Chapter Summaries

Lu Leng convinced Qian Renxue to take him with her to Heaven Dou City, where she arranged for him to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy under a fabricated noble identity. He entered the academy and began exploring its grounds.

• Lu Leng falsely claimed that Bibi Dong had asked him to help Qian Renxue, but Qian Renxue rejected his words and left after telling him to meet her in three days.
• Qian Renxue took Lu Leng out of Spirit Hall and continued with him to Heaven Dou City, eventually leaving him at a hotel while she went to the Imperial Palace disguised as Xue Qinghe.
• Count Sals, a retainer of the Crown Prince and a red-robed bishop of Spirit Hall, collected Lu Leng and gave him proof of a fabricated baronial identity from the Demacia Kingdom.
• Sals arranged for Lu Leng to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and left him at its gates after providing a letter of introduction.
• Lu Leng presented his documents, entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and saw its students and grand grounds.

Lu Leng got lost while searching for the Academic Affairs Office and came upon Gu Yuan and his companions cornering a veiled girl. He stopped them from assaulting her, but Gu Yuan ordered his remaining men to attack, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lu Leng wandered through Heaven Dou Royal Academy for hours, repeatedly taking wrong turns while looking for the Academic Affairs Office.
• Lu Leng discovered Gu Yuan and three other men cornering a veiled, blue-haired girl and preparing to tear off her veil.
• Lu Leng intervened and threatened Gu Yuan with a blade, forcing him and the other two men to release the girl.
• Gu Yuan found that the lecherous man had been knocked unconscious and ordered the remaining men to attack Lu Leng after they released their martial souls.

Lu Leng rescued a blue-haired girl from Gu Yuan and his companions, then bribed his way into Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After settling into his dormitory, he decided to seek advancement at Heaven Dou City's Great Soul Arena.

• Lu Leng swiftly defeated Gu Yuan, slapped him until he begged for mercy, and made him apologize to the girl he had harassed.
• The girl thanked Lu Leng and guided him to the Academic Affairs Office, where he paid a teacher with Gold Soul Coins to secure his enrollment.
• Lu Leng received his enrollment items and found that he had been assigned to share a dormitory room with another student.
• After learning that classes were voluntary, Lu Leng decided not to attend and chose to visit the Great Soul Arena to advance his Gold Soul Fighter rank.
• Lu Leng arrived at the enormous Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City and marveled at its many venues.

Lu Leng registered at the Great Soul Arena of Heaven Dou City and learned that Gold Soul Fighters who take part in Life-and-Death Soul Fighting could receive free lodging and services in exchange for regular matches. After accepting a personal aide named Yaoyao, he discovered the arena offered far more than soul fights, including a network of services for hire.

• Lu Leng presented his Gold Soul Fighter badge and learned he could receive free accommodations and arena services by signing a contract to fight two Life-and-Death matches each month.
• Lu Leng agreed to register for Life-and-Death Soul Fighting and was introduced to Yaoyao, his assigned personal aide.
• Lu Leng let Yaoyao guide him to the 124th sub-arena and asked about her duties and background.
• Yaoyao told Lu Leng that the arena could arrange intelligence, forged identities, smuggling, assassinations, and soul rings for customers who could pay.

Lu Leng fought a Thundercloud Leopard Soul Master in a life-and-death match at Heaven Dou City's Great Soul Arena and became intrigued by her Flash Thunder Thrust. After killing her, he copied the movement technique, only to crash into a wall when he tried it himself.

• Lu Leng learned that Yaoyao's service as his personal maid came with restrictions unless he earned a Sapphire Soul Fighting Badge.
• Lu Leng entered a life-and-death match against a woman whose Thundercloud Leopard Martial Soul let her move at extreme speed.
• Lu Leng studied the woman's Flash Thunder Thrust while pretending to be disoriented, then split her Thunder Explosion with one slash.
• Lu Leng severed the woman's arms and demanded that she explain the skill; after identifying its principle, he killed her.
• Lu Leng analyzed her movements and tried to imitate the technique, but he used too much Soul Power and slammed into the wall.

Lu Leng practiced a new movement technique at the Soul Fighting Arena and combined wind and lightning to create his first Self-Created Soul Skill, Wind and Thunder Movement. After the arena charged nearly all his prize money for training and lodging, he returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, planning to master the skill before fighting again.

