Chapter Summaries

Su Mo booked a month-long stay at the Tulip Hotel and treated Xiao Wu to dinner before bringing her back to their one-bedroom suite. When they prepared to sleep, he insisted Xiao Wu take the bed, leaving their sleeping arrangement unresolved.

• Su Mo booked a VIP suite for one month at the Tulip Hotel and tipped the receptionist ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Su Mo took Xiao Wu to Heaven on Earth, where she enjoyed a lavish meal but grew sad thinking about her mother.
• Su Mo comforted Xiao Wu and brought her back to the hotel, where she took his hand.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu discovered their suite had only one bedroom and one bed.
• Xiao Wu offered to sleep on the floor, but Su Mo insisted that she should sleep in the bed.

Su Mo manipulated Xiao Wu into inviting him onto the bed, then let her unknowingly crawl into his bedding during the night. After discovering the mix-up, Xiao Wu apologized and agreed to become his sworn younger sister, while privately wondering whether she should marry him when she grew up.

• Su Mo pretended to be cold on the floor until Xiao Wu invited him to sleep on the bed beside her.
• After Xiao Wu fell asleep, Su Mo woke and began the next step of his plan.
• In the morning, Xiao Wu panicked when she found herself in Su Mo's bedding and accused him of moving closer to her.
• Su Mo explained that Xiao Wu had likely returned from the bathroom half-asleep and crawled into his bedding, and she realized that was what had happened.
• Su Mo teased Xiao Wu about who had taken advantage of whom, then got her to call him Brother Su Mo and accept being his sworn younger sister.
• Xiao Wu blushed as she wondered whether sleeping under Su Mo's bedding meant she should marry him when she grew up.

Su Mo took Xiao Wu around Notting City while scheming to make her fall for him before they enrolled at Notting Academy. At Heaven on Earth Restaurant, he heard a group welcoming someone called Boss Xiao and suspected he had found a spoiled young master to provoke so he could stage a heroic rescue.

• Su Mo decided to win Xiao Wu's affection before she started at Notting Academy, fearing she might fall for Tang San.
• Su Mo apologized for the previous night's awkward intimacy by inviting Xiao Wu to tour Notting City, and her feelings for him began to grow.
• For half a month, Su Mo tried to find a spoiled young master to use in a staged rescue, but he and Xiao Wu encountered no suitable target.
• Su Mo brought Xiao Wu to Heaven on Earth Restaurant, where he ordered food and gave her the fruit platter and yogurt pudding.
• Su Mo heard people outside the private room congratulate Boss Xiao on returning from the Soul Hunting Forest and suspected the man was Xiao Chenyu, his chance to stage a rescue.

Su Mo used Avici Hell and his Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel Martial Soul to influence Xiao Chenyu and his drunken companions into confronting Xiao Wu. As Xiao Chenyu threatened to take her away as a pet rabbit, Su Mo returned to intervene.

• Su Mo secretly watched Xiao Chenyu's group through birds he controlled and noticed they were drinking.
• Su Mo used Avici Hell to influence Xiao Chenyu and his companions while they drank.
• Ron claimed he had seen a cute little loli, and the drunken group followed Xiao Chenyu toward Su Mo and Xiao Wu's private room.
• Xiao Chenyu entered the room and threatened to take Xiao Wu home as a pet rabbit, while Xiao Wu warned him to stay back.
• Su Mo arrived and demanded to know who had allowed the group into the private room.

Su Mo rescued Xiao Wu from Xiao Chenyu and his drunken companions, then beat Xiao Chenyu despite his threats and status. Xiao Wu was deeply moved by Su Mo’s protection and wondered whether her feelings for him were love.

• Su Mo arrived as Xiao Chenyu and his noble companions tried to take Xiao Wu, then knocked down the companions and shielded her.
• Xiao Chenyu summoned his White Wolf Martial Soul and threatened Su Mo, boasting that he was the Young Master of Notting City.
• Su Mo summoned the Staff of the Tree of Life and concealed his three ten-thousand-year Soul Rings behind an illusion.
• Su Mo beat Xiao Chenyu while dismissing his threats and declaring that no one could bully Xiao Wu as long as he was there.
• Xiao Wu felt moved by Su Mo’s devotion and wondered whether her feelings for him were love.

Su Mo beat Xiao Chenyu and his noble companions at Heaven on Earth Restaurant, then left with Xiao Wu after receiving the restaurant’s apology. Xiao Chenyu persuaded his father, Xiao Kuang, to seek revenge, and Xiao Kuang planned to confront Su Mo that night after deciding he had no powerful backing.

