Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan defeated Xiao Wu in a spar and made her take over the cleaning while he cultivated. Xiao Wu went down the mountain and spotted a group climbing up with an aggressive young man leading them.

• Xiao Wu attacked Lin Xuan with a flying kick, but he caught her ankle and she used Waist Bow to stop him from swinging her into the ground.
• Lin Xuan used precise Soul Power control to numb Xiao Wu and fling her onto Blue Silver Grass, then explained how he had done it.
• Xiao Wu conceded defeat, and Lin Xuan assigned her the cleaning while he sat down to cultivate his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Xiao Wu decided she could order someone else around and ran down the mountain, where she saw an aggressive group led by a young man climbing up.

Lin Xuan developed a temporary Blue Silver Whip technique, but Xiao Wu interrupted his training while bringing Xiao Chenyu and the Self-Funded Students to challenge him. After scolding and forgiving Xiao Wu, Lin Xuan faced Xiao Chenyu’s group, who remained wary of his strength.

• Xiao Chenyu returned to Nuoding Academy as a newly advanced Soul Master and set out with the Self-Funded Students to challenge Lin Xuan.
• Lin Xuan condensed Blue Silver Grass into a Blue Silver Whip after months of experimentation, though the technique drained his Soul Power and took ten minutes to prepare.
• Xiao Wu brought Xiao Chenyu and his group to Lin Xuan, then urged him to fight them; Lin Xuan scolded her for disrupting his cultivation and healed the bump on her head.
• Lin Xuan confronted Liu Long and the others, who feared his strength but followed Xiao Chenyu out of loyalty.

Lin Xuan challenged Xiao Chenyu and defeated him with a single punch, becoming the acknowledged boss of Nuoding Academy and stopping the Self-Funded Students from bullying others. He returned to cultivation, while Xiao Wu hurried off to register at Spirit Hall for her Soul Master subsidy.

• Xiao Chenyu challenged Lin Xuan to a fight to decide who would be Nuoding Academy's boss.
• After learning Lin Xuan had defeated Liu Long and had extraordinary strength, Xiao Chenyu attacked him anyway.
• Lin Xuan struck Xiao Chenyu with a physical punch, sending him and the Self-Funded Students tumbling backward.
• Xiao Chenyu admitted defeat, and Lin Xuan warned the Self-Funded Students to stop bullying Work-Study Students.
• Xiao Wu asked about Lin Xuan's Martial Soul, then rushed to Spirit Hall after he told her she could collect two Gold Soul Coins by registering that day.
• Lin Xuan headed back to the Blue Silver Grass Patch to continue refining his Soul Power Control.

Lin Xuan researched ways to recover the Soul Power used to form his Blue Silver Whips while training and improving the Seventh Dormitory’s cultivation habits. As Tang San’s return and an inevitable confrontation drew near, Lin Xuan continued preparing by strengthening his control and combat ability.

• Lin Xuan concluded that Xiao Wu did not know Bibi Dong was responsible for her mother’s death and kept his thoughts to himself as he resumed training.
• After Lin Xuan defeated Xiao Chenyu, the Work-Study Students treated him as a celebrated boss, took over the dormitory cleaning, and Xiao Wu bought him a roast goose with her subsidy.
• Lin Xuan urged Wang Sheng and the others to focus on cultivation, prompting the Seventh Dormitory residents, including Xiao Wu, to train more diligently.
• Lin Xuan asked the academy’s principal about recovering Soul Power and learned an inefficient method; he began refining it using his exceptional Spiritual Power and control.
• Lin Xuan raised his Soul Power recovery rate from one percent to three percent, while the Work-Study Students grew stronger and the academy’s bullying diminished.
• As Tang San’s return approached, Lin Xuan trained with a Blue Silver Whip on Back Mountain and prepared for their coming confrontation.

Tang San confronted Lin Xuan over Wang Sheng’s insult to Yu Xiaogang, but his real aim was to defeat Lin Xuan and reclaim the attention he felt he had lost. Lin Xuan accepted his challenge, and the two prepared to fight outside the cafeteria as students gathered to watch.

• Tang San blocked Lin Xuan on the way to the cafeteria and demanded an explanation for Wang Sheng’s insult to Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Xuan pointed out that Wang Sheng had already apologized, while Tang San admitted he had not accepted it and demanded either a fight or permission to punish Wang Sheng.
• Xiao Wu defended Lin Xuan and insulted Tang San, before Lin Xuan pulled her back and agreed to fight Tang San once.
• Lin Xuan formed a Blue Silver Whip in seconds, and Tang San summoned his poisonous Blue Silver Grass and Yellow Soul Ring.
• Students gathered as Lin Xuan and Tang San faced each other, ready to begin their duel.

