Recaps

Tang Tian took Old Jack shopping in Nuoding City, then followed Little Iron Hammer's excitement to a swindler's stall and found a meteorite fragment disguised as scrap iron. He haggled the stallholder down to one Gold Soul Coin, concealing how valuable the find was.

• Tang Tian gave Old Jack a warm padded robe and tonics, and Old Jack accepted them after Tang San urged him to take care of his health.
• Tang Tian bought supplies for Old Jack to share with the villagers, then led the group to the city's Ghost Market.
• Little Iron Hammer sensed something valuable at a stall and urged Tang Tian to buy it, while Little Blue objected to her outburst.
• Tang Tian used Intermediate Metal Identification to identify a pitted lump of scrap as meteoric iron formed around a fragment from a star's core.
• Tang Tian pretended to bargain over an antique dagger and walked away, then persuaded the stallholder to sell the meteoric iron for one Gold Soul Coin.

Tang Tian bought a dagger for Old Jack and secretly took home a meteoric-iron core disguised as a rusty scale weight. Back at the dormitory, he revealed his second Martial Soul to Xiao Wu, then watched the Little Iron Hammer devour the metal and begin to shine with starlight.

• Tang Tian bargained for a dagger and took the stallholder’s rusty scale weight as an extra, while Tang San questioned the value of the scrap iron and Xiao Wu praised Tang Tian’s judgment.
• After returning to the academy, Tang Tian summoned his silver hammer Martial Soul in the dormitory, revealing his Twin Martial Souls to Xiao Wu and raising her affection to 59.
• The Little Iron Hammer plunged into the scale weight, stripped away its outer rust and iron, and exposed a metal core radiating powerful stellar energy.
• The Little Iron Hammer softened and absorbed the meteoric iron, as brilliant starlight began appearing across its body.

Little Iron Hammer evolved after absorbing meteoric iron, helping Tang Tian break through to Soul Power Level 13 and gain an Advanced Blacksmith skill. Tang Tian soothed Little Blue’s jealousy, gave Xiao Wu a rabbit-carved comb, and noticed Tang San’s resentment as he wondered what rewards he might have earned if the system could raise Tang San’s affection.

• Little Iron Hammer absorbed the meteoric iron and evolved, while her Soul Power feedback pushed Tang Tian to Level 13 and close to Level 14.
• Tang Tian used his consciousness avatar to comfort the jealous Little Blue, promising her future treasures and calling her his household’s chief steward.
• Tang Tian gave Xiao Wu a pink warm-jade comb, and she excitedly hugged him while Tang San watched with growing resentment.
• The system raised Little Iron Hammer’s affection and rewarded Tang Tian with Advanced Blacksmith skills; Tang Tian also noticed Xiao Wu’s affection had reached 59.
• Tang Tian saw Tang San’s gloomy expression and privately regretted that the system could not reward him for raising Tang San’s affection.

Tang Tian brought Tang San and Xiao Wu home to Holy Soul Village, then secretly led Tang San to a cave behind a waterfall that he claimed was connected to their bloodline. The brothers entered the cave, and Tang San was left wondering what they would find inside.

• Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Nuoding Academy for winter break, carrying gifts and soil from the academy's Blue Silver Mimicry Training Ground.
• The villagers welcomed them to Holy Soul Village, where Xiao Wu received gifts and Tang Tian recounted his difficult childhood at the Blacksmith Shop.
• Tang Tian showed Tang San and Xiao Wu his old blue silver grass cultivation ground, while Tang San worried about Tang Hao's unexplained departure.
• After Xiao Wu fell asleep, Tang Tian slipped out, and Tang San secretly followed him to a secluded valley and its waterfall.
• Tang Tian revealed that he had sensed a bloodline-connected call behind the waterfall, used Blue Silver · Life Ruler to halt the water, and brought Tang San into the hidden cave.
• Tang Tian lit the cave with glowstones as Tang San wondered what lay inside.

Tang Tian revealed to Tang San that their mother, Ah Yin, was the Blue Silver Emperor and helped her recover with better soil and life energy. Ah Yin regained strength and shared her origin aura with her sons, helping Tang Tian advance to rank 14.

• Tang San entered the Stone Chamber with Tang Tian, recognized Ah Yin through their bloodline, and broke down when Tang Tian told him she was their mother, the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ah Yin comforted Tang San, and he cried against one of her leaves as he grieved the years they had been separated.
• Tang Tian urged Tang San to compose himself, and the brothers replaced the depleted soil around Ah Yin with life-rich soil.
• Tang Tian combined his life skills with Little Blue’s Blue Silver Heavenly Mandate to restore Ah Yin, whose form grew clearer and more vigorous.
• Ah Yin sent a wisp of her origin aura to her sons, strengthening Little Blue and raising Tang Tian’s soul power from rank 13 to rank 14.

