Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi led Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing through the forest while they discussed Xiao Wu’s Third Soul Ring and waited for Erming to appear. The chapter ended with Erming watching their camp from a distant cliff and realizing Lin Yi knew about it.

• Lin Yi guided Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing around a Tusked Wild Boar and through the forest for several days.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Yi what spirit beast might suit her Third Soul Ring, and he suggested agile beasts and mentioned the rare Phantom Spirit Cat as a possible source of Teleportation.
• Lin Yi’s Heart Voice revealed his expectation that Daming and Erming would help Xiao Wu find a suitable spirit beast, and Zhu Zhuqing quietly noted the names.
• At the cave camp, Lin Yi wondered why Erming had not appeared and considered waiting two more days before seeking another way to help Xiao Wu.
• Erming watched Lin Yi from a cliff and heard him think about its future appearance, realizing Lin Yi knew it would come.

Xiao Wu took over the night watch and slipped out of the cave to meet Erming while Lin Yi and Zhu Zhuqing appeared to sleep. Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind, aware of Xiao Wu’s connection to the forest and wondering what Lin Yi would do.

• Erming watched the group from nearby, curious about Lin Yi’s plans and his knowledge of Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing listened to Lin Yi’s thoughts while pretending to sleep, and Zhu Zhuqing reflected on what she had learned about Erming and Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu volunteered to take the second half of the night watch, giving Lin Yi a chance to rest.
• Xiao Wu sat at the cave entrance and planned to meet Erming without revealing her transformation or self-condensing Soul Rings to Lin Yi and Zhu Zhuqing.
• After about half an hour, Xiao Wu quietly left the cave while Lin Yi seemed asleep.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes but stayed behind, believing Xiao Wu had gone to see Erming.

Xiao Wu met Erming in the forest and explained Lin Yuan’s gift of a Breath-Hiding Stone and his expectations for Lin Yi. After asking Erming to keep watch, she broke through to level thirty and condensed her Third Soul Ring, then headed back to Lin Yi.

• Xiao Wu reunited with Erming, who asked why Lin Yi knew about her identity and kept trying to shake her off.
• Xiao Wu showed Erming the Breath-Hiding Stone Lin Yuan had given her and explained that Lin Yuan knew her secret but meant them no harm.
• Xiao Wu told Erming she planned to keep following Lin Yi and help him stop wasting his potential.
• Xiao Wu asked Erming to guard her while she broke through her level-twenty-nine bottleneck and condensed a Millennium Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu succeeded in forming her Third Soul Ring, then asked Erming to tell Daming that she was doing well and returned toward Lin Yi.

After waking, Lin Yi discovered that Xiao Wu had returned from her night watch and broken through to Soul Elder, ruining his hopes of leaving her behind in Star Dou Forest. Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to travel with him to Heaven Dou City, leaving Lin Yi resigned and wondering how the two had become so coordinated.

• Xiao Wu returned to the cave during the night while Lin Yi slept, and Zhu Zhuqing watched her come back.
• Lin Yi woke the next morning and realized Xiao Wu had reached the Soul Elder realm and obtained her Third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu suggested that she, Lin Yi, and Zhu Zhuqing travel together to Heaven Dou City.
• Zhu Zhuqing changed her plans to go to Suotuo City and agreed to join them.
• Lin Yi reluctantly agreed to travel with both women and wondered whether Xiao Wu had made an arrangement with Zhu Zhuqing.

Lin Yi tried and failed to ditch Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing before reaching Soul Hunting Town, where he recognized Skywater Academy’s team and began plotting to send the girls there. Shui Bing’er and her teammates heard his unexplained Heart Voices and watched him, while Lin Yi remained unaware.

• Lin Yi tried to lose Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing by rushing ahead and taking a side path, but both times they caught up with him.
• Lin Yi gave up trying to ditch the girls, and three days later the trio reached Soul Hunting Town near the Star Dou Forest.
• Lin Yi recognized Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, Xue Wu, Yu Hairou, and Shen Liuyu as Skywater Academy students gathered to hunt Soul Rings.
• Lin Yi’s Heart Voices revealed what he knew about Skywater Academy and his plan to send Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing there so he could travel alone.
• Shui Bing’er and her teammates heard Lin Yi’s Heart Voices, grew suspicious, and decided to watch him while he stayed oblivious to their attention.

Lin Yi tried to steer Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing toward Skywater Academy so he could leave them behind, but Shui Bing'er recognized his unusual knowledge and saw his inner thoughts. Shui Bing'er offered the girls a chance to join and Lin Yi a Guest Elder position, leaving their decision unresolved.

