Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen survived the desperadoes’ attack, and Du Bushi officially accepted him as his disciple. After witnessing Lu Chen’s strength, Du Bushi named him the Body Sect’s next sect master and planned to help him obtain his first Soul Ring.

• Lu Chen healed his wounds and limbs, terrifying the attackers until the Soul Elders fled while Du Bushi praised his fighting skill.
• Lu Chen let Fan Lü and Qian Kun escape, but Du Bushi killed them as they ran and drove other hidden sect experts away.
• Lu Chen returned to the pharmacy and met up with Du Bushi, Tang Ya, Vina, Jiang Yixi, and Chen Lü.
• Du Bushi explained that Lu Chen had already become his disciple and had been tested for the courage to lead the Body Sect.
• Du Bushi announced that Lu Chen would be the next sect master, and Lu Chen vowed to make the Body Sect the strongest on the continent.
• Du Bushi said he would help Lu Chen find his first Soul Ring after they returned to the sect.

News spread that Lu Chen, a nine-year-old Body Sect genius, had defeated powerful opponents, prompting the Heaven Soul Empire to consider closer ties with the sect. Meanwhile, Luo Feng joined the mysterious Holy Church, and Du Bushi brought Lu Chen and the others to the Body Sect.

• Reports of Lu Chen's feats reached the Heaven Soul Empire's court, where the emperor considered making the Body Sect a guardian sect and binding it to the imperial family.
• Bei Yuxuan ordered premium body-tempering medicines sent to the Body Sect to repay Lu Chen for helping him win a wager.
• Luo Chen punished Luo Du for losing a valuable Soul Bone, while Luo Feng resented his father's favoritism toward his younger brother.
• A black-robed Soul Douluo persuaded Luo Feng to join the Holy Church, and Luo Feng agreed.
• Du Bushi carried Lu Chen, Tang Ya, and the others to a valley in the far north, where Lu Chen saw the Body Sect.

Du Busi brought Lu Chen to the Body Sect and named him Young Sect Master, shocking the elders and Long Aotian. After Lu Chen revealed his full-body Martial Soul, the sect accepted his appointment, and Du Busi presented him with the Body Sect’s two core manuals.

• Du Busi brought Lu Chen and Tang Ya to the rugged Body Sect, where Lu Chen met First Elder Jin Peng and Long Aotian.
• Du Busi declared Lu Chen the Young Sect Master, prompting Jin Peng and Long Aotian to question the decision.
• Du Busi described Lu Chen’s fight in Heavenly Spirit City, and Lu Chen revealed his golden full-body Martial Soul to the gathered elders and disciples.
• Jin Peng and the others accepted Lu Chen as Young Sect Master after seeing his Martial Soul, while Long Aotian’s resentment gave way to shock.
• Du Busi took Lu Chen to his residence and showed him the Body Sect’s Body Secret Art and Innate Secret Art manuals.

Lu Chen received the Body Sect’s secret manuals and agreed to undergo the dangerous training required by the Innate Secret Art. His first session began under Guan Yi’s Gravity Domain, which crushed his body into mangled flesh.

• Du Bushi gave Lu Chen the Body Secret Art and Innate Secret Art, explaining the Body Martial Soul’s second awakening and the dangers of the Innate Secret Art.
• Lu Chen accepted Du Bushi’s offer to train with the Innate Secret Art and took the manuals back to study.
• Lu Chen returned to his courtyard, saw Tang Ya cultivating in the neighboring room, and began cultivating himself.
• The next morning, Du Bushi introduced Sixth Elder Guan Yi, a ninety-fourth-rank Titled Douluo, and ordered him to begin Lu Chen’s training.
• Guan Yi unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Gravity Domain, and, after Du Bushi told him not to hold back, crushed Lu Chen’s body into a pile of mangled flesh.

Lu Chen survived Guan Yi’s gravity training and discovered that his Immortal Body let him repeatedly rebuild his body, strengthening it and raising his spiritual power. After half a day of cultivation, he began absorbing Soul Power to stabilize his body and continued preparing for his first Soul Ring.

