Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Ye Wen hid his Twin Martial Souls and true Soul Power during his awakening in Holy Soul Village, then learned that his family had preserved a Soul Saint ancestor’s cultivation method and assets. After Ye Wen revealed his unusual storage-cloth Martial Soul, Ye Buyi recognized it as a mutation and approved of his grandson concealing his strength.

• Ye Wen went with his grandfather Ye Buyi to the village Spirit Hall for his Martial Soul awakening.
• Ye Wen manifested a black cloth Martial Soul and a second, hidden Martial Soul, then concealed the latter and suppressed his Soul Power so Su Zhenhua recorded him at Innate Soul Power Level Four.
• Ye Wen told Ye Buyi that he had awakened a cloth Martial Soul and had Soul Power, and Ye Buyi celebrated the survival of the Ye family’s inheritance.
• Ye Buyi showed Ye Wen a hidden compartment containing a Meditation Method, Gold Soul Coins, and a ring, explaining that the method had belonged to their Soul Saint ancestor.
• Ye Wen summoned his cloth Martial Soul, identified its storage ability, and watched Ye Buyi test it by making a cup disappear inside.
• Ye Buyi realized Ye Wen had more Soul Power than he had revealed, and Ye Wen admitted that he had deliberately held back his strength.

Ye Wen learned to cultivate and conceal his Martial Soul, then entered Nuoding Academy and took charge of Dormitory Three after defeating Chen Pi. He met Ah Yin, recognized the potential significance of her identity, and decided to change the world’s future, ending as he asked her to speak with him privately.

• Ye Buyi explained that Ye Wen’s spatial Martial Soul suggested Innate Soul Power of at least Level Five, taught him meditation, and warned him to conceal his abilities.
• Ye Wen cultivated for months, kept his Twin Martial Souls and unusual Soul Power progress secret, and received a storage ring and seven hundred Gold Soul Coins from Ye Buyi.
• At Nuoding Academy, Ye Wen defeated Chen Pi in a fight and became the boss of Dormitory Three.
• Ye Wen met Ah Yin and suspected she was the future protagonist’s mother after she introduced herself as a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul owner.
• Ye Wen urged the Work-Study Students to unite and cultivate, then asked Ah Yin to come outside so he could tell her something important.

Ye Wen warned Ah Yin about the dangers facing Work-Study Students, disguised her with a haircut, and taught her about the power structure of Douluo Continent. The chapter left Ah Yin relying on Ye Wen for protection and guidance as Dormitory Three grew into a force at Nuoding Academy.

• Ye Wen learned that Ah Yin had enrolled at Nuoding Academy through an orphanage Work-Study Student placement.
• Ye Wen frightened Ah Yin with warnings about noble students and kidnappers, then persuaded her to change her hairstyle.
• Ye Wen cut and curled Ah Yin's hair until she looked like a tomboy, and she grew closer to him.
• Ye Wen organized Dormitory Three into a group that deterred noble students from causing trouble.
• Ye Wen taught Ah Yin about Spirit Hall, the two empires, the Three Upper Sects, and other major powers on Douluo Continent.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin confronted the secret of Ah Yin’s identity as a 100,000-year Soul Beast and confessed their feelings for each other. Ah Yin found peace in Ye Wen’s acceptance, and the two pledged themselves to each other in private.

• Ah Yin bound Ye Wen with her Blue Silver Grass and asked why he was unsurprised that she had a Soul Ring.
• Ye Wen admitted he knew Ah Yin was a 100,000-year Soul Beast, and Ah Yin feared he had been waiting to claim her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Ye Wen told Ah Yin that she mattered more to him than her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and asked her to become his family.
• Ah Yin asked whether Ye Wen minded that she was a Soul Beast, and he embraced her and confessed that he liked her.
• Ye Wen revealed that he had Innate Full Soul Power, and he explained that Ah Yin would complete her transformation into a human upon reaching level sixty.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin clasped hands and privately pledged themselves to each other.

Ye Wen used his first year at Nuoding Academy to study the world and plan a cautious path as a scholar while preparing for his First Soul Ring. He built a powerful compound pulley crossbow and gave Ah Yin his Storage Soul Tool, leaving them equipped with new tools but still facing the dangers of their world.

• Ye Wen reflected on Spirit Hall discarding Ah Yin despite her Innate Full Soul Power and planned to hide his cultivation while researching medicine and Soul Masters.
• Ye Wen concluded that he and Ah Yin were too young to use his proposed Blue Silver Grass attack technique and began designing a compound pulley crossbow instead.
• Ye Wen commissioned the crossbow's parts from separate blacksmith shops and assembled them himself to keep its design secret.
• Ye Wen tested the crossbow, which pierced a thick tree from thirty meters away, and Ah Yin asked him for one.
• Ye Wen gave Ah Yin his ancestral Storage Soul Tool after explaining that his Nabu Martial Soul provided him with storage space of his own.

