Chapter Summaries

On Awakening Day, Fang Ming went to Red Mountain Academy’s awakening chamber, where Spirit Pagoda deacon Su Yuntao began awakening his Martial Soul. Fang Ming’s consciousness entered a mysterious space and revealed a system offering him four choices from nine cheats.

• Dean Cang Xuan brought Fang Ming to the awakening chamber, where Su Yuntao was waiting to conduct the ceremony.
• Fang Ming recognized Su Yuntao’s name and wondered whether he was related to the famous deacon from twenty thousand years earlier.
• Su Yuntao praised Fang Ming’s bearing and judged that he had the potential for innate full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao activated the awakening formation, and its light enveloped Fang Ming.
• Fang Ming’s consciousness entered a dark space, where a golden fruit appeared and presented nine cheats for him to choose from.

Fang Ming awakened the Netherworld Poison Flame and revealed Innate Full Soul Power, then agreed to join the Spirit Pagoda. After Cang Xuan promised to take him to Eastsea City for a soul spirit and revealed he had an older brother, Fang Ming met his guardian, Queen Medusa, who had evolved into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

• Fang Ming awakened the Netherworld Poison Flame, and Su Yuntao discovered he had Innate Full Soul Power at Level Ten.
• Fang Ming accepted Su Yuntao’s offer to join the Spirit Pagoda after Cang Xuan gave his approval.
• Cang Xuan gave Fang Ming Millennium Whale Rubber to refine and said they would travel to Eastsea City for a better soul spirit, like the one Fang Ming’s older brother had.
• Fang Ming sensed someone watching him, and Queen Medusa appeared and said she was at Peak Dou Emperor strength and needed to slumber to stabilize her evolved bloodline.
• Fang Ming named Queen Medusa Cai Lin, and she transformed into a tiny seven-colored snake.

Fang Ming named the newly hatched Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Little Cai and cultivated the Nine-Colored Poison Scripture, strengthening his Netherworld Poison Flame and body with Millennium Whale Rubber. Little Cai devoured so much of his Flame that his Soul Power ran dry, leaving him to recover while she slept as a bracelet on his wrist.

• Fang Ming named the little seven-colored snake Little Cai, and she curled around his wrist as a bracelet and fell asleep.
• Fang Ming cultivated the Nine-Colored Poison Scripture, forming a stable circulation of Soul Power and strengthening his Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Fang Ming refined and swallowed Millennium Whale Rubber, then used the Nine-Colored Poison Scripture to absorb its medicinal power and increase his strength.
• Little Cai awoke and eagerly swallowed repeated servings of Fang Ming's Netherworld Poison Flame until his Soul Power was depleted.
• Fang Ming began recovering his Soul Power as Little Cai curled around his wrist and fell asleep again.

Cang Xuan brought Fang Ming to the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda to obtain an Unyielding Soul Spirit for his first Soul Spirit. After seeing Fang Ming’s dual ultimate flame attributes, Lu Feng contacted Leng Yaozhu, who approved the request and decided to meet Fang Ming herself.

• Cang Xuan and Fang Ming traveled from Aolai City to Eastsea City and went to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Lu Feng, the Eastsea branch Tower Master, welcomed Cang Xuan and learned that Fang Ming needed an Unyielding Soul Spirit.
• Fang Ming revealed a green flame that displayed the ultimate attributes of fire and poison, changing Lu Feng’s response to the request.
• Lu Feng contacted Leng Yaozhu and reported Fang Ming’s innate Rank 10 soul power and mutated flame martial soul.
• Leng Yaozhu approved giving Fang Ming an Unyielding Soul Spirit and said she would meet him in person.

Fang Ming tested his spiritual power at the East Sea Spirit Pagoda and revealed an Innate Spirit Connection Realm score of 221. He then chose the rare Purple Radiance Venom Dragon as his Unyielding Soul Spirit, and Lu Feng ordered it sent over.

• Lu Feng led Cang Xuan and Fang Ming to the testing room and explained the spiritual power measurement.
• Fang Ming's spiritual power reached 221, astonishing Lu Feng and surprising Cang Xuan.
• Lu Feng gave Fang Ming a soul-guided light screen so he could choose an Unyielding Soul Spirit.
• Fang Ming browsed several options, including the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, before selecting the Purple Radiance Venom Dragon.
• Lu Feng warned Fang Ming that the Purple Radiance Venom Dragon was rare and difficult to obtain, then ordered Spirit Pagoda staff to send it over.

