Recaps

A mysterious figure and a little boy discovered an opportunity in one of God's contingencies and arranged for it to awaken in a relatively safe world. An Chen awakened in the Continent of Douluo with an iron-pot Martial Soul, but its gray mist and his innate full soul power led a Spirit Hall deacon to invite him to join.

• The mysterious figure told the little boy that he had found an opportunity in God's contingency, and the two agreed not to release it directly because the Outer Deities might attack again.
• An Chen woke in Qingshi Village with memories of both a twenty-four-year-old office worker and a six-year-old village child, then went with his foster father to the Martial Soul awakening.
• Children awakened ordinary tool Martial Souls, and An Chen recognized one girl's Blue Silver Grass as Tang San's Martial Soul.
• An Chen awakened a big iron pot with a faint layer of gray mist, then stunned the Spirit Hall deacon by testing as innately full of soul power.
• An Chen accepted the deacon's invitation to join the Spirit Hall while remaining curious about the mist on his Martial Soul.

After awakening an iron-pot Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, An Chen discovered a system that offered potion formulas and other rewards for absorbing a soul ring. He left Qingshi Village for Tieyan Junior Soul Master Academy, where Elder Chen confirmed his talent and promised to take him to hunt for a soul beast.

• Wang Gang registered An Chen's Innate Full Soul Power and offered him Qingshi Village's working-student place at Tieyan Junior Soul Master Academy.
• An Chen summoned his iron-pot Martial Soul at night and activated the Big Iron Pot System, which assigned rewards for absorbing a soul ring.
• An Chen left Qingshi Village with Wang Gang after his family and Old Li said goodbye and gave him supplies and coins.
• At Tieyan Junior Soul Master Academy, Elder Chen confirmed An Chen's Innate Full Soul Power and said he would take him to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• An Chen moved into the dormitory, where a round-faced boy watched him curiously and a tall, thin boy sneered at him for being a working student.

An Chen settled into academy life, claimed that his Iron Pot Martial Soul had Innate Full Soul Power, and narrowly avoided a fight with a Wu Family student in the Cafeteria. Elder Chen invited him to choose between wind and Shadow Attribute Soul Rings and agreed to help him hunt a Soul Beast the next day.

• An Chen met his roommates Shitou and Qian Yiming, revealed his Iron Pot Martial Soul, and said it had Innate Full Soul Power, which they did not believe.
• An Chen attended Zhao Qinian's basic Soul Master class and considered choosing a wind-attribute or Shadow Attribute Soul Ring instead of a defensive one.
• A Wu Family student insulted Shitou and tried to attack him, but An Chen pulled Shitou aside and the dean of discipline intervened.
• The dean told An Chen that Elder Chen wanted to see him and arranged for deluxe meals to be sent to him, stunning the students in the Cafeteria.
• An Chen told Elder Chen he wanted a wind-attribute or Shadow Attribute Soul Ring, and Elder Chen asked him to come to the school gate the next morning to hunt a Soul Beast.

An Chen accompanied Elder Chen into the Soul Hunting Forest to find a shadow-attribute soul beast for his first soul ring, after Elder Chen gave him a secret cultivation method. They entered despite reports of a newly evolved Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast, and discovered its presence had driven the weaker beasts away.

• An Chen chose a shadow-attribute soul beast, and Elder Chen gave him the Basic Meditation Cultivation Method to study secretly.
• At the Soul Hunting Forest entrance, Zhou Ping told Elder Chen that an unidentified soul beast had advanced from a millennium beast to a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.
• Elder Chen used his Elder Token to get past the closed gates and assured An Chen they would search only the outer ring.
• Elder Chen rejected a forty-year iron-backed rabbit and an eighty-year shadow wolf as unsuitable soul beasts.
• Elder Chen found large, unfamiliar claw marks and concluded that the Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast had frightened the outer-ring beasts away.

An Chen followed Elder Chen into the forest, where Elder Chen confronted a ten-thousand-year mutated Crystal Scale Basilisk and revealed his Myriad Beasts Codex Martial Soul. Left behind with a Stone Armor Bear, An Chen killed a hundred-year Shadow Leopard with his Big Iron Pot and saw its Soul Ring appear.

