Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen asked Qian Lingyu to compare Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Technique with the Spirit Hall’s inherited method, then nearly crossed a boundary before his injury gave her a chance to escape. After expelling the Asura God’s power and beginning to write a book, he startled Qian Lingyu again at dinner, where she sought refuge beside the Goddess of Life.

• Xiao Zhen gave Qian Lingyu the Mysterious Heaven Technique and other secrets, and she judged its cultivation method superior to her family’s inherited method.
• Xiao Zhen touched Qian Lingyu and began to move his hand downward, but pain from his back wound distracted him and she fled the room.
• Xiao Zhen used his dou qi and Heavenly Flames to drive the Asura God’s power from his body, then wrote pages of a book in Chinese characters.
• At dinner, Xiao Zhen teleported over to Qian Lingyu and patted her back, frightening her into retreating to the Goddess of Life’s side.

Xiao Zhen summoned Qian Lingyu to translate a draft targeting Tang San and revealed his plan to publish Tang Sect techniques alongside it. Qian Lingyu fled the courtyard after realizing how far he intended to go.

• The Goddess of Life warned Xiao Zhen not to mistreat Qian Lingyu, while Spirit Kite Douluo tried to intervene and Xiao Zhen pinned her down with fighting qi.
• Xiao Zhen pulled Qian Lingyu away, and Xiao Wu secretly ate leaves from the Blue Silver Grass until the Goddess of Life caught her.
• In Xiao Zhen's room, Qian Lingyu explained that she had a fiancé in her previous life before reading his draft about a protagonist named Tang Shan.
• Xiao Zhen asked Qian Lingyu to translate the draft so he could spread an unflattering account of Tang San's previous life across the continent.
• Xiao Zhen revealed that he would include the Mysterious Heaven Technique, Purple Demon Eye, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Qian Lingyu ran away after hearing his plan.

Xiao Zhen put plans and funding in place while Tang San arrived at Nuoding Junior Academy and killed its gatekeeper with a hidden weapon. Yu Xiaogang intervened before Tang San could attack the witnesses and offered to handle the matter, leaving Tang San wary of his intentions.

• Xiao Zhen had Wang Dabiao and Black Axe Douluo gather information, bought a residence in Heaven Dou Imperial City, and raised funds by selling pills.
• Old Jack brought Tang San to Nuoding Junior Academy, where the gatekeeper insulted them and questioned Tang San's martial soul certificate.
• Tang San beat the gatekeeper, then killed him with a Sleeve Sword as bystanders watched.
• Tang San considered killing the witnesses and Old Jack to cover up the murder, but Yu Xiaogang arrived and interrupted him.
• Yu Xiaogang checked Tang San's certificate, recognized its claim of Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power, and promised to settle the matter with the academy head.

Yu Xiaogang tried to protect Tang San after Tang San killed a gatekeeper, but the Nuoding City Law Enforcement Team arrived to arrest him. Yu Xiaogang challenged the squad captain and was wounded, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Tang San asked why Yu Xiaogang was helping him, and Yu Xiaogang promised to take responsibility for the killing and help with his enrollment.
• Old Jack urged Tang San to stay with Yu Xiaogang as soldiers arrived to investigate the murder.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that the soldiers bring their superiors, but the squad captain insisted on arresting Tang San under the law.
• Yu Xiaogang and the squad captain revealed their Soul Rings and prepared to fight as the crowd gathered to watch.
• The squad captain used his second Soul Skill, Swift Wind Slash, and wounded Yu Xiaogang's right leg as Tang San judged the captain weak.

Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao’s fart-based soul skill to defeat the patrol squad captain, who attacked again before Nuoding Academy’s headmaster intervened. The headmaster defended Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, claiming the dispute was an internal matter and that the slain gatekeeper had deserved his death.

• The squad captain mocked Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao as onlookers ridiculed his martial soul.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Luo Sanpao to use its fart-based soul skill, which blasted the squad captain away and made him vomit.
• The squad captain charged Yu Xiaogang again, while hidden observers prepared to protect him on Bi Bidong’s orders.
• The headmaster of Nuoding Academy knocked the squad captain away and confronted the patrol soldiers with his Soul King power.
• The headmaster claimed the gatekeeper had bullied Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, and said the gatekeeper had deserved to die.

Tang San completed his enrollment at Nuoding Academy after the headmaster intervened in the killing at the gates. Feared and shunned by the other students, Tang San moved in with Yu Xiaogang.

