Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan forced the group through punishing endurance training while Yu Xiaogang repeatedly fell behind and lost the students’ respect. He kept the exhausted trainees moving past their limits, then used the Life Spirit Blue Silver Emperor and Nine Yang Divine Skill to help them recover.

• Tang Lan ordered a forty-kilometer run, and Yu Xiaogang repeatedly fell behind despite the group circling back for him.
• At the next training stretch, Yu Xiaogang collapsed, but Tang Lan refused to abandon him; Tang San carried his teacher while keeping his weights on.
• Dai Mubai tied himself to Oscar and pulled him along, while Tang Lan used the Life Spirit Blue Silver Emperor to help Ning Rongrong and later Dai Mubai keep running.
• Tang Lan caught Zhu Zhuqing when she tripped, held her hand, and continued pushing the group beyond the announced half-hour limit.
• When Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong collapsed, Tang Lan led them onward at a walk and used his Inner Force to heal their overexertion, leaving them sprawled and exhausted.

Tang Lan led the exhausted group to Heaven Dou City after a month and a half of training, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong competed for his attention. At the city gates, Ning Fengzhi introduced him to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue in disguise.

• Tang Lan fed the exhausted group, gave Tang San his roasted beef, and watched Tang San grow more disappointed in Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried to visit Tang Lan at midnight, but Ning Rongrong intercepted her and kept watch to stop her from getting ahead.
• During the journey, Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly relied on Tang Lan after exhausting herself, while Ning Rongrong's progress stalled and her alliance with Zhu Zhuqing fell apart.
• After a month and a half, Tang Lan and the group reached Heaven Dou City, having gained strength and improved their teamwork.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin welcomed the group with Xue Qinghe, whom Tang Lan recognized as Qian Renxue in disguise; Ning Fengzhi introduced the Crown Prince to Tang Lan, and Qian Renxue offered her hand.

Tang Lan arrived in Heaven Dou City with Qian Renxue, whose goodwill included offering help with the Tang Sect’s new academy. The chapter ended with Tang Lan considering a newly awarded Soul Bone while Qian Renxue offered him several sites for the academy.

• Tang Lan greeted Qian Renxue with a hug and entered Heaven Dou City with her, while Ning Fengzhi arranged for someone to wait for Tang San.
• Tang San arrived carrying Yu Xiaogang and, seeing Tang Lan’s group ahead, grew resentful of Yu Xiaogang; the system rewarded Tang Lan with a Ten Thousand Year Tiger-Eagle Left Arm Bone.
• Tang Lan and Qian Renxue shared a private meal, agreed to address each other by name, and discussed his plans to establish a Tang Sect academy.
• Qian Renxue gave Tang Lan an Advanced Soul Master Academy License and offered him several possible academy locations near Heaven Dou City.

Tang Lan offered Qian Renxue the complete Nine Yang Divine Skill and Heaven Dou Empire sales rights for Tang Sect firearms in exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Qian Renxue agreed to borrow it from Xue Ye, while Tang Lan's dealings cooled his relationship with Ning Fengzhi and left Ning Rongrong determined to stay and watch Zhu Zhuqing.

• Tang Lan accepted Qian Renxue's offer to have the Imperial Guards and relevant departments help secure and screen recruits for the Tang Sect.
• Tang Lan offered Qian Renxue the complete Nine Yang Divine Skill and Tang Sect firearm sales rights in exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Qian Renxue agreed to ask Xue Ye to lend the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to the Tang Sect, then hurried off to see him.
• Ning Fengzhi mistook Qian Renxue's quick departure for a possible falling-out with Tang Lan, and Tang Lan responded coolly to his questions about the hotel and Blue Silver King.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Ning Rongrong to return with him, but she decided to stay because she suspected Zhu Zhuqing would sneak into Tang Lan's room.

