Chapter Summaries

Huang San convinced Yu Xiaogang that he was his son and gained admission to the academy as a Blue Silver Grass student with innate full Soul Power. He reached Seventh Dormitory hoping to meet Xiao Wu before Tang San, but the chapter ended as he entered and saw the work-study students.

• Huang San pretended to have lost his Martial Soul certificate, then showed Yu Xiaogang his Blue Silver Grass and Luo Sanpao Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Huang San as his son and told him to conceal their relationship by calling him teacher in public.
• Huang San and Yu Xiaogang completed his enrollment, while academy staff speculated that Huang San resembled a friend of the Dean.
• Huang San rushed to Seventh Dormitory, worried that Xiao Wu might already be involved with Tang San, and entered to find Wang Sheng and other students inside.

Huang San entered Nuoding Academy's Seventh Dormitory searching for Xiao Wu, but found only boys. His attempt to force answers from Wang Sheng ended in defeat and public humiliation, leaving him overwhelmed with rage and still without news of Xiao Wu.

• Huang San searched the dormitory and asked Wang Sheng whether anyone had seen a girl with a long scorpion braid.
• Wang Sheng challenged Huang San to fight under the Seventh Dormitory's rules, and Huang San attacked him.
• Wang Sheng blocked Huang San's strikes, slapped him, and slammed him against the wall after seeing his killing intent.
• Wang Sheng ordered the Work-Study Students to teach Huang San a lesson, and they beat him and dragged him into the corridor.
• The boys pinned Huang San down, and one of them urinated on his face while the others laughed.

After Wang Sheng and the Seventh Dormitory boys beat Huang San, a system mission forced Huang San to apologize by washing their feet and kissing Wang Sheng’s toe in exchange for converting his Soul Power into Innate Soul Power. He completed the humiliating task, leaving Wang Sheng, Tang San, and the other boys stunned.

• Wang Sheng stopped the boys from beating Huang San further and ordered him to wash himself and follow Seventh Dormitory's rules.
• The system gave Huang San a mission to wash the feet of the boys who had fought him, apologize, and kiss Wang Sheng's right big toe, promising to convert his Soul Power into Innate Soul Power.
• Huang San considered refusing but chose to complete the mission for the chance to increase his Innate Soul Power and pursue his ambitions for Xiao Wu and the God King throne.
• Huang San returned with warm water, apologized to Wang Sheng, and washed his feet in front of the dormitory.
• Huang San kissed Wang Sheng's right big toe, leaving Wang Sheng, Tang San, and the other boys shocked.

After learning that Xiao Wu was likely safe in Nuoding Academy’s Girls' Dormitory, Huang San prepared to meet her, while Tang San’s plan to reveal his Twin Martial Souls to Spirit Hall was stopped by Yu Xiaogang. The chapter ended with Huang San waiting for Xiao Wu at class, but she did not appear.

• Huang San apologized to the Seventh Dormitory students, and Wang Sheng told him that girls lived in a separate dormitory.
• Huang San realized Xiao Wu was probably at Nuoding Academy and felt relieved that she was not living with Tang San.
• Huang San completed the mission “Turn Blades into Friendship, Brotherhood Runs Deep” and prepared carrots for a meeting with Xiao Wu.
• Tang San went to Yu Xiaogang to discuss joining the Young Soul Master Training Program by revealing his Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San to conceal his Second Martial Soul and withheld the details of its connection to Spirit Hall.
• Huang San waited outside the classroom with carrots, but Xiao Wu did not arrive before class began.

Huang San learned that Xiao Wu had been taken away by a powerful Spirit Hall figure, leaving him terrified for her fate. As his class embraced lessons in loyalty to the Spirit Hall Empire, the teacher began showing footage of the previous tournament finals and champion coronation.

• Wang Sheng told Huang San that a Spirit Hall figure had taken Xiao Wu away that morning after learning she had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Huang San recognized Xiao Wu's name and feared that Spirit Hall would put her in danger, while Tang San envied her talent.
• A Spirit Hall teacher taught the class about six virtues and praised loyalty to the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Wang Sheng explained the virtues, and Tang San agreed with the lesson while Huang San grew increasingly uneasy.
• Spirit Hall staff set up a screen, and the teacher began showing tournament highlights and the champions' coronation.

