Chapter Summaries

Chu Lan used his damaged traversal system to steal the Heaven-Controlling Bottle from Han Li before returning to Douluo Continent. After revealing his Tiger Soul martial soul’s weapon form, he looked ahead to using both treasures to grow stronger.

• Chu Lan traversed to Han Li’s world, knocked him down, and stole the Little Green Bottle before his five seconds there ended.
• The system identified the bottle as the Heaven-Controlling Bottle, a treasure that absorbed moonlight to produce Heavenly Creation Dew and could help Chu Lan comprehend the Law of Time.
• Han Li woke up and realized his Little Green Bottle had been stolen by someone who appeared and vanished mysteriously.
• Chu Lan stored the Heaven-Controlling Bottle and summoned Tiger Soul, whose roar was heard throughout the village.
• Tang San described Chu Lan’s unusual martial soul to Tang Hao, who wondered if it resembled Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul but told Tang San to keep eating.
• Chu Lan transformed Tiger Soul into Demon Weapon Tiger Soul and considered the promise of combining it with the Heaven-Controlling Bottle.

Chu Lan tested Tiger Soul, damaging his house, and learned Old Jack planned to send him to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. After using the Heaven-Controlling Bottle to gather moonlight, he traveled to another world and stole the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, leaving Tang San to face the Tang Sect elders’ accusations.

• Chu Lan swung Tiger Soul and unleashed golden bullets that riddled the wall, then explained the damage to Old Jack.
• Old Jack offered Chu Lan a place to stay and said he would send him to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, while Chu Lan declined the offer.
• Chu Lan left the Heaven-Controlling Bottle in moonlight overnight but found it had not produced Heavenly Creation Dew.
• Chu Lan traveled to a Tang Sect library pavilion and snatched the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record from young Tang San before returning to his world.
• The Tang Sect elders found Tang San with a partial copy, accused him of stealing the manual, and ordered him seized.
• Chu Lan recognized the manual’s title, and the system confirmed it contained the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eyes, and other techniques.

Chu Lan practiced the Mysterious Heaven Skill, gathered resources, and prepared to attend Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. At the academy gate, Tiger Soul attacked the gatekeeper after he mocked Chu Lan, revealing that it could speak.

• Chu Lan studied the Mysterious Heaven Skill and brought a haul of fish from the waterfall back to Holy Soul Village.
• Over the next three months, Chu Lan cultivated several techniques and studied the Medicine Canon and Poison Canon while traveling between worlds to take items.
• Tang Hao asked Old Jack to find a work-study slot for Tang San, and Old Jack agreed to ask other villages after taking Chu Lan to school.
• Chu Lan arrived at Nuoding Academy with Tiger Soul and presented his martial soul certificate, which showed Innate Full Soul Power.
• Tiger Soul leaped over the academy gate and pounced on the gatekeeper after he mocked Chu Lan, then spoke to defend its master.

Chu Lan enrolled at Nuoding Academy after revealing Tiger Soul and his Innate Full Soul Power, while Yu Xiaogang tried to win him over as a disciple. In Dorm Seven, Chu Lan challenged Wang Sheng by sending Tiger Soul after him, and Xiao Wu arrived as the chase unfolded.

• Chu Lan sent Old Jack away, then confronted Yu Xiaogang, who realized Tiger Soul could speak and hurried after Chu Lan.
• Chu Lan outran Yu Xiaogang, enrolled at the academy, and revealed Tiger Soul to Director Su, who learned Chu Lan had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to offer guidance and training, but Chu Lan dismissed his promises as empty words.
• In Dorm Seven, Chu Lan accepted Wang Sheng's challenge and ordered Tiger Soul to chase him, frightening him into running.
• Xiao Wu arrived at the doorway and saw Tiger Soul chasing Wang Sheng around the dormitory.

Chu Lan defeated Xiao Wu and became Dorm Seven’s boss, then accepted Yu Xiaogang’s offer to help him obtain a Soul Ring. He left Yu Xiaogang arranging better lodging for him and Xiao Wu while planning to take her along on the trip.

• Chu Lan summoned Tiger Soul as a blade and defeated Xiao Wu, who reluctantly acknowledged him as the boss.
• Yu Xiaogang entered Dorm Seven, offered Chu Lan bedding, and proposed helping him hunt a soul beast for his first Soul Ring.
• Chu Lan accepted Yu Xiaogang’s offer to go to the Soul Hunting Forest the next day, while considering the risks of traveling with him.
• Chu Lan asked Yu Xiaogang to arrange better lodging for him and Xiao Wu, preferably somewhere quiet where only the two of them would live.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to try, determined to win Chu Lan over as his disciple.

