Chapter Summaries

After sandbag training, Yu Tianlin visited his grandfather Yu Yuanzhen and began cultivating at the sect’s mountaintop cultivation room. He learned the Thunder Dragon Art and used the Lightning Rod to draw lightning, beginning the long process of increasing his Soul Ring’s age.

• Yu Tianlin completed an afternoon of sandbag-dodging training, managing to dodge some throws despite Yu Jian’s dissatisfaction with his progress.
• Yu Tianlin went with Yu Yuanzhen to the Sect Master's cultivation room atop an isolated peak.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained how the Lightning Rod drew thunder and helped Yu Tianlin draw lightning more efficiently.
• Yu Yuanzhen gave Yu Tianlin the Thunder Dragon Art, and Yu Tianlin memorized its Soul Power circulation method and tested it.
• Yu Tianlin activated Martial Soul Possession, used the Lightning Rod to draw lightning, and saw his Soul Ring flicker as it absorbed the strike.

Over four months of training, Yu Tianlin improved his Soul Power, raised his First Soul Ring to two hundred years, and learned to condense two Thunder Balls at once. He faced Yu Tianqing in a secluded hall, where their match began before the elders.

• Yu Tianlin spent each night enduring Lightning Strikes to improve his Soul Ring and meditating to recover his Soul Power.
• Yu Tianlin adapted to double gravity, mastered dodging sandbags, and then switched to close-combat training.
• Yu Tianlin reached level twelve in the third month, and his two-hundred-year Soul Ring let him condense two Thunder Balls with his First Soul Skill.
• Yu Yuanzhen brought Yu Tianlin to a remote hall, where he and Yu Tianqing prepared to fight before several elders.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered the two to go all out, and Yu Tianlin and Yu Tianqing summoned their martial souls and pale yellow Soul Rings.

Yu Tianlin faced Yu Tianqing in a close-quarters combat test, revealing that his hundred-year soul ring and four months of training had made him stronger than expected. Yu Tianqing unleashed Thunderbolt Dragon Claw, but Yu Tianlin dodged the attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yu Luomian and the other elders questioned Yu Tianlin’s hundred-year soul ring and opposed giving him a Dragon Source Fruit, but Yu Yuanzhen started the battle.
• Yu Tianlin overpowered Yu Tianqing in a test of strength and used close-combat techniques to strike him in the chest.
• Yu Tianqing activated Thunderbolt Dragon Claw and charged at Yu Tianlin, while Yu Yuanzhen stopped an elder from interfering.
• Yu Tianlin dodged Yu Tianqing’s lightning claw, which smashed into the ground and left a small pit.

Yu Tianlin continued to outmaneuver Yu Tianqing, injuring his left arm and forcing him to expend Soul Power while Yu Luomian refused to stop the duel. Yu Tianlin kept the advantage, and Yu Yuanzhen declared the outcome obvious as Yu Tianqing’s injured arm was struck by stray electricity again.

• Yu Tianlin dodged Yu Tianqing’s Thunderbolt Dragon Claw and hit him with a Thunder Ball, badly injuring his left arm.
• Yu Luomian let the fight continue, while Yu Yuanzhen pointed out that Yu Tianlin had avoided damage and was stronger.
• Yu Tianqing switched to ranged attacks, but Yu Tianlin dodged both Thunderbolt Dragon Claws and noted that Yu Tianqing had used much of his Soul Power.
• Yu Tianlin used two Thunder Balls to force Yu Tianqing into a position where he had to block the second with Thunderbolt Dragon Claw.
• Stray electricity struck Yu Tianqing’s injured left arm, and Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Luomian that the outcome was obvious.

Yu Tianlin defeated Yu Tianqing in their duel, and Yu Yuanzhen explained the changing color of Tianlin’s First Soul Ring with a fabricated story about a sealed Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast sacrifice. The story left Yu Jian as the only person who knew the truth, and Yu Yuanzhen had already taken steps to keep him silent.

• Yu Tianlin pressed his attack, and Yu Tianqing fainted after admitting defeat; Yu Luomian stopped the Thunder Balls, treated Tianqing’s injury, and accepted that Tianlin had won.
• Yu Yuanzhen told the elders that Yu Tianlin’s First Soul Ring came from a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast sacrifice whose power he had sealed, explaining why the ring’s age would continue to rise.
• Yu Tianlin and Yu Yuanzhen had invented the sacrifice story to conceal the true nature of Tianlin’s Soul Ring and prevent people from guessing it could reach the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Yu Yuanzhen had ordered Yu Jian to keep silent and made him his personal guard so he could monitor him and reduce the chance of the truth leaking.

