Chapter Summaries

Xue Xiao Ran completed his first First-rank Soul Tool Soul Core with Nana’s guidance, then went with her to celebrate at the canteen. Nana warned him about Wang Shaojie and the Sun Moon Royal Family, while Xue Xiao Ran made clear he did not want their teasing to become flirtation.

• Xue Xiao Ran sensed a fluctuation in his Sea of Consciousness while working on a Soul Tool.
• Xue Xiao Ran carved and activated a First-rank Soul Tool Soul Core, earning Nana’s praise.
• Wang Shaojie, waiting to ambush Xue Xiao Ran, suffered sudden stomach pain and headed to the Infirmary.
• Nana took Xue Xiao Ran to the canteen’s garden-like second floor to celebrate his success.
• Xue Xiao Ran admitted he had poisoned Wang Shaojie, and Nana warned him to avoid entanglements with the Sun Moon Royal Family.
• Nana teased Xue Xiao Ran about whether he expected her to worry about him, but he ended the flirtation and thought of the person already in his heart.

Xue Xiao Ran learned that Class A would compete individually in the Freshman Competition, where the top students could earn academy resources and Soul Bones. He accepted Xiao Hong Chen’s challenge to compete for first place.

• Gu Tian Yuan ordered Class A students to enter the upcoming team competition alone, expecting each to defeat three-person teams from other classes.
• Xue Xiao Ran saw Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen at breakfast, exchanged a smile with Meng Hong Chen, and irritated Xiao Hong Chen.
• Gu Tian Yuan explained that Class A’s twenty students would compete as twenty individual teams and announced rewards for the top ten and top three.
• Xiao Hong Chen challenged Xue Xiao Ran to compete for first place in the Freshman Competition, and Xue Xiao Ran accepted.

Xue Xiao Ran entered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s Freshman Competition alone and defeated Class C’s Spirit Water Team without taking his hands from his pockets. His victory showed the other students that he possessed a thousand-year Soul Ring and exceptional control of combat.

• Dean Jing Hong Chen announced that the Freshman Competition would be held in teams of three and that the top ten competitors would become key training candidates.
• The first matches ended, and the referee announced that Xue Xiao Ran would face Class C’s Spirit Water Team alone.
• Xue Xiao Ran revealed a yellow Soul Ring and a purple thousand-year Soul Ring, shocking the spectators and Xiao Hong Chen.
• Xue Xiao Ran evaded and disrupted the two Agility System Soul Masters’ attacks while keeping his hands in his pockets.
• The Support System girl surrendered, and the referee declared Xue Xiao Ran the winner.

Xue Xiao Ran defeated Class B’s Starlight Team in his second battle, using his speed, a Soul Tool, and Paralysis Poison to bring down Zhang Sheng and force the other two members to surrender. Afterward, he sensed the teachers’ interest and anticipated that they would try to recruit him.

• Xue Xiao Ran returned to Class A after winning his first one-against-three fight and prepared for a tougher match.
• Xue Xiao Ran faced Zhang Sheng and the other two members of Class B’s Starlight Team, who released their martial souls and attacked with vines and Soul Rays.
• Xue Xiao Ran dodged their attacks, struck Zhang Sheng, and used a First-rank Offensive Soul Tool to trigger the Paralysis Poison in his body.
• Zhang Sheng collapsed, and the other two members of the Starlight Team surrendered.
• Xue Xiao Ran acknowledged the referee and expected the teachers to try to recruit him for access to resources and Soul Tool materials.

Xue Xiao Ran defeated the Moonlight Team of Class B by using his Extreme Poison Martial Soul and Hundred Flowers Chaotic Dance. After his victory, Xiao Hong Chen recognized the threat Xue Xiao Ran posed, while Xue Xiao Ran realized Gu Tian Yuan was using the Freshman Competition to teach Class A teamwork and prepare them for the Youth Soul Master Competition Reserve Team.

• Every student in Class A advanced on the first day, and Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen stood out among the competitors.
• Xue Xiao Ran faced the Moonlight Team of Class B, whose members covered their mouths and noses to guard against his poison.
• Xue Xiao Ran dodged and deflected the team’s attacks, then released Hundred Flowers Chaotic Dance and poisoned all three opponents.
• The Moonlight Team surrendered, and Xue Xiao Ran cleared the poison from their bodies before the referee declared him the winner.
• Xiao Hong Chen realized Xue Xiao Ran’s Extreme Poison Martial Soul countered his own, while Meng Hong Chen cheered for Xue Xiao Ran.
• Xue Xiao Ran concluded that Gu Tian Yuan was using the competition to teach Class A teamwork and prepare students for the reserve team.

