Arc 4The Mandala Snake’s Lesson

Lu Chen reshaped events around Nuoding Academy while Ning Rongrong received an Immortal Herb and learned troubling details about her future. Tang San followed Yu Xiaogang’s guidance to claim a Mandala Snake Soul Ring, then faced Lu Yun’s challenge to the Grandmaster’s theories at Spirit Hall.

  • Lu Chen and Xiao Wu reached Nuoding Academy, where Lu Chen confronted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang before making plans to burden Tang San with work-study duties.
  • Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest, used Spirit Hall’s map to seek a snake-type Soul Beast, and convinced Tang San that Spirit Hall had ruined his father’s life.
  • Lu Chen gave Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty, and his Notebook updates revealed her future, her role in cruel trials, and the fate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Tang San killed a Mandala Snake with his Silent Sleeve Arrow and absorbed its Soul Ring after it injured Yu Xiaogang, who later accepted Tang San’s account of how the beast died.
  • Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned to Nuoding City, where Tang San entered Spirit Hall to seek assessment and registration, while Yu Xiaogang hoped to restore his reputation.
  • Tang San announced that his Blue Silver Grass had gained a 400-year Mandala Snake Soul Ring, and Yu Xiaogang defended the choice as proof of his theories.
  • Lu Yun explained why a Ghost Vine would have suited Blue Silver Grass better, and Li Feng showed that Teng Kong and Teng Fei had gained strong Ghost Vine Soul Rings under Lu Yun’s guidance.
  • Lu Yun told Tang San that the incompatible Soul Ring had locked him into using Blue Silver Grass as a tool Martial Soul, while privately urging him not to seek a way to change his fate.
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Ch. 76Damn admins!

Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu discovered their administrator privileges, while Hu Liena was caught trying to avoid Bibi Dong. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Da Ming completed his evolution into an Azure Divine Dragon, and Lu Chen gave Er Ming a powerful medicinal herb.

  • Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu explored their administrator privileges, changed group titles, muted Back to That Day, and renamed her Bad Woman.
  • Hu Liena tried to sneak away from Bibi Dong but was pulled into her bedchamber for combat-based instruction.
  • Da Ming emerged from Lu Tian's Gale Barrier as an Azure Divine Dragon and thanked Lu Chen for his transformation.
  • Lu Chen reassured Er Ming that he had a gift for him and gave him Earth-yellow Ophiopogon to improve his earth control, vitality, and healing.
  • Er Ming's affection for Lu Chen rose from 80 to 90.

Ch. 77Tang San Was Wounded-Gangzi, Who Do You Think You Are?

On enrollment day at Nuoding Academy, Lu Chen intervened when a gatekeeper insulted Old Jack and Tang San, then exposed Tang San’s hidden attack and confronted Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang tried to expel Lu Chen, who openly mocked him.

  • Lu Chen and Xiao Wu arrived at Nuoding Academy on enrollment day and saw Old Jack and Tang San arguing with a gatekeeper.
  • Lu Chen kicked the gatekeeper away and pushed Tang San back when Tang San raised his hand against him.
  • After Lu Chen kicked the gatekeeper again, Tang San fired a Sleeve Arrow at Lu Chen, who caught it and threw it back, piercing Tang San’s palm.
  • Yu Xiaogang emerged and condemned Lu Chen, demanding that he leave the academy.
  • Lu Chen mocked Yu Xiaogang and challenged his authority.

Ch. 78Tang Hao Was Bitter: Where Had These Two Come From?

Lu Chen publicly exposed Yu Xiaogang’s past and defended himself after Yu tried to blame him for the fight outside Nuoding Academy. As Wu Fang turned against Yu Xiaogang, Lu Chen’s arrival with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong was revealed, while Eagle Dragon Lu Tian and Sword Dao Chen Xin confronted Tang Hao outside the city.

