Chapter Summaries

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.

Tian Yan used the Heaven-Swallowing Giant Salamander to crush Ye Xiao’s forces and kill him after he tried to escape. After recovering her strength, she headed with Jiang Lin and the others to the City Lord’s Manor to confront Xiao Shan, while the Martial Soul Hall discussed her monster phantom.

• Tian Yan ordered the Heaven-Swallowing Giant Salamander to crush the armored soldiers, killing nearly seven hundred and sending the survivors fleeing.
• Ye Xiao tried to escape on his Black Eagle Martial Soul and threw two deputy generals at the pursuing phantom, but it crushed them and then smashed him into the ground.
• Tian Yan recalled the phantom and recovered her strength with the Black Water Rebirth Art while Xiao Wu and Little Dragon Girl supported her.
• Tian Yan took Jiang Lin toward the City Lord’s Manor to kill Xiao Shan, and Xiao Wu followed with Little Dragon Girl.
• At the Martial Soul Hall, Carlot asked the deacons about the monster phantom, and Matthew Nuo suggested it was Tian Yan’s Martial Soul.

Carlot’s group agreed that the strange creature was likely a Martial Soul and decided to report it. Meanwhile, Tian Yan found Xiao Shan hiding in a secret chamber beneath the City Lord’s Manor and killed him with her threads, leaving Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl at the manor.

• Carlot asked the gathered deacons for their opinions, and they agreed with Matthew Nuo that the monster was likely a Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao urged the group to report the monster’s information to their superiors, and Matthew Nuo supported him.
• Jiang Lin, Little Dragon Girl, and Tian Yan arrived at the City Lord’s Manor and discovered that Xiao Shan was hiding in a refined-iron chamber underground.
• Tian Yan sent pink threads through the ground, and Xiao Shan burned away the first ones with his Flame-Horned Night Wolf Martial Soul.
• Tian Yan sent more threads and used Life-Severing Finger to extinguish Xiao Shan’s flames and pierce his Blackflame Shield.
• The threads struck Xiao Shan’s body, and he died regretting that he would never return to the imperial capital.

After Xiao Shan's death, Jiang Lin obtained his Storage Soul Tool and gained 7,300 Collapse Points for changing Notting City's future. The system warned him that malicious mass slaughter would cost him points, so Jiang Lin considered putting aside reckless schemes and focusing on cultivation.

• Jiang Lin asked Tian Yan to retrieve Xiao Shan's Storage Soul Tool, but she refused because it would count as her second move, so Little Dragon Girl used her Ice Dragon phantom to retrieve it instead.
• Little Dragon Girl exhausted herself retrieving the ring, and Jiang Lin caught her when she stumbled before helping her sit down to recover.
• Jiang Lin examined Xiao Shan's ring and found 17,000 Gold Soul Coins, meditation techniques, and miscellaneous items inside.
• The system awarded Jiang Lin 7,300 Collapse Points after detecting that Xiao Shan and many city guards had died and Notting City's future had changed.
• Jiang Lin considered gaining more points by killing people, but the system warned that large-scale slaughter driven by subjective malice would trigger deductions; it confirmed that legitimate self-defense was exempt.
• Jiang Lin decided to cultivate peacefully for a while, using his existing Collapse Points for draws and aiming to grow strong enough to accept the Ancient God Art inheritance.

Jiang Lin returned to Holy Soul Village to say goodbye to Old Jack and learn the identity of the faction that had once harmed him. Old Jack revealed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect and Yu Yuanpo, and Jiang Lin vowed to make him apologize once Jiang Lin was strong enough.

• Jiang Lin returned to Holy Soul Village with Little Dragon Girl, Xiao Wu, and Tian Yan to visit Old Jack before leaving for a long time.
• Jiang Lin told Old Jack that Tian Yan had found him as a descendant of the Jiang Clan and was taking him back to the clan to study.
• Jiang Lin asked Old Jack which faction had stolen his soul beast and seriously injured him, but Old Jack initially refused to say.
• Jiang Lin revealed his Pure Yang Flame, Twin High-grade Martial Souls, and Innate Full Soul Power to convince Old Jack that he could protect himself.
• Old Jack named the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect and identified Yu Yuanpo, the younger brother of sect master Yu Yuanzhen, as the man who had injured him.
• Jiang Lin promised Old Jack that he would make Yu Yuanpo kneel and apologize once he became strong enough.

Jiang Lin left Jack in the protection of ten shadow ninjas and traveled with Xiao Wu, Little Dragon Girl, and Tian Yan to the Star Dou Forest to seek soul rings and train. After reaching the forest, he considered options for his first King's Power Sword soul ring, then faced a pack of Gale Wind Demon Wolves to hone his combat skills.

