Chapter Summaries

Tang San read Yu Dashi’s martial soul rankings and revealed his twin martial souls, including the Clear Sky Hammer, to his new teacher. After Yu Dashi warned him not to add soul rings to the hammer, Tang San slept through the day, then went with Xiao Wu to investigate equipment being set up across the river for a party planned for the next night.

• Tang San read Yu Dashi’s martial soul rankings and became even more impressed with his teacher.
• Yu Dashi saw Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and told him to keep it secret and never attach soul rings to it without permission.
• Yu Dashi promised to help Tang San find a suitable soul ring the next morning and sent him back to the dormitory.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu woke after sleeping through much of the day and spotted equipment being set up across the river.
• Yuan Xiaoli supervised the setup of the soul tools and looked forward to starting the party the following night.

Yu Dashi took Tang San to Nuoding City's Spirit Hall to buy a Soul Hunting Writ and ran into Su Yuntao, who had awakened Tang San's martial soul. After Yu Dashi challenged Su Yuntao's expertise and claimed to be the Soul Master World's top theoretical Grandmaster, Su Yuntao named Hongdou as the Spirit Hall's recognized authority, leaving Yu Dashi shaken by how far she had surpassed him.

• Yu Dashi and Tang San left Nuoding Academy for the Soul Hunting Forest and entered Nuoding City's Spirit Hall to purchase a writ.
• Tang San recognized Su Yuntao, and Yu Dashi approached him with Tang San and mocked his appraisal of Tang San's martial soul.
• Su Yuntao defended his assessment, while Yu Dashi insisted he was the universally acknowledged number-one Theory Grandmaster.
• Su Yuntao said Dean Hongdou of the Martial Soul Research Institute held that title and was known as Cooing Dove.
• Yu Dashi remembered Hongdou as a former junior student who had become a Titled Douluo and institute dean while he remained a rank-twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster.

Yu Dashi challenged Su Yuntao to a theoretical duel at Spirit Hall, while Tang San learned that his teacher’s affiliation meant he would have to pay for Soul Hunting Tokens. The debate began in a soundproof room as spectators gathered outside, and Sisi told Tang San that Su Yuntao was certain to win.

• Yu Dashi dismissed Hongdou’s standing and accepted Su Yuntao’s challenge to a theoretical duel.
• Su Yuntao said two Soul Hunting Tokens cost one hundred Gold Soul Coins and argued that Tang San no longer counted as a commoner because he had taken Yu Dashi as his master.
• Yu Dashi reacted angrily when Su Yuntao mentioned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then followed him into a soundproof meeting room for the debate.
• Tang San waited outside and declared that he believed his teacher would win.
• Sisi approached Tang San and insisted that Su Yuntao would win because no one could match his skill with words.

Su Yuntao exposed Yu Dashi’s claims about Martial Soul Fusion Skills and soul-ring age limits as copied and flawed. Yu Dashi left the debate defeated, but bought two Soul Hunting Tokens for two hundred Gold Soul Coins each and headed for the Soul Hunting Forest with Tang San.

• Yu Dashi claimed that martial souls with different attributes could fuse, and Su Yuntao pointed out that Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo had already demonstrated this before Yu Dashi was born.
• Yu Dashi listed precise soul-ring age limits, but Su Yuntao explained that soul-beast strength and individual physiques made those limits ranges and that the theory was already known in Spirit Hall.
• Su Yuntao declared Yu Dashi’s theories plagiarized and said his soul-ring figures were wrong, leaving Yu Dashi unable to respond.
• Yu Dashi bought two Soul Hunting Tokens for two hundred Gold Soul Coins apiece and traveled with Tang San toward the Soul Hunting Forest outside Nuoding City.
• Tang San praised Yu Dashi for beating the deacon, and Yu Dashi pretended he had won while privately lamenting the money he had spent.

Tang San and Yu Dashi traveled toward the Soul Hunting Forest, while Xiao Wu watched Yuan Xiaoli lead a group of elders in late-night square dancing. Just as Xiao Wu settled down to sleep, the music across the river blared louder than before.

• Tang San received a storage belt from Yu Dashi and named it Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night.
• Tang San and Yu Dashi camped for the night, still a hundred and twenty li from the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Xiao Wu watched Yuan Xiaoli lead the elders in a dance beside the river and hummed along to the music.
• Yuan Xiaoli and the elders resumed dancing after discussing their assigned park time slot.
• Xiao Wu went to bed after the dancers appeared to leave, but louder music suddenly sounded from across the river.

