Chapter Summaries

On his sixth birthday, Lin Rong prepared to awaken his Martial Soul, hoping that years of cultivating the Marrow Cleansing Scripture would give him exceptional aptitude. The chapter ended with Lin Rong confident that his opened Eight Extraordinary Meridians would grant him Innate Full Soul Power, though his Martial Soul had not yet awakened.

• Yu Yuan brought Lin Rong his clothes and explained that the boy's sixth birthday and Martial Soul awakening ceremony were both taking place that day.
• Yu Yuan told Lin Rong that he might awaken the inherited Dragon Soul Vine, the Thousand Leaf Banyan, or both as Twin Martial Souls.
• Lin Rong recalled that he had transmigrated from Blue Star to the Douluo Continent and had cultivated the Marrow Cleansing Scripture while in his mother's womb.
• Lin Rong remembered opening all eight of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians before birth and grew confident that he would awaken Innate Full Soul Power.

Lin Rong awakened the mutated Nine Bend Vine Dragon martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power and a Vine Dragon Domain, then considered plans he could begin now that his martial soul had awakened. The chapter left Tang San forging raw iron in Holy Spirit Village while he dreamed of establishing the Tang Sect in this world.

• Yu Yuan conducted Lin Rong’s martial soul awakening, revealing a fused mutation with a Banyan Forest and a dragon coiled around its trunk.
• Lin Rong named his martial soul the Nine Bend Vine Dragon and learned that its Vine Dragon Domain strengthened allies, weakened enemies, and converted attacks into life force.
• Lin Rong recalled the timeline of Tang San’s awakening and determined that Tang San was still in Holy Spirit Village, two months after awakening his martial soul.
• Tang San finished cultivating the Purple Demon Eye, prepared a meal for Tang Hao, and forged raw iron with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang San expected to finish refining the iron in half a month and planned to make a Tang Sect Hidden Weapon as the first step toward making the Tang Sect famous in this world.

Lin Rong searched Sunset Forest for an old enough Thousand Leaf Banyan to serve as his first Soul Ring, using Life Sense to assess candidates. When Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu were ambushed by a Cave Demon Spider, Lin Rong sent Yu Yuan to rescue them.

• Lin Rong rejected several Thousand Leaf Banyans because their ages did not meet his standards for a first Soul Ring.
• Lin Rong and Yu Yuan searched Sunset Forest for two days but found no Thousand Leaf Banyan that satisfied Lin Rong.
• Feng Xiaotian followed Huo Wu away from their camp, and a Cave Demon Spider trapped them with its Spider Web Cage.
• Feng Xiaotian used his Gale Wings to carry Huo Wu out of the ambush and fled toward Lin Rong's camp while the spider pursued them.
• Lin Rong sensed the approaching Cave Demon Spider and the two young Spirit Masters, then ordered Yu Yuan to rescue them.

Yu Yuan rescued Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu from a Cave Demon Spider and brought them to Lin Rong’s camp, where Huo Wu signaled her academy for help. Lin Rong confronted Feng Xiaotian over his lack of training and urged him to work harder, leaving him to reflect by the campfire.

• Feng Xiaotian carried Huo Wu through Sunset Forest while a Cave Demon Spider pursued them with strands of hardened webbing.
• Yu Yuan used Falling Star to heal Feng Xiaotian and destroy the Cave Demon Spider, then escorted the pair to camp on Duke’s orders.
• Huo Wu fired a signal flare and waited with Feng Xiaotian at Lin Rong’s campfire for their academy teachers.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Lin Rong about his parents, and Lin Rong explained that he had not taken offense at the question.
• Lin Rong criticized Feng Xiaotian for reaching only level thirty-three at sixteen and told him to learn from the danger and train harder.

Feng Xiaotian took Lin Rong’s advice to heart and resolved to train diligently so he could protect Huo Wu. In Sunset Forest, Lin Rong absorbed a five-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old Thousand Leaf Banyan Soul Ring, gained the Heart of the Banyan Wood External Soul Bone, and reached Soul Power Level fifteen.

• Feng Xiaotian remembered meeting Huo Wu and his recent failure to protect her, then promised Lin Rong he would train diligently.
• Lin Rong found a five-hundred-and-twenty-five-year-old Thousand Leaf Banyan in a valley, and Grandpa Yu cleared its offspring and severed its roots before Lin Rong killed it.
• Lin Rong absorbed the Thousand Leaf Banyan’s Soul Ring as the Nine Bend Vine Dragon subdued its life force and the Marrow Cleansing Scripture refined its power.
• After the Soul Ring stabilized, the Thousand Leaf Banyan burned to ashes and a crystalline wooden bead entered Lin Rong’s body.
• Lin Rong identified the bead as the Heart of the Banyan Wood, an External Soul Bone, and Grandpa Yu warned him to keep it secret.
• Lin Rong reached Soul Power Level fifteen, with the Soul Ring raising him to thirteen and the Heart of the Banyan Wood granting two more levels.

