Recaps

After returning to Nuoding Academy, Lin Qingchen decided to hunt for his own Second Soul Ring and searched the Soul Hunting Forest for a thousand-year beast. He found and defeated a Thunderclap Nether Vine, whose Soul Ring rose from its burning remains.

• Tang San returned to Dorm Seven, where Xiao Wu greeted him enthusiastically, and he noticed Lin Qingchen watching him.
• Lin Qingchen told Lei Nuo that he had reached level twenty and would hunt for his own Soul Ring, so Lei Nuo gave him a permit and likely Soul Beast locations.
• Lin Qingchen searched the Soul Hunting Forest but found no suitable thousand-year Soul Beast among the beasts he tracked down.
• On the fifth day, Lin Qingchen spotted a vine absorbing lightning and recognized it as a Thunderclap Nether Vine.
• Lin Qingchen neutralized the Thunderclap Nether Vine's lightning attacks, tore it out of the ground, and burned it until its yellow Soul Ring with a faint purple tinge appeared.

Lin Qingchen fused the Thunderclap Nether Vine Soul Ring through a storm of lightning, gaining a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power Level twenty-four, and testing his new skill. Meanwhile, Tang Hao visited Ah Yin’s resting place and discovered that the Blue Silver Emperor was gone, replaced by the Cold-dressed Blue Silver Grass Lin Qingchen had left behind.

• Lin Qingchen endured repeated lightning strikes as he fused the Thunderclap Nether Vine Soul Ring, while the Seed of Creation healed his injuries.
• The Soul Ring reached a thousand years, turned purple, and the lightning tempered Lin Qingchen’s body; he emerged at Soul Power Level twenty-four.
• Lin Qingchen used his Second Soul Skill, Five Elements Divine Lightning, to blast a large tree apart, then prepared to return to Nuoding Academy.
• Tang Hao escorted Tang San to Nuoding Academy, then traveled to Holy Soul Village to tell Ah Yin about Tang San’s talent and his hopes for revenge.
• Tang Hao noticed an unfamiliar fragrance and found that the Blue Silver Emperor was gone, with only the Cold-dressed Blue Silver Grass Lin Qingchen had left behind.

Tang Hao discovered that the Blue Silver Emperor and the Soul Bone were gone, then went on a destructive rampage before returning to grieve beside the empty chamber. Meanwhile, Lin Qingchen returned from Soul Ring hunting and invited Xiao Wu and the work-study students to eat spicy rabbit heads, leaving Xiao Wu loudly refusing the meal.

• Tang Hao found only ordinary Blue Silver Grass where the Blue Silver Emperor had grown and discovered that the Soul Bone box held a stone instead.
• Tang Hao blamed himself for failing to protect Ah Yin, then smashed the surrounding mountainside for a day and a night.
• Tang Hao returned to the ruined chamber, apologized to Ah Yin, and vowed to protect their son and wait for him to avenge her.
• Lin Qingchen considered asking Dean Lei Nuo for permission to graduate early after reaching level 30 and hunt for his third Soul Ring.
• Lin Qingchen invited Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the work-study students to eat spicy rabbit heads in the cafeteria.
• Xiao Wu objected that rabbits were cute and declared that she would not eat Lin Qingchen's food, though Tang San had already been tempted.

Lin Qingchen paid for Xiao Wu and the other students’ spicy rabbit heads, then met Xiao Chenyu selling his father’s unused supplements. He arranged with Xiao Shan to buy Whale Rubber in bulk and left with a box.

• Xiao Wu eagerly ate Lin Qingchen’s spicy rabbit heads and denied ever saying she would refuse his food.
• Lin Qingchen paid the cafeteria for the students’ meal and wandered around Nuoding City.
• Lin Qingchen found Xiao Chenyu selling supplements after Xiao Shan kicked him out for criticizing his father’s failed attempts to restore his health.
• Lin Qingchen bought the Whale Rubber in Xiao Chenyu’s shop and learned Xiao Shan sourced it through a merchant association in Vast Sea City.
• Lin Qingchen met Xiao Shan, secured his help buying Whale Rubber in bulk, left Gold Soul Coins, and departed with a box of it.

