Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaoheng absorbed the three elders’ lightning to strengthen his dragon body and planned to pursue a path of protection using multiple elements. At the Great Soul Arena, he entered the Silver Spirit Master ranks directly and faced a much higher-level opponent in his first match.

• Yu Xiaoheng endured the three elders’ lightning, which his Heart-Protecting Dragon Ribs converted into Dragon Lightning Power that tempered his body.
• Yu Xiaoheng sensed he was approaching Lightning Tribulation Protection and resolved to pursue Multi-elemental Protection by fusing lightning, fire, light, and eventually frost.
• The Lightning Team visited the Great Soul Arena to build coordination through combat, and a steward gave Yu Xiaoheng a Silver Spirit Master Badge based on his clan’s standing.
• Yu Xiaoheng registered for an individual match under the codename Rainbow Dragon and was paired with Meng Li, a Level 24 fighter with seven consecutive victories.
• The audience mocked Yu Xiaoheng’s Level 16 Soul Power, while Meng Li politely warned him that he could still admit defeat.

Yu Xiaoheng rose to fame in the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena while Yu Xiaogang secretly diverted resources and endured a dangerous transformation with Luo Buhui. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang reaching level three Soul Power and Luo Buhui beginning to take on a dragonlike form.

• Yu Xiaoheng knocked out Meng Li with one punch and won his first Battle Soul match without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Over the next month, Yu Xiaoheng and Rou'er built reputations in the arena as the Lightning Team gained experience, and Yu Xiaoheng reached level nineteen Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang managed the clan's commerce and secretly secured medicinal herbs and Whale Rubber from Yu Xiaoheng's resources.
• Yu Xiaogang renamed Luo San Pao to Luo Buhui and resolved to pursue strength more cautiously and ruthlessly than Yu Xiaoheng.
• Yu Xiaogang ate Dragon Blood Grass, and Luo Buhui consumed the remaining herbs and Whale Rubber, beginning a painful transformation together.
• Yu Xiaogang's Soul Power rose to level three, while scales appeared on Luo Buhui's body and it began to resemble a dragon.

Yu Xiaogang hid his cultivation changes from Yu Yuanzhen while Yu Xiaoheng advanced at the Great Soul Arena. Ah Yin hired Mad Wolf's mercenaries to help rescue Rou'er, but they planned to betray her and target her for money.

• Yu Xiaogang concealed his bloodied mouth and pretended to Yu Yuanzhen that he had been checking account books.
• Yu Xiaoheng won at the Great Soul Arena and wondered why Bibi Dong had not answered his letter.
• Ah Yin watched Rou'er leave the arena with Yu Xiaoheng and resolved to rescue her.
• Ah Yin paid Mad Wolf ninety-two Gold Soul Coins to create a diversion and delay anyone pursuing Rou'er on her way back to Lightning Academy.
• Mad Wolf took the payment but told his men they would not do the job and instead plotted to exploit Ah Yin for more money.

Ah Yin marked a spot near the Great Soul Arena for Rou'er, planning to escape with her, while Rou'er sensed the mark and hurried to find her. Mad Wolf and his mercenaries tracked Ah Yin to her home, attacked her, and seized her bundle, leaving her surrounded and beaten.

• Ah Yin left a Blue Silver Emperor aura mark near the Great Soul Arena, expecting Rou'er to find it while the Mad Wolf Mercenary Group distracted Yu Xiaoheng.
• Rou'er sensed Ah Yin's aura after leaving the arena and rushed toward it, while Yu Xiaoheng followed.
• Mad Wolf and his four subordinates followed Ah Yin's trail to her impoverished room in the West District.
• Mad Wolf and his men accused Ah Yin of underpaying them and spread out to block her escape.
• Ah Yin summoned her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and fought back, but the five Soul Masters overwhelmed her and Mad Wolf seized her bundle.

Ah Yin’s gifts for Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming were destroyed by the Mad Wolf Mercenary Group, driving her to attack them in fury. Mad Wolf easily defeated her and his men surrounded her, preparing to collect her debt by force.

• Mad Wolf opened Ah Yin’s bundle and found gifts and books instead of valuables, then crushed the wooden rabbit while his men tore up the books and trampled the candy.
• Ah Yin remembered how she had starved herself to save money for the gifts and to pay the mercenaries for Rou’er’s rescue, and erupted in anger.
• Ah Yin used her second spirit skill, Blue Silver Thorn · Pierce, against Mad Wolf and his four men.
• Mad Wolf countered with his third spirit skill, Ghost Wolf Rend Claw, shredded Ah Yin’s attack, and left her badly shaken.
• Mad Wolf’s men surrounded Ah Yin as he approached her and suggested settling her unpaid debt by force.

