Chapter Summaries

After waking in the body of a four-year-old orphan on Douluo Continent, Xiao Yu identified his remote location and began training to prepare for his martial soul awakening. A year later, he heard that Qian Xunji had died and Bibi Dong had become the new Pope of Spirit Hall.

• Xiao Yu realized he had transmigrated into the body of a child named Xiao Yu, an orphan living in a remote city in the Sylvia Kingdom.
• Xiao Yu pieced together his identity and the approximate timeline, concluding that Tang San had probably not yet arrived in the world.
• Xiao Yu began running and weighted running to build his body before his martial soul awakening at age six.
• A year later, Xiao Yu returned to the Orphanage after training and overheard caretakers say that Qian Xunji had died and Bibi Dong had succeeded him as Pope.

After realizing the Douluo Continent storyline had begun, Xiao Yu bound the Sanctuary System and learned how its missions, summons, and new functions worked. He opened his Novice Gift Pack, obtaining a Martial Soul that would remain dormant until he reached awakening age.

• Xiao Yu overheard caretakers confirm that Bibi Dong had taken power after Qian Xunji's death, then learned the Douluo Continent storyline had officially begun.
• The Sanctuary System bound with Xiao Yu and explained that it could summon Saint Seiya characters through missions and exchange Diamond for items.
• The system described mission grades, summoned characters' potential, and how they would be weakened and grow through cultivation in Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Yu learned that his Novice Gift Pack contained a one-use Martial Soul Grant Function and decided to open it.
• The system granted Xiao Yu a dormant Martial Soul that would awaken automatically when he reached the proper age.

Xiao Yu received an Advanced Meditation Technique, awakened the Underworld Apostle martial soul, and summoned Miao as his powerful Soul Saint guard. When the system announced that his martial soul would awaken automatically within three days, Xiao Yu left the orphanage with Miao to keep the news from attracting attention.

• Xiao Yu opened his Novice Gift Pack and received a martial soul selection, Diamonds, an Advanced Meditation Technique, and a Purple-level Summoning Card.
• Xiao Yu drew the Underworld Apostle martial soul, a projection of Hades that could evolve as he grew stronger.
• Xiao Yu used the summoning card to obtain Miao, an Underworld Fighter with Level 72 Soul Power, and ordered him to guard secretly.
• Xiao Yu trained with the Advanced Meditation Technique for more than half a year until the system announced his imminent automatic martial soul awakening.
• Xiao Yu feared the awakening would expose him, so he ordered Miao to take him away from the orphanage that night.
• The orphanage staff searched for Xiao Yu after he disappeared, then quietly gave up.

After awakening the Underworld Apostle and discovering his Innate Full Soul Power, Xiao Yu weighed the risks of the available Soul Ring tasks. He and Miao reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Yu planned to test his abilities before deciding how to obtain his first Soul Ring.

• Miao brought Xiao Yu to a woodland cabin and waited with him for his Martial Soul to awaken.
• Xiao Yu awakened the Underworld Apostle, gained Innate Full Soul Power, and received six Soul Ring tasks of varying difficulty.
• Xiao Yu rejected the safest and riskiest options and decided to choose between obtaining a hundred-year Soul Ring alone or with Miao's help.
• Xiao Yu and Miao traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a powerful dark-attribute Soul Beast.
• Xiao Yu asked Miao to hold back when they found a suitable Soul Beast so he could test his Martial Soul and Soul Power.

Xiao Yu and Miao searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable first spirit ring, and Xiao Yu defeated and absorbed the ring of a Hell Twin-Headed Dog. After gaining the Purgatory Body Protection skill and reaching Soul Power Level 12, Xiao Yu and Miao left the forest for a nearby town.

• Xiao Yu persuaded Miao to spare spirit beasts that were unsuitable for his first spirit ring.
• Xiao Yu and Miao encountered a roughly five-hundred-year-old Hell Twin-Headed Dog that suited Xiao Yu's martial soul.
• Xiao Yu fought the Hell Twin-Headed Dog alone, endured its attacks, and killed it with his sword.
• Xiao Yu recovered from the battle before absorbing the yellow spirit ring, which raised his Soul Power to level 12.
• Xiao Yu gained the spirit skill Purgatory Body Protection, which surrounded him with flames and increased his attack and defense by thirty percent.
• Xiao Yu and Miao left the Star Dou Great Forest and reached a small town on its outskirts.

