Chapter Summaries

Tang Chuan refused Tang San’s request to meet Master Luo but took Tang San’s blood so Master Luo could investigate the damage from his beast-type Soul Rings. After Tang San left, Tang Chuan asked Master Luo to refine the Blue Silver King bloodline in the sample and reflected on how Yu Xiaogang’s poor teaching had held Tang San back.

• Tang Chuan refused to introduce Tang San to Master Luo but offered to pass along his condition and requested a blood sample for analysis.
• Tang San gave Tang Chuan about three hundred milliliters of blood and left, shaken by what he had learned about his Soul Rings and Blue Silver Grass’s potential evolution.
• Tang Chuan showed Master Luo the blood and asked him to refine the Blue Silver King bloodline within it.
• Master Luo instructed Tang Chuan to gather several medicinal materials at least three hundred years old and divide the blood into three portions for the refinement.
• Tang Chuan said he would auction three custom-made Zhuge Divine Crossbows to obtain the materials, then criticized this world’s Yu Xiaogang for misguiding Tang San.
• Master Luo dismissed Tang Hao as someone who had merely been born well and said powerful people could overcome the limits of their innate martial souls.

Ling Yi listened to Tang Yuehua play the Golden Harp at Moon Pavilion and drew the Sword Dao Ranking’s Clear Wind Divine Sword close to him. Afterward, he went to bathe, where Tang Yuehua joined him, leaving them together in the pool.

• Xue Ke and a green-haired girl praised Tang Yuehua’s zither music while a red-haired youth questioned whether its sharpness suited nobles.
• Tang Yuehua played the Golden Harp for Ling Yi in a private hall at Moon Pavilion, and he praised her performance.
• Ling Yi invited Tang Yuehua to sit with him, and she went to him, returning to her own seat after an intimate encounter.
• Ling Yi went to the Warm Jade bathing pool to wash and change, and Tang Yuehua surfaced beside him.

Ling Yi stayed with Tang Yuehua after a night together, then watched Tang Hao confront two men in a mountain forest. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang Chuan and Tang San began a duel that left Tang San struggling under Tang Chuan’s advantage.

• Ling Yi reassured Tang Yuehua that he would stay with her and let her return to sleep.
• Ling Yi sensed Tang Hao facing two men in a mountain forest, where Tang Hao attacked after they taunted him about his son Xiao San.
• Feng Xiaotian opened bets on Tang Chuan’s match against Tang San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass vines against Tang Chuan, who dodged them and countered with flying blades.
• Tang Chuan outmatched Tang San with hidden-weapon and movement techniques, leaving Tang San frustrated by the gap between their Blue Silver Grass abilities.

Tang Chuan defeated Tang San and explained to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang that Blue Silver Grass could strengthen a Soul Master through increased vitality. The chapter ended with Master Luo urging Tang Chuan to obtain some of Yu Xiaogang’s blood as well as Tang San’s.

• Tang San accepted his defeat by Tang Chuan, then introduced Tang Chuan to his teacher, Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang fixated on Tang Chuan’s exceptional physical abilities and questioned how his Martial Souls could explain them.
• Tang Chuan explained that Blue Silver Grass could increase vitality, endurance, and recovery, while Tang San’s beast-type Soul Rings had not produced the same benefit.
• Master Luo privately told Tang Chuan to find a way to obtain some of Yu Xiaogang’s blood in addition to Tang San’s.

Tang Chuan explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass concealed exceptional life-source power and that his Twin Spirits meant it could not be ordinary. After Yu Xiaogang recognized Tang San’s other spirit as Clear Sky Hammer and apologized for misguiding his cultivation, Tang San remained silent, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Tang Chuan told Tang San that his blood contained powerful life-source energy suppressed by another force, and that plant-type Soul Rings might have awakened his Blue Silver Grass spirit.
• Tang Chuan explained that Twin Spirits required parents with different but similarly powerful spirits, challenging Tang San’s assumptions about his Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and exclaimed that his other spirit must be Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang acknowledged that he had wrongly treated the Blue Silver Grass as ordinary and led Tang San down the wrong cultivation path.
• Yu Xiaogang apologized to Tang San, who said nothing as Tang Chuan watched to see whether he would forgive his teacher.

Tang San tried to reassure Yu Xiaogang, then sensed that something important had vanished as Tang Hao was captured by Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena. Xue Qinghe ordered Tang Hao taken to Moon Pavilion, but Ling Yi said the Boundary Gate could not be opened yet and teased Xue Qinghe about joining them only as Xiao Qianxun.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that absorbing the Mandala Snake Soul Ring had been his own choice, but then sensed that something important had disappeared.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei used their Two-Stage Static Domain to freeze Tang Hao as he charged at them.
• Xie Yue shackled Tang Hao while Hu Liena sealed his acupoints with the Nine Needle God Sealing Technique.
• Yue Guan presented the captured Tang Hao to Xue Qinghe, who ordered him sent back through the World Passage Token.
• Ling Yi warned that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could not support opening the Boundary Gate and directed them to Moon Pavilion.
• Xue Qinghe asked to go along, but Ling Yi said Xiao Qianxun could come and Xue Qinghe could not.

