Chapter Summaries

Yi Yun woke in the Douluo Continent as an eighteen-year-old Level 99 Peerless Douluo with twin martial souls and a powerful clan behind him. With Tang San only just starting at Nuoding Academy, Yi Yun planned to interfere with his rise while keeping him alive for his own amusement.

• Yi Yun discovered he had transmigrated with Level 99 soul power and the Chaos Sacred Dragon and Space-Time Magic Mirror martial souls.
• Yi Yun tested his strength with a punch that blasted a huge hole through his room’s granite wall, alarming the steward.
• The steward told Yi Yun he was the continent’s youngest Peerless Douluo and that few could match him.
• Yi Yun learned that his counterpart had awakened twin martial souls at six and reached Level 99 by eighteen, while Tang San had only just gone to Nuoding Academy.
• Yi Yun decided to arrange setbacks for Tang San beginning with his martial-soul awakening, but resolved not to kill him.

After destroying a mountain, the immensely powerful Yi Yun grew bored and set out for Nuoding City to amuse himself by messing with Tang San and pursuing Xiao Wu. Tang San, unaware of Yi Yun’s plans, continued cultivating at Nuoding Academy.

• Yi Yun punched a thousand-meter mountain apart, killing the Soul Beasts living there, and admitted to his steward that he felt bored with life.
• The steward suggested that Yi Yun seek amusement by meeting Tang San, a famous student at Nuoding Academy, and Yi Yun decided to travel to Nuoding City.
• On his journey, Yi Yun casually knocked away a Soul Beast threatening merchants and continued thinking about how to provoke Tang San.
• Yi Yun remembered that Tang San lived with Xiao Wu and decided he would try to win her over as well.
• At Nuoding Academy, Tang San sneezed while practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Xiao Wu joked that someone was thinking of him.

Yi Yun visited Nuoding Academy and demonstrated the AK-47 to Tang San, leaving him stunned by its power. Yi Yun offered to teach Tang San and help him find a better martial soul, then left with plans to visit Xiao Wu the next day.

• Yi Yun bribed Nuoding Academy’s gatekeeper to take him to Tang San at the training ground.
• Yi Yun criticized Tang San’s Sleeve Arrow and caught an iron needle between his fingers when Tang San fired at him.
• Yi Yun demonstrated the AK-47 by shredding a wooden stake, astonishing Tang San with its power.
• Yi Yun offered to take Tang San as his disciple and help him find a better martial soul, and Tang San said he would think about it.
• Yi Yun left Nuoding Academy and decided to visit Xiao Wu the next day.

Yi Yun found Xiao Wu in Star Dou Great Forest and won her trust by offering her Golden Jade Carrots. He left her feeling comfortable around him while the Titan Giant Ape watched from afar, wary of Yi Yun’s power.

• Yi Yun spent three days demonstrating powerful Soul Power weapons to Tang San and repeatedly asked him to become his disciple, but Tang San kept asking for more time.
• Yi Yun traveled to Star Dou Great Forest and discovered Xiao Wu in rabbit form, then watched her transform into a girl.
• Xiao Wu grew frightened when Yi Yun revealed that he knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but he reassured her and gave her another carrot.
• Yi Yun and Xiao Wu introduced themselves and began playfully bickering as she relaxed around him.
• The Titan Giant Ape sensed Yi Yun’s terrifying aura and decided to watch him, ready to protect Xiao Wu if necessary.

Yi Yun tricked Tang San into awakening a Lone Bamboo Soul Beast as a second martial soul, which turned out to be a Pole Vault. Tang San was mocked at the academy, while Yi Yun hinted that his prank was only the beginning.

• Yi Yun brought Tang San a Lone Bamboo Soul Beast and persuaded him to accept it as a second martial soul in exchange for three conditions.
• Tang San awakened the bamboo into a green Pole Vault, and Yi Yun claimed it could be used as a weapon and for pole vaulting.
• Yi Yun demonstrated the Pole Vault by leaping across the courtyard, while Xiao Wu laughed at Tang San's frustration.
• Xiao Wu confronted Yi Yun, who admitted he had deliberately given Tang San the Pole Vault.
• Tang San carried the Pole Vault into class the next day and was mocked by his classmates, while he vowed to make Yi Yun pay.

Yi Yun forced Tang San to train with his Pole Vault Martial Soul, embarrassing him before the academy but earning his trust by the end of the day. Tang San began to wonder whether pole vaulting could work in combat, while Yi Yun privately planned to make his life even more miserable.

