Chapter Summaries

Wriothesley and Dugu Bo agreed to leave the Treasure-Gathering Basin’s immortal herbs in Dugu Bo’s care and travel together to prepare for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament. Dugu Bo joined them partly so he could see his granddaughter Dugu Yan, while Lynette prepared to go with them after successfully absorbing a powerful second spirit ring.

• Dugu Bo dismissed concerns about the Treasure-Gathering Basin’s distant future and accepted that Wriothesley could have it after he was gone.
• Dugu Bo said he wanted to return to see Dugu Yan, and Wriothesley invited him to travel with them for the upcoming tournament preparations.
• Dugu Bo agreed to go with Wriothesley and Lynette, while reflecting on his uncertainty about Xue Qinghe and the royal family.
• Wriothesley told Lynette to prepare for the trip and noted that she had successfully absorbed a second spirit ring of more than nine hundred years.
• Wriothesley asked Dugu Bo to handle the immortal herbs in the Treasure-Gathering Basin.

Tang San and Xiao Wu visited Sigewinne’s clinic so Tang San could ask about her medical skills, but they found it crowded with patients and were surprised by how modest Wriothesley’s residence was. They arrived at the clinic in the evening and had not yet met Sigewinne.

• Tang San decided to visit Sigewinne to learn about her treatment methods and the injection that had revived him.
• Xiao Wu accompanied Tang San, trusting a Soul Tool she had picked up to conceal her soul beast aura from Wriothesley.
• Tailong’s attempt to secretly deliver the Soul Tool to Xiao Wu had exposed his identity, though Tang San mistook his actions for an effort to approach her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at Sigewinne’s crowded clinic and wondered how they could speak with her amid the waiting patients.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San questioned why Wriothesley, a Title Douluo known as a Duke, lived in such a modest place.

Tang San returned to the little clinic at night and followed an unseen voice into its backyard, where he discovered a miniature Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well surrounded by immortal herbs. He left disappointed that the herbs were mostly immature and none could meet his cultivation needs.

• Tang San postponed investigating the clinic's backyard because the area was crowded, then returned alone after nightfall.
• Tang San climbed over the clinic wall with his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and followed the guiding voice to a fenced backyard.
• Tang San recognized the small blue-and-red spring as a miniature Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and guessed Duke had brought back its water.
• Tang San identified several immortal herbs in the backyard but found that most were immature and the usable ones only had healing effects.
• Tang San lamented that the garden had no Snow Silkworm or other herb he could use for cultivation.

Tang San tried to take Lovesick Heartbreak Red from the clinic garden for Xiao Wu, but an alarm exposed his break-in. He escaped the yard only to be caught and thrown down by Dugu Bo, while Wriothesley learned that his home had been robbed.

• Tang San found Lovesick Heartbreak Red and decided to take it for Xiao Wu, since he could not pluck it himself.
• A hidden alarm sounded, alerting people nearby that the clinic and Wriothesley's house had been robbed.
• Tang San met Xiao Wu as he fled, and she jumped over the wall to wait for him outside.
• Tang San ignored a mysterious voice urging him to dig up the flower and tried to escape over the wall.
• Dugu Bo caught Tang San and flung him to the ground, and Xiao Wu rushed to check on him.
• Wriothesley arrived to investigate the robbery, while Dugu Bo spared Tang San because he was an academy student.

Dugu Bo caught Tang San stealing and crushed him with the pressure of a Title Douluo. When Tang San tried to save himself by challenging Wriothesley to a wager, Dugu Bo struck him and declared that his talent meant nothing without strength, leaving Tang San unable to defend himself.

• Dugu Bo demanded Tang San explain why he was stealing, and his pressure made Tang San cough blood and collapse.
• Xiao Wu shielded Tang San while he reassured her that he was all right.
• Tang San challenged Wriothesley to a wager, hoping to find a way out of the situation.
• Dugu Bo slapped Tang San with Soul Power, knocking him to the ground and ending his attempt to challenge Wriothesley.
• Dugu Bo rebuked Tang San for resorting to tricks instead of cultivating, while privately recognizing his extraordinary talent.