Fang Ming fused with the Purple Radiance Venom Dragon, gained the Netherworld Dragon Flame Soul Skill, and reached Soul Power level fifteen. Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu arrived and turned her attention to him.

• Lu Feng gave Fang Ming the Soul Spirit Ball containing the Purple Radiance Venom Dragon and explained that the Unyielding Soul Spirit could only remain sealed briefly.
• Fang Ming released the dragon, whose poison flame was swallowed by his Netherworld Poison Flame, and forced it to choose between submission and becoming nourishment.
• The Purple Radiance Venom Dragon submitted, fused with Fang Ming, and raised his Soul Power from level ten to level fifteen.
• Fang Ming revealed that his first Soul Skill, Netherworld Dragon Flame, eroded Soul Power and burned spiritual power, earning praise from Lu Feng and Cang Xuan.
• A Spirit Pagoda deacon announced Leng Yaozhu's arrival, and she questioned Fang Ming after he respectfully greeted her.

Leng Yaozhu witnessed Fang Ming’s dual-ultimate Netherworld Poison Flame and accepted him as her disciple, then tested his first soul skill. Fang Ming stayed in Eastsea City for school while Leng Yaozhu returned to headquarters, and Cang Xuan insisted that Fang Ming attend class the next day.

• Leng Yaozhu asked Fang Ming to reveal his martial soul and, impressed by its Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Poison, took him as her disciple and gave him her identity token.
• Fang Ming demonstrated Netherworld Dragon Flame, and Leng Yaozhu praised its Soul Power corrosion, spiritual burning, and potential.
• Fang Ming chose to remain in Eastsea City for school, so Leng Yaozhu told Lu Feng to look after him before leaving.
• Fang Ming told Cang Xuan that Leng Yaozhu had become his teacher, and Cang Xuan said it was no surprise.
• Cang Xuan ordered Fang Ming to attend class the next day, refusing his attempts to avoid school.

Fang Ming found Na'er near Red Mountain Academy and rescued her from three youths who tried to abduct her. After killing them with his green flames, he invited the hungry, homeless Na'er to come home with him.

• Fang Ming wandered near Red Mountain Academy and spotted Na'er sitting alone on the roadside.
• Three youths tried to lure Na'er away and then surrounded her when she refused.
• Fang Ming stepped in, revealed his power as a self-proclaimed passing Masked Rider, and killed all three youths with Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Fang Ming introduced himself to Na'er, learned she had no family, and offered to take her home.
• Na'er accepted Fang Ming's hand, and he led her off to buy her something to eat.
• A black shadow appeared after they left, remarked that Fang Ming had cleaned things up thoroughly, and vanished.

Fang Ming took Na'er to a snack street, brought her home to meet Cang Xuan, and helped her settle in. Na'er revealed her Silver Dragon Spear martial soul and was allowed to stay with Fang Ming, with class at Red Mountain Academy planned for the next morning.

• Fang Ming bought fifteen jin of chicken fork bones for Na'er, who happily ate them all and shared a bite with him.
• Fang Ming brought Na'er back to Red Mountain Academy, where Cang Xuan contacted the Aolai City Law Enforcement Bureau and asked if she had awakened her martial soul.
• Na'er summoned a Silver Dragon Spear and asked to stay with Fang Ming, and Cang Xuan agreed on the condition that she call him Grandpa Cang.
• Fang Ming helped Na'er bathe and settle into a prepared room, and Cang Xuan reminded them that she would go to class the next morning.

Fang Ming brought Na'er to her first day at Red Mountain Academy, then secluded himself to contain an eruption of his Calamity Poison Body. After using the Netherworld Poison Flame to devour the poison and feeding the flame to Little Cai, he took Na'er out for chicken cartilage skewers.

• Fang Ming introduced himself and Na'er to Class One, where Tang Wulin noticed Na'er and the two new students soon fell asleep during Lin Ximeng's lesson.
• Fang Ming meditated in the academy courtyard while Na'er watched, then went to his room and asked Little Cai to seal the space around it.
• Fang Ming's Calamity Poison Body erupted, releasing purple poison that could have devastated Red Mountain Academy and Aolai City.
• Fang Ming used the Netherworld Poison Flame to devour the poison, then fed the flame to Little Cai until it was satisfied and fell asleep as a bracelet.
• Fang Ming took Na'er by the hand and left the academy to buy her chicken cartilage skewers.

