Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Tang Feng trained in seclusion with Tang Jian after the Clear Sky Sect’s defeat by Spirit Hall, while longing to return to his previous life and planning to grow strong enough to avenge his parents. The chapter ended with Tang Feng awaiting his Martial Soul Awakening ceremony the next day.

• Tang Feng and Tang Jian finished practicing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and headed to the dining hall.
• Tang Feng reflected on his reincarnation, the battle that killed his parents, and the Clear Sky Sect’s retreat into seclusion.
• Tang Feng considered becoming a god as the only way to return to his previous world, and resolved to avenge his parents against Spirit Hall and Tang Hao.
• Tang Feng and Tang Jian ate their meager meal, returned to Stone House Six, and went to their rooms.
• Tang Feng lay awake, thinking about the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony scheduled for the next day.

Tang Feng prepared for his Martial Soul Awakening, expecting to inherit the Clear Sky Hammer but worrying about his innate Soul Power and wondering what his grandfather’s pendant contained. At the ceremony, several children awakened Clear Sky Hammers, and Tang Feng was called forward as his own test began.

• Tang Feng considered his likely Martial Soul and Soul Power, then remembered that his pendant was a Storage Soul Tool he might be able to open after awakening.
• Tang Feng joined ten other children at the assembly hall, where he recalled the deaths of his parents and the other fallen members of the clan.
• Tang Xiao welcomed the children, and the second elder began the ceremony using six Awakening Stones.
• Tang Bai awakened a lightning-attribute Clear Sky Hammer and tested at rank-six innate Soul Power.
• Tang Song awakened a Clear Sky Hammer with rank-five innate Soul Power, and Tang Rong awakened one with rank-five-and-a-half innate Soul Power.
• Tang Feng was called forward for his awakening.

Tang Feng awakened a fire-attributed Clear Sky Hammer and tested at innate Soul Power level seven, the highest result of the ceremony. After learning that Tang Jian would soon leave to hunt for his first Soul Ring, Tang Feng received the sect’s Advanced Meditation Method and instructions to begin practicing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Tang Feng awakened a dark gold Clear Sky Hammer and tested at innate level-seven Soul Power, while the other disciples also manifested Clear Sky Hammers with mostly level-five or level-six Soul Power.
• The Second Elder announced that the children would begin lessons on Martial Souls and the Advanced Meditation Method in the Black Tortoise Hall the following morning.
• Tang Feng told Tang Jian about his awakening, and Tang Jian revealed that he had reached level ten and would join the sect’s Soul Ring hunt the day after tomorrow.
• Tang Lie instructed Tang Feng to practice the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with his own Martial Soul and set thirty-six uninterrupted strikes as the goal before teaching advanced methods.
• Tang Lie gave Tang Feng the sect’s Advanced Meditation Method and reminded both boys to cultivate carefully without rushing or slacking.

Tang Feng weighed his limited talent and the obstacles to improving it, then discovered that his grandfather Yang Wudi had left him valuable books and a letter in a Storage Soul Tool. The Immortal Herb Catalogue gave Tang Feng a possible path to surpass his limits, and he planned to search maps for the herbs’ location near Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Feng resolved to strengthen his foundation and rely on his own effort despite having only one Martial Soul and rank-seven innate Soul Power.
• Tang Feng considered Soul Bones, Immortal Herbs, medicinal baths, and other ways to improve his aptitude, but found each impractical under his circumstances.
• Tang Feng opened the Storage Soul Tool from his maternal grandfather Yang Wudi and found four books and a letter preserving the Breaking Clan’s inheritance.
• Tang Feng read the Immortal Herb Catalogue and realized it might lead him to the same kind of treasures that had helped Tang San.
• Tang Feng planned to consult maps and investigate unusual places near Heaven Dou City to locate the Immortal Herbs.

Tang Feng completed his first Soul Power meditation, then used a map and memories of the original story to conclude that the immortal herbs were probably hidden in Sunset Forest. He resolved to grow stronger before seeking them and began his first lesson at Black Tortoise Hall, where he studied his maternal grandfather’s pharmacology book instead of listening to Tang Lin’s basic lecture.

• Tang Feng meditated with his Clear Sky Hammer, completed several Soul Power circuits, and fell asleep refreshed.
• Tang Feng studied a map, judged that the treasure land was likely in Sunset Forest, and resolved to explore it within ten years after building his strength.
• Tang Feng learned that Tang Jian had left with the sect’s Soul Hunting team and ate breakfast alone.
• Tang Feng attended his first class at Black Tortoise Hall, where Tang Lin introduced herself and began teaching Martial Soul fundamentals.
• Tang Feng ignored the familiar lecture and immersed himself in the Complete Compendium of Pharmacology from his pendant.

