Chapter Summaries

At Fish Village’s Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, Yu Yan awakened a Companion Martial Soul, the Ice and Fire Twin Fish, and revealed innate Soul Power at level seven and a half. Gong Fenghua invited him to join Spirit Hall and gave him cultivation materials, while Yu Yan left the decision open and returned with the certificate and booklets.

• Yu Yan watched the other village children awaken ordinary Green Fish Martial Souls without Soul Power, then stepped forward for his own ceremony.
• Yu Yan awakened the Ice and Fire Twin Fish, which he recognized as one Companion Martial Soul rather than Twin Martial Souls.
• Gong Fenghua tested Yu Yan and discovered his innate Soul Power was level seven and a half.
• Yu Yan declined to decide immediately when Gong Fenghua invited him to join Spirit Hall, using his family as an excuse.
• Gong Fenghua gave Yu Yan a Martial Soul Awakening Certificate, a Meditation Method, and cultivation notes before leading the children outside.

After awakening a powerful ice-and-fire twin fish martial soul, Yu Yan began cultivating and quickly learned to absorb soul power. He tested his martial soul at home, discovering its strength, fire, and ice abilities.

• Gong Fenghua told Old Man Yu that Yu Yan had a mutated ice-and-fire twin fish martial soul and innate soul power of level seven and a half.
• Old Man Yu gave Yu Yan the village's work-study student quota and urged him to cultivate carefully and return for a first soul ring at rank ten.
• Yu Yan studied Gong Fenghua's meditation method and successfully absorbed soul power on his first attempt, spending the afternoon cultivating.
• Yu Yan possessed his martial soul and punched a hole through his practice sandbag, finding that the edges had been scorched by fire.
• Yu Yan tested the fire fish's flames and found that ordinary water could not extinguish them, then used the ice fish's chill to put them out.

Yu Yan tested whether he could release only one of his Ice and Fire Twin Fish, then traveled to the eastern mountain to cultivate and discovered the morning Purple Qi associated with Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye. He resolved to find a way to absorb it and used Tang San as motivation before continuing his training.

• Yu Yan exhausted his Soul Power trying to withdraw the Ice Fish while keeping the Fire Fish released, then fell asleep and woke from a dream when a rooster crowed.
• Yu Yan climbed the eastern mountain and found that Soul Power there was more abundant and active than in the village.
• At sunrise, Yu Yan sensed a higher-quality Purple Qi, watched it vanish, and connected its appearance to the morning sun and Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye.
• Yu Yan decided to make absorbing the Purple Qi a priority and, thinking of Tang San’s advantages, recommitted himself to surpassing him through action.
• Yu Yan cultivated with greater focus, practiced two sets of Taiji Fist, and ran down the mountain.

Yu Yan refined the morning Purple Qi to strengthen his Soul Power and broke through to level 8. Afterward, he met a little girl who introduced herself as Xiao Wu, whom he recognized from the animated version of Douluo Continent.

• Yu Yan dismissed the idea of attending Nuoding Academy and continued practicing control over the Ice and Fire Twin Fish.
• At sunrise, Yu Yan guided a wisp of Purple Qi into his body, used the Ice Fish's ability to endure its heat, and refined it, raising his Soul Power from level 7 at 56% to 60%.
• Yu Yan refined Purple Qi each morning, while Old Man Yu brought him food and told him his son would help obtain a hundred-year soul ring.
• Ten days later, Yu Yan refined another wisp of Purple Qi and smoothly broke through to level 8.
• Xiao Wu approached Yu Yan on the mountaintop, introduced herself, and Yu Yan recognized her from the animated version of Douluo Continent.

Xiao Wu questioned Yu Yan about the unusual Soul Power fluctuations she had sensed, but he hid his Purple Qi cultivation method and fled. After tracking him to Fish Village, she enlisted Old Man Yu to help find him.

• Xiao Wu asked Yu Yan why his cultivation produced unusually strong Soul Power fluctuations, and he claimed to use an ordinary Meditation Method.
• Yu Yan demonstrated ordinary cultivation, then used Martial Soul Possession to escape before Xiao Wu could question him further.
• Xiao Wu chased Yu Yan to Fish Village, determined to discover the secret behind his cultivation method.
• Old Man Yu recognized that Xiao Wu was looking for little Yan and offered to take her to him.

