Chapter Summaries

Tian Chen joined Meng Shu’s clan under the alias Chen Tian after his Soul Bone was exposed. As Meng Shu’s group prepared to help Meng Yiran obtain a Soul Ring, a huge swarm of Man Faced Demon Spiders surrounded them, while Dugu Bo sensed trouble nearby and changed course.

• Meng Shu offered Tian Chen a place in his clan, and Tian Chen agreed while inwardly planning to leave if the clan fell.
• Tian Chen introduced himself as Chen Tian, a seventeen-year-old rank forty-three Power Attack System Battle Soul Ancestor with a crocodile Martial Soul.
• Meng Shu and Tian Chen sensed danger, and Meng Shu told Meng Yiran they had found her second Soul Ring.
• A swarm of Man Faced Demon Spiders surrounded the group, including three with over ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Dugu Bo sensed something and changed his flight path toward the disturbance.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang tried to retreat from the Man Faced Demon Spiders with Tian Chen and the unconscious Man Faced Spider Emperor, but Dugu Bo arrived and demanded the beast. Tian Chen left with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, while Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang were left behind.

• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu decided to retreat, with Meng Shu staying behind to hold off the Man Faced Demon Spiders.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived, and Dugu Bo ordered Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to leave the Man Faced Spider Emperor behind.
• Meng Shu chose to withdraw rather than risk a fight with Dugu Bo.
• Tian Chen used his Fourth Soul Skill to move to Dugu Bo's side and refused to leave with Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang.
• Dugu Bo flew away with Tian Chen, Dugu Yan, and the unconscious Man Faced Spider Emperor.

Tian Chen and Dugu Bo planned to ambush Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to keep them from revealing the transformed Man Faced Spider Emperor. After Dugu Bo left to recruit Huyan Zhen, Dugu Yan told Tian Chen that their grandfathers had arranged for them to marry, but Tian Chen avoided responding directly.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang decided to return to their clan and confront Dugu Bo, threatening to spread word of the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast if they could not claim it.
• Dugu Bo brought Tian Chen and Dugu Yan back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tian Chen explained his conflict with Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang and revealed the Man Faced Spider Emperor’s domain.
• Dugu Bo considered the transformed Man Faced Spider Emperor a powerful future match for Dugu Yan and agreed with Tian Chen that they should prepare to kill Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang if they came after them.
• Tian Chen gave Dugu Bo a token and asked him to bring Huyan Zhen from the Elephant Armor Sect; Dugu Bo agreed and left the valley.
• Dugu Yan told Tian Chen that Grandpa Tian had asked her grandfather to arrange their marriage after they turned eighteen, but Tian Chen said they should leave the future for later and went to cultivate.

Tian Chen cultivated in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Yan trained nearby, until Dugu Bo and the newly advanced Titled Douluo Huyan Zhen arrived. Tian Chen ordered Huyan Zhen to help kill Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, and the two set out to confront them as Dugu Yan pressed Tian Chen about meeting Ye Lingling.

• Tian Chen used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to absorb more of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot’s effects, while Dugu Yan cultivated on the shore.
• Dugu Bo and Huyan Zhen arrived, and Huyan Zhen paid his respects to Tian Chen before asking about the strange spring.
• Tian Chen told Huyan Zhen to help him kill Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, and Huyan Zhen agreed without hesitation.
• After waiting in the valley, Dugu Bo flew out to answer Meng Shu’s challenge, and Tian Chen sent Huyan Zhen to back him up.
• Dugu Yan asked Tian Chen when he would meet Ye Lingling, while Tian Chen said he needed to cultivate and could not go to Heaven Dou City.

Dragon Duke and Snake Granny returned to Sunset Forest to confront Dugu Bo, but Huyan Zhen joined him and killed them. Their final thoughts were of their granddaughter, Meng Yiran.

• Meng Shu sensed Dugu Bo's poison formation as he and Chao Tianxiang approached the valley, but they decided to continue.
• Dugu Bo appeared and confronted the couple as they prepared to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huyan Zhen arrived as a Titled Douluo and attacked Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang before they could complete their fusion.
• Huyan Zhen unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill and crushed the Peerless Dragon Snake, whose final thoughts were of Meng Yiran.

