Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into six-year-old Ye Xiaobao in Spirit City, Ye Xiaobao learned that his brother Ye Dabao had been beaten for refusing to surrender their blacksmith shop. The brothers gave the shop deed to their uncle for two Gold Soul Coins, and Ye Xiaobao prepared for his martial soul awakening the next day.

• Ye Xiaobao woke in a child’s body and recovered memories of his family’s hardships after his parents’ deaths.
• Ye Dabao told Ye Xiaobao that his martial soul awakening was scheduled for the next day and promised to find work to support him.
• Their uncle demanded the blacksmith shop deed and threatened the brothers, so Ye Xiaobao persuaded Ye Dabao to hand it over.
• Ye Xiaobao collected two Gold Soul Coins from their uncle, who also offered Ye Dabao an unpaid apprenticeship with their cousin.
• Ye Xiaobao took Ye Dabao back inside as their uncle insulted them and their deceased father.

Six-year-old Ye Xiaobao went to Spirit Hall for his martial soul awakening and discovered the Great Sage Equal to Heaven as his martial soul. His testing crystal showed light far brighter than recorded Innate full Soul Power, while the Angel God statue at Spirit Hall suddenly shone.

• Ye Dabao brought Ye Xiaobao to a nearby church, where Yun Chuan and a Purple Robe Bishop began the children's awakenings.
• Ye Xiaobao entered a mysterious space and saw the Great Sage Equal to Heaven emerge from a shattered boulder.
• Ye Xiaobao summoned a massive golden staff, and Yun Chuan and the Purple Robe Bishop recognized it as a top-tier tool martial soul.
• Ye Xiaobao's testing crystal glowed far brighter than the recorded level for Innate full Soul Power, delighting the two Spirit Hall officials.
• The Six-winged Angel God statue illuminated Spirit Hall, and an elderly man with six golden wings flew to the Worship Hall.

Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong that the Angel God had sensed a divine aura stronger than a God King on Douluo Continent, while refusing to support her plan to establish the Martial Soul Empire. Ye Xiaobao arrived at the Pope's Palace to display his Golden Cudgel Martial Soul, and its divine aura drew a powerful golden figure from within him.

• The Angel God ordered Qian Daoliu to monitor Douluo Continent and report news of the unprecedented divine aura to the God Realm Committee.
• Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong about the divine aura, refused to support her proposal to establish the Martial Soul Empire, and left as she seethed with anger.
• Ye Xiaobao traveled with Ye Dabao and the purple-robed bishop to Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong agreed to meet the boy after hearing he had Innate full Soul Power.
• Ye Xiaobao complimented Bibi Dong and revealed his Golden Cudgel Martial Soul, prompting her to test him with a growing wave of Soul Power.
• The Golden Cudgel radiated golden light under Bibi Dong's pressure, and a giant golden figure emerged from Ye Xiaobao as its gaze fixed on her.

After discovering Ye Xiaobao’s immense power and identifying him as the deity foretold by an oracle, Bibi Dong decided to recruit him rather than kill him. Ye Xiaobao accepted her as his master, and Bibi Dong began teaching him to cultivate.

• Bibi Dong returned to the Pope’s Palace with Ye Xiaobao unconscious and killed the Purple Robe Bishop after he witnessed the child’s power.
• Ye Xiaobao awoke in Bibi Dong’s room, and Bibi Dong checked that he was unharmed.
• Ye Xiaobao admitted that his Martial Soul was Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and Bibi Dong learned that his Innate Soul Power was level twenty-five.
• Bibi Dong told Ye Xiaobao to call his Martial Soul the Golden Cudgel and keep its true identity secret.
• Bibi Dong asked Ye Xiaobao to become her apprentice and help her take control of Spirit Hall and establish the Martial Soul Empire; he agreed.
• Bibi Dong taught Ye Xiaobao how to circulate Soul Power, and he entered deep meditation.

