Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang recommended two possible masters for Xiao Wu, including himself, but Bai Ye challenged his motives and argued that her talent deserved a better teacher. Yu Xiaogang defended his choices, and Xiao Wu revealed that she had already absorbed her first soul ring.

• Yu Xiaogang offered the Nuoding Academy headmaster and himself as candidates to become Xiao Wu's master.
• Bai Ye recognized Yu Xiaogang's self-serving recommendation and questioned why Xiao Wu should choose between two less powerful Soul Masters.
• Bai Ye pointed out that Xiao Wu's Innate Full Soul Power justified waiting for a more outstanding teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang denied having ulterior motives and said the candidates were the best available in Nuoding City.
• Xiao Wu told Yu Xiaogang that she had already absorbed her first soul ring and become a Soul Master.

Bai Ye and Xiao Wu woke up after Xiao Wu had accidentally slept while hugging his arm, then attended Nuoding Academy’s opening ceremony. Afterward, Xiao Chenyu and his group blocked Bai Ye, Xiao Wu, and the work-study students beneath the dormitory building.

• Xiao Wu woke while hugging Bai Ye’s arm, mistakenly accused him of climbing into her bed, then realized she had gone to his bed and apologized.
• Bai Ye, Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the other work-study students ate breakfast and attended Nuoding Academy’s opening ceremony.
• Bai Ye listened to the headmaster’s lengthy speech and reflected that effort alone could not overcome a lack of talent or direction.
• Xiao Chenyu and his group blocked Bai Ye, Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others beneath the dormitory building, and Bai Ye considered making Xiao Chenyu a useful subordinate.

After a year at Nuoding Academy, Bai Ye prepared to return to Spirit City and worried about staying in contact with Xiao Wu. The system gave him two Hongmeng Brand Crystal Board Phones, and he taught Xiao Wu how to use one before they tested the devices together.

• Xiao Chenyu apologized to Bai Ye and the work-study students, won them over, and arranged for his lackeys to handle their cleaning duties.
• Bai Ye spent the following year growing closer to Xiao Wu, who let him comb and braid her hair with her mother's comb.
• Bai Ye worried about leaving Nuoding City and losing touch with Xiao Wu, so the system granted him two Hongmeng Brand Crystal Board Phones.
• Bai Ye told Xiao Wu he would graduate after the final examinations and return to Spirit Hall, and Xiao Wu accepted his decision despite feeling sad.
• Bai Ye gave Xiao Wu a Hongmeng Brand Crystal Board Phone, taught her how to use it, and tested its image projection with her.

Bai Ye rescued fleeing villagers by killing a group of Evil Spirit Masters in the forest. Their dying threat revealed that a Blood Bat King might be behind the attacks, and Bai Ye headed toward the burning village to confront the larger threat.

• Bai Ye charged at the Evil Spirit Masters as they hunted villagers, and the Heart-Eating Demon Soul Elder attacked him.
• Bai Ye used Void Breaking Slash to behead the Heart-Eating Demon Soul Elder with one strike.
• The remaining Evil Spirit Masters summoned their Martial Souls and attacked Bai Ye together, but he killed them all.
• The last Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine Evil Spirit Master warned Bai Ye that Lord Blood Bat King would not let him go.
• Bai Ye spotted the village burning below and leaped toward it, expecting to face the main group of Evil Spirit Masters.

Bai Ye defeated the Evil Spirit Masters attacking a village and headed toward its center to find the Blood Bat King. There, he encountered a Spirit King-level Evil Spirit Master, and the system deployed the Ruthless Great Emperor as his guardian.

• Bai Ye used his movement technique and soul skills to kill the Evil Spirit Masters who had attacked him.
• Bai Ye directed the surviving villagers toward a route he had cleared, then continued toward the village center.
• Bai Ye fought and killed more Evil Spirit Masters along the way despite having little Soul Power left.
• A middle-aged Evil Spirit Master revealed himself as a Spirit King, and Bai Ye suspected he was the Blood Bat King.
• The system detected the threat and deployed the Limit Douluo guardian puppet, Ruthless Great Emperor.

Bai Ye returned home to find Qing Lin absent and went to the Spirit Hall Junior Spirit Master Academy to look for her. After learning she was cultivating in the Poison Marsh Mimicry Training Ground, he reunited with Qing Lin, who rushed into his arms in tears.

• Bai Ye found no one at home and guessed that Qing Lin was at the Spirit Hall Junior Spirit Master Academy.
• Bai Ye drew attention from the academy's girls with his charm, but he politely declined their requests for his contact information.
• A teacher told Bai Ye that Qing Lin had been cultivating at the academy and was currently in the Poison Marsh Mimicry Training Ground.
• Qing Lin sensed Bai Ye's arrival, ran out to meet him, and hugged him while saying she had missed him.

Bibi Dong questioned Bai Ye about the Blood Bat King's death, then asked whether he would stay in Spirit City and which academy he wanted to attend. She explained that joining the intermediate academy required competing in Spirit Hall's annual Genius Selection Competition.

