Chapter Summaries

After being swept away by Space-Time Turbulence, Huo Yuhao found himself in a child’s body at a Spirit Hall martial soul awakening in the distant past. He awakened his Spirit Eyes and Innate Soul Power level one, then heard a familiar voice in his mind as the chapter ended.

• Huo Yuhao woke in a wooden cabin among children and realized he had become a child after Tang Wutong was swept away.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Su Yuntao’s Spirit Hall uniform and suspected he had traveled at least ten thousand years into the past.
• Su Yuntao awakened the children’s martial souls, and Huo Yuhao wondered whether Spirit Hall had once been a kind and orderly force.
• Su Yuntao awakened Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes and found that he had Innate Soul Power level one.
• A familiar voice erupted in Huo Yuhao’s mind, declaring that it had survived and asking why Huo Yuhao was so small.

Reborn ten thousand years in the past, Huo Yuhao reunited with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and questioned his feelings for Tang Wutong, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiuer. Elder Yi also appeared in his Sea of Consciousness, while Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream considered how to regain the power and companions that had helped him before.

• Huo Yuhao rejoiced when Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed that he had also been reborn, and they realized they had traveled at least ten thousand years into the past.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm challenged Huo Yuhao to distinguish his feelings for Tang Wutong, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiuer, and Huo Yuhao admitted that his past understanding of Tang Wutong had been mistaken.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to surpass his father-in-law and become a god first, but Huo Yuhao defended his father-in-law's intentions.
• A mysterious gray current entered Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, and Elder Yi appeared as a remnant soul before retreating to recover.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that his original body remained in the Star Dou Great Forest's core region and offered to become Huo Yuhao's Wisdom Soul Ring without its growth potential.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream discussed seeking Ice Empress as his second martial soul, though Sky Dream doubted she would agree so far ahead of her Heavenly Tribulation.

Huo Yuhao planned to raise his Soul Power and earn money by selling grilled fish, since his low talent and lack of ingredients prevented him from making cultivation pills or Soul Tools. He reached Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy and began grilling fish for its students.

• Huo Yuhao asked Old John about attending a Soul Master Academy, and John offered to secure the villages' shared work-study place for him.
• Huo Yuhao decided he needed money to buy herbs and materials, choosing to sell grilled fish while his Soul Power was too low to craft valuable Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao made his own fishing and grilling equipment, caught more than twenty Green Fish, and prepared them with borrowed seasonings.
• Huo Yuhao carried his supplies to Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy and began grilling fish outside as students came out for lunch.

Huo Yuhao sold grilled fish to earn money for cultivation herbs and pills, then used three months of hard work and a Soul Ascending Pill to reach level seven. He continued selling fish, now only three levels away from level ten and the next step in his plans.

• Huo Yuhao charged Junior Soul Master Academy students for grilled fish, selling all twenty and earning two Gold Coins and six silver coins.
• Huo Yuhao bought herbs in Nuoding City, refined a Soul Replenishing Pill, and swallowed it before cultivating.
• Huo Yuhao planned to use the three months before attending Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy to raise his Soul Power by at least three levels.
• Over the next three months, Huo Yuhao sold nearly a hundred grilled fish a day and saved more than seven hundred Gold Coins.
• Huo Yuhao refined and took a Soul Ascending Pill, rising from level three to level seven and awakening Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Huo Yuhao finished selling grilled fish and reported to Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, where he witnessed Grandmaster admit a poor child. After hearing Grandmaster declare that there were no useless Martial Souls, Huo Yuhao asked whether he was a powerful Soul Sage or above.

• Huo Yuhao sold out of grilled fish, spoke with Su Yuntao, and prepared to report to the academy the next day.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at Nuoding Academy and saw the gatekeeper berate an old man and a child for their patched clothes.
• The child tripped the gatekeeper, but Grandmaster intervened, checked the child's Spirit Hall certificate, and brought him into the academy.
• Huo Yuhao presented his own certificate, and the gatekeeper let him enter after seeing that he had rank-one Innate Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao overheard Grandmaster say there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters, and asked him what rank he was.

Huo Yuhao enrolled at Nuoding Academy and discovered that the middle-aged man he had mistaken for a powerful Soul Master was Master, while the new student Tang San was the legendary figure from his previous life. He was assigned to Dorm Seven, where all Work-Study Students lived.

