Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo searched a winter forest for a Space System Soul Beast, but a distorted patch of space pulled them into a vast mirror domain. Lin Chen identified the domain as the innate ability of a high-level Soul Beast, likely at least fifty thousand years old.

• Lin Chen gathered rare immortal herbs and stored them in the Chaos Space before setting out with Xiao Wu and Dugu Bo at dawn.
• The disguised trio searched the snowy forest, while Lin Chen used the Void Divine Eye to sense for a Space System Soul Beast.
• Lin Chen detected warped spatial fluctuations, and Dugu Bo found his divine sense unable to pass through them.
• Dugu Bo stepped onto unstable snow, and the three were pulled into a strange realm filled with floating mirror fragments.
• Dugu Bo shielded Lin Chen and Xiao Wu, while Lin Chen examined the realm and recognized it as a Soul Beast's innate mirror domain.

Lin Chen and Dugu Bo broke the Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit’s mirror space and forced the ancient Soul Beast into view. They discovered it had 63,000 years of cultivation, but it escaped their attacks and evaded Lin Chen’s domain, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Chen traced the mirror energy to its source and directed Dugu Bo to strike it with a poison needle.
• Dugu Bo shattered the mirror space, returning Lin Chen, Dugu Bo, and their companion to the snowy forest with the Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit before them.
• Dugu Bo identified the Soul Beast as a 63,000-year-old Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit that manipulated mirror space.
• The Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit dodged Dugu Bo’s poison needles by teleporting between a tree trunk and a branch.
• Lin Chen trapped the area in his Chaos Prison Suppression Domain, but the Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit stepped through folded space and escaped its range.

Lin Chen and Dugu Bo trapped and killed the Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit with their combined abilities. Lin Chen began absorbing its sixty-three-thousand-year Soul Ring, leaving the outcome of the process unknown.

• Lin Chen used the Void Divine Eye to trace the Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit's movement, allowing Dugu Bo to strike it with Medusa's Gaze.
• Lin Chen marked the beast with Void Mark and used his domain to pin it down while Dugu Bo trapped it with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Formation.
• Lin Chen summoned the Heaven-Slaying Sword and killed the Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit with a single strike.
• Dugu Bo praised Lin Chen and urged him to absorb the beast's Soul Ring, warning him about its mental abilities.
• Lin Chen sat beside the corpse and began absorbing the sixty-three-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Lin Chen absorbed the Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit's Soul Ring, reached level forty-three, and gained the Three Thousand Mirror Realms skill before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu and Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy transformed and told the education committee that Lin Chen was his only personal disciple, ordering them to protect him.

• Lin Chen used the Chaos Pearl, Heaven-Slaying Sword, and stored spiritual Qi to endure the Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit's Soul Ring and reached level forty-three with four Soul Rings.
• Lin Chen demonstrated Three Thousand Mirror Realms, which distorted senses, deflected attacks, and created distracting mirror duplicates.
• Lin Chen retrieved the damaged spatial core from the Shattered Mirror Evil Spirit, and he, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The education committee members worried about Lin Chen's four-month absence and the Imperial Fighting Team's stalled matches.
• Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with a changed appearance and stronger presence, declared Lin Chen his only personal disciple, and ordered the committee to protect him.

Dugu Bo left to treat Dugu Yan while Lin Chen and Xiao Wu returned to the academy after four months of training. Lin Chen revealed a level forty-three Soul Ancestor with three ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, then credited their increased power to Dugu Bo’s secret methods, leaving the committee amazed and Xiao Wu amused by his excuse.

• Dugu Bo announced that Lin Chen was his only personal disciple and hurried off with detoxifying powder to treat Dugu Yan.
• Lin Chen and Xiao Wu returned to the academy, and Lin Chen told the education committee they had trained with Dugu Bo in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Chen revealed four Soul Rings—one purple and three black—shocking the committee with his level forty-three cultivation and the apparent rise in his Soul Ring quality.
• Meng Shenji asked how Lin Chen’s Soul Rings had grown stronger, and Lin Chen attributed it to Dugu Bo’s secret techniques, Immortal Herbs, and bloodline tempering.
• Xiao Wu laughed at Lin Chen’s explanation and then tried to hide her amusement when he looked at her.

Lin Chen and Xiao Wu returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and astonished the education committee with their rapid advancement and powerful Soul Rings. After the committee welcomed them back and predicted success in the tournament, they went home, where Xiao Wu cleaned and Lin Chen prepared a feast.

