Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu sold candy in Holy Soul Village and learned that his Spirit Awakening ceremony would take place three days later. At the village Spirit Hall, he waited with Tang San as a young Spirit Hall member arrived to begin the ceremony.

• Ye Qiu sold candy to villagers and teased Tang San, who was training before heading to the Blacksmith Shop.
• Old Jack bought candy and told Ye Qiu to attend the Spirit Awakening ceremony in three days.
• Ye Qiu returned to his lonely Wooden House and wondered what martial soul he would awaken.
• Three days later, Ye Qiu sold candy to the children gathered at the village Spirit Hall, while Tang San refused his offer of a lollipop.
• Old Jack welcomed a young man in a Spirit Hall uniform, who dismissed him and prepared to begin the Spirit Awakening ceremony.

During the spirit awakening ceremony, Tang San and Ye Qiu both awakened Innate Full Soul Power despite being judged to have useless martial spirits. Old Jack learned of their results and offered to send them to a Soul Master Academy, while Tang San chose to return home and ask his father first.

• Su Yuntao awakened the village children’s spirits, and the first seven, including one with Blue Silver Grass, had no soul power.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and displayed Innate Full Soul Power, while secretly concealing the hammer in his left hand.
• Ye Qiu awakened a tiny tadpole martial soul, then discovered that he also had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao recorded both boys’ results and told Old Jack that the village had produced two talents with useless martial souls.
• Old Jack offered to send Ye Qiu and Tang San to a Soul Master Academy, but Tang San said he needed to ask his father first, so Old Jack offered to accompany him home.

Ye Qiu discovered that his Martial Soul let him transform into Venom and spent three months testing its abilities. He then went with Old Jack to collect Tang San for school, where Tang Hao took Ye Qiu’s liquor and candy without paying.

• Ye Qiu possessed his Martial Soul and realized it transformed his body into Venom, which could reshape itself and flow over a spider.
• Over three months, Ye Qiu grew stronger, learned to climb walls and rooftops, and tested his strength and durability.
• Old Jack and Ye Qiu went to Tang Hao’s blacksmith shop to take Tang San to school.
• Ye Qiu offered Tang Hao his homemade liquor and candy, then asked him to pay what he owed before leaving for school.
• Tang Hao refused to pay, told Tang San not to pay for the liquor, and kept eating Ye Qiu’s candy while Old Jack and Ye Qiu protested.

Ye Qiu and Tang San left Holy Soul Village with Old Jack to begin their studies at Notting Academy, after Ye Qiu mocked Tang Hao and gave him wine. At the academy gate, an arrogant gatekeeper stopped them and insulted them as country bumpkins.

• Ye Qiu challenged Tang Hao over money, and Tang Hao told Tang San to look after Ye Qiu at the academy.
• Tang Hao returned Ye Qiu's remaining candies and accepted his wine before Ye Qiu and Tang San departed with Old Jack.
• Tang Hao reminded Tang San to protect the grass and look after one another, leaving Tang San wondering why he had singled out Ye Qiu.
• Old Jack guided Ye Qiu and Tang San to Notting City and told them not to wander after he left them at the academy.
• A gatekeeper stopped the group at Notting Academy and insulted them as country bumpkins.

Ye Qiu and Tang San arrived at Notting Academy, where they fought the gatekeeper after he insulted their village and questioned their certificates. Yu Xiaogang intervened, accepted the children into the academy, and left Ye Qiu looking for a way to avoid what he knew was coming.

• The gatekeeper mocked Old Jack and the children’s certificates, then shoved Old Jack.
• Tang San seized the gatekeeper’s wrist, and Ye Qiu swept his leg and punched him before he could attack them.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped the fight, verified the certificates, apologized to Old Jack, and agreed to take the children inside.
• Old Jack left after entrusting Tang San and Ye Qiu to Yu Xiaogang, who warned the gatekeeper not to repeat his behavior.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he was a freeloader at the academy, while Ye Qiu asked for the latrine and ran off with his certificate to avoid him.

