Chapter Summaries

The Cosmic Will prepared to create an emotionless avatar to save her dying universe, but a mysterious traveler persuaded her to let the child keep his humanity. The baby was found in the wilderness by an old couple, who took him to their village and discovered his name was Tang Chenfeng.

• The Cosmic Will began forming a powerful avatar from starlight and planned to strip him of emotions and desires.
• A mysterious traveler appeared, warned that depriving the child of humanity would undermine her goal, and demonstrated power over the universe's stars.
• The Cosmic Will decided the child would retain his emotions and live among humans, then gave him a name.
• An old man and an old woman followed a baby's cries into the forest and found Tang Chenfeng abandoned beside a dark blue stone bearing his name.
• The old couple took Tang Chenfeng with them to the village.

Six-year-old Tang Chenfeng looked forward to awakening his Martial Soul while supporting Ye Hongling’s dream of living in Sky City. After promising to take her to the sky someday, they headed toward the day’s awakening ceremony.

• Tang Chenfeng woke from his recurring dream when Ye Hongling jumped on him and reminded him that they would awaken their Martial Souls that day.
• Tang Chenfeng hurried to help Village Chief Ye and Grandma Ling, who discussed his bond with Ye Hongling and hoped the children might become powerful Soul Masters.
• Tang Chenfeng finished his work early, then met Ye Hongling, who had brought him breakfast after he left without eating.
• Ye Hongling admitted she worried they might not qualify to live in Sky City, and Tang Chenfeng promised he would take her there someday.

Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling attended their Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, where Haofan explained the history of Sky City and demonstrated how awakenings worked. After several children showed no Soul Power, Ye Hongling stepped forward to face her own test, with Tang Chenfeng still waiting.

• Haofan led seven children, including Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling, into the Awakening Room and introduced himself as a rank thirty-three Battle Soul Venerable.
• A projection and ancient voice recounted how Sky City was built, and Haofan explained that children with Soul Power could qualify to enter by breaking through level twenty before adulthood.
• Haofan demonstrated Spirit Souls and began awakening the children; the first boy manifested a dagger but tested with zero Soul Power.
• Four more children awakened ordinary-looking Martial Souls, but none had Soul Power, worrying Haofan about the town's future.
• When Ye Hongling hesitated to take her turn, Tang Chenfeng encouraged her, and she stepped onto the Awakening platform.

Ye Hongling awakened the Tree of Life, an Ultimate Martial Soul, with Innate Full Soul Power and Spiritual Power near the Spirit Sea Realm. Tang Chenfeng then awakened a Body Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, while his Spiritual Power overloaded the tester, leaving Haofan to suspect he had a Three Lives Martial Soul.

• Ye Hongling awakened the Tree of Life Martial Soul, tested at level ten Soul Power, and recorded 491 Spiritual Power.
• Haofan praised Ye Hongling's talent, and she encouraged Tang Chenfeng before his awakening began.
• Tang Chenfeng suffered a painful awakening and entered a dark inner world, where he caught a cracked crystal sphere that burst into a star-filled space.
• A blurry woman appeared in the starry space, told Tang Chenfeng to keep the experience secret, and sent him back to consciousness.
• Tang Chenfeng awakened a Body Martial Soul, tested at level ten Soul Power, and caused the Spiritual Power Tester to explode at its maximum reading of 9,999.
• Haofan concluded that Tang Chenfeng might have a Three Lives Martial Soul, with his brain as an additional Body Martial Soul.

After awakening, Tang Chenfeng learned that he and Ye Hongling were both exceptionally gifted and would begin soul cultivation under Village Chief Ye. On the way home, he heard a mysterious voice urge him to reclaim the Jade Stone tied to his origins, but he kept the voice secret and found comfort in Ye Hongling’s reassurance.

• Tang Chenfeng described seeing elemental energy, and Haofan concluded that his Spiritual Power was exceptionally high and that he might possess two martial souls.
• Haofan told Village Chief Ye that Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling were geniuses and promised to seek academy places for both; Village Chief Ye agreed to begin teaching them cultivation.
• Village Chief Ye told Tang Chenfeng that a Jade Stone bearing his name had been found with him as a baby and would be returned to him.
• A mysterious voice urged Tang Chenfeng to take back the Jade Stone, but he decided not to tell anyone about it.
• Ye Hongling comforted Tang Chenfeng about his unknown parents, and the two shared a high-five after he crouched to reach her.

Tang Chenfeng opened the box containing his parents’ Jade Stone, which transformed into a glowing Treasure Orb that Village Chief Ye advised him to keep. After a lavish dinner, Village Chief Ye and Grandma Ling announced that Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling would begin hellish training the next day, leaving the children to prolong their last easy feast.

