Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: Jiang Lin of Holy Soul Village

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin, a transmigrator living in Holy Soul Village, waits anxiously for the completion of his All-Heavens Card-Drawing System. After six years of loading, it remains stuck at 99% on the eve of Martial Soul awakening.
• He fears awakening a useless Martial Soul, which would leave him vulnerable to villagers who covet the house and farmland inherited from his parents.
• Jiang Lin briefly considers befriending Tang San for protection, but Tang San shows no interest in him, so the two become virtual strangers.
• On his way home from gathering firewood, Jiang Lin is ambushed by Alto and several children. Alto, whose sickle Martial Soul awakened the previous year, has long bullied Jiang Lin because his parents want Jiang Lin’s property.
• Jiang Lin initially tricks the group by pretending Village Chief Jack is nearby, attacks them with his firewood, and runs away. However, he trips and is eventually surrounded.
• Although Jiang Lin fights back fiercely with a stolen wooden stick, Alto uses his Martial Soul to break Jiang Lin’s weapon and overwhelm him.
• The villagers refuse to intervene, secretly hoping Jiang Lin will die so they can seize his property. Tang San also passes by without helping.
• After beating Jiang Lin nearly unconscious, Alto and the others leave. As rain falls on the injured boy, the system finally finishes loading and announces that his newbie gift pack is ready.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Revealed as intelligent, cautious, resourceful, and deeply anxious about his future. Despite lacking a Martial Soul, he uses deception and quick thinking to resist bullying. His frustration and determination intensify after being brutally beaten, making the system’s activation a crucial turning point.
• Tang San: Remains distant and indifferent toward Jiang Lin, showing no concern even when he sees him being attacked. Their relationship is established as one of separation rather than friendship.
• Alto: Develops from a longtime rival into Jiang Lin’s main persecutor. His awakened sickle Martial Soul gives him confidence and physical superiority, while his cruelty is reinforced by his parents’ greed.
• Village Chief Jack and the villagers: Jack is implied to be Jiang Lin’s only genuine supporter, while most villagers are portrayed as selfish and predatory, waiting for an opportunity to claim Jiang Lin’s inheritance.

Significant Themes

• Powerlessness and survival: Jiang Lin’s lack of strength leaves him exposed to violence, exploitation, and abandonment.
• The importance of power in society: Martial Souls determine status and security, while ordinary people are treated as disposable.
• Isolation and betrayal: Jiang Lin has no dependable allies; even bystanders and Tang San ignore his suffering.
• Resourcefulness versus brute force: Jiang Lin’s intelligence allows him to outmaneuver Alto temporarily, but physical power ultimately defeats him.
• Hope and reversal of fate: The system’s completion arrives at Jiang Lin’s lowest moment, suggesting an impending transformation in his circumstances.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin observes Tang San cultivating but accepts that Tang San does not regard him as a meaningful companion.
• Jiang Lin and Alto engage in a long-standing rivalry rooted in Alto’s family’s desire to take Jiang Lin’s property.
• Jiang Lin uses a false warning about Village Chief Jack to deceive Alto’s group before attacking and fleeing.
• During the assault, Jiang Lin fights back against the weaker children but cannot withstand Alto’s sickle Martial Soul.
• The villagers and Tang San witness the violence without intervening, emphasizing Jiang Lin’s social abandonment.
• The chapter ends with the system addressing Jiang Lin directly, introducing the likely source of his future power.

Chapter Summary: “System Activated, Little Dragon Girl Arrives”

Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin awakens in the rain after being injured and finds Old Jack beside him. Despite his age and weakness, Old Jack tries to help him, and the two support each other back to the village.
• Unable to sleep because of his injuries, Jiang Lin discovers that the system’s progress bar has finally completed. The All-Heavens Card-Drawing System reveals that he can earn Collapse Points by changing the original plot and use them to draw powerful cards.
• The system provides Jiang Lin with a Novice Gift Pack, containing:
  • Pure Yang Flame, a Gold two-star inheritance item
  • King’s Power Sword, a Gold three-star inheritance item
  • A fragment of the Ancient God Art, a Dark Gold three-star inheritance
  • A Bronze

Random Character Summoning Card

• Jiang Lin undergoes the painful inheritance process for both Pure Yang Flame and the King’s Power Sword. He gains the ability to manifest a golden flame and summon an ancient sword.
• Though his cultivation remains low, the two inheritances dramatically increase his combat ability to approximately Level 19 Soul Master strength. The system explains that his weapons are far more powerful in their original forms, but he can access only a tiny fraction of their power.
• Jiang Lin attempts to use the Ancient God Art fragment but is warned that it requires at least Level 50 Soul King cultivation. He wisely postpones using it.
• He then activates the Bronze summoning card. A mysterious young woman emerges from a bronze gate: Little Dragon Girl, a disciple of the Ancient Tomb Sect.
• The system identifies her as a Level 37 Soul Venerable with a Frost Dragon Soul granted through cross-world compensation. Her initial favorability toward Jiang Lin is 40, marking them as strangers.

Character Development

• Jiang Lin changes from a wounded and humiliated child into someone possessing extraordinary potential and new confidence. His pain and memories of being bullied motivate him to endure the inheritances immediately rather than rest.
• He demonstrates caution and judgment by refusing to use the Ancient God inheritance before reaching the required cultivation level.
• Jiang Lin also learns that summoned characters are independent individuals, not servants, and that their loyalty depends on maintaining sufficient favorability.
• Old Jack is portrayed as compassionate and protective. His guilt over arriving late and his attempt to rescue Jiang Lin emphasize their close, familial bond.
• Little Dragon Girl is introduced as beautiful, reserved, and emotionally detached. Her lack of a personal name and her formal introduction suggest an unfamiliarity with Jiang Lin’s world.

Character Interactions

• Old Jack and Jiang Lin support one another physically while returning through the rain, highlighting their mutual dependence.
• Jiang Lin interacts directly with the system, learning its rules and limitations.
• During the summoning, Jiang Lin politely introduces himself to Little Dragon Girl. She responds formally, identifying herself only as a disciple of the Ancient Tomb Sect because she claims to have no name.
• The system establishes an important condition for their relationship: Little Dragon Girl cannot harm Jiang Lin, but she can be forcibly returned if her favorability drops below 30.

Significant Themes

• Power gained through suffering: Jiang Lin’s painful inheritances symbolize the physical and mental cost of acquiring strength.
• Self-improvement and revenge: His memories of humiliation push him to seize power rather than remain vulnerable.
• Limits and responsibility: Despite receiving godlike inheritances, Jiang Lin must recognize his current limitations and avoid using powers beyond his cultivation.
• Free will and relationships: The summoned characters are independent people, making trust and favorability more important than simple control.
• Cross-world identity: The arrival of Little Dragon Girl and the system’s card mechanics introduce the merging of different fictional worlds and power systems.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin learns that the mysterious girl summoned to him is the thirteen-year-old Little Dragon Girl from The Return of the Condor Heroes, years before she meets Yang Guo.
• He is immediately captivated by her beauty and privately decides he wants to become her “exclusive dragon rider,” though he recognizes that he must first earn her trust.
• Little Dragon Girl explains that she was invited to leave the Ancient Tomb by a mysterious female voice. She entered the world through a Bronze Gate after being promised the chance to see the outside world and was instructed to stay with Jiang Lin.
• She reveals that, during the journey, she received an ice-dragon inheritance from a dragon girl in a frozen mystical realm. Demonstrating the inheritance summons an enormous ice dragon, freezes Jiang Lin in place, and fills the room with snow and cold.
• Jiang Lin becomes suspicious that the All-Heavens Card-Drawing System may possess human-like intelligence or may have been created by a powerful being, but he sets the mystery aside.
• Because Jiang Lin’s room contains only one narrow bed, he asks Little Dragon Girl to share it for the night. He reassures her that he will not take advantage of her and places the quilt between them as a boundary.
• Jiang Lin falls asleep, while Little Dragon Girl remains awake and reflects on whether he is trustworthy or will eventually deceive and abandon her.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Displays strong attraction and possessiveness toward Little Dragon Girl, but also understands the need to behave cautiously and build her affection gradually. He is pragmatic, observant, and considerate when he gives her more space on the bed. His suspicions about the system deepen.
• Little Dragon Girl: Is portrayed as innocent, sheltered, and unfamiliar with the outside world. She accepts the system’s instructions easily and struggles to understand her new surroundings. Although emotionally reserved and wary because of Granny’s warnings, she begins to notice Jiang Lin’s kindness and considers relying on him.
• The System / “Sister”: Appears more personalized and mysterious than Jiang Lin expected, communicating directly with Little Dragon Girl and granting her a powerful inheritance.

Significant Themes

• Trust and vulnerability: Little Dragon Girl must decide whether Jiang Lin is safe, while Jiang Lin attempts to gain her trust.
• Innocence entering the wider world: Her departure from the Ancient Tomb marks her first exposure to unfamiliar people and possibilities.
• Power and inheritance: The ice-dragon ability gives Little Dragon Girl a supernatural strength that contrasts with her emotional inexperience.
• Mystery of the system: The chapter raises questions about the system’s origins, motives, and apparent personality.
• Possessiveness versus restraint: Jiang Lin’s private desires conflict with the need to respect Little Dragon Girl’s boundaries.

