Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo and Charizard absorbed the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring with surprising ease as Da Ming and Er Ming arrived with Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu recognized Lin Mo, halting the beasts' attack, while Lin Mo's absorption neared completion.

• Lin Mo and Charizard began absorbing the Seventh Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan found the process unusually stable and rapid.
• Da Ming and Er Ming hurried toward the swamp with Xiao Wu after sensing powerful Soul Power fluctuations in the forest.
• Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan prepared to defend Lin Mo from the approaching beasts, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling released their Martial Souls.
• Da Ming and Er Ming reached the swamp and saw the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's corpse and Lin Mo absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu recognized Lin Mo, and Dugu Bo, Ye Linyuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling were astonished to see her with the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Da Ming stopped his attack when Xiao Wu confirmed she knew the humans, as Lin Mo and Charizard's Soul Ring absorption entered its final stage.

Lin Mo completed his absorption of the Golden Hawksbill Turtle’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and became a Seven-Ring Soul Sage, then revealed his Mega Charizard Y form as he faced Xiao Wu and her companions. The chapter ended with Lin Mo greeting Xiao Wu while standing atop his evolved Charizard.

• Xiao Wu told Da Ming and Er Ming that Lin Mo was her former classmate from Nuoding Academy, and Da Ming grew wary of his strength.
• Dugu Bo recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and shielded Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan stepped between Lin Mo and Xiao Wu, pleading with Xiao Wu not to attack while Lin Mo absorbed his Soul Ring.
• Lin Mo emerged after successfully absorbing the red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, becoming a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Charizard activated its Martial Soul True Body, Mega Charizard Y, and its draconic might made Da Ming and Er Ming retreat half a step.
• Lin Mo landed on Mega Charizard Y’s back and greeted Xiao Wu.

Lin Mo confronted Xiao Wu about her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had cultivated in human form, while Da Ming weighed the danger of fighting him and Mega Charizard Y. Xiao Wu was left unable to answer whether she considered herself human or a Soul Beast.

• Xiao Wu recognized Lin Mo and accepted that they now stood on opposing sides as a human Soul Master and a Soul Beast.
• Lin Mo revealed that he had suspected Xiao Wu's identity since their days at Nuoding Academy and asked why she had returned to the human world after leaving it.
• Da Ming assessed Lin Mo and Mega Charizard Y as powerful opponents and worried that Xiao Wu could not protect herself while still recovering.
• Xiao Wu questioned Lin Mo about killing the intelligent Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Dugu Bo argued that Soul Masters needed Soul Rings and the strong survived by devouring the weak.
• Lin Mo asked Xiao Wu whether she considered herself human or one of the Soul Beasts, leaving her unable to answer.

Lin Mo confronted Xiao Wu and the two great Soul Beasts after absorbing the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu chose to leave rather than risk a fight. With Da Ming and Er Ming gone, Lin Mo's party prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with the turtle's corpse.

• Da Ming and Er Ming threatened Lin Mo's party, but Lin Mo told Xiao Wu that humans and Soul Beasts could not reconcile and that she belonged to neither side.
• Mega Charizard Y unleashed its power, while Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan prepared to defend Lin Mo against Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Xiao Wu told Da Ming and Er Ming to leave, and the three disappeared into the forest without fighting.
• Lin Mo's party discussed Charizard's new Martial Soul Avatar and learned that Lin Mo's Hundred-Thousand-Year Seventh Soul Ring granted a second Soul Skill he would demonstrate later.
• Lin Mo stored the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's corpse in the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse, and the party headed for the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

At Dugu Manor, Lin Mo recounted Xiao Wu’s past and discovered the Golden Hawksbill Turtle’s left leg soul bone and an unusual vitality-rich metal inside its corpse. The chapter ended with the metal’s powerful life force visibly invigorating the surrounding grass.

• At the Lake of Life, Xiao Wu’s spirits sank as she accepted that Lin Mo’s words were true, while Da Ming and Er Ming left her alone by the lakeshore.
• At Dugu Manor, Lin Mo told Dugu Bo and the others that Xiao Wu had been his Nuoding Academy classmate and that the Titan Giant Ape had likely brought her home rather than captured her.
• Dugu Bo marveled at how Lin Mo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu had all studied together as working students at Nuoding Academy.
• Dugu Yan reminded Lin Mo to absorb the Golden Hawksbill Turtle’s soul bone, and Lin Mo recovered its dark-gold left leg bone from the corpse.
• Lin Mo searched the corpse again and extracted a fist-sized piece of emerald-green metal whose vitality made the nearby grass grow lush and taller.

