Chapter Summaries

Scientist Ye Lingyun was transported from Blue Star to the Lingxi Continent, where he possessed a bullied Ye Family boy who had failed to awaken a Martial Soul. After striking back at Ye Biao, he studied Martial Soul cultivation and began considering how to combine it with his scientific knowledge; he left determined to find a path to power.

• A quantum energy experiment went out of control, and Ye Lingyun lost consciousness in the resulting energy storm.
• Ye Lingyun awoke in the body of a collateral-branch Ye Family child and learned that the original owner had failed to awaken a Martial Soul and endured abuse.
• Ye Lingyun confronted Ye Biao and dodged his attack before striking him in the stomach.
• Ye Lingyun went to the Ye Family Library and studied the foundational theories of Martial Soul cultivation.
• Ye Lingyun noticed similarities between Martial Soul cultivation and his past scientific research and resolved to explore a unique cultivation path.

Ye Lingyun received the Lingxi Growth System and completed its first task by retrieving steward Ye Zhong’s Wind Spirit Marten, but found the rewards unimpressive. After studying the system’s basic cultivation manual, he continued pursuing his own cultivation research as the system assigned him more trivial tasks, and began considering abandoning it.

• The Lingxi Growth System bound to Ye Lingyun, explained its task-and-reward functions, and issued a novice task to find Ye Zhong’s missing Wind Spirit Marten in the Emerald Bamboo Forest.
• Ye Lingyun tracked the Wind Spirit Marten, lured it with a spiritual fruit, captured it, and returned it to Ye Zhong.
• The system rewarded Ye Lingyun with ten stalks of Tier-1 Spirit Gathering Grass and a copy of the Primary Spiritual Power Condensation Technique, which he judged to be ordinary.
• Ye Lingyun stored the grass and studied the manual through the night, gaining new understanding of spiritual power circulation without finding a way to overcome his cultivation predicament.
• In the following days, Ye Lingyun completed more minor system tasks with low-tier rewards, grew increasingly dissatisfied, and considered leaving the system behind to cultivate on his own.

Ye Lingyun blacklisted the system after rejecting its menial tasks and pursued cultivation through his own efforts. After studying Martial Soul mutation and training two martial skills, he ventured into the Misty Forest and obtained the Spirit Illusion Grass despite facing its guardian beast.

• Ye Lingyun rejected the system’s storeroom task and severed his connection with it, placing it on his blacklist.
• Ye Lingyun cultivated in a secluded cave and studied ancient texts, discovering that Martial Soul mutation might offer a way to overcome his predicament.
• Ye Lingyun trained in Breeze Phantom Steps and Rock-Shattering Palm before setting out to find Spirit Illusion Grass in the Misty Forest.
• Ye Lingyun defeated an Iron-Toothed Wild Boar and pressed deeper into the forest despite further dangers.
• Ye Lingyun found Spirit Illusion Grass in a valley and wounded its guardian, a Gale Spirit Sparrow, allowing him to pluck the herb.

Ye Lingyun used spirit illusion grass to strengthen his martial soul and pursued a scientific approach to guiding its mutation. After gaining access to advanced texts, developing his martial soul and mastering the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique, he prepared to test himself in an upcoming Ye Family tournament.

• Ye Lingyun used the spirit illusion grass to channel an unfamiliar force into his meridians, stabilizing and brightening his martial soul while gaining new insight into its connection to soul, will, and spiritual energy.
• Ye Lingyun trained his mental energy and used mathematical models to guide subtle changes in his martial soul, drawing attention after defeating several young Ye Family disciples.
• Elder Ye Xuanfeng praised Ye Lingyun's understanding and granted him access to the Ye Family Library's second floor, where he discovered the Martial Soul Spiritual Intelligence Enlightenment Record.
• Ye Lingyun devised a cultivation regimen from the ancient text, making his martial soul's patterns and light more distinct and its cooperation with him more apparent.
• Ye Lingyun chose the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique, overcame its training challenges, and became more respected among the Ye Family's younger generation.
• Ye Lingyun decided to enter the upcoming Ye Family martial tournament and continued preparing by refining his sword technique and strengthening his martial soul.

Ye Lingyun secluded himself on the Ye Family Back Mountain to strengthen his martial soul and master the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique before the Ye Family's small martial tournament. After defeating a Red Flame Tiger and training in an open valley, he emerged far stronger and eager to show his progress at the tournament.

