Chapter Summaries

Lu Duzhou welcomed Tang San to Notting Academy and encouraged him to pursue great strength, while Yu Xiaogang recognized Tang San’s supposed Twin Martial Souls and drew him aside. Tang San remembered his father’s warning, judged Yu Xiaogang an enemy, and activated the mechanism of his Silent Sleeve Arrow.

• Gatekeeper Paul received Tang San and Old Jack, then asked Lu Duzhou to handle Tang San’s enrollment and show him around.
• Lu Duzhou told Tang San about Yu Xiaogang’s half-level Innate Soul Power and urged him to dream of becoming a Title Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Tang San and Lu Duzhou, and Lu Duzhou introduced him as his role model.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to a quiet corner and declared that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San recalled Tang Hao’s warning, decided Yu Xiaogang had chosen the Path to Death, and activated his Silent Sleeve Arrow.

Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Tang San by claiming to have deduced that he possessed Twin Martial Souls, but Tang San rejected him after Yu Xiaogang insulted him and Lu Duzhou. Tang San left with Lu Duzhou, while Yu Xiaogang was left furious.

• Yu Xiaogang explained his theory that Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power proved he possessed Twin Martial Souls, then offered to take him as a student.
• Tang San took Yu Xiaogang’s offer as an insult to his father and considered killing him, but paused when Lu Duzhou arrived.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Lu Duzhou had once wanted to become his student and called Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass a Waste Martial Soul.
• Lu Duzhou challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims and questioned how a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster could help Tang San become a Title Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls again and threatened to have Lu Duzhou expelled, prompting Lu Duzhou to leave.
• Tang San condemned Yu Xiaogang as unworthy of being his teacher and ran after Lu Duzhou, leaving Yu Xiaogang trembling with rage.

Lu Duzhou told Tang San why he had once looked up to Master, then helped him join Seventh Dormitory, where Tang San became Boss before yielding the title to Lu Duzhou. Xiao Wu arrived as a new work-study student, and Lu Duzhou declared that the three of them would be sworn siblings.

• Lu Duzhou confided in Tang San that Master had rejected him for his low talent, and Tang San promised he believed Lu Duzhou could succeed.
• Lu Duzhou promised to keep Tang San's Twin Martial Souls secret and took him to register at Seventh Dormitory.
• Tang San defeated Wang Sheng in a fight and became Seventh Dormitory's Boss, then announced that Lu Duzhou should take the title instead.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Seventh Dormitory, introduced herself as a level-ten rabbit Martial Soul owner, and met Tang San and Lu Duzhou.
• Lu Duzhou proposed that he be the big brother, Xiao Wu the second sister, and Tang San the third brother, and Xiao Wu agreed to be friends.

Lu Duzhou explained how his One Acre of Land Martial Soul helped plant-type Martial Souls cultivate while taking Xiao Wu and Tang San to eat and buy bedding. He reassured Xiao Wu about the food chain and began advising Tang San on obtaining his first Soul Ring, leaving the best choices unresolved.

• Lu Duzhou made Xiao Wu the Seventh Dormitory Boss, and Tang San accepted the rule that made her his Second Sister.
• Lu Duzhou took Xiao Wu and Tang San out, bought them a meal, and explained how clients paid to cultivate Martial Soul Projections in his One Acre of Land.
• Tang San learned that he could use Lu Duzhou's land for free, while Xiao Wu wondered why rabbits could not be planted there.
• Lu Duzhou explained the food chain and told Xiao Wu that hunting Soul Beasts was part of survival; Xiao Wu thanked him for helping her understand the world.
• Tang San asked how to obtain and choose his first Soul Ring, and Lu Duzhou advised him to seek the Dean's help before outlining two possible directions.

Lu Duzhou advised Tang San on evolving his Blue Silver Grass martial soul along a combat-focused path and discussed first Soul Rings for Tang San and Xiao Wu. After Yu Xiaogang demanded Lu Duzhou’s expulsion, Lu Duzhou defended himself to Dean Bruno and asked him to take the two new students to hunt for Soul Rings.