Ling Yi received Tang Hao’s counterpart after Yue Guan and Gui Mei captured him, while Tang Yuehua watched from Ling Yi’s side. After Ling Yi freed Tang Hao from his restraints, Tang Hao regained his strength and confronted him with his hammer and Soul Rings.

• Xue Qianxun brought Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena into Tang Yuehua’s room, where Ling Yi ordered them to release Tang Hao’s counterpart.
• Yue Guan produced the Vitality Coffin, and Tang Yuehua recognized the man inside as her second brother’s counterpart.
• Tang Hao woke and saw Tang Yuehua beside Ling Yi, then demanded to know who Ling Yi was.
• Ling Yi freed Tang Hao from the Soul Restricting Shackles and the nine golden needles, allowing him to summon his hammer and display his Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao accused Ling Yi of being even more arrogant than Qian Xunji.

Ling Yi effortlessly stopped Tang Hao’s desperate Ring Detonation and shattered his Clear Sky Hammer. He opened a portal and ordered Yue Guan and the others to take Tang Hao through it.

• Tang Hao detonated his seventh, eighth, and ninth soul rings and swung his Clear Sky Hammer at Ling Yi and Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Hao recognized Ling Yi as Spirit Hall’s newly appointed Pope and suspected the woman beside him was not truly his sister or had gained power through a bargain.
• Ling Yi stopped Tang Hao’s hammer with one finger, and the recoil shattered Tang Hao’s body.
• Ling Yi flicked the Clear Sky Hammer apart, leaving Tang Hao drenched in blood as Tang Yuehua watched silently.
• Ling Yi opened a portal and told Yue Guan and the other three to take Tang Hao through it.

Xue Qinghe agreed to appraise Tang Chuan’s treasure in exchange for high-age Blue Silver Grass, while Ni Xing and Mo Yuxiong supported the Crown Prince’s plan to take control of the continent through infiltration. After leaving the residence, Tang Chuan learned from Master Luo that Ni Xing and Mo Yuxiong were his old acquaintances, and recognized Ni Xing as the famed Po Jun Star Lord.

• Ni Xing and Mo Yuxiong endorsed Xue Qinghe’s infiltration plan and offered to handle accidents that threatened its progress.
• Tang Chuan met Xue Qinghe and offered a Grade A First Class treasure in exchange for high-age Blue Silver Grass for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Tang Chuan explained that the liquid in his jade bottle could greatly accelerate plant growth, and Xue Qinghe agreed to appraise it within three days.
• After Tang Chuan left, Master Luo revealed that Ni Xing and Mo Yuxiong had once been prominent members of the Lingyun City Guard Team.
• Tang Chuan recognized Ni Xing as Po Jun Star Lord, famed for fighting a King-Level Star Beast on the Starry Sky Battlefield.

Tang Chuan chose a nearly ten-thousand-year original-attribute Blue Silver Grass as his fourth Soul Ring after weighing it against two powerful alternatives, while Ling Yi revealed that he had arranged the unusual trade to make the future more interesting. Back in his dorm, Tang Chuan summoned Master Luo, who bowed to the grass.

• Xue Qinghe presented Tang Chuan with three high-age Blue Silver Grass plants and let him inspect them before choosing one.
• Tang Chuan weighed the original-attribute grass against the poison-based Purple Scorpion Blue Silver Grass and the Qi and Blood Blue Silver Grass, but Master Luo did not answer his calls for advice.
• Tang Chuan chose the original-attribute Blue Silver Grass, which Master Luo had identified as only a hair's breadth from becoming a ten-thousand-year Blue Silver King.
• Xue Qianxun asked Ling Yi why he had offered Tang Chuan the nearly ten-thousand-year grass, and Ling Yi said he wanted to make the future more interesting.
• Tang Chuan returned to his dorm and summoned Master Luo, who emerged from a jade pendant and bowed to the Blue Silver Grass.

At the Heaven Dou Empire tournament opening ceremony, Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team arrived and Ning Rongrong worried about changes in her father and two Titled Douluo. They encountered Skywater Academy and recognized Jun Jiuge, Jiang Liuer, and Huang Lingyu from Sunset Forest, setting the stage for future matches.

