Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan, a transmigrated orphan in Sacred Soul Village, hoped his Martial Soul awakening would offer a way out of his frail life and zero-Soul Power family legacy. As Su Yuntao began the ceremony, Lin Manshan watched the first child panic at the sight of Su Yuntao’s Wolf Martial Soul.

• Hua Manshan died in an accident after his Immortal Cultivation Life Simulator character died in the womb.
• Lin Manshan’s memories of his past life returned after he hit his head, and he kept his distance from Tang San, whom he considered dangerous.
• Old Jack brought the village children to meet Su Yuntao for their Martial Soul awakening.
• Su Yuntao arranged six black stones and demonstrated his Lone Wolf Martial Soul to the children.
• The first child screamed and tried to flee when Su Yuntao transformed, but Su Yuntao caught him.

During his Martial Soul awakening, Lin Manshan met the fading consciousness of Ni Tian Er Xing, who passed on memories and techniques to help him control his powerful soul. Lin Manshan awakened a Woodcutting Knife Martial Soul with Innate Level Three Soul Power, and the ceremony continued with Tang San’s test.

• Lin Manshan entered a green inner world and met Ni Tian Er Xing, who explained that their shared name and his soul fragment had brought him there.
• Ni Tian Er Xing explained that Lin Manshan’s headaches came from his soul’s strength overwhelming his body and taught him about Soul Burning and Soul Infusion.
• Ni Tian Er Xing transferred ten years of training memories and his clan’s techniques to Lin Manshan before his consciousness dissipated.
• Lin Manshan named the green Firewood Chopper Ni Tian Er Xing and awakened it as his Woodcutting Knife Martial Soul.
• Lin Manshan tested at Innate Level Three Soul Power, and Su Yuntao invited him to join Spirit Hall after consulting his grandfather.
• Tang San stepped forward to test his Martial Soul, and the blue crystal ball burst into dazzling light.

After awakening a Firewood Chopper with Innate Spirit Power Level 3, Lin Manshan learned that Spirit Hall wanted him to join, but Old Jack postponed the decision until he could choose for himself. Lin Manshan returned home and told Miao Ni he could become a Spirit Master, while Tang San left with Old Jack to discuss academy attendance.

• Su Yuntao explained Tang San's Innate Full Soul Power and revealed that Lin Manshan also had Soul Power, with a Firewood Chopper Martial Soul and Innate Spirit Power Level 3.
• Old Jack declined to decide whether Lin Manshan would join Spirit Hall until Lin Manshan was older, and Su Yuntao gave them academy Identity Certificates and a Universal Meditation Method.
• Tang San asked Old Jack about Soul Rings, then went with him to discuss attending Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy.
• Lin Manshan pocketed a Copper Soul Coin he had taken and headed home with the cultivation booklet.
• Lin Manshan told Miao Ni that he could become a Spirit Master, and she thanked heaven for the news.

After Lin Manshan awakened Soul Power, his family celebrated and arranged for him to move into a quieter room to cultivate. Old Jack planned to bring food, wine, and a cultivation booklet to Tang Hao’s family, while Chun Yan urged Lin Manshan to save his future Spirit Hall stipend as wife funds.

• Miao Ni sent Lin Manshan to tell his relatives about his Soul Power awakening and invite them to celebrate.
• Old Jack told Miao Ni to move Lin Manshan into Lin San’s room so he could cultivate without being disturbed.
• Miao Ni proposed sending food to Tang Hao’s family, and Old Jack planned to bring Tang San a Soul Power cultivation booklet and persuade Tang Hao to let him attend the academy.
• Chun Yan advised Lin Manshan to save his future Spirit Hall subsidy to marry several wives and continue the Lin family line.
• Miao Ni offered to prepare more food and had Jason fetch wine for Old Jack to take to Tang Hao.

Lin Manshan studied the beginner Meditation Method, but a severe headache prevented him from cultivating Soul Power. He instead drew on Ni Tian Er Xing’s memories to burn his soul and begin strengthening his body, then planned to use techniques from Tang San’s world and the Netherworld to make up for his low talent and prepare to obtain a Soul Ring.

• Lin Manshan read the Meditation Method Su Yuntao had given him and tried to cultivate, but a headache forced him to stop.
• Lin Manshan recalled how Soul Power strengthened the body and how Soul Rings could enhance a Spirit Master and their Martial Soul.
• Lin Manshan burned his soul for about half an hour, leaving his weak body sore and exhausted.
• Lin Manshan considered learning the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Mechanical Hidden Weapons to improve his cultivation and hunt Spirit Beasts.
• Lin Manshan resolved to rely on Ni Tian Er Xing’s Netherworld techniques, including the Void Evasion Technique, to help him survive.