Ye Wen prepared to obtain his First Soul Ring and took Ah Yin to the Soul Hunting Forest, where a guard helped them look for a Hundred-Year Green Pouch Beast. The guard pointed them toward a stream to the east, leaving their hunt to chance.

• Ye Wen continued trying to discover the ability of his second martial soul, the translucent blue bead, but found no function.
• Ye Buyi teased Ye Wen about Ah Yin, who had grown comfortable and happy living with him.
• Ye Wen obtained three noble-certified passes from the Teaching Director and set out with Ah Yin to hunt Soul Beasts.
• At the forest entrance, Ye Wen told a concerned Imperial guard that they hoped to hunt Hundred-Year Soul Rings without help from their teachers.
• Ye Wen asked where to find a Hundred-Year Green Pouch Beast, and the guard directed him east toward a stream.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin entered the Soul Hunting Forest, avoided an unsuitable Needle Fur Rabbit, and waited near a stream for Ye Wen’s target. Ye Wen killed a four-hundred-year Green Pouch Beast with his Hand Crossbow, and they watched for other predators before approaching its Soul Ring.

• Ye Wen and Ah Yin entered the Soul Hunting Forest and found no Soul Beasts for nearly an hour.
• Ye Wen shot a Needle Fur Rabbit hiding in Blue Silver Grass, then led Ah Yin away without taking it.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin concealed themselves in a tree near the stream and covered themselves with scent-masking powder.
• Ah Yin told Ye Wen she felt no kinship with the rabbit and explained that she viewed strength as necessary for survival.
• Ye Wen spotted a Green Pouch Beast with four horn segments and killed it with a Hand Crossbow shot through its eyes.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin stayed in the tree to watch for predators as the Green Pouch Beast’s yellow Soul Ring formed.

Ye Wen absorbed a four-hundred-year Green Pouch Beast Soul Ring, using its life-type ability to transform his Nab Cloth Martial Soul so it could store living creatures. He gained the First Soul Skill Space of Life and discovered that the absorption had strengthened his Martial Soul and expanded its space.

• Ah Yin used Entanglement to bring the Green Pouch Beast to Ye Wen while concealing its blood scent.
• Ah Yin questioned Ye Wen's choice of Soul Beast, and he explained his theory that its regurgitation ability could let his Martial Soul store living creatures.
• Ye Wen absorbed the Green Pouch Beast's yellow Soul Ring and reflected on how physical endurance limited Soul Ring absorption.
• Ye Wen gained Space of Life, which allowed his Nab Cloth to contain living creatures but consumed Soul Power and expelled them if the space came under attack.
• Ye Wen reported that his Martial Soul's inherent storage space had expanded to three cubic meters.

After returning from the Soul Hunting Forest, Ye Wen and Ah Yin tested their Soul Power and discovered they had both reached level 15. During winter break in Holy Soul Village, Ye Wen proposed an experiment to give villagers’ descendants a chance to become Soul Masters, and Ye Buyi agreed as long as it harmed no one.

• Ye Wen and Ah Yin left the Soul Hunting Forest, and Ye Wen thanked the old guard for his advice; the guard told them to register at Spirit Hall for a monthly gold coin stipend.
• On the road back to Nuoding Academy, Ye Wen told Ah Yin he wanted to train disciples and build a foundation after they reached three Soul Rings, but Ah Yin showed little interest.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin tested their Soul Power at the academy and found that both were level 15; Ye Wen decided they needed to hide their strength before registering at Spirit Hall.
• During winter break in Holy Soul Village, Ye Wen told Ye Buyi about his Hometown Soul Master Cultivation Plan and said the experiment would not endanger anyone.
• Ye Buyi approved the experiment but warned Ye Wen never to do anything wicked or harmful.

Ye Wen selected five Holy Soul Village families with unusual martial souls for his experiment and offered their descendants a chance to become Soul Masters in exchange for loyalty to the Ye Family. The families swore allegiance, forming the rural Ye Family, and Ye Wen brought out his prepared materials.

• Ye Wen reviewed the village records and chose the families with Needle, Little Furnace, Cane, Rabbit, and Virginia Creeper Martial Souls.
• Ye Buyi agreed to invite the five families after sunset to keep Ye Wen's experiment secret.
• Ye Wen offered the families protection and a chance for their descendants to become Soul Masters if they became retainers of the Ye Family.
• Ye Wen told the families he was a level 17 Soul Master and could guide their children, convincing them to swear loyalty.
• Ye Buyi was named Family Head and Ye Wen Young Master, and Ye Wen took his prepared items from his Storage Space.

