Chapter Summaries

Flender chose to join Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, hoping to benefit from their backing and the power of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He explained why he had refused noble patrons and trusted Yu Xiaogang, then prepared to travel with him to Heaven Dou City.

• Flender decided to follow Yu Xiaogang rather than approach the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan alone, believing his place in the clan depended on Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to take Flender with him and told him when the group would leave Sanders City.
• Flender said his parents had died from overwork and that he had no affairs to settle before leaving.
• Yu Xiaogang asked why Flender, despite being a level forty-five soul master, had been working at the Treasure Market.
• Flender explained that he had rejected nobles who wanted him to serve as a death warrior, and said Yu Xiaogang seemed more respectful and trustworthy.
• Flender revealed that Yu Xiaogang's reaction to his exaggerated friendliness had helped confirm that Yu Xiaogang was not like those nobles.

Flender joined the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in the parallel world, prompting the present-day Flender to reflect on why his younger self differed from him. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang puzzled over his lingering Martial Soul Fusion Skill and continued his research, ending the chapter studying soul-bone structures and planning to learn the Pre-Civilization script.

• Flender explained that his younger self had not yet witnessed the corruption of powerful clans and nobles that shaped his own disgust toward them.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered why he could still use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Flender and Liu Erlong after his Martial Soul had become the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Yu Xiaogang lent Flender two Storage Soul Tools, and Flender accepted them gratefully before leaving to pack.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected on his growing workload, wrote to his father about Flender, and examined the books he had bought from Flender's stall.
• Yu Xiaogang studied an illustrated book of Soul Skill Core Structures and decided to learn the Pre-Civilization script before tackling the other book.

Yu Xiaogang and the Martial Soul Academy Second Team won more Spirit Fighting matches in Sanders City, while Lin Fei resolved to follow Yu Xiaogang after graduation. As the group left for the next town, Tai Tan and his people blocked their path to seek revenge.

• Yu Xiaogang decided against fighting the teams in Sanders City because he wanted opponents with different abilities rather than battles based on raw stats.
• Flender wondered whether Yu Xiaogang could compete with Soul Kings for the title of the younger generation’s top talent.
• The team won several Spirit Fighting matches, and Lin Fei became more confident onstage after Yu Xiaogang encouraged him to face his shyness.
• Lin Fei resolved to follow Yu Xiaogang after graduating from Martial Soul Academy.
• After the team left Sanders City, Tai Tan and his people blocked their path to seek revenge.

Tai Tan gathered allies to seek revenge on Yu Xiaogang for crippling Tai Nuo, despite learning Tai Nuo had provoked the heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Tai Tan remained determined to retaliate and planned to draw the Clear Sky Sect into the conflict.

• Yu Xiaogang emerged from the carriage and faced Tai Tan, who had gathered members of the Strength Clan and Niu Gao to block their way.
• Niu Gao learned that Tai Nuo had provoked Yu Xiaogang by demanding he kneel and apologize, and realized Yu Xiaogang had acted against the son of Thunder Douluo in defense of his clan's dignity.
• Niu Gao urged Tai Tan to stop, warning that an attack would turn a dispute between younger members into a conflict between factions and bring a Titled Douluo into the matter.
• After seeing Tai Nuo suffer over his injuries, Tai Tan abandoned his doubts and decided to avenge him.
• Tai Tan planned to gather important members of the four Single-Attribute Sects and use their involvement to force the Clear Sky Sect to confront the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Niu Gao and the others watched the parallel world’s Tai Tan lead the Four Single-Attribute Sects into a dangerous confrontation with Yu Xiaogang. In the scene, Tai Tan challenged Yu Xiaogang to fight, and Yu Xiaogang stepped out of the carriage to ask whether the others would join in.

• Niu Gao explained that Tai Tan’s plan could provoke a disastrous war with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then felt relieved that their own Yu Xiaogang was a good-for-nothing.
• Niu Gao introduced the Four Single-Attribute Sects’ leaders to Yu Xiaogang and demanded an explanation for Tai Nuo’s injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang defended his actions and said sparing Tai Nuo’s life had already shown restraint, leaving Niu Gao unable to answer.
• Tai Tan activated his Martial Soul Possession, revealed that he was a Soul Emperor, and challenged Yu Xiaogang to leave the carriage.
• Lin Lang stayed seated without acting, while Yu Xiaogang got out of the carriage and asked whether Niu Gao and the others planned to fight alongside Tai Tan.

Yu Xiaogang accepted Tai Tan’s life-or-death duel despite the difference in their ranks. When Tai Tan attacked before Yu Xiaogang summoned his Martial Soul, the blow passed through him, and Yu Xiaogang revealed Little Dragon’s enormous true form, setting the stage for their clash of strength.

