Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianlin trained to control his thunder-and-lightning Soul Power by practicing tree climbing, but his attempts damaged the academy grove. Lei Bao allowed him one more week to train there before the trees were replaced.

• Yu Tianlin began tree-climbing training, but his lightning-infused Soul Power dented the tree whenever he stepped on it.
• Yu Tianlin spent a week trying to restrain the lightning in his Soul Power, destroying more than half the small grove.
• Lei Bao confronted Yu Tianlin about the damaged trees and ordered him to pay for them and stop training there.
• Yu Tianlin persuaded Lei Bao to let him use the grove for one more week, and Lei Bao forbade him from damaging any other area.
• Yu Tianlin paid his fine at the finance office, while Lei Bao turned his attention to preparing for the Five Elements Academy Joint Training Event.

Yu Tianlin continued training his Soul Power control during the Joint Training Event, completing tree climbing and beginning water treading. After a Skywater Academy girl rescued him from falling into the lake, he explained the training and demonstrated his mastery of tree climbing.

• Yu Tianlin completed Tree Climbing Training but felt his Soul Power control still needed improvement before he could efficiently develop Chidori.
• Yu Tianlin began Water Treading Training at a remote lake, but his first attempt failed and he sank into the water.
• A Skywater Academy girl froze the lake beneath Yu Tianlin’s feet, allowing him to escape, then asked whether he was trying to kill himself.
• The girl tried water treading by freezing the surface with her ice attribute, and Yu Tianlin explained that proper training required standing on water through Soul Power alone.
• Yu Tianlin demonstrated tree climbing by sticking to a tree trunk, and the girl expressed surprise at his ability.

Yu Tianlin taught Shui Bing'er water-treading training, and the two made rapid progress practicing together. After learning each other’s identities over lunch, they agreed to continue training through the afternoon.

• Yu Tianlin demonstrated tree climbing, then explained that Shui Bing'er’s ice attribute could help her practice water treading safely.
• Shui Bing'er froze the water beneath Yu Tianlin’s feet when he lost his balance, and they trained together throughout the morning.
• Yu Tianlin estimated he could master water treading by the following night, while Shui Bing'er made progress controlling her ice-attribute Soul Power.
• Yu Tianlin brought Shui Bing'er to Thunderbolt Academy’s cafeteria, where they introduced themselves and recognized each other’s reputations and backgrounds.
• Shui Bing'er chose to skip watching the academy sparring and agreed to practice water treading with Yu Tianlin that afternoon.

Yu Tianlin completed Water Treading Training and resumed developing Chidori with his improved control over lightning. He produced a powerful current in his palm, but still needed to make it stimulate his body and gain Chidori’s piercing force.

• Yu Tianlin completed Water Treading Training with Shui Bing'er’s help, while Shui Bing'er learned to control the chill in her Soul Power.
• Yu Tianlin and Shui Bing'er agreed to meet the next morning, and Yu Tianlin meditated before enduring one hundred and forty Lightning Strikes to increase his First Soul Ring’s age.
• Yu Tianlin met Shui Bing'er for breakfast, then went with her to the lake, where she practiced Water Treading and he worked on Chidori.
• Yu Tianlin gathered a powerful electric current in his palm and judged that it could paralyze weaker Soul Masters, but he had not yet developed Chidori’s bodily activation or piercing force.

Yu Tianlin completed his self-created Soul Skill, Chidori, and tested its speed and destructive power, finding that it could rival a Thousand Year Soul Skill. Shui Bing'er congratulated him after seeing the demonstration, and the chapter ended with Yu Tianlin noting that her water-walking training should have strengthened her too.

• Shui Bing'er mastered treading water and walked across the lake while Yu Tianlin continued developing his lightning technique.
• Yu Tianlin completed Chidori after eighteen days of training and named the self-created Soul Skill.
• Yu Tianlin explained that Chidori boosted his attack power and speed, though its high-speed charge made it difficult to control and consume Soul Power.
• Yu Tianlin charged ten meters and shattered a tree with Chidori, astonishing Shui Bing'er with its speed and strength.
• Shui Bing'er congratulated Yu Tianlin, and he told her that mastering treading water should also have improved her strength.

Yu Tianlin and Shui Bing'er discussed the final day of the Five Elements Academy Joint Training Event, when they would both enter the sparring arenas. Shui Bing'er explained the tiered arena rules and the strengths behind Huo Wushuang's record of four consecutive victories.