• Xiao Wu revealed four Soul Rings and her level forty-eight cultivation, shocking Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan.
• Lin Chen credited Xiao Wu’s rapid progress to her special constitution, Dugu Bo’s guidance, and Immortal Herb medicine.
• Meng Shenji welcomed Lin Chen and Xiao Wu back and told them to rest before reporting to Teacher Qin the next day.
• Zhi Lin and Meng Shenji discussed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s chances in the Continent-Wide Elite Tournament after Lin Chen and Xiao Wu left.
• Xiao Wu warmed and cleaned their long-empty home while Lin Chen cooked a variety of dishes in the kitchen.

Lin Chen and Xiao Wu returned home after four months away, shared a warm meal and promised to stay together for life. They then rejoined the Imperial Fighting Team, where Qin Ming explained the upcoming Continent-Wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and its selection schedule.

• Xiao Wu praised Lin Chen’s cooking and told him that being with him made her happy.
• Lin Chen embraced Xiao Wu and promised they would spend their lives together, and she held him tightly.
• Lin Chen and Xiao Wu arrived at the Imperial Fighting Team’s training ground, where Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, the Shi Mo brothers, and Dugu Yan welcomed them back.
• Qin Ming explained that the team had avoided team matches while Lin Chen was away and had slowly built points through individual and two-person matches.
• Qin Ming outlined the tournament schedule and explained the Heaven Dou Empire’s guaranteed seed-team slot and preliminary team allocations.

The Imperial Fighting Team reunited and planned to raise its Great Soul Arena points to Silver Soul Fighter rank to earn a direct entry to the All-Continent Tournament. As Lin Chen and Xiao Wu prepared to return to the arena, they met Azure Wind Sect deputy sect master Wang Xiao, who thanked Lin Chen for a refining method that had greatly increased the sect’s steel output.

• Qin Ming explained that reaching Silver Soul Fighter rank would let the Imperial Fighting Team skip qualifiers and scout its future opponents.
• Lin Chen agreed that the team would begin fighting matches the next day, and Yu Tianheng rallied everyone to pursue Silver Soul Fighter rank and tournament entry.
• The Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena announced the Imperial Fighting Team’s return, prompting a crowd of excited spectators and a rush for tickets.
• Lin Chen and Xiao Wu met Wang Xiao at the Listening Wind Pavilion, where he praised Lin Chen’s refining method for boosting the Azure Wind Sect’s iron yield and steel production.

Lin Chen collected his dividends and materials from Wang Xiao, then learned where the Strength Clan lived and planned to approach them through forging commissions. That night, the Imperial Fighting Team returned to the arena, where Lin Chen’s domain slowed the Gale Team and Xiao Wu quickly knocked out their support Soul Master.

• Lin Chen accepted his dividends and arranged for refined steel, dark iron, and meteoric iron to be delivered to his dormitory.
• Wang Xiao told Lin Chen that the Strength Clan lived in Iron Hammer Valley and was led by the Soul Douluo Tai Tan; Lin Chen planned to visit and build a relationship through commissions.
• Lin Chen and the Imperial Fighting Team entered the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena for their comeback match against the Gale Team, led by the level forty-two Lie Feng.
• Lie Feng charged at Lin Chen, but Lin Chen spread a domain that slowed the Gale Team and weighed down their movements.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation to reach the Gale Team’s rear ranks and threw their support Soul Master off the stage, knocking him unconscious.

The Imperial Fighting Team defeated the Gale Team and Stone Armor Team, winning both matches decisively through Lin Chen’s domain and the team’s coordinated attacks. The next day, Dugu Yan’s congenital poison was completely purged, and she thanked Lin Chen.

• Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Lin Chen defeated Lie Feng and the Gale Team, earning the Imperial Fighting Team a quick victory.
• The Imperial Fighting Team broke through Shi Kai’s defensive shield and defeated the Stone Armor Team in their second match.
• Yu Tianheng remarked that Lin Chen had held back, and Lin Chen said his greater abilities were unnecessary at this level.
• Dugu Bo completed the third extraction of poison and cured Dugu Yan’s congenital toxin.
• Dugu Yan thanked Lin Chen for helping cure her and Dugu Bo.

