Chapter Summaries

Yu Bai awakened to his past-life memories in Cassell Academy and discovered he had been reborn in Douluo Continent as a highly talented Soul Master. He began imagining his future as a god, then startled his friend Shi Zheng by acting as if he did not recognize him.

• Yu Bai woke from a recurring dream about saving a girl and found himself in a classroom beside Shi Zheng.
• Shi Zheng teased Yu Bai about sleeping through classes and dreaming of rescuing girls.
• Yu Bai recovered his past-life memories and realized he had been reborn in the world of Douluo Continent.
• Yu Bai discovered his Everlasting Sword Martial Soul, Level Nine Innate Soul Power, and Level Twenty-Seven Soul Power with two Soul Rings.
• Yu Bai startled at Shi Zheng's face close to his own, shoved him away, and asked who he was.
• Shi Zheng scolded Yu Bai for not recognizing his childhood friend and offered him Meat Jerky.

Yu Bai reunited with his childhood friend Shi Zheng and learned that the continent gathered monthly to watch the Heavenly Dao Rankings of Past and Present. As the screening approached, Yu Bai and others discussed the chance of being listed, while Pope Bibi Dong waited in Spirit City.

• Yu Bai recovered memories of growing up with Shi Zheng, his food-type Soul Master friend, and eagerly asked him to go eat.
• Shi Zheng reminded Yu Bai that the academy had to watch the monthly Heavenly Dao Rankings screening before lunch.
• Yu Bai learned that past-life exposure could reveal powerful cultivation and grant listed people knowledge and experience from their former lives.
• Shi Zheng recounted how two men from a past-life broadcast had become husband and wife in their present lives, then hoped his own past life would be powerful.
• Students across the continent anticipated the screening, while Pope Bibi Dong reclined on her throne in the Pope's Palace.

As the monthly Heavenly Dao Rankings exposure approached, Bibi Dong and Hu Liena prepared Martial Soul Hall to identify new Exposers, while Ning Fengzhi sensed that a new Exposer would appear and might be connected to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that inspections had been arranged across Martial Soul Hall's academies to find Exposers, but the Two Great Empires had stopped enforcing their decree.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the Two Great Empires and said she expected a new Exposer to appear that day.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Ning Rongrong had only just sent a reply from Shrek Academy, disappointing Gu Rong and Chen Xin, who wanted her to stay in the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong and Chen Xin that his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul sensed a new Exposer would appear and that the person might be connected to their sect.

Yu Luomian and a Heaven Dou Crown Prince discussed the coming Heavenly Dao Rankings, while Flender gathered Shrek Academy’s seven students to watch the exposure. The students’ teasing turned to speculation about their past lives, and Xiao Wu praised Tang San as pure and spotless.

• Yu Luomian asked Yu Yuanzhen whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect should search for the Heavenly Dao Exposer, but Yu Yuanzhen refused and said they would only watch for people connected to their clan.
• A young man at the Heaven Dou Crown Prince’s Mansion vowed to find the Exposer before his sister and recruit him.
• Flender congratulated Shrek Academy’s seven students on joining and postponed training so they could watch the monthly Heavenly Dao exposure.
• Ma Hongjun mocked the idea of embarrassing past lives, and Oscar and Dai Mubai teased him about his behavior with women.
• Ma Hongjun fired back at Oscar and Dai Mubai, prompting Dai Mubai to silence him and glance anxiously at Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu called the three senior students disgusting, and Xiao Wu told Tang San that he was pure and would never behave that way.

Tang San questioned why the Tang Sect had blamed him in his past life and learned from Dai Mubai about the hidden benefits of the Heavenly Dao Rankings of Past and Present. As Tang San and Xiao Wu absorbed the revelations, a new display began appearing in the minds of every living being across the Douluo Continent.

• Tang San reflected that he had restored the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus and left the Tang Sect without taking anything, then changed the subject when he noticed Dai Mubai and the others looking awkward.
• Tang San suggested that an Exposer's past-life cultivation and knowledge were not especially important, prompting Dai Mubai to explain that the major powers concealed further benefits of the rankings.
• Dai Mubai explained that Exposers could use past-life cultivation to strengthen their bodies and potentially gain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Exposers might evolve their Martial Souls or awaken a second Martial Soul, leaving Tang San and Xiao Wu stunned while Xiao Wu trembled beside him.
• A celestial sound rang across the Douluo Continent, and two golden dragons appeared in everyone's minds to draw open a curtain before large characters appeared on the light screens.

Yu Bai saw the Heavenly Dao Rankings reveal “Past and Present: Tang San” and resolved to seize the opportunities that could let him become a God King before Tang San. Across the continent, people tried to determine which Tang San the ranking meant, while Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and a mysterious middle-aged man each reacted to the possibility that it referred to the Tang San they knew.

