Chapter Summaries

Yan studied the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s archives while helping its members attempt breakthroughs, and he planned how to deal with the Soul Master powers around Heaven Dou City. In the garden, Ning Rongrong tried to provoke him, then staged a false accusation of molestation.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Yan access to nearly all the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s books and lent the sect Yan’s array disc for breakthrough attempts.
• After a reckless clansman nearly died from backlash, Yan warned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that he would not rescue anyone else who attempted an unqualified breakthrough.
• Yan considered how to handle the Five Element Academies and nearby sects while postponing his plans to hunt the Evil Orca King near Sea God Island.
• Ning Rongrong accused Yan of being a pervert, but he ignored her and refused to rise to her taunts.
• Ning Rongrong tore her dress, messed up her hair, and shouted for help, claiming that someone had molested her.

Ning Rongrong staged a prank that made it appear Yan had bullied her, but Ning Fengzhi and the others realized the situation was likely a misunderstanding. Yan took Rongrong aside to change clothes, then teased her privately, leaving her furious and plotting revenge.

• Ning Rongrong tore her dress and pretended Yan had bullied her, drawing Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members to the garden.
• Yan restrained Rongrong and wrapped her in a cloak before Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin arrived.
• Ning Fengzhi dismissed the sect members and sternly scolded Rongrong while Yan admitted he had helped anger her.
• Yan carried Rongrong to a room to change, where he privately teased her and took advantage of her embarrassment.
• Rongrong threatened to expose Yan, then stormed out and vowed to get revenge.

Yan and Ning Rongrong played a luck-based chess game, trading defeats, paper slips, and teasing. After Ning Rongrong finally won a round, Yan opened a letter from Dugu Yan and explained that she was Poison Douluo Dugu Bo’s granddaughter and his friend.

• Yan beat Ning Rongrong at Flip Chess again, leaving her frustrated and covered in paper slips.
• A steward delivered Yan a letter from the Spirit Hall Holy Hall, which Yan set aside while he challenged Ning Rongrong to another game.
• Ning Rongrong called Yan “good brother,” won the next game, and stuck a paper slip on him.
• Yan kissed Ning Rongrong’s forehead and mouth as she celebrated, then put away the chessboard.
• Yan opened a letter from Dugu Yan, and he told Ning Rongrong that Dugu Yan was Dugu Bo’s granddaughter and that they often exchanged letters.

After reading Dugu Yan’s letter, Yan decided to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy to learn about its new team and Ye Lingling, taking Ning Rongrong along. They entered the academy with help from Ning Yi and began touring its nearly empty main campus.

• Yan read Dugu Yan’s letter and decided to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy to see the new team and Ye Lingling.
• Ning Rongrong tried to bargain for a chance to read the letter, but Yan carried her out of the courtyard and took her along.
• Yan and Ning Rongrong rode to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and heard students speculate about the academy’s team selections and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At the academy gate, Ning Rongrong asked the gatekeeper to call Ning Yi, who arrived and recognized Yan.
• Ning Yi guided Yan and Ning Rongrong through several sights on the sparsely occupied main campus.

Yan visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Ning Rongrong and met Dugu Yan after sending her a letter. Dugu Yan introduced him to Ye Lingling, the mysterious Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master, leaving Yan eager to learn more about her.

• Ning Yi explained Heaven Dou Royal Academy's student and teacher ranks, its education committee, and plans for a second Royal Academy team as he guided Yan and Ning Rongrong across campus.
• Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ning Yi reached the girls' dormitory area, where Senior Sister Wu Mei teased Ning Yi and asked why they had come.
• Yan gave Wu Mei Dugu Yan's letter, and she went inside to fetch Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan came out, greeted Yan warmly, and met Ning Rongrong after Yan introduced them.
• Dugu Yan introduced her friend Ye Lingling to Yan, who greeted her and noted her quiet, distant manner.

Yan accompanied Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Yu Tianheng publicly confessed to Dugu Yan and was rejected. After Yan confronted him, he effortlessly defeated him, leaving Yu Tianheng shaken and suspicious of Yan’s identity and purpose at the academy.

