Chapter Summaries

Ye Han awakened the Gate of Babylon as his Martial Soul and discovered that his system had activated, though the Soul Master dismissed his Martial Soul as useless despite his innate full Soul Power. He tested the Gate’s Noble Phantasms and learned that using them consumed Soul Power, leaving him eager to grow stronger.

• Ye Han went to the Mine Pit and learned that a Spirit Hall Soul Master would awaken the village children’s Martial Souls the next day.
• Uncle Zhang comforted Ye Han and prepared him breakfast before the village chief gathered the six-year-olds for the awakening.
• Ye Han’s awakening produced a golden key and activated his system, and he revealed innate full Soul Power despite the Soul Master calling his Martial Soul a waste.
• Ye Han received a system mission to choose a faction, while the village chief offered him time to decide about attending Martial Soul Academy.
• Ye Han summoned the Gate of Babylon at the village chief’s home and found it filled with Noble Phantasms.
• Ye Han tested the Gate and discovered he could currently use only a limited number of C-Rank Noble Phantasms because they consumed Soul Power.

Ye Han chose the Freedom faction and used his gift pack to establish an academy near the Star Dou Great Forest. After activating Second Dimension Academy and meeting its powerful staff, he settled in to begin building his own force.

• Ye Han chose Freedom, received an academy and six summoning scrolls, and accepted missions to find a site, gather companions, and win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Ye Han left his village and traveled for more than a month toward the Star Dou Great Forest, supporting himself with tavern work along the way.
• Ye Han found an abandoned village near the border of the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire and ordered the system to place the academy there.
• The system established the academy, supplied its staff and facilities, and explained that its personnel and resources could not be used for matters unrelated to the academy.
• Ye Han named the school Second Dimension Academy, welcomed its staff, and asked Jiang Luotian to take him to the dormitory and provide clothes.

Ye Han summoned Todo Aoi, helped him awaken a Body Martial Soul, and took him to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain their first Soul Rings. Afterward, Ye Han commissioned weapons and clothing to use as summoning Association Items, preparing to build his own team.

• Ye Han summoned Todo Aoi, kept his original personality, and bonded with him over their shared preference for tall women with big butts.
• Ye Han took Todo to Vice Dean Hua Weicheng, where Todo awakened a Body Martial Soul and gained Innate Full Soul Power.
• Ye Han learned that Association Items could bias summons toward related characters, then arranged for Zhao Lei to accompany him and Todo to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Han obtained an Amethyst Crystal Scorpion Soul Ring that gave him Amethyst Crystal Guard, while Todo gained Physical Enhancement from his first Soul Ring.
• Ye Han sold Soul Beast remains and commissioned weapons and clothing based on his sketches to use as Association Items for future summons.

Ye Han completed an exhausting training regimen with Todo before using Association Items to summon Yoruichi Shihouin, Artoria Pendragon, Esdeath, Kurumi Tokisaki, and Kaede Honjou as companions. Their powers seemed inaccessible without Soul Rings, and after they introduced themselves, Ye Han arranged their dormitories and left them to settle in.

• Ye Han trained intensely with Todo for two days and collected his Association Items from the Blacksmith Shop and Tailor Shop.
• Ye Han summoned Yoruichi Shihouin as an Agility Attack Type, and she teased him after appearing as a six-year-old girl.
• Ye Han summoned Artoria Pendragon, Esdeath, Kurumi Tokisaki, and Kaede Honjou, completing the Companions side quest and earning qualification for the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Esdeath asked about powerful opponents, while Kurumi and the others realized they could not use their former powers and Ye Han said Soul Rings might restore them.
• Ye Han and the new companions introduced themselves, and he arranged their dormitories before leaving.

Ye Han led the group through Martial Soul Awakening, where Esdeath, Lia, Yoruichi, Kurumi, and Honjou Kaede revealed powerful abilities. Honjou Kaede also unlocked her NWO game system and invited the others, while Ye Han assigned roles for their Soul Fighting team before they left to test their powers.

