Chapter Summaries

Ye Yu faced down the students who mocked him and challenged them all at once on Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s main training field. He revealed his evolved Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine and three Spirit Rings, then trapped his attackers in a vast forest of vines.

• Ye Yu led Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the training field, where Yu Tianheng’s lackeys gathered to confront him.
• Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Mo brothers discussed whether Ye Yu had truly evolved his Martial Soul again, while Yu Tianheng hoped he would be humiliated.
• Ye Yu challenged the assembled students to attack him together, and they summoned their Martial Souls and charged.
• Ye Yu revealed his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine and three Spirit Rings, shocking the crowd with his strength as a Soul Elder.
• Ye Yu activated Undying Rooting and Starlight Absorption, causing a forest of vines to erupt around the attackers and lash out to bind them.

Ye Yu used his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vines to overwhelm and bind the students who had sided with Yu Tianheng. Yu Tianheng, enraged and determined to prove himself to Dugu Yan, challenged Ye Yu, but Dugu Yan tried to lead Ye Yu away.

• Ye Yu summoned a vast forest of Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vines that resisted the students’ attacks and bound them.
• The vines formed a towering tree with the battered students dangling from its canopy, shocking the spectators.
• Yu Tianheng was furious that Ye Yu had defeated the students and decided to challenge him to prove he was Dugu Yan’s better match.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Ye Yu, but Dugu Yan grabbed Ye Yu’s arm and urged him not to accept.

After Ye Yu rejected Yu Tianheng’s unfair challenge over Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng offered Gold Soul Coins, a Storage Spirit Tool, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Thunderclap Body Tempering Technique as stakes. Ye Yu accepted, with the watching students agreeing to witness the terms before their duel.

• Dugu Yan pulled Ye Yu away from Yu Tianheng’s challenge, but Yu Tianheng shouted that Ye Yu must leave her if he lost.
• Ye Yu condemned Yu Tianheng for treating Dugu Yan as a stake, and Dugu Yan affirmed that she would stay with Ye Yu as long as they loved each other.
• As Ye Yu prepared to leave with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng raised his offer to one million Gold Soul Coins, a Storage Spirit Tool, and the Thunderclap Body Tempering Technique.
• Ye Yu stopped because he wanted to study the lightning-based technique as a reference for developing his own soul skill.
• Dugu Yan encouraged Ye Yu to accept, and Ye Yu agreed after Yu Tianheng promised his clan would not interfere if Ye Yu kept the technique to himself.
• Ye Yu asked the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students to witness the terms, and they agreed to testify for him.

Ye Yu and Yu Tianheng fought on the main training ground, where Ye Yu’s Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine countered Yu Tianheng’s lightning attacks and overwhelmed him. The chapter ended with Yu Tianheng bound in vines as Ye Yu declared him defeated.

• Ye Yu dispelled the vine tree, dropping the students it had bound, and Yu Tianheng offered to wait while Ye Yu recovered his spirit power.
• Yu Tianheng summoned and transformed through his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, while Ye Yu rooted his vines underground and rapidly grew more of them.
• Yu Tianheng activated Wrath of Thunder and charged, but Ye Yu’s vines burst from the ground and surrounded him.
• Yu Tianheng’s Thunderous Might failed to damage the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vines, and his Thunder Dragon Claw could tear apart only a few.
• More vines grew from the broken ends, bound Yu Tianheng’s dragon arm, and wrapped him into a cocoon as Ye Yu declared, “You lost!”

Ye Yu defeated Yu Tianheng and collected the wager before taking Blue Silver Emperor A Yin to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He planted A Yin there with Blue Silver Grass seeds, hoping to accelerate her cultivation and eventually evolve his martial soul.

• Ye Yu bound Yu Tianheng with Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine, and Yu Tianheng admitted defeat and asked why his Thunderous Might had no effect.
• Yu Tianheng handed Ye Yu the Thunderclap Body Tempering Technique, the Jade Dragon Bracelet, and a Soul Crystal Card containing one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Yu returned to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Yan gave him the potted Blue Silver Emperor A Yin he had left in her care.
• Ye Yu explained to Dugu Bo that he planned to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well among Blue Silver Grass to increase his cultivation speed.
• Ye Yu, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ye Yu planted A Yin and scattered Blue Silver Grass seeds around her.

