Chapter Summaries

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun confronted Dai Mubai and grew suspicious of his twin companions after he showed no concern when Zhu Zhuyun sent teammates after them. Dai Mubai secretly signaled a waiter to help him stall while the twins were being followed.

• Zhu Zhuyun questioned why Dai Mubai had pursued ordinary twins instead of Zhu Zhuqing, and she and Dai Weisi decided to test him.
• Dai Weisi encountered Dai Mubai with the twins, who left after Dai Mubai signaled them to go find their grandmother.
• Zhu Zhuyun sent teammates after the twins and challenged Dai Mubai when he asked her not to involve them.
• Dai Weisi offered to compensate Dai Mubai with women from the Auction House, and Dai Mubai clenched his fists but hid his reaction.
• Dai Mubai signaled a waiter for help, received a nod, and planned to stall for time.

An Fei and An Yue were cornered by Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's teammates, but their grandmother An Liting arrived before the five could capture them. An Liting revealed herself as an eight-ring Soul Douluo and prepared to confront them, while the people inside the tavern remained in danger.

• Dong Hui, Yang Mingxin, Tang Hongning, Ying Wei, and Li Yang cornered An Fei and An Yue outside the tavern and mocked them when An Fei claimed they had come for money.
• When Tang Hongning, Ying Wei, and Li Yang moved to capture the sisters, An Fei and An Yue summoned their Rail Fowl martial souls and revealed that they each had two hundred-year soul rings.
• Ying Wei realized that the An Family had supplied the Soul Douluos who had been involved in the attempt to assassinate Dai Mubai's teammates.
• An Liting stepped out from a nearby shadow, and An Fei and An Yue called her their grandmother and urged her to kill the five and the people inside the tavern.
• An Liting released her Rail Fowl martial soul and displayed eight soul rings, making Dong Hui, Yang Mingxin, Tang Hongning, Ying Wei, and Li Yang tremble.

Si Tingxuan interrupted An Liting’s attempt to kill Dong Hui, Yang Mingxin, Tang Hongning, Ying Wei, and Li Yang, and recognized that Dai Mubai had orchestrated the plot. He confronted An Liting over the threat her actions posed to the Balak Kingdom, then attacked her, leaving An Fei and An Yue fleeing as he shattered her soul skill.

• Si Tingxuan emerged from the shadows and stopped An Liting from attacking the group.
• Si Tingxuan concluded that Dai Mubai was behind the plot after seeing An Fei and An Yue, while An Liting tried to restrain An Yue from provoking him.
• Si Tingxuan accused An Liting of risking war in the Balak Kingdom, and Dong Hui, Yang Mingxin, Tang Hongning, Ying Wei, and Li Yang retreated toward the hotel.
• Si Tingxuan demanded to know how An Liting wanted to die and charged at her with his swords.
• An Liting sent An Fei and An Yue away from the fight and unleashed her Black Crow Raid, but Si Tingxuan froze and shattered the Rail Fowls.
• An Fei pulled An Yue away from the battle, hoping they would not hinder An Liting’s escape.

Si Tingxuan fought An Liting, who revealed the An Family’s inherited Crow soul bones and unleashed her Eighth Soul Ring Skill. After he destroyed her attacks and countered her escape technique, An Liting faced him with renewed resolve to fight to the death.

• An Liting revealed that her wings were one of the An Family’s inherited Crow Three Bones, and Si Tingxuan suspected the family possessed a fourth soul bone.
• An Liting used her Eighth Soul Ring Skill, Dark Magic Whirlwind, to send a growing tornado toward Si Tingxuan.
• Si Tingxuan used Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms—Dragon Shakes Hundreds of Miles to destroy the tornado and send eighteen flying dragons at An Liting.
• An Liting used a soul bone to scatter into crows and evade the dragons, confirming Si Tingxuan’s suspicion about her escape ability.
• Si Tingxuan used Thousand Swords Ice Array to freeze the scattered crows and force An Liting to reappear.
• An Liting realized she had underestimated Si Tingxuan and resolved to fight to the death.

An Liting activated her Martial Soul Avatar, but Si Tingxuan overwhelmed her with his Phoenix Howling Sky Strike. She revealed the An Family’s paired Soul Bones and unleashed Golden Crow Descends, forcing Si Tingxuan to counter with his Ice Flame Dual Swords’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dragon's Roar and Phoenix's Cry; their attacks reached a stalemate.

• An Liting used her Martial Soul Avatar, and Si Tingxuan transformed into a phoenix with Phoenix Howling Sky Strike and sent her crashing into a crater.
• Dai Mubai and the others watched as An Liting suffered severe internal injuries, but she struggled to stand and refused to concede.
• An Liting revealed her paired Soul Bones and summoned Golden Crow Descends, whose heat and flames threatened Si Tingxuan.
• Si Tingxuan used Dragon's Roar and Phoenix's Cry to meet the Golden Crow, and the two attacks collided in a stalemate.

