Chapter Summaries

Xia Yan enrolled at Notting Academy while hiding the true power of his Demon Suppressing Pagoda spirit and planning to contract a Datura Snake. Yu Xiaogang summoned him, seeing the poor, innately full-Soul-Power student as an ideal disciple.

• Xia Yan enrolled at Notting Academy and claimed his spirit was an ordinary Black Tower.
• Xia Yan found Wang Sheng in Dorm Seven and realized Tang San had not arrived yet.
• Xia Yan planned to contract a Datura Snake but worried about reaching the dangerous Soul Hunting Forest alone.
• Yu Xiaogang called Xia Yan to his office and silently assessed him as a potential disciple.

Xia Yan explained his theory that martial soul mutations came from attribute fusion and inherited bloodline impurities. Yu Xiaogang recognized it as an explanation for his own mutated martial soul, Luo Sanpao, and demanded to know where Xia Yan had learned it.

• Yu Xiaogang confronted Xia Yan about his mutated Black Tower martial soul and tried to pressure him into seeking Yu's guidance.
• Xia Yan said the mutation was caused by the fusion of attributes and bloodlines, then asked to trade knowledge for a book about rare soul beasts.
• Yu Xiaogang offered Xia Yan a copy of Detailed Explanation of Rare Soul Beasts if Xia Yan proved himself worthy.
• Xia Yan explained how absorbed Soul Rings introduced attributes into martial souls and how inherited impurities could cause mutations across generations.
• Yu Xiaogang realized the theory explained Luo Sanpao's mutation and demanded to know where Xia Yan had learned it and how he knew about the soul beasts he mentioned.

Xia Yan tricked Yu Xiaogang into accepting invented theories about controlling martial soul mutations through mixed Deadly Poison, then left after Yu Xiaogang questioned whether his mutation was beneficial. On his way back, Xia Yan considered asking the dean to accompany him to the Soul Hunting Forest.

• Xia Yan claimed his family’s book of theories had burned in a fire, then offered more of its supposed findings in exchange for Yu Xiaogang’s book on rare soul beasts.
• Xia Yan explained that weak martial souls were easier to mutate but had limited potential, and argued they should use mixed plant and animal Deadly Poison as their main attack.
• Yu Xiaogang enthusiastically agreed with Xia Yan’s poison theory and demanded to hear more, but Xia Yan said he had nothing else to share.
• Yu Xiaogang warned that some mutated soul masters could no longer advance their Soul Power, but Xia Yan said he would rather study the subject himself and walked away.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted after Xia Yan in anger, while Xia Yan headed back toward the small courtyard and considered asking the dean to accompany him to the Soul Hunting Forest.

Xia Yan entered the Soul Hunting Forest with the dean, contracted a Datura Snake, and gained the Snake Shadow Binding soul skill. After returning to Notting Academy, he found that Tang San had become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and encountered Xiao Wu in the dormitory.

• Xia Yan and the dean searched the Soul Hunting Forest for three days before finding a roughly four-hundred-year-old Datura Snake.
• Xia Yan absorbed the Datura Snake into the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, rose to level thirteen, and gained the Snake Shadow Binding soul skill.
• The dean agreed to keep Xia Yan’s martial soul secret and praised his new soul skill before they returned to Notting Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Tang San as his disciple, while Tang Hao watched in secret and considered whether Yu Xiaogang could help with Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls.
• After registering at Spirit Hall and buying bedding, Xia Yan returned to the dormitory and saw Xiao Wu among the students gathered around Wang Sheng.

Xia Yan returned to Dorm Seven and told Xiao Wu that he had rejected Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to take him as a disciple, prompting Tang San to angrily defend his teacher. Xia Yan then showed Xiao Wu how she could obtain money for bedding by registering after gaining a Soul Ring, leaving Wang Sheng shocked to learn Xia Yan already had one despite claiming he could not beat him.

• Xiao Wu challenged Xia Yan to become Dorm Seven’s boss, but Wang Sheng explained that Xia Yan had already been at the academy for several days.
• Xia Yan told Xiao Wu and the other students that Yu Xiaogang had tried to take him as a disciple, but he had left after finding Yu Xiaogang’s theories unconvincing.
• Tang San confronted the students for insulting Yu Xiaogang, threatened them, and smashed a wooden door before leaving.
• Xiao Wu asked Xia Yan for money to buy bedding, and he suggested she get a Soul Ring and register at Spirit Hall to receive a monthly subsidy.
• Xia Yan revealed that he had Innate Full Soul Power and a Soul Ring, leaving Wang Sheng astonished that Xia Yan had claimed he could not beat him.