• Su Mo defeated Xiao Chenyu and the noble youths, while Xiao Wu comforted him and the restaurant manager apologized with a free meal and a Gold VIP Card.
• Su Mo left the restaurant with Xiao Wu, secretly welcoming the prospect of Xiao Chenyu bringing Xiao Kuang after him.
• The noble youths urged Xiao Chenyu to ask his father for help, and Xiao Chenyu returned to the City Lord’s Mansion to plead for revenge.
• Xiao Chenyu exaggerated the restaurant incident to Xiao Kuang but described Su Mo’s wooden stick Martial Soul and white, white, yellow Soul Rings.
• Xiao Kuang decided Su Mo was an ordinary Soul Master without influential connections and ordered someone to investigate him before he sought revenge that night.

Su Mo confronted Xiao Kuang after Xiao Chenyu called on his father to avenge him. Su Mo secretly manipulated Xiao Kuang into continuing the fight, then endured repeated injuries while setting up his next move; Xiao Chenyu’s lust-driven demand for Xiao Wu left the conflict escalating.

• Xiao Kuang intercepted Su Mo and Xiao Wu outside Heaven on Earth Restaurant, and Su Mo refused to apologize for punishing Xiao Chenyu.
• Xiao Kuang revealed his White Wolf Spirit and attacked, but Su Mo’s superior Soul Ring configuration made him hesitate.
• Su Mo used Avici Hell and the Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel’s emotional control to cloud Xiao Kuang’s judgment and make him continue fighting.
• Su Mo suppressed his strength and let Xiao Kuang repeatedly injure him, while Xiao Wu watched anxiously from the side.
• Su Mo used emotional control on Xiao Chenyu, who demanded that Su Mo hand Xiao Wu over to be his pet rabbit.

Su Mo pretended to activate powerful Soul Skills and fight Xiao Kuang to protect Xiao Wu, while using an illusion to conceal his real abilities. He blocked Xiao Kuang’s attack and struck him hard enough to send him flying, leaving Xiao Chenyu rushing after his father.

• Xiao Chenyu demanded that Su Mo hand over Xiao Wu, enraging Xiao Kuang and prompting Su Mo to loudly vow to protect her.
• Su Mo used Avici Hell to make the onlookers believe he had activated the Staff of the Tree of Life’s second and third Soul Skills, then charged at Xiao Kuang.
• Xiao Wu was deeply moved by Su Mo’s apparent willingness to risk his life for her and realized she had fallen in love with him.
• Xiao Kuang activated Berserk Bloodthirst and Adamantine Ripping Claw, expecting to overpower Su Mo.
• Su Mo’s hidden protective barrier blocked Xiao Kuang’s claw, and Su Mo struck him with the Staff of the Tree of Life, sending him flying and leaving Xiao Chenyu to chase after him.

Su Mo defeated Xiao Kuang, and the system rewarded him after Xiao Wu’s favorability reached 80. He spared Xiao Kuang and Xiao Chenyu at Xiao Wu’s request, but forced the Xiao Family to submit to him.

• Xiao Kuang was badly injured by Su Mo, then berated Xiao Chenyu for misreporting Su Mo’s Martial Soul and Soul Rings.
• Xiao Chenyu realized he had been deceived about Su Mo’s strength and collapsed in regret, while Xiao Wu ran to embrace Su Mo.
• The system announced that Xiao Wu had reached 80 favorability and awarded Su Mo three Mind Induction and Distortion Opportunities.
• Su Mo asked Xiao Wu whether to spare Xiao Kuang and Xiao Chenyu, and she chose to let them live.
• Su Mo demanded that the Xiao Family obey him, threatening consequences through his Spirit Hall connections, and Xiao Kuang and Xiao Chenyu agreed to submit.

Su Mo brought Xiao Wu to Notting Academy to enroll her, where she revealed that she had Innate Full Soul Power. He then announced that he also intended to apply for a teaching position, while Yu Xiaogang overheard the news about Xiao Wu.

• Su Mo healed Xiao Kuang's severe injuries, winning his sincere submission, and Xiao Kuang soon gave Su Mo a luxurious residence in Notting City.
• On Notting Academy's opening day, Su Mo brought Xiao Wu to register and learned from the gatekeeper that no Work-Study Students had arrived before them.
• Xiao Wu tested her Soul Power at the registration office, and the teachers were shocked to discover her Innate Full Soul Power.
• After Xiao Wu completed her registration, Su Mo told Director Su that he had come to apply for a teaching position as well.
• At the cafeteria, Yu Xiaogang overheard young teachers discussing Notting Academy's newly enrolled Innate Full Soul Power genius.

After hearing that Xiao Wu had Innate Full Soul Power, Yu Xiaogang rushed to Notting Academy’s registration office, hoping to take her as his disciple and prove his reputation as a Martial Soul Theory master. He introduced himself and asked Xiao Wu to accept him, while Su Mo watched in disguise.

