Chapter Summaries

At a Spirit Hall awakening ceremony, Taichu rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple, and Su Yuntao beat Yu Xiaogang for insulting his nephew. Taichu revealed that his Sharingan martial soul gave him confidence he would become a god, and Su Yuntao promised to serve him if he became a titled douluo.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Taichu after seeing his innate full soul power, but Taichu refused and Yu Xiaogang berated him.
• Su Yuntao attacked Yu Xiaogang for insulting Taichu, and Ma Xiunuo eventually pulled him away.
• Taichu dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s criticism and declared that he would become a titled douluo.
• Ma Xiunuo warned Su Yuntao that Yu Xiaogang had powerful connections, but Su Yuntao said he would defend Taichu again if needed.
• Taichu revealed that his martial soul was the Three Tomoe Sharingan and said he intended to become a god.
• Su Yuntao promised to guard the gate for Taichu if he became a titled douluo, though he privately doubted Taichu’s chances.

Bibi Dong retaliated against Taichu for rejecting Yu Xiaogang, blocking his admission to the Martial Soul Academy and ordering Su Yuntao into the Angel Hunting Squad. Taichu learned that his uncle had been assigned dangerous missions and recognized the order as personal revenge.

• Ma Xiunuo recorded Taichu's Innate Full Soul Power and planned to submit his information for Martial Soul Academy admission.
• Bibi Dong rejected Taichu's admission because he had a Trash Martial Soul and ordered Su Yuntao to serve three months in the Angel Hunting Squad.
• Taichu refined Whale Rubber while Su Yuntao complained that Taichu's bulk purchase had made the city believe he was severely kidney-deficient.
• Su Yuntao told Taichu that the Martial Soul Academy had rejected him and that he had been ordered to carry out Angel Hunting Squad missions.
• Taichu realized the squad's high casualty rate made the order dangerous and accused Bibi Dong of taking personal revenge.

Su Yuntao returned from his three-month Angel Hunting Squad mission with his left leg missing, while Taichu spent the time cultivating with Whale Rubber. When Yu Xiaogang mocked Su Yuntao, Taichu’s Three Tomoe Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Su Yuntao told Taichu he would keep the Whale Rubber discovery from Spirit Hall and entrusted him with his savings, their courtyard deed, and advice for his cultivation.
• Su Yuntao left to serve a three-month mission with the Angel Hunting Squad, and Taichu trained with Whale Rubber throughout his absence.
• Taichu learned that Su Yuntao had returned early and saw Yu Xiaogang with Tang San at the Martial Soul Hall Branch.
• Yu Xiaogang disparaged Taichu and later mocked the injured Su Yuntao, who had lost his left leg.
• Taichu angrily confronted Yu Xiaogang, and his Three Tomoe Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Taichu confronted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang over Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and refused to apologize, prompting Tang San to challenge him. Tang San’s Sleeve Arrow struck Yu Xiaogang instead after Taichu’s Mangekyō Sharingan altered Tang San’s perception.

• Taichu called Yu Xiaogang a plagiarist and refused Tang San’s demand that he apologize to his Teacher.
• Tang San challenged Taichu, released his Blue Silver Grass, and bound him with its first Soul Skill and poison.
• Taichu called on Ma Xiunuo for help, while Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San to kill Taichu and revealed Taichu’s connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tang San fired his Sleeve Arrow at the figure he believed was Taichu, but Taichu’s Mangekyō Sharingan had made him mistake Yu Xiaogang for his target.
• Yu Xiaogang screamed in pain as Tang San’s Sleeve Arrow struck his lower body.

Taichu trapped Tang San in Genjutsu, causing him to strike Yu Xiaogang with his Sleeve Arrow, while Taichu’s Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan. The chapter ended with a physician amputating Yu Xiaogang’s badly wounded testicle as Tang San brought him for treatment.

• Tang San mistook Yu Xiaogang for Taichu under Genjutsu and struck his teacher with a Sleeve Arrow.
• Taichu denied using Genjutsu, while Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo backed his account and urged Tang San to get Yu Xiaogang medical help.
• Tang San carried the unconscious Yu Xiaogang away and threatened Taichu before leaving the Branch Hall.
• Taichu told Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo that his Sharingan had evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Ma Xiunuo warned Su Yuntao to keep Taichu’s potential quiet because Spirit Hall might see them as a threat.
• A physician examined Yu Xiaogang’s wound and amputated his badly damaged testicle.

