Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan used his Plot Modification System to turn Tang San’s porridge into blood, making him vomit, then altered Tang Hao’s gentle pat into a heavy strike that severely injured Tang San. Tang Hao realized the damage came from his own hand, while Ye Fan’s role in the strange events remained concealed.

• Ye Fan changed the copper Soul Coin in his plot into gold, bought food, and went with Old Jack and Tang San to awaken their martial souls.
• Ye Fan changed Tang San’s porridge into blood, and Tang San began vomiting as Old Jack panicked and sent Ye Fan to fetch Tang Hao.
• Ye Fan told Tang Hao that Tang San was dying, and Tang Hao rushed over to examine his son.
• Ye Fan changed Tang Hao’s gentle pat into a heavy one, causing Tang Hao to strike Tang San and make him vomit blood from severe internal injuries.
• Old Jack pulled Tang Hao away and asked whether Tang San needed a doctor, while Tang Hao regretted injuring him.

Old Jack took Tang San to the village Spirit Hall, where Su Yuntao healed him and began awakening the children’s Martial Souls. Ye Fan altered Tang San’s awakening into a Blue Silver Hammer and Clear Sky Grass, leaving Ye Fan eager to learn what reward the change would bring.

• Old Jack rushed Tang San to the village Spirit Hall so Su Yuntao could examine him, and Su Yuntao healed Tang San’s injuries.
• Su Yuntao awakened the children’s Martial Souls, and Tang San’s awakening began with a mutated Blue Silver Hammer and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao tested the Blue Silver Hammer’s strength, but it shattered and left no mark on the ground, so he dismissed it as useless.
• Ye Fan’s plot modification succeeded, swapping Tang San’s Martial Souls into the Blue Silver Hammer and Clear Sky Grass.
• Ye Fan excitedly waited for the reward from his successful modification.

Ye Fan awakened the Twin Martial Souls Plant Encyclopedia and Zombie Encyclopedia and was found to have Innate Full Soul Power, but Su Yuntao dismissed his and Tang San’s Martial Souls as useless. After Ye Fan altered the story, Tang Hao excitedly slapped Tang San when he learned his son had Twin Martial Souls, and Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Hammer.

• Su Yuntao awakened Ye Fan’s Plant Encyclopedia, while Ye Fan concealed his second Martial Soul, the Zombie Encyclopedia.
• Ye Fan’s Soul Power filled the crystal ball, revealing that he also had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Ye Fan and Tang San both had Innate Full Soul Power but useless Martial Souls, then left the village.
• Old Jack invited Ye Fan and Tang San to attend a school for Soul Masters; Ye Fan agreed, while Tang San said he needed to ask Tang Hao.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao why he had two Martial Souls, and Ye Fan’s plot change caused Tang Hao to repeatedly slap him in excitement.
• Tang San showed Tang Hao his Blue Silver Hammer, which Tang Hao had never heard of, and Tang Hao asked to see his second Martial Soul.

Tang San revealed that his second martial soul was Clear Sky Grass, while Ye Fan examined his own book-shaped martial souls and used system modifications to torment Tang Hao. Ye Fan, Tang San, and Old Jack reached Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, where a gatekeeper insulted them and Tang San shoved him.

• Tang Hao told Tang San to keep his second martial soul, Clear Sky Grass, hidden and leave it without soul rings.
• Ye Fan checked the system shop and learned he had accumulated points and modification chances.
• Ye Fan modified events so Tang San smashed his Sleeve Arrow and the thrown hammer struck Tang Hao in the face and crotch.
• Ye Fan, Tang San, and Old Jack traveled to Notting City and arrived at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.
• The gatekeeper mocked Old Jack, Tang San, and their martial souls, so Tang San stepped in and shoved him back.

Ye Fan altered events so Tang San knelt and licked the gatekeeper’s hand, then changed Tang San’s request to take Yu Xiaogang as his wife rather than his master. Yu Xiaogang agreed to the secret arrangement, and Ye Fan received the system’s complete, error-free theoretical knowledge about the Soul Master world.

• Tang San knelt before the young gatekeeper, and Ye Fan changed his words so Tang San licked the gatekeeper’s hand until the man let him and Old Jack enter Notting College.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived, learned Tang San and Ye Fan had Innate Full Soul Power, and took Tang San into the college.
• After Yu Xiaogang spoke with Tang San, Ye Fan changed the plot so Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to take him as his wife.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed on the condition that Tang San keep their relationship secret and call him teacher in public.
• The system rewarded Ye Fan with complete theoretical knowledge of Soul Masters, Soul Beasts, Soul Skills, Soul Bones, and Soul Tools.

