Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu discussed enrolling Lu Fei at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy while deciding not to attend himself or join Spirit Hall. He and Su Yuntao considered how to cover the costs, and Su Yuntao said the academy would open in about half a month.

• Su Yuntao asked Lu Yu and Lu Fei about their plans for studying at a Soul Master Academy.
• Lu Yu decided to send Lu Fei to school first so he could learn to read, while Lu Yu stayed behind to earn money for his brother’s cultivation.
• Lu Fei initially refused to attend without Lu Yu, but agreed after Lu Yu reminded him of the white-bearded old grandpa.
• Lu Yu rejected Su Yuntao’s suggestion that the brothers join Spirit Hall and chose Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy for Lu Fei.
• Su Yuntao explained the difference between self-funded and work-study enrollment, offered to pay Lu Fei’s tuition, and estimated that the academy would open in about half a month.

Lu Yu brought Lu Fei to Nuoding Academy to enroll and encountered Tang San and Old Jack being turned away by the gatekeeper. After Lu Yu warned the gatekeeper to let Tang San in, Tang San followed him into the academy, while Yu Xiaogang approached with a sense of foreboding.

• Lu Yu recalled that his Ruyi Staff gained more weight with each Soul Power level and brought Lu Fei to Nuoding Academy with enough money for tuition.
• At the academy gate, Lu Yu recognized Old Jack and Tang San and took Lu Fei over to watch their exchange with the gatekeeper.
• The gatekeeper let Lu Yu and Lu Fei enter after seeing Lu Fei's certificate, which listed a Fire Monkey Martial Soul and innate level-five Soul Power.
• When the gatekeeper refused Old Jack and Tang San entry, Lu Yu warned him that the Spirit Hall would handle the certificate and that he could face consequences for interfering.
• The gatekeeper let Tang San enter but refused Old Jack, who left after advising Tang San; Tang San picked up his certificate and followed Lu Yu, wanting to ask about his warning.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived after Tang San had entered and, unaware of what Lu Yu had said, headed to question the gatekeeper while feeling uneasy.

Yu Xiaogang tried to get Lu Yu’s Martial Soul Awakening certificate so he could take him as a disciple, but Lu Yu made him look like a suspicious stranger in front of Tang San. The chapter ended with Lu Yu escaping with Lu Fei while Yu Xiaogang watched them go.

• Yu Xiaogang recognized Lu Yu as a potential way to study an External Beast Martial Soul and hoped to help himself break through level 30 by taking him as a disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang blocked Lu Yu and asked to see his Martial Soul Awakening certificate, but Lu Yu challenged him to prove he was an academy teacher.
• Lu Yu’s questions made Tang San suspect Yu Xiaogang was a human trafficker, and Tang San cautiously reached for his Sleeve Arrow.
• Yu Xiaogang failed to explain himself and tried to grab Lu Yu as he left with Lu Fei.
• Lu Yu ran off with Lu Fei, warning that he would call for help, and Yu Xiaogang stopped and watched them go.

Lu Yu settled Lu Fei into Nuoding Academy and warned him to avoid Yu Xiaogang while supporting his studies and cultivation. After leaving, Lu Yu went looking for Whale Rubber, hoping his 322 Gold Soul Coins would cover the purchase.

• Lu Yu showed Lu Fei his single dorm room and refused his request to study alongside him at Nuoding Academy.
• Lu Yu warned Lu Fei to stay away from Yu Xiaogang and seek Brother Tao's help if he encountered trouble.
• Lu Yu promised Lu Fei a present once he learned to read and gave him twenty Silver Soul Coins for his needs.
• Lu Yu left the academy after telling Lu Fei to study and cultivate diligently.
• Lu Yu went to a medical clinic to ask whether it sold Whale Rubber, and the clerk misread his innocent explanation about his father.

Lu Yu bought and consumed a piece of Whale Rubber in secret, raising his Soul Power and physical strength before heading to the Soul Hunting Forest. Jin Erhu learned that Lu Yu had arrived and went to confront him with four underlings.

• Lu Yu bought a piece of hundred-year Whale Rubber for fifty Gold Soul Coins and took it to his hidden courtyard.
• Lu Yu melted and swallowed the Whale Rubber, endured its foul taste, and cultivated as its heat spread through his body.
• Lu Yu's Soul Power rose to level twelve, while his physical strength and height increased.
• Lu Yu woke Great Sage, gathered his equipment, and set out for the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts for money.
• Jin Erhu heard that Lu Yu had arrived at the Soul Hunting Forest and led four underlings to teach him the rules.

