Chapter Summaries

Tang San and Lu Yu entered Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy after demonstrating their martial souls and Soul Power Levels, and completed registration before heading to class. The chapter then showed Tang San knocking down the young man who had confronted Old Jack, while Lu Yu worried that Tang San was about to use a hidden weapon and destroy his future.

• Lu Yu revealed his black stone martial soul and Soul Power Level of ten, impressing the young man alongside Tang San's displayed strength.
• Old Jack defended Tang San and Lu Yu, and the young man reluctantly allowed them to enter the academy.
• Tang San and Lu Yu registered their information, received student IDs, and went with Old Jack to the dormitories before attending class.
• The young man lunged at Old Jack, but Tang San blocked him, tripped him, and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Lu Yu spotted Tang San raising a Silent Sleeve Arrow and feared he would kill the young man and ruin his prospects as a soul master.

Yu Xiaogang stopped Tang San and a young man from fighting, then advised them to control their tempers. Tang San reflected on the confrontation, sought Yu Xiaogang’s help with a cultivation bottleneck, and later reunited amicably with the young man at the academy.

• Yu Xiaogang interrupted Tang San and the young man, persuaded them to reflect, and ended the confrontation.
• Lu Yu accompanied Tang San and Yu Xiaogang home, where Tang San admitted he had acted impulsively and vowed to control his emotions.
• Tang San sought Yu Xiaogang’s guidance about his cultivation bottleneck, and Yu Xiaogang’s advice helped him break through it.
• The young man also reflected on the conflict and resolved to keep a lower profile.
• Tang San and the young man met again at the academy, discussed Tang San’s progress, and parted as rivals and friends.

Lu Yu and Tang San enrolled at the academy, where Yu Xiaogang treated Lu Yu coldly and showed greater interest in Tang San. After completing registration, the two were brought to the testing hall to begin their assessments.

• Yu Xiaogang apologized to Old Jack for the gatekeeper's behavior, then privately judged Lu Yu's character and favored Tang San's talent.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Lu Yu and Tang San to the Academic Affairs Office, and Lu Yu warned Tang San that Yu Xiaogang treated them differently.
• Lu Yu and Tang San completed their registration forms while discussing Yu Xiaogang's character and abilities.
• A female teacher led Lu Yu and Tang San to the testing hall and explained that they would undergo Soul Power, physical fitness, and potential assessments.

Lu Yu and Tang San passed the academy’s tests and were assigned to the elite class, where Yu Xiaogang arranged separate cultivation guidance for them. After a day of lessons and training, Lu Yu thanked Yu Xiaogang and went to the Academic Affairs Office to complete his enrollment.

• Lu Yu and Tang San showed outstanding Soul Power, physical aptitude, and potential, earning places in the elite class.
• Yu Xiaogang met with Lu Yu and Tang San, assigned Lu Yu a dedicated teacher, and decided to guide Tang San personally.
• Lu Yu and Tang San followed Yu Xiaogang’s arrangements, training and attending lessons throughout the day.
• Lu Yu doubted Yu Xiaogang’s reputation as a martial soul scholar but thanked him politely before heading to the Academic Affairs Office to finish enrolling.

Lu Yu enrolled at the academy as a work-study student and joined Seventh Dormitory, where Wang Sheng and the other boys welcomed him. After cultivating and competing, Lu Yu accepted an invitation to train at Spirit Hall and prepared to leave, while Wang Sheng dismissed his stone martial soul as weak and decided to protect him.

• Lu Yu completed his enrollment and introduced himself to Wang Sheng and the other work-study students in Seventh Dormitory.
• Lu Yu and the dormitory boys discussed cultivation, and Lu Yu said he believed he could uncover the potential of his stone martial soul.
• Lu Yu trained diligently, strengthened his martial soul and Soul Power, and represented Seventh Dormitory in an academy competition.
• Lu Yu received an invitation from Spirit Hall for advanced training and decided to accept it.
• Wang Sheng and the other boys wished Lu Yu well before he departed for Spirit Hall the next morning.
• Wang Sheng considered challenging Lu Yu, but after hearing that Lu Yu had a stone martial soul, he abandoned the idea and regarded Lu Yu as someone to protect.