Tang San watched a projection of Qian Renxue’s triumph and became newly ambitious about joining Spirit Hall and pursuing glory. After class, Wang Sheng invited him to a mysterious destination and led him to a refined carriage, leaving Tang San curious about where they were going.

• Tang San and his classmates watched a projection of Qian Renxue winning the Individual and Team Competition championships and receiving her medal from Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong.
• The Spirit Hall Teacher urged the students to train hard and said someone might one day replace Qian Renxue, intensifying the class’s excitement.
• Tang San was inspired to seek Spirit Hall’s resources, compete in tournaments, and reach the pinnacle, while Huang San was terrified by Qian Renxue’s prominence in this changed world.
• After dismissal, Wang Sheng called Tang San over and promised to show him the wider world.
• Wang Sheng led Tang San to a polished carriage outside the academy, and Tang San climbed inside, wondering about Wang Sheng’s means and their destination.

Wang Sheng brought Tang San to a secluded manor outside Nuoding City, where a circle of displaced nobles called the Genius Society gathered to court promising Soul Masters. Tang San grew suspicious of Wang Sheng’s association with the group, then met two young members who introduced themselves as Jackal and Tiger Leopard.

• Tang San questioned Wang Sheng about his sudden wealth, and Wang Sheng explained that influential people valued potential more than Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Sheng took Tang San by carriage to a large manor outside Nuoding City and introduced him to Lin Yu.
• Tang San learned that the manor hosted the Genius Society, a network of declining noble families seeking to invest in promising Soul Masters.
• Tang San observed the society’s luxurious gathering and wondered why Wang Sheng associated with its members.
• Jackal and Tiger Leopard approached Tang San, and he told them his name and that he studied at Nuoding Academy.

Jackal and Tiger Leopard dismissed Tang San after learning he was a Work-Study Student with Blue Silver Grass, but Wang Sheng revealed Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power. Lin Yu then welcomed Tang San lavishly, leaving him flustered when Xiao Cui and Rong Hua treated him as their master and said they belonged to him.

• Jackal questioned Tang San about his commute, meals, student status, and martial soul, then left with Tiger Leopard after hearing his answers.
• Wang Sheng introduced Tang San to Lin Yu and the young nobles, then announced that Tang San possessed Innate Full Soul Power.
• The crowd reacted with shock and interest, and Lin Yu ordered Xiao Cui and Rong Hua to escort Tang San to a private room.
• Rong Hua carried Tang San to the room while Xiao Cui attended to him, and they served him food and fruit juice.
• Tang San asked to serve himself, but Rong Hua told him that she and Xiao Cui belonged to him, leaving him bewildered.

Tang San was manipulated into taking Rong Hua and Xiao Cui in, then learned from Wang Sheng how talent and status opened doors and why Wang Sheng relied on the Genius Society. They returned to Nuoding Academy, where Huang San and Yu Xiaogang appeared near the side gate.

• Rong Hua and Xiao Cui claimed they would be punished if Tang San refused them, so he agreed to take them in.
• Wang Sheng explained that the Genius Society offered him useful resources and status despite its limited influence.
• Wang Sheng warned Tang San not to be distracted by the society and encouraged him to aim for the peak of Douluo Continent.
• Tang San thanked Wang Sheng for showing him the way, and they returned to Nuoding Academy by carriage.
• Huang San noticed Wang Sheng and Tang San getting out of the luxurious carriage as Yu Xiaogang approached.

Yu Xiaogang told Tang San and Huang San to prepare for their First Soul Rings, while a system mission tempted Huang San with a powerful ring in exchange for public humiliation. Wang Sheng revealed that the Immortal Spirit Pavilion could test Soul Ring limits and served the Ice Snow Goddess, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to explain the Pavilion’s inherited Martial Soul.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San and Huang San he would take them to hunt their First Soul Rings the morning after tomorrow.
• A system mission ordered Huang San to shout "I am stupid at games!" from a desk in public for a perfectly suited 450-year First Soul Ring.
• Wang Sheng advised them to visit the Ice Snow Goddess Branch Hall, where a Soul Tool could test how much Soul Ring energy a Soul Master’s body could withstand.
• Wang Sheng explained that the Immortal Spirit Pavilion served the Ice Snow Goddess and that Spirit Hall inherited the God of Angels’ Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Huang San asked about the Immortal Spirit Pavilion’s inherited Martial Soul, but Yu Xiaogang could not answer.