• Xiao Wu suggested that she and Zhu Zhuqing join Skywater Academy, and Lin Yi eagerly offered to ask on their behalf while planning to attend another academy.
• Shui Bing'er approached Lin Yi and questioned how he knew about Skywater Academy; he explained that it was distinctive because it accepted only female students.
• Shui Bing'er invited Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to join, assessed their talent, and offered to recommend them to the academy.
• Shui Bing'er offered Lin Yi a Guest Elder position with the same resources and living standards as the students, despite his inability to enroll as a student.

Shui Bing'er tried to recruit Lin Yi as Skywater Academy's Guest Elder, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing made clear they intended to follow him wherever he went. Lin Yi remained reluctant but asked what duties the position involved, leaving his decision unresolved.

• Shui Bing'er offered Lin Yi a Guest Elder position, but he tried to refuse as an ordinary Auxiliary Soul Master.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing supported joining Skywater Academy and followed Lin Yi and Shui Bing'er to a tea house.
• Shui Bing'er offered Xiao Wu a recommendation slot and Zhu Zhuqing the best training, but both looked to Lin Yi before deciding.
• Shui Bing'er described the Guest Elder's flexible schedule and cultivation resources, while Lin Yi realized the two girls would follow him to any academy.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing said they would go wherever Lin Yi went, and he asked Shui Bing'er what a Guest Elder would have to do.

Lin Yi resisted Shui Bing'er’s efforts to recruit him to Skywater Academy, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing considered joining and insisted they would follow his choice. After Lin Yi revealed his Myriad Star Core and its support abilities, Xiao Wu explained that his Soul Power charge had helped her break through her bottleneck, giving Shui Bing'er another reason to keep him close.

• Xiao Wu asked Shui Bing'er about Skywater Academy, and Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er described its all-female student body, cultivation resources, and tradition of sisters supporting one another.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing said they would not join Skywater Academy unless Lin Yi went with them, but Lin Yi urged them to choose the academy for their own development.
• Shui Bing'er offered Lin Yi several ways to join, including becoming a Guest Elder, an unaffiliated outer academy student, or the dean’s personal disciple.
• Shui Yue'er asked Lin Yi to reveal his martial soul, and Lin Yi showed the Myriad Star Core and described his Starlight Sharing and Starlight Charge skills.
• Xiao Wu told Shui Bing'er that Lin Yi’s charge had loosened her level twenty-nine bottleneck and helped her break through.

After Xiao Wu revealed that Lin Yi’s Soul Power had helped her bottleneck loosen, Shui Bing'er invited him to Skywater Academy. Lin Yi agreed to go with her on his own terms, and he, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing joined the academy’s Soul Hunting Mission before setting out to find an inn.

• Xiao Wu told Shui Bing'er and the others that Lin Yi had replenished her Soul Power shortly before she broke through her level-twenty-nine bottleneck, drawing their attention to his rare ability.
• Shui Bing'er offered Lin Yi a position at Skywater Academy and suggested introducing him to the headmistress, but Lin Yi agreed only to visit as an ordinary person under conditions that protected his independence.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to join Skywater Academy, and Shui Bing'er said they would return there together after completing the Soul Hunting Mission.
• Lin Yi agreed to accompany Shui Bing'er and the others on their mission, hoping to see her obtain her Third Soul Ring.
• As the group left the teahouse to find an inn, Shui Yue'er questioned whether Lin Yi was merely brushing them off, and Shui Bing'er said they needed to befriend him anyway.

Lin Yi joined Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing for dinner with Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy team, while his unspoken knowledge gave Shui Bing'er a target for her Third Soul Ring. Shui Bing'er left the meal with new information about Ice Crystal Birds in Frost Canyon, and the group continued considering their future at Skywater Academy.

• Lin Yi considered leaving once Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were settled at Skywater Academy, then joined them for dinner after Xiao Wu called him downstairs.
• Shui Yue'er asked how Lin Yi knew Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu explained that she and Lin Yi were classmates while she had met Zhu Zhuqing in Star Dou Forest.
• Shui Yue'er asked about ice-attributed soul beasts, and Lin Yi concealed his knowledge while thinking of Ice Crystal Birds in Frost Canyon.
• Xiao Wu prompted Shui Bing'er to describe her desired Third Soul Ring, and Lin Yi's Heart Voice revealed the location of Ice Crystal Birds and the dangers of Frost Canyon.
• Shui Bing'er secretly took note of Lin Yi's information and watched him closely during dinner, recognizing that he was more unusual than he appeared.