Lu Yu quietly studied the Compendium of Talismans in Seventh Dormitory while considering how his soul ring might help him overcome his cultivation bottleneck. Tang San defeated Wang Sheng and sparred with Xiao Wu, leaving Xiao Wu to concede.

• Lu Yu entered Seventh Dormitory, pretended to sleep, and secretly practiced forming talismans while thinking about his soul ring and cultivation bottleneck.
• Tang San arrived at Seventh Dormitory, and Wang Sheng attacked him before Tang San swiftly knocked him down.
• Wang Sheng accepted that Tang San was stronger and wondered about Tang San and Lu Yu, who came from the same place.
• Xiao Wu arrived and introduced herself to Tang San, then agreed to spar with him.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu exchanged attacks until Tang San found an opening and knocked her down, and Xiao Wu conceded.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Lu Yu, and Dai Mubai joined Zhao Wuji’s special operations team to investigate a mysterious force, then entered its castle. The chapter ended with Lu Yu testing a newly comprehended talisman and sharing a meal with Xiao Wu.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu shook hands after their performance, and Seventh Dormitory celebrated them.
• Dai Mubai summoned Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Lu Yu to meet Zhao Wuji, who announced a special operations team to confront a mysterious force near the academy.
• Zhao Wuji tested the students and selected Tang San, Xiao Wu, Lu Yu, and Dai Mubai for the team.
• The four trained together, then traveled to a desolate valley and cautiously entered the mysterious force’s castle.
• Lu Yu left Xiao Wu to test his newly comprehended talisman, which blasted its target with a powerful explosion.
• Xiao Wu joined Lu Yu, and the two went to the cafeteria for grilled meat.

Xiao Wu told Lu Yu why she chose to cultivate into human form, and the three returned to Dormitory Seven, where a masked stranger tried to recruit them into his organization. After the stranger left, Lu Yu tested his Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman and considered how far his power might take him.

• Xiao Wu explained that she chose human cultivation to escape the dangers facing hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, and told Lu Yu she did not regret it.
• Lu Yu and Xiao Wu toasted their friendship, then returned to Dormitory Seven and found Tang San awake and cultivating.
• A masked mysterious man offered Lu Yu, Xiao Wu, and Tang San a chance to join his organization, but Lu Yu refused.
• After the stranger vanished, Lu Yu left Dormitory Seven and secretly formed the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman, testing its six protective barriers.
• Lu Yu reflected on the Heavenly Talisman's abilities and wondered whether he could defeat a Soul Ancestor-level expert.

Lu Yu defeated a mysterious black-clad challenger, became the academy dean’s personal disciple, and led a team into the Soul Beast Forest to hunt a powerful soul beast. The chapter ended as Lu Yu and his team attacked the beast in its lair.

• Lu Yu used the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman to withstand the black-clad man’s attacks, then defeated him with a punch.
• The academy dean praised Lu Yu’s potential and accepted him as a personal disciple.
• The dean sent Lu Yu to lead a team into the Soul Beast Forest to find a soul beast said to rival a Title Douluo.
• Lu Yu selected elite students, prepared a plan and supplies, and led the team through the forest to a mysterious cave.
• Lu Yu and his team found the sleeping soul beast in a cavern and attacked it, waking it with their assault.

Lu Yu arranged to enter the Soul Hunting Forest with his grandfather, securing Director Su’s approval and three noble guarantors. After preparing for the journey, Lu Yu set off in a carriage with his grandfather and the guarantors.

• Lu Yu outmaneuvered the soul beast during the fight and then left the area.
• Lu Yu told Director Su that his grandfather had secretly protected him and would accompany him to obtain a soul ring.
• Lu Yu showed Director Su a note listing three noble guarantors, and Director Su agreed to help arrange the trip.
• Lu Yu prepared equipment and medicine while Director Su organized a hired team and the journey.
• Lu Yu and his grandfather met the three noble guarantors at the academy and traveled toward the Soul Hunting Forest by carriage.

