Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Heavenly Star Academy after a year away and saw how much the inner academy had grown. Lu Yuan met Liu Erlong at the academy office and explained why he had been gone; the group left their next steps open as they discussed forming a team.

• Lu Yuan and Ferros entered Heavenly Star Academy and headed straight for the inner academy to attend to business.
• Ferros told Lu Yuan that the academy had expanded, with Dragon King Hall funding new inner academy facilities, though the inner academy had only a little over twenty students.
• Lu Yuan reaffirmed that the inner academy should keep strict standards for admitting talented students.
• Ferros explained that Liu Erlong managed the inner academy’s student records and could advise Lu Yuan on choosing team members.
• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing met Liu Erlong, who asked where they had been; Lu Yuan said an urgent matter had kept them away and thanked her for handling the academy’s affairs.

Lu Yuan returned to Heavenly Star Academy to form a team for the upcoming Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament. He learned that a thirteen-year-old Golden Dragon Soul Ancestor named Wang Qiu'er had joined the inner academy and realized she was his younger sister, then went to find her.

• Liu Erlong chided Lu Yuan for neglecting the academy, and he said his father and Liu Erlong would continue managing it.
• Lu Yuan explained that he needed to select the academy's tournament team and asked Liu Erlong about talented inner academy students.
• Liu Erlong told Lu Yuan that Wang Qiu'er was a thirteen-year-old level forty-five Soul Ancestor with the Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• Lu Yuan recognized Wang Qiu'er as his younger sister, who had been living with Gu Yuena, and worried about how she had left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lu Yuan and Liu Erlong headed to the teaching building to find Wang Qiu'er and finalize the tournament team.

Lu Yuan returned to the inner academy to announce his plans to form a team and found Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and his younger sister Wang Qiu'er among the students. He recognized Wang Qiu'er, who had secretly left the Star Dou Great Forest, and decided to speak with her later.

• Lu Yuan chose to visit the second-floor class and waited outside until the lesson ended.
• Lu Yuan entered the classroom with Zhu Zhuqing, Liu Erlong, and Ferros to address the inner academy students.
• Lu Yuan noticed that Dugu Yan had reached level forty-seven and Ning Rongrong had reached level forty-two.
• Lu Yuan recognized Wang Qiu'er as his younger sister, the transformed Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and glared at her for leaving the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wang Qiu'er realized Lu Yuan was angry and tried to win him over with a pitiful expression.

Lu Yuan announced Heavenly Star Academy’s squad for the upcoming Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament and defended his choices before the students. He left the chosen members with three months to train together, setting the championship as their sole goal.

• Lu Yuan addressed the inner academy students and said the squad had been selected based on strength and fairness.
• Lu Yuan named himself captain and Zhu Zhuqing vice-captain; after a student objected, Zhu Zhuqing revealed she was a fourteen-year-old rank fifty-one Soul King with a ten-thousand-year fourth ring.
• Lu Yuan named Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Fu Qinsheng, Ling Wei, and Wang Qiu'er as the other official members, and Jiang Zhu and Jing Ling as substitutes.
• Lu Yuan explained that Huang Yuan and Tailong were not selected because the squad already had enough assault-type Spirit Masters.
• Lu Yuan told the nine squad members they had three months to work together and declared that their goal was to win the championship.

Lu Yuan assembled the selected team members and spoke with Fu Qinsheng and Ling Wei about their roles and preparations for the upcoming competition. He encouraged Dugu Yan to reach Soul King and condense her poison core, then left the team to begin training in three days.

• Lu Yuan announced that the team’s goal was the championship and said formal training would begin in three days.
• Lu Yuan recognized Fu Qinsheng from their past meeting and told him to call him captain at the academy.
• Lu Yuan learned that Ling Wei was Ling Ruoxu’s grandson and promised him and Fu Qinsheng Spirit Enhancement Pills to help raise their Soul Power.
• Lu Yuan asked Dugu Yan whether her poison had relapsed, and she said the medicine he had made was still effective.
• Lu Yuan urged Dugu Yan to reach Soul King and condense her poison core, and told her that more Spirit Enhancement Pills would not help after the five she had taken.

Lu Yuan reunited with Ning Rongrong, whose feelings for him remained strong despite his reservations about accepting her. He praised her growth over the past year and agreed to make Soul Tools for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving her bold enough to kiss his cheek.

