Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianlong's Martial Soul awakening failed, leaving him with a tiny bug and innate Soul Power of 0.1, so Yu Yuanzhen expelled him from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Alone in his room, Yu Tianlong recognized the bug as a miniature Cho'Gath, the Terror of the Void.

• Yu Yuanzhen announced that Yu Tianlong would lose clan resources and be sent to manage shops near Sunset Forest because his awakening mutation had failed.
• Yu Tianlong confronted Yu Yuanzhen about his family's sacrifices for the clan, but Yu Yuanzhen refused to change his decision.
• Yu Luomian tried to persuade Yu Yuanzhen to reconsider, while Yu Yuanzhen defended expelling Yu Tianlong to protect the clan's Martial Soul inheritance.
• Yu Tianlong rejected Yu Yuanzhen's offer of shops, severed ties with the clan, and left as clansmen mocked him.
• Yu Tianlong returned to his residence, summoned his tiny purple bug Martial Soul, and recognized it as a miniature Cho'Gath.

Yu Tianlong discovered that his Martial Soul was Cho'Gath, the Terror of the Void, whose growth depended on devouring creatures and treasures with Soul Power. He left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and reached a town outside the Star Dou Great Forest, preparing to enter the forest with Cho'Gath.

• Yu Tianlong tested his bug-like Martial Soul by letting it devour Blue Silver Grass and realized it was Cho'Gath, which grew and gave him strength as it ate.
• Yu Tianlong packed his belongings, took his family's memorial portraits, and left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan despite the clan members' mockery.
• After traveling for over ten days, Yu Tianlong concluded that Soul Beasts and treasures could help Cho'Gath grow faster, and chose the Star Dou Great Forest over the Sunset Forest.
• Yu Tianlong traveled for more than a month to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where he found shops selling supplies for Soul Masters.
• Yu Tianlong entered the town intending to buy supplies, having traveled on foot because Cho'Gath's hunger affected him too.

Yu Tianlong bought twenty-one Hundred-Year Soul Beast corpses in town so Cho'Gath could grow stronger by eating them. While Yu Tianlong slept at an inn, Cho'Gath gained intelligence and began devouring the remaining corpses, hoping to evolve again and protect his master.

• Yu Tianlong reached the Star Dou Great Forest with Cho'Gath, whose growth had slightly increased Yu Tianlong's Soul Power.
• Yu Tianlong displayed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan token and bought all the Hundred-Year Soul Beast corpses from nearby hawkers.
• Yu Tianlong brought the twenty-one corpses to his inn room and fed one to Cho'Gath, who nearly doubled in size.
• Yu Tianlong took out the remaining twenty corpses and fell asleep while Cho'Gath ate.
• Cho'Gath glowed purple, gained lively eyes, and eagerly continued eating as he anticipated another evolution and resolved to protect Yu Tianlong.

Yu Tianlong woke to find his Soul Power had risen to rank three and Cho'Gath had evolved into a much larger, intelligent Martial Soul. Short on money, they headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt weaker Soul Beasts, where Cho'Gath sensed prey far beyond their current strength.

• Yu Tianlong woke feeling a warm current in his body and discovered his Soul Power had reached rank three.
• Cho'Gath explained that he had evolved in intelligence and body, then asked Yu Tianlong for more food so he could evolve again.
• Yu Tianlong realized he had only thirty Gold Soul Coins left and agreed to hunt Soul Beasts with Cho'Gath instead.
• Yu Tianlong left town before dawn and reached the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to grow stronger while avoiding attention.
• Cho'Gath sensed creatures that could make him evolve with one bite, but Yu Tianlong told him they would return for them after they had grown stronger.

Yu Tianlong entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Cho'Gath to find a suitable Soul Beast, but Cho'Gath led him to a dangerous Fang Flame Hound. As the hound attacked, Cho'Gath stepped forward to fight it, leaving Yu Tianlong facing an uncertain battle.

• Yu Tianlong followed Cho'Gath into the Star Dou Great Forest, trusting him to find a weak Soul Beast.
• Cho'Gath led Yu Tianlong to a roughly two-hundred-year-old Fang Flame Hound, and Yu Tianlong tried to retreat after sensing its threat.
• The Fang Flame Hound chased Yu Tianlong and struck at him, causing him to fall and draw his longsword.
• Cho'Gath stepped between Yu Tianlong and the Fang Flame Hound, then lunged at it as the hound charged toward him.

