Chapter Summaries

At the Nuoding City Spirit Hall, Li Ye unexpectedly awakened two mutated martial souls and showed an extraordinary level of soul power while Yu Xiaogang conducted the ceremony. Yu Xiaogang concealed the broken testing crystal’s true cause, and Ma Xiunuo resolved to investigate whether he could properly provide for Li Ye before entrusting him to anyone.

• After Li Ye’s Soul Master parents died, Ma Xiunuo took him in and raised him at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall.
• Ma Xiunuo persuaded Yu Xiaogang to help awaken the children’s martial souls, and Li Ye ended up in his line.
• Li Ye sensed two martial souls, revealed a mutated warfire spear, and kept his second martial soul hidden.
• The soul-power testing crystal shattered when Li Ye touched it, and Yu Xiaogang claimed Li Ye had innate soul power level eight.
• Ma Xiunuo understood Yu Xiaogang’s interest in Li Ye but decided to investigate his ability to support the boy before handing him over.

After the awakening ceremony, Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Ma Xiunuo to let him train Li Ye, while Li Ye encountered the two old men sealed in his martial souls and decided to learn both their spear and sword techniques. The chapter ended with Li Ye insulting Yu Xiaogang to his face.

• An attendant reported that 35 of the 181 children had Soul Power, while Ma Xiunuo lamented the poor results and watched Li Ye cultivate.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Ma Xiunuo to entrust Li Ye to him, citing his Martial Soul Theory expertise and the support of the Golden Iron Triangle; Ma Xiunuo left the decision to Li Ye.
• Spear Old Demon and Sword Old Ghost argued over whose techniques Li Ye should learn, then agreed when he suggested practicing both.
• Li Ye emerged from cultivation and startled at Yu Xiaogang, who introduced himself as the Grandmaster, unrivaled in theory.
• Li Ye called Yu Xiaogang useless and said he would never break through rank thirty, leaving Yu Xiaogang furious.

Yu Xiaogang took Li Ye to dinner and secured his agreement to become his disciple. The next morning, they set out for Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Li Ye’s first Soul Ring, accompanied by a powerful Soul Saint whom Yu Xiaogang had invited.

• Yu Xiaogang agreed to shave and wash up, then offered to take Li Ye to a feast while explaining why he wanted to speak with him.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Li Ye to Heavenly Immortal Residence, but Li Ye saw through his attempt to impress him and led him to Old Wang's Restaurant instead.
• Yu Xiaogang served Li Ye spicy Raging Bull Beast meat and was delighted when Li Ye called him teacher.
• The next morning, Li Ye said goodbye to Ma Xiunuo and rode with Yu Xiaogang toward Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang told Li Ye they would hunt for his first Soul Ring with help from a rank-seventy-three Soul Saint, then took out a crystal ball to test Li Ye's Soul Power.

Li Ye discovered that his innate Soul Power was level 18, and Yu Xiaogang gave him a storage belt before they reached the Star Dou Forest. There, Flender welcomed Li Ye and gave him a prized dagger as they prepared to find his first Soul Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang tested Li Ye’s Soul Power and found it was innate level 18, far beyond his expectations.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Li Ye a twenty-four-piece storage belt and fastened it around his waist.
• After several days of travel, Li Ye and Yu Xiaogang reached the Star Dou Forest entrance, where Li Ye got out of the carriage and vomited.
• Flender met them, sensed Li Ye’s Soul Power, and introduced himself to the boy.
• Flender gave Li Ye a valuable dagger forged by Lou Gao, and he and Yu Xiaogang agreed to find Li Ye a suitable Soul Ring.

Li Ye survived a Cave Demon Spider attack after Yu Xiaogang and Flender got distracted, then found a 658-year-old War Rhino whose soul ring suited his twin mutated martial souls. The chapter ended with Li Ye beginning to absorb the ring while Yu Xiaogang anxiously watched.

• A Cave Demon Spider attacked Li Ye while Yu Xiaogang and Flender were distracted, and Flender killed it before it could harm him.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender argued over whether Li Ye could safely absorb a soul ring older than six hundred years.
• Li Ye encountered a War Rhino over six hundred years old, and Flender subdued it when Li Ye ran for help.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the War Rhino's ring could grant Boundless Fighting Spirit, which suited Li Ye's martial souls, and Li Ye agreed to absorb it.
• Li Ye killed the 658-year-old War Rhino and began absorbing its soul ring as Yu Xiaogang nervously prayed for his success.

