Chapter Summaries

Cao Yan and Xiao Wu arrived late to their first class at Nuoding Academy and found seats in the classroom, where their instructor, Yue Jing, led the students through introductions. The lesson ended with the class discussing Cao Yan’s victory over the Grandmaster.

• Cao Yan and Xiao Wu entered their classroom late, and Cao Yan persuaded Duan Tiande to give up his seat so they could sit together.
• Xiao Wu drew a boundary on the desk and warned Cao Yan not to cross it, then pinched him when he stared at their arriving instructor.
• Yue Jing introduced herself as the students’ martial-soul instructor and asked everyone to introduce themselves.
• Duan Tiande introduced himself as an orphan, and Yue Jing offered him comfort before he remarked that she resembled his mother.
• Cao Yan introduced himself as a descendant of the Cao Family, and Yue Jing praised him for defeating the Grandmaster.
• The students enthusiastically discussed Cao Yan’s victory and insulted the Grandmaster.

Yue Jing began teaching the first-year students about martial souls, while Cao Yan and Xiao Wu teased each other before class. The lesson ended with the students seeing Yue Jing’s Food System martial soul and learning about support-type Soul Masters.

• Xiao Wu warned Cao Yan that girls were watching him, and he teased her until she turned away in mock anger.
• A student pointed out Tang San’s empty seat, and Yue Jing decided to begin class without waiting for him.
• Cao Yan asked Yue Jing to wait for Tang San, but she dismissed the idea because his Blue Silver Grass martial soul was useless.
• Yue Jing introduced her Food System martial soul, summoned a cucumber, and displayed her three soul rings.
• Yue Jing explained how support-type Soul Masters could strengthen their allies, and the students listened to her lesson.

Cao Yan left the academy to stop Tang San from obtaining a hundred-year soul ring and found him in Soul Hunting Forest with Grandmaster. The chapter ended as Cao Yan confronted Tang San just before he could absorb the Mandala Snake’s soul ring.

• Cao Yan accepted the system’s quest to prevent Tang San from obtaining a hundred-year soul ring, despite its lack of a reward.
• After class, Cao Yan left the academy and went to Soul Hunting Forest.
• Grandmaster urged Tang San to test his theory by absorbing a beast-type Mandala Snake’s soul ring, and Tang San agreed.
• Tang San killed the Mandala Snake and prepared to absorb its hundred-year soul ring, hoping to gain strength to defeat Cao Yan.
• Cao Yan emerged from behind a tree and confronted Tang San, who stopped and asked why he was there.

Cao Yan confronted Tang San and Grandmaster as Tang San prepared to absorb the Mandala Snake’s Soul Ring. After Grandmaster collapsed from poison and Tang San attacked, Cao Yan had Yu Jin destroy the Soul Ring, leaving Tang San devastated as Cao Yan departed.

• Cao Yan challenged Grandmaster’s theories and mocked his inability to advance beyond Soul Grandmaster.
• Grandmaster erupted in anger, stirred the venom in his arm, coughed black blood, and collapsed.
• Tang San blamed Cao Yan and attacked him, but Cao Yan slapped him flying.
• Cao Yan ordered Yu Jin to crush the Mandala Snake’s Soul Ring, destroying it despite Tang San’s pleas.
• Cao Yan kicked Tang San away and left, while Tang San howled in despair.

After Cao Yan destroyed Tang San’s Mandala Snake soul ring, Tang San saved Grandmaster from the snake’s venom and told him what had happened. Grandmaster promised to help Tang San obtain another ring, choosing the ten-year Lone Bamboo as their target.

• Tang San lamented losing his soul ring and resolved to get another one before confronting Cao Yan.
• Tang San cut Grandmaster’s poisoned arm and used the Mysterious Heaven Skill to expel the venom.
• Grandmaster woke, and Tang San explained that Cao Yan had destroyed his Mandala Snake soul ring.
• Grandmaster grew angry and injured himself further, but Tang San reassured him and affirmed his devotion as a disciple.
• Grandmaster proposed that Tang San absorb a ten-year Lone Bamboo, and Tang San agreed.

After completing his mission, Cao Yan obtained the poisoned Soul Chasing Life Taking Yama's Post and made three sleeve arrows as a gift for Xiao Wu. He charmed her with a story beneath the stars, and the chapter ended as she wondered whether the gift meant he was about to confess to her.