After completing a task for killing a hundred-year soul beast, Xiao Yu summoned the powerful Underworld Fighter Hui Huo and reviewed the system’s new academy and cultivation tasks. He chose Bright Mirror Junior Spirit Master Academy, setting his next goal without tying himself to a major faction.

• The system rewarded Xiao Yu for killing a hundred-year soul beast and absorbing its soul ring, and he used the Black-level Character Summoning Card to obtain Hui Huo, a level 85 Soul Douluo.
• The system issued tasks for enrolling in a Junior Spirit Master Academy and progressing through it, including becoming chief student and reaching the Soul Elder level.
• Xiao Yu reviewed the academy map and ruled out the Black-level academies because their powerful sponsors might expect his allegiance.
• Xiao Yu chose Bright Mirror Junior Spirit Master Academy in Kaiser Province, whose headmaster was a level fifty-seven Soul King.
• Xiao Yu examined the remaining tasks and concluded that the cultivation requirements were meant to make him keep pace with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Xiao Yu enrolled at Bright Mirror Soul Master Academy after disguising his age and lowering his reported talent, but his martial soul impressed the registration teacher. The principal’s staff debated whether to place him directly in an elite class, leaving his placement undecided.

• Xiao Yu arrived at Bright Mirror Soul Master Academy with Miao while keeping Hui Huo hidden.
• Xiao Yu wrote that he was seven years old with Innate Soul Power level seven, then revealed a hundred-year soul ring and a martial soul that frightened the registration teacher’s martial soul.
• The registration teacher brought Xiao Yu and Miao to a meeting room and reported Xiao Yu’s talent to Principal Gao Huan.
• Teacher Chen and Director of Studies Gao Jue supported placing Xiao Yu in Elite Class Two, while Vice Principal Yao Liang opposed making an exception because his grandson studied there.

Xiao Yu defeated Chang Hao in a spar to earn a place in Elite Class Two, demonstrating the strength of his Martial Soul and cultivation method. As Gao Huan began to welcome him into the class, Yao Liang interrupted to ask Xiao Yu to share his Meditation Method, and Xiao Yu refused.

• Gao Huan proposed that Xiao Yu spar with an Elite Class Two student for a chance to enroll directly, and Yao Liang agreed.
• Xiao Yu accepted the challenge and met Chang Hao, an eighteen-level Battle Soul Master with the Wild Bull Martial Soul, in the Martial Arts Arena.
• Chang Hao used his First Spirit Skill, Brutal Charge, but Xiao Yu activated Purgatory Body Protection and overpowered him in a direct clash.
• Xiao Yu struck Chang Hao off the Soul Duel Stage, and Chang Hao admitted defeat.
• Gao Huan began to welcome Xiao Yu into Elite Class Two, but Yao Liang interrupted to ask him to share his Meditation Method, and Xiao Yu refused.

Xiao Yu refused Yao Liang’s attempt to take his secret Meditation Method, prompting Miao to reveal his Soul Saint strength and protect him. After the academy dismissed Yao Liang and gave Xiao Yu a private dormitory, Xiao Yu meditated through the night and awakened a burst of power that cracked his bedframe.

• Yao Liang threatened Xiao Yu and tried to seize his unique cultivation technique after Xiao Yu refused to trade it.
• Miao revealed his Soul Saint strength and forced Yao Liang to back down, while Gao Huan and Gao Jue disavowed Yao Liang’s actions.
• Xiao Yu told Miao to stand down, and Gao Huan dismissed Yao Liang from the academy.
• Gao Huan arranged a single dormitory for Xiao Yu, who began cultivating there after nightfall.
• Xiao Yu meditated until dawn, unleashed a burst of Soul Power, and cracked the bedframe beneath him.

Xiao Yu attended his first theory lesson at the academy, then faced a group led by Yao Yi’s allies. He accepted Zhu Wang’s challenge and threw him to the ground on the Soul Duel Stage.

• Xiao Yu reported his cracked bed board to the dorm manager, then chose a window seat in Elite Class Two and took extensive notes during the theory lesson.
• Yao Yi gathered several strong students to confront Xiao Yu, hoping to vent his anger before the academy expelled him.
• Xiao Yu refused to apologize to Yao Yi and agreed to fight Zhu Wang at the Soul Duel Stage.
• Zhu Wang revealed his Level Nineteen Berserk Bear martial soul and charged at Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu seized Zhu Wang’s arm and executed a shoulder throw, sending him flying.

After defeating Zhu Wang, Xiao Yu settled into academy life and met the newly enrolled Ye Lingling, whose Nine Hearted Begonia martial soul made her the first person from the original story he had encountered. The chapter ended with Ye Lingling asking to borrow his notes so she could catch up on lessons.

