Chapter Summaries

After graduating from Nuoding Academy, Su Ming, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City on their way to Shrek Academy. Su Ming arranged for them to spend the afternoon separately and headed to the Rose Hotel to meet Dai Mubai and harvest Votive Power.

• Su Ming reviewed Du Busi's progress at Shrek Academy and left him to develop on his own.
• Six years passed, and Su Ming and Tang San graduated from Nuoding Academy; Xiao Wu had also become Tang San's sworn sister.
• Su Ming, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City and discussed whether Shrek Academy would suit them.
• Su Ming booked a hotel and told Tang San and Xiao Wu to meet him at the west gate at dusk.
• Su Ming went to the Rose Hotel to meet Dai Mubai and harvest Votive Power.

Su Ming failed to find Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel and planned to harvest Willpower from him later at Shrek Academy. Dai Mubai learned that his family had abandoned him after Dai Xuanyu became Crown Prince, while Dai Xuanyu learned Zhu Zhuqing had reached Suotuo City and chose to let her go for now.

• Su Ming failed to find Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel and decided to collect Willpower from him at Shrek Academy instead.
• Dai Mubai read a letter from his maternal clan stating that Dai Xuanyu had been named Crown Prince and that the clan no longer supported his ambitions.
• Dai Mubai learned that the royal family had cited Dai Xuanyu's supposed inheritance of the Evil Eye Saint King, while the military had backed his appointment.
• A shadow guard told Dai Xuanyu that Zhu Zhuqing had safely reached Suotuo City and might be heading to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Xuanyu dismissed the threat posed by Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai, saying he would deal with them himself after receiving the Saint King's inheritance.

Su Ming led Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, where its shabby village setting surprised them. During registration, Su Ming revealed his exceptional cultivation and Spirit Ring configuration, astonishing the applicants and staff.

• Su Ming met Tang San and Xiao Wu, and the three left Suotuo City for Shrek Academy.
• Su Ming led them through farmland to a small village, where they discovered that Shrek Academy was accepting applicants.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu joined the registration line and witnessed an incident that hinted Shrek Academy was unusual.
• When Li Yusong prepared to test him, Su Ming said Spirit Hall records could verify his age and released his martial soul.
• Su Ming displayed three Spirit Rings—one hundred-year and two thousand-year rings—shocking Li Yusong, Dai Mubai, and the other onlookers.

Su Ming, Tang San, and Xiao Wu passed the Shrek Academy entrance tests, and Su Ming waited with them for the testing to finish. Two girls with contrasting appearances also passed, and Tang San began explaining their notable martial souls.

• Li Yusong let Su Ming enter after seeing his Spirit Ring configuration and Soul Elder cultivation at twelve.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu paid the fee, released their martial souls, and passed the test with two hundred-year Spirit Rings each.
• Su Ming refused Dai Mubai’s offer to lead them inside immediately, and the group waited until the testing ended.
• Two girls, one dressed in white with pink hair and the other cold-looking with long black hair, passed and approached the group.
• Xiao Wu teased Su Ming for looking at the girls, and Su Ming explained that he had noticed their famous martial souls.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that one girl’s martial soul was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, inherited by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Su Ming, a transmigrator who harvested Willpower by changing fictional worlds, arrived in the Soul Land Plane and spent six years preparing to rewrite Douluo 1. As Tang San’s Spirit Awakening day began, Su Ming finished designing Spirits for himself and his Alter Egos and prepared to attend the ceremony.

• Su Ming entered the Soul Land Plane undetected, found Tang Hao and infant Tang San, and decided to alter the original plot to harvest Willpower.
• Su Ming created Alter Egos based on characters from his memories and sent them to major factions across the continent.
• Old Jack found Su Ming as an abandoned infant and adopted him; six years later, Su Ming sparred with Tang San and defeated him again.
• Su Ming and Tang San headed home on the morning of Spirit Awakening, while Su Ming designed special Spirits for himself and his Alter Egos.
• Su Ming returned home for breakfast as Su Yuntao prepared to arrive in Holy Soul Village for the Spirit Awakening ceremony.