Xiao Wu settled into the dorm beside Xia Yan, while Tang San grew convinced of Yu Xiaogang’s wisdom despite witnessing the bizarre power of his soul skill. Yu Xiaogang proposed a poison-based path for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and they set out toward an area inhabited by Black-Bellied Spear Snakes.

• Xiao Wu moved her bedding beside Xia Yan’s bed, and the dormitory students began calling Xia Yan Brother Yan after Wang Sheng returned frightened and deferential.
• Tang San returned late, slept on Yu Xiaogang’s new bedding, and left early the next morning with Yu Xiaogang after buying more than twenty jin of radishes.
• Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao’s Blast Fart to knock out a pack of Nether Wolves, leaving Tang San shocked by the stench and the soul skill’s effect.
• Yu Xiaogang recommended Deadly Poison as the ideal first Soul Ring attribute for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and Tang San eagerly agreed.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San they would travel another day to find Black-Bellied Spear Snakes, whose poison suited Blue Silver Grass.

Xia Yan fed the Datura Snake by selling its venom, while Tang San gained a poison-based first Soul Ring in the Soul Hunting Forest. Xia Yan’s business prospered, and Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang Hao each believed their plans were leading to a bright future.

• Xia Yan realized the Datura Snake needed food and decided to earn money by selling its venom.
• Xia Yan sold four bottles of Datura Snake venom for two Gold Soul Coins and bought meat for the snake.
• Tang Hao replaced the roughly two-hundred-year Black Rot Spear Snake Yu Xiaogang had chosen with a wounded snake aged between three hundred and fifty and four hundred years.
• Tang San killed the wounded Black Rot Spear Snake and absorbed its Soul Ring, gaining the Binding skill with corrosive venom.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to make Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass poisonous, while Tang Hao and Tang San felt satisfied with their progress.

Tang Hao hoped Tang San would become allies with Xia Yan, while Xia Yan ended the conflict between the Work-Study Students and ordinary students at Notting Academy. The chapter left Xiao Chenyu and his group terrified after Xia Yan defeated them with his Shadow Snake Swarm.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to make Xia Yan a goal, and Tang San agreed after mistakenly believing his teacher cared only about Xia Yan's talent.
• Tang Hao overheard them and hoped Tang San would form a good relationship with Xia Yan, whom he saw as a potential ally against Spirit Hall.
• At Notting Academy's back mountain, Xiao Wu and the Work-Study Students confronted Xiao Chenyu and the ordinary students, who proposed a series of one-on-one duels.
• Xia Yan stepped in and challenged all ten ordinary students to attack him together.
• Xia Yan revealed his Century Soul Ring and used the Shadow Snake Swarm to terrify and immobilize the ordinary students, including Xiao Chenyu and Liu Long.
• Xia Yan dispersed the snakes after warning Xiao Chenyu to show respect to the Work-Study Students.

After Xia Yan defeated more than twenty students, his reputation spread through Notting Academy, prompting Yu Xiaogang to tell Tang San to befriend him instead of competing with him. Tang San misread Yu Xiaogang’s fear as concern and vowed to surpass Xia Yan, while Tang Hao watched from the shadows.

• Xia Yan defeated Xiao Chenyu and the other students, then reassured the Work-Study Students that they would no longer be bullied.
• Xia Wu and the Work-Study Students celebrated Xia Yan’s victory, and Xiao Wu watched him with newfound relief.
• News of Xia Yan’s strength reached Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San spent the night worrying about how to defeat him.
• A black-cloaked man appeared in Yu Xiaogang’s office, startling him into dropping his teacup.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to become friends with Xia Yan, but Tang San vowed to surpass him, leaving Yu Xiaogang terrified.
• Tang Hao watched the tense exchange from the shadows.

Tang San obeyed Yu Xiaogang’s order not to challenge Xia Yan, while Xia Yan trained and sought money to support his cultivation. After earning eleven Gold Soul Coins in a Soul Fighting Arena, Xia Yan left six men badly beaten for threatening a stall owner.

• Yu Xiaogang forbade Tang San from challenging Xia Yan, and Tang San agreed but secretly resolved to train until he could defeat him.
• Tang San cultivated diligently, forged Hidden Weapons at a blacksmith shop, and became a backer of the Work-Study Students alongside Xiao Wu and Xia Yan.
• Ten months later, Xia Yan sold the Datura Snake’s venom, fought four opponents at a Soul Fighting Arena, and earned eleven Gold Soul Coins.
• On his way back to Notting Academy, Xia Yan saw six people trying to take a stall from a middle-aged woman.
• Xia Yan beat all six, warned their leader not to threaten the stall owner again, and threatened further consequences if they retaliated.