Ning Fengzhi gave Tang Lan and the others Thousand-Year Whale Rubber before leaving, and Zhu Zhuqing visited Tang Lan that night to dual cultivate. The next morning, Tang Lan arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and met Jiang Zhu, who appeared interested in him.

• Ning Fengzhi gave eight shares of Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to Tang Lan and the others, while Yu Xiaogang received several pieces of hundred-year whale rubber.
• Chen Xin told Tang Lan that the matter he had asked about was handled, but the person he wanted to meet would not return to Heaven Dou City for a month.
• Tang Lan gave the group three days off and went to sleep in his hotel room.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Tang Lan's room in the middle of the night and said she had come to dual cultivate; she left the next morning, and Tang Lan felt refreshed.
• Tang Lan went to Blue Tyrant Academy and met Jiang Zhu, who introduced herself and asked his name and class.

Tang Lan brought Liu Erlong news that Yu Xiaogang was alive and promised to reunite them in exchange for Blue Tyrant Academy. After Liu Erlong rushed to Heaven Dou City and reunited with Yu Xiaogang, Tang Lan comforted Zhu Zhuqing, then prepared to face Liu Erlong’s pounding at the door.

• Jiang Zhu led Tang Lan to Liu Erlong after he asked to speak with the dean about Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong recognized Yu Xiaogang’s Storage Belt, and Tang Lan told her that Yu Xiaogang was alive and serving as a guest elder of the Tang Sect.
• Tang Lan offered to help Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang be together, and Liu Erlong immediately gave him Blue Tyrant Academy, sparing its current students.
• Liu Erlong carried Tang Lan to the Heaven Dou Grand Hotel, where she and Yu Xiaogang tearfully reunited.
• Tang Lan left Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang alone, joined Zhu Zhuqing in her room, and reassured her about their relationship.
• After someone pounded on the door, Tang Lan got up, expecting to deal with Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang again.

Tang Lan confronted Yu Xiaogang and used insults, blunt advice, and the Tang Sect Encyclopedia to strip away his pride and push him toward Liu Erlong. Yu Xiaogang accepted Liu Erlong’s support, while Tang Lan left for Zhu Zhuqing’s room.

• Liu Erlong urged Tang Lan to help Yu Xiaogang keep his promise, and Tang Lan warned her not to interfere.
• Tang Lan beat Yu Xiaogang and berated him for running from Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, neglecting Tang San’s prospects, and relying on flawed theories.
• Tang Lan argued that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong could be close without becoming spouses, but Yu Xiaogang called himself unworthy of her.
• Tang Lan slapped Yu Xiaogang and gave him the Tang Sect Encyclopedia, whose superior theories shattered his remaining pride.
• Liu Erlong reassured Yu Xiaogang that she still considered him the best, and he took her hand as Tang Lan headed for Zhu Zhuqing’s room.

Tang Lan explained Yu Xiaogang’s past to Zhu Zhuqing, absorbed an Evil Eye External Soul Bone, and gained a powerful reset skill. He accepted Blue Tyrant Academy’s transfer documents, while Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong asked to stay as instructors at Tang Sect Academy.

• Tang Lan told Zhu Zhuqing about Yu Xiaogang’s treatment of Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong, and she reacted with disgust.
• Tang Lan gained a 20,000-year Evil Eye External Soul Bone after taking control of Blue Tyrant Academy and absorbed it, doubling his Mental Power and evolving his Double Pupils to 18,000 years.
• Tang Lan discovered the Evil Eye’s Reset skill, which could restore a marked target to its earlier state, and considered using it to unleash his power repeatedly.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong interrupted Tang Lan and Zhu Zhuqing; Liu Erlong handed Tang Lan the documents transferring Blue Tyrant Academy to him and asked him to keep its students.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong asked to stay as instructors at Tang Sect Academy, and Tang Lan eyed Yu Xiaogang with undisguised disgust.