After winning the Dragon Source Fruit, Yu Tianlin consumed it and replenished his Dragon Power while advancing to rank fourteen. He still could not enter Dragon Transformation, but believed he was temporarily ahead of Tang San in Soul Power.

• Yu Yuanzhen gave Yu Tianlin the Dragon Source Fruit and sent him home while he discussed whether to reveal the fruit’s effects with the elders.
• Yu Tianlin returned Yu Tianqing to his home, then showed the Dragon Source Fruit to his anxious parents, Yu Mingfeng and Yu Rou.
• Yu Mingfeng urged Yu Tianlin to eat the fruit and stood guard while Yu Tianlin refined its energy.
• Yu Tianlin absorbed the fruit, replenished his Dragon Power, and raised his Soul Power from rank twelve to rank fourteen.
• Yu Tianlin failed to activate Dragon Transformation and compared his progress with Tang San, deciding he was temporarily ahead in Soul Power.

After reaching rank twenty shortly after his eighth birthday, Yu Tianlin went with his father, Yu Mingfeng, to Thunderbolt Canyon to find a suitable second soul ring. They planned to hunt a Swift Electric Dragon under 1,800 years old so Yu Tianlin could gain Thunderbolt Dragon Claw.

• Yu Tianlin broke through to rank twenty at eight years old, setting a new sect record.
• Yu Tianlin’s nightly training raised his First Soul Ring to the thousand-year level, and Yu Yuanzhen determined that he could withstand a soul ring up to 1,800 years old.
• Yu Mingfeng accompanied Yu Tianlin to Thunderbolt Canyon and explained the sect’s rule against indiscriminate soul-beast hunting.
• Yu Mingfeng identified a Swift Electric Dragon under 1,800 years old as their target for Yu Tianlin’s second soul ring and Thunderbolt Dragon Claw.

Yu Mingfeng and Yu Tianlin found a Swift Electric Dragon suitable for Yu Tianlin’s First Soul Ring after it killed a Dark Thunder Lizard. Yu Mingfeng fought the dragon and severed one of its legs, leaving it incapacitated but not yet dead.

• Yu Mingfeng warned Yu Tianlin that they had entered a dangerous area where powerful soul beasts might appear.
• A badly injured Dark Thunder Lizard rushed toward Yu Mingfeng and Yu Tianlin, but a Swift Electric Dragon killed it with Lightning Claw.
• Yu Mingfeng identified the Swift Electric Dragon as nearly one thousand eight hundred years old and suitable for Yu Tianlin’s First Soul Ring.
• The Swift Electric Dragon attacked Yu Mingfeng with Lightning Claw, but Yu Mingfeng blocked it with his transformed arm.
• Yu Mingfeng struck the Swift Electric Dragon with Thunderbolt Dragon Claw and cut off its right leg.

Yu Mingfeng crippled the Swift Electric Dragon so Yu Tianlin could safely claim its soul ring. After absorbing it, Yu Tianlin reached rank twenty-two and became a Soul Grandmaster.

• Yu Mingfeng severed the Swift Electric Dragon’s right leg, then restrained it and cut off its forelegs when it attacked.
• Yu Tianlin stabbed the Swift Electric Dragon through the eye, killing it and allowing its purple soul ring to appear.
• Yu Tianlin absorbed the eighteen-hundred-year soul ring while Yu Mingfeng guarded him.
• Yu Tianlin completed the absorption and discovered that he had reached rank twenty-two.
• Yu Mingfeng tested Yu Tianlin’s Soul Power with a crystal ball and confirmed his rank.

After absorbing the Swift Electric Dragon soul ring, Yu Tianlin discovered he could transform his right arm into a dragon’s and stack that power with Thunderbolt Dragon Claw. He tested the combined attack on a Dark Thunder Lizard corpse, while Yu Mingfeng realized how the Dragon Source Fruit had enabled the transformation.