• Huo Yuhao mistook Master for a high-level Soul Master, and Master left in tears after hearing Huo Yuhao praise his supposed cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Master from his statue at Shrek Academy and realized he had misunderstood the gatekeeper's stutter.
• At the Academic Affairs Office, Huo Yuhao met Tang San and learned that Tang Hao was his father.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to consider taking Tang San's future Asura God Seat, then went into hiding.
• Huo Yuhao completed enrollment and was assigned to Dorm Seven, the residence for Work-Study Students.

Huo Yuhao entered Dorm Seven, defeated Wang Sheng in one kick, and became its new boss after learning that the work-study students needed someone to protect them. The arrival of Xiao Wu shocked Huo Yuhao when he recognized her as the future mother-in-law he knew from his past life.

• Huo Yuhao entered Dorm Seven and found that Tang San had just knocked Wang Sheng to the floor.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Wang Sheng and defeated him with a single well-timed kick, impressing Tang San.
• Wang Sheng accepted Huo Yuhao as the new boss and explained that Dorm Seven's work-study students needed to stick together against bullying.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to take responsibility for the dorm, but Xiao Wu arrived before he finished speaking.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Xiao Wu and stepped back in shock, realizing that she and Tang San had just met.

Huo Yuhao fought Xiao Wu after Wang Sheng insisted that Dorm Seven’s boss test her strength, then gave her the boss position. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu demanding that Huo Yuhao call her “Sister Xiao Wu,” and him refusing because she was not older than him.

• Wang Sheng pushed Huo Yuhao to fight Xiao Wu, while Tang San refused to take his place.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes to evade Xiao Wu’s opening kick and counterattacked.
• Xiao Wu tried to restrain Huo Yuhao with her legs, but he blocked them with his hands and broke free, making her fall.
• Xiao Wu accused Huo Yuhao of cheating, then accepted that he had won and moved into Dorm Seven.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that Xiao Wu become Dorm Seven’s boss, and Wang Sheng agreed that she was strong enough for the role.
• Xiao Wu claimed the title of Sister Xiao Wu and ordered Huo Yuhao to call her that, but he refused.

At the academy, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Wu, and Tang San learned about their work-study duties and introduced their Martial Souls. Huo Yuhao declined the cleaning job and offered to buy Xiao Wu bedding, then walked with her as she devised a more forceful version of her leg-clamping move.

• Wang Sheng explained the academy’s grades, classes, and work-study arrangements, and introduced the students in Dorm Seven.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, while Huo Yuhao said his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul had Level Seven Soul Power.
• Teacher Mo assigned Tang San and Xiao Wu to clean the garden, while Huo Yuhao declined the work because he had another way to earn money.
• Huo Yuhao offered to buy Xiao Wu bedding until she could repay him, and she happily agreed.
• As they left the dormitory, Xiao Wu asked about Huo Yuhao’s earnings and then proposed tying sandbags or iron blocks to her calves to strengthen her attack.

Huo Yuhao helped Xiao Wu settle into the dormitory and offered to lend her money for meals, then tried to invite Tang San to eat with the group. Their first cafeteria visit ended with Xiao Wu clashing verbally with an older student, while Tang San declined Huo Yuhao’s offer and ate his own provisions.

• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu bought bedding, and Xiao Wu chose the bed beside his despite his attempt to direct her toward Tang San.
• Xiao Wu asked to borrow money for meals, and Huo Yuhao readily agreed to lend her money for the next few days.
• Wang Sheng led the group of eleven to the cafeteria, where an older student insulted them and Xiao Wu angrily answered him.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Xiao Wu from chasing the older students, warning that she could not defeat their whole group and might have to pay for any damage.
• Tang San greeted Master and revealed that Master was his teacher, then declined Huo Yuhao’s offer to buy him food and ate his dry provisions instead.

Huo Yuhao learned that Spirit Hall subsidized low-level Soul Masters and maintained Soul Hunting Forests, leading him to wonder why it had later been destroyed and whether he could prevent that fate. Xiao Wu said she did not need to hunt Soul Beasts, and Huo Yuhao realized her true form made that unsurprising.

