Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianheng advanced to the Sinew Refining Realm and chose the Dragon Claw Hand to complement his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. After a year of secluded practice, he mastered the technique and demonstrated power comparable to Thunder Dragon Claw at a far lower cost.

• Yu Tianheng entered the Sinew Refining Realm and learned that his Martial Dao strength let him contend with a three-ring Soul Master, though he lacked combat techniques.
• Yu Tianheng bought the middle-grade Dragon Claw Hand from the Heavenly Mandate System's shop for 200 Heavenly Mandate Points.
• Yu Tianheng secluded himself on the mountain behind his clan's estate to practice the Dragon Claw Hand while continuing to cultivate his Martial Soul.
• A year later, Yu Tianheng reached perfect mastery of the Dragon Claw Hand and used it to tear through rocks and trees.
• Yu Tianheng found that the Dragon Claw Hand rivaled Thunder Dragon Claw while consuming far less energy, and that combining the two could match a three-ring Power Attack System Soul Master's Soul Skill.

Yu Tianheng learned that Yu Xiaogang had reached the Sinew Refining Realm and taught him Dragon Claw Hand, then decided to share the Innate Skill within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to earn Heavenly Mandate Points. He approached Yu Yuanzhen to seek his support, arguing that the method could strengthen the clan and help it contend with Spirit Hall.

• Yu Xiaogang wrote to Yu Tianheng that he had reached the Sinew Refining Realm after two years of cultivating the Innate Skill.
• Yu Tianheng congratulated Yu Xiaogang and sent him the illustrated cultivation method for Dragon Claw Hand.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong cultivated the Innate Skill, earning Yu Tianheng 20 Heavenly Mandate Points.
• Yu Tianheng decided to teach the Innate Skill to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and went to ask his grandfather Yu Yuanzhen to support the plan.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Yuanzhen that the Innate Skill could increase cultivation speed and strengthen the clan, but Yu Yuanzhen questioned the claim.

Yu Tianheng convinced Yu Yuanzhen that the Innate Skill was safe and gained his approval to teach it to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After instructing the clan’s direct descendants in its first four levels, Yu Tianheng received nearly a thousand Heavenly Mandate Points and earned their gratitude.

• Yu Tianheng taught Yu Yuanzhen the Innate Skill, and the clan leader found that it greatly accelerated Soul Power cultivation and could help him break through rank 95.
• Yu Tianheng claimed that he and Yu Xiaogang had developed the method, and Yu Yuanzhen approved sharing it with the clan and promised to bring Yu Xiaogang back if it proved successful.
• Yu Tianheng summoned the clan’s direct descendants and announced that the clan leader had approved the Innate Skill’s distribution.
• Yu Tianheng handed out booklets containing the first four levels, reserved the final two levels for himself and Yu Yuanzhen, and warned the clan not to leak the method.
• Yu Tianheng explained and demonstrated the Innate Skill, and the descendants began cultivating it as their Soul Power gathered faster than usual.
• The clan members thanked Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianheng, while the system awarded Yu Tianheng nearly a thousand Heavenly Mandate Points for imparting the method.

Yu Tianheng gave Yu Xiaolong the final levels of the Innate Skill and warned him that sharing it with the collateral clan members could expose the clan to powerful enemies. After perfecting his cultivation techniques and rapidly advancing, Yu Tianheng became the clan patriarch’s successor, then tried to explain the burdens of the position to his frustrated older brother, Yu Tianxin.

• Yu Tianheng entrusted Yu Xiaolong with teaching the Innate Skill to the direct-line clan members and explained why the clan should not share it with collateral members.
• Yu Tianheng spent Heavenly Mandate Points to perfect the Innate Skill and learn the Aura Concealment Technique, which could hide his true cultivation even from a Titled Douluo.
• Over the following years, Yu Tianheng advanced faster than his peers and reached Soul Power level thirty at age twelve, then obtained a five-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Yu Yuanzhen emerged from seclusion at level 95 and announced Yu Tianheng as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s successor, with the clan members supporting the decision.
• Yu Tianxin privately struggled with being passed over, and Yu Tianheng told him the patriarch’s position carried heavy responsibilities and dangers.

Yu Tianheng reconciled with Yu Tianxin and planned to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy to make connections and pursue his own goals. After arranging his departure, he left the clan to act before Tang San awakened his Martial Soul.

