Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Ye Chen trained in Notting City and prepared for the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony, hoping to gain the talent needed to avenge his parents, who died in a border conflict. He considered using firearms knowledge to aid Spirit Hall if he could not become powerful himself, and the chapter left him awaiting his awakening three days later.

• Ye Chen rested after running laps and reflected on his goal of becoming a powerful Spirit Master.
• Ye Chen remembered that his parents, minor Three-Ring Soul Grandmasters, had died in a clash involving the Star Luo Empire, and vowed to destroy it.
• Ye Chen considered joining Spirit Hall and sharing his firearms knowledge if his own cultivation talent proved inadequate.
• Ye Chen looked forward to Notting City's free Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony in three days and hoped to awaken Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls.

Ye Chen went to the Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall to awaken his Martial Soul and watched Su Yuntao begin the ceremony. The first child awakened a kitchen knife with no Soul Power, while Ye Chen still awaited his turn.

• Ye Chen arrived at the Martial Soul Branch Hall and joined the line of children waiting for their Martial Soul awakenings.
• Su Yuntao opened the side hall and introduced himself as a level twenty-six Great Soul Master who would guide the ceremony.
• Su Yuntao used his Lone Wolf Martial Soul to transform and frighten several children before calming them.
• Su Yuntao awakened the first boy's Martial Soul, which appeared as a kitchen knife.
• Su Yuntao tested the boy and found he had no Soul Power, leaving the child devastated.

Ye Chen awakened a Bamboo Staff Martial Soul and discovered that he had Innate Level 3 Soul Power. Though Su Yuntao praised his talent, Ye Chen worried that it would not be enough to keep up with Tang San.

• Ye Chen asked Su Yuntao whether Blue Silver Grass could awaken with Innate Soul Power, and Su Yuntao explained that it was possible but rare.
• Ye Chen entered the awakening formation and awakened a single Bamboo Staff Martial Soul, abandoning his hopes of Twin Martial Souls.
• Ye Chen tested his Soul Power and received a reading of Innate Level 3 Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao praised Ye Chen's talent and predicted he could become a Soul Ancestor, while Ye Chen feared he would remain far behind Tang San.

After awakening a Bamboo Staff martial soul with level 3 Soul Power, Ye Chen discovered that his Tycoon System paid him Gold Soul Coins and offered a shop full of powerful items. He returned home to inspect the shop and began considering how the system could help him grow stronger.

• Ye Chen received his Martial Soul Certificate from Su Yuntao and left the Spirit Hall disappointed with his level 3 Innate Soul Power.
• The Tycoon System bound to Ye Chen, unlocked its Attribute Panel and System Shop, and began granting him Gold Soul Coins once per second.
• Ye Chen estimated that the system would give him over thirty-one million Gold Soul Coins a year at his current Soul Power level.
• Ye Chen opened his Attribute Panel and saw that he had level 3 Soul Power, a Bamboo Staff martial soul, and no Soul Rings.
• Ye Chen went home and opened the System Shop, where he found cultivation techniques, upgrade cards, immortal herbs, and other items for sale.

Ye Chen explored the System Shop and planned how to use his new system to overcome his weak talent and build a fortune. After learning that Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy would enroll students in four months, he prepared to drive Tang Da Chui away before Xiao Wu arrived, while his slow cultivation remained a problem.

• Ye Chen reviewed the System Shop’s cultivation, martial soul, soul ring, soul bone, and divine-position upgrades, and saved his free discount card for an expensive purchase.
• Ye Chen confirmed that the system’s Gold Soul Coins could be exchanged with ordinary coins and decided to save for a ten-million-coin cultivation technique gift pack.
• Ye Chen planned to lure Xiao Wu to himself after anonymously alerting Tang Da Chui or Spirit Hall to force Tang Da Chui out of the area.
• Three days later, Ye Chen learned that Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy’s enrollment was four months away and resolved to act before Tang Da Chui discovered Xiao Wu’s identity.
• Ye Chen found that his Level 3 Soul Power made cultivation painfully slow, so he limited his training to mornings and evenings to avoid harming his Spiritual Power.