After graduating from Red Mountain Academy, Fang Ming took Na'er to the seaside, where she revealed she was leaving. He promised he would never forget her and would find her, and watched her depart.

• Fang Ming graduated from Red Mountain Academy at level thirty-eight, and he and Na'er left the school together.
• Fang Ming bought Na'er chicken collarbones, then agreed to take her to see the seaside when she asked.
• At the shore, Na'er asked whether Fang Ming would miss her if she went somewhere far away, and he promised he would find her and never forget her.
• Na'er told Fang Ming she was leaving, thanked him for their time together, and said goodbye.
• Fang Ming watched Na'er disappear into the distance.

Na'er left Fang Ming to follow Gu Yue's plan to infiltrate humanity, revealing that Tang Wulin carried the Golden Dragon King's aura. The next morning, Fang Ming left Red Mountain Academy for Eastsea Academy, while Cang Xuan stayed behind and decided it was still not the time to act.

• Fang Ming returned to Red Mountain Academy alone and told Cang Xuan that Na'er had left.
• Gu Yue confronted Na'er and ordered her to go to Shrek Academy while Gu Yue infiltrated the Spirit Pagoda.
• Na'er demanded that Gu Yue protect Fang Ming and Cang Xuan and stay by Fang Ming's side after Na'er left; Gu Yue agreed.
• Na'er revealed that she sensed the Golden Dragon King's aura in Tang Wulin, and she and Gu Yue departed through a spatial rift.
• Fang Ming told Cang Xuan he planned to go to Eastsea Academy, accepted a gold card, and left for the soul-guided train station.
• Cang Xuan watched Fang Ming leave and thought that it was still not the time.

Fang Ming enrolled at Eastsea Academy, where his ninth-year age and thirty-eighth-rank Soul Elder cultivation shocked the students and staff. He and Tang Wulin completed registration and received assignments to different classes and dormitories.

• Fang Ming registered at the station reception and startled Liu Yuxin when she saw he was a nine-year-old thirty-eighth-rank Soul Elder.
• Tang Wulin greeted Fang Ming and followed him onto the soul guide bus as other new students discussed Fang Ming's strength.
• Liu Yuxin brought the new students to Eastsea Academy and directed them to the Intermediate Division's Academic Affairs Office.
• Fang Ming and Tang Wulin submitted their recommendation letters, and the middle-aged teacher reacted with shock to Fang Ming's cultivation.
• The teacher completed their enrollment and assigned Fang Ming to Class One, Year One, Dormitory Building 101, and Tang Wulin to Class Five, Year One, Dormitory Building 205.

Fang Ming met Gu Yue at the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda and tested her combat abilities at Leng Yaozhu’s request. After Gu Yue launched an elemental assault, Fang Ming countered with a wave of green flame and declared that she had lost.

• Fang Ming arrived at Eastsea Academy, settled into his dormitory, and received a call from Leng Yaozhu, who said she had come to assess Gu Yue as a potential junior sister.
• Fang Ming traveled to the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda, where Leng Yaozhu introduced him to Gu Yue and asked him to test her.
• Fang Ming and Gu Yue introduced themselves as level thirty-eight Soul Elders, and Gu Yue wondered why Na'er had been thinking about him.
• Fang Ming attacked with green fireballs, while Gu Yue used her elemental abilities to create a water barrier and send wind blades at him.
• Fang Ming evaded the wind blades and unleashed a wave of green flame that melted them, then told Gu Yue she had already lost.

Fang Ming defeated Gu Yue by poisoning her with his Netherworld Poison Flame, then cured her and watched as Leng Yaozhu accepted her as a disciple. After a celebratory meal, Leng Yaozhu returned to Spirit Pagoda headquarters, leaving Fang Ming to take Gu Yue to register at Eastsea Academy.

• Fang Ming revealed that Gu Yue had inhaled his fire poison, then cured her by channeling Soul Power into her hand.
• Leng Yaozhu praised Fang Ming and Gu Yue, accepted Gu Yue as her second disciple, and named Fang Ming her senior brother.
• Leng Yaozhu took Fang Ming and Gu Yue to dinner at Eastsea Grand Hotel, where Gu Yue said she planned to attend school with Fang Ming.
• Leng Yaozhu gave Gu Yue a spatial soul tool and returned to Spirit Pagoda headquarters.
• Fang Ming offered to take Gu Yue to register at Eastsea Academy, and she agreed.

