Chapter Summaries

Three years after recovering his memories in Sacred Soul Village, Lin Xuan trained and worked hard while waiting for his Martial Soul Awakening, hoping to become a Soul Master and eventually achieve eternal life. With the awakening two days away, he remained determined to leave his ordinary life behind.

• Lin Xuan reflected on transmigrating to Douluo Continent and committed to building strength through daily exercise despite having no special talent or Golden Finger.
• Lin Xuan kept his distance from Tang San, while Tang San dismissed Lin Xuan’s training as useless and hurried back to the village.
• Lin Xuan carried firewood home, tended his land and livestock, and collected five eggs for breakfast.
• Lin Xuan learned that Martial Soul Awakening would take place in two days and resolved to pursue the path to becoming a god.

Lin Xuan eagerly awaited his Martial Soul Awakening and went with Old Jack to collect Tang San before joining the village children at the Awakening Hall. Su Yuntao began arranging the ceremony, leaving the children to decide who would go first.

• Lin Xuan dressed for the Martial Soul Awakening and waited excitedly for Old Jack to arrive.
• Old Jack took Lin Xuan to Tang San’s home, where Tang San left his drunken father and joined them.
• Old Jack brought Lin Xuan and Tang San to the Awakening Hall, where they joined seven other children.
• Su Yuntao arranged the ceremony and asked the children who wanted to go first.

Lin Xuan underwent his Martial Soul Awakening, hoping to gain the power he needed to cultivate. He awakened Blue Silver Grass but tested at Third-Rank Soul Power, leaving Su Yuntao astonished.

• Lin Xuan eagerly stepped forward for his awakening while Tang San and the other children watched.
• Su Yuntao released his wolf Martial Soul, and Lin Xuan watched his Soul Rings with excitement instead of fear.
• The Awakening Stones revealed Soul Power within Lin Xuan, and he extended his right hand as Su Yuntao instructed.
• Lin Xuan awakened a distinctive Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and accepted that he would need to develop it despite its reputation as a weak spirit.
• Lin Xuan placed his hand on the Crystal Ball, which lit up to the third rank of Soul Power and surprised Su Yuntao.

Lin Xuan awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Level 3 Soul Power, declined Su Yuntao’s offer to join Spirit Hall, and received his awakening certificate. Old Jack and the villagers celebrated his achievement while the other children left without Soul Power.

• Su Yuntao told Lin Xuan that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was a waste of his Level 3 Soul Power and invited him to join Spirit Hall.
• Lin Xuan declined the invitation, received his Martial Soul Awakening Certificate, and left the hall as Tang San watched him.
• The villagers crowded around Lin Xuan, and he told them he had awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Soul Power Level 3.
• Old Jack examined Lin Xuan’s certificate and celebrated that Sacred Soul Village had produced another promising Soul Master.
• The remaining children came out without Soul Power, and their parents took them home while Old Jack stayed with Lin Xuan and proposed celebrating.

After awakening Third-Rank Soul Power with a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, Lin Xuan was overwhelmed by hunger and wondered whether he had a gluttonous constitution. Tang San returned home with Innate Full Soul Power and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, drawing a strong reaction from Tang Hao.

• Parents praised Lin Xuan as an example after the Awakening Hall released the children, while Lin Xuan was struck by an intense wave of hunger.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power and Lin Xuan had Third-Rank Soul Power, though both had Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls.
• Old Jack promised to send Lin Xuan and Tang San to Nuoding Academy and reserved the village's Work-Study Student slot for Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan rushed home, ate seven steamed buns without feeling full, and began making more while deciding not to slaughter the chickens.
• Tang San told Tang Hao about his awakening, then revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Tang Hao to snap awake and stare at it.

Tang San awakened the Clear Sky Hammer and briefly received Tang Hao’s affection before Old Jack arranged for him to attend Nuoding Academy. Meanwhile, Lin Xuan’s strange appetite and bodily changes led him to discover that a soul fragment of Tang Wulin was fusing with him.

