Chapter Summaries

Long Yu, a transmigrator living in Holy Spirit Village, prepared for his martial soul awakening while reflecting on the advantages Tang San possessed and the role of Spirit Hall. He joined Village Chief Jack in fetching Tang San, and the three headed to the village Spirit Hall for the awakening.

• Long Yu counted his savings and worried that he might awaken a weak martial soul.
• Long Yu watched Tang San cultivate the Purple Demon Eye and envied his many advantages.
• Village Chief Jack told Long Yu that Su Yuntao would oversee the martial soul awakenings and invited him to come along.
• Long Yu persuaded Jack to fetch Tang San, and they found Tang Hao looking disheveled and eager to return to sleep.
• Tang San greeted Jack and Long Yu, then asked what a martial soul awakening was as they walked toward the Spirit Hall.

At the village Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao awakened the children’s Martial Souls and discovered Tang San had Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power. Long Yu chose to join Spirit Hall through his newly awakened system and drew the Dragon God Martial Soul with Innate Level Twenty Full Soul Power.

• Su Yuntao began awakening the nine children’s Martial Souls, but the first several had no Soul Power.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass, and the crystal ball revealed his Innate Full Soul Power.
• Long Yu’s system offered him a choice, and he chose to join Spirit Hall.
• Long Yu drew the Golden Legend Dragon God Martial Soul and received Innate Level Twenty Full Soul Power.
• The system issued Long Yu a mission to check in at the Papal Palace.

Long Yu awakened a multicolored dragon Martial Soul whose aura drew the attention of powerful figures across the continent and beyond. After his Soul Power shattered the testing crystal, Su Yuntao invited him to join Spirit Hall.

• Long Yu awakened a powerful multicolored dragon Martial Soul, suppressing Su Yuntao and impressing him with its strength.
• Bibi Dong sensed the divine aura and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo summoned, while Qian Daoliu sent Golden Crocodile to seek out the child.
• The Silver Dragon King recognized the Dragon God's aura in Long Yu and told Di Tian to wait for him rather than act rashly.
• A blood-red figure in the Divine Realm sensed the Dragon God's return and headed for the lower realm.
• Long Yu's Soul Power shattered the crystal ball, and Su Yuntao asked whether he would join Spirit Hall.

Long Yu joined Spirit Hall and defeated Tang San in a nighttime spar, demonstrating the advantage of his transformed body and Level 20 Soul Power. He warned Tang San not to oppose Spirit Hall, then left Tang San wondering how such a conflict could arise.

• Long Yu declared his support for Spirit Hall and agreed to leave for Nuoding City with Su Yuntao the next day.
• Old Jack celebrated Long Yu and Tang San becoming soul masters, while Tang San went home without drawing attention to his hidden abilities.
• After discussing tourism plans with the villagers, Long Yu encountered Tang San and challenged him to a one-on-one duel.
• Tang San used the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Mysterious Jade Hand, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and stones as hidden weapons, but Long Yu evaded his attacks and knocked him down.
• Long Yu warned Tang San not to become an enemy of Spirit Hall and departed, leaving Tang San puzzled about why he would ever oppose it.

Long Yu left Holy Spirit Village with Su Yuntao and revealed his Innate Soul Power was level twenty at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall. Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived on the Pope’s orders and took Long Yu to meet the Pope, leaving Su Yuntao behind.

• Long Yu said goodbye to the villagers of Holy Spirit Village and left with Su Yuntao.
• At the Nuoding City Spirit Hall, Long Yu’s test revealed Innate Soul Power level twenty, and he asked Lu Renjia to register his martial soul as the Nine-Colored Dragon.
• Lu Renjia prepared to report Long Yu’s talent up the Spirit Hall hierarchy, but Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan appeared with the Pope’s order to take Long Yu directly.
• Yue Guan verified Long Yu’s information and invited him to meet the Pope, and Long Yu agreed to go with him.
• Long Yu thanked Su Yuntao and departed with Yue Guan in a luxurious carriage.

Long Yu arrived in Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Douluo and met Bibi Dong at the Papal Palace. After receiving a new movement technique, he asked Bibi Dong to take him as her disciple.