• Lu Yuan recognized Dugu Yan's affection but decided not to encourage it because he already had four girlfriends.
• Ning Rongrong rushed into Lu Yuan's arms when they reunited, then asked where he and Zhu Zhuqing had been during the past year.
• Lu Yuan apologized for leaving Ning Rongrong alone and praised her for reaching level forty-two through hard work and the Aromatic Silk Beauty's aid.
• Ning Rongrong asked Lu Yuan to make Soul Tools for her sect, and he agreed to do so before the tournament.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Lu Yuan by kissing him on the cheek, leaving him stiff with surprise.

Lu Yuan reunited with Wang Qiu'er, who had left to see him because she missed him, and gently reprimanded her for coming out alone. He learned that Na'er knew and had allowed her to go, while Ning Rongrong's bold feelings for him remained on display.

• Lu Yuan realized Ning Rongrong had grown bolder, and Ma Xiaotao teased him by asking whether Ning Rongrong was his fifth girlfriend.
• Lu Yuan introduced Ma Xiaotao as a Dragon King Hall elder who protected him and revealed that she was thirty years old and a level ninety-five Super Douluo.
• Lu Yuan called Ma Xiaotao a tomboy, prompting her to glare at him, then invited Wang Qiu'er to come closer.
• Wang Qiu'er leapt into Lu Yuan's arms and said she had come because she missed him.
• Lu Yuan scolded Wang Qiu'er for leaving alone, but eased up when she said Na'er knew and had permitted her to go.

Lu Yuan discovered that Gu Yuena had sent Wang Qiu'er out with Zi Ji as her bodyguard, and he brought both of them into his Dragon King Hall plans. Wang Qiu'er stayed close to Lu Yuan as he introduced her to the others.

• Lu Yuan learned that Gu Yuena had allowed Wang Qiu'er to leave the Star Dou Great Forest and ordered her to obey him, with Zi Ji guarding her.
• Lu Yuan spotted Zi Ji despite her concealment, and she admitted that Gu Yuena had sent her to protect Wang Qiu'er.
• Zi Ji relayed Gu Yuena's message, and Lu Yuan invited her and Wang Qiu'er to join his Dragon King Hall, assigning Zi Ji to manage his planned Dragon King Guard.
• Lu Yuan promised that Wang Qiu'er would stay with him under the protection of Sister Xiaotao and Old Long, and she agreed while clinging to his arm.
• Lu Yuan introduced Wang Qiu'er as his younger sister, and Ning Rongrong marveled at her beauty.

Lu Yuan brought Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Wang Qiu'er to the Dragon King Hall, then summoned Ferros to the Enforcement Hall. He offered Ferros a Primordial Immortal Herb that could raise his strength and aptitude, but Ferros initially refused because he thought it was too precious.

• Lu Yuan introduced Wang Qiu'er to Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing, who welcomed her.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan chose to visit the Dragon King Hall with Lu Yuan, and Ma Xiaotao brought Ferros to join them.
• At the Dragon King Hall, Lu Yuan asked Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Xiaotao to show the others around while he took Ferros to the Enforcement Hall.
• Lu Yuan told Ferros he planned to help him reach Soul King and presented him with a Primordial Immortal Herb.
• Ferros urged Lu Yuan to keep the herb, but Lu Yuan explained that he and the others had already consumed immortal herbs and had saved this one for Ferros.

Lu Yuan gave Ferros a Primordial Immortal Herb, helping him evolve his Martial Soul and break through to Soul King before arranging a powerful fifth soul ring for him. Later, Lu Yuan told Zhu Zhuqing he planned to form a Dragon King Guard under Zi Ji, and she questioned his choice of commander.

• Lu Yuan gave Ferros the Primordial Immortal Herb, and Ferros absorbed it to break through to level fifty Soul King.
• Lu Yuan obtained a fifteen-thousand-year Crimson Flame Three-Headed Wolf soul ring for Ferros, whose Crimson Flame Hound evolved into the Hellfire Demon Hound and whose cultivation rose to level fifty-two.
• Lu Yuan woke beside Zhu Zhuqing and told her he planned to establish a thirty-six-member Dragon King Guard, beginning with eighteen Soul Sages drawn from the three halls.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lu Yuan whether he intended to put Zi Ji in charge of the Dragon King Guard.

