Chapter Summaries

Hu Liena and the Worship Hall forces found an unbreakable barrier beneath the lake where Lin Chen had disappeared, and Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu failed to break it. Bibi Dong arrived and ordered the punishment of Li Shi for delaying the report about Lin Chen’s disappearance.

• Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue arrived at the lake, where Hu Liena confirmed that Lin Chen had disappeared beneath it.
• Qian Renxue used Angel Judgment against the barrier, but it remained undamaged.
• Qian Daoliu struck the barrier with Angel Blade, but he also failed to break it.
• Bibi Dong arrived and challenged Qian Daoliu over why she had not been told about Lin Chen’s disappearance sooner.
• Bibi Dong ordered Li Shi’s cultivation abolished and expelled him from Spirit Hall for delaying the news.

Bibi Dong punished Li Shi for allowing the Emperor to fall into danger, despite Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu's objections, while warning the Worship Hall faction not to scheme against Lin Chen. Inside the barrier, Lin Chen watched Bibi Dong arrive and called her his first wife, leaving Gu Yuena confused about the word.

• Qian Renxue and Golden Crocodile Douluo objected to Bibi Dong's order to cripple and expel Li Shi, but Bibi Dong had Ling Yuan cripple him for his failure to protect the Emperor.
• Qian Renxue saw Li Shi's fate as a reflection of her own, while Qian Daoliu suppressed his anger and led the Worship Hall faction away.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that the barrier was too sturdy for even Qian Daoliu to break, and Xiao Wu assured her that Lin Chen's soul imprint remained unchanged.
• Qian Renxue said Bibi Dong had punished Li Shi to warn them not to scheme against Lin Chen, and Qian Daoliu ordered Holy Dragon Douluo to investigate a suspected informant without exposing him.
• Inside the barrier, Gu Yuena showed Lin Chen the scene outside, and Lin Chen delightedly called Bibi Dong his first wife, prompting Gu Yuena to ask what wife meant.

Lin Chen tricked Gu Yuena into calling him “husband,” then left her barrier and reunited with Bibi Dong and the other women. Gu Yuena was left thinking about him as her true body’s breathing steadied and its Divine Power stopped leaking.

• Lin Chen explained the real meaning of “wife” and “husband” to Gu Yuena, who hit him and ordered him to leave.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Lin Chen was leaving for his first wife, and he confirmed that Bibi Dong needed his help.
• Outside the barrier, Bibi Dong’s group failed to find a weakness, and Lin Chen was thrown out of the barrier into the sky.
• Lin Chen returned to the women, who rushed to embrace him, and Bibi Dong told him to come back with them as their training period neared its end.
• Gu Yuena reflected on her time with Lin Chen, then her clone returned to her true body as its breathing steadied and Divine Power stopped leaking.

Lin Chen returned to Bibi Dong, who scolded him for risking his life before reconciling with him. Ning Rongrong told her father she wanted to marry Lin Chen, while Ning Fengzhi agreed to discuss it with the Pope; elsewhere, Tang San mastered the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and went with Tang Hao to hunt for his fifth Soul Ring.

• Lin Chen introduced Zi JI to Bibi Dong and described what he had encountered beyond the barrier.
• Bibi Dong tearfully reunited with Lin Chen and told him not to risk his life again.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo about her gains and declared that she wanted to marry Lin Chen.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to discuss the marriage with the Pope, while acknowledging that the sect’s neutrality was difficult to maintain.
• Tang San completed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer under Tang Hao’s guidance, and Tang Hao took him to hunt for his fifth Soul Ring.

Tang San found the power his mother had left behind and followed Tang Hao to a place where he could grow stronger. Meanwhile, Lin Chen enjoyed his life in Spirit City, then secured Ning Fengzhi’s agreement to his marriage to Ning Rongrong as Bibi Dong prepared a gesture from Spirit Hall.

• Tang Hao brought Tang San to the Blue Silver Emperor Clan, where a tree-man revealed Tang San’s heritage and the power his mother had left behind; Tang San emerged two hours later greatly changed.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to a desolate tavern on the Heaven Dou Empire’s frontier, where they ordered Yellow Springs Dew.
• Lin Chen spent time with Liu Erlong, Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and the Tianshui Girl Group before Ling Yuan summoned him to the Pope’s Palace.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Chen how he would treat Ning Rongrong, and Lin Chen promised to protect her; Ning Fengzhi then agreed to their marriage.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would offer a gesture for the marriage, and three golden-armored guards entered carrying trays.

Bibi Dong gave Ning Fengzhi lavish betrothal gifts to secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s cooperation with Spirit Hall, and Lin Chen and Ning Rongrong agreed to wait until she turned eighteen to marry. More than two years later, Lin Chen reunited with Shui Ningrou at her residence.

