Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan sacrificed his Dou Di body to seal Hun Tiandi, and the resulting heavenly flames crossed into the Douluo Continent. One flame entered Ah Yin as she gave birth to twins, while the chapter ended with Qian Xunji confronting Tang Hao and Ah Yin.

• Xiao Yan turned himself into heavenly flames and formed a seal that trapped Hun Tiandi inside the Heavenly Flame Plaza.
• Twenty-three flames fell through a rift into the Douluo Continent, and the brightest entered Ah Yin as she gave birth to twins with Tang Hao.
• A golden flame reached the Lake of Life, where the Black Dragon spoke with a silvery-white figure who warned that the world was about to change.
• Flames stirred the Six-Winged Angel statue, the Sea God Trident, and the blood-red sword in Slaughter City, prompting Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and the King of Slaughter to react.
• As Tang Hao tried to take Ah Yin and the children away, Qian Xunji confronted them and challenged Tang Hao, who revealed his eight Soul Rings.

Six years after arriving in the Douluo Continent, Xiao Yan lived in Holy Soul Village with his twin brother Tang San and their neglectful father, Tang Hao. As Tang San cultivated and the brothers prepared breakfast, Xiao Yan reflected on their differences and his refusal to accept Tang Hao as his father; the chapter ended with Tang Hao eating most of their porridge and returning to sleep.

• Tang San cultivated Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye on a hill, then sensed Xiao Yan approaching and briefly showed wariness and killing intent.
• Xiao Yan called Tang San home to cook, and Tang San agreed that their father would soon be awake.
• The brothers prepared porridge in their impoverished home while Xiao Yan recalled Tang Hao's neglect and his own reluctance to accept him as a father.
• Tang Hao emerged, ate most of the porridge without checking whether his sons had enough, and told them to accept any work before going back to sleep.

Tang San began forging hidden weapons while Xiao Yan discovered that he could control fire and learned more about martial souls in the Douluo Continent. Three days later, Old Jack arrived to take Xiao Yan and Tang San to their martial soul awakening ceremony.

• Tang San asked Tang Hao for the pig iron and began forging it while Xiao Yan worked the bellows and realized he could shape the flames with his thoughts.
• Xiao Yan recalled what he had learned about the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, martial souls, and the upcoming awakening ceremony.
• Old Jack visited Tang Hao’s smithy to remind him that Xiao Yan and Tang San would attend the ceremony in three days, and he argued with Tang Hao over his dismissal of soul masters.
• Over the next three days, Tang San cultivated his skills while Xiao Yan practiced fire control and forged iron to strengthen his body.
• Old Jack returned to the smithy and called for Xiao Yan and Tang San to come with him.

Xiao Yan and Tang San attended the village’s martial soul awakening, where Su Yuntao awakened the children one by one. Tang San manifested Blue Silver Grass and concealed a second martial soul, while Xiao Yan watched closely and awaited his own turn.

• Old Jack escorted Xiao Yan and Tang San to the village Spirit Hall, where Su Yuntao prepared to awaken the children’s martial souls.
• Su Yuntao revealed his Lone Wolf martial soul, and Tang San secretly readied his Silent Sleeve Arrow while Xiao Yan studied the transformation.
• The first seven children awakened ordinary tool martial souls and showed no soul power.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass, while Xiao Yan noticed black light gathering in Tang San’s clenched left hand.
• Su Yuntao called Blue Silver Grass useless, and the other children mocked Tang San.

Tang San revealed innate full Soul Power despite having a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, while Xiao Yan awakened a mysterious flame Martial Soul and also displayed innate full Soul Power. Su Yuntao sent the others away and tried to recruit Xiao Yan into the Spirit Hall.

• Tang San insisted on testing his Soul Power, and the crystal ball shone brilliantly, revealing his innate full Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan awakened amid scorching flames and visions of a black-clad figure, and the black awakening stones burned to powder.
• Xiao Yan recalled fragments involving Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan, then shaped a multicolored Fire Lotus into a flame in his hand.
• Su Yuntao tested Xiao Yan and saw the crystal ball blaze so brightly that it began to crack, confirming Xiao Yan also had innate full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao dismissed Tang San and the other children, and Xiao Yan gave his name before Su Yuntao invited him to join the Spirit Hall.

Xiao Yan agreed to leave Holy Soul Village and join Spirit Hall after Su Yuntao promised him training and a better life. Old Jack brought Xiao Yan and Tang San back to Tang Hao’s smithy, intending to share the news, while Tang San sought to learn about soul rings.