• Tang Hao embraced Tang San after seeing the Clear Sky Hammer, then told him to hide the Martial Soul when Old Jack arrived.
• Old Jack insisted that Tang Hao prepare Tang San to attend Nuoding Academy in three months, and Tang Hao agreed.
• Lin Xuan realized his awakened Martial Soul had left him needing enormous amounts of food and worried about the cost of studying.
• Lin Xuan tried to meditate but fell asleep, while golden patterns spread across his body and began changing him.
• In a white dream world, Lin Xuan recognized the floating youth as Tang Wulin, whose golden light struck him and sent information flooding into his mind.
• Tang Wulin’s soul fragment fused with Lin Xuan, purifying and accelerating his Level 3 Soul Power while driving his body toward Dragon King Transformation.

After discovering that Tang Wulin’s powers were synchronizing with him, Lin Xuan learned he would grow stronger only at Tang Wulin’s pace and decided to enroll at Nuoding Academy. He planned to adapt to his new strength, prepare for school, and protect Xiao Wu while looking for food to satisfy his increased appetite.

• Lin Xuan woke with greatly increased strength and an intense hunger, then recalled Tang Wulin merging with him in a dream.
• Lin Xuan learned that the Tang Wulin Synchronization Template would passively grant him Tang Wulin’s powers and cultivation as he aged, with a request to protect Xiao Wu.
• Lin Xuan accepted the request to protect Xiao Wu and realized he could not cultivate faster than Tang Wulin before becoming a god.
• Lin Xuan decided to attend Nuoding Academy to learn about the Soul Master world and gain practical experience.
• Lin Xuan planned to adapt to his strength, secure food and money, and prepare for enrollment before heading into the mountains to test his strength and hunt.

Lin Xuan adapted to his newfound strength, shared his training routine with the villagers, and learned the Third Edition Continental Common Meditation Method. He began training Soul Power Control and physical coordination, then tested his strength by catching a wild rabbit on the Back Mountain.

• Lin Xuan accepted gifts from villagers and explained his daily exercise routine to help their children awaken Soul Power.
• Lin Xuan received the Third Edition Continental Common Meditation Method and entered meditation on his first attempt, sensing Soul Power circulate through his body.
• Lin Xuan decided to focus on Soul Power Control and physical coordination, then went to the Back Mountain to gather livestock feed and look for game.
• Lin Xuan channeled Soul Power into Blue Silver Grass and found he could sense a connection with the surrounding stalks, which bent toward him.
• Lin Xuan reinforced his movements with Soul Power while harvesting Blue Silver Grass, then used his strength and coordination to catch a wild rabbit and carried it home.

Lin Xuan developed his Blue Silver Grass sensing and trained with a pair of tungsten steel hammers while enduring a huge appetite. Tang San secretly watched him and grew suspicious of Lin Xuan’s strength and unusual hammers.

• Lin Xuan meditated among Blue Silver Grass for most of the day and discovered that his soul power had nourished the grass around him.
• Lin Xuan harvested the grown grass for pig feed, then ate a cold steamed bun and wished he could have meat regularly.
• Over the following month, Lin Xuan trained with his tungsten steel hammers, learned to sense nearby movements through Blue Silver Grass, and made the grass grow into fragile whips.
• Tang San heard Lin Xuan hammering a boulder and secretly watched, first mocking his technique before noticing Lin Xuan’s strength and the hammers’ unusual hardness.
• Lin Xuan ate ten steamed buns and a roast chicken while Tang San watched and became more suspicious of his apparent strength and possessions.

Lin Xuan refused to give Tang San his Tungsten Steel Hammers and escaped after claiming they had belonged to his maternal grandfather. Tang San remained suspicious and went to ask Tang Hao about the hammers, while Lin Xuan resolved to keep a low profile and focus on growing stronger before attending Nuoding Academy.

• Tang San offered to teach Lin Xuan hammer techniques in exchange for one of his Tungsten Steel Hammers, but Lin Xuan refused.
• Tang San tried to take a hammer, and Lin Xuan dodged him and shouted to draw attention, forcing Tang San to back off.
• Tang San suspected Lin Xuan had stolen the hammers from his family, but Lin Xuan said they had belonged to his maternal grandfather, the village's former blacksmith.
• Lin Xuan hurried back to the village with his hammers, while Tang San decided to return home and question Tang Hao about them.
• At home, Lin Xuan resolved to avoid Tang San and concentrate on improving his strength and Soul Power control before going to Nuoding Academy.

