Chapter Summaries

Su Yuntao arranged borrowed Work-Study Student slots so Tang San could attend the academy, but Tang San resented the offer and left angrily. Back at the hut, he told Tang Hao he had awakened Blue Silver Grass with rank-eight Innate Soul Power, leaving Tang Hao shocked.

• Su Yuntao offered Tang San Work-Study Student slots borrowed from villages without qualified children, and Old Jack urged Tang San to thank him.
• Tang San reluctantly thanked Su Yuntao, while Zhu Rong considered how to challenge Tang San and set up Tang Hao.
• Su Yuntao left, and Old Jack told Tang San to discuss school with Tang Hao before Tang San walked away in anger.
• Old Jack realized Tang San had treated him ungratefully, then went home with Zhu Rong.
• Tang San told Tang Hao he had awakened Blue Silver Grass with rank-eight Innate Soul Power, and Tang Hao reacted in disbelief.

Tang Hao learned that Zhu Rong might know Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and went to kill him, but Zhu Rong revealed that he also had the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang Hao stopped, realizing Zhu Rong was a gifted Clear Sky Sect disciple, while Zhu Rong’s fate remained in Tang Hao’s hands.

• Tang San told Tang Hao that Zhu Rong had likely seen his second Martial Soul, and Tang Hao left to eliminate Zhu Rong.
• Tang San realized Tang Hao had truly intended to kill Zhu Rong and believed his father’s power made Zhu Rong’s death imminent.
• Zhu Rong sensed danger from Tang Hao and staged a private confession about his rivalry with Tang San and his knowledge of Tang San’s hammer.
• Zhu Rong summoned a Clear Sky Hammer, revealing that he possessed the same Martial Soul as Tang San alongside the Blade of Sanction and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Tang Hao recognized Zhu Rong as a rare Clear Sky Sect talent and regretted nearly killing him.

Zhu Rong tricked Tang Hao into believing they shared a secret and gained the powerful man’s protection. After Tang Hao pretended to leave, Zhu Rong sensed that he was still watching from nearby.

• Zhu Rong pretended to wonder whether he was Tang San’s father, prompting Tang Hao to emerge and angrily correct him.
• Tang Hao accepted Zhu Rong’s Clear Sky Hammer as proof of his heritage and proposed that they keep each other’s secrets.
• Tang Hao told Zhu Rong not to use or cultivate the hammer unless his life was in danger, and Zhu Rong insisted Tang San follow the same rule.
• Tang Hao agreed to Zhu Rong’s condition, then vanished to secretly watch whether Zhu Rong kept his promise.
• Zhu Rong sensed Tang Hao hiding behind a nearby tree and resolved not to lower his guard without overwhelming strength or a life-saving skill.

Zhu Rong baited the hidden Tang Hao with talk of fighting Tang San, while Tang Hao weighed their rivalry and ordered Tang San not to kill him. The chapter left Tang San stunned to learn Zhu Rong was his blood relative, though he still wanted revenge.

• Zhu Rong carefully complained aloud about Tang San and vowed to beat him, unaware that Tang Hao was listening from the shadows.
• Tang Hao judged Zhu Rong far more talented than Tang San and decided to warn his son not to kill Zhu Rong, whom he considered vital to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao left Zhu Rong and went to Tang San's home, where he asked whether Tang San held a deep grudge against Zhu Rong.
• Tang San admitted he viewed Zhu Rong as a threat, and Tang Hao ordered him never to try to kill Zhu Rong.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Zhu Rong was their blood relative, leaving Tang San shocked but still determined to pursue his grievance.

Zhu Rong and Old Jack opened the relics left by Old Jack’s Soul Saint grandfather, who had hidden in Holy Soul Village for thirty years. The larger box held a Quasi-Divine Artifact called Holy Radiance Salvation, a powerful offensive Hand Cannon, and they were left to discover what the smaller box contained.

• Old Jack told Zhu Rong that his Great-Grandfather had hidden the two relics and warned him never to reveal them before becoming strong.
• Zhu Rong hesitated to accept the boxes because they were his grandfather’s keepsakes, but Old Jack admitted he had never opened them.
• Old Jack opened the larger box and found a metallic object that he mistook for an Iron Clump.
• Zhu Rong recognized the object as an offensive Hand Cannon and realized its power could rival a Title Douluo’s full-force strike.
• Zhu Rong identified the Hand Cannon as Holy Radiance Salvation, a Quasi-Divine Artifact from the peak era of Soul Tool Civilization.

