Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Li Yuan returned to Douhun Village carrying a giant tiger, revealing his delicate face and massively built body. He reflected on his transmigration to Douluo Continent and the strange growth and strength that had made him hunt to feed himself.

• Li Yuan arrived at Douhun Village carrying a huge Tiger with Fiery Eyes and White Brow and greeted Village Chief Duke.
• Village Chief Duke reacted to the contrast between Li Yuan's handsome childlike face and his towering, muscular body.
• Li Yuan recalled discovering that he had transmigrated from Earth to Douluo Continent and learning about the world from Duke.
• Li Yuan remembered being abandoned as a baby, then developing an immense appetite and growing into a burly child.
• Li Yuan explained that his extraordinary strength let him kill a tiger-sized hundred-year soul beast with his bare fists.

Li Yuan hunted a powerful tiger and learned that his spirit awakening ceremony would take place that day. At the village Spirit Hall, the young Spirit Hall soul master Tang Weiwei was shocked by his enormous build, then began the ceremony.

• Li Yuan killed a Tiger with Fiery Eyes and White Brow and reflected on his exceptional strength and appetite.
• Village Chief Duke reminded Li Yuan that he was six and needed to attend the spirit awakening ceremony.
• Li Yuan ate, then arrived late at the village Spirit Hall, where Tang Weiwei mistook his build for a joke.
• Duke explained that Li Yuan really was six, and Li Yuan studied Tang Weiwei while she recovered from her shock.
• Tang Weiwei took out six black stones and a blue crystal ball, then used her Azure Fox spirit and prepared to begin the ceremony.

Tang Weiwei awakened the village children’s Martial Souls, and Li Yuan manifested a Martial Soul he recognized as a keyboard, though she mistook it for a black brick. He tested the crystal ball, which glowed faintly, leaving his Soul Power level unknown.

• Tang Weiwei awakened the children’s Martial Souls, but none of the earlier children had Soul Power.
• Li Yuan held out his hand and summoned a keyboard as his Martial Soul.
• Tang Weiwei called Li Yuan’s Martial Soul a Black Brick and told him to test his Soul Power.
• Li Yuan pressed his hand against the crystal ball, which eventually gave off a barely visible glow.

After learning that his Soul Power was only half a rank, Li Yuan focused on building his physical strength instead of cultivating. Two years later, his Soul Power had reached Rank Ten, leaving him puzzled by Tang Weiwei’s prediction that he could never become a Soul Master.

• Tang Weiwei told Li Yuan that his Soul Power was half a rank and that people with such low talent had never reached Rank Ten or obtained a soul ring.
• Li Yuan accepted the setback and relied on his growing physical strength, while Duke reassured him that he was already as strong as a Soul Master.
• Two years later, Li Yuan had become powerful enough to defeat eight- or nine-hundred-year soul beasts with his bare strength.
• Li Yuan realized his Soul Power had reached Rank Ten, and his physical growth and appetite had slowed after he hit the bottleneck.

Li Yuan prepared to enter the Sunset Great Forest to find a Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring, and Village Chief Duke pushed him to leave with a storage Soul Tool. Li Yuan set out carrying the unnamed belt, then turned back to ask Duke about his past.

• Li Yuan decided he needed to find a Soul Beast over four hundred years old for his first Soul Ring, though he did not know what would suit his Keyboard Martial Soul.
• Village Chief Duke urged Li Yuan to leave the village and gave him a belt containing supplies and information about Soul Beasts.
• Li Yuan recognized the belt's twenty-four jade stones as resembling Tang San's Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night and learned Duke had not named it.
• Li Yuan named the belt Jade Person Where to Teach Flute Playing in his thoughts, fastened it on, and agreed to enter the Sunset Great Forest.
• As Li Yuan prepared to leave, he turned back and asked Duke whether he had been an extraordinary person in the past.

Li Yuan left Douhun Village with the Soul Tool Duke had given him, believing the village chief was a Titled Douluo who could protect him from afar. After Li Yuan departed, Duke packed his belongings, took an identical belt Soul Tool, and secretly left the village as well.

