Chapter Summaries

Tang Shan tested the Great Might Soul Bone skill with Golden Crocodile Douluo, whose Self-Created Soul Skill gave Tang Shan new insight into how Soul Power, Qi and Blood, and will combined. Xue Qinghe then arranged for Tang Shan to meet the emperor and Ning Fengzhi and asked him to compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament if the Spirit Hall Golden Generation entered.

• Tang Shan activated Great Might and fought Golden Crocodile Douluo, drawing on Heaven and Earth Essence until the skill’s strain neared his limit.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo demonstrated a Self-Created Soul Skill, and Tang Shan concluded that will, Qi and Blood, and Soul Power together formed a Soul Skill.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang Shan that the emperor and Ning Fengzhi wanted to meet him and that Ning Fengzhi planned to take her as his student.
• Tang Shan agreed to join Heaven Dou Imperial Academy for one tournament, and Xue Qinghe proposed he compete against the Spirit Hall Golden Generation if they entered.

Tang Shan accompanied Xue Qinghe to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where they joined Emperor Xue Ye and several powerful figures for a gathering. The chapter left Tang Shan facing Dugu Bo and meeting Dugu Yan as Golden Crocodile Douluo watched the gathering from nearby.

• Xue Qinghe told Tang Shan to accept any recruitment offers from Sect Master Ning, while Tang Shan joked that he might switch allegiances after repaying her investment.
• Tang Shan and Xue Qinghe entered the palace and learned that Dugu Bo and his granddaughter were already there.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo sensed members of the Dugu Family, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan gathering, then hurried to observe them.
• Xue Qinghe and Tang Shan arrived at the garden pavilion and greeted Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan.
• Tang Shan studied Dugu Yan and met Dugu Bo's hostile gaze as the assembled figures focused their attention on him.

At a royal gathering, Xue Ye praised Tang Shan’s rare talent and invited him to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he accepted after looking to Xue Qinghe for approval. Yu Tianheng then challenged the decision, arguing that Soul Masters needed fighting ability, and left the assembled dignitaries uneasy.

• Xue Qinghe explained that Tang Shan was seven years old, had Innate Full Soul Power, and possessed the Body Martial Soul called the Self-Deity.
• Ning Fengzhi identified Yu Xuancang, and Tang Shan explained how his Martial Soul encompassed his entire body.
• Xue Ye arranged for Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to receive the academy’s best resources, then invited Tang Shan to enroll as well.
• Tang Shan sought Xue Qinghe’s approval and agreed to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi considered his potential and political value.
• Yu Tianheng questioned whether Tang Shan deserved special treatment and declared that a Soul Master’s ability to fight mattered more than Soul Power or Soul Rings.

Yu Tianheng’s insults drew rebukes from Ning Fengzhi and Yu Xuancang, so Tang Shan proposed a demonstration of his body martial soul’s strength. The chapter ended as Yu Tianheng began their match, revealing a thousand-year second Soul Ring and showing Tang Shan how his arrival had changed the timeline.

• Yu Tianheng’s remarks offended Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo, and Ning Fengzhi criticized his lack of judgment.
• Yu Xuancang ordered Yu Tianheng to apologize, but Tang Shan interrupted by suggesting a demonstration of body martial soul strength.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Tang Shan to last through an incense stick’s burn, and Tang Shan accepted with Emperor Xue Ye’s approval.
• Yu Tianheng activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and revealed a yellow first Soul Ring and a thousand-year purple second Soul Ring.

Tang Shan fought Yu Tianheng in front of the assembled powers, revealing that his strength could overwhelm the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan heir even without drawing on his full abilities. The clash left Yu Tianheng’s dragon-transformed attack engulfed in lightning as Tang Shan countered with a devastating punch.

