Chapter Summaries

Tang Xuan and Tang San, twin brothers who had crossed over into the Douluo Continent, cultivated on a hillside outside Holy Soul Village and discussed their stalled techniques. They raced home, with Tang Xuan demonstrating that he was faster and stronger than Tang San.

• A multicolored sphere was struck by Purple Sky Divine Thunder before a black hole swallowed it, ending the chaos's brief disturbance.
• Tang San and Tang Xuan finished their morning cultivation, and Tang San lamented that his Mysterious Heaven Skill had not advanced.
• Tang Xuan explained that his Nine-Turn God-Slaying Art had also stalled and suspected that martial soul awakening and soul rings might be needed for further progress.
• The brothers recalled their past lives and their bond as twins who had both crossed over into the Douluo Continent.
• Tang San raced home using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Tang Xuan chased him down, proving faster and stronger.

Tang Xuan and Tang San returned home, where they shared a meal with their hungover father, Tang Hao. Tang San asked to use a piece of iron to forge hidden weapons for their future journey after Martial Soul Awakening.

• Tang Xuan served meat porridge, and Tang Hao joined his sons for breakfast before returning to bed.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao for the iron essence in the corner, and Tang Hao gave him permission to use it.
• Tang Xuan asked whether Tang San planned to forge hidden weapons, and Tang San said he would make two Silent Sleeve Sword Arrows.
• Tang San resolved to rely on hidden weapons if he awakened a poor martial soul and to make the Tang Sect known in this world.

Tang Xuan and Tang San learned from Village Chief Jack that Spirit Hall would awaken the village children’s Martial Souls in three days. After Tang Hao agreed to let them participate, the brothers prepared for the upcoming awakening.

• Tang Xuan cultivated while Tang San forged parts for the Silent Sleeve Arrow at Tang Hao’s home.
• Village Chief Jack arrived and scolded Tang Hao for sleeping and neglecting his responsibilities.
• Jack told Tang Hao that Spirit Hall would awaken the Martial Souls of the village’s six-year-old children in three days, and Tang Hao agreed to let Tang Xuan and Tang San take part.
• Tang San asked what Martial Souls were, and Jack explained Soul Power, the ranks of Soul Masters, and Holy Soul Village’s history.
• Jack told the brothers to prepare and said he would collect them in three days.

Tang Xuan and Tang San went with Old Jack to the village Spirit Hall for their martial soul awakening, where Su Yuntao prepared to conduct the ceremony. The children entered the Spirit Hall, but their awakenings had not yet begun.

• Tang San worried about what martial soul he would awaken, and Tang Xuan encouraged him by saying that no martial soul was useless.
• Tang Hao heard Tang Xuan's words, briefly reacted with a bitter smile, then went back to sleep.
• Old Jack arrived to take Tang Xuan and Tang San to the village Spirit Hall, while Tang Hao told them to come back and make lunch.
• Old Jack and the boys joined the line outside the Spirit Hall, where they met Su Yuntao, a second-rank Soul Master.
• Su Yuntao dismissed Old Jack's speech and led the children into the Spirit Hall to begin the awakenings.

Su Yuntao awakened the children’s martial souls, discovering that Tang San had blue silver grass and innate full soul power while Tang Xuan revealed a powerful black-and-blue sword. The chapter ended before Su Yuntao tested Tang Xuan’s soul power.

• Su Yuntao awakened several children’s martial souls, but none had soul power.
• Tang San revealed blue silver grass, then demonstrated innate full soul power on the crystal ball.
• Su Yuntao invited Tang San to join the Spirit Hall, but Tang San reminded him to awaken Tang Xuan’s martial soul.
• Tang Xuan entered the formation and manifested a long black-and-blue sword that gave the room a chilling pressure.

Tang Xuan and Tang San awakened martial souls with innate full soul power, prompting Old Jack to arrange for them to attend Nuoding Academy despite Tang Hao’s refusal. After Tang Hao reflected on the limits of power, Tang San revealed that he seemed to have a second martial soul.

