Chapter Summaries

Tang Yuan was crowned a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire after his victory over the Star Luo Empire, then learned that a system wanted him to take his younger brother Tang San as a disciple and reform him. Suspecting Tang San was at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with Yu Xiaogang, Tang Yuan ordered his guards to surround the academy.

• Tang Yuan arrived in Heaven Dou City after defeating thirty thousand White Tiger Guards with his Undying Army, and Emperor Xue Ye crowned him a prince.
• Tang Yuan recalled how Tang Hao abandoned him and reflected on his rise from weak Blue Silver Grass to Titled Douluo and Blue Silver King.
• A disciple-reforming system awakened and assigned Tang Yuan the quest of taking Tang San as his disciple and making him upright and kindhearted.
• Tang Yuan reasoned that Tang San might be at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and feared Yu Xiaogang would mislead him.
• Tang Yuan ordered Ying Qi to mobilize the Blue Silver Prince's Royal Guard, surround Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, and let no one leave without permission.

Yu Xiaogang discovered Tang San's full innate Soul Power and took him to the Soul Hunting Forest, intending to make him his disciple. Tang Yuan arrived at Nuoding Academy looking for his younger brother, learned Yu Xiaogang had taken him away, and set out after them as Yu Xiaogang chose a Ten-Year Lone Bamboo for Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang found Tang San's records and concluded that his full innate Soul Power meant he had twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang prepared to take Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest and use the trip to establish a teacher-disciple bond.
• Tang Yuan arrived at Nuoding Academy with Shui Bing'er and demanded to know where Yu Xiaogang was.
• The Dean told Tang Yuan that Yu Xiaogang had taken the new Work-Study Disciple to the Soul Hunting Forest, and Tang Yuan ordered him to lead the way.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Tang San a Ten-Year Lone Bamboo as the Soul Beast he had chosen for him.

Tang San prepared to absorb a ten-year Lone Bamboo Soul Ring on Yu Xiaogang’s advice, despite doubting it would help him. An unseen force stopped his strike, and an armored army surrounded the clearing.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that the Lone Bamboo’s toughness made its ten-year Soul Ring suitable for his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Tang San sensed the Lone Bamboo’s meager energy and questioned the choice, but suppressed his doubts and trusted Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San prepared to kill the Lone Bamboo with his short sword to obtain his first Soul Ring.
• An unseen voice ordered Tang San to stop, and a powerful shock wave knocked him and Yu Xiaogang down and sent the sword flying.
• Armored soldiers emerged from the forest and surrounded the clearing.

Tang Yuan arrived with Heaven Dou Empire soldiers and stopped Yu Xiaogang from making Tang San absorb a Ten-Year Lone Bamboo Soul Ring. He condemned Yu Xiaogang’s theories, and Yu Xiaogang angrily demanded to know who he was.

• Heaven Dou Empire soldiers surrounded Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, then knelt as Tang Yuan appeared on a Blue Silver King Throne.
• Tang Yuan destroyed the Ten-Year Lone Bamboo and rebuked Yu Xiaogang for choosing it as Tang San’s First Soul Ring.
• Tang Yuan approached Tang San, who stood between him and Yu Xiaogang and defended his teacher’s reputation.
• Tang Yuan dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul Theory as copied, flawed wastepaper.
• Yu Xiaogang sprang up and shouted at Tang Yuan, demanding to know who he was and challenging his judgment of the theories.

Tang Yuan refuted Yu Xiaogang’s claim that a First Soul Ring could be no older than 423 years by showing Tang San the stronger Soul Rings of Shui Bing’er and her disciple. Tang San learned that Tang Yuan knew about his Twin Martial Souls, and his trust in Yu Xiaogang began to crumble.

• Yu Xiaogang defended his 423-year limit and insisted Tang San should absorb a Ten-Year Lone Bamboo Soul Ring.
• Tang Yuan called Yu Xiaogang’s theory a constraint on geniuses and summoned Shui Bing’er to demonstrate her Soul Ring configuration.
• Shui Bing’er revealed two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, leaving Yu Xiaogang shaken and Tang San stunned.
• Tang Yuan explained that Medicinal Bath Body Tempering had strengthened Shui Bing’er enough to absorb a Soul Ring as old as fifteen hundred years.
• Shui Bing’er’s young disciple revealed a First Soul Ring nearly six hundred years old, and Tang Yuan criticized Yu Xiaogang for choosing a Ten-Year Soul Ring for Tang San.
• Tang San realized Tang Yuan knew he had Twin Martial Souls and began doubting Yu Xiaogang’s wisdom and theories.

Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang after realizing his teacher had nearly ruined his future, then returned to Nuoding Academy and learned that the staff believed he was the Blue Silver King's younger brother. The chapter left Tang San bewildered by the academy's sudden flattery and the story of his powerful brother's intervention.

• Tang San realized that absorbing the Ten-Year Lone Bamboo would have given him a worthless First Soul Skill and blamed Yu Xiaogang for nearly destroying his future.
• Tang San's respect for Yu Xiaogang turned to revulsion and killing intent, and he left him behind in the forest, ending their teacher-student bond.
• Tang San returned to Nuoding Academy at night and wondered whether his weak Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul left him destined to be a Waste Soul Master.
• The Dean, the director of instruction, and several teachers welcomed Tang San with a banquet and five hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Teacher Wang told Tang San that the academy believed he was Lord Blue Silver King's younger brother and that Lord Blue Silver King had brought the Royal Knights to protect him from Yu Xiaogang.

Tang San realized Tang Yuan had protected him from Yu Xiaogang’s harmful theories, thanked him in person, and learned that Tang Yuan was his brother. Tang Yuan offered to take him to Heaven Dou City for better training and guidance.

• Tang San understood that the Blue Silver King had intervened to save him from Yu Xiaogang’s teachings and vowed to find him and call him brother.
• Tang San entered Tang Yuan’s tent and bowed to thank him for saving his life.
• Tang Yuan lifted Tang San to his feet and dismissed his intervention as a minor matter.
• Tang Yuan criticized Nuoding City’s academy and invited Tang San to return with him to Heaven Dou City for better training.

Tang San pledged loyalty to Tang Yuan and was accepted as his follower, completing Tang Yuan’s first-stage quest and earning several powerful rewards. Tang Yuan prepared to return to Heaven Dou City, where the story left off three days later.

• Tang San set aside his hopes of learning whether Tang Yuan was family and vowed to follow him alone.
• Tang Yuan completed his quest to reform Tang San’s character and received the Myriad Mother Qi Cauldron, Nine Revolutions Longevity Technique, Life Spring Water, and Forest Luo Eternal Treasure.
• Tang Yuan sent Tang San to find Ying Qi and announced that the camp would return to the capital at dawn.
• Shui Bing’er massaged Tang Yuan and questioned why he valued Tang San so highly, and Tang Yuan called Tang San a fine blade for the future.
• Three days later, Tang Yuan and the others arrived in Heaven Dou City.

Tang San returned to Heaven Dou City with Tang Yuan and was stunned by the power and wealth surrounding his elder brother. Tang Yuan settled him in a luxurious mansion and gave him valuable cultivation resources, leaving Tang San determined to become worthy of standing at his side.

• Tang San rode behind Tang Yuan’s procession into Heaven Dou City as nobles and ministers bowed to welcome the Blue Silver King.
• Tang San entered the Blue Silver King’s Mansion and felt the dense life aura stir his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Tang Yuan ordered Ying Qi to take Tang San to the west courtyard, where Tang San found a cultivation platform, Soul Tools, medicinal herbs, and Spring of Life prepared for him.
• Tang San compared Tang Yuan’s generosity with Yu Xiaogang’s treatment and thanked Tang Yuan, saying he was unworthy of the gifts.
• Tang Yuan told Tang San that his gifts were what a disciple under him deserved and were meant neither to move him nor be squandered.

Tang San absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring under Tang Yuan’s guidance and became more powerful. Tang Yuan warned him against romantic attachments, and Tang San resolved to focus on cultivation before Tang Yuan arranged a spar with Shui Bing'er.

• Tang Yuan urged Tang San to grow stronger and prove Yu Xiaogang’s theories wrong, and Tang San swore his life and loyalty to his master.
• Tang San absorbed a thousand-year Life Demon Vine Soul Ring in the Spirit Gathering Array, exceeding the accepted limit for a first Soul Ring.
• Tang San reported that his Soul Power circulated faster and his meridians had widened after absorbing the ring.
• Tang Yuan warned Tang San that romantic attachments could derail his cultivation and cited Yu Xiaogang as an example.
• Tang San rejected his feelings for Xiao Wu and declared that he would focus on becoming strong and reviving the Tang Sect.
• Tang Yuan summoned Shui Bing'er to test Tang San’s combat ability and told her not to hold back.

