Chapter Summaries

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena touched the Dragon God's dragon soul and began absorbing its power, while the Dragon Valley shook violently. Chen Yan endured a terrifying vision of the dragon soul's death, and Gu Yuena transformed into her giant dragon form as the energy strained them both.

• Chen Yan sensed an uncontrolled connection between his bloodline and the Golden Dragon King as he and Gu Yuena prepared to absorb the dragon soul together.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena touched the seven-colored dragon soul, triggering a roar that shook Dragon Valley and alerted Di Tian to its presence.
• Tang Sect personnel detected extreme spatial fluctuations and feared that Dragon Valley was about to collapse.
• Chen Yan experienced a vision of a blood-red figure striking him with a colossal sword, then realized the dragon soul had shown him the memory of its death.
• The dragon soul's energy flowed into Chen Yan and Gu Yuena, while Chen Yan's Golden Dragon Martial Soul drew in dragon souls from across the valley and devoured their energy.
• Gu Yuena transformed into her thousand-meter silver dragon form to handle the immense power, but her scales cracked and silver blood began to flow.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena absorbed the Dragon God Dragon Soul’s energy, and the Golden Dragon restored their injuries before leaving Chen Yan the Golden Dragon Spear. Chen Yan recognized the weapon and tried to understand how his martial soul and identity fit into the world.

• Gu Yuena and Chen Yan absorbed the Dragon God Dragon Soul’s energy, leaving behind golden and silver diamond-shaped crystals.
• Gu Yuena helped the injured Chen Yan up and sent the golden crystal into his body before they rested.
• The Golden Dragon healed Chen Yan and Gu Yuena, strengthening their bodies, then entered Chen Yan’s body.
• The Golden Dragon left a ball of light for Chen Yan, which revealed a double-pointed Golden Dragon Spear.
• Chen Yan recognized the spear and wondered whether his martial soul contained the Golden Dragon King’s remnant soul.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena left the Land of Buried Bones, where Chen Yan searched for valuable plants and asked about hidden weapons. Gu Yuena gave him the Aurora Shield, saying it had originally belonged to him, leaving Chen Yan questioning his past.

• Chen Yan showed Gu Yuena the upgraded Golden Dragon Spear, and she told him to keep it.
• Gu Yuena took Chen Yan to the Land of Buried Bones, where he examined the dragon remains and found Dragon Blood Grass.
• Chen Yan asked Gu Yuena whether Dragon Valley contained weapons, and she said she could not retrieve them yet.
• Gu Yuena gave Chen Yan the Aurora Shield and said it had originally been his.
• Chen Yan accepted the shield and felt its power connect with his body as it hummed in recognition.

On the Soul Guidance Car, Chen Yan asked Gu Yuena about the other version of himself who had lived in the Dragon Realm. Gu Yuena recounted his close friendship with Dragon God and revealed that he had suddenly left behind a shield and the words, “See you in the future.”

• Chen Yan asked Gu Yuena when she had met the other version of him, and she said it was after Dragon God Grass created the Dragon Realm.
• Gu Yuena recalled that Chen Yan had fought Dragon God, offered to make him Emperor Armor, and then become his persistent companion.
• Chen Yan learned that he had helped draft and enforce the Dragon Race’s laws and had gained prestige second only to Dragon God.
• Gu Yuena said Chen Yan had suddenly left the Dragon Realm, leaving behind a shield and the message, “See you in the future.”

After absorbing the power he gained in Dragon Valley, Chen Yan’s body and Soul Spirits underwent a major evolution in Star Luo City. He emerged stronger but worried about hiding his new power and facing Gu Yuena, who had waited outside for him.

• Chen Yan’s dormant Dragon Valley power surged through his body and Soul Spirits, strengthening his physique as the Golden Armor Earth Dragon and Blue Scale Thunder Dragon evolved.
• Chen Yan sensed that the Thunder Dragon was advancing and worried that its new Soul Ring would draw unwanted attention.
• The Golden Armor Earth Dragon became slimmer, while the Blue Scale Thunder Dragon grew larger and gained golden patterns and more powerful lightning.
• Chen Yan’s Soul Power rose by two ranks, and he accidentally dented the secret chamber’s metal wall with a punch.
• Chen Yan decided he should restrain his strength and conceal his black Soul Ring, then left the chamber and found Gu Yuena still waiting outside.
• Chen Yan felt uneasy about the widening gap between them and questioned whether he had any right to Gu Yuena’s affection.

