Chapter Summaries

On the first day at Nuoding Academy, transmigrator Lin Yan learned that Tang San had become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and mocked the teacher’s influence on his student. After wishing for a cheat, Lin Yan received the Douluo Nine-Choose-Five System and began choosing five rewards, leaving his final selections unrevealed.

• Yu Xiaogang celebrated his level 29 Soul Power and declared himself the Fart God while Tang San struggled to restrain him.
• The chapter flashed back to Lin Yan registering at Nuoding Academy, where the dean granted him special benefits because of his twin swords and innate level 10 Soul Power.
• Lin Yan watched Tang San kowtow to Yu Xiaogang and privately criticized Yu Xiaogang’s plans for training him.
• Lin Yan complained that Tang San had powerful advantages and that he had no cheat of his own, prompting the Douluo Nine-Choose-Five System to activate.
• The system offered nine rewards and told Lin Yan to choose five; he considered several options and settled on his final two choices, which were not revealed.

Lin Yan received the Sasuke template and several system rewards, including the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, swordsmanship mastery, and Soul Tool proficiency. After Yu Xiaogang learned that Lin Yan had Innate Full Soul Power, he tried to recruit him as a disciple, while Lin Yan silently dismissed him.

• Lin Yan selected five rewards, and the system fused the Sasuke template into him, evolving his Sharingan into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Lin Yan endured severe pain as the system implanted his rewards, then collapsed outside Nuoding Academy before Mo Hen helped him up.
• The system announced that it was unbinding and left, while Lin Yan accepted the rewards and returned his attention to his surroundings.
• Mo Hen told Yu Xiaogang that Lin Yan had Innate Full Soul Power and a high-quality dual sword Martial Soul with lightning and fire attributes.
• Yu Xiaogang declared himself the continent's foremost theorist and demanded that Lin Yan kneel and kowtow to become his disciple.
• Lin Yan inwardly mocked Yu Xiaogang, who privately planned to use Tang San for experiments and Lin Yan to build his reputation.

Lin Yan rejected Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s claims about trash Martial Souls, citing his own powerful Martial Soul and refusing to become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple. After Tang San challenged him, Lin Yan triggered a blood-red vision that confronted Tang San with accusations from his past.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced Tang San and argued that hard work could make even someone with a trash Martial Soul powerful.
• Lin Yan mocked Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, saying his Calamity Fire Thunderclap Sword and Innate Full Soul Power made their talk irrelevant.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted Lin Yan needed a renowned teacher, but Lin Yan said the academy’s dean could train him and refused to apologize.
• Tang San challenged Lin Yan and demanded he kneel and apologize if he lost, while secretly cocking his Silent Sleeve Arrow.
• Lin Yan’s Sharingan filled Tang San’s spiritual world with visions of Tang Sect members accusing him of stealing inner-sect techniques.

Tang San fell into an illusion after meeting Lin Yan’s gaze and fled, prompting Yu Xiaogang to challenge Lin Yan himself. Lin Yan used Tsukuyomi on Yu Xiaogang, who mistook the illusion for a plea from his family and began proclaiming himself the Fart God.

• Lin Yan’s Sharingan trapped Tang San in an illusion, where accusations of theft drove him to shout that he was not a thief.
• Tang San realized Lin Yan had caused the illusion and tried to leave with Yu Xiaogang, drawing jeers from the crowd.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to discipline Lin Yan and summoned Luo Sanpao, while Mo Hen stood between them to protect the child.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened Mo Hen and fed white radishes to Luo Sanpao as the onlookers worried for Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan used Tsukuyomi on Yu Xiaogang, who saw his father begging him to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and hailed himself as the Fart God.

Lin Yan’s illusion made Yu Xiaogang spray filth over Tang San and the crowd at Nuoding Academy while Tang Hao secretly watched. That evening, Lin Yan finished adapting to his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and its new abilities.

• Yu Xiaogang remained trapped in Lin Yan’s illusion, insulted Mo Hen, and covered him in filth.
• Yu Xiaogang sprayed Tang San and unleashed his “Heavenly Maidens Scatter Flowers” technique on the gathered crowd as Lin Yan fled the chaos.
• Tang Hao watched Lin Yan leave and wondered whether Tang San had stolen something, but dismissed the suspicion and stayed hidden.
• That evening, Lin Yan refined the Whale Rubber and tested his Sharingan abilities, discovering that he could use them by consuming Soul Power.

Lin Yan assessed his new abilities and planned to obtain a Soul Ring, while Tang San brooded over his humiliation and resentment toward Lin Yan. Days later, Yu Xiaogang took Tang San into the Soul Hunting Forest to search for a suitable first Soul Ring.