Tang San lost to Shui Bing'er, then learned from Tang Yuan to understand Blue Silver Grass through its life force and regeneration. Grateful, Tang San swore loyalty to Tang Yuan and cut ties with Yu Xiaogang, who waited outside the King's Mansion before seeing Tang San leave.

• Tang San challenged Shui Bing'er, but her Ice Seal froze and shattered his Blue Silver Grass vines, leaving him defeated.
• Tang Yuan rejected Tang San's belief that ice alone had caused his loss and taught him to use Blue Silver Grass's life force, regeneration, and ability to devour cold.
• Tang San grasped Tang Yuan's lesson, served him tea in the study, and credited him with saving his future from Yu Xiaogang's misguided plan.
• Tang San knelt before Tang Yuan, vowed never to forget his master's grace, and declared that he would sever all ties with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang hid outside the King's Mansion, hoping to persuade Tang San to return, and saw Tang San emerge through a side gate carrying a heavy bag.

Yu Xiaogang confronted Tang San outside the King's Mansion and tried to make him leave the Blue Silver King, but Tang San defeated him with his thousand-year Soul Ring. Yu Xiaogang escaped with a smoke bomb, and Tang San returned to the mansion.

• Yu Xiaogang stopped Tang San at the gate and urged him to abandon the Blue Silver King and return to his tutelage.
• Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang and reminded him of how he had treated him in the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and attacked, expecting Tang San to be an inexperienced Soul Warrior.
• Tang San revealed a thousand-year Soul Ring and used vines to drain Yu Xiaogang and dissolve Luo Sanpao.
• Tang San kicked Yu Xiaogang, who escaped with a foul smoke bomb, then Tang San went back into the King's Mansion.

Tang Yuan completed the first revolution of the Nine Revolutions Longevity Technique and caught Xiao Wu raiding his medicinal garden. After recognizing her as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, he restrained her and threatened to make her into spicy rabbit head.

• Tang Yuan completed the first revolution of the Nine Revolutions Longevity Technique, greatly strengthening his vitality and senses.
• Xiao Wu sneaked into the Blue Silver King's Mansion to find Tang San but stopped to eat valuable spirit herbs in the garden.
• Tang Yuan exposed Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast when she tried to flee.
• Tang Yuan trapped Xiao Wu in Blue Silver Emperor vines and confronted her about the herbs she had eaten.
• Tang Yuan joked that he was curious whether a hundred-thousand-year rabbit would taste better as spicy rabbit head.

Tang Yuan forced Xiao Wu to become a maid at Blue Silver King's Mansion, then left for Zhennan Pass after learning the Star Luo Empire was preparing an attack. At the border, he took command as generals reported that Dai Weisi was leading the enemy forces.

• Tang Yuan threatened Xiao Wu with being cooked and made her serve as a maid to pay off her debt.
• Ying Qi brought Xiao Wu a maid uniform and taught her the mansion's rules, and Xiao Wu began grinding ink for Tang Yuan.
• Tang Yuan received an urgent border report, learned the Star Luo Empire was causing trouble, and ordered preparations to ride to the border.
• Tang Yuan arrived at Zhennan Pass, where the generals welcomed him as the Blue Silver King and he asked about the situation.
• An old general reported that the Star Luo Empire was massing for a surprise assault led by Dai Weisi.

Tang Yuan led Heaven Dou forces on a relentless campaign into the Star Luo Empire, using his life-restoring domain to overwhelm its defenses and capture sixteen cities. The Star Luo Emperor learned that Tang Yuan planned to reach the palace in three days, while Dai Weisi’s intended surprise attack had been overtaken by events.

• Tang Yuan ordered his army to rest, then march around Star Luo’s front-line defenses and strike into the empire’s heart.
• Dai Weisi prepared a midnight assault on Zhennan Pass, hoping to defeat Tang Yuan and win the Star Luo Emperor’s favor.
• Tang Yuan’s army advanced through Star Luo territory for three days, breaking through defenses and capturing cities.
• Tang Yuan’s golden vines healed and revived Heaven Dou soldiers across the battlefield before turning into weapons that defeated the Star Luo defenders.
• The Star Luo court received the report that Tang Yuan had taken sixteen strongholds and would visit the palace for a drink in three days.

