Chapter Summaries

After absorbing his fourth Soul Ring and an eye-type External Soul Bone, Luo Fan faced an attacking Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear to test his new fourth Soul Skill, Sage Mode. He entered Sage Mode and formed a Big Ball Rasengan as the bear struck at him.

• Xiao Wu asked Luo Fan about his Soul Power, and he sensed that he had reached level 42 after absorbing the thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Luo Fan absorbed the eye-type External Soul Bone in just over ten minutes.
• A Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear appeared, and Luo Fan finished absorbing the bone before stepping forward to face it.
• Luo Fan used Deep Forest Emergence, but the bear smashed through the trees and charged at him.
• Luo Fan activated Sage Mode, transformed his Soul Power, and formed a Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan as the bear attacked.

Luo Fan tested Sage Mode by driving off a four-thousand-year-old Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear, then continued traveling with Xiao Wu and reached Suotuo City. At a hotel, a blond youth demanded that Luo Fan give up his room.

• Luo Fan used Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan to break two claws of the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear and send it fleeing.
• Luo Fan explained Sage Mode to Xiao Wu and said his External Soul Bone also granted an exclusive Soul Skill.
• Luo Fan and Xiao Wu left the area, and he later reached Suotuo City after traveling for a week through the Star Dou Forest.
• Luo Fan booked the hotel’s most expensive room, but a blond youth arrived and ordered him to hand it over.

Luo Fan confronted Dai Mubai over the blond youth’s demand for his hotel room, then revealed himself as a Level 42 Soul Ancestor with four extraordinary Soul Rings. Dai Mubai dismissed the display as an illusion and attacked, but Luo Fan caught his wrist.

• Dai Mubai summoned his White Tiger Martial Soul and demanded that Luo Fan give up his room.
• Luo Fan reassured the hotel owner, then summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and revealed four Soul Rings, including two purple and two black.
• Luo Fan announced his name and Level 42 rank, leaving Dai Mubai and the hotel guests stunned.
• Dai Mubai decided Luo Fan’s display was a trick and attacked him.
• Luo Fan struck and grabbed Dai Mubai’s tiger-claw wrist.

Luo Fan defeated Dai Mubai with one throw, then paid for the damage before returning to cultivate. When Flender and Zhao Wuji came to confront him, Flender introduced himself and tried to recruit Luo Fan into Shrek Academy, but Luo Fan refused.

• Luo Fan broke Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Body Shield with his physical strength and threw him through the hotel floor.
• Luo Fan paid the hotel owner for the damage and returned to his room.
• Dai Mubai reported his defeat to Flender, and Zhao Wuji said Shrek Academy would not let the matter go.
• Luo Fan cultivated overnight using Wood Clones and considered seeking a high-age head Soul Bone to strengthen his spiritual power.
• The hotel attendant warned Luo Fan that Dai Mubai had returned with Flender and Zhao Wuji, but Luo Fan went downstairs to meet them.
• Flender introduced himself as a level-76 Soul Sage and invited Luo Fan to join Shrek Academy, but Luo Fan refused.

Luo Fan escaped Flender and Zhao Wuji’s attempt to bring him to Shrek Academy, then encountered five Fallen Soul Masters in a forest. As they closed in, he activated his third soul skill, Advent of a World of Flowering Trees.

• Flender tried to recruit Luo Fan, but Zhao Wuji proposed taking him to Shrek Academy by force.
• Luo Fan reminded them that he had been with the people who took Oscar two years earlier, and Zhao Wuji and Flender recognized him.
• When Zhao Wuji and Flender moved to seize him, Luo Fan created more than two hundred Wood Clones and used the confusion to escape Suotuo City.
• More than an hour later, Luo Fan was cornered in a forest by five Fallen Soul Masters who said they intended to devour him.
• As the Fallen Soul Masters approached, Luo Fan entered Sage Mode and unleashed his third soul skill, Advent of a World of Flowering Trees.

Luo Fan used his Sage Mode and tree-based abilities to defeat and kill five Fallen Soul Masters, including their Soul King leader. He brought their corpses to a Spirit Hall Branch to report the case, leaving its bishop stunned by the young cultivator’s feat.

