Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu and his companions defeated an Ironclad Rhino before he continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a second soul ring. After driving off a silver wolf-type soul beast, he faced a black bear-type soul beast aged over two thousand years, which matched his target.

• Lu Yu used a Speed Talisman and lightning to kill the Ironclad Rhino after Zhao Lei warned everyone to be careful.
• Lin Wan'er checked on Lu Yu, and he led the group onward into the forest.
• Lu Yu reflected on his progress in the Golden Light Spell, Reverse Birth Triple, Thunder Arts, and talismans as he searched for a second soul ring.
• Lu Yu traveled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, seeking a soul beast aged between two and three thousand years.
• Lu Yu found a black bear-type soul beast over two thousand years old, then struck the silver wolf-type soul beast that interrupted him and made it flee.
• Lu Yu turned to challenge the wary black bear-type soul beast.

Lu Yu defeated a bear-type soul beast and absorbed its soul ring, then fought a powerful man from Soul Hall. Later, he continued searching the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable second soul ring and hid when another suspicious man in black approached.

• Lu Yu killed the bear-type soul beast with a punch and absorbed its soul ring, greatly increasing his strength.
• A masked man in black attacked Lu Yu, who forced him back and broke his mask; the man revealed he was from Soul Hall and had come to capture powerful soul beasts.
• Lu Yu and the Soul Hall man resumed fighting, with neither gaining the upper hand.
• Lu Yu considered choosing a strength-type soul beast for his second soul ring and continued deeper into the forest before searching sideways through the area.
• Lu Yu used an Evasion Talisman and a Breath Concealment Talisman after sensing a human nearby.
• Lu Yu hid against a tree as a second man in black approached, radiating killing intent, and secretly prepared several talismans.

Lu Yu defeated a man in black, escaped from approaching pursuers, and encountered Xue Wu, a sealed forest guardian who asked him to help stop an evil force. They fought their way through enemies and reached a dark cave.

• Lu Yu revealed himself and battled the man in black with talismans and soul beasts, eventually knocking him unconscious.
• Hearing hurried footsteps, Lu Yu fled to a secluded area and discovered a glowing seal.
• The seal’s power blasted Lu Yu away, then Xue Wu emerged and identified herself as the forest’s guardian.
• Xue Wu asked Lu Yu to help repel a powerful evil force, and he agreed.
• Lu Yu and Xue Wu defeated enemies along the way and arrived at a dark cave.

Lu Yu and Xue Wu entered a cavern to confront the evil power within, while a young girl named Xiao Wu fled a Jade Scale Snake nearby. Lu Yu saved her, and she explained that she had come to hunt for a soul ring.

• Lu Yu and Xue Wu entered a pitch-black cave and found a black figure waiting in an enormous cavern.
• The black figure spoke after Xue Wu identified him as the evil power, while a girl ran through the nearby woods.
• Lu Yu watched as the girl, a two-ring Great Soul Master, was chased by a Jade Scale Snake.
• Lu Yu blocked the snake’s attack, grabbed it, and hurled it to the ground, saving the girl.
• The girl introduced herself as Xiao Wu, and Lu Yu told her his name.
• Xiao Wu said she had come to hunt for a soul ring, surprising Lu Yu.

Lu Yu helped Xiao Wu obtain a wind-attributed rabbit soul ring, allowing her to become a three-ring Soul Master. The story then shifted to Lu Yu encountering a rare Nine-Section Jade Viper and recognizing its deadly venom.

• Xiao Wu asked Lu Yu to help her find a speed-type soul ring, and he led her deeper into the forest.
• Lu Yu found a wind-attributed rabbit, caught it, and guarded Xiao Wu as she absorbed its soul ring.
• Xiao Wu successfully became a three-ring Soul Master and thanked Lu Yu before they left the valley together.
• Lu Yu encountered a Nine-Section Jade Viper and identified its rare bloodline and lethal venom.

Lu Yu recognized the purple-haired girl as Dugu Yan and tried to befriend her, but she rejected him and left. Later, they met again during an academy training exercise, where Lu Yu saved her while defeating a powerful soul beast, changing her opinion of him.

• Lu Yu concluded that the girl with the Nine-Section Jade Viper was Dugu Yan, Poison Douluo's granddaughter.
• Dugu Yan asked Lu Yu why he was staring, then grew wary when he identified her and asked to be her friend.
• Dugu Yan rejected Lu Yu and walked away, though she privately judged that he did not seem malicious.
• Lu Yu continued training at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, fighting soul beasts and growing stronger.
• During an academy training activity, Lu Yu and Dugu Yan were assigned to fight a powerful soul beast together.
• Lu Yu defeated the soul beast and saved Dugu Yan's life, greatly improving her opinion of him.