Ye Xiaobao deepened his Soul Power, tested the Golden Cudgel’s immense strength, and followed Bibi Dong to Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring. There, Bibi Dong stopped a green snake from attacking a man and a child, who recognized her.

• Ye Xiaobao woke from deep meditation and learned that his body had grown stronger, then discovered the Golden Cudgel’s weight increased with his Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong tested Ye Xiaobao’s attack, stopped the Golden Cudgel with one finger, and said she would take him to Star Dou Great Forest for a Soul Ring.
• Ye Xiaobao worried about his brother, then cultivated through the night while thinking about Tang San and his future plans.
• Bibi Dong gave Ye Xiaobao a Soul Guidance Device that concealed his Martial Soul’s god-level aura and contained storage space and wealth.
• Bibi Dong took Ye Xiaobao through Star Dou Great Forest, then flew east and stopped a large green snake chasing a middle-aged man and a child.
• The middle-aged man looked up at Bibi Dong and recognized her.

Ye Xiaobao and Bibi Dong encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San absorbed a Mandala Snake soul ring. Ye Xiaobao challenged Yu Xiaogang’s first-soul-ring limit theory by asking Bibi Dong to help him obtain a two-thousand-year soul ring, and the chapter ended with him demanding Yu Xiaogang consider what would happen if he succeeded.

• Bibi Dong saved Yu Xiaogang and Tang San from danger and gave them the Mandala Snake to use as Tang San’s soul ring.
• Yu Xiaogang explained his Soul Ring Mimicry Theory and claimed a first soul ring should be no older than four hundred and thirteen years.
• Tang San killed the Mandala Snake, absorbed its yellow soul ring, and gained Blue Silver Entanglement.
• Ye Xiaobao asked Bibi Dong to catch him a two-thousand-year-old ape-type soul beast for his first soul ring.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted Ye Xiaobao could not absorb a soul ring that old, then tried to leave with Tang San.
• Ye Xiaobao stopped Yu Xiaogang and asked what he would do if Ye Xiaobao’s first soul ring really could be two thousand years old.

Ye Xiaobao absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring as his first, defying Yu Xiaogang’s theories, though the Great Sage Equal to Heaven rejected the ring and he absorbed it with his Golden Cudgel instead. Yu Xiaogang kept his promise not to mention his Ten Core Competencies again and asked Bibi Dong how her disciple had managed it.

• Bibi Dong found and brought back a dying Ironclad Ape more than two thousand three hundred years old despite Yu Xiaogang’s warnings.
• Ye Xiaobao killed the Ironclad Ape and tried to absorb its Soul Ring, but the Great Sage Equal to Heaven rejected it and the ring reappeared.
• Ye Xiaobao absorbed the Soul Ring through his Golden Cudgel and gained a purple Soul Ring as his first.
• Ye Xiaobao claimed his Soul Skill boosted all attributes by thirty percent for an hour, and Bibi Dong praised the practical effect.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted Ye Xiaobao had succeeded, promised never to mention the Ten Core Competencies again, and asked Bibi Dong whether Spirit Hall had developed a new Soul Ring fusion method.

Bibi Dong brought Ye Xiaobao before the Worship Hall and secured Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo as his teachers after the Enshrined Elders refused to help her attack the three upper sects. She left with the two Enshrined Elders for Ye Xiaobao’s residence, where they found him cultivating in a formation.

• After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Xiaobao told Bibi Dong he could try absorbing a four-thousand-year second soul ring, while she remained unsure about his soul skills.
• More than ten days later, Bibi Dong asked the six Enshrined Elders to help destroy the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Sect, and Blue Lightning Sect, but Light Feather Douluo refused on Qian Daoliu’s behalf.
• Bibi Dong requested that the Sixth and Seventh Enshrined teach Ye Xiaobao, and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to send Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo.
• Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo followed Bibi Dong to Ye Xiaobao’s residence, where Dong Bo greeted them and Ye Dabao stood silently nearby.
• Bibi Dong and the two Enshrined Elders saw Ye Xiaobao cultivating in a large formation, drenched in sweat.

