Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan confronted Qian Renxue while she was fleeing the Black Dragon Horse, revealed that he knew she was a woman disguised as the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, and provoked her with his crude explanation. Qian Renxue grew alarmed at how much he knew, while Li Yuan offered a bizarre introduction and left her secrets at risk of exposure.

• The Coin Soul Saint attacked the Black Dragon Horse with a storm of heavy coins, drawing it away from Qian Renxue as she tried to escape.
• Li Yuan appeared and addressed Qian Renxue as a beautiful young woman, shocking her because she was disguised as a man.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know who Li Yuan was and insisted she was a man, but he claimed his bodily sensor had exposed her disguise.
• Li Yuan said that the Heaven Dou Empire's Crown Prince was a woman, making Qian Renxue fear that her decade-long infiltration could be ruined.
• Li Yuan introduced himself as Li Xiaoyuan and offered a string of suspicious personal details, including that his cat Juhua could talk.

Li Yuan overpowered Qian Renxue when she attacked him with her Sacred Sword, then caught her punch and admitted he was flirting with her. Qian Renxue was left frustrated and unable to do anything about him.

• Qian Renxue attacked Li Yuan with her Sacred Sword, hoping to kill him before the Black Dragon Horse arrived.
• Li Yuan caught the Sacred Sword barehanded and crushed it, revealing that his physical strength far exceeded Qian Renxue’s.
• Qian Renxue tried to punch Li Yuan, but he caught her fist and dismissed her golden shield.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know what Li Yuan wanted, and he openly admitted that he was flirting with her.

Li Yuan carried Qian Renxue while fleeing the pursuing Black Dragon Horse, then threw her to safety and used his Taunt skill to draw the beast away. The Black Dragon Horse became torn between chasing Li Yuan and pursuing Qian Renxue, leaving its next move uncertain.

• The Black Dragon Horse kicked the Coin Soul Saint and charged at Qian Renxue, but Li Yuan hoisted her onto his shoulder and ran.
• The Black Dragon Horse recovered its ability to fly and pursued Li Yuan and Qian Renxue, attacking with wind blades as it closed the distance.
• Qian Renxue told Li Yuan to put her down so she could draw the Black Dragon Horse away, but Li Yuan claimed he had an ultimate move and threw her aside.
• Li Yuan activated his First Soul Skill, Taunt, and insulted the Black Dragon Horse to draw its attention.
• The Black Dragon Horse became conflicted between its hatred of Qian Renxue's sacred attributes and its anger at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan used Taunt to draw the Black Dragon Horse away from Qian Renxue, then turned back to attack it in his true form. His strike barely affected the powerful beast, which unleashed a barrage of wind blades and black flames as Li Yuan dodged.

• Li Yuan stacked his Taunt skill, enraging the Black Dragon Horse until it abandoned Qian Renxue and chased him.
• Qian Renxue considered Li Yuan’s sacrifice but, believing he could not defeat the beast, returned to seek her two subordinates.
• Li Yuan dropped his Transformation Technique, summoned his Keyboard Martial Soul, and struck the charging Black Dragon Horse in the face.
• The clash left both combatants standing, but Li Yuan realized the strength gap was too great and decided to flee.
• The Black Dragon Horse attacked with black wind blades and flames, forcing Li Yuan to dodge as its assault devastated the surrounding forest.

Li Yuan struggled to evade the Black Dragon Horse, using his clones to harass it while he fled. Just as the Black Dragon Horse was about to catch him, Juhua ambushed it from the void and inflicted severe injuries, leaving the Soul Beast terrified.

• Li Yuan used Collective Frenzy to empower his clones, which attacked and self-destructed against the Black Dragon Horse while he ran.
• The Black Dragon Horse resisted the clones’ Taunts and continued pursuing Li Yuan, whose Soul Power and clones were beginning to run out.
• Juhua emerged from the void and slashed the Black Dragon Horse with ten deep claw marks.
• The Black Dragon Horse recognized Juhua as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and realized it was outmatched.

Li Yuan provoked the wounded Black Dragon Horse into attacking, then Juhua restrained it and helped him kill it. With a ten-thousand-year soul ring left behind, Li Yuan wondered whether he could absorb it.

