Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yue awakened the Passionate Sword and a second sword, then killed the evil soul master who had massacred his village before collapsing. An unnamed old man rescued him, offered to guide him, and discovered that Jiang Yue had twin martial souls capable of a self-performed fusion skill; Jiang Yue returned to bury the villagers while the old man secretly helped improve his condition.

• Jiang Yue's swords unleashed Emotion Shakes Heaven, killing the butcher who had slaughtered the village, and Jiang Yue collapsed from exhaustion.
• An old man found Jiang Yue alive, brought him to a small city, and learned that he had awakened the Passionate Sword with innate full soul power.
• Jiang Yue chose the control-type path for his first soul ring, and the old man agreed to teach him and help him recover before sending him to an academy.
• Jiang Yue asked to return to the village to see his home and bury the dead, and the old man used his power to take him there.
• The old man treated Jiang Yue and realized he had twin high-quality martial souls that could perform a martial soul fusion skill by themselves.

Jiang Yue trained with the old man for over a month, improving his physical fitness and learning sword techniques while adapting to using his left hand. After the old man judged him ready to absorb a first Soul Ring of over five hundred years, Jiang Yue reaffirmed his decision to develop the Passionate Sword as a Control System Martial Soul.

• Jiang Yue washed away the impurities expelled from his body, and the old man gave him a guide to Mental Attribute soul beasts and promised to teach him sword techniques.
• The old man made Jiang Yue practice with his left hand and wooden swords, suppressing his right hand and correcting his sword forms with Soul Power.
• Jiang Yue trained and used his left hand in daily life for over a month, while the old man taught him swordsmanship and helped strengthen his body.
• The old man examined Jiang Yue and concluded that his physical fitness could support a first Soul Ring of over five hundred years, warning him not to risk his life chasing greater Soul Ring age.
• Jiang Yue said he had chosen the Control System for the Passionate Sword, and the old man reluctantly accepted his decision.

Jiang Yue entered Star Dou Forest with the old man and absorbed a five-hundred-year Purple Spirit Jackal soul ring, awakening his first soul skill. The skill strengthened his Passionate Sword and Mental Power, and Jiang Yue then formed a small sword from his Mental Power, startling the old man.

• The old man led Jiang Yue into Star Dou Forest and taught him about its soul beasts and dangers.
• The old man captured a Purple Spirit Jackal and chose it as Jiang Yue’s first soul ring despite its pack’s attempt to rescue it.
• The Purple Spirit Jackal attacked Jiang Yue with Mental Power, but Jiang Yue recovered and killed it before absorbing its soul ring.
• Jiang Yue entered his Sea of Spirit, saw the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword, and watched a red film merge into the Passionate Sword.
• Jiang Yue successfully absorbed the soul ring and discovered that his first soul skill, Emotion Thread Sword Attachment, boosted his attack power, sharpness, and Mental Power.
• Jiang Yue condensed a small red sword from Mental Power, affecting the old man and revealing the skill Seven Emotions: Joy, condense into a sword.

Jiang Yue’s Joy Sword revealed that his Passionate Sword could turn emotions into weapons and influence others, prompting the old man to recommend learning the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Distraction Control Technique. The old man enrolled Jiang Yue in Maple Leaf City’s junior Soul Master Academy, gave him supplies and a jade pendant, and departed, leaving Jiang Yue to discover a fortune and two Whale Rubbers in his bracelet.

• The Joy Sword affected the old man’s emotions, and Jiang Yue explained that it represented joy among the Passionate Sword’s seven Emotion-Transforming Swords.
• The old man recognized the Joy Sword as a tangible Mental Power weapon and suggested Jiang Yue learn the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Distraction Control Technique to control multiple swords.
• Jiang Yue considered attending Shrek Academy and followed the old man out of the Star Dou Forest toward Maple Leaf City.
• The old man arranged Jiang Yue’s enrollment in Maple Leaf City’s junior Soul Master Academy, then gave him a Storage Soul Tool and a jade pendant before vanishing.
• Jiang Yue found twenty bags containing ten thousand Gold Soul Coins in total, along with two large golden Crystals identified as Whale Rubber.