• Ning Fengzhi’s group discussed Grandmaster’s absence and suspected Tang Shan was his disciple, while Xue Qinghe worried that the connection had been exposed.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Tang Shan with Thunderous Breath, but Tang Shan endured the lightning and drove him back with powerful punches.
• Yu Tianheng activated Thunder Dragon Body and then Dragon Transformation, turning his arm into a scaled, lightning-wreathed dragon limb.
• Tang Shan studied Yu Tianheng’s transformation and invited him to unleash its full power.
• Yu Tianheng struck at Tang Shan’s chest, but Tang Shan punched through the lightning and announced he would show his full strength in his normal state.

Tang Shan defeated Yu Tianheng and drew Ning Fengzhi’s interest, while Xue Qinghe became Ning Fengzhi’s student. On the ride home, Tang Shan admitted he suspected his teacher was Grandmaster but denied knowing where to find him.

• Tang Shan struck Yu Tianheng hard enough to send him carving a long trench through the dirt, and Yu Tianheng admitted defeat before leaving.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin recognized Tang Shan’s grasp of will, and Ning Fengzhi praised Tang Shan’s talent and gave him a Storage Ring.
• Xue Ye prompted Ning Fengzhi to take Xue Qinghe as his student, and a brief ceremony made them teacher and student.
• Dugu Bo arranged to visit Xue Qinghe’s residence the day after tomorrow, intending to seek Grandmaster.
• Xue Qinghe questioned Tang Shan about Ning Fengzhi’s guess, and Tang Shan admitted he suspected Grandmaster was his teacher but claimed he could not contact him.

Tang Shan considered how to obtain and identify the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Xue Qinghe wrestled with her hidden identity and feelings for him. Golden Crocodile Douluo warned that rival powers were gathering talented students to counter Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, and Tang Shan continued strengthening his body before someone knocked at the Prince’s Residence.

• Tang Shan and Xue Qinghe admitted that each had kept secrets from the other, and Tang Shan said he would look for his teacher’s instructions about publishing more theories.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang Shan that Dugu Bo would visit, while Tang Shan concealed that he knew Dugu Bo sought a cure for his family’s inherited poisoning and considered how to find information about Immortal Herbs.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo teased Xue Qinghe about her deception, then told her that Heaven Dou Royal Academy was gathering gifted students from several great powers to challenge Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.
• Xue Qinghe resolved to lead Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Spirit Hall, while Golden Crocodile Douluo vowed that Spirit Hall’s Pope would be watched.
• Tang Shan’s body and Qi and Blood grew stronger after he absorbed the Titan Left Palm Bone, improving his cultivation and Resonance Method practice.
• After several days passed, someone knocked at the gate of the Prince’s Residence.

Tang Shan met Dugu Bo, who sought help with the hidden danger in his Jade-Scaled Snake Martial Soul, and negotiated access to Dugu Bo’s rare herb garden in exchange for treating him. Dugu Bo gave Tang Shan his Core Bead as insurance, but its tempering effect seemed weak against Tang Shan’s unusually strong physique.

• Dugu Bo asked Tang Shan about his connection to Grandmaster, and Tang Shan said Grandmaster was his teacher but had disappeared into seclusion.
• Tang Shan identified the danger in Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul and learned that it had stalled Dugu Bo at rank ninety-one and threatened his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Tang Shan insisted Dugu Bo offer something valuable rather than threaten him, and Dugu Bo promised him free access to his rare herb garden if he solved the problem.
• Dugu Bo gave Tang Shan his Core Bead, warning that it would explode if Dugu Bo died during treatment; Golden Crocodile Douluo assured Tang Shan it was safe to accept.
• Tang Shan swallowed the Core Bead, which settled in his dantian, and Dugu Bo was astonished to find that Tang Shan’s physique was far stronger than expected.

Dugu Bo explained that the Dugu family's Jade-Scaled Snake venom grew stronger across generations, boosting innate talent while threatening its users' lives. Tang Shan identified the Martial Soul as a form of Evil Martial Soul and said Dugu Yan's venom could be treated, leaving Dugu Bo waiting to hear the two possible methods.