  • Lu Chen insulted Yu Xiaogang and accused him of being a failed Soul Master who plagiarized Spirit Hall records and spread harmful theories.
  • Yu Xiaogang tried to convince the crowd that Lu Chen had started the fight, but the gatekeeper said Lu Chen had saved him from Tang San’s attack and exposed Yu as a freeloader rather than an academy teacher.
  • Wu Fang arrived, heard Yu Xiaogang’s version of events, then recognized Lu Chen and began distancing himself from Yu.
  • Ning Rongrong greeted Lu Chen and Xiao Wu, explaining that she had used Lu Chen’s enrollment as an excuse to leave home.
  • Fifty li outside Nuoding City, Eagle Dragon Lu Tian and Sword Dao Chen Xin joined forces against Tang Hao, who wondered where the two Titled Douluo had come from.

Ch. 79Villainess Template Ning Rongrong, Tang San Working to Support His Master

Extraterrestrial Tang San destroyed another universe and scanned several timelines, but dismissed the Nuoding City timeline as harmless. After learning the scan had been fooled, Lu Chen explained to Ning Rongrong how he planned to use Yu Xiaogang to slow Tang San’s growth.

  • Extraterrestrial Tang San absorbed the energy of a destroyed universe and began searching other timelines for counterparts to target.
  • Extraterrestrial Tang San scanned Lu Chen’s timeline but judged it harmless because Tang San, Xiao Wu, Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang were all in Nuoding City.
  • Lu Chen learned from System Sis that the scan had been fooled and planned to reveal the information in the Chat Group.
  • Lu Chen told Ning Rongrong that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and described Spirit Hall’s plan to keep them weak rather than execute them.
  • Lu Chen planned to let Tang San study under Yu Xiaogang and enroll as a work-study student, forcing him to balance labor, blacksmithing, and supporting his master.

Ch. 80Tang San: He was a genuine Grandmaster!

After Tang Hao appeared in Nuoding City, Lu Tian and Chen Xin discussed the implications while Chen Xin resolved to alert Ning Fengzhi. Meanwhile, Tang San recovered at an inn, and his recognition that Yu Xiaogang knew about his second Martial Soul left him convinced that the Grandmaster was genuine.

  • Lu Tian confirmed to Chen Xin that the fleeing man was Tang Hao, and Chen Xin decided to send word to Ning Fengzhi.
  • Physician Li treated Tang San and found no lasting abnormality, while Yu Xiaogang complained about her fee and tried to avoid paying.
  • Tang San woke as Yu Xiaogang paid Physician Li and sent her and Old Jack away.
  • Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to show him the Martial Soul besides Blue Silver Grass, and Tang San concluded that he was a genuine Grandmaster.

Ch. 81An iconic scene: Tang San takes a master

After realizing Yu Xiaogang knew about his twin martial souls, Tang San concealed his suspicions long enough to accept him as his teacher. Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San’s black hammer, warned him to keep it secret, and planned to take him to the Soul Hunting Forest the next morning before arranging his admission to Nuoding Academy.

  • Tang San considered attacking Yu Xiaogang to protect the secret of his twin martial souls, but relaxed when Yu Xiaogang revealed he had spent twenty Gold Soul Coins on his treatment.
  • Yu Xiaogang used Tang San’s certificate and his knowledge of Soul Masters to explain why he suspected Tang San had twin martial souls.
  • Tang San knelt and asked Yu Xiaogang to accept him as a disciple, and Yu Xiaogang agreed.
  • Tang San revealed his black hammer martial soul, and Yu Xiaogang recognized its significance and warned him not to expose it or add soul rings without permission.
  • Yu Xiaogang learned about Tang San’s father but withheld what he knew, then said he would take Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest the next morning.
  • Yu Xiaogang reassured Tang San that he could still attend Nuoding Academy and privately planned to use his talented disciple to take revenge on Principal Wu Fang.

Ch. 82I, Xiao Chenyu, will never bully the weak again!

