Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaoheng activated Dragon God Possession and faced the Blazing Fire Battle Team after Huo Yan ordered all seven to attack together. He rapidly disabled two opponents, leaving the battle team and the spectators stunned by his strength.

• Huo Yan ordered the Blazing Fire Battle Team to abandon one-on-one combat and attack Yu Xiaoheng together.
• Yu Xiaoheng summoned the Golden Holy Dragon Hatchling into his body and activated Dragon God Possession.
• Yu Xiaoheng broke the Molten Fist user's arm with one punch and sent him flying out of the arena.
• Yu Xiaoheng paralyzed three attackers with lightning, then kicked one into a crater and knocked him out of the fight.
• Lei Xiaotian watched in shock as Yu Xiaoheng's overwhelming strength became clear to the academy leaders.

Blazing Fire Academy’s Huo Yan and Huo Ning unleashed a Ring Fusion Skill against Yu Xiaoheng, who answered with his golden-red Dragon Flame Lightning. As the attacks neared collision, the academy deans believed Yu Xiaoheng’s defiance would cost him the match.

• Huo Yan and Huo Ning retreated while three Blazing Fire members formed a formation around Yu Xiaoheng and tried to hold him back.
• Huo Yan and Huo Ning fused their Second Spirit Rings and unleashed Heavenly Firefall and Blazing Dance Sun as a Ring Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaoheng ignited his golden-red Fire Pattern and revealed sacred flames that outshone the fire filling the arena.
• Yu Xiaoheng combined his Thunder Mark and Fire Pattern to create Dragon Flame Lightning, a flame dragon wreathed in lightning.
• Yu Xiaoheng’s dragon attack and the crimson fire rain rushed toward each other as the spectators watched and the deans expected Blazing Fire to win.

Yu Xiaoheng broke the Blazing Fire Team’s Ring Fusion Skill and remained standing after overpowering the team’s attack. The spectators were left stunned, with one person questioning whether the match had ended in a draw.

• The Blazing Fire Team’s three remaining members restrained Yu Xiaoheng so Huo Yan and Huo Ning could unleash their Ring Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaoheng’s Dragon God Possession burst with power, broke the three members’ bones, and sent them flying.
• Huo Yan and Huo Ning’s Skyfire Meteor collided with Yu Xiaoheng’s Lightning Fire Dragon Shadow, which devoured and erased the crimson fire rain.
• The Ring Fusion Skill’s backlash severely injured Huo Yan and Huo Ning, while Yu Xiaoheng stood unhurt and had used little Soul Power.
• The arena fell silent, and a spectator wondered whether the result was a draw.

Yu Xiaoheng recovered by absorbing the scattered fire energy from the clash, then overwhelmed the remaining Blazing Fire Battle Team members until they surrendered. He stood victorious and untouched as the arena fell silent.

• Lei Xiaotian declared that Yu Xiaoheng had the advantage in sustained combat despite the clash of Soul Skills ending in a draw.
• The remaining five Blazing Fire Battle Team members rose to make one last stand, but a powerful heartbeat sounded from Yu Xiaoheng.
• Yu Xiaoheng’s Lightning Fire Dragon Shadow re-formed as scattered fire energy rushed into his Holy Flame and strengthened his Heart-Protecting Dragon Ribs.
• Huo Yan recognized that the Blazing Fire Battle Team could not fight back and surrendered.
• Yu Xiaoheng dismissed the dragon phantom and Dragon God Possession, leaving the arena victorious while the crowd stared in silence.

Yu Xiaoheng led the Lightning Team to a decisive victory, earning his teammates’ admiration while spectators doubted he could overcome Skywater Academy’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Godwind Academy conceded his superiority, and Skywater’s Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi approached him as the next challenge loomed.

• The crowd and Skywater Academy’s Lin Qinglan admired Yu Xiaoheng’s performance but thought his low Soul Power would leave him unable to face the sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yan told Godwind Academy’s captain that his team would lose even worse than Blazing Fire Academy had, silencing the captain.
• The referee declared the Lightning Team the winner, and Yu Xiaoheng’s teammates celebrated and expressed their loyalty to him.
• Rou'er leaped into Yu Xiaoheng’s arms, while he decided Liu Erlong was better off as a sister and kept Rou'er close for his plans.
• Godwind Academy’s captain bowed to Yu Xiaoheng and admitted his team was convinced by his strength.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi approached Yu Xiaoheng with Skywater Academy’s team.

After defeating the Tianshui sisters, Yu Xiaoheng decided he would lose the finals unless he found a spirit beast worthy of his next ring. Three days later, he faced the Divine Wind Team alone and opened the match with a thunder-and-fire attack.

• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi congratulated Yu Xiaoheng and challenged him to meet them in the finals, while the Lightning Team privately believed Yu Xiaoheng and Liu Erlong could win with their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaoheng remained dissatisfied with the spirit beasts his family had found, believing his strengthened body could absorb a far older spirit ring.
• Yu Xiaoheng spoke with the Shui sisters and sought to build a relationship with Tianshui Academy so he could obtain their ice-attributed power, while Liu Erlong and Rou'er watched warily.
• After Shui Yun'er remarked that Yu Xiaoheng had nearly beaten them, Yu Xiaoheng decided he would choose to lose the Exchange Competition unless he found a perfect spirit beast before the finals.
• Three days later, Yu Xiaoheng faced the Divine Wind Team alone and unleashed Dragon Flame Lightning, spreading a massive net of thunder and fire across the arena.

Yu Xiaoheng defeated the Divine Wind Team and advanced to the finals, then rejected the clan’s available Spirit Beast candidates as inadequate for his Second Spirit Ring. Bibi Dong’s letter brought records of attribute Dragon-type Spirit Beasts from Spirit Hall’s archives, and Yu Xiaoheng realized he had found what he was looking for.

• Yu Xiaoheng defeated all seven members of the Divine Wind Team, securing the Lightning Team’s place in the finals against the Skywater Team.
• Yu Xiaoheng resumed cultivating while waiting for news from the clan about Spirit Beasts suitable for his Second Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaoheng read five letters from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan but found none of their Spirit Beasts suitable, including a seven-thousand-year Radiant Light Sub-Dragon.
• Yu Lin and Yu Hu brought Yu Xiaoheng a letter from Spirit Hall, which he recognized as Bibi Dong’s handwriting.
• Yu Xiaoheng read Bibi Dong’s letter and discovered that she had copied records of attribute Dragon-type Spirit Beasts from Spirit Hall’s archives.

Bibi Dong tried to warn Yu Xiaoheng that a soul beast could endanger him, but Qian Xunji caught her with the letter and discovered she had shared Spirit Hall’s secret research. He realized her attachment to Yu Xiaoheng had begun to pull her beyond his control.

• Bibi Dong rushed to She Ling'er's room with a letter for help, but found Qian Xunji there with the battered She Ling'er.
• Qian Xunji confronted Bibi Dong about the letter, and she refused to hand it over.
• Qian Xunji used Soul Power to knock Bibi Dong back, seized the letter, and shattered its purple silk-flower ornament.
• Qian Xunji read Bibi Dong's warning to Yu Xiaoheng and accused her of leaking Spirit Hall's secrets.
• Qian Xunji recalled Bibi Dong's closeness to Yu Xiaoheng and realized that her feelings for him had disrupted his control.

Qian Xunji punished Bibi Dong for writing to Yu Xiaoheng and ordered her confined after she refused to give him up. Bibi Dong begged to send one last letter to save Yu Xiaoheng, but Qian Xunji lengthened her confinement to a month and had her taken away.

• Qian Xunji whipped Bibi Dong until she admitted writing to Yu Xiaoheng was her mistake.
• Qian Xunji ordered Bibi Dong to end all contact with Yu Xiaoheng, but she refused to answer.
• Qian Xunji tore up Yu Xiaoheng's letter and ordered Bibi Dong confined for ten days.
• Bibi Dong realized confinement would prevent her from warning Yu Xiaoheng that he was in danger, so she begged Qian Xunji to let her send one final letter.
• Qian Xunji ordered Bibi Dong confined for a month, and guards dragged her away as she pleaded for Yu Xiaoheng's life.

Yu Xiaoheng repaired Bibi Dong’s handmade ornament, learned of an eleven-thousand-year Thunder Guiding Jade Dragon, and planned to have his clan capture it while he prepared to withstand its spirit ring. At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao was sent to investigate unexplained lightning that might signal a powerful spirit beast.

• Yu Xiaoheng repaired Bibi Dong’s damaged purple ornament with blue cloth and stored the finished flower as a future gift.
• Yu Xiaoheng wrote his clan a secret letter asking them to prepare to hunt the Thunder Guiding Jade Dragon described by Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaoheng decided to wait and strengthen his body before absorbing the dragon’s eleven-thousand-year spirit ring, accepting that he would miss the Four Elements Exchange Competition finals.
• Tang Wei told Tang Hao that unexplained lightning had appeared in the sect’s territory and ordered him to investigate.
• Tang Hao agreed to investigate the possible lightning-attributed spirit beast.

Tang Hao learned that Yu Xiaoheng had absorbed a thousand-year first spirit ring, then declared that Yu would have to defeat him before claiming to be peerless. The chapter left off as an unseen young voice praised Tang Hao from across the courtyard.

