Chapter Summaries

Lin Yue discovered that the Jade Bamboo grove was a single Soul Beast whose true body lay in its interconnected roots. When he dug into the earth, the awakened grove attacked, leaving everyone in danger.

• Lin Yue found Jade Bamboo that Yu Xiaogang dismissed as ordinary and watched Yu Xiaogang and Su Yan chop down one stalk without producing a Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang called Tang Yin Xiao San, but Tang Yin corrected him and Lin Yue comforted her by taking her hand.
• Lin Yue asked Tang Yin to count the Jade Bamboo stalks and explained that a bamboo grove shared one underground root system as its true body.
• Lin Yue struck the soil at the grove's center with a hoe, awakening the Jade Bamboo Soul Beast and causing the ground to bulge.
• Su Yan leaped into the air with Yu Xiaogang and Tang Yin as sharp bamboo blades erupted from the earth where they had stood.

Lin Yue, Tang Yin, and Su Yan fought a seven-hundred-year Jade Bamboo Grove Soul Beast, and Tang Yin used her poison to destroy its roots. Tang Yin began absorbing its Spirit Ring despite Yu Xiaogang’s warning, while Lin Yue received two Fixed Enhancement Coupons.

• Lin Yue explained that the Jade Bamboo Grove shared a vast underground root system, while Su Yan defended the group from its bamboo spikes.
• Lin Yue and Tang Yin dug up the roots, but Lin Yue realized they could not destroy the entire grove by digging or burning it.
• Tang Yin poured her poison over the roots, corroding them until the Jade Bamboo Grove died and its yellow Spirit Ring appeared.
• Lin Yue received two Fixed Enhancement Coupons as a battle reward.
• Yu Xiaogang warned that the Spirit Ring was nearly seven hundred years old, but Tang Yin began absorbing it anyway, and Su Yan stopped Yu Xiaogang from interfering.

Tang Yin absorbed a nearly seven-hundred-year-old Jade Bamboo Grove Spirit Ring, reached about level fifteen, and learned that her First Spirit Skill was Growth. After demonstrating its powerful enhancement and Soul Power absorption, she and Lin Yue prepared to choose his First Spirit Ring.

• Tang Yin completed absorbing the Jade Bamboo Grove Spirit Ring, and Lin Yue secretly retrieved something from the pit.
• Tang Yin told Yu Xiaogang that they had nothing to do with each other and warned him off with poisoned silver needles.
• Tang Yin revealed that her Soul Power was around level fifteen and that her First Spirit Skill was Growth.
• Tang Yin demonstrated that Growth boosted her Blue Silver Grass's growth speed, toughness, and strength for five minutes, while the grass could also absorb some Soul Power.
• Su Yan recognized the potential of Tang Yin's Spirit Skill and asked Lin Yue what kind of First Spirit Ring he wanted.

Lin Yue considered what kind of Soul Beast could provide a state-enhancing First Spirit Skill, and the group encountered a Cave Demon Spider while searching Soul Hunting Forest. The spider’s burrow erupted with a wounded seven-hundred-year Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard, whose unusual back made Yu Xiaogang suspect it was not what it seemed.

• Lin Yue told Su Yan he wanted a First Spirit Ring suited to blood energy control, berserk transformations, or trading injuries for injuries.
• Ah Yin spotted a six-hundred-year Cave Demon Spider, and Yu Xiaogang warned Tang Yin about its tough webs and ambushes.
• Lin Yue rejected the Cave Demon Spider as a poor match, and Su Yan tried to lead the group away.
• The Cave Demon Spider burrowed underground, and a wounded Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard burst from its hole alongside it.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the lizard as a seven-hundred-year Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard, then noticed something strange about the bulges on its back.

Su Yan and the others discovered that the wounded Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard was actually a Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard with dragon blood and strength comparable to a Millennium Soul Beast. After it knocked Su Yan unconscious, Yu Xiaogang stepped forward to protect Tang Yin and urged her to flee, while Tang Yin rejected his attempt to involve Lin Yue in a sacrifice.

• Su Yan planned to kill the wounded Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard and claim its Spirit Ring while Tang Yin and Yu Xiaogang watched it battle the Cave Demon Spider.
• The Blood Lizard killed the Cave Demon Spider, then charged at the Nuoding Academy group.
• Su Yan attacked with his third Soul Skill, but the Blood Lizard struck him unconscious with one blow.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized the creature as a Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard whose dragon blood gave it the strength of a Millennium Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao, urged Xiao San to run, and threw his Spatial Soul Tool to Tang Yin before asking Lin Yue to help hold off the lizard.
• Tang Yin threw away the belt and rejected Yu Xiaogang's request to put Lin Yue in danger.