Lu Yu entered the Soul Hunting Forest and discovered that Jin Erhu and his four underlings had followed him inside to rob him. Recognizing Jin Erhu as a notorious bandit, Lu Yu decided to attack and prepared a coordinated ambush with Great Sage.

• Lu Yu covered himself with Hundred-Year Soul Beast dung powder before searching the forest, while Jin Erhu widened the gap and led his men inside.
• Tu Ka used his Martial Soul to locate Lu Yu, and Jin Erhu's group followed the trail of dung powder toward him.
• Great Sage warned Lu Yu that someone was approaching, and Lu Yu hid in a tree to observe five men moving through the woods.
• Lu Yu recognized Jin Erhu as a local bully and bandit and resolved to eliminate the group so they could not threaten him again.
• Lu Yu explained his battle plan to Great Sage, then summoned the Ruyi Staff and placed it in his hands.

Lu Yu killed Jin Erhu and his four men after they tried to rob him, then decided to earn money and train at the Soul Fighting Arena rather than keep hunting Soul Beasts. He told Su Yuntao he planned to leave Nuoding City for Suotuo City, and Su Yuntao agreed to help him with a letter of recommendation.

• Lu Yu and Great Sage ambushed Jin Erhu, Tu Ka, and the tall, thin lackey, then killed the other two lackeys before fleeing the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Lu Yu searched the five men and found twenty-two Silver Soul Coins and fifteen Copper Soul Coins, then decided the Soul Fighting Arena would be a safer way to earn money and improve his skills.
• Lu Yu returned to Nuoding City and told Su Yuntao over dinner that he planned to travel to Suotuo City for more opportunities.
• Su Yuntao worried about Lu Yu's safety but agreed to let him go and promised to write him a letter of recommendation for the Spirit Hall in Suotuo City.

Xiao Chenyu and his underlings went to Lu Fei’s dormitory to make him join their group, but changed their attitude after learning he had level-five Innate Soul Power. Xiao Chenyu welcomed Lu Fei as a new boss, leaving the underlings bewildered.

• Lu Fei cautiously opened his dormitory door after Liu Long and the others kept knocking and teasing him.
• Xiao Chenyu entered with his underlings and tried to recruit Lu Fei as one of his followers.
• Lu Fei said he had a Fire Monkey Martial Soul and level-five Innate Soul Power, shocking Xiao Chenyu and the others.
• Xiao Chenyu offered to protect and help Lu Fei, then told his underlings to treat him as a boss.
• The underlings greeted Lu Fei as Boss Lu after Xiao Chenyu ordered them to.

Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to his office after Mo Hen introduced him as a theory grandmaster and academy teacher. When Yu Xiaogang revealed that he knew Tang San had a second Martial Soul, Tang San prepared to kill him if he sensed danger.

• Xiao Wu became Dorm Seven's boss after Tang San's trial as boss ended.
• Mo Hen summoned Tang San from the dormitory and introduced him to Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang sought Tang San out after finding his enrollment record and suspecting he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San recognized Yu Xiaogang as the man he had suspected of being a human trafficker, but followed him to his office while staying alert.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San whether he had another Martial Soul, and Tang San readied his Sleeve Arrow.

Yu Xiaogang deduced that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and accepted him as his disciple. After arriving in Suotuo City, Lu Yu rented a room and ordered a heavy iron staff before falling asleep.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power meant he must have a second Martial Soul and offered to guide his cultivation.
• Tang San knelt and kowtowed to Yu Xiaogang, asking him to accept him as his teacher.
• Five days later, Lu Yu arrived in Suotuo City with Great Sage and decided to rest before doing anything else.
• Lu Yu paid for a superior room and asked the innkeeper to arrange a 1.2-meter iron staff weighing one hundred jin by the next morning.
• Lu Yu and Great Sage fell asleep in the room, and Lu Yu later woke after night had fallen.

Lu Yu collected his iron staff, explored Suotuo City, and registered for Soul Fighting under the name Great Sage Equal to Heaven. He watched a junior arena match and questioned the risks of strict Soul Ring limits.

