Chapter Summaries

Su Ming arrived in the Soul Land Plane and began preparing to alter Douluo Continent's story to harvest Votive Power. Six years later, as Spirit Awakening approached, he finished designing martial souls for himself and his Alter Egos, while Su Yuntao headed to Holy Soul Village.

• Su Ming entered the Soul Land Plane, spotted Tang Hao carrying infant Tang San, and decided to create Alter Egos to infiltrate the major factions and change the story.
• Su Ming created multiple Alter Egos and sent them to factions across Douluo Continent, then transformed into an infant and was adopted by Old Jack.
• Six years later, Su Ming sparred with Tang San, who admitted defeat before returning home to make breakfast for Tang Hao.
• Su Ming designed special martial souls for himself and his Alter Egos ahead of Spirit Awakening and the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition.
• Su Ming returned home for breakfast as Su Yuntao approached Holy Soul Village to conduct the Spirit Awakening ceremony.

Su Ming prepared for his Spirit Awakening ceremony with Tang San, while Tang Hao investigated Su Ming’s mysterious origins and decided to attend the ceremony himself. Su Ming planned to use the occasion to provoke Tang San and Tang Hao and gain Willpower from them.

• Old Jack reassured Su Ming before Spirit Awakening and said he had saved money for Su Ming’s future.
• Su Ming promised to become a Soul Master and take Old Jack to live in a big city.
• Su Ming picked up Tang San from the Blacksmith's Shop and took him toward the village Spirit Hall.
• After they left, Tang Hao recalled that Su Ming had been found with a jade pendant engraved with “Three-One” and suspected he came from a reclusive sect.
• Tang Hao decided to attend the ceremony to watch Su Ming’s Spirit awakening while protecting Tang San.
• Su Ming and Tang San arrived at the Spirit Hall, where Old Jack gathered them with the other seven children awaiting awakening.

Su Ming and Tang San attended their Spirit Awakening ceremony, where Tang San revealed Innate Full Soul Power despite awakening Blue Silver Grass. Su Ming awakened his self-designed Qi martial soul and announced it as a unique inherited power, leaving everyone astonished.

• Su Ming and Tang San stood apart from the other village children as Old Jack led them into Spirit Hall.
• Su Ming secretly confirmed that Tang Hao was hiding nearby, while Su Yuntao began the Spirit Awakening ceremony.
• The first seven children awakened Waste Martial Souls without Soul Power, and Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass.
• Su Yuntao tested Tang San's Soul Power and discovered he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Ming awakened his Qi martial soul, rose into the air amid life-filled white mist, and declared it a unique inherited martial soul from his family.

After awakening a powerful Qi Martial Soul and demonstrating Innate Full Soul Power, Su Ming refused Su Yuntao’s invitation to join Spirit Hall and declared himself the head of Trinity Gate, a sect from another continent. His claim stunned Su Yuntao, Tang San, and Tang Hao, leaving the truth of Trinity Gate’s origins unsettled.

• Su Ming awakened a family-inherited Qi Martial Soul, astonishing Tang San, Tang Hao, and Su Yuntao.
• Tang San wondered whether Su Ming was an immortal reincarnated, while Tang Hao judged his talent exceptional and considered his potential as Tang San’s protector.
• Su Ming pressed his hand to Su Yuntao’s crystal ball and revealed that he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao invited Su Ming to join Spirit Hall, but Su Ming refused, saying he already belonged to a sect.
• Su Ming identified himself as the head of Trinity Gate and said the sect came from another continent, surprising Tang San, Tang Hao, and Su Yuntao.

Su Ming and Tang San awakened with Innate Full Soul Power, and Old Jack arranged for them to attend school together as Work-Study Students. After Old Jack left Tang Hao’s shop, Tang San revealed his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, to his father.

• Su Ming planned to restore the abilities of his Qi Martial Soul and use the Three-One Jade Pendant to help Zuo Ruotong reach heaven.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Su Ming and Tang San were the village’s two children with Innate Full Soul Power, despite Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Old Jack granted Tang San the village’s Work-Study Student slot and said he could travel to school with Su Ming.
• At Tang Hao’s blacksmith shop, Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer as his second Martial Soul, leaving Tang Hao shocked and tearful.
• Old Jack asked Su Ming to look after Tang San at school and decided to obtain another village’s Work-Study Student slot for Su Ming.

Su Ming delayed meeting Tang San to harvest Willpower, then revealed that he had guessed Tang San possessed a second Martial Soul. He explained his knowledge with supposed records from Trinity Gate and the Sun Moon Continent, leaving Tang Hao convinced that Su Ming came from another continent.

