Chapter Summaries

Zhixin and Brother Tian left their infant son Lin Ye with the village chief Jack to protect him before setting off on a dangerous journey. Six years later, Lin Ye trained in the mountains alongside Tang San, and the chapter ended with Lin Ye scaling a steep slope before the village’s Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony.

• Zhixin worried about leaving Little Ye behind, but Brother Tian persuaded her that the village chief could protect him and that he would be safer there than with them.
• Brother Tian and Zhixin left the baby at the wooden house, where Jack found him, adopted him, and named him Lin Ye.
• Six years later, Jack reminded Lin Ye that a Lord Soul Master from the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch would hold the village’s Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony that day.
• Lin Ye met Tang San on the way to the rear mountain, and they parted at its foot to train on separate peaks.
• Lin Ye swiftly climbed a steep slope more than ten meters high and reached the mountaintop.

Lin Ye cultivated the Nine Yang Divine Skill and suspected that awakening a Martial Soul would help him break through its bottleneck and unlock his jade pendant. He returned to Holy Soul Village with Old Jack to meet the Spirit Hall soul master who would conduct the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony.

• Lin Ye failed to advance the Nine Yang Divine Skill and suspected that he needed to awaken a Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye recalled that his jade pendant had given him the Nine Yang Divine Skill and contained an energy barrier he hoped to break to learn about his origins.
• Lin Ye resolved to use the day's Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony to test his theory and pursue clues about his parents.
• Lin Ye finished breakfast with Old Jack, and they went to the village entrance to await the Spirit Hall soul master.
• A young Battle Soul Master arrived, and Old Jack greeted him before the young man agreed to begin the ceremony promptly.

Lin Ye and the village children gathered at the Spirit Hall Branch for their Martial Soul Awakening, where Soul Master Su Yuntao tested them with his Lone Wolf possession. Most children panicked, but Lin Ye and Tang San resisted the frightening Soul Power, leaving Su Yuntao hopeful that they might have potential.

• Old Jack went to fetch Tang San after he failed to arrive on time, and Tang San explained that his father had overslept after drinking.
• Su Yuntao arranged the nine children by height and introduced himself as a level twenty-six Soul Grandmaster with a Lone Wolf Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao possessed his Martial Soul and unleashed a wolfish roar that sent most of the children collapsing in terror.
• Lin Ye resisted the Soul Power impact with help from his Nine Yang True Qi, while Tang San also stayed on his feet.
• Su Yuntao was surprised that Lin Ye and Tang San had endured his test and wondered whether they had the aptitude to become Soul Masters.

Su Yuntao began awakening the village children’s Martial Souls while Lin Ye considered whether his Nine Yang True Qi could substitute for soul power. Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass, but the crystal ball revealed he had Innate Full Soul Power.

• Su Yuntao calmed the frightened children and began the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony.
• Several children awakened farm tools or Blue Silver Grass and failed the soul power test, while Lin Ye wondered whether Nine Yang True Qi could qualify him as a Soul Master.
• Tang San entered the formation and awakened Blue Silver Grass after the golden lights flowed into him for over a minute.
• Tang San touched the crystal ball, which shone brightly and revealed his Innate Full Soul Power.

Su Yuntao discovered that Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power despite his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, then watched Lin Ye awaken a white begonia flower and produce the same dazzling result. The chapter ended with Su Yuntao stunned by two consecutive Trash Martial Souls with Innate Full Soul Power.

• Tang San asked Su Yuntao about Innate Full Soul Power, and Su Yuntao explained its benefits while lamenting that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass would earn him no Spirit Hall recruitment reward.
• Su Yuntao sent Tang San aside and called Lin Ye into the Martial Soul Awakening Array, hoping the child would have strong potential and a better Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye absorbed the golden motes as his Martial Soul awakened, then summoned a pure white begonia flower in his left hand.
• Su Yuntao judged Lin Ye's begonia flower to be a Trash Martial Soul and handed him the crystal ball to test his soul power.
• The crystal ball drew Lin Ye's Nine Yang True Qi and blazed with light, revealing another case of Innate Full Soul Power and leaving Su Yuntao dumbfounded.

