Recaps

Jiang Lin worried that his Martial Soul awakening would leave him powerless, but after Alto and his gang beat him, the All-Heavens Card-Drawing System finally finished loading. The chapter left Jiang Lin injured in the rain with a newbie gift pack awaiting him.

• Jiang Lin watched Tang San cultivate and fretted that his system was still stuck at 99% on the eve of Martial Soul awakening.
• Alto and several children confronted Jiang Lin, but Jiang Lin tricked them with a false call for Grandpa Jack and fled after throwing firewood at them.
• Alto and his gang caught Jiang Lin, beat him, and ignored his pleas; the watching villagers and Tang San did nothing to help.
• Alto checked that Jiang Lin was still alive, then left with the others.
• As rain fell on Jiang Lin, the All-Heavens Card-Drawing System announced that loading was complete and issued him a newbie gift pack.

After recovering from the attack, Jiang Lin unlocked the All-Heavens Card-Drawing System and gained two powerful inheritances. He summoned Little Dragon Girl, whose arrival left him facing a new ally from another world.

• Grandpa Jack found Jiang Lin injured and helped him return home.
• Jiang Lin discovered that altering the original plot would earn Collapse Points, then opened his Novice Gift Pack and received four cards.
• Jiang Lin inherited Pure Yang Flame and the King's Power Sword, gaining two Martial Souls and combat strength comparable to a level 19 Soul Master.
• Jiang Lin learned that the Ancient God Art inheritance required level 50 cultivation, so he postponed using it and activated the Random Character Summoning Card.
• Little Dragon Girl emerged from the Bronze Gate, and Jiang Lin's panel identified her as a level 37 Soul Venerable with a Frost Dragon Soul.

Jiang Lin met Little Dragon Girl after she was summoned from the Ancient Tomb and received an ice dragon inheritance. They shared his narrow bed for the night, and Little Dragon Girl quietly wondered whether he was trustworthy.

• Jiang Lin recognized the thirteen-year-old Little Dragon Girl and persuaded her to let him call her Sister Long.
• Little Dragon Girl told Jiang Lin that a mysterious sister had led her through a Bronze Gate and instructed her to stay by his side.
• Little Dragon Girl revealed an ice dragon power and inheritance she had received after touching a dragon-shaped stone tablet.
• Jiang Lin had Little Dragon Girl agree to share his bed, and he made a quilt barrier between them.
• Little Dragon Girl woke during the night, watched Jiang Lin sleep, and wondered whether he would deceive or abandon her.

Jiang Lin took Little Dragon Girl to the village’s Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, where Alto and his parents provoked them and cruel villagers mocked old Jack and plotted to harm Little Dragon Girl. Hearing their threats, Jiang Lin felt killing intent for the first time as he resolved to protect the two people he cared about.

• Jiang Lin woke beside Little Dragon Girl, cooked her breakfast, and explained the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony to her.
• Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl met old Jack and headed with him toward the village Martial Soul Hall.
• Jiang Lin confronted Alto, who had beaten him the previous day, and Alto’s parents joined the argument.
• Ao Gang and Xin Lan taunted old Jack until he coughed blood, while villagers mocked him and discussed taking Jiang Lin’s home and land.
• Little Dragon Girl and Jiang Lin overheard villagers plotting to assault her and kill Jiang Lin and old Jack, stirring Jiang Lin’s killing intent.

Old Jack revealed that he was a Soul Venerable who had been crippled after a powerful faction’s young master stole his hunted soul beast and injured him. He accompanied Jiang Lin to the village’s Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, where Su Yuntao began testing the children.

• Old Jack stepped between Jiang Lin and the villagers, revealed his three Soul Rings, and frightened the villagers into fleeing.
• Old Jack told Jiang Lin about his past as a Soul Venerable and how using soul power now drained his life force, but he withheld the faction’s name.
• Old Jack and Jiang Lin went to the awakening ceremony, where Old Jack refused entry to the children of the villagers he distrusted.
• Su Yuntao arrived, led six children including Jiang Lin into the hall, and began the awakening tests.
• The first girl awakened a dagger Martial Soul with three levels of soul power.

Jiang Lin concealed Tang San’s twin Martial Souls, revealed his own powerful King's Power Sword and Soul Power 9, and agreed to Old Jack’s plan to send him to an academy. After learning that Ao Gang and Xin Lan planned to harm Old Jack and seize Jiang Lin’s home, he attacked them at night with Pure Yang Flame, leaving Xin Lan begging for her life.

• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power, while Jiang Lin awakened the King's Power Sword and displayed Soul Power 9 before refusing Su Yuntao’s invitation to join Spirit Hall.
• Su Yuntao praised Jiang Lin’s talent, and the villagers changed their attitudes toward him; Jiang Lin told Little Dragon Girl that bullies respected strength.
• Old Jack offered to send Jiang Lin and Tang San to a junior Soul Master Academy in Notting City, and Tang San said he wanted to ask Tang Hao first.
• Jiang Lin overheard Ao Gang and Xin Lan plotting to test Old Jack, kill him if he seemed weak, and steal Jiang Lin’s house deed.
• Jiang Lin broke into Ao Gang’s home and burned him with Pure Yang Flame; Xin Lan begged Jiang Lin to spare her and offered to do anything.

Jiang Lin killed the residents responsible for the village’s crimes and discovered that their deaths strengthened the Pure Yang Flame. After receiving 100 Collapse Points, he drew the Black Shadow Ten-Man Squad and arranged for seven of its members to protect Old Jack before returning to bed, where Little Dragon Girl questioned him.

• Jiang Lin burned Xin Lan with the Pure Yang Flame, which seemed to grow stronger afterward.
• Jiang Lin killed the sleeping children in Ao Gang’s house, then took revenge on Zhu Hao with the old beggar before burning them both.
• Jiang Lin spent the night killing those responsible for the day’s events and returned home at dawn, suspecting their evil deeds and soul power had strengthened his flame.
• The system awarded Jiang Lin 100 Collapse Points because the deaths had changed Holy Soul Village’s future, and he used them to draw the Black Shadow Ten-Man Squad.
• Jiang Lin sent seven Shadow Ninjas to protect Old Jack and kept three with himself before slipping into bed, where Little Dragon Girl asked what he had been doing.

After secretly killing the men who had threatened Little Dragon Girl, Jiang Lin left Holy Soul Village with her, Tang San, and Old Jack for Notting City. At Notting Academy's gate, a gatekeeper insulted Old Jack and attacked him, so Jiang Lin cut off the man's leg before he could summon help.

• Little Dragon Girl thanked Jiang Lin for avenging her, and her affinity for him rose to 50.
• Old Jack found Jiang Lin safe, then decided to take him and Tang San to Notting City after several villagers mysteriously vanished.
• Jiang Lin, Little Dragon Girl, and Old Jack met Tang San and his father, Tang Hao, before setting out from the village.
• The group reached Notting City, where Jiang Lin settled Little Dragon Girl at an inn before heading to Notting Academy.
• The gatekeeper mocked the children's certificates, stomped on them, and tried to kick Old Jack, so Jiang Lin severed his leg with the King's Power Sword.
• The wounded gatekeeper reached for a crystal ball as a weathered middle-aged man in a black robe approached.

Jiang Lin and Tang San enrolled at the academy after Yu Xiaogang investigated the gatekeeper’s accusations and made him apologize. The gatekeeper secretly contacted his brother-in-law to seek revenge on Jiang Lin, while Tang San questioned Jiang Lin’s refusal to accept Yu Xiaogang as a teacher.

• The gatekeeper accused Jiang Lin and Old Jack, but Tang San gave Yu Xiaogang their Spirit Hall certificates, and Yu Xiaogang confirmed they were genuine.
• Yu Xiaogang pressured the gatekeeper to apologize and escorted Jiang Lin, Tang San, and Old Jack into the academy.
• After they left, the gatekeeper used a communication Soul Tool to tell his brother-in-law that Jiang Lin had broken his leg and ask for help.
• Jiang Lin and Tang San completed enrollment, and Yu Xiaogang accepted Tang San as his disciple before offering to teach Jiang Lin, who politely refused.
• Tang San asked Jiang Lin why he had refused Yu Xiaogang, and Jiang Lin said Yu Xiaogang was too weak to be his teacher.

Jiang Lin defeated Tang San in a fight, leaving Tang San injured before Yu Xiaogang interrupted them. Jiang Lin then went to Dorm Seven, where he wondered whether Xiao Wu would arrive soon and found someone flying toward him as he opened the door.