• Black Dragon Horse tried to flee, but Li Yuan used Taunt and insults to force it to turn back and attack.
• Black Dragon Horse struck Li Yuan with wind blades and Darkness Fire, forcing him to destroy two clones exposed to the flames.
• Juhua trapped Black Dragon Horse with a spatial attack and battered it with Meow Punches.
• Li Yuan struck Black Dragon Horse's injured forehead with the Keyboard, killing it and leaving a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
• Li Yuan asked Juhua whether he could absorb Black Dragon Horse's soul ring.

Li Yuan attempted to absorb the sixty-thousand-year Black Dragon Horse soul ring despite Juhua's reckless encouragement, but the beast's violent Soul Power and resentful remnant soul nearly overwhelmed him. A mysterious pressure and golden scales suddenly appeared, terrifying the remnant soul and allowing Li Yuan to absorb the ring safely.

• Li Yuan asked Juhua whether he should absorb the Black Dragon Horse soul ring, and Juhua told him to go ahead.
• Li Yuan chose the Black Dragon Horse soul ring, had Juhua stand guard, and began absorbing it.
• The soul ring's violent Soul Power and the Black Dragon Horse's remnant soul ravaged Li Yuan's body and mental world, leaving him close to collapse.
• A strange pressure emerged from Li Yuan as golden scales covered his body, causing the Black Dragon Horse's remnant soul to cower.
• Li Yuan seized the chance to absorb the soul ring as the remnant soul stopped resisting, and the golden scales gradually vanished.

As Li Yuan’s body transformed while he absorbed a soul ring, the unusual aura drew the attention of powerful beings in the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter revealed that Di Tian and other ancient ferocious beasts had been hidden beneath the Lake of Life, tending to the injured Silver Dragon King.

• Juhua noticed Li Yuan’s scales and changed aura, and wondered whether his Spirit Beast bloodline came from multiple sources.
• Da Ming sensed a strange, familiar aura and sent Er Ming to investigate while voicing his suspicion that something lay beneath the Lake of Life.
• After Er Ming left, Da Ming sank into the lake, while an unseen space at its depths held sleeping Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and the injured Silver Dragon King.
• The Silver Dragon King awoke and asked Di Tian whether he had sensed the strange aura.
• Di Tian stood among the hidden ferocious beasts, who had been sleeping beneath the lake while transmitting Soul Power to help the Silver Dragon King recover.

After Li Yuan absorbed the Black Dragon Horse soul ring, Juhua told him that he seemed to have dragon bloodline as well as Titan Giant Ape bloodline. Li Yuan learned that his Fourth Soul Skill let him ride a Soul Power-made Black Dragon Horse at tremendous speed, though it drained all his Soul Power after about ten minutes.

• The Silver Dragon King and Di Tian sensed a strange aura that seemed to exert bloodline suppression over Di Tian, but the Silver Dragon King returned to slumber before explaining it.
• Juhua told Li Yuan that his aura had changed during the Black Dragon Horse soul ring absorption and suggested he had dragon bloodline.
• Li Yuan accepted that his unusual bloodline had likely suppressed the Black Dragon Horse into submitting to the absorption.
• Li Yuan told Juhua that his Fourth Soul Skill, Spirit Power Transformation into Horse, created a fast Black Dragon Horse he could ride through the air.
• Li Yuan explained that the skill could let him outrun even a Titled Douluo for about ten minutes, but it consumed nearly all his Soul Power.

After absorbing the Black Dragon Horse's soul ring, Li Yuan gained Spirit Power Transformation into Horse and found no soul bone. He stored the corpse for food and began imagining how to hunt the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but his hungry comments about Juhua got him beaten.

• Li Yuan assessed the flaws and practical uses of his Fourth Soul Skill, Spirit Power Transformation into Horse.
• Li Yuan searched the Black Dragon Horse's corpse for a soul bone but found none, then realized the soul ring had destroyed his clothes and changed into a spare set.
• Li Yuan stored the Black Dragon Horse's corpse and wondered how delicious a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast might taste.
• Li Yuan recalled the weak Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in the Extreme North Land and considered hunting it for a meal.
• Li Yuan told Juhua it looked delicious before correcting himself, and Juhua scratched him in a vicious beating.

