Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen reached his Martial Soul awakening ceremony in Bluestone Village and discovered that he possessed twin Scorpion Emperor Martial Souls and innate full Soul Power. The Spirit Hall deacon urged him to join Spirit Hall, while Luo Chen kept his second Martial Soul secret.

• After the Long Aotian System left, the old village chief took in Luo Chen and cared for him for a year.
• At the village awakening ceremony, Luo Chen received the Netherworld Scorpion Emperor Martial Soul, and the beginner's gift pack began fusing.
• Luo Chen sensed his second Martial Soul, the Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor, and suppressed it before it could emerge.
• The deacon identified Luo Chen's visible Martial Soul as a rare Nether Devil Scorpion and urged him to join Spirit Hall.
• Luo Chen's crystal ball test revealed innate full Soul Power, and the deacon pressed him to join Spirit Hall.

Luo Chen refused to join Spirit Hall, left Bluestone Village for Nuoding City Junior Academy, and began studying the cultivation manuals from his beginner's gift pack. As he approached the academy, Tang San saw him and became inexplicably captivated, then hurried after him.

• Luo Chen declined the deacon's offer to join Spirit Hall but accepted his Martial Soul certificate and learned that he could register for a monthly Gold Soul Coin in Nuoding City.
• The old village chief sent Luo Chen to Nuoding City with Da Niu, and Luo Chen promised to support him once he became a Soul Master.
• On the ox cart, Luo Chen discovered the Scorpion Emperor Body Tempering Technique and Twin Emperor Soul Guidance manuals and began practicing the latter.
• Da Niu dropped Luo Chen near Nuoding City Junior Academy and, after Luo Chen urged him to save money for his father's treatment, reconsidered his spending.
• Luo Chen avoided looking for Tang San, but dust reddened his eyes near the academy gates; Tang San saw him, mistook him for a girl, and chased after him.

Luo Chen and Tang San enrolled together at Nuoding City Junior Academy after Luo Chen helped Tang San get past a guard who doubted his certificate. On the way to registration, Luo Chen warned Tang San that Yu Xiaogang exploited talented disciples and plagiarized Spirit Hall’s theories, leaving Tang San convinced Yu Xiaogang was unworthy of teaching.

• Tang San caught up with Luo Chen and offered him a handkerchief, then became dejected when he learned Luo Chen was a boy.
• Luo Chen and Tang San reached the academy gates, where a guard questioned Tang San’s certificate for having Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Luo Chen acted as though he was about to cry, prompting the guards to let Tang San enter.
• Luo Chen led Tang San toward registration and told him Yu Xiaogang exploited geniuses to validate his theories and had stolen his ten core competencies from Spirit Hall.
• Tang San agreed that a plagiarist did not deserve to teach, and he and Luo Chen exchanged names.

Luo Chen enrolled at the academy, discovered the abilities of the Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor, and began cultivating Twin Emperor Soul Guidance. After learning Tang San had rejected Yu Xiaogang, Luo Chen wondered how much the story had changed, then went to the library to research soul beasts and prepare for his first soul ring, where someone addressed him.

• Luo Chen avoided Tang San after realizing he had torn Yu Xiaogang apart in front of him, then enrolled and received a private dorm room.
• Teacher Su gave Luo Chen a room in the teachers' dormitory and arranged for him to clean only Su's office instead of doing other chores.
• Luo Chen summoned the Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor, learned about its nature and powers, and began cultivating Twin Emperor Soul Guidance.
• The guard delivered Luo Chen's bedding and told him Tang San had rejected Yu Xiaogang's offer to become his disciple.
• Luo Chen went to the library to research soul beasts, where someone asked if he was Luo Chen.

Luo Chen publicly challenged Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation and theories, then refused Tang San’s request to accept Yu Xiaogang as his master. Tang San had already become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple after Yu Xiaogang recognized his hidden twin martial souls, and the chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arguing over Luo Chen’s actions.

• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Luo Chen kowtow and become his outer disciple, but Luo Chen exposed his inability to reach rank thirty and questioned the origins of his theories.
• Luo Chen mocked Yu Xiaogang in front of the students, and Yu Xiaogang left in humiliation.
• Tang San approached Luo Chen and explained that he had begged Yu Xiaogang to accept Luo Chen as a disciple, then defended his teacher.
• The chapter recounted how Yu Xiaogang had recognized Tang San’s twin martial souls and warned him about their dangers, prompting Tang San to kneel and accept him as his teacher.
• Tang San urged Luo Chen to reconsider, but Luo Chen refused and left to pursue his own path.
• Luo Chen returned to the dormitory and planned to research soul beasts for his Netherworld Scorpion Emperor, unaware that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were arguing because of him.

