Chapter Summaries

Luo Fan met Xue Qinghe in Notting City, befriended her over a meal, and accepted her invitation to visit the Star Dou Forest. He returned to Notting Academy to arrange his absence, excited that his search for a Void Escape Beast would now have the support of Xue Qinghe and two Titled Douluos.

• Xue Qinghe introduced herself to Luo Fan, who suspected she might be Qian Renxue in disguise.
• Luo Fan ate twenty bowls of noodles paid for by Xue Qinghe, and the two became friendly enough to call each other brothers.
• Xue Qinghe invited Luo Fan to accompany her to the Star Dou Forest as she sought a soul ring, and he agreed to leave the next day.
• Snake Lance Douluo remarked that Xue Qinghe and Luo Fan seemed close, while Pufferfish Douluo reported that Spirit Hall had found no news about the Void Escape Beast yet.
• Luo Fan told the Notting Academy dean he would travel with a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, then looked forward to hunting soul beasts with Xue Qinghe and her Titled Douluo guards.

Luo Fan traveled with Xue Qinghe toward the Star Dou Forest, using his Wood Clones to accelerate his cultivation as he neared Level 20. During a stop in Suotuo City, the two went to see the Lantern Festival, where Luo Fan recognized a young sausage seller named Oscar.

• Xue Qinghe, Luo Fan, Pufferfish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo set out from Notting City toward the Star Dou Forest.
• Luo Fan used twenty Wood Clones to cultivate overnight and made substantial progress toward Level 20, though the effort left him exhausted.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Luo Fan's Wood Clones returned both their cultivation gains and fatigue to him, and offered to wait if Luo Fan needed more time to reach Level 20.
• Luo Fan and Xue Qinghe visited Suotuo City's Lantern Festival, where a boy selling grilled sausages approached them.
• Luo Fan stopped the boy and asked his name; the boy introduced himself as Oscar.

Luo Fan discovered that Oscar was an Innate Full Soul Power food-system Soul Master and tried to help Xue Qinghe recruit him. Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived to claim Oscar for Shrek Academy, and the chapter ended with Xue Qinghe and Zhao Wuji preparing to clash as Pufferfish Douluo stepped forward.

• Luo Fan questioned Oscar and learned he was an orphan selling sausages who had awakened an Innate Full Soul Power sausage martial soul.
• Luo Fan and Xue Qinghe told Oscar about Spirit Hall's monthly subsidy and offered to train him, and Oscar agreed after asking whether he would have enough to eat.
• Flender arrived and told Oscar that Shrek Academy would accept him, while Zhao Wuji demanded that Xue Qinghe's group leave.
• Xue Qinghe refused to give Oscar up and challenged Zhao Wuji's claim, prompting Zhao Wuji to propose a spar as Pufferfish Douluo stepped forward.

Luo Fan and Xue Qinghe’s group confronted Flender and Zhao Wuji over Oscar, and Zhao Wuji tried to intimidate them with his Soul Sage strength. When Pufferfish Douluo revealed his nine soul rings, Zhao Wuji and Flender backed down, leaving Luo Fan amused by Shrek Academy’s double standards.

• Zhao Wuji challenged Xue Qinghe’s group and revealed his seven soul rings, expecting them to be intimidated.
• Pufferfish Douluo revealed his soul rings one by one, escalating from a Soul Emperor to a Titled Douluo.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Pufferfish Douluo’s nine soul rings and nervously looked to Flender for help.
• Flender showed Zhao Wuji that he could not help against a Titled Douluo, and Zhao Wuji bowed respectfully.
• Luo Fan laughed at Shrek Academy’s habit of encouraging troublemaking against weaker people but backing down before stronger opponents.

Xue Qinghe had Pufferfish Douluo punish Zhao Wuji for insulting him, then welcomed Oscar into his group. The next morning, Luo Fan broke through to Soul Power Level 20, and Xue Qinghe revealed that a suitable Void Escape Beast had been found so they could hunt for Luo Fan’s second Soul Ring.

• Xue Qinghe ordered Pufferfish Douluo to beat Zhao Wuji and leave him bedridden for ten days or half a month.
• Flender helped the injured Zhao Wuji leave and explained that his Titled Douluo bodyguard meant Xue Qinghe belonged to one of the continent’s most powerful forces.
• Luo Fan, Xue Qinghe, and their companions returned to the hotel, where Oscar cleaned himself up and learned that Xue Qinghe was the Heaven Dou Empire’s second prince.
• After his twenty Wood Clones dispersed, Luo Fan broke through to Soul Power Level 20.
• Xue Qinghe told Luo Fan that a roughly four-thousand-year-old Void Escape Beast had been found in the Star Dou Forest, and proposed setting out to hunt it for Luo Fan’s second Soul Ring.

