Chapter Summaries

Liu Erlong went to Spirit Hall to beg Lin Chen to spare Xiao Wu, who was in his custody. He forced Liu Erlong to become his slave and used a Love Soul Pill to make her fall in love with him, while promising only that Xiao Wu would not die.

• Lin Chen received word that Liu Erlong had arrived at Spirit Hall looking for Xiao Wu, and he ordered Ling Yuan to bring her to his bedchamber.
• Liu Erlong asked Lin Chen to spare Xiao Wu, and he said he wanted her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Lin Chen offered to consider sparing Xiao Wu if Liu Erlong submitted to him, and she agreed to do anything he asked.
• Lin Chen ordered Liu Erlong to strip, then gave her a Love Soul Pill and clarified that sparing Xiao Wu's life did not mean he would not hurt her.
• The pill made Liu Erlong love and obey Lin Chen, and he promised Xiao Wu would live while declaring that his word was law.

Lin Chen learned that Salas had threatened Shui Ningrou and the women of Skywater Academy over its Death Canyon slots, and he arrived with Ling Yuan Douluo and a golden bishop to confront him. Earlier, Xiao Wu reunited with Liu Erlong in Lin Chen’s bedchamber, where he claimed both women as his own.

• Xiao Wu entered the Pope’s bedchamber, recognized Liu Erlong as her mother, and reunited with her.
• Lin Chen declared that Liu Erlong and Xiao Wu were both his women, and they accepted his protection.
• Shui Ningrou told the Skywater Academy women they had only three Death Canyon slots, and the women began offering their places to one another.
• Salas arrived at Skywater Academy, demanded Shui Ningrou and the academy’s slots, and ordered his men to seize the women when she refused.
• Lin Chen arrived with Ling Yuan Douluo and a golden bishop and challenged Salas’s claim to be the heavens.

Lin Chen stopped Salas from harassing the Tianshui girls and warned him not to repeat it. At Skywater Academy's residence, the girls asked Lin Chen to secure training slots for them, and Shui Ningrou spilled tea on him while serving him.

• Salas panicked when Lin Chen and Ling Yuan Douluo arrived, then fled after Lin Chen warned that the Worship Hall would not protect him next time.
• Bishop Yang Feng privately accepted three thousand Gold Soul Coins from Salas, who then raged that Lin Chen had taken the girls he had pursued for years.
• Shui Yue'er asked Lin Chen to help Yu Hairou and the others get slots in Death Canyon, and he promised to ask Bibi Dong for them.
• Shui Yue'er and the other girls crowded around Lin Chen in gratitude, and Shui Ningrou caught them as she brought tea.
• Shui Ningrou bent to serve Lin Chen, spilled the tea on him, and hurriedly covered her neckline.

Lin Chen took Shui Ningrou to her room, where he forced himself on her before they returned to the others and joined the Tianshui Girl Group for a meal. At Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue returned to confront Qian Daoliu and asked to meet Lin Chen, while Qian Daoliu urged her to wait until she became a Titled Douluo.

• Shui Ningrou led Lin Chen to her room to find a fresh martial robe, and Lin Chen seized and assaulted her despite her protests.
• Lin Chen and Shui Ningrou returned to the hall in changed clothes, and Shui Yue'er noticed marks on Shui Ningrou’s neck.
• Lin Chen ate with the Tianshui Girl Group, whose members treated him warmly.
• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall and challenged Qian Daoliu over the Pope’s influence and the Worship Hall’s reduced power.
• Qian Renxue asked to meet Lin Chen, and Qian Daoliu encouraged her to win him over while telling her to focus on becoming a Titled Douluo first.

Lin Chen was summoned to the Worship Hall, where Qian Renxue tested his strength and offered him power, treasures, and Spirit Hall's future in exchange for joining her. He dismissed her promises and left her waiting for his answer.

• Lin Chen returned from Skywater Academy after bringing it under his control, while Bibi Dong remained in seclusion.
• Ling Yuan told Lin Chen that the Worship Hall had summoned him, and he went there with her before sending her away.
• Qian Renxue attacked Lin Chen to test his strength, and he withstood her blow despite his lower cultivation rank.
• Qian Renxue offered Lin Chen half of Spirit Hall and the Douluo Continent if he worked for her, along with an eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone and other rewards.
• Lin Chen said he had little interest in power or money and claimed no beauty could compare to his wife.

Lin Chen rejected Qian Renxue’s offer to join the Worship Hall, despite admitting he wanted her. Bibi Dong learned of their private meeting and reassured herself that Lin Chen would remain hers, while he promised her no one could take her place.

