Chapter Summaries

Xia Yang met Yu Xiaogang, and the two discovered that their Wasted Martial Souls and Innate Half-Level Soul Power gave them nearly identical circumstances. As they became friendly, Xia Yang considered how to improve his cultivation and how to approach Chrysanthemum Douluo for knowledge of Immortal Herbs.

• Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang introduced themselves after learning they would share a dormitory at Martial Soul Academy.
• Xia Yang told Yu Xiaogang that he also had a Wasted Martial Soul and Innate Half-Level Soul Power, and Yu Xiaogang excitedly discussed their shared predicament.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that he was fifteen and at level 16 Soul Power, prompting Xia Yang to calculate that his own future cultivation might advance just as slowly.
• Xia Yang wondered how he could approach Chrysanthemum Douluo and gain access to his knowledge of Immortal Herbs.
• Yu Xiaogang treated Xia Yang to an expensive dinner, and the two walked together to a lake on the academy grounds.

Xia Yang hid in the Mimicry Cultivation area to learn Qian Xunji’s secret art for concealing his Spirit Ring fluctuations, while Yu Xiaogang meditated nearby. At dawn, Xia Yang examined Luo Sanpao and argued that Yu Xiaogang’s mutated Martial Soul had potential because it could act independently and showed intelligence.

• Xia Yang chose a secluded spot by the lake to secretly practice Qian Xunji’s Spirit Ring concealment technique while Yu Xiaogang meditated in the nearby forest.
• Xia Yang learned the basics of the technique overnight and found that he could use soul skills without releasing his Spirit Rings unless he used his full strength.
• At dawn, Xia Yang asked Yu Xiaogang to summon Luo Sanpao so he could study whether their Martial Souls shared similarities related to Malignant Mutation.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao, and Xia Yang stroked the creature while considering its connection to the Golden Holy Dragon form.
• Xia Yang told Yu Xiaogang that Luo Sanpao had room to develop because it could act independently and possessed intelligence.

Xia Yang helped Yu Xiaogang discover that Luo Sanpao could cultivate independently, though only briefly before Yu's Soul Power ran out. They headed to the cafeteria to test whether feeding it Spirit Beast meat could keep it active, while Xia Yang asked Yu to obtain high-quality Whale Rubber through his clan.

• Xia Yang suggested Yu Xiaogang teach Luo Sanpao to meditate, and Yu guided it into a shallow meditative state.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that sustaining Luo Sanpao outside his body consumed Soul Power, limiting its independent cultivation to a short time.
• Xia Yang proposed feeding Luo Sanpao to maintain its activity, and Yu revealed that he had only fed it carrots.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to buy Spirit Beast meat at the cafeteria and offered to repay Xia Yang, who asked him to obtain all the high-quality Whale Rubber he could through the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Outside Precious Sword City, Xia Shi sneezed while continuing to form his Mercenary Group.

Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang bought Spirit Beast meat for Luo Sanpao, then found Jin Chen extorting the work-study students outside their dormitory. When Jin Chen demanded money from them, Xia Yang tried to use Yu Xiaogang’s family name to intimidate him, but Jin Chen revealed he was Golden Crocodile Douluo’s grandson, leaving Xia Yang at a loss.

• Yu Xiaogang bought a large supply of Spirit Beast meat to feed Luo Sanpao, and he and Xia Yang carried it toward the Work-Study Dormitory.
• Xia Yang learned that Jin Chen routinely forced work-study students to pay him ten Gold Soul Coins each month.
• Jin Chen used his level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster strength to intimidate the students, who paid him and left.
• Jin Chen stopped Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang at the dormitory entrance and demanded money from them.
• Xia Yang named Yu Xiaogang’s father, Yu Yuanzhen, as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader, but Jin Chen revealed that his grandfather was Golden Crocodile Douluo, leaving Xia Yang silent.

Xia Yang challenged Jin Chen to stop him from extorting the work-study students and fought him outside the Work-Study Dormitory. Jin Chen intensified his attacks with two soul skills, while Xia Yang kept his Spirit Ring levels concealed and prepared to face him.

• Xia Yang refused to pay Jin Chen and declared that Jin Chen would collect no more coins from the work-study students.
• Jin Chen agreed to a one-on-one fight and promised to stop collecting if Xia Yang beat him.
• Xia Yang and Jin Chen released their Martial Souls and began fighting in a clearing outside the Work-Study Dormitory.
• Jin Chen struck Xia Yang with Nanman Power, but Xia Yang blocked the blow with Susanoo Defense and secretly confirmed that his Spirit Ring levels remained concealed.
• Jin Chen grew angry when Xia Yang appeared distracted, activated Golden Armor alongside Nanman Power, and charged at him again.

