Chapter Summaries

On the way back to Balaque City, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu studied a Self-Created Soul Skill that could disguise Soul Rings and hide Soul Beast auras. They exchanged techniques to improve their mastery and renamed the Soul Ring concealment technique the Hidden Edge Secret Technique.

• Xiao Wu found that the Ice Plains Giant Bear's cultivation insights described a method for hiding Soul Beast auras, which she and Yu Yan realized could help conceal their identities.
• Yu Yan struggled to control Soul Power evenly across his Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu had already learned to cover hers perfectly and began practicing changing its color.
• Xiao Wu shared her training techniques with Yu Yan, and the two improved by discussing and testing their insights together.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu agreed that Soul Ring Color Change was a dull name and debated alternatives during their journey.
• Yu Yan named the Self-Created Soul Skill the Hidden Edge Secret Technique, and Xiao Wu approved of the name.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu returned to Fish Village, visited Old Man Yu, and traveled on to Balaque City. Yu Yan learned that many factions had sought to recruit him while he was away, though only four remained in the city.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu visited Fish Village, where Old Man Yu learned that they had both become Soul Masters and admired their yellow Soul Rings.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu cleaned Yu Yan's abandoned home, spent the night there, and then traveled to Balaque City.
• Yu Yan left Xiao Wu at a hotel and returned alone to Balak Junior Soul Master Academy, wary that powerful people might be waiting for him.
• At the academy, Yu Yan ended his leave and asked Sun Qian who had come looking for him.
• Sun Qian told Yu Yan that many factions and academies had tried to recruit him because he possessed two Soul Skills from one Soul Ring, but only four major factions remained in Balaque City.

Yu Yan learned which powers remained in Balaque City and decided to approach them with cooperation rather than join any faction. He met Ning Zihu of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, who began a direct discussion about recruiting him.

• Sun Qian told Yu Yan that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Xue Qinghe’s envoy, Exotic Beast Academy, and Spirit Hall remained in Balaque City, while the Balak Kingdom and Balaque Advanced Soul Master Academy also hoped to recruit him.
• Yu Yan thanked Sun Qian and left to consider how to deal with the remaining powers.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu that he planned to speak with the factions but would not join one, and Xiao Wu supported his decision.
• Yu Yan met Ning Zihu, an inner sect deacon of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, who praised him and said he would speak plainly.

Yu Yan politely refused invitations to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s camp, though Ning Zihu left him with a VIP card. A Martial Soul Main Hall steward then arrived with Gong Fenghua to begin recruiting him.

• Ning Zihu invited Yu Yan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Yu Yan declined.
• Ning Zihu gave Yu Yan a golden VIP card granting a thirty percent discount and departed before Yu Yan could refuse it.
• Xue Qinghe’s envoy offered Yu Yan a teacher, cultivation resources, a possible viscount title, and a seven-thousand-year right arm soul bone, but Yu Yan declined to join.
• A steward from the Martial Soul Main Hall arrived with Gong Fenghua, who recognized Yu Yan and praised his Ice and Fire Twin Fish Martial Soul.

Yu Yan turned down recruitment from Spirit Hall, then was confronted by Luo Fuji and Aorbai, two young geniuses who challenged him to prove who was Balaque City's strongest. He and Luo Fuji summoned their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and the fight was about to begin.

• Tian Yu invited Yu Yan to join Spirit Hall, but Yu Yan declined, and Tian Yu left with Gong Fenghua.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu he was tired of turning down recruiters, rejected her suggestion that they hide again, and headed with her to the cafeteria.
• Luo Fuji and Aorbai stopped Yu Yan and challenged him, resenting the praise he had received as Balaque City's number one young genius.
• Luo Fuji introduced himself as a level 14, one-ring control-type Battle Soul Master and summoned his Sunflower Martial Soul.
• Yu Yan summoned his Ice and Fire Twin Fish Martial Soul and Soul Rings as Luo Fuji's companions made room for the fight.

Yu Yan easily defeated Luo Fuji and intimidated Aorbai before heading to the dining hall with Xiao Wu. Later, Feng Chang offered them generous support in exchange for representing Balaque Soul Master Academy, and Yu Yan asked him to put the terms in writing.