• Lin Yan considered using his Sharingan to copy Tang San's cultivation techniques and decided to ask the academy head for help hunting a Soul Ring.
• Tang San sat alone in the work-study dormitory, blaming Lin Yan and resenting his circumstances while Tang Hao watched from outside.
• Several days later, Tang San reluctantly forgave Yu Xiaogang after receiving a storage belt.
• At the Soul Hunting Forest entrance, Yu Xiaogang showed Tang San a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo but advised them to keep searching.
• Yu Xiaogang recommended a snake-type Soul Ring for Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, saying it could improve its toughness and add poison.

Tang San became interested in Yu Xiaogang’s poison theory, unaware that poison-based Soul Rings would weaken his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline. Meanwhile, Lin Yan began absorbing an eleven-hundred-year mutated Thunderfire Saber-Toothed Tiger as his First Soul Ring, and Dean Nuoding watched anxiously as he endured its power.

• Tang San decided that poison could strengthen his Blue Silver Grass and complement his hidden weapons, while the narration noted that poison would weaken his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
• Deep in the Soul Hunting Forest, Dean Nuoding defeated an eleven-hundred-year mutated saber-toothed tiger with Lin Yan’s help, but suffered a severe claw wound.
• Dean Nuoding warned Lin Yan that a thousand-year First Soul Ring could kill him or damage his meridians, but Lin Yan insisted on attempting it.
• Dean Nuoding agreed to guard Lin Yan during the absorption and promised to intervene if he encountered trouble.
• Lin Yan used Tribulation Fire and Shocking Thunder to kill the tiger, then drew its purple Soul Ring toward himself.
• Lin Yan began absorbing the ring as its violent thunder-and-fire energy surged into him, and he gradually adapted while Dean Nuoding remained worried.

Lin Yan endured the absorption of a thousand-year Soul Ring as his first and reached the late stage of level 13, gaining two Soul Skills. He then befriended a Sky-Hunting Eagle and, as he and the dean of Nuoding flew from the forest, spotted Grandmaster and his student being chased by wolves and volunteered to help.

• Lin Yan endured the Soul Ring's energy, absorbed it successfully, and advanced to the late stage of level 13.
• Lin Yan learned that his first Soul Ring granted him Flame Phoenix Scorches the Clouds and Awakening of Insects Formation-Breaking Melody, one skill for each sword.
• A three-thousand-year Sky-Rending Eagle appeared, but Lin Yan sensed its thoughts and explained that it wanted to thank them for avenging its dead child.
• Lin Yan asked to keep the eagle, and it allowed him and the dean of Nuoding to ride on its back as a mount.
• As they flew out of the Soul Hunting Forest, Lin Yan spotted Grandmaster and his student fleeing a pack of Hundred-Year Gale Wolves and offered to test his Soul Skill by helping them.

Lin Yan arrived just as Tang San tried to rescue Yu Xiaogang from a pack of Gale Wolves and swiftly incapacitated the entire pack with his swords and skills. After Lin Yan mocked Yu Xiaogang, Tang San questioned how Lin Yan had absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his first ring, challenging Yu Xiaogang’s claimed limit.

• Tang San hesitated over abandoning Yu Xiaogang as the Gale Wolves caught up and attacked him.
• Tang San used his First Soul Skill to try to pull Yu Xiaogang to safety, but Lin Yan arrived and killed the wolf biting him.
• Lin Yan fought through the wolf pack with his swords and Sharingan, cutting the wolves down until they could no longer move.
• The dean of Notting helped Yu Xiaogang and explained that he and Lin Yan had come to their aid while traveling on Lin Yan’s Sky-Hunting Eagle.
• Lin Yan mocked Yu Xiaogang about his Soul Skill and white radishes, while the dean dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s complaints.
• Tang San asked how Lin Yan could have a purple First Soul Ring, and challenged Yu Xiaogang to explain how Lin Yan had absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring despite the stated 423-year limit.

Lin Yan exposed Yu Xiaogang’s baseless Soul Ring theory and nearly killed him after Yu Xiaogang accused him of being a Fallen Soul Master. Dean Nuoding persuaded Lin Yan to spare Yu Xiaogang, but Lin Yan demanded Tang San’s storage belt and an apology.

• Yu Xiaogang accused Lin Yan of using an evil secret technique and being a Fallen Soul Master after seeing his Soul Ring.
• Lin Yan challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theory and mocked his stalled cultivation, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to answer.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to report Lin Yan to Spirit Hall, so Lin Yan struck at his neck and cut off one of his ears.
• Dean Nuoding reproached Yu Xiaogang and asked Lin Yan to spare his life for their friendship.
• Lin Yan demanded Tang San’s Storage Soul Tool and a sincere apology, and Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San to hand over the belt.

