Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao overwhelmed Cao Yan and Yu Jin, but Xiao Wu arrived and revealed that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. As Tang Hao hesitated at the pair’s devotion, Cao Yan used Soul Chasing Life Taking Yama's Post to strike him down.

• Tang Hao shattered Yu Jin’s shield and drove him back, then prepared to kill Cao Yan with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Xiao Wu broke through Tang Hao’s barrier and appeared before Cao Yan, choosing to face the Titled Douluo with him.
• Tang Hao recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and coveted the power he could gain by killing her.
• Xiao Wu confessed her identity and blamed herself for putting Cao Yan in danger, while Cao Yan reassured her and vowed to protect her.
• Tang Hao was distracted by memories of Ah Yin, and Cao Yan used Soul Chasing Life Taking Yama's Post to strike him in the chest.

Cao Yan crippled Tang Hao with a poisoned hidden weapon and told Xiao Wu that he knew she was a Soul Beast and loved her anyway. Tang Hao returned to Holy Soul Village, where he collapsed and mourned his family, certain he would die in three days.

• Cao Yan struck Tang Hao with the Soul Chasing Life Taking Yama's Post, draining his Soul Power and poisoning him with a fatal toxin.
• Cao Yan spared Tang Hao in front of Xiao Wu and warned him not to return; Tang Hao fled to seek treatment.
• Cao Yan told Xiao Wu he knew she was a Soul Beast and claimed to be a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, while Xiao Wu affirmed her love for him.
• Cao Yan and Xiao Wu shared an affectionate moment, then returned to their room and slept in the same bed.
• Tang Hao reached his house in Holy Soul Village, collapsed after vomiting black blood, and lamented that he could no longer protect Xiao San or reunite with Ah Yin.

Cao Yan left Nuoding Academy for Holy Soul Village to kill the poisoned Tang Hao, who confessed how he had deceived Ah Yin. Tang Hao asked Cao Yan to return his soul ring and Soul Bone to Ah Yin, and Cao Yan agreed.

• Cao Yan said goodbye to Xiao Wu and asked Wang Sheng to look after her while he was away.
• Cao Yan traveled to Holy Soul Village and broke into Tang Hao's home, where Tang Hao lay near death from the poison.
• Tang Hao asked Cao Yan to grant him a final request and confessed that he had deceived Ah Yin to obtain her soul ring and Soul Bone.
• Cao Yan struck Tang Hao when he heard how Tang Hao had betrayed Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao gave Cao Yan a map to the cave where he had hidden Ah Yin's Soul Bone and asked him to return his soul ring to her, and Cao Yan agreed.

Tang Hao wrote a confession and farewell to Ah Yin, then died after entrusting Cao Yan with his 100,000-Year Soul Ring and asking him to revive her. Cao Yan collected Tang Hao’s Soul Bones and Soul Rings, burned his hut, and hurried toward Ah Yin’s burial place to restore her.

• Tang Hao asked Cao Yan for paper and a pen, then wrote Ah Yin a letter admitting he had deceived her to obtain her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao told Cao Yan to return his 100,000-Year Soul Ring to Ah Yin within an hour so its power would not fade.
• Tang Hao stabbed himself in the chest and died, leaving Cao Yan to collect his Soul Rings and two Soul Bones.
• Cao Yan stored the Soul Bones, took Tang Hao’s 100,000-Year Soul Ring, and burned the hut with Tang Hao’s body inside.
• Cao Yan found Ah Yin’s burial place on Tang Hao’s map and hurried toward the hidden mountain range to revive her.

Cao Yan reached Ah Yin’s hidden cave and began the process of reviving her by returning her soul bone. After the golden dust merged with the Blue Silver Emperor, he prepared to restore her 100,000-Year Soul Ring.

