Chapter Summaries

Ye Wen killed the Golden Light Jellyfish, gained its 100,000 Year Soul Ring for his Time Orb, and acquired a soul skill that could restore the dead. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao arrived at Heavenly Path Academy intending to confront Ye Wen over Grandmaster’s failed treatment of their Little Sister.

• Ye Wen froze the Golden Light Jellyfish to death, retrieved its 100,000-year right leg bone, and absorbed its 100,000 Year Soul Ring into the Time Orb.
• Ye Wen gained the Mark of Time soul skill, which could restore a target who had not been dead for more than one day, then packed up and headed home.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao arrived at Heavenly Path Academy, with Tang Hao insisting they confront Ye Wen for wasting their Little Sister’s time.

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao arrived at Heavenly Path Academy to confront Ye Wen over his advice to Tang Hao’s sister, but Ye Wen was away. Their insults and threats provoked Lu Feng and Dugu Bo, who attacked the Clear Sky brothers, leaving the battle underway.

• Tang Hao insulted the White Tiger Courtyard’s gatekeeper and shouted for Ye Wen, injuring the veteran with his voice.
• Lu Feng confronted Tang Hao, who demanded an apology from Ye Wen and threatened to destroy the academy over his sister’s stalled cultivation.
• Lu Feng defended Ye Wen, while the academy’s teachers evacuated the students and the students condemned the Clear Sky brothers for their attack.
• Dugu Bo arrived to support Lu Feng and challenged the visitors.
• Lu Feng transformed into his Taipan Rock Python Avatar and attacked Tang Hao, while Dugu Bo became the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and lunged at Tang Xiao.

Dugu Bo and Lu Feng confronted Tang Hao and Tang Xiao after the brothers attacked Heavenly Path Academy, and the battle shifted in the Clear Sky brothers’ favor. Lu Feng recognized Tang Hao’s hammer technique and warned Dugu Bo to evade before its power built to eighty-one strikes.

• Dugu Bo and Lu Feng drove Tang Hao and Tang Xiao away from Heavenly Path Academy and prepared to fight them.
• Lu Feng used his Gravity Pressure Soul Skill while Dugu Bo attacked Tang Hao with Jade Phosphor poison.
• Tang Xiao countered the poisonous mist with lightning, and Tang Hao unleashed his Clear Sky True Body.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao pressured Dugu Bo together, leaving him at a disadvantage.
• Lu Feng warned Dugu Bo that Tang Hao was using Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and urged him to dodge before the eighty-one-strike attack landed.

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao overwhelmed Dugu Bo and battled Director Lu Feng, who used earth-element techniques to hold them off. As Lu Feng began to falter, Ah Yin arrived and launched her Blue Silver Domain against the brothers.

• Tang Hao shattered Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor avatar with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Dugu Bo fainted after being thrown back.
• Tang Hao demanded that Ye Wen come out and apologize to his little sister, while Tang Xiao prepared to continue the confrontation.
• Director Lu Feng used Bulwark of Stone to bombard the brothers with boulders and earth spikes, preventing Tang Hao from gathering strength and slowing Tang Xiao’s approach.
• Director Lu Feng’s Soul Power began to run out, and he feared he would fail to defend Heavenly Path Academy.
• Ah Yin arrived, transformed with Blue Silver Sword Emperor True Body, and attacked Tang Hao and Tang Xiao with her Myriad Sword Domain.

Ah Yin and Director Lu Feng fought the Tang Hao brothers, using her Blue Silver Sword Emperor techniques to pin them down while Lu Feng intensified the pressure. Tang Hao broke through her sword array and sent her flying, leaving the brothers poised to continue their attack.

