Chapter Summaries

Little Blue absorbed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor, swearing her loyalty to Tang Tian. Her oath unlocked powerful abilities and upgraded the system, while Little Iron Hammer seethed at her new status.

• Little Blue absorbed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, became tangible, and transformed into the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Little Blue embraced Tang Tian, thanked him, and swore she would always stay by his side.
• The system announced Little Blue's affection had reached 100 and rewarded Tang Tian with the Blue Silver Emperor oath, new abilities, and unlocked evolution potential.
• Tang Tian's system upgraded with Fate Options and Mission modules, and he celebrated the increase in his strength.
• Little Blue teased Little Iron Hammer about evolving, prompting Little Iron Hammer to angrily demand that Tang Tian keep his grass in line.

Little Blue’s evolution into the Blue Silver Emperor sent immense energy into Tang Tian, raising him from rank thirty-five to rank forty in one breakthrough. As Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo struggled to comprehend his growth, Tang Tian prepared for seven days of secluded cultivation and Little Blue asked to remain in human form beside him.

• Little Blue’s evolution and the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid’s power shattered Tang Tian’s bottleneck, advancing him from rank thirty-five to rank forty.
• Dugu Yan watched Tang Tian’s breakthrough and, after recovering from her shock, asked how his Martial Soul had changed and how he had gained five ranks.
• Tang Tian credited his rapid advancement to the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, while Dugu Bo secretly watched and resolved to ask Tang Tian for immortal herbs for Dugu Yan and himself.
• Tang Tian began preparing for seven days of secluded cultivation to stabilize his Soul Power, explore system 2.0, and learn Little Blue’s new abilities.
• Little Blue hugged Tang Tian in his Sea of Consciousness and asked whether she could stay in human form to keep him company.

After seven days of cultivation, Tang Tian set out with Dugu Yan to find his fourth Soul Ring, but rejected several powerful ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts as unsuitable. Little Blue then led them to a strange patch of forest where they discovered the legendary Time Tree.

• Tang Tian finished cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, stabilized his rank-forty cultivation, and prepared to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring with Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo met Tang Tian and Dugu Yan as they left, noted Tang Tian’s progress, and warned them to be careful in the forest.
• Little Blue sensed a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, and Tang Tian found an Ironclad Dragon Lizard; when the system offered him a safe Soul Ring or the chance to seek a better one, he chose to move on.
• Over several days, Tang Tian rejected a Gale Demon Wolf, an Earthquake Bear, and a Purple Lightning Thunder Eagle, while Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo wondered what he was seeking.
• Little Blue sensed an ancient Life Aura, leading Tang Tian and Dugu Yan to a motionless patch of forest where Dugu Yan recognized a silver-white tree as the legendary Time Tree.

Tang Tian fought the twenty-three-thousand-year Time Tree with Little Blue and killed it by exploiting the clash between its time powers and her life energy. Little Blue was badly weakened while protecting him, and Tang Tian began absorbing the Tree’s black soul ring.

• Dugu Yan recognized the Time Tree, while Dugu Bo prepared to intervene as Tang Tian chose to hunt it despite the danger.
• The Time Tree slowed everything around it, but Little Blue resisted with her life energy and helped Tang Tian move through the temporal field.
• Tang Tian had Little Blue pour the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energy into the Tree, creating an opening for his Blue Silver-Splitting Claw.
• When the Tree counterattacked with Time-Cutting Slash, Little Blue shielded Tang Tian, allowing him to strike again and shatter its trunk.
• Tang Tian caught the weakened Little Blue, restored her with soul power, and then began drawing in the Time Tree’s black soul ring.

Tang Tian absorbed the Time Tree’s Soul Ring, gaining powerful time-based abilities and reaching rank forty-five. After returning to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, he recovered overnight and prepared to continue treating Dugu Bo’s poison.

• Dugu Bo killed a thirty-thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf that rushed toward Tang Tian while he absorbed his Soul Ring, revealing that he had been guarding them.
• Little Blue evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor, and Tang Tian gained an enhanced time domain plus a once-daily one-second time stop when he and Little Blue activated it together.
• Tang Tian finished absorbing the Time Tree’s Soul Ring, reached rank forty-five, and demonstrated its time-slowing power to Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo agreed to resume poison treatment the next day and told Dugu Yan to take care of Tang Tian; Dugu Yan praised Tang Tian and said she would work hard to catch up.
• After recovering overnight, Tang Tian approached Dugu Bo and said they could begin treating his poison.

