Chapter Summaries

Tang San returned to the Seventh Dormitory and learned Xiao Wu and Qi Lin had moved, then challenged Xiao Wu to a rematch. While they fought, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Qi Lin by touting his theories, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Qi Lin that Yu Xiaogang’s advice was misguided.

• Tang San returned to the Seventh Dormitory, learned Xiao Wu and Qi Lin had moved to a new dormitory, and left to find them.
• Qi Lin worked on a lighting Soul Tool while Xiao Wu returned and asked about his experiments and plans to make a Game Console.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived, and Tang San challenged Xiao Wu to another fight after revealing he had reached level thirteen.
• Tang San attacked Xiao Wu with Blue Silver Bind while Yu Xiaogang approached Qi Lin and claimed he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Qi Lin denied having a second martial soul and listened as Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San’s Mandala Snake Soul Ring and offered to become his teacher.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Qi Lin that Yu Xiaogang was foolish and harmful for recommending a Poison Soul Ring for Blue Silver Grass.

Qi Lin rejected Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s offer to teach him, and Xiao Wu defeated Tang San despite the Grandmaster predicting she would lose. Tang San resolved to surpass Qi Lin and believed Xiao Wu would eventually see him differently.

• Qi Lin questioned what Yu Xiaogang could teach him after Soul Power Level thirty and refused to become his disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang predicted Tang San would defeat Xiao Wu because Control Spirit Masters were nearly invincible at the same level.
• Xiao Wu used Waist Bow to rush past Tang San’s defenses and knock him face-first into the dirt.
• Qi Lin called out that Xiao Wu had won, embarrassing Yu Xiaogang and forcing him to leave.
• Tang San acknowledged Xiao Wu’s victory, then resolved to surpass Qi Lin and win Xiao Wu’s admiration in the future.

During the academy break, Qi Lin and Xiao Wu accepted Tang San’s invitation to visit his home, and the three traveled together by carriage. Tang San was left doubting himself after Xiao Wu mocked his low Soul Power, and the story ended with them still on the journey.

• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu spent the last day of the school year playing a fighting game in their dormitory.
• Tang San invited Qi Lin and Xiao Wu to visit his home during the break, and Qi Lin agreed.
• Qi Lin told Tang San he had a Soul Tool too, surprising Tang San.
• The three left Nuoding Academy by carriage, with Qi Lin and Tang San discussing Soul Master knowledge along the way.
• Xiao Wu teased Tang San about his low Soul Power, leaving him silent and questioning whether Blue Silver Grass was weak.

Tang San returned to Holy Spirit Village with Qi Lin and Xiao Wu and discovered that his father, Tang Hao, had vanished. After Old Jack told him Tang Hao had been missing for a year, Tang San concealed his anger and secretly began planning to investigate Duke, the village wine seller.

• Tang San brought Qi Lin and Xiao Wu to his dilapidated home and found it dusty, abandoned, and full of liquor bottles.
• Old Jack told Tang San that Tang Hao had disappeared on the day Nuoding Academy opened and that he had kept the news from Tang San to avoid disrupting his studies.
• Tang San reacted with killing intent and asked Old Jack who had held grudges against Tang Hao, then agreed to let Old Jack investigate.
• Old Jack invited Tang San, Qi Lin, and Xiao Wu to stay at his house, and Tang San accepted.
• Tang San suspected Duke, the wine seller whom Tang Hao had beaten over unpaid debts, and planned to capture and interrogate him that night.

Qi Lin spent the evening at Old Jack’s home before dreaming of a golden lotus and waking to find that a golden second soul ring had appeared on its own, granting him Sacred Protection. He heard Tang San leave in the night but decided not to investigate.

• Old Jack welcomed Qi Lin, Xiao Wu, and the others with a dinner, and Qi Lin helped him cook.
• Xiao Wu visited Qi Lin’s room, and they talked about Tang San’s worries and Qi Lin’s delay in absorbing a soul ring.
• Qi Lin dreamed of a twelve-petaled golden lotus and woke to discover that his second soul ring had condensed by itself.
• Qi Lin learned that the golden ring granted Sacred Protection, which reduced and reflected attacks according to the attacker’s intent.
• Qi Lin heard Tang San leave the house, but chose to go back to sleep instead of following him.