• Hua Weicheng awakened Esdeath's Ice Element Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, and she revealed her Teigu, Demon God Manifestation: Essence of the Devil.
• Lia awakened a sword Martial Soul and recognized Sword of Promised Victory and Avalon, while Yoruichi awakened a dangerous Zanpakuto and Kurumi awakened a golden clock called Zafkiel.
• Honjou Kaede awakened a shield Martial Soul and an unknown second Martial Soul, which opened her old NWO game system and let her invite Ye Han and the others to join.
• Ye Han accepted Honjou Kaede's invitation, explored his new game interface, and celebrated that she had unlocked the NWO system for the group.
• Ye Han assigned Honjou Kaede to defense, Yoruichi to agility attack, Esdeath to control, Todo and Lia to power attack, Kurumi to support, and himself to ranged attack.
• Hua Weicheng left after the group accepted Ye Han's team plan, and Ye Han and the others went to test their abilities.

Ye Han trained for a month to earn the Soul Ring Release Device, which could turn hunted Soul Beast rings into suitable Soul Skills. He and his companions then entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhao Lei, who reminded them to choose Soul Beasts carefully because the device could not alter their Soul Bones.

• Ye Han received the Love Training task, requiring him to reach Todo’s physical fitness in a month to earn the Soul Ring Release Device.
• Ye Han’s companions devised an intense training and combat regimen, and Ye Han trained with Todo and learned from the others until he caught up to Todo’s physical fitness.
• Honjou Kaede discovered that guild members could share universal skills, and they chose Appraisal and healing.
• After the system confirmed the task was complete, Ye Han received the Soul Ring Release Device, which the group could transform into different accessories.
• Ye Han went with Zhao Lei to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhao Lei advised the group to seek Soul Beasts suited to their attributes so their Soul Bones would also be useful.

Ye Han’s group searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Beasts, where Esdeath defeated a Great Strength Vajra Ape and caught Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s attention. Ye Han’s confrontation with Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin ended with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leaving, and the group camped for the night after Esdeath absorbed the ape’s Soul Ring.

• Ye Han’s group released an unsuitable Great Strength Vajra Ape, drawing an angry 412-year-old ape that Esdeath fought and defeated.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin offered to take Esdeath as his disciple, but Esdeath declined and chose to remain at the academy.
• Ning Rongrong insulted Esdeath’s refusal, and Ye Han challenged her claim that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was the world’s strongest sect.
• Ye Han threatened the sect’s disciples while Zhao Lei faced Chen Xin, and Chen Xin led his group away without fighting.
• Esdeath absorbed the Great Strength Vajra Ape’s Soul Ring and gained the Ice Creation Soul Skill.
• Zhao Lei ordered the group to set up camp as night fell, and they used their backpacks and the Guild Warehouse to store their belongings.

Honjou Kaede obtained a Thornback Turtle Soul Ring that restored her powerful Devour skill, while the group found several Soul Bones and arranged for Zhao Lei to help sell them safely. After the others gained their Soul Skills, the group opened more Soul Beast carcasses, with Honjou Kaede finding another Soul Bone and Zhao Lei coming up empty.

• Honjou Kaede found and absorbed a 421-year-old Thornback Turtle Soul Ring, regaining her Devour skill, and the group discovered a hundred-year Right Leg Bone.
• Ye Han persuaded Zhao Lei to escort the group when they sold Soul Bones, and Zhao Lei agreed to take ten percent of the Gold Soul Coins.
• Lia gained Wind King Barrier, Yoruichi gained Flash Step, and Kurumi gained Soul Devouring City.
• Ye Han assigned Zhao Lei to dissect the Gale Demon Wolf and Honjou Kaede to open the Lightspeed Bird and Unicorn Lizard.
• Honjou Kaede found a Lightspeed Bird skull bone, while Zhao Lei found nothing in the Gale Demon Wolf and argued that he had still earned his promised share.

After returning to the academy, Ye Han trained until he reached level 18, then traveled with his companions to Gemstone Village to visit the village chief and its residents. After a month at home, Ye Han and the others set out for Heaven Dou Imperial City to collect the proceeds from two Soul Bones put up for auction.

