Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang advised Dean Kahn on choosing his fourth soul ring and outlined his plans for training the Elite Class. After Snowball astonished Kahn with her appetite, Yu Xiaogang received the class roster and began considering how to build influence in Notting City.

• Yu Xiaogang recommended a Thousand Root Banyan Tree or Devil Thorns for Dean Kahn’s fourth soul ring and asked him to cultivate the Meditation Method.
• Dean Kahn agreed to have available academy teachers attend Yu Xiaogang’s first class the next day.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed Snowball’s white tiger form to Dean Kahn, and Snowball devoured a costly feast at the cafeteria.
• Dean Kahn gave Yu Xiaogang the Elite Class roster, and Yu Xiaogang promised to help him tame a soul beast cub as a pet.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Deep Blue to develop a bonding method for soul beast cubs and studied the roster for ways to build influence in Notting City.

Yu Xiaogang taught Snowball a Life Nurturing Skill before meeting his new Elite Class students. He proved his strength to Xiao Zhan and began establishing his authority as their teacher.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Deep Blue about Snowball’s cultivation method, then learned it was nearly ready.
• Yu Xiaogang used the backup energy reserves to open Snowball’s meridians and teach her the White Tiger Version Life Nurturing Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself to the Elite Class, and Xiao Zhan challenged his qualifications to teach them.
• Snowball transformed and roared at Xiao Zhan, while Yu Xiaogang admitted his Innate Half Level Soul Power and revealed his three soul rings.
• Yu Xiaogang lectured Xiao Zhan about arrogance and hard work, and Xiao Zhan apologized for disrespecting him.

Yu Xiaogang taught the Elite Class his theories on martial souls, Innate Soul Power, and soul rings, then introduced meditation methods and promised to train students to absorb stronger first soul rings. The students began studying and testing the methods under his supervision.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that everyone inherited martial souls from both parents, and that differences in Innate Soul Power could result from the body's energy being drained before awakening.
• Wang Dachui and Su Yuntao shared observations that supported Yu Xiaogang's theories, while Dean Kahn and the teachers praised the lesson.
• Yu Xiaogang appointed Xiao Zhan temporary class monitor and had him distribute two meditation methods, one for soul power and one for Mental Power.
• Yu Xiaogang taught that a soul master's physical constitution and Mental Power endurance determined the age of soul ring they could absorb, and urged the class to aim for first soul rings over five hundred years old.
• Yu Xiaogang had the students study and practice the meditation methods while he supervised and recorded their results.

Yu Xiaogang demonstrated his evolved Light Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul to his students and explained how Martial Souls could evolve. He then began supervising the students’ first cultivation session and shared his Meditation Methods with the academy teachers.

• Yu Xiaogang explained Martial Soul mutation and claimed that absorbing a Soul Beast spirit ring matching a Martial Soul’s fundamental attribute could cause it to evolve.
• Yu Xiaogang possessed his Light Golden Sacred Dragon and stunned the students and Dean Kahn with its Dragon Might and Dragon Transformation armor.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged the students to work toward improving their Martial Soul bloodlines and offered advice about choosing Meditation Methods.
• Yu Xiaogang led the students to the meditation training room and warned them against exhausting their Mental Power or forcing Soul Power through painful meridians.
• The students began cultivating under Yu Xiaogang and Dean Kahn’s supervision, while Yu Xiaogang gave copies of his Meditation Methods to the other teachers.

Yu Xiaogang prepared a lavish lunch and nourishing medicinal soup for the Elite Class after their first session practicing his Meditation Method. The students grew closer over the meal, then left to cultivate and rest before meeting at the new Training Grounds on Academy Back Mountain that afternoon.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Dean Kahn to supervise the students and arranged for Nourishing Pills to be added to bone broth.
• Yu Xiaogang borrowed the cafeteria kitchen and cooked a large meal, impressing the cafeteria owner and chefs.
• Dean Kahn brought the hungry Elite Class to the cafeteria, where Wang Dachui and Xiao Zhan praised Yu Xiaogang's cooking and the students shared a lively meal.
• The students accepted Su Yuntao as part of their close-knit group, and Yu Xiaogang served each of them medicinal soup.
• Yu Xiaogang told the students to cultivate after drinking the soup, take a two-hour nap, and gather at the new Training Grounds on Academy Back Mountain that afternoon.

Yu Xiaogang introduced the Elite Class to his Swimming Dragon Steps, demonstrating the footwork and challenging the students to touch him. He evaded their attacks with ease while the teachers watched in amazement.