Tang Feng maintained a grueling training routine for over a year and broke through to level ten, while Tang Jian obtained his first Soul Ring and Tang Zhen became the Clear Sky Sect’s second Titled Douluo. Tang Feng then looked toward the wilderness, ready to prepare for a Soul Ring of his own.

• Tang Feng trained daily in physical conditioning, the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, study, and meditation, steadily strengthening his Soul Power.
• Tang Jian returned with a Hundred-Year Soul Ring from a Great Strength Gorilla and announced that his Soul Power had reached the peak of level eleven.
• Tang Zhen reached level ninety-one after absorbing an eighty-three-thousand-year-old Earth Violent Bear Soul Ring, becoming the sect’s second Titled Douluo with the title Heaven Shaking.
• Tang Feng refined a share of the Earth Violent Bear’s meat and broth, gaining the equivalent of ten days of cultivation.
• One year later, Tang Feng broke through to level ten after one year and two months of cultivation since his Martial Soul Awakening.
• Tang Feng left his stone house and decided it was time to prepare for a Soul Ring.

Tang Feng reached level ten and prepared for his first Soul Ring, deciding to prioritize a powerful strength-type Soul Beast while remaining open to a suitable fire-attribute one. He joined Tang Jin and Tang Yong on a sect hunting expedition, which had begun in the snowy mountain range beyond the ancestral grounds.

• Tang Feng found Tang Lie in seclusion and told Tang Jian that he had broken through to level ten.
• Tang Lin registered Tang Feng for the Soul Hunting expedition scheduled for seven days later and advised him to consider his first Soul Ring carefully.
• Tang Feng studied his notes on Soul Beasts and chose pure strength-type targets as his priority, while keeping fire-attribute beasts as a possible first choice.
• Tang Ding and Tang Zhong led Tang Feng, Tang Jin, and Tang Yong out of the ancestral grounds and into the sect's hunting region.
• Tang Ding cleared a trail through the forest with his Clear Sky Hammer while Tang Zhong guarded the rear, and Tang Feng gathered medicinal herbs along the way.

Tang Feng, Tang Ding, and the others searched the forest for suitable First Soul Ring beasts until they found two three-hundred-year Mighty Savage Bulls. Tang Jin and Tang Yong absorbed the bulls’ Soul Rings and reached level eleven, while Tang Feng waited for a stronger beast.

• Tang Ding led Tang Feng, Tang Jin, and Tang Yong through the forest for several days, stopping at night to camp and search for suitable strength-type Soul Beasts.
• Tang Feng identified two roughly three-hundred-year Mighty Savage Bulls by a stream, and Tang Ding knocked them unconscious with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Feng yielded the first chances to Tang Jin and Tang Yong, judging that his trained physique could withstand a Soul Ring older than the bulls’ rings.
• Tang Jin and Tang Yong killed the bulls and absorbed their Hundred-Year Soul Rings, strengthening their Clear Sky Hammers without serious difficulty.
• Tang Ding collected meat from the bull corpses while Tang Jin and Tang Yong entered Deep Meditation, then asked them what First Soul Skills they had obtained after they reached level eleven.

Tang Feng insisted on choosing a nearly six-hundred-year-old King Kong Baboon for his first Soul Ring despite Tang Ding’s warnings. Tang Ding defeated the beast and gave Tang Feng a sword to deliver the killing blow, leaving him poised to claim the dangerous Soul Ring.

• Tang Jin and Tang Yong told Tang Ding that their first Soul Skills were both Berserk Bull Charge, and the group continued searching for a Soul Beast for Tang Feng.
• Tang Ding spotted a nearly six-hundred-year-old King Kong Baboon feeding on a python and decided it was too dangerous to challenge.
• Tang Feng argued that his strength and training gave him the confidence to absorb the Baboon’s Soul Ring, and pleaded with Tang Ding to let him try.
• Tang Ding agreed to take the risk and fought the King Kong Baboon, eventually defeating it with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Feng reaffirmed his decision, and Tang Ding handed him a longsword and showed him where to stab the dying beast.

Tang Feng endured absorbing a Soul Ring beyond his limits and gained a powerful first Soul Skill, along with a dramatic increase in strength. After testing the skill, he and the others began their return to the sect.

• Tang Feng killed the King Kong Baboon and began absorbing its Soul Ring while Tang Ding stood guard.
• Tang Feng survived the Soul Ring's violent energy and, after nearly six hours, completed its absorption, reaching the peak of rank twelve and strengthening his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Feng discovered that his first Soul Skill, King's Wrath, boosted his strength by fifty percent and his defense and speed by ten percent for an hour.
• Tang Feng used King's Wrath to smash a deep imprint into a tree, impressing Tang Ding, Tang Jin, and Tang Yong.
• Tang Feng, Tang Ding, Tang Jin, and Tang Yong gathered their things and set off back to the sect.

