Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Chen Mo prepared for the village’s delayed Martial Soul awakening, determined to seize Tang San’s opportunities and reshape his fate. At the Spirit Hall Branch, Su Yuntao began awakening the children, starting with Zhang San.

• Tang Hao told Chen Mo and Tang San that Spirit Hall would awaken their Martial Souls the next day.
• Chen Mo recalled Tang Hao’s years of making him bleed onto Ah Yin and his own secret power, which could accelerate plants’ growth and suppress power in people.
• Chen Mo resolved to take Tang San’s opportunities and women, including Ah Yin, and left for the village’s Spirit Hall Branch with Tang San.
• Su Yuntao introduced himself as a rank twenty-six Soul Grandmaster and began the awakenings, calling Zhang San forward first.

During the village’s martial soul awakening, Chen Mo awakened the Divine Tree of Creation and three systems, while he secretly suppressed Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer. After Chen Mo and Tang San returned home, Tang Hao showed particular interest in Chen Mo’s plant-growth ability.

• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass with innate full soul power, while Chen Mo secretly ensured the Clear Sky Hammer remained dormant.
• Chen Mo awakened the Divine Tree of Creation, and Su Yuntao found that he had innate full soul power.
• Chen Mo activated the Check-in, Bond, and Diary Fabrication Systems, then raised his soul power from rank twenty to rank twenty-five using the beginner reward.
• Su Yuntao urged Chen Mo to join Spirit Hall, but Chen Mo said he would discuss it with his adoptive father and left with Tang San.
• Chen Mo and Tang San reported their awakenings to Tang Hao, who questioned Chen Mo about whether his Green Wood Tree martial soul could accelerate plant growth.

Chen Mo used his growth-accelerating Martial Soul on Ah Yin, then recorded his plans in a diary that awakened her consciousness and strengthened him. Tang Hao took Chen Mo to the Soul Hunting Forest to find his first Soul Ring, where Chen Mo chose a thousand-year Man-Eating Flower despite Tang Hao’s warning.

• Tang Hao saw Ah Yin’s age increase after Chen Mo accelerated the Blue Silver Grass’s growth and became excited about her resurrection.
• Chen Mo wrote in his diary that he planned to resurrect Ah Yin for himself and control the family, while revealing that he had suppressed Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer awakening.
• Ah Yin received a copy of the diary, learned Tang Hao had adopted Chen Mo to use his ability, and developed complicated feelings toward him.
• Tang Hao took Chen Mo to the Soul Hunting Forest and led him past a three-hundred-year Mandala Snake after Chen Mo rejected it.
• Chen Mo chose a thousand-year Man-Eating Flower for his first Soul Ring, but Tang Hao warned that its power could be too dangerous for him.

Chen Mo convinced Tang Hao to let him absorb a Thousand-Year Man-Eating Flower Soul Ring, gained the Life Drain skill, and tested it in the Soul Hunting Forest. After several days of practice, Chen Mo told Tang Hao that his Green Wood Tree Martial Soul seemed to have gained another ability: sensing nearby life magnetic fields.

• Chen Mo proved his strength by lifting a massive rock and persuaded Tang Hao that he could safely attempt to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao severely injured a Thousand-Year Man-Eating Flower, and Chen Mo killed it with a knife.
• Chen Mo absorbed the Man-Eating Flower's Soul Ring and gained his first Soul Skill, Life Drain, which let him absorb vitality from plants or enemies through contact.
• Tang Hao watched Chen Mo use Life Drain to wither shrubs and restore his Soul Power.
• After several days of hunting Soul Beasts and practicing, Chen Mo told Tang Hao he could sense nearby life magnetic fields.

Chen Mo lured Tang Hao to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang Hao decided to leave him while he fetched Ah Yin. Tang Hao returned to Holy Soul Village, collected Ah Yin, and headed for Nuoding City to arrange Tang San’s schooling and consult Yu Xiaogang.

• Chen Mo told Tang Hao that a powerful life magnetic field lay to the north, and Tang Hao followed him toward Sunset Forest.
• Chen Mo led Tang Hao into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang Hao saw the immortal herbs and watched Chen Mo accelerate a Blue Silver Grass’s growth.
• Tang Hao decided to leave Chen Mo in the dangerous valley while he returned to collect Ah Yin, believing the boy could not escape or misuse the herbs.
• Tang Hao flew back to Holy Soul Village, retrieved Ah Yin, and then set off for Nuoding City to visit Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and Yu Xiaogang.

Tang Hao visited Yu Xiaogang and entrusted Tang San’s care to him before leaving Nuoding Academy. On his way out, Tang Hao spotted Xiao Wu with Tang San, recognized her as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and chose not to attack her.

• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang he was Tang San’s father and asked him to take care of Tang San while he left to deal with other matters.
• Tang Hao gave Yu Xiaogang a Pope Token for Tang San’s protection, then departed before Yu Xiaogang could respond.
• Tang Hao flew to the student dormitories and saw Tang San sharing food and bedding with Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and considered killing her for her soul ring and soul bone.
• Tang Hao lowered his Clear Sky Hammer after seeing how close Tang San and Xiao Wu were, and decided she could become Tang San’s helper.

Chen Mo waited at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping Dugu Bo would return before Tang Hao so he could recruit him against Tang Hao. Dugu Bo arrived, and Chen Mo persuaded him to test his claim that the Divine Tree of Creation could cure his poison.

• Tang Hao spent seven days observing Tang San and Xiao Wu, then flew toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Ah Yin's seed.
• Chen Mo waited in the valley and planned to offer Dugu Bo a cure for the poison afflicting him and his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo arrived and threatened Chen Mo for trespassing, but grew angry when Chen Mo revealed Tang Hao intended to use the valley to resurrect his wife.
• Chen Mo offered to cure Dugu Bo's poison, and Dugu Bo agreed to let him try, warning him not to deceive him.
• Chen Mo released his Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul and enveloped Dugu Bo in green light.

Chen Mo won Dugu Bo’s help by partially curing his poison, then wrote about his scheme to claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s treasures and defeat Tang Hao. His diary reached Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, leaving both girls curious about him.

• Chen Mo partially purified Dugu Bo’s poison, earning his gratitude and a promise to help deal with Tang Hao.
• While Dugu Bo was away, Chen Mo wrote that he had tricked Tang Hao into leaving him at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and planned to take its Immortal Herbs.
• Chen Mo named Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing in his diary, and the diary awarded him ten Free Attribute Points and increased his Soul Power to Rank 30.
• Ning Rongrong received the diary at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and wondered how Chen Mo knew about the future.
• Zhu Zhuqing received the diary in the Star Luo Empire and became curious about Chen Mo and his plan against Tang Hao.

Chen Mo and Dugu Bo prepared poisons and traps throughout the valley to weaken Tang Hao when he returned. Tang Hao arrived carrying the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, and offered Chen Mo a chance to cultivate it, while Chen Mo watched him with an icy smile.

• Chen Mo and Dugu Bo planned to exploit Tang Hao’s strength and fighting habits with poison and traps.
• Dugu Bo planted Soul-Sealing Powder in a Jade Phosphorous Bewildering Formation, poisoned the spring and medicinal herbs, and set traps along the cliffs.
• Dugu Bo took an antidote, and he and Chen Mo finished their preparations on the morning of the third day.
• Tang Hao entered the valley carrying a jade box containing the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, and unknowingly inhaled the poisonous mist.
• Tang Hao told Chen Mo the herb could eventually revive the dead and invited him to begin cultivating it, while Chen Mo responded with an icy smile.

Chen Mo revealed that he had long known Tang Hao had adopted him to revive a Ten Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and that he had lured Tang Hao into a trap with Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo’s poisons crippled Tang Hao, leaving him drained of power and unable to fight back.

• Chen Mo told Tang Hao that he knew about the Soul Beast seed and had always been treated as a tool, then admitted he had plotted against him.
• Chen Mo called Dugu Bo out, and Dugu Bo confronted Tang Hao on his territory.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and nine Soul Rings, but the Soul-Sealing Powder made his Soul Power difficult to circulate.
• Dugu Bo attacked Tang Hao with his soul skills while the Soul-Sealing Powder and Muscle-Weakening Powder slowed and weakened him.
• The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor bit Tang Hao and injected him with deadly poison, rapidly draining his Soul Power until he could no longer raise his hand.

Chen Mo helped Dugu Bo cripple Tang Hao, then harvested the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He left the Lovesick Heartbreak Red untouched because he could not meet its requirement, while Tang Hao was locked away as his prisoner.

• Chen Mo used Life Drain to absorb Tang Hao’s escaping Soul Power and vitality, then redirected the excess energy into his Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul, causing it to evolve.
• After an hour, Dugu Bo released Tang Hao, who collapsed with less than level ten Soul Power; Chen Mo took the Blue Silver Emperor box and Tang Hao’s Storage Soul Tools.
• Chen Mo asked Dugu Bo for permission to pick the herbs, and Dugu Bo carried Tang Hao to a secret chamber to imprison him.
• Chen Mo harvested the octagonal mysterious ice grass, infernal delicate apricot, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, aromatic silk beauty, and narcissus jade muscle bone, among other Immortal Herbs.
• Chen Mo left the Lovesick Heartbreak Red untouched because harvesting it required blood imbued with true love, and he finished by taking the remaining Immortal Herbs.

