Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong and Tang Xuan awakened their Martial Souls, revealing her unusually strong Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and his unexpected Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword. Tang Xuan’s words about the heavy sword gave Chen Xin a glimpse of a breakthrough opportunity, while his origins remained concealed.

• Ning Fengzhi hinted at plans for Tang Xuan’s future, but Chen Xin stopped him and began awakening the children’s Martial Souls.
• Chen Xin awakened Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, which carried innate level 9 Soul Power and gave Ning Fengzhi hope of breaking the Pagoda’s limits.
• Chen Xin awakened Tang Xuan’s Martial Soul, and a heavy, sword-shaped weapon appeared instead of the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Xuan identified the weapon as the Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword and explained that its bluntness could overcome refined Sword Skills through sheer force.
• Chen Xin was moved by Tang Xuan’s words, experienced a change in his Momentum, and said he had touched upon an opportunity for a future breakthrough.

Tang Xuan revealed that he knew his origins and chose Chen Xin as his true family, prompting Ning Fengzhi to apologize for scheming against him. After confirming Tang Xuan had Innate Full Soul Power, Chen Xin planned to help him train before he obtained a Spirit Ring.

• Tang Xuan told Chen Xin he considered him his only family and said Ning Fengzhi's questions had revealed the truth about his origins.
• Tang Xuan explained that the Clear Sky Sect had abandoned him after his parents died, while Chen Xin had given him a home; Ning Fengzhi apologized to Tang Xuan and Chen Xin.
• Ning Fengzhi declared Tang Xuan a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang Xuan persuaded Ning Rongrong to call him Brother.
• Tang Xuan revealed he had Innate Full Soul Power, which Chen Xin confirmed by examining him.
• Tang Xuan said his Sword Martial Soul was too heavy for him to lift, so Chen Xin proposed training him to control its weight at the waterfall before obtaining a Spirit Ring.

After three months of training beneath the waterfall, Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong obtained their first Spirit Rings from Mysterious Armor Giant Rhinoceroses. Tang Xuan discovered that his new skill, Mountain Collapse, had two powerful effects, and estimated that his Soul Power had reached level 13.

• Ning Rongrong told Tang Xuan she had reached level 10, and Chen Xin took them to Sunset Forest to find Spirit Beasts.
• Tang Xuan chose a Mysterious Armor Giant Rhinoceros for its strength and defense, and Chen Xin captured two roughly four-hundred-year-old beasts.
• Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong killed the rhinoceroses and began absorbing their Spirit Rings under Chen Xin's guidance.
• After absorbing his ring, Tang Xuan used Mountain Collapse to topple a tree whose interior had been shattered.
• Tang Xuan explained that Mountain Collapse could also release a Soul Power-fueled shockwave with a stunning effect, then estimated his Soul Power was around level 13.

Tang Xuan mastered the two strength-control techniques after a year of waterfall training, reached Soul Power Level 18, and began learning Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword Art. As Chen Xin demonstrated its first form, Tang Xuan instinctively copied his movements with the Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword.

• Ning Rongrong woke after absorbing her Spirit Ring and gained Power Amplification at 20 percent, reaching Soul Power Level 11.
• Tang Xuan returned to the waterfall and spent six months mastering Lift Heavy as Light, then nine months mastering Lift Light as Heavy.
• Tang Xuan asked Chen Xin to teach him the Seven Kill Sword Art, and Chen Xin released the seal on his Soul Power.
• Tang Xuan reached Level 18 and worried that he might not be strong enough to stop Spirit Hall’s future attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin demonstrated the Seven Kill Sword Art’s first form, Killing Intent Revealed, and Tang Xuan unconsciously mirrored his movements with his heavy sword.

Tang Xuan found Chen Xin's Seven Kill Sword Art cumbersome and nearly fell into Qi Deviation while trying to reshape it according to his own understanding of the sword. He reached the threshold of the legendary Return to Simplicity realm, while Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong waited for him to wake.

• Tang Xuan told Chen Xin he had grasped most of the Seven Kill Sword Art but felt it was too complicated.
• Tang Xuan tried to refine the sword moves on his own, and Chen Xin stopped him when he showed signs of Qi Deviation.
• Tang Xuan explained that a sword was the Blade of the Heart and declared, "My Heart Is Simple; Return to Simplicity!"
• The Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword flew into Tang Xuan's hand, and his plain, slow movements revealed the threshold of Return to Simplicity.
• Chen Xin explained the legendary realm to Ning Rongrong and said Tang Xuan would wake after mastering the sword skills he had comprehended.
• Ning Rongrong refused to sleep without Tang Xuan's stories, and Chen Xin admitted he often listened to them too.

