Chapter Summaries

After Lan Xue died in an electrical accident, the God of Abilities revealed that he was her father and offered to send her to Douluo Continent to inherit his godhood. Lan Xue negotiated a long list of powerful gifts, then her father sent her plunging toward the new world.

• Lan Xue was electrocuted while trying to fix her computer and died.
• The God of Abilities woke Lan Xue and told her he was her father and wanted her to inherit his godhood in Douluo Continent.
• Lan Xue demanded numerous abilities, martial souls, companions, equipment, and other advantages before agreeing to go.
• The God of Abilities accepted her wishes, told her not to turn Douluo Continent upside down, and dropped her from the sky.

Tang San, a former Tang Sect disciple reborn in Holy Soul Village, practiced his inherited techniques but remained stuck at the first level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill. After meeting Lan Xue, the girl whose jasmine scent and appearance matched his recurring dreams, he carried her back down the hill.

• Tang San watched the dawn and cultivated the Purple Demon Eyes, but the Mysterious Heaven Skill still failed to break through its first-level bottleneck.
• Tang San recalled his former life in the Tang Sect, his rebirth as Tang Hao's son, and his hope of recreating the Tang Sect's glory.
• Tang San heard a branch snap, sensed a jasmine fragrance, and found the beautiful Lan Xue on the hill.
• Tang San recognized Lan Xue as the girl from his dreams, blushed, and carried her down the mountain.
• Tang San raced down the rough hillside with Lan Xue, using the Tang Sect's lightness skill.

Tang San cared for his drunken, neglectful father, Tang Hao, while raising the girl Lan Xue, whom he had brought home. He asked to use a piece of iron rich in Iron Essence for crafting hidden weapons, and Tang Hao questioned whether he wanted to become a blacksmith.

• Tang San returned home, laid Lan Xue on the bed, and prepared the porridge he had cooked for Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao emerged from his room, drank most of the porridge, and said he would do his blacksmithing work in the afternoon before going back to sleep.
• Tang Hao noticed Lan Xue and mistook her for Ah Yin, then agreed when Tang San asked if they could adopt the girl.
• Tang San asked to use a piece of pig iron containing Iron Essence to craft hidden weapons.
• Tang Hao inspected the iron and asked Tang San if he wanted to become a blacksmith.

Tang Hao challenged Tang San and Lan Xue to strike an ordinary iron lump ten thousand times before he would teach them blacksmithing. After eleven days of persistent forging, they had passed eight thousand strikes, and Tang Hao was surprised by their strength and uninjured hands.

• Tang Hao explained that a true Divine Smith could forge a Divine Tool from ordinary iron and set ten thousand strikes as the requirement for learning from him.
• Tang San and Lan Xue agreed to forge, and Tang San accepted Lan Xue's request to be his big brother.
• Tang San and Lan Xue lit the furnace and began striking the iron lump with Tang Hao's heavy hammer.
• Tang Hao added two furnaces to Tang San's room, while the children continued forging without his instruction and he quietly drank less and provided more food.
• Over eleven days, Tang San used the hammering to train his body and Mysterious Heaven Skill, but remained stuck at its first level.
• Tang San and Lan Xue surpassed eight thousand strikes, shrinking and refining the iron lump, while Tang Hao discovered their palms had no blisters or injuries.

Tang San and Lan Xue learned more about Spirit Souls and the upcoming Awakening Ceremony in Douluo Continent. Old Jack invited them to participate in the ceremony in three days, leaving Tang San eager to discover whether his Spirit Soul could be cultivated.

• Tang San and Lan Xue continued hammering while Tang San recalled what he had learned about the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, Spirit Souls, and Soul Masters.
• Old Jack visited Tang Hao and invited the soon-to-be-six-year-old Tang San and Lan Xue to Holy Soul Village’s Awakening Ceremony.
• Tang Hao agreed that the children could attend, and Old Jack said he would collect them in three days.
• Old Jack explained that an official from the Notting City Spirit Soul Branch Hall would awaken the children’s Spirit Souls, and Tang San asked what a Soul Grandmaster was.

