Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen repeatedly beat Tang San to provoke him into growing stronger, while his Triple Return system rewarded him for Tang San’s determination. After Jiang Chen left, Tang San recovered and began cultivating, but noticed something was wrong.

• Jiang Chen defeated Tang San again and urged him to abandon his Soul Master dream, triggering a system reward that increased Tang San’s future cultivation speed and Jiang Chen’s pending Soul Power cultivation speed.
• Jiang Chen reflected on how his system had returned Tang San’s cultivated arts to him and resolved to push Tang San beyond his future limits.
• Jiang Chen taunted Tang San about his repeated defeats, and Tang San silently steeled himself to keep competing.
• After Jiang Chen left, Tang San admitted he was used to the speeches and remembered Jiang Chen’s kindness, but vowed to repay the defeat one day.
• Tang San sat down to circulate the Mysterious Heaven Skill and began drawing faint white light into his body, then sensed that something was wrong.

Tang San broke through the first level of the Mysterious Heaven Skill after another beating, while Jiang Chen gained the first level of the Creation Green Lotus Art through his system. The village’s Martial Soul awakening ceremony began, and Su Yuntao had not found any child with Soul Power before reaching the final two.

• Tang San discovered that his recovery had improved and realized that beatings from Jiang Chen had repeatedly helped him break through cultivation bottlenecks.
• Jiang Chen received the Green Lotus Birth ability after Tang San’s breakthrough, gaining enhanced Soul Power and recovery once he awakened a Martial Soul.
• Old Jack brought Tang San to Jiang Chen’s house, where Tang San accepted meat porridge from Jiang Chen and ate it hungrily.
• Old Jack led Tang San and Jiang Chen to the village awakening ceremony, where Su Yuntao began testing the children’s Martial Souls.
• Su Yuntao found no Soul Power among the first seven children and asked which of the remaining two would go first.

At the village's Martial Soul awakening ceremony, Tang San and Jiang Chen both awakened Innate Full Soul Power, but Su Yuntao dismissed Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and invited only Jiang Chen to join Spirit Hall. Jiang Chen refused and accepted Work-Study Student slots at Notting College for himself and Tang San.

• Jiang Chen insisted that Su Yuntao test Tang San's Soul Power, and Tang San's Blue Silver Grass produced Innate Full Soul Power.
• Jiang Chen awakened the Glazed Green Lotus Martial Soul and also displayed Innate Full Soul Power, while a system notification revealed Tang San's twin Martial Souls and Jiang Chen's reward Martial Souls.
• Su Yuntao invited Jiang Chen to join Spirit Hall but rejected Tang San because of his Blue Silver Grass.
• Jiang Chen refused Spirit Hall and asked Su Yuntao to include Tang San, so Su Yuntao gave them two Work-Study Student certificates for Notting College.
• Old Jack protested Jiang Chen's decision to turn down Spirit Hall as Su Yuntao hurried to the next village.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to Tang Hao, who embraced him and agreed to train him, while Jiang Chen began testing his Glazed Green Lotus. The chapter ended with Jiang Chen’s lotus turning gold after he poured Soul Power into it.

• Jiang Chen taunted Tang San about his Blue Silver Grass, and Tang San vowed to prove it was not useless.
• Tang Hao dismissed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and told him to make dinner, so Tang San revealed his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao recognized the Clear Sky Hammer, celebrated Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and warned him to keep the hammer secret.
• Tang San said he wanted to become a Soul Master capable of defeating Jiang Chen, and Tang Hao agreed to teach him blacksmithing after dinner.
• Jiang Chen summoned his Glazed Green Lotus and directed Soul Power into it, causing its Seven-Colored Glazed Lotus Seed and the lotus to glow gold.

Jiang Chen discovered that the Glazed Green Lotus enhanced his physical abilities but consumed most of his Soul Power, then spent three months training while Tang San learned the Chaotic Wind Hammer. When Tang San mastered fifteen hammer strikes, Jiang Chen received the Nine Heavens Stacking Waves Force through his return ability.

• Jiang Chen used the Glazed Green Lotus to boost his strength, speed, reactions, and toughness, but withdrew it after it consumed more than half his Soul Power.
• Jiang Chen manifested the Purple Sky Dragon Spear, but his low Soul Power forced him to put it away and train until enrollment at Notting College.
• Tang Hao taught Tang San the Chaotic Wind Hammer for three months, and Tang San managed fifteen consecutive hammer strikes.
• Jiang Chen trained his body on the back mountain of Holy Soul Village while waiting for a chance to obtain his first Soul Ring.
• Jiang Chen received the Nine Heavens Stacking Waves Force when Tang San learned the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Jiang Chen tested the Nine Heavens Stacking Waves Force before setting out with Tang San and Old Jack for Notting College. Their journey was interrupted by a disguised plant Soul Beast, and Jiang Chen and Tang San began fighting it together.

