Chapter Summaries

Tang Tianlin visited Tang Hao in Holy Soul Village and revealed that he was Tang Xiao’s son and the Clear Sky Sect’s young master. After hearing Tang Tianlin’s account of the sect’s decline and the younger disciples’ resentment, Tang Hao nearly gave in to despair, but Tang Tianlin reassured him before an approaching voice interrupted them.

• Tang Tianlin confronted Tang Hao at his blacksmith shop and proved his identity with the Clear Sky Sect master’s token.
• Tang Hao learned that Tang Tianlin was Tang Xiao’s son and asked how the Clear Sky Sect was faring.
• Tang Tianlin described the sect’s withdrawal from the world and told Tang Hao that its younger disciples blamed him for its troubles.
• Tang Hao broke down under the guilt and considered himself a sinner, but Tang Tianlin urged him to hold on and said Tang Xiao supported his return.
• A voice outside called, “Father, I'm back!”

Tang Tianlin met Tang San and explained that Tang San could return to the Clear Sky Sect even though Tang Hao could not. When Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass and innate full soul power, Tang Tianlin deduced that he had a second martial soul, and Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San entered the house, mistook Tang Tianlin for someone humiliating Tang Hao, and Tang Hao slapped him before telling him to apologize to his big brother.
• Tang Tianlin gave Tang San a meat pie and said that he could return to the Clear Sky Sect as its young master, though Tang Hao remained barred from returning.
• Tang San revealed that he had awakened Blue Silver Grass with innate full soul power, leaving Tang Hao despondent.
• Tang Tianlin deduced that Tang San had a second martial soul, and Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao embraced Tang San and celebrated that his son had twin martial souls.

Tang San awakened twin martial souls, learned of his Clear Sky Sect heritage, and joined the sect under Tang Tianlin’s authority. Tang Tianlin received powerful system rewards and arranged to take Tang San along on his trial, leaving Tang Hao with an expensive list of cultivation supplies and a glimpse of Tang Tianlin’s Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang Hao embraced Tang San after learning he had awakened twin martial souls, then told him to use the Clear Sky Hammer to protect the Blue Silver Grass in his other hand.
• Tang Hao explained that the Clear Sky Hammer belonged to the Clear Sky Sect and that their family was its main bloodline; Tang Tianlin offered Tang San membership, and Tang San joined after Tang Hao nodded.
• Tang Tianlin received the Child of Nature status and adaptive upgrades for his first two soul rings as a system reward for Tang San joining the sect.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to obey Tang Tianlin as the Clear Sky Sect’s young master, and Tang Tianlin arranged for Tang San to accompany him on his trial.
• Tang Tianlin asked Tang Hao to provide their cultivation resources and handed him a costly list of rare materials, then revealed his Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Tianlin demonstrated the power of his evolved Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer to Tang Hao, who agreed to help him obtain resources for the Clear Sky Sect. A month later, Tang Hao departed, and Tang San chose to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer, only to hear that his Twin Martial Souls might make that difficult.

• Tang Hao asked Tang Tianlin to strike him, and Tang Tianlin’s Golden Dragon Shock Strike left a faint wound on Tang Hao’s palm.
• Tang Hao acknowledged Tang Tianlin’s strength and agreed to handle the items on his list.
• A month later, Tang Hao taught Tang San the Clear Sky Secret Art, left his savings to Tang Tianlin, and left to seek resources.
• Tang San reflected on the family affection and improved life he had experienced during the past month.
• Tang San told Tang Tianlin he wanted to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Tianlin warned him that the gap between his Twin Martial Souls could cause difficulties.

Tang Tianlin took Tang San to Nuoding Academy, where Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Tang San as his disciple and insulted his Blue Silver Grass. Tang Tianlin slapped Yu Xiaogang and challenged his authority, leaving the two men arguing over his rank and theories.

• Tang Tianlin explained that Tang San needed to strengthen his weaker Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul before cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Tianlin and Tang San entered Nuoding Academy to find the innate full Soul Power student with a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang deduced that Tang San had a second Martial Soul and offered to take him as a disciple, but Tang San refused.
• Yu Xiaogang called Tang San's Martial Soul trash, so Tang Tianlin slapped him and defended his younger brother.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed his theories were unmatched despite being rank twenty-nine, and Tang Tianlin mocked him for being only a Soul Grandmaster.

Tang Tianlin humiliated Yu Xiaogang with the pressure of his Golden Dragon King bloodline, then Tang San met Xiao Wu at Dorm Seven. After settling into a private room at Nuoding Academy, Tang Tianlin began absorbing Soul Power as his bloodline stirred.