• Su Ming left Old Jack after dinner and deliberately walked slowly to meet Tang San, hoping to harvest more Willpower by making him wait.
• Tang San waited anxiously while Tang Hao secretly watched over him after learning of his Twin Martial Souls.
• Su Ming interrupted Tang San before he could reveal his secret and confidently guessed that he had another Martial Soul.
• Su Ming claimed that Trinity Gate's records and research from the Sun Moon Continent taught him about Twin Martial Souls and the possibility of Blue Silver Grass evolving.
• Tang Hao believed Su Ming's account after hearing him describe the Blue Silver King, while Tang San struggled to take in the information.

Su Ming explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had the potential to awaken into a Blue Silver King and claimed that a Blue Silver Emperor’s existence suppressed other Blue Silver Grass. He offered to find a Trinity Gate method for Tang San’s awakening, while Tang Hao listened in the shadows and mourned Ah Yin.

• Su Ming explained that a Blue Silver Emperor was unique and that its bloodline suppressed Blue Silver Grass and other plant-type Martial Souls.
• Su Ming said Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power indicated that his Blue Silver Grass had Blue Silver King potential and that he must possess a second, high-quality Martial Soul.
• Tang Hao realized that Tang San’s potential came from Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and grieved over her death.
• Su Ming planned to steer Tang San away from Yu Xiaogang’s teachings and shape his Martial Souls for his own goals.
• Su Ming claimed Trinity Gate possessed a method for cultivating Blue Silver Grass into a Blue Silver King and promised to find and organize it for Tang San.

Su Ming told Tang San and the hidden Tang Hao about the Sun Moon Continent and the Trinity Gate, claiming that demonic cultivators had destroyed his sect. He asked Tang San to help him take revenge in the future, promising to guide him toward becoming a Titled Douluo or even a demigod.

• Su Ming described the Sun Moon Continent as far more advanced than the Douluo Continent and cited Blue Silver Grass research as evidence.
• Su Ming explained that the Trinity Gate had once been one of two supreme Daoist sects, led by a demigod, before Quansheng Demonic Cultivators massacred it.
• Tang San comforted Su Ming as he pretended to grieve, while Tang Hao secretly wondered whether the Sun Moon Continent could offer a way to become a god and revive Ah Yin.
• Su Ming claimed his father had sent him away through a damaged teleportation formation as the Trinity Gate fell, and said Grandpa Jack had taken him in.
• Su Ming asked Tang San to help avenge the Trinity Gate after they became Titled Douluo, offering him a tailored training plan and the chance to reach demigodhood.

Tang San accepted Su Ming’s offer to guide his growth and help him seek revenge in the future. After Tang San left, Su Ming summoned Tang Hao to discuss the coming changes, while Su Yuntao reported Su Ming’s unusual Martial Soul and Trinity Gate to Spirit Hall.

• Tang San pledged to help Su Ming in the future and accepted his offer of a tailored growth plan and personal training.
• Su Ming told Tang San to go home, then called Tang Hao out of hiding and arranged to speak with him.
• Tang Hao emerged and asked how Su Ming had detected him.
• Su Yuntao submitted a secret report about Su Ming’s Innate Full Soul Power, unusual Qi Martial Soul, and Trinity Gate to Spirit Hall.

Su Ming and Tang San traveled with Old Jack to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy to register as Work-Study Students. Old Jack left to sell herbs, and Su Ming entered the academy with Tang San, relieved that Yu Xiaogang was not there to interfere with the original story.

• Old Jack borrowed a Work-Study Student slot and took Su Ming and Tang San to Nuoding City by carriage.
• On the journey, Tang San planned to earn money at a blacksmith shop so he could pay his expenses and make hidden weapons.
• At the academy gates, Old Jack presented the boys’ certificates, and the guard admitted them after noticing both had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Old Jack said goodbye and left to sell the medicinal herbs while Su Ming and Tang San entered the academy to register.
• Su Ming searched for Yu Xiaogang but found he was not there, so he believed he could act without the world correcting the original storyline.

Su Ming and Tang San enrolled at Nuoding Academy, where Su Ming helped Tang San buy supplies before they reached the Seventh Dorm. There, Tang San fought Xiao Wu for the dormitory’s leadership, but Su Ming abruptly intervened and sent both of them flying.