Character Interactions

• Little Dragon Girl confronts Jiang Lin when she senses that he is having improper thoughts, establishing her alertness despite her innocence.
• Jiang Lin adopts the nickname “Sister Long,” creating a more familiar relationship and reducing the distance between them.
• She demonstrates her new ice-dragon power at his request, unintentionally overwhelming and freezing him.
• Their bedtime exchange shows Jiang Lin’s eagerness and Little Dragon Girl’s caution. His promise of proper behavior, along with his effort to give her more room, leads her to accept sharing the bed.
• During the night, Little Dragon Girl silently studies him and questions whether he will prove to be a trustworthy companion.

Chapter Summary: The Evil in Human Nature, Courting Death Like Mad!

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin wakes beside Little Dragon Girl and realizes that the previous day’s events—the system and her arrival—were real. He feels hopeful about his transformed future.
• He prepares breakfast for Little Dragon Girl, who praises his porridge and compares it favorably to her grandmother’s cooking.
• Village Chief Jack arrives to remind Jiang Lin about the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony. Jiang Lin explains the ceremony to Little Dragon Girl, who agrees to accompany him.
• Jiang introduces Little Dragon Girl to Old Jack as his distant cousin and describes her as a powerful soul master.
• On the way to the Martial Soul Hall, they encounter Alto, the bully who beat Jiang Lin unconscious the day before, along with Alto’s family.
• Alto insults Jiang Lin and attempts to approach Little Dragon Girl. Jiang blocks him and retaliates by calling him a “bastard,” provoking Alto to summon his sickle Martial Soul.
• Alto’s parents accuse Jiang Lin and Old Jack of wrongdoing. Old Jack defends Jiang Lin, revealing that he knows Alto and his family participated in the previous attack.
• Alto’s parents viciously mock Old Jack’s age and attempt to pressure him into surrendering Jiang Lin’s house and land deeds.
• Their cruel words cause Old Jack to cough up blood. The surrounding villagers respond with indifference, greed, and excitement over the possibility of taking his position and property.
• Several villagers openly discuss abducting or assaulting Little Dragon Girl and killing Jiang Lin and Old Jack. Little Dragon Girl overhears everything, while Jiang Lin’s enhanced perception allows him to hear the entire conversation.
• Enraged, Jiang Lin develops genuine killing intent toward the villagers, determined to protect Old Jack and Little Dragon Girl.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Becomes more confident and protective after awakening his abilities. He is willing to confront Alto directly and no longer tolerates threats against those he cares about. His anger escalates into a serious desire to kill.
• Little Dragon Girl: Begins adapting to Jiang Lin’s world and shows warmth by accepting his hospitality and praising his cooking. Her disgust and cold hostility toward the villagers reveal her strong moral boundaries and protective instincts.
• Old Jack: Demonstrates loyalty and courage by standing up for Jiang Lin despite his age and fragile health. The villagers’ cruelty exposes how vulnerable he is physically and politically.
• Alto: Remains arrogant, violent, and predatory. His attraction to Little Dragon Girl is immediate and selfish, while his hostility toward Jiang Lin quickly turns into a threat.
• Alto’s parents and the villagers: Their greed, cruelty, and willingness to exploit Old Jack’s weakness reveal that the village’s corruption extends beyond Alto himself.

Significant Themes

• The evil within human nature: The chapter emphasizes how ordinary people can become cruel, greedy, and depraved when they believe they can act without consequences.
• Powerlessness versus protection: Old Jack’s declining health leaves him vulnerable, while Jiang Lin’s newly awakened strength allows him to defend him and Little Dragon Girl.
• Moral corruption and mob mentality: The villagers casually discuss theft, murder, and sexual violence, treating suffering as entertainment or opportunity.
• Found family and loyalty: Jiang Lin, Little Dragon Girl, and Old Jack form a protective bond despite not being related by blood.
• The transformation of the weak: Jiang Lin’s former identity as a bullied “trash” is beginning to disappear as his powers, confidence, and resolve grow.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl share a gentle domestic moment over breakfast, strengthening their connection.
• Jiang respectfully introduces Little Dragon Girl to Old Jack, while she accepts his explanation without suspicion.
• Jiang confronts Alto to prevent him from harassing Little Dragon Girl, turning their previous conflict into an open confrontation.
• Old Jack defends Jiang Lin against Alto’s family, but their insults cause him severe physical distress.
• Little Dragon Girl and Jiang Lin silently witness the villagers’ depravity, leading both to view them with disgust. Jiang’s protective anger reaches its peak as he prepares to respond violently.

Chapter Summary: “Old Jack’s Past”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin prepares to summon the King’s Power Sword and punish the villagers who are threatening him, but Old Jack steps forward to protect him.
• Old Jack unexpectedly reveals that he is a Soul Venerable with three Soul Rings—one white and two yellow. This shocks Jiang Lin, the villagers, and especially those who had been plotting against them.
• Terrified by Old Jack’s hidden strength, Ao Gang, his wife, and the other hostile villagers flee. Jiang Lin secretly memorizes their faces and considers dealing with them later.
• After the danger passes, Old Jack dismisses his Soul Rings and returns to his frail, ordinary appearance. He explains that using soul power worsens an old injury and consumes his life force.
• Old Jack recounts his past: he once traveled the world and reached the Soul Venerable realm in his thirties. While hunting for a Soul Ring, a powerful faction’s young master stole the soul beast he had captured and ordered his men to severely injure him.
• Since then, Old Jack has suffered from a debilitating condition. After failing to find a cure, he returned to Holy Soul Village under a false name and became village chief.
• He admits that, despite serving as chief for over thirty years, he has failed to reform the villagers’ selfish and cruel behavior.
• Jiang Lin asks which faction attacked Old Jack, but Old Jack refuses to reveal the name, telling him to wait until he has enough strength to learn the truth.
• Jiang Lin and Old Jack then proceed to the Martial Soul Hall branch for Jiang Lin’s awakening ceremony. Although Jiang Lin’s powerful Martial Souls have already awakened internally, he plans to participate to conceal their true origin and continue following the expected course of events.
• Because of the earlier incident, only a few villagers and five or six children attend the ceremony.
• Su Yuntao arrives to conduct the awakening. He notices Little Dragon Girl briefly but begins the ceremony without comment.
• The first child awakens a dagger Martial Soul with three levels of innate soul power, which Su Yuntao considers usable but disappointing.

Character Developments

• Old Jack: His hidden identity as a former Soul Venerable is revealed. He is shown to be courageous and self-sacrificing, willing to risk death to protect Jiang Lin. His backstory also reveals lingering trauma, physical weakness, and deep disappointment in the villagers.
• Jiang Lin: He becomes more protective and suspicious. Although shocked by Old Jack’s strength, he immediately focuses on identifying the faction responsible for Old Jack’s injuries. He also hints at a darker, more retaliatory side by planning to deal with the fleeing villagers.
• The hostile villagers: Their cowardice and malicious nature are exposed. They immediately abandon their threats once Old Jack reveals his cultivation.
• Su Yuntao: He remains professional and efficient, though somewhat hurried. His brief reaction to Little Dragon Girl suggests that he recognizes something unusual about her.
• Tang San: He is drawn closer to Old Jack after witnessing the unexpected revelation and shares the other children’s confusion about the reduced attendance.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and concealed identities: Old Jack’s humble village-chief persona masks a powerful but broken past, while Jiang Lin likewise hides his true Martial Souls and abilities.
• Protection and loyalty: Old Jack’s willingness to stand between Jiang Lin and danger demonstrates the depth of their bond.
• Abuse of power and injustice: Old Jack’s life was ruined by a powerful young master who used status and force to steal his opportunity and silence him.
• Moral corruption: Old Jack’s failure to improve the villagers reflects the difficulty of changing people who are driven by greed and cruelty.
• Patience and delayed revenge: Old Jack withholds the name of his enemy until Jiang Lin is strong enough, emphasizing the need for preparation before confronting powerful forces.
• Fate versus deliberate change: Jiang Lin follows the established awakening process while secretly intending to alter future events.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and Old Jack: Old Jack protects Jiang Lin, while Jiang Lin worries about Old Jack’s condition and seeks information about his past. Their relationship becomes more trusting and emotionally significant.
• Old Jack and the villagers: His revelation transforms the villagers’ hostility into fear, exposing their lack of courage and respect.
• Jiang Lin and Old Jack regarding the past: Jiang Lin presses for the identity of Old Jack’s enemy, but Old Jack refuses to answer until Jiang Lin is stronger.
• Old Jack and Tang San: Tang San approaches after seeing Old Jack’s revelation, showing curiosity and respect.
• Old Jack and Su Yuntao: Old Jack formally interacts with Su Yuntao as village chief, while quietly restricting participation to exclude the villagers he despises.
• Su Yuntao and the children: Su Yuntao begins the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, judging each child’s Martial Soul and soul power with practical detachment.

Chapter Summary: Martial Soul Awakening, Jiang Lin’s Revenge!