Yu Tianlong and Cho'Gath defeated the Fang Flame Hound, and Yu Tianlong discovered that he could rapidly heal by eating. They prepared to hunt another target in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Cho'Gath endured the Fang Flame Hound's bite and pinned it down while the two creatures savagely traded bites.
• Yu Tianlong circled behind the restrained Fang Flame Hound and attacked it with his sword until it went limp.
• Yu Tianlong told Cho'Gath to eat the Fang Flame Hound before its Soul Power dissipated, then treated Cho'Gath's wounds.
• Yu Tianlong cut his thumb and discovered that eating could rapidly heal his injuries, just like Cho'Gath.
• Yu Tianlong encouraged Cho'Gath to finish eating so they could find another target in the Star Dou Great Forest.

After Cho'Gath devoured the Fang Flame Hound, Yu Tianlong's Soul Power rose to level four, and they began hunting more cautiously. A month later, Yu Tianlong had reached level seventeen and gained his first Soul Skill, Rupture, as he and Cho'Gath continued hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Cho'Gath devoured the Fang Flame Hound before it could produce a Soul Ring, and Yu Tianlong's Soul Power rose from level three to four.
• Yu Tianlong warned Cho'Gath to hunt low-level Soul Beasts after the Fang Flame Hound had nearly killed him, and Cho'Gath agreed.
• A month later, Cho'Gath used Rupture to skewer nine Soft Bone Rabbits, then awkwardly copied a human Soul Master's bashful manner and annoyed Yu Tianlong.
• Yu Tianlong recalled their dangerous hunts, including escaping a thousand-year Cave Demon Spider, and explained that he had reached level ten before hunting a thousand-and-one-hundred-year Evil Bone Berserk Lion.
• After absorbing the Evil Bone Berserk Lion's Soul Ring, Yu Tianlong reached level seventeen and gained Rupture, which he and Cho'Gath could both use at different ranges.
• Yu Tianlong wondered whether Yu Xiaogang could use Luo Sanpao's Soul Skill too, then imagined how embarrassing its farting ability would be in a fight.

Yu Tianlong encouraged Cho'Gath to pursue a balanced evolution and led him to hunt a thousand-year Huo Yun Leopard for its speed and fire resistance. After spotting the leopard, Yu Tianlong devised a risky plan, and the leopard prepared to attack the human child who had entered its territory.

• Cho'Gath explained that he wanted to eat Soft Bone Rabbits to gain speed and possibly acquire their powerful Soul Skills.
• Yu Tianlong decided to develop Cho'Gath's abilities across multiple aspects and chose a thousand-year Huo Yun Leopard as their next target.
• Yu Tianlong and Cho'Gath found the Huo Yun Leopard in a tree, but Cho'Gath admitted he might not be able to stop it from escaping.
• Yu Tianlong proposed a risky plan to Cho'Gath, who objected before agreeing to listen.
• The Huo Yun Leopard sensed Yu Tianlong entering its territory, recognized him as a human Soul Master, and crouched in hiding to attack.

Yu Tianlong and Cho'Gath defeated the Huo Yun Leopard after Yu Tianlong baited it into a trap and Cho'Gath protected him from its final attack. Yu Tianlong healed his injured foot while Cho'Gath guarded him, then Cho'Gath consumed the leopard's Soul Ring and began eating its corpse.

• Yu Tianlong used Rupture to block the Huo Yun Leopard's surprise attack and lured it close to the bone spikes.
• Yu Tianlong leaped and kicked the Huo Yun Leopard back onto the spikes, impaling his own foot in the process.
• Cho'Gath arrived, restrained the Huo Yun Leopard, and took its bite while Yu Tianlong called for help.
• Yu Tianlong ate food to heal his foot as Cho'Gath killed the Huo Yun Leopard and cautiously ate its head.
• After Yu Tianlong's foot mostly healed, Cho'Gath swallowed the Huo Yun Leopard's Soul Ring and began devouring its corpse.

Yu Tianlong reflected on the dangerous opportunities he hoped to claim as Cho'Gath helped him grow stronger. Two years later, after Cho'Gath saved him from a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Yu Tianlong woke in a carriage beside the woman who had rescued him and learned she knew his name.

• Yu Tianlong considered Xiao Wu, the Immortal Herbs, and Ah Yin as opportunities, but judged them too dangerous or beyond his current reach.
• Two years later, Cho'Gath fought a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in the Star Dou Great Forest so Yu Tianlong could escape.
• A roar drove the bear away, and Yu Tianlong recalled Cho'Gath before collapsing; a young woman ordered her companion to carry him away.
• Yu Tianlong dreamed of his journey with Cho'Gath and their defeat by the bear, then woke in a luxurious carriage.
• Yu Tianlong thanked the young woman for saving him and promised to repay her kindness.
• The young woman recognized Yu Tianlong as the boy expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Tianlong asked how she knew him.

