Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang faced Lin Fei and the support trio in a spar, while Jiang Lanlan and Xu Xiaoxing stacked their attributes onto Lin Fei. The chapter left Lin Fei and his teammates facing Little Dragon in its imposing Dark Attribute form, determined to fight despite the pressure.

• Bibi Dong arranged a spar between Yu Xiaogang and Lin Fei, Jiang Lanlan, Tian Qingqing, and Xu Xiaoxing, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to face them without restrictions.
• Jiang Lanlan and Xu Xiaoxing amplified Lin Fei’s attributes, and he used his Martial Soul’s colored gems to shift his power toward strength and Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Little Dragon, which appeared in its huge Dark Attribute form and overwhelmed the team with its presence.
• Lin Fei and the others wondered how they could defeat Little Dragon but refused to surrender before the spar began.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Little Dragon had chosen its dramatic entrance to establish a fearsome image with the unfamiliar teammates.

Lin Fei tested Yu Xiaogang with a massive, controllable Soul Power ball, but Little Dragon intercepted it with a Dark Elemental Ball. As Xu Xiaoxing and the others decided Yu Xiaogang might have a Tool Martial Soul, Xu Xiaoxing moved to attack Yu Xiaogang directly.

• Lin Fei released his Second Soul Skill, condensing a Soul Power ball larger than any he had made before.
• Lin Fei launched the ball at Yu Xiaogang, but Little Dragon reached out to intercept it.
• Lin Fei changed the ball’s direction, prompting Little Dragon to summon a Dark Elemental Ball and chase it through the air.
• Xu Xiaoxing and the other two speculated that Yu Xiaogang had a special Tool Martial Soul because he had not attacked himself.
• Xu Xiaoxing stepped forward to strike Yu Xiaogang’s true body.

Yu Xiaogang demonstrated his strength to the Second Team by countering Xu Xiaoxing and defeating Lin Fei with Little Dragon. The team accepted Yu Xiaogang’s authority, while Bibi Dong had to wait for another chance to spar.

• Jiang Lanlan enhanced Xu Xiaoxing, who attacked Yu Xiaogang but passed through his elementalized body.
• Yu Xiaogang captured Xu Xiaoxing with a net formed from an Energy Ball he had attached to her.
• Little Dragon overpowered Lin Fei’s Energy Ball and caught him with a net, ending the sparring match.
• Bibi Dong asked to spar, but Yu Xiaogang refused because the team’s enhancements needed to be rebuilt.
• The Second Team accepted Yu Xiaogang’s authority because of his overwhelming strength.

Yu Xiaogang continued training the Second Team and researching Spirit Rings, while his coordinated fighting with Little Dragon kept defeating Bibi Dong and the others. Bibi Dong reached Soul Power Level Forty, leaving Qian Xunji unsure how to request the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Secret Medicine after he had broken the agreement with them.

• Yu Xiaogang trained the Second Team in combat coordination and recorded their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings for his research.
• Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon defeated Bibi Dong and Lin Fei in a spar, continuing Yu Xiaogang’s unbeaten record against the team.
• Bibi Dong’s Soul Power reached Level Forty at age thirteen, about a year earlier than Spirit Hall had expected.
• Qian Xunji celebrated Bibi Dong’s progress but grew irritable again when Yu Xiaogang came up.
• Qian Xunji realized he could not easily ask the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for the Secret Medicine promised for Bibi Dong’s Fourth Spirit Ring because he had blocked Yu Xiaogang from honoring their agreement.

Qian Xunji asked Yu Yuanzhen to honor their agreement after breaking it himself, so Yu Yuanzhen demanded compensation for Yu Xiaogang. Yu Yuanzhen also discussed the clan’s new Soul Tool manufacturing plans and its difficulty recruiting skilled blacksmiths, leaving the Black Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan seeking a way to build its own smithing workforce.

• Qian Xunji reluctantly wrote to Yu Yuanzhen asking him to keep supplying whale rubber under their agreement.
• Yu Yuanzhen condemned Qian Xunji for threatening to stop Yu Xiaogang’s studies and decided to demand compensation for Yu Xiaogang’s losses.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked the First Elder about negotiations with the Blacksmith Association after the clan successfully assembled a Soul Tool using Yu Xiaogang’s blueprints.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that the Blacksmith Association’s ties to the Clear Sky Sect made it difficult for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to recruit skilled smiths.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the First Elder recognized that the clan would need to train its own blacksmiths or pay the high prices demanded by others.