Luo Chen studied Soul Beasts, began tempering his body with the Netherworld Scorpion Emperor’s venom, and planned the Soul Ring paths for both of his Martial Souls. After learning that Yu Xiaogang and the headmaster would take Tang San to hunt for a Soul Ring, Luo Chen entered the Soul Hunting Forest secretly to get his own first.

• Luo Chen used the Netherworld Scorpion Emperor’s venom to begin cultivating the Scorpion Emperor Body Tempering Technique, surviving the pain and gaining a trace of lethal poison in his body.
• After studying Soul Beast and Martial Soul theory, Luo Chen chose lethal poison, netherworld, and water for the Netherworld Scorpion Emperor, and power and defense for the Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor.
• Luo Chen heard students discuss the Soul Hunting Forest and revealed that he intended to hunt for his first Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang heard Luo Chen’s plan, persuaded the headmaster to accompany him and Tang San to the forest, and spread news of the trip around the academy.
• Luo Chen decided to enter the Soul Hunting Forest before Tang San, then used his scorpion tail to clear the wall and slip inside at night.

Luo Chen entered the poisonous swamps of the Soul Hunting Forest to find a Nine Poison Scorpion for his first Soul Ring. His Netherworld Scorpion Emperor presence frightened a seven-hundred-year-old Nine Poison Scorpion to death, and he decided to absorb its Soul Ring.

• Luo Chen reached the poisonous swamps and used his Netherworld Scorpion Emperor presence to terrify the Soul Beasts there.
• Luo Chen searched the swamp for a Nine Poison Scorpion, whose poison and netherworld attributes suited his first Soul Ring.
• Luo Chen found a seven-hundred-year-old Nine Poison Scorpion but initially decided to seek a younger one.
• Luo Chen's presence frightened the Nine Poison Scorpion to death before he attacked it.
• Luo Chen chose to absorb the seven-hundred-year-old Soul Ring as it formed above the corpse.

Luo Chen absorbed the Nine Poison Scorpion’s seven-hundred-year Soul Ring, gaining four Soul Power levels, an External Soul Bone, and the Scorpion Emperor Transformation Soul Skill. He named the bone the Nine Poison Scorpion Hook Sword and stayed in the empty swamp to learn to control its unruly tails.

• The Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor emerged from Luo Chen’s left hand and offered to guard him while he absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Luo Chen endured the violent Soul Power of the seven-hundred-year Soul Ring until he absorbed it and rose to level 14.
• Nine scorpion tails emerged from Luo Chen’s sacrum, revealing that he had gained an External Soul Bone from the Nine Poison Scorpion.
• Luo Chen learned that his first Soul Skill, Scorpion Emperor Transformation, gave him a half-scorpion combat form with an eighty-percent boost to his attributes.
• Luo Chen named his External Soul Bone the Nine Poison Scorpion Hook Sword, but its nine tails moved unpredictably and nearly pulled down his pants.
• With the poisonous swamp cleared of Soul Beasts, Luo Chen began practicing how to control the tails one at a time.

After two months of training in the poisonous swamp, Luo Chen returned alive to Nuoding City Junior Academy and kept the Netherworld Scorpion Emperor tail hidden as a trump card. Yu Xiaogang arranged for Tang San to duel Luo Chen, while Xiao Wu went to find Luo Chen herself.

• Luo Chen mastered controlling all ten scorpion tails independently and decided to conceal the Netherworld Scorpion Emperor tail against weaker opponents.
• Luo Chen returned to Nuoding City Junior Academy, where students were shocked to see him alive.
• Tang San learned Luo Chen had returned, and Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San duel him to prove his theories and choice of master.
• Tang San agreed to the duel despite not wanting to become Luo Chen's enemy, and Yu Xiaogang said he would arrange it in a couple of days.
• Xiao Wu asked where Luo Chen lived and headed to the teachers' dormitory to find him.

Luo Chen returned to Nuoding City Junior Academy, rebuffed Xiao Wu’s surprise attack, and agreed to a Martial Soul duel with Tang San. Two days later, the duel began before a crowd, with Yu Xiaogang coaching Tang San and Xiao Wu cheering him on.

