Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Huangfu Ji lived under Prime Minister Yuan Hao’s control after Yuan Hao allowed his father to die and seized power in Qingyang Duchy. Huangfu Ji waited for his Martial Soul Awakening and recorded what he had learned about the era, planning to leave the Duke’s Mansion for a Soul Master Academy.

• Huangfu Ji described Qingyang Duchy’s prosperous coastal capital and its weak military, while Yuan Hao controlled the duchy’s government and army.
• Huangfu Ji recalled that Yuan Hao had withheld reinforcements during his father’s rebellion, then took power after his father died and his mother later succumbed to grief.
• Huangfu Ji endured surveillance by a servant and hoped his family’s inherited War Dragon Martial Soul would let him become strong enough to challenge Yuan Hao.
• Huangfu Ji reviewed his notes and estimated that Tang San had not yet been born, while Qian Xunji was still Pope and Bibi Dong was the Holy Maiden.
• Huangfu Ji resolved to leave the Duke’s Mansion and study at a Soul Master Academy after his Martial Soul Awakening.

Huangfu Ji caught three servants smuggling jewelry out of the Duke's Mansion and learned that his Martial Soul Awakening would take place the next day. With Yuan Hao wary of his potential, Huangfu Ji faced the ceremony hoping his talent would give him a chance to survive and regain power.

• Huangfu Ji ordered guards to inspect the manure buckets, exposing stolen jewelry hidden inside, and Yuan Hao had the servants executed.
• Yuan Hao told Huangfu Ji that his Martial Soul Awakening would take place the next day and privately feared the boy might prove too talented.
• Huangfu Ji considered his limited freedom, his plan to attend a Soul Master Academy, and the need to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Before dawn, Huangfu Ji trained, then met Feng Yuan, who prepared the stones and crystal ball for the awakening ceremony.
• Huangfu Ji stepped into the center of the six stones and nervously hoped his Innate Soul Power would not be poor.

Huangfu Ji awakened the mutated Sacred Martial War Dragon and demonstrated Innate Full Soul Power, then recognized that Yuan Hao's control over him remained a danger. After Feng Yuan reported the results, Yuan Hao ordered the news concealed and Huangfu Ji isolated at the Duke's Mansion.

• Feng Yuan awakened Huangfu Ji, whose golden dragon Martial Soul emerged as a mutation that suppressed Feng Yuan.
• Huangfu Ji tested at Innate Full Soul Power, and Feng Yuan left to report the result to Yuan Hao.
• Huangfu Ji named his Martial Soul the Sacred Martial War Dragon and decided he needed to escape Yuan Hao's surveillance.
• Feng Yuan told Yuan Hao about Huangfu Ji's mutated Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yuan Hao ordered the news sealed, Huangfu Ji kept from outsiders, and the public told that Huangfu Ji had Level Five Innate Soul Power.

Huangfu Ji was confined to the Duke’s Mansion by Yuan Hao, who blocked his access to a proper Soul Ring and prevented him from attending the Junior Soul Master Academy. After rejecting an escape attempt as too dangerous, Huangfu Ji decided he needed to persuade Yuan Hao to let him leave openly for school.

• Huangfu Ji discovered that Yuan Hao had sealed the Duke’s Mansion and forbidden him to leave.
• Huangfu Ji repeatedly asked Yuan Hao to help him obtain a First Soul Ring, but Yuan Hao refused and blocked his admission to the Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Yuan Hao sent Huangfu Ji a ten-year Nether Wolf, but Huangfu Ji rejected it and recognized that Yuan Hao wanted to keep him weak.
• Huangfu Ji considered escaping through a bathroom window, then decided that escaping could endanger him and his allies.
• The guards inspected the bathroom after Huangfu Ji left, but dismissed the window as an impossible escape route for a six-year-old.

Huangfu Ji used a childhood slingshot to send word to Qingyang City that he had Innate Full Soul Power, then spread news that Yuan Hao was confining him and denying him Soul Master education and Soul Rings. The city turned against Yuan Hao’s treatment of the Grand Duke, while Yuan Hao ordered his men to prevent Huangfu Ji from sending out more messages.

• Huangfu Ji abandoned his plan to use the restroom window after guards sealed it, then found his father’s old slingshot in the library.
• Huangfu Ji shot a paper message to a Candied Hawthorn peddler, who revealed it to the people nearby before fleeing.
• News of Huangfu Ji’s Innate Full Soul Power spread through Qingyang City, reaching Yuan Hao and the Loyalty Faction.
• Yuan Hao learned that the city was also hearing rumors that he had confined Huangfu Ji and barred him from Soul Master study and Soul Rings.
• Huangfu Ji’s added accusations stirred public uproar, and Yuan Hao ordered his subordinates to stop him from sending out more information.