After Lin Yan took Tang San’s storage belt and departed, Tang San began doubting Yu Xiaogang, while Tang Hao decided to seize Lin Yan’s method for surpassing Soul Ring limits to regain the Clear Sky Sect’s favor. Back at the academy, Lin Yan planned to make a Soul Tool to address his limited Soul Power, but a hidden figure appeared in his room.

• Lin Yan forced Tang San to hand over his storage belt, then left with the Notting Academy dean on the Sky-Hunting Eagle after hinting that a thousand-year first Soul Ring was possible.
• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang’s teachings and lost some of his admiration for his teacher.
• Tang Hao witnessed Lin Yan’s thousand-year first Soul Ring and resolved to obtain his secret method and return with Tang San and Xiao Wu to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Yan returned to the academy, assessed his combat strength and Soul Power shortage, and planned to make a Milk Bottle using his Soul Tool crafting knowledge.
• A concealed figure emerged in Lin Yan’s room after he sensed someone nearby.

Lin Yan faced Tang Hao, who demanded the method for absorbing Soul Rings beyond one's level and ordered him to serve Tang San. Lin Yan activated the [Limit Douluo Experience Card], and his presence surged to that of a level 99 Limit Douluo, leaving Tang Hao shocked and questioning who he was.

• Lin Yan recognized Tang Hao, drew Tribulation Fire and Shocking Thunder, and challenged him.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and demanded Lin Yan's method and lifelong service to Tang San.
• Tang Hao wondered whether Lin Yan belonged to a powerful sect, but Lin Yan claimed he was an ordinary orphan with no backing.
• Tang Hao decided to force the method from Lin Yan, threatening to break his bones if he refused.
• Lin Yan activated the [Limit Douluo Experience Card], and a storm gathered over Nuoding City as his presence rose to level 99.
• Lightning shattered Lin Yan's window, and Tang Hao panicked and demanded to know who Lin Yan was.

Lin Yan defeated Tang Hao, burned him with Amaterasu, and forced him to surrender by maiming him and taking his inherited Soul Bones. He ordered Tang Hao to lead him to the cave where Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, was hidden.

• Lin Yan used Twin Swords Ring in Unison to wound Tang Hao, then engulfed him in Amaterasu’s black flames.
• Tang Hao failed to use his domain or detonate his rings, and begged Lin Yan to spare his life.
• Tang Hao offered to swear loyalty and become Lin Yan’s servant, so Lin Yan pretended to spare him while secretly planning to kill him after finding Ah Yin.
• Lin Yan cut off Tang Hao’s left arm, crushed his lower leg, and exposed the seventy-thousand-year and fifty-thousand-year Soul Bones on his limbs.
• Lin Yan demanded that Tang Hao take him to the Blue Silver Emperor’s cave, and Tang Hao agreed.

Lin Yan brought the crippled Tang Hao to the cave behind Holy Soul Village and demanded to know what happened to Ah Yin. Tang Hao confessed that he had exposed her out of greed for her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Ah Yin appeared in spirit form to confront him.

• Lin Yan brought Tang Hao to the cave, where Tang Hao’s cultivation fell to level 79 after his injuries and lost Soul Bones left him gravely weakened.
• Tang Hao begged Lin Yan to spare him, swore to serve him, and claimed he could still fight Soul Douluo enemies with Ring Detonation.
• Lin Yan asked whether Tang Hao had deliberately exposed Ah Yin to Spirit Hall, then threatened to kill him when he did not answer.
• Tang Hao confessed that he had exposed Ah Yin because he wanted her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and begged Lin Yan to return her to him.
• Ah Yin appeared above the blue-and-gold grass in spirit form and angrily asked Tang Hao whether he was even human.

Lin Yan killed Tang Hao and forced Ah Yin to become his master, then began fusing with her Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. As the fusion started, a mysterious female voice spoke inside his mind.

• Ah Yin confronted Tang Hao over deceiving her and causing her sacrifice, while Tang Hao begged for forgiveness.
• Lin Yan grew irritated by their argument and killed Tang Hao with the Thunderclap Sword, leaving four Soul Bones among the ashes.
• Ah Yin explained that her soul had survived and her true body had been reborn as a grass seed, then accepted Lin Yan as her master to avoid being eaten by his Soul Beast.
• Lin Yan carried Ah Yin’s true body to a deserted cave and planned to transplant her into soil later.
• Lin Yan opened the lead box and began fusing with Ah Yin’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• A mysterious female voice laughed and called Lin Yan an interesting little fellow from inside his mind.

After returning to Nuoding Academy, Lin Yan concealed how he had escaped and rested while Xiao Wu recognized Ah Yin. In his Sea of Consciousness, the God of Love began her Divine Trial by ordering him to break up Tang San and Xiao Wu within six years.