Ye Chen anonymously reported Tang Hao to Spirit Hall and arranged for three villagers from Holy Soul Village to deliver threat letters to him. After leaving the market, Ye Chen confirmed that no one had followed him.

• Ye Chen disguised himself, slipped an anonymous report about Tang Hao through the gates of Notting City's Martial Soul Branch Hall, and left before dawn.
• Ye Chen went to the southern market to find villagers from Holy Soul Village who could deliver his threat letters to Tang Hao.
• Ye Chen paid one villager a Gold Soul Coin to deliver a letter and warned him not to take the money without completing the task.
• Ye Chen gave letters and payment to two more villagers, then took a long route and checked that no one was following him.

Su Yuntao found a letter identifying Haotian Douluo Tang Hao as a wanted criminal hiding in Holy Soul Village and volunteered to verify the report. He reached the village and learned from Old Jack that Tang Hao was its blacksmith.

• Su Yuntao discovered Ye Chen's letter and read that Tang Hao was living in Holy Soul Village, then decided to report the information.
• The Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall gathered to discuss the report, and Su Yuntao volunteered to investigate by visiting the village early to awaken the children's martial souls.
• Su Yuntao traveled to Holy Soul Village, hoping the mission would earn him a promotion and help him propose to Si Si.
• Su Yuntao asked Old Jack whether the village had a blacksmith, and Old Jack confirmed that Tang Hao was a skilled blacksmith there.

Su Yuntao investigated whether Holy Soul Village’s Tang Hao was Haotian Douluo by awakening Tang San’s Martial Soul. Tang San revealed Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power, convincing Su Yuntao that he possessed Twin Martial Souls and was Haotian Douluo’s son, before Su Yuntao hurried back to Notting City.

• Su Yuntao learned from Old Jack that Tang Hao had a six-year-old son named Tang San and arranged to awaken the village children’s Martial Souls.
• Su Yuntao awakened eight children, whose Martial Souls yielded no Soul Power, before Tang San took his place in the formation.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass, and Su Yuntao noticed that his other hand was clenched as though concealing a second Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao tested Tang San and discovered he had Innate Full Soul Power, concluding that he possessed Twin Martial Souls and was Haotian Douluo’s son.
• Su Yuntao gave Tang San a Martial Soul Certificate and hurried back to Notting City’s Martial Soul Branch Hall.

Su Yuntao reported to the Notting City Spirit Hall Branch Hall that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, leading the Branch Hall Master to believe Tang Hao’s identity was confirmed. After Tang Da Chui received Ye Chen’s warning that Spirit Hall knew his location, he fled Holy Soul Village with Tang San and the Blue Silver Grass that was Tang San’s mother.

• Su Yuntao told the Branch Hall Master and deacons that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and they celebrated their expected promotions.
• The Branch Hall Master agreed that Tang Hao was the Haotian Douluo and prepared to report the news to Spirit Hall.
• Tang Da Chui received Ye Chen’s letter warning that Spirit Hall knew he was in Holy Soul Village and that Qian Daoliu might be coming.
• Tang Da Chui decided to leave the village with Tang San, hoping his son’s talent might one day help them oppose Spirit Hall.
• Tang Da Chui and Tang San left Holy Soul Village with Tang San’s mother, whom Tang San mistook for a stalk of Blue Silver Grass.

After Tang Hao and Tang San escaped Holy Soul Village, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo arrived too late and rewarded the Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall staff. Four months after awakening his martial soul, Ye Chen improved his cultivation with new techniques and headed to Notting Academy on enrollment day.

• Bibi Dong ignored the report about Tang Hao and Tang San, while Qian Daoliu sent Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to Holy Soul Village.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo found that Tang Hao and Tang San had vanished, and Jiang Mo destroyed Tang San's shack before Qian Jun stopped him from blaming the Branch Hall Master.
• Su Yuntao became Acting Hall Master, won over Si Si, and the former Branch Hall Master was transferred while the deacons received raises.
• Ye Chen used the Creation Meditation Method, Creation Body Tempering Art, and Creation Soul Tempering Skill to improve his cultivation routine.
• Ye Chen packed his things and left for Notting Junior Soul Master Academy on enrollment day.