• Qian Renxue tried to recruit Lin Chen by offering herself, but he refused her terms and left the Worship Hall.
• Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue had met Lin Chen privately, and Bibi Dong left her secret chamber to check on him.
• Bibi Dong acknowledged Liu Erlong as her younger sister and concubine, then privately asked Lin Chen to reassure her that he would not be seduced away.
• The next morning, Bibi Dong dressed Lin Chen and tied his hair, confident that she had won his heart.

Lin Chen led a group of female Soul Masters into the Heavenly Ridge Mountain Range, where Huo Wu joined his team and Ning Rongrong began questioning Xiao Wu about her feelings for him. The group continued toward Death Canyon while Lin Chen prepared to reach level sixty, and Xiao Wu encouraged Rongrong to admit that Lin Chen made her feel safe.

• Ghost Douluo briefed the Spirit Hall disciples on the dangers and rules of their training expedition, then led them to the outskirts of the Heavenly Ridge Mountain Range and left them to proceed on their own.
• Lin Chen sent Xie Yue and Sun Chuantao to lead separate teams, then accepted Huo Wu into his group after she left Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian behind.
• Three days later, Lin Chen's all-female group was deep in the mountain range, where Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu butchered a tiger beast while Lin Chen trained to reach level sixty.
• Shui Yue'er offered Lin Chen cooked tiger meat, and he pulled her into his embrace to eat with her, making the other women envious.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu about her past with Tang San, and Xiao Wu said she was now Lin Chen's woman and asked Rongrong not to mention him.
• Xiao Wu asked what Rongrong thought of Lin Chen, and Rongrong admitted that his care for the group made her feel safe.

Xiao Wu told Lin Chen she wanted to sacrifice her Soul Rings and Soul Bones to become his beast pet completely, and he promised to handle it. Half a month later, Lin Chen and the women encountered an eighty-thousand-year Soul Beast at a lake in the Heavenly Ridge Mountain Range, and their battle left the python wounded.

• Xiao Wu told Lin Chen she wanted to sacrifice her Soul Rings and Soul Bones and begin cultivating again so she could become his beast pet completely.
• Half a month later, Hu Liena sensed unusual spiritual Qi near a lake, and Lin Chen went ahead to investigate.
• A giant black python with a horn attacked Lin Chen, who estimated it was at least eighty thousand years old and ordered the group to fight it.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu froze the python, Hu Liena briefly confused it, and Lin Chen struck it with his sword skills.
• The python targeted Ning Rongrong, so Xiao Wu shielded her with Invincible Golden Body before Lin Chen carried her clear and trapped the beast in his Sword Domain.
• The python shattered much of Lin Chen's Sword Domain but suffered a wound to its belly.

Lin Chen and his allies killed an eighty-thousand-year-old giant python and obtained a Soul Bone. Their victory was interrupted when Xu Hui and his men appeared with Xie Yue and the others as hostages, demanding the Soul Bone and the chance to claim the island’s treasures.

• Lin Chen directed Hu Liena, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and the others to attack the python’s weak belly, then cut into its wound with Red Firmament.
• The injured python tried to flee toward the lake, but Lin Chen slowed it with Sword Domain while Hu Liena, Shui Bing'er, and the others renewed their attacks until it was cut in two and killed.
• Lin Chen suffered a minor injury, and Hu Liena found an at-least-eighty-thousand-year-old Soul Bone in the python’s corpse.
• Xu Hui, leader of Spirit Hall’s previous Golden Generation, emerged with Yan and more than a dozen young men; Hu Liena identified him as Golden Crocodile’s eldest disciple.
• Xu Hui’s group brought out Xie Yue and the other captured hostages, and Hu Liena confronted Yan for betraying them.
• Xu Hui demanded that Lin Chen hand over the Soul Bone and leave, but Lin Chen refused.

Lin Chen defeated Xu Hui and the Worship Hall disciples, then settled at the lakeside to cultivate and redeem two hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones. He decided to give the incomplete water-attribute Torso Soul Bone to Shui Bing'er as his companions gathered at the lake.

• Lin Chen boosted his Soul Power with Ning Rongrong's support and used his Tool Soul Avatar to defeat the Worship Hall disciples in one slash.
• Lin Chen ordered Huo Wu to restrict Xu Hui's Soul Power and make him circle the lake on his knees.
• Xie Yue stopped his team from beating Yan further, and Hu Liena ran to Lin Chen while Yan passed out from his injuries.
• Lin Chen reviewed his limits and redeemed a hundred-thousand-year right-leg Soul Bone and a hundred-thousand-year right-arm Soul Bone.
• Lin Chen examined the incomplete water-attribute Torso Soul Bone and chose to give it to Shui Bing'er.
• Several women swam to shore carrying spiritual fruits as Lin Chen sat with Hu Liena by the lake.

