Chapter Summaries

After falling from a cliff, Tang Shan was pulled into a struggle with Tang San of the Tang Sect over a body and used a mysterious system to take it over. Three years later, living as Tang San in Holy Soul Village, he understood that the original Tang San had been carried away by another force and may have reincarnated elsewhere.

• Tang Shan fell from a cliff and awoke in a void, where Tang San of the Tang Sect attacked him for control of a body.
• As Tang Shan’s consciousness neared destruction, he activated the Life-and-Death Contract, and the system empowered him to overpower Tang San.
• Tang San of the Tang Sect vanished after a mysterious force dragged him away, while the system left three contract marks and disappeared.
• Three years later, Tang Shan lived as three-year-old Tang San in a blacksmith’s shop in Holy Soul Village, caring for his sleeping father.
• Tang Shan realized that Tang San of the Tang Sect had likely been given a new vessel for reincarnation.

Reborn as Tang San without the original Tang San’s cultivation techniques, he faced three deadly contracts, beginning with becoming Yu Xiaogang’s disciple. He resolved to endure Tang Hao’s neglect, improve his frail health, and prepare for his Martial Soul Awakening in three years.

• Tang San recalled that his vanished system had left him three Life-and-Death Contracts, and he resolved to act his way into fulfilling the first by becoming Yu Xiaogang’s disciple.
• Tang Hao emerged from the inner room drunk, while Tang San remembered how his father had neglected him and left him close to starving.
• Tang San gave up hope of relying on Tang Hao and decided his Martial Soul Awakening would be his first chance to change his fate.
• Tang San worried that without Mysterious Heaven Skill or a healthy body, he might lack the Innate Full Soul Power needed to interest Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San decided to focus on surviving the next three years, restoring his health, and laying the groundwork for future cultivation.

Over three years, Tang San learned to provide for himself, trained his body, and secretly mastered the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. At six, after selling his fish at the market, he learned from Old Jack that a Spirit Hall Soul Master would come the next day to awaken the village children’s Martial Souls.

• Tang San caught fish and rabbits to feed himself, trade for supplies, and save money while exercising and studying Tang Hao’s hammer technique.
• Over three years, Tang San grew into a strong six-year-old and learned the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer by watching Tang Hao.
• Tang San brought Old Jack a large fish, but Old Jack told him to sell it and save the money for school after his Martial Soul awakening.
• Old Jack told Tang San that a Spirit Hall Soul Master would come the next day to awaken the eligible children’s Martial Souls.
• Tang San sold his catch at the market, returned to his well-kept home, gathered eggs, tended the vegetables, and forged farming tools.

Tang San maintained his transactional arrangement with Tang Hao and saved his earnings as the day of his Martial Soul Awakening approached. He arrived at the village Spirit Hall with Old Jack and met Su Yuntao, who was about to begin the children’s awakenings.

• Tang San made Tang Hao pay a Copper Soul Coin for his meal, then added the coin to his savings, which totaled 307 Silver Soul Coins and 563 Copper Soul Coins.
• Tang San looked forward to the next day’s Martial Soul Awakening while Tang Hao slept through the announcement.
• Old Jack arrived the following morning and took Tang San to the village Spirit Hall, where seven other children had gathered.
• Su Yuntao introduced himself to the children as a White-Clothed Deacon and level twenty-six Soul Grandmaster before preparing to guide their awakenings.

Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass as his Martial Soul but revealed Innate Full Soul Power, and Old Jack offered to take him to Nuoding City’s Soul Master Academy. The chapter ended with Tang San agreeing to enroll in three months so he could meet Yu Xiaogang.

• Su Yuntao awakened seven children’s Martial Souls, but none had Soul Power.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and recognized that he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San insisted Su Yuntao test his Soul Power, and the crystal ball revealed Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Tang San had exceptional talent but dismissed Blue Silver Grass as useless.
• Old Jack offered Tang San the village’s work-study student slot and agreed to take him to Nuoding City in three months.