Fang Ming brought Gu Yue to enroll at Eastsea Academy, where her level thirty-eight rank shocked the staff and Director Long Hengxu. Back in Room 101, Fang Ming met his roommates and was accepted as their boss before messaging Cang Xuan that he had arrived safely.

• Fang Ming escorted Gu Yue to the Academic Affairs Office, where she enrolled as a level thirty-eight Soul Elder and received a place in Class One and the girls' dormitory.
• The middle-aged teacher told Long Hengxu that two level thirty-eight Soul Elders had enrolled, and Long Hengxu took the records to inform the headmaster.
• Fang Ming returned to Room 101 and met Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi, who were stunned by his level thirty-eight cultivation.
• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi treated Fang Ming as Room 101's boss, and Fang Ming accepted without arguing.
• Fang Ming messaged Cang Xuan that he had arrived safely, then declined Xie Xie's offer to celebrate before classes began.

Fang Ming and his companions attended Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony and were assigned to First-Year Class One. When Gu Yue claimed Xie Xie’s seat beside Fang Ming, she privately reminded him that she could tell the teacher he had bullied her, and he let her sit there.

• Fang Ming, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi went to the central plaza for Eastsea Academy’s opening ceremony.
• President Yu Zhen delivered a speech welcoming new students and encouraging them to study hard.
• Long Hengxu assigned Fang Ming, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi to Class One.
• Ye Yingluo led the new Class One students to their classroom, where Fang Ming and his three companions took seats together in the back row.
• Gu Yue told Xie Xie to give up his seat beside Fang Ming and privately warned Fang Ming that she could tell the teacher he had bullied her.
• Fang Ming asked Xie Xie to find another seat, and Gu Yue sat beside him.

Fang Ming and Gu Yue attended their first day in Eastsea Academy’s Intermediate Division, where their extraordinary cultivation levels stunned their classmates. The introductions ended with Wei Xiaofeng realizing his level eighteen Soul Power was far behind the strongest students in Class One.

• Fang Ming ruffled Gu Yue’s hair after she teased him, leaving her flustered while Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi whispered about them.
• Ye Yingluo introduced herself as the class’s homeroom teacher and asked the students to share their martial souls, Soul Power Levels, and ambitions.
• Pu Liyong, Ming Quan, Liu Ruyan, and Wei Xiaofeng introduced themselves, with Wei Xiaofeng drawing attention as the highest-ranking student so far at level eighteen.
• Xie Xie revealed his Twin Martial Souls and level eighteen cultivation, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi each announced level nineteen Soul Power.
• Fang Ming and Gu Yue introduced themselves as level thirty-eight Soul Elders, shocking the class and leaving Wei Xiaofeng’s pride shaken.

Ye Yingluo explained the Intermediate Division’s schedule, and Fang Ming, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi went to the cafeteria together. There, Gu Yue recognized the Golden Dragon King’s aura in Tang Wulin and resolved to find a chance to retrieve his divine core.

• Ye Yingluo told Class One that theory classes would take place in the mornings, with practical combat every Saturday and free afternoons.
• Xie Xie treated Fang Ming, Gu Yue, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi to Meal A at the cafeteria.
• Gu Yue handed Fang Ming her crayfish to peel, and he did so in exchange for a chicken leg.
• The group investigated a commotion and found Tang Wulin eating an astonishing number of steamed buns.
• Gu Yue sensed the Golden Dragon King’s aura from Tang Wulin and decided to seek an opportunity to retrieve the divine core.
• Tang Wulin stopped eating when he noticed the crowd staring at him and realized how many buns he had consumed.

Wei Xiaofeng deliberately provoked Xie Xie in the cafeteria, and Fang Ming responded by punching him. The confrontation escalated into a fight as both groups revealed their martial souls and charged.

• Wei Xiaofeng collided with Xie Xie, spilled food on him, and mocked Fang Ming and the others instead of apologizing.
• Wei Xiaofeng's roommates joined him, while Wei Xiaofeng privately admitted that he had rammed into Xie Xie on purpose.
• Fang Ming called Xie Xie back, then punched Wei Xiaofeng after Wei Xiaofeng dared him to attack.
• Wei Xiaofeng, Pu Liyong, Ming Quan, and Yang Xin revealed their martial souls and charged at Fang Ming.
• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi revealed their martial souls and joined the fight as the cafeteria erupted into an uproar.