Lu Yu revealed himself and used the Heaven-Defying Seal to save Dugu Yan from the Nine-Section Jade Viper. Dugu Bo arrived afterward and agreed not to make trouble for Lu Yu at Dugu Yan’s request, leaving Lu Yu safe but wary of the Poison Douluo.

• Lu Yu decided to save Dugu Yan, both to protect himself from Dugu Bo and to gain a chance at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s treasures.
• Lu Yu dropped his concealment, enlarged the Heaven-Defying Seal, and rushed to Dugu Yan’s aid as the Nine-Section Jade Viper cornered her.
• Lu Yu struck the Nine-Section Jade Viper with the Heaven-Defying Seal, smashing its body and ending its ability to fight.
• Lu Yu checked on Dugu Yan, then stayed alert for Dugu Bo, whom he expected to be nearby.
• Dugu Bo emerged and warned Lu Yu that saving Dugu Yan would not earn his gratitude, but Dugu Yan asked him not to make trouble for her rescuer.
• Dugu Bo relented for Dugu Yan’s sake, and Lu Yu thanked him.

Lu Yu secured permission to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, grew closer to Dugu Yan, and set out with her to rescue Dugu Bo after he was captured. During the rescue, Lu Yu was saved from a Level Nine Jade Serpent and then defeated it with the Heaven-Defying Seal, while keeping his strongest abilities hidden.

• Lu Yu asked Dugu Bo to let him cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo agreed to let him use its outskirts and keep any treasures for himself.
• Lu Yu cultivated at the well, and his visits with Dugu Yan grew into a close relationship.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Yu that Dugu Bo had disappeared, so they searched for him and discovered an evil faction had captured him to exploit his poison arts.
• During their rescue operation, a Level Nine Jade Serpent lunged at Lu Yu, but he struck it with the Heaven-Defying Seal and then beat it motionless with three more blows.
• Lu Yu put away his martial soul and soul rings, reflecting that he had held back because Dugu Bo might be watching and could covet his External Soul Bone.

Lu Yu parted ways with Dugu Yan after rescuing her from a Level Nine Jade Serpent, but returned to save her again when a soul beast attacked her in a cave. They brought the Thousand Year Ice Heart Fruit back to the Dugu family, where Dugu Yan's grandfather thanked Lu Yu and invited him to stay.

• Lu Yu and Dugu Yan exchanged names, then went their separate ways as she continued searching for the Thousand Year Ice Heart Fruit and he headed out of the forest.
• Dugu Yan found and picked the Thousand Year Ice Heart Fruit in a hidden cave, but a soul beast charged at her as she tried to leave.
• Lu Yu appeared and fought off the soul beast, helping Dugu Yan escape with the herb.
• Lu Yu and Dugu Yan traveled to the Dugu family together and delivered the Thousand Year Ice Heart Fruit to her grandfather.
• Dugu Yan's grandfather thanked Lu Yu and invited him to stay with the family, and Lu Yu accepted.

Lu Yu and Dugu Yan grew closer while discussing the Nine-Section Jade Viper and how to defeat it. Dugu Yan killed the injured soul beast with her Bilin Snake Fang skill, and she credited Lu Yu for helping her.

• Lu Yu and Dugu Yan spoke about staying in touch before Lu Yu continued his cultivation journey.
• Dugu Yan asked Lu Yu to explain the wounded Nine-Section Jade Viper, and he offered to investigate it with her.
• Lu Yu introduced himself as Lu Yu while withholding his background, and the two approached the snake together.
• Dugu Yan stopped Lu Yu from attacking and used her Third Soul Skill, Bilin Snake Fang, to corrode the Nine-Section Jade Viper to death.
• Dugu Yan celebrated her victory and thanked Lu Yu for helping her defeat the soul beast.

Lu Yu helped Dugu Yan absorb the Nine-Section Jade Viper Soul Ring, then fought alongside her to defeat an Ironclad Tyrannosaurus and obtain its Soul Ring and Soul Bone. The story leaves them continuing their journey through the Soul Beast Forest after Dugu Yan grew stronger and more independent.