• Xiao Yu threw Zhu Wang off the Soul Duel Stage, and the students of Class Two stopped provoking him.
• Xiao Yu spent the next half year cultivating and reflecting on the threats posed by Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall.
• A shy new student named Ye Lingling took the window seat beside Xiao Yu and introduced herself as a Spirit Master with the Nine Hearted Begonia martial soul.
• Xiao Yu recognized Ye Lingling from the original story and considered the rarity and healing power of her martial soul.
• After morning lessons, Ye Lingling asked Xiao Yu if she could borrow his notebook to catch up on the earlier lessons.

Xiao Yu befriended Ye Lingling by sharing his notes and bringing her lunch, while planning to use an Immortal Herb to cure the Nine Hearted Begonia’s flaw and win her family’s support. After half a year of studying and cultivation, Xiao Yu reached Level 20 and chose to pursue a thousand-year second soul ring with help from Hui Huo and Miao.

• Xiao Yu lent Ye Lingling his notes, and she spent hours studying them until she missed lunch.
• Xiao Yu brought Ye Lingling a meal, caught her when she ran into him, and helped her avoid going hungry.
• Xiao Yu planned to use an Immortal Herb to evolve Ye Lingling’s martial soul and bring the Nine Hearted Begonia Family into his future faction.
• Over the following months, Xiao Yu and Ye Lingling grew familiar as they studied and discussed classwork together.
• Three months after Ye Lingling obtained her first soul ring, Xiao Yu broke through to Level 20 and received four soul-ring tasks from the system.
• Xiao Yu decided to attempt a thousand-year soul ring with help from Hui Huo and Miao.

Xiao Yu prepared to absorb a spirit ring beyond his level by consuming Whale Rubber, then set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with Hui Huo and Miao. He chose a darkness-attributed dragon-type beast for his offensive second skill, and Hui Huo led them toward a roughly fifteen-hundred-year-old Crimson Lotus Demonic Dragon.

• Xiao Yu considered the dangers of revealing his ability to absorb a spirit ring beyond his level and asked Hui Huo to find Whale Rubber to strengthen his body.
• Hui Huo softened two pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber with his Bennu Bird flames, and Xiao Yu consumed them while guiding their heat through his body with Soul Power.
• After absorbing the Whale Rubber, Xiao Yu asked Hui Huo to summon Miao so they could travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for his second spirit ring.
• Miao asked what kind of spirit beast Xiao Yu wanted, and Xiao Yu said he sought a darkness-attributed dragon, lion, or tiger that could grant him an offensive skill.
• Hui Huo recommended a roughly fifteen-hundred-year-old Crimson Lotus Demonic Dragon near the boundary of the forest’s outer and central regions, and Xiao Yu asked him to lead the way.

Xiao Yu absorbed the Crimson Lotus Demonic Dragon's thousand-year soul ring and gained his Second Spirit Skill. After disguising the ring's color, he left the area with Hui Huo and Miao.

• Hui Huo fought the Crimson Lotus Demonic Dragon and weakened it with his Black Flame Impact.
• Xiao Yu killed the dying Crimson Lotus Demonic Dragon and absorbed its purple soul ring despite the intense pain.
• The system awarded Xiao Yu a Black-level character selection opportunity for absorbing a thousand-year soul ring with another's assistance.
• Xiao Yu used Spirit Ring Disguise to make his second soul ring appear yellow and revealed that his Second Spirit Skill was Shadow Gale Bursting Bullet.
• Xiao Yu, Hui Huo, and Miao departed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xiao Yu and his companions rescued Huo Wu from a revenge attack in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Huo Wushuang was absorbing his second spirit ring. Huo Kui invited Xiao Yu to join Blazing Academy, leaving the group to consider the offer.

• Huo Kui and another Soul Master subdued a Fire Leopard so Huo Wushuang could absorb its spirit ring.
• A female Fire Leopard attacked Huo Wu, but Xiao Yu slowed it with his second spirit skill and Huo Kui killed it.
• Huo Kui thanked Xiao Yu, Hui Huo, and Miao, and introduced himself as a Blazing Academy instructor.
• Xiao Yu recognized Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu as the siblings from the original story.
• Huo Wu invited Xiao Yu to join Blazing Academy, and Huo Kui promoted the academy and offered to sponsor his admission.

