Chapter Summaries

Tang San and Ma Hongjun explored Geyin City, watched a soul fight, and registered for individual and team matches under the name Blue Dream Combo. Ma Hongjun was called to face Xiao Ruoxue of the Rose Mercenary Group in his first one-on-one match.

• Grandmaster left Tang San and Ma Hongjun to explore Geyin City while he took the Iron Horse to a carriage depot, and they agreed to meet at the Big Wasp Hotel at sunset.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun toured the city, ate lunch, and watched Soul Elders fight at the Geyin Soul Fighting Arena.
• Ma Hongjun suggested that they compete, and Tang San and Ma Hongjun registered for individual and two-on-two soul fights.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun chose the team name Blue Phoenix, but Ma Hongjun misspoke, so the staff registered them as the Blue Dream Combo.
• A staff member escorted Ma Hongjun to face Xiao Ruoxue, a Soul Grandmaster with a cold iron vine martial soul, while Tang San followed to watch.

Ma Hongjun fought Xiao Ruoxue in the Soul Fighting Arena, where her higher cultivation and resistance to his flames challenged him. Grandmaster predicted Ma Hongjun would win, and the match ended with Xiao Ruoxue knocked off the stage and Ma Hongjun declared victorious.

• Ma Hongjun handed the Phoenix Emperor to Tang San before facing Xiao Ruoxue in the arena.
• Ma Hongjun and Xiao Ruoxue introduced their Martial Souls and cultivation ranks, then began fighting.
• Ma Hongjun dodged Xiao Ruoxue’s hardened Cold Iron Vine and attacked with Phoenix Fire Line, while she used her chill to resist his flames.
• Grandmaster arrived, approved of Tang San and Ma Hongjun entering the match, and told Tang San he believed Ma Hongjun would win.
• Ma Hongjun struck Xiao Ruoxue hard enough to send her off the stage, and the announcer declared him the winner with one win and zero losses.

Ma Hongjun defeated Xiao Ruoxue with the Scarlet Feather Phoenix's second stage, then Tang San began his debut match against Li Zhanya of the Hunting Wolf Mercenary Group. Tang San unleashed the Blue Silver Boundless Sword and drove Li Zhanya to the edge of the arena, but Li Zhanya remained confident he could win.

• Ma Hongjun baited Xiao Ruoxue into an all-out attack, then used the Scarlet Feather Phoenix's second stage to knock her off the platform.
• Ma Hongjun drank Tang San's Healing Blue Silver Dew, and Grandmaster praised his victory while reminding him not to gamble recklessly with his life.
• Tang San entered the arena to face Li Zhanya, a rank twenty-nine Battle Soul Master from the Hunting Wolf Mercenary Group.
• Tang San met Li Zhanya's Wolf Fang Frenzy Blade with the Blue Silver Creation Palm, then evaded Iron-Crushing Fang with the Flying Floss Movement Technique.
• Li Zhanya cut through Tang San's Blue Silver net with Exploding Fang and sent the blade's fangs flying toward him.
• Tang San unleashed the Blue Silver Boundless Sword, shattered Li Zhanya's attack, and forced him to the arena's edge, but Li Zhanya still believed he could win.

Tang San defeated Li Zhanya, then used the encounter to secure business arrangements with the Hunting Wolf Mercenary Group and establish shops in Geyin City. After a year of growth and training, rumors of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Hundred Flowers Mountains threatened their peaceful routine.

• Tang San recovered his strength with Energy Storage and defeated Li Zhanya, earning the crowd’s acclaim.
• Tang San demonstrated his Blue Silver Dewdrop to Li Zhanya and negotiated with Li Daya for premises, protection, advertising, and priority access to his medicines.
• Tang San offered Li Daya a suit of Chainmail, and the group opened Tang’s Medicine Shop and Tang’s Blacksmith Shop in Geyin City.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Grandmaster explored the Hundred Flowers Mountains, developed new medicines, and trained; after a year, Tang San had reached level twenty-nine and Ma Hongjun level twenty-eight.
• Tang San heard that a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had appeared in the Hundred Flowers Mountains and caused the Poison Miasma, with Spirit Hall already investigating.

Tang San learned that a Calamity Flower Demon and a poison-wielding Evil Soul Master had overwhelmed the Hundred Flowers Mountains, leaving Grandmaster’s investigation team badly injured. Spirit Hall had dispatched reinforcements, and Grandmaster expected them to arrive that night.

