Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi’s thoughts about Tang San and the academy were heard by nearly everyone in the cafeteria except Tang San, stirring suspicion and confusion. As Lin Yi left, Tang San approached him, unaware of the Heart Voices and curious about the new Work-Study Student.

• Lin Yi struggled to eat a hard steamed bun and thought about the poor treatment of Work-Study Students, while Xiao Wu and others heard his Heart Voice.
• Lin Yi recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu, and his thoughts about Tang San’s future made Xiao Wu laugh and left Tang San confused.
• Lin Yi thought critically about Tang San’s ambitions and Yu Xiaogang, causing the teachers and students to react with alarm.
• Lin Yi left the cafeteria thinking about keeping a low profile and protecting his secret, while Tang San asked Wang Sheng who he was.
• Tang San introduced himself to Lin Yi, who wondered why Tang San had approached him instead of focusing on Xiao Wu.

Lin Yi’s Heart Voices unsettled the students and teachers at the academy, especially Tang San, while Lin Yi attended Yu Xiaogang’s theory class. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang beginning his lesson as the class and visiting teachers listened for Lin Yi’s commentary.

• Lin Yi introduced himself, but his Heart Voices about Tang San’s future frightened Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the other students, who began keeping their distance from Tang San.
• Lin Yi left the cafeteria, and Tang San wondered who he was while the grade director ordered the teachers to observe Lin Yi and Tang San.
• Xiao Wu offered Lin Yi the seat beside her in class, while Tang San sat alone in a window seat and watched them suspiciously.
• Yu Xiaogang began teaching martial soul classifications, and Lin Yi’s Heart Voice mocked Yu Xiaogang’s famous claim that there were no useless martial souls.
• A teacher snickered at Lin Yi’s remark, and Yu Xiaogang continued by writing the basic Soul Master classifications on the blackboard.

Yu Xiaogang lectured on Soul Master classifications and Soul Ring limits while Lin Yi’s Heart Voice exposed the flaws in his theories and embarrassed him before the class. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang presenting his advice on first Soul Rings as the students waited to hear Lin Yi’s next critique.

• Lin Yi’s Heart Voice revealed that Yu Xiaogang’s six Martial Soul classifications came from Spirit Hall research and mocked his claims about control-type Soul Masters.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned the class’s laughter, and Tang San praised his theory before Lin Yi’s Heart Voice exposed Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Emperor.
• Lin Yi’s Heart Voice criticized Yu Xiaogang’s first Soul Ring age limit, prompting the Work-Study Students to question his research.
• Yu Xiaogang advised the class to keep first Soul Rings below four hundred years as the students waited for Lin Yi’s commentary.

Lin Yi silently criticized Yu Xiaogang’s broad Soul Master theories while Xiao Wu listened to his Heart Voice and grew more interested in him. When Yu Xiaogang called on Lin Yi to explain beast Martial Soul Soul Skills, Lin Yi gave a cautious answer, but Yu Xiaogang recommended long-range abilities, prompting Lin Yi’s scathing internal rebuttal.

• Lin Yi inwardly questioned Yu Xiaogang’s theories as Xiao Wu tried not to laugh and listened to his Heart Voice.
• Tang San watched Xiao Wu whisper with Lin Yi and decided to ask her about it after class.
• Yu Xiaogang called on Lin Yi after noticing him lying on his desk, and Lin Yi said he had not slept well.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Lin Yi what first Soul Skill a beast Martial Soul should prioritize, and Lin Yi said it depended on the Martial Soul’s characteristics.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that beast Martial Souls should prioritize long-range attack abilities, while Lin Yi inwardly criticized the advice as incompatible and potentially harmful.

Lin Yi’s Heart Voice exposed flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s lessons on Martial Soul Mutation, while the class grew more fascinated by Lin Yi’s commentary. Yu Xiaogang began recounting how his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul mutated into Luo Sanpao, leaving the class waiting for Lin Yi’s judgment.

• Lin Yi silently criticized Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Master theories, and Xiao Wu reconsidered what they would mean for her first soul skill.
• Yu Xiaogang taught the class about Beneficial and Malignant Mutations, while Lin Yi mocked his lack of knowledge about Luo Sanpao and Spirit Hall’s records.
• Lin Yi’s Heart Voice challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims about emotional crises causing mutations, and Xiao Wu quietly asked Lin Yi whether the Grandmaster was right.
• Tang San grew uneasy as Xiao Wu and Lin Yi spoke together and the class focused on Lin Yi.
• Yu Xiaogang described his own Martial Soul’s mutation into Luo Sanpao and said it left him with only half a level of Innate Soul Power.