Yu Xiaogang deduced that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls and accepted him as his disciple, while Ye Qiu refused to become Yu Xiaogang’s second student. After registering at the academy, Ye Qiu and Tang San headed together to the Seventh Dormitory.

• Yu Xiaogang used Tang San’s martial soul certificate and his theories to conclude that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, and Tang San accepted him as his teacher.
• Tang San knelt and kowtowed to Yu Xiaogang, calling him his teacher for life, as Ye Qiu returned.
• Ye Qiu sensed Tang San’s faint killing intent and stayed wary while Yu Xiaogang proposed that Ye Qiu’s unfamiliar martial soul was a mutation.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Ye Qiu to become his disciple, but Ye Qiu refused unless Tang San would become the junior disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang took Ye Qiu and Tang San to register and collect their uniforms, then they went together to the Seventh Dormitory.

Ye Qiu and Tang San arrived at the Seventh Dorm, where Tang San defeated Wang Sheng and was made the dorm’s new boss. The students accepted Tang San as their protector, and a girl’s arrival at the doorway left everyone stunned.

• Ye Qiu and Tang San entered the Seventh Dorm and met Wang Sheng, who challenged them as the dorm’s self-proclaimed boss.
• Wang Sheng shoved Tang San, but Tang San threw him down twice and made him acknowledge Tang San by name.
• Ye Qiu revealed that Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power, drawing the dormitory students’ attention.
• Wang Sheng explained that work-study students needed a boss to protect them from bullying, and Tang San agreed to take the role.
• A girl appeared at the Seventh Dorm entrance and asked whether she was in the right place, stunning everyone.

Xiao Wu arrived at the Seventh Dorm and defeated Tang San in a spar, becoming the dorm leader. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu demanding that everyone call her Sister Xiao Wu while Tang San silently refused.

• Xiao Wu arrived at the Seventh Dorm, and Ye Qiu told her to wait while Tang San prepared to challenge her under the dorm’s rules.
• Xiao Wu introduced herself and her Rabbit Spirit, and Tang San said he had Innate Full Soul Power and a Blue Silver Grass Spirit.
• Xiao Wu attacked Tang San, struck him with her scorpion braid, and kicked him to the ground.
• Tang San admitted defeat, and Xiao Wu became the Seventh Dorm’s leader and ordered the students to call her Sister Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu realized she was standing on Tang San, stepped off him, and laughed when he thanked her instead of getting angry.

Ye Qiu accepted Xiao Wu’s challenge and revealed that his martial soul, Venom, could transform his body into a powerful black monster. The fight began with Xiao Wu’s surprise kick, which Ye Qiu blocked, and he charged at her as the chapter ended.

• Ye Qiu and Tang San discussed Tang San’s fight with Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu challenged Ye Qiu to test his strength.
• Ye Qiu introduced his martial soul as Venom and revealed that he had Innate Full Soul Power, surprising the Seventh Dorm students.
• Xiao Wu introduced her Soft Bone Rabbit martial soul and agreed to fight Ye Qiu.
• Xiao Wu attacked first with a flying rabbit kick, but Ye Qiu transformed into Venom and blocked it.
• Ye Qiu charged at Xiao Wu, while Tang San judged his punch to be unskilled.

Ye Qiu fought Xiao Wu in the Seventh Dorm, using his strength and hidden tentacles to overcome her Soft Skill. He kept restraining and throwing her despite Tang San’s request to stop, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu traded attacks, but he countered her kicks with his sturdier body and Spider Sense.
• Xiao Wu circled Ye Qiu, then used her braid to ensnare him and tried to throw him with her Soft Skill.
• Ye Qiu extended black tentacles to anchor himself to the bedframe and floor, foiling Xiao Wu’s throw and trapping her in his arms.
• Xiao Wu refused to admit defeat and struggled, but Ye Qiu restrained her legs with more tentacles.
• Xiao Wu headbutted Ye Qiu, who kicked her and then grabbed her clothes to hurl her toward the wall.
• Tang San called out to Ye Qiu and asked him to let the fight go, saying he was being too rough with Xiao Wu.

Ye Qiu used his web-shooting ability to defeat Xiao Wu and forced her to admit defeat. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu tearfully calling him “big brother.”

