Chapter Summaries

Su Yu spent the day teasing Hu Liena and provoking her protective brother, Xie Yue, as the children prepared to awaken their Martial Souls. After explaining his uncertain prospects as an orphan and his determination to avoid becoming a servant, Su Yu slipped out of his dormitory that night.

• Hu Liena came to see Su Yu, who teased her about her name and praised her appearance.
• Xie Yue threw his shoes at Su Yu for pinching Hu Liena's face, but Hu Liena defended Su Yu and scolded her brother.
• Su Yu and Hu Liena discussed their Martial Soul awakening the next day, and they wished each other success.
• Su Yu recalled that he had transmigrated into an orphan and that children with weak Martial Souls could be assigned to work as Spirit Hall servants.
• After the other children in his dormitory fell asleep, Su Yu quietly slipped outside.

Su Yu prayed for a powerful martial soul, then hurried to the awakening plaza after Hu Liena woke him. After many children awakened mostly weak martial souls, Xie Yue stepped forward for his turn.

• Su Yu offered incense and prayed to various gods for a powerful martial soul before returning to the dormitory.
• Hu Liena woke Su Yu, who realized he had nearly forgotten that the martial soul awakening was that day and rushed to get ready.
• Su Yu and Hu Liena joined Xie Yue at the plaza, where Xie Yue teased Su Yu about possibly awakening a useless martial soul.
• A Spirit Hall deacon began the ceremony, and the children’s awakenings proceeded with mostly low-quality martial souls and innate soul power around rank five.
• After encouraging Xie Yue, Su Yu watched him step forward for his awakening.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena awakened powerful Martial Souls and high Innate Soul Power, drawing the attention of Bibi Dong. Su Yu then began his awakening, which ended with a small sapling appearing in his hand.

• Xie Yue awakened the Moon Blade and tested at Innate Soul Power level eight, prompting the attendant to ask him to wait.
• Hu Liena awakened a glowing pink fox and tested at Innate Soul Power level nine.
• Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan to bring Xie Yue and Hu Liena to see her after the ceremony.
• Su Yu stepped onto the Awakening Platform while Xie Yue and Hu Liena encouraged him.
• Su Yu felt a warm current and summoned a little sapling in his right hand.

Su Yu awakened a tiny sapling Martial Soul but revealed innate full Soul Power, drawing the attention of Yue Guan and Gui Mei and earning an audience with the Pope. While waiting with Hu Liena and Xie Yue, Su Yu learned his Martial Soul was Wood Release, bound the Invincible Shinobi World System, and claimed its beginner rewards before Hu Liena interrupted him.

• The deacon dismissed Su Yu's sapling Martial Soul as weak, but the Soul Power Testing Crystal blazed with light and revealed Su Yu had innate full Soul Power.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrived, confirmed Su Yu's Soul Power, and took him, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena to meet the Pope.
• Hu Liena asked Su Yu about his Martial Soul, and Su Yu said it was not truly a sapling.
• The system identified Su Yu's awakened Kekkei Genkai as Wood Release, bound to him, and offered him a beginner's gift pack.
• Su Yu claimed the pack and received a basic Sage Body, a Wood Release Ninjutsu Compendium, and a Sharingan.
• Su Yu absorbed the Sage Body and the ninjutsu memories, but Hu Liena interrupted him before he could extract the Sharingan.

Su Yu celebrated discovering his martial soul as Wood Release, but his reunion with Hu Liena was interrupted by Bibi Dong’s arrival. Bibi Dong chose Hu Liena as her disciple and questioned Su Yu about his unusual martial soul, leaving him to explain that it was a wood elemental martial soul.

• Su Yu excitedly picked up Hu Liena and spun her around, prompting Xie Yue to order him to put her down.
• Bibi Dong arrived with Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then sent Xie Yue to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena her name and, after recognizing her level-nine innate soul power, offered to take her as a disciple.
• Hu Liena accepted Bibi Dong as her teacher and promised to cultivate diligently by her side.
• Bibi Dong questioned Su Yu about his full innate soul power and sapling martial soul, and Su Yu declared that it was a wood elemental martial soul he called Wood Release.