• Ah Yin summoned the Blue Silver Slaughter Sword Array against the Tang Hao brothers, who defended themselves with Clear Sky Body Protection.
• Tang Hao rejected Tang Xiao's suggestion to retreat and vowed to capture Ah Yin and use her to force Ye Wen to apologize.
• Ah Yin layered her first three Soul Skills over the sword array, while the brothers struggled against her attacks and began tiring from their hammer swings.
• Director Lu Feng used Gravity Pressure to increase the force of Ah Yin's swords and wear down the brothers.
• Tang Xiao dropped his defense and took several sword strikes to give Tang Hao an opening, and Tang Hao used Clear Sky Nine Absolutes: Break to shatter the sword formation and send Ah Yin flying.
• Tang Xiao enlarged his Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao dismissed his own hammer and leaped onto it.

Ye Wen arrived in disguise to save Ah Yin and confront Tang Hao and Tang Xiao after they defeated the academy’s defenders. He intimidated the brothers with a fabricated identity and an overwhelming Soul Ring display, leaving them apologizing while he asserted that Heavenly Path Academy would be protected.

• Tang Xiao struck Director Lu Feng down while Tang Hao closed in on the powerless Ah Yin.
• Ye Wen arrived, kicked Tang Hao into a crater, and carried Ah Yin away from danger.
• Ye Wen used voice transmission to tell Ah Yin to conceal his identity, and she played along with his disguise.
• Ye Wen claimed he had promised to protect Heavenly Path Academy and revealed six black and three red Soul Rings.
• Ye Wen taunted the Clear Sky brothers about Tang Chen and demonstrated pressure equivalent to a Level 97 Super Douluo, prompting Tang Xiao to bow and apologize.

Ye Wen defeated the Clear Sky Twin Stars after their attacks passed harmlessly through him, then claimed to be a level 98 Titled Douluo called Heavenly Path. He left the badly injured brothers in the hands of a Clear Sky Sect member and warned the sect to keep a low profile.

• Tang Hao and his brother unleashed the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes against Ye Wen, but their attacks passed through him without causing harm.
• Ye Wen criticized the brothers’ skills and told them he would attack after counting to ten as soul masters gathered to watch.
• Ye Wen announced that he was a level 98 Titled Douluo called Heavenly Path and that Ye Wen was his final disciple.
• Ye Wen struck the brothers with his sixth soul skill, Space Shockwave, sending them and nearby spectators flying.
• Ye Wen ordered a Clear Sky Sect member to take the injured brothers back and warned that he could destroy the sect, while the man begged him for medicine.

Ye Wen revealed his power as Heavenly Path Douluo, drove away the forces that had attacked Heavenly Path Academy, and declared the academy neutral. The major powers responded by seeking ties with the academy or restraining their followers, while Tang Wei prepared Clear Sky Sect to retaliate.

• Ye Wen threatened the forces behind the attackers, displayed a killing intent drawn from Tang Hao's Divine Slaughter's Domain, and sent the onlookers fleeing.
• Ah Yin and Su Qiaoqiao treated Elder Lu and Old Poison, and Ye Wen used purple qi to help them recover from the backlash of their shattered martial souls.
• The two empires and the sects learned of Heavenly Path Douluo's strength, with both empires considering sending students to the academy and the Lower Four Sects restraining their subordinates.
• Yu Yuanzhen arranged for Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples to build ties with Heavenly Path Academy, while Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also planned to send clan members there.
• Tang Wei, furious over his sons' defeat, called on Clear Sky Sect's elders to join him in punishing Ye Wen.

Tang Wei wanted to retaliate against Heavenly Path Academy, but the Clear Sky Sect elders and Tang Xiao warned him that their level 98 opponent and his 300,000-year Soul Ring made the sect’s survival uncertain. Tang Wei abandoned his plans and ordered the sect to keep its gates half-closed and enforce its rules.

