Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingchen became the top student in the Heaven Dou Grade and was summoned to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. During their meeting, he spotted a Wonder Seed shining behind Xue Qinghe but could not investigate it, and the chapter ended with someone outside asking to enter with Uncle Bone.

• After Lin Qingchen defeated another Soul Ancestor, the remaining contenders surrendered, and he became the number one student in the Heaven Dou Grade.
• Meng Shenji presented Lin Qingchen with a badge and offered him a choice from the academy's treasure vault before leading him to meet Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe praised Lin Qingchen and discussed having him lead Heaven Dou Royal Academy to victory in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• When Xue Qinghe turned away to pour tea, Lin Qingchen saw a Wonder Seed shining from his back but could not determine what it was.
• Xue Qinghe gave Lin Qingchen his crown prince's token and invited him to visit the Eastern Palace if he needed anything.
• A voice outside asked Xue Qinghe whether the speaker and Uncle Bone could come in.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong met Lin Qingchen at the palace, where Gu Rong tried to recruit him and Ning Fengzhi advised Xue Qinghe to resolve Lin Qingchen’s conflict with Xue Beng before Prince Xue Xing or Poison Douluo interfered. Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi explained why he had not asked Lin Qingchen about his thousand-year second ring, then reunited with Ning Rongrong and agreed with Gu Rong that she should eventually attend an academy.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong visited Xue Qinghe, and Gu Rong directly invited Lin Qingchen to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that he should settle Lin Qingchen’s conflict with Xue Beng, warning that Prince Xue Xing and Poison Douluo could complicate matters.
• Xue Qinghe asked She Long whether he had noticed anything unusual, but She Long had kept his distance from Gu Rong and knew nothing.
• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that Lin Qingchen would not reveal the secret behind his thousand-year second ring, so he had chosen not to ask and cause friction.
• Ning Rongrong greeted Ning Fengzhi at the sect and asked for a present, while Gu Rong indulged her.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong to agree to send Ning Rongrong to an academy when she was old enough, and Gu Rong consented.

Lin Qingchen visited Ye Lingling’s home, where he met her mother, Ye Qingxian, and discovered a Wonder Seed glowing on an ancient Ye Family book. He read the family’s notes on the Nine Heart Begonia but left without finding a way to take the book, while Ye Lingling grew closer to him.

• Lin Qingchen arrived at the Ye Family residence and shared a meal with Ye Lingling and Ye Qingxian.
• Ye Qingxian spoke about Ye Lingling’s frailty and the family’s dwindling numbers, while Ye Lingling picked food for Lin Qingchen.
• Lin Qingchen spotted a Wonder Seed glowing on an ancient book as he passed a room beside the main hall.
• Lin Qingchen asked to read the books, and Ye Qingxian brought them out and explained that the glowing volume contained ancestral research notes on the Nine Heart Begonia.
• Lin Qingchen read and discussed the notes with Ye Qingxian, then left after Ye Lingling saw him to the alley.
• Ye Qingxian teased Ye Lingling about her feelings for Lin Qingchen after he had gone.

Ye Lingling gave Lin Qingchen an ancient family text that transformed into an upgraded [Book of Partial Understanding] when he infused it with the Power of Fate. He used its guaranteed-answer function to learn how Rift Ruins Earth Dragons hatched and rapidly grew offspring inside their bodies, then returned to training.

• Lin Qingchen searched Heaven Dou City for another Wonder Seed but found nothing.
• Ye Lingling brought Lin Qingchen an ancient text and explained that her family had several copies, though she had not told her mother she was giving him one.
• Lin Qingchen infused the ancient text with the Power of Fate, and it merged with the [Book of Partial Understanding], upgrading the book and adding new effects.
• Lin Qingchen tested the book's guaranteed-answer function and learned that its cooldown depended on the difficulty of the question.
• Lin Qingchen asked how younger Rift Ruins Earth Dragons appeared inside a dead ten-thousand-year-old dragon and learned that their Rock and Soil Fission talent converted earth-element energy into life force, hatching and rapidly growing their eggs.
• Lin Qingchen washed up and returned to training.

After two years with the Imperial Fighting Team, Lin Qingchen returned from hunting a powerful water-attribute Soul Beast and discovered the team had left Heaven Dou City to travel. He decided to go to Suotuo City to meet them and the Shrek Seven Devils.

• Lin Qingchen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after spending a month in the Star Dou Great Forest and obtained a fourth Soul Ring from a fifteen-thousand-year-old Netherworld Python.
• Lin Qingchen reflected on how he had acquired and charged the Eye of Thunder, a wondrous item that could unleash devastating lightning.
• Lin Qingchen found that Ye Lingling and the other Imperial Fighting Team members were absent, and a teacher told him Qin Ming had taken the team traveling between cities.
• Lin Qingchen realized the team might reach Suotuo City around the time Tang San and Xiao Wu graduated, so he decided to go there and wait for them.