• Lu Duzhou told Tang San that he should sharpen his Blue Silver Grass leaves and pursue the Life Sharpening Route rather than become a support Soul Master.
• Lu Duzhou advised Tang San to seek a plant-type Soul Beast with a hundred-year Soul Ring and told Xiao Wu to accompany him to the forest.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bruno to expel Lu Duzhou, claiming Lu Duzhou had disrespected him and damaged his reputation.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu defended Lu Duzhou when Bruno questioned him, and Lu Duzhou introduced them as sworn siblings with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Bruno declined to expel Lu Duzhou but urged him to avoid Yu Xiaogang, and Lu Duzhou agreed on the condition that Bruno take Tang San and Xiao Wu to obtain suitable hundred-year Soul Rings.

After Lu Duzhou encouraged Tang San and Xiao Wu to endure Yu Xiaogang’s humiliation, Tang San revealed his Twin Martial Souls to Lu Duzhou. When Tang San planted his Blue Silver Emperor, Lu Duzhou gained the Blue Silver Domain, leaving him thrilled with the result of his plan.

• Lu Duzhou told Tang San and Xiao Wu to avoid confronting Yu Xiaogang and urged them to grow stronger, prompting both students to vow they would become Title Douluo and protect him.
• That night, Tang San showed Lu Duzhou his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls and admitted he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Lu Duzhou explained his theory of Martial Soul inheritance and concluded that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was extraordinary because both his parents must have powerful Martial Souls.
• Lu Duzhou had Tang San plant his Blue Silver Grass in his special patch of land, where Tang San felt a connection form through his Martial Soul Projection.
• Lu Duzhou gained the Blue Silver Domain from Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor, including its initial effects and disguise ability.

Lu Duzhou encouraged Tang San to value his Blue Silver Grass and later disciplined Xiao Wu for recklessly hunting a Soul Beast alone. The chapter ended with Tang San showing off his new Soul Skill and Lu Duzhou scolding him for damaging school property.

• Lu Duzhou told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass was powerful and likely the best gift his mother had left him, prompting Tang San to reconsider his father's contempt for it.
• Lu Duzhou decided not to search for Ah Yin's soul bone because Tang Hao was protecting Tang San and would pose too great a danger.
• Tang San told Lu Duzhou that Xiao Wu had wandered off during his Soul Ring absorption and faced a Hundred-Year Soul Beast alone, so Lu Duzhou punished her and made Tang San watch.
• Tang San revealed that he had gained a two-hundred-and-fifty-year Exploding Iron Thorns Soul Ring and demonstrated his Exploding Pierce Soul Skill by cutting a corner off a table.
• Lu Duzhou scolded Tang San for damaging school property and said they would have to pay for a whole table.

Lu Duzhou discussed Tang San and Xiao Wu’s new Soul Skills and their plans for further study, while Xiao Wu worried that a High-Rank Soul Master Academy could expose her identity. The group then encountered Yu Xiaogang, who criticized Tang San for choosing a Plant Type Soul Ring, and Tang San silently resolved to oppose him.

• Lu Duzhou praised Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Soul Skill and advised Xiao Wu that her Waist Bow was a poor fit for an Agility Attack Type Soul Master.
• Tang San blamed Xiao Wu for choosing her Soul Ring herself, but Lu Duzhou reassured her and suggested combining her Waist Bow with Tang San’s self-created Soul Skill.
• Lu Duzhou discussed their future schooling, and Xiao Wu stiffened at the prospect of attending a High-Rank Soul Master Academy where Soul Douluos might recognize her as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• As Lu Duzhou, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left the library, Yu Xiaogang criticized Tang San for taking a Plant Type Soul Ring and urged him to accept him as his master.
• Tang San restrained himself from attacking Yu Xiaogang and secretly vowed that Yu Xiaogang had embarked upon the Path to Death.