Ye Wen gave the five families pills and detailed instructions for trying to conceive children with Innate Soul Power, while warning them to keep his method secret. After they left, he remained confident in his theory, though Ye Buyi urged him not to worry about the experiment.

• Ye Wen warned the five families to conceal his method for cultivating Innate Soul Power in their descendants, and they swore to keep it secret.
• Ye Wen gave the men Liuwei Dihuang Pills and instructed them on how to take them and when to abstain from marital relations.
• Ye Wen gave the women Fetal Stabilizing and Qi Replenishing Pills, taught them about fertile timing, and explained how to continue the pills and avoid labor during pregnancy.
• The five families thanked Ye Wen and left, while Ye Wen sighed that they could only do everything possible and leave the rest to fate.
• Ye Buyi told Ye Wen to sleep and not worry, while Ye Wen reflected on his confidence in the pills and his belief that Tang San had not started with Innate Full Soul Power.

Ye Wen continued training and studying his martial soul while Ah Yin developed a defensive second Soul Skill. Their quiet school life ended when Xiao Lie, the City Lord’s son, came to Dormitory Three and tried to claim Ah Yin, leaving Ye Wen to confront him over the law.

• Ye Wen reached level 20 Soul Power, kept his school identity at level 11, and decided to build his strength to 1,300 jin before seeking a Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring.
• Ah Yin condensed her second Soul Ring and gained Blue Silver Raging Waves, a defensive and controlling skill that strengthened within her Blue Silver Domain.
• Xiao Lie spotted Ah Yin washing up and demanded that she become his wife, claiming she would be better off with him than among commoners.
• Ah Yin rejected Xiao Lie, and Ye Wen stepped forward to cite imperial law against nobles forcibly marrying commoner Soul Masters.
• After a lackey pointed out that Xiao Lie had only invited Ah Yin, Xiao Lie threatened Ye Wen, who asked what business he had after Ah Yin’s refusal.

Ye Wen challenged Xiao Lie to a Soul Master duel and defeated him, then told him to rely on diligent cultivation rather than noble status. Xiao Lie took Ye Wen’s words to heart and regained his determination to become stronger.

• Xiao Lie’s lackey boasted of Xiao Lie’s noble status, but Ye Wen pointed out that Xiao Lie was not the City Lord’s eldest son.
• Xiao Lie challenged Ye Wen to a duel, and they agreed that the loser would acknowledge the winner as boss.
• Xiao Lie used his Blazing Wolf Martial Soul and First Soul Skill, but Ye Wen dodged his attacks and judged his technique weak.
• Ye Wen knocked Xiao Lie down and stopped his fist just short of Xiao Lie’s face, winning the duel.
• Ye Wen told Xiao Lie to focus on cultivation and returned to the dormitory, while Xiao Lie regained his fighting spirit.

After being defeated by Ye Wen, Xiao Lie resolved to stop wasting his potential and cultivate seriously. He returned to Dormitory Three, discovered Ye Wen’s group training in the back mountain, and was stunned by the strength Ye Wen displayed.

• Xiao Lie reflected on his weak cultivation and decided he would become stronger to give his mother a better life.
• Xiao Lie rejected his lackey’s invitation to visit Cuiying Tower and told him he would cultivate seriously.
• Xiao Lie learned that Dormitory Three was training in the back mountain using a method created by Ye Wen.
• Xiao Lie went to the back mountain and found the students doing strenuous physical exercises while Ye Wen squatted with an eight-hundred-jin barbell.
• Xiao Lie marveled at Ye Wen’s strength, and Ye Wen stopped training after reaching his own target.

Xiao Lie asked Ye Wen to teach him cultivation, and Ye Wen agreed after Xiao Lie secured him a permit to establish a Primary Academy. Xiao Lie made rapid progress under Ye Wen’s guidance, but after graduation the City Lord’s principal wife tried to redirect him to an intermediate academy and obstruct his cultivation.

• Xiao Lie approached Ye Wen and asked to learn how to cultivate, insisting he wanted to become stronger.
• Ye Wen agreed to teach Xiao Lie if he persuaded his father to obtain a permit for a Primary Academy.
• Xiao Lie secured the permit, then followed Ye Wen’s tailored cultivation plan, raising wolf cubs to create a rudimentary Mimic Cultivation Environment and training his body.
• Ye Wen developed combat methods suited to Xiao Lie’s martial soul, and Xiao Lie’s strength and Soul Power rose until he reached level fifteen by graduation.
• The City Lord’s principal wife discovered Xiao Lie’s rapid progress and demanded that he enter an intermediate academy, seeking to block his cultivation.

