Chapter Summaries

After reaching Soul Power Level 10, Zhou Tao prepared to graduate from Notting Academy and obtain his first Spirit Ring. Yu Xiaogang confronted him over his Lightning Blue Silver Grass, and Zhou Tao rejected Yu’s control-system theories as Tang San began to doubt his mentor.

• Zhou Tao reached Soul Power Level 10 after six years of cultivation and decided to graduate and pursue Spirit Master training.
• Director Su congratulated Zhou Tao and offered him an academy job, but Zhou Tao declined so he could continue cultivating.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived with Tang San and criticized Zhou Tao’s progress, while Zhou Tao accused Yu of wanting to use his Lightning Blue Silver Grass as an experiment.
• Zhou Tao argued that his Martial Soul’s lightning and vitality made Yu’s control-system approach unnecessary and misguided.
• Yu Xiaogang defended his theories and recommended a Purple Lightning Snake Spirit Ring, while Tang San listened with growing doubt.

Zhou Tao exposed Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul theories as flawed, provoking Yu Xiaogang to defend his reputation and draw Tang San closer to him. After Yu Xiaogang left with Tang San, Zhou Tao told Director Su he planned to strengthen his lightning-attribute Blue Silver Grass through a plant-type Spirit Ring.

• Zhou Tao challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim about plant- and beast-type Spirit Rings and mocked his Rank 29 Soul Power, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to refute him.
• Yu Xiaogang attacked Zhou Tao’s talent and claimed that recognizing Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls proved his theories, while Tang San’s doubts turned to trust in his master.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Tang San a first Spirit Ring and argued that Zhou Tao would never catch up, but Zhou Tao accused him of using Tang San as an experimental subject and leading him astray.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang hurriedly took him away to teach him the control-type path for Blue Silver Grass.
• Director Su and the other teachers laughed at Yu Xiaogang after he left, then asked Zhou Tao about finding his first Spirit Ring.
• Zhou Tao told Director Su he planned to obtain a plant-type Spirit Ring to strengthen his lightning-attribute Blue Silver Grass’s vitality, Soul Power, and lightning power.

Zhou Tao rejected Yu Xiaogang’s control-system advice and planned to seize the Blue Silver Emperor inheritance and right leg bone before Tang San could claim them. After deciding to leave Nuoding City quickly, he prepared to set out for the Blue Silver Emperor near Holy Soul Village.

• Zhou Tao thanked Director Su and left the academy, while Director Su wished him luck pursuing a vitality-based path.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Tang San to follow the control-system path, and Tang San resolved to punish Zhou Tao for mocking his teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged to take Tang San spirit-beast hunting the next day so Tang San could obtain his first Spirit Ring.
• Zhou Tao realized he could strengthen himself without a Spirit Ring by obtaining the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Zhou Tao decided to travel to the Blue Silver Emperor near Holy Soul Village the next day, then leave Nuoding City to avoid Yu Xiaogang’s clan.

Zhou Tao planned to steal the Blue Silver Emperor inheritance and other opportunities before Tang San could claim them. After watching Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Tang Hao leave Nuoding City for the Soul Hunting Forest, he prepared to head for Holy Soul Village, where the Blue Silver Emperor’s remains were unguarded.

• Zhou Tao decided to leave Nuoding City, take the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and seek opportunities in Heaven Dou City.
• Zhou Tao watched Yu Xiaogang and Tang San leave Nuoding City by carriage toward the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Half an hour later, Zhou Tao saw Tang Hao depart in secret for the same destination.
• Zhou Tao concluded that Holy Soul Village was unguarded and resolved to take the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and inheritance.

Zhou Tao located the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, in a hidden stone chamber behind a waterfall and realized Tang Hao had kept her isolated and weakened to control her power. He vowed to thwart the Tang Clan’s plans now that he had found her.

• Zhou Tao traveled to the forest near Holy Soul Village to search for the Blue Silver Emperor before Tang Hao returned.
• Zhou Tao used his Lightning Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul to connect with the Blue Silver Grass and sensed Ah Yin’s aura to the southeast.
• Zhou Tao followed the aura to a waterfall, found its hidden mechanism, and entered the stone chamber.
• Zhou Tao found Ah Yin weakened by the chamber’s lack of sunlight and isolation from the Blue Silver Grass outside.
• Zhou Tao concluded that Tang Hao had kept Ah Yin barely alive to secure her Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline for Tang San, and vowed to stop the Tang Clan’s schemes.

Zhou Tao retrieved the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and absorbed it in a hidden cellar, transforming his Lightning Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. He tested its new strength and lightning, then began considering a path toward the Thunder God’s divine position.

