Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing and Tang San analyzed the Awakening Stone markings and concluded they formed a Soul Tool Core Formation that made Martial Soul awakenings more efficient. They planned to persuade Grandpa Jack to help build a Forge Workshop by presenting it as a way for Tang Hao to earn money and become more involved with the villagers.

• Tang San copied the Soul Guiding Inscriptions from all six Awakening Stones, and Zhou Qing reasoned that their linked inscriptions formed a complete Soul Tool Core Formation.
• Tang San decided to build a Forge Workshop and research Soul Tools so he could prepare for the Soul Master World and surpass the Tang Sect's hidden weapons.
• Zhou Qing supported the plan and proposed asking Grandpa Jack to organize villagers to build the workshop, using Tang San's strength and his wish to encourage Tang Hao as the pretext.
• Tang San agreed to the scheme, hoping Tang Hao would work, earn money, and become more cheerful while Tang San pursued his own interests.

Zhou Qing and Tang San persuaded Old Jack to build a forge workshop after Tang San proved his strength with a hammer, then searched the forest for the remains of Holy Soul Village’s long-dead Soul Saint. They discovered a hidden cave and a small castle, where Zhou Qing knocked and called out before entering.

• Old Jack doubted Tang San could forge, but Tang San lifted and swung a huge iron hammer, convincing Old Jack to arrange a new workshop beside Zhou Qing’s home.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San cleaned and treated the Spirit Rhyme Turtle’s shell, then went into the woods to search for the Soul Saint’s remains.
• Zhou Qing proposed that the Soul Saint might have died near the village and that they should find his remains and collect a funeral fee; Tang San agreed to help search.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San found a hollow behind ivy in a cliff and entered a cave with a lake, a natural skylight, and a winding path to a small castle.
• Tang San reached for the castle door, but Zhou Qing stopped him, knocked, and called out to ask if anyone was inside.

Zhou Qing and Tang San explored the abandoned home of Holy Soul Village's Soul Saint, buried the skeleton they found, and claimed the retreat as their own. While cleaning, they discovered a map of the continent marked with a route to an X on the southwestern coast of the Star Luo Empire.

• Zhou Qing kicked open the door, and he and Tang San searched the dusty house, finding a skeleton and a Gray Pouch beside it.
• Zhou Qing took the pouch, which he suspected was a Storage Soul Tool, while Tang San failed to open it by force and realized it might require Internal Energy.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San carried the skeleton into the forest and buried it, and Tang San briefly felt dizzy as though the Soul Saint had passed something on to him.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San returned to clean the house, where the old books crumbled and a piece of beast hide fell from the bookshelf.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San examined the hide and found a map of Douluo Continent with a red route leading to an X on the southwestern coast of the Star Luo Empire.

Zhou Qing and Tang San searched a Soul Saint’s small castle and found a treasure map and three diaries. The diary revealed how the Soul Saint rose from Rice Village and became a Soul Master, while the map pointed toward Tianming City.

• Zhou Qing identified the beast-hide map’s starting point as Fasinuo Province and its destination as Tianming City in the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San searched the castle and found an iron box containing three diaries, including the Rice Village Diary.
• Tang San realized that the Soul Saint’s achievements had changed Rice Village’s name to Holy Soul Village and secured it a work-study student slot every year.
• Zhou Qing read that the Soul Saint had possessed Innate Soul Power Level Six and had struggled to afford further schooling after graduating from junior academy.
• The diary recounted how the Soul Saint accepted missions near Nuoding City, earned money, hunted a Soul Beast, and reached Level Twenty-One.

Zhou Qing and Tang San read a Soul Saint's diary, which revealed that her mother came from Sun Moon Continent and received the Seed of Nature and a Light Goddess Butterfly Bug Egg at the Valley of Asking Love. Zhou Qing connected the seed to the Golden Ancient Tree's origins in Holy Soul Village and suspected Tang San had planned to let Ah Yin merge with the tree; he resolved not to follow Tang San's path.

• Zhou Qing and Tang San read the diary entry in which the Soul Saint recorded reaching Soul Elder and losing her mother, who revealed she came from Sun Moon Continent.
• The diary described the mother's trials at the Valley of Asking Love while she was pregnant, including choosing her unborn child over a dream of life with Brother A Niu.
• The mother said the goddess rewarded her with the Seed of Nature and a Light Goddess Butterfly Bug Egg.
• Zhou Qing concluded that the Seed of Nature had nourished the Soul Saint's Martial Soul and that the Golden Ancient Tree had originated as a sapling in Holy Soul Village.
• Zhou Qing theorized that Tang San had intended for Ah Yin's aura to permeate the Golden Ancient Tree so she could eventually take it over, then reminded himself not to lose sight of his principles.