Su Yu demonstrated his Wood Release to Bibi Dong, who tested its ability to drain Soul Power and decided to take him as her disciple alongside Hu Liena. After moving into the Pope Hall, Su Yu asked his system about his powers and extracted the Sharingan.

• Su Yu used Wood Release: Great Forest Technique to show Bibi Dong his living wooden vines.
• Bibi Dong let Su Yu bind her and discovered the vines absorbed Soul Power and grew stronger before she broke them with a surge of power.
• Bibi Dong praised Su Yu's Martial Soul and made him and Hu Liena her disciples.
• Su Yu and Hu Liena moved into the Pope Hall that night, and Su Yu asked his system about Soul Rings, ninjutsu, and Sharingan evolution.
• The system said Su Yu's Sharingan could evolve with Soul Rings and would reach Mangekyo at least by Soul Emperor, then extracted the Sharingan for him.

Su Yu and Hu Liena began their training as Bibi Dong’s disciples, receiving instructions to strengthen their bodies before seeking their first soul rings. Yue Guan then led them to Spirit Hall Academy and took them to meet its headmaster.

• Su Yu admired the One-Tomoe Sharingan that had appeared in his eyes before Hu Liena hurried him to get ready for their meeting with Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong told Su Yu and Hu Liena to attend morning classes at Spirit Hall Academy and receive cultivation guidance in the afternoons.
• Bibi Dong instructed Hu Liena to stabilize her soul power and Su Yu to strengthen his body so he could bear a soul ring at the maximum age limit.
• After the children left, Bibi Dong read a letter from Dragon Martial City, complained about its sender, and returned to her stack of files.
• Yue Guan led Su Yu and Hu Liena to Spirit Hall Academy, explained its outer and inner academies, and took them to the headmaster’s office.

Xu Ding brought Su Yu and Hu Liena to Spirit Hall Academy’s Martial Soul Class after introducing their exceptional talents and Su Yu’s unusual martial soul. Xu Yan welcomed them as classmates, and they took the empty seats in the classroom.

• Yue Guan delivered Su Yu and Hu Liena to Xu Ding, explaining that the Pope had made them personal disciples and wanted them to study theory at the academy.
• Su Yu demonstrated Wood Release and revealed that his wooden vines continuously absorbed a Soul Master's Soul Power, impressing Xu Ding.
• Xu Ding took the children to the Martial Soul Class and introduced them to instructor Xu Yan as the Pope's personal disciples.
• Xu Yan announced Su Yu and Hu Liena's talents to the class and directed them to two empty seats.

Su Yu accepted Zhang Hao’s challenge after Zhang Hao mocked his sapling Martial Soul, then used Wood Release techniques to defeat and restrain him despite having no Soul Ring. Zhang Hao remained bound and furious on the training platform.

• Hu Sanpang praised Su Yu and Hu Liena as the Pope’s disciples, but Zhang Hao mocked Su Yu’s Martial Soul and challenged him to a fight.
• Su Yu accepted Zhang Hao’s challenge and followed him to the training grounds as Hu Liena, Hu Sanpang, and other students watched.
• Zhang Hao attacked Su Yu with his Blazing Sun Bird’s first Soul Skill, Flame Impact.
• Su Yu used Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall to shield himself from the flames, then struck back with Wood Release: Great Forest Technique.
• Su Yu’s wooden vines dragged Zhang Hao down and bound him tightly, leaving Zhang Hao unable to break free.

Su Yu defeated Zhang Hao by draining his Soul Power with his vines, and a month later Bibi Dong took Su Yu and Hu Liena to obtain their first Soul Rings. On the journey, she explained Hu Liena’s Soul Ring options and praised Su Yu for his conduct at the academy.

• Su Yu bound Zhang Hao with woody vines that absorbed his Soul Power until Zhang Hao surrendered, then left the arena with Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena reached level ten after a month, and Bibi Dong decided to take her and Su Yu to the Soul Beast Forest beside Martial Soul Holy City for their Soul Rings.
• On the carriage ride, Bibi Dong described fire-attribute and Spirit-type Soul Rings as possible paths for Hu Liena, who decided to choose after seeing the Soul Beasts.
• Bibi Dong called Su Yu to sit beside her and praised him for defeating Zhang Hao without becoming arrogant or complacent.