• Yu Xiaogang challenged Tai Tan and agreed to fight him alone, with life and death left to fate.
• Tai Tan accepted the duel, and Niu Gao and the others made room for the two fighters.
• Lin Lang and Bibi Dong did not intervene, while the onlookers watched Yu Xiaogang and Tai Tan face off.
• Tai Tan charged and struck before Yu Xiaogang summoned his Martial Soul, but the blow passed through Yu Xiaogang’s body as it dispersed into dark particles.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed Little Dragon’s enormous true form, merged with it through Martial Soul Possession, and prepared to test his strength against Tai Tan.

Yu Xiaogang used his Dark Form and Elementalization to counter Tai Tan’s strength, steadily gaining the upper hand. As the other clan leaders watched Tai Tan being suppressed, Bai He worried about what their defeat would mean for their families’ reputations.

• Yu Xiaogang fought Tai Tan at close range, using Elementalization to evade his attacks and dark-attribute strikes to hurt him.
• Yu Xiaogang explained how his Light and Dark forms suited different combat styles, then used Darkness Domain and his dark spirit skills to wear Tai Tan down.
• Yu Xiaogang pursued the airborne Tai Tan and covered him with black spheres that absorbed his Soul Power.
• Tai Tan failed to break Yu Xiaogang’s pressure and continued taking wounds as the fight went on.
• Niu Gao and the others watched in disbelief, while Bai He worried about the damage a defeat would do to their families’ reputations.

Yu Xiaogang used his Self-Created Soul Skill, Mental Overdrive, to overwhelm Tai Tan during their battle. Just as Tai Tan collapsed in terror and Yu Xiaogang’s finishing attack descended, a powerful figure appeared to protect him and struck back at Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Xiaogang refined Mental Overdrive while fighting Tai Tan, combining mental power with his physical attacks to weigh down his opponent’s mind.
• Tai Tan grew increasingly fearful as the attack made him dwell on the consequences of the battle, and his movements became stiff and timid.
• Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and the others realized that Tai Tan’s strange behavior was likely caused by Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Skill.
• Tai Tan began crying, fell to the ground, and begged Yu Xiaogang not to approach.
• Yu Xiaogang’s full-strength attack came down, but a figure even more powerfully built than Tai Tan appeared in front of him and retaliated with a deadly punch.

Yu Xiaogang faced a sudden, potentially fatal attack and used his Spirit Skills to create a brief opening for Elementalization. As the attacker’s fist reached him, Yu Xiaogang transformed into black particles and evaded the blow.

• An attacker appeared, knocked aside Yu Xiaogang’s attack on Tai Tan, and charged at Yu Xiaogang with a killing blow.
• Yu Xiaogang considered his options and decided to combine his First and Second Spirit Skills into an External Mental Shock to buy time for Elementalization.
• Lin Lang entered Martial Soul Possession and rushed to stop the attacker, but the man ignored Lin Lang and continued toward Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang’s Defense Wall briefly dazed the attacker, allowing Yu Xiaogang to activate his Spirit Bone Skill as the fist broke through.
• Yu Xiaogang turned into black particles and evaded the fatal blow.

Shrek Academy's observers experienced Yu Xiaogang's brief Enlightenment through the Heavenly Screen, while Tang San realized the state revealed flaws in the Mysterious Heaven Skill. In the video, Tai Shan ordered his allies to kill everyone in the carriage, and a hidden figure appeared behind Yu Xiaogang as Lin Lang warned him to move.

• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun reacted to the brief Enlightenment and its effect on their understanding of their bodies.
• Ning Rongrong explained Enlightenment to the Shrek Academy group, while Tang San recognized flaws in the Mysterious Heaven Skill that he had sensed during the experience.
• Yu Xiaogang survived Tai Shan's punch by using Elementalization, and Lin Lang shifted his attention to Tai Shan.
• Tai Shan ordered Niu Gao and the others to kill everyone in the carriage, arguing that they had already offended the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tai Shan revealed that he had not come alone, and Lin Lang saw a figure emerge behind Yu Xiaogang and shouted for him to move.

After a brush with death, Yu Xiaogang's mental power broke through, allowing him to perceive elemental particles and use Elementalization more effectively. He faced Zui Qiansha, a Soul Saint seeking revenge on Yu Yuanzhen, and prepared to fight him with Light Attribute power.

