Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao waited for his martial soul awakening in Golden Chrysanthemum Village, expecting a Spirit Hall deacon or the famous Bro Tao. Instead, Yu Xiaogang arrived as a temporary helper, and after the children ahead of Lin Hao awakened with ordinary martial souls and no soul power, Yu Xiaogang called Lin Hao forward.

• Lin Hao reflected on his life in Douluo Continent and his plan to attend school in Nuoding City and start a small business.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived in Golden Chrysanthemum Village, surprising Lin Hao, and explained that he was temporarily filling in for a Spirit Hall deacon.
• Yu Xiaogang set up the martial soul awakening array and called the children forward one by one.
• The first five children awakened ordinary martial souls and showed no soul power.
• Yu Xiaogang called Lin Hao, the last child in line, to enter the awakening array.

Lin Hao awakened a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul with innate full soul power, while Yu Xiaogang tried to convince him to become his disciple by disparaging the flower and boasting of his theories. Lin Hao rejected Yu Xiaogang’s judgment and privately resolved to develop his martial soul as a food-type power, using it to strengthen his body and eventually copy other soul masters’ abilities.

• Lin Hao awakened the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Yu Xiaogang recognized it as the same martial soul used by Yue Guan.
• Lin Hao tested at innate full soul power, prompting the village children to celebrate his talent.
• Yu Xiaogang called Lin Hao’s flower martial soul nearly useless, then offered to take him as a disciple and guide his development.
• Lin Hao saw through Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to manipulate him and considered seeking Yue Guan’s guidance instead.
• Lin Hao planned to consume his martial soul over time to build an indestructible body and seek a Mirror Shadow Beast soul ring for an ability-copying skill.

Lin Hao rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple, despite Yu’s promises and angry warnings. After learning Lin Hao had innate full soul power, Old Leo celebrated and agreed to arrange a ride for him to Nuoding City so he could seek admission to the Soul Master Academy in Spirit City.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Lin Hao to become his disciple, but Lin Hao questioned his rank and refused.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily filled out Lin Hao’s Martial Soul Certificate, threw it to him, and left after warning that Lin Hao would regret rejecting him.
• The children praised Lin Hao, then told Old Leo that he had awakened innate full soul power.
• Old Leo celebrated Lin Hao’s talent and explained that he could use the village’s work-study place to attend Nuoding Academy.
• Lin Hao said he would go to Nuoding City and present his martial soul to the Spirit Hall Branch in hopes of studying in Spirit City.
• Old Leo offered to arrange a faster ride with a villager, and Lin Hao accepted.

Lin Hao traveled from Golden Chrysanthemum Village to Spirit City with Ma Xiunuo, who recommended him to Spirit Hall’s junior Soul Master Academy because of his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul and innate full soul power. At the Genius Recommendation Office, Lin Ao was accepted with rank-seven innate soul power and then insulted Lin Hao for looking like a poor commoner.

• Lin Hao left Golden Chrysanthemum Village and went to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch to join Spirit Hall.
• Ma Xiunuo learned that Lin Hao had the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul and innate full soul power, then agreed to recommend him for the academy in Spirit City.
• Ma Xiunuo housed Lin Hao overnight, treated him to dinner, and escorted him by carriage to Spirit City over two or three days.
• Ma Xiunuo brought Lin Hao to the Genius Recommendation Office, where other branch heads and talented children looked down on his patched clothes.
• Lin Ao demonstrated his Gale Demon Wolf martial soul and rank-seven innate soul power, and the Grand Cardinal accepted him for admission.
• Lin Ao stopped beside Lin Hao and mocked him as a mud-legged peasant who did not belong at the Genius Recommendation Office.

Six-year-old Lin Hao revealed his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul and innate full soul power at Spirit Hall’s Genius Recommendation Office, shocking everyone and drawing Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan to the hall. Yue Guan arrived just after the Cardinal announced Lin Hao’s talent.

• Lin Ao boasted about his Gale Demon Wolf and innate rank seven soul power, but Lin Hao pointed out that rank seven was only the Genius Recommendation Office’s minimum requirement.
• After other children finished their tests, Lin Hao summoned his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, stunning the Cardinal, who recognized it as Yue Guan’s martial soul.
• Lin Hao placed his hand on the crystal ball, which blazed with light and revealed his innate full soul power; Lin Ao and the other children were left speechless.
• Yue Guan sensed the familiar martial-soul aura near the foot of the mountain and rushed from Pope Hall to the Genius Recommendation Office.
• The Cardinal celebrated Lin Hao’s rare talent, and Yue Guan arrived in a flash at the entrance to the hall.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan recognized Lin Hao’s Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and innate full soul power, then accepted him as his personal disciple and gave him a Storage Soul Tool. Yue Guan took Lin Hao to his residence and planned to introduce him to Ghost Douluo.

