Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao gained Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sealed Wisdom Spirit Ring and concealed its true abilities from Chu Han, who grew angry when he learned Huo Yuhao had absorbed a ten-year ring. As their relationship turned strained, Chu Han found a nine-thousand-year Dark Demonic Wolf suited to his martial soul and declared it would become his Third Spirit Ring.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gave Huo Yuhao a sealed million-year Wisdom Spirit Ring with four abilities and an ice martial soul, which appeared to others as a ten-year white ring.
• Huo Yuhao told Chu Han that he had absorbed a ten-year spirit-type soul beast's ring, and Chu Han accused him of not trusting him before deciding they would part ways after leaving the forest.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao not to reveal their secret to Chu Han, so Huo Yuhao continued trying to repair their strained relationship without confessing.
• After searching for half a day, Chu Han found a nine-thousand-year Dark Demonic Wolf and said it would be his Third Spirit Ring.

Chu Han killed a nine-thousand-year Dark Demonic Wolf through superior combat skill and prepared to absorb its spirit ring as his third. Huo Yuhao helped secure the area while Chu Han began the absorption.

• Huo Yuhao worried that Chu Han could not absorb a nine-thousand-year spirit ring or defeat a beast of that strength, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trusted Chu Han's abilities.
• Chu Han dodged the Dark Demonic Wolf's attacks and wounded it repeatedly with his Demon Sword Martial Soul and spirit abilities.
• Chu Han used the first form of Divine Demon Swordplay to behead the Dark Demonic Wolf, stunning Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Chu Han asked Huo Yuhao to scatter the wolf's fur and parts nearby and use Snake Repellent Powder to deter approaching spirit beasts.
• Chu Han sat down to absorb the Dark Demonic Wolf's spirit ring while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained to Huo Yuhao how the precautions helped keep other beasts away.

Chu Han finished absorbing a nine-thousand-year spirit ring, gaining four ranks of Soul Power, but a ten-thousand-year Dark Demonic Wolf attacked him for killing its mate. Huo Yuhao joined the battle with Spirit Detection and Spirit Sharing, helping Chu Han counterattack and badly injure the beast.

• Huo Yuhao stayed beside Chu Han and silently vowed to protect him while Chu Han absorbed the spirit ring.
• Chu Han completed the absorption, rose to Rank 34 Soul Power, and set off with Huo Yuhao.
• A ten-thousand-year Dark Demonic Wolf ambushed Chu Han to avenge its mate, and Chu Han blocked its first strike with his Demon Sword Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection and Spirit Sharing to support Chu Han, who dodged the wolf's attacks and struck it with his sword.
• Chu Han activated Demon Sword Phantom, creating fifty indistinguishable phantoms, and severely injured the Dark Demonic Wolf.

Chu Han and Huo Yuhao left the Star Dou Great Forest after Chu Han spared a wounded Dark Demonic Wolf. Huo Yuhao planned to attend an ordinary academy, but Chu Han offered to take him to Spirit Hall Academy and said he had a way to get him admitted.

• Chu Han spared the ten-thousand-year Dark Demonic Wolf after securing his soul ring, and it fled.
• Chu Han praised Huo Yuhao's soul skill, resolving their earlier conflict as they continued their journey together.
• After nearly a day, Chu Han and Huo Yuhao left the Star Dou Great Forest, and Huo Yuhao explained his plan to save money for an ordinary academy.
• Chu Han invited Huo Yuhao to join him at Spirit Hall Academy, but Huo Yuhao doubted he could meet its soul-power requirement.
• Huo Yuhao eagerly accepted after Chu Han promised he had a way to get him admitted, though staying would depend on passing the academy's assessments.

Chu Han and Huo Yuhao reached Spirit Hall Academy and registered, with Chu Han using an Elder Token to secure Huo Yuhao admission despite his low Soul Power. They became roommates, while Huo Yuhao faced a three-month deadline to pass the academy’s new-student assessment.

• Chu Han coached Huo Yuhao during their month-long journey to Spirit City as their Soul Power increased.
• A registration teacher accepted Chu Han, noting his three rings at age twelve, but initially rejected Huo Yuhao for having only rank 12 Soul Power.
• Chu Han presented an ancient Elder Token, allowing Huo Yuhao to enter the academy without an entrance exam, though he still had to pass future assessments.
• Chu Han and Huo Yuhao collected their uniforms and were assigned to the same dormitory.
• As they explored the academy, Chu Han wondered whether the Child of Destiny was there, while Huo Yuhao resolved to cultivate hard enough to survive the assessment.

