Chapter Summaries

Shi Xiu tested Si Tingxuan’s strength and discovered that his body could withstand a sword strike without a defensive soul skill. After Si Tingxuan dodged Shi Xiu’s second attack, they recognized each other’s extraordinary speed, while Si Tingxuan struggled to understand how Shi Xiu’s first strike had reached him before he could react.

• Shi Xiu used his sixth soul skill to close the distance and thrust his sword at Si Tingxuan’s chest, but Si Tingxuan’s body repelled the blade.
• Shi Xiu retreated from Si Tingxuan’s flaming counterattack and explained that he had come to vent Feng Yuan’s anger and recruit Si Tingxuan into Wind Descent Valley, but had abandoned the recruitment plan.
• Si Tingxuan noticed Shi Xiu’s comment that the first strike had left him no time to react and tried to understand how the attack had worked.
• Shi Xiu used his fourth soul ring and attacked from Si Tingxuan’s right, but Si Tingxuan narrowly dodged with Mystic Ripple Microstep and countered with Icy Slash.
• Shi Xiu evaded Icy Slash and told Si Tingxuan that his first sword strike was much faster than the second, which few Soul Sages could dodge.

Si Tingxuan failed to stop Shi Xiu from leaving and learned that Shi Xiu had sent his disguised daughter to become his disciple. After scanning Shi Xiaotian, Si Tingxuan discovered her Golden Clock martial soul and realized Shi Xiu’s speed likely came from manipulating time.

• Shi Xiu declared that his attacks could not harm Si Tingxuan, then vanished and left his daughter in Si Tingxuan’s care.
• Si Tingxuan asked the system why it could not scan Shi Xiu, and the system explained that Shi Xiu was too old to qualify as a potential disciple.
• Shi Xiaotian appeared and told Si Tingxuan that he was the first person to survive facing her father.
• Si Tingxuan scanned Shi Xiaotian and learned that she was a disguised girl with a Golden Clock martial soul and Level 32 soul power.
• Si Tingxuan inferred that Shi Xiu could affect time and recognized that Shi Xiaotian was the daughter Shi Xiu had entrusted to him.
• Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, and Yun Piaopiao came out and looked curiously at Shi Xiaotian.

Si Tingxuan learned that Shi Xiaotian was a gifted girl with powerful time-based soul skills and decided to take her as his disciple. As he reassured Long Wu and heard Shi Xiaotian explain her abilities, Yun Piaopiao jokingly misinterpreted his praise as calling her a “real man for one second.”

• Si Tingxuan decided to accept Shi Xiaotian despite his anger at Shi Xiu, then asked her to describe her talent and abilities.
• Shi Xiaotian introduced herself as a fourteen-year-old Soul Elder from Wind Descent Valley with Innate Level Eight Soul Power and a Golden Clock martial soul.
• Si Tingxuan comforted Long Wu about her low talent and promised her a birthday surprise, while Hua Qingluo and Yun Piaopiao asked for surprises on their birthdays too.
• Shi Xiaotian described her three time-based soul skills: Time Slowdown, Time Acceleration, and Time Disorder, each lasting one second.
• Si Tingxuan praised Shi Xiaotian’s soul skills as powerful, but Yun Piaopiao teased him by summing up his words as “a real man for one second.”

Si Tingxuan brought his five disciples to the Great Soul Arena for their first team spirit battle, where they faced an older team that doubted they were strong enough to qualify. Shi Xiaotian revealed her three soul rings as the match began.

• Si Tingxuan named Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, Yun Piaopiao, and Liu Shuangshuang as Shi Xiaotian's senior sisters, and Shi Xiaotian reluctantly greeted them.
• Liu Wuming learned that Shi Xiaotian was a Three-Ring Soul Venerable and arranged an average-strength team for the five disciples to face.
• Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, Yun Piaopiao, Liu Shuangshuang, and Shi Xiaotian registered at the Great Soul Arena and entered the sixth side arena.
• The opposing team's burly leader protested that the arena had sent children to fight them, but the referee said the match followed the rules.
• Shi Xiaotian said the opponents were underestimating them, summoned her Golden Clock, and displayed two yellow soul rings and one purple soul ring.

