Chapter Summaries

Tian Hao wrote Bibi Dong a proposal for his God Creation Plan, hoping to gain her support and obtain an immortal herb to improve his poor aptitude. After training and admiring his unusual Wolf Face Back Muscles, he fell asleep, unaware that nearby Blue Silver Grass was sending information to an unknown presence.

• Tian Hao finished a letter to Bibi Dong proposing that they use a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to help her break through the Soul Ring absorption limit and become a god.
• Tian Hao recalled his nearly undetectable Innate Soul Power, his years of research at Martial Soul Academy, and his plan to seek Bibi Dong's help in reaching the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tian Hao practiced his mixed martial arts and weapons routines, then compared his strength to Soul Masters and the fighters from a movie in his previous life.
• Tian Hao admired the wolf-shaped muscles on his back, which shifted into a bizarre Husky-like face, before going to sleep.
• After Tian Hao fell asleep, a Blue Silver Grass blade moved toward his window and appeared to transmit information to an unknown existence.

Tian Hao led the village children and elders through his exercise routines while Ah Yin and Tang Hao investigated the anxious Thousand-Year Blue Silver Grass at his home. As Ah Yin read Tian Hao’s theories about artificial Soul Rings and Soul Bones, an unknown power awakened within Tian Hao and drew him into a dark space.

• Tian Hao led the village children through increasingly fast rounds of Martial Soul Gymnastics, then guided the elders through his Watermelon Version of Tai Chi.
• Ah Yin and Tang Hao circled around the village and found the Thousand-Year Blue Silver Grass covering Tian Hao’s cottage.
• The Blue Silver Grass gave Ah Yin Tian Hao’s letter, and she became alarmed after reading his God Creation Plan.
• Ah Yin and Tang Hao read Tian Hao’s Martial Soul Hundred Great Conjectures, though Tang Hao dismissed the artificial Soul Bone and Soul Ring ideas.
• As Ah Yin read, an invisible power left her and appeared within Tian Hao, who was transported to a dark space before a luminous white jade.

After awakening a fortune-consuming enlightenment ability tied to a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation, Tian Hao continued leading exercises in Sanba Village and met Ah Yin and her companion. Ah Yin had come after sensing a Blue Silver Grass soul beast, but a letter and notebook had changed her plans; she hoped Tian Hao could help ease human-soul beast hostility and abandon his God Creation Plan.

• Tian Hao learned that his Jade Disc of Creation fragment could boost his intelligence and cultivation through enlightenment, but using it required fortune.
• Tian Hao returned to his body and led the villagers in their morning exercises, dancing and singing Little Apple.
• Village Elder Li Tou brought Tian Hao breakfast and recalled how his attempt to enter the Soul Master world had left his right leg shorter after an injury in Spirit City.
• Ah Yin and her male companion arrived at the village, saying they had been drawn by the song and asking for water.
• Ah Yin recognized Tian Hao as the youth she had been seeking and reconsidered her plans after reading his letter and notebook.
• Old Li Tou explained that Sanba Village had remained isolated after its mineral vein was depleted and its road fell into disrepair.

Ah Yin and Tang Hao arrived at Old Li Tou’s village and asked to stay, while Tian Hao suspected their visit might be connected to his golden finger and worried they could bring danger. Old Li Tou accepted their Gold Soul Coins and had Tian Hao prepare rooms for them, leaving Tian Hao examining Ah Yin as they headed to his courtyard.

• Ah Yin introduced herself and her fiancé, Ah Hao, and Old Li Tou noted that his own Tian Hao shared the name Hao.
• Tian Hao recognized signs that Ah Yin and Tang Hao might be figures from the Douluo story and wondered whether their arrival had awakened his golden finger.
• Ah Yin asked to stay in the village and offered Old Li Tou a pouch of Gold Soul Coins.
• Tian Hao questioned whether the pair were hiding from enemies, and Ah Yin and Tang Hao swore they were not being pursued.
• Tian Hao agreed to house them, and Old Li Tou directed him to prepare rooms in his courtyard.
• As Tian Hao led Ah Yin and Tang Hao away, he suddenly stopped to scrutinize Ah Yin, prompting Tang Hao to frown.

Tian Hao arranged lodging for Ah Yin and Tang Hao, then revealed his defective Grass Root Martial Soul and his confidence that he could evolve it. Ah Yin asked whether Martial Souls could change after awakening, seeking to test the ideas in his notebook.

• Tian Hao insisted that Ah Yin cover her face, dress loosely, and conceal her scent before entering the village.
• Tian Hao set aside his parents' room for Ah Yin and had Tang Hao sleep on the Forge Room floor.
• Tang Hao learned that Tian Hao's mother had an Iron Hammer Martial Soul and his father had Foxtail Grass.
• Tian Hao manifested his Martial Soul, revealing a single root strand with Innate Soul Power of 0.0001.
• Tian Hao said he planned to evolve his Grass Root Martial Soul, and Ah Yin asked whether a Martial Soul could evolve after awakening.