• Yu Xiaogang prepared refreshments and shade for the teachers before the Elite Class arrived at the Training Grounds.
• Si Si recognized that the teachers’ comfortable setup was meant to humble the students, and she explained this to her classmates.
• Yu Xiaogang demonstrated the Swimming Dragon Steps on Plum Blossom Poles, then invited the students to attack him for a reward if they touched his clothes.
• Wang Dachui charged first, and Xiao Zhan, Su Yuntao, Si Si, and the other students joined the attack with their Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang dodged every attack with his hands behind his back, critiqued the students’ techniques, and used Mental Power to carry injured students into the shade.
• Dean Kahn and the other teachers watched in astonishment as Yu Xiaogang moved effortlessly through the crowd.

Yu Xiaogang analyzed the Elite Class students’ Martial Souls and recommended First Soul Rings suited to their abilities. He left the students and teachers eager to learn his Swimming Dragon Steps and turned his attention to Su Yuntao.

• After the Elite Class students exhausted themselves attacking him, Yu Xiaogang gave them water and rest before explaining that they had wasted soul power and stamina through poor technique.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Wang Dachui about his development goals, then recommended a Blazing Fire Lizard or Fire-Spraying Flame Python for his First Soul Ring and said the Swimming Dragon Steps could be taught to the class and teachers.
• Yu Xiaogang analyzed Xiao Zhan’s mutated Blood Flame Wolf King Martial Soul and recommended a Blood Flame Demon Tiger for his First Soul Ring, warning him to focus on Mental Power and the Meditation Method.
• Xiao Zhan promised to cultivate diligently, while Yu Xiaogang turned to Su Yuntao and began examining his Martial Soul.

Yu Xiaogang assessed Su Yuntao and Si Si’s Martial Souls, giving them guidance on suitable Soul Rings and assigning Si Si as Elite Class monitor with Xiao Zhan as her deputy. The class left with new cultivation goals and leadership roles.

• Yu Xiaogang identified Su Yuntao’s Martial Soul as a Wolf Dog and advised him to seek a Gale Wind Wolf or Storm Wolf Soul Ring to strengthen his speed and endurance.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged Su Yuntao to gain two Soul Power ranks within a month and promised him a reward.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Si Si to pursue the support-type path with her Ribbon Martial Soul instead of control, and she confirmed she had planned to absorb a Mandala Snake Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang appointed Si Si class monitor and made Xiao Zhan vice class monitor.

Yu Xiaogang explained Soul Ring choices for Si Si and introduced strenuous weighted training to the Elite Class. Wang Dachui inspired the others to run, while Yu Xiaogang prepared for the students’ recovery and learned why Wang Dachui was considered slow.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Si Si that a Mandala Snake Soul Ring could poison her and recommended an Azure Water Lotus for her first ring and Blue Silver Grass for her second.
• Si Si trusted Yu Xiaogang’s advice, and he told the Elite Class to strengthen their bodies and Mental Power through weighted running.
• Yu Xiaogang promised medicinal baths after training and urged the students to run; Wang Dachui charged onto the track and got the others moving too.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Dean Kahn whether the academy had healing teachers, and Dean Kahn explained that Wang Dachui’s father blamed an iron ingot striking his head for his son’s slowness.

Yu Xiaogang oversaw the Elite Class students’ weighted running, arranged recovery care, and planned safer training options with Dean Kahn. After the exhausted students went to the Medicinal Bath, Yu Xiaogang and Kahn discussed supplies and went to have a drink.

• Yu Xiaogang used Mental Power to carry exhausted students to waiting teachers, and he asked Dean Kahn for breathable fabric to make training clothes.
• The Elite Class students collapsed one by one, while Su Yuntao ran until he passed out and caught Si Si’s attention.
• Yu Xiaogang praised the students’ determination, ordered medical checks and Medicinal Baths, and warned that serious injuries would keep them from training.
• After the students recovered and headed to the bathhouse, Yu Xiaogang proposed building an Indoor Swimming Pool to reduce harm from weighted running.
• Dean Kahn agreed to handle funding and logistics, and Yu Xiaogang asked him to prepare training clothes and one-piece swimsuits.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected on his plan to change the Douluo Continent, then invited Kahn to have a drink.

Yu Xiaogang and Deep Blue investigated signs of an ancient civilization suppressed by the gods, while he refined whale-rubber pills and prepared materials for his Elite Class students. He ended the day planning how to grow stronger, pursue new research, and resolve his relationships with Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong.

