Recaps

After forcing Lei Long to kneel and kowtow, Yu Tianheng collected his winnings and returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where his father backed his actions. He then visited Mu Qing, who had entered the Flesh Refining Realm, and offered to move Mu Qing and the other children into a residence in Heaven Dou City so he could teach them Martial Dao cultivation.

• Yu Tianheng made Lei Long kneel and kowtow, and Lei Long vowed to challenge him again after obtaining his fourth Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianheng and Song Guan divided the wager, leaving Yu Tianheng with more than 5.6 million Gold Soul Coins.
• News of Lei Long’s defeat spread through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, boosting Yu Tianheng’s reputation.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaolong about the fight, and Yu Xiaolong assured him the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would protect him.
• Yu Tianheng visited Mu Qing and learned that he had broken through to the Flesh Refining Realm but had only grasped the basics of Dragon Claw Hand.
• Yu Tianheng announced that Mu Qing and the other children would move into a residence in Heaven Dou City, where he would teach them Martial Dao cultivation.

Yu Tianheng bought a residence in Heaven Dou City and established the Blue Lightning Martial Arts Hall, where Mu Qing began training Mu Zi and the other children in the Martial Dao. Seeking to advance beyond the Sinew Refining Realm, Yu Tianheng chose to buy a Bone Forging Pill and prepared to break through.

• Yu Tianheng took Mu Qing, Mu Zi, and the other children to Heaven Dou City and bought a spacious residence for eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Tianheng named the residence the Blue Lightning Martial Arts Hall and told the children that Mu Qing would teach them the Body Tempering Skill and basic Martial Dao knowledge.
• Mu Qing led Mu Zi and the other children in daily cultivation at the hall while Yu Tianheng trained at the peak of the ninth level of the Sinew Refining Realm.
• Yu Tianheng asked the Heavenly Mandate System how to reach the Bone Refining Realm and learned three methods: taking a Bone Forging Pill, tempering his bones through strenuous training, or absorbing primordial Qi at a blessed location.
• Yu Tianheng bought a Bone Forging Pill from the System Shop for five hundred Heavenly Mandate Points.

Yu Tianheng broke through to the first level of the Bone Forging Realm, bought the Golden Body Art, and entered seclusion to cultivate while Mu Qing and Mu Zi managed his affairs. A month later he had reached the third level, while Lei Long returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy at Soul Power Level 41 after obtaining his fourth Soul Ring.

• Yu Tianheng used a Bone Forging Pill to break through to the first level of the Bone Forging Realm.
• Yu Tianheng bought the earth-grade Golden Body Art and assigned Mu Qing to teach the disciples and Mu Zi to manage affairs before entering seclusion.
• Yu Tianheng spent a month tempering his bones with Bloodline Power, reaching the third level of the Bone Forging Realm.
• Lei Long left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Yu Tianheng defeated him, hunted a five-thousand-year Soul Beast with his family's help, and obtained his fourth Soul Ring.
• Lei Long consolidated his cultivation for half a month and reached Soul Power Level 41 before standing outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

After reaching Soul Ancestor, Lei Long searched for Yu Tianheng to exact revenge and tracked him to the Blue Lightning Martial Arts Hall. Mu Qing warned Yu Tianheng, who was cultivating in seclusion, that Lei Long had arrived, and Yu Tianheng recognized the danger.

• Lei Long returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after breaking through to Soul Ancestor and found Yu Tianheng’s room empty.
• Lei Long threatened Song Guan until Song Guan told him Yu Tianheng had gone to Heaven Dou City.
• Lei Long learned about the Blue Lightning Martial Arts Hall and rushed there, convinced Yu Tianheng was hiding inside.
• Lei Long demanded that Yu Tianheng come out and threatened Mu Qing when Mu Qing refused to disturb his seclusion.
• Mu Qing hurried to Yu Tianheng’s secret chamber and warned him that Lei Long, a four-ring Soul Master, was making trouble; Yu Tianheng opened his eyes in surprise.

Yu Tianheng emerged from seclusion to confront Lei Long, confident that his Bone Refining Realm and Golden Body Art had made him stronger. He shattered Lei Long’s strongest Soul Skill with one punch and launched a second attack, leaving Lei Long’s fate unresolved.

