Chapter Summaries

Qin Chao revealed his Spirit Hall affiliation to Xiao Wu, who told him the Spirit Hall had killed her mother. After she left Holy Soul Village for school, Qin Chao decided to use the years ahead to change the course of events and began training with Su Yuntao.

• Su Yuntao interrupted Qin Chao and Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu recognized his Spirit Hall uniform.
• Qin Chao admitted he had joined the Spirit Hall, and Xiao Wu said its members had killed her mother.
• Qin Chao promised he would never hurt Xiao Wu, and she accepted his hand as they went home together.
• Old Jack woke Qin Chao the next morning and told him Xiao Wu had left; Qin Chao found her note saying she had returned to school.
• Qin Chao reflected that Xiao Wu’s relationship with Tang San had changed and asked Su Yuntao to help with his Taijutsu training.

Qin Chao used the trip to the Soul Hunting Forest to draw a third soul ring from the system, despite repeatedly refusing Hu Liena’s offer to help him hunt one. The system gave him a powerful Ghost Tiger soul ring, and as he absorbed it, Qin Chao’s consciousness faded until he teetered on the edge of life and death.

• Qin Chao ordered the Spirit Hall team to prepare camp and split into pairs to capture soul beasts, then told Hu Liena he was still postponing his third soul ring.
• Qin Chao slipped away from his assigned Soul Master and used his accumulated luck value to draw from the Silver Prize Pool.
• Qin Chao tried to bargain away years of other people’s singlehood before offering ten years of his own, which made the system select a soul ring.
• Qin Chao debated what kind of ability to give his Heaven and Earth Tower, but the system chose an agility-attack growth-type Ghost Tiger soul ring before he could decide.
• Qin Chao began absorbing the soul ring as its age rapidly increased, and the pain and fading consciousness left him near death.

Qin Chao survived absorbing the Ghost Tiger Soul Ring after a beastly roar broke through the darkness and restored his memories. He discovered that his third Soul Ring was about seven thousand years old and granted him the ability to split the Heaven and Earth Tower into up to nine durable, expandable towers, then realized he had forgotten something important.

• As Qin Chao neared losing himself during absorption, a savage roar erupted from within him, frightening the Soul Beasts and driving back the darkness.
• Familiar voices, including Grandpa Old Jack's call to dinner, helped Qin Chao remember who he was and the people he cared about.
• After two hours, Qin Chao awoke and saw that the Ghost Tiger Soul Ring had settled at a deep purple, indicating an age of about seven thousand years.
• Qin Chao tested his new Soul Skill and found he could split the Heaven and Earth Tower into nine towers, expand them to hold three people each, and summon fewer towers to conserve Soul Power.
• After recovering Soul Power in the forest, Qin Chao abruptly remembered something he had forgotten.

Qin Chao tested his newly acquired level-two Golden Eyes, whose see-through ability rapidly drained his soul power and caused a nosebleed when he looked at Hu Liena. After he reunited with his worried companions, his three purple soul rings stunned them, and he explained how he had killed a seven-thousand-year Ghost Tiger and strengthened his earlier rings, leaving Xie Yue unconvinced.

• Qin Chao activated level-two Golden Eyes and discovered that he could control its see-through ability, but using it quickly exhausted his soul power.
• Hu Liena found Qin Chao, scolded him for wandering off, and panicked when she saw his nosebleed; Qin Chao blamed the weakness on using too much soul power.
• Qin Chao and Hu Liena returned to Yan, Xie Yue, and Su Yuntao, who had been searching for him and were relieved to see him safe.
• Qin Chao revealed his Heaven and Earth Tower with three purple soul rings, including a pale-purple first ring, and shocked everyone.
• Qin Chao described killing a seven-thousand-year Ghost Tiger and increasing the ages of his first two soul rings, while keeping the system secret; Xie Yue remained skeptical.

Qin Chao opened a Spirit Hall-backed shop in Nuoding City that sold Soul Rings, and Su Yuntao explained the shop’s purpose at its opening ceremony. He left the crowd eager to hear how the shop would help people who struggled to obtain Soul Rings.

• Qin Chao prepared the opening ceremony while Yan drummed and called out advertisements, and Xie Yue and Hu Liena welcomed the growing crowd.
• Su Yuntao introduced himself as the shop’s manager and confirmed that the Spirit Hall had established the shop.
• Su Yuntao explained that many people with low innate soul power could not afford academy tuition and had little chance of obtaining a Soul Ring.
• A boy in black shared that he had reached rank ten but could not advance without a Soul Ring, and many in the crowd related to his struggle.
• Su Yuntao declared that the shop would help people forge a path through the difficulty of obtaining Soul Rings.

