Chapter Summaries

You Chen confronted Bai Hu after pursuing the Soul Emperor who had taken Hu Liena away, then fought him to protect his disciple. You Chen overwhelmed the higher-ranked Bai Hu and left him shocked by a Soul King's strength.

• You Chen secretly followed Bai Hu and Hu Liena after tracking Tang Hao's faint aura.
• You Chen confronted Bai Hu in an open plain and accused Hu Liena of attacking his disciple.
• Bai Hu identified himself as a level 64 Agility Attack System Battle Soul Emperor, and You Chen revealed himself as a level 54 Soul King.
• You Chen attacked Hu Liena, forcing Bai Hu to shield her with his fourth soul skill and fight back.
• You Chen kept up his assault while concealing much of his strength, wounded Bai Hu, and made him question how a Soul King could be so powerful.

You Chen continued to dominate Bai Hu, whose poor fighting spirit and judgment undermined his Soul Emperor strength. Bai Hu unleashed his sixth soul skill, but You Chen countered it with Wind Dragon's Roar and asked whether Bai Hu would keep fighting.

• You Chen judged Bai Hu's combat ability to be far below his rank and struck him as Bai Hu tried to retreat.
• Bai Hu released Hu Liena from the cocoon and used his sixth soul skill to launch a high-speed attack.
• You Chen used Storm Airflow and Starlight Avatar to disrupt Bai Hu's first strike and draw out the second.
• You Chen boosted his Wind Dragon's Roar with Force of Gale and blasted Bai Hu with a fast, concentrated beam of air blades.
• You Chen asked Bai Hu whether he would continue fighting after seeing that he was outmatched.

You Chen defeated Bai Hu and let him flee with Hu Liena, relying on a concealed spiritual mark to track them. Meanwhile, Tang Hao interpreted You Chen’s conflict with Bibi Dong as a reason not to oppose him, which was exactly what You Chen wanted.

• You Chen tried to persuade Bai Hu to let him punish Hu Liena without involving Bibi Dong, but Bai Hu refused and flew away with her.
• Bai Hu used his fifth soul skill to escape at high speed, while You Chen relied on a concealed spiritual mark on Hu Liena to follow them.
• You Chen reasoned that Bai Hu’s injuries and Soul Power expenditure would force him to stop and recover, then pursued him with his dragon wings.
• Tang Hao emerged after You Chen left and concluded that You Chen’s strained relationship with Bibi Dong made him a potential ally against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao decided he had no reason to make trouble for You Chen, fulfilling You Chen’s aim of reducing the danger Tang Hao posed.

Tang Hao followed You Chen and reflected on how You Chen’s methods had changed the Soul Master world. You Chen tracked Bai Hu to a hidden cave and killed him, leaving Hu Liena’s situation unresolved.

• Tang Hao secretly followed You Chen and recognized how his strength and theories had changed the Soul Master world.
• You Chen tracked Bai Hu to a concealed cave, where Bai Hu offered to look the other way if You Chen stopped pursuing him.
• You Chen attacked Bai Hu without warning, destroying his arm and one wing with Wind Dragon's Roar.
• Bai Hu tried to flee after begging for mercy, but his damaged wing sent him crashing to the ground.
• You Chen severed Bai Hu’s head, and Bai Hu died regretting his wasted potential and wondering why You Chen had killed him.

You Chen killed Bai Hu, the guard secretly assigned to protect Hu Liena, then woke Hu Liena outside Notting City and confronted her over using her spiritual abilities on You Xing. He frightened her with his overwhelming spiritual power, leaving her trapped in a vision of a towering black giant.

• You Chen killed Bai Hu, and Tang Hao realized the conflict between You Chen and the Pope's faction had become irreconcilable.
• You Chen disposed of Bai Hu's body, checked that Hu Liena was still unconscious, and returned to the wilderness outside Notting City.
• You Chen woke Hu Liena, who panicked and warned him that Bibi Dong would punish him if he harmed her.
• You Chen told Hu Liena he was not afraid of Bibi Dong and accused her of using her spiritual abilities on You Xing.
• You Chen's spiritual power overwhelmed Hu Liena's senses, making him appear as a colossal black giant in a dark, twisted world.