Bibi Dong brought Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo to guide Ye Xiaobao, explaining his strength and cultivation with a prepared story about a divine herb. After examining his Golden Cudgel, Demon Subduing Douluo began testing his technique and showed how easily skill could defeat Ye Xiaobao’s raw strength.

• Bibi Dong explained that Ye Xiaobao had consumed a divine herb, gained level thirty-two Soul Power, and mutated his Martial Soul, then asked the two Enshrined to guide him.
• Ye Xiaobao finished cultivating in the Tenfold Gravity Mimetic Cultivation Array and greeted Bibi Dong, Thousand Jun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo.
• Bibi Dong introduced the two Enshrined as Ye Xiaobao’s instructors, while Demon Subduing Douluo unsuccessfully asked to become another of his teachers.
• Ye Xiaobao summoned the Golden Cudgel, and Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo discussed the importance of combat techniques suited to a Tool Martial Soul.
• Demon Subduing Douluo tested Ye Xiaobao with his Coiled Dragon Cudgel, deflected his attack through technique, and pressed the cudgel to his throat.

Ye Xiaobao endured six months of intense training under Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo, reaching level thirty-four and earning an Enshrinement Token. After hearing about his talent and unusual Martial Soul, Qian Daoliu resolved to meet him, while Bibi Dong’s Golden Generation reported that they had reached level thirty.

• Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo trained Ye Xiaobao in combat by day and in a fixed gravity formation at night, marveling at how quickly he learned and recovered.
• Ye Xiaobao endured half a year of punishing training and abundant resources from Bibi Dong, raising his Soul Power to level thirty-four.
• Before returning to the Worship Hall, Demon Subduing Douluo urged Ye Xiaobao to gain experience fighting other Soul Masters, and Thousand Jun Douluo gave him an Enshrinement Token.
• At the Worship Hall, Demon Subduing Douluo told Qian Daoliu about Ye Xiaobao’s talent and how his Martial Soul suppressed Demon Subduing Douluo’s Coiled Dragon Cudgel.
• Qian Daoliu considered Ye Xiaobao’s Martial Soul and fortune extraordinary, then left to attend to other matters; Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo departed as well.
• In the Pope's Palace, three members of Spirit Hall’s future Golden Generation told Bibi Dong that their Soul Power had reached level thirty and that they were ready to obtain Soul Rings.

Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena and her companions before welcoming Ye Xiaobao back and showing him special concern as her disciple. After Xie Yue and Yan grew jealous and followed Ye Xiaobao into the garden, Xie Yue challenged him and attacked when he refused to fight.

• Bibi Dong congratulated Hu Liena on reaching Soul Power level thirty and told the three young Spirit Hall members to keep working hard.
• Ye Xiaobao returned from his six-month assignment, and Bibi Dong warmly told him to rest while she spoke with him privately.
• After leaving the Pope's Palace, Xie Yue and Yan complained about Ye Xiaobao, and Xie Yue persuaded Hu Liena to help him confront the new disciple.
• In the garden, Ye Xiaobao rejected Hu Liena's offer of guidance and ignored Xie Yue's challenge.
• Xie Yue summoned his martial soul and threw a Moon Blade at Ye Xiaobao, who dodged it as Hu Liena shouted a warning.

Ye Xiaobao challenged Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to make him use his martial soul, then easily outmatched them without summoning it. After he knocked Hu Liena unconscious, Xie Yue and Yan turned on him, and Xie Yue launched another attack.

