Chapter Summaries

Jiang He settled into life after revealing his talent and gaining Dugu Bo’s support, then visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan to begin attending classes. He met his teacher, Qin Ming, at the academy.

• Xue Qinghe privately considered how Spirit Hall could offer Jiang He a more attractive position than the Heaven Dou Empire could.
• Jiang He reflected on his newfound backing and resources, then considered the possibility of obtaining Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring before deciding against it for now.
• Dugu Yan confronted Jiang He about deceiving her, then told him that the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma had repaired her Martial Soul and cleared her toxins.
• Dugu Yan invited Jiang He to attend classes with her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he agreed to go.
• Dugu Yan introduced Jiang He to Teacher Qin Ming when they arrived at his classroom.

Six-year-old Jiang He joined Qin Ming’s class at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and revealed his Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Martial Soul and two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. He sat beside Yu Tianheng as the class struggled to comprehend the gap between his talent and theirs.

• Qin Ming introduced Jiang He to the class and explained that he would be the students’ primary instructor.
• Jiang He said he was six years old, and Qin Ming revealed that he had level-twenty Innate Soul Power and was already a Soul Grandmaster.
• Jiang He possessed his Martial Soul and showed the class his two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings at Dugu Yan’s request.
• Qin Ming assigned Jiang He a seat in the last row beside Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng asked Jiang He how he had hidden his talent, and Jiang He said no one could know their Martial Soul or Innate Soul Power before awakening.

Jiang He attended Qin Ming’s class at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and learned how its students were prepared for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Qin Ming expected Jiang He to become a future tournament champion, while Jiang He believed his strength would far exceed those expectations; after class, Dugu Yan invited him to lunch with Ye Lingling and Yu Tianheng.

• Jiang He asked Qin Ming why his lesson focused on teamwork, and Qin Ming explained the academy’s tournament selection and training plans.
• Qin Ming predicted that Jiang He could compete in three tournaments and become a champion for Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang He calculated that his rapid cultivation would make him far stronger than Qin Ming expected by the time he competed.
• Qin Ming told Jiang He to ask for help with his studies and said he would support him in practical combat class.
• Dugu Yan brought Ye Lingling to invite Jiang He and Yu Tianheng to lunch, introduced Ye Lingling as Jiang He’s big sister, and warned her that Jiang He had tricked her before.

Jiang He argued with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling about whether his technically true but misleading account of the past counted as a lie, then began practical combat training with Yu Tianheng. The chapter ended with Yu Tianheng’s punch landing on Jiang He’s shoulder without hurting him, leaving Jiang He wondering if it felt like a bean-paste bun.

• Dugu Yan confronted Jiang He about deceiving her, and Jiang He defended his half-truth as technically accurate.
• Ye Lingling explained that Jiang He had misled people by omitting crucial details, but he brushed off her criticism and left to eat.
• After lunch, Qin Ming arranged a practical combat lesson focused on helping Jiang He catch up and paired him with Yu Tianheng.
• Qin Ming told Yu Tianheng to hold back, then started their sparring match without Martial Souls.
• Jiang He used System Assistance to anticipate Yu Tianheng’s attack but failed to dodge his punch, which struck his shoulder without causing pain.

Jiang He’s combat talent emerged during a spar with Yu Tianheng, whom he eventually knocked unconscious with a whip kick. Qin Ming then began a one-on-one training match with Jiang He, urging him to fight at full strength; after Jiang He released his Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Martial Soul, their first full-power punch sent them both flying backward.

• Jiang He endured Yu Tianheng’s full-strength attacks and grew increasingly adept at dodging them.
• Jiang He landed a whip kick that sent Yu Tianheng flying, and Yu Tianheng collapsed before waking and coughing blood.
• Qin Ming challenged Jiang He to one-on-one combat training and instructed him to use his full strength.
• Jiang He charged Qin Ming without releasing his Martial Soul, but Qin Ming dodged, threw him, and kicked him away.
• Jiang He released his Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Martial Soul, counterattacked Qin Ming, and exchanged a full-power punch with him that sent both fighters flying backward.

Jiang He overwhelmed Qin Ming in their sparring match, using his control skill and boosted physical abilities to injure and repeatedly batter the Soul King. Qin Ming broke Jiang He's attack rhythm with a counterattack, but was left questioning whether Jiang He could really be only a Soul Grandmaster.

