Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen, a frail orphan raised by Spirit Hall in Nuoding City, reflected on his uncertain place in the Douluo world as he went to awaken his Martial Soul. Wang Sheng awakened a tiger Martial Soul and tested at innate Soul Power level 2, while Luo Chen’s awakening remained ahead.

• Luo Chen recalled his transmigration, his debt to Spirit Hall, and his lack of knowledge about the original story.
• Wang Sheng came to fetch Luo Chen for the Martial Soul Awakening, and they went together to Nuoding City's Spirit Hall.
• Sisi led Luo Chen and Wang Sheng to Su Yuntao, who prepared the awakening formation and explained the process.
• Su Yuntao activated his Lone Wolf Martial Soul and began Wang Sheng's awakening.
• Wang Sheng manifested a tiger Martial Soul and tested at innate Soul Power level 2, qualifying him to become a Soul Master.

Luo Chen’s Martial Soul failed to awaken even when Spirit Hall’s powerful Soul Masters tried, leading the higher ranks to suspect it was exceptionally strong. Bibi Dong set out for Nuoding City to investigate and secretly see Yu Xiaogang, while Qian Daoliu chose to focus on his granddaughter, Qian Renxue.

• Wang Sheng awakened his Martial Soul and learned he could become a Soul Master, but Luo Chen showed no response to Su Yuntao’s awakening ceremony.
• Su Yuntao brought Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo to examine Luo Chen, and Ma Xiunuo reported the unusual case to Spirit Hall’s higher ranks.
• A Black-Robed Bishop also failed to awaken Luo Chen’s Martial Soul, prompting Bibi Dong to consider that it might require more Soul Power and decide to travel to Nuoding City with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong recalled that Yu Xiaogang was in Nuoding City and privately hoped to see him.
• Qian Daoliu learned Bibi Dong had left for Nuoding City and told Golden Crocodile Douluo he had spared her because she was Qian Renxue’s mother.

Bibi Dong arrived in Nuoding City to investigate Luo Chen, whose Martial Soul had failed to awaken, and discovered she had rescued him as an infant six years earlier. After meeting her, Luo Chen asked whether she was his mother, then asked if she knew where his parents were.

• Bibi Dong arrived at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch with Hu Liena, while Gui Mei investigated Luo Chen's background.
• Bibi Dong explained to Hu Liena that an exceptionally powerful Martial Soul might fail to awaken if its Soul Power could not be properly guided.
• Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo told Bibi Dong that Luo Chen was ill and that healing Soul Skills had not helped him.
• Gui Mei's documents revealed that Bibi Dong had brought Luo Chen to the orphanage six years earlier after rescuing him from fallen enemies.
• Luo Chen recognized Bibi Dong and asked if she was his mother; after she denied it, he asked whether she knew where his parents were.

Bibi Dong revealed that her Death Spider Emperor Poison had left Luo Chen frail, though she could not cure him, and resolved to care for him. She began awakening his Martial Soul, which unleashed a force that changed the sky across the Douluo Continent.

• Bibi Dong told Luo Chen that his parents had died when Fallen Soul Masters attacked their village, and admitted her poison had caused his illness.
• Bibi Dong apologized and promised to do everything she could to make amends, while Yue Guan said Luo Chen might not live past fifteen unless he became a Soul Saint or found a life-restoring treasure.
• Luo Chen asked Bibi Dong to awaken his Martial Soul, and she arranged the formation and channeled Soul Power into him.
• Luo Chen's Martial Soul awakened with a surge of azure, starlit Soul Power that forced those nearby back.
• The sky turned to night across the Douluo Continent, revealing stars and the Milky Way and leaving people everywhere stunned.

Luo Chen awakened the Star Forger as his Martial Soul, causing a celestial disturbance that drew attention across the Douluo Continent. After discovering his additional Star Crown Martial Soul and rank 30 innate Soul Power, he accepted Bibi Dong as his master, and she resolved to find a cure for his illness.

