Recaps

Lu Shiyuan attended Notting City's Martial Soul awakening ceremony, where an unusual awakening transformed his eyes and body. He tested his Soul Power and discovered he had Innate Full Soul Power, leaving him pleased with his transmigrator-like advantages.

• Lu Shiyuan paid respects to his deceased parents before heading to the town square for his awakening.
• Uncle Zhou escorted Lu Shiyuan through the crowd, whose members made way for the son of people who had helped them.
• Su Yuntao began Lu Shiyuan's awakening, but golden light erupted before he activated the formation, and Lu Shiyuan grew taller.
• Lu Shiyuan opened his eyes to reveal Heterochromatic Twin Eyes, which he and Su Yuntao suspected was his Martial Soul.
• Lu Shiyuan pressed his hand to the Soul Power crystal ball, which blazed with light and confirmed his Innate Full Soul Power.

After awakening with the Void-Time Dragon Eyes and a second Martial Soul, Star God Heavenly Orbit, Lu Shiyuan discovered a system that promised Soul Rings and Soul Bones for completing tasks. A woman who recognized both his Martial Souls arrived at his home, leaving him wary as he agreed to hear her out.

• Lu Shiyuan declined Su Yuntao's recruitment and hurried home to inspect his newly awakened Martial Souls.
• Lu Shiyuan identified his Martial Souls as the Void-Time Dragon Eyes and Star God Heavenly Orbit, then examined his task-based system.
• Lu Shiyuan received a task to enroll in Nuoding Academy in exchange for the first Soul Ring for his Void-Time Dragon Eyes.
• A woman came to Lu Shiyuan's home, embraced him, and correctly identified his Void-Time Dragon Eyes and Twin Martial Souls.
• Lu Shiyuan grew vigilant but invited the woman inside after sensing her formidable aura and deciding she did not intend to expose his secrets.

Xiao Feiyu revealed that she knew Lu Shiyuan’s secrets and returned his family’s powerful meditation technique, then offered to train him before he joined Nuoding Academy. The chapter left Lu Shiyuan agreeing to let her strengthen his body and Soul Power so he could obtain the strongest possible first Soul Ring.

• Xiao Feiyu told Lu Shiyuan she had come to Notting City to take care of him and promised to protect him with her life.
• Xiao Feiyu revealed that Lu Shiyuan could obtain Soul Rings by completing system missions, and Lu Shiyuan admitted his mission was to join Nuoding Academy.
• Xiao Feiyu gave Lu Shiyuan a family meditation technique that improved training efficiency and tempered the body.
• Xiao Feiyu identified Lu Shiyuan’s Void-Time Dragon Eyes and Star God Heavenly Orbit as unique Martial Souls.
• Xiao Feiyu proposed using the three months before academy enrollment to strengthen Lu Shiyuan’s physique and Soul Power, and he agreed.

Lu Shiyuan completed three months of punishing training under Xiao Feiyu and prepared to return to Notting City. Before they left, they encountered Xiao Wu, a newly transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, who feared Xiao Feiyu would kill her but was instead offered food.

• Lu Shiyuan finished his daily training and described how Xiao Feiyu's harsh regimen had greatly strengthened his body and accumulated his Soul Power.
• Xiao Feiyu told Lu Shiyuan they would return to Notting City the next day, delighting him after three months of training.
• After dinner, Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Feiyu heard movement in the grass and found a hungry little girl drawn by the smell of the food.
• Xiao Feiyu recognized the girl as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and the frightened Xiao Wu crouched trembling, believing she was in danger.
• Lu Shiyuan asked whether there was food left for Xiao Wu, and Xiao Feiyu agreed to bring her some.

Xiao Wu mistook Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Feiyu's meal for a last meal before they killed her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but they let her go and warned her about revealing her identity. When Xiao Wu asked to travel with them, Xiao Feiyu proposed a fight with Lu Shiyuan to decide, and Xiao Wu eagerly accepted.

• Xiao Wu ate the food, expected Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Feiyu to kill her, and learned they had no interest in her Soul Ring or Soul Bone.
• Lu Shiyuan warned Xiao Wu that humans could recognize her as a soul beast and told her not to wander through the human world carelessly.
• Xiao Wu asked Lu Shiyuan to take her along, and Xiao Feiyu offered to let her join them if she defeated him in a fight.
• Xiao Wu and Lu Shiyuan introduced themselves and their Martial Souls before heading to an open space to battle.

