Chapter Summaries

Cai Kun awakened a mutated high-speed-train Martial Soul in Holy Soul Village, but Su Yuntao found that he had no Soul Power. Cai Kun then asked Su Yuntao to pose for a picture, beginning the system’s mandatory mission.

• A system assigned Cai Kun to be raised by Old Jack in Holy Soul Village after Cai Kun failed to choose a starting scenario.
• Old Jack found the abandoned infant, named him Cai Kun, and raised him for six years.
• At age six, Cai Kun’s Douluo Travel Guidebook system activated and assigned him a mission to take a photo with Su Yuntao.
• Su Yuntao began the village’s Martial Soul awakening ceremony, and Cai Kun manifested a strange high-speed-train Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao tested Cai Kun twice, found his Soul Power was level zero, and classified his Martial Soul as trash.
• Cai Kun asked Su Yuntao for three seconds to take a picture with him.

Cai Kun completed the guidebook’s check-in with Su Yuntao and received a level-ten boost, a growing Beast Soul Ring, and travel gear. After Su Yuntao discovered Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power but Blue Silver Grass, Cai Kun persuaded him to test again, and the crystal ball erupted with dazzling light.

• Cai Kun took a photo with Su Yuntao, completing the guidebook’s mandatory task and unlocking its functions.
• The system raised Cai Kun’s Soul Power to level ten, fused the Extreme Modification No. 9 Beast Soul Ring, and gave him travel equipment.
• Su Yuntao discovered Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power but dismissed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as useless.
• Cai Kun stopped Su Yuntao and convinced him to test his Soul Power one more time.
• Cai Kun touched the crystal ball, which blazed with light and left Su Yuntao stunned.

Cai Kun revealed Innate Full Soul Power and a Mutated Tool Martial Soul, then declined Su Yuntao’s invitation to join Spirit Hall for now. On the way to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, he lost control of his high-speed run and smashed through the academy gates, leaving Old Jack fearing the consequences.

• Su Yuntao discovered that Cai Kun had Innate Full Soul Power and a Mutated Tool Martial Soul, and invited him to join Spirit Hall.
• Cai Kun told Su Yuntao he wanted to stay with Old Jack and finish junior academy first, so Su Yuntao gave him a certificate for Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Old Jack set off for Nuoding City with Cai Kun and Tang San, but Cai Kun used his Martial Soul to race ahead with them in tow.
• Cai Kun shouted for the academy gatekeeper to move, but the gatekeeper stood his ground and Cai Kun smashed through the iron gates, sending him flying.
• Old Jack fell to his knees in the rubble and feared they would have to pay for the damage or go to prison.

After Cai Kun accidentally smashed Nuoding Academy's gate and knocked its gatekeeper unconscious, Yu Xiaogang discovered that Cai Kun and Tang San both had Innate Full Soul Power and brought them to his office. Cai Kun revealed his unusual High-Speed Train Martial Soul and a Hundred-Year Soul Ring, leaving Yu Xiaogang puzzled and Tang San startled.

• Cai Kun knocked the gatekeeper unconscious while crashing through Nuoding Academy's iron gate, and Tang San confirmed the man was still alive.
• Cai Kun used his system to take a photo with the unconscious gatekeeper, while Old Jack apologized to Yu Xiaogang for the damage.
• Yu Xiaogang read Cai Kun and Tang San's certificates, saw their Innate Full Soul Power, and promised Old Jack the academy would cover the costs.
• Yu Xiaogang took the children to his office and asked Cai Kun to reveal his Martial Soul.
• Cai Kun summoned a miniature High-Speed Train, and Yu Xiaogang struggled to classify it as Cai Kun explained its nature.
• Cai Kun revealed a Hundred-Year Soul Ring, startling Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then said it came from a special kind of Soul Beast.

Cai Kun lied to Yu Xiaogang about a masked expert arranging his first Soul Ring, convincing him that Cai Kun already had a powerful mentor. Yu Xiaogang then deduced that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls, leaving Tang San stunned by the revelation.

• Cai Kun told Yu Xiaogang that a masked, level 99 expert had taken him to a forest and helped him obtain a Soul Ring from the Heavily Modified No. 9 Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang believed Cai Kun had been chosen by a reclusive Limit Douluo and abandoned his plan to take him as a disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang turned to Tang San, asked him to release his Martial Soul, and examined his Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Xiaogang reasoned that Tang San's Innate Full Soul Power meant he had a hidden Second Martial Soul and declared that he possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San was shocked that Yu Xiaogang had uncovered his secret, which Tang Hao had forbidden him to reveal.

Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang as his teacher despite Cai Kun’s warnings, and Yu Xiaogang took the boys to complete their enrollment after settling a compensation matter. At the Spirit Hall branch, Su Yuntao struggled to write a report about the two children’s Innate Full Soul Power, especially Cai Kun’s unusual Martial Soul.

• Cai Kun urged Tang San to think carefully before choosing Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, but Tang San rejected the warning.
• Tang San knelt and kowtowed to Yu Xiaogang, who joyfully accepted him as a disciple after realizing Tang San had Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang led Tang San and Cai Kun to the dean’s office and agreed to give up a year’s allowance to resolve the morning’s trouble.
• Su Yuntao struggled to describe Cai Kun’s Martial Soul in the Spirit Hall records while preparing a report on Cai Kun and Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power.
• Sisi entered the records room, asked Su Yuntao about the children, and learned that both had Innate Full Soul Power.

Su Yuntao and Sisi prepared a report about Cai Kun’s strange Martial Soul and sent it alongside Tang San’s file. At Dorm Seven, Cai Kun and Tang San arrived just as Xiao Wu defeated the dorm’s former boss and challenged the newcomers.

• Sisi advised Su Yuntao to draw Cai Kun’s Martial Soul so the higher-ups could judge it, and she sketched it from his description.
• Su Yuntao attached Cai Kun’s photograph to the drawing, wrote an explanation, and decided to send Tang San’s file as well.
• Su Yuntao and Sisi sealed both files and planned to have Ma Xiunuo add the official seal before sending them to Spirit City.
• Cai Kun and Tang San reached Dorm Seven and found Xiao Wu beating Wang Sheng and the other boys.
• Xiao Wu declared herself Dorm Seven’s boss and challenged Cai Kun and Tang San to fight her.

Cai Kun used his camera to complete the Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy check-in missions, then fled Dorm Seven to avoid Xiao Wu's demands for more photos. He reached a pine grove outside the city and called on the system to reveal his rewards.

• Cai Kun reviewed the academy check-in tasks and learned that travel beyond the Heaven Dou Empire was locked because he was six years old and lacked a guardian.
• Cai Kun tricked Yu Xiaogang into posing for a photo, photographed the Dorm Seven plaque, and took a group photo of Tang San and Xiao Wu after Tang San defeated her.
• Xiao Wu admired her photos and asked Cai Kun to take more, while Cai Kun photographed Wang Sheng and completed the academy check-in missions.
• Cai Kun gave Tang San his bedding, announced that he would commute from Holy Soul Village, and escaped the dormitory as Xiao Wu chased after him.
• Cai Kun hid in a pine grove outside the city and asked the system to show him his reward.

Cai Kun gained a growth-type mechanical right leg Soul Bone and planned to visit the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San. After returning to Holy Soul Village, he reassured Old Jack, who packed him radish pies for the next day.

• Cai Kun's first Soul Ring increased in age, his body grew stronger, and he received a golden mechanical right leg Soul Bone.
• Cai Kun absorbed the Soul Bone and tested its spring-powered leap and impact absorption.
• Cai Kun spotted the Soul Hunting Forest on his guidebook and decided to join Yu Xiaogang and Tang San there using Yu Xiaogang's permit.
• Old Jack scolded Cai Kun for returning to the village, but softened when Cai Kun said he had finished the paperwork and missed home.
• The next morning, Old Jack baked radish pies and packed two into Cai Kun's backpack.

Cai Kun raced through the forest toward Nuoding City and collided with Tang Hao, who mistook him for a dangerous beast. Tang Hao survived with only a sore chest, while Cai Kun hurried on without realizing whom he had hit.

• Old Jack told Cai Kun to take a freshly baked pie to the young gatekeeper and apologize for injuring him.
• Tang Hao decided to return to watching over Tang San and headed through the forest toward Nuoding City.
• Cai Kun charged along the forest path at high speed, and Tang Hao stepped into his way, mistaking him for a ferocious beast.
• Cai Kun tried to leap over Tang Hao, but Tang Hao jumped up to attack and the two collided in midair.
• Cai Kun apologized to the empty path and rushed onward, while Tang Hao climbed down from a tree and realized he had mistaken Cai Kun for a Soul Beast.

