Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into Holy Soul Village, Ling Feng attended the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony and awakened Blue Silver Grass, drawing mockery and disappointment. Just as he was about to test his Soul Power, a Douluo sign-in system activated and offered him his first sign-in.

• Ling Feng woke in Holy Soul Village with the memories of an orphan who shared his name and learned that the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony was taking place that day.
• Village Chief Old Jack brought Ling Feng to the ceremony, where Su Yuntao began awakening the village children’s Martial Souls.
• Several children awakened ordinary Martial Souls, including sickles and hoes, but had no Soul Power.
• Ling Feng awakened Blue Silver Grass, and Su Yuntao dismissed it as a trash Martial Soul while villagers mocked and pitied him.
• As Ling Feng reached for the crystal ball to test his Soul Power, the Douluo sign-in system bound itself to him and offered a sign-in at the ceremony site.

Ling Feng activated his system during the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony and received level twenty Innate Soul Power and a god-level Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul. After his power stunned the villagers and Su Yuntao, Ling Feng prepared to conceal the system’s role behind a vague explanation.

• Ling Feng checked in at the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony Site and received level twenty Innate Soul Power and the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ling Feng’s Blue Silver Grass disappeared as the Clear Sky Hammer emerged and his Soul Power surged.
• Ling Feng’s fingertips touched the measuring crystal ball, which blazed with white-gold light and astonished everyone.
• Su Yuntao recognized the hammer’s possible connection to a powerful clan and demanded to know where Ling Feng’s Martial Soul came from.
• Ling Feng decided to hide the system’s role and faced Su Yuntao with a composed smile.

Ling Feng revealed a powerful hammer Martial Soul and overwhelming innate Soul Power, prompting Su Yuntao to suspect ties to the Clear Sky Sect. Ling Feng neither confirmed nor denied the connection, instead using vague hints to make Su Yuntao and the villagers treat him with deference.

• Ling Feng's black hammer appeared as the crystal ball blazed with platinum light, shocking the villagers with what they took to be innate full Soul Power.
• Su Yuntao withdrew his Martial Soul Possession and cautiously asked Ling Feng whether his hammer came from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ling Feng concealed the hammer and said his family had fallen on hard times and that some connections could not be discussed.
• Su Yuntao took Ling Feng's words as confirmation of ties to the Clear Sky Sect, apologized, and addressed him respectfully as Mr. Ling Feng.
• The villagers watched Su Yuntao's deference and grew more reverent toward Ling Feng.

Ling Feng bluffed Su Yuntao into recording his Martial Soul as a “hammer” and his Soul Power as “exceptional innate Soul Power,” then received his Spirit Hall certificate. After Su Yuntao left to report the awakening, Ling Feng returned home and decided to leave Holy Soul Village for Nuoding City.

• Su Yuntao hesitated over Ling Feng’s Martial Soul and Soul Power records, and Ling Feng told him to write “hammer” and “exceptional innate Soul Power.”
• Su Yuntao completed Ling Feng’s Spirit Hall certificate and suggested he attend Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, where Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang could offer help or answers.
• Ling Feng gave no firm response to Su Yuntao’s suggestion, and Su Yuntao hurried away to report the abnormal awakening to his superiors.
• The villagers watched Ling Feng with fear and reverence, and Ling Feng reassured Village Chief Old Jack that he was still himself before returning to his wooden house.
• Ling Feng summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, confirmed his level-twenty innate full Soul Power, and resolved to prepare for the dangers ahead and leave Holy Soul Village.

Ling Feng left Holy Soul Village for Nuoding City, relying on his level-twenty Soul Power and a system check-in as he traveled. After defeating three thugs at a roadside tea stall, he reached the city and prepared to meet Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Ling Feng accepted travel money and food from Village Chief Old Jack and the villagers, then left Holy Soul Village without looking back.
• Ling Feng checked in on the road to Nuoding City and received slight stamina recovery and a minor increase in vigor.
• At a roadside tea stall, Ling Feng fought off three thugs using his enhanced physical abilities, injuring them without summoning his Martial Soul.
• Ling Feng compensated the tea-stall owner for the broken bowl and continued his journey.
• Ling Feng reached Nuoding City and said he had come for Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Ling Feng enrolled at Nuoding Academy and chose work-study Dorm Seven despite being offered a private room. He checked in there, gained a Soul Power level, established his strength among the residents, and met Xiao Wu as she arrived.