Ye Chen enrolled at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy as a self-funded student and chose to live in the work-study student dormitory because the rabbit-eared girl he wanted to meet lived there. The chapter ended when the girl arrived at the Academic Affairs Office to register.

• Ye Chen entered Notting Academy, and the gatekeeper let him pass without trouble.
• Ye Chen registered with Director Su, who recognized him as the son of his former students, Ye Lin and Wang Yue.
• Director Su waived Ye Chen's registration fee, and Ye Chen insisted on staying in the work-study student dormitory.
• A rabbit-eared girl arrived at the Academic Affairs Office and asked where she could register.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu registered at Notting Academy as work-study students and were assigned to the Seventh Dormitory. When Xiao Wu met its self-proclaimed boss, Wang Sheng, she challenged him and declared herself the new boss.

• Xiao Wu registered with Director Su and revealed that she was already a One Ring Soul Master despite lacking a Martial Soul Certificate.
• Director Su assigned Xiao Wu and Ye Chen to the Seventh Dormitory and arranged for an assistant to give them uniforms.
• Ye Chen asked Xiao Wu about her missing bedding, and she learned that the academy did not provide it while Ye Chen kept his belongings in a Storage Soul Tool.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu arrived at the Seventh Dormitory, where Wang Sheng introduced himself as its boss.
• Xiao Wu announced that she was taking over the dormitory and ordered the students to call her Sister Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu became the boss of the Seventh Dormitory after revealing she was a Spirit Master, and she arranged to share Ye Chen’s bedding. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu eagerly heading to the cafeteria with Wang Sheng and Ye Chen.

• Xiao Wu challenged Wang Sheng for leadership of the Seventh Dormitory, then revealed her Hundred Year Soul Ring and became its Big Sister Head.
• Ye Chen showed Xiao Wu his Bamboo Staff Martial Soul and said he planned to become a control-type Spirit Master.
• Xiao Wu wanted Ye Chen’s pretty bedding, so they pushed their beds together and set a bundle between them as a boundary.
• Xiao Wu warned Ye Chen not to cross the boundary and insisted that he call her Sister Xiao Wu.
• Wang Sheng invited Xiao Wu to lunch, and she excitedly asked what food they would eat.

Ye Chen treated Xiao Wu to lunch in exchange for her calling him Chen Ge, but she negotiated to call him Xiao Chen and have him cover her expenses. At the cafeteria, Xiao Chenyu challenged Ye Chen, who sent Xiao Wu to fight in his place; Xiao Chenyu backed down after seeing her hundred-year soul ring.

• Ye Chen offered to treat Xiao Wu to tasty food if she called him Chen Ge, but Xiao Wu countered by demanding that he cover her expenses while she continued calling him Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Wu led Ye Chen, Wang Sheng, and the others to the cafeteria, where Xiao Chenyu insulted the work-study students.
• Ye Chen traded insults with Xiao Chenyu, who challenged him to a one-on-one fight.
• Ye Chen called on Xiao Wu to fight for him, promising to cover her cafeteria expenses for a week if she won.
• Xiao Wu revealed her level 12 Soul Master rank and hundred-year soul ring, and Xiao Chenyu refused to fight before retreating.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu settled into life at Notting Academy, where Ye Chen continued cultivating while Xiao Wu gradually took his advice to heart. As the school year ended, Ye Chen invited Xiao Wu, who had nowhere to go for vacation, to visit his home.

• Xiao Wu proudly accepted the Seventh Dormitory students' praise and had Ye Chen treat everyone to dinner on the cafeteria's second floor.
• When Xiao Wu grew bored and interrupted Ye Chen's cultivation, he explained how grief and the need for strength kept him working hard, prompting Xiao Wu to remember her mother and cultivate seriously.
• By the end of the school year, Ye Chen had advanced from Level 3 to Level 5 Soul Scholar, while Xiao Wu had risen from Level 12 to Level 15 Soul Master.
• Ye Chen saved his Gold Soul Coins toward buying immortal herbs, while the other Seventh Dormitory students packed for vacation.
• After Xiao Wu said she had no home to return to, Ye Chen invited her to visit his home, and she blushed and punched him when he joked about their sharing a bed and pillow.