Lin Chen divided the spirit fruits among the women and gave Shui Bing'er a water-attributed Soul Bone. He then gave Ning Rongrong a speed-enhancing Leg Soul Bone, and she fell in love with him and became his exclusive support.

• Shui Bing'er found twenty-four Vermilion Fruits and a lake rich in spiritual Qi, and Lin Chen divided the fruits among the women.
• Lin Chen gave Shui Bing'er an Eighty Thousand Year water-attributed Soul Bone, which she accepted.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu about Lin Chen's Soul Bones and reflected on her feelings for him by the lake.
• Lin Chen gave Ning Rongrong a speed-enhancing Leg Soul Bone, explaining that it would help protect the team's only support Soul Master.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Lin Chen with a kiss, and he drew her into his arms and kissed her.
• Ning Rongrong accepted Lin Chen as her lover and became his exclusive support, tying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect more closely to Spirit Hall.

Lin Chen used a spirit fruit to break through to level sixty-one, then absorbed Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year sacrifice to gain a powerful Sixth Soul Ring and Soul Bone. He restored Xiao Wu’s human form with a Transformation Pill, and three days later he and the women had grown stronger from their spirit fruits.

• Lin Chen consumed a spirit fruit and broke through to level sixty-one, then told Hu Liena and Xiao Wu that the others could use their fruits.
• Lin Chen took Xiao Wu aside to obtain his Sixth Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu chose to sacrifice her hundred thousand years of cultivation to him.
• Xiao Wu’s sacrifice gave Lin Chen a red Soul Ring and pink Left Arm Soul Bone, raising him to level sixty-five and granting Invincible Golden Body and Nihility.
• Lin Chen gave Xiao Wu a Transformation Pill, allowing her to regain human form despite losing her previous cultivation and Soul Rings.
• Three days later, Lin Chen had reached level sixty-six, while the women’s levels had also risen substantially after refining their spirit fruits.

After helping the girls hunt Soul Rings, Lin Chen discovered a barrier at the bottom of a lake and entered a strange realm filled with dense spiritual and demonic Qi. He found Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena fighting Beast God Di Tian and Demon Empress Zi JI, and realized they had joined forces to seize her bloodline while she recovered from her injuries.

• Lin Chen helped the girls hunt Soul Rings, and Xiao Wu regained her old Soul Skills and awakened Soft Bone Lock.
• Lin Chen searched the lake, discovered a barrier releasing spiritual Qi, and returned to tell the girls before going back to break through it with a Barrier-Breaking Stone.
• Lin Chen entered a barren, magma-filled realm where ancient trees and strange spiritual treasures grew amid dense spiritual and demonic Qi.
• After traveling through the realm, Lin Chen heard a battle and found black and purple true dragons fighting a silver dragon before a crowd of powerful Soul Beasts.
• Lin Chen recognized the silver dragon as Gu Yuena and realized Di Tian and Zi JI were attacking her to devour her bloodline while she recovered.

The Silver Dragon King fought Di Tian and Zi JI until her injuries forced her avatar to weaken, leaving both sides at a standoff. When Lin Chen appeared, he offered to join forces with her against them, and the chapter ended with him drawing Zi JI away while Di Tian engaged the Silver Dragon King.

• Di Tian and Zi JI worked together to attack the Silver Dragon King, but her Dragon God's Wrath shattered their techniques and badly injured them.
• The Silver Dragon King's avatar weakened as her injuries flared, and Di Tian hesitated to attack while both sides faced a dangerous stalemate.
• Lin Chen arrived at the battlefield, evaded the Sabertooth Tiger with his Nihility skill, and offered to help the Silver Dragon King.
• The Silver Dragon King accepted Lin Chen's offer, and Di Tian ordered Zi JI to eliminate him while he held the Silver Dragon King back.
• Lin Chen drew Zi JI away from the battlefield as Di Tian charged at the Silver Dragon King.

Ning Rongrong worried about Lin Chen but found acceptance from Xiao Wu for their relationship. Inside the barrier, Lin Chen used a Soul Bone skill to suppress Zi JI’s Soul Power and began forming a soul seal.

• Ning Rongrong hid Lin Chen’s Soul Bone when Xiao Wu came to visit her by the lake.
• Xiao Wu admitted she already knew about Ning Rongrong and Lin Chen, and encouraged Rongrong to become one of Lin Chen’s wives.
• Lin Chen outran Zi JI through the sky until she stopped and attacked him with Heavenly Demon Reversal and a dragon tail sweep.
• Zi JI approached Lin Chen’s body in the crater, but he suddenly appeared before her and blocked her Death Withering attack with Invincible Golden Body.
• Lin Chen activated Soul Power Suppression, weakening Zi JI, then formed hand seals to create a square soul seal.