After obtaining the gold of life from the weakened Golden Hawksbill Turtle, Lin Mo entrusted it to Ye Linyuan to study. He then began absorbing the turtle’s hundred-thousand-year left leg Soul Bone, leaving his companions to guard Dugu Manor.

• Lin Mo identified the emerald-green metal as gold of life and reasoned that the Golden Hawksbill Turtle had weakened after trying to consume it.
• Lin Mo gave the gold of life to Ye Linyuan to study, and Ye Linyuan promised to return it once he learned how to use it.
• Lin Mo told Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Ye Linyuan, and Ye Lingling that he planned to absorb the Golden Hawksbill Turtle’s left leg Soul Bone.
• Lin Mo entered the secluded cultivation chamber, prepared himself, and began absorbing the Soul Bone into his left leg.

After absorbing his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and Soul Ring, Lin Mo emerged with his Soul Power at level seventy-seven, astonishing everyone. He demonstrated Charizard’s second Martial Soul Avatar form, Mega Charizard, and the group asked how it differed from Mega Charizard Y.

• Lin Mo revealed that his Soul Power had reached level seventy-seven, and he explained how his accumulated Bloodline Power and Hundred Thousand Year treasures had helped him advance.
• Ye Lingling asked Lin Mo to show Charizard’s other Martial Soul Avatar form, and Dugu Yan and the elders watched eagerly.
• Lin Mo summoned Charizard and activated its seventh Soul Skill, revealing the black-and-blue Mega Charizard instead of Mega Charizard Y.
• Lin Mo explained that Charizard had to cancel one form and activate its seventh Soul Ring again to switch to the other.
• Ye Lingling touched Mega Charizard’s belly and asked Lin Mo what abilities distinguished the two forms.

Lin Mo explained Charizard’s two specialized Martial Soul Avatar forms and revealed the two skills granted by his Golden Hawksbill Turtle Left Leg Bone. The discussion ended when Zhu Zhuqing rushed in with news that Emperor Xue Ye had died.

• Lin Mo explained that Mega Charizard Y specialized in long-range attacks while Charizard’s blue-black Martial Soul Avatar strengthened close combat, with both forms reaching strength comparable to a rank ninety-five Titled Douluo.
• Lin Mo described the Golden Hawksbill Turtle Left Leg Bone’s Invincible Shield and Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell, which could cleanse negative conditions and teleport him within a hundred meters.
• Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan recognized how Lin Mo’s new abilities combined with his other powers to make him exceptionally difficult to defeat.
• Zhu Zhuqing hurried into the courtyard and told Dugu Bo that Emperor Xue Ye had passed away.

After Xue Ye's death, Xue Qinghe swiftly took the throne, while Dugu Bo stayed out of the succession struggle and helped Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng survive the purge. A week later, Xue Xing arrived at Dugu Manor with an invitation from the new emperor, who especially wanted to meet Lin Mo.

• Dugu Bo explained that he would not back Xue Beng in the succession struggle but would try to protect Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, crushed opposition and became the new emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Seven days after Xue Ye's death, Xue Xing visited Dugu Manor and said he had come on the emperor's behalf.
• Xue Xing told Dugu Bo that he and his household were invited to the imperial palace for a discussion.
• Lin Mo asked whether the emperor's main guest was Dugu Bo or him, and Xue Xing said the emperor especially looked forward to meeting Lin Mo.

Lin Mo, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling accepted Emperor Xue Qinghe’s invitation and arrived at a gathering in the imperial garden. There, they reunited with Qian Renxue in her Xue Qinghe disguise and met Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong, while Chen Xin noticed Dugu Bo’s newly advanced cultivation.

• Lin Mo agreed to attend the emperor’s invitation, and Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling joined him.
• Lin Mo reflected on Ye Linyuan’s research into the gold of life and how the treasure could benefit them all.
• Prince Xue Xing escorted the group to the palace, then left them with an attendant to guide them to the imperial garden.
• Lin Mo’s group arrived at a lakeside pavilion and found Qian Renxue, posing as Xue Qinghe, with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi greeted the newcomers, and Chen Xin realized Dugu Bo’s cultivation had reached the peak of rank ninety-six.

Xue Qinghe hosted Lin Mo and his companions at the imperial garden, claiming he wanted to congratulate Lin Mo and deliver the reward promised by the late Xue Ye. Beneath the cordial meeting, Qian Renxue intended to gauge Lin Mo's and the two Titled Douluo's stances.

