Chapter Summaries

New teacher Xiao Yun entered the academy library and gained access to its restricted Soul Master collection with help from Feng Huayuan Shenghua. After reading an entire shelf of books in two hours and recalling their contents precisely, he left Shenghua stunned by his abilities.

• Xiao Yun searched the public library for Soul Master books and met Feng Huayuan Shenghua, who recognized him as the new captain of the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Shenghua checked Xiao Yun’s credentials and escorted him through the guarded entrance to the restricted collection.
• Shenghua questioned Xiao Yun about his lack of Soul Power, and he replied that knowledge could be more important than Soul Power.
• Xiao Yun rapidly read the books in the Martial Soul Basic Theory section while Shenghua doubted that he was actually reading.
• After two hours, Xiao Yun returned every book to its exact place and accurately answered Shenghua’s questions about their contents.

Xiao Yun spent the day studying Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s secret archives with librarian Feng Huayuan Shenghua, uncovering clues about the royal family’s hidden forces and history. As evening arrived, Shenghua urged him to finish his research and leave the secret room.

• Xiao Yun left the secret room for lunch, and Zhu Zhuqing brought him an elaborate meal while asking about the library.
• Xiao Yun returned to the library and read Secret History of the Heaven Dou Royal Family, finding records of the Silver Wing Guard, a hidden royal treasury restriction, and other secrets.
• Feng Huayuan Shenghua silenced students whispering about Xiao Yun and brought him back into the secret room to continue studying.
• Xiao Yun resumed rapidly reviewing books while Feng Hua Yuan Shenghua read Record of Martial Soul Mutations.
• When evening arrived, Feng Hua Yuan Shenghua checked her pocket watch and urged Xiao Yun to finish; he quickly completed the remaining books on Soul Beasts and returned them to their shelves.

After a week of studying and training, Xiao Yun began his first official day as the Imperial Fighting Team’s leader and arrived at the team’s campus with Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Shenji. The team members doubted his ability to lead them, leaving Xiao Yun to face their challenge.

• Xiao Yun spent the week reading the Soul Master Library, completing missions, and studying artifact forging with Taiyi True Lord.
• Xiao Yun dressed in the Imperial Fighting Team Leader Robe, and Zhu Zhuqing joined him in her team uniform for breakfast.
• Meng Shenji accompanied Xiao Yun and Zhu Zhuqing to the team’s closed-off campus and welcomed Zhu Zhuqing to the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Meng Shenji introduced Xiao Yun as the new team leader replacing Qin Ming, prompting the students to question his age and qualifications.
• Feng Hua Yuan Shenghua watched Xiao Yun calmly as the team members and some instructors stirred up doubts about him.

Xiao Yun took charge of the Heaven Dou Royal Team and arranged a strength test to establish Xiao Lingmao’s place on the team. Xiao Lingmao revealed her powerful Night Dragon Cat Martial Soul and defeated Lin Ye almost instantly, leaving the team leader’s authority established.

• Dugu Yan recognized Xiao Yun and warned Ye Lingling that he was powerful and should not be opposed.
• Xiao Yun sent Meng Shenji away and introduced Xiao Lingmao as his disciple and a new member of the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Lin Ye challenged Xiao Lingmao to a match, wagering that he would obey Xiao Yun if he could not last half an hour against her.
• Lin Ye revealed his Night Bat Martial Soul and took to the air, while Xiao Lingmao transformed into her Night Dragon Cat Martial Soul and rose to meet him.
• Xiao Lingmao evaded Lin Ye’s detection and attacks, placed her icy wing blade at his neck, and forced him to concede.

Xiao Lingmao defeated Lin Ye and earned the academy students' respect before Xiao Yun challenged them to test his leadership. Xiao Yun easily outmaneuvered Lina and guided her in using her giant sword, while Yu Tianheng began to resent him over Dugu Yan.

• Xiao Lingmao defeated Lin Ye in under five minutes, then offered him advice about his ultrasonic waves.
• Xiao Yun praised Zhu Zhuqing and challenged the students to attack him together or take turns.
• Lina entered the arena and challenged Xiao Yun with her giant sword, Battle Dragon.
• Xiao Yun dodged Lina's Spirit Skills and used the fight to teach her how to handle her giant sword.
• After fifteen minutes, Lina surrendered and thanked Xiao Yun for his guidance.
• Dugu Yan cheered for Xiao Yun, making Yu Tianheng resent him, while the education committee members praised Xiao Yun's understanding of Spirit Skills.