Lu Yuan discussed appointing Zi Ji to lead the Dragon King Guard and announced the Guard’s formation at the Dragon King Hall. He also named Wang Qiu'er the Hall’s Holy Daughter, and its assembled leaders accepted the decision.

• Lu Yuan assured Zhu Zhuqing that Zi Ji would temporarily lead the Dragon King Guard because he trusted her through Na'er, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted his judgment.
• Lu Yuan teased Zhu Zhuqing about being jealous of Wang Qiu'er and kissed her.
• Lu Yuan announced that the Dragon King Guard would begin with eighteen members, six chosen by each of the three hall heads, and that Zi Ji would command it.
• Lu Yuan proposed appointing his thirteen-year-old sister Wang Qiu'er, a rank forty-six War Spirit Grandmaster with the Golden Dragon Super Spirit, as Holy Daughter.
• The gathered Dragon King Hall leaders raised no objections, and Lu Yuan declared Wang Qiu'er the Hall’s highest-ranking member beneath him.

Over three months, Lu Yuan advanced his Soul Tool forging and alchemy while training the Heavenly Star Squad for the approaching Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament. The squad had become much more coordinated, and Lu Yuan gathered them after training to discuss something as the preliminary matches drew near.

• Wang Qiu'er accepted the Dragon King Token from Lu Yuan and was hailed as the Holy Daughter by the Dragon King Hall.
• Lu Yuan forged Soul Tools and refined pills, reaching the bottleneck of a Rank 7 Soul Engineer and creating a top-grade Spirit Enhancement Pill, Longevity Pills, and Youth Preservation Pills.
• Lu Yuan trained the Heavenly Star Squad in seven-against-one battles, repeatedly defeating them while their strength and teamwork improved.
• Lu Yuan judged that the squad could reach the finals but might need him and Zhu Zhuqing to compete to secure total victory.
• After another training session, Lu Yuan told the squad to get up because he had something to discuss with them.

Lu Yuan briefed the Heavenly Star Squad on the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, which would begin in three days, and its rules. He left the team to prepare for the preliminaries without him or Zhu Zhuqing, unless an unusual situation arose.

• Lu Yuan announced that the tournament would begin in three days at the former Heaven Dou Grand Spirit Arena, and the squad eagerly welcomed the news.
• Dugu Yan praised the squad’s strength after three months of training, and Lu Yuan explained the tournament’s preliminaries, advancement round, and finals.
• Lu Yuan demanded that the squad win every match, and the members said they understood.
• Lu Yuan said he and Zhu Zhuqing would sit out the preliminaries unless necessary, and he appointed Fu Qinsheng to command the team.
• Lu Yuan ended team training and told everyone to rest before their opening match in three days.

Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing discussed the new Heavenly Star Academy uniforms and Ning Rongrong’s feelings for him before Lu Yuan’s team arrived at the packed Heaven Dou Grand Spirit Arena. After registering their squad, they headed to the participating academies’ rest area ahead of the opening ceremony.

• Zhu Zhuqing showed Lu Yuan the simple white-and-silver team uniform, which Ning Rongrong had suggested.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Yuan that Ning Rongrong had changed and that he could accept her if he wanted, but Lu Yuan said he would let things happen naturally.
• Lu Yuan’s team arrived at the crowded Heaven Dou Grand Spirit Arena alongside Dragon King Hall’s powerful representatives and Heavenly Star Academy’s staff.
• Ferros and Liu Erlong registered Lu Yuan’s squad, including Jing Ling and Jiang Zhu as substitutes.
• Ferros led Lu Yuan and the others toward the academy rest area before the opening ceremony and matches.

Lu Yuan and the Heavenly Star Squad entered the tournament rest area and attracted the attention of several rival academies. Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, followed by Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er, decided to approach him, leaving the teams aware that he would be a formidable opponent.

