Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuan introduced his Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul to Dorm Seven and explained how it had granted three wishes with ironic side effects. Xiao Wu became interested in asking it to conceal her Soul Beast aura, but the chapter ended before Xu Yuan explained how the third wish had come true.

• Xu Yuan arrived at Dorm Seven as a Work-Study Student and declined to fight Wang Sheng for the right to be boss.
• Xu Yuan revealed that his Wish-Granting Tree could grant one wish each month, though each wish came with a price.
• Xu Yuan described how one man's wish for more ups and downs ended with his wife running off with Old Jerry and taking his money and land deed.
• Xu Yuan explained that a village layabout's wish for a windfall came true when a drunk Soul Master broke his leg and Spirit Hall paid him three Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Yuan said Uncle Buck had wished to live without working and had thanked him with new clothes, bedding, and spending money.
• Xiao Wu wondered whether the Wish-Granting Tree could hide her Soul Beast aura, but she had not yet learned how Uncle Buck's wish came true.

Xiao Wu used Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul to conceal her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura, but the wish transferred her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to Xu Yuan and seemingly erased her Soul Beast Origin. The chapter ended with Xu Yuan struggling to understand the unexpected cost while Xiao Wu realized her transformation power was gone.

• Xu Yuan told Wang Sheng and the others that Uncle Buck had become the kept man of a wealthy female Soul Master with a Black Bear Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu asked to use the Wish-Granting Tree’s monthly wish, and Xu Yuan warned her that wishes could carry unpredictable costs.
• Xiao Wu wished that even a human Titled Douluo could not detect her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura.
• The Wish-Granting Tree’s light faded, and Xiao Wu found that her Soul Beast aura had disappeared.
• Xu Yuan discovered that Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring had appeared inside him, while Xiao Wu realized she could no longer sense her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Origin.

Xiao Wu lost her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast essence when her wish came true through Xu Yuan’s Martial Soul, and she demanded compensation before accepting a meal. She then defeated Tang San to claim the title of Dorm Seven’s boss, just as a teacher arrived with new bedding.

• Xiao Wu confronted Xu Yuan after realizing that her wish had cost her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast essence, while Tang San inferred that Xu Yuan could grant wishes at a steep price.
• Xu Yuan refused to reverse the wish and offered to buy Xiao Wu a meal; Xiao Wu accepted, deciding to make him pay for it.
• Wang Sheng reminded Xiao Wu that she still had to spar with Tang San to settle who would lead Dorm Seven.
• Xiao Wu charged at Tang San, whose Purple Demon Eye made his eyes water because of the lingering flash, and kicked him flying.
• Xiao Wu declared that everyone had to call her Sister Xiao Wu, and Xu Yuan agreed as a teacher entered carrying new bedding.

Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu arranged to share bedding in Dorm Seven, while Tang San was ordered to help push Xu Yuan’s bed and watched them with envy. The group headed to the cafeteria, where Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang after Wang Sheng criticized him, then left the others behind.

• Xiao Wu asked to share Xu Yuan’s bedding, and Xu Yuan pushed his bed toward hers.
• Xiao Wu called Tang San over to help push, but Wang Sheng moved Xu Yuan’s bed instead and Xiao Wu promised to look out for him.
• Xiao Wu led the group toward the cafeteria, where they encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San greeted him respectfully as his teacher.
• Wang Sheng criticized Yu Xiaogang as an ineffectual freeloader, and Tang San warned him to stop before leaving without the group.

Xu Yuan treated Dorm Seven to a meal and revealed that he had Innate Full Soul Power, then planned to absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring within him. He postponed leaving until the next day and ended the night sharing a bed with Xiao Wu, who took more of his space.

• Xu Yuan treated the work-study students to dinner and said he planned to seek a First Soul Ring for his Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul.
• Wang Sheng and the others learned Xu Yuan had Innate Full Soul Power, while Xiao Wu revealed she was already a Soul Master.
• Xu Yuan explained that Sisi had offered to help him hunt a Soul Ring, though he privately intended to absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring inside him.
• Wang Sheng and the other work-study students volunteered to handle Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu's duties while Xu Yuan was away.
• Xu Yuan chose to leave the next day, then rested while Xiao Wu tried to cultivate before lying back down beside him and claiming his bed space.

Tang San left with Grandmaster to obtain his First Soul Ring, while Xu Yuan secretly took leave and rented a quiet courtyard in Nuoding City. There, Xu Yuan summoned his Glazed Ancient Tree, which contained the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Origin he had obtained from Xiao Wu.

