Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen awakened Blue Silver Grass and a Black Iron Sickle as twin Martial Souls, then tested as having Innate Full Soul Power. Su Yuntao left the Spirit Hall office, and village chief Old Jack asked how the village children had fared.

• Su Yuntao guided the children of Holy Soul Village through their Martial Soul awakenings, and Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lu Chen entered the Awakening Formation, where his strength drained Su Yuntao's Soul Power before he awakened Blue Silver Grass and realized he also possessed a Black Iron Sickle.
• Lu Chen tested as having Innate Full Soul Power, while Tang San watched with shock and envy.
• Su Yuntao gave Lu Chen his Martial Soul certificate and left the wooden house.
• Old Jack asked Su Yuntao how the children of Holy Soul Village had done, and Su Yuntao began to answer.

After Tang Hao learned that Tang San had awakened twin Martial Souls and possessed Innate Full Soul Power, he tried to take the Work-Study Student slot from Lu Chen by intimidating Lu Chen's family. Lu Chen yielded and left with his parents, secretly vowing to become strong enough to make Tang Hao pay.

• Old Jack discovered that Lu Chen and Tang San had both awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power and proposed drawing lots for the village's single Work-Study Student slot.
• Tang Hao dismissed the slot and refused to let Tang San attend school, so Old Jack awarded it to Lu Chen.
• After learning Tang San had also awakened the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao pursued them and used his aura to intimidate Lu Chen, Lu An, and Rose into giving up the slot.
• Lu Chen recovered from Tang Hao's pressure, saw his parents' distress, and suppressed his fury while secretly swearing revenge.
• Lu Chen told Old Jack he no longer wanted the slot, then helped his parents away.

Tang Hao took Tang San’s work-study spot by intimidating Old Jack and the Lu family, but Old Jack arranged for Lu Chen to obtain Radish Village’s spot in exchange for grain. Three months later, Lu Chen and Tang San prepared to travel with Old Jack to Notting Academy.

• Tang Hao forced Old Jack to give Tang San the work-study spot, and Tang San thanked his father while Old Jack left in disgust.
• Old Jack caught up with the Lu family and promised to find Lu Chen another spot; Lu An and Rose agreed to provide grain as compensation.
• Lu Chen’s family gave Old Jack four hundred jin of grain, and Old Jack secured Radish Village’s work-study spot for Lu Chen.
• Three months later, Lu An and Rose saw Lu Chen off as he set out for Notting Academy with Old Jack.
• Tang San arrived with a small bundle, and Old Jack treated him coldly before he climbed onto the ox cart beside Lu Chen.

Lu Chen entered Notting Academy after forcing the gatekeeper to accept his documents, then registered and took over Room Seven. He settled in with his new roommates and waited for Tang San to arrive.

• Old Jack brought Lu Chen and Tang San to Notting Academy, where the gatekeeper mocked their documents until Lu Chen dragged him aside and made him let them register.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to approach Lu Chen, but Lu Chen brushed him off and saw him begin speaking with Tang San.
• Lu Chen registered with the Academic Affairs Office and was assigned to Room Seven.
• Wang Sheng challenged Lu Chen under Room Seven's newcomer rule, but Lu Chen lifted him easily, prompting Wang Sheng to surrender and accept him as the new boss.
• Lu Chen told his new roommates his Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass and waited for Tang San.

Lu Chen isolated Tang San in Room Seven after Tang San refused to fight him, leaving Tang San to sleep without bedding. When Xiao Wu arrived, Tang San tried to fight Lu Chen on her behalf, but she pushed him aside and challenged Lu Chen herself; the chapter ended as she activated her Martial Soul and Spirit Ring.

• Lu Chen challenged Tang San to fight for Room Seven's boss position, but Tang San refused, so Lu Chen ordered the students to exclude him.
• Wang Sheng led the older students away from Tang San, who chose a corner bed and realized he had no bedding.
• Xiao Wu arrived, and Tang San offered to fight Lu Chen for her, but she shoved him aside and challenged Lu Chen herself.
• Xiao Wu attacked Lu Chen with agile moves, but his strength kept her from throwing him.
• Xiao Wu activated Martial Soul Possession, revealed a yellow Spirit Ring, and made it shine as she continued resisting defeat.

Lu Chen defeated Xiao Wu without using his Martial Soul, and she accepted him as Room Seven’s boss while rejecting Tang San’s advances. Xiao Wu left to register for Spirit Hall’s subsidy, while Lu Chen toured the academy with Wang Sheng and Tang San was left behind nursing his hostility.