Tang Lan accepted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong as unpaid instructors, but refused to let Ma Hongjun study at Tang Sect Academy and arranged for him to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He then organized the academy’s recruitment and offered a Ten Thousand Year Tiger-Eagle Left Arm Bone to Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Dai Mubai, leaving Yu Xiaogang to weigh in on who should get it.

• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong asked to stay at Tang Sect Academy as instructors, and Tang Lan agreed to let them work there.
• Yu Xiaogang asked to bring Ma Hongjun to Tang Sect Academy, but Tang Lan instead offered to arrange his admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy through Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang Lan returned Liu Erlong’s paperwork and assigned Zhao Wuji to rename the academy and oversee recruitment for Tang Sect Academy.
• Tang Lan summoned Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing, then offered the Tiger-Eagle Left Arm Bone to them and Dai Mubai to decide who would absorb it.
• Dai Mubai argued that the soul bone suited power and agility attackers, while Tang San insisted he should be allowed to try absorbing it; Yu Xiaogang considered their claims.

Tang Lan awarded a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to whoever performed best in a month-long match, prompting Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Tang San to prepare for training. The chapter ended with Tang Lan and Tang San arriving at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin and Gu Rong abruptly left to fight after Tang Lan met them.

• Tang Lan set a competition against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team and offered the soul bone to the best-performing candidate among Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai began extra training, Oscar joined them, and Tang Lan took Tang San to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to discuss their assembly line and Forging Workshop.
• Tang Lan massaged Zhu Zhuqing and helped her recover, then left with Tang San on Golden-Winged Birds sent by Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Gu Rong to Tang Lan, and Gu Rong and Chen Xin argued over their past fights before flying off to battle.
• Tang San suddenly spoke sharply, changing the mood of the reception.

Tang Lan brought Tang San to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi agreed to discuss Tang San’s bullet production line authority. While exploring Blue Silver Park with Ning Rongrong, Tang Lan received power from the Blue Silver Grass and evolved his Blue Silver Domain, leaving him with a new way to bind enemies across its range.

• Tang Lan silenced Tang San when he angrily objected to the sect’s treatment, then explained that Tang San was upset about missing training for the Tiger-Eagle Left Arm Bone competition.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong to watch over Tang San in the competition, and Tang San mistook her noncommittal answer for a promise of support.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Tang San to handle the bullet production line with full authority, while Tang Lan left to tour Blue Silver Park with Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the sect had warned its disciples to treat Tang Lan respectfully and was purchasing Blue Silver Grass across the continent.
• Nine pillars of light appeared as the thousand-year Blue Silver Grass carried Tang Lan and Ning Rongrong through the park, sending Mental Power to Tang Lan and strengthening his soul.
• Tang Lan’s Blue Silver Domain evolved to gain Range Entanglement, allowing him to summon Life Spirit Blue Silver Emperor vines to bind enemies throughout the domain.

Tang Lan received the Blue Silver Grass Clan’s recognition and a massive energy baptism, while Tang San failed to share in the opportunity and lost his final chance to awaken as the Blue Silver Emperor. After twenty-five days, Tang Lan had absorbed more than half the energy and reached his limits in physique, level, and soul.

• Nine Blue Silver Kings awakened, thanked Tang Lan for protecting their clan, and asked him to name them; he named them after the Nine Palaces.
• The Blue Silver Kings released a vast energy baptism that strengthened Tang Lan, while Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi, and Tang San learned what was happening.
• Tang San tried to enter the park and absorb the energy, but Tang Lan’s Blue Silver Grass threw him out, and Tang Lan gained the Ultimate Attribute: Soul as a reward.
• Tang Lan formed a huge light cocoon to absorb the energy, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda disciples guarded the park while Tang San left with Ning Fengzhi.
• After twenty-five days, Tang Lan had absorbed more than half the energy, and his physique, level, and soul had reached their limits.

