Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating to Holy Soul Village, Gu Xuan learned his monthly random system was the Demon Contract System and gained a Silver Spirit Coin by contracting a broken hoe. On the eve of his Spirit Awakening, the system tasked him with contracting Tang San, promising to split Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power and evolve Gu Xuan’s Spirit into the Scythe of Shadows.

• Gu Xuan discovered his ordinary scythe Spirit and zero Innate Soul Power, then learned that his system randomly granted him a new system each month.
• Gu Xuan randomized the Demon Contract System and received one Silver Spirit Coin after contracting a rusty broken hoe.
• Old Jack brought Gu Xuan food and told him that the village’s Spirit Awakening ceremony would take place the next day.
• The system issued Gu Xuan a task to contract Tang San, promising to split their Innate Full Soul Power and evolve Gu Xuan’s Spirit after the ceremony.
• Gu Xuan learned that Tang San would lose one year of his lifespan and that he only needed to touch him and give the system an instruction to contract him.

Gu Xuan used the Demon Contract system to drain one year of Tang San’s lifespan and split Tang San’s innate full soul power with him. After Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass with level five soul power, Gu Xuan was the last child waiting for his Spirit Awakening.

• Old Jack brought Gu Xuan and Tang San to the village Spirit Hall, where Su Yuntao began the Spirit Awakening ceremony.
• While the children waited, Gu Xuan touched Tang San and ordered the system to have him sign a Demon Contract.
• The contract consumed one year of Tang San’s lifespan and gave Gu Xuan five points of innate soul power, leaving Tang San dizzy and weak.
• Several children awakened ordinary spirits with no soul power, while Tang San endured his weakness and stepped into the awakening formation.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and showed level five soul power, and Su Yuntao called Gu Xuan forward as the last child.

Gu Xuan awakened an ordinary sickle with Level Five Innate Spirit Power, while Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass with the same level of Spirit Power. After Gu Xuan declined Su Yuntao’s offer to join Spirit Hall and agreed to attend school, he used his system reward and evolved his sickle into the Scythe of Shadows.

• Tang San learned that his Blue Silver Grass was considered a Waste Spirit and noticed that the fluctuations of his Mysterious Heaven Skill had weakened.
• Gu Xuan awakened an ordinary sickle and demonstrated Level Five Innate Spirit Power.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Gu Xuan and Tang San were the village’s only children with Spirit Power, then invited Gu Xuan to join Spirit Hall.
• Gu Xuan declined the invitation, and Old Jack asked him and Tang San whether they would attend Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy.
• After Old Jack took Tang San to ask Tang Hao for permission, Gu Xuan returned home and opened his system interface.
• Gu Xuan used the Spirit Upgrade Card, evolving his ordinary sickle into the Scythe of Shadows.

Gu Xuan evolved his martial soul into the Scythe of Shadows, raising his Soul Power to Level Eight, then traveled with Old Jack and Tang San to Nuoding Academy. At the academy gates, the gatekeeper insulted them as Gu Xuan’s Blind Box Sacrifice System activated.

• Gu Xuan used the Spirit Upgrade Card to evolve his sickle into the Scythe of Shadows, and his Soul Power rose to Level Eight.
• Gu Xuan browsed the System Mall, found its items far beyond his 500 System Essence, and learned that System Essence exchanged one-to-one for Gold Soul Coins.
• Old Jack told Gu Xuan about attending Nuoding Academy, and three months later he and Tang San accompanied Gu Xuan to the city.
• Gu Xuan, Old Jack, and Tang San reached Nuoding Academy, where the gatekeeper called them country bumpkins.
• Gu Xuan received the Blind Box Sacrifice System, which let him sacrifice items for randomly ranked blind boxes and would last one month.

Gu Xuan tested his sacrifice system at Nuoding Academy, where he fought the gatekeeper and sacrificed him for a Bronze Blind Box. Yu Xiaogang admitted Tang San as his disciple, while Gu Xuan remained wary of him.

• At Nuoding Academy's entrance, the gatekeeper insulted Old Jack and refused to accept the Spirit Hall certificate.
• Gu Xuan struck the gatekeeper and sacrificed him, earning a Bronze Blind Box.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived, verified the certificate, and agreed to take Gu Xuan and Tang San into the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he could become his disciple, and Tang San knelt, kowtowed three times, and asked to be accepted.

Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang as his master, while Gu Xuan firmly refused. After registering at the academy, Gu Xuan and Tang San arrived at Dormitory Seven, where Tang San clashed with its self-proclaimed boss, Wang Sheng, and Gu Xuan received a system mission to sacrifice Tang San.

• Tang San kowtowed to Yu Xiaogang and became his disciple, declaring that a teacher was a father for life.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Gu Xuan to become his disciple, but Gu Xuan refused twice despite Yu Xiaogang's offer of martial soul theory.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to register, and Gu Xuan and Tang San learned that work-study students lived in Dormitory Seven.
• Wang Sheng mocked Tang San's Blue Silver Grass spirit and demanded that Tang San listen to him, but Tang San insisted on being called by his proper name.
• Gu Xuan's system issued him a mission to sacrifice Tang San, rewarding him with a guaranteed Diamond Blind Box.

Tang San fought Wang Sheng in the work-study dormitory, impressing the other students with his Tang Sect techniques. After Gu Xuan made contact with him, the system sacrificed Tang San and awarded Gu Xuan a Diamond Blind Box and 500 points of System Essence.

• Wang Sheng shoved Tang San and mocked him, so Tang San threw down his uniform and challenged him.
• Tang San used his speed and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to knock Wang Sheng down twice.
• Wang Sheng unleashed his Battle Tiger Power and traded a punch with Tang San, sending both of them back five steps.
• Tang San stumbled into Gu Xuan, who steadied him and made contact as Wang Sheng charged again.
• Gu Xuan chose to sacrifice Tang San, and the system awarded him a Diamond Blind Box and 500 points of System Essence.

Gu Xuan defeated Wang Sheng in Dormitory Seven after Tang San was accidentally knocked unconscious, and Wang Sheng accepted Gu Xuan as the new boss. A girl arrived just as the system ordered Gu Xuan to sacrifice Xiao Wu for a legendary blind box and 1000 points of System Essence.

• Tang San suddenly became dizzy and knelt before Wang Sheng, whose punch struck his head and knocked him unconscious.
• Gu Xuan confronted Wang Sheng and summoned his Scythe of Shadows, stunning the students in Dormitory Seven.
• Wang Sheng attacked Gu Xuan but had his Soul Power drained and was defeated.
• Wang Sheng declared Gu Xuan the new boss of Dormitory Seven under the dormitory's strength-based rule.
• A girl's voice came from outside, and the system issued Gu Xuan a mission to sacrifice Xiao Wu for a legendary blind box and 1000 points of System Essence.

Xiao Wu arrived at Dormitory Seven and challenged Gu Xuan to a spar before she could enter. As Gu Xuan secretly activated his sacrifice ability, Xiao Wu lost control of her legs and fell on top of him, leaving him with his scythe pressed against her.

• Xiao Wu introduced herself and her rabbit martial soul, while Gu Xuan announced that he was Dormitory Seven's boss.
• Wang Sheng reminded Gu Xuan that newcomers had to spar with the boss before entering the dormitory.
• Xiao Wu eagerly attacked Gu Xuan with a series of fast kicks, and he dodged before summoning the Scythe of Shadows to block her.
• Xiao Wu used Soft Technique to wrap her legs around Gu Xuan's neck and began to throw him.
• Gu Xuan activated the system's sacrifice option after making contact with Xiao Wu, causing her legs to go numb and making her fall on top of him.
• Gu Xuan slipped free and pressed his scythe against Xiao Wu.

After defeating Xiao Wu, Gu Xuan opened his stored Blind Boxes and gained a Storage Ring Soul Tool and a Premium Contract Card that bound Xiao Wu to him. The contract took effect while Xiao Wu was eating, leaving her flustered by thoughts of Gu Xuan.

• Gu Xuan defeated Xiao Wu, collected his mission reward, and returned with her to Dormitory Seven, where the students praised him as their new boss.
• Gu Xuan stayed behind while the others went to eat and opened three Blind Boxes, receiving 10 System Essence from the Bronze Blind Box.
• The Diamond-tier Blind Box gave Gu Xuan a Storage Ring Soul Tool with one thousand cubic meters of space and 500 System Essence.
• The Legendary Blind Box gave Gu Xuan a Premium Contract Card exclusive to Xiao Wu and 2,000 System Essence; its effects included raising her loyalty to 100%, sharing 30% of her cultivation gains, and granting Contract Value toward a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone.
• Gu Xuan used the card, successfully establishing a contract with Xiao Wu, who felt an emptiness in her heart and found herself thinking about him while eating.