• The Great Elder urged Tang Wei not to attack Heavenly Path Academy, noting the Clear Sky Sect’s fault and the danger posed by their level 98 opponent.
• Tang Wei refused to listen and declared that he would go after Heavenly Path Academy alone.
• Tang Xiao entered the council hall and pleaded with Tang Wei to reconsider, explaining that the Heavenly Path Douluo’s ninth Soul Ring came from a 300,000-year Soul Beast.
• Tang Wei learned that the opponent’s strength and abilities could overwhelm the Clear Sky Sect, and the other elders supported Tang Xiao’s warning.
• Tang Wei ordered the Clear Sky Sect to keep its gates half-closed and punish disciples who broke the sect rules.

Qian Daoliu learned of the mysterious Heavenly Path Douluo and warned Qian Xunji not to provoke him, while urging his son to marry within the clan. Meanwhile, Ye Wen prepared Heavenly Path Academy’s second admissions campaign and strengthened his allies, leaving the academy ready to attract a new wave of students.

• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu that the level 98 Heavenly Path Douluo had a three-hundred-thousand-year ninth Soul Ring and planned to retire at Heavenly Path Academy.
• Qian Daoliu guessed that the Heavenly Path Douluo had failed a Divine Trial, ordered Qian Xunji not to provoke him, and told him to find a wife from the clan.
• Ye Wen revamped Heavenly Path Academy’s special admissions program and announced the Hidden Dragon Tournament for applicants under sixteen with Soul Power below Level 20.
• Ye Wen used the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd Origin to evolve Director Lu Feng’s Taipan Rock Python into the Taipan Dragon Python.
• Ye Wen gave Dugu Bo perfume made from the Aromatic Silk Beauty Origin to protect him from poison, and Dugu Bo began using it during dangerous medicinal experiments.

Ye Wen expanded Heavenly Path Academy through new admissions and a trade alliance with the Mermaid Race, which agreed to send a Titled Douluo to assist him. As the academy settled into its expanded routine, Dugu Bo reached Soul Douluo and Ye Wen led a group on a large Soul Beast hunt.

• Ye Wen held the academy's second-year admissions, using tournament trials and arena matches to select Registered Disciples and other promising students.
• Tribe Leader Hait visited Ye Wen, negotiated trade relations, and agreed to send a Mermaid Race Titled Douluo to the academy.
• Ye Wen expanded Heavenly Path Academy to accommodate its growing student population and arranged training grounds for the new Registered Disciples outside the Blue Silver Forest's core region.
• Dugu Bo broke through to the Soul Douluo realm, prompting Ye Wen to organize a large-scale Soul Beast hunting expedition.
• Ye Wen led Ah Yin, Lu Feng, Dugu Bo, and Tie Man on the expedition.

Ye Wen led Dugu Bo, Director Lu Feng, and Tie Man through the Great Star Dou Forest to obtain powerful Soul Rings, and all three gained Soul Bones. Half a year later, the Clear Sky Twin Stars resumed their campaign to restore the Clear Sky Sect’s reputation and decided to challenge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Ye Wen advised Dugu Bo, Director Lu Feng, and Tie Man on suitable Soul Beasts for their next Soul Rings as the group entered the Great Star Dou Forest.
• Tie Man absorbed a 40,000-year Ironclad Rhinoceros King’s Soul Ring and received its right leg Soul Bone from Ye Wen.
• Director Lu Feng absorbed an 85,000-year Earth Viper King’s Soul Ring and gained a torso Soul Bone, while Dugu Bo found a Medusa and gained its Soul Ring and head Soul Bone.
• After completing the hunts, Ye Wen collected ancient medicinal plants, and the group began its journey home.
• Half a year later, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao attacked small sects to answer rumors about the Clear Sky Sect, then chose to seek instruction from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

The Tang Hao brothers challenged Yu Yuanzhen at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, hoping to prove themselves against another of the Three Upper Sects. Yu Yuanzhen overwhelmed them in battle and mocked their supposed ability to rival Titled Douluos.