• Shui Bing'er told Yu Tianlin that academy duties meant she would spar with students from other academies the next day.
• Yu Tianlin decided to join her so he could test his newly developed Chidori in combat.
• Shui Bing'er explained that students were divided into four tiers, with one-on-one arena battles and Soul King teachers refereeing the lower tiers.
• Shui Bing'er described how Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Huyan Li, and Yu Tianxin had been limited by their levels, weaknesses, or Soul Power consumption.
• Shui Bing'er explained that Huo Wushuang's balanced abilities and level advantage had helped him win four consecutive battles.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Final day of the Five Elements Academy Joint Training Event.
• Yu Tianxin vs. Huo Wushuang: Yu Tianxin loses due to Huo Wushuang's higher level and powerful Martial Soul.
• Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon student vs. Elephant Armor Academy student (Hu Yan Shi): Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon student loses due to Hu Yan Shi's strong defenses.
• Yu Tianlin challenges Hu Yan Shi, but the match is delayed by Vice Dean Lei Bao.

Character Developments

• Yu Tianxin: Shows improvement but still loses to stronger opponents.
• Huo Wushuang: Proves his strength and power with his Unicorn Blazing Dragon Martial Soul.
• Hu Yan Shi: Demonstrates exceptional defensive capabilities with his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianlin: Confidently challenges Hu Yan Shi, hinting at his desire to test his Chidori skill.

Significant Themes

• The disparity in strength between Martial Souls at different levels.
• The importance of defense in battle, as seen with Hu Yan Shi's Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianlin's determination to improve and test his abilities.

Character Interactions

• Yu Tianxin and Huo Wushuang: Fierce rivals who push each other to their limits.
• Yu Tianlin and Shui Bing'er: Support each other, with Shui Bing'er showing confidence in Yu Tianlin's abilities.
• Yu Tianlin and Lei Bao: Vice Dean Lei Bao tries to protect Yu Tianlin, but Yu Tianlin insists on challenging Hu Yan Shi.

Yu Tianlin revealed a powerful self-created skill, Chidori, and defeated Hu Yan Shi in a single strike after Hu Yan Shi underestimated him. After being declared the winner, Yu Tianlin chose to continue fighting.

• Lei Bao returned to the rostrum and allowed Yu Tianlin and Hu Yan Shi to resume their battle.
• Hu Yan Shi activated his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul and mocked Yu Tianlin for refusing to summon his own Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianlin formed Chidori, revealing a powerful electrical attack that Lei Bao recognized as a self-created soul skill.
• Hu Yan Shi approached without using a Soul Skill, but Yu Tianlin charged forward at high speed and struck him through his defenses with Chidori.
• The referee confirmed Hu Yan Shi had fainted without serious injuries, declared Yu Tianlin the victor, and Yu Tianlin chose to continue.

After their arena victories, Yu Tianlin and Shui Bing'er spent a relaxed evening together and agreed to meet again. Back in his dorm, Yu Tianlin discovered that Dragon Transformation and Chidori could stack, then increased the current until the lightning turned dark blue and fell silent.

• Yu Tianlin defeated another Blazing Fire Academy soul master and left the arena, while Shui Bing'er won three matches before leaving as well.
• Yu Tianlin and Shui Bing'er returned to the lakeside, talked about their families, and agreed that Shui Bing'er would visit him in the future.
• After Shui Bing'er left, Yu Tianlin wondered whether he had developed feelings for her, then returned to his dorm.
• Yu Tianlin combined Chidori with Dragon Transformation and confirmed that their effects could stack with Thunderbolt Dragon Claw.
• Yu Tianlin increased the current in his transformed right claw until the lightning turned dark blue and its birdlike sound disappeared.

Yu Tianlin developed Lightning Cutter, a powerful but Soul Power-intensive attack, then visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy to see his brother and friends. Unable to find them, he discovered three male students surrounding Ye Lingling, and their leader reached for her veil.

• Yu Tianlin tested Lightning Cutter and concluded that combining it with Dragon Transformation and Thunderbolt Dragon Claw gave him a devastating trump-card strike he could use only a few times.
• After recovering overnight, Yu Tianlin traveled to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, hoping to reconnect with Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianlin learned that Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the Shi Family Brothers were absent from Tian Zhi Class One.
• At Tian Wei Building, Yu Tianlin saw three male students cornering Ye Lingling and heard their leader claim he would lift her veil to inspect her face.