Luo Fan absorbed a four-thousand-year Void Escape Beast Soul Ring, reached level 23, and gained a defensive Rashomon summoning skill. As the group continued searching for Xue Qinghe’s Soul Ring, Luo Fan volunteered to face a nest of Nightmare Bats chosen for Oscar.

• Spirit Hall’s group found the four-thousand-year Void Escape Beast, and Pufferfish Douluo poisoned it before Luo Fan delivered the final blow.
• Luo Fan absorbed the beast’s Soul Ring, gained Summoning Technique: Rashomon, and rose from level 20 to level 23.
• Luo Fan demonstrated Rashomon, and Pufferfish Douluo judged that it could block attacks from opponents below Soul Elder level.
• Xue Qinghe chose a Nightmare Bat Soul Ring for Oscar after the group found a nest of bats led by one at least fifteen hundred years old.
• Luo Fan asked to fight the Nightmare Bats himself, and Xue Qinghe agreed to let him try while Pufferfish Douluo stood ready to intervene.

Luo Fan used dozens of Wood Clones to battle the Nightmare Bats while Oscar, Xue Qinghe, and Pufferfish Douluo watched. When the millennium-level bat leader targeted Luo Fan’s true body with a powerful sonic attack, Luo Fan summoned Twin Rashomon to defend himself.

• Luo Fan reassured Oscar and created more than forty Wood Clones to fight the Nightmare Bats.
• Pufferfish Douluo told Xue Qinghe that Luo Fan’s strength, rather than the clone technique itself, let him control so many clones.
• Luo Fan’s Wood Clones used Rasengan against the older bats, astonishing Xue Qinghe because the clones could use Luo Fan’s self-created skill.
• The bat leader shattered one clone with an ultrasonic attack and blew away several clones that tried to attack it.
• The bat leader recognized Luo Fan as the true target and launched a powerful sonic attack at him, so Luo Fan summoned Twin Rashomon.

Luo Fan used Twin Rashomon and his Wood Clones to defeat a swarm of Nightmare Bats and capture an injured four-hundred-year bat for Oscar's first Soul Ring. After the battle, Luo Fan offered to teach Xue Qinghe his Soul Power control technique, and she hugged him in gratitude.

• Luo Fan blocked the Nightmare Bat leader's sonic attack with Twin Rashomon while his Wood Clones overwhelmed the other bats.
• The Nightmare Bats tried to flee, so Luo Fan ran along tree trunks and kicked an injured four-hundred-year bat to the ground.
• Luo Fan called Oscar over to absorb the captured bat's Soul Ring, then dissolved his Wood Clones after the fight.
• Xue Qinghe praised Luo Fan, who explained that his tree-running ability was a technique for controlling Soul Power.
• Luo Fan offered to teach Xue Qinghe the technique, and she hugged him.

Oscar completed his Soul Ring absorption and gained a lifesteal soul skill, while Luo Fan and Oscar prepared to leave the Star Dou Forest as Xue Qinghe continued deeper with the two Titled Douluo. On the way out, Xue Qinghe's group encountered Xiao Wu, drawing the Titled Douluo's intense attention.

• Oscar absorbed the yellow Soul Ring, reached level twelve, and gained a soul skill that converted some damage he dealt into healing.
• Xue Qinghe approved of Oscar's practical ability and decided that he and Luo Fan should return to the hotel before the others entered the forest's depths.
• Luo Fan agreed to leave with Oscar, while Xue Qinghe reminded them to be careful and accepted that Luo Fan could protect himself with his Clone Technique.
• Xiao Wu headed toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest with several Ten-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbits escorting her.
• Xue Qinghe, Snake Lance Douluo, and Pufferfish Douluo met Xiao Wu, and both Titled Douluo stared at her with brilliant eyes.

Xiao Wu fled from Qian Renxue and two Titled Douluos after they discovered she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form. Luo Fan rushed to investigate the disturbance and encountered Xiao Wu deep in the Star Dou Forest.

• Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo revealed that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and Qian Renxue decided to capture her.
• Snake Lance Douluo attacked Xiao Wu, but three powerful Soft Bone Rabbits intervened and held off the pursuers.
• Xiao Wu fled deeper into the forest while a Soft Bone Rabbit sent a signal that drew the Titan Giant Ape toward the disturbance.
• Luo Fan spotted the battle from afar, sent Oscar away, and headed into the forest using over a hundred Wood Clones to investigate.
• Luo Fan encountered Xiao Wu as she ran from her pursuers, and she cried out in surprise when she recognized him.

Luo Fan reunited with Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Forest after she escaped Qian Renxue, Snake Lance, and Pufferfish with the Titan Giant Ape. He accepted her identity and offered a way to improve her safety as she continued traveling in the human world.

