Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye and Hu Liena went to the cafeteria, where a group of students tried to frame him after their attempt to spill hot food on him backfired. As Hu Liena led Lin Ye away, Xia Hu insulted Lin Ye and his family, leaving Lin Ye furious and ready to respond.

• Hu Liena took Lin Ye into the cafeteria and let him use her card to buy food.
• Several youths tried to make their hot food spill onto Lin Ye, but he dodged with Phoenix Dance Six Illusions and they crashed into one another.
• Xia Hu accused Lin Ye of knocking the youths down and blocked him and Hu Liena from leaving.
• Hu Liena released her Soul Ancestor aura and forced Xia Hu to back down.
• Xia Hu insulted Lin Ye, his family, and the rat on his shoulder, and Lin Ye stopped and demanded to know what he had said.

Lin Ye confronted Xia Hu after Xia Hu insulted him, then defeated him in a fight without summoning his Martial Soul. Lin Ye left the dining hall with Hu Liena, while the stunned students recognized that the new Holy Son of Spirit Hall was formidable.

• Xia Hu insulted Lin Ye, and Lin Ye kicked him across the dining hall.
• Xia Hu summoned his Blazing Tiger Martial Soul and challenged Lin Ye to fight.
• Lin Ye refused to summon his Martial Soul, and Hu Liena watched as the students mocked his confidence.
• Xia Hu attacked with his first soul skill, Tearing Claws, but Lin Ye dodged using his Double Pupils and punched Xia Hu through to the second floor.
• Lin Ye returned to Hu Liena, collected his tray, and left with her as the onlookers fell silent.

Hu Liena brought Lin Ye to the Genius Class at Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy, where Xia Long confronted him over his brother Xia Hu. Just as Xia Long prepared to attack, Xie Yue and Yan entered the classroom.

• Hu Liena helped Lin Ye recharge his identity card and led him to the academy’s strongest Genius Class.
• Lin Ye learned that the class was reserved for Soul Ancestors, though Bibi Dong had placed him there despite his Soul Power Level being Rank Twenty-Five.
• The students in the corridor stayed wary of Lin Ye because he had defeated Xia Hu without using his martial soul.
• After Hu Liena left to speak with the teacher, Xia Long confronted Lin Ye and demanded revenge for Xia Hu.
• Xie Yue and Yan entered the classroom, causing Xia Long to change his expression.

Lin Ye faced suspicion from Xie Yue and Yan, but Hu Liena returned and clarified that Lin Ye had saved her during a mission. Xie Yue accepted Lin Ye as his benefactor, while Yan remained determined to compete for Hu Liena.

• Xie Yue warned Lin Ye to stay away from Hu Liena if she did not return his feelings, and Yan accused Lin Ye of lying about knowing her.
• Hu Liena heard Yan shouting and hurried back to the classroom, where she mistakenly thought he and Xie Yue were troubling Lin Ye.
• Xie Yue explained that he had intervened to stop Xia Long, and Lin Ye confirmed that Xie Yue had helped him.
• Hu Liena told Xie Yue that Lin Ye had helped her during a mission and saved her life.
• Xie Yue thanked Lin Ye and offered his support, while Yan resolved not to give up on winning Hu Liena.

Lin Ye accepted Yan’s challenge to spar, rejecting Yan’s demand that the loser give up on Hu Liena. At the training arena, Yan publicly challenged Lin Ye and offered to limit his strength, while Hu Liena objected to the matchup.

• During class, Yan sent Lin Ye a note challenging him to a fight and saying the loser should leave Hu Liena alone.
• Lin Ye accepted but replied that Hu Liena’s feelings were her own business and suggested that defeating him might earn Yan the position of Holy Son.
• After the theory lesson, the students and teachers went to the academy’s training arena for sparring.
• Yan challenged Lin Ye in front of the students, drawing their attention.
• Hu Liena protested that Yan was a Soul Ancestor challenging a Soul Grandmaster, and Yan offered to suppress his strength and use only two soul skills.

Lin Ye faced Yan in a duel at Spirit Hall, despite being a Soul Grandmaster while Yan was a Soul Ancestor. After Yan attacked, Lin Ye met his punch with a fist reinforced by Nine Yang True Qi, and their clash began.