• Zhao Lei and Wang Hu tested Honjou Kaede's Dark Night against Zhao Lei's eighth Soul Skill and found it could devour energy-based skills.
• Esdeath pushed Ye Han into intensive training, and he raised his Soul Power to level 18 over six months before another year passed.
• Ye Han invited his companions to visit his home, and the group traveled to Gemstone Village, where he reunited with the village chief and Cui Yu.
• Ye Han visited every household with modest gifts, while Lia and Esdeath argued over the villagers' way of life and eventually fought.
• Yoruichi completed her Shikai in the village, improving her Flash Step and reducing its Soul Power cost.
• After staying a month in the village, Ye Han and his companions departed for Heaven Dou Imperial City to collect the proceeds from the Soul Bone auction.

Ye Han and his companions arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City to auction two Soul Bones, drawing the attention of powerful factions. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect apologized for Ning Rongrong’s earlier offense, and Ye Han revealed that they came from Second Dimension Academy.

• Ye Han noticed hostile onlookers in the city, while Zhao Lei dismissed them despite Ye Han’s concern.
• Ning Fengzhi’s sect debated how to handle Zhao Lei and the Soul Bones, then agreed that Ning Fengzhi would bring Ning Rongrong to apologize to Ye Han.
• The Auction House manager arranged VIP Room No. 5 for Ye Han’s group and realized Ye Han, rather than Zhao Lei, appeared to be their leader.
• Ning Fengzhi brought Ning Rongrong to apologize, and Ye Han accepted the apology and a Jade Box, ending their dispute.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about Ye Han’s background and whether his academy accepted students; Ye Han named Second Dimension Academy and said it would not enroll anyone in the coming years.

Ye Han and his companions discovered that Honjou Kaede could learn a secondary profession, giving them hope of negotiating for the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As the auction ended, Spirit Hall used two Titled Douluo to secure both Soul Bones, while Ye Han’s group prepared to pursue their plans.

• Ye Han’s group bought a mysterious stone tablet, which Honjou Kaede absorbed to unlock the option of learning a secondary profession.
• After learning that pharmacist was available, Ye Han revealed his knowledge of the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and proposed using potions to negotiate with its guardian, Dugu Bo.
• Xue Qinghe tried to secure a Soul Bone for the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, but Dai Li and representatives of other factions challenged his appeal.
• Yue Guan outbid the other factions to win the Thornback Turtle right leg bone for Spirit Hall.
• Ghost Douluo arrived to support Yue Guan, and Spirit Hall obtained the Lightspeed Bird skull as well.

Ye Han and his companions were ambushed by a Soul King from the Star Luo Empire while shopping in Heaven Dou Imperial City, and they fought back to test their abilities. Zhao Lei’s arrival forced Dai Li to kill the attacker, and Ye Han left with his group after declaring a grudge against the Star Luo Empire and White Tiger Clan.

• Ye Han stored the ten million Gold Soul Coins in the Guild Warehouse, then joined Esdeath, Yoruichi, Lia, and the others on a shopping trip with Zhao Lei secretly following them.
• A masked Soul King attacked the group, and Ye Han coordinated a plan as Esdeath, Lia, Yoruichi, Todo, and Honjou Kaede fought him.
• The Soul King revealed his White Tiger abilities and launched a White Tiger Light Wave, but Honjou Kaede used Devour to absorb the attack with her Dark Night Shield.
• Zhao Lei appeared and confronted the attacker, while Dai Li arrived with reinforcements and killed the Soul King to satisfy Zhao Lei’s demand.
• Ye Han warned the Star Luo Empire and White Tiger Clan that their feud had begun, then Zhao Lei carried the group back toward the academy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo resolved to report Zhao Lei’s strength to the Pope, while Sword Douluo judged Zhao Lei stronger than himself.

