Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang was thrown out of the Council Hall and raged against the heavens in the rain, only to be struck by lightning. Yu Luomian saved him from the main bolt, but Yu Xiaogang was badly shocked and the family rushed to get him treated.

• Yu Yuanzhen agreed to investigate Yu Changge’s standing in Spirit Hall, while Yu Luomian offered to visit and bring him back.
• After being thrown from the Council Hall, Yu Xiaogang blamed the heavens and resented Yu Changge’s success as a theoretical master and Honorary Elder.
• Lightning struck a nearby tree, and Yu Xiaogang shouted for the heavens to strike him dead.
• A powerful bolt descended toward Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Luomian rushed out and blocked most of it with a dragon claw.
• Stray arcs of lightning struck Yu Xiaogang, leaving him charred and unconscious.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian to carry Yu Xiaogang inside and went to fetch a healing-type Soul Saint.

Yu Xiaogang survived being struck by heavenly lightning, but Qinghe warned that his internal injuries could leave him incontinent. Meanwhile, Yu Changge reviewed the progress of the Body Martial Soul students at Spirit Hall and considered whether to give them Tier 1 Defective Soul Ascension Pills.

• Yu Luomian explained that Yu Xiaogang had challenged heaven to strike him, and the elders blamed his recklessness for the lightning strike.
• Qinghe healed Yu Xiaogang's burns and internal injuries, then warned Yu Yuanzhen that recovery would take over half a year and might involve incontinence.
• Yu Xiaogang heard Yu Luomian say he had failed to live up to expectations and privately vowed that the man would pay, while pretending to remain unconscious.
• Yu Yuanzhen wondered whether his treatment of Yu Xiaogang or his son's nature had led to his current condition, but found no answer.
• Yu Changge reviewed reports on the Body Martial Soul students, noting that their ranks had risen during the month and considering whether to grant them Tier 1 Defective Soul Ascension Pills.

Yu Changge analyzed how Body Martial Souls affected medicinal-bath absorption while the Clear Sky Sect arrived at Spirit Hall for a sparring contest that Tang Chen used to probe Yu Changge's status. After matches ended with wins for both sides, Tang Hao stepped forward and challenged Spirit Hall's young disciples.

• Yu Changge recorded that broader Body Martial Soul coverage improved medicinal-bath absorption and planned future near-death training for the students.
• Tang Chen brought Clear Sky Sect and Four Single-Attribute Sects members to Spirit Hall and proposed a sparring contest for disciples under twenty-five.
• Tang Chen questioned Yu Changge's Honorary Elder status and background, but Qian Daoliu refused to provide information.
• The Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall disciples traded victories in several matches.
• Tang Hao entered the square with his Clear Sky Hammer and asked who would face him.

Tang Hao challenged Yu Changge to test his standing with Spirit Hall, but Yu Changge refused until Qian Xunji negotiated stakes for the fight. The Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall began bargaining over what each side would risk, and the duel remained unsettled.

• Tang Hao challenged Yu Changge, who declined and questioned why he should accept without being addressed as His Excellency Yu.
• Tang Chen pressed for a spar, but Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji argued that Yu Changge was not a Spirit Hall member and that the challenge was unfair.
• Tang Hao offered to suppress his cultivation to match Yu Changge, prompting Bibi Dong to step forward before Yu Changge decided to fight.
• Qian Xunji pulled Bibi Dong back and said Yu Changge could fight as a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan if the Clear Sky Sect put up stakes.
• Qian Xunji proposed either the Ring Detonation secret art or a Spirit Bone of at least ten-thousand-year quality, and Tang Chen objected to the demands.
• Qian Xunji invited the Clear Sky Sect to name a counter-demand that Spirit Hall could provide.

Yu Changge faced Tang Hao in a wagered battle after Tang Chen and Qian Xunji negotiated the stakes. Yu Changge revealed his astonishing Soul King strength and Soul Ring configuration, leaving Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall witnesses stunned just as the fight was about to begin.

