Chapter Summaries

After Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai were treated, Lin Xuan explained their fight to Flender and refused to include Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun in the tournament lineup. Zhu Zhuqing recovered in Lin Xuan’s care, and Tang San invited him to help found the Tang Sect someday, promising him the position of vice sect master.

• Jiangzhu healed Zhu Zhuqing’s wounds with her third Soul Skill and stopped Dai Mubai’s bleeding with her first.
• Flender and Liu Erlong arrived, and Lin Xuan explained how Dai Mubai had challenged Zhu Zhuqing after she ended their engagement.
• Lin Xuan told Flender that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun would not join the tournament team, while Oscar could still earn a place through proper training.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke in Lin Xuan’s arms, then returned to the dormitory with him and rested while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong helped her change.
• Tang San told Lin Xuan he hoped to found a sect using his hidden weapons and cultivation techniques, and Lin Xuan agreed to help in exchange for becoming vice sect master.

Zhu Zhuqing asked to follow Lin Xuan, and he welcomed her into the group as Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San pledged to face the future together. After a month of cultivation and sparring, Lin Xuan set the team’s tournament lineup and announced they would compete in their first seven-on-seven Battle Arena match that night.

• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Xuan for helping her defeat Dai Mubai and asked to follow him, and Lin Xuan agreed to face the future together.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San joined Zhu Zhuqing in pledging to stay with Lin Xuan, while the team gathered in the courtyard.
• Lin Xuan gave Clear Mind Talismans to the team, canceled that night’s matches because Zhu Zhuqing was injured, and urged everyone to cultivate.
• Over the next month, the team trained with the talismans, and Ning Rongrong advanced her Heart Separation Control to the Four-Aperture Constant Heart.
• Lin Xuan assigned the starting seven and named Jing Ling and Jiangzhu as substitutes for specialized matchups.
• Lin Xuan announced that the team would go to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena that night to win its first seven-on-seven match.

Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu could not enter a Copper Soul Fighting team match because their Soul Ancestor ranks would place the team against seven Soul Ancestors. They became substitutes while Tang San led the Soul Elder lineup, and Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu won their solo matches before preparing for a two-on-two bout.

• The registration attendant explained that Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu’s Soul Ancestor levels and Silver Soul Badges would force their team to face Soul Ancestors.
• Lin Xuan and Tang San agreed that the strength gap would prevent the Soul Elders from practicing coordination, so Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu became substitutes for the seven-person match.
• Lin Xuan assigned Tang San to lead the team, with Tai Long and Huang Yuan at the front, Zhu Zhuqing and Jing Ling on the flanks, and Ning Rongrong and Jiangzhu providing support and healing.
• Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu registered for solo matches and a two-on-two match, then Xiao Wu quickly defeated a level-forty-one agility-type Soul Ancestor with her Soul Skills.
• Lin Xuan defeated a level-forty-two defensive Soul Master using his Gale, Frost Lock, and Thunder Talisman abilities.

Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu entered a doubles match at the Great Soul Arena, where Lin Xuan empowered Xiao Wu with five Talismans at once. Xiao Wu overwhelmed the Iron-Horned Bull Soul Masters and began to finish the fight, leaving the match unresolved.

• Xiao Wu persuaded Lin Xuan to use his lightning-type Soul Skill on her in their doubles match, and he explained that his Great Fireball Talisman was safe to use one at a time.
• Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu faced two level forty-five Iron-Horned Bull Soul Masters in the seventh two-on-two match.
• Lin Xuan used five Talismans on Xiao Wu and five on himself, granting Xiao Wu heightened focus, speed, and attacks infused with fire, ice, and lightning.
• Xiao Wu dodged the opponents' charge and used Teleportation, Waist Bow, and her Talisman-enhanced strikes to burn and freeze them while avoiding their attacks.
• Xiao Wu used Charm on the Soul Master on the right and activated Invincible Golden Body as the other Soul Master's fist neared her.