• Flender led Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team to the tournament and encouraged the students to perform well before beginning their registration confirmation.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhuqing she was troubled that Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa had ignored her and that her father seemed strange.
• A Skywater Academy student mocked Zhao Wuji and the others, but Jun Jiuge stopped him and apologized for his rudeness.
• Dai Mubai recognized Jun Jiuge, Jiang Liuer, and Huang Lingyu from their encounter in Sunset Forest, and Jun Jiuge said he looked forward to facing them in the tournament.

Dai Mubai and the others prepared to face the strong Skywater Academy contestants before entering the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament opening ceremony. They saw the empire’s ruler and other VIPs in the stands, and Ning Rongrong recognized the handsome man seated beside Xue Ye as her father.

• Zhao Wuji warned Dai Mubai’s group that Jun Jiuge and the other two Skywater Academy contestants might have reached the Four Ring Soul Ancestor realm.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San encouraged their teammates to trust their training and Tang San’s abilities despite the possible gap in strength.
• Flender led Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team into the tournament venue, where the emcee introduced them as Shrek, monsters stronger than geniuses.
• Dai Mubai identified Xue Ye and guessed that the red-robed VIP was a Platinum Bishop from Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong saw the handsome man beside Xue Ye and joyfully called him Dad.

The Heaven Dou City Preliminary Round opened with Salas announcing Spirit Hall’s offer to finalists, while Ling Yi revealed that Salas had arranged the Blue Tyrant Academy versus Heaven Dou Royal Academy matchup. As the first match was set to begin, Tang San briefed the Heaven Dou Second Team on its opponents and laid out their battle plan.

• Ning Fengzhi greeted Ning Rongrong from the VIP platform, though this Ning Fengzhi was from the Lingyun World rather than the original Douluo Continent.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi addressed the tournament, and Salas drew the matchups, pairing Blue Tyrant Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ling Yi told Xue Qianxun that Salas had deliberately arranged the pairing, and Salas offered Spirit Hall Holy Temple positions to students who reached the Finals.
• Tang San warned the Heaven Dou Second Team about Tang Chuan, Bai Shasha, and Meng Yiran, including the possibility that Tang Chuan had gained a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Tang San assigned himself to hold off Tang Chuan, directed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to use their combined move, and gave Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Qi Mu, and Qie Chan their roles.

Heaven Dou Second Team faced Blue Tyrant Team in the tournament’s opening match, and Tang Chuan shocked the arena by revealing a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. The battle began with Dai Mubai and Tai Long clashing, while Qie Chan’s hidden attack nearly struck Jing Ling.

• Dai Mubai questioned Blue Tyrant Team’s lineup, and Tang Chuan confirmed that all seven members were present despite Bai Shasha and Meng Yiran’s absence.
• Dai Mubai ordered his team to focus on eliminating everyone except Tang Chuan, while Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, and Salas discussed which team they favored.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Tang Chuan’s black fourth Soul Ring stunned the crowd and the VIPs.
• Tang Chuan sent five teammates forward, and Tai Long opened the attack by hurling shattered stone slabs at Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai met Tai Long head-on as Zhu Zhuqing intercepted Huang Yuan, and the other fighters engaged across the field.
• Jing Ling’s bone blade blocked a transparent spike aimed at him, and he recognized Qie Chan as its likely attacker.

Ning Rongrong’s boosts and Jiang Zhu’s healing transformed the arena battle between the teams, while Tang Chuan and Tang San finally entered the fight. Tang Chuan knocked Huang Yuan from the arena and incapacitated Qi Mu, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates’ strength, speed, and Soul Power, allowing Dai Mubai and the others to gain the upper hand.
• Jiang Zhu healed Tai Long and Huang Yuan and empowered her teammates to fight without holding back.
• Qie Chan pressured Kang Qiying and Qian Fanyu Xuan while Qi Mu used his Tree Demon Martial Soul to restrict Jing Ling.
• Tang Chuan and Tang San moved from their standoff and clashed in the arena’s center.
• Tang Chuan struck Huang Yuan into the air and appeared behind Qi Mu, then broke his neck and knocked him unconscious.

Tang San’s team charged Tang Chuan while Qie Chan built up his speed for a decisive strike, but Tang Chuan met them with his Blue Silver Grass Domain and an unusual spear-based lance technique. As he fought before a watching military officer, Ni Xing judged that Tang Chuan’s technique had considerable potential but was being held back by his choice to use a spear.

• Tang San’s team regrouped, and Qie Chan told him he needed about thirty more seconds to reach his maximum speed.
• Tang San ordered his teammates to hold Tang Chuan down until Qie Chan could target him, then led the charge as Ning Rongrong amplified their abilities.
• Tang Chuan noticed an important figure in the stands and told Tai Long’s group to step back so he could face Tang San’s team alone.
• Tang Chuan unleashed his Blue Silver Grass Domain, then drew a deep-blue spear from the ground and attacked Tang San’s team.
• Tang Chuan sent Ma Hongjun flying, forced Dai Mubai back, and whipped Zhu Zhuqing away with his flexible spear.
• Ni Xing explained to Mo Yuxiong that Tang Chuan’s weapon style was a lance technique performed with a spear, and said it had been diminished by that choice.

