Chapter Summaries

After earning his Silver Soul Badge and nearly two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, Lin Mo celebrated with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. On the way to Dugu Manor, he revealed that he had reached the level forty bottleneck and needed a Fourth Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo appeared, already expecting his breakthrough.

• Lin Mo explained that he had earned nearly two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and completed his Great Soul Arena goals.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling joined Lin Mo on a shopping and dining outing, which he paid for lavishly.
• Lin Mo told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that he had reached the level forty bottleneck and needed a Fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo appeared at Dugu Manor and said he had expected Lin Mo to be nearing a breakthrough.

Lin Mo asked Dugu Bo to take him to the Soul Hunting Forest for his fourth soul ring, but Dugu Bo told him he had to attend a banquet hosted by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe first. Lin Mo reluctantly agreed, wary of becoming entangled in the Heaven Dou Empire’s political intrigues.

• Lin Mo asked Dugu Bo to take him Soul Hunting so he could obtain his fourth soul ring.
• Dugu Bo said Prince Xue Xing had informed him that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had requested Lin Mo’s presence at a banquet the following evening.
• Dugu Bo explained that Lin Mo could not refuse the crown prince’s invitation, and Lin Mo reluctantly agreed to attend.
• Lin Mo reflected on the danger surrounding Xue Qinghe, secretly replaced by Qian Renxue, and his wish to avoid imperial politics.
• Dugu Bo promised to take Lin Mo to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a suitable ten thousand year soul ring after the banquet.

Lin Mo met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who were stunned to learn he had reached the level-forty bottleneck before turning twelve. When they asked how he cultivated so quickly, Lin Mo said he simply meditated and kept cultivating until he broke through, leaving them speechless.

• Dugu Bo and Lin Mo went to meet Xue Qinghe at a secluded imperial teahouse in Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Lin Mo to Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Bone Douluo sensed Lin Mo's cultivation and asked his age and Soul Power level.
• Lin Mo said he was not yet twelve and had reached the level-forty bottleneck, shocking Ning Fengzhi and the others.
• Dugu Bo defended Lin Mo when Bone Douluo questioned his cultivation, and Xue Qinghe asked how he had advanced so quickly.
• Lin Mo replied that he meditated and cultivated normally until he broke through, leaving everyone silent.

After Lin Mo received rewards and a personal token from Xue Qinghe, Dugu Bo took him away to obtain his fourth Soul Ring. Back at the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace, Qian Renxue received Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long's investigation report on Lin Mo.

• Dugu Bo laughed at Lin Mo's claim that training alone had brought his breakthrough and showed off his increased strength to Sword Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe rewarded Lin Mo by exempting Soul Emperor Village from taxes for ten years, promising resources for Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, and giving him a personal gold token.
• Dugu Bo departed with Lin Mo to obtain his fourth Soul Ring, while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's residence.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe discussed Lin Mo's extraordinary talent, disciplined nature, and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's efforts to keep him out of other powers' reach.
• After Ning Fengzhi left, Qian Renxue returned to her chambers, where Yu Long presented the investigation report she had requested on Lin Mo.

Qian Renxue learned that Lin Mo had risen from innate level-six Soul Power to level forty before age twelve, likely through repeated Martial Soul mutations, and decided to recruit him rather than kill him. She ordered She Long not to harm Lin Mo or inform Bibi Dong, while Ning Fengzhi returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and found Ning Rongrong with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.

• Qian Renxue studied outdated Spirit Hall records and discovered that Lin Mo had awakened an egg Martial Soul with innate level-six Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue told She Long that Lin Mo had reached level forty before age twelve and that his Martial Soul had changed from an egg to Charmander and then Charmeleon.
• Qian Renxue suspected Lin Mo's repeated Martial Soul mutations had improved his cultivation talent, and She Long offered to eliminate him.
• Qian Renxue rejected She Long's proposal and declared that she would recruit Lin Mo to serve Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long not to target Lin Mo or tell Bibi Dong about him and her plans.
• Ning Fengzhi returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, saw Ning Rongrong with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, and compared her unfavorably with Lin Mo.

