Chapter Summaries

Tang San enrolled at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where Director Su secretly assigned him the academy’s toilet duties to retaliate for his earlier conflict with Su’s brother-in-law. Meanwhile, Zhu Rong tested Xiao Chenyu’s character with an offer of Gold Soul Coins, then went with him to see his single dormitory.

• Director Su read Tang San’s awakening certificate, sent him to the Seventh Dormitory, and ordered a teacher to assign him all the academy’s toilet duties.
• Director Su gave Gold Soul Coins to Wu to take his injured brother-in-law to the clinic, then told a teacher to have Mo Hen arrange Tang San’s duties.
• Xiao Chenyu ordered a meal for Zhu Rong that cost three Gold Soul Coins, and Zhu Rong offered him over a hundred coins to repay his help.
• Xiao Chenyu refused Zhu Rong’s money, so Zhu Rong decided he was a worthwhile friend and put the coins away.
• Xiao Chenyu offered to take Zhu Rong to the dormitory, and Zhu Rong teased him about having enough influence to secure a single room.

Zhu Rong tried to bring Tang San a spare quilt, while Tang San fought Xiao Wu for Dorm Seven’s leadership and revealed he was a level 14 Soul Master. Xiao Wu sensed a Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone on Tang San and was bound by his Blue Silver Entanglement.

• Xiao Chenyu escorted Zhu Rong to his dormitory, and Zhu Rong replaced the provided bedding with his own.
• Zhu Rong decided to take his spare quilt and pillow to Tang San, hoping to keep him from sharing a bed with Xiao Wu, but he did not know where Dorm Seven was.
• Tang San dodged Xiao Wu’s attacks and boasted that a Soul Master was stronger than a Soul Warrior.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and a yellow soul ring, then used Blue Silver Entanglement against Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu sensed the aura of a Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone on Tang San and grew furious as his thorny Blue Silver Grass bound and cut her.

Tang San defeated Xiao Wu in their spar, then fought off the Seventh Dormitory students after they condemned him for hurting her. As Tang San settled into an empty bed, Xiao Wu kicked open the dormitory door.

• Tang San trapped Xiao Wu with Blue Silver Entanglement, but she broke free and charged at him again.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Mysterious Jade Hand to strike Xiao Wu's foot, sending her crashing to the ground.
• Xiao Wu cried over her defeat and her inability to avenge her mother, prompting Wang Sheng and the other students to confront Tang San.
• Wang Sheng and the students released their martial souls and attacked Tang San, who defeated them using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San found an empty bed and began making it after learning his assigned work was cleaning all the academy's toilets.
• Xiao Wu kicked open the door to the Seventh Dormitory.

Zhu Rong entered the Seventh Dormitory and confronted Tang San, humiliating him with a beating and forcing him to accept the bedding he had brought. After Zhu Rong left, Tang Hao reflected on his plans for Zhu Rong, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang.

• Zhu Rong found Xiao Wu and the other Work-Study Students beaten and injured in the Seventh Dormitory, then placed a quilt and pillow on an empty bed for Tang San.
• Tang San rejected Zhu Rong's gift, but Zhu Rong beat him with the Blade of Sanction and told him to become stronger if he wanted to resist.
• Zhu Rong left the dormitory and pretended to lament Tang San's weakness where Tang Hao could see him.
• Tang Hao decided Zhu Rong's first Clear Sky Hammer soul ring was taken care of and considered giving Tang San resources Zhu Rong did not need.
• Tang Hao considered taking Xiao Wu, a transformed hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast, and having Tang San learn from Yu Xiaogang about Twin Martial Souls absorbing soul rings.

After Zhu Rong defeated Tang San, Xiao Wu took the blanket and pillow Zhu Rong had sent, while Tang San realized Zhu Rong had claimed a treasure chest he believed should have been his. Zhu Rong gained a Hero Replicator for the victory and considered challenging Xiao Wu next, while Wang Sheng and the others went to eat without recognizing Tang San as their dormitory boss.