• Ye Lingyun entered a hidden cave on the Ye Family Back Mountain and repeatedly infused his martial soul with spiritual power, enduring backlash as its capacity and strange patterns gradually developed.
• Ye Lingyun practiced the first two forms of the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique in the cave, steadily improving his sword energy and control.
• Ye Lingyun ventured deeper into the back mountain and battled a peak first-rank Red Flame Tiger, combining his sword technique with Breeze Phantom Steps to defeat it.
• Ye Lingyun found an open valley and practiced all five forms of the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique in sequence, greatly improving his mastery and strength.
• Ye Lingyun prepared to display his transformation at the Ye Family's small martial tournament.

Ye Lingyun defeated Ye Ming in the preliminaries and Ye Bao in the second round of the Ye Family martial tournament, proving his strength to the watching crowd. He advanced to the finals, where he prepared to face the powerful Ye Long.

• Ye Lingyun used Breeze Phantom Steps and his improved Rock-Shattering Palm to gain the advantage over Ye Ming, then defeated him with Starburst Appears from the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique.
• Ye Lingyun drew Ye Bao as his second-round opponent and dodged his spear attacks while identifying gaps in his defense.
• Ye Lingyun wore down Ye Bao, then struck him with Brilliant Star River and won the second-round match.
• Ye Lingyun advanced to the finals and resolved to face Ye Long, whose martial soul cultivation was two tiers higher.

After Ye Lingyun reached the Ye Family Small Tournament final, Ye Hu and Ye Bao plotted to ruin his reputation and arranged an ambush. Ye Lingyun fought off the attackers on the eve of the final, then returned home to recover and prepare to face Ye Long.

• Ye Hu and Ye Bao plotted to disgrace Ye Lingyun, spreading rumors that he had cheated to reach the final.
• Ye Lingyun studied Ye Long's techniques and trained to fuse his martial soul with the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique.
• Ye Hu and Ye Bao hired independent cultivators to ambush Ye Lingyun before the final.
• Ye Lingyun was surrounded by black-clad attackers in a secluded alley and fought them off, injuring one man and forcing the rest to flee.
• Ye Lingyun returned to his residence, took healing pills, and began recovering for the final.

After driving off the men in black, Ye Lingyun endured a dangerous attempt to calm his spiritual power and strengthen his martial soul before the final against Ye Long. He broke through to yellow tier middle grade, refined his Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique, and headed to the tournament grounds ready to fight.

• Ye Lingyun used the dangerous Reverse the Meridians, Return to the Origin method to settle his turbulent spiritual power.
• Ye Lingyun tested his spiritual treasures for a resonance with his martial soul, then found that the mysterious stone from the ruins awakened it.
• Ye Lingyun absorbed the stone's force and advanced his martial soul from yellow rank lower grade to yellow tier middle grade.
• Ye Lingyun incorporated his martial soul's increased power into the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique and developed a stronger sequence of moves.
• Ye Lingyun rested briefly, then headed to the tournament grounds for the final against Ye Long.

Ye Lingyun faced Ye Long in the Ye Family Small Tournament final, using his improved Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique to withstand Ye Long’s powerful fire attacks. The two launched into another fierce exchange, with neither yet conceding.

• Ye Lingyun and Ye Long prepared for the final, each confident in his own strength.
• Ye Lingyun and Ye Long took the tournament platform, where Ye Long urged Ye Lingyun to surrender and Ye Lingyun refused.
• Ye Long attacked with the Dragon Flame Heaven-Dominating Art, but Ye Lingyun dodged and countered with Starburst Appears.
• Ye Lingyun struck Ye Long’s fire dragon with Meteor Chases the Moon, then unleashed Brilliant Star River against it.
• After the attack’s force subsided, Ye Lingyun and Ye Long stood ready to continue, and the battle grew fiercer.

Ye Lingyun defeated Ye Long in the Ye Family Small Tournament final by unveiling his new Spirit-Sense Void-Splitting Slash. The patriarch praised both fighters and promised Ye Lingyun rewards, leaving him as the tournament champion.

• Ye Long unleashed his Dragon Flame Heaven-Dominating Art, and Ye Lingyun held off the flame dragon with his sword technique.
• Ye Lingyun dodged the dragon and attacked Ye Long, but Ye Long countered with a fiery punch that sent him flying.
• Ye Lingyun fused his martial soul's power with his sword and created the Spirit-Sense Void-Splitting Slash.
• Ye Lingyun split Ye Long's pillar of flame and shattered his shield, striking him in the chest and forcing him to concede.
• Ye Lingyun helped Ye Long up, and the patriarch declared Ye Lingyun the champion and promised him family rewards.

