Chapter Summaries

Tang Yin cared for his younger sister, Tang San Niang, while their neglectful father Tang Hao refused to support them. On the day of their martial soul awakening, Tang San Niang awakened a Blue Silver Grass martial soul with golden markings, leaving Tang Yin stunned by its resemblance to the Blue Silver Emperor.

• Tang Yin supported himself and Tang San Niang by gathering vegetables, and Old Jack promised to take them to their martial soul awakening the next day.
• Tang Hao refused Tang San Niang's request to accompany the siblings to the awakening, and she sought comfort in Tang Yin's arms.
• The next morning, Tang Hao ordered the children to return at noon to cook while Old Jack waited outside to take them.
• At the Spirit Hall Branch, Tang San Niang awakened Blue Silver Grass bearing natural golden markings, and Tang Yin wondered if it was the Blue Silver Emperor.

Tang Yin and Tang San Niang awakened extraordinary abilities, but Tang Hao refused to let them attend school. After Tang San Niang revealed her Blue Silver Emperor and Tang Yin showed his Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao knelt in joy and entrusted Tang San Niang’s protection to her brother.

• Tang San Niang demonstrated innate full soul power, and Tang Yin awakened the Spirit Veins martial soul along with innate full soul power.
• Tang Yin declined Su Yuntao’s invitation to Spirit Hall’s junior academy, saying they would ask their father first.
• Old Jack tried to persuade Tang Hao to send the siblings to Notting Junior Academy, but Tang Hao dismissed their martial souls and refused.
• Tang San Niang revealed her Blue Silver Emperor and Thousand Mechanism Butterfly, and Tang Hao became overwhelmed at seeing the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang Yin revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and dual martial souls, prompting Tang Hao to fall to his knees and celebrate the children’s potential.
• Tang Hao placed Tang San Niang’s hand in Tang Yin’s and told him to use his hammer to protect her grass.

Tang Hao agreed to teach Tang Yin the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer after Tang Yin and Tang San Niang chose to become Soul Masters. Tang Yin displayed extraordinary strength and hammer technique, and Tang Hao began demonstrating the inherited method.

• Tang Hao told Tang Yin to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer’s meridians without adding Soul Rings or revealing it, while Tang San Niang agreed to cultivate the Blue Silver Emperor first.
• Tang Hao sent Tang San Niang away and brought Tang Yin to the smithy to teach him the family hammer technique.
• Tang Yin lifted the enormous hammer and struck a glowing iron ingot with nine increasingly powerful blows, flattening it.
• Tang Hao marveled at Tang Yin’s self-taught power generation but concealed his amazement and criticized his forging skills.
• Tang Hao named the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and began demonstrating it to Tang Yin.

Tang Yin impressed Tang Hao by adapting the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with Taiji footwork and forging pig iron into refined iron. Tang Hao left Tang Yin to practice and ordered him to discipline Tang San Niang after catching her peeking at the secret technique.

• Tang Hao demonstrated the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and handed the forging hammer to Tang Yin.
• Tang Yin adapted his stance with Taiji techniques, struck the iron thirty-six times, and expelled its impurities.
• Tang Hao was astonished by Tang Yin’s talent, embraced him, and left to wash up.
• Tang Hao caught Tang San Niang peeking from the bedroom and scolded her for trying to learn the Clear Sky Sect’s secret technique.
• Tang Yin defended Tang San Niang, and Tang Hao told him to discipline his younger sister strictly.

Tang Yin forgave Tang San Niang for secretly learning forging and offered to help her make a hidden weapon. At dinner, he hinted that plants deprived of sunlight would wither, prompting Tang Hao to rush out to move Ah Yin's grave.

• Tang San Niang apologized for secretly learning someone else's craft, and Tang Yin told her not to act against her conscience before reassuring her he would teach her.
• Tang Yin showed Tang San Niang a piece of mother iron and agreed to make the first hidden weapon in the Hidden Weapon Compendium with her.
• Tang Hao returned with a cured pork hock, cleaned up, and shared dinner with his children.
• Tang Yin asked Tang San Niang what happened to plants without sunlight, and she answered that they withered and died.
• Shocked by the answer, Tang Hao left to move Ah Yin's grave, and Tang Yin offered for him and Tang San Niang to help.

Tang Hao took Tang Yin and Tang San Niang to visit Ah Yin, where their Blue Silver Emperor powers awakened and formed a Blue Silver Domain that revived her growth. After revealing the family’s past and apologizing for his failures, Tang Hao found hope that Ah Yin could return to life and said he knew a place where she could grow.