Lin Manshan reviewed the Netherworld Techniques and planned how to use Beast Taming Technique to spy on Tang Hao and his son while improving his Blade Art. After recovering enough to walk, he answered Old Jack’s call to visit Tang Hao’s house, where he hoped to observe the interior and later plant True Eyes.

• Lin Manshan considered the uses and risks of the Netherworld Techniques, identifying Beast Taming Technique as a way to monitor Tang Hao and his son with small animals.
• Lin Manshan reflected on the Clear Sky Secret Techniques and considered adapting the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer’s force techniques for his Blade Art.
• Lin Manshan decided to focus on cultivating Soul Power, practicing his Blade Art, and postponing Destiny Artifact Infusion until after absorbing his First Soul Ring.
• Lin Manshan recovered enough to get out of bed after about two hours.
• Old Jack called Lin Manshan to go to Tang Hao’s house, and Lin Manshan went to meet him, planning to observe the house and plant True Eyes later.

Lin Manshan left Tang Hao’s home with Old Jack after Tang Hao refused to let Tang San attend the Spirit Master academy. The next day, Lin Manshan tested his soul-control ability on a spider and a magpie, finding that the bird demanded much more of his soul and Soul Power.

• Old Jack confronted Tang Hao for making six-year-old Tang San work and urged him to let Tang San attend Nuoding Academy, but Tang Hao refused.
• Tang San sided with his father and asked Old Jack and Lin Manshan to leave, so Old Jack left food and wine for the family before departing with Lin Manshan.
• Lin Manshan cursed Tang Hao and Tang San at home, then cultivated Soul Power and felt his body grow stronger.
• The next morning, Lin Manshan caught a magpie and used his soul-control technique on a spider, controlling its movements and viewing its memories.
• Lin Manshan infused part of his soul and Soul Power into the magpie and found that controlling it took more effort and revealed longer memory fragments.

Lin Manshan used his scouting techniques to observe Tang San’s training, then focused on his own cultivation while struggling with limits imposed by his weak body. After Tang Hao changed his mind about letting Tang San attend the academy, Lin Manshan continued his training as usual.

• Lin Manshan controlled a magpie bird to watch Tang San practice the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and recognized how smithing helped build the strength behind it.
• Lin Manshan kept up a demanding routine of blade practice and cultivation for a month, but stopped cultivating Soul Power when his body could no longer endure it.
• Lin Manshan used the magpie bird and a spider to observe Tang San’s training, learning from his visible techniques but gaining no insight into the Mysterious Heaven Skill or Purple Demon Eye.
• After another two months, Tang Hao came to tell Old Jack he would let Tang San use the free academy spot, then left without taking Tang San away himself.
• Lin Manshan ate breakfast and went out to continue his daily training with his Wooden Knife.

Lin Manshan accompanied Tang San and Old Jack to Nuoding City, where Old Jack prepared to leave the boys at the academy. Lin Manshan left curious about Tang Hao’s southeast journey, while Tang San grew anxious about being away from home.

• Lin Manshan watched Tang Hao leave Sacred Soul Village toward the southeast and sent a magpie to follow him, but it flew beyond his Soul Power’s connection range.
• Lin Manshan reflected on his growing Soul Power and his plans to learn more of Tang San’s techniques while traveling with Tang San and Old Jack.
• The three reached Nuoding City, where Spirit Hall certificates earned them respectful passage through the city gates.
• Old Jack told Tang San and Lin Manshan that he would return home after taking them to the academy and would collect them at the end of term.
• Tang San looked panicked at the thought of Old Jack leaving him at the academy.

Old Jack brought Tang San and Lin Manshan to Nuoding Academy, where the gatekeeper accused them of presenting forged certificates. Yu Xiaogang arrived, showed interest in Tang San’s exceptional talent, and looked down on Lin Manshan before asking Tang San to identify himself.

• Old Jack led Tang San and Lin Manshan to Nuoding Academy and presented their Spirit Hall certificates to the gatekeeper.
• The gatekeeper mocked Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and claimed his Innate Full Soul Power certificate was fake, prompting Old Jack to threaten to fetch Su Yuntao.
• The gatekeeper panicked when Old Jack started to leave, fearing the academy’s Dean would learn he had turned away two students with Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived and examined the certificates, his interest brightening at Tang San’s information and fading when he read Lin Manshan’s.
• Yu Xiaogang asked which boy was Tang San, and Tang San stepped forward to answer.