After An Liting was killed, Si Tingxuan collected her four soul bones and considered recruiting more Soul Masters for his team. Dai Mubai tried to flee, but Flender and the Shrek teachers arrived to protect him, and Si Tingxuan confronted them over Dai Mubai’s role in an assassination plot.

• An Liting was reduced to ashes by the shockwave, leaving four soul bones that Si Tingxuan collected.
• The system assigned Si Tingxuan a mission to recruit Soul Masters specializing in healing, food, agility attack, and status support.
• Dai Mubai tried to slip away, but Dai Weisi stopped him and Flender arrived, insisting that Dai Mubai was a Shrek student.
• Hai Lao revealed himself as a Soul Douluo, startling Flender and the other Shrek teachers.
• Si Tingxuan accused Dai Mubai of plotting to assassinate the future Emperor and Empress of the Star Luo Empire and frame the Balak Kingdom, then challenged Flender to consider the consequences.

Si Tingxuan condemned Dai Mubai for endangering the Balak Kingdom and allowed Dai Weisi to take him away, then continued toward Notting City with his disciples. At the city’s Spirit Hall, he found Su Yuntao preparing to awaken children’s martial spirits and hoped to discover a promising disciple.

• Si Tingxuan confronted Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Li Yusong over Dai Mubai’s actions and ordered Dai Weisi to take him from the Balak Kingdom.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun departed with Dai Mubai, while Si Tingxuan invited Li Yusong and Zhao Wuji to join Odd Weapons Academy if they wished.
• Three days later, Yanran watched Si Tingxuan’s group leave and vowed to surprise him when they met again.
• Si Tingxuan and his disciples reached Notting City, where he realized it was Awakening Day and sent his disciples to find an inn.
• Si Tingxuan went to the Spirit Hall Branch and recognized Su Yuntao, deciding that he might help find an outstanding disciple.

Lan Bao awakened a Stinky Tofu Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, but Su Yuntao judged it useless because nobody could eat it. Si Tingxuan decided to take Lan Bao as his disciple, while Su Yuntao’s assessment left her uncertain about her future.

• Su Yuntao guided Lan Bao through her Martial Soul awakening, and she manifested a foul-smelling block of tofu.
• Lan Bao’s Stinky Tofu made the crowd vomit, while Si Tingxuan enjoyed the smell and resolved to take her as his disciple.
• Su Yuntao tested Lan Bao’s Soul Power and discovered she had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao told Lan Bao that her Food-Type Martial Soul was too foul to eat and would provide little practical support.
• Si Tingxuan privately called Su Yuntao the Blind Douluo and suspected he was a spy for another faction.

At the martial soul awakening, Lan Bao, Yan Zimeng, and Jiu Shiyi revealed unusual martial souls and the talent to become Soul Masters. Si Tingxuan decided to take the three girls as disciples, unaware that they would later become part of the academy’s notorious Delinquent Five.

• Su Yuntao comforted Lan Bao after she awakened a Stinky Tofu martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yan Zimeng awakened a Cigarette martial soul and displayed Innate Level 6 talent.
• Jiu Shiyi arrived with her ten doting brothers and awakened a mutated Brewing Gourd martial soul with Innate Level 6 talent.
• The Jiu brothers celebrated Jiu Shiyi’s success and offered free food and wine to everyone present.
• Si Tingxuan scanned the three girls and stepped forward to take them as disciples.

Si Tingxuan revealed his identity as an Odd Weapons Academy instructor and recruited Jiu Shiyi, Yan Zimeng, and Lan Bao as students and disciples. The system then tasked him with leading a team to win the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition, leaving him planning their training and choosing powerful soul bones.

• Si Tingxuan showed Jiu Shiyi's brothers his Odd Weapons Academy instructor badge and introduced himself, stunning them and Su Yuntao with his reputation.
• Si Tingxuan offered Jiu Shiyi, Yan Zimeng, and Lan Bao places at Odd Weapons Academy, and they and their families eagerly agreed.
• The system rewarded Si Tingxuan for accepting the three as disciples, raising his Soul Power from level eighty-six to level eighty-nine, then assigned him to win the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition.
• Si Tingxuan considered the Jade Eye Three Flower Pupils reward and the ten months he had to prepare his team to defeat the Spirit Hall Team.
• Si Tingxuan selected the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord's Evil Eye External Soul Bone, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King Torso Bone, and the Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone as his preferred soul bones.