At Nuoding Academy's entrance ceremony, Lu Chen discovered that his Second Grandpa Lu Tian had come to speak, while Xiao Chenyu thanked Lu Chen and showed him documents about work-study jobs and blacksmith shops. Lu Chen reviewed plans that would give Tang San a much harder assignment than the garden-cleaning job he had received in the original story.

  • Lu Tian surprised Lu Chen by attending the entrance ceremony and speaking from the stage as a senior from Spirit Hall.
  • Xiao Chenyu thanked Lu Chen for helping him obtain a high-quality First Soul Ring and promised Xiao Wu that he would never bully the weak again.
  • Lu Chen asked Xiao Chenyu whether he had prepared the documents, and Xiao Chenyu handed him a list of work-study jobs and a list of blacksmith shops in Nuoding City.
  • Lu Chen read the work-study list and noted that Tang San's garden-cleaning job appeared far down among the tedious assignments.
  • Lu Chen saw that Xiao Chenyu had arranged for others to take over Tang San and Xiao Wu's work, while Mo Hen kept paying their wages.

Ch. 83Su Yuntao didn't understand, but he was deeply shaken!

Lu Chen arranged obstacles for Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s Soul Ring hunt, while Su Yuntao secretly followed Spirit Hall’s orders to steer them toward snake-type Soul Beasts. The chapter ended with Su Yuntao wondering why a Plant-type Soul Master would seek beast-type Soul Rings.

  • Lu Chen reviewed Nuoding Academy’s job assignments and recalled that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San had left for a Soul Hunting Forest.
  • Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were denied entry because guards required Soul Masters to hunt in teams of at least seven during a Soul Beast uprising.
  • Yu Xiaogang searched the marketplace for a suitable team, but rejected the groups he encountered.
  • Su Yuntao recognized Tang San and learned that Yu Xiaogang was his self-proclaimed teacher.
  • Su Yuntao remembered Spirit Hall’s instructions to conceal Plant-type Soul Beasts and give Yu Xiaogang and Tang San a map marking snake-type Soul Beasts.

Ch. 84Spirit Hall? Su Yuntao? They All Had Reasons to Die!

Yu Xiaogang rejected the Spirit Hall party’s help and took Tang San into the Soul Hunting Forest alone, then revealed Tang San’s hidden connection to Spirit Hall. After studying Su Yuntao’s map, Yu Xiaogang excitedly announced they had found a lead on Tang San’s First Soul Ring.

  • Yu Xiaogang insisted that he and Tang San part ways with Su Yuntao’s party, and Su Yuntao gave Tang San a map of the Soul Hunting Forest.
  • Yu Xiaogang admitted he had used his talk of hardship to fool Tang San and said Tang San himself had a grudge against Spirit Hall because of his surname and Martial Soul.
  • Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that his father had once been famous across the continent and urged him not to ask about the details until he grew stronger.
  • Tang San became convinced that Spirit Hall had ruined his father’s life and felt guilty for doubting Yu Xiaogang.
  • Yu Xiaogang studied the map, marked several locations associated with snake-type Soul Beasts, and told Tang San they had a lead on his First Soul Ring.

Ch. 85Tang San: A try-not-to-laugh challenge?

Yu Xiaogang explained his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory and why snake-type Soul Beasts could suit Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass. After they set out to find Tang San’s first Soul Ring, Yu Xiaogang summoned his bizarre martial soul, Luo Sanpao, and Tang San failed to hold back his laughter.

  • Tang San supported Yu Xiaogang’s theory and promised to prove it to those who had ridiculed him.
  • Yu Xiaogang explained that Blue Silver Grass could accept varied Soul Ring attributes and that snake-type Soul Beasts suited its planned toughness and poison development.
  • Yu Xiaogang and Tang San set off to find Tang San’s first Soul Ring.
  • Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and described its strange limitations and fart-based fighting method.
  • Tang San tried not to laugh at Luo Sanpao but burst out laughing.

Ch. 86Lu Chen: Tang San, hurry back~

Tang San laughed at Yu Xiaogang during their search for a suitable Soul Beast, while Ning Rongrong completed her Exclusive Mission and received powerful rewards. Lu Chen prepared to use his Title Mission to deal Tang San physical and mental blows, with an uncertain Reverberation offered for exceeding its requirements.

