Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen demonstrated his ability to alter souls by destroying Zhu Zhuqing’s soul ring and changing Dai Mubai’s martial soul and skill. The chapter left Dai Mubai uncontrollably demolishing a nearby building.

• Lu Chen explained that he would impress the soul masters by demonstrating abilities beyond their understanding, and Chrysanthemum Douluo praised Spirit Hall’s cultivation of talented soul masters.
• Lu Chen called Zhu Zhuqing forward after learning she wanted strength to escape her fate, then said he would grant her wish by altering her martial soul and soul rings.
• Lu Chen used the Soul Gem to pull out and crush Zhu Zhuqing’s hundred-year soul ring, reducing her Soul Power from level twenty-seven to level twenty.
• Dai Mubai angrily attacked Lu Chen with his Evil Eye White Tiger and Third Soul Skill: White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Lu Chen transformed Dai Mubai’s martial soul into a husky and changed his attack into Second Soul Skill—Demolish Two Buildings Daily, forcing him to run on all fours and wreck a nearby building.

Lu Chen erased Zhu Zhuqing’s soul rings and offered to replace her Hell Spirit Cat, forcing her to choose between her family and a chance to live for herself. After Zhu Zhuqing accepted, he transformed her martial soul into the darkness-powered short sword Shadow Blinding Sun and asked what soul rings she wanted.

• Dai Mubai realized Lu Chen had altered his martial soul and Soul Skills, while Lu Chen crushed Zhu Zhuqing’s final soul ring, reducing her Soul Power Level to ten.
• Lu Chen told Zhu Zhuqing he would erase the Hell Spirit Cat and create a new martial soul, warning her that this would sever her ties to the Zhu family and the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai tried to take Zhu Zhuqing away, but a silver-haired girl blocked him with her spear and overwhelming pressure.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to leave the Zhu family and live for herself, trusting Lu Chen to make her stronger.
• Lu Chen transformed Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat into the short sword Shadow Blinding Sun, which carried the abilities of the Goddess of Judgment.
• Lu Chen asked Zhu Zhuqing how many soul rings she wanted and what colors they should be.

Lu Chen used the Soul Gem to give Zhu Zhuqing a new Martial Soul and nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, raising her to level ninety-two and making her a Titled Douluo. He then offered Chrysanthemum Douluo a chance to defeat her, promising to join Spirit Hall if he won.

• Lu Chen asked Zhu Zhuqing what Soul Ring configuration she wanted, then summoned the Shadow Obscuring Sun Dagger and began transforming her.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring appeared beneath Zhu Zhuqing, shocking everyone present and stirring Chrysanthemum Douluo's desire to recruit Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen continued empowering Zhu Zhuqing until she had nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and reached level ninety-two.
• Lu Chen explained that Zhu Zhuqing wielded the power of the Goddess of Judgment and had strength beyond Douluo Continent's limits.
• Lu Chen challenged Chrysanthemum Douluo to defeat Zhu Zhuqing, promising to return to Spirit Hall if he did.

Lu Chen arranged a fight between Zhu Zhuqing and Chrysanthemum Guan to demonstrate Zhu Zhuqing’s new power and persuade him to join Spirit Hall. Zhu Zhuqing’s skills overwhelmed Chrysanthemum Guan’s defenses, and the chapter ended as her Phantom Dark Soul Slash struck his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Chrysanthemum Guan eagerly considered Lu Chen’s offer but tried to persuade Lu Chen to join Spirit Hall instead; Lu Chen rejected the appeal to power.
• Lu Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing room to fight Chrysanthemum Guan, while she struggled to control her new skills and he urged her to swing her sword.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Shadow Blinding Sun to break Chrysanthemum Guan’s Golden Stamen Flowing Radiance and then pierced its concentrated beam with Shadow Spear.
• Chrysanthemum Guan slowed Zhu Zhuqing with Aura Barrier and surrounded her with throwing knives, but Zhu Zhuqing’s Phantom Dark Soul Slash shattered both Soul Skills.
• Chrysanthemum Guan poured his Soul Power into his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Martial Soul Avatar as Phantom Dark Soul Slash struck it.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Chrysanthemum Douluo with the Phantom Dark Soul Slash, leaving him gravely injured and missing an arm. Lu Chen stopped Tang Hao from killing the Spirit Hall members and recruited them for his plans, while Tang Hao questioned Lu Chen’s intentions.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s Phantom Dark Soul Slash overwhelmed Chrysanthemum Douluo, severed his left arm, and left him near death.
• Two Spirit Hall Soul Douluos treated Chrysanthemum Douluo and prepared to flee with him and the other Spirit Hall members.
• Tang Hao appeared and moved to attack the fleeing Spirit Hall members, but Lu Chen stopped him and said they were useful to his plans.
• Lu Chen offered Chrysanthemum Douluo and the Spirit Hall members a chance to live in exchange for carrying out his conditions.
• Lu Chen communicated his terms to the leading Soul Douluo through the Mind Gem, and the Soul Douluo accepted before leaving with the others.

