Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Tang Jiu and Tang San prepared for their spirit soul awakening in Holy Soul Village, while Tang Jiu reflected on his unusual strength and past life. Village Chief Old Jack came to take the brothers to the awakening ceremony, leaving Tang San behind to make lunch for Tang Hao.

• A flashback showed Spirit Hall attacking the village that had helped Tang Hao, killing the villagers as an infant cried amid the destruction.
• Tang San practiced the Extreme Demon Eye at dawn and wondered why his Mysterious Heaven Skill remained stuck at its first-level bottleneck.
• Tang Jiu, a powerful six-year-old transmigrator who had died from a Bullet Ant sting, credited his monstrous strength to his ant-like physical abilities.
• Tang Jiu and Tang San ate breakfast with Tang Hao before Old Jack arrived to escort them to their spirit soul awakening.
• Tang Jiu hurried off with Old Jack and Tang San, while Tang Hao told Tang San to remember to make lunch.

Tang San and Tang Jiu underwent Martial Soul awakenings at the Holy Soul Village Spirit Hall Branch, where Tang San revealed innate full Soul Power despite awakening Blue Silver Grass. Tang Jiu awakened an egg visible to others and a mysterious Soul Ring only he could see, leaving him to wonder whether his second Martial Soul was a Soul Ring.

• Old Jack brought the village children to meet Su Yuntao, who dismissed their chances of becoming Soul Masters and began the awakening ceremony.
• Su Yuntao awakened the children’s Martial Souls and found no Soul Power among them before Tang San’s turn.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass, and the crystal ball revealed his innate full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao dismissed Tang San’s talent and skipped explaining it, so Tang Jiu challenged him to test Tang San properly.
• Tang Jiu awakened an egg-shaped Martial Soul and a transparent ring that only he could see.
• Tang Jiu recognized that the ring resembled Su Yuntao’s Soul Rings and wondered whether his hidden Martial Soul was a Soul Ring.

Tang Jiu and Tang San awakened Twin Martial Souls with Innate Full Soul Power, and Tang Jiu fought back when Su Yuntao insulted their prospects. After Tang Hao recognized Tang San’s hammer and examined Tang Jiu’s mysterious second martial soul, the chapter left him wondering whether its colorless ring of light was actually a spirit ring.

• Su Yuntao dismissed Tang Jiu’s talent and mocked the possibility that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could become powerful, so Tang Jiu argued back and challenged him.
• Su Yuntao used Soul Power to force Tang Jiu to kneel, but Tang San distracted him with a pebble while Tang Jiu struck him with the Casting Hammer.
• An unseen surge of Soul Power made Su Yuntao nearly cough blood, and he tested Tang Jiu to discover that he also had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that both boys had Innate Full Soul Power but useless martial souls, and Old Jack escorted them home and complained to Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao recognized Tang San’s second martial soul as a hammer and embraced him, then examined Tang Jiu’s egg and colorless ring of light.
• Tang Jiu suggested that his ring of light might be a spirit ring, leaving Tang Hao stunned by the possibility.

Tang Hao confirmed that Tang Jiu’s martial soul was a spirit ring and revealed that Spirit Hall had killed Tang Jiu’s birth parents during the attack that also took Xiao San’s mother. Tang Jiu vowed to avenge them, while Tang Hao decided Xiao San would attend Nuoding Academy and Tang Jiu would find his own way to study.

• Tang Hao revealed his nine spirit rings and had Tang Jiu test his martial soul, which weakened and restricted Tang Hao’s spirit ring, skills, and Soul Power.
• Tang Hao admitted he did not know Tang Jiu’s birth parents but explained that he had found Tang Jiu alive after Spirit Hall slaughtered the mountain village where they had hidden.
• Tang Jiu vowed to destroy Spirit Hall and avenge his parents, and Tang Hao urged him not to depend on Tang Hao or tell Xiao San that he was a Titled Douluo.
• Tang San offered the Nuoding Academy work-study slot to Tang Jiu, but Tang Jiu said Xiao San should take it and asked to pay respects to his birth parents.
• Tang Hao decided Xiao San would attend Nuoding Academy and Tang Jiu would study on his own, then ordered Tang San to cook before promising to teach him forging.

