Chapter Summaries

Su Mo gave Xiao Wu a ring, drawing Tang San’s jealousy as Xiao Wu grew closer to Su Mo. As they settled into bed, Su Mo worried about whether the ring could hide Xiao Wu’s identity from Tang Hao, who was troubled by his recent bad luck.

• Tang San watched Su Mo give Xiao Wu a ring and felt jealous when she accepted it.
• Xiao Wu thanked Su Mo for the ring, promised to protect him at the academy, and linked arms with him on the way back to the dormitory.
• Tang San brooded over Su Mo and ignored Wang Sheng’s complaint about his teeth grinding.
• Xiao Wu playfully bit Su Mo’s finger, then settled down and fell asleep in his arms.
• Su Mo wondered whether the ring could fool Tang Hao and protect Xiao Wu’s identity.
• Tang Hao reflected on his recent misfortune, which he connected to learning that Tang San’s first soul ring came from Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo.

After surviving a battle in the Star Dou Forest, Tang Hao suffered more injuries when bandits robbed and beat him, then endured a series of humiliating mishaps with a stubborn horse. The horse ran off, and the chapter ended with Tang Hao retching while Tang San remained sleepless for several days.

• Tang Hao crawled out of the Star Dou Forest but was robbed and beaten by several Soul Masters, worsening his injuries.
• Tang Hao recovered at an abandoned Soul Hunting camp, then went to a nearby town and bought a horse called Stubborn Donkey despite the dealer's warnings.
• Stubborn Donkey bucked Tang Hao into a feed trough, then moved at a painfully slow pace after he patted its neck.
• The horse gnawed through a tree, which fell on Tang Hao at a tea stall, and later kicked him into its manure before running off.
• Tang San had been unable to sleep for several days.

Tang San tried to secure a place in Xiao Wu’s heart by asking her to accept him as her big brother, but she rejected him and kicked him down the slope. He blamed Su Mo and challenged him, wagering his Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night, and Su Mo accepted.

• Tang San secretly took Xiao Wu to the Back Mountain slope and asked her to accept him as her big brother.
• Xiao Wu refused, kicked Tang San down the slope, and asked whether they were even close.
• Tang San blamed Su Mo for Xiao Wu’s rejection and ran to Dorm Seven to challenge him.
• Su Mo questioned why he should fight Tang San and demanded a stake.
• Tang San wagered his Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night, and Su Mo agreed to take the soul tool if he won.

Su Mo fought Tang San at Notting Academy and used an egg’s damage-transfer effect to make Tang San knock himself unconscious. Yu Xiaogang was left questioning his Soul Ring theory and wanting to study Su Mo’s unusual martial soul.

• News of Su Mo’s fight with Tang San drew a crowd, including Yu Xiaogang, who was shocked by Su Mo’s thousand-year First Soul Ring.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and ten-year Soul Ring, then attacked Su Mo with a hardened bamboo pole.
• Su Mo drew an egg from his Gashapon Machine and activated its five-second Damage Transfer effect.
• Su Mo stood still as Tang San struck him, transferring the blow back to Tang San and knocking him unconscious.
• The students dispersed while Yu Xiaogang suspected Su Mo’s martial soul had caused Tang San to faint and resolved to investigate it.

After Tang San lost to Su Mo, Yu Xiaogang tried to explain Su Mo’s rapid cultivation, thousand-year first soul ring, and unusual soul skill without abandoning his theories. He and Tang San settled on a possible explanation for the defeat, but Yu Xiaogang could only guess at the skill’s limitations.

• Yu Xiaogang brought the unconscious Tang San back to his dormitory and searched through books for an explanation of Su Mo’s thousand-year soul ring.
• Tang San asked whether someone with three levels of innate soul power could reach level ten quickly and obtain a thousand-year soul ring, prompting Yu Xiaogang to question his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang speculated that Su Mo had drawn his soul ring from a mutated martial soul or through a soul beast’s sacrifice, while Tang San said he did not think Su Mo’s group had lied.
• After Tang San described being struck on the head and knocked unconscious, Yu Xiaogang guessed that Su Mo’s soul skill reflected damage, and Tang San convinced himself he had lost to his own strength.
• When Tang San asked how to counter Su Mo’s skill, Yu Xiaogang suggested it might have a time limit or a limited number of uses.