Huangfu Ji gained permission to leave the Duke's Mansion and attend Qingyang City's Junior Soul Master Academy, where Cheng Yao planned to protect him. He left the mansion carrying the Duke Token and prepared to live like an ordinary student while remaining wary of Yuan Hao.

• The Loyalty Faction and the academy dean pressured Yuan Hao until he allowed Huangfu Ji to attend a Soul Master Academy.
• Huangfu Ji packed his parents' belongings and the Qingyang Duke Token, then left the Duke's Mansion with Cheng Yao.
• Cheng Yao escorted Huangfu Ji to the academy and warned that Yuan Hao might still try to harm or seize him.
• Huangfu Ji chose to live in the student dorms and eat with the other students to reduce the risk of being poisoned.
• Cheng Yao told Huangfu Ji to rest before they went hunting Soul Beasts for his First Soul Ring.

Huangfu Ji planned how to grow stronger and sought whale rubber to increase the age of the Soul Rings he could absorb. Cheng Yao initially mistook his request for an interest in aphrodisiacs, but Huangfu Ji explained his real purpose, leaving Cheng Yao doubtful yet willing to consider the rare substance.

• Huangfu Ji set ambitious cultivation goals and listed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and whale rubber as resources he wanted to obtain.
• Huangfu Ji asked Cheng Yao for thousand-year or ten-thousand-year whale rubber, and Cheng Yao assumed the six-year-old wanted an aphrodisiac.
• Cheng Yao urged Huangfu Ji to focus on cultivation and wait until he was older before seeking whale rubber.
• Huangfu Ji clarified that whale rubber could strengthen his physique and let him absorb older Soul Rings, claiming he had read this in an ancient book.
• Cheng Yao explained that high-grade whale rubber was rare and difficult to obtain, while Huangfu Ji said he would not insist if they could not find any.

Huangfu Ji prepared for the start of school, met his new roommate Zhao Yuan, and encountered a girl who seemed strangely familiar to him. The chapter left him wondering who she was as he returned to cultivation.

• Huangfu Ji thanked Cheng Yao for arranging a search for thousand-year or Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, then returned to the dormitory to cultivate.
• As school began, Huangfu Ji watched students reunite with their families and felt a faint envy before returning to his room.
• A beautiful, ill woman brought her daughter to the academy, and the girl reluctantly enrolled despite worrying about leaving her mother alone.
• Huangfu Ji met his nervous roommate Zhao Yuan, who introduced himself and described his Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power.
• At the Cafeteria, Huangfu Ji stared at a girl in a green academy uniform, and she challenged him to a fight.
• After eating with Zhao Yuan, Huangfu Ji resumed cultivating and wondered why the girl seemed familiar.

At the Junior Soul Master Academy, Huangfu Ji learned that Yuan Ling might target him and met Liu Erlong, whose identity and talent surprised him. The class began its introductions, leaving Liu Erlong curious about Huangfu Ji.

• Zhao Yuan warned Huangfu Ji that Yuan Ling and the Yuan Family had allies at the academy, and promised to stand by him.
• Huangfu Ji resolved to grow stronger outside the Duke's Mansion and make Yuan Hao regret driving him away.
• During class introductions, Liu Erlong announced that her Martial Soul was a Fire Dragon and her Soul Power was level eight.
• Huangfu Ji recognized Liu Erlong as the future founder of Blue Tyrant Academy, while she grew curious when the teacher excused him from introducing himself.

Huangfu Ji befriended Liu Erlong at the academy, and she learned that Yuan Hao was still preventing him from obtaining a Soul Ring. The Dean told Huangfu Ji that Yuan Hao had finally agreed, and Huangfu Ji prepared to leave the next day to obtain his First Soul Ring.

• Liu Erlong met Huangfu Ji and Zhao Yuan while Huangfu Ji cultivated, learned who Huangfu Ji was, and promised to protect him as a new friend.
• Huangfu Ji and Liu Erlong chatted with Zhao Yuan, and Liu Erlong learned that Yuan Hao had kept Huangfu Ji from obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong grew angry at Yuan Hao, while Huangfu Ji reassured her that Yuan Hao would eventually have to agree.
• After classes, Cheng Yao summoned Huangfu Ji and told him that Yuan Hao had agreed to let him obtain his First Soul Ring the next day.
• Huangfu Ji returned to his dormitory and slept instead of cultivating.

Huangfu Ji traveled with Cheng Yao to the Soul Beast Forest to obtain his First Soul Ring, while recognizing that Cheng Yao wanted to limit his choices and that Spirit Hall controlled the forest. He resolved to pursue a stronger Soul Ring and cultivate for now, leaving his political struggle and any confrontation with Spirit Hall for the future.

