Chapter Summaries

Rassoul, a wanted Evil Soul Master, attacked Spirit Hall deacons at an inn and cornered Liya and two companions. As the men fought to protect her and send her for help, Rassoul unleashed his Bloodthirsty Demon Claws against their defenses.

• Rassoul confronted Spirit Hall deacons Bart, Lycett, and Liya at the inn, while several children and other occupants lay unconscious.
• Liya recognized Rassoul as Blood-Soaked Bat Lasol, a wanted Evil Soul Master known for drinking human blood.
• Bart activated three defensive soul skills to block Rassoul, while Lycett sent Liya toward the door to find mercenaries.
• Rassoul used his Bloodthirsty Demon Claws to tear into Bart's layered defenses as Lycett attacked with Primal Strike.

Yan awakened in the inn during Rassoul’s attack and recovered memories of his former life and his new identity as a young Spirit Hall orphan. He recognized that Rassoul had captured Liya and realized he would need a plan to save her rather than confront the powerful Soul Ancestor directly.

• Rassoul defeated Bart and Lycett, then caught Liya as she tried to escape and carried her back to the guest room.
• Rassoul brought the paralyzed Liya into the bedroom and prepared to assault her, unaware that Yan had begun moving.
• Yan awakened and pieced together his memories, learning that he was an orphan named Yan on his way to Spirit Hall’s junior academy.
• Yan saw Rassoul with Liya and suppressed his urge to attack, judging that he was far too weak to fight the Four-Ring Soul Ancestor head-on.

Yan used his Dawn Sprite ability to heat broken limestone into lime powder, then blinded Blood Bat Rassoul with it to protect Liya. Rassoul writhed in agony, leaving Yan and Liya an opening to escape.

• Yan recognized the broken limestone figurines as a source of raw material for making lime powder and decided to use it against Rassoul.
• Yan hardened his arm and heated the stone fragments in the fireplace until he could collect a handful of powder.
• Rassoul noticed the fireplace flare but searched the hotel with his First Soul Skill and found nothing unusual.
• Liya warned Yan to run when he called out, but Yan approached Rassoul and threw the lime powder into his eyes.
• Rassoul screamed and flailed wildly, smashing furniture and blasting holes in the guest room walls.

Yan escaped Rassoul’s guest room by burning his eyes with lime powder and jumping from a second-floor window. Rassoul pursued him through the inn’s courtyard, and the chapter left Yan nearing a storage shed with Rassoul close behind.

• Rassoul mistook a bucket of water for a way to wash lime powder from his face, worsening his burns as Yan escaped through a window.
• Yan landed on a small tree below, got back up, and ran toward a route he had planned.
• Rassoul blasted through the guest-room wall, released his bat martial soul, and used a sonic attack to search for Yan.
• Yan covered his ears, navigated through the courtyard, and dodged Rassoul’s Bloodthirsty Demon Claws with guidance from a voice in his mind.
• Rassoul closed to within a few meters of Yan as they approached a storage shed.

Yan used flour and his Soul Master abilities to evade Rassoul in a storeroom, then ignited the flour to trigger a massive explosion. The blast wrecked the inn courtyard and sent the town into panic as an approaching Soul Master flew toward the scene.

• Yan fled into the storeroom while Rassoul pursued him and shut the door behind them.
• Yan hurled sacks of flour around the storeroom to obstruct Rassoul, who had trouble tracking him because his vision was damaged.
• Rassoul used his fourth soul skill to restrain Yan, forcing him to run straight toward the window.
• Yan unleashed his Soul Power and Flame Lord Martial Soul, igniting the flour and causing a series of enormous explosions.
• The blast destroyed the inn courtyard, woke the unconscious people, and sent panicked crowds fleeing as a flying Soul Master headed toward Maplewood Town.

Feng Lin arrived at the burning inn, where Liya treated Yan and Lycett explained that Yan had lured Rassoul away. After recovering from his injuries, Yan woke to find Liya and Feng Lin at his bedside.