• Xiao Yan decided to join Spirit Hall, and Su Yuntao said he would return in three days to take him away.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Xiao Yan and Tang San both had innate full soul power, but Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass martial soul was considered useless.
• The villagers congratulated Xiao Yan, while Tang San felt jealous and privately dismissed Soul Masters as weaker than his Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San asked Old Jack what soul rings were and how to obtain one; Old Jack said he would send him to an academy.
• Old Jack took Xiao Yan and Tang San to the smithy and loudly called for the sleeping Tang Hao.

Tang Hao learned that Tang San had twin martial souls and suddenly embraced him, while Xiao Yan questioned whether Tang Hao saw his son only as a tool to avenge Ah Yin. The chapter left Xiao Yan wondering whether Tang Hao had deliberately caused Ah Yin's sacrifice.

• Old Jack urged Tang Hao to let Tang San attend the Soul Master Academy and told him that Spirit Hall had taken an interest in Xiao Yan, but Tang Hao angrily refused and drove him out.
• Old Jack reminded Tang Hao that he had once claimed nobles abducted and killed his wife, then warned Xiao Yan to work hard at Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao asked the boys about their awakened martial souls, and Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass, innate full soul power, and black hammer.
• Xiao Yan revealed a black ruler as his own martial soul, while Tang Hao seized Tang San's hammer-bearing hand and embraced him after recognizing his twin martial souls.
• Xiao Yan questioned Tang Hao's sudden affection and wondered whether Tang Hao had deliberately brought about Ah Yin's sacrifice.

Tang Hao discovered that Xiao Yan’s martial soul was a flame rather than a Clear Sky Hammer and began to suspect Xiao Yan was not his son. When Xiao Yan refused to serve the household and declared he would join Spirit Hall, Tang Hao threatened him and unleashed a terrifying killing intent, leaving Xiao Yan convinced that Tang Hao was a powerful Soul Master with a deep reason to oppose Spirit Hall.

• Tang Hao asked Xiao Yan to reveal his martial soul and was stunned when Xiao Yan manifested a multicolored flame.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to protect Blue Silver Grass with the hammer in his left hand, then ordered Xiao Yan to cook while Tang San learned forging.
• Xiao Yan refused to cook for everyone and said Spirit Hall would take him in three days if he had no place at home.
• Tang Hao threatened to break Xiao Yan’s legs if he joined Spirit Hall, and Xiao Yan criticized him for failing to act as a father.
• Tang Hao sent Tang San outside, admitted he had been an incompetent father, and warned Xiao Yan not to join Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Yan rejected Tang Hao’s authority, and Tang Hao’s killing intent overwhelmed him with pressure.

After Tang Hao forbade Xiao Yan from joining Spirit Hall and struck him, Xiao Yan resolved to defy him and grow stronger. Emperor Flame awakened within Xiao Yan's Martial Soul and revealed that he had come from another world and needed to gather the Twenty-Two Heavenly Flames to restore his memories and power.

• Tang Hao slapped Xiao Yan, threatened to purge him from the Tang Family if he joined Spirit Hall, and left the Blacksmith Shop.
• Su Yuntao set out to finish awakening Martial Souls in nearby villages, but the Man in Black ambushed and killed him.
• Xiao Yan vowed to surpass Tang Hao and join Spirit Hall despite the threat.
• Emperor Flame spoke to Xiao Yan through his Martial Soul and explained that they came from another plane and that Xiao Yan's memories had scattered across the Douluo Continent.
• Emperor Flame told Xiao Yan to find and refine the Twenty-Two Heavenly Flames to recover his memories and strength, then fell silent as his soul power ran out.

Xiao Yan waited in vain for Su Yuntao and realized he would have to find his own way out of Holy Soul Village. Meanwhile, Tang Hao began teaching Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, leaving Xiao Yan increasingly convinced that he needed to escape their home.

• Tang San showed Tang Hao the iron he had refined with ten thousand hammer strikes, and Tang Hao declared that a true Divine Blacksmith could forge divine artifacts from mortal iron.
• Xiao Yan mocked Tang Hao's claim, then went to the village entrance to wait for Su Yuntao, who never arrived.
• Xiao Yan recalled Tang Hao's earlier words and departure, guessed that Su Yuntao would not come, and decided to seek his own chance to leave.
• At breakfast, Tang Hao asked Tang San whether he wanted to become a Soul Master, then called him over to teach him the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang Hao asked Tang San how many hearts a person had and insisted that people had three, prompting Xiao Yan to silently ridicule him.

