Chapter Summaries

Lin Ran discovered that his system could grant pre-paid powers and considered which Martial Soul to choose. When Dai Yuhao suddenly displayed a reincarnator’s Winter Thought Fist while defending Huo Yun'er, Lin Ran wondered whether the childhood companion he knew had been replaced.

• Lin Ran examined the Cause and Effect Reversal System, which offered powerful Martial Souls in exchange for missions and deadlines.
• Lin Ran considered starting with a less powerful Martial Soul rather than risking an impossible mission for a God-level one.
• Guards insulted Huo Yun'er and Dai Yuhao, then one of them whipped at Huo Yun'er on the Duchess's orders.
• Dai Yuhao caught the whip, struck the guard with Winter Thought Fist, and knocked him down.
• Lin Ran recognized the technique and questioned whether Dai Yuhao had reincarnated or become a traveler, wondering what had happened to the original boy.

Lin Ran used the system to alter the Akashic Records and gain a legitimate identity, while Dai Yuhao’s reincarnated personality revealed his plans to change his past and Huo Yun’er suspected a demon had taken over her son. Lin Ran received a Blood Martial Soul and prepared to explore his new abilities.

• Lin Ran learned from the system that Huo Yuhao was a reincarnator and that he could obtain a legitimate identity by modifying the Akashic Records.
• Lin Ran advanced the identity mission, causing an unseen force to alter the world’s records and grant him a martial soul, luck, and destiny power.
• Dai Yuhao drove off guards who had bullied Huo Yun’er and resolved to find his father, protect his mother, and make amends with the people from his past life.
• Huo Yun’er watched Dai Yuhao and feared that a demon had taken over her child after she saw a phantom enter his body.
• Lin Ran received a Blood Martial Soul, Level 10 Soul Power, and two available advances, and recognized the martial soul as a powerful Body Martial Soul.

Lin Ran refused the Plane Will’s Seed of Fortune, then prepared for the danger he expected after Dai Yuhao left the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion. He absorbed an 800-year soul ring and discovered his first soul skill could sense living creatures by their blood auras.

• Lin Ran refused the Seed of Fortune because becoming a Child of Fortune might attract Tang San’s attention.
• Huo Yun’er returned with Dai Yuhao and clung to Lin Ran, while Dai Yuhao felt jealous and wondered whether Lin Ran’s survival would change the future.
• Lin Ran learned Dai Yuhao had awakened an Eyes martial soul and decided to prepare for leaving the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion before Dai Yuhao went to find Dai Hao.
• Lin Ran advanced his God-Bestowed Soul Ring to 800 years and received a task to hunt a Bloodline Bat in the Star Dou Great Forest within half a year.
• Lin Ran absorbed the yellow soul ring and discovered his first soul skill let him detect living creatures by their blood auras within two kilometers.

Lin Ran discovered that his first soul skill, Blood Silk Net, let him sense blood qi, then fled the Duke's Mansion with Huo Yun'er while Dai Yuhao escaped separately. The Duchess sent Bai Shi Yi to track Huo Yun'er and ordered her Slave Contract registered, while Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er traveled toward Heaven Dou City and remained wary of pursuers.

• Lin Ran examined the blood qi inside his body with his first soul skill and named it Blood Silk Net.
• After sensing Dai Yuhao escape into the back mountain, Lin Ran told Huo Yun'er he was leaving the Duke's Mansion and persuaded her to flee with him.
• Lin Ran used Blood Silk Net to evade the mansion's watchers as he and Huo Yun'er left in a different direction from Dai Yuhao.
• The Duchess learned that Huo Yun'er and Dai Yuhao had disappeared, ordered Bai Shi Yi to track Huo Yun'er, and sent the steward to register her Slave Contract in Star Luo City.
• Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er traveled by small paths toward Heaven Dou City, and Lin Ran repeatedly used Blood Silk Net to check for pursuers.

Lin Ran reassured Huo Yun'er that he could protect her from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion pursuers, then used a laser gun to kill the approaching squad. Huo Yun'er remained stunned as Lin Ran showed he could carry out his promise to take her away.

• Huo Yun'er guessed that Lin Ran was a transformed Soul Beast and urged him to avoid the Body Sect, but Lin Ran explained that his Martial Soul was a Body Martial Soul.
• Lin Ran detected a squad from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion approaching and reassured Huo Yun'er when she urged him to escape alone.
• Lin Ran used the system to obtain an A1 Laser Gun, accepting a mission to provide a ton of rare metal within one year.
• The laser gun killed the pursuing Soul Emperor, Soul King, and four Soul Ancestors before they could identify their attacker.
• Lin Ran put away the Laser Gun and told Huo Yun'er that the pursuers had been dealt with, while she stared in shock.

Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er looted the White Tiger Guard’s bodies, while Dai Yuhao reached the army camp and discovered that Dai Hao already knew Huo Yun'er was alive and rejected his son’s pleas. Dai Hao ordered Dai Yuhao returned to the Duke’s Mansion for the Duchess to discipline.

• Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er collected the pursuers’ bodies and found two Space Soul Tools among them.
• Lin Ran gave Huo Yun'er a Space Soul Tool, and they discovered erotic clothing and picture books inside the guards’ belongings.
• Dai Yuhao arrived at the Ming Dou Mountain Range and told the guards he had come to see his father, Dai Hao.
• Dai Yuhao asked Dai Hao about Huo Yun'er and revealed that he was her son, but Dai Hao said he already knew she was alive.
• Dai Hao dismissed Dai Yuhao’s concerns about Huo Yun'er and ordered guards to return him to the Duke’s Mansion for the Duchess to discipline.

Dai Yuhao rejected the Duke's household and took the name Huo Yuhao, while Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er settled in Heaven Dou City. Lin Ran warned Huo Yun'er that he might become Dai Yuhao's enemy and gave her the choice to stay with him or leave, as he turned to pursuing his system missions and strengthening himself.

• Dai Yuhao was dragged from Dai Hao's tent, denounced him, and declared that he would use the surname Huo from then on.
• Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er reached Heaven Dou City and moved into a small courtyard with the guards' financial support.
• Lin Ran told Huo Yun'er that the soul in Yuhao's body was the future Dai Yuhao and explained that he might eventually become his enemy.
• Lin Ran offered to care for Huo Yun'er if she stayed or safely take her to Dai Yuhao if she chose to leave, then gave her time to decide.
• Lin Ran considered completing a rare-metal system mission and postponed hunting a Bloodline Bat, while Huo Yun'er wondered whether the boy really was her future Yuhao.

Dai Yuhao returned to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion without Huo Yun'er and was punished by the Duchess while she searched for his mother. Left injured and alone, he realized Huo Yun'er was gone and wondered where she had gone.

• The Duchess learned that Dai Yuhao had returned without Huo Yun'er and blamed Dai Hao for keeping her at the military camp.
• Dai Yuhao reflected that his search for Dai Hao had been impulsive and endured the Duchess's pressure as she punished him in Huo Yun'er's place.
• The Duchess read Dai Hao's letter, then learned that Bai Shi Yi and the other guards had been found dead without any trace of Huo Yun'er.
• The Duchess ordered the guards to keep Dai Yuhao under watch and make sure he did not die, leaving him with a shattered right leg.
• Dai Yuhao woke hungry, called for his mother, and broke down when he remembered that Huo Yun'er had left the mansion.
• A servant brought Dai Yuhao cold food and told him to stop calling because his mother had left long ago.

Lin Ran searched the Heavenly Soul Royal Auction House for affordable rare metals and decided to sell his Laser Gun to fund his system mission. He demonstrated the weapon’s power to Manager Liu, who watched it melt a hole through a steel plate.

• Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er explored Heaven Dou City, bought supplies and new clothes, and enjoyed candied hawthorn together.
• Lin Ran visited the Heavenly Soul Royal Auction House and learned that the rare metals needed for his mission would cost millions of Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Ran asked to meet the manager and claimed he had a Level 8 Soul Tool to sell, then revealed his Laser Gun instead.
• Lin Ran told Manager Liu that the Laser Gun could kill Soul Emperors without requiring Soul Power, and agreed to test it.
• Lin Ran fired at a steel plate from five hundred meters away, melting a bowl-sized hole through it.

Lin Ran negotiated the sale of his Laser Gun with Laicai, a Level 93 Titled Douluo and Level 7 Soul Engineer who ran the Heavenly Soul Royal Auction House. After learning Lin Ran was a six-year-old with Innate Full Soul Power, Laicai asked to take him as a disciple, but Lin Ran’s Body Martial Soul made Laicai worry about provoking Du Busi.

• Laicai tested the Laser Gun and recognized its speed, range, and armor-piercing power, then offered to buy it.
• Lin Ran rejected Laicai’s low offers and argued that the weapon’s rarity and potential use by ordinary people made it worth at least twenty-one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Laicai tried to win Lin Ran over with a story about buying protection for his frail son, but Lin Ran remained unmoved.
• Laicai asked Lin Ran’s age, learned he was six with Innate Full Soul Power, and offered to make him his disciple.
• Lin Ran disclosed that his Martial Soul was blood, a type of Body Martial Soul, and Laicai reconsidered because Du Busi might challenge him.