After winning the Ye Family Small Tournament, Ye Lingyun received valuable cultivation resources and began training in a high-grade cave abode. Conservative elders resented his rise, spread rumors, and sabotaged his supplies, but he chose to endure their schemes and grow stronger.

• Ye Lingyun's tournament victory drew attention throughout the Ye Family, and the patriarch welcomed him as guest of honor at a victory banquet.
• The patriarch awarded Ye Lingyun a high-grade cultivation cave abode, three mid-grade magical treasures, five advanced cultivation manuals, and ten third-tier spirit herbs each month.
• Ye Lingyun moved into his cave abode and selected the Star Mantle, Spirit Link Sword, Spirit Ward Shield, and five cultivation manuals from the family treasury.
• Conservative elders plotted against Ye Lingyun, spreading rumors that he had defeated Ye Long through underhanded methods and replacing his promised third-tier spirit herbs with poor-quality second-tier herbs.
• Ye Lingyun noticed the sabotage but chose not to confront the elders yet, instead focusing on cultivation and resolving to overcome their schemes through strength.

After resolving a spirit mine dispute, Ye Lingyun exposed the conservative faction’s slander and strengthened his standing in the Ye Family. He returned to secluded cultivation, mastering spiritual power concealment and studying spirit arrays as he prepared for further attacks.

• Ye Lingyun cultivated while the conservative faction cut his resources and burdened him with difficult family duties.
• Ye Lingyun settled a dispute at the spirit mine by proposing a compromise that benefited both the Ye Family and its partner.
• The conservative faction spread rumors that Ye Lingyun had accepted bribes, but he presented evidence to the old patriarch and exposed their scheme.
• The old patriarch punished those involved in the slander and stripped the leading conservative elder of some authority.
• Ye Lingyun returned to his cave abode, mastered the Spiritual Power Concealment Technique, and practiced setting up spirit arrays.

Ye Lingyun left the Ye Family to escape its internal conflicts and seek greater cultivation opportunities in the wider world. After receiving the old clan leader’s support, he defeated a bandit attack on the road and reached Lingfeng City, ready to begin a new adventure.

• Ye Lingyun decided to leave the Ye Family after learning the conservatives were secretly building support against him and recognizing the family’s limits on his cultivation.
• Ye Lingyun prepared for his journey, then told the old clan leader of his decision; the old clan leader gave him the Ye Family's Clan Leader Token to call on family forces in nearby branches.
• Ye Lingyun left the Ye Family and set out for Lingfeng City, ignoring the disciples who watched him depart.
• A band of mountain bandits tried to rob Ye Lingyun, but he defeated their leader with the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique and drove the bandits away.
• After several days of travel, Ye Lingyun reached Lingfeng City and headed toward its gates.

Ye Lingyun explored Lingfeng City’s bustling marketplace, buying unusual stones and trading a rare spirit herb for the Spirit Shadow Evasion Technique. After he defended a young woman accused of selling fake relics, he agreed to take her to Elder Xuan Feng for an appraisal.

• Ye Lingyun entered Lingfeng City and marveled at its prosperous streets and marketplace.
• Ye Lingyun bought several strange stones whose Spiritual Power might help cultivate a Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingyun traded a third-rank purple heart orchid to an elderly vendor for the Spirit Shadow Evasion Technique manual.
• Ye Lingyun challenged a lavishly dressed man who accused a young woman of selling fake objects from an ancient ruin.
• The woman suggested asking Elder Xuan Feng to appraise the objects, and Ye Lingyun decided to accompany her.

Ye Lingyun helped Mu Yao get Elder Xuan Feng to verify her artifacts, then accepted a dangerous Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild mission for thousand-year-old blood spirit grass. He found the grass’s likely location in the Misty Forest, where a third-tier Flame Dragon Beast attacked him.

• Ye Lingyun and Mu Yao visited Elder Xuan Feng, who confirmed that her artifacts were genuine ancient relics with research value.
• After thanking Ye Lingyun, Mu Yao parted from him, and he accepted the guild’s bounty mission to find thousand-year-old blood spirit grass in the Misty Forest.
• Ye Lingyun prepared for the journey and entered the forest, where he defeated a first-tier Shadow Wolf with his sword technique.
• Ye Lingyun reached the mission area and spotted a strange red glow in a valley.
• A third-tier Flame Dragon Beast appeared and unleashed a torrent of flames at Ye Lingyun as he prepared to evade with Breeze Phantom Steps.