Xue Xiao Ran prepared for the Freshman Competition finals, confident he would win, then faced Xiao Hong Chen in the last match. He shrugged off Xiao Hong Chen’s poisonous mist and revealed that it tasted good.

• During class, Xue Xiao Ran told Nana he would compete in the finals and win, while Teacher Xuan offered to let him leave early to prepare.
• On the final day, Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen were the only remaining students from Class A, and the referee paired them against each other.
• Xiao Hong Chen declared he would defeat Xue Xiao Ran and unleashed the Three-legged Golden Toad’s poisonous mist as soon as the match began.
• Xue Xiao Ran calmly reached into the poison, which thinned and vanished without harming him.
• Xue Xiao Ran licked his lips and said that Xiao Hong Chen’s poison tasted pretty good.

Xue Xiao Ran defeated Xiao Hong Chen in a fierce close-quarters battle, then faced the Flame Demon Team in the Freshman Competition finals without taking time to recover. The chapter ended as Xue Xiao Ran and Yan Yuyan prepared to fight.

• Xue Xiao Ran absorbed Xiao Hong Chen's Toad Poison, learned to use it, and forced Xiao Hong Chen to attack rather than concede.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen fought hand to hand, and Xiao Hong Chen continued despite his injuries and Xue Xiao Ran's warning.
• Xue Xiao Ran knocked Xiao Hong Chen unconscious with a punch and won their match, earning applause for both fighters.
• Jing Hong Chen approved of Xiao Hong Chen's perseverance and abandoned his plan to eliminate Xue Xiao Ran.
• Yan Yuyan introduced herself as captain of the Flame Demon Team and offered to let Xue Xiao Ran recover, but he refused.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Yan Yuyan exchanged challenges as the final began.

Xue Xiao Ran fought Yan Yuyan’s team, using poison mist to incapacitate their Food System Soul Master. Yan Yuyan and the long-haired Control System Soul Master fused their Martial Souls into the Flame Demon King, which faced Xue Xiao Ran at the arena’s edge.

• The Ice Empress warned Xue Xiao Ran that Yan Yuyan’s nearly Extreme Fire Martial Soul made her a dangerous opponent.
• Xue Xiao Ran’s poison mist limited Yan Yuyan’s team, and he slipped behind their formation to attack the Food System Soul Master with Cold Poison.
• Yan Yuyan and the long-haired girl joined hands and used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to summon the Flame Demon King.
• Xue Xiao Ran dismissed the Flame Demon King as its great blade pointed at him, then murmured that he disliked fire.

Xue Xiao Ran defeated Yan Yuyan and her partner by using Swift Sword to break their Flame Demon King Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After the match, Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen helped him to the infirmary.

• Yan Yuyan and the long-haired girl attacked Xue Xiao Ran with the Flame Demon King's giant blade.
• Xue Xiao Ran used Swift Sword to concentrate his strikes and pierce through the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, destroying his sword in the process.
• Yan Yuyan admitted defeat, and the referee declared Xue Xiao Ran the winner.
• Jing Hong Chen and Gu Tian Yuan praised Xue Xiao Ran's achievement, and Jing Hong Chen decided the academy should avoid offending the Carefree Sword Sect.
• Xue Xiao Ran left for the infirmary, supported by Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen.

Xue Xiao Ran recovered from his battle, won the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy Freshman Competition, and was named a key cultivation candidate. As he gained access to more resources, he continued studying Martial Soul Fusion Skills while a masked girl far away missed him.

• Xue Xiao Ran woke in the Infirmary, ate the food Senior Sister Nana had brought, and thought about his plan to transfer to Shrek Academy after opening his Sea of Consciousness.
• A masked girl watched the moon from a rooftop, revealed her pink-blue hair, and confided that she missed Xiao Ran and wanted to be with him.
• Jing Hong Chen announced Xue Xiao Ran as champion, and Old Zhou presented him with the leg Soul Bone prize.
• Jing Hong Chen named Xue Xiao Ran, Xiao Hong Chen, Meng Hong Chen, Yan Yuyan, and other standouts as key cultivation candidates eligible for additional resources and access to Mingdetang.
• Xue Xiao Ran studied Martial Soul Fusion Skills in class, while Xiao Hong Chen developed respect for him and warned himself not to let him get close to Meng Hong Chen.

Xue Xiao Ran and his classmates prepared for a field assessment in the Star Dou Great Forest, where they might encounter students from Shrek Academy. As teams formed, Yan Yuyan and her partner joined Xue Xiao Ran's group alongside the Hong Chen siblings.

