Chapter Summaries

Li Tianlan, controlled by Xiao Yan, ambushed Sword Douluo with a four-colored fire lotus and escaped when Bone Douluo blocked his path. The two Titled Douluo failed to stop him, leaving Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo arguing in the valley.

• Li Tianlan handed control of his body to Xiao Yan, who hid in the void and surprised Sword Douluo with a feint followed by a powerful four-colored fire lotus.
• Sword Douluo endured the blast by activating his Martial Soul Avatar, while Bone Douluo donned bone armor and recognized the danger.
• Li Tianlan slipped past both Titled Douluo and fled toward the valley’s edge, but Bone Douluo teleported ahead to block him.
• Xiao Yan deceived Bone Douluo with a weakened fire lotus, then used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to escape into the forest.
• Sword Douluo arrived too late, and he and Bone Douluo blamed each other for letting Li Tianlan get away.

Xiao Yan and Li Tianlan escaped Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, then realized the two had seemed to hold back rather than try to kill them. Qian Renxue, Bena, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo hurried to rescue Li Tianlan, while Ning Fengzhi and the two elders prepared to leave the valley before Ghost Douluo arrived and found Li Tianlan gone.

• Xiao Yan told Li Tianlan that Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had acted as if they only wanted to stop them, and they wondered whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had misunderstood the situation.
• Qian Renxue met Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, told them what had happened, and learned that they could not defeat Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo directly.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo suggested negotiating with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to rescue Li Tianlan, while Bena urged them to hurry.
• Ghost Douluo rushed ahead to stop Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo took Qian Renxue toward the valley.
• Ning Fengzhi heard Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo's account and decided to leave, but Ghost Douluo arrived and found Li Tianlan missing.

After Li Tianlan escaped Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, Ning Fengzhi revealed that he had meant to recruit him, not kill him, and Qian Renxue agreed to explain the misunderstanding. Meanwhile, Li Tianlan traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest in the wrong direction and froze when he heard a rustling sound.

• Sword Douluo told Qian Renxue that Li Tianlan had escaped, shocking the Spirit Hall group and relieving her.
• Ning Fengzhi showed Chrysanthemum Douluo a letter proving he had written to recruit Li Tianlan, and explained that Su Bingyuan had twisted his orders.
• Ghost Douluo and Qian Renxue agreed to clarify the misunderstanding to Li Tianlan, while Gongsun Jian claimed Su Bingyuan for punishment.
• Li Tianlan slowly traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest and realized he had gone in the opposite direction from Soder City.
• Xiao Yan assured Li Tianlan he knew the way, but Li Tianlan froze when he heard a rustling sound nearby.

Li Tianlan reunited with Qian Renxue and returned to Soder City, where Bena told him the Soder Auction House had stolen her soul bone. After sensing the flame left on Bena, Li Tianlan identified it as the Profound Yellow Flame.

• Li Tianlan burned away a Man Faced Demon Spider’s web with Yangquan Fire, and it fled.
• Qian Renxue, Bena, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo followed Li Tianlan’s trail and found him in the forest.
• Li Tianlan admitted he had gotten lost, then left the Star Dou Great Forest with the others and returned to Soder City three days later.
• Qian Renxue departed after confirming Li Tianlan was safe, while Bena went to sell her soul bone.
• Bena returned injured and told Li Tianlan that the Soder Auction House had stolen her soul bone and tried to kill her.
• Li Tianlan sensed a familiar flame on Bena and identified it as the Profound Yellow Flame.

Li Tianlan accompanied Bena to the Soder Auction House to confront it over her stolen soul bone, but after defeating guard captain Claude, he sensed something evil in Claude’s blood-patterned martial soul. Claude began to unleash a blood aura, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Bena treated her wounds and agreed to go with Li Tianlan to seek justice at the Soder Auction House.
• Li Tianlan arrived with Bena and challenged the guards after Claude denied that the auction house had ever seen her soul bone.
• Claude attacked Li Tianlan with his kitchen-knife martial soul, but Li Tianlan quickly knocked him down with Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Claude got back up and claimed he had been careless, while Li Tianlan sensed an evil aura from the blood-red patterns on Claude’s martial soul.
• Claude said Li Tianlan had forced him to use a move, and a scarlet blood aura rose around him.

