Chapter Summaries

Yang Yunhai woke after being struck by lightning during the martial soul awakening ceremony and prepared to undergo his own awakening. Longbow Tai remained hopeful that Yang Yunhai’s strange lightning affinity meant he would awaken a powerful Thunder Attribute martial soul.

• Lightning struck Yang Yunhai twice outside the village’s Wooden House, and the middle-aged man carried him inside, where he was found to be unconscious but alive.
• Longbow Tai reflected on Yang Yunhai’s origins as an abandoned child and his history of surviving dozens of lightning strikes, which had led him to expect a mutated Thunder Attribute martial soul.
• Yang Yunhai woke with numb hands and feet and recalled his previous life, his knowledge of the world, and his theories about why he could survive lightning.
• The remaining children completed their awakenings without Soul Power, and Longbow Tai invited Yang Yunhai to begin his ceremony.

Yang Yunhai awakened Blue Silver Grass with a slight electrical property and only Level 0.5 Innate Soul Power, crushing the village’s hopes that he would have a strong Martial Soul. He agreed to join Spirit Hall and attend Notting City Junior Spirit Master Academy, then wondered whether lightning exposure could help him cultivate.

• Yang Yunhai awakened Blue Silver Grass, and Chang Gongdi discovered that its leaves carried electricity.
• Yang Yunhai tested his Soul Power and revealed an Innate Soul Power level of 0.5.
• Yang Yunhai promised the village children he would keep telling them stories after leaving for school.
• The village chief urged Yang Yunhai to join Spirit Hall and attend Notting City Junior Spirit Master Academy, and Yang Yunhai agreed.
• Yang Yunhai speculated that years of lightning strikes had given him his Soul Power and planned to test whether he could cultivate by attracting lightning.

Yang Yunhai deliberately cultivated in a thunderstorm to test whether he could absorb lightning, but two strikes left him badly injured and his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul stiffened. He concluded that excessive Thunder Attribute energy might endanger his Life Attribute and began considering safer cultivation and future Spirit Ring choices.

• Yang Yunhai ran into the courtyard during a thunderstorm and circulated Soul Power to draw lightning into his body.
• Two Lightning Snakes struck Yang Yunhai, leaving him collapsed with scorched skin and a weak heartbeat; the village chief and children carried him inside.
• Yang Yunhai woke the next morning, noticed a slight increase in Soul Power, and found his body and Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul stiffened.
• Yang Yunhai reasoned that the lightning had disrupted the balance between his Martial Soul's Life and Thunder Attributes, potentially making excess Thunder Attribute dangerous.
• Yang Yunhai resolved to avoid lightning cultivation for a while, seek places rich in Blue Silver Grass, and consider Plant Type Spirit Rings and ways to control or avoid lightning during future cultivation.

Yang Yunhai arrived at Notting Academy and watched Tang San knock down the gatekeeper before Yu Xiaogang intervened. Yang Yunhai then approached Yu Xiaogang with his own work-study certificate, and Yu Xiaogang told him to follow them inside after seeing his weak Blue Silver Grass talent.

• Yang Yunhai traveled from Lonely Grass Village to Notting City with villagers who were selling vegetables.
• At the academy gate, Yang Yunhai saw Tang San trip and strike the gatekeeper, then ready a Sleeve Arrow before Yu Xiaogang stopped the confrontation.
• Yu Xiaogang reprimanded the gatekeeper and took Tang San inside after checking his Spirit Hall certificate.
• A villager brought Yang Yunhai to Yu Xiaogang and asked him to help register the boy as a work-study student.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Yang Yunhai's Blue Silver Grass and innate Soul Power rank 0.5, returned his certificate, and told him to follow them in.

Yang Yunhai registered at Nuoding Academy and settled into Dorm Seven while Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang as his teacher. Yang Yunhai left the two alone, then made a friendly first impression on his new dormmates.

• Yu Xiaogang led Tang San away and asked whether Tang San was willing to accept him as a teacher, while Yang Yunhai hurried after them carrying his bedding.
• Yang Yunhai asked Yu Xiaogang for directions to the Dean's Office and ran ahead, leaving Yu Xiaogang to explain how he had identified Tang San's Twin Martial Souls.
• Yang Yunhai returned in time to see Tang San kneel and kowtow to Yu Xiaogang, then completed his registration and received a school uniform.
• Yu Xiaogang ignored Yang Yunhai when they met again at the Dean's Office, and Tang San did not acknowledge him.
• Yang Yunhai introduced himself and his weak Blue Silver Grass martial soul to the boys in Dorm Seven, and Wang Sheng offered to help him settle in.