Lin Rong demonstrated his Nine Bend Vine Dragon’s Dragon Soul Awakening skill and explained the two abilities of his Heart of the Banyan Wood External Soul Bone to Grandpa Yu. Their tests drew Ning Rongrong and guards from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to the valley, where Ning Rongrong questioned Lin Rong about his age and Soul Power.

• Lin Rong used Dragon Soul Awakening to strengthen his Nine Bend Vine Dragon and smash the Thousand Leaf Banyan saplings, while Grandpa Yu asked about the skill’s cost.
• Lin Rong explained that Dragon Soul Awakening consumed almost no soul power and that his martial soul recovered soul power faster than the skill used it.
• Lin Rong described his External Soul Bone’s Life Pulse and Flower Transfer, Wood Grafting abilities to Grandpa Yu.
• Lin Rong sensed eight people approaching, and Grandpa Yu summoned his Star Disc and shielded him as the group arrived.
• Gu Feng identified Lin Rong as Duke Lin Rong, and Ning Rongrong asked about his inherited title, his presence in the Soul Beast Forest, and whether he had Innate Full Soul Power.

Lin Rong provoked Ning Rongrong into seeking a Diamond Mammoth soul ring and reasoned that gem-type soul rings might help her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve. He learned that his men had found the Fire Phoenix child Ma Hongjun and planned to visit Madam Yue after returning to the mansion.

• Lin Rong suggested Ning Rongrong hunt gem-type Spirit Beasts and challenged her to obtain a First Soul Ring over four hundred years old, prompting her to order her guards to find a Diamond Mammoth.
• Lin Rong reasoned that gem-type Spirit Beasts might gradually help Ning Rongrong's martial soul evolve, which would force her to cultivate seriously and remain with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong's guards signaled that they had found a Diamond Mammoth, and she ordered Gu Feng to take her to it immediately.
• The Old Butler told Lin Rong that Captain Xu had found a child with the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul near Suotuo City and was bringing him to the Duke Mansion; Lin Rong identified the child as Ma Hongjun and considered him a recruit.
• Lin Rong concluded that several members of Shrek's Seven Devils would not reach Shrek Academy and instructed the Old Butler to send a calling card to Moonlight Pavilion so he could visit Madam Yue.

Lin Rong met Ma Hongjun and arranged for him to absorb a Phoenix-blooded soul beast to strengthen and purify his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul. Ma Hongjun began absorbing the Five-Colored Pheasant’s soul ring, leaving Lin Rong to watch and expect him to endure the process.

• Lin Rong summoned Ma Hongjun to the reception hall and learned that the boy had grown dependent on Captain Xu, whom Lin Rong assigned as his personal guard.
• Lin Rong decided to use Phoenix-blooded soul beasts to help purify Ma Hongjun’s flames because he could not safely obtain the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Lin Rong gave Ma Hongjun a blade and instructed him to kill the unconscious Five-Colored Pheasant and absorb its soul ring.
• Ma Hongjun killed the Five-Colored Pheasant and began absorbing its 421-year-old soul ring despite the pain.

Ma Hongjun absorbed a Five-Colored Pheasant Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to level twelve and gaining Phoenix Descent, a skill that strengthened his phoenix flames and let him fly. Lin Rong planned to refine Ma Hongjun’s phoenix flames through further absorption and training, and sent him to recover after he fell from the sky when his Soul Power ran out.

• Ma Hongjun completed absorbing the Five-Colored Pheasant Soul Ring, consuming his accumulated Evil Fire and visibly slimming down.
• Lin Rong tested Ma Hongjun’s Soul Power and found it at the peak of level twelve, just short of level thirteen.
• Ma Hongjun revealed that his first Soul Skill, Phoenix Descent, created a defensive flame barrier and increased his flame power and speed by fifty percent.
• Ma Hongjun activated Phoenix Descent, manifested illusory wings, and learned to fly, but exhausted his Soul Power after more than five minutes and fell.
• A guard caught Ma Hongjun, and Lin Rong ordered him taken away for comfort while the Five-Colored Pheasant was cooked and its feathers made into a specimen.

Ning Fengzhi discovered that Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could evolve through gem-type Soul Rings and named her the sect's young leader, requiring her to train and prepare to lead. Ning Rongrong fled in tears, while Ning Fengzhi insisted that she would have to accept her responsibilities.