Tang Xuan created the Clumsy Intent Sword Art and reached the Sword Momentum realm while practicing with Chen Xin. After Chen Xin broke Tang Xuan’s treasured Wooden Sword, he carved its pieces into pendants for Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong, then recognized Tang Xuan’s Innate Sword Heart.

• At dawn, Tang Xuan used three Heavy Sword strikes to send pond water spiraling into the air, then turned aside Chen Xin’s attack and revealed his Sword Momentum.
• Chen Xin blocked Tang Xuan’s powerful strike with his Wooden Sword, which snapped; Tang Xuan mourned the loss of the sword he had treasured.
• Chen Xin carved the broken sword into two pendants, and Ning Rongrong quickly took the Heavy Sword pendant while Tang Xuan kept the Seven Kill pendant.
• Tang Xuan explained that he followed his True Heart and relied on the Heavy Sword’s strength, leading Chen Xin to recognize his Innate Sword Heart.
• Tang Xuan named his creation the Clumsy Intent Sword Art and described its Whirlwind Style and Level Mountain Style; Chen Xin praised its potential.

Tang Xuan met Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi’s new disciple and the Crown Prince of Heaven Dou, and learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was courting the empire’s favor. He agreed to enroll with Ning Rongrong at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the two sects’ rivalry was set to play out.

• Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong went to the main hall, where Ning Fengzhi introduced Xue Qinghe as his disciple and the Crown Prince of Heaven Dou.
• Xue Qinghe gave Tang Xuan his Crown Prince Token, and Tang Xuan accepted it while keeping his suspicions to himself.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang Xuan that Yu Tianheng had entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy, which suggested the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was seeking influence at court.
• Tang Xuan recognized the rivalry between the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and agreed to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Rongrong showed that she would go with Tang Xuan by clinging to his arm.

Tang Xuan agreed to let Xue Qinghe handle his and Ning Rongrong’s enrollment, then traveled with them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. On the way, Xue Qinghe investigated Tang Xuan’s origins and Martial Soul, while Tang Xuan learned that Xue Qinghe felt lonely despite being Crown Prince.

• Xue Qinghe offered to arrange Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong’s enrollment, and Tang Xuan reluctantly agreed while privately resenting the attention.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin to follow the children to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and return after they were settled.
• Xue Qinghe waited with a carriage at Seven Treasure Castle, and Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong departed after saying goodbye to their elders.
• Xue Qinghe asked why Tang Xuan bore the Tang surname and learned that Chen Xin had found him as an orphan whose parents had been surnamed Tang.
• Tang Xuan revealed his Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword Martial Soul, leading Xue Qinghe to doubt his suspicion that Tang Xuan was a Clear Sky Sect orphan.
• Tang Xuan asked what troubled Xue Qinghe, who admitted that he had never truly experienced family affection.

Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy under Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s recommendation, with Tang Xuan agreeing to pose as a commoner to help Xue Qinghe expose Prince Xue Xing. The Three Great Education Committees placed them in Heavenly Class One under Qin Ming.

• Xue Qinghe asked Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong to conceal their identities and act weak so he could catch Xue Xing interfering with them; Tang Xuan reluctantly agreed and considered approaching Xue Beng.
• Xue Qinghe presented Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong to the Three Great Education Committees, and Tang Xuan revealed his level 18 cultivation while Ning Rongrong showed her level 14 Spirit Ring.
• Meng Shenji welcomed the two students and assigned them to Heavenly Class One because of their exceptional talent.
• Meng Shenji summoned Qin Ming and entrusted Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong to his class; Qin Ming gladly accepted them as promising students.

Qian Renxue learned that She Long had failed to investigate Tang Xuan because Chen Xin seemed to be protecting him, so she sent She Long away to stage trouble near the Star Luo border. The next morning, Tang Xuan drove off a group of young men who had gathered outside his dormitory, and their unconscious leader addressed a red-haired youth as “Your Highness.”

• Qin Ming assigned Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong a shared courtyard after Ning Rongrong insisted on staying with Tang Xuan.
• She Long told Qian Renxue that a powerful expert, likely Chen Xin, had prevented him from getting close to Tang Xuan.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long to leave Heaven Dou City and create a discreet disturbance near the Star Luo border to conceal the failed surveillance.
• Tang Xuan woke to find a group of wealthy young men blocking his dormitory entrance and demanding to know his background.
• A Lackey challenged Tang Xuan, but Tang Xuan struck him with his Heavy Sword before the fight began.
• The unconscious Lackey called a red-haired youth “Your Highness,” leading Tang Xuan to suspect the youth was Heaven Dou’s prince.

