Chapter Summaries

Yang Dong underwent martial soul awakening in the Wind Sword Sect and appeared to awaken the sect’s Wind Sword. As the sword collapsed amid black mist and his left hand turned purple, Yang Lan identified the change as a possible Martial Soul Mutation.

• Yang Dong went to the awakening array while Yang Tianyi, his wife, and Yang Lan watched anxiously.
• Yang Lan activated the array, and a faintly glowing cyan Wind Sword began to form in Yang Dong’s left hand.
• Yang Lan celebrated Yang Dong’s apparent Wind Sword awakening, and Yang Tianyi rushed toward the array when the sword became wrapped in black mist.
• Yang Dong screamed as the Wind Sword shattered and eerie purple color spread over his left hand.
• Yang Lan stopped Yang Tianyi from entering the array and warned him that interrupting the process could ruin Yang Dong’s life, explaining that it appeared to be a Martial Soul Mutation.

Yang Dong endured a painful Martial Soul mutation and learned that his Innate Soul Power was only Rank 1, crushing his family’s hopes for his future. Back in his room, he confirmed that he had no system and summoned his newly named Martial Soul, Ghost Hand.

• Yang Dong suffered through the transformation of his left hand as his Martial Soul awakened.
• Yang Lan tested Yang Dong’s Innate Soul Power, which proved to be Rank 1 and stunned the onlookers.
• Yang Tianyi sent Lin Qiuyu to take Yang Dong home, and she displayed her strength as an eighty-third-rank Soul Douluo.
• Lin Qiuyu comforted Yang Dong and left him to rest while he reflected on his limited prospects and the absence of a system.
• Yang Dong summoned his Martial Soul again, revealing his crimson, purple-veined left hand surrounded by black mist, and identified it as Ghost Hand.

Yang Dong discovered that the mysterious crystal ball in his consciousness could raise his Soul Power and unlock a skill panel connected to his Ghost Hand Martial Soul. After the panels merged into the Ghost Hand, he realized it could let him learn skills independently of Soul Rings.

• Yang Dong briefly explored the Bronze Gate in his consciousness before waking at night to Lin Qiuyu calling him to dinner.
• Lin Qiuyu told Yang Dong that his parents planned to send him to his maternal grandfather’s home for school, and Yang Dong agreed.
• Yang Dong learned that Yang Hong had proposed that Yang Tianyi and Lin Qiuyu adopt Yang Yuan, prompting Lin Qiuyu to decide to leave the Wind Sword Sect with her son.
• Yang Dong returned to the Bronze Gate and repeatedly upgraded the crystal ball until his Soul Power reached level 10 and the skill panels unlocked.
• Yang Dong touched the Ghost God skill icon, causing all four panels to merge into his Ghost Hand, and realized it could grant him skills beyond Soul Ring abilities.

Yang Dong left the Wind Sword Sect with Lin Qiuyu after she persuaded Yang Tianyi to let her take him to the Heaven Dou Empire. On the way, Yang Hong presented his grandson Yang Yuan as Yang Dong’s new brother and declared him the sect’s future, while Yang Dong calmly insisted that no one could take what belonged to him.

• Yang Dong woke after his consciousness left the Bronze Gate and discovered that his Soul Power had risen to level ten, letting him sustain his Ghost Hand Martial Soul for half an hour.
• Yang Tianyi objected to Lin Qiuyu taking Yang Dong to the Heaven Dou Empire, but eventually conceded after she argued that Yang Dong would face gossip if he stayed in the Wind Sword Sect.
• After breakfast, Lin Qiuyu took Yang Dong down the mountain and encountered Third Elder Yang Hong and Yang Yuan.
• Yang Hong instructed Yang Yuan to greet Yang Dong as his brother, but Lin Qiuyu cut him off and continued down the mountain with her son.
• Yang Hong promised to take Yang Yuan to hunt Soul Beasts and obtain his first Soul Ring, calling him the Wind Sword Sect’s future.
• In the carriage, Lin Qiuyu worried that Yang Yuan’s Innate Full Spirit Power and Wind Sword Martial Soul would let him outpace Yang Dong, while Yang Dong calmly said no one could take what belonged to him.

Lin Qiuyu and Yang Dong arrived in Nuoding City, where Lin Qiuyu learned that Spirit Hall had come to the Lin Family residence over control of children’s Martial Soul awakenings. Lin Qiuyu confronted Gu Liangong, while Yang Dong followed her into the reception hall.

