Chapter Summaries

Ye Junqing tested his new Soul Skill after absorbing the Azure Green White-Browed Tiger's Soul Ring, while Han's Mother and the others completed their cultivation. Han's Mother's new Soul Bone Skill proved powerful enough to pierce Ye Lei's Second Soul Skill.

• Ye Junqing awakened with his Soul Power above level 24 and tested his Second Soul Skill, Mysterious Ice Storm, which shredded trees in its path.
• Ye Lei explained that the Azure Green White-Browed Tiger's wind attribute had increased Ye Junqing's speed, and that he had helped clear his father's meridians during the absorption.
• Ye Lei told Ye Junqing that Han's Mother had absorbed the Azure Gale Right Arm Bone, which had dropped from the tiger, because it matched her martial soul.
• Han's Mother tested her Soul Bone Skill, Phantom Gale Slash, and its five slashes pierced Ye Lei's five stone walls before he dodged them.
• Ye Lei explained that his Second Soul Skill could not stop Phantom Gale Slash because his Crimson Scorpion King Soul Ring was five thousand years younger than the Soul Bone.

Ye Lei helped Han's Father and Han's Mother strengthen their first Soul Rings, then helped Han Nuan absorb a 1,300-year Magic Eye Ice Kite Soul Ring. The group encountered several girls beating a bullied girl while nearby men did nothing.

• Ye Lei explained the power of Han's Mother's Soul Bone Skill and asked the system how to strengthen Han's Father and Han's Mother's first Soul Rings.
• The system told Ye Lei to combine each existing ring with a Soul Beast ring of the same age, and Ye Lei used his Blue Silver Domain to raise both rings to pale purple.
• Ye Lei captured a 1,300-year Magic Eye Ice Kite and warned Han Nuan not to look into its eyes after it briefly controlled her.
• Han Nuan killed the Magic Eye Ice Kite and absorbed its Soul Ring before the group continued onward.
• Ye Lei and the others found several girls punching and kicking a girl on the ground while nearby men watched without intervening.

Ye Lei intervened when a group of girls bullied a girl on the ground, while Ye Junqing punished Qin Haoze after learning that his son was involved. When Qin Song attacked Ye Lei, Ye Lei struck him hard enough to send him crashing into a van and unconscious.

• Ye Lei emerged from the bushes and confronted the girls as one of them fell, injured her hand and foot on stones, and blamed the girl on the ground.
• The girls insulted Ye Lei and boasted that Qin Haoze, a Ye Corporation manager and the father of one girl's boyfriend, could have him killed.
• Ye Junqing called Ye Corporation and ordered Qin Haoze dismissed without his month's salary, revealing to Han Nuan that he was the company's chairman.
• Ye Lei stepped toward the girls, and one of them called Qin Song over to defend her.
• Qin Song punched at Ye Lei, who dodged, kneed him in the groin, and slapped him into the business van, knocking him unconscious.

Ye Lei confronted Qin Song’s group after witnessing them bully others, defeating their bodyguards and destroying their van. He left the girls trapped in a pit as they tried to flee.

• Ye Lei threatened the girls with legal action and promised to make them face the bullying they had inflicted.
• The bodyguards attacked Ye Lei with their Soul Ring Skills, but he blocked their strikes and knocked them down with burning stone fragments.
• One bodyguard drove the van at Ye Lei, who split it in half with a purple-lit kick.
• The girls tried to run from Ye Lei but all fell into a huge pit that appeared beneath them.

Ye Lei left the girls and their captors for the police to handle, then comforted Han Nuan and playfully chased her through the forest. After the police arrived and the Ye Corporation took action against Qin Haoze, the group found soul beasts for Han Nuan's parents, while Ye Lei promised to keep searching for Tang Yunqing the next day.

• Ye Lei and Ye Junqing left the trapped girls for the police, while Ye Lei pinned the bodyguards to the ground.
• Han Nuan comforted Ye Lei, and they chased and playfully tussled through the forest as the adults watched.
• Police arrived in Wulin, learned what had happened, and took the girls and their captors to the station.
• The Ye Corporation's legal department fired Qin Haoze and delivered documents to him after telling him to ask his son why.
• Ye Lei found suitable soul beasts for Han Nuan's parents but told Tang Yunqing he would search for one for her the next day.