Tang Tian and Tang San left Ah Yin after renewing their resolve to protect her, then returned to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with Xiao Wu. They received warm welcomes and gifts, while Yu Xiaogang tried a new approach to win them over by targeting Xiao Wu.

• Tang Tian and Tang San stopped Ah Yin from spending more energy on them, then left the cave determined to grow stronger and protect her.
• Xiao Wu greeted Tang Tian at the blacksmith shop and teased him about smelling of plants and dirt, while Tang San and Little Blue objected to her clinginess.
• Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu returned to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where Wang Sheng and Xiao Chenyu welcomed them and Xiao Chenyu gave Tang Tian dragon-pattern steel.
• Dean Zhang welcomed the three students back and gave them packets of medicinal herbs for baths.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Xiao Wu after Tang Tian and Tang San had refused him, claiming he had created a Martial Soul development plan specifically for her.

Yu Xiaogang argued with Tang Tian and Tang San over Xiao Wu’s second Soul Ring, then left Nuoding Academy after feeling that nobody appreciated his theories. Tang Tian told Tang San to prepare for a trip to the blacksmith shop to buy farming tools and work on the dragon-pattern steel.

• Yu Xiaogang advised Xiao Wu to take a Plant-type Soul Beast ring and pursue a poison-based control style, but Xiao Wu rejected the plan and said she preferred kicking opponents.
• Tang Tian challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories and argued that Xiao Wu’s Soft Bone Rabbit was suited to explosive kicks and speed, while Tang San agreed that Xiao Wu should follow what suited her.
• Dean Zhang tried to calm the argument, but Yu Xiaogang decided that Nuoding Academy did not recognize his abilities and left to seek a place where he could prove his theories.
• After Yu Xiaogang departed, Xiao Wu celebrated his leaving, and Tang Tian told Tang San to get ready for a trip to the city’s blacksmith shop.
• Tang Tian said they would buy farming tools and work on the dragon-pattern steel.

Tang Tian used Shi San’s blacksmith shop to forge a piece of rare dragon-pattern steel with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. The chapter ended with Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Shi San stunned that Tang Tian had shaped the precious metal into a small stand.

• Tang San asked Shi San to let them use his forging bench and furnace, and Tang Tian paid with a Gold Soul Coin.
• Tang Tian picked up Shi San’s fifty-jin hammer with one hand, then placed the dragon-pattern steel in the furnace while Tang San worked the bellows.
• Tang Tian forged the heated steel with thirty-six blows of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, using his Life Sovereign Soul Skill to maintain his strength.
• Tang Tian shaped the dragon-pattern steel into a small stand, leaving Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Shi San bewildered and upset at the apparent waste.

Tang Tian used a dragon-pattern steel frame to increase Little Iron Hammer’s affection and gain an advanced blacksmith skill, then continued cultivating with Tang San and Xiao Wu at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. Nearly a year later, Tang Tian reached level twenty, while Tang San and Xiao Wu reached level nineteen.

• Tang Tian revealed the steel frame to Little Iron Hammer, whose affection rose by twenty points and earned him the advanced blacksmith skill.
• Tang Tian explained to Tang San that a Martial Soul should be treated as a partner, while Xiao Wu asked him to promise to protect her.
• Tang Tian developed Back Mountain into the Blue Silver Mimicry Training Ground, where he, Tang San, and Xiao Wu cultivated for nearly a year.
• Tang Tian broke through to level twenty, while Tang San and Xiao Wu each reached level nineteen.

Tang Tian reached level twenty and set out with Dean Zhang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to hunt for a second soul ring, insisting on seeking one at least two thousand years old. After they defeated a thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf King, Tang Tian found a golden metal-like leaf in its wound, which Little Blue identified as evidence of a powerful plant-type soul beast.

• Tang Tian revealed his level-twenty breakthrough to Dean Zhang, who agreed to lead the group to the Soul Hunting Forest the next morning.
• On the journey, Tang Tian told Dean Zhang he intended to obtain a second soul ring at least two thousand years old, and Dean Zhang reluctantly agreed to protect him.
• A thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf King ambushed the group, but Tang San restrained it, Xiao Wu struck its waist, Tang Tian pierced its abdomen, and Dean Zhang finished it with his fourth soul skill.
• Tang Tian examined the Wolf King's injured foreleg and found a heavy, sharp golden leaf embedded in the wound.
• Little Blue sensed a powerful life aura on the leaf and identified it as belonging to a formidable plant-type soul beast.