Ye Han and his companions traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain their second Soul Rings and complete the system’s mission, despite lacking an entry permit. They found a permit holder in Xiao Chenyu, whose rapid cultivation and weak first Soul Ring raised questions as the group entered the forest.

• Ye Han reached Level 20 through training, and the system assigned the group a mission to obtain Soul Rings for a mysterious treasure map.
• Ye Han, Zhao Lei, and the others headed for the Soul Hunting Forest, where Ye Han recruited someone with a permit by promising help finding a hundred-year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Chenyu arrived with a permit, and Ye Han recognized him as the son of Notting City’s lord and questioned how he had reached Level 20 so quickly.
• Honjou Kaede suggested Xiao Chenyu’s cultivation had been boosted with medicine, and Xiao Chenyu denied it before Ye Han agreed to help him find a Soul Ring.
• Xiao Chenyu revealed that he had absorbed a ten-year Soul Ring from a pig and had left home after his father made him wait for help; the group entered the Soul Hunting Forest together.

Ye Han and his companions searched the Soul Hunting Forest for Soul Rings, and Xiao Chenyu absorbed a 560-year Earth Bear Soul Ring while learning how far he lagged behind the group. Ye Han then defeated an 851-year Golden Demon Tiger, absorbed its Soul Ring, and gained a skill that let him detonate Noble Phantasms.

• Ye Han persuaded Xiao Chenyu to choose a 560-year Earth Bear, then pinned it to a tree so Xiao Chenyu could kill it and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Xiao Chenyu learned that Ye Han was not yet eight and was also seeking his second Soul Ring, leaving him worried that Tang San would reach level twenty before he returned.
• After absorbing the Earth Bear Soul Ring, Xiao Chenyu tried to fight an 851-year Golden Demon Tiger but was quickly swatted aside.
• Ye Han killed the Golden Demon Tiger with his weapons and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Ye Han reached level twenty-two and gained the second Soul Skill Detonate, which let him infuse Soul Power into a Noble Phantasm and make it explode.

Ye Han's group found a hidden palace in the Soul Hunting Forest, where Yoruichi absorbed energy and Xiao Chenyu chose to keep a pill that traded ten years of life for greater Innate Soul Power. A mysterious being named Hui began testing the group with visions of lives opposite to their own, while Ye Han remained untouched and suspected his system protected him.

• Ye Han's group obtained their second Soul Rings, but none found a Soul Bone, and Ye Han received a treasure map as a quest reward.
• Ye Han led Xiao Chenyu and the others to a tree marked on the map, where Yoruichi revealed a hidden entrance to an ancient palace.
• Yoruichi absorbed pure soul power through her Zanpakuto as the group explored the palace and found herbs, weapons, and a defective pill that cost ten years of lifespan to use.
• Xiao Chenyu asked for the pill to raise his Innate Soul Power, and Ye Han gave it to him despite warning him about the cost.
• A mysterious voice declared that seven people met its requirements and two did not, then sent the group into visions of lives opposite to their own.
• Ye Han spoke with Hui, who explained that the others had to undergo Heart Refining, while Ye Han remained unaffected; the system confirmed it blocked negative mental interference.

Ye Han broke Kui Si’s illusion with Demon Piercing Red Rose and forced him to awaken his friends, but Kui Si then tried to possess Ye Han. Yoruichi destroyed Kui Si’s soul and absorbed his memories, revealing the palace’s deadly purpose and completing her Shikai.

• Ye Han found Demon Piercing Red Rose in the Gate of Babylon and used it to shatter Hui’s illusion, exposing Kui Si in the palace.
• Ye Han attacked Kui Si until the old man offered to awaken his companions in exchange for answers, then released his Soul Power and woke them.
• Kui Si asked why Ye Han had broken his illusion, and Ye Han explained that Demon Piercing Red Rose could break all illusions before killing him.
• Kui Si’s soul emerged and tried to take Ye Han’s body, but Yoruichi used White Wings to strike and absorb it.
• Yoruichi learned from Kui Si’s memories that he had used negative emotions to harvest pure souls, and she completed her Shikai as the group gained Illusion Resistance.

