Chapter Summaries

Tang San reached the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well hoping to find Immortal Herbs to transform his Blue Silver Grass, but discovered that nearly all of them had already been taken. After Dugu Bo confronted him and poisoned his right eye, a massive black iron hammer crashed down into the valley.

• Qian Renyuan and Dugu Bo watched Tang San enter the Herb Garden after surviving the poison formation.
• Tang San found the pits left by the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, and the other Immortal Herbs, then realized the garden had been stripped bare.
• Tang San tried to take the Aromatic Silk Beauty, but Dugu Bo appeared and revealed that the herbs belonged to his master.
• Dugu Bo's poison needle pierced Tang San's right eye, and Tang San's counterattack with a Sleeve Arrow was caught by Dugu Bo.
• As Dugu Bo reached for Tang San, a massive black iron hammer crashed down from above the valley.

Tang Hao rescued Tang San from Dugu Bo’s poison formation, but Tang San’s right eye was permanently damaged. Qian Renyuan let them escape, then secured the Ye Family’s resources and connections in exchange for promising to free the Nine Heart Begonia from its limitations; the chapter ended with the Crown Prince arriving.

• Tang Hao arrived at the valley, drove Dugu Bo back, and carried the poisoned Tang San away.
• Qian Renyuan told Dugu Bo not to pursue Tang Hao, explaining that he wanted Tang San to rely on his father before losing that support.
• Dugu Bo said Tang San’s right eye could not recover to its former condition, and Qian Renyuan left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with him.
• A Spirit Hall messenger reported that the Ye Family had accepted Qian Renyuan’s conditions, so he returned to Heaven Dou City.
• The Ye Family presented Qian Renyuan with a register of its treatment soul masters, pharmacists, shops, branches, and connections, and its head sealed their agreement to follow his orders.
• An attendant announced that the Crown Prince had arrived at Dugu Bo Estate.

Qian Renyuan secured the Ye Family’s allegiance and medical network while allowing Qian Renxue to use it, then discussed their plans in Heaven Dou. That night, Tang San woke in a remote hut, blind on his right side.

• Xue Qinghe offered the Ye Family the Crown Prince’s protection, and Qian Renyuan agreed that she could call on the family when needed.
• Qian Renyuan ordered the Ye Family to keep its businesses operating, track the favors owed to it, and gather records about the Nine Heart Begonia.
• After the Ye Family and Dugu Bo left, Xue Qinghe sealed the hall and revealed herself as Qian Renxue, who arranged to use the Ye Family’s network.
• Qian Renxue asked about her promised share of the Immortal Herb, and Qian Renyuan said he had kept something for her to choose later.
• Qian Renyuan warned that he would retaliate if Xue Xing reached out again, while Qian Renxue questioned how long he would stay in Heaven Dou.
• That night, Tang San woke in a remote hunter’s hut and found that his right side remained dark.

After Dugu Bo poisoned Tang San and destroyed his right eye, Tang Hao revealed himself as the Clear Sky Douluo and broke Yu Xiaogang out of Notting City Prison. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang promising to seek a new path for Tang San by reuniting the Golden Iron Triangle.

• Tang San learned that poison from a Titled Douluo had destroyed the meridians in his right eye, and he swore revenge on Dugu Bo.
• Tang San recognized that his father was Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo, and asked him to rescue Yu Xiaogang from Notting City Prison.
• Tang Hao smashed his way into the prison with the Clear Sky Hammer and carried Yu Xiaogang out.
• Tang Hao brought Yu Xiaogang to Tang San, who asked him to save his eye and help his Blue Silver Grass evolve.
• Yu Xiaogang said they would consider Tang San's eye and asked to find Flender so the Golden Iron Triangle could reunite.

Tang Hao brought the crippled Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy, hoping his martial soul theories could help Tang San find a path forward. After Yu Xiaogang failed to use the Golden Iron Triangle’s fusion skill, Flender revealed a dangerous manuscript in Suotuo City’s black market, and Tang San chose to pursue it to grow stronger.

• Tang Hao brought Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to Shrek Academy, where Flender found that Yu Xiaogang’s right hand, dantian, and meridians were irreparably damaged.
• Tang Hao explained that he had rescued Yu Xiaogang because Tang San needed his theories, while Tang San made clear he would only work with Yu Xiaogang if he could provide useful results.
• Flender summoned Liu Erlong, who confronted Yu Xiaogang and stayed to help care for him despite his injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to summon the Golden Holy Dragon with Flender and Liu Erlong, but his shattered dantian made him vomit blood and ended their attempt.
• Flender revealed that a dangerous, incomplete evil soul master manuscript in Suotuo City's black market could extract and refine Soul Power.
• Tang San decided to seek the manuscript and asked Tang Hao to take him to the black market.