• Qian Daoliu reassured Qian Renxue as Spirit City reacted to the strange darkened sky, while Bo Saixi and the Silver Dragon King sensed immense cosmic power.
• The Silver Dragon King gave Di Tian a portion of her origin and ordered him to search for the source of the presence.
• Luo Chen entered his Martial Soul space and discovered the Star Forger, whose power could be unlocked by enhancing the Douluo Plane's potential or by destroying it.
• Luo Chen awakened a Star Crown Martial Soul, and Bibi Dong's crystal ball revealed that he had rank 30 innate Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong asked Luo Chen to become her disciple, and he accepted; she then vowed to find medicine to cure him.

Luo Chen met Hu Liena and revealed his Celestial Star Crown and Sun Disc martial souls, astonishing Bibi Dong and the others with his extraordinary potential. He decided to conceal The Star Forger’s true nature, and Bibi Dong ordered everyone to keep his abilities secret.

• Bibi Dong introduced Hu Liena as Luo Chen’s senior sister, and Hu Liena immediately decided to protect her new junior brother.
• Hu Liena tried to use her charm technique on Luo Chen, but it had no effect, and Bibi Dong revealed that he had innate full Soul Power.
• Luo Chen told Bibi Dong he had another martial soul, and the Celestial Star Crown and Sun Disc led Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Hu Liena, and Wang Sheng to feel an inexplicable attraction.
• Luo Chen understood that the two revealed martial souls were associated openings of The Star Forger, whose true identity and power he resolved to keep secret.
• Luo Chen explained that the Celestial Star Crown could hold eighteen soul rings while the Sun Disc could not hold any, shocking Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Bibi Dong praised Luo Chen’s talent, then ordered the others to conceal his innate full Soul Power and describe the Celestial Star Crown as his only martial soul.

Luo Chen explained that his Sun Disc could perform an Ascension Ritual to improve other soul masters without harming him, then used it on Wang Sheng. The ritual evolved Wang Sheng’s War Tiger into a Black Hell Demon Tiger and raised his innate soul power to full; Bibi Dong and the others were left astonished by the result.

• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Hu Liena, and Wang Sheng to keep Luo Chen’s secrets from Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall.
• Luo Chen explained that the Sun Disc’s Ascension Ritual consumed its stored energy rather than his soul power, and he offered to use it on Wang Sheng.
• Luo Chen summoned the Sun Disc and brought Wang Sheng into his Martial Soul Space, where he began the ritual.
• The ritual transformed Wang Sheng’s War Tiger into a Black Hell Demon Tiger, which Bibi Dong recognized as a top-tier beast martial soul.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo tested Wang Sheng and discovered that his innate soul power had risen to full.

Bibi Dong arranged for Wang Sheng to join Spirit Hall Academy after Luo Chen’s Sun Disc transformed his martial soul and raised his innate soul power. Luo Chen revealed the Sun Disc’s ascension abilities to Spirit Hall’s leaders while concealing its full potential, and Bibi Dong resolved to nurture him as both her disciple and a son.

• Bibi Dong ordered Wang Sheng, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Hu Liena to keep Luo Chen’s martial soul abilities secret, then arranged Wang Sheng’s place at Spirit Hall Academy.
• Luo Chen considered his place in Spirit Hall, concealed that ascension recipients formed a bond with him, and told Bibi Dong that Wang Sheng’s ritual had consumed twenty percent of the Sun Disc’s power.
• Luo Chen offered Hu Liena an ascension, assessed her aptitude for the third stage, and promised that it could evolve her martial soul beyond its current top-level quality.
• Luo Chen assessed Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo, identifying Bibi Dong’s exceptional potential and the flaws in both elders’ martial souls.
• Bibi Dong promised the elders future benefits, decided Luo Chen’s abilities could make him invaluable to Spirit Hall, and resolved to care for him like a son.

Luo Chen performed an ascension ritual for Hu Liena, evolving her martial soul into a nine-tailed demon fox and raising her innate soul power to full. After studying the feelings of Hu Liena and Wang Sheng toward him, Luo Chen considered how to guide his relationships and plans within Spirit Hall, concluding that strength would ultimately determine his ability to control events.