Shi Xiaotian’s third Soul Ring revealed him as a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old Three-Ring Soul Venerable, stunning the opposing team before their first spirit battle began. The match opened with both sides attacking, and Long Wu’s defensive skill blocked the opponents’ strikes just in time.

• Shi Xiaotian revealed his two yellow rings and one purple ring, prompting the referee to confirm his team’s ranking and start the match.
• Both teams summoned their Martial Souls, and the opponents were startled by Hua Qingluo’s team’s unusual abilities and lower ring counts.
• Yun Piaopiao rode her Cloud Mist into the air as the gray bear soul master ordered Ghost Girl and A Lang to attack.
• Ghost Girl entangled Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, Liu Shuangshuang, and Shi Xiaotian with vines while A Lang fired at Yun Piaopiao.
• The gray bear soul master, Demon Dog, and Cat Woman launched attacks, while Hua Qingluo used her Flame Revolving Pot to burn through the vines.
• Long Wu activated Thunder Shield Protection, blocking the attacks aimed at Yun Piaopiao, Hua Qingluo, and herself.

The Odd Soldiers Battle Team defeated an all-Three-Ring Soul Venerable team in their first soul fight through coordinated attacks. After the referee declared them the winners, Si Tingxuan praised their victory but scolded Shi Xiaotian for failing to strike first.

• Yun Piaopiao trusted Long Wu and Hua Qingluo to defend themselves, then released Poison Mist Sky as the team counterattacked.
• Liu Shuangshuang trapped Cat Woman inside Pagoda Furnace while Shi Xiaotian used Time Disorder to slow the opposing team and help the poison mist put most of them to sleep.
• The Gray Bear martial soul master surrendered after realizing he could not overcome the remaining Odd Soldiers alone, and Yun Piaopiao explained how his teammates could recover.
• The referee declared the Odd Soldiers Battle Team the winner, and the opposing team left the arena.
• Hua Qingluo and Liu Shuangshuang celebrated with Si Tingxuan and Liu Wuming, while Si Tingxuan scolded Shi Xiaotian for not striking first.

After the team won their first Soul Arena match, Si Tingxuan criticized Liu Shuangshuang and Shi Xiaotian for their mistakes, assigned Shi Xiaotian punishing speed training, and praised the others. He took the students to celebrate, while Liu Wuming questioned his strictness and left convinced Liu Shuangshuang would have a hard time.

• Si Tingxuan told Liu Shuangshuang she should have used her soul skills to seize the initiative and criticized Shi Xiaotian for failing to combine her soul skill with a sword strike.
• Si Tingxuan ordered Shi Xiaotian to run and sprint daily, then advised Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, and Yun Piaopiao to favor offense over defense.
• Si Tingxuan praised the team for their first victory and invited them to celebrate at a restaurant, telling Shi Xiaotian to consider new uses for her soul skill while they ate.
• Shi Xiaotian muttered that Si Tingxuan was punishing her because of Shi Xiu's sword strike, and Si Tingxuan wondered whether he should double her training.
• Liu Wuming declined to join the celebration and asked whether Si Tingxuan was being too strict; Si Tingxuan defended his high expectations, and Liu Wuming left worrying about Liu Shuangshuang.

Si Tingxuan arranged stronger spirit battle matches for his disciples and followed them to a restaurant with Liu Shuangshuang. When Liu Shuangshuang heard Wang Jiemiao being threatened by Xue Kun, she and the others rushed to help, leaving Xue Kun eyeing them with a wicked smile.

