Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo shared a tender moment with Zhang Lexuan in the library, then examined mysterious changes in his soul rings and joined Huo Yuhao’s group for a grilled fish party. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao watching Lin Mo intently and Lin Mo anxiously surrounded by people he wanted to avoid.

• While they picked up books in the library, Lin Mo remembered his past-life feelings for Zhang Lexuan and smiled; she watched him and smiled back.
• Lin Mo called Zhang Lexuan “Sister Lexuan,” and both froze as their past-life connection showed through their words.
• Back in the dormitory, Lin Mo noticed purple and blue-green changes on his soul rings but could not explain them.
• After Lin Mo began cultivating, Huo Yuhao opened his eyes and stared at him with a dark, unreadable expression.
• Lin Mo spent three days in the library while Huo Yuhao’s team advanced through the freshman assessment, then they brought him to a grilled fish party.
• Lin Mo tried to escape the gathering, but Huo Yuhao repeatedly brought him back and even wiped his mouth as he ate.

After passing the freshman assessment, Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao’s team advanced through the first elimination round and prepared to face Freshman Class Nine. Lin Mo’s awkward lunch with Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao left Huo Yuhao brooding over how Lin Mo kept avoiding him.

• Zhou Yi announced that all of Freshman Class One had passed the assessment and that fourteen teams had advanced to the elimination rounds.
• Zhou Yi rewarded Huo Yuhao’s team with a Soul-Solidifying Pill for each member and warned the class that three-ring Soul Elders could make the championship difficult.
• Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao pushed their beds together to cultivate back-to-back, hoping their combined training would improve Lin Mo’s cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao’s team advanced to the top thirty-two, and Lin Mo repeatedly fed Wang Dong’er at lunch until she stole the meat bun from his hand.
• Xiao Xiao gave Lin Mo her chicken drumstick, prompting Huo Yuhao to watch them with a dark gaze while Lin Mo avoided looking at him.
• At the round-of-thirty-two match, Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun’er, and Ning Tian introduced themselves as Freshman Class Nine’s contestants.

Lin Mo joined Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao against Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Nanmen Yun'er, using their Soul Power to amplify his Mystic Bird abilities. He knocked Nanmen Yun'er out and overpowered Wu Feng, whose flames began turning azure as Ning Tian’s attempt to remove the effect failed.

• Lin Mo announced his rank and joined Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, who placed their hands on his shoulders to channel Soul Power into him.
• Lin Mo activated Azure-Gold Blessing and rushed at Nanmen Yun'er while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Shock and Spiritual Interference to interrupt Ning Tian.
• Lin Mo suppressed Nanmen Yun'er's Jade Phosphor Bird with Mystic Bird's Heavenly Might and struck her out of the fight with his wing.
• Lin Mo attacked Wu Feng, whose Dragon's Fire met his azure flames before she countered with Dragon's Fire and Dragon's Fury.
• Ning Tian used her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to try to remove the flames spreading across Wu Feng's arm, but the azure fire continued to burn.

Lin Mo, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao defeated Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s team, and Lin Mo treated both opponents after the match. Mu En observed Lin Mo’s conduct and asked Zhang Lexuan what she thought of him, leaving her to call him “absolutely wonderful.”

• Ning Tian buffed Wu Feng, but Xiao Xiao trapped her with her cauldrons while Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection helped predict her movements.
• Lin Mo shielded Huo Yuhao as he struck Ning Tian with a powerful spiritual attack, knocking her unconscious and leaving Wu Feng unable to continue the fight.
• Lin Mo removed the azure-gold flames from Wu Feng and healed Ning Tian, then told the supervising teacher to announce their victory.
• Wu Feng watched Lin Mo leave while clutching the tissues he had given her.
• Mu En praised Lin Mo’s judgment and asked Zhang Lexuan what she thought of him; she replied that he was absolutely wonderful.

Zhang Lexuan waited for Lin Mo in the library while Huo Yuhan secretly embraced him and vowed to make him look at her alone. During the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao was badly injured, provoking Lin Mo’s Mystic Bird power; Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er nearly defeated their opponents before Lin Mo stopped a deadly attack, then walked toward the three-ring Soul Elder.

• Zhang Lexuan went to the outer courtyard library and waited in the reclining chair, hoping Lin Mo would come.
• After a picnic with Huo Yuhao and the others, Lin Mo meditated while Huo Yuhao secretly hugged him and promised to make him look only at her, revealing her true name as Huo Yuhan.
• Lin Mo watched the round of sixteen and concluded that the Evil Eye White Tiger and Hell Civet team would likely be their final opponents.
• When Huo Yuhao was carried from Arena Two unconscious and bleeding, Lin Mo caught him, and his Mystic Bird released a wave of heavenly might that strengthened Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao held off a three-ring Soul Elder, and Wang Dong’er unleashed a powerful golden blade, but Lin Mo crushed it with a fiery-red hand before it struck.
• Lin Mo laid Huo Yuhao on the ground and walked toward the three-ring Soul Elder without saying a word.