Key Plot Points and Events

• During the Martial Soul awakening ceremony, most villagers awaken ordinary or useless Martial Souls. Tang San awakens Blue Silver Grass and secretly possesses a second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, but Su Yuntao fails to detect it.
• Tang San displays Innate Full Soul Power. Su Yuntao considers recruiting him into Spirit Hall, but Tang San politely refuses.
• Jiang Lin awakens the powerful King’s Power Sword, which he calls Royal Authority, and deliberately conceals his other Martial Soul, Pure Yang Flame.
• Jiang Lin reveals Soul Power 9 rather than allowing the crystal ball to register his true potential. Su Yuntao is impressed and also invites him to join Spirit Hall, but Jiang Lin refuses while accepting Su Yuntao’s identity token.
• Old Jack is delighted by Jiang Lin’s talent and decides to send both Jiang Lin and Tang San to a junior Soul Master academy in Notting City. Tang San agrees to consult his father first.
• The villagers, who previously bullied Jiang Lin, immediately change their attitudes after learning of his powerful Martial Soul and high Soul Power. They become fearful that he may retaliate.
• That night, Jiang Lin overhears Alto and Xin Lan plotting to test or kill Old Jack, loot his belongings, and seize Jiang Lin’s house. This confirms that they intend to harm both Old Jack and Little Dragon Girl.
• Furious, Jiang Lin attacks Alto and Xin Lan in their home. He summons the previously hidden Pure Yang Flame rather than his sword, causing a fire serpent to engulf Alto and subjecting him to agonizing burns.
• Xin Lan begs for mercy and offers to do anything to survive. Jiang Lin responds with a mocking, threatening question, leaving the scene unresolved.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Reveals himself as an exceptionally talented Soul Master while carefully hiding his full abilities. His priorities become clear: remain inconspicuous, protect Little Dragon Girl and Old Jack, and punish those who threaten them. His anger develops into a willingness to use lethal force.
• Tang San: Shows his unusual twin-Martial-Soul talent, though only Blue Silver Grass is publicly recognized. He remains cautious and observant, taking particular interest in Jiang Lin’s strength.
• Su Yuntao: Initially dismissive after seeing several useless Martial Souls, but his attitude changes after witnessing Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power and Jiang Lin’s high-grade sword Martial Soul. He considers both worth recruiting, especially Jiang Lin.
• Old Jack: Becomes proud and excited by Jiang Lin’s talent and takes responsibility for helping both boys pursue academy education.
• Little Dragon Girl: Learns from Jiang Lin that strength is necessary to deter bullies. Her acceptance of this lesson reflects her growing adaptation to the outside world.
• Alto and Xin Lan: Their cowardice and malicious plans are exposed. They underestimate Jiang Lin because they do not know about his awakening, making them vulnerable to his retaliation.

Significant Themes

• Strength changes social status: The villagers quickly shift from bullying Jiang Lin to fearing and flattering him after learning about his talent.
• Hidden power and strategic restraint: Jiang Lin conceals both the Clear Sky Hammer’s existence from Su Yuntao and his own Pure Yang Flame, choosing survival and long-term development over immediate recognition.
• Protection and revenge: Jiang Lin’s violence is framed as a response to threats against his loved ones, especially Little Dragon Girl and Old Jack.
• The corruption of the weak: The villagers and Alto’s group embody cowardice, opportunism, and cruelty toward those they perceive as powerless.
• Talent versus prejudice: Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass is dismissed as useless despite his Innate Full Soul Power, while Jiang Lin’s rare sword Martial Soul earns immediate respect.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and Su Yuntao: Su Yuntao evaluates Jiang Lin’s Martial Soul, praises its potential, and offers him a path into Spirit Hall. Jiang Lin respectfully declines while avoiding suspicion.
• Jiang Lin and Tang San: Tang San silently observes Jiang Lin’s strength and recognizes that he is unusually significant. Both are identified as future academy students.
• Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl: Jiang Lin explains how strength protects people from bullies and privately promises to defend her.
• Jiang Lin and Old Jack: Old Jack treats Jiang Lin like family and offers to fund his education, while Jiang Lin’s loyalty to him motivates the later revenge.
• Jiang Lin, Alto, and Xin Lan: After overhearing their plan to kill Old Jack and seize his property, Jiang Lin confronts them. He burns Alto with Pure Yang Flame, while Xin Lan begs for her life and attempts to bargain for mercy.

Chapter Summary: “Changes in the Pure Yang Flame, First Draw”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xin Lan attempts to attack Jiang Lin to save herself, but he kills her with the Pure Yang Flame after she begs for mercy.
• Jiang Lin discovers that the flame seems slightly stronger after burning her, though he is unsure why.
• He then kills Ao Gang’s sleeping children, Alto and his younger brother, blaming their fate on their parents’ evil deeds.
• Jiang Lin visits Zhu Hao, the village resident who had expressed the greatest hostility toward Old Jack and Little Dragon Girl. He forces Zhu Hao to suffer the fate he had intended for others, using the village’s old beggar to carry out the punishment.
• After the old beggar dies from exhaustion, Jiang Lin burns both him and Zhu Hao to ash.
• Throughout the night, Jiang Lin eliminates the other villagers involved in the day’s events. By dawn, everyone he considers deserving of death has been killed.
• After returning home and washing away the night’s violence, Jiang Lin realizes that the Pure Yang Flame has indeed grown stronger.
• He theorizes that the flame absorbs power from the victims’ souls and possibly gains additional strength from the evil they committed.
• Jiang Lin considers becoming a bounty hunter who targets criminal soul masters to strengthen the flame.
• The deaths cause a major deviation from the original timeline of Holy Soul Village. The system awards him 100 Collapse Points.
• Jiang Lin uses the points for his first draw and obtains the Black Shadow Ten-Man Squad, a special summoning card from Jackie Chan Adventures.
• Ten Shadow Ninjas appear, each possessing the strength of a Level 20 Great Soul Master. Jiang Lin assigns seven to secretly protect Old Jack and keeps three with himself.
• As Jiang Lin quietly returns to bed, an unidentified person—apparently Little Dragon Girl—asks what he had been doing.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Becomes increasingly ruthless and morally detached, acting as judge and executioner against the villagers. At the same time, he shows strategic thinking by investigating the Pure Yang Flame’s growth and arranging protection for Old Jack before leaving the village.
• Xin Lan: Her earlier resentment and aggression collapse into terror and desperate pleading when confronted with death, but her fear does not move Jiang Lin.
• Zhu Hao: Confirmed as one of the most malicious villagers, particularly because of his plans against Old Jack and Little Dragon Girl. His own intended cruelty is turned back upon him.
• Old Beggar: Acts as Jiang Lin’s instrument in punishing Zhu Hao, but dies afterward from exhaustion.
• Old Jack: Though absent from most of the chapter, he becomes central to Jiang Lin’s plans. Jiang Lin is unwilling to leave without ensuring his safety.
• Shadow Ninjas: Introduced as Jiang Lin’s new summoned allies. They possess individual shadow abilities and a combined technique, the Shadow God Claw.

Significant Themes

• Retribution and moral judgment: Jiang Lin believes the villagers’ evil deeds justify their deaths, presenting himself as an agent of punishment.
• Corruption and ruthlessness: His willingness to kill even sleeping children demonstrates how far his sense of justice has deteriorated.
• Power gained through evil: The Pure Yang Flame may grow stronger by consuming souls and punishing evildoers, linking moral corruption with supernatural advancement.
• Departure and protection: Jiang Lin prepares to leave Holy Soul Village but remains attached to Old Jack, showing that loyalty and affection still influence him.
• Consequences of altering fate: The mass deaths disrupt the original storyline, producing Collapse Points and emphasizing the system’s role in rewarding timeline deviation.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin rejects Xin Lan’s attempt to attack him and kills her despite her pleas for mercy.
• He speaks to the sleeping children before killing them, framing their deaths as consequences of their parents’ crimes.
• Jiang Lin directs the old beggar to punish Zhu Hao, allowing Zhu Hao to experience the suffering he had intended for others.
• Jiang Lin summons and commands the Shadow Ninjas, assigning them protective and escort duties.
• The chapter ends with someone confronting Jiang Lin about his nighttime actions, setting up the next scene.

