Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan, a transmigrated orphan raised by Old Tom, went to awaken his spirit alongside children from Saint Soul Village. After Tang San awakened Innate Full Spirit Power with Blue Silver Grass, Ning Chuan entered the formation and seemed to show promising signs of soul power.

• Old Tom woke Ning Chuan and took him to Saint Soul Village to awaken his spirit with help from Old Jack.
• Ning Chuan entered the wooden Spirit Hall, where Su Yuntao was finishing the awakenings for the village children.
• Tang San awakened Innate Full Spirit Power alongside Blue Silver Grass, and Ning Chuan noticed he seemed to be hiding something in his other hand.
• Su Yuntao placed Ning Chuan in the Awakening Formation and infused it with soul power.
• Golden specks appeared around Ning Chuan in greater numbers than for the earlier children, and Su Yuntao sensed his spirit might be promising.

Ning Chuan awakened the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword and bound the God-Level Side Effect System, which could make another person bear his side effects. After Su Yuntao tested Ning Chuan’s soul power and inspected his spirit, he concluded that the beautiful bamboo sword was weak and Ning Chuan had only half a level of innate soul power.

• Ning Chuan awakened the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword and bound the God-Level Side Effect System, discovering that he could designate someone to bear his side effects.
• Ning Chuan eyed Tang San as a possible target, but then asked Su Yuntao how to cultivate his spirit.
• Su Yuntao taught Ning Chuan basic meditation, and Tang San noticed similarities to his Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Ning Chuan tested at half a level of innate soul power, while Tang San again showed Innate Full Spirit Power.
• Su Yuntao examined Ning Chuan’s sword and decided it was merely a weak bamboo sword.

After awakening his Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, Ning Chuan assigned its defects to Tang Hao and Tang San, expecting the System to return stronger benefits. He returned to Emperor Soul Village with Old Tom and prepared to cultivate before enrolling at Notting Academy.

• Ning Chuan designated Tang Hao as the recipient of his sword spirit’s poor quality, leaving Tang Hao unable to improve his soul power for life.
• Su Yuntao told Old Tom and Old Jack that Ning Chuan could cultivate with his Bamboo Sword and Tang San had Innate Full Spirit Power with Blue Silver Grass, then gave them Spirit Certificates for Notting Academy.
• Old Tom and Old Jack argued over which village had produced a stronger Spirit Master before the children’s parents intervened.
• Old Tom told Ning Chuan to stop gathering firewood and focus on cultivation, while Ning Chuan assigned his rough, dark skin Side Effect to Tang San.

Ning Chuan gained a second spirit after transferring his spirit’s side effects to Tang Hao, while Tang San revealed his Twin Spirits to his father. Ning Chuan discovered that his Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword had become much heavier and bound Tang Hao to bear its Soul Power depletion.

• Ning Chuan’s system detected that Tang Hao lacked Twin Spirits, matched Ning Chuan with a second spirit, and let him customize it.
• Tang Hao saw Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and embraced him, delighted that his son had Twin Spirits.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to use the hammer to protect the grass, resolved to resume cultivation, and offered to teach him forging.
• Ning Chuan tested his altered Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword, found it far heavier and draining his Soul Power, and fell onto the grass.
• Ning Chuan bound Tang Hao to bear the effects of his excessive Soul Power depletion.

Ning Chuan tested his Second Spirit and discovered it could summon a swarm of insects resembling Gold Devouring Insects. He used Tang Hao as a recipient to replenish his Soul Power, stamina, and mental power while testing the insects and pushing his cultivation and physical training further.

• Ning Chuan summoned a silver sphere but could not control it until he moved within five kilometers of Saint Soul Village.
• Ning Chuan bound his depleted stamina and Soul Power to Tang Hao, then summoned a swarm of silver insects in the woods.
• Ning Chuan tested the insects in fire and water and classified his Second Spirit as Gold Devouring Insects.
• Ning Chuan bound his mental exhaustion and meditation-related meridian damage to Tang Hao and continued cultivating.
• Ning Chuan trained intensely with Tang Hao as his Power Bank, triggering muscle strain, periosteum wear, and other Side Effects.

Ning Chuan reached Notting Academy with Old Tom after three months of training and transferring side effects to Tang Hao, while Tang San and Tang Hao suffered unexplained physical problems. At the academy, Yu Xiaogang accepted Tang San’s certificate but dismissed Ning Chuan after seeing his low Innate Soul Power.