• Luo Fan entered Sage Mode and restrained four Fallen Soul Masters with Deep Forest Emergence, whose branches drained Soul Power and whose pollen weakened them.
• The Soul King-level leader trapped what he thought was Luo Fan with a spiritual Soul Skill, but Luo Fan had used a Wood Clone and hidden himself with the Transformation Technique.
• Luo Fan struck the leader with Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan and killed him, then crushed the four bound Soul Ancestors with the trees.
• Luo Fan collected all five corpses in his Soul Tool and traveled to a nearby city to report the killings at its Spirit Hall Branch.
• The branch’s bishop examined the corpses and stared in disbelief at Luo Fan, who might not even be ten years old.

After Luo Fan killed a group of Fallen Soul Masters, Spirit Hall discovered his astonishing talent and sent his records to Pope Bibi Dong. Back in Heaven Dou City, he demonstrated Sage Mode’s overwhelming power, and the chapter ended with Bibi Dong receiving news about him.

• Luo Fan admitted that he had killed Noss and four other Fallen Soul Masters, and the branch bishop awarded him fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Luo Fan updated his Spirit Hall records, revealing that he was a level 42 Soul Ancestor despite being under ten years old and having awakened his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul just over three years earlier.
• The branch bishop sent Luo Fan’s information to Spirit City for delivery to Pope Bibi Dong.
• After Luo Fan returned to Heaven Dou City, Xue Qinghe asked about his fourth Soul Ring and Sage Mode Soul Skill.
• Luo Fan fought Pufferfish Douluo with his Sage Mode and other Soul Skills, impressing Xue Qinghe and prompting Pufferfish Douluo to say that Luo Fan could challenge Soul Emperor-level opponents.
• Pope Bibi Dong received the information about Luo Fan at the Spirit Hall Main Hall.

Bibi Dong was astonished by Luo Fan’s extraordinary abilities and ordered Gui Mei to investigate and recruit him, even offering to make him her final disciple. Back in Heaven Dou City, Luo Fan learned that the eldest prince had died and Dugu Yan invited him to join the academy team’s Spirit Arena battles.

• Bibi Dong read Luo Fan’s report and was shocked by his age, Soul Ring configuration, rapid cultivation, and victories over powerful opponents.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to investigate Luo Fan and recruit him into Spirit Hall, offering to accept him as her final disciple if he agreed.
• Luo Fan returned to Heaven Dou City, summoned Xiao Wu, cultivated, and continued mastering the Transformation Technique during the academy break.
• News spread that the eldest prince of the Heaven Dou Empire had died, and Luo Fan recognized the event as part of Xue Qinghe’s plan.
• Dugu Yan visited Luo Fan and invited him to join the Heaven Dou Royal Team’s Spirit Arena matches; Luo Fan said he had visited his hometown and obtained his fourth Soul Ring in Star Dou Forest.

Luo Fan told Xue Qinghe he knew she was tied to the First Prince’s death and offered to help assassinate the Third Prince. He demonstrated that his improved Transformation Technique made him useful for infiltration, leaving Xue Qinghe to consider his offer.

• Dugu Yan invited Luo Fan to join the Heaven Dou Royal Team for Great Soul Arena battles, and he agreed.
• Luo Fan visited Xue Qinghe and brought up the Third Prince’s accusations about the First Prince’s death.
• Luo Fan pointed out that Xue Qinghe wanted the Crown Prince position and had a Titled Douluo protecting him, revealing how much he had deduced.
• Luo Fan offered to help Xue Qinghe assassinate the Third Prince, explaining that he excelled at infiltration and assassination.
• Luo Fan used his Transformation Technique to take the forms of Xiao Wu, the Void Escape Beast, and Xue Qinghe.

Luo Fan used his perfected Transformation Technique to help Xue Qinghe destroy the Third Prince’s reputation before moving to eliminate him. After a week of scandals left the Third Prince disgraced, Xue Qinghe prepared to close the net, while Ghost Douluo arrived in Heaven Dou City.

• Luo Fan demonstrated his Transformation Technique to Xue Qinghe and explained that his new eye-type External Soul Bone had improved it.
• Xue Qinghe proposed ruining the Third Prince’s reputation before assassinating him, and Luo Fan agreed to carry out the plan.
• Luo Fan impersonated the Third Prince and made insulting public remarks, while Xue Qinghe secretly spread the resulting scandal.
• Luo Fan impersonated the Third Prince again and was found in the pleasure district during a guard raid on Fallen Soul Masters.
• After a week of scandals left the Third Prince disgraced, Xue Qinghe decided it was time to close the net, and Ghost Douluo arrived in Heaven Dou City.