• Luo Fuji used Sun Wheel Slow Breath and charged Yu Yan, but Yu Yan knocked him backward with one punch, sending him crashing into Aorbai.
• Aorbai backed down from challenging Yu Yan, and the other children cleared the way as Yu Yan and Xiao Wu went to eat.
• Luo Fuji admitted he was fine but realized Yu Yan was far stronger than he had expected.
• Sun Qian and Zhao Hua'ao brought Feng Chang to meet Yu Yan and Xiao Wu in the academy library.
• Feng Chang offered them cultivation resources, Soul Ring assistance, teachers, and Gold Soul Coins in return for representing Balaque Soul Master Academy in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament.
• Yu Yan read Feng Chang's document and asked him to include the promised terms in writing.

Yu Yan rejected Balak Kingdom’s attempt to bind him through Balaque Academy’s competition offer and explained the distinction to Xiao Wu. The next day, he met Gu Yingying of Exotic Beast Academy, who invited them to propose terms and left her address.

• Feng Chang presented Balaque Academy’s terms, but Yu Yan refused to agree and questioned the document before Feng Chang left.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu he would reject the offer because it could tie them to Balak Kingdom, and explained why Teacher Sun Qian’s reserve team plan was different.
• Gu Yingying met Yu Yan and Xiao Wu in the library, acknowledged that Exotic Beast Academy could not match other offers, and asked what conditions they wanted.
• Yu Yan said he had no particular conditions, and Gu Yingying left her address in Ice Soul City before saying goodbye.

Ning Fengzhi recognized that Yu Yan was keeping his options open, while Ning Rongrong became curious about his unusual Companion Martial Soul. The major factions settled on their differing views of Yu Yan, and as his days in Balaque City continued, Luo Fuji and Aorbai began training seriously.

• Ning Fengzhi explained to Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo that Yu Yan had avoided rejecting any faction outright, showing skill in dealing with all sides.
• Ning Rongrong read about Yu Yan's Companion Martial Soul and its two skills from one ring, and grew interested in him.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, became more interested in Yu Yan and considered meeting him to invite him personally.
• Spirit Hall remained indifferent to whether Yu Yan joined, while Balaque Academy, the Balak Kingdom, and Exotic Beast Academy hoped to recruit him.
• Yu Yan returned to his routine of cultivation, arena fights, guild missions, and classes as time passed in Balaque City.
• After Yu Yan defeated Luo Fuji with one punch, Luo Fuji and Aorbai trained harder, and Yu Yan declined the gifts their fathers sent him.

Xiao Wu mastered the Hidden Edge Secret Technique before Yu Yan, then helped him learn it two nights later. Half a year later, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu both reached level 20, leaving them ready to seek their second Soul Rings.

• Xiao Wu changed her Soul Ring colors with the Hidden Edge Secret Technique and shared her cultivation insights with Yu Yan.
• Yu Yan mastered the technique two nights later and experimented with changing his first Soul Ring’s color.
• On a full-moon night, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu cultivated while their Spirit Cat, Wu Xue, absorbed some of Yu Yan’s Soul Power.
• Yu Yan reached level 20 at dawn and passed his remaining Sun and Moon Essence to Xiao Wu, helping her break through to level 20 as well.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu discussed obtaining their second Soul Rings, then practiced Taiji Fist together with Wu Xue.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu discussed their plans for their Second Spirit Skills and Soul Rings, then Yu Yan requested leave to hunt a Frost Ash Remnant Dragon. After learning that Feng Chang had assumed Yu Yan would attend Balaque Advanced Soul Master Academy, Yu Yan decided to leave Balaque City after obtaining his Soul Ring and reconsider his schooling elsewhere.

• Xiao Wu planned to choose a Moon Essence-related Second Spirit Skill, and Yu Yan encouraged her decision.
• Yu Yan revealed that he planned to hunt a 4,500-to-5,000-year-old Frost Ash Remnant Dragon for his Second Soul Ring and hire a hunting squad with their savings.
• Xiao Wu said she could condense her own Soul Ring and joked that Wu Xue might help her find an injured Soul Beast.
• At the Academic Affairs Office, Sun Qian told Yu Yan that Feng Chang had asked when Yu Yan would graduate and enter Balaque Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Yu Yan refused to discuss the academy while requesting leave and decided to leave Balaque City after obtaining his Second Soul Ring.

Yu Yan traveled to Southeast Town to hire a squad to hunt a Frost Ash Remnant Dragon, while Xiao Wu stayed behind near Stone Mill Village to seek her Second Spirit Skill’s Soul Ring. The Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad agreed to accompany Yu Yan into Sunset Forest the next morning.

