Chapter Summaries

Jin Yan provoked the Golden Generation after taking their Phantom Tail Spirit Tiger and fought Yan, overwhelming him despite Yan’s Soul Skills. When Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Sun Chuantao moved to intervene, Jin Yan’s classmates blocked them until he allowed them to approach, setting up a fight against all four.

• Jin Yan admitted he had used too much force while taking the Phantom Tail Spirit Tiger’s soul ring, enraging Hu Liena and prompting Yan to challenge him.
• Yan released his Flame Lord martial soul and attacked Jin Yan, but Jin Yan overpowered him in their clash of fists.
• Yan used Hell Magma Rush, but Jin Yan evaded the flames and struck him with a dragon claw despite his Granite Rock defense.
• Xie Yue moved to help Yan, while Hu Liena and Sun Chuantao followed; Zhang Ping, Xu Yu, and Li Kai blocked their path.
• Jin Yan told them to come over and face him together, and the three withdrew their martial souls.

Jin Yan fought Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Sun Chuantao, then defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Yao Mei Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone skill. The battle left Jin Yan severely drained, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena collapsed and his companions rushed to help him.

• Jin Yan dismissed Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s challenge, and Sun Chuantao joined them before stepping aside to let Xie Yue and Hu Liena fuse.
• Hu Liena used Fox Charm on Jin Yan, but he resisted it, prompting her to call for the Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena transformed into Yao Mei, whose red-mist domain weakened senses, Soul Power, and movement, but Jin Yan could still see and track their attacks.
• Jin Yan caught Yao Mei’s two Moon Blades with his enlarged dragon claw, then launched Dragon Crocodile Sky-Piercing Strike from his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Jin Yan’s attack broke Yao Mei apart, knocked Xie Yue unconscious, and left Hu Liena collapsed after she acknowledged his victory.
• Li Kai celebrated Jin Yan’s win, and Zhang Ping urged the group to help their exhausted boss.

Jin Yan defeated Hu Liena and Xie Yue, then used Chrysanthemum Douluo's desire for the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to arrange a future meeting. Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized the move as an attempt to win him over but could not risk forcing Jin Yan to reveal the herb's location.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo was prevented from interfering in Jin Yan's fight by a hidden protector who invoked Second Worship's orders.
• Jin Yan's Soul Bone skill knocked Hu Liena unconscious, and his group took the tokens from Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and their companions.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo collected Hu Liena and Xie Yue, but Jin Yan stopped him and asked to see his martial soul, claiming he knew of a similar Immortal Herb.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo revealed his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Jin Yan implied that he had seen another one.
• Zhang Yan emerged to protect Jin Yan when Chrysanthemum Douluo rushed toward him and demanded the herb's location.
• Jin Yan said he could not remember where the herb grew and proposed meeting Chrysanthemum Douluo after they returned to Spirit Hall, leaving Chrysanthemum Douluo aware that Jin Yan was trying to win him over.

Jin Yan explained how he planned to undermine Bibi Dong by winning influence among Spirit Hall’s upper ranks, while his team tested their abilities in the Soul Beast Forest. The chapter ended with Li Kai and his companions defeating the forest’s last thousand-year soul beast.

• Jin Yan arranged contact with Chrysanthemum Douluo, reasoning that it could make Bibi Dong suspicious and help him gain influence among the Title Douluo.
• Jin Yan planned to counter Bibi Dong’s control of Spirit Hall by using his ties to Golden Crocodile and the Worship Hall to win over powerful figures from above.
• After earning first place in the graduation assessment, Jin Yan and his companions spent three days fighting soul beasts to test Li Kai, Xu Yu, and Zhang Ping.
• Zhang Ping distracted the Earth Explosive Bear while Xu Yu strengthened and protected Li Kai, allowing Li Kai to attack it with his Boar Rush and Thorn Armor.
• Li Kai and his companions wore down the Earth Explosive Bear until it collapsed, and a pale purple Soul Ring rose from its body.

Bibi Dong punished Yue Guan and ordered an investigation into Jin Yan’s unusual Soul Rings and Soul Bones, while Golden Crocodile reclaimed a Soul Bone. After graduating, Jin Yan visited the Worship Hall, where he received three Soul Bones and offered a Head Spirit Bone to Guangling Douluo.