• Duke admitted he had once been a Soul Master and gave Li Yuan a Soul Tool as a parting gift.
• Li Yuan tried to persuade Duke to give him more treasures, but Duke refused and told him to leave.
• Duke warned Li Yuan to stay cautious, avoid conflicts with Spirit Hall, and return if he faced an enemy below Titled Douluo level.
• Li Yuan concluded that Duke was likely a Titled Douluo and left, pleased to have found a powerful backer.
• Duke worried that Li Yuan might bring trouble back to him, packed his things, and disappeared from the village.
• Li Yuan entered a relatively safe area on the outskirts of the Sunset Great Forest, unaware that Duke had also left.

Li Yuan entered the depths of the Sunset Great Forest, hunted a Wild Boar Soul Beast for food, and found an injured orange kitten beside his camp. After treating its poisoned wound, he decided to keep the cat as a pet.

• Li Yuan went to a familiar stream to stock up on water before venturing deeper into the forest.
• A Wild Boar Soul Beast panicked at the sight of Li Yuan and fled, but Li Yuan chased it down and cooked it over a campfire.
• Li Yuan used seasonings and grilling equipment prepared by Village Chief Duke to roast the boar, then began eating.
• An injured Little Orange Cat appeared beside Li Yuan, and he noticed black blood seeping from its shoulder wound.
• Li Yuan applied Village Chief Duke's antidote to the cat's wound and decided to keep it as a pet.

Li Yuan decided to adopt the wounded orange kitten and named it Juhua, but a powerful green-haired Soul Master appeared and attacked him. Li Yuan was left collapsed and coughing black blood, with no way to resist.

• Li Yuan considered how to earn money by hunting soul beasts before leaving the Sunset Great Forest and decided to raise a pet for company.
• Li Yuan treated the Little Orange Cat, fed it roasted meat, adopted it, and named it Juhua despite its objections.
• A powerful elderly Soul Master appeared before Li Yuan and asked whether he had seen an orange-striped tiger soul beast.
• Li Yuan said he had not seen the tiger, and the old man called him useless trash and struck him with a terrifying aura.
• Li Yuan collapsed after coughing black blood and feared that he was about to die.

After Dugu Bo attacked Li Yuan and stole his grilled meat, Li Yuan decided to abandon his trip into the Sunset Great Forest and return home. Before he could leave, Juhua revealed that it could speak and transform into a huge Orange Tiger, leaving Li Yuan stunned.

• Dugu Bo knocked Li Yuan down, took his grilled meat, and flew away without checking whether he had survived.
• Li Yuan recovered, identified his attacker as Dugu Bo, and resolved to grow stronger while vowing to settle the grudge someday.
• Frightened by the danger in the forest, Li Yuan packed his things and decided to return to the village rather than search for soul rings.
• A voice mocked Li Yuan's fear, and a small orange cat appeared and introduced itself as his master.
• Juhua told Li Yuan to call it Tiger King, then transformed into a five- or six-meter-long Orange Tiger.

Li Yuan discovered that the adorable Juhua was a ninety-thousand-year Netherlight Orange Cat and was forced to become its human pet. The powerful spirit beast settled on Li Yuan’s shoulder and promised to protect him in the Sunset Great Forest, leaving him wondering how its presence had changed the original story.

• Li Yuan realized the massive tiger spirit beast was the Orange Cat he had encountered and pleaded to leave safely.
• The spirit beast shrank back into its cute form, declared Li Yuan its human pet, and settled on his shoulder.
• Juhua revealed that it was a ninety-thousand-year Netherlight Orange Cat, nearly a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast, and offered Li Yuan protection in the Sunset Great Forest.
• Li Yuan agreed to call Juhua an Orange Tiger after it threatened him for correcting its name.
• Li Yuan speculated that Juhua had been absent from the original story because Dugu Bo might have killed it, and concluded that his arrival had changed the plot.