• Tang Chen offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and sought Spirit Hall's Body Martial Soul research or another condition in exchange, while Qian Xunji agreed on the condition that Clear Sky Sect could choose only one reward if Tang Hao won.
• Tang Chen accepted the revised stakes because he believed Tang Hao would defeat Yu Changge.
• Tang Hao entered the plaza with five Soul Rings and introduced himself as a level fifty-eight Soul King wielding the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Changge summoned his Radiant Sacred Dragon and revealed that he was a level fifty-four Soul King with yellow, purple, purple, black, and black Soul Rings.
• Tang Chen, the Clear Sky Sect disciples, the Four Single-Attribute Sects, and Spirit Hall's bishops and Deacons were shocked by Yu Changge's age, strength, and rare Soul Ring configuration.

Tang Hao and Yu Changge began their battle, with Yu Changge riding Xiao Huang to evade Tang Hao’s opening attack and counter with Radiant Dragon Breath. Tang Hao’s third Soul Skill let him push through the flames and close in on Yu Changge.

• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu discussed the fighters, their bet, and Yu Changge’s Soul Ring configuration.
• Yu Changge leaped onto Xiao Huang and escaped the shockwave from Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Tremor.
• Xiao Huang swept Tang Hao with Radiant Dragon Breath, forcing him to block with Hammer Shadow Thousand Jun.
• Tang Hao activated Clothed Chaos Cloak: Momentum, increasing his hammer speed and power with each strike as he advanced through the Dragon Breath.

Yu Changge used the Radiant Sacred Dragon’s flight and soul skills to counter Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer, then broke his final hammer strike with the Radiant Sacred Jade Pillar. Tang Chen stopped the fight and conceded the spar, leaving Tang Hao stunned by his first loss to someone younger.

• Yu Changge doubled Xiao Huang’s power with Holy Dragon Radiance and had the Radiant Sacred Dragon rise out of Tang Hao’s reach while attacking with dragon breath.
• Tang Hao used the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes to defend against the dragon breath and launch several counterattacks, but Xiao Huang avoided them all.
• Tang Hao completed the eighty-first hammer strike and prepared to throw the Clear Sky Hammer at the Radiant Sacred Dragon.
• Yu Changge trapped Tang Hao with the Radiant Sacred Jade Pillar, breaking his accumulated hammer momentum before the dragon breath could hit him.
• Tang Chen intervened, freed Tang Hao, and declared that the Clear Sky Sect had lost the spar.
• Spirit Hall celebrated Yu Changge’s victory as Tang Hao stood stunned by his first loss to someone younger.

Yu Changge defeated Tang Hao, and Qian Daoliu took the wagered spirit bone while promising to give it to Yu Changge privately. Tang Chen left with Tang Hao, who vowed to return after cultivating and entering the Slaughter City.

• After Yu Changge withdrew his martial soul, Tang Chen handed Qian Daoliu a twenty-thousand-year Diamond Demon Ape Left Arm Bone as the wager.
• Tang Chen invited Yu Changge to join the Clear Sky Sect, but Yu Changge refused and credited his cultivation to Spirit Hall’s support.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Yu Changge’s spirit ring configuration could not be replicated, and Tang Chen reconsidered how much of a threat Yu Changge posed.
• Tang Chen told Tang Hao to cultivate after his defeat, and Tang Hao vowed to return stronger.
• Tang Hao left with Tang Chen and the Clear Sky Sect disciples, planning to reach Soul Saint and enter the Slaughter City.
• Qian Xunji dismissed the gathering, and Spirit Hall’s people dispersed, celebrating their victory over the Clear Sky Sect.

After defeating Tang Hao, Yu Changge discussed his return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji, who offered to take credit for his achievements to ease tensions. He left Spirit Hall with Bibi Dong, reassured her that his family would not harm him, and planned to continue researching pills with soul beast essence blood.