• Tang Wei showed Tang Hao a remote area where nightly lightning had troubled nearby villages and suggested he test himself against a powerful soul beast.
• Tang Hao revealed that he had reached rank fifty, prompting the elders to celebrate his talent and predict Clear Sky Sect’s rise.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Hao that Yu Xiaoheng had revealed a thousand-year first spirit ring at the Four Element Academy Exchange Competition.
• Tang Hao dismissed the news as reasonable, summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, and vowed that Yu would have to defeat him before calling himself peerless.
• An unidentified young voice praised Tang Hao from across the courtyard, startling nearby Clear Sky Sect members.

Tang San, a transmigrator who had found a home in the Clear Sky Sect, resolved to help Tang Hao and rebuild the Tang Sect while pursuing strength. As Tang Hao led disciples out to investigate the violent lightning, Yu Xiaoheng remained at Lightning Academy and demanded that the storm grow stronger.

• Tang San appeared before Tang Hao, who welcomed him and asked him not to repeat his disparaging remarks about Yu Xiaoheng.
• Tang San recalled his reincarnation, his place in the Clear Sky Sect, his twin Martial Souls, and his plan to cultivate the Blue Silver Grass before empowering the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San resolved to repay Tang Hao and become stronger as Tang Hao suspected a powerful Spirit Beast was behind the lightning and considered it as a possible fifth Spirit Ring.
• Tang Hao gathered Clear Sky Sect disciples to investigate, and Tang Yuehua persuaded him to let her come along while Tang San returned to training.
• Yu Xiaoheng remained in Lightning Academy under orders from Yu Yuanzhen and roared for more lightning as the chamber’s thunder surged in response.

Yu Xiaoheng completed another round of lightning and aura tempering, while the Star Dou Great Forest searched in panic for the missing Xiao Wu. He then arrived at Lightning Academy, where his father Yu Yuanzhen and an imposing group awaited him.

• Yu Xiaoheng endured the three elders’ full-strength lightning and Spirit Douluo auras, using them to strengthen his body and Martial Soul.
• After Yu Xiaoheng left the quiet chamber, Rou'er asked about his progress and lamented that Ah Yin had not returned from the Star Dou.
• Ah Yin, Da Ming, and Er Ming searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Xiao Wu and realized she had secretly left to rescue Rou'er.
• Yu Xiaoheng arrived at Lightning Academy and found Yu Yuanzhen and a dignified group waiting outside the main gate.

Yu Xiaoheng set out with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to hunt his Second Spirit Ring, accepting the clan’s confidence while refusing to risk absorbing a ring before he was ready. On the road, his party encountered the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Hao arrogantly challenged his standing.

• Yu Xiaoheng asked his father, Yu Yuanzhen, to help Yu Xiaogang find a First Spirit Ring that could trigger Martial Soul Evolution, and Yu Yuanzhen praised the brothers’ potential to support each other.
• The headmasters and students of three elemental academies came to see Yu Xiaoheng off, and Shui Yun'er promised that they would wait for him to return and fight him.
• Yu Xiaoheng realized his clan expected him to win the Exchange Competition, but he chose not to endanger his future by rushing to absorb his Second Spirit Ring.
• Yu Yuanzhen halted the traveling party when they met Tang Hao, Tang Yuehua, and the Clear Sky Sect on the road.
• Tang Hao dismissed Yu Xiaoheng as someone who could not yet catch up to him, and Yu Xiaoheng raised his head to answer.

Yu Xiaoheng defused a confrontation with Tang Hao, then revealed his measured approach to cultivation and sect management as the two clans traveled together. Tang Hao dismissed Yu Xiaoheng as overly cautious and announced that he had come to obtain his fifth spirit ring.

• Yu Xiaoheng praised Tang Hao, then asked when Tang Hao had reached level 20 Soul Power, revealing that Yu Xiaoheng was preparing to obtain his Second Spirit Ring.
• Tang Hao admitted Yu Xiaoheng had cultivated faster before level 20, but declared that he would not let Yu Xiaoheng catch up; Yu Xiaoheng privately judged Tang Hao no threat to him.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered the procession to set out, and the Blue Lightning and Clear Sky groups continued along the road close behind one another.
• Tang Yuehua asked Yu Xiaoheng about his cultivation insights, and he explained that diligence, a solid foundation, and strengthening the body mattered more than rapid Soul Power growth.
• Tang Yuehua invited Yu Xiaoheng to lecture at the Clear Sky Sect, and he replied that effective sect leadership depended on clear rules and assigning people to suitable roles.
• Tang Hao rejected Yu Xiaoheng's cautious outlook and announced that he had come to investigate the unusual lightning and obtain his fifth spirit ring.

Yu Xiaoheng dismissed the need to investigate the lightning-filled valley and revealed that it held a Thunder Guiding Stone Vein, where a special Companion Spirit Beast had awakened. Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua recognized the significance of his discovery, while the Clear Sky Sect disciples remained confused and skeptical.