After crippling Tang Hao with Dugu Bo’s poison and claiming the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Chen Mo gained new check-in rewards and raised his cultivation to level forty. His diary reached Xiao Wu at Nuoding Academy, revealing her future and drawing her curiosity toward Chen Mo, while he began considering his next move.

• Chen Mo checked in at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gained ice-and-fire immunity, immunity to poison, five Soul Power levels, and basic alchemy.
• Chen Mo wrote in his diary that Dugu Bo’s traps and poison had crippled Tang Hao, while Chen Mo absorbed some of Tang Hao’s power to strengthen his Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul.
• Chen Mo listed the immortal herbs he had taken and wrote that he intended to protect Xiao Wu from Spirit Hall and keep her from Tang San.
• Chen Mo received ten free attribute points and added them to Soul Power, bringing his cultivation to level forty.
• Xiao Wu received Chen Mo’s diary at Nuoding Academy, read about her future, and wondered who Chen Mo was.
• Chen Mo put away his diary and considered his next move after taking the herbs and capturing Tang Hao.

Chen Mo told Dugu Bo about his extraordinary Soul Power and asked him to help hunt for more Soul Rings. Dugu Bo returned with his granddaughter Dugu Yan, whose poison Chen Mo agreed to cure before they went Soul Hunting.

• Chen Mo reached level 35 after absorbing Soul Power from Tang Hao and told Dugu Bo he had been born with level-twenty Innate Soul Power and had reached level thirty at age six.
• Chen Mo asked Dugu Bo to take him Soul Hunting for his second, third, and fourth Soul Rings, and requested a Plant-type Soul Beast around four thousand years old for his second ring.
• Dugu Bo flew away without explaining himself, then returned after two hours with Dugu Yan, his granddaughter afflicted with Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
• Chen Mo activated the affection system when he met Dugu Yan, and her affection rose from 30 to 35 after he offered her candy.
• Chen Mo agreed to cure Dugu Yan before they went Soul Hunting, and Dugu Bo asked how Chen Mo had obtained a thousand-year first Soul Ring at six years old.

Chen Mo explained that his innate Soul Power and cooked essence gel had strengthened his body enough to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, persuading Dugu Bo to consider helping him obtain a stronger ring. After Chen Mo partially detoxified Dugu Yan and demonstrated his strength, Dugu Bo agreed to take him to hunt a 4,000-year Soul Beast and assess whether he could absorb its Soul Ring.

• Chen Mo told Dugu Bo that his Innate Level 20 Soul Power and cooked essence gel had strengthened his body, and claimed he had lost the ancient book describing the method.
• Dugu Bo became excited by the supposed essence-gel method, while Dugu Yan's affection for Chen Mo increased from 35 to 40.
• Chen Mo used his Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul to remove about thirty percent of the toxins from Dugu Yan's body.
• Dugu Bo promised to take Chen Mo Soul Beast hunting the next day if he could examine Chen Mo's physique.
• Chen Mo lifted and bounced a five- or six-hundred-jin rock with one hand, and Dugu Bo agreed to start with a 4,000-year Soul Beast before considering older ones.

Chen Mo wrote about his plans to hunt powerful Soul Rings, and his diary entries reached Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan, who both became curious about him. Dugu Bo took Chen Mo into Sunset Forest, where Chen Mo chose a 4,200-year Soul Devouring Vine as his first target; Dugu Bo wounded it, leaving Chen Mo to deliver the final blow.

• Chen Mo recorded his plans to seek a 4,000-year second Soul Ring, a 9,500-year third, and a 15,000-year fourth, then spent his attribute points on Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu read Chen Mo's diary at Nuoding Academy and wondered whether his claims were true, while Dugu Yan read her copy and recalled Chen Mo helping detoxify her poison.
• Chen Mo asked Dugu Bo to take him to the depths of Sunset Forest, and Dugu Bo agreed to help him hunt Soul Beasts.
• Chen Mo insisted on choosing a plant-type Soul Beast around 4,000 years old, and Dugu Bo found a 4,200-year Soul Devouring Vine.
• Dugu Bo wounded the Soul Devouring Vine with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, and Chen Mo charged at it with his Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul to finish it himself.

Chen Mo killed the Soul Devouring Vine and absorbed its 4,200-year Soul Ring, gaining the Vine Binding skill. He persuaded Dugu Bo to help him seek a 9,500-year Soul Ring, and they began fighting an Ancient Tree of Life.