• Su Yuntao discovered that Tang Xuan and Tang San both had innate full soul power and invited them to join Spirit Hall, but Tang Xuan refused.
• Old Jack learned that Tang Xuan and Tang San were the two gifted children and offered to send them to Nuoding Academy.
• Old Jack told Tang Hao that the village would fund the brothers’ schooling, but Tang Hao refused.
• Tang Hao said that becoming a soul master could not protect the people one wanted to protect, and Tang Xuan challenged him to become stronger.
• Tang San asked whether everyone could have only one martial soul and revealed that he seemed to have another, making Tang Hao turn sharply toward him.

Tang Xuan revealed his second martial soul, and Tang Hao embraced him and Tang San before warning them to keep their hammers hidden. The brothers trained in forging and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer for a month, then completed Tang Hao’s test and earned permission to attend school.

• Tang Xuan revealed the Godslayer Sword and his hammer martial soul, and Tang Hao recognized that both brothers had twin martial souls.
• Tang Hao warned Tang Xuan and Tang San not to reveal or add soul rings to their hammer martial souls, especially Tang Xuan’s mutated hammer.
• Tang Hao ordered the brothers to forge pig iron with ten thousand strikes each before he would let them go to school.
• Tang Hao taught both brothers the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Tang San reached thirteen consecutive strikes while Tang Xuan reached twenty-one.
• Tang Xuan and Tang San completed their forging test after a month, while Tang Hao marveled at their perseverance and strength.

Tang Xuan and Tang San left their village for Nuoding Academy, where they became Grandmaster’s disciples. After learning they could withstand Soul Rings of at least seven hundred years, Grandmaster sought help from a friend, while Tang Xuan stayed out of the dormitory’s familiar clashes.

• Tang Xuan and Tang San left a letter for Tang Hao and departed with Old Jack for Nuoding City.
• At Nuoding Academy, Tang Xuan beat the gatekeeper before Grandmaster intervened and offered to register the brothers.
• Tang San asked Grandmaster to take him as a disciple, and Tang Xuan also became Grandmaster’s disciple.
• Tang Xuan told Grandmaster that he and Tang San could withstand Soul Rings of at least seven hundred years, so Grandmaster decided to ask a friend for help.
• Wang Sheng challenged Tang San and lost, then Xiao Wu defeated Tang San and claimed leadership of Dorm Seven.
• Xiao Wu announced that she would share Tang San’s bed, while Tang Xuan stayed beneath his blanket and avoided interfering.

Tang Xuan and Tang San showed the Grandmaster their martial souls and discussed Tang Xuan’s method of compressing soul power. After learning more about the brothers’ abilities and testing their physiques, the Grandmaster agreed to their plans for cultivation and soul rings.

• Tang Xuan and Tang San revealed their martial souls, including their matching Clear Sky Hammers, astonishing the Grandmaster.
• Tang Xuan explained that he and Tang San had compressed their soul power, and the Grandmaster warned them to prioritize their safety before allowing them to continue.
• The Grandmaster taught the brothers about martial souls, assigned Tang Xuan to the power attack system and Tang San to the control system, and gave them cultivation materials.
• The Grandmaster told Tang Xuan and Tang San that his friend would arrive in about three days to help them hunt for soul rings, then gave them soul tools named the Heaven and Earth Ring and Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.
• The Grandmaster tested Tang Xuan and Tang San against several one-ring soul masters, found their physiques exceptionally strong, and approved their plan to absorb soul rings beyond the usual age limit.

Tang Xuan and Tang San traveled with Grandmaster and Flender to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain their first soul rings. Tang San absorbed a nine-hundred-year Medusa ring, and the chapter ended as Tang Xuan began absorbing a twelve-hundred-year Sword-Tenon Eagle ring.

• Grandmaster introduced Tang Xuan and Tang San to Flender, who agreed to help them find soul rings.
• The group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest and found a roughly nine-hundred-year Medusa for Tang San.
• Tang San killed the Medusa and absorbed its soul ring, gaining the Entanglement skill.
• After failing to find another suitable beast during the day, the group discovered a half-dead Sword-Tenon Eagle near their camp at night.
• Grandmaster warned that the eagle's twelve-hundred-year age exceeded his plan, but Tang Xuan chose to absorb its ring, with Tang San and Grandmaster trusting his strength.
• Tang Xuan killed the Sword-Tenon Eagle and drew its purple soul ring toward himself to begin absorption.

Tang Xuan successfully absorbed the Sword-Tenon Eagle’s thousand-year soul ring as his first ring, then demonstrated the power of his new soul skill. He and Tang San agreed to attend Shrek Academy, and after returning to Nuoding City, they began separate routines at the academy.