• Jiang He used his second soul skill to stun Qin Ming and attacked him before Qin Ming could release his Martial Soul.
• Qin Ming activated his Azure Wolf Martial Soul and escaped Jiang He's assault, then challenged Jiang He to attack at full strength.
• Jiang He activated his first soul skill, overpowering Qin Ming in a clash of claws and sending him flying with a kick.
• Jiang He stunned Qin Ming again and resumed his attack, leaving the watching students shocked that a Soul Grandmaster was beating a Soul King.
• Qin Ming used his second and fourth soul skills to disrupt Jiang He's rhythm and counter with three shockwaves.
• Jiang He evaded two shockwaves and parried the third, while Qin Ming wondered whether Jiang He was truly a Soul Grandmaster.

Jiang He ended his spar with Qin Ming after claiming his Soul Power was exhausted, and Qin Ming praised his combat skills while identifying physical control and endurance as areas to improve. Jiang He asked about Self-Created Soul Skills after the other students resumed training, hinting that he had discovered something during the battle.

• Jiang He canceled his Martial Soul Possession and told Qin Ming he had used up his Soul Power, giving Qin Ming a way to end their spar.
• Qin Ming praised Jiang He's combat talent and Soul Skill coordination, then said he should focus on controlling his body and rely less on Soul Skills.
• Qin Ming asked the students to identify Jiang He's flaws, but they could not find much to criticize beyond his high Soul Power consumption.
• Qin Ming sent the students to practice in pairs and arranged to apply for Jiang He to train in the school's Gravity Training Room.
• Jiang He asked Qin Ming whether the academy had inherited Self-Created Soul Skills, explaining that he wanted to improve his limited offensive methods.
• Jiang He reflected that the system had guided his combat and that he had noticed something interesting during the spar.

Jiang He used his fight with Qin Ming to study how Soul Rings and Soul Skills worked, then tried to reproduce his first Soul Skill by circulating Soul Power through matching meridians in his body. He discovered the attempt was inefficient because the body's branch meridians were weaker than those inside his Soul Ring.

• Jiang He ended his sparring match with Qin Ming by claiming his Soul Power was exhausted, while the system recorded how his Soul Rings and Soul Skills affected his body.
• Jiang He reasoned that Soul Skills worked by circulating Soul Power through meridians in Soul Rings and wondered whether he could imitate them with his own meridians.
• Jiang He told Qin Ming he was tired and went home to test whether he could release a Soul Skill without using his Soul Ring.
• Jiang He spent hours attempting to circulate Soul Power through the meridians matching his first Soul Ring, suffering several failures before succeeding around midnight.
• Jiang He found that his self-created enhancement reached only forty percent, or sixty percent at twice the Soul Power cost, and the system identified his weaker branch meridians as the cause.

Jiang He studied how Soul Rings used meridians to circulate Soul Skills, and the system’s analysis confirmed that he could create his own techniques. He considered provoking Tang San to copy his martial arts, but remembered Tang San’s father was watching over him and instead began planning a speed-based Soul Skill.

• Jiang He examined the meridians in his Soul Rings and found that his Second Soul Skill consumed more Soul Power and Spiritual Power while producing a weaker effect when circulated inside his body.
• The system deduced how Soul Ring age, Soul Bones, and Martial Soul Avatar related to the meridians contained within them.
• The system confirmed that Jiang He could create his own Soul Skills by developing a framework and refining it through practice.
• Jiang He considered going to Nuoding City to fight Tang San and copy his Tang Sect Martial Arts, but abandoned the idea because Tang San’s father might intervene.
• Jiang He turned to designing a Soul Skill related to speed, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s weakness.

Jiang He planned to use the system to develop the Marine Six Styles, focusing first on Shave and Moonwalk. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe read a report about Jiang He's battle with Qin Ming and decided to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Jiang He recalled the Marine Six Styles and asked the system to deduce them using his ideas and Douluo's cultivation methods.
• Jiang He chose to focus on Shave and Moonwalk, set aside the other techniques, and went to sleep.
• Xue Qinghe read a report claiming Jiang He had not fought Qin Ming to exhaustion and was shocked by the Soul Grandmaster's apparent strength against a Soul King.
• Xue Qinghe ordered a carriage to take him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next morning.