• Yu Tianheng reassured Yu Tianxin that they would work together for the clan, and Yu Tianxin agreed to support him.
• Yu Tianheng said he planned to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Yu Tianxin chose Thunder Academy to develop his lightning-based Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianheng privately planned to find Dugu Yan to reach Dugu Bo and seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and to meet Qian Renxue and potentially change her fate.
• Yu Tianheng asked Yu Xiaolong to arrange his admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yu Xiaolong agreed.
• Yu Tianheng left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan the next morning because Tang San was nearing his Martial Soul awakening.

Yu Tianheng arrived in Nuoding City and paid the academy dean to arrange Tang San’s education and send him to a school in the Star Luo Empire after six years. After learning that Tang San had enrolled, Yu Tianheng avoided confronting him because of Tang Hao and went to meet Xiao Wu instead.

• Yu Tianheng displayed his three Soul Rings at Nuoding Academy and asked Dean Li Nuo to meet with him.
• Yu Tianheng paid Li Nuo ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to nurture Tang San discreetly and recommend him to a Soul Master Academy in the Star Luo Empire after six years.
• Yu Tianheng asked Li Nuo to notify him if Xiao Wu enrolled and gave him his address in Nuoding City.
• Li Nuo later told Yu Tianheng that the person he was looking for had arrived, and Yu Tianheng went to the academy.
• Yu Tianheng avoided confronting Tang San, fearing Tang Hao, and met Xiao Wu in the dean’s office.
• Yu Tianheng greeted Xiao Wu, who asked how he knew her name.

Yu Tianheng used Soul Seizing to control Xiao Wu and ordered her to stay at Nuoding Academy, avoid becoming involved with Tang San, and wait six years for him. He then arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where a teacher welcomed him and began taking him to meet the board members.

• Yu Tianheng used Soul Seizing to imprint Xiao Wu and make her obey him.
• Yu Tianheng decided to keep Xiao Wu alive for now, ordering her to cultivate at Nuoding Academy, keep her distance from Tang San, and await him in six years.
• Yu Tianheng gave Xiao Wu a thousand Gold Soul Coins, released her from the art, and left Nuoding City for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Half a month later, Yu Tianheng reached the academy and identified himself as a disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• A teacher welcomed Yu Tianheng, explained the academy's grades, and said he would meet the three board members before the admission ceremony.

Yu Tianheng impressed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three Education Committee members by enduring Meng Shenji’s Soul Power pressure and revealing his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. After they accepted him and offered special treatment, he agreed to join on the condition that he would not be bound by the imperial family’s rules.

• Yu Tianheng met Education Committee members Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who tested him with escalating Soul Power pressure.
• Yu Tianheng endured pressure up to level 39 without showing strain, convincing the committee that his Level 31 cultivation was genuine.
• Yu Tianheng pretended to struggle as Meng Shenji increased the pressure, then summoned his Martial Soul and three Soul Rings at level 48.
• Meng Shenji withdrew his pressure, and the committee praised Yu Tianheng’s talent and welcomed him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Tianheng stated that he had three requirements for joining, and Meng Shenji immediately agreed to his first: he would not be bound by the Heaven Dou imperial family’s rules.

Yu Tianheng negotiated his conditions for joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy and enrolled in its Heaven Dou Grade Elite Class. After meeting instructor Wang Ruohua and dismissing the ordinary lesson, he attracted the curiosity of his new classmates.

• Yu Tianheng set three conditions for enrollment, including cultivating alone and choosing his own instructor, and Meng Shenji accepted them.
• Meng Shenji brought Yu Tianheng to the Heaven Dou Grade Elite Class and introduced him as a new student from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Tianheng greeted the class, noticed its noble and elite students, and chose a seat in the back row.
• Instructor Wang Ruohua introduced himself and taught a lesson on Soul Master cultivation, which Yu Tianheng soon stopped listening to.
• After class, several students gathered around Yu Tianheng, curious about their new classmate.

Yu Tianheng revealed his standing in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and his exceptional strength to the students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. His announcement drew admiration and envy, and Lan Lingmeng approached to introduce herself.

• Yu Tianheng displayed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul after students asked about his background.
• Song Guan questioned whether Yu Tianheng belonged to the clan's direct line, and Yu Tianheng confirmed that he did.
• Yu Tianheng revealed that his grandfather was patriarch Yu Yuanzhen, a Titled Douluo known as Thunder Douluo, and that he had been chosen as the clan's young patriarch.
• Yu Tianheng said he had Innate Full Soul Power and had reached Soul Power Level 31 at twelve years old, stunning the classroom.
• Lan Lingmeng, a famous beauty from the Linyin Duke's Mansion, returned to introduce herself, and Yu Tianheng shook her hand.