• Tang Xuan endured four hours of pain before absorbing the thousand-year soul ring, while the Grandmaster and the others watched anxiously.
• After waking, Tang Xuan said he felt well and revealed that compressing his soul power had brought him to rank fourteen.
• Tang Xuan demonstrated Sword Slash, cleaving a boulder and several trees, and the Grandmaster assessed its speed, power, and low soul-power cost.
• Tang Xuan and Tang San agreed to attend Shrek Academy and asked Flender to help them obtain their second soul rings.
• The group returned to Nuoding City, where Flender departed, Tang Xuan began secluded cultivation, and Tang San resumed studying and working at the forge.

After forming his first Soul Core and reaching level eighteen, Tang Xuan built a profitable business empire in Nuoding City with barbecue shops and a gambling hall. He continued cultivating while his businesses flourished, and Tang San spent his time training and shopping with Xiao Wu.

• Tang Xuan emerged from three months of seclusion with the embryonic shape of his first Soul Core and decided to establish a force of his own.
• Tang Xuan asked Grandmaster for three days off and used his savings to open two barbecue shops in Nuoding City.
• After the barbecue shops drew crowds, Tang Xuan opened two more and earned over ten thousand gold coins in a month.
• Tang Xuan completed his first Soul Core and reached level eighteen, then decided to open a gambling hall for faster profits.
• Tang Xuan opened Ten Thousand Profits Hall, which soon earned over ten thousand gold coins a day.
• Tang Xuan focused on cultivation and managing his businesses while Tang San trained and went shopping with Xiao Wu.

Tang Xuan fought Tang San and Xiao Wu in the village, and Xiao Wu accepted him as their eldest brother after they lost. Back in town, Tang Xuan inspected his businesses and encountered a powerful old man eating and drinking without paying.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu challenged Tang Xuan to a fight to decide whether he could be their eldest brother, and Tang Xuan defeated them both.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu accepted Tang Xuan as their eldest brother, and the three returned toward the academy after finding Tang Hao gone.
• Tang Xuan went into town to inspect his thriving businesses while Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to the academy.
• A manager led Tang Xuan to an old man who had been eating and drinking without paying, and Tang Xuan sensed that the man was an exceptionally powerful Soul Saint.

Tang Xuan recruited Lin Ao, a rank eighty-six Soul Douluo, to help keep order at his shops by offering him free food. After expanding his businesses and teaching chefs new dishes, Tang Xuan returned to the academy and announced he would cultivate in seclusion for a month to break through to rank twenty.

• Lin Ao introduced himself as a rank eighty-six Power Attack System Soul Douluo and offered Tang Xuan a favor in exchange for his meals.
• Tang Xuan asked Lin Ao to keep order at his other shops and promised him free food, and Lin Ao agreed.
• Tang Xuan instructed the manager to treat Lin Ao respectfully and provide everything he spent at the shop free of charge.
• Tang Xuan arranged the restaurant's opening, taught the recruited chefs several dishes from Earth, and left the business in his managers' hands.
• Tang Xuan returned to the academy, visited Grandmaster, and told Tang San and Xiao Wu he would cultivate in seclusion for a month to reach rank twenty and prepare to condense his second soul core.

Tang Xuan, Tang San, Grandmaster, and Flender traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings for the three who had reached new ranks. Grandmaster and Tang San gained suitable Soul Rings, while Tang Xuan was still searching for one when the chapter ended.

• Tang San reached rank twenty, Grandmaster broke through rank thirty and reached rank thirty-two after forming a Soul Core, and Flender led the group into the forest to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Flender defeated a nineteen-hundred-year Dragon Flame Beast, and Grandmaster absorbed its Soul Ring, strengthening Luo Sanpao through the beast's dragon bloodline.
• Tang San absorbed a three-thousand-year Ghost King Vine Soul Ring and advanced to rank twenty-two.
• Tang Xuan searched for a Soul Beast over five thousand years old, but after two days the group still had not found one with suitable attributes and age.

Tang Xuan absorbed a Soul Ring from an Earthflame Tyrant Dragon and unexpectedly gained an external Soul Bone in the form of wings. After learning how rare the Soul Bone was, he left the Star Dou Great Forest with his companions and helped fund Flender's Shrek Academy.

