Chapter Summaries

At a Soul Master gathering, Lu Yu demonstrated his Blade Technique and accepted a sparring challenge from Xue Murong of the Star Luo Empire. Their fight remained closely matched, and Lu Yu ended the chapter by knocking back one of her attacks.

• Lu Yu greeted Wise Star at the gathering and promised to do his best.
• Lu Yu took the stage and impressed the audience with his Blade Technique and soul skills.
• Xue Murong introduced herself as a Star Luo Empire Soul Master who specialized in swordsmanship and challenged Lu Yu to a spar.
• Lu Yu and Xue Murong exchanged attacks, with her speed and strength pushing him to sharpen his focus.
• Lu Yu blocked Xue Murong's powerful strike and knocked her attack back with his Soul Power.

Lu Yu sparred with Xue Murong at the Soul Master Exchange Conference, then learned from his mentors and reflected on his progress. After the conference ended, he returned to the academy and went to ask Battle King questions about cultivation.

• Xue Murong praised Lu Yu after their spar, and the two bowed and ended it amicably.
• Blade Edge praised Lu Yu’s performance and advised him to spar and exchange ideas with more soul masters.
• Lu Yu continued participating in the conference, sparring with other soul masters and learning from them.
• Wise Star praised Lu Yu’s humility and discussed his plans to keep cultivating and join more exchanges.
• After the conference concluded, Lu Yu returned to the academy and visited Battle King to ask cultivation questions.

Lu Yu sought cultivation advice from Battle King and other mentors, then trained until his control, martial-soul use, and combat skills improved. When Blade Edge reported that powerful soul beasts were again flooding out of the Soul Beast Forest, Lu Yu joined him to investigate and encountered a beast radiating black energy inside the forest.

• Lu Yu asked Battle King for guidance on Soul Power control, martial-soul use, and combat techniques, and Battle King recommended focused practice and real combat.
• Lu Yu consulted Wise Star and other mentors, then followed their advice in training and improved his abilities.
• Blade Edge told Lu Yu that a larger-than-before upheaval had sent powerful soul beasts toward human settlements and asked him to help investigate and fight them.
• Lu Yu prepared and traveled with Blade Edge to the Soul Beast Forest, where thick fog obscured their path.
• Lu Yu and Blade Edge heard a roar and spotted a huge, blood-eyed soul beast surrounded by dense black energy.

Lu Yu and Blade Edge found an ancient altar in the deepest part of the Soul Beast Forest and destroyed its formation, stopping the disturbance. On the way back to the academy, Blade Edge explained that the altar bore ancient soul formations, though he did not know exactly what they were summoning.

• Lu Yu and Blade Edge bypassed a powerful Soul Beast and trekked through the forest to the source of the disturbance.
• Lu Yu and Blade Edge found an altar covered in glowing runes that Blade Edge identified as a summoning formation.
• Lu Yu discovered a weakness in the formation, then drew the Soul Beasts' attention while Blade Edge struck the weak point and shattered the altar's runes.
• Lu Yu and Blade Edge escaped the forest and headed back toward the academy.
• Blade Edge told Lu Yu the runes were ancient soul formations that could summon powerful Soul Beasts or release a mysterious force, though he was unsure of their exact purpose.

After the Soul Beast Forest riot, Lu Yu learned that an ancient evil force was gathering soul beasts to revive a powerful existence. He and Wise Star investigated the forest and found the force's new stronghold in a hidden valley.

• Lu Yu and Blade Edge returned to the academy after learning the ancient soul formations might be connected to an evil force.
• Lu Yu reported the mission, and Wise Star, Battle King, and the other instructors decided to strengthen the academy's defenses.
• Wise Star told Lu Yu that an ancient organization was gathering soul beasts for an evil ritual to revive a powerful existence, and Lu Yu agreed to investigate.
• Lu Yu and Wise Star returned to the Soul Beast Forest, but found the former altar clearing abandoned and its runes gone.
• Lu Yu and Wise Star followed traces left by the soul beasts to a hidden valley, where they found the evil force's new stronghold and watched its robed members from hiding.