Su Yuntao registered Lin Ye and Tang San as Innate Full Soul Power holders with the Trash Martial Souls Begonia Flower and Blue Silver Grass, while Old Jack promised to secure academy places for both boys. Lin Ye left alone for the back mountain to test his Martial Soul.

• Su Yuntao gave Lin Ye and Tang San their Martial Soul certificates and told them to keep the documents with Old Jack.
• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that two villagers had Innate Full Soul Power but carried Begonia Flower and Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls.
• Old Jack explained that both boys could become Soul Masters and promised to borrow a Work-Study Student slot so they could attend an academy.
• Tang San said he needed to ask his father before deciding whether to attend, and Old Jack offered to take him home to discuss it.
• Lin Ye asked to leave and test his Martial Soul, then headed for the back mountain instead of going home.

Lin Ye tested his Begonia Flower Martial Soul and discovered its Holy Light could restore life force, soul power, and Spiritual Power. He then summoned his golden Sword Martial Soul, which consumed Nine Yang True Qi far faster than the flower, while his third, dragonlike Beast Martial Soul remained dormant.

• Lin Ye infused his Begonia Flower Martial Soul with Nine Yang True Qi and found that its Holy Light accelerated grass growth.
• Lin Ye tested the Holy Light on himself and found that it restored his true qi and stamina, then rapidly healed a wound.
• Lin Ye concluded that the Begonia Flower Martial Soul could restore life force, soul power, and Spiritual Power, and was not a Trash Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye sensed a hidden third martial soul resembling a dragon but decided his body could not yet withstand summoning it.
• Lin Ye summoned his golden Sword Martial Soul and found that maintaining it consumed nearly one-third of his Nine Yang True Qi within seconds.

Lin Ye tested the sharpness of his golden longsword Martial Soul, then broke through the energy barrier in his jade pendant and received three martial arts techniques. He suspected the techniques and his Martial Souls were connected to his parents, whose identities he hoped to uncover once he became a powerful Soul Master.

• Lin Ye tested his golden longsword Martial Soul in the forest and found that it easily cut through trees and pierced bluestone.
• Lin Ye restored his Nine Yang True Qi with the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Begonia Flower Martial Soul, then injected it into his jade pendant.
• Lin Ye broke through the barrier inside the jade pendant and received a torrent of information that caused him intense pain.
• Lin Ye learned that the pendant contained the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill, Phoenix Dance Six Illusions, and Nine Swords of Dugu.
• Lin Ye connected the sword technique to his golden longsword Martial Soul and suspected his parents had left the techniques because they knew which Martial Souls he would inherit.

Lin Ye discovered a wooden box hidden in the jade pendant and read a letter from his parents explaining his Martial Souls and future training. He learned that he should study at a Junior Soul Master Academy before traveling the continent, and he prepared to return home.

• Lin Ye used Nine Yang True Qi to enter the jade pendant’s hidden space and brought out a wooden box.
• Lin Ye opened the box and found a letter from his parents, who explained why they had left him and confirmed that they loved him.
• Lin Ye learned about his Xuanyuan Sword, Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia, and an undisclosed Beast Martial Soul, along with his parents’ advice on training and keeping his Martial Souls secret.
• Lin Ye read that he should study at a Junior Soul Master Academy, then travel the continent and seek opportunities to earn money and grow stronger.
• Lin Ye found two books about Soul Beasts and the Soul Master world, stored them and the letter in the jade pendant, and headed back as noon approached.

Lin Ye trained the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill, Phoenix Dance Six Illusions, and Nine Swords of Dugu while learning about the Soul Master world. He needed more meat to advance his body cultivation and decided to get a sword from Tang San’s home so he could hunt in the back mountain.

