Chapter Summaries

After waking from his three-day sleep, Jiang Liang demonstrated his new Shadow Ice Strike Soul Skill and helped Shui Bing'er choose a path combining assault and control. Shui Bing'er gained her second Soul Ring, and the chapter ended with her and Jiang Liang preparing to spar.

• Jiang Liang woke up, reassured the Shui sisters, and demonstrated that Shadow Ice Strike created a clone that copied his abilities, increased his speed, and could swap places with him.
• Shui Lingyun explained the clone's limitations, while Jiang Liang resolved to make full use of it with Sword Mother's sword arts.
• Shui Bing'er told Shui Lingyun she wanted to become an Assault Soul Master to better protect Shui Yue'er, and Jiang Liang suggested combining assault with control; Shui Lingyun agreed.
• The group found a six-hundred-year Frost Feather Ice Falcon, and Shui Bing'er absorbed its Soul Ring to reach Soul Power Level twenty-one and gain Frost Feather Ice Blade.
• Shui Yue'er proposed that Jiang Liang test himself against Shui Bing'er's new Soul Skill, and Shui Lingyun approved a spar with a reminder to stop at the right time.

Jiang Liang demonstrated his strength to Shui Bing'er, then prepared to return to Heaven Dou City after recovering from the effort. He and the Shui sisters promised to meet again at Skywater Academy, and Sword Mother grew jealous as he left with them.

• Shui Bing'er attacked Jiang Liang with her second Soul Skill, but he dodged and deflected all thirty-six ice blades with his sword.
• Jiang Liang explained that his first Soul Skill boosted his speed but consumed much of his Sword Qi, and Shui Lingyun gave him a recovery potion.
• After Jiang Liang recovered, he declined to help Shui Yue'er hunt her first Soul Ring and promised to visit the sisters at Skywater Academy in six years.
• Jiang Liang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er embraced before leaving the Extreme North with Shui Lingyun and staying overnight in a nearby town.
• The next day, Shui Yue'er kissed Jiang Liang on both cheeks, Shui Bing'er shyly kissed his cheek, and Shui Lingyun sent him off with Gold Soul Coins.
• As Jiang Liang headed for Heaven Dou City, Sword Mother teased him jealously about the Shui sisters before telling him to return to their treasured place.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Jiang Liang reunited with Dugu Yan and provoked her before visiting Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo welcomed him to the Herb Garden to cultivate after reporting that the meditation method had helped him control his poison.

• Jiang Liang returned from the Extreme North, enjoyed a meal, and headed to Dugu Bo's residence to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Jiang Liang encountered Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, teased Dugu Yan, and accepted her challenge to fight outside the city later.
• Jiang Liang entered Dugu Bo's residence and used the threat of Sword Qi to keep Dugu Bo from attacking him.
• Dugu Bo said the meditation method had helped him control the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and agreed to take Jiang Liang to the Herb Garden.
• Dugu Bo invited Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to come along, and Ye Lingling thanked him.

Jiang Liang challenged Dugu Yan to a bet and revealed that he had reached level twenty-five with two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. He quickly defeated her once, then overwhelmed her again after she attacked with poison mist, leaving Dugu Bo unable to see what had struck her.

• Jiang Liang bet that Dugu Yan would call him big brother if he won, while Dugu Bo set the condition that Jiang Liang would be her attendant if he lost.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Jiang Liang revealed his two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and level twenty-five, shocking Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo.
• Jiang Liang used Shadow Ice Strike to outpace Dugu Yan and press Cold Moon to her neck, winning their first exchange.
• Dugu Yan claimed she had not been ready, then attacked Jiang Liang with her Jade Phosphorous Poison Mist Soul Skill.
• Jiang Liang struck Dugu Yan with an unseen attack and appeared before her, declaring that she had lost and must call him big brother three times.

Jiang Liang defeated Dugu Yan again, explained his Shadow Clone soul skill, and teased her by admitting he liked her. After Dugu Yan brought him food, she asked why, and he answered that it might have been love at first sight; she left still determined to defeat him.

• Jiang Liang defeated Dugu Yan and made her call him “good big brother” under their agreement.
• Jiang Liang explained that Shadow Clone and Attack Synchronization had let him strike Dugu Yan without her seeing the attack.
• Ye Lingling suggested Jiang Liang liked Dugu Yan, and Jiang Liang agreed, making Dugu Yan blush and flee.
• Jiang Liang summoned Sword Mother, who spoke with Dugu Bo while Jiang Liang cultivated and strengthened his connection to the Cold Moon Sword.
• Dugu Yan brought Jiang Liang food, asked why he liked her, and heard him answer, “Does love at first sight count?”
• Dugu Yan vowed to defeat Jiang Liang, rejected his offer to teach her moves, and walked away as he laughed.