• Village Chief Ye told Grandma Ling about the day’s events, and she prepared a lavish dinner to reward Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling.
• Village Chief Ye found the wooden box containing the Jade Stone and gave it to Tang Chenfeng to open.
• The Jade Stone transformed into a blue Treasure Orb as Tang Chenfeng watched, and Village Chief Ye told him to keep the inherited treasure safe.
• Tang Chenfeng ate most of the feast in a few minutes, while Ye Hongling urged him to leave her some food.
• Village Chief Ye and Grandma Ling revealed that the children would start hellish training the next day, prompting Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling to reach for more food.

Tang Chenfeng met Bai Xing, his mother’s Spiritual Sense Clone, inside his Sea of Consciousness and learned that he carried a mission tied to the world’s future. Bai Xing promised to teach him to strengthen his powers and revealed that his unusual cultivation had already given him a Soul Ring, though future advancement would require enormous energy.

• Unable to sleep, Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling eventually fell asleep before their expected harsh training.
• Tang Chenfeng awoke in his Sea of Stars and met the mysterious Light and Shadow, who introduced herself as Bai Xing, his mother’s Spiritual Sense Clone.
• Tang Chenfeng asked about his mother and why she had left him in the Sunset Great Forest, and Bai Xing comforted him and affirmed that his mother loved him.
• Bai Xing explained that Tang Chenfeng had a mission concerning the world’s future and would learn more after reaching the Origin Land among the stars.
• Bai Xing told Tang Chenfeng that he already possessed a Soul Ring and could gain another at each ten-level stage, but advancing beyond level twenty would require enormous energy.

Tang Chenfeng learned from Bai Xing about his cultivation limits, innate Luck Domain, divine heritage, and extraordinary Martial Soul, then began training his Spiritual Power in his spiritual world. He woke to Ye Hongling’s flying kick and hurried to join the village’s grueling training.

• Bai Xing gave Tang Chenfeng Starshine, explaining that it could sustain his growth to level one hundred but that breakthroughs still required opportunities.
• Bai Xing explained the Spiritual Power ranks, revealed that Tang Chenfeng had an innate Luck Domain and late-stage Divine Origin Realm Spiritual Power, and warned him to keep the domain secret.
• Bai Xing revealed that she was a god and that Tang Chenfeng was her child, then began teaching him to cultivate and use his Spiritual Power.
• Bai Xing told Tang Chenfeng that his Martial Soul was his entire body, with every cell belonging to it, and his cultivation session ended when Ye Hongling called him awake.
• Ye Hongling woke Tang Chenfeng with a flying kick, and he hurried through breakfast with her before meeting Village Chief Ye for training.

Village Chief Ye began Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling’s training with meditation, and the children found a place beneath an ancient tree where Spiritual Energy gathered around them. After Ye Hongling woke from a two-day meditation, Tang Chenfeng continued cultivating in the Spiritual World, learning to use his Divine Sense from Bai Xing.

• Village Chief Ye ordered Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling to meditate for at least forty minutes and warned that training would begin without them if they arrived late.
• Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling meditated beneath an ancient tree, where Spiritual Energy and Life Energy gathered densely around them.
• Village Chief Ye found the children in deep meditation and stayed nearby to guard them.
• After two days, Ye Hongling woke and saw that Tang Chenfeng was still meditating, while the Tree of Life Martial Soul appeared behind her.
• In the Spiritual World, Bai Xing taught Tang Chenfeng how to improve and use his Divine Sense, warning him not to unleash it on ordinary people.

After Tang Chenfeng completed his five-day meditation, Village Chief Ye and Grandma Ling welcomed him without suspicion, and he felt the warmth of family. The next morning, Village Chief Ye began a revised training plan that paired physical exercise with Spirit Domain cultivation.

• Bai Xing guided Tang Chenfeng's Divine Sense, and a silver phantom with a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring appeared as he awoke from meditation.
• Village Chief Ye and Grandma Ling reassured Tang Chenfeng that they trusted him as family, and Ye Hongling walked him home.
• Bai Xing spoke through Starshine and told Tang Chenfeng to work hard, then he joined his family for a meal.
• Village Chief Ye assigned Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling morning physical training and afternoon cultivation using Tang Chenfeng's Spirit Domain.
• After they ran a lap around Tianhun Town, Village Chief Ye sealed their Soul Power and ordered them to run another lap without it.

Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling trained for a month before Haofan told them they could attend a Soul Master Academy as Work-Study Students. With money tight and Ye Hongling needing a Soul Ring, Village Chief Ye prepared to take her to Sunset Great Forest, but Tang Chenfeng insisted on going too.