Yu Xiaogang failed to recruit Ye Fan as his disciple, while Tang San and Xiao Wu competed for leadership of the work-study dormitory. After Mo Hen delivered bedding from Yu Xiaogang to Tang San, he offered Ye Fan the same bedding if he agreed to become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple.

• Ye Fan rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to take him as a disciple, and Yu Xiaogang registered him and Tang San at the academy.
• Tang San defeated Wang Sheng and became dorm leader, then Xiao Wu arrived and defeated Tang San to claim the position.
• Ye Fan left to buy daily necessities while the other students settled into the dormitory.
• Mo Hen delivered Yu Xiaogang’s bedding to Tang San and passed Ye Fan Yu Xiaogang’s offer of bedding in exchange for becoming his disciple.

Ye Fan refused to become Master’s disciple, shared his bedding with Xiao Wu, and earned a Millennium Upgrade Card when she slept beside him instead of Tang San. After dinner, Yu Xiaogang discovered Tang San’s unexpected Martial Souls and invited both boys to find Soul Rings the next day.

• Ye Fan set up his new bedding, let Xiao Wu sleep on part of it, and received a Millennium Upgrade Card from the system.
• Ye Fan took Xiao Wu to the cafeteria’s second floor, where she reluctantly ate spicy rabbit heads.
• Yu Xiaogang fed Tang San, examined his second Martial Soul, and found that Tang San had Blue Silver Hammer and Clear Sky Grass.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Tang San and Ye Fan to find suitable Soul Rings the next day, and Ye Fan agreed.

Ye Fan used his plot-modifying system to claim Yu Xiaogang's Storage Soul Tool Belt, but Yu Xiaogang took it back and gave it to Tang San. The belt was bound to Ye Fan, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San unable to use it as the group traveled toward the Soul Hunting Forest.

• Xiao Wu secretly hugged Ye Fan while sleeping, and the system increased his cultivation speed by 50% when he slept with her.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San and Ye Fan by carriage toward the Soul Hunting Forest, teaching Tang San about Soul Master cultivation along the way.
• Yu Xiaogang showed the Storage Soul Tool Belt to Ye Fan, but Ye Fan modified the plot so Yu Xiaogang gave the belt directly to him.
• The system rewarded Ye Fan with a thousand-cubic-meter storage ring and bound the belt so only Ye Fan could use it.
• Yu Xiaogang went back on his word and reclaimed the belt for Tang San, who could not use it; Yu Xiaogang also failed to activate it.

Ye Fan, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang entered the Soul Hunting Forest to find a first soul ring for Tang San, while Ye Fan considered his own martial souls. After camping for the night, they were attacked by Netherworld Wolves, and Ye Fan’s quick move with a mask left Yu Xiaogang suffering Luo Sanpao’s foul-smelling attack.

• After Yu Xiaogang failed to use the Storage Belt, Ye Fan tossed it to Tang San, who happily wore it.
• Yu Xiaogang led Ye Fan and Tang San into the Soul Hunting Forest and summoned his mutated martial soul, Luo Sanpao, to guide them.
• Yu Xiaogang taught Tang San about soul rings and gave him a short sword, while the group searched for a suitable soul beast and chose a campsite for the night.
• When Netherworld Wolves approached, Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao’s first soul skill and handed masks to Tang San and himself.
• Ye Fan took the remaining mask from Yu Xiaogang, and after Luo Sanpao blasted the wolves, Yu Xiaogang inhaled the stench and coughed violently.

Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Ye Fan encountered a nearly four-hundred-year Mandala Snake in Soul Hunting Forest, and Ye Fan killed it with a strike from his Zombie Encyclopedia. A hundred-year Soul Ring formed above the snake, leaving Yu Xiaogang to believe Tang San had killed it before Ye Fan corrected him.

• Luo Sanpao blasted away a pack of Netherworld Wolves, then warned Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Ye Fan of an approaching Mandala Snake.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized the snake's size and ordered the group to flee, but Luo Sanpao's attacks failed to stop or hypnotize it.
• The Mandala Snake bit Yu Xiaogang's right leg as Luo Sanpao tried to block it, and Tang San dodged while leaving Ye Fan in its path.
• Ye Fan used his Plant Encyclopedia to take the snake's bite, then struck its head with his Zombie Encyclopedia and killed it instantly.
• Yu Xiaogang mistook Tang San for the snake's killer and praised the prospect of gaining its Soul Ring, but Ye Fan said he had killed it with a book.

