Chapter Summaries

After three years of cultivation in Sunset Forest, Lu Yunzhu accepted a system mission to travel the continent and complete ten tasks in exchange for the Great Celestial Immortal Art. He prepared to leave and agreed to look after Dugu Bo’s granddaughter, Dugu Yan, while Dugu Bo entered seclusion.

• Lu Yunzhu defeated Dugu Bo in a sparring match, and Dugu Bo complained that his attacks and poison no longer worked against him.
• The system issued Lu Yunzhu the long-term Mortal World Heart Training mission, requiring him to complete ten tasks across the continent.
• Lu Yunzhu accepted the mission, drawn by its reward, the Great Celestial Immortal Art.
• Lu Yunzhu thanked Dugu Bo and announced that he was leaving Sunset Forest to gain experience.
• Dugu Bo asked Lu Yunzhu to look after Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while he secluded himself to pursue a breakthrough.
• Dugu Bo gave Lu Yunzhu his Nine-Sectioned Jade for Dugu Yan and the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch for his travel expenses.

After leaving Dugu Bo, Lu Yunzhu arrived at Heaven Dou City intending to find Dugu Yan and begin his Mortal World Heart Training mission. When a system mission prompted him to help clear a massive stone blocking the city gate, he volunteered, leaving the crowd and the stone’s owner stunned by his claim that he could move it despite not being a Soul Master.

• Dugu Bo hoped Lu Yunzhu would take his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, under his wing as Lu Yunzhu departed with the Nine-Sectioned Jade.
• Lu Yunzhu reached Heaven Dou City and learned that a broken carriage had left a forty-thousand-jin Cold Meteorite blocking the city gate.
• The stone’s owner, a fat man from the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce, asked for a Power System Soul Saint to move it and offered a reward.
• Lu Yunzhu initially prepared to leave, but the Cultivation system issued a mission to help move the stone and offered the Summon Wind and Rain Technique as a reward.
• Lu Yunzhu volunteered and told the skeptical fat man that he was not a Soul Master but could move the stone.
• The fat man used his spiritual power to sense Lu Yunzhu as the crowd reacted in astonishment.

Lu Yunzhu was mistaken for an ordinary man and nearly killed after claiming he could move the Cold Meteorite blocking the road. Liu Erlong intervened, protected him from the Seven Treasures Chamber of Commerce, and agreed to move the stone, while the onlookers recognized her ties to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• The Soul King merchant discovered no Soul Power in Lu Yunzhu and, assuming he was being mocked, threatened him as the gathered travelers joined in.
• The fat Soul King attacked Lu Yunzhu with his Fourth Soul Skill, Stone Shattering Palm, while the onlookers watched without helping.
• The Crown Prince asked his coachman to save Lu Yunzhu, but Liu Erlong appeared first and blocked the attack before knocking the Soul King backward.
• Liu Erlong revealed herself as a Soul Saint, scolded Lu Yunzhu, and ordered the Soul King not to retaliate against him.
• The Soul King agreed, and the onlookers identified Liu Erlong as the Blue Tyrant Academy dean with ties to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Liu Erlong moved the Cold Meteorite blocking the city gate, and Lu Yunzhu followed her into the city for protection from the hostile Soul King. Qian Renxue remained suspicious of Lu Yunzhu despite Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long’s assessment that he was an ordinary person, then left for the imperial palace.

• Lu Yunzhu ignored the crowd’s mockery and insulted the fat Soul King, who vowed to take revenge on him.
• Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long reported that Lu Yunzhu had no Soul Power, but Qian Renxue continued to suspect he was extraordinary.
• Liu Erlong used her Seventh Soul Skill, Fire Dragon True Body, to move the Cold Meteorite and clear the city gate.
• Liu Erlong invited Lu Yunzhu to enter the city with her so the fat Soul King could not easily retaliate.
• Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long called Lu Yunzhu an ordinary, foolish person, and Qian Renxue ordered him to resume their journey to the imperial palace.

Lu Yunzhu accepted a new mission to resolve the unstable Cold Meteorite crisis and approached the stone as others fled. He cast Great Strength and lifted the ten-thousand-jin meteorite with one finger, astonishing Liu Erlong as the crisis remained unresolved.

• The system issued Lu Yunzhu a mission to stop the Cold Meteorite from exploding and offered the Summon Wind and Rain Technique as a reward.
• The Cold Meteorite's energy surged, prompting Liu Erlong, Yu Long, and Qian Renxue to recognize the danger and prepare to retreat.
• Liu Erlong searched for Lu Yunzhu and found him standing beside the Cold Meteorite as bystanders mocked him and fled.
• Lu Yunzhu cast the Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Arts spell Great Strength and completed its Magic Seal.
• Lu Yunzhu lifted the ten-thousand-jin Cold Meteorite with one finger, leaving Liu Erlong stunned.