• Ye Xiaobao offered to follow the trio if they could force him to use his martial soul, while Bibi Dong and two Titled Douluo watched from above and let the spar continue.
• Xie Yue attacked Ye Xiaobao with his Moon Blades and Slash, but Ye Xiaobao dodged every strike, while Yan tried to restrict him with Hell Lava Charge.
• Hu Liena used Charm as Xie Yue and Yan attacked, but Ye Xiaobao snapped out of it and dispersed both of their soul skills with his bare hands.
• Ye Xiaobao rushed Hu Liena and kicked her unconscious before Xie Yue and Yan could attack again.
• Xie Yue picked up Hu Liena, challenged Ye Xiaobao, and used Slash once more.

Ye Xiaobao defeated Xie Yue, returned to cultivation, and agreed to help Ye Dabao leave Spirit Hall and take up blacksmithing. On the way to the family Blacksmith Shop, Ye Xiaobao experienced a spiritual breakthrough, then arrived to find his cousin Ye Daqiang running the shop.

• Ye Xiaobao knocked Xie Yue unconscious, while Yan lost his mind after seeing Xie Yue and his sister defeated.
• Demon Subduing Douluo praised Ye Xiaobao, while Bibi Dong and Thousand Jun Douluo flew away in frustration.
• Ye Dabao told Ye Xiaobao he wanted to leave Spirit Hall and return to their father's Blacksmith Shop, and Ye Xiaobao agreed to help him speak with their uncle.
• As Ye Xiaobao walked through Spirit City with Ye Dabao and Dong Bo, he experienced an enlightenment that strengthened his spiritual power and stabilized his Soul Power foundation.
• At the Blacksmith Shop, Ye Xiaobao's voice awakened a Great Soul Master from Ye Daqiang's sales pitch, causing the customer to leave, and Ye Daqiang asked why the cousins had come.

Ye Xiaobao bought back his family’s Blacksmith Shop from his uncle for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and reassured Ye Dabao before they prepared to leave. Later, Yun Chuan welcomed him at the Nolan Street Church, where Ye Xiaobao asked where the person he sought was being held.

• Ye Daqiang threatened Ye Xiaobao and Ye Dabao when Ye Xiaobao asked to buy back the Blacksmith Shop.
• Ye Xiaobao questioned his uncle about their parents’ deaths, but his uncle claimed he did not know who had killed them.
• Their uncle demanded ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for the shop, and Ye Xiaobao produced the money and received the property deed.
• Ye Dabao celebrated having the Blacksmith Shop back, then refused a new house and accepted a Gold Soul Card from Ye Xiaobao.
• Yun Chuan met Ye Xiaobao at the Nolan Street Church and told him the person he sought was waiting in the hall.

Ye Xiaobao interrogated his Uncle in the church hall and learned that members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had killed his parents. Overcome by rage, he lost control of his Soul Power, and his first Soul Ring exploded as its power flowed into his martial soul.

• Ye Xiaobao confronted his bound Uncle in the church hall and demanded to know who had killed his parents.
• Yun Chuan revealed that he was a bishop who served Ye Xiaobao, while Dong Bo's eight Soul Rings and pressure subdued the Uncle.
• Ye Xiaobao's Uncle confessed that members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had killed Ye Xiaobao's parents and paid him one thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Xiaobao swore to kill the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and his three Soul Rings appeared as his Soul Power surged out of control.
• Ye Xiaobao's Great Sage Equal to Heaven martial soul began to awaken, and his first Soul Ring shattered into Soul Power.

Ye Xiaobao’s soul rings shattered as their Soul Power awakened his Great Sage Equal to Heaven Martial Soul and granted him three powerful soul skills. He spared Yun Chuan by binding him with divine consciousness and ordered him to protect Ye Dabao, while he looked toward growing strong enough to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Ye Xiaobao’s second and third soul rings shattered, and the Soul Power from the ten-thousand-year ring let him fully open his eyes and awaken his Martial Soul.
• Ye Xiaobao activated the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, whose aura overwhelmed Yun Chuan and Dong Bo, and learned that he had gained the Immobilization Technique, Transformation Method, and External Avatar.
• Ye Xiaobao realized his awakened Martial Soul greatly boosted his Soul Power but could only remain active for about a minute, and that advancing would require far more Soul Power than usual.
• Yun Chuan knelt and pledged loyalty, so Ye Xiaobao planted divine consciousness in his sea of consciousness to ensure he could not betray him.
• Ye Xiaobao found that his Uncle had died, then ordered Yun Chuan to protect Ye Dabao and report any danger immediately.