• Ning Fengzhi admired the phantom eighth tier on Ning Rongrong's pagoda and lamented that he was too old to benefit from its newly discovered evolution method.
• Ning Rongrong rejected the idea that Lin Rong could be worthy of her, and Ning Fengzhi explained that their family duties made marriage between them impossible.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that her exceptional aptitude could allow her pagoda to evolve into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda if she absorbed gem Soul Rings as she advanced.
• Ning Fengzhi declared Ning Rongrong the sect's young leader and ordered her to train, study soul-power control, and learn to manage the sect.
• Ning Rongrong begged Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong for help, but both remained silent, and she ran out crying.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Chen Xin and Gu Rong from chasing Ning Rongrong and said she would have to shoulder her responsibilities.

Lin Rong visited Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion and revealed that her brother Tang Hao and nephew Tang San were living in Holy Spirit Village. Tang Yuehua hurried him out after hearing the news, and Lin Rong encountered an unexpected person while leaving.

• Lin Rong recalled his family and decided to help Tang Yuehua reunite with her second brother.
• Lin Rong told Tang Yuehua that Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power and lived in Holy Spirit Village with his father, Tang Hao.
• Tang Yuehua dropped her teacup when Lin Rong connected Tang San to Tang Hao and the battle six years earlier.
• Tang Yuehua thanked Lin Rong and excused herself, and Lin Rong and Old Butler left Moonlight Pavilion.
• Lin Rong encountered someone unexpected on the pavilion's fourth floor.

Lin Rong met the disguised Qian Renxue at Moonlight Pavilion and provoked her by comparing the Pope’s responsibilities with her longing for a mother’s love. He left with Grandpa Yu, while Qian Renxue resolved to continue her undercover mission and prove herself to the Pope.

• Lin Rong recognized Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue, but tried to leave Moonlight Pavilion without getting involved with her.
• Xue Qinghe asked why Lin Rong had come to see Tang Yuehua, and Lin Rong explained that he wanted guidance on managing the Duke Mansion.
• Lin Rong praised the Pope’s authority and suggested that her children would suffer without their mother’s care, upsetting Qian Renxue.
• Xue Qinghe countered that she still had her Imperial Father, but Lin Rong said Grandpa Yu had given him a happy childhood and taunted her about missing her own grandfather.
• Lin Rong had Grandpa Yu carry him away, while Qian Renxue forced herself to stay committed to her undercover mission.
• In the carriage, Lin Rong sensed Qian Renxue’s intense emotions and thought that his future plans would still need her help.

Tang Yuehua found Tang Hao and Tang San in Holy Spirit Village and urged Tang Hao to return to the Clear Sky Sect, but he refused and sent Tang San with her. Three days later, Tang Yuehua took Tang San into the Soul Hunting Forest to find a suitable first soul ring.

• Tang Yuehua reunited with Tang Hao and met Tang San, revealing that she was his aunt.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Hao that their critically ill father wanted to see him, but Tang Hao refused to return and asked her to raise Tang San.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that their family’s hatred of Spirit Hall could not be reconciled, and Tang San concluded that Spirit Hall had killed his mother.
• Three days later, Tang Yuehua brought Tang San and her Soul King coachman into the Soul Hunting Forest to find his first soul ring.
• Tang San proposed a bamboo-type soul beast for Blue Silver Grass, and the coachman suggested searching along a stream.

Tang San absorbed an Ink Bamboo Soul Ring while Tang Hao abducted Xiao Wu, a transformed hundred-thousand-year spirit beast, intending to give her power to his son. Meanwhile, Lin Rong strengthened his intelligence network and considered how to deal with the Single Attribute Four Great Clans without recruiting them.

• Tang San burned an Ink Bamboo to death and began absorbing the Soul Ring under Tang Yuehua’s guidance.
• Tang Hao spotted Xiao Wu in Nuoding City, abducted her, and stored her in a Soul Tool, planning to give Tang San her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Nuoding Academy and sensed that he had missed something important, while an ordinary-looking man watched him.
• Lin Rong ordered Old Butler to expand the Secret Sentries and train more Sharp-tailed Swifts for intelligence work.
• Lin Rong decided not to recruit the Single Attribute Four Great Clans because their leaders’ ties to Tang San and Tang Hao could make them unreliable.

The chapter followed the consequences of Tang San’s expulsion from the Clear Sky Sect and the different paths taken by Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun. A year later, Lin Rong had reached level twenty and continued supporting Ma Hongjun’s training at a volcanic cultivation ground.

• Tang San was blamed for the death of the Clear Sky Sect’s Old Sect Leader and was expelled, so Tang Yuehua took him to live at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Hao imprisoned Xiao Wu in a Soul Tool and planned for Tang San to kill her and absorb her Soul Ring and Soul Bone in the future.
• Ning Rongrong was made to study Heart Separation Control, while Ma Hongjun followed an intensive training plan to manage his Evil Fire.
• Lin Rong cultivated the Marrow Cleansing Scripture in a Banyan Forest he had planted as a Mimic Cultivation Ground.
• At seven years and three months old, Lin Rong broke through to level twenty, while Ma Hongjun’s Soul Power neared level seventeen after training at Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s volcanic range.

