Chapter Summaries

In Dragon City, Yu Tianyuan struggled to care for his sick mother, Chen Weier, while living as the unacknowledged son of the Heavenly Dragon Sect master. Grandma Zhang brought him to a martial soul awakening, and the chapter left him inside the formation as the young soul master began the ritual.

• Yu Tianyuan split firewood and warmed the room for his ill mother, Chen Weier, who asked him for hot water.
• Yu Tianyuan found the courtyard well frozen and went to the public well to fetch water.
• Grandma Zhang recognized Yu Tianyuan and pulled him toward a crowd gathered around a martial soul awakening.
• Grandma Zhang asked a young soul master to awaken Yu Tianyuan's martial soul, and the young woman caught him when he stumbled.
• Yu Tianyuan stepped into the formation and felt soul power flow through his body as the awakening began.

Yu Tianyuan awakened a mutated Purple Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul with near-full innate soul power, but returned home to find his mother dead. After Granny Zhang and the young woman comforted him, he vowed to destroy the Heavenly Dragon Sect for the suffering it had caused his mother.

• Yu Tianyuan awakened his Purple Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and tested at rank nine point nine innate soul power.
• Yu Tianyuan hurried home with water to tell his mother about his awakening, but discovered she had died.
• The young woman learned about Yu Tianyuan’s hardships from Granny Zhang and went to his home, where she found him grieving beside his mother’s body.
• Granny Zhang comforted Yu Tianyuan until he cried and fell asleep, while the young woman stayed to help.
• Yu Tianyuan awoke, saw his mother’s coffin, and vowed to put an end to the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s entire lineage.

After Chen Weier’s burial, Chen Tianyuan left Dragon City with Zhang Lexuan and traveled to Shrek Academy. Zhang Lexuan brought him across the lake to Sea God Island and into the Sea God Pavilion, where an aged voice had summoned them.

• Chen Tianyuan buried Chen Weier, paid his respects, and decided to leave Dragon City with only her silver hairpin.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Chen Tianyuan to Shrek Academy and identified his martial soul as a beneficial mutation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon with super martial soul quality.
• Zhang Lexuan bought Chen Tianyuan winter clothes, and they traveled by carriage for a week to Shrek City.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Chen Tianyuan through the academy grounds and across the lake to Sea God Island.
• An aged voice summoned Zhang Lexuan and Chen Tianyuan into the Sea God Pavilion, which had been carved into the Golden Ancient Tree.

Mu En discovered that Chen Tianyuan possessed ultimate lightning and a second martial soul formed by his entire body, then introduced him to Bei Bei as his younger brother. He later announced that Chen Tianyuan would succeed Xuan Zi as Sea God Pavilion Master after the next, leaving the elders poised to hear his justification.

• Mu En examined Chen Tianyuan’s martial soul and identified its lightning attribute as ultimate lightning.
• Mu En learned Chen Tianyuan’s name from Zhang Lexuan and told him that his second martial soul was his entire body, warning him to keep it secret until he became a Titled Douluo.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Bei Bei to meet Chen Tianyuan, and Mu En told Bei Bei to look after his new younger brother.
• Mu En summoned a Sea God Pavilion Meeting and declared Chen Tianyuan the successor to the Sea God Pavilion Master after Xuan Zi.
• Mu En acknowledged the elders’ likely objections and began to explain his decision.

Shrek Academy’s elders confirmed Chen Tianyuan as the next Sea God Pavilion Master successor and debated how to develop his exceptional talents. While Chen Tianyuan played at Sea God Lake with Bei Bei, Mu En arranged resources and protection for his future.

• Mu En revealed that Chen Tianyuan had ultimate lightning and a rare body martial soul, and the elders agreed to seal information about his second martial soul and prioritize academy resources for him.
• Bei Bei and Chen Tianyuan stunned dozens of fish at Sea God Lake with their lightning before Zhang Lexuan found them and hurried them away.
• Chen Tianyuan moved in with Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan, while other Inner Court students accepted his sudden arrival.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er argued over whether Chen Tianyuan should focus on martial souls or soul tools, and Mu En chose the traditional soul master path while allowing him to study soul tools if interested.
• Mu En ordered Lin Huiqun to find ten-thousand-year whale glue to strengthen Chen Tianyuan’s physique and instructed Xuan Zi to protect him.

Chen Tianyuan traveled with Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable soul ring, but they found no matching beast before nightfall. A sudden storm drove them to shelter beneath a cliff.

