Chapter Summaries

Han Yu joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Dean of Studies and brought Ye Lingling and the others into its training program. Meanwhile, Xue Beng and Xue Xing plotted to drive Han Yu away from Xue Qinghe by testing his limits through their lackeys.

• Han Yu arranged for Qin Ming to train Ye Lingling and the others for the Soul Master Grand Competition.
• Han Yu met Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, the Education Committee’s three Soul Douluo members.
• Han Yu explained his plans for improving the academy, and Meng Shenji appointed him Dean of Studies for the Heaven Dou-level classes.
• Meng Shenji offered to allocate more resources to Han Yu’s students, but Han Yu refused.
• Xue Beng urged Xue Xing to stop Han Yu from strengthening Xue Qinghe’s position, and Xue Xing agreed to have his lackeys test Han Yu’s bottom line.

Han Yu began working at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, dealt with students sent to provoke him, and visited the Royal Fighting Team to meet Dugu Yan and review Qin Ming’s training plan. He left the team with a recommendation to replace weighted running with gravity-based endurance training.

• Han Yu received missions to persuade Dugu Bo to share the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or become his friend, with a Heavenly Flame promised for each.
• Wang Haoran and his lackeys tried to provoke Han Yu, but he knocked them down with a burst of Soul Power.
• Sun Buyu identified Han Yu as the Heaven Dou Grade director and told him that Zhu Zhuqing had reached Rank 30; Han Yu left her Soul Ring choice to her and Sun Buyu.
• Han Yu visited the Royal Fighting Team, where Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan were getting along, and Qin Ming explained the team’s training plan.
• Han Yu criticized Qin Ming’s weighted running routine and recommended using gravity-type Soul Skills to train physical endurance.

Han Yu challenged Qin Ming’s Shrek-based training plan, and the Royal Fighting Team agreed to alternate between their methods before judging the results. Qin Ming complained to Meng Shenji but left without changing the arrangement, while Dugu Yan planned to begin training with Han Yu the next morning.

• Han Yu proposed reducing physical conditioning and prioritizing soul power cultivation, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling supported his suggestions.
• Qin Ming proposed alternating his training plan with Han Yu’s for half a month, after which the students would vote on which method to keep.
• Ye Lingling introduced Dugu Yan to Han Yu and invited her to train under him; Han Yu arranged to meet them the following morning.
• Qin Ming went to the Education Committee and complained to Meng Shenji that Han Yu had overturned his training plan.
• Meng Shenji advised Qin Ming to consider Han Yu’s ideas, and Qin Ming left after realizing the matter would not be changed.

Han Yu recruited Dugu Yan as his student and discovered that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul had poisoned her body. He offered her two treatment options, but the chapter ended before she chose one.

• Xue Xing told Xue Beng to spread rumors that Han Yu and Qin Ming were rivals at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Han Yu told Ling Xiao and Zhu Dazhi to focus on cultivation after Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty and went soul hunting.
• Han Yu offered Dugu Yan a sub-fire if she became his student, and she accepted while asking whether Yu Tianheng could also join.
• Han Yu sensed Dugu Yan's Soul Power and explained that her Martial Soul's inherited poison was affecting her body.
• Han Yu offered to remove all the poison at the cost of Dugu Yan's cultivation, or fuse his sub-fire with her poison.

Han Yu used the Netherworld Poison Fire to temper Dugu Yan’s poison, helping her preserve her cultivation and break through to level forty. Dugu Yan left to find Dugu Bo, while Qin Ming questioned how she could have advanced so quickly.

• Dugu Yan agreed to let Han Yu fuse the Netherworld Poison Fire with the poison in her body despite the pain and risks.
• While Dugu Yan underwent the treatment, Ye Lingling refused Qin Ming’s demand to interrupt her cultivation, and Yu Tianheng carried her share of the training weight.
• Han Yu completed the fusion, and Dugu Yan discovered that she had reached level forty and could control the Netherworld Poison Fire and her poison.
• Dugu Yan left to find Dugu Bo and asked Han Yu to request leave from Qin Ming.
• Han Yu told Qin Ming that Dugu Yan had advanced to level forty, and Qin Ming doubted that someone at level thirty-eight could break through in one day.

Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Han Yu had cured her poison and helped her reach level forty, prompting Dugu Bo to plan her fourth Soul Ring before meeting the young Soul Saint. Meanwhile, the exhausted Royal Fighting Team headed to evening Soul Duels, while Dai Mubai agreed to go out with Ma Hongjun.