Village Chief Old Man Yu arranged for Yu Yan to meet his son in Balaque City, and Yu Yan agreed to help with the fish harvest. After Old Man Yu left, Xiao Wu stubbornly pressed Yu Yan to reveal his cultivation method, but their standoff ended when her stomach growled and she asked to share his food.

• Old Man Yu visited Yu Yan with Xiao Wu and offered to introduce him to his son, who lived in Balaque City, and Yu Yan accepted.
• Yu Yan offered to help Old Man Yu harvest fish in five days, and the village chief happily accepted.
• After Old Man Yu left, Yu Yan urged Xiao Wu to go home, but she insisted she had not mistaken his unusual cultivation and offered to trade for his method.
• Yu Yan denied having a special method and told Xiao Wu to get a Meditation Method from the Spirit Hall, but she continued waiting for him to agree.
• Xiao Wu's stomach growled, and she shyly asked Yu Yan if she could have some of his food.

Yu Yan realized Xiao Wu had no plans to go to Nuoding City and had not yet met Tang San, so he changed his mind about sending her away and offered to help her attend Balak Junior Soul Master Academy. Xiao Wu agreed to stay with him while she waited for him to teach her his cultivation method.

• Yu Yan let Xiao Wu finish his leftover breakfast, and she praised his cooking.
• Yu Yan asked whether Xiao Wu was heading to Nuoding City, but she said she had never heard of it and did not know about Soul Master Academies.
• Yu Yan realized Xiao Wu and Tang San were still strangers and decided she was a promising prospect he wanted to keep nearby.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu he would teach her his cultivation method once he mastered it, and explained what a Soul Master Academy was.
• Xiao Wu said she wanted to attend Balak Junior Soul Master Academy and stay with Yu Yan, and he offered to help her pay in exchange for a future favor.

Yu Yan reassured Xiao Wu about visiting Spirit Hall and planned to secure her a work-study student place at Balak Junior Soul Master Academy. He took her to meet Old Man Yu and invented a tragic family history to explain why she had come to live with him.

• Yu Yan explained how Xiao Wu could get a work-study student quota and persuaded her that the routine awakening ceremony at Spirit Hall was unlikely to expose her to her enemies.
• Xiao Wu agreed to attend the ceremony, asked Yu Yan about his innate soul power, and looked forward to visiting Balaque City.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu they would ask Grandpa Fish about traveling to the city that afternoon and prepared a room and a celebratory meal for her.
• Yu Yan brought Xiao Wu to Old Man Yu and claimed that her parents had died, her relatives had mistreated her, and she had come to stay with her distant cousin.
• Old Man Yu was stunned by Yu Yan's elaborate story but appeared to believe it.

Yu Yan arranged for himself and Xiao Wu to travel to Balaque City and awaken Xiao Wu’s Martial Soul, then brought her to observe his sunrise cultivation. Xiao Wu sensed that Yu Yan’s Purple Qi cultivation produced unusually high-quality Soul Power and began cultivating beside him.

• Yu Yan told Old Man Yu that Xiao Wu had not awakened her Martial Soul and asked to take her to Spirit Hall in Balaque City.
• Old Man Yu arranged for Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to travel with a merchant caravan in three days and asked Yu Qiqiang to look after them.
• That night, Yu Yan fell asleep after reviewing the day, while Xiao Wu wrestled with whether she could trust him.
• The next morning, Xiao Wu overslept because the bed was too soft, then followed Yu Yan to the mountaintop.
• As Yu Yan cultivated with the rising sun’s Purple Qi, Xiao Wu sensed the quality of his Soul Power and began cultivating beside him.

After refining Purple Qi, Yu Yan noticed that his Soul Power gains slowed as the amount needed for each level increased. He practiced Taiji Fist with Xiao Wu in the morning and agreed to spar with her that afternoon, hoping to improve his combat skills.

• Yu Yan realized that advancing from level eight to level nine required more Soul Power than advancing from level seven to level eight.
• Xiao Wu watched Yu Yan practice Taiji Fist, joined him, and felt its slow movements loosen her body.
• Xiao Wu asked to meet the Taiji Fist teacher, but Yu Yan said he learned it in his previous life, prompting them to bicker as they walked down the mountain.
• Yu Yan practiced punches against a Wooden Dummy because the children of Fish Village no longer wanted to fight him.
• Xiao Wu suggested sparring so she could beat Yu Yan, and he agreed, asking her to go easy on him.