• Tang Hao led Tang Yin and Tang San Niang through a hidden entrance behind a waterfall to Ah Yin’s resting place.
• Tang San Niang’s Blue Silver Emperor martial soul and Tang Yin’s spirit meridian martial soul manifested together, forming a Blue Silver Domain that strengthened Tang Yin’s meridians and caused Ah Yin to grow.
• Ah Yin reached out with her leaves to touch Tang Hao and both children, but she remained without her mind or speech.
• Tang Hao told the siblings how Ah Yin had died and confessed his failures as a father, then promised to protect them.
• Tang Yin explained that Ah Yin might revive if her seed received three essential conditions, and Tang Hao said he knew a suitable place for her to grow.

Tang Yin guided Tang San Niang’s cultivation while Tang Hao traveled to retrieve a rare treasure. After Tang Yin broke through to the second realm of the Purple Demon Eye, Tang Hao returned with fresh ten-thousand-year whale brain for the siblings to consume.

• Tang Hao stored the Blue Silver Emperor and left for the Blue Silver Forest, while Tang Yin promised Tang San Niang they would make her Sleeve Arrows during his absence.
• Tang Yin told Tang San Niang he would guide her toward ultimate life and a future Life Godhood, and speculated about the gods influencing the altered worldline.
• Tang Yin and Tang San Niang practiced the Purple Demon Eye at dawn, and Tang Yin broke through to its second realm, Subtlety.
• The siblings forged two sets of Silent Sleeve Arrows and took small repair jobs at the Blacksmith Shop.
• Tang Hao returned from the Demon Whale Sea with fresh ten-thousand-year whale brain, which had healed most of his injuries, and urged the siblings to consume it.

Tang Yin and Tang San Niang absorbed whale brain, tempering their bodies and revealing the potential of martial arts in the world of soul power. After celebrating with Tang Hao, the twins set out with him for the Star Dou Great Forest, where he arrived at a town filled with memories of Ah Yin.

• Tang Hao left to buy meat after learning that Ah Yin could be resurrected, while Tang Yin gave Tang San Niang the first piece of whale brain and watched over her as she absorbed it.
• Tang San Niang endured the whale brain's physical and sensual side effects, expelled impurities, and hurried off to bathe after finishing her body tempering.
• Tang Yin absorbed the remaining whale brain, discovered that his muscles and bones had formed a unified strength he called Dark Force, and reflected on the potential of martial arts in this world.
• Tang Hao returned with roast suckling pig, and the family shared a lavish meal before preparing to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Half a month later, Tang Hao arrived with Tang Yin and Tang San Niang at a town bordering the Star Dou Great Forest and remembered meeting Ah Yin there.

Tang Yin attacked Ma Hongjun after he leered at Tang San Niang and insulted their family, prompting Tang Hao to reveal his overwhelming power as a Titled Douluo. He ordered Flender and the others to punish themselves, and Zhao Wuji obeyed by slapping himself and cutting off an arm.

• Tang Hao brought Tang Yin and Tang San Niang to a hotel near the Star Dou Great Forest, where he shared memories of the place.
• Ma Hongjun leered at Tang San Niang and mocked Tang Yin and his companions while Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Li Yusong watched.
• Tang Yin fired two chopsticks at Ma Hongjun, but Zhao Wuji caught them and threatened Tang Yin.
• Tang Hao released the pressure of his nine soul rings, making Ma Hongjun faint and forcing Flender and Zhao Wuji to prostrate themselves.
• Tang Hao ordered the group to slap themselves ten times and cut off an arm, and Zhao Wuji complied, injuring himself.

Tang Yin and Tang Hao forced Flender, Li Yusong, and Zhao Wuji to mutilate themselves for provoking their family. Tang San Niang then injured Ma Hongjun to punish him for his predatory behavior, leaving Flender holding his screaming disciple.

• Zhao Wuji severed his arm, but Tang Yin demanded that Flender and Li Yusong also pay for their actions.
• Tang Yin began counting down, and Li Yusong and Flender each cut off an arm and endured ten slaps.
• Tang Yin ordered the men to pay their bill and leave, while Tang San Niang confronted the unconscious Ma Hongjun.
• Tang San Niang struck Ma Hongjun in the groin with a Sleeve Arrow, and Flender gathered his screaming disciple into his arms.

Tang Yin challenged the accepted theory of first soul ring limits and explained his plans for his and Tang San Niang’s first soul rings. Tang Hao became convinced by Tang Yin’s reasoning, but was shocked when Tang Yin chose a three-thousand-year-old Strangling Banyan.

