Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu’s intense physical training drew attention at Vermilion Bird Academy and helped prepare him for the approaching tournament. After meeting the guarded Ye Lingling by the lake, he later searched for a mysterious Soul Power trace in the Star Dou Great Forest with his companions.

• Lu Yu trained under seven times gravity and insisted on pushing himself further, while Liu Feng, Su Qianqian, and Chen Xinran supported and monitored him.
• As the tournament approached, Lu Yu’s strength improved, and he led his team into the competition.
• Lu Yu met Ye Lingling by the academy lake, learned she was the Nine Heart Begonia inheritor, and received her blunt criticism of his fighting style.
• Ye Lingling rejected Lu Yu’s offer of friendship and left, making him more curious about her hidden strength.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Lu Yu sensed a nearby Soul Power fluctuation but could no longer locate its source; a companion suggested it might have been a passing Soul Beast.

Lu Yu encountered Ye Lingling in the Star Dou Great Forest and witnessed how her Nine Heart Begonia kept soul beasts from attacking her. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lu Yu defeated a Four-Ring Soul Sect Master with physical strength alone, then faced a challenge from the gifted Young Master Auston.

• Lu Yu questioned Ye Lingling after his spiritual power failed to detect her, and she explained that her Nine Heart Begonia weakened her presence.
• Ye Lingling said she was a level fifty-three Soul King and that soul beasts did not like attacking her.
• A thousand-year soul beast appeared, stopped when it saw Ye Lingling, and left without attacking before she departed.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lu Yu dodged a senior student's attacks and defeated him with a single punch without releasing his martial soul.
• Young Master Auston leaped into the arena and challenged Lu Yu to spar.

Su Yu defeated Yu Tianheng in the Shrek Academy selections without releasing his martial soul, while Dugu Yan conceded her match against Lu Yu after revealing she knew his goal. Lu Yu questioned her decision, and the chapter ended with him insisting that she was not someone who would give up so easily.

• Su Yu evaded Yu Tianheng's first two attacks and dispersed their lightning with ease.
• Su Yu blocked Yu Tianheng's third and fourth soul skills, leaving him injured and forcing him to admit defeat.
• Su Yu told Yu Tianheng that strength alone did not make someone invincible, then left the arena.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Yu that their matter did not need to be settled in a match and conceded, giving him the win.
• Lu Yu asked Dugu Yan why she had conceded, and she said she knew his goal and understood her own strength.
• Lu Yu told Dugu Yan that she was not the kind of person to give up so easily.

After Dugu Yan surrendered to Lu Yu, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy competition brought Dugu Bo to watch over his granddaughter, while Lu Yu perfected a Summoning God Talisman. He discovered Xiao Wu spying on him and stopped her as she tried to leave.

• Dugu Yan told Lu Yu she did not care what others thought, and he left the arena while she watched him go.
• Lu Yu's teammates questioned him about Dugu Yan, but he said they had only met a few times and wondered what she was thinking.
• Dugu Bo attended the Heaven Dou Royal Academy competition, warned Prince Xue Xing to treat his granddaughter fairly, and watched a composed young contestant compete before leaving.
• Lu Yu completed his Summoning God Talisman beside a lake after realizing what his drawing had been missing.
• Lu Yu caught Xiao Wu watching him, questioned her identity and purpose, and called her back as she turned to leave.

Lu Yu bought talisman materials from a mysterious old man, continued practicing and fighting in the Star Dou Great Forest, and helped Xiao Wu grow stronger. The chapter ended as a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear appeared before Lu Yu and Xiao Wu.

• Lu Yu asked Xiao Wu where to buy talisman materials, and she led him to a secluded valley shop run by a mysterious old man.
• Lu Yu bought high-quality materials for one thousand gold coins and parted ways with Xiao Wu before returning to cultivate by the lake.
• A black-robed young man attacked Lu Yu and demanded his talismans, but Lu Yu fought back; Lu Yu later sensed a concealed mental fluctuation that disappeared.
• Lu Yu spent half a month training and hunting soul beasts with Xiao Wu, helping her cultivation improve.
• A huge Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear charged out of the forest toward Lu Yu and Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu identified it in alarm.

Lu Yu helped Xiao Wu obtain a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear spirit ring, then encountered Shui Ling'er, whose spiritual power repeatedly blocked his own. After meeting her by a secluded lake, he learned that her power came from a desire to protect the place and from living in harmony with nature.

• Lu Yu killed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and let Xiao Wu absorb its spirit ring, raising her cultivation to level thirty-five.
• Lu Yu and Xiao Wu trained in the Star Dou Great Forest for another month, where Lu Yu sensed a mysterious girl whose spiritual fluctuation evaded his detection.
• Lu Yu found the mysterious girl in a hidden valley, but she remained silent when he asked who she was.
• At the lakeshore, Lu Yu met Shui Ling'er and asked why his spiritual power could not reach her.
• Shui Ling'er agreed to share some insights after Lu Yu explained his interest in spiritual power.
• Shui Ling'er said she used her spiritual power to protect the lake and explained that true spiritual power came from harmonizing with nature.