• Long Yu built a friendly relationship with Chrysanthemum Douluo during their half-month journey to Spirit City.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo brought Long Yu to the Papal Palace, where Bibi Dong had ordered them to report.
• Long Yu completed a check-in task and received the Phoenix Dance Six Illusions movement technique, then gained a task to take Bibi Dong as his master.
• Bibi Dong questioned Long Yu about his identity and martial soul, then suggested that he train at Spirit Hall Academy.
• Long Yu rejected the suggestion and asked Bibi Dong to take him as her master.

Long Yu failed to persuade Bibi Dong to accept him as her disciple, but she gave him a chance to prove himself at Spirit Hall Academy’s Genius Camp. He and Chrysanthemum Douluo searched Spirit Soul Forest for unusually powerful first and second soul rings, and on the third day they sensed a battle ahead.

• Bibi Dong refused to accept Long Yu as a male disciple but told him to join the Genius Camp and said they could discuss the matter later.
• Bibi Dong arranged for Chrysanthemum Douluo to help Long Yu obtain his first and second soul rings before he entered Spirit Hall Academy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo hosted Long Yu at his courtyard and explained that strength- and attack-type beasts would suit Long Yu’s dragon-type martial soul.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Long Yu searched Spirit Soul Forest for three days, passing over several beasts that did not meet Long Yu’s standards.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo sensed soul beasts fighting nearby and led Long Yu toward the commotion.

Long Yu acquired his first two soul rings by absorbing a Titan Giant Ape and a Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear, reaching Rank 25 without suffering spiritual backlash. He tested his new Claw of Ruin skill with Chrysanthemum Douluo, who judged that it could penetrate defenses far beyond Long Yu’s current rank.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo suppressed the wounded Titan Giant Ape and Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear, then weakened them with his Golden Stamen Flowing Radiance skill.
• Long Yu killed the Titan Giant Ape and absorbed its soul ring, gaining three ranks and reaching Rank 23 as the Dragon God Martial Soul devoured the beast’s resentment.
• Long Yu absorbed the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear’s purple soul ring without difficulty and reached Rank 25 after three hours.
• Long Yu told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Divine Dragon Body boosted his attributes and Claw of Ruin pierced physical defenses, though the latter consumed substantial Soul Power.
• Long Yu used Claw of Ruin against Chrysanthemum Douluo’s chrysanthemum barriers, breaking through two before the third stopped him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo assessed that Long Yu’s attack could pierce ordinary Soul Ancestors’ defenses and strong Soul Elders’ defenses.

Chrysanthemum Douluo brought Long Yu to Spirit Hall Academy’s Genius Camp, where Long Yu joined the elite students despite his young age. After the students questioned his place among them, Qian Ning'er welcomed him.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo escorted Long Yu to the Genius Camp after Long Yu obtained his first two soul rings.
• Lin Hao accepted Long Yu and led him to meet the camp’s students, while Chrysanthemum Douluo departed.
• Lin Hao introduced Long Yu as the camp’s newest student, and several students reacted with disbelief or disdain.
• Qian Ning'er stepped forward, introduced herself to Long Yu, and extended her hand.

Long Yu met Qian Ning'er at the Genius Camp and drew her interest after she sensed the divine power in him. He defeated the stronger Xiong Tian in a brief battle, earning the camp's respect and strengthening Qian Ning'er's resolve to recruit him.

• Students speculated about Qian Ning'er until Lin Hao silenced them, and Long Yu greeted her as she recognized his powerful divine aura.
• Xiong Tian challenged Long Yu, and Long Yu accepted despite Xiong Tian being a level 34 Soul Elder.
• Xiong Tian attacked with his Great Strength Barbarian Bear Martial Soul, but Long Yu blocked his strike barehanded and knocked him back.
• Long Yu used his first Soul Skill to break Xiong Tian's shield and send him flying off the stage.
• Long Yu helped Xiong Tian to his feet, and Xiong Tian acknowledged his strength as the students and Qian Ning'er applauded him.