Qian Renxue revealed her identity to Yu Tianlong and asked him to follow her, but he resisted because he feared losing the chance to grow stronger. When she refused to let him leave after learning her secret, Yu Tianlong spotted a possible compromise in the nearby Sunset Forest.

• Qian Renxue listed Yu Tianlong’s history and invited him to follow her after revealing that she was Spirit Hall’s young master and the Heaven Dou Empire’s crown prince, Xue Qinghe.
• Yu Tianlong hesitated to accept, worrying that life with Qian Renxue would slow his cultivation, while she pointed out his remarkable strength and demanded to know his secrets.
• Yu Tianlong bluntly asked Qian Renxue to let him go and promised to keep her identity secret, but she refused, saying he could not leave now that he knew her secret.
• An aged voice announced that the carriage was approaching Sunset Forest, and Yu Tianlong realized he could follow Qian Renxue if she allowed him to train there.
• Qian Renxue disguised herself as a blond young man and told Yu Tianlong that knowing all her secrets made leaving even less likely.

Yu Tianlong negotiated with Qian Renxue to join her, revealing that his Martial Soul, Cho'Gath, could evolve by devouring Soul Beasts. Qian Renxue considered testing Cho'Gath on a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast as Yu Tianlong prepared to state his remaining conditions.

• Yu Tianlong recognized Qian Renxue as the Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince, Xue Qinghe, and asked to follow her under three conditions.
• Yu Tianlong said his first condition was that Qian Renxue not restrict his freedom, since he needed to hunt Soul Beasts to grow stronger.
• Yu Tianlong summoned Cho'Gath, revealing a large, physical Martial Soul that acted as an independent individual.
• Yu Tianlong explained that Cho'Gath evolved by devouring Soul Beasts, while hiding that it could also devour Soul Masters and others.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Cho'Gath could devour Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and Yu Tianlong learned it might be able to, though digestion could be slow.
• Qian Renxue agreed to find out later and asked Yu Tianlong to tell her his second and third conditions.

Yu Tianlong accepted Qian Renxue’s offer of protection and support in exchange for joining her, then explained his daring Soul Ring choices and described Cho’Gath’s three Soul Skills. Qian Renxue was left impressed by his courage and extraordinary Soul Ring configuration.

• Yu Tianlong asked Qian Renxue for a copy of Chrysanthemum Douluo’s rare-flower book and an education in Soul Beasts and Martial Souls, and she agreed to all his conditions.
• Qian Renxue declared Yu Tianlong under her protection, promised to find him an academy and provide Soul Beasts, and Yu Tianlong agreed to stay by her side.
• Yu Tianlong told Qian Renxue that Cho’Gath would only eat Soul Beasts at least a thousand years old, and she kneaded his face after he made the demand.
• Qian Renxue asked why Yu Tianlong had been injured, and he said a thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear had attacked him while he was already in bad shape.
• Qian Renxue saw Yu Tianlong’s three purple Soul Rings and asked whether he had been afraid to absorb them, and he explained that his body could withstand Soul Rings under ten thousand years.
• Yu Tianlong described his Soul Skills: Rupture from an eleven-hundred-year Soul Ring, The Void Walk from a forty-eight-hundred-year Soul Ring, and Feral Scream from a sixty-three-hundred-year Soul Ring.

Yu Tianlong told Qian Renxue and her guards about his powerful Soul Skills and made clear he had no intention of returning to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After reaching Heaven Dou City, he entered the crown prince’s residence with Qian Renxue, who arranged for him to rest and later register at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Yu Tianlong explained that he and Cho'Gath shared Soul Skills, including the escape skill that had helped him grow stronger.
• Yu Tianlong said he would not return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and might destroy it once he was strong enough, earning Snake Lance’s approval.
• Qian Renxue chatted with Yu Tianlong during their journey, and they arrived outside Heaven Dou City two days later.
• Qian Renxue told Yu Tianlong to call her Brother Xue in public and introduced him as her younger brother to the city guards.
• At the crown prince’s residence, Qian Renxue arranged clothes, food, and time for Yu Tianlong to rest before registering him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Tianlong washed, changed, and eagerly began eating the meal prepared at the residence.

Yu Tianlong reunited with Cho'Gath, then accompanied Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, to the Heaven Dou imperial palace. There, Qian Renxue introduced him to Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi as an eight-year-old Soul Elder, leaving both men astonished and doubtful.

• Qian Renxue arranged more food for Yu Tianlong, and he summoned Cho'Gath to eat with them.
• Cho'Gath complained that Yu Tianlong had left him in an empty space, but Yu Tianlong reassured him and Cho'Gath accepted his apology before devouring the food.
• Qian Renxue invited Yu Tianlong to meet Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi, and he agreed to accompany her to the imperial palace.
• Qian Renxue introduced Yu Tianlong to Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi and praised him as a monstrous genius.
• Qian Renxue revealed that Yu Tianlong had reached rank thirty-four Soul Power at eight years old, prompting Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi to question the claim.

