Chapter Summaries

At Nuoding Academy, Li Changsheng argued with Yu Xiaogang about how to raise their Luo Sanpao Martial Souls, then waited at the gates hoping to meet Tang San. When Old Jack arrived with Tang San to enroll, Li Changsheng took the boy’s certificate and caught his attention.

• Li Changsheng rejected Yu Xiaogang’s advice to feed Luo Sanpao radishes and said he would not remain stuck at rank twenty-nine.
• Li Changsheng recalled that he had awakened Luo Sanpao with six ranks of Innate Soul Power and reached rank thirty-five by feeding it Soul Beast meat.
• Li Changsheng considered taking Tang San as his disciple and waited by Nuoding Academy’s gates for the new students.
• Old Jack arrived with Tang San and presented the boy’s Martial Soul certificate to Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng took the certificate, and Tang San studied his appearance and decided he seemed capable and experienced.

Li Changsheng welcomed Tang San to Nuoding Academy and won his admiration with a speech about ambition and Martial Souls. After Tang San asked to become his disciple, Li Changsheng’s system activated and granted him powerful rewards, and he formally accepted Tang San as his student.

• Li Changsheng took Tang San into Nuoding Academy after Old Jack left and told him that people, not Martial Souls, determined whether someone was trash.
• Li Changsheng introduced himself as a Nuoding Academy teacher and offered to answer Tang San’s questions, prompting Tang San to ask to become his disciple.
• The system bound itself to Li Changsheng and granted him the Ultimate Enhanced Manga Yu Xiaogang Template, Scholar Aura, and Four-in-One Divine Tome.
• Li Changsheng accepted Tang San as his student, and Tang San knelt and paid his respects.

Li Changsheng registered Tang San at Nuoding Academy, bought him supplies, and gave him a Storage Soul Tool as an initiation gift. After Tang San began settling into Dorm Seven, Li Changsheng noticed changes in Luo Sanpao and received a system reward.

• Li Changsheng helped Tang San register in Dorm Seven and explained that his Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, had grown stronger through years of feeding it Soul Beast meat.
• Li Changsheng bought Tang San fine bedding and toiletries, and Tang San became emotional when his teacher recognized how poorly he had been cared for at home.
• Li Changsheng gave Tang San a white Storage Soul Tool with twenty-four gemstones, which Tang San named Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.
• Li Changsheng left Tang San at Dorm Seven, where Wang Sheng approached him to explain the dorm's rules.
• Li Changsheng realized he had forgotten to collect his Soul Master stipend, then noticed two small bumps emerging on Luo Sanpao's forehead and received ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and a Soul Hunting Forest permit from the system.

Li Changsheng studied the system’s functions and prepared to take Tang San to hunt for his first Soul Ring. On the journey to the Soul Hunting Forest, Li Changsheng suggested Tang San had more than one Martial Soul, leaving him stunned.

• Li Changsheng learned that character relationships depended on his intentions and planned to find Tang San a life-type Plant Soul Beast.
• Li Changsheng met Tang San outside Dorm Seven and explained that it was time for him to absorb his first Soul Ring.
• Li Changsheng and Tang San left Nuoding Academy by carriage for the Soul Hunting Forest, and Li Changsheng taught him about Soul Master realms.
• Li Changsheng asked Tang San whether he had more than one Martial Soul, and Tang San froze in shock.

Li Changsheng revealed that Tang San possessed twin martial souls, that his father Tang Hao was the Clear Sky Douluo, and that his Blue Silver Grass was actually the Blue Silver Emperor. He urged Tang San to focus on growing stronger, then brought him to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain a soul ring.

• Li Changsheng praised Tang San for confessing that he had a second martial soul, and Tang San showed him the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li Changsheng told Tang San that his father, Tang Hao, was the Clear Sky Douluo, and encouraged him to uncover his father's reasons for hiding the truth when he was stronger.
• Li Changsheng explained that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was the Blue Silver Emperor and that its bloodline had not awakened, prompting Tang San to wonder about his missing mother.
• Li Changsheng and Tang San reached the Soul Hunting Forest, passed the guards after presenting their warrant, and entered the managed hunting ground.
• Tang San looked around the forest curiously as Li Changsheng spotted a lush stalk of bamboo and nearly laughed.

