Chapter Summaries

Yan followed Sun Moon Empire royal family members into the Jingyang Mountain Range, suspecting they were hunting Solar Worms. When a swarm trapped their party and overwhelmed the Soul Sage protecting them, Yan secretly disrupted the Solar Worm formation, allowing the Soul Sage to rescue the survivors and escape.

• Yan spotted Sun Moon Empire royals entering the Jingyang Mountain Range and decided to follow them in search of Solar Worms.
• The royal party encountered a large Solar Worm swarm, including powerful Worm Kings and an apparent Worm Emperor.
• A young Soul Sage wielding a golden crescent blade fought the swarm while the nobles withdrew and left others behind.
• The Solar Worms unleashed Solar Gaze and trapped the Soul Sage in a formation of ten blazing suns, leaving him badly weakened.
• Yan struck the formation with cold Soul Power, freezing Solar Worms and breaking it apart.
• The Soul Sage rescued the surviving guards and soul masters, thanked the unseen helper, and fled.

Yan entered the Solar Worms’ Fire Mulberry Forest and made a bargain with its fifty-thousand-year-old Fire Mulberry Tree King, helping it transform in exchange for its cooperation. The Tree King agreed to help Yan establish a human stronghold and sent three Solar Worm Kings to guide him to a suspected ancient ruin.

• After the Golden Blade Soul Sage ordered everyone to retreat, Yan slipped into the Fire Mulberry Forest while the Solar Worms pursued the others.
• The Fire Mulberry Tree King recognized Yan as the Emperor of Flames and asked him to help it transform.
• Yan rejected the Tree King’s Golden Tiger King torso Soul Bone as insufficient payment and offered to help if it accepted three more conditions.
• Yan used his flames to cleanse and temper the Fire Mulberry Tree King, which agreed to his conditions as long as he protected the forest’s inhabitants.
• Yan asked the Tree King to help establish a human stronghold and identify an ancient ruin, and it sent three Solar Worm Kings to guide him to a cliff.

Yan explored a forbidden cave in the Jingyang Mountain Range and found an ancient Soul Tool ruin containing the corpse of a Behemoth royal. As the Dark Gold Terror Claw reacted to the beast, Yan tried to examine its body but could not cut through its hide.

• Yan learned from the Solar Worm Kings that spirit beasts had once fought over the refined-gold region and that some had vanished into the cave.
• Yan followed the Dark Gold Terror Claw's pull into an underground ruin and found damaged Soul Tools and fragments of the Gate of Time and Space.
• Yan activated the hall's lighting and discovered a massive silver-and-gold Behemoth corpse whose golden palms drew his right hand closer.
• Yan suppressed the conflicting reactions of the Golden Dragon Soul in his right arm and the spirit in his right palm bone, then identified the corpse as a powerful Behemoth royal.
• Yan tried to cut the Behemoth royal's abdomen with the Darkgold Dagger but failed to pierce its hide.

Yan discovered three Behemoth Giant Beast eggs hidden behind the dead beast and used the Evergreen Vine of Life cloth and Source of Life to revive the two nearly lifeless eggs. As he examined them, the dead Behemoth’s remnant soul appeared to guard its descendants.

• Yan moved the Behemoth Giant Beast’s corpse and found three eggs concealed in a metal cave behind it.
• Yan recognized the innermost egg as a likely Golden Behemoth and identified the life-preserving cloth beneath the eggs as Evergreen Vine of Life roots.
• Yan suspended the cloth with mechanical tentacles and poured Source of Life into it, stabilizing the two failing eggs.
• Yan continued sacrificing his stored Source of Life until all three eggs absorbed the life mist and the outer eggs regained their radiance.
• A roaring Behemoth Giant Beast appeared beside Yan, and he realized it was the dead beast’s remnant soul guarding its descendants.

Yan received the Behemoth Clan’s recognition and gained Golden Behemoth Arms, then discovered that Sun Moon Empire forces were approaching the Fire Mulberry Forest. After accepting the Solar Crown from the Fire Mulberry Tree King in exchange for protection, Yan prepared to confront the invaders with his Steel Dragon Mech.

• The Behemoth Giant Beast’s lingering soul entered Yan, and its Golden Behemoth Arms fused with his body, strengthening his attributes and earth-attributed martial soul.
• Yan repaired the ruins and Soul Tools, then used a bionic Soul Tool to discover a powerful Sun Moon Empire expedition advancing toward the Fire Mulberry Forest.
• Yan went to the Fire Mulberry Tree King and agreed to protect the forest’s soul beasts in return for the Solar Crown, a Soul Bone that could command the Solar Worm swarm.
• Yan equipped his battle armor and combined his Flying Dragon Mech into the Steel Dragon Mech, then used the Solar Crown to gather a blazing sea of fiery clouds above the forest.
• The Sun Moon Empire expedition stopped beneath the fiery clouds, and its quasi-Titled Douluo leader suspected that a hundred-thousand-year Solar Worm Emperor was behind the attack.