• Yu Xiaogang sensed elemental particles and discovered that his mental power had materialized into a rapidly flowing river.
• Yu Xiaogang used Elementalization to evade a surprise attack and recognized his attacker as Zui Qiansha, a surviving member of the bandit group his father had destroyed.
• Zui Qiansha revealed that he was a seven-ring Soul Saint and threatened to kill Yu Xiaogang to make Yu Yuanzhen suffer.
• Yu Xiaogang assessed the battle and chose Light Attribute power to counter Zui Qiansha's dark, evil energy.
• Yu Xiaogang switched attributes and declared that he would make Zui Qiansha the first Soul Saint he defeated.

Yu Xiaogang faced Zui Qiansha, a Soul Saint seeking revenge, and used his bond with Little Dragon to develop a way to fight with two perspectives at once. He used that enhanced awareness to predict Zui Qiansha’s movements, but the battle took a new turn when Zui Qiansha revealed a spatial soul skill.

• Zui Qiansha activated his Martial Soul Avatar and explained that it doubled his speed and attack power while letting his dagger damage the spirit.
• Yu Xiaogang changed to the Light Attribute, entered Martial Soul Possession, and summoned Little Dragon’s consciousness into his Mental Space.
• Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon coordinated, using Little Dragon’s vision through the glowing Dragon Horns to help him observe his surroundings.
• Yu Xiaogang predicted Zui Qiansha’s rapid approach and blocked his changing paths with fists formed from his Radiant Domain.
• Zui Qiansha used his second and fifth soul skills, opened a black rift with his dagger, and reappeared behind Yu Xiaogang as Yu Xiaogang used Elementalization.

Yu Xiaogang struggled against Zui Qiansha’s erratic attacks, then discovered his superior mental power could damage the Spirit Sage when channeled through weapons infused with Soul Power. He and Little Dragon overwhelmed Zui Qiansha, who died before he could take his revenge.

• Zui Qiansha’s frenzied attacks wounded Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang used Elementalization to evade a near-fatal strike and found that his mental power absorbed Zui Qiansha’s mental attacks.
• Yu Xiaogang tried forming a weapon from pure mental power, but Zui Qiansha shattered it without harm.
• Yu Xiaogang mixed Soul Power into a mental weapon and discovered that even when Zui Qiansha broke it, the resulting mental attack hurt him.
• Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon coordinated repeated attacks, worsening Zui Qiansha’s mental injuries and impairing his movements.
• Yu Xiaogang’s rain of weapons pierced Zui Qiansha, who died lamenting that he had not yet taken his revenge.

After Yu Xiaogang defeated Zui Qiansha as a Soul Ancestor by wielding formidable Mental Power, Tang San recognized his power as the Purple Demon Eye’s legendary Vast realm and coveted an Immortal Grade Herb that could strengthen his own abilities. Qian Daoliu realized Yu Xiaogang’s talent could carry him beyond the limits of even the strongest mortals.

• Ma Hongjun and the others marveled that Yu Xiaogang had killed Zui Qiansha despite their enormous difference in cultivation, while Yu Xiaogang and Ning Rongrong admitted they knew little about Mental Power.
• Tang San recognized Yu Xiaogang’s Mental Power as the Purple Demon Eye’s Vast realm, which could turn consciousness into a weapon and reveal the world’s truths.
• Tang San longed for Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping it would help him reach the Purple Demon Eye’s Mustard Seed Realm, and wondered whether his father might help him obtain it.
• Qian Daoliu reflected that Yu Xiaogang had reached a level of Mental Power as a thirteen-year-old Soul Ancestor that few Titled Douluo could match, and feared how far he might go if he survived and grew.

After Yu Xiaogang killed Zui Qiansha, the battlefield fell silent and Tai Shan renewed his desperate assault. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s First Elder, Thunder Abyss, arrived as Tai Shan charged toward Yu Xiaogang.

• Mental-type Spirit Masters tried to copy Yu Xiaogang’s spiritual breakthrough by paying people to beat them, but they gained no strength from the experience.
• Bibi Dong, Xu Xiaoxing, Jiang Lanlan, and Tian Qingqing were stunned that Yu Xiaogang had killed a Soul Saint as a Soul Ancestor.
• Lin Lang taunted Tai Shan about Yu Xiaogang’s feat and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s protection of its heir.
• Tai Shan decided to fight Lin Lang with all his might, then knocked him aside and charged toward Yu Xiaogang.
• The First Elder, now a Titled Douluo bearing the title Thunder Abyss, appeared in Tai Shan’s path and demanded to know what he intended to do to Yu Xiaogang.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s First Elder arrived and confronted Tai Shan after Yu Xiaogang survived the Strength Clan’s attack. As the First Elder prepared to deal with Tai Shan, Bibi Dong captured two Soul Kings and tended to Yu Xiaogang’s wounds.

