Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin observed the Demon Eye Magic Tree and wondered whether Soul Beasts could absorb Soul Bones, while Tang San tested his newly assembled Speaker Soul Tool. Tang San’s terrible chanting hurt Xiao Wu but weakened the tree, and Xiao Lin offered to help turn the sound into a weapon.

• Xiao Lin recorded the Demon Eye Magic Tree’s abilities and noticed that it had nearly absorbed the Soul Bone above it.
• Tang San showed Xiao Lin and Xiao Wu his Speaker Soul Tool, then played a four-line version of the Great Compassion Mantra.
• Xiao Wu clutched her head and begged Tang San to stop chanting, while the sound also weakened the Demon Eye Magic Tree’s attacks.
• Xiao Lin suggested making the tool record sound so the Demon Eye Magic Tree could be attacked with it.
• Tang San said he did not know how to store sound, and Xiao Lin claimed that he did.

Five years after leaving Notting Academy, Xiao Lin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Heaven Dou City to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. They headed toward the academy’s training grounds, where Tang San sensed that the environment suited his Blue Silver Grass.

• Xiao Lin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu entered Heaven Dou City at ages twelve, having reached Soul Power Levels 39, 37, and 38 respectively.
• Xiao Lin explained that he planned to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Royal Fight Team and reminded Tang San that Xue Ye granted noble status to promising young Soul Masters.
• Xiao Lin revealed that Meng Shenji had guaranteed their admission and promised them a chance to become starting team members if they defeated the current Royal Fight Team members.
• The trio traveled through Heaven Dou City and reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s simulated-environment training grounds outside the city.
• Xiao Lin corrected Xiao Wu’s assumption that the mountain was the academy, and Tang San said the surroundings made his Blue Silver Grass feel refreshed.

Xiao Lin and his companions reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xiao Wu’s unusual Soul Rings convinced the students to take their invitation seriously. The Three Instructors confirmed the trio’s strength and arranged their enrollment, a meeting with Qin Ming, and battles against the Royal Fight Team.

• A group of noble students challenged Xiao Lin and his companions, and Xiao Wu’s Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring convinced Yin En to escort them to Meng Shenji.
• A student explained that the trio might be strong enough to compete for positions on the Royal Fight Team.
• Meng Shenji questioned the trio’s age and Martial Souls, then asked them to display their abilities.
• Xiao Lin and his companions summoned their Martial Souls and revealed that each had one yellow and two purple Soul Rings, astonishing the Three Instructors.
• Meng Shenji arranged for the trio to enroll, meet Qin Ming, and fight Royal Fight Team members in hopes of making them main members.

Meng Shenji assessed Xiao Lin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu’s Soul Rings and introduced their extraordinary levels to Qin Ming, who agreed to let them join the Royal Fight Team. Xiao Lin then challenged Yu Tianheng for the captaincy, leaving Qin Ming unaware that Xiao Lin was more interested in testing him.

• Xiao Lin described the three youths’ Soul Rings to Meng Shenji, understating their true ages and explaining his unusual ability to absorb an older Soul Ring.
• Meng Shenji praised the three as Monsters, while Zhi Lin continued urging Tang San to become his disciple; Tang San declined, citing his teacher’s plans for his Blue Silver King Martial Soul.
• Qin Ming entered the office objecting to strangers joining the Royal Fight Team, but Meng Shenji’s introduction of Xiao Lin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu’s levels shocked him into reconsidering.
• Qin Ming agreed that the three could join as official members and test their strength against the team.
• Xiao Lin asked Qin Ming to make him captain, and Qin Ming said he would have to defeat Yu Tianheng first.

Xiao Wu challenged Osler in a match to earn the Royal Fight Team’s recognition, and she used her speed to vanish from his view and get behind him. The fight remained underway as Osler realized he had lost track of her.

• Xiao Lin and his companions arrived at the Royal Fight Team’s training grounds with Meng Shenji and the other Three Instructors.
• Qin Ming introduced Xiao Lin and the others, revealing their ages, Soul Power Levels, and Martial Souls and surprising the Royal Fight Team.
• Qin Ming explained that Xiao Lin and the others would have to spar with the team to become official members, and Xiao Wu volunteered to fight first.
• Xiao Wu chose Osler, a level-thirty-nine Ghost Leopard Soul Master, and Qin Ming took them to a protected Soul Duel Arena.
• Osler charged Xiao Wu using his Second Soul Skill, but Xiao Wu used her Second Soul Skill to slip behind him and leave him staring at an afterimage.

Xiao Wu defeated Osler in a brief match and was accepted as an official member of the Royal Fight Team. Her teammates mistakenly attributed her speed and lightning effects to a third soul skill, but Xiao Wu revealed they came from her Second Soul Skill, Lightning Charge.