Lu Chen gave Xiao Wu nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, erased the memories of everyone at Shrek Academy, and took Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to Suotuo City. There, Gu Yuena confronted him about inconsistencies in her memories, leaving Lu Chen to decide whether to confess that he had altered them.

• Xiao Wu asked Lu Chen to make her stronger all at once, and he gave her six more Soul Rings, each upgraded to Hundred-Thousand-Year rank.
• Lu Chen refused Tang San's request for help and decided to erase everyone's memories of the events at Shrek Academy.
• Lu Chen used the Mind Gem to erase those memories, then Teleported away with Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• At the Rose Hotel in Suotuo City, Gu Yuena told Lu Chen that her memories had never quite made sense and asked him to help her understand them.
• Lu Chen realized Gu Yuena suspected he had altered her memories six years earlier, but he struggled to admit what he had done.

Lu Chen restored Gu Yuena’s altered memories and confessed that he had tampered with them, causing her to leave for the Land of Great Evil. As Lu Chen stayed behind to reflect and restored the rulers’ memories, Di Tian and Zi Ji remembered the deception and worried about Gu Yuena’s safety.

• Lu Chen told Gu Yuena that he had altered her memories and used the Mind Gem to restore them.
• Gu Yuena silently cried, rejected Lu Chen’s attempt to hold her hands, and flew away through the roof on her dragon wings.
• Lu Chen told Xiao Wu to take Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Forest and said Gu Yuena was likely heading to the Land of Great Evil.
• Lu Chen restored the Land of Great Evil’s rulers’ memories, then remained above the ocean to reflect on what he had done.
• Di Tian and Zi Ji recovered their memories and discussed whether to go to the human world to find Gu Yuena.

Gu Yuena returned to the Star Dou Forest and mourned her separation from Lu Chen, hoping he would come after her and apologize. Two days later, Xiao Wu brought Zhu Zhuqing to the forest to find Gu Yuena, and they learned that Er Ming had become one of the Land of Great Evil’s kings.

• Gu Yuena returned to the Star Dou Forest, told Di Tian and the other kings not to disturb her, and went alone into the Lake of Life.
• Gu Yuena cried over Lu Chen and admitted to herself that she could not hate him, but warned that she would make him regret it if he did not find her within a month.
• Two days later, Xiao Wu took Zhu Zhuqing toward the Star Dou Forest to find Gu Yuena and explain that Lu Chen knew he had done wrong.
• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing about her adventures with Lu Chen before they reached a lake deep in the forest.
• Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming, who told her that Er Ming had become a two-hundred-thousand-year soul beast and a king of the Land of Great Evil.

Xiao Wu revealed her nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to Da Ming and set off for the Land of Great Evil to comfort Na'er. Meanwhile, Lu Chen tested the prejudice against commoners by posing as a poor applicant at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where nobles and a teacher rejected and mocked him despite his talent.

• Xiao Wu told Da Ming that Brother Chen had made her powerful and promised to ask him to turn Da Ming into a Ferocious Beast.
• Xiao Wu headed to the Land of Great Evil to find Na'er, while Lu Chen decided to visit Spirit Hall after forming an idea for a gift.
• Lu Chen teleported to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and claimed he was a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster seeking enrollment.
• The gatekeeper refused Lu Chen because he was a commoner, and the Count's son and noble students ridiculed him.
• A level sixty-nine teacher questioned Lu Chen's Sword of Doomsday Yellow Springs martial soul and treated him with suspicion despite his cultivation.
• Lu Chen reflected on how poverty restricted students' lives and how Spirit Hall had helped break the class system by providing access to stronger soul rings.

Lu Chen used the Soul Gem to cripple mocking teachers and students across multiple academies, then went to Spirit Hall to offer its leaders a chance to unify Douluo Continent. He dismissed Bibi Dong’s questions and asserted that his power gave him the right to command them.

• Lu Chen changed the martial souls of teachers and students who mocked him, stole and destroyed their soul rings, and stripped them of soul power.
• Lu Chen repeated his tests across academies in the Star Luo Empire and other kingdoms before deciding to visit Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, Yue Guan, and Spirit Hall’s gathered high-ranking soul masters waited for Lu Chen after Yue Guan confirmed his claims.
• Lu Chen arrived through a Spatial Tunnel and told Qian Daoliu to skip the formalities.
• Bibi Dong questioned Lu Chen’s motives, and he said Spirit Hall was beneath his schemes and would follow his orders because he was stronger.

