Chapter Summaries

Ling Han defeated a Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Dragon in the Far North and absorbed its Soul Ring and right arm bone. He emerged at level seventy-six with a red seventh Soul Ring, a major step toward becoming Soul Saint.

• Ling Han unleashed Profound Ice Dragon Soar and critically wounded the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Dragon.
• Ling Han killed the Ice Dragon and began absorbing its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ling Han fought and destroyed the Ice Dragon’s lingering soul in his Sea of Consciousness.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Dragon right arm bone emerged from the corpse and merged with Ling Han.
• After three hours, Ling Han finished absorbing the rewards and revealed his level-seventy-six cultivation and seven Soul Rings, including a crimson seventh ring.

Ling Han returned to Dugu Bo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then left to find Tang San. He encouraged Tang San after hearing him disparage his Blue Silver Grass, and ended by noticing how thin the boy was.

• Ling Han showed Dugu Bo his seventh Soul Ring, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and reassured him after Dugu Bo scolded him for taking such a dangerous risk.
• Ling Han told Dugu Bo he would travel for a few years, then flew away to seek Tang San.
• Tang San struggled to cultivate after awakening Blue Silver Grass and wondered whether it was truly a Trash Martial Soul.
• Ling Han approached Tang San, introduced himself as a wanderer, and told him that effort mattered more than a Martial Soul’s quality.
• Tang San apologized and introduced himself, while Ling Han asked why he was so thin despite having awakened his Martial Soul.

Ling Han fed Tang San, encouraged him to cultivate his Blue Silver Grass, and left for Nuoding Academy to arrange to become his teacher. He proved his strength to Dean Li Shan, who then struggled to decide what position to offer him.

• Ling Han shared roast chicken and buns with Tang San, who felt an unfamiliar fatherly affection toward him and promised to work hard after Ling Han left.
• Ling Han traveled to Nuoding City and went to Nouding Academy, intending to wait for Tang San and take him as his disciple.
• Ling Han asked Dean Li Shan for a teaching position and submitted a form claiming he was an eighteen-year-old Level 76 Soul Saint.
• Li Shan doubted Ling Han's form, so Ling Han revealed his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul and seven Soul Rings, including a red one.
• Li Shan apologized and wondered what position he could offer Ling Han without placing himself above him or assigning him a role Ling Han did not want.

Ling Han became Nouding Academy’s honored patron and humiliated Yu Xiaogang after Yu picked a fight with him. When Tang San arrived with Grandpa Jack, the gatekeeper mocked his Blue Silver Grass certificate and refused to admit him.

• Li Shan offered Ling Han the academy’s honored patron position, and Ling Han agreed to help if the academy faced trouble.
• Yu Xiaogang collided with Ling Han, demanded an apology, and was slapped twice before Ling Han froze Luo Sanpao; Li Shan intervened and showed Ling Han to his new residence.
• Ling Han settled into the academy and waited for Tang San’s arrival, while Yu Xiaogang kept his distance from him.
• Ling Han saw Yu Xiaogang lurking near the gate as Tang San and Grandpa Jack arrived at Nouding Academy.
• The gatekeeper sneered at Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and innate full soul power certificate and told him and Grandpa Jack to leave.

Ling Han helped Tang San enroll at Nouding Academy after rebuking Yu Xiaogang, then took him to Dorm Seven. There, Wang Sheng challenged Tang San to a sparring match to decide who would be dorm boss.

• Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San's Martial Soul certificate and praised his innate full soul power, but Ling Han mocked Yu Xiaogang and his Martial Soul.
• Ling Han reunited with Tang San, assured Old Jack that he would look after the boy, and took Tang San into Nouding Academy.
• Ling Han personally arranged Tang San's enrollment as a work-study student, and Tang San learned that Ling Han was only eighteen.
• Ling Han gave Tang San an oversized quilt for Dorm Seven and encouraged him to accept Wang Sheng's challenge for the dorm's boss position.

Tang San defeated Wang Sheng and became Dorm Seven’s boss, then accepted Ling Han as his master after revealing his Twin Martial Souls. Tang San later lost Dorm Seven’s leadership to Xiao Wu, and Ling Han left satisfied after seeing the two share a quilt.