Tian Hao explained his theories about martial soul evolution to Ah Yin and Tang Hao for a Silver Soul Coin, then suspected that sharing knowledge had earned him fortune through his Jade Disc of Creation fragment. He left Ah Yin wanting more of his conjectures, but demanded another coin before continuing.

• Tian Hao told Ah Yin and Tang Hao that martial soul evolution could happen through personal cultivation or external forces.
• Ah Yin offered to pay for Tian Hao's theories, and he charged her one Silver Soul Coin while defending the spread of knowledge.
• Tian Hao theorized that fully integrating soul rings into a martial soul could cause true evolution, citing examples involving Chen Xin's Seven Kill Sword and the Sea God's trident.
• Tian Hao received a message that fortune had been credited and suspected it came from sharing knowledge with Ah Yin and Tang Hao.
• When Ah Yin asked for more, Tian Hao demanded another Silver Soul Coin, explaining that he had only shared one conjecture so far.

Tian Hao charged Ah Yin and Tang Hao for theories about evolving Martial Souls, explaining heavenly treasures and cultivation of matching attributes. He claimed humans and soul beasts shared an ancestor, leaving Tang Hao resentful after Ah Yin told him to let Tian Hao speak.

• Ah Yin paid Tian Hao another Silver Soul Coin, and he explained how heavenly treasures could evolve Martial Souls, citing the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tang Hao recognized the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda legend, while Ah Yin considered how rare heavenly treasures might be.
• Ah Yin paid again, and Tian Hao suggested cultivating an attribute suited to a Martial Soul could drive its evolution.
• Tang Hao challenged Tian Hao's example of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, but Tian Hao argued it was not necessarily the strongest Beast Martial Soul.
• Tian Hao claimed humans and soul beasts shared an ancestor, and Ah Yin rebuked Tang Hao for interrupting him.
• Tang Hao grew resentful of Tian Hao for delaying his return and drawing Ah Yin's attention.

Tian Hao explained his theories that humans originated from soul beasts and that martial souls could evolve over generations, then proposed ways to speed that evolution. Ah Yin listened with growing interest while Tang Hao grew jealous and hostile, and the chapter left them drinking tea made from what Ah Yin recognized as Thousand-Year Blue Silver Grass.

• Tian Hao argued that humans descended from soul beasts, citing their ability to transform, the inheritance of martial souls, and ancient legends.
• Ah Yin wondered whether her future child with Hao would be a soul beast or a human soul master, while Tang Hao dismissed the theory as mere speculation.
• Tian Hao described how Old Li Tou's family's hoe martial soul had gradually become a mining pickaxe and proposed that inherited desires could shape martial souls over generations.
• Tang Hao called the theory useless, and Ah Yin urged him to calm down as he grew jealous of Tian Hao's closeness with her.
• Tian Hao suggested that stronger Mental Power and a targeted secret art could accelerate martial soul evolution, potentially enabling transformation within one generation.
• Tian Hao served tea brewed from Blue Silver Vine leaves, and Ah Yin recognized the plant as Thousand-Year Blue Silver Grass.

Tian Hao provoked Tang Hao into a fight, and they faced off on round stone balls in a clearing. Tang Hao struggled to keep his balance as Tian Hao attacked his lower body with a spear.

• Tang Hao grew frustrated when Tian Hao said his ideas were only guesses and left the work of testing them to him.
• Tian Hao and Tang Hao traded barbs over the lack of tea bowls and Tian Hao’s habit of eating at other people’s homes.
• Tian Hao challenged Tang Hao to fight without using Martial Souls or Soul Power, and Tang Hao accepted after realizing Tian Hao was provoking him on purpose.
• Tian Hao led Tang Hao to a clearing and challenged him to stand on a round stone ball, a balancing exercise he had practiced for years.
• Tian Hao thrust his spear repeatedly at Tang Hao’s legs, while Tang Hao struggled to defend himself on the rolling stone ball.

Tian Hao fought Tang Hao atop rolling stone balls, using the Jade Disc of Creation’s enlightenment function to refine his spearwork until Ah Yin joined the contest. After several minutes of chasing and sparring, Tian Hao called a halt when the strain of enlightenment left him exhausted and his head pounding.

