Chapter Summaries

Quan Yi and Huo Wu spent the end of summer break preparing to transfer to Blazing Fire Intermediate Academy, while their bond with the Huo family grew closer. On opening day, they bypassed the new-student registration queue and headed into the academy as returning students.

• Huo Wu realized Flame Fiend absorbed more Soul Power when its targets endured its pain longer, and Quan Yi warned her not to test the skill on others.
• Quan Yi ate breakfast with Huo Wu's family, and Wu Ya grew more accepting of him after witnessing his intense training.
• Quan Yi continued studying, training, and spending time with Huo Wu throughout the summer, while growing close to her family and drawing Huo Wushuang's jealousy.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu thanked Bai Yan as they arranged to attend the intermediate academy while keeping their original student records.
• On Blazing Fire Intermediate Academy's opening day, Quan Yi pulled Huo Wu past the registration queue because they did not need to enroll as new students.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu arrived at the Intermediate Academy, where staff welcomed them after reading their letter of introduction. They learned the academy was built over Flame Veins and settled into its secluded lakeside wooden villa, their highest-grade dormitory.

• Quan Yi presented the academy staff with a letter of introduction, and Gao Li, the Dean of Academic Affairs, escorted him and Huo Wu inside.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu sensed that the academy's grounds resembled a Fire-attribute Simulated Environment Training Ground, and Gao Li explained that Flame Veins ran beneath it.
• Principal Wu Jie welcomed them, arranged personal instructors and standalone dormitories, and told them team battle training would be scheduled for the afternoon.
• Gao Li led Quan Yi and Huo Wu along a woodland path to a secluded villa beside a lake, explaining that it was the academy's highest-grade accommodation.
• Huo Wu fell in love with the villa and asked to stay, and Quan Yi agreed before Gao Li left them to settle in.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu settled into a wooden cabin at the academy, then explored its library and training grounds. Their conversation about gods and Level 100 Godhood left them resolved to explore ancient ruins together after graduation.

• Huo Wu explained away the cabin’s unusual layout, hiding that she had arranged it through her uncle, Gao Jie, to spend time alone with Quan Yi.
• Quan Yi took Huo Wu to the Academy Library and discussed whether gods and Level 100 Godhood could exist.
• Huo Wu agreed to travel with Quan Yi after graduation and explore places such as the Land of Extreme North and the eastern and western seas.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu toured the Simulated Environment Training Ground, where Quan Yi admired the facilities for Fire-attribute soul masters.
• Huo Wu pretended to be tired, and Quan Yi carried her back to the cabin as they enjoyed each other’s familiar scents.

Quan Yi shared his self-created soul power cultivation method with Huo Wu, and a month later the academy began team battle training. At the practice field, Quan Yi met their teammates and faced Huo Yun’s doubts about his ability.

• Quan Yi cooked dinner for Huo Wu at their cabin, then gave her an embroidered meridian map containing his soul power cultivation method.
• Huo Wu memorized Quan Yi’s method over the following month and used it to improve her cultivation speed.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu arrived at the practice field for team battle training and met Huo Wushuang, the twins Huo Yun and Huo Yu, and two other boys.
• Huo Wu introduced Quan Yi to Huo Yun and Huo Yu, but Huo Yun challenged whether Quan Yi was worthy to be their teammate.
• Quan Yi promised to demonstrate his strength, while Huo Yu stopped Huo Yun from pressing the confrontation and Huo Wushuang gave Huo Yun a cold look.

Gao Jie introduced himself as coach for Blazing Fire Academy’s tournament team and started their training with one-on-one Soul Fights. Quan Yi effortlessly defeated Lin Meng, and Huo Wu volunteered for the next match.

• Gao Jie congratulated the eight selected students and announced that they would represent Blazing Fire Academy in the continent-wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Gao Jie arranged free-choice Soul Fights, with losers required to attend his extracurricular tutoring, and Lin Meng chose Quan Yi as his opponent.
• Lin Meng revealed his Fire Leopard Martial Soul and challenged Quan Yi, who disclosed that he was a thirty-eighth-rank Soul Master.
• Quan Yi dodged Lin Meng’s Fire Howl using only his physical speed and struck him in the abdomen, defeating him without using his Martial Soul or Soul Power.
• Quan Yi helped Lin Meng off the platform, and Huo Wu volunteered to fight next.