• Huangfu Ji left the academy with Cheng Yao, who advised him to choose a two-hundred-year Soul Beast for his First Soul Ring, but Huangfu Ji remained set on at least three hundred years.
• Huangfu Ji judged that Cheng Yao’s loyalty came with a desire to keep him manageable and resolved to reclaim power from Yuan Hao and centralize authority when he was strong enough.
• Huangfu Ji and Cheng Yao reached the market outside the Soul Beast Forest by evening and rented rooms at an inn for the night.
• Huangfu Ji recalled that Yuan Hao had secretly transferred the forest’s ownership to Spirit Hall and decided not to antagonize Spirit Hall before becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Huangfu Ji looked toward the forest, lamented that he was not strong enough, and began cultivating.

Cheng Yao took Huangfu Ji into the Soul Beast Forest to find a suitable beast for his First Soul Ring. Huangfu Ji chose a four-hundred-year Crimson Fang Tiger, and Cheng Yao began fighting it, driving it to flee.

• Cheng Yao and Huangfu Ji entered the Soul Beast Forest, where Cheng Yao explained the soul beasts they encountered.
• Huangfu Ji rejected a two-hundred-year Rock Bear because he wanted a stronger First Soul Ring to help him defeat Yuan Hao and reclaim power.
• Cheng Yao and Huangfu Ji found a wounded four-hundred-year Crimson Fang Tiger beside several human corpses, and Huangfu Ji chose it for his First Soul Ring.
• Cheng Yao used his Tidal Wave skill to knock the Crimson Fang Tiger down, but held back from killing it.
• The Crimson Fang Tiger fled, and Cheng Yao used his Fourth Soul Ring to pursue it and cut off its escape.

Huangfu Ji absorbed a four-hundred-year Soul Ring from the Crimson Fang Tiger, gained a powerful First Soul Skill, and returned to Qingyang City with Cheng Yao. His strength impressed Cheng Yao, who began to believe Huangfu Ji's future extended beyond the duchy, while Yuan Hao learned of their return.

• Cheng Yao subdued the wounded Crimson Fang Tiger, and Huangfu Ji killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring despite the severe strain.
• Huangfu Ji completed the absorption, reached Soul Power Level 12, and stabilized his power.
• Huangfu Ji demonstrated Sacred Martial Slash, cutting through several trees with a powerful attack that consumed most of his Soul Power.
• Cheng Yao saw Huangfu Ji's potential as greater than ruling a small duchy and considered the opportunities of following him.
• Cheng Yao and Huangfu Ji returned to Qingyang City, where Yuan Hao's men reported their arrival to him.

Huangfu Ji returned to the academy after obtaining his First Soul Ring and learned that Liu Erlong had beaten three Noble Students who bullied a Work-Study Student. When Wang Feng confronted Liu Erlong in the cafeteria with seven others, Huangfu Ji’s presence made him withdraw, though he warned them to wait.

• Huangfu Ji reflected on his First Soul Ring and Cheng Yao’s changed attitude before Zhao Yuan returned and told him how Liu Erlong had beaten three Noble Students.
• Huangfu Ji agreed with Zhao Yuan that they should help Liu Erlong if the students sought revenge.
• The next day, Liu Erlong teased Huangfu Ji for leaving to obtain a Soul Ring without telling her, and he offered to help if anyone caused trouble.
• Liu Erlong joined Huangfu Ji and Zhao Yuan for a meal after he agreed to treat them, then Wang Feng and seven others surrounded her in the cafeteria.
• Zhao Yuan mocked Wang Feng, and Huangfu Ji’s stare stopped Wang Feng from acting; Wang Feng left with his group and threatened them.

Wang Feng told Yuan Ling that Huangfu Ji and Liu Erlong had grown close, prompting Yuan Ling to plan a way to cripple Huangfu Ji. Later, Wang Feng confronted work-study student Cao Feng and used his group to scatter the leaves Cao Feng had swept.

• Wang Feng told Yuan Ling that Liu Erlong and Huangfu Ji spent much of their time together, and warned that Huangfu Ji could become a threat to the Yuan Family.
• Yuan Ling agreed that Huangfu Ji had to be stopped and, after Wang Feng mentioned Liu Erlong's closeness with him, decided to make Huangfu Ji strike first.
• Yuan Ling secretly gave Wang Feng instructions for provoking Huangfu Ji, confident his level-seventeen Soul Power would overwhelm Huangfu Ji's level eleven.
• Cao Feng finished sweeping the training ground when Wang Feng arrived with his younger brother Wang Ming and two other students.
• Wang Feng's companions scattered Cao Feng's piles of leaves, and Wang Feng said he had targeted Cao Feng because Liu Erlong had defended him.