Li Tianlan killed Claude at the Solder Auction House and learned that its president, Chen Hao, had fused with Bena’s stolen soul bone. As Chen Hao challenged him to attack, Li Tianlan prepared to combine three Heavenly Flames, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Li Tianlan dodged Claude’s cleaver, countered with the Heaven-Overturning Seal, and decapitated him with Nether Flame.
• Li Tianlan burned Claude’s corpse to prevent him from resurrecting, while the guards fled and Bena worried that the Heaven Dou Empire would pursue them.
• Chen Hao, the Level 68 Soul Emperor and president of the Soder Auction House, appeared wielding a flame that Li Tianlan recognized as the Profound Yellow Flame.
• Chen Hao admitted that he had fused with Bena’s stolen skull bone, so Li Tianlan challenged him and promised to take it back.
• Chen Hao agreed to stand still for one attack, and Li Tianlan summoned the Purple Orchid Heart Flame, Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Nether Flame.

Li Tianlan battled Chen Hao at the Solder Auction House, using his Heavenly Flames and Xiao Yan’s techniques to withstand Chen Hao’s attacks and badly injure him. As Li Tianlan entered the hall, Chen Hao launched another attack with a spear of Profound Yellow Flame.

• Li Tianlan prepared a three-flame Buddha's Fury Lotus Flame, but Chen Hao attacked before the fusion was complete, and Li Tianlan countered with a lotus made from two flames that destroyed Chen Hao’s Profound Yellow Fire Dragon.
• Li Tianlan charged through the flames and struck Chen Hao with Wave-Splitting Flame Ruler, breaking his Profound Yellow Shield and sending him crashing into the auction house.
• Li Tianlan took a Spirit Replenishing Pill and cautiously entered the smoky hall while Chen Hao recovered from his severe injuries.
• Chen Hao formed a spear from Profound Yellow Flame with his sixth Soul Ring and thrust it at Li Tianlan, who showed no fear.

Li Tianlan overwhelmed Chen Hao in battle, then provoked the Solder Auction House’s reinforcements into charging him together. As the Soul Kings realized the danger, Li Tianlan formed a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.

• Li Tianlan used the Wave-Splitting Flame Ruler, the Five Emperors Seal, and Three Thousand Lightning Movement to steadily overpower Chen Hao.
• Watching soul masters realized Chen Hao was losing to Li Tianlan, who had not even revealed a martial soul or Soul Ring.
• Li Tianlan’s fighting skill and Soul Power improved as Chen Hao’s reserves dwindled, and Chen Hao called on the auction house members to help him.
• More than a dozen Soul Ancestors and Soul Kings surrounded Li Tianlan, while onlookers mocked Chen Hao for calling for help.
• Li Tianlan taunted the group into attacking together, and Chen Hao realized too late that he had walked into a trap as Li Tianlan formed a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.

Li Tianlan killed Chen Hao after destroying the Soul Kings at Solde Auction House, recovered Bena’s soul bones, and escaped Solde City with her. He refined the Profound Yellow Flame in a cave, raising his Soul Power by one level.

• Li Tianlan escaped the Soul Kings’ blockade and unleashed the Three-Colored Fire Lotus, killing at least ten Soul Kings and knocking out the rest.
• Chen Hao tried to flee, but Li Tianlan stopped and killed him, then collected the ownerless Profound Yellow Flame and recovered Bena’s two soul bones from his ashes.
• Li Tianlan and Bena left Solde Auction House, and Solde III ordered his people to drop the matter rather than provoke Li Tianlan.
• Li Tianlan took Bena through the Star Dou Great Forest toward Suotuo City, explaining that he wanted to avoid the risk of Solde City hiring a Soul Saint-level assassin.
• Li Tianlan began refining the Profound Yellow Flame in a cave, using the phantom of Dao Tong Yan to suppress it.
• Two days later, Li Tianlan completed the refinement and gained another level of Soul Power.

Li Tianlan learned that Suotuo City might hold the Earth Core Flame and traveled there with Bena to investigate. Outside the city, they encountered Shrek Academy student Xie Ji, whose provocation led Li Tianlan to step forward and reveal his thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Li Tianlan showed Xiao Yan his five Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Yan warned him that he lacked the spiritual and Soul Power needed to fuse them.
• Bena told Li Tianlan about a powerful flame beneath Suotuo City's City Lord's Manor, and Xiao Yan identified it as the Earth Core Flame.
• Li Tianlan and Bena traveled to Suotuo City, where Bena remarked that its battered city walls had not changed in ten years.
• Xie Ji and another Shrek Academy student mocked Li Tianlan and Bena for criticizing the walls, and Xie Ji challenged Bena after she revealed her Soul Rings.
• Li Tianlan stepped in to face Xie Ji and revealed his Profound Yellow Flame and thirteen-hundred-year Soul Ring, startling the young Soul Elder.

