Chapter Summaries

Twelve years earlier, Tang Hao encountered Ye Tianyang and Liu Qingqing in the wilderness near Nuoding City while carrying his infant son. When Ye Tianyang recognized the wanted Clear Sky Douluo, he attacked to let Liu Qingqing escape, but Tang Hao struck him down, and Liu Qingqing ran back to him in grief.

• Su Yuntao left Ye Tianyang and Liu Qingqing to relieve his stomach while they waited in the wilderness.
• Tang Hao appeared carrying a quiet infant, and Ye Tianyang recognized him as the wanted murderer of the Pope.
• Tang Hao deduced that Ye Tianyang knew his identity, and Ye Tianyang urged Liu Qingqing to run before attacking.
• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and smashed Ye Tianyang into a hillside.
• Liu Qingqing returned to Ye Tianyang, found him shattered and unrecognizable, and cried out his name.

Su Yuntao revealed to Ye Lan that Tang Hao had killed Ye Lan’s parents, and Ye Lan vowed to avenge them and revive them through Godhood. At Pope Hall, Gui Mei informed the Purple-Haired Woman that a genius had appeared in the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Tang Hao killed Liu Qingqing and left with his infant son while Su Yuntao watched from hiding.
• Su Yuntao collected Ye Tianyang and Liu Qingqing’s bodies, then reported Tang Hao to Spirit Hall, which failed to find him.
• Su Yuntao raised Ye Lan and hid the truth about his parents’ deaths because he feared Ye Lan would seek revenge.
• Su Yuntao told Ye Lan the truth, and Ye Lan swore to kill Tang Hao and eventually revive his parents after attaining Godhood.
• The Purple-Haired Woman received Gui Mei, who reported that Platinum Bishop Salas had found a genius in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Bibi Dong learned of Ye Lan’s rapid cultivation and thousand-year second Soul Ring, then offered him a chance to become her disciple if he reached Soul Elder. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Lan sought a powerful Soul Beast to train against and develop an offensive Self-Created Soul Skill, ending as a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear charged him.

• Gui Mei reported Ye Lan’s cultivation and Soul Ring to Bibi Dong, who added him to Spirit Hall’s observation list and set Soul Elder as the test for becoming her disciple.
• Bibi Dong ordered an increased budget for the Nuoding City Martial Soul Branch Hall and wondered whether Yu Xiaogang was responsible for Ye Lan’s growth.
• Ye Lan entered the Star Dou Great Forest to fight powerful Soul Beasts, improve his close combat, and develop an offensive Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Ye Lan mistook a five-hundred-year Lionheart Turtle for a stone and startled it when he sat on its shell.
• Ye Lan threw a stone into a hollow beneath a tree, provoking a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear to charge out.
• Ye Lan welcomed the bear as a suitable opponent for developing his Soul Skills.

Ye Lan tested his fully developed soul power attachment by fighting a Thousand-Year Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear and developing a powerful self-created soul skill, Meteor. The bear survived the beating and tried to appease him after Ye Lan released it.

• Ye Lan analyzed his strength and began sparring with the Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear, dodging its attacks while trying to develop offensive soul skills.
• The bear’s pain drove it into a frenzied state that increased its strength and speed, so Ye Lan used Instant Step Normalization to evade it.
• Ye Lan leaped onto the charging bear and used Echo Shift to slam it to the ground, then struck its back with repeated punches.
• When the bear breathed white flames at him, Ye Lan bound it with Blue Silver Grass and landed Meteor, sending it rolling across the grass.
• Ye Lan released the bear, which dropped onto all fours and tearfully tried to act cute despite its injuries.

Ye Lan healed the Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear, named it Xiong Er, and rode it to find the Diamond Tiger that had bullied it. Ye Lan fought the stronger tiger and took a tail strike while using his Blood Armor.

• Ye Lan fed the injured Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear Blue Silver Grass, healed it with life energy, and named it Xiong Er.
• Xiong Er led Ye Lan toward a Diamond Tiger it could not defeat, leaving its mate behind in the tree hollow.
• Ye Lan rode Xiong Er to the mountain and used his Golden Eye to spot the approaching Diamond Tiger.
• The Diamond Tiger attacked Ye Lan, who struck its foreleg and cheek before kicking it away.
• Ye Lan charged the Diamond Tiger with Meteor Kick, but the tiger dodged and struck him with its tail, revealing his Blood Armor.

