Chapter Summaries

Xu Hanfeng awakened the Douluo Compendium, a book martial soul, and discovered that its innate full Soul Power came with a system for drawing cards from later Douluo worlds. He left the village chief’s work-study offer unresolved and learned he had one random chance to activate a female Character Card.

• Xu Hanfeng awakened a book martial soul and revealed innate full Soul Power, surprising Su Yuntao.
• Su Yuntao invited Xu Hanfeng to join Spirit Hall, but Xu Hanfeng refused.
• The village chief offered Xu Hanfeng the village’s work-study quota, and Xu Hanfeng asked to decide the next day.
• Xu Hanfeng examined his martial soul and learned the Douluo Compendium could draw cards for skills, spirit bones, and other powers.
• Xu Hanfeng discovered that Character Cards featured only female characters and that he had one random activation available.

Xu Hanfeng drew the Permanent Soul Skill Card Giant's Grasp and his first Permanent Character Card, Tang Ya, then decided to avoid Nuoding Academy and its dangerous connection to Tang Hao. He brought Tang Ya to the village chief to discuss giving up his Work-Study Student spot, where the chief asked him to confirm his decision.

• Xu Hanfeng activated a Permanent Card and drew the Giant's Grasp Soul Skill Card, then stored it in the Douluo Compendium.
• Xu Hanfeng drew Tang Ya as his first Permanent Character Card and summoned her; she addressed him as Little Master.
• Xu Hanfeng questioned Tang Ya and learned she had no memories beyond those connected to him and knew nothing of Douluo 2 or the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Xu Hanfeng decided not to attend Nuoding Academy because he feared encountering Tang San and Tang Hao before he was strong enough.
• Xu Hanfeng brought Tang Ya to the village chief's house, where the chief asked whether he would give up his Work-Study Student spot.

Xu Hanfeng extorted the village chief, tested a remembered cultivation technique, and left the village with Tang Ya after the chief died. He headed toward a nearby forest to prepare traps for obtaining a powerful First Soul Ring.

• Xu Hanfeng used Giant's Grasp to force the village chief to promise him the Gold Soul Coins, and Tang Ya crippled the chief's meridians while Xu Hanfeng looted his house.
• Xu Hanfeng cultivated with the Dantian Foundation Establishment Technique and found that it could increase his Soul Power.
• The village chief died after waking and discovering his money was gone, and Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya left the village under cover of night.
• Xu Hanfeng decided to seek a First Soul Ring in a nearby forest, using Soul Bone Cards to strengthen himself and aiming for a ring between seven hundred and a thousand years old.
• Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya set numerous poisoned, freezing, and explosive Soul Tool traps in the forest to capture and kill a soul beast.

Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya trapped and killed an 835-year-old Rock Armor Giant Snail, allowing Xu Hanfeng to absorb his first soul ring and reach Level 13. He checked Tang Ya’s advancement requirements and used his new permanent draw chance, which produced purple light.

• Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya found an 835-year-old Rock Armor Giant Snail and lured it into a pit lined with Mysterious Ice Thorns.
• Xu Hanfeng poisoned and finished off the trapped snail, then absorbed its yellow soul ring after using six Soul Bone Cards.
• Xu Hanfeng reached Level 13 and gained the Recall soul skill, while Tang Ya’s page showed she was Level 13 with the Entangle skill.
• Xu Hanfeng saw that Tang Ya needed a permanent Soul Bone Card to advance to One Star, so he used his permanent draw chance.
• Purple light appeared as Xu Hanfeng’s card draw began.

Xu Hanfeng planned to obtain Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone for Tang Ya, but delayed until Tang San left Holy Soul Village. He and Tang Ya traveled to Nuoding City to wait, where they rested after several difficult days on the road.

• Xu Hanfeng told Tang Ya he knew where to find a Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone and decided to visit Holy Soul Village first.
• Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya reached Holy Soul Village and learned from Village Chief Jack that Tang San would not leave for school for more than a month.
• Xu Hanfeng met Tang San near his house, recognized his guarded movement, and left without confronting him while Tang Hao watched silently.
• Xu Hanfeng proposed waiting in Nuoding City until Tang San went to school, and Tang Ya agreed.
• Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya arrived in Nuoding City, settled into an inn, and Tang Ya bathed and changed into pajamas before teasing Xu Hanfeng for staring at her.

Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya discovered the Blue Silver Emperor hidden in a chamber behind a waterfall and learned how Tang Hao had caused her sacrifice. They planned to take her away, leaving the fate of the Blue Silver Emperor unresolved.