  • Tang San laughed at Yu Xiaogang, who then taught him how to identify and counter Soul Beasts as they traveled.
  • Yu Xiaogang pointed out a Ten-Year Lone Bamboo as a possible backup Soul Ring, and Tang San noted it for later.
  • Ning Rongrong completed her Exclusive Mission and received a title, a Soul Bone Set skull, and a Title Mission to evolve her Martial Soul.
  • Liu Erlong compared her Soul Bone Skill unfavorably with Ning Rongrong's and Hu Liena's, while Qian Renxue urged her to focus on Martial Soul Evolution.
  • Ning Rongrong worried that she lacked the bloodline enhancement needed to evolve her Martial Soul, as Xiao Wu comforted her.
  • Lu Chen learned that exceeding his mission to harm Tang San could earn him a Reverberation, then eagerly anticipated Tang San's return.

Ch. 87Xiao Wu: Ning Rongrong wanted a freebie!

Ning Rongrong visited Lu Chen to ask for an Immortal Herb that could evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Lu Chen gave her an Aromatic Silk Beauty for free and explained how to use it, leaving Ning Rongrong deeply moved.

  • Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong visited Lu Chen, and Xiao Wu prompted her friend to explain why she had come.
  • Ning Rongrong nervously asked Lu Chen for an Immortal Herb that could evolve her Martial Soul, offering to meet his terms.
  • Lu Chen pretended to refuse before revealing that he would give Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty without charge.
  • Lu Chen explained how Ning Rongrong should take the herb and warned her about its effects as Xiao Wu led her back to her room.
  • Ning Rongrong realized Lu Chen had given her the Immortal Herb and felt deeply moved by his kindness.

Ch. 88Ning Rongrong retracted a "you're so nice"

Lu Chen recorded Ning Rongrong’s spoiled childhood and her arrival at Shrek Academy, where Flender’s harsh treatment eventually changed her. The chat group debated whether Flender had helped her or failed as a teacher, while Zhu Zhuyun considered the danger facing Zhu Zhuqing in the Star Luo Empire.

  • Ning Rongrong opened Lu Chen’s Notebook update in the bath and joined the chat group as its members eagerly anticipated her embarrassing history.
  • Lu Chen described Rongrong as a pampered little princess who secretly left home at twelve to enroll in Shrek Academy, prompting speculation about the Shrek Seven Devils.
  • Zhu Zhuyun teased Zhu Zhuqing about possibly joining Shrek Academy, while Zhu Zhuqing insisted she would not leave the Star Luo Empire; Zhu Zhuyun also recalled her concerns about Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi.
  • Lu Chen recounted how Rongrong clashed with Flender after skipping training and encouraging a classmate to lie, then faced his contemptuous comparisons with her fellow students.
  • The chat group members criticized Flender’s training and punishment as unfair and argued that he attacked Rongrong’s worth instead of correcting her behavior.

Ch. 89Immortals Stood in Ranks as Thick as Hemp

Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing planned their escape from the Star Luo Empire while reading updates about Ning Rongrong's time at Shrek Academy and Tang San's hidden-weapon dealings. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue persuaded Xue Ye to appoint Ning Fengzhi as Crown Prince's Grand Tutor, and Xue Ye then raised the subject of Dugu Yan.

  • Zhu Zhuyun invited Zhu Zhuqing to help plan their escape, and the sisters began writing together.
  • Lu Chen's updates described Ning Rongrong joining the Shrek Seven Devils, evolving her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and helping Tang San sell hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, supported appointing Ning Fengzhi as Crown Prince's Grand Tutor to strengthen Heaven Dou against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
  • Xue Ye told Qian Renxue that Dugu Bo had resigned as a Heaven Dou Retainer and that Platinum Bishop Salas had visited him.
  • Xue Ye asked Qian Renxue whether Dugu Yan was unsociable and rarely interacted with people her age.

