Chapter Summaries

Li Tianlan bargained with the Crimson Flame Snake for Scarlet Flame Snake Fruits and refined them with Golden Dragon King essence blood into Earth Fire Dragon Snake Pills. He gave his word to provide the snake a pill, while his Golden Sea Furnace broke apart after the batch was complete.

• Li Tianlan offered the Crimson Flame Snake a share of the Earth Fire Dragon Snake Pills in exchange for taking its fruits and permission to gather herbs later; the snake agreed.
• Li Tianlan began refining the pills with Profound Yellow Flame as the Crimson Flame Snake and Xiao Wu watched.
• Xiao Yan observed that Li Tianlan had nearly reached the level of a fifth-grade Alchemist after only half a year of practice.
• Li Tianlan shaped the medicinal mixture into ten Earth Fire Dragon Snake Pills and placed them in a jade bottle.
• The Golden Sea Furnace cracked and exploded, and Xiao Yan explained that ordinary metal could not withstand the erosion of Heavenly Flames.

Li Tianlan gave the Crimson Flame Snake an Earth Fire Dragon Snake Pill in exchange for access to the Scarlet Flame Snake Fruit, then continued with Xiao Wu to seek the Heavenly Poison Flame. They found that the flame was gone, but a corpse and a vast growth of deadly immortal-grade herbs remained.

• Li Tianlan gave the Crimson Flame Snake an Earth Fire Dragon Snake Pill, which greatly strengthened it, then beat it down when it tried to attack him and warned it not to try again.
• Li Tianlan told Xiao Wu that he would make her share of the pills after they returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and they continued toward the Heavenly Poison Flame.
• After nearly two hours underground, Li Tianlan and Xiao Wu reached the lava lake and found that the Heavenly Poison Flame had been taken.
• Li Tianlan found a family crest on a desiccated corpse and planned to ask someone in Heaven Dou City to identify it.
• Xiao Wu pointed out that the strange treasure remained, and Li Tianlan realized the area was filled with poisonous immortal-grade herbs.

Li Tianlan discovered a Purgatory Heavenly Poison Fruit in the poisonous cavern and, guided by Xiao Yan, harvested ten of its eleven fruits. He continued collecting poisonous immortal herbs while preserving their roots, stems, and seeds, as Xiao Wu wondered what he planned to do with them.

• Xiao Yan identified a Purgatory Heavenly Poison Fruit and explained its immense medicinal power and deadly poison.
• Li Tianlan approached the black tree, was nearly overcome by the fruit’s fragrance, and spent twelve hours purging the poison from his body.
• Xiao Yan told Li Tianlan to shield himself with Heavenly Flames and leave one fruit behind, so Li Tianlan safely collected ten.
• Li Tianlan harvested other poisonous immortal herbs while leaving roots, stems, or seeds to let them grow again.
• Xiao Wu asked Li Tianlan whether he intended to use the poisonous herbs to poison people, and he said that would waste their gifts.

Li Tianlan showed Xiao Wu the poisonous Black Orchid and explained how it could be processed into medicine. Meanwhile, Bena rejected Yu Tianheng’s offer to join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Li Tianlan arrived as tensions rose toward a fight.

• Li Tianlan showed Xiao Wu a Black Orchid and explained its poisonous and medicinal properties.
• Yu Tianheng confronted Bena with six Soul Elders and offered her a place in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Bena refused Yu Tianheng’s offer and mocked the clan for being unable to provide six unused Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• A voluptuous woman insulted Bena and Li Tianlan, who appeared and challenged Yu Tianheng’s group.
• Bena asked Li Tianlan to help defeat the group, and he assigned the woman to Bena while taking on the other six.

Bena fought Li Qingmu while Li Tianlan watched, and Yu Tianheng challenged him to a rematch. One of Yu Tianheng’s followers then revealed himself as a Soul Emperor and launched a poisoned sneak attack on Li Tianlan, who evaded it and countered with his Wave-Swallowing Ruler.

• Bena revealed her speed after fusing with the Death Mantis’s external soul bone and struck Li Qingmu with the flat of her Chef's Knife.
• Li Qingmu recovered and attacked Bena with her silver-white whip, beginning a fierce battle that Bena could not quickly finish without using her third soul skill.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Li Tianlan to another one-on-one duel, but Li Tianlan told him to have everyone attack at once.
• One of Yu Tianheng’s followers charged Li Tianlan and revealed himself as a Soul Emperor, attacking with a poisoned dagger.
• Li Tianlan escaped with Three Thousand Lightning Movement, summoned the Wave-Swallowing Ruler, and faced the Soul Emperor’s next punch.

