Chapter Summaries

Luofan’s extraordinary support ability drew Spirit Hall’s attention, while Ning Fengzhi regretted failing to recruit him earlier. Qian Renxue questioned Yue Guan about Bibi Dong’s motives, and Yue Guan hesitated before revealing what he knew about Bibi Dong’s past with Yu Xiaogang.

• Luofan told Qian Renxue that his conversation with Yue Guan had gone well before Yue Guan tried to abduct him, leaving her surprised that he might win Yue Guan over.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Sword Douluo Chen Xin about the fight outside the Crown Prince’s Residence, and Chen Xin concluded that four Titled Douluos had fought over Luofan.
• Chen Xin explained that Luofan’s soul skill had greatly enhanced the two lower-ranked Titled Douluos, making Ning Fengzhi resolve to bring Luofan into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong arranged for Yue Guan to replace Snake Lance Douluo in Heaven Dou City, claiming he would investigate the evolution of Luofan’s martial soul.
• Qian Renxue challenged Yue Guan about Bibi Dong’s intentions, and he said he had been sent to uncover how Luofan’s martial soul evolved.
• Yue Guan hesitated to answer Qian Renxue’s questions because he suspected Bibi Dong’s deeper motive and knew about her past affair with Yu Xiaogang.

Yue Guan was assigned to protect Luofan and became engrossed with him in a discussion about immortal-grade herbs. Qian Renxue then learned Ning Rongrong had moved in nearby and realized she intended to visit Luofan often.

• Yue Guan kept quiet about Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, and Qian Renxue ordered him to protect Luofan in his spare time.
• Yue Guan told Luofan that Bibi Dong suspected he had another aromatic silk beauty, and Luofan confirmed he had one that had not matured yet.
• Luofan and Yue Guan exchanged knowledge about immortal-grade herbs and spirit plants until they missed lunch, so Qian Renxue sent them food.
• Ning Rongrong visited Qian Renxue and explained that she had enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and bought the house across from Qian Renxue's estate.
• Ning Rongrong immediately asked where Luofan was, confirming Qian Renxue's suspicion that she had come to see him.

Luofan learned a self-created movement skill from Ning Rongrong and tested whether his Rule Addition ability could enhance it. After mastering the skill, he gained a new rule effect, confirming his conjecture.

• Ning Rongrong visited Luofan at his courtyard after enrolling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Luofan welcomed her and shared stories with her.
• Porcupinefish Douluo told Luofan that he had found only two self-created soul skills that could be used by anyone, and Ning Rongrong offered to teach him one that increased movement speed.
• Luofan practiced the skill with Ning Rongrong's guidance and Yue Guan's advice while his soul power rose to level 36.
• Luofan successfully used the Swift Movement Soul Skill, raising his movement speed by about twenty percent.
• Luofan sensed that the mastered skill had gained a new rule effect through Rule Addition.

After mastering Quickstep, Luofan focused on cultivating until he reached soul power level 40 and prepared to hunt for his fourth soul ring. He planned to visit Tang San in Nuoding City afterward to try to obtain the martial arts in Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

• Luofan discovered that Rule Addition made Quickstep lock onto a target and increase his speed to 10% above theirs.
• Luofan decided to prioritize soul power growth and resolved to seek out Tang San’s useful martial arts when he had the chance.
• Luofan spent about half a year cultivating and socializing with Ning Rongrong and Yue Guan, then broke through to level 40.
• Luofan told Qian Renxue he wanted to hunt for a soul ring, and she arranged for Yue Guan to accompany him.
• Luofan decided to hunt for his fourth soul ring first, then consider visiting Tang San in Nuoding City on the way back to Heaven Dou City.

Luofan absorbed a twenty-thousand-year-old spatial Devourer Beast’s soul ring as his fourth ring and advanced to level 43. After revealing that all four rings were around twenty thousand years old and still growing, he prepared to test his new spatial soul skill.

• Luofan and Yue Guan traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest and found a twenty-thousand-year-old spatial Devourer Beast.
• Yue Guan weakened the beast, and Luofan killed it with Suppression before absorbing its soul ring.
• Luofan completed the absorption in about ten minutes, bringing all four of his soul rings to around twenty thousand years old.
• Luofan discovered that his soul power had risen to level 43 and noted that a stronger beast might have raised it further.
• Yue Guan asked Luofan what his fourth soul skill did.

Luofan tested his fourth soul skill, Absorption, on Yue Guan and demonstrated that the Exquisite Tower could imprison even a Titled Douluo while suppressing his soul power and martial soul. After releasing Yue Guan and leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Luofan stayed at a hotel and opened his Three-Choice Golden Entry System.