• Tang San used his Tang Sect techniques to defeat Wang Sheng, who named him Dorm Seven’s new boss.
• Ling Han brought Tang San to his office, deduced that he had Twin Martial Souls, and learned that his second Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ling Han revealed that he was a rank seventy-six Soul Saint and asked Tang San whether he wanted to take a master.
• Tang San knelt and asked Ling Han to accept him as his disciple, and Ling Han gave him Gold Soul Coins and a Storage Soul Tool.
• Tang San met Xiao Wu, lost a fight to her through carelessness, and Xiao Wu became Dorm Seven’s boss.
• Ling Han watched Tang San and Xiao Wu share his large quilt, then left satisfied.

Ling Han took Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain his First Soul Ring and showed him the power of his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul. After cooking fried fish for Tang San, Ling Han searched for a suitable Plant-type Soul Beast while Yu Xiaogang entered the forest to pursue them.

• Ling Han took Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest, while Yu Xiaogang secretly followed to prove his theory.
• Ling Han revealed his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul and seven Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, shocking Tang San.
• Ling Han froze a stream, caught fish, and fried them while teaching Tang San that fish must cook slowly.
• After they ate, Ling Han began searching for a suitable Plant-type Soul Beast as Yu Xiaogang entered the forest and looked for them.
• Ling Han spotted a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo ahead.

Ling Han stopped Yu Xiaogang from using Tang San to test his unproven soul-ring theory and exposed the weakness of his claimed first-ring age limit. He left Yu Xiaogang at Tang San’s mercy, ordering his disciple to beat him.

• Ling Han advised Tang San to seek a suitably aged Solitary Bamboo for his first soul ring and offered to help find one.
• Yu Xiaogang fled from a hundred-year-old Mandala Snake, and Ling Han froze the beast before it could attack them.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to kill the snake and absorb its soul ring, claiming his theory allowed a first ring up to four hundred and twenty-three years old and that Blue Silver Grass could use animal soul beasts.
• Ling Han challenged Yu Xiaogang for having no proof and showed him his own nearly nine-hundred-year first soul ring.
• Ling Han handed Tang San a protected Ultimate Ice staff and ordered him to beat Yu Xiaogang, then told him to strike Yu Xiaogang in the mouth.

Ling Han helped Tang San find and absorb a century-old Lone Bamboo as his First Soul Ring, awakening the Blue Silver Enhancement skill. After Tang San discovered he could concentrate the enhancement into a single trait, Ling Han took him back to rest.

• Tang San beat Gangzi after the Yu Xiaogang incident, then followed Ling Han to continue searching for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Ling Han found a roughly four-hundred-year-old Lone Bamboo and gave Tang San an Ultimate Ice sword to cut it down.
• Tang San absorbed the Lone Bamboo's Hundred-Year Soul Ring and reached Soul Power Level thirteen.
• Tang San demonstrated Blue Silver Enhancement, which strengthened his Blue Silver Grass in proportion to the Soul Power he used.
• At Ling Han's suggestion, Tang San concentrated the enhancement on toughness, making the Blue Silver Grass nearly unbreakable until his Soul Power ran out.
• Ling Han spread his Ice Wings and carried the exhausted Tang San back.

Tang San rushed to Back Mountain after hearing Xiao Wu was in danger and defeated Xiao Chenyu, forcing him to apologize to her. His victory spread through the academy, where students admired him but worried that Xiao Chenyu’s powerful father might retaliate.

• Tang San went to Back Mountain while Ling Han followed from the air, and found Xiao Wu’s work-study students facing Xiao Chenyu’s group.
• After Wang Sheng lost to Liu Long, Tang San challenged Xiao Chenyu and revealed a hundred-year Soul Ring.
• Tang San used his strengthened Blue Silver Grass and Tang Sect techniques to bind and defeat Xiao Chenyu.
• Tang San slapped Xiao Chenyu twice, then made him agree to apologize to Xiao Wu.
• Wang Sheng spread news of Tang San’s victory throughout the academy, where students began admiring him and fearing Xiao Chenyu’s father’s response.

