Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze worked his fields in Qingxi Village before attending the Martial Soul awakening ceremony, hoping to discover whether he had Soul Power. After the other children awakened ordinary Martial Souls without Soul Power, Xiao Ze stepped into the formation and the golden light around him suddenly turned black.

• Xiao Ze continued farming despite it being the day his Martial Soul would awaken, and Uncle Li encouraged him to remain hopeful.
• The village chief brought Xiao Ze and six other children to Qingxi Village’s Spirit Hall, where Su Yuntao prepared to awaken their Martial Souls.
• Su Yuntao demonstrated his Martial Soul Possession, and Xiao Ze watched calmly while the other children were frightened.
• The first six children awakened ordinary Martial Souls, including hoes, Blue Silver Grass, sickles, and a hammer, but none had Soul Power.
• Xiao Ze entered the awakening formation, and the golden light enveloping him turned black.

Xiao Ze awakened a Black Earth martial soul and discovered he had Innate Level 2 Spirit Power. With two months before he went to Nuoding Academy, he tried to begin cultivating with a method he had asked DeepSeek to create from Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica.

• Xiao Ze's martial soul manifested as Black Earth, and Su Yuntao confirmed he had Innate Level 2 Spirit Power.
• Xiao Ze declined Su Yuntao's invitation to join Spirit Hall, and the village chief arranged for him to attend Nuoding Academy in two months while reserving forty percent of his family's soul coins.
• Xiao Ze searched his memories for a way to cultivate and settled on the Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica method he had made DeepSeek create.
• Xiao Ze went to a quiet spot by a creek and wheat field, settled his mind, and began sensing Spiritual Energy.

Xiao Ze discovered that his cultivation technique strengthened his Soul Power by draining Natural Life Force from nearby vegetation, then spent two months training before traveling to Nuoding Academy. There, he witnessed Tang San and Old Jack encounter Yu Xiaogang.

• Xiao Ze cultivated and noticed that the grass around him withered, then confirmed the same effect after moving to another location.
• Over the next two months, Xiao Ze trained his body and cultivated in a nearby forest, draining Natural Life Force from nearly twenty-five square meters of land.
• Xiao Ze left Qingxi Village with the village chief and his family's savings as villagers urged him to study and become a soul master.
• Xiao Ze and the village chief reached Nuoding City, sampled local specialties, and went to Nuoding Academy.
• At the academy, Xiao Ze saw Tang San prepare to throw a hidden weapon before Old Jack stopped him, and Yu Xiaogang approached and asked whether they had come to study there.

Xiao Ze enrolled at the academy as a work-study student and learned that his Black Earth Martial Soul’s abilities were still unknown. At the Seventh Dormitory, Xiao Wu arrived and claimed leadership after defeating Tang San and Wang Sheng, while Tang Hao secretly recognized her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Xiao Ze gave Yu Xiaogang his student information, then met the principal, who learned that Xiao Ze had a Black Earth Martial Soul and Innate Level 2 Spirit Power.
• Xiao Ze saw Tang San kneeling to take Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, and the principal questioned Yu Xiaogang’s qualifications as a Level 29 Soul Master.
• The principal brought Xiao Ze and Tang San to the Seventh Dormitory, where Wang Sheng introduced himself as its current boss.
• Xiao Wu arrived at the dormitory, introduced herself, defeated Tang San and Wang Sheng, and became the new boss.
• Tang Hao watched Xiao Wu from the shadows, recognized her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and considered her Soul Ring and Soul Bone for Tang San.
• Xiao Wu approached Xiao Ze and asked his name, and he introduced himself.

Xiao Ze found a highly efficient cultivation spot near Golden Ear Village, but a storm drove him into a mysterious cave after a boulder revealed its entrance. As Xiao Ze explored underground, Tang San learned that he had not returned to Nuoding Academy and the principal rushed out to find him.

• Xiao Ze told the principal that his Black Earth Martial Soul cultivated best beside farmland, and the principal directed him to Golden Ear Village.
• Xiao Ze found a secluded spot near the village’s wheat fields where Natural Life Force made cultivation twice as efficient as in Qingxi Village.
• A storm hit, and Xiao Ze slipped down a slope before a rolling boulder exposed a natural cave entrance.
• Xiao Ze entered the cave to escape the rain and explored its large, dark interior by matchlight.
• Tang San questioned Xiao Wu about Xiao Ze’s absence, and the principal hurried toward Golden Ear Village to search for him.

