Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen carried the exhausted Zhu Zhuqing back to the inn, arranged a room and bathwater for her, and made sure she could rest safely. Mo Yuan teased Lin Chen about his attentiveness before abruptly returning to his stern manner and calling him into his room.

• Lin Chen carried Zhu Zhuqing through town to the inn while Mo Yuan followed and teased him with a thumbs-up.
• Lin Chen asked the attendant to prepare a quiet room and warm bathwater for Zhu Zhuqing, and Mo Yuan joked about his thoughtfulness.
• Lin Chen settled Zhu Zhuqing on the bed and told her to rest, while she began to feel safe and warm around him.
• Lin Chen asked Mo Yuan to act serious again, and Mo Yuan instantly changed his demeanor and summoned Lin Chen to his room.

Lin Chen explained to Mo Yuan that he had rescued Zhu Zhuqing to recruit her as a future asset for Spirit Hall’s plans in the Star Luo Empire. After Zhu Zhuqing recovered, the three went downstairs to eat, where Lin Chen introduced himself and Mo Yuan and summoned Liuli.

• Lin Chen told Mo Yuan about Zhu Zhuqing’s place in the Zhu Family and his plan to use her connections to help Spirit Hall gain influence in the Star Luo Empire.
• Mo Yuan was astonished by Lin Chen’s political insight, and Lin Chen credited his knowledge to studying books in the academy’s Library Tower.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived freshly washed and dressed, and Lin Chen and Mo Yuan went with her to the dining room.
• At dinner, Lin Chen introduced Mo Yuan as a level-seventy Soul Saint and himself as a level-thirty-three Soul Elder with the White Fox martial soul.
• Lin Chen summoned Liuli, comforted the aggrieved spirit, and promised to let Liuli out more often.

Lin Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Mo Yuan rested in the border town before continuing to Suotuo City, while Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing grew more comfortable in each other’s company. The chapter ended with the three sharing a peaceful dinner after a day of recovery.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked about Liuli’s unusual physical form, and Lin Chen explained that his detached martial soul could act independently and had summoned Mo Yuan during their crisis.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked and gently stroked Liuli, while Mo Yuan recognized the strategic value of bringing her into the academy’s fold.
• Mo Yuan told Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing to rest in town for a few days before traveling to the academy in Suotuo City, and gave Lin Chen a teasing look.
• Lin Chen invited Zhu Zhuqing to explore the marketplace, where they strolled and talked before returning to the inn to rest and cultivate.
• Lin Chen stabilized his rank-thirty-three soul power and practiced his skills, while Zhu Zhuqing recovered from her exhaustion; the three later met for dinner.

After Zhu Zhuqing recovered, Mo Yuan and Lin Chen escorted her by carriage from Border Town to Suotuo City and enrolled her at the academy. Lin Chen helped her settle into a dormitory beside his, and his thoughtful kindness left Zhu Zhuqing smiling as he fled in embarrassment.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Mo Yuan and Lin Chen that she had fully recovered, and Mo Yuan arranged for them to travel by carriage to Suotuo City.
• Mo Yuan, Lin Chen, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled all day and arrived at Suotuo City's Intermediate Spirit Master Academy by dusk.
• Mo Yuan went to report to the dean while Lin Chen accompanied Zhu Zhuqing to the Academic Affairs Office, where staff registered her and assigned her a single room next to Lin Chen's.
• Lin Chen brought Zhu Zhuqing a spare set of washing supplies and promised to take her shopping the next day.
• Lin Chen blushed and hurried out after meeting Zhu Zhuqing's gaze, while Zhu Zhuqing watched him leave with a faint smile.

Lin Chen struggled to understand his growing feelings for Zhu Zhuqing after her kindness unsettled him. The next morning, he escorted her to meet Mo Yuan, but his attempt to spare her from teasing left them both embarrassed when he realized he had been holding her wrist.

• After Zhu Zhuqing's gentle thanks, Lin Chen returned to his room, blushed, and spent the night unable to stop thinking about her before falling asleep.
• The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing came to Lin Chen's door and asked him to take her to Mo Yuan so she could thank him, become his disciple, and settle her enrollment.
• Lin Chen quickly got ready and walked with Zhu Zhuqing through the academy, introducing her to curious students as Mo Yuan's new personal disciple and his junior sister.
• When students teased them, Lin Chen took Zhu Zhuqing by the wrist and hurried her away toward Mo Yuan's courtyard.
• At the courtyard, Lin Chen realized he had kept holding Zhu Zhuqing's wrist, let go, and anxiously apologized for overstepping.

Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing met Mo Yuan’s wife, Yun Yan, and young daughter, Mo Yu, over breakfast. Mo Yuan sent Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing to the city to buy supplies, and Mo Yu joined them; classmates teased them as a happy family as they left the academy.

• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing entered Mo Yuan’s courtyard and met his wife Yun Yan and daughter Mo Yu at breakfast.
• Mo Yuan introduced his family to his disciples, and Zhu Zhuqing warmly greeted little Yu’er.
• After breakfast, Mo Yuan asked Lin Chen to take Zhu Zhuqing to the city to buy her necessities and supplies.
• Mo Yu pleaded to go along, and Mo Yuan agreed to let the three of them visit the city together.
• Li Fei teased Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing as a happy family, embarrassing Zhu Zhuqing as they continued toward the academy gates.

While shopping in Suotuo City with Lin Chen and Little Mo Yu, Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai entering the Rose Hotel with another woman and learned he had been spending his nights there with different women. Her last attachment to him broke, and Little Mo Yu’s cheerful chatter helped lift her spirits as they continued shopping.

• Lin Chen took Zhu Zhuqing and Little Mo Yu to buy snacks and supplies in Suotuo City.
• Zhu Zhuqing froze when she saw Dai Mubai entering the Rose Hotel with a young woman.
• Two hotel greeters said Dai Mubai had stayed there for nearly half a month and brought a different woman each night.
• Zhu Zhuqing concealed her distress and continued shopping, while Lin Chen quietly stayed by her side.
• Little Mo Yu’s cheerful chatter eased Zhu Zhuqing’s sorrow, and Zhu Zhuqing gradually smiled again.

Zhu Zhuqing and Little Mo Yu enjoyed a long shopping trip while Lin Chen carried their growing pile of purchases until he was exhausted. Back at Mo Yuan’s courtyard, Yun Yan joined them in admiring what they had bought as Zhu Zhuqing settled comfortably into her new life.

• Zhu Zhuqing recovered her confidence and happily shopped with Little Mo Yu, while Lin Chen carried their purchases.
• As the day grew hot and noon approached, Lin Chen pleaded with them to stop shopping and return to the academy.
• The three returned to Mo Yuan’s courtyard, where Lin Chen dropped the bags and gulped tea from the teapot.
• Mo Yuan teased Lin Chen about being more exhausted than after training, and Lin Chen said shopping was harder than fighting a Soul Elder.
• Yun Yan admired the clothes and snacks with Zhu Zhuqing and Little Mo Yu as the courtyard filled with lively conversation.

After a year of cultivation and arena battles, Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing had become a powerful, close-knit pair in Suotuo City. When Lin Chen learned that Tang San and Xiao Wu had arrived, he paid his informant and prepared to act on the opportunity.

• Lin Chen reached rank thirty-six, while Zhu Zhuqing advanced to the peak of rank twenty-nine.
• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing formed the Cat-Fox Duo and built a reputation and wealth through a year of Soul Fighting Arena victories.
• Their time fighting and living together deepened their trust and affection for each other.
• A junior student told Lin Chen that someone was waiting urgently for him at the academy gate.
• Lin Chen recognized that Tang San and Xiao Wu had arrived in Suotuo City and met the informant he had hired to watch for them.
• The informant reported seeing the pair head toward the city-center shopping street, and Lin Chen paid him for the information.

Lin Chen watched Tang San and Xiao Wu arrive in Suotuo City, then remembered the Millennium Hair Crystal at Flender's General Store. He bought it before Tang San could, then headed toward Spirit Hall Academy.

• Lin Chen gave a loafer a Gold Soul Coin and went to Suotuo City's busiest shopping street.
• Lin Chen watched Dai Mubai confront Tang San and Xiao Wu outside the Rose Hotel.
• Lin Chen realized Tang San might obtain the Millennium Hair Crystal and paid a loafer for directions to Flender's General Store.
• Lin Chen bargained Flender down from one hundred Gold Soul Coins and bought the Hair Crystal for fifteen.
• Lin Chen stored the Hair Crystal in his Soul Tool and headed toward Spirit Hall Academy.

