Chapter Summaries

Snake Lance Douluo hunted a weakened Diamond Mammoth for Tang Shan’s next Soul Ring while the Silver Dragon King watched without intervening. After Tang Shan killed the captured beast, he began absorbing its thousand-year Soul Ring.

• The Silver Dragon King decided to watch Snake Lance Douluo’s hunt rather than stop him.
• Snake Lance Douluo pierced the 4,900-year-old Diamond Mammoth leader and carried it away with Tang Shan, blocking the herd’s pursuit by felling trees.
• Snake Lance Douluo brought the wounded mammoth to a clearing and told Tang Shan to prepare.
• Tang Shan used his Bright Silver Spear to kill the Diamond Mammoth after Snake Lance Douluo weakened it further.
• A vivid purple Soul Ring formed above the corpse, and Tang Shan began drawing it toward himself.

While absorbing the Diamond Mammoth’s Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Tang Shan broke through to Soul Grandmaster and opened two more meridians. By sending his will through the bond between himself and the ring, he entered its Soul Skill space and began exploring the skills it contained.

• Tang Shan broke through his bottleneck during the absorption and opened two more of the Twelve Regular Meridians, leaving ten open.
• Tang Shan focused his First Soul Skill, Self-Control, on his brain and used his heightened perception to detect a faint connection to the Soul Ring.
• Tang Shan sent his will through the connection and entered a mysterious space filled with information about Soul Skills.
• A black-haired girl watching from the canopy sensed a ripple of rules from Tang Shan and wondered how an ordinary Soul Master could produce it.
• Tang Shan explored the Diamond Mammoth’s Soul Skill space and discovered abilities including Earth Domain, which strengthened its user and weakened opponents.

Tang Shan absorbed a 4,900-year Diamond Mammoth Soul Ring and gained Heaven and Earth Manifestation, a skill that increases his body size according to his Soul Power Level. As he recovered, the Silver Dragon Sovereign decided to enter the human world, befriend him, and investigate whether he could help the Soul Beasts.

• Tang Shan searched the Soul Ring’s skill space and chose Heaven and Earth Manifestation as the ring fully merged with him.
• Tang Shan told Snake Lance Douluo that he had used his First Soul Skill to protect himself during absorption, and Snake Lance Douluo accepted the explanation and offered to test his Soul Power Level.
• The black-haired girl sensed a Primordial Mammoth aura around Tang Shan and wondered whether the Child of the Plane was near him.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion found that Tang Shan’s fate had changed, but that power of fate was not gathering around him.
• The Silver Dragon Sovereign planned to befriend Tang Shan, enter the human world, and use human transformation to recover her strength.

Tang Shan tested Heaven and Earth Manifestation, assessed his Martial Soul’s fusion and Second Awakening potential, and continued studying Soul Beasts to develop a Marrow-Washing Secret Method. The chapter left him transformed and charging at a Dark Demon Tiger.

• Tang Shan tested Heaven and Earth Manifestation and found that it greatly increased his size and strength while costing little Soul Power.
• Tang Shan discovered that his fused Martial Soul could draw on Qi and Blood, and he judged that a Bronze-Level Second Awakening was within reach.
• Tang Shan considered how to improve his cultivation and planned to make a Soul Master Power-Dimension Chart.
• Tang Shan and Snake Lance Douluo encountered a 3,900-year-old Dark Demon Tiger that Tang Shan wanted to study for his Marrow-Washing Secret Method.
• Tang Shan activated Heaven and Earth Manifestation and charged the Dark Demon Tiger as it leaped down to attack him.

Tang Shan refined his Marrow-Washing Secret Method by studying several Soul Beasts, then went to rescue a black-haired girl from a Terrorclaw Bear. He left off locked in a clash of strength with the beast while Snake Lance Douluo watched from the shadows.

• Tang Shan subdued a Dark Demon Tiger and studied its body, then used its internal rhythms to begin tempering his Marrow.
• Tang Shan said he was close to completing Transformed Force and needed to observe more Soul Beasts, so Snake Lance Douluo agreed to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for a few more days.
• Tang Shan and Snake Lance Douluo studied more Soul Beasts until Snake Lance Douluo sensed a thousand-year-old Terrorclaw Bear chasing a girl.
• Tang Shan stopped Snake Lance Douluo from intervening and leaped in to test his strength against the bear while the black-haired girl escaped past him.
• Tang Shan and the Terrorclaw Bear collided head-on, and both charged again after their first clash ended in a draw.

Tang Shan defeated the Terrorclaw Bear after a brutal battle, while Snake Lance Douluo rescued a young girl from the forest and learned her name was Gu Yue. After hearing her name, Tang Shan felt the same faint sense of familiarity he had noticed earlier.