Lin Yi joined Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy group as they entered Star Dou Forest to hunt for a Soul Ring. The group formed up after reaching the forest, where a massive Iron-Back Lizard emerged and fixed its gaze on Lin Yi.

• Lin Yi, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the Skywater Academy women grew more familiar during a long meal, and Shui Bing'er invited them to join the next day's Soul Ring hunt.
• Lin Yi agreed to travel with the group, and the next morning Xiao Wu woke him so they could set out for Star Dou Forest.
• Shui Bing'er led the group east from town, while Lin Yi suspected their warm clothing meant they were headed somewhere unusually cold.
• At the forest's edge, Shui Bing'er ordered everyone to stay alert and arranged them in a protective formation around Lin Yi's group.
• Shui Bing'er halted the group after hearing movement, and a massive Iron-Back Lizard came out of the bushes and stared at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi and the Skywater Academy group encountered Dugu Yan while searching Frost Canyon, and his Heart Voice revealed secrets about her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul and her grandfather Dugu Bo. Dugu Yan and the others were left stunned by Lin Yi's knowledge of the Dugu Clan's hidden troubles and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

• Xiao Wu drove off an Iron-Back Lizard that pounced at her and reassured Lin Yi before the group continued into the forest.
• Shui Bing'er halted the group after hearing movement, and Dugu Yan arrived with two guards and introduced herself.
• Lin Yi's Heart Voice identified Dugu Yan as Dugu Bo's granddaughter and commented on her beauty and fierce reputation.
• Lin Yi's Heart Voice described the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's poisonous side effects and speculated that Dugu Yan had come to gather herbs.
• Dugu Yan realized Lin Yi knew secrets about her Martial Soul and Dugu Bo, while Shui Bing'er, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted to his knowledge of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Dugu Yan heard Lin Yi’s Heart Voice reveal that he might know how to cure her grandfather’s poison, so she joined Skywater Academy’s group as they hunted for an Ice Crystal Bird. As the party continued through Star Dou Forest, Dugu Yan grew curious about Lin Yi, while Shui Bing’er resolved to keep him at Skywater Academy.

• Dugu Yan overheard Lin Yi’s thoughts about her grandfather’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and wondered whether he could really help cure it.
• Shui Bing’er told Dugu Yan that Lin Yi was the dean’s personal disciple, and Dugu Yan proposed traveling with the group while gathering herbs.
• Xiao Wu stood protectively in front of Lin Yi, and Shui Bing’er agreed to let Dugu Yan join on the condition that she cooperate if danger arose.
• As the group traveled, Dugu Yan heard Lin Yi consider trading a cure for cultivation resources, and she began to believe he might help her grandfather.
• Shui Bing’er watched Lin Yi and decided that she had to keep him at Skywater Academy.

Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy group fought an Ice Crystal Bird in Frost Canyon while Lin Yi watched from a safe distance. They brought it down, and Shui Bing'er prepared to deliver the final blow so she could absorb its Soul Ring.

• The group encountered an Ice Crystal Bird, and Shui Bing'er ordered everyone to prepare for battle.
• Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, and Shui Yue'er coordinated their attacks as Lin Yi watched and Dugu Yan questioned why he was not helping.
• The Ice Crystal Bird broke through the formation and charged at Shui Bing'er, but Little Rabbit intercepted it and stopped its attack.
• The Ice Crystal Bird fired ice spikes, and Shui Bing'er, Little Rabbit, and Zhu Zhuqing evaded or blocked them while Lin Yi waited for a chance to help.
• Shui Bing'er directed the group to stop the Ice Crystal Bird from fleeing, and their coordinated attacks brought it down.
• Shui Bing'er drew her dagger and prepared to deliver the final blow to the wounded bird.

Shui Bing'er successfully absorbed her third Soul Ring, and the group returned from Star Dou Forest to Soul Hunting Town. At the inn, Lin Yi recognized a proud young girl arguing with the waiter.

• Shui Bing'er absorbed her third Soul Ring and gained the area knockback skill Resisting Ice Ring.
• Shui Bing'er thanked Lin Yi and led the group back toward Soul Hunting Town, while Dugu Yan invited him to visit her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy before departing with her guards.
• Xiao Wu teased Lin Yi about Dugu Yan and jabbed him with her elbow as the group traveled back toward town.
• The group returned to Soul Hunting Town by evening and planned to leave for Skywater City the next morning.
• Lin Yi saw a disheveled, proud young girl in a light blue dress arguing with the waiter at the inn.

