Chapter Summaries

Tang San followed his bloodline’s pull into Blue Silver Forest, where the Blue Silver King recognized him as the clan’s heir but discovered his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline was incomplete and his origin had been contaminated. Tang Xiao and Tang San suspected Yu Xiaogang’s choices of Tang San’s first three soul rings, leaving the master sweating under their scrutiny.

• Tang San released his Blue Silver Grass and sensed the forest’s plants welcoming him as their king.
• The Blue Silver King called Tang San deeper into the forest, and Tang Xiao explained that it had guarded his mother, Ah Yin.
• After reaching the Blue Silver King, Tang San and Tang Xiao anticipated the awakening of his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.
• The Blue Silver King sensed that part of Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline was missing and that his origin had been contaminated.
• Yu Xiaogang broke into a cold sweat as Tang San and Tang Xiao turned suspicious, angry looks toward him over the soul rings he had chosen.

The Blue Silver King began preparing Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor awakening, but Ye Lingling's arrival revealed that she carried an even stronger Blue Silver Emperor aura. Lin Nuo and Spirit Hall's experts confronted Tang San and his allies, while Tang Xiao realized Azure Luan Douluo had reached level ninety-eight.

• Yu Xiaogang insisted his theories were flawless, and Tang San asked whether his incomplete origin would prevent his awakening.
• The Blue Silver King began mobilizing the forest's power, but Ye Lingling descended and the Blue Silver King recognized her as a presence with a powerful Blue Silver Emperor aura.
• Tang San and Tang Xiao reacted with confusion and recognition when they saw Ye Lingling, and Lin Nuo, Yue Guan, and Azure Luan Douluo arrived beside her.
• Yue Guan slapped Yu Xiaogang away after he ordered Spirit Hall to leave the Blue Silver Grass Clan's sacred grounds.
• Lin Nuo warned Tang San to abandon the Blue Silver Emperor opportunity, while Tang Xiao recognized Lin Nuo and discovered Azure Luan Douluo had level ninety-eight Soul Power.

Tang Xiao tried to secure Tang San’s chance to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor, but Azure Luan Douluo cited Clear Sky Sect’s breach of its agreement with Spirit Hall and threatened the group. Tang Xiao resolved to attack anyway, trusting that Qian Daoliu’s agreement meant Spirit Hall would not dare kill him.

• Tang Xiao asked Azure Luan Douluo to let Tang San claim the Blue Silver Emperor awakening opportunity, but Azure Luan Douluo unleashed his power and refused.
• Tang San invoked the agreement between Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, while Azure Luan Douluo argued that Tang Xiao had broken it by leaving Clear Sky Sect’s mountain.
• Azure Luan Douluo accused Tang San of being Tang Hao’s son and threatened to kill him, warning Tang Xiao that resistance could bring destruction upon Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to retreat and promised to solve his martial-soul problem, while Tang San grew more distrustful of him and blamed Lin Nuo and Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao considered attacking Lin Nuo and Ye Lingling, then decided to break the rules because he believed Spirit Hall would not dare kill him under the agreement.

Tang Xiao attacked Lin Nuo and Ye Lingling but was defeated by Azure Luan Douluo and Yue Guan. Lin Nuo spared Tang San and Tang Xiao, then taunted Tang San with a possible way to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor by consuming his mother’s Seed of Life, which Tang San angrily rejected.

• Tang Xiao launched a surprise attack on Lin Nuo and Ye Lingling, but Azure Luan Douluo and Yue Guan repelled him and sent him crashing into a tree.
• Tang San knelt before Azure Luan Douluo and begged him to spare Tang Xiao, offering himself for punishment instead.
• After Lin Nuo spoke privately with Azure Luan Douluo, the elder spared Tang Xiao and the others, and Tang San left vowing to remember the humiliation.
• Lin Nuo called Tang San back and suggested he could strengthen his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline by consuming the Seed of Life left by his mother.
• Tang San angrily refused, declaring that he would never use such a method even if it cost him his life.

After Tang San left the Blue Silver Forest, Ye Lingling received the Blue Silver King’s recognition and absorbed its life energy, awakening her Blue Silver Emperor power and gaining a new soul ring. The transformation ended with Yue Guan asking Lin Nuo to let him protect Ye Lingling.

• Tang Xiao warned Tang San never to devour and refine the Seed of Life, while Tang San dismissed Yu Xiaogang and said they would talk after he obtained his fourth soul ring.
• After Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Yu Xiaogang left, the Blue Silver King recognized Ye Lingling as the new Blue Silver Emperor and spread its life energy through the forest.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the blue-gold energy, and her six soul rings formed as her Blue Silver Emperor aura awakened and transformed her appearance and pandas.
• The Blue Silver Emperor’s aura nourished the forest’s Blue Silver Grass, and the surrounding light condensed into a blue-gold halo that entered Ye Lingling’s body.
• Yue Guan praised Ye Lingling’s plant-type martial soul and asked Lin Nuo for permission to protect her.

