Chapter Summaries

Twenty-three-year-old Jerry transmigrated into the body of a three-year-old boy in Holy Soul Village on Douluo Continent and discovered he had no system. He began planning how to prepare for his future, ending after he found Tang Hao at the village blacksmith shop.

• Jerry recalled his former life and learned that his new body belonged to a child also named Jerry, the grandson of village chief Old Jack.
• After recognizing Douluo Continent, Jerry tried repeatedly to summon a system or status panel, but nothing appeared.
• Jerry decided to train his body, catch fish near the Back Mountain waterfall, and gather supplies to trade with Tang Hao for exercise equipment.
• Jerry planned to approach Tang San and try to learn the Mysterious Heaven Skill before his Martial Soul awakening.
• Jerry toured Holy Soul Village and found Tang Hao drinking outside the blacksmith shop.

Jerry sought out Tang San and invited him to catch fish, hoping to build a friendship before asking him about cultivation. They prepared fishing gear together and headed toward the waterfall to try it out.

• Jerry found Tang San on the Back Mountain and invited him to get meat by catching fish.
• Tang San agreed to fish with Jerry, and they returned to the village to make equipment.
• Jerry drew a fishhook, and Tang San forged several hooks at the Blacksmith Shop while Tang Hao slept nearby.
• Jerry and Tang San gathered cord, reed stalks, scrap iron, and bamboo to assemble fishing rods and tackle.
• Tang San asked whether their homemade gear would work, and Jerry confidently assured him it would.

Jerry and Tang San went fishing beneath the waterfall, where both hooked powerful fish and Tang San eventually landed a large Fish Soul Beast. Tang San brought the catch home, and Tang Hao recognized it as a thirty-year Soul Beast.

• Jerry dug up earthworms and taught Tang San how to fish with their rods and floats.
• Jerry and Tang San both hooked fish, but Jerry was pulled into the water and had to swim back to shore.
• Jerry advised Tang San to tire out his fish, and the boys used a Slack Rope to bring the exhausted fish ashore.
• Jerry asked Tang San about his strength, but Tang San claimed he trained in the Back Mountain.
• Tang San carried the fish home and showed Tang Hao their fishing rod, and Tang Hao identified the catch as a thirty-year Fish Soul Beast.

Jerry and Tang San caught a Soul Beast, and Old Jack explained Soul Rings and Soul Masters to Tang San. Jerry later used fishing trips to train with equipment Tang San made, and their enormous catch fed the whole village.

• Jerry found Old Jack planting carrots and brought him to Tang Hao's house, where Old Jack scolded Tang Hao for neglecting Little San.
• Old Jack killed the huge fish and revealed a Soul Ring, then explained Soul Beasts, Martial Souls, and Soul Masters to Tang San.
• Tang San tried to touch the Soul Ring but could not absorb it, while Jerry considered how learning about Soul Masters early might affect Tang San's future.
• Jerry had Tang San make exercise equipment and improved fishing gear, then trained and repeatedly caught fish with him.
• Jerry returned to the village for help when their handcart overflowed, and every household ate fish that night.

Three years later, Jerry and Tang San were nearly six, and Jerry grew frustrated that Tang San still refused to teach him the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Jerry began telling Tang San about Soul Master ranks and Soul Master Yu Xiaogang, leaving Tang San to consider Jerry’s claims about the Master and his theories.

• Jerry practiced archery with a bow Tang San made, then persuaded Tang San to build a barrel-equipped crossbow that improved his aim.
• After deciding he had no reason to keep protecting the future plot, Jerry met Tang San on Back Mountain and asked about his interest in becoming a Soul Master.
• Jerry explained Soul Master ranks, Soul Rings, and the Ten Great Core Theories of Martial Souls to Tang San.
• Jerry accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing Spirit Hall records, publishing incomplete theories under his own name, and seeking a talented disciple to prove them.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang’s work as helpful to commoner Soul Masters but agreed he would not leak sect secrets.

Jerry challenged Tang San’s view of Yu Xiaogang’s theories, then learned that his own Martial Soul was a carrot and that he had only Innate Half-Level Soul Power. After Su Yuntao rejected his request to join Spirit Hall, Jerry went rabbit hunting with Tang San.

• Jerry explained to Tang San why Yu Xiaogang’s theory about useless Martial Souls was flawed and noted that Yu Xiaogang’s advice had limited the Blue Silver Emperor’s potential.
• On Martial Soul Awakening day, Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power while hiding the Clear Sky Hammer in his left hand.
• Jerry awakened a carrot Martial Soul with Innate Half-Level Soul Power and accepted that no system had appeared.
• Su Yuntao advised Jerry to attend an ordinary Soul Master Academy and said he could join Spirit Hall after reaching level 29.
• Tang San tried to cheer Jerry up by suggesting they go fishing, but Jerry chose to hunt rabbits and demanded Braised Tender Bone Rabbit and ten Spicy Rabbit Heads.