• Tang San attacked Jiang Lin with his martial arts, but Jiang Lin cut his hands with the King's Power Sword and kicked him away.
• Tang San used hidden weapons, but Jiang Lin countered and wounded his face before pressing the sword to his neck.
• Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer, but Yu Xiaogang arrived and interrupted the fight.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that he and Jiang Lin had only been sparring, and Yu Xiaogang left with Tang San.
• Jiang Lin packed food and headed to Dorm Seven, where a youth flew toward him as he opened the door.

Jiang Lin sparred with Xiao Wu and proved himself stronger, earning her acceptance as Dorm Seven’s boss. Xiao Wu asked to push her bed beside his, but Tang San arrived carrying his bedding before they could move it.

• Wang Sheng and the other children welcomed Jiang Lin back as Dorm Seven’s boss, and Xiao Wu challenged him for the position.
• Jiang Lin fought Xiao Wu with the King's Power Sword, then stopped short of hurting her and gained her acknowledgment.
• The system awarded Jiang Lin 30 Collapse Points for deviating from the Dorm Seven plot, and he wondered whether the reward depended on the plot’s importance.
• Xiao Wu asked to share Jiang Lin’s window-side sleeping spot by pushing their beds together, and Jiang Lin agreed.
• Tang San entered Dorm Seven carrying his bedding as Jiang Lin was about to help Xiao Wu.

Jiang Lin kept Xiao Wu from accepting Tang San’s offer of bedding, earning Collapse Points when the original plot between Tang San and Xiao Wu deviated. Xiao Chenyu then broke into Dormitory Seven and confronted Jiang Lin, whose refusal to show his High-grade Martial Soul prompted one of Xiao Chenyu’s lackeys to attack.

• Jiang Lin stopped Tang San from approaching Xiao Wu’s bed and helped her push two beds together.
• Tang San offered Xiao Wu sheets and bedding, but she chose to share Jiang Lin’s; the system awarded Jiang Lin 1300 Collapse Points for the plot deviation.
• Xiao Chenyu and his older students kicked down Dormitory Seven’s door and demanded to see Jiang Lin.
• Wang Sheng told Jiang Lin that Xiao Chenyu was a sixth-year One-Ring Soul Master and the son of Notting City’s lord.
• Jiang Lin refused to show Xiao Chenyu his High-grade Martial Soul unless Xiao Chenyu paid him, then demanded all the Gold Soul Coins he carried.
• A bald lackey summoned his One-Eyed Leopard Martial Soul and stepped forward to attack Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin defeated Kus and revealed the King's Power Sword’s terrifying power as Xiao Chenyu challenged him. The chapter ended with Jiang Lin pointing the sword at Xiao Chenyu, ready to fight.

• Jiang Lin dodged Kus’s attack and threw him into a wall, then dismissed him as too weak.
• Kus used his Shatterbone Claw soul skill, but Jiang Lin summoned the King's Power Sword and severed one of his hands.
• Jiang Lin threatened Kus and invited Xiao Chenyu to examine the sword before Xiao Chenyu summoned his Night Wolf Martial Soul and released his aura.
• Jiang Lin awakened the King's Power Sword’s golden light and overwhelming sword intent, leaving everyone except Xiao Wu trembling.
• Jiang Lin pointed the sword at Xiao Chenyu and challenged him to fight.

Jiang Lin defeated Xiao Chenyu in a fight and forced him to reveal who had sent him to cause trouble. Xiao Chenyu named his uncle Xiao Yan, who had acted on behalf of Suke, leaving Jiang Lin intent on confronting the gate guard.

• Xiao Chenyu used his Night Wolf Martial Soul and attacked Jiang Lin with surprise strikes, but Jiang Lin repeatedly countered him with the King's Power Sword.
• Xiao Chenyu retreated to conserve his Soul Power, but Jiang Lin pursued him with sword energies that tore through his back and left him unable to fight.
• Jiang Lin stopped Xiao Chenyu's lackeys from carrying him away and threatened to kill him unless he explained why he had come.
• Xiao Chenyu admitted that Xiao Yan had sent him to cause trouble because Suke wanted revenge for Jiang Lin breaking his leg.
• Jiang Lin recognized Suke's role and declared that the gate guard's other leg might be unnecessary too.

Jiang Lin forced Xiao Chenyu to pay compensation and sign an IOU after defeating him, then dismissed Xiao Wu’s concerns about retaliation. He and Xiao Wu returned to their beds and shared the meal he had brought back from the cafeteria.

