Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo enrolled at Heaven Dou Intermediate Soul Master Academy, where Director Xue waived his fees and awarded him a scholarship. After settling into his new dorm and learning about the academy, Lin Mo considered how to develop his two Martial Souls and why he had chosen this school.

• Director Xue praised Lin Mo, waived his tuition and miscellaneous fees, and gave him a scholarship matching the Spirit Hall subsidy.
• Xiao Lin escorted Lin Mo to collect two uniforms and showed him his single room, 609, next to Xiao Lin’s room 608.
• Xiao Lin explained the academy’s classes, training, and semester tests, and said students who reached the level-twenty bottleneck could join a supervised Soul Hunt.
• Xiao Lin told Lin Mo to collect his monthly medicinal bath from the infirmary the next day, and the two parted on friendly terms.
• Lin Mo planned his cultivation and reflected that Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy’s many Mimicry Cultivation Environments might offer a place suited to his hidden Body Martial Soul’s Blood Qi.

Lin Mo settled into life at Heaven Dou Intermediate Soul Master Academy while investigating how to advance his Body Martial Soul and Blood Burst. After deciding that medical training could give him the knowledge and access he needed, he went to seek an apprenticeship at Ye Family Medical Hall.

• Lin Mo bought bedding and secretly took a notice saying Ye Family Medical Hall was recruiting apprentices.
• Over the next two months, Lin Mo studied at Heaven Dou Intermediate Soul Master Academy and in its library while his Soul Power and Charmander's skills improved.
• Lin Mo's research into his Body Martial Soul and Blood Burst stalled, so he decided to pursue medicine to deepen his knowledge of the human body.
• Lin Mo traveled to the southeastern part of Heaven Dou City and found the respected Ye Family Medical Hall.
• Lin Mo entered Ye Family Medical Hall intending to ask about becoming an apprentice.

Lin Mo applied to become an apprentice at the Ye family clinic and proved he was a Soul Master. Ye Lingling interviewed him, learning that he was seven years old with Soul Power Level sixteen, and asked why he wanted to study medicine.

• A young man from the clinic explained that its apprentices were usually older, but invited Lin Mo in after sensing his Soul Power.
• The young man introduced Lin Mo to Ye Lingling and Li He in a room at the rear of the clinic.
• Ye Lingling took Lin Mo to a consultation room and asked his name, age, Soul Power Level, and reason for applying.
• Lin Mo said he was seven, had Soul Power Level sixteen, and wanted to learn about medicine, ideally to help save others.

Ye Linyuan tested Lin Mo’s character and Soul Master credentials before examining his unusual Charmander Martial Soul. Impressed by Charmander’s power and intelligence, Ye Linyuan asked why Lin Mo wanted to study medicine, leaving Lin Mo to answer.

• Ye Lingling finished recording Lin Mo’s answers and revealed that Ye Linyuan had been listening behind the curtain.
• Ye Linyuan praised Lin Mo’s composure, checked his Soul Master booklet, and learned that he was seven years old with Soul Power Level sixteen.
• At Ye Linyuan’s request, Lin Mo released Charmander, whose flames Ye Linyuan suppressed before examining and praising his Martial Soul.
• Ye Linyuan admired Charmander’s strength, pure fire, and intelligence, then asked why Lin Mo chose to study medicine rather than pursue a battle-focused path.

Lin Mo told Ye Linyuan that fear of death and compassion for the sick had led him to seek medical training, and Ye accepted him as an apprentice on a three-month trial. Lin Mo was told to come to the clinic for two to four hours each afternoon, beginning the next day.

• Lin Mo explained that watching villagers die from treatable illnesses had made him afraid of death and motivated him to study medicine.
• Ye Linyuan believed Lin Mo was sincere and accepted him as an apprentice, subject to a three-month trial.
• Lin Mo told Ye Linyuan that he attended Heaven Dou Intermediate Soul Master Academy after graduating from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Ye Linyuan arranged for Lin Mo to spend two to four hours at the clinic each afternoon without disrupting his studies or cultivation.
• Ye Linyuan told Lin Mo to begin the next afternoon and ask Ye Lingling to assign him tasks.

Four months into the semester, Lin Mo had become an apprentice at the Ye family clinic and expanded his practical medical knowledge, but he had only reached Soul Power level nineteen and would miss the academy's Soul Hunting expedition. As Li He considered leaving to focus on cultivation and Ye Linyuan worried about Ye Lingling's temperament, Lin Mo continued balancing his studies, cultivation, and research.

