Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Mo bought the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from Bai He for 150,000 Gold Soul Coins, giving the struggling Speed Clan a chance to recover. After verifying the payment, Bai He completed the exchange, and Lin Mo and Dugu Bo left for Heaven Dou City.

• Bai He let Lin Mo choose the payment method, and Lin Mo offered 150,000 Gold Soul Coins plus a promise to help the Speed Clan in the future.
• Bai He took the purple card to Yu Feng City to verify the funds, leaving Bai Chenxiang to host Lin Mo and Dugu Bo.
• While they waited, Lin Mo praised Bai Chenxiang's talent and the speed of the Speed Clan's Sharp-Tailed Swift Martial Soul.
• Bai He returned after confirming the full amount and completed the exchange, handing the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to Lin Mo.
• Lin Mo reaffirmed his promise to Bai He, then left Bai Family Village with Dugu Bo.

Lin Mo returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained his absence, while Dugu Bo continued to protect him from threats surrounding his fame. Lin Mo told the committee that Bibi Dong had questioned him about his rapid cultivation and Charizard’s mutations, though he did not know their true cause.

• Lin Mo told Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin that he had stayed away to avoid bringing danger to the academy.
• Dugu Bo confirmed he would protect Lin Mo, who now lived at Dugu Manor because of possible threats from the Star Luo Empire and others.
• Meng Shenji asked Lin Mo why Bibi Dong had summoned him to Spirit Hall.
• Lin Mo said Bibi Dong had asked about his rapid cultivation and Charizard’s successive benign mutations.
• Lin Mo summoned Charizard and explained that he could only speculate about the reasons for its mutations.

Lin Mo repaid the Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee members for their support by giving them detailed Martial Soul and Charizard research, then prepared to cultivate at Dugu Manor. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang left Nuoding Academy to reunite with Flender at Shrek Academy for Tang San’s sake.

• Lin Mo gave Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin his detailed Martial Soul cultivation notes and records of Charizard’s mutations.
• Lin Mo told the committee members he would stay away from the academy for a long time, and they promised to preserve his enrollment and benefits.
• Lin Mo left the academy with Dugu Bo and decided to focus on solidifying his Soul Power before consuming the crystal blood dragon ginseng.
• Yu Xiaogang resigned from his guest elder position at Nuoding Academy and set out for Shrek Academy to reunite with Flender and support Tang San.

Yu Xiaogang learned that Lin Mo had become a twelve-year-old Soul King and that Xiao Wu had been taken by the Titan Giant Ape, then tried to comfort a devastated Tang San. Tang Hao watched in secret and weighed whether to reveal Xiao Wu’s identity, while Bibi Dong wondered where Yu Xiaogang had gone with gifts prepared for him.

• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Lin Mo had reached five rings and undergone two benign Martial Soul mutations, shocking Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender explained that Xiao Wu had been taken by the Titan Giant Ape during the Soul Hunting trip, and Yu Xiaogang went to see Tang San.
• Tang San said he would bring Xiao Wu back but broke down over his weakness, while Yu Xiaogang hesitated to tell him about Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao watched secretly and considered whether to tell Tang San that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in human form.
• Bibi Dong examined two Soul Bones intended for Yu Xiaogang and learned that he had left Nuoding Academy without a trace.

After reaching level fifty-six, Lin Mo consumed the crystal blood dragon ginseng and entered Deep Meditation under Dugu Bo’s watch. Two months later, he emerged with his blood and Qi transformed and greatly strengthened.

• Lin Mo broke through to level fifty-six after a year of consolidating his cultivation and purifying his flames with Charizard.
• Lin Mo told Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling that he planned to consume the crystal blood dragon ginseng, and Dugu Bo agreed to stand guard.
• Lin Mo adjusted his condition, consumed the crystal blood dragon ginseng, and entered a prolonged state of Deep Meditation.
• Dugu Bo grew worried when Lin Mo stayed in the chamber without eating, then sensed that he had entered Deep Meditation and relaxed.
• Two months later, Lin Mo awoke and discovered that both his own blood and Qi and the blood Qi released from his Bloodline Power had undergone a qualitative transformation.

After two months of Deep Meditation fueled by the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, Lin Mo awakened the flesh component of his Body Martial Soul and transformed his Bloodline Power, though he emerged dangerously weak and hungry. Once he recovered, he showed Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling his improved power and a new ability to alter his appearance.