• Tian Hao used rapid spear thrusts and a greased spear tip to keep Tang Hao off balance atop his stone ball.
• Tian Hao activated the Jade Disc of Creation’s enlightenment function, sharpening his thoughts and improving his spear techniques as Tang Hao struggled to adapt.
• Ah Yin carved a stone ball, joined the fight, and attacked both Tian Hao and Tang Hao with her spear.
• Tang Hao tried to charge Tian Hao, but Tian Hao dodged while he and Ah Yin continued sparring and circling him.
• After three or four minutes, Tian Hao called for a pause as exhaustion and the strain on his brain overwhelmed him.

Tian Hao sparred with Tang Hao, earned Ah Yin’s praise for his spear techniques, and identified the nature of her Blue Silver Domain. After charging Ah Yin for a fuller explanation, he headed back to eat, while she followed, curious to learn more from him.

• Tian Hao teased Tang Hao about their ages and called him an old bull eating tender grass, while Ah Yin laughed and agreed with him.
• Ah Yin used her Blue Silver Domain to help Tian Hao recover and praised his physical combat skills; Tang Hao also acknowledged his spear techniques.
• Tian Hao told Ah Yin that her Blue Silver Domain leaned toward Life Force but seemed impure, then stopped explaining and headed to lunch because she had not paid him.
• Ah Yin caught up and gave Tian Hao a Silver Soul Coin, hoping to learn more about the Blue Silver Domain from him.
• Tang Hao followed them and thought about finding something delicious for Ah Yin to eat.

Tian Hao explained the types of domains to Tang Hao and Ah Yin, then used his new lathe to make bowls and chopsticks. He invited them to eat in the village, leaving Ah Yin offended by his strict cleanliness rules.

• Tian Hao explained Constitution Type, Elemental, Mental, and Special Domains, and speculated that Ah Yin's Life Force domain could eventually control or extract others' Life Force.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin discussed how Tang Hao's Divine Slaughter's Domain and Tang Yuehua's domain fit the Mental Domain category.
• Tian Hao realized that his enlightenment let him perceive people's luck and decided to exploit Tang Hao and Ah Yin's unusually strong luck.
• Tian Hao demonstrated his lathe to Tang Hao and used it to make a stone bowl and teacup, then carved chopsticks for himself and Ah Yin.
• Tian Hao invited Tang Hao and Ah Yin to eat at village households, but Ah Yin was offended when he told them not to touch his belongings and to rinse the toilet seat after use.

Tian Hao explained how his Martial Skills and village improvements earned him the villagers’ support, then helped Ah Yin and Tang Hao set up a way to heat bathwater. The chapter left Tang Hao installing the chimney while Ah Yin recognized Tian Hao’s knack for manipulating people.

• Tian Hao took Ah Yin and Tang Hao away with their food, explaining that Ah Yin should conceal herself around village households to avoid causing trouble for married couples.
• Tian Hao told Ah Yin that villagers fed him in exchange for teaching Martial Skills and improving their food supply, and he explained how Soul Skills differed from his techniques.
• Tian Hao showed them the solar-heated water tank and offered to install a chimney to heat it in the morning after Ah Yin said she preferred morning baths.
• Tian Hao persuaded Tang Hao to install the chimney as a chance to impress his fiancée, and Tang Hao fitted it to redirect hot smoke beneath the tank.

Tian Hao trained his refined spear technique while the villagers practiced at the training ground, then explained to Ah Yin that his tea-cooling trick trained Soul Power control. The chapter left Tang Hao determined to train through the night and settle his rivalry with Tian Hao.

• Tian Hao explained that his childhood nickname Second Dog came from his premature birth and that Big Dog was an older villager.
• Tian Hao and the villagers trained at the grounds, where Ah Yin and Tang Hao practiced on stone balls and Tian Hao worked to turn his refined spear technique into instinct.
• Tian Hao added Blue Silver Vine leaves to the communal tea to help the villagers recover before sending them home for the night.
• After Ah Yin paid him a Silver Soul Coin, Tian Hao explained that manipulating Soul Power to cool tea trained control and improved its efficiency.
• Tang Hao decided to train through the night and forge a spear so he could continue his contest with Tian Hao.

Tian Hao watched Tang Hao practice the Chaotic Cape Style Hammer Technique, then revealed a furnace design that greatly improved forging heat. After Tang Hao and Ah Yin left to train, Tian Hao gained destiny from his discovery and resolved to learn the Blue Silver Domain.

• Tian Hao entered a brief state of enlightenment to study Tang Hao's Chaotic Cape Style Hammer Technique, but stopped when his head began to hurt.
• Tang Hao forged an Iron Mother spear while Ah Yin questioned the furnace's winding air channels.
• Tian Hao asked Ah Yin to maintain her Blue Silver Domain in the courtyard and explained how preheating air could increase a forge's flame temperature.
• Tang Hao tested the improved furnace and realized Tian Hao had solved a longstanding forging problem for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao took his spear and left with Ah Yin to train, while Tian Hao gained destiny and studied the Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Tian Hao decided to learn the Blue Silver Domain so he could convert and cultivate different forms of energy.

