Arc 2The Wish’s Hidden Cost

Xu Yuan’s wish-granting tree healed Tang Hao at the cost of crippling his Soul Rings and meridians, leaving him captured and mutilated. Xu Yuan gained the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone and grew stronger with Xiao Wu, and the two set out toward the Star Dou Great Forest as Yu Xiaogang’s plans for Tang San faltered.

  • Tang Hao asked Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree to heal his hidden injuries, but its wish consumed his Soul Ring power and damaged his meridians while Xu Yuan witnessed the process.
  • Tang Hao ambushed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, but his weakened Soul Rings failed him, and they captured him and sent him to Slaughter City.
  • Xu Yuan raised his strength with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Source and Whale Glue, while Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass performed poorly under Yu Xiaogang’s combat instruction.
  • Yu Xiaogang found a Nethermist Lizard Soul Bone that restored his damaged leg, but a Medusa shattered the leg and bone, which Tang San absorbed.
  • Xu Yuan found the Blue Silver Emperor’s hidden cave, absorbed its hundred-thousand-year right leg bone, awakened the Blue Silver Domain, and collected the Blue Silver Emperor’s seed.
  • Tang San’s new Soul Bone interfered with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and fractured his ankle, while Yu Xiaogang forbade Xu Yuan from granting him a wish.
  • Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu developed Yuan-Wu Power through exchanging Soul Power, cultivated together, and sold refreshed wish slots in Nuoding City.
  • After Xiao Wu reached Soul Grandmaster, she and Xu Yuan traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest and detoured into a dense stretch of woods.
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Ch. 26Tang Hao: Spirit Hall, Tremble

Xu Yuan showed Tang Hao the Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul after Tang Hao revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and demanded that Xu Yuan grant his wish. Tang Hao asked the tree to heal his hidden injuries so he could use Ring Detonation at full power, and Xu Yuan’s consciousness entered the tree as it began granting the wish.

  • Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings and Titled Douluo pressure to Xu Yuan, then demanded to see the Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul.
  • Tang Hao promised Xu Yuan a place in the Clear Sky Sect and protection for his descendants if Xu Yuan’s Martial Soul proved useful.
  • Xu Yuan warned Tang Hao that the Wish-Granting Tree could exact a price, but Tang Hao insisted his strength would protect him.
  • Xu Yuan summoned the Wish-Granting Tree, and Tang Hao wished for it to heal his hidden injuries so he could withstand the full power of Ring Detonation.
  • The tree’s white light passed through Tang Hao, drawing Xu Yuan’s consciousness into a mysterious space where he witnessed the wish-granting process.

Ch. 27Oh Damn, the Bug Stood Up

Xu Yuan used the Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul to treat Tang Hao’s hidden injuries, but it recklessly consumed and downgraded Tang Hao’s Soul Rings while connecting his meridians incorrectly and spreading toxins throughout them. Tang Hao believed he had recovered and left to ambush two Spirit Hall Titled Douluo, unaware of how badly the treatment had gone.

  • Xu Yuan saw the extent of Tang Hao’s organ damage, shattered meridians, stagnant blood, and toxins as the Wish-Granting Tree converted its energy into Mysterious Heaven Skill inner energy.
  • The Wish-Granting Tree consumed power from Tang Hao’s Soul Rings to heal his organs and meridians, lowering several rings to Ten-Year rank and joining some meridians incorrectly.
  • The Wish-Granting Tree spread Tang Hao’s stagnant blood and toxins throughout his meridians, including those in his brain, then restored his Soul Rings’ original colors without restoring their power.
  • Tang Hao awoke, declared that he had returned, and praised Xu Yuan’s Martial Soul, unaware of the damage to his Soul Rings and meridians.
  • Tang Hao announced that he would ambush Chrysanthemum and Ghost, then vanished before Xu Yuan could stop him.

Ch. 28Xiao Wu: Could They Go Around Me Instead?

