Chapter Summaries

Lu Jun recounted how he had killed two Soul Emperors and several Soul Kings before withdrawing from the Spirit Ascension Platform, leaving his friends astonished and admiring. As the group celebrated, surveillance footage of the battle spread online, triggering a public uproar and drawing the attention of powerful factions.

• Lu Jun told Long Chen and the others that he had killed two Soul Emperors and a group of Soul Kings before a Ten Thousand Year Tyrant Dragon forced him to withdraw.
• Xie Xie, Yue Zhengyu, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Long Chen reacted with shock and admiration, while Gu Yue Na watched quietly.
• Yue Zhengyu invited the group to celebrate at a restaurant, and they left Spirit Pagoda Headquarters together.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai watched the teenagers go and expressed relief that Lu Jun was enjoying time with his friends.
• Video platforms and news outlets released Spirit Ascension Platform footage showing Lu Jun fighting Tang Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members, including Tang Lie being swallowed by the Tyrant Dragon.
• Soul Masters across the internet praised Lu Jun and mocked the two factions, while major factions concluded they should avoid making him an enemy and try to befriend him.

After Lu Jun’s feats in the Spirit Ascension Platform went public, the Spirit Pagoda updated its Genius Youth Ranking and named him number one. Qiangu Zhangting struggled with losing the top spot, while Qiangu Dongfeng urged him to support Lu Jun unless he threatened the Thousand Ancient Family’s power.

• The Spirit Pagoda disciplined an employee for leaking surveillance footage, deleted the complete video, and updated the Genius Youth Ranking with Lu Jun in first place.
• Qiangu Zhangting read that Lu Jun had killed Soul Kings and Soul Emperors in the Spirit Ascension Platform, then discovered Lu Jun had replaced him at the top of the ranking.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told Qiangu Zhangting that Lu Jun’s talent could benefit the Spirit Pagoda and Thousand Ancient Family, but that the family should eliminate him if he threatened its control.
• Qiangu Dongfeng reminded Qiangu Zhangting that he was the chosen Pagoda Master successor and ordered him to reach the Soul Sage realm before turning twenty.

Qiangu Zhangting told Qiangu Dongfeng he liked Gu Yue Na, but his grandfather warned him to focus on cultivation and his duties. After Lu Jun’s battle footage spread across the continent, the Spirit Pagoda ranked him first among young geniuses, and the Tang Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan faced public ridicule over their failed ambush.

• Qiangu Zhangting told Qiangu Dongfeng he had taken a liking to Gu Yue Na, and Qiangu Dongfeng warned him not to let romance distract him from cultivation and family responsibilities.
• After the group celebrated their victory at a restaurant, Xie Xie found news that Lu Jun had risen to first place on the Spirit Pagoda's Genius Youth Ranking.
• Lu Jun’s companions congratulated him as battle footage and news of his rise spread across the Soul Master world, while Lu Jun said he wanted to return to cultivation.
• The failed hunt in the Spirit Ascension Platform became public, and headlines mocked the Tang Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for their defeat.
• Tang Lie, Yu Xinglie, and the others watched the footage at their base, including Tang Lie being bitten by the Tyrant Dragon, and sat in stunned shame.

After their defeat by Lu Jun in the Virtual World, Tang Lie and Yu Xinglie faced furious reprimands from their superiors over the humiliation they brought upon their sect and clan. They left Mingdu in disgrace, ordered to return and accept punishment.

• Tang Lie and Yu Xinglie tried to leave the base after watching their defeat and the deaths of their companions replay on the screen.
• Tang Lie received a call from a Tang Sect Elder, who condemned his attack on Lu Jun and ordered him back to headquarters for questioning and punishment.
• Yu Xinglie received a call from a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder, who denounced him and Yu Xinghen and ordered them to return for confinement and judgment.
• Tang Lie and Yu Xinglie acknowledged their orders and fled the city with their companions as crowds celebrated Lu Jun's rise to the top.

Lu Jun visited the Mingdu Forging Association, where his master Gu Chenyu revealed that the eleven-year-old was already a Rank 5 blacksmith. The revelation stunned Tang Wulin, Long Chen, and Saint Craftsman Mu Chen before Lu Jun went to forge the first component of his Battle Armor.

• Lu Jun met Tang Wulin and Long Chen at the Mingdu Forging Association and told them he was a Rank 5 blacksmith who specialized in forging Ice Attribute metals.
• Lu Jun saw Gu Chenyu arguing with Mu Chen over access to the association's resources.
• Mu Chen greeted his student Tang Wulin and learned that Lu Jun was Gu Chenyu's disciple, the well-known Ice Sword Lu Jun.
• Gu Chenyu confirmed that Lu Jun was Rank 5, leaving Mu Chen astonished at the eleven-year-old's forging skill.
• Gu Chenyu sent Lu Jun to Forging Room No. 3 to forge his first Battle Armor component, and Mu Chen took Tang Wulin along to watch.

