Chapter Summaries

Su Chen awakened the Great Sun Golden Crow and Lunar Jade Rabbit Martial Souls, along with Innate Full Soul Power, and Su Yuntao urged him to join Spirit Hall. Su Chen refused to commit, wary of Spirit Hall’s leaders, while Tang San resented Su Yuntao’s praise of Su Chen.

• Su Yuntao awakened the children’s Martial Souls, then discovered that Tang San had Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao urged Tang San to join Spirit Hall, but Tang San said he needed to discuss it with his father.
• Su Chen awakened the Great Sun Golden Crow, whose flames broke through the roof and startled the children and Su Yuntao.
• Su Chen withdrew the Golden Crow and tested as having Innate Full Soul Power, revealing to himself that he had also awakened the Lunar Jade Rabbit and two Immortal Scriptures.
• Su Yuntao urged Su Chen to join Spirit Hall, while Tang San silently resented the praise Su Chen received.
• Su Chen considered the flaws of Spirit Hall’s leaders and decided he did not want to join.

Su Chen declined Su Yuntao’s invitation to join Spirit Hall immediately and accepted a promise of tuition support at Nuoding Academy. Old Jack arranged academy places for Su Chen and Tang San, but Tang Hao first refused to let Tang San go before changing his mind.

• Su Chen told Su Yuntao he did not want to leave home, so Su Yuntao gave him a Martial Soul Certificate and promised to seek him an admission spot at Nuoding Academy.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Su Chen and Tang San had Soul Master talent and urged him to support Su Chen’s future.
• Old Jack promised to send both boys to Nuoding Academy by using the village’s work-study spot and borrowing another.
• Tang Hao rejected Old Jack’s plan, called Blue Silver Grass useless, and ordered Tang San to stay home and cook for him.
• After Old Jack and Su Chen left, Tang San caught up with them and said Tang Hao had agreed to let him attend Nuoding Academy.

Su Chen gave Tang San the work-study spot while telling Old Jack that Spirit Hall could recommend him to Nuoding Academy. Over the next two months, he contemplated the Sun and Lunar Immortal Scriptures, strengthening his body and spiritual power as he prepared to absorb powerful Soul Rings.

• Su Chen persuaded Old Jack to give Tang San the work-study spot and said he could get a recommendation from the Spirit Hall Branch; Tang San felt resentful despite gaining the chance to attend Nuoding Academy.
• Su Chen contemplated the Sun Immortal Scripture in the sunlight, unknowingly drawing in sunlight and transforming it into Golden Crow True Flame that tempered and strengthened his body.
• After dinner, Su Chen contemplated the Lunar Immortal Scripture beneath the moonlight, which activated his spiritual power and let him sense the courtyard and its surroundings with his eyes closed.
• For two months, Su Chen contemplated the Sun Immortal Scripture by day and the Lunar Immortal Scripture by night, visibly improving his body and soul until Old Jack praised his strength.

Su Chen said goodbye to Old Jack, received a Spirit Hall recommendation and living allowance, and reached Nuoding Academy just as Tang San was about to attack the gatekeeper who insulted him. Su Chen intervened and presented his own certificates, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Old Jack gave Su Chen money and packed his belongings, and Su Chen used his Golden Crow True Flame to nourish Old Jack's body.
• Old Jack brought Tang San and Su Chen to Notting City, where Su Yuntao arranged for Su Chen to receive a Spirit Hall recommendation and living allowance.
• Su Chen hurried to Nuoding Academy after realizing Old Jack and Tang San were missing from the Spirit Hall Branch.
• The academy gatekeeper insulted Tang San and threw down his Martial Soul Certificate, pushing Tang San toward an attack.
• Su Chen shouted to stop Tang San and presented his Martial Soul Certificate and Spirit Hall recommendation certificate.

Su Chen entered Notting Academy and avoided Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang as his master after he guessed that Tang San had twin martial souls. Su Chen was assigned to Room A of Dorm One, temporarily separating him from Tang San.

• The doorman apologized to Old Jack and let Su Chen and Tang San enter after seeing Su Chen’s Spirit Hall recommendation.
• Su Chen bypassed Yu Xiaogang when he demanded to inspect Su Chen’s martial soul certificate.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power and claimed it came from a second martial soul.
• Tang San knelt and asked Yu Xiaogang to accept him as his disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Su Chen had a Three-Legged Fire Crow spirit and Innate Full Soul Power, while Su Chen collected his uniform and was assigned to Room A of Dorm One.

