Chapter Summaries

Tian Chen's party entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Soul Rings, with Huyan Li, Li Kai, Ma Hongjun, and Huyan Zhen needing to advance. When a fleeing Qian Jun Ant swarm charged them, Tian Chen had Ma Hongjun defeat it, then ordered Huyan Zhen to lead the group toward the Mixed Zone.

• Tian Chen and his party traveled from Spirit City to the town near the Star Dou Great Forest and entered the forest with Tian E.
• Huyan Zhen led the group through the dense forest while Tian Chen, Ma Hongjun, Huyan Li, and Li Kai followed.
• Tian Chen recognized a swarm of Qian Jun Ants fleeing toward them and stopped Huyan Zhen from attacking.
• Tian Chen told Ma Hongjun to handle the swarm, and Ma Hongjun's Explosive Flame Breath burned nearly a hundred ants to ashes.
• Tian E praised Ma Hongjun, and Huyan Zhen led the party deeper into the forest toward the Mixed Zone.

Tian Chen encountered a fifteen-hundred-year One-Horned Dragon in the mixed zone and tested his fourth Soul Skill while fighting it. After killing the beast, he told Li Kai to absorb its Soul Ring.

• Tian E sensed a One-Horned Dragon about two kilometers away, and Huyan Li said the beast was better suited for Li Kai.
• The One-Horned Dragon charged the group, and Tian Chen decided to handle it himself.
• Tian Chen used his fourth Soul Skill to appear on the dragon's back and severed its horn with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Tian Chen used the skill again to switch places with the airborne dragon, then pierced its neck and killed it.
• Tian Chen urged Li Kai to absorb the One-Horned Dragon's Soul Ring.

Li Kai absorbed a thousand-year One-Horned Dragon Soul Ring and gained the Mad Pig Transformation skill before Tian Chen’s party encountered three ninety-thousand-year Qian Jun Ant Emperors in Star Dou Great Forest. Huyan Zhen was knocked away when he confronted them, as the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python appeared behind the ants.

• Li Kai killed the weakened One-Horned Dragon, absorbed its Soul Ring, and gained the Mad Pig Transformation skill, which doubled his attack and defense.
• Tian Chen’s party continued deeper into Star Dou Great Forest, where a loud crash drew their attention.
• Tian E identified two approaching Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and three Soul Beasts nearing a hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Tian Chen recognized the three dark-gold Soul Beasts as the Qian Jun Ant Emperor Three Brothers, each with ninety thousand years of cultivation.
• Huyan Zhen used his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked the three Qian Jun Ant Emperors, but they sent him flying more than a hundred meters.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python approached behind the three Qian Jun Ant Emperors.

Tian E drove off the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, then crippled a Qian Jun Ant Emperor for Huyan Zhen to use as his Ninth Soul Ring. As Huyan Zhen began absorbing it, Huyan Li noticed a strange creature emerging from the dead Soul Beast.

• Tian E released his Martial Soul and pressured the five Soul Beasts while Huyan Zhen recovered from their attack.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python persuaded the Titan Giant Ape to leave, and the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts departed.
• Tian E severed a Qian Jun Ant Emperor’s limbs, knocked it unconscious, and offered its over-ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring to Huyan Zhen.
• Huyan Zhen killed the Qian Jun Ant Emperor and began absorbing its Soul Ring as Tian Chen reassured Little Fatty about the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Huyan Li spotted a soft-bodied creature wriggling out of the dead Qian Jun Ant Emperor’s mouthparts.

Tian Chen’s group discovered a nearly five-thousand-year-old Qian Jun Ant Queen inside the Qian Jun Ant Emperor’s corpse, and Huyan Li absorbed its Soul Ring. Huyan Li gained a powerful defensive skill, which Tian Chen tested and found difficult to penetrate.

• Tian E identified the surviving worm in the Qian Jun Ant Emperor’s mouthparts as a Qian Jun Ant Queen and explained how its enamel shell had helped it survive.
• Tian Chen urged Huyan Li to kill the weakened queen, and Huyan Li crushed it and began absorbing its purple Soul Ring.
• While Huyan Li and Huyan Zhen absorbed their Soul Rings, Tian Chen and the others guarded them through the night.
• Huyan Li finished absorbing the ring and revealed his fourth Soul Skill, Qian Jun Barrier, which strengthened his defense with a silver sheen over his shell-like armor.
• Tian Chen struck Huyan Li with half his strength, but his claw left only five fine white marks, confirming the barrier’s toughness.