• Bibi Dong presented Ning Fengzhi with one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, an Earth Spirit Flower pill, and a fifty-thousand-year Right Arm Soul Bone as betrothal gifts.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the gifts and promised that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would cooperate fully with Spirit Hall if needed.
• Lin Chen proposed waiting until Ning Rongrong turned eighteen to marry, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to treat the day as their engagement.
• Lin Chen reassured Ning Rongrong that the delay would let him handle important matters and let her focus on cultivation; she kissed him goodbye and promised to surprise him when they met again.
• More than two years later, Lin Chen visited Shui Ningrou, who greeted him as her husband and prepared red-braised pork for him.

Lin Chen spent the night with Shui Ningrou and Ling Yuan, then supported Shui Ningrou’s plan to strengthen Skywater Academy and secure Skywater City for Spirit Hall. After returning to Bibi Dong, he learned that she wanted him to win over newly allied factions, including by courting their leaders’ daughters.

• Shui Ningrou served Lin Chen dinner, and he spent the evening and night with her.
• Ling Yuan reported that Tang Hao and Tang San had gone to Slaughter City, then joined Lin Chen and Shui Ningrou.
• Shui Ningrou chose to remain at Skywater Academy and asked to help Spirit Hall; Lin Chen agreed to support her efforts in Skywater City.
• Ling Yuan questioned Lin Chen’s plans for Skywater City, and he warned that Spirit Hall’s allies might not remain loyal after its enemies were defeated.
• Lin Chen told Bibi Dong that Shui Ningrou would help secure Skywater City, and Bibi Dong asked him to win over the factions newly allied with Spirit Hall.

Lin Chen and Ling Yuan toured Spirit Hall’s allied factions, consolidating support and warning rulers to obey. After visiting dozens of groups, they arrived at Blazing Fire Academy, where Dean Huo Ba had avoided greeting them and was revealed to be fleeing his furious wife.

• Lin Chen and Ling Yuan arrived in the Silves Kingdom, where King Baersi and Bishop Jiang Han welcomed them at the palace.
• At the banquet, Lin Chen declined King Baersi’s offer of Xiao Rou and warned him to demonstrate loyalty through his actions.
• News of Lin Chen’s visit spread across the continent, signaling Spirit Hall’s expansion and the Silves Kingdom’s protection; Lin Chen told Jiang Han to monitor Baersi.
• Three months later, Lin Chen and Ling Yuan arrived at Blazing Fire Academy, where Vice Dean Huo Feng explained that Dean Huo Ba was busy.
• A flashback showed Huo Ba fleeing his wife’s fireballs after she accused him of wrongdoing.

Huo Feng took charge of Blazing Fire Academy’s dealings with Spirit Hall after scolding Huo Ba for joining without negotiating. Huo Wu revealed her feelings for Lin Chen, and Huo Feng promised to help her; when Lin Chen arrived, he asked whether the academy would support Spirit Hall in a future war.

• Huo Feng warned Huo Ba that Spirit Hall’s internal affairs were dangerous and said she would manage its dealings while he handled the academy.
• Huo Wu returned as a level fifty-four Soul King and told Huo Feng she wanted to be with Lin Chen.
• Huo Feng questioned whether Lin Chen would treat Huo Wu as a wife or a plaything, then promised to help her win a higher place in his heart.
• Huo Ba left after Huo Feng ordered him out, privately worrying that she had discovered his affair with Xiao Hong.
• Huo Feng received Lin Chen and Ling Yuan at the hall and asserted that she could decide matters for both Huo Ba and Blazing Fire Academy.
• Lin Chen asked Huo Feng whether Blazing Fire Academy would aid Spirit Hall if war broke out.

Lin Chen negotiated with Huo Feng over Huo Wu’s place in his household, agreeing to hold a wedding while explaining that Spirit Hall could not draw attention to itself yet. After spending the night with Huo Wu, Lin Chen told Ling Yuan that he suspected Huo Feng had orchestrated the negotiations to secure her daughter’s future and win his favor.

• Huo Feng said Blazing Fire Academy would follow Spirit Hall’s orders against its enemies but stay out of Spirit Hall’s internal conflicts.
• Lin Chen asked Huo Feng to let Huo Wu stay by his side, and Huo Feng demanded a wedding officiated by Pope Bibi Dong before agreeing.
• Ling Yuan threatened Huo Feng for challenging Lin Chen, but Huo Wu came downstairs and pleaded with them to stop arguing.
• Lin Chen promised a wedding for Huo Wu and his other women, and Huo Feng pledged Blazing Fire Academy’s obedience to Lin Chen and Pope Bibi Dong.
• Lin Chen spent the night with Huo Wu, then joined Ling Yuan on the castle roof and speculated that Huo Feng had used the dispute to influence him.