• Tang Ya forgave Xu Hanfeng after catching him staring at her open pajama collar, and they went to sleep together.
• More than a month later, Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya saw Tang San arrive at Nuoding Academy and watched Yu Xiaogang take him under his wing.
• Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya left the city for Holy Soul Village while Tang Hao watched them from the shadows.
• Half a month later, Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya found the Blue Silver Emperor in a hidden stone chamber behind a waterfall.
• Xu Hanfeng told Tang Ya that Tang Hao had deliberately exposed the pregnant Blue Silver Emperor to Spirit Hall, leading her to sacrifice herself for him.
• Xu Hanfeng and Tang Ya decided to take the Blue Silver Emperor away, and he asked Tang Ya to bring back a Blue Silver Grass.

Xu Hanfeng gave Tang Ya the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, granting her two soul skills and bringing her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul close to evolving. He advanced Tang Ya’s card to Tier 1, and she demonstrated her increased strength by blasting a hole in the stone wall.

• Xu Hanfeng opened a hidden box and claimed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Xu Hanfeng used the Douluo Compendium to embed the soul bone into Tang Ya’s card, giving her self-healing and Blue Silver Purification soul skills.
• Tang Ya sensed that her Martial Soul was close to evolving into a Blue Silver King, and Xu Hanfeng suggested gathering more Blue Silver Grass energy in the Blue Silver Forest.
• Xu Hanfeng advanced Tang Ya’s card to Tier 1, marked by a glowing white star.
• Tang Ya summoned thick vines and smashed a head-sized hole into the stone wall, demonstrating her increased strength.

Xu Hanfeng activated two Character Cards, summoning Ma Xiaotao and Ning Tian. After he dug up the Blue Silver Emperor, Ma Xiaotao playfully lifted him into the air, leaving him flustered as Tang Ya and Ning Tian laughed.

• Xu Hanfeng discovered that scanning a soul bone for the first time and advancing a Character Card to one star had unlocked two Character Card activations.
• Xu Hanfeng activated the cards and summoned Ma Xiaotao and Ning Tian.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Xu Hanfeng, while he greeted Ning Tian as Sister Ning Tian and avoided Ma Xiaotao's request to call her Sister.
• Xu Hanfeng crouched down to dig up the Blue Silver Emperor as Ma Xiaotao pouted and Tang Ya and Ning Tian teased her.
• Ma Xiaotao scooped Xu Hanfeng up and held him high, making him blush while Tang Ya and Ning Tian laughed.

Xu Hanfeng and his companions left the waterfall for Heaven Dou City after replacing the Blue Silver Emperor with Blue Silver Grass, and he later obtained a Permanent Card containing a storage soul tool. When a girl in white led a Gray Mane Wild Beast toward them, Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao restrained and burned it, but the beast then charged at Ma Xiaotao.

• Ma Xiaotao teased Xu Hanfeng before he and the others replaced the Blue Silver Emperor with Blue Silver Grass and set out for Heaven Dou City.
• Ten days later, Xu Hanfeng drew a Permanent Card and transferred his belongings into the storage soul tool it contained.
• After hearing a girl scream, Xu Hanfeng’s group saw her being chased by a 712-year Gray Mane Wild Beast, which she led toward them.
• Tang Ya trapped the beast with vines, and Ma Xiaotao set the vines ablaze to burn it.
• Xu Hanfeng told the girl to move aside, noticed her pink begonia martial soul, and watched the beast charge at Ma Xiaotao.

Xu Hanfeng and his companions defeated a Gray Mane Wild Beast that had chased Ye Lingling, then learned she was a Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master from Heaven Dou City. After Xu Hanfeng joked about making her pay for the trouble, Ye Lingling invited them to stay at her family estate.

• Ma Xiaotao, Xu Hanfeng, and Tang Ya fought the Gray Mane Wild Beast, with Ning Tian boosting Ma Xiaotao's speed and Tang Ya lifting the fighters out of danger.
• Ma Xiaotao killed the beast by piercing its skull with her spear after Tang Ya and Xu Hanfeng helped restrain and wound it.
• Ye Lingling apologized and introduced herself as a member of the Ye Family who had come to obtain her second soul ring.
• Ye Lingling explained that she had sneaked away after arguing with her mother and had been targeted while fleeing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.
• Xu Hanfeng asked Ye Lingling to settle the trouble her beast had caused, and she offered to host his group at her family estate in Heaven Dou City.

Xu Hanfeng and his companions brought Ye Lingling safely back to Heaven Dou City, where they met her mother, Ye Liuli, and were invited to stay at the Ye Mansion. Xu Hanfeng declined Ye Liuli’s offer to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for now, while considering how to get closer to Dugu Yan.

