Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into Holy Soul Village, Han Tao attended the Martial Soul Awakening and obtained Blue Silver Grass with Innate Soul Power, Level 1. He returned home to measure the changes to his body and consider the risks of entering Notting Spirit Master Academy.

• Han Tao realized he had transmigrated into Holy Soul Village and avoided speaking much to conceal that he could not yet manage its language.
• Village Chief Jack reminded Han Tao to attend the next day's Martial Soul Awakening.
• At Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao awakened the children's Martial Souls, and Han Tao received Blue Silver Grass.
• Han Tao asked Su Yuntao to test his Soul Power and learned he had Innate Soul Power, Level 1.
• Han Tao left before Tang San awakened his Martial Soul, then recorded that his physical attributes had increased by roughly ten percent.

Han Tao enrolled at Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy and began devising a routine to strengthen his Mental Power and learn meditation despite his low Innate Soul Power. He left the chapter pursuing study, exercise, meditation, and a strategic friendship with Xiao Chenyu.

• Han Tao asked Old Jack for a loan to attend the academy, and Old Jack agreed.
• Han Tao enrolled at Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy and avoided trouble by accepting Xiao Chenyu as his boss.
• Han Tao befriended his roommates and began studying written language, which he had not yet mastered.
• Han Tao concluded that fatigue and better sleep could help restore his Mental Power and planned to combine studying, exercise, and meditation.
• Han Tao regularly flattered Xiao Chenyu, who rewarded his underlings with meals, including portions of Ten-year Soul Beast meat.

Han Tao developed a theory about how Martial Soul quality affected physical growth, then borrowed money from Xiao Chenyu to continue his studies. His deeper practice of the Meditation Technique revealed an unusual phenomenon that gave him hope.

• Han Tao celebrated reaching Soul Power level two and observed that his physique had grown, then tested Ling Feng’s strength and concluded that Martial Souls had different Growth Bases.
• Han Tao estimated Blue Silver Grass’s Growth Base at 0.1 and Boss Xiao’s wolf Martial Soul at 0.5, and concluded that Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring Age theory could be dangerous for Soul Masters with weak Martial Souls.
• Han Tao became withdrawn as he considered the gap between weak and powerful Martial Souls.
• Four months later, Han Tao begged Xiao Chenyu for money; Xiao Chenyu gave him twenty-five Gold Soul Coins, and Han Tao used the money to pay next year’s tuition.
• Han Tao’s prolonged Meditation Technique practice let him circulate Soul Power through his meridians for two hours, and he discovered an unusual phenomenon that gave him hope.

Han Tao investigated how Soul Power Compatibility affected cultivation and reached the peak of Level Three before returning to Holy Soul Village. Hearing Tang Hao teach Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer sparked an idea about applying its force-transmission principles to Soul Power.

• Han Tao concluded that long-term Soul Power circulation could improve cultivation talent, but breaking through a plateau required stronger meridians, greater compatibility, or other resources.
• Han Tao's cultivation speed increased, and he reached the peak of Level Three before the holidays.
• Han Tao returned to Holy Soul Village, where Old Jack welcomed him and explained that Spirit Hall had exempted the village from taxes because two residents had Soul Power.
• Tang Hao taught Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Tang San studied his father's movements and practiced the technique.
• Han Tao cultivated in a herb-filled spot away from Tang Hao and Tang San, then wondered whether the hammer technique's force transmission could improve how he condensed Soul Power.

After two years of cautious cultivation and research, Han Tao reached Soul Power level ten and needed to choose a first Soul Ring. When he asked Principal Su for help hunting one, he learned the academy would not provide a teacher until graduation, and the teacher who might have helped was on leave.

• Han Tao slowed his Soul Power circulation to study the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer principle, and his Soul Power quietly reached level four.
• Han Tao discovered acupoints and considered using them to accelerate Soul Power, but set aside the risky research to focus on raising his level.
• Han Tao spent two years cultivating at the academy while Tang San visited blacksmith shops, Xiao Wu played around Notting City, and Yu Xiaogang strolled with his martial-soul theories.
• Han Tao reached level ten and considered Soul Ring strategies, including Soul Skill Combination Studies and Martial Soul Evolution Studies.
• Han Tao asked Principal Su to help him hunt for a Soul Ring, but Principal Su said teachers only assisted graduating students and dismissed him.
• Han Tao left the office after hearing that Teacher Li was taking two weeks off because a family member was ill.

Han Tao persuaded Li Gang to help him hunt for a healing Soul Ring by offering a chance to treat Li Gang’s sick family member. In the Soul Hunting Forest, Han Tao tested a Three-Leaf Begonia Flower’s healing and rejected it because it could not repair a severed tendon, so they continued searching.

