Chapter Summaries

Tian E wounded Chrysanthemum Douluo and forced Bibi Dong to end the confrontation before the year-end tournament began. Tian Chen drew number three and faced a Spirit Hall Academy student with an Ice Armor White Bear Martial Soul, whose Frost Armor formed as their fight started.

• Tian E withdrew his Martial Soul after Chrysanthemum Douluo apologized, and Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to take Yue Guan for treatment.
• Bibi Dong allowed the crowd to rise and ordered the repaired Soul Fighting platform’s year-end tournament to begin.
• The students drew numbered tokens, and Tian Chen drew number three and entered one of the arenas.
• Tian Chen’s opponent revealed his Ice Armor White Bear Martial Soul, and the two rushed at each other after the referee began the match.
• The opponent activated his Second Soul Skill, Frost Armor, covering his body in ice crystals before Tian Chen’s crocodile claw struck.

Tian Chen defeated a Spirit Hall Academy student, prompting Bibi Dong to concede her wager with Tian E and hand over the soul bone. After forfeiting the rest of the tournament, Tian Chen left the arena and waited for his grandfather.

• Tian Chen pierced through the Ice Armor White Bear student's defenses, and the student surrendered.
• Bibi Dong conceded her wager and gave Tian E the concealed soul bone.
• After Tian E sent him a message, Tian Chen forfeited the remaining matches and left Soul Fighting Platform One.
• Tian Chen fed dried soul-beast meat to the two Diamond Tigers and rested on their bellies while waiting for Tian E.

Tian Chen returned to the castle with the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull and fused it under Tian E’s watch. The fusion strengthened his mental power and granted him a soul skill, but his soul power remained at level 22.

• Tian E gave Tian Chen the leather pouch containing the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, and Tian Chen considered his plans to obtain immortal herbs and strengthen his position.
• Tian Chen and Tian E went to a secret chamber beneath the castle so Tian Chen could fuse with the soul bone.
• Tian Chen discovered that the Wisdom Skull contained mental power and began absorbing it, gaining a growing ability to perceive and control mental power.
• Tian E urged Tian Chen to focus when his expanding mental power distracted him, then kept watch as the fusion continued for a day and a night.
• Tian Chen awoke with heightened perception and told Tian E that the soul bone had given him a good soul skill, though his soul power remained at level 22.

Four years later, Tian Chen had reached Soul Elder and become a top-ranked fighter in Spirit City's Great Soul Arena. After Meng Tao located a village, Tian Chen planned to leave with him, then confronted his grandfather Tian E about his matchmaking efforts.

• At eleven, Tian Chen had reached Level 35 and won an unbroken streak of fights to earn the Great Soul Arena's Diamond Soul Fighting title.
• Tian Chen dismissed his maids when he sensed Meng Tao arrive with a file confirming he had located the village.
• Tian Chen praised Meng Tao and told him to prepare to accompany him the next day.
• Tian E reviewed Spirit Hall Academy students as potential partners for Tian Chen and decided only a girl from the Pope's Palace was suitable.
• Tian Chen complained that Tian E should stop worrying about his marriage, and Tian E challenged him to explain why he had come.

Tian Chen received Tian E’s permission to travel to Nuoding City and arranged for Huyan Zhen to accompany him. After inviting Huyan Zhen to meet him the next morning, Tian Chen returned to his room and continued cultivating.

• Tian Chen told Tian E he wanted to leave Spirit City, and Tian E approved the trip and suggested he bring Huyan Zhen.
• Tian Chen learned that Ma Hongjun’s birthplace fell under Nuoding City’s jurisdiction and looked forward to visiting.
• Tian Chen asked Huyan Zhen to accompany him to Nuoding City, and Huyan Zhen agreed.
• Huyan Li asked Tian Chen to go to the Soul Fighting Arena, but Tian Chen declined and left.
• Tian Chen returned to his room and cultivated his Soul Power.

Tian Chen left Spirit City with Huyan Zhen and Meng Tao and traveled to Nuoding City. At the city gate, Meng Tao identified the group as Spirit Hall officials and ordered the guards to let them pass.