Zhou Qing and Tang San learned from the diaries that the plant growing on the Spirit Rhyme Turtle’s back came from the Seed of Nature, which had belonged to a dying Soul Saint. They decided to keep the plant’s origins and value secret, hoping its growth would help their cultivation.

• Zhou Qing and Tang San read how the Soul Saint’s mother came from the Sun Moon Continent and gave him the Seed of Nature and a Light Goddess Butterfly egg before she died.
• The Soul Saint’s final diary revealed that the Seed of Nature accelerated his cultivation, but injuries from a battle over a Storage Soul Tool left him unable to improve and eventually cost him his life.
• The Soul Saint returned to Rice Village and reported his rank to Spirit Hall, leading to the village being renamed Holy Soul Village, then refused Spirit Hall’s offer of help.
• Zhou Qing explained that the Spirit Rhyme Turtle had carried the Seed of Nature away and planted it in a crack in its shell to heal itself.
• Tang San and Zhou Qing agreed to conceal the plant’s value, and Zhou Qing expected its growth to eventually help the turtle cultivate faster.

Zhou Qing explained the Light Goddess Butterfly’s unusual nature to Tang San and considered its possible connection to the God of Love. Meanwhile, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was born in the Star Dou Great Forest, allowing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to escape; Zhou Qing and Tang San then returned to Holy Soul Village with a Gray Pouch and a map.

• Zhou Qing told Tang San that the Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul could appear without being inherited and wondered whether it was connected to the God of Love.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was born in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Area, and its third eye blinked, alarming the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm escaped while the Ferocious Beasts were distracted and planned to find a human Soul Master who could help it revive.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San finished clearing the cave and returned to Holy Soul Village with the Gray Pouch and the beast-hide map.

After Tang San started working at the village Forge Workshop, he revealed that he had gained Soul Power through the Mysterious Heaven Skill. He and Zhou Qing opened a Storage Soul Tool containing at least three million Gold Soul Coins, along with a Light Goddess Butterfly egg and a Soul Guidance Crystal, and agreed to divide the fortune while keeping it from Tang Hao.

• Zhou Qing suggested connecting the Forge Workshop to his home so its furnace heat could warm the rooms in winter, and Old Jack and the craftsmen approved.
• Tang San began repairing the villagers’ farming tools and kitchenware at the completed Forge Workshop, earning nearly a hundred Copper Soul Coins in four days.
• Tang San told Zhou Qing that he had learned the Mysterious Heaven Skill from knowledge that appeared in his mind after he kowtowed at a Soul Saint’s grave, and demonstrated his Soul Power.
• Zhou Qing handed Tang San the cloth bag, and Tang San used his internal energy to open it, spilling at least three million Gold Soul Coins across the room.
• Zhou Qing found a Light Goddess Butterfly egg and a Soul Guidance Crystal among the coins, and Tang San activated the crystal with his Soul Power.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San agreed to split the fortune, while Tang San asked Zhou Qing to keep the Storage Soul Tool and his share so Tang Hao would not waste the money on alcohol.

Tang Hao confronted Tang San over working at Zhou Qing’s Forge Workshop and demanded the money he had earned repairing farm tools. Old Jack and several villagers arrived to challenge Tang Hao, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Zhou Qing decided to store the Light Goddess Butterfly egg until he learned how to raise it, and Tang San returned home with food for Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao learned that Zhou Qing and Tang San had opened a Forge Workshop, accused Zhou Qing of exploiting Tang San, and rejected Tang San’s advice to work and improve his ties with the villagers.
• The next day, Tang Hao went to the Forge Workshop and saw Tang San repairing a villager’s hoe; he demanded that Tang San hand over the money he had earned.
• Old Jack arrived with villagers and confronted Tang Hao for demanding money from his own son.

Tang Hao tried to take Tang San’s money, but Old Jack and the villagers rebuked him and urged him to find work. Tang San returned to his forging and cultivation routine, while Zhou Qing enjoyed his daily treatment and promised to practice the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

• Tang Hao told Old Jack to stay out of his dispute with Tang San, but Old Jack insisted that Tang San was part of the village and condemned Tang Hao for taking his young son’s savings.
• The villagers joined Old Jack in criticizing Tang Hao and suggesting that he find work, so Tang Hao left in anger.
• Tang San thanked Old Jack and the villagers, then went home to remelt their scrap iron for materials and practice.
• Tang San kept up his busy routine of cultivation, forging, caring for the Spirit Rhyme Turtle, making Hidden Weapons, and inscribing Soul Guiding Inscriptions and Soul Tool Core Formations.
• Tang San circulated his Internal Energy through Zhou Qing’s body, while Zhou Qing enjoyed the treatment and promised to practice the Mysterious Heaven Skill before his Martial Soul awakened.