• Yu Yan left Xiao Wu in Balaque City and rode toward Sunset Forest, while Xiao Wu headed to Stone Mill Village to condense her Second Spirit Skill’s Soul Ring.
• Yu Yan reached Southeast Town and gathered information about its most reputable soul hunting squads.
• Yu Yan visited the Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad and asked Qing Yi, Qing Xuan, and Qing Zishan to help kill a 4,500-to-5,000-year-old Frost Ash Remnant Dragon.
• Qing Xuan quoted 19,000 Gold Soul Coins for the squad’s three Soul Kings and four Soul Ancestors, and Yu Yan accepted without bargaining.
• Qing Yi arranged for the Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad and Yu Yan to depart for Sunset Forest the next morning.

Yu Yan explored Southeast Town before joining the Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad to search Sunset Forest for a suitable Frost Ash Remnant Dragon Soul Ring. The squad found a roughly 4,500-year-old Frost Ash Remnant Dragon that matched his requirements.

• Yu Yan toured Southeast Town, bought two bottles of Monkey Wine, and collected supplies before returning to his lodging.
• Qing Yi and the Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad met Yu Yan at their base and led him toward Sunset Forest.
• The squad guided Yu Yan through the forest, then stopped to rest and eat near the Frost Ash Remnant Dragon's territory.
• The squad passed on a roughly 3,000-year-old Frost Ash Remnant Dragon as too young and a roughly 5,800-year-old one as too old.
• The squad found a roughly 4,500-year-old Frost Ash Remnant Dragon that suited Yu Yan's requirements.

The Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad defeated a Frost Ash Remnant Dragon so Yu Yan could deliver the final blow and obtain its Soul Ring. After the dragon died, a purple Soul Ring appeared before Yu Yan, and the chapter ended with a detailed description of his second Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Qing Yi led the Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad in an attack on the Frost Ash Remnant Dragon while Qing Xuan and Qing Zishan helped surround it.
• A female Soul Ancestor used her drum Martial Soul to enhance the fighters as they battled the dragon for more than ten minutes.
• Qing Xuan created an opening, allowing Qing Yi and Qing Zishan to knock the weakened dragon down and pin its wings.
• Yu Yan stabbed the dragon through its reverse scale and twisted the dagger until it died, then watched a purple Soul Ring appear.
• The chapter described Yu Yan's second Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice-Fire Mystery: Absolute Prison Calamity Flame Brake, which trapped a target in an ice prison before igniting and detonating it.

Xiao Wu and Yu Yan successfully absorbed their second Soul Rings, which evolved their Martial Souls and strengthened their abilities. After returning to Balaque City and leaving the Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad, Yu Yan reunited with Xiao Wu at their rented home.

• Xiao Wu absorbed a Soul Ring under the moonlight, evolving her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul into a silver-white form and thinking of her mother.
• Yu Yan absorbed the Frost Ash Remnant Dragon's Soul Ring, evolving Ice and Fire Twin Fish, gaining two soul skills, and rising from level 20 to level 23.
• Yu Yan and the Blue Bird Soul Hunting Squad returned to Southeast Town, settled the soul-hunting payment, and parted ways.
• Yu Yan rode back toward Balaque City, thinking that he needed a storage Soul Tool to avoid carrying his conspicuous backpack.
• Yu Yan returned to the house he and Xiao Wu rented and found Xiao Wu waiting in the courtyard, where Wu Xue leaped into his arms.

Yu Yan reunited with Xiao Wu after they both acquired their second spirit rings, and Xiao Wu demonstrated her moonlight-based spirit skill. She explained that her Soft Bone Rabbit had begun evolving under the moon’s influence, leaving Yu Yan considering how to develop her future spirit rings and skills.

• Xiao Wu welcomed Yu Yan back and told him that she had also acquired a second spirit ring, one aged over four thousand eight hundred years.
• Xiao Wu showed Yu Yan her second spirit skill, Moonlight Possession, which boosted her condition and mental resistance and let her shape moonlight into objects such as a sword, hammer, gauntlets, and cuirass.
• Xiao Wu asked Yu Yan to prioritize storing Moonlight Energy for her during their next Moon Essence absorption, and Yu Yan agreed.
• Yu Yan noticed that Xiao Wu’s Soft Bone Rabbit had turned partly silvery-white, and Xiao Wu described how the moon had catalyzed changes to her martial soul.