Xiao Ze explored a cave and found a dead Soul Master’s Storage Soul Tool, which contained Gold Soul Coins, Spirit Grass and Spirit Medicine, and a possible treasure map. A month later, he asked the principal to identify the herbs and learned that all five could aid his cultivation.

• Xiao Ze followed a cave passage to a skeleton and discovered a glowing Storage Soul Tool on its hand.
• Xiao Ze found Gold Soul Coins, Spirit Grass and Spirit Medicine, and a sheet that appeared to be a treasure map inside the ring.
• Xiao Ze returned to Golden Ear Village, reassured the principal, and concealed the Storage Soul Tool before going back to Nuoding Academy.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San confronted Xiao Ze about returning late, and Xiao Ze said he had been taking shelter from the rain.
• One month later, Xiao Ze brought five Spirit Grass and Spirit Medicine to the principal, who identified them and explained their cultivation benefits.

At nine years old, Xiao Ze reached level ten and prepared to obtain his first soul ring with the principal. He chose a Plant Type Soul Beast with a Life Attribute and planned to absorb a five-hundred-year ring, relying on the Natural Life Force from Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica to withstand it.

• Xiao Ze reached level ten after three years of cultivation and discovered that Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica nourished his body and Spiritual Power with Natural Life Force.
• Xiao Ze told the principal he had reached level ten, and the principal agreed to take him to obtain a soul ring.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Xiao Ze and the principal leave and doubted that Xiao Ze could have cultivated so quickly.
• Xiao Ze chose a Plant Type Soul Beast with a Life Attribute, saying Blue Silver Grass would suffice if they could not find a rarer beast.
• Xiao Ze requested a five-hundred- to six-hundred-year soul ring, and the principal accepted the plan after confirming that Xiao Ze's physique could handle an Overlimit Soul Ring.

Xiao Ze entered the Soul Hunting Forest with the principal to find a five-hundred-year Blue Silver Grass for his first Soul Ring. After absorbing it, Xiao Ze gained an over-limit Soul Ring and reached level twelve, while discovering that Blue Silver Grass improved his cultivation.

• The principal showed Xiao Ze his Quenching Fire Sword and protected him from a hundred-year Illusion Flame Fox, driving it away with one slash.
• The principal warned Xiao Ze against killing Soul Beasts unnecessarily, and Xiao Ze thought about the future of Soul Beasts and the possibility of creating fair Life Contracts and Soul Bones.
• Xiao Ze and the principal searched through the forest until they found a patch of Blue Silver Grass containing a five-hundred-year plant.
• The principal brought the five-hundred-year Blue Silver Grass to Xiao Ze, who absorbed its yellow Soul Ring while the principal guarded him.
• Xiao Ze finished absorbing the over-limit First Soul Ring, thanked the principal, and discovered that he had reached level twelve and cultivated more efficiently near Blue Silver Grass.

Xiao Ze discovered that his First Soul Skill could create farmland in his Sea of Consciousness, then went to Spirit Hall to register his new Soul Ring and bought seeds to test his ability. Meanwhile, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang decided Xiao Ze must be an Evil Soul Master and set out to expose him, just as Xiao Ze began hoeing his new fields.

• Xiao Ze told Principal Xiao that his First Soul Skill, Pioneering, opened farmland in his Sea of Consciousness, and Principal Xiao brought him to Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Ze registered with Ma Xiunuo, whose Crystal Ball revealed that Xiao Ze had Level 13 Soul Power, then received Spirit Hall's subsidy.
• Principal Xiao took Xiao Ze to Old Li's Department Store, where Xiao Ze bought seeds before returning to the Seventh Dormitory.
• Tang San learned Xiao Ze had obtained a Soul Ring and questioned how quickly Xiao Ze had advanced, while Tang Hao dismissed Xiao Ze's Earth Spirit as useless.
• Yu Xiaogang convinced Tang San that Xiao Ze was an Evil Soul Master, and they went to confront him.
• Xiao Ze opened nine plots of Black Earth in his Sea of Consciousness and began hoeing them with a tool made from Spiritual Power as Tang San called him out.

Yu Xiaogang accused Xiao Ze of being an Evil Soul Master and demanded to know how he had advanced so quickly, while Xiao Ze insisted his progress came from hard work. Principal Xiao explained that Xiao Ze’s cultivation was supported by the farmland’s Mimicry Training Ground effect and Spirit Grass and Spirit Medicine, then confronted Yu Xiaogang to answer for his accusations.