• Jiang Lin demanded 200 Gold Soul Coins from Xiao Chenyu and took the 35 coins he had on him.
• Jiang Lin threatened Xiao Chenyu’s lackeys into handing over their money, including Kus, and claimed the coins as compensation.
• Jiang Lin made Xiao Chenyu write an IOU for 180 Gold Soul Coins, due by next Monday with 20 coins in daily late interest.
• Xiao Chenyu coughed up blood, then left with his lackeys after signing the IOU.
• Jiang Lin reassured Xiao Wu that he could handle any retaliation, and invited her to share his cafeteria meal.

Jiang Lin shared lunch with Xiao Wu, drawing teasing from the others and irritating Tang San. That night, he spent 1,000 Collapse Points on his first Bronze Card Pool draw, summoned the sealed Heaven-Level Killer Sword Yan, and approached her.

• Jiang Lin shared his lunch with Xiao Wu and touched her cheek to wipe away a grain of rice, making her blush.
• The other students in Dormitory Seven teased Jiang Lin and Xiao Wu, while Tang San left the dormitory, bothered by their closeness.
• Jiang Lin went to the rooftop at night and spent 1,000 Collapse Points to draw from the Bronze Card Pool.
• Jiang Lin drew a Bronze Three-Star Summoning Card for the sealed Heaven-Level Killer Sword Yan, whose initial strength was Soul King.
• Jiang Lin used the card, summoned Tian Yan through a Bronze Gate, and walked toward her.

Jiang Lin negotiated with Tian Yan, offering to help her remove the seal limiting her cultivation in exchange for her acting for him three times. He then brought her to Notting Academy, where they heard strange moaning from the guardhouse.

• Tian Yan agreed to stay with Jiang Lin temporarily but refused to serve as his bodyguard without a reward.
• Jiang Lin offered to reveal how Tian Yan could increase her strength if she acted for him three times, and Tian Yan accepted the terms.
• Jiang Lin took Tian Yan to Notting Academy to watch a show.
• They heard Suke and Masina moaning in the guardhouse, and Tian Yan questioned why Jiang Lin had brought her there.

Jiang Lin killed Masina and brutally tortured Suke after Suke plotted against him. He left the guardhouse and told Tian Yan that his cruelty was meant to warn anyone else who might target him.

• Tian Yan lost three affection points toward Jiang Lin after she caught him in an awkward situation and judged him.
• Jiang Lin entered the guardhouse and found Suke with Masina, who offered to deal with Suke in exchange for a night with Jiang Lin.
• Masina attacked Jiang Lin, but he severed her hand and killed her with the King's Power Sword.
• Jiang Lin mutilated Suke and taunted him before killing him when Suke became too broken to continue.
• Jiang Lin met Tian Yan outside and explained that he had tortured Suke to deter others from crossing him.

Jiang Lin brought Tian Yan to meet Little Dragon Girl, and the two women quickly grew close. After spending the night together at the inn, the three headed toward the academy in the morning, with Jiang Lin sharing an umbrella with Little Dragon Girl while Tian Yan protected herself from the rain with a barrier.

• Jiang Lin brought Tian Yan to the Flowing Light Inn and introduced her to Little Dragon Girl as someone from another world who needed a place to stay.
• Little Dragon Girl welcomed Tian Yan and invited her to share the room, while Tian Yan led her inside and the two began chatting warmly.
• Little Dragon Girl invited Jiang Lin to sleep on the room's sofa, and Tian Yan warned him not to entertain improper thoughts.
• Tian Yan steered her conversation with Little Dragon Girl into more intimate subjects while Jiang Lin slept on the sofa.
• In the morning, Jiang Lin awkwardly got up, then changed the subject and suggested they go to the academy for breakfast.
• When drizzle began outside, Tian Yan used a barrier to keep dry, while Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl shared the inn's only umbrella.

Jiang Lin entered Notting Academy with Little Dragon Girl and Tian Yan, where Xiao Yan confronted him over Suke’s death. Little Dragon Girl defeated Xiao Yan with a devastating ice attack after Tian Yan helped her identify his true body, leaving him gravely wounded.

• Jiang Lin used Suke’s keys to enter Notting Academy with Little Dragon Girl and Tian Yan.
• Xiao Yan recognized Jiang Lin, summoned his Black-Horned Night Wolf Martial Soul, and restrained him with his soul power.
• Little Dragon Girl froze the rain and attacked Xiao Yan with an ice sword when he refused to release Jiang Lin.
• Tian Yan identified Xiao Yan’s true body among the phantoms, allowing Little Dragon Girl to strike him down.
• Jiang Lin checked on Little Dragon Girl and saw that Xiao Yan’s wound and spreading ice had left him near death.