• Han Yu questioned Qin Ming's demanding training schedule, but Qin Ming defended it and Han Yu left.
• Dugu Yan visited Dugu Bo, told him Han Yu had cured her poison and helped her break through to level forty, and urged him to say whether he was poisoned.
• Dugu Bo reacted with shock to Han Yu's age and strength, then decided to take Dugu Yan to obtain her fourth Soul Ring before meeting Han Yu.
• Yu Feng and Yu Tianheng complained about their exhaustion, and Ye Lingling told Yu Tianheng that Dugu Yan had reached level forty and taken leave for a Soul Ring.
• Qin Ming ordered the Royal Fighting Team to leave for Soul Duels, while Ma Hongjun persuaded Dai Mubai to visit a brothel with him before midnight.

Dai Mubai visited a brothel in Suotuo City, while Dugu Bo rescued Zhu Zhuqing and Sun Buyu from Mist Beasts in Sunset Forest. The next morning, Ma Hongjun arrived haggard after a night out, and Yu Xiaogang let him rest before making up his missed training.

• Dai Mubai went to a brothel, but after failing to perform with Yi Lan, he took a refund and returned to the academy.
• Dugu Yan spotted Zhu Zhuqing and Sun Buyu surrounded by Mist Beasts and urged Dugu Bo to save them.
• Dugu Bo dispersed the Mist Beast fog with his poison and killed the beasts, allowing Sun Buyu and Zhu Zhuqing to escape.
• Ma Hongjun arrived at breakfast looking haggard, and Dai Mubai realized he had overexerted himself the previous night.
• Yu Xiaogang let Ma Hongjun rest for half a day and ordered him to make up his missed training that night.

Han Yu met Dugu Bo, who came seeking a cure for the poison afflicting him and Dugu Yan. Han Yu explained the risks of one treatment and prepared to discuss other options, while Dugu Bo offered him three conditions and his granddaughter’s hand in marriage.

• Zhu Zhuqing returned and told Han Yu about obtaining her Third Soul Ring after a close encounter with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo appeared in Han Yu’s dormitory, and Han Yu deduced his identity and reason for visiting.
• Dugu Bo threatened Han Yu unless he explained how to detoxify Dugu Yan, then offered three conditions for a cure.
• Han Yu said he could not personally remove Dugu Bo’s toxins and described forcing them into his Soul Bones, warning that they could eventually erupt.
• Dugu Bo rejected the risk, renewed his offer, and promised to betroth Dugu Yan to Han Yu; Han Yu declined, mentioning her closeness to Yu Tianheng.

Han Yu proposed a Poison Pill treatment for Dugu Bo and persuaded him to take him to his medicinal garden to gather the required herbs. Dugu Bo led Han Yu through his poisonous miasma to a mountain valley, where the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well awaited below.

• Han Yu offered to purge Dugu Bo's poison with the Azure Lotus Core Flame, but Dugu Bo rejected losing his cultivation along with it.
• Han Yu proposed condensing a Poison Pill using three materials, including Bodhi Transformation Saliva and a supposedly hundred-thousand-year Scorpion Demon Dragon Beast Magic Core.
• Dugu Bo agreed to take Han Yu to his medicinal garden, and Han Yu left the academy after writing a letter.
• Dugu Bo flew through the poisonous miasma surrounding his mountain, while Han Yu used his Flame Fire Fierce Flying Bird wings and Netherworld Poison Fire to follow.
• Han Yu reached Dugu Bo at the mountain peak, recognized that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well lay in the valley, and jumped down after him.

Han Yu explored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, identified its Immortal Herbs, and earned Dugu Bo’s trust by explaining their effects and finding an herb to help him condense a Poison Pill. After choosing Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew to improve his Spiritual Power, Han Yu completed both system tasks, though the rewards were not shown.

• Han Yu entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used his system panels to identify the Immortal Herbs.
• Han Yu approached Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained how its barrier repelled external poison to Dugu Bo.
• Han Yu identified the herbs’ benefits and warned Dugu Bo that a snow-white Immortal Herb would amplify his poison a thousandfold.
• Han Yu found an Immortal Herb suited to helping Dugu Bo condense a Poison Pill and told him how to absorb it.
• Han Yu chose Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew to improve his Spiritual Power and received confirmation that both tasks were complete.