Ye Lingyun defeated the Flame Dragon Beast and recovered the Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Grass. After turning in the herb to the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild in Lingfeng City, he received his rewards and used a spirit crystal fragment to improve his martial soul.

• Ye Lingyun discovered the Flame Dragon Beast's vulnerable eye and blinded it, then distracted it with a spiritual lure before killing it with his sword technique.
• Ye Lingyun found the Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Grass in the valley and placed it in a jade box.
• Ye Lingyun returned to the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild, where the steward accepted the herb and gave him mid-grade spirit crystals, a spirit crystal fragment, and a Ten-Thousand Treasures Merchant Association VIP Token.
• Ye Lingyun used the spirit crystal fragment to improve his martial soul, then considered how to spend his remaining rewards and make use of the VIP Token.

Ye Lingyun was ambushed by the Blood Blade Hall while traveling to the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild, escaped despite being badly injured, and joined the guild’s guard. As he recovered and trained, the guild prepared to investigate and strike the Blood Blade Hall.

• Ye Lingyun was surrounded in an alley by black-clad attackers who demanded his valuables and Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild VIP Token.
• Ye Lingyun fought the attackers, was injured by their leader, then used the Spirit Shadow Evasion Technique to stab him and escape.
• Ye Lingyun reached the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild, where a steward identified the Blood Blade Hall as the likely culprit and offered him protection.
• Ye Lingyun accepted the steward’s offer to join the guild’s guard and received an identification token and cultivation residence.
• Ye Lingyun trained while recovering, as the guild’s senior leadership assembled elite forces and began planning action against the Blood Blade Hall.

Ye Lingyun recovered and developed the Star-Palm Illusion Sword Intent while the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild built an alliance to attack the Blood Blade Hall. The four allied powers launched their assault, and both sides prepared for battle at the Blood Blade Hall’s headquarters.

• Ye Lingyun healed his injuries and improved the Nine-Turn Spirit Illusion Art and Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique with new spiritual power techniques.
• Xiao Zhantian ordered the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild to investigate the Blood Blade Hall and seek allies among Lingfeng City’s powers.
• Ye Lingyun fused his arts to create the Star-Palm Illusion Sword Intent and destroyed a boulder with his enhanced sword technique.
• A guild steward told Ye Lingyun that the guild had allied with the Spirit Wind Sword Sect, the Mystic Spirit Pavilion, and the World-Saving Hall, and Ye Lingyun volunteered to fight.
• Xiao Zhantian led the four powers’ forces to the Blood Blade Hall’s headquarters, where Blood Blade summoned his members to resist as the battle began.

The four great powers attacked the Blood Blade Hall, and Ye Lingyun and Xiao Zhantian helped defeat its defenders and kill Iron Mask and Blood Blade. After the alliance destroyed the hall, Ye Lingyun earned the guild's recognition and continued cultivating for the stronger enemies ahead.

• At Xiao Zhantian's command, the four great powers stormed the Blood Blade Hall, where Ye Lingyun fought alongside the Myriad Treasures Merchant Guild's elites.
• Iron Mask attacked Ye Lingyun, who exploited a pause in the guardian's axe recovery to strike him from behind and defeat him.
• Xiao Zhantian battled Blood Blade in the main hall and eventually drove his sword into Blood Blade's chest.
• With Blood Blade defeated, the four powers routed the remaining Blood Blade Hall members and won the battle.
• Xiao Zhantian praised Ye Lingyun and promised him a reward, while Ye Lingyun credited the alliance and continued cultivating with the guild's resources.

Ye Lingyun prepared for Lingxi Academy’s entrance assessments and passed the first-stage strength test with exceptional results. He stood ready to face the mental acuity test next.

• After hearing Lingxi Academy was recruiting, Ye Lingyun learned about its three-stage assessments and trained for each one.
• Ye Lingyun registered for the assessments in Lingfeng City, where the instructors recognized his role in defeating the Blood Blade Hall.
• Three days later, Ye Lingyun took the strength test and displayed spiritual power at the peak of the upper-grade yellow tier.
• Ye Lingyun released his Martial Soul and demonstrated the Star-Splitting Void Sword Technique infused with Star-Palm Illusion Sword Intent, impressing the instructors.
• Ye Lingyun passed the strength test with outstanding results and prepared for the mental acuity test.