• Tang Hao announced that he had come to hunt a spirit ring over ten thousand years old, prompting the Clear Sky Sect disciples to mock the Blue Lightning party’s presumed hunt for Yu Xiaoheng’s modest Second Spirit Ring.
• Tang Hao offered to investigate the lightning-filled valley first, projecting confidence as the Clear Sky Sect disciples compared him favorably to Yu Xiaoheng.
• Yu Xiaoheng said there was no need to investigate, and the Blue Lightning elders showed confidence in him rather than stopping him.
• Yu Xiaoheng identified a naturally formed Thunder Guiding Stone Vein beneath the valley and said a special Companion Spirit Beast inside had awakened, causing Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua to react with surprise.

Yu Xiaoheng revealed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had found a valuable Thunder Guiding Stone vein, and the Clear Sky Sect members doubted him until they saw it for themselves. Tang Hao ordered the doubting disciples to accept punishment and apologized to Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaoheng.

• Yu Xiaoheng described the vein's size, location, and Jade Marrow Thunder Stone deposits, revealing the value of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's discovery.
• A Blue Lightning Sect elder praised Yu Xiaoheng for bringing the vein's location to the sect, while Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua realized the scale of his contribution.
• Yu Xiaoheng invited the Clear Sky Sect members to inspect the vein, but a disciple accused him of bluffing.
• Tang Hao rebuked the disciple, and Yu Yuanzhen led the group into the valley to verify Yu Xiaoheng's claims.
• The group found Thunder Guiding Stone and Jade Marrow Thunder Stone matching Yu Xiaoheng's description, confirming his information was accurate.
• Tang Hao ordered the doubting disciples to report to the Punishment Hall and reflect for three months, then apologized to Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaoheng.

A Thunder Guiding Jade Dragon erupted from the mineral vein, and Tang Hao and Yu Xiaoheng each saw it as the ideal spirit beast for their own advancement. As the dragon attacked, Tang Hao prepared to claim it, counting on Yu Yuanzhen’s help if needed.

• A Thunder Guiding Jade Dragon burst from the mineral vein, startling the Clear Sky Sect disciples and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders.
• Yu Xiaoheng recognized the dragon as the Ten Thousand Year spirit beast described in Bibi Dong’s letter and decided it would be his Second Spirit Ring.
• The dragon drew lightning from the mineral vein and unleashed a massive net of purple bolts at the gathered people.
• Tang Hao used his Fourth Spirit Ring, Force Breaks All Laws, to strike the lightning net, but Yu Yuanzhen had to stop the bolts that got past him.
• Tang Hao judged the dragon’s power and decided its spirit ring was worth claiming, expecting Yu Yuanzhen to help him defeat it if necessary.

Tang Hao asked Yu Yuanzhen to help him hunt the Ten Thousand Year Thunder Guiding Jade Dragon, expecting the Blue Lightning Sect to agree. Yu Xiaoheng instead claimed the beast for his own Second Spirit Ring, and the chapter ended with the Clear Sky Sect accusing him of jealousy and bad faith.

• Tang Hao decided the Clear Sky Sect had benefited from the encounter and asked Yu Yuanzhen to help him take down the spirit beast for his fifth ring.
• Yu Yuanzhen stayed silent, and Yu Xiaoheng told Tang Hao that the Blue Lightning Sect would refuse his request.
• Tang Hao offered a Blue Lightning Pact opportunity in exchange for help, but Yu Xiaoheng said he wanted the Thunder Guiding Jade Dragon as his Second Spirit Ring.
• The Clear Sky Sect members mocked Yu Xiaoheng for wanting to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring at his current level.
• Yu Xiaoheng said the Blue Lightning Sect could capture and raise the beast until he was strong enough to absorb it, prompting the Clear Sky Sect to accuse him of deliberately obstructing Tang Hao out of jealousy.

Yu Xiaoheng refused Tang Hao’s demand to surrender the Thunder Guiding Jade Dragon, declaring that his future was the Blue Lightning Sect’s greater good. Tang Hao erupted in fury and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, leaving the mine on the brink of conflict.

• Tang Hao silenced the angry Clear Sky Sect disciples, then offered Yu Xiaoheng any condition he could fulfill in exchange for the spirit beast.
• Tang Yuehua backed her brother and asked Yu Xiaoheng to make an exception, while some Blue Lightning Sect disciples doubted whether waiting to absorb the ring was worthwhile.
• Yu Xiaoheng rejected their request, explaining inwardly that the spirit beast was vital to his Martial Soul Evolution and that Bibi Dong had risked much to find it.
• Yu Xiaoheng asserted that the favor between the sects could not harm the Blue Lightning Sect’s fundamental interests and proclaimed himself the greater good of his clan.
• Blue Lightning Sect disciples cheered Yu Xiaoheng, and Tang Hao lost his temper, unleashed his Spirit King pressure, and gripped his Clear Sky Hammer.