Yu Xiaogang left Notting Academy determined to find a student who could defeat Tang San and Xiao Wu, then joined Shrek Academy and began training Oscar and Ma Hongjun. Two years later, Lu Duzhou reached Level Ten Soul Power, and Bruno took him to the Soul Hunting Forest for his first Soul Ring.

• Xiao Wu rebuked Yu Xiaogang, who vowed to train a student to defeat her and Tang San before leaving the library.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bruno to expel Lu Duzhou, then searched the academy's student records and found no suitable candidate.
• Yu Xiaogang visited Flender at Shrek Academy, rejected Oscar as a student at first, then agreed to give him a chance after considering how a support-type Soul Master could aid a team.
• Yu Xiaogang took Ma Hongjun as his student and proposed risky ways to deal with the boy's evil fire, including removing its source or taking him to a brothel.
• A year later, Lu Duzhou reached Level Ten Soul Power, and Bruno took him to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain his first Soul Ring.

Lu Duzhou gained the Earth Vein Breathing soul skill, which rapidly replenished Soul Power for himself and Soul Masters who planted their Martial Souls in his land. He set out with Liu Feng for Plant Academy to find customers and powerful Plant-type Martial Souls, while Tang San and Xiao Wu stayed behind.

• Lu Duzhou absorbed a three-hundred-and-fifty-year-old Mystic Earth Turtle’s Soul Ring and gained Earth Vein Breathing, a skill that drew on Earth Vein Power to replenish Soul Power.
• Tang San realized the skill could support his Hidden Weapon Technique, while Xiao Wu complained that she could not plant her Martial Soul in Lu Duzhou’s land.
• Lu Duzhou decided to wait before attending a higher-level academy and planned to visit Plant Academy to find customers, strengthen his abilities, and make connections.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu offered to accompany Lu Duzhou, but he told them to keep cultivating and said he would travel with Liu Feng’s family instead.
• Five days later, Lu Duzhou left for Plant Academy with Liu Feng, who explained that Yao Zi was the academy’s most talented student and promised to introduce them.

Lu Duzhou demonstrated how his land Martial Soul could boost Plant Soul Masters’ cultivation and gained the Thorn Fire Ring Soul Skill from Yao Zi’s Red Flame Thorns. Yao Zi confirmed the boost worked, and Mu Yunteng asked to try it too.

• Lu Duzhou and Liu Feng discussed how Plant Academy could benefit from Lu Duzhou’s support, and Lu Duzhou considered seeking the academy’s help to obtain Whale Rubber.
• Three days later, Lu Duzhou arrived in Pano City, where Liu Feng introduced him to Plant Academy captain Yao Zi and teammate Mu Yunteng.
• Lu Duzhou unfolded One Third of an Acre of Land and invited Yao Zi to plant her Red Flame Thorns in it.
• Yao Zi planted her Martial Soul, granting Lu Duzhou the Thorn Fire Ring Soul Skill, which could repel and strike enemies with fiery spikes and absorb fire attacks.
• Yao Zi tested the land’s effect and found that it increased her cultivation speed by around five percent, prompting Mu Yunteng to ask for a turn.

Lu Duzhou let Mu Yunteng plant her Green Vine Martial Soul, gaining the Vine Dragon Soul Skill and a further increase to his cultivation speed. He secured Ailin’s support and agreed to reserve land for Plant Academy students, then watched Aimi plant her Ghost Eye Demon Tree.

• Mu Yunteng planted her Green Vine Martial Soul, giving Lu Duzhou the Vine Dragon Soul Skill and increasing his cultivation speed.
• Yao Zi proposed taking Lu Duzhou to meet Plant Academy’s Dean, Ailin, and brought him to the academy that afternoon.
• Lu Duzhou asked Ailin for land rental fees and academy support for his cultivation and Martial Soul research, and she accepted his conditions.
• Ailin asked Lu Duzhou to reserve land for her niece Aimi and other Plant Academy students, offering payment for Aimi’s plot; Lu Duzhou agreed.
• Aimi planted her Ghost Eye Demon Tree Martial Soul on Lu Duzhou’s land, and he saw a new Soul Skill appear.

