Chapter Summaries

Ye Wen opened the academy and launched the first Heavenly Path Advanced Soul Freshman Competition to identify students for special training. Around a hundred freshmen passed the Trial of Will, and the Trial of Insight was scheduled for the next morning.

• Ye Wen delivered the academy's opening speech before announcing the three-stage freshman competition and its prizes.
• Director Lu Feng used his Sixth Soul Skill to subject the freshmen to increasing gravity during the Trial of Will.
• The frail Medical Soul Masters withdrew first, and most other students dropped out as the pressure rose to four times normal.
• About a hundred students endured the full half-hour trial while the guests considered the value of Ye Wen's training methods and Blue Silver Forest access.
• Tang Yuehua considered seeking Ye Wen's help with her Martial Soul, and Ye Wen dismissed the students until the next morning's Trial of Insight.

Ye Wen arranged the academy’s students into three classes and had teachers distribute textbooks, including several Self-Created Soul Skills. His generous offer astonished the Heaven Dou envoy and other guests, while Ye Wen kept the remaining three of the Six Styles exclusive to his disciples.

• Ye Wen divided the students into Star Luo Class, Heaven Dou Class, and Medical Class, assigning three teachers to each.
• The teachers distributed Ye Wen’s three published works and two new textbooks, prompting students and guests to react with shock at the mention of Self-Created Soul Skills.
• A Heaven Dou envoy asked whether the skills could be shared, and Ye Wen explained that Flash Step, Finger Gun, and Steel Style were basic skills that could be passed on.
• Ye Wen said the other three Six Styles were more powerful and would be reserved for his personal disciples, though he could teach future disciples as well.
• When the envoy asked about Soul Master Combat Basic Environment Adaptation, Ye Wen revealed that it let users traverse cliffs and water as if walking on level ground, shocking everyone present.

Ye Wen held the second stage of Heavenly Path Academy’s entrance trial, testing students’ insight and reactions as they navigated a track of erratically swinging mechanisms. Twenty students advanced to the final Trial of Combat, while Ye Wen assessed their backgrounds and watched them begin basic Soul Power training.

• The Emperor of Heaven Dou ordered Shadow One to bring him any new theories from Master Ye Wen, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect considered whether to seek the remaining three forms of the Six Styles.
• Ye Wen led the hundred students who passed the Trial of Will to a rugged course and explained the rules of the Trial of Insight.
• The students raced past swinging mechanisms, and the top twenty advanced to the final Trial of Combat.
• Ye Wen reviewed the twenty finalists and noted that thirteen came from noble families, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s candidate performed poorly.
• Ye Wen observed the students practicing basic Soul Power control, tree climbing, and water walking as they prepared for the next day’s competition.

Ye Wen completed Heavenly Path Academy’s combat assessment, arranged training for its top students, and prepared to leave with the old Blue Silver King to cultivate it at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He advised Tang Yuehua about her mutated Martial Soul while secretly brushing her off, then resolved to keep his distance from the Clear Sky Sect.

• Ye Wen assessed the combat trial’s top three students, planned their cultivation, and granted them a year of training at the center of the Blue Silver Forest.
• Ye Wen kept the old Blue Silver King in his Martial Soul Space and planned to plant it at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Dugu Bo and Lu Feng remained at the academy.
• Tang Yuehua asked Ye Wen for help overcoming the limits of her Wishful Ring Martial Soul, which prevented her from becoming a Soul Master.
• Ye Wen detected a spatial attribute in Tang Yuehua’s Martial Soul and gave her cultivation advice, including a fabricated suggestion to follow Yu Xiaogang’s methods.
• Ye Wen decided to avoid becoming involved with the Clear Sky Sect because he feared its coming conflict and Qian Daoliu’s retaliation.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin traveled to Sunset Forest on their honeymoon to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect party hunted a Soul Ring for Ning An'an. The story left Ning An'an with a fifteen-hundred-year Swift Leopard Soul Ring and Ye Wen and Ah Yin still headed toward the treasure site.

• Ah Yin asked Ye Wen about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and he explained that it was in Sunset Forest and could greatly benefit Plant-type Soul Beasts.
• A Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect hunting party entered Sunset Forest and searched for a Soul Ring for Ning An'an, the sect master's youngest daughter and Ye Wen's admirer.
• Ning An'an rejected Soul Beasts that were only a little over a thousand years old because Ye Wen's theory called for a stronger Third Soul Ring.
• The party found a fifteen-hundred-year Swift Leopard, and Ning An'an killed it to absorb its Soul Ring.