Lu Yunzhu lifted and crushed the Cold Meteorite with one hand, then summoned divine lightning to destroy it before it could explode. The witnesses, including Qian Renxue and Yu Long, were left stunned by his power, and Wang Defa began to realize Lu Yunzhu had caused both feats.

• Lu Yunzhu crushed the Cold Meteorite in his grip and hurled it high into the sky.
• The onlookers stopped fleeing and struggled to believe that Lu Yunzhu, who had no Soul Power, had thrown the massive rock.
• Yu Long asked Qian Renxue who had acted, and she told him it was Lu Yunzhu.
• Lu Yunzhu formed a Magic Seal and used the Divine Sword Thunder Summoning Technique to call down a bolt of black lightning.
• The lightning blasted the Cold Meteorite into ashes, and the shockwave left everyone reeling.
• Wang Defa said he had seen Lu Yunzhu throw the Cold Meteorite and summon the lightning.

At Xue Beng’s coming-of-age ceremony, a burst of black lightning and an immense unfamiliar aura alarmed the gathered powers, while Bibi Dong suspected the phenomenon was man-made and might have endangered Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin headed toward the city gate, followed by Bibi Dong and her companions, as they sensed the lightning’s extraordinary power and Sword Qi.

• Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long doubted that Lu Yunzhu was an ordinary person after witnessing his attack.
• At Xue Beng’s ceremony, a thunderclap and vast aura reached the palace, and Xue Ye sent Rockson and two knights to investigate.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Luomian, and others initially thought the black lightning was a natural disaster, but Bibi Dong sensed its unusual energy and suggested Xue Qinghe might be in danger.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left for the eastern city gate, and Bibi Dong followed with Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo without waiting for Xue Ye’s reply.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that the black lightning contained Sword Qi sharper and stronger than his own, and Ghost Douluo Ghostly sensed a powerful force distinct from Soul Power.

After completing the Cold Meteorite Crisis mission and obtaining the Summon Wind and Rain Technique, Lu Yunzhu confronted and killed Wang Defa, who had threatened him with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. His contempt for the sect shocked the onlookers, while Qian Renxue considered recruiting him.

• Lu Yunzhu completed the Cold Meteorite Crisis mission and received the Summon Wind and Rain Technique, advancing his Mortal World Heart Training progress to 1/10.
• Lu Yunzhu fixed his attention on Wang Defa, frightening him with his overwhelming Spiritual Power.
• Wang Defa invoked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's power, but Lu Yunzhu killed him with his Rusted Sword before he could finish.
• Lu Yunzhu dismissed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as ants, and the crowd reacted with fear, disbelief, and anger.
• Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long wondered about Lu Yunzhu's identity, while Qian Renxue considered bringing him under her wing.

Lu Yunzhu challenged the crowd’s belief that Chen Xin was the greatest swordsman and demonstrated a sword art that gathered every sword in Heaven Dou City, including a sword martial soul. He then commanded the gathered swords to form a giant blade and split the sky, leaving the crowd stunned.

• A young swordsman challenged Lu Yunzhu to prove that his sword technique surpassed Chen Xin’s, while Qian Renxue and Yu Long watched.
• Lu Yunzhu unleashed the Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Arts’ Sword Technique and drew swords from across Heaven Dou City to his side.
• The young man’s Wind Listening Sword martial soul and the Heaven Dou Sword were also drawn to Lu Yunzhu, who asked whether Chen Xin could do the same.
• Lu Yunzhu gathered countless swords into a giant blade and used it to split open the sky.

After Lu Yunzhu stunned the crowd with his sword technique, Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, asked why he used no Soul Power and what he was. Lu Yunzhu identified himself as an ordinary immortal cultivator and prepared to explain cultivation to the skeptical onlookers.

• The crowd and Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long recognized that Lu Yunzhu had surpassed Chen Xin in swordsmanship and Sword Dao.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, approached Lu Yunzhu and asked him to explain why his power showed no Soul Power fluctuations.
• Lu Yunzhu returned the stolen swords and martial souls to their owners, then accepted a system mission to explain immortal cultivation to the gathered crowd.
• Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long recalled sensing an unfamiliar power around Lu Yunzhu and grew more certain that something about him was unusual.
• Lu Yunzhu said he was an ordinary immortal cultivator, not a Soul Master, but the crowd doubted his claim.