• Tang Tianlin challenged Yu Xiaogang's research and credentials, prompting Yu Xiaogang to demand a Soul Fighting match.
• Tang Tianlin's dragon aura knocked Luo Sanpao unconscious and forced Yu Xiaogang to his knees, while Tang San watched.
• Tang Tianlin left with Tang San as students mocked Yu Xiaogang, who could move again only after they had gone.
• Tang San moved into the work-study dormitory, where Xiao Wu introduced herself and challenged him as the newcomer.
• Tang Tianlin moved into a single room at Nuoding Academy and began drawing in Soul Power as his Golden Dragon King Bloodline boiled.

After reaching rank thirty, Tang Tianlin took Tang San from Nuoding Academy to hunt for a soul ring and helped him recognize the potential of his Blue Silver Grass. Tang San chose to cultivate it first, and Tang Tianlin began explaining its possible development paths.

• Tang Tianlin reached rank thirty after benefiting from his child-of-nature status and decided to help Tang San develop properly.
• Tang Tianlin collected Tang San from Nuoding Academy, and Tang San recalled that he and Xiao Wu had fought evenly the previous night.
• Tang San asked whether Blue Silver Grass was truly a trash martial soul, and Tang Tianlin argued that Tang San's bloodline made his grass unusual and capable of evolving through soul rings.
• Tang San praised Tang Tianlin's theories and chose to cultivate Blue Silver Grass before the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Tianlin explained that Blue Silver Grass could develop toward life, support, and control, or toward greater toughness and power-based attacks.

Tang Tianlin gave Tang San whale rubber to strengthen his body and then took him into the Sunset Forest to find a first soul ring suited to Blue Silver Grass. They found a roughly seven-hundred-and-fifty-year-old Dragon-Patterned Vine, and Tang Tianlin began communicating with it.

• Tang San chose to develop Blue Silver Grass along the life system path while relying on the Clear Sky Hammer for direct combat.
• Tang Tianlin gave Tang San a piece of whale rubber and instructed him to swallow it slowly and endure its medicinal effects.
• After nearly an hour, Tang San finished tempering his body, and Tang Tianlin judged that he could absorb a first soul ring of about seven hundred years.
• Tang Tianlin and Tang San traveled to the Sunset Forest and entered it the next morning, with Tang Tianlin warning Tang San to beware of soul masters.
• Tang Tianlin used his ability to communicate with plants to find a Dragon-Patterned Vine estimated to be about seven hundred and fifty years old.
• Tang Tianlin approached the vine and began sending out an emerald-green glow, prompting its markings to shine and the plant to vibrate in response.

Tang Tianlin helped Tang San receive the Dragon-Patterned Vine’s sacrifice, awakening signs of Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline and granting him a devouring ability and the Dragon Silver Enhancement Soul Skill. As they prepared to leave the forest, they heard a fight approaching and spotted a woman fleeing with a short-haired girl while pursuers closed in.

• Tang Tianlin told Tang San that the Dragon-Patterned Vine wanted to sacrifice itself, and Tang San accepted the sacrifice to obtain his first Soul Ring.
• After six hours, Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass showed golden markings and signs of the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, while Tang Tianlin received two ten-thousand-year dragon materials from his system.
• Tang San demonstrated that his Blue Silver Grass could drain a tree’s vitality and that Dragon Silver Enhancement strengthened its binding and let it absorb Soul Power.
• Tang Tianlin and Tang San prepared to leave before nightfall, but nearby clashes drew closer, so Tang Tianlin carried Tang San up onto a tree trunk.
• Tang Tianlin saw a woman in palace attire fleeing with a short-haired girl as pursuers called out to the Head of the Ye Family.

Tang Tianlin intervened when the Holy Dragon Sect attacked Ye Cixin and her daughter, Ye Lingling, and used his dragon bloodline to suppress their leader’s Thorn Dragon Martial Soul. The Soul King then challenged Tang Tianlin, who answered with a Golden Dragon Shock Strike.

• The Holy Dragon Sect surrounded Ye Cixin and Ye Lingling and demanded that Ye Cixin join them, but she refused and prepared to protect her daughter.
• Ye Cixin blinded the attackers with the Nine-Star Begonia and dropped several Soul Elders with poison powder, but the sect leader scattered the poison with his dragon breath.
• Tang Tianlin appeared and mocked the Holy Dragon Sect, then revealed his golden dragon scales and overwhelmed the sect leader with his aura.
• Tang Tianlin’s gaze frightened the sect leader’s Thorn Dragon Martial Soul into withdrawing, and the man threatened him despite losing his Martial Soul Possession.
• Tang Tianlin brought down a dark-gold hammer and unleashed his First Soul Skill, Golden Dragon Shock Strike.

