Chapter Summaries

Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu returned to the Seventh Dorm and pushed their beds together so they could share his quilt. After they settled in for the night, Xiao Wu woke the next morning sprawled on top of Ye Qiu.

• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu returned to the Seventh Dorm, where Ye Qiu made his bed and Xiao Wu pushed her bed beside his.
• Xiao Wu and Ye Qiu decided to share his large quilt because she had no bedding of her own.
• Ye Qiu gave Xiao Wu ointment for her injuries, then went to the bathhouse while she stayed in the dorm.
• After bathing, Xiao Wu asked Ye Qiu about pillows, and he told her they would buy some after earning money as Soul Masters.
• Xiao Wu and Ye Qiu went to sleep beneath the shared quilt, and Xiao Wu woke the next morning lying on top of him.

Ye Qiu dealt with Xiao Wu’s nighttime antics, then joined her and Tang San for the academy’s opening ceremony. Back at the dorm, the exhausted and hungry students considered going to the cafeteria, while Xiao Wu turned to Ye Qiu for help because she had no money.

• Xiao Wu woke Ye Qiu during the night, and he scolded her before getting up; she realized she had rolled into his bed and folded the blanket.
• Ye Qiu thought about obtaining Tang San’s memories but dreaded getting intimate with him and provoking his powerful father.
• Ye Qiu offered Xiao Wu a bitter gourd-flavored lollipop meant for Tang San, and Tang San backed Ye Qiu’s claim that it helped reduce internal heat.
• Ye Qiu, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the other dorm students attended the long opening ceremony and returned exhausted.
• Wang Sheng suggested that the hungry students buy cheap cafeteria meals, and Xiao Wu looked to Ye Qiu for help because she had no coins.

Ye Qiu, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Wang Sheng went to the Notting Academy cafeteria, where noble students mocked the work-study students and a fight broke out. Yu Xiaogang stopped the confrontation and warned them that fighting could get them expelled.

• Ye Qiu agreed to go to the cafeteria with Xiao Wu, and Wang Sheng invited Tang San along and explained the Soul Master subsidy.
• At the cafeteria, Xiao Wu wanted to eat upstairs, but Ye Qiu refused to pay for it and the group decided to eat on the first floor.
• Ling Feng and the other noble students insulted the work-study students, and Xiao Wu rushed to attack Ling Feng.
• Ye Qiu caught the other boy's Martial Staff, then Tang San and Ye Qiu knocked him down while Xiao Wu broke through Ling Feng's shield and struck him.
• Wang Sheng grabbed Ling Feng, but Yu Xiaogang arrived, stopped him, and warned the students that another fight could get them expelled.

After Yu Xiaogang intervened in a cafeteria confrontation, Tang San defended his teacher and later followed him for a private talk. Ye Qiu arranged to obtain a spirit ring and noticed Tang San had returned with a storage soul tool, while Xiao Wu blushed at Ye Qiu’s compliment.

• Xiao Wu cursed Yu Xiaogang for ignoring the fight, but Tang San refused Yu Xiaogang’s invitation to eat with him and chose to stay with his roommates.
• Wang Sheng warned Tang San that Yu Xiaogang was a freeloader with a poor reputation, and Tang San angrily defended his teacher before leaving the cafeteria.
• Ye Qiu told Xiao Wu that Tang San was angry because she had insulted his dad, then pinched her cheek while she protested.
• Tang San ate dry rations, waited for Yu Xiaogang, and followed him after Yu Xiaogang gave him a chicken leg.
• Ye Qiu asked Director Su to help him obtain a spirit ring, and Director Su agreed.
• Tang San returned late wearing the Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night, and Ye Qiu called Xiao Wu pretty, making her blush.

Ye Qiu returned to Notting Academy after absorbing a soul ring from a Formless Slug, gaining a new skill and joining Spirit Hall as an unaffiliated member. After Xiao Wu came back from her confrontation with Xiao Chenyu, Ye Qiu teased her in the dormitory and kissed her, leaving her shocked.