Lu Shiyuan defeated Xiao Wu in a sparring match, and she asked to travel with him and Xiao Feiyu so she could cultivate and pursue revenge for her mother. Xiao Feiyu persuaded Lu Shiyuan to accept her, and Xiao Wu joined them after he warned her not to cause trouble or risk having her identity exposed.

• Xiao Wu attacked Lu Shiyuan with a flurry of combos, but he stood firm and then used his Void-Time Dragon Eyes domain to slow her reactions and knock her down with one punch.
• Xiao Feiyu soothed Xiao Wu's pain and asked what she planned to do after losing.
• Xiao Wu begged to go with Xiao Feiyu and Lu Shiyuan, explaining that she wanted to cultivate faster, revive her mother, or avenge her enemies.
• Xiao Feiyu told Lu Shiyuan that taking Xiao Wu with them would benefit him, and he agreed to bring her along.
• Lu Shiyuan warned Xiao Wu that he would abandon her and expose her secret if she caused trouble, but she cheerfully promised to behave.

Xiao Feiyu brought Xiao Wu and Lu Shiyuan back to Notting City, then revealed that Lu Shiyuan’s parents were still alive but unable to return. She asked him to keep the truth secret and explained that their reappearance could undo the efforts made to set things right.

• Xiao Feiyu gave Xiao Wu a carrot necklace and warned her to wear it to hide her soul beast aura.
• Xiao Feiyu, Xiao Wu, and Lu Shiyuan returned to Notting City after three days of travel and cleaned Lu Shiyuan’s house.
• Xiao Feiyu told Lu Shiyuan she had to leave and promised to return within a year, urging him to cultivate diligently and keep her secrets.
• After Xiao Wu left the room, Xiao Feiyu told Lu Shiyuan that his parents, Lu Hao and Chen Yun, were still alive but in very poor condition.
• Lu Shiyuan asked why his parents had not returned, and Xiao Feiyu explained that they could not reappear without causing unforeseen consequences.

After Xiao Feiyu left, Lu Shiyuan overcame his sadness by resolving to cultivate harder and taught Xiao Wu the valuable meditation method she had entrusted to him. Xiao Wu accepted him as her brother and joined him at Nuoding Academy, where they unexpectedly encountered Tang San on enrollment day.

• Xiao Feiyu left, and Xiao Wu stayed beside the saddened Lu Shiyuan until he resolved to become stronger so he could help her in the future.
• Lu Shiyuan taught Xiao Wu Xiao Feiyu's meditation method, and Xiao Wu promised to keep it secret and protect him.
• Xiao Wu called Lu Shiyuan her brother, asked to become his little sister, and persuaded him to let her sleep beside him.
• Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu enrolled as day students at Nuoding Academy, avoiding the work-study program and Dorm Seven.
• Lu Shiyuan unexpectedly encountered Tang San at the academy and recognized the hostility in his expression.

Lu Shiyuan stopped Tang San from attacking the Nuoding Academy gatekeeper and brought Xiao Wu into the academy, where they encountered Yu Xiaogang. Outside the gate, Tang San became captivated by Xiao Wu and grew jealous of Lu Shiyuan before Yu Xiaogang approached him and Old Jack.

• Lu Shiyuan kicked the gatekeeper away before Tang San could raise his arm, then entered the academy with Xiao Wu.
• Lu Shiyuan saw Yu Xiaogang approaching and concluded that Tang San would still meet him despite his intervention.
• Tang San stared at Xiao Wu as she passed, then admitted to Old Jack that he had been distracted.
• Seeing Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu treated deferentially made Tang San jealous as he recalled being scorned in both lives.
• Yu Xiaogang intervened when the gatekeeper tried to send Tang San and Old Jack away.
• Xiao Wu asked why Lu Shiyuan had kicked the gatekeeper, and Lu Shiyuan told her Tang San had shown killing intent.

Lu Shiyuan registered at Nuoding Academy with Xiao Wu, who was also an Innate Full Soul Power talent and already a Soul Master. After shopping with her, he returned home and took out the Soul Ring rewarded by the system to absorb it.

• Dean Chen welcomed Lu Shiyuan and agreed to enroll Xiao Wu without tuition after learning she was an Innate Full Soul Power talent.
• Lu Shiyuan completed registration and received his textbooks, triggering the system to tell him to retrieve and absorb his Soul Ring reward.
• Tang San entered the academy with Yu Xiaogang, saw Xiao Wu with Lu Shiyuan, and felt an unexplained sense of loss.
• Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu spent the afternoon buying her daily necessities and new clothes.
• Lu Shiyuan returned home, went to his bedroom, and took the glowing Soul Ring from the system space.