Rou'er summoned Yu Xiaoheng to save herself and Ah Yin from the Mad Wolf Mercenary Group, but Ah Yin recognized him as the ruthless man who had taken Rou'er and feared he would capture them too. Yu Xiaoheng confronted the mercenaries, who mocked him and considered selling him.

• Mad Wolf threatened to assault Ah Yin and sell her after she could not pay the Gold Soul Coins.
• Rou'er dropped through the roof and stood between Ah Yin and the five mercenaries.
• Ah Yin urged Rou'er to flee, but Rou'er revealed that she had summoned Yu Xiaoheng as her source of power.
• Yu Xiaoheng emerged from the alley and told the mercenaries to stop.
• Ah Yin recognized Yu Xiaoheng and told Rou'er to call her Hai Lan instead.
• The Mad Wolf Mercenary Group mocked Yu Xiaoheng and discussed capturing and selling him.

Yu Xiaoheng staged a rescue to raise Rou'er’s affection, while five hidden Spirit Douluo secured the scene. As the Mad Wolf Mercenary Group threatened the three of them, Yu Xiaoheng advanced alone, planning to make the fight look difficult.

• Yu Xiaoheng arranged for five Spirit Douluo to watch from the shadows before approaching Rou'er and Ah Yin.
• Yu Xiaoheng shielded Rou'er and challenged Mad Wolf’s group, while Rou'er realized his attendants were absent and worried they could not win.
• Mad Wolf and the other mercenaries mocked Yu Xiaoheng and threatened him, Rou'er, and Ah Yin.
• Yu Xiaoheng walked forward to fight alone, intending to appear as though he struggled and suffered a minor injury for Rou'er.
• Rou'er tried to recruit Ah Yin to help, while Ah Yin wondered how Rou'er seemed to be thriving beside Yu Xiaoheng.

Yu Xiaoheng defeated Mad Wolf and his four lackeys with ease, then left with Rou'er, who began to feel something beyond gratitude toward him. Ah Yin watched in fear, realizing she had no way to rescue Rou'er from Yu Xiaoheng.

• Mad Wolf attacked Yu Xiaoheng with his third spirit ability, but Yu Xiaoheng used Dragon God Possession and knocked him out with one punch.
• Yu Xiaoheng swiftly defeated Mad Wolf's four lackeys as they tried to flee, then confronted them over their threats.
• Yu Lin and Yu Hu appeared and promised to handle the defeated Soul Masters, while Yu Xiaoheng left with Rou'er.
• Rou'er felt a strange emotion toward Yu Xiaoheng as she hurried after him, though she did not examine it further.
• Ah Yin watched Yu Xiaoheng defeat Mad Wolf and saw Yu Lin and Yu Hu arrive, losing hope of rescuing Rou'er.

Ah Yin was left alive after Yu Xiaoheng’s group dealt with the mercenaries, but she misunderstood Rou’er’s situation and was warned not to pursue Yu Xiaoheng. Half a month later, Ah Yin tried to persuade Rou’er to return to the Star Dou Great Forest, convinced Yu Xiaoheng was dangerous.

• Yu Xiaoheng and Rou’er left Ah Yin behind after Yu Lin and Yu Hu dealt with the mercenaries.
• Ah Yin decided Rou’er must be pretending to be happy and tried to chase after her, but Yu Lin and Yu Hu blocked her and told her not to pester their young master.
• Yu Hu gave Ah Yin over a hundred Gold Soul Coins as compensation for her damaged belongings and warned her to stay away from Yu Xiaoheng.
• Half a month later, Ah Yin met Rou’er in a secluded grove near Lightning Academy and urged her to return to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Rou'er refused Ah Yin’s attempt to bring her back to the Star Dou Great Forest and urged her to bring Xiao Wu and the others to Lightning Academy instead. After Ah Yin left, she met Shui Yun'er, Shui Lingxi, and the Skywater Team, who were heading to Lightning Academy to compete for a spirit bone.

• Rou'er gave Ah Yin expensive candy for Xiao Wu and the others, then insisted she would stay with Yu Xiaoheng and the Lightning Team.
• Ah Yin failed to persuade Rou'er and left for the Star Dou Great Forest with gifts for Xiao Wu and the others.
• On the way to the city thoroughfare, Ah Yin encountered Shui Yun'er, Shui Lingxi, and the Skywater Team.
• Shui Yun'er and the Skywater Team said they had come to enter the Four Elements Exchange Competition and win its spirit bone prize.
• The Skywater Team blamed Yu Xiaogang for proposing the competition, while Ah Yin wondered whether they could defeat Lightning Academy.

