Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge, a transmigrator living in Sacred Soul Village, learned that Grandpa Jack was going to Nuoding City to arrange the children’s Spirit Awakening ceremony. He visited Tang San on the Back Mountain and explained Martial Souls and Soul Masters, leaving Tang San curious about the ceremony.

• Bai Ge asked Grandpa Jack whether he was going to arrange the Spirit Awakening ceremony, and Grandpa Jack confirmed that Bai Ge was old enough to awaken his Martial Soul.
• Bai Ge recalled his past life on Earth, his six years in the Douluo Continent, and his disappointment that Tang San had not taught him the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Bai Ge jogged to the Back Mountain and found Tang San finishing his morning cultivation.
• Bai Ge told Tang San he planned to eat at his house and explained that Spirit Awakening allowed children to awaken Martial Souls and potentially become Soul Masters.
• Tang San asked Bai Ge what Soul Masters were.

Bai Ge brought rice to Tang San’s family and learned that the Spirit Awakening ceremony would take place the next day. As he lay awake worrying about his future, the Myriad Worlds Lottery System appeared and asked to bind.

• Bai Ge carried rice from his home to Tang San’s house, moving Tang San with the help from Grandpa Jack.
• Bai Ge ate with Tang San and greeted Tang Hao, who had just woken up after drinking.
• Bai Ge told Tang San that the Spirit Awakening ceremony might happen the next day, then left to spend the rest of the day at home.
• Grandpa Jack told Bai Ge that a Spirit Hall representative would hold the village’s Spirit Awakening ceremony the next day.
• Bai Ge lay awake worrying that he would awaken a poor Martial Soul and silently called for a cheat ability.
• The Myriad Worlds Lottery System announced that it had finished loading and asked Bai Ge whether he wanted to bind it.

Bai Ge’s Myriad Worlds Lottery System arrived and gave him a powerful Cloud-Soaring Vine Martial Soul, the Jade Brightness Skill, and Eye of Insight. After learning what each reward could do, he began to understand the strength of his new abilities.

• Bai Ge eagerly bound himself to the Myriad Worlds Lottery System after it offered to choose another host.
• Bai Ge opened the Beginner Gift Pack and received the God-tier Cloud-Soaring Vine, the Jade Brightness Skill, and Eye of Insight.
• Bai Ge examined the Cloud-Soaring Vine’s attributes and learned it could grow without limit, absorb energy, and eventually awaken a Devouring Domain.
• The system explained that powerful Martial Souls could possess innate abilities and domains.
• Bai Ge reviewed the Jade Brightness Skill and Eye of Insight, learning their effects from the system’s information panels.

Bai Ge received the Jade Brightness Skill and Eye of Insight, then joined the village children for the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony. As Su Yuntao tested the children, five awakened ordinary tool spirits without Soul Power, and Tang San was next.

• Bai Ge accepted the Beginner Gift Pack rewards and received a task to awaken his Martial Soul for a Silver Rank Lottery opportunity.
• Bai Ge and Grandpa Jack waited for Spirit Hall’s representative, and Su Yuntao arrived at the village.
• Grandpa Jack gathered the seven eligible children, including Tang San, and brought them to the village Spirit Hall.
• Su Yuntao demonstrated his Lone Wolf Martial Soul and began the ceremony by awakening a child’s sickle spirit, which had no Soul Power.
• Four more children awakened ordinary tool spirits without Soul Power, and Tang San stepped up for his turn.

Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass but tested with Innate Full Soul Power, leaving Su Yuntao baffled by his weak Martial Soul and immense talent. Bai Ge then awakened an unidentified black-purple vine and also showed Innate Full Soul Power, leaving Su Yuntao stunned again.

• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass, and Su Yuntao tested him with the crystal ball.
• Tang San's crystal ball shone brightly, revealing Innate Full Soul Power despite his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao explained that Tang San could become a Soul Master, and Tang San accepted the news without concern for his combat strength.
• Bai Ge entered the awakening formation and manifested a straight black-purple vine that Su Yuntao could not identify.
• Bai Ge placed his hand on the crystal ball, which shone with dazzling golden light and revealed another case of Innate Full Soul Power.

Bai Ge awakened the Cloud-Soaring Vine with Innate Full Soul Power, but Su Yuntao misidentified it as a trash Wisteria spirit. After earning a Flash Step skill from the system, Bai Ge joined Tang San as Grandpa Jack planned their schooling and hoped they would become Spirit Sages.