After returning from the Dragon Realm, Chen Yan struggled to respond to Gu Yuena’s desire to become closer, and she challenged him to a brutal fight in the Battle Room. Afterward, Gu Yuena apologized and asked to remain friends, but Chen Yan questioned how that could fit with her role as the Soul Beast Master.

• Chen Yan hesitated to speak to Gu Yuena, so she led him to the Battle Room and demanded to know what was on his mind.
• Gu Yuena attacked Chen Yan with fireballs and Dual Heavens of Ice and Fire, and he used his Golden Shield to block before being blasted aside.
• Gu Yuena defeated Chen Yan and then helped him recover, drying his scorched and frost-covered hair.
• Gu Yuena apologized and hugged Chen Yan, then told him she hoped their different natures would not prevent them from remaining friends.
• Chen Yan asked Gu Yuena where she would place the soul beasts as the Soul Beast Master.

Chen Yan reflected on his emotional distance and agreed to trust Gu Yuena after she promised to find a balance. They reconciled through an embrace, and the next morning Gu Yuena made him breakfast, leaving Chen Yan pleased at the thought that he might have to cook less.

• Chen Yan explained his indifference and avoidance, and Gu Yuena promised to find a balance in how she dealt with humans.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Chen Yan trusted her, and he nodded after recognizing her care and fear.
• Gu Yuena embraced Chen Yan, and they held each other quietly in the moonlight.
• The next morning, Chen Yan joined Gu Yuena for breakfast, where she had prepared noodles, eggs, and fruit.
• Gu Yuena said she would cook for Chen Yan often, and he was glad he might cook less.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena attended Star Luo City’s auction, where Gu Yuena bought a mysterious ancient item for one hundred million. They also acquired a Taiji Two-Yin Stone for Chen Yan, then lost interest in the rest of the auction.

• Gu Yuena suggested that she and Chen Yan attend Star Luo City’s auction, and Chen Yan agreed.
• Chen Yan recognized the mysterious item in the auction catalog as their target, while Gu Yuena explained that the Taiji Two-Yin Stone was a rare forging material and promised to buy it for him.
• Gu Yuena bid one hundred million for the mysterious ancient item, outbidding the other bidders and securing it for them.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena bought the Taiji Two-Yin Stone for five million and stopped paying attention to the remaining auction items.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena opened an ancient box containing a phoenix jade pendant, which Gu Yuena said Chen Yan had once created and which had become a pseudo-Super Artifact. After Chen Yan bonded with it using his blood, the pendant pulled him into a golden space, where he met an armored version of himself.

• A maid delivered Chen Yan's auction items, and he opened the ancient box with Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena recognized the phoenix jade pendant as the origin of Douluo Star's phoenixes and revealed that Chen Yan had created it from the phoenix's bloodline.
• Gu Yuena identified the pendant as a pseudo-Super Artifact and told Chen Yan to try using it himself.
• Chen Yan failed to connect with the pendant through spiritual power, then cut his hand and let his blood fall onto it.
• The pendant absorbed Chen Yan's blood and glowed until he blinked and found himself in a golden space.
• An armored figure told Chen Yan that he had pulled him into the space when he blinked, prompting Chen Yan to threaten him in frustration.

Chen Yan received instructions for using the Aurora Shield and jade pendant, then left with Gu Yuena aboard a Spirit Pagoda ship bound for Douluo Continent. After a Sea Soul Beast attacked the ship, Chen Yan and Gu Yuena fought back, but the beast charged again.