Xiao Wu and Lin Xuan defeated two level-forty-five Soul Masters in the Great Soul Arena, drawing the attention of Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team. They discussed arranging an exchange match, while the Blue Tyrant Team won its own battle against seven Soul Elders.

• Xiao Wu used her golden protection and Explosive Eight-Stage Fall to defeat both Iron-Horned Bulls with Lin Xuan's support, and the referee declared the Jade Talisman Duo victorious.
• Yu Tianheng noticed Lin Xuan's ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, and Dugu Yan identified him as a member of Blue Tyrant Academy who had helped increase her strength.
• Yu Tianheng proposed an academy exchange match against Lin Xuan's team, and Dugu Yan agreed to ask Teacher Qin Ming for approval.
• Lin Xuan praised Xiao Wu's performance as they walked to the spectator seats, where Tang San and the Blue Tyrant Team were battling seven Soul Elders.
• Tang San restrained the remaining opponents with Spider Web Restraint, and the referee declared the Blue Tyrant Team the winner.

After winning their match, Lin Xuan and the Blue Tyrant Academy team encountered Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Team, who challenged them to a seven-on-seven exhibition match. Lin Xuan accepted, and both teams prepared to meet at the Great Soul Arena in three days.

• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other teammates praised their coordination, while Tang San said they still needed to improve their teamwork.
• Lin Xuan’s team met Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team in the Great Soul Arena passage, where Dugu Yan greeted Lin Xuan.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Blue Tyrant Academy to a seven-on-seven exhibition match, and Dugu Yan proposed holding it at the VIP arena in three days.
• Lin Xuan accepted the challenge, and Yu Tianheng asked him to bring the full starting lineup.
• After leaving the arena, the team discussed the Imperial Fighting Team’s strength, and Tang San and Lin Xuan agreed to study their opponents before the match.

Dugu Yan delivered Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s formal challenge to Lin Xuan, setting an exhibition match against the Blue Tyrant Team for the evening after tomorrow. Dugu Bo revealed that Lin Xuan’s help had stabilized his poison and raised him to level ninety-two, while Dugu Yan had reached level forty-two.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and asked to see Lin Xuan.
• Flender and Liu Erlong led them to Lin Xuan, then left him with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo teased Lin Xuan about visiting Dugu Yan and suggested transferring her to Blue Tyrant Academy, but Dugu Yan objected because the tournament was near.
• Dugu Yan delivered Qin Ming’s challenge for a match at the Great Soul Arena’s central VIP stage the evening after tomorrow, and Lin Xuan accepted on behalf of the Blue Tyrant Team.
• Dugu Yan boasted about Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team’s strength, while Lin Xuan remained confident in his team’s chances.
• Dugu Bo said his poison had stabilized and he had broken through to level ninety-two, while Dugu Yan had reached level forty-two; then he warned Lin Xuan not to harm her before leaving with her.

Lin Xuan demonstrated four devastating elemental talismans to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San, who marveled at his power and encouraged his plan to combine fire and lightning. After learning about Lin Xuan and Ning Rongrong’s place on Blue Tyrant Academy’s team, Xue Qinghe decided to attend the upcoming exhibition match and investigate Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan took Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San to Back Hill and showed them his Great Fireball, Rending Wind, Frost Arrow, and Heavenly Thunder Talismans.
• Tang San and the others were stunned by the talismans’ destructive power, and Lin Xuan explained that he shaped and compressed his elemental Soul Power to create them.
• Lin Xuan said he was considering fusing fire and lightning into one talisman, and his companions expressed confidence that he would succeed.
• At the Crown Prince's Residence, Xue Qinghe learned that the Imperial Fighting Team would face Blue Tyrant Academy and that its captain had a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Ning Rongrong was competing with Blue Tyrant Team and arranged to invite Ning Fengzhi to watch the match, intent on finding out who Lin Xuan was.

Ning Fengzhi learned of the upcoming match between Blue Tyrant Academy and the Imperial Fighting Team and decided to attend. On the eve of the battle, Lin Xuan assigned his team’s formation and matchups while Dugu Yan warned the Imperial Fighting Team not to underestimate him.