Ch. 90Ning Rongrong, ungrateful wretch form!

Qian Renxue heard Xue Ye’s plans to arrange marriages involving Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong, while Lu Chen’s Notebook revealed how Ning Rongrong and Oscar’s future choices destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Rongrong broke down over the revelations, and the chapter ended with Lu Chen warning that her story would get even worse.

  • Qian Renxue lied to Xue Ye about Dugu Yan and learned that he planned to match Dugu Yan with Yu Tianheng and considered Ning Rongrong as a match for Xue Qinghe.
  • Lu Chen’s Notebook described Oscar pursuing Ning Rongrong, their eventual marriage, and their decision to use their resurrection skill on Tang San instead of Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
  • The Notebook predicted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would fall, Ning Rongrong and Oscar would have no descendants, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul would disappear.
  • Ning Rongrong read the revelations and burst into tears as Xiao Wu comforted her.
  • Bibi Dong decided to shelve the Soul Hunting Plan after Lu Chen’s disclosures, but Lu Chen warned that Ning Rongrong would become a psychopath.

Ch. 91Ning Rongrong's Old Malady Returned

The Notebook revealed that Tang San and Ning Rongrong abused Qiankun Asking Love Valley to manipulate Huo Yuhao and other Soul Masters, shocking the Chat Group. It ended with the revelation that Ning Rongrong had tortured the valley’s other trial participants and performed sex reassignment surgery on a later Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect descendant.

  • Lu Chen described Tang San’s schemes in the Divine Realm and mortal world, prompting the Chat Group to condemn him and discuss the gods’ failures.
  • Lu Chen explained that Qiankun Asking Love Valley arose from the fallen God of Love and punished or rewarded visitors according to its rules about love.
  • Lu Chen revealed that Tang San had turned the valley into a private tool for testing Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er, while Ning Rongrong oversaw the trials of twelve other entrants.
  • Lu Chen listed Ning Rongrong’s cruel trials, including forcing Xu Sanshi to kiss a man, making Jiang Nannan relive her trauma, and erasing Zhang Lexuan’s memories.
  • Lu Chen revealed that Ning Rongrong had also performed sex reassignment surgery on a female descendant of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ch. 92Will he win?

Lu Chen exposed Ning Tian’s relationship with Wu Feng, while Ning Rongrong avoided the Notebook’s revelations by absorbing an immortal herb to evolve her Martial Soul. In the Soul Hunting Forest, Tang San used a hidden weapon against the pursuing Mandala Snake, leaving his survival uncertain.

  • Lu Chen wrote that Ning Tian had rejected Wu Feng’s love until the God of Love’s power turned her male, and questioned Ning Rongrong’s treatment of her descendant.
  • Hu Liena guessed that Ning Tian accepted the transformation to benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, earning Bibi Dong’s approval.
  • Ning Rongrong stopped reading and began absorbing an immortal herb to evolve her Martial Soul.
  • Yu Xiaogang and Tang San fled a Mandala Snake whose age Su Yuntao’s map had badly underestimated, but Luo Sanpao’s hypnotic mist failed to stop it.
  • Yu Xiaogang sent Luo Sanpao to hold off the snake, then recalled his injured Martial Soul as Tang San took matters into his own hands.
  • Tang San threw a radish to slow the snake, released Yu Xiaogang’s hand, and fired his Silent Sleeve Arrow at it.

Ch. 93Yu Xiaogang Covered His Disciple's Retreat

Tang San’s flawed Sleeve Arrow failed to stop the Mandala Snake, and his carefully planned counterattack only blinded it in one eye. As the snake pursued them and Yu Xiaogang succumbed to its venom, Tang San waited for his teacher to draw its attention and fired his final Sleeve Arrow at its blinded eye.