Tang San kidnapped Duke to avenge Tang Hao, but Tang Hao appeared and told him to let Duke go. The next day, Qi Lin discovered he had gained a powerful second soul skill in a dream, leaving Sky Dream Ice Silkworm convinced that a god had bestowed the soul ring.

• Tang San abducted Duke and carried him into the woods, where his blind father Tang Hao confronted him.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to focus on cultivation and explained that Duke did not deserve to die, so Tang San agreed to return him.
• Tang Hao and Tang San praised each other while Duke remained unconscious and unable to protest.
• The next day, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed Qi Lin's new golden second soul ring and asked how he had obtained it.
• Qi Lin said the soul ring appeared after a dream and described its ability, prompting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to suspect it was God-Bestowed.

Qi Lin and Xiao Wu left Holy Spirit Village after Tang San awkwardly asked them to become his younger siblings. On the road, Qi Lin revealed that he already had a second spirit ring, astonishing Xiao Wu.

• Qi Lin, Old Jack, Xiao Wu, and Tang San shared breakfast, and Tang San appeared cheerful after secretly meeting his father.
• After a week in Holy Spirit Village, Tang San asked Qi Lin and Xiao Wu to become his younger brother and sister, but they declined and agreed to remain friends.
• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu departed Holy Spirit Village by carriage as Tang San watched them leave with clenched fists.
• Xiao Wu asked when Qi Lin would obtain his second spirit ring, and Qi Lin revealed his white and brilliant gold rings.
• Xiao Wu stared at Qi Lin's dazzling second spirit ring and wondered how he had obtained it.

After reaching level thirty, Qi Lin dreamed of Taishang Laojun and awakened his third Soul Ring, a dark crimson Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring with the skill Six Ding Creation. Xiao Wu was stunned by his progress, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm later celebrated the news, convinced it had found a worthy master.

• During the holiday, Xiao Wu broke through to level twenty and secretly condensed her second Soul Ring, then told Qi Lin it had formed while she slept.
• Qi Lin struggled to advance his Soul Tool studies, while his soul power reached level twenty-five and left Xiao Wu and Tang San far behind.
• At level thirty, Qi Lin dreamed of Taishang Laojun beside an Eight Trigrams Furnace and awoke with a dark crimson third Soul Ring.
• Qi Lin discovered that Six Ding Creation let him forge imagined items from materials using summoned flames, with more complex creations consuming more soul power.
• Qi Lin showed Xiao Wu his pale white, brilliant gold, and dark crimson Soul Rings, shocking her with the Hundred Thousand Year ring.
• More than ten days later, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm woke, learned what had happened, and celebrated its good fortune in meeting Qi Lin.

Two and a half years later, Qi Lin reached level forty and decided to travel with Xiao Wu to Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a spirit beast. Asura God tried to probe Qi Lin’s secrets, but the defenses in Qi Lin’s sea of consciousness destroyed his divine consciousness.

• Xiao Wu shut off the Game Console to avoid losing, and Qi Lin calmly gave her spirit ability buffs.
• Qi Lin broke through to level forty, while Xiao Wu asked how he cultivated so quickly.
• Qi Lin decided to hunt a spirit beast in Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu eagerly agreed to go with him.
• Qi Lin went to ask Director Su for leave while Xiao Wu packed for the trip.
• Asura God sent divine consciousness to invade Qi Lin’s sea of consciousness, where a golden lotus and crimson flames destroyed it.
• Qi Lin felt unusually refreshed but could not work out why, and continued on to ask Director Su for leave.

After the Asura God’s divine sense was repelled, the Silver Dragon awakened and ordered Di Tian to watch the continent. Qi Lin and Xiao Wu traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where a gang of five targeted them, unaware that Qi Lin and Xiao Wu had noticed.

• The Asura God abandoned his attempt to investigate Qi Lin’s secret after his divine sense was destroyed and returned to his divine hall.
• The Silver Dragon awoke beneath the Lake of Life, told Di Tian that the Asura God had suffered a setback, and ordered him to monitor the continent.
• Qi Lin called Qi Tian with his homemade phone and told him that he and Xiao Wu were heading to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After reaching a town near the forest, Qi Lin and Xiao Wu bought supplies, and Qi Lin realized that a group of five was following them.
• Xiao Wu chose a quieter place to confront the group, whose members planned to rob and kill them before one noticed that the others’ foreheads looked black.