After reaching level 30, Lin Qingchen left Nuoding City to seek his Third Soul Ring and travel to Heaven Dou City. He visited Old Jack and his parents’ grave before setting out.

• Lin Qingchen told Lei Nuo he had reached level 30 and was leaving Nuoding Academy, and Lei Nuo gave him a sealed letter of recommendation for an acquaintance in Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Qingchen declined Lei Nuo’s offer to help with Soul Hunting and left Nuoding Academy by carriage for Holy Soul Village.
• Lin Qingchen told Old Jack he was going to Heaven Dou City and gave him five hundred Gold Soul Coins, reassuring him that he could afford it.
• Lin Qingchen visited his parents’ grave, poured out wine as an offering, and wished for a worry-free journey before leaving.

Lin Qingchen searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable base for his third Soul Skill, hoping to find a defensive Soul Beast. An earthquake-like disturbance led him to a thirty-thousand-year Rift Ruins Earth Dragon and a group that included people he suspected were Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Qin Ming.

• Lin Qingchen entered the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a Soul Beast that could provide a defensive or amplifying third Soul Skill.
• After finding no suitable Soul Beast, Lin Qingchen prepared to camp but felt a violent tremor and sensed the earth element surging deeper in the forest.
• Lin Qingchen used his Great Five Elements Escape to rush toward the disturbance and sensed a battle involving intense fire energy.
• A thirty-thousand-year Rift Ruins Earth Dragon crashed into view, and Lin Qingchen recognized it as the source of the earthquake-like commotion.
• A flame-wreathed man struck the Rift Ruins Earth Dragon, warned Lin Qingchen to flee, and told Tian Heng and Yanzi to watch him; Lin Qingchen suspected the man was Qin Ming.

Lin Qingchen joined Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team as Qin Ming fought a thirty-thousand-year-old Rift Ruins Earth Dragon. After the beast fell, Qin Ming asked why Lin Qingchen had come alone, and Lin Qingchen revealed that he had neither a father nor a mother.

• A blond youth pulled Lin Qingchen over to the Imperial Fighting Team, where Dugu Yan welcomed him and watched him with interest.
• Lin Qingchen observed Qin Ming overpower the Rift Ruins Earth Dragon and kill it with his Sixth Soul Skill.
• Qin Ming scolded Yu Feng for acting carelessly in the Star Dou Great Forest, then asked Lin Qingchen his name and why he was alone.
• Lin Qingchen told Qin Ming that he had no father or mother and said he had learned to live with their deaths.
• The Imperial Fighting Team felt sympathy for Lin Qingchen, and Ye Lingling looked at him as though she recognized someone like herself.

Lin Qingchen revealed that he was ten years old, had reached level thirty, and possessed a thousand-year second Soul Ring, prompting Qin Ming to invite him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Before they could discuss his next Soul Ring, the Rift Ruins Earth Dragon's corpse exploded, and Lin Qingchen saved Ye Lingling from one of three creatures that burst out.

• Lin Qingchen told Qin Ming he had come to hunt for his Third Soul Ring and revealed his yellow and purple Soul Rings, astonishing Qin Ming and the others.
• Lin Qingchen said he was ten years old and agreed to consider attending Heaven Dou Royal Academy after graduating early from junior Soul Master Academy.
• Lin Qingchen sensed something wrong with the lingering earth-element energy and warned the group to watch out.
• The Rift Ruins Earth Dragon's corpse exploded, and three smaller Rift Ruins Earth Dragons attacked Ye Lingling.
• Lin Qingchen rescued Ye Lingling and blocked an attack with his arm, which Ye Lingling healed with her Nine Heart Begonia Soul Skill.
• Qin Ming urged the group to leave because the three creatures had disappeared underground, but Lin Qingchen did not move.

Lin Qingchen lured three Rift Ruins Earth Dragons out from underground so he and the others could defeat them. He chose the dragon with the most concentrated Earth Element power and stored its Soul Ring in the Book of Partial Understanding.