• Ye Qiu absorbed a Formless Slug soul ring and became a level-twelve Battle Spirit Master with a new soul skill.
• Ye Qiu completed his Spirit Master appraisal, joined Spirit Hall as an unaffiliated member, and returned to Seventh Dorm.
• Ye Qiu went to sleep while Xiao Wu and the other students were away dealing with Xiao Chenyu and his group.
• Xiao Wu returned and bragged that she was now Sister Xiao Wu of the academy, while Ye Qiu teased her about crossing the boundary between their beds.
• Ye Qiu reminded Xiao Wu of her promise, held her hands, and kissed her briefly, leaving her stunned before she screamed.

After kissing Xiao Wu, Ye Qiu agreed to her challenge and led her outside the Seventh Dorm to test his spirit skill. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu agreeing to let his martial spirit attach to her in exchange for five lollipops.

• Xiao Wu blushed and avoided Ye Qiu after he kissed her, while Wang Sheng mistakenly thought she was simply tired.
• That night, Xiao Wu asked Ye Qiu why he had kissed her, and he teased her before she challenged him to a fight.
• Ye Qiu accepted the challenge, and Tang San watched the pair leave the dormitory with curiosity.
• Outside the Seventh Dorm, Ye Qiu asked Xiao Wu to let his martial spirit attach to her body so he could test it.
• Xiao Wu agreed to help after Ye Qiu promised her five lollipops.

Ye Qiu discovered that his first soul skill, All Things in Nature, let him mimic other people’s Martial Souls and replicate their soul skills, with strict limits. After Xiao Wu helped him awaken it, they bickered over the things she had taken from him, and Ye Qiu was left considering which powerful people to mimic.

• Xiao Wu touched Ye Qiu’s Martial Soul, allowing Venom to cover her and link their consciousnesses as she underwent Martial Soul Possession.
• Ye Qiu’s Martial Soul transformed into a tiny rabbit, then returned to a tadpole after imprinting Xiao Wu’s Martial Soul.
• Ye Qiu realized his first soul skill, All Things in Nature, let him mimic one Martial Soul per soul ring and replicate its soul skills, though the target had to consent and he could only use skills up to his own soul-ring count.
• Ye Qiu considered Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue as promising targets because they were certain to become gods.
• Xiao Wu asked why she felt she had lost something, and Ye Qiu teased her about taking his things before they argued over how many grass-flavored ones she still owed him.

Ye Qiu used his new soul skill to imitate Xiao Wu’s Soft Skill and defeat her in a sparring match. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu on the ground, sore and crying after Ye Qiu dropped her.

• Xiao Wu agreed to fight Ye Qiu for three carrot-flavored lollipops, asking him not to hit her eyes or butt.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu activated their soul rings and exchanged kicks, with Ye Qiu matching her Soft Skill moves.
• Xiao Wu attacked Ye Qiu from behind with her braid and prepared to use her Waist Bow, but Ye Qiu restrained her with black tendrils.
• Ye Qiu used Waist Bow himself, flinging Xiao Wu into the air before catching her in a bridal carry.
• Xiao Wu asked Ye Qiu to put her down, and he released her, leaving her on the ground clutching her sore butt.

Ye Qiu carried Xiao Wu back to the Seventh Dorm after their sparring match and used his memory-sharing ability to explain how he knew her skills. As Xiao Wu went to wash, Ye Qiu considered his plans at Notting Academy, including the immortal herbs and how to deal with Tang Hao and Tang San.

• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Wu while carrying her, then promised not to kiss or bully her again.
• Xiao Wu learned about Ye Qiu's ability to share memories and reluctantly agreed to cooperate so he could copy her soul skills.
• Ye Qiu carried Xiao Wu into the Seventh Dorm and told Tang San she had fallen during their sparring match.
• Xiao Wu argued with Ye Qiu about the bed and blanket, then left the dorm with a change of clothes to wash.
• Ye Qiu considered his plans for the next few years at Notting Academy, and then noticed Tang San approaching him.

Tang San gave Ye Qiu Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power cultivation book, but Ye Qiu found its method unimpressive and decided to cultivate with Xiao Wu instead. Xiao Wu agreed to work with him after he explained that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could help them both, and she accepted his lollipops as a reward.