Skywater Academy dismissed Lightning Academy’s team and hoped to see Yu Xiaoheng again, unaware he was competing under another name. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang used his brother’s advice to plan a dangerous field trip and fixated on how hatred might trigger a soul beast’s sacrifice.

• Lin Qinglan and her team judged Lightning Academy’s second-ring Soul Grandmasters no threat against Shui Yun’er and Shui Lingxi, who had recently reached level thirty-two.
• Shui Yun’er and Shui Lingxi reminisced about Yu Xiaoheng and assumed Yu Xiaogang was the fool behind the proposed competition plan, not knowing Yu Xiaoheng had joined Lightning Academy under a low profile.
• Yu Xiaogang realized that secretly consuming precious herbs had raised his Soul Power from level three to level five, but the unrefined medicinal energy hindered his cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang decided that dangerous combat would help him absorb the excess energy, gained Yu Yuanzhen’s permission to visit the Soul Hunting Forest, and began preparing to go.
• Yu Xiaogang reviewed his research notes on Martial Soul evolution and focused on Soul Beast Sacrifice, adding the theory that hatred, like love, might make a soul beast willingly grant a Soul Master benefits.

Yu Xiaogang uncovered clues suggesting Yu Xiaoheng had used Breath Concealing Grass to hide a shapeshifting Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then focused on developing his own unusual Martial Soul. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaoheng continued his final cultivation push at Lightning Academy for the Four Elements Exchange Competition.

• Yu Xiaogang connected Yu Xiaoheng’s unusual care for Rou'er and his purchases of Breath Concealing Grass to a plan involving a shapeshifting Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang realized he could not use what he knew against his brother, but resolved to strengthen himself by relying on his knowledge and Luo Buhui’s ability to Devour external objects.
• Yu Xiaogang gathered his notes and ledgers, gave valuable candy and trinkets to the guards, and left with them for the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Yu Xiaoheng cultivated in Lightning Academy’s chamber, using the Lightning Gathering Arrays and his Heart-Protecting Dragon Ribs to prepare for the Four Elements Exchange Competition.

Yu Xiaoheng endured a dangerous cultivation breakthrough and reached level 20, while Rou'er began plotting to bring Xiao Wu and others to join him. At Lightning Academy, the Lightning Team faced members of Blazing Fire Academy as Godwind Academy watched.

• The elders, Liu Erlong, and Rou'er worried as Yu Xiaoheng’s risky cultivation strained his body.
• Yu Xiaoheng consumed a scarlet herb and, with the Golden Holy Dragon Hatchling’s energy, broke through to level 20.
• Yu Xiaoheng emerged exhausted, and Liu Erlong supported him while Rou'er admired his talent and considered bringing Xiao Wu and others to him.
• At Lightning Academy, the Lightning Team confronted Blazing Fire Academy, while Godwind Academy watched from the side.

Blazing Fire and Godwind mocked the Lightning Team and clashed with them before a referee intervened. The exchange competition began with Lightning Academy facing Blazing Fire Academy, whose team entered the arena amid rumors that the Huo siblings had mastered Ring Fusion.

• Huo Yan, Huo Ning, and students from Godwind mocked the Lightning Team and disparaged its new captain, Yu Xiaoheng.
• Feng Kai, Qin Yue, and the others defended Yu Xiaoheng, praising his training and leadership.
• Lei Hao charged at Huo Yan, but Huo Yan and Feng Che stopped him and wounded him before a referee broke up the fight.
• The Four Element Academy Exchange Competition opened at Lightning Academy, and Skywater Academy advanced directly to the finals as reigning champion.
• The referee called the first match between Lightning Academy and Blazing Fire Academy, and Blazing Fire's seven competitors took the arena as spectators discussed the Huo siblings' Ring Fusion technique.

Lightning Academy’s captain Yu Xiaoheng failed to appear for the exchange match, prompting spectators and rival teams to assume he had deserted out of fear. The chapter ended with the principals turning toward Lei Xiaotian as the arena waited for an explanation.

• Huo Jin mocked Lei Xiaotian for appointing the young Yu Xiaoheng as Lightning Academy’s captain, while Lei Xiaotian privately recalled how Yu Xiaoheng had defeated the team in training.
• Lei Xiaotian remained confident that Yu Xiaoheng could face Blazing Fire Academy on his own, despite Huo Jin’s taunts.
• Lei Hao and the other Lightning Academy members took the stage, but only six appeared, leaving the captain’s position empty.
• Blazing Fire Academy’s members and spectators speculated that Yu Xiaoheng had chickened out, and Lightning Academy’s students were left embarrassed and unsettled.
• Huo Jin, Feng Qi, and Shui Yuan turned their attention to Lei Xiaotian as the match was about to begin.