• Dugu Bo calmly faced scrutiny from Chen Xin and Gu Rong, who worried about his rapid increase in strength.
• Lin Mo, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling met Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong in the imperial garden pavilion.
• Lin Mo considered how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had gained power and court positions after supporting Xue Qinghe's accession.
• Xue Qinghe said he had invited Lin Mo to congratulate him on emerging from seclusion and award him the reward promised by Xue Ye for winning the Soul Master Tournament.
• Lin Mo accepted the reward while privately recognizing that Qian Renxue had used Xue Ye's dying wish as a pretext to assess his and the Titled Douluo's positions.

Qian Renxue invited Lin Mo to gauge whether he would support Spirit Hall’s coming Soul Hunting Plan, but his revelation that he had become an eighteen-year-old Soul Saint stunned everyone in the pavilion. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi asking to see Lin Mo’s Martial Soul.

• Qian Renxue considered how Lin Mo’s allegiance might affect Spirit Hall’s plans to eliminate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Mo whether he had ended his seclusion because of a cultivation bottleneck, and Lin Mo said he had broken through and needed a Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Lin Mo had reached the Seven-Ring Soul Sage realm, and Lin Mo confirmed that he had obtained his Seventh Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dugu Bo confirmed that he and Ye Linyuan had accompanied Lin Mo to hunt for the Soul Ring, while Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong reacted to the scale of Lin Mo’s breakthrough.
• Qian Renxue reflected on how Lin Mo had surpassed her cultivation, and Ning Fengzhi asked to see Lin Mo’s current Martial Soul.

Lin Mo revealed that Charizard’s seventh Soul Ring was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, shocking Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Ning Rongrong, and Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue resolved to recruit Lin Mo at any cost, while Dugu Bo explained that a Soul Master’s limits depended on their body, spiritual power, and will, then mocked Yu Xiaogang’s theories.

• Lin Mo summoned Charizard and showed the gathered guests its seventh Soul Ring, which was blood-red.
• Lin Mo confirmed that he had obtained the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring from a weakened beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Ning Rongrong, and Qian Renxue reacted with shock at Lin Mo absorbing such a ring as a Soul Saint’s seventh.
• Qian Renxue decided that she had to bind Lin Mo to Spirit Hall, whatever the cost.
• Dugu Bo bragged that he and Ye had helped weaken the beast before Lin Mo delivered the finishing blow, then dismissed the ring’s poor attribute match as a minor drawback.
• When Ning Rongrong asked how Lin Mo had exceeded the accepted limit for a seventh Soul Ring, Dugu Bo argued that absorption limits depended on the Soul Master’s constitution, spiritual power, and will, and ridiculed Yu Xiaogang’s theories.

Dugu Bo explained that Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized Lin Mo’s theory, while Qian Renxue honored Lin Mo for his tournament victory and overwhelming talent. She granted him the title of prince and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, leaving Lin Mo stunned by the divine inheritance hidden behind the treasure.

• Dugu Bo revealed that Yu Xiaogang had claimed Lin Mo’s theory as his own, and Bibi Dong had stopped its spread after learning the truth.
• Ning Fengzhi changed the subject and asked Xue Qinghe about the purpose of the banquet, while Ning Rongrong held back from defending Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue named Lin Mo a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire in recognition of his tournament victory and extraordinary strength.
• Qian Renxue presented Lin Mo with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, the empire’s national treasure and a symbol of his new status.
• Lin Mo recognized the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as a divine artifact tied to the Sea God’s inheritance and decided its value was too great to refuse.

Lin Mo accepted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and Qian Renxue’s offer to make him a prince, with his public investiture and princely residence planned for three days later. After he left, the others discussed his astonishing strength, and Qian Renxue ended the gathering by asking Ning Fengzhi for his views on Spirit Hall.

• Lin Mo accepted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and agreed to attend his public investiture as a prince in three days.
• Qian Renxue explained that Lin Mo’s princely title and residence would publicly tie him to the Heaven Dou Empire, while Lin Mo accepted the arrangement for the treasure and the protection his status could bring.
• Dugu Bo led Lin Mo and the others out of the imperial garden, while Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi remained behind.
• Qian Renxue worried that she had acted too aggressively to recruit Lin Mo, but Ning Fengzhi said that a genius of his caliber warranted strong measures.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong estimated that Lin Mo’s Soul Power was at least rank seventy-six, astonishing Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong.
• As Ning Fengzhi prepared to leave, Qian Renxue stopped him and asked what he thought of Spirit Hall.