Lin Yue refused to abandon Tang Yin when the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard overwhelmed their group, and the two joined their strength to unleash a devastating Clear Sky Hammer strike. Tang Hao, who had been watching and preparing to intervene, was stunned by the power awakening behind them.

• The Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard knocked Luo Sanpao aside, leaving Yu Xiaogang unconscious, while Tang Yin failed to restrain it with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Yin told Lin Yue to flee and prepared to face the beast alone, but Lin Yue refused and stood beside her.
• Tang Hao watched from the forest, frustrated that Lin Yue would not run, then prepared to summon his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Lin Yue’s power surged through Tang Yin, awakening a scarlet demon god phantom and empowering her Clear Sky Hammer with destructive blood energy.
• Tang Yin and Lin Yue struck the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard with the Hellblood Demon God—Great Annihilation Hammer, annihilating the beast and the surrounding area.

Lin Yue and Tang Yin defeated the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard with an unexpected Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Tang Hao realized he could no longer stand between them. After the others recovered, Lin Yue began absorbing the beast’s Spirit Ring, leaving Su Yan wondering what skill it would grant.

• Tang Hao witnessed Lin Yue and Tang Yin’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and accepted that he could not change Tang Yin’s feelings for Lin Yue.
• Lin Yue caught the exhausted Tang Yin and gave her his medicine, then told her to disguise it as a healing Soul Master’s stored skill when treating Su Yan and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Yin and Lin Yue revived Su Yan and Yu Xiaogang, and Tang Yin and Lin Yue falsely explained that Su Yan’s attack had left the beast near death.
• Su Yan resumed guard duty as Lin Yue sat down to absorb the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard’s Spirit Ring.
• Su Yan wondered what kind of soul skill the powerful Soul Beast’s Spirit Ring would produce.

Lin Yue absorbed the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard’s Spirit Ring, gained a powerful Berserk skill, and reached level 13. After Tang Yin gave him Yu Xiaogang’s Spatial Soul Tool, the group left the Soul Hunting Forest with Lin Yue secretly planning to amplify a Spirit Bone for Tang Yin.

• Lin Yue endured the Spirit Ring’s energy and reached level 13, while the system rewarded him with an Amplification Protection Coupon for defeating the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard.
• Lin Yue revealed that his first Soul Skill, Berserk, doubled his attack power, attack speed, and movement speed while reducing his defenses by 10%.
• Yu Xiaogang offered Tang Yin a Spatial Soul Tool, but she gave it to Lin Yue, who promised to prepare one for her in return.
• Tang Hao watched Tang Yin grow closer to Lin Yue and decided not to interfere because Lin Yue had helped her.
• Su Yan led the group out of the Soul Hunting Forest, while Lin Yue stored a seven-hundred-year Life Marrow Spirit Bone and planned to amplify it for Tang Yin.

Lin Yue obtained a seven-hundred-year Marrow of Life soul bone and used the system to enhance and amplify it despite the risks and cost. After successfully raising it to ten thousand years, he realized he had accidentally slapped Tang Yin's thigh while waking at the inn.

• A Yin's first soul-beast kill yielded a seven-hundred-year Marrow of Life soul bone, which Lin Yue decided not to give Tang Yin in its low-grade state.
• Lin Yue used three enhancement tickets to raise the soul bone to 999 years, then spent points to amplify it to a thousand years.
• Lin Yue enhanced the soul bone to 9,999 years and used an amplification protection ticket to attempt the risky step to ten thousand years.
• The amplification succeeded, giving Lin Yue his first ten-thousand-year soul bone, and he celebrated by slapping Tang Yin's thigh.
• Lin Yue realized he had fallen asleep during the process and that A Yin had carried him back to the inn; Tang Yin blushed as he tried to explain himself.

After returning to Nuoding City, Lin Yue received a Ten Thousand Year Life Marrow and decided to give it to Tang Yin, while planning to enhance her strength for her future match against Tang San. Tang Hao secretly attacked Spirit Hall branches, and Tang Yin began teaching Lin Yue the Mysterious Heaven Skill in a decidedly unconventional way.

• Tang Hao let Tang Yin and Lin Yue stay together, then vanished to attack Spirit Hall branch halls and keep them from discovering her Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lin Yue learned that defeating Tang San in the first match would earn him a Fixed Enhancement Coupon, a random External Spirit Bone, and another valuable reward.
• Lin Yue decided the Life Marrow would best strengthen Tang Yin and considered enhancing it further, potentially to the million-year level.
• Lin Yue presented the Spirit Bone to Tang Yin, who recognized its life energy as an ideal match for her Blue Silver Grass and accepted it.
• Tang Yin insisted on teaching Lin Yue the Mysterious Heaven Skill immediately and wrapped the room in Blue Silver Grass as she began the lesson.