• Dugu Yan absorbed the Nine-Section Jade Viper Soul Ring and reached level thirty-one.
• The next day, Dugu Yan spotted a thousand-year Ironclad Tyrannosaurus and urged Lu Yu to fight it with her.
• Lu Yu and Dugu Yan defeated the Ironclad Tyrannosaurus and obtained its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Earlier, Lu Yu offered to guard Dugu Yan while she recovered, in exchange for a storage Soul Tool and promised escort out of the Star Dou Forest.
• Dugu Yan agreed, and Lu Yu carried the half-dead Jade Phosphorous Serpent Soul Beast into a tree to keep watch while she recovered her Soul Power.

Lu Yu protected Dugu Yan from Black Wind Village bandits in Star Dou Forest and defeated their Second Boss after fighting off the other soul masters. He stood victorious but exhausted, while Dugu Yan’s admiration for him grew.

• Dugu Yan wondered about Lu Yu’s unusual martial soul and strength before Black Wind Village soul masters approached and threatened them.
• Lu Yu stepped in front of Dugu Yan and swiftly defeated the bandits who attacked him.
• The Second Boss of Black Wind Village struck Lu Yu from behind and challenged him to a fight.
• Lu Yu fought the Second Boss despite his injured back and knocked him into a tree, leaving him unable to fight.
• Dugu Yan praised Lu Yu as he stood exhausted and mocked Black Wind Village.

Lu Yu and Dugu Yan rested in a cave after Dugu Yan absorbed the Nine-Section Jade Viper's soul ring, then headed deeper into Star Dou Forest the next morning. They came across a young man being chased by a powerful soul beast, and an unknown figure intervened just as the danger peaked.

• Lu Yu killed the fallen soul masters, then let Dugu Yan finish off the Nine-Section Jade Viper and absorb its soul ring.
• Dugu Yan and Lu Yu found a cave, killed a nearby soul beast, and spent the night talking and resting.
• The next morning, Dugu Yan and Lu Yu traveled deeper into Star Dou Forest and heard a battle ahead.
• They spotted a terrified, richly dressed young man pursued by a gigantic soul beast, and Lu Yu stopped Dugu Yan from rushing to help.
• An unknown figure reached the young man and hurled him out of the soul beast's path.

Tang Hao saved a young man from a soul beast and joined Dugu Yan and Lu Yu to investigate a mysterious place in the Star Dou Forest where his missing disciple might be trapped. Afterward, Dugu Yan and Lu Yu left their cave and headed toward the forest’s edge, growing closer as she learned about his past.

• Tang Hao killed the soul beast with a sword strike, introduced himself, and asked the group whether they had seen his missing disciple.
• Dugu Yan told Tang Hao about what she and her companions had encountered in the depths of the Star Dou Forest, and she and Lu Yu agreed to accompany him there.
• During the night, an old man watched the cave and wondered at Lu Yu’s strength despite his single soul ring.
• Dugu Yan teased Lu Yu and offered to support him, but Lu Yu refused and insisted on keeping his dignity.
• Dugu Yan praised Lu Yu’s strength as they left the cave, and he told her about his orphaned childhood and recent admission to a Soul Master Academy.

After returning from Star Dou Forest, Lu Yu trained at Soul Master Academy while Dugu Yan arranged a Soul Tool for him. When Dugu Yan came to find him at the training grounds, she suddenly collapsed in severe pain, and Lu Yu suspected she had been poisoned.

• Dugu Yan parted from Lu Yu at the edge of Star Dou Forest, and Lu Yu returned to Soul Master Academy.
• Lu Yu told his roommate Li Hao that he had gone to Star Dou Forest to find a soul ring, then continued cultivating and training at the academy.
• Dugu Yan commissioned her family's master artificer to forge a high-quality Soul Tool for Lu Yu.
• After waiting for Lu Yu, Dugu Yan went to Soul Master Academy and learned he was training with a teacher at the training grounds.
• Dugu Yan found Lu Yu sparring, then suddenly collapsed with bluish-purple veins and cried out in pain; Lu Yu suspected poisoning.

Lu Yu suppressed the poison that erupted in Dugu Yan after she absorbed the Nine-Section Jade Viper soul ring, saving her with a medicinal herb. Dugu Bo arrived and accused Lu Yu of harming his granddaughter, but after checking her condition, he spared him; Lu Yu warned him to investigate who was behind the poisoning.

