Chapter Summaries

Tang Chen left the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran, who later departed for training after promising to find him again when she reached Soul Ancestor. More than a year later, Tang Chen reached level thirty-nine while cultivating outside Heaven Dou City, one level short of level forty.

• Meng Yiran insisted on traveling with Tang Chen, and Tang Chen agreed as long as she followed his arrangements.
• Tang Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang Yuan traveled out of the forest with Meng Yiran, who asked Tang Chen to remember her before leaving with her grandparents for a secret realm.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tang Chen how he felt about Meng Yiran, and he called her a companion, at least for now.
• Tang Chen began cultivating outside Heaven Dou City, and more than a year later he reached level thirty-nine.
• Tang Chen summoned the Life Ancient Tree and Destruction Scepter, revealing his three Soul Rings, including the black ring he had gained by killing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Tang Chen reached level forty, gained a Ten Thousand Year first Soul Ring, and helped Tang Yuan rise to level ninety-five. As Tang Chen reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, a Soul Saint arrived at the courtyard seeking him and Tang Yuan.

• Tang Chen chose to raise Tang Yuan's strength and increase the age of his first Soul Ring by ten thousand years, turning it black.
• Tang Yuan broke through to level ninety-five, while Tang Chen emerged from seclusion at level forty with three black Soul Rings.
• Tang Chen told Tang Yuan that a Divine Examination reward had increased his first Soul Ring's age, and Tang Yuan thanked him for his breakthrough.
• Zhu Zhuqing met Tang Chen in the courtyard and said she wanted to catch up to him.
• A Soul Saint wielding a black saber landed outside the courtyard and called out Tang Yuan and Tang Chen.

Tang Li, a Soul Saint sent by the Clear Sky Sect to kill Tang Yuan and his family, attacked their courtyard. Tang Chen fought him and shattered his first Soul Skill with his Destruction Scepter, but Tang Li prepared a stronger attack.

• Tang Li recognized Tang Yuan and revealed that the Clear Sky Sect had ordered him to hunt down and kill the family.
• Zhu Zhuqing moved to defend Tang Chen, but Tang Chen told her to stay back and then asked Tang Yuan to let him fight Tang Li.
• Tang Chen faced Tang Li despite having only three Soul Rings, and revealed that all three were black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Tang Li struck with his first Soul Skill, Clear Sky Shock, but Tang Chen's Destruction Judgment pierced through the Giant Hammer and shattered the attack.
• Tang Li dismissed the clash as a test, then activated his second and third Soul Rings as black lightning patterns appeared across his growing hammer.

Tang Chen defeated Tang Li’s Clear Sky Hammer attacks with Myriad Annihilation Return to Void and rejected the Clear Sky Sect’s offer to take him back. He ordered Tang Yuan to kill Tang Li, and Tang Yuan revealed his level ninety-five cultivation and nine Soul Rings.

• Tang Chen destroyed Tang Li’s Clear Sky Hammer with Myriad Annihilation Return to Void, leaving Tang Li injured and shocked by his strength.
• Tang Li attacked with Clear Sky Earth-Splitting Axe, but Tang Chen’s combined powers devoured and dismantled it.
• Tang Li offered to compensate Tang Chen and welcome him back to the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Chen refused and recounted the sect’s persecution of him and his grandfather.
• Tang Li threatened to kill Tang Chen, and Tang Chen told Tang Yuan to kill him.
• Tang Yuan unleashed level ninety-five Soul Power and revealed nine Soul Rings, including a red ring, leaving Tang Li pale with shock.

Tang Yuan used his restored level ninety-five strength to kill Tang Li, a Clear Sky Sect investigator. Tang Chen then declared that he would take revenge on the Clear Sky Sect, while Zhu Zhuqing promised to stay by his side.

• Tang Yuan revealed that he had recovered his cultivation and become a level ninety-five Super Douluo, then suppressed Tang Li with his Golden-Clawed Bear Martial Soul.
• Tang Li used his Clear Sky Hammer Avatar, defensive Soul Skills, and a Soul Tool against Tang Yuan’s Golden Claw Mountain-Suppressing Palm, but Tang Yuan destroyed his defenses and killed him.
• Tang Chen found no trace of Tang Li and told Zhu Zhuqing that the Clear Sky Sect would continue to face him if it kept sending people after them.
• Tang Chen said he planned to take revenge on the Clear Sky Sect for his family’s expulsion and the years of pursuit.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Tang Chen, insisted she would not face the coming conflict from a distance, and asked him not to leave her behind when danger came.