Yu Yan trained with Xiao Wu through repeated sparring, improving his combat experience and Soul Power while helping her learn about human society. After days of growing closer, the arrival of a merchant caravan reminded him that it was time to take Xiao Wu to Balaque City for her Martial Soul Awakening Certificate.

• Xiao Wu defeated Yu Yan in five seconds, then sparred with him again and fed him moves until his Soul Power ran out.
• Yu Yan recovered his Soul Power with the Meditation Method, noticed a slight increase in his level, and continued training with Xiao Wu into the night.
• As the days passed, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu cultivated and practiced Taiji Fist together in the mornings, then sparred in the afternoons.
• Yu Yan taught Xiao Wu common knowledge about human society, and the two grew increasingly familiar while leaving some topics unspoken.
• Old Man Yu reminded Yu Yan that the merchant caravan had arrived, and the time had come to take Xiao Wu to Balaque City for her Martial Soul Awakening Certificate.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu traveled with a merchant caravan from Fish Village to Balaque City, where Yu Qiqiang escorted them to Spirit Hall for Xiao Wu’s martial soul awakening. The chapter ended as the three entered the Soul Awakening Room passage, with Xiao Wu and Yu Qiqiang growing nervous.

• Old Man Yu warned Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to stay safe in Balaque City and asked Yu Qiqiang to look after them.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu traveled with the merchant caravan and arrived safely in Balaque City two days later.
• Yu Qiqiang insisted on escorting Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to Spirit Hall before handling his own business.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu explored Balaque City’s streets, and Yu Yan noticed the Soul Fighting Arena and Balaque Academy.
• Yu Qiqiang led Yu Yan and Xiao Wu into Spirit Hall, where the guard directed them toward the Soul Awakening Room.

Xiao Wu awakened a Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power level seven and a half, then spent the day exploring Balaque City with Yu Yan. The two returned to their inn, where Yu Yan resumed cultivating and noticed the city's Soul Power was less lively than the wilderness.

• Xiao Wu awakened a Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power level seven and a half, and declined the Soul Master's offer to join Spirit Hall.
• Yu Yan and Uncle Yu Qiqiang congratulated Xiao Wu, who kept her true Innate Full Soul Power secret from Yu Yan.
• Yu Qiqiang took Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to their inn, then left to handle his business.
• Xiao Wu persuaded Yu Yan to explore Balaque City, where he followed her from stall to stall until they headed back at sunset.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu ate with the merchant caravan, then returned to their room, where Yu Yan cultivated and sensed that Soul Power was less lively in the city.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu returned safely to Fish Village after their trip, and Old Man Yu celebrated their Soul Power and made plans for the village’s future. The chapter ended with Old Man Yu promising to find Xiao Wu an unused Work-Study Student quota in a nearby village.

• Yu Yan used his Ice Fish Martial Soul to freeze buckets of water, keeping the room cool overnight for himself and Xiao Wu.
• After the merchant caravan finished its business, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu traveled back to Fish Village two days later.
• Old Man Yu learned that Xiao Wu had seven and a half levels of Soul Power and celebrated, imagining the village renamed after its future Soul Saints.
• Yu Yan asked Old Man Yu to find Xiao Wu an unused Work-Study Student quota, and Old Man Yu agreed to handle it.

Yu Yan reached Level 9 after two months of training while Xiao Wu struggled to sense Purple Qi. Xiao Wu’s question about whether the moon held energy like the sun gave Yu Yan the idea to investigate Moon Essence as a new way to cultivate.

• Yu Yan broke through to Level 9, and Xiao Wu promised to work harder to catch up with him.
• Xiao Wu asked why she could not sense Purple Qi, and Yu Yan suggested that his unusual Ice and Fire Twin Fish martial soul might be the reason he could.
• Xiao Wu wondered whether the moon contained energy corresponding to the sun’s Purple Qi, prompting Yu Yan to consider cultivating with Moon Essence.
• Yu Yan excitedly praised Xiao Wu and said the moon likely held special energy, though he reserved judgment until he could test the idea.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu failed to find Moon Essence under the crescent moon, then both guessed that it might be absorbable only on a full moon night. Later, Old Man Yu invited them to help harvest fish from his ponds and meet his son, while Yu Yan told Xiao Wu about the pond his parents had left him.

