Chapter Summaries

At the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan’s awakening ceremony, Ning Tian displayed Innate Full Soul Power, drawing the clan’s attention and protection. Ning Wuque then awakened an ordinary Black-Gold Ant Soul Spirit and learned his Innate Soul Power was only Level Three.

• Wu Feng awakened a Red Dragon Soul Spirit with Innate Soul Power Level Eight and eagerly promised to protect Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian awakened a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Spirit with Innate Full Soul Power, prompting Wu Yan to guard her and the Sect Master to arrive.
• Ning Wuque reflected on his reincarnation, his hopes for awakening, and his plan to seek a place as Ning Tian’s retainer if his talent proved sufficient.
• Ning Wuque awakened his father’s Black-Gold Ant Soul Spirit, and the Crystal Ball showed his Innate Soul Power was Level Three.

After awakening with Level Three Innate Soul Power, Ning Wuque resolved to defy his poor prospects and earned the elders’ respect with his ambition. Learning that his Black-Gold Ant Martial Soul was ordinary, he searched his memories for a way to grow stronger and conceived a risky plan combining Ring Blasting with the Eight Gates Formation.

• Ning Wuque accepted his Level Three Soul Power without despair and vowed to find his own path, prompting Zhang Can to teach him how to retract his Martial Soul.
• Ning Tian heard Ning Wuque’s words, and her father urged her to break the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s inherited limits; Wu Feng reacted with disdain and jealousy.
• Ning Wuque meditated to understand his Black-Gold Ant Martial Soul and learned it was an ordinary, low-ranking ant with potential to evolve.
• Ning Wuque stopped meditating and searched his memories for a way to change his fate, recalling Naruto, the Eight Gates Formation, and Ring Blasting.
• Ning Wuque devised a daring plan to combine the principles of Ring Blasting and the Eight Gates Formation.

Ning Wuque devised a way to combine Ring Blasting with the Eight Gates Formation by fusing his Martial Soul with his body. After half a month of theorizing and testing, he named the new technique Ninefold Yama Gates and prepared to pursue his plan to defy fate.

• Ning Wuque resolved to create a way to grow stronger after fearing he would die in the Sun Moon Empire's invasion.
• Ning Wuque returned home with Zhang Can and began writing down theories about Ring Blasting, meridians, and the Eight Gates Formation.
• Zhang Can watched Ning Wuque work and quietly promised to remain his steadfast support.
• Ning Wuque spent half a month developing and testing plans while other children began cultivating.
• Ning Wuque concluded that fusing his Martial Soul with his body could let him withstand Ring Blasting and named the technique Ninefold Yama Gates.

Ning Wuque trained to prepare his body and Soul Power control for the Ninefold Yama Gates, enduring grueling workouts and experimenting with three prerequisite methods. After collapsing from a record-breaking set of sit-ups, he was approached by the newly appointed Young Clan Head, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng.

• Ning Wuque developed three experimental methods to prepare himself for the Ninefold Yama Gates: Soul-Human Fusion Method, Soul Power Control Method, and Physical Training Method, Version 1.
• Ning Wuque continued training with extreme exercises, using physical conditioning and precise Soul Power control to ready himself for Ring Blasting.
• Ning Wuque completed 500 sit-ups, surpassing his previous limit, then ate a medicinal Compressed Meatball to recover.
• Ning Tian approached Ning Wuque on the sports field and asked whether he was tired.
• Wu Feng called out to Ning Wuque when he was too exhausted to answer.

Ning Tian asked Ning Wuque why he trained so relentlessly, and he explained that his low Innate Soul Power made every opportunity to grow stronger important. Inspired by his determination, Ning Tian returned to cultivation with Wu Feng while Ning Wuque resumed his training.

• Ning Tian approached Ning Wuque after his workout and asked why he exercised so hard instead of focusing on Soul Power cultivation.
• Ning Tian recalled observing Ning Wuque train for hours each day and marveled at how many push-ups and other exercises he completed.
• Ning Wuque explained that his Level 3 Innate Soul Power and ordinary Martial Soul meant he had to work hard to improve his prospects.
• Ning Tian apologized for bringing up a painful subject, and Ning Wuque told her to keep doing what she believed in.
• Ning Tian invited Wu Feng to cultivate the Distraction Control Method with her, and Wu Feng reluctantly agreed.
• After the girls left, Ning Wuque resumed training by settling into a stance and guiding the Soul Power in his body.