Ning Fengzhi and his elders weighed recruiting Jiang He through Ning Rongrong, while Xue Qinghe revealed the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s interest in him. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect decided to compete for Jiang He rather than rely on a future alliance with the empire.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Jiang He’s astonishing strength and concluded Dugu Bo had been fortunate to take him in.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed bringing Ning Rongrong to meet Jiang He, and Gu Rong agreed to take her to Heaven Dou City while Chen Xin urged caution.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Xue Qinghe to help arrange the visit, and Xue Qinghe agreed while revealing that the imperial family also wanted Jiang He and might change its inherited Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi showed Xue Qinghe’s reply to Chen Xin and Gu Rong and asked how he should respond.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong urged Ning Fengzhi to secure Jiang He for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, declaring that the sect’s own strength mattered more than imperial favors.

Jiang He trained in the academy’s Gravity Training Room under Qin Ming’s supervision, adapting to increasing gravity through combat. At four-fold gravity, Qin Ming began to struggle too, giving Jiang He a chance to counterattack.

• Qin Ming took Jiang He to the Gravity Training Room and activated one-fold gravity while Jiang He cultivated to adapt.
• Qin Ming tested Jiang He’s adaptation by punching him, and Jiang He discovered his reactions were still slowed by the gravity.
• Qin Ming explained that Jiang He needed to improve his bodily control and began fighting him in the room.
• Qin Ming increased the gravity to two-fold, and Jiang He was beaten again as their fight continued.
• Qin Ming raised the gravity to four-fold, and his movements faltered as Jiang He began counterattacking.
• Jiang He teased Qin Ming about his bodily control, and Qin Ming replied that his physical strength was nearing its limit.

Jiang He rapidly improved his body control through gravity training with Qin Ming, adapting to seven times gravity before the two-hour session ended. Qin Ming sent him home to rest, then went to the Education Committee, where he found Xue Qinghe, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong waiting.

• Under quadruple gravity, Jiang He’s control and combat performance improved until he began suppressing Qin Ming in their sparring.
• Qin Ming raised the gravity to five, then six times, and Jiang He adapted to each level by repeating exercises and movements.
• At seven times gravity, Jiang He struggled at first but gradually managed to stand, walk, and jog before the training session ended.
• Jiang He told Qin Ming that his body control had reached a new level, and Qin Ming advised him to rest and prioritize mastering his enhanced body.
• Jiang He returned home, and Qin Ming went to the Education Committee, where he saw Xue Qinghe, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong.

Xue Qinghe, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong came to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to meet Jiang He, but Qin Ming told them he had gone home to rest. After they left, Qin Ming understood that the academy’s leaders wanted him to arrange natural chances for Xue Qinghe to meet Jiang He, while the chapter framed the academy as an unofficial Soul Master officialdom.

• Meng Shenji asked Qin Ming to take Xue Qinghe and Gu Rong to see Jiang He, but Qin Ming said Jiang He had gone home to rest.
• Ning Rongrong complained that Jiang He had not waited to meet her, and Gu Rong took her back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Qinghe asked Qin Ming about Jiang He’s course schedule, praised his teaching plan, and then left for the palace.
• Meng Shenji urged Qin Ming to give Jiang He extra care and suggested adding theory lessons so Xue Qinghe could visit the academy and meet him naturally.
• Qin Ming realized the academy wanted to create chances for Xue Qinghe to encounter Jiang He without making Jiang He feel summoned.

Jiang He studied the system’s deductions for the Marine Six Styles and Life Return, then repeatedly tested the risky Soul Power circulation routes for Shave. His experiments continued until an explosion rang out in his courtyard at midnight.

• Jiang He reviewed the system’s improved cultivation methods for the Six Styles, including Shave, Iron Body, Moonwalk, Tempest Kick, Finger Pistol, and Paper Drawing.
• Jiang He examined 351 preliminary meridian diagrams for Life Return and considered its potential to grant complete control over his body.
• Jiang He decided that he lacked the power and physical strength needed to cultivate Life Return and turned his attention back to Shave.
• Jiang He cautiously guided Soul Power through his leg meridians, but his first attempt went wrong and caused a painful cramp.
• Jiang He kept testing the Shave circulation routes from afternoon into the night, and an explosion sounded in his courtyard at midnight.

