Chapter Summaries

Li Han enrolled at Nuoding Academy and received the Blinking Sword Technique from his unreliable Mortal Sign-in System. He began work as an assistant librarian, planning to study Soul Beasts while keeping his cultivation secrets from Yu Xiaogang.

• The dean accepted Li Han as a first-year Work-Study Student after seeing his level-six Innate Soul Power and Lone Bamboo Martial Soul.
• The Mortal Sign-in System mistakenly declared that Li Han had joined the Seven Profound Sect and rewarded him with the Blinking Sword Technique.
• Li Han recalled that his Lone Bamboo was actually the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, a Martial Soul that could evolve as it aged and gained Soul Power.
• Teacher Mo Hen assigned Li Han to clean and organize books in the academy library for fifteen Copper Soul Coins a day.
• Li Han welcomed the library job as a chance to study Soul Beasts and decided to avoid Yu Xiaogang and his theories.

Li Han became Mo Hen’s nominal disciple and received Beginner Alchemy, then arrived at Dorm Seven and sparred with Wang Sheng. He ended the fight by pretending to concede, leaving Wang Sheng as dorm leader.

• Mo Hen gave Li Han the library key, explained his cleaning duties, and took him to the library and Dorm Seven.
• Li Han received Beginner Alchemy from the system and considered how he might find ingredients for pills after reaching level ten.
• Li Han met Wang Sheng and the other Work-Study Students, who challenged him to spar for the dorm leader position.
• Li Han revealed his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Martial Soul, drawing mockery from Zhao Shan and Sun Ting before Wang Sheng stopped them.
• Li Han used Smoke-Drifting Steps to evade Wang Sheng’s attacks and improve his technique, then blocked a punch and pretended to surrender.

Li Han welcomed the Elephant Armor Skill and used the Everlasting Spring Technique to strengthen himself, awakening Divine Sense for the first time. He began training at Nuoding Academy and planned his first Soul Ring around wood-attributed Soul Beasts.

• Wang Sheng welcomed Li Han to Dorm Seven after Li Han admitted his Martial Soul increased his movement speed.
• Li Han received the Elephant Armor Skill from the system and decided its early body-tempering stages could help him absorb a stronger first Soul Ring.
• After cultivating the Everlasting Spring Technique, Li Han cleansed his body and sensed everything within ten meters with his newly awakened Divine Sense.
• Li Han trained under a waterfall to cultivate the Elephant Armor Skill, then attended Soul Master theory classes and studied in the library.
• Li Han planned to seek high-age wood-attributed Soul Rings to strengthen his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo and prepare it for the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords.

After reaching level ten, Li Han asked the dean to arrange a Soul Beast hunt and met Yu Xiaogang, who urged him to choose a beast-type Soul Ring and offered to teach him. Li Han rejected Yu Xiaogang’s advice, received a growth-type Storage Bag from the system, and prepared to leave for the Soul Hunting Forest the next morning.

• After a year of cultivation, seven-year-old Li Han reached level ten and went to ask the dean for help hunting a Soul Beast.
• Li Han met Yu Xiaogang in the dean’s office and revealed his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Martial Soul and level-ten Soul Power.
• The dean agreed to take Li Han to the Soul Hunting Forest, while Yu Xiaogang argued that Li Han should choose an animal Soul Beast and offered to guide him as an unofficial disciple.
• The system awarded Li Han a growth-type Storage Bag after Yu Xiaogang appeared as a check-in character.
• Li Han declined Yu Xiaogang’s offer and insisted on seeking a bamboo-type Soul Beast, prompting Yu Xiaogang to leave angrily.
• The dean told Li Han to prepare for the trip the next morning and to notify Mo Hen that he would pause his work-study duties.

Li Han prepared to obtain his first Soul Ring, while Mo Hen grew suspicious of his rapid progress and followed him to Soul Hunting Forest. Li Han chose an eight-hundred-year Lone Bamboo despite Mo Hen’s warning, and Mo Hen agreed to restrain it for him.

• Li Han told Mo Hen he had reached level ten and arranged for someone to cover his library work while he went to hunt a Soul Ring.
• Li Han packed his equipment into his Storage Bag, then set out with Mo Hen for Soul Hunting Forest the next morning.
• At the forest, Li Han received the Azure Essence Sword Art as a check-in reward and said he wanted a hundred-year bamboo-type Soul Ring.
• Mo Hen led Li Han to a bamboo grove, where Li Han identified an eight-hundred-year Lone Bamboo as his target.
• Li Han claimed the Lone Bamboo was only a little over three hundred years old, and Mo Hen agreed to restrain it while Li Han killed it.