• Tang Yin’s group entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Tang Hao, who asked Tang Yin to explain his soul ring plans.
• Tang Yin proposed a seven-hundred-year-old starburst dandelion or a thousand-year-old Jade Spirit Bamboo for Tang San Niang’s Blue Silver Emperor martial soul.
• Tang Hao objected that Tang San Niang’s options exceeded the supposed 423-year first soul ring limit, but Tang Yin argued that the theory lacked evidence and ignored differences in talent, physique, and soul power control.
• Tang Hao accepted Tang Yin’s criticism of Yu Xiaogang’s theory and regretted considering him as a teacher for the children.
• Tang Yin explained that his martial soul was a body martial soul and chose a three-thousand-year-old Strangling Banyan for his first soul ring, startling Tang Hao.

Tang Yin absorbed a three-thousand-year-old Strangling Banyan soul ring with Tang San Niang’s help, breaking through to rank fifteen. Tang San Niang collapsed from exhausting her soul power, and Tang Hao planned for the family to rest before hunting her soul ring.

• Tang Hao destroyed the Strangling Banyan’s aerial roots and had Tang Yin kill it himself to claim its soul ring.
• Tang Yin began absorbing the three-thousand-year-old soul ring, and the energy tore through his meridians as he struggled to contain it.
• Tang San Niang summoned her Blue Silver Emperor martial soul and sent vitality into Tang Yin, helping him finish absorbing the ring and reach rank fifteen.
• Tang San Niang fainted after exhausting her soul power, and Tang Hao assured Tang Yin that she would recover with a few days of rest.
• Tang Yin carried his sister away, resolved to protect her, while Tang Hao planned for them to hunt her soul ring after resting.

Tang Yin helped Tang San Niang gain her first soul ring and soul skill in the Star Dou Great Forest, where she met Xiao Wu at a secluded pool. Tang Hao recognized Xiao Wu’s true identity and went to confront two powerful presences in the woods, while Tang Yin offered Xiao Wu food.

• Tang Yin used his energy to help Tang San Niang safely absorb a thousand-year-old Jade Spirit Bamboo soul ring, raising her to rank fourteen and awakening Desolate Wind.
• Tang San Niang went to wash in a secluded pool while Tang Yin and Tang Hao prepared lunch nearby.
• Xiao Wu left Da Ming and Er Ming, stopped at the pool for water, and mistook Tang San Niang for a mermaid when she emerged.
• Tang San Niang introduced herself to Xiao Wu, and the two girls quickly became fond of each other.
• Tang Hao recognized Xiao Wu as a soul beast in human form, sensed two Titled Douluo-level presences nearby, and hurried into the woods.
• Tang Yin introduced himself to Xiao Wu and offered her roasted pheasant legs, which she accepted after her stomach rumbled.

Tang Hao negotiated with Da Ming and Er Ming to care for their young companion in exchange for two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones. When he returned, he adopted Xiao Wu as his daughter, making her Tang Yin and Tang San Niang's little sister.

• Da Ming and Er Ming met Tang Hao and offered three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones if he would look after their companion until she matured.
• Tang Hao bargained for two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, with one paid in advance, and Da Ming agreed to provide the soul bone in three days and cover the girl's expenses in human society.
• While Tang Hao was away, Xiao Wu worried that he might encounter Da Ming and Er Ming and admired Tang Yin's care for Tang San Niang.
• Tang Hao returned and, after learning Xiao Wu's parents had died, offered to adopt her as his daughter.
• Xiao Wu accepted Tang Hao's offer and happily greeted Tang Yin and Tang San Niang as her big brother and big sister.

Tang Yin’s family returned to the Blacksmith Shop with Xiao Wu, while Tang Hao left for Nuoding City to confront Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang dismissed another failed disciple and demanded that the hooded visitor address him as “Grandmaster.”

• Tang San Niang blocked Xiao Wu from reaching Tang Yin, but Xiao Wu tackled her and clung to her, leaving Tang San Niang puzzled by her feelings.
• Tang Hao told Tang Yin to care for Xiao Wu, his old friend’s daughter, and the family set out home after resting in a nearby town.
• Xiao Wu peppered Tang Hao with questions during the journey, then teased Tang San Niang until Tang Yin stopped her from touching her sister inappropriately.
• Back at the Blacksmith Shop, Tang Hao gave Tang Yin a Storage Soul Tool with Gold Soul Coins and left to find Whale Brain for Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao flew toward Nuoding City, intending to settle accounts with Yu Xiaogang, who had just dismissed another disciple as a failure.
• A hooded visitor entered Yu Xiaogang’s room, and Yu Xiaogang insisted that the stranger show respect by calling him “Grandmaster.”