Huo Wu fought Ling Yun, whose unusual Mars Martial Soul and powerful-looking fire attack proved no match for her precise Flame Bullet control. After Huo Wushuang reminded the team that Quan Yi and Huo Wu were their teammates, the other young Spirit Masters began to see their strength as a source of support.

• Huo Wu chose Ling Yun as her opponent, and he introduced himself as a Rank twenty-five Support System Battle Soul Master with the Mars Martial Soul.
• Ling Yun unleashed Flame Bullet-like sparks that rained toward Huo Wu, but she swept them away with her own Flame Bullet.
• Huo Wu detonated a second Flame Bullet before it struck Ling Yun, knocking him down and winning the Soul Fight.
• Quan Yi praised Huo Wu's growing control, while Lin Meng felt humbled by the gap between himself and the stronger fighters.
• Huo Wushuang told the team that Quan Yi and Huo Wu would fight alongside them, lifting their spirits and shifting their focus toward teamwork.

Huo Yun fought Wang Xing, whose Mars Martial Soul kept opponents at a distance, and won by charging through repeated attacks. Wang Xing was left with a weakness to overcome, while the team prepared for the next match.

• Huo Yun challenged Wang Xing, and Ling Yun explained that they shared the Mars Martial Soul despite having no blood relation.
• Huo Yun took to the air and tried to evade Wang Xing's Mars, but Wang Xing controlled the sparks well enough to surround him.
• Huo Yun used his Flame Wing Blade to break through the attack and pressed on toward Wang Xing despite being hit by multiple sparks.
• Gao Jie stopped Huo Yun's final strike and declared him the winner of the third match.
• Gao Jie told Wang Xing to remember the battle and overcome his vulnerability in close combat, while Huo Wushuang praised Huo Yun.

Quan Yi proposed calling the newly emerging pure-element powers Element Martial Souls, and Huo Wushuang and Huo Yu began their final sparring match. Huo Yu tricked Huo Wushuang into redirecting his own homing attack toward himself, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Gao Jie explained that Ling Yun and Wang Xing's Mars Martial Souls were provisionally classified as Special Martial Souls because they fit neither the beast nor tool category.
• Quan Yi argued that the old binary classification was too crude and proposed the name Element Martial Soul for powers such as Mars.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Yu introduced their martial souls and ranks, then began their match as Huo Wushuang revealed he had advanced to rank twenty-nine.
• Huo Wushuang fired a homing sphere of dark-red energy while Huo Yu used his Fire Crane's Cry skill to fly and evade it.
• Huo Yu abruptly changed direction near Huo Wushuang, causing the pursuing sphere to fly toward Huo Wushuang as the two narrowly avoided colliding.

Huo Wushuang defeated Huo Yu by using an explosion to propel himself through the air and seize Huo Yu’s wing. After the matches, Gao Jie revealed that Ling Yun and Wang Xing’s Mars Martial Souls could amplify Fire-attribute Soul Masters, and Quan Yi figured out how their support ability worked.

• Huo Wushuang used the force of his own exploding attack to fly toward Huo Yu, grab his wing, and win the fourth match.
• Huo Wu rushed to check on Huo Wushuang, who assured her that his defense had protected him from serious injury.
• Gao Jie explained that the academy had assembled an experimental team with different Soul Master roles.
• Gao Jie had Ling Yun and Wang Xing send their fireballs into Lin Meng, whose Fire Howl grew dramatically stronger under their amplification.
• Quan Yi deduced that the Mars Martial Soul absorbed Fire Element energy and transformed it into energy that other Fire-attribute Spirit Masters could use, and Gao Jie confirmed his explanation.

Gao Jie explained how Blazing Fire Team could combine individual specialties with team balance and become the strongest team in its history. After four students were ordered to run with weights as punishment, Quan Yi and three teammates joined them, leaving the eight running together.

• Gao Jie introduced Wang Xing and Ling Yun as Blazing Fire Team’s secret weapons because their Mars Martial Souls could support teammates across the field.
• Gao Jie explained that Blazing Fire Academy had struggled against Martial Soul Hall and praised Quan Yi’s insight that strong individual specialties could create a balanced team.
• Gao Jie urged the students to become the strongest Blazing Fire Team and dismissed the first training session, ordering the students who lost their matches to run with weights until dinner.
• Quan Yi decided to join the punished students, and Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the injured Huo Yun chose to run with him.
• Quan Yi and his three teammates caught up with Wang Xing, Ling Yun, Huo Yu, and Lin Meng, and the eight ran shoulder to shoulder as Gao Jie watched approvingly.