Ye Lan defeated the Diamond Tiger and spotted a cat-eared girl being chased by a pack of Wind Spirit Wolves. He rode Xiong Er toward her, with the Diamond Tiger following for more Blue Silver Grass, while the exhausted girl found Ye Lan’s group charging through the forest toward her.

• Ye Lan used Blood Armor and Meteor to break the Diamond Tiger’s defenses, then Xiong Er rushed in and was pinned and mauled by the tiger.
• Ye Lan heard wolves approaching, silenced the two beasts, and gave them Slender Blue Silver Grass that healed the Diamond Tiger.
• Ye Lan climbed a tree and saw a black cat-eared girl pursued by around thirty or forty Wind Spirit Wolves, then recognized that she might need rescuing.
• Ye Lan rode Xiong Er down the mountain toward the girl, and the Diamond Tiger followed them for more Blue Silver Grass.
• The wounded girl evaded the wolves through the forest until she saw Ye Lan’s Blood-Eyed Giant Bear and Golden Giant Tiger charging toward her and feared she would die.

Ye Lan rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a pack of Wind Spirit Wolves and treated her wounds after she collapsed. He replenished her vitality and settled beside her to cultivate.

• Ye Lan stopped the Wind Spirit Wolves from attacking Zhu Zhuqing and ordered Xiong Er and Da Ju to drive them off.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Ye Lan and introduced herself, then collapsed from exhaustion and her injuries.
• Ye Lan treated Zhu Zhuqing’s wounds with Blue Silver Grass while taking care not to let her clothes heal into the flesh.
• Ye Lan fed Zhu Zhuqing Blue Silver Grass transformed into life energy, covered her with spare clothes, and prepared to cultivate.

Ye Lan’s Mimicry Cultivation awakened the plants around him and greatly increased his Spiritual Power, though it could no longer speed up his cultivation. After Zhu Zhuqing woke beside the campfire and realized her bandeau was gone, she confronted Ye Lan.

• Ye Lan meditated beside Zhu Zhuqing and sensed the Blue Silver Consciousnesses and other plants in the Star Dou Great Forest gathering around him.
• Ye Lan discovered Mimicry Cultivation greatly increased his Spiritual Power, let him learn plants’ names and attributes, and caused nearby plants to grow faster.
• Ye Lan found Xiong Er asleep beside the fish he had caught, then cleaned a Big Green Fish and gathered plants to season it.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke feeling unusually relaxed, remembered Ye Lan rescuing her, and noticed her bandeau was missing.
• Ye Lan rushed to Zhu Zhuqing when she screamed, and she accused him of knowing why her bandeau was gone.

Ye Lan reassured Zhu Zhuqing that he had accidentally loosened her chest wrap while treating her injuries, then shared grilled fish with her and the two soul beasts. As Zhu Zhuqing opened up about leaving her family, Ye Lan encouraged her, and she smiled for the first time in six years.

• Ye Lan explained that Blue Silver Grass had accidentally loosened Zhu Zhuqing's chest wrap while he treated her, and Zhu Zhuqing believed him.
• Ye Lan introduced himself and shared grilled Big Green Fish with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiong Er, and Da Ju.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked about Ye Lan's soul beasts and learned that his golden vine was his transformed Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Ye Lan learned that Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul was the Hell Spirit Cat and that she came from the Zhu family of the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Lan that she had run away from her family, and he praised her for choosing to make a change.
• Zhu Zhuqing smiled at Ye Lan, revealing a smile she had not shown in six years.

Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Lan how Dai Mubai's flight left her alone to face her family's deadly rivalry, and Ye Lan urged her to rely on herself rather than him. The next morning, he began teaching her and said she needed to become an Agility Attack Specialist Soul Master.

• Zhu Zhuqing recounted her engagement to Dai Mubai, the families' lethal competition, and how Dai Mubai's escape left her vulnerable to Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi.
• Ye Lan urged Zhu Zhuqing to trust herself, question whether Dai Mubai was still worthy of her, and consider visiting him at Shrek Academy.
• Ye Lan offered to teach Zhu Zhuqing cultivation, and she agreed because she trusted him as her benefactor.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke after a peaceful night's sleep, washed up, and explained her family's cultivation methods for the Hell Spirit Cat.
• Ye Lan told Zhu Zhuqing that she needed to become an Agility Attack Specialist Soul Master, and she asked what that meant.

