Chapter Summaries

An infant carrying a soul from a higher plane arrived on Douluo Continent as Tang San lost contact with Wulin and the Silver Dragon King emerged to lead the Soul Beast Race. Six years later, Chen Yan began his Martial Soul awakening, and golden light erupted from the formation.

• An infant entered Douluo Continent with a soul from a higher plane merging into him, while Tang San discovered that his divine sense on Wulin had vanished.
• Staff at the Mingdu Children's Welfare Institute found the infant at their entrance and took him in.
• The Silver Dragon King emerged at the Lake of Life, rejected Di Tian's apology, and ordered the Soul Beast Race to conquer the human world.
• Six years later, Chen Yan entered a Martial Soul awakening formation after refusing a young Teacher's teasing request.
• Golden light burst from the formation as Chen Yan's Martial Soul awakening began, stunning him and the two Teachers.

Chen Yan awakened a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power, drawing the military’s attention. He bonded with a Golden Armor Dragon soul spirit and became a level-twelve soul master, while a silver-haired girl left Shrek City after receiving a family summons and wondered if he was the person she sought.

• Chen Yan awakened a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon martial soul, and the teachers confirmed his level-ten Innate Soul Power.
• The orphanage director and a military officer watched Chen Yan’s test, and the officer ordered his training raised to the highest tier.
• A silver-haired girl told Leng Yaozhu she had received a family summons, then left Shrek City and wondered whether Chen Yan was the person she sought.
• Aunt Yang took Chen Yan to the Spirit Pagoda, where he chose a six-hundred-and-seventy-year-old Golden Armor Dragon soul spirit.
• Chen Yan merged with the Golden Armor Dragon, whose body changed toward an Eastern dragon, and formed a dark yellow soul ring.
• Aunt Yang congratulated Chen Yan after his soul power rose to level twelve.

After awakening his Martial Soul, Chen Yan planned his future and tested his first Soul Skill before devoting himself to cultivation. Three days later, a silver-haired girl arrived in Mingdu, watched him from afar, and ordered her subordinate to negotiate for his release.

• Chen Yan weighed whether to join Shrek, the Tang Sect, or the Spirit Pagoda, then decided to pursue opportunities connected to the Tang Sect.
• Chen Yan activated his first Soul Skill, which covered his arms in golden scales and enhanced his defense, speed, and attacks at the cost of considerable soul power.
• Chen Yan trained obsessively for three days until he was pulled away from cultivation and made to read.
• A silver-haired girl arrived near Mingdu Children's Welfare Institute and watched Chen Yan, wondering whether he was the person she remembered.
• The girl ordered a shadow to negotiate with the welfare institute and bring Chen Yan out, then wondered whether he would help them again.

Chen Yan was told that a friend of his parents had come to take him away from the Orphanage, and he suspected the silver-haired girl with him might be a powerful dragon. The chapter ended as the girl introduced herself as Gu Yuena.

• The Orphanage director agreed to let Chen Yan leave with a man claiming to be his parents' friend, securing a yearly visitation right.
• Aunt Yang called Chen Yan out of class and brought him to the director's office.
• Chen Yan sensed a powerful dragon bloodline from the silver-haired girl and the middle-aged man waiting there.
• The director told Chen Yan that the middle-aged man would take him home and raise him, despite Aunt Yang's concerns.
• Gu Yuena stepped forward and introduced herself to Chen Yan.

Gu Yuena brought Chen Yan to her mansion and arranged a luxurious room and study for him. Chen Yan accepted her welcome and left the tour impressed by her wealth and hospitality.

• As Chen Yan rode with Gu Yuena, he worried about why she had found him and what she wanted.
• Gu Yuena asked Chen Yan his name, then shook his hand and asked him to take care of her from then on.
• Gu Yuena arrived at her mansion with Chen Yan and asked a maid to show them his prepared room.
• The maid showed Chen Yan a luxurious bedroom and a study stocked with books, including secret teachings.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Chen Yan was satisfied, and he was delighted by the accommodations.

