Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Yang Jian hoped to awaken soul power and improve life for his impoverished family in Yellow Fish Village. During the village's martial soul ceremony, a strange weapon began forming in his hand, but its nature and his soul power remained unknown.

• Yang Jian recalled how his parents had disappeared at sea, leaving his older brother Yang Jiao to support him and their younger sister Yang Chan.
• Yang Chan told Yang Jian that the Spirit Hall Soul Master had arrived, and Yang Jian hurried with her to the village awakening ceremony.
• Wang Hegui led four children into the wooden house and awakened the first three children's martial souls, finding no innate soul power in any of them.
• Yang Jian entered the awakening formation, and golden light enveloped him as a strange weapon began taking shape in his right hand.

Yang Jian awakened the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber and a short-haired white dog as twin martial souls, then revealed full innate soul power. Wang Hegui urged him to join Spirit Hall, and Yang Jian accepted.

• Yang Jian awakened the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber, which Wang Hegui recognized as a top-tier martial soul.
• Yang Jian summoned his second martial soul, a short-haired white dog, which Wang Hegui dismissed as an ordinary detached beast martial soul.
• Yang Jian placed his hand on the crystal ball, which erupted with light and revealed his full innate soul power.
• Wang Hegui invited Yang Jian to join Spirit Hall and promised him focused training.
• Yang Jian agreed to join Spirit Hall.

Yang Jian agreed to join Spirit Hall after awakening two powerful martial souls and innate full soul power, and Wang Hegui promised the organization would support his family. Learning that Bibi Dong had been Pope for six years, Yang Jian realized the story had only just begun and awaited Spirit Hall’s arrival with confidence.

• Yang Jian named his martial souls the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber and the Howling Celestial Dog, and Wang Hegui prepared to report him to Spirit Hall.
• Wang Hegui promised to arrange support for Yang Jian’s family and said someone would come to take him to Spirit Hall within three days.
• Yang Jian learned that Bibi Dong was in her sixth year as Pope and concluded that Tang San was only about six years old.
• Wang Hegui told Old Jerry and the villagers that Yang Jian had innate full soul power, top-tier martial souls, and the potential to become a Titled Douluo.
• The villagers celebrated Yang Jian’s prospects, Yang Chan hugged him, and Wang Hegui rode away to report his information.

After Yang Jian learned he would leave for Spirit Hall, he reassured Yang Chan and promised to provide for his siblings. At the back mountain, he received the Eight-Nine Mysteries and discovered that he could wield the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber effortlessly despite its enormous weight.

• Yang Jian promised Yang Chan that he would return for her and take her to Spirit Hall once he grew stronger.
• Yang Jiao visited Yang Jian, celebrated his talent, and showed him his blistered hands from oyster-drying work.
• Yang Jian told Yang Jiao to stop working and promised to support him and Yang Chan with his future Spirit Hall stipend.
• Yang Jian went to the back mountain, where a jade slip inside the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber entered his mind and revealed the Eight-Nine Mysteries.
• Yang Jian tested the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber and discovered that it weighed heavily when dropped but felt light in his hands.

Yang Jian learned the Howling Celestial Dog's seven abilities and began cultivating the Eight-Nine Mysteries, which doubled his physical strength in a few hours. He decided that a ten-thousand-year first soul ring would be enough and headed back to Yellow Fish Village to see his brother and Xiao Chan.

• Yang Jian summoned the Howling Celestial Dog, learned that it could speak, and ordered it not to talk in front of others without permission.
• The Howling Celestial Dog described its seven abilities, including great speed and strength, flight, changing form, and cultivating to create growing soul rings.
• Yang Jian praised and petted the Howling Celestial Dog before recalling it and practicing the Eight-Nine Mysteries.
• After a few hours of cultivation, Yang Jian found that his physical strength had doubled and considered the possibility of absorbing a ten-thousand-year first soul ring.
• Yang Jian decided to return to Yellow Fish Village to see his brother and Xiao Chan.