• Xiao Wu took Zhu Rong's blanket and pillow after Tang San agreed she could use them.
• Wang Sheng explained that the academy provided bedding to noble students, and Tang San realized Zhu Rong was not a Work-Study Student.
• Tang San recalled the treasure chest of Gold Soul Coins he had found while cultivating and blamed Zhu Rong for taking his opportunity.
• Zhu Rong received 500 Gold Soul Coins and a Hero Replicator for defeating Tang San, then considered making Xiao Wu his next first victory.
• Zhang Mazi and Wang Goudan invited Wang Sheng to eat, and Wang Sheng agreed to treat the others while ignoring Tang San.

Tang San offered Xiao Wu spicy dried rabbit meat, unaware that she was a transformed rabbit spirit beast. Xiao Wu was horrified and vowed revenge, and the chapter left Tang San angrily confronting her after she threw the meat at him.

• Wang Sheng led the Work-Study Students out of the Seventh Dormitory, leaving Tang San and Xiao Wu alone.
• Tang San took out dried rabbit meat and tossed a piece to Xiao Wu, thinking she must be hungry.
• Xiao Wu recognized the meat as rabbit and became furious, resolving to avenge her kin and seeking help from Zhu Rong.
• Xiao Wu threw the meat at Tang San and shouted that he was not allowed to eat rabbits, and Tang San dodged it before angrily confronting her.

Tang San visited Yu Xiaogang and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Yu Xiaogang to recognize it and question him about his family. Tang San disclosed that his father was Tang Hao, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned.

• Tang San left the Seventh Dormitory after Xiao Wu cried and told him not to eat rabbits, then brought the dried rabbit meat to Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to show his second Martial Soul so he could advise him on cultivation and Soul Rings.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang recognized it as the Martial Soul of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to conceal the hammer and asked who his parents were.
• Tang San revealed that his father was Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang trembled in shock.

Zhu Rong searched for Tang San to start another fight, but fled after discovering the foul conditions of Tang San’s cleaning work and decided to look for Xiao Chenyu instead. The chapter also revealed that Yu Xiaogang suspected Tang San had a Soul Bone and hoped he would help Yu Xiaogang confront the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Zhu Rong reflected on how his weakened appearance had earned him the nickname “Empty Prince” and attracted attention from Nuoding City’s nobles.
• Zhu Rong searched the academy for Tang San, who was forced to clean its public toilets after Director Su rejected his application to become a regular student.
• Zhu Rong heard Tang San gagging in a filthy toilet, ran away, and decided to find Xiao Chenyu instead.
• Yu Xiaogang learned Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and guessed that a Soul Bone explained Tang San’s rapid rise to Soul Power Level 14.
• Yu Xiaogang hoped Tang San would grow strong enough to help him confront the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, unaware Tang San had fused with two hundred-year Soul Bones.

Tang San resented being made to clean the academy’s restroom and grew convinced that Yu Xiaogang was a fraud. Xiao Wu returned from supposedly obtaining a soul ring and tried to challenge Tang San, but fled after mistaking the mess around his mouth for evidence that he had eaten something disgusting; Tang Hao watched over her from hiding.

• Tang San emerged from the restroom furious about his cleaning duty and blamed Director Su, the gatekeeper, and Yu Xiaogang for his troubles.
• Tang San recalled discovering that Yu Xiaogang’s theories were copied and that students who followed his soul-ring advice had been badly harmed, so he decided to ask his father for guidance instead.
• Xiao Wu returned after secretly condensing a soul ring and announced that she had come to beat Tang San in revenge.
• Xiao Wu caught the smell on Tang San, mistook the residue at his mouth for proof that he had eaten something revolting, and ran away despite his protests.
• Tang Hao revealed that he had followed Xiao Wu to prevent her from escaping and wondered whether she had fallen for Zhu Rong.

Zhu Rong defeated Xiao Chenyu in a spar, but Xiao Wu’s account of Tang San eating something horrifying ruined their plans to eat. Xiao Wu then revealed she had obtained her soul ring and become a Soul Master, and Zhu Rong noted he had expected her return.

• Zhu Rong knocked Xiao Chenyu down without summoning his martial soul, and Xiao Chenyu lamented his weak ten-year soul ring.
• Zhu Rong offered to treat Xiao Chenyu to a meal, but Xiao Wu arrived in a panic and described seeing Tang San eat something revolting.
• Zhu Rong and Xiao Chenyu lost their appetites and decided to return to cultivation, while Xiao Chenyu left.
• Zhu Rong explained to Xiao Wu why her story had put them off eating, and Xiao Wu understood.
• Xiao Wu proudly told Zhu Rong she had obtained a soul ring and become a Soul Master, and Zhu Rong said he knew she was back.