Tang Jiu discovered that he could use his Spirit Ring martial spirit as an actual Spirit Ring, breaking through to Rank 11 without a conventional ring and gaining the Soul Skill Fury. He proudly revealed his breakthrough to Tang Hao and Tang San, leaving Tang San frustrated and Tang Hao astonished.

• Tang Hao taught Tang San and Tang Jiu the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Tang Jiu struck the iron block with eighteen consecutive blows using his immense strength.
• Tang Jiu tested whether his Spirit Ring martial spirit could function as a Spirit Ring, and it formed a ring that reached two hundred years of age before his body could withstand no more.
• The Spirit Ring raised Tang Jiu's Soul Power to Rank 11 and granted him Fury, a five-second Soul Skill that increased his strength by 50 percent and could grow stronger with additional Spirit Rings.
• Tang Jiu found that he could keep cultivating without wearing the Spirit Ring, then told Tang Hao and Tang San that he had reached Rank 11 without a conventional Spirit Ring.
• Tang Jiu demonstrated his yellow Spirit Ring and Soul Power, stunning Tang Hao and upsetting Tang San, who returned to forging while Tang Hao assigned Tang Jiu the dishes.

Tang Jiu’s rapidly growing Soul Power left him malnourished, so Tang Hao brought home Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts to feed the family. After ten days of eating and intense training, Tang Jiu’s strength and Soul Power improved, and his Egg Spirit began to crack.

• Tang Jiu became desperately hungry as his Soul Power rose faster than his body could handle, and Tang Hao realized he was malnourished.
• Tang Hao went to the mountains and returned with a Rampaging Thorn Pig, which Tang Jiu and Tang San cooked and ate.
• Tang Hao brought home more Spirit Beasts, and Tang Jiu and Tang San ate their meat for ten days until Tang Jiu’s weakness faded.
• Tang Jiu’s Soul Power began approaching level 12, and Tang Hao explained that his improved physical condition was speeding up his cultivation.
• Tang Jiu trained by frog-jumping uphill with a Casting Hammer and felt the Spirit Beast meat’s energy continuing to strengthen his body.
• Tang Jiu’s Egg Spirit possessed him and developed a crack as his body began a terrifying transformation.

Tang Jiu’s Bullet Ant Spirit hatched, devoured its eggshell, and raised his Soul Power to Level 18, strengthening his resolve to pursue a Thousand-Year First Soul Ring. He tested his Spirit Ring Spirit and discovered it could grow stronger with him, while Tang San asked to use it to break through to Level 11.

• Tang Jiu’s Bullet Ant Spirit emerged from its egg, ate the shell, and increased his Soul Power to Level 18 and his strength to one thousand jin.
• Tang Jiu told Tang Hao he intended to obtain a Thousand-Year First Soul Ring, but Tang Hao warned him against risking his life.
• Tang Jiu tested his Spirit Ring Spirit and watched its ring age rise to five hundred years as his strength increased.
• Tang Jiu found that his Fury Soul Skill grew stronger with the Spirit Ring’s age, though its duration stayed the same.
• Tang San saw Tang Jiu’s Yellow Soul Ring and asked him to use the Spirit Ring Spirit to help him reach Level 11.

Tang Jiu discovered that his Spirit Ring Spirit suppressed others by removing their soul power and even a soul ring, while his training strengthened its limits. As he prepared for Nuoding Academy, Tang Hao warned him to keep his martial soul secret and sent him off with tuition money, while Tang San was told to attend as a work-study student.

