Chapter Summaries

During Sacred Soul Village’s Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, Han Yuchen awakened an unimpressive ornamental fish Martial Soul and only level-one Innate Soul Power, while Tang San revealed Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power. Mocked by the villagers, Han Yuchen ran home, secretly pleased with how well he had acted and anticipating a future reversal.

• Su Yuntao began the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony in Sacred Soul Village, where Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and displayed Innate Full Soul Power.
• Han Yuchen awakened an azure ornamental fish Martial Soul that Su Yuntao judged to be a Wasted Spirit.
• Han Yuchen tested at Innate Soul Power level one, prompting villagers to mock him and Old Jack to show disappointment.
• Han Yuchen acted devastated, ran from the ceremony, and returned to his wooden house while privately anticipating a later reversal.

After his Spirit Awakening, Han Yuchen activated the Star Atlas and recovered his Divine Soul Origin as the Starlight Ruse King. His Spirit Power surged to Level 20, and he disguised it as Level 2 so he could grow without attracting attention.

• Han Yuchen dropped his act as a sickly child and entered meditation in his room.
• The Star Atlas activated, restoring his Divine Soul Origin and revealing its abilities to plunder spirit-beast origins, temper power with starlight, and provide dimensional space.
• The Starlight Ruse King’s phantom appeared, and a surge of Soul Power transformed Han Yuchen’s body and raised his Spirit Power to Level 20.
• Han Yuchen decided to hide his true strength and used the Star Atlas to disguise his Spirit Power as Level 2.
• Han Yuchen set a goal to reach Level 10 in three months and present himself as an ordinary genius.

Han Yuchen left Sacred Soul Village to obtain his first spirit ring and prepared carefully before entering Soul Hunting Forest. He reached the Poisonous Marsh and identified a thirteen-hundred-year Mandala Snake as his target.

• Han Yuchen told Old Jack and the villagers that he had reached level ten and was going to Soul Hunting Forest, while Tang San gave him medicine and dried rations.
• Han Yuchen sold accelerated, Starlight-nourished herbs in Nuoding City and bought a dagger, a forest map, water, and tools.
• Han Yuchen entered Soul Hunting Forest alone and used Yiyou to sense and avoid nearby soul beasts.
• Han Yuchen reached the Poisonous Marsh and selected the thirteen-hundred-year Mandala Snake for his first spirit ring.

Han Yuchen used the Yi You Martial Soul to lay a hidden quicksand trap and baited a Thousand-Year Mandala Snake with Green Spirit Grass. After wearing the snake down from a safe distance, he killed it and prepared to see what its Thousand-Year Soul Ring would bring to Iyu.

• Han Yuchen liquefied the soil beneath a camouflaged patch of ground and planted Green Spirit Grass as bait.
• A Thousand-Year Mandala Snake followed the bait into the trap and sank into the quicksand.
• Han Yuchen shielded himself from the snake’s poison mist and attacked it from afar with water techniques until it was exhausted.
• Han Yuchen threw a Soul Power-infused dagger into the snake’s vital spot and killed it.
• Han Yuchen approached the corpse and wondered what the Thousand-Year Soul Ring and the beast’s essence would bring to Iyu.

Han Yuchen plundered the dying Thousand-Year Mandala Snake’s Soul Origin, absorbed its purple spirit ring without risk, and evolved Yiyou into Yulian. He gained the First Soul Skill Restraint and turned his attention toward the stars, his true source of power.

• Han Yuchen used Plunder and Evolve to extract the Mandala Snake’s Soul Origin and integrate a trace of its Neurotoxic Venom into his Martial Soul Origin.
• Han Yuchen let Yiyou absorb the Thousand-Year Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to level twenty and making him a Quasi Great Soul Master.
• The ring transformed Yiyou into the combat form Yulian, and Han Yuchen learned that Restraint could nullify and reflect attacks he believed restrained him.
• Han Yuchen looked toward the star-filled night sky, preparing to pursue the power of the stars.

Han Yuchen used the Star Atlas to temper his first Spirit Ring, raising its age to 2,001 years and gaining the Soul Skill Blade of Flowing Water. After testing its cutting power, he concealed his strength and set off for Nuoding City, eager to see Master’s reaction.

• Han Yuchen summoned the Power of Stars to temper his purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, raising its age to 1,999 years before it hit a bottleneck.
• Han Yuchen activated the Divine Soul Origin tied to the Starlight Ruse King, breaking the bottleneck and pushing the ring’s age to 2,001 years.
• Han Yuchen comprehended the Soul Skill Blade of Flowing Water, which formed a fast, armor-piercing water blade with low Soul Power consumption.
• Han Yuchen tested the skill by slicing a boulder cleanly in half and remarked that his one ring now gave him both attack and defense skills.
• Han Yuchen disguised his Soul Power as that of someone who had just reached level ten, hid his Spirit Ring, and headed toward Nuoding City to meet Master.