Yu Tianlin rescued Ye Lingling from Xue Beng and his two attendants, then beat Xue Beng despite learning he was the Heaven Dou Empire’s Fourth Prince. He used Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo’s ties to Prince Xue Xing to deter Xue Beng from retaliating, then asked Ye Lingling to heal his bruises before the incident drew attention.

• Yu Tianlin knocked out Xue Beng’s two attendants and kicked Xue Beng away from Ye Lingling.
• Yu Tianlin began beating Xue Beng, but Ye Lingling stopped him and revealed that Xue Beng was the Fourth Prince.
• Yu Tianlin punched Xue Beng repeatedly after Xue Beng threatened him.
• Yu Tianlin warned Xue Beng that retaliation could damage Prince Xue Xing’s relationship with Dugu Bo through Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianlin asked Ye Lingling to heal Xue Beng’s injuries so the imperial family would not intervene.

Yu Tianlin drove off Xue Beng after Ye Lingling healed him, then asked her where the other academy students had gone. Ye Lingling explained that they had been selected for special training and left for Sunset Forest, while she stayed behind to cultivate because her Soul Power Level was too low.

• Ye Lingling used her Nine Heart Begonia to heal Xue Beng, and Yu Tianlin ordered him to leave after threatening to beat him again.
• Ye Lingling worried that Yu Tianlin's actions might cause trouble, but he reassured her that Xue Beng would not make an issue of it.
• Yu Tianlin took Ye Lingling to a pavilion and asked why his big brother, Dugu Yan, and the others were absent from the academy.
• Ye Lingling explained that the academy had chosen seven outstanding students for special training under Teacher Qin Ming after finding no eligible Soul Ancestors for the upcoming tournament.
• Ye Lingling said Dugu Yan and five others had gone to Sunset Forest so Dugu Yan could obtain her Third Soul Ring and the group could train.
• Ye Lingling admitted she felt left behind because she was a Support System Soul Master, then clarified that she had stayed to cultivate because her Soul Power Level was too low.

Yu Tianlin spent his day off visiting Ye Lingling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and tried to draw her out about why she always wore a black veil. She avoided answering and invited him to take a walk with her, leaving him unsure what lay beneath her silence.

• Ye Lingling patted Yu Tianlin’s head and began calling him Tianlin, and he welcomed the more familiar address.
• Yu Tianlin learned that Yu Tianheng and the others would not return from Sunset Forest until the next day, so Ye Lingling took him to lunch.
• Yu Tianlin stayed at the academy after eating and asked why Ye Lingling kept her veil on even while dining.
• Yu Tianlin praised Ye Lingling’s eyes and asked why she always wore a black veil, but she fell silent.
• Ye Lingling stood and asked Yu Tianlin to take a walk with her.

Ye Lingling brought Yu Tianlin to the mountaintop and explained the lonely burden she felt as the last Nine Heart Begonia spirit master. After hearing about her grandmother and mother's deaths, Yu Tianlin asked whether she had always felt lonely, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Ye Lingling led Yu Tianlin to the mountaintop and asked what he knew about the Nine Heart Begonia's inheritance.
• Yu Tianlin explained that the Nine Heart Begonia passed down through a single line, and Ye Lingling confirmed that he understood its inheritance.
• Yu Tianlin asked about Ye Lingling's family and learned that her mother had died.
• Ye Lingling said her grandmother had died before she inherited the Nine Heart Begonia, and that her mother later died as well, leaving her the world's only Nine Heart Begonia spirit master.
• Ye Lingling described feeling like an outsider, and Yu Tianlin asked if she had always felt lonely.

Yu Tianlin comforted Ye Lingling as she confessed that she kept people at a distance because she feared her friends would die protecting her. He promised to protect her and made her laugh, leaving her willing to trust him for now.

• Ye Lingling said she wished the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul would disappear and explained that her parents had died after her father protected her mother.
• Yu Tianlin told Ye Lingling that her grandmother would have wanted her to find happiness and make friends, but Ye Lingling insisted she did not need anyone close to her.
• Yu Tianlin promised to protect Ye Lingling and declared that he would become invincible, easing her distress.
• Yu Tianlin said he expected to be strong enough to protect Ye Lingling by the time he was fourteen, and Ye Lingling laughed and agreed to believe him for now.