• Cao Yan discussed the system's hostility toward Tang San and said he wanted Tang San to suffer despair rather than die quickly.
• The system explained that its Soul Chasing Life Taking Yama's Post could strip away cultivation and poison its target, so Cao Yan planned to save it for Tang Hao.
• Cao Yan forged a container for the Yama's Post and made three sleeve arrows for Xiao Wu.
• Cao Yan returned to Nuoding Academy, walked beneath the stars with Xiao Wu, and told her a tale about a young man and the fairies who became his wives.
• Cao Yan gave Xiao Wu the sleeve arrows, and she wondered whether he intended to confess his feelings.

Cao Yan used a fabricated story about his family and a promise to protect Xiao Wu to persuade her to become his little sister. Xiao Wu accepted him as her brother, and they spent the evening growing closer as he offered to teach her hidden weapons.

• Cao Yan gave Xiao Wu a sleeve arrow and claimed it had been passed down from his grandfather.
• Cao Yan told Xiao Wu that he was an orphan and said he wanted her to become his little sister.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Cao Yan would protect her if powerful enemies tried to kill her, and he vowed they would have to step over his corpse first.
• Xiao Wu called Cao Yan her brother, and he embraced her and secretly left a kiss mark on her face.
• Cao Yan offered to teach Xiao Wu hidden weapons, and they spent the evening together as their feelings warmed.

Tang San absorbed a ten-year Lone Bamboo Soul Ring under Grandmaster’s supervision, but relived his execution by the Tang Sect before his Mysterious Heaven Skill broke through and completed the absorption. He left the ordeal believing Grandmaster had protected him, while Grandmaster celebrated that his theory was correct.

• Tang San thanked Grandmaster for helping him kill a ten-year Lone Bamboo and began absorbing its white Soul Ring.
• As the Soul Ring’s energy entered him, Tang San recalled stealing the Tang Sect’s secret manuals and dreamed he was condemned and attacked by the elders at Ghost's Lament Peak.
• Elder Tang’s Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles struck Tang San in the vision, and an elder’s palm sent him falling from the peak.
• Grandmaster’s voice reached Tang San as he convulsed, and Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill broke through, allowing the Soul Ring to merge with his Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San told Grandmaster he had succeeded and praised his theory, while Yu Xiaogang rejoiced that he was not trash and his theory was correct.

After Tang San survived absorbing the Mandala Snake’s soul ring, he discovered that his Blue Silver Grass’s Entanglement skill was too weak to damage a tree. Grandmaster saw Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and renewed his resolve to train him, while warning him to keep the Martial Soul secret and leave it without soul rings.

• Tang San told Grandmaster that he had fallen into an illusion while absorbing the soul ring, and Grandmaster blamed the Mandala Snake’s lingering resentment.
• Tang San demonstrated Entanglement, but his Blue Silver Grass stalks shattered against a tree, leaving him despairing over his weak skill.
• Grandmaster asked Tang San to reveal his other Martial Soul and recognized the hammer as the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Grandmaster ordered Tang San not to reveal the hammer or add soul rings to it, and Tang San said his father had given the same warning.
• Grandmaster encouraged Tang San to keep improving and resolved to train him into a Titled Douluo, though he worried about Tang Hao learning that Tang San had gained only a ten-year soul ring.

Cao Yan and Xiao Wu went to Spirit Hall in Nuoding City to register as Soul Masters, where they met Su Yuntao. Cao Yan claimed to be from a Hidden Family, and Su Yuntao immediately treated him with deference.

• Xiao Wu woke Cao Yan, teased him about sleeping, and hurried him to class.
• Cao Yan and Xiao Wu arrived late, but Teacher Yue Jing let the two Innate Full Soul Power geniuses off without punishment.
• After class, Cao Yan agreed to go with Xiao Wu to Spirit Hall to register for Soul Master certificates.
• Cao Yan and Xiao Wu arrived at Spirit Hall holding hands, and Su Yuntao stopped them at the entrance.
• Cao Yan claimed to be from a Hidden Family, prompting Su Yuntao to introduce himself and ask why they had come.