Tang Tian used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energy to remove more of Dugu Bo’s poison, earning his gratitude and an Immortal Herb. After the system offered him a choice between leaving safely or revealing his Second Martial Soul, he considered Little Iron Hammer’s desire for recognition.

• Tang Tian used Life Energy to loosen Dugu Bo’s toxins and removed most of five percent, more than twice the previous amount.
• Dugu Bo thanked Tang Tian and gave him the Jade Marrow Ganoderma as his own.
• The system offered Tang Tian a safe return to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy or the chance to reveal his Second Martial Soul and gain more rewards.
• Tang Tian sensed that Little Iron Hammer had been watching events in silence and wanted recognition, though she denied it when Little Blue asked.

Tang Tian revealed his second martial soul, Little Iron Hammer, to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, explaining that more resources could help him purge poison faster. Dugu Bo trusted Tang Tian enough to give him a rare herb for his tool martial soul and entrust Dugu Yan to him.

• Tang Tian revealed Little Iron Hammer as his second martial soul, shocking Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Tang Tian feared he might kill him, and Tang Tian said he trusted him because Dugu Bo had never harmed him despite having many chances.
• Little Iron Hammer’s affection for Tang Tian rose to 90, granting them full soul-power fusion and the ability to switch martial soul forms in combat at half the usual cost.
• Dugu Yan confronted Tang Tian for hiding his twin martial souls, then accepted that he had kept the secret.
• Dugu Bo gave Tang Tian a Silver-Scaled Ganoderma to nourish Little Iron Hammer and told Tang Tian he was entrusting Dugu Yan to him.

Tang Tian and Dugu Yan camped in Sunset Forest, where Tang Tian used the Silver-Scaled Ganoderma to help Little Iron Hammer evolve. Little Iron Hammer absorbed the herb and fell silent as a rapid transformation began.

• Tang Tian reflected on gaining the Silver-Scaled Ganoderma, earning Dugu Bo’s trust, and unlocking Combat Bond with Little Iron Hammer.
• Dugu Yan asked Tang Tian if he feared her grandfather, and Tang Tian said Dugu Bo was devoted to protecting his family.
• As night fell, Tang Tian and Dugu Yan made camp beside a boulder and prepared to stay until morning.
• Dugu Yan spread Beast-Repelling Powder, and Tang Tian began giving the Silver-Scaled Ganoderma to Little Iron Hammer.
• Little Iron Hammer absorbed the herb’s metallic energy, became a glowing square lump, and fell silent as Tang Tian sensed her transformation underway.

Tang Tian returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan after his Martial Soul entered evolutionary dormancy, having reached level forty-five. Xiao Wu greeted them with jealousy, while Tang San was stunned by Tang Tian’s rapid breakthrough.

• Tang Tian learned that Little Iron Hammer would remain dormant for about seventy-two hours as it evolved.
• Tang Tian and Dugu Yan reached Heaven Dou City and returned to the academy together.
• Xiao Wu greeted Tang Tian, then grew wary and jealous when she saw Dugu Yan with him.
• Tang San noticed Tang Tian’s stronger aura and asked whether he had broken through.
• Tang Tian revealed that he had reached level forty-five, leaving Tang San speechless.

Tang Tian sought a furnace to begin refining pills, and Qian Renxue brought him to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family Treasure Vault. There he found a Supreme-grade soul tool that could help with alchemy, while Qian Renxue noticed his brief interest in the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Tang Tian reviewed his Alchemy legacy and realized he needed a suitable furnace to refine pills.
• Qian Renxue visited Tang Tian after hearing he wanted a furnace and offered to take him to the imperial family’s treasure vault.
• The next morning, Qian Renxue escorted Tang Tian through the vault, where he saw the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and concealed his interest in it.
• Tang Tian used his metal-identification ability to examine a bluish-gray furnace and identified it as the Supreme-grade Profound Nether Furnace, which could increase pill-refining success.

Tang Tian obtained the Profound Nether Furnace and used it to make Foundation Establishment Pills after one failed attempt. He finished with a successful batch that excited Xiao Wu.