After Lin Mo incapacitated the Soul Elder who had attacked Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao, he used his golden-red blood to heal Xiao Xiao in the infirmary. As Xiao Xiao blushed at his tender gesture, a strange red thread formed from his blood and wound around her hand.

• Lin Mo froze the proctor with his gaze and sent the three-ring Soul Elder flying with a lightning-charged kick.
• Wang Yan asked Du Weilun whether he would stop Lin Mo, but Du Weilun warned him against challenging the Heavenly Mandate Mystic Bird.
• A healer found Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er mostly unharmed, while Xiao Xiao had overdrawn her Soul Power and Spiritual Power and needed a day of rest.
• Lin Mo cut his wrist and fed Xiao Xiao his golden-red blood, which restored her health and left her skin smooth and radiant.
• Xiao Xiao woke, worried over Lin Mo's wound, and blushed when he knelt before her and said her breath had made it stop hurting.
• A bead of Lin Mo's blood crept onto Xiao Xiao's fingertip and wound around her hand like a red thread.

Lin Mo’s team advanced to the semifinals, while Zhang Lexuan’s attention left him struggling with feelings from his previous life. After Huo Yuhao’s team won its semifinal, Huo Yuhao revealed that Dai Huabin was his older half-brother, and Lin Mo’s reaction left them unexpectedly close.

• Huo Yuhao’s team defeated three Soul Grandmasters in the quarterfinals, securing a place in the top four.
• At the next morning’s draw, Zhang Lexuan chose Lin Mo’s team first, patted his head, and announced that they had drawn number two.
• Huo Yuhao glared at Dai Huabin with intense killing intent when he saw him drawing lots.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, and Xiao Xiao won their semifinal, with the final scheduled for the next day.
• Back in the boys’ dorm, Huo Yuhao told Lin Mo that White Tiger Duke Dai Hao was his father and Dai Huabin was his older half-brother.
• Lin Mo choked on his drink, and Huo Yuhao appeared before him and gently cupped his face.

Lin Mo chose Huo Yuhao to compete in the finals and warned him not to let hatred control him. On the day of the finals, Yan Shaozhe emerged from seclusion and took an unusual interest in Lin Mo.

• Huo Yuhao told Lin Mo that he planned to destroy the White Tiger Duke's bloodline and said Lin Mo was all he had left.
• Lin Mo selected Huo Yuhao for the finals, with Xiao Xiao and himself completing the team, and told Huo Yuhao to keep his hatred in check.
• Lin Mo explained that Huo Yuhao's combat skills and their Martial Soul Fusion Skills made him a better choice than Wang Dong'er, then distracted her with cake and a grass butterfly.
• Lin Mo and his teammates rehearsed their tactics before returning to prepare for the finals.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived at the finals after emerging from seclusion, said he had nearly reached Super Douluo, and stared at Lin Mo, making Zhang Lexuan suspect he was interested in him.

Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo argued over Huo Yuhao’s future department before the final began. Lin Mo unleashed the Mystic Bird’s Heavenly Might against Dai Huabin’s team, halting their advance.

• Yan Shaozhe boasted to Qian Duoduo about nearing the Super Douluo ranks, then declared that Lin Mo’s team would win the final.
• Yan Shaozhe said Mu En had taken an interest in Lin Mo and claimed Huo Yuhao as his future junior brother.
• Qian Duoduo tried to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Soul Tool Department, but Du Weilun revealed that Huo Yuhao and Lin Mo possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The referee began the final between Lin Mo, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao lent their power to Lin Mo, who summoned the Mystic Bird and released Heavenly Might, slowing Dai Huabin’s team and forcing Dai Huabin to buckle.

Lin Mo used a feint to catch Cui Yajie off guard and fought Dai Huabin while Xiao Xiao trapped Zhu Lu. Cui Yajie collapsed after Huo Yuhao secretly interfered, leaving the match at three against two as Lin Mo and Dai Huabin continued battling.

• Lin Mo amplified his strength and sent a Mystic Bird phantom toward Dai Huabin, who shoved Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie aside and prepared to take the attack.
• The phantom burst harmlessly, and Lin Mo used the distraction to appear beside Cui Yajie while Xiao Xiao trapped Zhu Lu in her Threelives Soulstabilizing Cauldron.
• Cui Yajie tried to charm Lin Mo and strike him with her Fox Tail Needle, but his wings blocked her attack; she then vomited blood and collapsed after Huo Yuhao secretly interfered.
• Lin Mo fought Dai Huabin, overpowering him with a relentless assault while Dai Huabin endured the blows using White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Xiao Xiao and Zhu Lu remained locked in a stalemate, with Zhu Lu trapped inside the cauldron and unable to support Dai Huabin.

