Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu reunited with Lu Fei, learned that his younger brother had reached level nine Soul Power, and promised to stay in Nuoding City and help him hunt for a Soul Ring. When Tang San came seeking Lu Yu on Yu Xiaogang’s behalf, Lu Yu arranged to meet Tang San alone at the school gate after classes.

• Lu Fei excitedly told Lu Yu about his academy life, and the brothers returned to Su Yuntao’s courtyard for a meal.
• Lu Fei revealed that he had reached level nine Soul Power, and Lu Yu promised to stay in Nuoding City and take him Soul Hunting once he reached level ten.
• Lu Yu promised to pick Lu Fei up after classes, then returned home to cultivate while Lu Fei went to Nuoding Academy.
• Tang San visited Lu Fei, who told him to wait for Lu Yu at the school gate after classes.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to meet Lu Yu in his place, and Tang San agreed to help his teacher.
• At the end of classes, Xiao Wu asked Tang San what was troubling him, but he said it concerned his teacher.

Tang San waited at Nuoding Academy to meet Lu Yu on Yu Xiaogang’s behalf, then followed him to a courtyard and praised his teacher’s Martial Soul theories. Lu Yu asked Tang San to explain the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Tang San began citing Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring age limits.

• Tang San left Xiao Wu and waited alone at Nuoding Academy’s gate for Lu Yu.
• Lu Fei ran to Lu Yu and hugged him, while Tang San watched before following them to Lu Yu’s courtyard.
• Lu Yu asked Tang San why Yu Xiaogang had sent him, and Tang San recommended Yu Xiaogang as a Martial Soul expert.
• Lu Yu asked about the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Tang San proudly praised Yu Xiaogang’s work.
• Tang San told Lu Yu that Yu Xiaogang set the First Soul Ring limit at 423 years and the Second at 764 years, then summoned his yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring as proof.

Lu Yu challenged Tang San’s belief in Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring limits by questioning how anyone could determine a Soul Beast’s exact age or why Blue Silver Grass could absorb a ring also suited to powerful dragon Martial Souls. Tang San began doubting Yu Xiaogang, and Lu Yu led him toward reconsidering the Mandala Snake Soul Ring that gave Blue Silver Grass poison.

• Lu Yu asked Tang San how Yu Xiaogang had established the exact 423-year First Soul Ring limit, and Tang San struggled to answer.
• Lu Yu argued that Blue Silver Grass and powerful dragon Martial Souls should not share the same Soul Ring limit, prompting Tang San to doubt Yu Xiaogang’s teachings.
• Hidden nearby, Tang Hao recognized the force of Lu Yu’s questions and regretted letting Tang San study under Yu Xiaogang.
• Lu Yu asked what Soul Beast Tang San had hunted for his First Soul Ring, and Tang San said the Grandmaster had helped him hunt a 400-year-old Mandala Snake.
• Tang San explained that the Mandala Snake’s poison compensated for Blue Silver Grass’s lack of offensive power, while Lu Yu prepared to question the choice.

Lu Yu convinced Tang San that the Mandala Snake Soul Ring might be poisoning his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, destroying Tang San’s trust in Yu Xiaogang. Enraged, Tang Hao beat Yu Xiaogang nearly unconscious but spared him because he still needed him to address the drawbacks of cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

• Lu Yu questioned Tang San about the connection between a person and their Martial Soul, then argued that Tang San’s poisonous Mandala Snake Soul Ring was harming his pure Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San grew shocked and panicked as he considered that the poison might gradually corrode his Martial Soul and damage his body, and his trust in Yu Xiaogang collapsed.
• Tang Hao overheard Lu Yu’s warning and flew into a rage, blaming Yu Xiaogang for endangering Tang San’s cultivation.
• Tang Hao burst into Yu Xiaogang’s dormitory and beat him severely, then threw him against a wall and kicked him.
• Tang Hao left Yu Xiaogang alive because he still needed him to solve the drawbacks of cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

Tang Hao comforted Tang San after his despair over his cultivation, insisting that Yu Xiaogang was needed to solve the problem of cultivating Twin Martial Souls. After Tang San left, Tang Hao set off to punish Yu Yuanzhen, while teachers discovered the badly injured Yu Xiaogang.

• Tang Hao gave Yu Xiaogang a token and left him after warning him to train Tang San and abandon his theories.
• Tang Hao found Tang San despondent, reassured him that he had a way to deal with his Martial Soul, and told him Yu Xiaogang was the only person who could help him cultivate Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San asked whether Lu Yu could help, and Tang Hao said Lu Yu's theoretical knowledge was useful but he did not know the secret of cultivating Twin Martial Souls.
• After Tang San left, Tang Hao flew toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to make Yu Yuanzhen pay for Yu Xiaogang's mistakes.
• Teachers found Yu Xiaogang unconscious in his bloodied quarters and called for a healing-type Soul Master after confirming he was alive.