Lu Yu entered the Soul Hunting Forest with his grandfather and three young nobles, obtaining several soul rings and later saving a group of soul masters from a ten-thousand-year soul beast. After Director Su gave him a certificate allowing him to enter the forest, Lu Yu left the academy to seek his first soul ring and began considering which soul beast to choose.

• Lu Yu and his companions entered the Soul Hunting Forest, where he killed a black bear and obtained his first soul ring.
• Over the next few days, Lu Yu gained more soul rings with help from his grandfather and the three young nobles, eventually defeating a fire dragon for his final ring.
• Lu Yu and his grandfather rescued soul masters who were struggling against a ten-thousand-year soul beast, and Lu Yu explained that the village chief had given him a loving home.
• Director Su issued Lu Yu a certificate granting him access to the Soul Hunting Forest without a noble's guarantee.
• Lu Yu left the academy for the Soul Hunting Forest and considered what kind of soul beast to choose for his first soul ring.

Lu Yu entered Soul Hunting Forest, captured a ten-year soul beast, and absorbed his first Soul Ring before gaining two more over the following days. He returned to thank Director Su, then continued training at the academy and studying Soul Masters.

• Lu Yu entered Soul Hunting Forest and tried to catch a small ten-year soul beast, but it dodged his first attack.
• Lu Yu captured the beast and absorbed its light-blue Soul Ring, strengthening the Heaven-Defying Seal.
• Lu Yu hunted more soul beasts over the next few days, obtained his second and third Soul Rings, and developed combat skills.
• Lu Yu returned to the academy and thanked Director Su, who praised his effort and urged him not to become complacent.
• Lu Yu continued training with his teachers and practicing in Soul Hunting Forest, then read an ancient book in the academy library.

Lu Yu hunted for soul rings in Soul Hunting Forest and planned to choose a strength-type ability suited to his fighting style. After defeating a soul beast, he was confronted by black-clad men who claimed it was their prey and threatened to kill him.

• Lu Yu found and killed a Thousand-Year Ice Phoenix, then grasped its soul ring.
• Lu Yu showed his identification to the guards and entered Soul Hunting Forest alone to hunt soul rings.
• Lu Yu decided that his next soul ring should provide a strength-type attack, while his talismans covered defense, suppression, and sealing.
• Lu Yu defeated a ten-year soul beast with one punch, but its powerful backlash struck his protective spells and drove him back.
• Several black-clad men appeared, accused Lu Yu of killing their prey, and charged at him.

Lu Yu fought off black-clad attackers, then rescued Xiao Wu from soul beasts and escorted her out of the Soul Hunting Forest. After they parted, Lu Yu headed back into the forest and encountered a black tiger, preparing to test his strength against it.

• Lu Yu used the Golden Light Spell and Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman to fight the black-clad men, knocking one down with a powerful punch.
• Lu Yu heard Xiao Wu calling for help, chose to rescue her, and defeated the soul beasts attacking her.
• Xiao Wu told Lu Yu that her friend had been killed while protecting her, and the two decided to leave the Soul Hunting Forest together.
• Lu Yu and Xiao Wu reached the forest's edge, called each other friends, and went their separate ways.
• Lu Yu returned to the Soul Hunting Forest, where a black tiger attacked him and he prepared to fight it.

Lu Yu defeated a fierce tiger in the Soul Hunting Forest, then avoided a group of black-clothed people and hid to recover his Spiritual Power. As night fell, he found a patch of shrubs to rest in, leaving his plans for the next day unfinished.

• Lu Yu fought the fierce tiger, overcame its surprise attack, and killed it with his Golden Light Fist Technique.
• Lu Yu encountered black-clothed people gathered around a campfire and hid behind a tree to observe them.
• Lu Yu slipped away and hid in a crevice among rocks while the black-clothed people searched nearby.
• Lu Yu circulated his Spiritual Power in the crevice until his body gave off a faint golden glow.
• Lu Yu found dense shrubs in an open area and settled inside to rest for the night.