Li Yuan was forced to cook for Juhua, a powerful Orange Cat spirit beast, after it returned with a giant Wild Boar Soul Beast. Once they had eaten the boar, Juhua promised to take Li Yuan to a place with valuable things, and he suspected it meant the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

• Juhua demanded more roasted meat from Li Yuan, then left and threatened to eat him if he ran away.
• Juhua returned in giant form carrying a massive Wild Boar Soul Beast, convincing Li Yuan that escape was hopeless.
• Li Yuan processed the boar and spent more than half a day roasting meat for himself and Juhua, who ate the entire beast.
• Juhua praised Li Yuan's cooking and said it would take him to a good place the next day, where they could sneak past Dugu Bo's Poison Array using Li Yuan's antidote.
• Li Yuan wondered whether the place Juhua meant was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

After learning that Juhua’s strange valley was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, Li Yuan planned to enter it and take its treasures before Dugu Bo could stop them. He agreed to help Juhua steal the matured Void Grass, but first wanted to raise his combat strength.

• Li Yuan excitedly realized that the Orange Cat’s valley was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, a place filled with Heavenly Treasures and tied to the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• Juhua described the valley’s divided milky-white and vermilion spring and said it had nearly died there after discovering the Void Grass.
• Juhua explained that Dugu Bo had poisoned it and claimed the valley just as the Void Grass was about to mature.
• Li Yuan decided that he and Juhua should seek the valley’s treasures before pursuing revenge against Dugu Bo.
• Juhua offered to let Li Yuan take the other Heavenly Treasures if he helped steal the matured Void Grass, and Li Yuan agreed while asking Juhua for help with something first.

Li Yuan asked Juhua to help him choose a spirit ring, but Juhua was shocked to learn that the powerful child was only eight years old and had level-ten Soul Power. After considering the possibility that Li Yuan had spirit beast blood, Li Yuan wondered whether Spirit Hall had caused his parents’ disappearance, though he knew the truth remained uncertain.

• Li Yuan asked Juhua to help him find a suitable spirit ring for his Keyboard martial soul.
• Juhua was astonished that Li Yuan had only level-ten Soul Power despite his strength and questioned whether he was really eight years old.
• Li Yuan explained his age and Soul Power, and Juhua examined him before accepting that he was telling the truth.
• Juhua suggested Li Yuan might have spirit beast blood, and Li Yuan said he was an orphan who did not know his parents.
• Li Yuan wondered whether his parents had been spirit beasts and whether Spirit Hall had harmed them, then reminded himself that he still needed to investigate.

Li Yuan asked Juhua to choose his first Soul Ring, revealed his unusual keyboard Martial Soul, and agreed to risk absorbing a Thousand-Year Savage Baboon ring. He and Juhua set out to find the beast, with Li Yuan hoping to grow strong enough to investigate his parents’ disappearance and confront Spirit Hall if necessary.

• Li Yuan concealed his suspicions about Spirit Hall and asked Juhua what kind of Soul Ring he should obtain.
• Li Yuan showed Juhua his mechanical-keyboard Martial Soul, which Juhua mistook for a rare Weapon Martial Soul.
• Juhua recommended a Strength-type Soul Ring from a Savage Baboon in the Sunset Great Forest.
• Juhua decided Li Yuan could attempt a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, though it privately worried he might die.
• Li Yuan chose to proceed with the Thousand-Year Savage Baboon and told Juhua they would visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes afterward.
• Juhua agreed to take Li Yuan to find the Savage Baboon.

Li Yuan and Juhua reached the Savage Baboons’ habitat in the Sunset Great Forest, where Li Yuan sought a suitable beast for his Soul Ring. After a Savage Baboon ambushed him, Juhua identified it as a roughly twelve-hundred-year-old target and left Li Yuan to fight it.

• Juhua carried Li Yuan into the depths of the Sunset Great Forest and warned him about a ten-thousand-year Savage Baboon nearby.
• Li Yuan tried to persuade Juhua to let him ride on its back, but Juhua refused and crushed him with its Spirit Beast pressure.
• Li Yuan sensed danger in the forest and prepared to defend himself when a black shadow lunged at him.
• Li Yuan struck the attacking Savage Baboon with his black keyboard, but its force sent him crashing into a tree.
• Juhua identified the over-three-meter-tall Savage Baboon as a roughly twelve-hundred-year-old beast suitable for Li Yuan’s Soul Ring and watched from a tree.