• Tang Jiu tested his Spirit Ring Spirit on Tang San, who found that it suppressed his Soul Power and left him unable to use his strength.
• Tang Jiu trained intensely with a five-hundred-jin War Hammer and found that physical breakthroughs strengthened his Spirit Ring Spirit.
• Tang Jiu told Tang Hao he had reached level ten and could withstand a five-hundred-year First Soul Ring.
• Tang Jiu placed his Spirit Ring Spirit on Tang Hao, temporarily removing Tang Hao's First Soul Ring and suppressing roughly one level of his Soul Power.
• Tang Hao warned Tang Jiu to hide his martial soul and avoid opposing Spirit Hall, then gave him tuition money while assigning Tang San to work-study.
• Tang Hao cautioned Tang San to conceal his Twin Martial Souls and never attach a soul ring to his hammer martial soul.

Tang Jiu, Tang San, and Old Jack arrived at Nuoding Academy, where the gatekeeper insulted them and rejected their Spirit Hall certificates. Tang Jiu revealed his Soul Ring and forced the gatekeeper to apologize, while Master watched with astonishment and asked to inspect the certificates.

• Old Jack brought Tang San and Tang Jiu to Nuoding City and explained the Soul Master Academy system on the way.
• The Nuoding Academy gatekeeper mocked the boys’ origins and martial spirits, then threw their certificates to the ground.
• Tang Jiu punched the gatekeeper after he shoved Old Jack and threatened to report them to the Spirit Hall guards.
• Tang Jiu summoned his yellow Soul Ring, frightening the gatekeeper into retrieving the certificates and apologizing.
• Old Jack celebrated Tang Jiu’s status as a Soul Master, and Tang Jiu asked him to urge Tang Hao to send more money.
• Master approached and asked to examine the Spirit Hall certificates after recognizing that Tang Jiu’s Soul Ring seemed to be a thousand-year-or-higher ring.

Master discovered that Tang San and Tang Jiu both possessed Twin Martial Souls, then tested Tang Jiu’s Spirit Ring Spirit and recognized its power. He revealed that its Soul Rings could fuse with any Martial Soul and always create a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Master deduced from Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power and Blue Silver Grass that he had another Martial Soul.
• Master concluded that Tang Jiu’s Egg Spirit was a developing Power Type Beast Spirit and that he also had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Jiu explained that his Soul Ring was his other Martial Soul, the Spirit Ring Spirit, and demonstrated it by making Master’s second Soul Ring disappear.
• Master experienced the Spirit Ring Spirit’s suppression of Soul Rings, Soul Skills, and Soul Power, then called it a powerful Martial Soul.
• Master revealed that the Spirit Ring Spirit’s Soul Rings could fuse with any Martial Soul and always produce a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Master explained Martial Soul Fusion Skills and Tang Jiu’s unusual potential, then accepted Tang Jiu and Tang San as disciples and planned their cultivation. The chapter left the three heading to register at the academy before seeking suitable spirit rings.

• Master explained that Tang Jiu could fuse his Spirit Ring Spirit with either martial soul, but warned that fusing his own two martial souls would severely strain his body.
• Tang Jiu agreed to become Master’s disciple, and Tang San also bowed and became his disciple.
• Master proposed using Tang Jiu’s ability to restrict spirit rings to help him absorb another ring and break through level 30, and Tang Jiu agreed to help.
• Master advised Tang Jiu to cultivate both martial souls and pursue short bursts of overwhelming damage, and Tang Jiu chose that path.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, and Master told him to keep it secret and never attach spirit rings to it.
• Master took Tang Jiu and Tang San to register for enrollment and planned to find suitable spirit rings for them.

Tang Jiu defended Master after two academy staff members mocked his teacher, then accepted Zhang Feng’s soul battle challenge. After revealing his Bullet Ant martial soul and impressive Soul Power, Tang Jiu faced Zhang Feng, who threatened him and demanded an apology.

• Tang Jiu and Xiao San registered at Nuoding Academy, where Director Su and two staff members mocked Master’s theories and his disciples.
• Master returned to confront the staff after hearing their insults, and Tang Jiu slapped Zhang Feng for calling Master a clown.
• Tang Jiu reclaimed his tuition from Director Su, leaving the academy, and accepted Zhang Feng’s challenge to a soul battle.
• Zhang Feng revealed his Wild Wolf martial soul and two Soul Rings, while Tang Jiu showed his Bullet Ant martial soul and one Yellow Soul Ring.
• Tang Jiu dismissed Zhang Feng’s threat and declared that one hammer strike would be enough to kill him.

