Chapter Summaries

After awakening a powerful sword Martial Soul, Shen Tianchen became the target of a struggle between Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall and Papal Palace. Qingluan Douluo drove Ju Hua Guan away and set out to claim Shen Tianchen for the Worship Hall.

• Shen Tianchen recalled his death in his previous life and learned that he had been reborn after a carriage accident in Douluo Continent.
• Shen Tianchen reassured his parents, Shen Yihuan and Liu Man, and insisted on continuing to pursue the Soul Master path.
• At the Spirit Hall Branch, Li Xu guided Shen Tianchen through his Martial Soul awakening, and a blue-gold patterned sword appeared as Li Xu’s Martial Soul trembled under its pressure.
• After sensing Shen Tianchen’s Soul Power, Qian Daoliu sent Qingluan Douluo to bring him to the Worship Hall, while Bibi Dong ordered Ju Hua Guan to recruit him for the Papal Palace.
• Qingluan Douluo confronted Ju Hua Guan and forced him to abandon his mission, leaving to claim Shen Tianchen for the Worship Hall.

Shen Tianchen revealed his Twin God-Tier Martial Souls, joined Spirit Hall, and became Qianjun Douluo’s disciple. He settled into an estate in Spirit City, where Qianjun Douluo planned to take him to obtain his first Soul Ring the next day.

• Qingluan Douluo saw Shen Tianchen suppress a flash of green light during his awakening and hurried to investigate.
• Shen Tianchen revealed the Dragon Abyss Sword and Life Divine Pearl to Qingluan Douluo, then agreed to join Spirit Hall and traveled with him to the Worship Hall.
• Bibi Dong heard Chrysanthemum Douluo’s report and vowed that she would be the one to prevail.
• Qian Daoliu and the other Worship Hall Elders examined Shen Tianchen’s Martial Souls and tested his Innate Soul Power, which reached Rank 30.
• Shen Tianchen chose Qianjun Douluo as his master and completed the apprenticeship ceremony before the Elders.
• Qianjun Douluo took Shen Tianchen to an estate in Spirit City, gave him cultivation resources and Gold Soul Coins, and said they would obtain his Soul Ring the next day.

Shen Tianchen traveled with Qianjun Douluo to Sunset Forest and absorbed a thousand-year Violet Firmament Demonic Thunder Tiger Spirit Ring into his Dragon Abyss Sword. He successfully controlled the difficult absorption and awakened his first Spirit Ability, leaving Qianjun Douluo impressed by its two-stage attack.

• Qianjun Douluo took Shen Tianchen to Sunset Forest to find a powerful first Spirit Ring for his Dragon Abyss Sword.
• Shen Tianchen told Qianjun Douluo about the Innate Soul Skills of his Dragon Abyss Sword and Life Divine Pearl, then chose a thousand-year Spirit Beast.
• Qianjun Douluo subdued a Violet Firmament Demonic Thunder Tiger estimated to be under eleven hundred years old, and Shen Tianchen killed it.
• Shen Tianchen used Healing Divine Light while absorbing the tiger's Spirit Ring, and Qianjun Douluo helped him control the Spirit Ring's violent influence.
• Shen Tianchen tested his first Spirit Ability, Violet Firmament Heavenly Thunder Sword, and destroyed a boulder with a two-stage lightning attack.

Shen Tianchen absorbed an Amethyst Earth Dragon’s Spirit Ring and gained the Dragon Scale Split skill, but Qianjun Douluo had to purge tainted Qi from his meridians. They continued searching Sunset Forest for Shen Tianchen’s third Spirit Ring, and the chapter ended with them resting in a protected cave overnight.

• Shen Tianchen told Qianjun Douluo that his Soul Power had reached level thirty-three, and they set out to find his next Spirit Ring.
• Shen Tianchen and Qianjun Douluo defeated a three-thousand-year Amethyst Earth Dragon, and Shen Tianchen absorbed its Spirit Ring to gain Dragon Scale Split.
• Shen Tianchen suffered from tainted Qi in his meridians, and Qianjun Douluo used his Innate Dragon Qi to help him refine it.
• Shen Tianchen fought a Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox but fell victim to its illusion, so Qianjun Douluo intervened and drove it away.
• Shen Tianchen gained combat experience as he and Qianjun Douluo continued through Sunset Forest, then they sheltered in a cave to rest until morning.