Li Tianlan challenged Xie Ji to fight without using his martial soul, then beat him so badly that Xie Ji eventually begged for mercy. The onlookers watched as Li Tianlan left Xie Ji humiliated and unable to resist.

• Li Tianlan refused to be called a brat and challenged Xie Ji to last one minute against him without using his martial soul.
• Li Tianlan overwhelmed Xie Ji with his speed and strength, breaking his ribs and sending him flying with a punch.
• Xie Ji summoned the Golden Pattern Dragon Spear and attacked, but Li Tianlan shattered its golden dragon and continued beating him.
• Bena watched while passersby mocked Xie Ji and wondered how Li Tianlan could be so strong without showing a martial soul or Soul Rings.
• After the minute passed, Li Tianlan declared Xie Ji the winner but punched him again, and Xie Ji begged him to stop and called him big brother.

Li Tianlan considered how to improve Bena’s strength and learned from Xiao Yan that a Heaven-tier cultivation technique and Marrow Cleansing Fluid could help her. After Xie Ji returned to Shrek Academy and told Qin Ming about the beating, Qin Ming planned to confront Li Tianlan the next morning.

• Li Tianlan warned Xie Ji not to call him a little brat again, then left with Bena.
• Li Tianlan asked Xiao Yan how to improve Bena’s aptitude, and Xiao Yan proposed creating a Heaven-tier technique and refining Marrow Cleansing Fluid.
• Li Tianlan and Bena checked into a lovers’ hotel, where they found only one room; Bena treated Li Tianlan like a child, leaving him worried about sleeping.
• Xie Ji returned to Shrek Academy bruised, and Fred ordered him to run twenty laps.
• Xie Ji told Qin Ming how Li Tianlan had beaten him, and Qin Ming promised to settle the score the next morning before ordering Xie Ji to run thirty laps.

Li Tianlan bought herbs for Body Tempering Fluid and arranged to source rarer ones through a herb shop. He then visited the Divine Weapon Shop to commission a replica of Xiao Yan’s Wave-Swallowing Ruler.

• Qin Ming ordered Xie Ji and Ma Hongjun to run laps after revealing his five Soul Rings.
• Li Tianlan went to Suotuo City’s largest herb shop and paid the blond owner ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to gather the herbs on Xiao Yan’s list.
• Li Tianlan gave the owner additional lists of rare herbs, and the owner offered to connect him with suppliers.
• Li Tianlan went to the Divine Weapon Shop and showed its burly owner a blueprint for a three-thousand-pound Wave-Swallowing Ruler made entirely of Ink Iron.
• Li Tianlan explained that he wanted the replica because both he and Xiao Yan could use it in battle.

Li Tianlan proved his strength to the smith, Tie Jiang, and earned the chance to claim an enormous Clear Sky Hammer. He managed to lift it from the ground, leaving Tie Jiang stunned by the strength of his young visitor.

• Li Tianlan lifted Tie Jiang’s five-hundred-jin hammer with one hand, winning Tie Jiang’s offer to forge the Wave-Swallowing Ruler for free.
• Tie Jiang revealed a massive Clear Sky Hammer he had forged but could not swing, and offered it to Li Tianlan if he could lift it.
• Li Tianlan gripped the Clear Sky Hammer with both hands and made the ten-thousand-jin weapon sway.
• Li Tianlan roared again and slowly lifted the Clear Sky Hammer off the ground.

Li Tianlan earned the blacksmith’s Clear Sky Hammer with a display of strength, gave him a Soul Breaking Pill, and commissioned a Wave-Swallowing Ruler. After Xie Ji interrupted Qin Ming and Li Xuan, Li Tianlan headed to Fred’s shop to search for Golden Crystal, arriving just as the chapter ended.

• Li Tianlan lifted the Clear Sky Hammer, and the blacksmith let him keep it; Li Tianlan gave him a Soul Breaking Pill that helped him break through Level 59.
• The blacksmith lent Li Tianlan a heavy sword and promised to forge his Wave-Swallowing Ruler within a day after Li Tianlan paid him ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xie Ji woke from a nightmare and went to Qin Ming’s dormitory to ask for revenge, interrupting Qin Ming and Li Xuan; Qin Ming chased and beat him.
• Li Tianlan remembered that Fred’s shop might have Golden Crystal and went there to look for it, arriving at the dimly lit shop.