• The armored figure transferred the Aurora Shield and jade pendant’s usage methods to Chen Yan, then sent him out and left him to work out future upgrades himself.
• Chen Yan learned the jade pendant’s storage, healing, nurturing, and defensive capabilities, then excitedly told Gu Yuena that they were rich.
• Gu Yuena said they would leave the next day, and Chen Yan agreed to return to Douluo Continent with her.
• At the harbor, Chen Yan felt uneasy about boarding a Spirit Pagoda ship, while Gu Yuena quietly became more vigilant.
• A Sea Soul Beast attacked the ship, and Gu Yuena struck at its eye as Chen Yan expanded the Aurora Shield to protect the vessel.
• Chen Yan’s shield repelled the beast, but it recovered and charged at the ship again.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena fought off a growing ambush by sea Soul Beasts, but the battle escalated when a Ferocious Beast Octopus and a 100,000 Year Demon Spirit Great White Shark appeared. Gu Yuena faced the attackers while Chen Yan wondered whether Di Tian had arrived nearby.

• Gu Yuena froze a roughly sixty-thousand-year-old Sea Soul Beast, and Chen Yan killed it with the Golden Dragon Spear before storing its body in his jade pendant.
• Chen Yan sensed Evil Orcas surrounding the ship, and an unseen force lifted the hull before the orcas rammed it.
• A Ferocious Beast Octopus attacked with twelve tentacles, and Gu Yuena froze the ship and sea before pulling Chen Yan toward her spear.
• Gu Yuena expanded her Ice Seal domain to freeze the surrounding attackers, but the ice melted as another Soul Beast joined the fight.
• A 100,000 Year Demon Spirit Great White Shark appeared, and Chen Yan realized Gu Yuena was in grave danger while suspecting Di Tian was nearby.

Di Tian fought Octopus Bro until the Sea Soul Beasts retreated, and Tang Hao appeared as the Lord of the Plane. Tang Hao proposed talks with Gu Yuena about the threatened balance and an approaching plane, but Gu Yuena remained wary of his motives.

• Di Tian struck Octopus Bro's giant water sword, and Octopus Bro later froze, sank beneath the sea, and left the Sea Soul Beasts to retreat.
• Tang Hao materialized in the sky, and Chen Yan recognized him as the Lord of the Plane.
• Tang Hao questioned Di Tian about causing turmoil, but Gu Yuena dissolved his pressure and defended Di Tian.
• Tang Hao invited Gu Yuena to talk, but she called him a false god and rejected his schemes.
• Tang Hao warned that Gu Yuena's actions threatened Douluo Star's balance and pointed out the aura of another plane.

Gu Yuena bargained with Tang Hao for permission to enter Dragon Valley in exchange for helping him deal with the Abyss. After Tang Hao left, Gu Yuena leaned on Chen Yan as they departed through a spatial tunnel, while Di Tian watched them warily.

• Gu Yuena asked Tang Hao to grant her access to Dragon Valley as payment for future cooperation against the Abyss.
• Tang Hao agreed and gave Gu Yuena the authority to enter Dragon Valley, gaining a prospective ally for the coming battle.
• Tang Hao departed, and Gu Yuena withdrew the Dragon God's Heart's aura as the storm over the sea cleared.
• Gu Yuena took Chen Yan's arm and asked him to help her into Di Tian's spatial tunnel, drawing Di Tian's resentful glare.
• Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, and Di Tian left the ravaged sea, where the wreckage and casualties of the battle remained.

Chen Yan resisted going to school, but Gu Yuena brought him to Heaven Dou City First Soul Guidance Academy to enroll. After receiving privileged treatment, they completed registration and were escorted to their private dormitories, with classes set to begin the next day.

• Gu Yuena fussed over Chen Yan's collar, pinched him when he complained, and dragged him into the car for the first day of school.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena's luxury car passed through the closed-off streets as law enforcers cleared a path for them.
• Chen Yan reflected on his former life while Gu Yuena watched him, and they arrived at the academy together holding hands.
• An academy representative took Chen Yan and Gu Yuena to the vice principal, who personally handled their enrollment and told them classes would start the next day.
• A teacher led Chen Yan and Gu Yuena toward their private dormitories and introduced the academy as Chen Yan enjoyed the peaceful campus.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena settled into their new dormitory and explored the school, where Gu Yuena drew attention from students and the principal. The principal welcomed them and gave Chen Yan his business card, leaving the two to continue their meal.