Tang Feng returned to the ancestral grounds with a powerful first Soul Ring, then demonstrated his strength and advanced to rank thirteen. A rare clan assembly began with Tang Yuehua’s unexpected return, leaving the reason for her arrival unknown.

• Tang Feng returned to the ancestral grounds, where Tang Lie checked him over and angrily warned him about the danger of choosing a nearly six-hundred-year-old King Kong Baboon Soul Ring.
• Tang Feng tested his strength against Tang Jian and used King Kong's Wrath to overpower him in a hammer clash.
• Tang Feng broke through to rank thirteen ten days later.
• Tang Xiao convened an emergency clan assembly, arriving with the elders and Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Feng recognized Tang Yuehua and wondered why she had returned to the sect.

Tang Feng competed in the Clear Sky Sect’s new annual selection for scarce cultivation resources and won first place in his age group. Tang Jian lost in his group but resolved to train harder for next year.

• Tang Xiao announced that a secret resource channel had opened and that disciples would compete annually for preferential cultivation supplies under rules laid out by Tang Zhen.
• Tang Feng assessed his chances and encouraged Tang Jian to prepare for the next day’s matches; Tang Jian worried that his age and middling talent would hold him back.
• Tang Feng defeated Tang Yong in the six-to-nine group’s opening match by using the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to disarm him.
• Tang Feng activated King Kong’s Wrath to defeat Tang Xiong in the final and took first place, earning a token for access to medicinal baths and cultivation benefits.
• Tang Jian fought his way to the top eight but lost to Tang Ba, then swore to train harder and place better the following year.

After two and a half years of intense training and medicinal baths, Tang Feng reached level twenty and perfected sixty-four hammer strikes, but the baths were losing their effect. He asked Grandpa Tang Lie when the sect’s Soul Hunting team would set out so he could obtain his second Soul Ring.

• Tang Feng endured a medicinal bath that strengthened his body and accelerated his Soul Power cultivation, while the Clear Sky Sect’s competitive training grew more intense.
• Tang San cared for his drunken father, Tang Hao, then left to practice his secret techniques; Tang Hao briefly watched him go.
• Two and a half years later, Tang Xiao had reached level ninety-four, Tang Ming and Tang Ran had become Titled Douluo, and Tang Jian had advanced to the peak of level eighteen.
• Tang Feng, now ten, reliably completed sixty-four hammer strikes, while Grandpa Tang Lie praised his progress and said eighty-one strikes would be within reach as his Soul Power rose.
• Tang Feng reflected that he had broken through level twenty three months earlier, but medicinal baths were losing their effectiveness, and asked Grandpa Tang Lie when the sect’s Soul Hunting team would depart.

Tang Feng chose to join the Clear Sky Sect’s dangerous expedition to Sunset Forest, hoping to obtain a suitable Soul Ring. After the team reached the forest and split up, Tang Feng searched with Tang Zheng, Tang Lan, and Tang Yun for a strength-type Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Tang Feng chose the Sunset Forest expedition and asked whether his medicinal bath allocation could be given to Brother Jian, but Tang Lie refused because sect resources could not be privately transferred.
• Tang Lie gave Tang Feng his old Storage Soul Tool, a hundred Gold Soul Coins, supplies, and a Clear Sky Sect token before Tang Feng left the sect.
• Three days later, Tang Rui led twelve people out of the Clear Sky Sect, and they traveled through remote wilderness for eleven days to reach Sunset Forest.
• The expedition split into three teams, with Tang Zheng and Tang Lan taking Tang Feng and Tang Yun to search the forest’s outer and middle boundary for suitable strength-type Soul Beasts.
• Tang Feng told Tang Zheng that he could handle a Soul Ring from a Soul Beast as old as twelve hundred years, though he remained open to a rare, compatible beast under a thousand years old.

Tang Feng and Tang Yun fought Ironback Azure Wolves in their first real battle and received advice from Tang Zheng about combat awareness. Five days later, they attacked a seventeen-hundred-year Iron-Armored Giant Python, whose iron-hard scales resisted Tang Feng’s hammer.

• Tang Feng fought two Ironback Azure Wolves with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, killing one and crippling the other, while Tang Yun battled the wolf king.
• Tang Feng and Tang Yun drove the wolf king to flee, but Tang Feng’s thrown Clear Sky Hammer failed to catch it.
• Tang Zheng praised the boys’ hammer techniques and warned them to study their opponents instead of immediately exhausting their strength on powerful attacks.
• Five days later, Tang Feng and Tang Yun attacked a seventeen-hundred-year Iron-Armored Giant Python in a swamp while Tang Zheng and Tang Lan covered them.
• Tang Feng struck the python repeatedly, but its scales resisted his Clear Sky Hammer as it counterattacked with its tail.