Su Chen settled into Dorm One and drew Xiao Chenyu’s attention in the cafeteria, where he intimidated the academy’s self-proclaimed boss with his Great Sun Golden Crow martial soul. Xiao Chenyu and his followers accepted Su Chen as their new boss, and Xiao Chenyu promised to steal high-year Whale Rubber for him.

• Su Chen chose a bed in Dorm One, changed into his uniform, and went to the cafeteria’s second floor for a hearty meal.
• Xiao Chenyu mistook Su Chen for a junior and tried to recruit him as a follower, but Su Chen punched him when he leaned too close.
• Xiao Chenyu used Lone Wolf possession to challenge Su Chen, but Su Chen summoned the Great Sun Golden Crow and overwhelmed him and his lackeys with its pressure.
• Xiao Chenyu and his followers bowed to Su Chen, declared him the new academy boss, and brought him a feast.
• Su Chen asked Xiao Chenyu to procure high-year Whale Rubber, and Xiao Chenyu promised to steal it from his father’s treasury.

After rejecting Yu Xiaogang’s renewed attempt to recruit him, Su Chen met Xiao Wu at the academy cafeteria and tried to avoid drawing her and Tang Hao’s attention. He retreated to the library to study Soul Beasts, where Yu Xiaogang disrupted him again by reciting his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

• Su Chen and Xiao Chenyu encountered Yu Xiaogang on the stairs, and Yu Xiaogang decided to give Su Chen another chance as a student because of his Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power.
• At the cafeteria exit, Xiao Wu ignored the working students’ hopes that she would challenge Xiao Chenyu and instead sniffed Su Chen, then followed him after he pushed her away.
• Wang Sheng and the other working students left dejectedly as Xiao Chenyu mocked them, then Xiao Chenyu went home to steal Whale Rubber for Su Chen.
• Su Chen shut himself in his dormitory to escape Xiao Wu, then went to the academy library to read Soul Beast records.
• Yu Xiaogang loudly recited his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul until Su Chen rebuked him for disturbing the library.

Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Su Chen as a disciple, but Su Chen exposed his claims about the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and mocked his weak cultivation. Yu Xiaogang stormed off, abandoning the attempt to take Su Chen as his student, while Su Chen returned to reading.

• Yu Xiaogang approached Su Chen in the library and urged him to kneel and become his disciple, promising to teach him the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Su Chen called Yu Xiaogang shameless and dismissed his theories as common knowledge, then told him to stop disturbing his reading.
• Yu Xiaogang defended his work as a great achievement and claimed that the wisdom of earlier scholars could also be called his own.
• Su Chen challenged Yu Xiaogang to name his cultivation rank and mocked him for lacking even the strength of a Soul Elder.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that Tang San would become a Titled Douluo under his guidance and defeat Su Chen, then stormed away without accepting Su Chen as a disciple.
• Su Chen picked up his book and resumed reading in peace.

Xiao Wu moved into Su Chen’s dormitory to be near him, leaving Tang San heartbroken. Yu Xiaogang comforted Tang San with a story about winning Liu Erlong through wisdom and promised to take him to hunt for a Soul Ring, while Tang Hao secretly believed Xiao Wu would eventually choose his son.

• Xiao Wu packed her belongings and moved from Dorm Seven to Dorm One after learning Su Chen lived there.
• Tang San was devastated when Xiao Wu left and rejected his warning against Su Chen.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San chicken drumsticks, then encouraged him with a story about winning Liu Erlong over Flender through wisdom.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to take Tang San to Soul Hunting Forest the next morning to obtain a Soul Ring and surpass Su Chen.
• Tang Hao watched from a dark corner and believed Xiao Wu would eventually choose Tang San, just as Ah Yin had chosen him.

Su Chen strengthened his body by eating 1,500-year Whale Rubber and sought help hunting his first Soul Beast. Headmaster Gao Lu agreed to personally accompany him on the hunt.

• Su Chen escaped Xiao Wu's pursuit and met Xiao Chenyu, who gave him Whale Rubber stolen from his father's treasure vault.
• Su Chen roasted and ate the Whale Rubber, then used the Lunar Jade Rabbit Martial Soul and Lunar Immortal Scripture to control its energy as it strengthened his body.
• Su Chen decided to hurry and obtain his first Soul Ring, then asked Director Su to arrange for an expert to accompany him.
• Director Su brought headmaster Gao Lu, who agreed to help Su Chen hunt a hundred-year Soul Beast.

Gao Lu brought Su Chen into the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt a hundred-year soul beast, where they encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San beside a dead Datura Snake. After Yu Xiaogang claimed credit for killing it and mocked them, Gao Lu took Su Chen deeper into the forest to find him a suitable Soul Ring.