• Feng Lin used his soul skill to suppress the fire and asked what had happened.
• Liya healed Yan while Lycett told Feng Lin that Rassoul had ambushed their group and Yan had drawn him away.
• Feng Lin found Rassoul's charred corpse and wondered how Yan had defeated him.
• Yan woke and used Dawn to scan his condition, confirming that his injuries had mostly healed.
• Liya introduced Feng Lin to the awakened Yan and told him to thank the inspector for catching him.

Feng Lin questioned Yan about Rassoul’s death, but Yan concealed his role by claiming that flour had caused the explosion. After recovering at the Spirit Hall in San Erves City, Yan studied soul beasts and discovered that something was wrong with his martial soul.

• Feng Lin asked Yan whether anyone had intervened when Rassoul chased him, and Yan insisted he remembered only flour catching fire and a loud explosion.
• Feng Lin left with doubts, and Liya reassured Yan as he explained internally how he had used lime powder, water, flour, and his Flame Lord martial soul to kill Rassoul.
• Liya told Yan that Feng Lin had brought them to the Spirit Hall in San Erves City, where Yan had been unconscious for nearly two days.
• Yan asked Liya to find him books about soul beasts, then resolved to keep a low profile and learn while he recovered.
• After reading an illustrated guide to soul beasts, Yan noticed his martial soul acting strangely as granite-like patterns appeared on his palm and dark crimson flames rose from it.

Yan struggled to develop the fire and earth attributes fused in his Lava Force Martial Soul, then devised a risky plan to split them into two Martial Souls. He left the chapter considering whether to pursue Spirit Mutation and Regression Twin Spirits to unlock his potential.

• Yan realized that his fused fire and earth attributes made it difficult to choose suitable soul rings and develop either attribute to its peak.
• Yan considered pure fire, pure earth, alternating attributes, and rare dual-attribute soul beasts, but doubted each conventional approach.
• Yan reviewed his plan for Spirit Mutation and Regression Twin Spirits, drawing on examples of acquired Martial Soul mutation.
• Yan proposed splitting his Flame Lord Martial Soul into separate fire and earth Martial Souls, accepting a decline in their initial quality for a wider choice of soul rings.
• Yan reasoned that Twin Martial Souls could potentially fuse and evolve again later, and believed opportunities in the Douluo Dalu world could help restore their quality.

Yan explained to Feng Lin how he had used lime powder and flour to kill Rassoul, an Evil Soul Master, and then pointed out Feng Lin’s family’s lack of promising successors. Feng Lin recognized Yan as a potential patron to invest in as he considered how to preserve his family’s fortunes.

• Feng Lin told Yan that his investigation confirmed flour and flames could cause a violent explosion in an enclosed space.
• Yan admitted that he had deliberately planned Rassoul’s death, beginning with the lime powder attack and continuing through the trap in the storage room.
• Yan told Feng Lin that his son lacked talent and that Feng Lin’s own cultivation had nearly stalled, leaving the Feng Family without a strong successor.
• Feng Lin considered investing in Yan rather than risking his family’s future by joining a powerful faction.

Yan made a deal with Feng Lin for his family’s protection in exchange for support, then prepared to awaken and split his dual-attribute martial soul. With Feng Lin and Liya assisting, Yan entered an ancient Awakening Array and met the Flame Lord in his consciousness.

• Yan persuaded Feng Lin to protect his family and gather materials and support for his plan.
• Feng Lin arranged the materials for Yan, and the next morning he and Liya joined Yan in the courtyard.
• Liya questioned Yan about their preparations, then stood by with her healing Soul Power ready in case he needed help.
• Feng Lin used his Gale Eagle martial soul to activate the ancient Awakening Array around Yan.
• Yan entered his consciousness and faced the Flame Lord, intending to awaken it and gain its cooperation in splitting his martial soul.

Yan successfully split his Flame Lord martial soul into the lower-ranked Flame Commander and a new Earth Commander, though the process injured him. He recovered, tested the Flame Commander’s powers, and asked Liya to keep his Twin Martial Souls secret while Feng Lin remained stunned by the result.

