Vol. 1Theories and Forest Trials

Xiao Lin developed and published theories about martial souls, Soul Rings, and Soul Master training while guiding Tang San and Xiao Wu through cultivation, research, and dangerous hunts. The volume leaves Xiao Lin and Xiao Wu under the Demon Eye Magic Tree’s control as Tang San studies a Speaker Soul Tool that might counter it.

  • Xiao Lin and Tang San trained and tested Xiao Lin’s theories, then submitted his thesis to Spirit Hall, attracting attention from powerful figures across the continent.
  • Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to guide Hu Liena’s training and Gui Mei to search for Xiao Yan and Lin Dong as Ning Fengzhi, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Bo also sought Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Lin trained Tang San and Xiao Wu and published a thesis arguing that a stronger physique allowed Soul Masters to absorb Soul Rings beyond accepted limits.
  • Xiao Lin took Tang San and Xiao Wu to the Soul Hunting Forest, stopped Wang Fugui’s dangerous Bullet Bee hunt, and offered safer advice.
  • Xiao Lin guided Xiao Gui to become a healing Food Soul Master, then he and Tang San defeated the Black Robed Old Man and his weakened Bullet Bee and recovered his journals.
  • Xiao Lin and Tang San began training against the Mutated Demon Eye Magic Tree near Holy Soul Village while Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming.
  • Xiao Lin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu hunted Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, then returned to Holy Soul Village and found a Yellow Soul Herb seed.
  • Xiao Lin fed the Mutated Demon Eye Magic Tree a Blood-Red Loquat Fruit, after which it repeatedly controlled him and left Xiao Wu asleep while Tang San studied a Speaker Soul Tool for a countermeasure.
Chapters 1–101 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1Theories and Soul Rings

Xiao Lin and Tang San developed their abilities, tested Xiao Lin’s theories about martial souls and soul rings, and submitted a thesis to Spirit Hall. The research drew attention from powerful figures across the continent, while Bibi Dong ordered a search for Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, the identities Xiao Lin used.

  • Xiao Lin and Tang San awakened their martial souls with Innate Full Soul Power, and Xiao Lin recognized the significance of Tang San’s hidden Clear Sky Hammer and unusual Blue Silver Grass.
  • Xiao Lin trained with Tang San, learned the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and developed theories about how martial souls and soul rings affected Soul Power and Soul Skills.
  • Tang San absorbed a weakened Three-Eyed Salamander’s Soul Ring, gaining the Blue Silver Regeneration Bracelet, while Xiao Lin proposed that repeated shattering and regeneration could evolve a martial soul.
  • Tang Hao helped Xiao Lin absorb an 800-year Great Strength Vajra Bull Soul Ring, which raised Xiao Lin to level 13 and gave him All or Nothing and an External Soul Bone.
  • Xiao Lin and Tang San visited Spirit Hall, registered as Soul Masters, and declined Ma Xiunuo’s invitation to join.
  • Xiao Lin wrote and submitted a thesis under the name Xiao Yan, with Lin Dong as advisor, arguing that martial souls and soul rings could change Soul Power and affect a Soul Master’s body.
  • Bibi Dong read the thesis, briefly ordered readers silenced, then lifted the order and directed Yue Guan to guide Hu Liena’s training while Gui Mei searched for Xiao Yan and Lin Dong.
  • Ning Fengzhi, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Bo each sought Xiao Yan, while Yu Xiaogang reacted angrily to the thesis’s criticism of spirit mutations.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2Theories and New Trials

Xiao Lin guided Tang San and Xiao Wu’s training while publishing research that challenged conventional Soul Ring limits and drew attention from powerful factions. The three then set out for the Soul Hunting Forest, where Xiao Lin halted a dangerous hunt and offered to find a safer Soul Beast.