• Lu Leng rented a private training ground and practiced controlling the distance of his movement technique until he could use it reliably.
• Lu Leng realized he could improve his speed by combining wind and lightning elements, then successfully created Wind and Thunder Movement.
• Yaoyao told Lu Leng that only one Gold Soul Coin remained after three shichen of training, and she escorted him to his room.
• Lu Leng discovered Yaoyao's room was inside his suite, ate, and ended the day.
• The next day, Lu Leng returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy without entering another Soul Fighting match, intending to master Wind and Thunder Movement first.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s training grounds, Lu Leng defended Ye from Yu Feng’s team after she refused their invitation. He drove off Osler and the Shi Mo brothers, while Yu Feng joined the fight and circled overhead.

• Lu Leng found Ye at the training grounds as Yu Feng and his companions approached her to recruit her for their team.
• When Ye refused, Osler threatened her, and Lu Leng stepped in to protect her.
• Yu Feng tried to leave with his group, but Lu Leng demanded that they stop bothering Ye and challenged them when Osler confronted him.
• Lu Leng kicked Osler away, then sent the Shi Mo brothers flying when they attacked with their Black Tortoise Turtle martial souls.
• Yu Feng summoned his Wind Chime Bird martial soul and circled above Lu Leng as the fight continued.

Lu Leng defeated Yu Feng after fending off his wind-based soul skill, then learned that his junior student status barred him from using the Advanced Mimetic Cultivation grounds. Ye Lingling helped him gain access, and the two entered a canyon environment so Lu Leng could practice Wind and Thunder Movement.

• Lu Leng defeated the Shi Mo brothers, then blocked Yu Feng's Third Soul Skill, Wind Rises, Clouds Surge, without being harmed.
• Yu Feng admitted defeat, and Lu Leng warned him and the others not to trouble Ye Lingling again.
• Lu Leng learned he could not use the Advanced Mimetic Cultivation grounds as a junior student, so Ye Lingling offered to accompany him.
• Lu Leng discovered the veiled girl's identity was Ye Lingling and realized the encounter might change the Imperial Fighting Team's future.
• Lu Leng and Ye Lingling entered the training grounds and selected a stormy canyon for his Wind and Thunder Movement practice.

Lu Leng trained in the gorge for eight hours while Ye Lingling waited, then asked to use her student ID for future visits and took her to dinner. As he tried to start a conversation while preparing barbecue, he realized he had misread her interest and ended in embarrassment.

• Lu Leng trained in the gorge for eight hours, improving his Wind and Thunder Movement while Ye Lingling waited nearby.
• After training, Lu Leng apologized for taking up Ye Lingling's day and asked to borrow her student ID again in the future; she agreed.
• Lu Leng insisted on treating Ye Lingling to dinner and pulled her to a grove, where he began preparing barbecue despite the academy's rules.
• Lu Leng tried to draw Ye Lingling into conversation about his barbecue supplies, but she said she had not been curious and had only been thinking about something.
• Lu Leng felt embarrassed by the awkward exchange, and Ye Lingling noticed his expression.

Lu Leng shared a meal with Ye Lingling, then practiced Wind and Thunder Movement in Soul Fighting Arena matches and won fifteen in a row. He ended the day one victory away from advancing his Gold Soul Fighter Badge to Purple-Gold.

• Ye Lingling asked Lu Leng about his seasoning, and they ate barbecue and drank fruit wine together before returning to their dormitories.
• Lu Leng went to Soul Fighting Arena and defeated a Mandala Snake Martial Soul user, learning that Wind and Thunder Movement consumed too much Soul Power.
• Lu Leng asked Yaoyao to register him for more matches and won fights by relying on movement and combat techniques rather than soul skills.
• By nightfall, Lu Leng had won fifteen consecutive matches and earned over nine thousand points.
• Lu Leng won his final match of the day after leaving his opponent with at least thirty-nine cuts, bringing his badge within one victory of Purple-Gold rank.

Lu Leng advanced to a Purple-Gold Soul Fighting Badge, then learned the Soul Arena had replaced Yaoyao with Zi Nü as his new attendant. After questioning the arena’s treatment of beast girls and rejecting its claims of friendship, he gave Zi Nü his badge to register him for matches.

