Chapter Summaries

After Yang Podi absorbed the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, he and Yang Zhentian concealed the signs of their harvest and returned to the Breaking Clan. Yang Zhentian revealed the aromatic silk beauty and their discovery of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang, then faced their alarm over the herbs he and Podi had consumed.

• Yang Podi said the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass had improved his understanding of sword Qi and spear momentum and eased his cultivation bottlenecks.
• Yang Podi reminded Yang Zhentian to disguise the excavation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the two restored the site before leaving Sunset Forest.
• Yang Zhentian and Yang Podi returned to the Breaking Clan, avoided Niu Jinfeng's questions, and went their separate ways.
• Yang Zhentian showed Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang the aromatic silk beauty and described the discovery of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while withholding some details about the immortal herbs.
• Yang Zhentian presented his plan and several herbs to Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang, who agreed to follow it and prepare for another trip to Sunset Forest.
• Yang Zhentian admitted that he had eaten a nine-grade dragon ganoderma and Podi had eaten the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, prompting Yang Wudi to scold them for the risk to Podi.

Yang Zhentian and his family strengthened the Breaking Clan with immortal herbs, new Soul Rings, and a concealed Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After securing the well as the clan’s secret base, the four returned home with the clan’s power greatly increased.

• Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang absorbed Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Kings, reaching level 83, while Niu Jinfeng absorbed an earth dragon golden melon that evolved her Martial Soul and raised her to level 70.
• Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, Yang Zhentian, and Niu Jinfeng traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Niu Jinfeng concealed its entrance and the brothers replanted and organized its herbs.
• Yang Zhentian tried to hide the remaining treasures from Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang by claiming his son Podi had taken them, but his father ordered him to bring Podi’s collection back for inspection.
• The four hunted Soul Rings in Sunset Forest, and Yang Zhentian absorbed a seventy-thousand-year-old Scarlet Ghost White Tiger while Niu Jinfeng absorbed an Iron-Armored Demon Bear over forty thousand years old.
• Yang Zhentian reached level 82 and Niu Jinfeng reached level 73; the four then set off back to the Breaking Clan, which now had three Soul Douluos and seven Soul Saints.

After returning to the Breaking Clan, Yang Podi secured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s location and hid his immortal herbs in a separate Soul Tool. When his father and grandfathers demanded to see his treasures, he kept his own herbs safe but watched Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang take Yang Zhentian’s herbs for study.

• Niu Jinfeng told Yang Podi how the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was concealed and gave him a key to reach it.
• Yang Podi moved his immortal herbs into a small Soul Tool he could keep close to his body.
• Yang Zhentian asked Yang Podi to show the herbs he had gathered, but Yang Podi claimed he had given the best ones to his father.
• Yang Podi displayed ordinary medicinal treasures and let his grandfathers inspect his empty wristguard Soul Tool.
• Yang Zhentian handed over his Lovesick Heartbreak Red, eight-petal immortal orchid, and cockscomb phoenix sunflower, and Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang kept them to study.
• Yang Zhentian asked Yang Podi to compensate him with a hidden immortal herb, but Yang Podi brushed him off and left.

Dugu Yan stayed with Yang Podi’s family while her father and grandfather sought treatment from the Breaking Clan. The next morning, after watching Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an train, she challenged them both to a Soul Fighting match, with Niu Jinfeng present to keep them safe.

• Yang Zhentian brought Dugu Yan home and introduced her to Yang Podi, Yang Ping'an, and the rest of the family.
• Yang Podi reflected that Dugu Yan might later attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy and meet Yu Tianheng, while Niu Jinfeng welcomed her into their home.
• Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an practiced spear techniques and sparred, with Yang Podi usually winning through the strength of his heavy spear.
• Dugu Yan watched the boys train and proposed fighting both of them at once in a Soul Fighting match.
• Niu Jinfeng agreed to supervise, and Dugu Yan insisted she would keep her poison under control.

Yang Podi defeated Dugu Yan in a sparring match without using any Soul Skills, then explained why he prioritized physical training and cultivation. Dugu Yan grew curious about his discipline and followed him through the day.

• Niu Jinfeng asked Dugu Yan to fight Yang Podi first, and both children summoned their Martial Souls for the match.
• Yang Podi pierced Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent, broke through her poison, and pinned her with his spear without using a Soul Skill.
• Dugu Yan asked for a rematch, but Yang Podi reminded her he had held back and left to study.
• Dugu Yan followed Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an to class, where Yang Podi spent much of the time meditating.
• At dinner, Yang Podi told Dugu Yan that physical training and medicinal baths strengthened his body and improved his meditation, leaving her astonished by his focus.