• Bibi Dong asked Bai Ye how he had killed the Blood Bat King, and he claimed a passing senior Spirit Master had killed the Evil Spirit Masters.
• Bibi Dong doubted Bai Ye's story but let the matter go and asked whether he planned to remain in Spirit City.
• Bai Ye confirmed that he intended to stay and use Spirit Hall's resources to improve his cultivation.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Bai Ye wanted to attend the junior or intermediate academy in Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong told Bai Ye that he could enroll in the junior academy immediately, but entry to Spirit Hall Intermediate Spirit Master Academy required competing in the Genius Selection Competition.

Bai Ye and Qing Lin registered for Spirit Hall’s Genius Selection Competition, and Bai Ye learned about the powerful competitors, including Xu Zong. After a month, they arrived at the Holy Knight Training Camp for the ten-day training period, where the chapter ended as the participants were called to assemble.

• Bai Ye asked Yue Kong why he had registered, and Yue Kong explained that his cousin Yue Lingxuan hoped to win the Century Soul Bone prize.
• Yue Kong told Bai Ye about the five famous competitors known as the Chrysanthemum Snake Eagle Lion Blade and described Xu Zong’s mutated spirit and powerful soul skill.
• Bai Ye and Qing Lin registered for the competition, then waited more than a month for it to begin.
• Bai Ye and Qing Lin traveled to the Holy Knight Training Camp, chose adjacent tents, and learned that training would start that afternoon.
• After lunch, a loud voice ordered the participants to assemble, and Bai Ye left his tent as the training began.

Qing Lin stepped out of the tent and looked curiously at Bai Ye as they prepared to hurry over for the start.

• Qing Lin stepped out of the tent.
• Qing Lin looked curiously at Bai Ye.
• Qing Lin said it should be starting and urged them to hurry over.

Bai Ye and Qing Lin ran in the middle of the first group at the Holy Knight Training Camp, with more than fifty people ahead of them. Bai Ye lamented his weakness, and the system spoke to him again.

• Bai Ye and Qing Lin pulled ahead into the first group during the run.
• Bai Ye noticed that more than fifty runners were still ahead of him.
• Bai Ye wished he had a body-tempering technique to improve his strength.
• The system's voice suddenly rang out in Bai Ye's mind.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Bai Ye discovers that Tang Wulin has awakened his martial soul, a rare and powerful one at that.
• Tang Wulin's martial soul is revealed to be a Blue-Silver Grass, a plant-type martial soul with immense potential.
• Bai Ye decides to take Tang Wulin as his personal disciple, recognizing his talent and potential.

Character Developments

• Tang Wulin: He awakens his martial soul, demonstrating his potential and attracting the attention of a powerful teacher.
• Bai Ye: He shows his expertise and wisdom in recognizing Tang Wulin's talent, deciding to take him as a disciple.

Significant Themes

• Potential and Talent: The chapter emphasizes the importance of recognizing and nurturing talent, as seen in Bai Ye's decision to take Tang Wulin as his disciple.
• Power Dynamics: The discovery of Tang Wulin's martial soul shifts the power dynamics between him and his peers, elevating his status.

Character Interactions

• Bai Ye and Tang Wulin: Bai Ye expresses his satisfaction in finding a talented disciple in Tang Wulin, while Tang Wulin feels grateful and determined to live up to Bai Ye's expectations.
• Tang Wulin and His Peers: The revelation of Tang Wulin's martial soul causes his peers to look at him with newfound respect and awe.

The students left after watching Bai Ye eat, while the staff expected them to return the next day and find the place empty of food. The chapter ended with the staff pitying the students.

• Bai Ye ate quickly and had a large appetite.
• The students left as the staff watched them with pity.
• The staff expected the students to find no food when they returned the next day.

Bai Ye and Qing Lin completed survival training and traveled with the other contestants to the Misty Trail Grand Canyon for the Genius Selection Competition. After entering the canyon, they found a stream and gathered food, while Bai Ye prepared to make a hidden treehouse using his Tree of Life martial soul.

• Reno had the trainees eat bugs and then taught them to identify edible plants, fruits, fungi, and bugs in the Misty Trail Grand Canyon over several days.
• Reno led the trainees out of the Holy Knight Training Camp, and Bai Ye and Qing Lin chose a carriage together before the convoy departed for the canyon.
• Bai Ye and Qing Lin arrived at the Misty Trail Grand Canyon and used Phoenix Dance Six Illusions to travel deeper into the forest in search of water.
• Bai Ye and Qing Lin found a stream, used the Heavenly Demon Force Field to catch fish, shrimp, and crabs, and Qing Lin prepared the food.
• Bai Ye chose several enormous trees in a hidden patch of woodland and planned to use his Tree of Life martial soul to shape their interiors into a treehouse.

Bai Ye expected few eliminations at first because the contestants had brought food, but anticipated a major fight once supplies ran out. The chapter ended with him looking forward to the brawl that would follow Spirit Hall's food drops.

• Bai Ye noted that many contestants had brought food or stored it in Storage Spirit Devices.
• He expected contestants to struggle to catch prey in the Misty Trail Grand Canyon after their supplies ran out.
• Bai Ye anticipated that Spirit Hall's food drops would trigger a massive brawl and looked forward to it.