Li Tianlan bought a Golden Crystal and a Heaven-Piercing Marvelous Stamen from Fred’s shop after Xiao Yan identified the flower’s value. Outside, Xie Ji brought Qin Ming to confront him, but Li Tianlan sent Qin Ming crashing through a building with one punch.

• Li Tianlan purchased the Golden Crystal from Fred for two hundred Gold Soul Coins, and Fred recognized his Treasure Bag as Dugu Bo’s.
• Xiao Yan pointed out a Heaven-Piercing Marvelous Stamen, which Li Tianlan bought from Fred for one Gold Soul Coin.
• Xie Ji arrived with Qin Ming and asked him to avenge his defeat by Li Tianlan.
• Qin Ming challenged Li Tianlan, dismissing his warning and promising to call him Dad if he lost.
• Li Tianlan punched Qin Ming through a small building, stunning Li Xuan with his immense strength.

Li Tianlan fought Qin Ming and revealed that Profound Yellow Flame made him immune to the Blazing Azure Wolf’s fire. Qin Ming activated his Spirit and third soul skill, and their battle reached a stalemate as Li Xuan and Xie Ji watched in shock.

• Li Tianlan repeatedly knocked Qin Ming back, then sent the Blazing Azure Wolf flying and kicked Qin Ming away without being hurt by its flames.
• Li Tianlan revealed his Profound Yellow Flame and explained that its heat far surpassed the Blazing Azure Wolf’s.
• Qin Ming merged with his Spirit, activated his third soul skill, and recognized Li Tianlan’s thousand-year Soul Ring before inviting him to join Shrek Academy.
• Li Tianlan and Qin Ming exchanged powerful blows, matching each other as Li Tianlan avoided using his most dangerous techniques.
• Li Xuan watched in disbelief while Xie Ji urged her to leave, warning that Li Tianlan had not yet used his full strength.

Li Tianlan defeated Qin Ming in a fiery clash, and Fred invited him to join Shrek Academy. Li Tianlan left the invitation open for a few years later and departed.

• Li Xuan and Xie Ji stayed to support Qin Ming, while Fred arrived and watched the fight.
• Qin Ming used his fifth Soul Skill, but Li Tianlan countered with Wave-Splitting Flame Ruler and emerged from the explosion virtually unharmed.
• Qin Ming admitted defeat, and Li Tianlan spared him before turning to leave.
• Fred invited Li Tianlan to join Shrek Academy, and Li Tianlan said they could discuss it in a few years.
• After Li Tianlan left, Fred predicted he could become the strongest person in Douluo Continent history, and Xie Ji complained about Fred's offer.

Li Tianlan collected the medicinal herbs he had ordered and learned that Ten Thousand Year Golden Ginseng would be auctioned in Suotuo City that afternoon. He also collected his Wave-Swallowing Ruler and agreed to learn weapon forging from the blacksmith.

• Fred sent Xie Ji for special training after criticizing his slow progress.
• Li Tianlan collected his herbs from the medicine shop and paid ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The shopkeeper told Li Tianlan that Ten Thousand Year Golden Ginseng would appear at the Suotuo City Auction House that afternoon, and Li Tianlan paid another ten thousand Gold Soul Coins as a deposit for substitute herbs.
• Li Tianlan collected the three-thousand-jin Wave-Swallowing Ruler from the blacksmith and demonstrated his Profound Yellow Flame.
• The blacksmith offered to teach Li Tianlan weapon forging, and Li Tianlan accepted after Xiao Yan encouraged him.

Li Tianlan learned to refine mother iron and forge weapons from the blacksmith Zhang Hu, then began making a Mountain Splitting Saber with astonishing precision. Xiao Yan explained that Li Tianlan's top-tier spiritual power and Soul Power control made such precise hammering natural.

• Zhang Hu introduced himself and demonstrated his Purple Dragon Hammer Technique while forging a dagger from purified mother iron.
• Li Tianlan used the Profound Yellow Flame to purify mother iron until it was exceptionally pure.
• Zhang Hu forged a hair-splitting dagger and asked Li Tianlan to try forging a weapon himself.
• Li Tianlan melted and purified an iron block, then began forging a Mountain Splitting Saber.
• Zhang Hu was astonished by Li Tianlan's precise hammer strikes, and Xiao Yan attributed his control to his spiritual power and Soul Power.