• The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng helped Lin Mo awaken the flesh component of his Body Martial Soul and qualitatively transform his blood and Qi, while his Soul Power rose to level fifty-seven.
• After two months without food or water, Lin Mo struggled to stand as his reserves ran low, and Dugu Bo opened the secret chamber door.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling helped Lin Mo out, and Ye Lingling fed him Whale Rubber to restore some strength.
• Dugu Bo summoned a lavish meal, which Lin Mo ate as his physical strength and Bloodline Power began to recover.
• Lin Mo told Dugu Bo that his Bloodline Power had transformed and demonstrated the vastly improved blood and Qi.
• Lin Mo revealed that he had gained a new ability by changing his appearance, leaving Dugu Bo astonished.

After gaining the crystal blood dragon ginseng’s benefits, Lin Mo began to awaken the third stage of Blood Burst, which let him reshape his body into weapons and alter his appearance. He demonstrated the ability to Dugu Bo and, with his cultivation reaching bottlenecks, asked Dugu Bo for guidance.

• Lin Mo explained that his Blood Burst had only reached the threshold of its third stage, which let him transform parts of his body into weapons and change his appearance.
• Dugu Bo questioned Lin Mo about his flawless transformation, and Lin Mo restored his original face before turning his arm into a blood-red blade and cutting a marble table.
• Lin Mo explained that his Body Martial Soul let him precisely control and transform his body, though he could not yet sustain the change for long.
• Dugu Yan teasingly asked whether Lin Mo could change any part of his body, and Lin Mo called her dirty-minded before she hid behind Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Bo asked what Lin Mo planned to do next, and Lin Mo said his cultivation had reached bottlenecks and he wanted Dugu Bo’s guidance.

Lin Mo explained his Soul Core Method to Dugu Bo and asked to learn from his experience condensing a Dan Pearl. Dugu Bo was impressed by the proposed cultivation method and began describing how he formed his pearl.

• Lin Mo asked Dugu Bo about condensing his Dan Pearl, clarifying that he wanted the experience to inform his own cultivation method rather than create another pearl.
• Lin Mo described the Soul Core Method: compressing liquid Soul Power into a solid, forming it into a self-rotating vortex, and stabilizing it into a core.
• Dugu Bo recognized the method's potential to improve Soul Power capacity, recovery, and cultivation, and praised Lin Mo for proposing a new cultivation system.
• Lin Mo said he had developed the idea by studying cultivation records and combining earlier conjectures with his own experience.
• Dugu Bo accepted Lin Mo's explanation and began recounting the unusual circumstances under which he condensed his Dan Pearl.

Lin Mo warned Dugu Bo that condensing a Soul Core could cause a deadly explosion, then prepared to test his Soul Core Method himself. With Ye Linyuan and the others watching, he formed a stable Soul Power Vortex that began absorbing elemental power from the surrounding world.

• Lin Mo cautioned Dugu Bo that his weaker spiritual power made attempting a Soul Core dangerous, and Dugu Bo abandoned his eagerness to try.
• Lin Mo explained that Soul Masters generally needed near seven-ring cultivation to attempt a Soul Core, then learned Ye Linyuan had reached level eighty-nine.
• Lin Mo chose to condense a Soul Power Vortex himself and asked Dugu Bo to bring Ye Linyuan to Dugu Manor as a witness and guard.
• The next evening, Lin Mo told Ye Linyuan about the Soul Core Method and began forming a vortex from blood Qi and Soul Power.
• Lin Mo stabilized the fist-sized crimson vortex, which began drawing in elemental power from the surrounding world.

Lin Mo successfully formed a bloodline vortex that continuously replenished his Soul Power, then demonstrated the process as Charizard condensed a powerful Fire-type soul power vortex of his own. The group considered the dangers of forming soul cores, while Dugu Yan questioned whether an External Beast Martial Soul could develop one independently.

• Lin Mo explained that his bloodline vortex was an embryonic soul core, then drew it into his chest and confirmed that it slowly replenished his bloodline power and Soul Power.
• Ye Linyuan described the general method for forming a vortex and continuing to compress it into a solid soul core.
• Lin Mo had Charizard try the process, and Charizard rapidly formed a Fire-type soul power vortex and absorbed it.
• Dugu Bo and Ye Linyuan reacted with disbelief and amazement as Lin Mo explained that Charizard's vortex was closer to a complete soul core than his own.
• Lin Mo warned everyone that condensing a soul core was dangerous and said Ye Linyuan was well suited to attempt it at rank eighty-nine.
• Dugu Yan asked whether Charizard, as an External Beast Martial Soul, could condense its own soul core independently of its Soul Master.