Dugu Yan joined Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an for a full day of training and discovered how demanding the Breaking Clan’s routines were. After a medicinal bath, she found her evening meditation unusually smooth, though she did not yet understand why.

• Dugu Yan asked Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an to teach her spear techniques, so Yang Podi suggested weighted running instead.
• Dugu Yan ran with weights while the boys practiced with heavy spears, and she learned Yang Podi trained with a two-hundred-jin spear and fifty kilograms of additional weight.
• At the clan schoolhouse, Dugu Yan attracted a crowd of children while Yang Podi mostly read or meditated through the lessons.
• Dugu Yan joined the afternoon routine of weighted exercises, refused weighted swimming, and became so exhausted that someone had to help her to the rest area.
• Niu Jinfeng carried Dugu Yan home, where she and the boys took medicinal baths and ate dinner with the family.
• Dugu Yan began her evening meditation and noticed it went more smoothly than usual after the day’s training and medicinal bath.

Over three years, Dugu Bo recovered from his poisoning and became a Titled Douluo while the Breaking Clan grew stronger. The clan’s greatest discovery was Yang Tianyue, whose exceptional spear talent and innate full Soul Power led her grandfathers to take charge of her training and conceal her true ability.

• Dugu Yan trained and studied with Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an, while Niu Jinfeng asked Yang Podi whether he would consider marrying her; he insisted he was too young.
• After her treatment was completed, Dugu Yan returned home with Dugu Xin, tearfully parting from Yang Podi and agreeing to visit again.
• Over the next three years, Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang eased Dugu Bo’s poisoning, allowing him to break through to Titled Douluo, while the Breaking Clan’s elders and Niu Jinfeng made major advances in Soul Power.
• Yang Tianyue began spear training at five and quickly showed remarkable talent, impressing Yang Podi, Yang Ping'an, and the elders.
• At her Martial Soul Awakening, Yang Tianyue awakened the Soul Breaking Spear and displayed innate full Soul Power, which the family decided to conceal by publicly claiming she had rank-nine innate Soul Power.
• Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang argued over teaching Yang Tianyue before agreeing to train her together, and they later accompanied her to obtain her first Soul Ring.

Yang Podi reached level 30 at eleven and a half, becoming a Soul Elder sooner than anyone his family knew of. He and Yang Zhentian set out for the Sunset Forest to seek a powerful strength-type Soul Beast for his third Soul Ring, ideally one around four thousand years old.

• Yang Podi broke through to level 30 after nearly three years of cultivation and told his parents the next morning.
• Yang Podi asked about strength-type Soul Beasts that could grant a lock-on skill, and his parents told him about the rare Iron-Feathered Tiger Eagle.
• Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian decided to hunt for his third Soul Ring in the nearby Sunset Forest, while Yang Tianyue vowed to surpass him and Yang Ping'an resolved to train harder.
• On the journey, Yang Podi said he wanted a Soul Ring around four thousand years old, and Yang Zhentian confirmed that his physique was strong enough for the challenge.
• Yang Podi told Yang Zhentian they should choose a Soul Beast after reaching the forest, prioritizing a rare and powerful strength-type beast, preferably a dragon type.

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian searched Sunset Forest for a suitable Soul Beast but found none that met Yang Podi’s demanding requirements. They continued their hunt after discussing powerful Soul Beasts and the clan elders’ plans for their ninth Soul Rings.

• Yang Podi grew frustrated after seven days of searching Sunset Forest and suggested looking in Star Dou Great Forest, while Yang Zhentian reminded him that he had rejected several suitable Soul Beasts.
• Yang Zhentian explained the danger of hunting a Titan Giant Ape and discussed how he and the family’s elders might obtain their ninth Soul Rings.
• Yang Podi mentioned ten-thousand-year cold marrow as a way to increase a Soul Beast’s age, and Yang Zhentian said it was an exceptionally rare treasure.
• Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian waited by a stream, saw several Soul Beasts including a roughly four-thousand-year-old Great Strength Gorilla, and continued searching after Yang Podi rejected them.

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian discovered a Gold Crocodile King fighting a ten-thousand-year Earth Demon Bear, and Yang Podi chose the crocodile for his third Soul Ring. After a grueling six-hour absorption, Yang Podi successfully gained the four-thousand-year Soul Ring and emerged with increased Soul Power and a strengthened Soul Breaking Spear.

• Yang Zhentian and Yang Podi followed a swarm of Sunset Bees and watched a ten-thousand-year Earth Demon Bear emerge from a mud pool before a Gold Crocodile King attacked it.
• Yang Podi identified the Gold Crocodile King, estimated to be between 3,500 and 4,000 years old, as the Soul Beast he wanted for his third Soul Ring.
• Yang Zhentian wounded the Gold Crocodile King with his Soul Breaking Spear and pinned it to the ground with his sixth Soul Skill.
• Yang Podi stabbed the Gold Crocodile King in both eyes until it died and a purple Soul Ring appeared above its corpse.
• Yang Podi endured six hours of intense pain while absorbing the Gold Crocodile King's Soul Ring, then stabilized with greatly increased Soul Power and a heavier, sharper Soul Breaking Spear.

