Chapter Summaries

Fire Wolf Consecrator pursued Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, but their speed kept them out of reach. A gray-white world swallowed him and erased his senses, leaving him trapped and attacking blindly.

• Fire Wolf Consecrator rose from the rubble, transformed into his wolf form, and chased Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun through the forest.
• After pursuing them for thirty li without gaining ground, Fire Wolf Consecrator considered activating his Martial Soul Avatar despite the cost to his lifespan.
• The world around Fire Wolf Consecrator turned gray-white and spread over him until he lost all five senses.
• Fire Wolf Consecrator activated his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed soul skills, but his attacks missed as he staggered helplessly in the gray-white world.

Zhao Linchuan killed the Fire Wolf Consecrator with his soul skills and Myriad Wood Prison, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun watched from a nearby tree. Zhu Zhuqing then told her sister she could not return to the Star Luo Empire and asked her to help secure a place beside Zhao Linchuan.

• Zhao Linchuan used One Leaf Knows Autumn to weaken the Fire Wolf Consecrator, then trapped him in Myriad Wood Prison.
• Zhao Linchuan pierced the Fire Wolf Consecrator with four Blue Silver Emperor Spears, killing him.
• Zhu Zhuyun watched Zhao Linchuan’s fight from the tree where Zhu Zhuqing held her and struggled to believe he was a twelve-year-old Soul King with a Spirit Bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned Zhu Zhuyun that she could not return to the Star Luo Empire after witnessing Zhao Linchuan’s secrets.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhu Zhuyun to help her secure a place beside Zhao Linchuan for their sake and the Zhu Family’s future.

Zhu Zhuqing persuaded Zhu Zhuyun to leave the Star Luo Empire with her and join Zhao Linchuan, and Zhu Zhuyun agreed. As Zhao Linchuan approached after looting the Fire Wolf Consecrator’s corpse, the sisters prepared to join him and leave.

• Zhu Zhuyun explained that her lack of feelings for Dai Weisi and her family’s constitution made her hesitate to share Zhao Linchuan with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing whispered about Zhao Linchuan’s abilities, leaving Zhu Zhuyun astonished and blushing.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked her sister to stay by her side, and Zhu Zhuyun agreed to leave with her and find shelter with Zhao Linchuan.
• Zhu Zhuyun noted that Zhao Linchuan could not let her return after she had witnessed his Spirit Bones, Soul Rings, and victory over a Soul Douluo.
• Zhao Linchuan approached after stripping valuables from the Fire Wolf Consecrator’s corpse, and Zhu Zhuqing led Zhu Zhuyun down from the tree to join him.

While resting in Star Dou Forest, Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun that Zhao Linchuan had given her four high-year Spirit Bones, and Zhu Zhuyun agreed to work for him in exchange for an Immortal Herb and a monthly wage. A sudden thunderclap interrupted Zhao Linchuan just as he was about to explain the job.

• Zhu Zhuyun was shocked when Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had received four Spirit Bones, including two over fifty thousand years old, from Zhao Linchuan and his sworn younger sister.
• Zhao Linchuan served the sisters meat soup and said they would leave at daybreak.
• Zhu Zhuyun assessed their valuables as worth more than eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and agreed to handle some of Zhao Linchuan's businesses for an Immortal Herb and two thousand Gold Soul Coins each month.
• A deafening peal of thunder erupted in the distant sky as Zhao Linchuan began to explain the work.

Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing witnessed a powerful phoenix endure a heavenly tribulation, only for a sudden silver lightning bolt to leave it near death. As the phoenix fell, greed for its spirit bone took root in Zhao Linchuan.

• Zhao Linchuan spotted a phoenix facing a storm of tribulation lightning in the northern sky.
• Zhao Linchuan recognized the spectacle as a soul beast undergoing a tribulation, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun watched in astonishment.
• The phoenix weathered the barrage and shattered the remaining thunderclouds with a burst of energy.
• A silver thunderbolt broke through the phoenix's defenses, drained its strength, and sent it falling.
• Zhao Linchuan realized he might fuse with the phoenix's spirit bone and felt greed for its immense value.

Zhao Linchuan received the Phoenix’s sacrifice, gaining a blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Head Soul Bone as his power surged. After the light pillar vanished, he struggled to control his vastly increased mental power while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun returned and stopped at a distance.