After awakening a carrot Martial Soul with Innate Half-Level Soul Power, Jerry worried about his cultivation prospects but resolved to train hard and seek opportunities. Tang San began cultivating with Tang Hao’s approval, while Jerry continued strengthening his body and challenged Tang San to a duel he could not force him to accept.

• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Jerry had awakened a carrot Martial Soul with Innate Half-Level Soul Power, and Old Jack promised to take Jerry and Tang San to Nuoding Academy.
• Jerry summoned his carrot Martial Soul, discovered it slowly absorbed Soul Power and restored stamina when eaten, and considered how he might improve his talent in the future.
• Old Jack returned from arguing with Tang Hao, while Tang Hao agreed to let Tang San cultivate and told him to use his hammer to protect his Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Hao and Tang San discussed Jerry’s low Soul Power and concluded that his talent would make cultivation very difficult.
• Jerry trained his body harder as his Spiritual Power grew, then challenged Tang San to fight; Tang San avoided the duel because Jerry was stronger and could not catch him.

After three months of cultivation, Jerry and Tang San enrolled at Nuoding Academy, where Tang San’s advice changed Master Yu Xiaogang’s plans. In the Seventh Dormitory, Xiao Wu defeated Tang San, became its boss, and began sharing Jerry’s bed while eating his summoned carrots.

• Old Jack brought Jerry and Tang San to Nuoding Academy, where Master Yu Xiaogang admitted them after scolding the gatekeeper.
• Tang San showed Master Yu Xiaogang his Blue Silver Grass and advised him to test his theories by teaching someone with little or no Innate Soul Power, prompting Master to leave without taking Tang San as a disciple.
• Jerry and Tang San enrolled as Work-Study Students and moved into the Seventh Dormitory, where Tang San defeated Wang Sheng.
• Xiao Wu challenged Tang San, defeated him, and became the Seventh Dormitory’s boss.
• After learning Jerry’s Martial Soul was a carrot, Xiao Wu befriended him, shared his bed, and repeatedly ate his summoned carrots until his Soul Power was exhausted.

Jerry struggled with slow cultivation despite reading every book at Nuoding Academy, while Tang San gained a powerful hidden-weapon Soul Skill from his First Soul Ring. When vacation began, Jerry brought Xiao Wu home to Holy Soul Village, where he shared the sadness of his parents' disappearance and the hardship his grandfather endured raising him.

• Tang San gained the Sword Leaf Soul Skill from a 230-year-old Sword Bamboo, letting him launch sharp Blue Silver Grass leaves as hidden weapons.
• Jerry read the academy library's books, strengthened his knowledge of Soul Beasts, and reached only level one Soul Power after a year of cultivation.
• Xiao Wu became the academy boss and promised to protect Jerry, who invited her to spend vacation with him in Holy Soul Village for more carrots.
• Tang San returned home to find his father gone and received a letter from him, leaving him dispirited.
• Jerry told Xiao Wu that his parents had disappeared when he was young and that his grandfather had struggled to raise him; the two then teased each other about being future spouses.

Jerry recognized Xiao Wu as his little sister and welcomed her into his family with Old Jack, then spent time fishing and cooking with her and Tang San. After realizing that his poor Soul Power left him behind as others progressed, Jerry accepted his circumstances, experienced a breakthrough in his state of mind, and improved his cultivation speed.

• Jerry insisted that Xiao Wu call him her brother, promised to protect her, and took her to meet Old Jack, who welcomed her with a carrot feast.
• Jerry and Xiao Wu toured the village, where people mistook her for Jerry's little wife, and he teased her instead of correcting them.
• Jerry took Xiao Wu and Tang San fishing, caught a large number of fish, and prepared a feast for the family and friends.
• Jerry reflected that Xiao Wu had reached level 15, Tang San had reached level 14, and Master had refused to help him because of his low Innate Soul Power.
• Jerry accepted that he still had Old Jack and Xiao Wu, experienced a clearer awareness of his surroundings, and found that his meditation and Cultivation Speed improved.

Jerry helped Grandpa Jack and Xiao Wu plant carrots and realized his carrot Martial Soul was a plant that could be cultivated in soil. After discovering it absorbed more Soul Power underground than from the air, he found a new cultivation method and began thinking about improving the soil to cultivate faster.