Lin Xuan defeated Tang San in a fight at Nuoding Academy, first blasting him away with a punch and then dodging his Blue Silver Bind. The encounter ended with Tang San unconscious, Lin Xuan’s reputation at its peak, and Lin Xuan discovering he could sense the enemy’s Blue Silver Grass.

• Xiao Wu protested that Tang San, a Soul Master, was bullying Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan immediately charged and sent Tang San flying with a powerful punch.
• Lin Xuan asked Tang San to admit defeat, but Tang San attacked him and used Blue Silver Bind, prompting Lin Xuan to dodge with Blue Silver Perception.
• Lin Xuan realized he could sense Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass because his own Blue Silver Grass had a higher rank, and he used the vines to practice dodging.
• After three minutes of casting soul skills, Tang San faltered, and Lin Xuan slapped him unconscious before he could recover.
• Xiao Wu praised Lin Xuan, who dismissed the crowd and headed to the cafeteria with her, having established his dominance at Nuoding Academy.

After Lin Xuan defeated Tang San, he encouraged Xiao Wu to train harder while Tang Hao watched from afar and chose not to intervene. Tang San woke in the infirmary as Yu Xiaogang reassured him that his strength would eventually surpass Lin Xuan’s.

• Xiao Wu praised Lin Xuan’s victory, and he claimed Tang San’s Soul Power was slightly stronger than hers to spur her to cultivate.
• Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu finished eating and went together to the Back Mountain to cultivate.
• Yu Xiaogang found Tang San unconscious in the cafeteria, checked his injuries, and carried him to the infirmary.
• Tang Hao watched Lin Xuan defeat Tang San, decided not to avenge him, and returned toward Sacred Soul Village without discovering Xiao Wu’s identity.
• Tang San woke in the infirmary and apologized to Yu Xiaogang for losing, while Yu Xiaogang blamed Lin Xuan’s physical advantage and promised Tang San would surpass him.

After losing to Lin Xuan, Tang San resolved to use hidden weapons to take revenge and left for a blacksmith shop to forge them himself. He ignored Yu Xiaogang’s advice to focus on cultivation and headed toward the shop with his resolve firm.

• Tang San blamed his defeat on Lin Xuan’s speed and decided hidden weapons were his best chance to win.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a cultivation manual and promised to help him address his shortcomings.
• Tang San recognized the manual’s limits and kept the Mysterious Heaven Skill secret from Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San left the infirmary and headed for a blacksmith shop to make his own hidden weapons.

Lin Xuan watched Tang San demonstrate the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer at the blacksmith shop and studied the technique, combining what he saw with his own ideas. Tang San was hired and assigned a station beside Lin Xuan, who suddenly moved after finishing his calculations.

• Lin Xuan encountered Tang San seeking work at the blacksmith shop and watched as the Boss asked him to demonstrate his forging.
• Tang San performed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, reaching Twenty-Nine Hammers before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Lin Xuan memorized Tang San's movements and worked out his own understanding of the Chaotic Cape Style without acknowledging Tang San's boast.
• Shi San praised Tang San and hired him with the same treatment as Lin Xuan, then assigned him a nearby forging station.
• Tang San admired Lin Xuan's Tungsten Steel Hammers and imagined getting them, while Lin Xuan suddenly moved.

Lin Xuan copied Tang San’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and adapted it into a Dual Hammer Style, then challenged Tang San’s claim that the technique was an exclusive family inheritance. Tang San refused to concede and challenged Lin Xuan’s claim that dual hammers were superior, leaving the blacksmiths gathered to watch their rivalry.

• Lin Xuan used what he had learned from Tang San and the blacksmiths to forge with Dual Hammer Disorder Splitting Wind, striking twenty times before losing his rhythm.
• Tang San accused Lin Xuan of secretly learning his family’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Lin Xuan argued that Borrow Strength to Strike was known among blacksmiths and that his dual-hammer technique was different.
• Lin Xuan called Tang San a country bumpkin in return, and Tang San realized that his father’s status made his claim of an exclusive inheritance seem doubtful to the blacksmiths.
• Tang San insisted that dual hammers were not necessarily better than a single hammer, while Shi San and the other blacksmiths gathered to watch the boys argue.
• Lin Xuan planned to develop his own Dual Hammer Disorder Splitting Wind, while Tang San vowed not to lose to him in forging or fighting.