• Xue Xiao Ran reached Soul Power Level 29, while Xiao Hong Chen reached level 30 and focused on steady cultivation.
• Gu Tian Yuan announced that students from Class A and Class B would enter the Star Dou Great Forest in three days in teams of five, with powerful escorts and Alarm Soul Tools.
• Gu Tian Yuan told the students to compete for soul rings if they encountered Shrek students, but to flee if Shrek teachers were present.
• Meng Hong Chen asked to join Xue Xiao Ran's team with Xiao Hong Chen, and Xue Xiao Ran agreed.
• Yan Yuyan and her Martial Soul Fusion partner asked to join Xue Xiao Ran's group, and Xue Xiao Ran and the Hong Chen siblings accepted.

Xue Xiao Ran and four classmates prepared to leave Sun Moon Royal Academy for the Star Dou Great Forest, discussing their team roles and the likely challenge from Shrek Academy. Xue Xiao Ran became captain, with Xiao Hong Chen as vice-captain, as the group set out for a journey expected to last several months.

• Xue Xiao Ran outlined the team's goals and predicted that Shrek Academy's students would compete against them during the trip.
• Yu Ling Lin, Yan Yuyan, Meng Hong Chen, Xiao Hong Chen, and Xue Xiao Ran introduced themselves and their Martial Souls, levels, and roles.
• Yan Yuyan challenged Xiao Hong Chen to prove himself before she would support him as captain, and the team chose Xue Xiao Ran instead.
• Xue Xiao Ran appointed Xiao Hong Chen vice-captain, and the five ate their final lunch before traveling to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy and Shrek Academy students began a two-week wilderness survival course in the Star Dou Great Forest. Xue Xiao Ran’s aura drew the attention of Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao, while he and his companions began searching for a place to camp.

• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy party met Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao at the forest, where both academies agreed to let their students train without teacher interference unless they faced danger.
• The Mingdetang elder warned the students to avoid the center of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the students rushed in to begin the two-week course.
• Xue Xiao Ran greeted Yan Shaozhe as he entered the forest, and Ma Xiaotao sensed an aura from him that seemed to calm her flames.
• The Ice Empress told Xue Xiao Ran that Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul was close to Extreme Fire and warned him to stay cautious, while Yan Shaozhe ordered Ma Xiaotao to watch him and bring him to Shrek if his power could suppress her.
• Xue Xiao Ran and his four companions set out to find a safe place near water, and he said they should postpone Xiao Hong Chen’s soul ring plans until they knew the area better.
• A pair of Jade Eyes watched beneath the forest canopy as a pair of pink-blue eyes blinked from the far side.

Xue Xiaoran’s group established a hidden camp near the inner edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared defenses for the night. As a distant explosion and red signal appeared, he hoped they would avoid encountering a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Xue Xiaoran hunted a Fierce Tooth Pig and returned to camp, where his team prepared a meal and a shelter in the trees.
• Xue Xiaoran explained that the group had reached the forest’s inner edge and decided they would keep their base near a water source.
• Xue Xiaoran released foul-smelling powder to mask the food’s aroma and asked Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen to help spread poison around camp each night.
• Xue Xiaoran and the others laid Soul Beast-repelling and incapacitating poisons around their camp to deter Soul Beasts and rival students.
• A distant explosion sent a red beam into the sky, and Xue Xiaoran watched from a tree while worrying about the danger of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Xue Xiaoran led his group deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Thousand-Year poison soul beast for Xiao Hong Chen’s third soul ring. They found Shrek Academy students battling a Thousand-Year Jungle Poison Scale Python, and Xue Xiaoran decided to wait until both sides were weakened before intervening.

• Xue Xiaoran and Xiao Hong Chen planned to explore deeper into the forest while avoiding the center and searching for a suitable soul beast.
• Xue Xiaoran led the group through the trees for several days, steering them around dangerous soul beasts and other students’ camps.
• Xue Xiaoran spotted a Shrek Academy team locked in battle with a Thousand-Year Jungle Poison Scale Python.
• Xue Xiaoran recognized a golden-haired youth with a White Tiger martial soul and a black-haired girl with a cat martial soul among the Shrek students.
• Xue Xiaoran persuaded Xiao Hong Chen and the others to wait until the Shrek students and the python were exhausted before moving in.

Xue Xiaoran and his companions intervened when a group of Shrek Academy students struggled against a Jungle Python, saving the poisoned blond youth and turning their attention to the beast. The Shrek students withdrew as Xue Xiaoran declared the Jungle Python their prey.