Yu Yan demonstrated his second Soul Ring skills, Mystic Ice Chains and Blazing Dragon Roar, to Xiao Wu and explained how his Ice and Fire Twin Fish had grown stronger. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu understanding why Balak nobles pursued Yu Yan as a potential son-in-law, while Yu Yan remained frustrated by their relentless matchmaking schemes.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left Balaque City to find a secluded place where he could demonstrate his Spirit Skills.
• Yu Yan showed Xiao Wu Mystic Ice Chains, explaining that he could control four chains that attacked, bound, chilled, and slowed enemies.
• Yu Yan pierced and froze four trees with the chains, then explained that absorbing the Frost Ash Remnant Dragon had strengthened his Ice Fish and Frost Scale Armor.
• Yu Yan demonstrated Blazing Dragon Roar by blasting a boulder into fragments and explained its explosive, burning damage and the strengthened Scorching Breath.
• Xiao Wu realized the Balak nobles wanted Yu Yan as a live-in son-in-law to pass down his Martial Soul, while Yu Yan remained annoyed by their proposals and attention.

Yu Yan tested his second Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Flame Explosion Chain, and demonstrated its immense destructive power to Xiao Wu. The chapter ended with the two joking about how they would escape together if enemies came after them.

• Yu Yan adjusted his condition and prepared to use his second Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Xiao Wu watched.
• Yu Yan trapped a boulder in ice-and-fire chains, then detonated them into a blue-and-red energy blast that left a deep crater.
• Xiao Wu praised the skill's destructive power as comparable to that of a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.
• Yu Yan promised to use Ice Flame Explosion Chain against anyone who tried to harm them.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu jokingly argued over how they would stop each other from fleeing in a fight.

After graduating from Balak Junior Soul Master Academy, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu set out for Suotuo City, intending to visit Shrek Academy and obtain Crystal Dragon Gold. On the road, they discovered Yu Qingfeng was under attack by bandits, and Yu Yan rushed to help him.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu received their graduation certificates from Sun Qian and left Balak Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Yu Yan learned Yu Qingfeng had left Balaque City on a caravan-escorting mission, left a letter for him, and departed with Xiao Wu and Wu Xue.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu headed toward Suotuo City to see Shrek Academy and claim the Crystal Dragon Gold from Flender's shop.
• Hearing a roar on the road, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu spotted bandits attacking a merchant caravan, including two Soul Grandmasters with Blood Wolf Martial Souls.
• Yu Yan recognized the caravan's besieged Soul Grandmaster as Yu Qingfeng and sprinted toward the battle with Xiao Wu to help him.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu rescued Yu Qingfeng and his caravan from two Evil Soul Master bandits using Mystic Ice Chains and a Moonlight Chain. After defeating the bandits and confirming no reinforcements were coming, Yu Yan approached Yu Qingfeng to check on him.

• The two bandits admitted they were Evil Soul Masters, and Yu Qingfeng realized he needed to protect his wife, Li Rong.
• The one-eyed bandit attacked Yu Qingfeng with Blood Wolf Claw, but Yu Yan blocked the strike with Mystic Ice Chains.
• Yu Yan used the chains to bind the one-eyed bandit, while Xiao Wu joined him and helped corner the one-armed bandit with her Moonlight Chain.
• Yu Yan redirected the chains to bind the one-armed bandit, then used them to help defeat the remaining bandits.
• After ensuring the bandits had no backup, Yu Yan came out from behind a carriage and asked Yu Qingfeng if he was all right.

Yu Yan rescued Yu Qingfeng and the merchant caravan from two Fallen Soul Master bandits, then learned that Spirit Hall offered rewards for turning in Fallen Soul Masters. As the caravan headed back to Suotuo City, a burly Soul Elder confronted them, and Yu Yan and Xiao Wu charged at him with a plan to draw him into a nearby forest.

• Yu Yan reassured Yu Qingfeng that he had broken through to level twenty and accepted thanks from Yu Qingfeng and Li Rong for saving them.
• Yu Yan learned that the defeated bandits were Fallen Soul Masters and that the damaged caravan needed to return to Suotuo City to recover.
• A burly man blocked the caravan and demanded to know whether Blood Two and Blood Three were dead, revealing himself as a Soul Elder with a Blood-Colored Great Wolf Martial Soul.
• Yu Yan whispered to Xiao Wu that they should lure the Soul Elder into the nearby forest and defeat him with their second Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left Wu Xue and their luggage by the carriage, then charged the Soul Elder, who dismissed them as insignificant Soul Grandmasters.