Tang San and Lan Xue completed their first ten thousand forging strikes and learned that Tang Hao expected them to keep refining their iron. Three days later, Old Jack came to take them away, while Tang Hao told them not to delay lunch.

• Old Jack explained the Soul Master ranks to Tang San and Lan Xue, then argued with Tang Hao over the legend of Holy Soul Village’s Soul Saint.
• Tang San and Lan Xue presented Tang Hao with iron blocks reduced to a quarter of their original size after ten thousand strikes.
• Tang Hao returned the blocks and told them to keep forging until each was the size of a fist.
• Tang San and Lan Xue continued forging for three days while Tang San also practiced each morning on the mountaintop.
• Old Jack arrived to pick up Tang San and Lan Xue, and Tang Hao coolly sent them off.

Tang San and Lan Xue arrived at the village Spirit Hall for their Martial Soul Awakening, where the Spirit Hall deacon Su Yuntao began the ceremony. Tang San grew curious about becoming a Soul Master as Su Yuntao started awakening the first child's Martial Soul.

• Old Jack led Tang San and Lan Xue to the Spirit Hall, where nine village children had gathered for their awakening.
• Old Jack introduced Su Yuntao, a Battle Soul Master from Nuoding City, and left after lamenting how difficult it was for ordinary people to become Soul Masters.
• Su Yuntao introduced himself as a twenty-sixth-level Soul Grandmaster and arranged six black stones around the first child.
• Su Yuntao invoked his Lone Wolf Martial Soul, transforming his appearance and frightening the children.
• Tang San studied Su Yuntao's transformation and became eager to discover his own Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao sent green rays into the black stones, forming a golden barrier around the first child.

During Spirit Awakening in Holy Soul Village, Tang San manifested Blue Silver Grass, which Su Yuntao dismissed as useless. Tang San insisted on having his Soul Power tested, and Su Yuntao paused after seeing Tang San and Lan Xue’s determination.

• A boy awakened a sickle Spirit Soul but had no Soul Power, and five more children awakened farming-tool Spirit Souls without Soul Power.
• A girl awakened Blue Silver Grass, which Su Yuntao called a useless Spirit Soul, and she also had no Soul Power.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass despite the unusual abundance of golden specks during his Spirit Awakening.
• Su Yuntao tried to skip Tang San’s Soul Power test, but Tang San insisted and Lan Xue urged Su Yuntao to let her brother try.
• Su Yuntao turned back after noticing Tang San and Lan Xue’s calm determination.

Tang San discovered that he had Innate Full Soul Power, though Su Yuntao considered his Blue Silver Grass martial soul useless. Lan Xue awakened an Ice Jade Orchid Empress and Innate Exceeding Soul Power, but her test shattered the crystal ball; the chapter ended with Tang San asking Jack how Soul Rings were obtained.

• Tang San tested his Soul Power, and the crystal ball blazed with light, revealing his Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao explained Soul Power ranks and Soul Rings, then lamented that Tang San's martial soul was Blue Silver Grass.
• Lan Xue awakened the Ice Jade Orchid Empress, which Su Yuntao mistook for an ordinary orchid.
• Lan Xue's Soul Power shattered the crystal ball, and Su Yuntao told Jack that she had Innate Exceeding Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao left, and Tang San asked Jack what Soul Rings were and how to obtain them.

After Tang San and Lan Xue awakened their martial souls, Old Jack offered Tang San the village’s academy slot, but Tang Hao refused to let him go. The chapter ended with Jack urging Tang Hao not to hold his son back and reminding him that enrollment was three months away.

• Old Jack learned that Tang San and Lan Xue had Innate Full Soul Power and Innate Exceeding Soul Power, then brought them home to ask Tang Hao about academy study.
• Tang Hao reacted strangely when Tang San said he had awakened Blue Silver Grass, while Lan Xue revealed her magnolia flower martial soul.
• Old Jack offered Tang San the village’s work-study place at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, but Tang Hao refused, calling Blue Silver Grass useless and saying he needed Tang San to cook for him.
• Tang San told Old Jack he would not go, and Jack left after urging Tang Hao to give his son a chance and noting that enrollment was three months away.