• Si Tingxuan told Liu Wuming to arrange two more matches for the disciples the next day because their opponents had not forced them to use their full strength.
• Liu Shuangshuang led Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, Yun Piaopiao, and Shi Xiaotian into a lavish restaurant while Si Tingxuan went with an attendant.
• On the way upstairs, the girls heard Xue Kun threaten Wang Jiemiao and boast that even a kingdom's Princess could be sent to his bed.
• Liu Shuangshuang rushed toward Wang Jiemiao, and Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, and Shi Xiaotian followed her as teammates.
• The five girls entered and found Wang Jiemiao with Granny Wang and others; Xue Kun looked over Liu Shuangshuang, Hua Qingluo, and Yun Piaopiao with a wicked smile.

Shi Xiaotian held Xue Kun at swordpoint after he threatened Hua Qingluo, Long Wu, Yun Piao Piao, and Liu Shuangshuang, while Granny Wang tried to keep the confrontation from turning deadly. As Xue Kun ordered his bodyguard to kill Shi Xiaotian, Si Tingxuan arrived and challenged the standoff.

• Xue Kun demanded that Wang Jiemiao leave while he kept the four women to drink with him and his teammates.
• Shi Xiaotian drew her sword against Xue Kun, and Granny Wang blocked Huang Jiao from striking her.
• Granny Wang warned Huang Jiao that the group would face serious consequences if Xue Kun were harmed.
• Xue Kun ordered Huang Jiao to kill Shi Xiaotian and threatened Granny Wang with revenge against the General's Residence.
• Shi Xiaotian cut Xue Kun's throat, and Si Tingxuan entered just as Xue Kun's side prepared to act.

Si Tingxuan arrived to stop Xue Kun’s group from harming his disciples and crippled the middle-aged Soul Sage who had attacked Shi Xiaotian. He then turned his attention to Xue Kun and demanded that he answer for his own actions.

• Shi Xiaotian prepared to strike after Granny Wang hesitated, but Si Tingxuan arrived and reassured his disciples.
• Granny Wang pleaded with Si Tingxuan to consider the consequences, and he acknowledged her help in protecting Shi Xiaotian.
• Si Tingxuan used Mystic Ripple Microstep and the Dragon Elephant Divine Art to crush the middle-aged man’s arm, then pointed his ice and flame swords at him and Xue Kun.
• The middle-aged man backed down, while Xue Kun and his teammates panicked at Si Tingxuan’s killing intent.
• Si Tingxuan spared the middle-aged man for Granny Wang’s sake, then asked Xue Kun what punishment he would face.

After driving Xue Kun’s group from the restaurant, Si Tingxuan argued that the Balak Kingdom should use its position between the two empires to resist Heaven Dou’s bullying. Outside, Xue Kun enlisted Liu Feng to recruit former teammates and arrange an attack on Si Tingxuan before morning.

• Si Tingxuan ordered Xue Kun’s group to fight his disciples the next morning and leave the restaurant; Xue Kun grudgingly departed with his companions.
• Granny Wang worried about the consequences of offending Heaven Dou’s Prince Heir, but Si Tingxuan argued that Balak should use Star Luo as leverage against its suzerain.
• Si Tingxuan called for the meal to continue and praised Shi Xiaotian for standing up to Xue Kun.
• Xue Kun told Liu Feng he could not accept the humiliation, and Liu Feng warned that several Soul Sages might still fail to defeat Si Tingxuan.
• The white-haired youth and Xue Kun promised Liu Feng a general’s position and a baron’s title if he arranged the attack; Liu Feng agreed and Xue Kun ordered him not to let Si Tingxuan live until morning.

After Si Tingxuan left the restaurant to test whether his enemies would ambush him, Zhang Mei warned Liu Feng and his companions that he was the continent’s top genius and far stronger than they expected. Their captain arrived and learned that Liu Feng wanted the group to confront the man who had crippled his arm.