Ye Xiaobao sparred with Demon Subduing Douluo, leaving Hu Liena stunned by the gap in their strength, then spent five years cultivating. The chapter ended with Hu Liena summoning him to see Bibi Dong and accidentally walking in while he was naked.

• Yun Chuan vowed to protect Ye Xiaobao after being promised a place among Spirit Hall's upper ranks.
• Ye Xiaobao returned to Spirit Hall, where Hu Liena challenged him to a rematch and he refused.
• Demon Subduing Douluo sparred with Ye Xiaobao, who held out for more than 120 moves before conceding.
• Hu Liena watched the spar and realized Ye Xiaobao's strength far surpassed her own.
• Ye Xiaobao spent five years cultivating, then Hu Liena barged into his room to tell him Bibi Dong wanted to see him.
• Ye Xiaobao hurriedly dressed after Hu Liena saw him naked, then fled the room.

Bibi Dong approved Ye Xiaobao’s trip to the Heaven Dou Empire and gave him a Head Spirit Bone before he left to gain experience. She then arranged for Demon Subduing Douluo to protect him by making him Ye Xiaobao’s future master.

• Hu Liena waited while Ye Xiaobao dressed, and he hurried to meet Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong approved Ye Xiaobao’s plan to gain experience in the Heaven Dou Empire, warned him to hide his strength, and gave him a Head Spirit Bone.
• After Ye Xiaobao left, Bibi Dong summoned Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo to discuss protecting him.
• Demon Subduing Douluo offered to become Ye Xiaobao’s master so he could accompany and protect him, and Bibi Dong agreed that Ye Xiaobao would formally accept him after returning.

Ye Xiaobao absorbed the Wisdom Skull Spirit Bone, reaching level forty-nine and gaining enhanced spiritual power and new abilities for Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze. He then traveled to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qin Ming received him and Dong Bo after the entrance guard initially refused them entry.

• Ye Xiaobao trained in the tenfold gravity array before absorbing the Wisdom Skull Spirit Bone, using Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze to destroy the lingering will inside it.
• The Spirit Bone fused with Ye Xiaobao, greatly strengthening his spiritual power and granting him the ability to attack with his eyes and see through objects.
• Ye Xiaobao reached level forty-nine and decided to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire, where he expected Tang San to arrive at Shrek with a fifth Soul Ring.
• A guard refused to admit Ye Xiaobao and Dong Bo to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, even after Ye Xiaobao offered Gold Soul Coins.
• Dong Bo revealed all eight of his Soul Rings, impressing the onlookers and prompting the guard to report their arrival.
• Qin Ming came out to receive Ye Xiaobao and Dong Bo, then led them into the academy and explained its student ranks.

Dong Lin and Ye Xiaobao sought places at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the Education Committee accepted them after learning Dong Lin was a level-eighty-nine Soul Douluo and confirming Ye Xiaobao was only twelve. Prince Xue Xing arrived with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and the chapter left them presenting Dugu Yan as another genius for the academy.

• Dong Lin introduced himself to Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin as a level-eighty-nine Soul Douluo seeking a trustworthy place to cultivate and train his disciple.
• Ye Xiaobao claimed to be a level-thirty-one Soul Elder, and Meng Shenji confirmed his bone age was twelve, exciting the committee members.
• An announcement interrupted the committee as Prince Xue Xing arrived with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Prince Xue Xing warmly greeted Dong Lin after learning his Soul Power level and took seats with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Prince Xue Xing praised Dugu Yan's level-thirty-five Soul Power and urged the committee to admit her to the Heavenly Dou Rank.