Tang Feng, Tang Yun, Tang Zheng, and Tang Lan defeated an Iron-Armored Giant Python, but a Spirit Hall operative witnessed them and reported their Clear Sky Sect identities to Salas. As Spirit Hall teams moved to hunt them, the four encountered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and began a difficult battle that remained unresolved.

• Tang Feng and Tang Yun helped Tang Zheng and Tang Lan kill the Iron-Armored Giant Python, and Tang Yun absorbed its Soul Ring before they left the marsh.
• Shadow Serpent secretly identified the four as Clear Sky Sect disciples and reported their whereabouts to Salas.
• Salas ordered three teams of covert operatives to search for the four, block Sunset Forest's exits, and stand ready to support the hunt.
• Three days later, Tang Lan spotted a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in a silent valley, and the four decided to attack it.
• The four coordinated their assault, but the bear's strength and defenses made the fight difficult, and it had not yet been defeated.

Tang Feng absorbed a Soul Ring from a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and gained the second Soul Skill, Dark Gold Berserk. As Tang Feng and Tang Yun tried to escape, Spirit Hall forces ambushed the group, and Tang Zheng and Tang Lan stayed behind to hold them off.

• Tang Zheng, Tang Lan, and Tang Yun helped Tang Feng defeat the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and Tang Feng absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching rank twenty-three.
• Tang Feng learned that Dark Gold Berserk enhanced his strength and defense and gave his Clear Sky Hammer armor-piercing terrorclaws.
• More than a dozen Spirit Hall members, including two Soul Douluos, blocked the valley entrance and threatened the Clear Sky Sect remnants.
• Tang Zheng ordered Tang Feng and Tang Yun to flee separately and warned them not to be captured alive.
• Tang Zheng and Tang Lan released their Clear Sky Hammers and attacked the Spirit Hall forces to cover the boys' escape.

Tang Feng fled Spirit Hall's pursuit through the forest and escaped into a deadly poisonous miasma after losing most of his Soul Power. An emerald-eyed old man found him unconscious and carried him deeper into the miasma, deciding to save his life.

• Tang Feng and Tang Yun fled as a giant Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear attacked Spirit Hall and forced Tang Zheng and Tang Lan to escape.
• Spirit Hall split up to pursue the fleeing children and Soul Emperors, while two Soul Kings chased Tang Feng into the forest.
• Tang Feng provoked a King of the Earth into fighting the Soul Kings, then used the distraction to escape.
• Two Spirit Hall Soul Ancestors ambushed Tang Feng, who wounded one with Dark Gold Berserk before fleeing through poisonous mist toward a poisonous miasma.
• Tang Feng swallowed antidote pills and plunged into the miasma, where poison overcame him and he collapsed.
• An emerald-eyed old man examined Tang Feng, recognized his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, and carried him into the miasma to save him.

Fifth Elder Tang Rui rescued Tang Yun, Tang Zheng, and Tang Lan from Spirit Hall forces, but the group believed Tang Feng had died inside the poisonous miasma. Salas learned that his targets had escaped and ordered routes around Heaven Dou City sealed while Spirit Hall monitored the Clear Sky Sect.

• The snake and leopard Soul Masters told Tang Yun that Tang Feng had died, and Tang Yun prepared to fight them before Tang Rui arrived and killed them.
• Tang Yan killed the two Soul Kings pursuing Tang Yun, and Tang Rui led the group to rescue the badly wounded Tang Zheng and Tang Lan from the Soul Douluos attacking them.
• Tang Rui and the others searched the poisonous miasma's edge, found Tang Feng's half-mask, and believed he had perished inside.
• Tang Rui swore vengeance against Spirit Hall, then ordered the group to retreat to the ancestral grounds before more enemies arrived.
• Salas learned that Clear Sky Sect reinforcements had driven off his forces and that the targets had escaped into the poisonous miasma.
• Salas ordered his men to seal the major routes around Heaven Dou City and monitor the Clear Sky Sect.

After Spirit Hall's ambush left Tang Feng missing, Bibi Dong chose not to confront the Clear Sky Sect without proof, while Tang Lie was restrained from rushing out to search. Tang Feng awakened badly wounded and poisoned in a cave in Sunset Forest, still on the brink of death.

• Salas sent Bibi Dong a letter reporting that a Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo had foiled Spirit Hall's operation.
• Bibi Dong agreed with Yue Guan and Gui Mei to wait rather than risk acting without evidence against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Rui reported that Tang Feng was missing after Spirit Hall attacked them in Sunset Forest, and Tang Lie tried to rush down the mountain to find him.
• Tang Xiao stopped Tang Lie and promised to ask Yuehua to search for Tang Feng in secret.
• Tang Feng awakened in a cave in Sunset Forest, gravely wounded and suffering from spreading snake venom.