Tang Tian led Dean Zhang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to a three-thousand-year Golden Tree King, hoping to claim its Soul Ring. Dean Zhang began fighting the tree, whose defenses proved extraordinarily strong, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Tang Tian followed the injured Wind Wolf King's trail and identified a Golden Tree King in a barren valley as a roughly three-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.
• Dean Zhang agreed to help Tang Tian take the Golden Tree King and stepped into its domain, provoking it to attack with razor-sharp leaves.
• Tang San tried to intercept the leaves with Blue Silver Grass, while Dean Zhang blocked the remaining barrage with his staff.
• The Golden Tree King sent metallic roots bursting from the ground, but Dean Zhang redirected one root's force and vaulted toward the tree as Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu distracted it.
• Dean Zhang struck the Golden Tree King's trunk with his Third Soul Skill, Sky-Piercing Staff, but only left a shallow dent, delighting Tang Tian with its strength.

Tang Tian, Tang San, and Dean Zhang defeated the Golden Tree King, and Tang Tian began absorbing its three-thousand-year Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Flender, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and waited for the children, with Yu Xiaogang boasting that Tang San could absorb a thousand-year Second Soul Ring.

• The Golden Tree King unleashed Golden Leaf Drift, and Tang San rescued the wounded Dean Zhang while Tang Tian healed him.
• Dean Zhang, Tang San, and Tang Tian attacked together, and Tang Tian pierced the Golden Tree King's core, killing it.
• Tang Tian began absorbing the Golden Tree King's purple three-thousand-year Soul Ring while Dean Zhang stood guard.
• Flender and Ma Hongjun arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with Yu Xiaogang, who said Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu were in the Soul Hunting Forest seeking Second Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San's First Soul Ring had exceeded the theoretical limit and predicted he would absorb a Second Soul Ring of about a thousand years, shocking Flender.

Tang Tian successfully absorbed the Golden Tree King's three-thousand-year soul ring, gaining strength and a sharp new soul skill. After Dean Zhang decided Nuoding Academy could no longer support Tang Tian's growth, Yu Xiaogang arrived and confidently claimed Tang San had absorbed a near-thousand-year plant-type soul ring.

• Flender reacted with excitement when Yu Xiaogang told him Tang San had exceeded the first soul ring limit and was attempting a thousand-year second ring.
• Tang Tian endured the Golden Tree King's violent power, while Little Iron Hammer protected his heart and Little Blue felt its own strength grow.
• Tang Tian completed the absorption, advanced from rank twenty to rank twenty-two, and revealed Blue Silver Grass with golden, razor-sharp edges.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San welcomed Tang Tian's recovery, while Dean Zhang realized Nuoding Academy could not keep supporting his rapid growth and considered finding a higher-level academy.
• Tang Tian and the others returned to Nuoding Academy, where Yu Xiaogang greeted Tang San and loudly claimed his second soul ring came from a plant-type soul beast close to a thousand years old.

Tang Tian revealed that he had two purple Soul Rings, humiliating Yu Xiaogang and drawing Flender’s attempt to recruit him to Shrek Academy. After Tang Tian rejected the offer, Ma Hongjun challenged him, and the chapter ended as Ma Hongjun’s flames met Tang Tian’s golden Blue Silver Grass.

• Dean Zhang corrected Yu Xiaogang’s assumption and revealed that Tang Tian, not Tang San, had absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Tian released two purple Soul Rings, stunning Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the others.
• Flender tried to recruit Tang Tian to Shrek Academy, but Tang Tian rejected him and mocked the school.
• Flender ordered Ma Hongjun to challenge Tang Tian, and Ma Hongjun introduced himself as a level eighteen Soul Master with an Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Tang Tian accepted the fight and faced Ma Hongjun on the sports field as Ma Hongjun attacked with his Phoenix Fire Line and Tang Tian raised his golden Blue Silver Grass.

Tang Tian revealed a thousand-year second Soul Ring and used it to withstand Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line without a scratch. His display stunned Flender and Yu Xiaogang and rallied the Nuoding Academy students, while Ma Hongjun’s attack failed to harm him.

• Ma Hongjun summoned his hundred-year Soul Ring, prompting Flender to boast about Shrek’s advantage over the Nuoding students.
• Tang Tian revealed his yellow first Soul Ring and purple thousand-year second Soul Ring, introducing himself as a rank-twenty-two Control-Type Battle Spirit Master.
• Ma Hongjun claimed fire would overcome Tang Tian’s Blue Silver Grass and attacked him with his First Soul Skill, Phoenix Fire Line.
• Tang Tian activated his Second Soul Skill, Blue Silver · Indestructible Gengjin Body, and his body and Blue Silver Grass transformed with a golden metallic sheen.
• Ma Hongjun’s flames dissipated without leaving a mark on Tang Tian, shocking Flender and Yu Xiaogang as Xiao Chenyu cheered for him.