• Jerry joined Xiao Wu and Grandpa Jack in the field to plant carrots.
• Grandpa Jack explained that their carrot Martial Souls could be planted in soil and continue growing.
• Jerry realized he had treated his carrot Martial Soul as only a Food-type Martial Soul and had cultivated it incorrectly.
• Jerry planted his Martial Soul without severing their connection and meditated beside it.
• Jerry discovered that his Martial Soul absorbed Soul Power from the soil, and that the underground source was stronger than the air.
• Jerry shared his discovery with Xiao Wu and Grandpa Jack, then considered using simple fertilizer to improve his cultivation.

Jerry discovered that planting his Carrot Martial Soul in soil enriched with Blue Silver Grass and Soul Beast remains greatly accelerated his cultivation, allowing him to reach Level 17 over the holiday. As Jerry and Xiao Wu returned to school, he warned her to keep his unusual progress secret until they were strong enough to protect themselves.

• Jerry planted his Martial Soul in fertilizer-rich soil and found that it absorbed Soul Power, speeding up his cultivation and strengthening the Carrot.
• After Blue Silver Grass fertilizer proved too weak, Jerry and Xiao Wu caught fish, and Jerry confirmed that burying a Soul Beast Fish beneath his Martial Soul provided far more Soul Power.
• Jerry and Xiao Wu trained their bodies together, and their exercise improved their strength and Xiao Wu's Waist Bow.
• During the holiday, Jerry broke through to Level Two Soul Master and continued cultivating until he reached Level 17, while Xiao Wu reached Level 16.
• On the way back to school, Jerry explained that he could cultivate beyond the Soul Ring bottleneck and told Xiao Wu they had to conceal his progress to avoid being captured for research.

Jerry and Xiao Wu withdrew from the academy and returned to Holy Soul Village, where Jerry began planning ways to improve the villagers’ lives without attracting the nobles’ attention. He taught the villagers to make fertilizer from Blue Silver Grass, and they started using it to increase crop yields.

• Jerry and Xiao Wu agreed to withdraw from the academy, and Jerry left easily while the staff required a fabricated Soul King’s offer before letting Xiao Wu go.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to dissuade them, urged Xiao Wu not to accept a Soul King as her master, and left after they ignored him.
• Jerry and Xiao Wu told Grandpa Jack they had withdrawn, and he accepted their decision while reminding them to keep cultivating.
• Jerry considered the dangers of openly developing Holy Soul Village and decided the villagers should improve their farming in secret.
• Jerry told Grandpa Jack that Blue Silver Grass could be used as fertilizer, then explained how to make it at a village meeting, and the villagers began preparing it.

Jerry’s farming success transformed Holy Soul Village, but his attempt to raise chickens failed when they became aggressive Soul Beasts. After cultivating four plants into Hundred-Year Soul Beasts, Jerry prepared to absorb their Soul Rings so he could continue growing stronger.

• Jerry’s crops gave the villagers enough food, but his chickens became violent Ten-Year Soul Beasts and ended up as dinner, convincing him to abandon animal husbandry.
• Jerry reached Soul Power Level 22 through fertilizer while Xiao Wu reached level 19, and Tang San returned from the academy at level 17.
• Jerry cultivated Ten-Year Soul Beast carrots, and Grandpa Jack secretly sold some in Nuoding City to raise money for the village.
• Jerry planted Blue Silver Grass, a Sunflower, a Wild Chrysanthemum, and ginseng, then used fertilizer to raise all four into Hundred-Year Soul Beasts.
• Because Jerry’s Soul Power growth had slowed and his fertilizer could no longer support his Martial Soul, he prepared to absorb Soul Rings from the four plants.

Jerry burned the Sunflower after learning that chopping it apart had not killed the plant-type Soul Beast, then absorbed its yellow Soul Ring. He gained a Soul Skill that absorbed sunlight, sped up Soul Power recovery and cultivation, and stored Soul Power in a growable Soul Ring.

• Jerry chose to cultivate the Sunflower for his next Soul Ring and chopped up its leaves and roots, but no Soul Ring appeared.
• Xiao Wu explained that plant-type Soul Beasts could survive being cut apart and that fire was the best way to kill them.
• Jerry gathered wood, burned the Sunflower, and absorbed the yellow Soul Ring.
• Jerry discovered that his Soul Skill absorbed sunlight, accelerated recovery and cultivation, and stored Soul Power in a growable Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu eagerly asked Jerry for a Carrot to eat.

Jerry revealed that he had long known Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast who had undergone Humanoid Transformation, then protected and supported her as she condensed her Second Soul Ring. Xiao Wu formed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and gained the Charm skill, while Jerry considered how Soul Rings and Soul Skills worked.