After Huyan Zhen killed Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, Tian Chen settled at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and borrowed Dugu Bo’s Core Pearl to aid his cultivation. Three months later, Tian Chen had reached rank forty-four, while Meng Yiran remained captive in the valley.

• Huyan Zhen reported killing Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, and Tian Chen ordered him to capture Meng Yiran rather than attack their sect.
• Tian Chen asked Dugu Bo to lend him his Core Pearl, then swallowed it to accelerate his cultivation alongside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tian Chen and Dugu Yan stayed in the valley as he cultivated for three months, reaching rank forty-four and improving his physique with the effects of two immortal herbs.
• Dugu Yan reprimanded the captive Meng Yiran for her hostile expression, while Tian Chen said she could live as long as she behaved.
• Dugu Yan served Tian Chen a meal made from the most essential parts of several Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, explaining that she had read about it in Dugu Bo’s book.

Tian Chen and Dugu Yan confessed their feelings and became a couple in Sunset Forest. Meanwhile, Meng Yiran agreed to help the Man Faced Spider Emperor by secretly delivering a mysterious crystal to Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tian Chen ate Dugu Yan’s nourishing breakfast, then asked whether she truly liked him.
• Dugu Yan admitted her feelings, kissed Tian Chen, and asked if he liked her; Tian Chen said he did.
• Tian Chen and Dugu Yan rested together in the valley, unaware of the conversation unfolding in the dungeon.
• The Man Faced Spider Emperor asked Meng Yiran whether she wanted revenge for her grandparents, and she asked what he needed her to do.
• The Man Faced Spider Emperor gave Meng Yiran a purplish-black crystal and told her to deliver it to Star Dou Great Forest.

The Man Faced Spider Emperor recalled how the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had nearly killed her and planned to use its arrival to escape captivity. Meanwhile, Tian Chen and Dugu Yan left the Sunset Forest together, growing closer as they decided to spend the day together.

• The Man Faced Spider Emperor revealed that the crystal she gave Meng Yiran carried her scent so the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could track her.
• She recalled how the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had suppressed her despite having less than sixty thousand years of cultivation, forcing her to take human form and cultivate anew.
• The Man Faced Spider Emperor hoped Dugu Bo would keep the tiger occupied long enough for her to find a chance to escape.
• Tian Chen concealed himself and Dugu Yan with his Head Soul Bone's Simulation Soul Skill as they headed out of the Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Yan asked to decide their plans for the day, kissed Tian Chen, and leaned affectionately against him.

Tian Chen and Dugu Yan visited Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City to watch its graduation ceremony, where Tian Chen recognized Tang Yuehua and the disguised Qian Renxue. After Xue Qinghe opened the ceremony, Tian Chen wondered whether to approach Qian Renxue.

• Tian Chen and Dugu Yan left Sunset Forest and leisurely entered Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan led Tian Chen to Moonlight Pavilion and told its attendants that he was her boyfriend and they had come to watch the graduation ceremony.
• Tian Chen recognized Tang Yuehua and identified the crown prince Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue.
• Xue Qinghe addressed the guests and officially opened the graduation ceremony.
• A hundred graduates entered the hall as a harp performance began, and Tian Chen hesitated over whether to contact Qian Renxue.

Tian Chen and Dugu Yan spent the day together in Heaven Dou City, then checked into the Sunset Hotel for the night. As they flirted in their room, Tian Chen asked Dugu Yan to use her Martial Soul, and she wrapped her snake tail around his waist.

• Tian Chen noticed Xue Qinghe and Tang Yuehua at the Moonlight Pavilion but decided not to approach Xue Qinghe as himself.
• Dugu Yan and Tian Chen left the performance and spent the afternoon exploring Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan persuaded Tian Chen to stay overnight at the Sunset Hotel, where they booked a single room.
• Tian Chen teased Dugu Yan about pretending to be drunk, and she entered the bathroom after him.
• Dugu Yan approached Tian Chen by the window, and after he whispered instructions, she released her Martial Soul and wrapped her snake tail around his waist.