• Yu Bai connected the rankings’ appearance to his rebirth and decided he had to obtain a God King inheritance before Tang San, considering ways to take Tang San’s future opportunities.
• Major powers ordered investigations into everyone named Tang San, while people across the continent speculated about the ranking’s subject.
• At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu and the others assumed the ranking might refer to Tang San, and Flender told them to watch the reveal.
• A cloaked middle-aged man outside Shrek Academy dropped his wine jug and wondered whether Tang San could still be considered his child if he had memories of a past life.
• At Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, Yu Xiaogang concluded the ranking referred to his disciple and imagined Tang San’s past-life foundation making him even more gifted.

The Heavenly Ranking showed Tang Lan, an elder of the Shushan Tang Sect, finding a baby amid a village massacre. Tang San recognized Tang Lan as Flender realized he might already know the memories being revealed, and Tang Lan named the rescued infant Tang San.

• The Heavenly Ranking displayed a mountain village slaughtered by the Nine Yin Alliance bandits and introduced the arriving elder as Tang Lan of the Shushan Tang Sect.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to investigate the Shushan Tang Sect and compile records of historical sects.
• Tang San recognized Tang Lan, while Flender secretly concluded that Tang San was the Exposer and then wondered how he knew the old man.
• Tang Lan heard an infant crying in a burning house, found the baby beneath a piece of cloth, and named him Tang San.

After the Light Screen showed Tang Lan fleeing with the infant Tang San, Qian Daoliu concluded that Tang San had reincarnated from another minor world and ordered the Spirit Hall worshippers to seek him out. In the Star Dou Great Forest, the Silver Dragon King warned Di Tian that Asura God might have planted Tang San to threaten the Soul Beast clan, and Di Tian asked her to identify him so he could kill him before he grew stronger.

• Tang Lan escaped the collapsing house with the swaddled Tang San as the Light Screen's first scene ended.
• Viewers questioned why Tang Lan had displayed no Soul Rings despite his apparent strength.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Tang San's previous life had likely been in another minor world and agreed with the worshippers' plan to find him and learn his cultivation methods.
• Di Tian urged the Silver Dragon King to help the Soul Beast clan obtain Tang San's method for growing stronger without Soul Rings.
• The Silver Dragon King warned that Asura God might have arranged Tang San's reincarnation as part of a plot against the Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian asked the Silver Dragon King to identify Tang San so he could secretly eliminate him before he became powerful.

The Heavenly Ranking showed Tang San sneaking into the Tang Sect Scripture Pavilion and stealing its highest secret manual, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. The scene ended with people across the continent condemning him, while his Shrek companions reacted with suspicion.

• The Heavenly Ranking showed adult Tang San approaching the Tang Sect Scripture Pavilion, and viewers recognized him as their classmate.
• Dai Mubai and the others watched Tang San warily, while Xiao Wu excitedly identified his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San evaded the pavilion’s traps and guards, picked the lock, and entered the Scripture Pavilion.
• Tang San found the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and discovered it contained the Tang Sect’s cultivation methods and hidden-weapon techniques.
• Tang San took the manual and escaped, prompting people across the continent to curse him for betraying the Tang Sect.

The Clear Sky Sect and other major factions planned how to obtain Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, while Yu Bai and Shi Zheng discussed Tang San’s past-life actions at Cassell Academy. Yu Bai considered exposing Tang San but believed Tang Hao would protect him.

• The Seventh Elder cursed Tang San, and the Second Elder proposed forgiving him if he voluntarily gave the sect the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, but showing no mercy if he concealed it.
• Tang Xiao agreed with the Second Elder’s proposal, while factions across the continent began plotting to obtain Tang San’s techniques.
• Yu Bai listened as his classmates condemned Tang San and wondered whether he should expose Tang San’s identity.
• Shi Zheng said he wanted the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record but would have earned it through contributions rather than stealing from his sect.
• Yu Bai thought Tang San would not be easily captured because Tang Hao’s hammer was difficult to withstand.

The spectators watched Tang San flee the Tang Sect and leap from Ghost's Lament Cliff after claiming he had returned everything he took, leaving them baffled by his actions. Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, Ning Fengzhi, and the Heaven Dou crown prince rejected or condemned him, while their factions issued warnings or orders concerning him.