Tang Hao beat Yu Xiaogang after confronting him over his theories, leaving the academy teachers to laugh at Yu Xiaogang’s account of the attack. Meanwhile, Tang Yin began stance training for Tang San Niang and Xiao Wu, believing that precise control of soul power could expand how soul masters used their martial souls.

• Tang Hao rejected Yu Xiaogang’s theories, then whipped him repeatedly while controlling his strength so he would not be seriously hurt.
• The Nuoding Academy dean and teachers found Yu Xiaogang battered and mocked his explanation that someone had attacked him just to whip him into spinning.
• Tang San Niang woke Xiao Wu, and the two joined Tang Yin for breakfast after he and Tang San Niang had gathered purple qi.
• Tang Yin prepared a training ground and began special stance training for Tang San Niang and Xiao Wu.
• Tang Yin reasoned that soul masters’ reliance on soul skills came from their lack of precise control over soul power.

Tang Yin trained Tang San Niang and Xiao Wu in martial fundamentals and helped Tang San Niang improve her Blue Silver Emperor control. Their practice was interrupted by Huo Wu, a Soul Grandmaster from Blazing Fire City, who challenged them to a fight and agreed to help Tang Yin obtain crimson sun stone if they won.

• Tang Yin taught Xiao Wu and Tang San Niang the Three-Talent Stance as he laid the foundation for their cultivation.
• Tang San Niang used her Blue Silver Emperor leaves to bind Tang Yin, and he advised her to keep practicing her control.
• Huo Wu arrived on a Firelie Bird and introduced herself as a visitor from Blazing Fire City after Xiao Wu and Tang San Niang confronted her.
• Xiao Wu challenged Huo Wu, who revealed she was a level thirty control-type Soul Grandmaster and offered to fight all three siblings at once.
• Tang Yin asked Huo Wu to help him buy crimson sun stone if they won, and she cheerfully agreed.

Tang Yin, Tang San Niang, and Xiao Wu defeated Huo Wu in a three-on-one spar, then shared wine and became friends. Huo Wu departed to hunt for a soul ring, while Tang Yin secretly watched her leave and wondered why she called herself a Control System Soul Master despite her offensive abilities.

• Tang Yin, Tang San Niang, and Xiao Wu introduced themselves and challenged Huo Wu, who accepted despite their apparent level disadvantage.
• Tang San Niang and Xiao Wu pressured Huo Wu with their martial souls while Tang Yin seized her wrist and subdued her by pressing a point on her back.
• Tang Yin and Huo Wu shared Firefloss Fruit Wine, and Huo Wu gave him the gourd and promised to bring him more wine and find a crimson sun stone after returning to the academy.
• Tang Yin questioned why Huo Wu called herself a Control System Soul Master when her fire affinity and fighting style suited the power attack system, then pretended to pass out drunk.
• Huo Wu left on the Firelie Bird, and Tang Yin revealed that he was sober as storm clouds and darkness covered the sky.

Tang Yin planned to move the family to Nuoding City and make a living through forging while he and Tang San Niang developed Tang Sect hidden weapons. Three days later, Huo Wu visited and openly flirted with Tang Yin as Xiao Wu and Tang San Niang reacted to her attention.

• Tang Yin decided they did not need the village work-study quota and considered buying a house and forge in Nuoding City.
• Tang San Niang joined Tang Yin in bed because Xiao Wu's tossing and turning had kept her awake, and the siblings discussed having Tang Hao sell Tang Yin's forged iron.
• Huo Wu arrived as promised and asked to see Tang Yin at the forge, where she watched him work and said she took back what she had said before.
• Huo Wu teased Xiao Wu by saying Tang Yin looked delicious, while Tang Yin focused on forging and Tang San Niang worked the bellows.
• Tang San Niang changed into a new dress and prepared to receive Huo Wu alongside Tang Yin.

Huo Wu accompanied Tang Yin to Nuoding City to buy osmanthus wine and food, and the two grew closer during their trip. After they shared dinner with Tang San Niang and Xiao Wu, Tang Hao arrived outside the Blacksmith Shop and listened to their laughter, remembering a gathering from years before.

• Huo Wu invited Tang Yin to Nuoding City to buy osmanthus wine and rode with him on her Firelie Bird.
• Tang Yin and Huo Wu bought wine and food, then took turns holding each other during the flight back.
• Tang Yin, Huo Wu, Tang San Niang, and Xiao Wu toasted Huo Wu's successful soul hunting, but Xiao Wu fell asleep after one bowl.
• Tang Yin carried Xiao Wu to bed, then returned to share osmanthus wine and talk with Huo Wu and Tang San Niang.
• Tang Hao arrived outside the Blacksmith Shop, listened to their laughter, and remembered sitting around a campfire with two boys and a girl years earlier.