Chapter Summaries

Lin Chuan pretended to cultivate to spur Tang San onward, while secretly gaining strength from Tang San’s progress through his system. At the Spirit Awakening Ceremony, Tang San revealed a Blue Silver Grass martial soul, and Lin Chuan stopped Su Yuntao from skipping his Soul Power test.

• Lin Chuan tricked Tang San into believing he had cultivated all night, encouraging him to work harder and earning a system reward as Tang San’s cultivation efficiency increased.
• Lin Chuan and Tang San returned to Tang San’s home, where Old Jack arrived to take Tang San to the annual Spirit Awakening Ceremony.
• Lin Chuan defused an argument between Old Jack and Tang Hao, then accompanied Tang San and the other village children to the Spirit Hall branch.
• Su Yuntao awakened several children’s martial souls, but none had Soul Power, before Tang San manifested Blue Silver Grass.
• Su Yuntao tried to skip Tang San’s Soul Power test, but Lin Chuan stopped him.

Lin Chuan and Tang San discovered their extraordinary martial-soul talents during Su Yuntao’s tests, and Su Yuntao offered them places at Nuoding City’s Junior Spirit Master Academy. The chapter left Tang San deeply indebted to Lin Chuan as they continued home.

• At Lin Chuan’s urging, Su Yuntao tested Tang San and discovered that his Blue Silver Grass came with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lin Chuan awakened the kingly Blue Silver King and the Clear Sky Divine Sword, revealing Twin Martial Souls and even greater-than-normal Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao urged Lin Chuan to join Spirit Hall, but Lin Chuan refused so he could stay with and look after Tang San.
• Su Yuntao agreed to give both boys work-study places at Nuoding City’s Junior Spirit Master Academy.
• On the way home, Tang San stopped Lin Chuan with a solemn expression after Old Jack went ahead to announce the news.

Tang San revealed his Twin Martial Souls to Lin Chuan, then convinced Tang Hao not to attack Lin Chuan by explaining his loyalty and strength. After Tang Hao began teaching Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Lin Chuan gained a new sword technique from observing his practice, and the chapter ended as Grandpa Old Jack came to take them to Nuoding City.

• Tang San showed Lin Chuan his Clear Sky Hammer and trusted him with the secret of his Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao reacted with killing intent when he learned Lin Chuan knew about the hammer, but Tang San shielded Lin Chuan and explained that he had refused Spirit Hall to stay by Tang San's side.
• Tang Hao relented, thanked Lin Chuan for caring for Tang San, and agreed that the boys could go to Nuoding City.
• Over the next three months, Tang Hao taught Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Lin Chuan offered advice and gained the Chaotic Cloak Sword Dance technique.
• Tang San forged Hundred Refined Iron, and Lin Chuan demonstrated a sword strike that left a deep mark in the iron before telling Tang San to pack for their trip with Grandpa Old Jack.

Lin Chuan used his sword intent to stop a gatekeeper from insulting Old Jack and Tang San at Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy. Yu Xiaogang apologized, recognized the boys’ talents, and asked them to become his disciples; Lin Chuan considered accepting so Yu Xiaogang could teach Tang San while he slacked off.

• Old Jack brought Lin Chuan and Tang San to Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy and reminded them to behave and study hard along the way.
• The gatekeeper mocked Old Jack and rejected the boys’ certificates, so Tang San prepared to defend him.
• Lin Chuan stepped in and overwhelmed the gatekeeper with sword intent before Tang San could act.
• Yu Xiaogang came out, apologized to Old Jack, confirmed the certificates were genuine, and offered to take both boys as disciples.
• Lin Chuan recognized Yu Xiaogang and considered using him as Tang San’s teacher, while Tang San admired Yu Xiaogang’s words.

Grandmaster deduced that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and offered to take both him and Lin Chuan as disciples. Lin Chuan refused and urged Grandmaster to teach Tang San instead, leaving Tang San deeply moved and Grandmaster determined to prove Lin Chuan wrong.

• Grandmaster explained his Martial Soul theories and inferred from Tang San's Innate Full Soul Power and Blue Silver Grass that he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Grandmaster invited Tang San and Lin Chuan to become his disciples, but Lin Chuan declined and praised Tang San as the student Grandmaster should guide.
• Tang San believed Lin Chuan had sacrificed his chance for Tang San's sake, then knelt and bowed to Grandmaster, becoming his personal disciple.
• Grandmaster accepted Tang San and privately vowed to train him to surpass Lin Chuan, then told Lin Chuan he would receive only ordinary cultivation advice as an academy teacher.

