Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianling attended his Martial Soul Awakening in Swift Village, hoping to inherit his father’s power and gain the strength to avenge his parents. His awakening began with a dragon’s roar, and someone identified the Martial Soul as an Ancient Void Dragon.

• Yu Tianling recalled that his parents had fled the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and were presumed to have died, leaving him to be raised by his grandfather, Lin Qingze.
• Yu Tianling arrived at the village Spirit Hall with Lin Qingze and joined the children waiting for their Martial Soul awakenings.
• Han Qinhu introduced himself and began awakening the children’s Martial Souls, revealing that Yu Tianling was the last to be tested.
• As Han Qinhu awakened Yu Tianling, golden light surrounded him and his right hand extended with a burst of light.
• A huge roar disrupted Han Qinhu’s Soul Power, and someone identified Yu Tianling’s Martial Soul as an Ancient Void Dragon.

Yu Tianling awakened the Ancient Void Dragon with innate full soul power and chose to join Spirit Hall. He discovered he also had the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix martial soul, and a letter from his parents revealed they might still be alive and left him a map to ruins; he and Lin Qingze prepared to travel to Spirit City.

• Han Qinhu tested Yu Tianling's soul power, confirmed his innate full soul power, and invited him to join Spirit Hall.
• Yu Tianling accepted the invitation but said he would first spend time with Lin Qingze, and Han Qinhu left to report the news.
• Yu Tianling revealed his twin martial soul, the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, to Lin Qingze.
• Lin Qingze gave Yu Tianling a storage ring containing Gold Soul Coins and a letter from his parents, who wrote that they might have been transported to another continent and left a map to ruins to explore after he became a three-ring Soul Elder.
• Yu Tianling and Lin Qingze decided to travel to Spirit City, while Yu Tianling considered seeking the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring to fuse his martial souls into a Dragon Phoenix.

Yu Tianling absorbed a seven-hundred-and-eighty-year-old Dazzling Cat Soul Ring in Soul Hunting Forest and gained the speed- and attack-boosting skill Spatial Assault. On the way home with Lin Qingze, he approached a fight ahead, unknowingly heading in the same direction as Yu Xiaogang.

• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to bring Yu Tianling to Spirit Hall after learning of his talent and willingness to join.
• Yu Tianling persuaded Lin Qingze to let him seek a seven- or eight-hundred-year-old Soul Ring for his first skill.
• Lin Qingze found a suitable Dazzling Cat and wounded it with his First Soul Skill, allowing Yu Tianling to deliver the killing blow.
• Yu Tianling absorbed the Dazzling Cat's Soul Ring and gained Spatial Assault, which briefly increased his speed and attack power by about thirty percent.
• Lin Qingze and Yu Tianling began walking home while training Yu Tianling's combat ability, then noticed fighting ahead.

Yu Tianling and Lin Qingze encountered Tang San and the poisoned Yu Xiaogang in the Soul Hunting Forest, but Yu Tianling stopped his grandfather from attacking after sensing a Titled Douluo nearby. They then went to Nuoding City's Spirit Hall, where Yu Tianling began registering as a Soul Master.

• Yu Tianling and Lin Qingze found Tang San killing a Mandala Snake with a Sleeve Arrow while Yu Xiaogang lay poisoned nearby.
• Lin Qingze recognized Yu Xiaogang as Grandmaster and began gathering Soul Power, but Yu Tianling stopped him and urged Tang San to absorb the snake's Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianling told Lin Qingze that his Martial Soul had sensed a Titled Douluo near Tang San, persuading him to leave the forest without attacking.
• Yu Tianling and Lin Qingze went to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall, where Han Qinhu escorted Yu Tianling upstairs to register as a Soul Master.
• Ma Xiunuo welcomed Yu Tianling and led him to the Soul Master assessment room.

Yu Tianling registered as a One-Ring Soul Master after revealing his powerful Martial Soul, unusually old first Soul Ring, and Soul Power level of fourteen. He and Lin Qingze prepared to leave for Spirit City, and Ghost Elder arrived to escort him.

• Yu Tianling displayed his Ancient Void Dragon Martial Soul and a seven-hundred-plus-year first Soul Ring during his appraisal with Ma Xiunuo.
• Ma Xiunuo measured Yu Tianling's Soul Power at level fourteen and issued him a Soul Master registration certificate.
• Lin Qingze considered leaving Swift Village with Yu Tianling, and the two ate at a restaurant before returning home.
• The next day, Gui Mei arrived in Swift Village and identified himself as Ghost Elder, sent by the Pope to take Yu Tianling to Spirit City.

Gui Mei brought Yu Tianling and Lin Qingze to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong tested Yu Tianling’s power and discovered his twin Martial Souls and their potential fusion. She took him as her disciple and named him Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, leaving him at a residence near hers and Hu Liena’s.