Ghost Douluo investigated why Spirit Hall had not recruited Luo Fan and learned that Qian Renxue had already taken him in. After Su Yuntao enthusiastically recounted Luo Fan’s achievements, Ghost Douluo headed to the Second Prince’s residence, where Luo Fan was preparing to finish dealing with the Third Prince.

• Ghost Douluo confronted Salas for failing to recruit Luo Fan, and Salas explained that Qian Renxue had taken him in.
• Ghost Douluo asked Salas to report what he knew about Luo Fan, and Salas summoned Su Yuntao.
• Su Yuntao described Luo Fan’s Innate Full Soul Power, his Whale Rubber physique-strengthening method, his Twin-Bloom Lotus Soul Ring, and his help to Su Yuntao.
• Ghost Douluo left after praising Su Yuntao’s loyalty, privately suspecting Salas had concealed the Whale Rubber method on Qian Renxue’s orders.
• Ghost Douluo went to the Second Prince’s residence to see Qian Renxue and meet Luo Fan, while Luo Fan discussed with Xue Qinghe ending the Third Prince’s downfall.

Qian Renxue sent Gui Mei to follow Luo Fan to the Third Prince's Residence and protect him while observing his abilities. Gui Mei discovered Xiao Wu's identity and watched Luo Fan use a transformation to enter the residence openly.

• Qian Renxue ordered Gui Mei to follow Luo Fan, back him up, and keep him alive if he faced danger.
• Gui Mei recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form but kept his discovery to himself.
• Gui Mei followed Luo Fan toward the Third Prince's Residence, marveling at how often the boy sensed someone nearby.
• Luo Fan transformed into the residence's chief steward and entered through the front gate, leaving Gui Mei astonished.

Luo Fan used his Transformation Technique and Hypnotic Eye to infiltrate the Third Prince’s chambers, poison him, and stage his death as suicide. Xue Qinghe welcomed the news as his path to the Crown Prince position cleared, then asked Ghost Douluo what he thought of Luo Fan’s abilities.

• Luo Fan disguised himself as the Third Prince’s butler and gained access to the prince’s chambers.
• Luo Fan transformed into the Third Prince, hypnotized him with his Hypnotic Eye, and fed him poison.
• Luo Fan staged the scene as a suicide and escaped the residence disguised as a cat while Ghost Douluo watched.
• The Third Prince was found dead the next morning, and his butler denied having visited him the previous night.
• Xue Qinghe celebrated the deaths of his rivals and asked Ghost Douluo for his assessment of Luo Fan.

Ghost Douluo praised Luo Fan’s abilities to Xue Qinghe, and two months later Xue Qinghe was officially invested as crown prince. During dinner at Luo Fan’s house, Xue Qinghe asked what he thought of Spirit Hall and its pope, leaving Luo Fan poised to explain his views.

• Ghost Douluo praised Luo Fan’s self-created skills and confirmed that Xue Qinghe knew Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Luo Fan trained while his clone attended school, and his Soul Power reached level 43 over the next two months.
• Emperor Xue Ye and the officials selected Xue Qinghe as crown prince, and ministers flocked to congratulate her.
• Xue Qinghe visited Luo Fan for dinner, and he refused her offer to share the realm if she became emperor.
• Xue Qinghe asked Luo Fan about Spirit Hall, and he said he respected the institution but disliked Pope Bibi Dong.

Luo Fan explained why he supported Spirit Hall’s work for commoners while disapproving of its leaders’ ambitions, and reassured Xue Qinghe that he cared about her above her identity. Xue Qinghe then asked whether he had suspected her and began revealing that she was not truly Xue Qinghe.

• Luo Fan cited Spirit Hall’s attacks on Poison Douluo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as evidence of its leaders’ ambition to unify the continent.
• Luo Fan praised Spirit Hall for awakening commoners’ martial souls, distributing Soul Master subsidies, and fighting fallen Soul Masters.
• Xue Qinghe asked what Luo Fan would do if he controlled Spirit Hall, and he joked that he would let her become Pope and live comfortably.
• Xue Qinghe pointed out that two Titled Douluo served her despite the Heaven Dou Empire having only one, and asked whether Luo Fan had doubted her identity.
• Luo Fan said he only recognized her as Brother Xue, and Xue Qinghe asked what he would say if she was not truly Xue Qinghe.