• Tang Shan asked Dugu Bo to explain the problem with his Martial Soul after swallowing the Core Bead.
• Dugu Bo revealed that the Jade-Scaled Snake's innate venom weakened its wielder, killed his son Dugu Xin, and threatened his granddaughter Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo explained that accumulated venom raised the family's Innate Soul Power, but he feared that future generations would die from it.
• Tang Shan argued that the Jade-Scaled Snake was a special Evil Martial Soul that traded its wielder's vitality for power.
• Tang Shan said Dugu Yan's venom could be treated, and Dugu Bo urgently demanded to know how.
• Tang Shan offered two treatments: one that preserved Dugu Yan's poison arts but treated the symptoms, and another that addressed the cause while preserving only part of her abilities.

Tang Shan warned Dugu Bo that storing poison in a Soul Bone could be dangerous and proposed curing Dugu Yan by having her avoid poison-attribute Soul Rings. Dugu Bo accepted the plan and left determined to put his granddaughter’s safety first, while Xue Qinghe reflected on his own strained family ties.

• Tang Shan explained that a Soul Bone could not safely contain large amounts of poison and warned that a rupture could drive toxins into the marrow.
• Tang Shan advised Dugu Bo to have Dugu Yan absorb few or no poison-attribute Soul Rings, allowing her to develop her snake Martial Soul along another path.
• Dugu Bo realized his attachment to the Dugu Family’s poison tradition could have endangered Dugu Yan and promised to let her live as an ordinary person if the treatment failed.
• Dugu Bo publicly apologized to Xue Qinghe and thanked Tang Shan before leaving to focus on his granddaughter’s problem.
• Tang Shan suggested Dugu Bo no longer needed to conceal that his poison had contributed to his son’s death, while Xue Qinghe reflected on his distant relationship with his mother.

Tang Shan taught Golden Crocodile Douluo Bright Force, revealing its power and prompting Golden Crocodile Douluo to contact Qian Daoliu about Tang Shan’s extraordinary talent. Xue Qinghe prepared to accompany Tang Shan to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Qian Daoliu learned that Tang Shan might rival Tang Chen.

• Tang Shan advised Xue Qinghe to keep her position steady and avoid rushing her claim to the Crown Prince succession.
• Tang Shan tailored an Internal Martial Arts technique to Golden Crocodile Douluo, who mastered Bright Force and unleashed a kick that broke the sound barrier.
• Xue Qinghe warned Tang Shan that Prince Xue Xing controlled much of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s daily affairs and offered to accompany him to register.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo contacted Qian Daoliu, reporting that Xue Qinghe had gained Xue Ye’s trust and won Dugu Bo to her side.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu that seven-year-old Tang Shan had level twenty-three Soul Power, two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and potential equal to or greater than Tang Chen’s.

Golden Crocodile Douluo secured Qian Daoliu’s approval to devote resources to Tang Shan, while Qian Daoliu concealed an embarrassing hundred-thousand-year whale glue stash in Heaven Dou City. Xue Qinghe brought Tang Shan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Tang Shan learned its facilities and rank requirements and was set to enter as a Heavenly Supreme Level student until he proved his strength.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Tang Shan had absorbed the Titan Left Palm Bone and proposed using an Ancient Variant Titan for Tang Shan’s third Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to support Tang Shan and recalled that he had left hundred-thousand-year whale glue at Heaven Dou City’s Spirit Hall, but he chose not to tell Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Xue Qinghe and Tang Shan arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where guards recognized and greeted the First Prince.
• Xue Qinghe led Tang Shan through the academy and explained its main building, class floors, and three student ranks.
• Xue Qinghe said Tang Shan would initially be a Heavenly Supreme Level student because his Soul Power did not yet meet the Heaven Dou Grade requirement.

Tang Shan enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin recognized his exceptional talent and waived any tests. Meng Shenji hinted that Tang Shan and Xue Qinghe might face obstacles, leaving Xue Qinghe alert to the warning while Tang Shan focused on his new golden student token.