On Spirit Awakening day, Su Ming reassured Old Jack and went to collect Tang San before they headed to the village Spirit Hall. Tang Hao grew suspicious of Su Ming’s mysterious origins and planned to watch his awakening, while Su Ming prepared to use the ceremony to draw Willpower from Tang Hao and Tang San.

• Old Jack encouraged Su Ming before his Spirit Awakening and told him about the money he had saved for his future.
• Su Ming promised Old Jack he would awaken Soul Power, then went to Tang Hao’s blacksmith shop to collect Tang San.
• Tang Hao wondered about Su Ming’s origins after recalling the “Three-One” jade pendant and decided to attend the awakening ceremony.
• Su Ming and Tang San joined Old Jack and the other village children at the Spirit Hall for the ceremony.

Su Ming and Tang San attended the 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, leaving the onlookers astonished as he floated in the air.

• Su Ming and Tang San stood apart from the other village children as Old Jack led them into Spirit Hall.
• Su Ming mentally scanned the area and confirmed that Tang Hao was hiding nearby.
• Su Yuntao awakened seven children’s Waste Martial Souls, then tested Tang San and discovered his Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Ming entered the awakening formation and manifested his Qi Martial Soul, which covered him in white mist and lifted him off the ground.
• Su Ming announced that Qi was an inherited Martial Soul unique to his family.

Su Ming awakened the powerful Qi Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, then refused Su Yuntao’s invitation to join Spirit Hall. He identified himself as Trinity Gate’s leader and claimed the sect came from another continent, leaving Tang San, Tang Hao, and Su Yuntao stunned.

• Su Ming’s Qi Martial Soul shocked Tang San and the hidden Tang Hao, who each wondered about his origins and potential.
• Su Ming tested as having Innate Full Soul Power, prompting Su Yuntao to invite him to join Spirit Hall.
• Su Ming refused the invitation, saying he already belonged to a sect.
• Su Ming revealed that his sect was called Trinity Gate and that he was its current gate leader.
• Su Ming claimed Trinity Gate came from another continent, surprising Tang San, Tang Hao, and Su Yuntao.

Su Ming awakened the martial soul Qi with Innate Full Soul Power, while Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass with the same talent and later revealed his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, to Tang Hao. Old Jack arranged for both boys to attend school as Work-Study Students, while Su Ming planned to use his abilities to help Zuo Ruotong reach heaven.

• Su Ming considered how his Qi martial soul could restore Triple Reverse Cultivation and help Zuo Ruotong reach heaven.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Su Ming and Tang San had both awakened with Innate Full Soul Power, and Su Ming said his martial soul was Qi.
• Old Jack arranged for Tang San to receive Holy Soul Village's Work-Study Student slot and told him to travel to school with Su Ming.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to Tang Hao, who was shocked and moved.
• Old Jack returned home with Su Ming and decided to secure another village's Work-Study Student slot for Su Ming.

Su Ming met Tang San on the hill and guessed that he had a second Martial Soul, claiming that records from Trinity Gate and the Sun Moon Continent had taught him about Twin Martial Souls and Blue Silver Grass. Tang Hao secretly listened and believed Su Ming’s story after hearing him describe the Blue Silver King, while Tang San remained overwhelmed by the explanation.

• Su Ming left Old Jack’s house and deliberately walked slowly so Tang San would wait and produce more Willpower.
• Tang San waited anxiously on the hill while Tang Hao secretly watched over him after learning about 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 said Trinity Gate’s records had taught him about Twin Martial Souls, then claimed the Sun Moon Continent had studied them extensively.
• Su Ming described how a scholar had found a humanlike Blue Silver King, convincing Tang Hao that Su Ming’s account was genuine.

Su Ming explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could awaken into a Blue Silver King because of its bloodline, and argued that Tang San must also have a powerful second Martial Soul. He offered to find a Trinity Gate method for evolving Blue Silver Grass, while secretly planning to steer Tang San away from Yu Xiaogang and use him to advance Su Ming’s own ambitions.