Chapter Summary: “Affinity Increased, Heading to Notting City”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin reveals to Little Dragon Girl that he secretly killed the hostile villagers who had previously threatened or offended her and Grandpa Jack.
• Little Dragon Girl does not condemn him. Instead, she thanks him for protecting her, raising her affinity with Jiang Lin by 10 points to 50, “Familiar.”
• The two promise to protect each other, strengthening their bond.
• The next morning, several families in Holy Soul Village mysteriously disappear—the result of Jiang Lin’s actions. The villagers panic, while Jiang Lin pretends to be surprised and innocent.
• Concerned for Jiang Lin’s safety, Old Jack decides to send him and Tang San to Notting City to attend the academy.
• Little Dragon Girl accompanies Jiang Lin but intends to separate from the group after reaching the city, since she already has a place to stay there.
• The group meets Tang Hao, Tang San’s father. Jiang Lin recognizes him as an extremely powerful Titled Douluo, while Little Dragon Girl immediately senses that Tang Hao is dangerous and admits she would not be able to defeat him.
• Jiang Lin, Old Jack, and Tang San travel to Notting City. Jiang Lin largely ignores Tang San, viewing him mainly as a means of obtaining future Collapse Points rather than someone he needs to befriend.
• Upon reaching the city, Little Dragon Girl is fascinated by its bustling streets, tall buildings, unusual hairstyles, clothing, and eye colors. Jiang Lin promises to show her even greater cities in the future.
• After leaving Little Dragon Girl at an inn, Jiang Lin, Tang San, and Old Jack arrive at Notting Academy.
• The academy gatekeeper insults Old Jack, mocks the children’s enrollment certificates, and destroys them. He then attempts to kick Old Jack.
• Jiang Lin reacts violently, summoning the King’s Power Sword and severing the gatekeeper’s leg before the man can retaliate.
• As the gatekeeper threatens Jiang Lin and prepares to summon help, a mysterious, weathered middle-aged man in a black robe approaches.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Becomes more openly protective and ruthless. He is willing to kill enemies who threaten those close to him and shows no hesitation in defending Old Jack. His relationship with Little Dragon Girl improves significantly as he seeks her approval and protection.
• Little Dragon Girl: Her initial reserve toward Jiang Lin softens. She accepts his violent actions because they were done to protect her, begins showing more trust and affection, and promises to protect him in return. She remains highly alert around powerful figures such as Tang Hao.
• Old Jack: Demonstrates genuine concern for Jiang Lin by arranging his move to Notting City. He also stands up for the children and their enrollment despite being bullied by the gatekeeper.
• Tang San: Remains quiet and detached. He is accustomed to isolation and is unaffected by Jiang Lin’s cold attitude.
• Tang Hao: Appears as a seemingly unremarkable, disheveled drunkard but possesses an overwhelming presence and hidden strength. He takes little interest in the group, briefly noticing Little Dragon Girl before dismissing her as insignificant.
• The Gatekeeper: Reveals himself as arrogant, classist, and abusive, judging the children by their poor clothing and attempting to exploit his authority.

Significant Themes

• Protection and loyalty: Jiang Lin’s actions demonstrate his determination to protect Little Dragon Girl and Old Jack, while Little Dragon Girl’s response shows their relationship becoming reciprocal.
• Moral ambiguity and concealed violence: Jiang Lin kills people he believes deserve it, then hides his responsibility from the villagers. The chapter presents his ruthlessness as both troubling and effective.
• Power beneath appearances: Tang Hao’s shabby appearance conceals immense cultivation, while Jiang Lin’s young age and poverty conceal dangerous strength.
• Social prejudice and authority: The gatekeeper dismisses the children because of their rural origins and poor clothing, exposing the academy’s social inequality and corruption.
• Leaving home and entering the wider world: The journey to Notting City marks the beginning of Jiang Lin and Tang San’s larger adventure, while Little Dragon Girl experiences the outside world for the first time.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl discuss the deaths of their enemies, leading to increased trust and affection.
• Old Jack reassures himself that Jiang Lin is safe and organizes the journey to Notting City.
• Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl assess Tang Hao’s danger, with Little Dragon Girl recognizing that she is outmatched.
• Jiang Lin keeps his distance from Tang San, while Tang San remains indifferent.
• Little Dragon Girl excitedly observes Notting City and shares her curiosity with Jiang Lin.
• Old Jack confronts the gatekeeper over the children’s certificates, and Jiang Lin intervenes when the gatekeeper attacks him.
• The chapter ends with the arrival of an unknown black-robed man, setting up a confrontation or important introduction at Notting Academy.

Chapter Summary: First Meeting Yu Xiaogang, Enrollment

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin, Tang San, and Old Jack arrive at the academy, where the gatekeeper refuses to accept their Spirit Hall certificates and insults them.
• The gatekeeper attacks first, prompting Jiang Lin to sever his leg with his powerful sword Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang arrives and initially investigates the conflict rather than accepting the gatekeeper’s accusations.
• Tang San retrieves and cleans the certificates, earning Yu Xiaogang’s favorable impression.
• Yu Xiaogang verifies that the certificates are genuine and forces the gatekeeper to apologize under the pressure of his Soul Grandmaster cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang recognizes Jiang Lin’s displayed Soul Power of 9 and high-grade King’s Power Sword Martial Soul, considering him talented but excessively ruthless.
• Jiang Lin’s certificate lists only his concealed abilities; his true strength and additional God-Tier Martial Soul remain hidden.
• Yu Xiaogang realizes that Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power combined with Blue Silver Grass likely indicates Twin Martial Souls. Excited that his theories may be proven, he accepts Tang San as his disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang also offers to teach Jiang Lin, but Jiang Lin politely refuses, believing Yu Xiaogang is too weak and unqualified to instruct him.
• Afterward, the gatekeeper contacts his brother-in-law through a rare communication Soul Tool and begins plotting revenge against Jiang Lin.
• While walking to the cafeteria, Tang San questions Jiang Lin about rejecting Yu Xiaogang. Jiang Lin openly states that Yu Xiaogang is too weak to be his teacher, angering Tang San.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Demonstrates overwhelming combat ability and a ruthless willingness to eliminate threats. He continues concealing his true cultivation and Martial Souls, presenting himself as possessing only Soul Power 9 and the King’s Power Sword. He views Yu Xiaogang with contempt and refuses his mentorship.
• Tang San: Shows resourcefulness and politeness by preserving the certificates. He quickly develops curiosity and goodwill toward Yu Xiaogang, especially after witnessing his strength and authority. He accepts Yu Xiaogang as his teacher and becomes defensive when Jiang Lin insults him.
• Yu Xiaogang: Establishes himself as a fair-minded but proud Soul Grandmaster. He punishes the gatekeeper after investigating the matter and becomes intensely interested in Tang San’s potential Twin Martial Souls. His eagerness to prove his theories influences his decision to take Tang San as a disciple.
• The Gatekeeper: Reveals himself as petty and vindictive. Though forced to apologize, he secretly contacts his brother-in-law and plans retaliation against Jiang Lin.
• Old Jack: Acts as Jiang Lin and Tang San’s advocate during the dispute and is relieved when Yu Xiaogang confirms the certificates’ authenticity.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and deception: Jiang Lin deliberately conceals his real abilities, creating a contrast between his apparent talent and his actual power.
• Justice versus ruthlessness: Yu Xiaogang recognizes that the gatekeeper provoked the conflict but considers Jiang Lin’s punishment excessive, raising questions about proportional justice.
• Talent and legitimacy: The certificates validate Jiang Lin and Tang San’s right to enroll, while their extraordinary abilities challenge conventional expectations.
• Mentorship and status: Yu Xiaogang’s desire to teach Jiang Lin clashes with Jiang Lin’s belief that strength determines whether someone is worthy of being a teacher.
• Resentment and revenge: The gatekeeper’s humiliation does not end the conflict; it instead sets up a future threat.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and the gatekeeper: Their confrontation begins over the enrollment certificates and ends with the gatekeeper losing a leg and harboring revenge.
• Yu Xiaogang and the gatekeeper: Yu Xiaogang rejects the gatekeeper’s accusations, forces him to apologize, and threatens to dismiss him if he causes further trouble.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San: Yu Xiaogang is impressed by Tang San’s conduct and becomes fascinated by the possibility that he possesses Twin Martial Souls, ultimately accepting him as a disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang and Jiang Lin: Yu Xiaogang acknowledges Jiang Lin’s talent and offers to teach him, but Jiang Lin tactfully declines.
• Jiang Lin and Tang San: Tang San respects Yu Xiaogang and is angered when Jiang Lin dismisses him as weak, creating early tension between the two new classmates.

Summary: “Sparring with Tang San”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang San confronts Jiang Lin after Jiang Lin refuses to become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and insults Yu Xiaogang. Tang San challenges him to a fight to defend his teacher’s honor.
• Jiang Lin accepts confidently, wielding his High-grade Martial Soul, the King’s Power Sword, while deliberately fighting with only one hand.
• Tang San begins with the Purple Demon Eyes, Crane Controlling Dragon Catching Technique, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Mysterious Jade Hand. His first strike targets Jiang Lin’s temple, but Jiang Lin blocks it with his sword and kicks him away.
• The sword’s embedded sword energy severely wounds Tang San’s hands, exposing the overwhelming sharpness of Jiang Lin’s Martial Soul.
• Tang San changes tactics, circling Jiang Lin with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and launching hidden weapons—three Bone-Piercing Needles aimed at vulnerable areas.
• Jiang Lin blocks most of the needles, though one grazes his arm. He then predicts Tang San’s next attack and counters, cutting Tang San’s face and leaving a bloody five-centimeter wound.
• Jiang Lin quickly gains the upper hand and presses the sword against Tang San’s neck. Tang San refuses to surrender and reveals the Clear Sky Hammer as his final trump card, though it has no Soul Ring and cannot compete with Jiang Lin’s sword.
• Before the fight can continue, Yu Xiaogang arrives and stops them. Tang San misleadingly describes the confrontation as merely a sparring match rather than admitting that he challenged Jiang Lin and lost.
• Jiang Lin chooses not to escalate the conflict. Yu Xiaogang leaves with Tang San, clearly disapproving of Jiang Lin.
• Jiang Lin returns to the cafeteria and then heads to Dorm Seven, where he expects Xiao Wu to arrive soon. As he opens the dormitory door, an unidentified youth suddenly flies toward him, setting up the next event.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Demonstrates overwhelming confidence in his High-grade Martial Soul and superior combat ability. He remains calm and tactical throughout the battle, easily countering Tang San’s techniques and hidden weapons. He also shows restraint by stopping once Tang San is defeated and allowing the confrontation to end when Yu Xiaogang intervenes.
• Tang San: Reveals his pride, loyalty to Yu Xiaogang, and willingness to fight despite being outmatched. He uses nearly all of his early abilities—including martial techniques, movement skills, hidden weapons, and the Clear Sky Hammer—but still loses decisively. Although injured and facing death, he maintains his resolve and refuses to show fear or beg for mercy.
• Yu Xiaogang: Displays favoritism toward Tang San and immediate distrust of Jiang Lin. He is relieved that Jiang Lin is not his disciple and views Jiang Lin’s independent and defiant personality as troublesome.
• Xiao Wu: Has not yet appeared, but Jiang Lin anticipates her arrival, connecting the scene to the original story’s timeline.

