Chapter Summaries

Five-year-old Yu Xiaoheng pursued wealth and physical cultivation to avoid sharing Yu Xiaogang’s fate as a weak Luo Sanpao wielder. He began using medicinal herbs and Whale Rubber to strengthen his body while searching for rare resources that could improve his future Martial Soul.

• Yu Xiaoheng dismissed clan members’ scorn over his focus on trade, while Yu Xiaogang defended him but urged him to follow the path of cultivation.
• Yu Xiaoheng resolved to use money from soap, candy, and perfume to obtain resources and prepare his body before Martial Soul Awakening.
• Yu Xiaoheng considered rare herbs and Immortal Herbs, but concluded that he lacked the means to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and would pursue more attainable resources first.
• Yu Xiaoheng returned to his courtyard, prepared harmless herbs for treatment and consumption, and resolved to endure the pain of using Whale Rubber to strengthen his body.

Yu Xiaoheng endured a painful regimen of herbs and Whale Rubber that cleansed and strengthened his body, convincing him he could pursue cultivation despite lacking Soul Power. As he trained at the sect gates while waiting to welcome Yu Yuanzhen, a powerful aura swept in from beyond the mountain gate.

• Yu Xiaoheng swallowed the decoction and Whale Rubber and applied herbal paste, enduring the pain until his body underwent Cleansing Marrow.
• Yu Xiaoheng tested his renewed strength by punching an old tree, then sensed energy flowing through his body and believed he was ready to cultivate.
• After learning Yu Yuanzhen had returned, Yu Xiaoheng went with Yu Xiaogang to the sect gates and arranged follow-up work for his perfume and soap business.
• Yu Xiaoheng trained his body at the crowded sect entrance while Yu Xiaogang and the elders dismissed the effort and focused on his future Martial Soul Awakening.
• A vast and majestic aura swept in from beyond the mountain gate.

Yu Yuanzhen returned with Liu Erlong, the girl Yu Xiaoheng had asked him to find, and she eagerly reunited with him. Yu Xiaoheng began drawing her into his plans while Yu Xiaogang watched with jealousy, and the chapter left them settling into a daily routine together.

• Yu Yuanzhen returned to the clan and privately judged Yu Xiaoheng's training and business pursuits as signs that he lacked the talent and discipline to become Sect Master.
• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Xiaoheng that their father valued bloodline and talent, but Yu Xiaoheng ignored his taunt.
• Yu Yuanzhen revealed that he had found Liu Erlong, and she recognized Yu Xiaoheng as the benefactor who had helped her and her mother.
• Liu Erlong rushed into Yu Xiaoheng's arms to thank him, while Yu Xiaogang grew jealous and Yu Yuanzhen left Yu Xiaoheng responsible for her.
• Yu Xiaoheng continued his early-morning body training as Liu Erlong watched from the steps with a hard candy.

Yu Xiaoheng prepared for the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony by securing rare herbs and demonstrating his growing bond with Liu Erlong. At the sect’s final assessment, he answered Yu Yuanzhen’s advanced questions about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and clan cultivation, leaving the hall stunned.

• Yu Xiaoheng trained Liu Erlong in martial arts, reading, and medicinal herbs while planning to build the understanding needed for a future Martial Soul fusion.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Yu Xiaoheng and Liu Erlong together and grew increasingly resentful.
• Yu Xiaoheng ordered his steward to buy all the Dawnlight Grass and Dragon Scale Grass a desert-bound merchant caravan had found.
• Yu Yuanzhen announced that the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony would take place in five days and tested the young clan descendants’ knowledge.
• Yu Xiaogang explained the basic categories of Martial Souls, then Yu Xiaoheng gave a detailed account of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and the Startling Dragon Art, surprising the hall.

After Yu Xiaoheng’s knowledge impressed the clan, Yu Xiaogang accused him of hiding his abilities, but Liu Erlong defended Yu Xiaoheng and Yu Xiaogang left humiliated. Yu Xiaogang remained confident that his talent would triumph at the Martial Soul Awakening in five days, while Yu Xiaoheng prepared two rare herbs to improve his prospects.

• Yu Xiaogang confronted Yu Xiaoheng after the examination and accused him of secretly studying to conceal his abilities.
• Liu Erlong defended Yu Xiaoheng, shoved Yu Xiaogang, and forced him to apologize before he left with a promise to prove his talent at the awakening.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined that his Martial Soul Awakening would reveal overwhelming talent and win Liu Erlong’s admiration.
• Yu Xiaoheng prepared Dawnlight Grass and Dragon Scale Grass, his final trump cards, despite not knowing how to refine them.