Chu Han and Huo Yuhao began their first day at Spirit Hall Academy, where homeroom teacher Zhou Yi ordered the freshmen to run after none admitted to fighting. Chu Han challenged Zhou Yi’s reasoning, leaving her unable to refute him.

• Huo Yuhao spent the three days before school cultivating and training his close-combat ability with Chu Han.
• Chu Han and Huo Yuhao went to their first class, where several girls admired Chu Han’s appearance.
• Zhou Yi introduced herself as the homeroom teacher and demanded that students who had fought during registration stand up.
• When no one stood, Zhou Yi insulted the class and ordered every student to run one hundred laps or face expulsion.
• A student protested Zhou Yi’s order, and she revealed her six-ring Spirit Emperor strength to intimidate the class.
• Chu Han stood up and argued that challenges belonged on formal Battle Platforms, leaving Zhou Yi unable to answer because Spirit Hall Academy prohibited private brawling.

Chu Han openly rejected Zhou Yi’s demand that the class run and accepted her challenge to fight. He revealed his three-ring Spirit Elder strength as Zhou Yi charged at him, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Chu Han condemned Zhou Yi’s teaching methods, and the other students stopped preparing to run and joined his protest.
• Zhou Yi challenged the class to defeat her if they wanted to refuse her orders, while explaining that the run was her way of eliminating students.
• Chu Han stepped forward to challenge Zhou Yi, drawing shocked reactions from the class and admiration from Xiao Xiao.
• Chu Han released his Demon Sword Martial Soul and revealed three soul rings, shocking the students.
• Zhou Yi dismissed Chu Han’s strength and charged at him without releasing her Martial Soul.

Chu Han defeated homeroom teacher Zhou Yi in a classroom duel, proving his combat skill could overcome her greater soul power. Zhou Yi excused him from the hundred-lap run and sent the rest of Class One to the field for her endurance test.

• Chu Han challenged Zhou Yi and matched her punch with his Demon Sword and God-Demon Sword Intent.
• Chu Han used precise movements and relentless attacks to suppress Zhou Yi, stunning the class.
• Zhou Yi knocked Chu Han’s sword away, but Chu Han redirected it to cut her thigh and then struck her down.
• Chu Han declared victory, and Zhou Yi admitted defeat, exempting him from combat classes and granting him full credits.
• Zhou Yi ordered the other students to run one hundred laps, while Chu Han watched from the side.

Huo Yuhao endured the freshman endurance test and Zhou Yi introduced him to Soul Tools and Soul Engineer Fan Yu. Chu Han’s victory over Zhou Yi made him famous throughout Spirit Hall Academy, drawing the attention of Qian Yu and admiration from students.

• Huo Yuhao finished the hundred-lap test near the back of the group, while nine students were eliminated.
• Zhou Yi recommended Huo Yuhao to Fan Yu at the Soul Guidance Institute, where he learned about Soul Tools and met Cai Tou.
• Teachers and students across Spirit Hall Academy heard that Chu Han had defeated Zhou Yi, and Qian Yu became curious about him.
• Chu Han became the first-year freshmen’s acknowledged strongest student, but he rejected the love letters female classmates offered him.

Chu Han left Class One’s weighted training to begin challenging the academy’s strongest students, while Huo Yuhao’s perseverance earned him the class monitor position. Chu Han reached second-year Class Two to confront its strongest student, Wang Qiang.

• Chu Han skipped Zhou Yi’s weighted running exercise, while Huo Yuhao persisted through the training and inspired Class One.
• Zhou Yi appointed Huo Yuhao as Class One’s monitor after he completed the weighted run.
• Chu Han set out to challenge students from the Outer Court’s second year upward, aiming eventually to reach the Inner and Core Courts.
• Chu Han asked second-year students who their strongest student was, and they named Wang Qiang from Class Two.
• Chu Han went to Class Two and kicked open the classroom door as Wang Qiang bragged to female classmates.