• Jiang Chen used the First Layer of the Nine Heavens Stacking Waves Force to smash a crater into a tree trunk.
• Tang San left home with Old Jack and Jiang Chen to attend Notting College, while Old Jack warned them about hunting Soul Beasts for Soul Rings.
• The group found that their route had taken far longer than expected, and a hidden plant Soul Beast erupted from the ground and attacked them.
• Jiang Chen rescued Old Jack, then joined Tang San in attacking the Soul Beast, using the Glazed Green Lotus and Stacking Waves Force while Tang San distracted it.
• Jiang Chen struck the Soul Beast's vines, but they regenerated rapidly, revealing its powerful vitality.

Jiang Chen and Tang San defeated a plant Soul Beast, and Tang San absorbed its Soul Ring to become a Soul Master. Jiang Chen received a returned 2,200-year Sun Moon Lotus Soul Ring and gained the Holy Radiance skill before rejoining Tang San and Old Jack.

• Jiang Chen used Tang San's Blue Silver Grass as a foothold and smashed through the plant Soul Beast's defenses, killing it with the Fist of the Falling Heavens.
• Jiang Chen told Tang San to claim the Soul Beast's Soul Ring, and Tang San killed it and began absorbing its approximately 780-year Soul-Devouring Demon Vine ring.
• Jiang Chen activated the triple return and absorbed a 2,200-year Sun Moon Lotus Soul Ring, reaching roughly level fifteen and gaining the Holy Radiance skill.
• Tang San completed his absorption and became a Soul Master, while Old Jack celebrated his achievement.
• Jiang Chen returned from the woods and asked why Tang San and Old Jack were smiling.

After Tang San absorbed a Soul Ring and gained a draining entanglement skill, Jiang Chen and Old Jack accompanied him to Notting College. Tang San and Jiang Chen forced two gatekeepers to apologize for insulting their certificates, then a gentle voice addressed them inside the college.

• Tang San told Jiang Chen and Old Jack that absorbing the Soul-Devouring Demon Vine’s Soul Ring had raised his Soul Power to level fourteen and strengthened his Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San demonstrated his Soul-Devouring Entanglement skill, which bound targets and drained their Soul Power, before the three continued toward Notting City.
• At Notting College, two gatekeepers mocked the Work-Study Student certificates and stomped on them, so Tang San revealed his Soul Ring to prove he was a Soul Master.
• Jiang Chen made the gatekeepers clean the certificates, apologize to Tang San and Old Jack, and offer compensation before he sent them away.
• As Jiang Chen, Tang San, and Old Jack walked into the college, a gentle voice asked whether they were the Work-Study Students from Holy Soul Village.

Jiang Chen and Tang San met Yu Xiaogang, who tried to recruit Tang San by revealing his twin Martial Souls and defending his Martial Soul theories. Jiang Chen challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims about first Soul Ring limits, and Yu Xiaogang wagered a Soul Tool that no first Soul Ring could exceed eight hundred years.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as the academy’s Master and led Jiang Chen and Tang San to his office to register.
• Yu Xiaogang asked the boys to become his disciples and inferred that Tang San possessed a second Martial Soul.
• Jiang Chen questioned Yu Xiaogang about the maximum age of a first Soul Ring, and Tang San revealed his seven-hundred-and-eighty-year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that eight hundred years was the absolute limit for a first Soul Ring and wagered a Soul Tool if Jiang Chen could prove otherwise.

Jiang Chen revealed his thousand-year first Soul Ring, won Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Tool Belt, and used the revelation to bargain over becoming his disciple. He and Tang San left with quilts and Yu Xiaogang’s research notebook, while Jiang Chen made discipleship conditional on Yu Xiaogang reaching level thirty.

• Jiang Chen revealed his thousand-year Soul Ring, stunning Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then claimed the Soul Tool Belt he had won in their wager.
• Yu Xiaogang blocked Jiang Chen and Tang San from leaving and offered to take them as disciples, citing his Spirit Hall position and showing his token.
• Jiang Chen asked Yu Xiaogang to prove his worth as a master, and Yu Xiaogang gave them two quilts and twenty Silver Soul Coins.
• Yu Xiaogang presented his Twin Martial Soul research notebook, which Jiang Chen accepted and handed to Tang San.
• Jiang Chen said they could discuss becoming Yu Xiaogang’s disciples after he broke through level thirty, then he and Tang San left.