Bibi Dong obtained a ten-thousand-year Fourth Spirit Ring with a powerful mental poison skill after Qian Xunji paid the cost from his private treasury. After the Second Team lost to Yu Xiaogang in a sparring match, Bibi Dong asked where they would compete in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament, and Yu Xiaogang chose the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Qian Daoliu protected Spirit Hall's public assets during negotiations, while Qian Xunji paid from his private treasury and Bibi Dong received a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
• Bibi Dong gained a Fourth Spirit Skill from the Nether Soul Poison Spider that could attack, defend against, and strengthen mental power.
• Bibi Dong and the Second Team challenged Yu Xiaogang, but he defeated them despite their preparation.
• Yu Xiaogang led the team through a review of their sparring session before they dispersed.
• Bibi Dong asked Yu Xiaogang which empire they would enter for the tournament, and he chose the Heaven Dou Empire over the Star Luo Empire.
• Bibi Dong teased Yu Xiaogang that he had chosen Heaven Dou to accommodate Thunder Douluo, and Yu Xiaogang gave up trying to deny it.

As the Martial Soul Academy Second Team’s reputation spread, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect worried that Yu Xiaogang’s ties to Spirit Hall could strengthen the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Ning Qianxing and Ning Fengzhi planned to use praise and rivalry to test Yu Xiaogang and weaken his bond with Bibi Dong.

• Ning Qianxing learned that Yu Xiaogang had joined the Martial Soul Academy team and questioned whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was aligning with Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Yu Yuanzhen had taken Yu Xiaogang to Spirit City and enrolled him at the Martial Soul Academy more than a year earlier.
• Ning Qianxing and the elders suspected the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had traded its Secret Medicine for Spirit Hall’s help, but admitted they could not uncover the formula.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed praising one teammate while disparaging the other to provoke rivalry and suspicion between Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong.
• Ning Qianxing ordered the sect to promote Yu Xiaogang as the continent’s greatest genius, including at the Clear Sky Sect, to put pressure on him and benefit the Upper Three Sects.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s rumors made Yu Xiaogang famous while belittling Bibi Dong, but instead of driving them apart, they strengthened Bibi Dong’s resolve to surpass him. Yu Xiaogang weighed who was behind the scheme, while Tang Hao decided to challenge him.

• Ning Fengzhi worried that the Parallel World sect’s schemes would ruin the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s reputation.
• The sect’s promotion made Yu Xiaogang famous, while rumors claimed Bibi Dong was unworthy and could not match him.
• Yu Xiaogang realized the rumors only fueled Bibi Dong’s determination to catch up and defeat him.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Two Great Empires, or the Clear Sky Sect of spreading the rumors.
• Tang Hao heard the claims about Yu Xiaogang and resolved to teach him the might of the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San learned that his father was the Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao and redirected his resentment over his hardships toward the Clear Sky Sect. The Heavenly Screen then showed Tang Hao preparing to challenge Yu Xiaogang, while Tang Xiao warned that defeating him alone would not undo the rumors.

• Tang San recognized Tang Hao on the Heavenly Screen and struggled to accept that he was the son of a Titled Douluo who had grown up in hardship.
• Tang San excused his father's choices but blamed the Clear Sky Sect for his suffering and declared that it had followed the Way of Seeking Death.
• Tang Hao resented the Heavenly Screen for exposing secrets and worried that it might reveal the Clear Sky Sect's inherited techniques and his schemes.
• The Heavenly Screen showed that reports of Yu Xiaogang's reputation had stirred Tang Hao to defend his standing as the strongest among the younger generation.
• Tang Xiao warned Tang Hao that beating Yu Xiaogang would not stop the rumors and suspected the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was promoting them.
• Tang Xiao expressed confidence that Tang Hao, already at Rank 64, could crush Yu Xiaogang because of his talent and their grandfather Tang Chen's expectations.

Tang Hao decided to enter the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament and defeat Yu Xiaogang publicly to establish himself as the strongest of the younger generation. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong urged Yu Xiaogang to prioritize cultivation over Soul Tool research, leaving him startled by how much she sounded like a strict teacher.