• Tang San fled from the pursuing Tang Sect elders to Ghost's Lament Cliff, where he declared that he had learned the sect's arts but had not forgotten his roots.
• Tang San said he would return the manuals and leave the Tang Sect with Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus as a final gift, then activated the hidden weapon and leaped from the cliff.
• The spectators argued over whether Tang San had intended to prove his resolve or commit suicide, and criticized him for leaving instead of accepting punishment and repaying the Tang Sect.
• Bibi Dong called Tang San trash and warned Hu Liena not to imitate him; Hu Liena pledged to fight for Spirit Hall.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea God Island to warn its people against being too much like Tang San, while Ning Fengzhi abandoned plans to recruit him and sought a deal for the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• The Heaven Dou crown prince ordered She Mao to pursue the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record if possible, but said Tang San's life did not matter.

After Tang San’s past life was revealed, Yu Xiaogang left Nuoding Academy to continue teaching him, while the Shrek students reacted to his cliff jump and regained memories. Flender tried to impose academy rules about past lives and Exposers, but Ning Rongrong refused to keep Tang San’s identity secret from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Yu Xiaogang dismissed the Nuoding Academy students’ criticism of Tang San, packed his belongings, and left for Flender’s academy.
• Xiao Wu wept as she clung to Tang San, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun remarked on Tang San’s cliff jump; Zhu Zhuqing decided she would take Dai Mubai with her if she died.
• Ning Rongrong concluded that Tang San was self-centered and resolved to warn her father against admitting him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• A streak of light entered Tang San’s brow and restored his memories and knowledge from his past life, confirming to the group that he was the Exposer.
• Flender told the Shrek students to identify only as academy students and ordered them not to reveal who became an Exposer.
• Ning Rongrong objected, saying she had to put the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect first and could not keep Tang San’s identity secret.

Tang San feared the students would expose his identity as an Exposer, but Flender warned them that doing so would bring the wrath of powerful Titled Douluo upon their families and sects. After the Heavenly Dao Rankings ended, the light screen remained and began showing a new entry: Past and Present: Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, Cailin.

• Tang San prepared to silence anyone who might reveal what had happened, but Flender interrupted him and warned the students against reporting it to their families or sects.
• Flender revealed that retaliation from one or more exceptional Titled Douluo would bring calamity upon the students’ families, and Ning Rongrong promised not to tell anyone outside the academy.
• Tang San questioned how Titled Douluo could be backing him, while Xiao Wu feared she had been discovered but chose to remain at the academy.
• Flender postponed answering Tang San and sent most of the students away to train before beginning a lesson for Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• Ning Rongrong noticed the light screen had not disappeared, and it displayed the new entry Past and Present: Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, Cailin.

The Heavenly Dao Rankings revealed a new past-life scene in another world, showing the Xiao Family’s cultivation assessment in Wutan City. Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing recognized a youth in the scene as someone deeply connected to them, leaving both shocked by their apparent ties to the Exposer.

• Three new Exposers appeared on the Heavenly Dao Rankings, drawing attention across the Douluo Continent.
• Yu Bai recognized the names Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, and Cailin and worried that their presence would make his path to godhood much harder.
• The rankings showed the Xiao Family’s cultivation assessment in Wutan City and identified clan leader Xiao Zhan and the elders.
• Bibi Dong judged the Xiao Family members to be weak while watching for powerful figures in the newly revealed world.
• Zhu Zhuqing felt certain she might be an Exposer, and the rankings focused on a youth resting beside a tree in the square.
• Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing recognized the youth and realized they shared an extraordinary relationship with him; Bibi Dong’s soul power pressure swept through Pope’s Palace before she regained her composure.

Bibi Dong and Yu Bai watched the Heavenly Dao Rankings reveal scenes from Xiao Yan’s past life, while Zhu Zhuqing was stunned to see Xun’er’s face exactly matched her own. The scene ended with Xun’er defending Xiao Yan and insisting he was the family’s true genius.

• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena, Ju, and Gui to keep watching the rankings despite her distress.
• Yu Bai recognized the Xiao Yan on-screen as his own face and concluded that he was the Exposer and that the rankings were showing scenes from Battle Through the Heavens.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw that Xun’er looked exactly like her and wondered whether Xun’er was her past life.
• Xun’er sat with Xiao Yan beneath a tree and worried over the insults aimed at him during the Xiao Family cultivation test.
• Xiao Yan encouraged Xun’er to take the test, and she declared that he was the most dazzling genius in her heart.

Bibi Dong reflected on Xiao Yan’s composure and felt an unexplained jealousy toward Xun’er, while Hu Liena analyzed the new world and its potential value to Spirit Hall. As the Xiao Family’s cultivation test continued, Xiao Mei passed with Dou Qi Eighth Stage, and Xun’er bit Xiao Yan’s arm in jealousy.