Chu Lan warned Xiao Wu that her identity would be exposed by a Titled Douluo, then prepared to leave for the Soul Beast Forest with Yu Xiaogang. He used his system to travel briefly to Kung Fu World, stole five martial arts manuals, and was met by Yu Xiaogang the next morning.

• Chu Lan told Xiao Wu that a Titled Douluo would arrive and expose her identity, leaving her to decide whether to stay.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged a dormitory for Chu Lan and Xiao Wu and said he would take Chu Lan to Soul Beast Forest the next day.
• Chu Lan discovered Xiao Wu was gone and settled into the dormitory alone.
• Chu Lan traveled to Kung Fu World and stole the Tathagata Palm, Thousand-Hand Divine Fist, Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, Nine Yang Divine Skill, One Yang Finger, and Dugu Nine Swords, but returned with five manuals.
• Chu Lan praised Nine Yang Divine Skill and stored the manuals when Yu Xiaogang arrived to take him to Soul Beast Forest.

During a soul-hunting trip, Chu Lan and Tiger Soul encountered and easily defeated a Mandala Snake, while Yu Xiaogang saw how outmatched his own Martial Soul was. Chu Lan refused the snake’s Soul Ring and continued searching, leaving Yu Xiaogang to wonder why their Mutated Martial Souls were so different.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Chu Lan to become his disciple, but Chu Lan said he would think about it.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao, which panicked at the sight of Tiger Soul and pinned Yu Xiaogang beneath it.
• Tiger Soul sensed an approaching Mandala Snake, and Chu Lan stayed to confront it instead of fleeing.
• Tiger Soul chased down and killed the four-hundred-and-twenty-two-year Mandala Snake with ease.
• Chu Lan rejected the snake’s Soul Ring as unsuitable and said he would rather search the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At camp, Chu Lan studied his martial arts manuals while Yu Xiaogang wondered why Tiger Soul was so much stronger than Luo Sanpao; the two set out again the next day.

Chu Lan killed a Blood Demon Tiger, absorbed its Soul Ring, and used his travel ability to steal the Yitian Sword from Wudang. On the road back to Nuoding City, he encountered Xiao Wu again and told her he wanted to hunt tiger-type soul beasts.

• Yu Xiaogang fled when the Blood Demon Tiger appeared, while Chu Lan ordered Tiger Soul to fight it.
• Chu Lan transformed Tiger Soul into a blade, killed the Blood Demon Tiger, and absorbed its Soul Ring in less than two hours.
• Tiger Soul grew larger and stronger after Chu Lan absorbed the ring, and Chu Lan traveled to Wudang with it.
• Chu Lan appeared in the Hall of True Martial and snatched the Yitian Sword from Zhou Zhiruo before vanishing with it.
• Chu Lan drove through the wilderness toward Nuoding City, met Xiao Wu, and asked her to introduce him to tiger-type soul beasts.

Chu Lan spared Xiao Wu, then returned to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and tested at Soul Power Level thirteen. At the cafeteria, he encountered Tang San and later ran into Yu Xiaogang, leaving their strained relationship unresolved.

• Chu Lan told Xiao Wu to hide until she reached maturity, then drove away after she thanked him.
• Chu Lan told Director Su that he had killed a roughly four-hundred-and-fifty-year-old Blood Demon Tiger and tested at Level Thirteen.
• Chu Lan returned to the dormitory, then met Tang San and Wang Sheng in the cafeteria.
• Wang Sheng told Tang San that Chu Lan had gone to hunt a Soul Beast with Yu Xiaogang and was likely already a Soul Master.
• Chu Lan went upstairs for a meal and unexpectedly came face-to-face with Yu Xiaogang.

Chu Lan settled into the academy and cultivated while Tang San sought Yu Xiaogang’s help in obtaining his first Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Tang San absorbing a ten-year Lone Bamboo’s Soul Ring and Yu Xiaogang asking about his new soul skill.

• Chu Lan confirmed to Wang Sheng and Tang San that he had become a Soul Master, then advised Tang San to seek help from an academy teacher or Yu Xiaogang to hunt a soul beast.
• Tang San found Yu Xiaogang’s office and later cultivated the incomplete Mysterious Heaven Skill while thinking about Chu Lan and his own past.
• Chu Lan cultivated the Nine Yang Divine Skill beside the Heaven-Controlling Bottle as it gathered moonlight and condensed Heavenly Creation Dew.
• Tang San joined Yu Xiaogang on a trip to the Soul Hunting Forest, where Yu Xiaogang chose a ten-year Lone Bamboo as a safe first Soul Ring for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San killed the Lone Bamboo and quickly absorbed its white Soul Ring, after which Yu Xiaogang asked what his first soul skill was.