Xiao Yun defeated the Xiong Shan and Xiong Hai brothers by redirecting their attacks, then outmaneuvered Lei Ao until the Lightning Ferret knocked himself unconscious. The Imperial Fighting Team began to suspect Xiao Yun could predict his opponents’ movements by sensing their Soul Power Fluctuations.

• Xiong Shan and Xiong Hai attacked Xiao Yun together, but he redirected their blows and endured their spirit skills with ease.
• Xiao Yun adapted to the brothers’ fighting rhythm, used Borrowing Strength to Counter Strength, and flung them out of bounds.
• Lei Ao entered the arena to test Xiao Yun against a fast, lightning-wielding opponent.
• Xiao Yun stayed on one tile and turned to face Lei Ao’s attacks, then shifted aside so Lei Ao’s Lightning Shadow Clones collided and knocked him unconscious.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Feng concluded that Xiao Yun seemed to predict attacks by sensing Soul Power Fluctuations.

Xiao Yun defeated Bai Lu, Qing Teng, and Xing Yu’s combined attack, then faced Tie Shan with an ordinary wooden spear. He countered Tie Shan’s opening strike, but the duel continued as the wooden spear withstood a barrage of blows.

• Bai Lu, Qing Teng, and Xing Yu combined their Spirit Skills to attack Xiao Yun with Cold Mist, thorny vines, and a Meteor Shuttle.
• Xiao Yun caught Xing Yu’s Meteor Shuttle, broke the women’s coordinated attack, and struck each of their Martial Souls at its weak point.
• Bai Lu, Qing Teng, and Xing Yu conceded defeat, and Xiao Yun challenged the Imperial Fighting Team’s official members.
• Tie Shan entered the arena, and Xiao Yun requested an ordinary wooden training spear instead of a refined iron one.
• Tie Shan attacked with his Iron Wall Spirit Skill, but Xiao Yun used the wooden spear to deflect his strike and hit a seam in his armor.
• Tie Shan launched a barrage of spear attacks, and Yu Tianheng noticed that Xiao Yun had reinforced the wooden spear with a special power.

Xiao Yun defeated Tie Shan and Xue Feng in sparring matches, using their fights to expose weaknesses and offer practical advice. As Golan challenged him next, Xiao Yun calmly prepared to face her Yazi Martial Soul.

• Xiao Yun targeted weaknesses in Tie Shan’s armor, stopped his Iron Armor Charge, shattered his Martial Soul, and advised him to improve his spear defense.
• Xue Feng challenged Xiao Yun with Ice Crystal Arrow Rain and Extreme Cold Domain, but Xiao Yun used a longbow to pin him to the arena wall without injuring him.
• Xiao Yun freed Xue Feng and advised him to rely on flight and develop a powerful ranged attack, while Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan watched in shock.
• Golan entered the arena with her level 36 Yazi Martial Soul and released a powerful dragon might, but Xiao Yun remained unfazed and took his opening stance.

Xiao Yun defeated Golan in a contest of physical strength, then crossed swords with Sylvia Van Hosen and refined her swordsmanship during their duel. The chapter ended when his thrust prompted Sylvia to use a new force-dispersing technique and knock her own sword away.

• Golan activated Dragon Blood Berserk and attacked Xiao Yun, but he countered her strikes and sent her flying with a palm strike that scattered her Soul Power.
• Xiao Yun helped Golan up, and she accepted his lesson before withdrawing from the fight.
• Feng Hua Yuan Shenghua declined to fight, so Sylvia Van Hosen entered the arena and introduced her Sword of Vows Martial Soul.
• Xiao Yun and Sylvia exchanged sword strikes as he simplified her techniques and taught her how to improve her thrust.
• Sylvia applied the force-dispersing technique she had just learned, and the clash sent her sword flying from her hand.

Xiao Yun defeated Sylvia, Osler, and Yu Feng in succession, then faced Shi Mo’s Black Tortoise defense. Shi Mo invited him to break through his strongest armor, and Xiao Yun prepared to attack.

• Sylvia conceded to Xiao Yun after their duel and hinted that Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan were jealous.
• Osler challenged Xiao Yun with his Ghost Leopard Martial Soul, but Xiao Yun drained his strength and forced him to concede.
• Yu Feng used his Wind Chime Bird Martial Soul to attack from the air, but Xiao Yun disrupted his flight and made him concede.
• Shi Mo entered the arena with his Black Tortoise Guard activated and challenged Xiao Yun to break through his defense.
• Xiao Yun found the most heavily defended part of Shi Mo’s shell and raised his glowing hand to strike.