During Yu Xiaogang’s lecture on Martial Soul mutations, Lin Yi’s inner commentary supplied practical knowledge that students and teachers eagerly recorded. After class, classmates crowded around Lin Yi, and Xiao Wu joined his afternoon cleaning group.

• Yu Xiaogang taught that Martial Soul mutations could harm a Soul Master’s future, while Lin Yi thought Yu Xiaogang could have evolved Luo Sanpao into a Golden Sacred Dragon.
• A student asked how to develop a Beneficial Mutation, and Lin Yi’s thoughts contradicted Yu Xiaogang’s advice to stabilize the realm before progressing.
• Wang Sheng asked how to identify an uncertain mutation, and Lin Yi dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s proposed examination and suggested practical sparring instead.
• Students and observing teachers used questions to draw out Lin Yi’s practical knowledge, which the teachers recorded as Yu Xiaogang mistook their interest for approval of his theories.
• After Yu Xiaogang dismissed class, classmates enthusiastically approached Lin Yi, and Xiao Wu asked to join him for afternoon cleaning.

Xiao Wu pulled Lin Yi into cleaning with her and questioned him about Tang San, while Tang San found himself shunned by the other Work-Study Students. As Xiao Wu grew suspicious of Tang San and curious about Lin Yi, Lin Yi considered finding a part-time job and keeping his Twin Martial Souls secret.

• Xiao Wu ignored Lin Yi's objections and dragged him away to clean with her, leaving Tang San unable to find anyone willing to partner with him.
• Teacher Li offered Tang San help with any difficulties, speaking to him with sympathy after hearing troubling information in class.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Yi that she and Tang San were not close, then asked what he thought of Tang San.
• Lin Yi privately described Tang San as domineering beneath a gentle appearance, making Xiao Wu reconsider her impressions of him.
• While they cleaned the corridor, Lin Yi wondered whether Xiao Wu was also a transformed Soul Beast and considered getting a part-time job.

Xiao Wu learned from Lin Yi’s Heart Voice that he knew her secret and her tragic future, while discovering that he had a hidden second martial soul. Meanwhile, the teachers discussed Lin Yi’s revelations and decided to observe him and Tang San without intervening.

• Xiao Wu asked about Lin Yi’s martial soul, and he told her the Myriad Star Core was a support-type martial soul while privately revealing its potential and his Sun God Spear.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Yi to be her friend, and his thoughts revealed that he knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and knew about her future sacrifice; frightened, she ran away.
• Director Su and the teachers reviewed Lin Yi’s Heart Voice revelations about Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Xiao Wu, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Director Su decided the teachers would gather information and observe Lin Yi and Tang San without intervening or informing Spirit Hall or Yu Xiaogang.

Xiao Wu struggled with the revelation that she would sacrifice herself for Tang San and sought Lin Yi for advice. After giving Lin Yi the meat buns Tang San had brought her, she asked what someone should do if they knew their future would be miserable.

• Xiao Wu returned to the dormitory shaken by Lin Yi's Heart Voice and resolved to change her fate rather than sacrifice herself for Tang San.
• Tang San brought Xiao Wu meat buns, questioned whether Lin Yi had influenced her, and grew suspicious of Lin Yi as Xiao Wu left.
• Lin Yi finished cleaning and thought that Xiao Wu's distance from Tang San might help her avoid her destined sacrifice.
• Xiao Wu found Lin Yi in the corridor and gave him the meat buns Tang San had brought her.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Yi what someone should do if they knew their future would be miserable.

Lin Yi ate the meat buns Tang San had brought for Xiao Wu, stirring up tension between them, then tried to avoid drawing Tang San’s suspicion. As Lin Yi and Xiao Wu returned their cleaning tools, he sensed she was still troubled by her relationship with Tang San.

• Xiao Wu asked Lin Yi whether a future full of misery could be changed, and Lin Yi encouraged her to work to change it.
• Tang San arrived to check on Xiao Wu and found Lin Yi eating the meat buns he had bought for her; Xiao Wu tried to explain, but Tang San brushed it off.
• Tang San asked about Lin Yi’s work and spirit, and Lin Yi described his Myriad Star Core as an unimpressive support spirit.
• Tang San left to seek the Grandmaster’s guidance, while Lin Yi worried about being marked as someone on the Path of Seeking Death.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Lin Yi feared Tang San, and Lin Yi said it was best not to offend him for now.
• Lin Yi and Xiao Wu returned their cleaning tools together, and Lin Yi sensed Xiao Wu was troubled about Tang San.