• Tian Chen said goodbye to Tian E, and Huyan Zhen followed him out of the estate.
• Tian Chen introduced Huyan Zhen to Meng Tao, and the three boarded a carriage pulled by Diamond Tigers.
• Tian Chen cultivated during the journey while Huyan Zhen and Meng Tao watched over him.
• As the carriage reached Nuoding City's gate, frightened civilians and city guards gathered around it.
• Tian Chen sent Meng Tao to handle the guards, and Meng Tao showed his Spirit Hall token and ordered them to clear the way.

Tian Chen arrived at Nuoding City's Spirit Hall Branch and summoned Sisi and Su Yuntao. He met the pair and mocked Su Yuntao as “Blind Douluo,” while planning to have him awaken the little fatty's Martial Soul.

• Tian Chen entered Nuoding City and had Meng Tao show the Spirit Hall guards his token.
• Zhu Kuo, the branch hall master, came out to greet Tian Chen and his companions.
• Tian Chen asked who would handle the Martial Soul Awakening in Grass Chicken Village and learned it was Sisi.
• Tian Chen ordered Zhu Kuo to summon Sisi and Su Yuntao, intending for Su Yuntao to awaken the little fatty's Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao and Sisi entered Zhu Kuo's office, and Tian Chen called Su Yuntao “Blind Douluo.”

Tian Chen ordered Su Yuntao to accompany him to Grass Chicken Village to awaken the village children’s Martial Souls, but rejected Sisi when she tried to join them. After Meng Tao intimidated Sisi and Zhu Kuo, Tian Chen decided the group would stay overnight at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch and ordered Sisi removed.

• Zhu Kuo prompted Su Yuntao and Sisi to pay their respects to Tian Chen and his companions, and both deacons introduced themselves with humble bows.
• Tian Chen ordered Su Yuntao to accompany him to Grass Chicken Village the next day to awaken the children’s Martial Souls, and Su Yuntao agreed.
• Sisi asked to accompany them, but Tian Chen rebuked her for trying to influence his decision.
• Meng Tao released his Martial Soul and pressured Sisi and Zhu Kuo, who scolded Sisi and defended himself with his own Martial Soul.
• Tian Chen asked Zhu Kuo whether the group could stay overnight, then ordered him to arrange a welcoming feast and have Sisi removed.

Tian Chen sent Meng Tao to hunt two specific Soul Beasts before attending a banquet at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch. After Meng Tao brought them back, Tian Chen offered them as an extra dish and left with him.

• Tian Chen dismissed Huyan Zhen and privately ordered Meng Tao to hunt a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake and a Ghost Vine with over six hundred years of cultivation.
• Meng Tao left for the Soul Hunting Forest northeast of Nuoding City to find and kill the two Soul Beasts.
• Zhu Kuo escorted Tian Chen and Huyan Zhen to a banquet attended by Nuoding City's Spirit Hall deacons.
• Tian Chen sampled the banquet food, found it unimpressive, and declined Zhu Kuo's offer to prepare other dishes.
• Meng Tao arrived with the Soul Beasts' bodies, and the deacons recognized them with surprise.
• Tian Chen checked the Soul Beasts, offered them as an extra dish, and left with Meng Tao.

Tian Chen traveled from Nuoding City to Grass Chicken Village to observe Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul awakening. The chapter ended as Ma Hongjun awakened a powerful phoenix Martial Soul, satisfying Tian Chen that his trip had been worthwhile.

• Tian Chen left Nuoding City with Meng Tao, Huyan Zhen, and Su Yuntao, then ordered Su Yuntao to speak with the villagers at Grass Chicken Village.
• Su Yuntao brought the village chief to Tian Chen, who asked him to follow the usual Martial Soul awakening procedure while Tian Chen watched.
• At the village’s Spirit Hall, Tian Chen spotted the red-haired, chubby Ma Hongjun among seven children and told Su Yuntao to awaken him first.
• Ma Hongjun held out his right hand, and a dark red phantom phoenix appeared behind him, startling Su Yuntao and delighting Tian Chen.