Jiang Liang honed his swordsmanship by battling powerful Soul Beasts, then learned to control the Cold Moon Sword with Sword Qi. Dugu Bo marveled at Sword Mother's abilities and began considering encouraging Jiang Liang and Dugu Yan's relationship.

• Jiang Liang defeated Dugu Yan in a brief sword spar, and she ran off to seek comfort from Dugu Bo.
• Sword Mother told Jiang Liang to fight Soul Beasts to develop his killing intent, so he began battling the ten-thousand-year beasts near the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Over the next month, Jiang Liang developed his killing intent, mastered Sword Force, reached level twenty-six, and grew stronger through the dangerous fights.
• Sword Mother taught Jiang Liang the first realm of sword control, and he used Sword Qi to make the Cold Moon Sword rise, hover, and circle around him.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that no Soul Master on the continent could control a martial soul that way without a Soul Skill, then wondered whether he should help bring Jiang Liang and Dugu Yan closer.

Dugu Bo asked Jiang Liang which Soul Master Academy he planned to attend, but Jiang Liang chose to return to Nuoding City and attend a junior academy instead. Before leaving, Jiang Liang selected a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma for Ma Xiunuo and offered to help Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling choose Immortal Herbs, leaving Dugu Yan jealous of how kindly he treated her friend.

• Dugu Bo recommended Heaven Dou Royal Academy to Jiang Liang, who refused because he disliked its nobles and wanted to return to Nuoding City.
• Jiang Liang explained that he had something more important to do, and Dugu Bo accepted his decision while leaving open the possibility of a future recommendation.
• Jiang Liang chose a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma for Ma Xiunuo, hoping it would help him resume cultivating his Martial Soul.
• Jiang Liang offered to find suitable Immortal Herbs for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan wondered why he treated Lingling more kindly.

Jiang Liang returned to Nuoding City after months away and revealed to Ma Xiunuo that he had become a level-26 Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster with two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. As Ma Xiunuo took him home, Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized Jiang Liang as the Twin Martial Souls genius and sensed an unusual scent on him.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling saw Jiang Liang off, and Dugu Yan grew flustered when Ye Lingling teased her about liking him.
• After seven or eight days of travel, Jiang Liang reached Nuoding City and went to the Martial Soul Hall Branch to see Ma Xiunuo.
• Jiang Liang reunited with Ma Xiunuo and demonstrated his Cold Moon Sword, two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and level-26 Soul Power, startling everyone in the branch.
• Ma Xiunuo took Jiang Liang’s Martial Soul certificate and started to bring him home, but Chrysanthemum Douluo stopped them on the stairs.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized Jiang Liang as the Twin Martial Souls genius sought by the Pope, then asked what he had eaten after detecting a scent.

Yue Guan discovered that Jiang Liang had eaten the rare Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, then witnessed Jiang Liang reveal two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and urge him to refuse the Pope’s offer. As Yue Guan pressured Jiang Liang over his refusal, a luxuriously dressed young man arrived and challenged the idea that the Pope would trouble a child.

• Yue Guan learned that Jiang Liang had eaten the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and lamented that Jiang Liang could not remember where he had found it.
• Yue Guan asked Jiang Liang to reveal his Martial Soul and was stunned when the Cold Moon Sword appeared with two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Yue Guan praised Ma Xiunuo for raising Jiang Liang and tried to take him to Spirit City to become the Pope’s direct disciple.
• Jiang Liang refused, explaining that he had already accepted a master whose name he could not reveal.
• Yue Guan released Soul Power to pressure Jiang Liang, but Jiang Liang remained calm and said he followed his heart regardless of consequences.
• A luxuriously dressed young man entered and questioned whether the Pope would make things difficult for a child.

After Jiang Liang refused Xue Qinghe’s offer to leave Nuoding City, both she and Yue Guan gave him gifts and promised future support. The visitors departed, leaving Jiang Liang with Ma Xiunuo and a Gold Soul Coin Card, a Storage Soul Tool, and a Spirit Hall Elder Token.

• Xue Qinghe arrived and tried to recruit Jiang Liang to Heaven Dou City, offering him the chance to meet Ning Rongrong and study under the strongest Sword Martial Soul Soul Master.
• Jiang Liang told Xue Qinghe he had already chosen a master and wanted to remain in Nuoding City with Ma Xiunuo.
• Xue Qinghe accepted his decision, gave Jiang Liang a Gold Soul Coin Card with a thousand Gold Soul Coins, and promised to send cultivation resources.
• Yue Guan gave Jiang Liang a nine-gemstone Storage Soul Tool and a Spirit Hall Elder Token, then promised to request more cultivation resources for Ma Xiunuo.
• Xue Qinghe and Yue Guan left, and Jiang Liang stored the money while Ma Xiunuo urged him to keep it safe.