• Lin Mo realized he would not reach Soul Power level twenty before the semester's final assessment and would have to wait until next semester for a second Soul Ring.
• Lin Mo described how he divided his time between academy classes, cultivation, and afternoon duties at the Ye family clinic.
• Lin Mo passed Ye Linyuan's apprenticeship test in his first month, and Ye Linyuan formally accepted him as an apprentice.
• Lin Mo learned that Li He planned to leave the clinic and prepare for an advanced Soul Master academy entrance examination.
• Ye Lingling continued as an apprentice despite her limited interest in medicine, while Ye Linyuan worried about her temperament.

Lin Mo recalled Elder Ye Linyuan's request that he try to become friends with Ye Lingling, whose quiet nature and interest in Charmander made the task difficult. When he arrived at the Ye Family Medical Hall, he found Li He carrying away his belongings and preparing to leave.

• Lin Mo thought about Ye Lingling's withdrawal after her parents died and Elder Ye Linyuan's hope that he would befriend her.
• Lin Mo remembered that Ye Lingling had fed Charmander dried meat, and that Charmander accepted her presence despite usually resisting contact from others.
• Lin Mo hurried from class to the Ye Family Medical Hall, unsure how to approach his friendship with Ye Lingling.
• Lin Mo saw Li He carrying a box of personal belongings and asked if he was leaving.
• Li He told Lin Mo that he was getting ready to leave.

Lin Mo continued his work and studies at the Ye Family Medical Hall after Li He left to prepare for an advanced academy entrance exam. He discovered records of the rare immortal herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and left Charmander with Ye Lingling before heading to the dispensary.

• Li He left the medical hall with his belongings after Lin Mo wished him luck on his entrance exam.
• Ye Lingling assigned Lin Mo to dispense medicine for patients as usual.
• Lin Mo recalled studying medicinal ingredients and finding an illustrated record of the immortal-grade Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in an old book.
• Lin Mo reflected on using his Body Martial Soul to sense patients' Qi and blood while keeping his Second Martial Soul secret.
• Lin Mo left Charmander with Ye Lingling, who fed it jerky, and headed to the dispensary.

Lin Mo finished his clinic work, recorded his medical observations, and resumed cultivating Blood Burst in his room. He continued exploring the second stage, Burning Heart, which he could only trigger unreliably and could not yet control.

• Lin Mo treated patients at the clinic, studied its books, and left after saying goodbye to Ye Lingling and Elder Ye.
• Lin Mo returned to the academy, noticed Xiao Lin was still away seeking sparring, and wrote down his clinic observations in a locked notebook.
• Lin Mo summoned Charmander to guard the door while he began his cultivation.
• Lin Mo activated Blood Burst's first stage, Boiling Blood, and reflected on how it gradually tempered his body.
• Lin Mo tried to advance toward Burning Heart, a stage intended to release blood Qi outside his body, but could only produce an occasional faint wisp.

Lin Mo agreed to spar with Xiao Lin so Charmander could test its improved skill control. The match left Xiao Lin trapped in Charmander’s newly developed Fire Spin, with Lin Mo ready to stop the fight before he was badly hurt.

• Xiao Lin visited Lin Mo’s classroom and challenged him to another spar before the holidays.
• Lin Mo took Xiao Lin to a fire-resistant training ground, where they summoned Charmander and Xiao Lin activated Demon Wolf possession.
• Xiao Lin used Wolf Transformation and tried to circle around Charmander to reach Lin Mo.
• Charmander fired Ember attacks to block Xiao Lin, then created a Fire Spin that trapped and weakened him.
• Lin Mo saw Xiao Lin struggling in the flames and prepared to end the spar before he suffered serious injuries.

Lin Mo tested Charmander’s newly mastered Fire Spin on Xiao Lin, then explained that it was a Self-Created Soul Skill formed from Ember. The chapter ended with Xiao Lin heading to the infirmary while Lin Mo returned to class.