Lu Yu learned that Yu Xiaogang had been beaten and left unconscious, while Tang San used the incident as a reason to visit him at the clinic. Tang San stayed beside Yu Xiaogang until dusk, when the unconscious man began asking for water.

• At dinner, Lu Yu gave Lu Fei the Taiqing True Qi Manual and told him to memorize it and keep it secret.
• After taking Lu Fei to Nuoding Academy, Lu Yu climbed over the wall to ask about Grandmaster and learned that Yu Xiaogang had been beaten the previous night.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that he had seen his father, then arranged to visit Yu Xiaogang under the pretext of caring for him.
• Tang San learned Yu Xiaogang's clinic address, went to his room, and sat silently beside his unconscious bed through the afternoon.
• At dusk, Yu Xiaogang twitched and muttered that he wanted water.

Tang San secretly poisoned Yu Xiaogang’s medicine while pretending to care for him, and Yu Xiaogang trusted him more deeply as he recovered from his injuries. The chapter ended with Tang San continuing his deception, intent on keeping Yu Xiaogang weak and under his control.

• Yu Xiaogang woke briefly in the hospital and asked for water, while Tang San acted outraged over his injuries despite secretly feeling satisfied.
• Tang San prepared medicine and secretly added a slow-acting poison that would erode Yu Xiaogang’s Qi and blood without being detected.
• Tang San gently fed Yu Xiaogang the poisoned medicine and continued visiting and caring for him over the next three days.
• Yu Xiaogang gradually regained consciousness but remained weak and tired, and he grew grateful to Tang San for his attentive care.
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to teach Tang San everything he knew and help him become a Titled Douluo, while Tang San privately planned to keep him frail and manipulable.

Lu Yu taught Lu Fei the Taiqing True Qi Manual's meridians, and Lu Fei cultivated far faster than with Nuoding Academy's method. Lu Yu planned to take him to Suotuo City, but Su Yuntao refused to leave Nuoding City because he remained committed to overseeing local children's Martial Soul awakenings.

• Lu Yu guided Lu Fei through the Taiqing True Qi Manual's meridians, and Lu Fei completed a full cultivation cycle after memorizing the route.
• Lu Fei said the manual let him absorb about twenty times more Soul Power than the academy's meditation method and expected to reach level ten within two days.
• Lu Yu told Lu Fei to graduate at level ten and said they would leave Nuoding City so Lu Fei could gain experience.
• Lu Yu visited Su Yuntao and invited him to join the brothers in Suotuo City after Lu Fei reached level ten.
• Su Yuntao declined, explaining that he wanted to remain in Nuoding City to provide Martial Soul awakenings for children from nearby communities.
• Lu Yu accepted Su Yuntao's decision, and Su Yuntao promised he would always stand behind the brothers.

After discovering their old home had been burned down, Lu Yu confronted the village chief's family and left with Lu Fei, while secretly sending the Great Sage back to deal with them. Su Yuntao received Lu Yu's farewell gift as the brothers arrived in Suotuo City, where Lu Yu planned to take Lu Fei Soul Hunting.

• Lu Fei asked Lu Yu to revisit their old home, where they found it burned to ruins.
• Lu Yu confronted the village chief, who admitted burning the house and blamed the brothers for Ta Ke's death; Lu Yu revealed his Soul Rings and left without attacking the family.
• Lu Yu comforted Lu Fei about Ta Ke's death, then secretly sent the Great Sage back toward the village chief's residence.
• Su Yuntao found Lu Yu's farewell letter, 100,000 Gold Soul Coins, and a secret medicine that would let his Third Soul Ring absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei reached Suotuo City, and Lu Yu said they would rest before going Soul Hunting.

Lu Yu explained two development paths for Lu Fei’s Fire Monkey Martial Soul, and Lu Fei chose to strengthen its flames. The brothers set out to find Lu Fei a First Soul Ring and reached Lava Canyon, where Lu Yu planned to hunt a flame-shaped Soul Beast.

• Lu Yu returned to his courtyard with Lu Fei and introduced him to Lin Tian and Oscar.
• Lu Yu described a flame-focused path and a strength-and-size-focused path for Lu Fei’s Fire Monkey, and Lu Fei chose to pursue stronger flames.
• Lu Yu prepared water-filled barrels for the hunt and declined Lin Tian’s offer to accompany them.
• Lu Yu took Lu Fei toward the Star Dou Great Forest, planning to find a flame-shaped Soul Beast in Lava Canyon for his First Soul Ring.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei reached the outskirts of Lava Canyon, where Lu Yu explained that the local Soul Beasts were mostly fire-attribute.

