Chapter Summaries

Tuoba Yan refused Tuoba Xi’s attempts to arrange his future, insisting he would choose his own path as a soul master. In Star Dou Forest, Tuoba Xi bought a Golden Armor Tihun Chicken for Yan’er’s advancement, and Tuoba Yan prepared to absorb its soul ring.

• Tuoba Yan told Tuoba Xi he would establish his own branch if his grandfather kept interfering, prompting Tuoba Xi to concede that Yan’er could choose his own master and path.
• Tuoba Xi and Tuoba Yan searched Tihun Mountain for a soul beast and found no Chicken Soul Beasts, which Tuoba Xi recognized as unusual.
• Tuoba Yan smelled food, and the two found a family roasting a soul chicken in a clearing.
• Tuoba Xi offered the family fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins for their five-thousand-year Golden Armor Tihun Chicken, and Bing’er’s father accepted the payment.
• Tuoba Xi told Tuoba Yan to kill the Chicken King and absorb its soul ring while he stood guard.

Tuoba Yan absorbed a five-thousand-year soul ring in one minute and gained a levitation skill. Before leaving, he met Shui Bing'er and offered her Whale Rubber, after she worried that holding hands would make her have a baby.

• Tuoba Yan absorbed the Golden Armor Tihun Chicken's five-thousand-year soul ring and gained the ability to make himself and other objects float.
• Tuoba Xi recognized Tuoba Yan's levitation as the Golden Armor Tihun Chicken's Floating Technique and prepared to return with him.
• Shui Bing'er introduced herself to Tuoba Yan, who recognized her as the future Ice Phoenix soul master.
• Tuoba Bing'er cried because she believed Tuoba Yan touching her hand would make her pregnant, and Tuoba Yan promised to be the baby's father if one appeared a year later.
• Tuoba Yan took two pieces of Whale Rubber from his storage device as a gift, and Shui Bing'er recognized them.

Tuoba Yan gave Shui Bing'er Whale Rubber and explained how to consume it, while she deduced that he had Twin Martial Souls and suspected they could form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After Shui Bing'er left, Tuoba Yan revealed his second Soul Skill to Tuoba Xi, who was astonished by the Chicken Charm's power.

• Tuoba Yan gave Shui Bing'er two pieces of Ten-Thousand Year Whale Glue and ten pieces of Thousand Year Whale Glue, telling her to keep the gift and its use secret.
• Shui Bing'er told Tuoba Yan she had sensed that they could complement each other and concluded he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Shui Bing'er left with her parents, promising to give Tuoba Yan a gift the next time they met.
• Tuoba Xi asked Tuoba Yan about his second Soul Skill, and Tuoba Yan used the Chicken Charm to demonstrate it.
• Tuoba Xi caught the Chicken Charm, activated it with Soul Power, and exclaimed at the skill's miraculous power.

Tuoba Yan entered Zero Dormitory without paying the challenge fee and fought Xie Yue, whose combat experience and powerful attacks tested Tuoba Yan’s defense and reactions. After Tuoba Yan knocked Xie Yue back, Hu Liena recognized him and confronted him over their past humiliation.

• A defeated challenger tried to reclaim his fee, but Xie Yue stopped him and explained that challenge fees belonged to the top student regardless of the result.
• Tuoba Yan walked past the challenge platform without paying and continued into the villa, so Xie Yue followed and tried to stop him.
• Xie Yue attacked Tuoba Yan, who blocked his punches and countered with his Golden Eyes and swift defensive moves.
• The two exchanged blows until Xie Yue landed a heavy punch on Tuoba Yan’s chest and Tuoba Yan struck him back, sending him rolling across the ground.
• Hu Liena came out after hearing the fight, recognized Tuoba Yan, and called out that he had finally returned.

Xie Yue challenged Tuoba Yan to avenge Hu Liena, but was shocked to learn that Tuoba Yan had a five-thousand-year second soul ring and could fly. Tuoba Yan lured Xie Yue into an attack, then lifted him into the air and dropped him to the ground.

• Hu Liena urged Xie Yue to beat Tuoba Yan, and Xie Yue challenged him for bullying his sister.
• Xie Yue revealed his Moon Blades and level 37 Soul Power, while Tuoba Yan revealed his Saint martial spirit and level 25 Soul Power.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue were stunned by Tuoba Yan's five-thousand-year second soul ring.
• Xie Yue attacked with his Moonlight Slash, but Tuoba Yan evaded it by flying out of reach.
• Tuoba Yan descended after Xie Yue taunted him, then used golden light to lift Xie Yue into the air and drop him onto the ground.