After Tang Hao rescued Yu Xiaogang, Qian Renyuan ordered Spirit Hall to hunt the fugitives publicly while secretly letting Tang San recover and pursue a dangerous cultivation method. Tang San successfully absorbed a trace of a Soul Beast’s power, then disappeared from sight; five years later, the story shifted to Spirit City.

• Dugu Bo offered to hunt Tang Hao, but Qian Renyuan ordered Spirit Hall to issue wanted notices while secretly tracking the group and leaving them room to escape.
• Tang Hao, Flender, and Tang San bought a fragmented cultivation manuscript in an underground black market west of Suotuo City.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Tang San use the manuscript to draw out Soul Power, and Tang San chose to risk his life despite Liu Erlong’s objections.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass to extract power from a wounded Wind Baboon and endured severe pain until the foreign Soul Power settled in his body.
• Tang San disappeared from sight, and five years later the story moved to Spirit City.

Five years later, Qian Renyuan effortlessly defeated Yan without revealing his martial soul during Spirit Hall’s assessment. After news arrived of a mysterious Blue Silver Grass user with a ten-year first soul ring crippling soul masters in Suotuo City, Qian Renyuan recognized Tang San and set out to find him.

• Yan challenged Qian Renyuan to prove his growth, and Qian Renyuan agreed to face him.
• Qian Renyuan stopped Yan’s fiery attack with one hand and slammed him into the ground without using his martial soul.
• Yan admitted defeat and knelt to thank Qian Renyuan for showing mercy.
• A red-robed bishop reported that a youth matching Tang San’s description had been linked to attacks on soul masters in Suotuo City.
• Qian Renyuan ordered a carriage and left for Suotuo City to see how much Tang San had grown.

Tang San defeated and killed Blazing Tiger in the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, revealing his Clear Sky Hammer and three thousand-year soul rings as he drained Soul Power from a fellow soul master. After Yu Xiaogang objected and Tang Hao warned that Spirit Hall would come for him, Tang San welcomed the threat, while a Spirit Hall convoy entered Suotuo City.

• Tang San entered the arena as Asura and faced Blazing Tiger, who mocked his white first soul ring and threatened to kill him.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to drain some of Blazing Tiger's Soul Power before Blazing Tiger burned it away and launched another attack.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and struck Blazing Tiger with a thousand-year soul skill, leaving him badly injured.
• Tang San ignored Blazing Tiger's surrender and drained his remaining Soul Power until he died.
• Yu Xiaogang condemned Tang San for absorbing a soul master's Soul Power, but Tang San refused to stop, and Tang Hao warned that Spirit Hall would seek him out.
• Tang San challenged Spirit Hall to come for him as a convoy bearing its emblem entered Suotuo City.

Qian Renyuan arrived in Suotuo City to face Tang San, who ignored Yu Xiaogang’s warnings and challenged him before the Great Soul Arena crowd. Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and Soul Power-draining Blue Silver Grass failed to move Qian Renyuan, but Tang San believed he had found an opening when he sensed Qian Renyuan’s vast power.

• Qian Renyuan entered Suotuo City and learned that Tang San was at the Great Soul Arena after defeating Blazing Tiger.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to flee, but Tang Hao let him go, saying Tang San would not give up without a fight.
• Tang San confronted Qian Renyuan and angrily questioned Xiao Wu, who said her place had nothing to do with him.
• Tang San defeated three young Spirit Hall soul masters with Blue Silver Grass, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and hidden weapons.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer with three thousand-year soul rings, but Qian Renyuan caught the hammerhead with one hand.
• Tang San bound Qian Renyuan with Blue Silver Grass and tried to drain his Soul Power, then rejoiced when he sensed Qian Renyuan’s vast power.

Tang San tried to drain Qian Renyuan’s Soul Power, but Qian Renyuan turned the stolen power against him and defeated him. Tang Hao rescued Tang San from the arena, while Yu Xiaogang proposed building a team around him to face Qian Renyuan again.

• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass to try to absorb Qian Renyuan’s Soul Power, but Qian Renyuan’s power reversed the drain and exposed Tang San’s past devouring of others.
• Qian Renyuan broke Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, overpowered his Clear Sky Hammer and hidden weapons, and pinned him to the arena platform.
• Tang Hao burst into the Great Soul Arena and attacked Qian Renyuan, who shielded the spectators while Tang Hao escaped with Tang San.
• Tang Hao brought the unconscious Tang San to a forest outside Suotuo City, where his injuries worsened and Tang San remained badly hurt.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed gathering a team to support Tang San against Qian Renyuan, and Tang San privately considered using the teammates.

