Chapter Summaries

Zhou You began his entrance assessment against Xie Yue, whose serious opening attack and close-range strike Zhou You effortlessly countered. He paralyzed Xie Yue with Ghost Gate Needle and knocked him out of the arena, leaving the assessment’s outcome apparent.

• Zhou You arrived at the assessment venue and learned that students had gathered to see him after hearing he had beaten Yan.
• Liu Suxin announced that Xie Yue would assess Zhou You by trying to make him lose as slowly as possible, and Zhou You accepted the challenge.
• Xie Yue introduced his Moon Blade Martial Soul and attacked with blade Qi, which Zhou You shattered using his Heaven- and Earth-Harmonizing Umbrella.
• Xie Yue rushed in and slashed at Zhou You’s waist, but Zhou You separated the umbrella, vaulted over him, and landed behind him.
• Zhou You used Ghost Gate Needle to paralyze Xie Yue, then struck him with the umbrella’s canopy and sent him flying out of the arena.

Zhou You continued to dominate his assessment duel with Xie Yue, enduring his Second Soul Skill and then overpowering him in close combat. He sent Xie Yue flying with a decisive strike, leaving the fight’s outcome clear.

• Xie Yue stopped himself from being thrown out of the ring by stabbing his Moon Blades into the floor.
• Angered by Zhou You’s composure, Xie Yue used his Second Soul Skill to unleash blade Qi across the ring, while Liu Suxin protected the spectators outside it.
• Zhou You sheltered behind the Heaven- and Earth-Harmonizing Umbrella and blocked the entire barrage without being hurt.
• Xie Yue abandoned his ineffective Soul Skill and attacked at close range, but Zhou You parried each strike with his umbrella.
• Zhou You shifted from defense to offense and drove the Heaven- and Earth-Harmonizing Umbrella into Xie Yue’s Moon Blades, sending him flying.

Zhou You decisively defeated Xie Yue in the arena, leaving Xie Yue shaken and Hu Liena angry. After the crowd recognized Zhou You’s unusual combat skill, he asked Liu Suxin why the academy library’s second floor was restricted.

• Liu Suxin healed Xie Yue, while Hu Liena stopped herself from challenging Zhou You and helped her brother recover.
• Xie Yue admitted that Zhou You had beaten him despite being a major realm stronger, and Liu Suxin ended the assessment.
• Yan praised Zhou You and teased him about Hu Liena, while Zhou You dismissed the idea that he was interested in her.
• The students discussed Zhou You’s Innate Full Soul Power, and the Soul Elders recognized his exceptional control and understanding of combat.
• Zhou You asked Liu Suxin why he could not access the library’s second floor, and she explained that its knowledge was intended for Soul Ancestors and above.

Zhou You explained Yu Xiaogang’s theories to Liu Suxin, showing how they offered practical ways for Soul Masters to choose roles, skills, and team strategies. Impressed by Zhou You’s knowledge and independent analysis, Liu Suxin agreed to let him access the library’s second floor if he finished his elementary-stage studies before the next Quarterly Assessment.

• Liu Suxin asked Zhou You whether he had read every book on the library’s first floor, and he explained that he had skimmed most of them.
• Zhou You described Yu Xiaogang’s theories, including how Soul Masters with weak Martial Souls could find useful roles through suitable Soul Rings, tactical choices, and team cooperation.
• Zhou You said Yu Xiaogang’s work was supported by extensive examples, while also pointing out its limits in classifying Plant-type and other Martial Souls and relying on experience-based data.
• Liu Suxin recognized Zhou You’s intelligence and agreed to let him onto the library’s second floor if he completed his elementary-stage studies before the next Quarterly Assessment.

Zhou You settled into the Central Academy’s elite class, where his strength had earned him respect but Hu Liena still resented him. After failing to provoke him directly, Hu Liena tried sitting close and using her charm, while Yan watched furiously.

• Zhou You grew tired of classmates flattering him and became more appreciative of Yan’s straightforwardness.
• Zhou You joined the elite class, where he was ranked last until his first Quarterly Assessment despite having defeated top students Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena brought Zhou You his textbooks and tried to provoke him, but he ignored her while Liu Suxin continued refusing her requests to fight him.
• Hu Liena ordered Yan to move, sat beside Zhou You, and leaned close to test a softer approach.
• Yan snapped off a corner of the desk as he watched Hu Liena get close to Zhou You.

