Recaps

Tang Shan grew up under Su Haichao’s care, developed theories about martial souls, and trained to prepare his Body Martial Soul for a thousand-year first ring. After the tragedy of Ah Yin’s sacrifice reshaped the continent, Tang Shan entered a Soul Hunting Forest and found a suitable Qianjun Ant.

• Tang Shan was adopted by Su Haichao alongside Su Yuntao and began advising his older brother on training and soul-ring choices.
• Su Yuntao obtained an unusually old first Soul Ring, and Su Haichao extracted a matching Soul Bone that Su Yuntao offered to save for Tang Shan.
• Tang Shan published martial soul theories that earned Spirit Hall’s recognition and rewards, while Su Yuntao trained with increasingly difficult exercises and whale rubber.
• Tang Shan awakened a Body Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, began cultivating, and trained to strengthen and fuse his body with his martial soul.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to teach Tang Shan, but Tang Shan continued pursuing his own theories and prepared to seek a thousand-year first Soul Ring.
• The Pope’s forces attacked Tang Hao and Ah Yin, who sacrificed herself to give Tang Hao her red Soul Ring before he fought back and the Clear Sky Sect suffered defeat and isolation.
• Tang Shan and Su Yuntao entered a Soul Hunting Forest with Su Haichao and Su Yuan, fought attacking soul beasts, and searched for suitable rings.
• Su Yuan defeated a roughly thirteen-hundred-to-fifteen-hundred-year-old Qianjun Ant, and Tang Shan prepared to absorb the purple Soul Ring that formed above its corpse.

Tang Shan helped Su Yuntao develop his fighting instincts and a powerful self-created skill while learning to purify metal and confronting an Evil Soul Master. As the group traveled toward Heaven Dou City, Tang Shan weighed Spirit Hall’s dangers and chose Xue Qinghe as the best potential patron.

• Tang Shan absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, broke through his bottleneck, and began using Self-Control to refine his techniques and develop a path for body tempering.
• Tang Shan and Su Yuntao hunted a Bloodthirsty Wolf, and Su Yuntao later earned attention in Star City by winning Soul Fighting matches with his Thousand-Year Second Ring.
• Tang Shan helped Su Yuntao understand and cultivate a state that combined his own consciousness with the instincts and inherited combat experience of his Lone Wolf Martial Soul.
• Tang Shan studied forging with Tie Zhong and proposed purifying metal before folding and shaping it, leading Tie Zhong to make progress with the method.
• Su Yuntao defeated Feng Lang, entered Deep Meditation, advanced to Soul Power Level twenty-four, and demonstrated a powerful Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Tang Shan, Su Yuntao, and Su Haichao killed the fleeing Evil Soul Master Dela, then learned about the Judgment Squad’s work from Qian Lei and his companions.
• Xue Qinghe learned that the Pope planned to use Yu Xiaogang as a substitute Grandmaster to draw out the real one, and he declared that he would support the Grandmaster.
• As the group traveled toward Heaven Dou City, Tang Shan decided that Xue Qinghe was the best patron for gaining resources and protection through his imperial and Spirit Hall connections.

Tang Shan and Su Yuntao entered Xue Qinghe’s service, impressing her and her guards with their unusual abilities. As Xue Qinghe sought to strengthen her position in Ironwall City, Tang Shan challenged the army’s Soul Masters and left Hong Zhen facing the consequences of his soldiers’ defeat.

• Qian Renxue persuaded Qian Daoliu to support the Grandmaster, then disguised herself as Xue Qinghe and encountered Tang Shan in Ironwall City.
• Tang Shan revealed his unusual Body Martial Soul, thousand-year first Soul Ring, and theories about Martial Soul Fusion to Xue Qinghe, who recruited him and Su Yuntao and arranged tests and support for them.
• Tang Shan endured Snake Lance Douluo’s Soul Power pressure, opened two meridians, and sparred with the Titled Douluo, while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo considered the Grandmaster’s theories.
• After learning that the Second Prince had army support, Xue Qinghe asked Tang Shan and Su Yuntao to help shift Ironwall City’s loyalties, and Tang Shan proposed a different plan.
• Xue Qinghe took Tang Shan to Hong Zhen’s barracks, where Tang Shan began challenging the army’s Soul Masters for the soldiers’ attention and loyalty.
• Tang Shan defeated Wang Shuang and other challengers, then knocked out Zhang San without using a Soul Skill.
• Tang Shan revealed his purple thousand-year Soul Ring and severely injured Gang Lie after Gang Lie charged him with his Bristled Wild Boar Martial Soul.
• Hong Zhen blamed Tang Shan for being too ruthless and directed pressure at Xue Qinghe, but an unseen expert weakened Hong Zhen and forced him to apologize.

Tang Shan developed his physical cultivation and awakened his will while preparing to obtain a Second Soul Ring. After defeating the Multi-Brained Monkey and advancing through Deep Meditation, he and Snake Lance Douluo found the Diamond Mammoth herd and planned to take advantage of its leader’s injuries.

• Tang Shan completed the Rampart Army challenge, while Chen Zhan abducted Su Yuntao and asked Xue Qinghe to let him become Su Yuntao’s master.
• Chen Zhan explained his family’s Slaughter Sword Technique and revealed that the Rampart Army expelled him after he slaughtered five hundred Star Luo soldiers.
• Snake Lance Douluo taught Tang Shan about intent, and Tang Shan later taught Xue Qinghe and the two Douluo his physical cultivation methods.
• Tang Shan reached Level 20 and perfected Hidden Force, while Xue Qinghe arranged for Snake Lance Douluo to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Diamond Mammoth.
• Tang Shan sparred with Snake Lance Douluo, who hurled him into a battle against a troop of apes so he could face a life-or-death fight and grasp his will.
• Tang Shan unified his Qi and Blood and Soul Power through his will, killed the Multi-Brained Monkey, and drove the remaining Soul Beasts away.
• Tang Shan entered Deep Meditation as his will strengthened his body and Soul Power, then emerged with his Body Martial Soul fusion at 99%.
• Snake Lance Douluo found the Diamond Mammoth herd and discovered that the Multi-Brained Monkey had defeated its leader, so he planned to let Tang Shan kill the injured beast and absorb its Soul Ring.