• Luo Chen guided Hu Liena through the ascension ritual, where her demon fox martial soul evolved into a nine-tailed demon fox with an innate passion and desire domain.
• Hu Liena awakened with true innate full soul power and embraced Luo Chen, showing him utmost admiration and strong dependence.
• Luo Chen reviewed the different levels of feelings and assessed Hu Liena's and Wang Sheng's devotion to him.
• Luo Chen considered how to prevent Hu Liena from becoming entangled with Tang San and decided that Bibi Dong's feelings toward him would be crucial to his plans.
• Luo Chen reflected on Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall's fate, concluding that sufficient strength could let him reverse even the worst outcome.

Bibi Dong took Luo Chen, Hu Liena, and Wang Sheng sightseeing, but Luo Chen became exhausted and had to return to the orphanage to rest. That night, the Silver Dragon King’s reverse scale merged with Luo Chen’s Celestial Star Crown, creating Na’er as his Innate Aspect and beginning to heal the Silver Dragon King; the Silver Dragon King eventually sealed away her own consciousness and let Na’er take control.

• Bibi Dong treated Luo Chen, Hu Liena, and Wang Sheng to a lavish meal and bought clothes for Luo Chen and Wang Sheng while touring Nuoding City.
• Bibi Dong realized Luo Chen had pushed himself past his limits, carried him back to the orphanage, and agreed to let Hu Liena stay beside him overnight.
• Di Tian delivered the Silver Dragon King’s reverse scale to Luo Chen, and the Celestial Star Crown absorbed it, awakening the Innate Aspect Na’er and gaining a white Soul Ring.
• The Silver Dragon King discovered that Na’er’s Celestial Power was healing her injuries, while Na’er’s feelings for Luo Chen affected the Silver Dragon King through their shared connection.
• Na’er transformed into a silver-haired girl and embraced Luo Chen, and the Silver Dragon King sealed away her own consciousness so Na’er could take control.

Luo Chen learned that a mysterious blood-red power had damaged his body and could be expelled only after he gained more Soul Rings. He suspected the Asura God was behind the attack and resolved to stay cautious until he was stronger.

• A white Soul Ring vanished from a still, starry realm, awakening enormous purple eyes that roared before disappearing.
• Na'er explained that Luo Chen’s Celestial Star Crown had elevated her from the Silver Dragon King’s dragon soul into a Star-Creating Wyrmling with Divine Power and elemental control.
• Na'er discovered that an outside power had damaged Luo Chen’s origin, while Bibi Dong’s poison had not been the true cause of his lingering weakness.
• Na'er proposed forcing the hidden power to attack early, but said she needed Luo Chen to obtain more Soul Rings before she could attempt it safely.
• Luo Chen realized Bibi Dong had saved his life, then suspected the blood-red energy might be connected to the Asura God and decided to keep a low profile.

Luo Chen concealed the Celestial Star Crown's power while Bibi Dong looked after him and worried about how his frail body would handle Soul Rings. The chapter ended the next morning, with Luo Chen waking in Bibi Dong's arms before they prepared to address his first Soul Rings.

• Luo Chen refused Hu Liena's offer to accompany him to the bathroom and told her he had summoned his Martial Soul for light.
• Bibi Dong checked on Luo Chen after sensing his Martial Soul, then carried him to her room and insisted he sleep beside her and Hu Liena.
• While Luo Chen and Hu Liena slept, Bibi Dong worried that Luo Chen's weak constitution could make even a hundred-year Soul Ring dangerous and considered asking Xiao Gang for advice.
• Bibi Dong blamed herself for Luo Chen's frailty and resolved to protect him, fearing that learning his Soul Ring limit would upset him.
• The next morning, Luo Chen woke in Bibi Dong's embrace, and Bibi Dong gently released him and asked whether he was awake.

Bibi Dong took Luo Chen, Hu Liena, and Wang Sheng to seek Soul Rings and planned to consult Yu Xiaogang about Luo Chen’s frail body. Their reunion soured when Yu Xiaogang accused Spirit Hall of plotting evil, while Na’er discovered that extracting the Dragon Clan Origin in his Martial Soul could help both Luo Chen and Yu Xiaogang.