• Bibi Dong confronted Yue Guan over his failure to protect Hu Liena, then ordered him and Ghost Douluo to investigate Jin Yan’s abilities and academy life.
• Golden Crocodile entered the Pope’s Palace and reclaimed the Thirty-Thousand-Year Amethyst Poison Python Left Leg Bone from Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong examined the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and vowed that Xiao Gang’s theory would not be proven wrong by Jin Yan.
• Three days after his graduation assessment, Jin Yan went to the Worship Hall and met with the seven Worships.
• Golden Crocodile gave Jin Yan three Soul Bones, and Jin Yan offered a seventy-thousand-year Head Spirit Bone to Guangling Douluo, who declined because he already had one.

After three months of cultivating and building support within Spirit Hall, Jin Yan went to the Great Soul Arena to gain combat experience. He faced Tuoba Ye, whose powerful third Soul Skill was unleashed at the end of the chapter.

• Jin Yan strengthened ties with several Elder Hall Titled Douluos and arranged for three of his friends to receive personal instruction from top-tier Spirit Douluos.
• Jin Yan entered Spirit City's Great Soul Arena to improve his combat experience and stalled research into his Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Jin Yan recognized Tuoba Ye, a Martial Soul Academy genius whose martial soul had mutated into the White Armored Sacred Dragon, as his opponent.
• Tuoba Ye activated his first two Soul Skills and charged Jin Yan, who blocked his punch and countered with a tail strike and a powerful claw.
• Tuoba Ye retreated and fired his third Soul Skill, Holy Dragon Destruction, at Jin Yan.

Jin Yan defeated Tuoba Ye and considered bringing the White Armored Earth Dragon Sect closer to Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong tested Whale Rubber and suffered its painful effects, while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile discussed Jin Yan’s future marriage and proposed reuniting him with Qian Renxue.

• Jin Yan shattered Tuoba Ye’s attack, defeated him with a tail strike, and accepted his concession.
• Jin Yan considered recruiting Tuoba Ye and the White Armored Earth Dragon Sect, planning to discuss it with Qian Daoliu.
• Bibi Dong learned that the Worship Hall had supplied Jin Yan with Whale Rubber and tested a seventy-thousand-year piece herself.
• Bibi Dong absorbed the Whale Rubber’s medicinal power, experienced an illusion of Yu Xiaogang and Qian Xunji, and was left in tears.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile discussed Bibi Dong’s past and suggested arranging a meeting between Jin Yan and Qian Renxue when she returned.

Jin Yan sought Golden Crocodile’s help to bring the White Armored Earth Dragon Sect under his influence, valuing Tuoba Ye’s talent and the sect’s strength. After the clan leader Tuoba Xi visited, Jin Yan offered him the chance to break through to Titled Douluo.

• While bathing, Jin Yan planned to secure the White Armored Earth Dragon Sect before it could join Bibi Dong’s faction and considered Tuoba Ye’s potential.
• Golden Crocodile agreed to handle Jin Yan’s plan, and Qian Daoliu also approved the effort to build Jin Yan’s power base.
• Tuoba Xi visited Golden Crocodile and Jin Yan, lowering his status after sensing that Zhang Yan possessed strength comparable to his own.
• Jin Yan asked Tuoba Xi whether he wanted to break through to Titled Douluo, astonishing him.

Jin Yan secured Tuoba Xi’s pledge to bring the White Armored Earth Dragon Sect into Spirit Hall and promised to help him become a Titled Douluo. He then agreed to provide Chrysanthemum Douluo with the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in exchange for becoming his guardian, leaving Bibi Dong suspicious of his growing influence.

• Jin Yan offered to help Tuoba Xi become a Titled Douluo if he led the White Armored Earth Dragon Sect into Spirit Hall, and Tuoba Xi accepted.
• Zhang Yan told Jin Yan that Chrysanthemum Douluo had invited him, and Jin Yan went to meet him.
• Jin Yan agreed to bring Chrysanthemum Douluo the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in exchange for making him his guardian.
• Jin Yan encountered Hu Liena near Pope's Palace, ignored her challenge, and walked away.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Jin Yan had visited Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Bibi Dong ordered her to summon him.

Two years after meeting Ye Lingsu and Ye Lingling, Jin Yan reached level forty and traveled to Heaven Dou City to help them join Spirit Hall and gain experience. The chapter left him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he found Xue Beng harassing Ye Lingling.

• Jin Yan reached level forty, and Golden Crocodile told him that Xue Beng had been harassing Ye Lingling and that Xue Ye intended to arrange her marriage.
• Golden Crocodile sent Jin Yan to Heaven Dou City with Zhang Yan and Tuoba Xi to assist Ye Lingsu and Ye Lingling.
• Jin Yan arrived at the Heaven Dou Spirit Hall Branch, where Salas welcomed him and gave him reports.
• Jin Yan visited Ye Lingsu's Sacred Heart Clinic, then headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to look for Ye Lingling.
• Jin Yan found Xue Beng reaching for Ye Lingling's hand while she tried to fend him off.