• Lin Ye asked Hu Liena to watch Tangyuan while he fought Yan, and Hu Liena warned him about Yan's Flame Lord Martial Soul and Lava Armor.
• Yan resolved to prove himself to Hu Liena and offered to limit his Soul Power and soul skills, but Lin Ye told him to fight at full strength.
• Yan activated his Flame Lord Martial Soul, formed his Lava Armor, and revealed four Soul Rings.
• Lin Ye declined to summon his Martial Soul, and Yan charged him with a punch without using soul skills.
• Lin Ye reinforced his fist with Nine Yang True Qi and struck Yan's punch head-on.

Lin Ye fought Yan in the arena without summoning his Martial Soul, while Yan relied on his first two Soul Skills to match Lin Ye’s strength. As Yan’s boosted assault faltered, Lin Ye seized the opening and launched a counterattack, aiming to defeat him before he used his remaining Soul Skills.

• Lin Ye overpowered Yan in their first exchange of punches, shocking the spectators and humiliating Yan in front of Hu Liena.
• Yan accused Lin Ye of secretly using his Martial Soul, then activated Rage of Blazing Flame and Granite Rock to strengthen his attacks and Lava Armor.
• Lin Ye calmly endured Yan’s assault, using Double Pupils and Phoenix Dance Six Illusions to evade his slow attacks while protecting his fists with Nine Yang True Qi.
• As Yan’s Soul Skills neared their time limit and his attacks became disordered, Lin Ye counterattacked and repeatedly drove him back with punches and kicks.
• With less than a quarter of his Nine Yang True Qi remaining, Lin Ye pressed his advantage and sought to defeat Yan without summoning the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul.

Lin Ye turned the tide against Yan without using his Martial Soul, then summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia and revealed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a powerful support skill. The crowd was left stunned to discover that Spirit Hall’s Holy Son was a Support System Soul Master.

• Lin Ye overwhelmed Yan with physical strength and Soul Power, winning the admiration of students who had doubted his appointment as Holy Son.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena watched Lin Ye suppress Yan, with Hu Liena mistakenly crediting his strength to the Devouring Ancestral Dragon.
• Yan, driven by his jealousy over Hu Liena, activated his third soul skill, Flame Possession, and challenged Lin Ye to summon his Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia and revealed one yellow and one purple soul ring, shocking the audience with his Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Lin Ye activated Crown of Blood Spirit, causing his aura to surge and revealing that his flower Martial Soul followed the support system path.

Lin Ye defeated Yan in their decisive battle after revealing he was a Support System Soul Master whose buffs greatly increased his strength. Yan accepted the loss and promised to stop pursuing Hu Liena, while the arena celebrated Lin Ye as Spirit Hall’s true Holy Son.

• Yan realized Lin Ye was a Support System Soul Master, and Lin Ye explained that he had developed his Martial Soul for both support and combat.
• Yan covered the arena in magma with his fourth soul skill, Lava Surge, and charged Lin Ye while using Flame Possession.
• Lin Ye used Crown of Blood Spirit to boost his strength and knocked Yan away with one punch.
• Lin Ye healed Yan, and Yan conceded defeat and promised to leave Hu Liena alone.
• The crowd cheered for Lin Ye as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, while Xie Yue left to follow the dejected Yan.

After defeating Yan, Lin Ye settled into life as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, chose a courtyard near Hu Liena’s, and tested the academy’s cultivation grounds. He returned home that evening to find Bibi Dong waiting inside.

• Lin Ye ignored the students’ praise, left the arena with Hu Liena, and treated her to lunch at the academy cafeteria.
• Hu Liena helped Lin Ye choose a courtyard near the Pontiff Palace, buy necessities, and prepare his new home.
• Lin Ye cultivated in a flower-filled Martial Soul Mimicry Cultivation Room and found it improved his cultivation by only about ten percent.
• After dinner and a walk through Spirit City, Lin Ye returned home and found Bibi Dong standing inside in ceremonial robes.

Lin Ye gave Bibi Dong a blood-drop signal that could lead Spirit Hall to Blood Infant and his Evil Soul Masters. Six months later, after Lin Ye grew stronger and gained new abilities, the Advanced Soul Master Academy announced a special year-end assessment.