Tang San confronted Dugu Bo and invoked Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect for protection, but Wriothesley revealed that he knew Tang San had Twin Martial Souls. The chapter ended with Tang San and Dugu Bo stunned by Wriothesley's knowledge.

• Dugu Bo threatened Tang San and challenged him to explain the strength of his background.
• Wriothesley identified Tang San as Tang Hao of the Clear Sky Sect, and Dugu Bo recognized Tang Hao's fame before mocking Tang San for not knowing his father's current fate.
• Wriothesley told Tang San he suspected he planned to return after gathering nine Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for his second Martial Soul.
• Tang San reacted with shock when Wriothesley exposed his secret of having Twin Martial Souls.
• Dugu Bo questioned how Blue Silver Grass could have Twin Martial Souls, while Wriothesley said he had suspected the truth since Tang Hao appeared.

Wriothesley revealed that Tang San’s Martial Soul was an unawakened Blue Silver Emperor, not ordinary Blue Silver Grass, and challenged the theories Yu Xiaogang had taught him. Tang San was left questioning his understanding of his Martial Soul and his teacher’s knowledge.

• Tang San asked Wriothesley why he could not be the exception and claim Innate Full Soul Power, but Wriothesley said ordinary Blue Silver Grass could not possess it.
• Wriothesley explained that Tang San’s Martial Soul was an unawakened Blue Silver Emperor, and Dugu Bo realized how that fit Tang Hao’s identity.
• Tang San was shocked that powerful people had recognized his Martial Soul from the first time he released it.
• When Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, Wriothesley asked how many of his Ten Core Competencies had actually been verified, leaving Tang San speechless.
• Dugu Bo criticized Yu Xiaogang’s theories, and Wriothesley began questioning Tang San’s saying that there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters.

Wriothesley explained his theory that Martial Souls reflected a person’s affinity with the world, then used Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and family history to infer his hidden Clear Sky Hammer and identity. Tang San and Xiao Wu remained captive, and Wriothesley warned Tang San that escaping would not let him immediately add Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang’s teachings, but Wriothesley argued that Martial Souls, not Soul Masters, were useless when they had little affinity with the world.
• Wriothesley explained his theory that Martial Souls embodied the laws of heaven and earth, persuading Dugu Bo with evidence from major records and books.
• Wriothesley connected Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, Innate Soul Power, and Tang Hao’s past to deduce his second Martial Soul and suspect that Spirit Hall had targeted his mother.
• Tang San fell silent after losing the argument, while he and Xiao Wu secretly hoped for a chance to escape.
• Wriothesley warned Tang San that even if he escaped, he could not immediately add Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer.

Wriothesley warned Tang San that adding powerful soul rings to his second Martial Soul could kill him, but refused to reveal a solution. He then explained that Yu Xiaogang was not exactly a fraud but had copied incomplete theories, many of which were wrong, leaving Tang San to reconsider his teacher’s expertise.

• Wriothesley demonstrated how an overload of soul energy could cause an explosion and warned Tang San about adding strong soul rings to his second Martial Soul.
• Tang San asked how to solve the danger, and Wriothesley said a method existed but refused to tell him.
• Tang San tried to stall while seeking an escape route, then asked what Yu Xiaogang really was.
• Wriothesley described Yu Xiaogang as a transporter of knowledge whose copied theories were roughly seventy percent wrong.
• Wriothesley explained that nobles generally had inherited cultivation systems, while commoners often lacked the education or means to apply Yu Xiaogang’s theories.

Tang San learned that Wriothesley considered Yu Xiaogang’s guidance unreliable, then attempted to escape with Xiao Wu using poisonous smoke. Wriothesley let them go, expecting to meet Tang San again at the Soul Master Tournament.

• Wriothesley explained that commoners could struggle to hunt suitable spirit beasts and questioned Yu Xiaogang’s conclusions, prompting Tang San to reconsider his teacher’s value.
• Tang San decided to prepare an escape, but Wriothesley cut off his request before he could ask for mercy.
• Tang San threw an iron ball that released poisonous smoke, and he and Xiao Wu disappeared while Sigewinne protected Lynette with a sphere of water.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Wriothesley had deliberately allowed Tang San to escape, and Wriothesley said the story needed him and predicted they would meet again at the Soul Master Tournament.
• Lynette asked whether Tang San had meant to kill her, while the narration noted that Tang San had never considered killing her.