Lin Xuan deliberately steered Tang San toward forging to distract him from cultivation, while repeatedly defeating him in fights and at the forge. After a month of recovery, Tang San confronted Lin Xuan after school and challenged him to another fight.

• Lin Xuan provoked Tang San into competing at the blacksmith shop, where he forged Ten Refinements Wrought Iron far more easily than Tang San.
• Tang San went back to Nuoding Academy exhausted and vowed to surpass Lin Xuan, while Lin Xuan continued training his Soul Power.
• Over the following days, Lin Xuan repeatedly defeated Tang San in fights, and Tang San paid to keep challenging him until Yu Xiaogang objected to the cost.
• Tang San shifted his attention to forging, and Lin Xuan deliberately let him retain some hope so he would keep working at it.
• After a month of recovery and improved meals, Tang San blocked Lin Xuan after school and challenged him to fight again.

Tang San challenged Lin Xuan to another fight, but Lin Xuan demanded a Gold Soul Coin before agreeing. After Tang San paid, Lin Xuan evaded his Blue Silver Bind and rushed toward him, leaving Tang San scrambling to block his advance.

• Tang San confronted Lin Xuan, but Xiao Wu and the Work-Study Students gathered to protect him.
• Lin Xuan refused to spar for free and demanded one Gold Soul Coin per match, which Tang San reluctantly paid.
• Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Bind, but Lin Xuan swiftly dodged through the grass and closed the distance.
• Tang San thickened and hardened the Blue Silver Grass to form a barrier against Lin Xuan's charge.

Lin Xuan used the speed and Soft Skill techniques Xiao Wu taught him to defeat Tang San again, leaving Tang San unconscious in the infirmary. Tang San promised Yu Xiaogang he would wait to seek revenge, while Lin Xuan considered earning more Gold Soul Coins from future challenges.

• Lin Xuan trained his explosive turns and Soft Skill under Xiao Wu's guidance and used the techniques to evade Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San attacked Lin Xuan with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but Lin Xuan spun around and knocked him out with a kick.
• Lin Xuan celebrated with the Work-Study Students while Tang San was taken to the infirmary by a passing Teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to wait until he had a Second Soul Ring before challenging Lin Xuan again, and Tang San agreed outwardly while still wanting revenge.
• Lin Xuan feasted in the cafeteria and thought about earning more Gold Soul Coins if Tang San challenged him again.

Lin Xuan repeatedly beat Tang San in paid sparring matches, growing stronger throughout the semester while Tang San’s cultivation lagged. As Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu returned to Sacred Soul Village with gifts, Tang San followed on foot, still unable to resist challenging Lin Xuan and determined to continue their rivalry.

• Tang San repeatedly challenged Lin Xuan, who accepted only for a gold soul coin and defeated him each time.
• Lin Xuan’s soul power rose from level three to level five, while his strength grew enough to make their spars increasingly one-sided.
• Xiao Wu secretly concealed her full strength and soul beast aura, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang believed Tang San was progressing like a top genius.
• Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu left Nuoding Academy for Sacred Soul Village in a carriage loaded with gifts bought using Tang San’s money.
• Tang San watched them leave, then set off on foot for Sacred Soul Village, still obsessed with challenging Lin Xuan again.

Lin Xuan returned to Sacred Soul Village with Xiao Wu and learned that Tang Hao had discovered her identity. Tang Hao secretly watched them leave and planned to use Lin Xuan to keep Xiao Wu close until Tang San was strong enough for him to capture them.

• Lin Xuan arrived in Sacred Soul Village with Xiao Wu, distributed gifts through Old Jack, and greeted the villagers who came to see him.
• At dinner, Old Jack told Lin Xuan that Tang Hao had rejected his reminder to prepare food for Tang San, confirming that Tang Hao had not left the village.
• Lin Xuan hid his alarm and reasoned that Tang Hao was waiting for Tang San to grow stronger before acting against Xiao Wu.
• After Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu left Old Jack's home, Tang Hao revealed that he knew Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast and intended to use Lin Xuan to keep her near Tang San.

Lin Xuan received a pair of Thousand Forging Tungsten Steel Hammers and hid them, wary that their value could make him a target. After returning to Nuoding City, he continued improving his Forging Skills while concealing his ability and using Hundred Refinements Metal to make sickles for the villagers.