• Yu Tianlin tested his second soul skill and found that his thousand-year Thunderbolt Dragon Claw doubled attack power and could travel about thirty meters.
• Yu Tianlin used the Dragon Power gained from the Swift Electric Dragon soul ring to transform his right arm, and Yu Mingfeng worked out that the Dragon Source Fruit had supplied the power he lacked.
• Yu Tianlin activated Thunderbolt Dragon Claw over his transformed arm, stacking its attack amplification with Dragon Transformation’s boosts to his defense and strength.
• Yu Mingfeng gave Yu Tianlin the Dark Thunder Lizard’s corpse as a target, and Yu Tianlin smashed through its scales with his enhanced arm.
• Yu Mingfeng praised the attack’s strength, and Yu Tianlin withdrew his dragon transformation, satisfied with his gains.

After Yu Tianlin returned with his Second Soul Ring, Yu Yuanzhen ordered him to attend Thunderbolt Academy and conceal the true nature of his First Soul Ring. Yu Tianlin agreed, and Yu Yuanzhen hinted that the academy could provide a place for his cultivation.

• Yu Tianlin and Yu Mingfeng reported his new Thunderbolt Dragon Claw soul skill and rank twenty-two to Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen required Yu Tianlin to attend Thunderbolt Academy rather than choose an academy freely.
• Yu Yuanzhen forbade Yu Tianlin from fighting so that others would not discover the secret behind his First Soul Ring.
• Yu Mingfeng reassured Yu Tianlin that Thunderbolt Academy offered talented companions and opportunities to meet other young Soul Masters.
• Yu Tianlin realized Yu Yuanzhen had likely arranged a suitable place at Thunderbolt Academy for him to cultivate.

Yu Mingfeng brought his eight-year-old son Yu Tianlin to Thunderbolt Academy to broaden his experience, where they reunited with vice dean Lei Bao. Lei Bao learned of Yu Tianlin’s exceptional rank twenty-two cultivation and introduced himself as a rank seventy-seven Assault System Soul Sage.

• Yu Tianlin and Yu Mingfeng traveled on foot for six days from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect to Thunderbolt Academy near Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Mingfeng led Yu Tianlin through the academy and into the dean’s office, where they found vice dean Lei Bao.
• Yu Mingfeng and Lei Bao greeted each other warmly, and Lei Bao complained about preparing for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and the Five Elements Academy Joint Training Event.
• Yu Mingfeng introduced Yu Tianlin as his eight-year-old son, already at rank twenty-two, and said he wanted him to attend Thunderbolt Academy.
• Lei Bao praised Yu Tianlin’s talent, introduced himself, and revealed that he was a rank seventy-seven Assault System Soul Sage.

Yu Tianlin learned that Shui Bing'er was an exceptionally talented student at Skywater Academy and took his father’s warning not to grow complacent. Yu Mingfeng left him at Thunderbolt Academy with Lei Bao, who promised to look after him.

• Lei Bao found Shui Bing'er’s student file and explained that her mutated Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and rapid cultivation made her one of the strongest young students among the Five Elements Academy participants.
• Yu Mingfeng showed Yu Tianlin Shui Bing'er’s achievements and warned him that many geniuses could surpass him.
• Yu Tianlin considered Shui Bing’er’s future strength and resolved to keep working hard rather than be surpassed.
• Yu Mingfeng told Yu Tianlin to study well, seek help from Tian Xin or Lei Bao if needed, and then left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy before returning to the sect.
• Lei Bao accepted Yu Mingfeng’s letter about Yu Tianlin’s arrangements and offered to take Yu Tianlin to the cafeteria for dinner.

Yu Tianlin completed his enrollment at Thunderbolt Academy, where Lei Bao arranged for him to join Class One and gave him access to a room near a Lightning Rod. Lei Bao then began showing him around the academy and introduced him to the class attended by Yu Tianxin and Lei Tian.

• Lei Bao had his secretary take Yu Tianlin to dinner and then complete his enrollment paperwork.
• Lei Bao explained the academy’s strength-based tiers and why some students stayed after reaching the level required to graduate.
• Lei Bao placed Yu Tianlin in Class One and arranged both a room near the southeast Lightning Rod and a dorm room.
• Lei Bao showed Yu Tianlin the teaching building and pointed out the Thunder Shock Tier Class One, where Yu Tianxin and Lei Tian studied.

Yu Tianlin settled into Thunderbolt Academy and used the Lightning Rod to draw lightning through the night. After learning classes were canceled for an internal selection tournament, he headed out to visit Yu Tianheng and unexpectedly encountered Yu Tianxin, who was on his way to Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Lei Bao showed Yu Tianlin the Lightning Rod and explained that students used it to cultivate during the day.
• Yu Tianlin spent the night cultivating and underwent 140 Lightning Strikes before returning to his dormitory at dawn.
• At breakfast, Yu Tianlin learned that the academy’s internal selection tournament meant two days without classes.
• Yu Tianlin left Thunderbolt Academy to visit Yu Tianheng at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and ran into Yu Tianxin at the gates.
• Yu Tianxin told Yu Tianlin he was going to Blue Tyrant Academy.