Lu Shiyuan endured a brutal absorption process and successfully gained a fifteen-hundred-year first Soul Ring, reaching level 14. He revealed his powerful first Soul Skill to Xiao Wu and concealed the ring’s color with Xiao Feiyu’s necklace.

• Lu Shiyuan endured the violent energy of the Soul Ring for an hour while Xiao Wu worried outside his room.
• Lu Shiyuan completed the absorption and told Xiao Wu that his first Soul Ring was fifteen hundred years old.
• Lu Shiyuan summoned his Martial Souls to show Xiao Wu the purple ring, then used Xiao Feiyu’s necklace to disguise its color.
• Lu Shiyuan told Xiao Wu he had reached level 14 and explained that his first Soul Skill was Time Blade Pierce.
• Xiao Wu was amazed by Lu Shiyuan’s Soul Skill and felt happy that her brother had grown stronger.

Lu Shiyuan confronted Yu Xiaogang when he came to recruit him as a disciple and exposed the flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and theories. Yu Xiaogang left the exchange shaken, while Tang San began to doubt his teacher’s abilities.

• Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at Nuoding Academy’s gates, where Yu Xiaogang said he intended to take Lu Shiyuan as his disciple.
• Tang San scolded Lu Shiyuan for disrespecting Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu defended Lu Shiyuan by pointing out Tang San’s own rudeness.
• Lu Shiyuan mocked Yu Xiaogang’s title and accused him of copying his theories from Spirit Hall and exploiting talented students to claim credit for their success.
• Lu Shiyuan challenged Yu Xiaogang’s limited cultivation and teaching record, leaving him speechless and causing Tang San to doubt his teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang asked how Lu Shiyuan knew Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, and Lu Shiyuan said Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power could not come from Blue Silver Grass alone.

Lu Shiyuan exposed Yu Xiaogang’s ignorance and provoked Tang San into challenging him, but Yu Xiaogang tried to impose restrictions on the fight. After Lu Shiyuan insulted them and began to leave, Tang San attacked him with a Sleeve Arrow, and Lu Shiyuan dodged while protecting Xiao Wu.

• Lu Shiyuan’s accusations left Yu Xiaogang ashamed, while Tang San reaffirmed his trust in his teacher and challenged Lu Shiyuan.
• Lu Shiyuan baited Tang San into accepting a duel to the death, but Yu Xiaogang objected and demanded restrictions on the fight.
• Lu Shiyuan mocked Yu Xiaogang’s proposed rules, then took Xiao Wu and started to leave.
• Tang San attacked Lu Shiyuan from behind with a Sleeve Arrow, but Lu Shiyuan evaded it while carrying Xiao Wu out of its path.
• Lu Shiyuan told Xiao Wu that Tang San had used a Hidden Weapon and urged her to move aside so he could retaliate.

Lu Shiyuan defeated Tang San after Tang San’s sneak attack, completing the system mission and earning a Soul Bone. As Dean Chen arrived to hear the witnesses’ accounts, Tang Hao watched from nearby, unaware that a beautiful woman was watching him too.

• Lu Shiyuan used his first soul skill and a domain skill to slow Tang San, then rushed in and beat him until he lay motionless.
• The system announced that Lu Shiyuan had completed his mission and could retrieve the black Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Lu Shiyuan of attacking Tang San during a spar and threatened to have him expelled, while Xiao Wu and Lu Shiyuan said he had acted in self-defense.
• A gatekeeper testified that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San had provoked Lu Shiyuan and used a dangerous weapon to attack him first.
• Dean Chen grew concerned about Lu Shiyuan’s safety at the academy, while Tang Hao watched from outside and a beautiful woman watched him.

Lu Shiyuan left Nuoding Academy after revealing he had reached level 14 and sensed Xiao Feiyu fighting Tang Hao. Xiao Feiyu defeated Tang Hao and warned him never to return to Notting City.

• Dean Chen arranged treatment for Tang San and reprimanded Yu Xiaogang, then asked Lu Shiyuan if he had become a Soul Master.
• Lu Shiyuan told Dean Chen he was level 14 and explained that Xiao Feiyu had helped him obtain his first Soul Ring.
• Dean Chen cautioned Lu Shiyuan to be careful and offered to protect him at Nuoding Academy.
• Lu Shiyuan sensed Xiao Feiyu's battle with Tang Hao, took Xiao Wu, and ran out of the academy.
• Xiao Feiyu overwhelmed the injured Tang Hao, broke his left arm, and threatened to kill him if he returned to Notting City.