Lin Yi encountered Ning Rongrong, who heard his unspoken thoughts and learned that he knew she had run away from home. After Shui Bing'er explained Lin Yi's Heart Voice, Ning Rongrong concealed what she knew and decided to accompany the group to Skywater Academy.

• Ning Rongrong recognized Lin Yi as the source of the voice revealing that she had run away from home and confronted him about it.
• Shui Bing'er pulled Ning Rongrong aside and explained that she could hear Lin Yi's Heart Voice, then warned her not to expose the secret.
• Ning Rongrong introduced herself to Lin Yi and asked to go with the group to Skywater Academy instead of continuing toward Suotuo City.
• Ning Rongrong befriended Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, while Lin Yi wondered why she had changed her plans and seemed unusually familiar with them.
• At dinner, Ning Rongrong kept her knowledge of Lin Yi's Heart Voice secret and asked Shui Bing'er about Skywater Academy's scenery.

Lin Yi’s Heart Voice revealed that several girls might become gods and that he knew how to break the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s limitation, leaving Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reconsidering their futures. In secret, Chen Xin and Gu Rong decided to let Rongrong follow Lin Yi while continuing to watch him.

• Lin Yi reflected that the original path could lead Ning Rongrong to become the Nine-Colored Goddess, but believed his own plans around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well could change the girls’ chances at godhood.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong heard Lin Yi’s Heart Voice and each considered following him instead of pursuing her former path.
• Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, Xue Wu, and the others realized that Lin Yi’s companions might also have the potential to become gods.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong, secretly protecting Ning Rongrong, discussed Lin Yi’s knowledge of godhood and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s evolution.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong chose not to confront Lin Yi, agreed to let Ning Rongrong follow him, and continued protecting her from the shadows.

Lin Yi and the others left Soul Hunting Town for Tianshui Academy, while Ning Rongrong decided to travel with them and kept listening to Lin Yi’s Heart Voice. Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing discussed what they had learned about Lin Yi, and Chen Xin and Gu Rong followed the departing group.

• At dinner, Lin Yi thought about leaving after Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were settled at Tianshui Academy, while Ning Rongrong heard his Heart Voice and resolved to stay with him.
• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing that Lin Yi’s predictions had come true, and the two discussed his background and their changed fates.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong confirmed she would accompany Lin Yi and the others to Tianshui Academy.
• As the group left Soul Hunting Town, Lin Yi hoped to slip away after settling Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, while Ning Rongrong wondered how to ask him about her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong watched the group leave, then followed them into the morning mist.

Lin Yi and the others reached Skywater Academy after a peaceful five-day journey and arrived at its island campus on Mirror Lake. At the Academic Affairs Office, Shui Bing'er introduced Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Lin Yi to Teacher Shui Yuexi, who was surprised by their talents and the prospect of a male student.

• Lin Yi traveled with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu through the Frozen Forest toward Skywater City.
• Shui Bing'er showed the group Mirror Lake and explained that Skywater Academy stood on Lake Heart Island.
• The group crossed the long stone bridge to the island and followed Shui Bing'er to the Academic Affairs Office.
• Shui Bing'er introduced Xiao Wu as a level thirty-one Soft Bone Rabbit Battle Soul Master and Zhu Zhuqing as a level twenty-seven Hell Spirit Cat Battle Soul Master.
• Shui Bing'er introduced Ning Rongrong and her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, prompting Shui Yuexi to recognize its connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Shui Bing'er introduced Lin Yi as a level twenty-one support-type Soul Master, and Shui Yuexi was stunned because Skywater Academy had never accepted male students.

Shui Bing'er brought Lin Yi and the girls to Skywater Academy, where Shui Yuexi learned from Lin Yi’s thoughts that he was stronger than he appeared and that the girls had sensitive identities. Lin Yi was then brought to meet the academy president, Shui Qinghan, while Gu Rong and Chen Xin kept watch over Ning Rongrong from outside.

• Shui Yuexi overheard Lin Yi’s thoughts about his true level and the girls’ identities, then arranged for them to stay in the East District Dormitory.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin discussed Ning Rongrong’s safety and decided to keep watch outside Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er settled Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong into rooms before taking Lin Yi to meet the president.
• Shui Bing'er introduced Lin Yi to the president, Shui Qinghan, in her courtyard.