Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan awakened a strange External Summoning Type Martial Soul named Guga, which Su Yuntao dismissed as a Trash Martial Soul. Guga then knocked Su Yuntao across the room with one punch, leaving Lin Yuan amused and unsure what to make of his powerful, adorable companion.

• Su Yuntao awakened the village children’s Martial Souls, finding only ordinary abilities and little Soul Power before Lin Yuan’s turn.
• Lin Yuan summoned a small, talking figure in a penguin onesie, which introduced itself as Guga.
• Su Yuntao identified Guga as a rare External Summoning Type Martial Soul but called it a Trash Martial Soul and compared Lin Yuan’s prospects to Yu Xiaogang’s.
• Su Yuntao poked Guga’s belly, and Guga punched him into a wall, badly swelling his face.
• Lin Yuan picked Guga up and told it to apologize, and Su Yuntao ended up apologizing to the Martial Soul.

Lin Yuan awakened Guga as his Martial Soul and displayed Innate Full Soul Power, then Yu Xiaogang arrived and asked to take him as a disciple. The chapter ended after Guga kicked Luo Sanpao into a wall, leaving Yu Xiaogang furious and worried over his injured Martial Soul.

• Su Yuntao tested Lin Yuan’s Soul Power and discovered he had Innate Full Soul Power, though he dismissed Guga as a Trash Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao registered Guga as Lin Yuan’s Martial Soul, and Lin Yuan remained alone in the Branch Hall after the other children left.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the hall, recognized Guga as a rare external Summoning Type Martial Soul, and offered to take Lin Yuan as his disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and claimed his decades of research made him the best guide for Lin Yuan’s Martial Soul.
• Luo Sanpao repeatedly nudged Guga, so Guga kicked him into a wall and left Yu Xiaogang rushing to check on him.

Lin Yuan defended Guga from Yu Xiaogang, whose anger and wounded pride culminated in him coughing up blood and leaving the Branch Hall. Su Yuntao gave Lin Yuan his martial soul certificate, a work-study place at Nuoding Academy, and ten Gold Soul Coins, and Lin Yuan set off for the academy with Guga.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to kick Guga, but Lin Yuan blocked him and sent him crashing into a pillar.
• Lin Yuan argued that Luo Sanpao had rammed Guga first and mocked Yu Xiaogang's level and expulsion from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang spat blood, and Su Yuntao arrived in time to witness the confrontation.
• Yu Xiaogang recovered, left the Branch Hall with Luo Sanpao, and Su Yuntao gave Lin Yuan his certificate, a work-study place at Nuoding Academy, and ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Yuan thanked Su Yuntao, then left for Nuoding Academy with Guga.

Lin Yuan arrived at Nuoding Academy with Guga and registered as a working student after Guga knocked out the gatekeeper. Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, while Lin Yuan headed to Dorm Seven to begin academy life.

• A gatekeeper mocked Lin Yuan and Old Jack over their Spirit Hall certificates, then shoved Old Jack when he defended them.
• Lin Yuan sent Guga flying into the gatekeeper, knocking him unconscious, and checked that he was still alive.
• Yu Xiaogang verified Tang San's certificate, recognized Lin Yuan from their encounter the previous day, and offered to take Tang San as his disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang privately told Tang San that he had Twin Martial Souls, and Tang San knelt and accepted him as his teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang taunted Lin Yuan about his new disciple, but Lin Yuan brushed him off and went to register.
• Su Wan registered Lin Yuan as a working student and assigned him to Dorm Seven.

Lin Yuan defeated Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu in Dorm Seven but refused to become its boss, while Xiao Wu befriended Guga and chose to take the position herself. Lin Yuan left with Xiao Wu to buy bedding just as Tang San arrived at the dormitory.

• Wang Sheng challenged Lin Yuan for Dorm Seven's leadership, and Lin Yuan threw him to the floor before refusing the boss position.
• Xiao Wu challenged Lin Yuan, failed to move him with her grappling technique, and accepted her defeat.
• Xiao Wu became attached to Guga and chose the bed beside Lin Yuan's, but Lin Yuan offered to pay for her bedding.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu left to buy bedding, and Tang San arrived at Dorm Seven as they passed.
• Xiao Wu declared herself the big sister of Dorm Seven and named Guga her deputy.

Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu discovered that Guga had an enormous appetite when it ate ten servings at the academy cafeteria. Lin Yuan realized his savings would not cover feeding it for long, so he planned to seek a way to make money after obtaining a Soul Ring.

• Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu brought Guga to the cafeteria, where it devoured their meat and several additional servings.
• Lin Yuan repeatedly returned to the serving window until Guga had eaten ten servings, astonishing Xiao Wu and the other students.
• Lin Yuan calculated that his savings and monthly allowance would not be enough to support Guga's appetite.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu left the cafeteria, and Lin Yuan planned to visit the Soul Hunting Forest the next day and find a way to make money.

Lin Yuan entered the Soul Hunting Forest with Guga to search for a suitable Soul Ring, but decided the forest’s weak Soul Beasts could not provide what he needed. As he headed back, he saw Yu Xiaogang advising Tang San and was ambushed by a Mandala Snake.

• Lin Yuan obtained a permit from Su Wan, hired a carriage, and traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest with Guga.
• Guga defeated several Soul Beasts with ease as Lin Yuan searched the forest.
• Lin Yuan decided to seek a stronger Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest and started back toward the forest’s edge.
• Lin Yuan overheard Yu Xiaogang recommending a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo to Tang San as a fallback Soul Ring.
• A Mandala Snake emerged behind Lin Yuan and lunged at him.

Lin Yuan and Guga encountered a Mandala Snake in the Soul Hunting Forest, and Guga flung it into Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s path. Tang San killed the snake and saved Yu Xiaogang, then noticed tiny footprints near where Lin Yuan had vanished.

• Lin Yuan dodged the Mandala Snake’s first attack, and Guga seized its tail and flung it toward Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• The Mandala Snake bit Yu Xiaogang and knocked Luo Sanpao into a tree, while Guga admitted it had targeted Yu Xiaogang for kicking it before.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San about the snake’s venom and urged him to run, but Tang San stayed to fight.
• Tang San distracted the Mandala Snake with radishes, evaded its strike, and killed it with the short sword Grandmaster had given him.
• Lin Yuan left with Guga, while Tang San gave Yu Xiaogang medicine and spotted tiny footprints leading from the woods.

Lin Yuan arranged to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest with Su Yuntao and Sisi, seeking stronger Soul Beasts. Tang San discovered signs that someone had thrown the Mandala Snake, and decided to settle the score later as Lin Yuan prepared to leave the next morning.

• Lin Yuan visited the Spirit Hall Branch, where Su Yuntao invited him to join Elder Ma, Sisi, and himself on their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San treated the poisoned Yu Xiaogang, examined his new First Soul Skill, and found small footprints where the Mandala Snake had been thrown from the woods.
• Tang San concluded that whoever had interfered had nearly killed his teacher and decided to settle the account another day.
• Lin Yuan returned to Nuoding Academy and told Xiao Wu that the Soul Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest had been too weak.
• Lin Yuan checked his travel supplies and went to bed with Guga, thinking about the dangers awaiting them in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Yuan traveled with Elder Ma, Sisi, and Su Yuntao to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Beast, where Guga revealed her immense strength by stopping and defeating an Iron Bristle Boar. Elder Ma began absorbing its purple Soul Ring, and Su Yuntao admitted that Lin Yuan’s Martial Soul might have far greater potential than he had thought.

• Lin Yuan, Elder Ma, Sisi, and Su Yuntao traveled from Nuoding City to the outer reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The group encountered a roughly thousand-year-old Iron Bristle Boar, and Sisi restrained it while Su Yuntao and Elder Ma attacked.
• When the wounded boar charged Lin Yuan, Guga stopped it and hurled it into a tree, knocking it unconscious.
• Su Yuntao apologized to Lin Yuan for calling his Martial Soul trash, and Guga accepted his apology while holding a grudge.
• Elder Ma killed the Iron Bristle Boar and began absorbing its purple Soul Ring.
• Su Yuntao told Lin Yuan that he could not see the limits of his Martial Soul’s potential.

Lin Yuan and the others encountered a four-hundred-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which Guga helped kill. Lin Yuan began absorbing its Soul Ring, leaving the result of the dangerous process unknown.