• The First Elder arrived, and Yu Xiaogang told him that he had killed the Soul Saint Zui Qiansha.
• The First Elder ordered Yu Xiaogang to rest and told Lin Lang to watch over the others while he faced Tai Shan.
• Bibi Dong continued beating the two Soul Kings until they stopped resisting, then captured them.
• Lin Lang apologized to Yu Xiaogang for misjudging the danger, and Yu Xiaogang said Tai Shan’s attack had helped him grow stronger.
• Bibi Dong noticed Yu Xiaogang struggling to treat his wounds and helped bandage his arm.

Hu Liena exposed Yu Xiaogang’s old act of pretending to be clumsy so Bibi Dong would tend to his wounds, but the couple took the revelation fondly. The Heavenly Screen showed the First Elder defeat Tai Shan and strip away his cultivation, after which Yu Xiaogang taunted him until he passed out.

• Hu Liena explained that Yu Xiaogang had feigned clumsiness to get Bibi Dong to apply medicine to his wound.
• Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang about how often he had acted that way, then embraced him and asked him to recount their past.
• Qian Daoliu and the other Consecrated Elders said Hu Liena was inexperienced for expecting Bibi Dong to be angry.
• The First Elder used his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon’s balanced abilities to defeat Tai Shan and cripple his cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang thanked the defeated Tai Shan for helping him break through and taunted him until Tai Shan spat blood and lost consciousness.

After Tai Shan fainted, the First Elder questioned Niu Gao and the others, then asked Yu Xiaogang how to deal with the Strength Clan. The First Elder revealed that the clan planned to exterminate the Strength Clan for threatening the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s inheritance.

• Tai Shan fainted from Yu Xiaogang’s taunt, while Tai Tan remained unconscious after being taken away by Niu Gao and the others.
• Niu Gao explained that he and the others had come without knowing Tai Tan’s full intentions, and the First Elder ordered them to stay with the group until their clans came to collect them.
• The First Elder asked Yu Xiaogang how to handle the Strength Clan, and Yu Xiaogang realized his father had instructed the First Elder to test and train him in clan affairs.
• Yu Xiaogang complained about being pushed toward clan leadership, and the First Elder promised to shield him from his father’s plans.
• The First Elder said the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s usual response would be to exterminate the Strength Clan for threatening its inheritance.

Yu Xiaogang accepted the First Elder’s warning that enemies must be eliminated completely, then arrived in Heaven Dou City with Spirit Hall’s Second Team as the Soul Master Tournament neared. Qian Xunji used the danger to Bibi Dong faced to pursue a scheme that would turn the Clear Sky Sect against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• The First Elder persuaded Yu Xiaogang that sparing an enemy’s survivors could endanger the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Xiaogang abandoned his thoughts of mercy.
• The First Elder left Yu Xiaogang to focus on soul fighting while the elders handled Tai Shan, the Strength Clan, and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei joined Spirit Hall’s Second Team as it arrived in Heaven Dou City shortly before the Soul Master Tournament.
• Bibi Dong won Qian Daoliu’s support to leave Spirit City with the team after arguing with Qian Xunji, who was angry that she had become vice-captain.
• After learning Bibi Dong had faced danger from the Strength Clan, Qian Xunji sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to protect her and moved against the Strength Clan and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Xunji expected the Clear Sky Sect to retaliate against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and provoke a conflict that would break their old relationship.

Qian Xunji’s scheme turned the conflict over Yu Xiaogang into a confrontation between the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, threatening the balance of the Upper Three Sects. As the two sects moved toward open conflict, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Ning Qianxing and Ning Fengzhi were blamed for the plan that helped set events in motion.

• A Clear Sky Sect Soul Emperor arrogantly demanded that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan spare the Strength Clan, and a clan Soul Saint beat him severely.
• Yu Yuanzhen crippled the Soul Emperor’s cultivation and sent him back, prompting Clear Sky Sect members to argue over whether to attack or demand an explanation.
• Clear Sky Sect sect master Tang Zhen led elders to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to demand that Yu Xiaogang be punished, drawing the attention of factions across the continent.
• Qian Xunji led Spirit Hall forces toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to watch the confrontation, while the Two Great Empires and other sects waited to see what would happen.
• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders condemned the Praise-to-Kill plan and berated Ning Qianxing and Ning Fengzhi for its consequences.
• Ning Qianxing and Ning Fengzhi blamed Tai Nuo’s provocation of Yu Xiaogang for derailing their plan and dragging the sects toward war.