• Gui Mei brought Yu Tianling and Lin Qingze to Spirit City and reported Yu Tianling’s unusual Martial Soul and Soul Ring to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong tested Yu Tianling with escalating Soul Power, and his Ancient Void Dragon fused with the Heavenly Phoenix to withstand her pressure.
• Yu Tianling’s two Martial Souls appeared separately, revealing that he had twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong asked Yu Tianling to become her disciple, named him Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, and arranged his studies and personal instruction.
• A red-robed archbishop escorted Yu Tianling to his residence beside Bibi Dong’s, near Hu Liena’s residence.

Yu Tianling met his senior sister Hu Liena, who took him to register at Spirit Hall Academy as the Pope’s new disciple and Spirit Hall’s Holy Son. After he revealed his Ancient Void Dragon Martial Soul and innate full soul power, the dean offered to teach him personally, and Hu Liena showed him around the academy.

• Yu Tianling began a strenuous workout, then met Hu Liena, who told him to get ready so she could take him to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Hu Liena introduced Yu Tianling to the academy guards as the Holy Son, and he hurried after her when she walked away.
• Hu Liena told Dean Fei Situo that Yu Tianling would study in the junior division in the mornings and receive personal instruction from Bibi Dong in the afternoons.
• Yu Tianling revealed that he was a rank-fifteen, one-ring Battle Soul Master with the Ancient Void Dragon Martial Soul, prompting Hu Liena and Fei Situo to recognize his exceptional talent.
• Fei Situo volunteered to teach Yu Tianling theoretical knowledge, and Hu Liena took him on a tour of the academy as students watched jealously.

Yu Tianling confronted Yan after Yan challenged him over his closeness to Hu Liena, and the two agreed that the loser could no longer associate with her. Their duel began outside the library, where Yu Tianling quickly gained the upper hand and kicked Yan into a mountain.

• Yan demanded to know who Yu Tianling was, warned him to stay away from Hu Liena, and challenged him to a duel with their association with her as the stake.
• Hu Liena defended Yu Tianling, while Xie Yue learned that Yu Tianling was Bibi Dong’s new disciple and Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Xue Qinghe read intelligence about Yu Tianling’s Ancient Void Dragon Martial Soul and wondered what Bibi Dong was planning.
• Yan and Yu Tianling activated their Martial Souls before a crowd, and Xie Yue noticed that Yu Tianling’s first Soul Ring was unusually old.
• Yan charged Yu Tianling with his first Soul Skill, but Yu Tianling used Spatial Assault to appear beside him and kick him into a mountain.

Yu Tianling defeated Yan, continued studying under Bibi Dong, and learned that Spirit Hall had found no records of twin martial souls fusing. After five months of training, Yu Tianling reached Level 20 while Hu Liena and Xie Yue reached Level 30, and the group prepared to hunt for soul rings.

• Yu Tianling defeated Yan again, and Yan promised to stay away from Hu Liena before leaving with Xie Yue.
• Bibi Dong discussed Yu Tianling’s twin martial souls with him and Hu Liena, and they agreed to keep seeking a way to achieve Martial Soul Fusion.
• Yu Tianling studied theory, combat, soul beasts, and medicinal herbs while Yan later apologized and made peace with him.
• After five months, Yu Tianling reached Level 20, and Hu Liena and Xie Yue both reached Level 30.
• Yu Tianling requested leave from Fei Situo to obtain a second soul ring, explaining that Ghost Elder and Lin Qingze would accompany them and help Hu Liena and Xie Yue obtain their third rings.

Yu Tianling and his companions traveled to Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Soul Rings, arriving after a two-day carriage ride and resting overnight at a nearby hotel. The next morning, they entered the forest and began searching for suitable Soul Beasts, with Yu Tianling hoping to find one close to his unusually high second-ring limit.

• Lin Qingze met Yu Tianling outside Spirit Hall Academy, and they joined Ghost Douluo, Hu Liena, and the others at the Pope's Palace before setting off for Star Dou Great Forest.
• The group traveled for two days, stayed at the Forest Hotel, and continued toward the forest early the next morning.
• Lin Qingze warned the group to stay close because dangerous Soul Beasts could attack at any time, then led them into the forest.
• Xie Yue summoned his Moon Blades to clear their path, and the group let a fleeing ten-year Chain Viper go without attacking it.
• After hours of searching without finding a suitable Soul Beast, Yu Tianling aimed to find one near his second Soul Ring limit of two thousand years, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue sought Soul Beasts near their third-ring limits.

Yu Tianling’s group encountered a Thornfire Fox that Hu Liena wanted for her third Soul Ring, but its death brought them into conflict with Xue Beng and the crown prince, Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe left with his group after introducing himself, privately looking forward to meeting Yu Tianling again.