• Yue Guan arrived at the Spirit Hall and confirmed Lin Hao had the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul and innate full soul power.
• Yue Guan asked Lin Hao to become his disciple, and Lin Hao accepted.
• Yue Guan gave Lin Hao the Golden Chrysanthemum Bracelet and ordered a reward and promotion for Ma Xiunuo.
• Yue Guan took Lin Hao to his residence and said Lin Hao’s martial soul had reached the immortal grade.
• Yue Guan took Lin Hao to visit his friend Ghost Douluo and seek gifts for his new disciple.

Chrysanthemum Douluo introduced Lin Hao to Ghost Douluo, who welcomed him and gave him a Silver Dragon Spear before agreeing to join the trip for his first soul ring. On the way to the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Hao persuaded Chrysanthemum Douluo to let him develop his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as a food-type martial soul, and his teacher approved.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo brought Lin Hao to meet Ghost Douluo, who was astonished by Lin Hao's Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul and innate full soul power.
• Ghost Douluo gave Lin Hao a Silver Dragon Spear and agreed to accompany him and Chrysanthemum Douluo to hunt for his first soul ring the next day.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo gave Lin Hao the Immortal Herb Illustrated Record, which described the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum's medicinal effects.
• On their way to the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Hao explained that he wanted to follow the food-type path and use his martial soul's medicinal properties to build strength.
• Lin Hao proposed absorbing varied soul rings, including one from a Mirror Shadow Beast, to gain combat abilities alongside his food-type powers.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo considered Lin Hao's reasoning, acknowledged the path might suit the martial soul better, and gave him permission to pursue it.

Lin Hao entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to find an edible plant Soul Beast that could improve his cultivation speed. He absorbed a nearly four-hundred-year-old spirit gathering grass Soul Ring and gained the first Soul Skill Singular Velvet Sky Gathering.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that a food-type Soul Master needed an edible Martial Soul and an edible plant Soul Beast for the first Soul Ring.
• Lin Hao asked for a Soul Ring that would improve his cultivation speed, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo searched the forest with him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo found a nearly four-hundred-year-old spirit gathering grass and identified it as edible and suited to Lin Hao’s needs.
• Lin Hao destroyed the spirit gathering grass with his Silver Dragon Spear, then absorbed its Yellow Soul Ring under the two Douluos’ protection.
• Lin Hao awakened Singular Velvet Sky Gathering, which created a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum that gathered surrounding spiritual energy after being eaten.

After gaining his first Soul Ring, Lin Hao tested the food-type Soul Skill Singular Velvet Sky Gathering and discovered it produced a flower that gathered spiritual energy and strengthened his body but barely increased his Soul Power. Chrysanthemum Douluo encouraged him, seeing the potential for Lin Hao to develop extraordinary defense and other abilities.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo praised Lin Hao's first Soul Skill for helping offset the food-type path's slow cultivation speed.
• At camp in the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Hao used Singular Velvet Sky Gathering to create a jade-green flower with leaves resembling spirit gathering grass.
• Lin Hao ate the flower's petals and felt spiritual energy gather around him as his strength, speed, explosive power, skin, and bones improved.
• Lin Hao told Chrysanthemum Douluo that the flower had not noticeably increased his Soul Power, despite its cultivation and physical benefits.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that the Soul Power food could not match a genuine immortal herb, then imagined Lin Hao gaining defense comparable to a defense-type Titled Douluo and additional abilities from future Soul Rings.

After Bibi Dong summoned Lin Hao to meet him, she learned he had chosen the food-type path and became noticeably less impressed. Lin Hao left the Pope Hall annoyed and encountered Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan on the mountain path.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo brought Lin Hao to the Pope Hall after Bibi Dong requested to meet her new disciple.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that Lin Hao had chosen the food-type path and gained a spirit-gathering skill from his first soul ring.
• Bibi Dong’s attitude toward Lin Hao cooled, and she sent him away while keeping Chrysanthemum Douluo behind for a task.
• Lin Hao left the Pope Hall, grumbled about Bibi Dong’s stinginess, and met Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan on the path.