Tian Hao learned the Chaotic Cape Style Hammer Technique and experimented with a faster dual-hammer variation, though his strength limited how much force he could borrow. After noticing Ah Yin’s scent on his letter and notebook, he suspected the Blue Silver Vine was actually an intelligent Blue Silver Grass that had revealed his secrets to her.

• Tian Hao used Enlightenment and the Blue Silver Domain to learn the Chaotic Cape Style Hammer Technique through repeated practice.
• Tian Hao developed a dual-hammer method that let him borrow force twice, but found it too difficult to perform without Enlightenment.
• Tian Hao considered seeking Bibi Dong’s help to spread his conjectures through Spirit Hall and gain more Luck.
• Tian Hao smelled Ah Yin’s fragrance on his letter and notebook and realized Ah Yin and Tang Hao had learned about them.
• Tian Hao suspected the Blue Silver Vine was intelligent Blue Silver Grass that had overheard him and drawn Ah Yin to him.

Tian Hao realized Ah Yin had likely seen his Soul Beast-Soul Master Symbiosis Conjecture and planned to use it to gain her support and develop his Grass Root Martial Soul. He prepared for possible danger from Spirit Hall while exploring ways to turn Soul Skills and soul bones into martial arts.

• Tian Hao guessed Ah Yin had approached him because she wanted to resolve the conflict between soul beasts and Soul Masters, and he considered using the Blue Silver Overlord Spear as a partner for his Soul Skill Fusion Skill.
• Tian Hao slept, then led the villagers' morning exercise and reassured Old Li Tou that Ah Yin and Tang Hao were unlikely to cause trouble.
• Tian Hao asked Old Li Tou to find another place for the villagers in case Spirit Hall pursued Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
• Tian Hao speculated that Soul Skills could be developed into independent martial arts and that soul bones could be enhanced or copied into powerful precious bones.
• Tian Hao considered using Ah Yin and the Blue Silver Grass to evolve his inherited Foxtail Grass Martial Soul toward a Blue Silver Domain or Nine-Leaf Sword Grass.

Tian Hao fought Tang Hao on oiled stone balls and then advised Ah Yin to use a flexible spear suited to her build. After Ah Yin challenged him to suggest a better weapon, Tian Hao retrieved a wooden spear and began testing it.

• Tian Hao oiled the stone balls and fought Tang Hao, who struggled to stay upright while defending against Tian Hao's spear attacks.
• Ah Yin joined the fight on her own stone ball and brought her Blue Silver Overlord Spear into range.
• Tian Hao stopped the fight and told Ah Yin that the rigid spear was poorly suited to her, provoking her with comments about building muscles like Tang Hao's.
• Ah Yin demanded to know what kind of spear she should use, and Tian Hao went to his courtyard to find one.
• Tian Hao returned with a flexible wooden spear and began testing it in his state of enlightenment.

Tian Hao refined his spear technique with a flexible wooden spear and sparred with Ah Yin, while Tang Hao watched and warned him about Soul Masters with soul skills. The chapter ended with Ah Yin agreeing to let Tian Hao try to alter her Blue Silver Overlord Spear.

• Tian Hao adapted his spear technique to the flexible wooden spear, making his flourishes faster and more unpredictable.
• Ah Yin challenged Tian Hao, and he used the spear’s flexibility to evade her attacks while refining his technique during their spar.
• Ah Yin released the Blue Silver Domain to help Tian Hao keep fighting, while she and Tang Hao studied his technique.
• Tian Hao stopped the spar when a stabbing pain rose in his head, and Ah Yin said she wished her Blue Silver Overlord Spear could be flexible.
• Tian Hao offered to try changing Ah Yin’s spear, and she agreed despite doubting he could do it.
• Tang Hao warned Tian Hao not to face Soul Masters recklessly, and Tian Hao thanked him for the advice.

Tian Hao explained his theory of compatibility between a Soul Master’s personality and Martial Soul, winning Tang Hao’s approval and drawing out questions about Ah Yin’s unusual Blue Silver Grass. He left them considering his ideas while concealing what he knew about Ah Yin’s true nature.

• Tian Hao flattered Tang Hao and persuaded him to introduce himself as a member of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tian Hao presented his Soul Master–Martial Soul Compatibility hypothesis and argued that Tang Hao’s bold temperament matched the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao accepted the theory and connected it to his own strength and his father’s choice of him as heir to the legacy soul bone.
• Tian Hao inferred that Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass was unusual from her Blue Silver Overlord Spear, Blue Silver Domain, and strength.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin agreed that Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul had merit, though its theories were shallow.