After Xiao Feiyu drove off Tang Hao, she said goodbye to Lu Shiyuan and left to handle her important affairs. Back home, Lu Shiyuan absorbed a system-rewarded Soul Bone, reached level 16, and increased the bone’s age while keeping his foundation stable.

• Xiao Feiyu told Lu Shiyuan that Tang Hao would struggle to move for two years after she severely wounded him, then departed after they agreed to meet again in a year.
• Xiao Wu comforted Lu Shiyuan and stood guard outside his room while he examined the Celestial Rail Left Arm Bone he had received from the system.
• Lu Shiyuan learned that the Soul Bone belonged to the Cosmic Star Dome set and could gain age and a second skill as it grew stronger.
• Lu Shiyuan endured the pain of absorbing the Soul Bone, and the process took about an hour.
• Lu Shiyuan reached level 16 and used much of the Soul Bone’s energy to raise its age to around fifteen thousand years rather than risk destabilizing his foundation.

Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong agreed to cooperate with a mysterious woman, though Bibi Dong kept her true motives hidden and insisted Yu Xiaogang remain alive for now. In Notting City, Tang San returned from Soul Hunting Forest with a Hundred-Year Soul Ring, and Lu Shiyuan recognized that he had followed the same path as before.

• Bibi Dong confronted the mysterious woman in Papal Hall, pretended to seek Yu Xiaogang’s whereabouts, and agreed to cooperate while secretly planning to keep him alive.
• The woman explained that Yu Xiaogang was important to her allies and promised that Bibi Dong could decide his fate once he was no longer useful.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong agreed to the woman’s requests and swallowed a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent Inner Core to strengthen her Martial Soul.
• Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu began their academy lives in Notting City under Dean Chen’s care, while Tang San also received special privileges.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to Soul Hunting Forest, where Tang San obtained a Hundred-Year Soul Ring; Lu Shiyuan recognized the Mandala Snake as its source.

After Tang San defeated Xiao Chenyu, Lu Shiyuan criticized his soul skill choices and refused Tang San’s challenge, so Xiao Wu stepped up to fight him instead. The duel began with Tang San trying to trap Xiao Wu in Blue Silver Grass, and she charged toward his blockade.

• Lu Shiyuan explained to Xiao Wu that Tang San’s weak first soul ring made its poison and binding ineffective against stronger opponents.
• Tang San poisoned and defeated Xiao Chenyu, then challenged Lu Shiyuan, who repeatedly reminded him that he had beaten him before.
• Xiao Wu volunteered to fight Tang San, and Lu Shiyuan agreed, warning Tang San not to use hidden weapons.
• Lu Shiyuan provoked Tang San before the match, then refereed as Xiao Wu rushed toward Tang San’s Blue Silver Entanglement vines.

Xiao Wu defeated Tang San with her improved Waist Bow, then reached level 20 a year later. Lu Shiyuan realized she could not condense a Soul Ring yet without raising questions, just as Sister Fei Yu returned and called to him.

• Xiao Wu used a sudden burst of speed and powerful kicks to overwhelm Tang San, demonstrating the Waist Bow techniques Lu Shiyuan had helped her refine.
• Lu Shiyuan called Xiao Wu back, praised her, and sent the watching students back to class; Yu Xiaogang arrived and took the badly beaten Tang San away.
• A year passed, and Xiao Wu kicked open Lu Shiyuan’s bedroom door to announce that she had reached level 20.
• Lu Shiyuan told Xiao Wu to condense a Soul Ring, but she pointed out that Sister Fei Yu had not returned and that doing so would draw suspicion.
• Sister Fei Yu’s voice sounded outside the room, asking Lu Shiyuan whether he was still sleeping.

Xiao Feiyu returned to Lu Shiyuan, and a new mission appeared requiring him to defeat a Soul Beast over three thousand years old alone. She took Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu to Sunset Forest, where she began searching for a suitable opponent.

• Xiao Feiyu returned and discovered that Lu Shiyuan had absorbed a twenty-thousand-year left arm Soul Bone.
• Lu Shiyuan received a mission to defeat a Soul Beast over three thousand years old alone to obtain his second Soul Ring.
• Lu Shiyuan told Xiao Feiyu that Xiao Wu had reached level twenty and needed a place to condense a Soul Ring.
• Xiao Feiyu arranged leave and supplies, then took Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu from Notting City to Sunset Forest.
• The trio arrived at Sunset Forest, and Xiao Feiyu released her senses to search for a suitable Soul Beast.