You Chen frightened Hu Liena with the Soul Shocking Tactic, leaving a lasting fear tied to his presence, while Tang Hao secretly witnessed the attack. Back at his residence, You Chen reviewed the rewards for completing the Tang San and Yu Xiaogang missions and found an exceptionally valuable haul.

• You Chen used the Soul Shocking Tactic to terrify Hu Liena and planted a Seed of Fear that would make her fear him whenever they met.
• Tang Hao watched Hu Liena recover, realized You Chen had used a terrifying spiritual technique, and learned of a potential handle he could use against him.
• Hu Liena forgot what had happened, avoided Notting City, and set out to find clean water before returning to Spirit City.
• You Chen returned to his heavily defended residence and checked the system records, which showed that the Tang San and Yu Xiaogang missions were complete.
• You Chen received numerous pills, a Soul Ring Age Increase Card, special rewards, an Adaptive Optimal-Age Torso Bone, and Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength.

You Chen assessed the mission rewards and decided that the Adaptive Soul Bone was too valuable to use before his martial soul evolved further. He recognized Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength as a way to strengthen his weakest cultivation origin, while leaving the story with the technique at entry level and his balanced Essence, Qi, and Spirit approach unchanged.

• You Chen reflected that abandoning Kendall's mission had led him to Yu Xiaogang's mission and helped him discover that his You Xing account could trigger missions.
• You Chen examined the Adaptive Soul Bone, judged its current compatibility and age limits inadequate for his evolving martial soul, and stored it for later.
• You Chen recognized Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength as the most valuable reward and learned that it could eventually let a Titled Douluo match a God King physically.
• You Chen decided that the technique's entry level was sufficient for now and would keep strengthening his body in balance with his cultivation of Qi and Spirit.
• You Chen explained that he had deliberately slowed his mental cultivation to avoid reaching the tangible and substantial realm before breaking through to Soul Sage.

You Chen used the Muscle and Marrow Cleansing reward, which improved his body’s potential and appearance, then activated his first Glimpse of Origin. The vision left him face to face with the Stardust Dragon, whose mastery of three attribute powers he hoped to comprehend.

• You Chen concluded that his dragon bloodline and soul-rank limits would soon be addressed by his cultivation and future Martial Soul Evolution.
• You Chen used Muscle and Marrow Cleansing, enduring nearly an hour of sensations as his body’s potential, soul power circulation, and spiritual power circulation improved.
• You Chen examined his transformed jade-like skin and more defined features, and sensed that his body had become lighter and easier to control.
• You Chen chose to use his first Glimpse of Origin, entering a flow state cut off from outside perception.
• You Chen saw the blue-white Stardust Dragon appear in a dark vision, spreading its wings amid drifting stardust.

You Chen entered a profound state that blurred the boundary between himself and the Stardust Dragon, allowing him to understand and control his martial soul’s source power. He mastered autonomous dragon transformation and classified his abilities, leaving him with a clearer sense of the Stardust Dragon’s potential and how it compared with other martial souls.

• You Chen sensed himself as both the Stardust Dragon and a soul master, then encountered a white dragon whose golden-eyed will seemed to merge with him.
• You Chen returned from the Glimpse of Origin while maintaining Martial Soul Possession and absorbing starlight with effortless control.
• You Chen transformed his right leg into a powerful dragon’s leg and realized he could learn to transform other body parts into dragon form.
• You Chen concluded that Starlight Charging could help him achieve a Small Martial Soul True Body before becoming a Soul Sage.
• You Chen established a six-point scale for Special Abilities and rated his complete dragon transformation and Starlight Charging together as a three-point ability.

You Chen used his remaining “Glimpse of Origin” reward to deepen his understanding of the Stardust Dragon and gain precise control over its origin power. He reached the “Subtlety” realm, a rare level of mastery, and confirmed that his Self-Transformed Starlight Avatar had become far more stable.

