Chapter Summaries

Li Mingzhu secretly observed Yu Xiaogang, then discussed his rapid cultivation and future schooling with Lin Nuo. After Lin Nuo explained Winchester Intermediate Academy’s advantages, Li Mingzhu agreed to attend, leaving Lin Nuo watching him depart.

• Li Mingzhu overheard Yu Xiaogang resolve to keep his secret and abandon plans involving him, then relaxed when Yu Xiaogang showed no suspicion.
• A week later, Yu Xiaogang chose a Soul Beast for his Soul Ring and decided to ask Lin Nuo for help rather than trust Flender.
• Lin Nuo learned that Li Mingzhu was nearly level thirteen and praised his cultivation progress.
• Lin Nuo openly explained that Li Mingzhu’s talent had changed how he treated him, then described Winchester Intermediate Academy and its access to the Sunset Forest.
• Li Mingzhu accepted the idea of attending Winchester Intermediate Academy, and Lin Nuo dismissed him before watching him leave.

Li Mingzhu learned that Yu Xiaogang had broken through to level thirty and planned to interfere with his soul hunt. As Yu Xiaogang and Lin Nuo traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest, Yu Xiaogang announced that he intended to hunt a poison-attribute soul beast.

• Lin Nuo was shocked by Li Mingzhu's exceptional rate of soul-power growth and decided not to betray him.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Lin Nuo to help him hunt for a soul ring after reaching level thirty, and Lin Nuo agreed to assist.
• Li Mingzhu followed Yu Xiaogang, learned the details of the hunt, and resolved to create obstacles for him.
• Yu Xiaogang and Lin Nuo set out by carriage for the Soul Hunting Forest while Li Mingzhu went ahead to wait along the road.
• Yu Xiaogang told Lin Nuo that he planned to hunt a poison-attribute soul beast, prompting Lin Nuo to spray water in surprise.

Yu Xiaogang explained his plan to hunt a poison-attribute soul beast so his third Soul Ring might make his fart-based soul skills poisonous, then Lin Nuo guided him into the Soul Hunting Forest. Li Mingzhu followed in secret and hurried ahead, while Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang spent the night in a tree before reaching their destination.

• Yu Xiaogang told Lin Nuo that a poison-attribute Soul Ring might transform his first two soul skills into poisonous farts, and Lin Nuo praised the idea to humor him.
• Li Mingzhu waited near the Soul Hunting Forest, then concealed himself and followed Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang after they entered.
• Yu Xiaogang chose a Mandala Snake as his target, and Lin Nuo led him toward the part of the forest where thousand-year snakes appeared.
• Li Mingzhu overheard their destination and took a detour to reach it ahead of them, while Lin Nuo carefully handled the soul beasts they encountered.
• As night fell, Lin Nuo found a tree for them to rest in and kept watch while Yu Xiaogang slept; he caught Yu Xiaogang when nearby soul beast roars nearly startled him out of the tree.

Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang cautiously crossed a thicket of royal bamboo grass Soul Beasts, while Li Mingzhu scouted the area around a thousand-year Mandala Snake. Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang stopped to recover after reaching the thicket’s edge, with Luo Sanpao left to keep watch.

• Lin Nuo gave Yu Xiaogang ointment for his mosquito bites and waited for the morning mist to clear before they set out.
• Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang cautiously pushed through the royal bamboo grass, which had become plant Soul Beasts, and Luo Sanpao detected a grass mouse ahead.
• Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang reached the thicket’s edge with their clothes torn and bodies scratched.
• Li Mingzhu found a lone thousand-year Mandala Snake among the mandala flowers and searched nearby for potential helpers.
• After traveling farther, Lin Nuo stopped to restore his Soul Power, and Yu Xiaogang had Luo Sanpao stand guard.

Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang fought two Swiftshadow Leopards, with Yu Xiaogang using Luo Sanpao’s foul-smelling attacks to keep the younger beast at bay while Lin Nuo wounded the thousand-year beast. The thousand-year Swiftshadow Leopard drew the other leopard toward Yu Xiaogang and then launched a desperate attack on Lin Nuo, leaving the two battles dangerously entangled.

• Luo Sanpao warned Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang that danger was approaching, and two Swiftshadow Leopards emerged from the bushes.
• Lin Nuo took on the thousand-year Swiftshadow Leopard while Yu Xiaogang faced the two-hundred-year one.
• Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao’s Earth-Shattering Luo Sanpao skill to blast foul gas at the younger leopard, driving it back.
• Lin Nuo wounded the thousand-year Swiftshadow Leopard with Rock Bear Claw and pressed his attack.
• Yu Xiaogang grew impatient and pursued the younger leopard until he neared Lin Nuo’s fight.
• The wounded thousand-year Swiftshadow Leopard maneuvered toward the younger one, then charged Lin Nuo in a desperate attack as Yu Xiaogang entered its range.