Lu Yu took Lu Fei into the Lava Canyon to find a Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit whose pure flame energy could strengthen Lu Fei’s Fire Monkey Martial Soul. They found a dormant ten-year-old spirit, but Lu Yu led Lu Fei deeper into the dangerous, scorching cave to search for a stronger one.

• Lu Yu explained that the brothers were seeking a flame Soul Beast in the Lava Canyon and told Lu Fei about the sea and a distant continent.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei reached the Lava Canyon, put on masks against its heat and sulfur, and entered along the outskirts.
• Lu Yu identified a charred trail leading into a cave and guided Lu Fei inside toward the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit.
• The brothers found a dormant Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit with a white core, and Lu Yu judged it to be only ten years old.
• Lu Yu led Lu Fei farther into the cave in search of a stronger spirit, though the heat and lava made their progress difficult.

Lu Yu and Lu Fei found a nearly nine-hundred-year Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit, but Great Sage’s physical attack proved useless. Lu Yu used water to extinguish its flames and captured its core, then escaped the lava cave with Lu Fei.

• Lu Yu and Lu Fei discovered a nearly nine-hundred-year Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit in a lava pool.
• Lu Yu ordered Great Sage to strike the spirit, but it reformed immediately and proved immune to physical attacks.
• The enraged spirit chased the brothers, and Lu Yu threw a water-filled wooden bucket at it.
• The bucket burned away, releasing water that extinguished most of the spirit’s flames.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei doused the remaining flames, and Lu Yu caught the spirit’s core in an iron bucket.
• Lu Yu kept the core submerged as the brothers escaped the lava cave.

Lu Fei absorbed the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit’s nearly nine-hundred-year Soul Ring, becoming a Soul Master and gaining a defensive skill with partial physical-damage and fire immunity. Lu Yu congratulated him and considered ways to strengthen his resistance to ice and water before the brothers headed back toward the exit.

• Lu Yu warned Lu Fei about the pain of absorbing the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit’s Soul Ring, and Lu Fei shattered its core to form a Yellow Soul Ring.
• Lu Fei endured the Soul Ring’s scorching power until it merged into his body, making him a Soul Master at level fourteen.
• Lu Fei showed Lu Yu how his Fire Monkey Martial Soul had changed and learned that his Soul Skill granted fifty percent immunity to physical damage and fire.
• Lu Yu reassured Lu Fei that the skill would help him fight Tool Martial Soul Masters, then considered whether Immortal Herbs could give him immunity to ice and water.
• Lu Yu told Lu Fei they should leave, and the brothers walked toward the exit together.

Lu Yu returned to Suotuo City with Lu Fei, whose new Soul Skill granted half immunity to physical and fire damage. He revealed his self-created Rasengan and began teaching it to Oscar, Lin Tian, and Lu Fei, leaving them facing its demanding training stages.

• Lu Yu and Lu Fei returned to their courtyard, where Oscar and Lin Tian congratulated Lu Fei on gaining his first Soul Ring.
• Lu Fei explained that his First Soul Skill, Physical and Fire Dual Immunity, reduced physical and fire damage by half, impressing Oscar and Lin Tian.
• Oscar showed Lu Yu that he had mastered his new Soul Incantation for producing a Recovery Sausage, and Lu Yu promised to give him a gift.
• Lu Yu demonstrated his self-created Soul Skill, the Rasengan, and agreed to teach it to Oscar, Lin Tian, and Lu Fei.
• Lu Yu began the first training stage by showing how to spin a water-filled cowhide bag in the palm using precise Soul Power control, then started demonstrating the second stage.

Lu Yu taught Lin Tian, Oscar, and Lu Fei demanding Rasengan control exercises, then spent years struggling with slow cultivation before finally reaching level 40. As he prepared to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring, Lin Tian suggested Lu Yu’s weak Soul Rings might be the cause of his slow progress.

• Lu Yu demonstrated the second stage of Rasengan training and explained that the exercises developed control over Soul Power and the Rasengan.
• Oscar committed to learning the Rasengan, while Lu Fei complained that the training was too difficult and Lin Tian stayed quiet.
• Over three years, Lu Yu gained a Nightmare Cat Third Soul Ring and searched for a way to improve his slow cultivation, eventually choosing the Myriad-Devouring Golden Toad as a possible target for his fourth ring.
• Lu Yu broke through to level 40 after two and a half years of slow cultivation, and Lin Tian, Lu Fei, and Oscar celebrated with him.
• Lin Tian questioned whether Lu Yu’s three ten-year Soul Rings were holding back his cultivation and asked if he intended to absorb another ten-year ring.