Tang San arrived at Notting Academy's Dorm Seven, where he defeated Wang Sheng in a brief scuffle and agreed to protect the work-study students. Xiao Wu then appeared at the doorway, while Yang Yunhai hid his hostile thoughts about her and judged himself too weak to act.

• Wang Sheng challenged Tang San for Dorm Seven's leadership after learning he had Level 10 Innate Full Soul Power, but Tang San said he had no interest in fighting.
• Wang Sheng reached for Tang San, who dodged him and sent him stumbling into the door with a series of physical moves.
• Wang Sheng explained that other students bullied the work-study students and offered Tang San the leader's position; Tang San agreed to protect them.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Dorm Seven, and Yang Yunhai hid behind the boys while thinking about her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast body and Soul Bone.
• Tang San asked whether boys and girls could live together in the dorm.

Yang Yunhai watched Xiao Wu join the dorm and grow close to Tang San, then slipped away to cultivate among Blue Silver Grass and begin physical training. The chapter left him preparing to strengthen his body and practice spear movements in hopes of making the most of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

• Xiao Wu defeated Tang San, chose the bed beside his, and insisted that he move it next to hers.
• Yang Yunhai suspected Xiao Wu had reasons for getting close to Tang San after learning about his Innate Full Soul Power.
• At lunch, Xiao Chenyu mocked the students, Yu Xiaogang invited Tang San upstairs, and Tang San stormed away after Wang Sheng discussed Yu Xiaogang's strength.
• Yang Yunhai left the dorm during the afternoon nap, found Blue Silver Grass in the Back Mountain, and cultivated there.
• Yang Yunhai made a wooden staff and began practicing a horse stance as he planned to develop flexibility, strength, and spear skills.

Yang Yunhai kept a low profile at the academy and devoted himself to physical training and Soul Power cultivation while Tang San and Xiao Wu grew closer. After Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated Xiao Chenyu and freed the work-study students from afternoon cleaning, Yang Yunhai thanked Xiao Wu with carrots and returned to cultivating.

• Yang Yunhai avoided trouble with noble Spirit Masters, trained, and cultivated while Tang San left with Yu Xiaogang to obtain his First Soul Ring.
• Yang Yunhai followed a steady routine of training and cultivation as his dormmates were inspired to cultivate too.
• Yang Yunhai saw Xiao Wu confronting Xiao Chenyu on Back Mountain, but stopped when Tang San rushed over and defeated Xiao Chenyu.
• Yang Yunhai bought Xiao Wu a bag of carrots to thank her and Tang San for ending the work-study students' afternoon cleaning duty, and offered to give up his sweeping wages.
• Xiao Wu accepted the carrots and praised Yang Yunhai, who returned to his bed to cultivate while Tang San did the same.

Yang Yunhai continued using thunderstorms to temper his body and Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, but his slow cultivation left him far behind Tang San and Xiao Wu. Yu Xiaogang noticed Yang Yunhai training and dismissed his prospects because of his low innate Soul Power, while Tang San continued studying under Yu Xiaogang.

• Yang Yunhai secretly endured two lightning strikes during a storm, then spent several days recovering and missed further chances to cultivate through lightning.
• Xiao Wu asked Yang Yunhai if he was bored of cultivating every day, and he said hard work was his only path to becoming a Spirit Master.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San she planned to collect protection money from noble students, and Tang San left to meet Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Yang Yunhai's diligence and clever choice to cultivate near Blue Silver Grass, but judged his Level 0.5 innate Soul Power too poor for great achievements.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to keep working hard, then allowed him to leave for his job at the Blacksmith Shop.

Yang Yunhai reached Soul Power Level 10 after a little over two and a half years and received permission from Director Su to leave for a Spirit Ring. As he prepared to go, Yu Xiaogang arrived, and Director Su asked him to advise Yang Yunhai on which spirit beast to hunt.

• Yang Yunhai broke through to Level 10 and reflected on how his cultivation pace compared with Yu Xiaogang's.
• Yang Yunhai asked Director Su for leave to obtain a Spirit Ring, and Director Su approved while cautioning him against joining a Soul Master Force rashly.
• Director Su assumed Yang Yunhai would seek help from Lonely Grass Village's village chief and wished him success finding a suitable Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the Dean's Office to collect the students' martial soul records, and Director Su asked him to advise Yang Yunhai about choosing a spirit beast.

Yang Yunhai asked for leave to seek his first Spirit Ring, and Yu Xiaogang advised him to hunt a hundred-year Poisonous Snake Soul Beast if he could find help. Yang Yunhai left the academy to begin his journey.