Lu Yunzhu declared that cultivators surpassed Soul Masters and explained the nine stages of cultivation to the people of Heaven Dou City. He left the crowd intimidated and curious, while Bibi Dong chose to wait and see rather than test him.

• Lu Yunzhu unleashed his Spiritual Power and told the crowd that cultivators were superior to Soul Masters.
• Lu Yunzhu compared the fourteen Soul Master realms with the nine cultivation realms, prompting the crowd to mock cultivators.
• When people interrupted him, Lu Yunzhu overwhelmed them with Spiritual Power and warned that anyone who interrupted again would be killed.
• Bibi Dong watched from the city gates, rejected Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo's suggestion to test Lu Yunzhu, and decided to wait.
• Lu Yunzhu described the powers of cultivators from Golden Core through Integration and said the final realms were beyond the crowd's understanding.

Lu Yunzhu introduced cultivator branches and demonstrated alchemy to the gathered Soul Masters. He left them stunned by a pill that instantly healed a Soul Emperor’s fractured arm and claimed that some pills could even revive the dead.

• Lu Yunzhu said he was at the early Foundation Establishment stage, prompting the crowd to question whether cultivators were truly stronger than Soul Masters.
• Lu Yunzhu explained that cultivators had many branches and introduced alchemists as specialists in refining pills.
• Lu Yunzhu used the Boil Stone art to gather medicinal herbs from across Heaven Dou City and refine them into a Healing Pill.
• Lu Yunzhu gave the pill to a Soul Emperor with a fractured right arm, and the man’s injury healed after he swallowed it.
• Lu Yunzhu said some pills could break through limits, increase abilities, or bring the dead back to life, leaving Bibi Dong and the others in disbelief.

Lu Yunzhu used pills to prove that alchemists could heal severe injuries and raise Soul Masters’ power, shocking the witnesses. Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi considered the threat and value of his abilities, while Chen Xin remained skeptical that alchemists could resurrect the dead.

• Ghost Douluo Ghostly and Bibi Dong were astonished when one pill healed a Soul Emperor’s arm, while Chen Xin wondered if alchemists could resurrect his father before dismissing the idea as impossible.
• Lu Yunzhu used Boil Stone to create ten Soul Ascension Pills and gave them to people who had not doubted him.
• The pill recipients gained several Soul Power levels, with some breaking through major cultivation barriers, and displayed their increased power to the crowd.
• Bibi Dong recognized that the pills were real and feared that cultivators could threaten the Soul Master path.
• Ning Fengzhi considered obtaining Lu Yunzhu for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and thought about destroying him if another faction acquired him.
• Chen Xin praised the cultivators and alchemists but continued to doubt that they could bring the dead back to life.

After witnessing Lu Yunzhu’s pills and abilities, Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long sought a Soul Ascension Pill, while Qian Renxue began to believe he might resurrect her father. Lu Yunzhu revealed that Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yuanguan, Ghost Douluo, and Chen Xin were watching him, then warned the gathered experts not to interrupt his explanation.

• Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long resolved to seek a Soul Ascension Pill, and Qian Renxue decided to investigate Lu Yunzhu and learn more about cultivation and alchemy.
• Lu Yunzhu called out the four people hiding nearby, astonishing Yu Long and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yuanguan with his ability to detect them.
• Bibi Dong emerged with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yuanguan and Ghost Douluo and greeted Lu Yunzhu.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived, and Lu Yunzhu clarified that the four he meant were Title Douluo, dismissing Ning Fengzhi as an insignificant Soul Saint.
• Lu Yunzhu told everyone they could watch and listen but must not interrupt, while Chen Xin sensed Lu Yunzhu’s formidable Sword Dao and felt an urge to challenge him.

Lu Yunzhu demonstrated the many professions and techniques of cultivators, convincing the gathered soul masters of their overwhelming power. As he prepared to leave, Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi competed to host him and build a relationship with him.

• Lu Yunzhu demonstrated several powerful arrays and explained that Formation Masters could rival ten Martial Soul Fusion Skills in a large battle.
• Lu Yunzhu showed the audience other cultivator paths, including Artifact Refiners, Talisman Masters, Beast Tamers, Body Cultivators, and Sword Cultivators, prompting many to regard soul masters as inferior.
• The Cultivation System rewarded Lu Yunzhu with the Golden Light Array and recorded his Mortal World Heart Training progress as 2/10.
• Lu Yunzhu gave Liu Erlong the Burn Heaven Boil Sea spell, which she accepted and followed with an invitation to visit Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Bibi Dong asked Lu Yunzhu for his name and invited him to stay with her, while Ning Fengzhi offered to host him in Heaven Dou City and provide whatever he needed.

