Chapter Summaries

Electrician Hu Haoran ignored his coworker’s warnings and kept repairing a faulty wire during a violent storm. Lightning struck him, leaving his older coworker alone at the scene.

• Hu Haoran complained about his job while he and the older electrician prepared to repair the building’s wiring.
• As the wind and thunder intensified, the older electrician urged Hu Haoran to stop, but Hu Haoran continued working.
• Hu Haoran finished the repair and laughed about pushing his limits as the older electrician approached to help.
• A massive bolt of lightning struck Hu Haoran and made him vanish, and the older electrician wept.

Hu Haoran recovered after being transported to Douluo Continent and learned that he had inherited the body of a seven-year-old Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Clan descendant who had failed to awaken a martial soul. After discovering that the previous Hu Haoran had been beaten by Ling Fengyun, he resolved to awaken his martial soul and get even.

• Taohua cared for Hu Haoran as he woke, and Leng Xuewu briefly visited before leaving.
• Hu Haoran recovered memories of his family, his failed martial soul awakening, and a continent divided among empires and kingdoms at war.
• Taohua brought Hu Haoran porridge made with Yellow Crown White Feather Chicken, and he ate eagerly.
• Taohua cried as she thanked Hu Haoran for defending her from Ling Fengyun and nearly dying in the fight.
• Hu Haoran recalled that Ling Fengyun had tried to take a pearl necklace meant for Taohua and had his men beat him, then vowed to defeat Ling Fengyun after awakening his martial soul.

Hu Haoran trained the Blue Electric Dragon King Art until he reached its third-level peak, then awakened a Sword God profession Martial Soul through a system. He received cultivation rewards and began learning how the Douluo System worked.

• Hu Haoran dismissed Taohua and practiced the first three levels of the Blue Electric Dragon King Art, which helped heal his injuries and strengthen his body.
• Hu Haoran continued cultivating until he could lift a fifteen-hundred-kilogram boulder, but he worried that he could not progress without Soul Power.
• A voice in Hu Haoran’s mind offered five professions, and he chose Sword God, awakening the Soaring Sword Martial Soul.
• The Douluo System told Hu Haoran that his clan Martial Soul would awaken at level sixty-one and rewarded him with pills and the first eight levels of the Purple Firmament Thunder Art.
• Hu Haoran questioned the system about his rewards and learned that missions could grant Soul Power and other rewards.

Hu Haoran revealed his awakened Soaring Sword Martial Soul to Leng Xuewu and astonished her with Innate level-twenty Soul Power. After the system upgraded the family cultivation art, Leng Xuewu arranged to take him to hunt Soul Beasts in one week.

• Hu Haoran studied the Purple Firmament Thunder Art and searched the Douluo System for a nearby place to begin its dangerous body-tempering methods.
• Hu Haoran went to Leng Xuewu and revealed that his Martial Soul had awakened as the Purple-Gold-veined Soaring Sword.
• Leng Xuewu tested Hu Haoran and discovered that he possessed Innate level-twenty Soul Power.
• Leng Xuewu gave Hu Haoran the Blue Electric Dragon King Art and told him to recover the family’s lost cultivation methods.
• The system upgraded the art into the Heaven-shaking Tier Blue Lightning Dragon Emperor Art and set a mission to reopen when Hu Haoran reached level sixty-one.
• Leng Xuewu told Hu Haoran she would take him to the Canglan Mountain Range in one week to hunt Soul Beasts for his Soul Rings.

Hu Haoran began cultivating the Heaven-shaking Blue Lightning Dragon Emperor Art and rapidly strengthened his Soul Power during the week after awakening his Soaring Sword. After Leng Xuewu tested his progress, she prepared to take him to the Canglan Mountain Range to obtain his first Soul Ring.

• Hu Haoran chose to cultivate the Blue Lightning Dragon Emperor Art first and planned to focus on the Purple Firmament Thunder Art after reaching level 30.
• Taohua visited Hu Haoran to see his Soaring Sword, and he told her he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Hu Haoran cultivated with his Soaring Sword, drawing in lightning Soul Power that cleansed his body, widened his meridians, and accumulated in his dantian.
• After a week, Hu Haoran attacked Leng Xuewu with his Martial Soul, and she judged his Soul Power to have reached level 15 despite his having no Soul Ring.
• Leng Xuewu prepared to take Hu Haoran to the Canglan Mountain Range, and he eagerly agreed to leave.

Hu Haoran entered the Canglan Mountain Range to hunt for his first soul ring, relying on the Douluo System’s map and guidance to plan his route. He chose the Thousand-Year Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros’s Vicious Thunder Stab, but the habitat lay beyond several dangerous areas and a vast swamp.