• Yu Yuanzhen celebrated Yu Xiaogang reaching Level 36 before hearing that the Tang Hao brothers had arrived at the clan’s main gate.
• Tang Xiao asked Yu Yuanzhen to let the brothers challenge the clan, but Yu Yuanzhen refused and told them to leave.
• Tang Hao insisted that Yu Yuanzhen exchange moves with them, and Yu Yuanzhen attacked after activating his Martial Soul.
• Tang Hao met Yu Yuanzhen’s strike with Clear Sky Nine Absolutes but was sent flying, while Tang Xiao moved in to engage Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen suppressed both brothers with his greater cultivation and paralyzing lightning, then taunted them to show their strength.

Yu Yuanzhen overwhelmed Tang Xiao and Tang Hao after they attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, leaving both brothers badly injured. As Yu Yuanzhen prepared to take them for treatment, the Clear Sky Sect's Great Elder arrived and asked him to spare the brothers.

• Tang Xiao tried to use his lightning resistance to create an opening for Tang Hao, but Yu Yuanzhen saw through their plan and beat both brothers down.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao unleashed their martial soul avatars and inherited techniques, briefly suppressing Yu Yuanzhen before he countered with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon avatar and Azure Dragon Calamity.
• Yu Yuanzhen's attack left Tang Xiao and Tang Hao unconscious in craters, though he had held back enough to keep them alive.
• Yu Yuanzhen dismissed his avatar and moved to bring the injured brothers into the clan for treatment.
• A hammer struck near Yu Yuanzhen, and the Clear Sky Sect's Great Elder appeared, asking him to spare Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.

Ye Wen continued developing his academy and used refined Immortal Herb Origins to improve his disciples’ cultivation and Martial Souls. After transforming Chen Youyu’s sword and naming it, he turned to consider how to use the remaining Origin for Lan Lan and Qianqian.

• Yu Yuanzhen returned to the sect after warning the Clear Sky Sect, while the Great Elder carried off the injured Clear Sky brothers and reflected on Tang Chen’s absence.
• Ye Wen learned that three talented new students were spies for the two empires and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so he gave them minimal instruction and planned to assign them to external businesses after graduation.
• Ye Wen gave Immortal Herb Origins to Su Qiaoqiao, Hu Rou, Xu Teng, Wang Bao, and Dongfang Jiaojiao, improving their Soul Power, aptitude, or Martial Souls.
• Ye Wen refined an Earth Dragon Golden Gourd Origin for Dugu Xin, whose Martial Soul evolved into a Jade Scale Dragon Python and whose Soul Power rose to level 40.
• Ye Wen gave Chen Youyu Dark Jade Divine Bamboo Origin, evolving her Missing Sword into a sword she named the Heavenly Wind Evil Slaying Sword and raising her Soul Power to level 30.
• Ye Wen reviewed Lan Lan’s and Qianqian’s progress and considered what to do with the remaining Origin.

Ye Wen gave Qianqian an enhanced Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower Origin to restore her cultivation potential, then helped her refine it. Qianqian’s aptitude was restored and her Wings of Light martial soul evolved, though she still had to obtain a second soul ring to reveal her full level.

• Ye Wen gave Qianqian the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower Origin and urged her to absorb it.
• Qianqian drank the Origin, and Ye Wen used his Soul Power to help her refine it.
• Qianqian’s body expelled black impurities as she endured the painful transformation.
• Qianqian’s aptitude was restored, her Soul Power rose to around level twenty-seven, and her martial soul grew four golden flame wings.
• Qianqian’s four wings separated from her body, and a pure angel appeared in midair.

Qianqian's Martial Soul evolved into a Four-Winged Angel, revealing her connection to the Qian Family of Spirit Hall. After she explained her parents' past, Ye Wen reassured her that Heavenly Path Academy was her home and warned her to hide her Martial Soul.