Li Han absorbed an eight-hundred-year Lone Bamboo Soul Ring, gained the As-You-Will skill, and concealed some of its abilities from Mo Hen. Mo Hen became convinced Li Han possessed a treasure and threatened him, leaving Li Han facing his former teacher in danger.

• Mo Hen restrained the Lone Bamboo while Li Han repeatedly struck its core until it fell, revealing a Soul Ring.
• Li Han endured the Soul Ring's powerful energy, absorbed it with the help of the Azure Essence Sword Art, and advanced to sixteen levels of Soul Power.
• Li Han discovered that his first Soul Skill, As-You-Will, could alter Heavenly Thunder Bamboo's length, weight, and thickness.
• Li Han demonstrated that Heavenly Thunder Bamboo could extend into a staff, but kept some of the skill's capabilities secret.
• Mo Hen accused Li Han of hiding a treasure and threatened to kill him if he refused to hand it over.

Li Han fought his teacher Mo Hen after Mo Hen tried to steal his supposed treasures. Li Han used his concealed skills and Heavenly Thunder Bamboo to fatally wound Mo Hen, leaving the teacher collapsing before him.

• Mo Hen attacked Li Han with Ghost Hand Bind, but Li Han dodged with Smoke-Drifting Steps.
• Mo Hen revealed his greed and charged with Ghost Shadow Demon Hand, while Li Han used his hidden skills to withstand and evade the stronger Soul Grandmaster.
• Mo Hen tried Ghost Hand Bind again, but Li Han stretched the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo to escape and its white lightning injured Mo Hen through martial soul backlash.
• Li Han used the bamboo to launch himself at Mo Hen and stabbed him in the chest with the dagger Mo Hen had given him.
• Mo Hen struck Li Han away, but Li Han enlarged and hurled the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo to break Mo Hen's arms, then drove the dagger deeper with his staff.

After killing Mo Hen, Li Han claimed his system reward and prepared to continue searching the Soul Hunting Forest for medicinal herbs. He tested his new spells and considered ways to strengthen himself before returning to Nuoding Academy.

• Mo Hen died after railing against his lack of opportunities, and Li Han reflected that his resentment did not justify harming others.
• The system rewarded Li Han with the Fireball Technique for killing his master; he took Mo Hen’s Gold Soul Coins and forest token, then burned the corpse and collected the severed Lone Bamboo.
• Li Han decided to stay in the Soul Hunting Forest for two more days to find herbs, then report that Mo Hen had been eaten by a soul beast.
• Li Han plucked renewable Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaves and stored them for possible future use as materials or spirit-beast food.
• Li Han tested the Azure Origin Sword Ray, cutting through a thick branch, and noted that it consumed one-fifth of his Soul Power and that he needed restorative and healing pills.

Li Han gathered herbs in the Soul Hunting Forest and successfully refined four kinds of pills, then received a Basic Talisman Compendium at the Tainan Small Gathering. He disguised himself to buy talisman-making materials, where Xiao Wu challenged him about wanting rabbit fur.

• Li Han used his Divine Sense to gather herbs while avoiding Soul Masters and soul beasts, then left the Soul Hunting Forest before the deadline.
• Li Han refined Energy Recovery Pills and, through a night of work, produced four bottles of pills.
• Li Han woke at sunset, visited the Tainan Small Gathering, and received a Basic Talisman Compendium as a check-in reward.
• Li Han disguised himself in a black robe and set up a stall seeking fire-attributed soul beast blood essence and animal fur.
• Xiao Wu confronted Li Han about wanting rabbit fur, and he recognized her.

Li Han traded a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf for fur from Xiao Wu, then bought fire-attributed Soul Beast blood essence to prepare materials for making talismans. After tasting the leaf, Xiao Wu found it weakened her Soul Beast aura and decided to follow Li Han, who detected her watching him as he left the stall.

• Li Han received a Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead from the system and asked Xiao Wu whether she had rabbit fur for his talisman brush.
• Xiao Wu refused to sell her keepsake fur until Li Han offered a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf, which she traded for a tuft of rabbit fur.
• Xiao Wu ate the bamboo leaf, felt her Soul Beast aura weaken and her physique improve, and decided to follow Li Han for more leaves.
• Li Han bought fire-attributed Soul Beast blood essence for ten soul coins and prepared to return to the inn to make talisman materials.
• Li Han used full-force Divine Sense to locate Xiao Wu hiding nearby after he sensed someone watching him.

