Chapter Summaries

After reaching level 20, Mo Bai asked the academy to help him hunt a Blade Arm Mantis for his second soul ring, but the dean rejected his choice as unsuitable for Blue Silver Grass. Mo Bai challenged Teacher Mo Na to a spirit duel to prove his reasoning, and the dean arranged their match on the sports field.

• Mo Bai reached level 20 and asked the dean to help him hunt a Blade Arm Mantis for his second soul ring.
• The dean objected that the Blade Arm Mantis’s skills did not suit Blue Silver Grass and insisted Mo Bai choose a control- or healing-type soul ring.
• Mo Bai said he had consulted Grandmaster and proposed a spirit duel to demonstrate why his choice made sense.
• The dean agreed to let Mo Bai duel Teacher Mo Na, a level 19 Weapon Spirit master, if Mo Bai could defeat him.
• Teacher Mo Na initially refused, but Mo Bai’s confidence persuaded him to accept the duel.
• The dean scheduled the spirit duel on the sports field and invited the other students to watch.

Mo Bai challenged Teacher Mo Na to prove he was strong enough to hunt a Blade Arm Mantis soul ring. During their duel, Mo Bai revealed that his Sword Bamboo Soul Ring had turned his Blue Silver Grass leaves into weapons, leaving Teacher Mo Na struggling to defend himself.

• The dean told Grandmaster that Mo Bai had requested the duel after reaching level 20, while Tang San and Xiao Wu speculated about how Mo Bai might win.
• Mo Bai and Teacher Mo Na announced their levels and spirits, then summoned them on the training grounds.
• Mo Bai plucked leaves from his Blue Silver Grass and flicked one at Teacher Mo Na, halting his charge when Teacher Mo Na blocked it.
• Mo Bai called his attack the self-created Shuriken Technique and explained that his Sword Bamboo Soul Ring had made every Blue Silver Grass leaf a weapon.
• Mo Bai repeatedly threw sword leaves at Teacher Mo Na, forcing him to dodge and block as the crowd watched in astonishment.

Mo Bai used Blue Silver Grass leaves as hidden weapons and defeated Teacher Mo Na, astonishing the students and changing the dean’s view of his abilities. Grandmaster still doubted Blue Silver Grass could succeed as a Battle Soul Master, but agreed to try persuading Mo Bai to change his path.

• Mo Bai impressed the students, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the dean by using a self-developed throwing technique with Blue Silver Grass leaves.
• Tang San considered recruiting Mo Bai to the Tang Sect, then rejected the idea because of Mo Bai’s secrecy and closeness to Xiao Wu.
• Grandmaster admitted Mo Bai’s performance surprised him but argued Blue Silver Grass remained poorly suited to the Battle Soul Master path.
• The dean asked Grandmaster to persuade Mo Bai to change his approach, and Grandmaster reluctantly agreed to try.
• Teacher Mo Na was struck in the leg, could not reach Mo Bai, and surrendered; the students cheered Mo Bai’s victory.

Mo Bai defeated Teacher Mo Na and then defended his choice to develop Blue Silver Grass as a weapon when Grandmaster and the dean tried to persuade him otherwise. The dean finally agreed to let Mo Bai choose his own Soul Ring, while Tang San tried to impress Xiao Wu with his hidden weapons.

• Xiao Wu scolded the older girls for talking about Mo Bai, and Tang San promised to show her hidden weapons even better than Mo Bai's.
• Mo Bai thanked Teacher Mo Na after their soul battle, and Teacher Mo Na left in irritation after losing.
• Mo Bai asked the dean for permission to choose his own Soul Ring, but Grandmaster argued that Blue Silver Grass should follow the control or healing path.
• Mo Bai challenged Grandmaster's advice by pointing out that Blue Silver Grass would be weaker than specialized martial souls either way, and said Grandmaster had no need to guide him.
• Grandmaster angrily left, and the dean agreed that Mo Bai could choose his Soul Ring according to his own wishes.

Mo Bai absorbed a seven-hundred-year Blade Arm Mantis Soul Ring, reached level 21, and gained a Blue Silver Grass skill that proved ineffective. Later, while cultivating his Jade Hand in the academy woods, he sensed a fluctuation of soul power nearby.

• With the dean's help, Mo Bai hunted and absorbed a seven-hundred-year Blade Arm Mantis Soul Ring, reaching level 21 and breaking through to the second level of the Jing Yu Secret.
• Mo Bai tested his sharper Blue Silver Grass leaves and found they could pierce a tree and injure a Great Soul Master.
• Mo Bai revealed his Second Soul Skill, Blue Silver Blocking, but the dean's Fire Spirit Snake Dance quickly shattered and burned it away.
• Mo Bai accepted that his new Soul Skill was useless and returned to studying and cultivating at Notting Academy.
• Mo Bai went to the academy woods to cultivate his Jade Hand and sensed a soul-power fluctuation beside him.