• Tang Hao agreed with Tang Xiao that he should challenge Yu Xiaogang in the tournament arena, then left the Clear Sky Sect with several people to find an academy.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Lin Fei dominate the Fighting Arena and considered developing a Soul Tool that could convert excess attributes into ones he lacked.
• Bibi Dong questioned whether Soul Tools would remain useful as Spirit Masters grew stronger and advised Yu Xiaogang to focus on cultivation.
• Bibi Dong realized she understood why her former teacher had reprimanded her for pursuing hobbies instead of cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized his teacher's familiar disapproving tone and thought Bibi Dong would make a good teacher for the Martial Soul Academy's Elite Class.

After their fights at the Great Soul Arena, Yu Xiaogang was confronted by Tai Nuo, who demanded that he give up the title of the younger generation’s number one in favor of Tang Hao. Yu Xiaogang refused to back down, and Tai Nuo’s public challenge put him on a collision course with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Yu Yuanzhen.

• Lin Fei and the others finished their fights and prepared to leave the Great Soul Arena with Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tai Nuo blocked the group and demanded that Yu Xiaogang publicly declare himself unworthy of the title of the younger generation’s number one.
• Tai Nuo said Tang Hao was the only person deserving of the title, and Yu Xiaogang inferred that Tai Nuo served the Strength Clan under the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Tai Nuo to bring Tang Hao to challenge him, but Tai Nuo insulted him and demanded that he kneel and apologize to Tang Hao.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized that Tai Nuo’s public provocation also challenged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Yu Yuanzhen, and concluded that Tai Nuo’s soul master career was over.

Yu Xiaogang confronted Tai Nuo at the Great Soul Arena and easily defeated his attacks without summoning his Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Tai Nuo being knocked into the debris again as the spectators fell silent.

• Tai Tan and Bai He watched Tai Nuo's provocation on the Heavenly Screen, and Tai Tan suspected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had manipulated him.
• Tai Nuo demanded that Yu Xiaogang admit he did not deserve to be called the younger generation's number one and apologize to the young master.
• Yu Xiaogang mocked Tai Nuo, dodged his charge, and kicked him into a pile of debris.
• Tai Nuo activated his Martial Soul Possession and attacked Yu Xiaogang with his Vajra Arm, while the spectators cheered for bloodshed.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Tai Nuo's punch with his own fist, increased his strength with Soul Power, and sent Tai Nuo flying into the debris again.

Yu Xiaogang defeated Tai Nuo without initially using his Martial Soul, then crippled him after Tai Nuo launched a lethal attack. He left the Great Soul Arena with Bibi Dong and the others, while the manager praised his kindness.

• Yu Xiaogang knocked Tai Nuo down with a punch and wondered who had provoked him into the fight.
• Tai Nuo used his Third Soul Skill and then his Fourth Spirit Skill, but Yu Xiaogang countered him with a dark giant fist and shattered his attack.
• Yu Xiaogang struck Tai Nuo, crippling his cultivation and breaking his muscles and bones instead of killing him.
• Yu Xiaogang told the manager to charge Tai Nuo for the arena damage and to blame any further problems on him.
• Yu Xiaogang left the Great Soul Arena with Bibi Dong and the others, and the manager called him kindhearted.

In the Dark World, Niu Gao watched the parallel-world Tai Nuo’s defeat and anticipated the Strength Clan’s conflict with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. In the film, Lin Lang explained the Four Single-Attribute Sects’ strengths and weaknesses before warning Yu Xiaogang that the Strength Clan was famous for relentless family retaliation.

• Niu Gao felt relieved that his own family had avoided the parallel-world Tai Nuo’s fate and hoped the Strength Clan would learn not to rely on the Clear Sky Sect.
• After crippling Tai Nuo, Yu Xiaogang and his companions left the Great Soul Arena, and Lin Lang described how the Four Single-Attribute Sects specialized in strength, defense, speed, or attack.
• Lin Lang explained that the Four Single-Attribute Sects’ extreme specialization left them deficient in other attributes compared with the Five Elements Academy’s approach.
• Yu Xiaogang asked who the Strength Clan might send to retaliate, and Lin Lang named its three defining traits: strength-focused cultivation, blacksmithing, and protecting its own.
• Lin Lang warned Yu Xiaogang that defeating one Strength Clan member could bring out older relatives, regardless of their opponent’s age or rank.

Tai Tan learned that Yu Xiaogang had injured his son and set out to seek revenge, while Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong explored Sanders City's Treasure Market. The chapter left them at a book stall where someone angrily accused Flender of swindling them.