After recruiting three disciples, Si Tingxuan was warned by Tang Hao that someone was watching him and went alone to draw the pursuer out. The pursuer confronted him in a teahouse and accused him of killing Spirit Hall’s two White-Robed Bishops in the kingdom.

• Lan Bao, Yan Zimeng, and Jiu Shiyi went home with their families before their planned journey to the Heaven Dou Empire with Si Tingxuan.
• Si Tingxuan sensed two observers, one curious and one hostile, and Tang Hao passed him with a warning to run.
• Si Tingxuan changed course to keep his disciples out of danger, bought black clothes, and used his Soft Bone Rabbit Left Arm Bone’s Flash skill to appear in a teahouse.
• Si Tingxuan found the pursuer sitting across from him, and the old man revealed his killing intent.
• The old man accused Si Tingxuan of killing Spirit Hall’s chief and deputy White-Robed Bishops in the kingdom.

Si Tingxuan followed Long Yuan, Spirit Hall’s Ninth Elder known as Demon Dragon Douluo, out of the city to face him. Long Yuan revealed his black dragon martial soul and nine soul rings, while Si Tingxuan prepared to fight with his Ice Flame Dual Swords.

• Long Yuan identified himself as Spirit Hall’s Ninth Elder and told Si Tingxuan to meet him outside the city.
• Si Tingxuan recognized Long Yuan from the original work and chose to follow him, while Tang Hao watched and then trailed them from afar.
• Ten miles outside the city, Long Yuan challenged Si Tingxuan and revealed his black dragon martial soul and nine soul rings.
• Si Tingxuan summoned the Ice Flame Dual Swords and their eight soul rings, then struck first with Ice Flame Two-Word Slash.

Si Tingxuan fought Demon Dragon Douluo and revealed extraordinary strength, including his twin dragon claws and a third Martial Soul. He sent Demon Dragon Douluo flying and injured his arm, but Demon Dragon Douluo unleashed a strange force as the battle continued.

• Demon Dragon Douluo’s Demon Dragon’s Flame clashed evenly with Si Tingxuan’s self-created sword skill.
• Demon Dragon Douluo transformed into a dragon and charged, but Si Tingxuan used his External Bone Twin Dragon Claws to meet him in close combat.
• Si Tingxuan and Demon Dragon Douluo’s dragon claws collided with nearly equal force, despite Demon Dragon Douluo’s confidence in his strength.
• Si Tingxuan revealed the Titan Giant Ape as a third Martial Soul and used its power to crush Demon Dragon Douluo’s arm and send him flying.
• Demon Dragon Douluo recovered, acknowledged Si Tingxuan’s strength, and released a strange force across a thirty-meter area.

Si Tingxuan used his Angel Wings and spirit bone clones to overwhelm Demon Soul Douluo, while Tang Hao watched in shock. The battle continued as Si Tingxuan’s Titan clone pinned Demon Soul Douluo with Titan Grip.

• Demon Soul Douluo activated his torso spirit bone’s Flame Domain, but Si Tingxuan flew above it behind Angel Wings protected by Angel Guard.
• Demon Soul Douluo and Tang Hao recognized the Angel soul bone and were stunned that Si Tingxuan possessed it.
• Si Tingxuan summoned three clones with his Mirror Shadow Beast skull and sent two of them to unleash an Ice Flame Dual Dragon Strike.
• Demon Soul Douluo answered with his ninth soul skill, Demon Dragon Descends, and his black dragon clashed with the ice and flame dragons.
• Si Tingxuan’s Titan clone attacked Demon Soul Douluo, whose injured arm could not withstand the assault, and activated Titan Grip.

Si Tingxuan defeated Demon Soul Douluo, took his soul bone, and erased the evidence before returning to the city. In Notting City, Hua Qingluo’s group faced off against Tang San and Xiao Wu’s side, and Meng Yiran stepped forward to fight.

• Si Tingxuan used the Titan Avatar’s extra hands and Six Meridian Divine Sword to wound Demon Soul Douluo until he collapsed and died.
• Si Tingxuan collected Demon Soul Douluo’s soul bone, then destroyed the corpse and erased all traces before heading back to the city.
• Tang Hao watched Si Tingxuan’s victory, judged that he would be formidable as a Titled Douluo, and left without revealing himself.
• In Notting City, Old Man Xiao and Liu Long asked Xiao Wu to stand up for them against Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, and their companions.
• Wang Sheng introduced himself and displayed his soul rings, leaving Hua Qingluo’s group silent, while Old Man Xiao and Liu Long taunted them.
• Meng Yiran stepped forward, introduced herself as a level-thirty Soul Grandmaster, and challenged the opposing group.