Quan Yi and his teammates endured Gao Jie’s weighted running punishment, with Quan Yi carrying far more than the others without difficulty. Afterward, Quan Yi and Huo Wu trained further, and he recorded information about his teammates and the Mars Martial Soul.

• The team found baskets weighted according to their abilities, and Quan Yi received the heaviest at one hundred kilograms.
• Quan Yi carried an extra stone for the injured Huo Yun before everyone began running laps under Gao Jie’s orders.
• After more than three hours, Gao Jie ended the punishment, and only Quan Yi, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang remained standing.
• Quan Yi urged the exhausted teammates to stretch, then returned to the Wooden Cabin with Huo Wu for evening training in his Iron Essence Weighted Suit.
• Quan Yi cooked dinner and later wrote down his teammates’ abilities and information about the Mars Martial Soul.

Gao Jie began team battle training by pairing Quan Yi against Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Ling Yun, and Wang Xing, whose coordinated formation and support let Huo Wushuang challenge Quan Yi. The fight remained underway as Huo Wushuang’s explosive technique pressed Quan Yi and two dark-blue lines of fire shot toward him.

• Gao Jie assigned Quan Yi to fight Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Ling Yun, and Wang Xing in a team battle exercise.
• Huo Wu directed Ling Yun and Wang Xing to focus on supporting Huo Wushuang because Quan Yi was immune to fire damage.
• Quan Yi used a self-created Fire Howl attack, but Huo Wushuang blocked it after Ling Yun and Wang Xing boosted him with Mars.
• Huo Wushuang charged Quan Yi and used compressed Fire-attribute Soul Power to create explosive force in close combat.
• Two dark-blue lines of fire shot from behind Huo Wushuang toward Quan Yi.

Quan Yi overwhelmed Huo Wushuang and the others in training, while Huo Wushuang refused to stop fighting despite his injuries. The chapter ended with Quan Yi knocking Huo Wushuang unconscious.

• Huo Wu bound Quan Yi with her amplified Flame Fiend Whip Dance, but his Fire Immunity and strength rendered it ineffective.
• Huo Wushuang used the power of two Mars Martial Souls to fight Quan Yi, while Gao Jie told the watching team to face Quan Yi as their goal and remember their sense of powerlessness.
• Huo Wushuang kept attacking after his Soul Power ran out, even as Quan Yi shattered his scales and battered his body.
• Huo Wushuang briefly fainted, heard his teammates cheering, and rose to charge Quan Yi again despite the pain of his broken dragon claw.
• Quan Yi acknowledged Huo Wushuang's effort, then struck him with a heavy right hook that knocked him unconscious.

Huo Wu used Ring Fusion with Wang Xing and Ling Yun to unleash Solar Flame Bullet at Quan Yi, but he survived and won the Soul Fight. The team was left exhausted and disappointed, while Quan Yi recognized their resolve and potential as teammates.

• Huo Wu combined her power with Wang Xing and Ling Yun through Ring Fusion and created Solar Flame Bullet.
• Quan Yi blocked the attack with Gang and Propulsion Mode, then was blasted backward but remained unharmed.
• Gao Jie declared Quan Yi the winner, and the crowd applauded Huo Wu, Wang Xing, Ling Yun, and Huo Wushuang.
• Quan Yi explained that Solar Flame Bullet had nearly caught him off guard, though his opponents had exhausted their soul power.
• Quan Yi saw the team's determination to defeat him and smiled, satisfied that they were worthy of being his teammates.

After Quan Yi defeated Huo Yun, Huo Yu, and Lin Meng, Gao Jie used the team’s frustration to drive their training. Over ten months the group grew stronger and Quan Yi mastered advanced fire techniques, while Huo Wushuang became the team’s second Soul Elder.

• Gao Jie arranged a second Soul Fight, and Quan Yi defeated Huo Yun, Huo Yu, and Lin Meng without using Soul Power.
• The team members intensified their training, and Gao Jie increasingly pitted Quan Yi against groups of them in team battles.
• The academy provided the team with top resources and advanced instruction, while Quan Yi and the others studied fire-control and combat techniques.
• Quan Yi mastered techniques that converted fire’s properties, including the Solar Flame Bullet and a technique Huo Wushuang had used.
• In his fourth month at the Intermediate Academy, Huo Wushuang reached Soul Power Level 30 and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest for a soul ring.
• In his seventh month at the academy, Huo Wushuang returned with a Third Soul Ring from a roughly 1,700-year-old fire-attribute Dragon-type Soul Beast, becoming the team’s second Soul Elder.