• Zhang Shun mourned his younger brother, the gatekeeper, and vowed to kill Tang San, who hid behind Yu Xiaogang.
• The headmaster resolved the incident by killing the squad captain, angering the Nuoding City lord and damaging the headmaster’s reputation among onlookers.
• The headmaster believed his defense of Yu Xiaogang had earned him a favor he could call in later.
• Tang San completed his enrollment, but instructors and students regarded him with fear and disgust.
• Tang San found his work-study roommates hostile, so Yu Xiaogang offered to let him live with him.

Yu Xiaogang passed the first trial of the Hypocrisy Divine Examination by admitting that he valued himself most and received an opportunity to evolve his martial soul. Tang Hao watched from nearby, grateful that Yu Xiaogang had helped Tang San but puzzled by his strange nighttime behavior.

• Yu Xiaogang began the first Divine Examination and incorrectly named Bi Bidong and Liu Erlong as the most important person in his heart.
• After receiving a hint from the God of Hypocrisy, Yu Xiaogang realized that he valued himself most and gave that answer.
• The God of Hypocrisy approved Yu Xiaogang's answer and awarded him a small jade bottle containing Ferocious Beast Essence to evolve his martial soul.
• Yu Xiaogang learned to consume the essence in three portions at least half an hour apart, then hid the bottle in his pocket.
• Tang Hao watched Yu Xiaogang from a rooftop and reflected that Yu Xiaogang had helped Tang San, though his behavior seemed strange.

Xiao Zhen brought the Goddess of Life to Yu Xiaogang and ordered her to alter his martial soul. After learning that Yu Xiaogang carried Golden Saint Dragon blood and seeing that Luo Sanpao had its own consciousness, she was surprised by what she found.

• Tang Hao left after checking on Tang San, while Xiao Zhen sensed Tang San's hostility toward Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly went to the academy's back mountain and drank a mixture from a mysterious bottle, causing him intense pain.
• Tang San followed Yu Xiaogang and watched from a tree until Xiao Zhen, the Goddess of Life, and Little Zhi appeared and put him and Yu Xiaogang under hypnosis.
• Xiao Zhen had Little Zhi weaken the collar suppressing the Goddess of Life's divine power, then ordered her to alter Yu Xiaogang's martial soul.
• The Goddess of Life recognized the Golden Saint Dragon origin in Yu Xiaogang's bloodline and was astonished when he summoned the conscious Luo Sanpao.

Xiao Zhen had the Goddess of Life replace Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul with an ordinary pig-type one and remove the hidden Golden Saint Dragon origin. The modification left Yu Xiaogang with a grotesque pig-headed form during martial soul possession, and he sensed that his body had changed.

• Xiao Zhen asked the Goddess of Life to make Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul ordinary and uglier, then found pig blood for her to use.
• Xiao Zhen destroyed Luo Sanpao’s intelligence and soul before the Goddess of Life fused the martial soul with Yu Xiaogang’s body.
• The Goddess of Life extracted Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Saint Dragon origin, which Xiao Zhen stored in a jade bottle.
• The Goddess of Life used sow’s blood to modify Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul, and Xiao Zhen made him activate martial soul possession.
• Yu Xiaogang transformed into a hideous pig-headed man, while Tang San watched from a tree and Yu Xiaogang sensed the changes within himself.

Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul evolved into a powerful but revolting form, and he tested its poisonous gas Soul Skill while Tang San fled in disgust. As Yu Xiaogang prepared to evolve again, a small, purple-eyed thief stole his mysterious medicine and escaped.

• Yu Xiaogang possessed his evolved Martial Soul, while Tang San saw his grotesque appearance and recoiled.
• Yu Xiaogang unleashed a toxic gas Soul Skill that withered a tree and killed nearby insects and birds, prompting Tang San to flee.
• Xiao Zhen watched from hiding and decided to use Tang San to further provoke Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang prepared another dose of the mysterious liquid, believing it would strengthen his Martial Soul further.
• A small, cloth-wrapped thief snatched Yu Xiaogang’s bottle and kicked his face before escaping.
• Yu Xiaogang chased the thief, fell, and then resolved to track them by their slight build and faintly glowing purple eyes.

Xiao Zhen arranged for Yu Xiaogang to be blamed for the theft of the Martial Soul Evolution Potion, prompting the God of Hypocrisy to impose a three-day trial to find the thief. Yu Xiaogang suspected Tang San and drew a dagger, while Xiao Zhen’s soul clone prepared to intervene.