• Xiao Wu charged Ye Qiu, but he threw her into a wall and warned her to admit defeat.
• Ye Qiu shot Xiao Wu with a web, pinning her to the wall and revealing his Web Shooting ability.
• When Xiao Wu kept refusing to yield, Ye Qiu patched the web around her hands and punched her in the eye.
• Xiao Wu finally admitted defeat, and Ye Qiu demanded that she call him “big brother.”
• Xiao Wu tearfully called Ye Qiu “big brother.”

Ye Qiu defeated Xiao Wu in the Seventh Dorm and was recognized as its boss, while Tang San’s attempts to defend and comfort Xiao Wu were rebuffed. As Wang Sheng explained the academy to Tang San, Ye Qiu noticed Xiao Wu glaring at him and went to sit beside her.

• Tang San challenged Ye Qiu to release Xiao Wu, and Ye Qiu absorbed the black webs and carried her to an empty bed to rest.
• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Wu, then asked Tang San to call him Boss, but Tang San refused while Wang Sheng and the others hailed Ye Qiu as the dorm boss.
• Tang San checked on Xiao Wu, but she angrily ignored him, so he turned to Wang Sheng and asked about the academy.
• Wang Sheng explained the work-study students’ duties, classes, and the other dorm residents to Tang San.
• Ye Qiu noticed Xiao Wu glaring at him, walked over, and sat beside her as she warned him she would never call him Boss.

Ye Qiu coaxed Xiao Wu into letting him test whether his Venom Spirit could be worn by another person by offering her a carrot lollipop. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu taking a lick of the candy Ye Qiu had already eaten, while Tang San watched uncomfortably.

• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Wu about beating her and agreed to let her challenge him without calling him Boss.
• Ye Qiu noticed Xiao Wu eyeing his carrot lollipop and offered her some in exchange for letting him test his martial spirit on her.
• Xiao Wu agreed, and Ye Qiu put his partly eaten lollipop into her mouth instead of giving her a fresh one.
• Xiao Wu coughed, then stopped Ye Qiu from taking the lollipop back and insisted they were even.
• Tang San, Wang Sheng, and the others noticed the exchange, and Tang San felt uncomfortable as Xiao Wu tentatively licked the candy.

Ye Qiu refused to let Xiao Wu keep freeloading on his candy, while Tang San settled into the work-study dormitory and received bedding arranged by Yu Xiaogang. After a teacher assigned Tang San and Xiao Wu garden-cleaning duties, Ye Qiu offered to take Xiao Wu to buy bedding, leaving them about to head out together.

• Xiao Wu enjoyed Ye Qiu's lollipop and agreed to help him, while Ye Qiu told her she could not keep getting things for free.
• Tang San discovered that the work-study students had to bring their own bedding and declined Wang Sheng's offer to share.
• Teacher Mo arrived with new bedding for Tang San, explaining that Yu Xiaogang had prepared it for him.
• Mo Hen assigned Tang San and Xiao Wu to clean the south garden for ten Copper Soul Coins a day and told Wang Sheng to explain the academy rules.
• When Xiao Wu lacked bedding, Ye Qiu put an arm around her shoulders and offered to take her to buy some.

Ye Qiu took Xiao Wu to buy bedding while Tang Hao secretly decided to claim her spirit ring and spirit bone for Tang San. By sunset, Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu returned to the dormitory with their new bedding, and Tang Hao’s plan still depended on keeping Xiao Wu under his watch.

• Ye Qiu headed to town to buy bedding, and Xiao Wu followed him while asking for another lollipop.
• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Wu as they walked, and his Spider Sense indicated that he had left Tang Hao’s gaze.
• Tang Hao watched Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu, decided he could use their relationship to scheme against them, and resolved to reserve Xiao Wu’s spirit ring and spirit bone for Tang San.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu returned to the dormitory at sunset carrying mattresses and a quilt, with Xiao Wu sore and sporting a dark circle around her eye.

Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu argued over the chaos at a grilled rabbit stall and the injuries they suffered while buying bedding. In an alley, Ye Qiu teased Xiao Wu about acting like a rabbit, leaving her frightened that he had guessed her secret.