Lu Chen demonstrated his control over time and the Soul Gem by transforming Hu Liena into a Titled Douluo with nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, then laid out his plans for unifying and governing the Douluo Continent. He left Spirit Hall with overwhelming strength by raising its Titled Douluos to rank ninety-seven and its Soul Douluos to around rank ninety-three.

• Lu Chen revealed his true identity to Hu Liena and used Time Power to take on his sixteen-year-old appearance, convincing her he was Lu Xiao.
• Lu Chen used the Soul Gem to raise Hu Liena to Titled Douluo rank and give her nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Lu Chen set out five rules for establishing the Spirit Hall Empire, including ending noble rule, avoiding wars during unification, and providing free martial-soul awakenings for children.
• Lu Chen explained that Spirit Hall needed overwhelming strength to deter resistance from the other empires and kingdoms.
• Lu Chen raised the gathered Titled Douluos to rank ninety-seven and gave each three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, while raising the Soul Douluos to around rank ninety-three and giving each one such ring.

Lu Chen negotiated Spirit Hall’s transformation into an empire, then offered Bibi Dong a chance to change her past in exchange for a Soul Ring and Soul Bone. He rewrote events so Bibi Dong never met Yu Xiaogang or suffered Qian Xunji’s abuse, while preserving Qian Renxue as her adopted daughter.

• Lu Chen and nearly a hundred Titled Douluo spent several days finalizing plans for the Spirit Hall Empire, which would be announced in half a year.
• After the others left, Lu Chen revealed that he knew Bibi Dong’s secrets and offered to reverse her past while keeping Qian Renxue in existence.
• Bibi Dong agreed to give Lu Chen a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a leg-bone Soul Bone, and he exchanged the bone for a Bloodthirsty Spider Emperor leg bone.
• Lu Chen used the Time and Space Gems to prevent Bibi Dong from meeting Yu Xiaogang and severed Qian Renxue’s karmic ties before changing the events of that night.
• Lu Chen returned to the present, where Bibi Dong’s memories had changed and Qian Renxue was now an adopted daughter with no known parents.

Lu Chen restored Bibi Dong’s soul and gave her Soul Rings before leaving Spirit Hall. He then apologized to Gu Yuena, endured an hour of attacks from the forest’s rulers, and won her forgiveness with flowers and food; the Myriad Worlds Chat Group then welcomed two new members.

• Lu Chen returned Bibi Dong’s Soul Bone and added several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to her second martial soul, then teleported away from Spirit Hall.
• Lu Chen arrived in the Land of Great Evil with flowers to apologize to Gu Yuena, while Gu Yuena told Di Tian and the other rulers to beat him.
• The rulers attacked Lu Chen for an hour, but his body remained unharmed, and he teleported directly to Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena initially ignored Lu Chen’s apology, but accepted the flowers and eventually forgave him before asking him for food.
• The Myriad Worlds Chat Group announced that Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke had joined.

Lu Chen prepared to enter the Naruto World alone after spending a month with Gu Yuena and helping Xiao Wu reunite with her revived mother. He arrived in Konoha and found the Third Hokage checking on Naruto, who had recently been acting strangely.

• Lu Chen welcomed Naruto and Sasuke into the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, but neither newcomer joined the conversation.
• Lu Chen spent thirty days with Gu Yuena, revived Xiao Wu’s mother, and confessed to Zhu Zhuqing that he had faked his injury.
• Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing asked to accompany Lu Chen to another world, but he persuaded them to wait for a later trip.
• Lu Chen exchanged for a traversal scroll and traveled to Konoha, intending to conceal his full power and choose a bloodline limit for himself.
• The Third Hokage visited Naruto after Anbu reported his odd behavior, and Naruto welcomed him into his home.

The Third Hokage checked Naruto and reassured him after learning that the villagers’ hostility had kept him from going outside. Meanwhile, Lu Chen entered the Naruto World, acquired Chakra, and went into a casino after thinking of Tsunade.

• The Third Hokage secretly examined Naruto, found no abnormalities, and praised him for cleaning his room.
• Naruto told the Third Hokage that villagers still called him a demon fox and avoided him, and the Hokage promised to stop the harassment and gave him living expenses.
• The Third Hokage considered that Naruto was nearly old enough to attend the Ninja Academy.
• Lu Chen arrived in the Land of Fire, learned the local language, and used the Mind and Power Gems to copy a ninja’s Chakra.
• Lu Chen searched for someone who could help him establish a suitable identity, then entered a casino after hearing the crowd and thinking of Tsunade.