Lin Nuo fought and killed a thousand-year Swiftshadow Leopard while Yu Xiaogang was attacked by her young, losing flesh from both sides of his backside. After the young leopard also died, Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang cleaned themselves up and prepared to leave before other soul beasts arrived.

• The thousand-year Swiftshadow Leopard turned away from Lin Nuo and pounced on Yu Xiaogang, but Lin Nuo blocked her with a fallen tree and tore off one of her hind legs.
• The young Swiftshadow Leopard bit Yu Xiaogang's backside, and Luo Sanpao knocked it away before Yu Xiaogang retaliated with his soul skill.
• Lin Nuo killed the thousand-year Swiftshadow Leopard, and a purple soul ring rose from her body.
• The young Swiftshadow Leopard tried to flee, but Lin Nuo tore it in half; while Yu Xiaogang hacked at it, it bit the other side of his backside before dying.
• Lin Nuo recovered his soul power, found no soul bone, and urged Yu Xiaogang to leave because the blood might attract other soul beasts.

Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang reached the Thousand-Year Mandala Snake’s territory, where Lin Nuo wounded and wore down the snake so Yu Xiaogang could claim its Soul Ring. Just as Yu Xiaogang prepared to kill it, a rumbling sounded from the woods.

• Lin Nuo treated Yu Xiaogang’s wounds and led him toward the Mandala Snake’s territory.
• Li Mingzhu chose nearby Wind Wolf and Fire-Scaled Horse habitats for his plan and returned to the area around the snake.
• Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang found the Thousand-Year Mandala Snake among the Mandala Flowers, and Lin Nuo struck its vital spot with his Rock Bear Claw.
• Lin Nuo evaded the snake’s poisonous mist and repeatedly attacked until it collapsed, then crushed it with rocks to ensure it was near death.
• Lin Nuo let Yu Xiaogang finish off the snake, but a rumbling from deep in the woods interrupted him as he raised his saber.

Li Mingzhu manipulated events so Yu Xiaogang would absorb a Soul Ring from the Mandala Snake and a concealed ten-year Fire-Spitting Chicken. Yu Xiaogang began absorbing the purple ring, while an unexplained transformation started in his body.

• A Fire-Scaled Horse and fleeing Wind Wolves charged past Yu Xiaogang, while Lin Nuo abandoned him and Li Mingzhu knocked him unconscious.
• Li Mingzhu killed the half-dead Mandala Snake with Dragon Flame, then forced Yu Xiaogang to kill a ten-year Fire-Spitting Chicken and concealed its white Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang woke, mistakenly believed Lin Nuo had lured the beasts away, and decided to absorb the Mandala Snake's purple Soul Ring.
• Li Mingzhu revealed the concealed white Soul Ring as Yu Xiaogang began absorbing the purple one, then left the forest.
• Golden light and visions of the Golden Sacred Dragon and Luo Sanpao appeared as Yu Xiaogang's body turned red and began to sweat.

Lin Nuo returned to find Yu Xiaogang alive and absorbing the Mandala Snake's Soul Ring, but Yu Xiaogang emerged with a white third ring and a tiny flame-producing Soul Skill. Lin Nuo devised a way to turn Ignite into an attack, ending with Yu Xiaogang blasting a stream of fire from behind.

• Lin Nuo returned to the clearing and found Yu Xiaogang alive, then realized he was absorbing the Mandala Snake's Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul changed, granting him Martial Soul Possession, and Lin Nuo pretended he had never abandoned him.
• Yu Xiaogang discovered that his third Soul Ring was white and that his Soul Skill, Ignite, produced only a tiny flame.
• Lin Nuo convinced Yu Xiaogang that his Martial Soul mutation explained the change and urged him to pursue a Battle Soul Master path.
• Lin Nuo taught Yu Xiaogang to combine farting with Ignite, and Yu Xiaogang blasted a stream of fire from behind.

After three years of cultivation, Li Mingzhu reached level 29 and prepared to leave Nuoding Academy for Winchester Academy. Lin Nuo gave him a recommendation letter and graduation certificate, while Li Mingzhu reflected on his time at the academy and Yu Xiaogang’s strange transformation.