Yang Jian planned to join Spirit Hall and secure resources and opportunities before Tang San could claim them. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned that a commoner in Weihai City had twin martial souls and innate full soul power, and sent Ghost Douluo to bring him to Spirit Hall.

• Yang Jian planned to join Spirit Hall and move against Tang San's future opportunities, including the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, Slaughter City, and the Blue Silver King.
• Bibi Dong reviewed Qian Renxue's slow cultivation and resolved to wrest control of Spirit Hall from the Qian family.
• Uchima reported that a commoner in Weihai City had twin martial souls and innate full soul power, and that he had agreed to join Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong decided the gifted commoner could help her consolidate power and ordered Ghost Douluo to bring him back safely that night.

Yang Jian left Yellow Fish Village with Yang Jiao and Yang Chan after Wang Hegui offered to take them to Weihai City and care for his siblings. As their carriage entered the city, a dark figure blocked the busy street, bringing their journey to an abrupt stop.

• Yang Jian kept the Eight-Nine Mysteries secret while he cultivated on the back mountain for three days.
• Yang Chan told Yang Jian that Spirit Masters had arrived to take him away, and he returned to the village to meet Wang Hegui.
• Wang Hegui said he would take Yang Jian to the Spirit Hall and offered to adopt Yang Jiao and Yang Chan; Yang Jian agreed to the arrangement.
• Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan left Yellow Fish Village with Wang Hegui and reached Weihai City that afternoon.
• As their carriage entered Weihai City, a dark figure stood in the street and someone shouted for it to identify itself.

Gui Mei brought Yang Jian to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong examined him and his martial souls. The Three-Point Double-Edged Saber’s immense weight surprised Yue Guan, leaving its unusual power to be tested.

• Gui Mei identified Yang Jian as his target, took him from Wang Hegui, and flew with him to Spirit City.
• Yang Jian arrived at Spirit Hall and met Bibi Dong and Yue Guan.
• Bibi Dong confirmed Yang Jian’s Soul Power had reached level 10 and asked him to display both martial souls.
• Yang Jian summoned the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber, and Yue Guan praised its appearance before taking it to test its weight.
• Yue Guan found the saber weighed at least a thousand jin and wondered how Yang Jian could lift it.

Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall elders examined Yang Jian’s Three-Point Double-Edged Saber and judged its potential to rival or surpass the Clear Sky Hammer. Though she was put off by his detached beast spirit, she accepted him as a registered disciple and ordered him to build his health before seeking a soul ring.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei tested the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber, and Yue Guan reported that its quality and potential were extraordinary.
• Bibi Dong examined the saber and declared it no weaker than the Clear Sky Hammer, with the potential to surpass it as it grew with added soul rings.
• Yang Jian summoned the Howling Celestial Dog, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei dismissed it as a weak detached beast spirit.
• Remembering Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong chose to make Yang Jian a registered disciple rather than her personal disciple.
• Yang Jian accepted, and Bibi Dong told him to recover his health and train with Yue Guan before obtaining his first soul ring.

Yang Jian settled into his new residence at Spirit Hall and cultivated the Eight-Nine Mysteries, strengthening his body. The Golden Generation—Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan—arrived, and Yang Jian agreed to spar with Yan.

• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to investigate Yang Jian's background in detail.
• Yue Guan showed Yang Jian his new courtyard, gave him Spirit Hall's meditation method, and asked him to call him Uncle Yue.
• Yang Jian set aside the meditation manual and cultivated the Eight-Nine Mysteries through the night.
• The next morning, Yang Jian ate a meal of hundred-year soul beast meat prepared at Yue Guan's request.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan visited Yang Jian, and Yan challenged him to a body-only spar.
• Yang Jian pointed out the age and experience gap, then agreed to spar with Yan so he could test his strength.

Yang Jian accepted Yan’s challenge and overwhelmed him with physical attacks before conceding when his strength began to fail. Yan tried to attack with his martial soul afterward, but Hu Liena stopped him, and Yang Jian left the courtyard as Hu Liena followed.