• Ning Chuan trained intensely for three months, reached Soul Power level five, and left with Old Tom to enroll at Notting Academy.
• Tang San returned home with darkened skin and misshapen muscles, while Tang Hao suffered pain, exhaustion, and stalled Soul Power but blamed his old injuries.
• Tang San traveled to Notting Academy with Old Jack and argued with the gatekeeper before Ning Chuan and Old Tom arrived.
• Yu Xiaogang examined both Spirit Certificates, showed interest in Tang San, and lost his smile when he saw Ning Chuan had only half a level of Innate Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang kept Tang San’s certificate and apologized to Old Jack, then returned Ning Chuan’s certificate without further attention.

Ning Chuan’s prank led Louise, Notting Academy’s newly appointed Dean of Instruction, to beat Yu Xiaogang and expose the academy gatekeeper’s misconduct. Louise had the gatekeeper dismissed, while Yu Xiaogang remained protected by his connection to the Dean.

• Ning Chuan framed Yu Xiaogang for touching Louise, and Tang San identified Ning Chuan as the culprit.
• Louise struck Yu Xiaogang and beat him after the gatekeeper pointed to him as the one who had touched her.
• Louise revealed her appointment as Dean of Instruction and displayed her level thirty-seven Soul Grandmaster strength.
• Louise learned that Yu Xiaogang was the Dean’s friend and that the gatekeeper was Horton’s nephew.
• Louise ordered the gatekeeper dismissed and warned the academy against bullying students.

After Louise punished Yu Xiaogang, Ning Chuan and Tang San registered at Notting Academy and reached Seventh Dormitory, where Ning Chuan faced Xiao Wu’s challenge. Ning Chuan used his ability to bind Tang San, leaving Tang San doubled over and collapsed elsewhere in the academy.

• Louise had the gatekeeper fired and sent the injured Yu Xiaogang to the infirmary before helping Ning Chuan’s group register.
• Ning Chuan and Tang San registered with Director Su, while academy teachers discussed Yu Xiaogang’s attempted molestation of Louise.
• Ning Chuan reached Seventh Dormitory and refused to pay respects to Xiao Wu, prompting her to order Wang Sheng to teach him a lesson.
• Wang Sheng punched Ning Chuan, but Ning Chuan remained unharmed and mentally ordered his ability to bind Tang San.
• Tang San suddenly felt severe abdominal pain, staggered, and collapsed before he could use the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Ning Chuan defeated Xiao Wu Jie in a brutal fight, making her cry and sending her to the infirmary, where she met Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Afterward, Ning Chuan asked the Seventh Dormitory students about the academy and whether it had any teachers with Blade Sword Type Spirits.

• Director Su carried the unconscious Tang San to the infirmary while Tang Hao watched from the shadows and decided not to interfere with Yu Xiaogang meeting his son.
• Ning Chuan defeated Wang Sheng with one punch, then fought Xiao Wu Jie after she attacked him.
• Mo Hen stopped the fight, and Xiao Wu Jie broke down in tears when Ning Chuan refused to call her boss or accept anyone else as his boss.
• Mo Hen took Xiao Wu Jie to the infirmary, where she met Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Chuan asked the Seventh Dormitory students about academy life and whether any teachers had Blade Sword Type Spirits.

Ning Chuan sought money to meet his immediate needs and borrowed from Brother Dao at Great Profit Casino, while Tang San recovered in the infirmary, became Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, and vowed to avenge him. Ning Chuan left the casino with a chance to secure a large loan by offering to sign a Deed of Sale and buy Yu Xiaogang a Storage Soul Tool.

• Wang Sheng warned Ning Chuan that borrowing from a casino could lead to usurious debt and enslavement, and Ning Chuan considered how to get more money.
• Tang San woke in the infirmary, met Yu Xiaogang again, and accepted him as his teacher.
• Tang San learned that Ning Chuan had been blamed for touching the female Dean of Instruction and vowed to seek justice for Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu arrived at the infirmary, and Tang San stared at her in a daze.
• Ning Chuan went to Great Profit Casino and asked Brother Dao for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, but Brother Dao offered only ten thousand based on Ning Chuan’s Soul Power rank.
• Ning Chuan offered to sign a Deed of Sale and said he needed money to buy Yu Xiaogang a Storage Soul Tool, so Brother Dao offered him a cheap ring for ninety thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Ning Chuan borrowed money from the Underground Casino, then impressed Louise with his mutated spirit and became her disciple for swordsmanship training. Back at the dormitory, he found Xiao Wu using his new blanket, and her preference for it over Tang San’s bedding made Tang San’s offer go nowhere.