• Jiang Lin assigned three shadow ninjas to join the seven already guarding Jack and ordered them to protect him and flee with him if danger arose.
• Jiang Lin told Xiao Wu, Little Dragon Girl, and Tian Yan that they were heading to the Star Dou Forest for soul rings, and Xiao Wu grew dejected at the prospect of hunting soul beasts.
• After half a month, Jiang Lin and the others reached the Star Dou Forest, where he considered suitable thousand-year soul beasts for his King's Power Sword's first soul ring.
• A pack of more than a dozen century-old Gale Wind Demon Wolves attacked, and Jiang Lin stepped forward to fight them while Little Dragon Girl watched.
• Jiang Lin suppressed most of the King's Power Sword's power and charged the wolves; one leaped at him as the alpha wolf sent three others to back it up.

Jiang Lin fought off a pack of Gale Wind Demon Wolves and continued deeper into the Star Dou Forest, where he began battling a thousand-year Netherworld Leopard to obtain his first Soul Ring. The leopard ambushed him and sent him crashing through several trees, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Jiang Lin blinded and killed several Gale Wind Demon Wolves with his King's Power Sword, prompting the lead wolf to retreat with the surviving pack.
• Jiang Lin's group encountered powerful Soul Beasts that Little Dragon Girl drove away by releasing her Frost Dragon Soul.
• Jiang Lin discovered that summoned companions could not absorb Soul Rings and concluded they grew stronger by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
• Jiang Lin found a thousand-year Netherworld Leopard and insisted on fighting it himself while Little Dragon Girl watched.
• The Netherworld Leopard ambushed Jiang Lin from the shadows, and its claw strike sent him flying through several trees.

Jiang Lin continued fighting the Netherworld Leopard despite his injuries, using the King's Power Sword and Pure Yang Flame to wear it down. When the weakened beast tried to escape in black mist, Little Dragon Girl forced it into view, leaving it helpless before Jiang Lin.

• Little Dragon Girl and Xiao Wu rushed to Jiang Lin, but he told them he would fight the Netherworld Leopard himself and asked them to keep it from escaping.
• Jiang Lin used the King's Power Sword Intent to block the leopard's soundwave attack, then sent a Pure Yang fire dragon and his sword after it.
• When the Netherworld Leopard charged back at Jiang Lin, he used a second, weaker fire dragon to hold it off until his first fire dragon and sword caught up.
• The King's Power Sword, its sword energy, and the Pure Yang Flame burned and wounded the Netherworld Leopard, while Jiang Lin's Soul Power dwindled to less than a tenth.
• The Netherworld Leopard released dense black mist to escape, but Little Dragon Girl summoned the Frost Dragon Soul and forced it to reappear.
• Jiang Lin approached the weakened leopard as it could only glare and roar at him.

Jiang Lin fused the Netherworld Leopard’s thousand-year Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power level 23 and gaining the Void-Splitting Slash. Meanwhile, Yue Guan questioned Carlot about Jiang Lin’s origins, then left to return to Spirit Hall’s main hall with the possibility of a reclusive Jiang Clan still unresolved.

• Jiang Lin overcame the Netherworld Leopard’s lingering consciousness and fused its Soul Ring, advancing to level 23 and becoming a One-Ring Soul Master.
• Jiang Lin tested his new First Soul Skill, Void-Splitting Slash, and Xiao Wu, Tian Yan, and Little Dragon Girl reacted to its power.
• Jiang Lin said he would wait a few days before seeking a second Soul Ring and suggested they find food first.
• At the Notting City Spirit Hall, Carlot told Yue Guan that he could not uncover Jiang Lin’s identity and mentioned the suspected reclusive Jiang Clan.
• Yue Guan ordered the search to continue and vanished to return to the main hall, while Carlot wondered whether the Jiang Clan existed.

Jiang Lin searched for a Windfeather Falcon to obtain his second Soul Ring, then clashed with Meng Yiran after catching a mutated Black-Scaled Viper. Chao Tianxiang arrived to protect her, leaving Jiang Lin worried about facing the powerful Unrivaled Dragon Serpent family.

• Jiang Lin rejected the idea of helping Xiao Wu obtain a Soul Ring, and Little Dragon Girl agreed to help him hunt a Windfeather Falcon.
• Jiang Lin caught several Black-Scaled Vipers as bait and seized a mutated seven-hundred-year one.
• Meng Yiran claimed the viper and attacked Jiang Lin, but his Pure Yang Flame overwhelmed her Snake Blade and chased her down.
• Chao Tianxiang appeared, cut apart Jiang Lin's fire snake, and promised to help Meng Yiran take revenge.
• Jiang Lin recognized Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang and worried that his group might be outmatched.

Jiang Lin gave Meng Yiran the Black-Scaled Viper and used a fabricated story about the Everplain Jiang Clan to convince Chao Tianxiang and the hidden Meng Shu to leave without a fight. Afterward, Little Dragon Girl believed his promise to take her to Everplain City, increasing her favorability toward him.