• Su Ming and Tang San completed enrollment, and Su Ming took Tang San shopping for daily necessities.
• Su Ming and Tang San arrived at the Seventh Dorm, where Xiao Wu had already become its leader by force.
• Xiao Wu challenged the newcomers to spar, and Su Ming urged Tang San to fight her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu began sparring while Su Ming decided to pay for a private room.
• Su Ming used Martial Soul Possession, rushed into the fight, and struck Tang San and Xiao Wu away with his Qi-like palms.

Su Ming impressed the Seventh Dorm and warned Tang San to hide his Twin Martial Souls, while Yu Xiaogang discovered the three Innate Full Soul Power students and tried to recruit Tang San. Tang San saw through Yu Xiaogang’s theories and left him on a dangerous path if he kept pressing.

• Su Ming sent Xiao Wu flying with a casual slap, then invited Tang San to switch dorms, but Tang San chose to stay in the Seventh Dorm.
• After Su Ming left, Xiao Wu challenged Tang San again, but he declined and she declared herself Sister Xiao Wu to the dormitory students.
• Yu Xiaogang found files showing three students with Innate Full Soul Power and concluded that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls while Su Ming possessed a never-before-seen martial soul.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to his office and claimed he had Twin Martial Souls, but Tang San pretended not to understand and remembered Su Ming’s warning about scholars who guessed at secrets.
• Yu Xiaogang continued lecturing Tang San about his theories, increasing Tang San’s suspicion and irritation as he warned himself that Yu Xiaogang would face consequences if he persisted.

Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang’s advice about developing his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, prompting Yu Xiaogang to leave Nuoding City for Shrek Academy. Su Ming learned of Yu Xiaogang’s plans, then met Tang Hao, who brought the materials Su Ming needed and agreed to take him to a Spirit Beast.

• Tang San denounced Yu Xiaogang’s theories and left, saying he would develop his Blue Silver Grass along the path Su Ming had taught him.
• Yu Xiaogang fumed over Tang San’s rejection, then decided to leave Nuoding City and seek students at Flender’s Shrek Academy.
• Su Ming discovered that Yu Xiaogang’s anger had generated Willpower and learned he planned to go to Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao appeared in Su Ming’s private room and gave him a bundle of supplies, explaining that he had brought everything except the Spirit Beast.
• Su Ming asked Tang Hao to take him to the Spirit Beast so he could obtain his crucial first Spirit Ring.

Su Ming and Tang Hao traveled to a cave where Tang Hao had captured a Mirror Image Beast for Su Ming’s first Spirit Ring. Su Ming absorbed its ring safely and prepared to demonstrate his new ability by copying Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang Hao questioned Su Ming about the Trinity Gate as they traveled to a cave outside Nuoding City.
• Tang Hao broke open the cave entrance and showed Su Ming the captured Mirror Image Beast, which Su Ming had selected for his first Spirit Ring.
• Su Ming killed the beast and absorbed its roughly eight-hundred-year Spirit Ring without difficulty.
• Su Ming asked Tang Hao to manifest his Clear Sky Hammer, then activated his first spirit ability as white Qi began to form a familiar shape.

Su Ming revealed that his first Spirit Ability could transform his Qi into another person's Martial Soul, leaving Tang Hao astonished. He gave Tang Hao notes suggesting a possible path to Ah Yin's resurrection, and Tang Hao resolved to pursue it after dealing with Tang San's first Spirit Ring.

• Su Ming used his first Spirit Ability to transform his Qi into the Clear Sky Hammer and explained its basic function to Tang Hao.
• Su Ming claimed that the ability had restrictions and high Soul Power costs, while keeping its greater capabilities secret.
• Tang Hao asked whether Tang San could also absorb Spirit Rings beyond the usual age limit, and Su Ming said he could not but promised that resources and training could help Tang San obtain a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring.
• Su Ming told Tang Hao he had found information about Ah Yin in Trinity Gate's records and asked to examine her condition later.
• Su Ming gave Tang Hao a notebook from his Three-One Jade Pendant, and Tang Hao read about a difficult possible path to resurrecting Ah Yin and thanked him.

Tang Hao agreed to serve as Su Ming’s enforcer in exchange for help reviving Ah Yin, while Su Ming prepared to take Tang San hunting for his first Spirit Ring. On the way to the Soul Hunting Forest, Su Ming revealed a food-type cultivation plan for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, centered on Spirit Rings imbued with vitality.