Qian Renxue introduced Yu Tianlong to Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi, who were so impressed by his Martial Soul that they showered him with titles, resources, and gifts. She then took him to explore the imperial palace, leading him into the harem to meet her imperial mother.

• Yu Tianlong summoned Cho'Gath and showed Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi his three purple Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue described Yu Tianlong's background and abilities, prompting Emperor Xue Ye to make him a marquis and Ning Fengzhi to promise cultivation resources.
• Emperor Xue Ye approved Yu Tianlong's academy attendance and warned that Xue Beng should behave himself.
• Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi gave Yu Tianlong Storage Soul Tools filled with gifts and tokens.
• Qian Renxue led Yu Tianlong through the imperial palace and revealed that she was taking him to the imperial harem to meet her imperial mother.

Qian Renxue brought Yu Tianlong to meet her mother, Zhou Kexin, who was caught wearing sheer gauze and quickly got dressed. After Zhou Kexin gave Yu Tianlong a Storage Soul Tool filled with riches and rare materials, Qian Renxue hurried him away and offered to take him somewhere else.

• Yu Tianlong and Qian Renxue crossed paths with the emperor’s consorts, and Qian Renxue stepped in when they crowded around him.
• Qian Renxue took Yu Tianlong to Zhou Kexin’s palace, where they found her wearing sheer gauze.
• Qian Renxue covered Yu Tianlong’s eyes and explained that she had brought her newly adopted younger brother to meet Zhou Kexin.
• Qian Renxue told Zhou Kexin about Yu Tianlong’s talent and the regard Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi had for him.
• Zhou Kexin welcomed Yu Tianlong and gave him a Storage Soul Tool containing rare materials and two hundred-year Soul Bones.
• Qian Renxue abruptly led Yu Tianlong away, warning that Zhou Kexin was not a good person, then promised to take him somewhere else.

Qian Renxue brought Yu Tianlong to Blue Tyrant Academy, where he learned that his aunt Liu Erlong had been searching for him. They entered the forest to meet the dean, and Yu Tianlong heard someone singing ahead.

• Qian Renxue told Yu Tianlong that Liu Erlong had searched for him since the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan drove him out.
• Yu Tianlong agreed to see Liu Erlong but said he would not return to the clan if she tried to persuade him.
• Qian Renxue and Yu Tianlong entered Blue Tyrant Academy, and its gatekeeper sent Yin Shu to guide them to the dean.
• Yin Shu led Qian Renxue and Yu Tianlong through the academy grounds and into the forest beyond.
• Yu Tianlong heard a sorrowful song from ahead and privately scoffed at the women of the Douluo Continent for being so easily consumed by love.

Yu Tianlong visited Liu Erlong, hoping to learn where she stood, but she urged him to apologize to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and return. He ended their relationship as relatives and confronted her over the clan’s treatment of his family, leaving their falling-out complete.

• Qian Renxue heard Liu Erlong singing as Yu Tianlong’s group approached the secluded academy grounds.
• Liu Erlong recognized Yu Tianlong, embraced him, and urged him to apologize to his granduncle and return to the clan.
• Yu Tianlong pushed away from Liu Erlong and said he would welcome a personal relationship but would end it if she spoke for the clan.
• Yu Tianlong listed the sacrifices of his parents and grandfather and the unfair treatment he had suffered compared with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Tianlong accused Liu Erlong of defending Yu Xiaogang’s interests, severing their relationship.

Yu Tianlong rejected Liu Erlong’s attempt to bring him back to the clan and accused her of hypocrisy and favoritism toward Yu Xiaogang. Their argument turned into a fight, and after Yu Tianlong summoned Cho'Gath and wounded Liu Erlong, she prepared to retaliate.

• Yu Tianlong confronted Liu Erlong, saying the clan owed his family and condemning her for treating him differently from Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong unleashed her seven Soul Rings and pressured Yu Tianlong, claiming she would discipline him on behalf of his family.
• Yu Tianlong summoned Cho'Gath, revealing that he had become a three-ring Soul Elder at eight despite his low innate Soul Power.
• Liu Erlong attacked Yu Tianlong, while Qian Renxue let the fight continue and signaled Snake Lance and Pufferfish to intervene if needed.
• Yu Tianlong and Cho'Gath used Feral Scream to interrupt Liu Erlong’s attack, then struck her with Rupture and bone spikes.
• Liu Erlong suppressed her disrupted Soul Power, suffered injuries to her feet, and angrily vowed to kill Yu Tianlong.