Lin Chuan subdued Liu Long with the aura of the Clear Sky Divine Sword and settled into Dorm Seven with Tang San. When Xiao Wu arrived and challenged Lin Chuan, Tang San stepped in to protect him.

• Lin Chuan entered Dorm Seven, where Liu Long had just knocked Wang Sheng down and demanded to meet the Innate Full Soul Power student.
• Lin Chuan used the Clear Sky Divine Sword’s aura to frighten Liu Long into surrendering, and Liu Long offered him bedding and other supplies.
• Wang Sheng thanked Lin Chuan and offered to follow him, while Liu Long accepted Lin Chuan as Dorm Seven’s boss.
• Tang San returned and found Liu Long making Lin Chuan’s bed; he rejected Liu Long’s offer to serve him and brought Lin Chuan water himself.
• Xiao Wu arrived, challenged the dorm’s strongest student, and charged Lin Chuan; Tang San flashed in front of him.

Tang San defended Lin Chuan from Xiao Wu, then persuaded Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang to take Lin Chuan along to Soul Hunting Forest for a Spirit Ring. On the journey, Lin Chuan proposed cultivating Blue Silver Grass around its vitality, leaving Tang San deep in thought and Grandmaster unconvinced.

• Tang San used his techniques to stop Xiao Wu from attacking Lin Chuan, and Xiao Wu chose to challenge Tang San instead.
• Lin Chuan ended the confrontation by telling Xiao Wu that Dorm Seven's boss was responsible for cleaning, and Wang Sheng silently backed him up.
• Tang San knelt and persuaded Grandmaster to bring Lin Chuan to Soul Hunting Forest, where both boys could obtain their first Spirit Rings.
• Grandmaster explained that a Lone Bamboo's toughness would suit Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, but Lin Chuan argued that its greatest strength was vitality and regrowth.
• Tang San reconsidered how to develop Blue Silver Grass, while Grandmaster rejected Lin Chuan's suggestion and Tang San remained torn between their views.

Lin Chuan, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang camped in the Soul Hunting Forest while searching for a suitable soul beast, and a Mandala Snake attacked them at night. Lin Chuan used his Blue Silver King Martial Soul to bind the snake, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Yu Xiaogang spent the night teaching Tang San about Martial Souls while Lin Chuan slept nearby.
• A nearly four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake attacked the camp and poisoned Yu Xiaogang when it struck him.
• Tang San prepared to fight the snake, but Lin Chuan told him to step back and faced it himself.
• Lin Chuan summoned his Blue Silver King Martial Soul and made nearby Blue Silver Grass grow into a net that trapped the Mandala Snake.

Lin Chuan helped Tang San defeat a Mandala Snake, then absorbed a thousand-year Great Sun Golden Crow Vine as his first Spirit Ring and gained the Golden Crow Possession skill. After Lin Chuan effortlessly defeated Tang San in a spar, Tang San resolved to train harder and become a strong support for his brother.

• Lin Chuan restrained the Mandala Snake and let Tang San kill it and absorb its Spirit Ring.
• Lin Chuan found a dying Great Sun Golden Crow Vine, ignored Grandmaster’s warning, and absorbed its thousand-year Spirit Ring, reaching Soul Power Level 15 and gaining Golden Crow Possession.
• Tang San finished absorbing the Mandala Snake’s Spirit Ring and was stunned when he saw Lin Chuan’s purple thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Tang San used Bind to spar with Lin Chuan, but Lin Chuan’s Golden Crow Possession destroyed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass vines.
• Lin Chuan comforted Tang San, who took heart and resolved to train his control skills to support his brother.

Tang Hao watched Lin Chuan’s Blue Silver Grass and began doubting Yu Xiaogang’s theories, but reassured himself that Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer would let him surpass Lin Chuan. After returning to Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy, Lin Chuan and Tang San arrived to find someone provoking the work-study students and demanding Lin Chuan come out.

• Tang Hao secretly observed Lin Chuan defeat the Mandala Snake and wondered whether Blue Silver Grass could follow a path of pure life.
• Tang Hao dismissed his doubts, believing Tang San would surpass Lin Chuan once he used the Clear Sky Hammer, then left the forest.
• Lin Chuan sensed Tang Hao’s departure and refused Yu Xiaogang’s offer to find a Spirit Beast for his second Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang led Lin Chuan and Tang San back to Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy, where they heard students taunting the work-study students and calling for Lin Chuan.