• Lu Yu realized Dugu Yan’s poison had erupted after she absorbed the Nine-Section Jade Viper soul ring and tried to suppress it with the Yang Five Thunders.
• When the toxins continued spreading and Dugu Yan began coughing black blood, Lu Yu searched nearby for a medicinal herb and applied it to her wound.
• Dugu Yan regained consciousness, thanked Lu Yu, and learned that he had saved her.
• Dugu Bo appeared and accused Lu Yu of harming Dugu Yan, but he examined her and confirmed that the toxins had been suppressed.
• Lu Yu warned Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan’s poisoning might have been deliberate and urged him to investigate who had tampered with things.

Lu Yu used the Yang Five Thunders to expel Dugu Yan’s poison, earning Dugu Bo’s gratitude and suspicion before the two joined forces to destroy the organization behind her poisoning. Dugu Yan woke up safe, while Dugu Bo remained wary of Lu Yu and demanded to know who he was.

• Dugu Bo investigated Dugu Yan’s poisoning, traced it to an organization coveting the Dugu Clan’s assets, and secretly prepared to attack.
• Lu Yu learned Dugu Bo was preparing to act and joined him in battle, helping destroy the organization as Dugu Yan gradually recovered.
• While Lu Yu used the Yang Five Thunders to expel Dugu Yan’s poison, Dugu Bo hid nearby and nearly attacked him, but stopped when he saw her condition improve.
• After Lu Yu exhausted much of his spiritual power, Dugu Bo confronted him about his identity and lightning control, then agreed to trust him for the time being.
• Dugu Yan woke up and confirmed that she felt weak but believed the poison was gone; Dugu Bo celebrated her recovery.

After Lu Yu saved Dugu Yan, her family thanked him, and he told her that he had two Martial Souls. Dugu Yan asked him to teach her cultivation, so he offered to teach her soul skills and combat techniques, then lent her clothes to change into.

• Dugu Bo introduced Lu Yu to Cuihua as the person who had helped Dugu Yan, and she thanked him.
• Dugu Yan thanked Lu Yu and asked to speak with him alone.
• Lu Yu told Dugu Yan that he had Twin Martial Souls, including a Thunder Martial Soul, but said his cultivation method was unsuitable for her.
• When Dugu Yan asked him to teach her cultivation, Lu Yu offered to teach her soul skills and combat techniques instead.
• Dugu Yan hugged Lu Yu's arm, then asked to borrow clothes because hers were tattered; Lu Yu gave her a clean set, and she changed in a cave.

Lu Yu healed part of Dugu Yan’s inherited poison and collected the storage Soul Tool promised for his help before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. Half a month later, a mysterious figure tried to reveal a secret about Lu Yu’s Thunder Martial Soul, but an unconscious member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan interrupted them; Lu Yu fled while the stranger stayed behind to deal with the clan member.

• Dugu Yan teased Lu Yu, and the hidden Dugu Bo was shocked that Lu Yu had removed nearly a tenth of her poison without harming her.
• Lu Yu and Dugu Yan ended their deal near the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, and she gave him her storage Soul Tool before he left.
• Lu Yu and Dugu Yan trained for half a month while she investigated the identity of the person who had apparently knocked them unconscious and spared them.
• A mysterious black-robed figure approached Lu Yu and began to reveal that his Thunder Martial Soul was unusual, but a man from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan crashed down nearby and interrupted him.
• The mysterious figure told Lu Yu to leave and promised to handle the clan member, then used a spell to form a black crystal sphere and disappeared with the unconscious man.
• Lu Yu wondered why the stranger was helping him and intensified his Thunder Arts training.

Lu Yu and Dugu Yan trained together and were attacked by a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but a mysterious black figure intervened. After parting ways with Dugu Yan and receiving her storage Soul Tool, Lu Yu ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a suitable soul ring.

• Dugu Yan told Lu Yu that the mysterious man seemed connected to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and might be stronger than a Title Douluo, so they focused on improving their strength.
• A month later, a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan warrior attacked Lu Yu and Dugu Yan, and a black-clad figure appeared to protect them.
• Dugu Yan recalled that her snake venom had flared up and suspected her grandfather had secretly stabilized it, while Lu Yu claimed they would part once they left the Walking Great Forest.
• Dugu Yan gave Lu Yu her storage Soul Tool as agreed, and he left while she reunited with her grandfather and tried to dismiss her growing feelings for Lu Yu.
• Lu Yu entered the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest seeking a suitable soul ring, but an enormous soul beast suddenly charged at him from the bushes.