• Ye Lingling thanked Xu Hanfeng and his companions for saving her, and Uncle Ye welcomed them back to Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Lingling invited the group to stay at the Ye Mansion, and Uncle Ye agreed after she said she would inform her mother.
• Ye Liuli reunited with Ye Lingling, thanked Xu Hanfeng and the others, and hosted them at the mansion.
• Ye Liuli asked whether Xu Hanfeng would study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but he declined because he was only six and wanted to cultivate first.
• Ye Liuli arranged rooms for the group, while Xu Hanfeng planned to improve his relationship with Dugu Yan.

Xu Hanfeng accompanied Ye Lingling to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the committee accepted that he could study there later. Ye Lingling introduced him to her friend Dugu Yan, whose teasing drew Yu Tianheng’s jealous attention.

• Xu Hanfeng followed Ye Lingling to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the Teaching Committee welcomed Ye Lingling and agreed Xu Hanfeng could attend in the future.
• Ye Lingling took Xu Hanfeng to meet her friend Dugu Yan near the academy’s forest.
• Dugu Yan rebuked Yu Tianheng for calling her Yan Yan and reminded him that they were not close.
• Dugu Yan pinched Xu Hanfeng’s cheek and teased him, while Xu Hanfeng pushed her hand away and told her to keep her hands to herself.
• Yu Tianheng watched Dugu Yan dote on Xu Hanfeng and worried that he was losing ground.
• Xu Hanfeng left Dugu Yan and asked Ye Lingling to go with him, calling Dugu Yan a bad woman.

Xu Hanfeng agreed to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Dugu Yan teased him and Ye Liuli offered to arrange it. The chapter left him visiting the Ye Family’s Begonia Spirit Realm, where Ye Lingling offered to have a training ground built for him if he needed one.

• Dugu Yan picked Xu Hanfeng up and coaxed him into explaining that his martial soul could summon various things, then asked him to visit her at the academy.
• Dugu Yan teased Xu Hanfeng until the group reached the academy gates, where she told him to come play with her again.
• Ye Liuli asked whether Xu Hanfeng wanted to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he agreed so he could see its so-called geniuses.
• Ye Liuli invited Xu Hanfeng to stay at Ye Mansion and took him with Ye Lingling to see the Ye Family’s Begonia Spirit Realm.
• Ye Lingling offered to have her mother build Xu Hanfeng a Mimicry Training Ground, but he said he probably did not need one.

After a year, Xu Hanfeng brought Ma Xiaotao, Ning Tian, Tang Ya, and Wu Sido to Heaven Dou Royal Academy so they could regain combat experience. Dugu Yan arranged Soul Grandmaster opponents for them, while Xu Hanfeng provoked Yu Tianheng by deliberately falling into Dugu Yan’s arms.

• Over the past year, Xu Hanfeng drew Butterfly God's Light and two soul bones, giving them to Ning Tian and Ma Xiaotao to help them advance to 1-star.
• Ma Xiaotao and the others told Xu Hanfeng they wanted to fight at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to improve their combat experience.
• Dugu Yan laughed at Xu Hanfeng’s plan to fight, then remembered his martial soul and promised to find suitable opponents.
• Dugu Yan gathered several dozen Soul Grandmasters at the academy, and Yu Tianheng arrived glaring at Xu Hanfeng.
• Xu Hanfeng pretended to slip, fell into Dugu Yan’s arms, and gave Yu Tianheng a provocative look.

Xu Hanfeng provoked Yu Tianheng by falling into Dugu Yan’s arms, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling defended him until Yu Tianheng stormed off after coughing up blood. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s sparring arena, Xu Hanfeng began a match against Ling Yu and blasted him back with Butterfly God’s Light.

• Xu Hanfeng pretended to slip into Dugu Yan’s arms, angering Yu Tianheng as Dugu Yan teased him and Ye Lingling rushed to check on him.
• Yu Tianheng accused Xu Hanfeng of taking advantage of Dugu Yan, but Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling cursed him for picking on Xu Hanfeng.
• The onlookers mocked Yu Tianheng, who coughed up blood and left after threatening Xu Hanfeng; Dugu Yan promised to have Dugu Bo poison the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect if Yu Tianheng harmed him.
• At the sparring arena, Dugu Yan selected Ling Yu to fight Xu Hanfeng after the other students hesitated to challenge him.
• Ling Yu introduced his level-twenty-three Shisui Sword, while Xu Hanfeng introduced his level-seventeen Douluo Atlas and attacked with Butterfly God’s Light, blasting Ling Yu backward.

Xu Hanfeng defeated a succession of Soul Grandmasters at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, revealing the power of his many card-based spirit skills and his Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill. After recovering his Soul Power, he faced Yu Tianheng, who challenged him as a Soul Elder and blamed him for Dugu Yan’s rejection.