Lu Yu and Wise Star disrupted a ritual in the valley by destroying its formation, then Lu Yu and Tang San attended their martial soul awakening ceremony in Holy Soul Village. Lu Yu awakened the Golden-winged Great Peng Bird, and Tang San awakened the Blue Silver Emperor before the chapter ended as Lu Yu congratulated him.

• Lu Yu and Wise Star decided to stop the mysterious figures' ritual, and Lu Yu lured Soul Beasts toward the formation while Wise Star attacked its runes.
• The formation collapsed amid the battle, ending the ritual.
• Lu Yu and Tang San arrived with Old Jack at the village Spirit Hall for their martial soul awakening ceremony.
• Su Yuntao awakened Lu Yu's Golden-winged Great Peng Bird and praised its potential.
• Su Yuntao awakened Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor, and Lu Yu clapped for him.

During a village martial soul awakening ceremony, Lu Yu revealed a powerful Dragon Soul Sword and innate Soul Power at level ten. Su Yuntao and the villagers were shocked by his rare talent, leaving Lu Yu poised to stand apart from the other children.

• Su Yuntao finished the ceremony and urged the children to cultivate, while they discussed their martial souls.
• A richly dressed young man entered the village and looked down on its children, then introduced himself as Su Yuntao and began the awakenings.
• Xiao Ming awakened a sickle with no Soul Power, and the other children also showed ordinary martial souls without innate Soul Power.
• Lu Yu, a transmigrator who recognized Su Yuntao, stepped into the hexagonal pattern when his turn came.
• Lu Yu awakened the Dragon Soul Sword and innate Soul Power at level ten, astounding Su Yuntao and the villagers.
• Su Yuntao asked the child’s name, and Lu Yu introduced himself.

Lu Yu agreed to leave Holy Soul Village with Su Yuntao to attend a Soul Master Academy, then completed his Martial Soul and Soul Power tests. Tang San also revealed Innate Full Soul Power despite awakening Blue Silver Grass, and the chapter left him finishing the next stage of his awakening test as Su Yuntao prepared to ask what he had sensed.

• Lu Yu accepted Su Yuntao's offer to attend a Soul Master Academy and said farewell to his family and friends before leaving the village.
• Su Yuntao dismissed Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, then tested him and discovered he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lu Yu awakened a cold, gleaming longsword Martial Soul and demonstrated considerable Soul Power, earning Su Yuntao's praise.
• Tang San watched Lu Yu's test with growing displeasure, then began the next stage of his own awakening test under Su Yuntao's guidance.
• Tang San emerged from the strange visions excited, and Su Yuntao began asking him about the experience.

After Tang San began cultivating under Su Yuntao, Lu Yu awakened a strange stone martial soul and revealed unexpectedly powerful Soul Power. The chapter leaves Su Yuntao and the villagers stunned as Lu Yu’s test reaches level ten Soul Power.

• Su Yuntao guided Tang San in cultivation, and Tang San gradually grew stronger and earned respect in the village.
• Tang San and Lu Yu discussed their future goals, and Tang San said he wanted to gain strength to protect himself and those around him.
• Su Yuntao began Lu Yu’s martial soul awakening, and a mysterious golden light filled the formation.
• Lu Yu awakened a plain, pitch-black stone martial soul, disappointing Su Yuntao.
• Lu Yu placed his hand on the crystal ball, which first glowed faintly and then brightened as his Soul Power reached level ten.

Lu Yu's Soul Power test revealed an impossible level of power when it shattered Su Yuntao's crystal ball, despite his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. After Su Yuntao decided to report the anomaly, Lu Yu headed toward Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and later went alone to the back mountain to examine a mysterious stone-like object.

• Lu Yu infused the testing crystal ball with the qi he had cultivated through the Reverse Birth Triple technique, causing it to glow brightly and then explode.
• Su Yuntao concluded that Lu Yu's Soul Power exceeded Level ten and decided to report the unusual case to Spirit Hall.
• Old Jack learned that Tang San and Lu Yu both had Innate Full Soul Power despite useless martial souls, then planned to send them to the Nuoding junior Soul Master Academy.
• Old Jack took Tang San back to the Blacksmith Shop and led Lu Yu home, encouraging both boys to pursue their talent.
• Lu Yu made an excuse to visit the back mountain, climbed to a mountaintop, and revealed a stone-like object in his palm.

