Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianheng used Dragon Scale Bone Tempering Wine to strengthen his bones and advance his cultivation, then prepared to begin cultivating the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Prison Suppression Scripture. He left Mu Qing responsible for alerting him immediately when a thunderstorm arrived.

• Yu Tianheng refined Soul Beast meat in seclusion but found that it did not provide enough energy for a breakthrough.
• Yu Tianheng bought a bottle of Dragon Scale Bone Tempering Wine for three thousand Heavenly Mandate Points and drank it all at once.
• Yu Tianheng endured three days and nights of painful bone tempering, advancing from Bone Refining Realm Sixth Level to Bone Refining Realm Ninth Stage and raising his Soul Power Level to 42.
• Yu Tianheng decided his stronger body and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul gave him enough protection to attempt the lightning trial for the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Prison Suppression Scripture.
• Yu Tianheng told Mu Qing to report any thunderstorm immediately, explaining that lightning was needed for the scripture’s initial cultivation.

Yu Tianheng prepared for a thunderstorm and climbed Heavenly Cloud Peak to cultivate the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Prison Suppression Scripture. After enduring lightning and tempering his bones with the Golden Body Art, he broke through to the Iron Bone Realm.

• Yu Tianheng gave Mu Qing Dragon Scale Bone Tempering Wine and told him how to use it after reaching the Bone Refining Realm.
• More than half a month later, Mu Qing reported that a thunderstorm was approaching, and Yu Tianheng hurried toward Heavenly Cloud Peak.
• Yu Tianheng reached the summit and began cultivating as a bolt of lightning struck him.
• Yu Tianheng guided the lightning through his body and used it with the Golden Body Art to temper his bones.
• Yu Tianheng broke through to the Iron Bone Realm and drew down another bolt of heavenly lightning.

Yu Tianheng endured three heavenly lightning strikes on Heavenly Cloud Peak, reached the Jade Bone Realm, and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. Song Guan welcomed him back, then warned that a powerful newcomer intended to take control of Heaven’s Chosen Society.

• Yu Tianheng used the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Prison Suppression Scripture to endure three heavenly lightning bolts and reach the Jade Bone Realm.
• Yu Tianheng returned to the Blue Lightning Martial Arts Hall, rested for three days, and then traveled to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Song Guan visited Yu Tianheng and asked whether he had obtained his fourth Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianheng revealed that he had absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring from a Lightning Radiance Mad Lion and showed Song Guan his four Soul Rings.
• Song Guan told Yu Tianheng that a formidable newcomer wanted to take over Heaven’s Chosen Society and claim its presidency.

Yu Tianheng learned that Xue Beng intended to take over Heaven’s Chosen Society and went to confront him, while also learning that Dugu Yan had joined the faction and begun cultivating the Innate Skill. Xue Beng avoided meeting Yu Tianheng and explained to his guard that his playboy reputation made it difficult to recruit allies openly.

• Song Guan told Yu Tianheng that Xue Beng, the fourth prince, wanted the presidency of Heaven’s Chosen Society, and that Dugu Yan had joined the society and was studying the Innate Skill.
• Yu Tianheng chose to meet Xue Beng before meeting Dugu Yan and went with Song Guan to the prince’s cottage.
• Xue Beng’s guard claimed the prince was taking an afternoon nap, so Yu Tianheng left a message challenging him to come discuss the presidency at Heaven’s Chosen Society.
• Xue Beng finished cultivating and asked his guard what Yu Tianheng had said and how he had reacted.
• Xue Beng acknowledged Yu Tianheng’s talent but told his guard that his public reputation as a conceited playboy prevented him from openly recruiting allies.

Xue Beng staged a confrontation with Yu Tianheng to maintain his arrogant, harmless facade, but Yu Tianheng challenged him to cross a chasm of lightning before he could claim Heaven's Chosen Society. Xue Beng sent his personal guard to test the obstacle, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xue Beng explained to his personal guard that acting arrogant helped conceal his ambitions from the crown prince, then headed to meet Yu Tianheng.
• Xue Beng announced that he would make trouble for Yu Tianheng, drawing crowds of students to Heaven's Chosen Society.
• Xue Beng demanded that Yu Tianheng disband Heaven's Chosen Society or give up its presidency, and Yu Tianheng decided to teach him a lesson.
• Yu Tianheng created a lightning-filled chasm and said Xue Beng could have the presidency if he crossed it.
• Xue Beng's personal guard offered to test the chasm, and Xue Beng let him charge toward it.