Significant Themes

• Power and arrogance: Jiang Lin’s confidence is supported by genuine strength, while Tang San’s challenge exposes the danger of acting before accurately judging an opponent.
• Loyalty and pride: Tang San fights primarily to defend Yu Xiaogang’s honor and refuses to admit defeat openly, even after being severely injured.
• Hidden strength and trump cards: Tang San’s hidden weapons and Clear Sky Hammer reveal that his apparent abilities are not his only resources, but Jiang Lin remains prepared for each escalation.
• Conflict between talent and authority: Jiang Lin’s independence clashes with Yu Xiaogang’s expectations of obedience and discipleship.
• Restraint amid rivalry: Although Jiang Lin could kill Tang San, he stops once he has established his superiority, leaving open the possibility of future conflict.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and Tang San: Their exchange evolves from verbal hostility into a deadly duel. Jiang Lin dominates the fight, while Tang San relies on increasingly dangerous techniques to survive.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang: Tang San protects his teacher’s reputation by disguising the fight as sparring, while Yu Xiaogang intervenes and takes him away.
• Jiang Lin and Yu Xiaogang: Their mutual dislike becomes more apparent. Yu Xiaogang regards Jiang Lin as arrogant and troublesome, while Jiang Lin openly refuses to be intimidated by him.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin returns to Dorm Seven and catches Wang Sheng before he falls, reaffirming his position as the dormitory’s strongest student and leader.
• Xiao Wu arrives and questions whether Jiang Lin is truly the dorm boss. She challenges him for leadership.
• Jiang Lin accepts the challenge and summons his powerful Martial Soul, the King’s Power Sword.
• Xiao Wu demonstrates remarkable agility, flexibility, and combat skill, using aerial kicks, feints, grapples, and acrobatic movements to pressure Jiang Lin.
• Jiang Lin initially fights casually but eventually becomes serious. He uses his superior speed and strength to overwhelm Xiao Wu.
• Although Jiang Lin has the opportunity to injure her, he deliberately stops his final attack and dismisses the sword, making clear that the fight was only a spar.
• Xiao Wu admits that Jiang Lin is stronger and accepts his position as boss.
• A system announces that the Dorm Seven plot has deviated from its expected course, awarding Jiang Lin thirty “Collapse Points.” Jiang Lin realizes that the points may depend on the importance of the altered event.
• Xiao Wu chooses Jiang Lin’s preferred bed by the window. When he refuses to give it up, she suggests pushing their beds together so they can share the space.
• Jiang Lin agrees, but just as they are about to move the beds, Tang San enters Dorm Seven carrying his bedding.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Establishes himself as confident, dominant, and much stronger than the other students. He reveals the extraordinary nature of his King’s Power Sword and shows that, despite his arrogance, he can restrain himself and avoid seriously hurting Xiao Wu. He also becomes increasingly aware of how his actions are changing the original storyline.
• Xiao Wu: Introduced as lively, innocent, competitive, and highly skilled. Her movements reveal the unusual flexibility and combat ability associated with her identity as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Though disappointed by her defeat, she accepts Jiang Lin’s strength and quickly becomes comfortable around him.
• Wang Sheng and the dorm residents: Their admiration for Jiang Lin deepens after witnessing his effortless control over the dorm and his victory over Xiao Wu.
• Tang San: Appears only at the end, setting up a likely confrontation or significant change in the relationships within Dorm Seven.

Significant Themes

• Power and leadership: Jiang Lin’s authority is established through combat, reflecting the dormitory’s informal rule that the strongest student becomes its leader.
• Restraint versus strength: Jiang Lin proves his superiority without seriously injuring Xiao Wu, suggesting that true power includes control and mercy.
• Fate and altered destiny: The system’s reward confirms that Jiang Lin’s presence is disrupting the original plot, especially by taking the role and position that would traditionally belong to another character.
• Competition and companionship: Xiao Wu’s challenge quickly develops into friendly interaction, showing how rivalry can create new bonds.
• Innocence and hidden identity: Xiao Wu appears as a cheerful young girl, but her retained knowledge and extraordinary physical abilities hint at her true supernatural nature.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin treats Wang Sheng protectively but maintains his authority over him.
• Xiao Wu openly challenges Jiang Lin, while Jiang Lin responds with teasing confidence.
• Their battle shifts from Xiao Wu’s aggressive testing to mutual recognition: she acknowledges his strength, and he praises her unusual skill.
• After the fight, Xiao Wu becomes playful and trusting, asking to share Jiang Lin’s sleeping space.
• The chapter ends with Tang San’s arrival, interrupting Jiang Lin and Xiao Wu’s developing closeness and potentially changing the original Dorm Seven dynamic.

Chapter Summary: “Collapse Points Surge, Trouble Comes Knocking”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang San arrives at Dormitory Seven and tries to help Xiao Wu move her bed, but Jiang Lin intervenes, warning him that the bed is already occupied.
• Jiang Lin and Tang San exchange hostile remarks, with Jiang Lin reminding Tang San of his previous defeat. Knowing he cannot win, Tang San backs down and takes another bed.
• Xiao Wu notices the tension between the two boys and senses the familiar sword aura of the King’s Power Sword from Tang San’s facial scar, suggesting a connection to Jiang Lin’s earlier attack.
• Xiao Wu lacks bedding, so Tang San offers to lend her his sheets. Jiang Lin rejects the offer and says they can share his bedding now that the beds have been pushed together. Xiao Wu chooses Jiang Lin’s offer instead.
• This changes the original relationship between Tang San and Xiao Wu, triggering the system to award Jiang Lin 1,300 Collapse Points, bringing his total to 1,330. Jiang Lin realizes that disrupting important plot events yields greater rewards.
• The dormitory door is violently kicked down by a group of older students led by Xiao Chenyu, a sixth-year One-Ring Soul Master and the son of the Notting City Lord.
• Xiao Chenyu comes specifically looking for Jiang Lin, apparently because of his reputation as the possessor of a High-grade Martial Soul.
• Rather than obeying Xiao Chenyu’s demand to display his Martial Soul, Jiang Lin mocks him and demands payment, first refusing two Gold Soul Coins and provocatively asking for all the money Xiao Chenyu carries.
• One of Xiao Chenyu’s bald followers steps forward to punish Jiang Lin and activates his Martial Soul, the One-Eyed Leopard, becoming a One-Ring Soul Master.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin grows increasingly confident and provocative. He uses his superiority over Tang San to assert control in the dormitory and deliberately manipulates events to earn Collapse Points.
• Tang San displays resentment and wounded pride after being rejected by Xiao Wu. Although he temporarily restrains himself because Jiang Lin is stronger, he remains arrogant and convinced that future power will allow him to obtain whatever he wants.
• Xiao Wu quickly becomes more comfortable with Jiang Lin than with Tang San. She supports Jiang Lin during the confrontation with the older students, claiming she dislikes seeing stronger people bully the weak.
• Xiao Chenyu is introduced as an arrogant, privileged noble who uses his status and wealth to intimidate younger students.
• Wang Sheng and the other work-study students are visibly afraid of Xiao Chenyu, emphasizing the power gap between the dormitory residents and the older students.

Significant Themes

• Destiny and altered fate: Jiang Lin’s interference changes the expected relationship between Tang San and Xiao Wu, demonstrating that the original storyline is beginning to collapse.
• Power and social hierarchy: Martial Soul quality, cultivation level, age, wealth, and noble status determine how characters treat one another.
• Provocation as strategy: Jiang Lin deliberately insults stronger opponents and turns conflicts into opportunities to gain rewards and control the narrative.
• Pride and jealousy: Tang San’s resentment toward Jiang Lin and Xiao Wu reveals his growing jealousy and wounded ego.
• Bullying and resistance: Xiao Chenyu’s arrival introduces a new act of intimidation, while Jiang Lin refuses to submit and Xiao Wu chooses to stand beside him.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and Tang San: Their hostility intensifies as Jiang Lin blocks Tang San’s attempts to help Xiao Wu and openly challenges his pride.
• Jiang Lin and Xiao Wu: Their cooperation deepens when they share bedding, and Xiao Wu begins to favor Jiang Lin over Tang San.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu: Tang San offers assistance, but Xiao Wu politely rejects him, weakening their expected bond and triggering the Collapse Point reward.
• Jiang Lin and Xiao Chenyu: Their first encounter immediately becomes a battle of arrogance, with Jiang Lin refusing to display his Martial Soul without compensation.
• Jiang Lin and Xiao Chenyu’s follower: The chapter ends as the bald follower activates the One-Eyed Leopard Martial Soul, setting up an impending confrontation.