• Xiao Wu used her First Spirit Skill, but Lu Chen overpowered her and swung her around until she admitted defeat.
• Tang San challenged Lu Chen, but Xiao Wu rejected his help and scolded him for interfering in her fight.
• Xiao Wu accepted Lu Chen as Room Seven’s boss, named herself the second boss, and asked about getting bedding.
• A teacher delivered bedding to Tang San and assigned the three new Work-Study Students to clean the academy garden for ten Copper Soul Coins a day.
• Lu Chen told Xiao Wu she could receive a monthly Gold Soul Coin subsidy by registering at Spirit Hall, and she hurried off to do so.
• Lu Chen left with Wang Sheng and the others to tour the academy, while Tang San stayed behind and bitterly cursed Lu Chen.

Lu Chen learned the Meditation Method and discovered that it increased his Soul Power cultivation speed by 1.5 times. After Tang San left with Yu Xiaogang to hunt for his first Spirit Ring, Lu Chen attended the academy’s opening ceremony and gained a deeper understanding of the method from his teacher.

• Lu Chen arranged for the Work-Study Students to fight the noble students, and Xiao Wu agreed to join them.
• Wang Sheng taught Lu Chen the Meditation Method, and Lu Chen found that it boosted his Soul Power accumulation by roughly 1.5 times.
• Tang San left Room Seven to hunt Spirit Beasts with Yu Xiaogang, while Lu Chen went back to sleep.
• Lu Chen attended the academy’s opening ceremony with Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the other Work-Study Students.
• Lu Chen’s teacher taught the Meditation Method, giving him new insights beyond Wang Sheng’s earlier instruction.

Lu Chen excelled at the Meditation Method while Xiao Wu slept through class, then helped lead the Work-Study Students to victory over the noble students. After Tang San returned with his first Spirit Ring, Xiao Wu dismissed him as a coward for missing the match.

• Lu Chen cultivated at twice his usual speed, impressed the instructor, and woke Xiao Wu after class to remind her about the fight.
• Xiao Wu and Lu Chen joined the Work-Study Students in the forest, where Wang Sheng lost to Liu Long and Xiao Wu defeated Liu Long and then Xiao Chenyu.
• Xiao Wu's Hundred-Year Spirit Ring frightened the noble students into conceding, and Xiao Chenyu began respectfully calling her Sister Xiao Wu.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned to Notting Academy, and Lu Chen suspected Tang San had gained a Spirit Ring from a four-hundred-year Datura Snake.
• Tang San sought out Xiao Wu to tell her he had become a One-Ring Spirit Master, but she called him a coward for missing the Work-Study Students' match.

After three years of study and preparation, Lu Chen left Notting Academy and traveled to Star Dou Forest to obtain his first Spirit Ring. He entered the forest, survived a sudden snake attack, and rejected the hundred-year Spirit Ring it left behind as he continued searching for a suitable Spirit Beast.

• Lu Chen mastered his studies, especially knowledge of Spirit Beasts, and applied to leave school to hunt for his first Spirit Ring.
• Lu Chen said farewell to Xiao Wu and Tang San, then returned to Holy Soul Village to bid farewell to Lu An, Rose, and Old Jack.
• After three days, Lu Chen set out for Star Dou Forest, planning a life-support path for his Blue Silver Grass and a destructive path for his Black Iron Sickle.
• Lu Chen traveled for half a month and arrived at Star Dou Forest, determined to begin hunting Spirit Beasts.
• At the forest’s edge, Lu Chen used his Black Iron Sickle to kill a Brocade-Bellied Snake that leapt at him.
• Lu Chen saw the snake’s yellow hundred-year Spirit Ring but chose not to absorb it, collecting the snake’s body to eat later.

Lu Chen absorbed a Millennium Red Blood Grass Spirit Ring as his first, gaining the healing skill Blue Silver Revival and evolving his Blue Silver Grass. After searching for a second ring, he found a four-thousand-year Cloud Mist Tea Tree guarded by an Iron Armored Crocodile, which he prepared to confront.

• Lu Chen fought off a Great King Tiger and cut down a Millennium Red Blood Grass to obtain its purple Spirit Ring.
• Lu Chen safely absorbed the Millennium Spirit Ring in a tree hollow, reaching Soul Power level twenty and gaining Blue Silver Revival.
• Lu Chen summoned his evolved Blue Silver Grass, then continued searching the Star Dou Forest for a suitable second Spirit Ring.
• After more than a month of searching, Lu Chen found a four-thousand-year Cloud Mist Tea Tree on an island in a lake.
• Lu Chen used the blood of two Nether Wolves to lure out the lake's four-thousand-year Iron Armored Crocodile.

Lu Chen hunted an eight-thousand-year Sun-Facing Flower for his Third Spirit Ring and tested a movement technique by dodging its explosive attacks. He remained battered but determined to master his newly devised Explosive Step.