• Su Ming described the Blue Silver Emperor’s unique bloodline and said a living Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor prevented others from becoming one.
• Tang Hao secretly listened, realized Tang San might have inherited Blue Silver Emperor blood from Ah Yin, and grieved over her death.
• Su Ming explained that Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power suggested both Blue Silver Grass with King-level potential and a second, high-quality Martial Soul.
• Su Ming privately planned to guide Tang San’s cultivation away from Yu Xiaogang’s methods and eventually make him serve as a God of Forging.
• Su Ming claimed the Trinity Gate possessed a method for evolving Blue Silver Grass into a Blue Silver King, and Tang San eagerly asked if it was real.
• Su Ming promised to find and organize the method before introducing Tang San to the Trinity Gate.

Su Ming told Tang San and the hidden Tang Hao that the Trinity Gate came from the more advanced Sun Moon Continent and had once been guarded by a demigod. He claimed he was a survivor of its destruction and asked Tang San to help him avenge it, leaving Tang San under pressure to answer.

• Su Ming described the Sun Moon Continent, its Sun-Moon Empire, and its advanced research into martial souls, arguing that it surpassed the Douluo Continent.
• Su Ming said the Trinity Gate had once been one of the Two Daoist Supremes, guarded by a demigod, before Quansheng Demonic Cultivators wiped it out.
• Tang Hao, listening from the shadows, became excited at the possibility that the Sun Moon Continent knew how to reach godhood and perhaps resurrect Ah Yin.
• Su Ming claimed his father had sent him away as an infant during the Trinity Gate's destruction, and that a damaged teleportation formation had brought him to the Douluo Continent.
• Su Ming offered Tang San a personalized training plan and asked him to join a future expedition to the Sun Moon Continent to avenge the Trinity Gate, then pressed him for an answer.

Tang San accepted Su Ming’s offer to train him and help him in the future, while Tang Hao secretly approved of the arrangement. Su Ming then summoned Tang Hao to discuss coming changes, as Su Yuntao sent a secret report about Su Ming and the Trinity Gate up through Spirit Hall.

• Tang Hao recognized the value of Su Ming’s offer to create a growth plan for Tang San and train him, and hoped Tang San would accept.
• Tang San sincerely agreed to help Su Ming in the future, and Su Ming decided to take him in and guide him.
• Su Ming told Tang San to go home, then used voice transmission to call the hidden Tang Hao out for a discussion.
• Tang Hao emerged and asked how Su Ming had discovered him.
• Su Yuntao submitted a secret report on Su Ming’s innate Full Soul Power, unusual Qi martial soul, and Trinity Gate to Spirit Hall’s higher ranks.

Su Ming and Tang San left Holy Soul Village with Old Jack and arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy to register as Work-Study Students. Su Ming looked for Yu Xiaogang but did not find him, leaving him free to change the original course of events.

• Old Jack secured Tang San a Work-Study Student spot from another village and took him and Su Ming to Nuoding City by carriage.
• Tang San decided to seek work at a blacksmith shop so he could earn money for tuition, practice forging, and make hidden weapons.
• Old Jack brought the boys to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where a gate guard inspected their certificates and let them enter.
• Old Jack said goodbye and left to sell the medicinal herbs while Su Ming and Tang San went to register.
• Su Ming searched for Yu Xiaogang but found that he had not appeared at the academy.

Su Ming and Tang San enrolled at Nuoding Academy, then reached the Seventh Dorm after spending the day buying supplies. When Xiao Wu challenged Tang San for the dormitory’s leadership, Su Ming stepped in and sent both of them flying with his martial soul.

• Su Ming and Tang San completed enrollment, and Su Ming offered to buy Tang San’s daily necessities as they settled into a brotherly relationship.
• Su Ming took Tang San shopping until evening, delaying their arrival at the Seventh Dorm, where Xiao Wu had already become its boss.
• Xiao Wu challenged Tang San to spar, while Su Ming decided to pay for a better room and let Tang San remain in the Seventh Dorm.
• Tang San fought Xiao Wu without using his full strength, and Su Ming rushed into the fight and struck them both away with his Qi-like palms.

Su Ming demonstrated his strength at the Seventh Dorm, while Yu Xiaogang discovered the new students’ records and set out to recruit Tang San and Su Ming. Tang San, warned by Su Ming about dubious scholars, distrusted Yu Xiaogang’s claims and considered using force if he kept pestering him.