Li Han made the Bamboo Bone Pen from Lone Bamboo and Soft Bone Rabbit fur, then set out for Nuoding Academy with Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu joined him on the carriage and promised to look after him, while Li Han planned to repeat his false story about his teacher at the academy.

• Li Han crafted a talisman brush from Lone Bamboo and Soft Bone Rabbit fur and named it the Bamboo Bone Pen.
• Li Han prepared herbs for talisman paper, wore the Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead as a bracelet, and decided to return to Nuoding Academy.
• Xiao Wu asked Li Han for a ride to Nuoding Academy, and he let her join him in the carriage.
• Li Han told Xiao Wu that a Soul Beast had eaten his teacher, and Xiao Wu comforted him and promised to protect him.
• Li Han told Xiao Wu she would likely live in Dorm Seven, and she happily looked forward to staying near him and eating leaves from his Martial Soul.

Li Han explained his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaves to Xiao Wu and agreed to give her the leaves, which helped weaken her Soul Beast aura and brought them closer. At Nuoding Academy, Li Han reported Mo Hen’s death and Xiao Wu enrolled as a first-year student, saying she wanted to stay with Li Han.

• Xiao Wu admitted she had followed Li Han to ask about the bamboo leaf, and Li Han revealed his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Martial Soul and its ability to produce one leaf a day.
• Li Han gave Xiao Wu a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaf, and she felt her Soul Beast aura weaken after eating it.
• Li Han and Xiao Wu arrived at Nuoding Academy, where Li Han told the dean that Mo Hen had died protecting him from a Datura Snake.
• Li Han showed the dean his hundred-year Lone Bamboo Soul Ring, and the dean advised him to register as a Soul Master.
• Xiao Wu presented her certificate showing Innate Full Soul Power and a Soft Bone Charm Rabbit Martial Soul, then enrolled at Nuoding Academy because she wanted to stay with Li Han.

Li Han brought Xiao Wu to Dorm Seven, where she challenged Wang Sheng and won the right to become the dorm’s boss. Xiao Wu chose the bed beside Li Han’s, while Tang San had yet to arrive at the academy.

• Li Han explained Dorm Seven’s rule that the strongest Work-Study Student became its boss, and Xiao Wu announced she intended to claim the position.
• Xiao Wu challenged Wang Sheng and defeated him with a single move, then revealed she had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Wang Sheng accepted Xiao Wu as Dorm Seven’s boss, and the students greeted her as Sister Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu chose the bed next to Li Han’s and asked to share his blanket, but Li Han gave her a spare instead.
• Li Han learned that no other new students had arrived yet and wondered what the system would say about Tang San when he came.

Li Han cultivated the Azure Essence Sword Art, discovered the Three-Turn Heavy Origin Technique, and set new goals for advancing his cultivation. After Xiao Wu revealed she was already a level-twelve Soul Master, the two began sparring, and she used her first Soul Skill.

• Li Han cultivated with the Azure Essence Sword Art and pills, then learned that the Three-Turn Heavy Origin Technique could strengthen his Soul Power and improve his Soul Rings at the cost of repeatedly dispersing his cultivation.
• Li Han decided to pursue the first turn within two years and spent his free time making talisman paper for protection.
• Xiao Wu complained about library work, then challenged Li Han to a spar and revealed her yellow Soul Ring and level-twelve Soul Master cultivation.
• Li Han agreed to fight Xiao Wu, dodged her opening attack with Smoke-Drifting Steps, and caught her right leg.
• Xiao Wu twisted free and activated her first Soul Skill, Waist Bow.

Li Han defeated Xiao Wu in a sparring match, then gave her a handmade bamboo comb that moved her deeply. The next day, he tried making a Fireball Talisman and realized his failures might be caused by his pen.

• Xiao Wu attacked Li Han with her Waist Bow, but he blocked her kick and held his own against her close-combat strikes.
• Li Han used Smoke-Drifting Steps to seize Xiao Wu's arm and win the sparring match, then explained that he preferred focusing on cultivation.
• Li Han teased Xiao Wu by calling her his pet rabbit, and she stomped on his foot before walking away in a huff.
• Li Han gave Xiao Wu a jade-green Lone Bamboo Comb carved with a rabbit eating a carrot, and Xiao Wu tearfully thanked him and said they were still friends.
• The next day, Li Han tried drawing a Fireball Talisman in the library, failed three times, and concluded that the Bamboo Bone Pen was the problem.

