Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan postponed the White Tiger Sect members’ countdown and declined invitations while preparing to enter seclusion. He then released the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in Sunset Forest, where its four accumulated tribulations gathered overhead, and began using the thunderclouds to cultivate while delaying the strike.

• Tang Lan told Zhao Wuji to recruit suitable White Tiger Sect members and said he would refuse all visitors before entering seclusion.
• Tang Lan called Tang Chen and Bo Saixi, asked Tang Chen to return to the Clear Sky Sect, and kept the Asura God Nine Trials secret from Bo Saixi.
• Tang Lan used the Blood Escape Technique to reach Sunset Forest and released the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s accumulated four-hundred-thousand-year tribulations formed a massive thundercloud, and it demanded Tang Lan’s help.
• Tang Lan activated the Thunder God Domain - Prototype, absorbed the lightning, and held the thunderclouds just short of striking so he could continue cultivating.

Tang Lan drained the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s thunder tribulation and discovered that the souls in his Golden Core Prototype could wield spiritual energy outside it. After learning the tiger could assimilate energy, he took it to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for an experiment, leaving it terrified of being boiled alive.

• Tang Lan absorbed the Four-in-One Thunder Tribulation, which raised him to level 79 before it vanished.
• Tang Lan visited the Golden Core Prototype, where the Snow Empress explained that its inhabitants could manipulate spiritual energy and use it to form Ultimate Ice Soul Power.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress manifested outside and fought with weapons made of Ultimate Ice while Little Thunder asked to learn how.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger demonstrated that its Evil Attribute could assimilate ice into Soul Power, prompting Tang Lan to consider testing it.
• Tang Lan carried the struggling Dark Demon Evil God Tiger toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, claiming he was taking it to a hot spring.

Tang Lan tested the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then told Tang Hao and Ah Yin about his divine inheritances and helped Tang Hao prepare to return to the Clear Sky Sect. He left for the Far North to pursue a breakthrough, where the Ice Empress summoned the strongest members of her clan to greet him.

• Tang Lan had the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger soak in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the tiger found that it could grow stronger by absorbing the spring's energy.
• Tang Lan reunited with Tang Hao and Ah Yin, told them about his Sea God, Thunder God, and Asura God King inheritances, and returned Tang Hao's inherited soul bones.
• Tang Lan told Tang Hao that Tang Chen would meet him at the foot of Clear Sky Sect Mountain, then refused to accompany his father to the sect.
• Tang Lan flew to the Ice Jade Scorpion clan's nest in the Far North, where the Ice Empress ordered the ten strongest clan members to come forward and greet him.

Tang Lan raised three Ice Jade Scorpions to 100,000 years and exploited their tribulations to reach Rank 80, unlocking the Thunder God Third Trial. He left the far north for the Star Dou Great Forest after promising to help Xiao Bai gather more beasts nearing their tribulations.

• Tang Lan fed the Ten Thousand Year Snow Silkworm to three Ice Jade Scorpions and accepted a Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow from Snow Empress on Xiao Bai's behalf.
• The first Ice Jade Scorpion crossed 100,000 years, and Tang Lan absorbed its brief thunder tribulation, though it gave him too little power to level up.
• Tang Lan had the other two Ice Jade Scorpions trigger their tribulations together, and their combined thunder tribulation raised him to Rank 80 and activated the Thunder God Third Trial.
• An Ice Jade Scorpion offered to become Tang Lan's Eighth Soul Ring, but Tang Lan named it Ice Emperor and promised to find it a chance to become a subordinate god later; Ice Empress beat it for repeating his joke about her height.
• Tang Lan told Xiao Bai to gather beasts nearing 100,000 years and contact him, then flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Lan condensed a 750,000-year eighth Origin Soul Ring, gaining soul-binding and soul-hooking abilities. After testing them on a Soul Master who had approached his concealed location, he left the Star Dou Great Forest, while the onlookers argued over whether the mysterious figure had been Master Tang.

• Tang Lan absorbed life force from plants across the Star Dou Great Forest and spent ten days condensing his eighth Origin Soul Ring as curious Soul Beasts and Soul Masters gathered outside his Vast Sea Divine Soul Cover.
• Tang Lan learned that his new ring granted Soul Binding, which could immobilize a target by restraining their soul, and Soul Hooking, which could pull that bound soul from its body.
• Tang Lan tested the skills on a middle-aged Soul Master, binding his soul and briefly pulling it from his body before returning it so he could recover.
• The frightened middle-aged Soul Master fled, and the other onlookers scattered or watched from a distance as Tang Lan departed using the Blood Escape Technique.
• A Soul Master recognized the Blood Light technique as one associated with Master Tang, prompting others to accuse him of being a hater for claiming Tang Lan had been there.