Wriothesley told Dugu Bo that Tang San would discard Tang Hao if he knew his father was crippled, then left Tang San to face the truth about Yu Xiaogang. Back at Shrek Academy, Tang San questioned Xiao Wu and went to confront his teacher, while Yu Xiaogang sat reading in his dormitory.

• Dugu Bo asked Wriothesley why he had not told Tang San that he had crippled Tang Hao, and Wriothesley said Tang San would abandon his father if he were no longer useful.
• Wriothesley left with Dugu Bo, while Tang San returned to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu after their escape.
• Tang San checked on Xiao Wu, then said he needed to find answers about Yu Xiaogang and sent her back to rest.
• Tang San knocked on Yu Xiaogang's dormitory door while Yu Xiaogang was reading at his desk.
• The narration described Yu Xiaogang's injuries and Liu Erlong's conflicted feelings about Yu Luomian having crippled him.

Tang San visited Yu Xiaogang after escaping Duke and Dugu Bo, then questioned whether his Martial Soul was useless before abruptly leaving. Yu Xiaogang suspected Tang Hao had secretly helped Tang San escape.

• Yu Xiaogang received Tang San late at night and noticed his torn clothes and injuries.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Duke and Dugu Bo had beaten him, then recounted how he had taken treasures from Sigewinne's home and escaped.
• Yu Xiaogang did not blame Tang San and said his misfortune was to blame for what happened.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether his Martial Soul was truly useless, then suppressed his urge to reveal everything and left.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered how a Soul Ancestor could escape two Title Douluo and suspected Tang Hao had intervened.

Tang San wrestled with doubts about Yu Xiaogang after Wriothesley challenged his understanding of his Martial Soul, while an anxious young woman considered seeking help before the Soul Master Tournament. The morning after a thief visited Wriothesley's clinic, grateful townsfolk insisted on guarding it, and Wriothesley let them continue without revealing the thief's identity.

• Tang San recalled Wriothesley's claim that his Martial Soul was not trash and decided to keep relying on Yu Xiaogang for now.
• An unnamed young woman, worried about facing her older sister in the Soul Master Tournament, wondered whether Sigewinne might help her.
• Heaven Dou City residents gathered outside Wriothesley's clinic after failing to catch the thief who had come the previous night.
• Wriothesley reassured the townsfolk that nothing had been stolen and urged them to go home, but they insisted on keeping watch.
• Wriothesley agreed politely to the townsfolk's offer to guard the clinic, keeping the thief's identity to himself.

Wriothesley and Sigewinne kept the clinic open despite their exhaustion, while remaining wary that Tang San might return for the immortal herbs. Just after noon, a strikingly large woman arrived and stunned Wriothesley and Lynette.

• Wriothesley told Sigewinne that the people guarding outside refused to go home, and Sigewinne suggested they close the clinic so he could rest.
• Wriothesley declined to close the clinic, and Sigewinne continued treating patients because healing them was her principle.
• Sigewinne and Wriothesley stayed alert because Tang San knew about the immortal herbs and might return, putting the unprotected people outside in danger.
• A commotion began outside just after noon as a notably large woman arrived, leaving Wriothesley stunned and Lynette blushing and comparing herself to the visitor.

Zhu Zhuqing visited Wriothesley and Sigewinne, seeking help as she faced the danger posed by Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. Wriothesley recognized her fear and reflected on how, when he had once needed help himself, only he had answered his own wish.

• Sigewinne stared at Zhu Zhuqing, and Wriothesley reminded her to stop while introducing Zhu Zhuqing by name.
• Wriothesley invited Zhu Zhuqing to sit and realized she had come because Dai Mubai was unreliable and she feared encountering Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuqing struggled to explain her predicament, and Wriothesley considered her talent, her lack of time, and the danger she faced.
• Wriothesley recalled hoping someone would rescue him from his suffering, only to realize that he had to save himself.
• Sigewinne noticed Zhu Zhuqing's troubled expression, and Wriothesley said she had an illness of the heart that needed medicine for the heart.