Huyan Zhen became a Titled Douluo after absorbing the Qian Jun Ant Emperor's soul ring, and the group resumed searching the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable second soul ring for Hongjun. They wiped out a Scarlet Fire Monkey troop, but Tian Chen rejected the surviving six-hundred-year monkey as an unsuitable match for Hongjun's Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.

• Huyan Zhen finished absorbing the soul ring and entered the Titled Douluo realm.
• Tian Chen's party continued through the Mixed Zone to find a fire-attribute Soul Beast for Hongjun's second soul ring.
• A Scarlet Fire Monkey troop surrounded the party, and its ten-thousand-year Blazing Fire Monkey King attacked with a fireball.
• Huyan Zhen immobilized and killed the Blazing Fire Monkey King, then Tian Chen, Huyan Li, and Li Kai fought the troop.
• After the troop was wiped out, Tian Chen refused to use a six-hundred-year Scarlet Fire Monkey for Hongjun's soul ring, and Huyan Li killed it.

Tian Chen lured a Flame Lion King to secure Little Fatty’s second Soul Ring, then helped him absorb it. The group prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest after Little Fatty gained a powerful amplification ability.

• Tian Chen concealed the group and waited for a carnivorous Soul Beast to approach the bloodstained forest.
• A roughly six-hundred-year-old Flame Lion King arrived, and Tian Chen identified it as a suitable target for Little Fatty’s second Soul Ring.
• Tian Chen dodged the Flame Lion King’s Flame Clone Strike and killed it with Dark Gold Dreadclaw, then helped Little Fatty finish it off.
• Little Fatty absorbed the Flame Lion King’s Soul Ring and gained a second Soul Skill that boosted his attack, defense, and fire-attribute abilities by fifty percent.
• Tian Chen told Li Kai and the others to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tian E watched his grandson with pride.

After the Star Dou Great Forest trip ended successfully, Tian Chen left his grandfather and companions and traveled to Suotuo City. He entered the city’s Spirit Hall Main Hall and revealed himself to a startled Soul Saint.

• Tian Chen and the others left the Star Dou Great Forest after Huyan Zhen obtained his ninth Soul Ring and Little Fatty, Huyan Li, and Li Kai gained Soul Rings.
• Tian Chen told Tian E he would travel to Suotuo City alone, then urged Little Fatty, Huyan Li, and Li Kai to cultivate while he was away.
• Tian Chen traveled to Suotuo City, entered through its gates, and passed the Rose Hotel on his way to the Spirit Hall.
• Tian Chen used his Head Soul Bone’s Simulation skill to enter Suotuo City’s Spirit Hall Main Hall undetected, then revealed himself to the middle-aged Soul Saint, who recognized him as Young Master.

Tian Chen instructed Meng Tao to buy the Rose Hotel and discreetly watch Shrek Academy before preparing a noble identity for his trip to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He left Suotuo City in disguise and began traveling to Heaven Dou City, where he hoped to approach Qian Renxue and seek out Ye Lingling’s healing Martial Soul.

• Tian Chen told Meng Tao to purchase the Rose Hotel and keep an unobtrusive watch on Shrek Academy, noting that it had two Soul Saints.
• Tian Chen reviewed his assumed identity as Ao Tuo, a fourteen-year-old noble with a golden pangolin Martial Soul and three Soul Rings, then destroyed the document and cultivated.
• Tian Chen considered Ye Lingling and her family's Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul a valuable asset for large-scale warfare.
• Tian Chen left Suotuo City early in disguise and chose an old driver's carriage to travel to Heaven Dou City.
• Tian Chen paid the driver two Gold Soul Coins and watched the Douluo Continent's scenery as the carriage departed.

Tian Chen stopped at a border town on his way to Heaven Dou City and tried to adjust to life beyond his noble estate. When a young woman and her two Soul Ancestor attendants arrived at the inn, Tian Chen provoked one attendant, and the chapter ended as their fight began.