• Old Jack complained to Lin Ye that Tang Hao had refused to let Tang San attend the Soul Master Academy, and he planned to ask a neighboring village about the Work-Study Student quota.
• Over the next ten days, Lin Ye made progress in all three martial arts and studied the books about soul beasts and the Soul Master world.
• Lin Ye practiced the Dragon-Elephant Stance Method, Phoenix Dance Six Illusions, and the basic sword techniques of the Nine Swords of Dugu in the forest.
• Lin Ye realized his Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill required more blood and qi than his family’s meals could provide, so he decided to hunt for meat in the back mountain.
• Lin Ye concluded that he needed a sword and knew he could obtain one at Tang San’s home.

Lin Ye brought a small barrel of ale to Tang Hao’s blacksmith shop, hoping to persuade him to forge a sword based on the Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul. He found Tang San wielding the heavy forging hammer instead and asked him to pass along the gift to Tang Hao.

• Lin Ye sketched the Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul so Tang Hao could use the drawing as a sword design.
• Lin Ye spent five Copper Soul Coins on ale at the village tavern, explaining to Max that it was a gift for Tang Hao.
• Lin Ye carried the ale to Tang Hao’s blacksmith shop and heard hammering inside.
• Lin Ye discovered Tang San forging iron with a heavy hammer and told him he wanted Tang Hao to forge something, offering the ale as a token of appreciation.

Lin Ye asked Tang Hao to forge a sword based on his drawing and stayed to watch Tang Hao teach Tang San to forge iron. After Tang San tired himself out practicing the technique, Lin Ye asked if he could try forging.

• Lin Ye gave Tang Hao a drawing of the Xuanyuan Sword and arranged to collect the finished sword the next day.
• Lin Ye asked to watch Tang Hao teach Tang San, hoping to learn enough to try forging himself.
• Tang Hao demonstrated how to use force from the whole body to drive the hammer, and Tang San followed the technique to dent the iron block.
• Tang San grew exhausted and stopped to rest when Tang Hao told him to, and Lin Ye asked Tang Hao if he could try forging.

Lin Ye surprised Tang Hao and Tang San by lifting the heavy Forging Hammer and quickly mastering Tang Hao’s forging technique. As he experimented with the hammer’s rebound, he discovered how to build up force and appeared to comprehend the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Lin Ye insisted he might have Innate Divine Strength and effortlessly lifted and swung the Forging Hammer, shocking Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Tang Hao gave Lin Ye permission to try forging the red-hot iron block.
• Lin Ye copied Tang Hao’s stance and technique, striking the iron with increasingly precise swings.
• Lin Ye realized he could follow the hammer’s rebound and preserve its force by swinging from side to side between strikes.
• Tang Hao watched Lin Ye build up the hammer’s speed and recognized that he had seemingly comprehended the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

After Lin Ye mastered Tang Hao’s forging techniques and impressed both Tang Hao and Tang San, he received his sword and ventured into the forest behind Holy Soul Village to hunt. The chapter leaves him diving toward a roe deer as his first target.

• Lin Ye forged a block of iron with a hammer technique resembling the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, leaving Tang Hao and Tang San stunned by his strength and skill.
• Lin Ye stopped when he grew tired, called the hammer handy, and asked Tang Hao to forge his sword.
• Lin Ye left the blacksmith shop, while Tang Hao and Tang San privately called him a monster.
• Tang Hao forged Lin Ye’s longsword that evening and had Tang San deliver it to him.
• Lin Ye carried the sword into the forest, surveyed the beasts, and chose a roe deer for his first hunt.
• Lin Ye drew his sword and dove toward the roe deer.

Lin Ye hunted a huge wild boar and shared some of its meat with Tang San’s family. Seeing Lin Ye’s strength, Tang San challenged him, leaving their rivalry about to begin.

• Lin Ye killed a massive wild boar deep in the forest with his sword and stored it in his jade pendant.
• Lin Ye butchered the boar and brought its meat home, where Old Jack praised his abilities and asked him to share some with Tang San’s family.
• Lin Ye delivered several pieces of boar meat to Tang San, who accepted them after learning Lin Ye had plenty more.
• Tang San, discouraged by Lin Ye’s apparent strength, decided to challenge him.