• Yang Jian agreed to spar with Yan and struck first, battering him with combat techniques without using soul power or his martial soul.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena watched in shock as Yang Jian’s attacks drove Yan back.
• Yang Jian’s stamina faltered, allowing Yan to counterattack and force him into a corner, where Yang Jian conceded.
• Humiliated, Yan summoned his Flame Lord martial soul, but Hu Liena stepped between him and Yang Jian and rebuked him.
• Yan demanded another fight after Yang Jian obtained his first soul ring, but Yang Jian dismissed him and left, and Hu Liena followed.

After Yang Jian defeated Yan, Yue Guan reported his unusual strength to Bibi Dong, who decided to keep observing him rather than rush him toward his first soul ring. Lost while searching for Spirit Hall’s library, Yang Jian met Hu Liena, who offered to guide him and reminded him that he had to call her Senior Sister.

• Yang Jian reflected on his fight with Yan and decided to visit Spirit Hall’s library to research soul beasts and his first soul ring.
• Yue Guan reported to Bibi Dong that Yang Jian had beaten Yan and that his physical strength had increased dramatically overnight.
• Bibi Dong chose to keep watching Yang Jian, partly because his second martial soul reminded her of Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao, and said she would wait for Yang Jian to ask about obtaining a soul ring.
• Yang Jian got lost while searching for the library and met Hu Liena, who offered to take him there and said he had to call her Senior Sister.

Yang Jian told Hu Liena about his twin martial souls and innate full soul power, then studied Spirit Hall’s Book Repository to choose a soul beast for his first martial soul. He settled on the Titan Giant Ape as the safer target, though he would consider a suitable Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear if the opportunity arose.

• Yang Jian revealed his twin martial souls and innate full soul power to Hu Liena, who wondered why he was only a registered disciple.
• Hu Liena brought Yang Jian to Spirit Hall’s Book Repository and offered to help him if he needed anything.
• Yang Jian spent the day studying soul beast records while Hu Liena eventually left for her nearby courtyard.
• Yang Jian weighed the Titan Giant Ape against the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as a source for his first soul ring.
• Yang Jian chose the Titan Giant Ape as the safer option but remained willing to take a suitable Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

After three months of training, Yang Jian reached the peak of the first layer of the Eight-Nine Mysteries and became strong enough to pursue his first soul ring. Yue Guan prepared to take him to the Star Dou Forest, where Yang Jian planned to hunt a Titan Giant Ape or a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and Hu Liena joined them.

• Yang Jian spent his days studying in the library and his nights cultivating the Eight-Nine Mysteries, while Yue Guan occasionally taught him cultivation fundamentals.
• After three months, Yang Jian reached the peak of the first layer, and his physical and spiritual strength had grown to Soul King level; the Howling Celestial Dog had also become much stronger.
• Yue Guan arrived and, surprised by Yang Jian's physical growth, told him to prepare to hunt his first soul ring.
• Yang Jian asked to choose his own soul beast and named the Titan Giant Ape or Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, so Yue Guan agreed to take him to the Star Dou Forest.
• Hu Liena arrived and asked to accompany them; Yue Guan agreed, and she was stunned when Yang Jian named the dangerous soul beasts he wanted to hunt.

Yue Guan took Hu Liena and Yang Jian into Star Dou Forest to find Yang Jian a first soul ring, but Yang Jian rejected soul beasts that others considered suitable or even far beyond the usual age limit. The group found a roughly 2,500-year-old Titan Giant Ape, and Yang Jian again refused it, leaving the search unresolved.

• Yue Guan led Hu Liena and Yang Jian into Star Dou Forest to search for Yang Jian's first soul ring.
• Hu Liena asked Yang Jian about a roughly 400-year-old Golden Earth Dragon, but he rejected it as too young, and Yue Guan agreed it would harm him.
• The trio searched through the first day without finding a Titan Giant Ape or a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, then camped by a stream overnight.
• Yue Guan and the others found a Titan Giant Ape that he estimated was around 2,500 years old.
• Hu Liena warned Yang Jian that the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring would exceed the first-ring limit, but Yang Jian rejected it as too young.

