Chapter Summaries

Jiang Mu sent the Ice Empress away with a phone and manual, then read messages from Wang Dong'er, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya. He reassured them that he was safe but told Wang Dong'er he still had things to do in the Extreme North and would not return soon.

• Jiang Mu gave the Ice Empress a phone and manual, then pushed her out of his room to keep her in the Extreme North as protection.
• Jiang Mu checked messages from Wang Dong'er, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya and was moved by their concern for him.
• Jiang Mu told Wang Dong'er that an expert would be able to meet her in about a month or two.
• Tang Wutong asked whether Jiang Mu would protect her too, and he promised that he would.
• Jiang Mu told Wang Dong'er he still had things to do in the Extreme North but would stay safe.

After reaching the Heaven Dou Empire, Jiang Mu sent Snow Empress to the Earth Dragon Sect to seek the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and protect Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and Wang Dong'er. He planned to find a faction to join, but Tang Wutong’s jealousy and request to explore the city delayed him.

• After two months spent stabilizing the Extreme North, Jiang Mu and Snow Empress arrived in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang Mu told Snow Empress where to find the symbiotic crystal and Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, then asked her to protect Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and Wang Dong'er.
• Snow Empress left for the Earth Dragon Sect in Dragon City while Jiang Mu stayed behind to seek a faction in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang Wutong grew jealous of Snow Empress calling Jiang Mu Master, and Jiang Mu agreed to discuss using a different form of address.
• Tang Wutong asked Jiang Mu to take her for a walk around the new city, and he agreed.

Jiang Mu was accosted by a clique of nobles after refusing to greet their leader, and he used his Golden Dragon Martial Soul to suppress them. Vina intervened and blamed Jiang Mu for insulting her, leaving him furious after discovering her killing intent had already reached fifty percent.

• Jiang Mu decided to visit an advanced academy and encountered a group of nobles bullying people in their territory.
• The noble leader ordered Jiang Mu to kneel and apologize for failing to greet him, so Jiang Mu released his Golden Dragon Martial Soul and sent the lackeys flying.
• Vina arrived and ordered everyone to stop fighting, and Jiang Mu accused her of siding with the nobles who had tried to humiliate him.
• Jiang Mu checked the Revenge List and learned Vina was a Soul Elder with fifty percent killing intent, then revealed his strength with four Soul Rings.
• Vina defended herself by saying she had only come to investigate and blamed Jiang Mu for damaging her reputation, leaving him angry at her response.

Jiang Mu left Vina to handle the troublemakers herself and continued to Heaven Soul Imperial Academy, where he sought admission. His Rank 41 cultivation impressed a guard, who rushed to bring him to the dean, while Jiang Mu hoped the academy would help him add more enemies to his Revenge List.

• The troublemakers urged Vina to punish Jiang Mu, but she refused to be used and warned them she would report their behavior to their parents.
• The troublemakers decided to gather people to take revenge on Jiang Mu, who continued toward Heaven Soul Empire Advanced Soul Master Academy without concern for them.
• Jiang Mu arrived at Heaven Soul Imperial Academy and asked the gate guard whether he could apply for admission.
• When Jiang Mu said he was Rank 41, the guard hurriedly welcomed him inside and went to report to the dean.
• Jiang Mu sat in the guard's office and thought that joining the academy would help him draw hatred and fill his Revenge List.

Jiang Mu sought enrollment at Heaven Soul Imperial Academy and met its headmaster after the guard arranged an interview. His Rank 40 Golden Dragon Martial Soul impressed the headmaster and Vina, but Jiang Mu still wondered how he could secure the academy’s protection.

• Vina returned from investigating Jiang Mu’s case and briefly sensed a familiar reaction from her Martial Soul as she passed the pavilion.
• A guard told Jiang Mu he had persuaded the headmaster to meet him, then led him across the academy grounds.
• Jiang Mu met the headmaster and Vina, who recognized the dragon power she had felt during their earlier clash.
• Jiang Mu claimed to be fourteen and revealed that he had a Rank 40 Golden Dragon Martial Soul, astonishing the headmaster and Vina.
• The headmaster introduced himself as an eighty-eighth-rank Soul Douluo and welcomed Jiang Mu to Heaven Soul Imperial Academy.

