Chapter Summaries

Yang Chang'an awoke as a newborn on a battlefield where the Breaking Clan was being defeated, and Yang Wushuang faced a choice between surrender and extermination. Yang Wushuang surrendered to save his clansmen and the infant, leaving Yang Chang'an asleep in his arms as the surviving clan faced an uncertain future.

• Yang Chang'an realized he was a newborn amid a bloody battle and was carried through the fighting by Yang Wushuang.
• An enemy commander confronted Yang Wushuang, praised his strength, and demanded that the Breaking Clan surrender or be exterminated.
• Yang Wushuang's clansmen urged him to fight rather than surrender, while he struggled to protect both them and the infant.
• Yang Wushuang ordered everyone to stop and surrendered, prompting the opposing forces to lower their weapons.
• Yang Chang'an relaxed and fell asleep in Yang Wushuang's arms as Yang Wushuang looked sorrowfully at the surviving clansmen.

Yang Chang'an practiced spear forms in the Yang family courtyard and learned that his grandfather, Yang Wushuang, remained broken by the clan’s past defeat. As he left the estate, he reflected on his reincarnation and the name Yang Wushuang had given him, which expressed a hope for a peaceful life.

• Yang Chang'an completed a spear practice session, and Yang Quji praised his progress before teasing him affectionately.
• Yang Chang'an asked where Yang Wushuang was, and Yang Quji said he was studying medicinal formulas in the Medicine Cottage.
• Yang Chang'an grew somber as he remembered how the past battle had crushed Yang Wushuang’s spirit and left him withdrawn.
• Yang Quji urged Yang Chang'an to go out for the stroll he had planned, and the boy left the courtyard.
• Yang Chang'an looked back at the plaque-less Yang estate and recalled that he had been reborn as Yang Mingfeng before Yang Wushuang renamed him Yang Chang'an.

Yang Chang'an met Fifth Uncle in a pavilion and introduced him to a nine-layer Rubik's Cube, then learned that Fifth Uncle might recommend him somewhere if his martial soul talent proved strong. As Yang Chang'an headed home, he reflected on Fifth Uncle's influence over Spirit Hall and encountered his grandfather.

• Yang Chang'an met Fifth Uncle in the pavilion, where Fifth Uncle eagerly asked for a new amusement.
• Yang Chang'an showed Fifth Uncle a nine-layer Rubik's Cube, and Fifth Uncle solved it quickly before experimenting with patterns.
• Fifth Uncle asked whether Yang Chang'an was about to awaken his martial soul and offered to recommend him somewhere worthwhile if his talent was good.
• Yang Chang'an reasoned that Fifth Uncle was likely a powerful Spirit Hall elder whose influence had improved the Yang Family's standing.
• Yang Chang'an met his grandfather at a junction on the way home and greeted him.

Yang Wushuang recalled how he had surrendered to Spirit Hall to save the Breaking Clan’s vulnerable members, while Yang Chang'an hoped to inherit the Soul Breaking Spear Technique and restore its legacy. After Yang Wushuang gave him a strengthening medicine, Yang Chang'an resolved to awaken a powerful martial soul in three days.

• Yang Chang'an asked Yang Wushuang when he could begin learning the Soul Breaking Spear Technique, and Yang Wushuang said he would teach him after his martial soul awakened.
• Yang Wushuang remembered leading the Breaking Clan’s elderly, weak, women, and children to safety by surrendering to Spirit Hall, a decision that still tormented him.
• Yang Wushuang led Yang Chang'an to the medicine room and gave him a tonic he had developed to strengthen his body and help him absorb soul rings.
• Yang Chang'an drank the medicine and vowed to awaken a powerful martial soul at the ceremony three days later and carry on the Breaking Clan’s heritage.

Niu Yue and the Niu family arrived at the Yang residence for Yang Chang'an's birthday and the boys' joint Martial Soul Awakening. Yang Chang'an and Niu Wenchuan reunited and agreed to compete over who was stronger before heading inside to eat.

• Niu Yue arrived at the Yang residence with his family and warmly greeted Yang Wushuang and Yang Chang'an.
• Yang Xue praised Yang Chang'an for eating well, while her pointed glance at Yang Wushuang made him look evasive.
• Yang Chang'an asked after Niu Wenchuan, and Niu Yue roared for his grandson to come inside before heading to the main hall for wine and meat.
• Niu Wenchuan rushed into the courtyard, learned that Niu Yue had gone inside to eat, and hurried toward the hall with Yang Chang'an.
• Niu Wenchuan challenged Yang Chang'an to a strength contest, and they wagered the winner would get the loser's pork knuckle.