• Village Chief Ye made Tang Chenfeng run six extra laps and set him five times Ye Hongling's training workload, while both children advanced through their daily training over the next month.
• Haofan visited Village Chief Ye and explained that the two children could attend a Soul Master Academy using Work-Study Student slots instead of one special admission slot.
• Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling accepted the slots, while Village Chief Ye worried about covering their food and clothing costs.
• That night, two adults discussed a dangerous plan and arranged for an old friend to help Tang Chenfeng.
• Village Chief Ye told Ye Hongling he would take her to Sunset Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring because the family could only afford a Ten-Year Soul Spirit.
• Tang Chenfeng asked Village Chief Ye to take him along to the forest.

Tang Chenfeng challenged Village Chief Ye to a sparring match to prove he could join the trip to Sunset Great Forest. He defeated Village Chief Ye with powerful punches and his ability to anticipate attacks, winning the match and leaving his request to accompany the group supported by his strength.

• Village Chief Ye refused Tang Chenfeng's proposal, citing the dangers of Sunset Great Forest and the difficulty of protecting both Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling.
• Tang Chenfeng challenged Village Chief Ye to combat, and Village Chief Ye created a temporary arena and agreed to let him attack first.
• Tang Chenfeng's two punches drove Village Chief Ye to the arena's edge, surprising him with strength far beyond what he expected from a One-Ring Soul Master.
• Village Chief Ye attacked with Wood Vine Entanglement and Wood Spirit Thorn Array, but Tang Chenfeng dodged by anticipating where the attacks would strike.
• Tang Chenfeng leaped over Village Chief Ye's combined attacks, used a thorn as a springboard, and shattered the defensive array with a punch.
• Tang Chenfeng struck Village Chief Ye with a mental attack that made him stagger outside the arena, giving Tang Chenfeng the victory.

Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling set out with Village Chief Ye toward the Sunset Great Forest to find Ye Hongling a Soul Ring. At the forest gate, the soldiers discovered that Village Chief Ye, whose real name was Ye Jiulong, was an Ultimate Soul Master.

• Tang Chenfeng defeated Village Chief Ye, who acknowledged his hidden spiritual attack and prepared to take the children on a journey.
• Village Chief Ye gave Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling two Soul Tool Storage Bracelets that he and Grandma Ling had once used as proposal gifts.
• The three packed supplies and traveled west to the Sunset Great Forest, where Village Chief Ye warned the children against relying on temporary hunting teams.
• Tang Chenfeng admired the mechs guarding the forest, and Ye Hongling promised she would build one for him someday.
• At the forest gate, Village Chief Ye showed a soldier his official information, and the soldier recognized him as an Ultimate Soul Master.

Ye Hongling, Tang Chenfeng, and Village Chief Ye entered the Sunset Great Forest to find a suitable Soul Beast for Ye Hongling, whose unusual affinity made the surrounding plants respond to her. After Village Chief Ye defeated four Wood Wolves at their campsite, he warned that a fifth was behind them.

• Village Chief Ye secured permission for himself, Ye Hongling, and Tang Chenfeng to enter the Sunset Great Forest and warned the children to stay close.
• Ye Hongling released her Tree of Life Martial Soul, causing nearby plants to stir with excitement and revealing her special affinity for nature and life force.
• Deep in the forest, a blue-gold figure discussed the Tree Ancestor's choice of Ye Hongling as the next inheritor of the Heart of Life and said it would bring her there.
• Village Chief Ye and the children searched for a suitable Soul Beast for Ye Hongling, but found no compatible candidate before making camp at night.
• A pack of Wood Wolves approached the campsite, and Village Chief Ye trapped and killed four with vines and his Wood Spirit Thorn Array.
• Village Chief Ye sensed a fifth Wood Wolf behind the children and warned Ye Hongling to watch her back.

Tang Chenfeng discovered that Starshine absorbed a Wood Wolf’s Soul Ring, then he, Ye Hongling, and Village Chief Ye faced a massive Ten Thousand Year Wood Wolf in the forest. The Wood Wolf circled them without attacking, its eyes showing confusion.

• Tang Chenfeng saved Ye Hongling from a Wood Wolf and killed it, while she healed his injured arm.
• Village Chief Ye explained how Soul Rings worked and described ways a Soul Beast could willingly grant power.
• Tang Chenfeng’s Starshine absorbed a dissipating Ten-Year Soul Ring, slightly increasing his strength.
• The three finished dinner, cleared the Wood Wolves’ corpses, and took turns keeping watch overnight.
• Village Chief Ye sensed a huge Soul Beast approaching and gathered Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling close to him.
• A massive Ten Thousand Year Wood Wolf arrived, and Village Chief Ye prepared to hold it back while Tang Chenfeng fled with Ye Hongling.

Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling faced a deadly Wood Wolf after Village Chief Ye was dragged underground. Just as the injured pair were about to be overwhelmed, two wooden dragons burst from the earth and attacked the wolf.

• The Wood Wolf charged at Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling, but a giant wooden dragon erupted from underground and seized it while Village Chief Ye was attacked and dragged below the ground.
• Tang Chenfeng carried Ye Hongling away as the Wood Wolf broke free and pursued them.
• Tang Chenfeng faced the Wood Wolf and struck it with a Divine Sense attack, injuring both himself and the beast before it knocked him down.
• Ye Hongling healed Tang Chenfeng, but the enraged Wood Wolf rose and prepared to attack them with wooden spikes.
• Two wooden dragons burst from the ground and charged the Wood Wolf as one of its spikes flew toward Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling.

Ye Jiulong rescued Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling from the Wood Wolf, then fought the wolf and its Rock Wolf mate with his Titled Douluo strength. As the wolves abruptly focused on Ye Jiulong, the blue-gold humanoid sent Silver Feather to bring the inheritor back.

• Ye Jiulong stopped the Wood Wolf from killing Tang Chenfeng and revealed himself as the village chief, while Ye Hongling learned he was her grandfather.
• A Rock Wolf emerged from the ground to rescue the Wood Wolf, and both wolves unleashed hidden strength and attacked Ye Jiulong, Tang Chenfeng, and Ye Hongling.
• Ye Jiulong revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and used his Domains to neutralize the wolves' attacks.
• Ye Jiulong sent Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling away on a Wood Dragon, then stayed behind to hold off both wolves.
• Blue-gold leaves reached the wolves, which stopped attacking before suddenly joining forces against Ye Jiulong.
• The blue-gold humanoid blamed Earth Spirit and Wood Spirit for the trouble and sent Silver Feather to retrieve the inheritor.

Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling were attacked by a Silver Armored Giant Eagle while fleeing on Ye Jiulong’s Wood Dragon. The eagle abducted Ye Hongling, and Tang Chenfeng chased after it in a desperate attempt to bring her back.

• Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling rode Ye Jiulong’s Wood Dragon toward the forest exit while Ye Jiulong held off two wolves.
• A Silver Feathered Falcon attacked them with sharp feathers, then transformed into a Silver Armored Giant Eagle and trapped them in a windstorm.
• The eagle severed the Wood Dragon’s head and battered its body while Ye Jiulong struggled to help from afar.
• Tang Chenfeng tried to defend Ye Hongling, but the eagle broke through the dragon and seized her in its claws.
• Tang Chenfeng summoned his Martial Soul and sprinted after the eagle, determined to rescue Ye Hongling.

Tang Chenfeng pursued the Silver Armored Giant Eagle while Ye Jiulong fought the wolves, and Ye Hongling was brought to the Blue-Gold Tree to receive its inheritance. The chapter ended with Tang Chenfeng reaching the tree and being discovered by the Mysterious Person.

• Tang Chenfeng chased the Silver Armored Giant Eagle toward the heart of the forest as Ye Jiulong activated his Martial Soul Avatar and trapped the Wood Wolves and Rock Wolves in his domains.
• The Silver Armored Giant Eagle delivered Ye Hongling beneath the Blue-Gold Tree, where the Mysterious Person used two leaves to reassure her that her family was safe.
• Ye Hongling met the ancient voice within her Sea of Consciousness and agreed to accept its inheritance.
• A blue-gold leaf transformed into a Soul Ring, while another merged into Ye Hongling's arm as her Tree of Life Martial Soul became more solid.
• After Ye Hongling underwent the transformation through the night, the Mysterious Person detected Tang Chenfeng hiding nearby and called him out.

Tang Chenfeng’s Starlight Stone reacted to the Blue-Gold Tree, causing him to absorb its Life Energy and alarm Blue Gold. After Bai Xing stopped the absorption to protect Ye Hongling’s inheritance, Blue Gold gave Tang Chenfeng five Life Fruits, leaving the group with major gains from their trip to the Sunset Great Forest.

• Tang Chenfeng revealed himself to the Mysterious Person, who refused to return his greeting or befriend a human.
• The Starlight Stone floated out, and Bai Xing’s voice made the Blue-Gold Tree’s Life Energy surge into Tang Chenfeng, frightening the Mysterious Person.
• The Mysterious Person warned that continued absorption could harm the planet and interrupt Ye Hongling’s inheritance, so Tang Chenfeng asked Bai Xing to stop.
• Bai Xing weakened the absorption and demanded five ten-thousand-year Life Fruits from Blue Gold as compensation.
• Blue Gold returned with five Life Fruits, while Tang Chenfeng checked that Ye Hongling was safe and still absorbing her Soul Ring.