Chapter Summaries

Zhou Chengjie suspected that Tang San was the son of Tang Hao and a transformed Blue Silver Emperor, so he sent his findings to Zhou You. In Holy Soul Village, Tang San revealed his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao told him to use it to protect his Blue Silver Grass.

• Zhou Chengjie ordered Su Yuntao to discreetly investigate Tang San’s father and background.
• Recalling Tang Hao’s past conflict with Spirit Hall, Zhou Chengjie suspected Tang San was his son and sent Zhou You a letter with his information and conjecture.
• Tang San returned home after declining Old Jack’s work-study offer in accordance with Tang Hao’s wishes.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that he had another Martial Soul, startling his father into confronting him.
• Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao told him to use it to protect his Blue Silver Grass.

After learning that Tang San had awakened his Martial Soul, Zhou You ordered the investigation into Tang San and his father to continue through Spirit Hall’s official channels. Zhou Chengjie received Zhou You’s instructions and began deciding how to handle Tang Hao and Tang San.

• A Raven delivered news of Tang San’s Martial Soul Awakening to Zhou You, who wrote back instructions to keep watching Tang San and his father and suggested ending an inappropriate covert investigation.
• Zhou You sent the Raven back toward Nuoding City with the letter and specially prepared feed.
• Su Yuntao reported to Zhou Chengjie that Tang Hao lived as a drunken blacksmith in Holy Soul Village and had refused to let Tang San attend Spirit Hall Academy.
• Zhou Chengjie suspected Tang Hao was Clear Sky Douluo and warned Su Yuntao to keep the information secret.
• Zhou You’s Raven arrived with a letter, and Zhou Chengjie read it, destroyed it, and began giving Su Yuntao new instructions.

Tang Hao prepared to flee Holy Soul Village after learning Spirit Hall was investigating him, but Old Jack arrived with an invitation for Tang San to study at a Spirit Hall academy. The chapter ended with Tang Hao refusing to let Tang San go as Old Jack urged the boy to pursue his uncertain potential.

• Tang Hao learned that Spirit Hall was investigating him and told Tang San to pack so they could leave the village.
• Old Jack arrived and told Tang San that Spirit Hall had offered to cover his academy expenses.
• Tang Hao rejected the offer, insisting that Tang San could not become a Soul Master of Spirit Hall.
• Old Jack explained that Su Yuntao's report had raised doubts about Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul because Tang San had Innate Soul Power level ten.
• Old Jack urged Tang San to attend the academy, while Tang San struggled to defend his father without hurting the village chief.

Old Jack persuaded Tang Hao to let Tang San meet Spirit Hall’s envoys, hoping the boy would receive the training his talent deserved. At Spirit Hall, Tang Hao began to suspect that the organization did not know his identity, though his sudden shift to an ordinary manner only made the female Soul Elder more uncertain.

• Old Jack insisted that Tang San needed proper training, and Tang Hao agreed to meet Spirit Hall’s representatives without making any promises.
• Old Jack cleaned Tang San up and brought him with Tang Hao to the newly rebuilt village Spirit Hall.
• Tang San saw the upgraded building and formed an initial impression of Spirit Hall’s reach and organizational power.
• Three young Soul Elders greeted Tang San and his father, while Tang Hao recognized their ranks and remained guarded.
• The female Soul Elder was unsettled by Tang Hao’s sharp gaze, but he suspected Spirit Hall had recruited Tang San without discovering his identity.
• Tang Hao made his bearing seem ordinary, leaving the female Soul Elder uncertain about him.

After Tang San rejected Spirit Hall’s recruitment, three Soul Elders discussed how his Innate Full Soul Power and Blue Silver Grass might still let him develop, while Tang Hao realized the recruiters had genuinely wanted his son and agreed to explain his grudge against Spirit Hall. Elsewhere, Zhou You finished a successful batch of pills and prepared to experiment with Aromatic Silk Beauty.

• Three Soul Elders discussed how Tang San could cultivate Blue Silver Grass through self-support or control skills and benefit from stronger Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao overheard their conversation and realized Spirit Hall had come to recruit Tang San rather than test his identity.
• Tang San asked whether Tang Hao held a grudge against Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao promised to explain when they returned.
• Zhou You finished refining five pills, stored them in a Jade Bottle, and prepared to try refining pills with Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Zhou You used Mystic Sect Outer Alchemy to develop Ascension Pills that could improve a Martial Soul, then prepared to refine a stronger pill using the Aromatic Silk Beauty. After three days of work, the cauldron began to release a rich medicinal fragrance.

• Zhou You explained how Outer Alchemy extracted and refined the essence of Spirit Medicines, drawing on his years of study and experimentation.
• Zhou You chose to refine the Aromatic Silk Beauty into pills so its medicinal power could be shared and its effects strengthened with other ingredients.
• Zhou You fed Feidian a test Ascension Pill, which was designed to repair the Etheric Body and improve a Martial Soul; Feidian lay down to digest it.
• Zhou You lit the cauldron and began refining the true Ascension Pill, adding the Aromatic Silk Beauty and powder from a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma as key ingredients.
• After three days, a rich medicinal fragrance began to waft from the cauldron.

Zhou You completed three purple-patterned Ascension Pills and gave one to Ning Rongrong to transform her Martial Soul. The pill’s power advanced her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to a Nine-Story Glazed Tile Pagoda, using up all its medicinal power.

• After three days in the Alchemy Room, Zhou You finished three Ascension Pills and told Ning Fengzhi to bring Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi summoned Ning Rongrong, and Zhou You led her into the hot Alchemy Room to prepare her for the pill.
• Zhou You guided Ning Rongrong into meditation and slipped an Ascension Pill into her mouth while she breathed.
• As the pill’s medicinal power transformed Ning Rongrong, her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda grew from seven stories to nine.
• Ning Fengzhi watched with joy as the pill’s power ran out after Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul reached nine stories.