Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao awakened a paper-like Martial Soul marked with ancient, star-map-like patterns in Holy Soul Village, while Tang San recognized it as a Talisman. Su Yuntao tested Lin Hao's Soul Power and discovered that he, like Tang San, had Innate Full Soul Power.

• Su Yuntao dismissed Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as useless, but Tang San insisted on a Soul Power test and revealed Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lin Hao reflected on his past life, his unknown parents, and his hope that his Martial Soul could become powerful.
• Lin Hao awakened a gray sheet of paper with faint ancient patterns, and Su Yuntao called it a useless Martial Soul.
• Tang San recognized Lin Hao's Martial Soul as a Talisman, then denied having said anything when Su Yuntao questioned him.
• Lin Hao urged Su Yuntao to test his Soul Power, and the crystal ball blazed with light as Su Yuntao discovered Lin Hao also had Innate Full Soul Power.

Lin Hao discovered that his paper Martial Soul held a mysterious space called the Realm Profound Talisman, with a gate that could lead to another world. He arrived in an ancient room after thinking of Nalan Yanran, where an unknown woman challenged him.

• Su Yuntao confirmed that Lin Hao had Innate Full Soul Power, though his Martial Soul was a sheet of paper, and Old Jack chose Tang San for the village’s work-study spot.
• Lin Hao returned home and sensed that his paper Martial Soul contained a space, then used concentration to enter it.
• Lin Hao named the space the Realm Profound Talisman and explored its Boundary Space, finding two teleportation gates.
• Lin Hao entered the second gate and thought of the Battle Through the Heavens Plane and Nalan Yanran, causing him to arrive in an ancient room.
• A woman behind Lin Hao asked who he was.

Lin Hao accidentally arrived in Nalan Yanran’s room in the Nalan Residence and explained that he had been teleported there. Nalan Yanran secretly helped him leave, and he asked about the Misty Cloud Sect’s disciple recruitment before she urged him out of the carriage.

• Lin Hao appeared in Nalan Yanran’s room while she was bathing, and she questioned how he had entered the locked room.
• Nalan Yanran believed Lin Hao’s claim that he had been teleported and learned that he came from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• After getting dressed, Nalan Yanran pointed a sword at Lin Hao, then agreed to take him out of the residence without drawing attention.
• Nalan Yanran and Lin Hao rode together in a carriage, and she sent the coachman to buy osmanthus cakes so Lin Hao could leave unnoticed.
• Lin Hao asked when the Misty Cloud Sect was recruiting disciples, and Nalan Yanran told him recruitment began that day and lasted three days.

Lin Hao passed the Misty Cloud Sect entrance assessment with sixth-stage Dou Qi, then revealed that he was only six years old, drawing the elders’ attention. He hoped Yun Yun would accept him as a disciple and protect him from scrutiny over his undocumented origins, but she declined.

• Nalan Yanran passed the assessment with ninth-stage Dou Qi, and the elder announced that Yun Yun had chosen her as a disciple.
• Lin Hao passed the assessment with sixth-stage Dou Qi and was assigned to become an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple after a three-month observation period.
• Worried that the sect would uncover his undocumented origins, Lin Hao revealed that he was six years old.
• The presiding elder confirmed Lin Hao’s age, prompting the sect elders to compete to take him as a disciple.
• Yun Leng offered to arrange for Yun Yun to accept Lin Hao, but Yun Yun declined because she had already taken Nalan Yanran as her disciple.

Lin Hao became Yun Shan’s disciple, and Yun Shan passed the Sect Master position to Yun Yun before entering closed-door cultivation. At the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Hao discovered he had All Attributes, which Yun Leng said gave him the potential to become an Alchemist.

• Yun Shan arrived, accepted Lin Hao as his disciple, and resolved the danger posed by Lin Hao’s unregistered status.
• Yun Shan announced his plan to attempt a breakthrough into the Dou Zong realm and passed the Sect Master position to Yun Yun.
• Three days later, Yun Yun brought Lin Hao to the Scripture Pavilion, where he sensed the hidden Shadow Guards.
• Yun Leng tested Lin Hao’s Dou Qi attribute, and the crystal ball revealed that Lin Hao had All Attributes.
• Yun Yun explained why All Attributes were called Waste Attributes, and Yun Leng said Lin Hao had the potential to become an Alchemist.

Lin Hao entered the Misty Cloud Sect’s Scripture Pavilion and chose four basic Dou Techniques and the incomplete Chaos Profound Art, explaining his preference for a simple foundation despite Yun Yun’s warning. Yun Yun then demonstrated several of her Mysterious Tier techniques to Lin Hao and Nalan Yanran.