• Viewers on Douluo Continent discussed Xiao Yan’s loss of cultivation and the unfamiliar Dou Qi realm, while Bibi Dong compared his calmness to someone from her past.
• Bibi Dong felt anger at Xiao Yan’s humiliation and displeasure at Xun’er’s closeness with him, then asked Hu Liena and the Titled Douluo what they had discovered.
• Hu Liena concluded that the screen showed another world, noted that medicinal pills might benefit Spirit Hall, and suspected Xun’er belonged to a powerful family.
• Bibi Dong summoned a Soul Douluo to heal Hu Liena before she resumed watching the rankings.
• Xiao Mei tested at Dou Qi Eighth Stage and passed, drawing cheers from the boys and a quiet smile from Xiao Yan.
• Xun’er saw Xiao Yan looking at Xiao Mei, grew jealous, and bit the arm she was holding.

The Heavenly Dao Rankings showed Xiao Yan and Xun'er’s closeness and the results of the Xiao Family’s strength test. Bibi Dong’s jealousy made her drive Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo from the Pope’s Palace, while Xiao Xun’er proved to be a one-star Dou Zhe and Xiao Yan remained at the third stage of Dou Qi.

• Zhu Zhuqing realized that the Xun'er on the screen might have been her previous life and wondered how she would face Xiao Yan.
• Bibi Dong grew jealous watching Xiao Yan and Xun'er, then ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to leave and research alchemy.
• Ghost Douluo made an excuse to leave, and Bibi Dong told Hu Liena to stay and continue watching the rankings.
• Xiao Mei saw Xiao Yan with Xun'er, chose to ignore him, and decided they would belong to different worlds because of their talent gap.
• Xiao Xun'er pressed her hand to the testing monument and revealed that she was a one-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan took the final test and received the familiar result of Dou Qi Third Stage before leaving with Xun'er.

Xiao Yan’s lost cultivation, humiliation, and vow to settle matters with Nalan Yanran were revealed, along with the truth that Old Ya had been siphoning his power. After Xiao Yan accepted Old Ya as his master, he trained and rapidly advanced through the cultivation ranks.

• Xiao Yan broke through during his nightly cultivation, but his power mysteriously vanished again, and he continued cultivating despite the setback.
• Bibi Dong recognized Xiao Yan as the young man from her previous life, Zhu Zhuqing resolved to persevere in her own life, and Qian Renxue decided to recruit him.
• Nalan Yanran visited the Xiao Family to annul her engagement, and Xiao Yan challenged her to meet him in three years atop Cloud Mist Mountain.
• Xiao Yan met Old Ya, learned that the old man had caused his lost cultivation, and accepted him as his master in exchange for a promise to refine him a body.
• Under Old Ya’s guidance, Xiao Yan fought monster beasts and outmaneuvered enemies as he rapidly advanced from Dou Practitioner to Dou Master.

Xiao Yan infiltrated Queen Medusa’s palace to steal the Green Lotus Core Flame while the Heavenly Dao Rankings revealed Medusa’s beauty and her resemblance to Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong realized that she was Medusa’s final Exposer, and Hu Liena began to suspect her master was connected to Xiao Yan and the scene.

• Xiao Yan entered the Snake People city and approached Queen Medusa’s palace, relying on Old Ya to conceal his aura.
• The Heavenly Dao Rankings showed Queen Medusa reclining beside the Green Lotus Core Flame, and viewers marveled at her beauty.
• Bibi Dong recognized Queen Medusa as her past-life identity and realized Xiao Yan had sneaked into the palace to steal the flame.
• Xiao Yan spotted the Green Lotus Core Flame and then saw Medusa, causing him to freeze and get a nosebleed.
• Bibi Dong teased Xiao Yan as a little thief, while Hu Liena noticed her unusual reaction and suspected Bibi Dong was Queen Medusa.

Medusa swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame to force an evolution, and the resulting explosion left Xiao Yan alone amid the ruins. He found Medusa’s tiny seven-colored snake form and fled with her, while the exposure showed their relationship deepening through Xiao Yan’s rise to become the Flame Emperor and defeat Hun Tiandi.

• Medusa swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame as human experts attacked the Snake People city, triggering a violent explosion that destroyed everything within ten li.
• Old Ya protected Xiao Yan, who collected the scattered Green Lotus Core Flame and discovered a tiny seven-colored snake beneath Medusa’s charred body.
• The little snake coiled around Xiao Yan’s wrist, and Xiao Yan fled with Old Ya’s help as powerful experts approached.
• The exposure showed the little snake transforming back into Medusa during Xiao Yan’s attempt to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, after which they made compromises and traveled together.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa’s feelings deepened through their shared adventures until Xiao Yan became the Flame Emperor, sealed Hun Tiandi, and reached the era of Five Emperors Soaring.