Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Lu Yu traveled with the village chief and Lu Fei to Holy Soul Village, hoping to learn more about Tang San before their martial soul awakenings. They arrived without meeting Tang San, and the two village chiefs began trading insults.

• Lu Yu checked his status panel and reflected on his ordinary Eight-Faced Han Sword, level-five soul power, and plans to grow strong enough to choose his own path.
• Lu Fei told Lu Yu that their neighboring village was Holy Soul Village, and Lu Yu realized Tang San must be his age or younger.
• Lu Yu joined Lu Fei and the village chief for breakfast, then rode with them to Holy Soul Village carrying broken farming tools for repair.
• The ox cart entered Holy Soul Village, where Lu Yu spotted the hill where Tang San trained but did not see Tang San.
• Old Jack and the chief of Soulless Village exchanged taunts about their villages, their Soul Saint, and the lack of a blacksmith.

Lu Yu visited Holy Soul Village, met Tang San, and spent three days training until his Basic Movement Technique reached mastery. On the day of martial soul awakening, Lu Fei awakened a steamed-bun martial soul with fifth-rank Soul Power, and Su Yuntao invited him to join Spirit Hall as Lu Yu’s own awakening remained pending.

• Lu Yu accompanied the village chief to deliver farming tools to Tang Hao and sensed danger from Tang San, who also felt wary of him.
• After returning to Soulless Village, Lu Yu trained in the Back Mountain for three days and advanced his Basic Movement Technique to mastery.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei went with the village chief to the village Spirit Hall, where Su Yuntao began awakening the four children’s martial souls.
• Lu Fei awakened a steamed-bun martial soul and tested positive for fifth-rank Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao invited Lu Fei to join Spirit Hall, but Lu Yu asked him to finish testing the children first.

Lu Yu and Lu Fei awakened as Soul Masters, but Lu Yu rejected Su Yuntao’s offer to join Spirit Hall after receiving a system mission to confront Grandmaster. With a cultivation technique in hand, Lu Yu decided to train Lu Fei and prepare them for their future at Notting Academy.

• Su Yuntao awakened Lu Yu’s Eight-Faced Han Sword and discovered that he had level-five Soul Power.
• Lu Yu received the Heaven Origin Technique and a mission to verbally confront Grandmaster, then declined Su Yuntao’s offer to join Spirit Hall.
• The village chief learned that Lu Yu and Lu Fei could become Soul Masters and celebrated their prospects.
• Lu Yu inspected the Heaven Origin Technique and ordered Lu Fei to resume training so he could survive as a support-type Soul Master.
• Lu Fei’s family celebrated the boys’ awakenings with a feast and agreed that Lu Yu should train him.

Lu Yu trained Lu Fei for months before taking him with Tang San to enroll at Notting Academy. The chapter ended as the academy gatekeeper mocked the village children and Old Jack presented their Spirit Hall certificate.

• Lu Yu strictly trained Lu Fei in swordsmanship, movement techniques, and Soul Power, then took him into the Back Mountain to fight wild beasts.
• Over the next two months, Lu Fei improved his movement technique while he and Lu Yu each gained two Soul Power levels.
• The village chief told Lu Yu and Lu Fei they would travel to Nuoding City with Tang San, and Lu Yu left ten Gold Soul Coins and a letter for his family.
• Lu Yu, Lu Fei, and the village chief met Tang San and Old Jack, then traveled together to Notting Academy.
• The gatekeeper mocked the children and questioned their work-study credentials, so Old Jack showed him their Spirit Hall certificate.

Tang San and the others entered Notting Academy after Grandmaster intervened at the gate. Lu Yu challenged Grandmaster’s claims and qualifications, leaving their confrontation unresolved as Grandmaster grew increasingly angry.

• Tang San knocked down the gatekeeper when he tried to shove Old Jack, and Grandmaster arrived to stop the fight.
• Grandmaster checked the Spirit Hall certificate, apologized to Old Jack, and escorted Tang San, Lu Yu, and Lu Fei into the academy.
• Grandmaster told Tang San he was not an academy teacher and invited him to become his disciple, while Lu Yu mocked his status as a lodger.
• Lu Yu challenged Grandmaster to explain his rank and right to teach, then accused him of boasting, plagiarizing, and lacking students worth mentioning.
• Grandmaster became furious at Lu Yu, who continued questioning his ability to teach without discrimination.

Lu Yu’s criticism drove Grandmaster to vomit blood and pass out, making Tang Hao reconsider entrusting Tang San to him. After registering at Notting Academy, Lu Yu and Lu Fei found Dorm Seven, where Lu Yu recognized Xiao Wu and received a mission to beat her up.

