Chapter Summaries

After a year and a half of harsh training in the Body Sect, Lin Ran reached Rank 20 and returned to Heaven Dou City with Huo Yun'er and Princess Vina. He watched the All-Continent Soul Master Competition finals and offered to form a team with Vina to help the Heaven Dou Empire retain talent.

• Du Busi promised to name Lin Ran the Young Sect Master and agreed to have him teach the Marrow Cleansing Scripture to selected sect members.
• A year and a half later, Lin Ran returned to Heaven Dou City with Huo Yun'er and Princess Vina after breaking through to Rank 20 and securing a 9,500-year Soul Ring for his second ring.
• Princess Vina took Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er to the finals of the All-Continent Soul Master Competition, where Shrek Academy faced the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Vina told Lin Ran that the Heaven Dou Empire's royal academy had been eliminated in the Round of 16 and explained that local nobles controlled city affairs, including martial soul awakenings.
• Lin Ran suggested that he and Vina form a team for a future competition to help the Heaven Dou Empire retain talent, and Vina thanked him.

After Shrek Academy won the competition, Lin Ran discovered that the Heavenly Soul Empire’s Imperial Seal could satisfy his transaction mission, but he sought a less risky symbolic item instead. He commissioned Laicai Douluo to find the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade and other objects of significance, then headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Blood Phoenix while weighing the danger of becoming a Child of Fortune.

• Shrek Academy won the Soul Master Competition, and Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er met Vina's father at the Heavenly Soul Imperial Palace, where they briefly greeted the Shrek group.
• Lin Ran detected the Heavenly Soul Empire's Imperial Seal and inspected his mission to obtain an item containing sufficient fortune, but decided he could not pursue the seal.
• Lin Ran asked Laicai Douluo to locate and buy the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, and to inquire about major powers willing to sell symbolic heirlooms; Laicai Douluo agreed and said he would inform Du Busi.
• After settling the deal, Lin Ran spent a week in Heaven Dou City and then traveled alone to the Star Dou Great Forest, knowing Du Busi was following him secretly.
• Lin Ran reviewed his mission to hunt a Blood Phoenix and considered whether the Blood Phoenix Wings were worth becoming a Child of Fortune and attracting Tang San's attention.

Lin Ran encountered Tang Ya in the forest and stopped her after she mistook him for an enemy of the Tang Sect. After learning that her sect had fallen, he let her go, and they traveled together toward Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Lin Ran recognized Tang Ya, who had aimed a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow at him and accused him of being from the Iron Blood Sect.
• Lin Ran disarmed and restrained Tang Ya, then released her and returned her crossbow after she realized he was not her enemy.
• Tang Ya told Lin Ran that the Tang Sect had been destroyed and that the Clear Sky Sect had refused to help her seek revenge.
• Tang Ya introduced herself and joined Lin Ran on the road, chatting as they traveled toward their nearby destinations.
• At lunchtime, Tang Ya eyed Lin Ran's food until he took out another portion for her.

Lin Ran comforted Tang Ya over their shared orphanhood and traveled with her to Shrek City, where she sought the academy’s help avenging the Tang Sect. As Tang Ya waited at the academy gates, Lin Ran’s system detected several items matching his mission objective among the statues.

• Tang Ya mourned her parents while eating Lin Ran’s food, and Lin Ran invited her to meet his adoptive mother and promised her future could improve.
• Tang Ya asked Lin Ran for more food and insisted he had to take responsibility for making her life better.
• Five days later, Lin Ran and Tang Ya reached Shrek City and shared a room at an inn, where Tang Ya teased him and recounted an unofficial story about Xiao Wu and the Sea God.
• Tang Ya worried that Shrek Academy might refuse to help her avenge the Tang Sect, and Lin Ran reassured her that he would stand by her.
• The next morning, Tang Ya presented her Tang Sect token to students guarding Shrek Academy’s eastern entrance and asked to see the dean.
• As Tang Ya waited for the students to report her arrival, Lin Ran looked at statues of Tang San, Yu Xiao Gang, and others, and his system detected several matching items.

Tang Ya sought Shrek Academy’s help avenging the Tang Sect, but Yan Shaozhe refused to intervene and offered only protection. Mu En then instructed Bei Bei to join the Tang Sect and help Tang Ya rebuild it.

• Tang Ya pleaded with Yan Shaozhe to avenge the Tang Sect, but he said Shrek Academy could not interfere in the conflicts between continental powers.
• Yan Shaozhe promised Tang Ya protection in Shrek City, and she left his office devastated.
• Tang Ya found Lin Ran outside the academy and sobbed in his arms; he comforted her and carried her to an inn.
• Yan Shaozhe reported his refusal to Mu En, who said the Tang Sect needed to rebuild after its destruction.
• Mu En summoned Bei Bei and asked him to join the Tang Sect and help Tang Ya restore it, and Bei Bei agreed.