• Yi Yun dragged Tang San to the training grounds before dawn and taught him pole vaulting, and Tang San finally completed a vault on his thirtieth attempt.
• Tang San practiced through repeated falls until he finished a hundred vaults, drawing laughter from students and bewildering the dean of discipline.
• Tang San confronted Yi Yun about targeting him, then agreed to trust him because Yi Yun had never truly hurt him.
• Tang San considered using the pole as a weapon and resolved to keep practicing, while Yi Yun privately looked forward to making his days worse.

Yi Yun took Xiao Wu on a romantic outing to a scenic valley in the Star Dou Great Forest, where his kindness brought them closer. As they watched the stars together, Tang San was left alone after completing his pole-vaulting practice, unaware that the distance between him and Xiao Wu had grown.

• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Yi Yun was away and that he still had to complete a hundred pole vaults on his own.
• Yi Yun scouted a picturesque valley, prepared food there, and returned to invite Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yi Yun demonstrated his overwhelming power to reassure Xiao Wu, then flew with her to the forest while leaving Tang San behind to practice.
• Yi Yun and Xiao Wu shared food and affectionate conversation by the lake, and Xiao Wu thanked him for treating her so well.
• A Titan Giant Ape watched Xiao Wu happily spend time with Yi Yun, then left without approaching them.
• Tang San finished his hundred vaults and lay alone beneath the stars while Yi Yun and Xiao Wu remained together in the valley.

Yi Yun protected Xiao Wu from the Titan Giant Ape with a single slap, then took her back to Nuoding City, where Tang San realized she was growing closer to Yi Yun. Tang San resolved to keep competing for Xiao Wu’s affection while continuing his pole-vaulting training.

• The Titan Giant Ape approached Yi Yun and Xiao Wu by the lake, but Yi Yun knocked him flying with one slap and let him leave unharmed.
• Xiao Wu asked Yi Yun why he spared the Titan Giant Ape, and Yi Yun said he had no interest in soul rings and no reason to kill him.
• Yi Yun carried Xiao Wu back to Nuoding City, and she held his hand and told him she was glad they had met.
• Yi Yun landed with Xiao Wu at the training grounds and told Tang San that he and Xiao Wu had gone on a date.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu holding Yi Yun’s hand, then vowed to prove himself to her and grew angry as he heard them talking together.

Tang San built a Soul Power Repeating Crossbow to prove himself, but Yi Yun demonstrated the overwhelming power of his Soul Power Gatling Gun. After Yi Yun lent him the weapon, Tang San began designing something new and resolved to grow stronger.

• Tang San designed and built a Soul Power Repeating Crossbow that fired twelve bolts in five seconds.
• Yi Yun compared Tang San’s crossbow unfavorably to his weapons and demonstrated a Gatling Gun that destroyed rows of dummies and damaged the training ground.
• Yi Yun explained that Tang San’s idea of using Soul Power for continuous firing was sound, but urged him to look beyond traditional hidden weapons.
• Tang San agreed to Yi Yun’s conditions and borrowed the Gatling Gun to study it.
• Tang San examined the Gatling Gun that night and began sketching a new weapon that combined ideas from hidden weapons and firearms.

After Tang San improved his Soul Power Repeating Crossbow, Yi Yun gave a speech at Nuoding Academy’s anniversary celebration and revealed that he was a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo. His display drew attention from across the continent, and he planned to head to Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu while Tang San continued training.

• Tang San emerged after three days with an improved Soul Power Repeating Crossbow, but Yi Yun told him it still fell far short of the Gatling Gun.
• Yi Yun spoke at Nuoding Academy’s anniversary celebration about cultivating for happiness, then silenced a skeptical level forty-one Soul Ancestor by releasing his overwhelming Soul Power.
• The middle-aged man apologized to Yi Yun, who urged him not to look down on young people; Tang San and Xiao Wu were also shaken by Yi Yun’s power.
• News of Yi Yun’s identity spread across the continent, while a letter from Heaven Dou City urged the dean to keep Yi Yun on good terms with the empire.
• Yi Yun told Xiao Wu he planned to go to Heaven Dou City and agreed to take her along, while Tang San kept practicing pole vaulting.

As admirers crowded Nuoding Academy hoping to meet Yi Yun, he ignored them and spent time with Xiao Wu, who realized she had fallen for him. Yi Yun confessed that he liked her too, while Tang San tried to distract himself by practicing pole vaulting and resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside Yi Yun.