• Yan used a strange spiritual power to split his Flame Lord martial soul, but the backlash caused him to collapse and spit blood.
• Liya caught Yan and healed him while Feng Lin recovered the Soul Power he had used to maintain the formation.
• Yan revealed the Flame Commander and Earth Commander, then tested the Flame Commander’s possession and found its fire weaker than his former Lava Force.
• Yan asked Liya to keep his Twin Martial Souls secret, and she appeared to accept his explanation.
• Feng Lin stared at Yan in shock, unable to believe that the split had succeeded.

Yan left the Silves Kingdom with Feng Lin and Liya and reached Hot Springs Town to prepare for his first Soul Ring. As the group settled in for the night, Liya warned Yan to be careful when they entered the dangerous mountain range.

• Yan told Feng Lin to arrange their journey to the Junior Soul Master Academy and prepare to obtain Yan's first Soul Ring.
• Feng Lin erased the traces of the events in the courtyard after Yan and Liya left.
• Yan, Liya, Feng Lin, and the children arrived at Hot Springs Town near the Hot Springs Mountain Range.
• Yan observed the busy town as soul masters recruited hunting teams, then went to the inn with Feng Lin.
• Liya warned Yan not to act impulsively while they searched for his Soul Ring the next day.

Yan, Feng Lin, and Liya searched the Hot Springs Mountain Range for a high-quality fire-attributed soul beast suitable for Yan’s first soul ring. After witnessing a clash between Crimsonfire Monkeys and fire wolves, they waited as more beasts gathered, and Yan considered a Lava Hound among the possible targets.

• Feng Lin and Liya flew Yan into the Hot Springs Mountain Range and began searching for a suitable fire-attributed soul beast.
• A Crimsonfire Monkey Horde surrounded the group, but Feng Lin used his power to drive the monkeys away without killing them.
• A pack of fire wolves attacked the fleeing monkeys, and Yan’s group left the two clans to fight.
• Yan, Feng Lin, and Liya noticed more soul beasts gathering and took a high branch to observe them.
• Feng Lin spotted a young Fire Leopard, while Yan saw a Lava Hound pack whose fire and earth attributes could suit the Flame Lord.

Yan watched competing lion Soul Beasts gather on the Golden Lion Plains while searching for a suitable first soul ring. When an Inferno Demon Lion appeared and seemed to be just over four hundred years old, Yan chose it as his target.

• Feng Lin explained that the Golden Lion Plains were home to many powerful lion-type Soul Beasts as the Flame Lion Pack joined the battle.
• Yan rejected the Flame Lion King as a target because its cultivation was far too high for his first soul ring.
• Feng Lin identified a Crimson Flame Lion, but Yan judged it to be too old to absorb safely.
• Yan revealed that he and his companions had used herbs to attract fire-attributed Soul Beasts to the plains.
• An Inferno Demon Lion appeared, and Yan told Uncle Lin that they should stop waiting and target it.

Yan and Feng Lin lured several fire-attributed lion soul beasts into a battle so Feng Lin could weaken the Inferno Demon Lion for Yan. After Yan killed it, he began refining its orange-yellow soul ring as his first Soul Ring.

• The Flame Lion King sent its hundred-year Flame Lions to attack the Crimson Flame Lion and Inferno Demon Lion, but both powerful lions quickly overwhelmed them.
• Feng Lin released his Gale Eagle martial soul and attacked the Inferno Demon Lion, using his fifth soul skill to wound it severely.
• Feng Lin gave Yan a longsword and forced the surrounding soul beasts to retreat with his Soul King aura.
• Yan stabbed the weakened Inferno Demon Lion through the throat and waited as an orange-yellow soul ring formed above its corpse.
• Yan sat cross-legged, drew the ring onto his hand, and began refining his first soul ring.

Yan absorbed the Inferno Demon Lion's Soul Ring and awakened his First Soul Skill, Rebirth Through Fire, a percentage-based enhancement rather than a conventional attack. He demonstrated its fiery power to Liya and explained why he chose a skill that could remain useful as he grew stronger.