• Leng Xuewu gave Hu Haoran supplies, a list, and Gold Soul Coins, then told him she would let him fend for himself in the mountains except in grave danger.
• Hu Haoran entered the Canglan Mountain Range alone while mercenaries mocked his chances of survival.
• Hu Haoran activated the Douluo System’s map mode and saw the locations, ages, strengths, and weaknesses of nearby soul beasts.
• The Douluo System recommended two first soul rings, and Hu Haoran chose the Thousand-Year Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros’s Vicious Thunder Stab.
• Hu Haoran planned a route around intervening soul beast habitats toward the Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros’s swamp, which also held even more terrifying soul beasts.

Hu Haoran watched a Soul Ancestor battle an eighteen-thousand-year Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard while he hid nearby, fearing he would be caught in the fight. The Soul Ancestor killed the beast with his self-created skill, and its soul ring appeared as the Soul Ancestor collapsed from his wounds.

• Hu Haoran learned about the Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros and considered how he might exploit its weaknesses.
• Hu Haoran encountered a Soul Ancestor fighting an eighteen-thousand-year Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard and debated fleeing or waiting for scraps.
• The Soul Ancestor’s attacks failed to stun the Dragon Leopard, whose dragon scale protected its head, and the beast wounded him with a powerful claw strike.
• The Soul Ancestor unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill and self-created Mammoth Trample, landing forty-nine hammer blows that crushed the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard.
• A black soul ring rose from the Dragon Leopard’s remains as the injured Soul Ancestor vomited blood.

Hu Haoran met the injured Soul Ancestor Jiang Jiayao in the Canglan Mountain Range and helped him recover so he could absorb the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard’s soul ring. After Jiang Jiayao became a Soul King, he agreed to help Hu Haoran hunt a Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros, and they set off together.

• Hu Haoran revealed himself after accidentally drawing the injured Jiang Jiayao’s attention, and the two traded insults before Hu Haoran explained that he was hunting for a soul ring.
• Hu Haoran gave Jiang Jiayao a Golden Wound Pill in exchange for his help, and Jiang Jiayao used it to recover enough to absorb the Blazing Fire Dragon Leopard’s soul ring.
• Jiang Jiayao successfully absorbed the black soul ring and became a Level 52 Soul King.
• Hu Haoran introduced himself as a member of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Clan and said his older brother was Hu Moxie, while claiming he had awakened with innate full Soul Power.
• Jiang Jiayao agreed to help Hu Haoran hunt a Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros, and they set off together.

Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao searched the Thousand Spirit Marshland for a Thunderous Lightning Rhinoceros, while Leng Xuewu secretly followed them. They found a thousand-year Miasma Ghost Demon Lizard fighting a Thunderous Lightning Rhinoceros, and Hu Haoran watched for a chance to benefit from the battle.

• Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao reached the Thousand Spirit Marshland, where Jiang worried that hunting a young Thunderous Lightning Rhinoceros could provoke a herd's attack.
• Hu Haoran claimed he could absorb a thousand-year first soul ring, and Jiang Jiayao promised to recommend him to Shrek Academy if he succeeded.
• Leng Xuewu followed Hu Haoran and recognized Jiang Jiayao's Blazing Heaven Battle Hammer as a sign of his connection to the Jiang Clan of the Clear Sky Sect.
• After three days of searching without finding a Thunderous Lightning Rhinoceros, Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao heard loud fighting and went to investigate.
• They found a Thunderous Lightning Rhinoceros battling a thousand-year Miasma Ghost Demon Lizard, and Hu Haoran watched closely for an opportunity to take advantage of the fight.

Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao waited for the Thunderous Lightning Rhinoceros to weaken after its battle with the Miasma Ghost Demon Lizard. Hu Haoran then ambushed the exhausted beast, and the chapter ended as he prepared to face it in a final showdown.

• The Miasma Ghost Demon Lizard trapped the Thunderous Lightning Rhinoceros, but the rhinoceros pierced its jaw and crushed its head after paralyzing it with lightning.
• Hu Haoran wanted to attack immediately, but Jiang Jiayao stopped him until the rhinoceros’s lightning faded and its guard lowered.
• After the Thunderous Lightning Rhinoceros began eating its prey, Hu Haoran silently charged Soul Power into his blade and stabbed the beast in its left eye.
• The Thunderous Lightning Rhinoceros’s roar blasted Hu Haoran away, but Hu Haoran insisted that he could finish the weakened beast himself.
• Jiang Jiayao confirmed that the rhinoceros was badly wounded and low on Soul Power, then watched as Hu Haoran faced it.