Ning Fengzhi decided to send Ning Rongrong to an academy and warned his elders not to target Lin Mo, whose ties to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Dugu Bo made him too risky to provoke. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo accompanied Lin Mo deep into the Star Dou Great Forest as Lin Mo continued searching for a suitable fourth Soul Ring for Charmeleon.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong he would send her to an academy, but Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo backed his decision when she tried to change his mind.
• Bone Douluo asked how they should deal with Lin Mo, and Ning Fengzhi ordered them to leave him alone because the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and Dugu Bo valued him.
• Dugu Bo brought Lin Mo into the Star Dou Great Forest’s mixed zone, leaving Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling behind because of the danger.
• After three days of searching, Dugu Bo urged Lin Mo to choose one of the powerful Subdragon or Fire-type Soul Beasts they had encountered for Charmeleon’s fourth Soul Ring.
• Lin Mo insisted on searching for another two or three days, believing Charmeleon’s growth depended more on its own Ability and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well than on a Soul Ring.

Lin Mo found a ten-thousand-year Thorn Dragon and, with Dugu Bo’s help, killed it so Charmeleon could obtain its Soul Ring. Lin Mo and Charmeleon began absorbing the ring, and Lin Mo withstood its Soul Shock as the process continued.

• Lin Mo identified a ten-thousand-year Thorn Dragon as the Soul Beast he wanted and warned Dugu Bo about its spatial abilities.
• Dugu Bo’s first attack missed when the Thorn Dragon teleported, so he used Time Freeze to immobilize it and struck it with his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor’s tail.
• Charmeleon killed the gravely wounded Thorn Dragon with Dragon Pulse, and its deep-black Soul Ring appeared.
• Lin Mo prepared to absorb the Soul Ring through Charmeleon, and the ring’s violent power and Soul Shock surged into him.
• Lin Mo withstood the Soul Shock and began refining the power flowing through his body.

Lin Mo absorbed the Thorn Dragon’s Soul Ring and gained Spatial Battlefield, a skill that let Charmeleon teleport freely within its range and granted Lin Mo the same ability. After demonstrating the skill to Dugu Bo, Lin Mo considered how he might pursue the Sea God’s trials for God-Given Soul Rings and a path to godhood.

• Lin Mo completed absorbing the Thorn Dragon’s Soul Ring and discovered that Charmeleon had gained Spatial Battlefield.
• Lin Mo activated Spatial Battlefield, and Charmeleon teleported to attack Dugu Bo before Lin Mo teleported behind him to strike.
• Dugu Bo blocked both attacks and learned that Spatial Battlefield also let Lin Mo teleport within its range.
• Lin Mo explained that Spatial Battlefield was a pseudo-domain skill and reflected that a hundred-thousand-year Thorn Dragon might have granted a stronger domain.
• Lin Mo considered joining the Sea God’s trials to gain God-Given Soul Rings and resolved to seek the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as a route to the inheritance.

After absorbing his fourth Soul Ring, Lin Mo returned to Heaven Dou City and demonstrated his new Spatial Battlefield ability to his companions. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renxue had taken an interest in Lin Mo but chose not to interfere.

• Lin Mo left the Star Dou Great Forest with Dugu Bo, disappointed that his Soul Power had risen only to around the middle of level forty-one and that he had found no Soul Bone.
• Yue Guan told Bibi Dong that Yu Long had retrieved Lin Mo’s file, and Bibi Dong realized Qian Renxue was likely interested in him.
• Bibi Dong declined to investigate Lin Mo or interfere with Qian Renxue, saying she would focus on managing Spirit Hall.
• Lin Mo and Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling greeted Lin Mo at the Ye Family Medical Hall.
• Lin Mo demonstrated Spatial Battlefield, using repeated teleportations with Charmeleon to surprise the onlookers, and Ye Linyuan praised the Soul Skill’s value in combat and survival.

Lin Mo told Ye Linyuan and Dugu Bo that he had fully absorbed the ice and fire herbs’ power and planned to strengthen his foundation with more immortal herbs. After discussing the risks of combining two herbs, Dugu Bo agreed to retrieve them for him.

• Ye Linyuan praised Lin Mo’s repeatedly usable teleportation skill, and Dugu Bo warned him not to reveal its full abilities to outsiders.
• Lin Mo showed Ye Linyuan and Dugu Bo that he had integrated the ice and fire herbs’ powers into his blood Qi.
• Lin Mo said he wanted to consume other immortal herbs, and Dugu Bo recommended the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Dugu Bo recounted how he had beaten Yue Guan after improving his Martial Soul and cultivation with the Earth Dragon Golden Melon.
• Lin Mo proposed taking both the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and Ye Linyuan cautioned him about their combined medicinal power.
• Lin Mo said he would take the herbs one at a time, and Dugu Bo agreed to bring both back for him.