Yu Xiaogang woke in the clinic to learn that his injury had left him mutilated, while Tang San vowed to defeat Taichu and Tang Hao decided to let Taichu serve as his son’s rival. At home, Taichu wondered why his Mangekyō Sharingan had no dojutsu and resolved to pursue a Thousand-Year First Soul Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang awoke and learned from the physician that his injury could not be treated, so the physician had amputated the damaged part.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Taichu rather than Tang San and urged Tang San to cultivate hard and defeat Taichu; Tang San promised to do so.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San train and chose not to kill Taichu, deciding that Taichu could spur Tang San’s growth.
• Taichu questioned why his Mangekyō Sharingan had no dojutsu and suspected that he needed to absorb a Soul Ring to awaken one.
• Taichu took out the half-eaten Whale Rubber and resolved to make his First Soul Ring a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

After months of preparing his body, Taichu decided to seek a thousand-year Phantom Domain Spirit Fox for his First Soul Ring. He left with Ma Xiunuo for the Soul Beast Forest in the Border Mountains, despite Su Yuntao’s worries.

• Sisi’s growing affection for Su Yuntao continued, and Taichu watched them share their happy domestic life.
• Taichu told Su Yuntao that he had finished taking the second portion of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber and was ready to obtain his First Soul Ring.
• Taichu explained that he planned to hunt a Phantom Domain Spirit Fox because its mental abilities suited his Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao urged Taichu to choose a younger Soul Beast, but Taichu said his tested physical fitness could handle an eleven-hundred-year Soul Ring.
• After Su Yuntao warned Taichu to return alive, Taichu set off with Ma Xiunuo for the Soul Beast Forest in the Border Mountains.

Taichu and Ma Xiunuo hunted a thousand-year Phantom Domain Spirit Fox, but Taichu killed it with his Mangekyō Sharingan and absorbed its Soul Ring as his first. He reached Soul Power Level 18 and revealed his first Soul Skill, Tsukuyomi, leaving Ma Xiunuo inside its Genjutsu space.

• Ma Xiunuo warned Taichu about the dangers of trusting people in a Soul Beast Forest, and they rested before entering the Phantom Domain Spirit Fox's territory.
• Ma Xiunuo attacked an approximately eleven-hundred-year Phantom Domain Spirit Fox, but its Genjutsu disrupted his aim and left him vulnerable.
• Taichu stopped the fox from attacking Ma Xiunuo, caught it in his Mangekyō Sharingan's Genjutsu, and killed it with an arrow.
• Taichu absorbed the fox's thousand-year Soul Ring despite the intense pain, then measured at Soul Power Level 18.
• Taichu explained that his first Soul Skill, Tsukuyomi, trapped Ma Xiunuo in a controlled Genjutsu space where time passed much faster than in the outside world.

Taichu returned to Nuoding City after successfully absorbing a thousand-year First Soul Ring, and Ma Xiunuo warned him to keep it secret. As Taichu considered how Soul Rings might awaken Mangekyō Sharingan Dōjutsu, he resolved to reach level 20 and test his theory with his Second Soul Ring.

• Ma Xiunuo learned that Taichu’s Tsukuyomi Space could be broken by someone with far greater mental power, but recognized how rarely that weakness would matter.
• Ma Xiunuo and Taichu left Guchui Forest and returned to Nuoding City, where Ma Xiunuo warned him not to reveal his thousand-year First Soul Ring.
• Su Yuntao celebrated Taichu’s success and promised to keep the Soul Ring secret, while Taichu asked him not to call him a future Peerless Douluo.
• Taichu realized his First Soul Skill was a Mangekyō Sharingan Dōjutsu and suspected that absorbing Soul Rings awakened more Dōjutsu as Soul Skills.
• Taichu resolved to reach level 20 and use his Second Soul Ring to test whether his theory was correct.

Taichu registered as a Soul Master and began stockpiling rare Whale Rubber while planning to use its effects to undermine Yu Xiaogang and reduce attention on himself. When Tang San came to challenge him, Taichu refused until Tang San brought Soul Beast information collected by Yu Xiaogang, then accepted.