Li Han received the Artifact Refining Compendium after encountering Tang San and Yu Xiaogang at Nuoding Academy, then used it to improve his Bamboo Bone Pen. He left the pen at the peak of low-grade Dharma Artifacts, hoping it would help him draw talismans.

• Li Han failed to draw a Fireball Talisman because his Bamboo Bone Pen could not channel Soul Power smoothly, then registered as a Soul Master and collected his subsidy.
• Li Han saw Tang San become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, and Yu Xiaogang criticized Li Han to Tang San for refusing his guidance.
• Li Han and Tang San exchanged glances, triggering a system reward that gave Li Han the Artifact Refining Compendium.
• Li Han went to the back mountain and carved two restrictions into the Bamboo Bone Pen before his Divine Sense ran out.
• Li Han assessed the improved pen as a peak low-grade Dharma Artifact and expected it to make talisman-making easier.

Li Han successfully made a Fireball Talisman and returned to Dorm Seven, where a dispute with Tang San escalated into a challenge. Li Han gained the upper hand in their fight, while Tang San prepared to use a Hidden Weapon.

• Li Han completed and tested a Fireball Talisman, then planned to make more talismans and seek Soul Beast blood and talisman paper.
• Li Han met Tang San in Dorm Seven and argued with him over Wang Sheng’s criticism of Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San challenged Li Han, offering to reveal something that could make him stronger if Li Han beat him.
• Li Han accepted the challenge and dodged Tang San’s opening punch before kicking him back.
• Tang San attacked with Tang Sect techniques, but Li Han used Heavenly Thunder Bamboo and the Blinking Sword Technique to deflect his blows.
• Tang San decided he needed a decisive strike and aimed a Silent Sleeve Arrow at Li Han’s left leg.

Li Han defeated Tang San in a spar and took the Silent Sleeve Arrow, which he later gave to Xiao Wu. After Tang San returned with his First Soul Ring, Yu Xiaogang challenged Li Han to another contest and offered a Spirit Hall token as the prize if Li Han won.

• Li Han dodged Tang San's Silent Sleeve Arrow, defeated him, and accepted the weapon as the prize for their bet.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Tang San on the way to Soul Hunting Forest, telling him that his new Soul Ring would let him surpass Li Han.
• Li Han gave the Silent Sleeve Arrow to Xiao Wu after she asked to borrow it.
• Tang San returned to the academy with his First Soul Ring and challenged Li Han to fight again, demanding the weapon back and an apology for Yu Xiaogang if he won.
• Yu Xiaogang offered Li Han a Level Three Spirit Hall Token if Li Han won the contest.

Li Han defeated Tang San in a single strike and won the Level Three Token for the Soul Hunting Forest. Tang San chose to trust Yu Xiaogang’s training path, while Li Han planned to prepare for his next Soul Ring by crafting Heavenly Thunder Beads.

• Li Han accepted Yu Xiaogang’s challenge and revealed his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Martial Soul, while Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and its Datura Snake Soul Ring.
• Tang San used his First Soul Skill, Bind, but Li Han’s As-You-Will strike pierced through the Blue Silver Grass and paralyzed Tang San with lightning.
• Li Han claimed victory and told Tang San that a support and healing path might suit Blue Silver Grass, but Yu Xiaogang dismissed his advice and gave him the Level Three Token.
• After recovering, Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether Li Han was right, then reaffirmed his trust in his teacher and vowed to surpass Li Han.
• Li Han planned to visit the Soul Hunting Forest alone when he reached level twenty and considered turning Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaves into Heavenly Thunder Beads.

Li Han entered the Soul Hunting Forest to find a suitable Soul Beast for his second Soul Ring and discovered an eighteen-hundred-year-old Chameleon Vine disguised as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. He attacked it with a Fireball Talisman, and the wounded Soul Beast turned its fury on him.

• Li Han reviewed his preparations, concealed his identity, and entered the Soul Hunting Forest using Yu Xiaogang's token.
• Li Han spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent at a pool but hid when three Soul Masters approached to hunt it.
• The disguised Chameleon Vine killed the two gray-robed Soul Grandmasters and drove the blue-robed man to flee.
• Li Han recognized the creature as an eighteen-hundred-year-old Chameleon Vine and decided its Wood attribute made it a suitable target.
• Li Han attacked with a Fireball Talisman, blasting off one of the Chameleon Vine's vines and provoking it to face him.