Lu Yu ignored Lin Tian’s concerns and traveled alone to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a Myriad-Devouring Golden Toad. He encountered a Ten-Thousand-Year Sky-Flying Centipede and, after failing to escape, began fighting it with the Ruyi Staff.

• Lin Tian warned Lu Yu that absorbing another Ten-Year Soul Ring might be slowing his cultivation, but Lu Yu insisted on continuing and promised not to choose another for his fifth ring if his cultivation remained slow.
• Lu Yu searched the forest for a Myriad-Devouring Golden Toad until dusk, then turned back toward the outskirts to find a safe place for the night.
• A Ten-Thousand-Year Sky-Flying Centipede emerged from the undergrowth, and Lu Yu ordered Great Sage to hold it off while he fled.
• Great Sage failed to stop the centipede, which chased Lu Yu, smashed through a tree, and rammed him into the ground.
• Lu Yu used Vajra Indestructibility to withstand the blow, recalled the Ruyi Staff, and began fighting the centipede, whose golden spots gathered over its shell to dissipate much of the staff’s force.

Lu Yu killed the mutated Sky-Flying Centipede and absorbed its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, reaching level 44. He discovered that its golden defensive markings had become a rare defensive External Soul Bone and began refining it.

• Lu Yu found a seam in the Sky-Flying Centipede's carapace and expanded the Ruyi Staff inside it until the creature died.
• Lu Yu examined the centipede's golden defensive spots and suspected it had mutated.
• Lu Yu returned to the corpse and decided to absorb the centipede's Soul Ring for Great Sage's protection, then absorbed it himself after recalling Great Sage.
• Lu Yu's Soul Power rose to level 44, and golden spots appeared on his chest as a defensive External Soul Bone.
• Lu Yu circulated Soul Power through the spots and began refining the External Soul Bone into his body.

Lu Yu gave the Great Sage the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, which unlocked a Somersault Cloud for each of them. He discovered the clouds could travel several kilometers away, but his first attempt to ride them ended with him falling to the ground.

• Lu Yu permanently gave the Great Sage the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, breaking the Great Sage through his level-ten Soul Power bottleneck.
• A small white cloud appeared beneath the Great Sage, and Lu Yu recognized it as a Somersault Cloud.
• At the Great Sage's urging, Lu Yu called for a cloud and summoned one of his own, then wondered whether absorbing corresponding Soul Rings could unlock Sun Wukong's abilities.
• Lu Yu sent both clouds away and sensed them fly three kilometers before recalling them from farther away.
• Lu Yu tried to ride the clouds, but they flew off without him, leaving him sprawled on the ground and complaining that they were too small.

Lu Yu considered how Soul Ring age affected the divine abilities he unlocked, then encountered Huo Zhengyang and Huo Wu while leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. As they traveled together, he wondered whether Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion talent could help him increase Soul Ring age.

• Lu Yu wrote down the Mirror Beast as a possible source for unlocking Sun Wukong’s Seventy-Two Transformations.
• Lu Yu met Huo Zhengyang and Huo Wu in the forest and introduced himself as Lu Yu.
• Huo Zhengyang invited Lu Yu to travel with him and Huo Wu toward the forest’s outskirts, and Lu Yu accepted.
• Huo Wu asked to pet the Great Sage, and Lu Yu let her hold him.
• Lu Yu pondered Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion talent while the Great Sage fidgeted in her arms.

Lu Yu convinced Huo Zhengyang that his External Beast Martial Soul and rapid cultivation challenged Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul theories. Huo Zhengyang invited Lu Yu to travel with him and Huo Wu, leaving them set to continue their journey together.

• Huo Wu asked to buy Great Sage, but Lu Yu explained that the monkey was his Martial Soul and summoned him back to his shoulder.
• Huo Zhengyang recognized Great Sage as an External Beast Martial Soul and mentioned that Yu Xiaogang might guide Lu Yu.
• Lu Yu questioned Yu Xiaogang’s theories, arguing that his low cultivation made his claims about Soul Beast ages suspect.
• Lu Yu revealed that he had rank-one Innate Soul Power but had reached rank 34, then summoned three White Soul Rings to prove it.
• Huo Zhengyang and Huo Wu were stunned by Lu Yu’s cultivation, and Huo Zhengyang invited him to travel with them and discuss Martial Soul Theory.