• Yu Xiaogang was surprised that Yang Yunhai had reached Soul Power Rank 10 and initially suggested a Solitary Bamboo Spirit Ring.
• Director Su explained that Yang Yunhai had come to request leave, and Yu Xiaogang assumed he planned to seek a hundred-year Spirit Ring with help from his village chief.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether Yang Yunhai planned to join Spirit Hall, and Yang Yunhai said he hoped to continue his studies and eventually travel the continent.
• Yang Yunhai praised Yu Xiaogang’s theories and said he would like to learn from him if no Advanced Soul Master Academy accepted him.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested a hundred-year Poisonous Snake Soul Beast for a poison attribute, then asked Director Su for documents.
• Yang Yunhai returned to the dormitory, packed his belongings, and left the academy.

Yang Yunhai told the village chief that he had reached level 10 and asked to attempt Cross-Level Soul Ring Absorption, arguing that his training had made him strong enough to try a 500-year Soul Ring. The village chief agreed to help while warning him of the danger, and Yang Yunhai set out for the Beginner Soul Hunting Forest to seek an Azure Vine.

• Yang Yunhai explained that drawing lightning had boosted his cultivation and strengthened his body and Martial Soul, then revealed he wanted to obtain a Soul Ring beyond the usual optimal age limit.
• Yang Yunhai argued that Soul Ring age limits should depend on an individual's Martial Soul and physical strength, and the village chief examined his bones before reluctantly agreeing to support his attempt.
• Yang Yunhai asked the village chief to keep his theory secret until he had tested it further, and named Azure Vine as his preferred Soul Beast for his First Soul Ring.
• The village chief wrote Yang Yunhai a letter for Uncle Ao and told him to obtain a writ from Spirit Hall before traveling to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Yang Yunhai received a beginner-level writ from Ma Xiunuo after a Soul Power test, spent the night in the village, and rode toward the Beginner Soul Hunting Forest the next morning.

Yang Yunhai reached the Beginner Soul Hunting Forest and sought help from Chang Gong Ao, carrying a letter from Grandpa Tai. After reading it, Chang Gong Ao agreed to support Yang Yunhai’s plan to test cross-level Soul Ring absorption and showed him the Patrol Team’s records of local Plant-Type Soul Beasts.

• Yang Yunhai waited until dark, presented his warrant, and entered the forest to find the Patrol Team’s camp.
• Chang Gong Ao welcomed Yang Yunhai and asked how he had reached Level 10 so quickly; Yang Yunhai explained his hard training and lightning-guided cultivation.
• Chang Gong Ao read Grandpa Tai’s letter, confirmed Yang Yunhai was determined to proceed with the cross-level Soul Ring absorption theory, and pledged to help him obtain a Spirit Ring.
• Chang Gong Ao warned that Azure Vine was rare in the small forest and gave Yang Yunhai a book listing recorded Plant-Type Soul Beasts.
• Yang Yunhai reviewed the sparse records and stopped at one entry that caught his attention.

Yang Yunhai chose a resilient Azure Vine for his Second Soul Ring, but he and Chang Gong Ao discussed why a Millennium Soul Ring could endanger his freedom and life. Before dawn, they left camp to seek the Azure Vine.

• Chang Gong Ao explained that the Azure Vine had grown unusually strong by killing Soul Beasts along a path to water, and Yang Yunhai chose it.
• Yang Yunhai asked whether he could absorb a Millennium Soul Ring, and Chang Gong Ao warned that such a ring would expose him to powerful factions and Spirit Hall.
• Yang Yunhai concluded that a Millennium Second Soul Ring could leave him captive or dead, while an ordinary yellow ring would let him move freely.
• Chang Gong Ao reassured Yang Yunhai that an eight- or nine-hundred-year Soul Ring would still be exceptional, and Yang Yunhai settled down to cultivate for the night.
• Chang Gong Ao told his companions to keep Yang Yunhai's visit secret, and they agreed.
• Before dawn, Yang Yunhai and Chang Gong Ao quietly left camp and headed deeper into the forest.

Yang Yunhai hunted an Azure Vine with Chang Gong Ao and successfully absorbed its Spirit Ring despite the pain of crossing the usual level limit. He gained the Stretch soul skill and, after returning to camp, left for home the next morning.

• Chang Gong Ao attacked the Azure Vine from a distance, and Yang Yunhai killed it with a spear and drew in its yellow Spirit Ring.
• Yang Yunhai endured the Spirit Ring’s scorching energy and pain while Chang Gong Ao watched anxiously.
• Yang Yunhai gained Inner Vision during absorption and saw his Blue Silver Grass grow thicker and change color.
• Yang Yunhai completed the absorption at a little over level 11 and demonstrated Stretch, which extended his tough Blue Silver Grass vines without a fixed length limit.
• Yang Yunhai and Chang Gong Ao returned to camp late that night, and Yang Yunhai left the forest for home the next morning.