• The Crown Prince’s attendant told Ning Fengzhi that the Imperial Fighting Team had challenged Blue Tyrant Academy, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to watch the match.
• Flender and Liu Erlong brought the Blue Tyrant Team to the Great Soul Arena, where Lin Xuan named Jing Ling and Jiangzhu as substitutes and assigned the others their roles.
• Lin Xuan planned for Tai Long and Huang Yuan to hold Yu Tianheng, while he targeted Shi Mo and Shi Mo, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing faced Yu Feng and Osler, and Tang San controlled Dugu Yan.
• Lin Xuan instructed Ning Rongrong to use her Four-Aperture Constant Heart to boost four teammates, and she agreed to support the team’s swift victory.
• Dugu Yan warned the Imperial Fighting Team that Lin Xuan was not an ordinary support Soul Master and that her poison had no effect on him, but Yu Tianheng remained confident.

The Imperial Fighting Team prepared to face Blue Tyrant Academy, while Dugu Yan warned Yu Tianheng not to underestimate Lin Xuan. In the VIP box, Ning Fengzhi revealed Lin Xuan’s age and achievements to Xue Qinghe, leaving him astonished as the match had yet to begin.

• Dugu Yan warned Yu Tianheng that Lin Xuan’s unusual skills made him dangerous, but Yu Tianheng dismissed her concerns and predicted an Imperial Fighting Team victory.
• Yu Feng, Osler, and Shi Mo and Shi Mo reassured Dugu Yan that the team would win and protect her and Ye Lingling.
• At the arena, Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi why the Imperial Fighting Team had challenged Blue Tyrant Academy, and Ning Fengzhi said its captain, Lin Xuan, was a twelve-year-old level-forty-two Soul Ancestor.
• Ning Fengzhi described the other young members’ high Soul Power levels and revealed that Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi credited Lin Xuan’s rare treasures from Sunset Forest for the team’s rapid cultivation and Martial Soul evolutions, astonishing Xue Qinghe.

Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Qinghe to treat Lin Xuan as an equal, praising his character and friendship with Dugu Bo. The Imperial Fighting Team and Blue Tyrant Team took the arena, and the chapter ended as Lin Xuan revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.

• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that Lin Xuan had the potential to become a legendary figure and that Dugu Bo was his close friend.
• Xue Qinghe thanked Ning Fengzhi and resolved to treat Lin Xuan with courtesy while watching the match.
• The Imperial Fighting Team and Blue Tyrant Team entered the arena, and Lin Xuan told Xiao Wu he would handle the Shi brothers while she and Zhu Zhuqing watched the agility attackers.
• Yu Tianheng declared he would win, and Tang San reminded his teammates to follow their planned positions and guard against Yu Tianheng's attack.
• Both teams summoned their Martial Souls, and Lin Xuan revealed a black ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, shocking the audience.

Lin Xuan revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and supported his team with a barrage of talismans as the match against the Blue Tyrant Team began. He sent Tai Long and Huang Yuan to hold off Yu Tianheng while he moved toward the flank.

• The VIP spectators, including Xue Qinghe, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi, were shocked by Lin Xuan's ten-thousand-year fourth ring and Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Both teams summoned their martial souls, and the referee started the match.
• Lin Xuan used a Clear Mind Talisman and scattered thirty-two talismans, enhancing his teammates while Ning Rongrong boosted their strength, speed, and soul power.
• Lin Xuan moved toward the Blue Tyrant Team's flank and told Tai Long and Huang Yuan to hold off Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng attacked with Thunderclap Dragon Claw as Tai Long met the strike with Explosive Great Strength and Huang Yuan charged from the side with Hungry Wolf Assault.

The Blue Tyrant Team overwhelmed the Imperial Fighting Team with poison countermeasures and powerful boosts, eliminating its two agility attackers. Lin Xuan then unleashed four Heavenly Thunder Talismans against the Shi Brothers' joined shields, leaving the strike's result unresolved.