• Lu Chen considered ways to improve his attacks, rejected adding Spirit Rings to his Black Iron Sickle, and planned to develop his own Soul Skills.
• Lu Chen gathered and processed Cloud Mist Tea leaves before leaving the lake island to search the Star Dou Forest for another Spirit Beast.
• After more than a month of searching and practicing, Lu Chen found an eight-thousand-year Sun-Facing Flower and decided to hunt it for his Third Spirit Ring.
• The Sun-Facing Flower fired Explosive Seeds at Lu Chen, and he dodged them by compressing and releasing Soul Power through his feet.
• Lu Chen's uncontrolled Explosive Step badly hurt his soles and left him scorched, but he resolved to keep practicing until he mastered it.

Lu Chen used Explosive Step and Cannon Fist to defeat the eight-thousand-year-old Sun-Facing Flower and absorb its Spirit Ring as his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul’s third. He reached level forty Soul Power and reflected on how Tang San had expected him to die.

• After more than twenty days of training, Lu Chen used Explosive Step to dodge the Sun-Facing Flower’s Explosive Seeds and closed in on it.
• Lu Chen struck the Sun-Facing Flower’s Blazing Sun Shield with Cannon Fist, shattered the shield, and destroyed the plant.
• Lu Chen hid underground and absorbed the Sun-Facing Flower’s eight-thousand-year Spirit Ring, completing his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul’s third evolution.
• After absorbing the Spirit Ring, Lu Chen sensed that his Soul Power had reached level forty.
• Lu Chen recalled Tang San expecting him to die and noted that he had instead survived, absorbed three Spirit Rings, and become a Soul Elder.

Lu Chen entered the Star Dou Forest’s Mixed Zone, where his evolved Blue Silver Grass let him sense danger and communicate with nearby plants. He found a thirteen-thousand-year Pure Heart Lotus suitable for his Fourth Spirit Ring, but a powerful Tassel White Crane guarded the lake, so he concealed himself and studied its routine.

• Lu Chen discovered that his Third Spirit Skill, Blue Silver Shelter, created a defensive shield whose strength depended on his Soul Power.
• Lu Chen used his connection with Blue Silver Grass to gather warnings and directions as he traveled into the Mixed Zone in search of a ten-thousand-to-fifteen-thousand-year Plant Spirit Beast.
• Lu Chen found the remains of a Spirit Master group and claimed their twelve-cubic-meter Storage Soul Guidance Device, then buried their remains before leaving.
• Lu Chen rejected several suitable Plant Spirit Beasts because he wanted Blue Silver Grass to remain focused on support skills.
• Lu Chen spotted a thirteen-thousand-year Pure Heart Lotus in a lake and chose it for his Fourth Spirit Ring, but a fifteen-thousand-year Tassel White Crane landed there.
• Lu Chen hid his aura and watched the Tassel White Crane for five days, learning when it left to hunt and returned to the lake.

Lu Chen absorbed a ten-thousand-year Pure Heart Lotus Spirit Ring, gaining Blue Silver Baptism and reaching level fifty before setting out to find his fifth Spirit Ring. In the Star Dou Forest, he chose to fight a twenty-five-thousand-year Demon Spirit Tree and used Blue Silver Baptism to strip away its evil energy, leaving it weakened.

• Lu Chen killed the Pure Heart Lotus, escaped the Tassel White Crane, and absorbed its black Spirit Ring, gaining Blue Silver Baptism and reaching level fifty.
• Lu Chen found no Spirit Bone in the Pure Heart Lotus and, after resting, began searching for a fifth Spirit Ring.
• Lu Chen followed warnings from nearby Blue Silver Grass to the Demon Spirit Tree's territory and discovered the tree's role in luring Spirit Beasts with Demon Spirit Fruit.
• Lu Chen decided the Demon Spirit Tree's strength-amplifying ability suited him and attacked it with his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• The Demon Spirit Tree's barbed roots fought back and drained Soul Power, but Lu Chen used Blue Silver Baptism to purify its evil energy and weaken it.

Lu Chen killed the twenty-five-thousand-year Demon Spirit Tree and absorbed its Spirit Ring, gaining the Blue Silver Blessing skill and reaching level sixty. He found a blood-red Right Leg Bone with a dangerous slaughter ability, chose to store it rather than absorb it, and later continued searching the Star Dou Forest for a Sixth Spirit Ring.

• Lu Chen weakened the Demon Spirit Tree with Blue Silver Baptism, then battered its trunk until it broke and killed the tree.
• Lu Chen recovered with Blue Silver Revival and Blue Silver Grace, hid in a pit for safety, and absorbed the Demon Spirit Tree's twenty-five-thousand-year Spirit Ring despite its evil nature and vengeful soul.
• Lu Chen gained the Blue Silver Blessing Spirit Skill, which increased all attributes by 100 percent, and his Soul Power reached level sixty.
• Lu Chen found a blood-red Right Leg Bone in the Demon Spirit Tree's remains and learned that its Slaughter Absorption skill devoured bones and flesh to strengthen its user while risking harm to the user's will.
• Lu Chen stored the Spirit Bone in his Silver White Bracelet instead of absorbing it, then continued searching for a Sixth Spirit Ring after observing a Man Faced Demon Spider devour an Ice Glaze Deer.