Ning An'an and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Soul Hunting Team were caught in a frenzied Beast Tide in Sunset Forest, but Ye Wen and Ah Yin intervened to save them. Ah Yin restrained many of the Soul Beasts, while Ye Wen prepared medicinal powder to deal with the continuing threat.

• Ning An'an safely absorbed her Third Soul Ring, and the group prepared to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• A Beast Tide charged toward the group, forcing the Soul Masters to flee while carrying Ning An'an and the other young masters and ladies.
• A spiderweb nearly caught the fleeing group, but Ye Wen called on Ah Yin, whose Blue Silver Raging Waves blocked it long enough for them to escape.
• Ye Wen realized the Soul Beasts seemed drugged and feared the Beast Tide could reach Heaven Dou Imperial Capital.
• Ah Yin used Blue Silver Extraction to bind and drain many Soul Beasts, but a Cave Spider Emperor with over fifty thousand years of cultivation broke free and left.
• As the Beast Tide continued to grow and Ah Yin began to tire, Ye Wen took medicinal powder from his Martial Soul Space.

Ye Wen used a powerful sleeping drug to stop the Beast Tide and sent Ah Yin to retrieve the flower causing the Soul Beasts’ frenzy. He asserted his authority over the sleeping beasts by revealing his noble crest, and Ah Yin returned with the enormous plant.

• Ye Wen spread sleeping powder over the Beast Tide, and the affected Soul Beasts fell unconscious.
• Ah Yin sensed that a flower three kilometers away was driving the Soul Beasts berserk, and Ye Wen sent her to collect it without breathing in its fragrance.
• Ye Wen stayed to protect the sleeping Soul Beasts from being slaughtered by fortress soldiers.
• A noble scout named Habit arrived and challenged Ye Wen, but Ye Wen showed him his Count Tianxing crest, and Habit respectfully retreated.
• Ah Yin returned carrying the gigantic plant she had retrieved.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin discovered that an Evil Fragrant Taro had caused a Soul Beast riot, then searched Sunset Forest for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After finding no trace of it, they spotted a woman obtaining her fifth soul ring, and Ah Yin urged Ye Wen to help her so she might teach at his school.

• Ah Yin explained that the Evil Fragrant Taro was an extinct Plant-type Soul Beast whose pollen caused Soul Beasts to go berserk, and Ye Wen discovered its roots could purify bloodlines and slightly evolve Martial Souls.
• Ye Wen had Ah Yin store the taro, and Ah Yin released the sleeping Soul Beasts, which woke and fled into the forest.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin searched Sunset Forest for two days, with Ah Yin growing bored as they passed suspected locations without finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The pair reached the far edge of Sunset Forest without finding the well, then noticed firelight from a Soul Master’s camp.
• Ah Yin told Ye Wen that a woman nearby was in danger while obtaining her fifth soul ring, and suggested that helping her could persuade her to teach at the school.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin rescued Liu Erlong from a Soul Beast, and Ye Wen proved his identity before she absorbed its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. The chapter left Liu Erlong absorbing the ring while Ye Wen and Ah Yin stood guard.

• Ah Yin persuaded Ye Wen to help the endangered woman, and Ye Wen used Barrier of Emptiness to immobilize the Soul Beast.
• The woman killed the Soul Beast, and Ye Wen and Ah Yin introduced themselves and offered to guard her while she absorbed its Soul Ring.
• The woman identified herself as Liu Erlong, and Ye Wen recognized her from the original story.
• Liu Erlong doubted Ye Wen’s identity, so he revealed his Soul Ancestor configuration and hidden Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, convincing her.
• Liu Erlong began absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as Ye Wen’s Soul Ring guidance explained the physical and mental preparation required.

After Liu Erlong reached Soul King, Ye Wen warned her to avoid the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Holy Dragon Sect. Concerned about her prospects, Liu Erlong asked to join Heavenly Path Academy and secured a probationary teaching position.

• Liu Erlong finished absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and broke through to Soul King.
• Ye Wen warned Liu Erlong to keep her distance from people surnamed Yu or Tuoba because of the danger surrounding the major powers.
• After Ye Wen and Ah Yin started to leave, Liu Erlong called them back and asked whether she qualified to teach at Heavenly Path Academy.
• Ye Wen agreed to hire Liu Erlong as a probationary teacher for the Medical Class and gave her a recommendation letter and a token.