Li Changsheng guided Tang San through the Soul Hunting Forest and helped him choose a life-type plant Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring. Tang San absorbed the Drooping-Root Dragon Whisker Vine’s ring, while Li Changsheng used a system reward on him and wondered whether Luo Sanpao’s Soul Skills should change.

• Li Changsheng explained why Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo was unsuitable and told Tang San to seek a life-type plant Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.
• As they traveled deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest, Li Changsheng summoned Luo Sanpao and discussed whether Soul Beasts were evil with Tang San.
• Li Changsheng identified a roughly four-hundred-and-thirty-year-old Drooping-Root Dragon Whisker Vine, and Tang San cut it down until its pale yellow Soul Ring appeared.
• Tang San sat down and absorbed the Drooping-Root Dragon Whisker Vine’s Soul Ring while Li Changsheng stood guard.
• The system rewarded Li Changsheng with increased template progress and a Manhua Version Tang San Template, which he used on Tang San.
• Li Changsheng noticed Luo Sanpao’s forehead bumps growing and asked the system whether being the Light Dragon King should change Sanpao’s Soul Skills.

After Tang San absorbed his first Soul Ring, he demonstrated Blue Silver Absorption and considered Li Changsheng’s suggestion to develop it into a Self-Created Soul Skill. Back at Nuoding City’s academy, Yu Xiaogang confronted them and tried to recruit Tang San, who refused to hear him out.

• Tang San finished absorbing his first Soul Ring at roughly level twelve and demonstrated Blue Silver Absorption, which drained Soul Power and stamina from living targets caught by his Blue Silver Grass.
• Li Changsheng suggested using the skill to send Blue Silver Grass roots underground and trap enemies in a cage, and Tang San began considering whether this could become a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Li Changsheng gave Tang San dry rations on their return to Nuoding City, then treated him to a meal and bought Soul Beast meat and lesser dragon meat for Luo Sanpao.
• At the academy, Yu Xiaogang insulted Li Changsheng and asked Tang San about his Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power, but Tang San said he only listened to Teacher Changsheng.
• Yu Xiaogang boasted about his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and tried to entice Tang San into becoming his disciple, while Li Changsheng mocked his theories.

Li Changsheng challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories and accepted his duel wager over Tang San’s future. Li Changsheng’s Luo Sanpao struck first, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Pig stunned by the attack.

• Li Changsheng questioned Yu Xiaogang’s advice for Tang San and accused him of plagiarizing his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged Li Changsheng to a duel, wagering that Tang San would become his student if he won.
• Li Changsheng offered his theories as the stake, while Yu Xiaogang agreed to rename his Luo Sanpao Pig if he lost.
• Li Changsheng sent Tang San away with a face mask before the duel began.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Pig to use Earth-Shattering Luo Sanpao, but Li Changsheng’s Luo Sanpao hit him first with Flash Thunder Breath and triggered Pig’s foul gas attack.

After defeating Yu Xiaogang, Li Changsheng forced him to swear that his Martial Soul would henceforth be named Pig. Li Changsheng gave Tang San a copy of his theoretical compendium, and Tang San began reading it in Dorm Seven before Xiao Wu interrupted him.

• Tang San and Li Changsheng waited for the foul cloud around Yu Xiaogang to clear, then Tang San woke him with a silver needle.
• Li Changsheng demanded that Yu Xiaogang honor his wager, and Yu Xiaogang swore that his Martial Soul would only be called Pig.
• Li Changsheng left with Tang San and gave him a thick book titled Compendium of Soul Master Theory.
• Tang San found his father, Tang Hao, listed as a representative wielder of the Clear Sky Hammer in the book.
• Xiao Wu leaned over to ask Tang San what he was reading, then insisted that she could do as she pleased as Dorm Seven’s boss.

Tang San decided to find part-time work at a smithy so he could forge Hidden Weapons, while Xiao Wu grew thoughtful about him and her mother’s comb. After Tang San’s grateful bow, Li Changsheng gained a Peak Strike Experience Card and his Martial Soul Evolution progress reached one percent.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu that some Soul Beasts yearned for peace, and she wondered who his teacher was.
• Wang Sheng praised Li Changsheng and mentioned that he was single, prompting Tang San to think about finding him a virtuous wife.
• Tang San asked Wang Sheng about a nearby smithy and decided to seek work there to make Hidden Weapons from scrap materials.
• Xiao Wu returned to her bed, opened the bundle containing her mother’s wooden comb, and looked at Tang San with an inexplicable emotion.
• Tang San told Li Changsheng he wanted to work at the smithy, and Li Changsheng encouraged him to spend his Gold Soul Coins on materials or Soul Tools.
• Tang San knelt and kowtowed to Li Changsheng, triggering a Peak Strike Experience Card and raising Li Changsheng’s Martial Soul Evolution progress to one percent.