Li Yuan and Juhua planned to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Extreme North Land, then Li Yuan learned that Qian Renxue was in danger and rushed to her. He arrived on a winged Black Dragon Horse as Qian Renxue and her injured companions faced Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Li Yuan persuaded Juhua to consider hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Extreme North Land, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm woke from a nightmare about being eaten.
• After absorbing his Soul Ring, Li Yuan learned through a clone that Qian Renxue had run into trouble and used his Fourth Soul Skill to summon a winged Black Dragon Horse.
• Qian Renxue reunited with her two badly injured subordinates, killed a Blazing Lion, and absorbed its Soul Ring before encountering Er Ming.
• Er Ming decided to leave Qian Renxue and her companions alone, but Li Yuan arrived on the winged horse with Juhua on his shoulder.

Li Yuan embarrassed himself with his new Soul Skill, then spoke privately with Qian Renxue after Er Ming obeyed his request to leave. He began revealing how much he knew about her, including her family, leaving Qian Renxue to hear the extent of his knowledge.

• Li Yuan dismissed his Black Dragon Horse Soul Skill after its cries drew strange looks from Qian Renxue and Er Ming.
• Li Yuan asked Er Ming to retreat, and Er Ming nodded and left.
• Qian Renxue sent her two subordinates away so she could question Li Yuan alone.
• Li Yuan admitted that he had killed the Black Dragon Horse, then exaggerated how difficult the fight had been before Qian Renxue interrupted him.
• Qian Renxue asked how much Li Yuan knew about her, and he named her parents and grandfather.

Li Yuan revealed that he knew Qian Renxue’s secrets but refused to explain how, then tried to earn her trust by disclosing his wanted identity as Li Xiaoyao. He proposed cooperation with Qian Renxue, hoping to obtain an entry slot in the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.

• Qian Renxue demanded to know how Li Yuan had learned her secrets, but he kept the source hidden.
• Li Yuan decided against revealing future details about Qian Renxue and Tang San, then told her he bore no ill will and wanted her help.
• Qian Renxue questioned whether Li Yuan might inform the Heaven Dou Empire, and he said he had assassinated one of its princes.
• Qian Renxue recognized Li Yuan as the wanted Li Xiaoyao, whom she had previously tried to recruit into Spirit Hall.
• Li Yuan confirmed that Li Xiaoyao and Li Xiaoyuan were both names he had used, then asked Qian Renxue to discuss cooperation.

Li Yuan secured a place in the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament by agreeing to work for Qian Renxue under the identity of Li Xiaoyuan. After leaving the Heaven Dou Great Forest with Qian Renxue’s group, he rested in Heaven Dou City until she summoned him.

• Li Yuan asked Qian Renxue for a tournament slot, and she offered one in exchange for him joining Spirit Hall.
• Li Yuan agreed to work for Qian Renxue, then teased her until she left in frustration.
• Qian Renxue’s group grew to four as Li Yuan joined and got acquainted with Fatty Jin and Shangguan Jinqian.
• After three days, the group escaped the Heaven Dou Great Forest, recovered in a nearby town, and traveled to Heaven Dou City.
• Li Yuan rested for a day in Heaven Dou City, and Qian Renxue sent someone to summon him the next afternoon.

Li Yuan agreed to compete for Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s extra tournament spot and followed Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, to meet its Education Committee. The committee members were furious with Prince Xue Xing, and Meng Shenji began by complaining to the Crown Prince about his interference.

• Qian Renxue offered Li Yuan Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s extra competition spot, provided he proved his strength to its three Education Committee members.
• Li Yuan agreed to represent the academy, and Qian Renxue warned him to keep her identity secret as they traveled there.
• Li Yuan saw Xue Beng near the academy gates, but Xue Beng ran away when he spotted Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue and Li Yuan met the three Education Committee members, who were angry about Prince Xue Xing’s interference.
• Meng Shenji complained to Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, that Prince Xue Xing had meddled in the committee’s affairs.