Tang Hao taught Tang San and Xiao Yan the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and agreed to send them to Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, while warning Xiao Yan to stay away from Spirit Hall. On the day they were due to leave, Tang San kept his transmigrator secret as Tang Hao imposed a condition on his departure.

• Tang Hao demonstrated the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Tang San practiced the technique before Xiao Yan learned it too.
• Tang Hao told Xiao Yan he could attend the academy as a Work-Study Student but forbade him from joining Spirit Hall.
• Over the next three months, Tang Hao burdened Xiao Yan with chores, then woke him angrily on the day the boys were to leave for the academy.
• Xiao Yan confronted Tang Hao, and a Fire Lotus briefly appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes before its markings vanished.
• Tang San returned from his morning exercise without revealing that he was cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye or that he had transmigrated into the real Tang San's body.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Old Jack would take him and Xiao Yan to the academy, but said Tang San had to agree to a condition first.

Tang San and Xiao Yan left Holy Soul Village for Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, while Tang Hao secretly placed his hopes in Tang San. At the academy gate, a corrupt gatekeeper insulted the group and rejected their credentials, provoking Tang San’s killing intent.

• Tang San agreed to follow Tang Hao’s instructions, and Tang Hao told him never to reveal or add a soul ring to his hammer martial soul.
• Xiao Yan practiced controlling Emperor Flame, shaping it into a needle that pierced a tree.
• Old Jack took Tang San and Xiao Yan toward Nuoding City, explaining that he had secured Xiao Yan a work-study student quota.
• Tang Hao watched the boys leave and reflected that the sect’s future and his mother’s vengeance depended on Tang San.
• At Nuoding Academy, the gatekeeper insulted Old Jack and the boys, dismissed their genuine martial soul certificates as fake, and tried to drive them away.
• Tang San glared at the gatekeeper as killing intent rose within him.

Xiao Yan stopped Tang San from killing the gatekeeper and helped resolve the confrontation at the academy entrance. Grandmaster accepted Xiao Yan and Tang San into the academy, then revealed that he was not one of its teachers.

• The gatekeeper insulted Holy Soul Village, and Tang San prepared to kill him with his Silent Sleeve Arrow.
• Xiao Yan secretly struck the gatekeeper's knees with fire needles, making him collapse before Tang San could shoot.
• Grandmaster arrived, and Xiao Yan healed the gatekeeper, who apologized to Old Jack.
• Grandmaster checked Xiao Yan and Tang San's certificates and agreed to take them into the academy; Old Jack left after entrusting the boys to him.
• After warning the gatekeeper, Grandmaster told Xiao Yan that he was not a teacher at the academy.

Grandmaster deduced that Tang San had twin martial souls and offered to teach him, while Xiao Yan doubted Grandmaster’s strength and motives. Tang San accepted Grandmaster as his teacher, leaving Xiao Yan wary of his younger brother and recalling his own formal apprenticeship to Yao Lao.

• Grandmaster explained that he was a lodger rather than an academy administrator and offered to teach Xiao Yan and Tang San.
• Grandmaster used Tang San’s martial soul certificate and his research on blue silver grass to deduce that Tang San had twin martial souls.
• Tang San grew suspicious and exposed the tip of his Silent Sleeve Arrow, but Grandmaster explained that he meant no harm.
• Xiao Yan judged Grandmaster to be weak and suspected he was a charlatan, while remaining wary of Tang San.
• Tang San knelt and asked Grandmaster to accept him as a disciple, and Grandmaster pulled him up and accepted his respectful gesture.
• Xiao Yan recalled formally becoming Yao Lao’s disciple and returned to the present.

Xiao Yan rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple after exposing the flaw in his guess about Xiao Yan’s martial souls. Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to register at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, while Xiao Yan followed and Director Su mocked Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and theories.

• Xiao Yan asked Yu Xiaogang whether he had heard of Yao Lao, then dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s advice and refused his offer of guidance.
• Yu Xiaogang confidently claimed Xiao Yan had one mutated flame martial soul, but Xiao Yan pointed out that he and Tang San were twin brothers and revealed he had a second martial soul.
• Tang San confirmed that Xiao Yan was his twin brother and explained that Xiao Yan had secretly changed his name before coming to Nuoding City.
• Yu Xiaogang hurried Tang San to the academic affairs office and left him to register, while Xiao Yan followed behind.
• Director Su registered Tang San as a work-study student and mocked Yu Xiaogang for taking a disciple with Blue Silver Grass.