Zhu Rong discovered that the book inherited with the Hand Cannon contained detailed instructions for crafting rank-one through rank-nine Soul Tools. He realized Old Jack could not read its writing, and began to suspect the Hand Cannon and book were meant for him.

• Zhu Rong opened the small box and found a book titled Soul Tools, From Beginner to Burial, compiled by Li Thousand.
• Zhu Rong read the book and learned it described how to craft Hand Cannons, armor, and charging Soul Tools from ranks one through nine.
• Old Jack called Zhu Rong back from his reading and said the book’s writing looked like strange symbols.
• Zhu Rong showed Old Jack the character for soul, and Old Jack admitted he could not recognize it.
• Zhu Rong concluded that ordinary people could not read the book and wondered whether the Hand Cannon was meant for him.

Zhu Rong touched the gilded Hand Cannon and nearly died as it drained his Soul Power, but the weapon then merged with him and revealed itself as the Quasi-Divine Artifact Holy Radiance Salvation. The artifact spirit explained its immense power and asked Zhu Rong to nurture and charge it so it could protect him from even gods.

• Zhu Rong reached for the Hand Cannon, which trapped his right hand and drained nearly all his Soul Power.
• The Hand Cannon stopped draining Zhu Rong, shattered into starlight, and entered his right hand.
• The artifact spirit identified itself as Holy Radiance Salvation, a Quasi-Divine Artifact that had originated as a million-year Soul Bone.
• Holy Radiance Salvation explained that it could grant Zhu Rong four Soul Bone skills and might evolve into a Super Divine Artifact.
• The artifact spirit revealed that it had helped trigger the destruction of the Soul Tool Civilization and had once slain a god.
• Holy Radiance Salvation asked Zhu Rong to nurture and charge it with Soul Power so it could blast even gods to protect him.

Zhu Rong dealt with the consequences of Qilin storing most of his Soul Power, then went to provoke Tang San at his cultivation spot. Tang San lost his temper while Tang Hao watched and mistakenly assumed Zhu Rong had weakened himself to make their duel fair.

• Qilin left Zhu Rong with less than a tenth of his Soul Power, and Old Jack mistook his weakness for the effects of sexual excess.
• Zhu Rong left home to escape Old Jack's suspicions and decided to visit Tang San after two days without disrupting his cultivation.
• Tang San reflected on his progress and blamed Zhu Rong for keeping his Innate Soul Power at level eight.
• Zhu Rong taunted Tang San about his lower talent, Soul Power, and Martial Soul until Tang San shouted at him.
• Tang Hao observed Zhu Rong's depleted Soul Power and imagined that he had weakened himself to make the duel fair.

Zhu Rong fought Tang San and revealed that his Mutated Sword Martial Soul could strike from a distance with Sacred Fire. The fight left Tang San humiliated and Zhu Rong nearly out of Soul Power, while Tang Hao remained unaware of Zhu Rong's Martial Soul's true identity.

• Zhu Rong taunted Tang San, who charged at him using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Zhu Rong summoned the Blades of Sanction and struck Tang San from more than ten meters away.
• Golden Sacred Fire erupted on Tang San's clothes, and he failed to extinguish it as he rolled on the ground.
• Tang Hao realized Zhu Rong had held back, while Zhu Rong learned that his ranged attacks could precisely hit a locked-on target.
• Zhu Rong called the half-naked Tang San "Silkworm Baby" and wondered about his size.

Zhu Rong defeated Tang San with his ranged golden flame, then planned to keep fighting him for money while considering how to obtain a soul ring before school began. Tang San was left humiliated and furious, while Tang Hao secretly resolved to protect Zhu Rong for the sake of the Clear Sky Sect.

• Zhu Rong's attacks defeated Tang San, who retreated rather than risk another assault and swore to repay the humiliation.
• Zhu Rong received 500 Gold Coins and fish bones as his reward, and Tang Hao mistakenly thought Zhu Rong was disappointed in Tang San.
• Tang Hao admired Zhu Rong's ranged martial soul and decided to protect him, even if that meant acting against his own son.
• Zhu Rong mocked Tang San's torn clothes and left, while Tang San remained on the mountain, furious and afraid of being seen.
• Back home, Zhu Rong considered how delaying his first soul ring would slow his cultivation and wondered how to obtain one before school began.

Zhu Rong decided to ask Tang Hao to help him obtain a Soul Ring because he could not safely enter a Primeval Forest alone. He also fused Guardian Angel with his Sacred Redemption Hand Cannon, giving himself a way to resurrect at a designated location.