• Yu Tianheng told Mu Qing to take him to Lei Long, who had challenged him after obtaining a fourth Soul Ring.
• Lei Long demanded that Yu Tianheng kneel and hand over his gambling winnings, but Yu Tianheng refused.
• Lei Long used Martial Soul Possession and unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Tiger Fang Space-Rending Slash.
• Yu Tianheng shattered Lei Long’s attack with a single punch, stunning Lei Long and impressing Mu Qing and Mu Zi.
• Yu Tianheng charged at Lei Long and threw a powerful punch toward his chest.

Yu Tianheng defeated Lei Long and nearly killed him, but decided against provoking Lei Long’s powerful family. Instead, he forced Lei Long to write an IOU for one million Gold Soul Coins, leaving Lei Long alive but indebted.

• Yu Tianheng shattered Lei Long’s fourth Soul Skill with a punch, then struck him down and left him gravely wounded.
• Yu Tianheng threatened Lei Long with a blade, but Lei Long pleaded for mercy and invoked his father and clan’s influence.
• Yu Tianheng explained that his own status and grandfather’s strength outweighed Lei Long’s family backing, then chose not to kill him to avoid trouble.
• Yu Tianheng demanded that Lei Long write an IOU for one million Gold Soul Coins, due within three years, and Lei Long signed it.

After humiliating Lei Long, Yu Tianheng learned that Lei Long planned to hire an assassin to kill him. Yu Tianheng then appointed Mu Qing to lead the expansion of the Blue Lightning Martial Arts Hall and began setting rules for recruiting disciples.

• Lei Long ordered his subordinates to keep quiet about Yu Tianheng defeating him, then announced that he would leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and recover from his injuries.
• Alone, Lei Long vowed revenge and decided to secretly hire someone to assassinate Yu Tianheng, treating his one-million-Gold-Soul-Coin IOU as worthless if Yu Tianheng died.
• Yu Tianheng assessed Mu Qing, Mu Zi, and the other disciples’ Martial Dao progress and resolved to expand the martial arts hall to build a stronger force before the continent descended into war.
• Yu Tianheng appointed Mu Qing, his first disciple, as hall master and instructed him to recruit more disciples.
• Yu Tianheng said the hall would reject people who had awakened Martial Souls and children of nobles.

Yu Tianheng laid out the Blue Lightning Martial Arts Hall’s rules, resources, and development plan, then entrusted its future to Mu Qing. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he learned Song Guan had revealed his whereabouts to Lei Long, who had returned seeking revenge after advancing to a four-ring Soul Master.

• Yu Tianheng explained the hall’s rules, disciple ranks, and reward system to Mu Qing, and promised two million Gold Soul Coins for its development.
• Yu Tianheng gave Mu Qing cultivation techniques and resources, then left the hall’s operations in her hands.
• Yu Tianheng returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after being away for months.
• Song Guan regretted telling Lei Long where Yu Tianheng might be after Lei Long returned as a four-ring Soul Master seeking revenge.
• Song Guan encountered Yu Tianheng and confessed that he had revealed his whereabouts to Lei Long.

Yu Tianheng told Song Guan that he had defeated Lei Long and forced him to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Lei Long soon graduated under the pretext of joining the imperial army. As rumors of Yu Tianheng’s strength spread through the academy, he continued cultivating both the Martial Dao and his Martial Soul, reaching Soul Master level 37 and the third layer of the Organ Refining Realm.

• Yu Tianheng told Song Guan that he had beaten Lei Long after Lei Long challenged him as a Four-Ring Soul Master, and that he had warned Lei Long to leave the academy.
• A few days later, Lei Long sent someone to submit his graduation application, claiming he wanted to advance his prospects in the imperial army, and the Education Committee approved it.
• Students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy speculated about Lei Long’s departure and learned that Yu Tianheng had defeated him in their conflicts.
• Yu Tianheng cultivated both the Martial Dao and his Martial Soul in his detached dormitory.
• Yu Tianheng checked his character interface and found that he had reached Soul Master level 37 and the third layer of the Organ Refining Realm.

Yu Tianheng focused on cultivating his Martial Soul after deciding he lacked the Heavenly Mandate Points to obtain Martial Dao resources, and he resolved to pursue a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his fourth ring. After four months of seclusion, he reached Soul Power Level 39 and left his chamber to rest before challenging the level 40 bottleneck.

• Yu Tianheng decided to focus on improving his Martial Soul and resolved to hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring after reaching level 40.
• Yu Tianheng cultivated Innate Skill in seclusion, using its perfected sixth realm to draw in primordial Qi and increase his Soul Power.
• After a month and a half, Yu Tianheng broke through the level 38 bottleneck.
• Two and a half months later, Yu Tianheng reached Soul Power Level 39.
• After four months of uninterrupted cultivation, Yu Tianheng left his quiet chamber to rest before attempting to break through to level 40.