• Tian Chen crossed into the Silves Kingdom and agreed to spend the night in a border town.
• Tian Chen chose the town’s largest inn, ordered its signature dishes, and listened to the travelers around him.
• A beautiful silver-haired young woman entered the inn with two Soul Ancestor attendants, one wielding a tiger Martial Soul and the other a rhinoceros Martial Soul.
• The tiger Martial Soul attendant challenged Tian Chen for staring, and Tian Chen insulted him while deliberately playing the part of an arrogant noble genius.
• The attendant lunged at Tian Chen, who released his golden scales and three Soul Rings and met the attack with his first Soul Ring.

Tian Chen fought off Chen Hu and then probed the identity of the young woman traveling with Niu Pi. He suspected she was Ye Lingling after overhearing that her surname was Ye.

• Tian Chen fought Chen Hu, who planned to kill him after seeing his Soul Rings, but the girl in white stopped the attack.
• Niu Pi intervened, and Chen Hu withdrew his Martial Soul and left the inn after being confronted.
• Tian Chen suspected the girl had allowed the fight to test him, while she realized he had seen through her intentions.
• Niu Pi invited Tian Chen to drink and tried to learn his name and background; Tian Chen introduced himself as Ao Tuo and said he was heading to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Niu Pi nearly revealed the young woman's family name before she cut him off, prompting Tian Chen to suspect she was Ye Lingling.

Tian Chen tracked Chen Hu outside town and discovered that the Fire Leopard Sect planned to abduct Ye Lingling and kill him. After learning the sect was targeting the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, Tian Chen vowed to destroy the Fire Leopard Sect when he returned to Spirit City.

• Tian Chen paid the inn waiter, took a room, and used his Fourth Soul Skill to locate marked targets within his Mental Power range.
• Tian Chen concealed himself with the Wisdom Skull's Simulation Soul Skill and searched the town for Chen Hu.
• Near the outskirts, Tian Chen sensed a group of Soul Masters and overheard them plotting to capture Ye Lingling for the Fire Leopard Sect's young sect master.
• Chen Hu asked a Fire Leopard Sect leader to kill Tian Chen, and the leader agreed, claiming he had brought more than ten Soul Elders.
• Tian Chen learned that the Fire Leopard Sect sought to seize the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and swore to eliminate the sect.

Tian Chen discovered that a large Soul Master squad was targeting Ye Lingling and hurried back to the inn to get her and Niu Pi away. He left the chapter carrying a struggling Ye Lingling as Niu Pi arrived and witnessed the scene.

• Tian Chen spotted a dangerous squad led by a Soul King and decided not to confront them alone.
• Tian Chen returned to the inn and woke Niu Pi with slaps and a kick, sending him rushing upstairs.
• Tian Chen broke into Ye Lingling’s room and found her cultivating.
• Tian Chen sensed Chen Hu approaching, scooped Ye Lingling over his shoulder, and tried to leave with her.
• Ye Lingling struggled and bit Tian Chen’s shoulder, so he slapped her while Niu Pi arrived and stared at them in confusion.

Tian Chen rescued Ye Lingling and Niu Pi from the Fire Leopard Sect by teleporting them to a secluded alley. Chen Hu and the Soul King pursued them there using Ghost Orchid pollen, leaving Tian Chen facing the enemy’s ambush.

• Chen Hu arrived with more than a dozen Fire Leopard Sect Soul Masters, and Ye Lingling realized he had betrayed the Ye Family.
• Tian Chen teleported himself, Ye Lingling, and Niu Pi two hundred meters away using his simulated Soul Skill and a marked coordinate.
• Tian Chen planned to have Niu Pi hold off the Soul King while he defeated the other attackers.
• The Soul King and Chen Hu appeared in the alley, revealing that Chen Hu had used Ghost Orchid pollen to track Ye Lingling.
• Tian Chen recognized the Soul King and regretted underestimating the enemy’s preparations.

Tian Chen and Ye Lingling were cornered by Chen Hu and the Fire Leopard Sect, who sought to capture Ye Lingling. After Niu Pi charged to hold them off, Tian Chen concealed himself with his Head Soul Bone and left Ye Lingling as bait, while she wondered who he really was.

• Chen Hu revealed his betrayal and asked the old Fire Leopard Sect elder to capture Ye Lingling while he dealt with Tian Chen.
• The old man and the Fire Leopard Sect disciples released their Martial Souls and moved to attack Niu Pi, Ye Lingling, and Tian Chen.
• Niu Pi unleashed all four Soul Skills and charged the attackers, telling Tian Chen to take Ye Lingling and escape.
• Tian Chen used Instant Movement to bring Ye Lingling away, then told her to stay while he prepared to attack the marked enemies.
• Tian Chen used his Wisdom Skull's Simulation Soul Skill to vanish into the darkness, and Ye Lingling realized he possessed a Head Soul Bone.