Yang Chang'an and Niu Wenchuan underwent martial soul awakenings before the Yang and Niu families. Niu Wenchuan awakened the Armored Giant Rhinoceros, while Yang Chang'an awakened the Soul Breaking Spear with innate soul power at level nine, leaving the Yang Family celebrating his promise.

• Niu Wenchuan entered the Awakening Array and awakened the Niu family's Armored Giant Rhinoceros martial soul.
• Yang Xue sensed Niu Wenchuan's innate soul power at level seven and a half and said he could become a Soul Douluo.
• Yang Chang'an entered the array and summoned the Soul Breaking Spear, relieved that his martial soul had not mutated unsuccessfully.
• Yang Xue sensed Yang Chang'an's innate soul power at level nine and announced that the Yang Family had a future Titled Douluo.
• Yang Wushuang celebrated Yang Chang'an's awakening, seeing a bright future for the Yang Family.

Yang Chang'an awakened with innate rank-nine soul power, prompting celebration among the Yang and Niu families. Watching from a nearby mountain, Fifth Uncle urged the Burly Man to take Yang Chang'an as his disciple, and the Burly Man began to consider it despite the boy's ties to the Breaking Clan and Clear Sky Sect.

• Yang Wushuang announced Yang Chang'an's innate rank-nine soul power, and the Yang family celebrated the talent as a great blessing.
• Niu Yue congratulated Yang Wushuang, while Niu Wenchuan promised to protect Yang Chang'an and the two young men vowed to stand together.
• Fifth Uncle and the Burly Man watched the festivities from a nearby mountain and praised Yang Chang'an's talent.
• Fifth Uncle proposed that the Burly Man take Yang Chang'an as his disciple, but the Burly Man raised concerns about the Breaking Clan's ties to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Fifth Uncle said he had discussed the matter with Eldest Brother and dismissed the significance of Yang Chang'an's lineage, prompting the Burly Man to reconsider.

Yang Wushuang began teaching Yang Chang'an the Breaking Clan's Soul Breaking Spear Technique, demonstrating its opening forms and correcting the boy's practice. Yang Xue worried that Wushuang's lost momentum might affect Chang'an, while Yang Quji hoped the boy would eventually forge his own path.

• Yang Chang'an arrived early at the training grounds, and Yang Wushuang agreed to teach him despite noticing his lack of sleep.
• Yang Wushuang summoned his Soul Breaking Spear and demonstrated the technique's Wind Piercing and Cloud Chasing forms, explaining how to focus Soul Power at the spear tip.
• Yang Chang'an memorized the forms and practiced them as Yang Wushuang corrected his posture and Soul Power circulation.
• Yang Xue questioned whether Yang Wushuang could teach the technique's lost momentum, and Yang Quji said it came from real combat and hoped Yang Chang'an would develop his own path.

After half a month of rigorous training, Yang Chang'an broke through to level ten and became eligible to absorb his first soul ring. Yang Wushuang prepared to leave with the hidden Seven-Colored Splendor poison, while Yang Xue recognized the risk and offered to accompany him.

• Yang Chang'an broke through the level-ten bottleneck during meditation and rushed to tell Yang Wushuang.
• Yang Wushuang congratulated Yang Chang'an but said they would delay the soul-ring hunt while he perfected his spear technique.
• Yang Chang'an suspected Spirit Hall restricted his family because of Yang Wushuang's connection to Seven-Colored Splendor and Qian Renxue's plan to seize the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yang Wushuang took a hidden White Jade Bottle containing Seven-Colored Splendor and prepared to leave.
• Yang Xue learned of Yang Chang'an's breakthrough, understood Yang Wushuang was going to deal with Seven-Colored Splendor, and offered to go with him.
• Yang Wushuang refused Yang Xue's offer, reassured her that Spirit Hall still had use for him, and headed for the residence's main gate.

Yang Wushuang visited Spirit Hall to report that his grandson, Yang Chang'an, had reached level ten and to request permission to take him for a soul ring. Demon Subduing Douluo granted him a month and a half away and gave him a Soul Tool bracelet, leaving the reason for his unexpected generosity unclear.

• Yang Wushuang arrived at Spirit Hall and waited in a reception hall with a bottle of Seven-Colored Splendor.
• Demon Subduing Douluo appeared, accepted the medicine, and heard Yang Wushuang's request to take Yang Chang'an to the Soul Beast Forest.
• Demon Subduing Douluo questioned whether Yang Wushuang should be away for a month, then offered to hunt a soul ring for Yang Chang'an himself.
• Demon Subduing Douluo changed his mind, gave Yang Wushuang a Brass Bracelet Soul Tool as a gift for Yang Chang'an, and extended his leave to a month and a half.
• After Yang Wushuang left, Demon Subduing Douluo wondered aloud whether Fifth Brother's plan would work, then vanished.