Ning Wuque trained relentlessly and hoped to secure clan investment by selling his cultivation methods. After the clan verified his Ring Blasting theory, Zhang Can presented the buyout terms, though the skill’s narrow use limited its value.

• Ning Wuque pushed himself through dangerous branch training and an hour of motionless standing practice until Zhang Can arrived after the dismissal bell.
• Zhang Can told Ning Wuque that he had news about the request Ning Wuque had made months earlier, and they went to Zhang Can’s Elder’s Courtyard.
• Ning Wuque recalled submitting his Ring Blasting method and the initial Ninefold Yama Gates manual to the clan in hopes of selling them or securing investment.
• Zhang Can showed Ning Wuque a Storage Soul Tool and two contracts, explaining that a clan Battle Soul Master had verified the Ring Blasting theory and the higher-ups wanted to buy out his ideas.
• Zhang Can warned that Ring Blasting only suited top-tier combat-oriented Tool Souls and Beast Soul Spirits, limiting the price the clan could offer despite his efforts to improve it.

Ning Wuque received a large reward and a promise of further investment from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan for his Ring Blasting research and Self-Created Soul Skill. After Zhang Can gave him the clan’s inventory list, Ning Wuque spent most of his contribution points on supplies to begin Ring Blasting.

• Zhang Can gave Ning Wuque a Storage Soul Tool, fifty Six-Colored Glazed Tile Tokens worth five hundred thousand Clan Contribution Points, and an agreement to buy future refinements of his Ring Blasting theory.
• Ning Wuque promised Zhang Can that he would become the strongest despite his low Soul Power and ordinary Soul Spirit.
• Zhang Can offered staged clan investment for Ning Wuque's Ninefold Yama Gates, beginning with up to one hundred thousand Clan Contribution Points once Ning Wuque could use the skill.
• Zhang Can handed Ning Wuque a list of the clan's stored items, and Ning Wuque spent four hundred and fifty thousand contribution points on cultivation supplies, including Ten-Thousand-Year Supreme Whale Oil.

Ning Wuque strengthened his body with Ten-Thousand-Year Supreme Whale Oil and kept up intense training, reaching Soul Power Level Ten before turning nine. By age eight years and seven months, he was preparing to hunt the soul beast he had chosen for his first soul ring.

• Ning Wuque bought Ten-Thousand-Year Supreme Whale Oil with clan contribution points and absorbed it with help from a Fire-Attribute Soul Emperor.
• Ning Wuque said he wanted to sleep less to train more, but Zhang Can warned him to protect his health and offered his home as a place to rest.
• Over the next two years, Ning Wuque reached Level Ten while Ning Tian became a two-ring Soul Grandmaster.
• Ning Wuque trained at the clan academy in Sixth-Grade Soul Guidance Forced Training Gear that Zhang Can had commissioned for him.
• After Ning Wuque collapsed from push-ups, Zhang Can arrived and asked about the coming soul beast hunt, and Ning Wuque said he had chosen the beast whose soul ring he would absorb.

Ning Wuque told Zhang Can he wanted a thousand-year first soul ring and argued that his strength would let him absorb one. Zhang Can agreed to test him against a thousand-year Black-Gold Ant, then took him to Nine Treasure Glazed Tile’s Soul Hunting Forest.

• Ning Wuque explained his plan to seek higher-ranked soul beasts related to his martial soul, hoping their rings would make it evolve.
• Ning Wuque asked for a thousand-year first ring, claiming he could withstand one from a suitable ant-type soul beast.
• Zhang Can refused to approve the risk without proof and set a test: Ning Wuque had to hold out against a newly thousand-year Black-Gold Ant.
• Zhang Can and Ning Wuque agreed to hunt the next morning after dinner.
• Zhang Can took Ning Wuque to the academy to request leave, then led him by carriage to Nine Treasure Glazed Tile’s Soul Hunting Forest, which contained several ant habitats and a thirty-thousand-year Dark Gold Ant Queen.

Ning Wuque began his trial in the Glazed Tile Soul Hunting Forest, where he had to withstand a thousand-year Black-Gold Ant for five minutes. After blocking its first charge, he saw it stagger and prepared to strike back.