Xu Yuan used Word Manifestation to predict whether Tang Hao would return, and the face-up coin convinced him Tang Hao would not come after him. Back at the dormitory, Xiao Wu learned a Titled Douluo had visited and promised to protect Xu Yuan, while Tang Hao fled Fasinuo Province.

  • Xu Yuan tossed a Gold Soul Coin to predict Tang Hao's intentions, and Word Manifestation consumed most of his Soul Power before showing the coin face up.
  • Xu Yuan concluded the Wish-Granting Tree's changes had left Tang Hao vulnerable to the toxins in his brain and returned to Dorm Seven relieved.
  • Xiao Wu asked where Xu Yuan had gone, and he told her a Titled Douluo had visited to make a wish.
  • After hearing a Titled Douluo had been in Nuoding City, Xiao Wu hid under Xu Yuan's blanket and offered to protect him, though she admitted she did not want to die for him.
  • Xiao Wu asked Xu Yuan whether hunting Soul Beasts was cruel, and he pointed out that she would need to kill one to advance while he could absorb the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring within him.
  • Tang Hao raced out of Fasinuo Province carrying the Clear Sky Hammer.

Ch. 29Tang Hao: Surrounded, but on Purpose

Tang Hao lured Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo into a confrontation at the Spirit Hall Main Hall, intending to avenge their past attack. He detonated four Soul Rings and charged into their ninth Soul Skills, but sensed something was wrong as he struck.

  • Tang Hao confronted Red-Robed Cardinal Warren and provoked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo into appearing.
  • Tang Hao revealed himself as Clear Sky Douluo and explained that he had come to draw out his targets.
  • Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo released their Martial Souls and unleashed their ninth Soul Skills.
  • Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, revealed his red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and declared that he would use Ring Detonation to take revenge.
  • Tang Hao detonated his two yellow and two purple Soul Rings and charged into the combined attacks, then abruptly sensed something was wrong.

Ch. 30The Clear Sky Hammer Was Tiny, but Cute Too

Tang Hao attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, but the Wish-Granting Tree had turned his Soul Rings into fakes, leaving him powerless. After his old injuries caused him to collapse, the two Spirit Hall elders captured him and decided to take his right arm and left leg for their Soul Bones.

  • Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo repelled Tang Hao and prepared their Two Forms Stillness Domain as he tried to escape by detonating his remaining Soul Rings.
  • Tang Hao discovered that his Soul Rings had been replaced with fake white rings that yielded almost no power when shattered.
  • Tang Hao tried to unleash Divine Slaughter's Domain, but his old injuries triggered a stroke and he dropped his Clear Sky Hammer.
  • Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo immobilized Tang Hao with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the Red-Robed Cardinals attacked him.
  • Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo chose to take Tang Hao's right arm and left leg for their Soul Bones before bringing him to Spirit City.

Ch. 31Slaughter City Torture Order?

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo brought the captured Tang Hao to Qian Daoliu, who sent him to Slaughter City rather than kill him. The King of Slaughter ordered Tang Hao’s last arm removed and announced a Slaughter City Kill Order, while Xu Yuan reached Level 20.

  • Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo took Tang Hao to the Worship Hall after learning that Bibi Dong was in seclusion.
  • Qian Daoliu suppressed his murderous anger toward Tang Hao and ordered him sent to Slaughter City with his remaining leg cut off.
  • Qian Daoliu rewarded Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo with a month of instruction on understanding their Martial Souls and breaking through to Super Douluo.
  • The King of Slaughter ordered Terror Knight Scott to cut off Tang Hao’s last arm and issue a Slaughter City Kill Order offering Yellow Springs Dew as a reward.
  • Terror Knight Scott announced the order, and Tang Hao became Slaughter City’s only Crawling Wretch.
  • Xu Yuan broke through to Level 20.