Bibi Dong reassured Su Yu that she treated him like Hu Liena and allowed him to hug her during their carriage ride. In the Soul Beast Forest, she warned him to choose a compatible soul ring, but Su Yu insisted his martial soul was different, and a Blazing Wind Pig charged at the group as he prepared to prove it.

• Su Yu told Bibi Dong that he thought she disliked boys, and she promised to stop keeping her distance from him.
• Bibi Dong first refused Su Yu's request for a hug, then relented; Su Yu and Hu Liena each hugged one of her arms.
• Bibi Dong brought her disciples to the Soul Beast Forest to hunt for soul rings and warned them to stay close.
• Su Yu said his martial soul meant that the soul beast's age mattered more than its type, but Bibi Dong scolded him for treating soul rings carelessly.
• A roughly two-hundred-year-old Blazing Wind Pig burst from the woods and charged at Su Yu and Hu Liena.

Su Yu killed a Blazing Wind Pig with Wood Release: Cutting Technique and insisted that he could absorb a much older First Soul Ring than Bibi Dong believed possible. After checking his body, Bibi Dong confirmed his exceptional physical strength and agreed to search for a suitable older Soul Beast, then found a Demon Charm Fox that could suit Hu Liena.

• Su Yu killed the charging Blazing Wind Pig with a wooden spike that grew through its skull, surprising Bibi Dong and Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong refused to let Su Yu risk absorbing a nine-hundred-year or thousand-year First Soul Ring, warning that an excessive Soul Ring could destroy his Martial Soul or kill him.
• Bibi Dong examined Su Yu and discovered that his physical fitness was comparable to a Soul Elder's, so she agreed to consider his increased limit while still seeking a suitable Soul Beast.
• Bibi Dong led Su Yu and Hu Liena deeper into the forest and sensed a four-hundred-and-eighty-year-old Demon Charm Fox that would suit Hu Liena's First Soul Ring.

Hu Liena chose to follow the mental-control path and absorbed a five-hundred-year Demon Charm Fox Soul Ring as her first ring. She successfully became a Soul Master and discovered that her first Soul Skill, Demon Fox Charm, could stun enemies who saw her eyes.

• Bibi Dong explained the Demon Charm Fox's mental-control potential, and Hu Liena chose to become a Control System Soul Master.
• Bibi Dong found a five-hundred-year Demon Charm Fox and suppressed it while Hu Liena killed it with a short blade.
• Hu Liena sat down and successfully absorbed the Demon Charm Fox's yellow Soul Ring as Su Yu and Bibi Dong watched.
• Hu Liena celebrated becoming a Soul Master and told Bibi Dong and Su Yu that her first Soul Skill was Demon Fox Charm, which stunned enemies who saw her eyes for three seconds.

Hu Liena’s first soul skill proved to be group control, and Bibi Dong took her and Su Yu deeper into the forest to find Su Yu a suitable soul ring. They found a thousand-year ghost vine, which Bibi Dong defeated, and Su Yu began absorbing its soul ring.

• Hu Liena demonstrated her group-control soul skill, earning Bibi Dong’s approval.
• After searching for three hours, Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and Su Yu found a thousand-year ghost vine that had trapped Hu Liena.
• Bibi Dong freed Hu Liena and shielded the others while destroying the ghost vine’s attacks.
• Bibi Dong brought Su Yu the ghost vine’s Vine Heart, and he pierced it to release the soul ring.
• Su Yu began absorbing the purple soul ring as Bibi Dong monitored him and Hu Liena watched anxiously.

Su Yu absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring as his First Soul Ring, but it gave him no Soul Skill and instead strengthened his Wood Release. After a month of training with Hu Liena, the two met a haughty young girl who asked if they were Bibi Dong’s disciples.

• Hu Liena worried as Su Yu endured the pressure of absorbing his Soul Ring, while Bibi Dong reassured her that he was stable.
• Su Yu finished absorbing the thousand-year Soul Ring, and Bibi Dong discovered that it had granted him no Soul Skill.
• Su Yu demonstrated that his Wood Release had grown stronger, and Bibi Dong concluded that his Martial Soul’s basic abilities might improve as he cultivated.
• Bibi Dong returned with Su Yu and Hu Liena to Pope Hall, where they continued studying and training for a month.
• After a sparring session, Su Yu and Hu Liena were approached by a haughty golden-haired girl who asked whether they were Bibi Dong’s disciples.

