Chapter Summaries

Wang Sheng, a Shaolin martial artist reborn into the Douluo world, prepared to awaken his Martial Spirit in the Explosive Bear Family. During the clan’s awakening ceremony, Wang Xiaosen awakened a Swift Wind Leopard, and his Soul Power began flowing into the testing crystal.

• Wang Sheng recalled his past life and his cultivation of the Marrow Cleansing Sutra while waiting for the chance to awaken his Martial Spirit.
• A burly man escorted Wang Sheng to the family’s Awakening Hall, where six other children and their parents had gathered.
• Wang Sheng reflected on his lonely place in the family as Ji Changying welcomed the seven children and Wang Lixiong began the ceremony.
• Wang Lixiong revealed eight Soul Rings as he activated the awakening array for Wang Xiaosen.
• Wang Xiaosen awakened a Swift Wind Leopard, then placed his hand on a blue crystal ball that drew out his Soul Power.

During the clan’s Spirit awakening, Wang Sheng revealed a mutated Earth Explosive Bear that suppressed other bear Spirits and awakened Innate Rank 20 Soul Power. He concealed his second Spirit after sensing Ji Changying’s killing intent, leaving his true power and danger within the clan unresolved.

• Wang Xiaosen awakened a Swift Wind Leopard Spirit with Innate Rank 7 Soul Power.
• Wang Dong'er awakened an Explosive Bear Spirit instead of the Swan Spirit she wanted, but she had Innate Rank 9 Soul Power.
• Several other youths awakened Spirits with Soul Power between Rank 5 and Rank 7.
• Wang Sheng awakened a gray Giant Bear Spirit that Wang Lixiong identified as a mutated Spirit, and its suppression frightened those with Explosive Bear Spirits.
• Wang Sheng sensed Ji Changying’s killing intent and hid his second Spirit.
• Wang Sheng’s test revealed Innate Rank 20 Soul Power, astonishing Wang Lixiong and the gathered clan members.

Wang Sheng’s apparent level-twenty innate Soul Power astonished the Explosive Bear Clan, and Ji Changying gave him and Wang Dong'er Spirit Bones while concealing her murderous intentions. The chapter ended with Elder Xiong agreeing to take them to obtain soul rings the next day.

• Wang Lixiong confirmed Wang Sheng’s level-twenty innate Soul Power by having Wang Dong'er retest at level nine.
• Ji Changying praised Wang Sheng and gave him a Spirit Bone, then gave Wang Dong'er one as well.
• Wang Dong'er’s mother thanked Ji Changying, while Wang Sheng suspected the gifts were meant to conceal Ji Changying’s plans and win allies.
• Ji Changying arranged for Elder Xiong to take Wang Sheng and Wang Dong'er to obtain soul rings the next day.

Ji Changying’s sons learned of Wang Sheng’s exceptional talent and competed for a chance to marry Wang Dong'er, while Wang Sheng traveled with Elder Xiong and Uncle Hai to Star Dou Forest to obtain spirit rings. Two pursuers followed them into the forest, and Wang Sheng was warned of danger as he admired its strange creatures.

• Ji Changying told Wang Feng, Wang Tian, and Wang Qiang about Wang Sheng’s talent, and ordered them to compete for Wang Dong'er’s affection.
• Wang Sheng perfected the first level of Nine Suns, then set off with Elder Xiong and Uncle Hai for Star Dou Forest.
• Uncle Hai explained that his Martial Soul was the Spirit Cat and that he had just reached level thirty at age thirty-five.
• Two people discussed Wang Sheng and Xiong Changlin before following the group into the forest.
• Wang Sheng marveled at the forest’s unusual plants and soul beasts until someone shouted a warning from behind him.

Wang Sheng was nearly killed by a sudden attack in the Star Luo Forest, but Uncle Hai blocked it, and Elder Xiong killed a Ghost Cat for Uncle Hai to absorb as a Soul Ring. A masked attacker then targeted Wang Sheng, and Elder Xiong counterattacked and pursued him while Uncle Hai was still absorbing the ring.

• Uncle Hai blocked the Ghost Cat's attack on Wang Sheng, and Elder Xiong warned Wang Sheng to stay vigilant.
• Uncle Hai chose the hundred-year Ghost Cat as his Soul Ring, and Elder Xiong killed it with a single punch.
• Uncle Hai began absorbing the Ghost Cat's Soul Ring, but a hidden attacker launched a longsword at Wang Sheng.
• Elder Xiong blocked the sword, confronted a masked man, and suspected the Eagle Clan was behind the attack.
• Elder Xiong struck the attacker with Explosive Bear Rage Hammer and chased him after sending him flying.