• Yan invited Ye Lingling to tea, and Ning Yi arranged a private room at the academy teahouse.
• As Wu Mei guided Yan, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong through campus, Yu Feng told Dugu Yan that Yu Tianheng was looking for her.
• Yu Tianheng arrived with flowers and confessed to Dugu Yan, who rejected him and introduced Yan as her boyfriend.
• Yan mocked Yu Tianheng and his grandfather, prompting Yu Tianheng to attack with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
• Yan caught Yu Tianheng’s punch, injured his dragon arms, and kicked him away, then left with the others.
• Yu Tianheng recovered enough to tell Yu Feng that Yan had used dragon might and asked him to have Teacher Qin investigate Yan.

Yan met Ye Lingling at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy teahouse and examined her Nine Heart Flowering Begonia martial soul, then tried to recruit her and Dugu Yan to Spirit Hall. Qin Ming arrived with Yu Tianheng and the other students, recognized Yan as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, and heard him announce his recruitment plan.

• Yan reassured Wu Mei that the conflict with Yu Tianheng would not involve her, then went with the others to a private room in the academy teahouse.
• Yan asked Ye Lingling about her Nine Heart Flowering Begonia martial soul, and she let him summon and touch its energy form.
• Yan invited Ye Lingling to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy for a more suitable academy, but she said she liked her current school and had not considered transferring.
• Qin Ming entered the private room with Yu Tianheng and the other students, recognized Yan as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, and asked why he had come.
• Yan told Qin Ming that he planned to invite Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to join Spirit Hall as core members of its next team.

Yan went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to recruit Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling for Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy, provoking Qin Ming and the Three Education Committee. The committee refused to approve the transfers, and Yan asked what would happen if he insisted.

• Yan said Dugu Yan could transfer because she was his girlfriend, and Dugu Yan apologized to Qin Ming while Ye Lingling was unable to move.
• Qin Ming accused Yan of weakening Heaven Dou Royal Academy's team and unleashed his Blazing Fire Wolf martial soul, but Yan suppressed him with a single press of his palm.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin arrived in formal robes to meet Yan, who respectfully greeted them and asked to recruit Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Meng Shenji argued that transferring students would provoke the Heaven Dou Empire, but Yan offered to discuss the matter directly with Xue Ye.
• The three committee members refused to approve the transfers, and Yan's smile faded as he asked what they would do if he insisted.

Yan confronted Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee over transferring students, and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan fought the three committee members after Meng Shenji resisted. Yue Guan easily defeated their attacks, leaving the committee members realizing they could not win.

• Meng Shenji released his aura against Yan, prompting Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to appear and force him back while Zhi Lin moved the students to safety.
• Yan told the Education Committee to accept the transfer or prove they could withstand one hundred moves against a Spirit Hall elder.
• Yue Guan revealed his nine soul rings and challenged Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin to fight him together.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin released their Martial Souls, and Yue Guan targeted Zhi Lin and blasted him away.
• Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan attacked Yue Guan together, but he repelled both of them and suppressed Zhi Lin’s Sky Blue Vine.
• Yue Guan dismissed the committee members as weak, and the three exchanged fearful looks as they recognized they could not defeat him.

Yan forced the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to approve the transfers of Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Yi, and Wu Mei, using Prince Xue Xing’s gambling debt to secure his cooperation. After Yan left, Xue Xing reflected on the growing tensions between Spirit Hall and the royal family, and on Xue Qinghe’s rise.

• Yan asked the Education Committee members to approve the transfers and said Ning Yi and Wu Mei should also receive transfer or graduation paperwork.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived and initially declared that the royal academy would not approve the transfers.
• Yan privately confronted Xue Xing with a one-million-gold-coin IOU and threatened to expose his bets on the Star Luo team.
• Xue Xing ordered the Education Committee to approve the students’ transfers, despite Meng Shenji’s angry protests.
• After Yan’s group left, Xue Xing criticized the committee and worried that Xue Qinghe’s growing power could endanger his position.

Yan brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Rongrong arranged their lodging. Later, Dugu Yan came to wake Yan for dinner, but he mistook her for someone in a dream and became intimate with her; two figures appeared outside the room unnoticed.