• Ling Feng entered Nuoding City and presented his Spirit Hall certificate at Nuoding Academy, where Director Su offered him a tuition exemption and a private dorm room.
• Ling Feng chose to live in work-study Dorm Seven, and the gatekeeper escorted him there.
• Ling Feng checked in at Dorm Seven and raised his Soul Power from level twenty to level twenty-one.
• Wang Sheng asked Ling Feng to demonstrate his strength, and Ling Feng shattered a thick blue brick with a casual kick, prompting Wang Sheng to call him Dorm Seven's boss.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Dorm Seven and asked who the boss was.

Xiao Wu challenged Ling Feng for Dorm Seven’s leadership, then joined him and the working students in confronting Xiao Chenyu’s gang. After Xiao Chenyu revealed his Soul Ring and challenged Ling Feng, Ling Feng declared that one move would be enough to defeat him.

• Xiao Wu challenged Ling Feng, but he evaded and blocked her attacks until she admitted defeat and named herself Dorm Seven’s second-in-command.
• Xiao Wu told Ling Feng that Xiao Chenyu’s gang had been bullying a working student, and Ling Feng agreed to lead Dorm Seven to confront them.
• Ling Feng checked in at Nuoding Academy and received a slight stamina recovery before Wang Sheng led the group to the rear athletic field.
• Xiao Wu confronted Xiao Chenyu, and Wang Sheng identified Ling Feng as Dorm Seven’s boss when Xiao Chenyu mocked the working students.
• Xiao Chenyu revealed his level-12 Soul Power, Soul Ring, and wolf-claw transformation, and Ling Feng said he could defeat him in one move.

Ling Feng defeated Xiao Chenyu without using his Martial Soul, then accepted Xiao Wu’s challenge to fight hand-to-hand in Dorm Seven. After Ling Feng countered Xiao Wu’s techniques and she prepared to attack again, Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang appeared and interrupted them.

• Ling Feng dodged Xiao Chenyu’s attack and defeated him with strikes to his wrist and abdomen and a kick to his knee.
• Ling Feng sent Xiao Chenyu’s followers away, and the work-study students celebrated his victory as they returned to Dorm Seven.
• Xiao Wu pressured Ling Feng into a hand-to-hand fight by threatening to accuse him of peeking at her bathing.
• Ling Feng neutralized Xiao Wu’s grappling and kicks, then broke her balance with a precise counter and caught her before she fell.
• Xiao Wu insisted on another round, but Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang appeared in the doorway and demanded to know what they were doing.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang confronted Ling Feng over the mess in Dorm Seven, then questioned him about Martial Soul theory and was stunned by his ideas. Ling Feng revealed a blue silver grass Martial Soul, but Grandmaster suspected he was concealing something and demanded to know whether that was really all it was.

• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang reprimanded Dorm Seven for the broken bricks, and Ling Feng accepted responsibility for repairing them.
• Grandmaster asked Ling Feng what he thought of Martial Souls, and Ling Feng described new ways to classify them and suggested Soul Masters might advance without Soul Rings.
• Grandmaster reacted with shock and excitement to Ling Feng's theories, then asked about his Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power.
• Ling Feng summoned blue silver grass and presented it as his Martial Soul, leaving the other students disbelieving.
• Grandmaster noticed unusual features in the grass and challenged Ling Feng to confirm that it was truly just blue silver grass.

Ling Feng revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and claimed to have innate full soul power, shocking Grandmaster and Xiao Wu. He refused Grandmaster’s offer to become his master, and returned toward Dorm Seven while planning to grow stronger and find somewhere to check in that night.