Xia Yang defeated Jin Chen in a fight, making him promise to stop troubling the Work-Study Dormitory. As Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang returned to the dormitory, Bibi Dong approached them to introduce herself and get acquainted.

• Jin Chen's fist struck Xia Yang, but Xia Yang's kick injured Jin Chen and left the contest's outcome uncertain.
• Jin Chen charged Xia Yang in a fury, and Xia Yang countered with his Icefire Roar Bullet, breaking Jin Chen's arm.
• Jin Chen admitted defeat and promised not to make trouble for the Work-Study Dormitory's students.
• Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang sent away the crowd, collected their Spirit Beast meat, and headed back to the dormitory.
• Bibi Dong stopped Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang, introduced herself, and said she wanted to get to know Xia Yang.

Yu Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang tested whether Luo Sanpao could eat Spirit Beast meat and cultivate independently, and the experiment succeeded. Xia Yang also planned to get close to Bibi Dong to meet Chrysanthemum Douluo and resolved to change Bibi Dong’s fate.

• Yu Xia Yang cut short Bibi Dong’s attempt to get to know him and Yu Xiaogang, then returned with Yu Xiaogang to their dormitory.
• Yu Xiaogang fed Luo Sanpao raw Spirit Beast meat, and Luo Sanpao ate it while becoming less dependent on Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power.
• Yu Xia Yang reminded Yu Xiaogang to buy Whale Rubber, and Yu Xiaogang wrote to his father to arrange the purchase and report Luo Sanpao’s changes.
• Yu Xiaogang mailed the letter and left Luo Sanpao outside his body, where it meditated and cultivated for more than an hour.
• Yu Xia Yang thought about Bibi Dong’s future and resolved to change her fate, while Yu Xiaogang recalled Luo Sanpao after their successful cultivation test.

Yu Xiaogang took Xia Yang to the Martial Soul Academy library to research ways to address the flaws in their Martial Souls, where they encountered Bibi Dong and unexpectedly triggered a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Their Soul Powers fused into a grayish-purple field, and their Martial Souls began resonating as the fusion approached its next stage.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that he wanted to study Spirit Hall's materials and persuaded Xia Yang to skip class and go to the library with him.
• Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang entered the library, where Bibi Dong greeted Xia Yang from behind a bookshelf.
• Xia Yang, Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong involuntarily released and fused their Soul Powers, discovering they had formed a Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The librarian saw the unusual fusion and sent a student to report it to the dean of studies as other students gathered to watch.
• Xia Yang sensed his Bone Martial Soul linking Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor and Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao, while their Soul Powers became indistinguishable and their Martial Souls neared fusion.

Xia Yang, Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang tried to perform a Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but their Martial Souls remained separated by an invisible barrier. After they raised their Soul Power output, an explosion injured Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong, leaving the attempt in failure.

• Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang struggled to merge their Martial Souls with Xia Yang’s, while Yu Xiaogang blamed his weak Soul Power and suggested they give up.
• Xia Yang calmed Yu Xiaogang and wondered whether his Bone Martial Soul’s inability to leave his body was preventing the fusion.
• As onlookers grew doubtful, Bibi Dong proposed raising their Soul Power output, and the three pushed their power to its limit.
• The Death Spider Emperor moved closer to Luo Sanpao, but Xia Yang felt increasing pain as his Bone Martial Soul strained to leave his body.
• An energy blast toppled bookshelves and threw the students into chaos; Luo Sanpao was forced back into Yu Xiaogang, who spat blood and collapsed, while Bibi Dong was also injured.

After a failed attempt at a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill left Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, and Xia Yang in pain, Qian Daoliu healed them and asked about their unusual Martial Souls. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu beginning to explain why their Martial Souls could not fuse.

• The library's management teacher summoned three Healing System Soul Masters, who healed the trio's physical injuries but could not ease their lingering pain.
• Qian Daoliu appeared, identified injuries to their Martial Souls, and used his Six-Winged Angel's Divine Light to heal them completely.
• Qian Daoliu asked whether the trio had attempted a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Bibi Dong confirmed that they had.
• Qian Daoliu recognized Yu Xiaogang and Xia Yang as recent transfer students and asked about their mutated Martial Souls.
• Xia Yang explained that his Martial Soul was his skeleton and that Yu Xiaogang's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon had mutated into Luo Sanpao; Qian Daoliu said their failed fusion now made sense.

Qian Daoliu explained that the three Martial Souls could not complete their fusion until the malignant mutations in two of them were at least partly resolved. Bibi Dong then led Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang to Spirit Hall’s records of Soul Masters, where they began searching for indirect research that might help.

• Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong, Xia Yang, and Yu Xiaogang that the malignant mutations in two Martial Souls blocked their Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion.
• Bibi Dong learned that Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang had come to research ways to resolve their Martial Soul flaws, but explained that the library held no specialized materials on malignant mutations.
• Xia Yang asked whether indirect materials might help, and Bibi Dong led him and Yu Xiaogang to the library’s fifth floor.
• Bibi Dong showed them Spirit Hall’s detailed Soul Master files, which recorded Martial Souls, Spirit Rings, soul skills, and changes after absorption.
• Bibi Dong said students could consult the processed files but warned Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang that they might not find relevant cases.

Xia Yang, Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong spent two years researching Martial Soul records, while their cultivation and circumstances changed. After finishing the Fifth Floor archives, they learned high-quality Whale Rubber had become scarce, and Xia Yang suspected Spirit Hall was buying it up.

• Xia Yang, Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong began reviewing the Fifth Floor archives for cases of Martial Soul mutation and similar circumstances.
• Over two years, Xia Yang reached level twenty-seven and strengthened his body with Whale Rubber, Yu Xiaogang neared level twenty, and Bibi Dong advanced to level thirty and became a Soul Elder.
• Xia Yang and Bibi Dong grew into intimate friends, while Xia Yang held back from pursuing a romance with her.
• The three finished reading every Soul Master archive on the Fifth Floor and gained a fuller understanding of Martial Souls, Soul Rings, and Spirit Beast attributes.
• Yu Xiaogang told Xia Yang that someone had been buying up high-quality Whale Rubber, and Xia Yang suspected Spirit Hall had begun stockpiling it.
• Bibi Dong objected to Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang discussing Whale Rubber in front of her, and Xia Yang teased her.

After reviewing the library’s Fifth Floor materials, Xia Yang, Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong agreed to focus on improving cultivation speed and choosing compatible Spirit Rings. Yu Xiaogang revealed his preliminary Soul Power Cultivation Technique, leaving the group with a possible new direction for their research.

• Yu Xia Yang proposed increasing cultivation speed and selecting suitable Spirit Rings as their next research goals.
• Bibi Dong said Spirit Hall could help them choose Spirit Beasts but admitted she had no idea how to improve cultivation speed.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he had recorded Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Soul Masters’ Soul Power circulation paths and used them to create a basic Cultivation Technique.
• Yu Xiaogang said the technique’s current efficiency matched his own meditation speed, but he hoped to improve it with more Soul Master data.
• Xia Yang encouraged the group to consider researching Yu Xiaogang’s idea, and Yu Xiaogang asked whether they thought it was worth pursuing.

Xia Yang, Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang discussed researching Soul Power cultivation routes and then considered suitable Soul Rings for Xia Yang. The conversation ended with Xia Yang asking Yu Xiaogang whether he had abandoned his preferred lightning-and-Sub-Dragon setup for his Second Soul Ring.

• Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang persuaded Bibi Dong to ask Spirit Hall Soul Masters to help record the paths their Soul Power followed during meditation.
• Bibi Dong suggested that the three friends leave the library, and they toured Martial Soul Academy together.
• Yu Xiaogang recommended that Xia Yang choose a Tiger Class Spirit Beast for his Third Soul Ring, while avoiding a single Ice or Fire Attribute.
• Xia Yang said he preferred a Diamond Tiger or Blood Tiger because he wanted to preserve the balance between his Martial Soul's Ice and Fire Attributes.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Xia Yang what Spirit Beast he should choose for his Second Soul Ring, and Xia Yang questioned whether he still wanted a lightning-and-Sub-Dragon setup.

Yu Xiaogang struggled to decide whether to follow his family’s traditional Spirit Ring configuration or try Xia Yang’s advice for Luo Sanpao. Bibi Dong led Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang to the Spirit City Great Soul Arena, where they registered for their first team Soul Battle and waited for it to begin.

• Yu Xiaogang reconsidered giving Luo Sanpao a Light Attribute Sub-Dragon Spirit Ring but remained torn between Xia Yang’s advice and his family’s Thunder Attribute tradition.
• Bibi Dong persuaded Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang to leave the academy and visit the Great Soul Arena.
• Bibi Dong arranged a 3v3 match for the three friends at the arena in Spirit City’s southern district.
• Xia Yang, Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang registered as Iron Soul competitors, naming themselves Icefire God of War, Darkness Overlord, and Dragon of Light, and naming their team the Three Pillar Gods.
• Yu Xiaogang was shocked to learn Xia Yang had reached Soul Power level 27, then followed the staff member to the waiting area for their first team Soul Battle.