Lin Chen subdued Zi JI with the Beast Taming Art after suppressing and wounding her, then healed her and returned with her to the battlefield. Zi JI struck Di Tian and trapped him in her Heavenly Demon Domain, leaving him confused and vulnerable.

• Lin Chen's first Beast Taming Seal failed to control Zi JI, so he injured her with Sky-Piercing Strike and forced her to submit with a second seal.
• Zi JI became Lin Chen's obedient servant, and he healed her wounds with his Bloodline Power before deciding they would wait for a chance to act.
• The Silver Dragon King's avatar continued to overpower Di Tian while the nearby Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts lay badly injured.
• Zi JI returned to the battlefield, struck Di Tian into the earth with her dragon tail, and trapped him in her Heavenly Demon Domain.

Lin Chen helped Gu Yuena subdue Di Tian, and Gu Yuena brought him and Zi JI to Guangyue Hall to repay the favor. After Lin Chen teased and punished Zi JI in a side hall, Gu Yuena realized she had witnessed everything through her awareness of the hall.

• Zi JI trapped Di Tian and declared that she was Lin Chen's beast pet, while Lin Chen and Gu Yuena confronted the injured dragon.
• Gu Yuena subdued Di Tian, made him call her My Lord, and ordered him and the surrounding Soul Beasts to leave.
• Gu Yuena brought Lin Chen and Zi JI to Guangyue Hall, where Lin Chen discovered the hall's rich spiritual Qi and met the little rabbit Xiao Yu.
• Gu Yuena offered Lin Chen and Zi JI a place to heal and cultivate, but warned them not to enter the rear hall.
• Zi JI teased Lin Chen about admiring Gu Yuena, so Lin Chen playfully punished her in a side hall.
• Gu Yuena realized that, as the hall's master, she could sense what happened inside and blushed in embarrassment.

After spending a year and a half cultivating in Guangyue Hall, Lin Chen broke through level seventy and spoke with Gu Yuena about his Seventh Soul Ring. He persuaded her to help him as a friend rather than as repayment for an old favor, and she agreed to become his friend.

• Gu Yuena's clone endured the sounds from the side hall, then sealed off her senses while Lin Chen and Zi JI remained together.
• Over the following year and a half, Lin Chen cultivated in Guangyue Hall and broke through the level-seventy threshold.
• Gu Yuena summoned Lin Chen to the rear hall and noticed that he had reached level seventy.
• Gu Yuena offered to help Lin Chen find a Seventh Soul Ring to repay him for helping her escape a calamity.
• Lin Chen told Gu Yuena he would accept her help if she considered him a friend, and she agreed to become his friend.

The women reported Lin Chen's prolonged disappearance inside the barrier, prompting Hu Liena to send an elder to Spirit Hall. Qian Daoliu learned of the situation and urged Qian Renxue to rescue Lin Chen herself and use the opportunity to grow closer to him.

• The women discussed their rapid cultivation gains and their concern that Lin Chen had remained inside the barrier for too long; Xiao Wu reassured them that her soul imprint showed he was alive.
• Hu Liena sent Elder Li to Spirit Hall to report Lin Chen's disappearance, and Elder Li chose to inform Qian Daoliu before the Pope.
• Qian Daoliu rewarded Elder Li and told him not to report the matter to the Pope, saying he would inform her himself.
• Qian Daoliu advised Qian Renxue to rescue Lin Chen before the Pope did and gradually build a connection with him.

Gu Yuena used her clone's divine power to form Lin Chen's Seventh Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to level seventy-three, and the two grew closer before she broke free of his unwanted embrace. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned that something had happened to the Sovereign and set out for Heavenly Ridge with several Spirit Hall experts.

• Gu Yuena explained that she would use her clone's remaining divine power to condense Lin Chen's Seventh Soul Ring, and Lin Chen agreed.
• Gu Yuena formed a bright red Soul Ring, which Lin Chen absorbed over half a day, reaching level seventy-three.
• When Gu Yuena's clone weakened, Lin Chen caught her and pulled her into an embrace, but she recovered enough strength to break free and reprimand him.
• Bibi Dong completed her cultivation in the Pope's inner palace and learned from Ghost Douluo that something might have happened to the Sovereign.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to summon Chrysanthemum Guan, Ling Yuan, and Wild Lion, then set out for Heavenly Ridge.