Yang Wushuang secured Spirit Hall's authorization to take Yang Chang'an out of Spirit City and hunt for a Soul Ring, though the Yang Family remained suspicious of the offer. After Fels delayed them at the city gate, the grandfather and grandson headed toward the Heaven Dou Empire, unaware that Fifth Uncle and the burly man were following them.

• Yang Wushuang told Yang Quji and Yang Xue that Demon Subduing Douluo had personally authorized their journey and given them a month and a half to travel.
• Yang Wushuang decided to take Yang Chang'an to a Soul Beast forest in the Heaven Dou Empire to find a Soul Ring.
• At Spirit City's gate, Fels demanded written permission, inspected the Elder Token, and reluctantly let Yang Wushuang and Yang Chang'an leave.
• Yang Wushuang told Yang Chang'an that only strength could keep others from trampling him as they traveled beyond the city.
• Fifth Uncle and the burly man followed Yang Wushuang and Yang Chang'an after they left Spirit City.

Yang Chang'an and Yang Wushuang traveled toward the Heaven Dou Empire's Soul Beast Forest, where Yang Wushuang explained why its soul beasts were especially varied and suitable for cultivation. Yang Chang'an accepted a valuable Space Soul Tool from the Demon Subduing Douluo and resolved to grow stronger despite the possible schemes behind the gift.

• Yang Wushuang explained that Heaven Dou's many independent Soul Master factions had helped make its Soul Beast Forest richer in variety and high-quality soul beasts.
• Yang Wushuang told Yang Chang'an that several suitable soul beasts had recently appeared in the forest, then gave him a bronze bracelet entrusted by the Demon Subduing Douluo.
• Yang Chang'an discovered the bracelet held twenty-five cubic meters of space and accepted it despite suspecting Spirit Hall might have ulterior motives.
• Yang Chang'an told Yang Wushuang that only people with value were worth scheming against and that becoming stronger was the way to control his fate.
• Yang Wushuang approved of Yang Chang'an's resolve as the two continued their journey in the carriage.

Yang Wushuang and Yang Chang'an reached Stone City and entered the Soul Beast Forest to find a suitable soul ring for Yang Chang'an. They set out to search for a roughly four-hundred-year-old Star-Breaking Rock Dragon.

• Yang Wushuang and Yang Chang'an arrived at Stone City after half a month of travel and rested at a hotel.
• Fifth Uncle and the Burly Man secretly watched the pair and approved of Yang Chang'an's behavior.
• Yang Wushuang showed his Black Bishop token at the forest checkpoint, and the guards allowed him and Yang Chang'an to pass.
• Yang Wushuang warned Yang Chang'an about the growing conflict between Spirit Hall and the Two Great Empires.
• Yang Wushuang led Yang Chang'an down a vine-covered trail to search for the Star-Breaking Rock Dragon.

Yang Chang'an and Yang Wushuang tracked the Star-Breaking Rock Dragon to a swamp, where Yang Chang'an lured it out with a bloody beef leg. The Soul Beast emerged at the swamp's edge and faced them.

• Yang Wushuang found fresh tracks near the stream and led Yang Chang'an along the Star-Breaking Rock Dragon's trail.
• Yang Wushuang explained that wilderness tracking had once been a required skill for the clan's disciples.
• At the swamp, Yang Wushuang asked Yang Chang'an how to draw the beast out, and Yang Chang'an threw a bloody beef leg into the water.
• Yang Wushuang struck the churning water with a stone, and the Star-Breaking Rock Dragon burst from the swamp with the beef leg in its jaws.

Yang Wushuang killed a Star-Breaking Rock Dragon so Yang Chang'an could absorb its Yellow Soul Ring. Yang Chang'an gained the Pierce soul skill and advanced to the peak of rank eleven before he and his grandfather left the swamp.

• Yang Chang'an told Yang Wushuang that he had drawn out the Star-Breaking Rock Dragon and left the rest to him.
• Yang Wushuang killed the charging Star-Breaking Rock Dragon by hurling a piece of bluestone through its mouth and skull.
• Yang Chang'an finished the beast with his Soul Breaking Spear, then absorbed its Yellow Soul Ring despite the intense pain.
• After more than an hour, Yang Chang'an completed the absorption and reached the peak of rank eleven.
• Yang Chang'an revealed that Pierce increased the Soul Breaking Spear's penetrating power by one hundred and thirty percent.
• Yang Wushuang and Yang Chang'an left the swamp to return to the clan.

Yang Wushuang and Yang Chang'an returned to Spirit City, where Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan welcomed them and praised the boy's rapid cultivation. Yue Guan then revealed he had an important matter to discuss with Yang Wushuang, and they went to the main hall after sending Yang Chang'an away.