Lu Yu recognized that his supposedly useless stone martial soul resembled the Heaven-Defying Seal from his previous life. As he recalled the cultivation techniques Lu Jin had taught him, he resolved to uncover the seal’s power and continue training.

• Lu Yu trained his stone martial soul daily, but his attempts to awaken its power failed.
• Lu Yu noticed the stone’s seal-like shape and blurry characters reading “Heaven-Defying,” and suspected it was the Heaven-Defying Seal.
• Lu Yu recalled how Lu Jin had treated him like family and passed on Reverse Birth Triple, Heavenly Talisman, and other techniques.
• Lu Yu remembered that starting the Golden Light Spell at nineteen had limited his progress, while his lost virginity prevented him from cultivating Yang Five Thunders.
• Lu Yu recalled Lu Jin encouraging him to pursue his own path and rely on the Yin Five Thunders.
• Lu Yu continued cultivating the Thunder Arts through direct lightning strikes, enduring the pain despite being charred black.

Lu Yu mastered the Heavenly Talisman and survived a deadly pursuit by the Wang and Lü families before waking in Holy Soul Village on Douluo Continent. An old villager welcomed him and offered him a place to stay.

• Lu Yu gained control of Thunder Arts, merged with his martial soul, and used the Golden Light Spell and lightning to destroy a pack of demonic beasts.
• Lin Yi approached Lu Yu and claimed that his special physique made him a potential inheritor of Lin Yi's family secret art.
• Under Elder Lu Jin's guidance, Lu Yu mastered the Heavenly Talisman and kept the Eight Wonders secret from outsiders.
• After the Wang and Lü families pursued him for three days, Lu Yu killed thirteen experts before collapsing from his wounds.
• Lu Yu awoke near Holy Soul Village, learned that he was on Douluo Continent, and followed an old man into the village to find shelter.

After settling in Holy Soul Village, Lu Yu learned about Douluo Continent and its martial souls from Tang San, who directed him to Tang Hao for guidance. Lu Yu visited Tang Hao's Blacksmith Shop to ask about cultivation, but Tang Hao warned that his methods could not be taught to just anyone.

• An old man gave Lu Yu an empty house in Holy Soul Village, where Lu Yu recovered and discovered the Heaven-Defying Seal on his palm.
• Lu Yu met Tang San, who explained martial souls, Soul Power, soul rings, and soul beasts on Douluo Continent.
• Tang San told Lu Yu that Tang Hao might teach him cultivation methods, so Lu Yu decided to seek him out.
• Lu Yu visited Tang Hao's Blacksmith Shop and asked to learn cultivation methods.
• Tang Hao listened to Lu Yu's request and said his cultivation methods and insights could not be passed on to just anyone.

Lu Yu passed Tang Hao’s weapon-forging test by crafting a longsword capable of bearing his martial soul’s power, then displayed the strength of his Heaven-Defying Seal and began cultivating Reverse Birth Triple. After reaching its first stage, he investigated a radiant pillar descending onto a distant plain.

• Lu Yu forged a blue-glowing longsword within a month, and Tang Hao praised its quality as he began to assess it.
• Lu Yu recalled that his Heaven-Defying Seal martial soul resembled a jade seal he had bought in a previous life, then expanded it and smashed a crater into the ground.
• Lu Yu began cultivating Reverse Birth Triple in the mountains and quickly entered its first stage, his body glowing faintly gold.
• Lu Yu settled in a cave and cultivated there until he sensed a powerful fluctuation outside.
• Lu Yu followed a dazzling light to a vast plain, where he saw a colossal pillar of light descend from the sky.

After becoming a mysterious master's disciple, Lu Yu trained, ventured out, and grew famous while fighting cultivators and soul beasts. Just as a radiant power approached him in the Soul Beast Forest, he woke in the Douluo Continent with abundant Innate Qi and began cultivating Reverse Birth Triple.