• Tang Shan redirected the Terrorclaw Bear's attack, countered with powerful strikes, and endured its Terrorclaw swipe.
• Snake Lance Douluo rescued the black-haired girl and agreed to travel with her until her family arrived.
• The girl told Snake Lance Douluo that her name was Gu Yue and that her family lived in seclusion.
• Tang Shan killed the Terrorclaw Bear with a series of crushing blows and formed a pale-purple Soul Ring above its corpse.
• Snake Lance Douluo praised Tang Shan's strength, gave him water to wash, and told him the girl's name was Gu Yue.

Tang Shan recognized Gu Yue as the Silver Dragon King but hid his knowledge and decided to win her over as a powerful ally. While they traveled out of the Star Dou Great Forest, he discovered that the big yellow cat Gu Yue carried was the Three-Eyed Golden Beast.

• Snake Lance Douluo told Tang Shan that Gu Yue had been separated from her family, and Tang Shan concealed his alarm at meeting the Silver Dragon King.
• Tang Shan introduced himself to Gu Yue and decided to seek her support while keeping her away from Qian Renxue.
• Gu Yue secretly tried to draw Tang Shan closer by offering him the big yellow cat she carried.
• Tang Shan held and petted the cat, recognized the rose-gold mark on her forehead, and realized she was the Three-Eyed Golden Beast.

Gu Yue learned about human factions while traveling with Tang Shan and Snake Lance Douluo, then chose a Soft Bone Rabbit for lunch. Watching her reaction led Tang Shan to suspect that the Asura God had manipulated Xiao Wu and Tang San’s origins, setting up an intended path that diverged after Tang San’s Martial Soul Awakening.

• Gu Yue introduced the Auspicious Beast as a rare pet that brought her family good luck, while Tang Shan recognized its significance.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Gu Yue that he and Tang Shan served the First Prince of Heaven Dou, and Gu Yue learned about human factions as they traveled.
• Gu Yue stumbled while distracted, and Tang Shan caught her before Snake Lance Douluo stopped the group for lunch.
• Tang Shan suggested Terrorclaw Bear paws, but Gu Yue requested a Soft Bone Rabbit, prompting Tang Shan to wonder why she resented the species.
• Tang Shan speculated that the Asura God had arranged Tang San’s birth and Xiao Wu’s role, and that Tang San’s choices after awakening his Martial Soul had disrupted the intended plan.

Tang Shan reasoned that the Asura God had meddled with Xiao Wu, then shared jerky with Gu Yue, who eagerly ate while pretending to feed the Auspicious Beast. Nearby, Di Tian and Bi Ji watched them, and Di Tian mistook Gu Yue’s interest in Tang Shan for a calculated plan to learn about humans and recover her power.

• Tang Shan guessed that the Asura God had marked Xiao Wu as a pawn, giving Gu Yue reason to resent her.
• Tang Shan teased Gu Yue about seeming to drool, and she claimed she had only shed a tear for a dead Soul Beast.
• Tang Shan offered Gu Yue and the Auspicious Beast jerky, and Gu Yue secretly ate most of the pieces while pretending to feed the beast.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji watched Tang Shan’s camp undetected by Snake Lance Douluo.
• Di Tian told Bi Ji that Gu Yue was approaching Tang Shan to learn about humans before taking human form and cultivating anew.

Gu Yue, Tang Shan, and Snake Lance Douluo ate their fill of Terrorclaw Bear meat before resting near the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest. Tang Shan then practiced his newly created Resonance Method, which refined his whole body at once, while Gu Yue watched with interest.

• Snake Lance Douluo called Gu Yue and Tang Shan over to eat, and the three shared bear meat, rabbit, and flatbread.
• Tang Shan and Gu Yue each ate about five kilograms of bear meat, while Gu Yue gave some rabbit to the Auspicious Beast.
• After resting, Tang Shan sat cross-legged and used his First Soul Ring to begin practicing the Resonance Method.
• Tang Shan's Resonance Method synchronized his skin, muscles, tendons, bones, organs, and marrow to refine his body with his Qi and Blood and Soul Power.
• Gu Yue observed Tang Shan's cultivation and wondered about the origin of his unusual method.

Tang Shan completed a strenuous Resonance Method session before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest with Gu Yue and Snake Lance Douluo. In Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi investigated Tang Shan and his brother, then suspected they were connected to Grandmaster.

