Chapter Summaries

Ye Qifeng and Gui Mei traveled to Soul Hunting Forest, where Ye Qifeng planned to capture rather than kill Spirit Beasts. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu became Dormitory Seven’s boss, and Asura God completed his intervention in her behavior before turning away from watching the continent.

• Ye Qifeng asked Gui Mei to carry him to Soul Hunting Forest and explained that he intended to capture Spirit Beasts instead of killing them.
• At Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu defeated Tang San, became Dormitory Seven’s boss, and proposed sharing a bed with him.
• Asura God watched Xiao Wu through a vision, completed his guidance of her, and stopped observing the continent to avoid the God of Destruction.
• Ye Qifeng and Gui Mei reached Soul Hunting Forest, presented Ye Qifeng’s fourth-grade Soul Hunting Warrant, and entered.
• Ye Qifeng gave Gui Mei the Spirit Beast catalog and asked him to find circled Spirit Beasts, prioritizing Mandala Snakes around four hundred years old for capture.

Ye Qifeng found a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake in the Soul Hunting Forest and captured it so Tang San could not claim its Spirit Ring. He stored the unconscious snake in his Purple Jade Crystal Ring and prepared to search for the other Spirit Beasts.

• Gui Mei searched the Soul Hunting Forest with his Spiritual Power and located a Mandala Snake two kilometers northeast.
• Ye Qifeng recognized the snake as the source of Tang San's future First Spirit Ring and decided to take it away.
• Ye Qifeng declined Gui Mei's offer to capture the snake and confronted it himself.
• Ye Qifeng used Shadow Bind to immobilize the Mandala Snake, then knocked it unconscious.
• Ye Qifeng stored the Mandala Snake in his Purple Jade Crystal Ring and turned his attention to the remaining Spirit Beasts.

Ye Qifeng waited for Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang Hao to reach the market outside Soul Hunting Forest, then arranged for Gui Mei to frighten Tang Hao and traveled toward Holy Soul Village to find Ah Yin. After a Title Douluo’s pressure appeared near the forest, Tang Hao became wary and followed Tang San inside to protect him.

• Tang San skipped Nuoding Academy’s opening ceremony and left with Yu Xiaogang to hunt for a Spirit Ring.
• Ye Qifeng and Gui Mei finished capturing Spirit Beasts in Soul Hunting Forest, then waited at the market for Tang San and his companions.
• Ye Qifeng spotted Tang San wearing Yu Xiaogang’s Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges belt and later saw Tang Hao following them.
• Ye Qifeng asked Gui Mei to release Title Douluo pressure to keep Tang Hao close to Tang San, then set off with Gui Mei for a waterfall near Holy Soul Village to find Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao sensed the Title Douluo pressure outside Soul Hunting Forest, grew cautious, and followed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang inside.

Ye Qifeng and Gui Mei found a hidden cave behind a mountain waterfall and entered the chamber where Tang Hao had planted Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor. Ye Qifeng saw that she was withered from growing in the dark, nutrient-poor cave.

• Ye Qifeng and Gui Mei followed a stream into the mountains and found the waterfall described by Su Yuntao.
• Ye Qifeng asked Gui Mei to split the waterfall, revealing a hidden stone door in the cliff.
• Ye Qifeng found the concealed cave entrance, and Gui Mei followed him inside after the waterfall closed behind them.
• Ye Qifeng broke Tang Hao's Soul Power seal and entered the chamber with Gui Mei.
• Ye Qifeng saw Ah Yin growing weakly in a mound of earth and realized Tang Hao had left her in the sunless cave.

Ye Qifeng and Gui Mei discovered Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, and the 100,000-year Spirit Bone she had left behind. Ye Qifeng took the Spirit Bone and began carefully transplanting Ah Yin so he could bring her under Spirit Hall’s control.

• Gui Mei opened a wooden box and found the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone inside.
• Gui Mei recognized Ah Yin’s golden-veined Blue Silver Grass, and Ye Qifeng confirmed that she was the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Gui Mei offered the Spirit Bone to Ye Qifeng, who accepted it and stored it in his ring.
• Ye Qifeng prepared a flowerpot and carefully dug around Ah Yin’s roots to take her away from the cave.

Ye Qifeng rescued and revived the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin, then left a battered lookalike Blue Silver Grass behind to mislead Tang Hao. As he set out for Heaven Dou City with Gui Mei, he decided Gui Mei needed to return to Spirit City early because Tang Hao posed a growing threat to Spirit Hall.