Tang Tianlin and Tang San rescued Ye Cixin and Ye Lingling from the Holy Dragon Sect, and Tang Tianlin invited the Ye Family to join the Clear Sky Sect. Ye Cixin accepted on the condition that she and her daughter serve Tang Tianlin directly, leaving their future in his hands.

• Tang Tianlin defeated the attackers with a Golden Dragon Shock Strike, while the Soul King escaped using a blood escape technique.
• Tang San searched the corpses and collected the attackers’ possessions.
• Ye Cixin introduced herself and Ye Lingling, and Tang Tianlin offered them refuge with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Tianlin promised to preserve the Ye Family’s independence, help them take revenge, and establish Ye Cixin a medical clinic in Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Cixin agreed to join the Clear Sky Sect only if she and Ye Lingling served Tang Tianlin directly, and Ye Lingling greeted him as the young sect master.

After recruiting Ye Cixin, Tang Tianlin received the Life Blessing, which strengthened his body and made breaking the Golden Dragon King's next seal more feasible. He sent Ye Cixin and Ye Lingling to Heaven Dou City while he and Tang San returned to Nuoding Academy.

• Tang Tianlin received Life Blessing from the system and felt the power protect his divine soul and body.
• Ye Cixin sensed the powerful life aura from next door and wondered whether it could help break Nine-Star Begonia's thousand-year curse.
• Tang Tianlin gave Ye Cixin a token for the Moonlight Pavilion and arranged for her and Ye Lingling to go to Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Lingling told Tang Tianlin she would wait for him, and he promised to find her there.
• Tang Tianlin and Tang San set off for Nuoding Academy, with Tang San admiring his thicker, golden-sheened Blue Silver Grass.

Tang Hao reunited with Tang Tianlin and Tang San, bringing a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Essence Fruit for Tang Tianlin’s bloodline breakthrough. He led them to a secluded valley and raised a barrier so Tang Tianlin could strengthen his bloodline, while Tang San was told to stay back from the coming eruption.

• Tang San asked whether his Blue Silver Grass could defeat Soul Masters of the same rank, and Tang Tianlin reminded him that he had trained against Soul Elders at rank fifteen.
• Tang Hao arrived at Nuoding Academy and gave Tang Tianlin a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Essence Fruit, explaining that he had not yet found the other two requested items.
• Tang San showed Tang Hao his Blue Silver Grass and told him that a seven-hundred-and-fifty-year Dragon-Patterned Vine had willingly sacrificed itself for his first soul ring.
• Tang Tianlin told Tang Hao that the sect had supplied the other two items and that he planned to strengthen his bloodline.
• Tang Hao led Tang Tianlin and Tang San to a secluded valley and enclosed it in a soul power barrier.
• Tang Tianlin warned Tang Hao that his breakthrough would release intense bloodline pressure and told him and Tang San to retreat about a hundred meters.

Tang Tianlin consumed three ten-thousand-year treasures to condense his third blood-energy Soul Ring, unleashing a wave of vitality and dragon power. The wave strengthened Tang San’s Martial Souls and healed much of Tang Hao’s long-standing injuries, and Tang Hao urged Tang San to absorb the remaining energy.

• Tang Tianlin swallowed the Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Essence Fruit, Dragon Bone Flower, and Dragon Blood Ganoderma to break through his seals.
• A golden dragon phantom erupted from Tang Tianlin and shook Tang Hao’s Soul Power barrier as he endured the violent dragon power.
• Tang Tianlin condensed two scarlet-gold Soul Rings, then broke through and completed his third blood-energy Soul Ring.
• Tang Tianlin’s golden-green vitality ripple revived the valley and caused Tang San’s Martial Souls to absorb its energy and begin changing.
• Tang Hao absorbed the ripple and found that it had healed more than half of his chronic injuries.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to absorb the remaining energy, and Tang San sat down to cultivate with the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Tang Tianlin completed his breakthrough and asked Tang Hao to help him obtain his third soul ring, while Tang San benefited from the energy released during the breakthrough. In the Star Dou Great Forest, the Silver Dragon King sensed the Golden Dragon King's aura and ordered Di Tian to find him so she could claim his bloodline.

• Tang San rose to rank seventeen and improved his twin martial souls after absorbing the mist, while Tang Hao said it had eased his lingering injuries.
• Tang Tianlin emerged unharmed with the Golden Dragon Roar skill and stronger draconic might, then asked Tang Hao to help him hunt for his third soul ring.
• The Silver Dragon King awakened after sensing the Golden Dragon King's aura in the lower realm and told Di Tian that the Golden Dragon King also carried a trace of the Life God King's aura.
• The Silver Dragon King dismissed Di Tian's fear that the Golden Dragon King had betrayed them and ordered him to mobilize the soul beasts to find the Golden Dragon King.