• Xu Hanfeng knocked Ling Yu out of the arena with a blow from his Dark Demonic Sword, then reflected on the strength he had gained from the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.
• Xiao Yu attacked Xu Hanfeng with his White Jade Bird martial soul, but Xu Hanfeng broke apart his feathers, bound him with a golden rope, and forced him to surrender.
• The three education committee members watched Xu Hanfeng defeat more Soul Grandmasters and discussed recruiting him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• After defeating all the Soul Grandmasters and restoring his Soul Power, Xu Hanfeng assessed his strength and described his card-throwing spirit skill, Heavenly Rain Scattered Flowers.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Xu Hanfeng as a Soul Elder, while Dugu Yan and the spectators condemned him for targeting a Soul Master.

Xu Hanfeng accepted Yu Tianheng’s challenge and summoned Ma Xiaotao, Ning Tian, Wu Sido, and another Soul Master to fight alongside him. The four women battled Yu Tianheng, while Meng Shenji and the other judges reacted in astonishment to Xu Hanfeng’s Martial Soul and Wu Sido’s Twin Martial Souls.

• Xu Hanfeng agreed to fight Yu Tianheng despite Dugu Yan’s warning, and Yu Tianheng entered the field intending to cripple him.
• Xu Hanfeng threw four cards and summoned four beautiful Soul Masters, prompting Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin to marvel at his unusual Martial Soul.
• Xu Hanfeng let Ma Xiaotao take the lead because his physical strength had not recovered, while Ning Tian boosted Ma Xiaotao and shared her vision.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Fire Line blasted Yu Tianheng back, and he was shocked that her First Soul Skill overpowered his Second Soul Skill.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Ning Tian, but Wu Sido switched to her White Tiger Martial Soul and blocked his weakened Thunder Dragon Claw.
• The judges discovered Wu Sido had Twin Martial Souls, and Meng Shenji eagerly suggested asking whether the summoned Soul Masters could remain indefinitely.

Ma Xiaotao, Tang Ya, and Wu Sido defeated Yu Tianheng after Xu Hanfeng's side unleashed their Soul Skills, and Yu Tianheng was carried away for healing. Meng Shenji and the other Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee members tried to recruit Xu Hanfeng, who planned to decide after reaching level twenty and intended to stay with the Ye Family while his victory drew attention.

• Yu Tianheng boosted his lightning with his third Soul Skill, but Ma Xiaotao's Torso Bone Soul Skill burned through his attacks and weakened him.
• Tang Ya bound Yu Tianheng with Blue Silver Grass and secretly drained some of his life force, while Xu Hanfeng allowed it.
• Wu Sido wounded Yu Tianheng, and Ma Xiaotao knocked him out of the arena, leaving him unable to fight.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin invited Xu Hanfeng to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Dugu Yan obtained gifts from them.
• Xu Hanfeng said he would consider joining after reaching level twenty, while Ye Lingling warned that his victory might draw attention and he decided to stay with the Ye Family.

After Xu Hanfeng defeated a powerful Soul Master, Ye Liuli saw that he had helped Ye Lingling become happier. Xu Hanfeng sought Whale Rubber to temper his body, then drew a permanent Level Four Soul Tool before Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling went to buy Whale Rubber and were embarrassed by the shop clerk’s assumptions.

• Dugu Yan told Ye Liuli about Xu Hanfeng’s victory, and Ye Liuli was glad to see Ye Lingling in better spirits around him.
• Xu Hanfeng asked Ye Lingling for money to buy Whale Rubber, explaining that he wanted to temper his body and absorb stronger Soul Rings.
• Xu Hanfeng drew a permanent Level Four Soul Tool card for a Six-barreled Small Soul Cannon, which he could use for about ten seconds with his current Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling went to a shop to buy Whale Rubber, and the clerk’s remarks left them mortified.
• Someone recognized Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling at the shop and asked what they were doing there.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were caught buying Whale Rubber, so Xu Hanfeng explained its potential to strengthen the body and tested it himself. After drinking the processed Whale Rubber and circulating the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, Xu Hanfeng endured its effects and began improving his physique.

• Dugu Bo caught Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling buying Whale Rubber, and Dugu Yan brought him to Ye Mansion.
• Dugu Yan introduced Xu Hanfeng to Dugu Bo, while Ye Liuli and the others joined them and learned about the Whale Rubber.
• Xu Hanfeng explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and help Soul Masters absorb higher-year Soul Rings, then offered to test it himself.
• Ma Xiaotao processed the Whale Rubber, and Xu Hanfeng drank it as Dugu Bo and Ye Liuli watched.
• Xu Hanfeng circulated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to endure the Whale Rubber's burning effects, and Dugu Bo noticed his physique improving.