• Elder Chen led An Chen deeper into the forest to pursue a two-hundred-year Shadow Snake, but they encountered a ten-thousand-year mutated Crystal Scale Basilisk.
• Elder Chen revealed his seven Soul Rings and Myriad Beasts Codex, summoned a Stone Armor Bear to protect An Chen, and pursued the burrowing Basilisk on a cyan bird.
• A Shadow Leopard attacked An Chen while Elder Chen was away, and the Stone Armor Bear blocked its approach.
• An Chen dodged the Shadow Leopard’s pounce with his Big Iron Pot, then struck it down with the Stone Armor Bear’s help.
• A yellow hundred-year Soul Ring rose from the Shadow Leopard’s corpse as An Chen caught his breath.

An Chen absorbed a four-hundred-year Shadow Leopard Soul Ring, gained the First Soul Skill Black Fog, and reached Soul Power level thirteen. At night, he claimed his system rewards, concocted a Secrets Suppliant Potion, and drank it despite the warning that it could cause madness.

• Elder Chen returned after dealing with the giant lizard and confirmed that the Shadow Leopard’s Soul Ring suited An Chen.
• An Chen absorbed the yellow Soul Ring, resisted its mental impact with help from the Gray Fog, and reached level thirteen.
• An Chen demonstrated Black Fog, which concealed him, suppressed enemies’ senses, and enhanced his own perception.
• Elder Chen brought An Chen back to the academy and told him to register at Spirit Hall the next day.
• An Chen secretly claimed a Secrets Suppliant Potion formula, four Divination attempts, and a Meditation Method from the system.
• An Chen used Black Fog to contain the potion’s ghostly singing, then drank the finished potion despite its warning.

After drinking the Sequence 9 Secrets Suppliant potion, An Chen experienced spirit vision and nearly attracted an Outer Deity before the system strengthened its barrier. He learned the Fool’s honorific name, completed the prayer quest, and received the potion acting method, leaving him wondering how to properly act as a Secrets Suppliant.

• An Chen used meditation and spirit vision to steady himself, saw his aura and filth in the outhouse, and nearly recited a dangerous prayer before his Martial Soul Mark snapped him out of it.
• The system detected that An Chen had advanced to Sequence 9 and attracted an Outer Deity, then strengthened its barrier to block the gaze.
• An Chen checked his system status and discovered his new Secrets Suppliant pathway, a second soul ring quest, and a side quest to pray to the great Fool.
• An Chen found that Grandmaster’s cultivation meditation method also calmed and strengthened his potion-given spirituality, then tried several prayers without completing the quest.
• After An Chen wondered whether the Fool needed a formal honorific name, the system supplied one, and he recited it to complete the quest and receive the acting method.
• An Chen learned that acting meant imitating a potion’s associated identity to digest its residual influence, saw his digestion progress rise to 7%, and stayed awake wondering how to act as a Secrets Suppliant.

An Chen used Spirit Vision to observe people in Tieyan City before registering as a Soul Master at the Spirit Hall Branch and receiving his badge and monthly Gold Soul Coin. Back at the academy, Elder Chen gave him a Body Forging Method and iron weights, beginning a training plan that also required An Chen to eat with him.

• An Chen activated Spirit Vision in the streets and read the physical and emotional auras of a vegetable vendor and a craftsman.
• An Chen reached the Spirit Hall Branch and told Deacon Wang that Elder Chen had sent him to register as a Soul Master.
• An Chen demonstrated thirteen Soul Power, and Wang Gang gave him a Soul Master Badge and one Gold Soul Coin.
• An Chen returned to the academy, where a student told him that Elder Chen wanted to see him.
• Elder Chen gave An Chen a Body Forging Method and iron blocks for weighted training, then said An Chen would eat with him because he was too thin.

An Chen continued his training and advanced to Soul Power level fifteen while learning to manage Spirit Vision and his Potion digestion. When Wu Lei cornered Shitou in the Cafeteria, An Chen intervened and accepted a three-on-three duel against him in the back mountain three days later.

• An Chen practiced his Acting Method and Spirit Vision, learned that prolonged use drained his Spirituality, and raised his Potion digestion progress to 23%.
• Over three months, An Chen strengthened his body, sent Gold Soul Coins home to An Dashan and his wife, and increased his Soul Power from level thirteen to level fifteen.
• Qian Yiming told An Chen that Wu Lei and his three lackeys had cornered Shitou in the Cafeteria and demanded that he kneel or pay twenty Gold Soul Coins.
• An Chen stepped between Shitou and Wu Lei, who proposed a three-on-three duel in the back mountain three days later to settle their grudges.
• An Chen accepted the duel, then used Spirit Vision to observe Wu Lei's aura as Shitou worried about the coming fight.