Lin Nuo recruited Yue Guan to protect Ye Lingling and arranged for the Blue Silver King to become her future seventh soul ring. After Lin Nuo’s group left, Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Yu Xiaogang found the Blue Silver King gone and blamed Spirit Hall.

• Lin Nuo gave Yue Guan a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Yue Guan pledged to bring Ghost Douluo over to their side.
• Azure Luan Douluo examined Ye Lingling and found that she had reached level sixty-two after gaining her sixth soul ring.
• Lin Nuo persuaded the Blue Silver King to sacrifice itself as Ye Lingling’s seventh soul ring and ordered Yue Guan to transplant it to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Tang Xiao and Tang San watched Ye Lingling pass overhead, and her Blue Silver Emperor aura stirred their longing for Ah Yin and their urge to call her mother.
• Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Silver King’s former location and found only a huge pit, then Tang San and Tang Xiao roared in anger at Spirit Hall.

Tang San followed Yu Xiaogang and Tang Xiao’s advice to absorb a spider-type fourth soul ring, but gained a repeat of Blue Silver Cage. Meanwhile, Lin Nuo headed to the Heaven Dou Empire’s treasury while Azure Luan Douluo took Ye Lingling to Xue’er.

• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang’s plan to keep choosing poisonous soul beasts, but Yu Xiaogang defended his theory and Tang Xiao sided with him.
• Tang Xiao promised to find Tang San a suitable spider soul beast and teach him the Nine Absolutes of the Clear Sky; Yu Xiaogang privately planned to claim credit for teaching him Ring Detonation and the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Tang Xiao found an Earth Cave Demon Spider over five thousand years old, and Tang San endured the absorption to reach Soul Ancestor.
• Tang San discovered that his fourth soul skill was another Blue Silver Cage, and Yu Xiaogang explained that the repeated control skills would work together.
• Yue Guan entered seclusion to use the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to break through his bottleneck.
• Lin Nuo asked Azure Luan Douluo to take Ye Lingling to Xue’er and went to the Heaven Dou Empire’s treasury to select items.

Lin Nuo entered the Heaven Dou Empire's treasury to take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but the Evil God King seized and refined it when Poseidon tried to make Lin Nuo his successor. After completing his first Goodness and Evil God Trials, Lin Nuo received two God-given Spirit Rings and began forming his Seventh Soul Ring.

• Lin Nuo reached the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in the treasury, where Poseidon appeared and attempted to send the Sea God's Power into his sea of consciousness.
• The Evil God King's phantom stopped Poseidon, refined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and its Sea God's Power, and praised Lin Nuo for reaching level seventy.
• Lin Nuo completed his first Evil God and Goodness God Trials, gaining increased divine power affinity and one God-given Spirit Ring from each trial.
• The Evil God King advised Lin Nuo to use one ring for his Seventh Soul Ring and offered more rings through future trials if needed for his Second Martial Soul.
• Lin Nuo received the Second Evil God Trial to win the year's Soul Master Tournament and the matching Goodness God Trial, then shattered one God-given Spirit Ring to begin forming his Martial Soul Avatar.

Lin Nuo received a God-given Seventh Soul Ring after completing the First Trial of his God Test, shocking the elders and Qian Renxue. He then arranged for the Soul Master Tournament’s champion prize to include a Blue Silver Emperor Seed of Life, prompting Bibi Dong’s anger and a continent-wide scramble among the factions.

• Lin Nuo formed a red Seventh Soul Ring through a deity’s gift, raising his Soul Power from level seventy to seventy-one.
• Qian Renxue and the elders rushed to the treasury, where Guangling Douluo speculated that Lin Nuo had inherited Soul Beast blood from his father.
• Qian Renxue realized Lin Nuo had received a God-given Spirit Ring, and Golden Crocodile Douluo concluded that he had passed the First Trial of his God Test.
• Lin Nuo asked Qian Renxue to announce that the Soul Master Tournament champion would receive a Blue Silver Emperor Seed of Life that could transform plant-type Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong grew furious at Qian Renxue’s announcement, while the continent’s factions began competing to secure the prize.

Ning Fengzhi planned to unite the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with the Clear Sky Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Star Luo Empire against Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou imperial family. At Shrek Academy, Tang San learned that his mother’s Seed of Life and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone might be in Spirit Hall’s possession, just as three Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect figures arrived.

• Ning Fengzhi discussed how Qian Renxue’s rule had weakened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and proposed seeking allies against Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou imperial family.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to use Rongrong, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang as links to approach the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while also seeking the Star Luo Empire’s support.
• Tang San raged when he saw that Spirit Hall had listed his mother’s Blue Silver Emperor Seed of Life as a Soul Master Tournament reward.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that his mother had also left behind a Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, which he believed might have fallen into Spirit Hall’s hands.
• Tang Xiao readied his Clear Sky Hammer when powerful Soul Power appeared over Shrek Academy, then relaxed when three figures from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect descended.