Yang Jian, Yue Guan, and Hu Liena searched the forest for a suitable soul beast, then found a ten-thousand-year male Titan Giant Ape and an eight-thousand-year female one. Yue Guan crippled both apes, leaving Yang Jian poised to choose his target.

• Yue Guan continued searching with Yang Jian and Hu Liena after Yang Jian rejected the two-thousand-five-hundred-year Titan Giant Ape.
• After five days, Yue Guan led them toward the core region and warned them about its powerful soul beasts.
• The group found a male Titan Giant Ape of roughly ten thousand years and a female one of eight thousand years devouring a corpse.
• Yang Jian asked Yue Guan to cripple both apes, and Yue Guan attacked them with his soul skills.
• Yue Guan defeated and crippled both Titan Giant Apes, leaving them howling on the ground.

Yang Jian secretly chose to absorb the ten-thousand-year soul ring from the male Titan Giant Ape as his first soul ring, shocking Yue Guan and Hu Liena. He endured the ape’s violent spiritual attack in his sea of consciousness, and its lingering will eventually dispersed.

• Yue Guan warned Yang Jian that absorbing the eight-thousand-year female Titan Giant Ape’s soul ring would be dangerous, but Yang Jian told Hu Liena to trust him.
• Yang Jian killed the ten-thousand-year male Titan Giant Ape with his Three-Point Double-Edged Saber and began absorbing its soul ring without warning Yue Guan.
• Yue Guan realized Yang Jian had planned to take the ten-thousand-year soul ring and could no longer safely interrupt the absorption.
• Yang Jian resisted the male ape’s spiritual assault with the Eight-Nine Mysteries until its lingering will faded away.

Yang Jian survived absorbing a ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape soul ring as his first ring, shocking Yue Guan and Hu Liena. After waking with greatly increased strength and soul power, he revealed that his first soul skill was Titan Transformation.

• Yue Guan realized Yang Jian had endured the first and most dangerous soul impact, while Hu Liena watched in disbelief as he absorbed the ten-thousand-year ring.
• Yue Guan and Hu Liena stayed beside Yang Jian for a day and night until he woke, having reached level sixteen and strengthened his body.
• Yue Guan scolded Yang Jian for risking his life without warning, and Yang Jian admitted his mistake.
• Yang Jian summoned the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber and revealed his black first soul ring and the Titan Transformation skill.
• Yang Jian explained that Titan Transformation increased his strength by three hundred percent and his defense and attack by one hundred percent, impressing Yue Guan.

Yue Guan returned to Spirit Hall after Yang Jian absorbed a ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape soul ring, prompting Bibi Dong to plan for Yang Jian’s future and Spirit Hall’s succession. The chapter left Bibi Dong ordering Yue Guan to protect Yang Jian and teach him alongside Hu Liena.

• Yue Guan killed an eight-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape and stored its corpse with the ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape’s body for Yang Jian to eat.
• Er Ming learned that two Titan Giant Apes had been killed and wanted revenge, but Da Ming warned him that pursuing the humans would likely get him killed.
• Er Ming and Da Ming worried that Xiao Wu might also be in danger among humans.
• Yue Guan reported to Bibi Dong that Yang Jian had absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring from a Titan Giant Ape.
• Bibi Dong considered Yang Jian’s talent, her succession plans, and Hu Liena’s loyalty, then ordered Yue Guan to protect Yang Jian and include Hu Liena in his future lessons.

Hu Liena visited Yang Jian to ask how he had absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring and to inspect his martial souls. After she discovered the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber weighed thirteen hundred jin and examined the Howling Celestial Dog, Yan burst into the courtyard demanding another fight.

• Hu Liena asked Yang Jian how he had managed to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring, and he attributed his strength to his martial soul.
• Yang Jian showed Hu Liena the Three-Point Double-Edged Saber, and she fell when she tried to lift its thirteen-hundred-jin weight.
• Yang Jian summoned the Howling Celestial Dog, which Hu Liena examined and found difficult to judge.
• Yan stormed into the courtyard and challenged Yang Jian to fight again.