Lin Hao chose to develop his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as a food-type martial soul, drawing skepticism from Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and many people in Spirit City. After three months of intensive cultivation and nourishment, he had grown stronger and taller, and he remained confident in his unconventional path.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan met Lin Hao and learned he had chosen the food-type route instead of following Chrysanthemum Douluo’s power-attack path.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue reassured Lin Hao after Yan questioned his choice, but Lin Hao said he would prove his path through results.
• Lin Hao returned to the Chrysanthemum Residence and cultivated by repeatedly creating and consuming Spirit-Gathering Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums.
• Over three months, Lin Hao trained intensively, studied soul master knowledge with Chrysanthemum Douluo, and gained abundant nourishment and medicinal treasures.
• Rumors about Lin Hao’s food-type development spread through Spirit City, where many people mocked him as a fallen genius and criticized Chrysanthemum Douluo for taking him in.
• Lin Hao grew from about one meter to one and a half meters, developed a streamlined muscular physique, and remained satisfied with his progress.

After three months of cultivation, Lin Hao reached level thirteen and grew stronger with help from Chrysanthemum Douluo. On the first day of the Spirit City Junior Soul Master Academy, he rejected Food System Class A and asked to join Power Attack System Class A.

• Lin Hao reached level thirteen, increased his first soul skill to produce four chrysanthemums, and cultivated after eating them.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo called Lin Hao to lunch and asked whether he was ready for the junior academy, which opened three days later.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo brought Lin Hao to the academy, where the academic director planned to enroll him in Food System Class A.
• Lin Hao refused Food System Class A and declared that he wanted to join Power Attack System Class A.

Lin Hao enrolled in Power Attack System Class A despite being a food system soul master, insisting that he could fight. When a classmate challenged him, Lin Hao caught his punch and slammed him to the floor, leaving the class stunned.

• The dean questioned Lin Hao's choice of class, but Chrysanthemum Douluo confirmed that Lin Hao should join Power Attack System Class A.
• The dean introduced Lin Hao to the class as a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum soul master with innate full soul power, and Lin Hao chose a seat by the window.
• A muscular classmate confronted Lin Hao and threatened him for joining the power attack class as a food system soul master.
• The classmate summoned his Diamond Ape martial soul and punched at Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao caught the punch with one hand, threw the boy to the floor, and stunned the watching students.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan discovered that Lin Hao had already beaten his Power Attack Class A classmates, while Yu Xiaogang failed to find him at Nuoding Academy. Lin Hao settled into academy life and cultivation, but began thinking about obtaining whale rubber to improve his physique.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan hurried to Power Attack Class A after hearing someone cry out, only to find Lin Hao standing over the boys he had defeated.
• Lin Hao greeted Hu Liena and Xie Yue, leaving them stunned that a Food System Soul Master had beaten the entire class.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Nuoding Academy’s enrollment for three days but never found Lin Hao, then left frustrated.
• Lin Hao became the class’s feared tyrant and followed a routine of exercise, classes, cultivation, and lessons with Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Lin Hao considered whale rubber as another way to improve his physique.

Lin Hao revealed to Chrysanthemum Douluo that whale rubber could strengthen a soul master's physique and planned to report the discovery to Spirit Hall in exchange for a ten-thousand-year Poison-Attribute Soul Bone. Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to verify the effect and warned that if Bibi Dong failed to reward them, he would consider switching allegiance to the Great Enshrined.

• Lin Hao bought and repeatedly consumed ten-thousand-year whale glue, confirming that it improved his physique.
• Lin Hao told Chrysanthemum Douluo about whale rubber's true effects and proposed reporting the discovery to Spirit Hall for a reliable supply.
• Lin Hao said he wanted a ten-thousand-year Poison-Attribute Soul Bone as his reward, and Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to help him obtain one.
• Lin Hao gave Chrysanthemum Douluo softened thousand-year whale glue so he could test its effects himself.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo said Bibi Dong should reward their discovery and threatened to switch allegiance to the Great Enshrined if she did not.

Lin Hao and Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that whale rubber could strengthen Soul Masters and help them absorb Soul Rings beyond their limits, earning Lin Hao permission to choose two treasures from Spirit Hall’s vault. Qian Daoliu led Lin Hao into the Douluo Hall, where they reached the chamber containing a towering Six-Winged Angel statue.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo refined thousand-year whale rubber and confirmed that it improved a Soul Master’s physical fitness without suffering its supposed burning effect.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo brought Lin Hao to Bibi Dong, and they explained that whale rubber could help Soul Masters absorb Soul Rings beyond their limits.
• Bibi Dong promised to supply Lin Hao with whale rubber and offered him one treasure from Spirit Hall’s vault as a reward for his discovery.
• The next day, Bibi Dong told Lin Hao and Chrysanthemum Douluo that Qian Daoliu had increased Lin Hao’s reward to two treasures.
• Qian Daoliu led Lin Hao through the Douluo Hall to a gilded chamber with a towering Six-Winged Angel statue.