Qin Chao and Su Yuntao promoted Spirit Hall’s Soul Ring Shop in Nuoding City, using a staged price drop to persuade the crowd to preorder Soul Rings. The shop filled with customers, while Spirit Hall members secretly worked among them to help drive the sales.

• Su Yuntao revealed a captive ten-year Triangular Goat and announced that the shop sold genuine Soul Rings.
• An old farmer asked about the price, explaining that his forty-year-old son had reached level ten Soul Power but could not afford help finding a Soul Ring.
• Su Yuntao announced a price of forty-nine Gold Soul Coins, and the crowd fell silent because it was too expensive.
• Qin Chao accused Su Yuntao of overcharging, presented himself as a local orphan and Spirit Hall disciple, and lowered the price first to twenty and then to ten Gold Soul Coins.
• The crowd rushed to preorder Soul Rings, and Spirit Hall staff began taking registrations and deposits for delivery in three days.
• Eight Soul Masters disguised as spectators helped the ten visible Soul Masters handle the crowd.

Qin Chao divided the Soul Ring shop’s first profits and offered Spirit Hall workers a share, then explained his plan to sell customized Soul Rings to academy students. He left Su Yuntao convinced of the business opportunity, while hinting that bulk academy customers would be charged even more.

• Qin Chao showed Old Jack and Hu Liena that the shop had earned 8,900 Gold Soul Coins in three days and proposed dividing the profits.
• Qin Chao confirmed the villagers of Holy Soul Village would receive ten percent of each Soul Ring sale, while Hu Liena teased him and Xie Yue and Yan urged them to hurry.
• Qin Chao offered Su Yuntao and the Spirit Hall workers ten percent of the shop’s gross profit in recognition of their work capturing and taming Soul Beasts.
• Qin Chao gave Su Yuntao contracts for customized Soul Rings and explained how suitable ten-year rings could help students who received less attention from academy teachers.
• Qin Chao persuaded Su Yuntao that the academy could pass the cost to noble students, then declared that bulk orders would bring higher prices rather than discounts.

Qin Chao explained plans to sell custom soul rings at premium prices and recruit buyers into a Spirit Hall militia, arguing the schemes would benefit commoners. After Su Yuntao left to prepare the forms and Old Jack delivered the villagers’ earnings, Qin Chao and Hu Liena calculated their profits and celebrated.

• Qin Chao explained that academies would pay fifteen Gold Soul Coins per custom ten-year soul ring, while groups of fifty individuals would pay twenty, and predicted academies would come to him.
• Qin Chao described a Spirit Hall militia that would enlist soul ring buyers in exchange for a discount, with members keeping civilian jobs and receiving pay and family benefits if called to war.
• Qin Chao defended his plans to build Spirit Hall’s resources and improve commoners’ livelihoods, moving the room to silence.
• Su Yuntao hurried away to prepare militia registration forms, while Old Jack carried the villagers’ earnings to them.
• Hu Liena calculated that the Soul Ring Shop had earned over seventeen hundred Soul Coins in three days, then kissed Qin Chao, who asked for another kiss on the lips.

Qin Chao brought Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy to meet Liu Erlong, using the Golden Iron Triangle’s name to gain an audience. When he mentioned knowing the Grandmaster, Liu Erlong excitedly grabbed him, prompting the others to summon their Martial Souls.

• The Golden Generation left its Soul Coins with Qin Chao, and the Soul Ring shop earned more than twenty thousand Soul Coins in a month.
• Qin Chao took Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy instead of focusing only on expanding their shop.
• Qin Chao asked the gatekeeper to tell Liu Erlong that old acquaintances of the Golden Iron Triangle had come to visit.
• Xie Yue explained that the Golden Iron Triangle was a famed trio of Soul Masters, and Qin Chao revealed that the Grandmaster was one of them.
• Liu Erlong hurried out expecting Yu Xiaogang or Flender, then seized Qin Chao’s shoulders when he said he knew the Grandmaster.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan surged with Soul Power and summoned their Martial Souls when Liu Erlong grabbed Qin Chao.

Qin Chao and the Golden Generation met Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy, where she desperately sought news of Yu Xiaogang. After learning about Grandmaster’s disciple, Liu Erlong became distraught, and Qin Chao asked whether Yu Xiaogang truly deserved her love.

• The Golden Generation confronted Liu Erlong, but Qin Chao stepped between them and calmed the encounter.
• Liu Erlong invited Qin Chao and his companions to her cottage by the lake and asked how Yu Xiaogang was doing.
• Qin Chao explained that Yu Xiaogang taught at a junior academy and had taken a disciple with twin Martial Souls.
• Liu Erlong crushed her teacup in shock, fearing Yu Xiaogang still loved another woman, and Hu Liena helped tend her bleeding hand.
• Qin Chao explained that Yu Xiaogang had taken a disciple to test his Martial Soul theories, then asked Liu Erlong whether Yu Xiaogang deserved her love.