Yang Podi discovered that the Gold Crocodile King Soul Ring had given him a powerful enhancement skill and an embarrassing tail External Soul Bone. He and Yang Zhentian then found a second External Soul Bone in the Earth Demon Bear’s arm, argued over who should keep it, and left with Yang Zhentian taking the bone and Yang Podi claiming two Immortal Herbs as compensation.

• After absorbing the Soul Ring, Yang Podi grew a two-meter tail that Yang Zhentian identified as the Gold Crocodile King’s External Soul Bone and advised him to keep secret.
• Yang Podi described his third Soul Skill, Golden Power, which boosted his strength, weapon weight, attack power, and penetration while raising his Soul Power to rank thirty-two.
• Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian discussed the Gold Crocodile King’s formidable strength and collected its corpse and the Earth Demon Bear’s arm for food and the chance of finding a Soul Bone.
• While dissecting the Earth Demon Bear’s arm, Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian discovered a palm-shaped External Soul Bone and argued over whether Yang Podi or his little sister should receive it.
• Yang Zhentian kept the Earth Demon Bear claw External Soul Bone, and Yang Podi took two Immortal Herbs from his father’s stash as compensation.

After returning to the Breaking Clan with two External Soul Bones, Yang Podi examined the Gold Crocodile King's tail and asked his family how to master it. His grandfathers promised to help him develop a way to control it, and the family agreed to call it the Crocodile King Spear.

• Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian agreed to keep Yang Tianyue's Soul Bone secret and wait until she was older before letting her absorb it.
• Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian returned to the Breaking Clan, where Niu Jinfeng decided she would lead the next Soul Ring hunt herself.
• Yang Podi tested his golden tail Soul Bone and found that it could pierce metal and strike with great force.
• Yang Podi's parents and grandfathers examined the tail, and Yang Wudi advised him to practice using it while he and his brother worked on adapting Heart Separation Control for him.
• Yang Podi named the tail the Crocodile King Spear, and Niu Jinfeng approved of the name.

Yang Podi practiced Heart Separation Control and developed his skill with the Crocodile King Spear, then spent three years creating a spear technique suited to his Soul Breaking Spear. A spar with Yang Zhentian demonstrated the techniques’ strength and revealed areas for Yang Podi to improve.

• Yang Podi practiced drawing circles and squares with both hands, eventually learning to divide his attention between two tasks while gaining basic control of the Crocodile King Spear.
• Over three years, Yang Podi created a set of spear techniques and became able to defeat Yang Ping'an quickly in spear-only sparring.
• Yang Podi asked Yang Zhentian to spar, and the family gathered to watch as they agreed to fight using only Soul Elder-level strength.
• Yang Podi used his spear techniques to press Yang Zhentian, who countered with the Soul Breaking Spear Technique’s Break Character Art and Collapse Character Art.
• After the hour-long spar, Yang Wudi praised Yang Podi’s techniques for suiting his Soul Breaking Spear, and Yang Podi recognized shortcomings to work on.

Yang Podi reached age twelve and rank 34 after months of training and sparring with his father. He traveled with his family to the Defense Clan’s gathering in Longxing City, where he greeted the clan chiefs and received an invitation from Tai Tan to visit and spar.

• Yang Podi continued sparring with Yang Zhentian and reached rank 34, while Yang Ping'an advanced to rank 26 and his mother broke through to rank 81.
• Yang Podi’s family set out for the annual gathering of the Four Single-Attribute Clans at the Defense Clan.
• The family arrived at Longxing City and met Niu Gao, Tai Tan, and Bai He drinking in the main hall.
• Niu Gao welcomed Yang Podi and his siblings, and Tai Tan invited Yang Podi to visit the Strength Clan and spar.

Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an joined the younger generation of the Four Single-Attribute Clans for a reunion feast, where the friends drank, joked, and compared their progress. After Niu Meng learned Yang Podi had reached Soul Elder, he abandoned the idea of challenging him in a fight and was instead soundly beaten in a drinking contest.

• Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an sat with Niu Meng, Tai Long, and Bai Xiaofei and toasted the flourishing of the Four Single-Attribute Clans.
• Bai Xiaofei asked Yang Ping'an about his Soul Power, and Yang Ping'an said he had recently reached rank twenty-six after training with Yang Podi.
• Tai Long, Bai Xiaofei, and Niu Meng compared their ranks, while Niu Meng admitted he would rather not ask Yang Podi's rank.
• Niu Meng proposed that the four younger men challenge Yang Podi, but Yang Ping'an revealed Yang Podi was already a Soul Elder.
• Yang Podi turned Niu Meng's challenge into a four-against-one drinking contest, and Niu Meng ended up drunk beneath the table.

Yang Podi took a break with his family at the Defense Clan and in Heaven Dou City before devising a new training method to improve his strength and agility. After returning home, he began pushing massive iron balls up a mountain path, repeatedly exhausting himself but gradually improving.

• Yang Podi urged Yang Ping'an to focus on Soul Power and becoming strong enough to protect the Breaking Clan rather than getting absorbed in medicine refining.
• Yang Podi and his family spent three days visiting the Defense Clan and Heaven Dou City, where Yang Ping'an wanted to enter the Soul Fighting Arena but Yang Podi stopped him.
• After returning to the Breaking Clan, Yang Podi arranged for Tai Long to make iron balls weighing 2,000, 3,000, and 5,000 jin for a new training routine.
• Yang Podi pushed the iron balls uphill without Soul Power at first, then used his full strength on the heaviest ball but could not get it to the summit.
• Yang Podi made pushing the iron balls his daily afternoon training, improving his strength and agility while repeatedly pushing himself to exhaustion.

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe visited the Breaking Clan and invited its talented youths to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an agreed to enroll, while Yang Podi worried about Xue Qinghe’s hidden identity and the dangers awaiting him.

• Yang Wudi introduced Xue Qinghe to Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an as the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe invited the Four Single-Attribute Clans’ talented youths to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and said Tai Long, Bai Xiaofei, and Niu Meng had already agreed to enroll.
• Yang Podi first cited his reluctance to leave his little sister, but agreed to enroll after Xue Qinghe offered to admit her too; Yang Ping'an also agreed.
• Xue Qinghe left after the enrollment discussion, and Yang Podi asked his mother whether he could avoid studying at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yang Podi returned to his room and considered how to handle Xue Qinghe, fuse his External Soul Bone, and face the risks of the Soul Master Tournament and the immortal herbs.

Yang Podi asked Yang Zhentian to test how much pressure he could withstand so he could fully fuse his Crocodile King Spear External Soul Bone. Under pressure reaching rank 54, he fused the spear with both his body and Body Martial Soul, advanced to rank 35, and left with the bone fully integrated.

• Yang Podi visited Yang Zhentian and asked him to increase pressure gradually while Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang watched.
• Yang Zhentian raised the pressure, and Yang Podi used his Soul Breaking Spear and then summoned his Body Martial Soul to endure more.
• Yang Podi urged Yang Zhentian to increase the pressure beyond rank 53, and the pressure reached rank 54.
• Yang Podi’s Crocodile King Spear emerged from his tail and braced against the floor as his Soul Power advanced from rank 34 to rank 35.
• Yang Zhentian stopped the pressure and supported Yang Podi, who said the External Soul Bone had fused completely with his body.
• Yang Podi saw that the giant in his mind had gained a tail and wondered whether the Crocodile King Spear would change during his Body Martial Soul’s Second Awakening.

Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with their family and began the enrollment tests. Yang Ping'an passed the tests at rank twenty-seven, earning direct placement in the Heavenly Supreme Level.

• Yang Podi completed his External Soul Bone fusion, and three days later his family prepared supplies and traveled with him and Yang Ping'an to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The family reached the academy, entered its mountain campus, and found Tai Long, Niu Meng, and Bai Xiaofei already registered for Heavenly Slight Level classes.
• Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an joined the line for entrance tests while their family waited nearby.
• Yang Ping'an passed his age and Martial Soul checks, then tested at rank twenty-seven and qualified for the Heavenly Supreme Level.

Yang Podi entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy after testing at rank thirty-five Soul Power at age twelve, astonishing the teachers and committee members. He declined to compete in the next Soul Master Tournament but requested authority over a team for the following tournament, leaving the Education Committee to consult the Crown Prince about his plans.

• After Yang Ping'an finished testing, a teacher took him away for special training, and Yang Podi began his entrance tests.
• The teachers confirmed Yang Podi was twelve years old, and his Soul Elder-grade test showed rank thirty-five Soul Power with the Soul Breaking Spear.
• Teacher Li brought Yang Podi to the Education Committee, where Meng Shenji invited him to join the Heaven Dou Team for the tournament two years later.
• Yang Podi declined the upcoming tournament and requested the Second Team slot, control over selecting and training its members, and a detached house.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin praised Yang Podi's talent and decided to consult His Highness the Crown Prince about his requests.