Chapter Summaries

Tang San’s thirty consecutive Soul Fighting victories made Cyberpunk famous across Heaven Dou City, drawing the attention of its powerful factions. Yu Tianheng accepted Dugu Yan’s challenge to defeat Cyberpunk in exchange for her accepting his courtship, and Tang San agreed to the match after learning Yu Tianheng would pay him two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Tang San had earned two million Gold Soul Coins betting on his victories, while spies and agents from Heaven Dou City’s major powers watched his matches.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng’s advances and proposed she would accept his courtship if he defeated Cyberpunk, but would refuse him permanently if he lost.
• Yu Tianheng agreed to challenge Cyberpunk at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena and instructed his attendant to arrange the match for the next day.
• Manager Li told Tang San that Yu Tianheng wanted their fight to be Tang San’s thirty-first match and his decisive bid for a Gold Soul Fighting Badge.
• Tang San accepted Yu Tianheng’s offer of two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Manager Li promised to promote the match heavily.

Tang San entered the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to face Yu Tianheng in a heavily promoted match between Blue Silver Grass and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. As the crowd watched, Xue Qinghe suspected Cyberpunk was the boy she had met in Sunset Forest.

• Spectators packed the arena to watch Tang San challenge Yu Tianheng after winning thirty matches in a row.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling took seats in the front row, and Dugu Yan hoped Tang San would win so Yu Tianheng would stop pestering her.
• Xue Qinghe watched with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, saying he wanted to assess Cyberpunk as a potential recruit.
• Xue Qinghe recognized that Cyberpunk's age, Martial Soul, and Soul Power Level matched the child she had met in Sunset Forest.
• Yu Tianheng entered the arena to cheers, then Tang San followed to an even louder welcome from his fans.

Tang San faced Yu Tianheng in the Soul Fighting Arena, hiding the true strength of his second Soul Ring while using Blue Silver Grass to withstand the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon’s attacks. As the battle continued, Dugu Yan became invested in Tang San’s victory and Ye Lingling questioned her about wanting to be his girlfriend.

• Ye Lingling recognized Tang San and told Dugu Yan that she had met him a year and a half earlier in the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Dugu Yan joked that she would be Tang San’s girlfriend if he defeated Yu Tianheng, shocking Ye Lingling.
• Qian Renxue recognized Tang San as Li Si and watched him with amusement from the VIP room.
• Tang San and Yu Tianheng released their Martial Souls, while Tang San disguised his three-thousand-year second Soul Ring as a yellow one.
• Yu Tianheng attacked with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Tang San blocked the strike with Blue Silver Grass and dodged his follow-up assaults.
• Dugu Yan grabbed Ye Lingling’s hand and cheered for Tang San, prompting Ye Lingling to ask if she really wanted to be his girlfriend.

Tang San defeated Yu Tianheng in a Soul Fight by outlasting his lightning attacks, earning promotion to Gold Soul Fighting. After the battle, Dugu Yan decided to meet Tang San, while Ye Lingling remained unsettled by her feelings.

• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that she might accept Cyberpunk if he defeated Yu Tianheng, leaving Ye Lingling troubled by her reaction.
• Yu Tianheng unleashed his Thunderous Might, but Tang San evaded the lightning and relied on Evergreen Body to sustain himself.
• Tang San used repeated Blue Silver Grass attacks to drain Yu Tianheng's Soul Power, while Ning Fengzhi recognized Tang San's Heart Separation Control.
• Yu Tianheng spent his remaining Soul Power on a massive lightning attack, but Tang San's thick wall of Blue Silver Grass absorbed it and left him unharmed.
• Tang San bound Yu Tianheng and threw him off the stage, winning the fight and advancing to Gold Soul Fighting.
• Dugu Yan decided to meet Tang San, while Ye Lingling lowered her head and wrestled with her feelings.

After defeating Yu Tianheng, Tang San collected his rewards and recovered before meeting Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan at the Great Soul Arena. Dugu Yan arranged a fight with him for the next day, while the Crown Prince's summons interrupted their conversation.