Huang San worried that the world’s altered history might put him in danger, then reassured himself that he could stay hidden and focus on his system task. He went to a blacksmith shop with his hidden-weapon blueprints and was stunned by a mechanized hammering device.

• Wang Sheng identified the Ice Soul Sacred Heart Sword, leaving Yu Xiaogang embarrassed before he hurriedly lectured Tang San and Huang San about spirit hunting.
• Huang San wondered whether the Ice Snow Goddess’s sword and the world’s changed powers meant history had been reshaped, then decided that any reborn person would target Tang San rather than him.
• Huang San resolved to complete his classroom task by publicly calling himself a dumbass to earn a 450-year Soul Ring.
• Tang San returned to Seventh Dormitory to plan for the test and spirit hunt, while Huang San headed to a blacksmith shop with his hidden-weapon blueprints.
• Huang San arrived at the shop and watched a blacksmith use a foot-operated mechanism to make a large suspended hammer strike hot iron with speed and precision.

Huang San discovered that the Godly Zhuge Crossbow was forbidden and that blacksmiths across the city would not make its parts, leaving him unsure how to pursue hidden weapons. At Nuoding Academy, Wang Sheng questioned Tang San’s decision to take the low-level Teacher Yu as his master and warned that it could cost him better opportunities.

• Huang San was stunned by Master Wang’s self-powered Impact Hammer before asking him to forge parts from his drawings.
• Master Wang recognized the drawings as components of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, called it contraband, and refused to make the parts.
• Huang San visited several blacksmith shops, but each refused to forge the forbidden components or let him use their tools and materials.
• Wang Sheng told Tang San that Teacher Yu’s Soul Grandmaster strength and limited guidance made him a poor choice for a permanent teacher.
• Wang Sheng warned Tang San that becoming Teacher Yu’s disciple could keep him from accepting a more powerful mentor from Spirit Hall.

Tang San rejected Wang Sheng’s warning about Yu Xiaogang and the dangers of hunting a Spirit Beast, trusting his teacher to prepare. In the Joyful Heaven secret realm, Zhao Linchuan played along as Tian Yu transformed their surroundings into Moon God Palace and acted out a drunken Palace Mistress ordering her servant to help her bathe.

• Tang San firmly defended Yu Xiaogang and refused to hear Wang Sheng criticize his teacher.
• Wang Sheng warned Tang San that hunting a three-hundred-year Spirit Beast could be dangerous, but Tang San insisted Yu Xiaogang would handle it.
• Zhao Linchuan caught Tian Yu after their chase, and she stopped resisting before changing the scene to Moon God Palace.
• Zhao Linchuan found himself disguised as a low-ranking servant, while Tian Yu appeared as a drunken Palace Mistress and ordered him to support her.
• At her sleeping hall, Tian Yu told Zhao Linchuan to prepare hot water and threatened him not to reveal that she had gotten drunk.

Zhao Linchuan prepared a bath and sobering soup for Yue Shen, then deliberately entered the bathing room after she had undressed. Yue Shen discovered she could not use her Moonlight mana as Zhao Linchuan advanced toward her.

• Zhao Linchuan heated bathwater and prepared sobering soup for Yue Shen.
• Yue Shen drank the soup, regained some composure, and ordered Zhao Linchuan to wait outside the bathing room.
• Zhao Linchuan watched Yue Shen's silhouette undress through the colored-glass window.
• Zhao Linchuan pushed open the bathing room door and startled Yue Shen while she was in the bath.
• Yue Shen tried to attack him with Moonlight Power but found her mana unavailable as Zhao Linchuan approached.

Tian Yu ended her illusionary Moon God Palace encounter with Zhao Linchuan and escaped before he could retaliate, then Qian Renxue arrived seeking private tutoring. The story shifted to Nuoding Academy, where Tang San woke Huang San, who was still exhausted from a sleepless night.

• The Moon Goddess scolded Zhao Linchuan after their encounter, but he teased her by holding and tickling her foot.
• The Moon Goddess mocked Zhao Linchuan about his roughness, and he moved to pull her back before Tian Yu ended the illusion and vanished.
• Zhao Linchuan returned to Joyful Heaven and prepared to rest, but Qian Renxue arrived and asked him for private tutoring to consolidate her cultivation.
• At Seventh Dormitory, Tang San tried to wake Huang San, who finally sat up and answered irritably after a sleepless night.

