Chapter Summaries

Tang Mo fought Tang San on the barren mountain after discovering that Tang San meant to push him off a cliff. Tang Hao rescued Tang San and searched for Tang Mo, who escaped and left him following false tracks.

• Tang San grew suspicious when Tang Mo gathered herbs using techniques similar to his own, and he tried to push Tang Mo off the mountain.
• Tang Mo used Flocculent Steps to trip Tang San, then kicked him off the slope during their fight.
• Tang Hao carried the injured Tang San home, then returned to the mountain intending to punish Tang Mo.
• Tang Mo erased his tracks, left a false trail, and escaped with the herbs.
• Tang Hao followed the false footprints, realized Tang Mo had fooled him, and released his Clear Sky Hammer and nine soul rings in anger.

Tang Mo cultivated the Five Treasures Body Protection Method with poisonous pills while Tang San recovered and began learning smithing so he could forge hidden weapons and seek revenge. Three months before the martial soul awakening, Tang San ambushed Tang Mo, but Tang Mo detected and countered his attacks, sending the Steel Needles back with Hidden Thread.

• Tang Mo prepared poisonous pills and swallowed one before cultivating the Five Treasures Body Protection Method.
• Tang San woke injured, swore revenge on Tang Mo, and asked Tang Hao to teach him smithing; Tang Hao agreed once his wounds healed.
• Tang San practiced forging and hidden weapon techniques as the martial soul awakening drew within three months.
• Tang San attacked Tang Mo on the mountain with ten Willow-Leaf Darts, but Tang Mo deflected and caught them before returning them.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Steel Needles, but Tang Mo sensed the attack, dodged, and used Hidden Thread to send the needles back.

Tang Mo trapped Tang San with sedative-coated threads, then escaped when Tang Hao intervened. Tang Hao rescued Tang San but was caught in a concoction that left his son critically ill, and he rushed toward Nuoding City for help.

• Tang Mo sensed Tang Hao nearby and decided to use Tang San as bait while planning an escape.
• Tang San exhausted his hidden weapons and charged Tang Mo with a Silent Sleeve Arrow, but Tang Mo revealed that threads had secretly bound him.
• Tang Mo tightened the threads around Tang San’s neck to draw out Tang Hao, then fled through the woods using a thread and throwing knife.
• Tang Hao cut Tang San free and caught him, triggering a colorless mist of laxative, tonic, and emetic that left Tang Hao unharmed but made Tang San vomit, suffer diarrhea, and bleed from the nose.
• Tang Hao panicked as Tang San weakened and flew toward Nuoding City.

Tang Mo awakened two unusual martial souls and displayed soul power powerful enough to nearly break the testing crystal, prompting Su Yuntao to take him to Nuoding City's Spirit Hall for further assessment. There, Ma Xiunuo had just registered Tang San as a Blue Silver Grass wielder with innate full soul power.

• Old Jack brought Tang Mo to Su Yuntao's martial soul awakening ceremony in Holy Soul Village.
• Tang Mo awakened twin martial souls, a figure and a short sword, while his power rapidly drained much of Su Yuntao's soul power.
• Tang Mo's innate soul power made the testing crystal blaze and crack, and Su Yuntao decided he needed further testing at Spirit Hall in Nuoding City.
• Tang Mo introduced himself as an orphan and agreed to go with Su Yuntao to the city branch.
• At the Nuoding City branch, Ma Xiunuo registered Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul and innate full soul power after Tang Hao brought him for an awakening.

Tang Mo’s innate transcendent soul power brought him to the attention of Spirit Hall, prompting Bibi Dong to send Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to Nuoding City after learning that an unidentified Titled Douluo had appeared there. Tang Mo left for the Soul Hunting Forest, where he planned to encounter Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.

• Su Yuntao showed Ma Xiunuo the damaged crystal ball used to test Tang Mo, and Ma Xiunuo confirmed Tang Mo’s extraordinary soul power with a better crystal ball.
• Ma Xiunuo registered Tang Mo, reported his innate transcendent soul power to his superiors, and let him stay at the Spirit Hall Branch.
• Bibi Dong read Ma Xiunuo’s report, dismissed the possibility that Tang Mo was Tang Hao’s son, and sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to investigate the unidentified Titled Douluo in Nuoding City.
• Several days later, Ma Xiunuo learned that he and Su Yuntao would receive transfers and bonuses, while Tang Mo was away with Su Yuntao—or so Ma Xiunuo believed.
• Tang Mo went to the Soul Hunting Forest, expecting Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to arrive and intending to give Tang San a taste of Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo.