• Gao Lu used his long-term warrant to bring Su Chen into the Soul Hunting Forest and led him toward its depths.
• Gao Lu and Su Chen encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San beside a dead four-hundred-year Datura Snake.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he had killed the snake, though it had swallowed Luo San Pao and Yu Xiaogang had been poisoned and passed out.
• Su Chen mocked Yu Xiaogang by suggesting his fart had killed the snake, making Yu Xiaogang spit blood in anger.
• Yu Xiaogang boasted that Tang San's Datura Snake Soul Ring and his wisdom would let Tang San defeat Su Chen.
• Gao Lu dismissed Yu Xiaogang's insults and led Su Chen away to find a Soul Ring better suited to him.

Su Chen and Gao Lu found an eight-hundred-year Blazing Pheasant, far older than the usual limit for a first Soul Ring. Trusting in his Great Sun Golden Crow and his strengthened body, Su Chen began absorbing it, and the process proceeded under his martial soul’s suppression.

• Gao Lu and Su Chen camped in the forest after failing to find a suitable soul beast before nightfall.
• At dawn, Su Chen spotted a Blazing Pheasant and woke Gao Lu to pursue it.
• Gao Lu battled the Blazing Pheasant and wounded it, then realized it was at least five hundred years old and warned Su Chen not to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Su Chen recognized that the Blazing Pheasant was eight hundred years old and persuaded Gao Lu to let him absorb its Soul Ring by summoning his Great Sun Golden Crow.
• Su Chen killed the Blazing Pheasant and began absorbing its Soul Ring as the Great Sun Golden Crow suppressed its scorching energy.

Su Chen tested his first soul skill by destroying a six-hundred-year Ghost Vine, then registered as a Soul Master and collected his monthly subsidy. After returning to Nuoding Academy, he learned Tang San had bullied his underlings and set out to confront him.

• Su Chen and Gao Lu ate the roasted Blazing Pheasant, then Su Chen spotted a six-hundred-year Ghost Vine and asked to test his first soul skill.
• Su Chen used Golden Crow Radiant Sun to burn the Ghost Vine and the tree it covered, producing a yellow Soul Ring.
• Su Chen and Gao Lu left Soul Hunting Forest and returned to Notting City, where Su Chen registered at the Spirit Hall Branch and received a Gold Soul Coin.
• Su Chen returned to Nuoding Academy and learned Tang San had led work-study students in bullying his underlings on the back mountain.
• Su Chen vowed to make Tang San pay for beating up his underlings.

Su Chen returned to the academy and found Tang San and the work-study students fighting, with Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass binding Xiao Chenyu and the others. Su Chen challenged Tang San and overwhelmed him with his Golden Crow True Flame and martial skills.

• Xiao Wu found Su Chen by scent and clung to his back as he hurried to the academy’s back mountain.
• Su Chen discovered Tang San had bound Xiao Chenyu, Liu Long, and the others while Wang Sheng’s group beat them, so he freed Xiao Chenyu and confronted Tang San.
• Xiao Wu defended Su Chen and praised him for standing up for his classmates, angering Tang San as he complained that everyone favored Su Chen.
• Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Entanglement, but Su Chen burned the Blue Silver Grass with Golden Crow True Flame and pursued him.
• Tang San dodged and tried to deflect Su Chen’s punches, but Su Chen struck him with Golden Crow Radiant Sun and sent him crashing to the ground with burned palms.

Su Chen defeated Tang San, then beat him again after Tang San launched a sneak attack. Tang Hao secretly decided Su Chen would be Tang San’s whetstone, while Yu Xiaogang encouraged Tang San to overcome his Martial Soul’s weakness to fire.

• Su Chen defeated Tang San with his Great Sun Golden Crow, then dodged Tang San’s Silent Sleeve Arrows and beat him for attacking by surprise.
• Xiao Wu clung to Su Chen and told Tang San she hated him, leaving Tang San devastated as Su Chen and the others celebrated.
• Tang Hao watched from the forest and decided Su Chen should remain alive as a whetstone for Tang San, while coveting Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Wang Sheng and the work-study students carried Tang San back to Dorm Seven, where Yu Xiaogang promised to strengthen his Blue Silver Grass with animal Soul Beast Soul Rings.
• Tang San regained some confidence in Yu Xiaogang’s training advice but remained heartbroken over Xiao Wu’s rejection.

After a year and a half of cultivation, Su Chen reached level 20 and traveled with Principal Gao Lu to the Star Dou Great Forest to find his second Soul Ring. There, his Great Sun Golden Crow resonated with Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel, and Gao Lu reluctantly agreed to travel with her and her guards.