Wang Sheng survived an ambush thanks to Elder Xiong’s hidden protection, but Uncle Hai then betrayed him and attacked him. As Uncle Hai tried to deliver the killing blow, a sheet of flames stopped him.

• Elder Xiong left Wang Sheng protected by Bear King Protection while he pursued the first attacker.
• Bear King Protection tore off the second attacker’s arm, forcing him to flee, and Wang Sheng took the storage Soul Tool from the severed hand.
• Wang Sheng decided to wait while Uncle Hai absorbed his Soul Ring, then approached to guard him.
• Uncle Hai used Nether Flash and Dark Tiger Hundred Claws to strike Wang Sheng, who survived by activating his Earth Explosive Bear Spirit.
• Uncle Hai admitted he had acted under orders for his gifted son and moved to kill the injured Wang Sheng, but Flame Blade met his punch.

Wang Sheng killed Uncle Hai with his Blazing Blade and escaped before Elder Xiong returned. After recovering, he chose the Blazing Blade for his first soul ring and began searching the forest while hiding his identity.

• Wang Sheng feigned weakness, then killed Uncle Hai with the Blazing Blade, Burning Wood Blade Technique, and Nine Suns.
• Wang Sheng took Uncle Hai’s useful belongings and fled before Elder Xiong returned to the scene.
• Elder Xiong found Uncle Hai dead and Wang Sheng missing, inferred that the attacker had taken him, and pursued the trail of blood.
• Three days later, Wang Sheng emerged from a tree hollow, recovered from his injuries, and decided to seek his first soul ring for the Blazing Blade.
• Wang Sheng resolved to conceal his identity from Ji Changying and searched the forest for a suitable soul beast, rejecting a Jade Wood Bamboo and a ten-year Blazing Pig.

Wang Sheng watched a Purple Flame Rat defeat a Bristle Boar, then killed the weakened rat to claim its Soul Ring. Before he could absorb it, a Leaf Ring Snake ambushed him, and his first full-strength strike failed to injure it.

• Wang Sheng hid nearby as the Purple Flame Rat evaded the Bristle Boar’s spike attack and killed it with a fiery strike.
• Wang Sheng crept up on the weakened Purple Flame Rat and cut it in two with his Blazing Blade, producing a Soul Ring.
• A Leaf Ring Snake struck at Wang Sheng while he prepared to absorb the Soul Ring, but he dodged its tail attack.
• Wang Sheng slashed the Leaf Ring Snake with full strength, but the snake fell without suffering any injury.

Wang Sheng killed the Leaf Ring Snake, absorbed the Purple Flame Rat’s Soul Ring, and gained a fire-attributed Spirit Bone before continuing to search for a second Soul Ring. After hearing a scream, he followed the blood trail and discovered a series of corpses killed by an unknown, overwhelmingly powerful force.

• Wang Sheng exploited the Leaf Ring Snake’s exposed abdomen, then used Lion’s Roar to stun it and blast its mouth with the Blazing Blade, killing it.
• Wang Sheng absorbed the Purple Flame Rat’s Soul Ring and refined it with the Nine Suns Divine Skill, gaining his First Soul Ring before leaving the bloodied battlefield.
• Wang Sheng reflected on his new Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, then searched for a suitable Second Soul Ring while rejecting several Soul Beasts as too weak or unsuitable.
• Wang Sheng heard a human scream and rushed toward it, where he found a corpse with no visible wounds and every bone shattered.
• Wang Sheng followed the blood trail and found more than twenty corpses, all killed in the same single-blow manner.

Wang Sheng rescued a beautiful girl from an Earth Soul Ape and fled with her as the beast pursued them. The girl revealed that their attacker was the thousand-year-old Earth Soul Ape King, a royal soul beast powerful enough to rival ordinary ten-thousand-year beasts.

• Wang Sheng saw the girl threatened by an Earth Soul Ape and attacked it with his First Soul Skill, Purple Flame Impact.
• Wang Sheng’s flames spread over the ape, but he grabbed the girl and fled when it began unleashing a powerful soul skill.
• The Earth Soul Ape King blasted away the flames and chased Wang Sheng and the girl, keeping close despite his evasive movements.
• The girl urged Wang Sheng to put her down, but he refused and said he did not want her to be harmed.
• The girl identified the pursuer as the thousand-year Earth Soul Ape King, whose strength rivaled that of ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts.

Wang Sheng and Mei Hu escaped the Earth Soul Ape Ape King by hiding under the rocky slope, where Mei Hu used her Charm Eye to petrify them and conceal their auras. After the beast left, Mei Hu introduced herself and pretended her family had died, leaving Wang Sheng comforting her while she reproached him for forgetting that he had said he liked her.