• Yu Xiaogang called Xiao Ze an Evil Soul Master, and the students split between doubting and defending him.
• Xiao Ze came out of the Seventh Dormitory and accused Yu Xiaogang of wanting to steal his cultivation method, while Tang San challenged him to a duel.
• Xiao Ze refused to reveal any secret and said he had cultivated for thirteen or fourteen hours a day; the students and Tang San were shocked by his effort.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to report Xiao Ze to Spirit Hall, but Xiao Ze dismissed the threat and said he had advanced through hard work.
• Principal Xiao explained that Xiao Ze’s farmland functioned like a Mimicry Training Ground and that Spirit Grass and Spirit Medicine had aided his cultivation.
• Principal Xiao confronted Yu Xiaogang and demanded that he answer for accusing Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze harvested the crops he had grown with his Soul Power and Spiritual Power, and one rice plant transformed into an Agricultural Sprite he named Suihua. He brought his unusually fine rice and wheat to Principal Xiao, who noticed something promising about them.

• Principal Xiao revoked Yu Xiaogang's academy subsidies and gave Tang San a school-wide warning for slandering Xiao Ze.
• Xiao Ze planted rice and wheat in nine plots, using his powers to nourish the crops until they ripened a month later.
• A rice plant transformed into an Agricultural Sprite, and Xiao Ze named her Suihua and learned she could help him fight, plant, and harvest.
• Xiao Ze returned to the academy and showed Principal Xiao his rice and wheat, which were even finer than Golden Ear Village's crops.
• Principal Xiao examined the crops closely and said he had discovered a very good thing about them.

Xiao Ze discovered the effects of his crops and sent Spirit Hall an anonymous report claiming Tang Hao was in Nuoding City. As he developed more crops, Spirit Hall began investigating the report.

• Xiao Ze learned that wheat increased soul power cultivation and rice strengthened the body, then decided Tang Hao could threaten his farming plans.
• Xiao Ze threw a report about Tang Hao into Spirit Hall, accidentally injuring Si Si as he fled.
• Su Yuntao read Xiao Ze's report and passed it to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Elder, who promised to alert Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Ze planted corn and potatoes, discovering that they refined spirit power and restored stamina, and secretly fed all four crops to Grandpa Xiao.
• A report about Tang Hao reached the Pope's Palace, where an attendant told the Pope it had come from Nuoding City's Spirit Hall branch.

Bibi Dong sent a report about Tang Hao to the Worship Hall, and Qian Daoliu decided to launch a hunt despite the possibility of a trap. In Nuoding City, Xiao Ze bought Century Whale Rubber to prepare his body for a powerful second Soul Ring.

• Bibi Dong questioned the report about Tang Hao with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who warned that it might be a trap involving the Upper Three Sects.
• Bibi Dong sent the information to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu and the worshippers agreed to pursue Tang Hao.
• Qian Daoliu ordered six worshippers to go after Tang Hao, with three making the first move and the others hiding.
• Xiao Ze visited Old Li's Department Store and asked for whale rubber, saying it was for Grandfather.
• Old Li sold Xiao Ze six or seven pieces of Century Whale Rubber, which Xiao Ze planned to use alongside Rice to prepare for a Thousand Year second Soul Ring.

Xiao Ze swallowed melted Century Whale Rubber and used Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica to endure its effects, strengthening his body. Meanwhile, six Title Douluos arrived in Nuoding City and Radiant Plume Douluo unleashed his pressure to draw Tang Hao out.

• Xiao Ze asked Principal Xiao to melt a piece of Century Whale Rubber for him at a hotel in Nuoding City.
• Xiao Ze swallowed the whale rubber and, after three hours of circulating Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, emerged with stronger bones and a chance of obtaining a thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Radiant Plume Douluo questioned Su Yuntao and Elder about the information on a sheet of white paper, then ordered them to keep quiet about what would happen in Nuoding City.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other Title Douluos planned to lure Tang Hao out without killing anyone.
• Radiant Plume Douluo released the power of a Level 96 Super Douluo, and his pressure swept across Nuoding City, forcing ordinary people to the ground.

Xiao Ze and Nuoding Academy were trapped under the pressure of a powerful Soul Master while Tang Hao confronted three Spirit Hall Worshippers. Tang Hao fled to draw them away from Xiao Wu and Tang San, and the Spirit Hall forces pursued him.