• Tang Tian chose the Profound Nether Furnace from the treasure vault, and Qian Renxue charged it to her account.
• Tang Tian admitted his interest in the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then told Qian Renxue he wanted to grow stronger and protect the people he cared about.
• Tang Tian studied the furnace and prepared to make Foundation Establishment Pills while Xiao Wu asked to have some and Tang San sorted the ingredients.
• Tang Tian's first attempt produced only three pills, so he steadied himself and tried again with the remaining ingredients.
• Tang Tian successfully made a flawless batch of Foundation Establishment Pills, and Xiao Wu admired their fragrance.

Tang Tian refined six high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills and planned to use the extra pills to build ties with powerful factions. The next morning, Tang San and Xiao Wu took pills and began cultivating under his guidance.

• Tang Tian refined six high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills from Jade Marrow Ganoderma in the Profound Nether Furnace.
• Tang Tian told Xiao Wu and Tang San to wait until morning to take the pills, then planned to reserve pills for himself, Dugu Yan, and three major powers.
• Tang Tian explained to Little Blue that offering pills to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Heaven Dou imperial family, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was an investment in useful allies and resources.
• Tang Tian gave a pill each to Tang San and Xiao Wu and instructed them to circulate their cultivation techniques as the medicine cleansed their meridians.
• Xiao Wu swallowed her pill, then Tang San took his and began cultivating with the Mysterious Heaven Skill as both were surrounded by faint light.

Tang San and Xiao Wu consumed Tang Tian's Foundation Establishment Pills and made major breakthroughs, while Xiao Wu's affection for Tang Tian unlocked an exclusive teleportation skill. Tang Tian then brought Dugu Yan a pill made from her grandfather's Jade Marrow Ganoderma and asked if she liked him.

• Tang San endured the pill's intense effects, advanced to rank thirty-five, and found his meridians and Soul Power greatly strengthened.
• Xiao Wu woke at rank thirty-six, and her affection level rose to 94, unlocking Tang Tian's once-a-month teleportation skill to reach her anywhere on the Douluo Continent.
• Tang Tian visited Dugu Yan at dusk and gave her a pill he had refined from the Jade Marrow Ganoderma her grandfather had provided.
• Tang Tian explained that he wanted to repay Dugu Yan's grandfather and then asked Dugu Yan if she liked him.

Tang Tian stayed with Dugu Yan while she took the Foundation Establishment Pill, helping her control its medicinal energy when it threatened to overwhelm her weakened meridians. After she bathed, Dugu Yan found him still waiting and felt reassured by his presence.

• Dugu Yan blushed at Tang Tian's teasing and asked him to stay and guard her while she took the pill.
• The pill's medicinal energy surged through Dugu Yan's fragile meridians, and Tang Tian used his Mysterious Heaven Skill Inner Power to guide it into her dantian.
• After Dugu Yan absorbed the pill, Tang Tian tried to leave, but she asked him to wait in the outer room while she bathed.
• Little Blue recognized that Dugu Yan wanted Tang Tian to stay and stopped watching them.
• Dugu Yan came out of the bathroom in a purple silk dress and saw Tang Tian still waiting beside the table.

Dugu Yan kissed Tang Tian to thank him for standing guard, then hid her embarrassment after he left. The next day, Qin Ming brought Tang Tian to the Education Committee, where the three senior members were stunned by his Foundation Establishment Pills and noticed he had reached Soul Ancestor.

• Dugu Yan kissed Tang Tian as a reward for guarding her, and Tang Tian left after telling her to rest.
• After the courtyard gate closed, Dugu Yan leaned against it, blushing and murmuring that Tang Tian was an idiot.
• Qin Ming visited Tang Tian and asked about the medicinal fragrance from his courtyard, saying it had disturbed the three Education Committee Members.
• Tang Tian agreed to show the senior members his pills and asked to consult them about pharmacology.
• Tang Tian revealed three Foundation Establishment Pills to Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who were astonished by their medicinal potency.
• Zhi Lin examined Tang Tian and asked whether he had broken through to Soul Ancestor.

Tang Tian stunned the three Education Committee Members by revealing he was a level forty-five Soul Ancestor at twelve and explaining the Foundation Establishment Pill. After agreeing to share limited pharmacology insights with Zhi Lin, he visited Qian Renxue and gave her a pill in gratitude for her trust and the Profound Nether Furnace.