Shen Tianchen and Qianjun Douluo hunted an Ice Crystal Ancient Dragon in Sunset Forest, and Shen Tianchen absorbed its Soul Ring and rare External Soul Bone to gain a new ability and ice wings. After Shen Tianchen drove off Prince Xue Xing’s forces, he and Qianjun Douluo planned to train until he reached level forty and could obtain his fourth Soul Ring.

• Qianjun Douluo guided Shen Tianchen into Sunset Forest to hunt an Ice Crystal Ancient Dragon for his third Soul Ring.
• Shen Tianchen and Qianjun Douluo defeated the ancient dragon, and Shen Tianchen absorbed its purple Soul Ring and Ice Crystal Ancient Dragon Wings.
• Shen Tianchen merged the dragon’s ice-element power with his own, gained the Dragon Abyss Break ability, and awakened the wings’ Frozen Slow effect.
• Prince Xue Xing confronted Qianjun Douluo over the protected Soul Beast, then ordered his guards to seize Shen Tianchen.
• Shen Tianchen defeated Prince Xue Xing’s guards with his new ice-and-fire power, forcing Prince Xue Xing to retreat.
• Shen Tianchen told Qianjun Douluo he had reached level thirty-nine, and they agreed to train until he reached level forty and could obtain his fourth Soul Ring.

Shen Tianchen broke through to Rank Forty and persuaded Qianjun Douluo to let him hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year soul beast for his fourth Spirit Ring. After defeating and absorbing the Cold Prison Ice Flood Dragon’s Spirit Ring, he gained a powerful new ability and set off with Qianjun Douluo to return to Spirit Hall.

• Shen Tianchen broke through the Rank Forty barrier at a cold pool in Sunset Forest and insisted on seeking a Ten-Thousand-Year soul beast for his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Qianjun Douluo led Shen Tianchen into the Cold Prison to face a thirteen-thousand-year Cold Prison Ice Flood Dragon.
• Shen Tianchen and Qianjun Douluo fought the flood dragon, broke its Ice Prison Domain, and exposed its Inverse Scale.
• Shen Tianchen struck the flood dragon’s Inverse Scale and defeated it, then began absorbing its Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring with Qianjun Douluo’s help.
• Shen Tianchen completed the absorption, reached Rank Forty, and gained the fourth Spirit Ability Cold Prison Dragon Breath Slash.
• Shen Tianchen and Qianjun Douluo left Sunset Forest for Spirit Hall, where Shen Tianchen planned to consolidate his cultivation and practice sword techniques.

Shen Tianchen returned from two months of cultivating in Spirit City's back mountain with a Wind God Pearl and level forty-five Soul Power, then made a breakthrough in his swordsmanship. He created the first form of the Dragon Abyss Sword Technique, Starlight, and left the story ready to continue his training.

• Qianjun Douluo explained to Shen Tianchen that sword cultivators had to know when to restrain and release their strength.
• Shen Tianchen told Qian Daoliu and the Elders he would cultivate on Spirit City's back mountain, then went there to develop a wind-element Cultivation Method.
• Shen Tianchen endured a storm, learned to let his Soul Power follow the wind, and formed the Wind God Pearl, raising his Soul Power to level forty-five.
• Shen Tianchen returned to Spirit Hall, where Qian Daoliu and the Elders welcomed him and heard of his success.
• Shen Tianchen contemplated the nature of the sword, connected with the Dragon Abyss Sword, and created Starlight, which cleaved a boulder in the courtyard.

Shen Tianchen arranged to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire, gathering information about immortal herbs and receiving protection from Ghost Leopard Douluo. After reaching Heaven Dou City, he met Xue Qinghe and offered to help stabilize her position.