• Elder Ma demonstrated his new Strength Amplification skill before the group continued deeper into the forest to find a Soul Beast for Lin Yuan.
• Su Yuntao, Sisi, and Elder Ma confronted a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but their attacks barely harmed it and it charged at Lin Yuan.
• Guga stopped the bear’s charge with her hands, then joined the others in fighting it.
• Sisi, Su Yuntao, and Elder Ma restrained the bear long enough for Guga to crush its head with a boulder, killing it.
• Elder Ma urged Lin Yuan to absorb the bear’s Soul Ring, and Lin Yuan began the painful process as Guga encouraged him.

Lin Yuan summoned Dark Gold Guga, whose strength matched the four-hundred-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and gained a major boost from martial soul feedback. The group left the forest with the two Gugas bickering over food and Lin Yuan’s prospects looking far stronger.

• Lin Yuan summoned Dark Gold Guga, who demonstrated the same destructive power as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and inherited its full strength.
• Su Yuntao admitted he had been wrong to call Lin Yuan’s martial soul useless, while Elder Ma and Sisi congratulated Lin Yuan and offered their support.
• Dark Gold Guga and Guga fought over half a flatbread until Lin Yuan gave each of them food.
• Lin Yuan received martial soul feedback that nearly doubled his strength, leading Su Yuntao to say he was invincible below Soul Elder and could challenge opponents a rank higher.
• Lin Yuan and Su Yuntao dragged the bear’s corpse as Elder Ma led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest’s exit.

Lin Yuan discovered an External Soul Bone in the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and absorbed it under Su Yuntao’s protection. He returned to Dorm Seven with Dark Gold Guga, leaving him to face the challenge of feeding two hungry companions.

• Lin Yuan and Su Yuntao found the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Right Palm Bone in the bear’s forepaw, and Su Yuntao warned Lin Yuan to keep it secret.
• Guga and Dark Gold Guga devoured the bear meat at dinner, making Lin Yuan worry about how he would afford to feed them both.
• Su Yuntao guarded Lin Yuan as he absorbed the Soul Bone, which gave him five dark-gold claws that could cut through a wooden table.
• Lin Yuan returned to Dorm Seven, where Xiao Wu met Dark Gold Guga and laughed at her appetite.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu watched the two Gugas settle down together, and Lin Yuan told Xiao Wu to ask tomorrow whether he could feed more of them.

Lin Yuan defeated Xiao Chenyu and Liu Long, then had Dark Gold Guga repel Tang San’s attacks in a spar at Nuoding Academy. Yu Xiaogang withdrew with Tang San, while the work-study students celebrated their new advantage over the noble students.

• Xiao Chenyu brought Liu Long and other noble students to challenge Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan knocked Liu Long aside with a single slap.
• Lin Yuan slapped Xiao Chenyu out of his wolf Martial Soul form and warned him to leave the work-study students alone.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Tang San to test Lin Yuan, and Tang San introduced himself as a Level 11 Battle Soul Master against Lin Yuan’s Level 12.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Hidden Weapons failed to harm Dark Gold Guga, who shredded the vines and deflected his steel needles and Bone-Piercing Nails.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted he did not know what Dark Gold Guga was and left with Tang San, while Wang Sheng and the other work-study students celebrated Lin Yuan’s victory.

Lin Yuan partnered with Su Yuntao to launch a milk tea business to help cover the Gugas’ enormous food costs. They planned to open Guga Milk Tea the next day, while Xiao Wu encouraged Lin Yuan to look out for her when he became a powerful Soul Master.

• Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu watched the two Gugas eat forty plates of meat, leaving Lin Yuan worried about the cost of feeding them.
• Lin Yuan visited Su Yuntao and proposed selling milk tea, then made a sample that Xiao Wu, Sisi, Su Yuntao, and the Gugas enjoyed.
• Lin Yuan proposed selling premium milk tea to noble students and cheaper milk tea to commoner students, and he and Su Yuntao agreed to split the business equally.
• Lin Yuan suggested that Sisi help with the shop, prompting teasing about her visits to Su Yuntao and Xiao Wu’s closeness to Lin Yuan.
• Su Yuntao arranged to hire staff and rent a shop for the following day, and Lin Yuan named the business Guga Milk Tea.
• On the way home, Xiao Wu told Lin Yuan to look out for her when he became powerful, and Lin Yuan agreed.