• Xue Qinghe introduced Tang Shan to education committee members Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who assessed Tang Shan's powerful physique and stable soul power.
• Meng Shenji admitted Tang Shan without testing him, despite Prince Xuexin's earlier request that the committee test him and keep its distance from Xue Qinghe.
• Bai Baoshan welcomed Tang Shan warmly, and Meng Shenji gave him an enrollment form to complete.
• Tang Shan truthfully filled in his information, and Meng Shenji processed his enrollment and handed him a golden token for a heavenly supreme level student.
• Meng Shenji spoke about the committee's duty to protect talented Soul Masters despite obstacles, and Xue Qinghe understood the warning while Tang Shan admired his token.

Tang Shan settled into Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Xue Qinghe’s help and learned that Snake Lance Douluo would remain nearby as his personal guard. At Dugu Manor, Prince Xuexin tried to recruit Dugu Bo into schemes against Tang Shan, but Dugu Bo refused and grew angry when Xuexin proposed poisoning him.

• Tang Shan moved into his Heaven Dou Royal Academy dormitory, and Xue Qinghe arranged for Snake Lance Douluo to stay as his personal guard.
• After Xue Qinghe and Snake Lance Douluo left, Tang Shan rested in his room while Prince Xuexin arrived at Dugu Manor in a heavily guarded carriage.
• Prince Xuexin urged Dugu Bo to expel Tang Shan from the academy, arguing that Tang Shan’s rise would strengthen Xue Qinghe and threaten his own ambitions.
• Prince Xuexin proposed destroying Tang Shan’s talent with poison, but Dugu Bo said he had no poison capable of doing that.
• When Dugu Bo refused to force Tang Shan out, Prince Xuexin admitted he wanted control of the academy and then suggested secretly poisoning Tang Shan.
• Dugu Bo refused to poison someone favored by Emperor Xue Ye and warned that the scheme could ruin his standing in the empire.

Dugu Bo stalled Prince Xuexin’s attempt to target Tang Shan, while Dugu Yan learned more about the family poison and began to recover from the revelation about her clan. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo teasing her about Tang Shan and Dugu Yan turning her thoughts to Qin Ming’s class at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Dugu Bo convinced Prince Xuexin that Tang Shan’s rapid cultivation did not make him a threat, and Prince Xuexin agreed to leave Tang Shan alone for now.
• Dugu Yan gave Prince Xuexin Essence and Spirit-Draining Powder, and he praised its effects before asking Dugu Bo to arrange a betrothal between her and his son.
• Dugu Bo refused Prince Xuexin’s betrothal proposal and told him Dugu Yan would choose her own future.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo she needed time to recover from learning the truth about her family’s poisoning, and Dugu Bo explained the powder’s dangerous effects and why Prince Xuexin used it.
• Dugu Bo admitted he would not protect Prince Xuexin if he went after Tang Shan, then teased Dugu Yan about marrying Tang Shan; Dugu Yan blushed and playfully tickled him.
• Dugu Yan thought about attending Qin Ming’s class and seeing what the Shrek graduate had to teach.

Tang Shan attended Qin Ming’s popular theory class at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reunited with Yu Tianheng. He challenged Yu Tianheng’s admiration for Yu Xiaogang’s theories, leaving Yu Tianheng confronting the gap between those claims and his uncle’s actual abilities.

• Tang Shan explored Heaven Dou Royal Academy and went to Qin Ming’s lecture on a soul master’s cultivation and growth.
• Yu Tianheng invited Tang Shan to sit beside him, apologized for their earlier encounter, and explained why he hoped to learn from Qin Ming, a Shrek Academy graduate.
• Tang Shan offered to analyze Yu Tianheng’s uncle’s theories, and Yu Tianheng praised the claim that no martial souls were useless, only their soul masters.
• Tang Shan questioned Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation level and whether he excelled at his own level, causing Yu Tianheng to recall his uncle’s mutated martial soul and fart-based soul skills.
• Yu Tianheng’s admiration for Yu Xiaogang’s theories faltered as he recognized that his uncle lacked the strength and abilities those theories seemed to promise.