Ch. 32Second Soul Skill: Everlasting Vitality

After reaching Level 20, Xu Yuan absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Source and gained the Everlasting Vitality Soul Skill, raising his Soul Power to Level 23. He tested his abilities and identified Ah Yin’s likely location, but decided to wait until Level 30 before searching for her Soul Bone.

  • Xu Yuan added the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Source to his Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul, raising both Soul Rings to about seven hundred years and his Soul Power to Level 23.
  • Xu Yuan discovered that Everlasting Vitality could heal severe injuries and absorb life force and Soul Power from nearby Blue Silver Grass.
  • Xu Yuan used Purple Demon Eye to observe Tang San cultivating at Nouding Academy, then considered how to strengthen his Mysterious Jade Hand.
  • Xu Yuan summoned the Light Sacred Dragon Spear and found that its Radiant Sacred Dragon form could fly while carrying him.
  • Xu Yuan used Word Manifestation to point the spear toward Ah Yin’s likely location northwest of Nuoding City, then planned to search for her Soul Bone after reaching Level 30.

Ch. 33Sister Xiao Wu and Brother Yuan Got a Room

After Xu Yuan broke through to level twenty-four, he discovered Xiao Wu had two rare pieces of Whale Rubber and proposed using them to raise their Soul Power. Xiao Wu went with him to Nuoding City to get a room, leaving Tang San stunned when he learned what she had taken.

  • Xu Yuan broke through to level twenty-four, and Xiao Wu questioned how quickly he was cultivating.
  • Xiao Wu revealed that Liu Long had given her two pieces of Whale Rubber, which Xu Yuan identified as thousand-year and ten-thousand-year varieties.
  • Xu Yuan persuaded Xiao Wu that Whale Rubber could help them raise their Soul Power without side effects and said they needed a courtyard in Nuoding City.
  • Xiao Wu took Gold Soul Coins and another piece of Whale Rubber before leaving with Xu Yuan to get a room.
  • Wang Sheng told Tang San that Xiao Wu had gone into the city with Xu Yuan, and Tang San reacted with shock when he heard about the Whale Rubber.

Ch. 34Taking Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue

Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu prepared Whale Rubber and a medicinal decoction so they could try absorbing the rare substance to strengthen their bodies. When Xiao Wu questioned whether Xu Yuan’s Ancient Books were reliable, he decided to test the treatment first, and the chapter ended as he ate the Whale Rubber and decoction in the tub.

  • Xu Yuan persuaded Xiao Wu to pump the bellows and melt three pieces of Whale Rubber while he rested and explained its supposed benefits.
  • Xu Yuan brewed a medicinal decoction and told Xiao Wu to drink it before eating the Whale Rubber and circulating her Soul Power.
  • Xiao Wu questioned how Xu Yuan knew the Ancient Books were accurate, since he had never taken Whale Rubber himself.
  • Xu Yuan decided to test the treatment first, and Xiao Wu followed him into the room to watch for trouble.
  • Xu Yuan got into the tub and swallowed the softened Whale Rubber with the decoction while Xiao Wu watched.

Ch. 35Yu Xiaogang: Could a Martial Soul Know More About Martial Souls Than I Do?

Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu refined Thousand-Year and Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, strengthening their bodies and raising Xiao Wu to level fifteen. Yu Xiaogang recovered from his injuries and told Tang San he planned to seek his third Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, relying on his own theories rather than the Wish-Granting Tree.

  • Xu Yuan refined half of Xiao Wu's Thousand-Year Whale Glue, bringing his Soul Ring limit close to a thousand years and greatly improving his physique.
  • Xiao Wu refined the remaining Thousand-Year Whale Glue and broke through to level fifteen.
  • Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu split the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and refined their halves until nightfall.
  • Tang San brought food to Yu Xiaogang, who asked whether Xu Yuan was available to use his Wish Slot the next day.
  • Yu Xiaogang invited Tang San to join him and the Dean on a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to find his third Soul Ring.
  • Yu Xiaogang rejected Tang San's suggestion to wish for a Soul Ring or a cure, insisting that no one understood Martial Souls better than he did.