Tang Xuan beat Fourth Prince Xue Beng and his followers after they came to confront him, claiming the beating was ordered by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. Xue Beng fled vowing revenge, while Ning Rongrong watched from the side.

• Xue Beng arrived with his lackeys to confront Tang Xuan over Er Gou’s injuries and demanded an apology.
• Tang Xuan insulted Xue Beng and provoked him by claiming Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had called him a worthless profligate.
• Xue Beng’s followers released their martial spirits and charged, but Tang Xuan used his First Soul Skill, Mountain Collapse, to defeat them and knock Xue Beng down.
• Tang Xuan beat Xue Beng while saying he was disciplining him on Xue Qinghe’s behalf, and Ning Rongrong woke and watched.
• Tang Xuan stopped when Xue Beng begged for mercy, then sent him away with a warning that the beating was a reward from Xue Qinghe; Xue Beng escaped while swearing revenge.

Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong entered Heavenly Class One, where classmates challenged their admission because they had not reached level 20. Tang Xuan fought Yu Tianheng to prove his strength, and his third sword was about to strike as Yu Tianheng could no longer defend himself.

• Ning Rongrong worried that Tang Xuan had made an enemy of the Crown Prince, and Tang Xuan reassured her before they headed to class.
• Qin Ming introduced Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong to Heavenly Class One, prompting students to question their admission because they were below level 20.
• Tang Xuan challenged Tian Heng and Yanzi to withstand three of his sword strikes, provoking Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianheng accepted Tang Xuan's challenge and released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Tang Xuan's first two sword strikes broke Yu Tianheng's claws and arms, forcing him to one knee.
• Tang Xuan unleashed his third sword, Heaven Collapse Earth Crack, which overwhelmed Yu Tianheng's Thunderous Might as the Heavy Sword cleaved toward his forehead.

Tang Xuan defeated Yu Tianheng in front of Heavenly Class One and asked him to become his lackey, then faced Dugu Yan's challenge to prove he could neutralize her poison. The chapter ended with Tang Xuan drawing his Martial Soul against Dugu Yan.

• Tang Xuan revealed that his Heaven Collapse Earth Crack had pulverized the desk while sparing Yu Tianheng, who accepted defeat after his arms were healed by Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia.
• Tang Xuan invited Yu Tianheng to become his lackey, but Yu Tianheng firmly refused.
• Qin Ming asked the class whether anyone objected to Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong joining Heavenly Class One, and no one initially spoke up.
• Dugu Yan objected and demanded that Tang Xuan neutralize her poison before she would accept him.
• Tang Xuan recognized that Dugu Yan was angry because he had hurt Yu Tianheng, then released his Martial Soul and pointed it at her.

Tang Xuan faced Dugu Yan’s challenge and stopped her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison from spreading with his Heavy Sword before Qin Ming burned it away. After the class accepted Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong, Qin Ming invited them to take their seats.

• Tang Xuan reassured Qin Ming and Ning Rongrong that he could handle Dugu Yan’s challenge.
• Dugu Yan transformed and released her Life-bound Serpent Poison into the classroom, while Qin Ming protected the students with flames.
• Tang Xuan used the suction force of his Heavy Sword to contain the poisonous mist and argued that keeping it out of his body counted as neutralizing it.
• Qin Ming burned away the mist, and Ning Rongrong checked Tang Xuan for signs of poisoning.
• Dugu Yan fell silent after Yu Tianheng pointed out that her Soul Skills would not help her defeat Tang Xuan.
• The class stopped objecting to Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong joining Heavenly Class One, and Qin Ming told them to take their seats.

Xue Xing plotted to use Xue Beng’s beating to trap Xue Qinghe and Tang Xuan, while Xue Qinghe learned of the scheme and prepared to warn Tang Xuan. Xue Qinghe left the response to Chen Xin but set out for Heaven Dou Royal Academy to protect his position and preserve his ties with Tang Xuan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xue Beng arrived at Xue Xing’s mansion beaten and accused Xue Qinghe of ordering Tang Xuan to attack him.
• Xue Xing rejected Xue Beng’s plan to complain to the Emperor and devised a scheme to accuse Xue Qinghe of favoring an outsider over his brother.
• Xue Xing forced Xue Beng into a corner of the Secret Chamber and threatened to worsen his injuries so their complaint would carry more weight.
• Ci Xue reported that Xue Xing had visited Dugu Bo’s residence, and Xue Qinghe deduced that Xue Xing wanted to force him to rescue Tang Xuan.
• Xue Qinghe decided to leave the matter to Chen Xin, then ordered his carriage so he could warn Tang Xuan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Tang Xuan planned to cultivate his Sword Momentum beneath a waterfall, demonstrating the strength of his heavy Martial Soul and explaining his determination to keep improving. Xue Qinghe arrived to warn him about Dugu Bo, but Tang Xuan reassured him and remained at the academy, leaving his next move unresolved.

