Chapter Summaries

Yu Minghe and Mu Qingling welcomed their second son, Yu Tianming, whose birth was accompanied by a flash of red light and a bolt of lightning. Yu Yuanzhen suspected the child might have an unusual Martial Soul and left to research mutations.

• Yu Minghe anxiously waited with Yu Yuanzhen while Mu Qingling gave birth, then learned that mother and son were safe.
• Yu Yuanzhen named the newborn Yu Tianming after noticing a red glow on the infant's forehead and a bolt of lightning in the sky.
• Yu Minghe brought Yu Tianming to Mu Qingling, and she welcomed him as Yu Tianheng's younger brother.
• Yu Tianheng met his newborn brother and promised to protect him from anyone who bullied him.
• Yu Yuanzhen wondered whether Yu Tianming had a mutated Martial Soul and went to the library pavilion to investigate.

Yu Tianming was born into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as Yu Tianheng’s younger brother, carrying memories of his previous life and resolving to protect his new family. Three years later, Yu Yuanzhen appointed him young sect master before his martial soul awakened, forcing Yu Luomian and the other dissenting elders to accept the decision.

• Yu Tianming realized he had been reborn as Yu Tianheng’s baby brother and treasured his new family.
• At the clan gathering, Yu Luomian questioned the newborn’s aptitude, while Yu Tianming’s sudden crying let Yu Yuanzhen end the meeting.
• Yu Luomian and his branch’s elders discussed the unusual birth and decided to wait for Yu Tianming’s martial soul awakening before judging him.
• Over the next three years, Yu Tianming displayed remarkable strength and agility, while Yu Tianheng awakened the clan’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul with innate rank-nine soul power.
• Yu Yuanzhen declared three-year-old Yu Tianming the young sect master, and after Yu Luomian protested, the elders—including Yu Luomian—ultimately agreed.

Yu Tianming skipped lessons with Yu Tianzhi to train on the back mountain, then learned that his father would teach him himself. As Yu Tianming’s Martial Soul awakening approached, Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to see how the young sect master would fare.

• Yu Tianming and Yu Tianzhi sneaked out of the schoolhouse and trained with stones on the back mountain.
• Yu Mingyuan caught the boys and ordered Yu Tianzhi to do extra training, while Yu Tianming accepted advice to keep up with his studies.
• Yu Tianming returned home, where Yu Minghe offered to teach him after school and Mu Qingling warned that he would be strict.
• On the eve of Yu Tianming’s Martial Soul awakening, Yu Xiaogang returned to the sect.

Yu Tianming attended the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Martial Soul awakening ceremony, where his companion Yu Tianzhi awakened a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon with rank-seven Innate Soul Power. The ceremony ended with Yu Tianming revealing the mysterious Silver-Winged Comet-Valstrax Martial Soul, whose origins even Yu Yuanzhen could not identify.

• Yu Minghe brought Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianming to the clan hall, where Yu Tianming greeted Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Luomian, and Yu Xiaogang.
• The clan began the awakening ceremony with the collateral-line children, who awakened various Martial Souls with Innate Soul Power between ranks four and six.
• Yu Tianming encouraged Yu Tianzhi before Yu Tianzhi awakened a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon with rank-seven Innate Soul Power.
• Yu Tianming entered the formation as the last child to awaken, drawing the attention of the gathered clan members.
• A silver, dragon-shaped Martial Soul appeared behind Yu Tianming, and he identified it as the Silver-Winged Comet-Valstrax from Monster Hunter.

Yu Xiaogang claimed Yu Tianming's Valstrax Martial Soul was defective because its wings were too short to fly, while Yu Luomian's faction mocked Tianming and challenged his position as young clan master. Tianming demonstrated that Valstrax could fly, forced Yu Tianlin to apologize at blade-point, and left the clan hall with his authority reinforced.

• Yu Xiaogang declared that Valstrax's wing structure made flight impossible, and members of Yu Luomian's faction questioned Yu Tianming's fitness as young clan master.
• Yu Tianlin mocked Valstrax as a ground-bound chicken, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to suppress him with his Titled Douluo pressure.
• Yu Tianming unleashed Valstrax's draconic might and used the flames from its six wing limbs to rise into the air, disproving Yu Xiaogang's claim.
• Yu Tianming pointed Valstrax's tail blade at Yu Tianlin, while Yu Yuanzhen ordered the boy to apologize and restrained Yu Mingfeng.
• Yu Tianlin knelt and apologized to Yu Tianming, who warned him not to speak rudely again.

Yu Tianming revealed innate full Soul Power and named his Martial Soul Valstrax, drawing celebration from his family and jealousy from Yu Xiaogang. That night, he discovered Valstrax’s Dragon Power was far stronger than ordinary Soul Power, absorbed primordial Qi, and strengthened his body as it gathered in his chest.