Jiang Yue used the Whale Rubber left by the old man to improve his physical fitness, reached level twenty, and traveled to Shrek City with Maple Leaf City's city lord. By learning that Zhang Lexuan had just led Shrek Academy to victory, he confirmed he was the same age as Huo Yuhao and could plan around the timeline.

• Jiang Yue examined the two pieces of Whale Rubber and the medicinal bath packets the old man had left, then began consuming small portions to strengthen his body.
• The principal offered Jiang Yue access to the junior Academy's facilities, and Jiang Yue planned to pursue Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and use a visit to Shrek Academy to determine the timeline.
• Over more than a year, Jiang Yue reached level twenty and improved his body enough to withstand a second Soul Ring of up to fourteen hundred years, according to Maple Leaf City's city lord.
• Jiang Yue persuaded Maple Leaf City's city lord to take him to Shrek City, where he watched the admissions process while looking for clues about the current era.
• A Shrek student told Jiang Yue that Zhang Lexuan had recently led the Academy to victory, allowing Jiang Yue to determine that he was the same age as Huo Yuhao and the others.

Jiang Yue hunted and absorbed an eleven-hundred-year nightmare demon’s soul ring as his second ring, while the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discovered him and chose him as a potential host. The chapter ended with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm speaking to Jiang Yue in his mind as soon as the absorption was complete.

• Maple Leaf City's lord led Jiang Yue into Star Dou Forest and found an eleven-hundred-year nightmare demon suited to his mental attribute.
• Jiang Yue killed the nightmare demon and absorbed its thousand-year soul ring into the Passionate Sword.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed his plan to become a human’s Wisdom Soul Ring before his million-year tribulation arrived.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm detected Jiang Yue, recognized his age, mental attribute, and exceptional cultivation, and decided to wait until he finished absorbing his ring.
• Jiang Yue completed the absorption, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke to him directly in his mind.

Jiang Yue encountered the Million-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which chose him as its host and fused with him as an intelligent Soul Ring. Inside Jiang Yue’s Sea of Spirit, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was blocked from reading his memories by the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword, then learned that its new partner was a Twin Martial Souls wielder.

• Jiang Yue recognized the telepathic voice as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which emerged from underground and announced that it would become his Soul Ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fused with Jiang Yue, spreading its Mental Power across the Star Dou Forest as ten golden stripes entered his body.
• A gray-black airflow emerged from a tear in the sky and rushed toward Jiang Yue, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm feared Di Tian had found them.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to inspect Jiang Yue’s memories, but the Passionate Sword and Unfeeling Sword threatened it with sword light and forced it to stop.
• Jiang Yue awoke in his Sea of Spirit, slapped the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm by instinct, and then introduced himself as an orphan with Twin Martial Souls and Soul Grandmaster cultivation.

Jiang Yue refused another Martial Soul and planned for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to become his seventh Soul Ring, then accepted its help raising his first Soul Ring to the Thousand-Year level. After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm concealed the new ring colors and fell asleep, the Maple Leaf City Lord took Jiang Yue toward Shrek City.

• Jiang Yue explained that a third Martial Soul would hinder his cultivation and rejected replacing either Passionate Sword or Unfeeling Sword with the Blank Ice Martial Soul.
• Jiang Yue persuaded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to wait until his seventh ring, when it could provide a powerful Martial Soul Avatar, rather than become his third Soul Ring.
• Jiang Yue agreed to let Sky Dream Ice Silkworm raise his first Soul Ring's age limit, provided it could conceal the resulting colors from powerful Soul Masters.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used its power and the remaining medicinal effects in Jiang Yue's body to turn his first yellow Soul Ring pale purple, then gave him a Silkworm Shedding that disguised both rings as yellow and purple.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fell asleep, and the Maple Leaf City Lord regained awareness, praised Jiang Yue's talent, and carried him out of the Star Dou Forest toward Shrek City.