Yan used the Flying Dragon Mech and the Solar Crown Soul Bone to unleash a forbidden-spell-level attack that drove the Sun Moon Empire’s forces away from the Fire Mulberry Forest. He abducted and questioned Elder Xu, then returned him alive after learning secrets about the empire and confirming his own strength had increased.

• Yan gathered the sunlight over the Jingyang Mountain Range into a second sun, alarming the soul beasts and human powerhouses nearby.
• Yan unleashed Light Descends · Heavenly Fire Descends, creating a vast blast that injured the Sun Moon Empire’s forces but killed very few.
• A purple light transported Elder Xu away from the surviving powerhouses, who suspected the Solar Worm Emperor had taken him.
• Yan defeated Elder Xu in the Fire Mulberry Forest with his Golden Arms and used spiritual hypnosis to learn about the Sun Moon imperial family and its power structure.
• Yan returned Elder Xu alive to the battlefield and concluded that his strength had grown enough for him to defeat some weaker Titled Douluo without the Flying Dragon Mech.

Yan explored the Evil Forest to test repaired Soul Tools and study its many rare dragon-type Soul Beasts. After defeating a Devouring Dragon and considering it as a candidate for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul orb, he turned toward an incoming wave of flame.

• Yan descended into the Evil Forest and used a scanning Soul Tool to assess its unusually dense Soul Beast population.
• Yan moved into the forest’s inner region, concealed his presence, and observed several sub-dragon species, including a Tyrant Dragon.
• Yan identified a charging Soul Beast as a Devouring Dragon and knocked it down with a punch.
• The Devouring Dragon used Devour the Heavens and Earth, but Yan resisted the attack and shattered it with another punch.
• Yan considered using the Devouring Dragon for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul orb, then turned as a strange wave of flame approached.

Yan captured a ten-thousand-year Fire Evil Monarch and then ambushed and sealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Fire Evil Tyrant inside the Flying Dragon Mech. He fled the Evil Forest before the enraged Evil Emperor could find him.

• A three-attribute Fire Evil Monarch attacked Yan, but Yan smashed it with the Golden Behemoth’s power and sealed its fleeing spiritual ripple.
• Yan trapped the Devouring Dragon and the Fire Evil Monarch inside the Flying Dragon Mech, then planned to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye with fire and spiritual attributes.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Fire Evil Tyrant searched for the vanished Little Eight, but Yan ambushed it with an iceberg and the Absolute Zero forbidden spell.
• Yan sealed the frozen Fire Evil Tyrant inside the Flying Dragon Mech and escaped the Evil Forest.
• After Yan fled, a terrifying aura rose from the forest’s heart and the Evil Forest erupted.

The Evil Emperor awakened after sensing the disappearance of its son, the Ten-Thousand Year Fire Evil Tyrant, and began searching for the culprit. After failing to find Yan, it ordered the soul beasts of the Evil Forest to gather and threaten humanity, while Yan returned to his hideout and Sun Moon City learned that soul beasts had appeared outside its walls.

• The Evil Emperor woke in fury when it sensed that the Ten-Thousand Year Fire Evil Tyrant had vanished and unleashed spiritual power across the Evil Forest.
• Yan watched from beyond the forest as the Evil Emperor searched for its son and destroyed the iceberg where the Fire Evil Tyrant had been captured.
• The Evil Emperor concluded that a human might be responsible, summoned powerful soul beasts, and ordered them to prepare for a beast tide unless humanity gave it an explanation.
• Yan returned to the ruins behind the Fire Mulberry Forest to hide and plan around the three soul beasts he had captured.
• Sun Moon City's leaders discussed the threat from the Jingyang Mountain Range, then a frightened general reported that soul beasts had appeared outside the city.

Bright Capital’s defenders and powerful factions prepared for a Soul Beast attack as the Evil Emperor confronted the city, convinced humans had taken his missing son. The negotiations failed, and the Evil Emperor’s attack made a battle unavoidable.

• Bright Capital’s city guards set up defenses while the empire’s powerful figures gathered in the eastern district.
• Old Freak He blamed the imperial family for provoking Soul Beasts, but a gaunt elder warned that the approaching darkness might come from the Evil Emperor.
• The Xu Family ancestor confronted the Evil Emperor, whose red-black clouds overwhelmed his golden sun and plunged the eastern district into darkness.
• The Hongchen Family elder tried to negotiate, but the Evil Emperor accused humans of taking his missing Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast son.
• The Evil Emperor rejected the Xu Family ancestor’s explanation about the Jingyang Mountain Range and fired a beam of red light at the city walls.