Yu Xiaoheng gambled on consuming Dawnlight Grass and Dragon Scale Grass to improve his chances at Martial Soul Awakening, but the herbs severely injured him. As he lost consciousness, Yu Yuanzhen wrote him off and entrusted the clan’s future to Yu Xiaogang, while Liu Erlong defended him.

• Yu Xiaoheng asked Liu Erlong whether he could succeed, and she assured him he could before he consumed pieces of Dawnlight Grass and Dragon Scale Grass.
• The herbs’ conflicting energies tore through Yu Xiaoheng’s body, leaving him bleeding and gravely injured.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the clan members arrived, and the Third Elder said Yu Xiaoheng’s injuries would take more than a month to heal, though the Spirit Awakening Ceremony was five days away.
• Yu Yuanzhen dismissed Yu Xiaoheng’s prospects, assigned him to manage the sect’s industries, and said the clan’s future would be entrusted to Xiao Gang.
• Liu Erlong shielded Yu Xiaoheng from the clan members’ criticism and insisted that he would recover and become strong.
• As Yu Xiaoheng lost consciousness, Yu Yuanzhen turned away from him and pulled Yu Xiaogang over.

While Yu Xiaoheng's body transformed and developed a powerful Soul Power before Martial Soul Awakening, Yu Xiaogang assumed he would inherit the family's future. On awakening day, Yu Xiaoheng woke and headed to the ceremony, where he encountered the young Bibi Dong.

• Yu Xiaogang accepted Yu Yuanzhen's charge to protect the sect and his brother, but resented the suggestion that Liu Erlong might protect Yu Xiaoheng.
• As Yu Xiaoheng lay unconscious, the powers of Dawnlight Grass and Dragon Scale Grass merged within him and transformed his body.
• Yu Xiaoheng and Liu Erlong's Auras briefly merged, producing a Golden Sacred Dragon Phantom and the beginnings of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• At the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, Yu Yuanzhen hosted Qian Xunji, Ning Zhenyuan, and Tang Wei, while Qian Xunji noticed Bibi Dong was missing.
• Yu Xiaoheng awakened with immense Soul Power, left for the ceremony, and found Bibi Dong alone beside a rockery.

Yu Xiaoheng found the young Bibi Dong lost and frightened in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s back mountain, and decided to gain her favor for access to Spirit Hall’s resources. He calmed her with a piece of candy, leaving her grateful and more at ease with him.

• Yu Xiaoheng recognized Bibi Dong and resolved to approach her so he could use Spirit Hall’s resources to evolve his Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong, having run away from Qian Xunji, became lost and frightened in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s back mountain.
• Yu Xiaoheng approached Bibi Dong and took her hand, prompting her to summon her Hundred Year Soul Ring and warn him that she was a Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaoheng released Bibi Dong, gently patted her head, and offered her a piece of candy.
• Bibi Dong ate the candy, relaxed, and thanked Yu Xiaoheng as “Brother.”

Yu Xiaoheng gained Bibi Dong’s trust by offering to help her sneak into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony. He brought her through a secret passage to the arena, where they watched a disciple begin his awakening.

• Yu Xiaoheng learned that Bibi Dong was afraid to return to the Qian Family and wanted to see the ceremony without being found by her teacher’s people.
• Yu Xiaoheng told Bibi Dong he knew a secret passage into the Martial Arts Arena, and she eagerly followed him through it.
• When Bibi Dong panicked after making a noise, Yu Xiaoheng reassured her that she could laugh and shout without being punished.
• Yu Xiaoheng and Bibi Dong reached the stands and watched as Yu Chengxin placed his hand on the Dragon Pattern Stone Tablet, summoning a blue lightning dragon phantom.

Yu Xiaoheng comforted Bibi Dong with candy and promised to get her out of Spirit Hall, but she warned him that Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall were too powerful. Their conversation ended when the crowd called Liu Erlong to the arena.

• Cheng Xin awakened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon with level-seven Innate Soul Power, and Bibi Dong watched excitedly from behind Yu Xiaoheng.
• Yu Xiaoheng gave Bibi Dong candy and chewing gum, reassuring her after she confessed that Qian Xunji had whipped her for secretly eating sugar.
• Yu Xiaoheng promised to get Bibi Dong out of Spirit Hall, and she tearfully thanked him before warning that her teacher and Spirit Hall were terrifyingly powerful.
• Bibi Dong encouraged Yu Xiaoheng to believe he could succeed, while he doubted his own strength and ability to make Luo Sanpao evolve.
• The crowd announced Liu Erlong as the next person to awaken.

Liu Erlong awakened a mutated Fire Dragon Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power Level Eight, proving Yu Xiaoheng’s training methods had raised her potential. Yu Yuanzhen decided to transfer her from guarding Yu Xiaoheng to following Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Xiaoheng celebrated his success unaware of the decision.