Tang Jiu defeated Zhang Feng, forced him to kneel and apologize to Master, and demanded five hundred Gold Soul Coins to spare his life. After Zhang Feng left to seek help from his older brother, Tang Jiu went to his dormitory, where his roommates confronted him.

• Zhang Feng used both of his Spirit Skills to attack Tang Jiu, but Tang Jiu’s Fury-boosted hammer strike broke Zhang Feng’s arms and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Master explained that Tang Jiu’s Pure Strength Spirit and strong Soul Skill had overwhelmed Zhang Feng, and warned Tang Jiu not to reveal his abilities.
• Tang Jiu made Zhang Feng kneel and apologize to Master, then demanded five hundred Gold Soul Coins to spare him.
• Zhang Feng paid Master and left, then told a male teacher to take him to the City Lord’s Mansion to see his older brother.
• Tang Jiu completed his enrollment and entered his dormitory, where his roommates prepared to teach him the rules of Nuoding Academy.

Tang Jiu intimidated the students in his dorm with his strength and a mysterious ability that removed Lainter’s spirit ring. After Tang Jiu restored it, the students accepted him as their boss, and he ordered Lainter to buy him bedding.

• Zhu Feng charged Tang Jiu with his Martial Soul, but Tang Jiu knocked him out with his Eight Hundred Jin War Hammer.
• Lainter revealed his Green Vine Martial Soul and bound Tang Jiu, who snapped the vines and challenged him again.
• Tang Jiu used the Spirit Ring Spirit on Lainter, making his Yellow Soul Ring disappear and causing him to break down in tears.
• Tang Jiu promised to restore Lainter’s ring if he became his boss and ran errands, then withdrew the Spirit Ring Spirit.
• Tang Jiu told the dorm students he was a level 19 Spirit Master with 1300 jin of strength, and they bowed to him as their boss.
• Tang Jiu ordered Lainter to buy two sets of bedding, planning to send one to Third Brother.

Tang Jiu joined Tang San and Xiao Wu in the Seventh Dormitory, where he defeated Xiao Wu and became part of their group. After they ate together, Master summoned Tang Jiu to teach him how to cultivate his Beast Spirit Soul Power.

• Tang Jiu arrived at the Seventh Dormitory and watched Xiao Wu defeat Tang San before teasing his older brother.
• Tang Jiu fought Xiao Wu, endured her kick, and threw her toward the wall; Tang San caught her but crashed into the wall with her.
• Xiao Wu reluctantly called Tang Jiu Ninth Brother, and Tang Jiu agreed to call her Sister Xiao Wu.
• Lainter announced that Tang Jiu had a Bullet Ant Beast Spirit and level 19 Soul Power, and Tang Jiu treated the group to a meal.
• Xiao Wu objected when Tang Jiu offered her roasted rabbit, and Master invited Tang Jiu to his office for instruction in Beast Spirit Soul Power cultivation.

Master taught Tang Jiu an improved Soul Power cultivation method, then took him and Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest after theorizing that Tang Jiu could restrict Spirit Beasts' cultivation. The brothers received split storage belts from Master, and Tang Jiu named his the Twelve Beauties of Jinling.

• Master taught Tang Jiu the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's improved Soul Power method, and Tang Jiu's cultivation surged so quickly that Master feared the technique was flawed.
• Tang Jiu revealed that he had reached Rank 19 without ever actively cultivating Soul Power, relying instead on physical training and meat from a Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.
• Tang Jiu asked whether he could obtain a fifteen-hundred-year First Soul Ring, so Master decided to take him and Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Soul Rings.
• Master explained his theory that Tang Jiu's Martial Soul could restrict Spirit Beasts' cultivation as well as Soul Rings, and encouraged Tang San when he felt discouraged by Tang Jiu's talent.
• Master gave Tang Jiu and Tang San halves of a storage belt, and Tang Jiu named his the Twelve Beauties of Jinling.