Hu Liena tried to charm Zhou You, but he resisted and treated the effect as a subject of research, leaving her shaken. Xie Yue brought Zhou You his academy uniform and asked him to become class monitor.

• Hu Liena used her pheromones to charm Zhou You, while Yan became captivated by her.
• Zhou You accepted the effect to study it and suppressed its influence, but Hu Liena lost composure when she realized he was distracted.
• Hu Liena's emotions weakened her charm, and Zhou You refocused on her as she panicked and hid behind Xie Yue.
• Xie Yue gave Zhou You his tailored academy uniform and explained the academy's student benefits.
• Xie Yue asked Zhou You whether he would be willing to serve as class monitor, silencing the classroom.

Zhou You refused to become class monitor and future team captain, leaving Xie Yue hurt and the class bewildered. As Liu Suxin taught the Meditation Method, Zhou You compared Soul Power with the cultivation methods of Otherworldly Beings and considered why his Qi gave him an advantage.

• Yan explained that the class monitor would become captain of Spirit Hall Academy's future tournament team, and Xie Yue said he was willing to step aside for Zhou You.
• Zhou You refused the position and told Xie Yue he could remain class monitor and keep the future captaincy, which left Xie Yue more upset than before.
• Liu Suxin entered and quieted the class, then began teaching the Meditation Method for sensing and drawing vital energy into the body.
• Zhou You judged the Meditation Method crude compared with his former world's cultivation methods and reasoned that abundant vital energy on the Douluo Continent strengthened Arts while his Qi remained easier to control than Soul Power.

During Liu Suxin’s lesson on the Meditation Method, Zhou You developed a theory about Mental Power, consciousness, and cultivation while Yan failed to follow the class and became jealous of him. Liu Suxin sent Yan out to run laps, while Xie Yue disapproved of Yan’s interest in Hu Liena.

• Liu Suxin explained the Meditation Method, but most students struggled to understand her lesson.
• Zhou You connected Mental Power to the Consciousness Spirit and concluded that Soul Masters cultivated consciousness rather than nature, which explained the limits of their advancement.
• Yan could not understand Zhou You’s notes and mistook Hu Liena’s glances toward Zhou You for attention directed at himself.
• Yan grew jealous when he realized Hu Liena was watching Zhou You, and Zhou You told him to keep quiet.
• Liu Suxin struck Yan on the forehead and ordered him to run laps outside the Teaching Building.
• Xie Yue watched Yan run and resented him for coveting Hu Liena.

Zhou You went to the Library and learned from Yang Tianxiong that Spirit Hall had granted him access to its restricted collection of ancient Soul Master knowledge. The chapter ended with Yang Tianxiong revealing that the Worship Hall might hold secrets about how Soul Masters become gods.

• Hu Liena watched Zhou You leave, while Xie Yue regained his fighting spirit and resolved to prove himself.
• Zhou You met Yang Tianxiong at the Library, and Yang Tianxiong teased him before explaining that Spirit Hall had approved his access to the Library.
• Yang Tianxiong told Zhou You that the Library held ancient knowledge about Soul Master cultivation, preserved and organized by the founder of Spirit Hall, the Angel God.
• Yang Tianxiong explained that the Elder Hall controlled the Library and said the Worship Hall might possess secrets about becoming a god.

Zhou You visited the Angel Holy Church after Yang Tianxiong pointed him toward its library, and he encountered a middle-aged man beside a statue of the Angel God. When the statue’s lingering Power of Faith affected Zhou You’s Consciousness Spirit, the man explained that the Angel God had fallen long ago and the remaining power was harmless.

• Zhou You suspected Yang Tianxiong was subtly encouraging him to join the Elder Hall, but decided to visit the Library anyway.
• Yang Tianxiong gave Zhou You a badge that allowed him to enter the Angel Holy Church and watched him leave, admitting that Zhou You had not been easy to fool.
• Zhou You entered the quiet Holy Church and found its halls filled with angel statues and murals before reaching the great hall.
• A Six-Winged Angel statue’s lingering Power of Faith disturbed Zhou You’s Consciousness Spirit, but he used the Nine Sequence Heart Method to steady himself.
• The middle-aged man explained that the Angel God had fallen many years earlier and that the statue’s remaining Power of Faith was a harmless natural phenomenon.

Zhou You followed Priest to Spirit Hall’s underground library and found a book that supported his theory that Martial Souls refine Heaven and Earth Power into Soul Power. The book explained why conventional cultivation methods favored talented Martial Souls and questioned why the more effective method remained obscure.