Tang Chen promised Zhu Zhuqing he would stay by her side, then trained footwork with her until Meng Yiran arrived seeking his guidance. He decided to test a Whale Rubber body-tempering method with both women and took them to buy Whale Rubber in Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Chen and Zhu Zhuqing practiced footwork, and he corrected her balance and attacking technique.
• Meng Yiran arrived and asked Tang Chen to check her cultivation, though he found no problems with her meridians or body.
• Tang Chen proposed a new body-tempering method using Whale Rubber, and both Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran joined him.
• Tang Chen took the women to a Heaven Dou City shop and requested Whale Rubber from Soul Beasts over ten thousand years old.
• Meng Yiran and Zhu Zhuqing reacted awkwardly to Whale Rubber's common use, and Tang Chen explained he wanted it for cultivation.

Tang Chen and Meng Yiran used Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to strengthen their bodies, but Meng Yiran secretly ate an extra piece and was overwhelmed by its medicinal effects. As Tang Chen tried to suppress the energy in her meridians, Meng Yiran confessed her feelings, and the chapter ended with them behind drawn curtains.

• Tang Chen bought three pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and returned to the courtyard with Meng Yiran after Zhu Zhuqing left to cultivate.
• Tang Chen and Meng Yiran swallowed refined Whale Rubber and circulated their Soul Power as the vitality and blood energy strengthened their bodies.
• After absorbing her portion, Meng Yiran secretly ate another piece despite Tang Chen warning her to wait several days.
• The excess medicinal power overwhelmed Meng Yiran, and Tang Chen used life energy to calm her and discovered that her meridians were under strain.
• Meng Yiran confessed that she had liked Tang Chen since their encounter in the Star Dou Great Forest and asked him to help her.
• Tang Chen carried Meng Yiran to the couch, and emerald life radiance and curtains concealed them.

Tang Chen and Meng Yiran became lovers after spending the night together, and he escorted her back to the estate where the Unrivaled Dragon Snake were staying. Back at his residence, Tang Chen decided to delay seeking revenge on the Clear Sky Sect and pursue stronger cultivation by joining an academy.

• Meng Yiran told Tang Chen she liked him and asked him not to abandon her, and he promised that he would not.
• The next morning, Tang Chen gave Meng Yiran a Leaf of Life and escorted her toward the estate outside Heaven Dou City.
• Meng Yiran assured Tang Chen she would not regret their night together, kissed his cheek, and said she would visit again in a few days.
• Tang Chen returned home, where Zhu Zhuqing asked about Meng Yiran and Tang Yuan continued repairing the courtyard wall.
• Tang Chen considered the Clear Sky Sect's strength and decided to postpone revenge, seek more strength, and join an academy.

Tang Chen and Zhu Zhuqing went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Tang Chen passed the entrance examination with Level Forty Soul Power and three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. When Prince Xue Beng tried to bar Tang Chen from enrolling, Tang Chen struck him and sent him flying after Xue Beng attacked.

• Tang Chen and Zhu Zhuqing left Tang Yuan’s courtyard for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, carrying Tang Yuan’s token as proof of their background.
• Sun Lin tested Tang Chen and discovered that the fourteen-year-old had Level Forty Soul Power, a Destruction Scepter Martial Soul, and three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, so he passed the entrance examination.
• Xue Beng arrived, demanded Tang Chen’s token, and tried to deny him admission despite the teachers’ objections.
• Tang Chen slapped Xue Beng after the prince insulted him and ordered him out of the academy.
• Xue Beng attacked Tang Chen with his Swan Feather Blade, but Tang Chen dispelled the blades with Soul Power and kicked Xue Beng through the hall and onto the stone steps.

Tang Chen accepted Xue Beng’s impossible test and faced Dugu Bo’s attack to prove he belonged at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He remained standing after Dugu Bo’s palm strike, leaving Xue Beng shocked as the test continued.

• Tang Chen sent Xue Beng flying after Xue Beng insulted him and attacked, then refused to back down when Sun Lin warned that Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo might intervene.
• Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and Dugu Bo arrived at the testing hall, where Tang Chen revealed his Destruction Scepter and three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Xue Beng demanded that Tang Chen withstand five minutes of Dugu Bo’s attacks or leave the academy, and Tang Chen accepted despite Zhu Zhuqing’s concern.
• Dugu Bo struck Tang Chen with a jade-green palm imprint, and Tang Chen used his Soul Power and Two-Pole Black Tortoise Right Arm Bone to withstand it without moving back.
• Xue Beng stared in disbelief when Tang Chen remained standing after Dugu Bo’s attack.