• Ning Chuan exchanged his Gold Card for cash, signed an Indentured Servitude Contract, and returned to the academy with ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Chuan asked Louise to teach him swordsmanship, and she tested his soul power and recognized his spirit’s beneficial mutation.
• Louise accepted Ning Chuan as her disciple, gave him a Soul Power Meditation Method and a Storage Soul Tool belt, and offered to guide his cultivation.
• Ning Chuan returned to the Seventh Dormitory and found Xiao Wu holding his new blanket.
• Tang San and the other students offered Xiao Wu their bedding, but she preferred Ning Chuan’s blanket and rejected Tang San’s offer.

Ning Chuan settled into academy life under Louise’s guidance while Tang San went with Yu Xiaogang to obtain his First Spirit Ring. Later, Brother Dao brought a large group to Notting Academy to confront Tang San over an unpaid debt, and Yu Xiaogang denied that his disciple owed him anything.

• Mo Hen delivered bedding and supplies for Ning Chuan, who gave the bedding to Xiao Wu and refused her attempts to help him make his bed.
• Tang San helped Xiao Wu move her bed beside Ning Chuan’s, then left with Yu Xiaogang the next morning to obtain his First Spirit Ring.
• Ning Chuan trained, attended classes, studied spirit beasts, and practiced swordsmanship with Louise as the days passed.
• Brother Dao’s underlings tried to seize Tang San over his debt, but Tang San had become a Spirit Master and beat them.
• Brother Dao arrived at Notting Academy with over a hundred underlings, and Jeno and Louise confronted him alongside the academy’s teachers.
• Brother Dao claimed Tang San owed him money and displayed his Soul Rings, while Yu Xiaogang stepped forward to deny the debt.

Brother Dao accused Tang San of owing a usurious loan, and the contract appeared to prove it despite Tang San’s denial. Yu Xiaogang saved his disciple by offering repayment and revealing his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family token, while Ning Chuan expected Tang Hao to take revenge on Brother Dao’s group.

• Brother Dao showed Yu Xiaogang a contract bearing Tang San’s signature and fingerprint and demanded repayment of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Dean Jeno had Tang San brought to the academy so his handwriting and fingerprints could be compared with the contract.
• Tang San’s fresh signature and fingerprint matched the contract, shocking him and prompting him to attack Brother Dao with a Silent Sleeve Arrow.
• Brother Dao’s men surrounded Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang stopped the attack by promising to repay the debt.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Brother Dao his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family token, so Brother Dao released Tang San and led his men away.
• Ning Chuan reflected that Tang Hao would likely punish Brother Dao’s group for framing Tang San.

After nearly a school year of hard training, Ning Chuan reached spirit power level ten and planned to obtain his first spirit ring from a plant-type Spirit Beast. Director Louise agreed to take him to the Soul Hunting Forest, while Yu Xiaogang questioned how a child with Innate Soul Power Half Level had advanced so quickly.

• Tang Hao killed everyone at the Underground Casino, and Yu Xiaogang felt relieved when he heard it had been wiped out.
• Ning Chuan spent the school year training, studying, and cultivating, eventually surpassing Director Louise in swordsmanship and reaching level ten.
• Ning Chuan explained his theory that a spirit should absorb a ring with a matching attribute and said he wanted a plant-type Spirit Beast for his first ring.
• Louise agreed to take Ning Chuan to the Soul Hunting Forest the next morning and brought him to Dean Jeno to report his breakthrough.
• After Louise and Ning Chuan left the Dean's office, Yu Xiaogang asked Jeno how Ning Chuan had advanced so quickly despite having Innate Soul Power Half Level.

Louise took Ning Chuan to Soul Hunting Forest to obtain his first spirit ring, and he chose a Soul Power Sacred Tree more than six hundred years old. Ning Chuan absorbed it without serious difficulty, transferring the strain’s side effects to Old Mouse.

• Yu Xiaogang suspected Louise had used medicine to speed Ning Chuan’s cultivation and reassured himself that Ning Chuan would eventually be unable to advance.
• Louise and Ning Chuan traveled to Soul Hunting Forest after buying supplies for the wilderness.
• Louise found a Soul Power Sacred Tree over six hundred years old and worried that its ring would be too difficult for Ning Chuan to absorb.
• Ning Chuan convinced Louise that his training and the tree’s compatibility with his sword made him ready to absorb its ring.
• Louise cut down the tree, and Ning Chuan absorbed its yellow spirit ring while transferring the strain’s side effects to Old Mouse.