Xiao Wu defeated Xiao Chenyu when he challenged Dorm Seven, then joined Lin Chuan and Tang San on their trip to Spirit Hall. Su Yuntao eagerly brought the three children to meet Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo, and the chapter ended as he announced he had wonderful news.

• Xiao Wu challenged Xiao Chenyu and threw him to the ground with her First Soul Skill, Waist Bow.
• Lin Chuan and Tang San arrived, and Tang San realized Xiao Wu had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lin Chuan invited Xiao Wu to Spirit Hall to collect money, and she joined him and Tang San.
• Su Yuntao abandoned his conversation with Si Si and rushed to greet Lin Chuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Su Yuntao led the three children upstairs to meet Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo, who questioned his excited announcement.

Lin Chuan and Tang San took their advancement assessment, shocking Ma Xiunuo with their extraordinary Soul Power and Spirit Rings. Ma Xiunuo desperately tried to recruit Lin Chuan into Spirit Hall, but Lin Chuan declined for now, saying he would accompany Tang San to Notting Academy.

• Tang San tested at level thirteen and revealed a yellow beast-type Spirit Ring on his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, which he said came from Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's theory.
• Ma Xiunuo invited Tang San to join Spirit Hall, but Tang San declined because he had promised to study at Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy and did not want to join another organization.
• Lin Chuan tested at level fifteen and revealed a thousand-year purple first Spirit Ring, leaving Ma Xiunuo stunned.
• Su Yuntao told Ma Xiunuo that Lin Chuan had Twin Martial Souls, prompting Ma Xiunuo to urgently offer him any conditions and Spirit Hall's resources.
• Lin Chuan declined to join Spirit Hall for now, explaining that he was lazy, did not want to go far away, and had promised to accompany Tang San at Notting Academy.

Ma Xiunuo’s urgent report about Lin Chuan’s Twin Martial Souls and thousand-year first Spirit Ring was ignored by Spirit Hall’s upper ranks. He and Su Yuntao decided to invest their own savings and connections in Lin Chuan, with Ma Xiunuo declaring him his grandson.

• Ma Xiunuo rushed to Heaven Dou City to report Lin Chuan’s talent to Bishop Salas, but a guard turned him away and Salas ignored him as his carriage left.
• Ma Xiunuo submitted a confidential letter detailing Lin Chuan’s Martial Souls and Spirit Ring, but a bishop’s secretary dismissed it and threw it away.
• Three months later, Ma Xiunuo lamented that Spirit Hall had never answered his report, and Su Yuntao urged him to support Lin Chuan themselves.
• Ma Xiunuo agreed to invest his savings and connections in Lin Chuan, offering his Century Blood Ginseng and retirement Gold Soul Coins.

Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao decided to invest their savings and treasured medicine in Lin Chuan, who continued to grow stronger while sleeping and inspired Tang San to train harder. Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang focused on Tang San instead, and the chapter ended with Lin Chuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu returning to Holy Soul Village for winter break.

• Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao agreed to spend their savings and treasured medicine supporting Lin Chuan, hoping he would rise to the top.
• Lin Chuan gave the Century Blood Ginseng to Tang San, who gained a level after training while Lin Chuan gained two without apparent effort.
• Tang San mistook Lin Chuan's sleep-driven cultivation for the third stage of the Purple Demon Eye and Unity of Heaven and Man, then began extra Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer practice.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang concluded Lin Chuan was an unrepeatable exception and resolved to focus on Tang San; Lin Chuan brought him goji berry and red date tea.
• Lin Chuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu returned to Holy Soul Village for winter break, where Village Chief Old Jack welcomed them in his new padded jacket.

Tang San and Lin Chuan joined a hunt for their second Spirit Rings, while Tang Hao watched from the village and accepted Xiao Wu’s presence beside Tang San. Tang San gained a seven-hundred-year Ghost Vine ring, and Lin Chuan returned with a nearly two-thousand-year Void Bamboo ring, leaving Xiao Wu suspicious that Lin Chuan might be a transformed Soul Beast.

• Tang Hao watched Lin Chuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu from his blacksmith shop, deciding to let Xiao Wu stay with Tang San and believing Tang San would someday surpass Lin Chuan.
• Tang San reached level twenty, and he and Lin Chuan joined Notting Academy’s group to obtain their second Spirit Rings.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye and Sleeve Arrow to kill a seven-hundred-year Ghost Vine, then absorbed its ring and gained the Parasite ability.
• The group realized Lin Chuan had gone missing, but he soon returned carrying a nearly two-thousand-year Void Bamboo that he had casually absorbed.
• Xiao Wu watched Lin Chuan and wondered whether he was a transformed Soul Beast because of his extraordinary luck and ability to absorb powerful Spirit Rings.