• Lin Mo released Xiao Lin from Charmander’s Fire Spin after the flames scorched him.
• Lin Mo explained that Charmander had developed Fire Spin by changing how he used Ember, and noted that Charmander had also mastered Fire Fang at Soul Power level nineteen.
• Xiao Lin was stunned that Lin Mo could cultivate quickly while also developing powerful Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Lin Mo gave Xiao Lin burn ointment, apologized for the injuries, and advised him to visit the academy infirmary.
• Lin Mo recalled Charmander and returned to class, while Xiao Lin limped toward the infirmary.

After Xiao Lin described Lin Mo’s Fire Spin, Director Xue asked Lin Mo to demonstrate the Self-Created Soul Skill and urged him to keep prioritizing Soul Power cultivation. Lin Mo agreed, while Xue Sheng remained unaware that Lin Mo’s Soul Power Level had already reached nineteen.

• Xiao Lin visited the infirmary after losing badly to Lin Mo, and Director Xue healed his burns with his Snow Lotus Martial Soul.
• Xiao Lin told Director Xue and An Qing that Lin Mo had trapped him with Fire Spin, which drained his Soul Power without a Soul Ring activating.
• After classes, Director Xue and Xiao Lin waited outside Lin Mo’s classroom and invited him to demonstrate Fire Spin at a secluded sparring ground.
• Lin Mo used Fire Spin on Director Xue, who praised its power and control before extinguishing it with his Soul Power.
• Director Xue encouraged Lin Mo to focus on cultivation and looked forward to seeing him in the next semester’s Soul Hunting party, not knowing Lin Mo had reached Soul Power Level nineteen.

Lin Mo stayed at the Ye Family Medical Hall during the holiday, where he and Charmander continued cultivating and developed Flame Charge. After the new term began, Lin Mo unexpectedly broke through to Soul Power level twenty, and Charmander’s surge of power caused a burst of flames that startled Ye Lingling.

• Lin Mo told Xiao Lin he would stay at the academy for the holiday rather than make the long trip home.
• Lin Mo moved into the Ye Family Medical Hall’s apprentice rooms, where he spent the holiday cultivating and observed Ye Lingling’s circumstances.
• Charmander learned to use Flame Charge, and Lin Mo’s cultivation advanced faster than he had expected.
• Xiao Lin reached Soul Power level seventeen before the new term began.
• Lin Mo’s Soul Power suddenly broke through to level twenty, and Charmander’s uncontrolled flames scorched the rear courtyard while Ye Lingling was feeding him.
• Lin Mo explained the breakthrough to Ye Lingling, who reacted with rare shock when he confirmed he had reached level twenty.

After learning that Lin Mo had reached rank twenty in just over five months, Elder Ye Linyuan offered to take him to obtain his second Soul Ring. Ye Lingling agreed to join them, and the Soul Hunting journey was set to begin early.

• Ye Lingling told Ye Linyuan that Lin Mo had reached rank twenty, and Lin Mo explained that he had gained three ranks since arriving at the clinic.
• Ye Linyuan asked Lin Mo how he planned to obtain his second Soul Ring, and Lin Mo said he had intended to wait for the academy’s Soul Hunting Operation.
• Ye Linyuan offered to take Lin Mo to the Soul Hunting Forest and said he would handle the academy’s requirements afterward.
• Lin Mo accepted Ye Linyuan’s offer and thanked him.
• Ye Linyuan invited Ye Lingling to come along, and she agreed.

Lin Mo and Ye Lingling began searching the Soul Hunting Forest for a Soul Beast to provide Lin Mo’s second Soul Ring after Ye Linyuan left them to hunt together. Lin Mo planned to seek an earth dragon or weaker Subdragon Soul Beast, both to strengthen Charmander and to explain his future evolution as a Martial Soul mutation.

• Ye Linyuan brought Lin Mo and Ye Lingling into the Soul Hunting Forest, then vanished to watch over them from the shadows while they searched for Soul Beasts together.
• Lin Mo summoned Charmander and explained that its keen sense of smell could help them find a suitable target.
• Charmander blasted a stream of fire into the empty ground, startling Ye Lingling and driving nearby Ten-Year Soul Beasts away.
• Lin Mo considered the forest’s earth dragon and Subdragon Soul Beasts and recalled choosing one of them for his second Soul Ring.
• Lin Mo intended to use the dragon bloodline in the Soul Ring as an explanation for Charmander’s future evolution into Charmeleon.

On the fourth day in the Soul Hunting Forest, Lin Mo and Ye Lingling found a roughly six-hundred-year-old Thick-Armored Earth Dragon that could suit Lin Mo’s second Soul Ring. Before they could decide how to approach it, a swift scarlet figure burst from the woods and charged at the beast.