After Old Jack told Tang Hao that Tang San had awakened Innate Full Soul Power and could study at Nuoding Academy, Tang San revealed his Twin Martial Souls to his father. Tang San agreed to keep the Clear Sky Hammer secret but insisted on living independently, leaving Tang Hao watching him cook with pain and regret.

• Old Jack scolded Tang Hao for missing Tang San's Martial Soul Awakening and announced that Tang San would use the village's work-study slot to attend Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Tang San showed Tang Hao his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer, revealing that he had awakened Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao apologized, but Tang San rejected his apology and said he would leave for Nuoding Academy in three months and live independently.
• Tang Hao agreed to let Tang San attend the academy on the condition that he never reveal the hammer or attach Soul Rings to it.
• Tang San promised to keep the hammer secret and avoid adding Soul Rings, while asking Tang Hao not to interfere in his life and offering to visit once a year.
• Tang San prepared lunch with practiced skill, and Tang Hao silently watched him, his anger fading into heartache.

Tang San began cultivating the meditation method Tang Hao left him while continuing to manage their household alone. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong learned of Zhang San’s twin Martial Souls and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to bring him to her, unaware that he was the Tang Sect’s Tang San in a new body.

• Tang Hao gave Tang San a meditation method, and Tang San accepted it after finishing the meal and decided to waive Tang Hao’s food expenses for a month.
• Tang San continued his chores and hammer practice while cultivating the meditation method at night without asking Tang Hao for help.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that orphan Zhang San had Twin Martial Souls, Innate Full Soul Power, and parents who had died fighting Tang Hao.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to bring Zhang San to her so she could recruit him into Spirit Hall.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo brought Zhang San to the Pope’s Palace, where the boy was revealed to be the Tang Sect’s Tang San in another body.

Zhang San became Bibi Dong’s disciple and was promised the position of Spirit Hall Holy Son if he reached Soul King before turning twenty. Three months later, Tang San had mastered the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and prepared to hunt for his first Soul Ring.

• Bibi Dong told Zhang San about the dangers of cultivating Twin Martial Souls, and Zhang San knelt and accepted her as his teacher.
• Bibi Dong promised to make Zhang San the Spirit Hall Holy Son and next Pope if he reached Soul King before age twenty, then ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to take him to hunt for his first Soul Ring and enroll him at Spirit Hall Academy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo led Zhang San out of the Spirit Hall, and Zhang San vowed to spread Tang Sect Hidden Weapons across the continent.
• After three months of training, Tang San had nearly mastered the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, impressing Tang Hao with his progress.
• Tang San forged a small adamantine war hammer and prepared his supplies and savings for his Soul Ring hunt, resolving not to rely on Grandmaster.

Tang San left Tang Hao’s smithy and arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with Old Jack, where he faced the gatekeeper and entered. He found Yu Xiaogang and presented his certificate, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned by Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power.

• Tang San left the smithy with his warhammer and clothes while Tang Hao watched him go, overcome with guilt and regret.
• Tang San and Old Jack reached Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where the gatekeeper insulted them and challenged their credentials.
• Tang San struck the ground with his warhammer to make the gatekeeper let them in, then accepted his certificate from Old Jack as the old man headed home.
• Tang San gave the gatekeeper two Copper Soul Coins and entered the academy, searching for Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San approached Yu Xiaogang and handed him his Martial Soul Awakening certificate, and Yu Xiaogang froze when he read that Tang San had Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power.

Tang San persuaded Yu Xiaogang to accept him as a disciple, then used Yu Xiaogang’s own maxim about Martial Souls to embarrass him. As Yu Xiaogang led him to register, Tang San asked him to carry the wrapped Vajra Hammer.

• Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San’s awakening certificate and agreed to take him to register.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed he was known as Grandmaster, and Tang San accepted his offer to become his disciple.
• Tang San checked his Life-and-Death Contract and saw that one golden mark had vanished, leaving two.
• Tang San twisted Yu Xiaogang’s saying about trash Martial Souls into a jab at unsuccessful Soul Masters, leaving Yu Xiaogang awkward and speechless.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to carry his Vajra Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang held out his hand for it.