• Ye Qifeng transplanted Ah Yin into a Warm Jade Flowerpot and revived her with nutrient solution.
• Gui Mei fetched a similar Blue Silver Grass, and Ye Qifeng had him disguise it as nearly trampled before adding nutrient solution to keep it alive.
• Ye Qifeng and Gui Mei left the waterfall cave, and Ye Qifeng chose to travel slowly toward Heaven Dou City to visit Xiao Xue'er.
• Gui Mei said he had been ordered to guard Ye Qifeng throughout the journey, but Ye Qifeng recalled Tang Hao's attacks on Spirit Hall and decided to send Gui Mei back to Spirit City early.

Ye Qifeng warned Gui Mei that Tang Hao might retaliate against Spirit Hall and proposed a way to deter him by making the Clear Sky Sect bear the blame for any attacks. Gui Mei agreed to relay precautions to Bibi Dong as the plan shifted toward exploiting Tang Hao’s loyalty to his sect.

• Ye Qifeng told Gui Mei to warn Bibi Dong and arrange for Spirit Hall personnel near Nuoding City to evacuate or hide from Tang Hao.
• Gui Mei warned that abandoning local branches would disrupt Spirit Hall’s operations and argued that Tang Hao remained the underlying threat.
• Ye Qifeng explained that Tang Hao cared most about his son Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect, but said it was not yet the time to attack Tang San.
• Ye Qifeng proposed blaming the Clear Sky Sect whenever Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall, hoping Tang Hao would stop to protect his sect.
• Gui Mei praised Ye Qifeng’s plan.

Yu Xiaogang took Tang San into the Soul Hunting Forest to find a first Spirit Ring, but their search ended when a pack of Wind Demon Wolves attacked. Yu Xiaogang was wounded and left at the mercy of the Wolf king while Tang San fled.

• Yu Xiaogang explained Martial Soul theory to Tang San, who came to admire him and accept him as an authority.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San searched the forest for a suitable Spirit Beast but encountered a pack of Wind Demon Wolves instead of Nether Wolves.
• Yu Xiaogang's fart-based Spirit Skills enraged the wolves, and the Wolf king ordered an attack.
• Luo Sanpao was destroyed by the wolves' wind blades, causing Yu Xiaogang to suffer backlash and spit blood.
• Tang San escaped the smoke and wind blades, while Yu Xiaogang was cut down and dragged back by the Wolf king.

Ye Qifeng asked Gui Mei to take him back to Nuoding City so he could write Bibi Dong a letter, while Tang Hao watched Tang San and Yu Xiaogang face a pack of Wind Demon Wolves. When Tang Hao sensed that someone had breached the cave behind the waterfall where Ah Yin was hidden, he chose to remain and guard Tang San, leaving Ah Yin’s safety uncertain.

• Ye Qifeng asked Gui Mei to take him to Nuoding City and deliver a letter to Bibi Dong before returning to Spirit City.
• The Wind Demon Wolf king pinned Yu Xiaogang down, and Tang San struck it with thrown radishes to protect his teacher.
• Tang Hao watched from concealment and judged Yu Xiaogang too weak to protect Tang San, preparing to intervene as the wolves attacked.
• Tang Hao sensed that someone had entered the cave behind the waterfall and broken his Soul Power seal, but he returned to watching Tang San.
• Tang Hao decided to stay because Tang San was in danger and a Title Douluo was nearby, convincing himself Ah Yin would be safe until he could return.

Tang San fought the Wind Demon Wolf pack after rescuing Yu Xiaogang, killing two wolves with poisoned Sleeve Arrows before his attempt to kill their king failed. The enraged Wolf King lunged at Tang San, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Tang Hao noticed Yu Xiaogang pinned beneath the Wolf King and realized he needed to act because Tang San had angered the beast.
• Tang San used Purple Demon Eye and poisoned Sleeve Arrows to kill two Wind Demon Wolves, frightening the rest of the pack into retreating.
• The Wolf King clawed Yu Xiaogang and then kicked him several meters away as Tang San charged using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San fired his last Sleeve Arrow at the Wolf King's eye, but its eyelid stopped the arrow and only injured it.
• The enraged Wolf King covered itself in green light, turned its eyes red, and swung a claw at Tang San's forehead.

Tang San fought the Wind Demon Wolf king while weighing whether to abandon the badly injured Yu Xiaogang to protect his secrets. After Tang Hao secretly aided him, Tang San killed the Wolf king and recognized Yu Xiaogang’s kindness, leaving Yu Xiaogang still gravely wounded.