Tang Hao reacted strongly to Tang San’s awakened martial souls, recognizing his son’s Twin Martial Souls and urging him to use the hammer to protect the Blue Silver Grass. Lan Xue revealed her four martial souls, leaving Tang Hao shocked and warning her to use only the Ice Jade Orchid Empress.

• Tang San and Lan Xue tried to reassure Tang Hao after he asked whether they were disappointed about not becoming Soul Masters, and Tang Hao angrily dismissed Soul Masters as worthless.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Hao recognized it as the same as hers before withdrawing to the inner room.
• Tang San revealed a black hammer as his second martial soul, and Tang Hao embraced him in joy at discovering his son had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to use the hammer in his left hand to protect the grass in his right hand.
• Lan Xue revealed the Ice Jade Orchid Empress, Ever-Changing Food God, Vampire Empress, and God of Abilities, and Tang Hao told her to use only the Ice Jade Orchid Empress.

Tang Hao decided to teach Tang San and Lan Xue how to forge properly after they chose to become Soul Masters. He explained that powerful strikes began with the heart and calf muscles, then demonstrated how force traveled through the body.

• Tang San and Lan Xue told Tang Hao they wanted to become Soul Masters, and he returned to his room after expressing mixed disappointment and relief.
• Tang San and Lan Xue continued hammering pig iron while Tang Hao watched them work.
• Tang Hao stopped the children and said their current method would take too long to forge the iron into the required shape.
• Tang San said the waist began a strike, while Lan Xue identified the calves as the starting point of exertion.
• Tang Hao explained that people had three hearts—the chest and both calves—and taught them to channel force upward from the calves through the body.

Tang Hao taught Tang San and Lan Xue to use their calves to channel their full strength while forging and operating the bellows. He prepared to demonstrate how to control the hammer’s recoil so they could forge the pig iron down quickly.

• Tang Hao demonstrated a full-body hammer strike, crushing the red-hot pig iron, then told Tang San and Lan Xue to try the technique.
• Tang San used the Mysterious Heaven Skill and his Tang Sect training to strike with far greater force than before, while Lan Xue followed suit and spun in midair from the recoil.
• Tang Hao praised their quick grasp of the method and explained how the calves supplied strength for both hammering and operating the bellows.
• Tang San learned to operate the bellows using his calves, heating the iron block until it glowed red.
• Tang Hao warned that uncontrolled recoil could injure the body and waste force, then focused on demonstrating how to guide it.

Tang Hao demonstrated Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and taught Tang San the principles of controlling force and striking accurately. After months of practice, Tang San improved to thirteen consecutive blows and began learning to forge tools, while Lan Xue had already mastered the technique.

• Tang Hao used the hammer’s recoil to deliver thirty-six precise strikes, then explained how to control strength and accuracy when forging.
• Tang San and Lan Xue practiced the technique for half a month, and Tang San gradually improved his coordination and hammer control.
• Tang San increased his consecutive strikes from two to seven, while forging the iron block smaller and refining his martial skills.
• Three months later, Tang San could sustain thirteen strikes, so Tang Hao began teaching him to forge tools.
• Lan Xue had already mastered Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and held back during practice so she would not discourage Tang San.

Tang San finished his first hidden weapon, a powerful Sleeve Arrow made from Iron Essence, while continuing his training. Tang Hao told him to leave for Nuoding City to attend the Junior Soul Master Academy, but Lan Xue would stay behind because she wanted to travel and gain experience.

• Tang San admired the Sleeve Arrow he had crafted from the Iron Essence produced by forging pig iron, and kept its existence secret with Lan Xue.
• Tang San and Lan Xue discovered Tang Hao was away, then he returned and asked Tang San about his morning training.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to pack because Old Jack would take him to Nuoding City to become a work-study student at the Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Tang San accepted that he would go, though he worried about leaving Tang Hao and felt reluctant to part from Lan Xue.
• Tang Hao said Lan Xue would stay because she wanted to travel outside and gain experience.