• Tang Hao visited Yu Xiaogang, entrusted Tang San to his guidance, and left.
• With Tang Hao gone, Su Chen absorbed moonlight essence while Xiao Wu joined him and slept beside him.
• Over the next year and a half, Su Chen reached level 20 Soul Power, while Tang San reached level 17.
• Su Chen persuaded Gao Lu to search for a Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, and they spent two days exploring its outskirts.
• Su Chen and Gao Lu encountered Qian Renxue and two golden-armored guards, and Su Chen recognized the resonance between their Martial Souls.
• After Qian Renxue’s guards released their pressure, Gao Lu accepted her invitation to travel together.

Su Chen used his extraordinary talent and cautious demeanor to win Qian Renxue’s interest and secure her help in finding his second Soul Ring. As they entered the Star Dou Great Forest’s mixed region with She Long and Ci Xue, they encountered an Azure Flame Sky Luan.

• Qian Renxue questioned Su Chen and learned he was a seven-year-old Quasi-Soul Grandmaster with a Three-Legged Fire Crow Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue offered to recruit Su Chen into Spirit Hall and help him obtain his second Soul Ring, while Su Chen pretended to resist.
• Gao Lu initially tried to keep Su Chen at Nuoding Academy, but agreed that Qian Renxue could take him after learning her guards were Titled Douluo.
• Qian Renxue led Su Chen, Gao Lu, She Long, and Ci Xue into the Star Dou Great Forest’s mixed region to search for a suitable Soul Ring.
• An Azure Flame Sky Luan appeared overhead, and Qian Renxue described its extreme speed and powerful short-distance burst.

Su Chen killed a two-thousand-year Azure Flame Sky Luan and began absorbing its Soul Ring despite Qian Renxue’s concerns. His Great Sun Golden Crow power proved extraordinarily compatible with Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel, leaving her wondering whether his Martial Soul was god-given.

• She Long and Ci Xue cornered the Azure Flame Sky Luan and crippled it with their combined Soul Power pressure.
• Su Chen insisted on taking the Azure Flame Sky Luan as his second Soul Ring, then killed it with Golden Crow Radiates Sunlight.
• Qian Renxue held Su Chen’s hand and found that their Soul Powers and flames enhanced each other, while his strength exceeded that of an ordinary Soul Elder.
• Su Chen pulled away and began absorbing the Azure Flame Sky Luan’s two-thousand-year Soul Ring as She Long and Ci Xue watched anxiously.
• Gao Lu told Qian Renxue that Su Chen gained his strength by reading and basking in the sun, prompting her to wonder if his Martial Soul came from the Sun God.

Su Chen absorbed the Azure Flame Sky Luan’s 2,000-year Soul Ring, broke through to level 23, and gained the Golden Crow Chasing the Sun Soul Skill. After Gao Lu departed, Qian Renxue gave Su Chen a Storage Soul Tool and promised to take him to Heaven Dou City after obtaining her fifth Soul Ring.

• Su Chen completed his absorption, reached level 23, and gained the Golden Crow Chasing the Sun Soul Skill.
• Gao Lu said goodbye to Su Chen and promised to pass messages to Old Jack, Su Yuntao, and Xiao Wu before returning to Nuoding Academy.
• Qian Renxue resolved to care for Su Chen’s loved ones and promised to treat him well.
• Qian Renxue gave Su Chen a gemstone Storage Soul Tool containing several thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Su Chen accepted it happily.
• Qian Renxue held Su Chen’s hand as she, Su Chen, She Long, and Ci Xue continued through the Star Dou Great Forest to search for her fifth Soul Ring.

After Qian Renxue obtained her fifth Soul Ring, she brought Su Chen back to Heaven Dou City and arranged a fabricated identity for him. She ordered Salas to send him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy while keeping his existence secret from Spirit Hall, leaving Su Chen disappointed that she planned to leave him there.

• Qian Renxue absorbed a 12,000-year-old Bright Heavy Armored Beetle's Soul Ring, gaining the Sacred Sword soul skill.
• Qian Renxue carried Su Chen out of the Star Dou Great Forest and explained that their compatible Martial Souls might let them develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• She Long and Ci Xue suspected that Su Chen might become Qian Renxue's husband and resolved to treat him with respect.
• Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City with Su Chen and ordered Salas to forge him an identity as a twelve-year-old Soul Grandmaster named Su Chen and enroll him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue warned Salas not to report Su Chen to Spirit Hall, and Su Chen complained that she was about to leave him at the academy.