• Taichu registered at the Branch Hall and collected his one Gold Soul Coin benefit.
• Taichu bought thousand-year and ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber while cultivating toward level 20.
• Tang San challenged Taichu, but Taichu refused and dismissed him as a defeated opponent.
• Tang San offered one Gold Soul Coin, but Taichu demanded Soul Beast information from Yu Xiaogang instead.
• Tang San returned with Yu Xiaogang's Soul Beast information, and Taichu checked it before accepting the challenge.

Taichu challenged Tang San and discovered that his Mangekyō Sharingan could see Soul Power flowing through meridians and copy Tang San’s techniques. After matching Tang San in close combat, Taichu copied his Tang Sect footwork and redirected a Sleeve Arrow, leaving himself newly able to copy Soul Skills and techniques.

• Tang San challenged Taichu to a fight, but Taichu refused to reveal his Soul Power level.
• When Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement, Taichu saw Soul Power flowing through his meridians and realized his Mangekyō Sharingan’s insight had improved.
• Taichu dodged Tang San’s attack and countered him in close combat, using his Sharingan to deflect Tang San’s strikes.
• Tang San used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Taichu copied Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade him.
• Tang San accused Taichu of stealing his Tang Sect arts and fired a Sleeve Arrow, which Taichu caught with his copied Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon.

Taichu defeated Tang San after using the Mangekyō Sharingan to overcome Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye, then kept the Soul Beast records he had obtained. Later, Taichu failed to imitate Tang San’s Bind Soul Skill and suspected his Soul Power lacked the required Wood Attribute.

• Tang San accused Taichu of stealing Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon and challenged him, but Taichu dodged his attacks and defeated him with Genjutsu and a punch.
• Taichu held Tang San’s Sleeve Arrow to his throat but spared him, wary of retaliation from Tang Hao and possible intervention by the Asura God.
• Taichu read Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Beast records in an hour, while Tang San returned to Yu Xiaogang and vowed to defeat Taichu.
• Taichu tried to recreate the Bind Soul Skill by copying its Soul Power circulation but failed and concluded that his Soul Power might lack the Wood Attribute.

Taichu entered the Nuoding Soul Fighting Arena in disguise to copy Soul Skills and gain combat experience. He defeated a series of opponents, beginning with Ye Zhou, and planned to keep fighting.

• Taichu decided to copy Soul Skills at the Soul Fighting Arena and use its matches to improve his combat experience.
• He registered as Blood Eye, claimed to be nine years old, concealed his identity with a mask, and entered a one-on-one sparring match against Ye Zhou.
• Ye Zhou mocked Taichu’s Mangekyō Sharingan as a Trash Martial Soul, then used his Thunder Wolf Martial Soul and First Soul Skill, Thunder Step.
• Taichu memorized the Soul Power flow behind Thunder Step and defeated Ye Zhou without rumpling his clothes.
• Taichu went on to defeat several more opponents in the Soul Fighting Arena.

Taichu discovered that his Soul Power had the Lightning Attribute after successfully casting a copied Thunder Step, then cultivated until he reached Soul Power Level 20. He left for Sunset Forest to hunt his second Soul Ring alone, despite Su Yuntao’s concern.

• Taichu replicated Soul Skills at the Soul Fighting Arena and found that he could successfully cast the Lightning-type Thunder Step.
• Taichu focused on cultivating and copying Lightning-type Soul Skills, eventually reaching Soul Power Level 19 after about half a month.
• Taichu continued his demanding routine for another three months and reached Soul Power Level 20 after turning seven.
• Su Yuntao worried about Taichu hunting a thousand-year Soul Beast alone, but Taichu refused Ma Xiunuo’s help and set out for Sunset Forest.

Taichu searched Sunset Forest for a Black Flame Demon Bird suitable for his Second Soul Ring while hunting for food. He encountered the Imperial Dou Team after they drove a Blood Shadow Red Snake into his campsite, and Yu Tianheng introduced himself.

• Taichu killed a Rock Horn Sheep for food and reflected on his month and a half of searching Sunset Forest for the Black Flame Demon Bird.
• Taichu roasted the sheep when a Blood Shadow Red Snake burst from the bushes and attacked him.
• Taichu blocked the snake's mouth with a lamb leg and put on his mask as the people pursuing it arrived.
• Taichu asked whether the group had driven the snake toward him, and Yu Tianheng apologized for the disturbance.
• Taichu recognized Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan emblem and identified the group as the Imperial Dou Team.

