Chapter Summaries

On the eve of his Martial Soul awakening, Bai Yuan hoped for a powerful gift and secretly received a Core Flame in his sleep. During the awakening ceremony, a tremendous force erupted from his formation, startling Leng Yaozhu.

• Bai Yuan reflected on his life as an orphan in Spirit Pagoda’s care and decided he would leave if his Martial Soul proved useless.
• Bai Yuan saw Spirit Pagoda Vice Pagoda Master Leng Yaozhu at the orphanage and wondered if a powerful awakening might earn him a chance to approach her.
• Before falling asleep, Bai Yuan prayed to receive a Core Flame, and a white-haired figure appeared in the darkness as golden light entered his body.
• The next morning, children began awakening their Martial Souls, and one child received a Crimson Flame Tiger with rank-six Soul Power.
• Bai Yuan entered the awakening formation, which erupted in brilliant light and released a power that made Leng Yaozhu’s heart tremble.

Bai Yuan awakened two extraordinary Martial Souls, the Worldbearing Coreflame and Dawnmaker, along with Innate Full Soul Power. Leng Yaozhu saw him as a potential asset for the Leng Family and arranged for his spiritual power test.

• Bai Yuan recognized the golden Core Flame as the Worldbearing Coreflame and wondered if he could be the savior.
• Leng Yaozhu and the Spirit Pagoda staff praised Bai Yuan’s first Martial Soul while Leng Yaozhu studied its unusual aura.
• Bai Yuan manifested the Dawnmaker sword, and the formation revealed that he had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Leng Yaozhu weighed the drawbacks of Twin Martial Souls against Bai Yuan’s exceptional talent and considered recruiting him to strengthen the Leng Family against the Qiangu Family.
• A Spirit Pagoda staff member respectfully escorted Bai Yuan to his spiritual power test, and Bai Yuan reflected on how quickly people treated him differently after his awakening.

Bai Yuan’s tests revealed Twin Martial Souls, Innate Full Soul Power, and spiritual power of 277, placing him in the Spirit Connection Realm. Leng Yaozhu claimed him for the Leng Family, while Bai Yuan accepted the Spirit Pagoda as a platform for his rise but remained wary of her motives.

• Bai Yuan placed his hand on the crystal ball and passed the Soul Power test with Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Bai Yuan’s spiritual power test rose to 277, stunning the staff and supervisors.
• Leng Yaozhu recognized that Bai Yuan had reached the Spirit Connection Realm and decided to secure him for the Leng Family.
• The supervisors praised Bai Yuan’s talent, and Leng Yaozhu declared that the Leng Family would spare no effort to refine him.
• Bai Yuan reflected on how people’s treatment of him had changed and considered whether Leng Yaozhu valued him or wanted to control him.

Bai Yuan considered whether to trust the Spirit Pagoda, then met Leng Yaozhu and agreed to become her disciple. After he revealed his two Martial Souls, Leng Yaozhu sensed a Destruction attribute in one of them, leaving Bai Yuan wondering whether the Path of Destruction had reached him.

• Bai Yuan weighed the Spirit Pagoda's motives and decided that he and Leng Yaozhu could benefit from one another.
• Leng Yaozhu entered the waiting room, questioned Bai Yuan, and heard him ask to become her disciple so he could live well and become famous.
• Leng Yaozhu accepted Bai Yuan as her disciple and identified herself as the Spirit Pagoda's Vice Pagoda Master and Sky Phoenix Douluo.
• Bai Yuan revealed the Core Flame and Dawnmaker, and Leng Yaozhu said both tool Martial Souls were unusual.
• Leng Yaozhu sensed an aura of the Destruction attribute in one Martial Soul, and Bai Yuan privately wondered if the Path of Destruction had descended upon him.

Leng Yaozhu set Bai Yuan the goals of obtaining a thousand-year first soul ring and taking first place in the Genius Youth Ranking before age thirteen. After saying goodbye to the orphanage, Bai Yuan arrived with her at the East Sea Spirit Pagoda to choose a Soul Spirit.

• Leng Yaozhu required Bai Yuan to reach the top of the Genius Youth Ranking before he turned thirteen, and he agreed.
• Bai Yuan said goodbye to the orphanage director and his companions before leaving with Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yaozhu introduced Bai Yuan as her disciple to the Spirit Pagoda staff, who welcomed them and prepared a lounge.
• Leng Yaozhu told Bai Yuan to choose a high-quality Soul Spirit that resonated with his martial soul, while reminding him that he would have to turn her resources into strength himself.