• Lu Yu collected his hundred-jin iron staff from the innkeeper and left to explore the city with the Great Sage.
• Lu Yu ate snacks with the Great Sage, then recalled and resummoned him to clear the effects of spicy food.
• Lu Yu entered the Soto Great Soul Arena and showed a Ten-Year Soul Ring to make two guards let him pass.
• Lu Yu registered a Soul Fighting identity with level 13 Soul Power and chose the codename Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Lu Yu watched two Soul Masters with white Ten-Year Soul Rings fight and reflected on the dangers of rigid Soul Ring limits.

Lu Yu watched a Soul Fighting match, then entered the arena to face Mad Bear, a stronger and larger opponent. He struck Mad Bear with his iron staff and Flowing Cloud Seven Tremors, sending him crashing to the ground.

• Lu Yu realized he could use his previous life's martial arts by channeling Soul Power, including the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms.
• After Blood Blade won his match, Lu Yu recalled the Great Sage and entered the arena as a level 13 Battle Soul Master.
• The host announced that Lu Yu would fight Mad Bear, a level 17 Battle Soul Master, prompting the crowd to protest the mismatch.
• Mad Bear charged at Lu Yu, who dodged his attempt to grab his leg and smashed the iron staff into Mad Bear's hand and head.
• Mad Bear activated Savage Bear Charge, but Lu Yu rushed in and hit his side with Flowing Cloud Seven Tremors, sending him flying and spitting blood.

Lu Yu built a winning streak at the Soto Great Soul Arena and earned a fortune, prompting Manager Huang to summon him and offer him a partnership. Lu Yu accepted a deal to keep fighting at the arena for 300,000 Gold Soul Coins, leaving with the payment and instructions to await future matches.

• Lu Yu defeated level-seventeen Mad Bear in less than a minute, then collected his prize and winnings from a bet he had placed on himself.
• Lu Yu continued winning at the Soto Great Soul Arena, defeated a level-nineteen Soul Master, and became famous as Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• After Lu Yu won his thirtieth consecutive match, two arena attendants escorted him to meet Manager Huang.
• Manager Huang offered Lu Yu either 200,000 Gold Soul Coins to compete in other cities or 300,000 Gold Soul Coins to keep fighting at the Soto arena.
• Lu Yu chose the second offer, took the Soul Coin card, and gave Manager Huang his address so the arena could contact him about future matches.

Lu Yu spent his Soul Fighting Arena windfall on Whale Rubber, cultivation medicines, and a storage ring at the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce. He arranged for supplies to be delivered to Su Yuntao and planned to add a letter for Lu Fei before the caravan departed.

• Lu Yu visited the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce and requested Whale Rubber, body-tempering medicines, and a storage ring.
• Lu Yu bought two pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber, one piece of hundred-year Whale Rubber, a hundred-year Fire Ganoderma, a storage ring, and cultivation pills for 187,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Lu Yu tested the storage ring and packed most of his purchases inside, setting aside items and pills for Su Yuntao.
• Lu Yu arranged for the chamber to deliver supplies and 1,000 Gold Soul Coins to Su Yuntao's home within three days.
• Lu Yu asked to add items to the shipment before the caravan left, intending to send Lu Fei a letter explaining the Whale Rubber, then resolved to stay ahead of Tang San.

Su Yuntao delivered Lu Yu’s shipment from the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce to Lu Fei, revealing that Lu Fei had connections Xiao Chenyu had not known about. Lu Fei discovered the letter was written in garlic juice, but the message had not yet been revealed.

• A guard from the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce delivered three jade boxes, a sealed letter, and a cloth bag to Su Yuntao, who hurried to find Lu Fei.
• Xiao Chenyu reconsidered his plan to control Lu Fei after Su Yuntao arrived at Nuoding Academy and called for him.
• Su Yuntao told Lu Fei that his brother had sent him the package, surprising the students and prompting Xiao Chenyu to leave to consult his father.
• Lu Fei returned to Su Yuntao’s home and opened the boxes and blank-looking letter.
• Lu Fei smelled garlic on the paper and remembered Lu Yu saying that warming garlic-juice writing over a low flame would reveal it.

Lu Fei discovered Lu Yu’s hidden letter and followed his instructions to share cultivation resources with Su Yuntao and strengthen himself. After reaching rank 6, he returned to Nuoding Academy, where Tang San came to his dormitory door.