Ch. 36Soul Power Rampage, Mysterious Jade Body

Xu Yuan reached Soul Power Level twenty-five, used Everlasting Vitality to draw life force from nearby Blue Silver Grass and optimize Mysterious Jade Hand, then gained a jade-like body. He tested his new strength against Xiao Wu and left their sparring match at a stalemate.

  • Xu Yuan's two Soul Rings turned purple, raising his Soul Power Level to twenty-five, and he practiced Purple Demon Eye at dawn.
  • Xu Yuan used Everlasting Vitality to drain life force from Blue Silver Grass and memorized a whole-body meridian map as his Soul Power rampaged.
  • Xu Yuan practiced the optimized Mysterious Jade Hand and developed clear, jade-like skin with improved defense.
  • Xu Yuan sparred with Xiao Wu, who was surprised that he matched her strength and speed.
  • Xiao Wu grappled Xu Yuan, but he bit her leg to break free, leaving her flushed and their contest unresolved.

Ch. 37I Feel Incredible

Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu returned to the dormitory, where Xiao Wu hinted at the benefits of using Whale Rubber while keeping the details secret. Yu Xiaogang arrived with the Dean and challenged Wang Sheng to face Tang San, leaving the students ready to see whether Tang San could prove his theories in a match.

  • Wang Sheng greeted Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu offered to let Xu Yuan manage her stipend so she could buy more treats.
  • Xiao Wu said the Whale Rubber had left her feeling incredible and revealed that she had reached Soul Power Level 16, while complaining that Xu Yuan had been lazy as she worked.
  • Tang San told Xu Yuan that Yu Xiaogang wanted to see him, then Yu Xiaogang arrived with the Dean and boasted about his theories and Tang San's Level 13 Soul Power.
  • Yu Xiaogang challenged Wang Sheng to a match against Tang San, and Wang Sheng accepted because he wanted to test his new Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
  • The Dean showed interest in Tang San's First Soul Ring while privately recalling that Yu Xiaogang's advice on his Fourth Soul Ring had favored Control System Soul Skills.

Ch. 38Yu Xiaogang, the Micromanagement Master

Yu Xiaogang confidently explained why Tang San would defeat Wang Sheng and ordered him to fight without moving, relying only on Blue Silver Entanglement. Tang San revealed a revolting, foul-smelling Blue Silver Grass martial soul, leaving the dormitory retching as Wang Sheng realized it seemed to have inherited only a terrible stench.

  • Wang Sheng announced his War Tiger martial soul and Level 11 strength, revealing its hundred-year soul ring.
  • Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San had three advantages and declared that he could not lose to Wang Sheng.
  • Xu Yuan questioned Yu Xiaogang’s claims about control system soul masters, while Xiao Wu dismissed them as hot air.
  • Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San to stand still and use his first soul skill, stopping him from relying on Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
  • Tang San revealed his decayed, foul-smelling Blue Silver Grass martial soul, and Yu Xiaogang said it had not inherited the venomous python’s toxicity.
  • Wang Sheng realized that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass appeared to have inherited only an unbearable stench.

Ch. 39Good thing I guided him, or Little San would have lost

Yu Xiaogang watched Tang San struggle to control his poisoned Blue Silver Grass during a spar with Wang Sheng, while Tang San blamed his failures on the martial soul's weakness. The Soul Ancestor dean stopped the match before Wang Sheng could defeat him, and Yu Xiaogang left convinced that Tang San needed more training.

  • Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had inherited resilience from the Corrosive Swamp Venomfang Python, and the Soul Ancestor dean silently doubted the result.
  • Yu Xiaogang told Wang Sheng to attack first, then instructed Tang San to use Blue Silver Entanglement, but the slow strands repeatedly failed to catch Wang Sheng.
  • Tang San realized his Blue Silver Grass responded too slowly and blamed its poor performance on the martial soul rather than the poison corroding it.
  • Tang San followed Yu Xiaogang's directions, dodged Wang Sheng's attacks, and ended up trapped in a corner as Wang Sheng prepared another Saber-Toothed Charge.
  • The Soul Ancestor dean intervened and ended the spar before Wang Sheng could strike Tang San.
  • Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang San's poor showing on insufficient training and planned to cut into his forging time to give him a streamlined combat routine.

Ch. 40Where Was the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone Hidden? The Clear Sky Sect!

Yu Xiaogang paid Xu Yuan to make a wish about restoring his damaged lower appendage, then left with Tang San and the dean for the Star Dou Great Forest. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned Tang Hao had been captured and began searching for the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone he had taken, ending with the cardinal naming the Clear Sky Sect as its hiding place.

  • Yu Xiaogang gave Xu Yuan three hundred Gold Soul Coins and wished for his damaged lower appendage to become hard again during the upcoming soul hunt.
  • The dean realized Yu Xiaogang owed him five hundred Gold Soul Coins and would need him to cover the travelers’ expenses.
  • Xu Yuan warned Xiao Wu that ten-thousand-year whale glue was difficult to obtain, then gave her money to ask noble students to search for it.
  • A cardinal reported to Bibi Dong that Chrysanthemum and Ghost had captured Tang Hao and taken him to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu rewarded them.
  • Bibi Dong asked where Tang Hao would hide the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and the cardinal answered that it was in the Clear Sky Sect.

Ch. 41Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night

Bibi Dong reconsidered involving the Clear Sky Sect in the Soul Hunting Plan after learning Tang Hao had been mutilated and degraded in Slaughter City. Five days later, Xiao Wu gave Xu Yuan the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night belt, and the chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang and his companions finding a Thousand-Year Right Leg Bone.

  • Bibi Dong learned that Tang Hao had been mutilated in Slaughter City and was known there as the Clear Sky Cup.
  • Bibi Dong ordered the Elder Hall to select two replacement Punishment Hall elders and decided to include the Clear Sky Sect in the Soul Hunting Plan.
  • Xiao Wu returned without finding ten-thousand-year whale glue but presented Xu Yuan with the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night belt, which she had bought from a street vendor.
  • Xu Yuan planned to explore the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest after the term ended, and Xiao Wu decided to go with him.
  • Yu Xiaogang and his two companions found a Thousand-Year Right Leg Bone in a Soul Beast's corpse at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ch. 42A Superb Thousand-Year Soul Bone

Yu Xiaogang obtained a thousand-year soul ring and right leg soul bone from a Nethermist Lizard, reaching Level 31 and gaining the Miststep skill. He concluded that his martial soul’s past failures came from incompatible attributes and decided that a faint fire-dragon bloodline was the key to correcting it.

  • Yu Xiaogang found a thousand-year soul bone on the Nethermist Lizard and believed it could restore function to his lower limb.
  • With the Soul Ancestor Dean guarding him, Yu Xiaogang absorbed the soul ring and soul bone, becoming a Level 31 Soul Elder.
  • Yu Xiaogang explained that the right leg bone improved his stability and granted the Miststep skill, which strengthened his footfalls.
  • Yu Xiaogang told Tang San and the Soul Ancestor Dean that conflicting attributes had caused Luo Sanpao’s troublesome soul skills.
  • Yu Xiaogang identified the Nethermist Lizard’s faint fire-dragon bloodline as the attribute his martial soul needed.

Ch. 43Yu Xiaogang Suffered the Loss of Ten Levels of Soul Power

Yu Xiaogang explained his reasons for choosing the Nethermist Lizard, but a thousand-year Medusa ambushed his group and shattered his soul-bone-bearing right leg, dropping his soul power by ten levels. Tang San took the exceptional soul bone, while Xu Yuan decided to leave early to search for the Blue Silver Emperor’s hundred-thousand-year soul bone.