Tang Lan visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi gave him an Ultimate Ice soul bone and increased the sect’s debt to him to three soul bones. After learning that Qing He had moved into the Tang Sect and wanted to see him, Tang Lan left to meet her.

• Tang Lan arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and stopped Gu Rong and Chen Xin from fighting by suggesting they drink first.
• Ning Fengzhi presented Tang Lan with an eighty-five-thousand-year Silver Ice Apricot left leg bone that carried the Ultimate Ice attribute.
• Tang Lan accepted the soul bone but counted it as one of the two promised, while Ning Fengzhi said the sect now owed him three soul bones.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang Lan that Qing He had moved into the Tang Sect seven days earlier and wanted to see him.
• Tang Lan left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect using the Blood Escape Technique to meet Qing He.

Tang Lan discovered that Xue Ye had been poisoned with Seven-Colored Mottled Poison and chose to save him rather than let Qian Renxue’s plot destabilize the empire. He drained the poison and began replacing Xue Ye’s damaged organs, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin discussed Tang Lan’s growth before Gu Rong and Chen Xin started fighting again.
• Tang Lan went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and was admitted to Xue Ye’s Imperial Study after the guards sought permission.
• Tang Lan recognized that Qian Renxue had poisoned Xue Ye and decided Xue Ye needed to live so the continent’s balance would not collapse prematurely.
• Tang Lan cut Xue Ye’s carotid artery to drain the poison, then used his soul skills to remove and protect Xue Ye’s soul while three guards attacked.
• Tang Lan restrained the attackers with the Ice and Snow Two Emperors, generated new blood for Xue Ye, and began replacing his poisoned or failing organs.

Tang Lan cured Xue Ye’s poisoning and steered him into believing that spies from the Sun Moon Continent were behind the palace attacks. Xue Ye recovered his vigor and agreed to investigate, while Tang Lan prepared to examine Xue Beng.

• After Tang Lan removed the blackened organs, Xue Ye thanked him and suspected Xue Qinghe, though he also considered that Xue Beng might have staged the attacks.
• Tang Lan read Xue Ye’s thoughts and avoided pushing him to confront Xue Qinghe, then suggested that Sun Moon Continent spies might have poisoned him.
• Tang Lan used his Soul Spirit Domain to plant the idea that foreign infiltrators were responsible, and explained the continents and Sea God inheritance to Xue Ye.
• Xue Ye decided to assemble a fleet to search for the Sun Moon Continent and investigate possible spies within the empire.
• Tang Lan returned Xue Ye’s soul to his body, and the rejuvenated emperor asked him to examine Xue Beng; Tang Lan recalled the Ice and Snow Two Emperors from the guards.

Tang Lan negotiated with Xue Ye for the right to be worshipped throughout the Heaven Dou Empire in exchange for saving Xue Beng, whose body and soul were gravely damaged. After Xue Ye accepted Tang Lan’s terms, Tang Lan began treating Xue Beng.

• Tang Lan freed Xue Ye’s guards from the ice and followed Xue Ye to examine Xue Beng.
• Tang Lan found that Xue Beng’s body was severely injured and his soul was close to disappearing.
• Tang Lan explained that saving Xue Beng’s soul would cost him soul origin, delay his cultivation, and require ten-thousand-year herbs.
• Xue Ye offered Tang Lan an honorary royal title, Xue Beng as a disciple, military and trade authority, and worship across the empire.
• Tang Lan proposed additional conditions, and Xue Ye accepted them.
• Tang Lan began restoring Xue Beng’s body and prepared medicinal liquid for his weakened soul.

Tang Lan restored Xue Beng, altered his memories so he became devoted to him, and accepted him as a disciple, securing his influence over the Heaven Dou Empire. He then explained to Qian Renxue that he had delayed her plans because he feared a threat from the Sun Moon Continent, leaving her to reconsider his motives.

• Tang Lan used medicinal liquid and the Nine Yang Divine Skill to strengthen Xue Beng’s soul, then secretly altered his memories to deepen his admiration for Tang Lan.
• After a day and night of breakthroughs, Xue Beng recovered, reached the level 30 bottleneck, and eagerly accepted Tang Lan as his master.
• Tang Lan gave Xue Beng several cultivation techniques and left him to handle matters with Xue Ye, deciding he could now influence the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang Lan returned to the Tang Sect and learned that Qian Renxue had been waiting there for eight days.
• Qian Renxue confronted Tang Lan over curing Xue Beng and Xue Ye, and Tang Lan explained that he had learned of the Sun Moon Continent and wanted to keep her safe from its possible agents.

Tang Lan secured Qian Renxue’s support for his sweeping plan, then gathered the Tang Sect teams to distribute benefits. He offered the Illusionary Realm Wisdom Skull to Ning Rongrong and Jiang Zhu, and Ning Rongrong proposed compensating Jiang Zhu with an even older Soul Bone.