Huang San endured dormitory teasing over his name before accompanying Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to the Ice Snow Goddess Branch Hall for a Soul Ring Absorption Limit Test. There, Tang San’s unexplained wealth stirred Huang San’s resentment, and the goddess statue awakened a vague, unsettling memory in him.

• A Work-Study Student cried over his dog Little Yellow, which had eaten shit and died, and the Seventh Dormitory burst into laughter that humiliated Huang San.
• Huang San and Tang San met Yu Xiaogang, who took them by carriage to the Ice Snow Goddess Branch Hall.
• Tang San tipped the coachman with a Gold Soul Coin and said a friend from the Genius Society had given it to him as a greeting gift, leaving Huang San suspicious and resentful.
• A deacon led the gathered children and parents into the main hall for the Soul Ring Absorption Limit Test.
• Huang San saw the Ice Snow Goddess statue and felt its features resembled a blurry figure from his damaged memories, making him uneasy.

Huang San refused to bow to the Ice Snow Goddess statue because of his pride as a former God King, delaying the children’s tests. Huang Xuan forced him to complete the nine kowtows, leaving Huang San injured and seething as the others followed the Deacon away.

• Huang Yingying announced that everyone had to perform three bows and nine kowtows before the tests, and the children obeyed.
• Huang San stood apart and refused to worship the Ice Snow Goddess, so the waiting children and Huang Xuan confronted him.
• Tang San quietly urged Huang San to bow, but Huang San shook him off and remained defiant.
• Huang Xuan forced Huang San to his knees and made him kowtow nine times, injuring his forehead.
• The Deacon arrived and led the children to the tests, while Huang San rejected Tang San’s help and silently cursed Huang Xuan.

Huang San learned that his body could only absorb a 120-year first soul ring, but lied to Yu Xiaogang that his limit was 450 years to preserve his prospects. Tang San then tried to commission parts for the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and discovered that its design was banned contraband.

• Huang San saw that his first soul ring limit was only 120 years and feared it would ruin his future.
• Huang San told Yu Xiaogang that his limit was 450 years, and Yu Xiaogang planned to take him and Tang San to Soul Hunting Forest the next morning.
• Tang San left Nuoding Academy to find a blacksmith who could make parts from his Godly Zhuge Crossbow drawings.
• The blacksmith refused, explaining that the Imperial Engineering Bureau and Immortal Spirit Pavilion had banned the weapon's manufacture and sale.

Tang San learned that another child had brought a Godly Zhuge Crossbow design to a blacksmith, raising fears that Tang Sect secrets had spread to this world. Outside Gentleman's Agreement Canyon, Tang Xiao attacked Tang Hao after learning Tang San was the son of Tang Hao and A Die, and Tang Lie intervened as Tang Xiao prepared to strike again.

• A blacksmith told Tang San that a child about his age had brought in a similar Godly Zhuge Crossbow design the previous day.
• Tang San left the shop worried that another Tang Sect member or a traitor had brought the sect's secrets to Douluo Continent.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Lie pursued Tang Hao, who pleaded with them to hear his explanation.
• Tang Hao revealed that Tang San was his son with A Die and possessed Twin Martial Souls, prompting Tang Xiao to erupt in fury.
• Tang Xiao struck Tang Hao with his Clear Sky Hammer, severely injuring him.
• Tang Xiao raised his hammer for a fatal blow, but Tang Lie stepped in to stop him.

Tang Lie persuaded Tang Xiao to prioritize the Clear Sky Sect’s future and bring Tang Hao’s son Xiao San back to the clan, despite Tang Xiao’s hatred of Tang Hao. Tang Xiao agreed to let Tang Lie speak with Tang Hao and bring the child back, while leaving Tang Hao’s fate unresolved.

• Tang Lie stopped Tang Xiao from killing the gravely wounded Tang Hao, who fled into the forest.
• Tang Xiao confronted Tang Lie over sparing Tang Hao and raged that Tang Hao had taken his wife and son.
• Tang Lie argued that Xiao San’s Twin Martial Souls could restore the Clear Sky Sect’s strength and help it escape its hidden, impoverished state.
• Tang Lie outlined the sect’s hopes for future Titled Douluo and support from the Immortal Spirit Pavilion.
• Tang Xiao struggled between his hatred of Tang Hao and his duty to the sect, then told Tang Lie to ask Tang Hao to bring Xiao San back.