• A man in the spectator stands ordered a guard to investigate Lu Leng’s background.
• Lu Leng upgraded his badge to Purple-Gold and considered how difficult it would be to find more opponents.
• Lu Leng discovered Yaoyao had been replaced by Zi Nü, a Cat Girl offered to him with Sapphire-level privileges.
• Lu Leng questioned the service manager about the arena’s Cat Girls and learned that its owner wanted to make a friend of him.
• Lu Leng accepted a Soul Tool bracelet for Zi Nü and handed her his badge so she could register him for matches.

Lu Leng waited in the ninth Soul Fighting District, where Zhang Jiuri provoked him and threatened to kill him in the arena. Zi Nü returned and bowed to Lu Leng, revealing that he was a Sapphire Soul Master who participated in Life-and-Death Matches.

• Zi Nü accepted Lu Leng's badge and led him to the ninth Soul Fighting District, where she went to register him.
• Lu Leng ignored Zhang Jiuri's taunts in the crowded lounge, angering the Sapphire Soul Master.
• One of Zhang Jiuri's women demanded that Lu Leng apologize and warned him he would die in the arena.
• Lu Leng refused to apologize and told Zhang Jiuri to kill him whenever he wished, prompting Zhang Jiuri to move against him.
• Zi Nü entered the lounge and respectfully bowed to Lu Leng, making Zhang Jiuri realize Lu Leng was a Sapphire Soul Master who fought Life-and-Death Matches.

Lu Leng entered the Heaven Dou Soul Fighting Arena’s VIP lounge after warning Zhang Jiuri that he would face him in the arena, then fought his first Life-and-Death Soul Fighting match. He wore down Zhu Baofu without using a soul skill, while Zhang Jiuri watched and recognized the danger Lu Leng posed.

• Lu Leng warned Zhang Jiuri that he would meet him in the Soul Fighting Arena, then followed Zi Nü to the VIP lounge as other Life-and-Death Soul Fighting participants mocked Zhang Jiuri.
• Zi Nü told Lu Leng that Zhang Jiuri was a level-sixty-nine Battle Soul Emperor who rarely left the arena, and suggested ambushing him when he did; Lu Leng postponed dealing with him.
• The host announced Lu Leng’s match against Zhu Baofu, a level-forty-nine Soul Ancestor known as the Soul Ancestor Butcher, and the spectators speculated that Lu Leng might be related to a legendary Diamond Soul Fighter.
• Lu Leng dodged Zhu Baofu’s attacks and conserved his strength while Zhu Baofu grew exhausted, never using a soul skill.
• Zhang Jiuri watched the fight and realized that Zhu Baofu had fallen into Lu Leng’s trap, recognizing Lu Leng’s frightening combat instincts.

Lu Leng rejected Gambling Matches and entered a Cross-level Challenge, defeating a level-fifty Purple Gold Soul Fighter with ease. Zhang Jiuri grew more determined to kill him, while a middle-aged man took an interest in Lu Leng and planned to meet him if he survived the next few days.

• Zi Nü told Lu Leng that he could raise his Soul Fighting rank through Gambling Matches or a Cross-level Challenge, and Lu Leng chose the challenge.
• Lu Leng’s level-fifty opponent, Jing Lie, drew attention in the lounge, while Zhang Jiuri learned that a grudge and a penalty could permit a Sapphire fighter to challenge a Purple Gold fighter.
• A middle-aged man learned that Lu Leng was ten years old and had reached level forty-four, then ordered his guard not to investigate his identity further and planned to meet him if he survived the next few days.
• Lu Leng defeated Jing Lie with ease, deepening Zhang Jiuri’s fear and resolve to kill him.
• Zhang Jiuri argued with another fighter, insisting he would make Lu Leng pay.

Lu Leng discovered that a mysterious bead was rapidly improving his physical strength, but a surge of evil energy soon overwhelmed him during cultivation. Zi Nü absorbed the energy by kissing him, and Lu Leng regained control, only to realize she had taken his first kiss.

• Lu Leng found a strange room full of whips and candles and gave its key to Zi Nü.
• While cultivating, Lu Leng realized the bead was accelerating his physical improvement and then felt a chilling evil energy erupt within him.
• Zi Nü sensed the energy, entered Lu Leng's room, and began absorbing it from him.
• The evil energy seized Lu Leng's mind, and Zi Nü kissed him and drew the energy out while he cooperated.
• Lu Leng regained control and pushed Zi Nü away, lamenting that his first kiss was gone.