Mo Bai swallowed a young Soul Beast scorpion to test whether he could capture its Soul Ring inside his body. He absorbed it with his First Soul Ring, nearly destabilized that ring, and used the Jing Yu Secret to calm it; he left the chapter unsure whether to risk another experiment.

• Mo Bai found a weak Soul Beast scorpion in his little cauldron, neutralized it with Jade Hand, and swallowed it whole.
• Mo Bai crushed the scorpion inside his stomach with Soul Power, causing it to form a tiny Soul Ring within his body.
• Mo Bai looped his First Soul Ring around the scorpion's Soul Ring and absorbed it, but his First Soul Ring began to tremble as though it might collapse.
• Mo Bai circulated the Jing Yu Secret, which sent special Soul Power to his First Soul Ring and stabilized it.
• Mo Bai found no visible change to his First Soul Ring and considered whether to try again with a stronger Soul Beast.

Mo Bai discovered that his First Soul Ring could absorb the rings of soul beasts he swallowed, increasing its age, and he began searching for small soul beasts to strengthen it. After Xiao Wu failed to beat him with hidden weapons she learned from Tang San, Tang San challenged Mo Bai to a hidden weapon contest.

• Mo Bai swallowed an Ice Silk Worm and used his First Soul Ring to absorb its soul ring, increasing his ring's age by around six years.
• Mo Bai spent the following months searching outside Notting City for small soul beasts, though he rarely found them.
• Xiao Wu learned Hidden Weapon Techniques and Mechanism Hidden Weapons from Tang San and repeatedly challenged Mo Bai, but she lost each time.
• After half a year of failed attempts, Xiao Wu gave up learning hidden weapons and complained that Tang San's techniques were not much stronger than Mo Bai's.
• Tang San challenged Mo Bai to a hidden weapon contest, and Mo Bai saw the challenge as a chance to claim he had learned his techniques from Tang San.

Mo Bai and Tang San went to the academy training field to compare their hidden weapon techniques, with Xiao Wu watching. Mo Bai showed off his Blue Silver Dance and attacked with leaf-based techniques, but Tang San blocked them and launched his own volley.

• Mo Bai accepted Tang San’s challenge to compare hidden weapons, and Tang San took him to the training field with Xiao Wu.
• Mo Bai demonstrated Blue Silver Dance, controlling Blue Silver Grass leaves to hover around him as hidden weapons.
• Mo Bai and Tang San agreed not to use their Martial Souls, Soul Rings, or Soul Skills during the contest.
• Mo Bai attacked with Stars Chase the Moon and Sub-Mother Soul Chasing Night, but Tang San easily blocked both techniques.
• Tang San announced it was his turn and threw a hail of hidden weapons at Mo Bai.

Mo Bai and Tang San fought a hidden-weapon duel that ended with Tang San admitting defeat after exhausting his weapons, though both recognized the matchup could go differently under other circumstances. Mo Bai later strengthened his first two soul rings to around eight hundred years, stopped before losing control, and reached level 27 ahead of Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Mo Bai and Tang San exchanged hidden weapons, with Mo Bai using Blue Silver Grass leaves and prediction to block Tang San's attacks until Tang San ran out of weapons and conceded.
• Mo Bai collapsed from exhaustion and admitted he had gone easy on Xiao Wu before to observe Tang San's hidden-weapon techniques through their fights.
• Tang San realized Blue Silver Grass could provide a huge number of hidden weapons and resolved to create stronger weapons for their next duel.
• Mo Bai resumed his academy routine and strengthened his first and second soul rings to about eight hundred years before stopping because they were nearing loss of control.
• Mo Bai reached level 27 after the increased soul-ring ages boosted his Soul Power, surpassing Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Mo Bai tried to find a way to make his Blue Silver Grass spirit swallow soul beasts, but his first test failed and he found no records to guide him. As graduation neared, he reached level 30 and chose the Soul Power Sacred Wood for his third Soul Ring, hoping to increase his limited soul power.

• Mo Bai released a Wind Spirit Rat he could not swallow and considered having Blue Silver Grass swallow soul beasts instead.
• Mo Bai searched Notting Academy's library for records of the method, then tested retracting Blue Silver Grass while it held a soul beast; the beast stayed outside.
• Mo Bai refused to experiment on innocent students and continued searching for a suitable test subject.
• Mo Bai became the first student in Notting Academy's history to reach level 30 before graduation, while Tang San and Xiao Wu remained at level 29.
• The dean offered to help Mo Bai hunt for his third Soul Ring, and Mo Bai requested a Soul Power Sacred Wood to strengthen his soul power.