Xia Yang, Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang began their first Great Soul Arena battle against the eight-win Three Wins Team. Bibi Dong knocked Ke Mu Sheng down, but the match continued with the other opponents still fighting.

• The referee introduced the Three Pillar Gods Team and their opponent, the Three Wins Team, whose members had won eight matches in a row.
• The battle began, and Yang Sheng blanketed Xia Yang and his teammates with flaming arrow feathers while Bibi Dong intercepted most of them with a spiderweb.
• Ke Mu Sheng disoriented Xia Yang with soul skills and used a clone to lure him into attacking the wrong target.
• Ke Mu Sheng attacked Xia Yang from behind with Poison Smoke, but Bibi Dong resisted the poison and restrained him with spider silk.
• Bibi Dong closed in on Ke Mu Sheng and sent him crashing onto the arena with a powerful kick.

Xia Yang and Bibi Dong defeated the remaining members of the Three Wins Team after Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao's foul-smelling soul skill to stop Wang Sheng. The Three Pillar Gods Team won, while Yu Xiaogang slipped away amid the chaos to avoid being identified.

• Ke Mu Sheng collapsed after Bibi Dong's parasitic soul skill drained his Soul Power, and the referee carried him off the arena.
• Wang Sheng charged at the weakened Xia Yang, but Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao released yellow gas that made Wang Sheng vomit, allowing Bibi Dong to throw him out of the arena.
• Yang Sheng fired a scorching arrow at Xia Yang, who revealed he had mostly recovered from the poison and caught it with his bare hands.
• Yang Sheng's next arrow cracked but did not break Xia Yang's Purple Armor, and Bibi Dong cornered him with her Spider Thorns until he surrendered.
• The Three Pillar Gods Team was declared the winner as the gas spread into the stands, and Yu Xiaogang recalled Luo Sanpao and hurried away while Xia Yang and Bibi Dong left together.

After the chaos in the 3v3 arena, Xia Yang entered a 1v1 Soul Battle to test his strength, facing the level 37 Flame Lion. Xia Yang’s defense surprised the crowd, and he countered Flame Lion’s fire attack with his Icefire Roar Bullet.

• Xia Yang apologized to the Great Soul Arena staff with Bibi Dong after their previous match left a stench in the arena.
• Xia Yang chose to enter a 1v1 Soul Battle, and Bibi Dong went to watch from the stands.
• The referee introduced Xia Yang, the level 27 Icefire God of War, against the level 37 Flame Lion, prompting the audience to doubt Xia Yang could win.
• Flame Lion possessed his Martial Soul and attacked Xia Yang with Frenzied Lion Claw, but Xia Yang blocked it with Susanoo Defense and forced him back.
• Flame Lion unleashed Frenzied Lion Blaze, and Xia Yang answered with Icefire Roar Bullet as their attacks rushed toward each other.

Xia Yang faced Flame Lion’s sound-wave attack after Flame Lion used the referee’s protective barrier to amplify his third soul skill. Xia Yang disrupted the arena floor with a soul bone skill and seized an opening to charge, leaving the third round unresolved.

• Xia Yang and Flame Lion survived the explosion from their earlier clash, and Flame Lion charged into the third round.
• Xia Yang fired a barrage of small Icefire Roar Bullets, while Flame Lion dodged and closed the distance.
• Flame Lion unleashed Furious Lion Roar inside the referee’s barrier, causing reflected sound waves to intensify and batter Xia Yang.
• The referee kept the barrier in place to protect the audience, while spectators argued over the apparent unfairness of the match.
• Xia Yang used Rock Fist Shatter to crack the arena floor, disrupting Flame Lion’s roar and rushing toward him.

Xia Yang defeated the Flame Lion Soul Master in the Great Soul Arena, but his use of a Soul Bone Skill drew the attention of people seeking to steal it. As three Soul Ancestors cornered Xia Yang and Bibi Dong in Spirit City, an unseen figure appeared and killed them.

• Xia Yang overpowered the Flame Lion Soul Master's Furious Lion Roar with his Icefire Roar Bullet and survived the explosion using his Susanoo Defense.
• The referee declared Xia Yang the winner, and Xia Yang left the Great Soul Arena with Bibi Dong despite his injuries.
• Bibi Dong noticed they were being followed, and Xia Yang suspected pursuers had recognized his Soul Bone Skill.
• Three Soul Ancestors blocked Xia Yang and Bibi Dong on the street and demanded that Xia Yang hand over the Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong called for help, and a concealed figure appeared behind the three Soul Ancestors and beheaded them.