Tang Chen endured five minutes of Dugu Bo’s attacks and passed Xue Beng’s proposed test, but Xue Beng denied promising him admission and ordered him to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Tang Chen stood his ground after Zhu Zhuqing supported him, while Prince Xue Xing cited his fight with Xue Beng and the ruined hall as reasons to expel him.

• Tang Chen blocked Dugu Bo’s attacks with his soul skills, Soul Bone, and Life Ancient Tree, while Zhu Zhuqing watched and warned Xue Beng not to hurt him.
• With one minute remaining, Dugu Bo unleashed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and third soul skill, but Tang Chen countered with Myriad Annihilation Return to Void and remained standing when the five-minute test ended.
• Tang Chen declared that he had passed, and Dugu Bo and the watching students recognized that he had endured the test.
• When Tang Chen asked to enroll, Xue Beng denied that passing the test guaranteed admission, despite Sun Lin confirming the condition Xue Beng had set.
• Zhu Zhuqing stood beside Tang Chen as Xue Beng said the royal family would decide whether to admit him, and Prince Xue Xing ordered him to leave over the fight and damage to the academy hall.

Tang Yuan arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and used his overwhelming strength to defeat Dugu Bo, allowing Tang Chen to confront Xue Beng. After Tang Chen beat and humiliated Xue Beng, Prince Xue Xing offered him academy resources and royal compensation in an attempt to resolve the conflict.

• Tang Chen refused to leave after Dugu Bo warned him that staying would bring further conflict, and Zhu Zhuqing stood by him as Dugu Bo prepared to attack.
• Tang Yuan arrived, revealed himself as Tang Chen's grandfather, and displayed nine Soul Rings, including a red one, establishing himself as a Level 95 Super Douluo.
• Tang Yuan struck Dugu Bo through his defenses and sent him crashing into the trees, leaving the Poison Douluo injured and unable to challenge him again.
• Tang Chen repeatedly slapped and overpowered Xue Beng for breaking his promise and using Dugu Bo to pressure him, then ordered him to leave the academy.
• Xue Beng left with the royal knights, while Prince Xue Xing apologized and offered Tang Chen the academy's best cultivation resources and compensation.

Tang Chen and Zhu Zhuqing completed their enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Tang Chen forced Dugu Bo to apologize and had Tang Yuan restrain him. Tang Chen then confronted Dugu Bo at a secluded cabin and demanded the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving Dugu Bo to choose between surrendering it and dying.

• Prince Xue Xing withdrew from the academy, and Tang Chen demanded an apology from Dugu Bo for attacking him and trying to force him out.
• Tang Yuan subdued Dugu Bo and took him away, while Tang Chen and Zhu Zhuqing passed their tests and enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang Chen visited Tang Yuan at an abandoned cabin and found Dugu Bo bound and stripped of his Soul Power.
• Tang Chen demanded ownership of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo protested that it was his cultivation ground.
• Tang Yuan reinforced his threat, telling Dugu Bo to surrender the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or die.

Tang Chen forced Dugu Bo to surrender the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by offering to treat the poison affecting him and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo agreed to submit if they were cured. Later, Xue Qinghe summoned Tang Chen at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to discuss his strength, Xue Beng, and his estrangement from the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Chen and Tang Yuan pressured Dugu Bo with threats to Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo agreed to give them the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang Chen explained the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison in Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan and used the Life Ancient Tree to suppress Dugu Bo's symptoms.
• Dugu Bo accepted Tang Chen's terms, promising his life and obedience if Tang Chen cured him and Dugu Yan, then led Tang Chen toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xue Qinghe summoned Tang Chen and asked about his confrontation with Dugu Bo and his conflict with Xue Beng.
• Tang Chen told Xue Qinghe that the Clear Sky Sect had expelled his family and later sent people to hunt them, and Xue Qinghe asked what he planned to do.

Tang Chen accepted Xue Qinghe’s offer of imperial resources, then went with Tang Yuan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to treat Dugu Bo’s poison. After successfully sealing the toxins in Dugu Bo’s right-arm Soul Bone, Tang Chen prepared to treat Dugu Yan.

• Tang Chen accepted Xue Qinghe’s investment but refused to promise anything against his own wishes, and she gave him a token for imperial Soul Beast information and monthly resources.
• Tang Chen and Tang Yuan entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo introduced them to Dugu Yan and explained their agreement.
• Tang Chen instructed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to gather medicinal herbs, then prepared the herbs and spring water for treatment.
• Tang Chen used the Life Ancient Tree and medicinal forces to draw Dugu Bo’s Serpent Emperor Poison from his body and seal it in his right-arm Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo confirmed that his pain had vanished and his poison cultivation remained intact, then asked Tang Chen to treat Dugu Yan.
• Tang Chen told Dugu Yan to take off her outer clothes before beginning her treatment.