After returning to Notting City, Yang Yunhai began training his vine control and planned to use his first soul skill to reach the hidden Blue Silver Emperor. He intended to locate it and make his attempt when Tang Hao left with Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang dismissed Yang Yunhai’s prospects.

• Yang Yunhai returned to Lonely Grass Village, spent the night with the village chief, and then went to Spirit Hall in Notting City to confirm his Level 11 Soul Power and collect his subsidy.
• Yang Yunhai told Director Su that he had obtained a hundred-year-old Green Vine Soul Ring, then returned to the academy and began practicing Heart Separation Control with two vines.
• Yang Yunhai planned to develop his vine control and use his stretching soul skill to climb the cliffs and waterfall concealing the Blue Silver Emperor and its Right Leg Bone.
• Yang Yunhai decided to seek a map of the area and wait until Tang Hao left with Tang San before attempting to enter the mountain range.
• After hearing Yang Yunhai had returned with a hundred-year-old Green Vine, Yu Xiaogang disparaged his talent and Soul Ring before leaving the Dean's Office.

Yang Yunhai reached Level 20 and applied for early graduation from Notting Academy, then returned to Lonely Grass Village. After hearing about his breakthrough, Yu Xiaogang visited Yang Yunhai’s training ground and wrongly concluded that his cultivation had damaged his potential.

• Yang Yunhai stayed at Notting Academy after becoming a Spirit Master, trained with his new Stretch skill, and increased the number of lightning bolts he could draw down to four.
• Over the following years, Xiao Wu dominated the academy while Yang Yunhai continued training; with a month left before the term ended, he broke through to Level 20.
• Yang Yunhai told Director Su he wanted to graduate early, completed his graduation records, packed his belongings, and left for Lonely Grass Village.
• Director Su spread word of Yang Yunhai’s breakthrough, and Yu Xiaogang visited his training clearing but speculated that his intense cultivation had harmed his potential.
• Tang San dismissed Yang Yunhai’s progress as unremarkable compared with his own Level 29 Soul Power, while Xiao Wu remained uninterested in the news.

After reaching Rank 20, Yang Yunhai returned to the orphanage, then traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest with Chang Gong Ao to obtain his second Spirit Ring. He gained the Drain Soul Skill and set out for home, while Chang Gong Ao believed Yang Yunhai would one day become famous across the continent.

• Yang Yunhai returned to Lonely Grass Village, told the village chief he had reached Rank 20, and shared his plans to travel and later visit Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Yunhai obtained a permit in Notting City and went with Chang Gong Ao to hunt a Bloodthirsty Thorns Soul Beast for his second Spirit Ring.
• Chang Gong Ao warned Yang Yunhai to report any devouring ability to Spirit Hall and not use it to cultivate or harm human Spirit Masters.
• Chang Gong Ao killed the Bloodthirsty Thorns, and Yang Yunhai absorbed its yellow Spirit Ring after enduring several hours of pain.
• Yang Yunhai gained the Drain Soul Skill, which drained Soul Power through his hooked vines, and promised to register it with Spirit Hall.
• Yang Yunhai departed for home before dawn, and Chang Gong Ao predicted that his name would one day resound throughout the continent.

Yang Yunhai used a Spirit Hall map to locate the Waterfall near Holy Soul Village and planned to search for the Blue Silver Emperor after the New Year. On his journey, he spotted Tang Hao at a roadside tea stall, waited until he left toward the village, then gave away his donkey and hurried toward the mountains.

• Yang Yunhai received a terrain map from Ma Xiunuo and identified a Waterfall near Holy Soul Village that likely marked the Blue Silver Emperor's location.
• Yang Yunhai cultivated until the New Year passed, then left Lonely Grass Village to search the surrounding mountains.
• Yang Yunhai spotted a man he believed was Tang Hao at a roadside tea stall and hid his face to avoid being recognized.
• Yang Yunhai watched Tang Hao leave toward the village, then traded his donkey to a traveling family for provisions.
• Yang Yunhai sprinted toward the mountain range to search for the Blue Silver Emperor.

Yang Yunhai reached the waterfall valley and used traces left by Tang Hao to climb behind the Silver Waterfall. He found the hidden doorway and entered the cave.

• Yang Yunhai climbed the mountain cliffs through the night, using vines and briefly absorbing energy from low-level soul beasts to keep them in condition.
• Yang Yunhai reached the valley, bathed, ate, and rested beside the Silver Waterfall.
• Yang Yunhai spotted faint dirt marks on the cliff and realized Tang Hao had recently climbed to the cave entrance.
• Yang Yunhai followed the marks up the waterfall, then used an extensive web of vines to cross the torrent and search the rock wall.
• Yang Yunhai triggered the hidden doorway by grinding the wall with his vine barbs, then retracted his vines and leaped inside.