Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye absorbed the Emerald Aurora Bird soul ring, and his dormant third Dragon Martial Soul erased the beast’s remnant will while releasing a terrifying pressure across the Soul Hunting Forest. He discovered that his first Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia soul skill was Light of Purification, which could remove poison and other negative conditions.

• The Emerald Aurora Bird’s remnant will attacked Lin Ye’s Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia in his Sea of Consciousness, but a roar from his dormant Dragon Martial Soul erased it.
• The Dragon Martial Soul’s pressure spread through the Soul Hunting Forest, frightening soul beasts and driving them to flee.
• Tang San and Grandmaster sensed the distant pressure and guessed that a powerful soul master, possibly a Titled Douluo, had caused it.
• Lin Ye summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia and learned that his first soul skill purified poison, weakness, charm, and other negative conditions.
• Lin Ye named his first soul skill Light of Purification.

Lin Ye broke the jade pendant’s second restriction and discovered the gifts his father had left for him. He learned the items included a powerful External Soul Bone and three cards that could temporarily grant him Rank 99 Titled Douluo strength.

• Lin Ye reflected on the first restriction’s cultivation methods and how his first soul ring had strengthened his body.
• Lin Ye channeled Nine Yang True Qi into the jade pendant and shattered its second restriction.
• Lin Ye retrieved two wooden boxes from the pendant’s storage space and opened them to find silver-white beads, golden crystal cards, and a letter from his father.
• Lin Ye read that the beads were the External Soul Bone: Double Pupils, which granted Illusion Break, Bullet Time, Eagle Eye, and Night Vision.
• Lin Ye learned that the three crystal cards were Titled Douluo Experience Cards that could give him Rank 99 strength for half an hour each.

Lin Ye fused the External Soul Bone: Double Pupils, tested its abilities, and claimed three Titled Douluo Experience Cards. Before he could rest for the night, he spotted two figures being chased through the forest and raced toward them, suspecting they were Grandmaster and Tang San.

• Lin Ye read his father's letter, then found the Double Pupils External Soul Bone and three Titled Douluo Experience Cards in the second box.
• Lin Ye fused the Double Pupils, gaining clearer vision, the ability to slow perceived movements, and an Illusion Break ability, though using them rapidly consumed his Nine Yang True Qi.
• Lin Ye acknowledged the three experience cards as his masters and learned he could activate their power to gain Rank 99 Titled Douluo strength.
• A distant crash and spreading yellow mist woke Lin Ye, who saw two figures pursued by a long green shadow.
• Lin Ye suspected the figures were Grandmaster and Tang San and raced toward the disturbance to help them.

Grandmaster and Tang San were chased by a nearly four-hundred-year Mandala Snake after Grandmaster’s attack failed to stop it. Just as the snake was about to kill Grandmaster, an unknown figure struck it and rushed toward them.

• Grandmaster identified the Mandala Snake and urged Tang San to escape, but Tang San refused to abandon his teacher.
• Grandmaster used Luo Sanpao’s attack to blast the snake away, then he and Tang San ran toward the dense trees.
• The Mandala Snake quickly recovered and pursued them, so Grandmaster sent Luo Sanpao to delay it; the snake killed Luo Sanpao with one bite.
• Grandmaster became distracted by guilt, and the Mandala Snake caught up and lunged at him.
• An unknown figure shouted at the snake and struck it with a sharp weapon, saving Grandmaster as Tang San watched.

Lin Ye fought the Mandala Snake and weakened it so Tang San could claim it as a soul ring. Tang San killed the snake, and its yellow soul ring began to form above the corpse.

• Lin Ye dodged the Mandala Snake's attacks, retrieved the iron sword from its head, and pierced its eye.
• Grandmaster stopped Lin Ye from killing the snake because its age suited Tang San.
• Lin Ye avoided the snake's attempt to throw him off, then battered its head until it was nearly dead.
• Grandmaster gave Tang San a dagger, and Tang San drove it through the Mandala Snake's brain, killing it.
• Pale-yellow motes rose from the Mandala Snake and gathered into a yellow soul ring.

Tang San absorbed the Mandala Snake's soul ring and proved Grandmaster's theory that a plant-type martial soul could absorb an animal-type soul ring. As the group prepared to leave, Grandmaster suddenly collapsed with signs of poisoning, and Lin Ye stopped Tang San from trying to bleed him.