Li Ye endured a grueling battle against the War Rhino in his mental space to absorb its Soul Ring, while Yu Xiaogang and Flender anxiously waited through the night. After finally succeeding, Li Ye found Yu Xiaogang in tears and asked him to roast the rhino for dinner.

• Li Ye fled from the War Rhino for hours as Spear Old Demon and Sword Old Ghost watched and doubted his ability.
• Thinking of the people waiting for him, Li Ye turned to fight, wounded the War Rhino with his spear and sword, and clung to it until it died.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender waited anxiously as Li Ye's Soul Ring absorption stretched from six hours to twelve.
• Li Ye emerged after absorbing the Soul Ring and teased Yu Xiaogang for crying, then asked him to roast War Rhino meat.
• Flender told Li Ye that Yu Xiaogang had worried without eating, and Li Ye asked his teacher to make enough meat for everyone.

Li Ye told Yu Xiaogang and Flender about his powerful first Soul Skill, then returned to Nuoding City after gaining a second Soul Ring. At the gates of Nuoding Academy, he defended Old Jack and Tang San from the gatekeeper and made the man apologize.

• Li Ye explained that Endless Spear Intent doubled his physical abilities and granted limited immunity to mental attacks, while Yu Xiaogang warned him not to become arrogant.
• Yu Xiaogang, Li Ye, and Flender left the Star Dou Forest, and Flender reminded Yu Xiaogang to contact him when Li Ye needed his second Soul Ring.
• Three months later, Li Ye reached level twenty-one after acquiring a 1,128-year Soul Ring and training under the two old men in his mental space.
• At Nuoding Academy's gates, Li Ye saw the gatekeeper mistreating Old Jack and Tang San, so he threw the man aside and threatened him.
• The gatekeeper apologized to Old Jack and Tang San, and Li Ye asked them why they had come to the academy.

At Nuoding Academy, Yu Xiaogang discovered Tang San’s innate full soul power and twin martial souls, while Li Ye challenged Yu Xiaogang’s deductions about them. Yu Xiaogang’s reasoning exposed Tang San’s mother as a Blue Silver Emperor, leaving Tang San questioning his own origins as Tang Hao watched from hiding.

• Li Ye and Tang San arrived to register at Nuoding Academy, and Yu Xiaogang checked Tang San’s Spirit Hall certificate.
• Yu Xiaogang was shocked to see Tang San had blue silver grass and innate full soul power, and he inferred that Tang San possessed twin martial souls.
• Li Ye explained that twin martial souls required parents with closely matched martial soul quality, then deduced that Tang San’s mother had been a Blue Silver Emperor soul beast.
• Yu Xiaogang blurted out the deduction, and Tang Hao overheard him reveal the secret.
• Tang San wondered whether he was human and slumped to the ground in despair, while Tang Hao realized he might have to explain the truth.

Tang Hao told Tang San that his mother had been a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor and urged him to study under Yu Xiaogang until he became strong enough to learn more. Tang San joined Yu Xiaogang and moved into Dorm Seven with Li Ye, where a new arrival interrupted their encounter with Wang Sheng.

• Tang Hao confirmed Yu Xiaogang's account of Tang San's mother, asked Tang San to cultivate under Yu Xiaogang, and left.
• Tang San bowed to Yu Xiaogang and became his disciple, while Li Ye questioned the custom of kneeling.
• Li Ye told Tang San that he was a level twenty-one Soul Grandmaster and revealed his Demonic Flame Spear with yellow and purple soul rings.
• Li Ye entered Dorm Seven, caught Wang Sheng's ambush, and knocked him down with a punch.
• A girl in a pink dress with rabbit ears entered Dorm Seven and asked if it was the right room.

Li Ye established himself as Dorm Seven’s boss after defeating Wang Sheng, then fought and teased Xiao Wu before growing closer to her. The group went to Nuoding Academy’s cafeteria, where Li Ye complained about the first-floor food and learned that Work-Study Students could not afford the better meals upstairs.

• Wang Sheng explained that Li Ye had become Dorm Seven’s boss by defeating him, and Xiao Wu challenged the decision.
• Xiao Wu attacked Li Ye, but he caught her legs and held her up until Tang San asked him to put her down.
• Li Ye comforted Xiao Wu, offered to share his bed until she got a quilt, and invited her and Tang San to the cafeteria.
• Wang Sheng led the group to the cafeteria, where Li Ye found the first-floor food awful and learned that Work-Study Students could not afford the second-floor meals.

Li Ye fought Liu Long in the cafeteria, then left Nuoding Academy with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to find Tang San a first soul ring. After Yu Xiaogang revised his advice based on Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor heritage, the three entered Soul Hunting Forest to begin the hunt.