• Yu Tianming warned Yu Xiaogang not to become obsessed with theory, then told him theory should explain reality rather than force reality to fit it.
• Yu Tianming pressed his palm to the testing crystal ball, which confirmed he had innate full Soul Power at level ten.
• Yu Yuanzhen celebrated Yu Tianming’s talent, while Yu Xiaogang grew jealous and the members of Yu Luomian’s branch worried about their position.
• Yu Tianming told the presiding elder that his Martial Soul was called Valstrax, and Yu Yuanzhen said he would take him to hunt for his first Soul Ring the next morning.
• Yu Tianming’s family celebrated his awakening at home, and Mu Qingling became angry when she heard about Yu Tianlin’s remarks.
• Yu Tianming summoned Valstrax that night and discovered its Dragon Power could pulverize a rock, absorb primordial Qi, strengthen his body, and gather in his chest.

Yu Tianming formed a Dragon Energy Jewel that strengthened his body and let him wield Dragon Element Energy without his Valstrax Martial Soul. After Yu Minghe brought him to Yu Yuanzhen, his grandfather decided to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for his first Soul Ring.

• Yu Tianming compressed the Dragon Element Energy in his chest and formed a Dragon Energy Jewel.
• The jewel enhanced Yu Tianming's body and allowed him to fire Dragon Energy, boost his movement and attacks, and form a shield.
• Yu Tianming tried to create Valstrax-like lance-wings from Dragon Energy, but they were too unstable to support flight.
• Yu Minghe saw the damage in the courtyard and brought Yu Tianming to meet Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Tianming explained his new abilities, and Yu Yuanzhen took him toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.

Yu Tianming traveled with Yu Yuanzhen to the Star Dou Great Forest to test his strength before choosing his first soul ring. He defeated several soul beasts without summoning his martial soul, then fought a wounded thousand-year Gale Tiger and left it to flee.

• Yu Yuanzhen flew Yu Tianming to the Star Dou Great Forest and summoned a two-hundred-year Shadow Wolf for him to fight.
• Yu Tianming knocked the Shadow Wolf away with a punch powered by physical strength and crimson Dragon Qi, without using his martial soul or Soul Power.
• Yu Tianming defeated a five-hundred-year Ironclad Rhinoceros by breaking its armor, throwing it down, and pounding it with his fists.
• Yu Yuanzhen judged Yu Tianming's physical strength comparable to that of some Soul Ancestors and took him into the forest's mixed zone.
• Yu Tianming fought a wounded thousand-year Gale Tiger, struck its belly wound, and watched it flee.

Yu Yuanzhen took Yu Tianming to Thunder Canyon to find him a suitable dragon Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring. There, Yu Yuanzhen drove off the seventy-thousand-year Mystic Thunder Rampage Dragon without killing it, then led Yu Tianming deeper into the canyon to choose another beast.

• Yu Yuanzhen praised Yu Tianming for defeating an injured Thousand-Year Soul Beast barehanded and decided his grandson could absorb a stronger dragon Soul Beast's Soul Ring.
• Yu Yuanzhen transformed and flew with Yu Tianming to Thunder Canyon, explaining why Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters hunted dragon Soul Beasts.
• The seventy-thousand-year Mystic Thunder Rampage Dragon attacked Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianming with a thunderstorm.
• Yu Yuanzhen tore through the storm, struck the Mystic Thunder Rampage Dragon, and ripped off part of its tail when it tried to flee.
• Yu Yuanzhen let the Mystic Thunder Rampage Dragon escape and led Yu Tianming into Thunder Canyon to look for a suitable Soul Beast.

Yu Tianming and Yu Yuanzhen found a four-thousand-year mutant Purple Lightning Thunder Dragon in Thunder Canyon and chose it for Yu Tianming’s First Soul Ring. While absorbing it, Yu Tianming gained the External Soul Bone Purple-Gold Dragon Claw, which Yu Yuanzhen said could evolve as he grew stronger.

• Yu Tianming pointed out a Crimson Thunder Horned Dragon, but Yu Yuanzhen sensed a stronger mutant Purple Lightning Thunder Dragon deeper in the canyon.
• Yu Yuanzhen restrained the purple-gold thunder dragon, and Yu Tianming killed it with his Valstrax Martial Soul to obtain its Soul Ring.
• As Yu Tianming absorbed the four-thousand-year Soul Ring, an External Soul Bone began forming on his right arm.
• Yu Tianming’s Valstrax Martial Soul helped stabilize the Purple-Gold Dragon Claw after six hours of painful transformation.
• Yu Tianming tested the Purple-Gold Dragon Claw’s Thunderlight Dragon Claw attack, slicing a boulder apart, and Yu Yuanzhen said the External Soul Bone could evolve.