• Lin Yan met the God of Love in his Sea of Consciousness and realized she was the deity granted by the system.
• Lin Yan returned to Nuoding Academy on an eagle, and Dean Nuoding welcomed him after organizing an overnight search.
• Lin Yan told Dean Nuoding that a mysterious person had abducted him to question him about his First Soul Ring, then released him.
• Xiao Wu recognized Ah Yin as the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor and wondered how Lin Yan had found her.
• Lin Yan returned to his dormitory and reflected on crippling Tang Hao, taking in Ah Yin, fusing with a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, and reaching level nineteen.
• The God of Love started Lin Yan's first Divine Trial: break up Tang San and Xiao Wu within six years for a permanent five-level Soul Power increase.

The God of Love told Lin Yan to become a god before Tang San and help her take revenge, while Lin Yan confronted Xiao Wu about being a transformed Soul Beast. Xiao Wu’s identity was exposed, and Lin Yan caught her after she tried to escape.

• The God of Love revealed her hatred of Tang San and ordered Lin Yan to surpass him and kill the beast who betrayed her.
• Lin Yan agreed, but the God of Love’s seductive offer in his Sea of Consciousness was interrupted by a knock at the door.
• Xiao Wu entered Lin Yan’s room and demanded to know where he had found the Blue Silver Grass.
• Lin Yan summoned Ah Yin, who recognized Xiao Wu as another transformed Soul Beast and exposed her identity.
• Xiao Wu used her Waist Bow to attack and escape, but Lin Yan’s strength let him catch her, and she begged him not to turn her into a Soul Ring.

Lin Yan spared Xiao Wu and told Ah Yin that Tang San was an otherworldly soul inhabiting her dead child’s body. He made Xiao Wu choose between becoming his maid and staying in the work-study dormitory, and she agreed to move in with him.

• Lin Yan let Xiao Wu live and asked how Tang San treated her; Xiao Wu said he had asked to share a bed, but she disliked his smell and his changed Blue Silver Grass.
• Lin Yan explained to Ah Yin and Xiao Wu that Tang San’s body belonged to Ah Yin’s child, who had died, and was now inhabited by a soul from another world.
• Lin Yan revealed that he, too, had come from another world and asked Ah Yin and Xiao Wu not to hide anything from him.
• Lin Yan offered Xiao Wu the choice of becoming his maid or remaining in the work-study dormitory, promising to protect her from discovery by other Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Wu chose to become Lin Yan’s maid, and Lin Yan told her to pack her things.
• Ah Yin asked to see Tang San, and Lin Yan agreed on the condition that she hide her identity and that Xiao Wu carry her.

Xiao Wu moved out of the work-study dormitory to share Lin Yan’s private room, rejecting Tang San’s protests and accusations. After she left, Tang San blamed the other students and their teacher for driving her away, leaving them to wonder if he had gone mad.

• Xiao Wu returned with a pot of Blue Silver Grass and announced she was moving in with Lin Yan, whose private dorm had a bedroom, living room, and large sofa.
• Tang San objected to Xiao Wu sharing a room with Lin Yan, but Xiao Wu called him a hypocrite for previously wanting to share a bed with her.
• Xiao Wu explained that she wanted a large, quiet bed and told Tang San not to stop her, then carried her belongings out of the dormitory.
• At the door, Xiao Wu told Wang Sheng to choose a new work-study student boss and left, while Tang San watched in distress.
• Tang San suddenly blamed Wang Sheng and the others’ snoring, along with their teacher, for driving Xiao Wu away, and the students questioned whether he had gone mad.

Tang San broke down in the rain as students mocked his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and his teacher, Yu Xiaogang, while comparing him with Lin Yan. In Lin Yan’s Sea of Consciousness, the God of Love admitted she had influenced Tang San’s dream and tried to appease Lin Yan by seducing him.

• Tang San ran into the field during a downpour and shouted about why Lin Yan received special treatment while he lived in the work-study dormitory.
• A student told Tang San that Lin Yan’s powerful twin-sword Martial Soul made them incomparable, and Tang San defended Blue Silver Grass and Yu Xiaogang’s teaching.
• An upper-year student mocked Yu Xiaogang and argued that Innate Soul Power determined a Soul Master’s potential, leaving Tang San questioning his teacher and himself.
• Other students joined in disparaging Yu Xiaogang and Blue Silver Grass while Tang San stood silently in the rain.
• Lin Yan asked the God of Love whether she had caused the rain, and she admitted she had planted fragments of the original timeline in Tang San’s dream.
• The God of Love tried to make it up to Lin Yan by exposing her cleavage and pulling him into her embrace.