• Zhu Rong realized that remaining stuck at level ten would waste his three months of cultivation, but he rejected entering a Primeval Forest without a life-saving skill.
• Zhu Rong decided to ask Tang Hao to take him to find a suitable Soul Beast, trusting Tang Hao to help because he viewed Zhu Rong as the Clear Sky Sect's hope.
• Zhu Rong remembered that Tang Hao had left a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone near the waterfall where Ah Yin had taken root and planned to search for it after his Soul Ring hunt.
• Zhu Rong learned from the system that his Sacred Redemption Hand Cannon could serve as a vessel and fused it with Guardian Angel.
• Zhu Rong resolved to equip more Guardian Angels so he could resurrect at a designated location if he died.

Tang San returned home after spending the day hiding on the mountain, while Tang Hao sensed his son’s murderous intent toward Zhu Rong and warned him to focus on the Clear Sky Sect’s revival. The next morning, Zhu Rong asked Tang Hao to help him obtain a spirit ring and offered him ten Gold Soul Coins, leaving Tang Hao wondering where the child had gotten so much money.

• Tang San sneaked back to the cottage at night, vowed revenge on Zhu Rong, and fell asleep imagining how he would kill him with hidden weapons.
• Tang Hao sensed Tang San’s killing aura and warned him to rein in his thoughts for the sake of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhu Rong told Old Jack that a mysterious master would take him to obtain a spirit ring, then went to Tang Hao’s home the next morning.
• Zhu Rong explained that he needed a spirit ring and offered Tang Hao ten Gold Soul Coins to hire him.
• Tang Hao was shocked by the offer and wondered whether Spirit Hall had given Zhu Rong the money.

Zhu Rong persuaded Tang Hao to help him hunt a soul beast for a soul ring, bargaining over the fee while hiding his resentment. They left immediately, and Tang San returned from training to find Tang Hao gone.

• Tang Hao questioned Zhu Rong about his Gold Soul Coins, and Zhu Rong said he had found them after beating Tang San.
• Zhu Rong threatened to seek help from Tao Ge, a Spirit Hall deacon, prompting Tang Hao to offer his help.
• Zhu Rong claimed he needed to save money for Old Jack and reluctantly agreed to pay Tang Hao eleven Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang Hao accepted the payment, and he and Zhu Rong set off to obtain Zhu Rong's soul ring.
• Tang San returned from training and found Tang Hao gone.

Tang Hao brought Zhu Rong to the Soul Hunting Forest to find a soul beast for Zhu Rong’s first soul ring. They found no beasts during their search, but overheard two men discussing a secret plan to slaughter low-level soul beasts for Soul Bones.

• Tang Hao led Zhu Rong on foot for three days before bringing him to the Soul Hunting Forest near Holy Soul Village.
• Tang Hao carried Zhu Rong over the forest’s high wall instead of entering through the main gate, and warned him to stay close because soul beasts could attack him.
• Tang Hao and Zhu Rong walked toward the forest’s center for half an hour without encountering any soul beasts or ordinary animals.
• Tang Hao and Zhu Rong overheard two men discussing how to avoid an investigation by blaming two Soul Grand Masters.
• Tang Hao realized the men were slaughtering low-level soul beasts to obtain Soul Bones, and he considered their discovery an unexpected gain.

Tang Hao killed two Soul Elders who possessed Soul Bones and used the encounter to teach Zhu Rong that he must act decisively in dangerous conflicts. After Zhu Rong recovered from witnessing the deaths, Tang Hao gave him a Storage Soul Tool and explained how to use it.

• Tang Hao headed toward two Soul Bone poachers, and Zhu Rong followed, uneasy about the prospect of Tang Hao taking their Soul Bones.
• When the poachers noticed Zhu Rong, Tang Hao killed them instantly with the pressure of his Soul Power, leaving Zhu Rong vomiting at the sight.
• Tang Hao told Zhu Rong not to hesitate to kill when facing a stronger conflict of interest and thought the experience would prepare him for life as a Soul Master.
• After Zhu Rong asked why Tang Hao had killed the men, Tang Hao tossed him a Storage Soul Tool and explained what it was and how to use it.

Zhu Rong received an empty Storage Soul Tool from Tang Hao, who concealed the Soul Bones he had found among the spoils. Tang Hao threatened Zhu Rong into keeping quiet, unaware that Zhu Rong was immune to his killing intent, and Zhu Rong ended the chapter reflecting on his plan to kill Tang Hao.

