Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Li Chang'an faced his Martial Soul awakening, which would determine whether he could protect his family estate. He awakened a sword, but his consciousness also seemed to enter a patterned egg in the Soul Beast Forest, where a snake hatched and wondered if it had transmigrated again.

• Li Chang'an worried that a weak Martial Soul and no Soul Power would leave him vulnerable to losing his estate or being killed.
• The Old Steward escorted Li Chang'an to the nobles' awakening ritual, where the children awakened their Martial Souls and had their Soul Power recorded.
• Li Chang'an entered the Awakening Array and felt his consciousness cross into a hidden cave in the Soul Beast Forest.
• A snake with a triangular head broke out of a patterned egg and wondered whether it had transmigrated again.
• Li Chang'an opened his eyes inside the Awakening Array with a sword in his hand.

Li Chang'an awakened a mutated Sword Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, then discovered his other half was a young Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor living as a Soul Beast clone. He considered whether the clone could find a path to godhood, but for now it ate its eggshells and fell asleep.

• Li Chang'an awakened a jade-green Sword Soul, and the crystal ball revealed his Innate Full Soul Power.
• The awakening news reached the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, who ordered Li Chang'an summoned and rewarded.
• Li Chang'an controlled his consciousness in a snake hatchling and learned it was a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, the source of his Martial Soul's mutation.
• Li Chang'an considered using the clone to seek god positions at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but decided the goal was too distant.
• Li Chang'an ate the eggshells for nourishment, then coiled up and fell asleep.

Li Chang'an explored his Azure Scale Sword martial soul and went with a Spirit Saint to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain his first soul ring. After killing a Poison Sword Bamboo, he began absorbing its roughly four-hundred-year soul ring.

• Li Chang'an named his martial soul the Azure Scale Sword and discovered it could transform into Serpent Form, though it could not possess his body.
• A Spirit Saint sent by the Heaven Dou Emperor escorted Li Chang'an to the Soul Hunting Forest to assess his potential through his first soul skill.
• Li Chang'an asked to hunt a soul beast with both poison and sharpness, so the Spirit Saint led him to a grove of Poison Sword Bamboos.
• The Spirit Saint dug up a roughly four-hundred-year Poison Sword Bamboo, and Li Chang'an killed it by stabbing its core roots with the Azure Scale Sword.
• After the Spirit Saint assured him the soul ring was below five hundred years, Li Chang'an sat down and began absorbing it.

After absorbing his first Soul Ring, Li Chang'an decided to display his talent to win the Heaven Dou Empire’s protection and resources. He demonstrated his penetrating, poisonous Sword Qi to a spirit saint while keeping some of his abilities hidden.

• Li Chang'an absorbed his first Soul Ring and explained why joining the Heaven Dou Empire was his best path to support.
• Li Chang'an demonstrated his First Soul Skill, Sword Qi, and pierced thick trees with poisonous strands of energy.
• The middle-aged spirit saint examined the damage and was astonished by the Soul Skill’s power.
• Li Chang'an withheld some changes to his Martial Soul so he could keep a trump card.

Li Chang'an tested the new Serpent Form of his Azure Scale Sword, then met Xue Ye, who made him an imperial son-in-law and raised his title to Marquis. After learning his fiancée was Xue Ke, Li Chang'an planned how to become a god before Tang San and set his sights on the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and the Sea God inheritance.

• Li Chang'an transformed his Azure Scale Sword into Serpent Form and discovered that its scales and venomous fangs could attack enemies, though he could only use one form at a time.
• Li Chang'an went to the Imperial Palace and met Xue Ye, who tested his loyalty to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Ye granted Li Chang'an a marriage to his daughter and raised his noble title from Baron to Marquis.
• Li Chang'an learned that his fiancée was the four-year-old Princess Xue Ke, and recalled that she was two years younger than Tang San.
• Li Chang'an resolved to become a god before Tang San and planned to pursue the Sea God inheritance through the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and Immortal Herbs.

Li Chang'an woke as an Azure Serpent Emperor in the Star Dou Great Forest, learned how soul-beast cultivation worked, and discovered that eating other beasts could rapidly increase his strength. After digesting a rabbit and gaining more cultivation, he began hunting again and immobilized a wild boar with his bloodline aura.