Gu Xuan accepted Tang San’s invitation to meet Yu Xiaogang after the system assigned him a mission to sacrifice Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang discovered that Gu Xuan’s scythe appeared mutated and that he had level ten Soul Power, then offered to help both boys obtain their first spirit rings.

• The system assigned Gu Xuan a mission to sacrifice Yu Xiaogang, so he agreed to go with Tang San to meet him.
• Yu Xiaogang asked to inspect Gu Xuan’s Martial Soul, but Gu Xuan refused.
• Yu Xiaogang tested Tang San’s Soul Power and discovered it was level nine, then promised to help him obtain his First Spirit Ring after he reached level ten.
• Gu Xuan revealed the Scythe of Shadows, and Yu Xiaogang concluded that it was a mutated Martial Soul.
• The Blue Crystal Ball detected Gu Xuan’s Soul Power at level ten, leaving Tang San shocked and envious.
• Yu Xiaogang announced special training for Tang San and invited Gu Xuan to join them in obtaining their First Spirit Rings.

Yu Xiaogang took Tang San and Gu Xuan to Soul Hunting Forest to obtain Tang San’s First Spirit Ring, hoping to impress Gu Xuan into becoming his disciple. Gu Xuan saw the trip as a chance to put Yu Xiaogang in danger, and the chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang summoning his bizarre martial soul, Luo Sanpao.

• Yu Xiaogang trained Tang San until Tang San reached level ten, then arranged to take him and Gu Xuan to find a Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang led the two boys toward Soul Hunting Forest, talking up his theories while Gu Xuan remained unimpressed.
• During the journey, Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a storage belt called Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night and tried to impress Gu Xuan with his generosity.
• Yu Xiaogang used a Spirit Hall token to enter Soul Hunting Forest and summoned his martial soul, Luo Sanpao.
• Tang San and Gu Xuan struggled to hide their reactions to Luo Sanpao’s absurd appearance.

Gu Xuan sacrificed Yu Xiaogang during the group’s escape from a powerful Mandala Snake, earning an Epic-tier Blind Box and 1,000 System Essence. With Yu Xiaogang unconscious and Luo Sanpao incapacitated, Tang San faced the snake alone and struck at its head with Yu Xiaogang’s short sword.

• Gu Xuan learned that soul beasts and their spirit rings could be sacrificed separately, while Yu Xiaogang lectured Tang San and Gu Xuan about choosing their First Spirit Rings.
• At night, Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao killed six Netherworld Wolves, then a three-to-four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake appeared and attacked the group.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to flee with Tang San and Gu Xuan, but Gu Xuan sacrificed him, earning an Epic-tier Blind Box and 1,000 System Essence; Yu Xiaogang collapsed and Tang San was thrown aside.
• The Mandala Snake bit Luo Sanpao, leaving it unable to fight and causing it to return to Yu Xiaogang, who remained unconscious.
• Tang San used a Sleeve Arrow against the Mandala Snake, but its scales deflected the strike, so he charged his short sword with the Mysterious Heaven Skill and swung at its head.

Tang San defeated the Mandala Snake but was knocked unconscious, and Gu Xuan sacrificed the snake and its spirit ring before Tang San could claim his first ring. Yu Xiaogang awoke poisoned, and Tang San realized saving him might require removing his right kidney.

• Tang San stabbed the Mandala Snake, but its final sandstorm hurled him away and left him unconscious.
• Gu Xuan confirmed Tang San was alive, sacrificed the dying Mandala Snake and its spirit ring, and received a Silver Blind Box, a Gold Blind Box, and 200 points of System Essence.
• Yu Xiaogang woke and collapsed again as Mandala Snake venom from Luo Sanpao's bite poisoned him through their shared connection.
• Tang San woke, reset his two broken ribs, and found Yu Xiaogang unconscious beside Gu Xuan.
• Tang San identified the venom and concluded that Yu Xiaogang's poisoned right kidney had to be removed to save his life.
• Tang San turned to Gu Xuan and asked him to testify for him.

Tang San removed Yu Xiaogang’s poisoned right kidney and forced the snake venom from his body, saving his life. After Yu Xiaogang woke and accepted what Tang San had done, he suggested that Tang San settle for a weaker spirit ring, hinting at a nearly hundred-year-old Plant Spirit Beast.