The Imperial Fighting Team went on a winning streak and earned Gold Soul Fighting medals for all seven members. The academy arranged a celebration banquet, where the team was warned to be cautious around Prince Xue Xing.

• Dugu Yan thanked Lin Chen for resolving the Dugu Family’s poison troubles and agreed to follow his strategies.
• The Imperial Fighting Team won nineteen consecutive team matches, while Lin Chen and Xiao Wu built impressive singles and doubles records and reached Gold Soul Fighting tier.
• The Great Soul Arena awarded Gold Soul Fighting medals to all seven team members as an exception after Lin Chen and Xiao Wu met the individual points requirement.
• Qin Ming told the team the academy would hold a celebration banquet and warned them that Prince Xue Xing would attend.

The Imperial Fighting Team attended a celebratory feast after earning Gold Soul Fighting status, where Prince Xue Xing praised Lin Chen and hinted that the empire expected his loyalty. The chapter ended with Xue Xing warmly welcoming Xiao Wu and teasing Lin Chen about their closeness.

• Qin Ming told the seven team members to prepare for the evening celebration in formal clothes.
• The Imperial Fighting Team gathered at Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s reception hall, where Xiao Wu admired the pastries and Lin Chen promised to get her anything she wanted after they met the prince.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived with Xue Beng and Xue Ke, then invited Lin Chen to sit beside him at the main table.
• Prince Xue Xing congratulated Lin Chen on the team’s nineteen consecutive wins and Gold Soul Fighting status while implying that Heaven Dou expected Lin Chen’s allegiance.
• Prince Xue Xing noticed Lin Chen holding Xiao Wu’s hand, served Xiao Wu food, and teased Lin Chen about being fortunate.

At the victory banquet, Lin Chen kept a polite distance from Xue Ke and received praise from Xiao Wu and Xue Beng. Prince Xue Xing announced the Imperial Fighting Team’s direct entry into the tournament’s main event and gave Lin Chen a Star Feather Token, leaving him with royal recognition and support.

• Xue Ke asked Lin Chen about his Chaos Domain, and Xiao Wu enthusiastically described its power and praised Lin Chen’s training.
• Xue Beng questioned Lin Chen about his Chaos Pearl Martial Soul, while Dugu Bo warned the prince not to bully his disciple.
• Prince Xue Xing announced that the Imperial Fighting Team had earned a direct place in the main tournament and that the royal family would cover its expenses.
• Prince Xue Xing gave Lin Chen a Star Feather Token that offered royal recognition and assistance throughout Heaven Dou.

After Lin Chen accepted the Heaven Dou prince’s token, he returned home with Xiao Wu and cooked noodles for them. Dugu Bo then offered Lin Chen an opportunity tied to the Moon-Eroding Nether Poison and the Blood Moon Devil Lotus, telling him to research both before deciding whether to pursue it.

• Lin Chen told Xiao Wu that the prince had given him a token to make things easier in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Chen cooked noodles for Xiao Wu, and she asked whether he was tired from the day’s events.
• Dugu Bo arrived at Lin Chen’s courtyard and offered him an opportunity.
• Dugu Bo told Lin Chen to research the Moon-Eroding Nether Poison and the Blood Moon Devil Lotus in the academy library before deciding whether to pursue the opportunity.

Lin Chen and Xiao Wu considered investigating Dugu Bo’s dangerous poison-related opportunity, while Xue Qinghe assessed Prince Xue Xing’s efforts to court Lin Chen. Shrek Academy’s tournament registration was rejected over its inadequate qualifications, but Flender proposed borrowing another academy’s name and set out to take the group there.

• Lin Chen told Xiao Wu they would first investigate the Nether Blood Pool and the opportunity Dugu Bo had described before deciding whether to go.
• Ye Weiyang reported that Prince Xue Xing had promised the Imperial Fighting Team tournament entry and expenses, then gave Lin Chen a Star Feather Token; Xue Qinghe ordered caution and no rash moves during the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that the Spirit Hall Branch had denied Shrek Academy’s tournament registration because its qualifications were inadequate.
• Zhao Wuji suggested registering through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Yu Xiaogang rejected the idea because its rules would constrain Shrek’s training.
• Flender offered to register Shrek under another qualified academy’s name without adopting its rules and told everyone to leave the next morning.