• Jiang Lin handed Meng Yiran the Black-Scaled Viper as an apology after realizing Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu were too strong to challenge.
• Tian Yan warned Jiang Lin that she could not defeat the person hiding nearby or help them escape, while Xiao Wu hesitated to summon Er Ming.
• Jiang Lin claimed that he, Little Dragon Girl, Tian Yan, and Xiao Wu belonged to the hidden Everplain Jiang Clan, which supposedly ruled an oasis city in the Death Desert.
• Meng Shu advised Chao Tianxiang to stop pursuing the matter, and Chao Tianxiang left with Meng Yiran after Meng Yiran challenged Jiang Lin to defeat her someday.
• Jiang Lin promised Little Dragon Girl he would take her to Everplain City, and her favorability toward him increased by five.

Jiang Lin obtained a 2,100-year Windfeather Falcon Soul Ring and unlocked a flying second Soul Skill, then tried his luck with the card-drawing system. The chapter ended with Tian Yan confronting him about the name Jingjing.

• Jiang Lin lured a Windfeather Falcon to snake meat, and Little Dragon Girl froze it so he could kill it.
• Jiang Lin absorbed the Windfeather Falcon's Soul Ring despite Xiao Wu's concern, reaching Soul Power Level 28.
• Jiang Lin used his second Soul Skill, Azure-Feather Sword Wings, and flew before landing back on the cliff.
• Jiang Lin asked the system whether others could see his card draws, then spent 1,000 Collapse Points to obtain a Spirit-Gathering Pill.
• Jiang Lin prepared to draw again, but Tian Yan asked who Jingjing was.

Jiang Lin stayed in Star Dou Forest to cultivate while Xiao Wu returned home and Tian Yan left after changing their agreement. Back at the cabin, Jiang Lin continued drawing from the Bronze Roulette and finally received a golden result.

• Jiang Lin told Xiao Wu he planned to cultivate in Star Dou Forest for five or six years, and Xiao Wu decided to return home.
• Little Dragon Girl asked Xiao Wu to let them accompany her, but Xiao Wu declined and soon departed.
• Tian Yan demanded that Jiang Lin reveal how to remove her seal immediately or let her leave, and Jiang Lin allowed her to go while keeping their agreement in place.
• Jiang Lin returned to the cabin with Little Dragon Girl and used the Bronze Roulette, drawing Yin-Yang Bliss Powder before spending another 1,000 Collapse Points.
• The roulette stopped after its third spin, and a blinding golden light appeared before Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin gained the upper volume of the Northern Mysterious Technique and discovered that it granted him a powerful Martial Soul and two Soul Skills. After nearly overwhelming himself with absorbed energy, he recovered and agreed to let Little Dragon Girl cook for them.

• Jiang Lin received the incomplete Northern Mysterious Technique inheritance and experienced life as a gigantic fish in its Inheritance Space.
• Jiang Lin's status panel showed that the technique had given him the Northern Dark Spiritual Meridian, the Soul Skills Essence Devouring and Purification, and Level 28 cultivation.
• Jiang Lin summoned the Northern Dark Spiritual Meridian and used Essence Devouring to absorb a vast amount of energy, nearly overloading his body.
• Jiang Lin activated Purification to compress and refine the Soul Power, then reassured the worried Little Dragon Girl.
• Jiang Lin offered to make a meal, but Little Dragon Girl insisted that she cook instead, prompting his doubts about her skills.

Jiang Lin found Little Dragon Girl’s cooking inedible, then taught her to cook a proper meal. After teasing and flattering her over her soot-covered face, he touched her cheek, leaving her blushing and flustered.

• Little Dragon Girl tried to cook for Jiang Lin, but her food was badly burned and tasted awful.
• Jiang Lin persuaded Little Dragon Girl to taste her own cooking, and she realized Granny Sun had been lying to spare her feelings.
• Jiang Lin taught Little Dragon Girl to cook, and they made an appetizing meal together.
• Jiang Lin pointed out the soot on Little Dragon Girl’s face, and she washed it off before getting upset when he laughed at her.
• Jiang Lin complimented Little Dragon Girl’s beauty, then touched her cheek and made her blush.

Five years after settling in the Star Dou Forest, Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl had grown close while cultivating and living together. Jiang Lin discovered that Tian Yan had bypassed one of her system seals and become powerful enough to challenge a Soul Douluo, while he remained a Level 49 Soul Ancestor.

• Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl established separate beds in their shared wooden house, and she fell asleep watching him rest.
• Jiang Lin followed a daily cultivation routine, taught Little Dragon Girl to cook, and took her out once a week as five years passed.
• At age eleven, Jiang Lin saw that Little Dragon Girl was a Level 53 Soul King with an affection score of 75, and decided he would give her a magnificent wedding if they became a couple.
• Jiang Lin checked Tian Yan's panel and learned she had reached the Half-Step Heavenly Human Realm after bypassing the system's first seal.
• The system explained that Tian Yan's realm equaled a Level 71 Soul Saint and had the combat power of a Level 81 Soul Douluo.
• Jiang Lin compared their progress and noted that he had reached Level 49, with combat power comparable to a weaker Level 61 Soul Emperor.