Chapter Summaries

Chen Qingling rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple and dismissed his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul as basic. After he left the Canteen in embarrassment, Wang Sheng explained that Yu Xiaogang wanted to use her Innate Full Soul Power to gain fame, and the group returned to the dormitory, where Xiao Wu noticed Tang San was missing.

• Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu told Chen Qingling that the Canteen students were watching her because she had become famous and was considered beautiful.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Chen Qingling during her meal and asked to take her as his disciple.
• Chen Qingling refused, saying she already had two masters and that Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul were basic.
• Yu Xiaogang grew angry when Chen Qingling continued eating, but Xiao Wu defended her, and the surrounding students looked down on him.
• Wang Sheng explained that Yu Xiaogang wanted to use Chen Qingling’s Innate Full Soul Power to become famous, and the group finished their meal and returned to the dormitory.
• Xiao Wu entered the dormitory and noticed that Tang San was not there.

Chen Qingling cultivated at Notting Academy, gained a level, and was appointed class monitor on the first day of school. Meanwhile, Chen Shenge reached Soul Power Level twenty and refused to spend his Points on a soul ring, and the chapter ended with a classmate asking Chen Qingling for an autograph.

• Xiao Wu criticized Tang San for fighting dirty and urged Chen Qingling and the other work-study students not to associate with him, while Tang San overheard them in the Canteen and reconsidered defending Yu Xiaogang.
• Director Su learned that Yu Xiaogang had argued with Chen Qingling, confirmed she was unharmed, and told the staff to prepare the academy’s first day and give her the best resources.
• Chen Qingling meditated in the dormitory and gained a Soul Power Level, triggering tenfold feedback that raised Chen Shenge’s Soul Power Level by five; he reached level twenty and rejected the system’s suggestion to exchange Points for a soul ring.
• Xiao Wu woke Chen Qingling on Notting Academy’s opening day, and they went to their Low-Level Class, where Chen Qingling was appointed Class Monitor.
• After class, a female student nervously asked Chen Qingling to sign her notebook.

Chen Qingling was overwhelmed by classmates asking for autographs, and Xiao Wu pulled her away and urged her to learn to refuse people. In the Soul Hunting Forest, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San suffered a string of mishaps before Tang San confronted his teacher about using him to prove a theory and gain fame.

• A crowd of students asked Chen Qingling for autographs, and Xiao Wu grew jealous before pulling her away to the Work-Study Student Dormitory.
• Xiao Wu told Chen Qingling that she was too kind to others and warned her that men were no good.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, covered in mud after falling into a trap, discussed which Soul Beast Tang San should use for his first Soul Ring, and Tang San doubted Yu Xiaogang's plan.
• A nonvenomous four-legged snake bit Yu Xiaogang's backside, and Luo Sanpao's foul fart knocked the snake unconscious while Tang San pulled it free.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether he was using his disciple to make a name for himself and prove his theory, and Yu Xiaogang admitted that he was.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang agreed to a mutually beneficial master-disciple arrangement, while Ning Rongrong worried about falling behind Chen Qingling. At Notting Academy, Xiao Wu suggested Chen Qingling skip junior studies, and Director Su approved her request to advance directly.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang they would help each other for mutual benefit, and Yu Xiaogang accepted.
• Ning Rongrong trained at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because she feared her Soul Power Level would fall too far behind Chen Qingling’s, but Chen Xin reassured her.
• At the Work-Study Student Dormitory, Xiao Wu shared a bed with Chen Qingling, who grew self-conscious about her development; Xiao Wu privately resolved to tell her the truth within half a year.
• After three days of basic classes, Xiao Wu suggested Chen Qingling become an advanced student instead of starting as a junior, and Chen Qingling went to ask Director Su.
• Director Su agreed that Chen Qingling could skip junior studies and said he would inform her teacher.

Chen Qingling became an advanced student and accepted Tang San’s challenge after he obtained his First Soul Skill. When Tang San used his Tang Sect techniques to gain the upper hand, Chen Shenge sent her an Immobilization Talisman, which froze Tang San.

• Director Su accepted Chen Qingling’s accelerated promotion, and she returned to the dormitory to tell Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng that she was now an advanced student.
• Tang San challenged Chen Qingling, who agreed after learning he had obtained his First Soul Skill.
• Chen Qingling used Martial Soul Possession and Light Butterfly Blades to cut through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, but Tang San then used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to move far faster than before.
• Chen Shenge noticed Chen Qingling was in trouble and exchanged one hundred Points for an Immobilization Talisman.
• Chen Qingling took the talisman from her pocket, and it froze Tang San in place.