• Yu Tianling explained that he was seeking a two-thousand-year-old Thorn Dragon for a control-type second Soul Skill, and the group headed toward Thorn Ridge.
• Hu Liena spotted a Thornfire Fox, and Yu Tianling knocked it down before it could escape.
• Yu Tianling noticed signs that the fox had been pursued by others and urged Hu Liena to claim its Soul Ring quickly.
• Xue Beng and Xue Qinghe’s group arrived as Hu Liena killed the Thornfire Fox, and Xue Beng angrily claimed it had been his prey.
• Lin Qingze released his seven Soul Rings, and Xue Qinghe introduced himself as the crown prince before leaving with Xue Beng and privately anticipating another meeting with Yu Tianling.

Hu Liena absorbed the Thornfire Fox Soul Ring and gained the Foxfire Thorn skill while Gui Mei secretly killed a Soul Saint sent after the group. After a week of searching, Gui Mei found Thorn Ridge, and the group entered its dense thorn forest to search for Thorn Dragons.

• Hu Liena absorbed the Thornfire Fox's Soul Ring and demonstrated her third Soul Skill, Foxfire Thorn, which launched a flaming thorn and enhanced her attack, speed, and strength.
• Xue Beng sent a Soul Saint back to kill Yu Tianling's group, but Gui Mei killed him and erased the evidence.
• Yu Tianling's group spent a week searching for Thorn Ridge, while Xie Yue obtained his third Soul Skill, Moon Shadow Demon Break.
• Gui Mei located Thorn Ridge and led the group through grassland, puddles, and a gorge to the towering thorn forest.
• Gui Mei burned a narrow passage through the thorns, and Yu Tianling's group hurried inside to search for Thorn Dragons.

Yu Tianling absorbed a two-thousand-year Thorn Dragon Soul Ring and gained a powerful second Soul Skill. After returning safely to Spirit City, he and Hu Liena reported to Bibi Dong, who looked toward the Heaven Dou Empire and declared her ambition to rule.

• Gui Mei killed a two-thousand-year Thorn Dragon, and Yu Tianling absorbed its Soul Ring despite the intense strain.
• Yu Tianling revealed Spatial Thorns, which trapped Hu Liena and Xie Yue and forced Gui Mei and Lin Qingze to use their Martial Soul Avatars to escape.
• The group returned safely to Spirit City, where Yu Tianling and Hu Liena went to see Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong praised their ranks, watched them demonstrate their Soul Skills, and dismissed them to rest.
• After returning to Spirit Hall Academy and reassuring Fei Situo, Yu Tianling resumed his studies, while Bibi Dong vowed to become the sole sovereign.

Yu Tianling and Ghost Douluo traveled to Sunset Forest to investigate the ruins left by Yu Tianling’s parents. After entering a hidden small world and finding a heavenly stairway, Yu Tianling began climbing what appeared to be a divine trial, leaving Ghost Douluo’s whereabouts unknown.

• Hu Liena watched Yu Tianling leave Spirit City, and Xie Yue urged her to return to cultivation so they could catch up to his progress.
• After reaching Level 40, Yu Tianling asked Bibi Dong to let Ghost Douluo accompany him to the ruins before he sought his fourth Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianling and Ghost Douluo traveled to Heaven Dou City, rested overnight, and continued into Sunset Forest toward the cave described in Yu Xuanyu’s letter.
• Inside the long cave, Yu Tianling discovered that Ghost Douluo had vanished, then reached a bronze door that opened when he placed his storage ring in its recess.
• Yu Tianling entered a small world, found a stairway stretching toward the sun, and began climbing it, recognizing the pressure as similar to the trial on Sea God Island.
• After climbing eight hundred steps, Yu Tianling used Martial Soul Possession and his wings to push farther upward.

Yu Tianling reached the palace above the sun and met the God King of Equality, who revealed that his Equality divine core had shattered but his God of War divine core remained. Yu Tianling chose to inherit both cores, beginning the God of War's Nine Trials and receiving rewards for the first two trials.

• Yu Tianling climbed all one thousand steps, entered the palace, and triggered a mechanism that brought the God King of Equality before him.
• The God King of Equality explained that the Five Great God Kings had trapped him hundreds of thousands of years earlier, shattering his Equality divine core and sending him to Sunset Forest.
• The God King of Equality offered Yu Tianling either the God of War's trials alone or both his damaged Equality core and his God of War core; Yu Tianling chose the second option despite the danger.
• The God King of Equality placed the God of War mark on Yu Tianling and told him to return at Level 90 for the damaged core, then sent him back to the ground.
• Yu Tianling completed the first two God of War trials and received a God-Given Soul Ring and ten percent God of War Affinity; the third trial required him to reach Level 50 within three years.