Yu Xiaogang investigated Lin Yi after noticing that students and teachers had acted unusually during his class, while Teacher Li hinted that Lin Yi’s martial soul might be special but withheld what he had heard. The chapter ended with Tang San bringing Yu Xiaogang his completed notes and asking why he was looking at Lin Yi’s file.

• Yu Xiaogang reviewed Lin Yi’s file and questioned why the students and teachers had focused on him during class.
• Teacher Li suggested Lin Yi’s Myriad Star Core might be more than it appeared, but kept the information he had heard from Lin Yi’s Heart Voice to himself.
• Teacher Li gave Yu Xiaogang the Year-End Competition schedule and advised him that letting go of certain things might bring greater gains.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected on his reluctance to seek help from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and continued puzzling over Lin Yi.
• Tang San delivered his notes on soul beast habits and asked Yu Xiaogang why he was looking at Lin Yi’s file.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San suspected Lin Yi was hiding something, and Tang San vowed to test him at the year-end competition. At the competition, Lin Yi planned to concede immediately, while the first matches began without him revealing his strength.

• Yu Xiaogang discussed Lin Yi's unusual attention with Tang San and wondered whether Lin Yi had an unknown background or secret.
• Tang San said he wanted to face Lin Yi at the competition, partly because Xiao Wu had grown distant from him since Lin Yi appeared.
• Yu Xiaogang predicted Lin Yi might reveal his true strength during the competition, and Tang San resolved to force him to show it.
• At Notting Academy's year-end competition, Lin Yi decided to surrender in his first match to avoid drawing attention, while his opponent privately decided to surrender first.
• Teacher Zhang opened the first-year competition, and Wang Sheng defeated Li Qiang by knocking him out of the ring.
• As more matches passed, Lin Yi watched drowsily and thought the fights were unimpressive.

Lin Yi advanced after Zhou Ming conceded, while Tang San won his match with hidden weapons and received little applause. The first round ended, and Lin Yi and Tang San remained in the draw as the teachers prepared for the second round.

• Zhou Ming conceded to Lin Yi before their match began, and Teacher Zhang declared Lin Yi the winner.
• Xiao Wu's opponent conceded, and she won to warm applause that she suspected was flattery.
• Xiao Gang challenged Tang San, who used silver needles and a Mysterious Jade Hand palm strike to defeat him.
• The students reacted to Tang San's victory with wary silence, and Tang San glared at Lin Yi as he left the platform.
• Half the first-year students advanced, and Teacher Zhang began the second-round draw after Director Su signaled his interest in a possible Lin Yi–Tang San match.
• Lin Yi resolved to concede immediately in the second round.

Lin Yi drew Tang San as his opponent, but the academy banned voluntary surrender, forcing him to fight. He entered the match planning to fake weakness and faint, then summoned his Myriad Star Core and struggled to think of a move.

• Lin Yi drew number one and learned that Tang San had drawn the same number, making them opponents.
• Teacher Zhang announced a new rule forbidding voluntary surrender unless a contestant could no longer fight.
• Lin Yi decided to conceal his strength, pretend his Soul Power was insufficient, and faint to avoid revealing his abilities.
• Lin Yi and Tang San began their match, and Tang San invited Lin Yi to attack first.
• Lin Yi summoned his Myriad Star Core and raised it with trembling hands, muttering, "Myriad Star Core, grant me strength."

Lin Yi faked fainting after Tang San's attack, letting Tang San win the match while leaving Tang San and Yu Xiaogang suspicious. Xiao Wu saw through the act and had Wang Sheng carry Lin Yi to Teacher Yuan for treatment, then told him to stop pretending.

• Tang San attacked Lin Yi with his first soul skill, Mother's Embrace, and Lin Yi pretended to faint as soon as the Blue Silver Grass touched him.
• Teacher Zhang declared Tang San the winner, while the audience responded with sparse applause and Yu Xiaogang noticed their strange reactions.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San suspected Lin Yi had faked his collapse and wondered what he was hiding.
• Xiao Wu suggested taking Lin Yi to Teacher Yuan for an examination, and Wang Sheng carried him away as Lin Yi worried about being treated with Teacher Yuan's Silver Needle Bee martial soul.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Yi she knew he was awake and ordered him to stop pretending.