• Lin Qiuyu and Yang Dong reached Nuoding City and learned its name came from Lin Nuo and his wife.
• Butler Ma greeted Lin Qiuyu and Yang Dong at the City Lord's Residence, where they heard an argument inside.
• Butler Ma warned Lin Qiuyu that Spirit Hall had come and that Lin Nuo had told her not to interfere.
• Lin Qiuyu went to the reception hall, and Yang Dong ran after her despite Butler Ma's protests.
• Gu Liangong claimed Spirit Hall alone could awaken children’s Martial Souls, and Lin Qiuyu challenged his authority to do so.

Lin Qiuyu returned to Nuoding City and learned that Lin Nuo was defying Spirit Hall’s control over Soul Awakening Ceremonies. Yang Dong remained unable to cultivate past level ten, and Lin Nuo later comforted his daughter about her son’s poor talent.

• Lin Qiuyu revealed that she was an eighty-third-level Soul Douluo, prompting Gu Liangong to leave the reception room in alarm.
• Lin Nuo welcomed Lin Qiuyu and Yang Dong with a lavish dinner, then told his daughter that Spirit Hall was trying to monopolize Soul Awakening Ceremonies.
• Lin Qiuyu warned that the Heaven Dou Empire had accepted Spirit Hall’s policy, but Lin Nuo insisted Nuoding City would not yield.
• Yang Dong found that his Soul Power remained at level ten and suspected he would need a Soul Ring to advance.
• Lin Nuo comforted Lin Qiuyu by saying Yang Dong could still have a good life despite his low Innate Soul Power.

Lin Qiuyu worried that Yang Dong’s weak cultivation talent could endanger his claim to become the Wind Sword Sect’s sect master, while Lin Nuo advised that strength would matter more than the title. The next morning, Yang Dong revealed that his Soul Power had reached level ten, and he asked his mother to help him obtain his first Soul Ring.

• Lin Nuo warned Lin Qiuyu that pushing Yang Dong toward the sect master position without the strength to defend it could make him a puppet.
• Lin Qiuyu said she had a plan to secure Yang Dong’s future, though she believed becoming a Title Douluo was beyond her without an extraordinary opportunity.
• Yang Dong pretended that his Soul Power had stopped increasing, prompting Lin Qiuyu, Lin Nuo, and Butler Ma to rush to him.
• Lin Qiuyu examined Yang Dong and found that his Soul Power had reached level ten; a Crystal Ball confirmed the result.
• Lin Qiuyu attributed Yang Dong’s rapid cultivation to his Ghost Hand Martial Soul, and Yang Dong asked whether he could now obtain a Soul Ring.

Yang Dong chose to become an Attack Type Soul Master, and Lin Qiuyu took him to a Spirit Hall-controlled forest to find his first Soul Ring. They arrived at the camp after a long journey, where Lin Qiuyu gained entry by presenting her Wind Sword Sect token.

• Yang Dong revealed his Ghost Hand Martial Soul and decided to pursue the Attack Type path.
• Lin Nuo and Butler Ma explained that Spirit Hall had taken control of the Empire's Spirit Hunting Forests.
• Lin Qiuyu set out with Yang Dong for the Spirit Hunting Forest, despite Lin Nuo's concerns about Spirit Hall's influence.
• At dusk, Yang Dong and Lin Qiuyu reached the forest outskirts and saw the tents of Soul Masters and other visitors.
• Lin Qiuyu brought the carriage to Spirit Hall's camp and presented her Wind Sword Sect token, which secured their entry.

Yang Dong prepared to obtain his first soul ring with help from his mother, Lin Qiuyu, and Spirit Hall. After killing a four-hundred-year Bronze Tiger, he began absorbing its soul ring.

• Lin Qiuyu asked Yang Chengwen to help find a suitable four-hundred-year strength-type spirit beast for Yang Dong.
• Yang Chengwen arranged for a recently matured Bronze Tiger to be captured for Yang Dong.
• Lin Qiuyu explained soul rings and the Bronze Tiger's abilities as she led Yang Dong into the Spirit Hunting Forest.
• Yang Dong killed the restrained Bronze Tiger with a knife and saw a yellow soul ring emerge from its corpse.
• Yang Dong summoned the Ghost Hand Martial Soul, and the Bronze Tiger's soul ring moved to his left arm as he began to absorb it.

Yang Dong attached his first Soul Ring and discovered that his First Soul Skill, Blade Soul, created a Domain that enhanced strength and agility. Lin Qiuyu protected the secret from Spirit Hall's Enforcement Group, then explained to Yang Dong why she had allowed them to leave.