Tang Chen cured Dugu Yan of her accumulated poison, and Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan pledged their loyalty to him and Tang Yuan. Later, at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Shrek students argued for entry into the Advanced Division, and Yu Tianheng revealed that he was no longer the academy’s top student.

• Tang Chen removed the toxins from Dugu Yan’s meridians, and she confirmed that her poison was gone without losing control of her Martial Soul or Soul Skills.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan knelt before Tang Chen and Tang Yuan, promising that the Dugu Family would repay the two lives they had saved.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang Chen defeated Yu Tianheng and became the top-ranked student in his year.
• Flender brought the Shrek students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dai Mubai and Tang San challenged the placement rules and demanded a practical test for the Advanced Division.
• Yu Tianheng admitted that the Imperial Fighting Team had lost to Shrek at the Soto Great Soul Arena, then revealed that he was no longer Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s top student.

Tang San challenged Tang Chen to a spar at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Tang Chen overwhelmed him with his Destruction Scepter and powerful Soul Skills. Tang San conceded after being pinned to the arena, leaving Shrek Academy defeated.

• Dai Mubai challenged Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s top student, and Tang San volunteered to spar with Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen revealed three black Soul Rings and used his Destruction Scepter to break through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and deflect his hidden weapons.
• Tang Chen used the Shadow Demon Spirit Left Leg Bone to evade Tang San’s Blue Silver Prison and struck him across the arena.
• Tang Chen’s second Soul Skill, Myriad Annihilation Return to Void, destroyed Tang San’s defenses and pinned him to the platform.
• Tang San conceded, and the officiating teacher declared Tang Chen the winner.

After Tang Chen defeated Tang San in an individual spar, Tang San challenged him to a seven-on-seven team battle. Tang Chen’s team eliminated Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Jing Ling, leaving Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun facing Tang Chen’s side as the confrontation continued.

• Tang San admitted defeat after Tang Chen’s attack left him unable to stand steadily, and the officiating teacher assigned him to the Intermediate Division.
• Tang San proposed a team battle, and Tang Chen formed a team with Zhu Zhuqing, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Shi Mo, and Ye Lingling.
• The teams began fighting, and Tang Chen repelled Xiao Wu’s attacks before knocking her out of bounds.
• Tang Chen and his teammates broke through Shrek’s formation, while Ning Rongrong and Oscar surrendered and Jing Ling was forced out of the arena.
• Tang Chen challenged Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai over their earlier arrogance, while Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai about their past and Yu Tianheng called out Ma Hongjun.
• Ma Hongjun flared his flames and challenged the others as Tang Chen raised his scepter, ready to continue the fight.

Tang Chen's team defeated Shrek Academy in a seven-versus-seven match, and Tang San conceded after his teammates were eliminated. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Tang Chen as his disciple, but Tang Chen refused; afterward, he continued training Zhu Zhuqing as life at the academy settled into a routine.

• Tang Chen and the Imperial Fighting Team eliminated Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, then forced Tang San to concede, winning the match without any eliminations.
• The presiding teacher recorded Shrek Academy's loss and assigned its students to the intermediate division until they met the requirements for the advanced division.
• Tang San admitted that he had underestimated Tang Chen, and the Shrek group left the academy with their heads lowered.
• Yu Xiaogang visited Tang Chen and offered to take him as his disciple, but Tang Chen challenged his assumptions and rejected him.
• Zhu Zhuqing backed Tang Chen's refusal, and Tang Chen trained with her in the courtyard before resuming his routine at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Two years later, Tang Chen had reached level sixty-three and led Heaven Dou Royal Academy into the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. The team defeated Blazing Fire Academy in its opening match, with Tang Chen overwhelming Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu using only two soul skills.

• Tang Chen reached level sixty-three with four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, while Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty-eight and gained her fourth soul skill.
• Tang Chen, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, and Ye Lingling were selected for Heaven Dou Royal Academy's tournament team.
• Tang Chen led the team onto the stage to face Blazing Fire Academy and assigned his teammates their roles in the battle.
• The Shi brothers blocked Huo Wushuang while Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuqing attacked from the flanks and Dugu Yan sealed off the opposing team's retreat.
• Tang Chen struck Huo Wushuang with Destruction Judgment, forcing the captain to concede, then used Myriad Annihilation Return to Void to absorb Blazing Fire Academy's flames and pressure Huo Wu into surrendering.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the Shi brothers forced more opponents out of bounds, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy won the opening match.