Lin Mo, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao faced Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Netherworld White Tiger by combining their abilities to buy time for a Martial Soul Fusion. Lin Mo’s fusion with Huo Yuhao unleashed a heaven-mandate power that pinned the tiger and immobilized everyone in the arena, including Yan Shaozhe.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu reunited and began their Martial Soul Fusion, while Huo Yuhao asked Lin Mo to fuse their martial souls.
• Lin Mo transferred half his Soul Power to Xiao Xiao, then wrapped Huo Yuhao in his wings as their powers began to merge.
• Xiao Xiao summoned State's Mighty Weapon and used it to hold back the Netherworld White Tiger for several seconds.
• Lin Mo took to the air and revealed the Fortune Spirit Eyes fusion, then declared the Netherworld White Tiger defeated with a descending heavenly palm.
• The palm pinned the Netherworld White Tiger to the platform, while an immense power immobilized the referee, Yan Shaozhe, and the other spectators.

Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao’s team won the freshman assessment championship after revealing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Mystic Bird Fixes Fate. As the students celebrated and the tournament ended, Zhang Lexuan watched Xiao Xiao with an unusual expression and left, thinking there was plenty of time ahead.

• After the heavenly mandate’s power faded, Lin Mo carried the unconscious Huo Yuhao down as Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu struggled to their feet.
• Yan Shaozhe announced Lin Mo’s team as champions, and Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er rushed over to celebrate with Lin Mo.
• Huo Yuhao woke and named their Martial Soul Fusion Skill Mystic Bird Fixes Fate, impressing Yan Shaozhe, who invited them to the Martial Soul Department.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that the top three teams would receive awards and class assignments at the next morning’s freshman assembly.
• Lin Mo argued with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, and Xiao Xiao about who had to carry Huo Yuhao, while Zhou Yi praised the students for their victory.
• Zhang Lexuan watched Xiao Xiao, murmured her name, and left, thinking there was no hurry.

After Lin Mo refused to join the Tang Sect, Huo Yuhao was left out of both the core and provisional core disciple lists despite his hard work. Huo Yuhao seized Lin Mo’s hand and quietly declared that he still had him, leaving Lin Mo terrified of the darkening protagonist’s attention.

• At the grilled fish party, Wang Dong'er joined the Tang Sect, but Lin Mo refused Beibei’s invitation because he feared becoming involved in another organization, and Xiao Xiao declined as well.
• The next morning, Du Weilun announced the freshman core disciples, naming Lin Mo, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and several other students, but not Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao stared hollowly at the platform and wondered why his dedication and victory in the assessment had not earned him a place on either list.
• Lin Mo sensed Huo Yuhao’s killing intent and saw dark effects surrounding him, then tried to move away.
• Huo Yuhao grabbed Lin Mo’s hand, tightened his grip, and whispered that he still had Lin Mo, while Lin Mo panicked at the thought of becoming the target of a yandere.

Lin Mo and his companions received the academy’s rewards, but Lin Mo’s Martial Soul rejected the Wild Soul Bone, so the group gave it to Xiao Xiao instead. On the first day of classes, Wu Feng challenged Huo Yuhao’s bid for class monitor, and a stern voice cut off the ensuing argument.

• Du Weilun told Huo Yuhao that the Soul Tool Department had reserved him as a core disciple and gave him a Wild Soul Bone as an academy reward.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao offered the Wild Soul Bone to Lin Mo, but Lin Mo said it did not suit him and passed it to Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao declined the Wild Soul Bone because its speed and physical attack did not suit him, while Wang Dong'er encouraged Xiao Xiao to accept it.
• Zhou Yi delivered a Secret Method Soul Bone, and the group agreed that Huo Yuhao would take it.
• Wu Feng objected to Huo Yuhao running for class monitor because he had only one ten-year Soul Ring, prompting Wang Dong'er to challenge her.
• Wang Yan tried to calm the classroom, but an authoritative voice shouted, "Enough!" and silenced everyone.

Lin Mo calmed the dispute over Huo Yuhao’s challenge, reassured Wu Feng, and told Huo Yuhao he expected him to win. At the Soul Dueling Zone, the class began betting on the match, and everyone waited to see how much Lin Mo would wager.

• Lin Mo stopped Wang Dong’er and Wu Feng’s argument, after which Huo Yuhao accepted Wu Feng’s challenge for control-type class monitor.
• Wu Feng confronted Lin Mo, who told her she was right to question Huo Yuhao’s individual strength and said he supported her.
• Huo Yuhao caught Lin Mo in the hallway and asked why he supported Wu Feng, but Lin Mo predicted Huo Yuhao would win.
• Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng entered the arena with Wang Yan as referee while Zhou Sichen ran a betting pool.
• Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo bet on Huo Yuhao, and the students turned to see Lin Mo’s wager.