Tang Hao allowed Tang San to go to Nuoding after making him promise to conceal his hammer Martial Soul and rely on Blue Silver Grass. As Tang San prepared to leave, he practiced forging and cultivated his Purple Demon Eyes, which had begun to reach the Insightful Realm.

• Tang Hao told Tang San not to add Soul Rings to his hammer Martial Soul or reveal it, and Tang San promised to use only Blue Silver Grass except in mortal danger.
• Tang San packed his few belongings and continued practicing forging so he could make his own hidden weapons.
• Tang Hao went out drinking after telling Tang San not to wake him when he left the next morning.
• At dawn, Tang San practiced his Purple Demon Eyes on a mountain boulder and recognized that he had begun entering the Insightful Realm.
• Tang San infused a leaf with inner strength and flicked it through the air.

Tang San left the village with Old Jack to attend a Junior Soul Master Academy, leaving a farewell message and hot porridge for Tang Hao. As they traveled, Jack explained work-study arrangements and the differences between junior and intermediate academies.

• Tang San tried using a leaf with his Mysterious Heaven Skill, then prepared porridge before leaving the village with Old Jack.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San depart, read his farewell message, and drank the porridge with tears in his eyes.
• Tang San told Old Jack he felt sad to leave both the village and his little sister, then asked about the academy.
• Old Jack explained that work-study students could study cheaply and dismissed Tang Hao's suggestion that Tang San work at a blacksmith shop.
• Old Jack described how Junior Soul Master Academies taught awakened children for six years, while Intermediate Soul Master Academies offered harder studies for students with potential.

Tang San learned about the Soul Master academy ranks and the challenges commoners faced in advancing, then reached Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with Old Jack. They were stopped at the gate by a gatekeeper who looked down on them.

• Old Jack explained the graduation requirements for junior, intermediate, and advanced academies and the dangers of obtaining higher-level Soul Rings.
• Tang San asked how Soul Masters earned titles beyond Soul Elder, and Old Jack admitted he knew little about the highest ranks.
• Tang San and Old Jack traveled to Nuoding City and entered after passing an inspection.
• Old Jack brought Tang San to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and told him to obey the teachers and work hard while they were apart.
• The gatekeeper stopped Old Jack and Tang San at the entrance and insulted them as country folk.

Old Jack and Tang San faced a gatekeeper who mocked their village and refused to accept Tang San’s genuine Spirit Hall certificate. After Tang San knocked the gatekeeper down, Master arrived, confirmed the certificate, apologized, and offered to take Tang San into the academy.

• Old Jack showed the gatekeeper Tang San’s certificate, but the gatekeeper accused them of forging it and insulted Holy Soul Village.
• The gatekeeper shoved at Old Jack, and Tang San used a quick martial arts move to knock him to the ground.
• The gatekeeper charged at Tang San, but Master arrived and ordered him to stop.
• Master examined the certificate, declared it genuine, apologized to Old Jack, and said he would take Tang San.

Tang San entered the academy with Master, who offered to teach him how to cultivate his Martial Soul. Master revealed that he had recognized Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls from his certificate and explained the reasoning behind his conclusion.

• Tang San nearly fired his Sleeve Arrow at the gatekeeper for attacking Old Jack, but Master intervened and warned the gatekeeper not to repeat his behavior.
• Master escorted Tang San into the academy, clarified that he was a resident rather than an academy teacher, and asked whether Tang San would accept him as his teacher.
• Tang San questioned why he should study under Master, and Master praised his intelligence before revealing that Tang San was the third person in a hundred years to possess Twin Martial Souls.
• Master explained that Tang San’s level ten Innate Full Soul Power could not come from Blue Silver Grass and concluded that his other Martial Soul must be exceptionally powerful.