Tian Chen took Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then met with his grandfather, Tian E, who was searching for a ten-thousand-year nine-grade ginseng king. Tian Chen joined the search and told Tian E about killing Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Tian Chen and Dugu Yan woke together, then left the Sunset Hotel for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• A black-clad Soul Emperor discreetly gave Tian Chen a token bearing a golden crocodile, which Tian Chen recognized as his grandfather’s sign.
• Tian Chen left Dugu Yan at the academy and met Tian E in a valley outside the city.
• Tian E told Tian Chen that he was searching for a ten-thousand-year nine-grade ginseng king in the northern part of the continent.
• Tian Chen suggested they search Sunset Forest first and recounted how he had killed Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Tian Chen accompanied Tian E to Sunset Forest, where Tian E demonstrated his spatial abilities after reaching level 99 and explained soul-core cultivation. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, they found Meng Yiran fleeing a pack of Gale Demon Wolves, and Tian Chen killed her after she confronted him about her family.

• Tian E used his spatial abilities to carry Tian Chen across dozens of kilometers and explained that he gained them after forming a second soul core and reaching level 99.
• Tian E described the formation of a first soul core and precautions for cultivating as a Titled Douluo while Tian Chen listened.
• Tian E brought Tian Chen above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and concealed their presence in the surrounding space.
• Tian Chen and Tian E spotted the wounded Meng Yiran fleeing a pack of Gale Demon Wolves, and Tian E asked Tian Chen what he planned to do.
• Tian Chen used Teleportation and Dark Gold Dreadclaw to pierce Meng Yiran's chest after she asked why he had harmed her family.

Tian Chen killed the six Gale Demon Wolves that had been chasing Meng Yiran, then returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Tian E. Tian E considered capturing the Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Grade Ginseng King to help Tian Chen cultivate.

• The six Gale Demon Wolves attacked Tian Chen with Wind Blades, but his Invincible Golden Body blocked them.
• Tian Chen used Golden Crocodile Breath to pursue and kill all six Gale Demon Wolves, leaving six Purple Soul Rings behind.
• Tian Chen dismissed the Soul Rings and asked Tian E to return with him to the valley.
• Tian E brought Tian Chen to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and considered confining the Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Grade Ginseng King there to support Tian Chen's cultivation.

Tian Chen and Tian E confronted the imprisoned Man Faced Spider Emperor, who recognized Tian E as the Soul Master who had severely injured her decades earlier. She offered to trade a life-rich crystal for her freedom, and Tian Chen realized it was the legendary gold of life.

• Tian Chen and Tian E entered the cave where the Man Faced Spider Emperor was imprisoned.
• The Man Faced Spider Emperor recognized Tian E and revealed her hatred because he had helped hunt her decades ago.
• Tian E questioned how she had recovered and reached the hundred-thousand-year realm so quickly.
• The Man Faced Spider Emperor said a transparent cyan crystal had helped her advance and offered it in exchange for her life.
• Tian Chen recognized the crystal as gold of life and understood that its power could save him and support absorbing Soul Rings beyond his level.

Tian Chen and Tian E secured the Man Faced Spider Emperor’s promise to lead them to the gold of life, while Tian Chen decided to abandon his Heaven Dou Empire infiltration mission and focus on cultivation. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he met Ning Yingxue, who began their private conversation by asking whether he was an orphan.

• Tian E agreed to spare the Man Faced Spider Emperor if she led them to the hidden crystal, then released her and gave her a day to prepare.
• Tian Chen told Tian E he wanted to stop the infiltration mission and cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; Tian E agreed to speak with the Great Enshrined.
• Tian Chen went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Ao Tuo, intending to explain his decision to Qin Ming and visit Ye Lingling.
• Ning Yingxue introduced herself as a rank twenty-nine Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master and invited Tian Chen to speak privately.
• At a mountaintop teahouse, Ning Yingxue asked Tian Chen whether he was an orphan, leaving him offended and confused.