Li Tianlan discovered that the Soul Emperor's sixth Soul Skill reflected injuries back onto him, but he used Absolute Healing from his Soul Bone to recover. After the Soul Emperor hurt himself and Yu Tianheng sent his men to attack, Li Tianlan revealed his powerful martial soul and Soul Rings, leaving his enemies terrified.

• Li Tianlan shattered the Soul Emperor's arm with a punch, then suffered the same injury when he attacked again.
• The Soul Emperor revealed that Injury for Injury reflected any injury he suffered onto Li Tianlan for half an hour, while Li Tianlan healed himself with Absolute Healing.
• The Soul Emperor broke his own rib, causing Li Tianlan to suffer the reflected pain, and Yu Tianheng ordered his five remaining men to attack.
• Li Tianlan released his martial soul and Soul Rings, frightening the five Soul Masters and making Yu Tianheng realize Li Tianlan had not yet used his true power.
• Li Tianlan told the Soul Emperor that injury reflection did not make him invincible.

Li Tianlan knocked the Soul Emperor unconscious, allowing Xiao Yan to take control of his body and defeat the attacking Soul Elders. Xiao Yan spared Yu Tianheng because Heaven Dou Royal Academy teachers were watching, then warned Li Tianlan that a Titled Douluo was hiding nearby.

• Li Tianlan coordinated with Xiao Yan and used his spiritual power to knock the Soul Emperor unconscious, after which Xiao Yan took over his body.
• Xiao Yan sealed the Soul Emperor and stored him in a Soul Tool to prevent anyone from using his fate to threaten Li Tianlan.
• Yu Tianheng and the remaining five Soul Elders took Raging Soul Pills and attacked Xiao Yan, but he shattered their combined soul skill and stopped his punch before killing Yu Tianheng.
• Xiao Yan explained that teachers from Heaven Dou Royal Academy had witnessed the fight, so killing Yu Tianheng would provoke trouble with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yan warned Li Tianlan that a powerful presence, at least a Titled Douluo, was secretly watching and waiting for a chance to attack.

Li Tianlan and Bena finished their clashes with Yu Tianheng and Li Qingmu as Heaven Dou Royal Academy teachers arrived to enforce the examination rules. Li Tianlan discovered he had few Score Stones, but Bena had nearly half a million, and the three decided to split them before the assessment ended.

• Xiao Yan assured Li Tianlan that his spiritual perception could detect the hidden Titled Douluo, easing Li Tianlan’s concern about a sneak attack.
• Bena defeated Li Qingmu with one strike, and Li Tianlan praised her while Li Qingmu vowed revenge.
• Two Soul Saint-level teachers stopped the confrontation and warned that contestants who fought life-and-death duels would be disqualified; Yu Tianheng held back when they arrived.
• The teachers praised Li Tianlan’s strength and potential, further angering Yu Tianheng.
• Li Tianlan counted a little over thirty thousand Score Stones, while Bena produced nearly four or five hundred thousand; Li Tianlan proposed splitting them among himself, Bena, and Xiao Wu.

The assessment ended, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy changed its ranking rules to admit the top 1,500 examinees in each age group. Li Tianlan, Xiao Wu, and a blonde girl were the only six-year-old candidates, and Li Tianlan and Xiao Wu stunned the crowd with their Score Stones.

• The assessment ended, and the Soul Douluo teacher announced that examinees would be ranked by age group, with the top 1,500 in each group passing.
• Li Tianlan went to the six-year-old station and found that he was the only examinee there until Xiao Wu joined him.
• A timid blonde girl arrived, making three six-year-old candidates in total.
• Li Tianlan presented a box containing fifty thousand Score Stones, which the teacher accepted after checking it.
• Xiao Wu submitted her own box, and the teacher announced sixty thousand Score Stones, prompting other examinees to accuse them of cheating.

Li Tianlan watched Ning Rongrong and Bena impress the Heaven Dou Royal Academy examiners, while Yu Tianheng and Li Qingmu plotted to use assassins against Bena. Back at the hotel, Li Tianlan found Kavi had cleaned their room and prepared a meal.

• Ning Rongrong revealed three hundred thousand Score Stones, and Li Tianlan recognized her as a future member of the Shrek Seven Devils and considered recruiting her.
• Bena scored one hundred thousand Score Stones, prompting Yu Tianheng to transfer his lackeys’ stones to Li Qingmu, who claimed a total of one hundred and fifty thousand.
• Bena ignored Li Qingmu’s taunts and left with Li Tianlan and Xiao Wu to return to the hotel and get barbecue.
• Yu Tianheng suggested hiring assassins to deal with Bena, and Li Qingmu agreed to make her pay.
• Li Tianlan, Bena, and Xiao Wu returned to find their hotel room spotless, with folded clothes and a meal Kavi had prepared; Li Tianlan agreed to bathe first.