Tang Tian defeated Ma Hongjun in both ranged and close combat, leaving Flender furious and ready to intervene. Yu Xiaogang seized Flender’s arm and urgently stopped him.

• Ma Hongjun charged Tang Tian after accusing him of using a defensive Soul Tool, while Flender and Yu Xiaogang hoped close combat would turn the fight around.
• Tang Tian dodged Ma Hongjun’s attack, redirected his momentum, and sent him flying five meters with a shoulder strike.
• The spectators celebrated Tang Tian’s victory as Flender and Yu Xiaogang marveled at his combat abilities.
• Flender stepped toward Tang Tian in anger, but Yu Xiaogang grabbed his arm and shouted for him to stop.

Yu Xiaogang stopped Flender from attacking Tang Tian and secretly revealed that Tang Tian and his companion were children of Tang Hao. Flender and Yu Xiaogang tried to avert trouble by apologizing with gifts, leaving Yu Xiaogang handing over his prized storage belt.

• Yu Xiaogang grabbed Flender's arm and warned him that Tang Tian and his companion were Tang Hao's children.
• Flender lost his nerve when he learned they were protected by Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao and claimed his threat had only been a test.
• Flender gave Tang Tian a thousand Gold Soul Coins as a welcoming gift and apology.
• Yu Xiaogang decided he also had to show sincerity and offered his Belt Inlaid with Twenty-Four Warm Jade Stones.

Tang Tian accepted Yu Xiaogang’s Storage Soul Tool and gave it to Tang San, then explained why he wanted to stay at Nuoding Academy until he reached level 30 before taking Tang San and Xiao Wu to an advanced academy. His concern about Xiao Wu’s hidden identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast made him determined to keep her away from powerful Soul Masters for now.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang Tian a Storage Soul Tool, and Tang Tian passed it to Tang San to carry the family’s luggage.
• Flender dragged the injured Ma Hongjun away from Nuoding Academy, while Ma Hongjun swore he would settle the score with Tang Tian.
• Xiao Chenyu and the Work-Study Students celebrated Tang Tian for defending Nuoding Academy’s dignity.
• Dean Zhang asked Tang Tian what he planned to do after turning down Shrek Academy.
• Tang Tian told Dean Zhang he would stay until he reached level 30, then take Tang San and Xiao Wu to a suitable advanced academy.
• Tang Tian privately worried that Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast could be exposed if they encountered a Titled Douluo.

Xiao Wu’s affection for Tang Tian increased, giving him the new ability of boneless flexibility, while Tang Tian chose to remain at Nuoding Academy and accepted Dean Zhang’s support. After celebrating with his friends, Tang Tian discovered his new flexibility and asked Xiao Wu to teach him soft techniques.

• Xiao Wu took Tang Tian’s hand beneath the table, and her affection rose to 64, granting him boneless flexibility.
• Dean Zhang praised Tang Tian’s decision to stay at the academy and promised resources and help finding a reliable advanced academy.
• Tang Tian gave Tang San the Twenty-Four Bridges in a Moonlit Night belt, then invited Wang Sheng, Xiao Chenyu, and the others to a celebratory dinner.
• Back in the dormitory, Tang Tian tested his new flexibility and realized it could make his close combat more dangerous.
• Tang Tian asked Xiao Wu to teach him soft techniques, and she eagerly agreed.

Tang Tian trained Xiao Wu’s Soft Technique and mastered her Waist Bow, while Xiao Wu unexpectedly broke through to level twenty and soon revealed a Thousand-Year second Soul Ring. She claimed she had found and killed an injured Thousand-Year Soul Beast on Back Mountain, but Tang Tian’s companions exposed in his mind that she had condensed the ring herself and copied his old excuse.

• Xiao Wu taught Tang Tian Soft Technique, and he mastered her Waist Bow within days.
• Tang Tian used his flexibility to defeat Wang Sheng in sparring and improve his strength control.
• Xiao Wu broke through to level twenty while Tang San struggled with his own cultivation bottleneck.
• Xiao Wu returned from Back Mountain with a Thousand-Year second Soul Ring and claimed she had killed an injured Lightning Marten with a stone.
• Little Blue and Little Iron Hammer revealed that Xiao Wu had condensed the Soul Ring herself and copied Tang Tian’s excuse, leaving Tang Tian embarrassed.