Ye Yu began compressing his soul power at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to prepare for condensing a soul core and improve his future strength. He continued cultivating through the night, while Dugu Bo watched with curiosity and concern.

• Ye Yu reviewed his successes in evolving his martial soul, gaining powerful soul rings, and improving his constitution, then chose to focus on compressing soul power and tempering his body.
• Ye Yu set a goal of condensing his first soul core by the peak of the Soul King realm and planned to develop a Thunderclap Tempering Technique.
• Ye Yu cultivated the Inner Elixir Method beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used his spiritual power to try compressing the soul power in his dantian.
• Dugu Bo worried that compressing soul power would slow Ye Yu's cultivation, but accepted the idea because Dugu Yan supported Ye Yu and his previous unusual choices had succeeded.
• Ye Yu continued compressing his soul power through the night, intending to use up the medicinal power in his body before consuming more immortal herbs.

Ye Yu compressed his spirit power to the limit his body could handle, then restored it while cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He began practicing the Thunderclap Body Tempering Technique as news of his strength reached Qian Renxue, leaving the Heaven Dou Three Committee Members urging her to take notice of him.

• Ye Yu told Dugu Yan that he had compressed his spirit power to about two-thirds of its former volume and planned to reach the equivalent of Level 23.
• Ye Yu took an indefinite leave from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and continued compressing his spirit power at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reaching his body's limit after more than two days.
• Ye Yu restored his compressed spirit power to Level 47 by cultivating with A Yin and the Blue Silver Grass at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Yu studied the Thunderclap Body Tempering Technique and began tempering his body with lightning, relying on his recovery, lightning resistance, and lightning-absorbing abilities.
• The Heaven Dou Three Committee Members reported Ye Yu's transformation and victory over Yu Tianheng to Qian Renxue, believing she should not overlook his talent.

Qian Renxue learned of Ye Yu’s extraordinary cultivation and considered winning his loyalty despite his ties to Dugu Bo. After brutally tempering his body at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ye Yu returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City, where Dugu Bo told him Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had been asking about him.

• Qian Renxue read that Ye Yu had advanced from Rank 10 to above Rank 30 in three years and considered using him to draw Dugu Bo to her side.
• Ye Yu spent half a month increasing the Thunderclap Body Tempering Technique’s Lightning Pressure, nearly doubling his physical fitness while compressing his soul power further.
• Ye Yu planned to return to Heaven Dou Imperial City to train with a spear and eventually fight in the Heaven Dou Great Battle Arena using only his spear and physical strength.
• Ye Yu left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and returned to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Yan happily welcomed him and asked about his training.
• Dugu Bo told Ye Yu that his performance at the Royal Academy had stirred Heaven Dou Imperial City and that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had sent people to ask where he was.

Ye Yu returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qian Renxue personally sought him out and invited him to dine. Alone with her afterward, Ye Yu praised her past support and pledged to remember her kindness, while Qian Renxue assessed how to win his loyalty.

• Ye Yu explained to Dugu Bo that Xue Qinghe had helped him enroll at the Royal Academy, and Dugu Bo decided Ye Yu’s ties to the crown prince could protect Dugu Yan.
• Ye Lingling invited Ye Yu to visit her home, and he agreed to go the following day.
• Qian Renxue learned that Ye Yu had returned to the academy and went there to meet him.
• Qian Renxue invited Ye Yu to lunch, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling left them alone after traveling with them to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Qian Renxue apologized for underestimating Ye Yu, and he told her he would always remember her support and kindness.

Ye Yu secured Qian Renxue’s support for spear training and a business introduction to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while promising loyalty to her as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. The next day, he visited the Nine Heart Begonia Family with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, where Ye Lingling’s parents welcomed him.

• Qian Renxue offered to help Ye Yu, and he asked for a spear technique, a divine spear, and an introduction to Sect Master Ning for a business partnership.
• Ye Yu explained that he wanted to sell goods through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s continent-wide network so he could earn cultivation funds without managing a business himself.
• After lunch, Ye Yu gave Qian Renxue a seed-drill blueprint and pledged that he would not fail her as long as she did not fail him.
• Ye Yu bought a refined iron spear from a blacksmith and planned to practice with it while waiting for Qian Renxue to find better equipment and techniques.
• The next day, Ye Yu and Dugu Yan followed Ye Lingling to the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s grounds, where Ye Lingling’s father greeted Ye Yu enthusiastically.