• Grandmaster suspected that Blue Silver Grass was not Ling Feng’s primary martial soul, so Ling Feng led him and Xiao Wu away from the work-study students to a secluded grove.
• Ling Feng summoned a Clear Sky Hammer and told Grandmaster that he was not from the Clear Sky Sect and had innate full soul power.
• Grandmaster, astonished by Ling Feng’s talent, asked to take him as a disciple, but Ling Feng politely refused and said he wanted to learn on his own first.
• Grandmaster accepted Ling Feng’s decision but warned him to keep the Clear Sky Hammer and his talent secret until he was strong enough.
• Ling Feng returned toward Dorm Seven with Xiao Wu, thinking that he needed to get stronger and should find somewhere to check in that night.

Ling Feng sneaked into Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy's library and checked in, gaining complete comprehension of Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. He found and stored a strange sealed book, then discovered a mysterious figure watching him outside.

• Ling Feng left Dorm Seven at night and entered the locked library through a second-floor window.
• Ling Feng checked in at the library and received complete comprehension of Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Ling Feng explored the older shelves and found a heavy, untitled book that resisted opening and absorbed his soul power.
• Ling Feng stored the strange book in his system space and prepared to leave.
• Ling Feng spotted a silent figure beneath a tree, and the two met eyes in the moonlight.

Ling Feng and Tang San confronted each other after Tang San caught him sneaking into the library, and both tried to conceal what they knew. Their brief fight ended with Ling Feng revealing that he knew Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was unusually tough, leaving Tang San shocked and suspicious about who Ling Feng really was.

• Tang San spotted Ling Feng at the library window and said he had followed him there while out cultivating.
• Ling Feng claimed he had only wanted to read but had found nothing in the dark, while Tang San questioned him about his secrets.
• Tang San moved toward the library wall to test Ling Feng, who attacked him with a forceful punch using the Chaotic Cloak force-generation technique.
• Tang San blocked with Mysterious Jade Hand and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but Ling Feng’s punch forced him back three steps.
• Ling Feng told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul seemed exceptionally tough, startling Tang San because he believed that trait was a secret.

After concealing how much he knew about Tang San, Ling Feng obtained an improved Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track through the system and practiced it at the training ground. Xiao Wu saw his footwork and eagerly asked him to teach her.

• Ling Feng explained that he had inferred the resilience of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass from their exchange, and Tang San stopped pressing him about it.
• Tang San and Ling Feng ended their conversation warily and returned to their dorms separately.
• Over the following days, Ling Feng kept up his classes and cultivation while rehearsing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique and seeking a new check-in location.
• Ling Feng checked in at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy's training ground and received an improved Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track that he could use with Soul Power alone.
• Ling Feng practiced the footwork, combining it with the force-delivery techniques of Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Xiao Wu watched Ling Feng's movements, then rushed over and begged him to teach her the footwork.

Ling Feng negotiated with Xiao Wu, offering to spar with her and share basic movement advice instead of teaching her his family’s full technique. Their first fight became an intense training session that brought them closer, while Tang San watched with growing suspicion.

• Ling Feng told Xiao Wu he could not teach her the core footwork but proposed that they learn from each other through sparring.
• Xiao Wu agreed to let Ling Feng practice against her Soft Skill in exchange for observing his movement technique and receiving basic pointers.
• Ling Feng and Xiao Wu sparred, with him using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade her attacks and test his skills.
• The sparring helped Ling Feng refine his movements, while Xiao Wu enjoyed fighting an opponent who challenged her.
• Tang San watched from behind a tree, troubled by Ling Feng’s rapid improvement and his growing closeness with Xiao Wu.

Ling Feng received a basic physique enhancement after checking in at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy's cafeteria, then used his newfound strength to defeat a noble student who had bullied Wang Sheng. As Ling Feng left to test his enhanced body, Xiao Chenyu watched with hostility and vowed to get even.

• Ling Feng checked in at the cafeteria and received a basic physique enhancement that restored his energy and strengthened his body.
• A triangular-eyed noble student insulted the working students, spilled Wang Sheng's soup, and threatened him.
• Ling Feng ordered the bully to clean the table and apologize, then knocked him down with a single punch when he raised his foot to crush Wang Sheng's bowl.
• The triangular-eyed student cleaned the table and apologized to Wang Sheng before his lackeys helped him leave.
• Ling Feng left the cafeteria as the manager headed toward the disciplinary office, while Xiao Chenyu watched and vowed revenge.