• You Chen chose to use “Glimpse of Origin” immediately, entering the spiritual world and refining his understanding of the Stardust Dragon’s origin power.
• You Chen tested his Self-Transformed Starlight Avatar and found that it could remain stable for hours without his constant attention, though it failed if it moved beyond his mental connection.
• You Chen analyzed records and named his new level of origin-power control the “Subtlety” realm.
• You Chen recalled that even many Limit Douluo had not reached Subtlety because it required exceptional comprehension, and he compared its improved control over power to Yan’s Flame Lord ability, Fire Rock Control.

You Chen absorbed the rewards from his recent gains, including pills that increased his soul power and combat strength, and judged that he could now challenge weaker Soul Sages. The story then shifted back to Tang San, who visited Yu Xiaogang after completing his Spirit Hall registration and was stopped by Su Yuntao.

• You Chen reasoned that Yan’s Fire Rock Control could stack with Subtlety and outlined the higher stages of martial soul origin control, including the Spirit Realm.
• You Chen took an Intermediate Experience Pill and gained roughly half a level of soul power.
• You Chen considered how auxiliary combat pills could raise his strength enough to contend with Soul Sages who used their Martial Soul Avatars.
• Tang San recovered from being knocked unconscious, carried his roommates back to the dormitory, and went to Spirit Hall to complete his registration.
• Tang San ran into Su Yuntao, exchanged pleasantries, and was stopped as he prepared to leave; Su Yuntao asked whether he had taken Yu Xiaogang as his teacher.

Su Yuntao told Tang San that You Chen had ordered Spirit Hall to deny Yu Xiaogang his subsidy and bar him from entering. Tang San returned to Yu Xiaogang, who identified You Chen as the likely source, leaving Tang San furious and demanding to know why he was targeting his teacher.

• Su Yuntao relayed You Chen’s insulting order to bar Yu Xiaogang from Spirit Hall and stop his subsidy.
• Tang San angrily challenged Su Yuntao, but Su Yuntao refused to identify who had issued the order.
• Su Yuntao privately welcomed the humiliation of Yu Xiaogang, while You Chen considered the political advantages of enforcing the ban.
• Tang San returned to Yu Xiaogang and suggested they argue with Spirit Hall, but Yu Xiaogang reasoned that a newly arrived senior figure must be behind the change.
• Tang San realized Yu Xiaogang meant You Chen and demanded to know why he was targeting his teacher.

After hearing Yu Xiaogang’s account of You Chen, Tang San decided to confront him and demand an explanation for his teacher. Despite Yu Xiaogang’s alarm, the two arrived at You Chen’s manor.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to tell him everything he knew about You Chen, while Yu Xiaogang gave him a slanted account.
• Tang San judged that his Godly Zhuge Crossbow was unlikely to threaten You Chen, whose strength was at least that of a Soul Ancestor.
• The next morning, Tang San went to the Blacksmith Shop, learned from Shi San that his hammer technique was the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and forged a Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he wanted to demand an explanation from You Chen, and Yu Xiaogang tried to dissuade him while secretly welcoming the plan.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang went together to the gates of You Chen’s manor.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San visited You Chen's estate, where Yu Xiaogang was caught by a hidden trap before You Chen released him. Tang San demanded to know why You Chen had humiliated his teacher, and You Chen dismissed Yu Xiaogang as an academic scum and said even humiliating him ten thousand times would not be enough.

• Yu Xiaogang entered You Chen's estate and was caught upside down by a hidden trap while Tang San surveyed the other traps.
• Tang San began working out a safe way to rescue Yu Xiaogang as You Chen emerged with the boy who had defeated Tang San the previous day.
• You Chen released Yu Xiaogang and told him and Tang San to leave.
• Tang San confronted You Chen and demanded an explanation for his treatment of Yu Xiaogang.
• You Chen called Yu Xiaogang an academic scum and said humiliating him ten thousand times would still not be enough.

Tang San confronted You Chen over his treatment of Yu Xiaogang, then tried to challenge You Xing to restore his teacher’s honor. You Chen unexpectedly offered to take back some of his criticism if Tang San could defeat You Xing.