• Lin Mo and Ye Lingling spent three days searching the forest while Charmander protected them and helped them avoid danger.
• Lin Mo and Charmander hunted a wild boar for food, and Lin Mo roasted it for the group.
• On the fourth morning, Lin Mo, Ye Lingling, and Charmander concealed themselves near a feeding Thick-Armored Earth Dragon.
• Lin Mo estimated that the Thick-Armored Earth Dragon was about six hundred years old and a suitable candidate for his second Soul Ring.
• A fast scarlet figure emerged from the woods and rushed toward the Thick-Armored Earth Dragon.

Lin Mo abandoned the Thick-Armored Earth Dragon as a target after a Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon appeared, judging its bloodline and roughly eight-hundred-year age ideal for Charmander’s second Soul Ring. He and Ye Lingling agreed to hunt it as it overwhelmed the Earth Dragon.

• The Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon arrived and attacked the Thick-Armored Earth Dragon, whose defenses it quickly broke through.
• Lin Mo identified the newcomer and judged it to be around eight hundred to eight hundred and fifty years old, with a rare blood Qi attribute and a lesser dragon bloodline.
• Lin Mo decided against risking a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and chose the Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon as a more suitable, less conspicuous second-ring target for Charmander.
• Lin Mo told Ye Lingling to abandon the Thick-Armored Earth Dragon, and she agreed to follow his judgment.
• The Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon unleashed scorching blood Qi and lunged at the wounded Thick-Armored Earth Dragon.

Charmander fought and killed the eight-hundred-year Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon, astonishing Ye Lingling and Ye Linyuan with its strength. Afterward, Charmander returned to Lin Mo for praise as a Yellow Soul Ring formed over the dragon’s corpse.

• The Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon sensed Lin Mo’s group, and Charmander charged it with Flame Charge, matching its first attack.
• Charmander enhanced itself again and struck the dragon hard enough to knock it down, then trapped it inside Fire Spin.
• The dragon used Burning Blood Boil and forced its way out of the flames by expending its Bloodline Power.
• Charmander rushed the weakened dragon and slashed its vulnerable neck, killing it as Ye Lingling and Ye Linyuan watched in shock.
• A Yellow Soul Ring formed above the corpse, and Charmander trotted back to Lin Mo for praise.

Lin Mo and Charmander absorbed the Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon’s Soul Ring after recovering from their battle. They gained the Second Soul Skill Dragon Dance, which enhanced Charmander’s attack and speed, while Lin Mo noticed changes to his blood and Qi and Body Martial Soul.

• Lin Mo and Charmander rested to recover their Soul Power while Ye Linyuan stood guard.
• Charmander swallowed the Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon’s eight-hundred-year Soul Ring, and Lin Mo felt its power affect his meridians, blood, and Qi.
• Lin Mo and Charmander took until evening to complete the absorption, gaining increased cultivation and vitality as Ye Linyuan observed.
• Ye Lingling asked what Soul Skill they had obtained, and Lin Mo identified Charmander’s Second Soul Skill as Dragon Dance.
• Charmander activated Dragon Dance, surrounding himself with blood Qi and flame as his attack and speed increased.

After absorbing the Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon’s Soul Ring, Lin Mo discovered that his Soul Power had reached level twenty-two and that he had gained the Scarlet Blood Heart External Soul Bone, which had evolved his Body Martial Soul. Ye Linyuan examined him and found his body exceptionally strong, and the group left the Soul Hunting Forest.

• Lin Mo checked Charmander’s panel and saw that it had learned Dragon Dance from the Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon’s Soul Ring.
• Ye Linyuan asked whether Lin Mo felt unwell, and Ye Lingling pointed out that the Soul Ring absorption had lasted until nearly dark.
• Lin Mo checked his own panel and discovered his level-twenty-two Soul Power, his evolved internal-organs Martial Soul, and the Scarlet Blood Heart External Soul Bone.
• Lin Mo attributed the long absorption to the Scarlet Blood Lesser Dragon’s Subdragon bloodline and let Ye Linyuan examine him.
• Ye Linyuan found Lin Mo’s organs, blood, vitality, and physical constitution unusually powerful, then stored the dragon’s corpse and led Lin Mo and Ye Lingling out of the Soul Hunting Forest.