• Li Chang'an woke in his underground cave after eating his eggshell, finding that his body had grown to ten meters and his cultivation had reached about a hundred years.
• Li Chang'an emerged from the cave and killed a decades-old rabbit with poisonous smoke, then swallowed it whole.
• Li Chang'an returned to the cave and, after a day of digestion, gained more than ten years of cultivation from the rabbit.
• Li Chang'an concluded that devouring soul beasts could accelerate his growth and began searching for more prey.
• Li Chang'an found a decades-old wild boar, suppressed it with his aura, and prepared to attack it with poisonous mist.

Li Chang'an’s Azure Serpent Emperor clone killed and ate a wild boar, gaining less growth than it had from the rabbit. In his human body, he reached level 13 and realized the clone could share and store power for him, giving him a way to pursue strength quickly enough to affect the future.

• Li Chang'an’s Azure Serpent Emperor clone poisoned a wild boar, then tore it apart and ate it, gaining about ten years of age.
• Li Chang'an concluded that as the clone grew older, Ten-Year Soul Beasts would provide less energy and he would need to hunt stronger prey.
• Li Chang'an cultivated in his room and reached level 13, but worried that ordinary cultivation would not make him strong enough in time to change the future.
• Li Chang'an recalled discovering that the Soul Beast Clone’s growth fed back soul power and physical enhancement to his human body.
• Li Chang'an found he could store the shared power for later and decided to absorb the substantial amount he had accumulated.

Li Chang'an absorbed Soul Power from his Soul Beast Clone and reached level fourteen, then restored its quality through three days of cultivation. He considered using the clone’s growth to prepare for condensing a Soul Core and enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to learn more about soul masters.

• Li Chang'an absorbed the stored Soul Power from his clone, broke through to level fourteen, and realized the sudden increase had diluted his Soul Power’s quality.
• Li Chang'an spent three days cultivating to restore his Soul Power’s quality and reflected on how the clone might help him condense a Soul Core earlier than expected.
• Li Chang'an reasoned that he would still need Soul Saint-level physical fitness to withstand condensing a Soul Core, though his clone might strengthen him enough by around Soul King.
• Li Chang'an arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a newly appointed Marquis and the emperor’s son-in-law, qualifying to enroll despite having only level fourteen Soul Power.
• Li Chang'an chose to study at the academy because he needed practical knowledge beyond what he had learned from reading about the soul master world.

Li Chang'an entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy and received special treatment as Emperor Xue Ye’s gifted son-in-law. After half a year of intense study and cultivation, he reached rank twenty at age six and prepared to hunt for his second soul ring.

• Li Chang'an met the Three Education Commissioners, who welcomed him warmly and discussed his talent and prospects.
• Li Chang'an moved into a private courtyard dormitory and spent his days studying and cultivating.
• The Three Education Commissioners watched Li Chang'an’s disciplined routine and praised his perseverance.
• Li Chang'an reported that he had reached rank twenty soul power, becoming the Heaven Dou Empire’s youngest Soul Grandmaster at six years old.
• Meng Shenji decided to personally escort Li Chang'an to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain his second soul ring.

Li Chang'an explained that he wanted his Second Soul Ring to strengthen his sword’s sharpness and armor-piercing power, and Meng Shenji took him deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest to find a suitable Adamantine Mantis. They found one of the right age, and Meng Shenji prepared to subdue it.

• Li Chang'an told Meng Shenji that he wanted to focus his Second Soul Ring on his sword form’s sharpness and armor-piercing qualities.
• Meng Shenji consulted his map and led Li Chang'an to the Adamantine Mantis habitat.
• Li Chang'an identified the Adamantine Mantis and explained why its traits suited blade and sword Martial Souls.
• Meng Shenji found an Adamantine Mantis of suitable age and activated his Martial Soul to subdue it.
• Li Chang'an observed Meng Shenji’s soul ring configuration and reflected on how soul rings affected a Soul Master’s potential.

Li Chang'an absorbed a second Soul Ring from an Adamantine Mantis and gained the Sword Radiance soul skill, which greatly increased his sword’s cutting and penetrating power. After the successful hunt, he returned to his dormitory and noticed how much the Soul Rings had accelerated his physical growth.