Han Keqin and Han Nuan’s mother successfully absorbed their Soul Rings, and Han Keqin praised Ye Lei for protecting Han Nuan. Ye Lei discovered a spy from the Seventh Elder’s residence, trapped him in vines, and led the group away as the spy screamed.

• Han Keqin and Han Nuan’s mother awakened after absorbing their purple Soul Rings and stood beside Han Nuan.
• Han Keqin told Ye Lei he was glad Ye Lei was Han Nuan’s boyfriend because he could keep her safe.
• Ye Lei sensed a possible spy nearby and used his Mental Hunting Ground to locate Shadow hiding in a tree.
• Ye Lei trapped Shadow in Blue Silver Emperor vines and restrained him with a rising blunt spike.
• Ye Lei reassured the group, took Han Nuan’s hand, and led everyone away from Wulin as Shadow screamed.

After Ye Lei and his group left Wulin, Shadow reported his failed surveillance mission and severe injuries to his superiors. Back at home, the family learned from breaking news that marine life had mutated at an exhibition hall in Banyan City, killing and injuring civilians.

• Ye Lei and his group left Wulin, while he noticed unusual boot prints near the place where the five men had been beaten.
• Shadow reported to the elder's special assistant that his operation had failed after an unknown attack, and his target had left Wulin.
• Shadow's superior ordered him to return and said someone else would replace him.
• Ye Lei, Tang Yunqing, and Ye Junqing watched television at home until breaking news reported a deadly marine-life mutation at an exhibition hall in Banyan City.
• Ye Lei sat upright and looked at Tang Yunqing with delight after hearing the report.

Ye Lei took Tang Yunqing to the marine life exhibition hall so she could find a suitable Second Soul Ring among the mutated creatures. They found the hall empty and bloodied, and a massive shadow appeared above them as they searched.

• Ye Lei told Tang Yunqing that the mutated marine creatures could provide her with a suitable Second Soul Ring, and Ye Junqing explained how they resembled the Wolf Bandits.
• Ye Lei gave Ye Junqing a Beast Soul and a thousand-year Soul Ring to absorb at home, then set up a Blue Silver Barrier before leaving with Tang Yunqing.
• Soldiers surrounding the exhibition hall recognized Ye Lei and fled in terror, while Tang Yunqing wondered why they feared her son.
• Ye Lei and Tang Yunqing entered the empty hall and found bloody water, mutilated civilian bodies, shattered display tanks, and missing marine creatures.
• A massive shadow appeared above Ye Lei and Tang Yunqing as they surveyed the hall.

Ye Lei and Tang Yunqing fought an Ice Thorn Swordfish in the exhibition hall, and Tang Yunqing began absorbing its Soul Ring. The fish’s final attack wounded Ye Lei with icy sword qi, leaving him to treat the wound while she absorbed the ring.

• Ye Lei pulled Tang Yunqing out of the Ice Thorn Swordfish’s attack and helped her break the tank’s glass.
• Ye Lei scanned the fish, identified it as a 1,400-year-old Ice Thorn Swordfish, and restrained it with his Soul Skills.
• The Ice Thorn Swordfish broke free and counterattacked, but Ye Lei killed it with his Blue Silver Spike Array.
• The dying fish pierced Ye Lei’s lower abdomen with a final sword qi attack, and he told Tang Yunqing to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Ye Lei extracted the fish’s Beast Soul and pressed his hand against his wound to counter the extreme Ice Element, screaming in pain.

Ye Lei survived the Ice Thorn Swordfish’s attack and helped Tang Yunqing absorb its soul ring before going to the hospital for stitches. Ying secretly collected Ye Lei’s blood, and the family later returned home, where Ye Lei reassured Ye Junqing about his injury.

• Ye Lei forced the Ice Thorn Swordfish’s Soul Power out of his body and used the Blue Silver Domain to repair his injuries.
• Ye Lei helped Tang Yunqing absorb her soul ring, and they left for the hospital after she finished.
• Ying collected several drops of Ye Lei’s blood from the marine life exhibition hall and vanished.
• Ye Lei had his wounds stitched at the hospital and returned home with Tang Yunqing.
• Ye Lei told Ye Junqing that a wounded soul beast had struck him, and Ye Junqing believed the explanation after Tang Yunqing confirmed it.
• Ye Junqing and Tang Yunqing prepared restorative dishes for Ye Lei, and the night passed without incident.