  • Xiao Lin developed a plan to turn Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass into a Food System Spirit, and Tang Hao entrusted Tang San to him while giving him resources and a Storage Soul Tool.
  • Xiao Lin and Tang San entered Notting Academy, where Xiao Lin became Dorm Seven’s boss, Tang San challenged Yu Xiaogang’s ideas, and Xiao Wu joined them after Xiao Lin defeated her.
  • Tang Hao forced Yu Xiaogang to swear he would stay away from Xiao Lin and Tang San, while Xiao Lin began training Xiao Wu and Tang San in combat, physical strength, and support skills.
  • Xiao Lin wrote and circulated a thesis under the name Lin Dong arguing that stronger physiques allowed Soul Masters to absorb Soul Rings beyond accepted limits.
  • Bibi Dong and other factions investigated the thesis, Zhu Zhuqing volunteered for a test, and Yu Xiaogang realized Lin Dong’s findings had disproved his theory.
  • After months of cultivation and secret fights against evil Soul Masters, Xiao Lin took Tang San and Xiao Wu toward wilderness training and assigned them research on Soul Cores.
  • Xiao Lin, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Su Yuntao traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest to find Wang Fugui a Bullet Bee Soul Ring, but Xiao Lin stopped the plan and offered safer advice.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Moonlight and the Demon Tree

Xiao Lin helped Xiao Gui become a healing Food Soul Master, then fought a Bullet Bee and uncovered research into Soul Bones and Martial Soul Fusion. After sending his Spirit Data thesis to Spirit Hall, he returned with Tang San to Holy Soul Village, where they began training against a Demon Eye Magic Tree while Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming.

  • Xiao Lin abandoned Wang Fugui’s dangerous Bullet Bee hunt, joined Wang Neng’s Battle Tiger Squad, and guided Xiao Gui toward becoming a Food Soul Master.
  • Xiao Gui killed a Moonlight Great Mushroom and gained a healing Soul Skill, but the group found Wang Fugui’s squad dead and realized a powerful Bullet Bee was hunting them.
  • The Black Robed Old Man used the Bullet Bee to attack the group, but Xiao Lin and Tang San defeated him and the weakened Bee, then recovered his journals and Blood-Red Agate.
  • Xiao Lin studied the Black Book’s accounts of Soul Bone creation and Martial Soul Fusion, developed Spirit Data Panels, and discussed a possible fusion with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
  • Bibi Dong recognized Xiao Lin’s thesis and ordered Spirit Hall to conceal its valuable material until its geniuses had competed, while other factions debated the revised publication.
  • After the semester ended, Xiao Lin and Tang San visited Old Jack and explored a cave near Holy Soul Village, where a Mutated Demon Eye Magic Tree paralyzed Xiao Lin.
  • Xiao Lin and Tang San decided to train against the Demon Eye Magic Tree, while Xiao Wu returned to the Lake of Life and reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming.
Chapters 51–76 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Star Dou Journey

Xiao Lin and Tang San grew stronger, hunted Soul Beasts with Xiao Wu, and returned to study Soul Tools and search for the Yellow Soul Herb. As Xiao Wu joined them in Holy Soul Village, the Ferocious Beasts began seeking Children of Destiny, and the strengthened Demon Eye Magic Tree trapped Xiao Lin and Xiao Wu in its control.

  • Xiao Lin and Tang San overcame the Mutated Demon Eye Magic Tree’s defenses, entered Te Lande’s hut, and learned about the Yellow Soul Herb from his diary.
  • Xiao Lin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Lin gained Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash from a Thunder Shadow Leopard’s Soul Ring and Tang San gained a Soul Ring from Pom Pom Cotton.
  • The Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu away, but Xiao Wu returned and claimed she had gained a Lightning Rabbit Soul Ring while concealing her encounter with the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
  • After returning to Notting Academy, Xiao Lin and Tang San experimented with Soul Tools and Soul Power circuits while Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s thesis and considered the Star Luo Empire’s potential threat.
  • Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts discussed the Children of Destiny, rejected a Beast Tide, and ordered Xiao Wu to find the Child of Destiny and report back.
  • Xiao Lin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu returned to Holy Soul Village, swore to become sworn siblings, and found a Yellow Soul Herb seed in the cave.
  • Xiao Lin fed the Mutated Demon Eye Magic Tree a Blood-Red Loquat Fruit, making it powerful enough to repeatedly control him and leave Xiao Wu asleep while Tang San studied a Speaker Soul Tool as a possible countermeasure.
Chapters 77–101 Summaries Read
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