• Liu Erlong awakened a Mutated Fire Dragon Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power Level Eight, astonishing the clan and drawing Yu Yuanzhen’s attention.
• Liu Erlong searched the crowd for Brother Xiaoheng and felt sad when she could not find him, while Yu Xiaoheng watched from the shadows and realized his training experiment had succeeded.
• Bibi Dong shared Yu Xiaoheng’s happiness, and he chose to reassure her with a gentle smile rather than tell her what he was thinking.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang that Liu Erlong was too talented to waste her time following Yu Xiaoheng and decided she should follow Yu Xiaogang instead.
• Yu Xiaogang concealed his delight and thought that he would take Liu Erlong from Yu Xiaoheng while protecting his elder brother for the rest of his life.

Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xiaoheng had disappeared, while Liu Erlong resisted Yu Xiaogang’s order to serve him and declared her loyalty to Brother Xiaoheng. Watching from the crowd, Yu Xiaoheng recognized that her devotion served his plan, but Bibi Dong’s fear that he would abandon her unsettled him.

• Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xiaoheng had awakened but left his room and failed to attend the Martial Soul Awakening ritual, and he blamed himself for letting his son down.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong that the Sect Master had ordered her to follow him, but she refused and declared that she belonged to Brother Xiaoheng.
• Clan Disciples restrained Liu Erlong, and the Elders ordered the Guards to take her away after she fought to remain by the Awakening Stone Platform.
• Liu Erlong clung to the stone platform until her fingers bled, insisting that Brother Xiaoheng would come, while Yu Xiaoheng watched from the shadows and judged his plan successful.
• Yu Xiaoheng prepared to awaken his Martial Soul, and Bibi Dong quietly asked whether he would return, revealing that she feared he would abandon her.

Yu Xiaogang’s Awakening Ceremony ended in humiliation when no dragon appeared and a piglet emerged as his Martial Soul. Yu Xiaoheng had promised to take Bibi Dong away from Spirit Hall, while Liu Erlong continued to believe in him as the arena’s attention turned to the piglet.

• Yu Xiaoheng comforted Bibi Dong in the tunnel and promised to awaken high-level Soul Power and take her away from Spirit Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen dismissed Liu Erlong’s earlier outburst to the VIP guests, while clan members mocked her for supporting Yu Xiaoheng.
• Liu Erlong cried and insisted she wanted to follow Brother Xiaoheng, not Yu Xiaogang, and believed Xiaoheng’s Martial Soul would be superior.
• Yu Xiaogang stood on the Awakening Platform as the guests and clan watched, convinced his awakening would prove his greatness.
• The golden light faded without revealing a Martial Soul, then a pink piglet appeared at Yu Xiaogang’s feet and nudged him.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized an inseverable bloodline connection to the piglet and rejected the possibility that it was his Martial Soul.

Yu Xiaogang awakened a pig Martial Soul with only 0.7 Innate Soul Power, humiliating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan before its honored guests. As Yu Yuanzhen despaired over the clan’s future, he took comfort in Liu Erlong’s powerful Martial Soul and remembered that Yu Xiaoheng had brought her back.

• The Clan Elder announced that Yu Xiaogang had awakened a pig Martial Soul and revealed his Innate Soul Power was only 0.7.
• Guests from Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects laughed at Yu Xiaogang and mocked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• A Clan Elder berated Yu Xiaogang for wasting the clan’s resources, while Yu Xiaogang denied the result and broke down.
• Yu Yuanzhen was devastated by the public humiliation, and Ning Zhenyuan and Tang Wei offered insincere condolences while hiding their amusement.
• Yu Yuanzhen remembered Liu Erlong’s Innate Level Eight Mutated Fire Dragon Martial Soul and recalled that Yu Xiaoheng had brought her back.

Yu Xiaogang’s failed Martial Soul awakening humiliated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but the ceremony continued when his twin brother Yu Xiaoheng arrived to be tested. Yu Xiaoheng paused to offer his despondent brother a hand before beginning his own awakening.

• Yu Xiaogang demanded that the Elder repeat the test after his awakening failed, drawing scorn from the guests and shame from the clan.
• Qian Xunji said the ceremony was not over and waited for the next participant.
• Yu Xiaoheng emerged from a passage and asked Elder Chang Xing to awaken his Martial Soul, despite the Elder’s plea that he wait.
• Yu Yuanzhen claimed he had arranged for Yu Xiaoheng to awaken after Yu Xiaogang and tried to reassure the guests that his eldest son might surprise them.
• Yu Xiaoheng crouched beside Yu Xiaogang and reached out to help him up before beginning his awakening.