• Su Yuntao tested Bai Ge's Cloud-Soaring Vine, decided it was a trash Wisteria, and gave Grandpa Jack certificates for Bai Ge and Tang San, both of whom had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Bai Ge completed his awakening mission and drew the martial skill Flash Step from the system.
• Grandpa Jack celebrated the village's two talented children, and Bai Ge promised to work toward becoming a Spirit Sage.
• Grandpa Jack said he would send Bai Ge to Nuoding City's Soul Master Academy and offered Tang San the village's work-study place.
• Tang San said he would ask Tang Hao before deciding whether to attend the academy.

Tang Hao initially refused to let Tang San attend the Soul Master Academy, but he relented before enrollment and agreed to send him to Nuoding City. During the three-month wait, Bai Ge advanced his Jade Brightness Skill to the First Heaven Peak and prepared for Nuoding Academy.

• Grandpa Jack confronted Tang Hao for missing Tang San’s Martial Soul awakening and offered Tang San the village’s Work-Study Student slot after learning he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Tang Hao refused to let Tang San leave, dismissing Blue Silver Grass as a Trash Spirit and saying he needed Tang San to cook for him.
• Tang San apologized to Grandpa Jack and said he would stay with Tang Hao, while Grandpa Jack urged Tang Hao to reconsider before leaving with Bai Ge.
• Over the next three months, Tang Hao changed his mind and agreed to let Grandpa Jack take Tang San to study at the Soul Master Academy in Nuoding City.
• Bai Ge continued cultivating, reached the First Heaven Peak of the Jade Brightness Skill, and mastered his other abilities while waiting for Nuoding Academy to begin.

Bai Ge, Tang San, and Grandpa Jack traveled to Nuoding City so the boys could register at Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy. At the gate, a guard mocked their village and doubted their qualifications, prompting Bai Ge to confront him as the system issued a task to teach the guard a lesson.

• Grandpa Jack brought Tang San to Bai Ge’s home, and the three set out for Nuoding City after packing their belongings.
• Grandpa Jack led Bai Ge and Tang San into Nuoding City and explained that he had to return to Sacred Soul Village after bringing them to the academy.
• Grandpa Jack brought the boys to Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy, where the gatekeeper mocked their village and questioned whether they could afford to attend.
• Bai Ge challenged the gatekeeper’s assumption and told Grandpa Jack to show their Martial Soul certificates.
• The gatekeeper examined the certificates and grew uncertain as Bai Ge’s system issued a task to teach him a lesson.

Bai Ge confronted Nuoding Academy’s gatekeeper after the man called his and Tang San’s Martial Soul certificates fake. Bai Ge beat the gatekeeper after challenging him to a spar, and the chapter ended with someone approaching and asking what was happening.

• The gatekeeper accused Grandpa Jack of forging Bai Ge’s and Tang San’s certificates, but Bai Ge threatened to take them to Spirit Hall for confirmation.
• Bai Ge offered the gatekeeper a choice between going to Spirit Hall and sparring with him, while Grandpa Jack and Tang San tried to stop him.
• Bai Ge swore he was sincere, and the gatekeeper attacked him with a punch.
• Bai Ge dodged the punch and battered the gatekeeper with fists powered by Bright Jade True Qi, knocking out several teeth and bruising his face.
• A hoarse voice asked what was happening as Bai Ge continued beating the gatekeeper.

Bai Ge and Tang San entered Nuoding Academy after the Grandmaster exposed the gatekeeper’s lies and accepted responsibility for their enrollment. The Grandmaster offered to teach them if they became his disciples, leaving both boys silent as Bai Ge’s system mission to become the Grandmaster’s disciple remained unresolved.

• The Grandmaster arrived, saw through the gatekeeper’s false account, and made him confess to his greed before dismissing him from the academy.
• The Grandmaster examined Bai Ge and Tang San’s certificates, confirmed their eligibility, and agreed to take charge of their enrollment.
• Grandpa Jack told the Grandmaster that Tang San was a Work-Study Student, paid Bai Ge’s tuition, and left the boys at the academy.
• The Grandmaster led Bai Ge and Tang San through Nuoding Academy and explained that he was a resident rather than a Teacher.
• The Grandmaster offered to teach the boys how to cultivate their Martial Souls if they became his disciples, and both boys fell silent.