Lin Chen recounted Dai Mubai’s fight with Tang San to Zhu Zhuqing and watched her reaction, finding that she could now face news of Dai Mubai calmly. He showed her the hair crystal he had taken, and she mistook it for a worthless stone and offered to help him shop for better crystals the next morning.

• Lin Chen returned to the dormitory and told Zhu Zhuqing about the confrontation he had witnessed in the city.
• Zhu Zhuqing tensed briefly when Lin Chen mentioned Dai Mubai, then composed herself and asked what had happened.
• Lin Chen described Dai Mubai and Tang San’s fight, including Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Dai Mubai’s higher Soul power level.
• Lin Chen changed the subject and showed Zhu Zhuqing the hair crystal, pretending he wanted to make it into beads.
• Zhu Zhuqing judged the crystal to be poor quality and offered to take Lin Chen to a Crystal Shop in Suotuo City the next morning.
• Lin Chen agreed and returned the hair crystal to his Soul Tool.

Lin Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, Yun Yan, Little Yu'er, and Mo Yuan went shopping in Suotuo City, with Lin Chen tricking Mo Yuan into joining them. Near the Soul Fighting Arena, Zhu Zhuqing met eyes with Dai Mubai, her former betrothed, then calmly continued on.

• Zhu Zhuqing invited Yun Yan and Little Yu'er to join her and Lin Chen on their shopping trip.
• Lin Chen exposed Mo Yuan's excuse to avoid shopping, and Yun Yan persuaded him to come along.
• Yun Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Little Yu'er shopped while Lin Chen and Mo Yuan paid for their purchases and carried their bags.
• Near the Soul Fighting Arena, Lin Chen told Mo Yuan that Dai Mubai was the man Zhu Zhuqing's family had once arranged for her to marry.
• Dai Mubai noticed Zhu Zhuqing, and they met eyes across the tea stalls.
• Mo Yuan judged Dai Mubai inferior to Lin Chen, while Zhu Zhuqing looked away and continued shopping without reacting.

Lin Chen and his companions visited the Suotuo City Soul Fighting Arena, where Lin Chen arranged a match against Tang San and Xiao Wu to test his strength. The Cat-Fox Duo faced the Three-Five Combination as the match began, and Zhu Zhuqing summoned her martial soul to protect Lin Chen.

• Mo Yuan suggested visiting the Soul Fighting Arena, but Lin Chen waited while the group continued shopping.
• The group entered the arena, where they saw Xiao Wu defeat an opponent with her Waist Bow.
• Lin Chen agreed to fight and registered the Cat-Fox Duo against the Three-Five Combination, while Zhu Zhuqing joined him.
• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing met Tang San and Xiao Wu on the platform, and the announcer started their match.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned her Nether Civet martial soul and took a defensive position in front of Lin Chen as he prepared to summon his own.

Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tang San and Xiao Wu in a doubles Soul Fighting match after Lin Chen disrupted Tang San’s hidden-weapon attack and helped Zhu Zhuqing seize the opening. As the Cat-Fox Duo left the arena, Tang San’s resentful stare left Lin Chen wary of future trouble.

• Lin Chen recognized Tang San from Notting Junior Academy and taunted him about Yu Xiaogang’s failure to reach Soul Elder.
• After the spectators urged them to fight, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu clashed while Lin Chen enhanced Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Grass.
• Lin Chen ordered the Glazed Fox to burn Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, then blocked his line of sight when he suspected Tang San was preparing hidden weapons.
• The Glazed Fox used Charm to create openings, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to kick Tang San offstage and eliminate him.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the Glazed Fox quickly defeated Xiao Wu, winning the match as the Cat-Fox Duo.
• Lin Chen declined another match and left with Zhu Zhuqing while Tang San watched them angrily.

After Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing won their match, they reviewed their opponents’ strengths with Mo Yuan, then watched other fights and studied their flaws. The group left the Soul Fighting Arena for lunch, where Mo Yuan continued teaching Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing practical combat lessons.