• Cao Yan rode Yu Jin through the forest to the waterfall, guided by the 100,000-Year Soul Ring and Tang Hao’s map.
• Cao Yan flew to the waterfall’s peak and found Ah Yin growing as a Blue Silver Emperor inside a concealed cave.
• Cao Yan discovered Ah Yin’s right leg bone in a box beneath the cave’s stone.
• Cao Yan shattered the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and scattered its golden powder over the Blue Silver Emperor, where it merged with her.
• Cao Yan prepared to return Ah Yin’s 100,000-Year Soul Ring to her.

Cao Yan used the 100,000-Year Soul Ring to revive Ah Yin, who emerged from the Blue Silver Emperor’s true body. He told her Tang Hao had died and handed her Tang Hao’s final message, leaving Ah Yin shocked by the news.

• Cao Yan placed the 100,000-Year Soul Ring around the Blue Silver Emperor so Ah Yin could absorb its life force.
• After about half an hour, Ah Yin revived and appeared before Cao Yan as a woman.
• Cao Yan told Ah Yin he had been entrusted with reviving her, and she asked whether Tang Hao had sent him.
• Cao Yan gave Ah Yin Tang Hao’s will and claimed Tang Hao had been killed by Spirit Hall experts after trying to avenge her.
• Ah Yin recognized Tang Hao’s handwriting, dropped the message, and realized that Tang Hao had died.

After learning that Tang Hao had deceived her and died, Ah Yin grieved but thanked Cao Yan for reviving her. She offered herself to Cao Yan, and the chapter ended with her kissing him as he embraced her.

• Ah Yin read the parchment and learned from Cao Yan that Tang Hao had died after asking him to revive her.
• Cao Yan told Ah Yin that Tang Hao had sought her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and she mourned the betrayal.
• Ah Yin thanked Cao Yan for saving her and learned his name.
• Cao Yan said he wanted nothing improper from Ah Yin, while privately hoping to win her over.
• Ah Yin offered herself to Cao Yan, then kissed him, and he drew her into his embrace.

Cao Yan accepted the system’s optional mission to make Ah Yin his woman in exchange for a Hundred-Thousand-Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring and the chance to inherit the Fire God’s power. Ah Yin agreed to be with him, and the chapter ended as they began their night together.

• Cao Yan received a system mission offering a Hundred-Thousand-Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring if he accepted Ah Yin.
• Cao Yan asked Ah Yin to become his woman, and she agreed to stay by his side for life.
• Ah Yin began undressing, and Cao Yan carried her to the stone platform.
• Cao Yan and Ah Yin embraced and began their night together.

Cao Yan and Ah Yin spent the morning together in the mountain cave before Ah Yin told him she needed to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to recover her strength. Ah Yin agreed to return within three years, and the chapter ended with the two becoming intimate again before her departure.

• Cao Yan woke after falling from the stone platform and found Ah Yin bringing fish to grill.
• Ah Yin said she was sore after their night together, and Cao Yan took over grilling the fish for her.
• Ah Yin asked to call Cao Yan Brother Yan, and he agreed while telling her she belonged to him alone.
• After they ate, Ah Yin told Cao Yan she planned to go to the Star Dou Great Forest and expected to reach the Titled Douluo level within three years.
• Cao Yan agreed to wait for Ah Yin and asked to touch her once more before she left.
• Ah Yin agreed, and Cao Yan and Ah Yin became intimate again in the stone chamber.

Cao Yan said goodbye to Ah Yin as she left for the Star Dou Great Forest, then received a system notification that his brother had obtained a Hundred-Thousand-Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring. He prepared to absorb the ring and grow stronger.

• Cao Yan revealed to Ah Yin that his Soul Power had reached level ninety-nine despite him having no Soul Rings, and promised to find her in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Cao Yan helped Ah Yin dress, said goodbye, and playfully slapped her as she left; Ah Yin departed in a streak of blue light.
• Blue Silver Grass rose in homage to Ah Yin, revealing its response to her status as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor.
• The system announced that Cao Yan's brother had obtained the Ring of the Fire God, a Hundred-Thousand-Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring that could grant Ultimate Fire power and trigger a heavenly phenomenon.
• Cao Yan decided to absorb the Soul Ring to increase his strength.