• Lu Yuan led the Heavenly Star Squad into the rest area, where their presence and his appearance drew attention from other Spirit Masters.
• Huo Wu recognized Lu Yuan as the Spirit Master who had defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy four years earlier, and Huo Wushuang agreed to go meet him.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang headed toward Lu Yuan to learn more about a possible tournament opponent.
• Shui Yue'er recognized Lu Yuan and urged Shui Bing'er to meet her male idol.
• Shui Bing'er agreed to accompany Shui Yue'er to approach Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan’s group settled in the tournament venue before the opening ceremony, where Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Shui Bing’er, and her sister approached him. After Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er briefly challenged each other, Huo Wushuang greeted Lu Yuan and introduced his sister.

• Zhu Zhuqing noticed people watching Lu Yuan, who explained that they were old acquaintances from his clash with Heaven Dou Royal Academy four years earlier.
• Lu Yuan led his group to an empty area and urged them to prepare to win their first preliminary match decisively.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang approached from one side while Shui Bing’er and her sister approached from the other.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er exchanged challenging stares, but Lu Yuan interrupted them and asked why they had come.
• Huo Wushuang greeted Lu Yuan, recalled his battle at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and introduced Huo Wu.

Lu Yuan agreed to fight Huo Wu if Heavenly Star Academy faced Blazing Fire Academy in the preliminaries. He then met Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er of Skywater Academy, while Huo Wushuang and Shui Bing'er worried about Huo Wu's challenge.

• Huo Wu challenged Lu Yuan to a match, and Lu Yuan agreed to compete if their academies met in the preliminaries.
• Huo Wu insisted Blazing Fire Academy could surprise Lu Yuan, while Huo Wushuang feared Lu Yuan would overwhelm his team.
• Shui Bing'er doubted Huo Wu understood the gap between her strength and Lu Yuan's.
• Lu Yuan greeted Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and Shui Yue'er reacted to him with open admiration.

Shui Yue'er and Huo Wu traded insults over Lu Yuan, nearly provoking a fight before he calmed them down. Huo Wu left after reminding Lu Yuan of their promised match, and Shui Bing'er took Shui Yue'er back to Skywater Academy as the opening ceremony approached.

• Shui Yue'er praised Lu Yuan and was delighted when he called her adorable, prompting Huo Wu to call her lovestruck.
• Shui Yue'er mocked Huo Wu as a hot-tempered tomboy, and Huo Wu moved to attack her while Shui Bing'er and Huo Wushuang intervened.
• Lu Yuan stepped between the two sides and asked them not to fight, and Huo Wu agreed to leave while reminding him of their agreement to battle Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Wushuang left with Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er led the reluctant Shui Yue'er back toward Skywater Academy.
• Lu Yuan sat down and waited for the opening ceremony.

Lu Yuan and the Heavenly Star Academy team waited for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament’s opening ceremony, then entered the arena. The chapter leaves them at the tournament plaza as Lu Yuan recognizes the VIP guests, including Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo.

• Wang Qiu'er complained to Lu Yuan about the long wait, and he reassured her that the opening ceremony was about to begin.
• Lu Yuan gathered the Heavenly Star Academy team and followed a staff member into the tournament plaza.
• Ning Rongrong spotted her father, Ning Fengzhi, in the VIP section, and Lu Yuan recognized several other guests there.
• Dugu Yan explained that her grandfather, Dugu Bo, represented Dragon King Hall in the VIP section because its other senior figures avoided public appearances.
• Lu Yuan praised Dugu Bo for handling the role thoughtfully, pleasing Dugu Yan.

Heavenly Star Academy entered the tournament plaza as the announcer revealed that its captain, Lu Yuan, was the famous Heaven Dou Grand Spirit Arena fighter Imperial Dragon. Lu Yuan stayed composed amid the crowd’s cheers, while Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian discussed his upcoming match with her.

• The announcer introduced Heavenly Star Academy and revealed that Lu Yuan was Imperial Dragon, famed for earning a Violet-Gold Spirit Badge in one month.
• The spectators recognized Lu Yuan and erupted into cheers, with his old fans chanting “Imperial Dragon.”
• Feng Xiaotian expressed surprise at Lu Yuan’s popularity, and Huo Wushuang teased him about being jealous.
• Feng Xiaotian praised Huo Wu and asked about her agreed fight with Lu Yuan; Huo Wu admitted she might lose but said she was not afraid.
• Lu Yuan remained calm as Heavenly Star Academy advanced through the plaza, while Ning Rongrong and Wang Qiu'er admired him.