Zhou Qing told Tang San that the legendary Clear Sky Douluo was named Tang Hao, but Tang San doubted his father could be the same man and chose to investigate when he was older. Zhou Qing then drew Tang San and the other children of Holy Soul Village into a snowball fight, where Tang San dodged with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and ended up enjoying himself.

• Zhou Qing showed Tang San a booklet identifying Tang Hao as the youngest Titled Douluo, the Clear Sky Douluo, but Tang San doubted that the broken-down blacksmith was the same person.
• Tang San decided to wait until he was stronger before investigating Tang Hao's past, while Zhou Qing teased him for not rushing home to ask about the rumor.
• Zhou Qing pulled Tang San and the village children into a snowball fight, and Tang San hit Zhou Qing with a head-sized snowball.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to dodge Zhou Qing's return throw, prompting Zhou Qing to rally the other children against him.
• Tang San evaded the group’s snowballs and smiled as the exercise lifted his spirits.

Tang San and Zhou Qing spent a carefree year in Holy Soul Village before joining Old Jack for the annual Martial Soul awakening. Su Yuntao began testing the children, and the first child had no Innate Soul Power.

• Tang Hao watched Tang San play happily in the snow and decided to wait for his Martial Soul awakening before making plans for revenge on Spirit Hall.
• Tang San pelted Zhou Qing with snowballs, using his techniques to strike him repeatedly until Zhou Qing was buried in snow.
• Over the next year, Tang San and Zhou Qing studied, cultivated, cared for the Spirit Rhyme Turtle, and enjoyed the seasons with the village children.
• Old Jack brought Zhou Qing and Tang San to meet Su Yuntao, who led them and seven other children to the village Spirit Hall for their Martial Soul awakening.
• Su Yuntao awakened a sickle Martial Soul in the first child, but the Crystal Ball showed Innate Soul Power: 0.

Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power, while Zhou Qing discovered that his Martial Soul was a second heart patterned with red and blue channels and also had Innate Full Soul Power. The chapter ended with Zhou Qing’s soul power test confirmed, leaving the nature and abilities of his unusual Martial Soul unexplored.

• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Hao secretly watched before leaving disappointed that Tang San had not revealed a Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San tested the Crystal Ball and displayed Innate Full Soul Power, while Zhou Qing pointed out that Support System Soul Masters could use noncombat Martial Souls.
• Su Yuntao invited Tang San to join Spirit Hall, and Tang San said he would think about it.
• Zhou Qing awakened a Martial Soul that appeared as red and blue patterns across his body, with a second heart pulsing in his chest.
• Zhou Qing placed his hand on the Crystal Ball, and Su Yuntao confirmed that he had Innate Full Soul Power.

Zhou Qing awakened a Heart Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power and recognized it as a rare Body Martial Soul, while Su Yuntao and Old Jack doubted its usefulness. Old Jack set out with the village men to trade grain for a work-study spot for Zhou Qing, despite Zhou Qing saying he had money.

• Zhou Qing identified his Heart Martial Soul as a Body Martial Soul and reasoned that he should choose Soul Beasts with strong vitality and abundant Qi and Blood.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Zhou Qing and Tang San both had Innate Full Soul Power, though their Martial Souls were a heart and Blue Silver Grass.
• Su Yuntao explained that registered Soul Masters could receive a monthly subsidy from Spirit Hall after obtaining Soul Rings.
• Old Jack offered Tang San the village's existing work-study spot and planned to trade grain with nearby villages for another spot.
• Zhou Qing said he had money, but Old Jack gathered the village's young men and set off to negotiate for a spot for him.

Zhou Qing explained his theory that Martial Souls supplied distinct cultivation methods and helped Tang San investigate his Twin Martial Souls. Tang San discovered that both the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass carried powerful cultivation methods, while Zhou Qing prepared to advise him on cultivating both.

• Zhou Qing asked Tang San whether he would tell Tang Hao that Grandpa Jack had given him the village's academy spot, and Tang San worried that Tang Hao might stop him from leaving for Nuoding City.
• Tang San secretly showed Zhou Qing his Clear Sky Hammer, and Zhou Qing theorized that Twin Martial Souls could coexist when their cultivation potential was evenly matched.
• Zhou Qing had Tang San meditate on the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang San sensed a cultivation method as powerful as the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San sensed the Blue Silver Grass's cultivation method and found it equally powerful but indistinct, leading Zhou Qing to suggest that the plant Martial Soul was still developing or Tang San lacked enough Spiritual Power.
• Tang San agreed that Plant Martial Souls should not be classified as Tool Martial Souls, and Zhou Qing offered to share his ideas about cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

Tang San discovered that the Mysterious Heaven Skill could harmonize the cultivation routes of Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, refining his Soul Power and improving his control over both Martial Souls. After Tang San encouraged Zhou Qing to try the same approach, Zhou Qing began communing with his Blood Circulation System Martial Soul to uncover its cultivation technique.