• Tai Long forced Yu Tianheng back as Dugu Yan used her poisons to support the Imperial Fighting Team and restrict the Blue Tyrant Team's attacks.
• Tang San burned away Dugu Yan's poisonous mist with realgar liquor and fire, while Xiao Wu slammed Yu Feng into the arena and knocked him unconscious despite Ye Lingling's healing.
• Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Osler with her speed and Soul Skills, knocking him out of the arena.
• Xue Qinghe reacted with shock to the Imperial Fighting Team's losses, and Ning Fengzhi credited the Blue Tyrant Team's strength to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Lin Xuan's Talisman Paper.
• The Shi Brothers formed a Black Tortoise Shield barrier to protect Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, but Lin Xuan summoned four Heavenly Thunder Talismans and sent them crashing down.

Lin Xuan directed the Blue Tyrant Team as they eliminated the Imperial Fighting Team in under three minutes. Xiao Wu defeated Yu Tianheng with her Soul Skills, securing the victory and leaving the arena in uproar.

• Lin Xuan redirected his teammates, sending Xiao Wu to fight Yu Tianheng, Zhu Zhuqing to escort Ye Lingling out, and Tai Long and Huang Yuan to attack the Shi Brothers.
• Lin Xuan froze Dugu Yan and carried her beyond the arena line, while Zhu Zhuqing escorted Ye Lingling out without harming her.
• Tang San restrained the Shi Brothers, allowing Tai Long and Huang Yuan to knock them off the platform.
• Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body to repel Yu Tianheng's attack, then stunned him with Charm and threw him below the platform.
• The referee confirmed that every Imperial Fighting Team member had been eliminated and declared the Blue Tyrant Team the winner.

Lin Xuan and the Blue Tyrant Team defeated the Imperial Fighting Team in under three minutes, then celebrated and reviewed how their coordination and talismans secured the victory. Lin Xuan left his teammates prepared for future matches as the group joked about his interaction with Dugu Yan.

• Ye Lingling used the Nine-Heart Begonia to heal Yu Tianheng and the other defeated Imperial Fighting Team members, and Yu Tianheng admitted they had lost completely.
• Tai Long and Huang Yuan excitedly praised Lin Xuan's talismans and Ning Rongrong's support as the Blue Tyrant Team walked backstage.
• Ning Rongrong called Lin Xuan the world's best support, while Lin Xuan praised her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as the best for sustained combat support.
• Lin Xuan reviewed the victory, crediting Tang San's battlefield control, the talismans, Tai Long and Huang Yuan's defense, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's assault.
• Lin Xuan reminded Jing Ling and Jiangzhu to stay ready for future rotation matches, and Tai Long and Huang Yuan joked about Lin Xuan carrying Dugu Yan off the platform.

After the Blue Tyrant Team defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, Dugu Bo confronted Lin Xuan about carrying Dugu Yan from the arena and tried to press him into taking responsibility. Lin Xuan refused to promise anything, and the story left off as someone knocked on the waiting-room door.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Xue Qinghe to meet the victorious Blue Tyrant Team, while Gu Rong warned him to protect Ning Rongrong's feelings.
• Flender and Liu Erlong praised the team's victory, and Flender offered to distribute the remaining appearance fee among the Soul Masters.
• Dugu Bo entered the waiting room and accused Lin Xuan of taking advantage of Dugu Yan by carrying her away in public.
• Lin Xuan explained that he had carried Dugu Yan off the arena to avoid hurting her, while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted tensely.
• Dugu Bo tried to match Lin Xuan with Dugu Yan, but Lin Xuan said Dugu Yan had to agree too, and someone knocked on the door.

Crown Prince Xue Qinghe visited Blue Tyrant Academy after the team’s victory and praised Lin Xuan while offering him support and a place at the Crown Prince’s Residence. Lin Xuan accepted the offer politely without pledging allegiance, and the visitors left as Flender warned against getting involved in royal politics.