Tang San broke through the first level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill and showed Yu Xiaogang his first soul skill, while Chu Lan encountered Angel Yan during a brief trip to another world and intimidated Xiao Chenyu into giving up his protection money. That evening, Chu Lan learned Tang San had absorbed a ten-year Lone Bamboo Soul Ring and wondered whether Yu Xiaogang had been frightened by the Soul Hunting Forest.

• Tang San's first soul skill transformed his Blue Silver Grass into a bamboo staff, and Yu Xiaogang praised its improved toughness before taking him out of the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Chu Lan appeared in a swimming pool in the Super God Academy world, startled Angel Yan, and vanished after five seconds.
• Xiao Chenyu and four lackeys demanded money from Chu Lan, but Tiger Soul's hundred-year Soul Ring frightened them into handing over their coin pouches and promising to stop bullying students.
• At dinner, Tang San told Chu Lan that he had become a Soul Master after absorbing a ten-year Lone Bamboo Soul Ring.
• Tang San described his bamboo-staff soul skill, then left with Yu Xiaogang, who avoided Chu Lan's gaze.

Chu Lan stole Wang Dong'er’s meal, including Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, from a palace in a parallel future before returning to his own world. After spending the break in Holy Soul Village and reaching Soul Power Level 17, he returned to Notting Academy, where Yu Xiaogang began plotting to make him leave.

• Chu Lan traveled to a palace ten thousand years in the future and took Wang Dong’er’s entire table of food before his five-second visit ended.
• Chu Lan ate the delicacies in his dormitory, learned his system’s repair progress was sixteen percent, and hoped to obtain more treasures like Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Chu Lan declined Tang San’s invitation to travel home together, then went to Holy Soul Village, gave gifts to villagers, and helped rebuild his wooden house.
• Chu Lan cultivated with the Little Green Bottle and the Nine Yang Divine Skill, bringing his Soul Power to level seventeen.
• Chu Lan returned to Notting Academy, teased Tang San about Tang Hao’s departure, and left Yu Xiaogang displeased.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Chu Lan had met the requirements to graduate and began forming a plan to get him to leave the academy.

After graduating early, Chu Lan traveled to Heaven Dou City and used Tiger Soul’s Demonic Smoke to control Xue Beng and his companions. He enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and sent Xue Beng to find ancient Whale Rubber, while learning that Dugu Bo lived in Sunset Forest and Dugu Yan studied at the academy.

• Mo Hen gave Chu Lan his graduation certificate and a letter of introduction to Fanos Intermediate Soul Master Academy, and Chu Lan left the academy in his Benz.
• After the Benz ran out of fuel, Chu Lan briefly traveled to another world, encountered a horde of monsters, and returned before riding Tiger Soul toward Heaven Dou City.
• Outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Chu Lan used Tiger Soul’s Demonic Smoke to control Xue Beng and the youths accompanying him.
• Chu Lan ordered Xue Beng to clear the onlookers and arrange his enrollment, and Xue Beng led him into the academy.
• After enrolling, Chu Lan learned from Xue Beng that Dugu Bo lived in a secluded valley in Sunset Forest and Dugu Yan was a Heaven-class student.
• Chu Lan ordered Xue Beng and the others to gather Whale Rubber over a thousand years old, and they left to carry out the task.

After Xue Beng publicly called Chu Lan his master, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe visited Chu Lan to learn what had happened. Their conversation was interrupted by Xue Beng, who brought Chu Lan a ten-thousand-year-old golden crystal and promised to protect him from the fallout.

• News of Xue Beng kneeling before Chu Lan reached Xue Qinghe, who decided to meet Chu Lan.
• Chu Lan returned to his dormitory and found Xue Qinghe waiting with two guards.
• Xue Qinghe questioned Chu Lan about his influence over Xue Beng, while Chu Lan claimed Xue Beng would die for him.
• Xue Beng arrived, gave Chu Lan a ten-thousand-year-old golden crystal, and promised to manage the rumors and keep Emperor Xue Ye from troubling him.
• Xue Qinghe watched Xue Beng obey Chu Lan and wondered how their relationship could be so close.

Chu Lan intimidated Xue Qinghe, then seized control of Tang Yuehua by attacking her at Moonlight Pavilion. He made the pavilion his base and arranged for Tang Yuehua to escort him back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving him better protected from Xue Ye.

• Xue Qinghe questioned Chu Lan about his influence over Xue Beng, warned that their father would uncover the truth, and left after Chu Lan mocked his sachet.
• Chu Lan rode Tiger Soul to Moonlight Pavilion and had it fill Tang Yuehua's room with Demonic Smoke before knocking her unconscious.
• When Tang Yuehua awoke, Chu Lan's control had made her regard him as her master, and he took over Moonlight Pavilion as his base.
• Chu Lan ordered Tang Yuehua not to return to the Clear Sky Sect or use her domain, then told her to escort him to the academy and collect him that night.
• Tang Yuehua led Chu Lan through Moonlight Pavilion in view of its influential students, and they departed for Heaven Dou Royal Academy in her carriage.