After learning that Prince Xue Xing had driven Shrek Academy away, Qian Renxue considered the matter irritating but not important. Li Yuan asked to prove his strength to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee, and the chapter ended with Meng Shenji asking whom he wanted to fight.

• Qian Renxue heard the committee members explain that Prince Xue Xing had caused Shrek Academy to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue dismissed Shrek Academy as unremarkable, while Li Yuan asked when its members had departed.
• Qian Renxue introduced Li Xiaoyuan and proposed that he and his team represent Heaven Dou Royal Academy as its second team in the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.
• Meng Shenji signaled Zhi Lin to test Li Yuan, but Li Yuan remained unaffected by Zhi Lin's Soul Power pressure and yawned.
• Li Yuan asked for an actual fight instead of a pressure test, and Meng Shenji asked whom he wanted to fight.

Li Yuan challenged Zhi Lin, an Azure Vine control-system Spirit Douluo, to test his strength and claimed he was a support Soul Master. When the spar began, Li Yuan attacked with his Keyboard and silver lightning, leaving Zhi Lin and the others stunned by his fighting style.

• Li Yuan chose to spar with Zhi Lin, the weakest of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee members, to gauge his strength.
• At the training grounds, Li Yuan introduced himself as a level forty-two support-system Soul Master, baffling Zhi Lin, the other committee members, and Qian Renxue.
• Zhi Lin doubted that a support Soul Master could fight well, but agreed to let Li Yuan make the first move.
• Li Yuan leapt into the air, charged his Keyboard with silver lightning, and struck at Zhi Lin while declaring his boast.
• Zhi Lin summoned his Azure Vine and used his second soul skill, Single Tree Supports the Sky, to block the lightning-wreathed Keyboard.

Li Yuan fought Spirit Douluo Zhi Lin, who used Azure Vine techniques to trap, restrain, and strike him. Li Yuan survived the escalating attacks with his clone and newly developed wind blades, but the battle remained dangerous.

• Zhi Lin trapped Li Yuan with his Third Soul Skill, Vine Strangulation, after Li Yuan weakened the Azure Vine with his lightning attack.
• Li Yuan escaped by swapping places with a clone and making the clone self-destruct, then attacked Zhi Lin with his keyboard.
• Zhi Lin struck Li Yuan with his Fifth Soul Skill, Heaven-Piercing Staff, while his First Soul Skill restrained Li Yuan's legs.
• Zhi Lin combined his Fifth and Sixth Soul Skills to send more than a dozen emerald-green staffs at Li Yuan.
• Li Yuan launched Dark and Wind Attribute blades and enlarged his Keyboard Martial Soul to shield himself from the incoming staffs.

Li Yuan used unstable black wind blades and the Black Dragon Horse to evade Zhi Lin’s attacks and fight back during their spar. Meng Shenji stopped the match before Li Yuan ran out of Soul Power, leaving Zhi Lin’s strongest abilities unused.

• Li Yuan’s attempts to imitate the Black Dragon Horse’s wind blades repeatedly exploded, but he fired a volley at Zhi Lin’s incoming staffs to buy time.
• Li Yuan summoned the Black Dragon Horse, mounted it, and used its speed and evasive flight to dodge Zhi Lin’s Azure Vines and cyan staffs.
• Li Yuan attacked Zhi Lin with his keyboard and practiced firing wind blades whenever he found an opening, rapidly consuming his Soul Power.
• Meng Shenji ended the spar and restrained both Li Yuan and Zhi Lin before Li Yuan could surrender.

Li Yuan impressed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education committee by holding his own against Zhi Lin and agreed to represent the academy in the tournament. He demonstrated his unusual support skill by strengthening Zhi Lin, who immediately attacked Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan before they subdued him.

• Meng Shenji stopped Li Yuan and Zhi Lin’s spar, and Zhi Lin praised Li Yuan’s strength.
• Meng Shenji offered Li Yuan a place on Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first team, but Li Yuan accepted only one competition slot and said his companions would arrive later.
• Li Yuan confirmed he was a Support Soul Master and used his third soul skill to strengthen Zhi Lin.
• Zhi Lin flew into a rage and attacked Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan with a barrage of Heaven-Piercing Staffs.
• Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan restrained Zhi Lin, leaving him bruised and swollen.