• A teacher gave Chen Yan and Gu Yuena keys to their dormitory and campus cards with an annual spending limit of one million.
• Chen Yan arranged his belongings while Gu Yuena examined their rooms, then she invited him to eat and entered his room as a young boy watched her in awe.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena ate together in the dining hall, where students whispered about Gu Yuena's beauty.
• The principal approached Chen Yan and Gu Yuena, welcomed them to the school, and gave Chen Yan his business card.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena shared a quiet evening before attending First High School’s opening ceremony, where the principal revealed their class had been specially selected for the Young Talent Rankings. Back in the dormitory, Gu Yuena showed Chen Yan a book about the rankings, which he had not checked since his rebirth.

• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena walked around campus after dinner, and Gu Yuena hugged him goodbye outside their rooms.
• Chen Yan struggled to settle into cultivation that night because he kept thinking about Gu Yuena.
• The principal addressed the school at the opening ceremony and then told the ten students in first-grade Class One that they had passed strict selection for a special class tied to the Young Talent Rankings.
• The principal announced that the class would receive tailored courses and that lessons would begin that afternoon.
• Gu Yuena read the Young Talent Rankings in the dormitory and offered to show them to Chen Yan, who wondered who currently ranked first.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena shared a meal before arriving late to Class One, where their homeroom teacher, Qin Man, welcomed the students and began introductions. Their unusually high Soul Power Levels drew the other students’ attention, while their brief answers left Qin Man struggling to connect with them.

• Chen Yan noticed that the top-ranked seventeen-year-old on the Genius Youth Ranking had a Heavenly Phoenix martial soul and Soul Power Level 65.
• Gu Yuena recited a long list of dishes she wanted, and Chen Yan agreed to cook for her.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena arrived late to Class One and took the two remaining seats beside the podium.
• Qin Man introduced herself as the students’ homeroom teacher and spoke about Class One’s goals.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena introduced themselves with their martial souls and Soul Power Level 28, surprising their classmates and frustrating Qin Man with their curt answers.

Chen Yan was appointed acting class monitor and Gu Yuena became deputy class monitor as Teacher Qin organized their first day of class. After the lesson, Teacher Qin summoned both of them to her office, leaving Chen Yan to expect more work.

• The students introduced themselves, and Teacher Qin welcomed them as a team for the next three years.
• Teacher Qin appointed Chen Yan acting class monitor for a month and named Gu Yuena deputy class monitor.
• Gu Yuena helped Chen Yan hand out textbooks, asking him to make her another meal in return.
• Teacher Qin taught a history lesson, and class ended without incident.
• Teacher Qin called Chen Yan and Gu Yuena to her office, and Chen Yan suspected she had another task for him.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena met their new teacher, Qin Man, who was unsettled by their lack of confidence and their apparent indifference. After they left, Qin Man struggled to focus on teaching while her colleagues openly flirted, then stormed out of the office.

• Qin Man asked Chen Yan and Gu Yuena whether they were confident about making the rankings, and both said they were not.
• Qin Man warned them against being too humble and promised to guide them, then sent them back to class.
• After Chen Yan and Gu Yuena left, Qin Man told two other teachers that the pair seemed difficult to teach.
• The male and female teachers flirted in front of Qin Man, who grew frustrated and left the office before the male teacher's class.

Combat instructor Zhang Yu tested the class’s spiritual power, and Chen Yan and Gu Yuena produced extraordinary scores. After all ten students finished, Zhang Yu announced that they would test strength and reaction speed next.

• Zhang Yu introduced himself as the class’s combat instructor and led the students to a laboratory for testing.
• Chen Yan scored 473 in spiritual power, shocking the class and drawing Zhang Yu’s approval.
• Gu Yuena scored 493, surpassing Chen Yan and reaching the peak of the Spirit Connection Realm.
• Wang Zihan scored 242 and felt discouraged by the gap between his result and Gu Yuena’s.
• Zhang Yu praised the class’s spiritual power and moved on to tests of strength and reaction speed.