Chen Yan explored the villa’s library and studied a manual on compressing soul power before joining Gu Yuena for dinner. After she personally served him food, Gu Yuena led him to a secret cultivation room filled with dense spiritual energy.

• Chen Yan found books on soul beasts, cultivation, and forging, then read a manual explaining soul power compression and its reliance on spiritual power and vital energy.
• A maid called Chen Yan to dinner and summoned Gu Yuena from the neighboring room.
• Gu Yuena took Chen Yan’s hand at the dining table and served him tuna belly and carefully prepared greens.
• Gu Yuena interrupted Chen Yan as he tried to leave and offered to take him to the cultivation room.
• Gu Yuena led Chen Yan through an iris-scanned door into a small chamber filled with nearly gaseous Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

Chen Yan reflected on the three years he had spent living and training under Gu Yuena, whose strength still overwhelmed him. At dinner, Gu Yuena told him they would ascend their spirits the next day and decided they would go to school in the second half of the year, while Chen Yan wondered why events involving Tang Wulin had not begun.

• Chen Yan returned to his luxurious room after visiting Gu Yuena’s treasure trove and thought about how much stronger she was than him.
• Gu Yuena served Chen Yan a large meal of nourishing foods, and the chapter described how his Soul Power and appearance had changed over the past three years.
• Gu Yuena told Chen Yan to accompany her to ascend their spirits the next day, and he agreed.
• Chen Yan asked whether they would return to school, and Gu Yuena said they would go in the second half of the year.
• Chen Yan wondered why Gu Yuena had not sought out Tang Wulin or shown any changes connected to the Golden Dragon King.

Chen Yan wrestled with his feelings for Gu Yuena, while she quietly watched over him from next door. Later, they entered the Heaven Dou City Spirit Transfer Pagoda's Spirit Ascension Platform, where Chen Yan began hunting spirits and planned to challenge the level's guardian for its spirit bone.

• Chen Yan forged a Thousand Refined Second Grade piece of metal, then returned to his room and fretted over Gu Yuena and the possible consequences of her having no connection to Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yuena sat on her balcony watching the darkened room next door, then vanished in a flash of silver.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena arrived at the Heaven Dou City Spirit Transfer Pagoda and entered consciousness pods to reach the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Gu Yuena suggested they raise their spirits before seeking the level's guardian and its spirit bone.
• Chen Yan killed a hundred-year Nine Section Emerald, absorbing part of its body as spiritual energy returned to the platform.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena hunted their way toward the Spirit Ascension Platform’s core region, where they sought a guardian beast’s soul bone. They survived the King of the Earth’s surprise attack, and Gu Yuena showed a trace of dissatisfaction as they prepared to face it.

• Chen Yan killed a Cloud Leopard with a punch, then finished it at Gu Yuena’s urging.
• Chen Yan killed three thousand-year Soul Beasts, fulfilling the conditions for his Soul Spirit’s ascension, while he and Gu Yuena continued toward the core region.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena entered a silent, dangerous area, and Gu Yuena warned him to prepare for battle.
• A distorted ring of light and a red attack forced Chen Yan to grab Gu Yuena and flee, but her teleportation left him stumbling; he pulled her into his arms and took the fall safely.
• The King of the Earth emerged after its attack missed, and Gu Yuena climbed out of Chen Yan’s arms with a trace of dissatisfaction.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena worked together to defeat the King of the Earth and claim its soul bone. Chen Yan refused the scorpion tail soul bone, while Gu Yuena stored it away and Chen Yan resolved to master the mysteries of time and space.

