Chapter Summaries

Han Qiu met Xiao Wu, agreed to spar with her after they both obtained Soul Rings, and studied Soul Beast records to prepare for his first ring. After Tang San left for the Martial Soul Forest with Grandmaster, Han Qiu asked Director Su to let him go there too, but Director Su refused because it was too dangerous.

• Liu Long and Zhang Jian confirmed that Han Qiu had become the boss of Dorm Six, leaving the young man and Teacher Zhao stunned.
• Han Qiu met Xiao Wu and agreed to fight her only after they both obtained Soul Rings, choosing the system reward Ripple Steps.
• At lunch, Wang Sheng criticized Grandmaster, and Tang San angrily defended him before leaving the cafeteria.
• Han Qiu spent the day studying Soul Beast records in the academy library.
• Tang San left Nuoding Academy with Grandmaster for the Martial Soul Forest, and Han Qiu asked Director Su for permission to go hunt his First Soul Ring.
• Director Su refused Han Qiu's request, warning that the forest was too dangerous for him to enter without an experienced escort.

Han Qiu obtained travel papers from Nuoding Academy and set out alone to hunt for his First Soul Ring in the Soul Hunting Forest. As Han Qiu entered the forest seeking a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Grandmaster and Tang San searched elsewhere for a suitable beast and discussed how dangerous Han Qiu’s goal was.

• Han Qiu persuaded Director Su to issue him travel papers, accepting that the academy would not be responsible for his safety.
• Han Qiu packed supplies and a short blade, refused Xiao Chenyu and the others’ offer to accompany him, and left Nuoding Academy alone.
• After reaching the market outside the Soul Hunting Forest, Han Qiu showed his papers to a guard and entered the forest, determined to hunt a Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Elsewhere in the forest, Grandmaster explained to Tang San that a level-ten Soul Master could absorb a First Soul Ring of a little over four hundred years and searched for a suitable beast.
• Tang San asked how strong a Soul Beast Han Qiu might hunt, and Grandmaster judged that a Hundred-Year Soul Beast was likely Han Qiu’s limit.

Han Qiu watched a Silver Moon Spirit Deer battle a far stronger Purple Lightning Mane Lion and decided to use the deer’s strength to his advantage. As the exhausted beasts continued fighting, he prepared to intervene with his healing power.

• Han Qiu defeated a five-hundred-year Rock Bear but left its Soul Ring unclaimed and continued deeper into the forest.
• Han Qiu heard two powerful Soul Beasts fighting and found a three-thousand-year Silver Moon Spirit Deer facing a Purple Lightning Mane Lion with over five thousand years of cultivation.
• Han Qiu judged that he could not defeat the Purple Lightning Mane Lion directly, but noticed that both beasts were growing tired as the deer healed itself.
• Han Qiu decided to rely on the Silver Moon Spirit Deer’s strength and opened his palm to gather milky-white light.

Han Qiu helped the Silver Moon Spirit Deer wear down the Purple Lightning Mane Lion, then killed the exhausted lion and prepared to absorb its powerful Soul Ring. Elsewhere, Tang San and the Grandmaster defeated a Mandala Snake, giving Tang San the Soul Ring the Grandmaster had calculated for his first.

• Han Qiu repeatedly healed the Silver Moon Spirit Deer with his Martial Soul of Light, allowing it to fight the Purple Lightning Mane Lion until the lion collapsed from exhaustion.
• Han Qiu leaped down and killed the Purple Lightning Mane Lion, whose corpse produced a deep purple Soul Ring that he judged to be at least 5,000 years old.
• The Silver Moon Spirit Deer showed no hostility toward Han Qiu and indicated that he should absorb the lion’s Soul Ring, so he sat down to begin.
• The Grandmaster identified the Rock Bear’s killer as a powerful and precise fighter while traveling with Tang San.
• A Mandala Snake with over four hundred years of cultivation attacked the Grandmaster and Tang San, but they defeated it.
• The Grandmaster urged Tang San to absorb the Mandala Snake’s Soul Ring, which matched his calculated age limit for a first Soul Ring.

Han Qiu attempted to absorb the Purple Lightning Mane Lion’s seven-thousand-year Soul Ring and endured extreme pain after choosing the system’s guaranteed-refinement option. He survived as his Martial Soul of Light healed and strengthened his body, then fell asleep.