Lin Chen took Huo Feng on a tour of Blazing Fire Academy, then demanded that she submit to him or risk losing her daughter and academy. Huo Feng refused and accepted his challenge to fight, leaving her fate to be decided in the spar.

• Huo Feng served Lin Chen a lavish breakfast, and he asked her to show him around Blazing Fire Academy while Huo Wu stayed behind.
• Huo Feng led Lin Chen to the mountain above the academy, where he revealed that he wanted to discuss Huo Wu and her future.
• Lin Chen demanded that Huo Feng become his, threatening her and Blazing Fire Academy; Huo Feng refused to submit, even when Ling Yuan appeared behind her.
• Lin Chen offered Huo Feng a spar: if she won, he would protect her, Huo Wu, and the academy, but if she lost, she would belong to him.
• Huo Feng accepted the challenge, believing it was her only chance to protect her daughter and academy.

Lin Chen defeated Huo Feng on Blazing Fire Academy’s rear mountain and forced her to become his slave. Huo Feng returned to the hall and hid what had happened from Huo Wu, while Lin Chen later confronted her privately in the kitchen.

• Huo Feng revealed her rank eighty-three Soul Douluo power and Martial Soul Avatar, but Lin Chen displayed seven Soul Rings, including four hundred-thousand-year rings, and overwhelmed her.
• Lin Chen defeated Huo Feng, made her kneel, and declared that she was his slave.
• Huo Feng returned to the hall and told Huo Wu she had just arrived; Huo Wu noticed bruises on her knees but accepted her explanation that she had bumped them.
• Lin Chen returned with Ling Yuan, and Huo Wu greeted him affectionately before Huo Feng went to prepare dinner.
• Lin Chen embraced Huo Feng in the kitchen, asked whether Huo Ba would return, and told her to leave the door open for him that night.

Lin Chen returned to Spirit Hall after three months with Huo Feng and arranged for her to take control of Blazing Fire Academy. He then persuaded Bibi Dong to let him enter Slaughter City to confront Tang San and pursue an opportunity, leaving her worried as he prepared to go.

• Lin Chen left Huo Feng and traveled toward Spirit Hall with Huo Wu aboard Ling Yuan.
• Huo Feng ordered Huo Ba to move out, made herself dean of Blazing Fire Academy, and appointed him vice dean in charge of discipline.
• Lin Chen reunited with Bibi Dong at Pope's Palace and told her he had claimed Huo Feng.
• Lin Chen told Bibi Dong he planned to enter Slaughter City to find Tang San and obtain an opportunity.
• Bibi Dong initially forbade Lin Chen from going but eventually agreed and asked him to return alive.

Lin Chen prepared to enter Slaughter City with Xiao Wu and Hu Liena, then arrived at its border with Bibi Dong and their companions. In a tavern, Ling Yuan killed three Fallen Soul Masters who threatened the women, leaving the rest of the room terrified.

• Lin Chen told the women he planned to visit Slaughter City and chose Xiao Wu and Hu Liena to accompany him.
• After spending the next few days in the Pope's bedchamber, Lin Chen set out for Slaughter City with Bibi Dong and their group.
• Bibi Dong brought Lin Chen, Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to a tavern so they could experience the atmosphere inside Slaughter City.
• Zhao Laosi, Ding Mosha and Old Wangtou threatened to seize the women, and Hu Liena rose to defend Bibi Dong.
• Lin Chen called on Ling Yuan, who turned the three Soul Kings to ash and frightened the tavern's other Fallen Soul Masters.

Lin Chen, Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu drank Yellow Springs Dew before entering Slaughter City, where they defeated examiner Scott and received their newcomer tokens. The Slaughter Envoy escorted them inside and explained the city’s rules, leaving them about to enter its lawless inner city.

• Lin Chen explained that Yellow Springs Dew could strengthen Soul Power and the spirit but carried dangerous negative effects, and he assured Xiao Wu and Hu Liena he could dispel them.
• Xiao Wu defeated Scott with her agility and Eight-Stage Throw, then waited for Lin Chen and Hu Liena outside the gate.
• Hu Liena used her Charm to disorient Scott and sent him flying with her spirit tail.
• Lin Chen overwhelmed Scott with a single clash of Red Firmament, and he, Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu entered Slaughter City together.
• The Slaughter Envoy gave them tokens numbered 13140, 13141, and 13142 and explained the outer city, inner city, and one-day protection period.