An Chen and his friends faced Wu Lei’s group in a winner-stays-on duel over the boot dispute. With Shitou and Qian Yiming both defeated by the tall lackey, An Chen was left to fight next.

• An Chen and Wu Lei agreed on stakes: the losers would pay or kneel and apologize, while Wu Lei’s side would publicly apologize and avoid An Chen’s group if they lost.
• Zhao Qinian arrived to supervise and explained that surrendering or being knocked off the stage counted as a loss, with no killing blows allowed.
• Shitou lost the first match after the short lackey’s Triple Stab hit him and knocked him to the edge of the stage.
• Qian Yiming defeated the short lackey in the second match by throwing his Kitchen Knife and placing it at the lackey’s throat.
• The tall lackey defeated Qian Yiming with Savage Bull Charge, leaving An Chen as the last fighter on his side.
• After Zhao Qinian called a quarter-hour rest, An Chen removed his outer robe and volunteered for the fourth match.

An Chen defeated Tall Lackey and Wu Lei, securing victory for his side in their academy match. Wu Lei admitted to framing An Chen over the boots and left with a warning that their conflict was not over.

• An Chen used his Iron Pot to unbalance and defeat Tall Lackey in the fourth match.
• Wu Lei exploited An Chen's Spirit Vision with a feint, injuring An Chen's lower leg with his whip.
• An Chen shut off Spirit Vision, used Black Fog to seize Wu Lei, and knocked him off the stage to win the fifth match.
• Zhao Qinian declared An Chen's side the winner, and Wu Lei admitted framing An Chen over the boots before leaving with his lackeys.
• Wu Lei warned An Chen that their conflict was not over, while Shitou and Qian Yiming celebrated An Chen's victory.

An Chen heard that Wu Ming might retaliate for Wu Lei, then received advice from Elder Chen about his fighting technique, Martial Soul, and reports of Evil Soul Masters near Tieyan City. As An Chen left, an explosion shook the city, black smoke rose in the north, and a Soul Master rushed to warn Elder Chen.

• Shitou told An Chen that people were discussing Wu Lei's apology, while a Wu Family disciple warned that Wu Ming would deal with them.
• Elder Chen explained that his Hibiscus Bird had watched An Chen's fight against Wu Lei and questioned how An Chen predicted his opponent's moves.
• An Chen said he studied opponents' physical movements, and Elder Chen warned that the technique could be deceived while praising An Chen's adaptability.
• Elder Chen told An Chen to strengthen his body, watch for changes in his Iron Pot Martial Soul, avoid going out because of possible Evil Soul Masters, and seek his help if the Wu Family caused trouble.
• As An Chen headed back to the dormitory, an explosion shook Tieyan City and black smoke rose in the north.
• A middle-aged Soul Master rushed into Elder Chen's courtyard and announced that something terrible had happened.

A Blood Moon ritual began outside Tieyan City, causing grotesque births and defeating the defenders’ attacks. An Chen woke after resisting a similar vision with Gray Fog, while Elder Chen stayed behind to confront the moon as the city prepared to evacuate.

• Elder Chen and the Spirit Hall deacon found Evil Soul Masters performing a ritual beside a pit of human remains north of Tieyan City.
• The black smoke became a Blood Moon, whose light made villagers, corpses, Evil Soul Masters, and Elder Chen’s summoned Soul Beasts swell and split open as monsters emerged.
• Elder Chen and the other Soul Masters attacked the Blood Moon, but their Soul Skills exploded before reaching it.
• An Chen collapsed, saw a Blood Moon in a world of flesh and umbilical cords, then drove the cords away with Gray Fog before waking in the infirmary with Shitou and Qian Yiming.
• Elder Chen ordered Woman surnamed Wen to evacuate Spirit Hall personnel and civilians, then used his Seventh Soul Skill, Myriad Beasts Possession, to face the Blood Moon.

Elder Chen failed to destroy the Blood Moon, which vanished on its own, and discovered that the leading Evil Soul Master’s corpse was missing. In the academy infirmary, An Chen realized the Blood Moon crisis had completed his Secrets Suppliant digestion, while the escaped Evil Soul Master received an answer from the Mother of All Living Things and left the village.

• Elder Chen watched the Blood Moon disappear before he reached its moonlight, then told the Woman surnamed Wen he had not dispersed it.
• Elder Chen found that the leading Evil Soul Master’s corpse was missing and ordered the Soul Masters to track him down.
• An Chen saw that his Secrets Suppliant digestion had reached 100% and concluded that his near-devotion beneath the Blood Moon had completed it.
• A surviving Evil Soul Master knelt in a village and prayed until the Mother of All Living Things answered him, then he walked away from Tieyan City.