Lin Hao visited the Angel Temple with Qian Daoliu and chose two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones from Spirit Hall’s treasury. After returning to the Chrysanthemum Residence, he revealed that he had chosen the Golden Blade Mantis Soul Bone as a gift for Chrysanthemum Douluo.

• Lin Hao bowed to the Angel God statue, and Qian Daoliu praised his talent before leading him to Spirit Hall’s underground treasury.
• Lin Hao searched the treasury’s Soul Bones and chose a Ten Thousand Year Netherworld Scorpion left arm bone and a Ten Thousand Year Golden Blade Mantis right arm bone.
• Qian Daoliu explained the Soul Bone skills and questioned Lin Hao’s choices, but Lin Hao insisted on taking both.
• Lin Hao thanked Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, then followed Chrysanthemum Douluo back to the Chrysanthemum Residence.
• Lin Hao gave Chrysanthemum Douluo the Golden Blade Mantis Soul Bone, explaining that its abilities suited his teacher’s Martial Soul and fighting style.

Over the year, Lin Hao strengthened his body through relentless cultivation, medicinal nourishment, and ten-thousand-year whale glue until he could challenge a Soul Elder despite remaining a rank-eighteen Soul Master. The chapter ends with him gaining the upper hand against Yan in a spar before Pope Hall.

• Lin Hao persuaded Chrysanthemum Douluo to accept the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Blade Mantis Right Arm Bone, explaining that his chosen Netherworld Scorpion soul bone and physical cultivation better suited his plans.
• Lin Hao spent a year training and studying while using his first soul skill and consuming medicinal meals and whale glue, reaching 1.8 meters and greatly improving his physical abilities.
• Lin Hao arranged regular sparring with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan in exchange for making them Spirit-Gathering Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums.
• Lin Hao fought Yan on the plaza before Pope Hall, matching his martial-soul-possessed opponent without using his own martial soul.
• Lin Hao's speed and balanced physical abilities let him overwhelm Yan, crack the stone armor on his fist, and leave Hu Liena and Xie Yue astonished.

After defeating Yan in a spar, Lin Hao spotted Dugu Bo arriving in Spirit City and waited for news of his meeting with Bibi Dong. When Dugu Bo refused Spirit Hall’s recruitment, Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to kill him if he still refused before leaving, and Lin Hao offered to win him over by treating the toxins in his body.

• Lin Hao defeated Yan with a whipping kick and reflected on how his strength could grow as he absorbed more Soul Rings.
• Lin Hao saw Dugu Bo fly toward the Pope Hall, then returned to the Chrysanthemum Residence to wait.
• Bibi Dong offered Dugu Bo an elder’s position and other benefits, but he refused and declared his title was Poison.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to kill Dugu Bo if he refused Spirit Hall again before leaving Spirit City.
• Lin Hao told Chrysanthemum Douluo that he could treat Dugu Bo’s accumulated toxins and help recruit him, so Chrysanthemum Douluo arranged a meeting.

Lin Hao tried to persuade Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall by revealing his knowledge of the Jade Phosphorous Poison afflicting Dugu Bo's family and offering a Soul Bone that might contain it. Dugu Bo hesitated over joining, and Lin Hao pressed him by warning that his granddaughter could also die from the poison.

• Bibi Dong allowed Lin Hao to meet Dugu Bo at the Guest Reception Hotel after Lin Hao claimed he could persuade him.
• Lin Hao entered Dugu Bo's room alone while Chrysanthemum Douluo waited outside, and he announced that he could change the fate of Dugu Bo's family.
• Lin Hao described Dugu Bo's symptoms and explained that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul caused Jade Phosphorous Poison to build up in the family.
• Lin Hao suggested that a Soul Bone could contain the poison and offered Dugu Bo a Ten-Thousand-Year Netherworld Scorpion Left Arm Bone in exchange for joining Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo hesitated to join Spirit Hall, so Lin Hao warned that Dugu Bo's granddaughter might die from Jade Phosphorous Poison.