Yan witnessed the hatching of three Behemoth Giant Beasts in the Jingyang Mountain Range and discovered that the golden one was exceptionally powerful. After learning that the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord had devastated Sun Moon City and a beast tide threatened to erupt, Yan decided to leave the New Continent and return to Douluo Continent.

• Yan watched the golden Behemoth hatch, feed on its eggshell, and approach him without fear.
• Yan examined the golden Behemoth and found that its newborn strength, speed, and defenses surpassed those of the other two.
• The other two Behemoth eggs hatched, and Yan placed all three young beasts together to share the Source of Life.
• Bai Xiuxiu delivered Yan a letter from Bright Capital reporting that the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord had fought Sun Moon City's powerhouses, killing the Hongchen Family's ancestor and leaving the city's eastern district devastated.
• Yan learned that the Evil Eye Tyrant had retreated to the Evil Forest and that its gathered Soul Beasts threatened a beast tide, so he left the Jingyang Mountain Range with Bai Xiuxiu and the three Behemoths to return to Douluo Continent.

Yan reunited with Bai Xiuxiu near Sea God Island, helped her escape Xiao Bai, and traveled with her back to Douluo Continent. After reaching Hagen-Dazs City and issuing orders at the Spirit Hall Main Branch, Yan set out for Heaven Dou City as forces across the continent watched his movements.

• Bai Xiuxiu fled from Xiao Bai after returning briefly to Sea God Island, and Yan froze the sea to delay her mother's pursuit.
• Yan and Bai Xiuxiu traveled north by sea for three days before reaching the Hagen-Dazs Kingdom.
• Yan planned to continue to Heaven Dou City, while Bai Xiuxiu looked forward to eating dessert in Hagen-Dazs City.
• Yan treated Bai Xiuxiu to ice cream and spent three days at the Spirit Hall Main Branch delivering messages and orders.
• Yan departed Hagen-Dazs Kingdom by carriage, drawing the attention of forces across the continent.

Yan returned to Heaven Dou City, learned that Tang San and Shrek had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and hurried there after hearing about Tang San’s new soul skill. At the academy, he noticed Prince Xue Beng’s apparent weakness might be an act, while the Three Education Committee mistook his arrival for another threat to their team.

• Salas welcomed Yan to Heaven Dou City and told him that Bibi Dong had sent Elders Guimei and Yueguan to protect him.
• Salas reported that Qin Ming had helped Shrek join Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, and that Tang San had displayed spider legs in a battle against Yu Tianheng.
• Yan ordered the carriage to take him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy so he could see Tang San.
• Yan saw the battered Xue Beng leaving the academy and suggested that the prince was pretending to be a wastrel to draw Xue Qinghe’s attention.
• A teacher told the Three Education Committee that Yan had arrived, prompting Meng Shenji to worry that Spirit Hall would target the academy team again.
• Meng Shenji explained Spirit Hall’s past actions to Yu Xiaogang, who feared for his nephew Yu Tianheng.

Spirit Hall Holy Son Yan confronted Shrek Academy at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, struck down Tang San and his teachers, and revoked Yu Xiaogang’s Spirit Hall scholar status. Yu Xiaogang was left devastated as Yan revealed that his research methods had violated the rules.

• Yan forced his way into the Education Committee office, subdued Meng Shenji, and said he had come for the Shrek group.
• Yan criticized Qin Ming for bringing Shrek to the academy and challenged Yu Xiaogang’s qualifications as a teacher and researcher.
• When Tang San struck the table, Yan sent him flying, then used his Golden Behemoth to knock Flander and Zhao Wuji aside.
• Yan told Yu Xiaogang that his pet was the legendary enemy of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial souls and threatened Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yan slapped Yu Xiaogang and revoked his scholar status, citing impractical research and the use of students as experimental subjects.

Yan pressured Tang San until the External Soul Bone on his back emerged, then questioned him about how he had obtained it. Tang San’s account exposed the flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s soul-beast age theory, while Yu Xiaogang remained unable to defend himself.

• Yan pinned Yu Xiaogang in his seat and used crushing Soul Power pressure on Tang San, who summoned Blue Silver Grass to protect himself.
• Yan shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and knocked Yu Xiaogang to the ground when he tried to intervene.
• Tang San’s pressure triggered the emergence of eight purple spider spears from his back, which Yan identified as an External Soul Bone.
• Yan threatened Shrek and questioned Tang San and Zhao Wuji about the Star Dou Great Forest trip where Tang San had obtained his third soul ring.
• Tang San said his third soul ring came from a Man Faced Demon Spider, and Yan explained that its legs showed it had exceeded two thousand years of cultivation and Yu Xiaogang’s stated limit.
• Yan acknowledged that some of Yu Xiaogang’s research was useful to ordinary soul masters, reminding him that Spirit Hall had once recognized him as a scholar.