Han Yuchen disguised himself as a sickly, ordinary boy while traveling toward Nuoding City and used concealed techniques to stop wealthy youths from attacking a commoner. After the youths fled, he continued toward the city, where he planned to confront Master.

• Han Yuchen hid his valuables and changed into patched clothes, disguising himself as a weak, lucky boy with a ten-year soul ring.
• Han Yuchen came across rich youths threatening a commoner boy for allegedly dirtying their carriage.
• The leader’s Sharp Claw Cat attacked, and Han Yuchen accidentally-on-purpose splashed it with enhanced water, leaving it shrieking on the ground.
• When the leader tried to slap him, Han Yuchen blocked with [Restraint] and sent the attacker tumbling face-first into the dirt.
• The youths fled, and the rescued boy thanked Han Yuchen, who claimed it was luck and continued toward Nuoding City to find Master.

Han Yuchen intervened when a gatekeeper barred Tang San and Xiao Wu from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, then used his Origin Talent [Restraint] to make Tang San collapse after Tang San’s poisoned Blue Silver Grass touched him. Yu Xiaogang witnessed the impossible event and watched his cherished theories crumble as Han Yuchen pretended not to know what had happened.

• The gatekeeper mocked Tang San and Xiao Wu, rejected Tang San’s Spirit Hall proof, and challenged him to prove he was qualified to enter.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and attacked the gatekeeper, but the gatekeeper’s wolfhound Spirit shredded the vines.
• Han Yuchen stepped between Tang San and the gatekeeper, then let Tang San’s venom-coated Blue Silver Grass wrap around his arm.
• Han Yuchen’s Origin Talent [Restraint] activated, and Tang San suddenly stiffened and fell unconscious while the gatekeeper and Xiao Wu stared in shock.
• Yu Xiaogang dropped his theory book as he realized Han Yuchen had seemingly defeated Tang San without using a Soul Ring or Soul Skill.
• Han Yuchen acted confused and asked the gatekeeper and Xiao Wu whether he had caused Tang San’s collapse.

Han Yuchen stunned Yu Xiaogang and everyone at Nuoding Academy's gates by revealing a purple First Spirit Ring after Tang San collapsed from his own poison. Yu Xiaogang's theories crumbled, and he ended the chapter desperately asking Han Yuchen to take him as his master.

• Xiao Wu rushed to help Tang San and accused Han Yuchen of hurting him, but Han Yuchen claimed Tang San had fallen on his own.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San, found that his own paralytic poison had backfired, and asked Han Yuchen his name and Martial Soul.
• Han Yuchen introduced himself and summoned his fish Martial Soul, leaving Yu Xiaogang baffled that Tang San's poison had failed against it.
• The gatekeeper threatened to expel Han Yuchen, prompting him to reveal a purple First Spirit Ring that overwhelmed everyone.
• Yu Xiaogang's beliefs about Spirit Rings collapsed, then he grabbed Han Yuchen's shoulders and begged him to become his disciple.

Han Yuchen rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer of apprenticeship and proposed an equal partnership in which Yu Xiaogang could study his unusual abilities while providing knowledge and support. After the children enrolled at Nuoding Academy, Han Yuchen sensed Solonsen’s foul aura coming from the Spirit Hall Branch in Nuoding City.

• Han Yuchen refused Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple and proposed that they cooperate as equals.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted the partnership and began questioning Han Yuchen about his Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and immunity to Tang San’s poison.
• Han Yuchen attributed his extraordinary traits to a beneficial martial-soul mutation, and Yu Xiaogang accepted this as the focus of his research.
• Yu Xiaogang helped Han Yuchen, Tang San, and Xiao Wu enroll at the academy and assigned them to Dormitory Seven.
• After Tang San took Yu Xiaogang as his master, Han Yuchen settled into the dormitory and began planning his cultivation.
• That night, Han Yuchen sensed Solonsen’s aura coming from the Spirit Hall Branch in Nuoding City.

At Nuoding Academy’s Dormitory Seven, Han Yuchen steered Wang Sheng into a fight with Xiao Wu instead of Tang San. Xiao Wu swiftly threw Wang Sheng to the floor, leaving the dormitory stunned as she pinned him down.