• Yang Dong's Soul Ring shattered against the black energy around Ghost Hand, but he used the flashing Ghost God panel to attach it and gained the First Soul Skill Blade Soul.
• Yang Dong revealed Blade Soul's red magic circle, which doubled his strength and speed within two meters and gave Lin Qiuyu a slight enhancement.
• Lin Qiuyu summoned her eight Soul Rings and warned the Enforcement Group to keep Blade Soul's Domain Skill secret.
• Yang Chengwen ordered his subordinates to say nothing and hurried away to report Yang Dong's skill to Spirit Hall.
• In the carriage to Nuoding City, Lin Qiuyu told Yang Dong that she had not attacked because his display marked him as a genius, not yet someone whose existence had to be concealed.

Yang Dong enrolled at Nuoding Academy despite Lin Qiuyu’s concerns that the city would hinder his growth, and he prepared to live there and practice swordsmanship. On his first evening, upperclassmen surrounded his dormitory and challenged him to a Soul Master duel.

• Lin Qiuyu considered whether Yang Dong should leave Nuoding City, but Yang Dong chose to stay and enroll at Nuoding Academy.
• Butler Ma registered Yang Dong, whose Martial Soul was Ghost Hand and whose Innate Soul Power was level one, then accompanied him to his private dormitory.
• Yang Dong asked Butler Ma to buy wooden swords so he could practice and try to unlock his swordsmanship panel.
• After Butler Ma left, upperclassmen gathered outside Yang Dong’s dormitory while teachers watched and the principal said he would handle Lin Nuo.
• Yang Dong confronted the upperclassmen, refused to lend them something, and heard an eight-year-old propose a Soul Master duel.

Yang Dong defeated Su Zhi in a one-on-one fight by baiting him into wasting his first Soul Skill, then throwing him to the ground. Nuoding Academy principal Wei Cheng sent for Wang Gang to test Yang Dong’s limits, and Wang Gang arrived to face him.

• Su Zhi revealed his Savage Bull Martial Soul and challenged Yang Dong, who disclosed that he was an eleven-level Support Type Soul Master with the Ghost Hand Martial Soul.
• Yang Dong feinted a head-on clash, dodged Su Zhi’s Savage Charge, and threw him to the ground.
• Su Zhi accepted his loss and left as students and teachers reacted to Yang Dong’s skill.
• Wei Cheng ordered Teacher Song to summon Wang Gang, explaining that he wanted to see how far Yang Dong could go.
• Wang Gang, Nuoding Academy’s level-fourteen genius, arrived and criticized Su Zhi’s defeat, while Yang Dong accused the academy of breaking its word.

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Character Developments

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Significant Themes

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Character Interactions

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Yang Dong fought Wang Gang again at Nuoding Academy and defeated him after using his Blade Soul to overcome Wang Gang’s speed. During the beating, Yang Dong broke through to Level Twelve, leaving Wang Gang bruised and humiliated.

• Yang Dong and Wang Gang announced their Soul Master levels and began their rematch.
• Yang Dong activated Blade Soul, boosting his speed enough to clash head-on with Wang Gang’s Claw Strike.
• The Crystal Ball gave Yang Dong a mission to become Nuoding Academy’s top dog within a year, with a level and sword technique as rewards.
• Wang Gang circled outside Blade Soul’s range and taunted Yang Dong, but Yang Dong suddenly moved behind him and knocked him down.
• Yang Dong pinned Wang Gang and punched him repeatedly, while the teachers watched in silence.
• Yang Dong broke through to Level Twelve during the fight, and Wang Gang was left bruised and tearful.

Yang Dong defeated Wang Gang but discovered that claiming the Bronze Gate’s reward required his Soul Power to catch up with Wang Gang’s within a year. After reaching level sixteen, he met the requirement, gained a level, and received the sword skill Three-Stage Slash.

• Yang Dong beat Wang Gang and told the other students they would have to beat Wang Gang before challenging him.
• Yang Dong realized he needed to match Wang Gang’s Soul Power level, then focused on cultivation.
• Wei Cheng reported Yang Dong’s ability to a shadowy figure, who rewarded him and left after Wei Cheng promised to keep the incident secret.
• Yang Dong trained at the academy alongside Wang Gang, Su Zhi, and other students, and his Soul Power reached level sixteen over the next year.
• Yang Dong claimed the Bronze Gate reward, advanced to level seventeen, and received the sword skill Three-Stage Slash.

After graduating from Nuoding Academy, Yang Dong left Nuoding City for Heaven Dou City to meet his uncle and return with him to the Wind Sword Sect. He parted from Lin Nuo, who chose to stay behind, and encountered the young Tang Xiao and Tang Hao at the city gates.