Lin Qingchen accepted Xue Xing’s apology and a precious Dragon Blood Ginseng after Xue Beng apologized for their past conflict. After Lin Qingchen left Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue learned of his rapid progress and wondered whether infiltrating the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had been the wrong choice.

• Xue Xing brought Xue Beng to the academy gates to apologize to Lin Qingchen for their conflict two years earlier.
• Xue Beng apologized, and Lin Qingchen accepted the apology and Xue Xing’s Dragon Blood Ginseng gift.
• Xue Xing explained to Xue Beng that Lin Qingchen was a powerful young genius watched by Xue Qinghe and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• She Long told Qian Renxue that Lin Qingchen had left Heaven Dou City to train with the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Qian Renxue reflected on Lin Qingchen’s fast advancement and questioned whether infiltrating the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had been a mistake.

Lin Qingchen stopped in Iron Rock City on his way to Suotuo City and followed two Soul Masters to an underground auction. There, he found a bottle advertised as Vajra White Tiger essence blood, which might help him obtain the White Tiger Bloodline, but the crowd doubted the seller’s claim.

• Lin Qingchen traveled south toward Suotuo City, taking his time and stopping in several cities along the way.
• In Iron Rock City, Lin Qingchen overheard two Soul Masters discussing an underground black market and decided to attend.
• Lin Qingchen disguised himself, paid to enter an abandoned granary, and settled into the underground auction hall.
• The auctioneer presented a small bottle said to contain essence blood from a thirty-thousand-year Vajra White Tiger and set a starting bid of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Qingchen recognized the blood as a possible route to obtaining the White Tiger Bloodline, but the attendees stayed silent because they suspected the claim might be fraudulent.

Lin Qingchen bought white tiger blood essence at an auction, then confronted and defeated three Spirit Hall agents who tried to take it from him. He learned they were tracking a Clear Sky remnant near Iron Rock City, likely Tang Hao, before erasing all evidence and leaving.

• Lin Qingchen outbid an iron-masked bidder and purchased the white tiger blood essence for fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• After three men followed him from the auction, Lin Qingchen used Earth Element Great Escape to ambush them in an alley.
• Lin Qingchen discovered the men were Spirit Hall agents and fought them when they demanded the blood essence.
• Lin Qingchen killed two agents, captured their square-faced leader, and forced him to reveal Spirit Hall was hunting a hammer-wielding Clear Sky remnant near Iron Rock City.
• Lin Qingchen identified the fugitive as likely Tang Hao, burned all three agents to ash, and concealed the evidence.

Lin Qingchen followed the Seed of Creation’s pull back to the Star Dou Great Forest, while the Silver Dragon King unexpectedly awakened after sensing a familiar presence. Di Tian began updating her on events in the outside world.

• Lin Qingchen wondered why Tang Hao had openly attacked Spirit Hall in Iron Rock City but could not determine his motive.
• The Seed of Creation stirred, pointed Lin Qingchen toward the Star Dou Great Forest, and led him to decide to return despite the danger.
• Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts continued draining the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s energy in an underground chamber.
• Di Tian sensed that the Silver Dragon King had awakened and went to meet her.
• The Silver Dragon King said a brief, familiar presence had awakened her and asked Di Tian to report major events and the outside world’s current situation.

After traveling through the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Qingchen encountered Tang San and the Shrek Academy group at their camp. The reunion revealed their shared past, and Xiao Wu recognized Lin Qingchen with immediate apprehension.

• Lin Qingchen stopped for the night and spotted a campfire, but Zhao Wuji noticed him before he could leave.
• Zhao Wuji questioned Lin Qingchen, while Tang San struggled to recognize his familiar voice.
• Lin Qingchen revealed his identity to Tang San, who recognized his former roommate from Nuoding Academy.
• The other Shrek Academy members emerged, and Xiao Wu moved to protect Tang San before realizing Lin Qingchen was the person who had repeatedly defeated her.

Lin Qingchen encountered Tang San and the Shrek Academy group in the Star Dou Great Forest, where his level-thirty cultivation startled them. The Titan Giant Ape Er Ming appeared and moved toward Xiao Wu, while Zhao Wuji charged to hold it back and Er Ming turned its attention toward Lin Qingchen.

• Tang San introduced Lin Qingchen to Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Zhao Wuji.
• Lin Qingchen said he had come to the Star Dou Great Forest for his own reasons, and Tang San congratulated him on reaching level thirty.
• Zhao Wuji sensed danger, and Lin Qingchen summoned his Five Elements Qilin as the earth element grew stronger nearby.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged, looked at Lin Qingchen, then focused on Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Er Ming so the others could escape.
• As Lin Qingchen prepared to flee, Er Ming froze and turned its yellow eyes toward him.