• Gu Yuena used her Dragon Might to halt the King of the Earth and blocked its retreat with an earthen wall.
• Chen Yan attacked the King of the Earth, which struck him with Magma Ground Split Strike while he was airborne.
• Gu Yuena blinded the King of the Earth with a flash of light, allowing Chen Yan to knock it down and kill it with his dragon claw.
• The King of the Earth's body vanished and left behind a fiery red tail soul bone, which Gu Yuena lifted with Wind Element.
• Chen Yan declined the soul bone, and Gu Yuena made it disappear as Chen Yan resolved to comprehend time and space.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena returned from the virtual world after discussing whether to ascend his second soul spirit, and Chen Yan later completed spirit ascension for his Golden Armor Dragon. Gu Yuena visited him while he pondered a gift for her, but his blunt question about what she wanted irritated her.

• Chen Yan decided not to give his second soul spirit another black ring, and he and Gu Yuena returned from the virtual world.
• Gu Yuena hurried out of the Spirit Pagoda, while a middle-aged man watched them leave and ordered an underling to report what had happened.
• Chen Yan meditated for a day, and his Golden Armor Dragon grew larger and began transforming toward an Eastern Dragon.
• Chen Yan ate a large meal, then wondered how to give Gu Yuena a gift and considered visiting Dragon Valley.
• Gu Yuena appeared beside Chen Yan, and his direct question about what she wanted as a gift left her irritated.

Chen Yan struggled to prepare a gift for Gu Yuena while repaying his debt by forging a high-grade alloy. Three years after they first met, he nervously carried the finished gift to her door.

• Chen Yan failed to get answers from Gu Yuena and later visited Zhen Hua at the Forging Masters Association.
• Chen Yan asked Zhen Hua to help him find an unusual, exquisite Demigod Artifact, then left in a Soul Guidance Car.
• Chen Yan forged meteorite iron with Titanium Crystal and Thousand Refined Magic Silver into an alloy that tested at 96 percent purity.
• Chen Yan placed the alloy in a box and planned to shape it into a gift for Gu Yuena.
• On the day marking three years since they first met, Chen Yan took the gift to Gu Yuena's room and knocked on the door.

Chen Yan gave Gu Yuena a sapphire necklace and a Space Ring before hurrying away, leaving her pleased but wondering what he knew about her plans. She discovered a One-Word Battle Armor and a ticket to Star Luo in the ring, then bonded with the armor and felt its power surge through her.

• Chen Yan gave Gu Yuena a sapphire necklace, and she asked him to put it around her neck.
• Chen Yan handed Gu Yuena a Space Ring and hurried away, while she smiled at his shyness and admired the necklace.
• Gu Yuena wondered how much Chen Yan knew about her plan and decided he would not escape her, then found a One-Word Battle Armor, a ship ticket, and a note in the ring.
• Gu Yuena used her silver blood to bond with the battle armor, which fitted itself to her body and awakened a surge of power.

Gu Yuena admired her new battle armor and reflected on her possessive feelings for Chen Yan as they traveled by ship toward Star Luo. When Chen Yan became seasick, Gu Yuena cared for him and insisted that he eat before she went to get food.

• Gu Yuena admired her silver battle armor and wondered whether her feelings for Chen Yan were more than friendship.
• Gu Yuena and Chen Yan set sail for Star Luo, with Chen Yan having reached level 34 after a month of training.
• Chen Yan became seasick aboard the ship, and Gu Yuena used balm to ease his discomfort and promised to bring him water and crackers.
• The next morning, Gu Yuena checked on Chen Yan and insisted that he eat before she went to get food.

Chen Yan cooked a feast for Gu Yuena aboard the ship, and the two shared a warm meal together. Gu Yuena asked him to cook for her again, and Chen Yan agreed.

• Gu Yuena brought Chen Yan steaming food and told him to eat while she watched.
• When Gu Yuena said she was not hungry, Chen Yan brought out cooking tools and ingredients and prepared a meal for her.
• Gu Yuena praised Chen Yan's cooking and joked that they should replace their home chef with him.
• Chen Yan relaxed as they joked together, then agreed to cook for Gu Yuena whenever she wanted.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena arrived in Star Luo after a month aboard the ship, where Chen Yan had cooked for Gu Yuena every day. Before heading to Star Luo City, Gu Yuena pulled him into the port city's market to shop, and they continued their journey together.