Jiang Yue spent years developing his powers and preparing to attend Shrek Academy while worrying about Electrolux, Living Gold, and Tang San’s possible attention. At his temporary camp in the Star Dou Forest, he discovered an intruder and severed the tail of a young Datura Snake.

• Jiang Yue planned to find Living Gold for Electrolux, strengthen his Unfeeling Sword, and eventually attend Shrek Academy, while considering how taking Sky Dream Ice Silkworm might affect Huo Yuhao’s fate and attract Tang San’s notice.
• The Maple Leaf City Lord returned Jiang Yue to Maple Leaf City Junior Soul Master Academy and offered to help him find a suitable Soul Ring when he reached level thirty.
• Over three years, Jiang Yue reached Soul Power Level thirty-six and condensed the Joy Sword, Anger Sword, and Sorrow Sword; he then traveled toward Shrek Academy while hunting and gathering supplies in the Star Dou Forest.
• Jiang Yue enraged a thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit with the Anger Sword and killed it with his Passionate Sword.
• After returning to camp, Jiang Yue sensed an intruder and sent the Joy Sword and Sorrow Sword after it, cutting off the tail of a Datura Snake.

Jiang Yue pursued a wounded Thousand-Year Datura Snake and rescued Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya when it attacked them. He let Tang Ya take the snake’s Soul Ring and gave Huo Yuhao directions to a Mental Attribute soul beast before leaving, while Tang Ya completed her absorption and became a Soul Elder.

• Jiang Yue identified the Datura Snake that had wrecked his camp, chased it into the forest, and caught up with it near Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao.
• The wounded Datura Snake charged at Huo Yuhao, but Jiang Yue pinned it down with three Qing Swords and offered its Soul Ring to Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya killed the Datura Snake and began absorbing its Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Jiang Yue told Huo Yuhao where to find a suitable Mental Attribute soul beast.
• Jiang Yue left with the snake, and Bei Bei warned Huo Yuhao that a formidable young Soul Elder might be among this year’s Shrek freshmen.
• Tang Ya finished absorbing the Soul Ring, became a Soul Elder, and learned that Jiang Yue had already departed.

Jiang Yue left Star Dou Forest, arrived at Shrek Academy, and revealed extraordinary cultivation during admissions. After being assigned to Dormitory 208, he cleaned the room and prepared to settle in, waiting for his roommate to arrive.

• Tang Ya learned from Bei Bei about the Soul Ring incident and decided to visit the place Jiang Yue had mentioned in search of a Mental Attribute soul beast.
• Jiang Yue collected supplies and salvage from Star Dou Forest, then headed for Shrek City hoping to obtain the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife and stabilize Electrolux.
• Jiang Yue reached Shrek Academy and stunned the registration students when the test showed he was an eleven-year-old Soul Elder above level thirty.
• Jiang Yue registered for Class Five, received his freshman uniform and Dormitory 208 key, and noted that he might have to team up with Dai Huabin for the Freshman Assessment.
• Jiang Yue met Mu En outside the dormitory, found Dormitory 208 dusty and empty, cleaned it, and set out his bedding while waiting for his roommate.

Jiang Yue searched Shrek Academy’s library for the Distraction Control Technique, then witnessed Wang Dong injure Huo Yuhao in a fight shaped by his earlier advice. On the first day of class, he entered Class Five and recognized Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu among the students.