Yu Xiaogang helped Tang San and Lin Manshan enter the academy, then revealed that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls. Lin Manshan realized Tang San had developed killing intent and worried that Tang Hao might eventually silence him, while Tang San weighed whether Lin Manshan posed a threat.

• Yu Xiaogang verified Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and apologized to Old Jack for the gatekeeper’s behavior.
• Tang San considered killing the gatekeeper for insulting Old Jack and his Martial Soul, but Yu Xiaogang intervened and warned the youth not to repeat his misconduct.
• Old Jack left, and Yu Xiaogang led Tang San and Lin Manshan into the academy despite ignoring Lin Manshan during their conversation.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, and Lin Manshan feared Tang San’s reaction and the danger of Tang Hao learning he knew.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that most mutated Martial Souls were weaker, prompting Lin Manshan to ask whether his own Martial Soul was mutated; Tang San’s killing intent rose as he considered silencing him.

Lin Manshan questioned Yu Xiaogang’s explanation of his Firewood Chopper Martial Soul and used Yu’s theories to suggest that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass might be a mutation rather than a second Martial Soul. Yu Xiaogang reconsidered the possibility, while Tang San chose to keep his Twin Martial Souls secret and asked whether Weapon Martial Souls could absorb Plant-type Soul Rings.

• Yu Xiaogang examined Lin Manshan’s Firewood Chopper, attributed its rust to a beneficial mutation, and advised him to absorb a poisonous Plant-type Soul Ring.
• Lin Manshan asked whether mutations came from especially prominent traits, and Yu Xiaogang explained several ways Martial Souls could mutate.
• Lin Manshan proposed that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass might be a mutated variety with unusually tenacious vitality and noted that nobody had seen Tang San awaken a second Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang considered Lin Manshan’s theory plausible but judged that his low talent made him unsuitable as a disciple.
• Tang San decided Lin Manshan’s explanation gave him a way to conceal his Twin Martial Souls and asked Yu Xiaogang whether Weapon Martial Souls could absorb Plant-type Soul Rings.

Tang San became Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and registered at Nuoding Academy with Lin Manshan, who realized he would have to find his own way to obtain a suitable first Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Tang San asking Lin Manshan why he had not also taken Yu Xiaogang as his teacher.

• Yu Xiaogang explained Martial Soul Mimicry Theory, and Tang San kowtowed to become his disciple.
• Lin Manshan considered learning blacksmithing and making Hidden Weapons so he could hunt a suitable Spirit Beast himself.
• Lin Manshan concluded that he needed an Order Token from Spirit Hall, since he could not rely on the academy or Yu Xiaogang to help him obtain one.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San and Lin Manshan to the Academic Affairs Office, where they registered as Work-Study Students and received their uniforms.
• Tang San asked Lin Manshan why he had not taken Yu Xiaogang as his teacher too.

Lin Manshan avoided becoming Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, settled into Dormitory Seven, and secretly sent spiders to locate Yu Xiaogang’s room. After learning about the city’s blacksmith shops, he headed toward the residential district instead of the shop near the academy.

• Lin Manshan declined Yu Xiaogang’s mentorship, and Tang San gave up trying to persuade him.
• Tang San defeated Wang Sheng and was named Dormitory Head, but Xiao Wu later beat Tang San and took the position.
• Xiao Wu shared Tang San’s bed and blanket after arriving without bedding, while Lin Manshan declined Wang Sheng’s offer to share.
• After the dormitory emptied, Lin Manshan released two spiders and sent one to search for Yu Xiaogang’s room.
• Lin Manshan asked vendors about Nuoding City’s blacksmith shops and headed toward the residential district.

Lin Manshan applied for an apprenticeship at Tie Shan’s blacksmith shop and demonstrated his strength and unusual hammering technique. Tie Shan hired him and offered to teach him forging, leaving Lin Manshan to return to Nuoding Academy with bedding before its opening ceremony.

• Lin Manshan told Tie Shan he wanted to apprentice as a blacksmith to train his body and earn money, and the blacksmiths invited him to prove his strength.
• Lin Manshan swung a Forging Hammer one-handed, so Tie Shan hired him and asked him to refine pig iron.
• Lin Manshan rapidly hammered the iron with a forceful technique that astonished Tie Shan and the other blacksmiths.
• Tie Shan praised Lin Manshan’s hammering but noted his lack of forging experience, then offered to teach him and pay him one Silver Soul Coin per month.
• Lin Manshan said he would return after the academy’s opening ceremony, then bought bedding and carried it back to the Dormitory.