Zhu Rong avoided Xiao Wu because he refused to become entangled in her plan for revenge, then returned to cultivating. At Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, absurd rumors about Tang San eating enormous quantities spread, and Yu Xiaogang cautiously insisted that he believed his disciple.

• Xiao Wu confronted Zhu Rong for ignoring her, but he hurried away and left her determined to keep pursuing him.
• Zhu Rong realized Xiao Wu wanted him to become strong enough to avenge her mother and deliberately avoided forming a bond with her.
• Zhu Rong returned to his dormitory and began meditating to improve his strength.
• Students at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy spread increasingly exaggerated rumors that Tang San had eaten vast amounts of food.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San about the rumors, and Tang San angrily denied eating anything while Yu Xiaogang kept his distance because of Tang San's smell.

Six months later, Zhu Rong continued beating Tang San, who resented his strength and coveted his wing-type External Soul Bone. Meanwhile, Director Su learned when Yu Xiaogang and Tang San would leave the academy and planned to retaliate against them, leaving their safety uncertain.

• Zhu Rong defeated Tang San again and mocked his slow cultivation before leaving for breakfast.
• Tang San vowed to finish the Godly Zhuge Crossbow so he could break Zhu Rong's defense, and he brooded over Zhu Rong's External Soul Bone.
• Gatekeeper Wu told Director Su that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San both collected their Spirit Hall subsidies on the first of each month.
• Director Su realized that both men would leave the academy the next day and decided to punish them for offending him.
• Director Su left the academy that night to find helpers.

Yu Xiaogang visited Zhu Rong to recruit him as a disciple, but Zhu Rong mocked his failure to protect Tang San and challenged him to a fight. Yu Xiaogang accepted and led Zhu Rong away, intent on teaching him a lesson.

• Yu Xiaogang learned of Zhu Rong's talent and decided to take him as his disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang told Zhu Rong he should find a teacher, and Zhu Rong said he wanted a powerful master who would protect him from bullies.
• Zhu Rong criticized Tang San's teacher for failing to defend him, and Yu Xiaogang revealed that he was Tang San's teacher.
• Zhu Rong told Yu Xiaogang that he had bullied Tang San and challenged him to win a fight while Zhu Rong used only one hand.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted the challenge and led Zhu Rong away, planning to teach him a lesson.

Zhu Rong faced Yu Xiaogang after refusing to become his disciple, and their duel began when Yu Xiaogang summoned Luosanan. The fight left Yu Xiaogang in danger of being caught in his own soul skill after Zhu Rong redirected Luosanan’s attack.

• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Zhu Rong take him as his master, but Zhu Rong refused and challenged him to a fight.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luosanan while Director Su watched from hiding and waited for a chance to intervene.
• Zhu Rong summoned his Blade of Sanction, and Yu Xiaogang mistook his retreat from Luosanan for fear.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Luosanan to use its first soul skill, Fart Like Thunder, Earth-Shattering Luosanan.
• Zhu Rong struck Luosanan with a silent energy attack, turning its rear toward Yu Xiaogang just as it finished charging.

Zhu Rong defeated Yu Xiaogang when Luosanan’s misdirected attack erupted in golden flames, leaving Yu Xiaogang badly burned and unconscious. As the principal and teachers arrived to investigate the blast, Zhu Rong calmly prepared to explain the duel.

• Zhu Rong redirected Luosanan’s charged attack with his sacred sword, and the resulting golden explosion struck Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang was badly burned and knocked unconscious, causing Luosanan to return to his body.
• Zhu Rong received victory rewards from the system and noticed Yu Xiaogang’s burned state from a distance.
• Director Su regretted not helping Zhu Rong sooner, unaware that Zhu Rong had already detected him nearby.
• The principal and teachers arrived at the training ground after the explosion, while Zhu Rong stayed calm and ready to tell them what happened.