Meng Yiran defeated Wang Sheng with her newly learned Mystic Ripple Microstep, then Xiao Wu challenged Hua Qingluo. Hua Qingluo blocked Xiao Wu’s opening attack with her frying-pan Martial Soul, leaving Xiao Wu surprised by her opponent’s defensive style.

• Meng Yiran revealed two yellow soul rings, shocking Wang Sheng, Old Man Xiao, and Liu Long.
• Meng Yiran outmaneuvered Wang Sheng with kicks and the Mystic Ripple Microstep, then stopped her Snake Staff at his throat and won.
• Tang San recognized Meng Yiran’s movement technique and wondered how someone else could possess martial arts.
• Xiao Wu challenged Hua Qingluo, who also revealed two yellow soul rings and identified herself as a Level 30 assault-type Soul Grandmaster.
• Xiao Wu used Waist Bow to attack Hua Qingluo, but Hua Qingluo blocked with her frying-pan Martial Soul and staggered back several steps.

Xiao Wu fought Hua Qingluo, whose tracking fire attack and hidden Fire God Palm nearly caught her before Tang San rescued her. Tang San then faced Shi Xiaotian, who defeated him with a single swift sword strike.

• Xiao Wu dodged Hua Qingluo’s Phoenix Fire Flying Pot Strike, but Tang San warned her when the attack curved back toward her.
• Xiao Wu charged Hua Qingluo, who sprang a hidden Fire God Palm; Tang San rescued Xiao Wu as the two fire attacks collided.
• Tang San introduced himself as a level-twenty-six control-type Soul Master, but Hua Qingluo declined to fight him because her fire attribute countered his Blue Silver Grass.
• Shi Xiaotian stepped forward as a three-ringed Soul Ancestor and declared that she would win with one sword strike.
• Tang San launched his Blue Silver Grass, but Shi Xiaotian moved to his left and placed her sword against his neck.

Shi Xiaotian defeated Tang San twice with her speed, while Tang Hao watched and recognized the strength of Si Tingxuan's disciples. Xiao Wu sensed the Titan Giant Ape soul bone aura on Si Tingxuan and feared that he knew her true identity.

• Shi Xiaotian challenged Tang San to try again, then used Time Acceleration and Mystic Ripple Microstep to place her sword at his throat before he could react.
• Tang San admitted defeat wholeheartedly, and Tang Hao watched the match and noted Shi Xiaotian's skill and her connection to Si Tingxuan.
• Si Tingxuan returned and learned from Yun Piaopiao that Old Man Xiao and Liu Long had caused the conflict.
• Xiao Wu sensed the Titan Giant Ape soul bone aura from Si Tingxuan, and he warned her that humans hunted soul beasts unless they took human form.
• Xiao Wu understood Si Tingxuan had likely seen through her identity and became even more terrified.

Si Tingxuan left Tang San and Xiao Wu alive after a tense confrontation, then went to Notting Academy to take Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul research. He left Yu Xiaogang facing him after denouncing the work as stolen from Spirit Hall records.

• Shi Xiaotian recognized the aura on Si Tingxuan as Er Ming’s and feared he had harmed Da Ming and Er Ming, while Tang San responded to her distress with killing intent toward Si Tingxuan.
• Si Tingxuan turned his own killing intent on Tang San, then withdrew after addressing someone hidden in a dark corner and went into the inn with Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, and Shi Xiaotian.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Si Tingxuan had killed her family, and Tang San promised he believed her and would not let Si Tingxuan go unpunished.
• That night, Si Tingxuan entered Yu Xiaogang’s office at Notting Academy and stored the books from the shelves in his Soul Fighting Tool.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived and realized Si Tingxuan had taken the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Si Tingxuan mocked him for compiling Spirit Hall records and claiming them as his own.

Si Tingxuan confronted Yu Xiaogang at Notting Academy, mocked his past and challenged his strength before freezing Luo Sanpao with Ice Palm. He left with Yu Xiaogang’s research materials, while Tang Hao watched and began doubting whether he should have entrusted Tang San to Yu Xiaogang.

• Si Tingxuan accused Yu Xiaogang of pursuing Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong and blamed him for helping drive Bibi Dong away from Spirit Hall.
• Si Tingxuan challenged Yu Xiaogang to make him move, and Yu Xiaogang demanded to know who he was.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and used its fart attack, but Si Tingxuan froze it with Ice Palm.
• Si Tingxuan threatened Yu Xiaogang, took his research materials, and left without killing him because Tang Hao was nearby.
• Tang Hao watched the confrontation and questioned whether entrusting Tang San to Yu Xiaogang had been the right choice.
• Si Tingxuan left Notting Academy, reflecting that he had wanted to kill Yu Xiaogang but had been unable to act while Tang Hao was present.