• Osler dodged Xiao Wu's opening kick and used his Third Soul Skill, Leopard Shadow Clone, to attack her with two clones.
• Xiao Wu spun rapidly, shattered Osler's clones with her electric scorpion tail braid, and knocked him unconscious with a kick to the chin.
• Qin Ming named Xiao Wu an official team member, sent Yu Feng to carry Osler away, and asked Ye Lingling to heal him.
• Qin Ming asked the Royal Fight Team to analyze Xiao Wu's supposed third soul skill, and the members guessed that it increased speed and added lightning damage.
• Xiao Wu clarified that she had not used her third soul skill and explained that her Second Soul Skill, Lightning Charge, enhanced speed and attack by 48%, including reaction, attack, Soul Power, and thinking speed.

Tang San challenged Dugu Yan to show the Royal Fight Team his strength, then opened their duel with a sudden surge of Blue Silver King grass. Dugu Yan began combining her poison skills, confident her serpent venom would overcome him.

• Qin Ming postponed testing the theory that a compatible Soul Ring might grant multiple abilities and turned the students’ attention to choosing challengers.
• Tang San challenged Dugu Yan, despite warnings that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent King and poison abilities were a bad match for his plant-type Martial Soul.
• Tang San and Dugu Yan reported their Martial Souls and levels, and Dugu Yan and the Royal Fight Team dismissed his claim to be an All-Rounder Type Soul Master.
• Tang San revealed a purple Second Soul Ring and filled the arena with Blue Silver Grass that surged toward Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan possessed her Martial Soul and used three poison skills in succession, beginning to combine them as she prepared to counter Tang San’s grass.

Tang San used specially cultivated Blue Silver Grass seeds to overcome Dugu Yan’s poison, but she intensified her toxins and charged at him with her enhanced speed. Tang San revealed regenerative Blue Silver Grass armor, defeated her, and left the match’s result clear.

• Tang San scattered specially selected Blue Silver Grass seeds, whose rapid growth pushed through Dugu Yan’s poison mist.
• Dugu Yan activated her Soul Power Poison Sac, strengthening her toxins enough to wither the grass before it could reach her.
• Dugu Yan used her Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent-enhanced speed to rush toward Tang San, while Yu Tianheng told Ye Lingling to prepare to treat him.
• Xiao Wu said Yu Tianheng was underestimating Tang San, who emerged protected by rapidly regenerating Blue Silver Grass armor.
• Tang San grabbed Dugu Yan by the neck, lifted her, and then set her down, securing his victory.

After Tang San defeated Dugu Yan, Xiao Lin faced Yu Tianheng in the next match. Xiao Lin entered the arena with a steel rod instead of his Martial Soul and left Yu Tianheng furious by saying he did not need to use his real strength against him.

• Xiao Wu told Qin Ming that Tang San had held back, and Tang San used his Third Soul Skill to reclaim the soul power and life force in the Blue Silver Grass covering the arena.
• Qin Ming arranged for students to guard the entrance so Yu Tianheng's Fourth Soul Skill would not be exposed, then sent Xiao Lin and Yu Tianheng into the arena.
• Yu Tianheng announced his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and Level 44 Soul Power, while Xiao Lin announced his Horned Dragon Staff Soul and Level 39 Soul Power.
• Yu Tianheng transformed his right arm into a powerful, lightning-covered dragon claw as Xiao Lin took a small steel rod from his Storage Soul Tool.
• Xiao Lin told Yu Tianheng that he was using the rod because he did not need his Horned Dragon Staff Soul to fight him, provoking Yu Tianheng's anger.

Xiao Lin overwhelmed Yu Tianheng in their Soul Duel, shattering his lightning attacks and knocking him down with his baton. After Tang San revealed that Xiao Lin’s First Soul Skill boosted his attack power by 400%, Xiao Lin waited for Yu Tianheng to recover and use his Fourth Soul Skill.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Xiao Lin with his First Soul Skill, but Xiao Lin shattered the lightning with his baton.
• Yu Tianheng activated his Second and Third Soul Skills and charged at Xiao Lin, who answered by using a Soul Skill and striking aside his attacks.
• Xiao Lin struck Yu Tianheng in the chest, leaving him in pain and unable to continue fighting.
• Tang San explained that Xiao Lin’s First Soul Skill increased his attack power by 400%, shocking Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Lin told Yu Tianheng that his amplification was real and waited for him to recover and reveal his Fourth Soul Skill.

Xiao Lin and Yu Tianheng continued their duel, with Yu Tianheng using his Fourth Soul Skill to greatly enhance his attributes and challenge Xiao Lin at full strength. Xiao Lin defeated him with a strike from the Horned Dragon Staff’s shadow, revealing that he had still held back several abilities.