• Qian Daoliu gave Yu Changge the Diamond Demon Ape Left Arm Bone and suggested he give it to his mother rather than absorb it himself.
• Qian Xunji told Yu Changge he would likely return to his clan and offered to send the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Elders with him to help prevent conflict.
• Yu Changge explained that he and his collaborators were still developing pills for Soul Kings and proposed using soul beast essence blood as a medicinal catalyst for future formulas.
• Yu Changge and Bibi Dong left Pope Palace, and he promised to give her a Soul Ascension Pill and help her hunt for a soul ring.
• Bibi Dong offered to ask Qian Xunji to gather soul beast essence blood, but Yu Changge said they should wait until Dugu Bo stabilized the pill formula.
• Yu Changge reassured Bibi Dong that his family would not make things difficult for him because Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, and the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Elders would support him.

After Yu Changge defeated Tang Hao, Spirit Hall’s soul masters learned that the fourteen-year-old Honorary Elder was also a powerful Soul King with the Radiant Sacred Dragon. He showed his martial soul to his Body Martial Soul students and began giving them individual combat guidance.

• Spirit Hall’s soul masters spread news that Yu Changge had defeated Tang Hao and marveled at his five soul rings and strength.
• Yu Changge’s Body Martial Soul students eagerly asked him to show them his martial soul, so he took them to the training ground for practical guidance.
• Yu Changge summoned the Radiant Sacred Dragon and displayed his five soul rings, stunning the students.
• Yu Changge asked the students to attack him so he could assess their training and correct their techniques.
• Zhao Tie attacked with his arm martial soul, and Yu Changge advised him to channel power through his waist and legs.
• Wang Ping charged with his Full Body Martial Soul, and Yu Changge sidestepped and threw him, criticizing his stiff movements.

Yu Changge added mental force training to his students’ regimen and privately rewarded five of his disciples with Soul Ascension Pills. After absorbing the pills overnight, all five had increased their Soul Power, and Yu Changge urged them to keep cultivating toward level thirty.

• Yu Changge assessed the students’ combat training and planned weekly Mental Force Field exercises, especially for students whose Body Martial Souls emphasized mental force or covered their whole bodies.
• Yu Changge summoned Ling Ye, Qing Xiao, Wang Ping, Zhao Tie, and Sun Zhi to his office and gave each a Soul Ascension Pill suited to their cultivation stage.
• Yu Changge told the five to keep the pills secret and watched over them as they absorbed them overnight.
• Ling Ye and Qing Xiao finished first, each gaining two Soul Power levels, and Yu Changge told them to cultivate until they reached level thirty.
• Wang Ping, Zhao Tie, and Sun Zhi also gained about two levels, reaching levels seven, six, and nine respectively.

Yu Changge instructed his disciples to cultivate and prepare for dangerous training, while Wang Ping insisted that he would become strong enough to take part. On his way to Spirit City, Yu Luomian heard that Yu Changge had become a fourteen-year-old Soul King and defeated Tang Hao, and he hurried on to see him for himself.

• Yu Changge told his disciples that the Soul Ascension Pill improved talent and ordered Ling Ye and Qing Xiao to aim for Soul Elder within a year.
• Wang Ping asked to join the training even if he failed to reach Soul Grandmaster, and Yu Changge agreed if he accepted the danger.
• Yu Changge reflected that Wang Ping's hatred could drive him to grow stronger and chose not to urge him to let it go.
• Yu Luomian heard a storyteller describe Yu Changge's Radiant Sacred Dragon, five soul rings, and victory over Tang Hao.
• Yu Luomian paid the storyteller for the full account, then decided to continue to Spirit Hall and confirm Yu Changge's strength himself.

Gui Mei delivered Yu Changge’s twenty-thousand-year Spirit Bone to Yu Shuyao, while urging Yu Shuyao and Yu Tianqing to strengthen their position through cultivation. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi and the sword masters discussed Yu Changge’s victory, and news of it left Yu Xiaogang stunned.