• Mei Hu directed Wang Sheng to a hollow beneath a rocky slope, and he trusted her despite suspecting it might be a trap.
• Mei Hu used her Charm Eye to make Wang Sheng lose his senses, petrify him, and conceal their auras before petrifying herself.
• The Earth Soul Ape Ape King searched the slope, failed to find them, and eventually left.
• Wang Sheng and Mei Hu emerged after the danger passed, and Mei Hu explained that her fox martial soul's Charm Eye could confuse, petrify, and conceal aura.
• Mei Hu pretended her family had died, and Wang Sheng promised to protect her and pulled her into an embrace.
• Mei Hu blushed and scolded Wang Sheng for forgetting that he had said he liked her.

Wang Sheng and Mei Hu reached a valley hoping to hunt a Blood Phoenix Bird for Wang Sheng’s Second Soul Ring, but found an academy group already there. Their teacher, Xue Yue, considered whether to let Wang Sheng absorb the bird’s unclaimed soul ring.

• Wang Sheng and Mei Hu left the forest after escaping the Earth Soul Ape King and grew closer during their journey.
• Mei Hu led Wang Sheng to a valley where she had once seen a hundred-year Blood Phoenix Bird suitable for his Second Soul Ring.
• Wang Sheng and Mei Hu found three slain soul beasts and a child absorbing a soul ring while Xue Yue and two other children stood guard.
• Mei Hu tried to claim the Blood Phoenix Bird, but Wang Sheng stopped her and politely asked Xue Yue’s group about its unabsorbed soul ring.
• Xue Yue assessed Wang Sheng and Mei Hu and considered letting them benefit from the Blood Phoenix Bird’s soul ring.

Wang Sheng absorbed the Blood Phoenix Bird’s Soul Ring while Mei Hu befriended Wu Xiao’ai and demonstrated her unusual petrification ability. Xue Yue invited Mei Hu to join the academy and offered to find a place for Wang Sheng too, but Mei Hu looked to him before answering.

• Xue Yue gave Wang Sheng the Soul Ring, and he began absorbing it as Mei Hu stood guard.
• Mei Hu told Xue Yue that her family was dead, then introduced herself to Wu Xiao’ai and said she did not know what type of Soul Master she was.
• Mei Hu demonstrated her petrification ability by turning Dan Cheng into a stone statue, then assured Xue Yue that he would recover unharmed.
• Mei Hu revealed that she was six years old, surprising Xue Yue and Wu Xiao’ai with her apparent age and talent.
• Xue Yue invited Mei Hu to join the academy and offered to help Wang Sheng enroll as well, while Mei Hu glanced toward him for an answer.

Wang Sheng struggled to absorb a Soul Ring that Mei Hu discovered was over a thousand years old, but his second Martial Soul stabilized it. Blood-red flames then erupted from him, and Mei Hu recognized them as Phoenix Flame.

• Mei Hu revealed that Wang Sheng had reached Level 20 at six years old, astonishing Xue Yue, Wu Xiao'ai, and the others.
• Wu Xiaodong shattered Dan Cheng’s stone shell, freeing him from Wu Xiao'ai’s charming smile and its effect.
• Mei Hu realized Wang Sheng was absorbing a Blood Phoenix Bird Soul Ring that had just passed a thousand years, and she feared the energy would kill him.
• Wang Sheng’s Nine Suns Divine Skill struggled to refine the Soul Ring until his second Martial Soul suppressed it and stabilized the process.
• Xue Yue pushed the others away as blood-red flames burst from Wang Sheng, and Mei Hu identified them as Phoenix Flame.

Wang Sheng awakened with a rare External Spirit Bone that formed Blood Flame Wings, then accepted Xue Yue’s offer to join his academy. After demonstrating his two soul skills, he was warned to keep the wings secret because the Spirit Bone could put him and his companions in danger.

• Wang Sheng awakened and discovered that the Flame Wings were an External Spirit Bone attached to his back.
• Xue Yue warned Wu Xiao'ai, Wu Xiaodong, and Dan Cheng to keep the wings secret, and Wang Sheng agreed to become his student.
• Wang Sheng revealed his Blazing Blade martial spirit and demonstrated Blood Flame Impact and Phoenix Wings Soaring.
• Xue Yue explained that revealing Wang Sheng’s Spirit Bone could endanger everyone and urged him not to use it until he was powerful enough.
• Wang Sheng promised to keep the wings hidden unless absolutely necessary and began to regard Xue Yue as a worthy teacher.