After Han Yu secretly left the academy, Qin Ming took over the allocation of cultivation resources and imposed his own training methods on the Royal Fighting Team. He used Han Yu’s absence to advance his plan to bring Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Han Yu’s students waited outside his dormitory, and Sun Buyu told them Han Yu had left to handle matters and instructed them to cultivate on their own.
• Dugu Yan suspected that Han Yu had left with her grandfather, while Ye Lingling encouraged her and the others to cultivate at the Mimetic Cultivation Field.
• After Sun Buyu informed him of Han Yu’s departure, Qin Ming went to the Education Committee and requested authority over academy resources.
• Meng Shenji granted Qin Ming control of resource allocation and urged him to help the Royal Fighting Team’s talented students advance before the Soul Master Grand Competition.
• With Han Yu away, Qin Ming replaced the planned gravity training with his own weighted running regimen, claiming Teacher Wu was unwell.

After reaching Rank 80 Soul Power, Han Yu claimed the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and entered seclusion, entrusting Dugu Bo with herbs and a secret opportunity for his students. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Bo gathered the students and warned them to keep the opportunity secret.

• Han Yu learned that the system had rewarded him with the Flame of Life and an Image Recording Soul Guidance Device after his Spiritual Power reached the level of a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo finished cultivating, reached Rank 93, and offered Han Yu the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and three favors; Han Yu declined the favors and took the Immortal Herbs.
• Han Yu gave Dugu Bo an Immortal Herb for Dugu Yan and other herbs for his students, then stayed behind to cultivate and prepare to record Qin Ming’s wrongdoing.
• Dugu Bo visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked Meng Shenji to gather Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Han Yu’s other students.
• Dugu Bo told the students that Han Yu was in seclusion and had arranged an opportunity for all of them, then warned them not to tell anyone else.

Dugu Bo gave Han Yu’s Immortal Herbs to the young Soul Masters, then told Dugu Yan to end her relationship with Yu Tianheng because of the danger posed by his clan. After the group began absorbing the herbs, Ye Lingling and Zhu Dazhi reported their gains, while Ling Xiao’s absorption appeared to evolve her Martial Soul.

• Dugu Bo distributed the Immortal Herbs and explained their effects and the risks of Ling Xiao absorbing the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• Dugu Bo urged Dugu Yan to leave Yu Tianheng, but she refused; he then warned her to keep the Immortal Herbs secret and gave her Five Poison Serpent Emperor Grass.
• Ye Lingling absorbed Nine Heart Begonia and reached rank forty, while Zhu Dazhi rose from rank twenty-four and a half to rank thirty.
• Ye Lingling and Zhu Dazhi saw Ling Xiao surrounded by flames as a phoenix phantom appeared, suggesting her Martial Soul had evolved.
• Zhu Dazhi noticed Zhu Zhuqing nearby and began asking Ye Lingling about her.

Ling Xiao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan awakened evolved Martial Souls after absorbing Immortal Herbs, while Ye Lingling discovered her healing skill had improved. Han Yu became a Soul Douluo and began absorbing the Flame of Life as Dugu Bo led the students into the forest to hunt Soul Beasts.

• Ling Xiao told Ye Lingling that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Flame Xuanfeng and that her Soul Power had reached level thirty.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke with four additional Soul Power levels, an evolved Shadow Cat Demon Martial Soul, and the loss of her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai.
• Dugu Yan revealed that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Poison Emperor, and Dugu Bo offered to help the students obtain Soul Rings.
• Ye Lingling healed Zhu Dazhi's injured hand and confirmed that her Soul Skill had become more effective.
• Han Yu completed his three-hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Ring, reached Soul Douluo, and began absorbing the Flame of Life.
• Dugu Bo led the students into the forest to find a two-thousand-year fire-attributed flying Soul Beast for Ling Xiao's Third Soul Ring.

After Dugu Bo brought the students to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Han Yu finished absorbing two Heavenly Flames and revealed his immense strength. He gave the group confidence and prepared to hand Dugu Yan an External Soul Bone.

• Yu Tianheng suspected Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had used soul bones or another method to raise their Soul Power quickly, while Qin Ming discussed the team's training schedule with Meng Shenji.
• Ye Lingling reached level forty-six, Ling Xiao reached level thirty-three, and Zhu Dazhi reached level thirty-one and a half after absorbing their soul rings.
• Han Yu finished devouring the two Heavenly Flames, reached level eighty-five, and displayed his eight soul rings to Dugu Bo and the students.
• Dugu Bo asked whether a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring guaranteed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Han Yu reminded him that the Fallen Heart Flame had once been inside his body.
• Han Yu brought out the Eight Spider Soul Bone for Dugu Yan, prompting Dugu Bo to ask where Han Yu had obtained it.