Ye Fan absorbed the Mandala Snake soul ring after revealing his two Martial Souls, then altered the ring into a stronger Mandala Dragon ring. Yu Xiaogang collapsed from poison after the bite on Luo Sanpao’s leg had been changed to his crotch, leaving Tang San unsure how to treat him.

• Ye Fan kicked Tang San for using him as a cushion, and Yu Xiaogang urged Ye Fan to absorb the Mandala Snake soul ring.
• As Ye Fan absorbed the ring, both the Plant Encyclopedia and Zombie Encyclopedia appeared, making Yu Xiaogang suspect a Martial Soul mutation.
• Ye Fan used his system to change the Mandala Snake ring into a nine-hundred-and-twenty-two-year Mandala Dragon ring and absorbed it.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed from the poison transmitted through Luo Sanpao, and Tang San struggled to figure out how to treat the wound.

Tang San treated Yu Xiaogang’s poison by slowly cutting away the poisoned wound, leaving him alive but mutilated. Ye Fan altered Tang San’s murderous intent into filial devotion, and the chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang waking and accepting his loss.

• Tang San sterilized Yu Xiaogang’s sword and painfully cut away the poisoned wound until the blood ran clear, earning Ye Fan a system reward for modifying the scene.
• Ye Fan threatened to keep Tang San and Yu Xiaogang’s secret, making Tang San want to kill him.
• Ye Fan changed Tang San’s desire to kill into filial devotion, and Tang San began wanting to call Ye Fan Dad.
• Tang San made meat soup and helped Yu Xiaogang recover until he woke up.
• Yu Xiaogang realized the poisoned wound had been cut off, but accepted the loss because he was still alive.

Tang San absorbed a Hammerhead Grass soul ring, but Ye Fan’s modification reduced its age from one hundred years to one year and transferred energy to Ye Fan. Tang San recovered and showed Yu Xiaogang his altered Blue Silver Hammer and an unusually transparent white soul ring.

• Yu Xiaogang found a Hundred-Year Hammerhead Grass and guided Tang San as he absorbed its soul ring.
• Ye Fan used a modification to change Tang San’s hundred-year soul ring into a one-year soul ring and gained a thousand years of cultivation age for his own first soul ring.
• Tang San became weak and collapsed, then woke in Yu Xiaogang’s arms and said he had successfully absorbed the soul ring.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to claim the soul ring came from a four-hundred-and-twenty-three-year-old Hammerhead Grass to support his theory.
• Tang San released his Blue Silver Hammer, revealing a changed hammerhead and an unusually transparent white soul ring.

Ye Fan revealed his first soul skill, a Pea Shooter that struck with far more force than Yu Xiaogang expected. The chapter ended with it firing enough peas to fell a thick tree.

• Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San's translucent first soul ring and learned that Tang San's skill was Striving Strike.
• Tang San hurled his Blue Silver Hammer into a tree, leaving a small dent and scattered Blue Silver Grass.
• Ye Fan claimed his martial soul was two books that had awakened separately, then summoned the Pea Shooter from his Plant Encyclopedia.
• Yu Xiaogang doubted that peas could attack effectively, but Ye Fan had the Pea Shooter fire at the damaged tree.
• The Pea Shooter struck the tree with ten peas and brought it crashing to the ground.

Ye Fan tested his new summons, strengthened his Soul Rings, and discovered he had reached Level Fifteen Soul Power. After leaving Spirit Hall, he learned that the plot had changed without his involvement and the system had rewarded him for the butterfly effect.

• Ye Fan demonstrated that his first Soul Skill could summon different plants and zombies, then left Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• Ye Fan used a thousand-year Soul Ring age enhancement card, strengthening his summons and increasing the power of his two Soul Rings.
• Ye Fan went to Spirit Hall and tested at Level Fifteen Soul Power, then received a Soul Master badge and one Gold Soul Coin.
• The system announced that Tang San had been taught a lesson by Boss Xiao and Xiao Wu's favorability toward him had decreased, rewarding Ye Fan with increased favorability from the opposite sex.
• Ye Fan realized that changes to the plot could earn him rewards even when he did not act.

Ye Fan and Xiao Wu remained at Notting College during the holiday while Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village and found that Tang Hao had left him. After Ye Fan altered the plot, Tang Hao visited Yu Xiaogang and left him psychologically devastated.