• Han Tao realized he could align Li Gang’s need for medical treatment with his own need for help hunting a Soul Ring.
• Han Tao offered to let Li Gang use his Spirit Hall subsidy as payment if the Soul Skill could not heal Li Gang’s family member, and Li Gang agreed to help.
• Han Tao and Li Gang entered the Soul Hunting Forest, where Han Tao named Begonia Flower, Fluorescent Grass, and Sunshine Sunflower as possible targets.
• Li Gang killed a black wolf, and Han Tao collected its meat before they continued deeper into the forest.
• Han Tao tested a Three-Leaf Begonia Flower on a gray wolf and found that it healed the wound but did not reconnect the severed tendon.
• Han Tao rejected the Begonia Flower for now, and Li Gang agreed to keep searching with him.

Han Tao chose a century-old Fluorescent Grass Soul Ring over a four-hundred-year-old Blue Silver Grass, gained the healing skill Fluorescence, and used it to heal Li Gang's mother. With healing allowing him to train beyond his limits, he began building his physique and ended two months later having caught up with Xiao Chenyu physically.

• Han Tao rejected the four-hundred-year-old Blue Silver Grass and found a century-old Fluorescent Grass to absorb as his first Soul Ring.
• Han Tao gained the healing Soul Skill Fluorescence and used it to cure Li Gang's mother, fulfilling his promise.
• Han Tao registered as a Soul Master, recorded his growth measurements, and planned to use healing to support intense physical training.
• Han Tao trained to his limits for two months and raised his physical attributes from 3.9 to 7.4, matching Xiao Chenyu's physique.

After graduating early from Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy, Han Tao chose to seek refuge with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and traveled there with a recommendation letter. He reached the Sect’s gate and waited while the gatekeeper took his unusual request inside.

• Han Tao asked Principal Su for early graduation and received permission after demonstrating his Soul Master breakthrough and first Soul Skill.
• Principal Su held Han Tao’s graduation ceremony and gave him a diploma and recommendation letter.
• Han Tao decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect offered his best chance and traveled there via Heaven Dou City with a trade caravan.
• Han Tao presented his documents at the Sect’s Mountain Gate and asked to study there despite the Sect not recruiting students.
• The gatekeeper agreed to report Han Tao’s request, leaving him waiting outside.

Han Tao was rejected at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s gate, but Ning Fengzhi revealed the rejection was a test and accepted him into the Sect. Han Tao began training with the Sect’s advanced Meditation Method and settled into life as a disciple.

• Ning Fengzhi questioned Han Tao about why he wanted to join, then told him the Sect had never accepted students and sent him away.
• Han Tao left with the coachman, resolved to try other academies, and broke through to Soul Power level 12 during the journey.
• The coachman revealed he was taking Han Tao into the Sect, where Ning Fengzhi explained that his rejection had been a test of Han Tao’s character.
• Manager Ning handled Han Tao’s admission and introduced him to Ning Rongrong and the Sect’s affairs.
• Han Tao obtained the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s advanced Meditation Method, began studying its meridians, and received a monthly salary of 50 Gold Soul Coins.

Ning Fengzhi reviewed Han Tao’s conduct and decided to test whether he would share his physique-improvement method before granting him access to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s core technique. While studying the sect’s books, Han Tao explained his ideas about training and healing to Manager Ning, who abruptly rushed him to the Sect Master.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Han Tao had sent his 50 Gold Soul Coins to Holy Soul Village and Notting City, and decided to offer him the Heart Separation Control Method as a fourth test.
• Han Tao completed three meditation cycles, entered the Book Collection Pavilion, and found that the elder guarding it was reading an explicit book called Affairs of the Empire—Refined Edition.
• Han Tao studied combat-strength predictions for Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, then concluded he needed a way to increase gravity during training.
• Han Tao asked Manager Ning to help him find a Soul Master with a gravity-related Soul Skill and explained that training, nutrition, and healing needed to work together.
• Manager Ning dismissed Han Tao’s ideas until Han Tao described healing depth and the limits of Nine Star Begonia healing, then seized him by the collar and flew toward the Sect Master’s room.

Han Tao convinced Ning Fengzhi that his Firefly Light Soul Skill could heal microscopic damage and potentially treat meridians, earning the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Distraction Control Secret Method. Ning Rongrong then arranged an extremely demanding Supplementary Study Book List for Han Tao, which he began examining.