A Tang Sect investigator found the Mingdu Branch completely emptied and reported its destruction to Zang Xin, who decided to inspect it personally. Meanwhile, Tang San recognized that Lu Jun had devoured his Sea God Projection and hid within Tang Wulin while planning to return and destroy the Ice Abyss Sword.

• A Titled Douluo searched the abandoned Mingdu Branch, found no people or trace of what had happened, and reported the loss to Amorous Douluo Zang Xin.
• Zang Xin ordered the investigator to secure the scene and announced that he would personally travel to Mingdu.
• Tang San watched Lu Jun through Tang Wulin and realized that the Ice Abyss Sword had consumed his Sea God Projection at the branch.
• Tang San feared Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na, kept his Divine Sense hidden in Tang Wulin, and considered his alliance with the God of Destruction and the Life Goddess a way to hasten his return.
• Tang San resolved to use the Asura Sword to destroy the Ice Abyss Sword and seize its Origin Divine Power.

Lu Jun forged God Foundation Metal with a ninety-nine percent fusion rate and shaped it into his first Battle Armor part, the Frost Arm Guard. The arm guard bonded with him, marking his entry as a Battle Armor Master.

• Lu Jun completed the God Foundation Metal, astonishing Mu Chen and Gu Chenyu with its natural spirituality and frost patterns.
• Gu Chenyu told Lu Jun to shape the metal into the foundation of his first Battle Armor himself.
• Lu Jun used Sword Intent to craft the metal into a Frost Arm Guard that fit his left forearm and strengthened him.
• Gu Chenyu congratulated Lu Jun on completing his first Battle Armor part, while Mu Chen praised his forging and armor-crafting skill.
• Lu Jun dismissed the Frost Arm Guard back into his body and looked forward to completing his One-Word Dou Armor.

Amorous Douluo Zang Xin investigated the erased Tang Sect Branch ruins and encountered Ghost Emperor Douluo Gui Yan. Gui Yan challenged him to a fight, and Zang Xin summoned his Amorous Sword as their hostile auras collided.

• Zang Xin searched the Tang Sect Branch ruins but found no traces of energy, spatial disturbance, or destruction.
• Gui Yan emerged from the shadows and confronted Zang Xin, who recognized him as a powerful Spirit Pagoda combatant.
• Zang Xin accused Gui Yan of using his Ghost King Martial Soul to consume innocent lives, but Gui Yan claimed he had gained his strength through hardship and pills.
• Gui Yan challenged Zang Xin and unleashed the sinister aura of his Ghost King Martial Soul.
• Zang Xin faced Gui Yan's aura and drew his Amorous Sword.

Leng Yulai interrupted Zang Xin and Gui Yan’s fight at the ruins of the Mingdu Tang Sect Branch and revealed that she had reached rank 98. She rebuked Zang Xin for accusing the Spirit Pagoda without evidence, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Zang Xin accused Gui Yan and the Spirit Pagoda of destroying the Mingdu Tang Sect Branch and threatened an all-out war.
• Gui Yan mocked the Tang Sect and used his eighth soul skill, Ghost King Descends, Ten Thousand Souls Wail, to block Zang Xin’s furious attack.
• A Dark Phoenix formed from Darkness Energy crashed between the fighters, blasting Zang Xin and Gui Yan apart and ending their clash.
• Leng Yulai appeared and ordered them to stop fighting before they drew Mingdu’s powerful figures or the Federation army.
• Zang Xin realized Leng Yulai had reached rank 98, while Gui Yan praised her talent.
• Leng Yulai ridiculed Zang Xin for blaming the Spirit Pagoda without evidence and told him to have some shame.

Zang Xin withdrew after Leng Yulai threatened that Nether King Douluo Ha Luosa might come, leaving the Spirit Pagoda with the upper hand. Gui Yan congratulated Leng Yulai on her cultivation, then shocked her by claiming he was a happily married man.

• Zang Xin restrained his anger and vanished after Leng Yulai warned that Ha Luosa might arrive if he attacked again.
• Leng Yulai mocked Zang Xin and the Tang Sect for retreating, while Gui Yan's battle intent subsided.
• Gui Yan congratulated Leng Yulai on reaching the peak of level 98 and suggested she might become Spirit Pagoda Deputy Tower Master.
• Gui Yan asked whether Leng Yulai had found a partner, and she angrily rejected him as a pervert.
• Gui Yan insisted he was already married and feared his wife would punish him if she suspected infidelity, leaving Leng Yulai bewildered.