Wang Feng and his men beat Cao Feng, prompting Han Shuo and the Work-Study Students to confront them. After Wang Feng humiliated Han Shuo, the Work-Study Students attacked, but Yuan Ling arrived with dozens of students and ordered them to strike, leaving Liu Erlong to step in.

• Wang Ming and two others attacked Cao Feng, and he was beaten until Work-Study Students ran to summon help.
• Han Shuo led more than a dozen Work-Study Students to the training grounds, where Wang Feng insulted them and refused to apologize to Cao Feng.
• Wang Feng spat on Han Shuo, who punched him, and the Work-Study Students surrounded Wang Feng and his companions and beat them.
• Liu Erlong arrived with Huangfu Ji, but dozens of students soon came with Yuan Ling, who ordered them to attack Han Shuo and the others.
• Liu Erlong pushed through the crowd and stood in front of Han Shuo and the Work-Study Students, shouting for everyone to stop.

Liu Erlong and the Work-Study Students confronted Yuan Ling and the Noble Students over their bullying, and Huangfu Ji joined them after realizing Yuan Ling had used the conflict to draw him out. The sides prepared to fight before Zhao Yuan's voice interrupted them.

• Liu Erlong challenged the Noble Students to stop bullying the Work-Study Students and refused Yuan Ling's demand that she leave.
• Han Shuo and the other Work-Study Students joined Liu Erlong in taking fighting stances despite being outnumbered.
• Huangfu Ji stepped forward to support Liu Erlong and confronted Yuan Ling, who revealed his contempt for Huangfu Ji's position.
• Huangfu Ji realized Yuan Ling had targeted the Work-Study Students to lure him into intervening.
• Liu Erlong urged Huangfu Ji and Yuan Ling to fight, but Zhao Yuan's voice reached the group.

Huangfu Ji and Yuan Ling agreed to settle their dispute in a one-on-one fight, with the winner deciding the Work-Study Students’ fate. After revealing their Martial Souls, they began battling, and Huangfu Ji gained the upper hand.

• Zhao Yuan arrived with more than twenty students, making Yuan Ling reconsider starting a brawl, and Huangfu Ji proposed a one-on-one fight instead.
• Huangfu Ji promised to leave the academy and stop cultivating his Martial Soul if he lost, while Yuan Ling agreed that his side would stop bullying Work-Study Students and pay their expenses if they lost.
• Yuan Ling and Huangfu Ji revealed their Martial Souls and levels: the Level 17 Golden Winged Bee and the Level 12 Sacred Martial War Dragon.
• Yuan Ling attacked from the air, but Huangfu Ji blocked his strike with his Dragon Wings and then grabbed his hand and hurled him more than ten meters away.

Huangfu Ji decisively defeated Yuan Ling in a one-on-one fight, then left the academy’s leadership to contend with the political fallout. Cheng Yao refused to punish Huangfu Ji, while Huangfu Ji remained calm in the dormitory.

• Huangfu Ji overpowered Yuan Ling, blocked his First Soul Skill, and struck him down with Sacred Martial Slash, breaking two of his bones.
• Yuan Ling admitted defeat and fainted after Huangfu Ji reminded him to honor their agreement; the Work-Study Students cheered as Zhao Yuan mocked him.
• Teacher Wang urged Cheng Yao to punish Huangfu Ji for beating the Prime Minister’s son, but Cheng Yao refused and warned that Teacher Wang’s promotion could be reconsidered.
• After Teacher Wang left, Cheng Yao suspected he had sided with the Yuan Family and hoped Huangfu Ji would grow up quickly.
• Zhao Yuan praised Huangfu Ji in the dormitory, while Huangfu Ji calmly read and dismissed Yuan Ling as a minor pawn.

After Huangfu Ji defeated Yuan Ling, he gained the Work-Study Students’ support while Yuan Hao secretly sought allies to keep control of the Qingyang Duchy. Months later, Liu Erlong obtained her First Soul Ring and challenged Huangfu Ji to a spar, surprising him with the strength of her first attack.

• Zhao Yuan worried that Yuan Hao would retaliate against Huangfu Ji, but Huangfu Ji reassured him that Yuan Hao would not act while the academy was crowded.
• The Work-Study Students began looking to Huangfu Ji as their leader, while Yuan Hao treated Yuan Ling’s injuries and secretly contacted Empire officials, the Four Great Kingdoms, and Spirit Hall for support.
• Huangfu Ji cultivated to Level 14, and Liu Erlong worked hard until she reached Level 10 and obtained her First Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong challenged Huangfu Ji to spar, activated her First Soul Skill, Rampage Dragon Avatar, and charged at him.
• Huangfu Ji took Liu Erlong’s palm strike and was forced back several meters, visibly surprised.