Grandmaster deduced that Bai Ge and Tang San had Twin Martial Souls with Innate Full Soul Power, and the boys became his disciples. He enrolled them at Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy as Work-Study Students, where they overheard teachers mocking Grandmaster’s theories.

• Grandmaster explained how the boys’ Martial Soul certificates revealed their hidden second Martial Souls, and Tang San and Bai Ge knelt to ask him to accept them as disciples.
• Grandmaster took Bai Ge and Tang San to the Academic Affairs Office and left them to complete enrollment.
• Director Su waived the boys’ enrollment fee and arranged for both to enroll as Work-Study Students in Dormitory Room Seven.
• A young teacher called their Martial Souls Trash Spirits, while Director Su defended Grandmaster and gave the boys their academy bundles.
• Bai Ge and Tang San left the office and overheard teachers ridiculing Grandmaster’s theories; they exchanged glances with disdain for the mockery.

Bai Ge and Tang San arrived at the Seventh Dormitory, where Wang Sheng challenged them and mocked Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. When Wang Sheng attacked Bai Ge, Bai Ge used Flash Step and his Cloud-Soaring Vine to evade and bind him.

• Bai Ge and Tang San reached Room Seven, where Wang Sheng introduced himself as the dormitory boss and asked about their Martial Souls.
• Wang Sheng mocked Tang San for having Blue Silver Grass, but Tang San ignored his demand to submit and walked toward an empty bed.
• After Tang San dodged Wang Sheng’s attempt to grab him, Wang Sheng turned on Bai Ge and lunged at him with Soul Power.
• Bai Ge used Flash Step to evade Wang Sheng, summoned his Cloud-Soaring Vine, and wrapped the vine tightly around him.

Bai Ge defeated Wang Sheng, who offered the Seventh Dormitory leadership to him and then Tang San. Xiao Wu arrived and introduced herself, and Tang San began chatting with her, leaving Bai Ge to reflect that he would not interfere with their connection.

• Bai Ge used the Cloud-Soaring Vine to throw Wang Sheng to the ground and defeat him.
• Wang Sheng offered Bai Ge the position of Seventh Dormitory boss, but Bai Ge declined and said Tang San should take it.
• Xiao Wu arrived at the dormitory, and Wang Sheng urged Tang San to show her their strength.
• Tang San introduced himself to Xiao Wu and explained that the boys had been deciding who would welcome her.
• Xiao Wu introduced her Rabbit Martial Soul, and Tang San replied that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was its food.
• Bai Ge decided not to pursue Xiao Wu and left the story’s romantic path between her and Tang San.

Xiao Wu challenged Tang San for Seventh Dormitory’s leadership and won after he held back, becoming the dormitory’s Big Sister Leader. The students accepted her as their boss and called her Sister Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu set down her bundle and challenged Seventh Dormitory’s current boss to a spar so she could become the Big Sister Leader.
• Bai Ge told Wang Sheng that Xiao Wu might be stronger than Tang San, while Wang Sheng doubted she could defeat him.
• Xiao Wu used her Flexibility Skill to get close to Tang San and trap him, and Tang San admitted defeat rather than hurt her by fighting at full strength.
• Wang Sheng accepted Xiao Wu as the new boss, and Xiao Wu asked everyone to call her Sister Xiao Wu.
• Bai Ge joined the dormitory’s students in calling Xiao Wu Sister Xiao Wu.

Teacher Mo delivered bedding from the Grandmaster to Bai Ge and Tang San and explained their work-study duties. When Xiao Wu asked Tang San to share his bedding, Tang San instead offered to share a bed with Bai Ge, who warned him that he was doomed to be single for life.

• Teacher Mo gave Bai Ge and Tang San their bedding and assigned them and Xiao Wu to clean the academy garden for ten Copper Soul Coins a day.
• Wang Sheng disparaged the Grandmaster, and Bai Ge and Tang San defended their teacher until Wang Sheng apologized.
• Xiao Wu found she had no bedding, and two students offered their worn-out bedding while she redirected their attention to what they should call her.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San to share his bedding, and Tang San proposed giving it to her so he could share a bed with Bai Ge.
• Bai Ge agreed to share with Tang San and teased him for passing up the chance to sleep beside Xiao Wu.