• Xiao Wu complained that Ye Qiu had elbowed her and thrown her over his shoulder, while Ye Qiu said he had only pulled her away from the hot coals and blamed the elbows on a bystander.
• Ye Qiu said Xiao Wu had ruined their chance to buy two quilts, but Xiao Wu insisted they could share the one they had.
• Ye Qiu reminded Xiao Wu of her promise to let him wrap her in the bedding, and she put the quilt down before warning him not to call her a rabbit.
• Ye Qiu circled Xiao Wu and pointed out that her Spirit and behavior were rabbit-like, then leaned close and said she even smelled like a little rabbit.
• Xiao Wu panicked and denied being a rabbit when Ye Qiu called her a little white rabbit.

Ye Qiu enveloped Xiao Wu with Venom, giving her enhanced strength as their Soul Powers merged. Their consciousnesses and memories began to mingle, and the chapter ended with Ye Qiu sensing panic from Xiao Wu.

• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Wu into agreeing to let him envelop her in exchange for two carrot-flavored lollipops.
• Ye Qiu transformed into Venom and pulled Xiao Wu into his body, wrapping her in a suit tailored to her petite frame.
• As their Soul Powers merged, Venom's white markings turned pink and Xiao Wu felt her strength increase.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu began sharing memories, and Xiao Wu saw scenes from after Ye Qiu awakened his martial soul.
• Ye Qiu recognized memories of the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python before sensing a surge of panic coming from Xiao Wu.

Ye Qiu frightened Xiao Wu when his Venom-like martial soul possessed her and their minds connected, revealing her secret. After she panicked and begged him not to expose her, their renewed connection let her feel his sincerity, and they began testing his power together.

• Xiao Wu panicked as Ye Qiu's black substance covered her, and Ye Qiu urged her to quiet down so others would not discover her identity.
• Ye Qiu reassured Xiao Wu that he would not tell anyone, then persuaded her to let him connect with her again.
• Ye Qiu used tentacles to wipe Xiao Wu's tears and nose with his handkerchief before attempting the connection again.
• Xiao Wu sensed Ye Qiu's memories and sincere intent not to expose or harm her, and she thanked him.
• Ye Qiu asked Xiao Wu to cooperate while he tested the power of their black, pink-streaked clothing.

Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu tested their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which let them share control, senses, memories, and Soul Power, before Ye Qiu healed Xiao Wu’s injuries. As they returned to the academy, Ye Qiu asked Xiao Wu to cultivate with him, and their teasing continued while he went to buy ointment for her eyes.

• Xiao Wu and Ye Qiu tested their fused body’s strength and agility, but Ye Qiu’s distraction made Xiao Wu fall before she caught herself with spider silk.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu argued while sharing one body, then Ye Qiu used Venom’s healing ability to treat her injuries, exhausting himself.
• Ye Qiu reflected on how his Martial Soul could connect minds, memories, senses, and Soul Power, and Xiao Wu agreed to cultivate with him.
• Xiao Wu asked Ye Qiu for the lollipop he had promised, and he teased her by saying he would give it to her if she behaved.
• Ye Qiu offered to buy ointment and rub it on Xiao Wu’s dark circles, then went to a stall while she watched him leave with relief.

Ye Qiu took Xiao Wu back to Notting Academy and used a rabbit-meat scare to make her accept a lollipop and bury the roasted rabbit meat. Before they reached the Seventh Dorm, he warned her to stay away from Tang San, and Xiao Wu agreed before Ye Qiu stole her candy.

• Ye Qiu put away the roasted rabbit meat after Xiao Wu protested that he was about to eat it, then urged her into the academy.
• Ye Qiu pretended to make Xiao Wu open her mouth for a bone, but gave her a carrot-flavored lollipop instead.
• Ye Qiu told Xiao Wu to bury the rabbit meat, and she did so before returning to carry their things.
• Ye Qiu reminded Xiao Wu to stay away from Tang San and threatened to stop caring for her if she did not obey.
• Xiao Wu agreed, but Ye Qiu stole her lollipop as he headed toward the Seventh Dorm.