• Lu Fei heated the garlic-water letter with his Fire Monkey Martial Soul and read Lu Yu’s instructions about the Whale Rubber, a rented courtyard, and the cultivation resources.
• Lu Fei gave Su Yuntao the cultivation pills and Gold Soul Coins Lu Yu had sent, easing Su Yuntao’s hurt over Lu Yu’s month-long silence.
• Lu Fei went to Lu Yu’s rented courtyard, consumed half the Whale Rubber, and then refined a piece of Fire Ganoderma.
• Lu Fei discovered that his Soul Power had reached rank 6 and returned to Nuoding Academy with the remaining resources.
• Tang San knocked at Lu Fei’s dormitory door and introduced himself as a first-year work-study student.

Tang San failed to persuade Lu Fei to let Yu Xiaogang guide Lu Yu, who was still missing. In Suotuo City, Manager Huang recruited Lu Yu to face a powerful rival, and was shocked to discover Lu Yu had reached level twenty.

• Tang San visited Lu Fei to ask whether Lu Yu had returned and argued that Yu Xiaogang could help train him.
• Lu Fei challenged Tang San's faith in Yu Xiaogang and shut the door without answering when Lu Yu would return.
• Tang San reported his failure to Yu Xiaogang, who wondered where Lu Yu had gone.
• An employee summoned Lu Yu to Manager Huang, who asked him to fight Lin Tian, a level-twenty-eight Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster with a 48–7 record.
• Lu Yu pretended the request was difficult and waited for Manager Huang to offer more money.
• Manager Huang offered Lu Yu fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins and was astonished to learn he had reached level twenty.

Manager Huang offered Lu Yu a match against Lin Tian, and Lu Yu accepted after discovering Lin Tian had chosen the alias Great Sage Who Surpasses Heaven. Their Soul Fight began with Lin Tian attacking first, but Lu Yu’s staff technique caught him off guard and left him taking his opponent seriously.

• Manager Huang offered Lu Yu fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins to fight Lin Tian and discovered Lu Yu had reached level twenty.
• Manager Huang showed Lu Yu Lin Tian’s contestant information, revealing his alias was Great Sage Who Surpasses Heaven, so Lu Yu agreed to fight him.
• The arena host introduced Lin Tian and Lu Yu, whose aliases drew an excited crowd as they entered the match.
• Lin Tian charged Lu Yu with his Thunder Pattern Staff, while Lu Yu spun his staff to secretly build power for a strike.
• Lu Yu’s charged tremor collided with Lin Tian’s staff, numbing Lin Tian’s hands and making him realize Lu Yu’s staff technique was formidable.

Lu Yu fought Lin Tian in the Soul Fighting Arena, relying on his staff technique until Lin Tian’s Thunderclap Break shattered his weapon and knocked him down. Lu Yu then used Proud Dragon Repents from the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms to defeat Lin Tian, who ended the fight unconscious.

• Lu Yu and Lin Tian exchanged staff blows, and Lin Tian grew alarmed at Lu Yu’s superior technique.
• Lin Tian used his first Soul Skill, Thunderclap Break, shattering Lu Yu’s iron staff and hurling him to the ground.
• Lu Yu stood back up despite his injuries and refused to summon his Martial Soul.
• Lu Yu gathered a force beyond the conventional Soul Skill system and prepared the palm strike Proud Dragon Repents.
• Lu Yu struck Lin Tian with Proud Dragon Repents, leaving Lin Tian unconscious on the platform.

Lu Yu defeated Lin Tian in the Soto Soul Fighting Arena, then proposed that they join forces so Lu Yu could use Lin Tian’s Thunder Pattern Staff Martial Soul while teaching him staff techniques. Lin Tian agreed, and the two began their partnership at the arena.

• Lu Yu won the match by knocking Lin Tian unconscious with a barehanded palm strike, exposing how his lack of a usable weapon limited his fighting ability.
• Lin Tian woke in the private lounge and learned that Lu Yu’s finishing move was a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Lu Yu explained that his Lingming Stone Monkey Martial Soul could not possess him for combat and proposed that he and Lin Tian fight as partners.
• Lin Tian agreed to join Lu Yu on the condition that Lu Yu teach him all of his staff techniques.
• Lu Yu agreed to teach Lin Tian while borrowing his Thunder Pattern Staff, and they declared their partnership at the Soto Soul Fighting Arena.