• Tang San heard that Spirit Hall investigators had suffered losses in the Hundred Flowers Mountains and left Ma Hongjun and the Black Rose Mercenary Group to find Grandmaster.
• Tang San found Grandmaster injured in Spirit Hall’s Infirmary and learned that a Calamity Flower Demon nearing the hundred-thousand-year level was working with a Soul Saint-level Evil Soul Master.
• Grandmaster told Tang San that the Evil Soul Master used the Calamity Flower Demon’s neurotoxins to control around a hundred poisoned Wolf Bandits, and that the investigation team had suffered deaths and severe injuries.
• Grandmaster explained that a Soul Master’s evil came from their heart rather than their Martial Soul, and said the Evil Soul Master seemed to cultivate by devouring poison.
• Grandmaster told Tang San that Spirit Hall had dispatched reinforcements who were expected to arrive that night, using flying Soul Beasts for transport.

Spirit Hall’s Golden Squad arrived in Geyin City to confront an Evil Soul Master in the Hundred Flowers Mountains, and Qian Renxue settled on a plan to attack the enemy stronghold. The meeting ended with Tang San drawing the squad’s attention after Grandmaster recommended him for the infiltration team.

• Qian Renxue stopped Hu Liena and Xiao Wu from criticizing Bibi Dong as the Golden Squad traveled to Geyin City.
• Yan teased Xie Yue about Hu Liena and Xiao Wu, while the squad continued toward its mission.
• The Golden Squad arrived in Geyin City and met with the local authorities, Grandmaster, and others to discuss the Wolf Bandits and the Evil Soul Master.
• Tang San observed the squad and recognized Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan as powerful and capable.
• Qian Renxue approved a plan to use mercenaries as a feint while the main force attacked the enemy stronghold from the air.
• Grandmaster recommended Tang San for the infiltration team and revealed that his soul skill was the Purification Dewdrop, prompting Qian Renxue to ask him to demonstrate his abilities.

Ma Hongjun was wrongly accused by Xiao Wu while carrying the drunken Xiao Ruoxue home, and her attempt to use Charm destabilized his control of his Evil Fire. Tang San intervened to help him and confronted Xiao Wu, while Hu Liena acknowledged Tang San's immense potential.

• Xiao Ruoxue got drunk and complained about the Black Rose Mercenary Group, so Luo Yao asked Ma Hongjun to take her home.
• Xiao Wu accused Ma Hongjun of abducting Xiao Ruoxue, and he explained that he was taking her home because she had drunk too much.
• Xiao Wu used her Charm Soul Skill on Ma Hongjun, disrupting his mental control and causing his Evil Fire to surge.
• Tang San arrived and used his Blue Silver Creation Soul Power to steady Ma Hongjun, while Xiao Ruoxue readied herself to protect him.
• Tang San criticized Xiao Wu for remaining immature, and Xiao Wu froze under the killing intent he released.
• Hu Liena recalled her spiritual clash with Tang San and admitted that he had limitless potential.

Tang San resisted Hu Liena’s charm and earned Qian Renxue’s permission to join the operation at Hundred Flowers Mountains. After intervening in Xiao Wu’s dispute with Ma Hongjun, Tang San helped settle the matter, while Xie Yue made clear that he considered Tang San a rival.

• Tang San used the Asura Demon Heart Art to withstand Hu Liena’s charm, and Qian Renxue stopped their clash and approved his participation in the next day’s operation.
• Tang San sensed trouble with Ma Hongjun and found Xiao Wu accused of attacking him after mistaking his intentions.
• Tang San heard both sides, told Xiao Wu to apologize, and used the Asura Bewitching Heart Curse to make Xie Yue listen to his account.
• Xie Yue paid Ma Hongjun gold coins to settle the dispute and warned Tang San that they would face each other in the Elite Tournament.
• Xie Yue privately resolved to overcome Tang San, whom he viewed as the Dharma Sutra practitioner his teacher had warned him against.

Virus, an Evil Soul Master, recalled how his greed and a Spirit Hall deacon’s drug trade destroyed his life and transformed him, then sent controlled Wolf Bandits against the mercenaries surrounding his stronghold. Qian Renxue’s squad descended into the poison miasma and caught Virus with a coordinated attack, leaving his hands badly burned.

• Virus remembered how he made New Five-Stone Powder for a Spirit Hall deacon, his wife became addicted, and he poisoned an entire town, transforming his toad martial soul and becoming an Evil Soul Master.
• Virus vowed to kill the intruders and sent the Wolf Bandits under his control to attack the mercenary groups.
• Qian Renxue dispersed the poison miasma with her six-winged angel martial soul, and the squad jumped down and attacked Virus’s cave.
• The team formed a defensive ring, while Tang San used his blue silver grass and spiritual power to sense Virus through the poison.
• Tang San restrained Virus, Gao Yuli followed with a sound-based control effect, and Qian Renxue’s Judgment Sacred Sword struck him, burning his hands.

Virus transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Toad Avatar and fought the Golden Squad with poison and the Wolf Bandits. After Xie Yue and Hu Liena unleashed Demon Charm, Tang San followed Virus into the cave, where he found Qian Renxue overcome by Five-Stone Powder and confronted the man he called Virus or Tom.