• Xue Xiaoran criticized the five Shrek students’ poor fighting and watched the Jungle Python knock the blond youth aside.
• The Jungle Python sensed Xue Xiaoran’s group and fled toward the woods, but it poisoned the blond youth when he tried to stop it.
• Xue Xiaoran and the others emerged from hiding, and Xue Xiaoran used Stimulant to enhance Yan Yuyan, Yu Ling Lin, and Meng Hong Chen as they attacked the Jungle Python.
• Xue Xiaoran neutralized the poison in the blond youth’s shoulder, and Zhu Lu thanked him and promised to repay his favor.
• Xue Xiaoran told the remaining Shrek students that the Jungle Python was their prey and summoned a mass of blue mist in his hand.

Xue Xiao Ran and his companions defeated a Jungle Python so Xiao Hong Chen could absorb its thousand-year soul ring. After spending the night guarding him, they fled toward the main camp when a ten-thousand-year Azure Fire Wolf appeared and pursued them.

• Xue Xiao Ran used Cold Poison to weaken the Jungle Python, while Yan Yuyan, Yu Ling Lin, and the others helped restrain and attack it.
• Xiao Hong Chen killed the defeated Jungle Python and began absorbing its purple thousand-year soul ring as Meng Hong Chen guarded him.
• Xue Xiao Ran prepared the area against soul beasts, and the group spent the night there while Xiao Hong Chen completed his absorption.
• At dawn, Xiao Hong Chen emerged with a yellow-yellow-purple soul ring configuration, and the group gathered for breakfast before planning to return to the main camp.
• An Azure Fire Wolf appeared, and Xue Xiao Ran led the others in a desperate escape as the ten-thousand-year soul beast chased them.

Xue Xiaoran separated from his companions to draw the Ten-Thousand-Year Azure Fire Wolf away, then escaped by plunging from a waterfall into the water. Injured but alive, he rested alone in the Star Dou Great Forest as an unseen creature watched him.

• Xiao Hong Chen led Meng Hong Chen, Yan Yuyan, and Yu Ling Lin toward the base while Xue Xiaoran lured the Ten-Thousand-Year Azure Fire Wolf away.
• Xue Xiaoran tried to negotiate with the wolf, but it refused and continued chasing him through the forest.
• Xue Xiaoran’s poisons failed to hinder the wolf, and a clash with its claw left him injured as he fled toward a waterfall.
• Xue Xiaoran leaped from a rock and used sword qi to break the water’s surface before plunging into the pool below.
• Xue Xiaoran rested by a campfire with his injured back, unaware that a three-eyed creature was watching him from the forest.

Xue Xiao Ran recovered from his injuries beside a waterfall in the Imperial Auspicious Beast’s territory and was allowed to stay the night. While he slept, the beast touched its forehead to his and saw a vision of Xue Xiao Ran’s parents naming him.

• Xue Xiao Ran realized he was unfamiliar with using Soul Tools after his fight with the Azure Fire Wolf.
• The Imperial Auspicious Beast appeared near the waterfall, and Xue Xiao Ran apologized for entering its territory.
• The beast let Xue Xiao Ran stay the night, and he ate, recovered, and went to sleep beside the pool.
• Late at night, the Imperial Auspicious Beast entered Xue Xiao Ran’s tent and pressed its head against his forehead.
• The beast saw a vision of a young man and a green-haired, Jade-Eyed woman naming their child Xue Xiao Ran.

Xue Xiaoran dreamed of witnessing the Imperial Auspicious Beast’s lonely life, then woke with an expanded Sea of Consciousness and an advanced Purple-grade Demonic Eye. After leaving the Imperial Auspicious Beast, he returned to camp and agreed to let Xiao Xiao’s Shrek team stay if they shared the work.

• Xue Xiaoran watched the Imperial Auspicious Beast grow through ten thousand years of solitude and saw himself fall into the lake before waking at dawn.
• Xue Xiaoran noticed that his Sea of Consciousness had expanded and his Purple-grade Demonic Eye had advanced.
• Xue Xiaoran washed in the lake, shared fish with the Imperial Auspicious Beast, and said goodbye before climbing away from the waterfall.
• Xue Xiaoran followed the battle trail back to camp, where he found Meng Hong Chen arguing with Xiao Xiao about the Shrek team staying nearby.
• Xiao Xiao explained that soul beasts had destroyed her team’s base camp, and Xue Xiaoran agreed to let them stay if they shared patrol and food-gathering duties.