• Luofan activated Absorption and sucked Yue Guan into the Exquisite Tower despite the Titled Douluo resisting with his soul power.
• Yue Guan discovered he had shrunk inside the tower and could neither use his soul power or martial soul nor escape.
• Luofan explained that the tower could imprison people for up to an hour, store items, and hold people in shared or isolated spaces.
• Luofan released Yue Guan, who praised the soul skill's powerful control effect.
• Luofan and Yue Guan left the Star Dou Great Forest, stayed at a hotel in the nearby Small Town, and Luofan opened his Three-Choice Golden Entry System.

Luofan chose Accelerated Regeneration as his fifth Golden Entry after weighing its healing against immunity to control and improved soul power recovery. After testing it, he set his next goal of reaching level 50, then asked Yue Guan to take him to Nuoding City instead of returning to Heaven Dou City right away.

• Luofan reviewed the Unrestricted, Soul Power Refund, and Accelerated Regeneration Golden Entries before choosing Accelerated Regeneration.
• Luofan stabbed his arm to test the new entry, and the wound healed within a second without leaving a scar.
• Luofan counted his five Golden Entries and set a goal to raise his soul power to level 50 for another entry.
• Luofan continued meditating through the night, then told Yue Guan he wanted to visit Nuoding City before returning to Heaven Dou City.

Luofan and Yue Guan traveled to Nuoding City so Luofan could seek out a student skilled in several Self-Created Soul Skills. At Nuoding Academy’s gates, Yue Guan revealed his nine Soul Rings, drawing a crowd that included Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.

• Luofan persuaded Yue Guan to detour to Nuoding City to find a student whose Self-Created Soul Skills could help him improve his close combat.
• Luofan used Quickstep to challenge Yue Guan on the journey, and the two reached Nuoding City in two days.
• Luofan told the academy guard they wanted to see the dean and asked Yue Guan to reveal his Soul Rings.
• Yue Guan displayed all nine Soul Rings, and the guard, townspeople, teachers, and students rushed to see the Titled Douluo.
• Tang San heard Wang Sheng describe the spectacle, while Yu Xiaogang claimed he already knew several Titled Douluos.

Luofan and Yue Guan visited Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, drawing the attention of Tang Hao, Xiao Wu, and the school. Luofan met Tang San and revealed a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma as the opening offer in a deal, leaving Tang San and Yue Guan astonished.

• Xiao Wu learned a Titled Douluo had arrived and hid, while Tang Hao recognized Yue Guan and watched from the shadows.
• Yue Guan identified himself as a Spirit Hall elder, and Luofan asked the principal to summon Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang assumed Yue Guan had come because of their old connection, and Tang Hao secretly followed him and Tang San to the principal's office.
• Yue Guan barely acknowledged Yu Xiaogang, while Luofan told Tang San he had come to make a deal.
• Luofan produced an immortal herb, and Tang San and Yue Guan recognized it as a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma.

Luofan offered Yu Xiaogang a nine-grade purple ganoderma that could break the level-30 limit caused by his martial soul mutation, but demanded Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record in exchange. Tang San refused and demanded to know how Luofan knew about the secret manual.

• Yue Guan recognized the nine-grade purple ganoderma and realized it could help Yu Xiaogang overcome his level-30 limit.
• Luofan explained the herb’s effects, and Tang San confirmed that it could free Yu Xiaogang from his cultivation shackles.
• Yu Xiaogang became ecstatic at the chance to cultivate beyond level 30 and potentially reach Titled Douluo.
• Luofan asked Tang San to trade the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record for the herb, and Tang San immediately refused.
• Tang San questioned how Luofan knew about the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

Luofan traded a nine-grade purple ganoderma to Tang San for the Mysterious Heaven Skill and three accompanying martial arts, allowing Yu Xiaogang to break through to level 30. As Luofan and Yue Guan left Nuoding City, a figure suddenly blocked their path.

• Luofan offered Tang San a nine-grade purple ganoderma for the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, then narrowed his request to the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San agreed after seeing Yu Xiaogang's reaction and copied the requested techniques for Luofan, who checked them before handing over the herb.
• Yu Xiaogang swallowed the nine-grade purple ganoderma, improved Luo Sanpao's quality, and broke through from level 29 to level 30.
• After they left Nuoding City, Yue Guan questioned the trade, and Luofan explained that the Mysterious Heaven Skill was its true prize.
• A figure appeared by the roadside and blocked Luofan and Yue Guan's path.

Tang Hao ambushed Luofan and Yue Guan on the road, but Luofan strengthened Yue Guan with his Overpowering Aura, letting him push Tang Hao back. Tang Hao recognized Luofan as the source of the boost and turned his attention toward him.

• A cloaked man revealed nine Soul Rings, including a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Yue Guan recognized him as Tang Hao.
• Yue Guan summoned his Martial Soul and told Luofan to run while he held Tang Hao off.
• Luofan activated his Overpowering Aura and declared that he would help Yue Guan.
• Yue Guan's Boundless Radiance overwhelmed Tang Hao's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, forcing Tang Hao backward.
• Tang Hao realized Luofan's support had strengthened Yue Guan and set his sights on Luofan.