• Xiao Zhen revealed that he had stolen the potion to frame the child who had hidden in the tree, and Little Zhi restored the seal on the Goddess of Life.
• Yu Xiaogang asked the God of Hypocrisy for help, and the god gave him a final chance through a second Divine Examination trial to find the thief within three days.
• Yu Xiaogang reasoned that the thief was likely a young, agile student at Nuoding Academy and returned to his dormitory after Xiao Zhen left with the two women.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed dirt in the dormitory, compared the thief’s build with the sleeping Tang San, and concluded that Tang San had stolen the potion.
• Yu Xiaogang produced a dagger and prepared to kill Tang San, while Xiao Zhen’s soul clone considered intervening to save him and seize the Blue Silver Emperor origin within him.

Yu Xiaogang received a Human Skin Paper that claimed to predict the future, while Xiao Zhen used it to mislead him. Xiao Zhen finished a novel and sent Qian Lingyu to promote it, and its popularity reached Tang San at Nuoding Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang sensed danger around Tang San, retreated, and later received the Human Skin Paper as his second Divine Examination reward.
• Yu Xiaogang asked the Human Skin Paper why Tang San had stolen his evolution potion, and it answered that Tang San had taken it after discovering its power.
• Xiao Zhen revealed that he had fabricated the Human Skin Paper to steer Yu Xiaogang toward traps.
• Xiao Zhen finished his novel and instructed Qian Lingyu to use Spirit Hall's influence to promote it across the continent.
• The novel, titled "Legend of Tang Demon," sold widely, and Tang San heard references to the Tang Sect, Hidden Weapons, and traitor Tang San at Nuoding Academy.

Tang San stole and read a book that portrayed him as a murderous traitor and exposed his cultivation methods, then discovered that millions of people had begun practicing them. Yu Xiaogang grew suspicious of Tang San and prepared to use the strange Human Skin Paper to learn his identity.

• Tang San stole a copy of "Legend of Tang Demon" and tore it apart after reading its accusations about his past.
• Tang San obtained a new copy and learned that it also described his possession of an infant and revealed the Mysterious Heaven Technique, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Purple Demon Eye.
• Tang San overheard students condemning the book and connecting its protagonist to the Tang San at their academy.
• After people discovered the book's methods could be cultivated, millions began practicing them, and the Mysterious Heaven Technique displaced existing meditation methods.
• Tang San saw others cultivating in the morning sunlight and feared they would eventually master the Purple Demon Eye.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected Tang San and touched the Soul Tool Storage Device containing the strange Human Skin Paper.

Bi Bidong sent Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo to bring Qian Lingyu back, while Xiao Zhen continued cultivating and teased Xiao Wu and Qian Lingyu. In the Star Dou Great Forest, a massive Black Dragon emerged from a spatial rift and seized the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.

• Bi Bidong ordered two Elders to bring Qian Lingyu back after learning that she had spread the Mysterious Heaven Technique and other information.
• Xiao Zhen trained in Nuoding City, reprimanded Xiao Wu for complaining about serving him, and learned that Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo were coming to retrieve Qian Lingyu.
• Qian Lingyu told Xiao Zhen that Spirit Hall had sent the two Douluo, and he said they could not stop him if he chose to act.
• The Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape searched the Star Dou Great Forest for the hidden ferocious beasts and discussed continuing their search for Xiao Wu's sake.
• A spatial rift opened above the Lake of Life, and a massive Black Dragon emerged and grabbed the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape in its claws.

Di Tian questioned the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape about Xiao Zhen, while Xiao Zhen’s schemes pushed Yu Xiaogang and Tang San toward Soul-Rift Forest. Tang Hao confronted a scarred Cloaked Man, who brought up Tang Hao’s visit to Moon-Gazing City more than thirty years earlier.

• Di Tian forced the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to the ground and learned that Xiao Zhen had sent them to deliver a warning about the great forest.
• The Azure Bull Python described Xiao Zhen as a dangerous enemy, and Di Tian decided to consult the Silver Dragon King.
• Yu Xiaogang used the Human Skin Paper to discover that Tang San had secretly drunk his Martial Soul Evolution Potion, then planned to take Tang San hunting for a Soul Ring.
• Xiao Zhen’s soul fragment noticed Tang Hao following Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then arranged for a scarred Cloaked Man to confront him.
• The Cloaked Man asked Tang Hao whether he remembered visiting Moon-Gazing City to buy New Moon Wine more than thirty years earlier.