Jin Yan rescued Ye Lingling from Xue Beng at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then refused Zhilin’s demand that he apologize to the emperor. As Zhilin confronted him with the might of a Spirit Douluo, Ye Lingling stood up for Jin Yan and affirmed his boast about surpassing Tang Hao.

• Ye Lingling recognized Jin Yan and escaped the crowd around her by taking shelter behind him.
• Jin Yan insulted Xue Beng, led Ye Lingling away, and dodged Xue Beng’s White Blade Flying Feathers when the prince attacked.
• Zhilin stopped Jin Yan with precisely directed Soul Power, pushed Ye Lingling aside, and demanded that Jin Yan kneel and apologize to the emperor.
• Jin Yan refused Zhilin’s demand and claimed he was about a hundred and eighty times more talented than Tang Hao, drawing laughter from the crowd.
• Ye Lingling defended Jin Yan before Zhilin, insisting that Jin Yan was a hundred times stronger than Tang Hao.

Jin Yan confronted Zhilin over Heaven Dou Royal Academy's recruitment and Xue Beng's behavior, while Zhang Yan intervened when Zhilin attacked. Jin Yan invoked Spirit Hall's authority to defend Ye Lingling, leaving Xue Beng frightened as the chapter revealed why he pretended to be foolish.

• Zhilin demanded that Jin Yan apologize to the Heaven Dou Emperor, but Jin Yan called him a hypocrite who relied on his age.
• Zhilin attacked Jin Yan with emerald vines, and Zhang Yan stepped in and shattered them.
• Zhang Yan defended Jin Yan's remarks and warned Zhilin against attacking his young master.
• Jin Yan said Ye Lingling was a Spirit Hall member and suggested that Xue Beng's actions against her could count as a provocation against Spirit Hall.
• Xue Beng feared the accusation because two princes had died and he suspected Xue Qinghe, so he had followed Xue Xing's advice to act foolish and avoid powerful clans.

Jin Yan and Zhang Yan confronted Zhilin at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Ye Lingling revealed her Spirit Hall affiliation. The fight escalated when the academy’s three Spirit Douluo intervened, but Jin Yan seized Xue Beng as leverage and forced them to stop.

• Ye Lingling admitted she was with Spirit Hall, and Jin Yan ordered Zhang Yan to attack Zhilin.
• Zhang Yan summoned his Eight Desolations Demon Halberd and shattered Zhilin’s vine defenses, but Bai Baoshan blocked the finishing blow with his Heavenly Star Furnace.
• Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan arrived with the other Spirit Douluo education committee member and confronted Zhang Yan.
• Zhang Yan activated his Martial Soul Avatar and fought all three Spirit Douluo, gaining a slight disadvantage as their powers clashed.
• Jin Yan subdued Xue Beng and his lackeys, held a dagger to Xue Beng’s neck, and prompted Meng Shenji to call for a halt.

Jin Yan escorted Xue Beng away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then maimed him before returning him to Meng Shenji. Ye Lingsu saw Ye Lingling approaching the clinic with Jin Yan and Zhang Yan and wondered whether Xue Beng had troubled her again.

• Jin Yan took Xue Beng hostage and led Ye Lingling and Zhang Yan out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Meng Shenji and Zhilin followed.
• After they descended the mountain, Jin Yan refused to release Xue Beng unharmed and cut him with a dagger, leaving Ye Lingling horrified.
• Jin Yan sealed Xue Beng's bleeding and handed him over to Meng Shenji, who left with the injured prince.
• Ye Lingsu finished treating her patients, spotted Ye Lingling walking toward the clinic with two men, and called for Sun Yuan and Wang Shan.

Ye Lingling reunited Jin Yan with her mother, while Meng Shenji brought the grievously injured Xue Beng to the palace. The imperial physician said Xue Beng’s severed flesh could not be restored to function, leaving Xue Ye furious and Xue Qinghe’s succession prospects strengthened.

• Ye Lingsu welcomed Jin Yan to her clinic and served him her Golden Leaf Fruit Tea as Ye Lingling doted on him.
• Meng Shenji and the other academy committee members carried the unconscious Xue Beng into the imperial palace and summoned help.
• Xue Ye saw Xue Beng’s injuries, blamed the committee members, and berated them for failing to protect his son.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and the imperial physicians, while Ning Fengzhi privately welcomed the damage to Xue Beng’s claim to the throne.
• The imperial physician examined Xue Beng and said the damaged, rotted flesh could be reattached only as a decoration.

