Chapter Summaries

Tang Chuan challenged the Master’s plan to cultivate Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass along the Control System, arguing that its natural entangling ability made similar Soul Skills redundant and that plant-type Spirit Rings suited it better. The Master rejected his criticism and ended the chapter angrily attacking Tang Chuan’s youth, low Soul Power, and lack of a Soul Ring.

• The Master explained that he planned to take Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt a snake Spirit Beast for an entangling Soul Skill.
• Tang Chuan questioned why the Master would choose an animal-type Spirit Ring instead of a poisonous, tough plant-type Spirit Ring.
• Tang Chuan summoned his Blue Silver Grass and showed that it could bind the Master’s arm without using a Soul Skill.
• Tang Chuan argued that Blue Silver Grass should follow the Life System and absorb plant-type Spirit Rings.
• The Master lost his temper and accused Tang Chuan of arrogance, pointing out that he was a young Little Soul Scholar with Rank One Innate Soul Power and no Soul Ring.

Tang Chuan broke with Yu Xiaogang over whether Blue Silver Grass should follow the Control System or Life System, while Tang San remained torn between their arguments. After Tang San agreed to seek a Control System Soul Ring, Tang Chuan considered how to give Blue Silver Grass both life-based abilities and offensive power.

• Yu Xiaogang angrily expelled Tang Chuan and declared that he would no longer guide him after Tang Chuan challenged his Spirit Theory.
• Tang Chuan urged Tang San to consider whether choosing the wrong path from the beginning would lead to further mistakes, then left the office.
• Yu Xiaogang defended the Control System path and persuaded Tang San to prepare for a trip to the Soul Hunting Forest for his first Soul Ring.
• Tang San agreed to meet Yu Xiaogang at the Academy South Gate the next morning, though he remained troubled by Tang Chuan's argument.
• Tang Chuan examined his Blue Silver Grass and wondered how it could gain offensive power while following the Life System.

Tang Chuan resolved to develop his Blue Silver Grass through extreme vitality and rejected Tang San’s request to apologize to Yu Xiaogang. Lying awake afterward, he considered Spirit Bones as a way to increase his Soul Power and looked toward a nearby wooden bed.

• Tang Chuan realized that compressing his Blue Silver Grass’s energy could turn it into a powerful weapon and chose extreme vitality as his cultivation path.
• Tang San asked Tang Chuan to apologize to Yu Xiaogang and argued that Blue Silver Grass needed Control System Soul Skills to fight.
• Tang Chuan criticized Yu Xiaogang’s abilities and teaching, refused to apologize, and told Tang San they could follow separate paths.
• Tang Chuan worried that his low Innate Soul Power would slow his cultivation and considered Spirit Bones as a way to grow stronger.
• Tang Chuan remembered that Spirit Bones could increase Soul Power and turned his gaze toward a nearby wooden bed.

Tang Chuan rejected the idea of killing Xiao Wu for her 100,000-Year Spirit Bone and resolved to make his own way without relying on Tang Hao. While Tang San and Master left for the Soul Hunting Forest, Tang Chuan returned to the area near Holy Spirit Village to find Ah Yin’s hidden 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

• Tang Chuan reconsidered killing Xiao Wu because he feared Tang Hao’s response and doubted he could overpower her.
• Tang Chuan recalled his neglectful childhood with Tang San and decided that Tang Hao had no right to dictate his fate.
• Tang San and Master departed for the Soul Hunting Forest as Tang Chuan watched them leave the academy.
• Tang Chuan traveled toward Holy Spirit Village, intending to find the hidden 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Tang Chuan located the waterfall where Ah Yin’s cave was concealed and slipped behind the falling water.

Tang Chuan found Ah Yin, his mother and the Blue Silver Emperor, withering in a cave because Tang Hao had left her with little sunlight for six years. When Tang Chuan summoned Blue Silver Grass, it resonated with Ah Yin and revealed him as her child, prompting her to grow toward him.