Lin Mo consumed two Immortal Herbs and refined their power in seclusion, awakening his bones and meridians and raising his Soul Power to the peak of level forty-eight. He left some medicinal power unrefined so he could later break through at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and conceal Charmeleon's evolution into Charizard.

• Dugu Bo returned with the narcissus jade muscle bone and the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, and Lin Mo consumed them under Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan's supervision.
• Lin Mo entered seclusion to refine the herbs while Ye Linyuan and Dugu Bo took turns guarding the chamber.
• Ye Linyuan and Dugu Bo wondered whether Lin Mo might reach level fifty and become a twelve-year-old Soul King, but Lin Mo chose not to break through in front of them because Charmeleon would evolve into Charizard.
• After a month, Lin Mo awakened his bones and meridians through the herbs' complementary effects and reached the peak of level forty-eight, leaving some medicinal power dormant.
• Lin Mo emerged from the chamber, greeted Ye Linyuan and Dugu Bo, and showed them his level-forty-eight Soul Power.

Lin Mo celebrated reaching Soul Power level forty-eight with Dugu Bo, Ye Linyuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling before announcing he would return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for secluded cultivation. He entered the valley determined to remain in seclusion until he reached level fifty.

• Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan congratulated Lin Mo on reaching level forty-eight, and Ye Linyuan treated the group to a banquet at the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion.
• Ye Lingling felt disheartened that Lin Mo had overtaken her again, while Dugu Yan reassured her and the elders welcomed the youngsters' closeness.
• Lin Mo told Dugu Bo he planned to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Yan explained that Yu Tianheng had also taken leave, leaving Teacher Qin with only six students attending class.
• Lin Mo said he would prioritize cultivation before team training, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling agreed to explain his absence to Teacher Qin.
• Lin Mo returned to the valley in Sunset Forest, where Charmeleon plunged into the Yang Spring, and vowed not to leave seclusion until he reached level fifty.

After four months of cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lin Mo reached the level-fifty bottleneck, and his Charmeleon had evolved into Charizard and learned two new skills. Dugu Bo arrived to check on Lin Mo and learned that he had broken through two months earlier, while Lin Mo demonstrated a new energy formed by combining Charizard’s flames with his Body Martial Soul’s blood Qi.

• Lin Mo finished his secluded cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with his Soul Power firmly at the level-fifty bottleneck.
• Lin Mo summoned Charizard, which had evolved from Charmeleon two months earlier and learned Air Slash and Roost.
• Lin Mo combined Charizard’s flames with the blood Qi of his Body Martial Soul, forming a new fused energy.
• Dugu Bo entered the valley, saw Charizard, and asked Lin Mo how his Charmeleon had changed again.
• Lin Mo told Dugu Bo that he had reached level fifty two months earlier and explained Charizard’s evolution as a result of the Yang Spring strengthening its Martial Soul Origin.

Lin Mo asked Dugu Bo to test the strength of his evolved Charizard, and the two fought in a barren valley away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Charizard’s stacked enhancements and blazing attacks surprised Dugu Bo, who prepared to use poison as the spar continued.

• Lin Mo asked Dugu Bo to spar with him, and Dugu Bo agreed to test Charizard’s strength.
• Lin Mo and Charizard followed Dugu Bo to a barren valley, where a thirty-thousand-year Ghost Tiger fled from Dugu Bo’s presence.
• Charizard activated Flame Body, Dragon Dance, and Sunny Day, then reached his peak condition as Solar Power and Blaze took effect.
• Dugu Bo sensed a threat, used Martial Soul Possession, and exchanged close-range attacks with Charizard.
• Charizard’s Fire Punch and Flamethrower burned through Dugu Bo’s protection, prompting Dugu Bo to warn Lin Mo that he would use poison; Lin Mo responded with a strange smile.

Lin Mo and Charizard demonstrated that Charizard’s Ultimate Fire made it immune to Dugu Bo’s poison, prompting Dugu Bo to praise its combat abilities. When Dugu Bo pointed out that Sunny Day drained Charizard’s stamina, Lin Mo revealed its Roost skill, which restored its condition and left Dugu Bo marveling at Charizard’s versatility.

• Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor form and attacked Charizard with poisonous mist and venom arrows, but Charizard’s flames burned the poison away.
• Dugu Bo launched more attacks, and Charizard used Flamethrower to disperse the poison before Dugu Bo ended the test and asked Lin Mo why Charizard was immune.
• Lin Mo explained that Charizard’s Ultimate Fire countered poison and could suppress other attributes, while Dugu Bo judged Charizard strong enough to challenge many Soul Saints.
• Dugu Bo noted that Sunny Day rapidly exhausted Charizard, but Lin Mo revealed that Charizard could use Roost to recover its condition while grounded.
• Dugu Bo accepted Roost’s flight restriction as minor and praised Charizard as an exceptionally versatile all-round warrior.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Lin Mo reunited with Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Ye Linyuan and revealed Charizard’s evolution. He learned that Yu Tianheng had reached the level-forty bottleneck and decided to join the academy’s trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings and prepare for the Soul Master Tournament.

• Dugu Bo warned Lin Mo that he could be targeted in battle, though Charizard’s Spatial Battlefield and Lin Mo’s future cultivation could help protect him.
• Lin Mo returned to the Ye Family Medical Hall with Dugu Bo and reunited with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• Lin Mo summoned Charizard, surprising Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Ye Linyuan with the Martial Soul’s evolution.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan told Lin Mo that Yu Tianheng had reached the level-forty bottleneck and that Teacher Qin planned a Star Dou Great Forest trip for his fourth Soul Ring and team practice.
• Lin Mo said he had reached the level-fifty bottleneck and chose to join the trip to obtain his fifth Soul Ring.

Lin Mo returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and joined Qin Ming’s team on a Soul Hunting trip to Star Dou Great Forest, where he and Yu Tianheng planned to seek fourth Soul Rings. The group departed the next morning, leaving their destination and hunt ahead.

• Lin Mo asked Qin Ming to let him join the trip to find a Soul Ring, and Qin Ming agreed, mistakenly believing Lin Mo had reached rank forty.
• Qin Ming gathered the students, announced that Lin Mo and Yu Tianheng were the trip’s targets for fourth Soul Rings, and ordered everyone to prepare for Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Lin Mo to spar after they returned, unaware of Lin Mo’s actual cultivation.
• Qin Ming led Lin Mo, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, and the other students out of Heaven Dou City the next morning.
• The group traveled south by carriage toward Star Dou Great Forest while Yu Tianheng anticipated finding his chosen Soul Beast.

Lin Mo recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu among the Shrek Seven Devils during a clash with Ye Zhiqiu, then worried that their presence would soon draw the Titan Giant Ape Er Ming to the area. He went down to greet his old classmates, leaving the chapter with Tang San and Xiao Wu recognizing him.

• Qin Ming brought the group to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where they settled in and ate at a restaurant.
• Lin Mo saw Ye Zhiqiu fighting the Shrek Seven Devils outside and recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu from their days at Nuoding Academy.
• Lin Mo realized Xiao Wu's presence could soon attract Er Ming and decided his group should avoid getting caught up with the Shrek Academy students.
• After telling Qin Ming he was going to greet his former classmates, Lin Mo went downstairs with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Ye Zhiqiu warned Lin Mo's group not to interfere, while Tang San and Xiao Wu recognized Lin Mo as he greeted them.

Lin Mo came to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Beast for a Soul Ring, but Ma Hongjun insulted Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, prompting Lin Mo to beat him and Dai Mubai. The Shrek Academy group was left stunned, and Dugu Yan blocked Oscar from healing the two fallen men.

• Lin Mo told Xiao Wu that he had come to hunt a Soul Beast for a Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu asked him not to hunt them.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, so Lin Mo struck him and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger skills and attacked Lin Mo, but Lin Mo defeated him with a punch and two follow-up blows.
• Lin Mo planted a foot on Dai Mubai's chest and challenged the men over their claim that only mediocrities avoided stirring up trouble.
• Oscar prepared Recovery Big Sausages for Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai, but Dugu Yan stepped between him and the injured men and warned him not to move.

Lin Mo continued beating Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling faced off against Shrek’s group. Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming arrived to intervene, and Lin Mo stopped only after Qin Ming ordered him to, then challenged Zhao Wuji over his academy’s conduct.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling revealed their four Soul Rings and stood ready to defend Lin Mo, alarming Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhao Wuji left the restaurant’s second floor and approached the confrontation as Yu Feng alerted Qin Ming and the others.
• Lin Mo kept striking Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, leaving them badly injured despite Zhao Wuji’s command to stop.
• Qin Ming arrived, recognized Zhao Wuji as his former teacher, and ordered Lin Mo to stop; Lin Mo dropped the two injured students.
• Lin Mo mocked Zhao Wuji, asking whether Shrek’s older members came to bully the younger ones.