• The Phoenix called to Zhao Linchuan and began sacrificing herself, surrounding him with a pillar of crimson-gold Soul Power.
• Zhao Linchuan warned Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun to get away, and Zhu Zhuqing carried her sister out of the clearing.
• The Phoenix dissolved into golden motes, and a golden skull and blood-red Soul Ring appeared as Zhao Linchuan received her gift.
• The light pillar faded, revealing that Zhao Linchuan had gained a Head Soul Bone and Soul Ring and that his mental power had increased more than five hundredfold.
• Zhao Linchuan sat down to master his surging mental power, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun returned and stopped about a hundred meters away.

After absorbing the Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, Zhao Linchuan recovered control of his mental power and discovered his new abilities. He concluded that he could now face a Titled Douluo head-on, while Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing waited nearby.

• Zhu Zhuyun marveled at Zhao Linchuan's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and teased him about being naked, confusing Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Linchuan awoke and accidentally fired powerful blue-gold rays from his eyes, smashing trees in the forest.
• Zhao Linchuan regained more than seventy percent control of his mental power and found his Soul Power had reached level sixty-one, while an unexplained sensation formed near his heart.
• Zhao Linchuan examined his upgraded Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, learning he had gained Heavenfire Incinerates the City, Rebirth Through Fire, Five Virtues Empowerment, and the ability to summon a Holy Origin Spirit Phoenix.
• Zhao Linchuan declared that he could now face a Titled Douluo and told Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing they should leave, prompting Zhu Zhuyun to tell him to put on some clothes.

The Silver Dragon King confirmed that a small world might be growing within Zhao Linchuan and considered going to observe him, while Bi Ji advised her to meet him privately if she missed him. A day later, at the Pear Blossom Hotel, Zhu Zhuqing urged Zhu Zhuyun to get closer to Lin Chuan in exchange for an Immortal Herb and a chance at a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.

• Bi Ji sensed a small world being nurtured inside Zhao Linchuan, and the Silver Dragon King confirmed that a seed within him might grow into one.
• The Silver Dragon King hoped the small world could become a refuge for the Soul Beast clan and asked Bi Ji whether she should go to Zhao Linchuan.
• Bi Ji suggested the Silver Dragon King meet Zhao Linchuan privately if she missed him, and the Silver Dragon King said she did not want him embarrassed in front of the Zhu sisters.
• The Silver Dragon King chose the human name Gu Yuena, which Bi Ji praised as fitting her.
• After returning to the Heaven Dou Empire, Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun to get closer to Lin Chuan for the sake of his Immortal Herb and secret technique.
• Zhu Zhuyun agreed that the potential ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring was worth pursuing and complimented Zhu Zhuqing's figure.

Zhu Zhuyun visited Zhao Linchuan to ask about his secret method for increasing the age of absorbable Soul Rings, offering to pay for it. Their teasing exchange turned intimate, leaving Zhu Zhuyun overwhelmed by Zhao Linchuan’s strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing left the room, telling Zhu Zhuyun she would be out until dark.
• Zhu Zhuyun went to Zhao Linchuan’s room and asked whether he could teach her the Soul Ring method.
• Zhao Linchuan produced a thirty-thousand-year Whale Rubber and asked if Zhu Zhuyun was sure.
• Zhu Zhuyun teased Zhao Linchuan about his strength, but he pinned her down before she could finish.
• Zhu Zhuyun’s confidence and teasing gave way as Zhao Linchuan overwhelmed her.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to find Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuyun together, then realized her sister was being punished after provoking him and intervened. Afterward, Zhu Zhuyun complained that Zhu Zhuqing had left her in danger, while Zhu Zhuqing asked her to scrape off the “mold” on her body because Lin Chuan disliked eating it.

• Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Pear Blossom Hotel with dinner after wandering around town for three hours.
• Zhu Zhuqing heard Zhu Zhuyun pleading from Zhao Linchuan’s room and realized her sister was in trouble.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the room and persuaded Zhao Linchuan to release Zhu Zhuyun about an hour later.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that Whale Rubber had not helped her resist Zhao Linchuan and asked her not to set her up again.
• Zhu Zhuqing handed Zhu Zhuyun a small knife and asked her to scrape off the “mold” because Lin Chuan disliked eating it.

Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing about Lin Chuan’s intimate preferences, then traveled with Zhu Zhuqing and Zhao Linchuan toward Heaven Dou City. After a strange dream about a green snake and a giant silver python, Zhao Linchuan remained dazed; several days later, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong practiced tying red-string knots with their tongues.