At the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee, Yan dismantled Yu Xiaogang’s theories and argued that they had harmed Tang San’s potential. He forced Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer to appear, exposing his Twin Martial Souls and leaving Yu Xiaogang afraid that Tang Hao would hold him responsible.

• Yan argued that Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring theories were vague, outdated, and inferior to Spirit Hall’s developing testing tools.
• Yan explained that matching Soul Rings to a Martial Soul’s attributes and compatibility mattered more than pursuing age or skills, and said Yu Xiaogang’s choices had weakened Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Yan revealed that Tang San likely possessed Twin Martial Souls and pressured him until the Clear Sky Hammer appeared.
• Bishop Salas reacted with stronger killing intent after the Education Committee learned that Tang San was a Clear Sky Sect descendant with Twin Martial Souls.
• Yan said Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was likely exceptionally high quality and accused Yu Xiaogang of damaging its potential by following flawed theories.
• Yu Xiaogang denied Yan’s claims but feared Tang Hao would blame him if he had ruined Tang San’s talent.

Yan exposed the flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s teachings and revealed Tang San’s powerful but unrealized Blue Silver Grass potential and his identity as Tang Hao’s son. He pressured Prince Xue Xing over the dangers of admitting Shrek Academy, then left after demanding that Xue Ye hand over a royal treasure.

• Yan explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had not fully awakened and that his mother’s Martial Soul possessed an innate domain, prompting shock from the Education Committee and the others.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng arrived, and Yan revealed that Xue Beng was concealing his ambitions while warning that Shrek’s Dai Mubai was a Star Luo prince with a White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Yan told Prince Xue Xing that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and warned him not to involve the royal family in Spirit Hall’s pursuit of Tang Hao.
• Yan asked Prince Xue Xing to tell Xue Ye that he wanted one of the royal family’s supreme treasures, then left with the Spirit Hall group and ordered people to monitor Shrek.

Yan ordered Salas to pressure the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and prepare for a possible move against Titan while Shrek tried to take control of Blue Tyrant Academy’s battle team. Titan arrived before Tailong could accept their challenge and revealed that Liu Erlong had told Shrek about Tailong’s strengths, leaving both groups shocked.

• Yan learned that the imperial family had not replied about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and ordered Salas to pressure them over Shrek Academy’s planned renaming.
• Yan instructed Salas to watch Titan’s family and secretly summon Yang Wudi and Niu Gao to Heaven Dou City.
• Dai Mubai provoked Tailong at Blue Tyrant Academy as part of Shrek’s plan to defeat him and take the captain’s position.
• Tailong prepared to accept the challenge, but Titan arrived and warned him that Shrek knew his strengths through Liu Erlong.
• Titan’s revelation shocked Shrek and angered the Blue Tyrant Battle Team members, who felt betrayed by Liu Erlong.

Titan tested Tang San and the others with his overwhelming aura pressure, but changed his attitude after Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and gave him the team captaincy. Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang’s reunion was interrupted by the arrival of Liu Erlong’s father, who rejected Titan’s decision and confronted them.

• Titan’s aura pressure forced Oscar and Ma Hongjun to the ground while Tang San and Dai Mubai struggled to endure it.
• Zhao Wuji explained that Titan, the Strength Clan’s Soul Douluo leader, was far stronger than him, while Yu Xiaogang stopped Liu Erlong from intervening because the pressure could help Tang San fuse his Soul Bone.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and struck, causing Titan’s pressure to vanish; Titan recognized the hammer and secretly told Tang San to put it away.
• Titan praised Tang San and ordered Tailong to give him the team captaincy, but an older man arrived and objected to outsiders dictating terms at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang recognized the newcomer as Liu Erlong’s father and second uncle, respectively, and appeared afraid of him.

Yan confronted Titan over his refusal to move the Strength Clan to Spirit City and demanded that he hand over Tang San. Titan chose to remain loyal to Tang Hao and shielded Tang San, while Yu Luomian moved to settle the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s dispute with Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Luomian confronted Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang over their relationship, while Flander defended Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong rejected her father’s authority.
• Yan arrived with Bishop Salas and revealed that he had alerted Yu Luomian about Blue Tyrant Academy’s renaming and the family conflict.
• Yan reminded Titan that the other three clans had prospered under Spirit Hall and offered him the Mercenary Guild headquarters presidency in Spirit City.
• Titan hesitated to leave Heaven Dou City, and Yan accused him of staying to protect Tang San, whose Clear Sky Hammer and connection to Tang Hao were known to Spirit Hall.
• Titan refused Yan’s demand, declared his loyalty to Tang Hao, and shielded Tang San as he prepared to take the young master away.