Qian Renxue confirmed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would remain loyal to the Heaven Dou Empire, then approved Spirit Hall’s planned attack and reported Lin Mo’s talent to Qian Daoliu. Lin Mo considered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and decided it would suit Dugu Yan or Ye Lingling better than him.

• Qian Renxue tested Ning Fengzhi’s loyalty, and he affirmed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would stand with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• After Ning Fengzhi left, Qian Renxue decided the sect could not be recruited and wrote to Bibi Dong supporting attacks on it and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Qian Renxue wrote to Qian Daoliu about her successful infiltration of the Heaven Dou Empire and Lin Mo’s talent, then sent both letters with She Long.
• Qian Renxue prepared to announce Lin Mo’s princely title at the court assembly three days later.
• At Dugu Manor, Lin Mo reflected on Qian Renxue’s gifts and rejected the Sea God inheritance for himself, deciding that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud might suit Dugu Yan or Ye Lingling.

Qian Renxue bestowed Lin Mo the title of One-Character Prince Equal to the Emperor, and he silenced the protesting officials by revealing his seventh, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. As news of his strength spread across the continent, Lin Mo told Dugu Bo that he no longer needed to hide and announced he would take Ye Lingling and Sister Yanyan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Qian Renxue formally named Lin Mo the One-Character Prince Equal to the Emperor, prompting veteran officials to protest his youth and insufficient achievements.
• At Qian Renxue's request, Lin Mo summoned Charizard and revealed his seven Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year seventh ring, silencing the officials.
• Lin Mo's title and strength became widely known in Heaven Dou City and spread to major factions across the continent.
• Lin Mo told Dugu Bo that his strength and seven chances to resurrect meant he no longer had to avoid attention.
• Lin Mo told Dugu Bo he planned to take Sister Yanyan and Sister Lingling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Lin Mo took Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Heaven Dou City's attention on him began to fade. He chose the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and Lovesick Heartbreak Red for the two women, while Charizard explored the scorching Yang Spring.

• Lin Mo explained that he wanted to give Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling immortal herbs and agreed with Dugu Bo to wait until the attention on Dugu Manor subsided.
• Lin Mo considered how his growing reputation could help him gather faith and eventually attain godhood.
• Seven days later, Lin Mo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling disguised themselves as servants and left Heaven Dou City for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Mo summoned Charizard, who Mega Evolved into Mega Charizard Y and plunged into the scorching Yang Spring to explore it.
• Lin Mo selected the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and Lovesick Heartbreak Red as the immortal herbs for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Lin Mo explained the effects and conditions of two immortal herbs, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling chose one each. Ye Lingling passed Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s test by thinking of Lin Mo, successfully plucking it.

• Lin Mo explained that the Star Luo Spirit Pearl could ease the formation of a Soul Core and that Lovesick Heartbreak Red could greatly enhance its consumer, but required sincere love to pluck.
• Dugu Yan chose the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, and Ye Lingling took Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Lin Mo instructed Ye Lingling to focus on the person she loved and spit blood onto the flower’s petals.
• Ye Lingling thought of Lin Mo, and Lovesick Heartbreak Red detached from the Black Absoluteness Stone and landed in her hand.
• Ye Lingling hugged the plucked flower to her chest and told Lin Mo she had not let him down.

Lin Mo returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, whose immortal herb transformed her Nine Heart Begonia, while Dugu Yan attempted to condense her first Soul Core. Three months later, Spirit Hall launched simultaneous assaults on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, leaving the latter caught by surprise.

• Lin Mo picked several immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then took Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling back to Heaven Dou City as Charizard failed to find the Fire Dragon King's legacy.
• Ye Lingling absorbed Lovesick Heartbreak Red, improving her Nine Heart Begonia beyond Ye Linyuan's Martial Soul and raising her Soul Power to level sixty-eight.
• Dugu Yan entered seclusion to fuse a Soul Core in her upper dantian, using the Star Luo Spirit Pearl to reduce the risk.
• After three peaceful months in Heaven Dou City, a patrol disciple spotted an approaching army near the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and sounded its highest-level alarm.
• The attackers, led by four Titled Douluos and nearly ten thousand Soul Masters, charged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Ning Fengzhi requested reinforcements from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Spirit Hall forces simultaneously attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan without warning, and Yu Yuanzhen emerged to confront three Titled Douluos and eight thousand invaders.