Chen Qingling defeated Tang San again with an immobilizing talisman, while Xiao Wu and the other work-study students condemned his double standards. A month later, Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu signed up for Notting Academy’s annual Soul Master Duel, and Tang San’s continued pursuit of Xiao Wu met another rejection.

• Chen Qingling immobilized Tang San and cut open his pants with her Light Butterfly Blade, making him concede the duel.
• Tang San accused Chen Qingling of cheating, but Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng called out his double standards and criticized him.
• Tang San overheard the others insulting him, resented Wang Sheng, and resolved to change Xiao Wu’s poor impression of him.
• Tang Hao secretly watched the encounter and reflected on the talisman’s power to immobilize someone for three seconds.
• A month later, Chen Qingling had reached Soul Power Level 19, and she and Xiao Wu agreed to enter Notting Academy’s annual Soul Master Duel.
• Tang San also wanted to participate, but Xiao Wu rejected his advances again, and he snapped at Wang Sheng for interrupting.

Chen Qingling regretted that her First Soul Ring was weak, so Chen Shenge sent her a pill that raised its age by five hundred years and increased her Soul Power. The chapter ended with Qingling looking forward to obtaining her Second Soul Ring while Tang San envied her father.

• Tang San threatened Wang Sheng after lashing out at him, and Xiao Wu led Chen Qingling and Wang Sheng away from the dormitory.
• At the Soul Master Duel, Chen Qingling felt discouraged because her First Soul Ring was younger than the senior students’ rings.
• Chen Shenge spent 1,000 Points to send Chen Qingling a Low-Level Soul Ring Enhancement Pill, which she swallowed without knowing what it did.
• The pill raised Chen Qingling’s First Soul Ring from three hundred to eight hundred years and increased her Soul Power by one level.
• Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and Tang San reacted with shock as Chen Qingling explained that her Father had sent the pill.
• Chen Qingling looked forward to preparing for her Second Soul Ring, while Wang Sheng and Tang San envied her.

Chen Qingling lost interest in the Soul Master Duel after increasing her soul ring’s age, but she competed and claimed first place after Wang Dong surrendered the top spot in a hard-fought match. Wang Dong left Notting Academy, and Wang Sheng explained how the poor, low-talent senior had earned his reputation through perseverance.

• Chen Qingling ignored Xiao Wu while thinking about obtaining her Second Soul Ring, and Tang Hao secretly marveled at her pill and wondered about her father.
• Xiao Wu defeated her opponent, rejected Tang San’s towel, and accepted one from Chen Qingling.
• Liu Long surrendered to Chen Qingling before their duel began, leaving her frustrated by how boring the competition had become.
• Chen Qingling defeated level twenty-three Wang Dong and won first place in the Soul Master Duel.
• Wang Dong said goodbye and left Notting Academy, while Wang Sheng told Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu how Wang Dong had overcome poor talent and poverty through perseverance.

Chen Qingling’s rapid cultivation and victory over a higher-ranked opponent drew attention from Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong ordered an investigation into her connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. At Notting Academy, Tang San continued to be rejected by Xiao Wu and left the canteen in embarrassment.

• Chen Qingling, Xiao Wu, and Wang Sheng went to the canteen to celebrate Chen Qingling’s first-place finish, followed by Tang San as he hoped Xiao Wu would accept his request.
• Su Yuntao learned from Director Su that Chen Qingling had reached the Soul Master bottleneck in just over a month and defeated a level-twenty-three Soul Grandmaster, while Tang San was only level fifteen.
• Su Yuntao reported Chen Qingling’s progress to Spirit Hall, and Ju Hua Guan brought the news to Pope Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong learned that Chen Qingling’s background was unknown and that she carried an emblem of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so she ordered Ju Hua Guan to investigate the connection.
• Tang San watched Chen Qingling, Xiao Wu, and Wang Sheng eat a feast, then approached them after finishing his own plain meal.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San to leave and students mocked him, so he swallowed his anger and left the canteen while Tang Hao silently lamented his son.

Chen Qingling searched Soul Hunting Forest with two teachers for a suitable second Soul Beast, while Chen Shenge exchanged Points for a Butterfly Attracting Flower to help her. The flower suddenly appeared in Chen Qingling’s pocket, and the teachers questioned where it came from.