• Yu Xiaogang overheard that a student with Innate Full Soul Power had enrolled at Notting Academy and decided to seek her out as a disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang hurried to the registration office, where Xiao Wu had finished registering and Su Mo was applying for a teaching position.
• Director Su introduced Xiao Wu to Yu Xiaogang, who mistook the disguised Su Mo for someone accompanying her.
• Yu Xiaogang praised his background and expertise, then asked Xiao Wu to take him as her master.

Su Mo rejected Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to take Xiao Wu as his disciple and exposed Yu Xiaogang’s clan background and alleged plagiarism of Spirit Hall’s knowledge. When Yu Xiaogang still claimed he was the best teacher at Notting Academy, Su Mo challenged his expertise in Martial Soul Theory, asking how many types of Martial Souls existed.

• Xiao Wu looked to Su Mo for guidance after Yu Xiaogang introduced himself and offered to teach her.
• Su Mo refused Yu Xiaogang’s offer on Xiao Wu’s behalf, and Yu Xiaogang accused him of jeopardizing her future.
• Su Mo exposed Yu Xiaogang’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan background, degenerated Martial Soul, and alleged theft of Spirit Hall knowledge.
• Yu Xiaogang denied plagiarizing and insisted he was the most suitable teacher for Xiao Wu, while Notting Academy’s teachers reacted with shock.
• Su Mo challenged Yu Xiaogang to prove his expertise by asking how many types of Martial Souls existed.

Su Mo challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Martial Souls came in only two types, exposing how Luo Sanpao and Body Spirits contradicted his classification. After publicly questioning Yu Xiaogang’s expertise, Su Mo revealed he had applied to teach at Notting Academy and would educate Xiao Wu himself, leaving Yu Xiaogang humiliated and departing.

• Yu Xiaogang classified Martial Souls as Beast Martial Souls or Tool Martial Souls, and Su Mo challenged the basis for that division.
• Su Mo pointed out that Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao fit neither category, but Yu Xiaogang insisted it was a special Tool Martial Soul.
• Su Mo asked how Martial Souls that formed parts of their owners’ bodies could fit either category, and Yu Xiaogang could not answer.
• Su Mo called these Martial Souls Body Spirits and accused Yu Xiaogang of copying Spirit Hall knowledge without understanding it.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether Su Mo could find someone more qualified to teach Xiao Wu, and Su Mo revealed he had applied to teach at Notting Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang realized he had no chance of taking Xiao Wu as his disciple, left the office, and the teachers burst into laughter.

After Su Mo was accepted as a teacher at Notting Academy, Yu Xiaogang found Tang San, a boy with Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and took him as his disciple. Tang San learned that Xiao Wu's brother Su Mo had thwarted Yu Xiaogang and began to feel hostile toward him.

• The young teachers mocked Yu Xiaogang after he left in disgrace, but Director Su told them to stop because Yu Xiaogang was the headmaster's friend.
• Director Su recognized Su Mo and accepted him as a teacher at Notting Academy without further assessment.
• Yu Xiaogang met Old Jack and Tang San at the academy gates, learned Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and took him as his disciple.
• Director Su registered Tang San and gave him a Notting Academy uniform, while Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Xiao Wu also had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Tang San learned that Su Mo had prevented Yu Xiaogang from taking Xiao Wu as his disciple and privately developed hostility toward Su Mo.

Su Mo brought Xiao Wu to Notting Academy’s First Dormitory, where Xiao Chenyu made her the academy’s Big Sister Head. After Su Mo encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, he told Xiao Wu about Yu Xiaogang’s past, leaving her furious at Yu Xiaogang and disgusted with Tang San for becoming his disciple.

• Xiao Chenyu slapped a subordinate for disrespecting Xiao Wu, then flattered her into becoming Notting Academy’s Big Sister Head.
• Su Mo arranged Xiao Wu’s bed in First Dormitory, and she asked to live with him instead; he promised to ask the headmaster about the rules.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu met Yu Xiaogang escorting Tang San to Seventh Dormitory, and Tang San felt drawn to Xiao Wu at first sight.
• Su Mo told Xiao Wu that Yu Xiaogang had deceived Bibi Dong to steal Spirit Hall knowledge, making Xiao Wu furious.
• Xiao Wu decided Tang San could not be any good for choosing Yu Xiaogang as his master.

Su Mo arranged to take Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng to the Soul Hunting Forest, where he intended to interfere with Tang San’s hunt. After Su Mo raised Wang Sheng to Rank Ten, Wang Sheng learned that Tang San would also go the next day and chose not to warn him.