• Xiao Ze recognized that a powerful Soul Master had arrived, and Principal Xiao kept him sheltered in the office.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang were pinned to the ground; Yu Xiaogang wet himself, and Tang San accidentally swallowed the liquid.
• Tang Hao emerged to draw the attacker away from Xiao Wu and saw Radiant Plume Douluo, Thousand Jun Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo waiting for him.
• Tang Hao fought Thousand Jun Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo with the Clear Sky Hammer and Clear Sky Nine Absolutes despite his injuries.
• Tang Hao turned and fled, and the Spirit Hall Worshippers chased him as the pressure over Nuoding City disappeared.

Xiao Ze left the Principal's Office after the oppressive pressure vanished, while Tang Hao continued fighting Radiant Plume Douluo, Thousand Jun Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo. As Thousand Jun and Falling Devil fused into a giant Break Evil Dragon and attacked, Tang Hao detonated his final Soul Ring, the Blue Silver Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Xiao Ze reassured Principal Xiao, then saw Tang San and Yu Xiaogang leave the office and mocked their frightened state.
• Tang San became furious at Xiao Ze and the students who laughed at him and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao activated Divine Slaughter's Domain, but Radiant Plume Douluo's arrows and the two Coiling Dragon Staffs overwhelmed his defenses.
• Tang Hao detonated eight Soul Rings and endured the combined attacks of the three Title Douluo, but was badly wounded and thrown back.
• Thousand Jun Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo fused their Coiling Dragon Staffs into a giant Break Evil Dragon and struck at Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao detonated his final Soul Ring, the Blue Silver Emperor's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, to face the Break Evil Dragon.

Tang Hao died after fighting Spirit Hall's Douluo, but Asura God revived him as a puppet to guard Tang San. News of Tang Hao's death spread across the continent, leaving the Clear Sky Sect furious over the loss of two inheritance Soul Bones.

• Tang Hao unleashed his nine rings and struck the Break Evil Dragon, but the battle destroyed his body and shattered his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Mighty Lion Douluo retrieved Soul Bones from Tang Hao's corpse, while Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others discussed publicizing his death.
• Tang San felt a sudden pang at Nuoding Academy but did not know that his father had died.
• Asura God used Divine Power to restore Tang Hao as a stiff, blood-eyed puppet and ordered him to protect Tang San.
• Spirit Hall announced Tang Hao's death using the Clear Sky Sect's two inheritance Soul Bones, and Tang Xiao rebuked the Elders for having driven Tang Hao out.

The continent reacted to Spirit Hall killing Tang Hao, with the Upper Three Sects and the empires assessing the consequences. In Heaven Dou City, Tang Yuehua collapsed after learning of her brother’s death.

• Tang Xiao left the Clear Sky Sect elders to negotiate with Spirit Hall over the inheritance soul bones, while the elders considered removing him if he failed.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed Spirit Hall’s growing strength and decided to focus on raising Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Luomian urged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to avoid provoking Spirit Hall, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to let the sect continue developing.
• News of Tang Hao’s death spread across the continent, prompting the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires to react.
• Tang Yuehua learned of Tang Hao’s death, became unresponsive despite Xue Ke’s efforts to comfort her, and fainted.

After two years of diligent cultivation, Xiao Ze reached level 20 and raised his four Agricultural Sprites to Excellent quality. He returned to Qingxi Village to prepare for obtaining his second Soul Ring and shared a lively feast with the villagers.

• Xiao Ze learned that Tang Hao had died two years earlier and cultivated to level 20 while raising three more Agricultural Sprites and improving all four to Excellent quality.
• Xiao Ze told Principal Xiao that he planned to obtain a Thousand Year Soul Ring on his own, and Principal Xiao eventually agreed.
• Xiao Ze left the academy for Qingxi Village, where Aunt Li and the villagers welcomed him back.
• Xiao Ze gave the villagers special rice and explained that he had grown it with his Martial Soul.
• The villagers celebrated with a feast beneath the Old Kui Tree while Xiao Ze enjoyed their company.

Xiao Ze searched for the Blue Silver Emperor and her soul bone near Holy Soul Village, then found them hidden behind a waterfall. He chose to feed the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to Suihua, who began to improve in quality.

• Xiao Ze searched the area near Holy Soul Village for several days while Suihua and the other Agricultural Sprites helped him look for a waterfall.
• The Earth Potato King found the waterfall, and Xiao Ze used Yu Jin to inspect the mountain wall and open a hidden doorway behind it.
• Xiao Ze found the weakened Blue Silver Emperor growing in a stone chamber and discovered the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone hidden in the wall.
• Xiao Ze chose to use the soul bone as a resource for Suihua rather than absorb it himself, and Suihua began to evolve as blue-gold color spread across its rice awns.