• Zhu Rong learned how to use the Storage Soul Tool Tang Hao gave him and found it empty.
• Tang Hao collected two Hundred Year Soul Bones, a Ten Year Soul Bone, and 1,000 Gold Soul Coins from the two Soul Elders, then hid the Soul Bones from Zhu Rong.
• Tang Hao released killing intent to intimidate Zhu Rong into keeping his presence secret, but Zhu Rong's Body of Redemption made him immune to it.
• Zhu Rong pretended to tremble, satisfying Tang Hao, who withdrew his killing intent and began drinking.
• Zhu Rong calmed down and thought about his plan to send Tang Hao offline.

Tang Hao searched the Soul Hunting Forest for a suitable soul ring for Zhu Rong and left him to fight a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake. Zhu Rong’s Sacred Fire blinded the snake and continued burning as it thrashed on the ground.

• Tang Hao decided that Zhu Rong’s powerful Twin Martial Souls required a carefully chosen soul ring and searched beyond the first thousand meters.
• Tang Hao told Zhu Rong that the Mandala Snake ahead was his to handle, then vanished.
• Zhu Rong recognized the approaching beast as a Mandala Snake and summoned the Blade of Sanction.
• Zhu Rong struck four times with his holy swords, setting the Mandala Snake’s eyes and mouth ablaze with Sacred Fire.
• The blinded Mandala Snake writhed and slammed into the ground while the Sacred Fire continued to burn.

Zhu Rong killed a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake, overcoming his fear of snakes and gaining a slight increase in power from Ascension Stairway. Tang Hao then detected lingering Soul Power in the corpse and suspected it contained a Soul Bone.

• Tang Hao watched Zhu Rong repeatedly strike the Mandala Snake’s eyes and mouth with his holy sword, and realized Zhu Rong’s attacks were unusually powerful and precise.
• Zhu Rong continued attacking until Tang Hao told him the Mandala Snake was dead, then complained that Tang Hao had abandoned him when danger appeared.
• Zhu Rong realized the dead snake might have been the one intended to provide Tang San’s first soul ring, but dismissed the concern and noticed Ascension Stairway had increased his attack range.
• Zhu Rong confronted his fear by kicking the snake’s corpse, while Tang Hao sensed Soul Power fluctuations within it and told Zhu Rong to move aside because something was inside.

Tang Hao took the Mandala Snake’s Torso Soul Bone and decided it should be saved for Tang San, promising Zhu Rong a replacement when he reached level fifty. As Tang Hao and Zhu Rong continued searching for a suitable Soul Beast, they camped for the night and planned to search for one more day before trying the great forest.

• Tang Hao explained the Mandala Snake’s complete but low-age Torso Soul Bone to Zhu Rong and stored it in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Tang Hao told Zhu Rong the Soul Bone was unsuitable for him and promised to give him another at level fifty, while privately deciding to preserve it for Tang San.
• Zhu Rong suspected Tang Hao might compensate Tang San with the Soul Bone and later give him Ah Yin’s Soul Bone, but decided to wait and see.
• Zhu Rong received five hundred Gold Soul Coins from the Bond System after killing the Mandala Snake.
• Tang Hao and Zhu Rong searched the Soul Hunting Forest until evening, then camped; Tang Hao said they would search one more day before heading to the great forest.
• Tang Hao rejected the three-hundred-year Blazing Tiger as unsuitable for Zhu Rong’s first Soul Ring, despite its strength.

Zhu Rong learned that using a Hero Replicator while absorbing a soul ring would grant a soul skill suited to his martial soul, but he kept the system secret from Tang Hao. Tang Hao remained uncertain about the best path for Zhu Rong's first soul ring and decided to find one with a suitable age and attribute the next day.

• Zhu Rong asked his system how to choose a soul ring for his Judgment Heavenly God Kail martial soul and learned that a Hero Replicator could provide an ideal soul skill and strengthen the martial soul.
• Zhu Rong learned the rules for combining identical martial souls to raise their star levels and realized that fighting soul beasts could also earn Lucky Star bond loot.
• Zhu Rong became distracted while grilling meat, burned it to charcoal, and then began working on the Blazing Tiger.
• Zhu Rong suggested absorbing any soul ring, but Tang Hao angrily rejected the idea because he feared it would ruin Zhu Rong's Blade of Sanction.
• Tang Hao weighed possible paths for Zhu Rong's martial soul and decided to take him to obtain a soul ring with a suitable age and attribute the next day.