Bai Yuan reviewed Soul Spirit prices with Leng Yaozhu, then went to the Spirit Pagoda’s underground dispatch center to inspect candidates for his first Soul Spirit. He rejected the displayed dragon-type options in his mind because he feared their bloodlines would be suppressed by the Golden Dragon King, while Leng Yaozhu waited for him to choose.

• Bai Yuan learned how expensive Soul Spirits were as Leng Yaozhu explained that the Spirit Pagoda had no pure Destruction-attribute options and advised him to prioritize compatibility.
• Bai Yuan and Leng Yaozhu followed a steward to the Spirit Pagoda’s East Sea regional dispatch center and descended to a private room where staff had prepared Soul Spirit candidates.
• A staff member displayed the first selection of Fire, Ice, Thunder, and Wind Dragon Soul Spirits for Bai Yuan.
• Bai Yuan silently ruled out the dragon-type Soul Spirits because he believed Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline could suppress them.
• Leng Yaozhu noticed Bai Yuan’s reaction, and Bai Yuan claimed he wanted to examine the candidates more closely before swiping to the next page.

Bai Yuan rejected flying and functional Soul Spirits because they did not suit his destructive martial souls, then turned down the Tyrant Dragon to avoid its connection to Tang Wulin. He chose the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff as his Unyielding Soul Spirit and prepared to make it submit.

• Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu that the flying and functional Soul Spirits did not complement the Worldbearing Coreflame or Dawnmaker.
• Leng Yaozhu used her authorization to reveal the Spirit Pagoda's Unyielding Soul Spirits, including its sole Tyrant Dragon Soul Spirit.
• Bai Yuan refused the Tyrant Dragon, claiming it was incompatible with his Soul Spirits, and Leng Yaozhu agreed to let him keep looking.
• Bai Yuan spotted the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and chose it for its physical strength and resistance to bloodline suppression.
• Leng Yaozhu ordered the staff to prepare the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit while Bai Yuan resolved to make it bow its head.

Bai Yuan entered the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff’s spiritual world to tame the Unyielding Soul Spirit. After he revealed Dawnmaker and the Worldbearing Coreflame, the beast submitted and eagerly asked to fuse with him.

• Bai Yuan confirmed he wanted the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff despite Leng Yaozhu’s warning about the risks of taming an Unyielding Soul Spirit.
• Leng Yaozhu let Bai Yuan use the Spirit Connection Device to enter the Soul Spirit’s spiritual world.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff challenged Bai Yuan, but he calmly told it to come with him.
• Bai Yuan summoned Dawnmaker and unleashed the Worldbearing Coreflame, whose power made the beast submit.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff bowed and called Bai Yuan Master, then urged him to begin fusion.
• Bai Yuan agreed to start fusing with the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.

Bai Yuan quickly tamed the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, an Unyielding Soul Spirit, and earned its willing loyalty. After Leng Yaozhu checked him and the Mastiff learned to mind her, Bai Yuan prepared to fuse with it.

• Bai Yuan emerged from the Spirit Connection Device unharmed as the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff appeared and affectionately accepted him as its master.
• Leng Yaozhu checked Bai Yuan and found nothing wrong, but the Mastiff bristled and roared when she approached.
• Bai Yuan slapped the Mastiff and ordered it to be polite to his teacher, and it meekly backed down.
• Leng Yaozhu told Bai Yuan to let the Mastiff adapt and left; Bai Yuan reassured it that she deserved respect.
• Bai Yuan sat down to begin the fusion and summoned the Worldbearing Coreflame.

Bai Yuan successfully fused his thousand-year Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit with Dawnmaker, raising his Soul Power to level fifteen, while the Worldbearing Coreflame rejected the Soul Spirit. Leng Yaozhu accepted his explanation that the Coreflame could develop its own Soul Spirit and prepared to test his first Soul Skill.

• The Worldbearing Coreflame rejected the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, so Bai Yuan summoned Dawnmaker instead.
• Dawnmaker accepted the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, and the Soul Spirit fused with the sword as golden power surged through the room.
• Bai Yuan gained a thousand-year first Soul Ring and rose five Soul Power levels to level fifteen.
• Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu that the Worldbearing Coreflame needed growing spiritual power to condense its own Soul Spirit, and she said Spirit Pagoda records supported the possibility.
• Leng Yaozhu told Bai Yuan to manage his spiritual power carefully, then asked to test his first Soul Skill, Stride to Deliverance.