Liu Erlong joined Heavenly Path Advanced Soul Master Academy while Ye Wen and Ah Yin continued searching Sunset Forest for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After narrowly avoiding a clash between a Vajra Giant Ape and Lion King Chen Gang, they camped for the night and encountered a frightened young Support Soul Master who had been separated from her companions.

• Liu Erlong returned home, packed her belongings, and set out for Heavenly Path Advanced Soul Master Academy, putting aside her feelings for Ye Wen.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin blocked and shattered a boulder thrown into their path during a battle between a Vajra Giant Ape and Lion King Chen Gang.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin escaped unnoticed, and Ye Wen realized Chen Gang was likely buying time for his family to flee.
• Chen Gang broke away from the Vajra Giant Ape and searched for his wife and the others, who had been scattered in the forest.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin made camp, then called out to a hungry voice nearby and met a young girl who said she was a Support Soul Master separated from her companions.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin sheltered Ye Xixi after she was separated from her family in Sunset Forest. Her father, Chen Gang, and the rest of her family found her, and the adults ended the night keeping watch together.

• Ye Wen recognized Ye Xixi as a member of the Nine Heart Begonia Ye Family and offered her soup and a chance to wash up.
• Ah Yin took Ye Xixi to a nearby pool while Ye Wen stayed by the campfire.
• Chen Gang arrived with Ye Yingying and Chen Lie, and Ye Wen told him that Ye Xixi was safe nearby.
• Ye Xixi returned from the pool, embraced Ye Yingying, and reunited with her family.
• Ye Wen and Chen Gang introduced themselves and exchanged formal compliments after Chen Gang learned Ye Wen was the headmaster of Heavenly Path Advanced Academy.
• The women went to sleep early, and Ye Wen, Chen Gang, and Chen Lie stayed up to keep watch.

After meeting Ye Yingying’s family, Ye Wen and Ah Yin resumed their search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found it in Sunset Forest. There, they discovered the immortal herbs had been transplanted by an unknown powerhouse a thousand years earlier, leaving Ye Wen to consider why the site had been abandoned.

• Ye Wen and Ye Yingying’s father became sworn brothers after talking through the night, and the family exchanged contact details with Ye Wen before departing.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin continued through Sunset Forest and found the mountain where the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was located after three days.
• Ah Yin sensed that the immortal herbs were afraid of Ye Wen, and she explained that they feared he would harm them.
• Ye Wen asked Ah Yin to question the herbs about their origins, and they revealed that someone had transplanted them there a thousand years earlier.
• Ye Wen proposed that the unknown powerhouse had either intended the herbs for descendants, used the site as bait, or no longer valued its treasures.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin began organizing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ye Wen found thirteen immortal herbs and helped Ah Lan benefit from the treasured land. After learning the story behind the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Ah Yin criticized its tragic hero, while Ye Wen chose not to test her with the flower.

• Ye Wen learned from the immortal herbs that nobody had visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the past thousand years.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin planned to organize the area, and Ye Wen placed the old Blue Silver King there.
• Ah Lan sensed its cultivation accelerating, thanked Ye Wen, and said it could attempt a breakthrough within a thousand years.
• Ye Wen planted the medicinal herbs he had collected and counted thirteen immortal herbs in the well.
• Ye Wen explained the Lovesick Heartbreak Red's story to Ah Yin, who called its human admirer useless.
• Ye Wen decided not to give Ah Yin the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to test her true heart.

Ye Wen studied the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Ah Yin proved her love by picking the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. After two months, Ye Wen developed a way to cultivate top-tier martial souls using the herbs’ origin energy, and Ah Yin’s Soul Power rose to level 70.

• Ye Wen failed to analyze the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and turned his attention to the other Immortal Herbs, studying the origin energy within them.
• Ah Yin picked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Ye Wen healed her as she told him she wanted to have a child with him.
• Ye Wen resolved to strengthen himself quickly so he could face future threats, including Tang San and the Asura God.
• After two months, Ye Wen completed his analysis and established a process to cultivate a dozen Soul Masters with top-tier martial souls each year.
• Ye Wen gave the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to Ah Yin, raising her Soul Power to level 70 and making her a Soul Saint.
• Ye Wen planted the Evil Fragrant Taro’s seeds around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Ah Yin waited for him to reach level 70 before they hunted for her seventh Soul Ring.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seek Ah Yin’s seventh Soul Ring, and Ye Wen identified an eighty-thousand-year Ten Thousand Sword Willow King as a candidate to strengthen her offense. Ah Yin doubted she could absorb a Soul Ring of that age.