Lin Ran comforted Tang Ya over her parents' deaths, and their tender moment was interrupted by Bei Bei, who wanted to join the Tang Sect. That night, Lin Ran had Du Busi steal Shrek Academy’s statues for the Goddess of Wisdom, and the System confirmed that one statue had fulfilled the mission.

• Lin Ran reassured Tang Ya that she could live well and seek revenge, and she kissed his cheek before calling them friends.
• Bei Bei introduced himself and asked to join the Tang Sect, but Tang Ya rejected him because he was from Shrek Academy.
• Lin Ran summoned Du Busi and asked him to steal the statues of the Shrek Seven Devils and the Golden Iron Triangle, claiming the Goddess of Wisdom wanted them.
• Du Busi stole several dozen statues from Shrek Academy and returned them to Lin Ran.
• Lin Ran used one statue to complete the System’s mission, resetting his advance-use attempts.

Lin Ran traded the remaining statues for several Yin Yang School cultivation methods, including Astrology, and used the statues’ faith power to obtain Immortal Spirit Qi. After Astrology briefly let him perceive the luck surrounding others, he began using the Immortal Spirit Qi to raise the age of his soul ring.

• Lin Ran decided to become a Child of Fortune to make his unusual past seem plausible to Tang San and to delay Dai Yuhao’s meeting with Wang Dong.
• Lin Ran traded four statues for Imperial Heaven, Earthly Soil, Astrology, Supreme Goodness is Like Water, and Myriad Leaves Flying Flowers.
• Lin Ran cultivated Astrology and briefly saw the auras above himself, Du Busi, and Tang Ya.
• The System let Lin Ran advance-purchase Immortal Spirit Qi using the faith power in the statues, and Lin Ran guided his first soul ring to absorb it until the ring began turning pale purple.

Lin Ran raised both Soul Rings to Ten Thousand Years, tested his strengthened abilities, and considered ways to improve his Mental Power before returning to Tang Ya. By morning, Shrek Academy discovered that its statues had vanished, and Yan Shaozhe learned of the theft from Du Weilun.

• Lin Ran transformed both Soul Rings into Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and found that his detection range, Soul Power efficiency, and control over Bloodline Power had improved.
• Lin Ran considered a Hundred Thousand Year Head Soul Bone through the System but postponed the trade and planned to seek a Mental Power-enhancing External Soul Bone after hunting the Blood Phoenix.
• Lin Ran returned to his room and quietly tucked Tang Ya in, but she pulled him onto the bed and fell asleep wrapped around him.
• Shrek's students discovered that the statues and their pedestals had disappeared from Shrek Plaza.
• Du Weilun reported the missing statues to Yan Shaozhe, who began coughing when he heard that the statues of Sea God, the Golden Iron Triangle, and others were gone.

Yan Shaozhe investigated the theft of Shrek Academy’s ancestor statues with Du Weilun and sought Mu En’s help, who discovered that Du Busi was responsible. Du Busi then took Lin Ran and Tang Ya to meet an old friend, leaving Tang Ya shocked to learn that Lin Ran was his disciple.

• Du Weilun suggested the statue theft was either an attempt to humiliate Shrek Academy or a probe of its strength, and Yan Shaozhe ordered an investigation.
• After the investigation found no clues, Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En for help; Mu En searched Shrek City with his Mental Power and identified Du Busi.
• Mu En agreed to help investigate the theft and learned that Du Busi was responsible.
• Du Busi appeared before Lin Ran and Tang Ya, said their deed had been exposed, and carried them toward the outskirts to meet an old friend.
• Tang Ya was stunned to learn that Lin Ran was the disciple of Du Busi, the Sect Master of the Body Sect.

Du Busi brought Lin Ran and Tang Ya to Shrek Academy, where his confrontation with Mu En revealed that Du Busi had become a Limit Douluo. Mu En challenged Du Busi over his plan to enter the Star Dou Great Forest and proposed an exchange, but Du Busi rejected his offer and denied stealing Shrek’s statue.

• Du Busi unleashed his aura outside Shrek Academy and called Mu En out, prompting Mu En to protect the academy and go to meet him with Zhang Lexuan.
• Du Busi overpowered Elder Xuan’s aura, revealing that he had become a Limit Douluo and shocking Shrek Academy’s Elders.
• Mu En reminded Du Busi that the Body Sect had agreed not to send Titled Douluo into the Star Dou Great Forest after its past slaughter of soul beasts, but Du Busi said he no longer feared Di Tian.
• Mu En proposed that Lin Ran accompany the newly Rank 70 student beside him to obtain a soul ring in exchange for returning Shrek’s stolen statue, but Du Busi angrily refused and denied taking it.