Bai Yuan tested his combat ability in the Spirit Pagoda’s simulated Star Dou Forest and destroyed a Thousand-Year Shadow Leopard with one strike. Leng Yaozhu praised his strength and decided to train him in extreme assault and ultimate Destruction.

• Leng Yaozhu had the steward activate the Spirit Pagoda’s combat testing device and sent Bai Yuan into a realistic simulation of the Star Dou Forest.
• Bai Yuan summoned Dawnmaker and the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Soul Spirit as a Thousand-Year Shadow Leopard charged at him.
• Bai Yuan’s Soul Spirit pressure halted the Shadow Leopard, and his first Soul Skill, Stride to Deliverance, destroyed it in one blow.
• Leng Yaozhu studied the test data and recognized Bai Yuan’s combat instincts and the combined power of his sword, Soul Spirit, and skill.
• Leng Yaozhu told Bai Yuan she would train him in extreme assault and ultimate Destruction, focusing on breaking all laws with one sword.

During his second test, Bai Yuan discovered that the Worldbearing Coreflame had granted him powerful enhancements even in his normal state. As he returned to Spirit Pagoda headquarters with Leng Yaozhu, a distant voice called to him and the Coreflame briefly flickered.

• Bai Yuan continued testing and found that he could move with extraordinary speed and strike with immense power, defeating a two-thousand-year Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear cub.
• Bai Yuan realized the enhancements might be permanent effects of Star Soul, and Leng Yaozhu told him to study his discovery while ordering the attendant to keep the test data confidential.
• Leng Yaozhu arranged for the attendant to transfer back to headquarters after the term, and the group departed for Spirit Pagoda headquarters.
• On the ride back, Bai Yuan wondered why the person he expected to meet had not appeared, then drifted toward sleep.
• A distant voice urged Bai Yuan to become a hero with it, and the Worldbearing Coreflame briefly pulsed with golden light before going silent.

Bai Yuan arrived at Spirit Pagoda headquarters as Leng Yaozhu’s disciple and learned that her position was entangled in a power struggle with the Qiangu Family. He settled into a lavish room beside Leng Yaozhu and was delighted by its yellow-and-purple decor.

• Leng Yaozhu arranged for Bai Yuan to stay beside her at Spirit Pagoda headquarters before leaving to attend to other matters.
• A staff member explained that the Leng and Qiangu families controlled the Spirit Pagoda’s core authority and warned Bai Yuan not to provoke the Qiangu Family.
• Bai Yuan toured the extravagant floor where Leng Yaozhu lived and entered the room prepared for him.
• The staff member offered to change the bedroom’s yellow-and-purple decor, but Bai Yuan refused and enthusiastically praised the colors.
• Bai Yuan reflected that the color scheme reminded him of Xiao Bai, then settled onto the bed, pleased with his new room.

Bai Yuan trained with Dawnmaker and the Worldbearing Coreflame before Leng Yaozhu explained Battle Armor and planned his training. He agreed to work toward becoming a Four-Word Battle Armor Master, while privately wondering whether Battle Armor could withstand his potential Calamity Form.

• Bai Yuan practiced swordsmanship with Dawnmaker, studied the Worldbearing Coreflame, and resolved to keep cultivating.
• Leng Yaozhu checked Bai Yuan’s meditation cultivation and told him she had arranged suitable teachers for his training.
• Leng Yaozhu explained Battle Armor’s power, ranks, forging requirements, and risks, then set a plan for Bai Yuan to begin making armor after reaching five rings and the required spiritual power.
• Bai Yuan promised to work toward becoming a Four-Word Battle Armor Master, then wondered whether Battle Armor could survive the power of his possible Calamity Form.
• Leng Yaozhu called Bai Yuan over, and he hurried after her.

After training, Bai Yuan reflected on Tang San’s ten-thousand-year plan and condemned him for using the people of Douluo Continent as pieces in a scheme to seize the plane’s power. The Worldbearing Coreflame reacted, and when Bai Yuan tried to sense it, its destructive power overwhelmed his mind.

• Bai Yuan recovered from training and considered his powerful backing while thinking about Tang San’s hidden plan.
• Bai Yuan described how Tang San used Tang Wulin as bait for Gu Yuena, manipulated them through Old Tang, and planned to harvest the Douluo Plane through the Abyss War.
• Bai Yuan condemned Tang San, and the Worldbearing Coreflame flickered with an apparent response.
• Bai Yuan wondered whether Xiao Bai was inside the Coreflame, but found no sign of Xiao Bai’s consciousness.
• Bai Yuan touched the Coreflame with his spiritual power, triggering a torrent of destructive force that tore through his sea of consciousness and left him screaming in agony.