• Tang Xuan asked Yu Tianheng to lead him to the academy waterfall so he could cultivate, and Ning Rongrong revealed that he had trained beneath waterfalls for years.
• Tang Xuan demonstrated the Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword's weight by dropping it onto the classroom floor, impressing Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
• Tang Xuan told Yu Tianheng that he would keep striving because stronger people and greater challenges always existed.
• Xue Qinghe explained that Dugu Bo had been brought into the dispute and apologized for being unable to protect Tang Xuan from Xue Xing.
• Tang Xuan accepted Xue Qinghe's explanation, declined his offer to escort him home, and stayed behind as Xue Qinghe departed.

Tang Xuan faced Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo after Xue Xing accused him of nearly killing Xue Beng. The confrontation was left unresolved as Xue Xing presented the bandaged Xue Beng as evidence.

• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng offered to protect Tang Xuan, but he said he and Ning Rongrong would handle the matter themselves.
• Xue Xing arrived with Dugu Bo and demanded that Tang Xuan answer for his crime.
• Tang Xuan mocked Xue Xing as a fatty fish, then challenged him to prove his accusation.
• Xue Xing brought out a bandaged figure on a stretcher, and Tang Xuan realized it was a person.
• Xue Xing identified the battered figure as Xue Beng and falsely claimed Tang Xuan had nearly beaten him to death.

Xue Xing confronted Tang Xuan and used Dugu Bo’s presence to pressure him, hoping to force Xue Qinghe to intervene or recruit Tang Xuan. Dugu Bo refused to cripple Tang Xuan, ended his favor to Xue Xing, and agreed to apologize after Dugu Yan demanded it.

• Xue Xing accused Tang Xuan of hurting Xue Beng, but Tang Xuan denied it and challenged him to act.
• Xue Xing revealed Dugu Bo and claimed Xue Qinghe had abandoned Tang Xuan, while Tang Xuan pretended to panic and defended Xue Qinghe.
• Dugu Bo released his Titled Douluo pressure on Tang Xuan as Xue Xing tried to recruit him, but Tang Xuan refused to serve him.
• Xue Xing ordered Dugu Bo to cripple Tang Xuan, but Dugu Bo refused and said he had fulfilled their agreement by applying pressure.
• Dugu Bo withdrew his pressure and brought Dugu Yan out from behind Yu Tianheng, and she scolded him for bullying her friend.
• Dugu Yan demanded an apology to Tang Xuan, and Dugu Bo agreed.

Dugu Bo apologized to Tang Xuan and exposed Xue Xing’s plot, leaving Xue Xing to bargain for forgiveness. After Tang Xuan demanded that Xue Xing kill himself, Xue Xing tried to sneak attack Ning Rongrong but was caught and forced to pretend he had planned an apology dance.

• Dugu Bo apologized to Tang Xuan and blamed Xue Xing for the conflict, while Xue Xing and Xue Beng asked Tang Xuan to let the matter go.
• Tang Xuan rejected Xue Xing’s offer of future gifts and asked whether Xue Xing would kill himself as compensation.
• Xue Xing considered attacking Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong, then offered Tang Xuan a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to distract everyone.
• Xue Xing transformed into a swan and moved toward Ning Rongrong, but Tang Xuan noticed and confronted him before he could attack.
• Xue Xing claimed he had intended to perform an apology dance, and Tang Xuan and the others demanded that he dance.

Xue Xing’s apology dance concealed a deadly ambush against Tang Xuan, who blocked his attacks despite the difference in their Soul Power. Ning Rongrong’s support helped Tang Xuan survive Xue Xing’s final assault, leaving Xue Xing defeated and the source of Tang Xuan’s restored strength revealed.

• Xue Xing danced toward Tang Xuan while hiding his killing intent, then attacked with his Third Soul Skill, Swan Wings.
• Tang Xuan blocked Xue Xing’s surprise strike with Whirlwind Style, and Dugu Bo revealed that he had seen through Xue Xing’s intent.
• Xue Xing abandoned his apology and launched a frenzied attack, eventually forcing Tang Xuan back before using his Fourth Soul Skill, Swan Feather Spin.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan rushed to protect Tang Xuan, while Ning Rongrong’s Seven-Colored Light Beam restored his strength.
• Tang Xuan met Xue Xing’s attack with Mountain Flatten and Heaven Collapse Earth Crack, dislocating his own arm and pulverizing Xue Xing’s right arm.
• Tang Xuan pointed out Ning Rongrong, who stood glowing beside him with her Glazed Pagoda in hand.