• Zhi Lin noticed Tang Tian had reached Soul Ancestor, and Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan reacted with shock when they learned he was level forty-five at twelve.
• Tang Tian attributed his breakthrough to his twenty-three-thousand-year Time Tree Soul Ring and the Foundation Establishment Pill, leaving the three Education Committee Members astonished.
• Tang Tian explained the pill’s benefits, including strengthening foundations and increasing gifted Soul Masters’ cultivation speed, and agreed to exchange pharmacology insights with Zhi Lin.
• Meng Shenji promised the academy would support Tang Tian, who left the three Foundation Establishment Pills behind and departed.
• Tang Tian visited Qian Renxue and gave her a Foundation Establishment Pill as thanks for letting him enter the Imperial Family Treasure Vault and giving him the Profound Nether Furnace.

Tang Tian gave Qian Renxue a Foundation Establishment Pill before meeting Yu Tianheng to propose a partnership with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Yu Tianheng agreed to bring the proposal to his clan and left with the pill, thanking Tang Tian personally.

• Tang Tian gave Qian Renxue a Foundation Establishment Pill and left to meet Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng confirmed Tang Tian had reached level forty-five and reflected on how far ahead Tang Tian was.
• Tang Tian showed Yu Tianheng a Foundation Establishment Pill and proposed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan provide ingredients and distribution channels for batch pill refining.
• Yu Tianheng said he needed approval from the clan elders, then agreed to contact the clan and secured the pill.
• Tang Tian recounted his battle with the Time Tree and Soul Ring absorption, and Yu Tianheng thanked him before leaving.

Tang Tian struck a deal with Ning Fengzhi to supply medicinal ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills, while Ning Fengzhi secured one for Ning Rongrong. At Shrek Academy, Yu Yuanzhen arrived to question Yu Xiaogang about Tang Tian, as Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun proposed confronting him.

• Tang Tian visited Ning Fengzhi and offered to make Foundation Establishment Pills in exchange for vast quantities of premium medicinal ingredients, with the proceeds split between them.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to open the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's treasury to Tang Tian and asked him to reserve a pill for Ning Rongrong; Tang Tian accepted.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Tang Tian that his power and influence could attract assassins, but Tang Tian said he had trump cards and implied the allied powers would protect him.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived at Shrek Academy after receiving Yu Tianheng's report about the Foundation Establishment Pill and asked Yu Xiaogang what he knew about Tang Tian.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun urged Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang to take them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to challenge Tang Tian, but Yu Yuanzhen mocked their confidence.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Tang Tian as a child, and Yu Yuanzhen began to ask how Yu Tianheng's intelligence had described him.

Yu Yuanzhen proposed a high-level strategic alliance between the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Tang Tian, offering the clan’s resources and protection in exchange for pills and future assistance. Before their meeting, Little Iron Hammer completed her evolution into the Limit-Breaking Clear Sky Hammer and briefly gained a human form.

• Yu Yuanzhen revealed Tang Tian’s age, rank, and Foundation Establishment Pills, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned and making Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun abandon their challenge.
• Yu Yuanzhen left to meet Tang Tian after learning Yu Xiaogang knew little about him.
• Little Iron Hammer evolved into the Limit-Breaking Clear Sky Hammer, gaining increased attributes and a new Soul Skill, and briefly took human form.
• Tang Tian welcomed Little Iron Hammer back, and she pledged to protect him.
• Yu Yuanzhen met Tang Tian with Yu Tianheng and proposed a strategic alliance, offering clan resources and protection in return for pills and future help.

Tang Tian accepted Yu Yuanzhen’s thunder-pattern silver mother and fed it to Little Iron Hammer, while Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to investigate and recruit him or kill him. She sent the Golden Generation to Heaven Dou City, where the three defeated the city’s Soul Masters and Xie Yue mocked its elites.

• Tang Tian agreed to Yu Yuanzhen’s offer and received thunder-pattern silver mother as a gift.
• Tang Tian gave the thunder-pattern silver mother to Little Iron Hammer, who devoured it in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Bibi Dong ordered Salas to investigate Tang Tian and recruit him or kill him if Spirit Hall could not use him.
• Bibi Dong summoned Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, then ordered them to recruit Tang Tian or destroy him.
• Three days later, the Golden Generation won ten consecutive matches at Heaven Dou City’s Great Soul Arena.
• Xie Yue scorned Heaven Dou’s elites, saying they were not worthy of making him draw his blades.