• Tang San thanked Lin Ye for saving him and Grandmaster, then began absorbing the Mandala Snake's soul ring under Grandmaster's guidance.
• Lin Ye removed the Mandala Snake's venom sac and fangs and stored them in his Jade Pendant Space before resting in a tree.
• The next morning, Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass to tear apart a small tree, and he and Grandmaster celebrated that the soul-ring absorption had succeeded.
• Grandmaster suddenly spat blood and collapsed, with his arm, face, and neck turning purple.
• Tang San suspected poison and reached for a dagger to bleed Grandmaster, but Lin Ye grabbed his hand and told him to wait.

Lin Ye used his Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia to cure Grandmaster’s Mandala Snake poison, revealing that his Martial Soul also restored stamina and Soul Power. Grandmaster recognized its extraordinary potential but did not know its origins, while Lin Ye kept his true combat strength concealed.

• Lin Ye used the Light of Purification to remove the poison from Grandmaster, who woke and learned that Lin Ye had saved him.
• Grandmaster realized his stamina and Soul Power had recovered and asked Lin Ye whether his soul skill could restore them.
• Lin Ye explained that his soul skill purified negative conditions while his Martial Soul naturally restored stamina, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power.
• Grandmaster examined Lin Ye’s unusual white Begonia Flower, but admitted he had never seen it before.
• Lin Ye named his Martial Soul the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia, and Grandmaster thought its potential might surpass the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Lin Ye kept to himself that the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia was only a disguise and that he excelled at battle.

Lin Ye and Tang San returned to Nuoding City with Grandmaster and went to the Spirit Hall Branch to register as Soul Masters and claim their monthly allowance. There, Lin Ye recognized Su Yuntao just as Su Yuntao argued with the nobleman Mark.

• Grandmaster, Lin Ye, and Tang San left the Soul Hunting Forest and traveled by carriage to Nuoding City.
• Grandmaster advised Lin Ye and Tang San to register at the Spirit Hall Branch, where Soul Masters received badges and a monthly Gold Soul Coin.
• Lin Ye and Tang San entered the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch after the guards learned they were students of Nuoding Academy.
• Lin Ye recognized Su Yuntao in the hall, and Tang San recognized him too.
• Su Yuntao and Mark exchanged insults over their cultivation and prospects until Lin Ye called out to Su Yuntao.

Lin Ye and Tang San visited the Spirit Hall branch to register as soul masters, where Lin Ye defended their unusual Innate Full Soul Power despite their Blue Silver Grass and Begonia Flower Martial Souls. Su Yuntao protected them from Mark’s hostility and warned them that Mark might retaliate, while Lin Ye remained confident that he would be the first to prove their Martial Souls could become something greater.

• Su Yuntao recognized Lin Ye and Tang San and argued with Mark over whether he had awakened two children with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lin Ye explained that their Martial Souls could still mutate and challenged Mark to a soul battle after revealing that he had become a soul master.
• Su Yuntao stopped Mark from accepting the challenge and took Lin Ye and Tang San to register at the Spirit Hall branch.
• Su Yuntao thanked Lin Ye and Tang San for helping him, then warned them that Mark might hold a grudge against Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye told Su Yuntao that he and Tang San had absorbed their first soul rings and insisted he would be the first example of their Martial Souls mutating.

Lin Ye and Tang San registered as Soul Scholars at the Spirit Hall Branch, where Lin Ye’s first Soul Ring was revealed to be nine hundred years old. Lin Ye declined Matthew’s invitation to join Spirit Hall for now, and Matthew decided to report his exceptional talent to the main hall.

• Su Yuntao brought Lin Ye and Tang San to Matthew to register their Soul Master ranks.
• Lin Ye and Tang San displayed their Martial Souls and Hundred-Year Soul Rings, and Tang San explained that Master had taken them to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Matthew tested Tang San’s soul power and found it was level thirteen, then registered his information.
• Lin Ye’s soul power tested at level fifteen, and Matthew examined his Soul Ring and identified it as nine hundred years old.
• Matthew invited Lin Ye to join Spirit Hall, but Lin Ye politely declined for now.
• After Lin Ye and Tang San left with their Soul Master badges, Matthew resolved to report Lin Ye’s talent to the main hall.