• Luo Chen blocked Xiao Wu from entering his room, then knocked her away when she attacked him with her Waist Bow soul skill.
• Tang San arrived, and he and Xiao Wu helped Luo Chen clean his room before Tang San explained that their teacher wanted them to duel.
• Luo Chen accepted Tang San’s challenge, eager to test his Scorpion Emperor Transformation, and Tang San resolved to change Luo Chen’s views of Yu Xiaogang.
• Two days later, students crowded the academy sports ground to watch the duel as Yu Xiaogang coached Tang San and Xiao Wu urged him to win.
• The referee explained the rules and started the Martial Soul duel between Tang San and Luo Chen.

Luo Chen defeated Tang San in their Soul Master duel, overcoming his Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons with his scorpion transformation and venom. After Tang San conceded, Yu Xiaogang publicly called him trash and disowned him, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Luo Chen used his Scorpion Emperor Transformation to cut through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and wither it with his scorpion venom.
• Tang San attacked Luo Chen with sleeve arrows, but Luo Chen’s spiritual perception and scorpion tail deflected every hidden weapon.
• Luo Chen pierced Tang San’s shoulder with his stinger, and Tang San conceded after realizing he could not win.
• Luo Chen drew the venom from Tang San and praised his hidden weapons before Tang San left the arena.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted that Tang San was trash, told him not to call him Teacher, and disowned him in front of the stunned crowd.

Luo Chen publicly challenged Yu Xiaogang’s teachings and warned Tang San that Yu had made him a test subject. Tang San investigated the claims and turned against Yu, while the enraged dean attacked Yu before Teacher Su stopped him.

• Luo Chen accused Yu Xiaogang of contradicting his own theory and risking Tang San’s future by pairing his Blue Silver Grass with a Mandala Snake Soul Ring.
• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang’s motives, then consulted library books and found evidence that plant-type Soul Masters should absorb plant Soul Beasts.
• Tang San concluded Yu Xiaogang had used him as a test subject and vowed revenge, while Xiao Wu tried to comfort him.
• The dean confronted Yu Xiaogang over the Mandala Snake and, convinced Yu was an impostor, attacked him with a knife.
• Teacher Su restrained the dean after Yu suffered a deep facial wound, and Yu fainted after seeing his injured face.

Luo Chen learned that Tang San planned to sever ties with Yu Xiaogang and take revenge, then told Tang San he would leave Nuoding Academy the next day. After Tang San departed, Luo Chen wondered how changing their relationship would affect the future and prepared to choose his next destination.

• Luo Chen’s Twin Emperor Soul Guidance advanced to the beginner stage, expanding his perception and giving him preliminary control over his Martial Souls.
• Tang San waited outside Luo Chen’s room all day, then entered and admitted he had been wrong about Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San decided to end his master-disciple relationship with Yu Xiaogang and vowed to make him suffer for misleading him.
• Luo Chen told Tang San he would obtain his graduation certificate and Soul Master certification before leaving Nuoding Academy for his village.
• Tang San thanked Luo Chen and left, while Luo Chen wondered whether Tang San would still become God King Tang after breaking with Yu Xiaogang.

Luo Chen planned to return to Bluestone Village and later seek a Netherworld Stinger Scorpion for his second Soul Ring. Tang Hao revealed himself to Tang San and arranged to take him away, while Tang San chose to stay for a month to settle unfinished business and say goodbye to Luo Chen, who had already left Nuoding City.

• Luo Chen planned to cultivate to level 20 in his village before hunting a Netherworld Stinger Scorpion for an offensive Soul Skill.
• Tang Hao met Tang San, admitted he had wronged him, and revealed that he was a Titled Douluo who had secretly protected him.
• Tang Hao said he had beaten Yu Xiaogang and forced him to reveal the twin martial soul cultivation method, then told Tang San they would leave to find a true teacher.
• Tang San asked to remain for one month so he could make Yu Xiaogang pay and say goodbye to Luo Chen, and Tang Hao agreed.
• Tang San found Luo Chen's farewell letter and left the empty dormitory with renewed resolve.
• Luo Chen completed his Soul Master certification and set out for Bluestone Village with a Gold Soul Coin.

After two years of training, Luo Chen reached Soul Power rank 20 and set out from Bluestone Village to hunt Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. He arrived at the forest after a month of travel and stood ready to enter.

• Luo Chen demonstrated his new strength and poison-hardened body, then told the old village chief he planned to hunt Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The old village chief urged Luo Chen to leave the next day, and Luo Chen packed his belongings.
• Luo Chen offered the old village chief his Gold Soul Coins, but the old man refused them and told Luo Chen to keep his money for the journey.
• Luo Chen arranged for the villagers to care for the old village chief, gave the old man half his Gold Soul Coins, and left Bluestone Village that night.
• Luo Chen traveled through the woods for a month, avoiding Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and reached the Star Dou Great Forest.

