Chapter Summaries

Emperor Xue Ye tried to bind Lu Yan to the imperial family by arranging for him to spend time with Xue Ke, provoking Qian Renxue’s jealousy. Meanwhile, Yu Luomian came to free Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong from prison but left Flender and the others behind, promising to seek another way to help them.

• Emperor Xue Ye praised Lu Yan and asked Qian Renxue to take Xue Ke out of the palace with them, hoping to bring Xue Ke and Lu Yan closer.
• Qian Renxue realized Xue Ye was using Xue Ke to win Lu Yan over, then introduced Lu Yan to Xue Ke, who blushed and showed an immediate interest in him.
• Qian Renxue took Lu Yan and Xue Ke out, then left with Lu Yan under the excuse of official business after noticing Xue Ke’s fondness for him.
• Lu Yan reassured the jealous Qian Renxue that he liked women like her and carried her toward the secret chamber.
• Yu Luomian came to the Heavenly Prison and freed Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, but said Flender and the others would have to wait while he sought another way to help them.

Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang learned that freeing their imprisoned companions required Lu Yan’s forgiveness, while Lu Yan demanded that those responsible apologize in person. Liu Erlong agreed to go, but Yu Xiaogang still refused and left to search for another way.

• Liu Erlong refused to leave Flender behind, while Yu Xiaogang agreed to leave the prison and seek a way to help him and the others.
• Zhao Wuji gave the others three days before he would try to break out, and Flender heard Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire flare up again.
• Yu Luomian offered Lu Yan a gift and asked him to spare the prisoners, but Lu Yan insisted the people involved apologize in person.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected Lu Yan’s demand and questioned whether the clan could use its power against him.
• Liu Erlong accepted responsibility and agreed to go apologize, while Yu Xiaogang left alone to think of another solution.

Yu Xiaogang proposed assassinating Lu Yan, but Yu Luomian rejected the idea, and Liu Erlong went to ask Lu Yan to release Flender and the others. Lu Yan demanded that she kneel, and Yu Xiaogang arrived but could not bring himself to apologize, deepening Liu Erlong’s disappointment in him.

• Yu Xiaogang suggested assassinating Lu Yan, but Yu Luomian explained that the clan could not safely kill him and urged them to resolve the matter quickly.
• Liu Erlong left to appeal to Lu Yan for Flender’s release, while Yu Xiaogang hesitated to act.
• Liu Erlong apologized to Lu Yan on Yu Xiaogang’s behalf and asked him to release Flender and the others.
• Lu Yan demanded that Liu Erlong kneel to prove her sincerity, leaving her torn between humiliation and concern for Flender.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived and condemned Lu Yan, but he could not apologize or offer amends when Liu Erlong urged him to put Flender’s rescue first.
• Liu Erlong realized Yu Xiaogang was still unwilling to take responsibility, and her hope in him faded.

Lu Yan watched Zhao Wuji escape from the Heavenly Prison and used Soul Impact to give Wang Rong an opening to stop him. Wang Rong and the Imperial Guards captured Zhao Wuji and returned him to prison to await the emperor’s judgment.

• Lu Yan sensed Zhao Wuji fleeing from Wang Rong and the Imperial Guards, while Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang about the escape.
• Lu Yan struck Zhao Wuji with Soul Impact, briefly stalling him and allowing Wang Rong to attack.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and deflected Wang Rong’s spear, then continued toward the city gates.
• Wang Rong used his Destruction True Body and Sky-filling Spear Shadows to wound Zhao Wuji and close the distance.
• Wang Rong pierced Zhao Wuji’s shoulder, and the Imperial Guards restrained him and took him back to the Heavenly Prison.

After Zhao Wuji was defeated, Lu Yan offered Liu Erlong a choice between freeing Flender or Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun. Liu Erlong chose Flender, and Yu Xiaogang later concealed that she had been the only one to kneel and accept Lu Yan’s terms.

• Lu Yan ended the standoff and offered to free either Flender or the three students, and Liu Erlong chose Flender.
• Lu Yan took Liu Erlong to the Heavenly Prison, where Flender was released while Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun remained imprisoned.
• Flender promised the three students he would find a way to free them before leaving the prison with Liu Erlong.
• After Liu Erlong left, Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Lu Yan had demanded they lower their heads and admit their mistakes.
• Flender sympathized with Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang, unaware that Yu Xiaogang had not been involved in the concession.

Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Zhao Wuji had been captured and that Liu Erlong had knelt before Lu Yan to secure Flender’s release, stopping Flender from seeking revenge. Lu Yan then experimented on Zhao Wuji’s soul in the Dream World and returned it to his body after finding that it could not remain separated for long.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Zhao Wuji had been captured or killed after breaking out of prison and enraging Lu Yan.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Liu Erlong had knelt before Lu Yan to win Flender’s freedom, and Flender nearly attacked Lu Yan in a rage.
• Yu Xiaogang restrained Flender and persuaded him to return to the academy and plan before seeking revenge.
• Lu Yan returned to the Heavenly Prison and entered Zhao Wuji’s Dream to draw his soul into the Dream World.
• Lu Yan tested Zhao Wuji’s soul, observed that it weakened outside his body, and returned it to him.

Flender and Liu Erlong went to Heaven to negotiate the release of Dai Mubai and the other prisoners, where Lu Yan exposed Yu Xiaogang's motives for targeting him. Lu Yan demanded that Yu Xiaogang kneel and call himself trash before one incense stick burned, leaving the others to decide whether to comply.

• Flender knelt before Liu Erlong and swore to kill Lu Yan, while Liu Erlong helped him up and avoided looking at Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong agreed to seek Lu Yan and discuss rescuing Dai Mubai and the others from the Heavenly Prison.
• Flender offered Lu Yan anything he could provide, and Yu Xiaogang claimed he had only meant to guide Lu Yan and asked him not to involve others.
• Lu Yan accused Yu Xiaogang of wanting to study his Martial Soul and of using Tang San to provoke him so Yu Xiaogang could observe his abilities.
• Lu Yan demanded that Yu Xiaogang kneel and shout that he was trash three times, warning that the prisoners would remain in the Heavenly Prison if he did not act before one incense stick burned.

Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang over the humiliation Liu Erlong endured, and Yu Xiaogang admitted that his pride had delayed the rescue. He knelt and called himself trash to fulfill Lu Yan’s demand, but Lu Yan challenged his motives as the chapter ended.

• Flender pressed Yu Xiaogang to explain Lu Yan’s accusation, and Yu Xiaogang admitted that Erlong had been forced to kneel because of him.
• Flender condemned Yu Xiaogang for putting his pride above his friends’ safety, then punched him and ended their friendship as brothers.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender and Erlong to forgive him and knelt toward Heaven to save Dai Mubai and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang called himself a piece of trash three times, then demanded that Lu Yan fulfill his promise.
• Lu Yan said Yu Xiaogang had revealed that his students mattered more to him than apologizing or making amends.

Liu Erlong realized Yu Xiaogang cared more about his students than her, while Lu Yan freed Dai Mubai and the others and reunited with Qian Renxue. In Sunset Forest, Lu Yan used his Dream Butterfly Martial Soul to pluck Lovesick Heartbreak Red and decided to seek the Crystal Snow Dragon Ginseng so he could consume the two herbs together.

• Liu Erlong saw Yu Xiaogang agree to humiliating himself to save his students and realized his love for her meant little to him.
• Lu Yan released Dai Mubai and the others from the Heavenly Prison, and Flender rushed Ma Hongjun to the pleasure quarters to dispel his Evil Fire.
• Qian Renxue told Lu Yan she had leads on obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and promised to secure it for him.
• Lu Yan went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, found the Heavenly Blaze Nine Yang Grass for Qian Renxue, and plucked Lovesick Heartbreak Red by focusing his emotions on her.
• Lu Yan decided to find the Crystal Snow Dragon Ginseng so he could combine it with Lovesick Heartbreak Red and greatly increase his strength.

Lu Yan gave Qian Renxue the Heavenly Blaze Nine Yang Grass, which raised her Soul Power and awakened her Six-Winged Angel ahead of schedule. After they spent the afternoon together, Qian Renxue offered to help Lu Yan refine his Immortal Herb once he obtained its matching Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

• Lu Yan gave Qian Renxue the Heavenly Blaze Nine Yang Grass and showed her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to convince her to accept it.
• Qian Renxue gave Lu Yan an intimate return gift, then rested before refining the herb with his protection.
• The Heavenly Blaze Nine Yang Grass raised Qian Renxue's Soul Power from level sixty-two to level sixty-five and awakened her Six-Winged Angel early.
• Lu Yan told Qian Renxue that he needed the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to get the best effect from his Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and she agreed to help protect him when he refined it.
• After they bathed and fell asleep together, Lu Yan continued gathering people's souls through Borrowing from the Masses to Cultivate and focused on increasing his Spiritual Power.

Lu Yan spent the day with Dugu Yan and Tang Yuehua before telling them he planned to travel to the Speed Clan for the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. Tang Yuehua accepted that she could not accompany him and promised to wait for his return.