• Three days after the academy celebration, crowds gathered at Nuoding Academy to see Yi Yun, but he told Xiao Wu to keep any carrots and send the visitors away.
• Xiao Wu reflected on Yi Yun’s kindness and wondered whether she had fallen for him, then Yi Yun told her he liked her and walked with her hand in hand to dinner.
• Tang San saw Yi Yun and Xiao Wu arrive holding hands, accepted braised pork from Yi Yun, and tried to put his complicated feelings aside.
• That night, Xiao Wu lay awake thinking about Yi Yun, while Yi Yun considered his feelings for her and joked about Tang San finding another match.
• Unable to sleep, Tang San practiced hundreds of pole vaults and hoped he might someday leap high enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with Yi Yun.

Tang San challenged Yi Yun to prove himself, but Yi Yun stopped his strongest attack with one finger and reassured him after the defeat. Tang San accepted the gap between them, resolved to train, and wished Xiao Wu and Yi Yun happiness, while Yi Yun privately looked forward to continuing to set him up.

• Xiao Wu asked Tang San what it felt like to like someone, and her embarrassment made Tang San realize she had feelings for Yi Yun.
• Tang San decided not to admit defeat and challenged Yi Yun, drawing students and teachers to Nuoding Academy's training grounds.
• Tang San attacked with hidden weapons and a Pole Vault Slam, but Yi Yun deflected the weapons and stopped the pole with one finger.
• Yi Yun praised Tang San's ability despite the loss, while Xiao Wu admired Yi Yun and asked to train with him.
• Tang San reflected on the defeat, resolved to train for thirty years, and wished Xiao Wu and Yi Yun happiness before falling asleep.
• Yi Yun watched Tang San's Dormitory and privately admitted that he enjoyed setting Tang San up.

Zhu Zhuqing fled her arranged marriage and sought Yi Yun’s protection in Nuoding City. After demonstrating his overwhelming strength, Yi Yun welcomed her as a companion, leaving Zhu Zhuqing relieved but uncertain about her new group.

• Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Nuoding City after fleeing the Star Luo Empire and went to Nuoding Academy to find Yi Yun.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Yi Yun to protect her from the Star Luo Imperial Family, and he agreed after making her call him Big Brother.
• Xiao Wu questioned Zhu Zhuqing’s place in the group, while Yi Yun introduced Zhu Zhuqing to Tang San as their new companion.
• Yi Yun split a huge boulder with one finger and reduced it to powder, convincing Zhu Zhuqing of his power.
• The dean learned that Zhu Zhuqing had come to the academy for Yi Yun and decided to leave the matter alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing shared a meal with Yi Yun, Xiao Wu, and Tang San, then reflected in her dorm room that coming to Nuoding City might have been the right choice.

Dai Mubai came to Nuoding Academy to take Zhu Zhuqing back, but Yi Yun threw him out of the city after he attacked Tang San. Dai Mubai left to seek reinforcements, while Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Tang San settled back in with Yi Yun.

• Dai Mubai arrived in Nuoding City with guards and searched Nuoding Academy for Zhu Zhuqing, his fiancée.
• Tang San blocked Dai Mubai and fought his guards, but Dai Mubai struck him down.
• Yi Yun defended Tang San, demanded that Dai Mubai apologize, leave, and dissolve his engagement, then hurled him over the city into a river.
• Dai Mubai's guards fled, and Zhu Zhuqing blushed when Yi Yun called her his; Xiao Wu asked Yi Yun to teach her to throw people.
• Dai Mubai crawled from the river and headed back to the Star Luo Empire to seek reinforcements.
• At dinner, Yi Yun praised Tang San for standing up to Dai Mubai, and Tang San accepted his advice to call for help when outmatched.

Tang San confessed his feelings to Xiao Wu in a love letter, but she tore it up and told him she loved Yi Yun. After grieving in the sandpit, Tang San accepted her choice and returned to his friends, where Yi Yun promised to help him move on with more pole-vault training.

• Tang San wrote Xiao Wu a love letter and waited to give it to her the next morning.
• Xiao Wu tore up the letter, rejected Tang San, and told him she was in love with Brother Yi Yun.
• Tang San threw himself into pole-vault practice, then lay in the sandpit for two hours while Yi Yun and Xiao Wu discussed his heartbreak.
• Yi Yun apologized to Tang San and pulled him from the sandpit, and Tang San warned him to treat Xiao Wu well.
• The four friends ate together, and Yi Yun told Tang San he would teach him an advanced pole-vaulting move to distract him.

After Tang San withdrew into relentless pole-vault practice over his heartbreak, Yi Yun taught him Radio Calisthenics to improve his fitness. Tang San endured public ridicule, discovered the exercises helped, and continued training, while Yi Yun predicted he would become stronger than most people.