Luo Chen bathed in a river in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Shui Bing'er mistook him for a drowning person and froze the water around him. After he broke free and dressed, the two met on the riverbank, leaving Shui Bing'er flustered by his appearance.

• Luo Chen used his Netherworld Scorpion Emperor Martial Soul to keep Soul Beasts away, then searched for a river to bathe in.
• Shui Bing'er arrived upstream to fetch water and saw Luo Chen's clothes on the bank, so she assumed he was drowning.
• Shui Bing'er used her First Soul Skill, Ice Seal, to freeze the river while searching for the person beneath the ice.
• Luo Chen burst through the ice and told Shui Bing'er he had only been bathing.
• Luo Chen retrieved his clothes with his scorpion tail and dressed while Shui Bing'er covered her eyes.
• Shui Bing'er turned back after Luo Chen dressed, met his gaze, and blushed at his beauty.

Luo Chen met Shui Bing'er in the Star Dou Great Forest, then searched its dark region for a Netherworld Stinger Scorpion to obtain his second Soul Ring. He found one estimated to be at least 1,780 years old and decided to absorb it despite its age exceeding the usual limit.

• Shui Bing'er learned that Luo Chen's Martial Soul was a Nether Devil Scorpion, apologized for freezing the lake, and left to fetch water after someone called for her.
• Luo Chen watched Shui Bing'er leave, slept beneath a tree, and set out the next morning to hunt a Netherworld Stinger Scorpion.
• Luo Chen searched the dark region for ten days and found a Netherworld Stinger Scorpion resting beside a dead tree.
• Luo Chen examined the scorpion's five-segment tail and estimated that it was at least 1,780 years old.
• Luo Chen decided that his body could withstand the unusually old Soul Ring and resolved to make it his second.

Luo Chen woke the Netherworld Stinger Scorpion to test his training against it, then fought it using Scorpion Emperor Transformation. The scorpion’s needles pierced his defenses, and Luo Chen realized his reliance on brute force left him vulnerable.

• Luo Chen chose the 1,780-year-old Netherworld Stinger Scorpion as his opponent and hurled a boulder at its head to wake it.
• The enraged Netherworld Stinger Scorpion attacked Luo Chen, who activated the Netherworld Scorpion Emperor Martial Soul and Scorpion Emperor Transformation.
• Luo Chen and the Netherworld Stinger Scorpion clashed pincers, and their strength drove them both backward.
• The Netherworld Stinger Scorpion fired a volley of needles that pierced Luo Chen’s shell and injected venom, which his body quickly expelled.
• Luo Chen recognized that his defenses could not stop the needles and that his reliance on brute force was a serious weakness.

Luo Chen killed the Netherworld Stinger Scorpion by exploiting its blocked vision and piercing its vulnerable abdomen with his Nine Poison Scorpion Hook Swords. After recovering, he prepared to absorb its 1,780-year Soul Ring and break the record for an eight-year-old.

• Luo Chen baited the Netherworld Stinger Scorpion into raising its pincers, then used his nine hooks to pierce its abdomen and inject deadly venom.
• The Netherworld Stinger Scorpion succumbed to the poison, and a purple Soul Ring formed above its body.
• Luo Chen delayed absorbing the Soul Ring until he had recovered, reflecting on the need to improve his combat techniques and strategy.
• Luo Chen resolved to visit the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena after leaving the Star Dou Great Forest to earn Gold Soul Coins and learn attack techniques.
• Luo Chen prepared to absorb the 1,780-year Soul Ring at the age of eight, determined to break the record.

Luo Chen began absorbing the Netherworld Stinger Scorpion’s Soul Ring while the Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor protected him. Its presence drew the attention of Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King, who ordered Di Tian to investigate and kill any human who threatened Soul Beasts.

• The Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor appeared in Luo Chen’s palm and insisted it could protect him while he absorbed the 1,780-year-old Soul Ring.
• The Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor drew a protective circle around Luo Chen, then grew to enormous size and guarded him as he began absorbing the ring.
• Di Tian sensed the Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor’s presence in the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared to investigate.
• Heavy rain concealed the Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor’s presence, and the Silver Dragon King told Di Tian that the Heavenly Dao Consciousness had hidden it.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to watch the forest’s outskirts, invite the Karmic Fire Scorpion Emperor to the Lake of Life, and kill any human who threatened Soul Beasts.