• Lin Qingchen explained that the Rift Ruins Earth Dragons might be only a few thousand years old, and Qin Ming decided the group would stay to help hunt them.
• Lin Qingchen used his Five Elements Qilin and Earth Element power to lure the three dragons out of the ground while the others hid nearby.
• Lin Qingchen blasted one dragon in two with Five Elements Divine Lightning, and Yu Feng, Yu Tianheng, Shi Mo, and the others worked together to incapacitate another.
• Qin Ming subdued the third dragon and praised the Imperial Fighting Team's teamwork.
• Lin Qingchen chose the dragon Yu Tianheng's group had defeated and stored its Soul Ring in the Book of Partial Understanding.

Lin Qingchen explained that his Five Elements Qilin needed five different elemental Soul Rings to advance, then examined the Imperial Fighting Team’s talents with the Book of Talents. He discovered the Shi Brothers carried an unactivated Black Tortoise Bloodline and compared it with the bloodlines of Yu Tianheng and Yu Xiaogang.

• Lin Qingchen told Dugu Yan and the others that he needed four more elemental Soul Rings before his Martial Soul could advance, and Qin Ming and Yu Feng promised to help him find them.
• Yu Feng and Osler bickered about their fighting abilities while Qin Ming let the exchange continue, then ordered the team to make camp for the night.
• Lin Qingchen examined the team’s talents and found the Shi Brothers had an unactivated Black Tortoise Bloodline that could evolve their Martial Soul and grant a Black Tortoise Domain.
• Lin Qingchen compared Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Bloodline with Yu Xiaogang’s failed mutation, which drained Soul Power and hindered Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation.

Lin Qingchen fused Shi Mo’s Black Tortoise Bloodline and discovered it had transformed into the powerful Five Elements Law: Water. After realizing the Book of Talents had no room for more entries, he abruptly activated his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul and Five Elements Divine Lightning.

• Lin Qingchen examined Ye Lingling’s Plane Curse and Ultimate Healing talents, then chose Shi Mo’s Black Tortoise Bloodline to test its effect on his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul.
• Lin Qingchen absorbed the Black Tortoise Bloodline and found that his Book of Talents now listed Five Elements Law: Water instead.
• Lin Qingchen learned that the new talent could let him comprehend the cosmic law of water and develop Ultimate Water or Ultimate Ice.
• Lin Qingchen considered seeking other divine beast bloodlines to gain the remaining Five Elements Laws, but noticed that his Book of Talents was already full.
• Lin Qingchen suddenly raised his right hand, summoned his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul, and activated his second soul ring to use Five Elements Divine Lightning.

Lin Qingchen suppressed his growing greed for the Law of the Five Elements and consulted the Book of Partial Understanding about the Rift Ruins Earth Dragons, but dismissed its answer as nonsense. After Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan discussed their feelings about him, Lin Qingchen awakened with improved control over water and considered creating new Soul Skills.

• Lin Qingchen electrocuted himself to dispel his fixation on the Law of the Five Elements and decided to focus on the Law of Water and finding his Third Soul Ring.
• Lin Qingchen asked the Book of Partial Understanding why three younger Rift Ruins Earth Dragons emerged from a dead older one, and the book claimed they had grown instantly from its corpse through asexual reproduction.
• Lin Qingchen decided the book was malfunctioning and went to sleep.
• In the girls' tent, Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about falling for Lin Qingchen, and Ye Lingling felt an unexplained pang when Dugu Yan said she might pursue him.
• Lin Qingchen woke the next morning with sharper control over water and realized he could try creating Self-Created Soul Skills.

Lin Qingchen cooked Rift Ruins Earth Dragon meat for the group before Qin Ming led them to search for Soul Beasts suited to Lin Qingchen and Ye Lingling. During his night watch with Dugu Yan, a subtle fragrance suddenly reached him.