Bai Yuan survived the Worldbearing Coreflame’s eruption after a mysterious figure absorbed its Power of Destruction, and he suspected the figure was Xiao Bai. Leng Yaozhu found him in the Training Ground and told him to meet his new teacher, Illusion Brain Douluo · Han Tianyi.

• The Worldbearing Coreflame released a gentle power that calmed Bai Yuan’s Soul Power and suppressed the Power of Destruction.
• A blurry, smiling figure appeared in Bai Yuan’s sea of consciousness and absorbed the Power of Destruction before Bai Yuan lost consciousness.
• Bai Yuan woke unharmed, examined the stable Core Flame, and wondered whether the figure had been Xiao Bai.
• Leng Yaozhu found Bai Yuan in the Training Ground and warned him against reckless cultivation.
• Leng Yaozhu told Bai Yuan to wash up and meet his new teacher, Illusion Brain Douluo · Han Tianyi.

Leng Yaozhu brought Bai Yuan to meet Han Tianyi, the Spirit Pagoda’s foremost spiritual expert, to examine his unusual Worldbearing Coreflame. After the Coreflame protected Bai Yuan from Han Tianyi’s spiritual test, Han Tianyi asked him to activate it, but Bai Yuan did not know how.

• Leng Yaozhu told Bai Yuan that Han Tianyi was a rank ninety-eight Title Douluo and arranged for him to examine Bai Yuan’s Martial Soul.
• Bai Yuan followed Leng Yaozhu to the seventy-eighth floor and met Han Tianyi in an Illusion Space.
• Han Tianyi tested Bai Yuan with a crushing surge of spiritual power, and the Worldbearing Coreflame helped Bai Yuan withstand it.
• Han Tianyi examined the Worldbearing Coreflame after Bai Yuan released it and was struck by its aura.
• Han Tianyi asked Bai Yuan to activate the Coreflame, but Bai Yuan could not explain how to operate it.

Han Tianyi examined Bai Yuan's Core Flame and discovered that its destructive power could regenerate and strengthen his damaged Sea of Consciousness, though he could not see through the Martial Soul's true nature. He agreed to teach Bai Yuan and warned Leng Yaozhu that the boy's future was limitless, leaving the Spirit Pagoda's future uncertain.

• Han Tianyi touched Bai Yuan's Core Flame with his spiritual power and saw a giant between thunderclouds and earth veins, carrying a radiant sphere.
• The giant's destructive aura burned through Han Tianyi's spiritual power, so he severed the affected portion to protect his Sea of Consciousness.
• Han Tianyi found that new, stronger spiritual power had grown in the damaged area, effectively re-creating part of his Sea of Consciousness.
• Han Tianyi examined the Core Flame again but found only absolute darkness, then invited Bai Yuan to attend his classes because of his ability to condense Soul Spirits.
• After Bai Yuan left, Han Tianyi told Leng Yaozhu he could not see through the child's Martial Soul and said Bai Yuan's future was limitless.

Bai Yuan arrived at Han Tianyi’s Illusion Space to begin training under the powerful spiritual cultivator. Han Tianyi sent him into a lifelike battlefield illusion, where he had to survive to pass the first stage.

• Leng Yaozhu caught Bai Yuan singing while he trained and told him to attend Han Tianyi’s lesson.
• Leng Yaozhu explained Han Tianyi’s strength and accomplishments, including his spiritual power, battle armor, mecha repair skills, and former ties to the Body Sect.
• Bai Yuan entered the Illusion Space and asked Han Tianyi to test him, despite Han Tianyi saying he had not agreed to teach him.
• Han Tianyi transported Bai Yuan to an Asura battlefield illusion and began the trial, telling him to survive the first stage.

During the trial, Bai Yuan entered a battlefield where Soul Masters, Evil Soul Masters, and Soul Beasts fought in a chaotic three-way melee. He began slaughtering the Evil Soul Masters, growing faster with each kill, as pale golden wings started forming behind him.

• Bai Yuan killed a Thousand-Year Soul Beast that attacked him, then declared he would take down everyone on the battlefield.
• Bai Yuan used his speed to kill an Evil Soul Master with a slash across the throat, startling the fighters nearby.
• Bai Yuan asked Elder Han whether the blood in the trial illusion was real, but received no response.
• Bai Yuan killed another Evil Soul Master by piercing through his defenses and chest, discovering that each kill increased his speed and strength.
• Bai Yuan moved to attack a third Evil Soul Master as a phantom pair of pale golden wings began to form behind him.