Taichu watched the Imperial Dou Team hunt a Blood Shadow Red Snake and considered how the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and a Blue Silver Emperor leg bone could help people close to him. After Dugu Yan killed the snake, Taichu refused Yu Tianheng’s compensation and decided to take Yu Tianheng’s two Soul Skills.

• Taichu focused on Dugu Yan because she was Dugu Bo’s granddaughter and thought about using treasures from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help his uncle, including restoring his lost leg with a Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• The Blood Shadow Red Snake spat out the sheep leg it had swallowed, ruining Taichu’s dinner, and Yu Tianheng ordered the Imperial Dou Team to attack.
• Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, and Osler worked together to injure, paralyze, and pin down the Blood Shadow Red Snake.
• Yu Tianheng urged Dugu Yan to finish the snake, and she killed it, allowing a purple Soul Ring to appear above its corpse.
• Taichu watched the team’s coordination, refused Yu Tianheng’s offer of Gold Soul Coins, and decided to take Yu Tianheng’s two Soul Skills.

Taichu warned Dugu Yan that absorbing the Blood Shadow Red Snake’s Soul Ring would worsen the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison she inherited. Yu Tianheng attacked Taichu to force him to reveal what he knew, leaving Dugu Yan furious and the Imperial Dou Team bewildered.

• Taichu advised Dugu Yan against absorbing the Blood Shadow Red Snake’s Soul Ring, and she stopped to question him.
• Taichu hinted that Dugu Yan was worsening her inherited poison, prompting her to demand how he knew about it.
• Yu Tianheng activated his Martial Soul and attacked Taichu, hoping to capture him and win Dugu Yan’s favor.
• Taichu dodged Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claw with Lightning Style—Thunder Step and condemned the team for invading his campsite.
• Yu Tianheng admitted he had attacked to get information for Dugu Yan, and she lost what little goodwill she still had toward him.

Taichu defeated Yu Tianheng with Tsukuyomi and revealed his thousand-year first Soul Ring to the Imperial Dou Team. Qin Ming questioned how Taichu had managed it, but Taichu left the team bristling with a dismissive answer.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Taichu to impress Dugu Yan, then unleashed his third Soul Skill after Dugu Yan rebuked him.
• Taichu trapped Yu Tianheng in Tsukuyomi, where he tortured him for what felt like a day and night, then left him unconscious when the illusion ended.
• The Imperial Dou Team discovered Taichu had a thousand-year first Soul Ring, while Qin Ming checked Yu Tianheng and found his mental power had been damaged.
• Qin Ming asked Taichu how he had strengthened his body enough to absorb the ring, and Taichu told the team to examine their own training.

Taichu refused Qin Ming’s invitation to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and privately told Dugu Yan something that made her serious. When Osler demanded Taichu reveal how he absorbed a thousand-year first soul ring, Dugu Yan declared that the Dugu Family would protect him, allowing him to leave.

• Qin Ming invited Taichu to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and become a member of the Imperial Dou Team, but Taichu refused.
• Taichu whispered to Dugu Yan, who listened with growing concern, then let him leave.
• Osler stopped Taichu and demanded the method for absorbing a thousand-year first soul ring, while the others watched in silence.
• Dugu Yan accused Osler of trying to seize Taichu’s treasure and declared that her family would protect him, invoking her grandfather Dugu Bo.
• Osler and the others backed down, and Taichu left while keeping a wary eye on Qin Ming.

Taichu found and killed a nearly 3,900-year-old Black Flame Demon Bird, then risked absorbing its Soul Ring and broke through to Soul Power Level 23. He awakened his Second Soul Skill, Amaterasu, and tested its black flames on an approaching Black Tiger.

• Taichu worried that the Imperial Dou Team would reveal his thousand-year First Soul Ring, but was relieved that he had worn a mask and found a Black Flame Demon Bird in Sunset Forest.
• Taichu estimated the Black Flame Demon Bird was nearly 3,900 years old and decided to risk absorbing its Soul Ring despite the danger.
• Taichu killed the Black Flame Demon Bird and endured the painful absorption of its Purple Soul Ring, with a heat flow helping repair his body.
• Taichu broke through the level 20 barrier and reached Soul Power Level 23 before a Black Tiger approached him.
• Taichu used his Second Soul Skill, Amaterasu, to burn the Black Tiger to ashes.