Chu Han challenged Wang Qiang, the strongest second-year student, to a soul fight at the academy’s Soul Fighting Area. The arena filled with spectators, and Chu Han revealed that he was a rank 35 Three-Ring Battle Soul Master just as the match was about to begin.

• Chu Han visited Second Year Class Two and challenged Wang Qiang to meet him at the Soul Fighting Area at seven that evening.
• Wang Qiang accepted the challenge, and news of the match spread across the academy.
• Huo Yuhao and Zhou Yi learned of the challenge, while Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan headed to the arena after hearing about it.
• Students packed the Soul Fighting Area and cheered for Chu Han as he and Wang Qiang took their places on the stage.
• Chu Han introduced himself as a rank 35 Three-Ring Battle Soul Master, shocking Wang Qiang, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and the crowd.

Chu Han defeated the strongest second-year, Wang Qiang, in one move, astonishing the Soul Fighting Area. After offering Wang Qiang advice on balancing offense and defense, Chu Han left, while Huo Yuhao continued training that night.

• Wang Qiang introduced himself as a rank 29 two-ring Soul Master and challenged Chu Han with his second spirit ability.
• Chu Han dodged Wang Qiang's charge at the last moment and struck the back of his neck with his sword hilt, knocking him out without using a spirit ability.
• The crowd reacted in shock, and a fourth-year student praised Chu Han's combat awareness and offensive-defensive transition.
• Jiang Nannan admired Chu Han and left, followed by Xu Sanshi.
• Chu Han advised Wang Qiang to defend while attacking and to consider offense while defending, then left the Soul Fighting Area.
• Huo Yuhao trained alone and later returned to the dormitory to continue Chu Han's combat training.

Chu Han continued his challenge through the Outer Court, defeating all three of the third year’s strongest students without using spirit abilities or sword intent. He then challenged fourth-year standouts Xu Sanshi and Thunderclap Beibei, who accepted but set the match for one month later.

• Chu Han challenged the third year’s three strongest students and defeated each of them in fewer than ten exchanges.
• After the third-year students fell, Xu Sanshi realized he might be Chu Han’s next target and decided to prepare.
• Three days later, Chu Han arrived at the fourth-year teaching building, where students summoned Xu Sanshi and Thunderclap Beibei.
• Chu Han challenged Xu Sanshi and Thunderclap Beibei, whom he recognized as famed Outer Court fighters.
• Xu Sanshi and Thunderclap Beibei accepted the challenge but proposed holding the match one month later, prompting Chu Han to frown.

Chu Han prepared to fight fourth-year Xu Sanshi and Thunderclap Beibei after helping Huo Yuhao grow stronger over the month. The challenge began with Xu Sanshi, and Chu Han faced his Mysterious Nether Turtle Martial Soul on the battle platform.

• Chu Han agreed to wait a month before challenging Xu Sanshi and Thunderclap Beibei.
• Huo Yuhao improved his combat skills and raised his soul power from level 12 to the peak of level 13 with Chu Han's guidance and other help.
• Huo Yuhao earned money selling grilled fish on the day of Chu Han's challenge, then went to watch the packed Soul Fighting Area.
• Qian Yu secretly attended the match in disguise to judge Chu Han's strength.
• Xu Sanshi and Chu Han both volunteered to fight first, so Chu Han chose Xu Sanshi, who released his Mysterious Nether Turtle Martial Soul.

Chu Han tested the limits of Xu Sanshi's Mysterious Nether Turtle defense, then used his spirit abilities to break through Xu Sanshi's layered shields. The chapter ended as Chu Han shattered every shield Xu Sanshi had stacked together, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Chu Han asked whether Xu Sanshi's Mysterious Nether Turtle was stronger than the Diamond Mammoth, and Xu Sanshi said it was slightly stronger than the Diamond Mammoth and Armored Rhinoceros.
• Chu Han overwhelmed Xu Sanshi with a precise sword assault and knocked him back, leaving him with a minor wound.
• Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Nether Tremor to disrupt Chu Han's attack, then activated Mysterious Nether Shield Formation to block his strikes with multiple shields.
• Chu Han activated his Second Spirit Ability, God-Demon Body, and increased his speed and power enough to shatter one of Xu Sanshi's shields.
• Xu Sanshi stacked his remaining shields together, but Chu Han's Demon Sword Slash shattered them all.