• Tang Hao lamented Tang San’s behavior as the academy’s students celebrated Chen Qingling’s victory and despised Tang San.
• Xiao Wu worried about Chen Qingling’s trip to Soul Hunting Forest, and Chen Qingling reassured her that teachers Song Yan and Song Qingyu would accompany her.
• Chen Qingling traveled with the two teachers to Soul Hunting Forest and searched for a butterfly-type Soul Beast suited to her second Soul Ring.
• Chen Shenge received a prompt offering a Butterfly Attracting Flower for 500 Points and exchanged for it to help Chen Qingling.
• Chen Qingling found the flower in her pocket and took it out, prompting a teacher to warn her against picking unfamiliar plants; she began explaining when she noticed something behind the teachers.

Chen Qingling obtained her Second Soul Ring when a millennial butterfly-type soul beast voluntarily sacrificed itself to her, while Chen Shenge gained a powerful new soul skill through tenfold feedback. Back at Notting Academy, Chen Qingling told Xiao Wu what happened and invited her out for the weekend, just as Wang Sheng arrived.

• Dozens of butterfly-type soul beasts gathered around Chen Qingling and the Butterfly Attracting Flower, then danced with her instead of attacking.
• A millennial butterfly-type soul beast voluntarily sacrificed itself, giving Chen Qingling her Second Soul Ring, Butterfly God Flash.
• Chen Shenge received the God-Given Soul Ring One Sword Three Thousand Miles and ten additional Soul Power levels through tenfold feedback, then tested the skill by cutting down old trees.
• Chen Qingling and the teachers returned to Notting Academy, where she told Xiao Wu how she had obtained her new soul ring.
• Chen Qingling invited Xiao Wu to go out with her for the weekend, and Wang Sheng arrived after overhearing their conversation.

Chen Qingling revealed her Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring, leaving Tang San shaken and prompting him to question Yu Xiaogang’s teachings. As Spirit Hall’s attention loomed, Chen Qingling celebrated with her dormmates and later explored Notting City with Xiao Wu.

• Chen Qingling revealed her yellow and purple soul rings, and Tang San returned to the Dormitory and was shocked by her Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring.
• Tang San confronted Chen Qingling, then went to Yu Xiaogang and asked whether his guidance on soul-ring age limits was wrong; Yu Xiaogang suggested a Soul Beast had voluntarily sacrificed itself for her.
• A teacher reported Chen Qingling’s soul ring to Director Su, who decided to delay informing Spirit Hall for as long as possible.
• Tang Hao realized a Soul Beast had sacrificed itself for Chen Qingling and thought of Ah Yin while wondering about Chen Qingling’s father.
• Chen Qingling treated her dormmates to a celebratory dinner, then went with Xiao Wu to explore Notting City the next day.
• Xiao Wu sampled cotton candy and asked Chen Qingling why her eyes had grown red.

Xiao Wu revealed to Chen Qingling that she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, and Chen Qingling accepted her without prejudice. Meanwhile, Su Yuntao confronted Director Su about Chen Qingling’s Second Soul Ring, then reported it to his superiors.

• Xiao Wu took Chen Qingling to a sea of flowers and confessed that she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit.
• Chen Qingling told Xiao Wu that she would always regard her as a friend, and Xiao Wu resolved to repay her by considering Da Ming and Er Ming as potential sacrifices for Qingling.
• Chen Qingling reassured Xiao Wu that her identity would remain hidden unless she encountered a Titled Douluo, and the two returned to their dormitory and bathed together.
• Chen Shenge practiced basic sword slashes at his thatched cottage to maintain the bearing of a Reclusive Expert.
• Su Yuntao confronted Director Su about concealing information on Chen Qingling’s Second Soul Ring, then left and reported the matter to his superiors.

Bibi Dong learned that Chen Qingling had a thousand-year second soul ring, the backing of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and a mysterious father, then decided to let her compete with Qian Renxue. During winter vacation, Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu left Notting Academy together for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Tang San behind.

• Ju Hua Guan reported Chen Qingling's exceptional soul ring and ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Bibi Dong, who ordered him to stop watching her.
• Bibi Dong privately decided to let Chen Qingling and Qian Renxue compete to see which girl was better.
• As the other work-study students packed for winter vacation, Xiao Wu said her family was gone, and Chen Qingling comforted her.
• Tang San invited Xiao Wu to his village, but she rejected him, and Chen Qingling left the academy with Xiao Wu.
• Chen Qingling hired a luxurious carriage and told Xiao Wu they were going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Chen Qingling brought Xiao Wu to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin and Gu Rong recognized Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Qingling reunited with Ning Rongrong and revealed her Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring, then offered her the Butterfly Attracting Flower.