• Yan endured the Inferno Demon Lion Soul Ring's scorching energy and refined it through his body and martial soul.
• Yan shaped the Soul Ring's power into Rebirth Through Fire, transforming his flames and strengthening his Flame Commander martial soul.
• Yan emerged from the flames safely and assured Liya that he had succeeded.
• Yan tested his golden fireballs, which burned a boulder but dissipated after traveling about twenty meters.
• Yan told Liya that Rebirth Through Fire was a percentage-based enhancement skill, chosen for its lasting usefulness as his strength increased.

Yan explained why he chose a percentage-based enhancement Soul Skill despite its early combat disadvantages, and considered how his first soul ring had strengthened his martial soul and body. The chapter left him reflecting that delaying Soul Rings to exceed their usual limits would cost too much cultivation efficiency.

• Liya warned Yan that his enhancement Soul Skill left him vulnerable to opponents with powerful ranged attacks, and Yan explained why he believed it would remain useful later.
• Yan compared his ten-meter effective range with Tang San’s fifty-meter control range and relied on his intelligent brain to help him evade ranged attacks and close the distance.
• Liya noticed that Yan’s flames had grown hotter after he absorbed the Inferno Demon Lion soul ring, and Yan confirmed that the nearly four-hundred-year-old ring had greatly improved him.
• Yan considered delaying Soul Rings to strengthen his body and absorb higher-year rings, but concluded that suppressing his cultivation would leave him far behind peers who advanced normally.

After scanning his body, Yan concluded that compatible Soul Rings could evolve a Martial Soul and examined why some Soul Beasts produced Soul Bones. He found a Golden Flame Pearl inside the Inferno Demon Lion's skull, a treasure he considered even more useful to him than a Soul Bone.

• Yan asked Dawn to scan his physical data and saw that his constitution, Soul Power, spiritual power, and Flame Overlord Martial Soul had improved.
• Yan reasoned that Soul Rings with compatible attributes could gradually evolve common Soul Masters' Martial Souls.
• Yan asked Feng Lin whether he had found a Soul Bone while dissecting the Inferno Demon Lion, but Feng Lin found none.
• Yan sensed unusual heat in the lion's skull and had Feng Lin split it open.
• Yan found a Golden Flame Pearl inside the lion's brain and declared it more useful to him than a Soul Bone.

Yan returned from the Golden Lion Plains with Feng Lin and Liya after collecting the Inferno Demon Lion and battlefield materials. He arrived at Spirit City, where he saw the imposing new city and learned about the Papal Hall and the sacred Douluo Hall.

• Yan had Feng Lin store the Inferno Demon Lion in his Soul Tool, then collected battlefield materials for Dawn's database.
• Yan left the Golden Lion Plains with Feng Lin and Liya after they finished clearing the battlefield.
• Yan's group reached Spirit City and passed through its inspection with Feng Lin's standing in Spirit Hall.
• Yan observed the city's imposing walls, soul-master-only streets, and the Papal Hall and Douluo Hall on the hill.
• Yan learned that the Douluo Hall was the burial place of deceased Titled Douluo and that even the Pope could not enter it while alive.

Yan arrived in Spirit City and headed to Spirit Hall's First Junior Soul Master Academy, where he planned to study despite already meeting the requirements for an intermediate academy. The chapter ended with him choosing the junior academy for its greater freedom and little loss of resources.

• Yan considered Spirit Hall's role in providing free martial soul awakenings and support for commoner Soul Masters.
• Yan asked Uncle Lin to take him directly to the Soul Master Academy after finding Spirit City unremarkable.
• Yan traveled through the central ring of Spirit City and learned how Spirit Hall's training academies differed from other Soul Master Academies.
• Yan arrived at the First Junior Soul Master Academy, a prominent seed academy within Spirit Hall.
• Yan decided not to skip ahead to an intermediate academy because the junior academy would give him more freedom.