• Han Qiu began absorbing the Purple Lightning Mane Lion’s Soul Ring, but its immense pressure and lingering resentment nearly overwhelmed him.
• Han Qiu chose to continue refining the ring after the Choice System offered guaranteed success, then discovered the process would cause tenfold pain while keeping him conscious.
• The Purple Lightning Mane Lion’s resentment and lightning energy battered Han Qiu’s body and consciousness, while a mysterious power repeatedly repaired him.
• A glowing speck in Han Qiu’s sea of consciousness absorbed the lightning and transformed into a lion woven from light and electricity.
• Han Qiu summoned his Martial Soul of Light to heal his injuries and strengthen his body with the Soul Ring’s residual energy.
• Han Qiu survived the refinement, felt his strength surge, and fell into a deep sleep.

After absorbing a seven-thousand-year Soul Ring, Han Qiu discovered that his Soul Power had fallen to level 9, but his body and senses had been dramatically enhanced. He rapidly cultivated back to level 16 and decided to pursue a different path by compressing his Soul Power.

• The Silver Moon Spirit Deer had guarded Han Qiu overnight, and he thanked it after waking.
• Han Qiu found his Soul Power at level 9 but discovered his body had grown far stronger and his senses had become more acute.
• Han Qiu tested his new strength by leaping dozens of meters and chopping down a massive tree with one strike.
• Han Qiu cultivated with Qi-State Origin-Flow and raised his Soul Power from level 9 to level 16 in two hours.
• Han Qiu realized his reforged body could endure compressed Soul Power and resolved to improve its quality that way.

Han Qiu compressed his Soul Power to forge a new cultivation path, and his Martial Soul evolved from light to dual light and lightning. He tested his first Soul Skill, a powerful group-wide attribute boost, and named it Radiant Thunder Holy Body.

• Han Qiu compressed his Soul Power to two and a half times its original density and discovered that his Martial Soul had gained lightning as a second attribute and awakened a new form.
• Han Qiu activated his first Soul Skill, which surrounded him with purple lightning and light and boosted his attributes by more than seventy percent.
• Han Qiu discovered that Radiant Thunder Holy Body could also strengthen companions and lasted well over an hour.
• Han Qiu named his first Soul Skill Radiant Thunder Holy Body.

Han Qiu tested the abilities of his first Soul Skill, Radiant Thunder Holy Body, and discovered its group buffs and hidden lightning paralysis. He then tried his Radiant Thunder Holy Lion Possession, which greatly strengthened his close-combat power but drained Soul Power quickly.

• Han Qiu touched the Silver Moon Spirit Deer and discovered that Radiant Thunder Holy Body could paralyze targets with lightning on contact.
• Han Qiu used Radiant Thunder Holy Body to boost the Silver Moon Spirit Deer, finding that its effect weakened against a target with much higher cultivation and consumed a quarter of his Soul Power.
• Han Qiu assessed his first Soul Skill’s abilities and considered his humanoid Martial Soul a nearly complete support Martial Soul.
• Han Qiu transformed into the Radiant Thunder Holy Lion and activated Possession, gaining much greater strength, speed, and defense for close combat.
• Han Qiu struck a giant tree, leaving a deep fist print and spreading cracks through its trunk.
• Han Qiu concluded that his two Martial Soul forms served different combat roles, then ended Possession after five seconds because it consumed Soul Power rapidly.

Han Qiu returned to Nuoding Academy after obtaining a Soul Skill and learned that Xiao Wu and the work-study students were facing Xiao Chenyu’s group in a fight. He arrived at the clearing as Wang Sheng prepared to face Zhang Jian, while Xiao Chenyu’s students invoked Han Qiu as their real boss.

• Han Qiu left the Silver Moon Spirit Deer behind and hurried back to Nuoding City to certify his Soul Power at Spirit Hall.
• The academy gatekeeper told Han Qiu that Xiao Wu had gone to the woods to confront Xiao Chenyu after a dispute with a senior student.
• Han Qiu learned that Xiao Chenyu’s students were calling him their boss and claiming he was stronger than everyone at the academy.
• Xiao Wu challenged Xiao Chenyu’s group and declared that they would have to acknowledge her as boss if they lost.
• Wang Sheng stepped forward to fight, and Zhang Jian taunted him while boasting about Han Qiu’s strength.

Wang Sheng defeated Zhang Jian after Tang San secretly struck Zhang Jian with hidden weapons, and Tang San then stepped in to face Liu Long and Xiao Chenyu. Tang San revealed his hundred-year Soul Ring, and the chapter ended as Xiao Chenyu attacked him with his wolf Martial Soul.