Lin Ran defended Du Busi’s seizure of Shrek’s statues by condemning Shrek for refusing to help the Tang Sect, while Mu En and Xuan Zi argued that the academy was bound by its ancestral teachings. Lin Ran then challenged Shrek over Zhang Lexuan’s family’s destruction, leaving its members visibly unsettled.

• Lin Ran said he had asked Du Busi to take Shrek’s statues in protest at Shrek’s refusal to help Tang Ya and avenge the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya thanked Lin Ran emotionally, and Du Busi used Lin Ran’s argument to mock Shrek and defend the Body Sect’s actions.
• Xuan Zi attacked Lin Ran with soundwaves, but Du Busi blocked them and reprimanded Xuan Zi for attacking a junior.
• Mu En admitted Shrek had wronged Tang Ya, explained its neutrality, and said he had sent his grandson to join the Tang Sect to help it revive.
• Lin Ran asked whether Shrek had avenged Zhang Lexuan’s family, prompting the Shrek group’s expressions to change as Zhang Lexuan bit her lip.

Lin Ran exposed Shrek Academy’s hypocrisy, prompting Mu En and Du Busi to clash as Limit Douluo. They stopped fighting and agreed to let their disciples settle the dispute, with the Golden Ancient Tree’s origin essence at stake.

• Lin Ran accused Shrek Academy of breaking its ancestral precepts to help Zhang Lexuan while refusing to help the Tang Sect, leaving the Shrek people speechless and turning Tang Ya against them.
• Mu En challenged Du Busi, intending to test his strength, but Du Busi refused to wager or risk leaving Lin Ran unprotected.
• Mu En attacked Du Busi, and the two Limit Douluo fought while Du Busi shielded Lin Ran and Tang Ya; Mu En drew on Sea God’s Light, while Du Busi revealed a Soul Core centered on Bloodline Power.
• Unable to defeat each other and unwilling to fight to the death, Mu En and Du Busi agreed that younger soul masters would settle the dispute.
• Du Busi demanded a branch containing the Golden Ancient Tree’s origin essence if Lin Ran won, and Mu En accepted the wager.

Du Busi and Mu En arranged a wagered spar between Lin Ran and Shrek Academy's Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi. Lin Ran revealed two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and smashed Bei Bei's lightning attack, but Xu Sanshi's shield strike caught him in a pincer attack.

• Mu En sent Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi to spar with Du Busi's disciple, and Lin Ran challenged them to fight him together.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi transformed and prepared to attack Lin Ran, who revealed two black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi attacked at once, with Bei Bei launching a lightning dragon claw and Xu Sanshi throwing his Turtle Shell Shield.
• Lin Ran charged through the dragon claw and shattered it with a punch, but the lingering lightning spread over his body.
• Xu Sanshi activated Mysterious Nether Tremor through his shield as it reached Lin Ran, aiming to stun him while the lightning paralyzed him.

Lin Ran defeated Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, then claimed the Golden Ancient Tree branches from Mu En as his wager prize. He left with Du Busi and Tang Ya for the Star Dou Great Forest after Bei Bei vowed to challenge him again.

• Lin Ran activated Rage of the Gushing Spring, broke through Xu Sanshi's and Bei Bei's attacks, and knocked Xu Sanshi down with his own Turtle Shell Shield.
• Lin Ran stopped his fist just short of Bei Bei's face, and Bei Bei admitted defeat.
• Mu En gave Lin Ran two Golden Ancient Tree branches, and Lin Ran invited him to arrange a stronger opponent next time.
• Lin Ran told Bei Bei that he would fall even farther behind as Lin Ran continued cultivating, and Bei Bei let go of his frustration.
• Du Busi declared his grudge with Mu En settled and led Lin Ran and Tang Ya toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

After the confrontation with Du Busi, Mu En admitted his past wrongdoing to Zhang Lexuan and freed her from her child-bride vow. Meanwhile, Lin Ran traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest, advanced to Child of Fortune, and received a mission to become a god and gain the favor of half the continent’s fortune.

• Mu En told Xuan Zi that the Body Sect was not Shrek Academy’s enemy and sent everyone away.
• Mu En confessed that he had used Zhang Lexuan’s revenge to bind her to Shrek Academy, then released her from her vow to become Bei Bei’s child bride.
• Zhang Lexuan promised Mu En that she would protect Shrek Academy for the rest of her life.
• On the way to the Star Dou Great Forest, Du Busi warned Lin Ran that Bloodline Power’s early advantages would diminish after a Martial Soul’s second awakening.
• Lin Ran told Du Busi that the Golden Ancient Tree branch could help trigger his Martial Soul’s second awakening, then reached the forest with his companions.
• Lin Ran advanced to Child of Fortune without any heavenly signs and received a mission to become a god and gain the inclination of half the Douluo Continent’s fortune.