Tuoba Yan battled Xie Yue, first countering his attacks with Suspended Flight and then trapping him in a Mental Force Cage, which he had developed from the Chicken Charm. Xie Yue broke free with Moonlight Shatter and blasted Tuoba Yan into rubble, but Hu Liena warned her brother of a sudden danger as the chapter ended.

• Xie Yue repeatedly charged Tuoba Yan but was lifted and slammed into the ground by Suspended Flight.
• Xie Yue adapted by using his Soul Power to resist the levitation and advanced toward Tuoba Yan.
• Tuoba Yan trapped Xie Yue in a Mental Force Cage, a technique he had created by developing the Chicken Charm's Suspended Flight.
• Xie Yue used Moonlight Shatter to shatter the cage and blast Tuoba Yan into a dormitory wall.
• Hu Liena cried out to warn Xie Yue just as he celebrated his apparent victory.

Tuoba Yan defeated Xie Yue by using the Chicken Charm to raise debris and dust into a blinding haze, then striking him with a Rasengan. After Hu Liena signed an IOU for Xie Yue’s challenge fee, Tuoba Yan returned to his room and reflected on his new levitation ability and Mental Force Cage.

• Tuoba Yan used the Chicken Charm to make debris and dust float around Xie Yue, obscuring his vision before hitting him with a Rasengan and knocking him unconscious.
• Hu Liena protected Xie Yue and challenged Tuoba Yan to stop attacking, while a healing teacher assured her that Xie Yue was not in danger.
• Tuoba Yan demanded that Hu Liena sign an IOU for one thousand Gold Soul Coins, and she reluctantly signed on behalf of her unconscious brother.
• Tuoba Yan returned to his room and recalled how the Chicken Charm’s levitation ability could control objects and support his Mental Force Cage technique.

Tuoba Yan defeated Xie Yue and continued cultivating, while Bibi Dong grew wary of his potential. As the Tuoba Clan faced scrutiny over its purchases of Dragon Saliva Incense, Tuoba Yan proposed inflating the price of a seemingly useful but worthless item to profit from those watching them.

• Xie Yue woke and promised Hu Liena he would defeat Tuoba Yan after recovering, while Ghost Douluo reported Tuoba Yan's abilities to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong heard Ghost Douluo call Tuoba Yan a potential rebel and reacted with a sinister laugh.
• Fifty days later, Tuoba Yan left the Simulated Training Grounds at Soul Power Level twenty-six and noticed Hu Liena had been training intensely.
• Tuoba Xi gave Tuoba Yan three pieces of Dragon Saliva Incense and explained that several powerful factions were watching the Tuoba Clan because of its purchases.
• Tuoba Yan stopped Tuoba Xi from confronting an attendant who was spying on them and proposed that the clan hype an apparently useful, low-value item to an astronomical price before selling its stock.

Tuoba Yan helped the Tuoba Clan trick the forces watching them into buying ordinary cultivation materials, earning the clan 1.7 billion Gold Soul Coins and leaving the former Zero Dormitory cleaner dead. As Tuoba Xi weighed the clan’s loyalty to Spirit Hall against protecting his family, Tuoba Yan revealed he had reached level twenty-nine and remained confident he could change the future.

• Tuoba Yan persuaded Tuoba Xi that the clan’s transactions were voluntary, and Tuoba Xi agreed to make arrangements despite Tuoba Yan warning him that Spirit Hall’s leaders were among the watchers.
• Tuoba Yan set the Tuoba Clan’s Task Hall to reward disciples for buying designated goods, prompting rival forces and the Zero Dormitory cleaner’s backer to purchase them too.
• The Tuoba Clan stopped buying after selling through disguised members and third parties, leaving its treasury with so many Gold Soul Coins that it had to buy Storage Soul Guide Devices.
• The former cleaner’s family was massacred, while the powerful forces that had been tricked—including Bibi Dong and Qian Dao Liu—kept silent rather than challenge the Tuoba Clan.
• Tuoba Xi said the clan had earned 1.7 billion Gold Soul Coins and would not rebel against Spirit Hall unless forced, while Tuoba Yan said that loyalty represented only Tuoba Xi’s personal choice.
• Tuoba Yan told Tuoba Xi he had reached level twenty-nine and expected to become a three-ringed Soul Elder before entering his second year.

Tuoba Yan refused his grandfather Tuoba Xi’s attempt to arrange a marriage with Zhang Ping and later met her at the Graduation Trial. Zhang Ping asked him to form a team and admitted she had come to accept the match, leaving Tuoba Yan to face her unexpected agreement.