• Meng Shenji crushed and restrained the Adamantine Mantis with Soul Power, and Li Chang'an killed it with his Azure Scale Sword.
• Li Chang'an absorbed the Adamantine Mantis's Soul Ring successfully, raising his Soul Power to rank twenty-two and forming his second yellow Soul Ring.
• Li Chang'an demonstrated Sword Radiance by slicing through the Adamantine Mantis and sending enhanced Sword Qi through a boulder.
• Li Chang'an returned to his courtyard dormitory and saw that, despite being six years old, he looked around seventeen or eighteen after absorbing two Soul Rings.

Li Chang'an assessed what he would need to inherit the Sea God’s position, then resolved to build his strength quietly rather than provoke Tang San. Six months later, at seven years old and rank twenty-six, he remained a closely guarded secret as the Heaven Dou officials considered his future potential and the limits of a soul master’s lifespan.

• Li Chang'an concluded that Immortal Herbs and the Ice Fire Golden Body Refinement would be crucial to gaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s recognition, and that he should seek a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone and soul ring.
• Li Chang'an decided not to target Xiao Wu or provoke Tang San while Tang Hao and Asura God protected him, and resolved to develop quietly.
• Li Chang'an wondered when Dugu Yan would enroll, hoping to approach her before she became involved with Yu Tianheng.
• Six months passed, and Li Chang'an reached rank twenty-six at age seven by absorbing strength fed back from his clone.
• The Three Education Commissioners concealed Li Chang'an’s true soul power from most people to protect him from assassins, while the Heaven Dou officials imagined he might become a Peerless Douluo.
• The chapter explained that a Titled Douluo’s extended lifespan depended on becoming one while young, because their power slowed aging rather than restoring lost years.

Li Chang'an kept his strength hidden at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while considering how to approach Dugu Yan and obtain the Immortal Herbs. On Enrollment Day, Dugu Yan enrolled and followed a strange pull from her Martial Soul to a figure standing by an artificial lake.

• Emperor Xue Ye tightened his protection of Li Chang'an and concealed his rapid Soul Power growth, while academy rumors falsely claimed Li Chang'an was his illegitimate son.
• Li Chang'an ate in the academy cafeteria, then strolled around campus on Enrollment Day and wondered whether Dugu Yan would enroll.
• Li Chang'an considered winning Dugu Yan over, treating Dugu Bo's poison, or taking the Immortal Herbs by force if necessary.
• After completing her enrollment, Dugu Yan sensed a strange attraction from her Martial Soul and followed it toward an artificial lake.
• Dugu Yan saw Li Chang'an from behind and approached him quietly, feeling reverence and yearning without knowing why.

Dugu Yan met Li Chang'an at the academy lake and mistook the attraction caused by their martial souls for love at first sight. She persuaded him to show her around the campus, while Li Chang'an accepted her approach and adjusted his plans.

• Dugu Yan stared at Li Chang'an and blushed when he noticed and asked what she wanted.
• Dugu Yan was captivated by Li Chang'an's appearance, unaware that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent martial soul was responding to his superior Azure Scale Sword.
• Li Chang'an realized Dugu Yan had approached him first and decided to change his plan for pursuing her.
• Dugu Yan called Li Chang'an senior and asked him to show her around the academy.
• Li Chang'an agreed to guide Dugu Yan, who privately celebrated that her pitiful act had worked.

Li Chang'an showed Dugu Yan around Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where she tried to flirt with him, while he kept his distance because of his imperial ties. After returning to his dormitory, he transferred his consciousness to his Soul Beast Clone and discovered it had grown into a thousand-year Soul Beast with a stronger connection to his human body.

• Li Chang'an escorted Dugu Yan around Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained the campus and its Mimicry Zones.
• Dugu Yan gave Li Chang'an her name and playfully urged him to remember it, but he acted as if he had not noticed her flirting.
• Li Chang'an reasoned that he needed to avoid openly pursuing other girls while he depended on the Heaven Dou Empire and lacked the strength to defy imperial authority.
• Li Chang'an said goodbye to Dugu Yan, returned to his dormitory, and shifted his consciousness to his Soul Beast Clone.
• Li Chang'an's Emerald Green great snake clone shed its skin and grew to nearly twenty meters as it reached a thousand years.
• Li Chang'an found that the thousand-year clone had formed a closer connection with his main body, allowing him to control both bodies with full focus at once.

Li Chang'an considered how his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor clone could accelerate his human body's cultivation, then practiced sword basics at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He concluded that raising his level and Soul Skills mattered more than mastering elaborate techniques, and the chapter ended as he began to mention a negative example from the Original Work.