• Lu Yan continued cultivating his Spiritual Power, then visited Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy before his planned trip to the Speed Clan.
• Dugu Yan greeted Lu Yan passionately in front of the academy, and Ning Rongrong watched with envy before Ye Lingling led her away to give the couple time alone.
• Lu Yan and Dugu Yan toured Heaven Dou City together and then went to Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua welcomed them and competed with Dugu Yan to feed him dinner.
• After the meal, Lu Yan carried Tang Yuehua and Dugu Yan to bathe with him, and the three spent the evening together.
• Lu Yan told Tang Yuehua he intended to travel to the Speed Clan alone, and she agreed to wait for him in Heaven Dou.

Lu Yan accompanied Dugu Yan to visit Ye Lingling and met her mother, Ye Yuqing, who refused to treat Flender’s group from Shrek Academy. Outside the Ye Manor, Lu Yan slapped Yu Xiaogang after he accused him of turning Ye Yuqing against them, leaving Yu Xiaogang vowing revenge.

• Dugu Yan walked with Lu Yan to Ye Manor and cautioned him about the dangers of traveling to Star Luo.
• Ye Lingling greeted Dugu Yan and Lu Yan without her usual veil, and Ye Yuqing joined them in the reception hall.
• Dugu Yan introduced Lu Yan as her lover, and Ye Yuqing told him to treat Dugu Yan well.
• A maid reported that Flender had brought his disciples seeking treatment, and Ye Yuqing refused to receive anyone from Shrek Academy because they had previously surrounded her daughter.
• As Lu Yan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling left the manor, Yu Xiaogang accused Lu Yan of turning Ye Yuqing against them, and Lu Yan struck him with an invisible palm of Spiritual Power.
• Flender confronted Lu Yan, while the injured Yu Xiaogang silently vowed to make him pay.

Lu Yan traveled from Spirit City to the Speed Clan seeking the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, after receiving help from Bibi Dong and saying goodbye to Zhu Zhuqing. He pressured Bai He to surrender the treasure, and the chapter ended with the Speed Clan’s fighters gathering to confront him.

• Lu Yan left Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, visited Bibi Dong in Spirit City, and let her temper his Spiritual Power with the Rakshasa God's Mind.
• Lu Yan watched Zhu Zhuqing train, shared a meal and a long conversation with her, then departed the next morning while Bibi Dong watched them from above.
• Lu Yan reached the Speed Clan and asked Bai He for the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, but Bai He denied that the clan possessed it.
• Bai Chenxiang attacked Lu Yan, and he stopped her with his Spiritual Power before Bai He pulled her away.
• Lu Yan unleashed stronger pressure that suppressed Bai He and hurt Bai Chenxiang, prompting the Speed Clan’s core fighters to rush into the hall.

Lu Yan attacked the Speed Clan to obtain the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and instantly killed three of its members with Purple Divine Light. Bai He refused to surrender the treasure and transformed to fight, while Lu Yan revealed that he was only a Soul King.

• Bai He confronted Lu Yan with the Speed Clan’s hostility, and Lu Yan said he would take the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng by force.
• A Speed Clan Soul Saint charged Lu Yan, who used Illusion Eye and Purple Divine Light to kill him, a Soul King, and a Soul Emperor in one attack.
• Lu Yan challenged the remaining clan members, and their resistance faltered as they feared his overwhelming strength.
• Bai He refused to give up the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and activated his Martial Soul Avatar to attack Lu Yan at extreme speed.
• Lu Yan summoned Dream Butterfly and revealed his five soul rings, shocking the Speed Clan with his Soul King cultivation.

Lu Yan defeated Bai He and the Speed Clan by reflecting Bai He's attack and incapacitating the clan with Soul Devour. He forced Bai He to submit by threatening to kill the fallen clansmen, including Bai He's granddaughter.

• Bai He used Virtual Real Clone to attack Lu Yan from five directions, but Lu Yan's Mirror Moon Reflection sent the attack's mental backlash into Bai He and destroyed his clones.
• Lu Yan used Soul Devour to knock out the remaining Speed Clan members, while recovering some Spiritual Power by absorbing their soul fluctuations.
• When Bai He refused to submit, Lu Yan activated Dream Devour and warned that one unconscious clansman would die every three breaths.
• Bai He charged Lu Yan, but Lu Yan struck him down with Soul Impact and a kick as another clansman died.
• Lu Yan threatened Bai He's granddaughter, and Bai He finally submitted.

