Chapter Summaries

Ye Xinyu considered how to free her mother from Spirit Hall and decided to seek immortal herbs from Dugu Bo as a bargaining chip. She enrolled at the academy, where she found a letter from her mother with advice and warnings for the years ahead.

• Ye Xinyu decided that reporting Tang San to Spirit Hall would be too dangerous and unlikely to help her mother.
• Ye Xinyu planned to buy a few immortal herbs from Dugu Bo and offer them to Bibi Dong in exchange for her mother’s release.
• Ye Xinyu reached the Academic Affairs Office and asked whether she could enroll as a Work-Study Student without village certification.
• Ye Xinyu paid five Gold Soul Coins for tuition and found a letter from her mother tucked inside her Soul Martial Certificate.
• Ye Xinyu read her mother’s instructions to study hard, stay cautious, use her Spirit Hall token if needed, and avoid flirting with male classmates.

Ye Xinyu registered at the academy after her mother left without saying goodbye, and the teachers learned she had an Emerald Swan Soul Martial, Innate Full Soul Power, and a first soul ring. Director Su advised her to prioritize cultivation and consult Spirit Hall for guidance, while Ye Xinyu explained she had come to learn from Grandmaster.

• Ye Xinyu read her mother's letter and felt disappointed that she had left without saying goodbye.
• The young teacher processed Ye Xinyu's registration while Director Su reprimanded him for being eager to leave work.
• The young teacher examined Ye Xinyu's Soul Martial Certificate and asked about her Emerald Swan and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Ye Xinyu said her mother had taken her to the Star Dou Great Forest, where she gained a recovery-type soul skill, but she refused to show her soul ring.
• Ye Xinyu explained that her mother had sent her to study under Grandmaster, and Director Su advised her to focus on cultivating Soul Power and seek advice from Bishop Ma at Spirit Hall.

Ye Xinyu enrolled at the academy, heard Director Su’s cautious advice about Grandmaster, and was assigned to Dormitory Seven. She arrived there and met Xiao Wu, who insisted that they fight before Ye Xinyu could enter.

• Director Su explained that Grandmaster had taken Tang San as a disciple and advised Ye Xinyu to treat his theories as a reference rather than unquestioned truth.
• The young teacher returned Ye Xinyu’s certificate and Gold Soul Coins, assigned her to Dormitory Seven, and Director Su explained that her tuition, meals, and lodging were free.
• Ye Xinyu decided not to become Grandmaster’s disciple and focused on cultivating, earning money, and finding a way to buy immortal herbs from Dugu Bo and ransom her mother from Bibi Dong.
• Ye Xinyu reached Dormitory Seven, where the students admired her and Xiao Wu introduced herself as the dormitory boss.
• Xiao Wu demanded that Ye Xinyu fight her to become the dorm leader, but Ye Xinyu declined and told Xiao Wu she could win.

Ye Xinyu settled into Dormitory Seven, where Xiao Wu asked to share her bedding and invited her to dinner. After Ye Xinyu introduced herself as a level-thirteen Emerald Swan Soul Master, Xiao Wu questioned how she had that martial soul.

• Ye Xinyu declined Xiao Wu’s challenge and chose a bed by the window in Dormitory Seven.
• Ye Xinyu used a Storage Soul Tool to take out her bedding, and Wang Sheng explained what it was to Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu asked to share Ye Xinyu’s bedding because she had no blanket, and Ye Xinyu agreed.
• Wang Sheng invited them to dinner, and Xiao Wu introduced herself as a level-twelve Soft Bone Rabbit Battle Soul Master.
• Ye Xinyu introduced herself as a level-thirteen Emerald Swan Support-type Soul Master, surprising Wang Sheng and the others.
• Xiao Wu asked how Ye Xinyu had the Emerald Swan martial soul, and Ye Xinyu replied that people could not choose their own martial souls.

Ye Xinyu took Xiao Wu to eat on the cafeteria’s second floor after upperclassmen insulted them for being lowborn Work-Study Students. Their meal was interrupted when the same students arrived and questioned why they were there.

• Wang Sheng warned Xiao Wu not to confront an arrogant upperclassman who called her lowborn, and Xiao Wu said he had insulted her three times.
• Ye Xinyu decided to eat upstairs and offered to treat Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng, but Wang Sheng stayed on the first floor.
• Xiao Wu eagerly ordered meat from the second-floor menu and asked what Ye Xinyu meant by an allowance.
• The upperclassmen came over, saw Ye Xinyu and Xiao Wu, and asked why two lowborn students were there.