Tang Mo followed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang into the Soul Hunting Forest, where a dark gold terrorclaw bear suddenly attacked them. He spotted an injured thousand-year bear nearby and considered risking its soul ring while relying on Tang Hao to hold off the larger beast.

• Tang Mo registered for the Soul Hunting Forest and followed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang under his Illusion Barrier.
• Tang Mo decided that a fire-type soul beast would best suit his first soul ring and considered how to build his martial arts path around the Five Treasures Body Protection Method.
• A dark gold terrorclaw bear appeared, and Yu Xiaogang grabbed Tang San and fled before trying to repel it with Luo Sanpao.
• Tang Mo dodged the bear and noticed an injured thousand-year dark gold terrorclaw bear hiding behind a rock.
• Tang Mo decided he could try absorbing the injured bear's soul ring with Earth-Wood Flow Injection while counting on Tang Hao to occupy the larger bear.

Tang Mo took advantage of Tang Hao’s battle with the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear to kill the Thousand-Year bear and absorb its Soul Ring. As Tang Hao and the remaining bear remained locked in combat, Tang Mo’s absorption began strengthening his body and lungs.

• The Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear wounded Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, but Tang Hao arrived and threw them clear of the fight.
• Tang Hao clashed with the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear using Sky-Piercing Strike while Tang Mo avoided approaching them.
• Tang Mo killed the badly wounded Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear by piercing its heart through an existing wound.
• Tang Hao used Ring Detonation and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes to break the shockwaves threatening Tang San, leaving him and the bear temporarily stalemated.
• Tang Mo summoned the Thousand-Year bear’s Soul Ring and began absorbing it, using Earth-Wood Flow Injection to withstand the pressure as the ring’s power strengthened his body and lungs.

Tang Mo absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s Soul Ring and endured the painful refinement of a pair of Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bones. After reaching roughly rank twenty-one, he slipped away after tossing bear meat onto Tang San, just as the dying Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear sensed its kin’s death and turned frenzied.

• Tang Mo absorbed the purple Soul Ring, then received a pair of Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bones from the bear.
• Tang Mo endured the Dreadclaws’ agonizing power and used his Soul Power to temporarily refine them.
• Tang Mo rose feeling stronger and realized his Soul Power had advanced from rank fifteen to around rank twenty-one.
• Tang Hao struck the injured Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, making it stumble, then moved toward Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to take them away.
• Tang Mo cut meat from the dead bear, wrapped it in Soul Power, and threw it onto Tang San before vanishing.
• Tang Hao sensed someone nearby, but the dying Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear became frenzied after sensing the death and seeing the meat on Tang San.

Tang Mo escaped the Soul Hunting Forest while Tang Hao fought a self-detonating Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and used Ring Detonation to protect Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Yue Guan and Gui Mei learned that Tang Hao might be in the forest and hurried to form an encirclement, while Tang Hao remained locked in a stalemate with the bear.

• Tang Mo suspected the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had driven the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears from the Star Dou Great Forest, then returned to Nuoding City.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear detonated its soul power, forcing Tang Hao to detonate seven soul rings and shield Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao's ultimate strike collided with the bear's claw, unleashing shockwaves that devastated the forest and sent its entrance guards fleeing.
• The guards alerted Spirit Hall, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei concluded that Tang Hao was likely the Titled Douluo fighting in the forest.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei summoned a nearby Red-Clothed Grand Bishop and moved to encircle Tang Hao, who remained locked in a stalemate with the bear as both sides' power faded.

Tang Mo examined how his first soul skill worked and considered how it combined with Instant Strike and his Dark Gold Dreadclaw. Tang San absorbed a hundred-year Lone Bamboo soul ring, gained his first soul skill, and discovered that his Mysterious Heaven Skill had advanced to its second level.

• Tang Hao killed the faltering Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, then carried Yu Xiaogang and Tang San away with a dying hundred-year Lone Bamboo.
• Tang Mo tested his first soul skill, finding that repeated attacks stacked marks on his gauntlets before releasing a powerful claw-shaped shock wave.
• Tang San awoke at Nuoding Academy, where Yu Xiaogang told him a senior had saved them and urged him to absorb the Lone Bamboo's soul ring.
• Tang San absorbed the soul ring, became a One-Ring Soul Master, and broke through to the second level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Ground Spikes and found that the grass had become much harder while the skill consumed little soul power.