Tian Chen discovered that Ma Hongjun had a powerful Phoenix Martial Soul and innate level nine Soul Power, then offered to take him to Spirit City for cultivation. The village chief agreed, and Tian Chen left with Ma Hongjun.

• Tian Chen gave Ma Hongjun a blue crystal ball to test his Martial Soul, and the ball lit up with dazzling blue light.
• Su Yuntao identified Ma Hongjun's innate Soul Power as level nine and recognized the strength of his mutated Martial Soul.
• Tian Chen told Ma Hongjun he could become a powerful Soul Master and asked Su Yuntao to finish awakening the other children's Martial Souls.
• Tian Chen asked the village chief for permission to take Ma Hongjun to Spirit City, and the village chief agreed after packing his luggage.
• Tian Chen placed a hand on Ma Hongjun's shoulder and left with him.

Tian Chen brought the newly awakened little fatty, whom he called Hongjun, back to Spirit City and began treating him as a potential friend rather than a subordinate. They arrived at Tian Chen’s family manor after nightfall.

• Tian Chen offered to carry the little fatty’s bundle, stored it in his Soul Tool, and asked him to call him Brother Chen.
• The little fatty tentatively accepted Tian Chen’s offer, and Tian Chen began calling him Hongjun.
• Tian Chen showed Hongjun his bracelet-shaped Soul Tool and explained how it stored belongings.
• Tian Chen, Hongjun, Huyan Zhen, and Meng Tao rode toward Spirit City while Tian Chen cultivated in the carriage.
• The city guards recognized Tian Chen’s carriage and opened the gates, and the group reached the entrance to his family manor.

Tian Chen went to the Elder Hall after Qian Daoliu summoned him and learned that Qian Renxue was the reason for the meeting. His grandfather said the matter had to do with her, leaving Tian Chen wondering what Qian Daoliu intended.

• Tian Chen taught Ma Hongjun how to circulate Soul Power, then left him to visit the Elder Hall.
• Tian Chen hurried to the Elder Hall and worried that Qian Daoliu might have watched him growing up.
• Tian Chen entered the Worship Hall and found Qian Daoliu speaking with his grandfather, Tian E.
• Qian Daoliu praised Tian Chen's talent, and Tian E said he could not compare with Qian Renxue.
• Tian E explained that Qian Renxue was Qian Daoliu's granddaughter and that the summons concerned her.

Tian Chen learned that Tian E and Qian Daoliu wanted him to assist Qian Renxue’s plan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy by delivering poison and using his Soul Bone skill. He agreed to go after turning twelve, leaving him a year to prepare.

• Tian E told Tian Chen he would study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and help Xiao Xue carry out her plan.
• Tian E gave Tian Chen two bottles of compound poison and warned him not to touch it.
• Tian E said Tian Chen would leave after turning twelve and should spend the year mastering his Soul Bone skill.
• Qian Daoliu confirmed that the choice was Tian Chen’s, and Tian Chen agreed to serve Spirit Hall.
• Tian Chen told Tian E about Little Fatty on their way back to the estate, surprising and delighting his grandfather.

Tian Chen returned to the castle and practiced using the Simulation Soul Skill from his Wisdom Skull, which let him change the appearance of his Soul Rings and surroundings. He considered sending Ma Hongjun to Spirit Hall Academy and continued preparing for his future undercover mission at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Tian E told Tian Chen he would gather Titled Douluo to help him obtain a hundred-thousand-year Ninth Soul Ring, and advised him to master his Wisdom Skull skill instead of returning to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Tian Chen reflected that his Wisdom Skull skill was Simulation, a support ability that used almost no Soul Power and could disguise his Soul Rings and surroundings.
• Tian Chen saw Ma Hongjun cultivating and considered sending him to Spirit Hall Academy because he would soon leave to go undercover at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tian Chen released his Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul and practiced changing his Soul Ring colors, but the effort left his mind drained.
• Tian Chen decided he still had time to practice and thought he could ask Little Fox for help before resuming cultivation.