Ye Wen left the academy and traveled to the Extreme North Ice Plains to hunt an Ice Silkworm for his Second Soul Ring, hoping to gain Spiritual Power that would improve his control of Nab Cloth. He searched the outskirts cautiously but had not yet found a suitable Soul Beast, while a mysterious white-haired woman watched him from afar.

• Ye Wen reassured Xiao Lie about his prospects and enemies, and Xiao Lie left, promising to remember Ye Wen as his boss.
• Ye Wen told the Work-Study Students he would be away on a long journey, and he asked Ah Yin to stay safe and look after his grandfather.
• Ye Wen traveled north and learned that Ice Silkworms' size and stripes indicated their age, then set a strict limit on how far he would venture into the Extreme North.
• A white-haired woman watched Ye Wen as he entered the snowfields and began searching underground for Ice Silkworm nests.
• Ye Wen found several nests, but he left without harming their Ice Silkworms because none were old enough for the Soul Ring he wanted.

Ye Wen killed a twelve-hundred-year Ice Silkworm and absorbed its Thousand-Year Soul Ring, gaining a disguised Mimicry skill, heightened senses, and a major boost to his physical strength and Soul Power. After discovering that a cracked piece of Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice had likely fueled his rapid cultivation, he decided to remain in the cave until he reached level thirty and could hunt another Ice Silkworm for his Third Soul Ring.

• Ye Wen found and killed a twelve-hundred-year Ice Silkworm in a hollow beneath the ice.
• Ye Wen absorbed its Thousand-Year Soul Ring, raising his physical strength to about twenty-five hundred jin and gaining a Mimicry skill that disguised his Soul Rings and created a cultivation environment.
• Ye Wen tested his Soul Power and discovered that he had reached level twenty-nine.
• Ye Wen found a cracked piece of Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice beneath the Ice Silkworm and suspected he had absorbed its essence while refining the Soul Ring.
• Ye Wen chose to stay in the cave until he reached level thirty, planning to hunt another Ice Silkworm for a Spiritual Attribute Third Soul Ring.

Ye Wen reached Level 30 Soul Power and six thousand jin of physical strength before returning to the Extreme North Ice Plains to hunt for a stronger Ice Silkworm. Snow Empress approached him and questioned how he knew her identity.

• Ye Wen sent a letter to his grandfather and Ah Yin, then trained until he broke through Level 30 and raised his strength to three thousand jin.
• Over the next half year, Ye Wen cultivated in the extreme cold, developed automatic Soul Power circulation, and reached six thousand jin of strength.
• Ye Wen returned to the Extreme North Ice Plains to search for a four-to-five-thousand-year Ice Silkworm, while Snow Empress watched him and wondered why she wanted to protect him.
• After Ye Wen searched for more than half a month, Snow Empress offered to lead him to a five-thousand-year Ice Silkworm.
• Ye Wen recognized Snow Empress as the Heavenly Snow Woman, and she asked how he knew who she was.

Snow Empress brought Ye Wen to an Ice Silkworm and had it sacrifice itself so he could gain a third Soul Ring and Void Control. While Ye Wen slept, a dream revealed that the Douluo Plane had reincarnated him with powerful Martial Souls and tasked him with saving the world; Snow Empress decided to protect him as the Child of the World.

• Snow Empress ordered a five-thousand-year Ice Silkworm to sacrifice itself to Ye Wen, and he absorbed its Soul Ring without resistance.
• Ye Wen gained the third Soul Skill Void Control, which let him control his summoned Martial Soul and create spatial gates, while his Nab Cloth space expanded to ten cubic meters.
• A mysterious white light from Snow Empress made Ye Wen fall asleep, and she recognized it as a sign of the world's protection and resolved to guard him.
• Ye Wen dreamed of his death in his previous life, the Douluo Plane's role in his reincarnation, and the resurrection abilities of his Time Orb Martial Soul.
• A fading voice asked Ye Wen to save the world before he awoke and left the cave, unaware that Snow Empress followed him from a distance.

Ye Wen visited the Heaven Dou Soul Arena, where he discovered Bibi Dong competing and made a fortune betting on her victories. After avoiding Soul Masters who wanted to rob him, he left the city while Bibi Dong’s identity became public and her reputation grew.

• Ye Wen entered Heaven Dou Imperial City and went to the Heaven Dou Soul Arena, where he bet two hundred Gold Soul Coins on Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong defeated Wolf King Haggis with her spider lances and overwhelming poison.
• Ye Wen watched Bibi Dong win matches every day for a month and earned one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Wen disguised himself and evaded Soul Masters who pursued him for his winnings.
• Ye Wen left Heaven Dou City, while Bibi Dong’s identity was exposed and she became a rising Soul Master star.