Li Yuan battled a thousand-year Savage Baboon, but its Taunt soul skill enraged him so completely that he killed it with three punches. With Juhua explaining what happened, Li Yuan began absorbing the beast's purple soul ring.

• The Savage Baboon powered up and charged Li Yuan, and their clash ended with both of them pushed back and Li Yuan at a slight disadvantage.
• The Savage Baboon used Taunt, and Juhua warned Li Yuan that the soul skill could affect him.
• Enraged and unable to hear Juhua, Li Yuan rushed the Savage Baboon and killed it with three punches without using Soul Power.
• Juhua explained that Taunt provoked its target, and Li Yuan sat down to absorb the Savage Baboon's thousand-year purple soul ring.

Li Yuan absorbed the Savage Baboon’s Thousand-Year Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to level fourteen, but discovered his first soul skill was Taunt. After Juhua laughed at him, Li Yuan decided to avoid using the dangerous skill unless necessary.

• Li Yuan absorbed the Savage Baboon’s soul ring and destroyed the beast’s lingering resentment in his consciousness.
• The soul ring raised Li Yuan’s Soul Power to level fourteen and gave him the soul skill Taunt.
• Li Yuan learned that Taunt provoked enemies to attack recklessly and could put him in danger against stronger opponents.
• Li Yuan resolved to avoid using Taunt, while Juhua laughed at his misfortune and warned him to be careful.

After Li Yuan absorbed a Savage Baboon’s soul ring, the Wild Baboon King arrived seeking revenge, and Juhua stood between them. As Juhua taunted the stronger baboon, it spotted Li Yuan and launched a black sphere of lightning at him.

• A terrifying aura approached Li Yuan and Juhua after Li Yuan absorbed the Thousand-Year Savage Baboon’s soul ring.
• Juhua transformed into its enormous full form and confronted the arriving Savage Baboon, which demanded to know whether Juhua had killed its clansman.
• Li Yuan hid behind Juhua as it identified the Wild Baboon King as a Sixty Thousand Year Spirit Beast and claimed responsibility for killing its grandson.
• Juhua provoked the Wild Baboon King, which struggled to choose between fighting the stronger Juhua and retreating in humiliation.
• The Wild Baboon King noticed Li Yuan and fired a huge black sphere of light crackling with electricity at him.

Li Yuan survived the Wild Baboon King's attack but woke after three days in a cave, badly injured and under Juhua's care. Juhua said his injuries were healing quickly, while the Wild Baboon King had escaped after being beaten.

• The Wild Baboon King attacked Li Yuan, and Li Yuan blocked its black sphere with his keyboard before the impact knocked him unconscious.
• Li Yuan woke three days later in a cave with Juhua lying on his chest.
• Juhua said it had saved Li Yuan and beaten the Wild Baboon King, which escaped with worse injuries.
• Li Yuan realized he was lying on the Wild Baboon King's hide and asked about his injuries.
• Juhua said Li Yuan had nearly died but was recovering unusually fast, leading it to suspect he had Spirit Beast bloodline.

After recovering and reaching level fifteen, Li Yuan followed Juhua through Dugu Bo’s Poison Array to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, where the Heavenly Treasures triggered an intense hunger in him. Juhua went to retrieve the Void Grass, leaving Li Yuan to restrain himself and wait.

• Five days after recovering, Li Yuan learned that his Soul Power had risen to level fifteen.
• Juhua brought Li Yuan to Dugu Bo’s Poison Array, and Li Yuan followed him through it using Duke’s antidote.
• Juhua carried Li Yuan down into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, where they found the hot spring and surrounding Heavenly Treasures.
• Li Yuan felt an overwhelming urge to eat the treasures but resisted because many were poisonous.
• Juhua told Li Yuan to stay put while he went to pick the Void Grass.