• Tang Lan explained his plan to Qian Renxue, who agreed to have her people support him while leaving him to handle the other factions.
• Tang Lan received the title of Blue Vast King, took Xue Beng as his disciple, and failed to persuade Xue Qinghe to become his sworn brother.
• Tang Lan obtained a 5,000-year increase to all Soul Bones as a reward for taking Xue Beng as his disciple, then considered Shi Nian’s Illusionary Realm Wisdom Skull another opportunity taken from Tang San.
• Tang Lan arrived at the training ground using Wave Treading and presented the Illusionary Realm Wisdom Skull to Ning Rongrong and Jiang Zhu as a benefit for the team.
• Ning Rongrong offered to trade Jiang Zhu a suitable Soul Bone of at least 30,000 years in exchange for the Illusionary Realm Wisdom Skull.

Tang Lan offered several rare treasures for the group to compete for, and Tang San eagerly claimed them despite being unsuited to either. Ning Rongrong began absorbing a head soul bone, while Shui Bing'er received the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow and Tang San survived the backlash from the left leg bone when Tang Lan intervened.

• Jiang Zhu conceded the contest to Ning Rongrong, who accepted the Illusionary Realm Wisdom Skull and began absorbing it.
• Tang Lan revealed an eighty-five-thousand-year Silver Ice Apricot Ice Forest Left Leg Bone, Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, and Life Spirit Hearts, then invited the group to compete for the marrow.
• Tang San claimed the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, but stopped absorbing it when it began changing the nature of his Mysterious Heaven Skill Inner Force and gave it back.
• Tang Lan awarded the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow to Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er, who agreed to share it.
• Tang San claimed the Silver Ice Apricot Ice Forest Left Leg Bone, but it froze his leg and began spreading Ultimate Ice through his body.
• Tang Lan controlled the Ultimate Ice, separated it from Tang San, and recovered the soul bone.

Tang Lan distributed soul bones and Life Spirit Hearts to the group, then stood guard while they cultivated before the Heaven Dou Empire selection finals. Ning Rongrong revealed her new illusion soul bone skill and received another Life Spirit Heart to refine.

• Tang Lan gave Shui Bing'er the Silver Ice Apricot Ice Forest Left Leg Bone and Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow, while Tang San fumed that he could not absorb the soul bone.
• Tang Lan distributed Life Spirit Hearts to everyone, including Tang San, and left the remaining five with Xiao Wu for anyone who needed them.
• Tang Lan told the group to cultivate while he stood guard ahead of Team Two's selection finals match.
• Ning Rongrong finished absorbing the Illusionary Realm Wisdom Skull and demonstrated Illusion Space, which Tang Lan explained was a pseudo-domain soul bone skill.
• Tang Lan gave Ning Rongrong a Life Spirit Heart to refine, and she returned to cultivation.

Tang Lan brought Xiao Wu to Sea God Island, where she absorbed a God-bestowed Soul Ring and gained a one hundred thousand year Seventh Soul Ring. They returned to the Tang Sect, where the others received system notifications, just as Tang Lan prepared for the Heaven Dou Empire Selection Tournament’s final showdown.

• Xiao Wu reached level 70 and chose a God-bestowed Soul Ring for her Seventh Soul Ring instead of absorbing Er Ming’s power.
• Tang Lan took Xiao Wu to Sea God Island, where Xue Lai confirmed the island’s power could replenish the ring up to one hundred thousand years.
• Tang Lan encouraged Xiao Wu as she absorbed the ring, then used his Black Hole Domain and Life Spirit Blue Silver Emperor to help manage the excess energy.
• At dawn, Xiao Wu formed a one hundred thousand year Soul Ring and gained the Soft Bone Rabbit Avatar, which created copies of her that grew stronger as she leveled up.
• Tang Lan returned with Xiao Wu to the Tang Sect, where the group stopped cultivating as system notifications appeared.

Tang Lan checked the group’s level gains and considered how his newly evolved Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain worked. As Xiao Wu and the others invited him to eat, an author’s note at the end described a high-risk prenatal screening and an upcoming amniocentesis.

• Tang Lan checked the group’s progress, found that Meng Yiran and Tailong had reached their level-40 bottlenecks, and promised to help them find suitable soul rings after the finals.
• Tang Lan dismissed the group to wash up and eat, while Wang Dali invited Old Poison to watch the finals because he suspected Tang Lan was planning something big.
• Tang Lan learned that his Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain could now be deployed directly and had gained the ability to create ice mirrors and move between them.
• Tang Lan reflected on his six domains and wondered whether his Black Hole Domain could serve as the foundation for a God-level Domain Prototype.
• Xiao Wu called Tang Lan over to eat, and he joined her, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er.
• The author said his wife’s prenatal screening had come back high-risk for Down syndrome and that they would go for amniocentesis on Monday.