  • Tang San’s Silent Sleeve Arrow struck the Mandala Snake’s scales but failed to penetrate them.
  • Tang San dodged the snake’s attack and used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to guide his short sword into its left eye, but only blinded it.
  • Yu Xiaogang scolded Tang San and fled with him as the enraged Mandala Snake pursued them.
  • Yu Xiaogang’s exposure to the snake’s neurotoxin made him stiff and caused him to stumble, while Tang San waited for his teacher to draw the snake’s attention.
  • Yu Xiaogang tried to fend off the snake with his remaining Soul Power as Tang San fired his last Silent Sleeve Arrow at its blinded left eye.

Ch. 94Teacher Would Understand... Right?

Tang San survived the Mandala Snake and absorbed its Soul Ring while Yu Xiaogang lay poisoned nearby. After breaking through the first level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Tang San finally treated Yu Xiaogang’s severe poisoning, leaving him to wonder whether his teacher would understand the delay.

  • The Silent Sleeve Arrow struck the Mandala Snake’s blinded eye, but its dying thrash broke a venomous fang across Yu Xiaogang’s face and flung him into a tree.
  • Tang San waited for the Mandala Snake to die, then briefly detoxified Yu Xiaogang before absorbing the beast’s Soul Ring into his Blue Silver Grass.
  • Tang San endured the Soul Ring’s violent power, completed the absorption, and broke through the first level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
  • After several hours, Tang San remembered Yu Xiaogang and treated him by draining the poison from his body, though the wound on his face would likely scar permanently.

Ch. 95Yu Xiaogang: Why don't you just rob someone?!

Ning Rongrong celebrated her Martial Soul’s evolution and traded jokes with her friends in the Chat Group. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang woke after two days of treatment in the Soul Hunting Forest and was stunned to learn he owed his rescuers 1,000 Gold Soul Coins.

  • Ning Rongrong thanked Lu Chen for helping her evolve her Martial Soul, and Lu Chen asked her to treat them to dinner at Two Nations Spring.
  • Ning Rongrong muted Hu Liena, Liu Erlong, and Ah Yin after they joked about Ning Fengzhi, then forbade Xiao Wu from eating the restaurant’s carrot cakes for a week.
  • A nine-person Soul Hunting team rescued Tang San and Yu Xiaogang from the Netherworld Wolf pack and arranged treatment for Yu Xiaogang.
  • Yu Xiaogang woke after two days and protested the 1,000 Gold Soul Coin bill from the Handless Order Squad.

Ch. 96Xiao Gang had no money and dodged his debts; Tang San had no choice but to part with his Sleeve Arrow

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San settled the Soul Hunting team's 1,000 Gold Soul Coin bill by giving them Tang San's Silent Sleeve Arrow for 200 coins and paying the remaining 800. After Yu Xiaogang discovered his disfigured face, Tang San claimed his teacher had deliberately protected him from the Mandala Snake, and Yu Xiaogang accepted the story before announcing they would return to Nuoding City.

  • The Soul Hunting team confronted Yu Xiaogang over his unpaid treatment and escort fees, and Tang San offered his Silent Sleeve Arrow as partial payment.
  • Beifeng accepted the arrow for 200 Gold Soul Coins, and Yu Xiaogang paid the remaining 800 coins.
  • Yu Xiaogang saw the Mandala Snake's purplish scar across his face and demanded to know what had happened.
  • Tang San said Yu Xiaogang had turned back to protect him, letting Tang San kill the snake with the Sleeve Arrow, and Yu Xiaogang decided to treat the story as true.
  • Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to pack so they could return to Nuoding City, and Tang San remembered that he could enroll at Nuoding Academy as a Soul Master.

Ch. 97Guard: What a familiar feeling~

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang arrived at Nuoding City's Spirit Hall Branch so Tang San could be assessed and registered as a Soul Master. After the guards reminded Tang San of Lu Chen, Yu Xiaogang used the branch's wealth to kindle Tang San's hatred of Spirit Hall, leaving him vowing to destroy it once he was strong enough.

