Chapter Summaries

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.

Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Nuoding City for Heaven Dou City after saying goodbye to Old Jack and Ah Yin. On the road, Tang Tian planned a stop in Suotuo City to find Flender's plate hair crystal, while Xiao Wu and Little Iron Hammer looked forward to finding better metal.

• Tang Tian and his companions left Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy after completing their graduation paperwork.
• The three returned to Holy Soul Village, where Old Jack warmly saw them off.
• Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu visited Ah Yin in the hidden chamber and promised to find a way for her to cultivate a human form again.
• Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu hired a carriage and set out for Heaven Dou City, planning to stop in Suotuo City and the Star Dou Great Forest.
• During the journey, Tang Tian revealed his intention to find plate hair crystal at Flender's shop, and Tang San hoped to buy rare metals for his hidden weapons.
• Xiao Wu complained about the long ride, while Little Iron Hammer urged Tang Tian to find better metal in Suotuo City.

Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City and visited Flender, who was shocked to find all three had reached level thirty. Tang Tian declined Flender’s invitation to join Shrek Academy, then spotted a crystal that excited his martial soul and caught Tang San’s attention.

• Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu entered Suotuo City and enjoyed the city’s food and busy streets.
• Tang Tian led the group to Flender’s shop, where Flender recognized them and was stunned by their level-thirty Soul Power.
• Flender invited the three to join Shrek Academy, but Tang Tian said they were headed to Heaven Dou City to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang Tian browsed Flender’s wares and picked up a dull gray crystal that Little Iron Hammer eagerly wanted.
• Tang San used Purple Demon Eye and recognized the crystal as the finest hair crystal.

Tang Tian openly offered Flender a thousand Gold Soul Coins for a hair crystal, but Flender gave it to him for free and asked him to humble Dai Mubai. Tang Tian accepted the crystal and the challenge, while Xiao Wu volunteered to teach Dai Mubai a lesson herself.

• Tang Tian placed a thousand Gold Soul Coins on Flender’s counter and explained that the hair crystal was valuable to him, returning the compensation Flender had paid him five years earlier.
• Flender refused the money and gave Tang Tian the crystal, saying he respected his character and wanted a favor in return.
• Flender asked Tang Tian to defeat Dai Mubai, whose arrogance and womanizing had made him difficult to control.
• Xiao Wu offered to deal with Dai Mubai herself, while Tang Tian accepted the crystal and considered Flender’s request an easy favor.

Tang Tian opened the Plate Crystal and divided its golden filaments between Tang San and Little Iron Hammer. Little Iron Hammer’s affection rose enough to earn Tang Tian the Red Gold Body Tempering Art, and he began watching her as she ate.

• Xiao Wu persuaded Tang Tian to book a family suite so the three could stay together and save money.
• Tang Tian used Blue Silver King energy to catch the golden filaments released from the Plate Crystal and gave half to Tang San for making hidden weapons.
• Tang Tian fed the remaining golden filaments to Little Iron Hammer, whose affection toward him rose to 66 points.
• Tang Tian received the Red Gold Body Tempering Art, a technique that strengthened the body by absorbing power from metals.
• Tang Tian watched Little Iron Hammer eat and began observing her changes.

Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy, where Yu Xiaogang learned that all three had reached rank thirty and Ma Hongjun and Oscar met them. Dai Mubai approached the group, determined to see whether the newcomers were truly more talented than him.

• Little Iron Hammer absorbed golden hair and gained golden patterns, while Tang Tian promised Little Blue a suitable wood- or life-attribute treasure.
• Tang San finished crafting Dragon Whisker Needles and demonstrated their power; Tang Tian defended the weapons, and Xiao Wu took some for herself.
• Tang Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu followed Flender's map to Shrek Academy and were shocked by its shabby buildings.
• Yu Xiaogang confirmed that all three newcomers had reached rank thirty, leaving him bitter about his own rank twenty-nine.
• Ma Hongjun questioned how the newcomers had cultivated so quickly, and Xiao Wu teased him; Oscar introduced himself and was mistaken for a much older man.
• Dai Mubai arrived after Flender's warning had kept him awake, unwilling to believe that the newcomers could outshine him.