Yu Tianheng told Lan Lingmeng that his Soul Power had reached level thirty-nine, stunning her with his rapid progress. After Lan Lingmeng confessed that she wanted to date him, he refused so he could focus on cultivation, and they parted on friendly terms.

• Yu Tianheng met Lan Lingmeng in a secluded garden at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told her his Soul Power was level thirty-nine.
• Lan Lingmeng compared his progress to her own level thirty-eight and resolved to work harder, though she doubted she could keep up.
• Lan Lingmeng considered her expected political marriage and decided Yu Tianheng would be a suitable partner to pursue.
• Lan Lingmeng asked Yu Tianheng to start seeing her, but he declined because he wanted to focus on cultivation and prepare for the future.
• Lan Lingmeng accepted his refusal, asked to remain friends, and watched him leave without anger.

After rejecting Lan Lingmeng, Yu Tianheng focused on finding Dugu Yan so he could approach Dugu Bo and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He helped Song Guan break through to Soul Power Level 36, then offered to teach him a technique for gathering Soul Power more efficiently.

• Lan Lingmeng became more interested in Yu Tianheng after he calmly rejected her confession.
• Yu Tianheng decided to approach Dugu Yan to gain access to Dugu Bo and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yu Tianheng found Song Guan cultivating and waited while he attempted to break through to Soul Power Level 36.
• Yu Tianheng steadied Song Guan's Soul Power with True Qi, helping him break through to level 36.
• Song Guan told Yu Tianheng that he had not found Dugu Yan yet but had people watching around the academy.
• Yu Tianheng offered to teach Song Guan a secret cultivation technique, and Song Guan agreed to try it.

Yu Tianheng taught Song Guan the first level of the Innate Skill, a meditation and breathing method that greatly increased Song Guan’s cultivation speed. After the system rewarded Yu Tianheng with Heavenly Mandate Points, he considered how to spread the method without letting Spirit Hall obtain it; Song Guan finished an hour of practice and pledged his loyalty to Yu Tianheng.

• Yu Tianheng taught Song Guan the Five Hearts Facing Heaven posture and a breathing method from the first level of the Innate Skill.
• The system awarded Yu Tianheng five Heavenly Mandate Points and promised further rewards as Song Guan advanced, because the method gave him a chance to reach the Seven-Ring Soul Sage realm.
• Yu Tianheng learned that teaching techniques could earn Heavenly Mandate Points and concluded that he should restrict the method’s spread, especially to Spirit Hall.
• After an hour of cultivation, Song Guan found that his Soul Power condensed at least 50% faster and thanked Yu Tianheng, calling him his big brother and promising to obey him.

Yu Tianheng founded the Heaven's Chosen Society with Song Guan as its second-in-command, intending to teach students a faster cultivation method and build a talented network. Three days after announcing the organization, Yu Tianheng addressed a crowd at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to promote it.

• Yu Tianheng explained that his uncle Yu Xiaogang had devised the cultivation method and urged Song Guan to keep it secret.
• Yu Tianheng proposed forming a student organization to teach the method, and Song Guan agreed to become its second-in-command.
• Yu Tianheng and Song Guan named the organization the Heaven's Chosen Society.
• Yu Tianheng announced the society on the academy notice board, attracting students interested in joining.
• Yu Tianheng met the gathered students in the academy square and began introducing the Heaven's Chosen Society.

Yu Tianheng founded Heaven's Chosen Society at Heaven Dou Royal Academy by promising members cultivation techniques that could accelerate Soul Power growth. After one hundred students joined, he gathered them to teach the techniques and warned them to keep them secret.

• Yu Tianheng explained the cultivation techniques and claimed they had helped raise his Soul Power from level 36 to level 39 in a few months.
• Song Guan confirmed that the Five Hearts Facing Heaven Method and the Breathing and Qi Absorption Method had increased his Soul Power accumulation by 50%.
• Yu Tianheng promised to teach both techniques to society members, and Lan Lingmeng volunteered to join first.
• Yu Tianheng allowed students at level 30 or above to join without assessment and tasked Song Guan with registering members.
• After more than four hundred students applied, one hundred were accepted, including twenty-five Three-Ring Soul Masters.
• Yu Tianheng summoned the members and warned them not to reveal the cultivation techniques to outsiders.