Jiang Mu negotiated enrollment terms with the dean, while Princess Vina offered to arrange a meeting with her father, the Emperor. After Jiang Mu apologized for mistaking her for the paramour of the men who had harassed him, Vina said she would take him to the palace if her father could not meet him this time.

• The dean promised Jiang Mu regular access to the simulated cultivation chamber and priority resources, then introduced Princess Vina as a possible guide to the Emperor.
• Vina asked the dean to notify her father and requested a private conversation with Jiang Mu.
• Jiang Mu insulted Vina by saying he had thought she was the paramour of the men who had caused trouble for him.
• Vina said she had investigated the incident and confirmed that the men had started the trouble, then complained that Jiang Mu had spread rumors about her.
• Jiang Mu apologized, and Vina accepted his apology enough to say she would take him to the palace if her father could not meet him.

Jiang Mu discussed his Golden Dragon Martial Soul and unusual strength with Vina while waiting for the Heaven Dou Emperor. The emperor arrived and focused his attention on Jiang Mu, who intended to keep his plans hidden for now.

• Jiang Mu checked the Revenge List and found twenty more people with strong killing intent, deciding to drain them for treasure chests.
• Vina tried to speak with Jiang Mu, but he ignored her until she called his name several times.
• Jiang Mu told Vina that his Golden Dragon Martial Soul had skills like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's and possessed ultimate power.
• Vina questioned Jiang Mu's age and level, and he admitted that her guess about him consuming a treasure was not entirely wrong.
• The headmaster entered with the Heaven Dou Emperor, and Jiang Mu introduced himself as a prospective student with the Golden Dragon Martial Soul.

Jiang Mu joined the Heaven Dou Empire and was assigned to Class Three alongside Vina. After the dean brought him to class, Jiang Mu introduced himself and openly asked for strong classmates to spar with.

• The Heaven Dou Emperor offered Jiang Mu protection and resources in exchange for joining the Heaven Dou Empire, and Jiang Mu accepted.
• Jiang Mu revealed his Golden Dragon Martial Soul, impressing the Heaven Dou Emperor with its powerful dragon might.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor assigned Jiang Mu to Class Three with Vina, then left the dean to take him there.
• The dean led Jiang Mu and Vina through the academy, where Jiang Mu noticed Class Three's students were unusually attentive despite their varied clothing.
• Jiang Mu introduced himself to the teacher and class, saying he wanted guidance and strong people to spar with.

Jiang Mu attended class under Vina’s guidance while planning to revive Tang Wutong and identifying Long Aotian as a possible future enemy. Meanwhile, the men who had gathered to take revenge on Jiang Mu found their hired thugs suffering mysterious cultivation loss, and their leader fainted after witnessing a fatal Soul Ring explosion.

• The dean left Jiang Mu with Vina, who led him to a seat in class and offered to help him.
• Jiang Mu recognized Long Aotian as a likely future enemy and privately discussed reviving Tang Wutong, deciding to seek the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Jiang Mu’s opponents gathered experts above Rank 40 and prepared to confront him for revenge.
• A lackey reported that the hired thugs were bleeding, losing cultivation, and suffering shattered Soul Rings.
• The leader opened the room where the thugs had been taken, witnessed a Soul Ring explosion kill someone, and fainted in fright.

Jiang Mu destroyed a noble’s estate, collected treasure chests, and gained a rare ability to return to the past along with an Acceleration Ring. Back at school, Long Aotian challenged him to spar, but Vina abruptly refused on Jiang Mu’s behalf.

• Jiang Mu’s attack killed the worthless thug group and caused an explosion that engulfed the noble’s estate.
• Jiang Mu opened his new treasure chests, receiving permission to return to the past and an Acceleration Ring that could speed up cultivation or pill absorption.
• After class, Vina questioned Jiang Mu about his absent-mindedness, and Long Aotian confronted him over his remarks about the teacher.
• Long Aotian challenged Jiang Mu to spar, and Vina refused before Jiang Mu could accept.