• Tang Chuan entered the Stone Chamber and found Ah Yin growing on a small mound beneath a narrow shaft of sunlight.
• Tang Chuan realized Ah Yin was withering because she received less than an hour of sunlight each day and questioned whether her sacrifice for Tang Hao had been worth it.
• Ah Yin heard Tang Chuan's words and remembered awakening in the cave, where Tang Hao had not visited for six years.
• Tang Chuan summoned Blue Silver Grass from his palm, and it resonated with the grass on Ah Yin's mound.
• Ah Yin recognized Tang Chuan as her child, and her Blue Silver Grass began growing toward him.

Tang Chuan moved Ah Yin from her underground chamber and found the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone she had left behind. He began absorbing it as Tang San cultivated a Soul Ring in the Soul Hunting Forest, with Yu Xiaogang collapsed nearby.

• Tang Chuan felt Ah Yin's affection through her Blue Silver Grass and carefully moved her, soil and all, into a Small Flowerpot.
• Tang Chuan found and opened the hidden box containing the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Tang Chuan pressed the Spirit Bone against his right leg and triggered a surge of blue-gold light and Soul Power.
• In the Soul Hunting Forest, Tang San sat beside a dead Snake Spirit Beast and intermittently manifested a pale-yellow Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang lay collapsed near Tang San, while an unidentified figure watched from the top of a distant tree.

Tang Chuan woke after absorbing Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and discovered that his Soul Power had risen to Level Ten. He returned to Nuoding Academy, where Tang San brought the poisoned Yu Xiaogang back, and Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a cultivation book.

• Tang Hao watched Tang San after he obtained his First Spirit Ring and vowed to help him avenge Ah Yin and eventually show him her Spirit Bone.
• Tang Chuan woke in the Stone Chamber and found that his meridians had transformed and his Soul Power had risen from Level One to Level Ten.
• Tang Chuan took Ah Yin’s Seed of Life and left the mountain before Tang Hao could return.
• Tang Chuan met Tang San and the poisoned Yu Xiaogang at Nuoding Academy and mocked Yu Xiaogang for failing to defeat a hundred-year Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a worn book and told him to meditate and cultivate according to its methods.

Master told Tang San to register as an official Soul Master and explained the political struggle behind the Spirit Hall's monthly allowances. He warned Tang San not to feel grateful when powerful factions offered him support, but to use their goodwill for his own advancement.

• Master gave Tang San a Soul Power meditation book and advised him to register at the Spirit Hall to receive an allowance and stop being a work-study student.
• Tang San praised the Spirit Hall for supporting commoners, but Master claimed it used imperial funds to win the loyalty of low-level Soul Masters.
• Master explained that the Two Great Empires relied on the Spirit Hall's network to distribute allowances while secretly reducing payments to weaken its reputation.
• Master said the Spirit Hall had covered the funding shortfall with its own money to maintain its influence.
• Master warned Tang San that factions would court him because of his Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and told him to make use of them.

After the Master warned Tang San to distance himself from Tang Chuan because their cultivation would diverge, Tang San accepted the advice. Tang Chuan realized his rapidly growing strength and appetite could expose his Spirit Bone, so he planned to hunt a Spirit Beast independently and conceal his true Soul Power.

• The Master warned Tang San that Tang Chuan's weak talent could make him feel left behind, and advised Tang San to associate with his brother less.
• Tang San recalled how status differences had estranged disciples in his former life and decided the Master's advice made sense.
• At the Nuoding Academy cafeteria, Tang Chuan ate an enormous meal and realized that absorbing the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone had increased his Soul Power, physique, and appetite.
• Tang Chuan worried that revealing his rank-ten Soul Power would lead people to suspect he had absorbed a Spirit Bone, so he decided not to follow the academy's procedure.
• Tang Chuan planned to hunt a suitable, manageable Plant-Type Spirit Beast himself and sought a way to conceal his strength, considering a Simulation Spirit Skill.

Tang Chuan found the Illusionary Hidden Flower as a possible first Spirit Ring, deciding that hiding his strength and staying alive mattered more than pursuing a Life System Soul Ring immediately. He began trapping and selling game to save for a journey to the Star Dou Great Forest, but Xiao Wu confronted him for roasting rabbits.