Tian Chen brought Ma Hongjun to Spirit Hall Academy and arranged for him to join the beginner class before seeking Hu Liena for help understanding his Wisdom Skull’s Simulation Soul Skill. The chapter ended with Hu Liena spotting Tian Chen in the corridor and Tian Chen gesturing for her to slip out of class.

• Tian Chen decided to temper his body at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before absorbing his fourth Soul Ring so he could pursue an older one.
• Tian Chen took Ma Hongjun to Spirit Hall Academy and told him to study hard and reach rank ten.
• Tian Chen introduced Ma Hongjun to beginner class teacher Chen Yuyang, who agreed to arrange his enrollment.
• Tian Chen left Ma Hongjun in the beginner class and went to the intermediate classroom to find Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena noticed Tian Chen outside the classroom, and he gestured for her to slip out.

Tian Chen took Hu Liena to a meditation room at Spirit Hall Academy so she could guide his mental power into alignment with his soul power. The two successfully began fusing their mental power, then intertwined it with Tian Chen’s soul power under Hu Liena’s guidance.

• Hu Liena’s teacher dismissed her from class without objection, and Tian Chen invited her to eat with him.
• Tian Chen led Hu Liena to the academy’s meditation rooms and rented a grade-A room.
• Tian Chen explained that he wanted Hu Liena to guide his mental power in aligning with his soul power.
• Hu Liena released her martial soul and began merging her mental power with Tian Chen’s.
• Hu Liena guided their fused mental power as it began intertwining with Tian Chen’s soul power.

After cultivating with Hu Liena, Tian Chen went shopping with her and found a rare piece of thousand-year whale rubber. Hu Liena misunderstood his interest in it and angrily ran to the Pope's Palace, while Tian Chen bought it anyway.

• Tian Chen and Hu Liena finished their Mental Power cultivation, and Hu Liena confronted him about taking a Soul Bone Bibi Dong had intended for her.
• Tian Chen and Hu Liena left Spirit Hall Academy together, drawing curious looks from other students as Hu Liena took his hand and hurried them out.
• Tian Chen spotted a piece of thousand-year whale rubber in a shop and learned the shopkeeper was asking five thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Hu Liena accused Tian Chen of wanting the whale rubber as an aphrodisiac and called him a bastard before running toward the Pope's Palace.
• Tian Chen dismissed Hu Liena's reaction and paid the shopkeeper for the whale rubber.

Tian Chen bought a thousand-year piece of whale rubber, then learned that his grandfather, Tian E, possessed a ten-thousand-year piece. Tian E also revealed that their family branch came from outside the Douluo Continent, leaving Tian Chen to suspect a connection to Sea God Island.

• The shopkeeper recognized Tian Chen's purple-gold card and offered to sell him the whale rubber for only one hundred Gold Soul Coins, but Tian Chen insisted on paying its proper price.
• Tian Chen returned to his family's estate and asked Tian E about whale rubber.
• Tian E showed Tian Chen a piece of ten-thousand-year whale glue that he had obtained by killing a twenty-thousand-year Deep Sea Demon Whale.
• Tian E told Tian Chen that their ancestors' genealogy suggested their family branch was not native to the Douluo Continent and that he had grown up in Vast Sea City.
• Tian Chen suspected their Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul connected their family to Sea God Island, while Tian E said he would explain his theories when Tian Chen was stronger.

Tian Chen consumed thousand-year whale rubber and discovered it could strengthen his physique and raise the age of his next Soul Ring. After cultivating to control its effects, he encountered Zhang Ping outside his room and sent her away.

• Tian E melted the thousand-year whale rubber, and Tian Chen ate it despite its strong fishy taste.
• The whale rubber flooded Tian Chen's body with heat, so he hurried to his room to cultivate while Tian E sent two maids to guard outside.
• Tian Chen used his Mental Power to suppress the whale rubber's effects and estimated that it could raise his next Soul Ring's age by at least five hundred years.
• Tian Chen considered buying more whale rubber in coastal cities rather than risking Tian E's safety on a deep-sea hunt.
• Zhang Ping walked out of Tian Chen's open room and bumped into him; after briefly checking his forehead, she withdrew her hand, and he told her to leave.