Lin Yi returned to the competition after pretending to wake from a faint, while Xiao Wu overheard his thoughts about finding a first Soul Ring after the holiday. Tang San grew troubled by the crowd’s dislike and suspected Lin Yi, and the chapter ended with Lin Yi telling Xiao Wu he planned to visit home.

• Lin Yi stopped pretending to be unconscious when Xiao Wu warned him that Teacher Yuan might give him a needle, and the three returned to the Martial Arts Arena.
• Xiao Wu easily defeated a tall boy with a Wind Bell Bird Martial Soul, while Lin Yi considered searching for a first Soul Ring after the holiday.
• Tang San defeated a Flame Hound Martial Soul opponent using Tang Sect secret arts and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but the crowd’s lack of applause angered him.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San about the crowd’s attitude, and Tang San suspected Lin Yi was behind it.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Yi about his holiday plans, and he said he would visit home while privately planning to seek a Soul Ring in the Soul Hunting Forest.

Xiao Wu insisted on going home with Lin Yi, while the year-end competition narrowed to four contestants. Tang San faced Xiao Chenyu in the first semifinal, but Xiao Chenyu held back, leaving Tang San suspicious and frustrated.

• Xiao Wu refused Lin Yi's excuses and decided to go home with him after the break.
• The competition's semifinalists were Tang San, Xiao Wu, Xiao Chenyu, and Li Yan, and Teacher Zhang announced the matchups.
• Lin Yi privately predicted Tang San and Xiao Wu would win their semifinals, while nearby students listened to his Heart Voice.
• Xiao Chenyu deliberately fought timidly against Tang San, who used Blue Silver Grass instead of Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San loosened his vines and asked Xiao Chenyu to fight seriously, but Xiao Chenyu insisted that he already was.

Tang San defeated Xiao Chenyu, while Xiao Wu won her match against Li Yan after Lin Yi identified a weakness in Li Yan’s defense. Xiao Wu then asked Lin Yi who would win between her and Tang San, and Lin Yi privately predicted Tang San would win.

• Xiao Chenyu took Tang San’s criticism to heart and fought seriously, but Tang San defeated him in under five minutes.
• Lin Yi privately praised Xiao Chenyu’s potential, inspiring Xiao Chenyu to resolve to cultivate properly and attend a good Soul Master Academy.
• Xiao Wu faced Li Yan, and Lin Yi identified that Li Yan’s Earth Barrier was vulnerable from above.
• Xiao Wu exploited the weakness, threw Li Yan to the ground, and won the match in less than ten seconds.
• Xiao Wu sat beside Lin Yi and asked who would win between her and Tang San; Lin Yi told her they were both strong but privately expected Tang San to win.

Tang San defeated Xiao Wu in the Year-End Competition final, but his restraint and later offer of the champion’s reward failed to repair their growing distance. Xiao Wu rejected the Soul Gathering Grass, leaving Tang San unsettled as the students departed.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu fought in the final while Lin Yi predicted Tang San would win and dozed off.
• Tang San restrained Xiao Wu with his Blue Silver Grass, and Xiao Wu ended the match by admitting defeat.
• Tang San won the final, but the spectators reacted coolly to his conduct, and Xiao Wu stepped away when he reached out to help her.
• Director Su awarded Tang San five Gold Soul Coins and a Soul Gathering Grass, while Xiao Wu received three Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang San offered Xiao Wu his Soul Gathering Grass, but she refused it, so he forced the box into her hands and left.

Xiao Wu gave Tang San’s Soul Gathering Grass to Lin Yi and insisted on accompanying him home for vacation. As Lin Yi planned to slip away and hunt for a Soul Ring, Tang San grew resentful and Yu Xiaogang promised to investigate Lin Yi.

• Xiao Wu gave Lin Yi the Soul Gathering Grass Tang San had gifted her, and Lin Yi reluctantly accepted it.
• Xiao Wu insisted on going home with Lin Yi, and the two left Notting Academy together.
• Tang San watched them depart in anger, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to focus on growing stronger while promising to investigate Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi planned to leave Xiao Wu safely in a cave near the Maple Forest and sneak off to Soul Hunting Forest to hunt for a Soul Ring.