Ye Yu told the Ye family that the Nine Heart Begonia Spirit’s two-master limit was likely a divine curse and proposed that they become Gods to lift it. After he and Dugu Yan left, Ye Zhilan revealed that the family’s strange affliction began after an ancestor brought home a mysterious secret treasure.

• Mother Ye asked Ye Yu to find a way to resolve the Nine Heart Begonia Spirit’s fatal defect, and he agreed to help.
• Ye Yu said the limit of two Nine Heart Begonia Spirit Masters was more likely a curse than an ordinary Spirit defect.
• Ye Yu explained that a God might have cast the curse and proposed that he, Mother Ye, and Father Ye become Gods to lift it.
• Ye Yu and Dugu Yan left after lunch, and Ye Lingling returned to her room to cultivate.
• Father Ye and Ye Zhilan discussed Ye Yu’s talent and his claim that the family suffered a curse.
• Ye Zhilan said their family chronicle traced the Spirit’s abnormality to a secret treasure brought back by their seventh-generation ancestor, after which family members began dying mysteriously.

Ye Yu bought armor and weighted training gear to disguise himself and train while fighting at Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena City. Using the alias An Lan, he registered for one-on-one spirit battles and waited for his first match in the twelfth sub-arena.

• Ye Yu decided to conceal his identity with a helmet and weighted gear rather than use his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine in spirit battles.
• Ye Yu bought an expensive suit of armor and top-grade weighted gear with the Gold Soul Coins he had won from Yu Tianheng.
• Ye Yu entered Heaven Dou Great Battle Arena separately from Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, wearing a helmet and disguising his voice.
• Ye Yu registered under the name An Lan as a male spear user at the thirty-second rank and received an Iron Soul Master Badge.
• Ye Yu registered for one-on-one spirit battles and was assigned to the twelfth sub-arena, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched from the stands.

Ye Yu entered the Heaven Dou Great Battle Arena disguised as An Lan and faced the veteran fighter Lin Wu in his first Soul Battle. Lin Wu launched his Storm Battle Method, but Ye Yu calmly broke apart his wind blades with a spear.

• Ye Yu looked for Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Yu Tianxin in the waiting area but did not find them.
• The arena announced that An Lan would face Lin Wu in the sixteenth sub-arena, and Ye Yu walked to the arena while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched without cheering.
• Lin Wu played to the crowd and teased Ye Yu, whom he mistook for a nervous newcomer.
• Ye Yu disguised his Martial Soul and Soul Rings while Lin Wu summoned the Wind Baboon and activated his speed and wind-blade skills.
• Ye Yu used his keen senses and true Soul Power to shatter Lin Wu's incoming wind blades, making Lin Wu question his spear stance.

Lin Wu exploited Ye Yu’s lack of spear skill and slower movement to gain the advantage in their Battle Platform match. Rather than rely on his healing to outlast Lin Wu, Ye Yu devised and activated a self-created lightning technique to increase his speed, though its effect remained uncertain.

• Lin Wu circled Ye Yu with his speed and wind blades, then attacked from behind and wounded him with his Wind Baboon claws.
• Ye Yu healed the shallow wound and recognized that his strength exceeded Lin Wu’s, but his weights and slower speed left him unable to catch his opponent.
• Ye Yu rejected the idea of wearing Lin Wu down and decided to create a Soul Skill that could boost his speed.
• Ye Yu converted Soul Power into lightning, stimulating his leg muscles and forming an electromagnetic field around the Mysterious Iron Shards in his leg weights.
• Ye Yu felt his body become lighter, while Lin Wu froze in confusion as silver-blue lightning erupted from Ye Yu’s legs.

Ye Yu created and refined the self-created soul skill Thunderstorm Step, using it to catch up with Lin Wu despite Lin Wu’s speed. After Lin Wu’s tornado failed to stop him, Ye Yu defeated him with three spear strikes, and Lin Wu surrendered.

• Ye Yu pursued Lin Wu while adjusting the lightning and electromagnetic field around his legs, growing faster as his body healed and strengthened.
• Spectators and the host were astonished as Ye Yu began catching Lin Wu, while Dugu Yan proudly revealed that his lightning technique was a self-created soul skill.
• Ye Yu named the skill Thunderstorm Step and used it to catch Lin Wu after the Third Spirit Skill: Storm Tornado pushed him back.
• Ye Yu struck Lin Wu three times with his spear, leaving him battered until he surrendered.