• Tuoba Xi agreed to Tuoba Yan’s request to enter the Graduation Trial but asked him to consider marrying Zhang Ping, and Tuoba Yan rejected the idea.
• Five months later, Tuoba Yan waited among students from the Four Junior Soul Master Academies outside Soul Hunting Valley for the Graduation Trial to begin.
• Zhang Ping approached Tuoba Yan and asked to team up, citing her level-thirty-four Soul Power and experience.
• Tuoba Yan suspected Zhang Ping’s grandfather had sent her and asked whether she opposed arranged marriage.
• Zhang Ping said she had opposed it at first but now believed children should listen to their elders.

The 1,376th Four Academies Fellowship Tournament began, and Tuoba Yan entered the valley trial alone after refusing Zhang Ping, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue’s offer to team up. A masked Soul Emperor appeared and declared that Tuoba Yan was his only target.

• Platinum Bishop Tuoba Xi opened the tournament and explained its rewards, rankings, and dangerous valley levels.
• The students entered the valley, where Tuoba Yan studied his map before noticing Zhang Ping, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue following him.
• Zhang Ping invited Tuoba Yan to team up, and Hu Liena said she and Xie Yue wanted to reach the sixth level with him.
• Tuoba Yan refused and headed deeper into the valley, but a masked Soul Emperor appeared with a saber and ordered the others to leave.

A masked six-ring Soul Elder attacked Tuoba Yan and the others, but Tuoba Yan escaped while Xie Yue and Hu Liena tried to protect themselves. The masked man defeated the siblings and knocked Hu Liena unconscious, leaving her in his hands.

• The masked man threatened Tuoba Yan, and Xie Yue and Hu Liena urged him to escape while they held the attacker back.
• Tuoba Yan left, and the masked man defeated Xie Yue and severely wounded Zhang Ping when she tried to pass him.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but the masked man interrupted them with an ice attack.
• Hu Liena used her charm and soul skills against the masked man while Xie Yue attacked, but the masked man broke free, knocked Xie Yue unconscious, and struck Hu Liena down.
• The masked man knocked Hu Liena unconscious and began touching her before an unidentified person ordered him to let her go.

The masked man calling himself Ghost Blade attacked Zhang Ping and tried to assault her after incapacitating Hu Liena and Xie Yue. Tuoba Yan returned and used the Chicken and Ox Charms to send Ghost Blade crashing through three trees, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Zhang Ping rushed Ghost Blade to stop him, but he froze and wounded her, then sealed her Soul Power and tied her up.
• Ghost Blade revealed that he intended to kill Tuoba Yan and decided to kill everyone who could identify him.
• Tuoba Yan returned and confronted Ghost Blade as he attacked Zhang Ping.
• Tuoba Yan used the Chicken Charm to make Ghost Blade float helplessly, then activated the Ox Charm and punched him through three trees.
• Ghost Blade recovered, questioned the intelligence that described Tuoba Yan as an auxiliary-type Soul Master, and Tuoba Yan admitted he could fight as well.

Tuoba Yan fought a masked Soul Master and repeatedly used his talismans to counter the man’s attacks. After the Horse Talisman healed Tuoba Yan from a severed arm, the masked man continued attacking, while Tuoba Yan demanded to know who had sent him.

• Tuoba Yan bound the masked man with Mental Force Cage and struck him with Thousand Jun Falling, then demanded to know who was behind the attack.
• The masked man escaped, wounded Tuoba Yan’s ankle, and continued attacking as Tuoba Yan used Ladder Cloud Leap to evade him.
• The masked man felled a tree to block Tuoba Yan’s view, then severed Tuoba Yan’s left arm with a saber strike.
• Tuoba Yan’s Horse Talisman restored his arm and healed his wounds, astonishing the masked man.
• The masked man charged again and repeatedly cut off Tuoba Yan’s limbs, but the Horse Talisman restored him each time.

Tuoba Yan defeated the masked man, who killed himself rather than reveal his master, then secretly healed Zhang Ping, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena before leaving. Xie Yue and Hu Liena wrongly believed he had abandoned them, while Zhang Ping concealed the truth and continued traveling with them.

• The masked man repeatedly injured himself to evade capture and ultimately died by cutting his own throat rather than reveal who sent him.
• Tuoba Yan stored the masked man's corpse, freed and healed Zhang Ping, then healed the unconscious Xie Yue and Hu Liena before leaving and asking Zhang Ping to keep his return secret.
• After waking, Xie Yue and Hu Liena believed Guardian Knights had driven off the masked man and given them healing pills, and they noticed their injuries had healed and their Soul Power had increased.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue condemned Tuoba Yan as a coward, while Zhang Ping defended him and refused Hu Liena's warning against liking him.
• Zhang Ping joined Xie Yue and Hu Liena as they continued through the canyon, privately deciding that Hu Liena was a romantic rival.