Mo Bai chose the Soul Power Sacred Wood for his next soul ring, while Tang San learned that Grandmaster wanted him to attend Shrek Academy after graduation. Mo Bai traveled with the dean and two teachers toward Fama Forest to search for the sacred wood, and said he planned to attend an academy in the Heaven Dou Empire’s capital.

• Mo Bai confirmed that he wanted a Soul Power Sacred Wood soul ring, and the dean agreed to respect his choice.
• Tang San told Grandmaster that Mo Bai had reached level 30, and Grandmaster encouraged him while recommending Shrek Academy for after graduation.
• Tang San wondered whether to persuade Mo Bai and Xiao Wu to attend Shrek Academy with him, but felt conflicted about Mo Bai and Xiao Wu’s closeness.
• Mo Bai traveled with the dean and two teachers to Fama Forest because the Soul Power Sacred Wood could not be found in the forests near Notting City.
• Mo Bai told the dean that he had not chosen an academy yet but wanted to attend one in the Heaven Dou Empire’s capital.

Mo Bai and the dean searched Fama Forest for a suitable Soul Power Sacred Wood and found one about 1,200 years old. After an eight-hundred-year Poison Ferret disrupted their efforts, they killed it, broke the Sacred Wood’s barrier, and Mo Bai began attacking its weak point.

• Mo Bai agreed to enter an advanced soul master academy now that he had reached level 30.
• Mo Bai and the dean searched Fama Forest for several days, finding no ultra-small soul beasts and only a suitable Soul Power Sacred Wood after circling the forest’s outer perimeter.
• The dean, Mo Bai, and Teacher Zhang attacked the roughly 1,200-year-old Soul Power Sacred Wood’s barrier while Teacher Wang kept watch.
• An eight-hundred-year Poison Ferret ambushed the dean, then attacked Mo Bai and the teachers, interrupting their assault on the barrier.
• The dean ordered everyone to kill the Poison Ferret, and Mo Bai and the others killed it.
• The group broke the Sacred Wood’s barrier, and Mo Bai attacked the weakened plant’s exposed weak point with Blue Silver Leaves.

Grandmaster explained External Soul Bones to Tang San while Mo Bai absorbed his third Soul Ring and became a Soul Elder. After taking in the Poison Ferret cub, Mo Bai gained a strange surge of Soul Power that flowed into his right palm.

• Grandmaster told Tang San that External Soul Bones were exceptionally rare, could evolve with their owner's soul power, and included bones such as wings, tails, and claws.
• Mo Bai absorbed the Soul Power Sacred Wood's purple Soul Ring, gained Soul Power Blessing, and was recognized as a Soul Elder by the dean.
• The dean found a newborn Poison Ferret cub in the dead Sacred Wood, and Mo Bai took it, claiming he would try to raise it.
• After the cub scratched Mo Bai and left a trace of poison in his palm, he used Jade Hand to absorb and refine the poison.
• At an inn, Mo Bai swallowed the weakened cub, killed it inside his body, and devoured its Soul Ring.
• Mo Bai felt a peculiar stream of Soul Power surge from his abdomen into his right palm.

Mo Bai discovered that the infant Soul Beast had left him a Soul Bone, which let him safely store the poison from cultivating Jade Hand. Tang San told Mo Bai and Xiao Wu about Shrek Academy, and Xiao Wu showed interest after learning it was outside Suotuo City.

• Mo Bai realized the claw on his right hand was a Soul Bone and gained the Poison Claw Soul Skill.
• Mo Bai transferred the poison from Jade Hand into the Soul Bone and confirmed it stayed contained even when he retracted the bone.
• Mo Bai moved the poison from both hands into the Soul Bone and decided to keep it secret from the dean and the others.
• Tang San invited Mo Bai and Xiao Wu to consider attending Shrek Academy after graduation, explaining its strict entry requirements and location outside Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu liked that Shrek Academy was in a small place and asked Mo Bai whether they should go with Tang San.

After graduating from Notting Academy, Mo Bai, Xiao Wu, and Tang San traveled to Shrek Academy to see whether it lived up to Grandmaster’s recommendation. They found a shabby village, but Li Yusong’s strength and the trio’s exceptional Soul Power left their admissions prospects promising.

• Mo Bai agreed to visit Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu and Tang San, and the three rejected invitations from other academies after graduating.
• After returning briefly to Meilin Village, Mo Bai met Xiao Wu and Tang San half a month later at Shrek Academy outside Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu and Mo Bai were unimpressed by the academy’s rundown appearance, but Mo Bai led them inside to investigate.
• Li Yusong stopped the trio and explained that applicants had to be no older than twelve and possess at least level 20 Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she and Mo Bai were both level 30, while Tang San was level 29, and she disclosed that she had recently gained Teleport as a Thousand Year Soul Ring skill.
• Mo Bai and Xiao Wu presented their recent Spirit Hall certificates to Li Yusong, who agreed to accept them as proof of their ranks.