Tian Chen ambushed Chen Hu and ten Fire Leopard Sect Soul Elders with his hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone Skill, killing them before they could fight back. After finishing off the stunned survivors, he crushed Chen Hu’s head and dismissed his earlier bravado.

• Tian Chen watched Chen Hu and ten Fire Leopard Sect Soul Elders approach, then waited until all eleven entered his attack range.
• Tian Chen deactivated his Simulation Soul Skill and used Earth Array Thrust to send stone spikes surging up around the group.
• The stone spikes killed six Soul Elders and stunned Chen Hu and the four surviving Soul Elders.
• Tian Chen used his dark gold terrorclaw bear right palm bone to kill the five stunned Soul Masters.
• Tian Chen crushed Chen Hu’s head beneath his foot and mocked him.

Tian Chen reached the battlefield and found Niu Pi badly wounded while the Fire Leopard Sect elder prepared to finish him off. As the elder explained why the Ye Family was being hunted, Tian Chen listened from hiding and concluded that the Upper Three Sects might also covet the family's Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

• Tian Chen left the corpses behind and hurried toward the town center after a powerful explosion shook the street.
• Tian Chen reached the battlefield and saw Niu Pi near collapse while the Fire Leopard Sect elder remained largely unhurt.
• Niu Pi taunted the elder and said the Ye Family would seek revenge for the attack on the young miss.
• The elder argued that the Ye Family could not count on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, claiming they also coveted the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Tian Chen listened from a rooftop and privately agreed that the Upper Three Sects might use underhanded methods to pursue the Ye Family's Martial Soul.

Tian Chen intervened just as the Fire Leopard Sect elder was about to kill Niu Pi, then used his powerful defenses and Dark Gold Dreadclaw to defeat the Soul King. The elder lay dead, while Niu Pi had been rescued from the fatal attack.

• Tian Chen watched the Fire Leopard Sect elder and Niu Pi fight while restoring his Soul Power and preparing to intervene.
• The elder activated his Martial Soul and attacked Niu Pi, who was exhausted and had accepted that he would not survive.
• Tian Chen used his fourth Soul Skill to switch places with Niu Pi and confronted the elder's flaming leopard claws.
• Tian Chen's protective Soul Skills and resistance to fire let him withstand the attack, and his Dark Gold Dreadclaw pierced the elder's palm.
• The elder became distracted by the Soul Bone in Tian Chen's claw, and Tian Chen struck him with a three-meter-long Dark Gold Dreadclaw phantom, killing him.

Tian Chen defeated the old man and reunited with Ye Lingling, whose Nine Heart Begonia healed Niu Pi’s severe injuries. After Niu Pi thanked him, Tian Chen urged them to leave town before more attackers arrived, and Ye Lingling agreed.

• Tian Chen killed the old man, washed the blood from his hands, and carried the unconscious Niu Pi away.
• Tian Chen found Ye Lingling and brought Niu Pi to her, and she used her Nine Heart Begonia to heal him.
• Niu Pi awoke and thanked Tian Chen, while Ye Lingling quietly reflected on Tian Chen and his lecherous behavior.
• Tian Chen warned that the attackers might have more accomplices and suggested they leave town, and Ye Lingling agreed.

Tian Chen invited Ye Lingling and Niu Pi to travel with him after their fight, and Ye Lingling insisted on paying him with her last hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. As the carriage left town, Ye Lingling examined Tian Chen with her Soul Power and reacted with astonishment.

• Tian Chen found the coachman waiting outside the emptied inn and offered Ye Lingling and Niu Pi a place in his carriage.
• Ye Lingling offered Tian Chen her hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins as payment for saving them, but he said he had been joking and she pressed the Soul Crystal Card into his hand anyway.
• Ye Lingling sat beside Tian Chen so the injured Niu Pi could have a bench to himself, and the three left town by carriage.
• Niu Pi fell asleep while Ye Lingling watched Tian Chen, then used a Soul Power fluctuation from her forehead to examine him and widened her eyes in surprise.