• Tang Shan finished cultivating the Resonance Method and discussed its demands with Snake Lance Douluo and Gu Yue.
• Bi Ji urged Di Tian to teach the Silver Dragon King basic knowledge about the Douluo Continent, and Di Tian agreed before they prepared to reveal themselves.
• Ning Fengzhi read an investigation into Tang Shan and mistakenly concluded that Salas had personally assessed Tang Shan's talent in Nuoding City.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin praised Tang Shan's ability to defeat stronger opponents, and Ning Fengzhi considered the political implications of Tang Shan joining the First Prince.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin noticed that Tang Shan and his brother had extraordinary Soul Rings and other unusual traits, leading them to suspect a connection to Grandmaster.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed concealing Tang Shan’s background and securing his loyalty before Spirit Hall discovered his Thousand-Year First Ring. As Tang Shan, Gu Yue, and Snake Lance Douluo left the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Yue’s powerful family arrived, leaving Snake Lance Douluo shaken as they prepared to part ways.

• Ning Fengzhi decided to hide Tang Shan’s connection to Grandmaster and seek to become his teacher while winning over Tang Shan’s family and the First Prince.
• Near the forest’s edge, Gu Yue told Snake Lance Douluo that her family was close and told Tang Shan where he could find her in Heaven Dou City.
• Di Tian’s terrifying aura frightened Snake Lance Douluo into fleeing with Tang Shan and Gu Yue, and Bi Ji pursued them to stop them from leaving the forest.
• Bi Ji apologized and introduced herself as Gu Yue’s family, then healed Snake Lance Douluo and restored his Soul Power.
• Snake Lance Douluo realized Gu Yue’s family was exceptionally powerful and gave up on recruiting them as they prepared to return to Heaven Dou City.

Di Tian gave Snake Lance Douluo a Soul Bone as an apology before Gu Yue returned to the core region and prepared to learn about the human world. In Heaven Dou City, Golden Crocodile Douluo considered supporting Xiao Xue and sent a threatening aura toward Chen Xin, whose martial soul reacted.

• Di Tian gave Snake Lance Douluo an eighteen-thousand-year-old Deep-Sea Venomous Anaconda right arm bone, then he, Bi Ji, and Gu Yue left through a spatial passage.
• Snake Lance Douluo decided to report the encounter to the Young Master and the Worship Hall, then flew Tang Shan out of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Yue confirmed she would enter the human world and cultivate anew, while Bi Ji offered to teach her about human society.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo strolled through Heaven Dou City and warned that Chen Xin would face death if he opposed Xiao Xue or Spirit Hall.
• Chen Xin's martial soul hummed in response to Golden Crocodile Douluo's aura, and he told Ning Fengzhi that he suspected it came from the other branch of his family.

Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to let Tang Shan try absorbing a mysterious external soul bone, while Ning Fengzhi secured Xue Ye’s approval to teach Xue Qinghe. The chapter left Tang Shan and Snake Lance Douluo on their way to meet Golden Crocodile Douluo, with the soul bone awaiting its potential new owner.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo visited Xue Qinghe and reassured himself that she only wanted to support Tang Shan’s talent, not pursue him romantically.
• Xue Qinghe asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to let Tang Shan try absorbing the humanoid soul beast’s mysterious soul bone, and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye agreed to focus on winning Tang Shan and Su Yuntao over, despite their father’s ties to Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to become Xue Qinghe’s teacher, and Xue Ye approved the arrangement.
• Tang Shan and Snake Lance Douluo traveled toward their meeting while the soul bone remained unclaimed.

Tang Shan returned to Heaven Dou City with Snake Lance Douluo after gaining a powerful second Soul Skill and learning the Resonance Method. Golden Crocodile Douluo discovered the extraordinary potential of Tang Shan’s Internal Martial Arts and began considering ways to strengthen him for a future Soul Ring.

• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye acknowledged that Ning Fengzhi’s teaching position gave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a reason to take part in the struggle over the Crown Prince’s position.
• Tang Shan and Snake Lance Douluo encountered the Dugu Family’s carriage, and Snake Lance Douluo warned Tang Shan to stay away from Dugu Bo’s family despite Tang Shan’s interest in Dugu Bo and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang Shan and Snake Lance Douluo reached the First Prince’s residence, where Xue Qinghe welcomed them and asked for a full report on their journey.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo secretly examined Tang Shan and realized that his fused Qi and Blood, Soul Power, and Martial Soul could offer a path to breaking through the Limit.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo decided to find Spirit Hall treasures to strengthen Tang Shan, while Tang Shan reported the Soul Hunting Operation’s discoveries to Xue Qinghe.

Xue Qinghe arranged for Snake Lance Douluo to absorb the Soul Bone while Tang Shan considered her efforts to secure his loyalty. In the forest, Gu Yue studied human customs as the Ferocious Beasts debated protecting her, and Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo for their honest assessment of Tang Shan.