Cao Yan and Xiao Wu visited Nuoding City's Spirit Hall for a Soul Power test, where Su Yuntao treated them with unusual deference because he suspected Cao Yan came from a powerful family. Su Yuntao led them to Master Ma Xiunuo, but kicked open the office door and found Ma Xiunuo in an intimate embrace with Sisi, Su Yuntao's girlfriend.

• Cao Yan told Su Yuntao he had reached Soul Master cultivation, and Su Yuntao politely offered to guide him and Xiao Wu through Spirit Hall.
• Su Yuntao rebuked a guard for questioning whether the children could be Soul Masters and led them inside the grand Nuoding City branch.
• Cao Yan told Su Yuntao that Xiao Wu was only his little sister, leaving Xiao Wu unexpectedly troubled by his answer.
• A guard tried to prevent Su Yuntao from entering Ma Xiunuo's office, but Su Yuntao heard Sisi's voice and smashed open the door.
• Su Yuntao, Cao Yan, and Xiao Wu saw Sisi sprawled across Ma Xiunuo's lap, and Su Yuntao stood frozen in shock and pain.

Su Yuntao caught Sisi with Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo and left Spirit Hall, while Sisi rejected Ma Xiunuo’s offers and followed him. When Ma Xiunuo turned his anger on Cao Yan, Xiao Wu revealed that she was already a soul master, shocking him.

• Sisi hurried away from Ma Xiunuo when Su Yuntao entered Spirit Hall with Cao Yan and Xiao Wu.
• Su Yuntao confronted Sisi, then left after she weakly tried to explain her relationship with Ma Xiunuo.
• Ma Xiunuo urged Sisi to stay with him and threatened to withdraw his promises, but she chose to follow Su Yuntao and ask his forgiveness.
• Ma Xiunuo dismissed Cao Yan’s request to test his Soul Power and challenged him for speaking disrespectfully.
• Xiao Wu released her Soul Power and century-old soul ring, revealing that she was a soul master and leaving Ma Xiunuo stunned.

Cao Yan and Xiao Wu tested their Soul Power at Spirit Hall, where Xiao Wu revealed Level Thirteen Soul Power and Ma Xiunuo tried to recruit her. Cao Yan claimed they came from a Hidden Family, secured their badges and Ma Xiunuo’s silence, then left with Xiao Wu and encountered a sorrowful middle-aged man outside.

• Ma Xiunuo led Cao Yan and Xiao Wu to the testing room after learning Xiao Wu had a hundred-year soul ring.
• Xiao Wu released her Soul Power and the crystal ball showed that she had reached Level Thirteen at age six.
• Ma Xiunuo invited Xiao Wu to join Spirit Hall, but Xiao Wu refused and Cao Yan said they belonged to a Hidden Family.
• Cao Yan claimed even their family’s weakest members were Titled Douluo-level gatekeepers, prompting Ma Xiunuo to apologize, give them Soul Master Badges, and swear to keep their identities secret.
• Cao Yan reassured Xiao Wu as they left Spirit Hall, and the two noticed a sorrowful middle-aged man sitting on the steps.

Cao Yan and Xiao Wu encountered Su Yuntao after he discovered Sisi with Ma Xiunuo, and Su Yuntao recounted how he had sacrificed his cultivation for love. Sisi admitted she was carrying Ma Xiunuo’s child, but promised to love only Su Yuntao, who accepted her and reconciled with her as Cao Yan and Xiao Wu left.

• Cao Yan greeted the distraught Su Yuntao, who noticed Cao Yan and Xiao Wu had earned Soul Master badges at only six years old.
• Su Yuntao explained how he had devoted himself to Sisi and sacrificed time for cultivation to win her approval.
• Sisi appeared, embraced Su Yuntao, and pleaded for a chance to start over.
• Su Yuntao asked whether Sisi had gone far with Ma Xiunuo, and Sisi confessed that she had his child.
• Sisi promised to love only Su Yuntao from then on, and Su Yuntao accepted her as they reconciled.
• Cao Yan took Xiao Wu’s hand and quietly left the pair together.

Cao Yan shielded Xiao Wu from Tang San’s poisoned Hidden Weapons, then pretended to be badly wounded as Tang San emerged to gloat. Xiao Wu confronted Tang San, and the two prepared to fight while Cao Yan watched.