Lin Ran advanced Astrology to its second stage and entered the beginner stage of Soul Dragon Wander, then saw his luck connected to Du Busi, Tang Ya, and two powerful tributaries in the Star Dou Great Forest. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion dreamed of a swindler, while Gu Yuena sensed Lin Ran had stirred her luck and ordered Di Tian to capture him alive.

• Lin Ran cultivated Astrology, reached Luck Observation, and transformed his Mental Power as Du Busi guarded him.
• After an hour, Lin Ran reached Resonance and naturally entered the beginner stage of Soul Dragon Wander, forming Dragon Roaming Qi in his Spiritual Sea.
• Lin Ran saw his immense luck branching toward Du Busi, Tang Ya, and the Star Dou Great Forest, where two especially large tributaries might connect to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Gu Yuena.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion woke from a dream in which a swindler planned to trick her into bearing him ten children, and Di Tian demanded to know who he was.
• Gu Yuena sensed that her luck had been stirred by Lin Ran, identified him as a human child, and told Di Tian to capture him alive when he arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian was left confused about where and when to find Lin Ran and why Gu Yuena wanted him captured.

Tang San discovered two Children of Fortune on Douluo Continent and decided to involve both in his plans, while Lin Ran found and killed a Blood Phoenix in the Star Dou Great Forest. The group gained an External Soul Bone, but Di Tian suddenly appeared before them.

• Tang San noticed a second Child of Fortune, and he and Xiao Wu discussed Lin Ran, Dai Yuhao, and the possibility of involving both in their plans for Xiao Qi and Wu Tong.
• Lin Ran and his companions followed fortune's guidance through the Star Dou Great Forest until they found the Blood Phoenix's nest.
• The Blood Phoenix tried to flee, but Du Busi knocked it down and brought it to Lin Ran to kill.
• Lin Ran killed the Blood Phoenix, completed his advance task, and obtained a pair of wing-shaped External Soul Bones.
• Du Busi recognized the black-clad man who appeared before them as Di Tian.

Zhang Lexuan absorbed her seventh soul ring while Xuan Zi left her and Ma Xiaotao to return to the academy alone. Elsewhere, Di Tian confronted Du Busi over Lin Ran, but Du Busi fled with Lin Ran and Tang Ya and then sensed a familiar aura that might help them escape.

• Zhang Lexuan absorbed a seventy-thousand-year seventh soul ring and became a Soul Saint, while Ma Xiaotao envied her achievement.
• Xuan Zi left Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Zhang Lexuan urged them to hurry back to the academy.
• Di Tian appeared and demanded that Du Busi put Lin Ran down and sever an arm, but Du Busi refused and attacked him.
• Du Busi detonated a yin-yang vortex to cover their escape, then fled with Lin Ran and Tang Ya while Di Tian pursued them.
• Lin Ran teased Du Busi about drawing Di Tian to them, and Tang Ya insisted they would face death together.
• Du Busi sensed a familiar aura nearby and said he had found a way to escape.

Du Busi lured Xuan Zi to an eighty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with the promise of its paws, then fled as Di Tian approached. Di Tian drove Xuan Zi from the Star Dou Great Forest, but when Xuan Zi saw him following, he accused Di Tian of planning a sneak attack.

• Du Busi and Lin Ran tempted Xuan Zi with stories about Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear paws, and Xuan Zi traded two Soul Ascension Pills for the bear’s location.
• Du Busi led Xuan Zi to the forest and left him to face an eighty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear alone.
• Xuan Zi shielded himself from the bear’s attack and transformed into a Godly Taotie Bull to suppress it.
• Di Tian arrived to save a member of Bear Lord’s clan and sent Xuan Zi flying with a casual strike.
• Di Tian ordered Xuan Zi to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xuan Zi fled before accusing Di Tian of chasing him for a sneak attack.

Di Tian failed to catch Du Busi and Lin Ran’s group after Xuan Zi delayed him, and the group returned to Heaven Dou City with Tang Ya and an unconscious red-haired woman. At Lin Ran’s home, Vina and Tang Ya sized each other up as rivals, while Vina offered to help Tang Ya seek justice for the Tang Sect.

• Xuan Zi transformed into the Godly Taotie Bull and attacked Di Tian, but Di Tian defeated him and continued pursuing Du Busi’s group.
• Di Tian lost track of Du Busi and the others, then sent the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest rampaging through the forest to search for them.
• Du Busi’s group found an unconscious red-haired Soul King near the forest’s outskirts and brought her along as they returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Ran took Tang Ya and the unconscious woman to his home, where Vina and Huo Yun'er met them.
• Vina and Tang Ya introduced themselves and exchanged pointed remarks about their connection to Lin Ran.
• Vina offered to help Tang Ya hold the Iron Blood Sect accountable and seek justice for the Tang Sect, easing Tang Ya’s hostility.