Chapter Summary: The King’s Power Sword’s True First Battle!

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin confronts Xiao Chenyu and his followers after they provoke him.
• Kus, a bald youth with a leopard Martial Soul, attacks Jiang Lin before Xiao Chenyu gives permission.
• Jiang Lin effortlessly dodges Kus’s initial assault and throws him into a wall, exposing the vast difference in their combat ability.
• Embarrassed and enraged, Kus uses his first Soul Skill, Shatterbone Claw, transforming his hands into massive bone claws.
• Jiang Lin summons the King’s Power Sword for the first time in the battle. When Kus attacks again, Jiang Lin cuts through both claws and severs one of Kus’s hands.
• Jiang Lin dismisses the injury as merely a warning and threatens to cut off Kus’s remaining hand if he provokes him again.
• He then directly challenges Xiao Chenyu, who reveals his Night Wolf Martial Soul and a hundred-year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Chenyu’s aura shocks the onlookers, who recognize that he is far stronger than Kus and may soon reach Soul Grandmaster level.
• Realizing that Xiao Chenyu is a serious opponent, Jiang Lin stops concealing the sword’s power. The inscription “Royal Authority” awakens, coating the blade in golden light, producing dragon-scale patterns, and releasing an overwhelming sword intent.
• The pressure causes nearly everyone present—including Tang San and Xiao Chenyu—to tremble. Xiao Wu is unaffected because Jiang Lin deliberately controls the sword intent around her.
• Jiang Lin finally points the enhanced sword at Xiao Chenyu and challenges him to prove his strength.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Demonstrates overwhelming physical skill even without using his Martial Soul. He becomes increasingly ruthless and confident, revealing that the King’s Power Sword possesses far greater power than previously shown. His controlled release of sword intent also displays precision and consideration toward Xiao Wu.
• Kus: Is established as arrogant but inexperienced. After underestimating Jiang Lin, he suffers a devastating defeat and loses one hand, leaving him humiliated and resentful.
• Xiao Chenyu: Initially dismisses Jiang Lin’s victory over Kus, believing Kus to be exceptionally weak. After revealing his powerful Night Wolf Martial Soul, he remains confident that his higher cultivation can overcome Jiang Lin, despite recognizing the sword’s superior quality.
• Tang San: Quickly assesses both combatants and recognizes the danger Jiang Lin poses. He realizes Jiang Lin had been hiding his true strength and admits that even with his own hidden techniques, defeating Xiao Chenyu would be uncertain.
• Xiao Wu: Considers Kus weak and prepares to intervene if Jiang Lin is endangered. She is impressed when she discovers that Jiang Lin intentionally shields her from his terrifying sword pressure.
• Wang Sheng and the other dormitory students: Shift from confidence in Xiao Chenyu to concern after Jiang Lin defeats Kus and reveals his true strength.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and underestimation: Jiang Lin deliberately conceals his abilities, allowing others to misjudge him until he reveals the sword’s true power.
• Hierarchy of power: The chapter contrasts differences in Martial Soul quality, Soul Ring age, cultivation level, and combat experience.
• Authority and intimidation: The awakened “Royal Authority” symbolizes dominance, causing even strong opponents to instinctively fear Jiang Lin.
• Consequences of arrogance: Kus’s reckless provocation results in permanent injury, reinforcing the danger of underestimating a stronger opponent.
• Control and protection: Jiang Lin’s ability to spare Xiao Wu from the sword’s pressure shows that his power is not merely destructive; he can use it with deliberate control.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin humiliates Kus through effortless defense, then defeats him decisively with the King’s Power Sword.
• He taunts Kus and warns him against provoking him again.
• Jiang Lin directly confronts Xiao Chenyu, turning the conflict from a one-sided demonstration into a serious duel.
• Xiao Chenyu attempts to reassert his superiority by revealing his Martial Soul and Soul Ring.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu observe Jiang Lin’s hidden abilities from different perspectives, while Xiao Wu notices his consideration toward her.
• The chapter ends with Jiang Lin openly challenging Xiao Chenyu, setting up the sword’s true first battle.

Chapter Summary: “The Gap and the Truth”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Chenyu confronts Jiang Lin, confident that his Night Wolf Martial Soul and first Soul Ring give him an advantage.
• After activating Martial Soul Possession, Xiao Chenyu gains a towering wolf-like form, enhanced strength, black scales, and a bone blade.
• He repeatedly attempts surprise attacks using his first Soul Skill, Shadow Form, which makes his body incorporeal.
• Jiang Lin easily detects and counters each attack with the King’s Power Sword, whose enhanced sharpness slices through Xiao Chenyu’s bone blade.
• Jiang Lin’s extraordinary reaction speed prevents Xiao Chenyu’s stealth attacks from succeeding. Xiao Chenyu realizes that continuing to use Shadow Form will rapidly exhaust his limited Soul Power.
• When Xiao Chenyu retreats instead of attacking, Jiang Lin releases numerous golden sword energies from his weapon. The sword energies pursue Xiao Chenyu and severely wound his back, leaving him unable to fight.
• Xiao Chenyu’s lackeys try to help him, but Jiang Lin stops them and intimidates them into remaining still.
• Jiang Lin interrogates the injured Xiao Chenyu, threatening to kill him if he refuses to tell the truth.
• Xiao Chenyu reveals that his uncle, Xiao Yan, ordered him to provoke Jiang Lin. Xiao Yan acted on behalf of Suke, the gate guard whose leg Jiang Lin broke during enrollment.
• Jiang Lin is angered by the revelation and implies that Suke may lose his remaining leg as punishment.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin demonstrates overwhelming combat superiority despite not yet possessing a Soul Ring. His swordsmanship, reaction speed, and control of sword energy make Xiao Chenyu’s stealth abilities ineffective.
• Jiang Lin’s confidence develops into open mockery and intimidation. He remains calm throughout the fight but becomes ruthless when demanding the truth.
• Xiao Chenyu begins arrogant and self-assured but is gradually reduced to fear and helplessness. His practical combat training allows him to avoid being provoked at first, yet Jiang Lin’s power eventually overwhelms him.
• Under threat of death, Xiao Chenyu abandons his uncle and reveals the entire scheme, showing that self-preservation outweighs loyalty.
• Xiao Chenyu’s lackeys are shown to be cowardly and unwilling to oppose Jiang Lin once their leader is defeated, aside from one subordinate who warns him about his injuries.

Significant Themes

• The gap between talent and cultivation: Although Xiao Chenyu has a Martial Soul and Soul Ring advantage, Jiang Lin’s High-grade Martial Soul, sword intent, and natural abilities create an overwhelming disparity.
• Arrogance versus true strength: Xiao Chenyu assumes Jiang Lin is merely boasting, but the battle proves that Jiang Lin’s confidence is justified.
• Limits of power and endurance: Xiao Chenyu’s Soul Skill is effective, but its limited uses force him to conserve Soul Power, while Jiang Lin steadily controls the battle.
• Truth under pressure: Xiao Chenyu refuses to confess until Jiang Lin threatens his life, revealing how fear exposes the hidden motives behind the confrontation.
• Power and intimidation: Jiang Lin’s victory extends beyond defeating Xiao Chenyu physically; he also controls the surrounding lackeys and forces a confession.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and Xiao Chenyu exchange taunts throughout the battle, with Jiang Lin repeatedly ridiculing Xiao Chenyu’s failed attacks.
• Xiao Chenyu’s lackeys warn him, then become too frightened to intervene after Jiang Lin defeats him.
• Jiang Lin threatens Xiao Chenyu directly and uses physical force to compel him to speak.
• Xiao Chenyu blames his uncle Xiao Yan, who had been manipulated by Suke’s grievance over his injured leg.
• The chapter ends with Jiang Lin turning his anger toward Suke, suggesting that the conflict may continue.

Chapter Summary: Jiang Lin’s Scheming and the IOU

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin refuses to release Xiao Chenyu without compensation for the damage to the dormitory and the emotional distress caused.
• He demands 200 Gold Soul Coins, shocking everyone because the amount is enormous by ordinary standards.
• Since Xiao Chenyu cannot pay the full sum immediately, Jiang Lin searches him and takes 35 Gold Soul Coins, then orders him to write an IOU for the remainder.
• Jiang Lin also forces Xiao Chenyu’s lackeys to hand over their money. When they hesitate, he intimidates them with threats and the phantom of his King’s Power Sword.
• The lackeys collectively give Jiang Lin 13 Gold Soul Coins, including Kus, who reluctantly contributes after initially resisting.
• Jiang Lin manipulates the accounting, claiming Xiao Chenyu owes 180 Gold Soul Coins rather than the actual remaining 165. He disguises the extra amount as interest and grants a supposed “discount.”
• The IOU requires Xiao Chenyu to repay the debt by the following Monday, with a penalty of 20 Gold Soul Coins per day for late payment.
• Humiliated and enraged, Xiao Chenyu suffers another bout of internal bleeding from his earlier injuries but is forced to sign the IOU and leave with his lackeys.
• Xiao Wu worries that Xiao Chenyu will seek revenge. Jiang Lin dismisses the threat, confident in Little Dragon Girl’s strength and his own growing access to the Bronze-level card pool.
• After returning to the dormitory, Jiang Lin notices that Xiao Wu has not eaten and offers to share food from the cafeteria with her.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin demonstrates a calculating, opportunistic personality. He uses intimidation, psychological pressure, and deliberately inflated charges to profit from Xiao Chenyu’s defeat.
• He also shows strong confidence in his own abilities and resources, viewing Xiao Chenyu’s family connections as insufficient to threaten him.
• Xiao Chenyu shifts from arrogance to helpless submission. Despite his status as the City Lord’s son, he cannot resist Jiang Lin’s physical dominance and manipulation.
• His anger and humiliation intensify, especially when Jiang Lin openly mocks him and exploits his lackeys.
• Kus and the other lackeys reveal their fear and lack of loyalty. They quickly abandon resistance when Jiang Lin threatens them, demonstrating that their allegiance depends on self-preservation.
• Xiao Wu appears concerned about Jiang Lin’s safety and potential retaliation against him. Her embarrassment when her stomach growls also adds a lighter, more familiar aspect to their relationship.