Tang Yin absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bone and her Blue Silver Grass evolved into a Blue Silver King, while Lin Yue broke through to Level 14 using the Mysterious Heaven Skill. After they returned to the academy, Feng Xiaolin challenged Lin Yue to a duel.

• Lin Yue cultivated with the Mysterious Heaven Skill and broke through his Level 14 bottleneck overnight.
• Tang Yin absorbed the Spirit Bone, which transformed her appearance and strengthened her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul with traces of divine radiance.
• Lin Yue noticed Tang Yin's transformation and suspected she had evolved into a Blue Silver King.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang Yin about her changes and excitedly recorded her answers as possible evidence of Martial Soul transformation.
• Lin Yue and Tang Yin returned to the academy, where Feng Xiaolin challenged Lin Yue to fight him at the back mountain.

Feng Xiaolin explained why he refused to join Godwind Academy and challenged Lin Yue to a duel, wagering his Spatial Storage Soul Tool for Xiao San. Lin Yue revealed his level-fourteen Soul Power and gained the upper hand in their opening exchanges, but Feng Xiaolin launched a three-direction attack that left the fight unresolved.

• Feng Xiaolin told Lin Yue that Godwind Academy had rejected him after his Innate Soul Power tested at level four, and he vowed to prove himself without their help.
• Feng Xiaolin challenged Lin Yue, wagering his Spatial Storage Soul Tool if he lost and demanding that Lin Yue give up Xiao San if he won.
• Lin Yue and Feng Xiaolin revealed their Soul Power levels: Lin Yue was level fourteen, while Feng Xiaolin was level eighteen.
• Feng Xiaolin opened with Wind Blade and a claw attack, but Lin Yue used Berserk and Continuous Thrust to shatter the Wind Blade and wound Feng Xiaolin's claws.
• Feng Xiaolin fired two Wind Blades from different directions and leaped at Lin Yue with both claws, combining three attacks against him.

Lin Yue defeated Feng Xiaolin in their fight, prompting Feng Xiaolin to accept his loss and reconsider his place at the academy. Xiao Chenyu then challenged Tang Yin, unaware of how formidable she was.

• Lin Yue countered Feng Xiaolin’s attacks and kicked him away, leaving Feng Xiaolin unable to continue.
• Feng Xiaolin admitted defeat and realized his combat strength was far behind Lin Yue’s, though the fight seemed to loosen his Soul Power bottleneck.
• Xiao Chenyu arrived after breaking through to Soul Master and accused Lin Yue and Tang Yin of ganging up on Feng Xiaolin.
• Feng Xiaolin tried to stop Xiao Chenyu from challenging Tang Yin, but Xiao Chenyu insisted on fighting her.
• Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng watched as Tang Yin raised her brows and asked whether Xiao Chenyu really meant to challenge her.

Tang Yin defeated Xiao Chenyu, and Feng Xiaolin left the academy after handing the boss position to Lin Yue. When Xiao Wu challenged Lin Yue, Tang Yin stepped in to fight her, leaving the students to speculate that the two girls were fighting over him.

• Tang Yin revealed her Level 15 Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and bound Xiao Chenyu, defeating him with ease.
• Feng Xiaolin helped Xiao Chenyu up, named Lin Yue the new academy boss, and left the academy.
• Lin Yue inspected Feng Xiaolin's Spatial Soul Tool and gave it to Tang Yin to store her poisons and hidden weapons.
• Xiao Wu challenged Lin Yue for the academy boss position, but Tang Yin stepped forward and insisted that Xiao Wu fight her first.
• Xiao Wu and Tang Yin released their Martial Souls and began fighting as students wondered whether they were brawling over Lin Yue.

Tang Yin defeated Xiao Wu with her transformed Blue Silver Grass, while Lin Yue prepared to improve his alchemy and strengthen the Mysterious Heaven Skill. A month later, Lin Yue’s growing reputation brought two cloaked visitors to his clinic.

• Tang Yin used her tough, Soul-Power-absorbing Blue Silver Grass to bind Xiao Wu and win their fight.
• Lin Yue dismissed the onlookers, then told Tang Yin and Xiao Wu about Spirit Hall’s monthly allowance; the two girls hurried off together to claim it.
• Lin Yue returned to his clinic, aiming to reach Level Three Alchemist and save points to strengthen the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• A cured Seven Treasure merchant spread word of Lin Yue’s healing, drawing a crowd of customers and Soul Masters to the clinic.
• Two uninvited guests wrapped in cloth robes arrived at Lin Yue’s clinic.