• Snake Lance Douluo reported his meeting with Gu Yue to Xue Qinghe and presented the Ten-Thousand-Year Deep-Sea Venomous Anaconda Right Arm Bone.
• Xue Qinghe urged Snake Lance Douluo to absorb the Soul Bone, introduced him and Porcupinefish Douluo to Tang Shan, and sent them away to rest.
• Tang Shan reflected on Xue Qinghe's attempt to secure his loyalty and Gu Yue's burdens before falling asleep without cultivating.
• Gu Yue studied human customs with Bi Ji while Xiong Jun, Di Tian, the Three-Eyed Golden Beast, and the Myriad Demon King discussed whether to send someone to protect her.
• Gu Yue sensed something from the direction of Heaven Dou City and wondered whether Tang Shan was calling her.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo for their honest opinions of Tang Shan.

Golden Crocodile Douluo heard the others’ assessment of Tang Shan and decided Spirit Hall should invest heavily in him, believing he might reach the human Limit. He sought to learn Internal Martial Arts and arranged a powerful Third Soul Ring for Tang Shan, hoping the young man would one day remain by Xue Qinghe’s side.

• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo praised Tang Shan’s talent, unusual Soul Skills, and progress in Internal Martial Arts, recommending that Spirit Hall spare no expense to cultivate him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo declared that Tang Shan might become a genius capable of reaching the human Limit, then dismissed Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Xue Qinghe to arrange for Tang Shan to teach him Internal Martial Arts, explaining that it might help him break through the Limit.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo gave Xue Qinghe a pouch for Tang Shan and said he had chosen a Soul Beast in Death Canyon for Tang Shan’s Third Soul Ring, with plans to strengthen Tang Shan enough to withstand it.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo privately hoped Tang Shan would live long enough to accompany Xue Qinghe after he and her grandfather were gone.

Tang Shan trained Xue Qinghe, then received an External Soul Bone from the Imperial Treasury and went to attempt its absorption. Xue Qinghe waited outside, hoping he could become a companion who would walk the path to godhood beside her.

• Tang Shan agreed to teach a trusted senior Internal Martial Arts and continued guiding Xue Qinghe through sword-drawing and stance practice.
• Tang Shan teased Xue Qinghe after a palace maid flirted with him, then replenished his Qi and Blood with a rich breakfast.
• Xue Qinghe gave Tang Shan an External Soul Bone that no one had managed to absorb and warned him not to force it.
• Tang Shan entered the secluded chamber to attempt absorption while Xue Qinghe asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to stand guard.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo reassured Xue Qinghe that Tang Shan would be safe if he acted carefully, and she hoped he could become her cultivation companion.

Tang Shan endured the painful absorption of the mysterious External Soul Bone and witnessed a vision of two ancient, immensely powerful beings battling. As the fusion neared completion, Xue Qinghe and Golden Crocodile Douluo waited outside the secret chamber, while Tang Shan’s body transformed and his left-hand bones began to crack.

• Tang Shan absorbed the translucent left-hand Soul Bone, which released scorching energy that painfully remade his body.
• Tang Shan used Qi and Blood to accelerate the fusion, intensifying the pain as his bones were replaced.
• Tang Shan’s fading consciousness witnessed two towering beings battle, toss aside a giant elephant, and fight until one fell beneath golden light tinged with purple.
• Tang Shan awoke with his body still transforming and wondered about the beings’ identities and power.
• Xue Qinghe worried outside the chamber while Golden Crocodile Douluo watched Tang Shan’s transformation and speculated about the Soul Bone’s owner.
• Tang Shan’s Soul Power and Qi and Blood settled as the fusion neared completion, and sharp cracks sounded from his left-hand bones.

After absorbing the Soul Bone, Tang Shan gained immense physical improvements, reached Soul Power Level 23, and learned the Great Might skill. Golden Crocodile Douluo identified its common name as Titan’s Power, while keeping the Soul Bone’s true origins secret.

• Tang Shan discovered the Soul Bone had doubled his physical abilities, raised him to Level 23, and started reshaping his body toward its genetic potential.
• Tang Shan emerged after three days and found Xue Qinghe exhausted from waiting; Xue Qinghe congratulated him and went to sleep.
• Tang Shan recognized Golden Crocodile Douluo, accepted his friendly offer to call him Grandpa Golden Crocodile, and joined him to discuss the Soul Bone.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo claimed the Soul Bone had come from the Imperial Treasury and asked Tang Shan about its skill and origins.
• Tang Shan explained that Great Might absorbed and compressed Heaven and Earth Essence to amplify his body, then revealed the skill’s common name was Titan’s Power.