Tang San sought another duel with Su Mo, while Yu Xiaogang questioned Su Mo about his rapid cultivation and unusual soul ring. Su Mo insulted both of them and left with Xiao Wu, and a teacher arrived to summon Yu Xiaogang to the Dean.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang for another Soul Tool so he could offer Su Mo a stake for a rematch, but Yu Xiaogang refused.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Su Mo about his rapid progress and Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Su Mo blamed his special martial soul and said he could not demonstrate another draw.
• Su Mo insulted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San after refusing to show his soul skill, and Tang San challenged him to fight again.
• Su Mo left for the cafeteria with Xiao Wu, who said she would leave the academy if Su Mo were expelled.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to report Su Mo to the Dean, but a teacher arrived and told him the Dean wanted to see him and seemed displeased.

Tang San was caught by a blacksmith and his daughter, who accused him of peeking at her bathing and demanded he marry her. As classmates gathered and Xiao Wu heard the accusation, Tang San was left cornered at the Academy gate until a teacher intervened.

• Tang San tried to leave the Academy to find work at another blacksmith shop, but the Burly Man seized him and demanded that he marry his daughter.
• Tang San denied peeking on purpose and silently considered using his hidden weapons, while students mocked him and threatened to spread the story.
• Xiao Wu arrived with Su Mo, questioned Tang San about what happened, and teased him as he struggled to explain.
• Xiao Chenyu joined the crowd and challenged Tang San to fight later, while Su Mo said Tang San had nothing to do with him and Xiao Wu.
• The Burly Man insisted that his dispute with Tang San be settled, but a Middle-Aged Teacher arrived and ordered everyone to disperse.

The Dean confronted Yu Xiaogang over dangerous experiments with Luo Sanpao and warned that teachers were demanding his expulsion. Yu Xiaogang then learned Tang San had been caught peeping at a girl bathing, leaving both their futures at the academy uncertain.

• A teacher took Tang San and the burly father-daughter pair to the office after the father accused Tang San of peeping at his daughter bathing.
• The Dean reprimanded Yu Xiaogang for nearly burning down the faculty dormitory and releasing foul fumes during his experiments.
• Yu Xiaogang defended his research into Luo Sanpao's explosive farts and proposed experimenting with lightning, while the Dean said teachers would resign unless Yu Xiaogang was expelled.
• Yu Xiaogang pleaded with the Dean to let him stay, and the Dean sent him away while he considered the teachers' complaints.
• A teacher brought Tang San to Yu Xiaogang and explained that the blacksmith shop owner was pursuing the peeping incident.
• Tang San admitted he had seen the girl while falling into the river, and Yu Xiaogang realized the scandal might force Tang San out of the academy too.

The Dean warned Tang San that the academy might expel him over the accusation of peeking, while Yu Xiaogang offered to leave with his disciple. Tang San secretly planned to deal with the accusers, and Yu Xiaogang tried to restore his standing by discussing a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• The Dean told Tang San that he would try to mediate but might have to expel him if the accusers refused to settle.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to leave the academy with Tang San, who concealed his plan to deal with the father and daughter.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang overheard students gossiping about the accusation and mocking Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to his dormitory and explained that a Martial Soul Fusion Skill combined the Martial Souls of multiple Soul Masters.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San experimented with combining Blue Silver Pole Vault and Luo Sanpao’s Thunderous Fart to fly, eventually taking Yu Xiaogang airborne too. They lost control high above the ground, and Tang San saw a river below them as Luo Sanpao used her fart to try to save them.