• Lu Yu called Grandmaster a poor teacher, and Grandmaster vomited blood before collapsing.
• Lu Yu left Grandmaster with Tang San, while Tang Hao decided Grandmaster could teach Tang San theory but resolved to warn him about the rest.
• Lu Yu told Lu Fei that attending the academy was not essential, and the two completed registration at Notting Academy.
• Lu Yu checked his new mission, which tasked him with beating up Xiao Wu for a Soul Beast Encyclopedia.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei entered Dorm Seven, where they found Xiao Wu among the students.

Lu Fei challenged Xiao Wu and lost after underestimating her, prompting Lu Yu to teach him a lesson about taking every opponent seriously. Lu Yu then fought Xiao Wu, defeated her without seriously injuring her, and became the boss of Dorm Seven.

• Xiao Wu introduced Dorm Seven’s rule that every newcomer had to fight her, and Lu Fei accepted the challenge.
• Xiao Wu quickly overpowered Lu Fei and forced him to concede; Lu Yu scolded him for not taking the fight seriously.
• Lu Yu revealed his Eight-Faced Han Sword and challenged Xiao Wu, whose attacks he countered with precise sword strikes.
• After narrowly evading Lu Yu’s blade, Xiao Wu grew angry when he struck her with the flat of his sword and demanded another round.
• Lu Yu withdrew his sword, said using it would be too much bullying, and defeated Xiao Wu in hand-to-hand combat until she surrendered.
• Xiao Wu declared that Lu Yu was now the boss of Dorm Seven.

Lu Yu rejected becoming Dorm Seven’s boss, then took Lu Fei and Xiao Wu to buy bedding while lending Xiao Wu the money she lacked. Tang Hao urged Tang San to study under Grandmaster for theory, and Tang San later went to Grandmaster for food money, leaving Grandmaster to fund them both.

• Lu Yu declined the offer to lead Dorm Seven and invited Lu Fei and the penniless Xiao Wu to buy bedding on a loan.
• Tang San spotted a familiar figure heading toward the Back Mountain woods, lost track of him, and encountered his father, Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to learn theory from Grandmaster but make his own judgments about everything else, and promised to find a way to handle his later soul rings.
• After returning to Dorm Seven hungry and without bedding, Tang San visited Grandmaster and hinted that he had no money for food.
• Grandmaster gave Tang San money for meals and told him to get food for himself as well.

Lu Yu gained new techniques and knowledge while he prepared to use Tang San to motivate Lu Fei. Tang San arrived at Dorm Seven and accepted Lu Fei’s challenge, leaving their fight underway.

• Lu Yu checked his mission to beat Tang San and absorbed Lingbo Microsteps and the Soul Beast Encyclopedia from his inventory.
• Tang San returned to Dorm Seven carrying his bedding, and Lu Yu noticed Xiao Wu studying him with curiosity.
• Lu Yu signaled Lu Fei to challenge Tang San, hoping a loss would spur Lu Fei to improve.
• Lu Fei introduced his Steamed Bun martial soul and drew his sword, while Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Lu Fei attacked Tang San with a fast assault, but Tang San had already dodged his opening strike.

Tang San defeated Lu Fei, then fought Lu Yu and was overwhelmed by his faster swordsmanship and footwork. As Lu Yu intensified his attack, Tang San grew anxious and struggled to accept that he might lose to a child.

• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Purple Demon Eye to defeat Lu Fei, who dropped his sword and lost the match.
• Lu Yu encouraged Lu Fei to treat the loss as motivation, and Lu Fei recovered his fighting spirit and resolved to train harder.
• Lu Yu challenged Tang San and revealed his Eight-Faced Han Sword martial soul before attacking with his swordsmanship and Lingbo Microsteps.
• Tang San used Purple Demon Eye to follow Lu Yu, but could not keep up with his speed and was shaken by the superior martial arts.
• Lu Yu deliberately pressured Tang San until he grew anxious, then pushed his swordsmanship and footwork to their limits.

Lu Yu defeated Tang San, learned the Flash Shadow Triple Kill, and received a mission to obtain a First Soul Ring of at least 600 years. After the academy’s opening ceremony, Lu Yu and his classmates learned the standard Soul Power breathing method, which he found inferior to his own technique.

• Lu Yu overwhelmed Tang San in their sparring match, leaving him battered and shaken before Wang Sheng and the others checked on him.
• Lu Yu learned the Flash Shadow Triple Kill from the system and received a mission to obtain a First Soul Ring at least 600 years old for a potential enhancement.
• Xiao Wu asked Lu Yu about Tang San’s familiar aura, and Lu Yu suspected it came from Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.
• Lu Yu attended the academy’s opening ceremony with Lu Fei and the other students, then joined his class for introductions and instruction in Soul Power cultivation.
• Lu Yu tried the academy’s breathing method and judged it inferior to the Heaven Origin Technique.