Yu Tianming discovered that his first Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon's Wrath, greatly enhanced his abilities, while his Valstrax Martial Soul gave him strength and toughness beyond his level. After he and Yu Yuanzhen left Thunder Canyon, they sensed two Titled Douluo approaching and hid as a blonde girl and two powerful men entered the forest.

• Yu Tianming revealed Thunder Dragon's Wrath and used its 150-percent all-attribute boost to strengthen his Purple-Gold Dragon Claw.
• Yu Tianming told Yu Yuanzhen his Soul Power was level sixteen, and Yu Yuanzhen discovered his physical toughness exceeded that of a Soul King.
• Yu Tianming shattered a boulder with a single punch, leading him to suspect that his Valstrax Martial Soul possessed ultimate strength.
• Yu Tianming asked to test his limits, and Yu Yuanzhen promised to spar with him after they returned to the sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen sensed two Titled Douluo-level presences, and he and Yu Tianming concealed themselves as a blonde girl and two powerful men appeared.

Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianming encountered Qian Renxue, who concealed her identity by claiming to be Light Feather Douluo's granddaughter while hunting for a fourth Soul Ring. After Yu Yuanzhen revealed where to find Holy Light Unicorns, Qian Renxue departed, and he concluded she was a direct descendant of the Qian Family.

• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianming revealed themselves to Qian Renxue and her guards, She Long and Ci Xue, in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renxue claimed Light Feather Douluo was her grandfather and that her mutated Martial Soul had inherited only the light attribute.
• Yu Tianming mentioned two Holy Light Unicorns, and Yu Yuanzhen pressured She Long and Ci Xue before telling Qian Renxue where they could find them.
• Qian Renxue thanked Yu Yuanzhen, asked Yu Tianming his name, and left with She Long and Ci Xue.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Tianming that Qian Renxue was not Light Feather Douluo's granddaughter but a direct descendant of the Qian Family.

Yu Tianming returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with a four-thousand-year Soul Ring and an external soul bone, while Qian Renxue learned of his unusual strength and decided against having him assassinated. His father then planned to take Yu Tianming and Yu Tianheng to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Yu Yuanzhen warned Yu Tianming to keep their encounter with Spirit Hall secret as they left Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renxue heard Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo describe Yu Tianming's powerful physique, high Soul Power, and bloodline suppression, but rejected their suggestion to kill him.
• Yu Yuanzhen brought Yu Tianming back to the clan, where Yu Mingyuan and Mu Qingling learned he had absorbed a four-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained the Purple-Gold Dragon Claw external soul bone.
• At dinner, Yu Yuanzhen told the family not to provoke Spirit Hall and explained that the mysterious girl had been accompanied by two Titled Douluos.
• Yu Mingyuan said he would take Yu Tianming and Yu Tianheng to Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a few days.

Yu Tianming arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Junior Academy and received special permission to skip directly to fourth-year Class One with his brother, Yu Tianheng. After classmates mocked him, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling backed the brothers, and Yu Tianming unleashed his draconic might before charging the blond boy who had insulted him.

• Yu Minghe took Yu Tianming and Yu Tianheng to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained its divisions and the possibility of skipping grades.
• Dean Su admitted Yu Tianming directly into fourth-year Class One after Yu Minghe invoked the sect master's wish.
• A blond student mocked Yu Tianming, prompting Dugu Yan to defend him while Ye Lingling and other classmates supported the brothers.
• Yu Tianming released his bloodline pressure, agreed with Yu Tianheng to fight the hecklers, and rushed at the blond boy.

Yu Tianming established himself in Class One of the fourth year by overpowering a student, then stunned his classmates with his strength and level sixteen Soul Power at age six. Dugu Yan invited him to join her team.

• Yu Tianming threw a blond fourth-year student out of the classroom using only his physical strength, while Yu Tianheng defeated another student.
• Dean Su officially admitted Yu Tianming to Class One, and Yu Tianheng led him to sit near Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Yu Tianming met Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shi Mo, Yu Feng, and Osler, then said his Soul Power was level sixteen.
• Yu Tianheng revealed that Yu Tianming had Innate Full Soul Power and a beneficial Martial Soul mutation stronger than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Dugu Yan grabbed Yu Tianming's hand and invited him to join her team, and he asked what team she meant.

Yu Tianming joined Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan’s reserve team, then asserted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s standing when the dean relayed Earl Dingyuan’s apology over Li Hao. The group ate together at the academy cafeteria, where Yu Tianming noticed the fourth prince Xue Beng behaving with courteous restraint.