Yu Tianlin traveled with Yu Tianxin to Heaven Dou City, then continued alone to find Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After some students provoked him on the academy’s mountain path, Yu Tianlin knocked their leader down the steps, and the youth revealed his martial soul and two soul rings to retaliate.

• Yu Tianxin accompanied Yu Tianlin to Heaven Dou City and showed him the route to Heaven Dou Royal Academy before they parted.
• Yu Tianlin left through the city’s eastern gate, spotted a mountain and lake, and climbed the marble path after recognizing the academy students’ uniforms.
• A pale-faced student pointed out Yu Tianlin’s Thunderbolt Academy uniform, and their leader blocked his way and kicked at him.
• Yu Tianlin dodged the kick, grabbed the leader’s ankle, and pulled him into a split that sent him rolling down the steps.
• The leader got back up, threatened Yu Tianlin, and released his martial soul with two yellow soul rings.

Yu Tianlin’s hidden guard, Zuo Jianping, appeared and drove off a young man who had attacked him. Yu Tianlin continued up the mountain and reached the main campus of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• A young man with a Wolf Martial Soul charged at Yu Tianlin, but a dark shield sprang up and knocked him back.
• Zuo Jianping emerged from the shadows, introduced himself as a Level 57 Agility Attack Battle Soul King, and said the sect master had assigned him to guard Yu Tianlin.
• Zuo Jianping revealed his five Soul Rings, frightening the young man into leaving with his lackeys.
• Zuo Jianping withdrew into a shadow, and Yu Tianlin continued climbing toward his big brother.
• Yu Tianlin reached the halfway point of the mountain and saw the bright yellow wall surrounding Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s main campus.

Yu Tianlin visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reunited with his older brother, Yu Tianheng, where he met Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng’s close friend. The chapter ended with Yu Tianlin teasing them about their age difference, much to Dugu Yan’s delight and Yu Tianheng’s embarrassment.

• Yu Tianlin found Yu Tianheng in Tian Zhi Class One after asking an academy teacher where his brother studied.
• Yu Tianheng greeted Yu Tianlin and learned that he had already reached level twenty-two at age eight.
• Dugu Yan joined the brothers, and Yu Tianheng introduced her to Yu Tianlin as his good friend.
• Yu Tianlin and Dugu Yan introduced themselves and shared their spirit levels and martial souls.
• Yu Tianlin teased Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan about her being three years older, making Yu Tianheng choke and improving Dugu Yan’s impression of him.

Yu Tianheng introduced Yu Tianlin to the members of Emperor Team, who gathered after class and welcomed him. The group discussed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s lax student attendance and cultivation culture, then Yu Tianheng offered to treat everyone to lunch.

• Yu Tianheng introduced the Shi Family Brothers, Yu Feng, Osler, and Ye Lingling to Yu Tianlin, including their martial souls and ranks.
• Yu Feng flew into the academy despite the rules, and Osler ambushed him as the two teased and denied being close friends.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Feng explained that few students attended classes and many of those who did barely cultivated.
• Yu Tianheng said he was happy that Yu Tianlin had enrolled in Thunderbolt Academy and offered to buy lunch for the group.
• Yu Feng eagerly urged the others to take advantage of Yu Tianheng’s offer.

After returning to Thunderbolt Academy, Yu Tianlin tried to create a lightning-based Self-Created Soul Skill modeled on Chidori, but his first test badly electrocuted his Dragon Transformed arm. He decided to improve his control over lightning-attribute Soul Power before attempting Chidori again.

• Yu Tianlin found that Dugu Yan knew little about medicinal herbs, leaving him without a lead to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Back at Thunderbolt Academy, Yu Tianlin grew frustrated with his idle afternoons because he could not use his Martial Soul or Soul Skills to spar.
• Yu Tianlin decided to develop Chidori by gathering lightning in his palm and testing it while his right arm was Dragon Transformed.
• A sudden surge of lightning burned Yu Tianlin's right arm, and he hurried to the infirmary for treatment.
• After the infirmary teacher ordered him not to use his right hand for a week, Yu Tianlin resolved to practice tree climbing and water walking to improve his lightning control.