Yu Tianheng drove Xue Beng away from Heaven’s Chosen Society by revealing the overwhelming power of his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. The roar interrupted Dugu Yan’s cultivation and brought her to meet Yu Tianheng at last.

• A guard with three Soul Rings tried to cross Yu Tianheng’s lightning trench, but the electricity badly injured him.
• Yu Tianheng summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, suppressed Xue Beng and his followers, and forced them to leave Heaven’s Chosen Society.
• Dugu Yan was startled from her cultivation by Yu Tianheng’s dragon roar and wondered who possessed such a powerful dragon-type Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianheng returned to the society’s meeting hall and attended to reports while waiting to visit Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan arrived at the hall, and Yu Tianheng rose to greet her and introduced himself.

Yu Tianheng introduced himself to Dugu Yan, praised her, and persuaded her to become his friend. He then invited her to dinner at the Xidun Grand Hotel, where they arrived together.

• Yu Tianheng praised Dugu Yan and revealed that he was fifteen years old with Soul Power Level 43, while Dugu Yan said she was also fifteen with Soul Power Level 32.
• Yu Tianheng held Dugu Yan's hand and asked to be friends, making Dugu Yan flustered and stirring jealousy in Lan Lingmeng.
• Dugu Yan asked Yu Tianheng about the dragon's roar, and he explained that he had used his Martial Soul to drive off troublemakers.
• Yu Tianheng stopped Dugu Yan from leaving and invited her to dinner as an apology for disturbing her cultivation.
• Yu Tianheng took Dugu Yan by carriage to the Xidun Grand Hotel, and they entered its lavish lobby.

Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan grew close over several months, became a couple, and agreed to become partners after graduating from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Yu Tianheng stayed beside Dugu Yan as she successfully broke through to Soul Power Level thirty-four.

• Yu Tianheng treated Dugu Yan to an extravagant meal at the Xidun Grand Hotel and escorted her back to the academy.
• Over the following months, Yu Tianheng courted Dugu Yan, helped her cultivate, and sparred with her as they grew closer.
• Yu Tianheng learned that Dugu Yan was proud, tenacious, and lonely, and she came to trust him deeply.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan officially became a couple and agreed to become partners after graduating from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Tianheng watched over Dugu Yan as she broke through her bottleneck and reached Soul Power Level thirty-four.

After Dugu Yan broke through, Yu Tianheng learned that he had three years to cure her and Dugu Bo’s poison, claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and prevent Tang San from gaining it. Unsure how to treat the poison, he bought the Medicine Classic and began studying it in seclusion.

• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng she had broken through, and they embraced and celebrated together.
• Yu Tianheng recalled that the Jade Phosphorus Snake poison would eventually kill Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, and resolved to claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Tang San could.
• The system tasked Yu Tianheng with curing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan within three years, taking control of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and ruining Tang San’s opportunity.
• Yu Tianheng realized he lacked knowledge of poisons and herbs, so he purchased the Medicine Classic from the System Shop for five thousand Heavenly Mandate Points.
• Yu Tianheng studied the Medicine Classic in his room and repeatedly turned Dugu Yan away when she came to cultivate with him.

Yu Tianheng weighed ways to cure Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul poison without stripping their Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Souls of their venom. He accepted an invitation to Xue Qinghe’s court banquet and went to tell Dugu Yan, leaving her in his arms after she had been angry with him for neglecting her.

• Yu Tianheng considered powerful detoxifying medicines but rejected them because they would remove the poison that made Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo’s Martial Souls strong.
• Song Guan told Yu Tianheng that Xue Qinghe had invited him to a court banquet, and Yu Tianheng accepted the invitation.
• Song Guan suggested Yu Tianheng bring Dugu Yan as his companion, and Yu Tianheng agreed to ask her.
• Yu Tianheng reflected that he had come to meet Xue Qinghe, who was actually Qian Renxue in disguise, and looked forward to the banquet.
• Yu Tianheng visited Dugu Yan, apologized for avoiding her while studying, and held her as she stopped resisting.

Yu Tianheng reassured Dugu Yan about his absence and invited her to accompany him to Xue Qinghe’s palace banquet. After shopping for her outfit, they arrived at the banquet, where the story left them entering the brightly lit palace hall.