• Bibi Dong brought the three children toward the Soul Hunting Forest and explained that she wanted Yu Xiaogang’s advice about Luo Chen’s condition.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Bibi Dong outside the Spirit Hall Branch and accused Spirit Hall of causing a strange celestial phenomenon.
• Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo forced Yu Xiaogang to his knees, but Bibi Dong stopped them and denied his accusation.
• Na’er recognized Dragon King origin in Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul and told Luo Chen that extracting it could treat his condition while freeing Yu Xiaogang from its harmful burden.
• Yu Xiaogang prepared to leave, and Bibi Dong let him go; Luo Chen then noticed the bag Yu Xiaogang was carrying and called him back.

Luo Chen challenged Yu Xiaogang’s criticism of Spirit Hall and argued that its subsidies and free Martial Soul awakenings helped commoners whom the empires and nobles would otherwise neglect. Yu Xiaogang left with his subsidy, while Bibi Dong took Luo Chen and the others into the Spirit Hall Branch.

• Luo Chen asked Yu Xiaogang whether collecting Spirit Hall’s Soul Master subsidy meant he had received a kindness from Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang argued that the two great empires funded it.
• Luo Chen countered that taxpayers ultimately funded the subsidy and that Spirit Hall had created support for commoner Soul Masters and free Martial Soul awakenings.
• Luo Chen accused Yu Xiaogang of criticizing Spirit Hall while benefiting from its efforts, leaving Yu Xiaogang speechless and earning Bibi Dong’s approval.
• Yu Xiaogang departed for Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy without returning his ten Gold Soul Coins, and Na'er remarked on his lack of shame.
• Bibi Dong led Luo Chen, Hu Liena, and Wang Sheng into the Spirit Hall Branch, where the guards knelt after Chrysanthemum Douluo showed his token.

Bibi Dong took Luo Chen, Hu Liena, and Wang Sheng to the Soul Hunting Forest, where Wang Sheng gained his first Soul Ring and demonstrated his powerful Soul Skill. The group then prepared to help Hu Liena obtain a Soul Ring from a rare Crescent Moon Fox.

• Bibi Dong told Ma Xiunuo, Su Yuntao, and Sisi to claim that Wang Sheng had innate Soul Power rank 10, keeping his true aptitude secret.
• Bibi Dong and the others reached the Soul Hunting Forest, where Chrysanthemum Douluo presented a Spirit Hall elder token to gain entry.
• Ghost Douluo captured a 450-year-old Scarlet Flame Tiger, and Wang Sheng killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring, advancing to rank 11.
• Wang Sheng revealed his Black Flame Tiger Body Soul Skill, which enhanced his attributes and surrounded him with protective and damaging flames.
• Bibi Dong explained Hu Liena's evolved Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and its emotion-manipulating Illusory Flame, while Ghost Douluo brought her a rare Crescent Moon Fox.

Hu Liena successfully absorbed a six-hundred-year first soul ring, revealed her powerful Hallucinatory Foxfire, and used it to make Wang Sheng rampage. When Luo Chen could not absorb a four-hundred-year soul ring, he proposed trying a Ten-Year Soul Ring instead.

• Bibi Dong allowed Hu Liena to absorb the six-hundred-year Crescent Moon Fox soul ring after Luo Chen assured her it was safe, and Hu Liena successfully reached rank fifteen.
• Hu Liena happily embraced Luo Chen, then demonstrated Hallucinatory Foxfire and explained how she could use spiritual flames to manipulate emotions.
• Hu Liena made Wang Sheng lose control and attack a tree, then released him after Luo Chen asked her to stop.
• Luo Chen killed a four-hundred-year Soul Beast, but Na'er told him its soul ring exceeded what his body could withstand, so he told Bibi Dong he could not absorb it.
• When Bibi Dong suggested waiting until Luo Chen recovered, he asked to absorb a Ten-Year Soul Ring instead.