• Guan Yi crushed Lu Chen under gravity, but Lu Chen’s Immortal Body restored him, astonishing Du Busi and the elders.
• Luo Wei noticed Lu Chen was naked after his clothes were destroyed, and he hurriedly changed into durable shorts.
• Guan Yi resumed training with gentler gravity while Vina, Chen Lü, and Long Aotian watched Lu Chen repeatedly break and regenerate.
• Lu Chen felt his bones grow denser and his spiritual power increase as the Immortal Body restored him through repeated near-death experiences.
• Du Busi stopped the training and told Lu Chen to circulate the Exploding Heart Meditation Method, which drew Soul Power into his body and further tested his recovering organs and meridians.

Long Aotian challenged Lu Chen to a spar to witness his combat techniques, and Lu Chen agreed to teach him the Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist if he lasted one minute. Long Aotian unleashed his Demonic Ape Transformation and kept attacking, but Lu Chen continued to redirect his strikes.

• At dinner, Long Aotian asked Lu Chen to spar, and Lu Chen accepted.
• The Body Sect disciples and elders gathered to watch as Long Aotian revealed his Millennium Soul Ring and attacked Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen used the Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist to redirect Long Aotian's punch, then struck him and sent him flying.
• Lu Chen offered to teach Long Aotian the fist technique if he could last one minute against him.
• Long Aotian transformed with his first Soul Skill and attacked with Golden God's Wrath, briefly catching Lu Chen's technique before Lu Chen's counter left his arm numb.
• Long Aotian steadied himself and charged at Lu Chen again.

After a month of brutal training, Lu Chen prepared to acquire his first Soul Ring and sought ways to raise his absorption limit. He realized his regenerative ability might let him exploit Soul Bones, and took out a seventy-thousand-year Shadow Ghost Leopard right leg bone.

• Lu Chen sparred with Long Aotian, using the Whirlwind Iron-Cleaving Fist to shred his clothes and send him fleeing in embarrassment.
• Du Busi arrived with Guan Yi and Luo Wei and announced that Lu Chen should acquire his first Soul Ring before the New Year.
• The elders debated whether Lu Chen could safely absorb a first Soul Ring of up to three thousand years, but Lu Chen said he wanted to try for five thousand years.
• Du Busi said Lu Chen would need a powerful treasure, such as a high-quality Soul Bone, to strengthen his body further.
• Lu Chen remembered the seventy-thousand-year Shadow Ghost Leopard right leg bone in his storage ring and wondered whether his regenerative ability could let him use a full set of Soul Bones.

Lu Chen absorbed a seventy-thousand-year Shadow Ghost Leopard Right Leg Bone and discovered that his Undying Constitution let him remove Soul Bones without lasting harm. Du Busi brought out more Soul Bones for him, hoping to strengthen his body enough to absorb a higher-age first Soul Ring.

• Lu Chen absorbed the seventy-thousand-year Shadow Ghost Leopard Right Leg Bone and gained the Soul Bone Skill Shadow Blitz.
• Du Busi judged that one Soul Bone had not strengthened Lu Chen enough to make a five-thousand-year first Soul Ring possible.
• Lu Chen severed his right leg, and a Soul Bone emerged while his leg rapidly regrew; he discovered the removed bone had no lasting effect on him.
• Du Busi rushed to the sect warehouse and returned with Soul Bones for every body part except the torso, including a rare Phantom Demonfish Head Soul Bone.

After fusing four high-quality Soul Bones, Lu Chen displayed a punch powerful enough to threaten a Soul King, stunning the Body Sect. The next day, he set out with Tang Ya and Long Aotian under Fourth Elder Luo Wei’s guidance for Star Dou Forest to obtain Soul Rings and help Tang Ya awaken her Dark Blue Silver Grass.