After leaving the Spirit Hall Branch, Lin Ye visited Thousand Treasures and Hundred Herbs Pavilion to find medicinal ingredients that could strengthen his bones. He found a hundred-year Vajra Bodhi Fruit, but the steward insulted him and doubted he could afford it; a brocade-clad young man then offered to pay if Lin Ye could.

• Lin Ye and Tang San went to the commercial district, where Tang San entered a blacksmith shop and Lin Ye continued to the herbal shop.
• Lin Ye searched Thousand Treasures and Hundred Herbs Pavilion for herbs that could strengthen his tendons and bones.
• Lin Ye discovered a nearly hundred-year-old Vajra Bodhi Fruit, whose bone-strengthening effect suited his needs.
• The steward assumed Lin Ye could not afford the fruit, said it cost sixty-six Gold Soul Coins, and ordered him to leave.
• A young man in fine brocade robes mocked the exchange and offered to pay for the fruit if Lin Ye could afford it.

Lin Ye challenged Mark to a wager over whether he could afford the Vajra Bodhi Fruit, angered by Mark’s cruel demand that he call him Dad if he lost. Before showing his money, Lin Ye asked the shop manager to value several century-old soul beast materials.

• Mark entered the herbal shop and joined the manager in mocking Lin Ye for wanting to buy the Vajra Bodhi Fruit.
• Mark agreed that if Lin Ye could not afford the fruit, Lin Ye would kowtow and call him Dad, while Mark put up his jade pendant as collateral.
• Lin Ye accepted the wager and asked the manager how much several century-old soul beast materials would be worth.
• The manager repeated Lin Ye’s list of materials, including parts from a Spikehorn Dragon Viper, an Emerald Aurora Bird, and a Mandala Snake, and Lin Ye confirmed they were all century-old.

Lin Ye used a valuable piece of Emerald Jade to claim the Vajra Bodhi Fruit he had won in a wager, leaving Mark to pay for it. Mark took back his jade pendant and forced the pavilion manager to cover the cost, leaving the manager in despair.

• Lin Ye asked the pavilion manager about the prices of materials from several soul beasts, and Mark mocked him for supposedly having none.
• Lin Ye revealed a nearly thousand-year Emerald Jade, stunning the manager and Mark, but refused to sell it to the manager.
• Lin Ye took the Vajra Bodhi Fruit he had won and told Mark to pay for it, offering to have Grandmaster Matthew appraise the jade if challenged.
• Mark gave in to Lin Ye's threat about Grandmaster Su Yuntao, then took back his Cloud-Patterned White Jade pendant and left with his attendants.
• Mark ordered the manager to pay for the Vajra Bodhi Fruit, and the manager collapsed in despair over the debt he would have to repay.

After storing the Vajra Bodhi Fruit in his jade pendant, Lin Ye discovered Mark and his attendants following him and led them out of Nuoding City. Lin Ye easily knocked the attendants unconscious, and Mark summoned his martial soul, the Black Armored Horse, to confront him.

• Lin Ye secretly stored the Vajra Bodhi Fruit in his jade pendant and noticed Mark and his attendants following him.
• Lin Ye led Mark and his group out of Nuoding City and waited for them in a forest.
• Mark admitted he wanted revenge because Lin Ye had made him suffer and ordered his attendants to attack.
• Lin Ye seized a club from one attendant and swiftly knocked Mark’s attendants unconscious.
• Mark claimed that he was a Soul Master and summoned the Black Armored Horse to possess him.

Lin Ye defeated Mark despite Mark's Black Armored Horse Martial Soul and first Soul Skill, leaving Mark beaten and unable to rise. Lin Ye took Mark's money pouch as compensation for the delay.

• Mark used Martial Soul Possession and charged at Lin Ye, who dodged his punch and struck him in the face.
• Mark activated his first Soul Skill, Wild Horse Breaking Free, and attacked Lin Ye again.
• Lin Ye dodged Mark's armored punch, then hit him with a punch and an elbow that sent him crashing into a tree.
• Mark admitted that he could not match Lin Ye's speed or strength and asked what kind of monster he was.
• Lin Ye searched Mark's clothes, took his money pouch, and called it compensation for the delay.

After returning to Nuoding Academy, Lin Ye learned that the Work-Study Students had gone to the back mountain to fight the Day Students and hurried there with Tang San. He arrived as Xiao Chenyu challenged the absent Lin Ye, and answered him from the woods.