Qin Chao proposed exchanging teaching methods for an ownership stake in Liu Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Academy. After he pointed out the academy’s shortage of teachers, Liu Erlong showed interest, leaving the partnership negotiations poised to continue.

• Liu Erlong explained her enduring love for Yu Xiaogang, while Qin Chao and Xie Yue challenged her to consider what Yu Xiaogang had actually done for her.
• Qin Chao clarified that they had not come on Yu Xiaogang’s instructions and offered two stored-value cards worth ten thousand gold soul coins each as a sign of sincerity.
• Qin Chao proposed contributing teaching methods and instructional models in exchange for an ownership stake in Blue Tyrant Academy, but Liu Erlong rejected the offer.
• Qin Chao identified the academy’s teacher shortage and inefficient training methods as problems that his approach could address.
• Liu Erlong asked whether Qin Chao’s methods could solve her problems, and Qin Chao felt confident the negotiations might succeed.

Qin Chao presented Liu Erlong with a detailed plan to improve Blue Tyrant Academy’s training and teaching efficiency, impressing her and the Golden Generation. Liu Erlong accepted his proposal to contribute technical expertise in exchange for equity, pending a discussion of the profit share with the academy’s senior staff.

• Qin Chao explained how fitness equipment and more efficient training schedules could help Blue Tyrant Academy make better use of its teachers, and Liu Erlong tried the equipment herself.
• Qin Chao presented a detailed obstacle-course layout and terrain model, leaving Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena impressed by what he had created in three days.
• Qin Chao and Liu Erlong spent the afternoon discussing the proposal and the strengths and weaknesses of soul master classes.
• Liu Erlong asked why Qin Chao had chosen Blue Tyrant Academy, and he cited her reputation, the academy’s stable funding from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and its commitment to commoner students.
• Liu Erlong accepted Qin Chao’s offer to contribute his expertise in exchange for equity and solemnly extended her hand to seal their partnership.

Qin Chao faced student protests against his new training plan at the Blue Tyrant Academy and tested Liu Erlong’s loyalty when she offered to cover his losses. After gaining her trust, he prepared to show the students what his companions and he could do, advancing his larger plan to secure her confidence and pursue Shrek Academy.

• Students complained that Qin Chao’s training plan was too demanding and ineffective, and some demanded refunds from Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong asked Qin Chao how to handle the protests, and he offered to void their contract if the students continued resisting.
• Liu Erlong offered to pay Qin Chao a year’s share of profits herself, and Qin Chao realized she had passed his test of loyalty.
• Qin Chao reassured Liu Erlong that he would handle the protests, then called his companions together to prepare for the next morning.
• Qin Chao revealed that his plan was designed to earn Liu Erlong’s trust as a step toward his larger goal involving Shrek Academy.

Qin Chao and the Golden Generation challenged the protesting students at Blue Tyrant Academy to show what disciplined training could achieve. After they completed the obstacle course with ease, Qin Chao called the students trash.

• Students protested the obstacle-course training, arguing it was useless and accusing the academy of trying to collect more tuition.
• Qin Chao and the Golden Generation joined Teacher Lin, and Qin Chao challenged the students’ complaints about the course.
• When the Red-Haired Boy insulted Hu Liena with obscene remarks, Qin Chao cut his cheek with a Silent Sleeve Arrow and threatened him.
• Qin Chao and the others raced through the obstacle course, steadily improving their lap times while the students watched.
• The Golden Generation finished the course without showing fatigue, and Qin Chao declared that everyone there was trash.

Qin Chao challenged the students’ belief that Soul Masters only needed meditation, arguing that physical training improved cultivation and Soul Ring absorption. After demonstrating his strength and explaining the risks of exceeding Soul Ring age limits, he left the students to consider his lesson.

• Qin Chao completed the training with ease, silencing many students but leaving the red-haired youth and other troublemakers resentful.
• Qin Chao summoned his Heaven and Earth Tower and revealed three purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings, then released a terrifying pressure that frightened the students and puzzled Xie Yue and his companions.
• Qin Chao taught that physical fitness could raise a Soul Master’s cultivation potential and improve meditation efficiency.
• When the red-haired youth demanded proof and asked about Qin Chao’s Soul Rings, Qin Chao explained how physique affected the ability to absorb Soul Rings beyond the usual age limit.
• Qin Chao warned the students not to risk their lives chasing stronger Soul Rings, then left as a commotion broke out behind him.