Chu Lan enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Xue Qinghe grew suspicious of his talent and mysterious background. After Xue Beng brought him Whale Rubber, Chu Lan consumed a large piece at Moonlight Pavilion, raised his Soul Power to Level Eighteen, and gained confidence in absorbing a much older second Soul Ring.

• Tang Yuehua accompanied Chu Lan into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Xue Qinghe wondered about Chu Lan's hidden motives after reading his report.
• Xue Beng presented Chu Lan with Whale Rubber in several grades, including a large piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber from Prince Xue Xing's collection.
• Chu Lan took the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to Moonlight Pavilion and ordered Tang Yuehua to have it prepared.
• Tang Yuehua fed Chu Lan the Whale Rubber and massaged him as he refined its medicinal power.
• Chu Lan's physical strength improved and his Soul Power rose to Level Eighteen, leaving him confident he could absorb a second Soul Ring of up to two thousand years.

Chu Lan traveled briefly to the Iron Man World, retrieved martial arts manuals from the Yitian Sword, and cultivated before attending Heaven Dou Royal Academy. There, Dugu Bo pressured him while Prince Xue Xing confronted him over Xue Beng’s public submission, leaving Chu Lan focused on resisting Dugu Bo’s force.

• Chu Lan appeared for five seconds in Stark Tower, where Tony Stark and JARVIS confirmed his sudden arrival and disappearance.
• Chu Lan returned to Moonlight Pavilion, used Tiger Soul to break the Yitian Sword, and recovered the Nine Yin Manual and the Essentials of the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms.
• Chu Lan cultivated through the night, practiced the Purple Demon Eyes at dawn, and then went to class at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qin Ming brought Chu Lan to meet Prince Xue Xing, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and the three Education Committee members, while Xue Beng followed him and introduced him as Brother Chu.
• Xue Xing sent Xue Beng out and accused Chu Lan of humiliating the imperial family, while Dugu Bo’s pressure forced Chu Lan to focus on resisting him.

Dugu Bo tested Chu Lan’s resilience at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then intervened to stop Prince Xue Xing from pursuing his plans against Xue Beng. Dugu Yan befriended Chu Lan, while Xue Qinghe learned of the meeting and reconsidered Xue Beng’s growing influence.

• Dugu Bo raised his Soul pressure to level twenty-three, prompting Chu Lan to reveal Tiger Soul, his independently existing Mutated Beast Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan asked to pet Tiger Soul, then introduced herself and offered to look after Chu Lan at the academy.
• Dugu Bo told Xue Xing to let the matter involving Xue Beng go, disrupting Xue Xing’s plans.
• After Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan left, Chu Lan asked whether any Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan students attended the academy and learned that Yu Tianheng had not enrolled.
• Xue Xing angrily struck Xue Beng and took him away, while Chu Lan wondered about the clan’s students.
• An intelligence agent reported the meeting to Xue Qinghe, who reconsidered how much of a threat Xue Beng posed.

Chu Lan encountered Xiao Wu in Sunset Forest while searching for a powerful tiger- or lion-type Soul Beast for his next Soul Ring. After Xiao Wu guided him east and followed the group, they found a two-thousand-year Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger, and she identified it.

• Chu Lan and Xue Beng met Xiao Wu in the forest, and Chu Lan asked her where to find a powerful tiger- or lion-type Soul Beast.
• Xiao Wu reluctantly pointed Chu Lan east, then followed him and Xue Beng with the three imperial consecrates.
• The group searched eastward until a dark-purple tiger Soul Beast blocked their path.
• Xiao Wu identified the beast as a two-thousand-year Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger and rebuked Xue Beng for interrupting her.

Chu Lan killed a Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger with his Godly Zhuge Crossbow and absorbed its two-thousand-year Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power Level twenty-three. The absorption gave him a pair of External Soul Bones in the form of arm blades, whose power he had yet to fully explore.

• Chu Lan ordered Xue Beng’s three retainers to capture the Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger, then used his Godly Zhuge Crossbow to kill it with sixteen arrows.
• Chu Lan began absorbing the tiger’s Soul Ring while Xue Beng refused to let his retainers report the crossbow’s power to the emperor.
• After an hour, Chu Lan finished absorbing the Soul Ring and reached Soul Power Level twenty-three.
• Dark-purple arm blades emerged from Chu Lan’s arms, revealing that he had gained External Soul Bones.
• Chu Lan retracted the arm blades and told Xiao Wu he was fine, while realizing they had more than doubled his attack power and speed.