The Star Luo court decided to seek peace with Tang Yuan by offering Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing as a marriage gift, and ordered Dai Mubai to deliver them. As Tang Yuan’s victories reached Heaven Dou City, Xue Qinghe reconsidered her plans after learning of his seemingly undying army.

• An aged minister advised the Star Luo Great Emperor to sue for peace by offering Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing to Tang Yuan.
• Dai Weisi protested the plan and offered to fight, but the Star Luo Great Emperor rebuked him and ordered Dai Mubai to lead the peace delegation.
• Dai Mubai accepted the decree to take the two Zhu sisters to Tang Yuan’s camp, despite his humiliation.
• News that Tang Yuan had captured sixteen cities reached Heaven Dou City, where the people celebrated his victories.
• Xue Qinghe read the reports about Tang Yuan’s endlessly resurrecting army and decided that her plan had to change.

Emperor Xue Ye summoned Tang Yuan back to court after Star Luo surrendered, while Tang Hao learned that the son he had abandoned had become the Blue Silver King and plotted to use him to revive Ah Yin. Tang Yuan arrived at Heaven Dou City, where officials and citizens feared his power, and Xue Qinghe went to meet him.

• Emperor Xue Ye ordered Tang Yuan to return to court and accept his rewards, intending to bring him under imperial control.
• Tang Hao heard that Tang Yuan was alive, had become the Blue Silver King, and had taken Tang San with him.
• Tang Hao decided to kill Tang Yuan and use his Blue Silver Emperor origin to nourish Ah Yin.
• Tang Yuan entered Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu beside him, and the crowd and officials watched in fearful silence.
• Xue Qinghe stepped forward to meet Tang Yuan at the imperial palace.

Tang Yuan received the Star Luo Empire’s surrender delegation, whose tribute included Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing as servants for him. He accepted the sisters for his mansion while leaving the remaining terms to Emperor Xue Ye.

• Xue Qinghe warmly welcomed Tang Yuan back and praised his service to Heaven Dou, while Tang Yuan answered dismissively and entered the hall.
• Dai Mubai arrived as Star Luo’s chief envoy with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, then knelt before Emperor Xue Ye and Tang Yuan.
• Dai Mubai read Star Luo’s surrender terms, including territory, money, resources, and the offer of Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing as servants.
• The officials mocked Dai Mubai for surrendering Zhu Zhuqing, his fiancée, and he endured their ridicule without protest.
• Tang Yuan accepted the Zhu sisters as maids for his mansion and left Emperor Xue Ye to decide how to handle the other tribute.

After Dai Mubai won ten consecutive fights at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena and publicly disparaged Tang Yuan, Tang Yuan sent Tang San to challenge him. The chapter ended with Tang San heading for the arena while Zhu Zhuqing reluctantly massaged Tang Yuan's legs.

• Dai Mubai won ten consecutive matches at the Great Soul Arena and boasted that he would surpass Tang Yuan, while insulting Heaven Dou's soul masters.
• Ying Qi reported Dai Mubai's remarks to Tang Yuan at the Blue Silver King's Mansion.
• Tang Yuan told Tang San, who had just reached Level 20, to teach Dai Mubai a lesson but leave him alive.
• Tang San accepted the order and left for the Great Soul Arena to confront Dai Mubai.
• Tang Yuan ordered Zhu Zhuqing to massage his legs, and she reluctantly knelt beside him and obeyed.

Tang San fought Dai Mubai in the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena and overwhelmed him with his powerful Blue Silver Grass. Dai Mubai ended the chapter bound and suspended in the vines as Tang San tightened his grip.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tang Yuan whether he would kill Dai Mubai, and Tang Yuan said it depended on how well Dai Mubai fought Tang San.
• Dai Mubai entered the arena, recognized Tang San as Tang Yuan’s disciple, and mocked him before attacking.
• Tang San evaded Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Blazing Light Wave with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass resisted Dai Mubai’s claws, drained his Soul Power, and poisoned him as it wrapped around him.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, but Tang San’s vines restrained him, crushed him with a tightening grip, and lifted him into the air.