• Si Tingxuan left his disciples with Granny Wang, silently asking her to protect them, then headed toward the General's Residence expecting a possible attack.
• Liu Feng and four companions watched Si Tingxuan leave from a teahouse, where Zhang Mei refused to help confront him.
• Zhang Mei identified Si Tingxuan as the Number One Genius of the Continent and described how he had beaten Zhao Wuji without going all out.
• Liu Feng's companions reconsidered confronting Si Tingxuan after hearing Zhang Mei's account of his strength.
• Their captain arrived, and Zhang Mei told him that Si Tingxuan had crippled Liu Feng's right arm and that Liu Feng wanted the group to deal with him.

Liu Feng offered Yuan Cheng a soul bone to assassinate Si Tingxuan, and Yuan Cheng struck Si Tingxuan with a powerful spiritual attack near the General's Residence. Si Tingxuan survived and pretended to be dead, but the guards carried him inside before he could confront his attacker.

• Liu Feng offered Yuan Cheng his illusion-type soul bone in exchange for killing Si Tingxuan, and Yuan Cheng accepted.
• Yuan Cheng followed Si Tingxuan and used his sixth soul skill, Soul Impact, to make him collapse near the General's Residence.
• Yuan Cheng retreated into the shadows when the residence guards rushed over, believing Si Tingxuan was dead.
• The guards carried Si Tingxuan into the General's Residence and prepared to notify the General.
• Si Tingxuan suddenly stood up, revealed that he had been pretending, and angrily kicked one of the guards for disrupting his plan to lure out his attacker.

Si Tingxuan faked his death at the General's Residence, then followed Yuan Cheng to an inn and ambushed him while he refined a soul bone. Yuan Cheng died after warning that his brother would come for Si Tingxuan.

• Si Tingxuan staged his death and had the guards carry a disguised guard into the General's Residence.
• Yuan Cheng visited Liu Feng at the teahouse, collected the soul bone, and left to refine it alone.
• Si Tingxuan followed Yuan Cheng to his inn and bribed an attendant to reveal his room.
• Si Tingxuan kicked down Yuan Cheng's door and struck him while he was refining the soul bone.
• Yuan Cheng recognized Si Tingxuan, warned that his brother would come for him, and died.

Si Tingxuan hunted down Blood Butcher Ren Chang and other Soul Sages while Liu Feng and Xue Kun celebrated the presumed death of Si Tingxuan. The chapter ended with Liu Feng discovering that everyone had been killed and freezing in terror.

• Si Tingxuan questioned Blood Butcher Ren Chang about the soul bone, then killed him with a swift sword strike when Ren Chang attacked.
• Si Tingxuan continued hunting Soul Sages across Suotuo City during the night.
• Liu Feng told Xue Kun and the Young General that his former captain had killed Si Tingxuan, and they promised to fulfill Liu Feng's rewards within a month.
• Xue Kun and the Young General planned a celebration, asking Liu Feng to arrange food, wine, and women.
• Liu Feng opened the door, saw that everyone was dead, and stood trembling in terror.

After five of Liu Feng’s Soul Sage teammates were found dead outside the room, Xue Kun and the others feared an unseen enemy was targeting them. At the General’s Residence, Si Tingxuan used the Martial Soul Mutation Device on Long Wu, transforming her two Martial Souls into a dragon-scaled pot lid and a one-clawed ice dragon.

• Liu Feng recognized the five corpses outside the room as his teammates, all Soul Sages who had been killed within half an hour.
• Xue Kun learned that Liu Feng’s formidable captain, who had killed Si Tingxuan, was dead, leaving the group afraid to flee or face their unknown attacker.
• Si Tingxuan gave Long Wu an ordinary herb and told her it would help her become stronger, while his disciples watched in surprise.
• After Long Wu ate the herb, Si Tingxuan used the Martial Soul Mutation Device on her, causing both her Martial Souls to change.
• Long Wu’s Ice Pot Lid became covered in dragon-like scales, and her Mutated Little Green Snake transformed into a one-clawed ice dragon.