• Manager Ning brought Han Tao to Ning Fengzhi and explained Han Tao's theory that deep healing could reach the microscopic level and treat meridians.
• Han Tao described tests on a gray wolf's severed hoof tendon and demonstrated Firefly Light on Ning Fengzhi, who recognized the discovery's strategic value despite its weak effect on him.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Manager Ning to teach Han Tao the Distraction Control Secret Method and privately reflected on how deep healing could reduce the cost of developing Meditation Methods.
• Ning Rongrong proposed giving Han Tao a Supplementary Study Book List, and Ning Fengzhi approved her plan.
• The Hall Guardian Elder delivered the list to Han Tao, who was shocked by its demanding material on support techniques, including real-time buffs, battlefield calculation, and control.

Han Tao studied advanced battlefield-control techniques and began gravity-assisted training with Xiao Yuan, using the pressure to strengthen himself and break through to Soul Power Level 13. After a month of progress, Xiao Yuan grew resentful of having to maintain his Fourth Soul Skill for Han Tao, leaving Han Tao to consider how to prevent trouble.

• Han Tao read Ning Fengzhi's supplementary study list, doubted its claims about mortals defeating a god, and wondered whether Ning Rongrong had been underestimated.
• Manager Ning introduced Han Tao to Xiao Yuan, whose Fourth Soul Skill, Gravity Suppression, could increase gravity around him.
• Xiao Yuan's Soul Power pressure helped Han Tao break through to Soul Power Level 13, and Han Tao used his Deep Treatment Soul Skill to repair damage caused by the training.
• Han Tao trained under sustained gravity and found that his internal organs limited his progress, but after a month his physique exceeded the 10 mark.
• Xiao Yuan began resenting the long hours of using his Fourth Soul Skill for Han Tao, and Han Tao decided he needed to act before Xiao Yuan disrupted his training.

At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s annual assessment, Han Tao demonstrated his rapid Soul Power growth and shared his theories about Cultivation Talent with Ning Fengzhi. He negotiated for the Sect to raise Big Brother Xiao Yuan’s salary and status in exchange for further research findings.

• Ning Fengzhi scolded Ning Tian over his poor assessment results and sent him away, then tested Ning Rongrong, whose progress drew a reprimand that Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo interrupted with their intimidating aura.
• Han Tao tested at level 14 Soul Master and told Ning Fengzhi that he had mastered the Two Splits Mind Technique; Ning Fengzhi promised him a surprise if he learned the Seven Splits Mind Technique within three months.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Han Tao to share his research, and Han Tao explained that Cultivation Talent depended on meridian width and compatibility with Soul Power.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Han Tao knew how to improve those qualities, and Han Tao agreed to share more in return for the Sect increasing Big Brother Xiao Yuan’s salary and status.

Han Tao shared his Soul Power Compatibility research with Ning Fengzhi, then juggled cultivation, Distraction Control Method training, and a punishing study schedule. After reaching Level 15, he faced his first theory test and met Ning Tian, the Sect's infamous Hidden Dragon, as Ning Tian was sent to the Little Black Room.

• Han Tao explained how flowing Soul Power could improve its compatibility with the meridians, and Ning Fengzhi ordered the findings verified by testing newly awakened Soul Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi told Han Tao that the Hall Guardian Elder would test him every two months and lock him in the Little Black Room if he failed.
• Han Tao planned his studies and training, while Xiao Yuan offered to help him after learning Han Tao's research had earned him a raise and higher status.
• After two months of training with Xiao Yuan, Han Tao reached Level 15 and was summoned for the Hall Guardian Elder's examination.
• Han Tao learned that failing the theoretical test meant confinement and met Ning Tian, who scored 24 points before pleading unsuccessfully with the Hall Guardian Elder to spare him.

Ning Rongrong failed the Sect examination after arguing that support soul masters were unnecessary, while Xue Feng passed and explained how the Sect’s rules protected weaker disciples. Han Tao also passed after demonstrating his knowledge of muscle mechanics, and he considered how microscopic force manipulation could become a dangerous offensive method.

• Ning Rongrong argued that Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa made support buffs unnecessary, received 26 points, and entered the Little Black Room.
• A disciple explained to Han Tao that influential figures could be released from the Little Black Room under another Sect rule, and identified himself as Xue Feng.
• Xue Feng passed the examination with 60 points, and Han Tao suspected his surname connected him to the Heaven Dou Empire’s imperial family.
• Han Tao described how a soul master’s muscles and force transmission worked while running, earning 61 points and passing.
• Han Tao reflected on using microscopic force manipulation to disrupt opponents’ movements and support Soul Skills.