Xia Yan helped Xiao Wu’s acquaintance and kept his distance from Xiao Wu, then returned to his village for the holiday. Tang San learned that Tang Hao had left and turned away Old Jack after Old Jack criticized his father.

• Xia Yan drove off six men who had harassed a stall owner and promised to protect her, while Xiao Wu thanked him and asked about his absence from the academy.
• Xia Yan refused Xiao Wu’s request for help with her studies, and she looked hurt by his rejection.
• When Notting Academy’s holiday began, Tang San invited Xiao Wu to Holy Soul Village, but she refused; Xiao Wu also wanted to go with Xia Yan, who politely declined.
• Xia Yan gave the village chief five Gold Soul Coins and health tonics, moving the old man to tears.
• Tang San returned home and found Old Jack with a letter from Tang Hao announcing his departure.
• After Old Jack criticized Tang Hao and invited Tang San to stay with him, Tang San folded the letter, asked Old Jack to leave, and continued cleaning the house.

After reaching level twenty, Xia Yan entered the Star Dou Great Forest with the Datura Snake to search for a Jade Green Bird for his second Soul Ring. They found a fresh green feather on the tenth day, suggesting the bird was nearby.

• Xia Yan reached level twenty after a year of cultivation and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest with the Datura Snake.
• Xia Yan searched the forest for a Jade Green Bird, hoping to contract one for his second Soul Ring and eventually awaken its ancestral Jade Green Luan bloodline.
• Xia Yan used the Demon Suppressing Pagoda as a safe shelter at night and stocked it with supplies for the expedition.
• Xia Yan and the Datura Snake explored for days, and Xia Yan transplanted red-fruited plants into the pagoda after discovering that the snake liked them.
• On the tenth day, the Datura Snake returned with a fresh green feather, and Xia Yan realized they had found signs of a Jade Green Bird.

Xia Yan captured a thousand-year-old Jade Green Bird, raising his Soul Power to level twenty-three and a half while the Datura Snake advanced into the thousand-year ranks. After testing his new abilities, he graduated from Notting Academy and prepared to attend a mid-level Soul Master Academy.

• Xia Yan and the Datura Snake found a flock of Jade Green Birds and captured the graceful thousand-year-old bird with the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Xia Yan's Soul Power rose to level twenty-three and a half, the Datura Snake advanced to eleven hundred years, and the pagoda's second floor opened.
• Xia Yan discovered that the Jade Green Bird increased his speed and granted him the Jade Shadow Flowing Light Soul Skill, while Snake Shadow Binding had also grown stronger.
• Xia Yan flew through the sky on the Jade Green Bird with the Datura Snake clinging to him.
• Xia Yan submitted his graduation application at Notting Academy, told the dean he planned to attend a mid-level Soul Master Academy, and declined to say goodbye to his classmates.

After leaving Notting City, Xia Yan traveled to the Sylvie Grasslands to hunt Wolf Bandits for bounty money, confident that the Demon Suppressing Pagoda could protect him. He reached a Seven Treasure Pavilion and asked for recent sightings of packs with five or fewer members, drawing startled attention from the people nearby.

• The dean saw Xia Yan to the school gates, and Xia Yan left without looking back as Xiao Wu watched from the forest and cried over his rejection.
• Xia Yan knew Xiao Wu was following him but continued onward, believing he needed greater power to feel secure.
• Xia Yan summoned the Jade Green Bird and flew toward the Sylvie Grasslands to hunt Wolf Bandits for bounties.
• After traveling for ten days, Xia Yan arrived at a Seven Treasure Pavilion and asked the receptionist about Wolf Bandits sighted in groups of five or fewer.
• The receptionist paused at Xia Yan's request, while nearby patrons exchanged glances in surprise.

Xia Yan set out to hunt a small pack of Wolf Bandits west of Songpeikeer City and used his Soul Beasts to ambush them. The fight continued as the surviving Wolf Bandits fled and Xia Yan began taking them down.

• Xia Yan accepted a record of six Wolf Bandits west of Songpeikeer City despite warnings about their strength and aggression.
• Xia Yan replenished his supplies, traveled west across the grasslands, and located the pack with help from the Jade Green Bird.
• The Jade Green Bird attacked from the sky while the Datura Snake ambushed a Wolf Bandit and corroded its hind leg with poison.
• Xia Yan and the Jade Green Bird vanished from the Wolf Bandits' sight, then reappeared as the Datura Snake poisoned two more of them.
• Three Wolf Bandits fled in different directions, but Xia Yan summoned the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and used snake shadows to restrain and kill one.