Ning Fengzhi proposed an alliance of the Upper Three Sects and the Star Luo Empire against Spirit Hall, and Tang Xiao and Tang San agreed to cooperate. Tang San agreed to supply Hidden Weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Tang Xiao suggested recruiting Gengxin City’s blacksmiths for large-scale production.

• Ning Fengzhi met Tang Xiao at Shrek Academy and explained that he wanted the Clear Sky Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Star Luo Empire to unite against Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that involving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would harm his ties with Bibi Dong, but recognized that his opinion carried little weight.
• Tang Xiao agreed with Ning Fengzhi’s proposal, and Ning Fengzhi promised that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would help Tang San win the Soul Master Tournament and claim his mother’s relic.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Tang San to sell Hidden Weapons, and Tang San agreed to provide forging methods for their components and assemble each set for five hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang Xiao suggested recruiting Gengxin City’s blacksmiths to help manufacture Hidden Weapons in large quantities, and Tang San was eager to make use of them.

Ning Fengzhi pledged Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect support to Shrek Academy and Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang planned to seek Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Souls cultivation method. Lin Nuo ordered Qian Renxue to watch Gengxin City and destroy it if it sided with their enemies, and Yu Yuanzhen learned that his son’s actions had dragged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan toward conflict with Spirit Hall.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Tang San’s damaged Blue Silver Grass origin was hindering his cultivation, and Yu Xiaogang said he would travel to Spirit City to obtain Bibi Dong’s cultivation method.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Shrek Academy training from Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, along with cultivation resources from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lin Nuo received intelligence about Ning Fengzhi’s plans to unite the Upper Three Sects, court the Star Luo Empire, and produce Tang San’s Hidden Weapons in Gengxin City.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Nuo that Gengxin City’s Blacksmith Association favored the Clear Sky Sect, so Lin Nuo ordered an elder to monitor the city and destroy it if it joined their enemies.
• Yu Yuanzhen read Yu Xiaogang’s letter about his alliance with the other sects and Tang San, and realized his son’s actions had pulled the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan toward a fight with Spirit Hall.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began in Heaven Dou City, with Spirit Hall displaying its strength through four Titled Douluo in the VIP section. Shrek Academy drew the crowd’s attention with its gaudy uniforms, while the venue erupted at the sight of Lin Nuo as Heaven Dou Imperial Academy entered.

• Xue Qinghe watched the tournament from the VIP section beside Azure Luan Douluo, Yue Guan, Snake Lance Douluo, and Porcupinefish Douluo, while Tang Xiao hid in the arena and Yu Yuanzhen beat Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong comforted the injured Yu Xiaogang, who insisted that Yu Yuanzhen would eventually understand his plan.
• Flender led Shrek Academy into the arena in advertisement-covered uniforms, drawing ridicule as Tang San fixed his hostile gaze on Yue Guan, Azure Luan Douluo, and Xue Qinghe.
• The host announced Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, and the audience reacted with excitement and shock when Lin Nuo appeared.

At the Soul Master Tournament’s opening ceremony, Lin Nuo taunted Tang San over the Blacksmith Association and their widening gap. The first preliminary match was drawn: Imperial Fighting Team 2 against Shrek Academy, leaving Tang San uneasy as Lin Nuo smiled knowingly.

• Lin Nuo greeted Tang San and revealed that Spirit Hall had uprooted the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City, prompting Tang San to accuse him of killing its members.
• Lin Nuo dismissed Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and mocked his cultivation, while Tang San blamed Lin Nuo for taking the Immortal Herbs and the Blue Silver Emperor awakening opportunity.
• Xue Qinghe officially opened the tournament, and Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen gave brief speeches without naming their favored teams.
• Salas drew the first preliminary match, pairing Imperial Fighting Team 2 with Shrek Academy.
• Shrek’s members welcomed the draw, but Tang San grew suspicious when he saw Lin Nuo’s knowing smile.

Flender bet nearly all of Shrek Academy’s funds on the Seven Monsters beating Imperial Fighting Team 2, but the team’s reveal showed six Soul Ancestors and Lin Nuo serving as their captain. The chapter left Shrek’s students and Yu Xiaogang panicking over the match, while Flender realized Qin Ming’s information had badly misled him.