• Priest explained that the Angel God did not need to use Mental Power to deceive people to establish Spirit Hall, then offered to guide Zhou You to the Library.
• Priest led Zhou You through a maze-like underground passage to the library and told him that the ancient texts on display were artifacts, while the books on the shelves could be read.
• Zhou You opened On the Origin of Soul Power and found its claim that Martial Souls refine Heaven and Earth Power into Soul Power matched his own analysis.
• Zhou You read that focusing cultivation on Mental Power could waste energy, while Martial Souls with greater aptitude absorbed and refined vital energy more efficiently.
• The book argued that a Martial Soul could refine and store Soul Power even when its owner had poor aptitude, then raised the question of why this cultivation method was not widely shared.

Zhou You borrowed a restricted Spirit Hall book after recognizing its extraordinary implications, while Qian Daoliu and She Long discussed Spirit Hall’s factions and the reasons its leadership controlled deeper Soul Master knowledge. Qian Daoliu wondered whether Zhou You had noticed the balance Spirit Hall was trying to preserve, but She Long did not understand what he meant.

• Zhou You asked the priest to borrow the book and agreed to return it within a week.
• The priest led Zhou You out of the underground library and watched him leave the Holy Church.
• Qian Daoliu appeared and told She Long that Zhou You was remarkable, though She Long had little to teach him.
• She Long explained that Bibi Dong trusted him, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei kept him at a distance.
• Qian Daoliu reflected that Spirit Hall and established Soul Master families restricted fundamental knowledge partly to preserve the balance between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.
• Qian Daoliu asked whether Zhou You had noticed something, but She Long failed to understand the question.

Zhou You helped Yan understand a fire-attribute Meditation Method and warned him that neglecting cultivation for Hu Liena could leave him unable to keep up with her. Yan remained at rank nineteen, and Zhou You’s warning left him facing the risk of losing both strength and Hu Liena’s attention.

• Zhou You explained that meditation classes were infrequent and that Yan’s restless habits slowed his Soul Power growth compared with Xie Yue.
• Yan asked Zhou You to interpret an obscure character in a fire-attribute Meditation Method scroll.
• Zhou You explained how Yan could absorb Sun Qi safely at dawn and dusk, and use Earth Qi at other times to cultivate both his fire and earth attributes.
• Zhou You noticed that Yan was still rank nineteen and inferred that his daily visits to Hu Liena and Xie Yue had distracted him from cultivation.
• Zhou You warned Yan that Hu Liena might soon surpass him in Soul Power and become even harder to resist with her Charm.

After Yan reached Soul Power Level 20, Zhou You discussed his upcoming hunt for a second Soul Ring and explained how to choose a Soul Beast. He left Yan to decide whether to pursue more attack power or address his lack of mobility.

• Yan's Soul Power Level broke through to 20, and he planned to stabilize his cultivation before hunting for a second Soul Ring.
• Zhou You asked to accompany Yan to the captive Soul Beast area because he wanted to study how Soul Beasts produced Soul Rings and Soul Skills.
• Zhou You learned that Yan had not considered which Soul Beast to hunt and had never read Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Zhou You explained that Yan's Fire and Earth attributes suited Soul Beasts with matching attributes, then compared the strengths and drawbacks of earth- and fire-attribute Soul Beasts.
• Zhou You pointed out that Yan's powerful First Soul Skill consumed much Soul Power and was difficult to land without help because Yan lacked mobility.
• Zhou You asked Yan to choose between strengthening his offense with another costly Soul Skill or finding a way to improve his agility.

Zhou You persuaded Liu Suxin to let him join the Soul Hunting trip after she was astonished by how quickly his Soul Power had grown. Outside the Teaching Building, four classmates approached him, and Zhang Ping explained that they wanted to be friends.

• Liu Suxin tested Zhou You and learned that his Soul Power had risen from level eleven to level thirteen in twenty-seven days.
• Liu Suxin agreed to let Zhou You join the Soul Hunting trip, provided he obeyed the Soul Master leading the group.
• Zhou You left the Teaching Building and encountered Sun Chuantao, Li Kai, Xu Yu, and Zhang Ping waiting for him.
• Li Kai told Zhou You that the group wanted to follow him because he had taken Yan as his underling.
• Zhang Ping stepped forward and clarified that she and the others simply wanted to be friends with Zhou You.