• A mysterious being accepted Lu Yu as a disciple, trained him, and sent him out to gain experience.
• Lu Yu defeated a hired killer in a city and continued overcoming enemies until his reputation spread across the Douluo Continent.
• Lu Yu entered the Soul Beast Forest, killed an Iron Armored Rhinoceros with the Heaven-Defying Seal, and collected soul rings and Soul Bones.
• A powerful light approached Lu Yu, but he abruptly woke in an unfamiliar world: the Douluo Continent.
• Lu Yu sensed his abundant Innate Qi and began circulating Reverse Birth Triple.

Lu Yu trained under Lu Jin, reached level ten, and traveled to the Soul Beast Forest, where he absorbed a soul ring and strengthened his Heaven-Defying Seal. He later joined several soul master friends to seek a spirit herb, but a powerful soul beast guarded it.

• Lu Jin gave Lu Yu the Martial Soul Cultivation Manual and taught him the Transform Qi into Strength method.
• After three months of training, Lu Yu entered the first realm of Reverse Birth Triple and reached level ten, so he set out to find a soul ring.
• Lu Yu killed a second-tier soul beast and absorbed its soul ring, increasing the Heaven-Defying Seal's power.
• Lu Yu met several soul master friends, and they explored a dangerous location in search of a cultivation-enhancing spirit herb.
• Lu Yu and his companions found the spirit herb, but a powerful soul beast was guarding it.

Lu Yu struggled to advance his cultivation and concluded that obtaining his first soul ring was essential. Three months later, he accompanied Village chief Jack as Tang San left the Blacksmith Shop for Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

• Lu Yu reflected that his Reverse Birth Triple method had reached a bottleneck and that he still could not use Inner Sight to examine his body.
• Lu Yu decided that obtaining his first soul ring was the most urgent step toward strengthening his martial soul and continuing his cultivation.
• After three months, Village chief Jack brought Lu Yu to the Blacksmith Shop to collect Tang San.
• Tang San said goodbye to the Blacksmith Shop and joined Village chief Jack and Lu Yu on the way to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Village chief Jack urged Tang San to study hard, and Lu Yu encouraged him to cultivate diligently.

Tang San left for Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, then returned to the village and discussed cultivation and first soul rings with Lu Yu. They reached the academy gates together, with Lu Yu keeping his martial soul secret.

• Village chief Jack sent Tang San to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, and Lu Yu wished him well.
• Tang San returned to the village the next day and asked Lu Yu what he was thinking about.
• Lu Yu weighed whether his physique could absorb a thousand-year first soul ring and worried that showing unusual strength might attract powerful factions.
• Tang San and Lu Yu discussed building a solid foundation and choosing first soul rings suited to their martial souls and circumstances.
• Lu Yu began to reveal his martial soul but kept it secret, and the two arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Tang San and Lu Yu enrolled at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, explored its facilities, and attended basic and practical training. After observing the training rules, they began demonstrating their soul skills to each other, with Tang San preparing to show his abilities.

• Tang San and Lu Yu presented their admission notices and entered Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• They completed enrollment, toured the academy, and decided to attend basic course training.
• They listened to a lesson on Soul Power, soul beasts, and other Soul Master fundamentals.
• They observed practical combat training, learned its process and rules, and found an empty training ground.
• Lu Yu demonstrated his Frost Sword martial soul and first soul skill, Frost Slash, to Tang San.
• Tang San stepped into the training ground to demonstrate his own soul skills and combat techniques.

Lu Yu and Tang San finished sparring and went to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with Old Jack, where an arrogant young man challenged their Spirit Hall certificates and mocked Holy Soul Village. Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and revealed a yellow soul ring, leaving the young man astonished.

• Lu Yu and Tang San demonstrated their martial souls and practiced together until evening, then discussed what they had learned.
• Tang San offered to help Lu Yu obtain a soul ring, but Lu Yu suggested the academy’s teachers could assist instead, surprising Tang San.
• At Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, a young man dismissed the certificates for their supposedly weak martial souls and insulted Holy Soul Village.
• Tang San challenged the young man’s judgment, and Lu Yu suggested they prove their strength by displaying their martial souls and Soul Power Levels.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and revealed a yellow soul ring, shocking the young man.