Bai Ge, Tang San, and Xiao Wu settled into their dormitory and headed to lunch, where Xiao Wu clashed with older students who mocked the Work-Study Students. The Grandmaster invited Bai Ge and Tang San to eat upstairs, but they declined and agreed to meet him after lunch.

• Bai Ge, Tang San, and Xiao Wu made their beds, with Bai Ge and Tang San sharing the oversized bedding.
• Wang Sheng explained that Work-Study Students had to pay for meals, so Bai Ge offered to cover Tang San and Xiao Wu's food for two days.
• At the cafeteria, older students mocked Wang Sheng and the Work-Study Students, and Xiao Wu angrily challenged them.
• Bai Ge observed how the cafeteria worked while Tang San spotted the Grandmaster.
• The Grandmaster invited Bai Ge and Tang San to eat on the second floor, but they refused and agreed to wait for him at the cafeteria entrance after lunch.

Grandmaster took Bai Ge and Tang San to his room, fed them, and examined Tang San’s second Martial Soul. He warned Tang San not to reveal the hammer or add Spirit Rings to it, then planned to take both disciples to find suitable Spirit Rings the next morning.

• Bai Ge and Tang San waited for Grandmaster after dinner, then followed him to his residence with a middle-aged man they suspected was Nuoding Academy’s dean.
• Grandmaster gave each boy chicken legs and a steamed bun, which they quickly ate.
• Grandmaster asked Tang San to reveal his second Martial Soul, and Tang San summoned a black hammer.
• Grandmaster recognized the significance of Tang San’s surname and warned him to keep the hammer secret and never add Spirit Rings to it without permission.
• Grandmaster told Bai Ge and Tang San he would take them to find suitable Spirit Rings the next morning, and Tang San asked what Martial Soul development direction meant.

Grandmaster explained how Martial Souls were classified and why Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass suited the Control System. He outlined a cultivation plan for Tang San, then turned to Bai Ge to discuss his own development.

• Grandmaster classified Martial Souls by how they affected Soul Masters and described five development systems, including Battle and Control.
• Grandmaster said Tang San was best suited to the Control System, while he needed to observe Bai Ge further because Cloud-Soaring Vine could also support direct combat.
• Grandmaster explained that Blue Silver Grass used little Soul Power, was common and deceptive, and could accept Spirit Rings of many attributes.
• Grandmaster said Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power removed a key disadvantage of cultivating Blue Silver Grass.
• Grandmaster proposed strengthening Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with toxic and tough Spirit Rings, then turned to Bai Ge.

Grandmaster examined Bai Ge’s Cloud-Soaring Vine and began testing its traits to determine how he should develop it. The vine proved exceptionally tough and non-toxic, and Grandmaster prepared to test its Soul Power consumption next.

• Bai Ge told Grandmaster he had no Second Martial Soul and summoned his Cloud-Soaring Vine for inspection.
• Grandmaster concluded that the black-purple vine with oval leaves was likely an unknown fused-mutation Martial Soul rather than Wisteria.
• Grandmaster explained that he would test the vine’s toxicity, toughness, resistance, and Soul Power consumption.
• When Grandmaster tried to cut a piece from the vine, his Silver Short Knife barely pierced its outer skin and revealed dense golden fibers beneath.
• Grandmaster rubbed the severed vine against Poison Detection Paper, which remained unchanged and showed that the vine was not poisonous.
• Grandmaster recognized the Cloud-Soaring Vine’s exceptional toughness and weight as strengths and prepared to test how much Soul Power it consumed.

Grandmaster tested the Cloud-Soaring Vine's toughness, resistance, and ability to remain intact after being separated from Bai Ge. He discovered that it could absorb external energy to sustain itself and began planning its development, while Bai Ge named his Martial Soul Cloud-Soaring Vine.

• Grandmaster tested fresh sections of Bai Ge's Cloud-Soaring Vine over a flame and in green acid while Bai Ge and Tang San observed.
• The vine resisted both fire and acid, and the section in the flames lasted until it burned to charcoal.
• Grandmaster compared vine sections exposed to air, sealed away, and placed in flames, discovering that the Cloud-Soaring Vine absorbed external energy to sustain itself.
• Grandmaster concluded that the Cloud-Soaring Vine combined exceptional toughness and resistance with low Soul Power consumption, making it the strongest Plant System Spirit on Douluo Continent.
• Bai Ge named his Martial Soul Cloud-Soaring Vine and said he hoped to use it to reach the Cloud Sky Peak of the Soul Master world.