• Tang Chuan searched Nuoding Academy's library and discovered that the Illusionary Hidden Flower could disguise itself and conceal its aura.
• Tang Chuan reasoned that its Plant-Type nature suited Blue Silver Grass and resolved to conceal his rapid Soul Power growth until he was strong enough to survive.
• Tang Chuan trapped rabbits and pheasants around the academy, selling the meat to earn money for his trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu found Tang Chuan roasting rabbit and angrily demanded that he stop, threatening to overturn his stall if she caught him doing it again.

Tang Chuan fought Xiao Wu when she tried to overturn his barbecue stall, then restrained and kicked her after overpowering her attacks. Xiao Wu landed several meters away as Wang Sheng and other work-study students approached the dormitory path.

• Tang Chuan refused to let Xiao Wu overturn his barbecue stall, and she attacked him with a series of kicks.
• Tang Chuan dodged Xiao Wu's attacks and caught her ankle when she used her First Soul Skill, Waist Bow.
• Tang Chuan released his Blue Silver Grass Spirit and bound Xiao Wu tightly, preventing her from escaping.
• Tang Chuan kicked Xiao Wu in the abdomen, sending her crashing several meters away.
• Wang Sheng and several work-study students walked toward their dormitory, complaining about the cafeteria portions.

Tang Chuan defeated Xiao Wu and gained a reputation among Nuoding Academy’s work-study students, while Tang San grew suspicious of his brother’s abilities. After a month of earning money, Tang Chuan left the academy during a break and set out for the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Chuan refused to become Dorm Seven’s boss, warned Xiao Wu not to interfere with him again, and left as the work-study students celebrated his victory.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Tang Chuan had defeated her, prompting Tang San to wonder whether his brother had been hiding his true abilities.
• Over the next month, Tang Chuan attended classes, cultivated Soul Power, and earned money selling roasted rabbits.
• Tang Chuan left Nuoding Academy through a side gate, rented a carriage from Uncle Li, and asked him to take a discreet route to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Chuan arrived in Green Mountain Town to prepare for entering the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered Shui Bing'er and the other members of Skywater Academy at his inn. The next morning, he bought a Wind Piercing Spear for self-defense as he continued preparing for the forest.

• Tang Chuan reached Green Mountain Town with Uncle Li, paid him to wait outside town, and checked into Guest Come Residence.
• Seven female Soul Masters from Skywater Academy arrived with their teacher and took rooms on the inn’s third floor.
• Tang Chuan recognized Shui Bing'er among the students and decided he would need to be cautious if he met them in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The next morning, Tang Chuan went to the town market and bought a sturdy Wind Piercing Spear from a blacksmith.

Tang Chuan searched the Star Dou Great Forest’s outskirts for an Illusionary Hidden Flower and uncovered a mutated specimen with unusual spiritual and life attributes. As he probed it, he sensed an aura resembling his Blue Silver Grass bloodline, leaving the flower’s nature unexplained.

• Tang Chuan bought an iron spear and entered the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a hundred-year Plant-Type Spirit Beast.
• Tang Chuan followed his map to the Savage Swamp and used his Blue Silver Grass to sense the plants within a one-kilometer radius.
• Tang Chuan discovered a concealed patch of Illusionary Hidden Flowers and revealed them with a sweep of his spear.
• Tang Chuan fought off the attacking flowers while focusing on a blue-and-white mutated individual at the center of the cluster.
• Tang Chuan sensed the mutated flower’s unusual spiritual structure and detected a Life Aura similar to his Blue Silver Grass bloodline.

Tang Chuan discovered that the Mutated Illusionary Hidden Flower carried pollen from the Blue Silver King, giving it a distant Blue Silver lineage and spiritual affinity with him. He killed it to obtain its Soul Ring, which emerged as a deep yellow ring.

• Tang Chuan connected with the Mutated Illusionary Hidden Flower and saw how pollen from the Blue Silver King had caused it to mutate.
• Tang Chuan identified the flower's life and spirit attributes and judged that its roughly five-hundred-year Soul Ring was within his limits.
• Tang Chuan used the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone's power to suppress the flower and immobilize it.
• Tang Chuan dove down and pierced the flower's stamens with his spear, killing it.
• A deep yellow Soul Ring rose from the flower's corpse.

Tang Chuan nearly failed to absorb the mutated Illusionary Hidden Flower Spirit Ring when its Soul Power overwhelmed him, but his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline stabilized the fusion. His accumulated Soul Power transformed the ring into a thousand-year Spirit Ring, and he prepared to test its Soul Skill.