Lu Yu’s group challenged Xiao Chenyu’s students to a wagered fight, with the losers taking on the winners’ work or becoming Xiao Wu’s pet for a month. As the first match began, Lu Fei revealed that his martial soul was a Steamed Bun and defended his use of a sword as an auxiliary Soul Master.

• Lu Fei learned the breathing technique and joined Lu Yu, Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others for lunch.
• Lu Fei kicked Xiao Chenyu’s rich-kid followers down the cafeteria stairs, and Lu Yu arranged a fight in the woods behind the Back Mountain.
• Lu Yu and his group met Xiao Chenyu and more than twenty upperclassmen, then wagered their work-study duties against Xiao Wu becoming Xiao Chenyu’s pet for a month.
• Xiao Chenyu agreed to a best-of-three fight, and Lu Fei volunteered for the first match against Liu Long.
• Liu Long summoned his long-staff martial soul, and Lu Fei drew his sword and said his martial soul was a Steamed Bun.

Lu Fei defeated Liu Long and Ling Feng, then fought Xiao Chenyu, the older students’ level-eleven Battle Soul Master. Xiao Chenyu blocked Lu Fei’s first sword strike, but Lu Fei used his speed and footwork to wear him down, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lu Fei swiftly sent Liu Long flying, shocking Xiao Chenyu and the other older students.
• Ling Feng attacked Lu Fei from the air, but Lu Fei dodged, countered with his sword, and forced him to surrender.
• Xiao Chenyu stepped forward, introduced himself as a level-eleven Battle Soul Master, and challenged Lu Fei.
• Lu Fei evaded Xiao Chenyu’s attacks to assess his speed, then struck with his sword, which Xiao Chenyu blocked with his claws.
• Lu Fei used his nimble footwork to keep attacking from different directions and wear Xiao Chenyu down.

After half a year of using Tang San as a sparring partner, Lu Fei improved his swordsmanship and footwork while Lu Yu advanced his Lingbo Microsteps. Tang San had secretly learned the basics of Lu Fei’s techniques, but he could no longer challenge Lu Yu effectively.

• Lu Fei defeated Xiao Chenyu and secured the work-study students’ freedom from chores, then began sparring with Xiao Wu.
• Lu Fei trained for several days and reached minor success in swordsmanship after sparring with Xiao Wu.
• When Tang San returned and challenged Lu Yu, Lu Yu agreed to fight him only if he sparred with Lu Fei for a month.
• Over the next half year, Tang San repeatedly challenged Lu Yu and secretly learned the essentials of the Basic Sword Technique through sparring with Lu Fei.
• Lu Fei reached major success in swordsmanship and footwork, while Lu Yu raised Lingbo Microsteps to minor success through restricted sparring with Tang San.
• Lu Yu found that even Tang San using his full strength could no longer trouble him, leaving Tang San no longer useful as a sparring partner.

Lu Yu and Lu Fei prepared to hunt for their first Soul Rings after Lu Fei reached level ten, and Lu Yu agreed to teach Xiao Chenyu basic swordsmanship and movement techniques in return for his help. On the journey to the Soul Hunting Forest, the brothers discussed raising their First Soul Ring age limit to around seven hundred years and considered a soul beast whose skill could amplify Soul Power.

• Xiao Chenyu delivered the recommendation letters Lu Yu needed for a Soul Hunting Permit and asked to learn swordsmanship; Lu Yu agreed to teach him the basics after the brothers returned.
• Lu Fei broke through to level ten, and Lu Yu arranged for Xiao Chenyu to provide a carriage to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei obtained leave from the academy and departed without a teacher accompanying them, while Tang San realized Lu Fei had reached level ten and Xiao Wu hid her sadness.
• On the carriage ride, Lu Fei proposed that their physiques could handle stronger First Soul Rings, and Lu Yu agreed that they could aim for rings around seven hundred years old.
• Lu Fei said he wanted a first soul skill that amplified Soul Power to strengthen the brothers.

Lu Yu brought Lu Fei into the Soul Hunting Forest to find suitable soul skills and test his abilities. After Lu Fei identified a nearly six-hundred-year-old Gold-Patterned Black Panther, Lu Yu pushed him to fight it, but Lu Fei panicked and was badly hurt; the chapter ended as the panther moved to pin him down and Lu Yu readied his sword.