• Yu Tianheng recovered from his injuries, admitted his earlier arrogance, and activated his Fourth Soul Skill, Dragon Encouragement.
• Xiao Lin summoned the Horned Dragon Staff, and Yu Tianheng charged with his first three Soul Skills while empowered by Dragon Encouragement.
• Xiao Lin and Yu Tianheng exchanged powerful blows, and Yu Tianheng’s enhanced recovery let him continue fighting after his arm was injured.
• Xiao Lin used the Eight Trigrams Staff Technique to draw Yu Tianheng’s guard, then struck him from behind with the staff’s shadow.
• Yu Tianheng spat blood, collapsed, and left his Martial Soul Possession state as Xiao Lin claimed victory without using several of his strongest abilities.

After Xiao Lin defeated Yu Tianheng and Tang San revealed his healing ability, Qin Ming made the three newcomers official members of the Royal Fight Team and appointed Xiao Lin captain and Tang San vice-captain. Yu Tianheng accepted Tang San’s greater strength and declined the vice-captain position.

• Xiao Wu said Xiao Lin had not used half his strength, prompting Qin Ming, the instructors, and Ning Rongrong to speculate about his Soul Skills.
• Xiao Lin carried the injured Yu Tianheng while Tang San healed him with his First Soul Skill, Blue Silver Regeneration Bracelet.
• Qin Ming declared that the Royal Fight Team had lost all three matches, doubled its training, and named Xiao Lin captain and Tang San vice-captain.
• Dugu Yan objected to Yu Tianheng losing the vice-captain position, but Yu Tianheng accepted that Tang San was stronger and declined the role.

Xiao Lin set out to buy high-quality Whale Rubber in Heaven Dou City while Tang San and Xiao Wu went shopping for their own interests. At Love Heart Tower, he found only three pieces of Whale Rubber and ordered the seller, Qin Ya, to bring them all out.

• Xiao Lin told the Royal Fight Team that he and Tang San would train separately, and Qin Ming reluctantly allowed them to do so.
• Xiao Lin, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then split up so Xiao Lin could buy Whale Rubber while Tang San and Xiao Wu went shopping.
• Xiao Lin asked passersby for directions to Love Heart Tower, where he was led to the second floor.
• Xiao Lin met Qin Ya, who offered him two pieces of Whale Rubber over ten thousand years old and one over five thousand years old.
• Xiao Lin resisted Qin Ya's alluring manner and told her to bring out all three pieces, saying he would buy them all.

Xiao Lin bought ancient whale rubber and prepared it in his dormitory, enduring its stench while using his fire-based soul skill to melt it. After eating the refined rubber, he rapidly increased his Soul Power and offered Tang San a piece.

• Xiao Lin bought two pieces of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber and one piece of five-thousand-year whale rubber from Qin Ya, then hurried out of Love Heart Tower.
• Qin Ya suspected Xiao Lin had an unusual reason for buying the whale rubber and sent a disguised man to investigate him.
• Xiao Lin used his third soul skill, Blazing Power, to melt the whale rubber in his dormitory, and Tang San entered wearing Blue Silver Grass to protect himself from the stench.
• Xiao Lin refined the rubber into a golden-yellow jelly, ate it, and used the Indestructible Divine Skill to control the heat as his meridians widened.
• Xiao Lin gained half a level of Soul Power in under fifteen minutes, and Tang San apologized and received a piece of whale rubber from him.

Tang Hao revealed himself to the Three Instructors and asked them to protect Tang San, Xiao Lin, and Xiao Wu, then enrolled his goddaughter Tang Ni at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After Tang Hao left, Tang Ni revealed that she was actually the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had adopted the name through the Eye of Fate.

• Tang Hao visited the Three Instructors with Tang Ni and asked them to protect Tang San and the others, and they agreed after swearing a Spirit Oath.
• Tang Hao introduced Tang Ni as his twelve-year-old goddaughter, whose Golden Dragon Martial Soul had reached level thirty-eight, and the Three Instructors arranged her enrollment and a dormitory.
• Tang Hao departed, leaving the Three Instructors celebrating their prospects of winning the academy tournament with four talented students.
• Tang Ni reached her dormitory and cursed Tang Hao, recalling how she had escaped the Star Dou Great Forest, met him near the Blue Silver Emperor seed, and was taken in as his goddaughter.
• Tang Ni reflected that she had chosen her name using the Eye of Fate, while Tang Hao remained unaware of her true identity as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Tang Ni recognized Xiao Wu as a fellow Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and learned that Xiao Wu’s Third Brother, Tang San, might be the Child of Destiny whose fortune harmed Soul Beasts. After they exchanged information and concealed each other’s identities, Tang Ni insisted that Xiao Wu take her to see Tang San.