Xiao Gang confronted the academy over Tang San beating Xiao Chenyu, but Ling Han revealed his overwhelming strength and forced Xiao Gang and Xiao Chenyu to apologize. Afterward, Ling Han reflected on Tang San’s Blue Silver Enhancement skill and considered what to do next.

• Xiao Gang demanded that Headmaster Li Shan answer for Tang San beating Xiao Chenyu, but Li Shan said he could not intervene.
• Ling Han arrived and challenged Xiao Gang, then overwhelmed him with the pressure of his Seven-Ring Soul Sage cultivation and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Gang agreed to fetch Xiao Chenyu and bring him to apologize to Tang San.
• Xiao Gang slapped Xiao Chenyu and ordered him to apologize, and Ling Han revealed that Tang San was his disciple.
• Xiao Gang harshly disciplined Xiao Chenyu in front of Ling Han and Tang San, and Ling Han later considered the potential of Tang San’s Blue Silver Enhancement skill.

Ling Han helped Tang San explore Blue Silver Enhancement, teaching him to strengthen Blue Silver Grass’s qualities and reshape it into a weapon. Tang San successfully formed a spear powerful enough to pierce a boulder, and Ling Han left him to rest and continue training.

• Ling Han took Tang San to the Back Mountain and had him use enhanced sharpness and hardness to punch a hole through a tree, though the attack consumed substantial Soul Power.
• Tang San tested other qualities of Blue Silver Grass, confirming the broad potential of Blue Silver Enhancement.
• Ling Han showed Tang San how he formed an ice spear and launched an Ice Dragon, then urged him to imagine his Blue Silver Grass as an element and reshape it.
• Tang San transformed his Blue Silver Grass into a spear and punched a hole through a large boulder with it.
• Ling Han praised Tang San, ended the practice, and sent him back to Dorm Seven to rest and keep training.

Ling Han watched Tang San spar with Xiao Wu, then caught Yu Xiaogang secretly observing them and insulting him. He frightened Yu Xiaogang during a flight high above the academy before dropping him back on the ground, then returned to find the sparring square empty.

• Ling Han watched Tang San use a Blue Silver Grass spear against Xiao Wu, whose agility kept their sparring at a stalemate.
• Ling Han overheard Yu Xiaogang complaining that Tang San should have become his disciple and blaming Ling Han for disrupting his Soul Ring theory.
• Ling Han froze Yu Xiaogang's mouth and neck, carried him into the air, and let him fall before catching him again.
• Yu Xiaogang begged Ling Han to forgive him and promised to stop speaking ill of him behind his back.
• Ling Han flew Yu Xiaogang back to Nouding Academy and dropped him from a few meters up, then returned to find Tang San and Xiao Wu gone.

Ling Han taught Tang San to shape his blue silver grass into a dragon, and Tang San succeeded in making it fly before collapsing from exhaustion. Xiao Wu cared for the sleeping Tang San after Ling Han brought him back to Dorm Seven.

• Ling Han demonstrated how to form an ice dragon and encouraged Tang San to try the technique with blue silver grass.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Enhancement and his spiritual power to shape a torrent of blue energy into a dragon.
• Tang San climbed onto the blue dragon and made it fly, then fainted from exhaustion as Ling Han caught him.
• Ling Han carried Tang San back to Dorm Seven and left him in Xiao Wu's care.
• Xiao Wu carried Tang San to bed, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and returned to her own bed beside him.

Ling Han returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to retrieve the Ice Dragon King's Soul Bone and began absorbing it. Inside his Sea of Consciousness, he encountered an ice-blue dragon identical to his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul.

• Tang San agreed to return home for the holidays if Ling Han had not returned by then.
• Ling Han visited Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and went to retrieve the Ice Dragon King's Soul Bone.
• Ling Han transformed into an Ice Dragon, descended into the Cold Spring, and removed the Ice Dragon King's torso bone from its remains.
• Ling Han showed the Soul Bone to Dugu Bo, then began absorbing it while Dugu Bo kept watch.
• Ling Han entered his Sea of Consciousness and saw an ice-blue dragon that looked exactly like his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul.

Ling Han awakened the Ice Dragon King's remnant soul while absorbing its Soul Bone, broke through the level-eighty bottleneck, and received the dragon soul's protection. After meeting Tang Hao, Ling Han traveled to the Far North to claim the Ice Empress as his Eighth Soul Ring, reaching the edge of its Core Area.