• Zhou Qing suggested that Tang San test the cultivation routes of Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer alongside the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San cultivated Blue Silver Grass's route and found that some of his Mysterious Heaven Skill energy became blue Soul Power.
• Zhou Qing told Tang San to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer's route, and Tang San found that blue and black Soul Power could revolve around and refine his Mysterious Heaven Skill energy.
• Tang San realized that both Martial Souls held sealed Innate Soul Power, then accepted that he was not Tang Hao's son in terms of his soul and decided he no longer needed to curry favor with him.
• Tang San told Zhou Qing about his results and urged him to test whether the Blood Circulation System could complement the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Zhou Qing sat down and began communicating with the Blood Circulation System, hoping to obtain its cultivation method.

Zhou Qing’s Blood Circulation System Martial Soul revealed an Internal Scripture Chart that opened every meridian and let him circulate Soul Power through the Three Passes and Nine Apertures. He shared a drawing with Tang San, who recognized the technique’s depth but realized he could not cultivate it himself.

• Zhou Qing saw the Internal Scripture Chart emerge in his mind and merge with his Blood Circulation System Martial Soul.
• Zhou Qing connected with his Martial Soul, opened his meridians, and circulated Soul Power through all the chart’s passages and apertures.
• Tang San marveled that Zhou Qing had opened every meridian at once and reflected that powerful Martial Souls could provide their own cultivation techniques.
• Tang San asked Zhou Qing about the technique, and Zhou Qing drew a simplified version of the Internal Scripture Chart for him.
• Tang San recognized the chart as a complex Daoist-style cultivation technique but concluded that he could not cultivate it without Zhou Qing’s Martial Soul.

Tang San chose to keep the Mysterious Heaven Skill as his main cultivation method, but Zhou Qing opted for the Blood Circulation System and pointed out that Tang San's martial souls suggested his father was the Clear Sky Douluo. After Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao became affectionate and urged him to protect the Blue Silver Grass, but Tang San remained resentful and decided to attend the academy.

• Tang San decided to major in the Mysterious Heaven Skill and minor in the Blue Silver Grass Skill and Hammer Skill, while Zhou Qing chose the Blood Circulation System.
• Zhou Qing suggested that Tang San's father was likely the Clear Sky Douluo, and Tang San speculated that Tang Hao had grown fragile after an easy life and a setback.
• Tang San returned home and told Tang Hao he had awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power, but Tang Hao showed little interest.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Tang Hao to embrace him and tell him to use the hammer to protect the grass.
• Tang San said he would attend Nuoding City's Junior Soul Master Academy, while Tang Hao worried that his son resented him and considered how to use Tang San's twin martial souls and future power.

Zhou Qing cultivated the Innate Internal Scripture Chart and chose an earth-attributed Soul Beast with abundant Qi and Blood for his First Spirit Ring. He narrowed his options to the Ground Lizard and Moo Spring Ox after ruling out the dangerous Titan Giant Ape.

• Zhou Qing cultivated the Innate Internal Scripture Chart, using his Blood Circulation System to strengthen his body and circulate Soul Power.
• Zhou Qing questioned why Soul Masters could sense their Soul Power Levels, then set the mystery aside until he learned more about martial souls and Soul Beasts.
• Zhou Qing decided that his First Spirit Ring should come from a Soul Beast with abundant Qi and Blood, vitality, and an earth attribute.
• Zhou Qing identified the Ground Lizard, Titan Giant Ape, and Moo Spring Ox as possible candidates, but crossed out the Titan Giant Ape because it was too dangerous.
• Zhou Qing learned that Moo Spring Oxen were strong, blood-rich, earth-attributed Soul Beasts known for their persistent calls in spring.

Zhou Qing prepared to leave Holy Soul Village for Nuoding Academy, where he and Tang San encountered the academy’s gatekeeper. After Zhou Qing bribed the gatekeeper with two Silver Soul Coins, the boys entered while Old Jack returned to the village.

• Zhou Qing considered the Moo Spring Ox as a possible First Spirit Ring and planned to study spirit beasts at Nuoding Academy.
• Old Jack told Zhou Qing that the other villages’ shared work-study slot had gone to Xiao Wu, an Innate Full Soul Power student with a Soft Bone Rabbit martial soul.
• Zhou Qing reassured Old Jack that he could afford to attend as a regular student, and then visited Tang San at the Blacksmith Shop.
• Zhou Qing and Tang San said goodbye to the village children and traveled with Old Jack to Nuoding City as the school term began.
• At Nuoding Academy’s gate, Zhou Qing dropped two Silver Soul Coins for the gatekeeper, who took them and let the boys enter.
• Old Jack left the boys at the academy, and Zhou Qing and Tang San headed toward the registration office.