• Luo Fan asked Xiao Wu whether a Titled Douluo had exposed her, and the Titan Giant Ape arrived to carry her away from Qian Renxue, Snake Lance, and Pufferfish.
• Luo Fan and Xiao Wu reached a lake in the forest depths, where he admitted he had known she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit since they first met.
• Luo Fan told Xiao Wu that Tang San's Titled Douluo father likely knew her identity too, then reassured her that he still regarded her as human and simply as Xiao Wu.
• Luo Fan and Xiao Wu caught up on their two months apart, and he showed her his Rashomon Soul Skill.
• Xiao Wu said she would continue traveling in the human world, and Luo Fan offered to try a way to make her much safer.

Luo Fan created Summoning Contracts for Xiao Wu and the Soft Bone Rabbit Tribe, allowing them to travel between him and Star Dou Forest and aid one another in danger. After seven days of practice, he left the forest and summoned an eighty-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit to face a powerful wolf soul beast.

• Luo Fan explained that his Summoning Technique could let Xiao Wu return to Star Dou Forest or use Reverse Summoning to reach him.
• Xiao Wu agreed to a Summoning Contract, and Luo Fan extended the contracts to the Soft Bone Rabbit Tribe.
• Luo Fan tested the contracts and confirmed he could summon Soft Bone Rabbits of different cultivation levels, while Xiao Wu practiced Reverse Summoning.
• Luo Fan and Xiao Wu spent seven days establishing the contracts and learning how much Soul Power each summon required.
• Luo Fan left Star Dou Forest after saying goodbye to Xiao Wu and later encountered a wolf-shaped soul beast with over thirty thousand years of cultivation.
• Luo Fan summoned an eighty-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit to confront the wolf soul beast.

Luo Fan escaped Star Dou Forest after a summoned Soft Bone Rabbit drove off a powerful soul beast, while Xue Qinghe recovered from absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and worried about him. Reunited on the road to Heaven Dou City, Luo Fan explained his new contract with the Soft Bone Rabbit clan, and Xue Qinghe assumed he would go with her.

• Luo Fan summoned a tens-of-thousands-of-years-old Soft Bone Rabbit, which beat back a wolf-shaped soul beast, then used Wood Clones to avoid danger and leave Star Dou Forest.
• Xue Qinghe recovered from the Soul Shock caused by absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and worried that Luo Fan might be in trouble.
• Pufferfish Douluo told Xue Qinghe that Luo Fan had returned safely, prompting her to leave her room and ask where he was.
• In a carriage, Luo Fan told Xue Qinghe a half-true account of being captured and signing a Summoning Contract with the Soft Bone Rabbit clan.
• Xue Qinghe warned Luo Fan not to risk himself for her again and cautioned him about bringing a Soft Bone Rabbit to Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe angrily assumed Luo Fan would accompany her to Heaven Dou City, while Snake Lance Douluo told Pufferfish Douluo to mind his own business.

Luo Fan settled in Heaven Dou City after Xue Qinghe arranged a luxurious residence for him and gave him a storage Soul Tool, ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the house as rewards. He summoned Xiao Wu to live with him, explained the risks of being near powerful Spirit Masters, and reassured her that she could return to Star Dou Forest at any time.

• Xue Qinghe arranged for Luo Fan to live in a large residence near the imperial city rather than in Heaven Dou Royal Academy's dormitories.
• Xue Qinghe gave Luo Fan a storage Soul Tool, ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the residence as payment for teaching her a Self-Created Soul Skill and as a reward for submitting the Whale Rubber method.
• Luo Fan told Xue Qinghe that he had already been rewarded by Spirit Hall, but agreed with her insistence that she was rewarding him personally.
• Luo Fan summoned Xiao Wu from Star Dou Forest and told her they would be living in Heaven Dou City, directly across from Xue Qinghe's residence.
• Luo Fan explained his connection to Xue Qinghe and the Titled Douluo, and reassured Xiao Wu that she could cancel the Summoning Technique to return home if she was in danger.
• Xiao Wu asked whether maintaining the Summoning Technique and keeping her in Heaven Dou City would consume a great deal of Luo Fan's Soul Power.

Luo Fan enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Xue Qinghe’s recommendation while Xiao Wu chose to stay at home. In his new class, Yu Tianheng challenged Luo Fan’s place there, and Luo Fan invited him to test his strength.

• Xue Qinghe explained that Xiao Wu would be safer staying away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xiao Wu chose to remain at Luo Fan’s home.
• Luo Fan enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Oscar was sent to a junior Soul Master Academy.
• Luo Fan joined Qin Ming’s top class, where he met Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the Shi Mo brothers.
• Yu Tianheng questioned Luo Fan’s right to join the class after learning his Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass.
• Luo Fan challenged Yu Tianheng to test him personally.