• At midnight, Lin Xuan received Thousand Forging Tungsten Steel Hammers and hid them in the storage room beneath a layer of dust.
• Tang Hao stayed in the village during the holiday to observe Xiao Wu, while Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu returned to Nuoding City early.
• When the new term began, Tang San resumed paying Lin Xuan for challenges, helping Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu live comfortably.
• Lin Xuan secretly advanced his Hundred Refinements skill but kept up the appearance of a beginner.
• Shi San urged Lin Xuan to go to Gengjin City and study under a Divine Craftsman, but Lin Xuan refused and explained that cultivation came first.
• Tang San watched Lin Xuan forge Hundred Refinements sickles and considered asking him to make components for Hidden Weapons.

Lin Xuan refused Tang San’s request to forge Hundred Refinements Hidden Weapons on credit, rejecting his offer of Yu Xiaogang’s help choosing a Soul Ring. Tang San kept trying to persuade him, but Lin Xuan insisted he pay first.

• Lin Xuan finished forging sickles, left the blacksmith shop, and reflected on his growth in Soul Power, strength, and combat skill.
• Tang San called Lin Xuan over and asked him to forge Hidden Weapons from Hundred Refinements metal.
• Lin Xuan recognized Tang San’s plan to recruit him and refused to accept an IOU, telling him to return with the money.
• Tang San offered Yu Xiaogang’s help obtaining and selecting Lin Xuan’s next Soul Ring in exchange for forging work.
• Lin Xuan dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s guidance, and Tang San angrily urged him to reconsider the offer of control abilities.

Lin Xuan rejected Tang San’s request to forge hidden weapons and mocked Yu Xiaogang’s ability to help him, leaving Tang San frustrated and defeated. Tang San then told Yu Xiaogang that Lin Xuan might have a second Martial Soul or be a Humanoid Soul Beast, prompting Yu Xiaogang to investigate his unusual strength and agility.

• Lin Xuan refused to forge Tang San’s hidden weapons and challenged Tang San to ask Yu Xiaogang to confront him.
• Tang San left in anger and returned to Yu Xiaogang, who asked whether he had argued with Lin Xuan again.
• Tang San speculated that Lin Xuan’s rapid strength growth might come from a power-type Second Martial Soul or from being a Humanoid Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San about Lin Xuan’s strength, agility, Martial Soul, and other unusual traits.
• Tang San described Lin Xuan’s immense strength, flexible movements, and reliance on physical combat, and Yu Xiaogang began to ponder the clues.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San speculated about the source of Lin Xuan's strength, while Tang San resolved to surpass him and hoped to recruit him as a blacksmith. Lin Xuan dismissed Tang San's request to forge for him and focused instead on obtaining Rare Metal for his forging.

• Yu Xiaogang searched his study and showed Tang San books about bloodlines, Body Martial Souls, and shapeshifted Soul Beasts.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San considered whether Lin Xuan's strength came from mixed blood, a Body Martial Soul, or a shapeshifted Soul Beast.
• Tang San decided that he would surpass Lin Xuan as he gained strength and considered recruiting him to forge Hidden Weapons.
• Lin Xuan told Xiao Wu that Tang San had asked him to forge something, and Xiao Wu warned him not to help Tang San.
• Lin Xuan dismissed Tang San's request and turned his attention to gathering Rare Metal for Thousand Refinements.

Lin Xuan tried to sense the Soul Power Circuit inside Blue Silver Grass, then discovered he could strengthen a plant by feeding it his soul power. He began cultivating one as both a research subject and a future cover for his First Soul Ring, while Tang Hao watched unseen; the chapter ended with Lin Xuan encountering Yu Xiaogang in the cafeteria.

• Lin Xuan used Blue Silver Perception to study Blue Silver Grass but found no Soul Power Circuit within it.
• Lin Xuan decided the grass was too weak to study and chose to cultivate one as a future cover for his First Soul Ring.
• Lin Xuan poured more than half his soul power into a stalk of Blue Silver Grass, causing it to grow thicker, bluer, and more vibrant.
• Lin Xuan covered the cultivated grass to protect it and planned to nourish it daily.
• Tang Hao watched Lin Xuan leave and observed the grass but chose not to intervene.
• Lin Xuan entered the cafeteria and saw Yu Xiaogang, whose appearance immediately erased his smile.