• Tang San woke with sore eyes, packed his things, and told Wang Sheng he was going to Soul Hunting Forest with Grandmaster.
• Wang Sheng revealed that Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu both had Innate Full Soul Power, and Tang San left convinced his First Soul Ring would prove his worth.
• Wang Sheng worried that Grandmaster might not be able to protect Tang San from a Hundred-Year Soul Beast, while Xiao Wu and Xu Yuan woke after sharing an awkward embrace.
• Xu Yuan left the dormitory, obtained a leave slip, and rented a secluded courtyard in Nuoding City.
• Xu Yuan circulated his Soul Power and summoned the Glazed Ancient Tree, revealing the red orb of Xiao Wu's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Origin within it.

Xu Yuan discovered that his First Soul Ring contained Xiao Wu’s sealed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Origin, which would grow stronger as his Soul Power increased. Meanwhile, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang encountered a Mandala Snake in the Soul Hunting Forest, and Tang San was left blinded by its venom.

• Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree turned Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Origin into a Soul Ring that initially reached nearly three hundred years, raised him to Level 12, and granted him Invincible Wish-Granting Golden Body.
• Xu Yuan realized the Soul Ring’s age and power would grow with his Soul Power, then resumed cultivating toward Level 13.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang entered the Soul Hunting Forest and searched for a suitable Soul Beast, but Yu Xiaogang rejected a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo and could not find the snake he wanted.
• A Hundred-Year Mandala Snake chased Yu Xiaogang and Tang San; Luo Sanpao’s attack failed to stop it, and the snake bit and poisoned him.
• Tang San fought the Mandala Snake with his Tang Sect techniques, but his Purple Demon Eye failed and venom splashed into his eyes, leaving him crying out in pain.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang survived an attack by a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake, but its venom injured Tang San’s eyes and poisoned Yu Xiaogang through Luo Sanpao. They stayed in the Soul Hunting Forest to search for a Soul Beast, and Yu Xiaogang spotted a possible target as Tang San sensed danger.

• The Mandala Snake’s venom splashed into Tang San’s eyes, and he used water and the Purple Demon Eye to keep from going blind.
• Tang San considered killing Yu Xiaogang with his Silent Sleeve Arrow, but lowered it to protect his reputation and pretended the snake had knocked him unconscious.
• Yu Xiaogang helped Tang San rinse his eyes, then learned that the Mandala Snake had left and lamented losing a chance to secure Tang San’s First Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang decided they would keep searching rather than leave the forest, but began to feel dizzy from poison transmitted through Luo Sanpao.
• A gray-green snake appeared nearby, and Yu Xiaogang identified it as a possible two-hundred-year-old Corrosive Swamp Venomfang Python.

Yu Xiaogang convinced Tang San to test his theory by absorbing a Corrosive Swamp Venomfang Python’s Soul Ring, but the resulting Blue Silver Grass gained rot and a foul stench instead of venom. As Tang San tried to save the poisoned Yu Xiaogang, Xu Yuan decided to return to the academy after registering at Spirit Hall.

• Yu Xiaogang explained his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory and persuaded Tang San to absorb the Corrosive Swamp Venomfang Python’s Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang pinned down the roughly two-hundred-year-old python, and Tang San killed it and began absorbing its Yellow Soul Ring.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass transformed into a rotten, foul-smelling form, and he discovered that it was tough but had gained no effective venom.
• Tang San found Yu Xiaogang unconscious with poison spreading through his body and realized he needed to save him.
• Xu Yuan raised his Soul Power to level thirteen and decided to register at Spirit Hall before returning to the academy.

Xu Yuan returned to Nouding Academy and told Xiao Wu that his first Soul Skill granted three seconds of invulnerability. After Xiao Wu playfully pinned him down, Xu Yuan discovered he could activate the skill again without any apparent limit.

• Xu Yuan returned to Dorm Seven, where Xiao Wu complained that she had to train because her Hundred Thousand Year Origin had vanished.
• Xu Yuan told Xiao Wu that his first Soul Skill, Wish-Granting Golden Body, made him or another person invincible for three seconds.
• Xiao Wu suspected Xu Yuan's Soul Ring was connected to her Origin, but his Golden Hawksbill Turtle explanation persuaded her it might be unrelated.
• Xiao Wu apologized, then pinned Xu Yuan beneath her and demanded that he forgive her sincerely.
• Xu Yuan activated Wish-Granting Golden Body twice and realized he could reuse it without restriction beyond its Soul Power cost.