Yu Tianheng rejected Lan Lingmeng’s invitation to tour Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then asked Song Guan about her over lunch. Song Guan explained her noble connections and talent, leaving Yu Tianheng with a clearer sense of why she drew so much attention at the academy.

• Lan Lingmeng befriended Yu Tianheng and invited him to tour the academy, but he declined and said they could talk another day.
• Yu Tianheng ate in the extravagant noble dining hall and spent eight Gold Soul Coins on his meal.
• Yu Tianheng sat with Song Guan and asked why Lan Lingmeng was famous and why the male students reacted so strongly to her.
• Song Guan explained that Lan Lingmeng was the only daughter of Grand Duke Lingyue and a gifted Soul Master whose Ice Staff Martial Soul had helped her reach Soul Power Level 37 at age seventeen.

Yu Tianheng learned about Lan Lingmeng’s suitor Lei Long and his powerful family, then asked Song Guan to secretly search Heaven Dou Royal Academy for Dugu Yan. Song Guan agreed to help, leaving Yu Tianheng waiting for news of her.

• Yu Tianheng asked Song Guan why Lan Lingmeng’s offer to show him around the academy could cause trouble, and Song Guan warned him about her many suitors.
• Song Guan explained that Lei Long, the son of imperial marshal Lei Zhan, threatened anyone who pursued Lan Lingmeng and was a powerful student with a Saber-Toothed Tiger Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianheng dismissed Lei Long as a threat and said he would teach him a lesson if he caused trouble.
• Yu Tianheng asked Song Guan to search privately for Dugu Yan, a girl around twelve with a Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul.
• Song Guan agreed to watch for Dugu Yan and promised to tell Yu Tianheng if he found any information.

Yu Tianheng rebuffed Lan Lingmeng and tried to keep his attention fixed on winning over Dugu Yan, but rumors about Lan Lingmeng’s interest and his powerful background made him the center of attention at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Several days later, Song Guan summoned him and teased him about his new fame.

• Lan Lingmeng joined Yu Tianheng at lunch after Song Guan hurried away, but Yu Tianheng ignored her and left the cafeteria.
• Yu Tianheng reflected that he had come to the academy to win over Dugu Yan and gain access to Dugu Bo and the treasures at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• News spread that Lan Lingmeng had sought Yu Tianheng’s friendship, and students learned about his status, talent, and family background.
• Yu Tianheng’s refusals of Lan Lingmeng’s invitations fueled gossip, jealousy, and curiosity across the academy, frustrating him as he became its focus of attention.
• Several days later, Song Guan sent for Yu Tianheng and teased him about becoming Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s most famous person.

Yu Tianheng learned that Dugu Yan had not yet arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and dismissed the threat posed by Lan Lingmeng’s admirers. After discovering that he had gained thousands of Heavenly Mandate Points, he browsed the system shop’s weapon grades and found that his current funds only covered a middle-grade weapon.

• Song Guan told Yu Tianheng that the academy had found no trace of Dugu Yan or a Jade Phosphorus Snake Soul Master, and Yu Tianheng asked him to keep searching.
• Song Guan warned Yu Tianheng that Lan Lingmeng’s powerful admirers planned to attack him, but Yu Tianheng declared that he could handle them.
• Yu Tianheng checked his system records and learned that Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan collateral disciples had earned him more than four thousand Heavenly Mandate Points by learning the first two layers of the Innate Skill.
• Yu Tianheng opened the system shop and learned the grades, abilities, and costs of its weapons.
• Yu Tianheng found that he could afford only a middle-grade weapon and resolved to earn more Heavenly Mandate Points.

Yu Tianheng bought a Purple Lightning Spear, mastered spear techniques, and used Body Tempering Spirit Liquid to advance his Martial Dao cultivation. As he continued cultivating in seclusion, Lei Long emerged from his own training and asked his lackey about the academy and Lan Lingmeng.

• Yu Tianheng exchanged Heavenly Mandate Points for the Purple Lightning Spear, Basic Spear Technique, and the mid-grade martial skill Thunder Piercing.
• Yu Tianheng bought twenty bottles of Body Tempering Spirit Liquid and drank one to temper his sinews and meridians, advancing to the sinew refining realm second layer.
• Yu Tianheng continued taking the spirit liquid and cultivating in seclusion despite the pain.
• Lei Long emerged from seclusion at Soul Power Level 39, close to breaking through to level 40.
• Lei Long summoned his lackey and asked what had happened at the academy and whether anyone had tried to court Lan Lingmeng.