• Su Mo secured the headmaster’s tacit approval for off-campus living and treated Xiao Wu and the First Dormitory students to lunch.
• When noble students mocked the Work-Study Students, Su Mo rebuked them, while Tang San called him a bad person because of Yu Xiaogang’s conflict with him.
• Su Mo secretly approached Wang Sheng and offered to take him to the Soul Hunting Forest, then infused him with Soul Power that raised him from Rank Nine to Rank Ten.
• Tang San told Wang Sheng he would go to the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang the next day and asked the Seventh Dormitory students to handle his chores while he was away.
• Wang Sheng suspected Su Mo had brought him along because Tang San was going too, but he kept quiet and chose Su Mo’s benefits over loyalty to Tang San.

Su Mo took Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng to Soul Hunting Forest so they could obtain Soul Rings, while Xiao Wu secretly planned to separate from him and generate her own. After entering the forest, Su Mo promised to find Wang Sheng a suitable hundred-year Soul Beast.

• Su Mo met Xiao Wu, took her to breakfast, and asked if she was ready to hunt a Soul Beast.
• Su Mo collected Wang Sheng and a Spirit Hall Pass Token arranged by Xiao Kuang, then rode with Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng to Soul Hunting Forest.
• Su Mo explained Soul Hunting Groups to Wang Sheng as they crossed the marketplace outside the forest.
• Su Mo showed the Pass Token to the Soldier Captain and led Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng into Soul Hunting Forest.
• The group encountered several Soul Beasts, and Su Mo told Wang Sheng that the Brilliant Cat they saw was too young and promised to find him a hundred-year Soul Beast.

Su Mo led Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng through the Soul Hunting Forest, helped Wang Sheng obtain a Soul Ring, and then guided them toward Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s camp. When a Mandala Snake attacked Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, Su Mo intervened and killed it, apparently depriving Tang San of a Soul Beast suited to him.

• Su Mo subdued a roughly two-hundred-year Earthshaking Tiger and told Wang Sheng to kill it and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Wang Sheng absorbed the Earthshaking Tiger’s Soul Ring and gained the Battle Tiger Earthshaking Wave Soul Skill.
• Su Mo used scouts to locate Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then led Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng toward their camp.
• A Mandala Snake with more than four hundred years of cultivation attacked Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, forcing them to flee as Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Skills failed to stop it.
• Su Mo struck the Mandala Snake with his staff, killing it despite Yu Xiaogang’s urgent demand that he spare it for Tang San.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang recognized Su Mo and suspected he had deliberately killed the Mandala Snake to prevent Tang San from absorbing its Soul Ring.

Su Mo saved Yu Xiaogang and Tang San from a Mandala Snake, but Tang San and Yu Xiaogang suspected he had deliberately killed the Soul Beast they wanted. After Xiao Wu returned safely with a hundred-year Soul Ring, Su Mo prepared a plan to set Tang San up with another snake-type Soul Beast and turn him against Yu Xiaogang.

• Su Mo killed the Mandala Snake while rescuing Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang thanked him but suspected the kill was deliberate.
• Wang Sheng explained that he had joined Su Mo and defended him against Tang San's suspicion, while Tang San regarded Wang Sheng's companionship with Su Mo as betrayal.
• Su Mo and Wang Sheng searched for Xiao Wu, with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang following; Xiao Wu returned after getting lost and absorbing a hundred-year Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Ring.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang became determined to find Tang San a hundred-year First Soul Ring, while Su Mo left without offering to help them.
• Su Mo revealed that he had found a suitable hundred-year snake-type Soul Beast for Tang San and planted Seeds of Arrogance, Jealousy, and Wrath in Yu Xiaogang to advance his scheme.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang hunted a snake-like Soul Beast that Yu Xiaogang mistook for a Purple Scale Rattlesnake, and Tang San absorbed its Soul Ring. The resulting foul-smoke explosive skill revealed that Yu Xiaogang had actually made Tang San absorb a Gecko Rascal Snake’s Soul Ring.

• Su Mo monitored Tang San and Yu Xiaogang in the Soul Hunting Forest with bird surveillance devices while preparing to trigger the Seeds of Original Sin in Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San spent another day searching for a suitable Soul Beast but found none better than a Gu Zhu.
• A snake with blackish-purple scales entered their camp, and Yu Xiaogang identified it as a three- to four-hundred-year Purple Scale Rattlesnake.
• Yu Xiaogang attacked the snake with Luo Sanpao, and Tang San killed it by piercing its eye with a dagger after noticing its fangs looked unusually short.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Tang San’s concerns, and Tang San absorbed the snake’s Soul Ring.
• Tang San’s first Soul Skill produced explosive, foul-smelling yellow smoke, leading Yu Xiaogang to realize the Soul Beast had been a Gecko Rascal Snake impersonating a Purple Scale Rattlesnake.