• Lin Qingchen carved meat from a Rift Ruins Earth Dragon and roasted it with seasonings, drawing the camp awake.
• Qin Ming arranged the search for metal-, wood-, water-, and fire-attribute Soul Beasts for Lin Qingchen and a life-attribute Soul Beast for Ye Lingling.
• The group hunted a Sharp-Clawed Mountain-Piercing Beast, a Mysterious Water Ape, and a Flame Poison Lizard, leaving a wood-attribute beast and Ye Lingling's Soul Ring to find.
• Lin Qingchen took the third night watch with Dugu Yan and began comprehending the Law of Water before a subtle fragrance wafted over.

Lin Qingchen brushed off Dugu Yan while searching the Star Dou Great Forest with Qin Ming’s group for a wood-attribute Soul Beast. The group found a Tranquil Spirit Heart-Concentrating Orchid in a valley, and a heavy breath sounded behind Yu Feng.

• Dugu Yan approached Lin Qingchen, but he asked her to keep her distance and returned to cultivating.
• Lin Qingchen and the others continued searching the forest for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Lin Qingchen detected a faint floral fragrance, and the group followed it into a small valley.
• Ye Lingling identified a Tranquil Spirit Heart-Concentrating Orchid as a gentle, purely life-type Soul Beast.
• Yu Feng wondered why the orchid was alone, then heard a heavy breath behind him.

The Imperial Fighting Team encountered an Azure Wood Spirit Bear guarding a Tranquil Spirit Heart-Concentrating Orchid, and Qin Ming assigned Yu Tianheng to lead the fight while Lin Qingchen and Ye Lingling observed. Lin Qingchen broke through the bear’s defenses and joined the team’s coordinated assault, leaving the battle in their favor.

• Yu Feng spotted an Azure Wood Spirit Bear emerging from a tree, and Qin Ming identified it as a suitable Soul Beast guarding the Tranquil Spirit Heart-Concentrating Orchid.
• Qin Ming told Yu Tianheng to lead the fight, and the bear attacked the Imperial Fighting Team with thick roots to keep them away from the plant.
• Dugu Yan supported her teammates with poisonous mist as the Shi Brothers defended the front and Yu Feng and Osler harried the bear from the sides.
• Lin Qingchen used Five Elements Divine Body and Fire of the Five Elements to break through the roots, then struck the bear and knocked it back.
• Ye Lingling healed the Shi Brothers while Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, and Osler exploited the bear’s distraction to damage its wooden armor and attack its exposed body.

Lin Qingchen killed the Azure Wood Spirit Bear and absorbed its Soul Ring while Ye Lingling followed an ancestral account to consume the Tranquil Spirit Heart-Concentrating Orchid’s core. The chapter ended with Ye Lingling absorbing the core and gaining a purple Soul Ring.

• Lin Qingchen used Five Elements Divine Lightning to kill the Azure Wood Spirit Bear after it tried to recover using the Tranquil Spirit Heart-Concentrating Orchid’s life force.
• Qin Ming praised the group and told Lin Qingchen and Ye Lingling to absorb their Soul Rings before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Qingchen swapped in the Azure Wood Spirit Bear’s Soul Ring and fused it with the power of the Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingling dug up the Tranquil Spirit Heart-Concentrating Orchid, found its core, and swallowed it to absorb its energy.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the core’s life force, and a purple Soul Ring appeared beside her.

Lin Qingchen and Ye Lingling completed their Soul Ring absorption, and Lin Qingchen discovered that his new skill greatly boosted his vitality, defense, and recovery. As the group left the Star Dou Great Forest, he secretly found a Wonder Seed in the withered orchid, while a powerful presence from deep in the forest made Qin Ming urge everyone to hurry.

• Lin Qingchen tested Five Elements Life Generation and found it strengthened his vitality, defense, and recovery, while Ye Lingling confirmed that her Nine Heart Begonia’s Soul Skill remained Healing.
• Lin Qingchen spotted a faintly glowing Wonder Seed in the withered Spirit-Concentrating Tranquil Heart Orchid and secretly stored it in his storage bracelet.
• Qin Ming led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest, and nearby Soul Beasts fled from his presence.
• Lin Qingchen sensed a heavy, violent presence deep in the forest and suspected it belonged to a Soul Beast.
• Qin Ming also noticed something in the forest and ordered the Imperial Fighting Team to move faster without stopping.