Lin Rong reflected on Tang San’s rapid rise in Heaven Dou City, his alliance with the Strength Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the safeguards protecting his hidden weapons. He focused on the danger of Guanyin's Tear and resolved to ensure Tang San could never meet its exacting requirements.

• Tai Tan recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son and pledged the Strength Clan’s loyalty to him.
• Tang San used the Strength Clan’s forging skills to produce hidden weapons while he worked harder to cultivate his soul power.
• Ning Fengzhi bought one hundred sets of Tang San’s hidden weapons for five million Gold Soul Coins, but Tang San’s safeguards prevented the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from dismantling and copying them.
• Lin Rong considered Guanyin's Tear’s demanding requirements and contemplated crippling Tang San to prevent him from using it.

Ma Hongjun trained in the summer heat at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reached Soul Power Level seventeen, while Lin Rong waited for a rare spatial-attribute plant soul beast for his Second Soul Ring. Lin Rong lowered the beast’s minimum age requirement and prepared to search the Star Dou Great Forest himself if the Shadow Guards still found nothing.

• Xu Pan told Ma Hongjun that the volcano was too hot for him and proposed reducing the training load until autumn, but Ma Hongjun said his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul made the heat comfortable.
• Ma Hongjun recalled that he had reached Soul Power Level seventeen three days earlier and believed he could reach level twenty in less than a year.
• Lin Rong asked the Old Butler whether there was news about a suitable spatial-attribute plant soul beast for his Second Soul Ring, and the Old Butler said the search had found nothing.
• Lin Rong lowered his requested soul beast’s minimum age from nine hundred years to eight hundred and said he would search the Star Dou Great Forest himself if necessary.
• Lin Rong reasoned that he needed a spatial-type soul skill from his Second Soul Ring to keep his plans from being delayed until his Fourth Soul Ring.

Lin Rong traveled to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest to search for bamboo and bottle gourd vines after waiting in vain for news. Meanwhile, Zhao Wuji and Shao Xin brought Oscar to the forest to find his Second Soul Ring, and the group prepared to enter the next morning.

• Lin Rong arrived with his convoy and received a Shadow Guard map showing where bamboo and bottle gourd vines had been found or might grow.
• Lin Rong told the Shadow Guards to rest before they entered the Star Dou Great Forest with him in the morning.
• Zhao Wuji and Shao Xin checked into an inn with Oscar, who had reached Soul Power Level 20 two days earlier.
• Shao Xin offered to pay for the inn and snacks, while Zhao Wuji agreed to limit himself to a cup of wine before their soul hunt.
• Oscar proposed that Zhao Wuji drink properly after they returned and offered to have Shao Xin pay, easing the tension between them.

Lin Rong and Old Butler entered the area where Oscar, Shao Xin, and Zhao Wuji were searching for Oscar’s second soul ring. Their searches converged on a Wild Wormwood thicket, where Zhao Wuji triggered a spatial spirit beast that vanished in a flash of silver light.

• Lin Rong split his group, then traveled ahead with Old Butler toward the latter half of their search route.
• Shao Xin explained that Oscar should seek a roughly five-hundred-year-old Wild Wormwood for a soul ring with detoxifying and healing effects.
• Oscar, Shao Xin, and Zhao Wuji searched a lakeside Wild Wormwood thicket and found three mature plants wrapped around a short, sky-blue bamboo stalk.
• Shao Xin told Zhao Wuji to pull one Wild Wormwood free so Oscar could deliver the finishing blow.
• When Zhao Wuji approached the bamboo, it disappeared in silver light, and he recognized it as a spatial spirit beast of an unfamiliar species.

Lin Rong and Old Butler found the Kongqing Bamboo, a highly intelligent space-attribute Soul Beast, and Lin Rong killed it to obtain his Second Soul Ring. He also discovered its Skull Soul Bone could evolve, then prepared to absorb the Soul Ring.

• Lin Rong sensed a nearly thousand-year-old plant Soul Beast in the gourd vines and returned with Old Butler to find it.
• Lin Rong named the Azure Bamboo Kongqing Bamboo and used the Nine Bend Vine Dragon to strangle it, producing a Soul Ring.
• Lin Rong searched the Kongqing Bamboo's remains and found a Skull Soul Bone.
• Lin Rong discovered that the Soul Bone absorbed life and spatial energy, causing its age to increase.
• Lin Rong put the Soul Bone away and sat beside the Soul Ring to begin absorbing it.