Yu Tianheng taught Heaven's Chosen Society the first level of the Innate Skill, and its members found that it increased their Soul Power cultivation efficiency by 50 percent. He revealed that the full technique had six levels and made access to the remaining five conditional on members' contributions, leaving Song Guan wary of how Yu Tianheng would use that leverage.

• Yu Tianheng taught the members the Five Hearts Facing Heaven Method and the Breathing and Qi Absorption Method, then had them meditate with both.
• After two hours, the members and Lan Lingmeng found they could condense Soul Power about 50 percent more efficiently than before.
• Yu Tianheng revealed that the Innate Skill had six levels and claimed its complete form allowed Soul Masters to cultivate twelve times faster.
• Yu Tianheng said he had completed the sixth level and credited it with his rapid advancement and victory over Lei Long.
• Yu Tianheng offered the remaining five levels to members who made contributions and said he would discuss the contribution rules with Vice President Song Guan.
• Song Guan realized that Yu Tianheng was using the first level to make members value the rest of the technique, and Yu Tianheng dismissed the meeting after warning everyone not to reveal what they had learned.

Yu Tianheng appointed Lan Lingmeng and Song Guan as vice presidents of Heaven's Chosen Society, then left its management to Song Guan while focusing on cultivation and earning Heavenly Mandate Points. A month later, the society's rapid growth drew the academy's attention, and its education committee debated what that meant for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Lan Lingmeng asked Yu Tianheng to appoint her vice president, and he accepted, placing her alongside Song Guan.
• Yu Tianheng gave Song Guan and Lan Lingmeng cultivation manuals for the first four levels of the Innate Skill and promised further levels when they completed them.
• Yu Tianheng delegated the society's daily affairs to Song Guan, who took charge while Lan Lingmeng focused on cultivation.
• Over the following month, Heaven's Chosen Society grew organized, and many members raised their Soul Power Levels through their shared cultivation method.
• Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan worried that the society's rise could disrupt the academy, while Zhi Lin argued that stronger students would benefit Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three committee members sought to buy Yu Tianheng’s cultivation method, but he was in seclusion trying to break through level forty. After he succeeded and met them, they were stunned by his talent and praised his prospects; Yu Tianheng then asked why they had summoned him.

• Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin agreed to ask Yu Tianheng to sell the academy his cultivation method rather than try to take it by force.
• The three committee members visited the Heaven’s Chosen Society and asked Song Guan to send Yu Tianheng to the Education Committee after his seclusion.
• Yu Tianheng broke through to level forty after nearly a month of cultivation and prepared to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his fourth Soul Ring.
• Song Guan told Yu Tianheng that the committee members wanted to discuss the Innate Skill, so Yu Tianheng went to meet them.
• Meng Shenji and the other committee members detected Yu Tianheng’s level-forty Soul Power, praised his exceptional talent, and heard him ask why they had summoned him.

Yu Tianheng negotiated with the Education Committee to sell the Innate Skill to Heaven Dou Royal Academy students and split the proceeds evenly with the Heaven's Chosen Society. After signing the contract, he prepared to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring, planning to travel with an elder from his clan.

• Yu Tianheng explained that the Innate Skill had six increasingly difficult levels and could boost Soul Power cultivation speed up to twelvefold.
• Yu Tianheng proposed selling the first level for 500 Gold Soul Coins and splitting the revenue equally with the Education Committee.
• Yu Tianheng and the committee agreed on prices for the first four levels, rules for purchasing and sharing the technique, and signed a contract.
• Yu Tianheng gave Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin free booklets containing the first four levels of the Innate Skill.
• Meng Shenji asked whether Yu Tianheng wanted academy experts to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Yu Tianheng said an elder from his clan would go with him.

Yu Tianheng arranged for the academy to sell the first four levels of the Innate Skill, then left alone for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring. Lei Long learned of Yu Tianheng’s plan and saw an opportunity for revenge.

• Yu Tianheng told Song Guan that the academy and the Heaven’s Chosen Society would split the proceeds from selling the first four levels of the Innate Skill.
• Yu Tianheng left the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and headed for the Star Dou Great Forest, intending to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring despite the danger.
• Yu Tianheng chose to hunt alone because he expected his clan elders to stop him if they learned about his plan.
• Lei Long, now a senior officer in the Heaven Dou Empire’s army, received a secret letter about Yu Tianheng’s hunt and resolved to take revenge.