• Supervisor Li congratulated Tang San on his thirty-one consecutive wins, awarded him Yu Tianheng's wager, the match prize, his winnings, and a Gold Soul Fighting Badge token.
• Tang San rested until his injuries healed and his Soul Power recovered, then left the lounge and found Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan in the lobby.
• Dugu Yan told Tang San that his victory had ended Yu Tianheng's pursuit of her and challenged him to a Soul Fight at Ye Lingling's house the next day.
• Ye Lingling asked why Tang San had come to Heaven Dou City, and he said he wanted to help resolve the defect in her Martial Soul.
• A Great Soul Arena staff member told Tang San that the Crown Prince had requested to see him in the second-floor reception room.

Tang San met Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong after his victory, then declined Xue Qinghe’s offer to join the crown prince’s residence for now. Xue Qinghe gave him a token, and Tang San responded with an emotional display that included clasping her hand and embracing her.

• Tang San left Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and went upstairs to meet Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Tang San’s Heart Separation Control, while Ning Rongrong congratulated him on defeating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Xue Qinghe teased Tang San about the women he had spoken with, and Tang San praised the fairy sister who had saved him in Sunset Forest.
• Xue Qinghe invited Tang San to join the crown prince’s residence, but Tang San asked to travel freely and promised to serve in a few years.
• Xue Qinghe gave Tang San a crown prince’s token, and Tang San clasped her hand and embraced her in an exaggerated show of gratitude.

Tang San said goodbye to Xue Qinghe after embracing her, then visited Ye Lingling’s home to fight Dugu Yan. He defeated Dugu Yan by binding her with Blue Silver Grass, but a barb accidentally tore her skirt as she surrendered.

• Tang San embraced Xue Qinghe, apologized, and left the reception room after saying goodbye to Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San returned to the hotel and planned how to reach Dugu Bo through Dugu Yan and get to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San arrived at the Ye residence, spoke with Ye Lingling, and waited for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan used Martial Soul Possession and attacked Tang San, who dodged and bound her with Blue Silver Grass.
• Dugu Yan surrendered, but a barb on Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass caught and tore her skirt, prompting Tang San to release her and apologize.

Tang San rejected Dugu Yan's attempt to make him her girlfriend by claiming her Jade Phosphorus Snake poison was harming her, and she hurried home to confront her grandfather. Tang San then sought Ye Lingling's help in finding Senior Ye, while Dugu Yan reached Dugu Bo and asked him to stand up for her.

• Dugu Yan declared that Tang San had to become her boyfriend because he had defeated her and torn her skirt, but Tang San claimed he was only eight and tried to refuse.
• Tang San told Dugu Yan that her Jade Phosphorus Snake poison had been building up inside her, and she angrily left to ask her grandfather about it.
• Ye Lingling asked Tang San whether Dugu Yan was really poisoned, and he confirmed it while explaining that his Martial Soul could sense declining vitality.
• Worried that Dugu Bo might retaliate, Tang San asked Ye Lingling to take him to see Senior Ye, and she led him toward the East Garden.
• Dugu Yan rushed home and embraced Dugu Bo in the rear garden, asking him to stand up for her.

Dugu Bo confronted Tang San after Dugu Yan said he had claimed she was poisoned, then learned Tang San was telling the truth. Dugu Bo revealed the Jade Phosphorus Snake poison’s deadly effects to Dugu Yan, who pleaded with Tang San to save her grandfather.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Tang San had rejected her advances and warned that poison was harming her.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan to the Ye Residence and accused Tang San of lying, but Tang San insisted he was eight and that Dugu Yan carried poison.
• Ye Renxin calmed Dugu Bo, and Tang San offered to share ideas about curing the poison.
• In a secret room, Dugu Bo explained how the Jade Phosphorus Snake poison had killed Dugu Yan’s parents and could turn against its host.
• Dugu Yan wept and then begged Tang San to save Dugu Bo, promising she would do anything.

Tang San proposed using Soul Bones to contain the Jade Phosphorus Snake poison, then suggested rare medicinal herbs could transform the Martial Soul at its root. Dugu Bo brought Tang San and Dugu Yan to his hidden medicinal garden, where Tang San recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Tang San told Dugu Bo that Soul Bones could store the toxins and reduce their harm, though he warned the method required increasingly powerful Soul Bones and could not prevent poison from affecting future descendants.
• Tang San suggested precious medicinal herbs might transform the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo offered to show him his garden of unknown rare plants.
• Dugu Bo flew with Tang San and Dugu Yan to Sunset Forest and led them through a poisonous miasma after giving them antidote pills.
• Tang San recognized the valley's red-hot and blue-cold spring as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Dugu Bo explained that he had studied its rare plants for decades without identifying them.