Xiao Wu tried to stop the square-dancing elders from keeping her awake, but Grandpa Zhou overpowered her and had her tied to a tree. She was left shivering and crying beneath the moon, calling for Little San to rescue her.

• Xiao Wu jumped from her dormitory window toward the riverbank, but a gust of wind sent her into the water.
• After swimming ashore, Xiao Wu confronted the dancing elders and crushed their sound system under her foot.
• Grandpa Zhou revealed four Soul Rings, threw Xiao Wu to the ground, and checked that the sound system was still working.
• Grandpa Zhou ordered Old Chen and Old Liu to tie Xiao Wu to a tree as punishment.
• As the elders resumed dancing, Xiao Wu shivered beneath the tree and called for Little San to save her.

Teacher Su punished Xiao Wu for sleeping through class while Tang San entered the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Dashi to hunt a soul beast. After Yu Dashi summoned his mutated martial soul, Tang San blamed it for holding his teacher back.

• Teacher Su caught Xiao Wu sleeping in class, sent her outside as punishment, and lectured the students about soul master development paths.
• Yu Dashi told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass would follow the control system and explained the Soul Hunting Forest's entry rules and fees.
• Tang San criticized the state and Spirit Hall's arrangement, and Yu Dashi covered his mouth before presenting their writs at the entrance.
• Yu Dashi led Tang San into the forest and summoned Luo Sanpao, explaining that his mutated martial soul had limited his cultivation.
• Tang San privately blamed Luo Sanpao for holding Yu Dashi back, frightening the creature.

Tang San and Yu Dashi searched the Soul Hunting Forest for a suitable Soul Beast, then encountered a nearly four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake. After Luo Sanpao was injured, Tang San blinded the snake with his Sleeve Arrow and attacked its blind spot with Yu Dashi’s dagger.

• Yu Dashi led Tang San through the forest, where Luo Sanpao killed a pack of Wind Wolves with his fart.
• As night fell, Yu Dashi reviewed the Soul Beasts they had seen and gave Tang San a dagger while advising him to flee stronger opponents.
• Luo Sanpao alerted Yu Dashi and Tang San to a Mandala Snake, and Yu Dashi attacked it with both of Luo Sanpao’s Soul Skills before fleeing with Tang San.
• The Mandala Snake evaded the gas attacks, struck Luo Sanpao, and injured Yu Dashi as it pursued them.
• Tang San fired his Sleeve Arrow into the Mandala Snake’s eye, then dodged its charge and drove Yu Dashi’s dagger into its mouth through its blind spot.

Tang San killed the Mandala Snake and began absorbing its Soul Ring, while his trust in Yu Dashi fell after he realized his teacher was using him to test a theory. The chapter ended with Yu Dashi summoning Luo Sanpao behind the vulnerable Tang San.

• Tang San struck the Mandala Snake’s vital point and escaped its death throes, while Tang Hao watched from hiding and threatened the snake.
• Yu Dashi checked Tang San for injuries, unaware that Tang San twice considered attacking him with a Sleeve Arrow before deciding to keep him for his theories.
• Yu Dashi proposed that Tang San absorb the Mandala Snake’s nearly four-hundred-year Soul Ring to test his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory.
• Tang San chose to absorb the Soul Ring because he wanted to grow stronger quickly and protect himself from future threats.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and began absorbing the yellow Soul Ring as Yu Dashi called Luo Sanpao to his side.

Tang San absorbed the Mandala Snake's Soul Ring and gained his first Blue Silver Grass Soul Skill before leaving the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Dashi. At Nuoding Academy, an exhausted Xiao Wu learned she could not escape the nightly Square Dance by changing rooms.

• Yu Dashi sensed Tang San's brief killing intent but ordered Luo Sanpao to guard him while he absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Tang San completed the absorption, broke through with his Mysterious Heaven Skill, and demonstrated his Blue Silver Grass Soul Ring and Entanglement skill to Yu Dashi.
• Yu Dashi led Tang San out of the Soul Hunting Forest and began the journey back to Nuoding Academy.
• Xiao Wu, exhausted from two nights of Square Dance, accepted Wang Sheng's help with sweeping and lay down to rest.
• Xiao Wu complained that the Dormitory Administrator refused to let her change rooms because the academy could not interfere with the city families' park.

Wang Sheng was beaten by Nuo Ya after she returned from hunting Soul Beasts with Xiao Chenyu as a level-eleven Soul Master. When Nuo Ya challenged Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu attacked her, and Nuo Ya summoned her Black Cleaver and used her first Soul Skill.