• Lin Chen told Mo Yuan that Tang San had been caught off guard and would prepare for their fighting style next time, while Zhu Zhuqing described Xiao Wu’s strength and the toll the match had taken.
• Mo Yuan praised their clear-headed assessment and urged them to study the remaining matches for weaknesses and tactical openings.
• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing observed the arena fights, while Little Yu'er grew bored and asked Yun Yan to leave.
• Mo Yuan agreed to leave, and the group browsed the shopping street before heading to the Cloud Palace Restaurant for lunch.
• While they waited for their food, Mo Yuan analyzed the fighters’ mistakes and advised Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing to stay flexible and learn from others.

Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing shopped for crystals before returning to the academy with their companions. The next morning, Mo Yuan told them it was time to form a team in preparation for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing bought high-quality amethysts while the others rested at the Cloud Palace Restaurant.
• Lin Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, Yun Yan, Little Yu'er, and Mo Yuan spent the afternoon shopping before returning to the academy.
• Mo Yuan told Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing to meet him early the next morning to discuss something important.
• Mo Yuan led Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing to the dean's office and explained that they needed to form a team and prepare for the tournament.

Mo Yuan secured the dean’s approval to form a new tournament team built around Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing, with academy resources and staff support. Back in Mo Yuan’s courtyard, they began deciding which roles and teammates the team needed.

• Mo Yuan told the dean that Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing needed a new team rather than joining the academy’s established roster.
• The dean approved the team and promised resources, a tactical analysis instructor, and a logistics instructor, naming Mo Yuan its head instructor.
• Mo Yuan told Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing that the new team would be built around them as its core.
• Lin Chen identified the need for a powerful frontline attacker, while Zhu Zhuqing added a defensive Soul Master and a control-type Soul Master to the required roster.

Lin Chen revealed that each of his Soul Rings granted both an offensive and a support Soul Skill, then demonstrated Liuli’s stacked support effects. Mo Yuan rushed off to tell the Dean and arrange a new training plan, leaving Lin Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yun Yan uncertain about what would happen next.

• Yun Yan advised the group to prioritize a healing support Soul Master, endurance, coordination, and temperament when forming their team.
• Lin Chen decided to reveal his hidden ability and told Mo Yuan and Yun Yan that each Soul Ring unlocked both an offensive and a supportive Soul Skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had suspected Lin Chen’s unusual power after seeing him apply several effects to her during their fight against the Three-Five Combination.
• Lin Chen summoned Liuli, whose three Soul Rings simultaneously provided defense, recovery, and speed, until Little Yu'er rushed over to play with the fox.
• Mo Yuan recognized Lin Chen’s value to the team and hurried to inform the Dean and arrange new resources and training.
• Lin Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yun Yan waited in the courtyard, unsure what changes Mo Yuan’s news would bring.

The Dean confirmed Lin Chen’s exceptional support abilities and promised his new team priority resources from Spirit Hall Academy. Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing then selected team candidates, and after a month of assessment chose five official members.

• Mo Yuan brought the Dean to Lin Chen, who demonstrated Liuli’s three simultaneous support Soul Skills and amazed him.
• The Dean promised to report Lin Chen’s abilities to the Martial Soul Holy Palace and give the new team priority resources.
• The head of academic affairs brought the elite student roster, and Lin Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Mo Yuan screened candidates to fill the team’s missing roles.
• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing secretly assessed ten candidates for a month, eliminating those with serious flaws in character or teamwork.
• Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing selected five students as official team members.

Mo Yuan assembled a seven-member team around Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing, securing dedicated instructors, facilities, and resources for them. The team began training by demonstrating their abilities so Bai Qingqing could record their strengths and weaknesses and develop tactics.

• Mo Yuan invited Yang Ke, Li Jiaojiao, Bai Ning, Tie Zhan, and Zhang Ting to join Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing's team, and all five accepted.
• The dean approved the roster and arranged neighboring dorms and dedicated training grounds for all seven students.
• Mo Yuan introduced logistics instructor Hou Qingming and tactical instructor Bai Qingqing, who was Bai Ning's relative and a level fifty-four Soul King.
• The seven members introduced themselves and described their martial souls, levels, and team roles.
• Bai Qingqing assigned each member to demonstrate their soul skills and explain their capabilities while she recorded the team's combat data.