• Flender told Zhao Wuji to bet Shrek Academy’s funds on the Seven Monsters’ victory over Imperial Fighting Team 2.
• Tian Yue introduced herself to Lin Nuo, proposed having her grandfathers remove the Pope, and mistook Lin Nuo’s scolding for proof that he was Qian Renxue’s child.
• The other five members of Imperial Fighting Team 2 gathered around Lin Nuo, revealing that all six members possessed Soul Ancestor cultivation and powerful Martial Souls.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen recognized the students’ Martial Souls, and Azure Luan Douluo warned them not to harm the children.
• The announcer revealed that Lin Nuo would captain both the Royal Team and Imperial Fighting Team 2, shocking the audience and alarming Shrek’s group.
• Flender realized Imperial Fighting Team 2 was far stronger than Qin Ming had led him to believe, while Yu Xiaogang’s plans to prove his theories were thrown into doubt.

Qian Renxue rejected Flender and Yu Xiaogang’s complaint, and Shrek prepared to use Oscar’s sausages and Tang San’s hidden weapons against Lin Nuo’s team. Lin Nuo revealed his Rakshasa Spider Emperor martial soul and seven Soul Rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings, leaving the arena stunned as the match began.

• Qian Renxue ruled that the tournament rules allowed students from one academy to join two teams and dismissed Flender and Yu Xiaogang’s report.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to win, and Shrek replaced Oscar with Tailong before secretly eating Oscar’s sausages.
• Tang San signaled Shrek to use hidden weapons against Imperial Fighting Team 2, while Lin Nuo mocked Tang San and challenged the team to defeat him in one minute.
• After the referee started the match, Lin Nuo revealed his martial soul and Soul Rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings, and announced that he was a level seventy-one Soul Saint.

Lin Nuo’s team overwhelmed Shrek at the start of their match, and Tian Yue confronted Dai Mubai after shrugging off his strongest attacks. The chapter ended as Tian Yue prepared to cripple him for a promised heavenly treasure.

• Lin Nuo taunted Tang San, and the match began with Ning Rongrong buffing Shrek while Tang San coordinated the team’s formation.
• Tian Yue ordered her teammates to finish the match within a minute as the Azure Eagle disrupted Ma Hongjun’s flight and the Coiling Dragon Staff wielders battered Yu Tianheng and Tailong.
• The Blazing Lion suppressed Xiao Wu while arrows from the Guangling Divine Bow drove Ning Rongrong toward the arena’s edge, prompting Tang San to send Dai Mubai to rescue her.
• Tian Yue blocked Dai Mubai, who unleashed his White Tiger Meteor Shower, but she endured the attack and advanced without being hurt.
• Tian Yue told Dai Mubai she planned to cripple him for a heavenly treasure from Lin Nuo, leaving him alarmed as she clenched her fist.

Tian Yue crippled Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun during the match, while Ning Rongrong surrendered to protect herself. Lin Nuo taunted Tang San, who prepared to fight back as the duel continued.

• Dai Mubai passed out after Tian Yue crushed his manhood, and the spectators mocked the Star Luo royal family.
• Tian Yue grabbed Ma Hongjun after he landed near her, leaving him screaming as well.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender protested, but the referee rejected their complaint, and Golden Crocodile Douluo silently sealed their voices.
• Ning Rongrong leaped off the arena and surrendered after Chen Xin urged her to protect herself.
• Lin Nuo mocked Tang San and told him to kneel and accept him as his master.
• Tang San rebuked Lin Nuo, gathered his Mysterious Heaven Skill inner force, and reached for Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.

Tang San’s hidden-weapon attack struck Xiao Wu after Lin Nuo pulled her into its path, forcing Shrek Academy to surrender to Imperial Fighting Team 2. The match ended with Tang San furious and vowing to make Lin Nuo pay, while Ning Fengzhi treated the injured contestants.

• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and fired Dragon Whisker Needles at Lin Nuo, who caught him off guard with Death Spider Web Bind.
• Lin Nuo pulled Xiao Wu into the Dragon Whisker Needles’ path, and the needles left her writhing in pain.
• Tang San prepared to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang Xiao warned him to surrender and keep his second Martial Soul secret.
• Tang San surrendered, and the referees announced Imperial Fighting Team 2 as the winner.
• Ning Fengzhi treated the injured contestants while Tang San ignored the crowd’s mockery and vowed to take revenge on Lin Nuo.

Tang San removed the Dragon Whisker Needles from Xiao Wu, who then revealed that Lin Nuo’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings made her suspect Daming and Er Ming had died. Tang San vowed to kill Lin Nuo and reclaim their Spirit Bones, and Xiao Wu persuaded him to absorb them so their power could protect her.

• Tang San used the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to remove the Dragon Whisker Needles from Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that she had sensed Daming and Er Ming’s auras in Lin Nuo and feared the two Soul Beasts had died.
• Tang San raged against Lin Nuo and vowed to kill him and reclaim Daming and Er Ming’s Spirit Bones.
• Xiao Wu insisted Tang San should absorb the Spirit Bones, and he agreed to use their power to protect her.
• Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang exchanged astonished looks as they overheard the conversation.