After recovering from the Blood Moon incident, An Chen received a storage Soul Tool and two books from Elder Chen, then spent three months studying and training while his Spirit Vision improved. With the academy’s final assessment approaching, he set out to run with Shitou and Qian Yiming.

• An Chen returned from the infirmary and asked Elder Chen about the north gate incident, learning that Evil Soul Masters had conducted a sacrifice and their leader had escaped.
• Elder Chen gave An Chen an ancient storage Soul Tool containing Combat Insights and Soul Skill Compendium, and told him to avoid cultivating Soul Power for several months.
• An Chen noticed that his Spirit Vision had become clearer and lasted longer, and that the heaviness in his spirit had eased.
• For three months, An Chen studied the books, trained on the back mountain, and occasionally attempted Ritual Magic without success.
• Shitou told An Chen that the final assessment was in two days, and An Chen took Shitou and Qian Yiming to run around the back mountain.

An Chen won first place in the freshmen combat assessment without using a Soul Skill, while Shitou placed twelfth and Qian Yiming placed sixth. The next morning, Wu Ming challenged An Chen to a duel, which they agreed to hold the following day.

• An Chen defeated several opponents in the combat assessment, relying on precise strikes and his Iron Pot Martial Soul while never using a Soul Skill.
• Shitou finished twelfth and Qian Yiming finished sixth among the freshmen.
• An Chen took first place, and he encouraged Shitou and Qian Yiming to keep cultivating for another chance next semester.
• During morning training, An Chen met Wu Ming, who acknowledged that Wu Lei had started their earlier trouble and challenged An Chen to a duel.
• An Chen accepted Wu Ming's challenge for the next morning and sensed that Wu Ming was a composed but fiercely competitive opponent.

An Chen fought Wu Ming in the dueling arena, facing his powerful Hao Hammer and layered nine-strike hammer technique. He used Black Fog to exploit an opening and land a blow, but his Soul Power was nearly exhausted as the fight continued.

• Wu Ming revealed his Hao Hammer Martial Soul and challenged An Chen to fight using only their Martial Souls and martial skills.
• An Chen relied on the Iron Pot, agile footwork, and redirected blows to withstand Wu Ming's attacks, including his nine increasingly powerful hammer strikes.
• An Chen released Black Fog, but Wu Ming adapted by guarding his position and struck the Iron Pot when An Chen approached.
• The two resumed fighting cautiously, and An Chen used Black Fog again to feint high, sweep at Wu Ming's calf, and slam the Iron Pot into his chest.
• The Black Fog dispersed with An Chen nearly out of Soul Power, leaving the fight unresolved.

After six years of training, An Chen reached Level 29 and decided to leave Tieyan City for Shrek Academy in search of Immortal Herbs. He said goodbye to his friends, teacher, and adoptive parents, then departed Qingshi Village.

• Six years after sparring with Wu Ming, An Chen reached Level 29 and learned that his Listener Potion had been fully digested, granting him the ability to hear whispers from mysterious entities.
• An Chen decided to seek out Tang San at Shrek Academy in hopes of obtaining an Immortal Herb, then told Shitou and Qian Yiming he was leaving.
• An Chen asked Elder Chen for permission to gain experience at Shrek Academy, and Elder Chen agreed and gave him a supplementary Black Card.
• An Chen returned to Qingshi Village, reunited with An Dashan and Li Fang, gave them his saved Soul Master allowance, and helped with farmwork.
• An Chen accepted provisions from Li Fang and left Qingshi Village, promising his adoptive parents he would return.

An Chen arrived in Suotu City and followed Tang San and Xiao Wu to the Rose Hotel, where their attempt to book a room was interrupted by Dai Mubai. The chapter left An Chen watching as Dai Mubai demanded the last room.

• An Chen entered Suotu City and searched for a chance to encounter Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• An Chen spotted Tang San and Xiao Wu, followed them to the Rose Hotel, and observed them book its only remaining room.
• Dai Mubai entered the hotel with two women and claimed the room belonged to him.
• Dai Mubai ordered the waiter to fetch the manager while An Chen watched from the lobby.

An Chen watched Tang San and Dai Mubai fight over a hotel room, until Dai Mubai’s overwhelming power put Tang San in danger. An Chen intervened with his Iron Pot and Black Fog, leaving Dai Mubai blinded and disoriented.