• Shen Tianchen asked the Worship Hall Elders to let him train in the Heaven Dou Empire and assist Xue, and Qian Daoliu assigned Ghost Leopard Douluo to protect him.
• The Elders agreed to postpone the Golden Generation so Shen Tianchen could have more time to grow.
• Shen Tianchen traded Chrysanthemum Douluo a promise of Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum seeds within three years for information about immortal herbs.
• Qianjun Douluo gave Shen Tianchen a Worship Hall token, and Shen Tianchen set out for the Heaven Dou Empire with Ghost Leopard Douluo guarding him in secret.
• In Heaven Dou City, Shen Tianchen encountered Xue Qinghe, who was impersonated by Qian Renxue, and Ghost Leopard Douluo delivered Qian Daoliu's message to her.
• Shen Tianchen told Xue Qinghe he planned to study at an academy and help stabilize her position, then accompanied her to the imperial palace.

Shen Tianchen secured a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy by overcoming the education committee’s test and demanding freedom to guide the Heaven Dou Team. He left the committee’s office to face Yu Tianheng, who challenged his right to belong there.

• Xue Qinghe arranged a secluded courtyard for Shen Tianchen and sent him a Crown Prince’s recommendation letter with a note from Qian Renxue warning that the academy’s education committee would test him.
• Shen Tianchen presented the letter at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin examined his qualifications.
• Shen Tianchen resisted Zhi Lin’s mental pressure and released his Sword Intent and dragon might, impressing the three Education Committee Members.
• Meng Shenji invited Shen Tianchen to join the Heaven Dou Class and personally receive guidance, and Shen Tianchen secured the freedom to skip regular classes and observe or guide the Heaven Dou Team’s training.
• Yu Tianheng confronted Shen Tianchen outside the office and questioned his place on the Heaven Dou Royal Team, and Shen Tianchen replied that qualification had to be fought for.

Shen Tianchen accepted Yu Tianheng’s challenge to prove his right to guide the Heaven Dou Team, then unsettled Dugu Yan by revealing that Snake Venom was corroding her internal organs. The education committee sent them to the academy’s Spirit Dueling Arena, where a crowd gathered for the duel.

• Yu Tianheng erupted with Soul Power and formally challenged Shen Tianchen to a duel, offering to acknowledge him if Shen won and make him follow Yu’s orders if he lost.
• Shen Tianchen accepted Yu Tianheng’s challenge and asked the education committee to settle the dispute through the duel.
• Dugu Yan proposed that Shen become her personal attendant if he lost, and Shen agreed while warning her about the Snake Venom corroding her internal organs.
• Dugu Yan reacted with shock as Shen revealed knowledge of her family affliction, which even her grandfather had been unable to cure.
• Meng Shenji decided to take them to the academy’s main Spirit Dueling Arena and told them to stop at the right point.
• News of the duel spread through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, drawing students and teachers toward the arena.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Shen Tianchen challenged Yu Tianheng and effortlessly evaded his attack, then revealed four spirit rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring. The arena fell silent as Yu Tianheng stared at the impossible display in horror.

• Students and instructors mocked Shen Tianchen as he faced Yu Tianheng in the Spirit Dueling Arena.
• Yu Tianheng let Shen Tianchen attack first, but Shen Tianchen vanished and pressed his sword sheath to the back of Yu Tianheng's neck.
• Yu Tianheng flew into a rage, released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, and prepared to fight at full strength.
• Shen Tianchen revealed three purple spirit rings and a fourth black, ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan reacted in shock, while Yu Tianheng's anger gave way to fear.

Shen Tianchen defeated Yu Tianheng in the Spirit Dueling Arena, then examined Dugu Yan and promised he could cure her inherited poison. Back at the academy, he considered seeking the Aromatic Silk Beauty and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Yu Tianheng arrived at his door.

• Shen Tianchen blocked Yu Tianheng's lightning attack, paralyzed him with a palm strike, and won the spirit duel.
• Yu Tianheng's mentor confirmed he was unharmed, conceded the match, and asked Shen Tianchen about his faction; Shen Tianchen said he was a Rogue Cultivator.
• Dugu Yan asked Shen Tianchen if he could cure her Martial Soul Poison, and he identified symptoms she had experienced.
• Shen Tianchen examined Dugu Yan's Jade Scale Serpent Poison, said it was curable, and told her to avoid using the poison until he returned with a solution.
• Shen Tianchen rejected relying on a spirit bone to contain the toxins and considered using the Aromatic Silk Beauty from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yu Tianheng knocked on Shen Tianchen's door after Shen returned to his accommodation.