Jiang Chen and Tang San registered at Notting College and moved into Dorm Seven, where Tang San defeated Wang Sheng in a quick fight. After learning that Xiao Huohuo and his two companions abused Work-Study Students with apparent protection from the city lord, Jiang Chen asked about their strength.

• Jiang Chen and Tang San registered at the Academic Affairs Office, where instructors criticized Master and Tang San became more admiring of Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen and Tang San arrived at Dorm Seven and learned from Wang Sheng that newcomers were expected to challenge him for the right to lead the dormitory.
• Tang San easily defeated Wang Sheng, who accepted him as the new boss, but Tang San said Jiang Chen was stronger.
• Jiang Chen asked about Three Dorm, and a bruised student identified Xiao Huohuo as its level-eighteen leader, with two companions at levels fifteen and sixteen.
• Wang Sheng and the student explained that Xiao Huohuo's group bullied Work-Study Students and escaped consequences because of the city lord's backing, prompting Tang San to frown.

Jiang Chen and Tang San challenged Xiao Huohuo for his dorm, and Jiang Chen defeated Xiao Huohuo and his lackeys before the Work-Study Students helped move them out. Tang San went downstairs to retrieve his blanket and passed a pink-clad girl with braided pigtails on the stairs.

• Jiang Chen asked Tang San to switch dorms, and Wang Sheng and the other Work-Study Students followed them toward Three Dorm.
• A girl with braided pigtails arrived at Dorm Seven, found it empty, claimed a bed, and ran upstairs after hearing a commotion.
• Jiang Chen demanded that Xiao Huohuo leave Three Dorm, then defeated him and his two lackeys without using his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Huohuo agreed to move out, and Wang Sheng and the Work-Study Students threw the men's belongings into the corridor.
• Tang San went downstairs for his blanket and brushed past the girl with braided pigtails on the second floor.

Xiao Wu arrived at the academy and discovered that Jiang Chen had taken over Three Dorm, where she wanted to live. After learning he was considered its boss, she challenged him, revealing that she was a fourteenth-level Soul Master.

• Tang San noticed Xiao Wu on the stairs, answered her question about the commotion, and hurried downstairs.
• Jiang Chen ordered Work-Study Students to remove Xiao Huohuo and the other students from Three Dorm.
• Xiao Wu introduced herself to the students and learned that Three Dorm belonged to Jiang Chen and Tang San, while Wang Sheng was Dorm Seven's acting boss.
• Xiao Wu decided she wanted an empty bed in Three Dorm and challenged Jiang Chen for its boss position.
• Xiao Wu revealed her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul and fourteenth-level Soul Master rank, while Jiang Chen identified himself as a fifteenth-level Support-type Soul Master.

Jiang Chen defeated Xiao Wu in a sparring match, let her stay in Dorm Seven, and gave Tang San a storage Soul Tool Belt. The chapter ended with Jiang Chen heading out to eat while Tang San prepared to fetch Xiao Wu’s luggage and tidy the room.

• Xiao Wu attacked Jiang Chen, but he caught her kick and easily resisted her Waist Bow before tossing her onto a bed.
• Xiao Wu conceded the fight and demanded the empty bed as compensation, so Jiang Chen let her stay on the condition that she fetch water and sweep for a month.
• Tang San arrived with bedding, and Jiang Chen explained that Xiao Wu would be living with them.
• Jiang Chen headed out to find food, while Xiao Wu persuaded Tang San to fetch her luggage from downstairs.
• Jiang Chen gave Tang San the Soul Tool Belt he had won from Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San accepted it after Jiang Chen insisted.

Jiang Chen received the Green Lotus Pendant after Tang San obtained a storage Soul Tool, then took a hungry Xiao Wu to the cafeteria. There, Jiang Chen spotted Yu Xiaogang, but a student confronted them for entering the second floor.

• Tang San accepted Jiang Chen’s storage belt, triggering a return that gave Jiang Chen the Green Lotus Pendant, a storage Soul Tool with a defensive shield.
• Xiao Wu insisted Jiang Chen take her to eat, and Tang San urged him to agree while watching them leave with mixed feelings.
• Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu found the Work-Study Students’ dinner too meager and went up to the cafeteria’s second floor.
• Jiang Chen recognized Yu Xiaogang eating a lavish meal and decided to approach him.
• A student challenged Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu for being Work-Study Students on the second floor.

Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu faced down older students at the academy cafeteria, where Xiao Huohuo recognized Jiang Chen as his boss and made the troublemakers apologize. Jiang Chen then made Yu Xiaogang pay for dinner before returning to Three Dorm, where Tang San was meditating and resolved to surpass him.

• Xiao Wu challenged three older students who blocked her and Jiang Chen in the cafeteria.
• Xiao Huohuo arrived and bowed to Jiang Chen, accepting him as his boss after Jiang Chen had defeated him and his companions.
• Xiao Huohuo made the three older students slap themselves for insulting Jiang Chen, then took them downstairs.
• Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu joined Yu Xiaogang for dinner, ordered food for Tang San as well, and left Yu Xiaogang with the bill.
• Tang San finished tidying Three Dorm and meditated, determined to cultivate quickly and surpass Jiang Chen.

After two and a half years of training, Jiang Chen, Tang San, and Xiao Wu had all reached level twenty and needed their second Soul Rings. Tang San and Xiao Wu challenged Jiang Chen together, briefly catching him off guard before he revealed his golden Martial Soul ability and evaded their renewed assault.

• Xiao Wu brought Tang San a hot meal that she and Jiang Chen had received from Yu Xiaogang.
• Over two and a half years, Jiang Chen reached level twenty ahead of Tang San and Xiao Wu, who had both recently reached the same level.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu teamed up to challenge Jiang Chen, using stones, Blue Silver Grass, and Xiao Wu's Soft Technique to throw him into a collapsed patch of ground.
• Jiang Chen emerged unharmed within a golden aura, and Tang San recognized it as Jiang Chen's Martial Soul ability.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu launched another coordinated attack, but Jiang Chen sidestepped through the Blue Silver Grass while Xiao Wu's kick missed.

Jiang Chen revealed that his Glazed Green Lotus could rapidly restore Soul Power and stamina, then led Tang San and Xiao Wu into Soul Hunting Forest to obtain their second Soul Rings. He advised Tang San to seek a vital Thousand-Year soul beast for his Blue Silver Grass, and Tang San agreed to try.

• Jiang Chen easily defended against Xiao Wu and Tang San for half an hour, then offered to restore their exhausted Soul Power.
• Jiang Chen used the Glazed Green Lotus's jade-green healing ability to fully restore Tang San and Xiao Wu in under a minute.
• Jiang Chen, Tang San, and Xiao Wu obtained permits and entered Soul Hunting Forest to search for Soul Rings.
• Tang San asked whether their strong constitutions could withstand Soul Rings beyond the usual second-ring limit, and Jiang Chen recommended a vital Thousand-Year soul beast for Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San agreed to try for a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, trusting his Mysterious Heaven Skill and strengthened constitution.

Jiang Chen and Tang San found a thousand-year Bloodvine, which Tang San fought alone to test himself. When the Bloodvine overwhelmed him, Jiang Chen amplified him with the Glazed Green Lotus, leaving Tang San empowered and ready to counterattack.

• Jiang Chen encouraged Tang San to seek a higher-age Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu grew upset that he had not prepared anything for her.
• The group found a Bloodvine devouring a wolf-shaped soul beast, and Tang San recognized it as a suitable thousand-year opponent.
• Tang San attacked the Bloodvine with hidden weapons, Blue Silver Grass, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, gradually disabling its vines.
• The Bloodvine healed and grew stronger, caught Tang San by the leg, and surrounded him with its remaining vines.
• Jiang Chen used the Glazed Green Lotus to amplify Tang San, who recovered his strength and tore free of the vine around his leg.

Tang San killed a Thousand-Year Bloodvine and absorbed its Soul Ring with Jiang Chen’s help, while Jiang Chen secretly gained a powerful Second Soul Ring through the system. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu staring at Jiang Chen in shock after he returned from the bushes.

• Tang San used Jiang Chen’s fivefold boost to defeat the Bloodvine and began absorbing its roughly 1,900-year Soul Ring as Jiang Chen healed him with the Glazed Green Lotus.
• Tang San successfully absorbed the Bloodvine Soul Ring, reached level twenty-two, and found that his Blue Silver Grass might have evolved.
• Jiang Chen secretly absorbed a system-granted 5,700-year Karma Fire Red Lotus Soul Ring, reached level twenty-three, and gained the Red Lotus Karma Fire skill.
• Jiang Chen returned to Tang San and Xiao Wu, who noticed he had grown taller; Xiao Wu then widened her eyes in shock at something she saw.