Lin Chen and Xiao Wu searched Heaven Dou Royal Academy's library for information about Moon-Eroding Nether Poison, and Lin Chen concluded that it was the deadly poison in Blood Moon Devil Lotus seeds. After seven days of travel, the Shrek group arrived at Heaven Dou City, where they began hearing animated conversation from a roadside teahouse.

• Zhao Wuji and Yu Xiaogang agreed that the children could compete without going to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Tang San accepted that they might still encounter its people in the city.
• Lin Chen and Xiao Wu spent three days searching the academy library for information about Moon-Eroding Nether Poison and the Blood Moon Devil Lotus.
• Lin Chen theorized that the lotus seeds' poison was Moon-Eroding Nether Poison, which could either kill someone or merge into their bloodline and grant Nether Attribute Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu worried about the risks, but Lin Chen chose to keep investigating the opportunity and planned to ask his Master for more information.
• After seven days of travel, the Shrek group entered Heaven Dou City and heard a lively conversation coming from a roadside teahouse.

The Shrek group found Blue Tyrant Academy and secured places there after its staff learned the teachers’ Soul Power levels. Flender then led Yu Xiaogang to meet Liu Erlong, whose presence left him frozen in the doorway.

• Shrek’s members overheard Heaven Dou residents praise Lin Chen and discuss his strength ahead of the Continent-Wide Elite Tournament.
• Flender found Blue Tyrant Academy’s recruitment notice and explained that its dean was an old acquaintance who could register the group for the tournament.
• Flender and four other Shrek teachers announced their Soul Power levels, impressing the academy’s testing teacher, who admitted them and the students without testing.
• The group entered the academy, and Flender led Yu Xiaogang to the dean’s office.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Liu Erlong and froze at the doorway.

Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang and Flender, renamed Blue Tyrant Academy as Shrek Academy, and assigned them roles in its leadership. After the academy began training its teams, Tai Long challenged his reserve status, and Liu Erlong told him to earn a starting position through his performance.

• Liu Erlong agreed to register Flender’s students for the tournament and let them use Blue Tyrant Academy’s resources.
• Liu Erlong renamed the academy Shrek Academy, made Flender dean and herself vice dean, and assigned Yu Xiaogang to theory research and specialized team training.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted his role, and the three began working together again after nearly twenty years apart.
• Yu Xiaogang organized training for the academy’s junior and senior classes, with Tai Long, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling and Jiang Zhu placed in the reserve group.
• Tai Long questioned why the four former Blue Tyrant students were always substitutes, and Liu Erlong told him to prove himself or keep practicing.

Tai Long accused Yu Xiaogang of favoring the Shrek students and challenged Tang San to a fight. Tang San defeated him with Blue Silver Grass and Tang Sect techniques, while Jiang Zhu began healing him.

• Tai Long grew resentful of Yu Xiaogang's training choices and accused him of favoring the Shrek students.
• Tai Long provoked Tang San by comparing him unfavorably to Lin Chen, and Tang San challenged him to a match.
• Tai Long agreed to fight Tang San, despite Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Jiang Zhu urging them to stop.
• Tang San bound Tai Long with Blue Silver Grass, then used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon Art to defeat him.
• Jiang Zhu used her First Soul Skill, Healing Halo, to treat Tai Long's injuries.

Ma Hongjun became captivated by Jiang Zhu, while Liu Erlong publicly put Yu Xiaogang in charge of Shrek Academy’s training. Half a month later, Lin Chen and Xiao Wu uncovered records about the Nether Blood Moon Clan, and Lin Chen concluded that its supposed curse was likely a hereditary blood poison.

• Ma Hongjun watched Jiang Zhu heal Tai Long and was struck by her gentle beauty.
• Liu Erlong ordered everyone at Shrek Academy to obey Yu Xiaogang’s training arrangements and threatened to expel anyone who challenged him.
• Over the next half month, Yu Xiaogang’s strict training helped Shrek’s students improve and brought the substitute lineup together, while Liu Erlong kept her dealings with him strictly professional.
• Lin Chen and Xiao Wu used Lin Chen’s badge to search the Heaven Dou Soul Master Association’s underground archives for information about the Blood Moon Devil Lotus and Moon-Eroding Nether Poison.
• Xiao Wu found a confidential record describing the Nether Blood Moon Clan’s unusual Martial Souls and its sensitivity to moonlight and sunlight.
• Lin Chen argued that the clan’s symptoms pointed not to a curse but to a hereditary blood poison.