Chapter Summaries

Yu Yuanzhen returned to Blue Lightning City with the injured Yu Xiaogang and visited Ye Hengchuan, who had been waiting to hear about Yu Xiaogang’s first Spirit Ring. Ye Hengchuan learned that the ring was a little over a thousand years old and reacted in shock.

• Yu Xiaogang recovered during the carriage ride while Yu Yuanzhen cared for him and kept him from testing his new Spirit Skill.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang returned to Blue Lightning City and went to Thunder Dragon Hall to see Ye Hengchuan.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Ye Hengchuan that Yu Xiaogang had been injured after trying to absorb a Spirit Ring beyond his limit.
• Ye Hengchuan praised Yu Xiaogang’s determination and spoke of how he would one day restore Yu Yuanzhen’s honor.
• Yu Yuanzhen revealed that Yu Xiaogang’s first Spirit Ring was a little over a thousand years old, and Ye Hengchuan spat out his tea in disbelief.

Yu Yuanzhen told Ye Hengchuan that Yu Xiaogang had absorbed a Thousand-Year First Spirit Ring, proudly recounting the dangerous events behind it. Ye Hengchuan offered to provide medicinal ingredients and proposed his three-year-old daughter as Yu Xiaogang’s future match, leaving Yu Yuanzhen amused and exasperated.

• Ye Hengchuan was shocked to learn from Yu Yuanzhen that Yu Xiaogang’s First Spirit Ring was over a thousand years old.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained how Yu Xiaogang chose a thousand-year Crimson Blood Flying Dragon in the Star Dou Great Forest and survived absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Ye Hengchuan praised Yu Xiaogang’s resolve and promised to obtain nourishing medicinal ingredients for him.
• Ye Hengchuan proposed that his three-year-old daughter and Yu Xiaogang should be matched, and Yu Yuanzhen reacted by spitting out his tea.

Yu Yuanzhen and Ye Hengchuan returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with the injured Yu Xiaogang, eager to reveal the boy’s thousand-year First Spirit Ring. Their celebratory mood soured when someone mocked Yu Xiaogang as a good-for-nothing.

• Ning Fengzhi said Yu Xiaogang’s future prospects could benefit Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, though Sword Douluo noted that their world had only the ordinary Yu Xiaogang.
• Ye Hengchuan joined Yu Yuanzhen on the journey back to the clan so he could witness Yu Yuanzhen show off Yu Xiaogang’s First Spirit Ring to the elders.
• Ye Hengchuan praised Yu Xiaogang for making his father proud and offered to help him with future experiments, while Yu Yuanzhen objected from nearby.
• Several clan elders gathered at Yu Yuanzhen’s residence, and Yu Qingya complained that Yu Xiaogang did not deserve Soul Douluo-level treatment.
• Yu Yuanzhen returned with Yu Xiaogang, who was still injured from absorbing his Spirit Ring, and an elder’s insulting remark immediately darkened Yu Yuanzhen’s expression.

Yu Yuanzhen confronted Yu Qingya for insulting Yu Xiaogang, refusing the elders’ attempts to calm him because he was determined to defend his son. The confrontation ended with Yu Yuanzhen kicking Yu Qingya across the gathering.

• Yu Xiaogang recognized Yu Qingya as the clan member who had insulted him before and watched as Yu Yuanzhen demanded to know who had spoken.
• The First Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder tried to defuse the situation, but Yu Yuanzhen insisted on pursuing the matter.
• Yu Qingya stepped forward and argued that Yu Xiaogang was unworthy of the sect’s resources despite discovering something valuable.
• Yu Yuanzhen roared and kicked Yu Qingya, sending him flying.

Yu Yuanzhen confronted Yu Qingya for insulting Yu Xiaogang and challenging the clan’s decision to grant him Soul Douluo-level treatment. After Yu Qingya refused to back down, Yu Yuanzhen beat him while Yu Xiaogang watched with satisfaction.

• Yu Yuanzhen kicked Yu Qingya after he insulted Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Qingya returned to angrily challenge him.
• The Third Elder tried to make Yu Qingya apologize, but Yu Qingya refused and argued that Yu Xiaogang’s reward was unfair.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that the clan’s upper ranks had unanimously approved Yu Xiaogang’s treatment, while Yu Qingya dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s achievement as luck.
• The Second Elder stopped the Third Elder from intervening as Yu Yuanzhen punched Yu Qingya and pinned him down.
• Yu Yuanzhen repeatedly slapped Yu Qingya as he mocked his claims, while Yu Xiaogang watched and snickered.