Ye Xinyu used a fourth-rank Spirit Hall token to make Xiao Chenyu back down when he and his students confronted her and Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu insisted on settling things with a fight the next afternoon, and Xiao Chenyu accepted while wagering that she would become his pet rabbit if she lost.

• Xiao Wu rose angrily to fight Xiao Chenyu's group, but Ye Xinyu restrained her and showed Xiao Chenyu a fourth-rank Spirit Hall token.
• Xiao Chenyu recognized the token's authority, apologized, and offered to pay for the meal before Ye Xinyu told him to leave.
• Xiao Wu tried to stop Xiao Chenyu's group from leaving, but Ye Xinyu urged her to let them go.
• Xiao Wu challenged Xiao Chenyu to a fight the next afternoon, wagering that he would call her Sister Xiao Wu and become her underling if she won.
• Xiao Chenyu accepted and said Xiao Wu would become his pet rabbit if she lost, prompting her to angrily insist she could not lose.

Ye Xinyu explained Spirit Hall allowances to Xiao Wu and agreed to accompany her to register, while Xiao Chenyu paid for their meal to ease tensions. Outside the cafeteria, Xiao Wu greeted Tang San, and Ye Xinyu recognized him as the future God King Tang.

• Xiao Chenyu arranged to fight Xiao Wu on the training field the next afternoon and left after Ye Xinyu showed him a Spirit Hall token.
• Ye Xinyu told Xiao Wu the token was borrowed, then explained Spirit Hall allowances and suggested they register together.
• Xiao Wu agreed to visit Spirit Hall with Ye Xinyu after Ye Xinyu reassured her that she could conceal her age and decline to join.
• The waiter told Ye Xinyu and Xiao Wu that Xiao Chenyu had paid their meal bill, and Ye Xinyu guessed he wanted to avoid retaliation.
• Xiao Wu rushed to greet the returning Tang San outside the cafeteria, and Tang San asked who Ye Xinyu was.

Tang San told Xiao Wu and Ye Xinyu that Spirit Hall had forced him to absorb a ten-year soul ring, leaving him at level ten. Ye Xinyu questioned what Spirit Hall’s elders had been doing, and Tang San fixed his attention on her when she recognized them.

• Xiao Wu asked Tang San to help her fight an opponent and admitted she had not learned how many enemies there were or how strong they were.
• Tang San learned Xiao Wu was a level-twelve Assault-type Battle Soul Master, then revealed he was still level ten because his soul ring was too weak.
• Tang San said Elder Ju and Elder Gui of Spirit Hall had forced him to absorb a ten-year soul ring instead of the planned Mandala Snake soul ring.
• Ye Xinyu recognized the names and privately wondered whether Spirit Hall had actually been hunting Tang Hao, but doubted he could have survived a confrontation with the two elders.
• Tang San noticed Ye Xinyu’s reaction and asked whether she knew Elder Ju and Elder Gui.

Ye Xinyu told Tang San about a rumored Speed Clan technique that could replace his weak first soul rings and asked him to arrange a meeting with Grandmaster. After Ye Xinyu and Xiao Wu left, a black-robed man revealed he had been listening and disappeared.

• Ye Xinyu told Tang San that the Speed Clan might know a secret technique for replacing soul rings, and Tang San thanked her.
• Ye Xinyu asked whether Tang San belonged to the Clear Sky Sect, then explained that the Speed Clan had once been its subordinate and might help him for a fee.
• Ye Xinyu asked Tang San to find out what spirit rings Grandmaster would recommend for her, but Tang San said Grandmaster was occupied with a beautiful woman.
• Ye Xinyu invited Xiao Wu to the night market and left with her after Xiao Wu hesitated.
• A black-robed man watched Tang San enter the cafeteria, remarked on the Speed Clan's secret technique, and vanished.

Bibi Dong went to Grandmaster's room hoping to see him, but learned he had left on a dangerous trip. After the system rewarded her with Pangu's Essence Blood, it warned her that absorbing it improperly would kill her and explained a safer method.

• Bibi Dong arrived at Grandmaster's room, but a young teacher told her Grandmaster had left with a student and might not return.
• The teacher insulted Grandmaster, so Bibi Dong released her Soul Power pressure and frightened him before leaving without searching the Soul Hunting Forest.
• The system announced that Bibi Dong had joined Nuoding City Academy and rewarded her with a drop of Pangu's Essence Blood, then assigned her to join Shrek Academy in six years.
• Bibi Dong tried to swallow the essence blood, but the system warned that its energy would make her body explode.
• The system told Bibi Dong to place the essence blood in her heart meridians and absorb it gradually with her heart's blood.