Lin Ran sold his Laser Gun to the Heaven Dou Empire for twenty million Gold Soul Coins and met Princess Vina, whom the emperor hoped would befriend him before he joined the Body Sect. Lin Ran used part of the payment to buy a ton of Deep Sea Jade Silver as an investment.

• Old Liu took Lin Ran's Laser Gun to the palace, where the Heaven Soul Emperor tested it and approved the twenty-million-coin price.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor reviewed Lin Ran's background and compared his talent and conduct favorably with Long Aotian's.
• The emperor arranged for Princess Vina to meet Lin Ran during her six months in the palace, while Old Liu agreed to guide him.
• Old Liu returned to the VIP Room with Vina, and Lin Ran greeted the shy princess.
• Lin Ran declined to keep the full payment and asked Old Liu to deduct the cost of a ton of Deep Sea Jade Silver from his Black Card, explaining that he expected rare metals to rise in value.

Lin Ran bought Deep Sea Jade Silver, refreshed his system advance transaction, and chose to advance cultivation methods to strengthen his foundation. After obtaining the Longevity Skill and Marrow Cleansing Scripture, he began searching for a method to cultivate Mental Power.

• Lin Ran bought a ton of rare metal from Grandpa Liu for nine million Gold Soul Coins, then returned home and repaid it to the system to refresh his advance transaction.
• Lin Ran decided to prioritize a Cultivation Method over soul bones, immortal herbs, and medicinal pills.
• Lin Ran reviewed the system's listed methods and accepted the mission to strip Tang San of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, make him repent, and kill him.
• Lin Ran advanced the Longevity Skill and Marrow Cleansing Scripture, gaining methods for cultivating Soul Power and tempering his body.
• Lin Ran filtered the system for Mental Power cultivation methods and settled on a target.

Lin Ran cultivated the Longevity Skill’s yin and yang diagrams, transforming and improving his Soul Power. After recovering from his first deep meditation, he thought about Dai Yuhao’s uncertain situation, while Huo Yuhao sneezed at the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion.

• Lin Ran reviewed the Longevity Skill, Marrow Cleansing Scripture, and Soul Dragon Wander, then chose to cultivate the Longevity Skill’s yin and yang diagrams.
• Lin Ran circulated Soul Power through the diagrams and cultivated for nearly a full day, while Huo Yun'er watched anxiously.
• Lin Ran emerged exhausted, and Huo Yun'er caught him and brought him food.
• Lin Ran examined his newly transformed yin- and yang-attributed Soul Power and tried, unsuccessfully, to run up a wall by gathering it under his feet.
• Lin Ran wondered how Dai Yuhao was faring after Huo Yun'er’s departure, while Huo Yuhao sneezed after cultivating his improved Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Huo Yuhao endured his confinement at Duke's Mansion while Lin Ran taught Huo Yun'er the Marrow Cleansing Scripture. Vina visited Lin Ran's home at her father's urging, leaving Huo Yun'er curious about their relationship and Vina flustered by her intended fiancé.

• Huo Yuhao continued cultivating Tang Sect secret arts and endured the Duchess's mistreatment while seeking a chance to escape Duke's Mansion.
• Lin Ran studied the Marrow Cleansing Scripture and Soul Dragon Wander, postponing cultivation of both while he considered their risks and requirements.
• Lin Ran offered to teach Huo Yun'er cultivation and began instructing her in the first layer of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, taking on the role of her teacher.
• After weeks of lessons, Huo Yun'er still struggled to master the scripture, though its exercises had helped strengthen her health.
• Vina arrived at Lin Ran's home after her Imperial Father sent her to visit, and Huo Yun'er welcomed her before leaving the two children alone.
• Vina recalled that she was Lin Ran's intended fiancé and grew uneasy as she tried to make a good impression on him.

Lin Ran asked Princess Vina to show him around Heaven Dou City, and she took him to the Body Sect’s contact point. After discovering Lin Ran had a Blood Martial Soul and level ten Innate Soul Power, Zhong Heng planned to bring him to the sect and welcomed Lin Ran’s family member as well; Vina was delighted but saddened that she would remain at home for another half year.

• Lin Ran asked Vina to show him around Heaven Dou City, and she revealed that she belonged to the Body Sect and had Twin Martial Souls, including the brain.
• Vina took Lin Ran to the Body Sect’s courtyard, where Zhong Heng welcomed him after learning he possessed a Body Martial Soul.
• Lin Ran showed Zhong Heng his Blood Martial Soul and told him his Innate Soul Power was level ten, prompting Zhong Heng to say he would report the news to the Sect Master.
• Lin Ran asked to wait a few days before joining and asked whether his family member, who also had a Body Martial Soul, could enter the sect; Zhong Heng agreed to both.
• After leaving the contact point, Vina said she was happy Lin Ran would join the sect but lamented that she would have to stay home for another half year.