• Jiang Yue spent the night cultivating, then searched the Outer Court library for records of the Distraction Control Technique but found none.
• Jiang Yue watched Wang Dong attack Huo Yuhao; Huo Yuhao’s arm cracked as he blocked her kick, and he left for the infirmary while Wang Dong offered to pay his medical expenses.
• Jiang Yue returned to his dormitory and found that his roommate still had not arrived; the room remained empty through the start of school.
• Jiang Yue entered Class Five and saw that none of the students he knew from the original story were present, though a pink-haired girl reminded him of a minor side character.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu arrived together, and Jiang Yue recognized them as heirs to the White Tiger Duke’s Manor and Netherworld Duke’s Manor who could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Jiang Yue avoided competing with Dai Huabin for the class monitor position and discovered that Dai Huabin was his roommate. The chapter ended with Dai Huabin demanding to know why Jiang Yue had refused to fight him.

• Jiang Yue watched Zhou Yi force Class One's freshmen to run laps and reflected on how Huo Yuhao's stronger body might affect his future at Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Yue found his dormitory bed made and learned that his roommate had not yet arrived.
• The homeroom teacher appointed Dai Huabin class monitor after Jiang Yue declined to compete for the position.
• Jiang Yue left class to avoid classmates seeking his attention and saw Huo Yuhao carrying toiletries through the dormitory building.
• Dai Huabin entered Dormitory 208, discovered Jiang Yue was his roommate, and demanded to know why Jiang Yue had refused to fight him.

Jiang Yue defeated Dai Huabin after Dai attacked him in their dormitory, but their fight collapsed the floors between Dormitories 208 and 108. Wang Dong was caught in the collapse, and the chapter left Jiang Yue facing her amid the wreckage as Dai lay unconscious.

• Dai Huabin attacked Jiang Yue, who dodged the blow and struck him with a book.
• Dai Huabin used his White Tiger Martial Soul and attacked again, but Jiang Yue used the Passionate Sword to turn Dai's enhancement skills against him and defeat him.
• Dai Huabin lunged at Jiang Yue after losing, and Jiang Yue kicked him into the already damaged floor, causing it to collapse into Dormitory 108.
• Jiang Yue caught the windowsill while Wang Dong was caught beneath the falling ceiling, and he handed her clothes so she could get dressed.
• Jiang Yue apologized to Wang Dong and soothed her anger while Dai Huabin lay unconscious beneath the rubble.

After a dormitory collapse left Wang Dong homeless, Jiang Yue convinced Du Weilun that Dai Huabin was responsible and received a new dormitory. Wang Dong was left to stay in the damaged building, and Jiang Yue refused to let him move in.

• Wang Dong worried that Jiang Yue had seen him undressed during the collapse, while Jiang Yue planned to shift the blame onto unconscious Dai Huabin.
• Huo Yuhao saw Dai Huabin lying among the ruins and felt thrilled at his enemy’s defeat, then told Bei Bei he had moved out of Room 108.
• Jiang Yue told Du Weilun that Dai Huabin had provoked him, and Du Weilun ruled the fight self-defense, excused Jiang Yue from punishment, and assigned him a new dormitory.
• Du Weilun told Wang Dong to wait for Room 108 to be repaired or ask Jiang Yue to share his new dormitory.
• Jiang Yue refused Wang Dong’s request to move in, and the two argued over who was responsible for the ruined dormitory.

After clashing with Wang Dong, Jiang Yue settled into a new dormitory and continued preparing for the freshman assessment while considering the danger Dai Huabin might pose. He made a bet with Wang Yan about placing in the assessment’s top three, then headed out to watch Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei’s expected encounter with Xu Sanshi.

• Jiang Yue called Wang Dong a pervert, warned her to ask Dai Huabin for compensation, and left her wondering whether he had discovered that she was a girl.
• Jiang Yue moved into a new dormitory, thought about the danger of Wang Dong’s connection to God King Tang, and set himself the goal of reaching Level 40 before the school year ended.
• Dai Huabin missed class, and Zhu Lu’s anger toward Jiang Yue made him consider how he would respond if Dai Huabin sent people after him.
• Jiang Yue visited the library to replace books lost in the dormitory collapse, paid a one-gold-soul-coin fine, and agreed with Wang Yan that he would aim for the freshman assessment’s top three in exchange for borrowing one of Wang Yan’s personal books.
• Jiang Yue left the academy to see whether Huo Yuhao’s soul skills could help Bei Bei defeat Xu Sanshi, hoping to profit by betting on the fight.

