin Mo.
• Yue Guan invited Lin Mo to join Spirit Hall and asked to see his external beast martial soul.
• Lin Mo summoned Charizard, and Yue Guan sensed a familiar fluctuation of Soul Power before striking seven points on Lin Mo’s body.
• Yue Guan revealed his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul and asked whether Lin Mo had consumed one; Lin Mo confirmed that he had.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan invited Lin Mo to join Spirit Hall as the Pope’s personal disciple and future Holy Son, but Lin Mo declined for now because of his ties to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the Heaven Dou Empire. Lin Mo agreed to travel to Spirit City to meet the Pope, and Dugu Bo insisted on accompanying him.

• Yue Guan asked Lin Mo to become his disciple, while Dugu Bo mocked Yue Guan and explained that he had given Lin Mo the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.
• Yue Guan examined Charizard’s five Soul Rings and invited Lin Mo to join Spirit Hall as the Pope’s personal disciple, with the possibility of becoming its Holy Son.
• Lin Mo refused to join another power before graduating from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Yue Guan said the Pope had ordered him to bring Lin Mo to Spirit City to discuss his Martial Soul.
• Lin Mo agreed to accompany Yue Guan to Spirit City, and Dugu Bo announced that he would go with him.

Lin Mo prepared to meet Bibi Dong in Spirit City, wary that she might use him and Charizard for her research. He secured political protection from the Heaven Dou Empire and resolved to make his talent publicly known before the journey.

• Lin Mo told Dugu Bo he needed to notify Heaven Dou Royal Academy before leaving, and Yue Guan agreed to return for him the next morning.
• Dugu Bo went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and informed Xue Ye and the crown prince of Lin Mo's summons; they pledged not to abandon him.
• Lin Mo considered how Qian Renxue could help counter Bibi Dong and decided that publicizing his talent and Charizard's evolutions would make him harder to target.
• Dugu Bo returned and warned Lin Mo that he could accompany him to Spirit City but would have little power to help once they entered Pope's Hall.

Lin Mo arrived in Spirit City with Dugu Bo and Yue Guan and was brought before Pope Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Spirit Hall’s powerful elders. Bibi Dong asked how Lin Mo had cultivated so quickly, leaving him suspicious of her stated motives.

• Lin Mo traveled with Dugu Bo and Yue Guan to Spirit City, where Dugu Bo explained the roles of Pope Hall and Douluo Hall.
• Yue Guan brought Lin Mo into Pope Hall, where they met Bibi Dong, Gui Mei, Qian Renxue, and Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Qian Renxue recognized Lin Mo and teased him about having previously posed as Mo Ling, while Lin Mo explained that he had met her in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Mo greeted Bibi Dong, who asked him to explain his extraordinary cultivation speed and claimed that a reproducible method could benefit Soul Masters everywhere.
• Lin Mo suspected Bibi Dong’s stated purpose was insincere because Yue Guan had forcibly brought him to Spirit City.

Bibi Dong questioned Lin Mo about his rapid cultivation and repeated benign Martial Soul mutations, hoping to learn whether they could be replicated. Lin Mo showed her Charizard but gave no explanation for the transformations, leaving Bibi Dong’s true motive exposed to Qian Renxue’s suspicion.

• Bibi Dong asked Lin Mo how he became a Soul King at twelve and absorbed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and Lin Mo credited his progress to the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from Poison Douluo.
• Yue Guan confirmed that the herb’s power remained in Lin Mo’s body and had strengthened his constitution and meridians.
• Bibi Dong asked to see Lin Mo’s external beast Martial Soul, and Lin Mo summoned Charizard before the assembled Douluos.
• Bibi Dong questioned Lin Mo about his Martial Soul’s transformations from an egg to Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard, then asked how repeated benign mutations could be reproduced.
• Qian Renxue dismissed Bibi Dong’s appeal to help Soul Masters and suspected that Bibi Dong wanted the method for Yu Xiaogang.

Lin Mo explained to Bibi Dong that Charizard’s successive mutations might have resulted from soul rings matching its fire and dragon nature, concealing the true source of its third ring. Bibi Dong offered him a future audience in exchange, but Lin Mo refused to join Spirit Hall for now and agreed to document his experiences for its research.

• Lin Mo told Bibi Dong that Charizard’s mutations likely came from soul rings that strengthened its fire attribute and martial soul origin, and described the beasts that provided his first five rings.
• Bibi Dong considered using compatible soul rings, soul bones, or spiritual treasures to help Yu Xiaogang overcome his limitations.
• Bibi Dong promised Lin Mo that he could seek her advice once if he encountered a cultivation bottleneck.
• Bibi Dong invited Lin Mo to join Spirit Hall as her disciple, but he declined until after graduating from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Mo to stay in Spirit City and write a detailed account of his soul-ring choices and Charizard’s changes, and he agreed.

Lin Mo finished recording his information for Spirit Hall and received a library access token from Qian Renxue before leaving Spirit City with Dugu Bo for Yu Feng City. Afterward, Qian Renxue questioned the value of her years undercover in Heaven Dou, and Qian Daoliu asked whether Lin Mo had prompted her doubts.

• Lin Mo completed and checked his detailed record of the method he had described to Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue gave Lin Mo a Spirit Hall library token as a reward, and he said he planned to leave within a couple of days.
• Lin Mo and Dugu Bo left Spirit City and headed northeast toward Yu Feng City instead of returning directly to Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qian Renxue why she had not recruited Lin Mo, and she said she did not know whether to approach him as Qian Renxue or Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue questioned whether her years undercover in Heaven Dou had been worthwhile, and Qian Daoliu asked if Lin Mo had caused her doubts.

Qian Renxue chose to return to her undercover mission while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed Lin Mo’s growing threat and potential value to Spirit Hall. Three days later, Lin Mo and Dugu Bo reached Bai Family Village, where Lin Mo intended to seek the crystal blood dragon ginseng held by Bai He.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo judged Lin Mo’s talent and combat strength exceptional and urged Qian Daoliu to bring him to Spirit Hall’s side.
• Qian Renxue decided to return to the Heaven Dou Empire rather than abandon her long-running undercover mission.
• Lin Mo and Dugu Bo traveled to Yu Feng City in search of a rare ginseng Lin Mo had heard might be nearby.
• Dugu Bo asked what Lin Mo planned to ask Bibi Dong, and Lin Mo dismissed her promised answer as an empty bargain.
• Lin Mo led Dugu Bo away from Yu Feng City to Bai Family Village, home of the Speed Clan and its chief, Bai He, who possessed the crystal blood dragon ginseng.

Lin Mo and Dugu Bo visited the Speed Clan to negotiate for a rare ginseng, and Lin Mo revealed his identity as the twelve-year-old Soul King. Bai He agreed to sell the treasure and opened its jade box, leaving Dugu Bo examining the extraordinary blood-red root.

• Lin Mo and Dugu Bo arrived at Bai Family Village and were escorted to Bai He by a clan member.
• Bai He sensed Dugu Bo's Titled Douluo cultivation and was astonished to discover that Lin Mo was a Soul King.
• Lin Mo confirmed the rumors about himself by summoning Charizard and displaying his five Soul Rings, shocking Bai He and Bai Chenxiang.
• Lin Mo asked Bai He to sell the exceptional ginseng, and Bai He agreed without hesitation.
• Bai He opened a jade box containing a blood-red, dragon-patterned ginseng, and Dugu Bo examined it closely.