Yu Tianlin took Ye Lingling to Heaven Dou City, where they shopped and spent the night in a hotel suite. While Ye Lingling bathed, Yu Tianlin considered how she could defend herself and decided to teach her an offensive Self-Created Soul Skill.

• Ye Lingling removed her veil for Yu Tianlin, who praised her appearance and suggested she wear brighter clothes.
• Yu Tianlin decided to stay with Ye Lingling instead of returning to Thunderbolt Academy, and the two went to Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianlin and Ye Lingling ate, shopped, exchanged gifts, and booked a suite at a hotel for the night.
• While Ye Lingling bathed, Yu Tianlin thought about how she could protect herself when he was away.
• Yu Tianlin decided that Ye Lingling could develop combat power by learning Rasengan, which he believed he could create using her soul power.

Yu Tianlin explained that Ye Lingling could gain combat ability by learning a universal Self-Created Soul Skill, and proposed teaching her the Rasengan. Ye Lingling became interested, though she questioned how defenseless Support System Soul Masters really were at higher levels.

• Yu Tianlin admired Ye Lingling in her new dress after she finished bathing.
• Yu Tianlin told Ye Lingling he had found a way to help her gain combat ability, but she doubted a Support System Soul Master could fight.
• Yu Tianlin demonstrated Chidori and explained that Ye Lingling could not learn it because it depended on his Thunder Attribute.
• Yu Tianlin proposed a Self-Created Soul Skill that any Soul Master could learn, regardless of martial soul or attribute.
• Ye Lingling grew interested, while Yu Tianlin reflected that Support System Soul Masters could still fight if they had a large advantage in Soul Power and physical strength.

Yu Tianlin and Ye Lingling spent several days exploring Heaven Dou City while waiting for Yu Tianheng's group to return. They finally reunited with the group at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Yu Tianlin learned Dugu Yan had obtained her third soul ring and Yu Feng failed to recognize Ye Lingling in white.

• Yu Tianlin explained the Rasengan's principles to Ye Lingling and bought rubber balls while searching for tools to develop it.
• Yu Tianlin and Ye Lingling visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy but missed Yu Tianheng's group, so they continued exploring Heaven Dou City.
• Three days later, Yu Tianlin and Ye Lingling found Yu Tianheng's group running below the academy, and Yu Tianlin joined his brother.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianlin that she had obtained her third soul ring and gained a soul skill that spread poisonous mist over a large area.
• Yu Tianlin pointed Ye Lingling out to the group, but Yu Feng was surprised because she wore white instead of her usual black.

Yu Tianlin reunited Ye Lingling with the Emperor Team, then stopped her from joining Qin Ming’s physical training to argue that she should learn a self-created soul skill first. Qin Ming dismissed Yu Tianlin’s idea as childish, leaving their disagreement unresolved.

• Yu Tianlin waved Ye Lingling over, and the Emperor Team members were surprised by her white clothes and uncovered face.
• Dugu Yan welcomed Ye Lingling and warned Yu Feng not to comment on her changed appearance.
• Qin Ming arrived and ordered the Emperor Team, including Ye Lingling, to run around the mountain without using soul power.
• Yu Tianlin introduced himself to Qin Ming and argued that Ye Lingling should develop combat ability by learning his self-created soul skill.
• Qin Ming questioned Yu Tianlin’s age and dismissed his idea as aiming too high.

Yu Tianlin demonstrated Chidori to Qin Ming, who tested its power and praised the skill. Qin Ming agreed to let Ye Lingling take three months off to study with Yu Tianlin at Thunderbolt Academy while he developed another Self-Created Soul Skill.

• Yu Tianlin showed Qin Ming Chidori and charged at him when Qin Ming invited him to attack.
• Qin Ming caught Yu Tianlin's wrist, stopped his attack, and slammed Chidori into the ground, leaving a large pit.
• Yu Tianlin told Qin Ming that he had developed Chidori in less than a month and promised to create another Self-Created Soul Skill within three months.
• Yu Tianlin asked for Ye Lingling to take three months off and accompany him to Thunderbolt Academy so he could teach her while developing the new skill.
• Ye Lingling agreed, and Qin Ming approved the leave while warning her to keep up her cultivation.