• Zhang Lexuan took Chen Tianyuan to the academy gates, where Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er were waiting to escort him.
• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er flew Chen Tianyuan to the Star Dou Great Forest and taught him about its three regions as they searched the Outer Area for dragon-type or lightning-attribute soul beasts.
• After finding no suitable beast in the Outer Area, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er carried Chen Tianyuan into the Mixed Area, where the three searched throughout the day without success.
• The three stopped to rest by a fire, and Cai Mei'er roasted Soft Bone Rabbits while Chen Tianyuan recovered from the difficult trek.
• A sudden gale brought dark clouds and lightning, so Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er took Chen Tianyuan to shelter beneath a nearby cliff as the rain began.

Chen Tianyuan obtained an eight-hundred-year Thunderclap Hellvine as his first Soul Ring and gained an external soul bone that let him absorb lightning to temper his body. After his soul power rose to level 13, Bei Bei challenged him to a Soul Fight, where Chen Tianyuan revealed his lightning immunity.

• A lightning storm destroyed the cliff shelter, revealing a Thunderclap Hellvine that Yan Shaozhe recognized and brought back to Shrek Academy.
• Mu En determined that the Thunderclap Hellvine was around eight hundred years old and a perfect match for Chen Tianyuan, who absorbed it as his first Soul Ring and rose to level 13.
• Mu En extracted a finger-sized external soul bone from the vine, and Chen Tianyuan fused with it to gain the ability to absorb lightning and temper his body.
• Bei Bei insisted on fighting Chen Tianyuan, who struck him with his Hell Thunder Sky-Rending Claw and sent him flying.
• Bei Bei launched a Thunder Dragon Claw, and Chen Tianyuan announced that his Martial Soul was immune to lightning.

Chen Tianyuan joined Bei Bei and Tang Ya on a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Tang Ya find a soul ring. There they met Huo Yuhao, and Bei Bei asked whether he had come alone to obtain a soul ring.

• Chen Tianyuan reflected on his eight years at Shrek Academy and his stalled cultivation while Bei Bei teased him about reaching rank forty.
• Bei Bei woke Chen Tianyuan early, and the two met Tang Ya at the eastern city gate before heading for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Ya tried to persuade Chen Tianyuan to join the Tang Sect, but he declined as the three searched for a thousand-year soul beast.
• Tang Ya followed the scent of grilled fish and led Bei Bei and Chen Tianyuan to Huo Yuhao beside a stream.
• Huo Yuhao offered the group his grilled fish, introduced himself, and heard Bei Bei ask if he had come to the forest alone for a soul ring.

Huo Yuhao killed a Wind Baboon and encountered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while a mysterious gray spirit was driven from Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness and entered Chen Tianyuan instead. Chen Tianyuan discovered that the spirit was Electrolux and that it had opened his Sea of Consciousness.

• After lunch, Huo Yuhao entered the forest alone, and Chen Tianyuan, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya followed him.
• Huo Yuhao killed a ten-year Wind Baboon but was badly wounded, and Bei Bei hurried to treat him.
• A surge of spiritual power knocked Bei Bei and Tang Ya unconscious and nearly felled Chen Tianyuan as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared.
• A gray ball of light tried to enter Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm expelled it, and it entered Chen Tianyuan instead.
• Chen Tianyuan woke in a cramped white space, heard the spirit identify itself as a surviving wisp of divine sense, and realized Electrolux had opened his Sea of Consciousness.
• After waking, Chen Tianyuan learned he had been unconscious for an hour and saw Tang Ya treating Huo Yuhao’s shoulder.

Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect and used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help the group find a soul beast for Tang Ya. Chen Tianyuan defeated a thousand-year Mandala Snake with his ultimate lightning, leaving Huo Yuhao wary of his strength.

• After Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect, Bei Bei taught him its secret arts, while Chen Tianyuan declined Tang Ya's invitation to join.
• Huo Yuhao shared his Spiritual Detection to help the group locate a thousand-year Mandala Snake for Tang Ya's third soul ring.
• Chen Tianyuan used his Silver Whip and ultimate lightning to bind and nearly kill the Mandala Snake in under a minute.
• Tang Ya killed the weakened Mandala Snake and began absorbing its soul ring as Huo Yuhao marveled at Chen Tianyuan's power.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that ultimate lightning could penetrate defenses, prompting Huo Yuhao to regard Chen Tianyuan as dangerous.

Huo Yuhao enrolled at Shrek Academy and learned about its strict assessments, while Chen Tianyuan helped him settle in and went to Director Du Weilun for a Soul Ascension Pill. The chapter ended with Chen Tianyuan receiving the pill to help break through his cultivation bottleneck.