Bai Ye and Qing Lin waited while rival Soul Master groups fought over the food supplies, then approached the surviving contestants to claim the box. The five remaining Soul Grandmasters recognized Bai Ye and dismissed him and Qing Lin as easy opponents.

• Bai Ye and Qing Lin hid far from the clearing and watched as groups fought over the food box.
• The melee drew in the waiting contestants, leaving only five Soul Grandmasters able to fight.
• Bai Ye brought Qing Lin out of the woods and announced that he would take the supplies and told the others to leave.
• The five Soul Grandmasters recognized Bai Ye and Qing Lin, then sneered at them for expecting to seize the food from exhausted opponents.

Bai Ye and Qing Lin faced five Soul Grandmasters who attacked them together, but Qing Lin’s shield and illusory poison cloud created an opening for Bai Ye to strike. Bai Ye defeated four opponents and drove the Swift Wind Falcon Soul Grandmaster into flight.

• The five Soul Grandmasters turned on Bai Ye and Qing Lin, launching their soul skills and charging at them.
• Qing Lin used her Brocade Scale Senluo Shield to block attacks, then frightened the attackers with a fake poison cloud made from her Seven-Colored Illusory Qi.
• Bai Ye dodged the Purple Lightning Rhinoceros Soul Grandmaster’s charge and wounded him badly with the God-Slaying Sword.
• Bai Ye defeated the Great Vajra Bear Soul Grandmaster after Qing Lin’s trick scattered the attackers.
• Bai Ye used Phoenix Dance Six Illusions and Void Breaking Slash to eliminate two more Soul Grandmasters, while the Swift Wind Falcon Soul Grandmaster fled by air.

Feng Lie joined Snake King Hall after his former team was eliminated, and Xu Zong used him to learn about Bai Ye’s valley. Xu Zong then allied with four other powerful factions, which eliminated Hero Alliance and nearly every other team, leaving Bai Ye and Qing Lin as targets.

• Feng Lie asked to join Snake King Hall, and Xu Zong accepted him after learning he was a flying-type Soul Grandmaster whose former team had been eliminated.
• Feng Lie urged Xu Zong to hunt Bai Ye in the valley where his previous team had stayed, but Xu Zong refused because he was pursuing a larger plan.
• Xu Zong secretly allied Snake King Hall with Golden Chrysanthemum Palace, Rose of Wind, Lion King Camp, and Heavenly Saber Pavilion to eliminate weaker teams.
• The five factions joined forces to eliminate Hero Alliance, then hunted teams in their respective territories.
• After another three months, fewer than ten soul masters remained outside the five factions, and Bai Ye and Qing Lin became targets for elimination.

Bai Ye and Qing Lin used the stolen dragon egg to lure the Thornback Earthwalker Dragon into attacking Xu Zong and the Snake King Hall camp. As Xu Zong’s fighters struggled against the beast, Bai Ye secretly incapacitated their fallen comrades and waited for the chance to draw the dragon away.

• Bai Ye led the Thornback Earthwalker Dragon away from its valley while Qing Lin stole its egg, then they hid the egg to lure the beast toward the Snake King Hall camp.
• The Thornback Earthwalker Dragon discovered the egg among the humans and charged into the camp, forcing Xu Zong and his spirit masters to fight.
• The dragon broke through the control skills and overwhelmed the Snake King Hall fighters, injuring many of them as they tried to attack from all sides.
• Xu Zong repeatedly used Black Marsh Nightmare Poison, gradually weakening the dragon despite its strong poison resistance.
• Bai Ye secretly knocked out the injured Snake King Hall spirit masters and damaged their identity plaques, then decided it was time to lure the dragon away.

Xu Zong eliminated himself by crushing his identity badge after warning his acquaintances that they would not escape either. Bai Ye secretly watched, pleased that everything was going according to plan.

• Xu Zong faced several acquaintances and prepared to destroy his identity badge.
• Xu Zong warned the others that they would not get away if he was eliminated.
• Xu Zong crushed his identity badge and eliminated himself.
• The others dismissed Xu Zong's cold smile as a show of bravado.
• Bai Ye secretly smiled, satisfied that his plan was proceeding smoothly.

Yue Lingxuan, Feng Qingyu, Jin Xuanye, and Lin Yu led the four Soul Master teams in driving three century-old soul beasts from the battlefield, but the teams were left exhausted. Bai Ye and Qing Lin then emerged from the woods as he applauded.

• Yue Lingxuan, Feng Qingyu, Jin Xuanye, and Lin Yu joined the teams' control-type Soul Masters to severely wound and drive off the Wind Baboon.
• The Great Vajra Bear and Blazing Demon Tiger overwhelmed the remaining fighters, leaving fewer than ten to hold them back.
• The four leaders and control-type Soul Masters returned to the fight, but the teams had dwindled to around twenty combatants and had lost much of their strength.
• The teams coordinated to severely wound the Great Vajra Bear and Blazing Demon Tiger and force them off the battlefield.
• Bai Ye emerged from the woods with Qing Lin and walked toward the exhausted fighters, clapping.