• Lu Chen fused four fifty-thousand-year Soul Bones, broke through to the Spirit Connection Realm, and unleashed a punch that shattered a massive boulder and shocked everyone watching.
• Du Busi ordered the disciples to keep Lu Chen’s strength secret and sent them back to cultivation.
• At the Body Sect gate, Lu Chen teased Long Aotian about his red underwear and offered to teach him the Whirlwind Iron-Cleaving Fist.
• Luo Wei explained that Du Busi had gone to the Sun Moon Empire to obtain spiritual herbs for Lu Chen’s second awakening, then led Lu Chen, Tang Ya, and Long Aotian toward Star Dou Forest.
• Lu Chen planned to help Tang Ya fully awaken her Dark Blue Silver Grass and later travel to Heaven Dou City to take revenge on the Iron Blood Sect for Uncle Tang and Aunt Tang.

Luo Wei led Lu Chen, Tang Ya, and Long Aotian through Star Dou Forest in search of Soul Beasts for their Soul Rings. Lu Chen chose to attempt absorbing a newly ten-thousand-year Earth Demon Ape, but the injured ape and its thirty-thousand-year pursuer, a Vajra Tiger, both froze before Luo Wei’s overwhelming aura.

• Luo Wei warned the group about the dangers of Star Dou Forest’s mixed zone as they searched for suitable Soul Beasts.
• The group encountered a six-thousand-year Lion-Roar Rabbit, but Lu Chen rejected it as a candidate for his Soul Ring.
• Luo Wei discovered an Earth Demon Ape that had just crossed ten thousand years, and Lu Chen insisted on trying to absorb it.
• The group found the wounded Earth Demon Ape fleeing a Vajra Tiger with at least thirty thousand years of cultivation.
• The Earth Demon Ape and the Vajra Tiger both cowered before Luo Wei, while the ape took quiet satisfaction in its pursuer’s predicament.

Lu Chen fought a badly injured Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Demon Ape while Luo Wei and the others encountered a group from Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with both sides watching Lu Chen’s battle as Yan Shaozhe marveled at his strength and pure light attribute.

• Luo Wei stopped herself from attacking the Earth Demon Ape and let Lu Chen fight it, while the Vajra Tiger fled into the forest.
• Lu Chen used Soul Shock to interrupt the ape’s attack, then deflected its powerful punch with Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist.
• Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and three other Shrek Academy students arrived and saw Lu Chen fighting the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast without Soul Rings.
• Tang Ya identified Zhang Lexuan as a Shrek Academy member, and Luo Wei confronted Yan Shaozhe when he appeared behind the group.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Luo Wei was a Body Sect Super Douluo, and Yan Shaozhe praised Lu Chen’s physical strength and pure light attribute as both groups watched the fight.

Lu Chen killed the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Demon Ape and began absorbing its Soul Ring despite the warnings of the Shrek group. The Soul Ring’s immense power tore apart his body, but his Immortal Body and Soul Bones helped him withstand the first stage as the absorption continued.

• Lu Chen dodged the Earth Demon Ape’s attack, locked down its arm, and killed it with Heartburst Liberation Fist.
• The Shrek students and Yan Shaozhe were shocked that a Soul Scholar had slain a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Tang Ya and Long Aotian remained unsurprised.
• Lu Chen noticed Ma Xiaotao’s volatile Evil Fire, then sat beside the corpse to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Luo Wei told Yan Shaozhe and the Shrek group to leave, but Yan Shaozhe stayed to watch Lu Chen attempt the absorption.
• Lu Chen drew the black Soul Ring into his body and endured its first surge by circulating the Exploding Heart Meditation Method.
• Lu Chen’s body split open and regenerated as his Soul Bones and spiritual power resisted the demon ape’s soul shock.

Lu Chen endured five hours of destruction and regeneration before successfully absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year first Soul Ring, which raised his Soul Power to Soul Grandmaster with help from his Soul Bones. Luo Wei then took him, Tang Ya, and Long Aotian away with the Earth Demon Ape’s corpse, while Ma Xiaotao wondered whether Lu Chen could suppress the Evil Fire in her body.