• Lin Ye met with Bibi Dong, who congratulated him for defeating Yan and explained the benefits of becoming Spirit Hall's Holy Son.
• Lin Ye gave Bibi Dong the blood-drop medium used to contact Blood Infant and explained how it could reveal the Evil Soul Master's location.
• Bibi Dong thanked Lin Ye for helping Spirit Hall pursue Blood Infant, then left to study the blood drop.
• Over the next six months, Lin Ye reached level thirty, gained the Ghost Shadow soul skill from a twenty-thousand-year Ghost Leopard, and acquired defensive armor and fast-flying wings through the Symbiotic Battle Suit.
• The Advanced Soul Master Academy announced a special year-end assessment.

Lin Ye refined his Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul and prepared with Hu Liena and the genius class students to leave Spirit City for their year-end assessment, a mission to eliminate remaining Evil Soul Masters. The convoy set out with teachers and stronger soul masters expected to protect the students.

• Lin Ye practiced Divine Machine Hundred Refinements on the Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul but could not yet control it reliably.
• Lin Ye recalled that he had fully refined an ordinary iron sword, granting it the Wind Concealment ability, while his Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul and Symbiotic Battle Suit remained unfinished.
• Hu Liena summoned Lin Ye for the assessment, and he brought the sleepy Tangyuan before joining her at the cafeteria.
• Lin Ye and Hu Liena reached the gathering area outside Spirit City, where more than fifty genius class students and a convoy of carriages had assembled.
• Xie Yue asked Hu Liena about the mission, and she explained that the strongest Evil Soul Masters had already been killed and the remaining enemies were intended to give the students combat experience.
• The students assembled, and the convoy prepared to depart for the assessment.

Lin Ye and the Spirit Hall students arrived near Guhe Town, where Evil Soul Masters had massacred the residents and were still being hunted. After forming a team with Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena, Lin Ye proposed searching the surrounding forest instead of rushing into town, and they set off to investigate.

• Lin Ye saw bloodied wreckage along the road and grew angry at the Evil Soul Masters who had slaughtered fleeing residents.
• At the blockade, the lead teacher explained the students’ mission to hunt Evil Soul Masters and warned that a few stronger enemies might remain.
• Xie Yue invited Lin Ye and Hu Liena to join his team with Yan, and Lin Ye agreed.
• The students formed teams and entered the sealed area around Guhe Town.
• Lin Ye suggested that his team search the surrounding forest, and Xie Yue and Hu Liena agreed.

Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan used Tangyuan to locate Evil Soul Masters in the forest near Guhe Town and killed five of them. Elsewhere, Ziluo discovered a blood pool whose blood tentacles began to rise as she realized she was in danger.

• Lin Ye explained that Tangyuan could track Evil Soul Masters by scent, and the mouse led the team through the forest.
• The four found black-robed Evil Soul Masters drinking deer blood and Xie Yue directed the team’s attack.
• Lin Ye boosted Yan, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue with Ghost Shadow as Yan charged and Hu Liena charmed and obscured the enemies.
• Xie Yue beheaded all five Evil Soul Masters, and the team prepared to collect proof and continue searching.
• In a courtyard elsewhere in Guhe Town, Ziluo found a blood pool and noticed tentacles emerging from it as she warned her companion to run.

Blood Infant possessed Ziluo after emerging from the blood pool and learned from her memories that Lin Ye and the others were hunting Evil Soul Masters near Guhe Town. As Blood Infant headed into the forest, Ziluo appeared before Lin Ye, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan.

• Blood-red tentacles dragged two female Soul Masters into the pool, then pulled A Qiu away despite Ziluo's attempt to rescue her.
• Blood Infant emerged from the pool, possessed Ziluo, and discovered through her memories that the Holy Son and Holy Maiden were nearby.
• Blood Infant set out for the forest around Guhe Town, intending to attack Lin Ye and the others.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Yan, and Lin Ye discussed their tally after killing more Evil Soul Masters and prepared for a figure approaching through the woods.
• Ziluo ran out of the woods and called to Lord Holy Son.