Lin Yuan built a successful Guga Milk Tea business in Nuoding City, then cultivated alongside the two Gugas and reached level twenty in a year. He and Su Yuntao entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find an azure vine for Lin Yuan’s Second Soul Ring.

• Su Yuntao and Lin Yuan opened Guga Milk Tea, and a free sample brought a crowd that earned them sixty-two Gold Soul Coins on the first day.
• The shop expanded to three branches, and Lin Yuan resumed cultivation while the two Gugas began cultivating beside him and sharing Soul Power with him.
• A year later, Lin Yuan reached the level-twenty bottleneck, and Su Yuntao agreed to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After three days in the forest, Lin Yuan and Su Yuntao discussed finding a rare mutant azure vine with powerful control and healing abilities.
• Su Yuntao led Lin Yuan and the two Gugas deeper into the forest at night to search for azure vines near cliff faces.

Lin Yuan and his companions exhausted an over-eight-hundred-year-old Starry Sky Vine and Lin Yuan absorbed its Yellow Soul Ring. He gained a third Guga, Starry Guga, who could heal the others, and the group prepared to return to Nuoding City.

• Su Yuntao led Lin Yuan and the two Gugas to a Starry Sky Vine on a cliff in the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Dark Gold Guga attacked the Starry Sky Vine, but it regenerated and bound her, so Lin Yuan, Su Yuntao, and Guga joined the fight.
• After half an hour of attacks weakened the vine’s regeneration, Dark Gold Guga severed its last main vines and defeated it.
• Lin Yuan absorbed the Starry Sky Vine’s Yellow Soul Ring and gained a third Guga, whom he named Starry Guga.
• Starry Guga healed Guga’s scrapes, and Su Yuntao urged the group to return to Nuoding City before dawn.

Lin Yuan and Su Yuntao were ambushed by three Soul Grandmasters on the road to Nuoding City, and Lin Yuan killed them after Starry Guga restrained them. Back at Guga Milk Tea, Xiao Wu and Sisi met Starry Guga, who joined the other two Gugas at the busy shop.

• Three masked Soul Grandmasters demanded all of Lin Yuan's money, but Starry Guga bound them with vines.
• Lin Yuan used the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Bone to kill the three attackers, then had Starry Guga bury their bodies.
• Lin Yuan threw up after his first time killing someone, while Su Yuntao and the Gugas watched.
• Lin Yuan returned to Guga Milk Tea, where Xiao Wu and Sisi were surprised to meet Starry Guga.
• Guga and Dark Gold Guga welcomed Starry Guga, and Lin Yuan returned to serving customers at the shop.

Xiao Zhan tried to seize Lin Yuan’s milk tea recipe and kill him, but the Gugas helped Lin Yuan escape after a brutal fight. With his business lost and his need for protection clear, Lin Yuan decided to seek the Breaking Clan in the Star Luo Empire.

• After learning Lin Yuan had Innate Full Soul Power and a Trash Martial Soul, Xiao Zhan ordered him to hand over the recipe within three days and then be killed.
• Lin Yuan gave Su Yuntao half his money and sent him and Sisi back to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch before attempting to leave the city at midnight.
• Xiao Zhan and three Soul Elders ambushed Lin Yuan at the North Gate, but the Gugas held off the Soul Elders while Dark Gold Guga wounded Xiao Zhan with Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Starry Guga raised a wall of vines to block Xiao Zhan and the Soul Elders, giving Lin Yuan time to escape into the forest.
• Starry Guga healed Lin Yuan, and he decided to travel to the Star Luo Empire and approach the Breaking Clan for support.

After intervening in a village where Soul Masters were extorting its residents, Lin Yuan reached Dragonhide City and proposed a milk tea business partnership to Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan. Yang Wudi agreed to introduce him to Bai He of the Speed Clan.

• Lin Yuan and the Gugas reached a village, where three Soul Masters were extorting the villagers and threatening to take a young woman.
• Lin Yuan and the Gugas killed the three Soul Masters, buried their bodies, and left the village.
• After traveling to Dragonhide City, Lin Yuan learned that the Breaking Clan had been devastated by Spirit Hall and the Speed Clan struggled with poverty.
• Lin Yuan visited the Breaking Clan compound and offered Yang Wudi a partnership to open milk tea shops.
• Lin Yuan asked Yang Wudi to introduce him to Bai He, and Yang Wudi agreed to take him to the Speed Clan.