• Xiao Wu questioned whether Sisi truly cared for Su Yuntao, but Cao Yan dismissed her concern.
• Cao Yan sensed danger and caught three poisoned Hidden Weapons aimed at Xiao Wu, allowing one to wound his palm.
• Xiao Wu worried over Cao Yan’s injury, while he reassured her and concealed that he had staged the wound.
• Tang San emerged from hiding and admitted he had attacked Cao Yan to take revenge for the Mandala Snake soul ring.
• Xiao Wu stepped between Tang San and Cao Yan, angrily challenging Tang San after he told her to leave.

Xiao Wu confronted Tang San after he accused Cao Yan of stealing his Soul Ring, humiliating him, and injuring his teacher. Tang San revealed his new Soul Master rank, but Xiao Wu showed that she was a level thirteen Battle Soul Master and prepared to fight him.

• Cao Yan urged Xiao Wu not to act rashly, but she insisted on standing up for him.
• Tang San accused Cao Yan of causing his losses and injuring his teacher, while Cao Yan denied the allegations and Xiao Wu defended him.
• Tang San gathered his Soul Power, revealed his white Soul Ring, and declared that he had become a level ten Soul Master.
• Xiao Wu activated her Martial Soul, introduced herself as a level thirteen Battle Soul Master, and stunned Tang San.
• Tang San considered using the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons to overcome Xiao Wu despite her greater strength.

Tang San attacked Xiao Wu with Blue Silver Grass and secretly fired sleeve arrows after she defeated him. Xiao Wu used Cao Yan’s sleeve arrows to counterattack, leaving Tang San badly injured.

• Tang San threatened Xiao Wu and launched his Entanglement soul skill against her.
• Xiao Wu broke through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, restrained him, and kicked him away.
• Tang San fired three hidden sleeve arrows at Xiao Wu while she turned away.
• Cao Yan warned Xiao Wu, who used the sleeve arrows he had made to knock Tang San’s arrows aside and strike him in both shoulders and the crotch.
• Tang San howled in pain as Cao Yan watched with satisfaction.

Xiao Wu defeated Tang San with the Silent Sleeve Arrows Cao Yan had given her, then beat him again when he accused Cao Yan of stealing them. After Xiao Wu left, Cao Yan stayed behind with Tang San, suggesting that his real plan was about to begin.

• Cao Yan checked that Xiao Wu was unharmed, and she said she no longer wanted to be only his little sister.
• Tang San recognized the arrows embedded in him as Silent Sleeve Arrows from the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and demanded to know how Xiao Wu got them.
• Xiao Wu angrily threw Tang San with her soft skill and stomped on his chest after he accused Cao Yan of stealing the arrows.
• Cao Yan praised Xiao Wu and persuaded her to return to the dormitory while he took Tang San back.
• After Xiao Wu left, Cao Yan straightened up, looked at Tang San, and chuckled that the real show was about to begin.

Cao Yan beat Tang San and revealed that he knew about Tang San’s secret arts, then used a vision of Xiao Wu with Tang San to torment him. Tang San collapsed after Cao Yan left, while Tang Hao watched from the shadows with murderous intent.

• Cao Yan taunted Tang San about his Tang Sect techniques and struck him until he could barely move.
• The system warned Cao Yan that Tang Hao was watching from hiding, but Cao Yan continued without fear.
• Cao Yan asked the system to make Tang San despair, then showed him a vision of Xiao Wu asking Tang San to protect her.
• Cao Yan claimed Xiao Wu would become his wife and left Tang San beaten and enraged.
• Tang San vowed revenge, then spat blood and passed out as Tang Hao watched Cao Yan leave with bloodlust.

Tang Hao ambushed Cao Yan at Nuoding Academy to avenge Tang San, but Cao Yan revealed a terrifying power and summoned Yu Jin. Tang Hao attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Cao Yan facing a dangerous blow.

• Tang Hao sealed off the area and confronted Cao Yan, declaring that he would kill him for injuring Tang San.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a 100,000-year ring, and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Cao Yan claimed Tang Hao could not kill him and released a power that made Tang Hao sense the pressure of a Peerless Douluo.
• Cao Yan summoned Yu Jin, whose strange appearance startled Tang Hao, but Tang Hao regained confidence when he saw Cao Yan had no Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao leaped at Cao Yan and brought down his hammer with a Soul Ring-powered attack, while Cao Yan sensed the danger.