• Dugu Yan confronted Yu Tianheng for neglecting her, and he explained that he had been cultivating a dangerous lightning technique to protect her and earn Dugu Bo’s approval.
• Yu Tianheng invited Dugu Yan to Xue Qinghe’s palace banquet, and she agreed to go with him.
• Yu Tianheng took Dugu Yan to Cloud Brocade Workshop, where she chose a moon-white gown and jewelry for the banquet.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan traveled to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and entered the hall after guards checked their invitations.

Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan attended Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s palace banquet, where Song Guan explained that the gathering was meant to establish the crown prince’s authority. After the banquet began and Yu Tianheng heard rumors about Xue Qinghe and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he confronted Lei Long over the failed assassination attempt.

• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan entered the lavish palace hall, where Song Guan told Yu Tianheng that Xue Qinghe had invited powerful figures to reinforce his claim as heir.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe welcomed the guests and called for the empire’s sovereigns and subjects to unite against its troubles, officially opening the banquet.
• The guests split between the second-floor gathering of political leaders and the first-floor gathering of young nobles, where they discussed Xue Qinghe’s ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Tianheng listened to the nobles’ rumors while Dugu Yan stayed beside him, then spotted Lei Long and walked over to confront him.
• Yu Tianheng reminded Lei Long that he had sent five Four-Ring Soul Masters to attack him.

Yu Tianheng confronted Lei Long over the attempted assassination and secured a promise that Lei Long would repay his debt. At the palace banquet, Dugu Yan poisoned Pei Xiu after he harassed her, prompting his father, Pei Ye, to rush downstairs.

• Yu Tianheng revealed that the five Soul Masters sent to assassinate him had pledged loyalty to him, and Lei Long admitted defeat.
• Lei Long agreed to repay Yu Tianheng one million Gold Soul Coins within six months, and Yu Tianheng asked about his relationship with Xue Qinghe.
• Pei Xiu invited Dugu Yan to dance, blocked her when she refused, and provoked her with his advances.
• Dugu Yan summoned her Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul and poisoned Pei Xiu, causing the banquet guests to flee.
• Xue Qinghe sent a guard to investigate, and Pei Ye hurried downstairs with Pei Han after learning that Pei Xiu had been poisoned.

Pei Han blamed Dugu Yan for poisoning Pei Xiu and attacked her after she refused to hand over an antidote. Yu Tianheng intervened to protect Dugu Yan, and Pei Han backed down when he learned Yu’s identity.

• Pei Han found Pei Xiu near death from poison and accused Dugu Yan of poisoning him.
• Dugu Yan explained that Pei Xiu had harassed her and tried to lay hands on her, then refused Pei Han’s demand for an antidote.
• Pei Han summoned his blood-red giant wolf Martial Soul and attacked Dugu Yan, who could not escape his Soul Power.
• Yu Tianheng blocked Pei Han’s attack and shielded Dugu Yan, then identified himself as a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Pei Han recognized Yu Tianheng as the clan’s young leader and respectfully greeted him.

Yu Tianheng defended Dugu Yan from Pei Han and refused to hand her over, while Crown Prince Xue Qinghe stopped the two men from fighting. After Yu Tianheng revealed their powerful family ties, Pei Ye backed down, apologized, and asked Dugu Yan for the antidote to Pei Xiu’s poison.

• Yu Tianheng refused Pei Han’s demand to hand over Dugu Yan and stood ready to fight him.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe intervened, ordered a physician to examine Pei Xiu, and learned the rare snake venom was difficult to neutralize without the antidote.
• Pei Ye demanded the antidote and threatened Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, but Yu Tianheng revealed he was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s young clan master and Dugu Yan was Poison Douluo’s granddaughter.
• Pei Ye learned that his younger son had provoked Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, realized he could not afford to offend their families, and apologized on his son’s behalf.
• Pei Ye asked Dugu Yan to hand over the antidote and save Pei Xiu’s life.

Yu Tianheng demanded a public apology and compensation from the Pei Clan in exchange for the antidote, but Pei Han took Dugu Yan hostage and forced him to hand it over. After Pei Xiu recovered, Yu Tianheng challenged Pei Han to a fight, and Pei Han accepted before asking one more question.