Yu Yuanzhen beat Yu Qingya for provoking him and disrespecting Yu Xiaogang, while the elders let the lesson continue. Watching the Heaven Heavenly Screen years later, Yu Qingya recalled how the beating changed his attitude toward Yu Xiaogang and eventually led him to become a Title Douluo.

• Yu Yuanzhen beat Yu Qingya until his face was swollen, and the Third Elder chose not to intervene.
• Yu Yuanzhen refused the Third Elder's offer to bring Yu Qingya back to apologize, then took Yu Xiaogang home with Ye Hengchuan.
• The First Elder and Second Elder observed that Yu Yuanzhen had regained his former vitality and wondered whether Yu Xiaogang's first Spirit Ring had caused it.
• In the White World, the adult Yu Qingya watched the screen with his son and ordered the children to do extra training after his son questioned him.
• Yu Qingya remembered resenting Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang before witnessing Yu Xiaogang's rise, apologizing to him, and becoming his subordinate.
• Yu Qingya credited Yu Xiaogang's help with his later rise as the Title Douluo known as Title Thunder Cliff.

Ning Rongrong challenged Yu Xiaogang at Shrek Academy, while Flender refused to drive her away because of pressure from her family. In the Heavenly Screen, Yu Yuanzhen revealed that Yu Xiaogang had a Thousand-Year First Spirit Ring, though he warned the elders that the achievement depended on Little Dragon’s unique help.

• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Flender make Ning Rongrong leave, but Flender chose to persuade him instead because Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong had asked him to protect her.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to leave Shrek Academy, but stayed when no one stopped him, then stood apart from the others.
• In the Heavenly Screen, Yu Yuanzhen met with the First Elder and Second Elder after leaving Ye Hengchuan to look after Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen told the elders that Yu Xiaogang’s first Spirit Ring was a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, shocking them.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that Little Dragon had helped Yu Xiaogang bear the burden of absorbing the Spirit Ring, warning the elders not to treat his case as ordinary.

After recovering, Yu Xiaogang tested his Thousand-Year First Spirit Skill before Yu Yuanzhen and the clan elders, revealing that it could release Soul Power in different forms and grow stronger with more Soul Power. He began to explain that the skill had another effect as well.

• Yu Xiaogang recovered from his injuries and found that his Soul Power had reached level thirteen, nearly level fourteen.
• Yu Yuanzhen brought Yu Xiaogang to the training grounds, where the clan elders gathered to see his First Spirit Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Little Dragon and used his purple Spirit Ring to fire an Energy Beam at Yu Yuanzhen, who blocked it with his Martial Soul-possessed arm.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that his skill, Soul Power Release, let him shape his Soul Power in different ways and increased in power according to how much Soul Power he invested.
• Yu Yuanzhen praised the skill, and Yu Xiaogang said its effects did not end there.

Yu Xiaogang demonstrated that his First Spirit Skill could create and control Soul Power constructs, increase his total Soul Power, and provide versatile attacks. He then revealed that he and Little Dragon could use the same ray attack side by side without interfering with each other, leaving Yu Yuanzhen and the Elders stunned.

• Yu Xiaogang showed Yu Yuanzhen that he could control Energy Balls after creating them and detonate them against the ground.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that creating multiple Energy Balls at once was difficult, and Yu Yuanzhen suggested the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Distraction Control Technique.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that his First Spirit Ring doubled his total Soul Power and that the increase would grow stronger as he developed.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the Elders compared Yu Xiaogang's First Spirit Skill to their own and were astonished by its strength and versatility.
• Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon fired rays at the same time without interfering with one another, shocking Yu Yuanzhen and the Elders.

Yu Xiaogang explained that he and Little Dragon could use spirit skills independently, giving him the fighting strength of two people, and Yu Yuanzhen and the elders resolved to help him grow stronger. In the present, Yu Xiaogang demonstrated how his first spirit skill had developed into precise, versatile energy control, while Qian Daoliu prevented Hu Liena from asking about its power.

• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Yuanzhen and the elders that he and Little Dragon could use spirit skills separately, and Yu Yuanzhen realized they could wield the strength of two fighters.
• Yu Yuanzhen celebrated Little Dragon's potential, and the elders decided to spare no effort in helping Yu Xiaogang grow stronger.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun joked that Yu Xiaogang's spirit skill resembled farting, while the others wondered whether their Yu Xiaogang had ever personally used his first skill.
• Hu Liena asked whether Yu Xiaogang still used his first spirit skill, and he demonstrated its control by shaping an energy ball into a lifelike dove.
• Hu Liena asked about the skill's power, but Qian Daoliu stopped her, knowing Yu Xiaogang might reveal how much trouble it had caused him in a spar.

Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation speed surged after his talent improved, and over the next two years he developed his First Spirit Skill into versatile solid Soul Power constructs. During a spar with Yu Yuanzhen, he forced his father to use lightning power and claimed victory, though his near-miss with a flying sword earned him a slap.

• Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power reached Rank 14 in less than half a month as his cultivation speed increased dramatically.
• Two years later, Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon attacked Yu Yuanzhen together during a spar at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s training ground.
• Yu Xiaogang formed a Soul Power longsword and an Energy Ball, but Yu Yuanzhen deflected his attacks and sent him flying.
• Yu Xiaogang’s Flying Sword nearly struck Yu Yuanzhen’s lower body, forcing Yu Yuanzhen to use his lightning power and satisfying the spar’s victory condition.
• Yu Yuanzhen slapped Yu Xiaogang for the dangerous strike, while Yu Xiaogang explained that he had developed his First Spirit Skill to create solid weapons and a controllable clone.

Yu Xiaogang reached Level Twenty and discussed his Second Spirit Ring plans with Yu Yuanzhen, aiming for a roughly five-thousand-year Dragon-type Soul Beast. He also planned to choose one with strong Mental Power to prepare his soul for the dangers of future Ten Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.

• Yu Yuanzhen asked Yu Xiaogang what kind of Soul Beast he wanted for his Second Spirit Ring after learning he had reached Level Twenty.
• Yu Xiaogang chose a Dragon-type Soul Beast and estimated that he could absorb a ring of around four thousand years, or five thousand with Little Dragon's help.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he expected to pursue a Ten Thousand-Year Soul Ring for his Third Spirit Ring, following a gradual progression based on his growing strength.
• Yu Xiaogang said he wanted his Second Spirit Ring Soul Beast to have formidable Mental Power so he could better withstand Soul Shock from future rings.
• Yu Yuanzhen gave up trying to keep up with Yu Xiaogang's plans and decided to visit Ye Hengchuan, where he could show off his son.

Yu Xiaogang absorbed a five-thousand-year Radiant Heavenly Dragon Spirit Ring as his Second Soul Ring, and the process gave him a rare External Soul Bone in the form of Dragon Wings. He woke to discover the wings on his back while Yu Yuanzhen praised his extraordinary luck.

• Yu Xiaogang and Yu Yuanzhen encountered a five-thousand-year Radiant Heavenly Dragon in Star Dou Great Forest, and Yu Yuanzhen killed it for Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Little Dragon and began absorbing the Radiant Heavenly Dragon's Spirit Ring, while Little Dragon grew under the pressure.
• Yu Xiaogang screamed during the absorption, and a pair of Dragon Wings emerged from his back as an External Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang completed the two-hour absorption and opened his eyes, unaware at first that the Dragon Wings had formed behind him.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed the wings and turned to Yu Yuanzhen, who laughed and praised his luck.

Yu Xiaogang learned to control the External Soul Bone he gained from the Radiant Heavenly Dragon and summoned Little Dragon to reveal how much it had grown after absorbing its second Spirit Ring. Little Dragon demonstrated its Soul Skill, leaving Yu Yuanzhen stunned.

• Yu Yuanzhen explained how Yu Xiaogang could retract the External Soul Bone and warned him not to reveal it recklessly before he was strong enough.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Little Dragon, whose body had grown from cat-sized to nearly as large as Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen marveled at Little Dragon’s transformation and asked to see its new Soul Skill.
• Little Dragon used its roar to briefly daze Yu Yuanzhen, who was stunned by what he saw immediately afterward.

After Yu Xiaogang absorbed his second Spirit Ring, he revealed how his Spirit Skill, Soul-Confusing Shock, disrupted opponents’ minds and coordination. Yu Yuanzhen recognized its potential to make Yu Xiaogang a top-tier control-system Spirit Master.

• Yu Xiaogang used his Second Spirit Skill on the Soul Beasts watching nearby, leaving them disoriented and unable to coordinate their movements.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Yu Xiaogang to explain Soul-Confusing Shock, and Yu Xiaogang described how its effect depended on the difference in their Soul Power and spiritual strength.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the skill briefly separated souls from bodies, causing powerful opponents mild confusion and weaker opponents severe disorientation.
• Yu Xiaogang said that in group battles, souls could return to the wrong bodies, leaving the Soul Beasts acting wildly out of sync.
• Yu Yuanzhen judged Soul-Confusing Shock to be exceptionally powerful and said it could make Yu Xiaogang a top-tier control-system Spirit Master.

Yu Xiaogang explained the power of his Second Spirit Skill, and Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena against copying his cultivation path. After returning to the clan, Yu Xiaogang found its records on light-attribute Soul Beasts insufficient and identified Spirit Hall as the place with better information.

• Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xiaogang's Second Spirit Skill both controlled opponents and passively enhanced his spiritual power.
• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong whether she should pursue a Radiant Heavenly Dragon Spirit Ring, but Bibi Dong warned that it would clash with her Demon Fox Martial Soul and mental specialty.
• Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang discussed how other Spirit Masters had failed to reproduce his path by imitating his Spirit Rings.
• Yu Yuanzhen returned with Yu Xiaogang to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and showed off Yu Xiaogang's Second Spirit Skill to Ye Hengchuan and the elders.
• Yu Xiaogang found the clan's records on light-attribute Soul Beasts too sparse to plan his future Spirit Rings.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang that Spirit Hall was the only place with more detailed information on light-attribute Soul Beasts.

Yu Xiaogang asked his father, Yu Yuanzhen, to let him go to Spirit City to study Spirit Hall’s knowledge and explore the wider world. Yu Yuanzhen agreed, then decided to find him a capable bodyguard before he left.

• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Yuanzhen that he wanted to study at Spirit Hall, whose light-attribute knowledge and Qian family interested him.
• Yu Xiaogang remembered Bibi Dong’s promise to treat him to something delicious when he visited Spirit City.
• Yu Yuanzhen questioned whether Yu Xiaogang was too young to leave, but agreed after recognizing how eager his son was to experience the world.
• Yu Yuanzhen recalled how he and the clan elders had made other factions believe Yu Xiaogang’s achievements came from his father’s influence, discouraging them from targeting him.
• Yu Yuanzhen decided to find Yu Xiaogang a formidable bodyguard to protect him from hotheaded commoner Soul Masters.

Yu Yuanzhen persuaded Lin Lang to accompany Yu Xiaogang to Spirit City, where the Qian Family’s expertise could help with Xiao Gang’s Light Attribute cultivation. Lin Lang accepted the protection task, and Yu Yuanzhen decided they would travel to Spirit City in person.

• Yu Yuanzhen explained that Yu Xiaogang needed the Qian Family’s cultivation experience because the clan lacked guidance for Light Attribute soul masters.
• Lin Lang recalled how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Thunder Attribute expertise had helped him overcome a cultivation bottleneck and agreed to protect Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen offered Lin Lang access to the clan’s physique-enhancing treasure, which excited Lin Lang and strengthened his resolve to complete the task.
• Yu Yuanzhen advised Lin Lang to learn from Yu Xiaogang and ask him directly about anything he could not understand.
• Yu Yuanzhen decided to escort Yu Xiaogang to Spirit City in person rather than send a letter.

In the White World, Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang reminisced about their early days in Spirit City as Golden Crocodile Douluo teased Bibi Dong for being “love-addled.” In the Dark World, Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang reacted to the parallel Yu Xiaogang heading to Spirit City, with Yu Xiaogang secretly hoping his counterpart would suffer the same rejection he once endured.

• In the White World, Hu Liena asked Qian Daoliu what happened when the Dragon God arrived in Spirit City, and he said Yu Xiaogang had stolen Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo called Bibi Dong “love-addled,” prompting her to argue with him and then punch Yu Xiaogang for giving her that label.
• In the Dark World, Bibi Dong envied the parallel Bibi Dong, who might attend Martial Soul Academy alongside Yu Xiaogang, and wept alone in her office.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang recalled being driven out of Spirit City by Qian Xunji and anticipated that his parallel self might suffer the same fate if he fell in love with Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang silently wished for his parallel self and Bibi Dong to fall in love, while the others noticed his twisted anticipation.

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo discussed Yu Xiaogang’s talent and the worsening tensions among the Douluo Continent’s factions before watching the Heavenly Screen. In the parallel world, Yu Xiaogang insisted on going to Spirit City, and Yu Yuanzhen angrily refused before secretly writing to Qian Xunji for help.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that Qian Xunji would likely focus on the hidden Whale Rubber rather than Yu Xiaogang because people of that era did not know Yu Xiaogang’s true potential.
• Ning Fengzhi reflected that relations among the major factions had grown dangerous since Bibi Dong succeeded Qian Xunji as Pope.
• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Yuanzhen that he wanted to go to Spirit City to search Spirit Hall’s records for a solution to his slow cultivation.
• Yu Yuanzhen refused and scolded Yu Xiaogang for risking further embarrassment, but Yu Xiaogang remained stubborn.
• Yu Yuanzhen sent a letter to Qian Xunji, offering him a favor if he agreed to help, then pleaded for Xiaogang to stop making him lose face.