• Yang Wushuang and Yang Chang'an returned to the Yang Family estate after thirty days of travel, and Yang Wushuang gave his grandson a day to rest.
• Yang Xue greeted them and told Yang Wushuang that a visitor was waiting in the main hall.
• Yue Guan emerged to welcome Yang Wushuang and affectionately checked Yang Chang'an's cultivation, finding his Soul Power close to rank twelve.
• Yang Wushuang asked Yue Guan why he had come, and Yue Guan admitted he had an important matter to discuss.
• Yang Chang'an left to visit his Fifth Uncle while Yang Wushuang and Yue Guan headed to the main hall.

Yang Chang'an reunited with Fifth Uncle, who offered him a place in a Worship Hall training group that would challenge the Purple Glory Training Camp. Yang Chang'an worried the move would provoke Pope Bibi Dong and endanger his family, so Fifth Uncle told him to discuss the opportunity with his grandfather.

• Yang Chang'an brought Fifth Uncle local snacks, and Fifth Uncle teased him before turning to business.
• Fifth Uncle praised Yang Chang'an's innate rank-nine soul power and asked whether he wanted to enter the Purple Glory Training Camp.
• Fifth Uncle clarified that the Worship Hall planned to train youngsters to challenge the camp, not enroll them in it.
• Yang Chang'an realized Fifth Uncle likely belonged to the Worship Hall and wondered whether he was one of its unnamed Enshrined.
• Yang Chang'an declined to decide immediately because challenging Bibi Dong's trainees could endanger the Yang and Niu families.
• Fifth Uncle urged Yang Chang'an to consult Yang Wushuang and warned him not to dismiss the opportunity lightly.

Yue Guan told Yang Wushuang that Bibi Dong wanted Yang Chang'an to join the Purple Glory Training Camp, but the Worship Hall had secretly protected the Yang and Niu Families. Yang Wushuang asked for time to consult his family, and Yang Chang'an returned home to find him troubled.

• Yue Guan told Yang Wushuang that Bibi Dong had requested Yang Chang'an enter the Purple Glory Training Camp and said the family could refuse.
• Yue Guan revealed that the Worship Hall had secretly ordered protection for the Yang and Niu Families about two and a half years earlier.
• Yang Wushuang and Yue Guan suspected that Yang Chang'an had attracted the Worship Hall's attention, leaving the family caught between it and Bibi Dong.
• Yang Wushuang asked Yue Guan to tell Bibi Dong that he needed time to discuss the matter with his family.
• Yang Chang'an returned from the Pavilion and noticed Yang Wushuang sitting alone with a troubled expression.

Yang Chang'an told Yang Wushuang about his connection to Fifth Uncle, whom Yang Wushuang recognized as Light Feather Douluo, and chose to join the Worship Hall over the Purple Glory Training Camp. Yang Wushuang agreed, committing the Yang Family to the Worship Hall and increasing Yang Chang'an's training.

• Yang Chang'an told Yang Wushuang how he had met Fifth Uncle and described the offer to train at the Worship Hall before visiting the Purple Glory Training Camp.
• Yang Wushuang recognized Fifth Uncle as Light Feather Douluo, a Peak Douluo, but warned Yang Chang'an not to press him about his identity.
• Yang Wushuang asked Yang Chang'an to choose between the Worship Hall and the Purple Glory Training Camp, and Yang Chang'an chose the Worship Hall.
• Yang Chang'an argued that the Yang Family could not remain neutral and should commit to the Worship Hall, which he believed was stronger.
• Yang Wushuang agreed to stake the Yang Family's future on the Worship Hall and canceled Yang Chang'an's leave, increasing his training by twenty percent.

Yang Chang'an endured an extreme training regimen and broke through to level twelve as Yang Wushuang completed a Body Tempering Pill made from whale rubber. After testing the pill and gaining half a level, Yang Chang'an learned its benefits could strengthen his foundations, and Yang Wushuang prepared to take him to the Niu Family.

• Yang Chang'an trained day and night under Yang Wushuang's care, advancing his soul power, physique, and spiritual power.
• Yang Chang'an reached level twelve, and Yang Wushuang summoned him to the Medicine Room behind a sound-blocking barrier while Fifth Uncle chose not to eavesdrop.
• Yang Wushuang revealed the Body Tempering Pill he had developed using whale rubber and offered one to Yang Chang'an.
• Yang Chang'an refined the pill for two hours and gained half a level, with his body feeling lighter and his soul power circulating more smoothly.
• Yang Chang'an recognized the pill's potential to strengthen his foundations for a stronger second Soul Ring, and Yang Wushuang told him to prepare for a trip to the Niu Family.