• Wang Sheng caught Nuo Ya’s ball to protect the pile of leaves, and Nuo Ya revealed that she and Xiao Chenyu had become level-eleven Soul Masters.
• Nuo Ya beat Wang Sheng until he gave up, then kicked him onto the lounge chair where Xiao Wu had been sleeping.
• Xiao Wu woke and became angry when Nuo Ya admitted that bullying work-study students was normal to her.
• Nuo Ya challenged Xiao Wu, who activated Martial Soul Possession and leapt at her.
• Nuo Ya summoned the Black Cleaver and swung it at Xiao Wu with her first Soul Skill, Slaughter All Directions.

Nuo Ya defeated Xiao Wu and left her injured in the park, while Xiao Wu vowed to return for revenge after recovering and getting her first soul ring. Wang Sheng helped Xiao Wu back to Dorm Seven, where she explained that Tang San had gone with Grandmaster to obtain a soul ring and revealed that they both had innate full soul power.

• Nuo Ya struck Xiao Wu with the flat of her axe, sending her flying, then teased her before leaving the park.
• Xiao Wu promised to take revenge on Nuo Ya once she recovered and gained her first soul ring.
• Wang Sheng found the injured Xiao Wu and helped her toward the dormitory while she refused to admit how badly she was hurt.
• Xiao Wu told Wang Sheng that Tang San had gone with Grandmaster to get a soul ring and said that she and Tang San had innate full soul power.
• Wang Sheng helped Xiao Wu into Dorm Seven, settled her on her bed, and brought her a clean towel.

Qian Chongling visited Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where he noticed Xiao Wu’s rabbit-like scent and followed Xiao Chenyu toward a confrontation with the work-study students. At the academy’s back hill, Xiao Chenyu and Nuo Ya’s factions prepared to face Xiao Wu and Tang San’s larger group.

• Qian Chongling checked that Tang Hao was in Nuoding City and watched Tang San and Xiao Wu pass, noticing their exhaustion and Xiao Wu’s gamey odor.
• Xiao Chenyu and his lackeys headed to the academy after discussing Nuo Ya’s defeat by two work-study students.
• Qian Chongling recognized Xiao Chenyu as resembling his Old Ancestor, Xiao Yan, paid for breakfast, and followed the students.
• Nuo Ya gathered Xiao Chenyu’s support to challenge the work-study faction after Tang San and Xiao Wu had beaten her three days earlier.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San assembled forty or fifty work-study students at the back hill, while Xiao Chenyu and Nuo Ya brought fewer than thirty students from their two factions.

Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the work-study students faced Xiao Chenyu’s group in a dispute that grew from their dormitory feud with Nuo Ya. The two sides agreed to a five-person Arena Match, and Liu Long quickly gained the upper hand against Wang Sheng in the opening bout.

• Xiao Wu and Nuo Ya traded threats over their fight three days earlier, while Tang San and Xiao Wu’s feud with Nuo Ya was tied to their sleepless nights at the academy.
• Xiao Chenyu rejected a free-for-all because too many students could be injured, and Tang San proposed an Arena Match with three fighters per side.
• Xiao Chenyu insisted on five fighters per side and threatened to start a free-for-all otherwise, so Xiao Wu accepted the terms.
• Wang Sheng volunteered to fight first against Liu Long, who struck him with his staff and sent him flying before continuing his attack.

Wang Sheng defeated Liu Long after Tang San covertly interfered, and Xiao Wu quickly defeated Ling Feng, giving the work-study students two straight victories. Nuo Ya then faced Xiao Wu, and their fight began with Nuo Ya's axe blow missing.

• Tang San noticed Wang Sheng needed to close the distance and secretly used a hidden weapon to weaken Liu Long's attacks, allowing Wang Sheng to knock Liu Long unconscious.
• Xiao Chenyu conceded Liu Long's match, and Wang Sheng won the first fight for the work-study students.
• Xiao Wu defeated Ling Feng after Tang San secretly made his wings go numb, prompting Xiao Chenyu to warn Nuo Ya about the interference.
• Nuo Ya and Xiao Wu announced their ranks and martial souls before Nuo Ya attacked with her Black Cleaver.
• Xiao Wu dodged Nuo Ya's axe, which struck the ground and left a deep gash.

Xiao Wu defeated Nuo Ya after Nuo Ya’s sweeping attack failed, then faced Xiao Chenyu when he accused the Work-Study Students of secretly sabotaging their fighters. The chapter left Xiao Wu throwing Xiao Chenyu into the air and preparing to finish him with a kick.