• Yan escorted Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and invited them to stay there before sending them to Spirit City.
• Ning Rongrong took Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to rest, leaving Yan alone in his room.
• Yan fell asleep and dreamed of being surrounded by alluring snake women.
• Dugu Yan entered to call Yan for dinner, and he pulled her into bed while still half-asleep.
• After Yan woke and realized what had happened, Dugu Yan said she had been willing, and they kissed.
• Two figures appeared outside Yan's room while he and Dugu Yan were engrossed in each other.

Yan stopped his intimate encounter with Dugu Yan when he noticed Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling outside, then tried to build a connection with Ye Lingling by helping restore the courtyard garden. The chapter left Yan holding Ye Lingling’s black veil after an accidental embrace, while Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong walked away.

• Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling secretly watched Yan and Dugu Yan, but Dugu Yan fled the room after learning they were outside.
• Yan teased Ning Rongrong when she questioned him about Dugu Yan, and she ran off with Ye Lingling.
• Yan joined Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling for Flip Chess, then invited Ye Lingling to help repair the damaged flower garden.
• Ye Lingling used her Nine Heart Flowering Apple martial soul to restore flowers while Yan carefully transplanted them, earning some of her trust.
• Yan caught Ye Lingling when she slipped by the stream and accidentally removed her black veil, revealing her face.
• Ning Rongrong accused Yan of taking advantage of Ye Lingling, and Ye Lingling clarified that he had saved her before leaving; Yan kept her veil.

Yan beat Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling at chess and then repeatedly defeated them in drinking games of Fight the Landlord. After changing the stakes to forfeiting clothes, he won again and left the three girls embarrassed and partially undressed.

• Yan checkmated Ning Rongrong at chess, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling also lost and had their faces covered in paper strips.
• Yan brought out playing cards, taught the three girls Fight the Landlord, and proposed that losers drink fruit wine.
• After Yan won several rounds, he persuaded the girls to bet clothing, with Dugu Yan adding that Yan would have to remove more clothing whenever he lost.
• Yan won another round with a powerful hand, and Ning Rongrong lost her outer garment when he removed it and kissed her cheek.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling removed their own outer garments, refusing Yan's offer to do it for them.

After a secretive card game with Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan, Yan took the three girls to Elephant Armor Academy to attend the Five Element Academies Gathering. He met Sect Master Hu YanZhen and his grandson Hu Yanli, then asked how many academies had arrived.

• Yan continued the card game with the three girls until the night ended in an intimate, awkward silence.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan stopped Yan from leaving alone and went with him to Elephant Armor Academy.
• On the way, Yan explained that he was visiting the academy for the Five Element Academies Gathering and discussed the importance of the Five Element Academies.
• Yan and the girls reached Elephant Armor Academy, where Hu YanZhen welcomed the Holy Son at the mountain gate.
• Hu YanZhen introduced his grandson Hu Yanli, a talented Diamond Mammoth martial soul user and prospective captain of the New Elephant Armor Team.
• Yan asked Hu YanZhen how many academies had arrived for the gathering.

Yan arrived at Elephant Armor Academy’s gathering, where students from Godwind and Blazing Academies were already socializing. Meanwhile, Skywater Academy’s young reserve students reached the venue, and Shui Bing’er asked Bai Qing’er to tell her about Spirit City.

• Hu YanZhen told Yan that Godwind and Blazing Academies had arrived, while Thunder and Skywater Academies were still expected.
• Yan asked Hu YanZhen about Thunder Academy’s connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then asked him to show the group to the gathering venue.
• Feng Xiaotian spoke with Huo Wushuang at the gathering while repeatedly watching Huo Wu, who showed little interest in him.
• A Skywater Academy convoy arrived carrying young reserve students, including twelve-year-old Shui Bing’er.
• Shui Bing’er climbed into Bai Qing’er’s embrace and asked her to describe Spirit City.

Yan considered the ambitions of the elemental academies and attended Elephant Armor Academy’s social gathering with Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling. There, Huo Wu challenged him to test his Ultimate Fire, and Yan accepted while considering how to win over Blazing Flame Academy.