• Bei Bei explained Shrek Academy’s assessment requirements to Huo Yuhao as they returned to campus.
• Huo Yuhao completed enrollment, learned he had been assigned to Zhou Yi’s class, and met Mu En at the freshman dormitory.
• Chen Tianyuan gave Huo Yuhao a pouch of gold soul coins before Huo Yuhao went to his room.
• Chen Tianyuan visited Du Weilun and asked for a Soul Ascension Pill for his cultivation bottleneck.
• Du Weilun gave Chen Tianyuan a Soul Ascension Pill after realizing he had mistakenly thought Chen Tianyuan had taken one before.

After advancing to level 38, Chen Tianyuan took part in Shrek Academy’s advancement assessment and challenged a ten-thousand-year soul beast to test his limits. The Silver-Mane Wolf King attacked, and Chen Tianyuan used his second soul skill to evade its first charge.

• Chen Tianyuan swallowed a Soul Ascension Pill and raised his soul power to the peak of level 38.
• At the advancement assessment, Chen Tianyuan, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya passed the soul power test, and Tang Ya and Bei Bei cleared their practical combat assessments.
• Chen Tianyuan asked Gong Changlong to let him face a ten-thousand-year soul beast and bet that he could last one minute.
• The Silver-Mane Wolf King emerged, and Chen Tianyuan activated Martial Soul Possession as it charged him.
• Chen Tianyuan used his second soul skill to speed away from the Silver-Mane Wolf King’s attack.

Chen Tianyuan drove off the Silver-Mane Wolf King with his ultimate lightning and dragon might, then learned that Electrolux had awakened in his sea of consciousness. Hoping to obtain the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife in Star Luo City, he secured leave from Wang Yan and set out.

• Chen Tianyuan unleashed Purple-Gold Heavenly Thunder Explosion, forcing the Silver-Mane Wolf King to flee and impressing the people watching the assessment.
• Gong Changlong upheld his wager with Chen Tianyuan, promising to take him soul hunting in the Star Luo Great Forest when he reached rank forty.
• After breaking through to rank thirty-nine, Chen Tianyuan entered his sea of consciousness and spoke with the awakened Electrolux, who asked to be called Elder Yi.
• Chen Tianyuan decided to seek the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, hoping its vitality could help Electrolux and extend Mu En's lifespan.
• Chen Tianyuan persuaded Wang Yan to approve leave so he could travel to Star Luo City and bid for the carving knife.

Chen Tianyuan traveled toward Star Luo City but became lost in the Star Dou Great Forest and was attacked by a ten-thousand-year soul beast. Xu Jiujiu and Manyi rescued him, and Xu Jiujiu grew interested in recruiting the talented Shrek Academy student.

• Chen Tianyuan left Shrek Academy and flew toward Star Luo City, stopping repeatedly to recover his soul power.
• Chen Tianyuan landed at night in the Mixed Area of the Star Dou Great Forest and used his Flying Soul Tool to escape toward the Outer Area.
• A ten-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Cat Owl disabled Chen Tianyuan's Flying Soul Tool and attacked him, but Manyi struck the beast with a blast of starlight.
• Chen Tianyuan thanked Manyi and learned that she was the Nebula Douluo Manyi and that her companion was Princess Xu Jiujiu.
• Chen Tianyuan told Xu Jiujiu he was from Shrek Academy and was level 39, prompting her to consider winning him over.

Chen Tianyuan traveled to Star Luo City with Xu Jiujiu and Manyi, where Xu Jiujiu gave him the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife. After leaving the imperial palace to explore the city, Chen paid an unscrupulous stall owner to repair his damaged Flying Soul Tool.

• Xu Jiujiu invited Chen Tianyuan to travel with her and Manyi, then explained that she was the chief auctioneer at Starlight Auction House and had the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
• Xu Jiujiu offered Chen Tianyuan the knife, and he accepted after learning its owners had suffered terrible fates.
• Manyi flew Xu Jiujiu and Chen Tianyuan to Star Luo City, where Xu gave Chen the knife and an invitation to a small auction that night.
• Electrolux sensed the knife's malice and told Chen Tianyuan he would help cleanse its curse after recovering further.
• Chen Tianyuan explored Star Luo City and paid a repair stall owner two thousand Gold Soul Coins to fix his damaged Flying Soul Tool.

Chen Tianyuan returned toward Shrek City after a crooked repair left his Flying Soul Tool slow and prone to overheating. At the East City Gate, he found Huo Yuhao selling grilled fish and saw Xu Sanshi confront Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong over a sale.