Jiang Yue found Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall and watched Xu Sanshi challenge Huo Yuhao after Jiang Nannan left without buying a fish. Seeing Bei Bei’s confidence that he would win their Soul Combat match, Jiang Yue wagered nearly all his savings on Bei Bei, and the match was about to begin.

• Jiang Yue followed the scent of Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, bought two, and saw Jiang Nannan arrive after the day’s fish had sold out.
• Xu Sanshi tried to take a grilled fish reserved for Tang Ya, but Huo Yuhao avoided him, Jiang Yue dispersed flying sparks, and Tang Ya struck Xu Sanshi with a Dragon Beard Needle.
• Bei Bei challenged Xu Sanshi to settle the dispute in the Soul Combat District, while Tang Ya invited Jiang Yue to join the Tang Sect and he politely declined.
• Jiang Yue asked Bei Bei whether he could win, read his confidence, and decided to bet on him.
• Jiang Yue wagered thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins on Bei Bei, then took a place near the arena as Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi prepared to fight.

Jiang Yue watched Bei Bei defeat Xu Sanshi with Huo Yuhao’s support, then confronted Wang Dong after she followed him. He agreed to keep her disguise secret and explained that her Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul revealed she was a girl to knowledgeable people, leaving Wang Dong considering speaking with Shrek Academy’s higher-ups.

• Bei Bei overwhelmed Xu Sanshi with Huo Yuhao’s soul-skill support and won their Soul Arena battle.
• Wang Dong found Jiang Yue in the stands, but he fled; after collecting his betting winnings, he discovered she was following him and revealed her hiding place with a sword strike.
• Wang Dong returned Jiang Yue’s washed clothes and asked him to keep quiet about seeing her body; he agreed without demanding anything.
• Jiang Yue told Wang Dong that the Light Goddess Butterfly appeared only in female Soul Masters and suggested Shrek Academy knew her secret but was allowing her disguise to continue.
• Wang Dong accepted Jiang Yue’s advice to speak frankly with Shrek Academy’s higher-ups, then followed him and asked his name.

Wang Dong stayed in the boys' dormitory despite fearing its repaired ceiling might collapse again, while struggling to remember why she had disguised herself as a boy. At the cafeteria, Jiang Yue met Ning Tian and Wu Feng, who approached him about the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he disarmed Wu Feng's hostility by sincerely offering to feed her.

• Wang Dong decided to remain in Dorm 108 and keep her identity secret, though she could not recall how she had first chosen to disguise herself.
• Class Five students watched Jiang Yue and the injured Dai Huabin closely, speculating about their conflict and the upcoming freshman assessment teams.
• Jiang Yue left class through a window and went to eat at the cafeteria, where Ning Tian and Wu Feng asked to sit with him.
• Ning Tian observed Jiang Yue as a potential recruit for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while Wu Feng watched him warily.
• After Wu Feng finished her meal, Jiang Yue offered her his untouched food and invited her to come find him whenever she was still hungry, leaving her flustered and irritated.

Ning Tian approached Jiang Yue to recruit him and offer information, while Jiang Yue asked about learning the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Distraction Control Technique. After leaving the cafeteria, he noticed the psychological strain among Zhou Yi’s students and decided to make money treating their emotional problems.

• Ning Tian explained that other freshmen were asking about Jiang Yue and learned that he was a Control System Soul Master.
• Jiang Yue and Ning Tian discussed the Freshman Assessment, and Ning Tian offered to ask her sect about teaching him the Distraction Control Technique.
• After Jiang Yue left, Ning Tian told Wu Feng she hoped to build a favorable connection with him and suspected he carried something valuable.
• Jiang Yue overheard exhausted freshmen complaining about Zhou Yi and realized he could offer psychological treatment as a business.