Luofan used Quickstep to outrun Tang Hao, preventing him from killing Yue Guan. After Tang Hao fled, Luofan admitted that their encounter was mainly because of him, leaving Yue Guan to ask whether Luofan had known Tang Hao was in Nuoding City.

• Tang Hao charged at Luofan, but Luofan used Quickstep to stay just beyond his reach.
• Yue Guan watched Luofan lead Tang Hao on a chase for ten minutes, until Tang Hao gave up.
• Tang Hao acknowledged Luofan’s help, asked his name, and then fled.
• Yue Guan thanked Luofan, who said their encounter with Tang Hao had mainly been because of him.
• Yue Guan realized Luofan might have known Tang Hao was in Nuoding City and asked him about it.

Luofan returned to Heaven Dou City after completing his trip to Nuoding City, then spent six months cultivating and raising his soul power to level 46. During a sunrise practice, he successfully mastered the Purple Demon Eye.

• Luofan agreed with Yue Guan that he had not been wrong to face Tang Hao, and Yue Guan advised him not to rely solely on rule-based soul skills.
• Yue Guan explained that Luofan’s gift of nine-grade purple ganoderma to Yu Xiaogang meant Bibi Dong would likely no longer target him.
• Luofan returned to Heaven Dou City and told Qian Renxue about his fourth soul ring and soul skill, impressing her with his four black rings.
• Luofan trained in the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye over the next six months, advancing from level 43 to level 46.
• Luofan practiced the Purple Demon Eye at sunrise and felt his vision and spiritual power change, confirming that he had mastered it.

Luofan discovered that Purple Demon Eye could reveal an opponent’s weak spot and let him bypass defenses when he struck it. He chose to train Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track at Heaven Dou City’s Great Soul Arena, where he stunned the registration clerk by announcing he was a level forty-six Soul Ancestor.

• Luofan tested Purple Demon Eye’s rule-based effect and realized its highlighted weak spot could be attacked to ignore defenses.
• Luofan chose to cultivate Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and told Qian Renxue he wanted to train at the Great Soul Arena.
• Qian Renxue agreed and asked Yue Guan to protect Luofan.
• Luofan and Yue Guan went to the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City, where Luofan registered to fight.
• Luofan told the shocked registration clerk that he was a level forty-six Soul Ancestor.

Luofan registered at the Great Soul Arena and shocked the crowd by revealing four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. In his first fight, he used Body Possession to make Steel Rock surrender and asked the announcer for a more suitable opponent.

• Luofan revealed his four black Soul Rings, proving he was a level 46 Soul Ancestor, and completed his registration amid the crowd’s disbelief.
• The Great Soul Arena matched Luofan against Steel Rock, a level 41 Soul Ancestor with a defensive Black Tortoise Martial Soul.
• Luofan decided Steel Rock would not help him practice his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track footwork and possessed Steel Rock’s body.
• Luofan made Steel Rock surrender, winning the match as spectators suspected it had been fixed.
• Steel Rock realized Luofan had controlled his body and was terrified, while Luofan asked the announcer for agility attack-type opponents.

Luofan provoked the Great Soul Arena crowd into accepting his offer of wagered duels, promising 10,000 Gold Soul Coins to anyone who could defeat him. His first opponent, Wu Yan, attacked with a surprise second strike after Luofan dodged his initial blow.

• Luofan dismissed the crowd’s calls for humility and insulted the spectators to provoke them further.
• Luofan offered 10,000 Gold Soul Coins to anyone who defeated him, with no restriction on the challenger’s soul power level.
• Luofan revealed that he served Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to reassure the crowd that he could pay the wager.
• Wu Yan, a level 45 Power Attack System Soul Ancestor, accepted the challenge and attacked Luofan with his mace Martial Soul.
• Luofan used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to dodge Wu Yan’s first swing, but Wu Yan launched a surprise second blow that appeared difficult to evade.

Luofan used bouts at the Great Soul Arena to practice Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, drawing attention with his unusual way of winning and his claim to serve Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe arranged for Heaven Dou Daily reporters to interview them the next day.

• Luofan blocked Wu Yan’s attack with a pagoda-shaped shield and practiced dodging until his footwork improved.
• Luofan possessed Wu Yan with Primordial Spirit Out-of-Body and made him concede, then invited more challengers.
• Luofan fought five more Contract Duel Matches and announced he would return to the Great Soul Arena the next day.
• News of Luofan’s age, four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, prize offer, and service to Xue Qinghe spread through Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe told Luofan that Xue Ye had asked about him and that Heaven Dou Daily reporters would interview them the next day.