Luo Chen convinced Bibi Dong to let him seek a Rainbow-Winged Butterfly Soul Ring, hiding Na'er’s role while pretending to test how Soul Rings affected his body. After absorbing a forty-year-old white Soul Ring, he told Bibi Dong and Hu Liena that continued absorption would restore and strengthen him, leaving them hopeful about his recovery.

• Luo Chen explained to Bibi Dong that he wanted a Rainbow-Winged Butterfly Soul Ring to study his Martial Soul and its attributes, and she agreed to his choice.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to bring Rainbow-Winged Butterflies, then had Luo Chen test them one by one while Hu Liena watched.
• Luo Chen killed the butterflies until he found a forty-year-old one whose Soul Ring he could absorb, while Bibi Dong approved of his resolve.
• Na'er drew the white Soul Ring into Luo Chen’s Martial Soul Space as he pretended to absorb it, and he claimed his Martial Soul promised to restore and strengthen his body.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena celebrated Luo Chen’s news, and Bibi Dong anticipated that his recovery would let him absorb increasingly powerful Soul Rings.

Bibi Dong learned that Luo Chen's first soul skill could manipulate elements and unleash power without a soul-power limit, then ordered everyone to keep its abilities secret. As she prepared to visit Yu Xiaogang, Luo Chen and Na'er discussed how to use the Dragon Clan Origin within him to set a trap.

• Bibi Dong explained that soul power could accumulate only three ranks beyond a breakthrough and advised Luo Chen to prioritize cultivation; he agreed to follow her advice.
• Luo Chen demonstrated Elemental Manipulation, revealing that it could shape light and use all his soul power in a single attack, stunning Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.
• Bibi Dong ordered everyone not to reveal Luo Chen's soul skill, then carried him back while thinking about visiting Yu Xiaogang.
• Luo Chen and Na'er discussed Bibi Dong's lingering attachment to Yu Xiaogang and decided that confronting her directly would not work.
• Luo Chen remembered that the Dragon Clan Origin inside Yu Xiaogang could solve his bodily problem and resolved to use it to lay a trap for Yu Xiaogang.

After returning to Nuoding City, Bibi Dong planned to take Luo Chen to Spirit City and warned him to hide his Martial Soul from the Worship Hall. Luo Chen persuaded her that he could restore Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul, and Bibi Dong agreed to arrange it while remaining mindful of the risks to her disciple.

• Bibi Dong arranged for Luo Chen and the others to stay in Nuoding City before leaving for Spirit City the next day, and told Luo Chen to keep his Martial Soul secret from the Worship Hall.
• Luo Chen asked about Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong praised his scholarship while admitting she still felt indebted to him.
• Luo Chen told Bibi Dong he wanted to help free her from her guilt toward Yu Xiaogang, and offered to restore Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong initially refused because she feared Luo Chen would be harmed or exposed, but Luo Chen assured her that the restoration would not reveal the Sun Disc.
• Bibi Dong agreed to arrange Yu Xiaogang’s restoration and told Luo Chen that the question of who owed whom might change afterward.

Bibi Dong visited Yu Xiaogang to tell him she had found a way to fix his Martial Soul defect, but his arrogant reaction made her question her lingering affection for him and appreciate Luo Chen more. She revealed that Luo Chen’s Sun Disc could repair other people’s Martial Souls.

• At lunch, Bibi Dong doted on Luo Chen, while Hu Liena and Wang Sheng reacted to the awkward atmosphere and teased one another.
• After Bibi Dong left the children with Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo, Hu Liena tried to learn about Yu Xiaogang, but Luo Chen told her to respect their teacher’s privacy.
• Bibi Dong visited Yu Xiaogang, who assumed she had come to recruit him into Spirit Hall and refused before hearing her purpose.
• When Bibi Dong offered a way to overcome his Soul Power limit, Yu Xiaogang eagerly asked for details while trying to hide his excitement behind a proud demeanor.
• Bibi Dong recalled Luo Chen’s kindness and reconsidered her feelings for Yu Xiaogang, but decided to help him as repayment for what she owed.
• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang that Luo Chen’s Sun Disc had the miraculous ability to repair other people’s Martial Souls.