• Yun Leng promised to help Lin Hao strengthen his soul perception and allowed him to choose four Dou Techniques and one cultivation method in the Scripture Pavilion.
• Nalan Yanran advised Lin Hao to choose techniques suited to his goals, and Lin Hao entered the earth-attribute passage seeking skills to counter Tang San’s techniques.
• Lin Hao broke the protective screens and selected Fierce Tiger Fist, Phantom Step, Coiling Dragon Shield, and Draw Sword Slash, all Yellow Tier low-grade Dou Techniques.
• Yun Yun questioned Lin Hao’s choices, and Lin Hao explained his preference for basic techniques and confirmed that he had chosen the incomplete Chaos Profound Art.
• Yun Yun demonstrated Wind Spirit Fractal Sword, Flying Catkin Movement Technique, Thousand Wind Gale, and the sect secret art Extreme Wind: Sunset Shine to Lin Hao and Nalan Yanran.

Lin Hao returned to the Douluo Plane after a short stay in the Battle Through the Heavens Plane and learned that more than a month had passed there. He discovered that the Boundary Space formation had run out of energy and left him unable to travel back, just as Old Jack arrived to take him to Notting Academy.

• Lin Hao decided to return to the Douluo Plane to attach Spirit Rings to his Martial Soul and found that over a month had passed while he was away.
• Old Jack told Lin Hao he had arranged a shared Soul Master Academy slot for Holy Soul Village and believed Lin Hao had run away from home.
• Lin Hao found that the treasures he tried to bring from the Battle Through the Heavens Plane remained in Boundary Space, though his clothes came through.
• Lin Hao discovered a barrier at the Battle Through the Heavens Plane gate and concluded the runes in the Boundary Space formation had run out of energy.
• Lin Hao failed to recharge the formation with Soul Power and returned to his room, where Old Jack arrived with Tang San to take him to register at Notting Academy.

Lin Hao refused Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple, saying he already had a teacher, and clashed with Tang San over Yu Xiaogang’s reputation. At Dorm Seven, Lin Hao defeated Wang Sheng and became its boss, while Tang San faced the dorm’s newcomer challenge.

• Tang San kowtowed to Yu Xiaogang and accepted him as his teacher, but Lin Hao refused Yu Xiaogang’s offer, saying he had already acknowledged a teacher.
• Lin Hao told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang was not worthy to carry his teacher’s shoes, and urged Tang San to investigate the criticism of Yu Xiaogang among Spirit Masters.
• At Dorm Seven, Lin Hao caught Wang Sheng’s punch and kicked him to the floor, prompting Wang Sheng and the other students to recognize Lin Hao as their boss.
• Wang Sheng asked Lin Hao about his Martial Soul, and Lin Hao named it the Realm Profound Talisman.
• When Tang San entered Dorm Seven, Wang Sheng told Lin Hao to test him according to the dorm’s rules.

Lin Hao defeated Tang San in Dorm Seven and was accepted as its boss. Xiao Wu arrived as a new work-study student and challenged Lin Hao to a fight.

• Lin Hao surprised Tang San, then used the Thousand Wind Gale to defeat him again.
• Tang San fought Lin Hao with his Tang Sect techniques, but Lin Hao overcame him with the Flying Catkin Movement Technique and Fierce Tiger Fist.
• Tang San admitted defeat and named Lin Hao the boss of Dorm Seven.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Dorm Seven, introduced herself, and challenged Lin Hao to fight.

Lin Hao defeated Xiao Wu in a sparring match and revealed that he had Innate Full Soul Power, as did Tang San. After the teacher assigned the work-study students their duties, Xiao Wu chose to share Lin Hao’s bedding, leaving them to sleep in a makeshift bed divided by a bundle.

• Lin Hao pinned Xiao Wu during their fight and made her admit defeat.
• Lin Hao told Xiao Wu and the other students that he had Innate Full Soul Power, and Tang San revealed that he had it too.
• Teacher Mo Hen delivered Tang San’s bedding and assigned Lin Hao, Xiao Wu, and Tang San to clean the garden south of the playground each morning.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San to share his bedding, then turned to Lin Hao when she saw his pink rabbit-patterned set.
• Xiao Wu joined her bed to Lin Hao’s and placed her bundle between them as a dividing line.

Lin Hao shared a bed with Xiao Wu, who clung to him during a thunderstorm because she feared thunder. The next day, he entered Soul Hunting Forest with the headmaster, killed a nearly four-hundred-year Earth Vein Giant Rhino, and prepared to absorb its Spirit Ring.