Xiao Yun defeated Shi Mo by striking through his turtle-shell defense and then faced Yu Tianheng, captain of the Imperial Fighting Team. After thirty minutes of close combat, Yu Tianheng had been unable to land a hit, while Xiao Yun assessed his exceptional physical gifts.

• Xiao Yun used a force method to break through Shi Mo’s Absolute Defense and strike his internal organs, then stopped the damage and explained how he had done it.
• The education committee members praised Xiao Yun’s technique, and Shi Mo asked him to teach the Black Tortoise Martial Soul how to defend against internal attacks.
• Yu Tianheng stepped forward as Xiao Yun’s final opponent and introduced himself as a level forty-three Assault-Type Battle Soul Sect.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Xiao Yun with his Dragon Form Four Strikes, but Xiao Yun blocked and redirected every blow without moving his feet.
• After thirty minutes of combat, Yu Tianheng recognized Xiao Yun’s precise strength, while Xiao Yun judged Yu Tianheng’s body and lightning-infused cells to be exceptionally gifted.

Yu Tianheng unleashed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and battled Xiao Yun with increasingly powerful spirit skills, but Xiao Yun ultimately defeated him with a single sword strike. Yu Tianheng’s Martial Soul retreated into his body as he collapsed, leaving the arena barrier slashed.

• Yu Tianheng ended their contest of physical strength and possessed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianheng’s dragon-claw attack forced Xiao Yun back, but Xiao Yun soon countered his spirit skills and used iron tubes to ground most of his lightning.
• Yu Tianheng activated Wrath of Thunder and launched a fierce assault while Xiao Yun evaded and fought with his physical strength.
• Xiao Yun formed a green sword and swept it across the arena, splitting Yu Tianheng’s lightning domain and forcing his dragon Martial Soul to retreat.
• Yu Tianheng fell unconscious, and the sword’s remaining force carved a deep slash into the arena’s protective barrier.

Xiao Yun proved his strength by defeating Yu Tianheng with a single sword strike, silencing doubts about his leadership of the Imperial Fighting Team. Afterward, Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing competed for his attention, and he stayed up late reviewing the team's weaknesses and planning training.

• Xiao Yun struck Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon with one sword, forcing it back to its original form while leaving Yu Tianheng with no substantial injuries.
• The education committee members and students recognized Xiao Yun's strength, and he left the arena with Zhu Zhuqing before Dugu Yan joined them at his apartment.
• Dugu Yan congratulated Xiao Yun and promised to support him as team leader, while Zhu Zhuqing grew jealous of her closeness to him.
• Xiao Yun wrote detailed notes on each team member's performance and began preparing training plans.

Xiao Yun planned new medicinal formulas and training methods while Xue Qinghe and Tang Yuehua reflected on his revealed strength and unfamiliar cultivation system. Xue Qinghe wondered what Xiao Yun wanted from the Heaven Dou Royal Family, while Tang Yuehua continued cultivating his Taisu Art.

• Xiao Yun drafted an ingredient list to help Zhu Zhuqing advance and prepared lightning cultivation methods after noticing the potential in Yu Tianheng's Martial Soul, but stored the methods away.
• Xue Ye read a secret report about Xiao Yun's strength and thought that Xue Qinghe had recruited an exceptional talent.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, considered whether Xiao Yun used a power system beyond Soul Power and questioned his motives before receiving word that Prince Xue Xing sought an audience.
• Tang Yuehua read a report about Xiao Yun's sword feat and reflected on her progress to Qi Refining Layer One through the Taisu Art.

Tang Yuehua wrestled with her feelings as news of Xiao Yun’s sword technique reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, prompting Ning Fengzhi to send Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. There, Xiao Yun began training the Imperial Fighting Team by asking its members to share their dreams.

• Tang Yuehua cried in private, then played Moonlit Sword Chant as dawn approached.
• A carrier pigeon delivered news of Xiao Yun’s One Sword Breaks Blue Dragon technique to Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Chen Xin.
• Ning Rongrong connected Xiao Yun to the senior who had evolved her Martial Soul and agreed to go to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Chen Xin.
• Xiao Yun arrived at the Imperial Fighting Team’s classroom with Zhu Zhuqing and asked the students why they had become Soul Masters.
• After Osler mocked a student’s dream of opening a dessert shop, Xiao Yun struck him with chalk and defended the student’s ambition.
• Xiao Yun wrote that strength carried dreams far, and Education Committee Member Zhi Lin praised his approach to teaching.

Xiao Yun presented a theory that Soul Power depended on the completeness of a person's Martial Soul storage structure, challenging traditional beliefs about Soul Masters and Innate Soul Power. His explanation stunned the class and left the students eager to learn how to improve their own cultivation.