• Li Ye leaped to the cafeteria’s second floor, slapped Liu Long to the ground, and returned downstairs, frightening Xiao Chenyu.
• Li Ye told Tang San about their senior martial uncle, Flender, and Tang San spent the night unable to sleep while Li Ye slept beside Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang took Li Ye and Tang San away from Nuoding Academy early the next morning to find Tang San a suitable soul ring.
• After Li Ye reminded him of Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor heritage, Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to prioritize holiness and vitality, with control and attack as secondary attributes, and avoid poison.
• The three entered Soul Hunting Forest, where Yu Xiaogang warned Li Ye and Tang San to stay vigilant.

Li Ye, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San searched for a suitable Soul Ring for Tang San and camped in the forest overnight. When a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake appeared, Li Ye killed it with a single thrust, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San stunned.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Li Ye had lost his parents young and asked him to look after his senior brother.
• The group searched for a Soul Ring for Tang San, but Li Ye grew tired before they found a suitable soul beast.
• At camp, Li Ye chased down a pack of wolves and brought back a netherworld wolf so Yu Xiaogang could demonstrate Soul Ring absorption to Tang San.
• Tang San heard movement in the woods, and Li Ye recognized the approaching creature as a Mandala Snake.
• Li Ye shielded Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then pierced the four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake's throat with one thrust and pinned it to a tree.

Li Ye, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San found a sacred Life Source Deer that Yu Xiaogang identified as an ideal Soul Ring for Tang San, but it could escape by creating an incarnation. After the deer fled toward Tang San and was stopped by Luo Sanpao, Li Ye struck it down with the first form of the Seven Desolate-Breaking Techniques, leaving it pleading for Tang San to end its suffering.

• Li Ye killed a Mandala Snake, while Tang San watched in awe and Yu Xiaogang regretted losing the chance to use it as Tang San's Soul Ring.
• After days of searching, the group found a Life Source Deer, and Yu Xiaogang explained its sacred attribute, life energy, and Life Incarnation ability.
• Li Ye insisted they wait for the deer because he believed it was the best Soul Ring for Tang San, but the deer soon fled, prompting the group to chase it.
• The group watched the deer's incarnation merge into its real body, then Yu Xiaogang assigned Li Ye to attack while Tang San prepared to deliver the finishing blow.
• The deer created an incarnation to block Li Ye and fled toward Tang San, who briefly held it back until Luo Sanpao stopped it.
• Li Ye pierced the Life Source Deer with the first form of the Seven Desolate-Breaking Techniques, and the wounded deer looked to Tang San to end its suffering.

Tang San absorbed the Life Source Deer’s Soul Ring and a rare Head Soul Bone, gaining healing and incarnation abilities. After the group returned to Nuoding City, Li Ye reunited with Xiao Wu, while Tang San lay awake beside them.

• Tang San killed the Life Source Deer, and Li Ye reassured Yu Xiaogang that his powerful Soul Skill was an inherited ability with no side effects.
• Tang San absorbed the Life Source Deer’s Soul Ring, and Tang Hao alerted Yu Xiaogang to the beast’s dropped Head Soul Bone.
• Tang San absorbed the Soul Bone and told Yu Xiaogang and Li Ye that his Soul Skills were Life Recovery and Life Incarnation.
• Yu Xiaogang explained the Soul Bone’s value and the difference between an incarnation and a clone.
• After seven days away, Li Ye returned to Nuoding City and reunited with Xiao Wu, who agreed to keep sharing his bed; Tang San could not sleep beside them.

Li Ye accompanied Tang San and Xiao Wu to Holy Soul Village during the academy break, where they found Tang Hao absent and Tang San’s home filthy. After cleaning the house and reading Tang Hao’s letter, the three set out to explore the nearby forest at night.

• Li Ye tried to comfort Tang San as they traveled to Holy Soul Village, and Old Jack told them Tang Hao had promised to pick Tang San up.
• Tang San brought Li Ye and Xiao Wu to his home, where they found it covered in dust and cluttered with tools, dishes, and liquor bottles.
• Li Ye, Tang San, and Xiao Wu spent the afternoon cleaning the house until it was fit to live in.
• Li Ye gave Tang San the letter he had found, and Tang San read Tang Hao’s instructions and became tearful.
• After Old Jack brought them food, Li Ye persuaded Tang San and Xiao Wu to explore the nearby forest instead of catching rabbits.