Ye Chen brought Xiao Wu to his long-neglected home in Notting City, where they cleaned the house and spent the evening arguing over who should be the older sibling. After they swore that whoever had the higher Soul Power would be the older sibling, Ye Chen prepared a costly disguise necklace as a gift for Xiao Wu.

• Ye Chen took Xiao Wu home from Notting Academy, and they joked about his wealth while walking to his courtyard.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu spent nearly half a day cleaning the house, then Xiao Wu demanded ice cream as a reward.
• Ye Chen asked Xiao Wu to become his little sister, but Xiao Wu insisted that she should be the older sibling.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu agreed that whoever had the higher Soul Power would be the older sibling, and they pinky-swore never to change the promise.
• Ye Chen asked Xiao Wu to close her eyes and considered buying a Disguise Necklace from the System Shop for ten million Gold Soul Coins.

Ye Chen reached level 10 after years of cultivation and prepared to obtain his first Soul Ring, with Xiao Wu offering to protect him on the trip. He planned to use an immortal herb, the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, to strengthen himself and possibly evolve his Bamboo Staff martial soul.

• Ye Chen gave Xiao Wu a carrot-shaped Disguise Necklace to conceal her aura and taught her the Ye Family's cultivation techniques.
• Three years passed, and Ye Chen broke through to level 10 in Notting Academy's Seventh Dormitory.
• Xiao Wu offered to take Ye Chen to obtain a Soul Ring, and he agreed to leave with her the next day.
• Ye Chen planned to hunt plant-type soul beasts and use an immortal herb, preferably the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, to improve his Soul Power and martial soul.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu traveled to Soul Hunting Forest so Ye Chen could obtain his first Soul Ring. After demonstrating the power of his Type 95 rifle, Ye Chen bought a Lucky Card and began searching for a suitable Soul Beast.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu obtained a Soul Hunting Token, hired a carriage, and traveled from Notting City to Soul Hunting Forest.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu presented their token to the soldiers and entered the forest.
• Ye Chen took a Type 95 Automatic Rifle from his Storage Necklace and explained its power to Xiao Wu.
• Ye Chen fired at a tree, convincing Xiao Wu that the firearm was powerful.
• Ye Chen bought a Lucky Card from the System Shop before they began searching for a Soul Beast.

Ye Chen searched the Soul Hunting Forest for a suitable first soul ring and found a six-hundred-year Boston ivy, which he attacked with a White Phosphorus Incendiary Grenade. He left a rare thousand-year Chaos Grass alone as a possible target for his second soul ring.

• Ye Chen used a golden Lucky Card and searched the Soul Hunting Forest for a suitable soul beast.
• Ye Chen recognized a rare thousand-year Chaos Grass and decided to save it for his second soul ring.
• Ye Chen found a six-hundred-year Boston ivy and chose it for his first soul ring.
• Ye Chen bought and threw a White Phosphorus Incendiary Grenade at the Boston ivy, setting it ablaze.
• Xiao Wu felt the heat from the fire and was shocked by the grenade's power.

Ye Chen absorbed a Creeping Ivy soul ring and advanced to One Ring Soul Master, then tested his new Bind soul skill on Xiao Wu. The skill immobilized her, and Ye Chen was pleased with its control effect.

• Ye Chen waited for the flames to die down after killing the Creeping Ivy, then drew in its yellow soul ring.
• Ye Chen refined the soul ring over half a day and reached Soul Power level 12, becoming a One Ring Soul Master with the first soul skill Bind.
• Ye Chen checked his Attribute Panel and found that his Own Son now paid him two Gold Soul Coins per second.
• Xiao Wu agreed to test Ye Chen's new soul skill, and his Bamboo Staff struck her before three green rings of light bound her in place.
• Ye Chen concluded that Bind had a powerful control effect despite its limited offensive power.