• Tang San dodged the Wolf king’s attack but realized his last Sleeve Arrow had failed and decided to flee while leaving Yu Xiaogang behind.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to run, causing him to hesitate as the Wolf king charged again.
• Tang San drew the blue shortsword Yu Xiaogang had given him and met the Wolf king’s claws head-on.
• Tang Hao secretly strengthened the clash, allowing the shortsword to sever the Wolf king’s front paws.
• Tang San regretted considering Yu Xiaogang’s death, then used the shortsword to stab the Wolf king through its eye and kill it while Tang Hao restrained it.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San, then cried out as his injuries worsened.

Tang San defeated the Wind Demon Wolf king and cared for the badly injured Yu Xiaogang while Tang Hao secretly guarded them. After the pair resumed their search, Tang Hao placed a suitable Lone Bamboo in their path, and Tang San began absorbing its Spirit Ring.

• Tang San killed the Wind Demon Wolf king, drove off the remaining wolves, and collapsed from exhaustion as Tang Hao secretly pursued the fleeing beasts.
• Tang San treated Yu Xiaogang’s severe wounds, then rejected the Wolf king’s wind-attributed Spirit Ring as unsuitable for his Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San cared for Yu Xiaogang in a cave for three days while Tang Hao secretly kept Spirit Beasts away and fretted about returning to Ah Yin.
• After waking, Yu Xiaogang insisted on continuing the search, but Tang Hao used his Spiritual Power to find and knock out a nearly four-hundred-year-old Lone Bamboo.
• Tang San killed the Lone Bamboo, drew out its yellow Spirit Ring, and began absorbing it for his Blue Silver Grass.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San returned to Nuoding City, where Tang San read the Grandmaster’s Martial Soul theories and agreed to test them through his cultivation. The master and disciple embraced, each convinced that choosing the other had been the right decision.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived in Nuoding City, with Yu Xiaogang still recovering from his wounds.
• Tang San reflected that absorbing his First Spirit Ring had broken his Mysterious Heaven Skill bottleneck, raised his Soul Power to level eleven, and made him a Spirit Master.
• Tang San read Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and praised Yu Xiaogang’s theories as a peerless work.
• Yu Xiaogang lamented that no one recognized his theories, and Tang San offered to prove them through practice.
• Yu Xiaogang eagerly embraced Tang San and promised to train him into the strongest Spirit Master, while Tang San lowered the Sleeve Arrow he had instinctively aimed at him.

Tang Hao returned to Ah Yin’s cave and found her missing along with the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. Mistaking a dying Blue Silver Grass for Ah Yin, he blamed Spirit Hall and left with the plant, unaware that Ye Qifeng had taken the real Ah Yin and Spirit Bone.

• Tang Hao scanned Nuoding City, confirmed Tang San was safe, and flew to the waterfall cave to check on Ah Yin and her Spirit Bone.
• Tang Hao found the cave disturbed and Ah Yin gone, then mistook a withered Blue Silver Grass for her and mourned over it.
• Tang Hao discovered the Spirit Bone was missing and raged until he collapsed the cave and devastated the valley.
• Tang Hao blamed Spirit Hall for Ah Yin’s disappearance and vowed to take revenge with Tang San’s help.
• Tang Hao planted the dying Blue Silver Grass in a stone flowerpot and carried it away, promising not to leave it again.

Ye Qifeng traveled north from Nuoding City toward Heaven Dou City, while Yu Xiaogang returned to Nuoding Academy injured and humiliated. Tang San brought a reluctant healing teacher to treat him, but the teacher mocked Yu Xiaogang as he pretended to be unconscious.

• Ye Qifeng checked his map, planned a route toward Heaven Dou City, and noticed that Gui Mei was still following him in secret.
• Gui Mei recalled reporting Tang Hao and Tang San’s information to Bibi Dong before returning to guard Ye Qifeng.
• Tang San helped Yu Xiaogang back to his room at Nuoding Academy after teachers and students mocked him on the way.
• Tang San fetched a healing teacher, who entered Yu Xiaogang’s messy room and examined his injuries while Yu Xiaogang pretended to be unconscious.
• The healing teacher mocked Yu Xiaogang for being badly injured by a four-hundred-year-old Wind Demon Wolf, and Tang San urged him to begin treatment.

Tang San watched Yu Xiaogang recover from his injuries, then followed his teacher’s advice to register at Spirit Hall and collect his monthly allowance. When he returned to the dormitory, he found Xiao Wu hiding under his covers, and she burst into tears, saying someone had bullied her.