Lu Yu cultivated in the Soul Hunting Forest and tested his strength against several soul beasts as he searched for a powerful soul ring. After defeating a brown bear with a cultivation exceeding five hundred years, he continued deeper into the forest.

• Lu Yu woke, cultivated his Spiritual Power, and promised to protect a woman fleeing bandits, who then chased after them.
• Lu Yu reflected on his fight with a black tiger and judged that his Golden Light Spell could defeat soul beasts below five hundred years without talismans.
• Lu Yu dismissed the black tiger's pale yellow soul ring and continued searching for a soul ring of at least eight or nine hundred years.
• A brown bear with a dark red soul ring charged Lu Yu, but he dodged its attacks and killed it with a golden punch.
• Lu Yu collected the brown bear's soul ring, defeated several more soul beasts, and traveled hundreds of li deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest.

Lu Yu fought soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest, defeating a silver dragon with a talisman and collecting soul rings as his strength grew. After reaching the forest’s deepest area and spotting a ten-thousand-year black dragon, the account shifted back to his search for a suitable soul ring, which had not succeeded by nightfall.

• Lu Yu watched a silver dragon defeat a flaming phoenix, then fled when the victorious dragon spotted him and attacked.
• Lu Yu used a talisman to turn the fight around, defeated the silver dragon, and collected its soul ring.
• Lu Yu defeated more soul beasts, stored their soul rings, and grew stronger as he explored deeper into the forest.
• Lu Yu reached a barren area and confronted a ten-thousand-year black dragon.
• Lu Yu’s search continued among mostly young soul beasts, and he rejected a seven-hundred-year plant-type beast before night fell without finding a suitable soul ring.

Lu Yu lured soul beasts to his camp in search of a powerful soul ring, killing a rhinoceros soul beast after dismissing weaker prey. When the Black-Robed Elder took the rhinoceros’s corpse and barred Lu Yu from absorbing its soul ring, he offered him a chance to earn it by winning a fight.

• Lu Yu used a boar carcass and campfire to attract soul beasts, but let a weak bear escape after discovering it had less than five hundred years of cultivation.
• A black panther attacked Lu Yu, and he killed it by snapping its neck.
• A powerful rhinoceros soul beast appeared, and Lu Yu fought it until it died.
• The rhinoceros’s corpse vanished before Lu Yu could absorb its soul ring, and the Black-Robed Elder appeared, calling himself the forest’s guardian.
• The Black-Robed Elder said Lu Yu was not strong enough to withstand the soul ring and offered to let him absorb it if he defeated him in a test.

Lu Yu defeated the black-robed elder and absorbed the golden soul ring, then continued training and searching the forest for a suitable soul beast. After fighting several beasts, he heard a mighty roar and watched a black shadow emerge from the woods.

• Lu Yu outmaneuvered the black-robed elder, landed a heavy punch, and earned permission to absorb the golden soul ring.
• Lu Yu absorbed the soul ring, felt his cultivation rise, and thanked the elder before he vanished.
• Lu Yu continued training in the forest and encountered a powerful ten-thousand-year dragon-type soul beast.
• Lu Yu used a bonfire and its blood scent to draw soul beasts near, rejecting those that did not meet his requirements.
• Lu Yu killed a silver wolf and a black panther, then heard an earth-shaking roar that drove the nearby soul beasts away.
• Lu Yu watched a black shadow shoot from the distant woods as he hoped the creature would be the right age for his next soul ring.

Lu Yu killed a thousand-year soul beast and was approached by the Black-Robed Elder, who offered him a place in an organization. Before Lu Yu could decide, the elder led an attack on his camp and revealed that he intended to kill him because Lu Yu was a threat.

• Lu Yu defeated a thousand-year soul beast after a fierce battle.
• The Black-Robed Elder appeared and invited Lu Yu to join his organization, offering to help him grow stronger.
• Lu Yu told the elder he needed time to consider, and the elder left after warning him to think about his interests.
• Several black-clad assassins attacked Lu Yu's camp at night, forcing him to fight through their encirclement.
• The Black-Robed Elder appeared and said he had come to kill Lu Yu because Lu Yu was a threat.