Ling Feng was summoned by Director Su after fighting Liu Mang in the cafeteria and defended his actions as an effort to protect a fellow student. After revealing that he had reached rank eleven without a Soul Ring, he won Director Su’s favor, but the director warned him that accidents might occur in the Soul Hunting Forest.

• The cafeteria manager brought Ling Feng to Director Su, who questioned him about fighting Liu Mang.
• Ling Feng explained that Liu Mang had humiliated his friend and that he had intervened to stop him, while Director Su tried to blame him for using violence.
• Ling Feng displayed rank-eleven Soul Power, shocking Director Su, who abruptly praised him and promised to punish Liu Mang.
• Director Su warned Ling Feng to stay close to his teacher in the Soul Hunting Forest because unforeseen accidents could happen.
• Ling Feng left the office suspecting someone might target him in the forest and resolved to confront whoever tried.

Ling Feng checked in on the teaching building rooftop and received a boost to Soul Power level twelve. He studied Tang San’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track from above, developed his own variation, and left wondering who would face the next “accident” in the Soul Hunting Forest.

• Ling Feng went to his secret rooftop cultivation spot and checked in, raising his Soul Power to level twelve.
• Ling Feng watched Tang San practice Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and combined its movements with the force-generating technique of Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang San sensed a strange resonance, looked toward the rooftop, and found no one there.
• Ling Feng hid until Tang San and Xiao Wu left, then reflected on the Soul Hunting Forest and the coming “accident.”

Ling Feng checked in at Nuoding Academy’s rear mountain and received detailed knowledge about absorbing First Soul Rings beyond the usual age limit. After challenging Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s fixed limit in front of Tang San, he left Grandmaster reconsidering his theory and Tang San thinking about a stronger path.

• Ling Feng checked in at Nuoding Academy’s rear mountain and received knowledge about First Soul Ring absorption, including techniques that could help surpass the theoretical limit.
• Ling Feng overheard Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang tell Tang San that a First Soul Ring should not exceed 423 years of age.
• Ling Feng asked whether exceptional physical strength, spiritual power, or Martial Soul quality could let a Soul Master absorb a Soul Ring older than 423 years.
• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was stunned by Ling Feng’s challenge and began reconsidering the limits of his theory.
• Ling Feng departed, while Tang San committed the factors Ling Feng had mentioned to memory.

Ling Feng cultivated through the night until Yu Xiaogang came to discuss his theory about limits on Soul Ring absorption and urged Ling Feng to become his disciple. Ling Feng refused again but agreed to exchange ideas, while Yu Xiaogang hinted that Ling Feng might return from the Soul Hunting Forest with new discoveries.

• Ling Feng reflected on the system's Limit Absorption Theory and the four-hundred-and-twenty-three-year restriction while cultivating in Dorm Seven.
• Yu Xiaogang visited Ling Feng late at night and described rare records of people with First Soul Rings unlike ordinary ones.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that physical strength, mental resilience, and Martial Soul quality could raise the Soul Ring age limit, then asked Ling Feng to become his disciple.
• Ling Feng refused Yu Xiaogang's offer again but agreed to discuss theories with him in the future.
• Yu Xiaogang left while expressing hope that Ling Feng would have new ideas after returning from the Soul Hunting Forest, and Ling Feng anticipated that he would.

Ling Feng checked in at the Nuoding Academy Smithy and gained Basic Forging Mastery, then used his new skills to astonish the old blacksmith and Tang San. He left Tang San pondering whether Ling Feng knew the secrets behind his Tang Sect Hidden Weapons.

• Ling Feng visited the Nuoding Academy Smithy and checked in, receiving Basic Forging Mastery and basic metal identification.
• Ling Feng borrowed a hammer and expertly reshaped scrap iron, surprising the old blacksmith with his precise technique.
• Tang San arrived at the smithy, recognized the sophistication of Ling Feng's hammering, and questioned how he had learned it.
• Ling Feng hinted that concentrated force and faster hammering could create grooves and mechanical catches, alarming Tang San with the connection to his Hidden Weapons.
• Ling Feng left the smithy, pleased that he had planted a clue to draw Tang San's curiosity.