Xue Ye learned that Spirit Hall had crippled Xue Beng and ordered Xue Qinghe to prepare a measured response. Back at Crown Prince Manor, Qian Renxue guessed that Jin Yan was behind the incident, then received a message that made her smile before her expression turned troubled.

• The imperial physician told Xue Ye that Xue Beng had been castrated, and Meng Shenji explained that Spirit Hall was responsible.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Xue Ye to respond to Spirit Hall, and Xue Qinghe recommended a gradual strategy that Xue Ye ordered him to plan.
• Xue Ye dismissed Ning Fengzhi, sent Xue Beng away for treatment, and wept alone after the hall emptied.
• At Crown Prince Manor, Xue Qinghe summoned She Long and guessed that Jin Yan had intervened to help someone without visiting her.
• Qian Renxue received a parchment from a black-feathered soul beast; she smiled as she read it, then furrowed her brows.

Jin Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhang Yan traveled to Sunset Forest to find Soul Rings for Jin Yan and Ye Lingling, who had just reached rank thirty. At the Purification Demon Lotus pool, they encountered Dugu Bo guarding Dugu Yan as she absorbed a Soul Ring, and he allowed them to take what they needed.

• Qian Renxue reluctantly told Snake Lance to protect Jin Yan after learning that her grandfather wanted her to seek him out.
• Ye Lingling broke through to rank thirty, and Jin Yan's group set out for Sunset Forest to hunt for their Soul Rings.
• The group headed to the pool where Ye Lingsu had chosen a thousand-year Purification Demon Lotus for Ye Lingling.
• Zhang Yan sensed danger at the pool, where Dugu Bo was guarding Dugu Yan as she absorbed a Soul Ring.
• Ye Lingling introduced Jin Yan and Zhang Yan as her friends, and Dugu Bo allowed them to take the Purification Demon Lotus while he stayed beside Dugu Yan.

Jin Yan and his companions obtained a Purification Demon Lotus for Ye Lingling, while Dugu Yan suffered a dangerous poison flare after absorbing her Soul Ring. Jin Yan offered to treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and the arrival of Snake Lance left Dugu Bo facing two Titled Douluos.

• Zhang Yan pulled the Purification Demon Lotus from the lake, and Ye Lingling began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan finished absorbing her Soul Ring but collapsed as poison spread through her body, so Dugu Bo used his Soul Power to suppress it.
• Jin Yan told Dugu Bo that toxins were accumulating in him and Dugu Yan, then offered a possible cure.
• Dugu Bo threatened Jin Yan, but Zhang Yan stepped in to protect him.
• Snake Lance arrived, confronted Dugu Bo, and joined Jin Yan in urging him to hear the offer of treatment.

Jin Yan forced Dugu Bo to reveal the way to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by threatening him and Dugu Yan, then led the group toward the hidden blessed land. They reached Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist formation, which Jin Yan’s shield cleared, and continued onward.

• Jin Yan demanded that Dugu Bo reveal the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, threatening him and Dugu Yan if he refused.
• Dugu Bo compromised to protect his granddaughter, and Jin Yan agreed to wait until Ye Lingling finished absorbing her Soul Ring.
• After Ye Lingling awoke, Dugu Bo carried Dugu Yan and led Jin Yan, Zhang Yan, and Snake Lance toward the blessed land.
• Dugu Bo stopped at a poisonous mist formation and offered antidote pills, but Jin Yan refused to take them.
• Jin Yan used Guang Ling’s shield to create a barrier that froze the poisonous mist, and Dugu Bo awkwardly led the group onward.

Jin Yan and the others reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Golden Dragon King proposed a plan for Jin Yan to gather the Nine Great Dragon Kings’ origins and eventually succeed the Dragon God. Jin Yan agreed to test the plan by starting with the two Dragon Kings beneath the springs.

• Dugu Bo, Jin Yan, and Ye Lingling descended into the valley, and Dugu Bo recognized Jin Yan’s golden wings as an External Soul Bone.
• Jin Yan and Ye Lingling teased each other before he led the group toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Golden Dragon King explained that the Nine Great Dragon Kings’ origins could help Jin Yan become a pseudo Dragon God before he devoured the Silver Dragon King.
• Jin Yan agreed to test the plan using the two Dragon Kings beneath the springs, while Zhang Yan and the others arrived at the well.
• Snake Lance Douluo sensed the springs’ extreme energy and retreated, while Dugu Bo remained annoyed and said nothing.