Quan Yi broke through to level 40, spent a final week with Huo Wu, and traveled to Heaven Dou City to obtain a Soul Ring. At the Quan Family Boutique, he reunited with his grandmother Yun Qiong, who explained why the family had stayed away.

• After months of training, Quan Yi reached level 40 while Huo Wu and the others continued to grow stronger.
• Quan Yi told Huo Wu he would leave for Heaven Dou City in a week, and they spent their remaining days together during a vacation.
• Quan Yi said goodbye to Huo Wu and his companions, then traveled for half a month to Heaven Dou City.
• At the Quan Family Boutique, Quan Yi showed a sealed letter and was escorted upstairs to meet the owner.
• Quan Yi reunited with his grandmother Yun Qiong, who explained that the family had kept their distance for his safety amid growing hostility toward them.

Quan Yi reunited with his grandmother Yun Qiong at the Quan Family Boutique in Heaven Dou City and toured the family business while waiting to go home. He left the afternoon with a deeper appreciation for the artisans and relatives whose work had supported him.

• Yun Qiong welcomed Quan Yi, and he set aside his doubts about why his grandparents had been unable to visit because he trusted his family's love for him.
• Yun Qiong asked Xiao Ling to show Quan Yi around the shop while she finished her work.
• Quan Yi watched the family artisans expertly cut gemstones and reflected that he might be too focused on dividing his attention instead of concentrating it.
• Quan Yi toured the busy first floor, where nobles shopped and staff were treated with respect because the boutique protected them.
• After exploring the shop all afternoon, Quan Yi felt grateful for the family members whose efforts had made his life possible.

Quan Yi visited the Quan Family shop with Yun Qiong, then returned with her to the family territory and reunited with his grandfather, Quan Li. Quan Li welcomed him joyfully, and the family prepared to celebrate their reunion.

• Yun Qiong finished work at the shop, and Quan Yi praised the effort put into it.
• A nobleman told a noblewoman that the Quan Family had once been at odds with the Thousand Leaf Willow Family, which was destroyed after provoking a mysterious Titled Douluo.
• Quan Yi rode with Yun Qiong through the Quan Family territory and felt at ease seeing its members working and living there.
• Yun Qiong brought Quan Yi to the Long House where she and Quan Li lived.
• Quan Li recognized Quan Yi, hugged him, lifted him into the air, and proposed celebrating their reunion with a drink.

Quan Yi reunited with Quan Li and Yun Qiong, and Quan Li promised to help him obtain a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast soul ring. The family opened the Green Bamboo Brew Quan Li had buried ten years earlier, and Quan Yi tasted the potent wine.

• Quan Yi realized how great the strength gap was between him and Quan Li, then joined Quan Li and Yun Qiong for dinner.
• Quan Li praised Quan Yi’s progress and agreed to personally help him obtain his Fourth Soul Ring, while Quan Yi requested a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast soul ring.
• Servants brought in the wine jar Quan Li had buried the year Quan Yi was born, and Yun Qiong explained that Quan Li had vowed not to open it until the Liu Family was destroyed and his family reunited.
• Quan Li opened the jar of Green Bamboo Brew made with Ten Thousand Year Soaring Green Bamboo and explained its rarity and benefits to Quan Yi.
• Quan Yi tasted the brew and felt its hot current travel through his body, making his face flush and sweat appear on his forehead.

Quan Yi discovered that Green Bamboo Brew greatly increased his Mental Power and strengthened his Distraction Talent, while Quan Li and Yun Qiong explained the wine’s source and effects. The family celebrated their reunion late into the night, sharing stories about Quan Yue’s youth.

• After drinking Green Bamboo Brew, Quan Yi gained a fifth consciousness body and felt his Mental Power surge.
• Quan Li stopped Quan Yi from drinking more and explained how the ten-thousand-year-old Soaring Green Bamboo was used to make the brew.
• Quan Li and Yun Qiong drank a bowl each, then sealed the jar and saved the remaining wine for Quan Yi.
• Quan Yi compressed thirty percent of his soul power into a Soul Power Crystal as his stronger consciousness bodies improved his Distraction Talent.
• Yun Qiong estimated that daily sips of Green Bamboo Brew could eventually double Quan Yi’s Mental Power.
• Quan Yi, Quan Li, and Yun Qiong chatted until midnight, and Quan Yi heard stories about Quan Yue’s brawling youth.