Lin Ye and the others followed Ziluo to Guhe Town after she claimed Evil Soul Masters had captured her friends. Lin Ye remained suspicious, but the group entered a seemingly empty courtyard and approached its main hall, where Blood Infant waited for them to take the bait.

• Ziluo claimed that powerful Evil Soul Masters had captured her friends and begged Lin Ye and the others to help.
• Lin Ye questioned why Ziluo had come to find them instead of seeking the teachers, but Blood Infant's excuse convinced the others.
• Xie Yue and Yan led the group to Guhe Town and scouted a courtyard before signaling that it was safe to enter.
• Ziluo suggested the Evil Soul Masters might be inside the main hall, and Xie Yue, Yan, Lin Ye, and Hu Liena cautiously approached it.
• Blood Infant watched the group near the main hall and thought that they had finally taken the bait.

Blood Infant revealed that he had taken over Ziluo's body and threatened to destroy it if Lin Ye and the others left. Lin Ye secretly coordinated with Hu Liena and sent her rushing toward Blood Infant with Ghost Shadow, hoping she could control him and give him a chance to purify Ziluo.

• Blood Infant ambushed Lin Ye, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan with blood-red tentacles, but Xie Yue freed Yan and led everyone out of the hall.
• Blood Infant admitted that the body belonged to Ziluo and taunted the group, while Lin Ye explained that an Evil Soul Master had possessed her.
• Xie Yue deduced that Blood Infant was stalling and proposed leaving to find the teachers, but Blood Infant threatened to destroy Ziluo's body if they took a step out of the courtyard.
• Lin Ye whispered a plan to Hu Liena: she would use Charm while his Light of Purification might save Ziluo.
• Lin Ye activated Ghost Shadow on Hu Liena, and she rushed toward Blood Infant to carry out the plan.

Lin Ye and Hu Liena destroyed the Blood Infant’s remnant soul in Ziluo, but its final mental attack injured Hu Liena. The Blood Infant emerged from the blood pool at Soul King rank and pursued Lin Ye after the group split up.

• Hu Liena used Charm to daze the Blood Infant’s remnant soul, allowing Lin Ye to purify it with the Light of Purification.
• The remnant soul struck Hu Liena with a final Mental Impact, and Lin Ye healed her while Xie Yue carried Ziluo.
• Lin Ye urged everyone to flee, but the Blood Infant emerged from the blood pool and revealed that it had only reached Soul King rank.
• Lin Ye ran off carrying Hu Liena, while Xie Yue and Yan escaped with Ziluo.
• The Blood Infant chose to pursue Lin Ye, Hu Liena, and Tangyuan.

Lin Ye fled Guhe Town with the wounded Hu Liena while the Blood Infant pursued them. He prepared to stay behind and draw it away, and Hu Liena confessed her love and promised to marry him if he survived.

• Lin Ye used his second soul skill to speed up, but the Blood Infant matched his boost and continued closing in.
• Hu Liena regained consciousness and urged Lin Ye to leave her behind, but he refused and declared that she would be his future wife.
• Lin Ye decided to distract the Blood Infant so Hu Liena could escape, assuring her that he had a way to survive.
• Hu Liena agreed to flee with Tangyuan, embraced Lin Ye, confessed that she loved him, and promised to marry him if he survived.

Lin Ye turned back to fight Blood Infant so Hu Liena could escape, then used his sword, soul bone, and techniques to hold the stronger opponent at bay. Blood Infant grew frustrated as the battle dragged on, fearing Spirit Hall’s forces would arrive.

• Hu Liena kissed Lin Ye, asked him not to die for her sake, and fled toward Spirit Hall's blockade with Tangyuan.
• Lin Ye drew his iron sword and turned to face Blood Infant, sending him crashing to the ground with a powerful slash.
• Blood Infant activated his first soul skill, Blood Transformation Demonic Claw, and charged Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye used Double Pupils, Bullet Time, Phoenix Dance Six Illusions, and Nine Swords of Dugu's Palm Breaking Form to counter Blood Infant's attacks.
• Blood Infant's strength and speed could not overcome Lin Ye's layered abilities, and he worried that Spirit Hall's forces would arrive if the fight continued.