• Yu Xiaogang shared a meal with Dean Kahn, then returned to his dormitory and had Deep Blue deduce a Body Strengthening Pill made with whale rubber.
• Deep Blue revealed a barrier over Douluo Continent and frequent energy scans, leading Yu Xiaogang to suspect that gods had destroyed ancient Soul Tool Technology.
• Yu Xiaogang used Martial Soul Possession with his Second Martial Soul to refine more than three hundred pills from the hundred-year and Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Yu Xiaogang bathed Snowball, prepared Martial Soul analyses and soul ring recommendations for his Elite Class students, and considered contacting Flender to help arrange their soul beast hunts.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to publish a new Martial Soul theory book, seek ancient soul tool records from Spirit Hall, and write to Liu Erlong to end their uncertain relationship.
• Yu Xiaogang considered pursuing Bibi Dong and using Deep Blue to create an alternate identity for covert troublemaking.

Yu Xiaogang taught the Elite Class about soul beasts, Soul Rings, and Mental Power after Wang Dachui arrived late and announced his breakthrough to level 9. He assigned Si Si and Xiao Zhan to help manage the class before afternoon training.

• Yu Xiaogang reflected on Bibi Dong, then began his morning cultivation and went to breakfast with Snowball.
• Yu Xiaogang waited for the Elite Class, and Xiao Zhan guessed that Wang Dachui had overslept after training.
• Wang Dachui rushed in and told Yu Xiaogang that his soul power had reached level 9 after using the Mental Power Meditation Method and Medicinal Bath.
• Yu Xiaogang congratulated Wang Dachui and taught the class about soul beasts, Soul Ring absorption limits, and the Mental Power needed to withstand a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang ended class, set the daily schedule, and asked Si Si and Xiao Zhan to manage the Elite Class students.

Yu Xiaogang invited Si Si, Wang Dachui, Xiao Zhan, and Su Yuntao to join the sect he planned to establish. All four agreed, and he revealed its name as Dragon Gate.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Si Si to bring Wang Dachui, Xiao Zhan, and Su Yuntao to his office after lunch.
• Yu Xiaogang sketched throwing-knife blueprints for Wang Dachui to give to his father for forging.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed founding a sect to pass on his knowledge, and Wang Dachui and Su Yuntao immediately agreed to join.
• Xiao Zhan offered to ask his father, the Notting City Lord, to fund the new sect, and Si Si also chose to join.
• Si Si asked about the sect's purpose and name, and Yu Xiaogang revealed that it would be called Dragon Gate.

Yu Xiaogang founded Dragon Gate, distributed whale-rubber pills that could strengthen his disciples and raise their first soul-ring limit, and gave Wang Dachui a blueprint for a Mental Power Flying Knife. After his disciples left, Yu Xiaogang planned to recruit Tang San and make use of his knowledge of the Tang Sect.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected Xiao Zhan's proposed name and declared that their group would be called Dragon Gate.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Si Si, Wang Dachui, Xiao Zhan, and Su Yuntao bottles of Hundred-Year Whale Rubber pills and explained how to take them.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Su Yuntao Thousand-Year Whale Rubber pills for reaching his goal and told Wang Dachui to keep the pills' secret.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Wang Dachui a Mental Power Flying Knife blueprint and said he would teach the disciples a method for condensing mental power.
• Yu Xiaogang sent his four disciples away and privately planned to take Tang San as a disciple and obtain the Tang Sect's techniques.

Yu Xiaogang began scanning the Elite Class students for hidden injuries and setting individualized training plans. After examining Si Si and Xiao Zhan, he called Su Yuntao forward, who had been distracted by Si Si.

• Yu Xiaogang left his office with Snowball and arrived as the Elite Class gathered for afternoon training and physical examinations.
• Yu Xiaogang told the students he would scan their bodies with Mental Power and asked Ye Xuemei to record their results.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Si Si, found her in excellent condition with a 457-year Soul Ring limit, and assigned her training.
• Yu Xiaogang found Xiao Zhan's physical strength comparable to Si Si's and his First Soul Ring limit about 460 years, then ordered him to do extra training.
• Su Yuntao stared at Si Si until Yu Xiaogang called him forward for his examination.

Yu Xiaogang examined the Elite Class, found that Whale Glue pills had greatly boosted Su Yuntao and Wang Dachui, and ordered them to recover from hidden injuries. He then organized individualized training, while Deep Blue prioritized finding a way to synthesize Whale Glue’s medicinal effects.