Shen Tianchen met Yu Tianheng, then received a visit from Dugu Bo and claimed he had identified the source of the poison afflicting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. The chapter left Dugu Bo wary as Shen Tianchen explained how Beast Martial Souls could harm their spirit masters.

• Yu Tianheng accepted Shen Tianchen as captain of Heaven Dou First Team after losing to him.
• Shen Tianchen noticed someone waiting in his room and discovered the visitor was Dugu Bo.
• Shen Tianchen told Dugu Bo that poison was eroding his body and suggested Dugu Yan was at even greater risk.
• Shen Tianchen claimed the Dugu Family's Jade Scale Serpent Martial Soul released poison that harmed its spirit masters.
• Dugu Bo warned Shen Tianchen not to spread alarmist claims as Shen Tianchen explained the difference between Weapon and Beast Martial Souls.

Shen Tianchen explained the cause of Dugu Bo’s family’s Martial Soul Poison and promised to detoxify him and Dugu Yan in exchange for medicinal treasures and favors. He left the academy with Dugu Bo for his medicinal garden, after secretly arranging a message for Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue.

• Shen Tianchen told Dugu Bo that cultivation caused the Jade Scale Serpent’s toxins to poison its wielder, and that stopping cultivation or abandoning Poisonous Cultivation could cure it.
• Dugu Bo offered Shen Tianchen three favors if he could detoxify him and Dugu Yan, and agreed to take him to his Medicinal Garden and gather any herbs they needed.
• Shen Tianchen wrote letters for Dugu Yan and Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue, then disguised himself and left the academy with Dugu Bo.
• Shen Tianchen secretly met Ghost Leopard Douluo and asked him to deliver his letter to Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue.
• Dugu Bo and Shen Tianchen traveled beyond the city, where Shen Tianchen used his Wind God Pearl and revealed his Ice-blue Wings, an External Soul Bone.

Shen Tianchen reconciled Ghost Leopard Douluo’s intervention with his arrangement with Dugu Bo, then accompanied Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They reached Dugu Bo’s hidden medicinal garden, where Shen Tianchen recognized many rare herbs and waited for permission to harvest them.

• Ghost Leopard Douluo confronted Dugu Bo and demanded Shen Tianchen’s release, but Shen Tianchen explained their agreement and persuaded Ghost Leopard Douluo to leave.
• Shen Tianchen told Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall was divided into factions and suggested he could help Dugu Bo repay Prince Xue Xing’s favor; Dugu Bo warned him about his future in Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo gave Shen Tianchen an antidote pill, and Shen Tianchen swallowed it before they crossed the poisonous formation and entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo showed Shen Tianchen his wooden house, the medicinal garden, and the dangerous spring, warning him not to approach the spring or touch unknown herbs.
• Shen Tianchen recognized most of the rare herbs and waited for Dugu Bo to let him pick them.

Shen Tianchen proposed two ways to detoxify Dugu Bo and began preparing a Poison Pill with herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After Dugu Bo entered seclusion, Shen Tianchen harvested the immortal herbs and planned to temper his body with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.

• Shen Tianchen explained that Dugu Bo could either seal his toxins in soul bones or compress them into a Poison Pill, with medicinal herbs improving the latter method’s chances.
• Dugu Bo offered Shen Tianchen the garden’s herbs and eventually the whole Medicinal Garden if he cured the poison.
• Shen Tianchen studied the herbs and spent a week refining a Fragrant Brocade Pill with a leaf and pollen from the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Dugu Bo placed his Jade Scale Serpent inner pill in Shen Tianchen’s body and entered seclusion to condense a Poison Pill.
• Shen Tianchen harvested the available immortal herbs and decided to use the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to strengthen his body.