• Dugu Yan gave Yu Tianheng the antidote, and he demanded that the Pei Clan publicly apologize and compensate her before he handed it over.
• Pei Han seized Dugu Yan and threatened to kill her, forcing Yu Tianheng to surrender the antidote.
• Pei Han gave the antidote to Pei Xiu, who recovered and accused Dugu Yan, but Pei Han told him to keep quiet about their powerful opponents.
• Yu Tianheng stopped Pei Han from leaving and challenged him to a fight over taking Dugu Yan hostage.
• Pei Han accepted the challenge and said he had one more question.

Yu Tianheng challenged Pei Han to avenge Dugu Yan and defend the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, with Xue Qinghe presiding over the duel. The two fighters activated their Martial Souls, and Yu Tianheng began by using Thunderous Fury.

• Pei Han asked Yu Tianheng whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would retaliate if he injured him, and Yu Tianheng promised the clan would accept the outcome.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to preside over the battle and warned both sides against seeking revenge afterward.
• Dugu Yan urged Yu Tianheng to surrender if necessary, and he told her he was fighting for her; she promised to grant him a request if he won and returned unharmed.
• Pei Han mocked Yu Tianheng for fighting over a woman, and Yu Tianheng challenged him to recognize that everyone had someone to protect.
• Pei Han transformed with his Blood Wolf Martial Soul, and Yu Tianheng summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and unleashed Thunderous Fury.

Yu Tianheng used Dragon Transformation and his martial arts to gain the upper hand against the stronger Pei Han in their fight before the palace. Pei Han, wounded and unable to penetrate Yu Tianheng’s defenses, announced that he would unleash a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill.

• Xue Qinghe, secretly Qian Renxue, watched Yu Tianheng and Pei Han fight and considered recruiting Yu Tianheng for his potential and clan standing.
• Yu Tianheng activated his amplification Soul Skill and Dragon Transformation, then struck Pei Han with Thunder Dragon Claw, forcing him back.
• Pei Han used Bloodthirsty Claw Strike and tried to wound Yu Tianheng so he could drain his blood, but Yu Tianheng’s Jade Bone Realm defenses thwarted him.
• Yu Tianheng overwhelmed Pei Han with close-range martial arts, knocked him away with an elbow, and mocked his performance.
• Pei Han clutched his bleeding shoulder and declared that he would show Yu Tianheng the power of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill.

Pei Han unleashed his fifth Soul Skill, Blood Wolf Howling Moon Slash, expecting to overwhelm Yu Tianheng. Yu Tianheng revealed that his fourth Soul Ring was a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and countered with Thunder Dragon Head, leaving their attacks locked in a clash.

• Pei Han summoned his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and launched Blood Wolf Howling Moon Slash at Yu Tianheng.
• Xue Qinghe, Pei Ye, Dugu Yan, and the spectators believed Yu Tianheng could not withstand Pei Han's attack.
• Yu Tianheng revealed his fourth Soul Ring was black and used the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill Thunder Dragon Head.
• Yu Tianheng's Thunder Dragon Head collided with Pei Han's Blood Wolf Howling Moon Slash, and the two attacks struggled against each other.
• Yu Tianheng secretly activated the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Prison Suppression Scripture and poured purple lightning into the Thunder Dragon Head.

Yu Tianheng defeated Pei Han, a Five-Ring Soul King, with his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill and won the martial contest. Afterward, the Blood Moon Duke apologized, Lei Long pledged his loyalty, and Yu Tianheng decided to spare him and consider taking control of his troops.

• Yu Tianheng's Thunder Dragon Head shattered Pei Han's Blood Wolf Howling Moon Slash and broke through his Blood's Protection, leaving Pei Han defeated and gravely injured.
• The spectators marveled at Yu Tianheng's victory, while Qian Renxue considered recruiting him or killing him if he refused.
• Dugu Yan admired Yu Tianheng's strength and resolved to cultivate harder so she could stand beside him.
• Xue Qinghe declared Yu Tianheng the victor and ordered Pei Han taken for treatment, while Pei Ye brought Pei Xiu to apologize to Dugu Yan.
• Lei Long apologized to Yu Tianheng, promised to raise a million Gold Soul Coins, and swore to follow him without betraying him.
• Yu Tianheng spared Lei Long and considered secretly taking control of the troops under his command.