Yu Xiaoheng faced humiliation at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Martial Soul ceremony as Yu Xiaogang erupted at him, but Bibi Dong appeared to protect him and revealed her twin Martial Souls. Qian Xunji realized she had come to the arena for Yu Xiaoheng and crushed his chair's armrest in anger.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected Yu Xiaoheng's attempt to comfort him and accused him of being useless, provoking the clan members to turn on Yu Xiaoheng.
• Qian Xunji noticed Bibi Dong was missing and decided to punish her by locking her in Spirit Hall's underground Solitary Confinement Room.
• Several sect Deacons charged at Yu Xiaoheng to stop him from further embarrassing the clan, while Liu Erlong struggled to defend him.
• Bibi Dong appeared in front of Yu Xiaoheng, revealed her twin Martial Souls and a Four-Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, and forced the Deacons to retreat.
• Qian Xunji recognized Bibi Dong and realized she had come to protect Yu Xiaoheng, then crushed the stone armrest beneath his hand.

At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s awakening ceremony, Bibi Dong defied Qian Xunji to support Yu Xiaoheng, who stepped up to awaken his Martial Soul. A beast-shaped shadow began forming in the Crystal Ball, and Yu Xiaogang gleefully declared that Yu Xiaoheng had awakened a pig like his own.

• Qian Xunji used his Soul Power to drag Bibi Dong back to the VIP Seating after she defended Yu Xiaoheng and predicted he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong called out encouragement to Yu Xiaoheng while Qian Xunji restrained her, and the crowd stopped trying to pull Yu Xiaoheng away.
• Yu Xiaoheng walked to the awakening Crystal Ball, aware that he could not awaken Innate Full Soul Power and troubled by Bibi Dong’s support.
• Yu Xiaoheng placed his hand on the Crystal Ball, which shone brightly as a small beast-shaped Martial Soul began to appear.
• Yu Xiaogang laughed and shouted that Yu Xiaoheng had awakened a pig too.

Yu Xiaoheng’s awakening began with a bizarre, unstable Martial Soul that looked like a golden dragon mixed with a pig, while his Soul Power slowly rose far beyond what the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan expected. The light neared level nine, leaving the arena waiting to see whether it would reach the mark.

• Yu Xiaogang mocked Yu Xiaoheng’s apparent weak Martial Soul, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members reacted with anger and despair.
• Yu Yuanzhen vomited blood and collapsed into his chair, fearing Yu Xiaoheng had ruined the clan’s reputation and future.
• Bibi Dong insisted that Yu Xiaoheng must have Innate Full Soul Power as golden light enveloped his unstable Martial Soul.
• The awakening Elder watched the Crystal Ball’s light climb past levels five, six, seven, and eight, reaching eight and a half.
• Yu Yuanzhen stood and shattered his stone chair as the Soul Power approached level nine, while Qian Xunji recognized the Martial Soul as a positive mutation.

Liu Erlong’s Fire Dragon aura strengthened Yu Xiaoheng’s Golden Sacred Dragon awakening, revealing nine and a half levels of Innate Soul Power and turning the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s contempt into celebration. Yu Xiaogang broke down as the crowd hailed his brother and rejected his accusations.

• Liu Erlong rushed onto the platform, and her Fire Dragon aura caused Yu Xiaoheng’s Golden Sacred Dragon Young Body and the Crystal Ball’s light to intensify.
• Yu Xiaoheng’s Soul Power surged past level nine to about nine and a half, prompting the clan to celebrate him as a peerless genius.
• Yu Yuanzhen praised Yu Xiaoheng but felt torn as he watched Yu Xiaogang stand stunned and abandoned.
• Liu Erlong praised Yu Xiaoheng and taunted Yu Xiaogang, calling his Martial Soul a pig.
• Yu Xiaogang spat blood, called the awakening fake, and accused Yu Xiaoheng of cheating before a clan member slapped him.

Yu Xiaoheng’s nine-and-a-half-rank Soul Power earned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan acclaim while Yu Xiaogang was dragged away in disgrace. Bibi Dong defended Xiaoheng against Qian Xunji, who struck her and left her injured and still looking toward Xiaoheng.

• Yu Xiaogang was beaten and dragged from the arena as the clan celebrated Yu Xiaoheng’s talent.
• Liu Erlong overheard people praise her closeness to Yu Xiaoheng, while Tang Wei and Ning Zhenyuan congratulated Yu Yuanzhen.
• Qian Xunji rebuked Bibi Dong for claiming Xiaoheng had Full Soul Power and forbade her from spending time with him.
• Bibi Dong insisted that Xiaoheng was not mediocre, and Qian Xunji seized her wrist and demanded she repeat herself.
• Bibi Dong declared that Xiaoheng must have Innate Full Soul Power and be the finest Soul Master, so Qian Xunji slapped her to the ground.