• Xiao Wu kissed Ye Fan in the dormitory, then held him while they slept, increasing his cultivation speed.
• A year passed, and Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village while Ye Fan and Xiao Wu stayed at school.
• Tang San found Tang Hao's letter and realized his father had left him again.
• Ye Fan used a plot modification, causing Tang Hao to visit Yu Xiaogang at Notting College.
• Tang Hao shut the room's door and curtains, then left Yu Xiaogang sprawled over his desk in despair.

Tang Hao left Yu Xiaogang with the Pope Order and entrusted Tang San to him, while Ye Fan modified a Soul Ring and gained new plants and zombies. Two and a half years later, Tang San reached level twenty, and Yu Xiaogang brought him to Ye Fan to boast and try once more to recruit him as a disciple.

• Tang Hao gave Yu Xiaogang the Pope Order and left, while Yu Xiaogang remained injured and reflected on his idol's behavior.
• Ye Fan reached level twenty during the holiday, went alone to the Soul Hunting Forest, and modified a ten-year Mottled Cat Soul Ring into an eight-thousand-year Mottled Immortal Dragon Soul Ring.
• Ye Fan gained new plants and zombies in his illustrated guides and returned to the college on a Dolphin Rider Zombie.
• A year later Xiao Wu reached level twenty, and six months after that Tang San reached level twenty and told Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged to hunt Tang San's second Soul Ring with Sigma and brought Tang San to the Seventh Dorm to urge Ye Fan to become his disciple.

Ye Fan joined Yu Xiaogang and Tang San on a search for Tang San’s second soul ring, using the journey to alter the plot and earn a system reward. The group found a Charging Pig, but Luo Sanpao’s foul attack knocked it unconscious and left Yu Xiaogang collapsing from hunger and the stench.

• Ye Fan showed Yu Xiaogang his two soul rings and agreed to accompany him and Tang San on a soul-beast hunt.
• Ye Fan, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Sigma entered the Soul Hunting Forest, where Yu Xiaogang rejected several soul beasts suited to Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang passed over a six-hundred-year Ghost Vine, earning Ye Fan a reward of one thousand freely allocable years for changing the plot.
• The group found a nearly six-hundred-year Charging Pig, and Yu Xiaogang chose it as the soul beast that could strengthen Tang San’s Blue Silver Hammer.
• Luo Sanpao blasted the Charging Pig with a foul fart, and Ye Fan teased Yu Xiaogang about secretly eating shit the night before.
• The stench knocked the Charging Pig unconscious, while Yu Xiaogang, weakened by hunger and the smell, collapsed.

Ye Fan manipulated Tang San’s Charging Pig soul ring, weakening it and changing its source, while Tang San still gained a second soul skill and advanced in power. The altered ring transformed his Blue Silver Hammer into a Blue Silver Pig Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang pressed him to demonstrate the skill.

• Ye Fan used taunting Nuts to redirect the Charging Pig, while Sigma repeatedly battered it with his shield and subdued it.
• At Yu Xiaogang’s urging, Tang San stabbed the Charging Pig, which broke free, killed itself, and left behind a soul ring.
• Ye Fan modified the ring’s age and type, reducing it to a near-hundred-year ring and changing its source.
• Tang San absorbed the ring, reached Soul Power level twenty-one, advanced his Mysterious Heaven Skill, and gained a second soul skill.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Hammer grew pig bristles and a pig’s face, becoming the Blue Silver Pig Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to demonstrate his second soul skill, but Tang San said it was embarrassing.

Tang San demonstrated his fart-powered Soul Skills, accidentally blasting Yu Xiaogang, while Ye Fan gained a ten-thousand-year second soul ring. After the group escaped the Soul Hunting Forest, two and a half years passed, and Tang San sought comfort by cultivating with Yu Xiaogang.

• Tang San used Fart Stockpiling and his fart-fueled charged hammer, blasting Yu Xiaogang and shattering a tree with the Blue Silver Hammer.
• Tang San explained how his fart-based Soul Skills worked, and Ye Fan received a reward that raised his second soul ring to ten thousand years before he disguised its aura.
• Sigma sensed a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, so Sigma, Ye Fan, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang hurried out of the Soul Hunting Forest while a Dolphin Rider Zombie retrieved the Charging Pig corpse.
• Two and a half years later, Tang San stayed for vacation with Xiao Wu and Ye Fan, then went to Yu Xiaogang because he felt lonely watching the pair together.
• Yu Xiaogang held Tang San while they cultivated, and Tang San felt comforted.