Li Tianlan worried that his conflicts with the Strength Clan could draw Tang San into a fight, but decided that reaching level 100 and freeing Xiao Yan would make Tang San’s divine power irrelevant. After advancing to level 30, he began preparing a new alchemy furnace and discovered the Immortal Source coating a piece of Dragon Pattern Black Gold.

• Li Tianlan considered his enemies and feared that Tang San would come after him because of the Strength Clan and his connection to Qian Renxue.
• Li Tianlan resolved to cultivate until he reached level 100, believing Xiao Yan could overcome Tang San’s future dual divine positions.
• Li Tianlan cultivated and broke through from Soul Power level 29 to level 30.
• Li Tianlan gathered materials to forge a sturdier alchemy furnace and noticed Immortal Source coating his Dragon Pattern Black Gold.
• Li Tianlan touched the Immortal Source and used his spiritual power to draw out its energy, unleashing a vast force.

Li Tianlan absorbed a trace of Immortal Source Power, which transformed his first Soul Ring into a Ten Million Year Spirit Ring and his right-leg Soul Bone into a million-year bone. After the energy strengthened his body and Soul Power, he inspected his new abilities and found four powerful Soul Skills.

• Li Tianlan drew in Immortal Source Power, which overwhelmed his Soul Power and poured into his Soul Rings.
• The Immortal Source Power raised Li Tianlan's first Soul Ring from fifteen hundred years to a Ten Million Year Spirit Ring, surpassing Douluo Continent's World Rules.
• The remaining power strengthened Li Tianlan's body and Primordial Spirit, evolved his right-leg Soul Bone to a million years, and nearly doubled his punching force.
• Li Tianlan inspected himself and found his level-30 Soul Power was ten times stronger than ordinary Soul Power, while his bones and meridians had also been strengthened.
• Li Tianlan discovered that his Soul Bone had gained four new skills: Life Recovery, Flight, Absolute Defense, and Earth Fire Dragon King's Wrath.

Li Tianlan discovered that his Ten Million Year first Soul Ring made his abilities far stronger and easier to use, then considered how to obtain more rings. After the gods sensed the Immortal Source and sent avatars to Douluo Continent, Xiao Yan warned Li Tianlan that hundreds of godly auras had appeared.

• Li Tianlan examined his strengthened soul skills and found that his first Soul Ring had granted him eight Ten Million Year skills, including enhanced versions of his Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Soul Ring skills were tailored upgrades, and Li Tianlan instantly summoned a seven-colored Buddha's Fury Lotus Flame without preparation.
• Li Tianlan considered using God-Bestowed Spirit Rings for his third Soul Ring and thought he might need to capture a god to learn how to create them.
• God King Asura sensed that an unknown force had broken Douluo Continent's rules, split off an avatar, and descended to seek that power.
• More than a hundred gods sent avatars through spatial rifts to Douluo Continent, disturbing its World Rules.
• Xiao Yan sensed hundreds of godly auras across the continent and warned Li Tianlan that he might be in trouble.

Li Tianlan learned that gods might be searching for the Immortal Source, then hurried to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for its second assessment. As gods from across the God Realm set out for Heaven Dou City, he learned the assessment would pit freshmen against teams of senior students.

• Xiao Yan warned Li Tianlan that gods were likely hunting for his Immortal Source, and Li Tianlan resolved to keep a low profile.
• Qian Daoliu accompanied the Angel God toward Heaven Dou City, while Bibi Dong accepted the Rakshasa God's order to search there.
• Asura God's will took control of Tang Chen and headed for Heaven Dou City, while the Sea God summoned Bo Saixi and the seven Sacred Pillar Douluo to join the journey.
• Li Tianlan, Xiao Wu, and Bena arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the second assessment.
• Bena explained that teams of senior students would try to take freshmen's Score Stones in the Spiral Forest, and Dugu Yan challenged Li Tianlan's group.
• Li Tianlan learned that the top scorer in each age group would receive a mysterious reward from the Royal Academy.

Li Tianlan formed a team with Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Chen An, and Li Yue for the Spiral Forest assessment, while his apparently white Soul Rings concealed their immense power. After the assessment began, he sensed danger and dodged a sudden attack.

• Dugu Yan demanded her gift, and Li Tianlan promised to give it to her if she defeated him in the Spiral Forest.
• The assessment teacher warned that dangerous spirit beasts remained in the forest, prompting many examinees to withdraw.
• Ning Rongrong asked to team up with Li Tianlan, who revealed his martial spirit and two white Soul Rings; Xiao Wu sensed that the rings carried a powerful divine aura.
• Ye Lingling, Chen An, and Li Yue joined Li Tianlan's group, though Ning Rongrong felt uneasy about Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia.
• The assessment began, and Li Tianlan landed on a hill before sensing danger and using Three Thousand Lightning Movement to dodge an attack from the ground.