• The ship announced its arrival at its final destination, and Chen Yan prepared a meal for Gu Yuena before they disembarked.
• Gu Yuena asked about their plans, and Chen Yan said they would visit Star Luo City before traveling around the continent.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena arrived at a busy port city in Star Luo and started toward Star Luo City, but Gu Yuena persuaded Chen Yan to explore the market first.
• Gu Yuena examined the stalls and bought two tea sets, a Red Sandalwood cabinet, and a hairpin while Chen Yan explained the goods to her.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Chen Yan wanted anything, hugged his arm, and reminded him that their driver was waiting.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena traveled to Star Luo City, where Gu Yuena sensed a familiar call and Chen Yan wondered about the growing closeness between them. Over dinner, Chen Yan thanked her and decided that whatever happened, he would always regard her as a friend, leaving their future to fate.

• The driver took Chen Yan and Gu Yuena toward Star Luo City while they admired the countryside.
• Gu Yuena sensed a grief-stricken familiar call from afar, and Chen Yan realized she had sensed Dragon Valley.
• After entering Star Luo City, Chen Yan agreed to go shopping with Gu Yuena when she showed disappointment at his refusal.
• At dinner, Gu Yuena said that her time with Chen Yan had been the happiest period of her life.
• Chen Yan thanked Gu Yuena and decided he would always remember her kindness and remain her friend, leaving their future to fate.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena spent several days sightseeing together before she took him on a trip beyond the city with Bi Ji and Di Tian. They arrived at a scenic mountain valley town, leaving Chen Yan unaware of their destination’s significance.

• Gu Yuena ordered a shadow to find the nearby Dragon Tomb and resolved not to let go of her memories of Chen Yan.
• Gu Yuena invited Chen Yan to the Star Luo Royal Museum, where they admired historical artifacts and discussed her learning the four arts.
• Chen Yan was dragged along on several days of outings and shopping before Gu Yuena invited him on another trip.
• Chen Yan recognized the green-haired Bi Ji and suspected the driver was Di Tian as their car traveled from the city into the countryside.
• Gu Yuena slept against Chen Yan during the drive, and Chen Yan moved her head onto his lap.
• Di Tian parked atop a hill overlooking a mountain valley town and told Chen Yan and Gu Yuena they had arrived.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena entered a hidden Small World, where clouds carrying elemental energy flowed through their bodies and strengthened them. Gu Yuena led Chen Yan across the plain as the clouds also improved his Spiritual Power.

• Chen Yan woke with Gu Yuena resting on his lap, touched her cheek, and hurried out of the car when Xiong Jun and Zi Ji arrived.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Zi Ji, and Bi Ji to begin opening a path into the Small World.
• Di Tian used the Dragon God Claw to tear open a spatial rift, and Gu Yuena pulled Chen Yan through before the others followed.
• The four companions entered the Small World and worked to keep the rift open while Gu Yuena and Chen Yan traveled far ahead.
• Gu Yuena led Chen Yan across a vast plain, where colorful clouds passed through their bodies and enhanced his elemental energy and Spiritual Power.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena crossed the cloud-filled forest and reached Dragon Valley, where countless dragon bones and a powerful seven-colored dragon soul awaited them. Chen Yan’s Golden Dragon bloodline reacted violently to the soul as they arrived at the valley floor.

• Chen Yan absorbed hundreds of clouds while traveling with Gu Yuena, and he sensed that something in his Golden Dragon Martial Soul was growing incompletely.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena entered the forest of buried dragon remains and sensed the scattered energy left by dead soul beasts.
• Gu Yuena teleported Chen Yan toward Dragon Valley, but space expelled them at the valley’s sealed center, so she pulled him into a leap downward.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena saw the vast basin carpeted with dragon bones, and both were affected by its sorrowful atmosphere.
• At the valley floor, a seven-colored dragon soul appeared, and Chen Yan’s bloodline surged in response.