• Lin Nuo and Yu Xiaogang tested a combination of Yu Xiaogang’s soul skills that turned his fart into flaming gas, then finished their soul hunting and left the forest.
• Three years later, Li Mingzhu reached level 29 and decided to show Lin Nuo his progress before leaving for Winchester Academy.
• Li Mingzhu demonstrated his level 19 soul power, and Lin Nuo gave him a recommendation letter for Winchester Academy and a graduation certificate from Nuoding Academy.
• Li Mingzhu wandered around Nuoding Academy before his departure and recalled that Yu Xiaogang had failed to find a soul tool and had become gluttonous, sleepy, and dramatically changed in appearance.

Li Mingzhu chose the Void Spirit Crane as his target for his third Soul Ring and set out for Winchester Academy after preparing for his journey. He arrived in Winchester City and entered the academy with Lin Nuo’s Recommendation Letter.

• Li Mingzhu studied records of Sunset Forest Soul Beasts and chose the Void Spirit Crane for its space-related traits.
• Li Mingzhu planned to leave for Winchester Academy before reaching level 30 and left Li Mu Whale Rubber to help him cultivate.
• Li Mingzhu departed Nuoding City by carriage and broke through his bottleneck during the four-day journey.
• The carriage driver explained that Winchester City had outer and inner districts, and Li Mingzhu continued into the inner city on foot.
• Li Mingzhu presented Lin Nuo’s Recommendation Letter to a Soul Grandmaster guarding Winchester Academy and was allowed inside.

Li Mingzhu reached the Academic Affairs Office to handle his enrollment and met Shen Liuyu and Director Zhang. After Director Zhang questioned the recommendation letter, Li Mingzhu demonstrated his Level 19 Soul Power and let him verify his age, leaving Director Zhang astonished as he examined him.

• Li Mingzhu found the Academic Affairs Office and gained entry by showing his recommendation letter.
• Shen Liuyu invited Li Mingzhu inside to wait for the absent academic head, and the two introduced themselves.
• Director Zhang returned with snacks and looked at Li Mingzhu suspiciously when he saw him with Shen Liuyu.
• Li Mingzhu recognized Director Zhang as a member of the Skywater Team and presented his recommendation letter for enrollment.
• Director Zhang questioned the letter’s information, so Li Mingzhu revealed his deep yellow First Soul Ring and Level 19 Soul Power.
• Director Zhang examined Li Mingzhu’s wrist and shin bones to verify his age.

Li Mingzhu impressed Director Zhang with his age and Soul Power, earning Winchester Academy’s highest preferential treatment and official admission. Shen Liuyu escorted him to his residence, curious about how he had cultivated so quickly.

• Director Zhang confirmed Li Mingzhu was nine years old and marveled at his talent, while Shen Liuyu objected that she was a genius too.
• Director Zhang revealed Li Mingzhu was level nineteen, and Li Mingzhu demonstrated his Soul Power to convince Shen Liuyu.
• Zhang Xiang introduced himself, confirmed Li Mingzhu’s admission, and explained the academy’s benefits, including Soul Hunting help, personal instruction, and library access.
• Zhang Xiang asked Shen Liuyu to guide Li Mingzhu to Residential Area No. 9, and she agreed so she could ask about his cultivation.
• Shen Liuyu showed Li Mingzhu around the academy and explained that she had studied there for over a year after inheriting her mother’s martial soul.

Li Mingzhu grew closer to Shen Liuyu during their walk, then returned to his villa and broke through to level 30, becoming a nine-year-old Soul Elder. After discovering that the meditation room’s fragrant walls helped ease mental fatigue, he recalled that Winchester Academy’s students cultivated independently and could ask teachers for help when needed.

• Shen Liuyu asked Li Mingzhu about his cultivation, and he teased her by calling his innate full soul power only a tiny bit of talent before explaining himself.
• Li Mingzhu and Shen Liuyu chatted and grew closer; he invited her into his villa, but she shyly declined and went on her way.
• Li Mingzhu meditated in the villa’s meditation room and broke through his bottleneck to become a level 30 Soul Elder.
• Li Mingzhu identified the fragrance from the walls as Woodleaf Fragrance sap, which relieved mental fatigue, and remembered that Winchester Academy offered self-directed cultivation with teachers available for guidance.

Li Mingzhu learned how Winchester Academy’s benefits and combat assessments worked, then left to hunt for his third soul ring. Shen Liuyu went looking for him at his residence, but the two missed each other as he reached the Market District outside Sunset Forest.