Jiang Mu abandoned the idea of sparring, but Long Aotian insisted until Vina said he could not beat Jiang Mu and led Jiang Mu away. Jiang Mu saw that Long Aotian was only a level 38 Soul Elder, while Long Aotian was left fuming over Vina’s attention to the new student.

• Jiang Mu agreed to drop the spar, but Long Aotian argued that a match between classmates would be harmless.
• Vina told Long Aotian he could not beat Jiang Mu, drawing the attention of their classmates.
• Vina offered to show Jiang Mu around the academy, and Long Aotian reacted with hostility.
• Jiang Mu’s rankings revealed that Long Aotian was a level 38 Soul Elder, prompting Jiang Mu to reconsider how Long Aotian could reach his future strength.
• Long Aotian challenged Jiang Mu, but Vina stood between them and led Jiang Mu out, leaving Long Aotian staring after them.

Jiang Mu asked Vina about Long Aotian and toured the academy’s facilities with her. On the way to the Mimicry Cultivation Room, he overheard that Earl Xi’s estate had exploded and burned down.

• Jiang Mu told Vina he did not want Long Aotian troubling him again, and Vina explained that Long Aotian was her childhood friend and the Body Sect leader’s direct disciple.
• Vina guided Jiang Mu around the advanced academy and showed him the Mimicry Cultivation Room, where he could cultivate without conditions.
• Jiang Mu overheard two men say that Earl Xi’s estate in the western part of Heaven Dou Empire City had exploded and burned down.

After hearing that the duke’s residence had been burned down, Vina left Jiang Mu to investigate, suspecting a large-scale Evil Soul Master incident. Jiang Mu headed for his dormitory while Tang Wutong’s jealousy and possessiveness toward him grew.

• Jiang Mu connected the rumored destruction of the duke’s residence to the sudden HP loss on the Revenge List and wondered whether an enemy had attacked them.
• Vina questioned two students, who said they had seen the burned residence themselves, then left to investigate.
• Vina suspected a Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master had destroyed the residence as part of a ritual and warned Jiang Mu the matter needed serious attention.
• After Vina departed, Tang Wutong teased Jiang Mu and insisted that only she was sincere toward him.
• Jiang Mu went to the academy dormitory, while Tang Wutong privately declared that she would make sure his eyes could only look at her.

Jiang Mu returned to his dormitory while the Heaven Dou Emperor and Du Busi discussed a noble family's deadly fire and Vina reported what she knew. The emperor tried to steer Vina toward Jiang Mu for his own political plans, but Du Busi recognized the scheming and left the palace.

• Jiang Mu returned to his dormitory and studied how his cultivation level worked.
• Du Busi reported witnessing the aftermath of a fire that killed more than half of a noble family, while Vina arrived at the palace with news of the blaze.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor dismissed the dead noble as a parasite and asked Vina whether she had taken care of their guest.
• Vina explained that she had met Jiang Mu, resolved a small misunderstanding with him, and planned to show him around the academy before rushing back.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor told Vina to apologize to Jiang Mu, while privately considering how to win his allegiance for the empire.
• Du Busi recognized the emperor's and Vina's unspoken plans, made an excuse about boiling medicinal liquid, and left the palace.

Du Busi went to Heaven Soul Advanced Royal Academy to investigate the newcomer the Heaven Dou Emperor and Vina seemed to value, then met Long Aotian and heard about the younger, stronger talent. As Du Busi reassured Long Aotian about his potential, Long Aotian suddenly vomited blood, and Du Busi rushed him to get treatment.

• Du Busi inferred that the palace was hiding a backup plan and went to Heaven Soul Advanced Royal Academy to investigate.
• Du Busi met Long Aotian at the academy gates and noticed that his disciple looked troubled.
• Long Aotian said Vina had warned him that a younger newcomer was stronger than he was, intensifying his resolve to kill Jiang Mu himself.
• Du Busi reassured Long Aotian that his Body Martial Soul and Second Awakening would help him grow stronger.
• Long Aotian suddenly vomited blood and collapsed, so Du Busi checked for danger and carried him toward a medical room, suspecting a Curse or injury.