• Jerry gave Xiao Wu a carrot, and its boost to her cultivation helped her reach Soul Power Level 20.
• Jerry teased Xiao Wu about hunting for a Soul Ring, then revealed that he knew she was a transformed Soul Beast and promised to protect her.
• Xiao Wu condensed her Second Soul Ring with Jerry standing guard, raising it from white to light purple.
• Xiao Wu told Jerry that her Second Soul Skill was Charm and explained how her transformation let her condense a Soul Ring from the power sealed within her.
• Jerry reasoned through how Soul Power, Spiritual Power, Soul Shocks, and attribute compatibility affected the absorption and use of Soul Rings.

After absorbing his First Soul Ring, Jerry tested its effects and found that it had greatly improved his body strength, Spiritual Power, Cultivation Speed, and Soul Power recovery. He concluded that his planted Martial Soul and Soul Beast fertilizer let him cultivate far more effectively than ordinary Soul Masters, and he judged that he could absorb a much older Second Soul Ring than Master’s estimate.

• Jerry found that his Soul Power remained at level 23, but his body strength and Spiritual Power had greatly improved after absorbing the First Soul Ring.
• Jerry calculated that his planted Martial Soul, Beginner Meditation Method, and Ten-Year Animal Fertilizer raised his Cultivation Speed well beyond that of ordinary Soul Masters.
• Jerry questioned the assumptions behind Master’s theories and recalled examples from the Original Work that he considered illogical.
• Jerry tested his First Soul Skill and found that it accelerated Soul Power recovery by thirty percent.
• Jerry discovered that he could direct Soul Power absorbed underground into either cultivation or his Soul Ring, and chose to fill the Soul Ring first.
• Jerry estimated that his current body strength would let him absorb a Second Soul Ring of eight or nine hundred years.

Jerry helped Grandpa Jack awaken Soul Power through his Carrot Martial Soul, then spent the next three and a half years developing his abilities and helping Xiao Wu grow stronger. After absorbing a 999-year-old ginseng Soul Ring, Jerry's Martial Soul evolved and gained a powerful recovery skill, leaving him with greatly improved cultivation speed.

• Jerry had Grandpa Jack plant his Carrot Martial Soul in the soil, and after fifteen days it absorbed enough nutrients to produce Soul Power.
• Jerry taught Grandpa Jack the Meditation Method and warned him to keep the discovery secret because powerful organizations might exploit it.
• Three and a half years passed, and twelve-year-old Xiao Wu reached level 34 while Jerry reached level 32; Grandpa Jack reached level 14 after gaining a detoxification Soul Skill.
• Jerry absorbed a 999-year-old Blue Silver Grass Soul Ring that gave him a life-restoring Soul Skill, while Xiao Wu's Carrots helped her surpass her original progress.
• Jerry absorbed a 999-year-old ginseng Soul Ring, causing his Carrot Martial Soul to evolve, raising his Innate Soul Power and cultivation speed.
• Jerry gained a skill that restored Soul Power, vitality, and physical strength for Soul Masters of his level, and he tested it by fully restoring Xiao Wu.

Jerry named his three Soul Skills and worried that Tang Hao might be watching Xiao Wu, so he chose to leave the village with her and cultivate in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Grandpa Jack agreed to their plan, the two set off for the forest.

• Jerry named his First Soul Skill the Recovery Carrot, his Second the Life Carrot, and his Third the Instant Recovery Carrot, deciding to conceal their full abilities.
• Jerry feared Tang Hao might target Xiao Wu and considered possible academies, but ruled them out as dangerous or unsuitable.
• Jerry told Xiao Wu that Tang San's father was a Titled Douluo who might be watching her, and proposed they go to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu agreed to go, and she and Jerry packed their luggage and told Grandpa Jack they were leaving to cultivate.
• Grandpa Jack agreed and urged them to be careful, and Jerry and Xiao Wu set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang San and Master became teacher and friend, and Tang San reached Rank 29 before Master recommended Shrek Academy. After teaching twenty students with poor results, Master revised several of his Martial Soul theories, then left Nuoding Academy, disheartened.

• Tang San learned from Master during his academy years, developed a Poison Vine Soul Ring and stronger poisoned hidden-weapon attacks, and graduated at Rank 29.
• Master taught twenty students with Innate Soul Power of Level 1, but the strongest reached only Level 9.
• Master crossed out four claims in his Ten Core Competencies after reviewing his students’ results and records from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Master expanded his ideas about Soul Masters’ paths of development after Tang San became an Agility Attack System Soul Master.
• Master left Nuoding Academy after the twenty students graduated and vanished without a trace.