Significant Themes

• Power and social status: Xiao Chenyu’s noble background is meaningless once Jiang Lin gains the upper hand, emphasizing that personal strength can override political influence.
• Intimidation and psychological control: Jiang Lin wins not only through force but also by manipulating fear, guilt, and social pressure.
• Humiliation and revenge: The IOU becomes a symbol of Xiao Chenyu’s defeat, making future retaliation likely.
• Resourcefulness and ambition: Jiang Lin turns a confrontation into a financial gain and uses the opportunity to assess his enemies’ strength.
• Loyalty versus self-interest: The lackeys’ immediate surrender shows that their loyalty is shallow when their own safety is threatened.
• Camaraderie: The closing scene, in which Jiang Lin shares food with Xiao Wu, contrasts with the coercive confrontation and highlights their growing closeness.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin repeatedly taunts and pressures Xiao Chenyu, maintaining control through mock politeness and veiled threats.
• He intimidates Kus and the other lackeys into paying by questioning their loyalty and implying deadly consequences.
• Xiao Chenyu protests Jiang Lin’s unfair calculations but ultimately submits because of his injuries and fear of further punishment.
• Xiao Wu expresses concern over the consequences of Jiang Lin’s actions, while Jiang Lin reassures her with confidence.
• Their final meal together creates a warm, domestic moment after the tense confrontation.

Chapter Summary: “A Rich Bronze Card Pool, Drawing Again!”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin shares his lunch with Xiao Wu in Dormitory Seven. He notices a grain of rice on her cheek and instinctively wipes it away, creating an awkwardly intimate moment.
• The other students notice their closeness and begin teasing them. Xiao Wu becomes embarrassed, while Tang San feels irritated and jealous despite not yet having formed the same relationship with Xiao Wu as in the original storyline. Unable to compete with Jiang Lin, Tang San leaves the dormitory.
• Later that night, Jiang Lin secretly goes to the rooftop to use his accumulated 1,330 Collapse Points. He spends 1,000 points to activate the Bronze Card Pool.
• The Bronze Pool contains much more powerful and valuable options than the previous Black Iron Pool, including martial inheritances, famous characters, and military forces. The system explains that Bronze cards receive enhancements and altered traits to fit the world’s power system.
• Jiang Lin draws a rare Bronze Three-Star Summoning Card: Tian Yan, the Heaven-Level Killer of Web from The Legend of Qin.
• The system reveals that Tian Yan’s power is sealed, beginning at the Soul King level. Her strength can gradually be unlocked as her favorability toward Jiang Lin increases, though other methods may also exist.
• Jiang Lin summons Tian Yan through a Bronze Gate. She appears in her refined Farmer School disguise, concealing her true identity as a deadly assassin. Jiang Lin approaches her, impressed by the contrast between her gentle appearance and fearsome reputation.

2. Character Developments

• Jiang Lin: Becomes increasingly comfortable and emotionally close with Xiao Wu, though his instinctive physical affection leaves him embarrassed. His confidence and ambition grow as he explores the Bronze Card Pool and begins summoning stronger allies.
• Xiao Wu: Shows clear shyness and embarrassment after Jiang Lin touches her cheek. Her willingness to share a meal and her flustered reaction suggest growing affection and intimacy between them.
• Tang San: Develops unexplained jealousy and frustration upon witnessing Jiang Lin and Xiao Wu’s closeness. He recognizes Jiang Lin’s superiority and withdraws rather than confront him.
• Tian Yan: Is introduced as Jiang Lin’s newest summoned character. Though she appears elegant and gentle, she is secretly a highly dangerous assassin whose abilities are currently sealed.

3. Significant Themes

• Romantic tension and emotional closeness: The shared meal and accidental touch deepen the bond between Jiang Lin and Xiao Wu, while provoking jealousy from Tang San.
• Power and progression: The Bronze Card Pool represents a major advancement over the Black Iron Pool, offering stronger inheritances, characters, and armies.
• Hidden identities and appearances: Tian Yan’s graceful appearance contrasts sharply with her identity as Web’s Heaven-Level Killer, emphasizing the theme of concealed power.
• Luck and fate: Jiang Lin’s successful draw of another gold-level result reinforces his extraordinary luck and his desire to challenge fate through the system.
• Power shaped by relationships: Tian Yan’s sealed strength can be unlocked through increased favorability, linking character development and personal bonds to combat growth.

4. Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and Xiao Wu share lunch, with Jiang Lin encouraging her to eat more and wiping rice from her cheek. Their awkward silence afterward reveals mutual embarrassment and growing attraction.
• The dormitory residents tease the pair, interpreting their behavior as evidence that Jiang Lin and Xiao Wu have become romantically close.
• Tang San silently reacts with jealousy, then leaves the dormitory to avoid watching them together.
• After summoning Tian Yan, Jiang Lin observes her carefully, recognizing that her noble and gentle appearance hides her dangerous past. The chapter ends as he approaches her, setting up their first direct interaction.

Chapter Summary: “A Deal with Tian Yan”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tian Yan arrives in the world and demonstrates her strength by absorbing a wisp of black soul power.
• Jiang Lin approaches her and welcomes her, confirming that she is the powerful woman Little Dragon Girl previously mentioned.
• Tian Yan agrees to remain temporarily by Jiang Lin’s side, but makes it clear that she is free to leave and will not obey his commands.
• Jiang Lin examines her status and discovers that Tian Yan is a Level 59 Soul King with two Martial Souls: Autumn-Water Clear Eyes and the Heaven-Swallowing Salamander. Her strength and abilities greatly exceed Little Dragon Girl’s.
• Jiang Lin asks whether Tian Yan will protect him in dangerous situations. She refuses to act without compensation, insisting that he offer her something worthwhile.
• Jiang Lin reveals that he knows how to increase her strength and possibly remove the seal restricting her cultivation.
• Tian Yan threatens Jiang Lin in an attempt to force him to reveal the method, but he remains calm because the summoning system prevents summoned individuals from truly harming him.
• Jiang Lin bargains for three future acts of assistance in exchange for the information. Tian Yan initially proposes reducing the number to two, but Jiang Lin refuses to compromise. She ultimately accepts the three-act agreement.
• Jiang Lin then takes Tian Yan to Notting Academy to watch an incident involving Suke and Masina in the guardhouse. The suggestive sounds disgust and confuse Tian Yan, who questions why Jiang Lin brought her there.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin shows increased confidence and strategic boldness. Although Tian Yan is far stronger, he relies on his knowledge of the summoning system and the value of information to negotiate with her.
• He also demonstrates awareness of Tian Yan’s insecurity and desire for greater strength, using her sealed cultivation as leverage.
• Tian Yan is portrayed as highly independent, intimidating, and perceptive. Unlike Little Dragon Girl, she understands her circumstances and refuses to become Jiang Lin’s subordinate.
• Her past trauma is revealed: witnessing Tian Meng threaten and betray her mother left her deeply insecure, motivating her obsession with becoming stronger.
• Tian Yan’s curiosity about Jiang Lin’s secrets and the mysterious woman who favored him begins to grow, though she remains suspicious and dominant.
• Little Dragon Girl does not appear directly, but her earlier connection to Tian Yan and Jiang Lin influences the negotiations.

Significant Themes

• Power and bargaining: Jiang Lin cannot control Tian Yan through force, so he uses valuable information to establish a mutually beneficial deal.
• Trust and insecurity: Tian Yan’s unwillingness to help without compensation reflects her distrust of others and her fear of losing control.
• Hidden systems and secrets: Jiang Lin’s knowledge of the summoning restrictions and Tian Yan’s seal gives him an advantage despite his lower strength.
• Strength as security: Tian Yan’s traumatic past has convinced her that only greater power can protect her from betrayal and helplessness.
• Humor and tonal contrast: The serious negotiation about life, strength, and sealed cultivation is abruptly contrasted with the embarrassing scene at the academy.