Bibi Dong reunited with Grandmaster at Nuoding City Academy and learned that Yue Guan had harmed Tang San. She offered to teach Tang San how to cultivate Twin Martial Souls if he killed Tang Hao, then prepared to return to Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong arrived at Nuoding City Academy and encountered Grandmaster and Tang San returning from the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Grandmaster sent Tang San away and confronted Bibi Dong, accusing her of sending Yue Guan and another elder to harm Tang San.
• Grandmaster asked Bibi Dong to explain how to cultivate Twin Martial Souls, and she realized Yue Guan had torn those instructions from the book she had given him.
• Grandmaster revealed that Yue Guan had forced Tang San to give both martial souls ten-year soul rings, crippling his prospects.
• Bibi Dong offered to teach Tang San Twin Martial Soul cultivation if he killed Tang Hao with his own hands in front of her.

Bibi Dong offered Grandmaster an honorary elder position and a chance to return to Spirit Hall, but he declined and asked why she had visited Nuoding City Academy. She left without revealing her daughter, and the chapter ended with the girl meeting Elder Ghost and Elder Chrysanthemum at Martial Soul Hall Academy.

• Bibi Dong considered Tang San a potential threat and wondered whether he had also been reincarnated.
• Bibi Dong offered Grandmaster the position of Honorary Elder of Spirit Hall, but Grandmaster pretended he had no interest in the title and refused.
• Grandmaster asked why Bibi Dong had come to Nuoding City Academy, and she said she had only stopped by to see how he was doing.
• Bibi Dong invited Grandmaster to seek her out in Spirit City if he ever faced difficulties, then left.
• At Martial Soul Hall Academy, a young orange-haired girl asked Elder Ghost and Elder Chrysanthemum why they had come.

Gui Mei and Yue Guan gave Hu Liena rare cultivation treasures meant for Yu Xiaogang, hoping to help her advance to level 30. Meanwhile, Ye Xinyu cultivated through the night as a sinister presence in her Spiritual Sea recovered and plotted revenge against Asura God.

• Gui Mei and Yue Guan praised Hu Liena's cultivation before Yue Guan presented her with a box of whale glue and herbs.
• Gui Mei told Hu Liena the whale glue exceeded thirty thousand years in quality and that the treasures could help her reach level 30 and absorb a three-thousand-year soul ring.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan urged Hu Liena to accept the gifts as Bibi Dong's expectations, and she promised to work hard for Spirit Hall.
• Ye Xinyu meditated in the Nuoding City Academy dormitory and decided to sleep only two shichen each day so she could outwork her peers.
• A purplish-black mist gathered in Ye Xinyu's Spiritual Sea, where a recovering figure claimed it was nearing God King power and vowed to kill Asura God.

Ye Xinyu secretly trained before dawn, using exercise to absorb Whale Rubber and strengthen herself. Tang San watched her and questioned his suspicions, while Ye Xinyu resolved to keep her distance from the powerful figures and conflicts ahead.

• Ye Xinyu noticed her Soul Power had increased after hours of cultivation and estimated she could reach Rank 14 within four months.
• Ye Xinyu swallowed a small piece of Whale Rubber and ran around the training grounds to help her body absorb its energy.
• Tang San watched Ye Xinyu train, dismissed his suspicion that she was connected to the Tang Sect, and remained puzzled by her strength.
• Xiao Wu complained that Ye Xinyu had trained without inviting her, and Ye Xinyu agreed to call her next time.
• Ye Xinyu considered the dangers of getting close to the protagonist group, Bibi Dong, or Qian Renxue and decided to stay out of their conflicts.

Su Mo introduced himself as the class’s homeroom teacher and explained his difficult path as a Soul Master, urging his students to work hard without regret. He then revealed Ye Xinyu’s early-morning training to motivate the class, leaving her frustrated as the students took up the challenge.

• Su Mo entered the classroom, introduced himself as homeroom teacher, and Wang Sheng warned Ye Xinyu that he was the academy’s strictest teacher.
• Su Mo told the class that few Soul Masters advanced far and described how he had struggled to reach level thirty-two despite having only level-one talent.
• Su Mo urged the students to make the most of their cultivation years, and one student stood to promise that he would work hard.
• Su Mo pointed out that Ye Xinyu had trained from before dawn until seven without supervision, surprising her.
• Su Mo assigned the class a half-hour morning run, and the students loudly vowed not to be outdone by Ye Xinyu, who resolved to keep cultivating quietly.

Director Su assigned the students morning exercise and meditation, and Ye Xinyu persuaded Tang San to join her and Xiao Wu in seeking Soul Master certification at Spirit Hall. There, guards challenged them until Su Yuntao arrived and recognized Tang San as the boy with Innate Full Soul Power.