  • Yu Xiaogang told Tang San why he had chosen the Nethermist Lizard and postponed testing his new soul skill until they returned home.
  • Tang San detected movement in the dark, and the dean illuminated a thousand-year Medusa with his Fire Snake Spear.
  • Yu Xiaogang kicked Medusa with his soul-bone-enhanced leg, but chased her and was petrified before she shattered his right leg and soul bone.
  • The dean recalled his spear and drove Medusa away, while Tang San picked up the soul bone and absorbed it at Yu Xiaogang’s urging.
  • At Nouding Academy, Xu Yuan decided to search early for the Blue Silver Emperor’s hundred-thousand-year soul bone.

Ch. 44Fusing with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone

Xu Yuan found the Blue Silver Emperor's hundred-thousand-year right leg bone in the cave behind the waterfall and began fusing with it. After sleeping for five days, he awakened at level 30 with blue-gold hair and the Blue Silver Domain, then wondered if he could use it to claim a life-bound soul ring.

  • Xu Yuan crossed the mountain range on the Radiant Sacred Dragon and discovered the hidden cave behind the waterfall.
  • Xu Yuan found the Blue Silver Emperor's hundred-thousand-year right leg bone, locked the Blue Silver Emperor in a lead box, and began absorbing the bone.
  • Xu Yuan's wish-granting tree martial soul appeared as blue silver grass across the mountains sent life force and soul power into the cave to form a cocoon around him.
  • Xu Yuan woke five days later with his soul power at level 30, washed away the grime, and noticed his blue-gold hair and altered appearance.
  • Xu Yuan awakened the Blue Silver Domain and considered using its disguise ability to pose as the Blue Silver Emperor in the Blue Silver Forest.

Ch. 45Awakening the Blue Silver Domain

Xu Yuan awakened the Blue Silver Domain, tested its abilities, and collected the Blue Silver Emperor’s seed before leaving for the Star Dou Great Forest. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang woke in a clinic to discover he had lost his right leg and soul bone, then learned someone else had published his supposed theory about the injury.

  • Xu Yuan tested the Blue Silver Domain’s detection, concealment, disguise, and amplification abilities, and used his soul bone to fly.
  • Xu Yuan found the Blue Silver Emperor rooted in the lakebed, crushed it, and collected its seed before leaving the waterfall.
  • Yu Xiaogang woke in a clinic and learned from Tang San that his right leg and supreme bone had been destroyed.
  • Tang San explained that the dean had sold information about the thousand-year Medusa to pay for Yu Xiaogang’s medical treatment, prompting soul masters in town to hunt it.
  • Yu Xiaogang read a new book claiming soul masters could survive losing a limb soul bone while petrified and angrily accused Dao Long of plagiarizing his unpublished theory.

Ch. 46Yu Xiaogang: I'm Reporting Dao Long for Plagiarism

Yu Xiaogang learned that Dao Long had treated his injured leg and accused him of plagiarizing his martial soul theory, but the dean explained that Dao Long and his son had helped save him. After returning to Nuoding City, Yu Xiaogang forbade Tang San from going to the smithy and ordered him to train in combat techniques, leaving Tang San looking for a way to prove himself against Wang Sheng.

  • Yu Xiaogang demanded to confront Dao Long, but the dean explained that Dao Long had treated his leg and that Dao Long's Soul King son had arranged the help.
  • The dean said the Soul King had asked about Yu Xiaogang's theories and was known as Scarface, prompting Yu Xiaogang to plan to report Dao Long to Spirit Hall after returning to Nuoding City.
  • Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the dean traveled back to Nuoding City by carriage.
  • Tang San planned to return to smithing, but Yu Xiaogang scolded him and ordered him to attend combat training every afternoon instead.
  • Tang San spotted Wang Sheng practicing spear techniques with Xu Yuan and considered defeating Wang Sheng to satisfy Yu Xiaogang.