Xia Yan killed six Wolf Bandits and brought their corpses to the Seven Treasure Pavilion to collect the reward and request information about smaller Wolf Bandit groups in the Sylvie Grasslands. After receiving three thousand Gold Soul Coins, he went upstairs to wait for the pavilion master to gather the information.

• Xia Yan stored the corpses of the three Wolf Bandits he had killed and used his Snake Swarm to finish off the blinded, badly wounded chief.
• Xia Yan returned to the Seven Treasure Pavilion and asked whether he could claim payment there for hunting Wolf Bandits.
• Xia Yan produced six Wolf Bandit corpses in the pavilion hall, shocking the gathered Soul Masters and staff.
• Xia Yan asked the pavilion to pay him and provide information about small Wolf Bandit groups in the Sylvie Grasslands.
• Yue Yao introduced herself as the Songpeikeer City branch pavilion master, praised Xia Yan, and arranged his reward.
• Xia Yan received three purple cards worth three thousand Gold Soul Coins, then followed Yue Yao upstairs to wait for the requested information.

Xia Yan used Yue Yao’s records to hunt small Wolf Bandit groups across the Sylvie Grasslands, earning Gold Soul Coins and making the region safer. As the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect investigated his motives, Xia Yan’s journey continued, and Tang San reached level twenty and was ready to obtain his Second Soul Ring.

• Yue Yao showed Xia Yan a detailed map and records of nearly ten small Wolf Bandit groups on the Sylvie Grasslands.
• Xia Yan hunted the groups, collected Gold Soul Coins, bought Whale Rubber, and earned increasingly extravagant rumors about his identity.
• Xia Yan’s hunts made the Sylvie Grasslands safer, and Yue Yao formally thanked him on behalf of the Seven Treasures Caravan.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Xia Yan’s motives and ordered an investigation into his background.
• Xia Yan continued cultivating and hunting until his savings exceeded one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Three months later, Tang San reached level twenty and was ready to obtain his Second Soul Ring.

Yu Xiaogang chose the Venomous Rot Vine as Tang San’s second Soul Ring, and Tang San gained a corrosive juice Soul Skill that strengthened his Blue Silver Grass. The chapter left Tang San thrilled with his new power and determined to keep growing stronger.

• Yu Xiaogang explained his plan to make Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass poisonous and recommended a Venomous Rot Vine Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the Notting Academy dean traveled to Soul Hunting Forest and found a roughly six-hundred-and-seventy-year-old Venomous Rot Vine.
• Tang San absorbed the vine’s yellow Soul Ring and gained the second Soul Skill, Corrosive Juice Secretion.
• Tang San demonstrated that his Blue Silver Grass secreted sticky, poisonous juice that rapidly rotted raw meat.
• Yu Xiaogang praised the Soul Skill, while Tang San ignored the darkening color of his grass and skin and celebrated his increased strength.

After years of wandering and training, Xia Yan reached Level 30, contracted a Light White Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest, and gained a new Soul Skill. He later arrived in Suotuo City, planning to join Shrek Academy for a year before leaving early.

• Xia Yan traveled across the continent, reached Level 30, and used money taken from Wolf Bandits to buy a Storage Soul Tool.
• Xia Yan entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find a light-attribute White Tiger, which he planned to evolve into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger using the Evil God Pearl of the one living near the forest's core.
• Xia Yan contracted a three-thousand-year-old Light White Tiger, rose from Level 30 to Level 34, and gained the Light Slash Soul Skill as his other Soul Beasts grew stronger.
• Tang San bathed by a river and blamed Xia Yan for leaving Notting Academy without saying goodbye, while boasting about his own strength and abilities.
• Xia Yan arrived in Suotuo City, intending to attend Shrek Academy for a year before leaving early.

Xia Yan bought a Dragon Whisker Needle from Flender and traveled to Shrek Academy to enroll. Li Yusong discovered that Xia Yan was only eleven years old and reacted with shock at his Soul Elder cultivation.

• Xia Yan found Flender's shop and bought the Dragon Whisker Needle for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Flender ignored the payment and watched Xia Yan leave, visibly unsettled.
• Xia Yan traveled from Suotuo City to Shrek Academy and saw Li Yusong reject an overage applicant despite the boy's level-twenty-one Soul Power.
• Li Yusong revealed his six Soul Rings and drove most of the waiting crowd away.
• Xia Yan paid the enrollment fee, and Li Yusong was shocked to find that Xia Yan was eleven years old and a Soul Elder.