Hu Haoran killed the Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros and absorbed its 1,250-year soul ring as his first, breaking through to Soul Master and reaching level 20. After receiving the Thunder Sound Swordplay reward, he and Jiang Jiayao decided to roast the beast before searching for a second soul ring.

• Hu Haoran exploited the Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros's blindness, wounded it, and killed it with his Soaring Sword.
• Jiang Jiayao warned Hu Haoran that absorbing the 1,250-year soul ring could make his body explode, but Hu Haoran began absorbing it anyway.
• Hu Haoran refined the soul ring's power, broke through to Soul Master, and reached level 20.
• The Douluo System rewarded Hu Haoran with the Heaven-tier battle soul sword technique Thunder Sound Swordplay.
• Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao postponed their search for a second soul ring and roasted the Heavy Thunder Rhinoceros.

Hu Haoran practiced the Thunder Sound Swordplay and showed Jiang Jiayao its techniques, then tested the swordplay and his soul skills against him. Their sparring ended with Jiang Jiayao acknowledging Hu Haoran’s strength, and they planned to hunt Hu Haoran’s second soul ring the next day.

• Hu Haoran explained that his mother had given him the five-form Thunder Sound Swordplay and demonstrated its first two forms to Jiang Jiayao.
• Jiang Jiayao gained inspiration from the swordplay, and he and Hu Haoran agreed to spar while Jiang Jiayao suppressed his Soul Power.
• Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao exchanged attacks, with Hu Haoran’s Vicious Thunder Stab sending Jiang Jiayao flying and revealing its paralysis effect.
• Hu Haoran combined Divine Sound Soul Chasing with Vicious Thunder Stab, but Jiang Jiayao used both of his soul skills and knocked Hu Haoran back.
• Jiang Jiayao said Hu Haoran had not truly lost because he had used the Soul Power of a level 30 Soul Elder, and they agreed to hunt Hu Haoran’s second soul ring the next day.

Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao traveled to Jade Mist Lake in search of suitable soul beasts, but they encountered the Wolf Mountain Seven Bandits fighting the Boulder Mercenary Group over an injured White Jade Mad Lion. Jiang Jiayao agreed to help the mercenaries after observing the battle, while Hu Haoran prepared to support him from hiding.

• Hu Haoran told Jiang Jiayao that Jade Mist Lake held three soul beasts suited to him, and they set out together.
• Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao heard a fight and secretly approached to watch.
• A member of the Boulder Mercenary Group accused the Wolf Mountain Seven Bandits of trying to take their injured White Jade Mad Lion.
• Jiang Jiayao explained the bandits' identities, their bounties, and the history between the two groups.
• Hu Haoran urged Jiang Jiayao to fight while he ambushed the bandits, and Jiang Jiayao agreed to help after studying their fighting style.

The Wolf Mountain Seven Bandits and the Boulder Mercenary Group began fighting, while Jiang Jiayao and Hu Haoran watched from the sidelines. Jiang Jiayao judged that Shi Zhenhe’s earlier injuries would soon make him lose, and waited for a chance to act.

• Lang Bashan and Lang Bahai summoned their wolf martial souls and clashed with Shi Zhenhe, who fought them to a stalemate.
• Hu Qianya and Zhou Wangchao exchanged attacks and became locked in battle.
• Han Shigu boosted the Lang brothers while the Chen brothers shielded him from Bai Feiyu and Bai Feiling’s feather attacks.
• Gao Zifeng enhanced Shi Zhenhe and Zhou Wangchao as Shi Zhenhe ordered the Bai brothers to harass the enemy support.
• Jiang Jiayao told Hu Haoran that Shi Zhenhe’s unsteady footing showed he was injured and close to losing, so they should wait before joining the fight.

Shi Zhenhe fought Lang Bashan and Lang Bahai but was badly wounded as the brothers overwhelmed him with their combined attacks. As Lang Bashan moved to finish him, a scream interrupted the fight.

• Shi Zhenhe and the Lang brothers activated enhancement skills and exchanged attacks, with Shi Zhenhe driven back by their combined strength.
• Lang Bahai froze most of Shi Zhenhe's body, and Lang Bashan's attack clashed with Shi Zhenhe's counterattack, sending Lang Bashan flying while leaving Shi Zhenhe largely immobilized.
• Lang Bahai tore away the lion's head on Shi Zhenhe's chest, severely wounding him and destroying his armor.
• Zhou Wangchao tried to reach Shi Zhenhe, but Hu Qianya blocked him with his Soul Annihilation Club.
• The Lang brothers continued attacking Shi Zhenhe until he was sent flying again, while Jiang Jiayao prepared a surprise attack.
• Lang Bashan began to unleash another attack on Shi Zhenhe, but a miserable scream cut him off.