Gui Yan shocked Leng Yulai by revealing he had a family, then drove her away by trying to show her one of his disturbing artworks. Six months later, Lu Jun had reached Soul Power Level 44 and forged four pieces of Spirit Forging Battle Armor before Yue Zhengyu announced that Lu Jun and several classmates would graduate early into High Grade Class One.

• Gui Yan told Leng Yulai he had secretly married and started a family to protect them from his enemies.
• Gui Yan tried to show Leng Yulai a collector's-edition photograph, and she fled toward Spirit Pagoda Headquarters in disgust.
• Gui Yan lamented that Leng Yulai did not appreciate his art, then vanished into a shadow while planning to take new pictures for his wife.
• Six months later, Lu Jun reached Soul Power Level 44 and equipped four pieces of Spirit Forging Battle Armor.
• Yue Zhengyu told Lu Jun, Xie Xie, Long Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue Na that they would advance directly to High Grade Class One.

Lu Jun, Xie Xie, Long Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue Na were granted early graduation from Middle Grade and promoted to High Grade Class One because their strength outstripped the curriculum. After Yue Zhengyu lamented the gap between his progress and Lu Jun’s, the group reached class and heard Wu Zhangkong announce the decision to their astonished classmates.

• Yue Zhengyu told Lu Jun, Xie Xie, and Long Chen that the academy had decided to move them and their companions into High Grade Class One early because their strength exceeded Middle Grade instruction.
• Yue Zhengyu complained that Lu Jun had surpassed him in Battle Armor progress, then asked the group to leave him in peace; Xie Xie teased him, and Long Chen added another joke.
• Gu Yue Na joined Lu Jun and gently held his sleeve as they headed toward the High Grade Teaching Building with Xie Xie and Long Chen.
• Xie Xie teased Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na about holding sleeves, while Lu Jun threatened to beat him for spreading rumors.
• Wu Zhangkong announced to the class that Lu Jun, Xie Xie, Long Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue Na would graduate early and advance to High Grade Class One, prompting a commotion.

Lu Jun and five companions graduated from Middle Grade and joined High Grade Class One, where Wu Zhangkong became their homeroom teacher. The class was stunned by the newcomers’ arrival, and Wu Zhangkong directed the six to take the empty seats at the back.

• Wu Zhangkong announced that he would stop teaching Middle Grade Class One and continue guiding Lu Jun and the others in High Grade.
• Lu Jun and the others received their graduation certificates and followed Wu Zhangkong to the High Grade campus, where he told them their current dormitories were the academy’s worst.
• Wu Zhangkong introduced the six newcomers to High Grade Class One, whose students recognized Lu Jun and reacted with astonishment.
• Wu Zhangkong silenced the excited class with his spiritual pressure, announced himself as its new homeroom teacher, and told the six newcomers to sit at the back.

Lu Jun and his companions settled into class as Wu Zhangkong called on the class officers to introduce themselves. Yuanen Yehui revealed her extraordinary rank and caught Xie Xie's attention, but his denial of liking her drew Wu Zhangkong's chalk throw and sent him crashing to the floor.

• Xie Xie took the seat beside Yue Zhengyu, while Xu Xiaoyan sat with Gu Yue Na and Long Chen sat beside Lu Jun.
• Wu Zhangkong asked the class officers to state their names and levels, and Yue Zhengyu introduced himself as the Level 45 vice monitor.
• Yuanen Yehui introduced herself as the fifteen-year-old Level 49 class monitor, stunning the class.
• Xie Xie became captivated by Yuanen Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu teased him about having a crush on her.
• Xie Xie loudly denied liking Yuanen Yehui, and Wu Zhangkong struck his forehead with a piece of chalk, knocking him off his chair.

Yuanen Yehui approached Lu Jun after class and explained that their class would face the High Grade Department Second Year in a Challenge Tournament. The six new students were expected to join the class and fight for its honor.

• Wu Zhangkong silenced Xie Xie and Yue Zhengyu, warning that further classroom disruptions would earn one hundred laps in an Iron Vest.
• After class, students gossiped about Xie Xie's feelings for Yuanen Yehui, while Lu Jun considered her Fallen Angel Martial Soul and striking aura.
• Yuanen Yehui ignored Xie Xie and walked over to Lu Jun, introducing herself and acknowledging his first place on the Genius Youth Ranking.
• Yuanen Yehui told Lu Jun that High Grade First Year Class One would challenge the Second Year upperclassmen in a tournament the following week.
• Yuanen Yehui welcomed the six new students as added strength, and Lu Jun asked if the tournament explained why she had approached him.