• Zhu Zhuyun accused Zhu Zhuqing of letting Lin Chuan do something humiliating, but Zhu Zhuqing blamed Ning Rongrong for teaching him.
• Zhu Zhuyun dismissed Zhu Zhuqing from the bathing room and tried using the small knife herself despite her embarrassment.
• Zhu Zhuyun drove Zhao Linchuan and Zhu Zhuqing toward Heaven Dou City while Zhao Linchuan sat dazed in the carriage.
• Zhao Linchuan recalled dreaming that he was a green snake in a nest visited by a gentle, enormous silver python.
• Zhu Zhuqing gave Zhao Linchuan water and warned him not to overexert himself again.
• Several days later, Xiao Wu demonstrated how to knot a red string with her tongue while Ning Rongrong struggled to copy her.

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong welcomed Zhao Linchuan home with Zhu Zhuqing and her sister, Zhu Zhuyun, after he had been away for more than half a month. Zhu Zhuyun settled in with them, while Zhao Linchuan took Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to his room, leaving Zhu Zhuyun puzzled by what she heard later that night.

• Xiao Wu showed Ning Rongrong how she tied a bow in a red string with her tongue, and Ning Rongrong lamented that Lin Chuan was away.
• Zhao Linchuan returned with Zhu Zhuqing and introduced Zhu Zhuyun, who had reached Level 40 and would stay with them after receiving an Immortal Herb from him.
• Zhu Zhuqing led Zhu Zhuyun inside to rest, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased Zhao Linchuan about his long absence.
• Zhao Linchuan carried Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong into his room after they mocked his stamina.
• That night, Zhu Zhuyun heard a voice from Zhao Linchuan's room and asked Zhu Zhuqing what Xiao Wu and Rongrong were doing, but Zhu Zhuqing changed the subject.

Zhao Linchuan brought Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuyun, and Zhuqing to Blue Tyrant Academy and claimed they could make it the world’s top academy by winning the Soul Master Tournament. After revealing his overwhelming strength, he gained Liu Erlong’s agreement to entrust the academy entirely to him.

• After several days together, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu accepted Zhu Zhuyun as part of their group.
• Zhao Linchuan led the four young women to Blue Tyrant Academy to meet Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong doubted Zhao Linchuan’s claims that his group could win the tournament and make the academy number one.
• Zhao Linchuan revealed his Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, overwhelming Liu Erlong with his pressure.
• Liu Erlong agreed to entrust Blue Tyrant Academy and all its affairs to Zhao Linchuan, who then left with the others.

After Liu Erlong reacted intensely to Zhao Linchuan’s Martial Soul, she invited him to join her in hunting Soul Rings for the students. Zhao Linchuan accepted, while he and his companions settled in at a hotel and Zhu Zhuqing later followed Ning Rongrong’s example in approaching him.

• After Zhao Linchuan left, Liu Erlong realized how strongly his Martial Soul had affected her and asked a teacher to invite him to hunt Soul Rings with her the next day.
• Zhu Zhuyun suggested that Liu Erlong’s dragon-type Martial Soul had been drawn to Zhao Linchuan’s superior one, and Zhao Linchuan teased Zhu Zhuyun about experiencing a similar effect.
• A teacher delivered Liu Erlong’s invitation, and Zhao Linchuan agreed to meet her at the academy gates the next morning.
• At the hotel, Zhu Zhuyun washed Zhao Linchuan’s feet and told him that she was feeling unwell but still planned to join the Soul Ring hunt.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered Zhao Linchuan’s room wearing Ning Rongrong’s nightdress and acted on what Zhao Linchuan suspected Rongrong had taught her.

Zhao Linchuan discussed renaming Blue Tyrant Academy and led Liu Erlong’s group into Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Beasts. When Zhu Zhuyun was the last to need a Soul Ring, several powerful Soul Beasts fled into the group’s path, pursued by a hungry fifty-to-sixty-thousand-year-old Earth Cave Spider Emperor.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong that she had lost control again the previous night, and Ning Rongrong scolded her teasingly.
• On the way to Sunset Forest, Zhao Linchuan proposed renaming Blue Tyrant Academy to prevent the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect from claiming its future honors, and Liu Erlong agreed to consider Azure Dragon Academy.
• Liu Erlong asked Zhao Linchuan how to restrain the suppression between their Martial Souls, and he advised her to face the difficulty head-on.
• By afternoon, the group had found Soul Beast targets for the students, leaving Zhu Zhuyun as the only one still needing a Soul Ring; Zhao Linchuan said a thousand-year Soul Beast would not be enough for her.
• A ten-thousand-year black panther and four Soul Beasts over twenty thousand years old burst from the forest, and Zhu Zhuyun spotted a hungry Earth Cave Spider Emperor pursuing them.