• Flender weakened the Earthflame Tyrant Dragon, and Tang Xuan killed it by driving his sword into its eye before absorbing its Soul Ring.
• As Tang Xuan absorbed the ring, he enlarged his two Soul Cores, then suffered a sudden surge of pain as energy rushed toward his back.
• Dark blue wings emerged from Tang Xuan's back, and Grandmaster identified them as a possible external Soul Bone; Tang Xuan learned to retract them and heard how rare and valuable they were.
• Tang Xuan gained a powerful second Soul Skill that carried dragon flames and granted him immunity to fire.
• The group left the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang Xuan gave Flender thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins as an investment in Shrek Academy, where he and Tang San planned to study.

In April of Year 2639 of the Douluo Calendar, Tang Xuan founded the Heaven Sect to build military strength against the continent’s rival powers while hiding behind the Heavenly Journey Merchant Guild. He appointed Lin Ao, Song Ming, and Su Qing as elders and left the sect secretly organizing its forces.

• Tang Xuan told Lin Ao he had decided to establish his own force because the continent’s conflicts demanded more than individual strength.
• Lin Ao agreed to join, citing his friendship with Tang Xuan and gratitude for the soul core condensation method.
• Song Ming and Su Qing arrived and asked to join the sect, and Tang Xuan welcomed them.
• Tang Xuan named the sect the Heaven Sect and planned to conceal it behind the merchant guild while recruiting Soul Masters, training an army, and developing soul weapons.
• Tang Xuan appointed Lin Ao, Song Ming, and Su Qing as the first three elders, assigned the guild’s management to Wang Wei, Nock, and Xiao Cheng, and placed the Shadow Pavilion under Lin Ao’s supervision.
• Tang Xuan declared the Heaven Sect officially established and formed an elders’ council, instructing its members to keep the sect’s existence secret until it formally revealed itself.

After months of managing the Heaven Sect and training, Tang Xuan returned to the academy and finally enjoyed a day off with Tang San and Xiao Wu. Their reunion ended with Tang Xuan agreeing to spar with them.

• Tang Xuan returned to the academy after months away, having advanced to rank twenty-eight and earned Silver Soul Fighter status.
• Tang Xuan rested in the dormitory and read the notes Grandmaster had sent through Tang San.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu returned from sparring and were surprised to find Tang Xuan there.
• Tang Xuan teased Xiao Wu about the bills she had charged to his businesses, and Xiao Wu tried to put them on Tang San's tab.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu asked Tang Xuan to spar with them, and he agreed after they pestered him.

Tang Xuan sparred with Xiao Wu and Tang San, defeating Xiao Wu quickly and overcoming Tang San's poisoned bindings and martial arts. The chapter ended with Tang San badly bruised and Xiao Wu laughing at his injuries.

• Xiao Wu and Tang San announced their levels before facing Tang Xuan, whose level twenty-eight cultivation surprised them.
• Xiao Wu attacked with her soul skills, but Tang Xuan saw through her Charm and knocked her unconscious with sword energy.
• Tang San trapped Tang Xuan with Blue Silver Grass and used Parasitism to poison him, then attacked while Tang Xuan was dizzy.
• Tang Xuan broke free, forced the venom out of his body, and battered Tang San in close combat.
• Xiao Wu woke up, found Tang San's bruised face amusing, and laughed while Tang San complained that Tang Xuan had changed.

Tang Xuan defeated the level forty-three Soul Ancestor Cook in the Soul Fighting Arena, then learned that his undefeated record had earned him its highest rank. He received a Purple-Gold Soul Fighting Badge and eight million gold coins, and left after warning the manager to keep his identity secret.

• Tang Xuan fought Cook, a level forty-three Power Attack System Soul Ancestor, using swordsmanship to practice against the stronger opponent.
• Tang Xuan used his second soul skill, Sword Burst, to knock Cook unconscious and win the match.
• The Soul Fighting Arena manager told Tang Xuan that his 342 consecutive victories and record-breaking performances had earned him over 100,000 points and Purple-Gold Soul Fighting rank.
• Tang Xuan accepted his Purple-Gold Soul Fighting Badge and a black card containing his eight-million-gold-coin winnings.
• Tang Xuan warned the manager not to reveal his information, and the frightened manager promised to keep it confidential.