• Yu Yan searched for Moon Essence at night but found none, and he and Xiao Wu guessed they should try again on a full moon night.
• Xiao Wu asked Yu Yan to make crayfish to celebrate, and he agreed as they walked back down the mountain.
• Yu Yan continued searching for Moon Essence on later nights but still found nothing.
• Old Man Yu told Yu Yan and Xiao Wu that his son would return that day and invited them to help harvest fish from his ponds and meet him.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu that his family’s shellfish pond had been leased to villagers since his parents died, and Xiao Wu apologized for raising a painful subject.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu met Yu Qingfeng, a Soul Grandmaster who offered to help them obtain Soul Rings, and learned about his Martial Soul and views on Yu Xiaogang. After harvesting the fishponds, Yu Yan asked Xiao Wu why she seemed unhappy, and she revealed her distress over Soul Masters killing Soul Beasts.

• Old Man Yu introduced his son Yu Qingfeng to Yu Yan and Xiao Wu, and Yu Qingfeng offered to help them obtain Soul Rings.
• Yu Qingfeng explained that his Martial Soul was the Big-Headed Black Fish and shared his critical but nuanced opinion of Yu Xiaogang's theories.
• Yu Qingfeng hauled in the fishing nets with his strength, and he, Yu Yan, and Xiao Wu harvested the fishponds in one day.
• Old Man Yu gave Yu Yan and Xiao Wu a Great Green Fish each, and they carried the fish home.
• Yu Yan asked Xiao Wu why she had seemed unhappy, and she admitted that killing Soul Beasts felt cruel.
• Yu Yan asked Xiao Wu what she thought about Soul Beasts eating other Soul Beasts.

Yu Yan challenged Xiao Wu to reconsider why she saw humans hunting Soul Beasts as cruel when Soul Beasts also ate one another, then urged her to become strong enough to change the world. After dreaming of changing its rules, Xiao Wu resolved to cultivate seriously and began absorbing Soul Power beside Yu Yan.

• Xiao Wu agreed uncertainly that Soul Beasts eating one another and humans hunting them might not be so different.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu that becoming strong enough could let her change the rules that forced Soul Masters to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Yu Yan went to bed, while Xiao Wu lay awake thinking about his perspective and dreamed of becoming powerful enough to remake the world.
• The next morning, Xiao Wu joined Yu Yan on the mountaintop and decided to stop slacking off in her cultivation.
• Xiao Wu sat cross-legged beside Yu Yan and absorbed the Soul Power drifting from his body.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu confirmed that full moonlight contained absorbable Moon Essence, which Yu Yan refined through the night. At dawn, Purple Qi fused with the remaining Moon Essence into Sun and Moon Essence, improving Yu Yan’s Soul Power and physical constitution.

• Yu Yan sensed Moon Essence in the full moonlight and absorbed it by refining a wisp with his Fire Fish’s flame energy.
• Xiao Wu failed to sense Moon Essence herself, but cultivated by absorbing the high-quality Soul Power dissipating from Yu Yan.
• Yu Yan refined Moon Essence throughout the night while Xiao Wu continued cultivating beside him.
• At dawn, Yu Yan absorbed Purple Qi with his Ice Fish’s power, and it fused with the remaining Moon Essence into Sun and Moon Essence.
• Yu Yan refined the new energy, increased his Soul Power progress to 54% of level nine, and felt his physical constitution improve.

Yu Yan told Xiao Wu about the Sun and Moon Essence before the two left Fish Village to attend Balak Junior Soul Master Academy. After arriving, they toured the lavish academy and chose to look for a room in the Work-Study Student dormitory.

• Yu Yan explained Moon Essence and the possibility of fusing it with Purple Qi, and Xiao Wu urged him to discover how to absorb both energies.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu practiced Taiji Fist, then returned to rest after cultivating through the night.
• Old Man Yu saw Yu Yan and Xiao Wu off as Yu Qiqiang escorted them toward Balaque City.
• Yu Qiqiang brought Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to Balak Junior Soul Master Academy, where they presented their certificates and entered with You Zhibin.
• You Zhibin explained the academy's facilities and prestige, then showed Yu Yan and Xiao Wu the Work-Study Student dormitory.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu entered the dormitory to choose a room.