• Xiao Wu stopped Huo Yuhao from worrying about Tang San, and Huo Yuhao joined her and their dormmates for a meal.
• Wang Sheng explained that Spirit Hall gave Soul Masters monthly subsidies based on their rank, surprising Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Sheng described Soul Hunting Forests and how Soul Masters could get permits to hunt raised Soul Beasts for Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao considered the benefits of Spirit Hall and Soul Hunting Forests and wondered whether he could prevent Spirit Hall's destruction.
• Xiao Wu said she did not need to hunt Soul Beasts, and Huo Yuhao recalled that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Huo Yuhao used his Soul Tool-making skills to create a Level One Electric Baton for self-defense while Xiao Wu watched. After he began cultivating, Xiao Wu quietly stole the weapon beside him.

• Huo Yuhao bought metal materials and began engraving a complex Core Array in Dorm Seven.
• Xiao Wu woke up, asked what Huo Yuhao was making, and watched him work after he gave her spare materials to play with.
• Huo Yuhao completed the Core Array, fitted it into a retractable iron rod, and made the Electric Baton.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the weapon could incapacitate weaker opponents and prepared to cultivate.
• Xiao Wu quietly took the Electric Baton while Huo Yuhao entered deep meditation.

Xiao Wu accidentally activated Huo Yuhao’s electric baton and was shocked before he explained how its rubber sleeve kept it safe to hold. Later, Tang San announced that he was leaving to obtain his first Soul Ring, and Huo Yuhao offered to help Xiao Wu with their work-study garden duties while he was gone.

• Xiao Wu extended Huo Yuhao’s baton and hit Wang Sheng with it, then followed Wang Sheng’s suggestion to channel Soul Power into it.
• The electric baton shocked Xiao Wu, and Huo Yuhao woke up, helped her to bed, and took the baton back.
• After dinner, Tang San told Xiao Wu that he would leave the next day to find a suitable first Soul Ring.
• When Xiao Wu objected to cleaning the garden alone, Huo Yuhao offered to work with her and take Tang San’s share of the wages.
• Xiao Wu pulled Huo Yuhao out of Dorm Seven and led him onto the training ground.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu sparred again, but their fight turned chaotic when Huo Yuhao shocked them both with the Electric Baton. After Xiao Wu confiscated it and removed her hidden sandbags, they resumed fighting and ended up battling for position in midair.

• Xiao Wu called Huo Yuhao a hopeless do-gooder for helping Tang San, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao not to be foolish about Tang San.
• Xiao Wu challenged Huo Yuhao to another fight and insisted he could not use the Electric Baton.
• Xiao Wu used sandbags tied to her calves to overpower Huo Yuhao, but he jabbed her thigh with the Electric Baton and shocked them both because their bodies conducted electricity.
• Xiao Wu recovered, confiscated the Electric Baton, and removed her sandbags after Huo Yuhao accused her of cheating.
• Xiao Wu tricked Huo Yuhao with her scorpion tail braid and lifted him to throw him, but he countered in midair, leaving them struggling over who would land on top.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu wrestled until he finally won, then she fell asleep on the training field and he took her back to the dormitory. The next day, Xiao Wu followed Huo Yuhao to sell grilled fish, where her attempts to cook one herself ended in failure.

• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu rolled around wrestling until Huo Yuhao pinned her and claimed victory, but Xiao Wu challenged him to try again tomorrow.
• Xiao Wu fell asleep on the training field, and Huo Yuhao woke her so they could return to the dormitory.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao went home to collect his grilling tools, and Xiao Wu went with him.
• Huo Yuhao set up his stall outside Nuoding Academy, grilled fish for customers, and gave Xiao Wu one to eat.
• Xiao Wu tried grilling a fish herself to avoid paying Huo Yuhao, but burned it and then served herself a half-raw one.

Huo Yuhao sold grilled fish to save money for Mysterious Water Pills, while Xiao Wu tried to wheedle some fish from him. After calculating how long it would take to reach his savings goal, he returned to cultivating at Nuoding Academy and resolved to grow stronger as quickly as possible.