• You Chen said he had no personal grudge against Yu Xiaogang and had humiliated him because he considered him an academic disgrace.
• You Xing told Tang San that You Chen did not need to justify himself and ordered Tang San to leave.
• Tang San renewed his challenge to You Xing, claiming a one-on-one fight would let him use his full strength.
• You Xing questioned whether Tang San could fare better alone than he had in the group that You Xing defeated, then said genius was only the threshold for facing him.
• You Chen softened his manner toward Tang San and offered to take back some of his remarks about Yu Xiaogang if Tang San defeated You Xing.

You Chen arranged a duel between Tang San and You Xing after Tang San claimed he had a dangerous trump card. The two entered the Martial Arts Arena, where Tang San launched the first attack while You Xing remained still without releasing his martial soul.

• Tang San accepted the mission rewards and agreed that the duel would decide whether he or You Xing was stronger.
• Tang San warned that his destructive trump card could cause an accident and argued that You Chen's intervention would count as his victory.
• You Chen asked You Xing whether he would accept the duel, and You Xing agreed, calling Tang San barely worth sparring with.
• You Chen led Tang San, You Xing, and Yu Xiaogang to the Martial Arts Arena and took a position as referee.
• Tang San warned You Xing not to let him cause harm, then charged with Blue Silver Grass ready to strike, while You Xing stood calmly without summoning his martial soul.

Tang San challenged You Xing again, relying on hidden weapons to make up for Blue Silver Grass’s weakness. You Xing caught Tang San’s surprise Sleeve Arrow attack, leaving Tang San shocked.

• Tang San resolved that his previous defeat had come from failing to use hidden weapons, not from You Xing’s age or strength.
• Tang San attacked You Xing with Blue Silver Grass, but You Xing punched into the vines and yanked them apart.
• Tang San used a spread of Blue Silver Grass to conceal his approach through Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San fired three Sleeve Arrows at You Xing’s heart from behind, but You Xing activated Martial Soul Possession and caught all three between his fingers.

Tang San used his hidden weapons against You Xing, but You Xing caught the Silent Sleeve Arrows and pressed him with overwhelming speed. Tang San warned You Chen about the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and the fight gave way to an awkward discussion of its maker and a possible order.

• You Xing caught Tang San’s Silent Sleeve Arrows and threw them back, then closed in as Tang San evaded him with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San judged that You Xing’s speed and unused soul skill left him at a disadvantage, so he took out the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Tang San warned You Chen that the crossbow could threaten Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors, hoping the referee would stop the duel.
• You Chen praised the hidden weapons and credited Yu Xiaogang with inventing them, prompting Tang San to insist that he had made them himself.
• You Chen offered to order a hundred Godly Zhuge Crossbows, and Tang San eagerly quoted a price of five hundred Gold Soul Coins each.

Tang San agreed to wager one hundred Godly Zhuge Crossbows in his duel with You Xing after You Xing argued that both sides should risk something. The match resumed with You Chen poised to gain the crossbows if Tang San lost.

• Tang San settled on selling You Chen one hundred Godly Zhuge Crossbows for fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, despite Yu Xiaogang's attempts to stop him.
• You Chen promised he would honor the purchase, while Tang San privately compared his bearing favorably to Yu Xiaogang's.
• You Xing reminded Tang San that their duel was still underway and challenged him to put up a stake if he lost.
• You Xing proposed that Tang San forge one hundred Godly Zhuge Crossbows for You Chen, with You Chen supplying the materials, if Tang San lost.
• Tang San accepted the wager, and You Xing took his stance to resume the duel.

Tang San challenged You Xing with his hidden weapons but could not overcome You Xing’s overwhelming speed and scaled defense. He exhausted his Soul Power and collapsed, leaving You Xing unharmed.

• You Xing charged at Tang San, who used Purple Demon Eyes to track him and attacked with Flicking Arrow Hand, but the weapons failed to pierce his scales.
• Tang San fired his Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and You Xing dodged every bolt.
• Tang San used Chasing the Moon Meteor, but the pellets only left faint white marks on You Xing’s chest.
• Tang San lost his composure and hurled more hidden weapons at You Xing, who allowed some attacks to land and baited out the crossbow’s remaining shots.
• Tang San ran out of Soul Power and collapsed, realizing he had given everything he had without harming You Xing.