Lei Long learned that Lan Lingmeng had been getting close to Yu Tianheng and sent students to warn him away from her. After advancing his cultivation, Yu Tianheng fought back when the students interrupted him, knocking Chen Feng into the corridor wall with a lightning-charged punch.

• Lei Long learned that Lan Lingmeng was pursuing a friendship with Yu Tianheng, but held back from confronting him after hearing of his status as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's heir.
• Lei Long ordered his subordinate to warn Yu Tianheng to stay away from Lan Lingmeng, then went to find her.
• Yu Tianheng used nearly all his Body Tempering Spirit Liquid to advance from the Sinew Refining First Layer to the Sinew Refining Fifth Layer and began stabilizing his cultivation.
• Chen Feng, Liu Ning, and Zhao He interrupted Yu Tianheng's cultivation and warned him on Lei Long's behalf to leave Lan Lingmeng alone.
• Yu Tianheng rejected the warning, and when Chen Feng released his White Wolf Martial Soul and threatened him, Yu Tianheng struck him with a lightning-charged punch that sent him crashing into the corridor wall.

Yu Tianheng defeated Chen Feng, Liu Ning, and Zhao He after they disrupted his cultivation and challenged him. He sent Chen Feng away with a warning to tell Lei Long that Lan Lingmeng's affairs had nothing to do with him, while Chen Feng vowed that Lei would take revenge.

• Liu Ning and Zhao He attacked Yu Tianheng together with their Soul Skills, but Yu Tianheng used Thunderous Might and Thunder Dragon Claw to defeat them.
• Chen Feng threatened Yu Tianheng with punishment from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Yu Tianheng seized him with Dragon Claw Hand and subdued him.
• Yu Tianheng told Chen Feng to tell Lei Long that Lan Lingmeng's affairs had nothing to do with him and warned him not to disturb his cultivation again.
• The gathered students mocked Chen Feng and praised Yu Tianheng's strength.
• Chen Feng threatened that Young Master Lei would take care of Yu Tianheng.

After Yu Tianheng defeated the three students Lei Long sent to intimidate him, his reputation spread across Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Lan Lingmeng resolved to win him over, while Lei Long decided to confront Yu Tianheng himself.

• Yu Tianheng dismissed Chen Feng and the others after defeating Lei Long’s three men, and news of the fight spread throughout Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lan Lingmeng heard that Yu Tianheng had defeated three Soul Elders, learned why Lei Long had sent them, and decided to win Yu Tianheng’s support.
• Lei Long learned that Chen Feng, Zhao He, and Liu Ning had been beaten and swore to make Yu Tianheng kneel before the academy.
• Lei Long went to Yu Tianheng’s residence, found Lan Lingmeng there, and grew even more jealous and determined to beat Yu Tianheng.

Yu Tianheng rejected Lei Long’s demand for an apology and compensation, then prepared to face him in a duel before Wang Ruohua intervened. After learning the conflict involved Lan Lingmeng, Wang Ruohua heard her take responsibility, while Lei Long’s anger at Yu Tianheng flared again.

• Lei Long confronted Yu Tianheng and demanded that he apologize to his injured underlings and pay them ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each.
• Yu Tianheng refused, and Lei Long challenged him to a Soul Master duel at the training grounds.
• Wang Ruohua stopped the confrontation, reprimanded Lei Long and Yu Tianheng, and asked what had caused the dispute.
• A student explained the incident, and Lan Lingmeng offered to accept punishment, prompting Lei Long to comfort her.
• Yu Tianheng dismissed Lan Lingmeng’s tearful act, and Lei Long angrily accused him of causing the trouble.
• Yu Tianheng cursed at Lei Long, leaving Lei Long pointing at him and trembling with anger.

Yu Tianheng challenged Lei Long to a duel one year later, with the loser required to kowtow and apologize. After Lei Long publicized the match across Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Heaven Dou City, Song Guan warned Yu Tianheng that the duel had become a contest of strength, reputation, and public pressure.

• Yu Tianheng proposed a one-on-one duel with Lei Long in a year, and Lei Long accepted the wager that the loser would kowtow and apologize.
• Wang Ruohua warned Yu Tianheng that Lei Long's Soul Power was eight levels higher, but Yu Tianheng dismissed her concerns after Lei Long left.
• The academy posted news of the upcoming duel, and students debated which fighter would win.
• Song Guan told Yu Tianheng that Lei Long had arranged for the news to spread throughout the academy and Heaven Dou City.
• Song Guan explained that rising pressure and public opinion could affect both fighters' cultivation and their chances in the duel.