• Lin Ye returned to Dormitory Seven and met Tang San, who explained that a blacksmith shop had delayed him.
• Lin Ye and Tang San learned in the cafeteria that the Work-Study Students were facing the Day Students in a fight at the back mountain.
• Lin Ye and Tang San ran to the back mountain and found Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng confronting Xiao Chenyu and his group.
• Xiao Chenyu dismissed Lin Ye's victory over Lu Bing as a trick and challenged Lin Ye to appear.
• Lin Ye called out from the woods, asking Xiao Chenyu if he had been looking for him.

Lin Ye led Dormitory Seven into a best-of-five duel against Xiao Chenyu’s Day Students, with Xiao Wu at stake if they lost. After the score reached two to one for the Day Students, Lin Ye revealed his Begonia Flower Martial Soul and a deep yellow hundred-year Soul Ring.

• Lin Ye arrived with Tang San, agreed to Xiao Chenyu’s wager, and accepted Xiao Wu’s proposal for a best-of-five duel.
• Xiao Chenyu sent Lin Qiang to fight Xu Da, and Lin Qiang won the first match by knocking Xu Da down with his hoe.
• Wang Sheng defeated Lin Qiang to tie the score, then lost to Xiao Chenyu’s trusted fighter Liu Long, giving the Day Students a two-to-one lead.
• Lin Ye comforted the injured Wang Sheng and summoned his white Begonia Flower Martial Soul as a deep yellow hundred-year Soul Ring rose beneath his feet.
• Xiao Chenyu recognized Lin Ye’s hundred-year Soul Ring and was horrified.

Lin Ye healed Wang Sheng with his Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia while hiding the full extent of its powers, and Xiao Chenyu watched in disbelief. Seeing Lin Ye’s Hundred-Year Soul Ring and apparent Support System ability, Xiao Chenyu convinced himself that Lin Ye came from a powerful family hiding him from enemies and grew frightened by the family’s influence.

• Xiao Chenyu wondered how Lin Ye, a work-study student, had obtained a Hundred-Year Soul Ring and suspected an expert had helped him.
• Lin Ye used Light of Purification to heal Wang Sheng’s injuries and restore his soul power, concealing the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia’s true abilities.
• Wang Sheng was amazed by Lin Ye’s healing skill, but kept his surprise to himself in front of the others.
• Xiao Chenyu questioned why Lin Ye’s apparently powerful martial soul had been registered as a Trash Martial Soul.
• Xiao Chenyu concluded that Lin Ye was a disguised descendant of a top-tier soul master family hiding from enemies, and feared the family’s power.

Xiao Chenyu feared offending Lin Ye and decided to deliberately lose their duel so he could avoid trouble and curry favor with Lin Ye. Lin Ye took the field against him without summoning his Martial Soul, while Xiao Chenyu prepared to throw the fight.

• Xiao Chenyu worried that Lin Ye's powerful family would punish him, so he planned to lose the duel and honor his earlier wager.
• Xiao Chenyu replaced Liu Long and entered the arena ahead of schedule, prompting Wang Sheng to ask who should fight him.
• Xiao Wu eagerly volunteered, but Lin Ye refused and told Wang Sheng to keep an eye on her before taking the match himself.
• Lin Ye introduced himself as a Level 15 Support System Soul Master with the Begonia Flower Martial Soul, shocking Xiao Chenyu.
• Xiao Chenyu revealed his Level 11 Wolf Martial Soul and summoned it, while Lin Ye calmly declined to summon his own.

Lin Ye defeated Xiao Chenyu with a single punch, and Xiao Chenyu concluded that Lin Ye had a hidden top-tier Beast Martial Soul in addition to his support Martial Soul. Xiao Chenyu conceded the contest and accepted Lin Ye as the Day Students’ boss, leaving the groups to celebrate with a meal.

• Xiao Chenyu attacked Lin Ye while holding back, but Lin Ye’s punch sent him flying.
• Xiao Chenyu decided Lin Ye must have Twin Martial Souls, including a top-tier Beast Martial Soul, and imagined this explained his hidden identity and enemies.
• Xiao Chenyu conceded the fight, making the score two to two, and said the Day Students would follow Lin Ye.
• Xiao Wu regretted that she had not gotten a chance to fight, while Xiao Chenyu ordered the Day Students to accept Lin Ye as their boss.
• Xiao Chenyu praised Lin Ye and offered to treat him and everyone else to a meal in the cafeteria.