• Ling Han recognized the Ice Dragon King's self-aware remnant soul, which promised to protect and follow him.
• Ling Han absorbed the Ice Dragon King's Soul Bone, broke through the level-eighty bottleneck, and gained enough physical strength to withstand an attack from a level-ninety-five Super Douluo.
• Tang Hao visited Ling Han, gave him a Spirit Hall Pope Token, and asked him to keep their meeting secret from Tang San.
• When Nouding Academy closed for vacation, Tang San and Xiao Wu left, and Ling Han set out for the Far North to obtain the Ice Empress as his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Protected by the Ice Dragon King's dragon soul, Ling Han crossed the Far North unhindered and reached the edge of its Core Area.

Ling Han used his Ice Dragon King powers to confront the Ice Empress in her territory and easily overwhelmed her. He threatened to keep her pinned until the Snow Empress arrived, leaving the Ice Empress shaken by the danger to her closest companion.

• Ling Han captured a ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion and forced it to lead him toward the Ice Empress's territory.
• The Ice Empress confronted Ling Han and attacked him with an icicle, but her pressure and attack had no effect.
• Ling Han activated Dragon King Descent, transforming with the Ice Dragon King's power and suppressing the Ice Empress.
• Ling Han restrained the Ice Empress and teased her, then threatened to hold her until the Snow Empress arrived.
• The Ice Empress's resolve weakened when Ling Han brought up the Snow Empress and their bond.

Ling Han forced the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself, absorbing her 380,000-year soul ring and left arm bone and reaching peak level 89. He then used the Ice Empress's aura to draw the Snow Empress toward him, leaving the Ice Empress helpless and distraught in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Ling Han threatened the Ice Empress through Xue'er until she agreed to sacrifice herself, and he chose her left arm bone.
• The Ice Empress transformed and sacrificed herself, leaving Ling Han a red soul ring with three golden lines and a complete left arm bone.
• Ling Han spent a day and night absorbing the Ice Empress's soul ring and bone, raising his soul power to peak level 89.
• The Ice Empress objected when Ling Han said he would seek out the Snow Empress, but he insisted that he had only promised not to hurt her.
• Ling Han activated the Ice Empress's aura through his new soul bone, and the Snow Empress's stronger aura soon approached.

Ling Han defeated Snow Empress and revealed that Ice Empress had sacrificed herself to become his Soul Ring. Convinced by Ice Empress and the prospect of becoming a god alongside her, Snow Empress agreed to join Ling Han, and they left the Far North together.

• Snow Empress attacked Ling Han after seeing Ice Empress’s aura and learning from his Eighth Soul Ring that Ice Empress had died.
• Ling Han’s Profound Ice Dragon Soar overwhelmed Snow Empress’s Emperor Sword, and he suppressed her with Dragon King’s Descent without injuring her.
• Ling Han released the barrier around his Sea of Consciousness, allowing Ice Empress’s soul to appear and explain that she had sacrificed herself to him.
• Ling Han invited Snow Empress to become his Ninth Soul Ring and promised that she and Ice Empress could become gods together.
• Snow Empress accepted Ling Han’s offer, took the aura-concealing Sachet he gave her, and left the Far North with him for Nouding Academy.

Ling Han welcomed the Snow Empress into his home and watched Tang San demonstrate his improved Blue Silver Grass technique. After Tang San and Xiao Wu left, Ling Han gave the Snow Empress medicine for her injuries and began planning his next step for Tang San.

• Ling Han brought the Snow Empress to his residence, where Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived to visit him.
• Tang San told Ling Han he had reached level sixteen, then used his first Soul Skill to form a Blue Silver Dragon that shattered a stone post and exhausted his Soul Power.
• Ling Han praised Tang San, warned him to reserve the powerful move for emergencies, and helped him recover.
• The Snow Empress recognized Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Ling Han explained that Xiao Wu had enrolled at the academy herself.
• Ling Han gave the Snow Empress Cold Spring water imbued with Ultimate Ice to treat her injuries.
• After Tang San and Xiao Wu left, Ling Han considered his plans for Tang San and took out his booklet on medicine.