• Tang Hao sincerely offered to serve Su Ming and planned to improve Ah Yin’s living environment using the notes Su Ming had provided.
• Su Ming returned to Nuoding Academy, teased Tang San and Xiao Wu as they sparred, and told Tang San to meet him the next morning for his first Spirit Ring hunt.
• Xiao Wu overheard Su Ming mention the hunt and reacted with unease, while Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to the Seventh Dorm without encountering the dormitory inspector.
• Tang San waited outside Su Ming’s room the next morning, and the two left Nuoding Academy for the Soul Hunting Forest after breakfast.
• During the carriage ride, Su Ming told Tang San that Blue Silver Grass could follow the food-type path and that repeated vitality-based Spirit Rings could evolve it into a Blue Silver King martial soul.

Su Ming explained how Tang San could develop his Blue Silver Grass along a Food-type path toward the Blue Silver King while retaining combat strength through his Twin Martial Souls. After naming a hundred-year Ice Peppermint Grass as Tang San’s first Spirit Ring target, Su Ming led him into the Soul Hunting Forest to find it.

• Su Ming told Tang San that Blue Silver Grass’s evolution depended on more than life-attributed Spirit Rings, including his physical condition, Soul Power, rank, and possibly Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Su Ming described a Food-type Blue Silver King Super Douluo and encouraged Tang San by explaining how food enhancements would persist when he switched to his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San asked about his first Spirit Ring, and Su Ming chose a hundred-year Ice Peppermint Grass suited to Tang San’s future growth.
• Su Ming cultivated after reaching level 13, while Tang San processed the training plan.
• The next day, Su Ming and Tang San entered the Soul Hunting Forest with Tang Hao’s Spirit Hunting Pass, and Su Ming assured Tang San he could find the Ice Peppermint Grass.

Su Ming helped Tang San obtain a nearly four-hundred-year-old Ice Peppermint Grass Spirit Ring, giving him the Blue Silver Peppermint skill. Afterward, Su Ming gave Tang San a storage Soul Tool, and they left the Soul Hunting Forest to spend the night at an inn.

• Su Ming subdued a nearly four-hundred-year-old Ice Peppermint Grass with his One Qi Hand Seal and let Tang San deliver the final blow.
• Tang San absorbed the Ice Peppermint Grass Spirit Ring and gained the Blue Silver Peppermint Soul Skill, which boosted excitement, spiritual power, and concentration without side effects.
• Su Ming tasted Tang San's Blue Silver Peppermint and confirmed its effects, then praised the skill and said he had planned Tang San's later Spirit Rings.
• Su Ming gave Tang San a storage Soul Tool with twenty-four one-cubic-meter spaces, and Tang San resolved to repay his kindness by teaching him the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San stored the Ice Peppermint Grass, and he and Su Ming left the Soul Hunting Forest to stay at an inn for the night.

Su Ming and Tang San registered as soul masters in Nuoding City before Tang San went to support his dormmates against Boss Xiao. Su Ming instead followed Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy, where Yu announced his plans for the Elite Competition and met Flender’s students, including the unusual Du Busi.

• Su Ming and Tang San visited Spirit Hall in Nuoding City, completed their assessments and registration, and returned to Nuoding Academy with Soul Power levels fourteen and twelve, respectively.
• Tang San went to support the Work-Study Students as they prepared to challenge Boss Xiao, while Su Ming chose to observe Yu Xiaogang’s arrival at Shrek Academy instead.
• Flender welcomed Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy, and Yu said he intended to prove his ability at the Elite Competition nine years later.
• Flender introduced Oscar and Ma Hongjun to Yu Xiaogang, describing their rare martial souls and exceptional talent.
• Yu Xiaogang met Du Busi, whose martial soul was himself, and Flender said he needed help choosing the boy’s first Spirit Ring.

Yu Xiaogang impressed Du Busi and the Shrek Academy staff by proposing that Du Busi build his True Body Martial Soul around poison, then accepted Du Busi as his master. Su Ming observed Yu Xiaogang’s growing changes and wondered whether the Douluo Continent blended the novel and manhua versions.

• Yu Xiaogang explained Du Busi’s rare True Body Martial Soul and suggested that its Spirit Rings strengthen an external attribute.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed poison as the attribute, and Du Busi chose it because he liked poison and shared the surname Du.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Du Busi to take him as his master, and Du Busi agreed because he respected Yu Xiaogang’s theories.
• Flender celebrated Yu Xiaogang joining Shrek Academy and Du Busi finding a direction for his Spirit Rings by treating everyone to a meal.
• Su Ming watched the events at Shrek and concluded that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were changing, possibly because the world combined novel and manhua versions.