• Xiao Wu refused to give up the room to Dai Mubai, and Tang San stepped forward to fight him.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai exchanged blows, then released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings for a full battle.
• Dai Mubai shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with his Soul Skills and White Tiger Vajra Transformation, then rushed to strike him down.
• An Chen appeared between them, summoned his Iron Pot, and enveloped the hall in Black Fog that disrupted Dai Mubai’s senses.

An Chen stopped Dai Mubai from seriously injuring Tang San at the Rose Hotel, then agreed to travel with Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy. On arrival, they saw an angry father and son denied a refund, and Dai Mubai challenged them to fight for their money back.

• An Chen dispersed the Black Fog and stopped Dai Mubai's tiger claw just before it struck Tang San.
• Dai Mubai left the hotel after inviting the trio to Shrek Academy, and Tang San and Xiao Wu agreed to travel there with An Chen the next morning.
• An Chen declined to explore Suotu City with Tang San and Xiao Wu, then met them at the Rose Hotel the following morning.
• The three traveled south from Suotu City and found Shrek Academy in a shabby village, where applicants and their parents waited to register.
• An old man rejected a boy for being over thirteen and refused to refund the registration fee, so Dai Mubai released his three Soul Rings and challenged the boy's father and son to defeat him for their money.

An Chen, Tang San, and Xiao Wu passed Shrek Academy’s first entrance test and entered the school, where they met Oscar selling sausages. Dai Mubai hurried back to the entrance after sensing that Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul might complement his own.

• Dai Mubai drove away an applicant and escorted Ning Rongrong inside after confirming her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and An Chen paid their fees and passed the first test, with An Chen revealing his Big Iron Pot Martial Soul and level twenty-nine Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San and Xiao Wu that Zhu Zhuqing’s aura seemed compatible with his and suggested they might possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then rushed back to find her.
• Dai Mubai led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and An Chen into Shrek Academy and showed them the area for the second test.
• Oscar sold sausages to the applicants and offered one to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and An Chen.

An Chen, Tang San, and Xiao Wu encountered Oscar selling sausages at Shrek Academy, where Oscar’s unusual Martial Soul chant embarrassed Tang San and amused Dai Mubai. An Chen ate the sausage anyway and kept the rest for later, while Xiao Wu learned why the others had reacted so strongly.

• Tang San and An Chen went to Oscar’s cart, where Oscar revealed he was fourteen and sold sausages that could restore Soul Power.
• An Chen bought ten sausages, sampled one, and stored the rest in his ring.
• Dai Mubai arrived with a cold girl and made Oscar conjure a sausage, exposing Oscar’s embarrassing soul chant, “Big Sausage Go!”
• Tang San put his sausage back, but An Chen picked it up and ate it, surprising Dai Mubai and delighting Oscar.
• Tang San explained Oscar’s chant to Xiao Wu, who blushed and complained about the strange Martial Soul.

An Chen, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing skipped Shrek Academy’s second and third trials and reached the final test. Zhao Wuji set the five a challenge to withstand his attacks for the time it took one incense stick to burn, and the trial began.

• Dai Mubai escorted An Chen and Tang San past the second and third trials after their Soul Power exceeded level twenty-five.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated Soul Power levels of twenty-six and twenty-seven, and the teacher sent all five applicants to the fourth trial.
• Dai Mubai explained Shrek Academy’s strict admission and graduation standards as he led the group to the final test.
• An Chen recognized Zhao Wuji and sensed the formidable beast-like presence within him using Spirit Vision.
• Zhao Wuji lit an incense stick and told the five applicants to work together to endure his attacks until it burned out.

An Chen and the others faced Zhao Wuji’s entrance trial, combining their abilities against the level seventy-six Soul Saint. His fog and mark briefly disrupted Zhao Wuji, but the team was overwhelmed, and Zhao Wuji turned his attention to An Chen.

• Dai Mubai warned the group about Zhao Wuji’s strength, and Tang San assigned roles after everyone introduced their abilities.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced the group while Zhao Wuji began the trial by striking the ground and sending a wave of earth at them.
• An Chen covered Zhao Wuji in Black Fog, but discovered that it could not suppress the Soul Saint’s perception or power.
• Zhao Wuji injured Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San changed his approach after An Chen warned that Blue Silver Grass could not bind Zhao Wuji.
• An Chen condensed the fog over Zhao Wuji and detonated a Shadow Mark, briefly stopping him as Tang San pulled Ning Rongrong to safety.
• Zhao Wuji ignored Ning Rongrong and approached An Chen, challenging him to show what else he could do.