Lin Manshan secretly listened as Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to distance himself from him and focus on cultivation, then planned to take Tang San to Soul Hunting Forest for his first Soul Ring. The conversation left Lin Manshan convinced Yu Xiaogang would not lend him an Order Token, while Tang San accepted his teacher’s views on talent, Spirit Hall, and strength.

• Lin Manshan entered the empty dormitory, settled in, and used his spider to secretly observe Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s conversation.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Lin Manshan’s low talent made him an unsuitable companion, and Tang San agreed that they belonged in different circles.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged to take Tang San to Soul Hunting Forest the next day and explained Spirit Hall’s Soul Master Subsidies and their political background.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to treat others’ goodwill as self-interested and to prioritize becoming stronger, and Tang San accepted his advice.
• Lin Manshan concluded that Yu Xiaogang was now displeased with him and that borrowing an Order Token from him would be unlikely.

Lin Manshan went to dinner and drew the attention of Xiao Chenyu, who planned to bully him. Lin Manshan turned the confrontation into a one-on-one bet, and the two arrived at the playground to fight.

• Lin Manshan met Tang San after bathing, then woke from a nap and headed to the cafeteria for dinner.
• Xiao Chenyu mocked Lin Manshan, and Lin Manshan secretly took a Silver Soul Coin from him to pay for his meal.
• Xiao Chenyu and his lackeys waited outside the cafeteria, intending to teach Lin Manshan and Dormitory Seven a lesson.
• Lin Manshan challenged Xiao Chenyu to fight one-on-one and bet that Xiao Chenyu would take over the Work-Study Students' afternoon cleaning duties if he lost.
• Xiao Chenyu agreed to the bet, and his group escorted Lin Manshan to the playground as students gathered to watch.

Lin Manshan defeated Xiao Chenyu in a hand-to-hand fight and won cleaning duties for Dormitory Seven. After Xiao Wu revealed that she was a Level 12 Soul Master, Lin Manshan privately worried that her strength could draw dangerous attention from Spirit Hall.

• Lin Manshan charged at Xiao Chenyu, let him kick his abdomen, then grabbed his ankle and swung him around until he admitted defeat.
• Lin Manshan reminded Xiao Chenyu that he had lost the bet, and Xiao Chenyu promised to arrange for someone to handle the work-study students' cleaning duties.
• Xiao Chenyu asked about Lin Manshan's Martial Soul and strength, and Lin Manshan explained that his Mutated Firewood Chopper and rapid growth had made him strong.
• Lin Manshan praised Xiao Wu, who introduced herself as a Level 12 one-ring Battle Soul Master and invited anyone unconvinced to challenge her.
• Lin Manshan privately worried that Xiao Wu's revealed Soul Power could attract Spirit Hall's attention and decided to keep observing her.

After Xiao Wu made Xiao Chenyu and his followers accept her as their big sister, Lin Manshan wondered whether she was deliberately staying close to Tang San. He continued balancing cultivation with work at the Blacksmith Shop, and the chapter ended with Tang San returning after several days away.

• Xiao Chenyu conceded to Xiao Wu and led his followers in greeting her as their big sister.
• Xiao Wu woke Tang San and invited him out, while Lin Manshan suspected she wanted to test his strength and keep him close as protection.
• The next afternoon, Lin Manshan went to work at the Blacksmith Shop and told Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu he was training his body as an apprentice.
• Lin Manshan spent the following days running, studying, working, and cultivating until Tang San returned.

Lin Manshan studied Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power cultivation notes and adapted a few safe circulation routes, increasing his cultivation speed. A Magpie Bird then showed him a vision of a hidden entrance in a remote mountain range, which he planned to investigate after obtaining his First Soul Ring.

• Lin Manshan observed Tang San reading Yu Xiaogang’s book and learned that its Meditation Method used basic Soul Power circulation routes.
• Lin Manshan concluded that the notes were not a complete Cultivation Technique and tested several routes, raising his cultivation speed by about ten percent.
• A Magpie Bird sent Lin Manshan images of a black figure crossing a mountain range and entering a hidden door behind a waterfall.
• Lin Manshan suspected the mountain range lay near Sacred Soul Village and decided to wait until after obtaining his First Soul Ring before investigating.