• Li Chang'an learned that his serpent clone's growth would slow after reaching the Thousand-Year level, though devouring powerful Soul Beasts or heavenly treasures could speed it up.
• Li Chang'an concluded that the clone's purpose was to share its abundant Soul Power with his human body, which he relied on to pursue godhood.
• Li Chang'an recalled that Soul Beasts contained far more energy than their Soul Rings, so he began eating their corpses before they could condense rings.
• Li Chang'an woke at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and practiced the eighteen basic sword moves with his Azure Scale Sword.
• Li Chang'an decided that speed, strength, and good Soul Skills mattered more than elaborate sword techniques, then began introducing a negative example from the Original Work.

Li Chang'an reflected on Feng Xiaotian's wasted talent and resolved to keep cultivating and gain real combat experience. He went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Soul Battle Zone to find a sparring partner and saw Yu Tianheng fighting there.

• Li Chang'an judged Feng Xiaotian a cautionary example of someone with Innate Full Soul Power who neglected cultivation and might never become a Titled Douluo.
• Li Chang'an practiced the eighteen basic sword moves for nearly two hours, then decided he needed experience fighting other Soul Masters.
• Li Chang'an chose to seek out a classmate for a spar and went to the academy's Soul Battle Zone.
• Li Chang'an arrived as Yu Tianheng fought another student before a crowd of students and teachers.

Li Chang'an watched Yu Tianheng win a Soul Battle Zone match while reflecting on how powerful knowledge was monopolized by the great clans and forces. The chapter left him comparing Yu Tianheng’s cultivation to the Original Work’s protagonists and judging the young clan heir unimpressive by comparison.

• Li Chang'an sat in the audience to observe soul master battles before entering the arena himself.
• Li Chang'an considered Yu Xiaogang’s published theories unreliable and reflected on how major forces restricted profound cultivation knowledge from commoners.
• Yu Tianheng defeated his opponent with a Thunder Dragon Claw, and healing teachers treated the injured fighter before staff carried him away.
• The referee declared Yu Tianheng the victor, and the spectators cheered and discussed the one-sided match.
• Li Chang'an recalled Yu Tianheng’s age and Soul Power Level, then compared him unfavorably with Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Feng Xiaotian.

After watching Soul Master duels for three days, Li Chang'an entered the academy’s Soul Fighting Competition and faced Zhang Tieniu, a level 28 Ironclad Rhinoceros Soul Grandmaster. Li Chang'an cut Zhang Tieniu with Sword Qi, then chose to meet his charge head-on to test his sword and gain combat experience.

• Li Chang'an watched battles between Soul Masters for three days and studied how he might respond in combat.
• On the fourth day, Li Chang'an signed up for the Soul Fighting Competition and was matched against Zhang Tieniu.
• Li Chang'an and Zhang Tieniu introduced their Martial Souls and Soul Power levels before summoning them to begin the match.
• Zhang Tieniu used his first Soul Skill to boost his strength and charge at Li Chang'an, who answered with Sword Qi.
• Li Chang'an's Sword Qi cut Zhang Tieniu's cheek, so Zhang Tieniu activated his second Soul Skill to toughen his skin and charged again.
• Li Chang'an chose to meet Zhang Tieniu's charge rather than dodge, intending to test his sword in the sparring match.

Li Chang'an defeated Zhang Tieniu in a Soul Arena match by carefully poisoning him, then met the newly enrolled Dugu Yan and invited her to lunch. Dugu Yan showed clear interest in him, and Li Chang'an believed he was closer to obtaining the Immortal Herb.

• Li Chang'an defeated Zhang Tieniu by inflicting shallow sword wounds and gradually poisoning him until he could no longer fight.
• A Healing Soul Master treated Zhang Tieniu, and Li Chang'an returned to watching the other Soul Arena matches.
• On his way back to the dormitory, Li Chang'an met Dugu Yan, who asked him to call her Yanzi.
• Li Chang'an invited Dugu Yan to lunch in a private room at the academy cafeteria and ordered the restaurant's signature dishes.
• Dugu Yan asked about Li Chang'an's romantic preferences, and Li Chang'an said he had no girlfriend and had never been moved by a girl.
• Li Chang'an concluded that Dugu Yan's interest in him came from his handsome appearance and thought the Immortal Herb was within reach.