• Yan Shaozhe concluded that Lu Chen’s rapid healing likely came from his Martial Soul and speculated that he possessed a set of ten-thousand-year Soul Bones.
• Luo Wei reassured Tang Ya that Lu Chen’s Soul Power was stabilizing as he neared the end of absorbing the Soul Ring.
• Lu Chen completed the absorption and revealed a black Ten-Thousand-Year first Soul Ring, while his Soul Power rose to Soul Grandmaster.
• Lu Chen considered removing Soul Bones to assess his true Soul Power and potentially replace unsuitable Soul Skills, but left the idea for future experiments.
• Luo Wei took Lu Chen, Tang Ya, and Long Aotian away with the Earth Demon Ape’s corpse, and Yan Shaozhe stayed behind to continue the students’ training.
• Ma Xiaotao told Zhang Lexuan that Lu Chen’s presence seemed to weaken her Evil Fire, though she was unsure whether the effect was real.

Lu Chen revealed that his first Soul Skill grew stronger with each level and that he had gained an External Soul Bone from the Earth Demon Ape. During the night watch, Tang Ya admitted she feared the destructive, devouring power emerging in her Blue Silver Grass and worried Lu Chen would reject her.

• Lu Chen explained that [Demonic Ape Transformation] began with a ninety-percent enhancement and gained another percent per Soul Power level.
• Lu Chen revealed his External Soul Bone, which gave him the [Void-Splitting Shock] attack, impressing Luo Wei, Tang Ya, and Long Aotian.
• Lu Chen took over the night watch from Long Aotian and found Tang Ya sitting alone, grieving for her parents.
• Lu Chen comforted Tang Ya and questioned her about changes to her Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Ya confessed that her Martial Soul carried an aura and urge to devour and destroy, and she pleaded with Lu Chen not to hate or abandon her.

Lu Chen reassured Tang Ya that her Devouring Attribute did not make her an Evil Soul Master and guided her in embracing its power. After Tang Ya devoured his life force and appeared to kill him, Lu Chen began regenerating just as she tried to take her own life.

• Lu Chen comforted Tang Ya and promised that his Ultimate Light could protect her from the Devouring Attribute's sinister influence.
• Tang Ya accepted the power and drained the Earth Demon Ape's corpse, then lost control and turned her devouring vines toward Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen let Tang Ya drain him while Luo Wei watched under orders not to interfere, and his body collapsed into a dried corpse as his Soul Bones fell away.
• Tang Ya regained control, saw Lu Chen's ruined body, and tried to stab herself while Long Aotian watched in horror.
• Lu Chen began regenerating behind Tang Ya and seized her wrist just before the dagger reached her chest.

Lu Chen revealed that he could regenerate from a drop of blood, then measured his Soul Power at level 16 and considered pursuing another Soul Bone and Soul Ring. The group continued through Star Dou Forest, where they found a suitable Soul Beast for Long Aotian.

• Tang Ya discovered Lu Chen was alive, embraced him, and accidentally grabbed his Supreme Bone before Luo Wei led Long Aotian away.
• Lu Chen concluded that his Blood-Drop Rebirth restored him at the cost of stamina and belongings, and confirmed his Soul Power was level 16 and a half.
• Tang Ya reported reaching level 23 after awakening Dark Blue Silver Grass and absorbing Lu Chen's life essence.
• The next morning, Lu Chen asked Luo Wei to watch for a Soul Beast under thirty thousand years old, and he described wanting a Soul Skill that strengthened him.
• The group found a five-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Demon Frog, and Long Aotian eagerly chose it for his Soul Ring.

Lu Chen considered how to adapt techniques from his past life after watching Luo Wei demonstrate Flash Step, while Long Aotian obtained his third Soul Ring and challenged him. As the group searched for Lu Chen’s second Soul Ring, an out-of-control Ma Xiaotao charged at him, and Lu Chen summoned a golden giant.