Lu Chen watched Tsunade win a fortune at a casino, then abandoned his plan to pose as a Senju and chose a more entertaining identity. He transformed into a future version of Namikaze Naruto, the Seventh Hokage, and prepared to enter the Naruto world under that name.

• Lu Chen watched Tsunade gamble, and she unexpectedly won repeatedly while the casino owner lost his money.
• Tsunade smashed the gambling table when the owner accused her of cheating, then left with her winnings alongside Shizune.
• Lu Chen decided against posing as a Senju Clan descendant and used the Time Gem and Space Gem to vanish.
• Lu Chen reappeared as a blond, blue-eyed future Naruto wearing a Seventh Hokage cloak and declared himself Namikaze Naruto from the future.
• Lu Chen recalled copying Naruto’s chakra and abilities, including the Nine-Tails’ chakra, the other Tailed Beasts’ chakra, Senjutsu Chakra, and Sexy Jutsu.

On the day Naruto enrolled in the Ninja Academy, a mysterious spatial void opened at the school gates. Lu Chen emerged from it, and the gathered Konoha shinobi were stunned because he looked like the Fourth Hokage, Minato.

• Sasuke admired Itachi at the Academy gates, while Fugaku warned Sasuke to avoid Naruto because of the Uchiha Clan’s strained relationship with the village.
• The Third Hokage took Naruto to register and encountered Kakashi, who was thinking about the past.
• A black void appeared at the gates, prompting the Third Hokage, Kakashi, and Konoha’s leaders to evacuate civilians and prepare for a powerful approaching Chakra.
• Lu Chen stepped out of the Spatial Tunnel, and Kakashi, Fugaku, Hiashi, Shikaku, and the Third Hokage recognized his resemblance to Minato.

Lu Chen revealed that he was Namikaze Naruto, the Seventh Hokage from the future, and tried to prove his identity to Sarutobi Hiruzen and Konoha’s leaders. Hiruzen began accepting his claim after seeing Naruto’s Rasengan and a photo album, and continued looking through pictures of Konoha’s future.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Kakashi confronted Lu Chen, suspecting him of impersonating Minato, until he showed the words “Seventh Hokage” on his back.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized Naruto’s whisker marks and guessed that Lu Chen was Naruto, who confirmed he was Namikaze Naruto, also known as Uzumaki Naruto.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Yamanaka Inoichi to seal the area and erase the memories of the ninjas present, while the clan heads agreed to keep the matter secret.
• Lu Chen said he had traveled through time using a space-time Ninjutsu based on the Flying Thunder God Technique and demonstrated a Rasengan, but Sarutobi Hiruzen still wanted stronger proof.
• Lu Chen showed Sarutobi Hiruzen a photo album of Naruto with Jiraiya, Tsunade, Hiruzen, and other Konoha residents, easing Hiruzen’s doubts as he looked through the pictures.

After examining Naruto’s photo album, Sarutobi Hiruzen confirmed that he was the future Seventh Hokage and warned the clan leaders to keep the information secret. Lu Chen privately condemned Hiruzen’s past actions, then led everyone to the mountain behind the Hokage Rock to continue their discussion.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen returned the album to Lu Chen, confirmed Naruto’s identity, and urged the clan leaders to keep it secret.
• Lu Chen praised Hiruzen while privately recalling the political schemes and harms he believed Hiruzen and Danzo had caused.
• Hiruzen proposed moving the conversation because the crowd and commotion risked drawing attention.
• Lu Chen used Teleportation to reach the mountain behind the Hokage Rock, startling the others with his speed.
• Hiruzen again warned Uchiha Fugaku and the others not to reveal Naruto’s future identity, then wondered why Tsunade would become the Fifth Hokage instead of Asuma or Danzo.

Lu Chen secured Sarutobi Hiruzen’s approval to care for young Naruto and teach selected Ninja Academy students. He visited Naruto that night and began by sharing ramen with him.

• Lu Chen told Sarutobi Hiruzen he wanted to care for young Naruto and teach Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Hyuga Hinata at the academy.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed, gave Lu Chen the name and position of an honorary academy advisor, and issued him a pass to enter and leave Konoha.
• Lu Chen declined new lodging and chose to stay in his old house.
• Lu Chen visited Naruto, introduced himself as his teacher, and brought him ramen.
• Naruto eagerly ate the ramen Lu Chen had brought.