Tang San agreed to return to Shrek Academy and assess whether its students could help him oppose Qian Renyuan, while Qian Renyuan declared Tang San and Yu Xiaogang wanted evil Soul Masters. The chapter ended with Tang San arriving at Shrek and meeting Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed gathering Shrek students into a team, and Tang San agreed to meet them before deciding whether they were useful.
• Flender agreed to take Tang San and Yu Xiaogang back to Shrek Academy after Tang Hao ordered them to return.
• Qian Renyuan stopped the pursuit of Tang San, ordered compensation and aid for the injured, and declared Tang San and Yu Xiaogang wanted evil Soul Masters.
• Qian Renyuan told his subordinates to track Tang San without alerting him, then left the Soul Arena with Hu Liena and Xiao Wu.
• Flender brought Tang San to Shrek Academy, where Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun waited outside the gates.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and fought Dai Mubai to prove he could lead a team for the Continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. He gathered the others around the tournament plan, adopted the alias Tang Yin, and headed for Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renyuan learned of his destination.

• Dai Mubai challenged Tang San’s right to lead, and Tang San defeated him with Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons before revealing his Clear Sky Hammer and three thousand-year soul rings.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar agreed to join Tang San’s team, and Dai Mubai agreed on the condition that he would take leadership if he ever defeated Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed using Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Academy credentials to register the team, and Flender agreed to speak with her.
• Tang San decided to use the name Tang Yin in Heaven Dou City because his identity had been exposed.
• A gray bird carried word of Tang Yin’s alias and destination to Qian Renyuan.

Qian Renyuan returned to Spirit City and announced plans to use the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament to expose and eliminate his enemies. He appointed Hu Liena to lead his personal guard squad, assigned Yan to Spirit Hall Academy’s main team, and challenged Xiao Wu to prove herself if she wanted a position.

• Qian Renyuan returned to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu discussed Tang Hao’s attack and heard his plan to let Tang San and his allies reveal themselves at the tournament.
• Qian Renyuan announced that he would form a personal guard squad rather than enter the tournament himself.
• Qian Renyuan gave Hu Liena a black-and-gold token and appointed her captain, telling her to stand at his side and suppress their opponents.
• Qian Renyuan assigned Yan to lead Spirit Hall Academy’s main team and authorized him to use every means against the personal guard squad if they met in the tournament.
• Xiao Wu objected to Hu Liena’s appointment, and Qian Renyuan told her to demonstrate her training outside the Holy Son Hall the next morning if she wanted a position.

Xiao Wu passed Qian Renyuan’s personal guard assessment by retrieving the flag while keeping three jade plaques intact, earning a black-and-gold token. An urgent report then revealed that a wounded girl with a suspected Hell Spirit Cat martial soul had fled to southern Heaven Dou with Star Luo pursuers behind her, and Qian Renyuan set out to find her.

• Xiao Wu began the assessment by protecting three mannequins while trying to retrieve the flag from three elite Spirit Masters.
• Xiao Wu outmaneuvered the guards, retrieved the flag, and finished before the incense stick had burned halfway without breaking any jade plaques.
• Qian Renyuan criticized Xiao Wu’s tactics but awarded her a token, while Hu Liena praised her and reaffirmed that she would not give up her place at his side.
• A Ye Family steward reported that a badly injured girl suspected of possessing the Hell Spirit Cat martial soul had reached a southern Heaven Dou apothecary with Star Luo pursuers following her.
• Qian Renyuan ordered a carriage and prepared to go to Heaven Dou.

Zhu Zhuqing fled the Star Luo Family’s pursuers and was rescued by Qian Renyuan, who offered her a place in his Personal Guard in exchange for her loyalty. After proving her skill, she pledged herself to him and joined his party on the journey to Heaven Dou City.

• Zhu Zhuqing refused to return to the Zhu Family and confronted its pursuers in the Ye Family Pharmacy courtyard.
• Qian Renyuan arrived with Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and Jiangmo Douluo, forced the pursuers’ leader to the ground, and offered Zhu Zhuqing a chance at freedom if she pledged loyalty.
• Qian Renyuan released the pursuer’s leader, and Zhu Zhuqing defeated him with her dagger and quick movements despite her injuries.
• Zhu Zhuqing pledged loyalty to Qian Renyuan, who told her she could choose her own fate and invited her to join his Personal Guard.
• Qian Renyuan gave Zhu Zhuqing his outer robe, and she joined him, Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu in the carriage bound for Heaven Dou City.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai over abandoning her, broke off their engagement, and fought him before Qian Renyuan intervened. Qian Renyuan protected Zhu Zhuqing and challenged Dai Mubai to prove himself at the Continental Tournament, while Xiao Wu grew jealous of how close everyone was getting to him.