Li Changsheng gave Tang San refined whale rubber to strengthen his body and help him absorb older Soul Rings, while Tang San considered sharing the Mysterious Heaven Skill with him. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang learned of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power and went to recruit him, only to find he had already left the dormitory.

• Li Changsheng comforted Tang San after he knelt to honor him as a teacher and affirmed that Tang San’s devotion to others was a strength.
• Li Changsheng gave Tang San refined whale rubber and explained that it could improve his constitution and raise the age of Soul Rings he could absorb.
• Tang San accepted the bottle, thought about teaching Li Changsheng the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and left the academy.
• Li Changsheng summoned Luo Sanpao and saw that it had grown a small pair of horns as his template progress reached one percent.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Tang San’s registration information and concluded that he had Twin Martial Souls, then decided to make Tang San his disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang went to the work-study students’ dormitory, where Xiao Wu told him Tang San had left that morning and had not returned.

Yu Xiaogang went to Dorm Seven looking for Tang San, threatened Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng, and was escorted to the dean’s office after a patrol teacher intervened. Tang San returned and brought Xiao Wu to Li Changsheng for help, leaving Xiao Wu stunned by Li Changsheng’s appearance.

• Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng mistook Yu Xiaogang for Teacher Li, then Wang Sheng identified him as the freeloading Grandmaster.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded to know where Tang San was and threatened Wang Sheng with expulsion, while Xiao Wu stood up to him.
• A patrol teacher ordered Yu Xiaogang out of the dormitory and escorted him to the dean’s office.
• Tang San returned from the smithy, learned Yu Xiaogang had threatened his roommates, and agreed to ask Li Changsheng for help.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu went to Li Changsheng’s dormitory, where Xiao Wu was captivated by Li Changsheng’s melancholy appearance.

Xiao Wu asked whether Li Changsheng was accepting disciples, and Tang San learned she wanted to become Li Changsheng’s student. At the dean’s office, Tang San reported Yu Xiaogang’s threat, and the dean ordered Yu Xiaogang to leave Nuoding Academy.

• Li Changsheng reassured Tang San that he would protect him after Xiao Wu explained that Yu Xiaogang had tried to recruit Tang San as a disciple.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San whether Li Changsheng was accepting students and nodded when Tang San guessed she wanted to become his disciple.
• At the dean’s office, Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Tang San to join him, and the dean reprimanded him for speaking against Li Changsheng.
• Tang San told the dean that Yu Xiaogang had threatened the students, while Li Changsheng watched the dean realize Yu Xiaogang had concealed the incident.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Li Changsheng instead of admitting fault, so the dean ordered him out of his office.

Li Changsheng accepted Xiao Wu as his second disciple and received new system rewards, including a concealment pill and a method for linking his mind with an external Martial Soul. He sent Tang San and Xiao Wu back with books and a storage ring, then headed out with Luo Sanpao to buy meat and prepare to test the new cultivation method.

• Li Changsheng declined the dean's offer to handle Yu Xiaogang and said he would deal with him himself.
• Xiao Wu asked to become Li Changsheng's disciple so she could stay beside Tang San, and Li Changsheng accepted her as his second disciple.
• The system rewarded Li Changsheng with a storage ring, increased template progress, a Concealment Pill, and the Mind Link Method.
• Li Changsheng gave Xiao Wu a thick book on soul beasts and the storage ring, and told both disciples he would protect them from mistreatment.
• Li Changsheng left Tang San and Xiao Wu and summoned Luo Sanpao, planning to test the Mind Link Method after they returned.

Li Changsheng prepared a den for Luo Sanpao and considered how to help Tang San and Xiao Wu grow as his students. Xiao Wu recognized her mother’s killer, Bibi Dong, in a book and resolved to trust Li Changsheng as she pursued revenge.