Xiao Yu declined Huo Kui’s invitation to join Blazing Academy because he planned to build his own academy and make his future sect famous through the Spirit Master competition. He left the Star Dou Great Forest with Hui Huo and Miao, while Huo Wu resolved to train harder before they met again.

• Xiao Yu decided that joining Blazing Academy would undermine his plan to establish his own academy and use the tournament to promote his future sect.
• Xiao Yu politely refused Huo Kui’s invitation, explaining that he was already enrolled at Mingjing Academy and did not want to leave his friends.
• Huo Kui suggested Xiao Yu apply to Blazing Academy’s intermediate school after graduation, and Xiao Yu gave an ambiguous promise to consider it.
• Huo Wu questioned Xiao Yu about his background, and he made up stories to conceal the truth about his guards and system.
• Xiao Yu said goodbye to Huo Wu and departed with Hui Huo and Miao; Huo Wu vowed to train harder and beat him in their next spar.

After three years at Mingjing Academy, Xiao Yu graduated and declined Ye Lingling’s offer to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, explaining that his hidden sect planned to establish its own academy. As Xiao Yu left, Blind God King Su Yuntao discovered a boy with Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power in Holy Soul Village.

• Xiao Yu became Mingjing Academy’s top student after transferring to Elite Class One and spending three years there.
• Xiao Yu told Ye Lingling he was graduating, and she invited him to join her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xiao Yu refused because he planned to help his hidden sect establish an academy and make its name in the Spirit Master Competition.
• Xiao Yu reassured Ye Lingling that they could keep in touch and travel together in the future.
• Xiao Yu said farewell to Headmaster Gao Huan, Director of Studies Gao Jue, Ye Lingling, and his classmates before leaving the academy.
• Blind God King Su Yuntao was shocked to find a boy with Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power in Holy Soul Village.

Xiao Yu used his accumulated summoning cards and Sanctuary Legion Card to build up his core team and gain powerful Soul Masters. Though Mu gave him a Titled Douluo to hold the fort, Xiao Yu recognized that his new sect still lacked the manpower and foundation of established clans.

• Xiao Yu reviewed his system status and pending tasks while Hui Huo and Miao guarded him in a remote valley.
• Xiao Yu summoned five Purple-level characters, three Black Grade characters, and the Red Grade Gold Saint Mu of Aries.
• Xiao Yu celebrated Mu's arrival as a Titled Douluo and assessed his team's strength against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yu acknowledged his sect's shortage of manpower, wealth, and other foundations, then used the Sanctuary Legion Card he had kept in reserve.

Xiao Yu chose the Dragon Peak Sect as the first target for his new power after Miao uncovered its crimes against the people. He and his followers attacked the sect openly, and the chapter ended as Feng Bailong prepared to fight back.

• Xiao Yu agreed to seize resources from a notorious sect rather than attack indiscriminately, and he assigned Miao to gather intelligence.
• Miao reported that the Dragon Peak Sect, led by Feng Bailong, oppressed civilians and that Feng Quan had committed numerous crimes.
• Xiao Yu decided to attack the Dragon Peak Sect and publicly declare that they were upholding Heaven's justice.
• Hui Huo destroyed the sect's gates and overwhelmed the guards with his Sixth Spirit Skill, Corona Gale.
• Xiao Yu confronted Feng Bailong with more than two hundred soul masters behind him, accused the sect of its crimes, and dismissed Feng Bailong's claim of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan ties.
• Feng Bailong abandoned his pretense of innocence and threatened to show Xiao Yu that the Dragon Peak Sect was not easy to provoke.

Xiao Yu’s Nine Stars Hall defeated and nearly wiped out the Dragon Peak Sect after Feng Bailong tried to seize him. Xiao Yu ordered the survivors investigated and the sect’s wealth used to compensate those harmed by the Dragon Peak Sect.

• Feng Bailong transformed with his Martial Soul Avatar and charged Xiao Yu, but Mu stopped him with Crystal Wall and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Xiao Yu ordered an attack, and Hui Huo’s Dark Sun Radiance killed the Dragon Peak Sect’s elders while Black Tortoise led the Soul Masters against the disciples.
• The battle left most of the Dragon Peak Sect dead, with a few surrendering and Feng Bailong captured; Feng Quan was trampled after his legs were broken.
• Feng Bailong asked who his attackers were, and Xiao Yu identified himself as the founder of Nine Stars Hall before having Feng Bailong dragged away.
• Xiao Yu ordered the surrendered members screened for relatives of Feng Bailong, offenders stripped of their Soul Power, and half the treasury distributed to the Dragon Peak Sect’s victims.