Di Tian left the Silver Dragon King to pursue the hope of reviving Soul Beasts, while Tang Tianlin encountered a Dark Gold Ironclad Ant in Sunset Forest. The ant willingly sacrificed itself to Tang Tianlin, and he preserved its soul within the Soul Ring.

• The Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to find hope for Soul Beast revival, and he departed before she returned to slumber.
• Tang Tianlin sensed a powerful presence nearby as Tang Hao stopped and protected him and Tang San from a Dark Gold Ironclad Ant emerging from underground.
• Tang Hao identified the ant as a roughly thirty-thousand-year-old Soul Beast and defeated it with a single blow.
• Tang Tianlin revealed his Golden Dragon King bloodline and Child of Nature aura, prompting the ant to offer its sacrifice willingly.
• The Dark Gold Ironclad Ant gave Tang Tianlin its cultivation, and he preserved its soul within the Soul Ring.

After absorbing a Dark Gold Ironclad Ant Soul Ring, Tang Tianlin gained a powerful enhancement skill and returned to Nuoding Academy with Tang San. There, he challenged Yu Xiaogang’s advice for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, leaving Yu Xiaogang pale and stammering.

• Tang Tianlin awakened after absorbing the Dark Gold Ironclad Ant Soul Ring, gaining three levels of Soul Power and the Dark Gold Tyrant Body skill.
• Tang Hao left to help Tang Tianlin search for treasures to advance his bloodline after deciding his nephew could protect himself.
• Three days later, Tang Tianlin and Tang San returned to Nuoding Academy, where Yu Xiaogang hurried to question Tang San about his new Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to develop Blue Silver Grass through toughness or toxins and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Tang Tianlin questioned Yu Xiaogang about Blue Silver Grass’s life attribute and pointed out that toxins conflicted with it, accusing him of harming Tang San.

Tang Tianlin challenged Yu Xiaogang to defeat Tang San in exchange for a chance to become his disciple, with Yu wagering his research notebook and Storage Soul Tool belt. In a secluded clearing behind the academy, the duel began, and Yu was stunned when Tang San revealed he was rank seventeen.

• Tang Tianlin pointed out that Yu Xiaogang’s advice about Blue Silver Grass had put Tang San in danger, then offered Yu a chance to fight for the right to become Tang San’s master.
• Tang Tianlin demanded a wager, and Yu Xiaogang offered his Martial Soul research notebook and his Storage Soul Tool belt with his savings inside.
• Yu Xiaogang led Tang Tianlin and Tang San to a secluded clearing behind the academy, where he summoned Luo Sanpao, who cowered when it saw Tang Tianlin.
• Tang San introduced himself as a rank-seventeen Soul Master, surprising Yu Xiaogang, then activated his first Soul Skill, Dragon Silver Enhancement.

Tang San defeated Yu Xiaogang and Tang Tianlin kept him alive, then a year passed as Tang Tianlin prepared to return to the Sect with Tang San. Xiao Wu asked to join them during the break, and Tang San went to ask his big brother, who opened the door to him.

• Tang San trapped Yu Xiaogang with his strengthened Blue Silver Grass and beat him with a stick until he surrendered.
• Tang Tianlin claimed Yu Xiaogang's possessions and restored him after he fainted, explaining that Yu Xiaogang still had to live.
• A year later, Tang Tianlin reached level thirty-seven and decided to return to the Sect with Tang San to replenish supplies and have him acknowledge his ancestors.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that her parents were gone and asked to join him for the break, so Tang San offered to ask Tang Tianlin.
• Tang San went to Tang Tianlin's room to ask if Xiao Wu could come along, and Tang Tianlin opened the door.

Tang Tianlin agreed to let Xiao Wu join him and Tang San on their trip to the Clear Sky Sect, and the three traveled there together. As Tang San described the sect’s Titled Douluo, Xiao Wu grew increasingly alarmed about being near powerful Soul Masters.

• Tang San told Tang Tianlin that Xiao Wu wanted to meet him, and Tang Tianlin agreed to let her come along.
• Tang Tianlin met Xiao Wu, who teased Tang San and eagerly accepted the invitation to travel with them.
• Tang Tianlin warned Xiao Wu to follow his instructions on the journey, and the three set out together.
• Seven days later, the three reached the mountains where the Clear Sky Sect was hidden, and Tang Tianlin explained that Tang Chen’s disappearance and Spirit Hall’s pressure had contributed to the sect’s withdrawal.
• Tang San listed the Clear Sky Sect’s powerful Soul Masters, and Xiao Wu grew pale as she realized she might encounter Titled Douluo.