Chapter Summaries

Tang Yin exchanged a quiet greeting with Qian Renxue after the Imperial Fighting Team won every match at the year-end competition. That snowy evening, the team celebrated together at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, where Ye Lingling’s attentiveness warmed Tang Yin.

• Tang Yin met Qian Renxue’s gaze and returned her distant gesture after the competition ended with every first-team member victorious.
• Yu Tianheng led the Imperial Fighting Team’s celebration at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, while Qin Ming left early.
• Yu Tianheng praised his own victory and Tang Yin’s effortless wins in the level-twenty group.
• Dugu Yan peeled shrimp for Ye Lingling, and Ye Lingling saved a roasted lamb chop for Tang Yin.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about favoring Tang Yin, and their exchange made the team laugh as Tang Yin quietly enjoyed the meal.

Tang Yin joined Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team in pledging to win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while thinking of his brother Tang San. At Nuoding Academy, Tang San worried about Tang Yin and trained harder, as Tang Yin lay awake knowing the dangers ahead of his brother’s future.

• Yu Tianheng rallied Dugu Yan, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, Lingling, and Tang Yin to bring home the tournament championship, and Tang Yin agreed.
• Tang Yin returned to his dormitory, remembered Xiao Wu’s medicine and Tang San’s warning, and wondered how his brother was doing.
• Tang San trained at Nuoding Academy while Yu Xiaogang asked whether Tang Yin had written to him.
• Tang San reflected on sending Tang Yin away and resolved to become strong enough to protect him.
• Tang Yin lay awake in Heaven Dou, aware of the dangers and partings awaiting Tang San but unable to tell him.

Xue Qinghe summoned Tang Yin to the imperial palace and questioned him about his mysterious background and unusual way of looking at her. She invited him to visit the palace more often, while Tang Yin left relieved that he had concealed his knowledge of her identity.

• Xue Qinghe summoned Tang Yin to a pavilion in the imperial garden and asked him to call her by name.
• Xue Qinghe questioned Tang Yin about his age, talent, and blank records, and Tang Yin attributed his success to luck and Teacher Qin Ming.
• Xue Qinghe remarked that Tang Yin did not look at her as he looked at the crown prince, and Tang Yin gave no explanation.
• Xue Qinghe called Tang Yin good at pretending and invited him to visit the palace more often.
• Tang Yin left the pavilion with his palm slick with sweat, while Xue Qinghe watched him go and reflected that he had not treated her like a subject.

After Tang Yin reached level 30, Dugu Bo took him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to obtain his third Soul Ring. Tang Yin harmonized the dying Yin Yang Tree’s opposing forces and began absorbing its 7,900-year Soul Ring, leaving Dugu Bo worried that the ice and fire Qi might destroy him.

• Tang Yin reached level 30 at age ten, and Dugu Bo took him from the academy after hearing he could suppress Dugu Yan’s serpent poison.
• Tang Yin used his life energy to force the poison out of Dugu Bo, who offered him a reward; Tang Yin asked for help finding his third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo brought Tang Yin to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and showed him a suffering Yin Yang Tree as a potential Soul Beast.
• Tang Yin used his Blue Silver Emperor life force to harmonize the tree’s ice and fire Qi, and it gave him a 7,900-year Soul Ring as it died.
• Tang Yin began absorbing the Soul Ring as ice and fire Qi battered his meridians, while Dugu Bo watched, fearing he might not survive.

Tang Yin awakened the Blue Silver Domain and a third soul skill after reaching level thirty, then advised Dugu Bo to use the Earth Dragon Golden Melon to cure Dugu Yan’s poison. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang Yin began absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and their clashing forces tore through his body.

• Tang Yin awakened the Blue Silver Domain and reached level thirty with the thousand-year Yin Yang Tree as his third soul ring.
• Tang Yin told Dugu Bo that the Earth Dragon Golden Melon could cure Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, and Dugu Bo agreed to trust his advice.
• Tang Yin asked to stay by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and endured the spring’s opposing cold and heat to strengthen his body.
• Tang Yin identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot as necessary for his path, despite Dugu Bo’s warning.
• Tang Yin ate the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and the herbs’ extreme cold and heat began tearing through his meridians.

