Chapter Summaries

Tian Chen revealed his true appearance to Ye Lingling after she discovered his disguise, and they agreed to keep each other’s secrets. Ye Lingling was drawn to him but snapped at him when he reprimanded her.

• Tian Chen considered how to handle Ye Lingling after realizing she had seen through his disguise and learned she possessed a Head Soul Bone.
• Ye Lingling confronted Tian Chen about his alias, and he challenged her for revealing her Soul Bone.
• Ye Lingling offered to accept death if he wanted to take her bone, trusting that he harbored no ill intent toward her.
• Tian Chen removed his human-skin mask and asked Ye Lingling to keep his identity secret in exchange for his silence about her Soul Bone.
• Ye Lingling admired Tian Chen’s appearance and considered that her grandfather would approve of him as a partner.
• Tian Chen reprimanded the distracted Ye Lingling, and she angrily told him he was yelling too loudly.

Tian Chen traveled into the Silves Kingdom with Ye Lingling and Niu Pi, reflecting on his ambitions and his growing closeness with Ye Lingling. When he shared rare Soul Beast ingredients, Ye Lingling mocked his claim to be a down-and-out noble, while Niu Pi accepted his explanation.

• Tian Chen finished cultivating in the carriage and watched Ye Lingling sleep against his arm, thinking about the forces he planned to gather and his future ambitions.
• Ye Lingling woke, called Tian Chen a pervert, and moved to the window while he recalled advice from his simp friend about signs of a woman's affection.
• Niu Pi woke and thanked Tian Chen, then offered to buy him drinks in the next city.
• Tian Chen brought out dried Soul Beast meat, ale, and a frozen flying fish, and Niu Pi was astonished by the ingredients' rarity and value.
• Ye Lingling mocked Tian Chen's claim that he was a down-and-out noble, and Tian Chen said he had found the flying fish wounded near Eastsea City.
• Niu Pi believed Tian Chen's explanation, while Ye Lingling remained skeptical.

Tian Chen cooked flying fish for Ye Lingling and Niu Pi, then traveled with them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after resting in Silves City. He and Ye Lingling entered the academy together as Niu Pi returned to report to her grandfather.

• Tian Chen prepared flying fish sashimi and offered Ye Lingling a taste, which she accepted and ate herself.
• Tian Chen, Ye Lingling, and Niu Pi chatted during the journey and reached Silves City, where they rested for two days.
• Tian Chen invited Ye Lingling to stroll around Silves City, and she agreed after studying him for several minutes.
• Tian Chen's party resumed their journey and arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after three days on the road.
• Niu Pi asked Tian Chen to look after Ye Lingling, and she asked Niu Pi to tell her grandfather not to worry before entering the academy with Tian Chen.

Tian Chen and Ye Lingling reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Tian Chen defeated two students who tried to intimidate them. Teacher Qin Ming intervened on Tian Chen’s behalf and escorted the pair toward enrollment.

• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and encountered four students leaving the grounds.
• Two male students confronted Tian Chen and released their Martial Souls, but Ye Lingling tried to stop him from causing trouble.
• Tian Chen revealed that he was a Soul Elder and kicked both students unconscious without using a Soul Skill.
• Teacher Sun criticized Tian Chen for hitting the students too hard, while Qin Ming defended him and offered to take responsibility.
• Qin Ming introduced himself as the teacher in charge of the incoming class and led Tian Chen and Ye Lingling inside.

Tian Chen and Ye Lingling arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qin Ming introduced the campus and its student levels. They met Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng, whose Martial Soul reacted strangely to Tian Chen, and Yu Tianheng agreed to show the newcomers to the dormitories.

• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Qin Ming, who explained that its lake was a purpose-built Mimicry Training Ground.
• Qin Ming led the newcomers to the academy square and explained the student levels and their benefits.
• Tian Chen recognized Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng, while Yu Tianheng sensed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul reacting to Tian Chen.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling studied each other with guarded curiosity as Qin Ming asked Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng to show the newcomers the dormitories.
• Yu Tianheng agreed to guide Tian Chen and Ye Lingling, eager to learn more about Tian Chen.