• Deep Blue reported that Su Yuntao’s cultivation aptitude had risen to Innate Soul Power Rank 4, and Yu Xiaogang asked it to investigate how to synthesize Whale Glue’s medicinal properties.
• Yu Xiaogang reduced Su Yuntao’s training to let him heal, and Su Yuntao gratefully accepted his advice before Xiao Zhan encouraged him as a fellow Dragon Gate disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Wang Dachui and found his First Soul Ring absorption limit had reached 630 years, then prescribed reduced training and medicinal baths to treat his hidden injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang and Teacher Ye finished examining the students and assigned exercises according to their physical weaknesses.
• Dean Kahn tried Yu Xiaogang’s training methods, praised them, and said the Indoor Swimming Pool would be completed in about a week.

Yu Xiaogang recruited the Elite Class students into Dragon Gate after explaining how his secret medicines had raised Su Yuntao and the others’ Soul Ring limits. He began teaching them Soul Power control, leaving the new recruits practicing how to climb trees.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that Su Yuntao and four others had received pills refined from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, which improved their physical strength and First Soul Ring age limits.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced Dragon Gate and invited the Elite Class students to join, offering its meditation methods, secret techniques, and cultivation resources.
• The Elite Class students agreed to join Dragon Gate, and Yu Xiaogang imagined recruiting Flender and Liu Erlong as elders in the future.
• The students gathered around Si Si and Su Yuntao, while Xiao Zhan formed a clique of boys; Yu Xiaogang then rescued Su Yuntao from the girls’ teasing.
• Yu Xiaogang demonstrated using Mental Power to control Soul Power and walk up a tree, then gave the students cushions so they could practice safely.

Yu Xiaogang trained Dragon Gate’s Elite Class and planned how to build the sect and protect Bibi Dong. He demonstrated his Mental Telekinetic Flying Knives, welcomed new members, and established Dragon Gate’s Five Sect Rules.

• Yu Xiaogang praised Si Si’s Mental Power control, promised to teach her the Mental Telekinetic Flying Knives, and named her Dragon Gate Senior Apprentice Sister.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to establish Dragon Gate’s residence near Holy Soul Village, build ties with Shrek Academy, and prevent Bibi Dong’s tragic fate.
• Dean Kahn and Ye Xuemei asked to join Dragon Gate, and Yu Xiaogang welcomed them.
• Yu Xiaogang levitated himself and used twelve stones to smash a tree and the Training Grounds, astonishing the onlookers.
• Yu Xiaogang established Dragon Gate’s Five Sect Rules and declared that he would personally eliminate anyone who broke them.
• Dean Kahn, Ye Xuemei, Si Si, Xiao Zhan, and the Elite Class students knelt and pledged to obey Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang appointed Dean Kahn as Dragon Gate’s Teaching Elder and recruited students to help gather materials, establish a sect residence, and develop businesses. He began assigning practical tasks that would support Dragon Gate’s growth.

• Yu Xiaogang offered Dean Kahn the Teaching Elder position and promised him cultivation methods and secret medicine, but Kahn urged him to save the medicine for the students.
• Wang Dachui and Xiao Zhan offered to give Kahn their shares, and Kahn praised them for their dedication to Dragon Gate.
• Yu Xiaogang told Xiao Zhan to secretly buy Whale Glue from Notting City pharmacies, and Xiao Zhan promised to enlist his father’s help.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Wang Dachui a blueprint for soul tool components and asked him to make tools and Iron Essence through his family’s blacksmith shop.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Xiao Zhan to help buy a scenic valley near Holy Soul Village for Dragon Gate’s sect residence, learning that Baron Soren Brandy owned the land.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed having Wang Dachui’s family produce bicycles and asked Si Si to help sell his inventions through her family’s business.

Yu Xiaogang assigned his disciples and allies work to build Dragon Gate’s influence, develop local businesses, and help commoners. After celebrating Dragon Gate’s founding with a banquet, he watched the students leave and realized he was beginning his own legend on Douluo Continent.

• Si Si offered to use her family’s shops and merchant caravans to sell Yu Xiaogang’s future invention, and he promised her the goods to manage.
• Yu Xiaogang told Su Yuntao to recover from his hidden injuries and recruit villagers for construction work in the forest valley behind Holy Soul Village.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Teacher Ye to study his prescriptions and help open a medicine room in Notting City.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned bicycle blueprints and recipes for drinks and perfumes to Elite Class students and their families, starting a Dragon Gate-centered merchant association.
• Yu Xiaogang hosted a banquet to celebrate Dragon Gate’s founding, then watched the students depart as Elder Kahn assured him the sect would thrive.