Tang San questioned Tang Hao about Lin Xuan’s Tungsten Steel Hammers, but Tang Hao dismissed his suspicions and privately condemned him. Two months later, Lin Xuan prepared to leave for Nuoding City, where Old Jack gave him the village’s secret contribution to support his studies.

• Tang San asked Tang Hao whether their family had lost Hundred Refinements Tungsten Steel Hammers, hoping to justify taking Lin Xuan’s pair.
• Tang Hao denied owning any tungsten steel hammers, learned that Lin Xuan had inherited his maternal grandfather’s hammers, and told Tang San to stop overthinking it.
• Tang Hao privately called Tang San scum and said he was letting him occupy his son’s body only because he was still useful.
• Lin Xuan trained at home for two months, improved his Soul Power Control and forging skills, and prepared food and supplies for his departure to Nuoding City.
• Old Jack gave Lin Xuan a bag containing the villagers’ contributions of Silver Soul Coins and told him not to tell Tang San.

Lin Xuan and Tang San traveled with Old Jack to Nuoding City so they could register at Nuoding Academy. Lin Xuan left the gatekeeper stunned with a fierce rebuke, and the group was allowed inside.

• Sacred Soul Village's residents gave Lin Xuan six Gold Soul Coins, and he promised Old Jack he would repay the village after becoming a Soul Master.
• Old Jack led Lin Xuan and Tang San toward Nuoding City, while Tang San watched Lin Xuan carry his enormous bundle without tiring.
• The three reached Nuoding City and made their way to Nuoding Academy, where the gatekeeper mocked them for being country folk.
• Lin Xuan stopped Old Jack from confronting the gatekeeper, challenged the man for not being a Soul Master, and warned him not to obstruct future Soul Masters.
• The intimidated gatekeeper stepped aside and let Lin Xuan, Tang San, and Old Jack enter the academy.

Lin Xuan and Old Jack enrolled at Nuoding Academy, where Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power sparked a scramble among the teachers to take him as a disciple. After Yu Xiaogang rushed into the office to claim Tang San, Lin Xuan saw Old Jack off and headed alone to the Work-Study Student Dormitory, expecting trouble there.

• Lin Xuan shoved the guard aside and hurried into the academy with Old Jack and Tang San before Yu Xiaogang could stop them.
• Lin Xuan completed enrollment with Innate Level 3 Soul Power, while Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power caused the teachers to compete for him despite his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Lin Xuan and Old Jack left the office to avoid the commotion, and Yu Xiaogang rushed inside after learning about Tang San’s talent.
• Lin Xuan told Old Jack to return home before nightfall, then headed toward the Work-Study Student Dormitory alone because he expected trouble there.

Lin Xuan challenged Wang Sheng for control of Seventh Dormitory and defeated him with overwhelming strength. After the students accepted Lin Xuan as their new boss, he settled in and planned to cultivate and improve his skills at Nuoding Academy.

• Lin Xuan arrived at Seventh Dormitory, where Wang Sheng and the students staged a tense welcome to establish the dormitory's rule that newcomers had to fight the boss.
• Wang Sheng challenged Lin Xuan and agreed not to use his Martial Soul, but Lin Xuan overpowered him in a contest of strength.
• Wang Sheng used his Martial Soul to resist, but Lin Xuan threw him to the floor and won the fight.
• Wang Sheng accepted defeat, and the dormitory students recognized Lin Xuan as their new boss.
• Lin Xuan chose a bed by the window, unpacked his belongings, and prepared to cultivate, practice Soul Power Control and Forging Skills, and await the Tang Wulin Template's synchronization.

Lin Xuan rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to take him as a registered disciple, while Tang San’s apprenticeship left him separated from Lin Xuan’s dormitory and Xiao Wu. After Tang San attacked Wang Sheng and Lin Xuan stopped him, Yu Xiaogang departed with Tang San, who threatened that the conflict was not over.

• Lin Xuan shared some of his dried meat with his Seventh Dormitory roommates before they went to the cafeteria.
• Lin Xuan saw Tang San with Yu Xiaogang and realized Tang San had become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and left the Seventh Dormitory.
• Tang San offered Yu Xiaogang’s teaching to Lin Xuan, but Wang Sheng warned him against accepting.
• Tang San kicked at Wang Sheng, and Lin Xuan caught his ankle and stopped the attack.
• Lin Xuan refused Yu Xiaogang’s offer and had Wang Sheng apologize for insulting him.
• Yu Xiaogang left with Tang San, who threatened Lin Xuan and Wang Sheng as he followed.