• Qianqian awoke after her Martial Soul evolved into a Holy Angel, and Ye Wen gave her a cloak after the transformation burned away her clothes.
• Ye Wen asked Qianqian about her new Martial Soul, and she admitted that she had not meant to hide her past from him.
• Qianqian told Ye Wen that her father was a Qian Family Soul Emperor and her mother was a Fallen Soul Master with Dark Blue Silver Grass; her parents disappeared after her mother went to help him on a mission.
• Qianqian pleaded with Ye Wen not to send her to the Qian Family, and he told her Heavenly Path Academy was her home.
• Ye Wen warned Qianqian to conceal her Holy Angel Martial Soul and explained that her Four-Winged Angel form surpassed the usual stages of an Angel Martial Soul.

Ye Wen helped Qianqian awaken her Four-Winged Angel’s potential and prepared to find her a Soul Ring, then used two Immortal Herb Origins to transform Lan Lan’s Blue Silver Vine into a Blue Silver Tree. Lan Lan gained ice and fire immunity and a stronger physique, while Ye Wen planned to surprise her with further improvement next year.

• Qianqian’s Four-Winged Angel awakened the Holy Judgment Domain, and Ye Wen found that her improved physique could withstand a fifteen-hundred-year Second Soul Ring.
• Ye Wen taught Qianqian disguise techniques, arranged to hunt for her Soul Ring the next day, and sent her to rest.
• Ye Wen summoned Lan Lan and Ah Yin, then gave Lan Lan the origins of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to refine.
• With Ah Yin’s help, Lan Lan endured the refinement, and her Blue Silver Vine transformed into a Blue Silver Tree with ice and fire immunity.
• Ah Yin said Lan Lan’s physique and meridians had improved to rival Soul Masters with Level 7 or 8 Innate Soul Power, and Ye Wen decided to keep her future progress a surprise.

Over three years, Heavenly Path Academy grew in influence while Ye Wen watched the Clear Sky siblings’ travels and prepared his elite disciples for the upcoming All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament. He split the academy’s teams between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo regions and planned to bring its newly trained Medical Soul Masters along.

• Qian Daoliu saw the Angel God Statue shine, mistook it for a warning, and ordered Spirit Hall’s reserves to stay on guard; Qianqian’s unusual martial soul awakening had actually qualified her for the Angel God’s Trial.
• Qian Daoliu welcomed his granddaughter and named her Qian Renxue, while academies across the continent copied Heavenly Path Academy’s curriculum and Ye Wen’s cultivation guides.
• The Clear Sky Twin Stars returned to the martial world with a heroic woman, becoming known as the Clear Sky Three Siblings, and Ye Wen wondered whether she was another 100,000 Year Soul Beast or part of a larger scheme.
• Heavenly Path Academy’s applications and Hidden Dragon Tournament grew popular, and Ye Wen allowed promising students to sign with other powers while keeping his most valued geniuses close.
• As the tournament approached, Ye Wen registered Heavenly Path Academy for both regions, assigned Dao Ba and Chen Youyu to lead the Star Luo team, and chose the Huo Siblings and Dugu Xin for the Heaven Dou team.
• Ye Wen planned to lead the Heaven Dou team, Dugu Bo to lead the Star Luo team, and the newly trained Medical Soul Masters to join them.

At the tournament, Heavenly Path Academy crushed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, drawing Emperor Xue Ye’s attention and an invitation for Ye Wen to join the VIP seats. There, Ye Wen met Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, while Yu Yuanzhen worried about his runaway son Yu Xiaogang.

• Ye Wen bet eight million Gold Soul Coins on the tournament and sent seven ordinary students to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team.
• Heavenly Path Academy defeated the second team in under ten seconds, and Lan Lan treated the injured students while their leader protested.
• Emperor Xue Ye rebuked Prince Xue Xing over the team’s performance and ordered an attendant to invite Ye Wen to the VIP seats.
• Yu Yuanzhen worried that his son Yu Xiaogang had run away from home and compared him unfavorably to Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Ye Wen exchanged pleasantries with Xue Ye, sat beside Yu Yuanzhen, and greeted Ning Fengzhi, whom he privately regarded as an old fox.