Hu Liena challenged Qian Renxue after she insulted Bibi Dong, but Qian Renxue revealed her Soul Elder strength and attacked. Hu Liena used her Demon Fox Charm to evade the first strike, and the two remained poised to continue their fight.

• Qian Renxue called Bibi Dong heartless and faithless, angering Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena challenged Qian Renxue to a Soul Master battle to defend her teacher.
• Qian Renxue revealed three soul rings and identified herself as Qian Renxue, while Hu Liena refused to back down.
• Qian Renxue attacked with Angel Assault, but Hu Liena used Demon Fox Charm to briefly stun her and dodge the punch.
• Qian Renxue warned that Hu Liena would run out of soul power, but Hu Liena said she would keep fighting rather than let Qian Renxue slander Bibi Dong.

Su Yu and Hu Liena fought Qian Renxue in the Pope Hall courtyard until Bibi Dong arrived and stopped the confrontation. After Qian Renxue insulted Bibi Dong, the Pope slapped her and reached out to touch her cheek.

• Su Yu stepped in front of Hu Liena and blocked Qian Renxue's punch with his arm.
• Su Yu used Wood Release to defend against Qian Renxue, while Hu Liena briefly restrained her with her Soul Skill.
• Qian Renxue activated Angel's Blessing and broke free of Su Yu's wooden vines.
• Bibi Dong arrived and confronted Qian Renxue for entering the Pope Hall and insulting her disciples.
• Qian Renxue insulted Bibi Dong, who slapped her and then reached toward her cheek.

After Qian Renxue fled the Pope Hall in tears, Bibi Dong regretted striking her and asked Hu Liena and Su Yu to avoid clashing with her. Qian Daoliu comforted his granddaughter at the Worship Hall, but he kept the painful history behind Bibi Dong’s resentment from her.

• Qian Renxue left the Pope Hall after Bibi Dong slapped her, and Bibi Dong called after her before collapsing into remorse.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena and Su Yu that the clash was her fault and asked them not to fight Qian Renxue if they met again.
• Su Yu reflected on the mother and daughter’s painful relationship, then left with Hu Liena.
• Qian Daoliu saw Qian Renxue crying in the Worship Hall and noticed the handprint on her cheek.
• Qian Renxue denied that Bibi Dong had hit her, and Qian Daoliu comforted her without revealing the family’s past.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qian Renxue whether she liked her mother, and she insisted that she did not.

Qian Daoliu confronted Bibi Dong over her treatment of Qian Renxue, but Bibi Dong blamed the Qian Family for the suffering that had consumed her and drove him from the Pope Hall. Su Yu learned that his Wood Clone Technique required more soul power, then received a system mission to become friends with Qian Renxue.

• Qian Daoliu comforted Qian Renxue, who feared her mother would never accept her.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Bibi Dong in the Pope Hall and urged her to treat Qian Renxue as her daughter.
• Bibi Dong rejected his appeal, blamed the Qian Family for her imprisonment and ruined life, and threatened Qian Renxue if she returned to the Pope Hall.
• Qian Daoliu left the Pope Hall, and Bibi Dong admitted that she wanted to move on but could not.
• Su Yu asked the system why his Wood Clone Technique would not form, and it told him he needed to reach soul power level twenty-five.
• The system issued Su Yu a mission to become friends with Qian Renxue, with Mind's Eye of the Kagura as the reward.

Su Yu followed the System’s suggestion to seek out Qian Renxue and found her confiding in her puppy, Little Gray, about her mother’s lack of affection. After teasing her and offering to keep her troubles secret, he left her slightly less guarded, though she denied having anything on her mind.

• The System urged Su Yu to pursue Qian Renxue as part of his path to invincibility and told him where she went alone.
• Three days later, Su Yu found Qian Renxue on Spirit Hall’s back mountain, lamenting to Little Gray that her mother would not spare her another glance.
• Qian Renxue noticed Su Yu hiding in the bushes and angrily demanded to know why he was there.
• Su Yu teased Qian Renxue about being alone with a puppy, then told her that pride could leave her without friends.
• Su Yu offered to listen to Qian Renxue’s troubles and keep them secret, but she insisted that she had nothing on her mind.