• Tang San gave Ye Qiu Yu Xiaogang’s book on Soul Power cultivation and encouraged him to consider studying under the teacher.
• Ye Qiu memorized the book’s cultivation route, tried it, and judged it inferior to the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Xiao Wu returned to the dorm, dismissed the book as too difficult, and asked why Ye Qiu was staring at her.
• Ye Qiu took Xiao Wu’s hand and proposed that they cultivate together using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to improve their cultivation.
• Xiao Wu agreed, scolded Ye Qiu for his embarrassing thoughts, and accepted the three lollipops he offered.

After a year at Notting Academy, Ye Qiu, Xiao Wu, and Tang San prepared for the holiday as Wang Sheng departed for an intermediate academy. Xiao Wu decided not to return to her own home and arranged to travel with Tang San, while she also told Ye Qiu she would be going home with him.

• Wang Sheng graduated from Notting Academy and said goodbye to Ye Qiu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu before leaving for an intermediate academy entrance examination.
• Tang San asked Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu whether they were going home for the holiday, and Xiao Wu said she might stay at the academy.
• Xiao Wu changed her mind and asked to visit Tang San's home, insisting he could afford to host her despite his warnings about his father's temper.
• Tang San agreed to travel with Xiao Wu the next morning and left Seventh Dorm to say farewell to Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu went to Ye Qiu's bedside and told him to pack because she was going home with him.

Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu bickered while preparing to leave, with Xiao Wu packing Ye Qiu’s belongings in exchange for candy. Their argument escalated into a fight that ended with Ye Qiu restraining Xiao Wu in spiderwebs, then giving her candy and freeing her.

• Xiao Wu asked whether Ye Qiu would go home with her or Tang San, and Ye Qiu said he would be unhappy if she chose Tang San.
• Ye Qiu promised Xiao Wu carrot-flavored candy to pack his belongings, then tried to pay her by waiving two of the Silver Spirit Coins she owed him.
• Xiao Wu demanded a bite of candy and became furious when Ye Qiu gave her candy he had already eaten.
• Xiao Wu challenged Ye Qiu to a duel, but he defeated her and bound her to the wall with spiderwebs.
• Ye Qiu offered Xiao Wu candy, dissolved the spiderwebs, and freed her.

Ye Qiu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu bickered at Notting Academy before setting out together the next morning. Xiao Wu grew tired after skipping along for two hours and asked Ye Qiu to turn his martial soul into an umbrella.

• Tang San returned to find Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu arguing, and he urged Ye Qiu to go easier on her.
• Xiao Wu blushed and hid beneath her blanket after imagining a way to make Ye Qiu carry her, then asked him to bring her carrots and gave her another lollipop.
• Ye Qiu went to the cafeteria with Tang San, while Xiao Wu stayed behind and savored her candy.
• The next morning, Ye Qiu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Notting Academy, and Xiao Wu happily tugged at Ye Qiu's bag as they walked.
• After two hours under the hot sun, Xiao Wu grew tired and asked Ye Qiu to turn his martial soul into an umbrella.

Ye Qiu, Xiao Wu, and Tang San arrived at Holy Soul Village, where Tang San discovered his father had left him a note and disappeared. Ye Qiu went with Old Jack, leaving Tang San to clean the house, while Xiao Wu wondered why Ye Qiu was wary of him.

• Ye Qiu made a shade umbrella as Xiao Wu clung to his arm, and Tang San declined to join them beneath it.
• As they neared Holy Soul Village, Xiao Wu took a carrot-flavored lollipop from Ye Qiu's pocket and asked Tang San how much farther they had to go.
• Tang San reached his home expecting to see Tang Hao, but found Old Jack there with a note explaining that Tang Hao had left.
• Old Jack invited Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu to his home, while Tang San folded the note and began cleaning the messy house.
• Ye Qiu left with Old Jack, and Xiao Wu looked back at Tang San, wondering why Ye Qiu was so wary of him.

Ye Qiu brought Xiao Wu to his small home, where they cleaned the rooms together and she learned that he still wanted her to keep her distance from Tang San. Later, Ye Qiu delivered lunch to Tang San, who was reminded of his father's letter and watched Ye Qiu leave.

• Ye Qiu gave Old Jack more than half his savings and walked home with Xiao Wu, who asked why he wanted her to stay away from Tang San.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu returned to his wooden house, where he told her she could use his cleaning supplies and she asked him not to call her rabbit.
• Xiao Wu soaked Ye Qiu's bed while trying to clean it, so he told her to get down and take a bath while he finished the work.
• Ye Qiu brought lunchboxes from Old Jack to Tang San's blacksmith shop and joked that Tang San's meal was hot shit.
• Tang San thanked Ye Qiu and asked where Xiao Wu was before Ye Qiu returned home.