Heaven Dou Second Team ambushed Tang Chuan and knocked him out of bounds, but Blue Tyrant Team’s recovered fighters then defeated Dai Mubai and Tang San to win the match. As the crowd and VIPs reacted to Tang Chuan’s talent, Ling Yi watched the pulsing blood-colored egg.

• Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Meteor Shower and Tang San’s spider-spears drew Tang Chuan’s attention while Qie Chan charged from behind and struck him out of bounds.
• Tai Long, Kang Qiying, and Qian Fanyu Xuan attacked Dai Mubai and Tang San, whose amplification suddenly faded, and knocked them down.
• The referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner, while Jing Ling revealed that he had subdued Ning Rongrong.
• Xue Ye, Salas, and Ning Fengzhi marveled at Tang Chuan’s performance and learned that he was twelve years old with Twin Spirits.
• Tang Chuan cursed his defeat, Tang San brooded over the loss, and Ling Yi watched the blood-colored egg behind a spatial barrier.

Tang Chuan and the Blue Tyrant Team celebrated their victory over the Heaven Dou Second Team, while Flender helped the defeated Shrek members recover their morale. Tang Chuan noticed a possible resemblance between his jade pendant and Tang San’s ornaments, and the chapter ended with the team preparing for their remaining Preliminary Round matches.

• Jiang Zhu healed Tang Chuan after Tai Long and the others secured the victory, and the Blue Tyrant Team praised their teamwork and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s support.
• Ye Lingling healed Dai Mubai and the other injured Shrek members, while Flender and Zhao Wuji encouraged them after their defeat.
• Flender’s reassurance restored Dai Mubai and the others’ fighting spirit, but Tang San remained focused on Tang Chuan, and Qi Mu and Qie Chan felt excluded by Flender’s praise of the younger students.
• Jiang Zhu pointed out that Tang Chuan’s jade pendant had slipped out, and Jing Ling remarked that its color and texture resembled the jade ornaments on Tang San’s belt.
• Tang Chuan thanked his teammates for helping win their first Preliminary Round point, and Tai Long reminded him that the victory had depended on the whole team.
• A woman advised Tang Chuan to learn from his carelessness and urged the team to face their upcoming matches in their best condition.

Liu Erlong praised the Blue Tyrant Team and warned Tang Chuan against letting confidence become conceit, then reported to Ling Yi about her cultivation of the Bright Moon Contemplation Method. Ling Yi’s group discussed the promised Talent Selection, which he limited to Lingyun World.

• Liu Erlong praised Tang Chuan and the Blue Tyrant Team, while warning Tang Chuan that excessive rigidity could become a weakness.
• Liu Erlong confronted Flender about the noble backgrounds of Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, then left for the VIP platform.
• Xue Ye departed after speaking with Prince Xue Xing, Meng Shenji, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas, while Ning Fengzhi and Salas continued watching Tang San and Tang Chuan.
• Liu Erlong joined Ling Yi’s group in a hidden VIP-platform seating area and reported that the Bright Moon Contemplation Method had improved her mental strength and cleared her thoughts.
• Yu Wushuang defended her plan to bring Liu Erlong to Ling Yi, and Yang Shelly reminded Ling Yi of his promise to let them preside over the Talent Selection.
• Ling Yi agreed to the Talent Selection only within Lingyun World, excluding the people present there.

Ling Yi returned to Lingyun World after attending the tournament opening ceremony, leaving Tang Yuehua and the others to make their own plans on the No. 1 Douluo Continent. Back in the imperial palace, Yang Shelly discussed a candidate for Great Qian’s harem with him, and Ling Yi revealed he had already considered Bibi Dong.

• Ling Yi left the Grand Arena with Yang Shelly and returned to Moon Pavilion, where he parted from Tang Yuehua and departed through a Boundary Gate.
• Tang Yuehua asked Ah Yin, Ah Rou, and Yu Wushuang about their plans; Ah Yin and Ah Rou chose to visit Fasinuo Province, while Yu Wushuang stayed to train her counterpart and address Liu Erlong’s situation.
• Ling Yi returned to Lingyun World, and Consort Xi began organizing Great Qian’s Talent Selection across the three continents and four seas.
• That night, Yang Shelly suggested Bibi Dong as a candidate for Ling Yi’s harem, and Ling Yi said he had already considered her while explaining that Great Qian no longer needed deliberate balancing measures.