Xu Yuan discovered that his Wish-Granting Golden Body could be renewed without a cooldown, while Tang Hao and Nouding Academy's Dean began worrying when Tang San and Yu Xiaogang failed to return from their Soul Hunting trip. Tang Hao finally set out for the Soul Hunting Forest, but the Dean was reassured by Yu Xiaogang's letter, unaware that Yu Xiaogang was already in a wheelchair.

• Xu Yuan repeatedly activated Wish-Granting Golden Body and realized its invincibility could last far longer than three seconds.
• Xiao Wu pinned Xu Yuan beneath the covers, and the dormitory's Work-Study Students teased them when they climbed out.
• Xu Yuan told Wang Sheng that he had quickly found a suitable Soul Beast, then explained that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang might still be searching.
• Tang Hao learned that Tang San had gone Soul Hunting with Yu Xiaogang and stayed away for weeks, assuming the trip was merely taking time.
• Tang Hao grew alarmed and headed for the Soul Hunting Forest when Tang San and Yu Xiaogang still had not returned after two or three weeks.
• The Dean received Yu Xiaogang's letter saying he and Tang San would return the next month, and he relaxed without knowing Yu Xiaogang was in a wheelchair.

Tang San struggled with lasting eye damage from the Mandala Snake venom and hoped Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree could restore his Purple Demon Eye practice. Yu Xiaogang planned to enlist Nouding Academy’s headmaster to help hunt a powerful Ghost Vine, while Tang San considered asking him to test Xu Yuan’s wish-granting ability.

• Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye practice remained limited by gray haze from the venom, and he regretted selling his Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night to pay for treatment.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that a Ghost Vine of at least six hundred years could make a powerful Second Soul Ring for his Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Xiaogang said he would ask Nouding Academy’s level-forty-two headmaster to help them hunt the Ghost Vine.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Tang San to believe he could become a Titled Douluo, and the two prepared to return from the clinic.
• Tang San realized Yu Xiaogang’s lower body might be permanently damaged by the venom and considered telling him about Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree so he could test it first.

Tang Hao found Tang San pulling Yu Xiaogang’s cart and learned that a Mandala Snake had injured his son, so he headed into the Soul Hunting Forest to seek revenge. On the road to Nouding Academy, Tang San told Yu Xiaogang about Xu Yuan’s wish-granting Martial Soul, and Yu Xiaogang decided to pursue him as a disciple.

• Tang Hao secretly watched Tang San pull Yu Xiaogang’s cart and grew furious at Yu Xiaogang for making his six-year-old son serve him.
• Tang Hao heard that Mandala Snake venom had struck Tang San’s eyes and that a powerful Ghost Vine had driven Soul Beasts into a rampage, so he went to the forest’s core with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang explained to Tang San that unusual Soul Beasts could possess powerful Soul Skills and that the Ghost Vine might suit Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang about Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul and warned that wishes could come true at a cost.
• Yu Xiaogang decided he would stubbornly try to make Xu Yuan his disciple.

After returning to Nouding City with Tang San, Yu Xiaogang tried to hide his month-long absence and urged Tang San to bring Xu Yuan to him for Martial Soul research. At Nouding Academy, students and teachers mocked Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang collapsed when he tried to flee.

• Tang San brought Yu Xiaogang back to Nuoding City in a crude four-wheeled cart, and Yu Xiaogang stood up and told him to throw it away.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to bring Xu Yuan to him so he could study Xu Yuan's Martial Soul and offer him guidance.
• The gatekeeper mocked Yu Xiaogang as a freeloader, and Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San not to get angry.
• The class bell rang as Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reached the academy, drawing students and teachers who ridiculed their ragged return.
• Wang Sheng recalled warning Tang San against Yu Xiaogang, while Xiao Wu asked Xu Yuan why Tang San had chosen him as a teacher.
• Xu Yuan noticed Tang San's Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night was missing, and Yu Xiaogang tried to run before collapsing.

Xu Yuan auctioned a Wish Slot at Nouding Academy, and Yu Xiaogang decided to bid in hopes of breaking through to Level 30. Yu Xiaogang won the slot on the Dean’s tab, and Xu Yuan summoned his Wish-Granting Ancient Tree as the Grandmaster watched excitedly.

• After Yu Xiaogang pretended to faint, Xu Yuan announced that he would auction a Wish Slot at the Sports Field and warned that wishes carried costs and side effects.
• Yu Xiaogang learned about the auction and went with Tang San, hoping the Martial Soul could help him break through to Level 30.
• As they walked, Yu Xiaogang asked whether someone else could make his wish for him, but Tang San doubted the trick would avoid the cost.
• The bidding reached one hundred Gold Soul Coins before Yu Xiaogang arrived with Tang San and offered two hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Director Su agreed to vouch for Yu Xiaogang, and Xu Yuan awarded him the Wish Slot before summoning the Wish-Granting Ancient Tree.