Yu Tianling absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring that became a 33,780-year-old fourth ring, then told Gui Mei about his Godhood Inheritance and Third Trial. The two searched Sunset Forest for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring, and Gui Mei finally found the poisonous-mist-covered valley.

• Yu Tianling absorbed the God-Given Soul Ring, endured its pressure, and gained a black fourth Soul Ring aged 33,780 years, reaching Level 44.
• Yu Tianling left the hidden world and reunited with Gui Mei, who explained that spatial fluctuations had repeatedly teleported him outside.
• Yu Tianling told Gui Mei that he had obtained a Godhood Inheritance and described his God-Given Soul Ring and its age.
• Yu Tianling explained that his Third Trial required him to reach Level 50 within three years and told Gui Mei about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring and its guardian, Dugu Bo.
• Yu Tianling and Gui Mei searched Sunset Forest for six hours before Gui Mei found the valley surrounded by poisonous mist.

Yu Tianling and Gui Mei entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring, where Gui Mei defeated Dugu Bo after he confronted them. Yu Tianling offered to cure Dugu Bo’s accumulated poison in exchange for access to the valley’s herbs and Dugu Bo and his granddaughter joining Spirit Hall, leaving Dugu Bo questioning why his granddaughter had to attend its academy.

• Yu Tianling gave Gui Mei a Ten Thousand Poison Pill, and they crossed the poisonous barrier into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring.
• Yu Tianling surveyed the immortal-grade herbs and recalled how Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils had used them.
• Dugu Bo appeared and attacked Yu Tianling, but Gui Mei countered his Soul Skills and knocked him into a mountain wall.
• Yu Tianling stopped Gui Mei from finishing Dugu Bo and identified the symptoms caused by poison accumulating in Dugu Bo’s body.
• Yu Tianling offered to cure Dugu Bo in exchange for cultivating in the valley, using some herbs, and having Dugu Bo join Spirit Hall and send his granddaughter to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Dugu Bo questioned why his granddaughter had to attend Spirit Hall Academy, and Yu Tianling warned that she could also be poisoned.

Yu Tianling harvested immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring, gave Gui Mei a powerful darkness herb, and swallowed two herbs himself before falling into the spring. Gui Mei awoke the next morning to learn Yu Tianling was missing, while an unknown presence in the Star Dou Great Forest sensed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.

• Dugu Bo agreed to Yu Tianling's conditions, and Yu Tianling began gathering immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring.
• Yu Tianling gave Gui Mei the Ghost Shadow Jade Flower, and Gui Mei swore to protect him and Spirit Hall before beginning to cultivate.
• Yu Tianling swallowed the Octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, lost his Soul Power, and fell unconscious into the spring.
• Two lights emerged at the bottom of the spring and entered Yu Tianling, calming the opposing ice and fire forces as his Soul Power began forming a seven-colored crystalline core.
• A mysterious shadow in the Star Dou Great Forest sensed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, then fell back asleep.
• Gui Mei finished cultivating the next morning, and Dugu Bo told him Yu Tianling had fallen into the spring and had not resurfaced.

Yu Tianling emerged unharmed from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring, having gained a Soul Core and evolved his Ancient Void Dragon Martial Soul. He promised to detoxify Dugu Bo and explained two methods, with Dugu Bo choosing the slower one that would preserve his Soul Power.

• Gui Mei dismissed Dugu Bo’s fears and waited beside the spring, trusting that Yu Tianling would survive.
• After half a day, Yu Tianling rose from the spring, and Dugu Bo saw that he was unharmed.
• Yu Tianling discovered he had condensed a Soul Core and that his Ancient Void Dragon Martial Soul had gained Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire attributes.
• Yu Tianling promised to rid Dugu Bo of his poison and offered two methods: one that would erase his Soul Power or one that would transfer the toxins into a Soul Bone over a year.
• Dugu Bo rejected the first method and chose the Soul Bone method to preserve his strength.

Yu Tianling left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring after sending Gui Mei back to Spirit City with Immortal Herbs, then headed through Sunset Forest toward Heaven Dou City. There, he encountered men pursuing a little girl, who stepped out to stop them as one threatened him.

• Dugu Bo left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring to find Soul Bones for Dugu Yanyan and bring her to Spirit City.
• Gui Mei reported that the Ghost Shadow Jade Flower had raised his Martial Soul's darkness attribute to Ultimate Darkness and his Soul Power to level 96.
• Yu Tianling sent Gui Mei to Spirit City with the Immortal Herbs and Ten Thousand Poison Pill, and said he would stay in Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianling left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring and noticed that Soul Beasts under ten thousand years fled from him, likely due to the lingering pressure of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
• In Sunset Forest, Yu Tianling ignored men searching for a little girl until one insulted and approached him.
• A seven- or eight-year-old girl jumped down from a tree and called for the man in black to stop.