• Tai Tan learned that Yu Xiaogang had beaten Tai Nuo and vowed to capture him and break his bones.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived in Sanders City with the Second Team and arranged for the members to rest before their next spirit đấu.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong discussed his dislike of team management and decided to visit the city's Treasure Market.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong browsed the market's curious wares before Yu Xiaogang stopped at Flender's book stall.
• An angry customer demanded a return from Flender, who turned green as Yu Xiaogang listened.

Flender tried to lure Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong into buying goods at his Treasure Market stall, while Yu Xiaogang searched through the old books. He discovered a book titled in part “Martial Soul Core,” and the chapter ended as he recognized its significance.

• Flender eagerly watched the Heavenly Screen, hoping his Parallel World counterpart would befriend Yu Xiaogang and help him improve.
• A furious customer demanded a refund from Flender, but Flender and the other merchants invoked the market’s no-refund rule and drove him away.
• Flender challenged Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong’s ability to spot valuable goods, prompting Bibi Dong to inspect his stall.
• Flender claimed his old goods came from wealthy villagers and might have belonged to ancient sects, while Yu Xiaogang examined the books.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed a special illustrated book and then found a worn volume whose partly legible title read “Martial Soul Core”; its contents made his eyes light up.

Yu Xiaogang haggled with Flender over a bundle of ancient books at the Treasure Market and bought them for ten Gold Soul Coins each. He discovered that one book contained Pre-Civilization research on how soul beasts form spirit bones, leaving Flender regretting the bargain.

• Yu Xiaogang showed interest in Flender's ancient texts, but rejected his initial price of fifty Gold Soul Coins per book.
• Flender lowered the price to thirty Gold Soul Coins, and Yu Xiaogang countered with ten, which Flender reluctantly accepted.
• Yu Xiaogang paid for the books and immediately opened the ancient volume titled "On How Soul Beasts Form Spirit Bones."
• Yu Xiaogang recognized the book's script and material from Pre-Civilization research, realizing it was extremely valuable to his spirit bone studies.
• Flender saw Yu Xiaogang eagerly reading the book and regretted selling it so cheaply.

Yu Xiaogang realized Flender had been tricked into selling him the ancient books, but their contact revealed that Little Dragon sensed a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Flender. Flender seized on the possibility and shamelessly clung to Yu Xiaogang, insisting they were brothers and demanding to go with him.

• Yu Xiaogang left with the ancient books and reminded Flender that Treasure Market deals could not be canceled after the money and goods changed hands.
• Flender grabbed Yu Xiaogang's shoulder, and Yu Xiaogang sensed that Little Dragon craved Flender's power, much like it did during a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Flender realized he and Yu Xiaogang might have the compatibility for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and hugged Yu Xiaogang's thigh, calling him his long-lost brother.
• Yu Xiaogang repeatedly told Flender to let go, but Flender refused unless Yu Xiaogang admitted they were brothers from another mother and father.
• Bibi Dong asked Yu Xiaogang what was happening, and he said the situation was complicated.

Flender discovered that he and Yu Xiaogang had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and shamelessly tried to attach himself to Yu Xiaogang’s wealth and power. As Yu Xiaogang explained the connection, Bibi Dong realized what it meant and exclaimed that they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Flender followed Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong to their luxurious lodging after Yu Xiaogang agreed to discuss their connection in private.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Little Dragon, which examined Flender and sensed that his power could help it grow stronger.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Flender’s Four-Eyed Owl had speed, flight, attack power, and extraordinary eyesight.
• Flender asked about Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul and Soul Power, while warning that he would not be anyone’s slave and accusing Yu Xiaogang of coveting his beauty.
• Bibi Dong understood the significance of Flender’s words, jumped up, and exclaimed that they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and Lin Lang confirmed that Yu Xiaogang and Flender could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Yu Xiaogang remained unwilling to trust Flender completely, though Little Dragon showed him a way to use Flender’s power without doing so.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that he and Flender had sensed a connection like the one described for Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and Little Dragon could feel itself growing stronger through Flender’s power.
• Bibi Dong and Lin Lang reacted with surprise and envy, while Flender was overwhelmed by Lin Lang’s powerful presence and delighted at Yu Xiaogang’s status and backing.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that activating the fusion skill at full strength would require him and Flender to trust each other completely.
• Little Dragon suggested that it could accept Flender’s power as a medium, allowing Yu Xiaogang to gain strength without fully trusting Flender.
• Yu Xiaogang decided that Flender would never earn his wholehearted trust.