Liu Erlong fought the Earth Cave Spider Emperor while Zhao Linchuan hesitated to intervene against the ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts. When the beasts attacked the students and wounded both teachers, he unleashed his Thunder Dragon, which seized the beasts and charged into the forest to aid Liu Erlong, leaving a powerful blast that sent the students flying.

• Liu Erlong used her Martial Soul Avatar to confront the Earth Cave Spider Emperor while Zhao Linchuan prepared to face the other Soul Beasts.
• Zhu Zhuyun stopped Zhao Linchuan from acting, but a panther-like Soul Beast charged at the students and critically wounded Teacher Jing and Teacher Six.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhao Linchuan to act, and he summoned a massive Wood Azure Dragon made of azure-green lightning.
• Zhao Linchuan's Thunder Dragon seized four ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, knocked the panther aside, and flew toward Liu Erlong.
• The Thunder Dragon clashed with the Earth Cave Spider Emperor, and the resulting shockwave sent the students flying.

After Zhao Linchuan recovered a Spirit Bone from the battlefield, he carried the weakened Liu Erlong out of the ruins and told Zhu Zhuyun to absorb the black panther’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Liu Erlong warned against it but began doubting Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring theories as Zhu Zhuyun started the absorption.

• Zhao Linchuan picked up the right arm Spirit Bone and stored it in his Soul Tool.
• Zhao Linchuan carried Liu Erlong out of the ruins after she collapsed into his arms.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhao Linchuan she had finished off the black panther, and he urged her to absorb its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as her fourth Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong warned that Zhu Zhuyun could not withstand a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, but Zhu Zhuyun cited differences in Soul Master constitutions.
• Liu Erlong recalled Zhao Linchuan’s ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring and began questioning Yu Xiaogang’s theories.
• Zhu Zhuyun began absorbing the black panther’s Soul Ring as Liu Erlong sat against a stone and the scattered students returned.

Zhao Linchuan healed the wounded students after Zhu Zhuyun absorbed her fourth Soul Ring, and Liu Erlong reconsidered her feelings for Yu Xiaogang while watching him. Back at the hotel, Zhu Zhuyun described her new Soul Skill, Gale Frenzy Dance, and Ning Rongrong considered how it could help them in future matches.

• A student rushed to Zhao Linchuan and the others carrying the gravely wounded Teacher Six, and Zhao Linchuan healed Teacher Six and tended to the other injured students.
• Liu Erlong watched Zhao Linchuan work and wondered whether her life would have been different if she had met him instead of Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhu Zhuyun absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Liu Erlong invited Zhao Linchuan to report to the academy the next morning.
• At the hotel, Zhu Zhuyun told Ning Rongrong and the others that her fourth Soul Skill, Gale Frenzy Dance, could track and suppress enemies across a wide area and unleash a barrage of attacks.
• Ning Rongrong suggested Zhu Zhuyun could use Gale Frenzy Dance to knock out enemy support and control Soul Masters at the start of a match.

Zhao Linchuan gave Zhu Zhuyun a powerful Spirit Bone, and she left to fuse with it. Meanwhile, Flender and Yu Xiaogang persuaded Qin Ming to introduce them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education committee.

• Zhu Zhuyun praised the group’s prospects in the Soul Master Tournament, and Ning Rongrong teased her about Zhao Linchuan bringing her back.
• Zhao Linchuan gave Zhu Zhuyun a right leg Spirit Bone from the Earth Cave Spider Emperor and told her to fuse with it.
• Zhu Zhuyun left to call Ning Rongrong to Zhao Linchuan’s room.
• Ning Rongrong entered wearing a pink silk nightgown and playfully asked Zhao Linchuan to hang her up with a ribbon.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang hosted Qin Ming in Suotuo City and asked him to recommend them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qin Ming agreed to introduce Flender to Meng Shenji and the other education committee members.

Flender persuaded Qin Ming to help Shrek Academy by arranging a match with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s students and promising to teach his younger schoolmates. The next morning, Zhu Zhuyun reported the abilities of her new Spirit Bone, and Zhao Linchuan’s group arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Qin Ming promised Flender that he would recommend Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee.
• Flender persuaded Qin Ming to arrange a match between his students and Shrek’s students, and Qin Ming agreed to teach his younger schoolmates.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhao Linchuan that her Spirit Bone had raised her Soul Power to level forty-seven and granted her the stealth skill Shadow Escape.
• After breakfast, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu talked about their figures as Zhao Linchuan’s group walked to Blue Tyrant Academy.