• Yang Dong asked Lin Nuo to leave Nuoding City with him for the Chuyun Principality, but Lin Nuo refused because he wanted to remain near his late wife’s traces.
• Lin Nuo warned Yang Dong that Yang Hong and his grandson Yang Yuan might not welcome his return to the Wind Sword Sect.
• Yang Dong said he would meet Uncle Tianlang in Heaven Dou City and travel back to the sect with him, then left Nuoding City that day.
• After a week on the road, Yang Dong arrived in Heaven Dou City and confronted Tang Hao for staring at him.
• Tang Xiao apologized for Tang Hao, and the brothers entered the city before Yang Dong; the encounter brought Yang Dong together with the future Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.

Yang Dong reunited with Yang Tianlang in Heaven Dou City and revealed that he had reached level thirty, prompting his uncle to promise help obtaining a thousand-year Spirit Beast Soul Ring. At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Yang Dong noticed an ancient sword that interested him.

• Yang Dong found Yang Tianlang at the Wind Sword Sect's stronghold and asked him for help finding a suitable Spirit Beast for his third Soul Ring.
• Yang Tianlang was astonished that Yang Dong had reached level thirty and agreed to take him to obtain a Soul Ring after a banquet, before they went to the Chuyun Principality.
• Yang Tianlang brought Yang Dong to the Heaven Dou Auction House and offered to buy him something, but the attendant said no Soul Bones were being auctioned that day.
• Yang Dong questioned the auction of enslaved girls, declined Yang Tianlang's offer to buy him a maid, and spotted an Immaculate Sword forged from Outer-Heaven Meteorite Iron.
• Yang Tianlang noticed Yang Dong's interest in the Immaculate Sword and asked whether he wanted it.

Yang Dong bought the Immaculate Sword at auction and asked Yang Tianlang whether the Wind Sword Sect could join the Upper Three Sects. Yang Tianlang explained that the sect would need to displace the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Yang Dong to consider how formidable Tang Chen and his descendants were.

• Yang Tianlang won the Immaculate Sword for 1,500 gold coins, and Yang Dong inspected it before they paid.
• Yang Dong asked Yang Tianlang about the banquet organized by the Upper Three Sects, and Yang Tianlang said representatives of all Seven Great Sects would attend.
• Yang Dong asked whether the Wind Sword Sect could become one of the Upper Three Sects, and Yang Tianlang warned him not to bring it up lightly.
• Yang Tianlang explained that the Wind Sword Sect would have to challenge the Clear Sky Sect to gain recognition as an Upper Three Sect.
• Yang Dong reflected on Tang Chen's strength and the future threat posed by Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.

Yang Dong trained with his newly obtained Immaculate Sword before Yang Tianlang challenged him to a spar using only his first two Soul Skills. Yang Dong revealed two powerful area Soul Skills, but Yang Tianlang’s speed kept him at a disadvantage as their fight continued.

• Yang Dong practiced his swordsmanship at the Wind Sword Sect’s Heaven Dou City stronghold, and Yang Tianlang recognized it as a possible Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Yang Tianlang challenged Yang Dong to spar and revealed that he was a level eighty Soul Master with a Wind Sword Martial Soul.
• Yang Dong blocked Yang Tianlang’s opening attack with his Immaculate Sword while Yang Tianlang noticed the ominous quality of Yang Dong’s Ghost Hand Martial Soul.
• Yang Dong activated Blade Soul and Erosion during his attack, but Yang Tianlang used Extreme Wind to escape the Erosion Array.
• Yang Tianlang reacted with surprise to Yang Dong’s two area Soul Skills and launched Wind Impact at him.

Yang Dong defeated Yang Tianlang by revealing a fourth strike in his Three-Stage Slash, proving he could win despite being a Support Type Soul Master. After reviewing his weapon and cultivating, he looked ahead to the banquet at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and wondered whether he might meet Yu Xiaogang or Liu Erlong.

• Yang Dong was driven to the edge of the Blade Soul's range as Yang Tianlang warned him that Support Type Soul Masters could not prevail in one-on-one fights.
• Yang Dong landed three consecutive strikes on Yang Tianlang's Wind Sword, then surprised him with a fourth slash.
• Yang Tianlang used his Fourth Soul Skill, Swallow Return, but admitted defeat and warned Yang Dong that Yang Yuan would not hold back.
• Yang Tianlang took Yang Dong to his prepared room and said they would travel to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for the banquet the next day.
• Yang Dong reviewed the fight, credited the Immaculate Sword with withstanding his fourth strike, and began cultivating.
• Yang Dong thought about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and wondered whether Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had been born yet and whether he might meet them.