• Tang San heated a short sword and removed Yu Xiaogang’s venom-corroded right kidney while Gu Xuan watched.
• Tang San sealed Yu Xiaogang’s meridians, forced the poisoned blood from his body, and treated the wound.
• Yu Xiaogang remained unconscious for three days while Tang San and Gu Xuan stayed in the Soul Hunting Forest.
• After Yu Xiaogang woke, Tang San confessed that he had removed the kidney to save him, and Gu Xuan confirmed the story.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Tang San’s actions and suggested they hunt a nearly hundred-year-old Plant Spirit Beast instead.
• Gu Xuan wondered whether Yu Xiaogang meant the Morning Glory.

Tang San obtained a ten-year Spirit Ring from a Blood-Patterned Morning Glory after carrying the injured Yu Xiaogang through the forest. He began absorbing the ring, which settled around his Blue Silver Grass with little apparent difficulty.

• Yu Xiaogang recommended the nearly hundred-year-old Blood-Patterned Morning Glory as Tang San's First Spirit Ring despite his severe injuries.
• Tang San carried Yu Xiaogang to the Blood-Patterned Morning Glory while Gu Xuan followed without offering help.
• Following Yu Xiaogang's instructions, Tang San inhaled the Morning Glory's toxic pollen and cut through its roots with a short sword.
• A faint white Spirit Ring appeared, and Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to absorb it.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass, and the white Spirit Ring settled around it as a warm current passed through his body.

Tang San absorbed the Blood-Patterned Morning Glory spirit ring and gained Blue Silver Death Bind, which could restrain enemies and spread weak poison. After leaving the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang, Gu Xuan returned to Dormitory Seven and opened his System Warehouse to inspect three blind boxes.

• Tang San completed his first spirit-ring absorption, but the Mysterious Heaven Skill remained stuck at its first-stage bottleneck.
• Tang San revealed Blue Silver Death Bind, which bound enemies with Blue Silver Grass, and discovered that it could produce poisonous Blue Silver Flower pollen.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San's control abilities, while Gu Xuan privately realized Tang San would mainly serve as support for a strong attacker.
• Tang San carried the weakened Yu Xiaogang out of the Soul Hunting Forest with Gu Xuan, and the three returned to Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy.
• Gu Xuan went to Dormitory Seven, shut the doors and windows, and opened his System Warehouse to look at three blind boxes.

Gu Xuan opened his Silver, Gold, and Epic-tier Blind Boxes and received a thousand-year Fire-Attribute Purple Spirit Ring. He fused it as his first ring, reached Level Thirteen Soul Power, and learned his new skill, Fire Scythe Sweep.

• Gu Xuan opened the Silver and Gold Blind Boxes and gained 100 and 200 System Essence, respectively.
• Gu Xuan opened the Epic-tier Blind Box and received a thousand-year Fire-Attribute Purple Spirit Ring that could only be used as his first ring and would expire after seven days.
• Gu Xuan claimed the ring and fused it with his Scythe of Shadows, gaining energy without suffering discomfort.
• Gu Xuan checked his System interface and discovered his Soul Power had risen to Level Thirteen.
• Gu Xuan learned that his first Spirit Skill, Fire Scythe Sweep, boosted his speed and attack power and inflicted Burn on enemies it struck.

Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City, where Gu Xuan received a Plot Modification System mission to have Dai Mubai beat Tang San to a pulp. Tang San reached the Rose Hotel and confronted Dai Mubai over its last room.

• Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City, and Gu Xuan learned that his mission was to make Dai Mubai beat Tang San to a pulp.
• Tang San traveled to Suotuo City on Yu Xiaogang’s orders and went to the Rose Hotel to rest.
• Tang San tried to book the hotel’s last room, but Dai Mubai arrived with two women and claimed it was reserved for him.
• Tang San sensed Dai Mubai’s strength as Dai Mubai challenged him for trying to take the room.

Tang San clashed with Dai Mubai over the last room at the Rose Hotel and prepared to fight after Dai Mubai revealed his Level 37 White Tiger martial soul. The chapter left Dai Mubai stunned when Tang San revealed that his martial soul was Blue Silver Grass and his Soul Power was only Level 27.

• Tang San confronted Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai ignored him and claimed the last room at the hotel.
• Dai Mubai released his White Tiger martial soul, while Manager Wang apologized to him and told Tang San to find another inn.
• Tang San insulted Dai Mubai and refused to back down when Dai Mubai demanded that he answer for the insult.
• Dai Mubai revealed his Level 37 Battle Spirit Elder rank and promised to cover any damage to the hotel.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and revealed his Level 27 rank, leaving Dai Mubai incredulous.