Cai Kun chased after Yu Xiaogang and Tang San on their way to the Soul Hunting Forest, hoping to witness Yu Xiaogang's practical instruction and eventual failure. He joined them in the carriage, carrying the radish pie he had meant to deliver to the gate guard.

• Tang Hao wondered about Cai Kun's familiar face and terrifying speed, then secretly followed him toward Nuoding City.
• Cai Kun learned that the gate guard had received a hundred Gold Soul Coins in compensation and used the money to buy a house and arrange his marriage.
• Cai Kun found Yu Xiaogang's office empty, then sprinted out of Nuoding City and caught up with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San's carriage.
• Cai Kun flattered Yu Xiaogang and persuaded him to let him observe the trip to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Cai Kun climbed into the carriage beside Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San assumed Cai Kun had come to learn from the Grandmaster.

Cai Kun won Yu Xiaogang over with praise during the journey to the Soul Hunting Forest, while Tang San grew jealous and convinced himself Cai Kun was scheming to steal his teacher. At the forest entrance, Cai Kun split from Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to explore alone.

• Cai Kun offered Yu Xiaogang a radish pie from his grandfather Jack, but Yu Xiaogang refused it and told Cai Kun to keep it.
• Cai Kun praised Yu Xiaogang's Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, making Yu Xiaogang warm to him as Tang San grew increasingly jealous.
• Tang San decided Cai Kun had tried to stop him from taking Yu Xiaogang as a master because he wanted the teacher's attention for himself.
• Yu Xiaogang used his third-tier permit to get the group into the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Cai Kun said he would explore the outskirts alone, and Tang San pretended to worry about the danger.

Cai Kun searched the Soul Hunting Forest for Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo, but it appeared only when Yu Xiaogang arrived, allowing Cai Kun to complete his check-in. Yu Xiaogang chose a ten-year bamboo Soul Ring for Tang San, while Tang Hao watched in fury and resolved to intervene.

• Cai Kun searched the forest outskirts for Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo but found none and returned to Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang sensed a Plant-type Soul Beast and led Cai Kun and Tang San to a hollow, where a grove of Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo had appeared.
• Cai Kun photographed himself beside the bamboo and completed his check-in.
• Yu Xiaogang selected a ten-year bamboo Soul Ring for Tang San, who felt dismayed by the choice.
• Cai Kun photographed Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, while Tang Hao watched from a tree and vowed to stop Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang led Tang San and Cai Kun deeper into the forest while insisting that a First Soul Ring could not exceed four hundred and twenty-three years. After Cai Kun secretly revealed his thousand-year ring and Yu Xiaogang dismissed Tang San’s claim, Tang San’s trust in his teacher fractured; then six Nether Wolves appeared, giving Yu Xiaogang a chance to show off his strength.

• Tang Hao left to search the forest for a more suitable Soul Beast while Yu Xiaogang took Tang San and Cai Kun deeper along the path.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that four hundred and twenty-three years was the absolute limit for a First Soul Ring, and Cai Kun privately thought of his own thousand-year ring.
• Cai Kun briefly showed Tang San his purple thousand-year Soul Ring, but denied it when Tang San called attention to it.
• Yu Xiaogang rebuked Tang San for claiming he had seen Cai Kun’s thousand-year ring, leaving Tang San furious and distrustful of his teacher.
• Six Nether Wolves surrounded the group, and Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and prepared to attack them with his First Soul Skill.

Cai Kun persuaded Yu Xiaogang to spare the Nether Wolves, then urged him to stop for the night, but Yu Xiaogang pressed on to find Tang San a Soul Ring. Tang Hao sent a frenzied four-hundred-year Mandala Snake to attack them, and Yu Xiaogang and Tang San fled as his attacks failed.

• Cai Kun interrupted Tang San and convinced Yu Xiaogang to spare the unconscious Nether Wolves.
• Cai Kun suggested making camp after dark, but Yu Xiaogang insisted on continuing their search for a Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao dropped a frenzied four-hundred-year Mandala Snake into the trio’s path.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized the snake and tried to fight it with Luo Sanpao, while Cai Kun ran away.
• The Mandala Snake resisted Luo Sanpao’s farts and knocked him aside, forcing Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to flee.

Cai Kun charged into the Mandala Snake with his train-nose Martial Soul, killing it and rescuing Yu Xiaogang. He stopped safely but ended the fight covered in the snake’s blood and entrails.