• Ye Wen entrusted Ah Lan with guarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned her to kill anyone who trespassed.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin set out from the well to find a Soul Ring for Ah Yin.
• Ye Wen explained that Ah Yin’s seventh Soul Ring could strengthen her Martial Soul Avatar and potentially transform her Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.
• Ye Wen pointed out that Ah Yin’s control abilities were powerful but that she lacked offensive Soul Skills beyond her Fifth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Ye Wen described the Ten Thousand Sword Willow King’s Sword Qi abilities and said its Soul Ring could give Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor a sharp, swordlike quality.
• Ah Yin admired the possibility but worried that her limit was seventy thousand years, below the willow king’s eighty thousand years.

Ye Wen and Ah Yin approached the 80,000-year Ten Thousand Sword Willow King, hoping to persuade it to sacrifice itself. After Ah Yin communicated with it, the Willow King dropped its branches, leaving Ye Wen puzzled while Ah Yin called him over to collect them.

• Ye Wen explained that a powerful Soul Beast could sacrifice itself, granting a Soul Ring beyond normal limits and guaranteeing a Soul Bone.
• Ah Yin used her Blue Silver Domain to contact the Ten Thousand Sword Willow King, which attacked her and Ye Wen with Sword Qi.
• Ye Wen protected them with his Fourth Soul Skill, Inner Space, while the Sword Qi tore apart the forest behind them.
• Ah Yin established spiritual communication, and the Ten Thousand Sword Willow King stopped attacking to hear them out.
• The Ten Thousand Sword Willow King dropped its long willow branches, and Ah Yin called Ye Wen to help gather them.

Ah Yin received the Ten Thousand Sword Willow King’s sacrifice, evolving her Blue Silver Emperor into the Blue Silver Sword Emperor and gaining powerful new abilities. After planting the willow king’s successor at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ye Wen and Ah Yin set off back to Heavenly Path Academy with their gains.

• Ye Wen and Ah Yin planted the Ten Thousand Sword Willow King’s branches throughout Sunset Forest and kept its golden-leaved successor seed.
• The Ten Thousand Sword Willow King sacrificed itself to Ah Yin, granting her a black Soul Ring and an 80,000-year head Soul Bone.
• Ah Yin reached Level 72 and revealed that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Blue Silver Sword Emperor, transforming her Soul Skills and granting her the Myriad Sword Domain.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin planted the Ten Thousand Sword Willow King’s successor at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and asked Ah Lan to care for it.
• Ye Wen and Ah Yin left for Heavenly Path Academy, while Ye Wen resolved to wait until he became a Super Douluo before widely using his Origin Essences to cultivate his forces.

Huo Quan entered a Soul Fighting Arena match against Scar, a commoner Soul Elder whose undefeated record had angered nobles. Scar revealed a Broken Blade Martial Soul that made Huo Quan recognize the hidden Soul Tempering path Ye Wen had taught his disciples, and the story left before their fight began.

• Without Ye Wen supervising them, his eight disciples gradually let themselves go, and Huo Quan became obsessed with soul duels.
• Huo Quan reached Rank 49 and Gold Soul Fighter status, then entered a match against the undefeated Rank 38 Soul Elder Scar.
• Huo Quan entered Martial Soul Possession without summoning his Soul Rings, while Scar recited his rank and declared that he hoped Huo Quan would be worth cutting.
• Scar summoned his Broken Blade Martial Soul, and Huo Quan realized its significance through Ye Wen's teaching about Soul Tempering.
• Huo Quan recalled that Ye Wen had warned his disciples to keep the hidden Tool Martial Soul advancement path secret.

Scar fought Huo Quan in the arena, impressing him with his swordsmanship and instincts despite being a Soul Elder. After Huo Quan began to dominate the fight, Scar unleashed his Third Soul Skill, Great Thunderbolt, leaving Huo Quan barely able to defend himself.

• Scar charged Huo Quan with his broken blade, and the two traded rapid attacks until Scar used his first two Soul Skills to increase his power and speed.
• Huo Quan used Shunpo and Cannon Fist to strike Scar's shoulder, but Scar instinctively countered and narrowly avoided a worse injury.
• Huo Quan offered to recommend Scar to his master, but Scar reset his dislocated shoulder and rushed back into the fight.
• Huo Quan entered full combat mode and steadily restricted Scar's attacks until Scar activated his Third Soul Skill, Great Thunderbolt.
• Huo Quan stiffened under the lightning-fast slash and instinctively used full-body Steel Style to block it.