Cao Yan secluded himself in a mountain range and began absorbing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, taking precautions against the energy fluctuations attracting powerful enemies. The absorption summoned a colossal crimson flame giant, which stood before him as his final obstacle.

• Cao Yan chose a secluded spot near the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire to absorb the Soul Ring, wary of Spirit Hall and other powerful experts detecting him.
• Cao Yan asked the system to use the God-Bestowed Soul Ring and isolated the surrounding space with his Soul Power.
• Cao Yan calmed his mind and began the absorption as the system fell silent to avoid disturbing him.
• Cao Yan felt scorching heat as crimson clouds spread across the sky and creatures throughout the mountain range sensed danger.
• A towering figure made of dense flames appeared before Cao Yan, presenting the final obstacle to absorbing the Soul Ring.

Cao Yan faced the Fire God's trial to earn a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, enduring the god's pressure and Ultimate Fire. The Fire God judged him worthy and left behind a Hundred-Thousand-Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

• The Fire God demanded that Cao Yan kneel and threatened to withhold the God-Bestowed Soul Ring when Cao Yan refused.
• The Fire God crushed Cao Yan with divine pressure, but Cao Yan dispelled it with his Soul Power and revealed his level ninety-nine strength.
• The Fire God trapped Cao Yan in a Flame Barrier, and Cao Yan endured the scorching Ultimate Fire while vowing to grow stronger than Tang San.
• The Fire God ended the trial, praised Cao Yan's endurance, and left a Hundred-Thousand-Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring for him to inherit.

The God Realm Committee discussed Cao Yan’s acquisition of a Hundred-Thousand-Year God-Bestowed Soul Ring and agreed not to interfere in his affairs. The Sea God left intending to make Cao Yan his inheritor, while the God of Evil departed, burdened by his loneliness.

• The God of Destruction and the Asura God discussed how unusual it was that Cao Yan had obtained a God-Bestowed Soul Ring at such a young age.
• The Sea God argued that the gods should watch Cao Yan without interfering and said he might become a god someday.
• The Sea God declared that he wanted Cao Yan to become the sole inheritor of his position, then left the hall.
• The Asura God and the God of Destruction identified the inheritance as the legacy of the dismissed Fire God.
• The God of Evil reflected on his long loneliness and left after urging the others not to interfere with Cao Yan.

In the God Realm, the imprisoned Fire God Zhurong sensed that Cao Yan had accepted his inheritance and hoped the young man might one day restore his godhood. Cao Yan absorbed the 100,000-Year Soul Ring and then heard Zhurong introduce himself.

• Zhurong cursed the God of Destruction, who had defeated him and imprisoned him with God-Devouring Chains in the Flame Domain.
• Zhurong sensed that someone had accepted his inheritance and saw Cao Yan through a curtain of fiery light.
• Zhurong sent the crimson rune on his forehead toward the lower realm.
• Cao Yan absorbed the 100,000-Year Soul Ring after the system warned him that its residual divine power could attract the God Realm's attention.
• Zhurong appeared in Cao Yan's mind, identified himself as the Fire God, and explained that the Soul Ring contained the divine power he had left on Douluo Continent.

Cao Yan dismissed the Fire God’s second-class divine position until the god offered him the Investiture of the Gods List, said to enable its holder to possess ten divine positions. Cao Yan agreed to inherit the Fire God’s position first in the future, and the Fire God gave him the scroll before departing.

• The Fire God praised Cao Yan for accepting his inheritance and absorbing a 100,000-Year Soul Ring.
• Cao Yan rejected the Fire God’s second-class divine position, saying he deserved a God King-level inheritance.
• The Fire God revealed the Investiture of the Gods List and claimed it could help its holder complete divine inheritances and potentially possess ten divine positions.
• Cao Yan eagerly agreed to inherit the Fire God’s position first in the future in exchange for the treasure.
• The Fire God gave Cao Yan the scroll, then his divine sense returned to the God Realm.