Lu Yu attended Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s annual Soul Master competition, watched the matches, and drew Prince Xue Xing’s attention. The chapter left them discussing how to cultivate more Soul Masters as Soul Beast resources dwindled.

• Lu Yu thanked Shui Ling'er for helping him understand the importance of connecting with nature while cultivating, and agreed to cultivate with her again.
• Dean Flender opened the academy competition, announced its rules, and oversaw the preliminaries, where sixteen students advanced to the semifinals.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong watched the matches and discussed the unexpected contestants and their own preparations.
• The academy held its larger competition, featuring duels including Oscar against Dai Weisi and Ning Rongrong against Ma Hongjun.
• Lu Yu recognized Prince Xue Xing among the honored guests, and the prince invited him to discuss the Soul Master world.
• Prince Xue Xing raised the problem of dwindling Soul Beast resources, and Lu Yu proposed new education and training methods for Soul Masters.

Lu Yu accepted Prince Xue Xing’s invitation to serve the Heavenly Dou Empire, then continued his run through Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s competition without revealing his martial soul. After defeating Li Ba, he advanced to the top sixteen, where he was set to face Lin Wan'er.

• Lu Yu agreed to serve the Heavenly Dou Empire after discussing Soul Master development with Prince Xue Xing.
• Dugu Bo arrived to watch his granddaughter Dugu Yan compete, and Prince Xue Xing described the Genius Challenge Tournament and the competition’s notable young Soul Masters.
• Yu Tianheng boasted that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would win, but Dugu Bo challenged him to prove his strength in the arena.
• Lu Yu defeated the Three-Ring Soul Master Li Ba with a single kick while avoiding the use of his martial soul, advancing to the top sixteen.
• Lu Yu’s reputation spread through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and his next opponent was the petite student Lin Wan'er.

Lu Yu defeated Lin Wan'er to advance to the quarterfinals, then entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy's annual competition and faced Xue Beng. He knocked Xue Beng unconscious, drawing Dugu Bo's interest.

• Lu Yu evaded Lin Wan'er's attacks and knocked her off the arena, advancing to the quarterfinals.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo attended the opening of the Academy Grand Competition.
• Xue Beng entered the competition and arrogantly challenged Lu Yu, but Lu Yu dodged his punch and kicked him down.
• Xue Beng summoned his Swan martial soul and used Swan Dance, but Lu Yu evaded every attack.
• Lu Yu appeared behind Xue Beng and punched him unconscious, prompting cheers from the stands while Dugu Bo watched with interest.

Lu Yu won the Academy Grand Competition, rejected Dugu Bo’s offer to become his disciple, and later committed to competing without skills or equipment. After intense training under Lei Zhentian, he reached the final of the Soul Master Competition, where he faced Li Xuan.

• Lu Yu defeated Prince Xue Beng and advanced through the Academy Grand Competition, eventually winning its championship.
• Dugu Bo offered to take Lu Yu as his disciple, but Lu Yu declined because he already had a master and would not reveal the master's name.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lu Yu discussed the coming competition with other students, including Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng.
• Lu Yu told Lei Zhentian he would compete using only his physical strength and martial soul, without skills or equipment, and trained intensely under his mentor.
• Lu Yu's ancient longsword martial soul grew stronger as his body improved through training.
• Lu Yu advanced to the Soul Master Competition final, where he faced Li Xuan, the youth who had mocked his challenge.

Lu Yu defeated Li Xuan and later met Ye Lingling, the Nine Heart Begonia inheritor, at the lakeside. When he searched for her at the Soul Master Competition finals, he learned she had declined to compete and then spotted a Shrek Academy woman whose Nine Heart Begonia martial soul left him baffled.

• Lu Yu overcame Li Xuan’s skills and equipment, won the match, and received praise from Lei Zhentian.
• Lu Yu met Ye Lingling by the lake, where she explained that her three-ring Nine Heart Begonia martial soul healed injuries; a young man arrived and took her away.
• The young man questioned Ye Lingling about Lu Yu at the inn, and she insisted Lu Yu was only a stranger.
• Lu Yu learned Ye Lingling’s academy had advanced to the finals, but its dean told him she had chosen not to compete.
• Lu Yu searched the Shrek Academy team, failed to detect a cold woman’s spiritual presence, and recognized the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul before her.

Lu Yu recognized Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia martial soul before the Shrek Seven Devils faced the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team. He easily subdued Yu Tianheng, and the Shrek team won the match before returning to the academy.

• Lu Yu identified Ye Lingling's martial soul as the rare Nine Heart Begonia, and Ning Rongrong became possessive when she noticed his attention.
• Dean Flander called both teams into the arena, where Lu Yu recognized Yu Tianheng as the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team's captain.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Lu Yu, but Lu Yu froze him in place with a single move and then released him.
• The intimidated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team members offered little resistance as the Shrek Seven Devils defeated them.
• Ning Rongrong praised Lu Yu after the victory, and Dean Flander led the Shrek Seven Devils back to the academy.