• Tang San and Tang Hao lost respect for Yu Xiaogang as he struggled to fight the Mandala Snake.
• Cai Kun decided to use the pursuing snake to test his impact power and save Yu Xiaogang before Tang San could intervene.
• As the Mandala Snake prepared to strike Yu Xiaogang, Cai Kun activated his train-nose Martial Soul and charged at it.
• Tang San dodged into the thorn bushes when he recognized Cai Kun’s horn, while Yu Xiaogang mistook Cai Kun for a terrifying ten-thousand-year beast.
• Cai Kun smashed through the Mandala Snake and killed it, then stopped using its remains as a brake and complained about the blood and flesh covering him.

Cai Kun killed the Mandala Snake, settled his debt with Yu Xiaogang, and received a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo martial soul from the system. He decided Yu Xiaogang was the perfect person to receive it, while Tang Hao left to find Tang San another Soul Beast.

• Cai Kun killed the Mandala Snake, photographed the result, and got Yu Xiaogang to agree that they owed each other nothing.
• Cai Kun received a mythical-grade Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo martial soul with Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and level 100 soul power, then decided to give it to Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San mourned the lost chance to absorb the Mandala Snake's Soul Ring, while Tang Hao left to find him another four-hundred-year Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to explain away his fear of the snake by claiming he had slipped on the wet ground, and Cai Kun suddenly acted as if he understood.

Cai Kun convinced Yu Xiaogang that his humiliating encounter with a venomous snake had been a deliberate test, then claimed a mysterious Titled Douluo had recognized Yu Xiaogang’s theories and sent him a God-Bestowed Martial Soul. Yu Xiaogang fused with it and broke through to Level 100, eagerly preparing to reveal his new Second Martial Soul.

• Cai Kun praised Yu Xiaogang’s supposed test of his and Tang San’s courage, allowing Yu Xiaogang to recover his composure and claim credit for the lesson.
• Cai Kun told Yu Xiaogang that a mysterious Titled Douluo admired his theories and had sent him a God-Bestowed Martial Soul.
• Cai Kun warned Yu Xiaogang that the Martial Soul could not be removed and was not especially impressive, but Yu Xiaogang snatched it and fused with it anyway.
• The Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo’s Soul Power broke Yu Xiaogang’s Level 29 bottleneck and raised him to Level 100.
• Yu Xiaogang celebrated becoming a Titled Douluo and called forth his Second Martial Soul.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that his second Martial Soul, bestowed by Cai Kun, was Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo, complete with ten-year Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and pole-vaulting abilities. After swallowing his anger toward the powerful figure behind Cai Kun, he turned his frustration on Tang San and called him over for a practical lesson.

• Yu Xiaogang manifested Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo and ten white Ten-Year Soul Rings, then panicked when Cai Kun reminded him that he had praised the idea that no Martial Souls were trash.
• Yu Xiaogang begged Cai Kun to ask the senior to replace the bamboo, but Cai Kun said it was permanently bound to him and revealed it came with nine Soul Rings and six Soul Bones.
• Yu Xiaogang inspected the Soul Bones and found that all were ten-year grade; his ten Soul Skills were variations on pole vaulting or a bamboo avatar.
• Cai Kun reframed Yu Xiaogang’s level-one-hundred power and full set of Soul Bones as a great opportunity, and Yu Xiaogang forced himself to thank the unseen senior.
• Cai Kun asked when their practical training would continue, and Yu Xiaogang redirected his anger toward Tang San, calling him over.

Yu Xiaogang scolded Tang San after the Mandala Snake encounter, while Cai Kun joined in and further angered him. Tang San tried to kill Yu Xiaogang with poisoned Sleeve Arrows, but Yu Xiaogang’s newly fused bamboo armor blocked them, and Tang San talked his way out of the apparent attack.

• Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang San for failing to follow his supposed battle plan and praised Cai Kun’s quick reaction.
• Cai Kun criticized Tang San for disrespecting Yu Xiaogang, prompting Tang San to decide they both had to die.
• Tang San fired three poisoned Sleeve Arrows at Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang’s six Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo Soul Bones activated Lone Bamboo External Armor and shattered the needles.
• Yu Xiaogang and Cai Kun confronted Tang San about the broken needles, and Tang San claimed he had only tested Yu Xiaogang’s new armor.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Tang San’s flattery and praised his discernment after confirming that the bamboo armor was sturdy.