Lin Qingchen arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after gaining his Third Soul Skill, then met the three education committee members the next morning. He revealed his unusual Soul Ring configuration and explained how his Five Elements Qilin gained its Soul Skills.

• After Qin Ming warned that a powerful presence in the forest might have belonged to a Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo, the group traveled to Heaven Dou City.
• During the journey, Lin Qingchen reflected on his new Five Elements Life Generation skill and practiced comprehending the Law of Water.
• Qin Ming brought Lin Qingchen and the Imperial Fighting Team to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Lin Qingchen settled in for the night.
• The next morning, Qin Ming introduced Lin Qingchen to Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, the academy’s three Soul Douluo education committee members.
• Lin Qingchen displayed his yellow, purple, and dark purple Soul Rings, surprising the committee members with his level and unusual ring ages.
• Lin Qingchen explained that his Martial Soul required five elemental Soul Rings to combine into one Soul Skill, and said he had three Soul Skills.

Lin Qingchen was admitted to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and assigned to study with Qin Ming’s class, though the committee expected him to compete in the academy’s annual tournament. He returned to the Imperial Fighting Team’s dormitory, where Yu Tianheng learned about the requirement and predicted Lin Qingchen would impress everyone.

• Meng Shenji approved Lin Qingchen’s enrollment after he kept his Martial Soul secret, but said he would need to prove himself at the academy competition to earn promotion and resources.
• Qin Ming agreed to keep Lin Qingchen’s secret and warned him that his unusual Soul Ring Configuration could attract resentment from senior students.
• Qin Ming took Lin Qingchen back to the Imperial Fighting Team’s dormitory and explained that his room was next to Yu Tianheng’s.
• Lin Qingchen entered Yu Tianheng’s room and told him the committee had asked him to prepare for the academy competition.
• Yu Tianheng noted that Lin Qingchen had only just enrolled, then said he would likely amaze everyone with a brilliant performance.

Lin Qingchen learned why the academy competition mattered, then transformed a Wonder Seed into a treasure that protected him from spiritual attacks and illusions. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan returned to Dugu Manor hoping to tell her grandfather about Lin Qingchen, but Dugu Bo was away.

• Yu Tianheng explained that the academy competition would be attended by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and could help noble students gain recognition, though Lin Qingchen had little need to prove himself.
• Yu Tianheng told Lin Qingchen that the Imperial Fighting Team had high standing and that he should not let anyone at the academy push him around.
• Lin Qingchen used Power of Fortune on the Wonder Seed from the Spirit-Concentrating Tranquil Heart Orchid and obtained the purple wonder Spirit-Concentrating Tranquil Heart, which protected against spiritual attacks, Charm, and illusions.
• Lin Qingchen decided to have a container made so he could wear Spirit-Concentrating Tranquil Heart as a necklace.
• Dugu Yan returned to Dugu Manor intending to tell Dugu Bo about Lin Qingchen's thousand-year second ring, but learned that her grandfather was away.

Ye Lingling returned home and told her mother, Ye Qingxian, how she gained her Third Soul Ring by consuming the core of a Spirit-Concentrating Tranquil Heart Orchid, which also improved her health. After learning that Lin Qingchen had saved Ye Lingling and was a remarkable young genius, Ye Qingxian decided to invite him to their home for a meal.

• Ye Lingling returned to the Ye Family residence and went to meet Ye Qingxian in the main hall.
• Ye Qingxian noticed Ye Lingling's improved complexion, and Ye Lingling revealed that she had gained her Third Soul Ring from a Spirit-Concentrating Tranquil Heart Orchid.
• Ye Lingling recounted her trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, including being rescued from danger by Lin Qingchen and using the ancient family method to obtain her Soul Ring.
• Ye Qingxian learned that Lin Qingchen was a ten-year-old commoner who had reached level thirty and possessed a thousand-year Second Soul Ring.
• Ye Qingxian told Ye Lingling to invite Lin Qingchen home for a meal, intending to thank him and consider a match between him and her daughter.