Ye Qiu returned to the cabin with rabbit dishes, upsetting Xiao Wu, who refused to eat them and tried to compensate him with a kiss. After he rejected her, Xiao Wu asked whether he would ever abandon her.

• Ye Qiu brought lunch boxes to the cabin and told Xiao Wu he had taken food to Tang San.
• Xiao Wu found rabbit meat in the lunch boxes and pleaded with Ye Qiu not to waste it, so he set the meat aside for himself.
• Xiao Wu tried to compensate Ye Qiu with a kiss, but he pushed her away, leaving her embarrassed and worried he found her disgusting.
• Xiao Wu ate a carrot while Ye Qiu washed the lunch boxes and returned, then asked him if he would ever abandon her.

Ye Qiu teased Xiao Wu before joining her and Tang San on a hillside, where Tang San showed them his Silent Sleeve Arrows. As Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu headed home, Ye Qiu secretly inspected the weapon and considered how to exploit its weaknesses, while the conflict between him and Tang San’s family remained unresolved.

• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Wu about whether she would grow up pretty, then left her lollipops and took the rabbit meat to Old Jack.
• Tang San invited Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu to the hillside, where he gave each of them a Silent Sleeve Arrow after demonstrating the weapons.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu left Tang San, and Tang San watched them bicker as Xiao Wu hurried after Ye Qiu.
• Ye Qiu collected dinner from Old Jack, and Xiao Wu checked that it contained no rabbit meat.
• As Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu walked home together, Ye Qiu secretly examined the Silent Sleeve Arrow and thought about its vulnerabilities and his conflict with Tang San’s family.

Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu shared an awkward night at his home before returning to Notting Academy, where she later announced her breakthrough to Soul Elder. The chapter revealed that Ye Qiu had secretly used his Little Black Worm soul skill on Tang San to obtain his cultivation techniques, while keeping the truth from Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu crept beneath Ye Qiu's small blanket and ended up sleeping on top of him, while he carefully moved her aside the next morning.
• After the holiday, Ye Qiu, Xiao Wu, and Tang San returned to Notting Academy and resumed their studies in the Seventh Dorm.
• Xiao Wu returned excitedly and announced that she had become a Soul Elder, showing Ye Qiu a pouch containing a hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Qiu teased Xiao Wu about her new strength and warned her not to put her shoes on his bed.
• The narration revealed that Ye Qiu's Little Black Worm had parasitized Tang San, letting Ye Qiu obtain the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eyes, Mystic Jade Hand, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track without Xiao Wu knowing.

Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu went to lunch, where they met Tang San and discussed Xiao Wu’s new third soul ring. After returning to the Seventh Dorm, Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu fused their powers and began cultivating together.

• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu headed to the cafeteria, where they ran into Tang San carrying a meal for Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that she had smoothly obtained her third soul ring and become a Soul Elder, while Tang San said he would keep working hard.
• Tang San left after seeing Xiao Wu hold Ye Qiu’s hand, and Ye Qiu reflected that he and Tang San were destined to become enemies over Xiao Wu.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu walked around the academy before returning to the Seventh Dorm to cultivate.
• Ye Qiu and Xiao Wu fused their powers, linked their spiritual and Soul Power, and began cultivating as Ye Qiu copied Xiao Wu’s Teleportation skill.

Ye Qiu told Xiao Wu he would spend the vacation traveling to Sunset Forest rather than returning to Holy Soul Village, and refused to take her along. Xiao Wu pleaded to join him, but Ye Qiu planned to leave her safely in the village with Tang San for two months.

• A month passed, and Ye Qiu reached level thirty-two as vacation began at Notting Academy.
• Xiao Wu packed Ye Qiu’s belongings and asked him to make Blue Silver Grass cakes when they returned home, but Ye Qiu revealed he was not going home.
• Ye Qiu said he planned to travel and refused Xiao Wu’s eager request to accompany him.
• Xiao Wu anxiously pleaded to go, promising to behave and help him, while Ye Qiu reassured her he would return when school started.