Tang San began his life at the academy by making Yu Xiaogang drop a heavy hammer on his toes, privately enjoying the payback while pretending to be concerned. After registering, Tang San reached Dorm Seven, where he met Wang Sheng, who was surprised that the new student already knew his name.

• Tang San handed Yu Xiaogang the heavy hammer without warning, and it fell on Yu Xiaogang's toes.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected Tang San had extraordinary strength, while Tang San privately celebrated having hurt him after years of resentment.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to the academic affairs office, where Director Su registered him and assigned him to Dorm Seven.
• Tang San collected his uniform and supplies, found Dorm Seven, and entered the crowded room.
• Wang Sheng approached Tang San as the dormitory's self-proclaimed boss, and Tang San called him famous, leaving Wang Sheng confused.

Tang San joined Dorm Seven and used his Vajra Hammer to convince Wang Sheng to yield the dorm-head position, but Xiao Wu soon defeated Wang Sheng and became the new boss. As Tang San settled in, Teacher Mo delivered bedding sent by Grandmaster.

• Tang San challenged Wang Sheng to lift his Vajra Hammer, and Wang Sheng failed and accepted Tang San's strength.
• Tang San declined to become dorm head and told Wang Sheng to remain the boss.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Dorm Seven, challenged Wang Sheng, defeated him, and became the new boss.
• Tang San chose a bed beside Xiao Wu and told her his name and Martial Soul.
• Teacher Mo arrived with bedding from Grandmaster and handed it to Tang San.

Tang San gave Xiao Wu his bedding and offered to treat the work-study students to lunch. When an older student mocked them for being poor, Xiao Wu confronted him, and Tang San challenged him to apologize if they ate on the cafeteria’s second floor.

• Mo Hen assigned Tang San and Xiao Wu to clean the garden south of the playground for ten Copper Soul Coins a day.
• Tang San gave his bedding to Xiao Wu so she would have somewhere to sleep, and she thanked him and promised to look after him.
• Wang Sheng invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to lunch, and Tang San offered to treat the work-study students to a good meal.
• An older student mocked Wang Sheng’s group for being poor and unable to afford the cafeteria’s second floor, so Xiao Wu challenged him and followed him upstairs.
• Tang San asked the older student whether he would apologize if the group ate on the second floor, and the student agreed.

Tang San treated the work-study students to a meal, then learned that his second contract required him to join Shrek Academy and win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. He reluctantly went to meet Yu Xiaogang, weighing what he might gain from the teacher against his resentment and the contract’s daunting demands.

• Tang San paid for a meal for the work-study students, and Xiao Wu rebuked the male student who had mocked them as he left.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Tang San to eat with him and asked him to visit that afternoon, but Tang San stayed with his roommates and later headed to Yu Xiaogang's residence alone.
• Tang San sensed the second contract, which required him to join Shrek Academy and win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• Tang San considered Shrek Academy's harsh admissions and graduation standards, its poor facilities, and the dangers its students faced while collecting Soul Rings.
• Tang San doubted he could win the tournament without his former techniques or a safe way to obtain Immortal Herbs, then decided to focus on meeting Yu Xiaogang and the potential value of his knowledge and Storage Soul Tool.

Tang San kept up the appearance of accepting Yu Xiaogang as his teacher so he could gain access to his books and Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night. Yu Xiaogang agreed to teach him and proposed a control-system path for Blue Silver Grass, but Tang San interrupted with a question.

• Tang San visited Yu Xiaogang and refused to reveal his second Martial Soul, saying it was a hammer and that his father had forbidden him to show it.
• Yu Xiaogang guessed the hammer's identity, advised Tang San not to add Soul Rings to it, and planned to take him to the Soul Hunting Forest once his foot healed.
• Yu Xiaogang offered Tang San access to his books and began daily lessons about Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang recommended developing Blue Silver Grass as a control-system Martial Soul, focusing on toughness and poison, and Tang San interrupted him with a question.

Tang San challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theory about Twin Martial Souls, then went to buy supplies for his upcoming trip to the Soul Hunting Forest. At a pharmacy, he recognized and bought a valuable piece of Whale Rubber, leaving himself with only eighteen Gold Soul Coins.

• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang about how his theory explained Blue Silver Grass, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to answer.
• Tang Hao secretly listened and concluded that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass might be a Blue Silver Emperor awaiting a Second Awakening.
• Yu Xiaogang ended the lesson and said he would consider what First Soul Ring Tang San should obtain.
• Tang San went into Nuoding City to buy medicine for the Soul Hunting Forest and found a piece of hundred-year Whale Rubber.
• Tang San paid twenty Gold Soul Coins for the Whale Rubber and two more for medicine, then worried that he needed to find a way to earn money.

Tang San bought weapons and supplies to prepare for the Soul Hunting Forest, then secretly used Whale Rubber to temper his body. After enduring two hours of intense heat and cold, he estimated that he could now absorb a Soul Ring of around six hundred years.

• Tang San bought a short sword, a bow and arrows, cooking supplies, bedding, and masks, explaining to Wang Sheng that he was preparing for the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Tang San secretly carried the Whale Rubber and his supplies to a lake in the back mountain after Dorm Seven fell asleep.
• Tang San melted and drank the Whale Rubber, then plunged into the lake to endure its effects as it tempered his body.
• After two hours, Tang San emerged with impurities expelled from his body and estimated that his physique had become at least twenty percent stronger.
• Tang San concluded that he could now handle a Soul Ring of around six hundred years, returned to Dorm Seven, and began meditating.

Tang San traveled with Yu Xiaogang toward the Soul Hunting Forest, received a storage belt, and named it the Oriental Pearl. On the way, Yu Xiaogang urged him to develop Blue Silver Grass with poison-attribute Soul Rings, and Tang San listened while inwardly doubting the plan.

• Tang San left Dorm Seven before dawn, asked Xiao Wu to cover his work-study duties, and met Yu Xiaogang at the academy gates.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a storage belt, and Tang San quickly stored his gear inside and named the belt the Oriental Pearl.
• Yu Xiaogang bought provisions and white radishes for the journey before the carriage left Nuoding City for the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that he believed Blue Silver Grass should follow a poison-attribute control path and proposed using snake- or spider-type Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San whether he was willing to try his theory that plant Martial Souls could absorb Soul Rings from animal Soul Beasts.

Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang’s plan to give his Blue Silver Grass poison-attribute Soul Rings and decided to pursue vitality-based Plant-type Soul Rings instead. He arrived with Yu Xiaogang at the Soul Hunting Forest, where they summoned Luo Sanpao and began searching for a suitable Soul Beast.

• Tang San recognized that Yu Xiaogang wanted to use him to test a theory and quietly resolved to choose Soul Rings that strengthened Blue Silver Grass’s vitality.
• Tang San envisioned building a resilient Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul alongside the Clear Sky Hammer, but kept his plans from Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest and entered after Yu Xiaogang showed a token to the guards.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned his mutated Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, and Tang San wondered whether its foundation had been damaged before its awakening.
• Luo Sanpao led Tang San and Yu Xiaogang into the forest as Yu Xiaogang explained Soul Beast age categories.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang encountered Netherworld Wolves in the forest, and Luo Sanpao drove them away with a powerful blast. Afterward, Tang San challenged Yu Xiaogang’s belief about trash Martial Souls, leaving him embarrassed but reaffirming his determination to prove himself.

• Yu Xiaogang showed Tang San a ten-year-old Lone Bamboo as a possible first Soul Ring choice, which Tang San privately scorned.
• Six Netherworld Wolves approached Luo Sanpao, and Tang San put on a mask and readied his Vajra Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Luo Sanpao to attack, and its foul-smelling blast scattered the six wolves.
• Yu Xiaogang fed Luo Sanpao white radishes and explained that they restored its fart-based attack.
• Tang San repeated Yu Xiaogang’s saying about trash Martial Souls, leaving Yu Xiaogang speechless and ashamed.
• Yu Xiaogang said his mutation had not stopped his research and that he hoped to prove his worth.