Qi Lin and Xiao Wu lured five spirit masters into an isolated spot and fought them. Xiao Wu defeated the Leopard Woman Spirit Master and crippled the broad-bladed leader, while Qi Lin knocked down the attacker sent after him.

• The five spirit masters discovered Qi Lin and Xiao Wu had deliberately led them to the isolated area, and Xiao Wu challenged them to attack together.
• The Leopard Woman Spirit Master fought Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu evaded her attacks and kicked her out of the air.
• The broad-bladed middle-aged man attacked Xiao Wu, who used Qi Lin's buffs and her Charm skill before striking him between the legs.
• The five spirit masters attacked Xiao Wu together while the short-haired, bearded fat man rushed Qi Lin, intending to use him as a hostage.
• Qi Lin dodged the fat man's grab and punched him in the abdomen, knocking him to his knees.

Qi Lin and Xiao Wu defeated five notorious attackers in town, then entered the Star Dou Great Forest. Their return alerted Er Ming, who set off to find Xiao Wu despite Da Ming’s warning, while Qi Lin and Xiao Wu encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider.

• Xiao Wu defeated the broad-blade Spirit Master, then shot the three fleeing attackers with her Desert Eagle, and Qi Lin finished off the two remaining men.
• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu collected the attackers’ meager spoils, spent several days in town, and then set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Er Ming sensed Xiao Wu’s return and charged into the forest to find her, ignoring Da Ming’s warning not to expose her identity.
• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu wandered past several gentle soul beasts that were unusually affectionate toward Qi Lin.
• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu encountered a giant Man Faced Demon Spider and recognized it.

Xiao Wu killed a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and discovered that it carried the Eight Spider Lances, an External Soul Bone that Qi Lin stored away. As Qi Lin and Xiao Wu continued through the Star Dou Great Forest, Er Ming appeared and addressed Xiao Wu, risking exposing her identity.

• Xiao Wu shot and killed a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, leaving its Purple Soul Ring unused.
• Qi Lin spotted a glowing object in the spider's corpse, and Xiao Wu extracted the Eight Spider Lances soul bone.
• Qi Lin explained that the External Soul Bone was priceless and stored it in his Storage Bracelet, promising to forge Xiao Wu something from it.
• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu felt the ground tremble as a large creature approached, and Xiao Wu feared Er Ming would reveal her identity.
• Er Ming appeared, ignored Xiao Wu's signals to leave, and asked why she kept blinking at him.

Xiao Wu returned to the Lake of Life with Qi Lin, where Da Ming and Er Ming questioned why she had brought a human who knew her identity. After Qi Lin explained that his first soul ring came from the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Di Tian appeared and demanded to know whether it had become Qi Lin’s soul ring.

• Xiao Wu admitted Qi Lin already knew she was a hundred-thousand-year Shapeshifting Soul Beast, and asked Er Ming to take them to the Lake of Life.
• Er Ming carried Xiao Wu and Qi Lin to the Lake of Life, where Da Ming emerged and warned Xiao Wu about exposing her identity to a human.
• Xiao Wu reassured Da Ming that Qi Lin would protect her and never reveal her secret.
• Qi Lin told Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was a million-year soul beast and had become his first soul ring.
• Di Tian appeared behind Qi Lin and asked whether the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had become his first soul ring.

Di Tian brought Qi Lin to meet the Silver Dragon King, who questioned him about his unusual Soul Rings and gave him a silver scale and Ice Marrow. Afterward, she wondered whether Qi Lin possessed the Power of Destiny and had truly thwarted the Asura God.

• Di Tian appeared at the Lake of Life, and Qi Lin confirmed that his first Soul Ring was a million years old before describing how Sky Dream Ice Silkworm became his Soul Ring.
• The Silver Dragon King summoned Qi Lin, and Di Tian carried him into the Lake of Life despite Sister Xiao Wu's concern.
• Qi Lin met the Silver Dragon King in her crystal palace, and they chatted while she confirmed her suspicions about him.
• Qi Lin asked for materials, and the Silver Dragon King gave him a silver scale and a piece of Ice Marrow.
• After Qi Lin left, the Silver Dragon King wondered whether he had defeated the Asura God using the Power of Destiny.