Han Tao failed to master the fifth level of the Distraction Control Method within three months, and Ning Fengzhi offered him an unverified manual that might help him advance. After Ning Rongrong warned him about the manual’s risks, Han Tao argued that it could be his only chance to progress beyond level 20.

• Han Tao considered how his Blue Silver Grass perception might support micro-control, but set the theory aside because he lacked an amplification Soul Skill to test it.
• After three months, Han Tao had reached an unstable fifth level of the Distraction Control Method and missed Ning Fengzhi’s requirement.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed the Advanced Distraction Control Method - Cluster Convergence, which he said could help Han Tao break through with personal instruction.
• Ning Rongrong took the manual and warned Han Tao that its unverified theories could cause serious side effects.
• Han Tao thanked Ning Rongrong for the warning, then said the manual might be his only hope of breaking through level 20.

Han Tao received the advanced Distraction Control Method from Ning Rongrong, but after reading its dangerous instructions for splitting the mind, he abandoned the idea of experimenting with it. Ning Rongrong then confronted him about his rapid cultivation, giving Ning Fengzhi an opening to claim Han Tao’s research under the guise of repayment.

• Ning Rongrong gave Han Tao the advanced Distraction Control Method after his earnest explanation of why he needed it.
• Ning Fengzhi told Rongrong he had hoped to trade the manual for Han Tao’s research, noting that Han Tao’s cultivation had risen unusually quickly.
• Han Tao read the manual’s untested and fatal mind-splitting methods, then decided not to risk experimenting with them.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Han Tao about reaching Soul Power Level 17 despite his claims about low Innate Soul Power slowing cultivation.
• Ning Fengzhi smiled as he held the book Keep Emotions Hidden, having arranged for Rongrong’s questioning to pressure Han Tao into sharing his findings.

Han Tao revealed his cultivation method to Ning Rongrong, then reached a bottleneck at Soul Power Level 19 and began investigating what might limit breakthroughs. He returned to Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy to observe Yu Xiaogang, where Principal Su recognized him.

• Han Tao explained to Ning Rongrong how Deep Treatment, Soul Power pressure, and Gravity Soul Skills could improve talent and cultivation, and she recorded his findings.
• Han Tao reflected on his progress with Xiao Yuan's help, then spent three months cultivating until he reached Soul Power Level 19 and hit a bottleneck.
• Han Tao considered whether Soul Power, meridian traits, Mental Power, or bloodline affected Soul Power Level, then decided to study Yu Xiaogang's case.
• Han Tao asked Ning Fengzhi for leave and traveled back to Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy.
• A gatekeeper led Han Tao to Principal Su's office, where Principal Su recognized him and greeted him with surprise.

Han Tao questioned Yu Xiaogang about Soul Power bottlenecks and Mental Power methods, then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He learned that Xue Qinghe would soon visit and might become Ning Fengzhi’s disciple, leaving Han Tao amused at the thought that Xue Qinghe could call him Senior Brother.

• Han Tao visited Yu Xiaogang and asked whether Mental Power cultivation or other attributes could help a soul master break through a Soul Power bottleneck.
• Han Tao concluded that Yu Xiaogang likely had never cultivated a Mental Power secret method and reasoned that physical, Soul Power, and Mental Power attributes did not restrict breakthroughs.
• Han Tao bought farming tools for Holy Soul Village’s old village chief, ate with Xiao Chenyu, and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• A guard told Han Tao that the Heaven Dou Empire would soon visit the Sect to discuss cooperation, with First Prince Xue Qinghe among the visitors.
• Han Tao realized Xue Qinghe might become Ning Fengzhi’s disciple and joked that he might have to call Han Tao Senior Brother, then headed to the Library Pavilion to study.

Han Tao met Xue Qinghe when Ning Fengzhi made the Crown Prince his first disciple and Han Tao his second. After receiving Xue Qinghe’s Crown Prince Token, Han Tao remained unable to break through his level 19 bottleneck and resolved to seek a theoretical solution rather than rely on an Immortal Herb.

• Ning Fengzhi introduced Han Tao to Xue Qinghe, and Xue Qinghe interrupted Han Tao’s formal bow before the ritual was complete.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that Xue Qinghe would become his first disciple and Han Tao his second, making Han Tao Xue Qinghe’s junior brother.
• Xue Qinghe gave Han Tao a Crown Prince Token, which could grant him access to the Heaven Dou Empire’s Library Pavilion and Royal Academy’s Simulated Training Field.
• Han Tao returned to his dormitory and struggled with his level 19 bottleneck, then told Xue Qinghe that his Soul Power could not break through.
• Xue Qinghe admitted he had no solution, and Han Tao considered seeking an answer through research instead of relying on an Immortal Herb.