Ye Lei received the Elemental Pearl, a Soul Tool Amplifier that could hold nine elemental Beast Souls, after the system offered it as compensation for a mission he could accept later. He continued into Riverside Forest to find Third Soul Rings for his parents, planning to seek an Ice Attribute Beast Soul afterward.

• Ye Lei meditated before dawn and healed the wounds on his abdomen.
• Ye Lei cultivated his Purple Demon Eyes, then headed to Riverside Forest to seek a fourth Soul Ring for the Flame Lord and Third Soul Rings for his parents.
• The system issued a mission requiring Ye Lei to suppress and conceal his strength, but said he could accept it later and gave him a random Soul Tool Amplifier as compensation.
• Ye Lei absorbed the pill from the System Space and obtained the nine-bead Elemental Pearl, which could be fitted with nine elemental Beast Souls.
• Ye Lei decided to visit the Ocean Biology Exhibition Hall for an Ice Attribute Beast Soul, then continued into Riverside Forest to search for his parents' Third Soul Rings.

Ye Lei investigated the ravaged forest and discovered that the Poison Dragon Legion had hunted its soul beasts, leaving corpses and craters behind. After finding a Legion nameplate, he was attacked by a four-ringed member who demanded it, and Ye Lei prepared to fight.

• Ye Lei entered the forest and used the Mental Hunting Ground to find that its soul beasts had vanished, leaving severed limbs and remains behind.
• Ye Lei found an adult man's corpse bearing the Poison Dragon Legion insignia and concluded the Legion had hunted soul beasts, including Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Ye Lei discovered a silver nameplate marked with the Elder Hall's Seventh Residence Hall crest and the Poison Dragon Legion insignia.
• A hidden attacker threw knives at Ye Lei, then revealed himself by leaping from a tree and kicking at him; Ye Lei sensed the attack and countered.
• The Legion member demanded the nameplate and threatened Ye Lei, who refused and warned that he would deal with the Elder Hall.
• The attacker tore open his shirt to reveal his Legion tattoo and the word "Shadow" tattooed on his shoulder.

Ye Lei fought Shadow, an Elder Hall assassin who had monitored him in Wulin, and killed him after overpowering his soul skills. One month later, the university semester began in September.

• Ye Lei recognized Shadow from his tattoo and defeated his opening punches, then countered his Shadow Blade with a Spider Emperor Purple Light Slash.
• Shadow used his Second and Third Soul Skills to hide and restrain Ye Lei before attacking again, but Ye Lei's Thousand Jun Flame Armor blocked the blades and burned away the bindings.
• Shadow unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill, but Ye Lei caught its blade phantom with one hand.
• Ye Lei used Purgatory Lava Charge to engulf Shadow in a lava pillar, killing him.
• One month later, the university semester began in September.

On Rongcheng University’s registration day, Han Nuan’s arrival drew attention and led to a confrontation with Ma Tianming, who threatened to have her expelled. The chapter ended as Ma Tianming tried to grab her and a vine caught his wrist.

• Rongcheng University’s freshmen gathered to register and were puzzled by form fields asking for their martial souls and Soul Power Levels.
• Han Nuan flew onto the field, where a group of boys crowded around her and one tried to touch her shoulder.
• Han Nuan blocked the boy with Phoenix Wings and froze the water in his bottle and those held by the boys behind him.
• Ma Tianming threatened Han Nuan and claimed his father could have her expelled, but she ignored him and spoke to an upperclassman.
• Ma Tianming raised his hand to grab Han Nuan by the neck, and a vine wrapped around his wrist.

Han Nuan used her Ice Phoenix Demonic Condensation to frighten Ma Tianming and one of his companions after Ma Tianming harassed her. Ma Tianming recovered, obtained Han Nuan's information, and ordered an investigation into her origins.

• Han Nuan activated Ice Phoenix Demonic Condensation, making Ma Tianming collapse in terror.
• A boy who tried to help Ma Tianming met Han Nuan's gaze and fled, still haunted by the encounter afterward.
• Ye Lei watched from across the field, then turned back to register.
• Ma Tianming recovered, took Han Nuan's information form, and ordered someone over the phone to investigate her.
• A senior warned a new student that Ma Tianming's father owned ten percent of the school and sat on its School Board.