Lu Duzhou demonstrated how his Martial Soul boosted Aimi’s cultivation and replenished Soul Power, leading Ailin to welcome him into the Ai Family as Aimi’s older brother. The next day, ten selected students planted their Martial Souls in his land, boosting his cultivation speed and granting him five new soul skills.

• Aimi discovered that Lu Duzhou’s Martial Soul doubled her cultivation speed, and Ailin realized she might reach Level Ten by age seven.
• Lu Duzhou explained that his Planting Martial Soul increased cultivation speed and that his first soul skill could replenish the Soul Power of those who planted their Martial Souls with him.
• Ailin gave Lu Duzhou a Treasure Ring of Three, and Lu Duzhou swore to protect Aimi as his newly named Fourth Sister.
• Ailin asked Yao Zi to list promising students for Lu Duzhou’s help, and Yao Zi realized his Martial Soul would draw the city’s great families closer to him.
• The next day, ten students planted their Martial Souls in Lu Duzhou’s land, raising his cultivation speed to about four and a half levels per year and granting him five new soul skills.

Lu Duzhou returned to Notting City with new soul skills and gifts for Tang San and Xiao Wu, then a year later Yu Xiaogang considered taking Dai Mubai as his disciple. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai kneeling and asking Yu Xiaogang to teach him.

• Lu Duzhou reviewed the five soul skills he had gained and noted that his Planting Martial Souls gave him ten attack-related skills in total.
• After returning to Notting City, Lu Duzhou gave Tang San a Spatial Soul Tool, and Tang San offered to teach him Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Lu Duzhou showed Xiao Wu a room full of new clothes and shoes, delighting her.
• A year later, Flender introduced Dai Mubai to Yu Xiaogang and suggested that Yu Xiaogang take him as a student.
• Dai Mubai knelt before Yu Xiaogang and asked him to teach him.

Yu Xiaogang accepted Dai Mubai as his student and challenged Lu Duzhou’s group to a three-on-three soul battle at Shrek Academy in three years. After signing an agreement, Lu Duzhou, Tang San, and Xiao Wu resolved to train for the match.

• Dai Mubai answered Yu Xiaogang’s questions and became his student, believing the Master could help him contend for the Star Luo throne.
• A month later, Yu Xiaogang brought Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to Notting Academy and proposed a three-on-three battle against Lu Duzhou’s group in three years.
• Ma Hongjun proposed that the losing side crawl through the winners’ legs, and Tang San, Lu Duzhou, and Xiao Wu accepted the challenge.
• Yu Xiaogang had all six young people sign a written agreement before returning to Shrek Academy with his students.
• Lu Duzhou, Tang San, and Xiao Wu vowed to train for the match, with Tang San and Xiao Wu aiming to obtain their third Soul Rings and Lu Duzhou planning to obtain his second Soul Ring within a year.
• Lu Duzhou told Tang San and Xiao Wu about his Whale Rubber experiments and said he would seek more if the results proved promising.

Lu Duzhou prepared to risk absorbing a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu revealed she was a hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Charming Rabbit and he promised to protect her. At Sunset Forest, Lu Duzhou killed an eleven-hundred-year Rock Earth Python and began absorbing its Soul Ring under Ailin’s watch, as two strangers arrived nearby.

• Lu Duzhou insisted he would absorb a Soul Ring beyond his limit to strengthen himself and support Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• After reaching level twenty, Lu Duzhou learned from Xiao Wu that she was a hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Charming Rabbit, and he accepted her while warning her to conceal her identity.
• Lu Duzhou explained that Ailin would supervise his attempt to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and that success could secure Plant Academy’s support and help Tang San grow stronger.
• More than half a month later, Lu Duzhou used his Martial Soul to kill an eleven-hundred-year Rock Earth Python in Sunset Forest.
• Lu Duzhou began absorbing the python’s Soul Ring as Ailin stood ready to intervene, and an old figure and a young figure appeared nearby.