• Chen Qingling told Xiao Wu that Chen Xin and Gu Rong were her masters and explained that she had come to follow her Father’s path and find her Mother.
• Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin sensed that a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had entered.
• Chen Qingling reunited with Ning Rongrong and introduced her to Xiao Wu.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong saw Qingling’s Soul Power Level had reached twenty-eight and recognized Xiao Wu’s true identity.
• Chen Qingling showed her Soul Rings, and Chen Xin and Gu Rong realized her Second Soul Ring came from a Soul Beast’s sacrifice.
• Chen Qingling said her Father had sent her a flower that enabled the sacrifice and gave the Butterfly Attracting Flower to Ning Rongrong.

Chen Qingling learned that a Lovesick Heartbreak Red at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well could hide Xiao Wu’s soul beast identity, and Chen Xin agreed to take them to Sunset Forest. The three girls explored the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect together, with Ning Rongrong learning Xiao Wu’s secret.

• Ning Rongrong accepted the Butterfly Attracting Flower Chen Qingling gave her, and Chen Xin privately asked Chen Qingling about Xiao Wu’s origins.
• Chen Qingling told Chen Xin that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and he accepted her as his disciple’s friend while worrying the sect could not protect her if the truth emerged.
• Chen Shenge told Chen Qingling through Mind Communication that a Lovesick Heartbreak Red at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well could conceal Xiao Wu’s aura.
• Chen Xin agreed to take Chen Qingling and Xiao Wu to Sunset Forest the next day to search for the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chen Qingling, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu toured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect together, and Chen Qingling revealed Xiao Wu’s identity to Ning Rongrong.

Chen Qingling told Ning Rongrong about the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and Chen Xin explained to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that Qingling planned to find it to conceal Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast aura. The group prepared to travel to Sunset Forest, with Rongrong joining them after Qingling persuaded Chen Xin and Gu Rong to let her come.

• Chen Qingling told Ning Rongrong that traveling and seeing places taught more than reading books, and Rongrong decided to visit the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that Qingling knew Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and had befriended her, then explained that Qingling’s Father had suggested finding the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Gu Rong volunteered to accompany Chen Xin to Sunset Forest, while Xiao Wu chose to stay with Chen Qingling rather than take a separate room.
• The next morning, Chen Qingling woke Xiao Wu, and they ate breakfast at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Canteen.
• Ning Rongrong pleaded to join the expedition, and Chen Qingling persuaded Chen Xin and Gu Rong to let her come along.

Chen Qingling and her companions reached Dugu Bo’s Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and asked to take the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. The herb chose Xiao Wu, while Dugu Bo wondered who Chen Qingling was and what kind of group she had brought.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong escorted Chen Qingling, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu through Sunset Forest and broke through Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist.
• Dugu Bo feared the two Titled Douluo would seize the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and worried about what would happen to his granddaughter after his death.
• Chen Qingling asked Dugu Bo for the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and he agreed to give it to her after realizing they wanted only one herb.
• Dugu Bo noticed Xiao Wu carried the aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and wondered about Chen Qingling’s identity.
• Xiao Wu approached a blood-red Immortal Herb, which uprooted itself and floated above her head, revealing itself as the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Chen Qingling learned from her mysterious Father that the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well held an Immortal Herb that could remove Ning Rongrong's martial soul limitation. The group returned to ask Dugu Bo for it, leaving him anxious as they prepared to take another herb.

• Xiao Wu obtained the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which concealed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura, and Dugu Bo promised not to reveal her identity.
• Dugu Bo learned that Chen Qingling was the shared disciple of Chen Xin and Gu Rong and marveled at her potential.
• As the group prepared to leave, Chen Qingling's Father told her that the Aromatic Silk Beauty could evolve Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Qingling told Ning Rongrong about the herb, and Ning Rongrong gratefully accepted her friend's offer to help.
• Chen Shenge revealed that he intended to help Chen Qingling's friends partly to interfere with Tang San.
• Chen Qingling's group returned to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo reluctantly allowed them to take another Immortal Herb.

Chen Qingling gathered the Immortal Herbs from the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty to cure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s limitation. After Rongrong evolved her martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, she chose to wait for Chen Qingling before hunting for soul rings.

• Chen Qingling collected the Immortal Herbs from the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo watched helplessly.
• Chen Qingling gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to show Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Rongrong ate the Immortal Herb in the Council Hall and absorbed its effects over an hour and a half.
• Ning Rongrong’s martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and her Soul Power Level rose to nineteen.
• Ning Rongrong declined to hunt for a soul ring immediately and asked to wait until Chen Qingling gained another Soul Power Level.