• Gui Mei brought the Diamond Demon Ape Left Arm Bone to Yu Shuyao and explained that Yu Changge had chosen it for her to absorb.
• Gui Mei urged Yu Shuyao and Yu Tianqing to reach Title Douluo rank so they could gain authority and support Yu Changge within their clan.
• Ning Fengzhi lamented that Yu Changge’s talent belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Chen Xin and Chen Jianjun debated how Yu Changge had defeated Tang Hao.
• News of Yu Changge’s victory reached Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang, who was still recovering from his injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang went blank after hearing the news and could not bring himself to say it was impossible.

Yu Yuanzhen met with the three elders to discuss Yu Changge’s achievements and how the clan should respond when he returned. The elders agreed to support Yu Changge if needed, while Yu Yuanzhen questioned whether to appoint him Young Clan Head and worried about Yu Xiaogan’s feelings.

• The Second Elder argued that Yu Changge’s achievements made him a genius and a source of pride for the clan, and the First Elder urged Yu Yuanzhen to consider the bigger picture.
• The three elders said they would support Yu Changge if he sought the Young Clan Head position, depending partly on who accompanied him back.
• Yu Yuanzhen insisted that he had never intended to pressure or resent Yu Changge for Yu Xiaogang’s sake, though he wondered why Yu Changge had not returned sooner.
• The Third Elder reminded Yu Yuanzhen that his past treatment of Yu Xiaogang might have made Yu Changge afraid to come back, and Yu Yuanzhen denied being capable of such conduct.
• The First Elder raised whether Yu Changge’s parents and teacher should be summoned and whether Yu Changge should be appointed Young Clan Head, while Yu Yuanzhen worried about Yu Xiaogan’s reaction.

After learning that Yu Changge had become a powerful Soul King and defeated Tang Hao, Yu Xiaogang suffered an emotional collapse and demanded that his father force Yu Changge to reveal how he cultivated his martial soul. Yu Yuanzhen knocked him unconscious, leaving the family to face the severity of his breakdown.

• A Soul Saint urgently reported that Yu Xiaogang seemed to have gone mad, so Yu Yuanzhen and the elders went to see him.
• Yu Xiaogang smashed objects in his room and raged over Yu Changge's Radiant Sacred Dragon, Soul King strength, and powerful soul rings.
• Yu Xiaogan arrived and tried to calm his younger brother, but Yu Xiaogang accused him of pretending and mocked his uncertain position as young clan leader.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Yu Yuanzhen capture Yu Changge and force him to explain martial soul cultivation.
• Yu Yuanzhen struck Yu Xiaogang unconscious, laid him back in bed, and said his emotions had collapsed too badly for him to take in anything.

Yu Xiaogan accepted that Yu Changge might be a better future leader for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, though he wanted to challenge him once before yielding. Yu Changge gave Bibi Dong a fifth-rank Soul Ascension Pill, helping her reach level fifty and prepare to obtain her fifth soul ring.

• Yu Yuanzhen asked Yu Xiaogan what he thought of Yu Changge, and Yu Xiaogan said the clan should win him over while admitting he wanted to test himself against him.
• Yu Xiaogan argued that Yu Changge could lead the clan to surpass the Clear Sky Sect, and Yu Yuanzhen recognized his eldest son's sense of duty.
• Yu Changge obtained a fifth-rank Soul Ascension Pill from Dugu Bo and brought it to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong absorbed the pill over several hours and broke through to level fifty.
• Yu Changge and Bibi Dong discussed choosing a defensive fifth soul skill, with an amplification skill planned for her sixth soul ring.

Yu Luomian arrived at Spirit Hall to invite Yu Changge back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Changge agreed after arranging a stop at the Star Dou Forest so Bibi Dong could obtain her fifth soul ring. With Yue Guan and Gui Mei accompanying them, the group planned to leave the next morning, while Yu Changge prepared his students for his absence.