Luo Fan met Qian Renxue in her true appearance and learned about her Spirit Hall family and succession. When Qian Renxue asked why he disliked Bibi Dong, Luo Fan began telling her about Yu Xiaogang, leaving their conversation about Bibi Dong’s past just beginning.

• Xue Qinghe invited Luo Fan to the Crown Prince’s Residence to meet her as Qian Renxue.
• Luo Fan arrived and found Qian Renxue in women’s clothing, with Snake Lance and Pufferfish Douluo present.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel martial soul, her five Soul Rings, and that Qian Daoliu was her grandfather and Qian Xunji her father.
• Luo Fan said he mainly hated Bibi Dong because she was love-brained, prompting Qian Renxue to ask him to explain.
• Luo Fan began his account by naming Yu Xiaogang as the person who needed to be discussed first.

Luo Fan told Qian Renxue about Yu Xiaogang’s past with Bibi Dong, prompting Qian Renxue to mock their romance and worry that she might be love-brained too. After she and Snake Lance Douluo pressed Luo Fan to assess her, he distracted her by identifying her milk as cow’s milk.

• Luo Fan described Yu Xiaogang’s poor talent and failed cultivation, and Qian Renxue called him trash for proclaiming that there were no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters.
• Luo Fan said Bibi Dong had fallen for Yu Xiaogang and wanted to leave Spirit Hall with him, so Qian Xunji had opposed their relationship.
• Qian Renxue questioned how Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang had separated, and Luo Fan said Yu Xiaogang claimed she had suddenly broken up with him.
• Qian Renxue asked Luo Fan whether she was love-brained, and Snake Lance Douluo urged him to examine her carefully.
• Luo Fan took a sip of milk and surprised Qian Renxue by correctly identifying it as cow’s milk.

Luo Fan’s visit to Qian Renxue’s residence ended with her ordering Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo to investigate Yu Xiaogang and his past with Bibi Dong. After returning home, Luo Fan decided to tell Xiao Wu the truth about Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s identity.

• Qian Renxue argued that milk had an equal chance of coming from a bull or a cow, while Luo Fan and the two Douluo struggled to hide their laughter.
• Luo Fan left the Crown Prince’s Residence, and Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo prepared to depart as well.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Douluo to investigate Yu Xiaogang and uncover why he and Bibi Dong had broken up.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo privately worried that Qian Renxue, like Bibi Dong, might be foolish in love.
• Luo Fan returned home and told Xiao Wu that he needed to explain Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s identity to her.

Luo Fan revealed Qian Renxue’s identity to Xiao Wu and explained why he planned to oppose Bibi Dong while preserving Spirit Hall’s policies. After half a year of cultivation and growing fame, Luo Fan reached level 47, and Qian Renxue asked him to accompany her to the Star Dou Forest as she reached level 60.

• Luo Fan told Xiao Wu that Xue Qinghe was really Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong’s daughter, and shared his plan to remove Bibi Dong and guide Spirit Hall toward a better future.
• Xiao Wu agreed that her main grudge was against Bibi Dong and said she and Luo Fan shared the goal of opposing her.
• Luo Fan continued cultivating and fighting in the Great Soul Arena, where his skill and unusual Soul Ring configuration earned him a strong reputation.
• Over the next half year, Luo Fan’s Soul Power rose from level 43 to level 47, while the Heaven Dou Imperial Family urged Xue Qinghe to keep him close.
• Qian Renxue asked Luo Fan to accompany her to the Star Dou Forest, revealing that she had reached level 60.

Qian Renxue revealed that Luo Fan’s rapid growth had pushed her to cultivate harder, then explained her plan to recruit Yu Xiaogang and potentially use him to influence Bibi Dong and Tang San. After Xue Qinghe’s procession reached Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, he asked the headmaster to bring Yu Xiaogang to meet him.

• Luo Fan teased Qian Renxue about hiding her true Soul Ring level when they first met, and she admitted that his fast cultivation had pressured her to work harder.
• Qian Renxue said she would travel with a full honor guard to Notting City and try to recruit Yu Xiaogang, hoping to use him to control Bibi Dong and possibly gain Tang San as an ally.
• Luo Fan approved of Qian Renxue’s plan as a potentially useful move.
• The next day, Xue Qinghe and Luo Fan departed Heaven Dou City with a procession of over a hundred people and arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy a week later.
• The headmaster welcomed Xue Qinghe and Luo Fan, and Xue Qinghe asked him to summon Yu Xiaogang for a meeting.