Tuoba Yan crossed into the valley’s more dangerous levels, then returned to find himself named the trial’s champion. The crowd erupted in disbelief when the master of ceremonies revealed that he had cleared all ten levels, and accusations of favoritism followed.

• Tuoba Yan crossed the desert and isolating wall into the valley’s second level, where stronger soul beasts and Guardian Knights patrolled.
• After nearly all the students withdrew, Bibi Dong attended the closing ceremony as Pontiff, and the master of ceremonies announced the trial results.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue tied for second place after reaching the sixth level, while Zhang Ping placed fourth after reaching the fifth.
• The master of ceremonies named Tuoba Yan the champion, and Hu Liena questioned how he could have reached the sixth level in seven days.
• The master of ceremonies clarified that Tuoba Yan had cleared the entire valley, prompting the crowd to demand an investigation and accuse him of receiving special treatment.

Tuoba Yan faced accusations that he had cheated to clear Soul Hunting Valley, so he demonstrated his unusual soul skills before the crowd. He left Hu Liena’s arm restored and explained how levitation, healing, and careful use of the terrain had let him cross the valley.

• Hu Liena demanded an investigation into Tuoba Yan’s victory, and Ju Douluo joined her in doubting that he could have cleared Soul Hunting Valley.
• Tuoba Xi defended his grandson and revealed that Tuoba Yan had become a three-ring Soul Elder.
• Tuoba Yan slashed off Hu Liena’s left arm, then revealed three soul rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring.
• Tuoba Yan used his Horse Talisman: Time Reversal to reattach Hu Liena’s arm and restore her completely.
• Tuoba Yan demonstrated his levitation skill and explained that he had crossed the valley by gliding between treetops and resting on desert city walls.

Tuoba Yan won the trial, but Bibi Dong chose Hu Liena as her disciple instead of him. After Tuoba Xi revealed Tuoba Yan’s Twin Martial Souls to Bibi Dong, Tuoba Yan explained that Bibi Dong’s refusal stemmed from her hatred of the Qian Clan and the trauma she suffered under the previous Pontiff, then showed Tuoba Xi a corpse.

• Tuoba Yan received rewards for clearing Soul Hunting Valley, including entry to Spirit Hall’s Sacred Hall, Gold Soul Coins, and Merit Points.
• Bibi Dong selected Hu Liena as her disciple and gave her a rare Yellow Springs Crystal.
• Tuoba Xi told Bibi Dong that Tuoba Yan had awakened Twin Martial Souls, surprising her before she left.
• Tuoba Xi asked Tuoba Yan why Bibi Dong had not accepted him, and Tuoba Yan linked her decision to the previous Pontiff’s abuse and her desire for revenge against the Qian Clan.
• Tuoba Yan described the abuse Bibi Dong had endured and asked Tuoba Xi to look at a corpse.

Tuoba Yan warned Tuoba Xi that Bibi Dong might be behind the attempt on his life, though they had no proof and Tuoba Xi promised to investigate secretly. Tuoba Yan decided to become Pontiff, and Bibi Dong summoned him to the Pontiff's Palace and assigned Spirit Eagle Douluo to protect him.

• Tuoba Yan showed Tuoba Xi the masked assassin's corpse and suggested Bibi Dong might have arranged the attack to drive the Tuoba Clan into conflict with the Qian Clan.
• Tuoba Xi rejected accusations without evidence and promised to investigate the assassination in secret.
• Tuoba Yan told Tuoba Xi he wanted to become Pontiff and take control of Spirit Hall himself.
• The next day, Bibi Dong summoned Tuoba Yan to the Pontiff's Palace and assigned Spirit Eagle Douluo to protect him.

Tuoba Yan visited Flender’s Soul Master store in Suotuo City and bought a Bancrystal, a cold stone, and a dagger while bargaining with the crooked merchant. After Flender demanded an outrageous fee for the damaged table, Tuoba Yan warned him not to push his luck.

• Tuoba Yan entered Flender’s shop and spotted a Bancrystal among its wares.
• Tuoba Yan exposed the dagger as a fake antique, tested its sharpness, and bargained with Flender over three items.
• Tuoba Yan paid one thousand Gold Soul Coins and stored the dagger, stone, and gray crystal in his Storage Soul Guide Device.
• Flender demanded another one thousand Gold Soul Coins for the chipped table and threatened to keep the items if Tuoba Yan refused.
• Spirit Eagle Douluo entered the shop, but Tuoba Yan stopped him and sternly warned Flender to be kind.