Yu Xiaogang asked Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul to help him reach Level 30, first trying to have Director Su make the wish on his behalf. The tree only activated when Yu Xiaogang made the wish himself, and he reached Level 30 as a Soul Elder, though the process consumed nearly all the medicinal energy stored in his meridians.

• Xu Yuan warned Yu Xiaogang that he would have to bear the consequences of any wish, and Yu Xiaogang asked whether someone else could make it for him.
• Yu Xiaogang considered the loophole, then agreed when Director Su offered to make the wish on his behalf.
• Director Su asked the Wish-Granting Tree to raise Yu Xiaogang to Level 30, but Xu Yuan found that the tree did not activate.
• Yu Xiaogang made the wish himself, and Xu Yuan allowed the Wish-Granting Tree to activate.
• The tree’s light drained nearly all the medicinal energy stored in Yu Xiaogang’s meridians, and Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power rose past Level 30.
• Yu Xiaogang fell to the ground in tears and declared that he had reached Level 30 and become a Soul Elder.

At Nouding Academy, Yu Xiaogang’s wish through Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul came true, raising him to Level 30, and no obvious price appeared. Tang Hao left convinced Xu Yuan might heal his injuries, while Yu Xiaogang credited his breakthrough to his own long preparation.

• Yu Xiaogang announced that he had broken through to Level 30, and Director Su confirmed his Soul Power had reached Soul Elder.
• The students and teachers celebrated Xu Yuan’s wish-granting ability, while Wang Sheng begged him to save a future wish and Xu Yuan promised to feed Dorm Seven.
• Xiao Wu and others wondered what price Yu Xiaogang had paid, but Yu Xiaogang said he felt reborn and noticed no cost.
• Tang Hao reasoned that Xu Yuan’s Martial Soul might heal his injuries, then left to attack Spirit Hall branches.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang why his wish had no apparent price, and Yu Xiaogang claimed his preparation and research had made the breakthrough easier.

After Yu Xiaogang broke through to Soul Elder with Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul, he tried to recruit Xu Yuan as his disciple, but Xu Yuan refused and asked for his promised reward. Yu Xiaogang then realized his Martial Soul had mutated again and proudly announced he would become a dragon, only to transform into a pig-like form.

• Yu Xiaogang credited Xu Yuan’s Martial Soul for helping him break through and offered to take Xu Yuan as his second disciple.
• Xu Yuan refused Yu Xiaogang’s offer and asked when he would receive the promised two hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, while Director Su and other teachers criticized Yu Xiaogang for pressing Xu Yuan to become his disciple.
• A teacher asked whether Xu Yuan’s Martial Soul had also reversed Yu Xiaogang’s harmful Martial Soul mutation, and Yu Xiaogang realized he could no longer sense Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that he would become a dragon and activated Martial Soul Possession, but his body changed into a purple, pig-like form with pig ears and a tail.

Yu Xiaogang’s wish to break through Level 30 succeeded, but his Martial Soul transformed him into a pig-like form that possessed his body. When he tried using his first Soul Skill, its explosive effect struck Tang San and sent the crowd fleeing.

• Yu Xiaogang emerged with a pale-purple, pig-like Martial Soul possessing him, and the students and teachers laughed at his appearance.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Xu Yuan of tricking him, but Xu Yuan pointed out that Yu Xiaogang had successfully broken through Level 30 and had been warned there could be a price.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to salvage the situation by using his first Soul Skill, Heaven-Shattering, Earth-Rending Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Skill unleashed a powerful blast that struck Tang San and sent him flying.
• Xu Yuan cast Wish-Granting Golden Body on himself, while Xiao Wu carried him away as the others fled.

After learning Spear Technique and discovering the powers of his Light Sacred Dragon Spear Martial Soul, Xu Yuan accepted Tang San’s payment to use the Wish-Granting Tree. Tang San wished for his eyesight to recover from the damage caused by the Mandala Snake’s venom.

• Nouding Academy resumed normal operations after Yu Xiaogang entered indefinite seclusion, and the dean paid off his debt.
• Xu Yuan practiced Spear Technique and reflected on how his Light Sacred Dragon Spear Martial Soul could merge with him while still granting him a weapon.
• Tang San arrived with money to make a wish, despite Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng warning him about what had happened to Yu Xiaogang.
• Xu Yuan accepted fifty Gold Soul Coins from Tang San and summoned the Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul.
• Tang San wished for his eyes to return to how they were before the Mandala Snake’s venom damaged them.