Yu Xiaoheng arrived at the arena after Feng Kai had been badly injured and Lightning Academy’s team had been defeated, then stepped in to face Blazing Fire’s seven fighters alone. He left the crowd watching as he prepared to display his strength against the team at full power.

• Feng Kai refused to concede, insisting Lightning Academy’s captain would still arrive despite the crowd and Blazing Fire Academy mocking him.
• Huo Yan grew impatient and launched a Flame Palm at Feng Kai, intending to end the match decisively.
• Lightning Academy’s students parted to form a passage, and the five teammates who had been knocked out of the arena stood to welcome Yu Xiaoheng.
• Yu Xiaoheng blocked Huo Yan’s attack, told Feng Kai to rest, and said he would take on Blazing Fire Academy’s seven members alone.
• Yu Xiaoheng recalled his training, abilities, and recent breakthrough, then faced the seven opponents with confidence.

Lei Hao chose to let Lightning Academy fight Blazing Fire Academy with six members while waiting for their absent captain. Blazing Fire Academy overwhelmed them, leaving Feng Kai as Lightning Academy’s sole remaining fighter.

• The referee offered Lightning Academy the choice to replace its absent captain or fight with six members, and Lei Hao chose to wait for their captain.
• Blazing Fire Academy, Divine Wind Team, and members of Skywater Academy mocked Lightning Academy for its decision.
• The referee began the match, and Blazing Fire Academy launched a fierce assault against Lightning Academy’s defenses.
• Blazing Fire Academy eliminated Lightning Academy’s members one by one as Lei Hao struggled against Huo Yan and another Soul Elder.
• Huo Yan struck Lei Hao with Blazing Dance Sun and knocked him out of the arena, leaving Feng Kai as Lightning Academy’s only fighter.

Yu Xiaoheng arrived at the arena just as Huo Yan was about to finish off Feng Kai, then stepped in to face all seven Blazing Fire fighters alone. Confident in the strength he had built through training and recent breakthroughs, Yu Xiaoheng prepared to make his one-against-seven fight a public display of his power.

• Feng Kai refused to concede despite his injuries, insisting that Lightning Academy's captain would still arrive.
• Spectators mocked Feng Kai, while Lei Xiaotian feared that Yu Xiaoheng could not overcome Blazing Fire's seven rested fighters.
• Huo Yan attacked Feng Kai with a Flame Palm, but Lightning Academy students parted to reveal Yu Xiaoheng entering the arena.
• Yu Xiaoheng blocked Huo Yan's strike, told Feng Kai to rest, and announced through his actions that he would face Blazing Fire alone.
• Yu Xiaoheng considered his recent victories, powerful abilities, and breakthrough, and believed he could win against all seven opponents.

Yu Xiaoheng remained alone in the arena after Feng Kai withdrew, stunning the crowd by insisting that the Lightning Team had not lost. He faced the seven members of the Blazing Fire Battle Team as the arena erupted in speculation and admiration.

• Yu Xiaoheng ordered Feng Kai to leave the arena, and Lightning Team members helped the badly injured Feng Kai down.
• Shui Yun'er recognized Yu Xiaoheng as the Blue Lightning Young Master and wondered aloud whether he intended to fight all seven opponents alone.
• The crowd and academy heads reacted with disbelief as Yu Xiaoheng stayed on the arena, while Lei Xiaotian feared the competition was ruined.
• Huo Yan urged Yu Xiaoheng to leave because the Lightning Team had lost, but Yu Xiaoheng declared that the team captain was still standing and therefore they had not been defeated.
• The arena erupted, and spectators began admiring Yu Xiaoheng's confidence as the Skywater Academy girls watched him in awe.

Yu Xiaoheng faced the Blazing Fire Battle Team alone, and the crowd expected him to lose despite Rou'er’s confidence. He revealed a thousand-year first Spirit Ring and effortlessly absorbed and redirected Huo Yan’s fire attack, leaving the team and spectators stunned.

• Rou'er cheered Yu Xiaoheng on while Liu Erlong and hidden elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan watched from the stands.
• Huo Yan chose to fight Yu Xiaoheng alone and launched his Second Spirit Skill, Blazing Dance Sun.
• Yu Xiaoheng manifested a Golden Holy Dragon and revealed a purple thousand-year Spirit Ring, though spectators mistook him for a One-Ring Spirit Master.
• Yu Xiaoheng met Huo Yan’s fireball with his fist, absorbed its flames, and called Huo Yan too weak.
• Yu Xiaoheng sent the flames back as a wave toward the Blazing Fire Battle Team, and the seven fighters scattered as it cratered the arena.