After a nighttime explosion at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, Zhu Rong told the headmaster and teachers how Yu Xiaogang had been blasted away while trying to recruit him as a disciple. The teachers struggled to believe Zhu Rong’s explanation, and Lin Jiajia volunteered to test it herself.

• The headmaster and academy teachers arrived at the training ground after hearing an explosion and recognized Zhu Rong.
• The headmaster asked Lin Jiajia, Zhu Rong’s homeroom teacher, to question him.
• Zhu Rong told Lin Jiajia that Yu Xiaogang had challenged him after offering to take him as a disciple, but had lost despite Zhu Rong letting him use one hand.
• Zhu Rong explained that fire ignited gas from Yu Xiaogang’s farting martial soul and caused the blast that sent Yu Xiaogang flying.
• When Lin Jiajia questioned his explanation, Zhu Rong suggested she test it herself, and she agreed to give it a try.

At Zhu Rong’s suggestion, Feng Ye and the vice principal tested what happened when a fart met fire, producing a huge burst of flame. The dean then checked on the unconscious Yu Xiaogang and called Zhou Qingqing to treat him.

• Feng Ye volunteered to test the claim, and the vice principal agreed to ignite the fire with his Fire Bull Martial Soul.
• At Zhu Rong’s suggestion, Feng Ye lay facedown while the vice principal lit a branch and held it near him.
• Feng Ye’s fart made the flames surge dozens of times higher, shocking the onlookers and making the vice principal retch.
• The dean remembered Yu Xiaogang, found him badly injured but breathing, and called Zhou Qingqing to treat him.
• Zhou Qingqing arrived and was left speechless by Yu Xiaogang’s condition.

Zhu Rong left the training grounds after the dean ruled that Yu Xiaogang had been injured by his own soul skill, while Yu Xiaogang realized how to use Luosanan’s fart and fire together in combat. After discovering his burns might leave scars, Yu Xiaogang blamed Zhu Rong and demanded that Dean Shi Xiang expel him.

• The dean told Zhu Rong that Yu Xiaogang’s injury had nothing to do with him, and Zhu Rong accepted the decision and returned to his dormitory.
• Zhou Qingqing treated Yu Xiaogang’s injuries while he pretended to be unconscious and secretly considered the power of combining Luosanan’s fart with Zhu Rong’s fire.
• After Zhou Qingqing left, Shi Xiang revealed that he knew Yu Xiaogang was awake and told him to get up.
• Yu Xiaogang changed clothes, realized his burns could leave scars, and angrily swore revenge on Zhu Rong.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Shi Xiang expel Zhu Rong for allegedly ambushing him, but Shi Xiang hesitated to respond.

Shi Xiang refused Yu Xiaogang’s demand to expel Zhu Rong and warned him to keep his defeat by the six-year-old secret. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to collect his subsidy and claimed Spirit Hall had forced the two empires to fund it, leaving Tang San questioning whether the benefit would exist without the Pope’s threat.

• Shi Xiang rejected Yu Xiaogang’s request to expel Zhu Rong and reminded him that his loss to the child could ruin his reputation.
• Tang San waited outside Yu Xiaogang’s room to go with him to Spirit Hall and collect their subsidies.
• Yu Xiaogang emerged wearing a hat, mask, and heavy clothes, then set off with Tang San and began criticizing Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that the two great empires funded soul master subsidies and that the Spirit Hall Pope had threatened their rulers into providing them.
• Tang San wondered whether the subsidies would exist if the Pope had not forced the empires to provide them.

Director Su hired One-Eyed and four mercenaries to ambush Yu Xiaogang and Tang San after they collected their Spirit Hall subsidies. The mercenaries publicly accused the master and disciple of borrowing five hundred Gold Soul Coins and refusing to repay them, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Director Su promised One-Eyed’s team that they could keep Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s money, while he wanted the pair taught a lesson.
• One-Eyed led his four companions to confront Yu Xiaogang and Tang San on the only route back to the academy.
• The mercenaries accused Yu Xiaogang and Tang San of borrowing five hundred Gold Soul Coins and avoiding repayment, drawing the attention of passersby.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded to know who had sent the mercenaries, while Tang San watched them cautiously and waited to learn their strength.
• One-Eyed claimed Yu Xiaogang was threatening them and used the false debt accusation as a pretext to attack.