Lin Xuan warned the Seventh Dormitory students not to provoke stronger people, then showed them his enormous appetite at the cafeteria. When Liu Long mocked him from the second floor, Lin Xuan finished eating and stood up to confront him.

• Lin Xuan told Wang Sheng and the other students not to join conflicts recklessly, then led them to the cafeteria.
• Lin Xuan calculated the cost of meals and bought twenty steamed buns, a vegetable dish, and soup.
• Lin Xuan quickly ate the buns, impressing the work-study students, and refused Wang Sheng's offer of his meat dish.
• Liu Long mocked Lin Xuan's appetite from the second-floor railing, prompting Wang Sheng and the others to stand up angrily.
• Lin Xuan finished his meal, stood, and prepared to confront Liu Long and the students beside him.

Lin Xuan defeated Liu Long and the self-funded students, then found work at a blacksmith shop to support himself. When he returned to the dormitory, he discovered Xiao Wu had arrived and wanted to befriend him.

• Lin Xuan challenged Liu Long and his faction to fight outside, then quickly defeated them and warned Liu Long not to provoke him again.
• Lin Xuan went to Nuoding City, secured a part-time job at the blacksmith shop, and earned four Silver Soul Coins a month including his academy subsidy.
• Lin Xuan returned to the Seventh Dormitory and found Xiao Wu standing by his bed after she had beaten Wang Sheng and the others.
• Xiao Wu introduced herself to Lin Xuan, seemed fascinated by his scent, and asked to become friends.

Lin Xuan befriended Xiao Wu after the Tang Wulin Template reacted to her familiar aura, and he arranged for the Seventh Dormitory students to protect her. The chapter left Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu heading out to clean the garden, with Xiao Wu eager to challenge him to an eating contest.

• Lin Xuan introduced himself to Xiao Wu and suspected the Tang Wulin Template’s aura was what drew her to him.
• Lin Xuan welcomed Xiao Wu into the Seventh Dormitory and told the Work-Study Students to look after her and avoid provoking her.
• Lin Xuan claimed he could eat about twenty Steamed Buns, and Xiao Wu challenged him to an eating contest to take his place as Boss.
• Teacher Mo assigned Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu to clean the garden for one silver soul coin each month.
• Lin Xuan told Wang Sheng to ensure the dormitory students treated Xiao Wu well, then followed Xiao Wu out toward the garden.

Lin Xuan took Xiao Wu to buy necessities after learning that Da Ming had brought her to Nuoding Academy, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang watched them and prepared to obtain Tang San’s first Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu settling into the Seventh Dormitory, welcomed by its work-study students.

• Lin Xuan questioned Xiao Wu about who had brought her to the academy, and she revealed that Da Ming had done so.
• Lin Xuan decided to look after Xiao Wu and took her to buy daily necessities, insisting that she call him boss.
• Tang San watched Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu together, and Yu Xiaogang encouraged him by predicting he would surpass Lin Xuan after obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San back to prepare for a Soul Beast hunt the next day.
• Lin Xuan brought Xiao Wu back with her new belongings, and the Seventh Dormitory students helped her settle in.

After receiving the academy’s primitive Meditation Method, Lin Xuan focused on controlling and compressing his Soul Power instead of meditating. Xiao Wu challenged his position as boss, but after he reminded her that she owed him for the supplies he bought, they agreed to spar in the Back Mountain of Nuoding Academy.

• Lin Xuan compared the Douluo Dalu 1 Meditation Method unfavorably with later cultivation methods and chose to practice controlling his Soul Power instead.
• Xiao Wu suggested settling who was boss with their fists, and Lin Xuan asked her to repay the roughly three Silver Soul Coins he had spent on her supplies.
• Lin Xuan brought Xiao Wu to the Back Mountain of Nuoding Academy for a sparring match.
• Xiao Wu revealed her Rank 12 Soul Master strength, Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul, and yellow First Soul Ring, then charged at Lin Xuan with a flying kick.