Ye Lan taught Zhu Zhuqing that speed could increase an Agile Attack Soul Master's power and demonstrated how she could use her First Soul Skill to strike harder. He explained the advantages and limits of Speed Soul Masters, and began answering Zhu Zhuqing's question about the Speed Clan's decline.

• Ye Lan recalled that Zhu Zhuqing's soul rings favored offense and decided he could still guide her growth toward agility and speed.
• Ye Lan had Zhu Zhuqing punch Xiong Er first with full strength and then with maximum speed, showing her that the faster strike hit harder.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the speed boost from her First Soul Skill to charge from ten meters away and knock Xiong Er back, realizing speed alone could produce powerful attacks.
• Ye Lan described how Speed Soul Masters could exploit their advantages against Battle, defense-type, and Control System Soul Masters, while warning that particular abilities could overcome speed.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why the Speed Clan had declined despite specializing in speed, and Ye Lan explained that the clan's extreme focus made them unable to control their speed.

Ye Lan explained the difference between ordinary speed-focused fighters and true Speed Soul Masters, then began teaching Zhu Zhuqing how to follow that path. He left her with a plan to cultivate her Hell Spirit Cat through speed-type Soul Rings and a new Martial Soul Avatar Adaptation Method.

• Ye Lan described true Speed Soul Masters as fighters who used speed to strike down many opponents in an instant, inspiring Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ye Lan told Zhu Zhuqing that he was a Soul Grandmaster and credited his victories over Xiong Er and Da Ju to a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• After Zhu Zhuqing promised to keep his teachings private, Ye Lan instructed her to seek speed-type soul beasts for her future Soul Rings.
• Ye Lan explained that speed-type Soul Rings could raise the Hell Spirit Cat's base speed, even if they did not grant speed-enhancing Soul Skills.
• Ye Lan introduced the Martial Soul Avatar Adaptation Method as the cultivation approach he planned to teach Zhu Zhuqing.

Ye Lan trained Zhu Zhuqing to improve her Martial Soul Avatar adaptability and speed, helping her raise her normal speed in that state by forty percent over a week. He then began a second stage focused on controlling her speed and called Da Ju over to help.

• Ye Lan explained that Zhu Zhuqing should maintain Martial Soul Avatar during training and learn to sense and redirect her Soul Power to improve her speed.
• Zhu Zhuqing controlled her Soul Power while sprinting and briefly increased her instantaneous speed by twenty percent before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Ye Lan healed Zhu Zhuqing with Slender Blue Silver Grass, and after a week her normal speed in Martial Soul Avatar state had increased by forty percent.
• Ye Lan told Zhu Zhuqing that she could train strength after reaching a full speed bonus, then explained that she first needed to learn to control her speed.
• Ye Lan called Da Ju over to begin the second stage, but Da Ju hid behind Zhu Zhuqing and rubbed his head against her thigh.

Ye Lan finished Zhu Zhuqing’s agility training and advised her on how to fight without injuring herself, then accepted her request to become her teacher. He sent Zhuqing to forge a Soul Sword and tasked her with defeating Dai Mubai, leaving her newly determined to prove herself.

• Ye Lan had Zhu Zhuqing complete the second stage of training by evading Da Ju through a dense forest, and she finished it within three days.
• Ye Lan checked Zhu Zhuqing’s improved physical condition and told her to use leg attacks until her arms could handle the force of her speed.
• Ye Lan advised Zhu Zhuqing to forge a Soul Sword in Suotuo City and practice Swordsmanship alongside the Martial Soul Avatar Adaptation Method.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Lan to become her teacher and to call her Zhuqing, and he agreed.
• Ye Lan tasked Zhuqing with defeating Dai Mubai, and she accepted the challenge as a new goal.

Ye Lan tested Zhu Zhuqing's combat skills and pushed her through an intense agility lesson. Zhu Zhuqing impressed him with her progress but collapsed from exhaustion after he demonstrated his strength with his Blue Silver Priests.

• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Ye Lan to a spar, and he tested her speed, attacks, and defenses without using his full strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her first Soul Skill to overwhelm Ye Lan with rapid attacks, while he dodged and corrected her combat flaws.
• Ye Lan revealed his yellow and purple Soul Rings and summoned ten Blue Silver Priests to pressure Zhu Zhuqing with heavy blows.
• Zhu Zhuqing pushed her Martial Soul Possession to its limits, then collapsed; Ye Lan caught her and gave her a ten before she lost consciousness.