Tang Lan arrived at the military camp for the advancement round and learned that the matches would be individual elimination battles. In the main tent, he taunted Platinum Bishop Yu Xiaogang and accused him of betraying the Tang Sect, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye wary of the consequences.

• Xue Beng welcomed Tang Lan and explained the advancement round’s one-on-one format, then escorted him and the team to their tents.
• Tang Lan went to the main tent, where Yu Xiaogang boasted that Xue Ye had approved his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul as a supplementary textbook.
• Tang Lan’s dismissive response angered Yu Xiaogang, and Qian Renxue gave him an excuse to leave the tent.
• Xue Beng accused Yu Xiaogang of benefiting from the Spirit Hall’s attack on the Tang Sect, and Tang Lan backed him by calling Yu Xiaogang a repeat betrayer.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Tang Lan that his accusations could harm the Tang Sect’s future, while Xue Ye remained reluctant to offend either Tang Lan or Spirit Hall.

Tang Lan and Xue Ye attended the Elite Competition finals, where Tang Sect Academy’s Jing Ling shocked the crowd by overpowering Huo Wu. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang muttering an insult that prompted Tang Lan to confront him.

• Xue Ye showed Tang Lan a newspaper publicizing Tang Sect’s cultivation results and promising a continent-changing announcement after the finals.
• Ning Fengzhi avoided asking Tang Lan about the announcement, and the group took their seats at the arena as Xue Ye opened the competition.
• Tang Sect Academy faced Blazing Academy, and Jing Ling volunteered to fight Huo Wu.
• Jing Ling revealed his unusual soul rings and Level 49 strength, then forced a Soul Emperor referee back with one strike while saving Huo Wu from the blow.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Tang Lan’s ability to cultivate Soul Masters, while Yu Xiaogang reacted resentfully to Jing Ling’s performance and muttered an insult that drew Tang Lan’s attention.

Tang Sect Academy’s Jing Ling defeated Blazing Academy’s entire team, then Tang Lan had Team Two reveal their astonishing strength before facing Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Yu Tianheng lost the will to fight and left the arena, while the crowd began wondering how powerful Team One must be.

• Yu Xiaogang criticized Jing Ling’s change in fighting style, but Tang Lan challenged him to name any talent his theories had produced, leaving Yu Xiaogang speechless.
• Jing Ling defeated Huo Wushuang and then all six of Blazing Academy’s remaining fighters without using Soul Skills.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Tang Sect Academy, prompting Tang Lan to have Team Two reveal their levels.
• Tailong, Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, Meng Yiran, and Bai Chenxiang revealed that they were all Level 40.
• Shui Yue’er revealed herself as a Level 49 Battle Soul Sect with a hundred-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, and Shui Bing’er revealed she was a Level 55 Soul King with two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Yu Tianheng abandoned the match and left the arena, while spectators wondered whether Tang Sect Academy’s Team One members were all Soul Kings.

Tang Sect Academy won the tournament and secured generous imperial rewards, while Tang Lan began a continent-wide broadcast to unveil a startling achievement. The chapter ended as he invited Xue Ye to witness a demonstration involving one hundred children who could cultivate soul power before awakening their martial souls.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy forfeited to Tang Sect Academy, and the tournament rankings placed Tang Sect first, Heaven Dou Royal second, Godwind third, Blazing fourth, and Elephant Armor last.
• Xue Ye granted the teams noble titles and promised the championship team higher ranks, imperial funding, and soul rings; Tang Lan accepted for Tang Sect and negotiated an expanded fief if his team won.
• Tang Lan mocked Yu Xiaogang after he objected to the rewards, and Yu Xiaogang left the ceremony.
• Bai He and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect broadcast Tang Lan's announcement across the Heaven Dou Empire, showing one hundred six-year-old children trained by Tang Sect.
• Tang Lan revealed that the children could control and cultivate soul power before awakening their martial souls, then asked Xue Ye to witness a demonstration.

Tang Lan held a mass Spirit Awakening ceremony for one hundred Tang Sect children and found that all had substantial Innate Soul Power, including thirteen with Innate Full Soul Power. The results supported his theory that cultivation before awakening could improve innate talent.

• Tang Lan offered a 5,000-year soul bone to whoever correctly guessed how many children would have Innate Full Soul Power, while Xue Ye guessed three and Ning Fengzhi guessed ten.
• The children awakened a wide range of martial souls, all of which glowed with signs of Innate Soul Power.
• A Great Strength Gorilla martial soul mutated into a Titan Giant Ape, and Tang Lan helped the child endure the transformation.
• The crystal-ball tests revealed thirteen children with Level 10 Innate Full Soul Power, while the rest had Level 6 to Level 9.
• Dou Dou reported the final results, including an Uzi martial soul, and Tang Lan declared that the awakenings proved acquired cultivation could alter innate talent.