Zhu Zhuqing sought Wriothesley's help to gain strength for the upcoming Soul Master Tournament, but admitted she had nothing to offer him. Sigewinne agreed to help after hearing about Zhu Zhuqing's plight, and Zhu Zhuqing explained the deadly Star Luo Empire tradition that forced her and Dai Mubai to face their older siblings.

• Wriothesley told Zhu Zhuqing that help required something in return, and she admitted she could offer him nothing.
• Lynette asked whether Zhu Zhuqing needed help, and Wriothesley let Sigewinne decide whether to assist her.
• Sigewinne agreed to help Zhu Zhuqing, who thanked her and began calling her Miss Sigewinne.
• Zhu Zhuqing recounted Dai Mubai's behavior and the Star Luo Empire's brutal succession tradition to Sigewinne and Lynette.
• Sigewinne identified Zhu Zhuqing's worries about her opponents' strength, her lack of resources, and Dai Mubai, while Zhu Zhuqing said she did not want to die.

Zhu Zhuqing sought Wriothesley’s advice after learning that Dai Weisi had been named Crown Prince, leaving her and Dai Mubai in grave danger. Wriothesley agreed to help her try potent immortal herbs, and Sigewinne offered to tell a story about his childhood.

• Wriothesley explained that Star Luo’s imperial decree naming Dai Weisi Crown Prince left Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai with almost no chance of surviving the succession struggle.
• Zhu Zhuqing despaired over the tournament and her disadvantages, but Wriothesley told her that survival was still possible.
• Wriothesley considered lending Zhu Zhuqing a hand with immortal herbs, though their intensified effects might be difficult for her to endure.
• Sigewinne brought Zhu Zhuqing a milkshake, compared her determination to Wriothesley’s younger self, and persuaded Wriothesley to help.
• Sigewinne offered to tell Zhu Zhuqing a story about Wriothesley’s childhood.

Shrek Academy searched for Zhu Zhuqing after she vanished, alarming Dai Mubai ahead of the Soul Master Tournament. Ma Hongjun reported that he had seen her enter Wriothesley’s clinic, and Dai Mubai decided to question her when she returned rather than confront Wriothesley.

• Shrek Academy’s members searched for Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai worried that her disappearance would leave him unable to face Dai Weisi.
• Ma Hongjun returned with news that he had seen Zhu Zhuqing heading to the clinic.
• Ma Hongjun confirmed that Zhu Zhuqing had entered the clinic, which Dai Mubai associated with Wriothesley and two Title Douluo.
• Dai Mubai flew into a rage, suspecting Zhu Zhuqing had met Wriothesley in private.
• Dai Mubai restrained himself from confronting Wriothesley and said he would question Zhu Zhuqing when she returned.

Ning Que assessed Shrek Academy’s team and considered whom the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might recruit, while Zhu Zhuqing resolved to challenge the Star Luo Empire’s rules governing her fate. Wriothesley offered to help her as an investment, leaving the price of his aid dependent on whether she could break those rules.

• Ning Que judged Shrek Academy’s members and considered recruiting Oscar and Ma Hongjun while keeping his options open with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai cursed Zhu Zhuqing at Shrek Academy without knowing Dai Weisi had become the Star Luo Crown Prince.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on how the Star Luo Imperial Family’s rules constrained the women of the Zhu Clan and decided she would break them.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Wriothesley and Lynette for help, offering to pay any price.
• Wriothesley called his help an investment and said its return depended on whether Zhu Zhuqing could break the rule.

Wriothesley brought Zhu Zhuqing to his garden and offered her a chance to strengthen herself by eating the dangerously potent Dragon Blood Flower. Zhu Zhuqing accepted the risk and approached the plant, ready to try it.

• Wriothesley led Zhu Zhuqing into the garden to test her endurance before investing in her further.
• Wriothesley showed Zhu Zhuqing the Dragon Blood Flower, explaining that eating it was like drinking magma but could directly increase her strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned whether Wriothesley was joking, but he left the decision to her.
• Lynette reassured Zhu Zhuqing that Wriothesley had good reasons for the test.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to try the Dragon Blood Flower and walked toward it.