Ye Lan parted from Zhu Zhuqing and resolved to continue training before earning money in Suotuo City to publish part of his Martial Soul Theory. He suspected Tang Hao had manipulated Ah Yin into sacrificing herself and planned to seek her out once he could discover her location.

• Ye Lan told Zhu Zhuqing they might meet again at the Great Soul Arena, and she left to attend Shrek Academy, promising to defeat Dai Mubai.
• After Zhu Zhuqing departed, Ye Lan thought about his revenge against Tang Hao and concluded that Tang Hao had deceived Ah Yin and engineered her sacrifice.
• Ye Lan recalled that he could not locate the waterfall where Ah Yin lived, so he postponed his plan to take her away until he could find her.
• Ye Lan planned to train in the Star Dou Great Forest, earn money at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, and publish some of his Martial Soul Theory.
• Ye Lan intended to spread his theories among commoner Soul Masters and later use his reputation to seek opportunities in Heaven Dou City.

Ye Lan reached Suotuo City and intervened when Ma Hongjun harassed Cui Hua, then fought Ma Hongjun after he revealed his Phoenix Martial Soul. Ye Lan dodged Ma Hongjun’s Flame Ray and charged toward him as Ma Hongjun turned to aim his flames.

• Ye Lan parted from Xiong Er and Da Ju and traveled from the Star Dou Great Forest to Suotuo City.
• Ye Lan noticed that many visitors had come to register teenagers at Suotuo City Soul Master Academy and wondered how Zhu Zhuqing’s early arrival would change events.
• Ye Lan saw Ma Hongjun restraining Cui Hua and stepped in to defend her.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Ye Lan, so Ye Lan used Echo Shift to slap him and send him rolling across the ground.
• Ma Hongjun summoned his Phoenix Martial Soul and attacked Ye Lan with Flame Ray, but Ye Lan dodged and charged in from the side.

Ye Lan defeated Ma Hongjun after interrupting his attacks and using his fire-resistant Golden Patterned Blue Star Vines. He spared Ma Hongjun for Cui Hua’s sake, then offered her help if Ma Hongjun harassed her again.

• Ye Lan used Flash Step to interrupt Ma Hongjun’s Flame Ray and evaded his attempt to force a head-on fight.
• Ma Hongjun fired Phoenix Ray, but Ye Lan’s Golden Patterned Blue Star Vines swallowed the attack and bound him.
• Cui Hua asked Ye Lan to spare Ma Hongjun, and Ye Lan said he would judge Ma Hongjun by his attitude.
• Ma Hongjun begged for mercy and promised not to trouble Cui Hua again, so Ye Lan released him.
• Ye Lan told Cui Hua she could find him at the Great Soul Arena if Ma Hongjun harassed her again, and Ma Hongjun ran off in disgrace.

Ye Lan settled in Suotuo City, learned that Zhu Zhuqing was rising through the Great Soul Arena, and received lodging through Lily’s family. After learning how the arena operated and registering as a level-23 Soul Master, he prepared to begin competing.

• Ye Lan ate at a restaurant near the Great Soul Arena and overheard that Zhu Zhuqing had won eleven consecutive matches and advanced to Bronze Soul Master.
• The restaurant proprietor recognized Ye Lan as Lily’s friend and offered him discounted lodging at a nearby family property.
• Ye Lan accepted the proprietor’s offer and settled into a house with a large courtyard and a maid to help clean.
• The next day, Ye Lan visited the Great Soul Arena and learned about its arenas, match types, formats, and advancement ranks.
• Ye Lan registered with a level-23 Soul Power and worked out that eleven consecutive wins could advance him through each rank.

Ye Lan registered at the Great Soul Arena as Green Emperor and entered his first match against War Rhino. He defeated War Rhino with Flash Step and Meteor, leaving War Rhino lightly injured and wondering if Ye Lan was stronger than a woman he knew.

• Ye Lan registered as Green Emperor and tipped the maid before heading to the waiting room at Branch Soul Arena No. 18.
• The host introduced Ye Lan, a level twenty-four Blue Silver Grass Soul Master, as War Rhino’s opponent, prompting the audience to doubt the matchup.
• War Rhino used Martial Soul Possession and charged Ye Lan with White Rhino Armor and Charge.
• Ye Lan used Flash Step to evade War Rhino, then struck his back with Meteor and sent him off the arena.
• War Rhino admitted defeat and told Ye Lan he was even stronger than her, leaving Ye Lan puzzled.