Ning Yingxue tried to recruit Tian Chen into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, offering him generous support and even proposing to be his girlfriend. Tian Chen enjoyed being courted but left the offer undecided.

• Ning Yingxue apologized after Tian Chen reacted strongly to her calling him an orphan, and she resumed explaining her purpose.
• Ning Yingxue asked Tian Chen to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tian Chen asked what he would receive and cautioned that he had not agreed.
• Ning Yingxue promised Tian Chen inner-sect status, a monthly stipend, and help obtaining Soul Rings, explaining that her father was the sect's grand elder.
• Ning Yingxue offered to be Tian Chen's girlfriend because she valued his talent and believed he could become a Titled Douluo.
• Tian Chen remarked that being fawned over felt good, then told Ning Yingxue he needed time to consider her offer.

After leaving Ning Yingxue without giving her an answer, Tian Chen encountered Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who confronted him over Ning Yingxue’s offer to recruit him. Ye Lingling asked to speak with him alone after learning he had neither accepted nor rejected the offer.

• Tian Chen left Ning Yingxue and decided to gather information about her father before choosing whether to approach him.
• Dugu Yan confronted Tian Chen in his Ao Tuo disguise, accusing him of getting involved with Ning Yingxue despite his connection to Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that Tian Chen was free to do as he pleased, though Dugu Yan defended her and scolded him.
• Tian Chen explained that Ning Yingxue had offered to recruit him, and he said he had not agreed.
• Ye Lingling pointed out that Tian Chen had not refused either, then asked Dugu Yan to leave so she could speak with him alone.

Tian Chen revealed his true identity and Spirit Hall background to Ye Lingling, then reassured her that his feelings were sincere. They reconciled at the cliff, and Ye Lingling asked him to visit when he returned.

• Ye Lingling asked Tian Chen to reveal his real name and identity.
• Tian Chen told Ye Lingling that his real name was Tian Chen and that his grandfather was Spirit Hall's Second Worship.
• Ye Lingling felt overwhelmed by the disparity between their backgrounds and tried to leave, but Tian Chen pulled her into his embrace.
• Tian Chen reassured Ye Lingling that his feelings were unrelated to his background and removed his human-skin mask.
• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling shared an intimate moment, and she asked him to find her when he returned.

Tian Chen left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and traveled with his grandfather, Tian E, to Eastsea City. The chapter ended with them entering the coastal city after Tian Chen showed the gate captain his token.

• Ye Lingling watched Tian Chen leave, then took his envelope toward the academy's main campus to carry out his request.
• Tian Chen returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tian E served him roasted Black-Horned Mountain Boar piglets.
• Tian E told Tian Chen to save his two Soul Bones and promised to help him obtain powerful Soul Bones in the future.
• Tian Chen and Tian E departed for Eastsea City with the Man Faced Spider Emperor and arrived early on the third morning.
• Tian Chen showed his token to the gate captain, who let them pass into Eastsea City.

Tian Chen and Tian E followed the Man Faced Spider Emperor to the Demon Spider Sect in Eastsea City, where they discovered its Sect Master was a rank-eighty-plus Soul Douluo. The Sect Master revealed that she knew Yuxuan was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Tian E recognized her Cave Demon Spider Martial Soul and asked whether her surname was Xia.

• Tian Chen and Tian E followed the Man Faced Spider Emperor through Eastsea City to the Demon Spider Sect.
• Two sect members greeted the Man Faced Spider Emperor as the Young Sect Master, and she asked whether the Sect Master was present.
• The Sect Master appeared and greeted Yuxuan, then asked her to introduce Tian Chen and Tian E.
• Tian E identified the Sect Master as a rank-eighty-plus Soul Douluo, prompting Yuxuan to realize that the woman had known her identity all along.
• The Sect Master released her Cave Demon Spider Martial Soul and eight Soul Rings, while Tian E protected Tian Chen and Yuxuan from her Soul Power pressure.
• Tian E asked the Sect Master whether her surname was Xia.