Chu Han defeated Xu Sanshi and then Thunderclap Beibei in succession, overpowering both seniors despite refusing a recovery break. The chapter ended with the spectators stunned by how easily Beibei had lost.

• Chu Han used Demon Sword Phantom to break through Xu Sanshi's strongest defenses and defeat him, then helped him up after the match.
• Xu Sanshi warned Thunderclap Beibei about Chu Han's strength, but Chu Han refused Beibei's offer of an hour to recover.
• Thunderclap Beibei summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and attacked Chu Han, who met him head-on with God-Demon Body.
• Chu Han evaded Beibei's Thunder Dragon Claw and cut through a gap in his Thunderous Might net before striking him down.
• Chu Han held his Demon Sword to Beibei's neck, and Beibei and the spectators struggled to believe how decisively he had lost.

Chu Han defeated every fifth- and sixth-year student, becoming the Outer Court’s strongest before turning his attention to training Huo Yuhao for the freshman assessment. In the Star Dou Great Forest, a demon pig reached fifty-thousand-year cultivation and awakened the memories of the Asura God, who blamed Chu Ye for condemning him to countless humiliating lives as a pig.

• Qian Yu explained that Chu Han’s fighting style made him a natural counter to Assault System Soul Masters, and Chu Han’s Demon Sword took Beibei’s title as the Outer Court’s strongest Assault System Martial Soul.
• Chu Han defeated the fifth-year students in less than a week, then beat the sixth-years one by one and swept the entire Outer Court within two months of enrolling.
• With one month left before the freshman assessment, Chu Han paused his challenges to focus on strengthening Huo Yuhao, planning to resume afterward.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, a giant demon pig devoured a Thirty-Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider and broke through to fifty-thousand-year cultivation.
• The demon pig awakened the memories of the Asura God, who raged that Chu Ye had cast him into the Beast Pig Path and forced him to reincarnate as a pig through hundreds of lives.

Asura God regained his memories as the Asura Demon Pig and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall and take revenge on Chu Ye. Three days before Spirit Hall’s freshman assessment, Chu Han and his classmates gathered to hear Zhou Yi announce the rules.

• After reaching fifty thousand years of cultivation, the Asura Demon Pig awakened Asura God’s memories of hundreds of humiliating lives as a pig.
• Asura God swore to kill Chu Ye, destroy Spirit Hall, and eventually attack the Divine Realm, while secretly building his Asura bloodline and planning to grow stronger.
• Asura God avoided the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region because Chu Ye’s former beasts might detect his aura and kill him.
• Three days before the freshman assessment, the first-year, class-one students gathered in the church as Zhou Yi arrived to announce the rules and noticed Chu Han was finally attending class.

Zhou Yi announced the freshman assessment rules, including three-person teams and a fifty percent elimination rate. Chu Han and Huo Yuhao formed a team and chose Xiao Xiao, a Twin Martial Soul User, as their third member.

• Zhou Yi announced that freshmen would compete in teams of three, with only two hundred of four hundred groups advancing and the top teams earning further competition and rewards.
• Chu Han and Huo Yuhao agreed to team up, and Chu Han encouraged Huo Yuhao to fight and gain experience during the assessment.
• Students sought places on Chu Han and Huo Yuhao’s team, but they declined the applicants because Huo Yuhao had another candidate in mind.
• Huo Yuhao pointed out Xiao Xiao as their intended teammate and explained that she had twin martial souls, including the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron.

Chu Han and Huo Yuhao recruited Xiao Xiao to complete their team for the freshman assessment, and Chu Han gave her three days of intensive combat training. As the assessment approached, the trio set their sights on winning the championship.

• Huo Yuhao explained Xiao Xiao's twin martial souls and Soul Power, and Chu Han chose her as their teammate.
• Xiao Xiao eagerly accepted Huo Yuhao's invitation, forming a team with him and Chu Han.
• Zhou Yi praised the trio's potential but warned Chu Han that they needed coordination and set first place as their goal.
• The three ate together, discussed tactics, and spent the next three days getting acquainted and training as a team.
• Chu Han gave Xiao Xiao intensive combat guidance, and she rapidly improved her combat ability.
• With the freshman assessment beginning the next day, Chu Han led the trio in declaring that they would aim for the championship.