As the Curse began draining Tang San's cultivation as well as his blood, he discovered the Reincarnation Technique and tried to send his remnant soul to the lower realm in a new body. Heaven and earth intervened, leaving the soul's fate unknown and Tang San crushed beneath a surge of power.

• After Xiao Wu left, Tang San felt the Curse drain his blood and cultivation, then searched his books for a way to resist it.
• Tang San found the Reincarnation Technique and decided to use his remnant soul to possess a mortal and begin cultivating again.
• Tang San gathered the required materials, strengthened his soul, and began preparing it for reincarnation.
• The Life Goddess and Destruction sensed a violent surge of energy, and golden light spread across the God Realm.
• Heaven and earth crushed Tang San and seized his remnant soul, which disappeared without being destroyed.

Jiang Mu received an offer from the Heavenly Dao to become its successor, but the inherited Supreme Forgetfulness of Emotion Art demanded that he sever his desires, so he postponed examining it until he could return to his main body. He then checked the rankings and went to class with Vina, leaving Tang Wutong upset after their mind link was interrupted.

• The Heavenly Dao selected Jiang Mu as its successor and sent him the Supreme Forgetfulness of Emotion Art, whose trials required severing his good, evil, and true selves.
• Jiang Mu decided not to test the cultivation art through his incarnation and checked the rankings, where Tang San had 10% health and a second, full health bar that Jiang Mu suspected was a substitute.
• Tang Wutong contacted Jiang Mu, but Vina arrived and interrupted their conversation, prompting Tang Wutong to disconnect their mind link.
• Vina, secretly tasked by the emperor with making Jiang Mu become her simp, awkwardly complimented him, but Jiang Mu walked ahead to class without waiting for her.

Jiang Mu discovered that Du Busi had joined the Revenge List with an unexpectedly high threat level, then attended practical combat at the Royal Academy. He offered to wager the resources promised by the dean on challenges from his classmates, provoking them to fight him.

• Vina questioned Jiang Mu’s indifference, and he found Du Busi listed at 90% after suspecting Long Aotian had told him about their conflict.
• Vina led Jiang Mu to the training grounds, where he learned that students advanced at the Royal Academy by proving their strength.
• The teacher announced that Long Aotian had taken leave and assigned Jiang Mu to replace him as the class’s sparring partner.
• Jiang Mu offered to put the resources promised by the dean on the line for anyone who challenged him, angering his classmates.

Jiang Mu faced Ning Zhe in the dueling arena and quickly proved the gap between their Martial Souls was too great for Ning Zhe to overcome. Jiang Mu won despite taking only superficial injuries from Ning Zhe’s strongest attack.

• After the crowd refused to volunteer, Ning Zhe accepted the challenge, and Jiang Mu provoked him and the spectators with a warning not to waste his time.
• Jiang Mu and Ning Zhe began their spar, and Jiang Mu’s Golden Dragon Martial Soul stunned the crowd with its intimidating presence.
• Ning Zhe used his third and fourth Soul Skills to send a powerful whirlwind at Jiang Mu, while the crowd cheered him on.
• Jiang Mu endured the attack with superficial injuries, tore through the gale with Golden Dragon's Grip, and struck Ning Zhe’s shoulder to win.

Jiang Mu defeated Ning Zhe without using a soul skill, set a limit for deciding which people on the Revenge List he would spare, and became temporary class monitor. After class, Vina remained worried about Long Aotian, but an imperial guard arrived to summon her to the emperor.

• Jiang Mu taunted Ning Zhe after defeating him, and Ning Zhe vomited blood and fainted before the teacher declared Jiang Mu the winner.
• Jiang Mu decided to spare people whose Killing Intent Value did not exceed thirty, provided they offered blood, and to hide those whose genuine killing intent fell to zero.
• The teacher named Jiang Mu temporary class monitor until Long Aotian returned, explaining that Long Aotian had requested up to two months of leave.
• Jiang Mu told the class they could challenge him for the position, prompting complaints and causing new names to appear on the Revenge List.
• After class, Vina offered to show Jiang Mu around campus, but an imperial guard arrived and told her the emperor urgently wanted to see her.