• Tang San noticed Lin Hao’s silk bedding and new wealth, and Lin Hao said his possessions came from his master.
• Wang Sheng took Lin Hao around Nuoding City, and that night Xiao Wu accused Lin Hao of crossing the line in their shared bed.
• Thunder frightened Xiao Wu into hugging Lin Hao, who held her while she feared the storm.
• The next day, Lin Hao and the headmaster searched Soul Hunting Forest for a suitable Soul Beast, and the headmaster used a bonfire to attract one.
• The headmaster defeated an Earth Vein Giant Rhino and explained that its cultivation was close to four hundred years.
• Lin Hao killed the injured rhinoceros, and a yellow Spirit Ring rose from its corpse.

Lin Hao obtained his first Spirit Ring and returned with the dean, Grandmaster, and Tang San after Tang San absorbed a Spirit Ring. At the hotel, Lin Hao discovered brighter runes in Boundary Space and a mysteriously restored Chaos Profound Art fragment, but he still could not cultivate it.

• The dean warned Lin Hao to keep his Spirit Skill secret and hurried with him toward the forest after hearing Grandmaster's attacks on a Datura Snake.
• Tang San pretended to stumble during the fight, and the dean praised his self-protection, making Yu Xiaogang realize Tang San had been guarding against him.
• Tang San absorbed the Spirit Ring, and the dean detoxified the poisoned Yu Xiaogang before the group returned toward Notting Academy and rested at a hotel.
• Lin Hao entered Boundary Space and found that the runes beneath him had brightened, though a barrier still blocked the gate to the Battle Through the Heavens Plane.
• Lin Hao tried to cultivate the Chaos Profound Art but could not sense energy, then discovered its fragment had become complete and wondered whether his Martial Soul or Boundary Space had restored it.

Lin Hao cultivated the Chaos Profound Art, purifying his Soul Power and gradually forming a Chaos Dao Body. He recruited Wang Sheng to secretly collect Whale Rubber as the first step toward building his future sect.

• Lin Hao drew in heaven-and-earth energy with the Chaos Profound Art, tempering his body and forming a faint Chaos Dao Body.
• Wang Sheng entered and saw Lin Hao surrounded by Chaos mist, then noticed his changed aura after Lin Hao completed five cycles of cultivation.
• Lin Hao explained that his Soul Power had become purer despite its reduced quantity, and realized Wang Sheng had not understood what he had seen.
• Wang Sheng thanked Lin Hao for defeating Xiao Chenyu, though Lin Hao pointed out that Tang San had won the fight.
• Lin Hao asked Wang Sheng to collect Whale Rubber secretly, intending to profit when its value rose, and promised to make him a founding elder of his future sect.

Lin Hao recruited Wang Sheng to gather Whale Rubber for his planned sect, then encountered Tang San grieving over Tang Hao’s departure. Lin Hao’s blunt criticism provoked Tang San into a duel, and both boys revealed their level-thirteen Spirit Master strength.

• Lin Hao offered Wang Sheng a reward to collect as much Whale Rubber as possible and promised to teach him Soul Skills if he joined Lin Hao’s future sect.
• During summer break, Xiao Wu and Lin Hao found Tang San sitting outside his home with a farewell letter from Tang Hao.
• Lin Hao told Tang San that Tang Hao had failed to raise him and was better gone, angering Tang San.
• Tang San attacked Lin Hao, and their first clash sent Tang San back four steps while Lin Hao retreated only one.
• Tang San challenged Lin Hao to a Spirit Master duel, and Lin Hao revealed his own level-thirteen rank and accepted.

After Tang San and Lin Hao fought to a draw, they argued over Tang San’s father, and Tang San attacked with his first Soul Skill. Lin Hao defeated him with Mountain Moving, blocked Tang San’s hidden arrow, then struck him with Fierce Tiger Fist.

• Tang San and Lin Hao fought for over half an hour, and Xiao Wu called their duel a draw.
• Lin Hao criticized Tang San’s father for abandoning him, leaving Tang San stunned before he attacked with Blue Silver Grass, Entanglement.
• Lin Hao used his first Soul Skill, Mountain Moving, to crush Tang San beneath a giant peak and win the duel.
• Tang San fired a Sleeve Arrow at Lin Hao from behind, but Lin Hao blocked it with a protective barrier created by Mountain Moving.
• Xiao Wu scolded Tang San for the sneak attack, and Lin Hao pulled her aside and struck Tang San in the chest with Fierce Tiger Fist.