  • Tang San anticipated returning to Nuoding Academy and imagined taking revenge on Lu Chen after gaining his first Soul Ring and Soul Skill.
  • Yu Xiaogang accompanied Tang San to Nuoding City's Spirit Hall Branch, hoping Tang San's assessment would help restore his reputation.
  • The guards initially stopped them, but Tang San released his Soul Power and the guards let them enter after comparing him to Lu Chen.
  • Tang San marveled at the Spirit Hall's lavish interior, then learned that the building was only the lowest-grade branch.
  • Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to keep his anger toward Spirit Hall but conceal it until he had enough strength, and Tang San vowed to destroy it.

Ch. 98Sisi, a good girl

Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to the Spirit Hall Branch in Nuoding City for a soul power test and Soul Master registration, where Sisi discovered Tang San was a six-year-old Soul Master. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San drawing a crowd as Tang San revealed he had absorbed a 400-year Mandala Snake soul ring after Nuoding Academy’s dean drove them away.

  • Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to Sisi’s office and requested a soul power test, advancement assessment, and official registration.
  • Sisi learned that Tang San was six years old and a Soul Master, then eagerly tried to recruit him into the Spirit Hall.
  • Sisi took Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to the Martial Soul Laboratory and sent someone to notify Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo and Head Deacon Li Feng.
  • Tang San told the gathered Spirit Hall staff and Soul Masters that Dean Wu Fang had driven him and Yu Xiaogang away from Nuoding Academy.
  • Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as the Grandmaster, and Tang San announced that his Blue Silver Grass had absorbed a 400-year Mandala Snake soul ring.

Ch. 99Gangzi, the material you copied is out of date!

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San tried to use Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Soul Ring to prove Yu Xiaogang’s theories, but Lu Yun challenged their reasoning and exposed Yu Xiaogang’s outdated classifications. The confrontation left Tang San’s claim undercut as Lu Yun explained that Blue Silver Grass was not a lifeless tool Martial Soul.

  • Sisi feared the consequences of summoning Li Feng and Ma Xiunuo to see Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, especially with Lu Yun present.
  • Li Feng scolded Sisi and ordered the crowd to disperse, but Yu Xiaogang accused him of covering up Dean Wu Fang’s actions against him and Tang San.
  • Tang San displayed his Blue Silver Grass and yellow Soul Ring, claiming that his Mandala Snake Soul Ring proved Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul mimicry theory.
  • Lu Yun questioned why Tang San had chosen a snake Soul Ring instead of a plant-type one, and Yu Xiaogang angrily objected to his challenge.
  • Lu Yun revealed that Spirit Hall had revised its classifications of tool and beast Martial Souls, explaining that Blue Silver Grass possessed life force.

Ch. 100Yu Xiaogang's shattered Dao heart

Lu Yun exposed flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s advice about Tang San’s first Soul Ring, leaving both Tang San and Yu Xiaogang shaken. After two Spirit Hall deacons demonstrated the benefits of Ghost Vine Soul Rings, Lu Yun told Tang San he could no longer change course and should keep using Blue Silver Grass as a tool Martial Soul.

  • Lu Yun correctly guessed that Tang San’s Mandala Snake Soul Ring had granted Blue Silver Grass toughness, poison, and the Entanglement Soul Skill, unsettling Tang San and enraging Yu Xiaogang.
  • Lu Yun challenged Yu Xiaogang’s choice of a Mandala Snake Soul Ring, arguing that a Ghost Vine would have better matched Blue Silver Grass and granted stronger benefits.
  • Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San’s weak inherited abilities resulted from the Soul Ring’s low age, but Li Feng summoned Teng Kong and Teng Fei to describe their powerful Ghost Vine Soul Rings and skills.
  • Li Feng revealed that Lu Yun had guided the twins’ Soul Ring choices and that they had defeated a rank twenty-five fallen Soul Master together, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to answer.
  • Lu Yun told Tang San that his incompatible first Soul Ring had locked him into using Blue Silver Grass as a tool Martial Soul, while privately urging him not to seek a way to change his fate.
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