Tang Shan attended Qin Ming’s lesson on how Soul Rings could shape a Martial Soul’s development, then suggested that Yu Tianheng’s clan explore a lightning-focused path. Later, Tang Shan nearly broke through to Embracing the Elixir but used his Self-Control Soul Skill to halt the dangerous process, choosing to wait until he had fully refined his Marrow.

• Tang Shan told Yu Tianheng that Yu Xiaogang could not prove his theory about useless Martial Souls, leaving Yu Tianheng troubled before class.
• Qin Ming taught that Soul Rings from different Soul Beasts could guide a Martial Soul toward paths beyond its apparent specialty.
• Tang Shan suggested that Yu Tianheng’s clan could establish a branch that absorbed lightning-attribute Soul Rings and pursued an elemental path.
• Tang Shan gathered his Qi and Blood and began forming an elixir in his dantian, reaching the brink of an Embracing the Elixir breakthrough.
• Tang Shan activated Self-Control to restrain the unstable Qi and Blood, then abandoned the breakthrough to preserve a flawless foundation.

Tang Shan tested his ability to walk on water and practiced his self-created Limitless martial art on the lake, while Dugu Yan watched from shore. The chapter left Dugu Yan intrigued by Tang Shan as he continued demonstrating his strength.

• Tang Shan considered attempting Embracing the Elixir but postponed it because his Marrow was not fully refined, then cultivated Soul Power through the night.
• After waking, Tang Shan climbed out of his dormitory window and used Transformed Force to walk across the lake, keeping the water below his calves.
• Dugu Yan wandered around Heaven Dou Royal Academy, reflected on her family's poisoning and Tang Shan's role in finding a possible cure, and planned to resume cultivation before hunting a Soul Beast.
• Dugu Yan spotted Tang Shan walking on the lake and stopped to watch, curious whether he was using Soul Power.
• Tang Shan tested the limit of his water-walking and then practiced his self-created Limitless martial art, channeling Qi and Blood and Soul Power through his fists and feet.

Tang Shan’s Taiji practice on the Great Lake led to an epiphany that drew Heaven and Earth Essence and astonished Dugu Yan, Snake Lance Douluo, and the academy’s board members. Meng Shenji took Tang Shan away to keep his abilities secret, while Yu Tianheng resolved to catch up with him.

• Tang Shan practiced Taiji across the lake, entering an epiphany as Heaven and Earth Essence gathered into a vortex around him.
• Dugu Yan watched in awe, while Snake Lance Douluo recognized Tang Shan’s insight and the academy’s board members arrived to observe.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin praised Tang Shan’s abilities and discussed his future tournament prospects; Yu Tianheng resolved to keep striving until he caught up.
• Meng Shenji carried Tang Shan to the teaching building to prevent the spectacle from drawing unwanted attention.
• Tang Shan thanked Meng Shenji and explained that he had only meant to take a walk and train on the lake when the epiphany began.

After concealing his cultivation breakthrough, Tang Shan enjoyed the special meals Xue Ye arranged and went with Yu Tianheng to their mandatory combat class. At the training ground, Ning Guang introduced himself, drawing the attention of other students toward the two newcomers.

• Tang Shan returned to campus after Meng Shenji and the other elders agreed to conceal the disturbance caused by his cultivation.
• Tang Shan met Yu Tianheng for breakfast and explained that he had used his full strength to defeat him at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Tang Shan and Yu Tianheng ate medicinal cuisine prepared by Xue Ye's chef, then headed to the mandatory combat class taught by Qin Ming.
• Yu Tianheng explained that the academy required combat and cultivation classes to keep its noble students training.
• Ning Guang introduced himself to Tang Shan and Yu Tianheng at the training ground, and other students began speculating about the newcomers.