• Yu Luomian asked Qian Xunji to let Yu Changge return to the clan, and Qian Xunji warned him not to let the clan mistreat Yu Changge.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji she had reached rank fifty, then Yu Changge agreed to visit the clan after helping her hunt for a soul ring in the Star Dou Forest.
• Qian Xunji assigned Yue Guan and Gui Mei to accompany Yu Changge and Bibi Dong, assuring Yu Changge that Spirit Hall would back him.
• Yu Changge arranged pills, spirit-ring guidance, and instruction for his students before his departure, including plans for Sun Zhi and Wang Ping.
• Yu Changge rejected the idea of pursuing dark-attribute spirit rings for his second martial soul because of the risks of opposing attributes.

Yu Changge led the group to the Star Dou Forest to hunt a Crystal Wall Demon Spider for Bibi Dong, using his powerful Soul Skills to help capture one without fighting the entire colony. They escaped with the injured spider, while Yu Luomian was left stunned by Yu Changge’s strength and abilities.

• Yu Changge and the others reached the Star Dou Forest and found a colony of Crystal Wall Demon Spiders near a crystal ore vein.
• Yu Changge proposed a plan, then used his Radiant Sacred Dragon and Soul Skills to suppress the smaller spiders while Gui Mei restrained the Crystal Wall Demon Spider Emperor.
• Yue Guan injured the twenty-thousand-year Crystal Wall Demon Spider, and Yu Luomian seized it and carried it away.
• Gui Mei and the others covered the retreat, and the group escaped to the outskirts with the barely alive spider.
• Yu Luomian realized Yu Changge was a five-ring Soul King with a powerful Head Spirit Bone and was astonished by his Soul Skills.

Bibi Dong absorbed the Crystal Wall Demon Spider’s soul ring and gained a defensive soul skill before she and Yu Changge returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Yu Changge reunited with his parents and teacher and was welcomed by the clan’s elders, while the clan chief and elders gauged his ties to Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong absorbed the Crystal Wall Demon Spider’s soul ring, reached level fifty-two, and gained a defensive soul skill.
• Yu Changge, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Yu Luomian traveled to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s home in the Thunder Mountain Range.
• Yu Yuanzhen personally greeted Yu Changge and the two Spirit Hall elders, while Yue Guan explained that they had come under the Pope’s orders to protect Spirit Hall’s Honorary Elder and theoretical master.
• Yu Changge reunited with Yu Tianqing, his mother, and his teacher in the Council Hall, where Yu Xiaogan was also present and Yu Xiaogang had been kept away.
• Yu Changge greeted the Third Elder, and the First, Second, and Third Elders praised his achievements as a fourteen-year-old Soul King who had defeated Tang Hao.

Yu Changge explained to Yu Yuanzhen and the elders how his mutated Martial Soul evolved into the Radiant Sacred Dragon, while clarifying that Yu Xiaogang’s situation was separate from the clan’s curiosity. He left the clan with an account that protected Yu Xiaogang from blame, as Yu Luomian argued that Yu Xiaogang’s own choices had caused his problems.

• Yu Changge invited Yu Yuanzhen to ask his questions and challenged him to say whether he was asking out of curiosity or for Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen described Yu Xiaogang’s soul skills, emotional breakdowns, and lightning strike, then offered to confine him if he reacted badly to Yu Changge’s return.
• Yu Changge explained that his Martial Soul evolved through the removal of lightning impurities by Qian Daoliu’s Angel Power, followed by an Immortal Herb and suitable Light-Attribute soul rings.
• Yu Ming praised Yu Changge’s explanation and noted that Yu Xiaogang had absorbed a lightning-element Spirit Ring before Yu Changge did.
• Yu Yuanzhen blamed himself for Yu Xiaogang’s unsuitable Spirit Ring, but Yu Luomian argued that Yu Xiaogang’s insistence on his theories had caused his Martial Soul problems.