• Tang Chuan began absorbing the Illusionary Hidden Flower Spirit Ring and discovered that its Soul Power was far stronger than expected, nearly tearing apart his meridians.
• Tang Chuan summoned Blue Silver Grass to buffer the surging Soul Power, but his 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone released its bloodline power and stabilized the fusion.
• Tang Chuan completed the fusion, and the Soul Power he had accumulated from the Spirit Bone surged, raising his Soul Power to around level nineteen.
• Tang Chuan watched the yellow Spirit Ring turn purple and realized that his accumulated Soul Power had catalyzed the mutated Illusionary Hidden Flower Spirit Ring past the thousand-year threshold.
• Tang Chuan saw purple and blue-gold light in his Blue Silver Grass and raised his hand to test the Spirit Ring's Soul Skill.

Tang Chuan tested his Spiritual Power’s ability to simulate appearances, Martial Souls, Soul Rings, and strength before rescuing a Skywater Academy girl from a Nether Scale Striped Snake. He killed the beast and approached the stunned girl.

• Tang Chuan transformed his Blue Silver Grass into a simulated Clear Sky Hammer, then disguised himself as Tang San with a yellow Soul Ring and suppressed soul power.
• Tang Chuan used the surrounding Blue Silver Grass to spot a Skywater Academy girl fleeing a Nether Scale Striped Snake.
• The girl froze the snake with her first Spirit Skill, but it broke free and attacked again after she exhausted her Soul Power.
• Tang Chuan flew in and killed the snake with an iron spear, identifying it as a seven- or eight-hundred-year-old Nether Scale Striped Snake.
• Tang Chuan kicked the snake’s corpse into the grass and walked toward the dazed girl.

Tang Chuan rescued Shui Yue'er from a Nether Scale Striped Snake and healed her wound with the Healing Soul Skill from his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. After escorting her out of the Star Dou Great Forest, he revealed his name and left, saying they would meet again.

• Tang Chuan killed the Nether Scale Striped Snake and led Shui Yue'er away from the bloodied area.
• Shui Yue'er explained that she had secretly returned to the forest after her group split up, hoping to find a Water Attribute Soul Beast for her Second Spirit Ring.
• Tang Chuan learned that Shui Yue'er was Shui Bing'er's younger sister and used his Healing Soul Skill to restore her injured arm.
• Tang Chuan escorted Shui Yue'er out of the Star Dou Great Forest and told her to wait for her teachers near the town.
• Shui Yue'er asked Tang Chuan for his name, and he introduced himself before saying, "I think we'll meet again!"

Tang Chuan returned to Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy and concealed his increased strength while recalling Tang Hao’s abuse and neglect. In the Back Mountain, Master dismissed Tang Chuan’s prospects as a Spirit Theory researcher, while Tang San defended his brother’s diligence.

• Tang Chuan returned to Dorm Seven and used his Simulation Ability to hide his Soul Power, then meditated with his Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Chuan recalled how Tang Hao had mistreated him and favored Tang San after learning of Tang San’s talent, and vowed to surpass his brother.
• Tang Chuan meditated in the Back Mountain, resonating with the surrounding Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San told Master that Tang Chuan studied hard and might become a Master of Spirit Theory.
• Master mocked Tang Chuan’s talent and claimed he would never achieve anything significant in Spirit Theory.

During vacation, Tang Chuan left Nuoding Academy to search the Star Dou Great Forest for a thousand-year Jade Swan as his Second Spirit Ring. The chapter ended when a hooded stranger appeared at Master’s door.

• Xiao Wu decided to stay at the academy until Tang San invited her to return with him to Holy Spirit Village.
• Tang Chuan told Tang San that he had reached level ten and would go to the Soul Hunting Forest for his First Spirit Ring, though he secretly planned to seek a Jade Swan.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu left for Holy Spirit Village, while Tang Chuan quietly departed by carriage for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Chuan explained that he wanted the Jade Swan’s Life Attribute and planned to use his First Spirit Skill to approach it undetected.
• A tall, hooded stranger entered Master’s room after Master wondered who had come to see him.