Tang Lan emerged from absorbing the Blue Silver Energy with a Level 51 breakthrough, a fifty-thousand-year fifth soul ring, and a resurrection ability strengthened by the Ultimate Life attribute. After meeting Ning Fengzhi and the others, he headed to Heaven Dou City with Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong to meet Xue Qinghe and retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Tang Lan gained his fifth soul ring, reached Level 51, and discovered that his Life Spirit Heart could serve as a remote spare body after his death.
• Tang Lan told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong that his fifth soul ring was about fifty thousand years old.
• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi arranged for Tang Lan to meet Dugu Bo at the tournament venue in three days, where the Tang Sect Academy team would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Tang Lan Xue Qinghe's personal token and asked Chen Xin to escort Tang Lan and Ning Rongrong to the city.
• Tang Lan set out with Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong, eager to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then noticed Chen Xin's intentions.

Tang Lan discussed the Nine Yang Divine Skill and possible Martial Soul Fusion Skills with Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong while they traveled back toward Heaven Dou City. Chen Xin agreed to test a fusion with Bone Douluo and became interested in Tang Lan’s advice about using rare yang-attribute herbs to advance.

• Ning Rongrong showed Tang Lan the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s herbal treatment for the Blue Silver Grass in Blue Silver Park.
• Tang Lan asked Chen Xin about his progress with the Nine Yang Divine Skill, and Chen Xin offered to find bottlenecked Titled Douluo to help guard the Tang Sect.
• Tang Lan suggested Chen Xin and Bone Douluo might develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ning Rongrong persuaded Chen Xin to try it after they returned.
• Tang Lan demonstrated how his Ice Jade Scorpion Tail combined Ultimate Ice with Nine Yang Inner Force to create a powerful attack, prompting Chen Xin to reconsider how mismatched powers could work together.
• Tang Lan explained that high-year yang-attribute herbs could safely accelerate advancement after the Nine Yang Divine Skill reached its third level, and Chen Xin eagerly questioned him about the method.

Tang Lan encountered Huo Wu at the Tang Sect recruitment line and rejected her attempt to join the sect while staying at Blazing Academy in exchange for the Nine Yang Divine Skill. After Huo Wu threatened to leave, Tang Lan had the Imperial Guards stop her, leaving her glaring at him.

• Chen Xin left Ning Rongrong and Tang Lan at Heaven Dou City and hurried away to return in three days.
• Tang Lan headed toward the Tang Sect recruitment site after telling Ning Rongrong to return to Tang Sect Academy.
• Huo Wu confronted Tang Lan at the line and offered to teach him Ring Fusion if he let her join the Tang Sect without attending its academy.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she already knew Ring Fusion, and Huo Wu stormed away after threatening her.
• Tang Lan ordered the Imperial Guards to stop Huo Wu, who activated her Martial Soul but held back from attacking them.

Tang Lan punished Huo Wu for disrupting registration, while Qian Renxue intervened and arranged for her to be held until Blazing Academy ransomed her. After seeing the Tang Sect’s expansion, Tang Lan learned that its exchange competition would offer the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and a tournament finals berth, leaving Qian Renxue’s promised additional benefits unaddressed.

• Tang Lan revealed his level 51 Soul Power, ordered Huo Wu detained for disrupting registration, and challenged her to name an achievement of her own.
• Qian Renxue arrived, ordered the Imperial Guards to take Huo Wu to Heaven Dou Prison, and required Blazing Academy to ransom her from the Tang Sect.
• Tang Lan and Qian Renxue toured the expanded Tang Sect as Yu Xiaogang described its academy, disciples, and new territory.
• Qian Renxue told Tang Lan that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and a guaranteed tournament finals berth would be rewards for the exchange competition.
• Tang Lan accepted the competition’s stakes but did not mention the Nine Yang Divine Skill or firearms-trading authorization, making Qian Renxue’s smile stiffen.

Tang Lan used a lesson in the Nine Yang Divine Skill to secretly plant a soul seed in Qian Renxue and bind her cultivation to his. Impressed by the technique’s benefits, Qian Renxue offered him half the Heaven Dou Empire to serve her.