Lin Chuan absorbed a two-thousand-year-old Void Bamboo, reached level twenty-four, and gained a teleportation skill that let him cross great distances. Six years later, he and Tang San and Xiao Wu were ready to seek their third Spirit Rings, but Yu Xiaogang ruled out returning to the Soul Hunting Forest.

• Lin Chuan absorbed the Void Bamboo, rose to level twenty-four, and demonstrated his second Spirit skill, Space Teleportation, to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Chuan used a burst of Soul Power to teleport from the Soul Hunting Forest to Notting Spirit Master Academy, while realizing that the skill's range could grow with his power.
• Xiao Wu returned from visiting home with a hundred-year Spirit Ring, and Tang San responded to the others' good fortune by intensifying his training.
• After six years, Tang San had reached level thirty, Xiao Wu level twenty-nine, and Lin Chuan publicly displayed level thirty.
• Yu Xiaogang told the three that they could not return to the Soul Hunting Forest for their third Spirit Rings, since it was only a low-level forest and Lin Chuan's Void Bamboo discovery had been exceptional.

On graduation day, Lin Chuan received tearful farewells and a Soul Coin card from Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao. He chose to attend Shrek Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and the group prepared to leave for Suotuo City.

• Yu Xiaogang advised Lin Chuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to attend Shrek Academy, where his friend could help them find high-quality Spirit Beasts.
• Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao tearfully gave Lin Chuan their savings and urged him to remember Nuoding City's Spirit Hall as his home.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Shrek Academy accepted only exceptional students and would push Tang San to develop his potential.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu said they would follow Lin Chuan wherever he went, and Lin Chuan agreed that the three of them would attend Shrek Academy.
• Tang San believed Lin Chuan was sacrificing better opportunities for him, while Lin Chuan privately welcomed Shrek's relaxed rules and conditions.

Lin Chuan and his companions reached Suotuo City and clashed with Dai Mubai over the Rose Hotel’s last room. Lin Chuan defeated Dai Mubai with one slap, and Dai Mubai fled after threatening to settle things at Shrek Academy.

• Lin Chuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City and found that the Rose Hotel had only one room available.
• Dai Mubai demanded the room, but Lin Chuan insulted him and told him to leave.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and revealed that he was a level thirty-seven Battle Soul Elder.
• Lin Chuan used Space Teleportation to appear before Dai Mubai and slapped him into a wall, defeating him without using a Soul Skill.
• Dai Mubai fled with the twin sisters and threatened to face Lin Chuan again at Shrek Academy.
• Lin Chuan paid the waiter for the damage, while Tang San admired him and Xiao Wu grew more convinced that he was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

Lin Chuan bought Tang San a rare material and secured a nominal assistant instructor position at Shrek Academy by bribing Flender. While preparing supplies for the academy, he encountered Zhu Zhuqing in a dispute with a street vendor.

• Lin Chuan claimed the best bed at the hotel, leaving Xiao Wu to sleep on a sofa and Tang San to meditate on the carpet.
• Lin Chuan bought a crystal and bracelet from Flender, then gave the crystal to Tang San, who recognized it as Crystal Hair Gold for making Dragon Whisker Needles.
• Lin Chuan returned to Flender and paid him to appoint him Shrek Academy's honorary assistant instructor, asking him to keep the role secret from Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Lin Chuan told Tang San he was going to buy supplies for Shrek Academy, and Tang San returned to the hotel to refine the Hair Gold.
• Lin Chuan noticed Zhu Zhuqing arguing with a street vendor outside Suotuo City's largest trading house.

Lin Chuan helped Zhu Zhuqing avoid being overcharged for a map, then returned to find Tang San working on Dragon Whisker Needles while Xiao Wu grew frustrated with him. The group reached Shrek Academy, where Dai Mubai confronted a father and son over the registration fee before spotting Lin Chuan and vowing revenge.

• Lin Chuan bought Zhu Zhuqing a map for one silver coin, warned her about scammers, and left after calling her "little kitty."
• Tang San worked through the night embedding Hair Gold into Dragon Whisker Needles while Xiao Wu complained that he would not sleep, and Lin Chuan went to bed.
• Lin Chuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu followed the map to Shrek Academy and found a shabby village entrance.
• Li Yusong rejected a young applicant for failing the academy's requirements and refused to return the ten Gold Soul Coins his father had paid.
• Dai Mubai intimidated the father and son into fleeing, then spotted Lin Chuan and silently vowed revenge for their earlier encounter.