Lu Leng guarded Zi Nü while she broke through after absorbing the evil energy that had threatened him, then questioned her about her unusual martial soul. Zi Nü reached level fifteen but still could not explain her abilities or manifest her martial soul, leaving its mystery unresolved.

• Lu Leng realized Zi Nü’s Soul Power was breaking through and stood guard as he considered the danger posed by the evil energy fused with his bead.
• After three hours, Zi Nü woke and said that breaking through level ten had not changed her difficulty cultivating.
• Zi Nü told Lu Leng that a strange energy had drawn her to him, though she could not clearly remember what happened afterward.
• Lu Leng asked about Zi Nü’s martial soul, and she explained that she could not manifest it and that even the Soul Fighting Arena’s adults could not identify it.
• Zi Nü told Lu Leng that absorbing the energy had raised her Soul Power from level nine to level fifteen.

Lu Leng tried to understand Zi Nü’s unusual martial soul and considered using an Immortal Herb to help her, while she repeatedly appeared naked in his bed despite his protests. He realized she was drawn to the pearl’s energy and ended by asking her to wear clothes next time.

• Lu Leng considered giving Zi Nü a Cockscomb Phoenix Flower but decided to observe her longer before using such a valuable Immortal Herb.
• Zi Nü woke beside Lu Leng naked and said the Soul Fighting Arena had taught her that sleeping with her master was a maid’s duty, so Lu Leng ordered her off his bed.
• Zi Nü returned to Lu Leng’s bed on the following mornings, even after he warned her and locked his door.
• Zi Nü explained that Lu Leng’s strange scent made her feel safe and close to him, and Lu Leng suspected her martial soul shared an attribute with the pearl.
• Lu Leng told Zi Nü to prepare breakfast and then asked her to wear clothes next time, regretting his words when she smiled knowingly.

Lu Leng tried to stop Zi Nü from climbing into his bed and stayed at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to avoid her advances. Qin Ming organized the Imperial Fighting Team and sent Yu Feng and Osler to recruit Ye Lingling, but Lu Leng confronted them again when they approached her.

• Lu Leng scolded Zi Nü for getting into his bed, then decided to stay at the academy so she could not try again.
• Qin Ming learned that Ye Lingling had refused to join the Imperial Fighting Team and heard Yu Feng describe how Lu Leng had defeated him, Osler, and Shi Mo.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Yu Feng's account, and an argument between the students escalated until Qin Ming intervened.
• Qin Ming sent Yu Tianheng and the Shi Mo brothers to find Lu Leng and ordered Yu Feng to continue recruiting Ye Lingling.
• Lu Leng found Ye Lingling and confronted Yu Feng and Osler as they approached her on Qin Ming's orders.

Lu Leng protected Ye Lingling from the Imperial Fighting Team's pressure, then faced Yu Tianheng after the two groups met. The chapter ended as Yu Tianheng attacked Lu Leng with his Thunder Dragon Claw.

• Lu Leng warned Yu Feng that Ye Lingling would not be forced to join the team, and Ye Lingling chose to wait for the others so she could refuse them directly.
• Osler returned with Yu Tianheng, the Shi Mo brothers, and Dugu Yan, who complimented Lu Leng's looks but did not recognize him.
• Lu Leng provoked Yu Tianheng by refusing to give his name, and Yu Tianheng challenged him to a fight.
• Yu Tianheng revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and attacked Lu Leng with his first soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw.

Lu Leng defeated Yu Tianheng by crushing his lightning attack with the Lightning Element in his body, leaving Yu Tianheng shaken. Days later, Yu Tianxin returned to the academy and learned that the team had failed to recruit Ye Lingling.

• Lu Leng grabbed and crushed Yu Tianheng's lightning attack, stunning the students and destroying Yu Tianheng's confidence.
• Lu Leng left with Ye Lingling and spent several days cultivating Wind and Thunder Movement in the advanced mimicry training grounds.
• Yu Tianheng regained his senses but remained dejected as Qin Ming and the students discussed their defeat.
• Yu Tianxin returned and asked why the academy's students were downcast.
• Yu Feng told Yu Tianxin that they had failed to invite Ye Lingling to join the team, and Yu Tianxin boasted that he could persuade her.