• Ning Rongrong opened the door to find Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, prompting everyone but Dugu Bo to greet them formally.
• Xue Qinghe praised the Blue Tyrant Team’s victory and Lin Xuan’s abilities, while Dugu Bo explained that Lin Xuan had bullied his granddaughter Dugu Yan in the arena.
• Xue Qinghe teased Lin Xuan about Dugu Yan, then praised his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and Talisman Paper as Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong reacted jealously.
• Xue Qinghe offered Lin Xuan help and cultivation resources through the Crown Prince’s Residence, and Lin Xuan thanked him without committing himself.
• Ning Fengzhi reminded Ning Rongrong to celebrate responsibly, and Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong departed.
• Flender praised Lin Xuan for avoiding a political commitment and warned that commoner Soul Masters should stay clear of royal politics.

After the Blue Tyrant Academy team defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, Flender reunited with his former student Qin Ming, while Qian Renxue considered how to win Lin Xuan over. The teams parted after Qin Ming urged his students to train harder, and Qian Renxue left Ning Fengzhi’s advice weighing against her own plan to control Lin Xuan.

• Dugu Bo warned Lin Xuan to keep his distance from Xue Qinghe, then joined Flender’s victory feast.
• Flender and Qin Ming recognized each other in the Great Soul Arena corridor, and Qin Ming greeted his former dean as his teacher.
• Qin Ming introduced Flender to Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team, urging them to train with the Blue Tyrant Team after their defeat.
• Dugu Bo invited Dugu Yan to supper with Lin Xuan, but she blushed, refused, and hurried away with Ye Lingling.
• On the carriage ride back, Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi how to bring Lin Xuan closer to the empire.
• Ning Fengzhi advised Xue Qinghe to build trust by helping the Blue Tyrant Team without pressuring Lin Xuan, while Qian Renxue privately wanted a way to control him more firmly.

Nine months of training with Lin Xuan’s Clear Mind Talismans greatly advanced the Blue Tyrant Team’s Soul Power. In Sunset Forest, the team helped Zhu Zhuqing obtain a Soul Ring suited to her Martial Soul, while Lin Xuan explained how Soul Skills shaped different cultivation paths.

• Over nine months, Tang San and Ning Rongrong rose from rank thirty-six to thirty-nine, Xiao Wu advanced to rank forty-five, Zhu Zhuqing reached the rank-forty bottleneck, and Lin Xuan settled at the peak of rank forty-five.
• Lin Xuan led the team into Sunset Forest to help Zhu Zhuqing hunt for a Soul Ring and chose a Netherworld Ghost Tiger nearly five thousand years old.
• The Blue Tyrant Team surrounded and killed the Netherworld Ghost Tiger, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed its purple Soul Ring with help from Lin Xuan’s Clear Mind Talisman.
• Ning Rongrong asked why Zhu Zhuqing was not seeking a buffing Soul Skill, and Lin Xuan explained the importance of key Soul Ring stages and Zhu Zhuqing’s existing third Soul Skill.
• Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling described how their different Martial Souls shaped their Soul Skills, and Tang San agreed with Lin Xuan’s reasoning.
• Xiao Wu asked how Lin Xuan knew so much, and he told her the answers could be found in books she never read.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed her fourth soul ring, reached level 41, and demonstrated her Netherworld Shadow Clone skill. On the way back from Sunset Forest, Lin Xuan pointed Tang San toward the Strength Clan’s smithy for his hidden weapon components, and the group agreed to visit it the next morning.

• Zhu Zhuqing completed absorbing her purple soul ring, reached level 41, and revealed that her Netherworld Shadow Clone skill created two powerful, position-swapping clones.
• Lin Xuan gave Zhu Zhuqing water, and the group left Sunset Forest after completing their soul-hunting objective.
• Tang San told Lin Xuan he had failed to find smiths in Heaven Dou City capable of making precise hidden weapon components.
• Lin Xuan reminded Tang San that Tai Long’s Strength Clan was renowned for its smithing, and Tai Long invited him to the clan workshop.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the others joined Tang San in agreeing to visit the Strength Clan the next morning before the group returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.