Lu Duzhou absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring as his Second Soul Ring, drawing the attention of Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. He asked Ailin to let him speak privately with Dugu Bo and argued that the Title Douluo could become a valuable ally for future hunts at sea.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived while Lu Duzhou absorbed his Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo questioned how a boy so young could absorb a thousand-year ring.
• Dugu Yan called the feat impossible, but Lu Duzhou completed the absorption and revealed one yellow and one purple Soul Ring.
• Ailin introduced Lu Duzhou to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, then tried to conceal the reason he could absorb a ring beyond the usual limit.
• Lu Duzhou requested private conversations with Ailin and Dugu Bo, ignoring Dugu Yan's objection.
• Ailin warned Lu Duzhou that seeking Dugu Bo's support could expose them to serious risks, but Lu Duzhou argued they needed a Title Douluo's strength for future sea hunts.
• Lu Duzhou told Ailin that his new Second Soul Skill had revealed a problem and that he had a way to earn Dugu Bo's approval.

Lu Duzhou revealed that Whale Rubber could strengthen Dugu Yan’s body, reduce the effects of her poison, and help her Martial Soul evolve, persuading Dugu Bo that the plan could achieve three goals at once. Dugu Bo agreed to Lu Duzhou’s first condition—to help him find ten Immortal Herbs—and waited to hear the other two.

• Lu Duzhou told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan’s poison came from her Martial Soul and suggested that strengthening her body could help her withstand it.
• Dugu Bo admitted that he and Dugu Yan were poisoned, then offered Lu Duzhou three conditions in exchange for his solution.
• Lu Duzhou explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen Dugu Yan’s body, improve her resistance to poison, and support stronger Soul Rings and Martial Soul evolution.
• Lu Duzhou said an Immortal Herb called the Earth Dragon Golden Melon could help Snake-type or flood dragon-type Martial Souls undergo Dragon Transformation.
• Lu Duzhou asked Dugu Bo to help him find ten Immortal Herbs as his first condition, and Dugu Bo agreed.

Lu Duzhou secured Dugu Bo’s agreement to help detoxify Dugu Yan, share Whale Rubber, and take Tang San as his student. After Dugu Yan tried Whale Rubber and felt its benefits, Dugu Bo set a date to depart with Lu Duzhou and Ailin for a Demon Whale hunt, while Dugu Yan learned the truth about her detoxification.

• Lu Duzhou asked Dugu Bo to share half of the Whale Rubber from his future hunts and teach Tang San, and Dugu Bo accepted both conditions.
• Dugu Yan complained that Dugu Bo and Lu Duzhou had taken so long to talk, then grew embarrassed when Ailin asked for Whale Rubber.
• Lu Duzhou explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen the body and help someone absorb a Soul Ring beyond the theoretical limit, and Dugu Yan tested a melted piece and felt an obvious improvement.
• Dugu Bo agreed to meet Ailin at Plant Academy in ten days and travel with her and Lu Duzhou from Pano City to Vast Sea City to search for Demon Whales.
• Ailin asked Dugu Bo to care for Lu Duzhou, and Dugu Yan promised to protect him before Dugu Bo explained the detoxification plan and Dugu Yan hugged Lu Duzhou.

Lu Duzhou reassured Dugu Yan and suggested a way for Dugu Bo to manage his poison before Dugu Bo took them to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. There, Lu Duzhou claimed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and prepared to search for more Immortal Herbs.

• Dugu Yan thanked Lu Duzhou for helping her and asked whether he could cure Dugu Bo’s poison too.
• Lu Duzhou proposed drawing Dugu Bo’s toxins into Soul Bones, and Dugu Bo offered him another reward for the advice.
• Dugu Bo told Lu Duzhou that he had the Immortal Herbs Lu Duzhou wanted and flew him and Dugu Yan to the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo warned them to stay away from the pool’s dangerous frigid and scorching energies.
• Lu Duzhou recognized the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, asked to take it, and planned to search the valley for the Earth Dragon Golden Melon.