• Hu YanZhen explained why smaller powers might seek Spirit Hall’s support, and Yan sent him away so he could walk alone.
• Ning Rongrong waited for Yan, then joined him as he went to the social gathering with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Yan and the three girls approached a performance but were blocked by the crowd, where Feng Xiaotian introduced Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu.
• Huo Wu challenged Yan to experience his Ultimate Fire, hoping to measure herself against the strongest fire-element soul master.
• Yan accepted Huo Wu’s challenge and said he might visit Blazing Flame Academy, while considering how to win over its headmaster’s children.

Yan defeated Huo Wushuang in their spar at Elephant Armor Academy, then faced Huo Wu, who used her Naruto Beast Soul and close-range tactics to exploit the match’s boundary rules. The chapter ended as Huo Wu unleashed her Repelling Flame Ring to try to push Yan out of the ring.

• Huo Wushuang released his Unicorn Fire Tyrant Dragon Beast Soul and attacked Yan with his first and third soul skills.
• Yan deflected Huo Wushuang’s fireball, outmaneuvered his close-range charge, and sent him flying with a counterattack.
• Huo Wushuang admitted defeat and left the ring, and Huo Wu entered to spar with Yan.
• Huo Wu released her Naruto Beast Soul and charged at Yan, choosing close combat because his fire immunity weakened her ranged attacks.
• Huo Wu slid in to attack Yan’s legs, then unleashed her Repelling Flame Ring at close range to try to force him out of the ring.

Yan defeated Huo Wu in their match and then explained the tactical mistakes that had cost her the fight. He suggested ways she could recover power by controlling flame energy, leaving Huo Wu wondering how he had absorbed it without using a soul skill or Soul Bone.

• Yan used the Repelling Flame Ring's force to launch himself into the air and land behind Huo Wu, avoiding being driven from the arena.
• Huo Wu fused all three of her soul rings and fired a compressed white fireball at Yan, exhausting her strength in the attack.
• Yan absorbed the fireball through his palm, then overcame Huo Wu and helped her recover by transmitting fire-element energy.
• Yan told Huo Wu that she had attacked without testing him, misjudged their strength gap, and left herself unable to defend after her final move.
• Yan advised Huo Wu to learn to absorb surrounding flame energy and suggested she might refine released flames to recover her strength.
• Huo Wu asked what soul beast could grant her that ability, and Yan pointed out that he had used neither a soul ring nor a Soul Bone.

Yan demonstrated a self-created Fireball Technique to Huo Wu and used her interest to build goodwill with Blazing Academy. After she left, Feng Xiaotian surprised Yan by offering to help arrange cooperation between Godwind Academy and Spirit Hall.

• Yan explained how self-created skills could build on a Soul Master's abilities, then showed Huo Wu his fire-element Fireball Technique.
• Huo Wu recognized the technique's potential and promised to persuade her father to consider Spirit Hall's goodwill.
• Yan declined to travel with Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang because he planned to train at Skywater Academy, but agreed to guide Huo Wu while he was at Elephant Armor Academy.
• After Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang left, Yan told Feng Xiaotian that Huo Wu did not return his feelings, and Feng Xiaotian resolved to stop pursuing her.
• Feng Xiaotian inferred that Yan had other basic elemental skills and promised to promote cooperation between Godwind Academy and Spirit Hall.

Yan traveled with Skywater Academy’s students to their academy, hoping to spend time among its many beautiful women. He arrived expecting to stay as a guest, but learned that the academy’s rules barred men from being students or teachers, leaving his precise role there unsettled.

• Yan rode back from the Five Element Academies exchange with the Skywater students after sending Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yan flirted with Shui Bing'er during the journey, and he caught her when the carriage jolted.
• Yan arrived at Skywater Academy and admired the academy’s many women while imagining becoming a student or gatekeeper.
• Yan asked Shui Bing'er whether he could stay in the gatehouse, but she told him he would receive a private courtyard.
• Yan learned that Skywater Academy only admitted women as students and teachers, so he could not become a transfer student and might instead be hired temporarily as a teacher.