• Wang Sheng introduced himself as Dormitory Seven’s boss and demanded that newcomers fight him or obey him.
• Tang San stepped forward to accept the challenge, but Han Yuchen stopped him and pointed Wang Sheng toward Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu accepted Wang Sheng’s challenge and declared that the loser would have to call the winner Big Sister or Big Brother.
• Wang Sheng began to attack, but Xiao Wu dodged his punch and used her Waist Bow skill to throw him onto the floor.
• Xiao Wu pressed her knee against Wang Sheng’s chest and forced him back down as the other students watched in shock.

Xiao Wu defeated Wang Sheng’s lackeys and became Dormitory Seven’s boss, while Han Yuchen deflected Tang San’s questions about his unusual abilities. That night, Han Yuchen sensed Solonsen’s aura growing more active near the Spirit Hall Branch and considered investigating it.

• Xiao Wu swiftly defeated Wang Sheng’s lackeys without using a soul skill and claimed the title of Dormitory Seven’s boss.
• Wang Sheng, his lackeys, and Tang San called Xiao Wu “Sister Xiao Wu,” and Han Yuchen praised her while handing her water.
• Han Yuchen secretly spread his Soul Power through the dormitory to sense activity around Nuoding Academy.
• Tang San asked Han Yuchen about the academy gate and his soul ring, and Han Yuchen blamed his abilities on Spirit Mutation and elemental restraint.
• Han Yuchen sensed Solonsen’s chaotic, evil aura growing more active near the Spirit Hall and decided he needed to investigate the branch.

Han Yuchen impressed Yu Xiaogang with test results that exceeded established limits, then invented an explanation involving a devouring Martial Soul and star power that inspired Yu Xiaogang to formulate a new theory. He secured Yu Xiaogang’s help obtaining information about Nuoding City’s Spirit Hall and left with Tang San for the blacksmith shop, intending to investigate the city.

• Yu Xiaogang tested Han Yuchen’s Soul Power control, Soul Skill casting speed, Water Element affinity, and Spiritual Power, and the results surpassed his expectations while damaging testing equipment.
• Han Yuchen claimed that his Martial Soul had devoured his Thousand-Year Soul Ring and that starlight had protected his body during its absorption.
• Yu Xiaogang found old records about devouring Martial Souls and Star Guidance Body Tempering, then named his explanation the “Mutated Martial Soul Limit Breakthrough Theory.”
• Han Yuchen agreed to let Yu Xiaogang publish the theory in exchange for detailed information about Nuoding City’s Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang promised to obtain branch-hall files through the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Han Yuchen and Tang San to retrieve a custom Soul Power testing component from a western blacksmith shop, and Han Yuchen set out planning to look around Nuoding City and investigate Spirit Hall.

Han Yuchen and Tang San collected their parts from a blacksmith shop, where Tang San impressed the workers with his hammering. A Spirit Hall Steward invited Han Yuchen to meet Hall Master Ma Xiuno, and Han Yuchen sensed the cold aura watching him grow stronger upon reaching Spirit Hall.

• Tang San demonstrated his hammering skill at the blacksmith shop, impressing the one-eyed owner and securing the parts.
• A Spirit Hall Steward arrived and invited Han Yuchen to meet Hall Master Ma Xiuno, while Tang San warned Han Yuchen to be careful.
• Han Yuchen left Tang San to return to the academy and rode to Spirit Hall with the Steward, Miss Sisi, and Elder Shi.
• Han Yuchen entered Nuoding City Spirit Hall and sensed the familiar cold aura become much stronger inside.

Han Yuchen visited the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch, where he identified Supervisor Xiao as the source of the corrupt aura he had been tracking. He secretly planted a water-vapor surveillance thread by a sealed basement door and left the branch to wait for its occupants to act.

• Ma Xiunuo questioned Han Yuchen about his Martial Soul mutation, then tried to recruit him to Spirit Hall, but Han Yuchen declined out of loyalty to his master.
• Supervisor Xiao entered and insulted Han Yuchen; Han Yuchen recognized the same cold, chaotic aura he had sensed before, while Sisi and Ma Xiunuo rebuked Xiao Mo.
• Ma Xiunuo sent Sisi to show Han Yuchen the Mimicry Training Environment, where Han Yuchen used his water-element Martial Soul to create whirlpools and floating droplets.
• Han Yuchen tracked the aura to a sealed basement entrance, slipped a thread of water vapor through the iron door, and set it to monitor sounds and energy inside.
• Han Yuchen accepted an Honorary Badge from Ma Xiunuo and left the branch, concealing his true expression as he resolved to wait for the people inside to reveal themselves.

Han Yuchen used a wisp of water vapor to spy on Supervisor Xiao praying to Solonsen and learned that the cult was searching for a Soul Fragment, possibly one of Han Yuchen’s own. After the spying backlash, he decided to arrange Supervisor Xiao’s death indirectly and considered using Tang San against the cult.