Lu Shiyuan tried to complete his task by defeating a soul beast, but learned that killing a weak plant-type beast did not count. He began a life-and-death fight against a three-thousand-year Nether Wolf and wounded it, though the battle remained unresolved.

• Lu Shiyuan killed a three-thousand-five-hundred-year Meridian Lotus, but the system did not register the task as complete, and Xiao Feiyu explained that he had to defeat an opponent in battle.
• Xiao Feiyu drove the other Nether Wolves away and promised the chosen three-thousand-year wolf that it could leave if it defeated Lu Shiyuan.
• Lu Shiyuan opened the fight with Time Blade Pierce, but the Nether Wolf used Concealment to evade the attack.
• The Nether Wolf ambushed Lu Shiyuan with Shadow Assault Combo, but he slowed time with his domain and blocked all five strikes with his dagger.
• Lu Shiyuan landed a point-blank Time Blade Pierce and slashed the Nether Wolf's left foreleg, provoking a shrill howl as its strength rose.

Lu Shiyuan outlasted and defeated the Nether Wolf, then let Xiao Feiyu heal and release it, whereupon it showed signs of a breakthrough. After recovering from his injuries, he learned that Xiao Wu had reached level 22 with a new second Soul Skill and prepared to absorb his own second Soul Ring.

• Lu Shiyuan endured the Nether Wolf's [Dark Moon Howl] until its three-minute enhancement expired, then defeated it with [Time Blade Pierce] and repeated attacks.
• Lu Shiyuan asked Xiao Feiyu to spare the Nether Wolf, and she healed it before letting it go; the wolf showed signs of breaking through.
• Lu Shiyuan spent two days recovering while Xiao Wu successfully condensed her second Soul Ring and reached level 22.
• Xiao Wu told Lu Shiyuan her second Soul Skill was Soft Bone, which reduced enemy defense with successive attacks and could trigger an uncleanseable three-second control effect.
• Lu Shiyuan sent Xiao Wu out of the tent and prepared to absorb his second Soul Ring, hoping for a thousand-year Soul Skill exceeding five thousand years.

Lu Shiyuan absorbed a six-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained the Void Rift skill before he and his companions encountered Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in Sunset Forest. After Xiao Feiyu revealed her overwhelming strength, Dugu Bo anxiously tried to explain that he had no intention of harming Lu Shiyuan.

• Lu Shiyuan completed his second Soul Ring absorption, gained the Void Rift skill, and reached Soul Power level 24.
• Xiao Feiyu, Xiao Wu, and Lu Shiyuan prepared to return from Sunset Forest the next day, but Xiao Feiyu sensed someone nearby.
• Dugu Bo emerged from the woods with Dugu Yan, and Lu Shiyuan recognized them as people connected to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lu Shiyuan whispered to Xiao Feiyu, who announced that he could help remove the poison affecting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Feiyu released her Martial Soul and displayed her extraordinary Soul Ring configuration, frightening Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo withdrew and pleaded with Xiao Feiyu to stay calm, explaining that he had only been anxious about his and his granddaughter's lives.

Lu Shiyuan met Dugu Bo and learned that Dugu Yan was suffering from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Venom. He offered a detoxification plan that would lead Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but an unexpected voice interrupted before Dugu Bo could agree.

• Dugu Bo approached Lu Shiyuan and asked whether he could detoxify him and his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Lu Shiyuan recognized Dugu Yan’s symptoms and told Dugu Bo that the poison had begun invading her meridians.
• Dugu Bo promised to pay any price if Lu Shiyuan could cure Dugu Yan.
• Lu Shiyuan requested a poison-guiding herb, a place rich in fire and water energy, and two Soul Bones as part of his proposed treatment.
• An unknown speaker said Dugu Yan’s poison would be easy to cure, startling Dugu Bo and making Xiao Feiyu smile more broadly.

Yun Qingluo reunited with Lu Shiyuan and joined Xiao Feiyu, Dugu Bo, and the others at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There, she began examining Dugu Yan to find a way to detoxify her, leaving Dugu Bo anxiously awaiting her diagnosis.

• Yun Qingluo arrived and embraced Lu Shiyuan, who accepted her as another sister.
• Yun Qingluo warned Xiao Wu to treat Lu Shiyuan well, and Lu Shiyuan comforted Xiao Wu when she became frightened.
• Yun Qingluo offered to detoxify Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo led the group through the poisonous mist to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yun Qingluo examined the immortal herbs at the well before asking Dugu Yan to summon her Martial Soul.
• Yun Qingluo placed her fingers on Dugu Yan's wrist as Dugu Bo watched anxiously.