Tang Yin tempered his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then brought Immortal Herbs to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. He left both women with cures and protections, along with a closer understanding between them.

• Tang Yin spent three days tempering his body in the spring, strengthening his meridians and bringing his Soul Power close to level thirty-six.
• Tang Yin asked Dugu Bo for an Earth Dragon Golden Melon for Dugu Yan and an Aromatic Silk Beauty for Ye Lingling, then left Sunset Forest for Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Yin gave Dugu Yan the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, explaining that it could cure the backlash from her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, and she thanked him sincerely.
• Tang Yin gave Ye Lingling the Aromatic Silk Beauty, telling her it would make her immune to poison, and she promised he could call on her if he was hurt.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling took the Immortal Herbs Tang Yin gave them, transforming Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent into a dragon and raising Ye Lingling’s Soul Power to level thirty-one. The next morning, Tang Yin discovered his bloodlines had been purified, then spent a warm moment with the two girls at the training ground.

• Dugu Yan swallowed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, and her poisonous serpent Martial Soul transformed into a Jade-Scaled Dragon.
• Ye Lingling took the Aromatic Silk Beauty, refined her Soul Power, and reached level thirty-one by daybreak.
• Tang Yin checked the system and discovered that his bloodlines had been purified, including Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King bloodlines.
• At the training ground, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling fussed over Tang Yin, shared osmanthus cake with him, and playfully chased each other.

Tang Yin and the Imperial Fighting Team traveled to Suotuo City for a friendly match, where he hoped to meet his twin brother, Tang San. On arrival, Tang Yin spotted Tang San from the carriage but concealed his reaction from Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

• Qin Ming gave Yu Tianheng an invitation from Suotuo City’s nobles and told the team to compete without him.
• Tang Yin realized the match could bring him face-to-face with his twin brother, Tang San, who was expected to appear with Shrek Team.
• Dugu Yan told Tang Yin to stay with her and Ye Lingling in Suotuo City, and Ye Lingling gave him a recovery potion.
• Three days later, Yu Tianheng led the Imperial Fighting Team south from Heaven Dou Royal Academy without Qin Ming or an attendant.
• As the team entered Suotuo City, Tang Yin spotted Tang San walking with a girl in pink and two fat men, then hid his recognition from Ye Lingling.

Tang Yin protected Ye Lingling from Dai Mubai's drunken advances in Suotuo City's night market, restraining him with Blue Silver Grass until he apologized. Dai Mubai watched Tang Yin leave, unaware that they would meet again as opponents in the Great Soul Arena the next day.

• Dai Mubai approached Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and tried to touch Ye Lingling's shoulder.
• Tang Yin restrained Dai Mubai with Blue Silver Grass and warned him to keep his hands to himself.
• Dai Mubai admitted he was wrong, and Tang Yin released him before leaving with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Dai Mubai wondered where the masked boy had come from, not knowing Tang Yin would face him as a starter for the Imperial Fighting Team the next day.

Tang Yin said he would sit out the next few days of fights, but later decided to join the Imperial Fighting Team against Shrek. The teams prepared for a high-stakes match at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Grandmaster agreed to an exceptional arrangement and warned Shrek that their opponents would be formidable.

• Tang Yin told his companions he would not fight for the next couple of days, saying only one team mattered to him.
• Grandmaster registered the Shrek Seven Devils for a team battle, and the staff member summoned Manager Ao after recognizing their badge.
• Manager Ao arranged a match against the Imperial Fighting Team, and Grandmaster accepted a ten-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin wager.
• Grandmaster divided the expected winnings between the Shrek children and the academy, then gathered the team to study their opponents.
• Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team reviewed Shrek Academy's information and joked about Tang Yin's strength.
• Tang Yin announced that he would fight in the upcoming match.

Tang Yin faced the Shrek Seven Devils for the first time as a member of the Imperial Fighting Team, with his brother Tang San among their opponents. The match began as both teams revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.

• Tang Yin reassured Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that he was not nervous before the match.
• The Imperial Fighting Team entered the Great Soul Arena, and spectators questioned why a child was on the team.
• Tang Yin and Tang San recognized each other across the arena, while Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong also reacted to seeing Tang Yin.
• The announcer started the match, and both teams released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul with two yellow Soul Rings and one purple Soul Ring.