Lin Yue treated Dugu Xin and Bai Ling, a poisoned couple who had come to his clinic after hearing of his detoxification skills. A mission to cure Bai Ling appeared, and Lin Yue hinted that he had a potion that could suppress all poisons, giving the couple hope.

• Lin Yue found Dugu Xin and Bai Ling waiting at the clinic, both weakened by a powerful poison.
• Dugu Xin said Fatty Ning had recommended Lin Yue, and Lin Yue cautiously began preparing an antidote.
• A mission appeared in Lin Yue’s mind to cure Bai Ling, offering 3,000 points.
• Lin Yue realized Dugu Xin was Dugu Bo’s son and suspected that the couple’s poison came from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• Lin Yue told Dugu Xin and Bai Ling their poison was no ordinary snake venom and offered a potion that could suppress all poisons.
• Dugu Xin and Bai Ling reacted with hope that the potion might help them live longer and stay beside Yan’er.

Lin Yue treated Dugu Xin and Bai Ling with healing and resistance potions, then offered to brew stronger medicine using wild ginseng. The couple learned that Lin Yue made the potions himself and hoped to use them to protect their daughter, Dugu Yan.

• Lin Yue asked Dugu Xin and Bai Ling to swear secrecy about his potions, and they swore on their Martial Souls.
• Lin Yue gave the couple Expert HP Potions, which temporarily restored their bodies and suppressed the effects of their toxins.
• Lin Yue gave them Beginner Resistance Potions, then offered to brew a stronger potion if they supplied wild ginseng.
• Dugu Xin offered a thousand-year wild ginseng root, and Lin Yue used it with other ingredients to brew two Intermediate Resistance Potions.
• Dugu Xin tried to save his potion for Dugu Yan, but Lin Yue assured the couple that he could keep brewing more.
• Dugu Xin and Bai Ling realized Lin Yue had made the potions himself and recognized the danger of his talent becoming known.

Lin Yue gave Dugu Xin and Bai Ling resistance potions and suggested containing their poison in limb Spirit Bones, prompting them to rush home and consult their family. After they left, a group of Nuoding City’s powerful families plotted to assassinate Lin Yue for damaging their businesses.

• Lin Yue gave Dugu Xin and Bai Ling a second Resistance Potion, and Dugu Xin said the poison in his body felt greatly improved.
• Lin Yue proposed that the couple compress their Martial Soul poison into limb Spirit Bones, and Bai Ling asked to return home to tell her father about the method.
• Dugu Xin and Bai Ling left Nuoding City for Heaven Dou Imperial City after giving Lin Yue Gold Soul Coins, a Spatial Soul Tool, and precious herbs.
• Lin Yue reopened the clinic with Old Song and received 3,000 mission points.
• Members of Nuoding City’s wealthy families blamed Lin Yue for hurting their businesses and agreed to hire Soul Elders to kill him.

Lin Yue collected a Soul Hunting Permit and decided to earn money and seek enhancement items by joining a mercenary group. He accepted an offer from the Skeleton Mercenary Group to help hunt a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, though their unusual interest in him left him uneasy.

• Lin Yue visited the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch, turned down Su Yuntao's invitation to join Spirit Hall, and collected his Soul Hunting Permit.
• Lin Yue reviewed his system rewards and recalled that repeated attempts to enhance the Mysterious Heaven Skill had failed, leaving him with 6,000 points.
• Lin Yue headed to Soul Hunting Forest, hoping to earn Gold Soul Coins and obtain useful enhancement items by assisting with Spirit Ring hunts.
• A mercenary group dismissed Lin Yue as too young, but the Skeleton Mercenary Group offered him a place on a job hunting a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring.
• Lin Yue accepted the Skeleton Mercenary Group's offer, despite feeling uneasy about how readily they had recruited him and how strangely they looked at him.

Lin Yue and the Skeleton Mercenary Group hunted a Hundred-Year Armored Rock Boar so Xiao Song could obtain his first Spirit Ring. After the group killed the beast and Xiao Song began absorbing its ring, an unknown attacker suddenly targeted Lin Yue.

• Zhao Zhang led the group deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest while Lin Xiaoqi scouted from the trees.
• A Hundred-Year Armored Rock Boar ambushed Zhao Zhang, and the group joined forces to trap and wound it.
• Lin Yue broke one of the boar’s tusks, helping Zhao Zhang and Xiong Li corner and overpower the beast.
• Xiao Song killed the dying boar and began absorbing its Spirit Ring, while Lin Yue received 100 points for the kill.
• Zhao Zhang handed Lin Yue a dagger to dissect the carcass, but someone shouted, "Kid, die!" from behind him.