• Zhou Tao found the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone in a hidden stone recess, concealed the theft, and traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhou Tao rented a secluded courtyard in Suville Town and began absorbing the Spirit Bone in its cellar.
• Over half a month, the Spirit Bone nourished Zhou Tao and evolved his Lightning Blue Silver Grass into a thick blue-gold vine crackling with powerful lightning.
• Zhou Tao speculated that his Martial Soul might lead him to the vacant Thunder God divine position.
• Zhou Tao tested his Martial Soul in the courtyard, binding a tree and leaving a charred, deeply burned ring in its trunk.

After discovering the transformed power of his Lightning Blue Silver Grass and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, Zhou Tao confronted Ah Yin in his Spirit Sea and exposed Tang Hao’s alleged exploitation of her. Ah Yin turned to hatred and asked what Zhou Tao wanted in exchange for helping her take revenge; he demanded the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.

• Zhou Tao tested his Lightning Blue Silver Grass and discovered its binding attack, then learned that the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone granted restoration and flight Spirit Skills.
• Zhou Tao decided to negotiate with Ah Yin rather than simply absorb her and entwined his Blue Silver Grass with the Blue Silver Emperor to meet her in his Spirit Sea.
• Zhou Tao questioned Ah Yin about Tang Hao’s treatment of her, arguing that he had kept her imprisoned and taken her Spirit Bone and bloodline for his own benefit.
• Zhou Tao told Ah Yin that Tang San had died at birth and that another soul occupied his body, leaving her devastated and consumed by hatred.
• Ah Yin asked Zhou Tao what he wanted in exchange for helping her take revenge, and Zhou Tao demanded the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.

Tang Hao watched Tang San kill a Mandala Snake with a hidden weapon and resolved to use his son to destroy Spirit Hall and restore Ah Yin. Meanwhile, Zhou Tao prepared to hunt his first Spirit Ring, chose to prioritize Blue Silver Grass’s vitality, and heard Ah Yin recommend the Undying Thunder Vine.

• Tang Hao prepared to rescue Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, but Tang San killed the Mandala Snake with a hidden weapon before he could intervene.
• Tang Hao recognized that Tang San had secrets and decided he would use his son to destroy Spirit Hall and inherit Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
• Zhou Tao stored Ah Yin in a Soul Tool and planned to hunt a first Spirit Ring that would strengthen Blue Silver Grass’s vitality.
• After recovering overnight, Zhou Tao rejected a focus on lightning and decided that vitality and strong foundations mattered more than Spirit Skills.
• Ah Yin recommended the Undying Thunder Vine for its toughness, underground access to vitality, and recovery-oriented Spirit Skill.

Zhou Tao strengthened his body with Millennium Whale Glue so he could safely pursue a thousand-year Spirit Ring, then traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Undying Thunder Vine. He trapped the vine in burning Fierce Fire Oil, and it recoiled after its attempted attack caught fire.

• Ah Yin told Zhou Tao that the Undying Thunder Vine was near the Star Dou Great Forest and had just reached a thousand years, while his strengthened physique could withstand absorbing it.
• Zhou Tao bought Millennium Whale Glue and endured its intense heat in an ice-water pool, emerging with a stronger body and greater confidence.
• After resting, Zhou Tao left Ah Yin in his cellar, gathered supplies, and flew into the Star Dou Great Forest to find the Undying Thunder Vine.
• Following Ah Yin's directions, Zhou Tao searched for two days and found the purple, lightning-wreathed vine beside a swamp.
• Zhou Tao dug a trench around the Undying Thunder Vine, poured in Fierce Fire Oil, and set it alight.
• The burning vine lashed out with its roots and lightning, but its tendrils caught fire, forcing it to withdraw.

Zhou Tao burned the Undying Thunder Vine, absorbed its Spirit Ring, and gained the Undying Thunder skill, which let him kill a Mandala Snake from a distance. He left with greatly increased Soul Power and renewed thoughts of revenge against Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Tang Hao.

• Zhou Tao used his Flight Spirit Skill to evade the Undying Thunder Vine’s attacks as Fierce Fire Oil burned its aboveground vines.
• Zhou Tao dug up the Undying Thunder Vine’s vast root system and burned it until it died.
• Zhou Tao absorbed the Undying Thunder Vine’s thousand-year Spirit Ring, raising his Soul Power from level 10 to level 19.
• Zhou Tao gained the Undying Thunder Spirit Skill, which let his rooted Blue Silver Grass draw life force and generate lightning.
• Zhou Tao used Undying Thunder to kill a hundred-year Mandala Snake and mocked Yu Xiaogang for being unable to kill one.

Zhou Tao tested his lightning-powered Blue Silver Grass in the forest, while Zhu Zhuqing hunted for her first Spirit Ring alone. After Zhu Zhuqing ate some of Zhou Tao’s roasted boar, the two argued over who owned it, and Zhou Tao revealed that he had killed it with his Spirit Skill.