Qi Lin forged a spiritually responsive suit of armor from the Silver Dragon King's scales using his Third Soul Skill, Six Ding Divine Fire. He named it the Silver Light Dragon Scale Armor, and Di Tian asked him to make another suit.

• Xiao Wu reunited with Qi Lin outside the Lake of Life and vowed to work harder at cultivation.
• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu settled beside the lake, and he gradually befriended Da Ming and Er Ming through cooking and time spent together.
• Qi Lin spent nearly two weeks forging the Silver Dragon King's scales into armor, with her help when his Soul Power ran out.
• The finished armor automatically fitted itself to Qi Lin, impressing Xiao Wu, Er Ming, and Di Tian.
• Di Tian asked Qi Lin to forge him a suit of armor, and the Silver Dragon King approved Qi Lin's name for his creation: the Silver Light Dragon Scale Armor.

Qi Lin obtained the Tree of Life’s soul ring and a Spirit Bone, gaining the fourth soul skill Nature Control. After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu, they returned to the academy and told Tang San they had both advanced.

• Qi Lin found a Tree of Life with the Titan Giant Ape, defeated it, and absorbed its soul ring, which became jade green and granted him Nature Control.
• Qi Lin discovered a Spirit Bone inside the Tree of Life’s trunk.
• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu said goodbye to the Silver Dragon King and the others, then Di Tian escorted them to the forest’s outskirts and gave Qi Lin enormous scales for his Treasure Armor.
• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu returned to the academy after half a month and checked in with the director.
• Tang San asked why they had taken leave, and Xiao Wu revealed that they had both advanced; she had reached level thirty-one.

Tang San was shaken by Xiao Wu and Qi Lin’s faster cultivation, but Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang explained that their stronger martial souls accounted for the gap and urged Tang San to trust his Twin Martial Souls and long-term potential. Reassured, Tang San apologized to Yu Xiaogang and renewed his faith in his teacher’s guidance.

• Tang San doubted Yu Xiaogang’s theories after learning that Xiao Wu and Qi Lin had advanced faster than he had.
• Tang San went to Yu Xiaogang and asked why their cultivation speeds differed despite all three having Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Qi Lin’s Blue Silver Grass had undergone a powerful mutation, Xiao Wu’s martial soul was stronger than Tang San’s, and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was a Wasted Spirit.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that his Clear Sky Hammer and Twin Martial Souls would let him surpass them in the future by gaining more soul rings.
• Tang San knelt to apologize for doubting Yu Xiaogang, who helped him up and reassured him.

After graduating, Qi Lin and Xiao Wu considered their next steps, and Tang San invited them to visit Shrek Academy. Qi Lin agreed to look around without committing to enroll, while Tang San expected him to join.

• Qi Lin taught Xiao Wu systematic methods for training and controlling Soul Power as she became more proactive about cultivation.
• A year and a half later, Qi Lin graduated as the outstanding student representative and thanked Director Su for caring for him and Xiao Wu.
• Director Su asked which academy Qi Lin and Xiao Wu planned to attend, but neither had decided.
• Tang San recommended Shrek Academy, describing its powerful teachers, freedom for students, and Soul Sage-level experts.
• Xiao Wu was impressed by Tang San's description, and Qi Lin agreed to visit Shrek Academy before making a decision.
• Tang San revealed that he had reached level thirty and obtained a sixteen-hundred-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring with Flender's help.

After visiting their families and friends in Radish Village, Qi Lin and Xiao Wu set off for Suotuo City. On the road, they rescued Zhu Zhuqing from four masked attackers, and Xiao Wu introduced herself to her.

• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu returned to Radish Village after graduating, where Qi Tian and Xu Qian welcomed them and Qi Yue had also grown stronger.
• Qi Lin and Xiao Wu visited Brother Tao and Sister Sisi, then left for Suotuo City after spending more time in the village.
• While Xiao Wu drove, Qi Lin spotted four masked people attacking a girl in black and told Xiao Wu to stop.
• Xiao Wu charged in and defeated all four masked Soul Elders with her fists, following Qi Lin's order not to kill them.
• Xiao Wu approached the stunned girl, Zhu Zhuqing, and introduced herself.