Han Yu gave Dugu Yan a Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone, and she absorbed it, gaining the Eight Spider Soul Bone. As the group prepared to travel for Soul Arena training, Dugu Bo asked Han Yu to look after her because he had to settle a favor owed to Prince Xue Xing.

• Han Yu gave the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Bone to Dugu Bo, who chose to let Dugu Yan absorb it.
• Han Yu checked the students’ progress with Fallen Flame Palm and cultivated while Dugu Yan absorbed the bone.
• Dugu Yan emerged with the Eight Spider Soul Bone, but it tore her upper-body clothing, embarrassing her and prompting Dugu Bo to cover her.
• Dugu Yan agreed to join the group’s Soul Arena training trip after criticizing the nobles who used the matches to accept bribes.
• Dugu Bo told Han Yu that he could not accompany Dugu Yan because Prince Xue Xing wanted to discuss a favor, and Han Yu resolved to help him settle the debt.

Dugu Yan concealed the real reason for her increased Soul Power while Yu Tianheng tried to gain access to the supposed secret technique. Han Yu followed the Royal Fighting Team’s departure plans until Qian Renxue summoned him, leaving him face-to-face with her at the Crown Prince Residence.

• Qin Ming questioned Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling about their increased Soul Power, then pressured Dugu Yan to share the supposed Dugu Family secret technique with the team.
• Yu Tianheng privately asked Dugu Yan to obtain the technique for him, and she promised Han Yu would guide him if he performed well in Soul Fighting.
• Han Yu prepared to follow the Royal Fighting Team and gave Ye Lingling an Image Recording Soul Guidance Device to record Qin Ming’s conduct.
• A messenger summoned Han Yu to the Crown Prince Residence, where he sensed killing intent among its Spirit Hall guards.
• Qian Renxue met Han Yu in her true appearance and asked whether he would call her Xiao Yan or Han Yu.

Han Yu agreed to join Qian Renxue's Worship Hall on the condition that Spirit Hall establish an academy for him in Heaven Dou City. After Han Yu warned her about Xue Beng, Qian Renxue ordered She Long to investigate him and find a way to free Dugu Bo from Xue Xing's influence.

• Han Yu revealed that he knew Qian Renxue's identity and declined her invitation to join Spirit Hall directly.
• Han Yu asked Qian Renxue to establish an academy in Heaven Dou City, and she agreed on the condition that it be named Spirit Hall Academy.
• Han Yu told Qian Renxue to arrange for him to be forced out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy so he could become the new academy's dean.
• Han Yu warned Qian Renxue that Xue Beng was more dangerous than he appeared.
• After Han Yu left, Xue Qinghe ordered She Long to watch Xue Beng and find an opportunity to have Dugu Bo repay his favor to Xue Xing.

The Royal Fighting Team prepared to face the Mad War Team in Suotuo City, while Shrek Academy continued its winning streak and dealt with tensions among its members. Yu Xiaogang called Tang San aside, leaving his reason unstated.

• Yu Tianheng asked Qin Ming to let the Royal Fighting Team enter the Soul Ancestor bracket, but Qin Ming refused and assigned them to study the Mad War Team.
• Dugu Yan warned the team not to underestimate the Mad War Team, and Yu Tianheng chose Zhu Dazhi over Zhu Zhuqing for the lineup.
• The chapter recounted how Yu Xiaogang joined Shrek's team to meet the seven-person requirement and relied on Tang San to help secure victories.
• Ma Hongjun bragged about Shrek's latest win, while Oscar and Tang San credited Ning Rongrong's support; Dai Mubai left after Ning Rongrong received praise.
• Yu Xiaogang worried about Dai Mubai's strained relationship with Ning Rongrong, then called Tang San to come with him.

Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to lead Shrek Academy’s team and rejected his ideas of changing martial soul paths. Meanwhile, Han Yu won a bet on the Royal Fighting Team and followed Shrek’s group to their hotel, where he planned to plant a recording device.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong had become enemies after Dai Mubai insulted her, and Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San take command of the team.
• Tang San suggested cultivating his Second Martial Soul or switching to the support system, but Yu Xiaogang rejected both proposals.
• Han Yu bet one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on the Royal Fighting Team, which defeated the Mad War Team by avoiding its Berserk state.
• Han Yu collected five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and followed Shrek’s group as they left the Soul Arena for their hotel.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to win every match over the next three days so he could earn a Gold Soul Duel Badge, and Xiao Wu encouraged him.