Lu Chen killed a forty-eight-thousand-year Everlasting Evergreen Pine and absorbed its Spirit Ring as his sixth. His Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul evolved and awakened the Blue Silver Domain, and he leaped out of his hiding place.

• Lu Chen found a forty-eight-thousand-year Everlasting Evergreen Pine and decided it was suitable for his sixth Spirit Ring.
• Lu Chen used Blue Silver Shelter and Blue Silver Blessing to withstand the pine’s attacks, then destroyed it with repeated punches.
• Lu Chen healed his injuries, sealed himself inside a hole, and began absorbing the Everlasting Evergreen Pine’s Spirit Ring.
• After three hours, Lu Chen’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul evolved and released the Blue Silver Domain, causing nearby plants to pay tribute.
• Lu Chen leaped out of the hole as a huge rock was blown away.

Lu Chen evolved his Blue Silver Grass into a Blue Silver King, reached level sixty-nine, and traveled to the Sunset Forest to seek Dugu Bo’s help in hunting the Blue Silver King. After Lu Chen broke through Dugu Bo’s Poison Array, Dugu Bo went to confront the intruder.

• Lu Chen awakened the Blue Silver Domain and disguised his Spirit Rings and appearance before leaving the Star Dou Forest.
• After leaving the forest, Lu Chen headed toward the Sunset Forest, hoping to cure Dugu Bo’s poison and win his help.
• Lu Chen used the Blue Silver Grass to locate the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in the Sunset Forest.
• Lu Chen used Blue Silver Baptism to dissolve Dugu Bo’s Poison Array.
• Dugu Bo sensed that his array had been broken and hurried to the valley entrance.

Lu Chen disguised himself and persuaded Dugu Bo to let him attempt to detoxify him after revealing the symptoms caused by his own Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison. Lu Chen’s Blue Silver Baptism began neutralizing the poison, leaving Dugu Bo enduring intense pain as the poison started to dissipate.

• Dugu Bo discovered that Lu Chen had purified his Poison Array and confronted him, demanding to know how he had found the secluded valley.
• Lu Chen pretended to have wandered into the area by accident and offered to detoxify Dugu Bo, accurately describing his poisoning symptoms.
• Dugu Bo noticed Lu Chen’s disguise but agreed to let him try, threatening him if the treatment failed.
• Lu Chen summoned his Blue Silver King and used his Fourth Spirit Skill, Blue Silver Baptism, to flood Dugu Bo with life energy.
• Dugu Bo endured the poison’s violent reaction as the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison began to neutralize and dissipate.

Lu Chen stopped Dugu Bo’s detoxification partway through to preserve his value and built a brotherly bond with him at Dugu Mansion. After Dugu Bo revealed that his granddaughter Yanyan was also suffering from Jade Phosphorus Snake poison, Lu Chen agreed to treat her once he recovered his Soul Power.

• Lu Chen told Dugu Bo that fully neutralizing his poison would take weeks, while concealing that he had deliberately stopped early.
• Lu Chen introduced himself as Lan Chen, and Dugu Bo invited him to Heaven Dou City, where they became sworn brothers over drinks.
• When Dugu Bo asked him to remove his disguise, Lu Chen claimed he was hiding from a powerful enemy and warned that even Dugu Bo might not defeat the man.
• Dugu Bo revealed that the poison from his Jade Phosphorus Serpent Martial Soul also afflicted his granddaughter Yanyan and asked Lu Chen to treat her first.
• Lu Chen readily agreed to help Yanyan after recovering his Soul Power.

Lu Chen accompanied Dugu Bo to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to meet Dugu Yan and treat her Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison. Dugu Yan accepted the idea of acknowledging Lu Chen as her grandfather, then asked how he would cure her.

• Dugu Bo thanked Lu Chen for agreeing to treat their poison and brought him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next day.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin greeted Dugu Bo and learned that his disguised younger brother, Lan Chen, was a level-sixty-ninth Support Spirit Emperor.
• The Three Education Committee Members speculated about Lan Chen's hidden identity and considered asking the emperor to help recruit him.
• Dugu Bo introduced Lan Chen to Dugu Yan, who reluctantly called him Grandpa Lan Chen.
• Dugu Bo explained that Lan Chen could neutralize the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison, and Dugu Yan asked how he would treat hers.