Yue Guan reported Jiang Liang’s extraordinary talent to Bibi Dong, who ordered him to oversee the Nuoding City Martial Soul Branch Hall and support the boy. Back in Nuoding City, Jiang Liang helped Ma Xiunuo advance to level thirty, then evaded Yue Guan when the elder returned to supervise him.

• Yue Guan told Bibi Dong that Jiang Liang had refused to come to Spirit City and had gained two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings on his first Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to station himself at the Nuoding City Martial Soul Branch Hall, provide Jiang Liang with resources, and foster his loyalty to Pope Palace.
• Jiang Liang gave Ma Xiunuo the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, raising Ma Xiunuo’s Soul Power from level twenty-six to level thirty.
• On the day before school began, Yue Guan returned to Nuoding City as supervisor of the branch hall and announced that he would watch over Jiang Liang’s cultivation.
• Jiang Liang said he would rather have Elder Ling Yuan supervise him, then escaped Yue Guan by darting onto the roof and disappearing.

Jiang Liang arrived at Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy to register and wait for the timid girl he hoped to find. At the entrance to the teaching building, Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit him as a disciple, but Jiang Liang dismissed him as a useless Grandmaster.

• Yue Guan and Ma Xiunuo helped Jiang Liang prepare for the academy’s opening day, and Jiang Liang set off with them to register.
• At Nuoding Academy’s gate, Yue Guan criticized the shabby school and urged Jiang Liang to return to Spirit City, but Jiang Liang sent him and Ma Xiunuo away so they would not frighten the girl he sought.
• Jiang Liang showed the guard his altered Martial Soul certificate, which listed the Cold Moon Sword and level twenty-six, then tipped him a Silver Soul Coin.
• On his way to the teaching building, Jiang Liang met Yu Xiaogang, who introduced himself as a renowned Theory Master and offered to guide him.
• Jiang Liang stepped back in disgust and mocked Yu Xiaogang as a useless Grandmaster who had reached only level twenty-nine after fifty.

Jiang Liang rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple, then enrolled at the academy and met Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu mistook him for another human-form Soul Beast, and Jiang Liang played along as they began to bond.

• Jiang Liang mocked Yu Xiaogang’s level and famous theory, then revealed that he was a level-twenty-six Soul Grandmaster.
• Yu Xiaogang overheard that a child from Holy Soul Village had Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power, and hurried toward the gates to seek a disciple.
• Jiang Liang entered the enrollment office, where Sword Mother warned him that Xiao Wu had the aura of a Soul Beast.
• The female teacher saw Jiang Liang’s level on his certificate and left to inform the principal, leaving him alone with Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu asked how Jiang Liang had cultivated so quickly, then assumed he was also a human-form Soul Beast and embraced him in relief.
• Jiang Liang played along with Xiao Wu’s belief, and she asked how he had come to the human world.

Jiang Liang and Xiao Wu enrolled at Nuoding Academy and agreed to share a teacher’s dormitory, with Xiao Wu taking responsibility for cleaning in exchange for meals. When they went to the cafeteria, they found Wang Sheng and the other work-study students being blocked from the second-floor dining area, while Tang San noticed Jiang Liang watching him.

• The Dean confirmed Jiang Liang’s Martial Soul certificate and waived his tuition while assigning him a teacher’s dormitory; Xiao Wu also received free tuition as a work-study student.
• Xiao Wu asked to live with Jiang Liang, and they completed enrollment together before moving into his single dormitory.
• Jiang Liang offered to cover Xiao Wu’s meals if she handled the cleaning, and she eagerly accepted.
• Jiang Liang took Xiao Wu to the cafeteria, but they found Wang Sheng and the other work-study students blocked from the stairs to the second floor.
• Tang San saw Jiang Liang watching him and grew wary of the young noble.

Jiang Liang defended the Work-Study Students, earning their gratitude and becoming their new leader while Tang San watched from the sidelines. Yu Xiaogang then arrived with Tang San and confronted the group over excluding him from their meal.

• Xiao Wu challenged the upperclassmen for insulting the Work-Study Students, and Jiang Liang joined her by kicking one student and insulting the group.
• Jiang Liang encouraged Xiao Wu to fight, and she beat the upperclassmen before he praised her and invited everyone upstairs for a meal.
• Tang San felt jealous as the students gathered around Jiang Liang, and Xiao Wu criticized him for standing by while they were bullied.
• Tang San left the cafeteria without eating, then told Yu Xiaogang what had happened when his teacher found him outside.
• Jiang Liang treated Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others to a feast, and they wanted him as their boss.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San came to the second floor, where Yu Xiaogang accused the Work-Study Students of violating their collective rules by eating without Tang San.