Li Yusong reviewed Xiao Wu and Mo Bai’s Soul Master certifications and approved their admission to Shrek Academy. Mo Bai questioned the academy’s resources and facilities, prompting Li Yusong to bring the group to Dean Flender, who angrily challenged them for daring to inspect his academy.

• Li Yusong read Xiao Wu’s certification and was surprised by her Innate Full Soul Power and Soul Elder rank.
• Li Yusong examined Mo Bai’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and unusual Soul Skills, then criticized how his Soul Rings had been chosen.
• Mo Bai asked about Shrek Academy’s teachers, training resources, Environment Simulation Training Ground, and Martial Soul books, so Li Yusong referred him to Dean Flender.
• Mo Bai and the others followed Li Yusong through the sparse-looking academy to meet Flender.
• Flender confronted the group and demanded to know why they had the confidence to inspect his academy.

Flender learned that Tang San was Grandmaster’s disciple and welcomed Mo Bai and Xiao Wu as potential students. When Mo Bai questioned Shrek Academy’s resources, Flender pitched its unusual focus on training only monster-level geniuses, leaving Mo Bai impressed by the academy’s idea but wary of its persuasive salesmanship.

• Tang San gave Flender Grandmaster’s letter of introduction, and Flender recognized Tang San as his old friend’s disciple.
• Flender told Tang San that he and Grandmaster had once traveled together as part of the Golden Triangle.
• Mo Bai realized Grandmaster had chosen Shrek Academy for Tang San and became reluctant to join because Grandmaster might come there.
• Mo Bai asked Flender about the academy’s books, training facilities, faculty, and resources.
• Flender defended Shrek Academy’s lack of conventional facilities by emphasizing its elite students, individual guidance, and real combat training.
• Mo Bai praised Shrek Academy’s distinctive approach and concluded that it could grow into a prestigious school by recruiting monster-level geniuses.

Mo Bai decided against joining Shrek Academy and planned to seek better educational opportunities in the imperial capital. After leaving the academy, he told Tang San and Xiao Wu, leaving Xiao Wu disappointed as she chose to stay with Tang San.

• Mo Bai praised Shrek Academy to Flender without committing to join, then left with his friends to explore Suotuo City.
• On the road back, Tang San asked whether Mo Bai planned to join Shrek Academy, and Mo Bai admitted he did not.
• Xiao Wu asked where Mo Bai would go, and he said he intended to attend an academy in the imperial capital.
• Xiao Wu chose to stay at Shrek Academy and tried to persuade Mo Bai to stay, while Tang San also urged him to reconsider.
• Mo Bai refused to change his mind and suggested they visit Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena before he set off for the imperial capital.

Mo Bai and Xiao Wu registered as the White Rabbit Combination and entered their first 2v2 match against the Cat and Mouse Combination. The fight began with Cat Woman charging at Mo Bai, who had revealed his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

• Mo Bai chose to compete in individual matches, but Xiao Wu persuaded him to form a 2v2 team with her.
• Mo Bai and Xiao Wu registered their team as the White Rabbit Combination, while Tang San watched enviously from the side.
• The White Rabbit Combination faced the newly formed Cat and Mouse Combination in the arena.
• Mo Bai and Xiao Wu summoned their martial souls, and Mo Bai's Blue Silver Grass drew astonished reactions from the audience.
• Mouse Man threw Cat Woman toward Mo Bai and Xiao Wu, and she used her first soul skill to rush at Mo Bai with her claws.

Mo Bai and Xiao Wu faced the Cat and Mouse Combination in the arena, where their opponents unleashed a powerful Soul Skill Fusion Skill. After testing its defenses while evading its attacks, Mo Bai found its weakness and prepared to counter it.

• Mo Bai dodged Cat Woman’s attack with Flower-Piercing Butterfly Steps, and Xiao Wu teleported in to knock Cat Woman and Mouse Man down with Waist Bow.
• Cat Woman and Mouse Man joined their attacks into the Soul Skill Fusion Skill Bloody Storm Tornado, creating a spinning wall of claw shadows.
• Mo Bai’s Blue Silver Leaves were deflected as he and Xiao Wu evaded the tornado, while the audience mocked Mo Bai’s Blue Silver Grass Spirit.
• Cat Woman and Mouse Man grew anxious as their Soul Power dwindled, and Mo Bai stopped dodging after discovering a weakness in their fusion skill.
• Mo Bai announced his self-created Blue Silver Shuriken Rebound Technique.