Lin Mo bet on Huo Yuhao, then realized the power behind him was Electrolux and decided to avoid provoking him. After Huo Yuhao defeated Wu Feng and celebrated his win, he spat blood all over Lin Mo’s uniform.

• Lin Mo admitted he had only ten gold soul coins left, and Xiao Xiao lent him a thousand to protect his dignity.
• Huo Yuhao fought Wu Feng, who held back until his Soul Shock struck her and left her bleeding.
• Huo Yuhao rose again and unleashed the phantom of Electrolux, making Lin Mo recognize the danger and abandon his thoughts of attacking him.
• Huo Yuhao defeated Wu Feng with a single Soul Shock, and Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao rushed to congratulate him.
• Huo Yuhao approached Lin Mo, said he had won, then spat blood onto Lin Mo’s white school uniform.

After Huo Yuhao was injured in his duel with Wu Feng, Lin Mo brought him back to the dorm and reflected on his uncertain past and relationships. That night, Huo Yuhan secretly joined Lin Mo beneath his quilt, and the next morning the two returned to class, where their classmates viewed Huo Yuhao differently and Wu Feng avoided Lin Mo’s gaze.

• Lin Mo stared at the blood on his clean uniform while Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao carried the unconscious Huo Yuhao to the infirmary.
• After Huo Yuhao received treatment and returned to Dorm room 108, Lin Mo put him in bed and pondered his mutated Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao, and Zhang Lexuan.
• Huo Yuhan knelt beside the sleeping Lin Mo, linked her little finger with his, then slipped under his quilt and comforted him as he slept.
• Lin Mo woke the next morning and greeted Huo Yuhao, who had been cultivating his Purple Demon Eyes by the window.
• After breakfast and cultivation, Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao entered class, where Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao greeted them and Wu Feng kept her head down.

Zhou Yi punished students who had disrupted class and confirmed Huo Yuhao and Lin Mo as class monitors. After Dai Huabin challenged Lin Mo, Lin Mo offered the crying Wu Feng tissues, and a shackle in his Sea of Spirit broke as a childish voice promised to protect a little bird.

• Zhou Yi sent Wu Feng and the students who had delayed standing to the corridor, then warned the class that disrupting lessons or pressuring teachers would mean expulsion.
• Zhou Yi confirmed Huo Yuhao as control system class monitor and Lin Mo as assault system class monitor.
• Dai Huabin challenged Lin Mo for the assault system monitor position, and Zhou Yi led the class to the Soul Dueling Zone.
• Lin Mo saw Wu Feng crying in the corridor and offered her tissues, telling her she could win next time.
• A shackle shattered in Lin Mo's Sea of Spirit, and a childish voice said it would protect a little bird.

Lin Mo dominated Dai Huabin in the class duel, using his Azure-Gold abilities and Heavenly Might to pin him to the ground. Dai Huabin began conceding as the arena watched in stunned silence.

• Huo Yuhao dragged Lin Mo out of the room, and Wu Feng silently picked up the tissues Lin Mo had tossed her.
• Class One returned to the Soul Dueling Zone, where students placed bets on Lin Mo or Dai Huabin; Wu Feng bet on Lin Mo, while Huo Yuhao watched her suspiciously.
• Lin Mo and Dai Huabin began their duel, and Dai Huabin immediately activated his White Tiger skills and attacked.
• Lin Mo dodged Dai Huabin’s attacks, struck him repeatedly, and used Azure-Gold, Everlasting Light to recover his Soul Power while Dai Huabin weakened.
• Lin Mo used Heavenly Might to slam Dai Huabin into the platform and hold him down until Dai Huabin began to concede.

After eight months of intense training, Lin Mo reached rank thirty as Class One prepared for its first-year holidays and advancement assessment. Yan Shaozhe summoned Lin Mo to his office, where Zhang Lexuan fussed over him and the conversation turned to his breakthrough.

• Dai Huabin left the soul training area after Lin Mo defeated him, and Zhu Lu followed him to Class Two.
• Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao spent the next eight months training relentlessly, pushing Class One into a highly competitive routine.
• Wang Yan explained the upcoming advancement assessment before dismissing the class for the holidays, then asked Lin Mo to come with him.
• Yan Shaozhe, Zhang Lexuan, and a scruffy white-haired old man met Lin Mo in Yan Shaozhe's office, where Zhang Lexuan patted his head.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Lin Mo whether he had broken through to rank thirty, and Lin Mo confirmed that he had.