Wang Sheng and Mei Hu arrived at Canghui Academy, where Xue Yue tried to enroll them outside the regular season. After Ji Bing challenged Wang Sheng’s admission, he revealed his extraordinary strength and thousand-year second soul ring, leaving the academy officials stunned.

• Xue Yue asked the Vice Dean to make an exception and enroll Wang Sheng and Mei Hu, explaining that Mei Hu was a six-year-old Level 16 Soul Master with a petrification ability.
• Ji Bing entered and objected to making an exception, then agreed that Mei Hu could enroll but insisted Wang Sheng could not.
• At Xue Yue’s urging, Wang Sheng introduced himself as a six-year-old Level 23 Soul Grandmaster and released his Blazing Blade martial soul and two soul rings.
• The Vice Dean and Ji Bing were stunned when Wang Sheng’s second soul ring proved to be a thousand-year ring, and Xue Yue asked whether he could join.

Wang Sheng and Mei Hu joined Canghui Academy as core students and moved into Courtyard No. 1, where they settled into their new home together. As they explored the courtyard, Li Feng noticed the new residents and approached, intent on challenging whoever had claimed the coveted residence.

• Vice Dean accepted Wang Sheng and Mei Hu into Canghui Academy's Class 1 and named them core students, while Ji Bing angrily threatened Wang Sheng after they left.
• Xue Yue explained the benefits of being a core student and told Wang Sheng and Mei Hu about the young siblings Wu Xiao'ai and Wu Xiaodong.
• Xue Yue assigned Wang Sheng and Mei Hu Courtyard No. 1 and left them to inspect their new home.
• Mei Hu happily played on the courtyard swing and called the place their home, and Wang Sheng agreed.
• Li Feng saw that someone had moved into Courtyard No. 1 and went to confront the newcomer, but froze in shock when he looked inside.

Xue Yue confronted academy teachers who challenged her over assigning Wang Sheng and Mei Hu to Courtyard No. 1, and agreed to a Class Battle. Wang Sheng learned that the battle would determine class rankings and resource distribution, and Xue Yue planned to rely on him and Mei Hu against the rival classes.

• Li Feng saw a beautiful young girl in the courtyard and decided she should belong to him, then formed a plan after noticing the man beside her.
• Xue Yue took Wang Sheng and Mei Hu to her class, where Ye Zhiqiu and Liu Tian confronted her about using Courtyard No. 1.
• Xue Yue challenged the teachers to face her together, then accepted their proposal for a Class Battle at the end of the month.
• Wu Xiaodong and Wu Xiao'ai joined Wang Sheng and Mei Hu, and Wu Xiaodong explained that the battle affected class rankings and resource distribution.
• Wu Xiaodong said three students in the rival classes had recently become Two-Ring Soul Grandmasters, and Xue Yue said Wang Sheng and Mei Hu could help counter them.

Wang Sheng and Mei Hu attended their first class at Canghui Academy, then went shopping with Wu Xiao'ai and Wu Xiaodong. As four suspicious people prepared to carry out an attack on them, Wang Sheng sensed killing intent and grabbed Mei Hu's hand.

• Xue Yue introduced Wang Sheng and Mei Hu to their new class, where Wang Sheng listened to a Soul Beast lesson while Mei Hu fell asleep.
• After class, Mei Hu invited Wu Xiao'ai shopping, and Wu Xiao'ai persuaded Wu Xiaodong to come along.
• The four students went to a busy city street, where four suspicious men discussed a plan to attack them for their Young Master.
• The leader ordered one of his men to draw Wu Xiao'ai and Wu Xiaodong away while he and Snake Two attacked Wang Sheng and Mei Hu.
• Wang Sheng sensed a trace of killing intent and grabbed Mei Hu's hand as he discreetly searched the crowd.

Wang Sheng and Mei Hu were ambushed while shopping, with one attacker targeting Wang Sheng and another kidnapping Mei Hu. Mei Hu escaped using her petrification skill, and Wang Sheng counterattacked, leaving the Black-Faced Man engulfed in flames.

• Wang Sheng sensed danger and hurled the shopping bags toward the Black-Faced Man's dagger attack, then dodged with the Shaolin Movement Technique.
• A second attacker seized Mei Hu and tried to flee, but Mei Hu called him Uncle and petrified him with her soul skill.
• Mei Hu slipped into a nearby shop while the leader was petrified, leaving Wang Sheng free to fight.
• The Black-Faced Man attacked Wang Sheng from behind with his dagger, but Wang Sheng stopped him with the Buddhist Lion's Roar.
• Wang Sheng unleashed Phoenix Flame Soar, and the Flame Phoenix swallowed the Black-Faced Man, setting him ablaze.