Tang San went to register as a Soul Master to claim Spirit Hall’s monthly subsidy and ran into Tang Mo, whom he wanted to challenge. Tang Mo revealed a thousand-year First Soul Ring, leaving Tang San stunned as Ma Xiunuo prepared to test them both.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to register at Spirit Hall and collect the Soul Master subsidy, so Tang San wrapped his head and went to the branch.
• Tang San spotted Tang Mo and charged at him, but Ma Xiunuo restrained Tang San and forbade fighting inside the branch.
• Tang San introduced himself and explained that he had come to register after obtaining his First Soul Ring.
• Tang Mo revealed his purple thousand-year Soul Ring, shocking Tang San and drawing attention from everyone present.
• Ma Xiunuo led Tang San and Tang Mo to a room with a Soul Power testing crystal.

Tang San tested at level eleven and challenged Tang Mo, who overwhelmed him without injury and drove him from the Spirit Hall Branch. Tang Hao withdrew when Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrived nearby, leaving them to suspect that a Titled Douluo had been watching.

• Ma Xiunuo measured Tang San's soul power at level eleven, and Tang Mo sensed that Tang San's fortune had diminished while his own had increased.
• Tang Mo tested above level twenty, prompting Tang San to question Yu Xiaogang's teachings about innate full soul power.
• After receiving his allowance, Tang San challenged Tang Mo, who used Flocculent Steps and palm strikes to push him out of the Spirit Hall Branch without injuring him.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San's defeat and briefly formed the urge to kill Tang Mo, then vanished from his hiding place.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrived near Nuoding City after Tang Hao left and suspected a Titled Douluo had been there.

Tang Mo defeated Tang San by countering his Blue Silver Ground Spikes and hidden weapons with his gauntlets and a copper soul coin. Tang San was left severely wounded and missing a little finger, and conceded.

• Tang San attacked Tang Mo with Blue Silver Ground Spikes, but Tang Mo cut through them with his gauntlets.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to approach and fired hidden needles, which Tang Mo detected and deflected with a copper soul coin.
• Tang San caught the coin with Mysterious Jade Hand, but the lung-metal qi inside it cut his palm; he then threw a poisoned dart at Tang Mo, who knocked it away.
• Tang Mo appeared while Tang San was distracted and sent illusory bear claws through Tang San’s defensive Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San hurled the contents of Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night to weaken the attack, but the bear claws severed his little finger and tore flesh from his chest.
• As Tang San fell and began treating his wounds, he shouted that he conceded.

After defeating Tang San, Tang Mo drew the attention of Spirit Hall’s Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who tested his awareness at the branch. Tang Mo recognized their presence and remarked that the weak should seek shelter with the strong, briefly striking a chord with Yue Guan.

• Tang San conceded and limped away from the battle as Tang Mo received the crowd’s admiration and suspected Tang Hao was watching from a distance.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei, concealed in the sky, noticed Tang Mo’s unusual perception and learned that his soul power had reached the Soul Grandmaster level.
• Tang Mo returned to the Spirit Hall Branch and recognized Gui Mei’s martial-soul pressure as the source of the chilling, ghostlike surroundings.
• Yue Guan revealed himself after Tang Mo guessed who was behind the display, and Tang Mo advised that the weak should cling to a powerful ally until they could stand on their own.
• Yue Guan was briefly taken aback because Tang Mo’s remark resonated with the reasons many Soul Masters had joined Spirit Hall.

Tang Mo endured Yue Guan’s escalating pressure in exchange for a Storage Soul Tool, using the strain to fuse his Dark Gold Dreadclaws and absorb the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s bloodline power. Yue Guan discovered that Tang Mo possessed External Soul Bones in both hands and chose not to act on a brief flash of greed.

• Yue Guan offered Tang Mo a Storage Soul Tool if he could withstand his pressure for more than ten minutes.
• Tang Mo prepared himself and held his posture as Yue Guan gradually increased the pressure.
• As the pressure grew, Tang Mo’s Dark Gold Dreadclaws began fusing with his palms, and he absorbed the remaining bloodline power in his first Soul Ring.
• Yue Guan raised the pressure until it could pin a level-fifty-seven Soul King in place, leaving Tang Mo trembling and drenched in sweat.
• Tang Mo demanded more pressure to complete the fusion, and Yue Guan realized he had External Soul Bones in both hands.