• Xiao Yun argued that anyone with a Martial Soul had the foundation for cultivation, even if defects prevented them from retaining Soul Power.
• Xiao Yun used diagrams to explain Innate Soul Power as the result of how many Soul Power storage nodes were intact.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Golan recognized how Xiao Yun's theory could explain their families' traits and Martial Soul symptoms.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin questioned Xiao Yun and reacted with shock as he explained Wasted Martial Souls, Twin Martial Souls, and Soul Rings through his model.
• Xiao Yun invited the students to ask how to optimize their Soul Power storage systems, while a blue-haired girl with a Glazed Pagoda and Sword Douluo listened from the corridor.

Xiao Yun finished a lesson that challenged established Spirit/Martial Soul Theory, then received a visit from Chen Xin, who sought evidence for Xiao Yun’s ideas. After Xiao Yun demonstrated extraordinary swordsmanship, Chen Xin warned that the theories had stirred the Spirit World and suggested the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was open to them.

• Xiao Yun ended class and told the students and instructors to consider his ideas for three days before asking questions.
• Xiao Yun and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Teacher's Apartment, where they prepared to receive Chen Xin and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Zhu Zhuqing as a former companion, but Zhu Zhuqing claimed she was Xiao Yun’s maid and then took Ning Rongrong on a tour.
• Chen Xin asked Xiao Yun for evidence that Houtian cultivation could raise a Soul Master's limits, and Xiao Yun cited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Seven Kill Sword.
• Xiao Yun cut strands of Chen Xin’s hair with a sword aura produced through physical strength alone, impressing Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin told Xiao Yun that his theories had stirred the Spirit World and said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect remained open to new ideas.

Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong about her new life serving Xiao Yun and revealed how Dai Mubai had abandoned her. Ning Rongrong learned that the former Shrek members were at Blue Tyrant Academy and asked to join Zhu Zhuqing’s team, while Xiao Yun’s agreement remained necessary.

• Chen Xin invited Xiao Yun to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Xiao Yun agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong she was Xiao Yun’s maid and a server at Yunlai Tavern, and said she was happier than before.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Dai Mubai had abandoned her during the Heaven Dou Royal Guards’ arrest, and Ning Rongrong told her Dai Mubai and the other Shrek members were at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Ning Rongrong asked to join Zhu Zhuqing’s team, and Zhu Zhuqing welcomed her pending Xiao Yun’s approval.
• Zhu Zhuqing described Xiao Yun defeating three advanced Soul Masters with one move, and Chen Xin appeared nearby.

Ning Rongrong joined the Heaven Dou Royal Team as a reserve member, and Xiao Yun agreed to let her live in his apartment. As the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect arranged for her safety and close observation of Xiao Yun, he prepared to welcome her while keeping his focus on the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Ning Rongrong told Chen Xin she wanted to join the Heaven Dou Royal Team, and Xiao Yun invited her to report the next day.
• Chen Xin warned Ning Rongrong never to make an enemy of Xiao Yun.
• Meng Shenji asked Xiao Yun whether Ning Rongrong could live in his apartment, and Xiao Yun agreed, choosing the Metal Stone Room for her.
• Xiao Yun explained to Zhu Zhuqing that Ning Rongrong's residence would publicly place her under his protection and let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect observe him.
• Xiao Yun sent Meng Shenji three boxes of Calming Incense, and Meng Shenji approved Ning Rongrong's lodging request.
• Chen Xin received word that Xiao Yun had agreed and remarked that Xiao Yun was more accommodating than he expected.

Ning Rongrong moved into Xiao Yun’s apartment, and Xiao Yun secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s friendship and protection by giving Chen Xin a Brocade Breakthrough Pill for Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing enjoying Xiao Yun’s Soul Power-infused cooking.

• Chen Xin brought Ning Rongrong to live with Xiao Yun and left her in his care.
• Xiao Yun revealed that the Brocade Breakthrough Pill could treat Martial Soul defects and that Ning Rongrong’s Glazed Pagoda had the potential to evolve.
• Chen Xin agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would gather Xiao Yun’s requested materials and protect him for a year, with Ning Rongrong serving as his liaison.
• Xiao Yun gave Chen Xin the pill, and Chen Xin hurried away after hearing his prediction that the Glazed Pagoda would shine with nine levels of light.
• Ning Rongrong settled in with Zhu Qing, then marveled as Xiao Yun prepared an elaborate meal that nourished them with Soul Power.