Lu Yunzhu rejected Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi’s invitations, then asked Bibi Dong for help finding Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Ning Fengzhi tried to join the effort, and his dispute with Bibi Dong escalated into a clash between Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bibi Dong, leaving Lu Yunzhu speechless.

• Lu Yunzhu declined Bibi Dong’s and Ning Fengzhi’s invitations, drawing surprise from the assembled crowd.
• Bibi Dong offered to help Lu Yunzhu and said she wished to make a friend.
• Lu Yunzhu asked Bibi Dong to help him find Dugu Yan, whom he knew was at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help, prompting Bibi Dong to tell him to leave the matter to her.
• Bibi Dong released her Soul Power and nine Soul Rings, and Chen Xin answered with his own power as Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong argued over helping Lu Yunzhu.
• The crowd discussed the clash while Lu Yunzhu found the argument over his small request excessive.

Lu Yunzhu offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to find Dugu Yan, and Xue Qinghe took him to Heaven Dou City, promising to help. News of cultivators spread across the continent, stirring interest and plans among the major factions.

• Lu Yunzhu offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to anyone who would take him to Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Qinghe volunteered to help, and Lu Yunzhu gave him the Soul Bone before joining him in his carriage.
• Lu Yunzhu asked Xue Qinghe to arrange lodging for the night and take him to Dugu Yan the next morning.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to visit Lu Yunzhu the next day, while Liu Erlong resolved to ask him to teach Yu Xiaogang cultivation.
• Reports of cultivators spread across the continent, and Qian Daoliu expressed interest after hearing about their techniques and branches.

News of Lu Yunzhu’s power stirred powerful factions and drew Yu Xiaogang and others toward Heaven Dou City, while Lu Yunzhu remained unwilling to submit to any sect. The next morning, Xue Qinghe prepared to escort him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to meet the person he wished to see.

• Yu Yuanzhen grew solemn after Yu Luomian told him that Lu Yunzhu’s mastery of lightning rivaled or surpassed his own, and he wanted to meet him.
• Ning Fengzhi declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must recruit Lu Yunzhu or at least make him an ally, believing his abilities could rival an empire.
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to become an immortal cultivator and hurried to Heaven Dou City, while a curvaceous woman secretly left Shrek Academy for the same destination.
• Tang Xiao ordered Yuehua to test the waters with Lu Yunzhu and try to befriend him, as the Clear Sky Sect began seeking contact with the outside world.
• Lu Yunzhu concluded that he would cooperate with factions but would not submit to them.
• Xue Qinghe told Lu Yunzhu that the carriage was ready, and Lu Yunzhu agreed to go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to meet the person he sought.

Lu Yunzhu revealed that he had seen through Xue Qinghe’s disguise and answered Qian Renxue’s questions about resurrection, his background, and Dugu Yan. He left Qian Renxue and Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long stunned by his claim that he had become a powerful cultivator in only three years.

• Lu Yunzhu told the disguised Xue Qinghe that cultivators could revive the dead, then identified the person she wanted to save as Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renxue removed her disguise after Lu Yunzhu demanded that she stop hiding her identity.
• Lu Yunzhu limited Qian Renxue to three questions and explained that reviving someone dead for many years was extremely difficult.
• Qian Renxue asked about Lu Yunzhu’s background and his interest in Dugu Yan, and he said he had been an ordinary orphan three years earlier and had promised Dugu Bo to look after his granddaughter.
• Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long and Qian Renxue were shocked by Lu Yunzhu’s account of becoming a powerful cultivator in three years.

Lu Yunzhu arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Qian Renxue, where teachers and students mistook his effortless gift to Dugu Yan for proof that he had reached the Peak Douluo Realm. He revealed that Dugu Bo had given Dugu Yan the Nine-Sectioned Jade for protection while preparing to break through to that realm.

• Lu Yunzhu postponed answering Qian Renxue’s third question when Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen arrived, and both agreed to wait while he handled urgent matters.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three education committee members and a group of teachers and students gathered to welcome Lu Yunzhu and Qian Renxue.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, and Qin Ming that Lu Yunzhu was like an older brother and claimed that Dugu Bo and Yu Yuanzhen were no match for him.
• The academy’s staff and students greeted Lu Yunzhu as the Immortal and Qian Renxue as Crown Prince, while Dugu Yan asked her brother for a gift.
• Lu Yunzhu sent the Nine-Sectioned Jade to Dugu Yan, leading Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan to conclude that he was at least a Peak Douluo.
• Lu Yunzhu explained that Dugu Bo had given Dugu Yan the snake for protection while he secluded himself to prepare for a breakthrough to the Peak Douluo Realm.