Ye Lei escaped a crowd of girls asking to add him on WeChat and called Han Nuan for help. In a secret research facility, a lab-coated man injected a chained prisoner with an elephant serum.

• Ye Lei overheard Ma Tianming’s conversation by using a Blue Silver Grass seedling to eavesdrop.
• Ye Lei left to find the dormitory, but a girl with a dinosaur-like appearance approached him with her WeChat QR code.
• Ye Lei raised the ground ten meters to escape the girl and messaged Han Nuan to rescue him from the crowd of girls below.
• A lab-coated man entered a secret research facility in Banyan City and shocked a chained prisoner awake.
• The lab-coated man injected the prisoner with reddish-yellow elephant serum.

Han Nuan rescued Ye Lei from the girls surrounding him, and he later discovered a device in his dorm that connected students to soul-beast hunting grounds. The Mirror World system introduced itself as an Elder Hall project, leaving Ye Lei suspicious but intrigued by its convenience.

• Han Nuan flew to the boys' dormitory and carried Ye Lei away from the girls who had surrounded him.
• Ye Lei explained that accepting the system's third task had reduced his martial souls and soul rings, and restricted his soul bones.
• Ye Lei found his high-school friend Song Yang in their shared dorm room and settled into a bed.
• Ye Lei and Song Yang found identical iron boxes in their cabinets, each containing a school-emblem wristband and earphones.
• The Mirror World system activated and explained that its wristbands could teleport university students to dimensional gates to hunt soul beasts and choose their age.
• Ye Lei suspected the Elder Hall had ulterior motives but recognized that the system could make finding soul beasts easier.

Ye Lei revealed his two Soul Rings and Flame Lord to Song Yang, who asked him to help obtain Soul Rings of his own. Han Nuan told her roommates what had happened, and both groups of students went out to eat together.

• The counselor told the students to carry their wristbands and headphones and go on training expeditions every three weeks.
• Ye Lei showed Song Yang his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and its two yellow Soul Rings, then summoned the Flame Lord, which also had two yellow Soul Rings.
• Ye Lei promised to take Song Yang to get Soul Rings, while keeping the ones in his System Space for a system mission.
• Ye Lei and Song Yang introduced themselves to their two other roommates and decided to eat at the food street outside campus.
• Han Nuan told Luo Yun and the other girls what had happened, and they insisted she take them out to meet their brother-in-law.

Ye Lei and his dormmates revealed their martial souls, and Ye Lei used his Soul Beast Detector to identify theirs. The others admired the device, and Ye Lei promised to get one for each of them.

• Chen Sican and Jing Hang suggested that the four of them show their martial souls.
• Ye Lei revealed his Blue Silver Grass and Flame Lord martial souls, both with two-hundred-year soul rings, and said his Soul Power Level was 28.
• Song Yang summoned an unknown crocodile martial soul and asked Ye Lei to identify it.
• Ye Lei's Soul Beast Detector identified Song Yang's Howling Sea Emperor Crocodile at Soul Power Level 12, Jing Hang's Thunderous Mammoth at Level 13, and Chen Sican's Wind God Pterosaur at Level 15.
• Ye Lei explained how the detector worked, and after the three admired it, promised to get each of them one.
• In the next room, Han Nuan sneezed while eating with her sisters.

Han Nuan and her friends ate barbecue while Ye Lei told his companions that Han Nuan was his girlfriend and was in the next room. Chen Sican and Jing Hang went to check, and the chapter ended when Chen Sican failed to notice the person standing behind him.

• Han Nuan reassured Luo Yun that she was fine, then invited Luo Yun, Weng Yunling, and Qiao Na to order whatever they wanted.
• Han Nuan and her friends ordered barbecue, and Han Nuan updated her social media feed.
• Ye Lei told Chen Sican and Jing Hang that his girlfriend was Han Nuan, the daughter of Han Keqin, chairman of Han Group.
• Ye Lei said Han Nuan was in the next room, so Chen Sican and Jing Hang went to check.
• Chen Sican knocked, and when the door opened, he failed to notice the person behind him until Jing Hang told him to turn around.