Lin Hao explained the Genius Camp’s physical training and team rules, then introduced weekly dormitory competitions where stronger teams could claim better resources. Long Yu’s team won the Heaven-grade Dormitory by default after no captain dared challenge him, and A-Fei led Long Yu and Qian Ning'er to their new quarters.

• Lin Hao stressed that every student, including support-system Soul Masters, needed physical conditioning and assigned weighted cross-country runs beginning the next day.
• The students formed teams of up to five, and Long Yu teamed up with Qian Ning'er after refusing other teams’ invitations.
• Lin Hao explained the dormitory rankings and announced that Soul Elder representatives would compete for the Heaven-grade Dormitory.
• Long Yu stepped onto the stage to claim the top dormitory, but none of the other captains challenged him.
• Lin Hao awarded the Heaven-grade Dormitory to Long Yu and Qian Ning'er's team, then sent A-Fei to escort them there.

Long Yu and Qian Ning'er began training at the Genius Camp with an exhausting weighted cross-country run. Long Yu collapsed after eight hours and woke the following day recovering in a medicinal bath.

• Huang Tian showed Long Yu and Qian Ning'er their adjoining dormitories, and Qian Ning'er chose to stay next door to Long Yu.
• Lin Hao assigned the fifty-two students a weighted cross-country run led by Lin Fei.
• As the run continued, support-type Soul Masters and then most of the other students fell behind or collapsed, while Long Yu and Qian Ning'er kept pace with Lin Fei.
• After eight hours, Long Yu ran out of stamina and collapsed; someone carried him back to the dormitory.
• Long Yu woke at noon the next day in a medicinal bath that was restoring his body.

Long Yu learned that his ten medicinal-liquid changes surpassed Qian Renxue’s eight, then ate soul beast meat she had recommended. Meanwhile, Lin Hao reported their progress to Bibi Dong, who realized Qian Renxue had gone to the Genius Camp and renewed her hatred of the Angel Clan.

• A middle-aged woman told Long Yu that he had absorbed more medicinal liquid than any trainee she had seen and said Qian Ning'er had used it eight times.
• Long Yu joined Qian Renxue in the cafeteria and told her he had changed the medicinal liquid ten times.
• Qian Renxue pointed out soul beast dishes containing dragon bloodline, then left with a competitive look.
• Long Yu resolved to change Qian Renxue’s tragic fate and began eating the strengthening soul beast meat.
• Lin Hao reported Long Yu and Qian Ning'er’s performances to Bibi Dong, who realized Qian Renxue had gone to the Genius Camp and vowed revenge against the Angel Clan.

After a month of physical training, the Genius Camp students learned that their next trial would be in the deadly Death Grand Canyon. Long Yu asked Qian Renxue about the canyon and learned that it held powerful soul beasts, criminals, and Evil Soul Masters, and that she had been told to kill anyone there who was not from their camp.

• The students completed a month of grueling physical conditioning, improving their fitness and teamwork.
• Lin Hao praised their progress, gave them three days to prepare, and announced that their next training would be to survive in Death Grand Canyon.
• Long Yu visited Qian Renxue to ask why the other students feared Death Grand Canyon.
• Qian Renxue explained that the canyon contained powerful soul beasts and dangerous criminals, including Evil Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue told Long Yu to kill anyone he encountered in the canyon who was not a Genius Camp student.

Long Yu and Qian Renxue prepared to enter Death Grand Canyon, where they would survive for at least two months. After Qian Renxue was shaken by a family’s affectionate farewell, the pair entered the canyon and heard wolves howling in the fog.

• Qian Renxue confidently assured Long Yu that the two of them could handle the dangers ahead, and Long Yu called her cute before running back to his dormitory.
• During three days of preparations, Qian Renxue stored their supplies in her bracelet, which Long Yu recognized as a large Storage Soul Tool.
• At the gathering point, Long Yu saw Xiong Tian’s parents comfort him, and Qian Renxue asked Long Yu whether all parents cared about their children.
• Lin Hao instructed the students to remain in Death Grand Canyon for at least two months and gave them signal transmitters for emergencies.
• Long Yu and Qian Renxue left the group and ventured into the foggy canyon, where wolf howls echoed around them.