Tang San and Xiao Yan enrolled at Nuoding Academy, where staff mocked Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang even as Tang San trusted him as a teacher. Xiao Yan went to the library to study the world’s cultivation system.

• The narrator condemned Yu Xiaogang as an incompetent, cowardly man who had relied on Bibi Dong and misled Tang San about twin martial souls.
• Director Su gave Tang San his school supplies and assigned him to Room Seven after Tang San confirmed that Yu Xiaogang was his teacher.
• Director Su gave Xiao Yan his supplies and assigned him to Room Seven, while a young teacher warned him to avoid Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San overheard the teachers disparaging Yu Xiaogang but dismissed their criticism because Yu Xiaogang had recognized his twin martial souls.
• Xiao Yan asked for directions to the academy library, then borrowed books on martial soul cultivation to learn about the world’s system.

Xiao Yan studied soul cultivation and Spirit Hall's history, concluding that the soul-ring system would eventually drive soul beasts to extinction and suspecting the Divine Realm had shaped it. The chapter ended with a girl arriving at Dorm Seven and asking whether she was in the right place.

• Xiao Yan read about martial souls, soul rings, and the ranks soul masters gained through cultivation.
• Xiao Yan recalled a blood-soaked scene from his past and condemned the practice of hunting soul beasts for soul rings.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that the cultivation system would exhaust soul beast populations and suspected the Divine Realm had deliberately encouraged conflict between humans and soul beasts.
• Xiao Yan read that Spirit Hall had been founded to defeat evil soul masters and wondered why Tang Hao hated the organization.
• A pretty girl with a long black scorpion braid appeared at Dorm Seven and asked whether it was Dorm Seven.

Xiao Wu became the boss of Dorm Seven after defeating Tang San, then challenged Xiao Yan when he arrived and ordered him to do all the cleaning. Xiao Yan dodged her attack and set her rabbit butt on fire with his multicolored flame, leaving her panicking as the dorm laughed.

• Xiao Wu defeated Tang San in a spar and became the boss of Dorm Seven.
• Wang Sheng explained the dorm rules and academy schedule to Xiao Wu, who learned that Tang San had innate full soul power.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Dorm Seven, and Xiao Wu ordered him to handle all the cleaning because he was the last work-study student to arrive.
• Xiao Wu kicked at Xiao Yan, but he dodged, seized her ankle, and shoved her into a split.
• Xiao Yan summoned his multicolored flame and set Xiao Wu's butt on fire, making her jump up and slap at it as the other students laughed.

Xiao Yan punished Xiao Wu for provoking him, while Tang San refrained from intervening and the new work-study students received bedding and cleaning duties. Xiao Wu returned and proposed sharing Tang San’s quilt, leaving him inwardly delighted as the chapter ended with a long condemnation of Tang San’s treatment of her.

• Xiao Wu rushed to the toilets after Xiao Yan scorched her, while Tang San chose not to reveal his abilities to help her.
• Teacher Mo gave Xiao Yan and Tang San bedding and assigned them daily work cleaning the south garden for ten copper soul coins.
• Xiao Yan left Dorm Seven to study, and Xiao Wu returned to find the other students laughing at her.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San to share his quilt by pushing their beds together, and Tang San acted shy while feeling pleased.
• The narration criticized Tang San for treating Xiao Wu as a tool and denying her an independent place in his family and plans.

Tang San and Xiao Wu went to the cafeteria with Wang Sheng, where Xiao Chenyu taunted and bullied the work-study students. After Wang Sheng warned Tang San about Grandmaster, Tang San angrily defended his teacher and went upstairs to eat with him, leaving Wang Sheng and the others behind.

• Wang Sheng offered to treat Tang San and Xiao Wu to lunch, and they followed him to the cafeteria.
• Xiao Chenyu mocked Wang Sheng and the work-study students, revealed bruises from past bullying, and made a lewd remark about Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu wanted to confront Xiao Chenyu, but Tang San stopped her and told her not to cause trouble.
• Tang San found Grandmaster and accepted his invitation to eat upstairs with him.
• Wang Sheng warned Tang San that Grandmaster was weak, so Tang San rebuked him for insulting his teacher and left with Grandmaster.