Lin Hao beat Tang San after Tang San attacked him with a hidden weapon, while Xiao Wu challenged Tang San’s behavior and criticized Tang Hao for neglecting his son. Five years later, Lin Hao questioned Yu Xiaogang’s plan for Tang San’s first Spirit Ring and urged him to seek a life attribute instead of toughness.

• Lin Hao punched Tang San again after Tang San got up, then warned him not to attack from behind; Xiao Wu stopped Lin Hao and later confronted Tang San about his hidden weapon and sore-loser behavior.
• Xiao Wu agreed that Tang Hao had been irresponsible toward Tang San, then left to catch up with Lin Hao.
• That night, Lin Hao worried Tang Hao might retaliate, while Tang San found Tang Hao gone and wondered whether his father had abandoned him.
• Five years later in Star Dou Great Forest, Yu Xiaogang and a four-ringed adult prepared Tang San to kill a Ghost Vine for his first Spirit Ring.
• Lin Hao challenged Yu Xiaogang’s plan to give Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass more toughness and recommended a life attribute instead.

Lin Hao challenged Yu Xiaogang’s plan for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, suggesting it could follow a life-oriented path, but Tang San chose to absorb the Ghost Vine Spirit Ring as his teacher advised. Three days later, Lin Hao had absorbed an Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon’s Spirit Ring, and Tang San asked what his second soul skill was.

• Lin Hao argued that Blue Silver Grass could develop toward the life system, prompting Tang San to reconsider Yu Xiaogang’s control-oriented plan and Yu Xiaogang to accuse Lin Hao of interfering with his cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to keep the Ghost Vine Spirit Ring, and Tang San agreed before killing the Ghost Vine and absorbing its seven-hundred-year Spirit Ring.
• Lin Hao privately recognized that he had deliberately tried to plant doubts between Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, though Tang San had followed his teacher’s advice.
• Three days later, Lin Hao opened his eyes beside a small lake after absorbing the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon’s Spirit Ring.
• Tang San asked Lin Hao about his second soul skill, and Lin Hao said Tang San was a fellow villager and did not need to be treated like an outsider.

Lin Hao demonstrated his second soul skill, Sea Overturning, and explained how its stacked waves grew stronger with each increase in his Soul Power. Afterward, he and Tang San divided the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon’s remains, leaving Yu Xiaogang wondering whether he had misjudged Lin Hao’s intentions.

• Lin Hao used his water-element Talisman to unleash Sea Overturning, whose waves battered a tree until its trunk broke.
• Lin Hao explained that each successive wave became ten percent stronger than the previous one, and Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reacted with surprise at its potential.
• Yu Xiaogang ended the discussion and urged everyone to return, but Lin Hao and Tang San asked to dissect the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon.
• Lin Hao took half the scales and all the marrow, then gave Tang San the other half of the scales and the rest of the remains.
• Yu Xiaogang reconsidered his suspicions of Lin Hao, while Tang San accepted the scales and concluded that Lin Hao treated him as one of his own.

After returning to Holy Soul Village, Tang San grew closer to Lin Hao and Xiao Wu, and the three became sworn siblings. Lin Hao told Grandpa Jack he was leaving again after discovering he could return to the Battle Through the Heavens Plane.

• Tang San dissected the Indigo Tide Profound Flood Dragon while Lin Hao reflected on their changing relationship and his plan to guide Tang San.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Lin Hao returned to Holy Soul Village, where Tang San confided that he wanted another family member in his heart.
• Tang San asked Lin Hao and Xiao Wu to become sworn siblings, and Xiao Wu accepted after both boys vowed to protect her even against powerful enemies.
• Old Jack congratulated Lin Hao and Tang San on becoming two-ring Soul Grandmasters, and Lin Hao privately told him he needed to leave again.
• Lin Hao revealed that the runes in the Spirit Domain Space had lit up, allowing him to return to the Battle Through the Heavens Plane.

Lin Hao returned to the Misty Cloud Sect after two years away and reunited with Nalan Yanran in Chengxiao Hall. Nalan Yanran questioned his identity and secretive past, and the chapter ended with her accusing him of threatening her over their earlier encounter.

• Nalan Yanran entered Chengxiao Hall to check whether Lin Hao had returned and lay down on his Cold Jade Bed.
• Lin Hao was lying on the bed, and Nalan Yanran landed in his arms before recognizing him by his voice and Misty Cloud Sect token.
• Lin Hao told Nalan Yanran he had just returned and explained that he had been gone for two years, while she doubted his story about being teleported back.
• Nalan Yanran asked where Lin Hao had been and why official records listed him as her distant relative, but he refused to reveal his identity.
• Lin Hao hinted that Nalan Yanran would not want others to learn what had happened between them two years earlier, and she asked whether he was threatening her.