Qian Renxue and Long Yu defeated a pack of Swift Wind Wolves, then fought and killed a six-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider that ambushed them. After finding no Soul Bone, they concealed their tracks and left while low on Soul Power.

• Qian Renxue killed the Swift Wind Wolf King and drove off the pack with her powerful Soul Skills.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed Qian Renxue and Long Yu, but Long Yu pulled her clear of its web.
• Qian Renxue and Long Yu worked together to wound the six-thousand-year spider, and Long Yu delivered the final blow through its human face.
• Qian Renxue scolded Long Yu for recklessly charging the spider while its poisonous web threatened him.
• Long Yu searched the spider for a Soul Bone but found none, so he and Qian Renxue concealed their tracks and left.

Long Yu and Qian Renxue fought a group of criminals in the Star Dou Great Forest, then continued traveling and grew closer over a campfire meal. As they settled into separate tents for the night, Long Yu received a system mission to sleep in the same bed as Qian Renxue.

• Qian Renxue reacted to an ambush, and Long Yu killed the criminals who attacked them.
• After the fight, Long Yu struggled with having killed so many people, and Qian Renxue comforted and scolded him.
• Long Yu and Qian Renxue continued through the forest, where he practiced fighting more efficiently against soul beasts.
• At night, Long Yu grilled meat for Qian Renxue, and they shared stories beside their campfire.
• Qian Renxue went to her tent, and Long Yu received a system mission to sleep in the same bed as her for a Meteor Tear.

Long Yu tricked Qian Renxue into letting him share her tent so he could complete the system task and receive the Meteor Tear. After accidentally touching her in his sleep, he was attacked and beaten by Qian Renxue.

• Long Yu decided to use the storm and his fear of the canyon to persuade Qian Renxue to let him sleep in her tent.
• Qian Renxue agreed, and Long Yu fell asleep beside her as the system awarded him the Meteor Tear.
• The Meteor Tear appeared over Long Yu's heart, and its life aura comforted Qian Renxue as she fell asleep.
• Long Yu woke after his hand touched Qian Renxue's chest, and she punched him and used Angel's Sacred Slash.
• Long Yu dodged the slash with Phoenix Dance Six Illusions and Divine Dragon Body, but Qian Renxue chased him down and beat him.

After Qian Renxue beat Long Yu for his earlier misbehavior, the two continued hunting soul beasts, and Long Yu proved his growing combat skill against a Crystal Bear. Qian Renxue revealed her loneliness and level-48 strength at thirteen, while Long Yu promised to stay by her side; their journey then continued peacefully.

• Qian Renxue finished beating Long Yu, then packed their things while he pretended to be badly injured.
• Long Yu fought and killed a thousand-year Crystal Bear using Phoenix Dance Six Illusions and his second soul skill, Claw of Ruin.
• Qian Renxue praised Long Yu's self-created movement technique and explained that she had learned about soul beasts in Spirit Hall's library.
• Qian Renxue told Long Yu she was thirteen and had reached level 48, then admitted through her expression that she had spent much of her life alone.
• Long Yu took Qian Renxue's hand and promised to stay by her side, but let go when she threatened to punish him again.
• Long Yu and Qian Renxue continued their journey without encountering any especially powerful enemies after the six-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider.

Two Genius Camp students disappeared after pursuing a strange Mamba Snake in Death Grand Canyon, prompting an investigation and one team to withdraw. Spirit Hall sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to oversee the continued training, which would soon put Qian Ning'er and Long Yu in danger and bring them closer.

• Lin Hao gathered the students after two members of Li Yi's team went missing while chasing a red-eyed, thousand-year Mamba Snake, with no signs of a struggle left behind.
• Li Yi's team requested permission to withdraw from the Death Grand Canyon trial and leave the Genius Camp, while the other students chose to stay.
• Lin Hao and the instructors searched the area for three days but found no clues, and Spirit Hall sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to assist with training.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo met Long Yu and Qian Ning'er, explained his assignment, and delivered a Compendium of Soul Beasts on the Pope's orders.
• With Chrysanthemum Douluo stationed there, the Genius Camp announced that training would resume, setting up further danger for Qian Ning'er and Long Yu.