• A male teacher healed most of Yu Xiaogang’s wounds but left his deeper injury painful, so Yu Xiaogang had to remain prone and rest.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to register at Spirit Hall, collect his monthly allowance, focus on cultivation, and keep his distance from Spirit Hall.
• Tang San went to Spirit Hall, registered as a Spirit Master with Ma Xiunuo’s witness, received an Identity Token, and collected one Gold Soul Coin.
• Tang San returned to Dormitory Seven and found Xiao Wu beneath the covers on their shared bed.
• Xiao Wu leapt into Tang San’s arms in tears and said someone had bullied her; Tang San saw her swollen face and cried out in shock.

After Xiao Wu was badly beaten by Xiao Chenyu’s group, Tang San returned to Nuoding Academy, heard her account, and brought her to confront them. The chapter leaves both sides arguing in the small forest, with Xiao Chenyu mocking the Work-Study Students for losing.

• Xiao Chenyu’s group defeated Xiao Wu and the Work-Study Students in a rotating duel, leaving Xiao Wu unconscious with a swollen face.
• Tang San arrived a day late because Yu Xiaogang’s injury delayed their Spirit Beast hunt, and Xiao Wu told him how Xiao Chenyu’s group had beaten her.
• Tang San promised to avenge Xiao Wu, took her to a healing teacher, and then went with her to confront Xiao Chenyu.
• Xiao Wu accused Xiao Chenyu’s group of using unfair tactics, while Xiao Chenyu argued that the Work-Study Students had simply been useless.

Tang San challenged Xiao Chenyu’s claim that the work-study students had lost a fair duel, pointing out their disadvantages in age, strength, and the gauntlet format. Xiao Chenyu invoked strength as the basis of fairness and revealed that his father was Nuoding City’s City Lord, but Tang San seized on Xiao Chenyu’s question about whether he could handle fairness and answered, “I can!”

• Tang San stepped forward to defend Xiao Wu and told Xiao Chenyu that yesterday’s duel had been unfair.
• Tang San explained that the older upperclassmen had advantages in physical ability, cultivation time, and the ten-man gauntlet format.
• Xiao Chenyu praised Tang San’s reasoning, insulted Xiao Wu, and offered to protect and support him if he joined Xiao Chenyu’s group.
• Xiao Wu angrily rejected Xiao Chenyu’s insults and recruitment offer, and Tang San pulled her back.
• Xiao Chenyu said fairness required strength and revealed that his father was the City Lord of Nuoding City.
• When Xiao Chenyu asked whether Tang San could handle fairness if he gave it to him, Tang San immediately said he could.

Tang San persuaded Xiao Chenyu to hold a rematch under a three-person gauntlet format, then secretly used hidden weapons to help the work-study students win the first two bouts. Xiao Wu revealed her new Spirit Ring and defeated Ling Feng, while Xiao Chenyu accused Tang San of using dirty tricks.

• Tang San provoked Xiao Chenyu into agreeing to a three-on-three gauntlet duel, with injuries borne by the fighters and no retaliation afterward.
• Wang Sheng fought Liu Long, and Tang San secretly paralyzed Liu Long with medicated stones, allowing Wang Sheng to knock him unconscious.
• Xiao Wu entered the next bout, revealed her Hundred-Year Spirit Ring and Waist Bow skill, and caught Ling Feng with her Scorpion Braid.
• Tang San secretly weakened Ling Feng, and Xiao Wu used Waist Bow to defeat him and badly injure his face.
• Xiao Chenyu ordered Ling Feng taken for treatment, then accused Tang San of resorting to underhanded tricks despite calling for a fair duel.

Tang San confronted Xiao Chenyu after Xiao Chenyu defeated Xiao Wu and left her badly injured. Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass Spirit Skill, bound Xiao Chenyu, and began taking revenge.

• Xiao Chenyu defeated Xiao Wu by grabbing her legs and slamming her into the ground, leaving her unconscious and badly injured.
• Tang San rushed in to stop Xiao Chenyu from stomping Xiao Wu, then sent Wang Sheng and other work-study students to take her to a healing teacher.
• Tang San challenged Xiao Chenyu, revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and fought him while testing his strength and abilities.
• Tang San used his First Spirit Skill, Bind, to restrain Xiao Chenyu, then struck him before he could surrender and began using the Muscle-Tearing Bone-Dislocating Hand.