Tang Mo fused the Dark Gold Dreadclaw with his body while enduring Yue Guan’s pressure, and his mastery of the Guan Zizai Heart Method caught Gui Mei’s attention. Afterward, Yue Guan gave him the storage belt, which Tang Mo named Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon, and Tang Mo began thinking about recreating the Devouring Pouch.

• Yue Guan increased his pressure until Tang Mo’s body began to buckle and his hands threatened to shatter.
• Tang Mo used the Guan Zizai Heart Method to detach his consciousness from his pain and instincts as the Dark Gold Dreadclaw fused with him.
• Yue Guan raised the pressure again, but Tang Mo stood unmoved, and Gui Mei recognized a possible path forward in Tang Mo’s state.
• Tang Mo’s Dark Gold Dreadclaw fused completely with his hands, leaving him feeling lighter and able to leap as though he could briefly fly.
• Yue Guan tossed Tang Mo the storage belt, and Tang Mo named it Eight Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moon.
• Tang Mo discovered the belt held sixty-four cubic meters of storage space and considered recreating the Devouring Pouch.

Tang Mo explained how Magical Artifacts could be crafted and suggested that Tang Hao was making a noisy escape to draw Spirit Hall’s Soul Douluos away from Nuoding City. Yue Guan and Gui Mei abandoned their plan to pursue Tang Hao and hurried toward Spirit City with Tang Mo, seeing him as more valuable.

• Tang Mo described Tang Sect artifact-crafting methods and considered making a Devouring Pouch by refining materials with spatial properties.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei reconsidered whether to pursue Tang Hao, concerned that Tang Mo might be harmed during the confrontation.
• Yue Guan sensed Soul Douluos and a Titled Douluo fighting near Nuoding City, and Tang Mo questioned whether the commotion was a deliberate distraction.
• Tang Mo predicted that Tang Hao would return after checking that Nuoding City was safe, since he could not abandon what he had there.
• Yue Guan praised Tang Mo and suggested Bibi Dong might make him the Holy Son.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei gave up on surrounding Tang Hao and took Tang Mo toward Spirit City.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei took Tang Mo toward Spirit City, and Tang Mo agreed to help Gui Mei understand his martial soul in exchange for their help with future private business. When their carriage was ambushed, Yue Guan declared that Tang Mo’s first lesson as a soul master would be how to kill.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei traveled with Tang Mo by carriage, deliberately pacing the trip to match Bibi Dong’s expectations.
• Gui Mei told Tang Mo that his understanding of his martial soul had gone astray, and Yue Guan asked Tang Mo to guide him.
• Tang Mo agreed to help them in exchange for their assistance with future private matters, including taking the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and retrieving Ah Yin’s body and soul bone.
• Tang Mo explained the Guan Zizai Heart Method, and Gui Mei began practicing it, though Tang Mo thought it could only offer him limited inspiration.
• The carriage struck an earthen wall and stopped as rustling sounds rose around it, and Yue Guan announced that a soul master’s first lesson was learning how to kill.

Tang Mo used Illusion Barrier to ambush Qie'ersi and the bandit leaders, killing them while remaining invisible. As the surviving bandits panicked and Yue Guan watched, Yue Guan remembered his own first killing in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Yue Guan explained that Qie'ersi was a wanted former member of the Heaven Dou Empire's Expedition Team and identified his Earth Giant Ape Martial Soul.
• Tang Mo vanished with Illusion Barrier and quietly approached Qie'ersi outside the carriage.
• Tang Mo slit Qie'ersi's throat with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, then killed the other bandit leaders before their followers could react.
• The remaining bandits panicked as their leaders fell and they could not find the invisible attacker.
• Yue Guan watched Tang Mo continue killing without leaving his invisible state and recalled how a five-person Soul Hunting team had targeted him during his first kill in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Mo arrived at Spirit City after calmly killing eleven bandits, then met Bibi Dong as the Asura God and Rakshasa God secretly took notice of him. Bibi Dong accepted him into classes with the Saintess and the others, beginning the next day.

• Tang Mo killed eleven bandits without showing distress, then told Yue Guan he preferred settling disputes for others.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei brought Tang Mo to Pope Hall, where Bibi Dong received them.
• The Asura God and Rakshasa God sensed Tang Mo's assassin's aura and considered him as a potential successor, though the Rakshasa God soon withdrew because Bibi Dong had already progressed in her trial.
• Tang Mo sensed an unsettling change around him, but the feeling faded when the divine consciousnesses disappeared.
• Bibi Dong judged Tang Mo to be talented and composed, then told him to attend classes with the Saintess and the others starting the next day.