• Zhang Can brought Ning Wuque to a patrol camp in the forest and explained that he needed to find a suitable Black-Gold Ant.
• Zhang Can summoned a twelve-hundred-year Black-Gold Ant and set the trial: Ning Wuque had to fight it for five minutes.
• Ning Wuque faced the ant in his protective gear and chose to defend against its first attack.
• The ant charged and snapped its mandibles at Ning Wuque, who blocked the strike with his Soul Tool armor.
• The impact knocked both combatants back, but Ning Wuque endured the pain and rushed to attack while the ant was dazed.

Ning Wuque passed Zhang Can’s combat trial by defeating a Black-Gold Ant, then absorbed a thousand-year Dark Gold Soldier Ant soul ring. The ring evolved his martial soul, and he emerged with a purple soul ring and newfound confidence.

• Ning Wuque overcame his fear and battered the Black-Gold Ant until Zhang Can stopped him, declaring that he had passed the trial.
• Ning Wuque admitted that he had forgotten to use Martial Soul Possession during the fight.
• A day later, Ning Wuque killed the Dark Gold Soldier Ant Zhang Can had brought and began absorbing its thousand-year soul ring.
• As Ning Wuque endured the soul ring’s pressure, his Black-Gold Ant martial soul began evolving.
• After absorbing the ring for more than two days, Ning Wuque emerged and displayed his Martial Soul Possession and purple soul ring.

After Ning Wuque succeeded in absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring, Zhang Can found a rare Soul Bone, but Ning Wuque refused to absorb it because it could disrupt his Ninefold Yama Gates training. Zhang Can understood the danger after reading Ning Wuque’s research notes, and the chapter ended with the two preparing to pursue his human-soul unity theory.

• Ning Wuque celebrated his success, and Zhang Can rejoiced over his grandson’s breakthrough after years of grueling training.
• Zhang Can discovered a thousand-year Soul Bone in the Dark Gold Soldier Ant’s corpse and offered it to Ning Wuque.
• Ning Wuque refused to absorb the Soul Bone and gave Zhang Can his research notes on the Ninefold Yama Gates.
• Zhang Can read Ning Wuque’s theories that bodily changes from Soul Bones or Beast Soul Spirit possession could disrupt energy flow and cause the technique to fail.
• Ning Wuque proposed achieving human-soul unity through Deep Possession, and Zhang Can realized that offering him the Soul Bone could have endangered his cultivation.

Ning Wuque returned to the sect after obtaining his thousand-year First Soul Ring and revealed its skill, Blood Activating Body, to Zhang Can. He then reviewed the treasury’s offerings and attempted his Human-Soul Unification Method, finally meeting his martial soul in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Zhang Can gave Ning Wuque a soul bone to trade and asked him to demonstrate his First Soul Skill.
• Ning Wuque used Martial Soul Possession and explained that Blood Activating Body intensified his blood and physical capabilities, allowing its effects to continue through Ring Blasting.
• Ning Wuque returned to the sect with Zhang Can and decided to wait before trading the soul bone after finding little worthwhile in the treasury list.
• Ning Wuque increased the weight of his training gear and entered his Sea of Consciousness to try the Human-Soul Unification Method.
• Ning Wuque awakened the colossal black ant that was his martial soul, and the two formally met.

Ning Wuque entered his Sea of Consciousness and communicated with his Martial Soul, seeking to make them coexist as one. He woke after a month of deep meditation, with Zhang Can at his side.

• Ning Wuque reasoned that Beast Soul Masters and their Martial Souls had two souls sharing one body, while Tool Soul Masters were unified, and he set out to communicate with his Martial Soul.
• Ning Wuque failed to find his Martial Soul in his dark Sea of Consciousness and concluded that a Soul Ring could guide him to it.
• Ning Wuque used the Soul Ring’s connection to find his Martial Soul and spent an unknown amount of time answering its questions.
• Ning Wuque woke after a month of deep meditation as Zhang Can fed him and explained how long he had been unconscious.

After reconnecting with his spirit soul, Ning Wuque considered how to turn his deep-meditation theory into a clan reward. Zhang Can explained the upcoming Quarterly Assessment and offered to arrange Ning Wuque’s future, while Ning Wuque left the decision to his grandfather and continued to think about seeking techniques from the Body Clan.

• Ning Wuque apologized to Zhang Can and realized that connecting with his spirit soul might itself have caused deep meditation.
• Zhang Can offered Ning Wuque a higher-vault treasure if he wrote down his theory and contributed it to the clan.
• Zhang Can explained that the Quarterly Assessment ranked academy students to determine their training, careers, and clan assignments.
• Zhang Can praised Ning Wuque’s strength and hoped the assessment would secure him a place among the clan’s core families.
• Ning Wuque left the arrangements to Zhang Can and privately considered visiting the Body Clan to learn its martial techniques.