Si Tingxuan’s system-enhanced grass transformed Long Wu’s martial souls, raising her talent and turning her little green snake into a flying Mystic Ice Flood Dragon. Long Wu broke down in tears over the suffering she had endured, and the chapter ended with Wang Qi arriving as she recalled the dragon into her body.

• Long Wu’s martial souls transformed into the Dragon Scale Ice Cover and the ten-meter Mystic Ice Flood Dragon, which could fly.
• Si Tingxuan scanned Long Wu and found that her innate soul power had risen from Level One to Level Six, bringing her soul power to Level 18.
• Long Wu recalled years of humiliation and grief, then threw herself into Si Tingxuan’s arms and cried.
• Hua Qingluo and Yun Piaopiao joined Long Wu in crying, while Shi Xiaotian and Liu Shuangshuang watched with reddened eyes.
• The flying flood dragon alarmed the guards and General Wang Qi, who arrived at Si Tingxuan’s courtyard.
• Long Wu stopped crying when she noticed Wang Qi and beckoned the Mystic Ice Flood Dragon back into her body.

Wang Qi realized Long Wu’s little green snake martial soul had transformed into a flood dragon and suspected she was a twin martial soul wielder, though he chose not to question her. At the Soul Battle Arena, Si Tingxuan threatened Xue Kun’s team into fighting his disciples, and the match began with Liu Shuangshuang trapping Xue Kun in her pagoda.

• Wang Qi watched the flood dragon enter Long Wu’s body and concluded that her martial soul had transformed, possibly making her a powerful twin martial soul wielder.
• Si Tingxuan confronted Xue Kun and Liu Feng’s teammates, warning them they could leave safely only if they defeated his disciples.
• Xue Kun reassured his team that they could beat the disciples, and both teams formed up for their Soul Battle Arena match.
• Yun Piaopiao used her cloud-and-mist martial soul to carry Hua Qingluo and Long Wu into the air as the teams unleashed their martial souls.
• Xue Kun flew toward the three women, but Liu Shuangshuang trapped him inside her pagoda furnace.
• A Heaven Dou Team member with a scepter martial soul activated his Third Soul Ring Skill, Meteor Fire Rain.

Hua Qingluo’s group countered Young General Wu’s team’s arena-wide fireball tactic with their own defenses, then isolated Xue Kun and left the remaining opponents exposed to Yun Piaopiao’s poisonous mist. The fight ended with Long Wu and Hua Qingluo launching an attack above the mist.

• Fang Li blanketed the arena with fireballs, while the Blue and White Glazed Bowl Soul Master shielded his teammates with a defensive skill.
• Liu Shuangshuang released Xue Kun, and Shi Xiaotian slowed his escape with Time Disorder as Long Wu protected her team with Thunder Shield Protection.
• The fireballs struck Xue Kun, while the others survived behind their shields and realized they had underestimated their opponents.
• Yun Piaopiao spread poisonous mist over the arena, and Shi Xiaotian and Liu Shuangshuang leaped out of the ring before Young General Wu’s team could use them for cover.
• Long Wu and Hua Qingluo attacked from above the poisonous mist.

Long Wu and Hua Qingluo used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Cucumber Salad, to batter Xue Kun, Young General, and their teammates until they surrendered. After the match, the girls pretended they had only continued attacking because their opponents had not given up, while the referee doubted their excuses.

• Long Wu and Hua Qingluo fused their martial souls, creating an enormous frying pan that Hua Qingluo wielded as the main force.
• Hua Qingluo repeatedly smashed the frying pan into the poisonous mist, and Long Wu and their opponents were caught in the attack.
• Liu Feng called for a surrender, and the referee ended the match after Hua Qingluo had swung eight times.
• The poisonous mist cleared to reveal Xue Kun, Young General, and their teammates badly injured and twitching on the arena floor.
• Long Wu and Hua Qingluo claimed their opponents had not surrendered, and Hua Qingluo insisted that her strikes had been justified.
• The referee distrusted the girls’ excuses and cautiously stepped away from them.