• Chen Tianyuan retrieved his repaired Flying Soul Tool, unaware that the shopkeeper had stolen its Class 4 Core Array and replaced it with an inferior component.
• Chen Tianyuan discovered the Flying Soul Tool was slower and consumed more Soul Power, then endured repeated cooling stops on his journey home.
• Chen Tianyuan reached the Star Dou Great Forest, rested in its Outer Area, and continued flying toward Shrek City while reflecting on the decline of Soul Beasts.
• Chen Tianyuan arrived at Shrek City's East City Gate and spotted Huo Yuhao grilling fish with Wang Dong collecting payment.
• Xu Sanshi demanded that Huo Yuhao sell grilled fish to Nannan, and Wang Dong refused, provoking Xu Sanshi to threaten them.

Chen Tianyuan intervened when Xu Sanshi harassed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, then obtained a Mystic Water Pill from Xu Sanshi and gave it to Huo Yuhao. After returning to Shrek Academy, Chen Tianyuan went to the Soul Tool Department, where Fan Yu found his Flying Soul Tool had been sabotaged and offered to make him a new one.

• Chen Tianyuan stopped Xu Sanshi from chasing Jiang Nannan and demanded payment for the fish and emotional distress.
• Xu Sanshi gave Chen Tianyuan a Mystic Water Pill after they spoke privately, and Chen Tianyuan handed it to Huo Yuhao.
• Bei Bei explained that the rare Mystic Water Pill could raise soul power and improve innate talent, while Wang Dong wondered about Chen Tianyuan's motives.
• Chen Tianyuan reported back to the academy and brought his damaged Flying Soul Tool to Fan Yu for inspection.
• Fan Yu discovered that the Soul Tool's core array and exhaust components had been replaced with inferior parts and offered to build Chen Tianyuan a new one.

After reaching level 40, Chen Tianyuan sought Mu En’s guidance on his fourth soul ring and learned that Zhang Lexuan would take him on the hunt. They reunited at the Freshman Assessment, and Zhang Lexuan set their departure for the Star Dou Great Forest for the next day.

• Chen Tianyuan reached level 40, but Gong Changlong was away capturing soul beasts, so he went to Mu En for help obtaining a soul ring.
• Mu En advised Chen Tianyuan to develop his Light Dragon bloodline instead of focusing only on his ultimate lightning, and told him he could leave the outer court after the hunt.
• Mu En asked Zhang Lexuan to assist Chen Tianyuan, explaining that Chen Tianyuan was named the next-generation Sea God Pavilion Master successor; Zhang Lexuan agreed.
• Chen Tianyuan watched the Freshman Assessment and reunited with Zhang Lexuan, who teased him before Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao briefly greeted them.
• Zhang Lexuan told Chen Tianyuan she would take him to obtain his soul ring, and they agreed to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.

Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable light-attribute soul beast and found a thirteen-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse. After Zhang Lexuan subdued it, Chen Tianyuan began absorbing its soul ring, facing the danger of the beast’s lingering resentment.

• Zhang Lexuan explained that the Heavenly Dragon Horse was the only recorded soul beast with both dragon blood and a light attribute, though finding one would be extremely difficult.
• Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan searched the Mixed Area for two days, found no light-attribute beasts, and ate roasted Soft Bone Rabbit meat.
• Chen Tianyuan and Zhang Lexuan spotted a winged Heavenly Dragon Horse, and Zhang Lexuan crushed its bones with her soul power before taking it to the Outer Area.
• Chen Tianyuan killed the badly injured Heavenly Dragon Horse and drew its black soul ring toward himself.
• Chen Tianyuan sat down to absorb the ten-thousand-year soul ring, which carried the risk of the dead beast’s resentment destroying his soul.

Chen Tianyuan absorbed the Heavenly Dragon Horse’s ten-thousand-year soul ring, gaining a permanent light attribute, a growing fourth soul skill, and a leap to level 42. After finding no soul bone, he learned that Electrolux was ready to help purify the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

• Chen Tianyuan endured the soul ring’s power as Electrolux destroyed the Heavenly Dragon Horse’s resentment in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Tianyuan completed the absorption, fusing the Heavenly Dragon Horse’s dragon bloodline with his own and making his light attribute permanent.
• Chen Tianyuan told Zhang Lexuan that he had reached level 42 and gained the growing soul skill Purple-Gold Heavenly Thunder Flash, which could unleash a fourfold light-and-lightning attack at a steep soul power cost.
• Chen Tianyuan searched the Heavenly Dragon Horse’s corpse but found no soul bone and considered the cruel creation of Secret-Art Soul Bones.
• Electrolux told Chen Tianyuan he had nearly recovered and was ready to purify the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife after they returned, giving Chen Tianyuan hope for Mu En’s lifespan.