• Xiao Wu sensed Tang Ni’s Soul Beast aura and went to investigate, hoping to recruit a powerful ally.
• Tang Ni recognized Xiao Wu as the stupid rabbit she had once chased and revealed she had come to find the Child of Destiny.
• Xiao Wu identified Tang San as the person she had previously brought to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang Ni confirmed that she believed he was the Child of Destiny.
• Xiao Wu defended Tang San, while Tang Ni recalled seeing Titan Giant Ape dung near the place where his fortune had affected Soul Beasts.
• Tang Ni questioned Xiao Wu about Tang San’s work on Soul Tools and hidden weapons, then demanded that Xiao Wu take her to him.
• Tang Ni concealed Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast aura with the Power of Fate, and Xiao Wu taught Tang Ni how to imitate a human aura using Soul Rings and Soul Power.

Xiao Wu brought Tang Ni to visit Xiao Lin and Tang San, where Tang Ni discovered that Xiao Lin and Tang San were difficult to read through Destiny. Tang Ni joined them by eating the Whale Rubber, while Xiao Lin learned she was Tang San’s sworn older sister and a powerful Soul Beast orphan.

• Xiao Wu and Tang Ni smelled the Whale Rubber in the boys’ dormitory, and Tang Ni’s attempt to glimpse Xiao Lin and Tang San’s Destiny failed.
• Tang San welcomed Xiao Wu and explained that eating Whale Rubber had strengthened his body and raised his Soul Power by half a level.
• Tang Ni introduced herself to Tang San as his older sister, and Xiao Wu clarified that Tang Hao had acknowledged her as his goddaughter.
• Xiao Lin brought out heated Whale Rubber and urged Xiao Wu to eat it, but Tang Ni took it instead and refined it immediately.
• Xiao Wu explained Tang Ni’s background, leaving Xiao Lin surprised that Tang Hao had taken in a powerful monster orphan.

Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin about the Royal Fight Team’s new members, leading them to suspect that Xiao Lin, Tang San, and the others had followed an extreme Soul Ring path influenced by Grandmaster Xiao Yan’s theories. The chapter left Ning Fengzhi suspecting that Tang San had come into contact with Xiao Yan.

• Ning Fengzhi worried that Spirit Hall’s growing strength and recruitment of talented children threatened the other factions.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the mansion, and Ning Fengzhi initially feared she had caused trouble at the academy.
• Ning Rongrong described how Xiao Lin and two other twelve-year-old students had joined the Royal Fight Team as captain and vice-captain, with levels above 38 and thousand-year second Soul Rings.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized that the three students’ enhancement-focused Soul Rings reflected an extreme path that could make them exceptionally powerful as they advanced.
• Ning Fengzhi pointed out that Tang San’s Blue Silver King matched Xiao Yan’s writing about Blue Silver Grass, and he, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong concluded that Tang San might have met Xiao Yan.

Dugu Bo suspected Tang San was the rare Blue Silver Grass Soul Master described in Xiao Yan’s thesis and believed Tang San might know how to solve Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul problem. He planned to meet Tang San and the others the next morning.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Tang San had defeated her Jade Phosphorous Serpent King with his Blue Silver King.
• Dugu Bo argued that Tang San’s strength pointed to exceptional Martial Soul evolution, and he suspected Tang San might possess Twin Martial Souls.
• Dugu Bo recalled searching for Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters with Innate Soul Power after reading Xiao Yan’s thesis, and concluded Tang San was likely the rare example it described.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that poison attributes might be weak and that evolving her Jade Phosphorous Serpent further could address her Martial Soul problem.
• Dugu Bo decided to visit Tang San and the others, but agreed with Dugu Yan to wait until the next morning.

Tang Ni dragged Fake Xiao Lin to the Soul Duel Arena and knocked him out with one punch, exposing him as an impostor. Yu Tianheng took the intruder to Qin Ming's office while Ye Lingling stayed behind to speak with Tang Ni.

• Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, and the Shi Family Brothers sent letters to their families.
• Tang Ni brought Xiao Lin to the Soul Duel Arena and challenged him over their bet about becoming Royal Fight Team captain.
• Fake Xiao Lin agreed to fight, but Tang Ni struck him before the match began and sent him crashing into the arena barrier.
• Yu Feng recognized that the defeated man was not Xiao Lin, and Tang Ni said she had known from his Fortune.
• Yu Tianheng took Fake Xiao Lin to Qin Ming's office, and Ye Lingling asked Tang Ni her name.