Ye Yu honed his combat skills at Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, created the self-made soul skill Thunderstorm Step, and began using the Thunderclap Netherworld Spear in battles. Qian Renxue summoned him to the Crown Prince's Mansion and offered him Ice Spirit Tea, a divine spear, and a spear technique manual.

• After defeating Lin Wu as An Lan, Ye Yu reflected on his need to improve his combat skills and created Thunderstorm Step under battle pressure.
• Ye Yu told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling about Thunderstorm Step, impressing Dugu Yan and stirring Ye Lingling's resentment.
• Ye Yu continued competing at the arena, improved his spear skills, and had Dugu Bo examine the Thunderclap Netherworld Spear before using it as his spear martial soul.
• Qian Renxue summoned Ye Yu to the Crown Prince's Mansion and gave him a jin of Ice Spirit Tea.
• Qian Renxue presented Ye Yu with a pitch-black divine spear and a spear technique manual titled Soulbreaker.

Qian Renxue gave Ye Yu the Dragon Abyss Black Gold Spear and the Soul Breaking Spear Technique, then arranged for him to meet Ning Fengzhi about a business partnership. Ye Yu and Qian Renxue reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where they prepared to climb to its summit.

• Qian Renxue gave Ye Yu the Dragon Abyss Black Gold Spear and the Soul Breaking Spear Technique, which he accepted with gratitude.
• Ye Yu considered why divine intervention had helped Tang San defeat Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, and decided he was not strong enough to interfere in Spirit Hall's fate.
• Qian Renxue told Ye Yu that Ning Fengzhi wanted to meet him about a partnership with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The next morning, Ye Yu met Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's Mansion, and they rode together to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue and Ye Yu arrived at the sect's mountain gate, where she explained they would climb the marble staircase on foot.

Ye Yu visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Qian Renxue and struck a business partnership with Ning Fengzhi for Snowflake Salt, Snowflake Sugar, and soap. After leaving to explore the sect, he was confronted by a hostile young Ning Rongrong.

• Qian Renxue led Ye Yu to meet Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong at the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Ye Yu’s accomplishments and explained that he hoped to build a relationship with him, partly to seek help evolving the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.
• Ye Yu presented Snowflake Salt, Snowflake Sugar, and soap, then proposed an equal-profit partnership with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to the partnership, and he and Ye Yu signed a cooperation agreement.
• While Ning Fengzhi spoke privately with Qian Renxue, Ye Yu went to explore the sect and was confronted by an angry young girl who asked if he was Ye Yu.

Ye Yu fought Ning Rongrong’s chosen champion, Chen Xuan, and used his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine’s relentless growth to overwhelm him. Chen Xuan ended trapped in vines, while Ning Rongrong stared in disbelief.

• Ning Rongrong ordered Chen Xuan to teach Ye Yu a lesson, promising to call him big brother if he won.
• Chen Xuan attacked Ye Yu with his Seven Kill Sword, but Ye Yu summoned his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine and retreated behind its vines.
• Ye Yu used Undying Rooting and Starlight Absorption to make the vines grow rapidly while restoring vitality and Soul Power.
• Chen Xuan unleashed all four of his spirit skills, but the cut vines regrew and spread into an expanding forest around him.
• The vines trapped Chen Xuan and drained his strength and Soul Power, leaving Ning Rongrong shocked by Ye Yu’s victory.

Ye Yu defeated Chen Xuan and punished Ning Rongrong for using her status to bully him. Ning Fengzhi stopped Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong from intervening, agreeing that Rongrong needed a lesson.

• Ye Yu restrained Chen Xuan with Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vines, then wrapped Ning Rongrong in vines when she threatened him.
• Ye Yu scolded Ning Rongrong for bringing Chen Xuan to attack him and lightly spanked her with the vines.
• Ning Rongrong cried and insisted that her father and grandfathers would protect her from anyone who challenged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and Qian Renxue arrived and witnessed Ye Yu's victory over Chen Xuan.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Ye Yu's talent and stopped Chen Xin and Gu Rong from intervening, saying Rongrong needed to learn that the sect could not protect her from everyone.