• Han Yuchen sent his senses through a wisp of water vapor beneath the basement door and waited for Supervisor Xiao to arrive.
• Supervisor Xiao prayed to Solonsen, called the God Realm’s rulers False Gods, and mentioned that the location of a Soul Fragment had become clearer.
• A burst of cold energy from the altar severed Han Yuchen’s connection to the vapor and caused a backlash that woke Tang San.
• Han Yuchen concluded that Supervisor Xiao belonged to an organized group of Solonsen’s followers called the Purifiers, who were searching for Soul Fragments.
• Han Yuchen decided Supervisor Xiao had to die but planned to act indirectly, considering how he could guide Tang San into opposing the cult.

Han Yuchen defeated Tang San and evaded Xiao Wu during a sparring lesson, warning them about the limits of their fighting styles and the danger of Evil Spirit Masters. Tang San began reconsidering his combat methods, while Yu Xiaogang grew wary of the threat and Han Yuchen left satisfied that he had planted seeds of suspicion.

• Han Yuchen repelled Tang San's Blue Silver Entanglement and cut down a tree with a water blade, showing Tang San how vulnerable he was to faster opponents.
• Han Yuchen appeared behind Tang San and warned him that enemies might attack from his blind spot, leaving Tang San shaken and questioning his confidence.
• Xiao Wu attacked Han Yuchen with Waist Bow, but he dodged her moves and caught her when she tripped over a tree root.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived and watched Han Yuchen's sparring, then confirmed that Evil Spirit Masters used cruel methods and bizarre powers.
• Tang San reflected on the flaws in his combat system, Xiao Wu blushed as she glanced at Han Yuchen, and Yu Xiaogang pondered Evil Spirit Masters as Han Yuchen returned to the academy.

Han Yuchen forged a leaf-shaped dart and infused it with the evil aura he had sensed from Supervisor Xiao, then arranged for Ma Xiunuo to examine it by giving it to Sisi. He returned to the academy, waiting for the dart to prompt Supervisor Xiao and Ma Xiunuo to act.

• Han Yuchen used Soul Power to purify iron at a blacksmith's shop and forged it into a leaf-shaped dart.
• He infused the dart with a trace of the evil aura he had picked up while sensing Supervisor Xiao.
• Han Yuchen staged a collision with Sisi outside a jewelry shop and gave her the dart, telling her to let her grandfather examine its strange chilliness.
• Sisi accepted the dart and decided to show it to Ma Xiunuo.
• Han Yuchen headed back to the academy, expecting Supervisor Xiao and Ma Xiunuo to respond to the bait.

Sisi showed Ma Xiunuo the leaf-shaped dart Han Yuchen had given her, and Ma recognized the sealed aura of an Evil Spirit Master as a warning about danger inside Spirit Hall. While Ma secretly ordered surveillance of Supervisor Xiao, Tang San trained to catch up with Han Yuchen, Yu Xiaogang researched Evil Spirit Masters and God's Shards, and Han waited for his trap to unfold.

• Sisi told Ma Xiunuo how Han Yuchen had given her the dart and asked her to show it to her grandfather.
• Ma Xiunuo sensed Evil Spirit Master power in the dart, concluded Han had covertly warned him about a mole, and ordered his Guard Captain to secretly monitor Supervisor Xiao and the abandoned basement.
• Tang San trained his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Purple Demon Eye, determined to catch up with Han Yuchen.
• Yu Xiaogang studied ancient records linking Evil Spirit Masters to God's Shards and grew uneasy about the clues.
• Han Yuchen sensed the Soul Ancestor watching near Spirit Hall and decided to wait for the person caught in his trap to reveal himself.

Han Yuchen watched Spirit Hall’s raid on Supervisor Xiao’s blood sacrifice and secretly helped Ma Xiunuo defeat him. The recovered evidence revealed a wider Evil Spirit Master organization, while Ma Xiunuo realized a six-year-old had silently saved Nuoding City.

• Han Yuchen watched Supervisor Xiao enter Spirit Hall’s abandoned basement while Ma Xiunuo gathered three Soul Ancestors to investigate.
• Ma Xiunuo and his guards discovered Supervisor Xiao sacrificing a Wind Speed Wolf at a bone altar, and Supervisor Xiao transformed into a Bone Demon Wolf.
• Supervisor Xiao’s corrupted power overwhelmed the group until Han Yuchen made him slip, giving Ma Xiunuo an opening to strike with Holy Light Judgment.
• The guards subdued Supervisor Xiao and found a notebook and strange tokens that exposed the reach of an Evil Spirit Master organization.
• Ma Xiunuo suspected Han Yuchen had intervened and felt awe toward the six-year-old who had prevented a crisis in Nuoding City.