• Xiao Wu persuaded Huo Yuhao to give her grilled fish, and he sold nearly fifty fish at noon before returning to Dorm Seven with her.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Wu that he needed over a thousand Gold Soul Coins to make three Mysterious Water Pills using Soul Beast essence blood.
• Xiao Wu said she had to go out that afternoon and might not return until the next morning, then left Huo Yuhao to rest.
• Huo Yuhao sold another batch of grilled fish at dusk, earned a total of nine Gold Soul Coins that day, and lamented that saving a thousand would take nearly four months.
• When classes began, Huo Yuhao stayed in the dormitory to cultivate instead of attending, and planned to accelerate his growth with the Mysterious Water Pill and Brother Sky Dream's energy.

Xiao Wu returned after obtaining her first Soul Ring and challenged Huo Yuhao to a fight, but neither could defeat the other. As they headed out to sell grilled fish, Xiao Wu suggested that Huo Yuhao sell his Electric Batons, giving him a new plan to earn money.

• Xiao Wu returned to the dormitory and watched Huo Yuhao cultivate, thinking about his looks, grilled fish, and stinginess.
• Xiao Wu challenged Huo Yuhao after revealing that she had obtained her first Soul Ring, and they went to the training ground.
• Xiao Wu used her new strength and Waist Bow against Huo Yuhao, but his Electric Baton kept her from landing a decisive attack.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu fought to a draw after Xiao Wu asked him to stop using his Electric Baton and he asked her to stop using her legs.
• Xiao Wu suggested that Huo Yuhao sell Electric Batons instead of relying only on grilled fish, and Huo Yuhao considered selling one every five days for fifty Gold Coins.

Huo Yuhao took an Electric Baton to the Nuoding City Auction House, where an appraiser confirmed its unusual ability to paralyze stronger Soul Masters. He and Xiao Wu watched it sell for 125 Gold Soul Coins, leaving Huo Yuhao with a substantial sum and plans to earn more before its price fell.

• Huo Yuhao refined an Electric Baton, tested its safety, and disguised himself before taking it to the Nuoding City Auction House.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated the baton to an appraiser, who arranged for a Soul Master to test it and agreed to put it in the next day's auction.
• Huo Yuhao received two admission tickets and returned to Nuoding Academy.
• Huo Yuhao brought Xiao Wu to the auction, where bidders drove the Electric Baton's price from ten to 125 Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao left with more than 110 Gold Soul Coins and told Xiao Wu that future batons would likely sell for less.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu confronted Xiao Chenyu, who challenged the work-study students to a group fight at noon. Xiao Wu revealed her Hundred-Year Soul Ring and planned to use Huo Yuhao’s Electric Baton, leaving him worried about facing Xiao Chenyu’s many followers.

• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu encountered Xiao Chenyu leading students who came looking for Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng at Dorm Seven.
• Xiao Chenyu challenged the work-study students to a mass fight at the mountain behind the academy, betting that the losers would have to yield to the winners.
• Xiao Wu accepted Xiao Chenyu’s challenge and declared that he would have to acknowledge her as his boss if he lost.
• Wang Sheng warned Xiao Wu that Xiao Chenyu had become a One-Ring Soul Master, so Xiao Wu revealed her own yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu asked Huo Yuhao to use his Electric Baton against Xiao Chenyu’s followers, then proposed that they switch opponents.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu led the Work-Study Students to the Back Mountain to face Xiao Chenyu’s larger group. Xiao Wu wagered one hundred Gold Soul Coins on their victory, and the chapter ended as Wang Sheng began fighting Liu Long.

• Huo Yuhao and the Work-Study Students met Xiao Chenyu and nearly thirty upper-year students at the Back Mountain.
• Xiao Chenyu proposed a series of fights in which each winner could face the next opponent, and Huo Yuhao called out his tactical advantage.
• Xiao Wu added a wager of one hundred Gold Soul Coins, which Huo Yuhao lent her, while Xiao Chenyu’s group pooled their money to match it.
• Xiao Wu let Wang Sheng fight first after he said he had a grudge against Liu Long, with Huo Yuhao agreeing to the choice.
• Liu Long summoned his staff martial soul and struck Wang Sheng in the chest after making it vanish from Wang Sheng’s grasp.