Ye Qingxian learned that the Spirit-Concentrating Tranquil Heart Orchid had only slightly improved Ye Lingling’s condition, while Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo about the exceptionally gifted Lin Qingchen. Intrigued by Lin Qingchen and suspicious of his granddaughter’s interest, Dugu Bo decided to visit the academy and see the boy for himself.

• Ye Lingling told Ye Qingxian that the orchid improved her Soul Power circulation and Nine Heart Begonia’s healing, but caused no other changes.
• Ye Qingxian reread an old booklet and concluded that the orchid had not cured the Nine Heart Begonia bloodline affliction.
• Dugu Yan welcomed home Dugu Bo, who told her he had obtained an herb after outwitting a fifty-thousand-year Scarlet Flame Golden Suanni Beast.
• Dugu Yan described Lin Qingchen’s rank, age, thousand-year second Soul Ring, and appearance, prompting Dugu Bo to question his origins.
• Dugu Bo noticed Dugu Yan’s interest in Lin Qingchen and decided to visit the academy to judge him for himself.

Lin Qingchen went to the Heaven Dou Auction House with Yu Tianheng to find a larger Storage Soul Tool. He chose a Starry Sky Ring and prepared to bid on it.

• Lin Qingchen wore his Spirit-Concentrating Tranquil Heart bead and received a school uniform from Qin Ming.
• Lin Qingchen asked Yu Tianheng about Heaven Dou City's largest auction house, and Yu Tianheng offered to accompany him.
• At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Yu Tianheng used his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan credentials to get them admitted to the red VIP section.
• Lin Qingchen examined the auction catalog and chose the Starry Sky Ring, a Storage Soul Tool with a thousand-cubic-meter space.
• Yu Tianheng warned Lin Qingchen that the ring could sell for around twice its starting bid, but Lin Qingchen said he had plenty of money.

Lin Qingchen outbid fourth prince Xue Beng for the Starry Sky Ring, paying 160,100 Gold Soul Coins after Xue Beng tried to use his title to claim it. As Lin Qingchen left to collect the ring, Yu Tianheng asked where he had gotten the money, and Lin Qingchen said he had saved it for sixteen days.

• Lin Qingchen waited until bidding on the Starry Sky Ring reached 3,800 Gold Soul Coins before joining the auction.
• Xue Beng revealed himself as the fourth prince and raised the bid to 10,000, but Lin Qingchen countered with 20,000.
• Lin Qingchen and Xue Beng drove the price up until Xue Beng bid 160,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Qingchen raised the bid by just 100, and Xue Beng could not afford to continue after his guards indicated they had not brought enough money.
• The auctioneer sold the Starry Sky Ring to Lin Qingchen for 160,100 Gold Soul Coins, and Yu Tianheng asked how he had saved so much.

After winning the Starry Sky Ring at auction, Lin Qingchen faced Xue Beng’s threats and refused to be provoked into violence. The next morning, Xue Beng challenged him to a spar at Heaven Dou Academy, and Lin Qingchen decided to strike him in the stomach to avoid causing serious harm.

• Lin Qingchen claimed the Starry Sky Ring after paying for it, but Xue Beng confronted him at the auction house and threatened him for outbidding him.
• Lin Qingchen reminded Xue Beng that the auction rules had been followed, and Yu Tianheng lowered his hand when Lin Qingchen stopped him from intervening.
• Lin Qingchen and Yu Tianheng left the auction house, and Lin Qingchen bought snacks and a necklace to hold his Spirit-Concentrating Tranquil Heart.
• The next morning, Xue Beng and more than a dozen students confronted Lin Qingchen outside the dormitory and demanded a spar, with the Starry Sky Ring and a public apology at stake.
• Lin Qingchen judged Xue Beng’s Soul Power to be barely above level twenty and decided to hit him in the stomach to avoid causing a grave injury.