After returning to the academy, Ning Wuque trained his newly developed Deep Possession and reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng. Ning Tian offered to invest in him, leaving Ning Wuque facing an unexpected sponsorship request.

• Ning Wuque returned to the academy and trained, using Deep Possession to gain a partial boost from his martial soul.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng found Ning Wuque at the training ground after his month-long absence.
• Ning Tian asked whether Ning Wuque needed help preparing for the Quarterly Assessment, but he declined.
• Ning Tian offered to invest in Ning Wuque as a way to help him pursue his wish.

Ning Tian offered Ning Wuque a substantial investment, but he tried to keep their relationship formal because he believed his dangerous cultivation methods could kill him. After Ning Fengxiao revealed Ning Wuque's circumstances to her, Ning Tian resolved to help him as a friend.

• Ning Tian offered Ning Wuque a Gold Card investment, and he accepted while addressing her as “Young Lady.”
• Ning Tian recognized that Ning Wuque was distancing himself because of their different backgrounds, but insisted on helping him despite his objections.
• Ning Wuque told Ning Tian that his dangerous Ninefold Yama Gates could kill him and that he did not want anyone harmed because of him.
• Ning Tian asked Ning Fengxiao about Ning Wuque, and her father explained his talent, effort, and tragic circumstances.
• Ning Tian told Ning Wuque she understood his situation and still wanted to help him as his friend.

Ning Wuque reassured Ning Tian that he would demonstrate his dangerous soul skill at the Quarterly Assessment, and she vowed to spend her ten million Gold Soul Coins to keep him alive and in her service. A month later, he attended the assessment but was placed in the Genius Group and skipped the early rounds; when his first match finally began, his opponent Yu Xiaoxiao taunted him on the Azure Jade Arena.

• Ning Wuque told Ning Tian that his soul skill could show her both its power and the harm it caused him, and Ning Tian promised to buy his life with her ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• After Ning Tian and Wu Feng left, a recorder sent by Ning Fengxiao witnessed the exchange and prepared to report it.
• A month later, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's Junior Soul Master Academy began its Quarterly Assessment, and Ning Wuque learned that its format used rankings, performance scores, and elimination matches.
• Because his thousand-year first soul ring and strength had earned him a place in the Genius Group, Ning Wuque received byes in the first two rounds and watched the other students compete.
• Ning Wuque was called for the first match of the third-round Elimination Round against Yu Xiaoxiao, who taunted him as they faced each other on the arena.

Ning Wuque revealed the heavy Soul Guidance Training Gear he wore every day, then defeated Yu Xiaoxiao with a single mechanically precise attack. He left the arena victorious and began putting his training gear back on.

• Wu Feng predicted Ning Wuque would lose quickly, while Ning Tian expected him to win decisively.
• Ning Wuque removed his training gear, and the heavy pieces dented the Azure Jade Arena as they fell.
• Yu Xiaoxiao summoned her jade longsword Martial Soul and a yellow Soul Ring, while Ning Wuque chose not to use Martial Soul Possession.
• Ning Wuque kicked a Jade Stone Brick into the air and punched it toward Yu Xiaoxiao, but the Referee Teacher caught it and declared Ning Wuque the winner.
• Ning Wuque taunted Yu Xiaoxiao, then bent down to collect and put his training gear back on.

Ning Wuque crushed his tournament opponents and refused an assigned support partner for the final two-versus-two match. He faced Ning Tian and Wu Feng alone, leaving them waiting to see his full form as the battle began.

• Ning Wuque returned to the stands in heavy training gear, and Ning Tian and Wu Feng questioned him about its weight.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng won their two-versus-two matches, while Ning Wuque crushed his opponents through the tournament and won the final by enduring attacks until his opponent was exhausted.
• Ning Wuque refused the teacher's assigned Support System Soul Master, choosing to face Ning Tian and Wu Feng alone.
• The referee called Ning Wuque, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng to the final match, and Wu Feng vowed to punish his arrogance.
• Wu Feng underwent Martial Soul Possession, while Ning Wuque and Ning Tian remained untransformed as Ning Tian waited to see his complete form.