Tang San identified several Immortal Herbs and proposed using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan overcome their poison. Dugu Bo agreed to begin Tang San’s treatment, and the chapter ended as Tang San prepared to enter the spring.

• Tang San recognized the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and explained that Immortal Herbs could be powerful medicines or deadly poisons.
• Tang San proposed that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan take the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, but warned the treatment could neutralize Dugu Bo’s poison abilities.
• Tang San offered instead to use his blood and detoxifying pills to remove most of their toxins without weakening their Martial Souls or combat strength.
• Tang San said Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan could later take Earth Dragon Golden Melons to encourage their Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Souls to evolve.
• Dugu Bo agreed to Tang San’s plan, and Tang San removed his Soul Tools and clothes beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as Dugu Yan peeked at him shyly.

Tang San endured Ice-Fire Body Tempering in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then cultivated there for three months while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan used his pills to purge their poison. By the end, Tang San had grown stronger and Dugu Yan was nearly cured, while Dugu Bo’s poison had been greatly reduced.

• Dugu Bo cut the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and sent them to Tang San, who swallowed them and leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San endured six hours in the spring and emerged with a stronger, transformed body; Dugu Yan blushed and teased him, while he told Dugu Bo to prepare poison-suppressing pills.
• Tang San considered giving the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Ye Lingling, then explored the garden and wondered who would claim the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Tang San cultivated at the well for three months, reached level twenty-seven, strengthened his Blue Silver Grass’s ice-and-fire resistance, and evolved his Dreamlike Illusion Eyes to ten thousand years.
• Dugu Bo’s poison fell to about thirty percent of its original level, Dugu Yan’s poison was almost completely cleared, and both of their eyes turned deep black.

Tang San helped Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan use the Earth Dragon Golden Melons to evolve their Martial Souls and overcome the danger of their toxins. After her evolution, Dugu Yan kissed Tang San and vowed to wait for him, leaving him to answer her declaration.

• Tang San told Dugu Bo that he and Dugu Yan could safely take the Earth Dragon Golden Melons to complete their Martial Soul evolutions.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan ate the fruits and endured an hour of transformation.
• Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolved into a Jade Phosphorous Earth Dragon, and his Soul Power rose to the peak of level ninety-two.
• Dugu Yan's Martial Soul evolved into a Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon, and her Soul Power rose from level twenty-seven to level thirty.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan became free from the danger of their Martial Soul toxins rebounding.
• Dugu Yan kissed Tang San and told him she would wait for him forever, then waited for his response.

Tang San left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan after gathering Immortal Herbs and sharing methods to strengthen Dugu Yan. He parted from them at Sunset Forest, promising to return for the Soul Master Tournament in four years.

• Dugu Yan agreed to wait for Tang San, and Dugu Bo accepted him as his grandson-in-law and gave him the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Purse.
• Tang San gathered the Immortal Herbs he recognized, then gave Dugu Bo the Blood Swan Kiss and explained how it could amplify poison.
• Tang San urged Dugu Bo to strengthen the defenses around the herb garden, and Dugu Bo agreed to protect it with his strongest poison formation.
• Tang San revealed his two Soul Rings and described Whale Rubber body-tempering, persuading Dugu Bo to use it to prepare Dugu Yan for a stronger third Soul Ring.
• Tang San told Dugu Yan to share the Whale Rubber method only with Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo agreed to help Dugu Yan find Whale Rubber.
• At Sunset Forest, Tang San said goodbye to Dugu Yan and promised to return in four years; Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan flew toward Heaven Dou City.

Tang San returned to Nuoding City after nearly a year away and reunited with Xiao Wu, who had been worried about him. They decided to apply for early graduation, and Tang San was startled by Yu Xiaogang’s transformed appearance before making his request.