Luo Fan challenged Yu Tianheng to stop his classmates from looking down on him, then revealed he was a two-ring Soul Grandmaster with two thousand-year Soul Rings. Their first clash ended with Yu Tianheng driven back farther, leaving Qin Ming and the students stunned by Luo Fan’s strength.

• Luo Fan refused Dugu Yan’s advice to avoid fighting and insisted on sparring with Yu Tianheng.
• Qin Ming allowed the challenge, curious to see what Luo Fan could do.
• Yu Tianheng revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and two yellow Soul Rings, while Luo Fan displayed Blue Silver Grass and two purple Soul Rings.
• The students and Qin Ming were shocked by Luo Fan’s age, cultivation, and Soul Rings.
• Yu Tianheng attacked with Thunderclap Dragon Claw, but Luo Fan’s Soul Power strike pushed him back three steps while Luo Fan retreated only half a step.

Yu Tianheng grew furious after Luo Fan gained the upper hand and summoned four Wood Clones, which overwhelmed him until he used his second soul skill to knock them back. Luo Fan mocked Yu Tianheng and his uncle Yu Xiaogang, then asked whether the clones should use Rasengan, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned.

• Yu Tianheng became enraged at being forced back, so Luo Fan summoned four Wood Clones to fight him.
• The Wood Clones surrounded Yu Tianheng and beat him, while spectators marveled at their strength and independence.
• Yu Tianheng used his second soul skill, Thunderous Might, to blast the clones away and stood up with a swollen cheek.
• Luo Fan laughed at Yu Tianheng's threat and compared it to Yu Xiaogang's boast about destroying Spirit Hall.
• Luo Fan asked Yu Tianheng whether his four Wood Clones should use Rasengan, leaving him wondering whether clones could use soul skills.

Luo Fan defeated Yu Tianheng with his Wood Clones and Rasengans, then settled into a celebrated life at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while researching the Transformation Technique. After dinner with Xue Qinghe and Oscar, he told Xue Qinghe he wanted to visit the Great Soul Arena.

• Luo Fan summoned four Wood Clones to attack Yu Tianheng with Rasengans, and Yu Tianheng conceded the spar.
• News of Luo Fan's victory spread through the academy, where teachers and classmates treated him warmly as he sent Wood Clones to theory lessons.
• Luo Fan spent more than ten days researching the Transformation Technique without finding a workable approach.
• Luo Fan cooked dinner at home with Xiao Wu, and Xue Qinghe and Oscar arrived to eat with them.
• Luo Fan told Xue Qinghe that he wanted to visit the Great Soul Arena, leaving Xue Qinghe astonished.

Luo Fan went to Heaven Dou City's Great Soul Arena to gain real combat experience and crushed seven Soul Grandmaster opponents with Wood Clones. As he and Xiao Wu headed home after shopping, someone unexpectedly called out to him.

• Luo Fan told Xue Qinghe he wanted practical combat experience, and Xue Qinghe warned him to admit defeat when necessary.
• Luo Fan sent a Wood Clone to attend class while he went to the Great Soul Arena with Xiao Wu.
• Luo Fan revealed his Level 24 Blue Silver Grass martial soul and two purple Soul Rings, shocking the spectators and his Level 22 Rock Bear opponent.
• Luo Fan defeated Rock Bear with a Wood Clone, then won six more fights against Soul Grandmasters of his rank.
• Luo Fan and Xiao Wu left the arena, bought household necessities, and heard someone call Luo Fan by name.

Luo Fan reunited with Su Yuntao in Heaven Dou City and learned that Su planned to hunt a thousand-year Gale Wolf for his third Soul Ring. After Luo Fan revealed his rapid advancement, Su tried to recruit him into the Spirit Hall, but Luo Fan reaffirmed his loyalty to Xue Qinghe, who arrived and eased the confrontation.

• Luo Fan invited Su Yuntao to his estate and explained that Xue Qinghe had given it to him.
• Su Yuntao told Luo Fan that the Spirit Hall had promoted him after he submitted the Whale Rubber production method, and that he had reached level 30.
• Su Yuntao planned to hunt a thousand-year Gale Wolf for his third Soul Ring, and Luo Fan offered to accompany him.
• Luo Fan revealed that he was a level-24 Soul Grandmaster with two purple Soul Rings, prompting Su Yuntao to urge him to join the Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with Oscar, and Su Yuntao challenged him over Luo Fan before Luo Fan declared he would follow Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe dropped the argument and asked Luo Fan about the brine he was boiling.