Arc 1The Thunder Vine’s Rise

Meng Chen awakened the Thunder Hell Vine and Atlas Spear, gained Ye Xishui as his guardian, and built his strength while clashing with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Years later, he and Xiao Wu enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where a fight with Xue Beng brought the incident before Xue Ye and the princes.

  • Meng Chen awakened the Thunder Hell Vine and Atlas Spear with Innate Full Soul Power, refused Su Yuntao’s Spirit Hall invitation, and accepted Xiahe Village’s work-study place at Notting Academy.
  • Meng Chen exposed Ye Xishui as his guardian, asked her to gather rare materials, and absorbed a fifteen-hundred-year Azure-Scaled Thunder Flood Dragon Soul Ring that gave him Thunder Hell Strangulation.
  • Meng Chen defeated Tang San in a public duel with his purple Millennium Soul Ring, then shocked Tang San and Yu Xiaogang unconscious when they continued to challenge him.
  • Ye Xishui stopped Tang Hao from attacking Meng Chen and spared him to become a future test for Meng Chen, while Tang Hao returned to Saint Soul Village and resolved to make Tang San his rival’s stepping stone.
  • Six years later, Meng Chen and Xiao Wu graduated from Notting Academy and enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Level 39 Soul Elders, with Meng Chen displaying two purple Soul Rings and one black Soul Ring.
  • Meng Chen visited Ye Cixin, revealed his cultivation, and borrowed the Ye Family’s medicinal books, while Ning Fengzhi’s marriage plan faltered after Ning Yunxiao objected to marrying into the Ye Family.
  • Xue Beng’s group insulted Xiao Wu at the academy cafeteria, so Xiao Wu knocked him out and Meng Chen used Thunder Punishment Summoning to strike his lackeys before leaving with her.
  • Academy teachers reported the fight to Meng Shenji, who went to consult Xue Ye in the imperial study, where Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing were also present.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Thunder Spirit and the Icefire Garden

Meng Chen strengthened his Soul Power, secured a powerful fourth Soul Ring, and deepened ties with Xue Qinghe while clashing with Tang San and the Shrek group. He then forced Dugu Bo into his service and moved Ah Yin to the Icefire Yin Yang Well, leaving Tang Hao furious over her disappearance.

  • Xue Ye reduced Xue Beng’s punishment after Xue Qinghe intervened, and Meng Chen accepted compensation and an offer of support from the crown prince.
  • Meng Chen and Ye Xishui raided the Icefire Yin Yang Well’s medicinal garden, taking the Aromatic Silk Beauty and other rare herbs before Dugu Bo returned to find them missing.
  • Meng Chen defeated Yu Tianheng with his Thunder Hell Vine, reached level forty, and set out for the Star Dou Great Forest after Xiao Wu plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
  • Meng Chen absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, then encountered Tang San and the Shrek group while trying to claim the Phoenix-tail Cockscomb Snake for a Soul Ring.
  • The Titan Giant Ape brought Meng Chen to Heavy Cloud Ravine, where Meng Chen captured and absorbed an Innate Thunder Spirit, gaining the ten-thousand-year fourth skill Innate Thunder Body.
  • Meng Chen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, accepted Xue Qinghe’s offer of resources in exchange for service, and agreed to face Yu Tianheng in another match.
  • Meng Chen and Ye Xishui confronted Dugu Bo at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and Meng Chen made him an elder and protector after offering a way to manage his poison backlash.
  • After Dugu Bo learned the Spring Autumn Poison, Meng Chen planted Ah Yin beside the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and Tang Hao discovered that she was gone.
Chapters 26–51 Summaries Read
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