Jiang Lin defended Little Dragon Girl after she defeated Xiao Yan, then ate at Notting Academy’s cafeteria with her, Tian Yan, and Xiao Wu. The principal confronted Jiang Lin about his hidden identity, and Jiang Lin claimed to belong to a secluded clan while challenging the principal’s knowledge.

• Jiang Lin told two teachers that Xiao Yan had started the fight, and they backed down when Little Dragon Girl released her icy aura.
• The teachers carried Xiao Yan to the infirmary and cleaned the guardroom after Jiang Lin dismissed them.
• Jiang Lin, Little Dragon Girl, and Tian Yan went to the cafeteria, where they met Xiao Wu and ate breakfast together.
• The principal arrived and asked Jiang Lin why he had concealed his identity to attend Notting Academy.
• Jiang Lin claimed he came from a secluded clan and suggested the principal’s Soul Ancestor cultivation kept him from knowing such secrets.

After the old headmaster warned Jiang Lin about the Xiao Clan and urged him to leave Notting Academy, Jiang Lin decided to move on and invited Xiao Wu to come with him. Xiao Wu agreed, and after finishing their meal, Jiang Lin and the three women set out to enjoy Notting City before departing.

• The old headmaster apologized for Xiao Yan and warned Jiang Lin that Xiao Shan was connected to the powerful Capital Xiao Clan.
• The old headmaster suggested that Jiang Lin leave Notting Academy for Soto City, and Jiang Lin concluded there was little reason for him to stay.
• Jiang Lin asked Xiao Wu to leave with him, and she agreed without hesitation.
• Jiang Lin invited Xiao Wu, Little Dragon Girl, and Tian Yan to explore Notting City before they left the academy.
• After the rain stopped, Jiang Lin and the three women left the dining hall and set out into the city.

Jiang Lin and his companions visited Gathered Delicacies Tower, where Xiao Chenyuan tried to force Tian Yan to join him. Tian Yan killed Xiao Chenyuan’s guards and beat him to death, leaving the restaurant in shock.

• Jiang Lin took Little Dragon Girl, Xiao Wu, and Tian Yan to Gathered Delicacies Tower after their shopping trip.
• Xiao Chenyuan had a guard invite the women to his table, claiming his status as the City Lord’s eldest son.
• Tian Yan accepted Xiao Chenyuan’s wine, then smashed the glass into his face and killed the three guards who attacked her.
• Tian Yan ignored Xiao Chenyuan’s threats and beat him to death with a crystal chair.
• Little Dragon Girl and the other witnesses recoiled at Tian Yan’s brutality.

After Tian Yan killed Xiao Chenyuan, Xiao Shan mobilized all 1,500 City Guards to surround Gathered Delicacies Tower. Tian Yan revealed that her enhanced strength was enough to defeat them all, and asked Jiang Lin whether he still wanted her to flee with the group.

• Tian Yan dismissed Xu Yan’s concerns and said she could handle the consequences of killing Xiao Chenyuan.
• Xiao Shan learned that Xiao Chenyuan had been killed and ordered all 1,500 City Guards to capture the culprits.
• Jiang Lin and Tian Yan finished their meal at Gathered Delicacies Tower, where Xu Yan warned them that the City Guards had surrounded the building.
• Jiang Lin asked Tian Yan whether she could get them out, and she said she could wipe out all 1,500 guards herself.
• Tian Yan asked Jiang Lin whether he truly wanted her to take the group and run away.

Tian Yan attacked the soldiers surrounding the Gathered Delicacies Tower after Jiang Lin told her to act as she wished. After killing the first hundred soldiers, she faced a thousand more and summoned her Heaven-Swallowing Salamander Martial Soul.

• Jiang Lin gave Tian Yan permission to kill the attackers and asked her to bring back Xiao Shan's head.
• Tian Yan leaped outside and used her Web Life-Taking Sword to kill a hundred armored soldiers, including their commander.
• Ye Xiao ordered a thousand soldiers to surround Tian Yan, while Jiang Lin told Little Dragon Girl to intervene if Tian Yan was endangered.
• Tian Yan gathered the threads from the corpses, then summoned the enormous Heaven-Swallowing Salamander Martial Soul as the soldiers advanced.