• Li Changsheng bought Soul Beast meat, lumber, tools, and decorations, then checked his Martial Soul evolution progress and began building Luo Sanpao a den.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu exchanged books, and Tang San discovered that the final pages of the Soul Beast book were sealed.
• Tang San read about the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape while Xiao Wu found Bibi Dong’s name and recognized her as the woman who killed her mother.
• Xiao Wu felt overwhelmed by the strength of her enemy, then regained her resolve by deciding to cultivate and learn from Li Changsheng.
• Tang San returned to studying Soul Beasts so he could become more self-reliant when seeking Soul Rings.

After a year of training at Nuoding Academy, Tang San and Xiao Wu refined whale rubber under Li Changsheng’s guidance and prepared to return home for the break. Li Changsheng sent them off with supplies while staying at the academy to cultivate.

• Li Changsheng supervised Tang San and Xiao Wu as they refined whale rubber and reminded them to focus on cultivation.
• Li Changsheng learned from the system that every 10% of his template progress would transform Luo Sanpao and improve its soul rings.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu finished refining the whale rubber, and Li Changsheng told Tang San he had reached his current limit.
• After learning the term had ended, Tang San invited Li Changsheng to come home with him, but Li Changsheng declined so he could cultivate.
• Li Changsheng hired Tang San and Xiao Wu a carriage, gave Tang San a sack of supplies, and urged them to take care on the journey home.

Tang Hao visited Li Changsheng, judged him fit to teach Tang San, and left him a Pope Token before departing to seek a cure for his injuries. At home, Tang San reflected on whether his mother had been a transformed Soul Beast, while Xiao Wu gave him her cherished wooden comb, bringing their relationship closer.

• Tang Hao entered Li Changsheng's room, introduced himself as Tang San's father, and told Li Changsheng to take responsibility for teaching Tang San.
• Tang Hao gave Li Changsheng a Pope Token and left Nuoding City to seek a way to heal his hidden injuries.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu found that Tang Hao had left, and Xiao Wu tried to comfort Tang San over his father's departure.
• Tang San read about the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor and wondered whether his mother had been a transformed Soul Beast.
• Xiao Wu gave Tang San her cherished wooden comb, and Li Changsheng received a system alert that their relationship had changed.

After vacation, Li Changsheng welcomed Tang San and Xiao Wu back to Nuoding Academy and gave them a plan to develop Self-Created Soul Skills. He left them studying his ideas for techniques based on their Martial Souls and existing skills.

• Li Changsheng noticed his template progress had increased and encouraged Luo Sanpao to keep growing.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu returned from vacation, and Li Changsheng observed that their cultivation had improved.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Tang San and Xiao Wu greet Li Changsheng and resolved to get Tang San as his disciple.
• At the back mountain, Li Changsheng gave Tang San and Xiao Wu scrolls outlining his Self-Created Soul Skill study plan.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu read Li Changsheng's ideas for Blue Silver Thread Pull and Rabbit Shadow Sweep and began considering how to develop them.

After five years at Nuoding Academy, Li Changsheng graduated Tang San and Xiao Wu and took them toward Shrek Academy to test the system’s changes and reform its teaching. Yu Xiaogang arrived too late to give Tang San his recommendation and decided to seek out Flender himself.

• Li Changsheng prepared to leave Nuoding Academy with his evolved Luo Sanpao, whose soul power had reached level 55 and whose first soul ring had become a thousand-year ring.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu graduated and joined Li Changsheng in the carriage, with Tang San leaving the choice of advanced academy to his teacher.
• Li Changsheng chose to visit Shrek Academy after receiving a system reward that would apply comic templates and altered settings to major characters in the area.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Nuoding Academy with Flender’s letter of recommendation, learned that Li Changsheng and his students had already left, and dropped the letter in shock.
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to find Flender and join Shrek Academy so he could teach a monster stronger than Tang San.

Li Changsheng reunited with Flender in Suotuo City and introduced Tang San and Xiao Wu as his talented disciples. Flender offered Li Changsheng the leadership of Shrek Academy, but Li Changsheng declined and said he wanted to help the students have a better future.

• Li Changsheng led Tang San and Xiao Wu to Flender’s shop instead of looking for a hotel.
• Flender recognized Li Changsheng, and the old friends warmly reunited.
• Flender noticed Tang San’s Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and learned that Li Changsheng had given it to his disciple.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu displayed their martial souls, armor, and Soul Rings, impressing Flender with their abilities.
• Flender offered to make Li Changsheng the dean of Shrek Academy, but Li Changsheng turned down the offer.