• Yu Xiaogang recalled the Golden Iron Triangle and told Tang San that his Soul Skill might work with Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to the Back Mountain to test using Luo Sanpao’s fart to extend Tang San’s Blue Silver Pole Vault.
• After several attempts and crashes, Tang San managed to fly with Luo Sanpao, though their direction remained difficult to control.
• Yu Xiaogang climbed aboard with Tang San, celebrated their flight, and moved around until they lost control.
• Tang San ordered Luo Sanpao to use Thunderous Fart, then spotted a river beneath them.

After being caught at the river with Yu Xiaogang, Tang San was expelled from Notting Junior Academy along with his teacher. As Tang San left, he saw Su Mo heading out with Xiao Wu, whose mention of a rabbit hairpin made him stop.

• The Dean ordered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to leave after they were caught near a woman bathing in the river, and explained that the scandal had ruined their reputations.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to make Tang San famous, while Tang San privately wondered whether Yu Xiaogang was the source of his repeated bad luck.
• Students mocked the pair until a teacher announced that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were no longer part of the academy.
• Tang San returned to the dormitory, struck Wang Sheng for insulting him, and exchanged a cold look with Su Mo.
• Xiao Wu called Su Mo to hurry because she wanted a rabbit hairpin, and Tang San stopped when he heard her voice.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang fled Nuoding City after being expelled, while Tang Hao arrived and learned that Tang San had been expelled for peeping at someone bathing. The chapter left Tang Hao stunned by what had happened to his son.

• Tang San packed his belongings and left the academy with Yu Xiaogang, who declared they would find a better place to make a name for themselves.
• The Blacksmith Shop Owner and several employees chased Tang San and Yu Xiaogang through the streets, but the two escaped beyond the city gates.
• Xiao Wu and Su Mo watched the chase, and Su Mo blamed it on the peeping-at-bathing incident.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he wanted to return to Holy Soul Village, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to accompany him.
• Tang Hao overheard people discussing Tang San's expulsion and froze when he learned his son had been expelled for peeping at someone bathing.

Tang Hao worried over his missing soul ring and Tang San’s expulsion, while Su Mo and Xiao Wu argued over who would use Su Mo’s Gacha Coin. The roommates’ curiosity interrupted Su Mo before he could draw, leaving the result unknown.

• Tang Hao decided to prioritize recovering his missing soul ring before confronting Tang San about being expelled.
• Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu discussed Tang San’s absence in Dorm Seven, while Su Mo worried whether Tang Hao had discovered Xiao Wu’s identity.
• Su Mo summoned a Gacha Coin, and Xiao Wu tried to claim it, but Su Mo insisted on drawing it himself.
• Xiao Wu bargained with Su Mo and bit his ear until he agreed that she could use the next two coins.
• Wang Sheng and the other roommates watched curiously, but Xiao Wu glared at them until they stopped looking.

Su Mo drew a Blue Silver Grass card that contained the rebirthing remnant soul of a Blue Silver Emperor, which he suspected might be Ah Yin. Xiao Wu sensed something unusual but Su Mo kept the truth from her, leaving the Blue Silver Grass planted beside his bed.

• Su Mo used the Gashapon Machine while Xiao Wu and the other dorm members watched, and he drew a card containing the origin of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor bound to him.
• Su Mo turned the card into a blue-and-gold stalk of Blue Silver Grass and planted it in a flower pot beside his bed.
• Xiao Wu said the Blue Silver Grass felt familiar, but Su Mo dismissed it as ordinary and chose not to reveal what he suspected.
• Xiao Wu asked whether her ring could hide her aura, and Su Mo assured her that it concealed her Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu told Su Mo she felt he was hiding things from her, but he teased her until she kicked him and then pulled her into his arms to sleep.

Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village with Yu Xiaogang, only to find his father gone and a letter telling him to study or return to blacksmithing. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang then traveled onward, running short of food and money, and the chapter ended with them fleeing a herd of wild boars.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang reached Holy Soul Village, where Yu Xiaogang insulted the village children's martial souls and lost their admiration.
• The village chief told Tang San that his father had left, and Tang San found a letter and Copper Soul Coins in his dusty home.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to care for Tang San, and the two left the village to travel and seek inspiration.
• Yu Xiaogang lost his money pouch, so Tang San paid for their journey while they struggled to find food.
• Tang San spotted what looked like a wild boar, but he discovered it was part of a herd and ran back, urging Yu Xiaogang to flee.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang escaped a herd of Gale Wild Boars but lost their supplies, while Su Mo noticed the Blue Silver Grass absorbing his Soul Power and heard Xiao Wu describe a recurring dream of a huge blue tree or blade of grass. The chapter ended with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang hungry beneath a tree, and Tang San secretly keeping a few flatbreads for himself.

• Tang San ran into a herd of Gale Wild Boars, and Yu Xiaogang identified the boars before the two fled using Tang San's Blue Silver Pole Vault.
• Su Mo noticed the Blue Silver Grass absorbing a trace of his Soul Power and wondered whether it was Ah Yin and what she remembered.
• Xiao Wu told Su Mo she had repeatedly dreamed of a huge, bright blue tree or blade of grass with Su Mo standing beneath it, then accused him of influencing her dreams.
• Su Mo caught and teased Xiao Wu's feet before she went back to sleep, and she mumbled about food in her dream.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to hunt for food after they escaped the boars and lost their supplies, but Tang San secretly kept several flatbreads for himself.

Caught in a storm, Yu Xiaogang considered exposing Luo Sanpao to lightning in hopes of reversing its mutation and told Tang San about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu playfully sat on Su Mo until he surrendered.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San moved away from a tree as the rain intensified and thunder began.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed sending Luo Sanpao into the lightning to trigger another mutation, then explained the continent’s major powers and revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan origins.
• Tang San wondered about Su Mo and Xiao Wu as Yu Xiaogang thought Su Mo would struggle without his guidance.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu joked together in bed during the storm, and Xiao Wu sat on him until he surrendered.
• Su Mo asked whether Xiao Wu had gained weight, and Xiao Wu accused him of calling her fat.

Su Mo and Xiao Wu teased each other after she recognized the familiar soul power of the Blue Silver Emperor, while elsewhere Yu Xiaogang prepared to test whether lightning could mutate Luo Sanpao. The chapter ended with Tang San eager to begin the experiment, hoping the discovery might also transform his blue silver grass.

• Xiao Wu recognized the blue silver grass's soul power as similar to that of a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor she had known in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Su Mo realized she had probably met Ah Yin.
• Xiao Wu worried Su Mo had heard her slip, but he pretended the thunder had drowned her words out and changed the subject to their breakfast.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu argued playfully over whether tofu pudding should be savory or sweet, then Xiao Wu sulked before sidling back to complain that Su Mo had not comforted her.
• Yu Xiaogang explained to Tang San that he wanted to expose Luo Sanpao to lightning to test whether it could mutate and prove that martial souls could change after birth.
• Tang San became excited by the possibility that his blue silver grass could mutate, and Yu Xiaogang released Luo Sanpao and told him to take it into the sky.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that lightning had given Luo Sanpao a powerful explosive ability and began planning to seek further evolution. After he went hunting and provoked a herd of wild boars, Tang San rescued him, and they fled into what Yu Xiaogang called a pigpen.

• Tang San found Yu Xiaogang after Luo Sanpao’s fur darkened, and the next morning Yu Xiaogang confirmed that Luo Sanpao had gained a lightning attribute.
• Luo Sanpao’s Thunderous Fart exploded and blasted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang away, so Yu Xiaogang proposed using its new power to charge at enemies and self-destruct.
• Yu Xiaogang considered exposing himself and Luo Sanpao to more lightning to trigger another evolution, while Tang San tried to steer him away from the idea.
• Yu Xiaogang left to hunt, but returned chased by dozens of wild boars, including one centuries-old boar.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Pole Vault to carry Yu Xiaogang away from the herd, and Yu Xiaogang said they seemed to have entered a pigpen.