Lin Chen killed a powerful Fallen Soul Master in Slaughter City to obtain stronger Yellow Springs Dew, then went to the Slaughter Arena and registered to fight. There, Xiao Wu saw the masked Asura King, Tang San, and felt he was familiar without recognizing him.

• Lin Chen killed the scar-faced man with one strike and drank the Yellow Springs Dew he obtained, which Hu Liena and Xiao Wu also tasted.
• The Slaughter Envoy began calling Lin Chen young master and led him and his companions to the Slaughter Arena.
• Lin Chen asked to enter the arena, seeking the hundred consecutive wins needed to leave Slaughter City, and the Slaughter Envoy went to register him.
• The Asura King, Tang San, entered the arena with twenty-eight consecutive wins as nine opponents surrounded him.
• Xiao Wu felt the Asura King was familiar but could not remember who he was, and Lin Chen told her she would soon find out.

Tang San won his twenty-ninth consecutive match in the Slaughter Arena while Xiao Wu watched beside Lin Chen, who reassured her that she belonged to him now. Xiao Wu then entered her own match, ignored Tang San's calls, and revealed her strength by killing one of the last opponents.

• Tang San defeated the remaining fighters with his Clear Sky Hammer, collected their Yellow Springs Dew, and reached twenty-nine consecutive wins.
• Xiao Wu recognized Tang San, admitted she still remembered some of their past, and told Lin Chen that she loved only him now.
• The Slaughter Envoy presented Lin Chen with his registered tokens, and Xiao Wu went to fight without wearing a mask.
• Tang San spotted Xiao Wu and called out to her, but she ignored him and thought that their relationship was over.
• The Demon King killed several contestants before the others joined forces to defeat him, leaving Xiao Wu and three opponents on the platform.
• Xiao Wu suddenly killed a burly fighter with a head kick and a twist, prompting the two remaining opponents to attack her together.

Xiao Wu reunited with Tang San in the Slaughter Arena but declared her loyalty to Lin Chen, leaving Tang San furious and devastated. After Xiao Wu’s Soul Power rose to level fifty-six, Hu Liena entered her own fight as the arena’s next slaughter began.

• Xiao Wu defeated her final opponent, collected Yellow Springs Dew, and leaped into Lin Chen’s arms while Tang San followed her.
• Xiao Wu fed Lin Chen the Yellow Springs Dew and told Tang San she had cut ties with him and now served Lin Chen as his beast pet.
• Tang San threatened Lin Chen, but the Slaughter Envoy warned him that fighting to the death was forbidden outside the platform; Tang San then insulted her and left in a rage.
• Xiao Wu finished the Yellow Springs Dew, reached Soul Power level fifty-six, and told Tang San to stop bothering her and Lin Chen.
• After Tang San left, Xiao Wu admitted she might have been trying to protect him, and Lin Chen accepted her explanation.
• Hu Liena took her place on the slaughter platform, where the fallen fighters agreed to attack her and another opponent together.

Hu Liena controlled and killed nine opponents in the Slaughter Arena, then Lin Chen effortlessly defeated Ghost Fiend and the other contestants. After the group left with a new residence and Xue Qi's chosen name, Tang San confronted them with several powerful allies.

• Hu Liena used her Heavenly Fox Martial Soul to control nine Fallen Soul Masters and killed them on the slaughter platform.
• Lin Chen entered the arena, killed four attackers and Ghost Fiend with his soul sword, and drank the Yellow Springs Dew from all ten opponents.
• The Slaughter Envoy offered Ghost Fiend's residence to Lin Chen, and Lin Chen named her Xue Qi.
• Lin Chen sensed a threat outside the arena and called out the figures waiting for them.
• Tang San appeared with Hong Sha, Youming, and two other experienced fighters, and declared that they would kill Lin Chen.

Lin Chen and Xiao Wu fought Tang San and his allies after Tang San led a group to kill Lin Chen and reclaim Xiao Wu. Lin Chen defeated Tang San, won Xiao Wu’s loyalty, and spared Tang San while planning to exploit him again.

• Tang San promised Hong Sha and Youming the women after the group killed Lin Chen, while Xiao Wu’s last feelings for Tang San disappeared.
• Hu Liena used her Charm technique to let Lin Chen and Xiao Wu kill two attackers, but Tang San and Youming resisted and counterattacked.
• Lin Chen killed Youming and Hu Liena defeated Hong Sha, while Tang San forced Xiao Wu into a corner.
• Lin Chen rescued Xiao Wu, defeated Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, and humiliated him before cutting apart his Eight Spider Soul Bone.
• Tang San passed out, and Lin Chen gained Villain Value as Xiao Wu pledged to obey him; Lin Chen chose to spare Tang San so he could exploit him further.