• Virus activated his Jade Phosphorous Toad Avatar, flooded the battlefield with poison, and ordered the remaining Wolf Bandits to attack.
• Qian Renxue, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and their companions held off the Wolf Bandits while Virus tried to disrupt Xie Yue and Hu Liena's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tang San used Gao Yuli and Xu Yu's enhancements to raise a spinning barrier of blue silver grass that blocked Virus's corrosive sludge and the Wolf Bandits.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena completed Demon Charm, suppressing and slaughtering the Wolf Bandits as Virus fled into the cave and Qian Renxue and Tang San pursued him.
• Tang San found Qian Renxue delirious from Five-Stone Powder, purified the poison, and challenged the coughing Virus by asking whether he should call him Virus or Tom.

Tang San and Qian Renxue confronted Tom, whose last act transformed the Calamity Flower Demon into Annie, his resurrected beloved. After Annie revealed what she knew and chose to die, Qian Renxue let her go, leaving her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone unclaimed.

• Tang San exposed that Tom was an Evil Soul Master and offered him the Poison Spirit Pearl, while revealing that Qian Renxue had only pretended to be poisoned.
• Qian Renxue cornered Tom and demanded that he choose between taking his own life and being purified; Tom told Tang San about his hidden laboratory and knowledge.
• Tom swallowed the Poison Spirit Pearl and transferred its power and his soul power to the Calamity Flower Demon, awakening Annie as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Annie explained her past to Tang San and Qian Renxue, then chose to follow Tom in death; Qian Renxue agreed not to reveal her existence.
• Qian Renxue pointed out Annie's unclaimed red soul ring, but Tang San declined to take it and said Qian Renxue could claim the soul bone if she wished.

Tang San and Qian Renxue investigated Virus's lair, recovered his records and materials, and returned to Geyin City. Later, Grandmaster ordered Tang San and Ma Hongjun to delay obtaining their next Soul Rings, while Bibi Dong reflected on Tang San's differences from the one she had seen in the future.

• Qian Renxue purified the cave, recovered the sinister skull Soul Bone, and sent Hu Liena and the others to clean up after the Wolf Bandits.
• Tang San found Virus's hidden laboratory, studied his diary and experimental records, collected useful materials, and gave the records to Qian Renxue.
• The Golden Squad returned to Geyin City, where the city celebrated; Tang San visited the injured Ma Hongjun and learned Li Zhanya and Chu Qingyan had become a couple.
• Tang San reported his discoveries to Grandmaster, who ordered him and Ma Hongjun to spend up to a year strengthening their spiritual power and foundations before obtaining new Soul Rings.
• Bibi Dong listened to Qian Renxue's report and thought that Tang San differed from the one she had seen in the future, though they would eventually face each other.

Bibi Dong reflected on how the Imperial Extremity Shocking the World Book had helped her change fate and told Qian Renxue that Tang San was Clear Sky Douluo’s son. Qian Daoliu stopped Qian Renxue from attacking Tang San, who remained unaware of the danger while training with Ma Hongjun.

• Bibi Dong recalled seeing Spirit Hall’s defeat in her dreams and explained that her efforts had disrupted Tang San’s path and strengthened Spirit Hall’s prospects.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue that Tang San was Clear Sky Douluo’s son, and Qian Renxue resolved to deal with him.
• Bibi Dong refused to provide Spirit Hall’s support for Qian Renxue’s plan and urged her to act with patience.
• Qian Daoliu arrived and forbade Qian Renxue from killing Tang San, arguing that it would dishonor their family and damage Spirit Hall’s reputation.
• Qian Daoliu took Qian Renxue to train while Tang San and Ma Hongjun ran through a chaotic training exercise.

A year after pausing their cultivation, Tang San and Ma Hongjun traveled with Grandmaster toward Suotuo City to seek help obtaining their third soul rings. They encountered a black-haired Soul Master whose carriage had been harassed by thugs, and Tang San asked her to return to her carriage so they could continue their journey.

• Tang San and Ma Hongjun reflected on how they had spent the past year honing their skills and mental power while keeping their soul power at level thirty.
• Grandmaster explained that he was taking them to Suotuo City to ask an old friend, who ran Shrek Academy, for help finding their third soul rings.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun discussed the soul skills they hoped to obtain, with Ma Hongjun aiming for flight and Tang San hoping for a vitality-related ability.
• Tang San noticed thugs harassing a carriage, and Ma Hongjun eagerly went to intervene.
• A black-haired girl revealed two yellow soul rings, frightening the thugs into fleeing without a fight.
• Tang San introduced himself and asked the girl to return to her carriage so their group could continue on the road.

Tang San and Ma Hongjun met Zhu Zhuqing on the way to Suotuo City and learned that she could perceive unusual auras. After entering the city, they encountered Oscar, a food-type Soul Master selling pungent snacks from a cart.

• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing sensed something unusual about each other, and Zhu Zhuqing introduced herself before boarding her carriage.
• Grandmaster speculated that Zhu Zhuqing belonged to the Star Luo Empire's Zhu Family and explained the Hell Spirit Cat's unusual sight.
• Tang San teased Ma Hongjun about failing to notice Zhu Zhuqing's gaze and ordered him to practice the Asura Bewitching Heart Curse.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun reached Suotuo City, where Grandmaster handled their formalities and the two wandered the streets.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun approached Oscar's foul-smelling food cart, and Ma Hongjun ordered twenty skewers of stinky tofu and grilled sausages.

Tang San and Ma Hongjun met Oscar in Suotuo City and agreed to follow him toward Shrek Academy, but Dai Mubai warned them about the academy’s brutal training. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang reunited with Flender and asked him to help his students obtain their third Soul Rings; they went out to meet Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar.

• Tang San and Ma Hongjun tasted Oscar’s Stinky Tofu and sausages, discovered their restorative effects, and suspected Oscar had a special food-producing Martial Soul.
• Oscar told Tang San and Ma Hongjun a sob story to persuade them to visit his family restaurant, and they agreed to play along because they were heading to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai interrupted Oscar and warned Tang San and Ma Hongjun that Shrek’s training could brutalize students and drive them to flee.
• Yu Xiaogang entered Flender’s general store, apologized for their estrangement, and asked Flender to help his students obtain their third Soul Rings.
• Flender agreed to find Yu Xiaogang’s students, and the two went outside and encountered Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar.

Tang San and Ma Hongjun met Flender at his shop and learned about Oscar's unusual Gourmet Twin Hands Martial Soul. Flender ordered Oscar to run fifty laps around Suotuo City after warning him about revealing his abilities, but first required the introductions to continue.

• Tang San and Ma Hongjun went with Dai Mubai and Oscar to Flender's shop, where they met Flender and Grandmaster.
• Tang San spotted valuable materials among Flender's Soul Tools and praised the possibility of hidden treasures in the shop.
• Oscar explained that his Gourmet Twin Hands could enhance food through cooking and create stored meals with powerful effects, while his Soul Rings provided no Soul Skills.
• Flender revealed that Oscar concealed his real Martial Soul in public and warned him about exposing it to strangers.
• Flender ordered Oscar to run fifty laps around Suotuo City, then told him to finish the introductions before leaving.

Tang San tested Dai Mubai and discovered that a hex had weakened his mind, vitality, and martial soul. As Dai Mubai regained some clarity, Grandmaster and Flender erupted into an embarrassing argument over their past and the Golden Iron Triangle.

• Dai Mubai told Tang San and Ma Hongjun that he had no desire to compete for the Star Luo Empire's throne or become a cold king.
• Grandmaster examined Dai Mubai, then asked Tang San to test his soul power against him.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger martial soul and White Tiger Vajra Transformation, prompting Tang San to reveal his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai focused their soul power through a fist bump, easing the oppressive atmosphere and restoring some of Dai Mubai's vitality and clarity.
• Grandmaster accused Flender of failing to notice Dai Mubai's sabotaged martial soul and Oscar's laziness, and the two argued about Erlong and the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Tang San detected a wisp of black energy in Dai Mubai's mind and concluded that a hex had weakened his vitality, energy, and spirit.

Tang San helped Dai Mubai recover, reunited the group at Shrek Academy, and put Grandmaster in charge of its affairs. He prepared a medicinal bath for Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, then joined them in the pool.

• Ma Hongjun used his flames to shave Oscar's burned beard, easing the tension among the group.
• Tang San bought a dark blue-green amber from Flender at its marked price, and Grandmaster told Flender that the money could support his dream if he agreed to his plans.
• The group returned to Shrek Academy, where Flender appointed Yu Xiaogang to oversee all academy matters.
• Tang San prepared a medicinal bath to strengthen Dai Mubai and Oscar, then drew Ma Hongjun into it as well.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun screamed as they entered the pool, and Tang San stripped and jumped in after them.

Tang San and the others absorbed a medicinal bath that strengthened their bodies, and Dai Mubai reached level forty during the following half-month. Shrek Academy began recruiting students under new requirements, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived to enroll and investigate Dai Mubai before two other girls appeared.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar absorbed the medicinal liquid overnight, tempering their skin and strengthening their foundations.
• After half a month of training, Dai Mubai reached level forty, while Flender prepared Shrek Academy to recruit new students.
• Tang San administered Shrek's first admission test and gave a rejected applicant a special meditation and spiritual training method.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived seeking Dai Mubai, passed the first test with level twenty-six soul power, and waited for other applicants to join her in the next tests.
• Two girls, one pink-haired and one wearing glasses, arrived and told Tang San they wanted to enroll.