• Li Mingzhu learned that his level 19 soul power at age nine earned him black-level benefits and that the next academy-wide assessment was two months away.
• Li Mingzhu admired his new academy uniforms and began planning his third soul ring.
• Shen Liuyu, irritated after a sleepless night, went to Li Mingzhu’s residence, found him absent, and began searching the academy for him.
• Li Mingzhu left the academy to hunt for a soul ring and arrived at the Market District outside Sunset Forest.
• Li Mingzhu passed the crowded Market District and surveyed the dangerous, crimson-hazed forest.

Li Mingzhu traveled through the Sunset Forest toward the Void Spirit Cranes and encountered Dugu Yan fleeing a Fire-Scaled Python. He recognized her Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul and struck at the beast as she faced death.

• Li Mingzhu entered the Sunset Forest and traveled toward the Void Spirit Cranes, stopping to recover his Soul Power along the way.
• Li Mingzhu considered how to develop a Soul Core and concluded that studying Dugu Bo's Poison Pill and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could help him.
• Li Mingzhu heard a beast and a girl, then recognized the fleeing Dugu Yan by her Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan's poison mist failed to stop the Fire-Scaled Python, and she exhausted her Soul Power and fell while trying to escape.
• Li Mingzhu activated his Ancient Void Dragon Martial Soul Possession and struck at the Fire-Scaled Python's vital point.

Li Mingzhu killed the Fire-Scaled Python and rescued Dugu Yan, then persuaded her to promise rewards—including help obtaining soul rings—in exchange for getting her out of the Sunset Forest. As she stumbled into his arms, Dugu Yan blushed at their close encounter.

• Li Mingzhu used Void Space Claw to tear the Fire-Scaled Python into pieces and claim its soul ring.
• Dugu Yan realized Li Mingzhu had saved her, but he began walking away without speaking to her.
• Dugu Yan pleaded with Li Mingzhu, offering gold, instruction from her grandfather Dugu Bo, and help securing future soul rings.
• Li Mingzhu stopped after asking whether Dugu Yan could guarantee even a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and she promised she could.
• Dugu Yan lost her footing as she prepared to leave, and Li Mingzhu caught her in his arms, leaving her flustered.

Li Mingzhu protected Dugu Yan in Sunset Forest, and she chose to accompany him while he hunted for his third soul ring. Hidden nearby, Dugu Bo planned to recruit Li Mingzhu to protect his granddaughter as his worsening poison left him running out of time.

• Li Mingzhu let Dugu Yan recover her soul power, then offered to escort her out or hunt for his third soul ring first.
• Dugu Yan chose to go soul hunting with Li Mingzhu, and he led her toward the Void Spirit Crane's territory.
• After they left, Dugu Bo emerged from hiding, speculated about Li Mingzhu's background, and considered winning him over.
• Dugu Bo suffered a severe attack from his poison and suppressed it with his soul power.
• Dugu Bo reflected on his need to secure Dugu Yan's future and hoped Li Mingzhu could become her protector.

Li Mingzhu found an eight-hundred-year Nine-Section Jade Green that Dugu Yan wanted but was too old for her to absorb. He offered to help her take it as a soul ring, and the chapter left her reassured by his claim that he had absorbed over-age soul rings himself.

• Li Mingzhu led Dugu Yan through the Sunset Forest while concealing his aura and using the Great Void Domain to avoid danger.
• Li Mingzhu spotted a Nine-Section Jade Green with more than eight hundred years of cultivation, and Dugu Yan recognized it as a soul beast suited to her poison abilities.
• Dugu Yan realized the snake was too old for her second soul ring and grew reluctant to let the opportunity go.
• Li Mingzhu offered to help Dugu Yan absorb the Nine-Section Jade Green, and she hesitantly agreed to try.
• Li Mingzhu showed Dugu Yan his two dark-colored soul rings and reassured her that he had absorbed soul rings beyond the age limit.

Li Mingzhu subdued an eight-hundred-year-old Nine-Section Jade Green Snake and prepared Dugu Yan to absorb its soul ring by giving her whale rubber. When its side effects overwhelmed her, he used a branch to bring her back to her senses.

• Dugu Yan warned Li Mingzhu about the Nine-Section Jade Green Snake's deadly venom and explained its weaknesses.
• Li Mingzhu used his Great Void Domain, draconic pressure, and second Soul Skill to shatter the snake's bones, then pinned it beneath a fallen tree.
• Li Mingzhu gave Dugu Yan whale rubber and guided her as she refined most of it to strengthen her body.
• Dugu Yan awoke flushed and overcome by the whale rubber's side effects, and Li Mingzhu struck her palm with a soul-power-coated branch to restore her clarity.