Lei Long ordered five Soul Masters to assassinate Yu Tianheng in the Star Dou Great Forest, but the group hesitated after learning his identity and formidable background. Yu Tianheng detected their pursuit and continued deeper into the forest, confident he could face them.

• Lei Long summoned Li Wuji, Sun Bao, Zhou Meng, Zhao Xiong, and Zheng Feng and ordered them to kill Yu Tianheng.
• The five left the military camp and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to carry out the assassination.
• Yu Tianheng searched the forest for three days for a suitable sub-dragon Soul Beast without finding one.
• Li Wuji and the others watched Yu Tianheng from concealment, then hesitated to attack because he was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's young clan leader.
• Li Wuji proposed that they avoid acting rashly, and the other four agreed.
• Yu Tianheng sensed the five following him and continued deeper into the forest, confident in his Martial Dao strength.

Yu Tianheng evaded Li Wuji and his companions, then found and attacked a ten-thousand-year Lightning Radiance Mad Lion suited to become his fourth Soul Ring. Li Wuji’s group caught up and watched in shock as Yu Tianheng fought the beast.

• Yu Tianheng used concealment and a light-body technique to escape Li Wuji and his companions, then hid until they lost his trail.
• Li Wuji and his companions decided to search for Yu Tianheng and return if they could not find him.
• Yu Tianheng spotted a twelve-to-thirteen-thousand-year Lightning Radiance Mad Lion and chose to fight it for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianheng summoned the Purple Lightning Spear and struck the Lightning Radiance Mad Lion with Thunder Piercing, breaking through its lightning ball and wounding its flank.
• Li Wuji and his companions followed the sound of the clash and arrived to see Yu Tianheng battling the Lightning Radiance Mad Lion, leaving them stunned.

Yu Tianheng killed the Ten Thousand Year Lightning Radiance Mad Lion and confronted the men hiding nearby. Li Wuji admitted that Lei Long had sent them to assassinate Yu Tianheng, leaving Yu Tianheng intent on dealing with Lei Long later.

• Yu Tianheng fought the Lightning Radiance Mad Lion with his Purple Lightning Spear, then used Dragon Transformation to batter the beast to death with his dragon claws.
• Yu Tianheng made sure the Lightning Radiance Mad Lion was dead, and a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring rose from its corpse as the system awarded him one thousand Heavenly Mandate Points.
• Yu Tianheng spotted people hiding in the bushes and forced Li Wuji, Sun Bao, Zhou Meng, Zhao Xiong, and Zheng Feng to come out.
• Yu Tianheng accused the group of following him and threatened them until Li Wuji confessed that Lei Long had ordered them to assassinate him.
• Zhou Meng explained that the group had hesitated after learning Yu Tianheng was the young clan leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Tianheng resolved to deal with Lei Long later.

Yu Tianheng subdued Li Wuji, Zhou Meng, and their companions, then used Soul Seizing to plant Soul Marks and force them to serve him. As he began absorbing the Lightning Radiance Mad Lion’s Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Zhou Meng realized Yu Tianheng was attempting to absorb a ring far beyond the usual limit for his fourth Soul Ring.

• Li Wuji and his companions tried to retreat, but Yu Tianheng attacked and paralyzed them with his Purple Lightning Spear.
• Yu Tianheng threatened to kill the group unless they let him plant Soul Marks in their Seas of Consciousness, and Li Wuji and the others surrendered.
• Yu Tianheng used Soul Seizing to brand all five Soul Masters, giving him control over their lives and deaths.
• Yu Tianheng ordered Li Wuji and the others to guard him as he began absorbing the Lightning Radiance Mad Lion’s Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Zhou Meng warned the group that Yu Tianheng was absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his fourth ring, risking catastrophic damage to his body and soul.

Yu Tianheng successfully absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his fourth ring, then used his True Qi to help Li Wuji break through to level 50. The group found a Gale Demon Leopard for Li Wuji, and Yu Tianheng began fighting it.

• Yu Tianheng endured the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring’s mental assault and absorbed it, gaining the Thunder Dragon Head Soul Skill.
• Yu Tianheng helped Li Wuji break through the level 49 bottleneck and reach level 50.
• Yu Tianheng offered to help Li Wuji obtain a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and the group searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Three days later, Yu Tianheng and the others found a Gale Demon Leopard, and Yu Tianheng attacked it with Thunder Dragon Claw.
• The Gale Demon Leopard dodged Yu Tianheng’s attack and pounced at him.