Qin Chao’s training demonstration inspired the students, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue chose to trust him rather than pry into his secrets. After Qin Chao plotted revenge on a student who upset Hu Liena, Liu Erlong surprisingly gave him permission to go ahead, and Xie Yue joined him as class ended.

• The students eagerly embraced Qin Chao’s physical training after witnessing his strength.
• Hu Liena asked Qin Chao about a vicious aura she and Xie Yue had sensed, but Xie Yue stopped her from pressing him.
• Xie Yue told Hu Liena that Qin Chao’s secrets did not matter because they trusted him as a companion, and she agreed.
• Qin Chao tried to comfort Hu Liena by showing her a sack and describing his plan to punish the red-haired student who had upset her.
• Liu Erlong revealed that she had watched Qin Chao’s training demonstration and told him to carry out his plan cleanly without killing anyone.
• When class ended, Xie Yue patted Qin Chao’s shoulder and said they should go put a sack over the student’s head.

After three years of training, Qin Chao brought Liu Erlong to Shrek Academy to meet its dean, but a dispute with gatekeeper Li Yusong nearly turned into a fight. The approaching dean appeared, and Liu Erlong recognized him as her long-lost big brother.

• Three years passed as Xie Yue, Yan, and Qin Chao advanced their Soul Power through training at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Qin Chao persuaded Liu Erlong to visit Shrek Academy, hoping to learn from the rundown school and meet its dean.
• Qin Chao offered Li Yusong ten Gold Soul Coins, and Li Yusong pocketed them before saying the dean was away at a brothel.
• Liu Erlong rebuked Li Yusong for his remarks and insulted Shrek Academy, prompting him to reveal his Soul Emperor strength and demand an apology.
• Liu Erlong revealed her eight Soul Rings and overwhelmed Li Yusong, who called for help.
• A man charged toward them, and Liu Erlong recognized him as her big brother and greeted him warmly.

Liu Erlong reunited with Flender, and Qin Chao tried to rekindle their affection by reminding them of their shared past. Their reunion turned into a confrontation when Liu Erlong learned Flender visited brothels, and Flender fled into the sky as she challenged him to spar.

• Liu Erlong embraced Flender after recognizing him, and they exchanged memories of their long separation.
• Qin Chao praised Flender and reminded him that Liu Erlong had often spoken about him, stirring warmth between them.
• Liu Erlong introduced Qin Chao as her business partner and Ma Hongjun as Flender's student, while Flender offered Qin Chao a gift from his store.
• Li Yusong nervously revealed that Flender was Shrek Academy's headmaster, and Liu Erlong asked whether he was the man who visited brothels.
• Liu Erlong challenged Flender to spar, and he summoned his Martial Soul Avatar and flew into the sky while threatening Li Yusong.

Qin Chao offered to treat Ma Hongjun’s evil fire and diagnosed him with kidney yang deficiency caused by his fire-attribute martial soul mutation. He promised to write a prescription, though Ma Hongjun insisted he was healthy.

• Flender explained Ma Hongjun’s evil fire problem to Liu Erlong, who asked whether another solution existed.
• Qin Chao claimed he could resolve Ma Hongjun’s evil fire, prompting Flender, Liu Erlong, and Ma Hongjun to question his confidence.
• Qin Chao inferred that Ma Hongjun’s martial soul was fire-attribute and explained that his symptoms indicated kidney yang deficiency.
• Flender confirmed that Ma Hongjun had been sweating excessively, sleeping poorly, and dozing in class.
• Qin Chao said he would write Ma Hongjun a prescription and advised him to exercise restraint, while Ma Hongjun continued to deny being deficient.

Qin Chao promised Ma Hongjun temporary relief from his evil fire and said he would seek an immortal herb in Heaven Dou City. Before leaving Shrek Academy, he gave Liu Erlong fifty thousand Soul Coins for Flender, gained ten luck points, and began planning to change Tang San’s fate.

• Qin Chao explained that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire came from his martial soul and that an immortal herb would be needed for a complete cure.
• Flender and Liu Erlong offered to help find the herb, but Qin Chao declined and said he would return to Heaven Dou City alone.
• Qin Chao persuaded Liu Erlong to stay at Shrek Academy with Flender and slipped her a card containing fifty thousand Soul Coins for the academy.
• Liu Erlong agreed to help Flender renovate Shrek Academy, and Qin Chao received ten points of luck value for seizing protagonist halo.
• Qin Chao reflected that his plans might change the relationship between Shrek Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy and alter Tang San’s fate before Ma Hongjun called him back.