• Zhou Tao rejected a Mandala Snake Spirit Ring and tested his first Spirit Skill on several Spirit Beasts before killing a wild boar with golden lightning.
• Zhou Tao washed in a river, while Zhu Zhuqing obtained her first Spirit Ring and vowed to surpass her sister Zhu Zhuyun despite her family’s neglect.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed the smell of roasted meat, ate some of Zhou Tao’s boar, and then watched him return from the river.
• Zhu Zhuqing called Zhou Tao a bastard and accused him of stealing her boar, while Zhou Tao accused her of stealing his food and spying on him.
• Zhou Tao demonstrated his blue-gold vine and golden lightning, leaving Zhu Zhuqing stunned when she realized he had killed the boar.

Zhou Tao defeated Zhu Zhuqing in their first spar by binding her with his Lightning Blue Silver Grass, then revealed his thousand-year first Spirit Ring. Zhu Zhuqing was stunned by his strength, and Zhou Tao credited his success to years of hard work.

• Zhu Zhuqing discovered that Zhou Tao’s Martial Soul carried lightning and angrily accused him of peeping at her and stealing her roast pig.
• Zhu Zhuqing possessed her Hell Spirit Cat and chased Zhou Tao out of the forest, but he outran her and turned to face her on the grassland.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Zhou Tao to a spar and attacked him, but his Blue Silver Vines quickly bound her.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Stab could not cut through the tough, rapidly healing vines, and Zhou Tao’s lightning left her numb before he released her.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw Zhou Tao’s purple thousand-year Spirit Ring and asked how he could have one as his first; Zhou Tao answered that hard work led to victory.

Zhou Tao encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to reject the fate imposed on her and grow strong enough to choose her own path. After spending the night together in a cave, Zhu Zhuqing decided to attend Shrek Academy and pursue an independent path as a battle Spirit Master.

• Zhou Tao told Zhu Zhuqing she owed him for stealing his roasted pig, and they introduced themselves.
• Zhou Tao warned Zhu Zhuqing about the dangers of sleeping in the forest and led her to a cave, where they spent the night together.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her despair over her forced engagement to Prince Xingluo and her deadly rivalry with Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhou Tao urged Zhu Zhuqing to become strong enough to defy fate, and she resolved to change her destiny.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided to attend Shrek Academy and abandon Martial Soul fusion to develop her Hell Spirit Cat independently.

Zhu Zhuqing broke off her engagement with Dai Mubai and praised Zhou Tao, provoking Dai Mubai to seek revenge. Dai Mubai confronted Zhou Tao on the road, where Zhou Tao turned the crowd against him by pointing out that he was a Star Luo prince causing trouble in Heaven Dou territory.

• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai, declared their engagement void, and said she would defeat her sister without him.
• Dai Mubai blamed Zhou Tao for Zhu Zhuqing’s change and left to find him, while Zhu Zhuqing said Zhou Tao was better than Dai Mubai.
• Zhou Tao packed Ah Yin into his Soul Tool, left his courtyard, and set out toward Heaven Dou Imperial City to seek another Spirit Ring.
• Dai Mubai stopped Zhou Tao on the road and identified himself as a prince, but Zhou Tao refused to show him respect.
• Zhou Tao reminded Dai Mubai that he was in the Heaven Dou Empire, drawing hostile attention from the surrounding Spirit Masters.
• Dai Mubai accused Zhou Tao of disrespecting a prince and seducing his fiancée, then threatened to settle their scores.

Zhou Tao confronted Dai Mubai over Zhu Zhuqing and defeated him in a Spirit Master duel, leaving Dai Mubai unconscious and warning him to stay away from her. Dai Mubai privately vowed revenge before passing out.

• Dai Mubai challenged Zhou Tao to a duel after Zhou Tao insulted him over Zhu Zhuqing breaking off their engagement.
• Dai Mubai revealed his level 25 White Tiger Martial Soul and two yellow Spirit Rings, while Zhou Tao revealed his level 19 Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and a thousand-year first Spirit Ring.
• Dai Mubai attacked with his White Tiger Spirit Skills, but Zhou Tao dodged his beam and pierced his barrier with Blue Silver Vines.
• Zhou Tao bound Dai Mubai with his Undying Thunder Vine and electrocuted him until he was badly injured.
• Zhou Tao warned Dai Mubai to stay away from Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai passed out after muttering a vow of revenge.

In Heaven Dou Imperial City, Zhou Tao planned to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy and seek the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while developing self-created lightning Spirit Skills. After testing two attacks, he learned of a rare Spirit Beast in Sunset Forest that might grant him a speed-enhancing ability, then began cultivating toward level 20.