Shen Tianchen helped Dugu Bo condense his Poison Pill and gave him immortal herbs, while his own Soul Power rose to Level 48. After absorbing the herbs, Dugu Bo reached Level 94, and Shen Tianchen began refining the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.

• Shen Tianchen used Dugu Bo’s inner core to raise his Soul Power from Level 45 to Level 48 while Dugu Bo condensed his Poison Pill and advanced to Level 93.
• Dugu Bo retrieved his inner core, discovered that Shen Tianchen had harvested most of the immortal herbs, and accepted Snowy Swan's Kiss and Poisonous Nether Grass.
• Dugu Bo gave Shen Tianchen his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch, and Shen Tianchen said he had prepared a different immortal herb for Dugu Yan.
• Shen Tianchen swallowed Autumn Water Dew and a Diamond Pill before beginning to cultivate with the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Dugu Bo absorbed the Poisonous Nether Grass, drew the residual poison into his Poison Pill, and advanced to Level 94.

Shen Tianchen refined two immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then underwent a deadly trial from the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. He emerged with god-tier Soul Bones, a hundred-thousand-year fifth Spirit Ring, and Level 58 Soul Power, leaving Dugu Bo stunned.

• Dugu Bo found Shen Tianchen refining the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot in the spring and stood guard as he cultivated for half a month.
• After refining the herbs and surpassing level fifty, Shen Tianchen followed the Dragon Abyss Sword to the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King at the bottom of the lake.
• The Dragon Kings revealed the well was their burial ground and offered their remaining origins in a lethal Ice Fire Golden Body trial.
• Shen Tianchen endured the trial with the Life Divine Pearl's healing and his Mental Strength, but the Dragon Kings' energies nearly destroyed him.
• The Dragon Abyss Sword protected Shen Tianchen and guided the ice and fire energies as they rebuilt his body; the Dragon Kings' remains became two god-tier Soul Bones that fused with him.
• Shen Tianchen gained a hundred-thousand-year fifth Spirit Ring and reached Level 58 before returning to the shore, where Dugu Bo stared at him in shock.

Shen Tianchen emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well at Level 58 with a hundred-thousand-year Fifth Spirit Ring and two spirit bones, leaving Dugu Bo awestruck and committed to following him. They returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Shen Tianchen considered rumors about Suotuo City and Shrek, and their arrival stunned the academy.

• Shen Tianchen emerged from the spring, thanked the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, and told Dugu Bo that his Soul Power had reached Level 58 and he had condensed his Fifth Spirit Ring.
• On their way back, Shen Tianchen revealed that his Fifth Spirit Ring was a hundred thousand years old and that he had received a torso bone and a skull bone from the Dragon King Seniors.
• Shen Tianchen told Dugu Bo that he would handle the Crown Prince and welcomed him as one of their own, while Dugu Bo pledged to follow him.
• Shen Tianchen and Dugu Bo discussed rumors praising Suotuo City, and Shen Tianchen suspected that the reports were meant to steer people toward Shrek and that Ning Fengzhi had arranged Ning Rongrong's journey there.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the guards and students saw Dugu Bo walking behind Shen Tianchen and reacted with disbelief and shock.

Shen Tianchen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Bo and reassured Dugu Yan that her grandfather was safe and had reached level 94. At his residence, he gave Dugu Yan immortal herbs and pills to strengthen her and prepare her for detoxification, while Dugu Bo readied to guide her through the treatment.

• Dugu Bo obeyed Shen Tianchen's order to prepare at the residence and left for the rear mountain.
• Shen Tianchen found the worried Dugu Yan, told her Dugu Bo had broken through to level 94, and led her to his residence.
• Yu Tianheng greeted Shen Tianchen, who hinted that some opportunities required patience before leaving with Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan reunited with Dugu Bo at Shen Tianchen's residence and embraced him.
• Shen Tianchen gave Dugu Yan Narcissus Jade Bone and Autumn Water Dew, then instructed Dugu Bo to continue her detoxification with a Fragrant Brocade Pill.
• Shen Tianchen began cultivating and considered visiting Sister Xue and notifying the Worship Hall about suitable immortal herbs.