Important Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin and Tian Yan establish a tense relationship based on mutual curiosity and guarded negotiation.
• Tian Yan physically intimidates Jiang Lin by touching his throat and releasing killing intent, but Jiang Lin refuses to back down.
• Jiang Lin uses respectful language such as “Sister Tian Yan,” while still firmly asserting his terms.
• Tian Yan recognizes that Jiang Lin has unusual secrets and may be important because the mysterious woman selected him.
• Their provisional agreement creates an ongoing partnership: Tian Yan will act on Jiang Lin’s behalf three times, and he will later reveal how she can increase her strength.
• At the chapter’s end, Tian Yan’s irritation at the guardhouse spectacle provides a comedic interruption to their developing alliance.

Key plot points and events

• Tian Yan catches Jiang Lin in an awkward situation and assumes the worst, costing him three affection points.
• Jiang Lin enters a guardhouse to confront Suke, who had previously attacked him and later plotted against him. Suke is with Masina, a powerful Lord Soul Master.
• Masina dismisses Jiang Lin as weak and makes an unwelcome proposition. When she attacks, Jiang Lin kills her with the King’s Power Sword, despite showing no Soul Rings.
• Jiang Lin brutally dismembers and humiliates Suke before killing him, framing the violence as punishment for Suke’s betrayal and as a warning to others.
• Afterward, Jiang Lin tells Tian Yan that he dislikes violence but believes people mistake kindness for weakness.

Character developments

• Jiang Lin displays formidable, unexplained power through the sword, along with a cold and vindictive streak. He is attentive to the affection system but prioritizes revenge and intimidation.
• Tian Yan becomes more suspicious of Jiang Lin after witnessing his conduct, though she recognizes the dangerous aura of his sword.
• Suke shifts from confidence—bolstered by Masina’s presence—to terror, desperate pleading, and ultimately a breakdown.
• Masina begins arrogant and predatory, but is quickly overwhelmed by Jiang Lin.

Character interactions

• Tian Yan rebukes Jiang Lin and watches him enter the guardhouse, later calling him nasty.
• Masina turns against Suke and tries to bargain with Jiang Lin, then attacks him and is killed.
• Suke begs Jiang Lin for mercy, but Jiang Lin rejects his pleas and kills him after prolonged torment.
• Jiang Lin justifies his actions to Tian Yan as a response to Suke’s abuse and plotting, and as a deliberate deterrent.

Significant themes

• Revenge and deterrence: Jiang Lin uses extreme punishment to retaliate and discourage future challengers.
• Power and misjudgment: Masina underestimates Jiang Lin because he appears not to be a Soul Master; his sword proves otherwise.
• Kindness versus weakness: Jiang Lin claims that mercy invites exploitation, though his brutality complicates that claim.
• Appearance and moral ambiguity: Jiang Lin presents himself as reluctantly violent, while his enjoyment of Suke’s suffering suggests a darker motive.

Summary

Plot and events

• Jiang Lin brings Tian Yan to the Flowing Light Inn, where Little Dragon Girl is staying.
• He introduces the two women, explaining that both are from other worlds and that Tian Yan needs temporary lodging.
• Little Dragon Girl warmly welcomes Tian Yan and offers to share her room and bed. Surprisingly, the two immediately get along rather than clashing.
• Little Dragon Girl also invites Jiang Lin to sleep on the room’s sofa. Tian Yan jokingly—but firmly—warns him not to entertain improper thoughts.
• During the night, Tian Yan gradually guides the innocent Little Dragon Girl into a more suggestive conversation, leaving her blushing while Jiang Lin sleeps unaware.
• The next morning, Jiang Lin awkwardly struggles with his physical reaction after sleeping near the two women. Tian Yan understands and secretly laughs, while Little Dragon Girl remains genuinely confused.
• In light rain, Jiang Lin obtains the inn’s only umbrella. Tian Yan protects herself with a spiritual barrier, so Little Dragon Girl and Jiang Lin share the umbrella while walking toward the academy.

Character development

• Jiang Lin acts as a mediator and caretaker, arranging Tian Yan’s lodging and introducing her to Little Dragon Girl. He is also shown to be easily flustered by the close presence of both women, though he tries to behave respectfully.
• Tian Yan becomes gentler after recognizing Little Dragon Girl’s purity and kindness. She quickly grows comfortable with her and displays a teasing, mischievous side, especially when embarrassing Jiang Lin.
• Little Dragon Girl remains innocent, trusting, and lacking ordinary social awareness due to her isolated life in the Ancient Tomb. She readily accepts Tian Yan and innocently invites Jiang Lin to stay with them.

Significant themes

• Cross-world companionship: The meeting begins forming a bond between characters from different worlds.
• Innocence versus worldly awareness: Little Dragon Girl’s purity contrasts with Tian Yan’s insight and Jiang Lin’s awareness of romantic implications.
• Trust and friendship: Little Dragon Girl’s immediate hospitality shows her deep trust in Jiang Lin and openness toward Tian Yan.
• Lighthearted romantic tension: The shared room, Jiang Lin’s embarrassment, and the shared umbrella create playful interpersonal tension without a serious conflict.

Character interactions

• Jiang Lin introduces Tian Yan to Little Dragon Girl and mediates their first meeting.
• Tian Yan treats Little Dragon Girl warmly after sensing her pure nature, while Little Dragon Girl welcomes her as “Sister Tian Yan.”
• Tian Yan teases and warns Jiang Lin about his intentions, later laughing at his morning embarrassment.
• Little Dragon Girl innocently includes both companions in her plans, unaware of the romantic implications.
• The chapter ends with Jiang Lin and Little Dragon Girl sharing an umbrella while Tian Yan walks beside them, amused by their closeness.

Chapter Summary: Little Dragon Girl’s Terrifying Combat Power

Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Lin, Little Dragon Girl, and Tian Yan arrive at Notting Academy. The area around the entrance reeks of decay because Jiang Lin has left Suke’s corpse and the aftermath of his previous battle unattended.
• Jiang Lin uses Suke’s keys to enter the academy openly. Three instructors confront him, including Xiao Yan, a powerful instructor and Suke’s apparent ally.
• When Xiao Yan recognizes Suke’s keys, Jiang Lin admits that he killed Suke. Xiao Yan identifies him as the person who had a grudge against Suke and challenges him.
• Xiao Yan reveals his Black-Horned Night Wolf Martial Soul and four Soul Rings—two hundred-year and two thousand-year rings. He restrains Jiang Lin with overwhelming soul power and begins crushing his shoulder.
• Little Dragon Girl orders Xiao Yan to release Jiang Lin. When he refuses, she unleashes her Ice Dragon Martial Soul, freezes the surrounding rain, and attacks with a powerful crystalline ice sword.
• Xiao Yan uses his third Soul Skill, Myriad Phantom Images, splitting into one hundred copies to evade the attack.
• Tian Yan uses her enhanced perception, likely connected to her Autumn-Water Clear Eyes, to identify Xiao Yan’s true body. Following her guidance, Little Dragon Girl strikes him directly.
• Xiao Yan’s illusion technique collapses, and he falls into a large crater. The sword wound nearly cuts through his body, while the freezing power causes his blood and vital energy to rapidly solidify.
• Jiang Lin is astonished to discover that Little Dragon Girl has not merely matched Xiao Yan, a Soul Ancestor, but defeated him overwhelmingly with a single attack.

Character Developments

• Jiang Lin remains fearless and openly provocative, trusting the strength of Little Dragon Girl and Tian Yan. Although briefly immobilized, he quickly regains his composure and shows no fear of Xiao Yan.
• Little Dragon Girl demonstrates extreme loyalty and protectiveness toward Jiang Lin. Her anger at Xiao Yan’s attack triggers a devastating display of power, revealing that her Frost Dragon Soul has enhanced her abilities far beyond Jiang Lin’s expectations.
• Tian Yan proves that her analytical and perceptive abilities remain highly effective in the new world. She sees through Xiao Yan’s illusion technique and enables Little Dragon Girl to land the decisive blow.
• Xiao Yan is introduced as arrogant and confident in his superior cultivation. His confidence collapses when Little Dragon Girl’s power overwhelms him, leaving him gravely wounded and near death.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and underestimated companions: Xiao Yan assumes Little Dragon Girl and Tian Yan are merely Jiang Lin’s attendants, only to discover that they possess terrifying abilities.
• Loyalty and protection: Little Dragon Girl’s immediate response to Jiang Lin’s danger highlights her emotional attachment and willingness to confront powerful enemies for him.
• Power beyond conventional rankings: Despite Xiao Yan’s higher realm and four Soul Rings, Little Dragon Girl defeats him through the superior quality and destructive force of her Frost Dragon power.
• Teamwork between strength and intelligence: Little Dragon Girl provides overwhelming offensive force, while Tian Yan’s perception identifies the enemy’s weakness, allowing them to defeat Xiao Yan efficiently.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Lin taunts Xiao Yan after admitting Suke’s death, escalating the confrontation.
• Xiao Yan physically restrains Jiang Lin and mocks both his cultivation and confidence.
• Little Dragon Girl intervenes decisively, first warning Xiao Yan and then attacking when he refuses to release Jiang Lin.
• Tian Yan calmly guides Little Dragon Girl toward Xiao Yan’s true location, demonstrating cooperation and trust between the two women.
• After the battle, Little Dragon Girl checks on Jiang Lin, while Jiang Lin praises her strength and expresses surprise at the scale of her victory.