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.