Zhou Wangchao killed Hu Qianya after severing his arm, then joined Shi Zhenhe against the Lang brothers. Jiang Jiayao ambushed the Chen brothers and killed Chen Yaoyin and Chen Yaotong, leaving Chen Yaojin badly injured.

• Zhou Wangchao used a phantom axe to sever Hu Qianya's left arm, leaving him weakened and enraged.
• Zhou Wangchao buried Hu Qianya in the ground with his attacks and beheaded him.
• Lang Bashan and Lang Bahai launched their Fifth Soul Skills at Shi Zhenhe, while Zhou Wangchao joined the clash and wounded the brothers.
• Jiang Jiayao ambushed the Chen brothers with his self-created soul skill, killing Chen Yaoyin and Chen Yaotong and sending Chen Yaojin flying.

Jiang Jiayao took over the fight against Lang Bashan and Lang Bahai, then faced their Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his newly acquired Fifth Soul Skill. Their attacks collided, and both sides launched a second clash as the battle continued.

• Jiang Jiayao ordered Shi Zhenhe to rest and Zhou Wangchao to help the two birds while he fought the Wolf brothers.
• Lang Bashan and Lang Bahai attacked Jiang Jiayao together, but his Raging Rhino Charge shattered their strikes and knocked them back.
• The Wolf brothers used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Fire Heavenly Wolf, and blasted Jiang Jiayao with Ice Fire Shattering Purgatory.
• Jiang Jiayao answered with Dragon Leopard Shaking Heaven Blast, and the collision sent the wolf back over fifty meters and Jiang Jiayao flying over a hundred meters.
• Jiang Jiayao recovered with only light wounds and eagerly met the Ice Fire Heavenly Wolf’s second Ice Fire Shattering Purgatory with another Dragon Leopard Shaking Heaven Blast.

Jiang Jiayao and the Boulder Mercenary Group defeated the Wolf Mountain Seven Bandits, resolving the group’s crisis. After the survivors introduced themselves, Shi Zhenhe awarded the fallen bandits’ heads to Jiang Jiayao and Hu Haoran, who offered healing pills in return.

• Han Shigu and Chen Yaojin were grievously wounded by the Bai brothers and Zhou Wangchao, and Hu Haoran seized the chance to kill them both.
• Jiang Jiayao defeated Lang Bashan and Lang Bahai, wiping out the Wolf Mountain Seven Bandits.
• Shi Zhenhe thanked Jiang Jiayao and Hu Haoran, and the members of the Boulder Mercenary Group introduced themselves.
• Shi Zhenhe offered the Wolf brothers’ heads to Jiang Jiayao and Han Shigu and Chen Yaojin’s heads to Hu Haoran.
• Hu Haoran accepted the offer after Jiang Jiayao urged him to, then offered Golden Wound Pills to the Boulder Mercenary Group.

Hu Haoran helped the injured Boulder Mercenary Group recover before parting ways with them and their token. He and Jiang Jiayao reached Jade Mist Lake, where the Douluo System revealed that a Rainbow Bridge to the lake’s center would appear at the next full moon, prompting them to wait until nightfall.

• Hu Haoran gave Golden Wound Pills to Zhou Wangchao and the other wounded members of the Boulder Mercenary Group, who used them to recover.
• Zhou Wangchao killed the White Jade Mad Lion, absorbed its soul ring, and became a level 51 Soul King while the others continued healing.
• Hu Haoran said farewell to the Boulder Mercenary Group, who gave him a token that allowed him to make one request of them.
• Five days later, Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao arrived at Jade Mist Lake and found themselves unable to reach its center.
• The Douluo System told Hu Haoran that a Rainbow Bridge would appear over the lake on the next full moon, one day away.
• Hu Haoran and Jiang Jiayao decided to rest and return to search the lake’s outskirts at night.

Hu Haoran, Jiang Jiayao, and Leng Xuewu entered the Rainbow Bridge and began its deadly trials. The first trial sent Hu Haoran back to the day of his martial soul awakening, where his present self watched his childhood memories unfold.

• At midnight, the full moon caused a seven-colored Rainbow Bridge to appear over Jade Mist Lake, and Hu Haoran accepted the Douluo System’s level 60 instance quest.
• Hu Haoran urged Jiang Jiayao onto the bridge, and Leng Xuewu followed with her Ice Lotus Snow Dance Sword.
• A mysterious voice announced the first trial, warning that those who failed or withdrew would die.
• The trial transformed Hu Haoran’s surroundings into a memory of his six-year-old self traveling with Leng Xuewu to the Martial Soul Awakening Hall.
• The present Hu Haoran observed the memory, hoping the experience would help him fully merge with the soul of the body’s former owner.