Li Tianlan was ambushed by Black Snake Douluo, but his immense strength and powerful soul skills overwhelmed the Titled Douluo. The fight continued as Black Snake Douluo realized Li Tianlan had concealed the true age of his Spirit Ring.

• Black Snake Douluo emerged from a gunpowder blast and revealed himself as the Titled Douluo sent to kill Li Tianlan.
• Li Tianlan charged Black Snake Douluo with the Wave-Swallowing Ruler and shattered his jaw with a Thunderclap Fist.
• Black Snake Douluo escaped Li Tianlan's killing blow with a Soul Bone skill, but Li Tianlan's next strike gouged a massive crater into the ground.
• Li Tianlan unleashed Buddha's Fury Lotus Flame, badly injuring Black Snake Douluo and costing him an arm and an eye.
• Li Tianlan activated the Ancient Emperor Seal again, and Black Snake Douluo realized Li Tianlan had hidden the true age of his Soul Ring.

Li Tianlan fought Black Snake Douluo, survived his flames, and drove him off when the Douluo escaped using a decoy. After rescuing Ye Lingling from a Thousand Year Soul Beast, Li Tianlan proposed a way to help her become a Battle Soul Master.

• Li Tianlan struck Black Snake Douluo with the Ancient Emperor Seal, forcing him to activate Martial Soul Avatar and attack with black flames.
• Li Tianlan endured the flames unharmed and battered Black Snake Douluo, but the Douluo escaped after Li Tianlan destroyed a fake body.
• Li Tianlan decided to find the rest of his team and then rescued Ye Lingling by killing the Thousand Year Soul Beast chasing her.
• Li Tianlan told Ye Lingling she could become a Battle Soul Master by raising her physical constitution without limit.

Li Tianlan gave Ye Lingling Body Tempering Fluid and promised to help her become a Battle Soul Master, then went with her to check on the others. They found Ning Rongrong, whose assessment had been made easy because of her status, and Li Tianlan drove Yu Tianheng’s group away before offering to strengthen her too.

• Li Tianlan gave Ye Lingling Body Tempering Fluid and said it could strengthen her enough to become a Battle Soul Master.
• Ye Lingling thanked Li Tianlan after he explained that he helped her because they were friends.
• Ning Rongrong complained that her assessment was too easy because no Soul Beasts appeared near her.
• Yu Tianheng arrived with his group and asked Ning Rongrong where Li Tianlan was.
• Li Tianlan appeared with the Wave-Swallowing Ruler, and Yu Tianheng led his group away without fighting.
• Li Tianlan offered to strengthen Ning Rongrong and then set off with her and Ye Lingling to find the others.

After escaping Li Tianlan, Black Snake Douluo encountered the frenzied Tailong and was saved by a mysterious young man calling himself the Nether God. The Nether God healed and empowered Black Snake Douluo, intending to use him to test Li Tianlan’s strength while investigating a rumored god-slaying treasure.

• Black Snake Douluo lamented his defeat by Li Tianlan and his fall to level eighty-six after losing an arm.
• Tailong, transformed into a blood-red Titan Giant Ape and driven mad, attacked Black Snake Douluo, mistaking him for Li Tianlan.
• The Nether God entered the cave and restrained Tailong with divine power.
• Black Snake Douluo told the Nether God about Li Tianlan’s age, martial soul, and extraordinary strength, and offered to help pursue him in exchange for healing.
• The Nether God healed Black Snake Douluo, raised his Soul Power to level ninety-nine, and transformed all nine of his Soul Rings into blood-red rings.

The Nether God empowered Black Snake Douluo and transformed Tailong while preparing for the turmoil among the gods. Meanwhile, Li Tianlan and his companions relaxed over a barbecue in the Star Dou Great Forest, wondering why no one had challenged them, and planned to pass the test the next day.

• The Nether God gave Black Snake Douluo nine near-hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and ordered him to kill Li Tianlan, and Black Snake Douluo left eager for revenge.
• The Nether God poured Divine Power into Tailong, replacing his Soul Power and beginning to reshape him into a powerful battle slave.
• Li Tianlan and his companions roasted and quickly ate a Golden Magic Sheep while discussing the rules and comforts of life as mercenaries.
• Li Tianlan brought out preserved Earth Core Dragon meat and began roasting it after his companions had eaten all the sheep.
• Bena wondered why no one had come to attack them, and Ning Rongrong said they would pass the test the next day and wondered about life at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.