Zhou You met Zhang Ping and the others, then learned they had come to ask for help finding her a Soul Ring. The group wanted to hunt a Sonic Bird for Zhang Ping, who had reached level twenty, and Zhou You learned that a Soul King had led the unsuccessful search.

• Zhang Ping's companion Li Kai mistook Zhou You's exchange with Zhang Ping for bullying and attacked him, but Zhou You threw Li Kai to the ground.
• Zhou You introduced himself to Zhang Ping and agreed to be her friend, while Xu Yu stepped on Li Kai's face and provoked another argument.
• Sun Chuantao stopped Li Kai and Xu Yu from fighting, and Zhou You invited the group to a rest room to talk.
• Zhou You asked the group why they had really come, and Sun Chuantao said they wanted his help.
• Sun Chuantao explained that Zhang Ping had reached level twenty but had not found a suitable Soul Ring, and said they wanted to hunt a Sonic Bird.
• Zhou You asked who had led their earlier hunt, and Sun Chuantao answered that it had been a Soul King.

Zhou You learned that Zhang Ping’s unusual Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow Martial Soul could remotely control a manifested bird, making a Sonic Bird an ideal target for her second Soul Skill. Sun Chuantao asked Zhou You to help because Zhang Ping’s earlier hunts had failed, and her class ranking was at risk.

• Zhou You explained that Sonic Birds were exceptionally difficult to catch because of their small size, speed, and instinct to flee.
• Zhang Ping revealed her mutated Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow Martial Soul, which she could control outside her body, and Zhou You recognized its potential with a Sonic Bird Soul Skill.
• Sun Chuantao explained that Zhang Ping’s three previous hunting attempts had failed: they could not find a Sonic Bird, found one that was too young, and then failed to catch one that fled from a Soul King.
• Sun Chuantao asked Zhou You for help because the group hoped a Soul Saint accompanying Yan’s upcoming hunt could catch a Sonic Bird.
• Zhou You understood that Zhang Ping needed a stronger second Soul Skill to improve her combat ability and protect her precarious class ranking.

Zhou You refused to use his influence to help Sun Chuantao and his friends, exposing their insincere attempt to exploit him. Sun Chuantao apologized, leaving the group’s request unresolved.

• Sun Chuantao asked Zhou You to help Zhang Ping join a Soul Hunting team, but Zhou You refused.
• Xu Yu restrained Li Kai as Sun Chuantao tried to explain, and Zhou You told them he would not help because they were insincere.
• Zhou You accused Zhang Ping of being their accomplice and said he had no obligation to use his privileges for people who did not respect him.
• The group fell silent, and Zhou You decided to leave.
• Sun Chuantao stood and bowed deeply to Zhou You, apologizing for his arrogance and that of his friends.

Zhou You accepted Sun Chuantao’s Eye of Truth in exchange for helping the group hunt a Sonic Bird, then went to see Hu Liena. He began considering a clever way to catch the exceptionally fast and timid Soul Beast.

• Sun Chuantao apologized to Zhou You and offered him the Eye of Truth, a rare Soul Tool, in return for another chance to ask for help.
• Zhou You tested the Eye of Truth and discovered that it converted Soul Power into Mental Power.
• Zhou You accepted the Soul Tool and promised to do his best to help Sun Chuantao hunt a Sonic Bird, returning it if they failed.
• Sun Chuantao wondered if he had sold the Soul Tool too cheaply, while Xu Yu and Li Kai started fighting and Sun Chuantao and Zhang Ping intervened.
• Zhou You arrived at Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s dormitory, told Xie Yue he had come to see Hu Liena, and considered how to catch a Sonic Bird without relying on speed or brute force.

Zhou You asked Hu Liena to help restrain a Sonic Bird during an upcoming Soul Hunt, and she agreed in exchange for him joining her and Xie Yue’s inter-academy tournament team. Hu Liena’s newly direct manner surprised Xie Yue, who began to see Zhou You’s strength as a chance for them to grow stronger.

• Zhou You explained to Xie Yue that he wanted Hu Liena to use Charm to immobilize the Sonic Bird during his Soul Hunt with Yan.
• Xie Yue blocked Zhou You from entering, but Hu Liena emerged and greeted Zhou You calmly after he had started to leave.
• Zhou You offered Hu Liena either a favor or a place as Xie Yue’s second-in-command in the inter-academy tournament, and she chose the tournament offer.
• After Zhou You left, Hu Liena asked Xie Yue to consider Zhou You’s strength and urged him to look beyond immediate wins and losses.