After Xiao Wu’s discovery of a dying thousand-year Soul Beast on the academy’s Back Mountain causes Dean Zhang to seal off the area, Tang San grows jealous of her rapid progress and injures himself trying to break through. Tang Tian saves him and reassures him that he wants Tang San to stand beside him, leaving Tang San newly resolved and comforted.

• Xiao Wu tells Dean Zhang she found a dying thousand-year Soul Beast beneath the largest crooked-necked tree on the Back Mountain, prompting him to order the area sealed and searched.
• Tang San broods on the dormitory roof about being stuck at rank nineteen while Xiao Wu has reached rank twenty and gained a thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tang San impatiently forces the Mysterious Heaven Skill and suffers cultivation deviation, spitting blood as his meridians go out of control.
• Tang Tian presses Soul Power into Tang San’s back, steadies his meridians, and tells him not to sacrifice his foundation by rushing to match Xiao Wu.
• Tang Tian tells Tang San he wants him to stand shoulder to shoulder with him, and Tang San feels reassured and resolves to keep going.

After Tang Tian reassured him, Tang San regained his confidence and naturally broke through to rank twenty. Tang Tian revealed to Xiao Wu that their mother was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor and said he planned to create Tang San’s second soul ring artificially.

• Tang Tian encouraged Tang San to trust his own path, and Tang San settled into a calm routine of cultivation, practicing hidden weapons, and reading.
• Seven days later, Tang San broke through to rank twenty and celebrated with Tang Tian and Xiao Wu.
• When Tang San asked about his second soul ring, Tang Tian said they would not hunt a soul beast or go to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Tang Tian revealed that his first soul ring formed after he absorbed a Blue Silver Emperor soul bone given to him by their mother, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast who had taken human form.
• Xiao Wu realized Tang Tian was also part soul beast and wondered whether he had already guessed her identity.
• Tang Tian announced that he planned to create a soul ring artificially for Tang San.

Tang Tian brought Tang San to Holy Soul Village to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and create a soul ring that could grow with him. In the hidden chamber, Xiao Wu met Ah Yin, who welcomed and comforted her.

• Tang Tian explained that his Blue Silver King could awaken Tang San’s bloodline and help him generate a compatible, evolving soul ring, and Tang San agreed to trust him.
• Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu traveled to Holy Soul Village and entered the hidden chamber behind the waterfall.
• Xiao Wu recognized the Blue Silver Emperor’s hundred-thousand-year aura, and Tang Tian introduced her to his mother, Ah Yin.
• Ah Yin reached out to Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, then gently comforted Xiao Wu as she cried.

Xiao Wu grieved with Ah Yin and gained the Immortal Body skill after Tang Tian promised to revive her. Tang Tian then combined his Blue Silver King power with Ah Yin’s imperial aura to help Tang San form a powerful second Life Soul Ring, leaving the brothers and Xiao Wu celebrating the success.

• Xiao Wu wept as Ah Yin’s gentle presence reminded her of her dead mother, and she gained the Immortal Body skill when her affection for Tang Tian rose.
• Tang Tian promised to bring Ah Yin back to life and told her he wanted to use her aura to help Tang San form a Life Soul Ring.
• Ah Yin agreed to lend her power, while Tang Tian asked Tang San to focus and Xiao Wu to guard them.
• Little Blue worried about the ritual, but Little Iron Hammer promised to help protect the process.
• Tang Tian and Ah Yin channeled their powers into Tang San, awakening and purifying his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Tang San formed a dark-yellow second Soul Ring of more than eight hundred years that granted him a condition-enhancing Soul Skill, and he thanked Tang Tian, who told him to thank Ah Yin.

After five years at Nuoding Academy, Tang Tian, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reached rank thirty and prepared to leave for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. They departed with Dean Zhang’s recommendation letters, while Little Iron Hammer complained that Tang Tian had stayed in Nuoding too long.

• Tang Tian and Xiao Wu reached rank thirty, while Tang San reached the same rank with a Second Soul Ring nearing the thousand-year threshold.
• Dean Zhang gave the three students letters securing interviews at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and promised to preserve the Blue Silver Mimicry Training Ground.
• Tang Tian accepted the letters and said the group would make the most of their opportunity at the academy.
• Tang Tian asked Dean Zhang to look after the Back Mountain training ground, and the dean agreed.
• At the Back Mountain, Little Blue reluctantly said goodbye while Little Iron Hammer grumbled that Tang Tian had been too cautious and wanted to leave Nuoding.