Li Ye, Tang San, and Xiao Wu got lost in the forest and found a newborn Blue Silver Emperor, which Li Ye dug up and placed in a jar before they finally returned to Holy Soul Village. Tang San hid their absence from Old Jack and then hurried home with Li Ye, where Xiao Wu caught them talking privately.

• After wandering through the forest for days, Tang San sensed something near a waterfall, and the three followed him to a Blue Silver Emperor with golden markings.
• Tang San wondered if the plant was his mother, but Li Ye and Xiao Wu dismissed the idea; Li Ye then persuaded Tang San to dig it up and preserve it in a planting jar.
• Li Ye carried the Blue Silver Emperor away, and the three spent several more days in the area before finding their way back to Holy Soul Village.
• Old Jack welcomed the three and scolded them for disappearing; Tang San claimed they had been cultivating in the forest and apologized for not telling him.
• Tang San pulled Li Ye aside to complain that he had left him to explain their absence, but Xiao Wu came in and demanded to know why they were whispering.

Li Ye traveled to Sunset Forest to seek a Three-Eyed Demon Fox for his third soul ring and found Dugu Yan losing a fight against a Fox Demon. After defeating the beast and treating its wound, he carried both it and Dugu Yan away to get help.

• Li Ye reached level thirty and traveled alone to Sunset Forest, hoping to find a Three-Eyed Demon Fox and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Yan ran off after arguing with Dugu Bo and fought a roughly fifteen-hundred-year-old Fox Demon, which outmaneuvered her and knocked her down.
• Li Ye laughed at Dugu Yan’s defeat, fell out of a tree, and speared the Fox Demon when it lunged at him.
• Li Ye treated the Fox Demon’s wound instead of killing it, then carried it and the injured Dugu Yan away.
• Dugu Yan questioned Li Ye’s intentions and challenged him, but backed down when he took her threat seriously.

Li Ye helped Dugu Yan hunt a Soul Ring before leaving to search for the Three-Eyed Demon Fox. Dugu Yan absorbed the ring and reached rank thirty-one, while Dugu Bo encouraged her to grow stronger so she might impress Li Ye when they met again.

• Dugu Yan asked Li Ye to help her find a suitable Soul Ring, and he agreed before asking the Fox Demon to locate a thousand-year snake Soul Beast.
• The Fox Demon led them to a seventeen-hundred-year Mandala Snake, and Li Ye pinned it to a tree with his spear technique.
• Dugu Yan killed the Mandala Snake and absorbed its Soul Ring, gaining a fitting third Soul Skill and rising to rank thirty-one.
• Li Ye left to search for his Third Soul Ring, and Dugu Yan tearfully asked the revealed Dugu Bo whether Li Ye disliked her because she was ugly.
• Dugu Bo comforted Dugu Yan and urged her to cultivate diligently so she could impress Li Ye at their next meeting.

Li Ye hunted a Mutant Three-Eyed Demon Fox to obtain its Soul Ring, but he had to summon Spear Old Demon after the fox’s power surged. The fox died, and Li Ye began absorbing its ring while fighting off the soul backlash.

• The Fox Demon led Li Ye to a bloodstained territory where a vicious Mutant Three-Eyed Demon Fox lived.
• Li Ye attacked the fox, but it dodged his strikes and used clones to block his strongest techniques.
• The fox’s evil power surged after Li Ye exhausted his Soul Power, so Li Ye summoned Spear Old Demon to fight in his body.
• Spear Old Demon defeated the Three-Eyed Demon Fox with the God-Slaying technique and warned Li Ye about the backlash.
• Li Ye began absorbing the fox’s Soul Ring and struggled against the loneliness and despair attacking his soul.
• Spear Old Demon and Sword Old Ghost commented on Li Ye’s fight while he regained his senses.

Li Ye obtained his third Soul Ring and a Head Soul Bone, then found Liu Erlong fighting a powerful Soul Beast in the Sunset Forest. After Spear Old Demon helped him rescue her, Li Ye treated her poisoned wounds but collapsed when the backlash hit.

• Li Ye reached level 33 after absorbing the Three-Eyed Demon Fox’s Soul Ring, found a Head Soul Bone, and gained the Six Harmonies Dao Spear Soul Skill.
• While searching for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Li Ye found Liu Erlong fighting a fifty-thousand-year-old Poison Fire Scorpion Dragon Beast and joined the battle.
• When the beast turned on Li Ye and Liu Erlong, Li Ye summoned Spear Old Demon, who fought it and carried Liu Erlong to safety.
• Li Ye forced the poison from Liu Erlong, gave her Tang San’s antidote pills, and applied medicinal powder before the backlash overwhelmed him and he collapsed into her arms.