• Zhou Tao settled in Heaven Dou Imperial City and planned to investigate ways to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy and obtain the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Zhou Tao created and tested a Lightning Ball Technique, blasting a huge crater into a boulder but finding that the skill consumed too much Soul Power.
• Zhou Tao formed Blue Silver Grass into a lightning-charged spear and tested the Lightning Blue Silver Spear, piercing a thick tree with little lightning power.
• Zhou Tao decided to seek a speed-enhancing Spirit Skill and asked Ah Yin about Spirit Beasts with vitality, lightning power, and great speed.
• Ah Yin told Zhou Tao about the Lightning Devouring Savage Bear in Sunset Forest and warned that even a thousand-year specimen could be stronger than him.
• Zhou Tao gathered intelligence about the royal family and Dugu Family, then began cultivating in a field of Blue Silver Grass while Ah Yin recovered in the courtyard.

Three months after entering seclusion, Zhou Tao reached Soul Power Rank 20 and set out for Sunset Forest to find the Lightning Devouring Savage Bear. Along the way, he saved several young Spirit Masters from an Evil Spirit Master, drawing the interest of Xue Qinghe and Snake Lance Douluo.

• Zhou Tao emerged from three months of seclusion, placed Ah Yin in his Soul Tool, and flew toward Sunset Forest.
• Zhou Tao spotted an Evil Spirit Master attacking a group of young Spirit Masters near a luxurious carriage and struck him with a golden Lightning Ball.
• Xue Qinghe asked Snake Lance Douluo to deal with the attacker, but Snake Lance Douluo paused when Zhou Tao intervened and wondered whether the youth was part of a ruse.
• Xue Qinghe noticed Zhou Tao's unusual lightning-attribute plant Martial Soul and told Snake Lance Douluo not to antagonize him unless he showed hostility.
• Zhou Tao pierced the Evil Spirit Master with his Lightning Blue Silver Spear, killed him, and began freeing the young Spirit Masters.

After Zhou Tao rescued Xue Qinghe and his group from an Evil Spirit Master, Xue Qinghe learned of Zhou Tao’s remarkable self-created Spirit Skill and offered him a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Zhou Tao accepted the offer while concealing that he had recognized Xue Qinghe.

• Xue Qinghe asked Porcupinefish Douluo about Zhou Tao’s strength, and Porcupinefish Douluo judged that he had less than a Soul Elder’s Soul Power despite his destructive Spirit Skill.
• Zhou Tao met Xue Qinghe and the two Titled Douluo, Snake Lance and Porcupinefish, and recognized Xue Qinghe from the original story.
• Xue Qinghe thanked Zhou Tao and proposed that they become sworn brothers, and Zhou Tao agreed, calling him Brother Xue.
• Zhou Tao told Xue Qinghe that he was a commoner who had graduated from Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy, had been forced out by Yu Xiaogang, and possessed only one Spirit Ring.
• Xue Qinghe invited Zhou Tao to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy and offered him a badge to enroll.

After receiving Xue Qinghe’s token for enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Zhou Tao entered Sunset Forest to hunt a Lightning Devouring Savage Bear. Xue Qinghe ordered an investigation into Zhou Tao and Yu Xiaogang, while Zhou Tao located the powerful bear and prepared to face it alone.

• Xue Qinghe gave Zhou Tao a token to secure his enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and they parted ways.
• Snake Lance Douluo reported that he had found nothing unusual about Zhou Tao, and Xue Qinghe ordered him to investigate Zhou Tao and Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhou Tao entered Sunset Forest to hunt a Lightning Devouring Savage Bear, a beast said to rival an ordinary ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast.
• Zhou Tao used Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass network to locate a Lightning Devouring Savage Bear fishing in a river valley near the forest’s core region.
• Ah Yin questioned whether Zhou Tao could face the powerful bear alone, but Zhou Tao said he had a plan.

Zhou Tao tried to lure the Lightning Devouring Savage Bear with drugged honey so he could kill it, but Ye Lingling accidentally disrupted his plan and nearly became the bear’s prey. After Zhou Tao saved her, Ye Lingling offered to help him capture the bear.

• Zhou Tao mixed sleeping medicine into honey and baited a pit near the valley exit while Ah Yin watched for the bear.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling searched Sunset Forest for a thousand-year Soul Beast, then Dugu Yan sent Ye Lingling to fetch water.
• The Lightning Devouring Savage Bear followed the honey’s scent, but spotted Ye Lingling and chased her instead.
• Zhou Tao struck the bear with golden lightning and carried Ye Lingling to safety in a tree.
• Ye Lingling apologized for disrupting Zhou Tao’s hunt and offered to help him capture the bear.