• Tang Lan offered Qian Renxue the Tiger-Eagle Left Arm Bone, but she declined and gave him a Flying Wolf Silver Fox Right Leg Bone as an additional tournament prize.
• Tang Lan sent Qian Renxue the first three layers of the Nine Yang Divine Skill in a Spiritual Light Ball, which she absorbed after her guard checked it for danger.
• Tang Lan guided Qian Renxue through the second layer and secretly planted a soul seed in her body, enabling him to Devour her Inner Force from afar.
• Qian Renxue discovered that the Nine Yang Divine Skill suited her Six-Winged Angel martial soul and could improve cultivation and help break bottlenecks.
• Qian Renxue offered Tang Lan half the Heaven Dou Empire in exchange for serving at her side.

Tang Lan secured Xue Qinghe’s promise to seek rare treasures in exchange for his possible service, then returned to the Tang Sect as Zhu Zhuqing broke through to Rank 30 by absorbing his Nine Yang Divine Skill inner force. He offered a second soul bone as a reward for the upcoming exchange tournament, leaving Tang San displeased that every prize had to be won through competition.

• Tang Lan asked Xue Qinghe for rare treasures, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, in return for serving him, and Xue Qinghe agreed to look for one.
• Tang Lan returned to the Inner Sect Training Ground, where Zhu Zhuqing embraced him and absorbed his inner force until she broke through to Rank 30.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Tang Lan, prompting Meng Yiran to rush over angrily while the others teased them.
• Tang Lan announced that the exchange tournament was three days away, and the disciples declared their confidence in winning.
• Tang Lan presented a six-thousand-year Flying Wolf Silver Fox Right Leg Bone as another prize for the tournament’s best performer.
• Tang San looked displeased that Tang Lan had made the soul bones available through competition.

Tang Lan prepared to take Zhu Zhuqing to Sunset Forest to hunt her third Soul Ring, while offering soul bones as prizes to motivate the Tang Sect team. On the journey, he received a manual on Ring Fusion and noticed its similarity to Chen Xin’s Soul Ring Materialization.

• Tang Lan announced that the Tang Sect team’s exchange competition would award two soul bones, then explained that he would join the academy exchange to secure the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and a guaranteed spot in the Elite Competition finals.
• Tang Lan took Zhu Zhuqing aside and contacted Ning Fengzhi, who arranged for Chen Xin to escort them to Sunset Forest.
• Tang Lan gave Zhu Zhuqing a massage before Chen Xin arrived, and the three set off on Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xin handed Tang Lan a manual on Ring Fusion, and Tang Lan observed that the technique resembled Chen Xin’s Soul Ring Materialization.

Tang Lan demonstrated the immense power of his strengthened Life Burial and taught Zhu Zhuqing Ring Fusion, which she mastered quickly. He then explained to Chen Xin and Zhu Zhuqing that bottlenecks below rank one hundred came from insufficient soul or body strength, and argued that repairing those weaknesses could restore a Martial Soul’s potential.

• Tang Lan used five Soul Rings to strengthen Life Burial, creating a dense Blue Silver Emperor forest across a five-hundred-meter area, and Chen Xin compared its power to a Soul Emperor’s full-force attack.
• Tang Lan taught Zhu Zhuqing Ring Fusion, and she mastered it with his guidance despite Chen Xin’s surprise at how quickly she learned.
• Tang Lan messaged Ning Rongrong to have her try learning Ring Fusion, while Chen Xin and Zhu Zhuqing asked Tang Lan questions during their journey.
• When Chen Xin asked about breaking through a cultivation bottleneck, Tang Lan said bottlenecks below rank one hundred came from insufficient strength of the soul or body, rather than a lack of intent.
• Tang Lan explained that Martial Soul defects could result from a weak soul or body and cited the Golden Sacred Dragon and his own evolving Life Spirit Blue Silver Emperor as examples.