• Tang San traveled by carriage from the town outside Sunset Forest to Nuoding City and reflected on his gains and plans for the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San returned to Dorm Seven, where Xiao Wu rushed into his arms and reproached him for being gone so long.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed his travels and her Soul Power Level, then agreed to apply for early graduation.
• Tang San visited Yu Xiaogang and found him clean-shaven, dressed differently, and speaking in an affected voice.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that he had returned to apply for early graduation.

Tang San and Xiao Wu graduated from Nuoding Academy, bought a house, and spent a year preparing for Tang San’s next breakthrough. They entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find his third Soul Ring and discovered an unusual plant in a clearing.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he had reached Level 27, and Yu recommended Shrek Academy as his next school.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu received approval to graduate and bought a courtyard house in Nuoding City.
• Yu Xiaogang mistakenly believed Tang San had gone to Suotuo City and left Nuoding City the following day.
• A year later, Tang San and Xiao Wu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest after Tang San reached Level 30.
• Xiao Wu guided Tang San around dangerous areas to a clearing, where they found a tall, golden-veined plant emitting warm energy.

Tang San absorbed the Heart-Linked Sacred Grass’s nine-thousand-year Soul Ring, gained a powerful supportive third skill, and reached Soul Power level thirty-three. When he revealed that he knew Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form, she was left shaken, and he reassured her by saying his mother had been like her.

• Xiao Wu lured away the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts guarding the Heart-Linked Sacred Grass, allowing Tang San to approach it.
• Tang San cut down the Heart-Linked Sacred Grass and absorbed its nine-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tang San’s Soul Power rose from level thirty to level thirty-three, and he gained the Blue Silver Heart-Link skill.
• Tang San explained the skill’s supportive abilities to Xiao Wu as they left the forest.
• Tang San stopped Xiao Wu and revealed that he knew she was a human-form Soft Bone Rabbit and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang San told the frightened Xiao Wu that his mother had been like her.

Tang San revealed that his mother had been a Soul Beast in human form, reassuring Xiao Wu that he accepted her true identity. After Xiao Wu consumed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and condensed her third Soul Ring, they left the Star Dou Great Forest together, reconciled and more powerful.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu that his mother was the Blue Silver Emperor, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Xiao Wu confessed her fear that he would reject her.
• Xiao Wu gave the Lovesick Heartbreak Red her blood, gained its recognition, and consumed it, concealing her Soul Beast presence and raising her Soul Power to level thirty.
• Tang San confessed his connections with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu accepted them while asking him to be honest with her from then on.
• Xiao Wu condensed a roughly three-thousand-year third Soul Ring, raising her Soul Power to level thirty-three.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu walked hand in hand toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

After returning to Nuoding City, Tang San and Xiao Wu spent two and a half years cultivating and preparing for their next Soul Rings. Tang San planned to visit Holy Soul Village before hunting a twenty-thousand-year plant Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring.

• Tang San chose to return to Nuoding City with Xiao Wu, deciding he had time to find a catalogue of Immortal Herbs and a solution to Ye Lingling's Martial Soul defect.
• Two and a half years later, Tang San practiced the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Xiao Wu watched, and the pair prepared to leave Nuoding City.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu had both reached level forty, while Xiao Wu had already condensed a fourth Soul Ring close to eight thousand years old and reached level forty-two.
• After consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Tang San greatly strengthened his Spiritual Power and Dreamlike Illusion Eyes, gaining the Annihilation Light attack and an improved Disguise ability.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu they would eat, visit Holy Soul Village, and then hunt for a Soul Ring; he intended to absorb a plant Soul Beast's twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Tang San and Xiao Wu reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy students at an inn. When Iron Wolf and his companions harassed the girls and smashed Tang San and Xiao Wu’s table, Xiao Wu confronted them, and one man reached for her arm.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu visited Holy Soul Village, and Tang San left a letter for Tang Hao before they traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at an inn near the forest and discussed searching for a twenty-thousand-year-old Plant-type Soul Beast.
• Shui Bing'er and six Skywater Academy students came into the dining room, and Tang San recognized Shui Bing'er.
• Iron Wolf and two companions entered, harassed the Skywater Academy girls, and smashed Tang San and Xiao Wu’s table when Shui Bing'er ignored him.
• Xiao Wu demanded an apology and payment for their ruined meal, but Iron Wolf insulted her, and one of his companions reached for her arm.