Ch. 47Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track Was Ruined

Tang San wagered that he could defeat the strongest student at Nouding Academy within one incense stick using only his Blue Silver Grass, hoping to keep visiting the Blacksmith Shop. When he attempted Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track against Xu Yuan, he fractured his ankle without being struck and feared that his leg Soul Bone had ruined his technique.

  • Tang San wagered with Yu Xiaogang that he could defeat the academy's strongest student without using Soul Bone Skills, and Yu Xiaogang made Xu Yuan his opponent.
  • Yu Xiaogang and Tang San found Xu Yuan transformed in appearance and dominating Wang Sheng with an iron spear.
  • Wang Sheng declared Xu Yuan the academy's strongest student, and Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to challenge him.
  • Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to approach Xu Yuan, but his ankle suddenly fractured before Xu Yuan attacked.
  • Tang San realized that the Soul Bone in his right leg stabilized his center of gravity and feared it had ruined Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

Ch. 48I Will Destroy the Wish-Granting Tree at Any Cost

After Tang San's Soul Bone made his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track unusable, Yu Xiaogang forbade him from using Xu Yuan's wish-granting tree and decided to take him out of classes for private study. Tang San was hauled away as Yu Xiaogang headed off to write a denunciation to Spirit Hall.

  • Tang San tried to use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but his Soul Bone's gravity effect conflicted with the footwork and fractured his ankle.
  • Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that the Soul Bone prevented him from using his footwork, and Yu Xiaogang suggested he stop using it or create a new technique.
  • Yu Xiaogang offered to devise a footwork technique using his theoretical knowledge, but Tang San proposed wishing on Xu Yuan's wish-granting tree instead.
  • Yu Xiaogang forbade Xu Yuan from granting Tang San a wish and threatened to destroy the wish-granting tree if he disobeyed.
  • Yu Xiaogang ordered the Dean to take Tang San to his dormitory and remove him from classes, while he went to write a denunciation to Spirit Hall.

Ch. 49Yuan-Wu Power

Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu discovered that their circulating soul power greatly accelerated each other’s cultivation, and they named their method Yuan-Wu Power. After several months, Xiao Wu became a Soul Grandmaster, and she and Xu Yuan headed for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings.

  • Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu found that exchanging soul power more than doubled Xu Yuan’s cultivation speed and quickly filled Xiao Wu with power.
  • Xiao Wu deduced that Xu Yuan’s soul power was far above level twenty and agreed to keep his strength secret in exchange for his help cultivating.
  • Xu Yuan agreed to help Xiao Wu cultivate while she taught him about soul beasts, and they named their method Yuan-Wu Power.
  • Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu cultivated together and sold the Wish-Granting Tree’s refreshed wish slots to soul masters in Nuoding City.
  • After several months, Xiao Wu broke through to Soul Grandmaster, and she and Xu Yuan set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ch. 50Yu Xiaogang: Who can't turn along a curve?

Yu Xiaogang demonstrated his self-created Burst Step to Tang San and defended straight-line speed as the ideal for agility-type Soul Masters. After giving Tang San the cultivation instructions and sending him home for the academy holiday, Yu Xiaogang resumed his cultivation and letter-writing while Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu reached a secluded forest path near the Star Dou Great Forest.

  • Yu Xiaogang showed Tang San Burst Step, and Tang San praised its speed but pointed out its weakness on complicated terrain.
  • Yu Xiaogang argued that agility-type Soul Masters should prioritize straight-line speed and cited the Speed Clan's former leader as an example of Extreme Flow's power.
  • Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San instructions for cultivating Burst Step and told him to pack for the academy holiday and visit his father.
  • After Tang San left, Yu Xiaogang tried cultivating, found his Soul Power still at rank twenty-one, and continued writing his letter reporting Dao Long.
  • Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu traveled to Outer Town near the Star Dou Great Forest, then took a detour to a dense stretch of woods, where Xiao Wu beckoned Xu Yuan toward a small path.
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