Tian Chen and Ye Lingling registered at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where their talents drew attention and Dugu Yan befriended Ye Lingling. Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng’s invitation to dinner and left with Ye Lingling.

• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling introduced themselves to the teachers, revealing Tian Chen was a rank thirty-one Soul Elder and Ye Lingling possessed the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan recognized Ye Lingling as the Nine Heart Begonia’s successor and offered to be her roommate and friend.
• Tian Chen collected his dormitory key and left to settle into his room, saying he would meet Ye Lingling for a meal later.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about Tian Chen being her boyfriend, and Ye Lingling denied it.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan to dinner, but Dugu Yan rejected him and left with Ye Lingling.

Tian Chen moved into his dormitory at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and met his roommate, Yu Feng. He reunited with Ye Lingling and walked with her through a grove, where they heard someone panting in the grass.

• Tian Chen checked in at the academy dormitory and found his room already open.
• Yu Feng introduced himself as Tian Chen's roommate, and Tian Chen recognized him as a member of the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Tian Chen inspected his well-equipped room, then returned to the square and found Ye Lingling turning away students by saying she was waiting for her boyfriend.
• Tian Chen approached Ye Lingling, and the two left the square together after she followed him.
• As they passed through a dim grove, Ye Lingling blushed at rapid panting from the nearby grass and hurried along while holding Tian Chen's arm; Tian Chen probed the source with his Mental Power.

Tian Chen began classes at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after spending several days cultivating and considering how to combine his Soul Skills. He sat beside Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan in Qin Ming’s classroom, where Yu Tianheng’s jealousy surfaced as he watched Tian Chen near Dugu Yan.

• Tian Chen avoided Ye Lingling for three days and focused on cultivation while considering whether his spatial Soul Skill could transport an opponent’s Soul Skills.
• The new students arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Tian Chen noticed Osler, Yu Tianheng, and the Shi Brothers living on the fourth floor.
• Yu Feng reminded Tian Chen that classes were starting, and the two went to the main campus classroom in their uniforms.
• Tian Chen chose a seat beside Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, while Ye Lingling remained upset with him and Dugu Yan teased her about her feelings.
• Qin Ming introduced himself as the new students’ teacher and explained how they would be divided into classes after three months.
• Yu Tianheng stood to explain why Soul Masters with complementary combat roles were grouped together, while jealousy toward Tian Chen and Dugu Yan troubled him.

During Qin Ming’s lesson, Yu Tianheng’s jealousy toward Tian Chen grew as he focused on Dugu Yan, while Tian Chen contemplated killing Yu Tianheng and claiming his clan’s Soul Bones. The lesson continued with Tian Chen answering a question on martial soul inheritance, and he ended the class holding Ye Lingling’s hand beneath the desk.

• Yu Tianheng answered Qin Ming’s question and watched Dugu Yan, while Ye Lingling teased her about rejecting him.
• Tian Chen considered killing Yu Tianheng and taking the three Soul Bones inherited by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ye Lingling alerted Tian Chen that Qin Ming had called on him, and Tian Chen explained how martial soul inheritance and mutation worked.
• Tian Chen held Ye Lingling’s hand beneath the desk, and she protested quietly before the class returned its attention to Qin Ming’s lecture.

Tian Chen and his classmates were summoned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Soul Fighting Arena, where they found a delegation from the Four Elements Academies. The education commissioners began an academy exchange and appointed Qin Ming to preside over it.

• Dugu Yan invited Tian Chen and Ye Lingling to visit her grandfather, but an academy-wide summons interrupted them.
• Tian Chen, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan went to the Soul Fighting Arena and saw students from Blazing Fire, Skywater, Godwind, and Thunder Academies gathered there.
• Tian Chen recognized Feng Xiaotian among the Godwind Academy students and realized why he had come to Heaven Dou City.
• The four visiting academy leaders introduced themselves to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education commissioners, who agreed to begin an academy exchange.
• Meng Shenji appointed Qin Ming to preside over the exchange, and Qin Ming stepped into the arena.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy selected four students for an exchange melee against the Four Elements Academy, while Feng Xiaotian revealed that he had slowed his cultivation to develop a self-created soul skill. The chapter ended as Huo Wu and Dugu Yan faced off, each stating her rank before the match began.