At the last supply stop before the Soul Hunting Forest, Tang Jiu’s plan to camp and cook there led to a clash with the Dual Sword Soul Venerables, Chen Kai and Arthur. Outnumbered by two Three-Ring Soul Masters, Tang Jiu hired the surrounding Spirit Masters to beat them, and nearly a hundred people summoned their Spirits.

• Master and Tang Jiu bought supplies for a stay in the Soul Hunting Forest, including radishes, a pot, and spices.
• Chen Kai mocked Tang Jiu’s picnic plan, then demanded that Master kneel and pay twenty Gold Soul Coins after Tang Jiu insulted him.
• Arthur shoved Master, while Tang San prepared to attack and Tang Jiu refused to retreat.
• Chen Kai and Arthur summoned their sword Spirits and three Soul Rings each, and Master summoned his own Spirit.
• Tang Jiu offered every Spirit Master nearby two Gold Soul Coins to beat Chen Kai and Arthur, prompting nearly a hundred people to summon their Spirits.

Tang Jiu and his companions killed two Soul Elders, entered Soul Hunting Forest, and learned about Spirit Hall’s permits and the forest’s spirit beasts. At night, a dangerous Mandala Snake appeared and prepared to attack them.

• Tang Jiu stirred nearly a hundred Soul Masters into beating the two Soul Elders, and Tang San killed them with Flying Needles.
• Tang Jiu paid the general store owner to distribute one hundred Gold Soul Coins among the crowd, and the group hurried to Soul Hunting Forest.
• Master showed the guards his Spirit Hall token and explained its ranks, privileges, and the forest’s Enforcement Team.
• Master summoned Three Pao the Turtle to scout while he taught Tang Jiu and Tang San about spirit beasts and suitable spirit rings.
• At night, Three Pao warned the group of danger, and Master identified the approaching poisonous creature as a Mandala Snake.

Tang San killed a Mandala Snake and absorbed its Spirit Ring while Tang Jiu demonstrated the power of his Spirit Ring Spirit. After sharing a meal with Master and Flender, Tang Jiu revealed that he wanted to hunt a Thousand-Year Soul Ring despite being below Level 30.

• Master had Three Pao lure the Mandala Snake, and Tang Jiu suppressed it with his Spirit Ring Spirit so Three Pao and Tang Jiu could injure it.
• Tang San killed the Mandala Snake and began absorbing its Yellow Soul Ring as Master explained how their teamwork had controlled the fight.
• Tang Jiu cooked the snake, and Master and Tang Jiu shared the meal with Flender after he arrived from Shrek Academy.
• Master introduced Tang Jiu as a six-year-old Rank 19 Assault Type Spirit Master, astonishing Flender.
• Master told Flender that Tang Jiu could absorb a third Spirit Ring before reaching Level 30 and that they had come to hunt a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Tang Jiu challenged a thousand-year Crimson Fire Scorpion alone to prove his strength, wagering one thousand Gold Soul Coins with Flender. After testing the beast’s power, he used his Spirit Ring Spirit to ensnare it as it charged.

• Tang San finished absorbing his spirit ring and demonstrated his poisonous, resilient Blue Silver Grass to Flender.
• Tang Jiu, Tang San, Master, and Flender traveled to the thousand-year spirit beast area while Master explained that he wanted an ice-, fire-, or poison-type spirit beast for Three Pao the Turtle.
• Flender found a one-thousand-year Crimson Fire Scorpion, and Tang Jiu insisted on fighting it alone despite warnings from Flender and Master.
• Tang Jiu wagered one thousand Gold Soul Coins that he could defeat the scorpion, then charged it with his War Hammer and Martial Soul Possession despite having no spirit rings.
• The scorpion knocked Tang Jiu back with its pincer and charged again, but Tang Jiu advanced and ensnared it with his Spirit Ring Spirit.