Lin Ran met the Body Sect Master Du Busi, who examined Lin Ran’s Martial Soul and explained that it encompassed not only blood but also the heart, bone marrow, and Bloodline Power. The chapter ended with Du Busi urging Lin Ran to compare his first soul skill with this understanding.

• Lin Ran and Vina passed the run-down Tang Sect, where Lin Ran wondered whether the girl outside was Tang Ya.
• Lin Ran prepared to leave Heaven Dou City for the Body Sect while Vina visited him daily and Huo Yun'er teased him about her feelings.
• Vina brought Body Sect steward Zhong Heng and Sect Master Du Busi to meet Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er.
• Du Busi examined Lin Ran's Martial Soul and concluded that it included his heart, bone marrow, and Bloodline Power, not just blood.
• Du Busi explained the nature and channels of Bloodline Power, then asked Lin Ran to consider how his first soul skill related to it.

Lin Ran joined the Body Sect as Du Busi’s disciple, and Vina chose to accompany him there after receiving permission from her father. Du Busi brought them to the sect’s stronghold, where its disciples welcomed their arrival.

• Du Busi asked Lin Ran to become his disciple, and Lin Ran accepted, promising to work hard and surpass his master.
• Du Busi invited Huo Yun'er to join the Body Sect and arranged for her and Lin Ran to travel there the next day.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor gave Vina permission to return to the Body Sect with Lin Ran, and she selected two Soul Bones as gifts.
• Vina joined Lin Ran and Du Busi the next morning, and Du Busi told Lin Ran to accept the gifts.
• Du Busi carried the group to the Body Sect’s mountain stronghold, where the disciples greeted him and inspected Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er.

Du Busi brought Lin Ran into the Body Sect and explained that its secret arts relied on cultivating Bloodline Power and understanding the body. Lin Ran began studying the sect’s texts, then arrived at Du Busi’s home at noon and was stunned when his teacher ordered him to take off his clothes.

• Du Busi showed Lin Ran the Body Sect, introduced him to the elders, and assigned him a neighboring courtyard as his residence.
• Du Busi explained that Bloodline Power was the Body Sect’s true foundation and said Lin Ran’s martial soul was exceptionally suited to its secret arts.
• Du Busi told Lin Ran to study the library’s records of the body and martial souls, and warned him not to use Bloodline Power through his martial soul unless his life was in danger.
• Lin Ran studied a book by a Limit Douluo and compared its descriptions of the body with the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.
• At noon, Du Busi ordered Lin Ran to take off all his clothes, and Lin Ran protested in alarm.

Lin Ran endured a Body Sect medicinal bath and unconsciously cultivated the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, revealing to Du Busi that it could cultivate Bloodline Power and improve innate constitution. Du Busi respected Lin Ran’s secrets, and Lin Ran offered to prepare a manual teaching him the method.

• Du Busi put Lin Ran into a boiling medicinal bath and instructed him to absorb the herbs’ effects rather than resist the heat.
• Lin Ran circulated his Soul Power and then the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, rapidly absorbing the medicinal power and transforming his body and Martial Soul.
• Du Busi realized that Lin Ran’s method cultivated Bloodline Power and Soul Power while improving innate constitution, but chose not to covet his disciple’s secret.
• Lin Ran woke and worried about Du Busi’s reaction, but Du Busi said he would protect Lin Ran’s secrets and invited him to eat.
• Lin Ran offered to teach Du Busi the Marrow Cleansing Scripture under the condition that Du Busi not pass it on without permission.
• Du Busi eagerly asked how the method cultivated Bloodline Power, and Lin Ran promised to prepare a manual the next day.

Lin Ran began the Body Sect’s punishing training regimen and reached Rank 14 after a day of intense exercise. After reading the first level of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, Du Busi gained new insight into Bloodline Power and prepared to enter seclusion to pursue a breakthrough, while Lin Ran asked the sect to capture a Bloodline Bat for his trial.

• Du Busi laid out Lin Ran’s daily medicinal baths, special meals, and dangerous afternoon training, then carried him home exhausted after the first session.
• Lin Ran wrote down the first level of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, cultivated overnight, and naturally advanced to Rank 14.
• Du Busi studied the scripture and told Lin Ran it had helped him understand Bloodline Power and given him confidence to condense a second Soul Core and break through to the limit.
• Du Busi arranged for the Great Elder to oversee Lin Ran’s training while he entered seclusion, and Lin Ran asked him to have an over-eight-hundred-year-old Bloodline Bat captured for his trial.
• Lin Ran claimed he had inherited a deity’s legacy, and Du Busi became convinced his disciple had the potential to become a god.