Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao explained the Soul Skills and physical improvements he gained from the octagonal mysterious ice grass, then Tang Wulin urged Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to choose immortal herbs. Youyou began presenting the herbs, and the chapter ended as she introduced the Earthgold Dragon Melon.

• Huo Yuhao described his ice-control Soul Skill, domain, and Soul Bone Skills, while Niu Tian assessed their strength.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said the octagonal mysterious ice grass had cleansed Huo Yuhao's body, raised his talent to about innate full soul power, and strengthened his First Soul Ring.
• Tang Wulin invited Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to choose immortal herbs, and Youyou introduced the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.
• Niu Tian warned Wang Dong against taking the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, and she decided against it.
• Wang Dong suggested the eight-petal immortal orchid for Second Brother, but Youyou protested that he should not receive another herb.
• Youyou resumed her introductions and presented the Earthgold Dragon Melon as a top-tier earth-attribute immortal herb.

Xiao Xiao consumed the Earthgold Dragon Melon and evolved her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron into the Nine Provinces State-Guarding Cauldron. She began explaining its powerful abilities while Tang Wulin lamented that he had not awakened a domain.

• Xiao Xiao chose the Earthgold Dragon Melon after learning its earth attribute suited her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
• Tang Wulin guarded Xiao Xiao as she ate the melon, whose energy strengthened her body and transformed her Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xiao's Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron merged into the Nine Provinces State-Guarding Cauldron, drawing in the surrounding earth-vein power.
• Xiao Xiao tried to embrace Tang Wulin in gratitude, but he dodged by hiding in a fold of space and warned that he might hurt her with his strength.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that her evolved Martial Soul granted a State-Guarding Domain and abilities including suppressing mountains and rivers and evil.
• Tang Wulin became despondent when he realized Xiao Xiao had a powerful domain while he still had none.

Xiao Xiao discovered that her Nine Provinces State-Guarding Cauldron could anchor fortune, and she used a small cauldron to help Tang Wulin control his strength. The group then chose an immortal herb for Wang Dong, who swallowed it despite Tang Wulin warning that it would make absorbing other herbs difficult.

• Xiao Xiao explained that her Nine Provinces State-Guarding Cauldron could anchor fortune and split off up to eight smaller cauldrons.
• Xiao Xiao placed a small cauldron above Tang Wulin, helping him find a way to control his strength.
• Tang Wulin offered Xiao Xiao a hug, and Xiao Xiao pulled him into her arms while Wang Dong watched and Huo Yuhao remained distracted.
• Niu Tian told Wang Dong that her soul power was lowest among the four, prompting her to ask Youyou for an immortal herb.
• Wang Dong chose a white, grass-shaped immortal herb that could raise soul power and help condense a soul core, then swallowed it despite Tang Wulin's warning.

Tang Wulin and his companions left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after absorbing immortal herbs and reaching the threshold for Soul Rings, while Tang Wulin promised Youyou he would return every three years. Half a month later, the four students returned as Soul Elders, and Wang Yan expected them to secure the top two places in the Freshman Tournament.

• Wang Dong reached the bottleneck before becoming a Soul Elder, and Niu Tian urged her to cultivate more diligently.
• Niu Tian asked Youyou for a Heart of Silk Beauty, but Tang Wulin objected to taking the precious treasure; Youyou then gave it to him herself.
• Tang Wulin promised Youyou he would visit in three years and return every three years afterward, and Youyou began counting the days after he left.
• Half a month later, Wang Yan was astonished that all four children had become Soul Elders and said they could secure the top two places in the Freshman Tournament.
• Wang Dong confidently declared that they would win, citing her rank thirty-five cultivation and Xiao Xiao's support.

Tang Wulin continued treating Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and prepared with Huo Yuhao for the freshman assessment. The four friends’ cultivation had risen dramatically, and the assessment was set to begin the next day.

• Tang Wulin finished cleansing Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, and Yan Shaozhe’s request for an immortal herb was refused.
• Tang Wulin discovered his ultimate fire could gradually cleanse Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, so she began visiting every two weeks and brought a ten-thousand-year soul beast as payment.
• Ma Xiaotao told Tang Wulin she would cheer him on at the freshman assessment the next day.
• Huo Yuhao checked that Tang Wulin was well, and they reflected on Huo Yuhao’s transformation and rapid rise to level thirty-nine.
• Tang Wulin noted that he had reached level thirty-seven, Xiao Xiao was level thirty-seven, and Wang Dong was level thirty-two before the assessment began.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao encountered Dai Huabin, whose role in Huo Yuhao’s mother’s death reignited Huo Yuhao’s desire for revenge. The freshman assessment began, and the pair learned their first opponents would be three students from Freshman Class Three.

• Dai Huabin passed Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao recognized his older half brother as one of those responsible for his mother’s death.
• Tang Wulin comforted Huo Yuhao, who resolved to seek revenge himself and use the assessment to make the Dai Family pay.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao arrived at Zone Thirteen, where other teams underestimated them because they had only two members.
• Mu En announced that he was a Level 99 Soul Master and officially opened the freshman assessment.
• The zone’s teacher announced that Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao would face Xu Ming, Wang Yu, and Zhou Min in the first match.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao crushed their opponents in the freshman combat assessment while concealing some of their abilities. On the third day, Tang Wulin’s team faced Huang Chutian’s team, and Tang Wulin asked the Lan twins to demonstrate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao defeated a three-person team in seconds, with Huo Yuhao knocking out the girl through Soul Shock and Tang Wulin kicking the two boys out of the arena.
• The students spread stories about the pair, while Huo Yuhao explained that he was hiding their strengths to prepare for a future fight against Dai Huabin and his teammate.
• Tang Wulin’s team easily won its second-day matches using Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock and Tang Wulin’s kicks.
• On the third day, Tang Wulin’s team faced Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo after behind-the-scenes manipulation kept them from meeting Wang Dong’s team.
• Tang Wulin asked Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill so he could see it.

Tang Wulin’s team defeated Huang Chutian and the Lan twins after Tang Wulin broke free of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and crushed Huang Chutian’s attack. The chapter ended with the twins learning that Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao also had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Wang Yan’s class secured both of the freshman assessment’s top two teams.

• Teachers discussed the danger of the Lan twins’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Huang Chutian called Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo into action.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo embraced and unleashed their Hair Net Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Tang Wulin teleported into its path to test it.
• Huang Chutian attacked Tang Wulin with Power Cannon Hammer, but Tang Wulin crushed the net and shattered the attack with his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Huang Chutian surrendered, and the referee declared Tang Wulin’s team the winner.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo asked about Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Tang Wulin confirmed they had one.
• A teacher congratulated Wang Yan because the top two teams in the freshman assessment were both in his class.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao faced Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er in the round of thirty-two. Tang Wulin overwhelmed Wu Feng while holding back, then terrified her with his Golden Dragon Claw, leaving her unconscious as Ning Tian conceded.

• Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao introduced themselves as Soul Elders, shocking Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and enhanced Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er as the match began.
• Wu Feng attacked Tang Wulin, but he effortlessly blocked and threw her toward the arena boundary; Nanmen Yun'er caught her before she fell out.
• Wu Feng repeatedly charged Tang Wulin, who turned aside her attacks and sent her flying while continuing to hold back.
• At Ning Tian's request, Tang Wulin revealed his Golden Dragon Claw, frightening Wu Feng so badly that she fainted, and Ning Tian conceded.