• Xiao Wu dodged Nuo Ya’s attacks until she taunted Nuo Ya into using Slaughter All Directions, a sweeping attack that covered a five-meter radius.
• Nuo Ya suddenly fell as her attack neared Xiao Wu, who used her Charm skill to immobilize Nuo Ya and then broke her ribs with a kick.
• Nuo Ya’s followers questioned why she had fallen, while Xiao Chenyu accused the Work-Study Students of secretly tripping up their opponents.
• Xiao Chenyu revealed his wolf Martial Soul and attacked Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu dodged behind him and threw him into the air.
• Xiao Wu chased after Xiao Chenyu and leaped up to strike him with a finishing kick.

Qian Chongling took control of Xiao Chenyu’s body to protect him from Xiao Wu and turned the fight around. He continued demonstrating his fighting technique while explaining its principles to Xiao Chenyu, leaving Xiao Wu stunned by the difference in their strength.

• As Xiao Wu’s kick sent Xiao Chenyu flying, Qian Chongling seized control of Xiao Chenyu’s body and stopped her attack in midair.
• Qian Chongling struck Xiao Wu and tried to stomp on her, but Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass vines restrained her long enough for her to roll clear.
• Xiao Chenyu panicked when he realized he had lost control of his body, and Qian Chongling reassured him that he was intervening because the other side had cheated.
• When Xiao Wu charged again, Qian Chongling caught her kick with one hand and explained that matching an attack’s speed and strength could cancel it out.
• Xiao Wu stared in disbelief and muttered that it was not scientific.

“Xiao Chenyu” battered Xiao Wu until she collapsed with multiple broken ribs, then challenged Tang San. Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Mysterious Jade Hand could not stop him, and the chapter left Tang San being launched into the air by “Xiao Chenyu’s” Lion Combo.

• “Xiao Chenyu” closed his eyes to foil Xiao Wu’s Charm, then struck her repeatedly with overwhelming speed and strength until she collapsed.
• Wang Sheng carried the injured Xiao Wu away for treatment, while Tang San confronted “Xiao Chenyu” over how badly he had hurt her.
• Tang San fought “Xiao Chenyu” with his Mysterious Jade Hand, but lost their fist clash and had to use Entanglement to escape the follow-up punch.
• “Xiao Chenyu” formed a Wolf Claw from Soul Power and cut through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, explaining the technique as he attacked.
• “Xiao Chenyu” hit Tang San in the abdomen, followed with a knee strike, and leapt after him to continue the Lion Combo.

An unknown powerhouse took control of Xiao Chenyu and used his body to defeat Tang San before Xiao Chenyu collapsed from exhaustion. After waking at home, Xiao Chenyu told his father Xiao Yu about the strange battle, but Xiao Yu dismissed his explanations and left him baffled.

• The unknown powerhouse used Xiao Chenyu's body to kick Tang San into a crater, then relinquished control as Xiao Chenyu passed out.
• Xiao Yu brought the unconscious Xiao Chenyu to the City Lord's residence, where Geng Yuan and five other healing Soul Masters found no injuries and advised letting him rest.
• Xiao Chenyu woke and told Xiao Yu that a Titled Douluo had controlled his body and fought through him.
• Xiao Chenyu described the battle's unusual principles, but Xiao Yu called his explanation nonsense and left the room.
• Xiao Chenyu vowed to master the technique and give Xiao Yu a thorough thrashing.

After Tang San and Xiao Wu were injured in the academy fight, Tang Hao went to confront the city lord but was stopped by a mysterious old man. Qian Chongling defeated Tang Hao and realized that the Blue Silver Emperor’s soul bone was likely in Holy Soul Village.

• A healing Soul Ancestor told Dean Noxus that Nuo Ya, Liu Long, and Ling Feng would recover, while Xiao Wu’s nose might not heal; he clarified that Tang San’s injuries were not serious.
• Tang Hao overheard that his son was safe, then headed toward the Nuoding City Lord’s manor, furious that Tang San had been hurt.
• Tang Hao confronted an old man in a sky-blue robe, who caught his Clear Sky Hammer with one hand.
• Tang Hao detonated several soul rings and used his ninth soul skill, but the old man held off the attack and sent him crashing into the alley wall.
• The old man revealed himself as Qian Chongling, noted that Tang Hao had not absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor’s soul bone, and concluded that it was probably in Holy Soul Village.