Tang Hao recalled the incident that had made the Cloaked Man his enemy: he had attacked customers over New Moon Wine and fought a Spirit Hall bishop, causing deaths and destruction. The Cloaked Man revealed himself as a Titled Douluo seeking revenge, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang noticed the battle’s shockwaves nearby.

• Tang Hao demanded the tavern’s entire supply of New Moon Wine, then attacked customers who challenged him.
• A local Spirit Hall bishop tried to detain Tang Hao, but their fight destroyed buildings and injured civilians.
• Pope Qian Xunji stripped the bishop of his position and imprisoned him, while the Clear Sky Clan offered only perfunctory apologies.
• The Cloaked Man told Tang Hao that his family had died beneath Tang Hao’s hammer, and Tang Hao admitted he intended to kill him to prevent revenge or exposure.
• The Cloaked Man revealed nine soul rings and a snake-like, flame-wreathed martial soul as Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reacted to the Titled Douluo battle nearby.

Xiao Zhen’s soul fragment wounded Tang Hao and drove him to flee, while Yu Xiaogang led Tang San into the Soul Hunting Forest with a secret plan to lure Gale Demon Wolves to his sleeping disciple. As wolves stirred nearby, Yu Xiaogang’s scheme was about to unfold.

• Xiao Zhen’s soul fragment struck Tang Hao with Heavenly Flames, and Tang Hao fled rather than risk his hidden injuries worsening.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reached the Soul Hunting Forest, where Yu Xiaogang secretly planned to abandon Tang San in Gale Demon Wolf territory.
• Yu Xiaogang guided Tang San through the forest and chose a place beside a stream to spend the night.
• Yu Xiaogang smeared wolf-attracting powder on Tang San’s clothes, used scent-masking powder on himself, and moved away from the sleeping boy.
• A gray wolf in a nearby cave caught Tang San’s scent, and a pack of wolves began to stir.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were surrounded by Gale Demon Wolves in the Soul Hunting Forest, and Tang San fled while Yu Xiaogang hid underwater. The wolves caught up with Tang San, leaving him surrounded and trapped.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to flee while he stayed behind to cover his retreat, and Tang San ran off after thanking him.
• Yu Xiaogang hid underwater with a breathing tube as the wolves searched the stream, then the pack followed an irresistible fragrance.
• Tang San believed Yu Xiaogang had died and vowed to slaughter the wolves once he grew stronger.
• A Gale Demon Wolf attacked Tang San, who slipped aside and wounded it with arrows from his Sleeve Sword.
• Tang San realized more than ten Gale Demon Wolves had surrounded him while Xiao Zhen's soul clone watched from a tree.

Tang San was mauled by Gale Demon Wolves before Tang Hao rescued him, while Xiao Zhen secretly manipulated events and recorded the ordeal. Xiao Zhen later saved the wounded Yu Xiaogang, whose assault by the wolves became public gossip, leaving his Spirit Hall guards fearing the Pope’s punishment.

• The Gale Demon Wolf leader and its pack crippled Tang San while Xiao Zhen watched and recorded the attack.
• Tang Hao arrived, killed the wolf leader, rescued Tang San, and left to seek treatment for him.
• Tang Hao’s aura blast injured Yu Xiaogang as he tried to escape, and several Gale Demon Wolves gathered around him.
• Xiao Zhen subdued Yu Xiaogang’s guards, manipulated the wolves, and secretly recorded the scene before guiding Soul Masters to rescue Yu Xiaogang at dawn.
• Yu Xiaogang’s assault became widely known, and his two Spirit Hall guards decided to flee and hide before the Pope learned of their negligence.

Xiao Zhen sent Wang Yi to drive off the factions spying on his residence while Yu Xiaogang began his third Divine Examination, which required him to reach Rank 30 within five years. Wang Yi’s brutal response cleared the watchers from outside, though unseen forces might still be gathering.

• Xiao Zhen’s soul clone searched Nuoding Junior Academy for Tang San but found no trace of him, and Xiao Zhen retrieved two recordings.
• Yu Xiaogang received his third Divine Examination, which required him to reach Rank 30 within five years, and he resolved to use the Mysterious Heaven Technique to advance.
• Xiao Zhen ordered Wang Yi to deal with the growing number of spies watching his residence.
• Wang Yi defeated the spies, crippling eight Soul Sages and cutting off the left arm of a Rank 78 Soul Sage from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• The factions learned that the mysterious pill supplier had a powerful Titled Douluo serving him, and the spies’ gazes around Xiao Zhen’s residence disappeared.