• Chen Mo dodged the Soul Devouring Vine's attacks and destroyed its main body with Life Drain and a burst of life force.
• Chen Mo absorbed the Soul Devouring Vine's 4,200-year Soul Ring and gained Vine Binding, which could bind and paralyze enemies.
• Chen Mo asked Dugu Bo to help him find a 9,500-year Soul Ring, arguing that he could endure it and that it might help cure Dugu Bo and Yanyan's poison.
• Dugu Bo found a highly intelligent Ancient Tree of Life and brought Chen Mo to it.
• Dugu Bo attacked the Ancient Tree of Life with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, biting its trunk and injecting venom.

Chen Mo killed the Ancient Tree of Life and absorbed its nearly 9,500-year Soul Ring, gaining the area-healing skill Life Blessing and reaching level 40. He asked Dugu Bo to help him hunt for a roughly 15,000-year Fourth Soul Ring, and they agreed to resume the search the next day.

• Dugu Bo wounded the Ancient Tree of Life and told Chen Mo to deliver the final blow.
• Chen Mo restrained the tree with Vine Binding and drained its vitality before destroying its trunk with Big Ball Rasengan.
• Chen Mo absorbed the Ancient Tree of Life's Soul Ring while resisting its violent energy and remnant soul, and his Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul grew stronger.
• Chen Mo gained Life Blessing, which healed allies, restored their Soul Power, and increased their attributes by 10% for fifteen minutes.
• Chen Mo told Dugu Bo that he had reached level 40 and asked him to help hunt a roughly 15,000-year Fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo postponed the hunt until the next day and told Chen Mo to return and stabilize his cultivation.

After recording his unusually powerful Soul Rings and plans to seek a 15,000-year fourth ring, Chen Mo decided to visit Xiao Wu at Nuoding Academy. The diary update reached Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, leaving each of them reacting to his claims and predictions.

• Chen Mo added a diary entry describing his 4,200-year Soul Devouring Vine and 9,500-year Ancient Tree of Life Soul Rings, his level-40 Soul Power, and his plan to pursue a 15,000-year fourth ring before finding Xiao Wu.
• Chen Mo distributed five free attribute points to Soul Power and checked his system panel, which showed his accumulated Soul Ring power would erupt when he gained his fourth ring.
• Xiao Wu read the updated diary at Nuoding Academy, marveled at Chen Mo's Soul Rings, and blushed when she read that he planned to visit her.
• Dugu Yan read the diary at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and felt increased admiration for Chen Mo.
• Ning Rongrong read the diary at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, doubted Chen Mo's Soul Rings, and blushed at his prediction that she would fall for a sausage seller.
• Zhu Zhuqing read the diary while cultivating in the Star Luo Empire and began questioning whether her future with Dai Mubai would unfold as Chen Mo predicted.

Chen Mo completely removed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison from Dugu Yan and strengthened his resistance to ice and fire by consuming two immortal herbs. While recovering before the Soul Ring hunt, he searched Tang Hao’s Storage Soul Tool and found a mysterious iron box.

• Chen Mo released his three purple Soul Rings, prompting Dugu Yan to call him big brother, then used the Divine Tree of Creation’s life force to eradicate the poison in her body.
• Dugu Yan thanked Chen Mo, and he offered to remove Dugu Bo’s poison after recovering and hunting for his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Chen Mo ate the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, gaining stronger immunity to ice and fire as his Martial Soul showed dormant changes.
• Chen Mo drank Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, improving his eyesight, while Dugu Bo watched over him.
• Chen Mo searched Tang Hao’s Storage Soul Tool and discovered a box encased in mysterious iron.

Chen Mo hunted a fifteen-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Void Tree with Dugu Bo and killed it to obtain his fourth Soul Ring. He also gained a rare External Soul Bone, the Dandelion Clone, and realized its ability could help others cultivate while letting him reclaim the Soul Power they gained.

• Chen Mo recognized that the box held Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Blue Emperor Leg Bone and decided to claim it later.
• Chen Mo and Dugu Bo entered Sunset Forest to find a Plant-type Soul Beast for Chen Mo’s fourth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo found a Void Tree sapling and wounded it, leaving Chen Mo to deliver the final blow.
• Chen Mo fought the Void Tree, used his Soul Skills to survive its attacks, and drained its vitality until it died.
• A black Soul Ring and the Dandelion Clone External Soul Bone appeared from the Void Tree’s corpse, and the Soul Bone merged with Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo learned that Dandelion Clones could improve their hosts’ cultivation and that he could recall the clones and reclaim the Soul Power they had helped cultivate.