Jiang Liang beat Yu Xiaogang after rejecting his demand that Jiang apologize to Tang San, and exposed Tang San’s attempt to use a Sleeve Arrow. Jiang Liang left the cafeteria with Xiao Wu and the Work-Study Students, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San vowed to seek the Dean’s help.

• Yu Xiaogang lectured Jiang Liang’s group for not inviting Tang San to eat, and Jiang Liang challenged Yu Xiaogang’s authority and mocked his freeloading.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Jiang Liang apologize to Tang San and threatened to refuse him as a disciple, so Jiang Liang slapped and beat Yu Xiaogang in front of the cafeteria.
• Tang San secretly prepared to attack Jiang Liang with his Sleeve Arrow, but Jiang Liang noticed and called him out; Jiang Liang then kicked Yu Xiaogang and wiped his hands with a napkin he tossed onto him.
• Jiang Liang left with Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others, while Tang San helped Yu Xiaogang up and Yu Xiaogang demanded that the Dean expel Jiang Liang.
• Wang Sheng warned Jiang Liang that Yu Xiaogang might retaliate through the Dean, but Jiang Liang said he could not be expelled.

Jiang Liang and Xiao Wu left Nuoding Academy to eat and shop, but Tang Hao secretly followed them, intent on capturing Xiao Wu. When Tang Hao attacked near the academy, Jiang Liang dodged and Sword Mother drove him back, forcing him to flee.

• The Dean refused Yu Xiaogang and Tang San's demand to expel Jiang Liang, promising only to warn him.
• Jiang Liang took Xiao Wu out for noodles and shopping, while Sword Mother warned that someone was following them and suspected Tang Hao.
• Jiang Liang realized Tang Hao had recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and arranged for Sword Mother to protect her if he attacked.
• Near Nuoding Academy, Tang Hao ambushed Jiang Liang and Xiao Wu, but Jiang Liang dodged the blow and moved Xiao Wu away.
• Tang Hao charged again, and Sword Mother struck him with Sword Qi, forcing him to detonate his seven Soul Rings and flee.

Tang Hao fled after Jiang Liang’s mysterious older sister drove him off, then decided to leave the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to Tang San. Xiao Wu recovered from the attack and agreed to help Jiang Liang beat Tang San, but they learned he had already gone to hunt for Soul Rings.

• Tang Hao escaped more than ten miles from Nuoding Academy and wondered whether the woman who chased him away was the High Priestess of Sea God Island.
• Tang Hao decided to let Tang San try to obtain the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and cautiously returned toward Nuoding Academy.
• Jiang Liang reassured Xiao Wu that his older sister could protect her, and Xiao Wu agreed to beat up Tang San for coveting her Soul Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Jiang Liang and Xiao Wu went to Dorm Seven the next morning, but Wang Sheng and the other students said Tang San was gone.
• Jiang Liang explained that Tang San had gone to the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang to hunt for Soul Rings, so Xiao Wu agreed to wait until he returned.

Jiang Liang and Xiao Wu confronted Xiao Chenyu after he came seeking revenge, and Jiang Liang forced him to agree to a contest in the woods. The chapter ended as Jiang Liang revealed his Level 26 Combat Soul Master strength and challenged Xiao Chenyu’s team to try to touch him.

• Wang Sheng warned Xiao Wu and Jiang Liang that Xiao Chenyu was coming to avenge the upperclassmen they had beaten.
• Jiang Liang threatened Xiao Chenyu with the flying Cold Moon Sword, then accepted his challenge to a contest with Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Chenyu proposed that the losing side become the winner’s followers, and Jiang Liang agreed to fight in the woods behind the mountain.
• Jiang Liang stepped forward to fight first and declared that he would lose if anyone touched his clothes.
• Jiang Liang revealed his Cold Moon Sword Martial Soul, Level 26 cultivation, and two black Soul Rings, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Jiang Liang used his two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to defeat Xiao Chenyu and the other senior students, then let Xiao Wu finish off Xiao Chenyu. Yu Xiaogang arrived and tried to expel Jiang Liang from Nuoding Academy, but Jiang Liang slapped him.

• Jiang Liang challenged Xiao Chenyu and the other nineteen students to attack him together, with the condition that he would lose if anyone touched his clothes.
• Xiao Chenyu and the others charged, but Jiang Liang used his first Soul Ring and the Cold Moon Sword to knock them all down without being touched.
• Jiang Liang left Xiao Chenyu to Xiao Wu, who defeated him with her First Soul Skill, Waist Bow.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived with Tang San, blamed Jiang Liang for the fight, and declared that he was expelled from Nuoding Academy.
• Jiang Liang pointed out that Yu Xiaogang was not the Dean and slapped him across the face.