• Dai Mubai chased Qian Renyuan's convoy and demanded to see Zhu Zhuqing, who chose to confront him.
• Zhu Zhuqing accused Dai Mubai of abandoning her and shattered the jade token that represented their engagement.
• Dai Mubai attacked Zhu Zhuqing, but she fought back and wounded him with her short blade.
• Qian Renyuan stopped Dai Mubai from grabbing Zhu Zhuqing, overpowered him, and challenged him to face her at the Continental Tournament.
• Qian Renyuan declared that Zhu Zhuqing was his and protected her as she returned to the carriage.
• Xiao Wu watched the exchange and decided she would sit beside Qian Renyuan when they reached Heaven Dou City.

Qian Renyuan returned to Heaven Dou City and brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling into his personal guard, then tested and accepted Ning Rongrong as well. As he began discussing cooperation with Ning Fengzhi, the Dragon Duke and Serpent Grandmother arrived with a girl seeking the guard’s final position.

• Xue Qinghe welcomed Qian Renyuan at the eastern gate, where Ye Lingling gave him the Ye Family’s Nine Heart Begonia records and Dugu Yan joined his personal guard.
• Ning Fengzhi offered sect resources in exchange for Ning Rongrong joining the guard, but Qian Renyuan required her to prove herself in an assessment.
• Ning Rongrong supported Hu Liena and Xiao Wu as they destroyed three moving metal targets within ten breaths, earning a place in the guard.
• Qian Renyuan accepted Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling into the personal guard and hinted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda might be improved in exchange for the sect’s cooperation.
• A guard reported that the Dragon Duke and Serpent Grandmother had arrived with a young girl seeking the guard’s final position.

Meng Yiran earned the final place in Qian Renyuan’s Personal Guard after drawing with Zhu Zhuqing, while Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang agreed to serve as its external protectors. As the seven members prepared for the tournament, Tang San registered for Blue Tyrant Academy under the name Tang Yin and vowed to confront Qian Renyuan.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang offered Meng Yiran a place in the Personal Guard in exchange for tournament support, but Qian Renyuan required them to serve as external protectors and answer his call.
• Meng Yiran challenged Zhu Zhuqing for the final position, and their fight ended in a draw when each held a weapon at the other’s throat.
• Qian Renyuan awarded Meng Yiran the last position, and Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran pledged to follow his command.
• Qian Renyuan gave the seven Personal Guard members their orders to compete for resources through their achievements and dominate the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Tang San registered at Blue Tyrant Academy as Tang Yin, wearing a silver mask over his right eye, and vowed to make Qian Renyuan regret letting him leave.

Tang San registered for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament under the name Tang Yin, concealing his injured right eye with a mask. Qian Renyuan learned of the registration and allowed it to proceed, leaving Tang San enrolled and determined to win the championship.

• Tang San submitted a registration form as Tang Yin, but a teacher questioned his identity because his masked right eye and Blue Silver Grass matched Spirit Hall's wanted notice.
• Liu Erlong vouched for Tang San and used her headmistress token to secure his registration.
• Flender introduced Tai Long, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu as the three additional team members, and Tang San clashed with Tai Long over his role on the team.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang to make the seven team members useful and decided to compete as Tang Yin while avoiding the use of his Clear Sky Hammer.
• A servant reported Tang Yin's registration to Qian Renyuan, who ordered the registration office to let him compete.
• The next day, Tang San's form entered the tournament roster, and he watched the banners go up with renewed confidence.

The Holy Son's Personal Guard challenged Heaven Dou Royal Academy's original Team Two for its tournament spots and won decisively under Hu Liena's leadership. The guard was officially established as Team Two, and Hu Liena vowed they would crush the tournament field for Qian Renyuan.

• Zhu Zhuqing finished recovering from her wound as the personal guard registered to compete as Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two.
• The original Team Two objected to losing its tournament spots, so Qian Renyuan offered a seven-on-seven match to decide who would keep them.
• Hu Liena led the personal guard against the original Team Two, using Ning Rongrong's support and the others' coordinated attacks to overwhelm their opponents.
• The original Team Two conceded after all seven members were eliminated, and Meng Shenji officially sealed the registration documents for the personal guard.
• Qian Renyuan asked Hu Liena about leading the team, and she led the guard in vowing to crush the tournament field for him.