Lu Yan forced Bai He to reveal the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng's hiding place, then took it and left the Speed Clan alive for his plans. In a secluded cave, he consumed it with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and underwent a sweeping transformation, reaching Soul Emperor cultivation and Titled Douluo-level Spiritual Power.

• Lu Yan knocked Bai He unconscious and entered his Dream, overcoming his resistance to learn where he had hidden the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Lu Yan found the ginseng in a secret room behind Bai He's study and took it, then used Dream Entry to keep the unconscious Speed Clan members asleep.
• Lu Yan left the clan grounds and sealed himself inside a hidden cave in the forest to cultivate with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Lu Yan consumed both Immortal Herbs, whose energies fused within him and transformed his body, Martial Soul, and soul bones.
• Lu Yan's cultivation rose past level sixty into the Soul Emperor realm, while his Spiritual Power broke through to the Titled Douluo level.

After awakening with vastly enhanced physical strength and Spiritual Power, Lu Yan built a Dreamscape Realm inside his Illusion Eye and tested its ability to sustain the world. He trapped the Speed Clan’s souls inside it to power the realm, leaving them in an endless dream of their family’s revival.

• Lu Yan awoke in a transformed body, discovered his strength had reached at least Soul Saint level, and found his Spiritual Power had advanced further into Titled Douluo territory.
• Lu Yan created a Dreamscape Realm within his Illusion Eye and confirmed it remained intact by drawing on the eye’s power.
• Lu Yan went to the Speed Clan compound and used Dream Butterfly and his fourth soul skill, Soul Devour, to put its members back to sleep.
• Lu Yan harvested the Speed Clan members’ souls, including Bai He’s, and locked them inside the Dreamscape Realm to sustain it.
• Lu Yan assigned the Speed Clan souls an eternal dream of their family’s revival, where they would continue producing Spiritual Power.

Lu Yan searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a powerful Spirit-type Soul Beast and found an Eight-tailed Demonic Fox nearing one hundred thousand years of cultivation. He awakened the Dream Butterfly’s Void Dream Domain and stopped the fox’s escape, leaving it badly injured against a Black Iron wall.

• Lu Yan had Ah Yin search the Star Dou Great Forest for a Spirit-type Soul Beast aged around eighty or ninety thousand years.
• Ah Yin located a fox-type Soul Beast with at least ninety thousand years of cultivation, and Lu Yan headed southeast to find it.
• Lu Yan identified the Eight-tailed Demonic Fox and cautiously approached, but the fox sensed him and spread its Charm God Powder Mist.
• Lu Yan awakened the Dream Butterfly’s Void Dream Domain, dispelled the mist, and suppressed the Eight-tailed Demonic Fox’s Spiritual Power.
• The Eight-tailed Demonic Fox fled, but Lu Yan raised a Black Iron wall in its path, leaving it bloodied and battered after it crashed into it.

Lu Yan used the Void Dream Domain to overcome the Eight-tailed Demonic Fox’s illusions and kill it, then absorbed its Spirit Ring underground. He emerged at Level 65, while Tang Hao and his son arrived at the Blue Silver Forest.

• Lu Yan formed a Barrett with his domain and shot the fleeing Eight-tailed Demonic Fox several times before closing in with the Angel Holy Sword.
• The Eight-tailed Demonic Fox used Fox Charm of the Heavens, but Lu Yan resisted it and pinned the fox’s tails with wooden railings created by his domain.
• The fox broke free and released Miasma of the Lost Heavens, but Lu Yan saw through it with Purple Demon Eyes and killed the fox with a fire-clad sword strike.
• Lu Yan concealed himself underground and absorbed the Eight-tailed Demonic Fox’s Spirit Ring over a day and a night.
• Lu Yan reached Level 65, and Tang Hao and his son arrived at the Blue Silver Forest.

Tang San entered the Blue Silver Forest to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, unaware that he had lost the chance months earlier, and the Blue Silver King ambushed him. As the Blue Silver King tried to drain his bloodline, Tang Hao struck with the Clear Sky Hammer to save him.

• Tang Hao watched Tang San enter the forest, believing his son would awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, while suppressing his worsening injuries.
• The Blue Silver King attacked Tang San with vines, forcing him to dodge and use Hidden Weapons that barely slowed it.
• Tang San poured Blazing Sun Wine through the forest and set it alight, but the Blue Silver King extinguished much of the fire and trapped him in vines.
• The Blue Silver King wrapped Tang San in an azure cocoon and began absorbing his blood, hoping to strengthen its own bloodline.
• Tang Hao roared and brought the Clear Sky Hammer down on the Blue Silver King, smashing through its vine barrier.