Ning Chuan successfully absorbed a six-hundred-year spirit ring, gained the Sword Light skill, and demonstrated its power to Louise. After returning to Notting City, he planned to visit home before spending the academy holiday training with Louise’s family.

• Ning Chuan reached level thirteen and revealed his first spirit skill, Sword Light, which he could cast instantly without summoning his spirit.
• Ning Chuan summoned his Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword and unleashed a far stronger strike that split a granite boulder, shocking Louise.
• Louise accepted that she could teach Ning Chuan little beyond combat training and spirit-ring hunting, while Ning Chuan affirmed his gratitude toward her.
• Ning Chuan and Louise returned to Notting City, where she advised him to register at Spirit Hall without revealing his ring’s age and invited him to train with her family during the holiday.
• Ning Chuan planned to return to his village in three days to repay the people who had helped him before visiting Louise’s family.

Ning Chuan returned to Emperor Soul Village for vacation, rewarded the villagers who had helped him, and funded new homes and a road. Three days later, as he prepared to leave, Tang San brought Xiao Wu to the village after she repeatedly asked to visit Ning Chuan.

• Xiao Wu asked Ning Chuan to test his new soul skill, but he refused and later rejected her request to visit his home.
• Tang San invited Xiao Wu to visit his home, then admitted it was only an hour from Ning Chuan's home, prompting Xiao Wu to become excited about seeing Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan left Notting City before dawn and reached Emperor Soul Village in under two hours.
• Ning Chuan reunited with Old Tom and his five older siblings, gave gifts to villagers who had helped him, and funded a connecting road and new houses.
• Three days later, Ning Chuan prepared to leave Emperor Soul Village, while Tang San finally brought Xiao Wu there.

Five years after leaving Notting Academy, Ning Chuan traveled to Suotuo City with Xiao Wu and Tang San, who planned to register at Shrek Academy. Their strained love triangle continued as Ning Chuan pursued his own goals and followed Xiao Wu and Tang San to the Rose Hotel.

• After graduating from Notting Academy, Ning Chuan, Xiao Wu, and Tang San arrived in Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu asked Ning Chuan to carry her, but he dodged her and told her to ask Tang San instead.
• Xiao Wu complained about Shrek Academy and treated Tang San's help as an older brother's duty, while she continued to pursue Ning Chuan.
• Ning Chuan explained that he had come to seek Ning Rongrong, Little Cat, and the Eight Spider Lances, and to take advantage of Shrek Academy's group.
• After eating, Xiao Wu had Tang San pay for her meal and led him and Ning Chuan to the Rose Hotel, where Ning Chuan watched as a spectator.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Chuan argued over the last two rooms at a hotel before Dai Mubai arrived and provoked Tang San into a fight. Dai Mubai then challenged Ning Chuan and transformed into a white tiger, leaving the two ready to battle.

• Tang San insisted on getting three rooms, but Xiao Wu agreed to share with Ning Chuan, and Ning Chuan supported her suggestion.
• Dai Mubai entered with two women and mocked Tang San's dark appearance, prompting Tang San to punch him.
• Dai Mubai blocked Tang San's punch and then challenged Ning Chuan to spar.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Avatar, revealed two yellow spirit rings and one thousand-year purple ring, and Xiao Wu worried for Ning Chuan.
• Tang San stopped Xiao Wu from joining the fight and said Ning Chuan could handle Dai Mubai, though he doubted Ning Chuan's strength.

Ning Chuan challenged Dai Mubai with his Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword and revealed that he had reached level thirty-three. He overwhelmed Dai Mubai in their fight without using spirit abilities, leaving Dai Mubai struggling against his swordsmanship and freely controlled Sword Qi.

• Dai Mubai challenged Ning Chuan, and Ning Chuan revealed his Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword and level thirty-three soul power.
• Ning Chuan explained that he had concealed his spirit rings and invited Dai Mubai to force him to reveal his spirit abilities.
• Ning Chuan blocked Dai Mubai’s tiger-claw attack and knocked him backward with a single sword sweep.
• Ning Chuan broke Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Barrier with a Sword Qi strike and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, but Ning Chuan continued to suppress him without using a spirit ability.