Lu Jun rejected the academy’s challenge tournament despite its offer to fund the class’s One-Word Dou Armor resources, explaining that the Spirit Pagoda already covered his armor needs and that he had to prioritize cultivation. His advice inspired Xie Xie to pursue Yuanen Yehui, and Xie Xie later declared his determination in the cafeteria while embarrassing Yue Zhengyu by comparing him to someone who fell for Xu Xiaoyan at first sight.

• Yuanen Yehui told the class that winning the challenge would earn every student free resources for their first set of One-Word Dou Armor, but Lu Jun declined to participate so he could focus on cultivation.
• Lu Jun revealed that the Spirit Pagoda would cover his resources from One-Word to Four-Word Dou Armor, leaving his classmates stunned.
• As Lu Jun left, he told Xie Xie that pursuing Yuanen Yehui would require hard work and surpassing her cultivation, prompting Xie Xie to consider his advice.
• At lunch, Xie Xie told Yue Zhengyu that he wanted to pursue Yuanen Yehui and compared his feelings to Yue Zhengyu’s supposed love at first sight for Xu Xiaoyan, embarrassing Yue Zhengyu.

Xie Xie asked Lu Jun to help him cultivate, and Lu Jun agreed on the condition that he remained persistent. Yue Zhengyu then publicly teased Xie Xie about pursuing Yuanen Yehui, leaving him mortified before Yuanen Yehui walked away without confronting him.

• Xu Xiaoyan reacted with disgust to Xie Xie's remarks, and Yue Zhengyu angrily blamed him for his embarrassing words.
• Xie Xie asked Lu Jun to help him cultivate, and Lu Jun agreed if Xie Xie could stick with the training.
• Yue Zhengyu spotted Yuanen Yehui and loudly announced that Xie Xie wanted to catch up to her and win her over.
• The cafeteria fell silent as Yuanen Yehui stared coldly at the embarrassed Xie Xie.
• Yuanen Yehui gave a slight nod and left with her friend, while Lu Jun called the scene lively.

After Yuanen Yehui nodded at him, Xie Xie mistook the gesture for encouragement and begged Lu Jun to train him so he could surpass her. Lu Jun proposed dangerous simulated combat in the Virtual World, and Xie Xie committed to enduring it even after hearing how impossible his goal was.

• Xie Xie shouted across the cafeteria that he wanted Lu Jun to train him ruthlessly so he could surpass Yuanen Yehui and win her attention.
• Lu Jun let Xie Xie drag him to a private room in the Advanced Training Ground.
• Lu Jun promised a method that could make Xie Xie more than ten times stronger and suggested slaughtering each other in the Virtual World’s simulated combat system.
• Lu Jun explained that Xie Xie’s Twin Martial Souls and current strength left him little chance of surpassing Yuanen Yehui.
• Xie Xie said he would persist and become stronger, even if Yuanen Yehui did not yet think highly of him.

Lu Jun subjected Xie Xie to repeated virtual near-death ordeals with the Ice Abyss Sword to force his Twin Martial Souls toward mutation. A week later, Xie Xie appeared utterly drained in the cafeteria, leaving Long Chen to wonder what Lu Jun’s training had done to him.

• Lu Jun explained that he planned to use the Ice Abyss Sword and the Virtual World’s amplified pain to push Xie Xie toward awakening his hidden potential, and Xie Xie agreed to endure it.
• Lu Jun transported Xie Xie into a frozen virtual wasteland and killed him instantly with an Absolute Zero domain.
• After Xie Xie respawned and begged for a break, Lu Jun ordered him to survive the next attack, and Xie Xie charged into the frost using both Dragon Dagger Martial Souls.
• One week later, Xie Xie mechanically ate in the cafeteria with a vacant, exhausted expression, and Long Chen quietly asked whether training with Lu Jun was really that intense.

After Xie Xie revealed that Lu Jun’s brutal training had raised him to rank thirty-nine in a week, Long Chen, Yue Zhengyu, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue Na joined Lu Jun for intensive training. The group entered the Virtual Space’s frozen arena, where Lu Jun prepared to put them through the same trials.

• Xie Xie told Long Chen that he had reached rank thirty-nine after a week of training with Lu Jun, stunning Long Chen, Yue Zhengyu, and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Long Chen, Yue Zhengyu, and Xu Xiaoyan asked Lu Jun to train them, and Gu Yue Na agreed to join after Lu Jun accepted.
• Lu Jun recalled that Xie Xie’s battles had improved his combat control and seemed to provide a faint aura that replenished his cultivation and the Ice Abyss Sword’s energy.
• The group followed Lu Jun to the Training Ground, entered the Virtual Pods, and arrived in an ice-covered Ancient Arena.
• Xie Xie instinctively readied his Twin Martial Soul daggers and watched Lu Jun warily as the others prepared for the training.