• Yu Tianming agreed to join the reserve team, and Dugu Yan and the others celebrated his decision.
• Dugu Yan invited Yu Tianming to lunch, and Yu Tianheng and the rest of the team joined them to celebrate.
• The dean told Yu Tianheng that Li Hao had transferred classes and that his father hoped Yu Tianming would overlook their earlier conflict; Yu Tianming warned that the clan’s dignity must not be violated.
• Yu Tianming declined the captaincy, and the group agreed that Yu Tianheng would remain captain while Yu Tianming became vice-captain.
• At lunch, Yu Tianming tasted the body-strengthening braised dragon-scale fish and learned it was raised with dragon-type Soul Beast marrow in its feed.
• Xue Beng entered the cafeteria surrounded by attendants, and Yu Tianming observed that the fourth prince acted courteously rather than arrogantly.

After Xue Beng made a diplomatic overture in the cafeteria, Yu Tianming joined his new classmates for a combat drill. The drill began with Yu Tianming overpowering Yu Tianheng's attack and then launching himself into the sky with his Valstrax Martial Soul.

• Xue Beng approached Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianming, praised Yu Tianming's early enrollment, and invited the group to spend time exchanging ideas before leaving.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng discussed Xue Beng's behavior, then Dugu Yan shared dessert with Yu Tianming.
• Yu Tianheng proposed a combat drill, and the group split into two teams with Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianming as their respective leaders.
• Yu Tianming advised his team to focus its attacks on Dugu Yan, then revealed his thousand-year first Soul Ring as the drill began.
• Yu Tianming used crimson Dragon Qi to absorb Yu Tianheng's Thunder Dragon Claw and knock him backward.
• Yu Tianming's Valstrax Martial Soul spread its lance wings and propelled him into the sky.

Yu Tianming demonstrated his Valstrax Martial Soul’s flight, close-combat speed, and long-range artillery against the others, defeating Dugu Yan, Shi Mo, and Ye Lingling. Yu Tianheng conceded the match, while Yu Tianming revealed confidence that he could already contend with Soul Ancestors.

• Yu Tianming flew at tremendous speed and knocked Dugu Yan down, then held a lance wing to her throat and declared her out.
• Yu Tianming broke through Shi Mo’s Black Tortoise Shield with a controlled blast of Dragon Energy while Yu Feng and Osler kept Yu Tianheng occupied.
• Yu Tianming transformed his lance wings into artillery mode and shattered Shi Mo’s shield with six beams, then tagged Ye Lingling out.
• Yu Tianheng conceded after recognizing that Yu Tianming’s Martial Soul left the team no opening, and said Yu Tianming had been holding back.
• Dugu Yan questioned how far Yu Tianming could go once he mastered his new form, and he believed he could already fight at the Soul Ancestor level.

Yu Tianming settled into the Heaven Dou Royal Academy dormitory, received a birthday dagger from Yu Tianheng, and joined his classmates for Ice Crystal Fruit. The group learned that a Soul Emperor instructor would arrive the next day, possibly because of Yu Tianming’s talent.

• Yu Tianming explored the dormitory with Yu Tianheng, who gave him a lightning-patterned dagger as an early birthday present.
• Shi Mo told the brothers that Ice Crystal Fruit had arrived, and the students gathered to eat the refreshing fruit and play around.
• Ye Lingling explained the fruit’s brief ice-resistance effect and offered Yu Tianming a handkerchief, while Yu Tianheng chased Dugu Yan after she slipped fruit down his collar.
• Dugu Yan and Shi Mo revealed that a new instructor, reportedly a Soul Emperor, would teach their practical combat class the next day.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Tianming that the academy probably brought the instructor because of Yu Tianming’s talent and strength, and Yu Tianming noticed the begonia embroidery on Ye Lingling’s handkerchief.

Yu Tianming accepted Li Hao’s apology and then met Tie Zhan, the new combat instructor who had come to the academy specifically to assess his physique. Tie Zhan tested the students’ strength with a black iron pillar, and the chapter ended as Yu Tianming prepared to take his turn.

• Li Hao and his father, Li Ju, begged Yu Tianming’s forgiveness, and Yu Tianming spared Li Hao after warning him not to insult the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• On the way to class, Dugu Yan criticized Yu Tianming for being too lenient, while Yu Tianming explained that his goal of reinforcing the clan’s authority had been achieved.
• Tie Zhan introduced himself as the students’ new instructor and revealed that he had come to the junior academy specifically for Yu Tianming.
• Tie Zhan brought out a black iron pillar and judged the students’ strength as they punched it, praising Dugu Yan’s technique and Yu Tianheng’s power.
• The training ground fell silent as Yu Tianming stepped up to test his strength.