• Feng Yuange told Meng Shenji that Feng Xiaotian had reached rank thirty-six after delaying cultivation to practice a self-created soul skill.
• Qin Ming chose Tian Chen, Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Shi Mo to represent Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the melee.
• Four students from the Four Elements Academy stepped forward, including Huo Wu, who challenged Dugu Yan with a pointed announcement of her rank thirty-one cultivation.
• Dugu Yan answered that she was a rank thirty-four Control-Type Battle Spirit Master and met Huo Wu's challenge without backing down.

At the Soul Fighting match, Tian Chen faced Yu Tianxin, a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Elder, while the other participants paired off. Tian Chen crushed Yu Tianxin’s Thunder Dragon Claw with his bare claw, and the encounter strengthened his resolve to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Huo Wu identified Tian Chen as the person who had taken her things, and Shui Bing'er challenged her claim that she had simply been outmatched.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin agreed to switch opponents, and Qin Ming started the match between the eight Soul Elders.
• Huo Wu fought Dugu Yan while Yu Tianheng confronted Huo Wushuang, and Yu Tianxin launched his Thunder Dragon Claw at Tian Chen.
• Tian Chen caught Yu Tianxin’s attack with his golden crocodile claw and crushed it, revealing the strength of his Martial Soul and right palm bone.
• Tian Chen judged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul a threat to his plans and became more determined to slaughter the clan.

Tian Chen defeated Yu Tianxin and used his spatial Soul Skill to turn Yu Tianxin’s lightning attack against four opponents, earning recognition at the exchange gathering. After naming the skill Flying Thunder God, he left the platform while Qin Ming considered taking him as a disciple.

• Yu Tianxin activated Thunderous Fury and unleashed his lightning-arrow Soul Skill at Tian Chen.
• Tian Chen used a burst of silver light to absorb Yu Tianxin’s attack, then split it into four streams aimed at Yu Tianxin, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing’er.
• Yu Tianxin and Shui Bing’er endured the redirected attack, while the dean of Blazing Fire Academy intervened to save Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu.
• Shui Bing’er asked Tian Chen what his Third Soul Skill was called, and he named it Flying Thunder God.
• The spectators applauded Tian Chen’s victory, and he told Qin Ming that his Martial Soul was mutated before leaving the platform.
• Qin Ming considered approaching Tian Chen later to ask him to become his disciple.

After Tian Chen impressed the students with his strength, Qin Ming invited him and the others to lunch in Heaven Dou City. Tian Chen decided to visit Sunset Forest to deliver Dugu Bo’s antidote and cultivate, while the group’s meal brought them closer together.

• Ye Lingling teased Tian Chen about talking with Shui Bing'er, but he explained that they had discussed Soul Skills.
• Tian Chen remembered that he had delayed delivering Dugu Bo’s antidote and decided to travel to Sunset Forest to deliver it and cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qin Ming invited Tian Chen, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and the others to lunch in Heaven Dou City, and Tian Chen accepted.
• The group ate at the Sunset Hotel, where the meal eased tensions and Yu Tianheng shared drinks with Tian Chen after recognizing his closeness with Ye Lingling.

Tian Chen received three months of leave from Qin Ming and left Heaven Dou City for Sunset Forest. As he entered the unfamiliar part of the forest, he enjoyed its scenery and imagined living in seclusion near the Lake of Life after killing the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.

• At dinner, Tian Chen asked Qin Ming for leave, and Qin Ming approved three months on the condition that he return for the tournament before class assignments.
• Yu Feng teased Tian Chen about leaving, and Ye Lingling reacted with a cold stare before reluctantly letting him go.
• After Tian Chen left, Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about him and thought Yu Tianheng was no match for the man she had in mind.
• Tian Chen left Heaven Dou City and entered Sunset Forest from an unfamiliar direction, enjoying the forest's fresh air and scenery.