Jiang He successfully established the Soul Power route for Shave and began training at the academy’s Gravity Training Room. Yu Tianheng explained how restricted access to the room was, leaving Jiang He to realize that his own frequent training came from his talent and Dugu Bo’s influence.

• Jiang He tested the system-approved Soul Power route and confirmed it propelled him forward with Shave’s explosive speed.
• Qin Ming told Jiang He to use the Gravity Training Room every other day while he monitored his physical condition, and Jiang He agreed.
• Yu Tianheng asked Jiang He about his Gravity Training Room session and revealed that he could use his family’s room only once a week for an hour.
• Yu Tianheng explained that academy access required high-level strength, a pledge of loyalty, and work points, making Jiang He’s training opportunities unusually generous.
• Jiang He realized Qin Ming had likely used the training session himself and understood that the academy was favoring him because of his talent and Dugu Bo’s connections.

Xue Qinghe visited the classroom and quietly watched Jiang He, while Dugu Yan warned that he was likely trying to recruit him. Jiang He continued to impress the academy with his combat ability and gained permission to train in the Gravity Training Room for three hours a day.

• Xue Qinghe entered Jiang He's class, sat beside him, and listened without revealing why he had come.
• After Xue Qinghe left, Dugu Yan warned Jiang He that the Crown Prince was probably trying to recruit him.
• Jiang He fought Qin Ming in practical combat class and nearly suppressed him without using their Martial Souls.
• Qin Ming told Jiang He that he could use the Gravity Training Room for three hours a day, and Jiang He eagerly accepted.
• Qin Ming resolved to prepare Jiang He to win the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

After a year of training, Jiang He reached level thirty-two and raised the soul ring age he could withstand to nearly forty thousand years. Dugu Bo took him to the Sunset Forest to find a third soul ring, where they spotted a suitable-looking soul beast.

• Jiang He easily won the academy's combat tournament after defeating a level-thirty-five contestant with one strike, and Xue Qinghe congratulated him.
• Jiang He trained his body and practiced the Six Styles, growing four soul power levels in a year and increasing his third soul ring limit to thirty-nine thousand years.
• Jiang He told Dugu Bo he had delayed his breakthrough to strengthen his body, and Dugu Bo agreed to take him hunting for a third soul ring.
• Dugu Bo carried Jiang He to the Sunset Forest and said they might need to travel to the Star Dou Forest if they could not find a suitable soul beast.
• After about an hour of searching, Dugu Bo found a soul beast resting in a tree crown and asked Jiang He what he thought of it.

Jiang He and Dugu Bo hunted a 38,600-year-old Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon for Jiang He’s Soul Ring. Dugu Bo poisoned the heavily armored beast to death, and Jiang He began absorbing its black Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo chose the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon, judging its age and defense suitable for Jiang He’s Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo released his Martial Soul and surrounded the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon with poisonous mist.
• The Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon charged Dugu Bo, then tried to flee as the poison slowed it down.
• Dugu Bo’s poison killed the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon at the edge of its territory.
• Jiang He pierced the beast’s eye with his bear claw, then sat beside its corpse and began absorbing its Soul Ring with the Tyrant Emperor World-Devouring Art.

Jiang He absorbed the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon’s soul ring, which triggered the growth of an External Soul Bone with scaled wings. He discovered the wings granted new abilities and that combining them with Moonwalk let him fly at eighty percent of Dugu Bo’s speed, then told his astonished teacher that Moonwalk was a soul skill he had created himself.

• Dugu Bo noticed the soul ring’s power dissipating through Jiang He and prepared to stop the absorption in case it overwhelmed him.
• The dissipating soul power gathered at Jiang He’s back, where a pair of dark-gold scaled wings grew into an External Soul Bone.
• Jiang He completed absorbing the ten-thousand-year third ring and learned his new skills, Rending Dragon Claw and Feathers Filling the Sky.
• Jiang He tested the wings, discovering that they let him fly and launch their scales, though Feathers Filling the Sky could be used only three times a day.
• Jiang He combined the wings with Moonwalk to reach eighty percent of a Title Douluo’s flight speed, then revealed to Dugu Bo that Moonwalk was his self-created soul skill.