• Xiao Wu worried that Tang San was numbing himself with training, so Yi Yun decided to intervene.
• Yi Yun gave Tang San a scroll of Radio Calisthenics and convinced him that it would improve the fitness needed for pole vaulting.
• Yi Yun announced Tang San's demonstration to the academy, where students laughed at Tang San as he performed the exercises.
• After three days of practicing twice daily, Tang San noticed his strength, speed, flexibility, and coordination improving and thanked Yi Yun.
• At lunch, Tang San told Xiao Wu that the exercises worked, and she encouraged him to keep going.
• Yi Yun watched Tang San practice alone and told Xiao Wu that Tang San would become stronger than most people.

Ning Rongrong arrived at Nuoding Academy to experience ordinary life and became fascinated with Yi Yun after learning he was powerful. After he demonstrated his overwhelming strength and improved her Glazed Staff, she insisted on becoming his disciple and decided she would make him hers.

• Ning Rongrong arrived at Nuoding Academy and entered alone, where she saw Tang San practicing Radio Calisthenics and spotted Yi Yun resting nearby.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Yi Yun about his identity and strength, then asked Tang San about the exercises; Tang San said Yi Yun was powerful and unfathomable.
• Ning Rongrong returned to Yi Yun and asked to become his disciple, and he strengthened her Glazed Staff before revealing that he was level ninety-nine.
• Yi Yun demonstrated his power with a beam of light and crushing pressure, convincing Ning Rongrong to call him big brother and become his disciple.
• Ning Rongrong squeezed between Xiao Wu and Yi Yun at dinner and eagerly served him, irritating Xiao Wu.
• That night, Ning Rongrong admitted to herself that she liked Yi Yun and resolved to make him hers.

Ning Rongrong eagerly followed Yi Yun, called him “Handsome Master,” and endured her first two hours of Standing Stake training. Her attention to Yi Yun fueled Xiao Wu’s jealousy, which remained unresolved at dinner.

• Ning Rongrong burst into Yi Yun’s hut at dawn and insisted on sharing breakfast with him.
• At breakfast, Ning Rongrong fussed over Yi Yun while Xiao Wu grew jealous and Tang San ate alone.
• Ning Rongrong persuaded Yi Yun to teach her and agreed to call him “Handsome Master.”
• Yi Yun taught Ning Rongrong Standing Stake, and she completed two hours despite her aching, trembling legs.
• After training, Yi Yun carried Ning Rongrong to dinner, where she stayed close to him and Xiao Wu demanded that Yi Yun make her move away.

Tang San confronted Yi Yun after discovering that the Lone Bamboo Soul Beast was an ordinary ten-year soul beast, but Yi Yun defended Pole Vault and Radio Calisthenics as ways to build Tang San’s physical foundation. Tang San remained resentful yet resumed training, accepting that the exercises were helping him even as he continued to blame Yi Yun for deceiving him.

• Tang San found a guide describing the Lone Bamboo Soul Beast as weak and worthless, then rushed to confront Yi Yun about calling it a peerless martial soul.
• Yi Yun admitted the beast had weak attacks but insisted that the pole, Pole Vault, and Radio Calisthenics were useful for improving Tang San’s fitness and building his foundation.
• Tang San asked why Yi Yun had treated him that way, and Yi Yun said he found Tang San interesting and had never meant to harm him.
• Tang San left with the guide and declared that he would do twice as much Radio Calisthenics the next day.
• Tang San returned to practicing Pole Vault, recognized that his fitness had improved, and remained both grateful for the results and angry about Yi Yun’s deception.

Tang San tested his Blue Silver Grass by binding Yi Yun, but Yi Yun broke free and told him to strengthen it by growing plants. Tang San and Ning Rongrong began tending spirit-plant seeds, and Tang San ended the chapter accepting Yi Yun’s lessons and making peace with his situation.

• Tang San challenged Yi Yun with his Blue Silver Grass, wrapping him in strands that Yi Yun snapped with a slight shudder.
• Yi Yun advised Tang San to raise his soul power, gain soul rings, and cultivate Blue Silver Grass in improved soil, then agreed to teach him gardening.
• Ning Rongrong asked to join Tang San, and the next day they turned a plot of soil, sowed spirit-plant seeds, and watered them under Yi Yun’s supervision.
• Tang San thanked Yi Yun for teaching him to grow vegetables, then learned that more gardening tasks awaited him.
• Xiao Wu found Tang San beside the new seedlings, and he told her he no longer resented Yi Yun because his unusual training helped him grow stronger.
• Xiao Wu shared half her carrot with Tang San, who agreed to grow carrots himself.