• Su Ming easily knocked Xiao Wu aside, invited Tang San to change dorms, and left for the dormitory teacher; 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 the student files, focused on Tang San and Su Ming, and decided to recruit them to prove his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang found Tang San in the Seventh Dorm and brought him to his office, where he claimed Tang San had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San pretended not to know what Twin Martial Souls were, remembered Su Ming’s warning about misguided scholars, and grew wary of Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang continued lecturing Tang San, who became increasingly irritated and resolved to use force if Yu Xiaogang kept pestering him.

Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang’s advice about developing his Blue Silver Grass, prompting Yu Xiaogang to leave Nuoding City for Flender’s Shrek Academy. Su Ming learned of Yu Xiaogang’s decision through Willpower, then met Tang Hao, who brought the materials for Su Ming’s first Spirit Ring.

• Tang San interrupted Yu Xiaogang and condemned his theories about poison, toughness, and Twin Martial Souls, explaining that he planned to develop Blue Silver Grass through life-type Spirit Rings.
• Tang San left Yu Xiaogang’s room, and Yu Xiaogang decided to go to his old friend Flender’s Shrek Academy to find promising students to train.
• Su Ming discovered that Yu Xiaogang had failed to recruit Tang San and planned to head for Shrek Academy, which Su Ming considered a source of Willpower.
• Tang Hao appeared in Su Ming’s private room and handed him the materials he had brought, and Su Ming asked Tang Hao to take him to the spirit beast needed for his first Spirit Ring.

Su Ming obtained a Mirror Image Beast with Tang Hao’s help and absorbed its Spirit Ring without difficulty. He then activated his first Spirit Ability after asking Tang Hao to manifest the Clear Sky Hammer, beginning to shape something from white Qi.

• Tang Hao brought Su Ming to a cave outside Nuoding City, where the badly injured Mirror Image Beast was bound.
• Su Ming explained that he had chosen the rare beast for his first Spirit Ring and praised Tang Hao for finding it quickly.
• Su Ming killed the Mirror Image Beast and absorbed its century-old Spirit Ring without any trouble.
• Su Ming asked Tang Hao to summon his Clear Sky Hammer, then activated his first Spirit Ability as white Qi began forming into a familiar shape.

Su Ming demonstrated that his first spirit ability could transform his Qi into Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, then offered Tang Hao promises and notes concerning Tang San’s growth and Ah Yin’s revival. Tang Hao left with renewed hope after reading the notes, while Su Ming continued cultivating his trust and Votive Power.

• Su Ming transformed his Qi into a Clear Sky Hammer and explained his first spirit ability, while concealing its full capabilities and claiming it had restrictions.
• Tang Hao considered the ability’s uses and wondered whether the Su Clan’s powerful Qi Martial Soul had contributed to the sect’s destruction.
• Tang Hao asked whether Tang San could absorb Spirit Rings beyond the usual age limit, and Su Ming said Tang San could eventually gain a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring with resources such as Whale Rubber.
• Su Ming offered to examine Ah Yin and handed Tang Hao notes about her possible revival from his Three-One Jade Pendant.
• Tang Hao read the notes, thanked Su Ming, and resolved to try the demanding conditions they described.

Tang Hao agreed to become Su Ming’s enforcer in exchange for help resurrecting Ah Yin, while Su Ming prepared to take Tang San on his first spirit hunt. On the journey to Soul Hunting Forest, Su Ming revealed his plan to develop Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass as a food-type martial soul and evolve it into a Blue Silver King.

• Tang Hao sincerely offered to serve Su Ming and planned to improve Ah Yin’s living environment before following Su Ming’s instructions to gather Whale Rubber.
• 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.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to the Seventh Dorm together, then Tang San waited outside Su Ming’s room early the next morning.
• Su Ming and Tang San ate breakfast, hired a carriage, and set out for Soul Hunting Forest with the Spirit Hunting Pass Tang Hao had provided.
• Su Ming explained that Tang San should pursue a food-type path and repeatedly absorb vitality-filled Spirit Rings to evolve his Blue Silver Grass into a Blue Silver King martial soul.