Cao Yan put away the Investiture of the Gods List and returned toward Nuoding Academy, while Tang San and the Grandmaster went to the Seventh Dorm to pursue Xiao Wu. The chapter left Tang San facing Xiao Wu as he struggled to speak.

• Cao Yan doubted the Investiture of the Gods List but stored it in his Storage Ring before heading back to Nuoding Academy.
• Tang San brought the Grandmaster to the Seventh Dorm, hoping the Grandmaster would take Xiao Wu as his disciple and help him win her over.
• The Grandmaster encouraged Tang San to seize his chance with Xiao Wu and recalled his regrets about Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong.
• Xiao Wu came out of the dorm and challenged Tang San, who stared at her and could not bring himself to speak.

Tang San apologized to Xiao Wu and brought Grandmaster to ask her to become his disciple. Xiao Wu accepted the apology but rejected Grandmaster's offer after Wang Sheng stepped in to defend her.

• Tang San apologized to Xiao Wu for their fight and asked her to forgive him.
• Xiao Wu suspected Tang San was connected to the Titled Douluo who had attacked her and Cao Yan, then accepted Tang San's apology while remaining cold toward him.
• Tang San introduced Grandmaster and asked Xiao Wu to become his disciple because of her talent.
• Grandmaster sensed that Xiao Wu had reached Soul Power Level thirteen and invited her to become his student.
• Wang Sheng stepped in front of Xiao Wu and mocked Grandmaster's fart-based martial soul, rejecting the offer on her behalf.

Grandmaster and Tang San staged a tearful appeal to persuade Xiao Wu to take Grandmaster as her master, but Wang Sheng exposed their scheme. Tang San attacked Wang Sheng, who defeated him with one move using Battle Tiger possession.

• Tang San defended Grandmaster after Wang Sheng criticized him, and Grandmaster pretended to lament his failures to win Xiao Wu's sympathy.
• Tang San joined Grandmaster's act, but Wang Sheng warned Xiao Wu that the pair were putting on a show.
• Xiao Wu refused to take Grandmaster as her master and told him to leave, while Wang Sheng ordered Grandmaster and Tang San out.
• Tang San punched Wang Sheng and challenged him, so Wang Sheng stepped in to protect Xiao Wu.
• Tang San used Entanglement, but Wang Sheng activated Battle Tiger possession and shattered the Blue Silver Grass with Soul Power.
• Wang Sheng's attack sent Tang San crashing to the ground, where he spat blood as Grandmaster stared at Wang Sheng in awe.

Wang Sheng defeated Tang San but was injured when Tang San secretly attacked him with a sleeve arrow. When Wang Sheng retaliated, Grandmaster intervened and sent him flying, leaving him badly wounded.

• Wang Sheng defeated Tang San and told him that Xiao Wu did not need his concern.
• Tang San secretly fired a sleeve arrow at Wang Sheng, who used Battle Tiger Possession but still suffered a wound to his palm.
• Wang Sheng charged at Tang San in anger, but Grandmaster stepped in to protect his disciple.
• Grandmaster overwhelmed Wang Sheng with Soul Power and sent him crashing to the ground with his chest caved in.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang tried to force Xiao Wu to become his disciple, using Luo San Pao’s gas attack to incapacitate Wang Sheng and the other Work-Study Students. Xiao Wu attacked and sent Grandmaster flying, but he stood up and prepared to use another soul skill.

• Grandmaster summoned Luo San Pao and threatened to make Xiao Wu his disciple if she refused.
• Wang Sheng insulted Grandmaster, who used his first soul skill to knock out Wang Sheng and the other Work-Study Students with gas.
• Grandmaster pressured Xiao Wu again and made an inappropriate remark about her and Tang San, prompting Xiao Wu to attack him with Waist Bow.
• Xiao Wu locked Grandmaster between her legs and kicked him dozens of meters away, making him spit blood.
• Grandmaster rose and activated his second soul skill, Fart Like Mist, Hypnotic Slumber Luo San Pao, as Xiao Wu sensed danger.