One month after Tang San challenged him, Lin Ye fought him on the mountainside behind Holy Soul Village. Tang San’s final strike with his hidden techniques was still rushing toward Lin Ye when the chapter ended.

• Lin Ye practiced the Nine Swords of Dugu and demonstrated his improved sword skills by piercing falling leaves.
• Tang San arrived for their duel, and Lin Ye put away his sword so they could fight without weapons.
• Lin Ye easily dodged Tang San’s initial punches and kicks, prompting Tang San to use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Lin Ye matched Tang San’s footwork with Phoenix Dance Six Illusions, gradually forcing Tang San onto the defensive as his stamina faded.
• Tang San combined Mysterious Heaven Skill, Mysterious Jade Hand, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Purple Demon Eye for a final attack against Lin Ye.

Lin Ye defeated Tang San in a head-on clash, then revealed that he knew Tang San had been hiding a weapon. The two agreed to settle the fight with Lin Ye’s sword against Tang San’s Sleeve Arrow, leaving their decisive duel about to begin.

• Tang San attacked Lin Ye with a full-strength Mysterious Jade Hand punch, but Lin Ye met it with a punch reinforced by the Nine Yang Divine Skill and sent him staggering backward.
• Tang San realized Lin Ye’s strength far exceeded his own and admitted defeat, while Lin Ye noted he had held back to avoid injuring him.
• Lin Ye deduced that Tang San’s wrist guard was a hidden weapon he had been making and challenged him to continue the fight using it.
• Tang San accepted the challenge and named his weapon a Sleeve Arrow, while Lin Ye drew his sword for their next duel.

Lin Ye used the Arrow Breaking Style of the Nine Swords of Dugu to deflect Tang San’s Sleeve Arrow, winning their spar and leaving Tang San astonished. Tang San returned home to find Tang Hao unsurprised by his defeat.

• Tang San warned Lin Ye about his Sleeve Arrow and fired it at the hem of Lin Ye’s clothes.
• Lin Ye spotted the steel needle and used the Arrow Breaking Style to knock it into the ground.
• Tang San was shocked that Lin Ye had blocked his Hidden Weapon and admitted he had lost.
• Tang San returned home and told Tang Hao he could not beat Lin Ye.
• Tang Hao explained that Lin Ye’s talent and strength had already led him to expect Tang San’s defeat.

Lin Ye and Tang San traveled with Old Jack from Holy Soul Village to Nuoding City to enroll at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. As they reached the academy, a young man blocked their way through the gate.

• Old Jack changed his mind and agreed to let Tang San attend the academy, then set out with Lin Ye and Tang San on enrollment day.
• Tang San asked Old Jack about the academy and learned that their Work-Study Student placements covered enrollment, tuition, and lodging.
• The three entered Nuoding City and followed a stall owner's directions to Nuoding Academy.
• Old Jack told Lin Ye and Tang San he would return to the village after registering them and would collect them at the end of the term.
• A young man stepped in front of the academy gate and demanded to know what they were doing.

Lin Ye, Tang San, and Old Jack arrived at Nuoding Academy, where the gatekeeper insulted Holy Soul Village and accused them of forging their Martial Soul certificates. Lin Ye beat the gatekeeper after he tried to shove Old Jack, and someone arrived to ask what had happened.

• Old Jack presented Lin Ye and Tang San's Martial Soul certificates and explained that they had Work-Study Student slots.
• The gatekeeper mocked Holy Soul Village, rejected the certificates as fake, and tried to shove Old Jack.
• Lin Ye grabbed the gatekeeper's hand, twisted it, and kicked him into the iron gate.
• The gatekeeper charged at Lin Ye with a stone, but Lin Ye shattered it with his fist and struck the gatekeeper in the face.
• The injured gatekeeper threatened Lin Ye, who defended his actions and criticized Nuoding Academy.
• Someone behind Lin Ye asked what had happened.