Tian Chen entered Sunset Forest to search for a Soul Beast and encountered an injured Man Faced Demon Spider near a Soul King and a young woman with the same spider Martial Soul. After Tian Chen refused the woman's demand for help and vanished, the Man Faced Demon Spider attacked the pair, and the middle-aged man met its charge.

• Tian Chen traveled deep into Sunset Forest under his Simulation Soul Skill and sensed blood and violent Soul Power nearby.
• Tian Chen discovered a nearly four-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and noticed it was injured and surrounded by poisonous silk.
• A young woman and a middle-aged Soul King emerged and ordered Tian Chen to stop the spider; Tian Chen realized the woman possessed a Man Faced Demon Spider Martial Soul.
• The young woman offered Tian Chen a bargain, but he insulted her and used his Fourth Soul Skill to disappear.
• The middle-aged man warned the young woman that the spider had one web attack left, then blocked its charge with his strengthened arms.

A middle-aged Soul Master and an alluring woman hunted a Man Faced Demon Spider, but the woman turned against him and revealed her connection to the beast. She left the middle-aged man trapped in her venomous web and identified herself as the beast he had been hunting.

• The rank-fifty-nine middle-aged man battered the Man Faced Demon Spider while it dodged his attacks and protected its vulnerable eyes.
• The alluring woman promised to restrain the spider and used her third Soul Skill to cast a venomous web over it.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider unexpectedly shot a white web at the middle-aged man, who dodged it and was caught in the woman's black web instead.
• The middle-aged man struggled against the web's venom as the spider approached the woman submissively, and she healed its wounds.
• The alluring woman pressed a spider leg against the middle-aged man's chest and whispered that she was the beast he had been talking about.

Tian Chen discovered that the seductive woman was a hundred-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider in human form and launched a surprise attack while she cultivated. His Earth Array Thrust crippled the Man Faced Demon Spider, but the woman completed her fourth Soul Ring and began draining the beast.

• The seductive woman devoured a middle-aged Soul Master's heart and absorbed the rest of his life force through her spider legs.
• Tian Chen realized she was a hundred-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider in human form and decided to kill her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tian Chen concealed himself, avoided the spider webs, and approached the cultivating woman and beast.
• Tian Chen used Earth Array Thrust to pierce the Man Faced Demon Spider's six vulnerable eyes.
• The seductive woman completed her fourth purple Soul Ring, recognized Tian Chen, and drained the wounded Man Faced Demon Spider.

Tian Chen fought the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Man Faced Spider Emperor, whose domain suppressed his Mental Power. As their battle escalated, a silver dragon-headed staff appeared and three figures approached, leaving Tian Chen to wonder if Dragon Duke and Snake Granny had arrived.

• The Man Faced Spider Emperor formed a domain and advanced on Tian Chen, intending to devour him.
• The Spider Emperor trapped Tian Chen with a giant web, but he used his Soul Power mark to teleport above the dead Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Tian Chen attacked with Earth Array Thrust, and the Spider Emperor escaped on golden silk strands.
• The Spider Emperor unleashed poisonous white mist that dissolved the surrounding plants and trees.
• A silver dragon-headed staff appeared and dispersed the mist, and Tian Chen saw three figures approaching.

Tian Chen encountered Dragon Duke Meng Shu, Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran after Meng Shu captured the human-transformed Man Faced Spider Emperor. Pressured to reveal his affiliations, Tian Chen claimed he belonged to no sect and blamed his rapid cultivation on his mutated Martial Soul.

• Meng Shu attacked the Man Faced Spider Emperor, then struck again and knocked her unconscious after she regenerated from her wounds.
• Meng Shu demanded to know which sect Tian Chen belonged to and considered killing or recruiting him depending on his answer.
• Tian Chen said he had joined no sect, explaining that he benefited from Spirit Hall's resources without formally belonging to it.
• Meng Yiran accused Tian Chen of lying, but he attributed his rapid cultivation to his mutated Martial Soul.
• Meng Shu examined Tian Chen's unfamiliar Martial Soul and believed much of his explanation.