• Lu Yu and Lu Fei discussed their plans to seek enhancement-type soul skills before entering the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei traveled deeper into the forest, where Lu Yu used low-level Soul Beasts to test Lu Fei.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei found a Gold-Patterned Black Panther, and Lu Fei correctly estimated its age at nearly six hundred years.
• Lu Yu urged Lu Fei to use the panther as a sparring partner, and Lu Fei stepped out to face it.
• The Gold-Patterned Black Panther wounded Lu Fei, who begged Lu Yu for help instead of defending himself.
• The panther moved to pin Lu Fei down, and Lu Yu summoned the Eight-Faced Han Sword to prepare to intervene.

Lu Fei endured a brutal fight with a Gold-Patterned Black Panther and perfected his Basic Movement Technique, while Lu Yu stepped in to wound the beast. After resting by a stream, the two prepared to leave and encountered a golden, horned horse Soul Beast.

• Lu Fei repeatedly fought and dodged the Gold-Patterned Black Panther, gradually improving his movements despite suffering many wounds.
• Lu Fei used a simple sidestep to evade the panther and strike its kidney, realizing the essence of the perfected Basic Movement Technique.
• Lu Yu attacked with Flash Shadow Triple Kill and wounded the panther, which fled into the forest.
• Lu Yu treated Lu Fei's wounds and taught him the Soul Power circulation route for Lingbo Microsteps while they rested by a stream for two days.
• Lu Yu and Lu Fei prepared to leave, sensed a powerful Soul Beast approaching, and saw a large golden horse with a spiraled horn emerge from the forest.

Lu Yu killed and absorbed a seven-hundred-year Golden Armor-Piercing Beast, gaining a powerful armor-piercing Soul Skill and more than three levels of Soul Power. After learning that his new mission was to join Spirit Hall, he and Lu Fei set off to find Lu Fei a Soul Beast.

• Lu Yu chased down and killed a seven-hundred-year Golden Armor-Piercing Beast, then absorbed its Soul Ring while Lu Fei stood guard.
• Lu Yu completed the system mission and gained Absolute Armor Piercing, which made his next attack pierce all defense against opponents of the same rank and could stack with other Soul Skills.
• Lu Yu gained more than three levels of Soul Power and realized he was close to catching up to Tang San.
• The system assigned Lu Yu a mission to join Spirit Hall, with a ten-thousand-year Sword Finger External Soul Bone as its reward.
• Lu Yu told Lu Fei that seven hundred years was near their Soul Ring limit, then set off with him to find his Soul Beast.

Lu Yu and Lu Fei obtained Lu Fei’s first Soul Ring, a seven-hundred-year Evergreen Ivy ring that granted a powerful Soul Power amplification skill, then went to Spirit Hall to register as Soul Masters. Their appraisal revealed both boys had reached level thirteen and possessed unusually powerful first Soul Rings, leaving Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo eager to report their discovery.

• Lu Yu and Lu Fei found a seven-hundred-year Evergreen Ivy, and Lu Fei absorbed its Soul Ring and gained a fifty-percent Soul Power amplification skill.
• After returning to Nuoding City, Lu Yu and Lu Fei visited Spirit Hall to register as Soul Masters.
• Su Yuntao was astonished when Lu Fei said they had both reached level thirteen, then took them to Ma Xiunuo for appraisal.
• Lu Fei revealed his deep-yellow first Soul Ring, and Lu Yu told Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao it was seven hundred years old.
• Ma Xiunuo tested Lu Fei’s Soul Power, then watched Lu Yu summon his Eight-Faced Han Sword and reveal another deep-yellow Soul Ring.
• Lu Yu introduced himself and Lu Fei as brothers while Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao anticipated rewards and promotion.

Lu Yu refused to join the local Spirit Hall branch immediately, hoping to attract the attention of Spirit Hall’s leaders, and Ma Xiunuo arranged to send information about him and Lu Fei directly to Spirit City. Back at Notting Academy, Lu Yu rested while Xiao Chenyu planned a celebration, and Tang San challenged him to a spar.

• Lu Yu agreed that he would join Spirit Hall later, while he and Lu Fei registered as Soul Masters and received their stipends.
• Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao decided to report Lu Yu and Lu Fei directly to Spirit City and keep their discovery private.
• Lu Yu told Lu Fei to teach Xiao Chenyu the basics of swordsmanship and movement techniques, then returned with him to Notting Academy.
• Xiao Wu asked Lu Yu to take her to Nuoding City, but he declined and chose to rest; Xiao Chenyu postponed his planned celebratory meal until the next day.
• Tang San challenged Lu Yu to a spar after Lu Yu refused to go out, and Lu Yu questioned why Tang San thought he was afraid.