Ye Han and his companions found themselves trapped in the sealed Soul Hunting Forest, so they staged a fake Soul God inheritance to draw away the Titled Douluo guarding the exit. Their ruse sparked a clash between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, allowing them to escape while Dugu Bo became the center of the conflict.

• Ye Han and the others reunited with Zhao Lei, who explained that the palace had expelled him and that the Soul Hunting Forest was sealed after the disturbance.
• Yoruichi proposed staging the palace as a Soul God inheritance site, and the group erased their traces, planted a soul fragment, and set the plan in motion.
• Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo, and Dugu Bo entered the palace together and found the staged signs of a Soul God inheritance.
• A Golden Light shot from the Jade Box into Dugu Bo, prompting Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo to attack him and accuse him of taking the inheritance.
• Dugu Bo escaped with Medusa's Gaze and called on Heaven Dou forces to stop Spirit Hall, igniting a battle throughout the forest.
• While Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou forces clashed, Zhao Lei flew Ye Han and the others out of the Soul Hunting Forest.

After Spirit Hall learned of the supposed Soul God inheritance and Dugu Bo’s escape, Qian Daoliu investigated the palace and examined Dugu Bo, then concluded the inheritance was no longer real. Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Empire eased tensions, leaving Star Luo Empire with no gain as the dispute ended.

• Bibi Dong questioned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo about the Soul God palace, then summoned Qian Daoliu after learning its golden light had entered Dugu Bo.
• Qian Daoliu went to Soul Hunting Forest, inspected the palace, and traveled to Heaven Dou Imperial City to examine Dugu Bo.
• Qian Daoliu returned to Spirit Hall and told Bibi Dong that the inheritance was fake or abandoned and that Dugu Bo carried no divinity.
• Bibi Dong lifted Spirit Hall’s control over Soul Hunting Forest and offered to resolve the dispute peacefully, while Heaven Dou Empire promised to announce any genuine inheritance.
• Star Luo Empire received no benefit from the dispute and ultimately remained silent as the matter passed.

Ye Han and his companions used a team battle against Zhao Lei to improve their combat experience, but his sound-based Soul Skills quickly overwhelmed them. They learned how his Jade Flute attacks worked and were left facing the gap between their strength and that of a Titled Douluo.

• Ye Han arranged team combat training with Zhao Lei after his cultivation advanced rapidly, and Zhao Lei agreed to spar while limiting himself to his Fifth Soul Skill.
• Ye Han assigned roles through the Guild Chat, and the group launched a coordinated ambush using mist, ice, and combined attacks.
• Zhao Lei shattered Esdeath's ice prison with his Demonic Sound Barrier, then used music-based attacks to disrupt the team's assaults and force them to defend.
• Ye Han's group changed tactics and charged at close range, but Zhao Lei interrupted his next barrier technique and counterattacked with sounds produced by striking his Jade Flute.
• Zhao Lei knocked Todo, Yoruichi, Lia, Esdeath, and the rest of the group out of the fight, then explained that his attacks required the Jade Flute to make contact and produce sound.

Ye Han and the others continued intensive combat training with Zhao Lei, while Honjou Kaede approached Level 6 in potion-making but ran out of herbs and money. Ye Han tricked Zhao Lei into signing a promise to help, then proposed selling cultivation potions to fund more supplies and planned to test the market in disguise.

• Ye Han called Zhao Lei to the Training Field, and Zhao Lei reluctantly continued sparring with the seven increasingly capable fighters.
• Honjou Kaede visited Ye Han at three in the morning and revealed she was close to Level 6 but had no herbs or money to make more potions.
• Ye Han promised to get Zhao Lei to provide money for medicinal herbs, then persuaded the half-asleep Zhao Lei to sign a guarantee to help Honjou Kaede without compensation.
• Ye Han proposed selling ten cultivation potions in two batches and recruiting Zhao Lei as their unpaid helper.
• Esdeath warned that selling the powerful potions could attract major powers, and Ye Han said he and Zhao Lei would go in disguise to test the market and seek a partnership.