• Director Su dismissed the class after assigning daily exercise and meditation, and Xiao Wu praised his lesson.
• Ye Xinyu invited Xiao Wu to Spirit Hall for certification, then persuaded a wary Tang San to go with them for the monthly subsidy.
• Ye Xinyu, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reached Spirit Hall, where two guards dismissed their claim that they could qualify as Soul Masters.
• Su Yuntao arrived with a woman, recognized Tang San, and asked whether he had come to certify his Soul Master rank.
• Tang San acknowledged Su Yuntao and became wary of what Spirit Hall might do.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ye Xinyu went to Spirit Hall to test and certify their Soul Master ranks, where Tang San’s weak-looking soul ring drew suspicion and Ye Xinyu’s thousand-year ring stunned Ma Xiunuo. The chapter left Ye Xinyu’s unusual power exposed before Spirit Hall officials.

• Su Yuntao let Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ye Xinyu enter and directed them to Ma Xiunuo’s office.
• Xiao Wu revealed a hundred-year soul ring, received a rank-twelve certification, and declined Ma Xiunuo’s offer to join Spirit Hall.
• Tang San showed his faint white soul ring and claimed he had hunted a weak Blue Silver Grass alone.
• Ye Xinyu stopped Xiao Wu from revealing Tang San’s circumstances by invoking Grandmaster as his teacher.
• Ye Xinyu reluctantly released her martial soul, revealing a thousand-year soul ring that shocked Ma Xiunuo.

Ye Xinyu revealed her thousand-year first soul ring and Emerald Swan martial soul to Ma Xiunuo, who urged her to join Spirit Hall and offered the Pope’s potential mentorship. She sent Tang San and Xiao Wu away to discuss the offer, and Tang San questioned whether she intended to join.

• Ma Xiunuo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu were stunned when Ye Xinyu revealed her thousand-year first soul ring.
• Ma Xiunuo found that Ye Xinyu had soul power rank 13, then asked about her martial soul; Ye Xinyu described her Emerald Swan and group-recovery skill.
• Ma Xiunuo mistook Ye Xinyu’s Swan martial soul for a sign of imperial-family ties, then offered her exceptional training at Spirit Hall and the possibility of becoming Bibi Dong’s disciple.
• Ye Xinyu considered meeting Bibi Dong to bargain for her mother’s release but decided against joining Spirit Hall.
• Ye Xinyu asked Tang San and Xiao Wu to leave, and Ma Xiunuo gave her the registration certificates and two Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang San asked Ye Xinyu whether she was sure she wanted to join Spirit Hall.

Ye Xinyu told Ma Xiunuo that she would join Spirit Hall only after graduating, explaining that her mother had sent her away and given her a bishop's token. Ma Xiunuo resolved to report her mother's identity and sent Su Yuntao to deliver the information to Heaven Dou City.

• Tang San left after giving Ye Xinyu a meaningful look, and Xiao Wu followed him out.
• Ye Xinyu told Ma Xiunuo she would not join Spirit Hall until she graduated because her mother had required her to stay at the academy.
• Ye Xinyu showed Ma Xiunuo her mother's fourth-rank Spirit Hall token, but admitted she did not know her mother's name.
• Ma Xiunuo gave Ye Xinyu 100 Gold Soul Coins and asked whether using her martial soul or soul skills caused her any physical problems.
• Ma Xiunuo wrote down Ye Xinyu's information and ordered Su Yuntao to deliver a letter to the main hall in Heaven Dou City.

Grandmaster explained his theory that a soul master’s physical condition determined whether they could safely absorb a thousand-year first soul ring, and concluded that the girl’s ring had likely damaged her Martial Soul. He planned to strengthen Tang San’s body so his second soul ring could reach a thousand years.

• Grandmaster questioned Tang San’s report of the girl’s thousand-year first soul ring, then considered how rare treasures could strengthen a soul master’s body.
• Grandmaster told Tang San that a thousand-year first ring could be absorbed safely only by someone with exceptional physical strength; otherwise, it could damage and eventually cripple the Martial Soul.
• Grandmaster concluded that the girl had likely absorbed a dying thousand-year soul beast without guidance, leaving hidden damage that would worsen whenever she used her soul skills.
• Tang San asked whether he could absorb a thousand-year first ring, and Grandmaster warned him that forcing it without rare body-strengthening treasures could cripple his Martial Soul.
• Grandmaster said he would prepare medicine to strengthen Tang San so his second soul ring might reach a thousand years, and Tang San promised not to disappoint him.