• Luo Wei used Flash Step to defeat a thousand-year Dark Gold Demon Frog and explained how she had developed the technique to fight Xian Lin'er.
• Lu Chen realized he could draw on techniques from anime in his past life and asked Luo Wei to teach him Flash Step.
• Long Aotian absorbed the Dark Gold Demon Frog as his third Soul Ring, reached level 32, and challenged Lu Chen to a fight.
• The group continued searching for Lu Chen’s second Soul Ring, and Ma Xiaotao approached with her Evil Fire out of control.
• Ma Xiaotao charged at Lu Chen, who summoned the phantom of a golden giant.

Lu Chen defeated Ma Xiaotao when she attacked him, and Yan Shaozhe discovered that Lu Chen’s power could dispel her Evil Fire. Lu Chen demanded compensation from Shrek for the attack, asking Yan Shaozhe to find him two thirty-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

• Lu Chen used Demonic Ape Transformation and struck Ma Xiaotao, knocking her unconscious and dispersing much of the black aura around her.
• Yan Shaozhe treated Ma Xiaotao and realized Lu Chen could potentially eliminate her Evil Fire, while Lu Chen noted the immense Soul Power cost of his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Lu Chen accused Yan Shaozhe of allowing Ma Xiaotao to attack him, and Luo Wei warned that Shrek’s actions could provoke a war with the Body Sect.
• Yan Shaozhe offered compensation, and Lu Chen asked him to find two roughly thirty-thousand-year Soul Beasts with amplification-oriented Soul Skills.
• The Shrek group was shocked to learn Lu Chen had reached rank twenty, while Luo Wei pressed Yan Shaozhe to accept his request.

Lu Chen agreed to purify Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire in exchange for Yan Shaozhe finding him two exceptional Soul Beasts, while Ma Xiaotao woke and celebrated the purification already done. As Lu Chen discussed adapting Shave into a technique powered by physical strength, Luo Wei sensed something in the forest.

• Yan Shaozhe offered to find Lu Chen two highly compatible Soul Beasts if Lu Chen completely eradicated Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Lu Chen agreed on the condition that he could inspect the beasts first.
• Yan Shaozhe left after asking Luo Wei to look after Shrek’s students, and Luo Wei told Lu Chen and Tang Ya that she believed he sincerely valued Ma Xiaotao and would honor the bargain.
• Lu Chen explained that Ma Xiaotao had the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, prompting Long Aotian to remark that she might have the potential to become a god.
• Ma Xiaotao woke, learned what had happened, and celebrated that Lu Chen had purified more than half her Evil Fire, brushing off her defeat in their fight.
• Lu Chen explained the principles of Shave to Luo Wei, who confirmed that rapid physical strikes against the ground could enable short-range movement, though they required immense strength and coordination.
• Luo Wei suddenly sharpened her expression and looked toward the forest.

Luo Wei and the others encountered Scarlet King escorting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whose third eye sensed something extraordinary in Lu Chen. After the beasts left, the Body Sect and Shrek Academy kept apart for three days, and the chapter ended as the fourth morning began.

• Luo Wei identified the approaching crimson aura as Scarlet King, who entered the Mixed Zone carrying the Three-Eyed Golden Lion on his head.
• Luo Wei explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the Emperor Auspicious Beast and brought fortune to the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Forest.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed Lu Chen’s unusual aura and wanted to approach him, but Scarlet King stopped her and continued toward the Core Zone.
• Lu Chen reflected on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s fate and wondered whether connecting with her could grant him Fate Power, then returned to practicing Flash Step.
• After Scarlet King left, Zhang Lexuan warned the Shrek students to avoid the Emperor Auspicious Beast, while Ma Xiaotao wondered why she had seemed to watch Lu Chen.
• The Body Sect and Shrek Academy remained apart without speaking for three days, until the morning of the fourth day.