• Zhang Jian charged Wang Sheng, and Tang San secretly hit Zhang Jian's wrist with gravel so Wang Sheng could knock him down.
• Tang San stopped Xiao Wu from fighting and entered the arena in Wang Sheng's place.
• Liu Long strode into the arena, but Tang San kicked him flying before he could summon his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Chenyu announced his wolf Martial Soul and level, and Tang San answered by revealing his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and yellow hundred-year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Chenyu silenced his companions and lunged at Tang San with a wolf's-claw attack.

Tang San defeated Xiao Chenyu with his Mandala Snake-enhanced Blue Silver Grass, but Xiao Chenyu refused to accept Xiao Wu as his boss unless she could beat Boss Han. Han Qiu arrived and revealed that he had also obtained a Soul Ring, leaving Tang San and Xiao Wu surprised by his changed appearance and height.

• Tang San withstood Xiao Chenyu’s attack, threw him off balance, and bound him with Blue Silver Entanglement.
• Tang San explained that his Blue Silver Grass had gained toughness and poison from a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake Soul Ring, and Xiao Chenyu conceded.
• Xiao Chenyu refused to acknowledge Xiao Wu as his boss until she defeated Boss Han, so Xiao Wu revealed her Level Twelve strength and Hundred-Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Chenyu pointed out Boss Han, and Tang San and Xiao Wu were surprised to find Han Qiu had arrived.
• Tang San realized Han Qiu had obtained a Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu remarked that he had grown taller and handsomer.

Han Qiu settled Xiao Chenyu’s dispute with Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu challenged him to prove his strength. Tang San sparred with Han Qiu and was overwhelmed when Han Qiu copied his techniques and countered his first Soul Skill.

• Han Qiu arrived, scolded Xiao Chenyu for troubling Tang San and Xiao Wu, and told him to acknowledge Xiao Wu as his boss.
• Xiao Wu insisted that Han Qiu fight her first, while Tang San also challenged him after gaining a Soul Ring.
• Tang San attacked with the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Mysterious Jade Hand, but Han Qiu copied both techniques and forced him back.
• Tang San unleashed Blue Silver Entanglement, but Han Qiu evaded the grass and struck its weak points, leaving Tang San badly outmatched.

Han Qiu defeated Tang San by breaking free of his poisoned Blue Silver Grass, then challenged Tang San and Xiao Wu to fight him together. Xiao Wu accepted and launched the opening attack, leaving the group battle underway.

• Han Qiu used Heavenly Eye to find a weakness in Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass defense and let Tang San bind him.
• Han Qiu purified the paralytic toxin with his Martial Soul and broke free of the Blue Silver Grass using his strength.
• Han Qiu defeated Tang San again, and Tang San promised to keep training until he could win.
• Han Qiu invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to fight him together, and Xiao Wu agreed.
• Xiao Wu attacked Han Qiu with her Soft Skill after he blocked her first punch.

Han Qiu countered Xiao Wu and Tang San’s coordinated attack with overwhelming strength, then demonstrated his power by stopping a punch just short of Xiao Wu while destroying a tree behind her. After defeating Xiao Wu, he gained the Ripple Steps lightness technique from the system.

• Tang San restrained Han Qiu’s wrist with Blue Silver Grass while Xiao Wu locked her arms around his neck and attempted to throw him.
• Han Qiu braced himself, seized Xiao Wu’s wrists, and shattered Tang San’s attacking Blue Silver Grass with precise strikes.
• Han Qiu assessed Xiao Wu’s grappling and Tang San’s restraint techniques, then accepted Xiao Wu’s challenge to attack her.
• Han Qiu moved too quickly for Tang San or Xiao Wu to follow and stopped his punch just short of Xiao Wu’s face, while its force stripped the leaves from a tree and split its trunk.
• The system announced that Han Qiu had defeated Xiao Wu and awarded him the Ripple Steps lightness technique.

Han Qiu revealed that his astonishing physical strength came from punishing daily training, then announced that his Heavenly Eye made him a level-sixteen Auxiliary System Tool Soul Master who could restore Soul Power. The chapter ended with white light blossoming in his palm as Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Xiao Chenyu watched in disbelief.

• Han Qiu's punch snapped a distant tree, frightening Xiao Wu and convincing her to admit defeat.
• Xiao Chenyu and the other students asked Han Qiu to teach them, but scattered when he prescribed extreme daily training for six months.
• Tang San reflected on the gap between himself and Han Qiu, while Xiao Chenyu declined to train with him.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San to carry her, but Tang San was too drained from their fight, and Xiao Chenyu's offer was rejected.
• Han Qiu offered to restore their Soul Power and revealed that he was a level-sixteen Auxiliary System Tool Soul Master with the Heavenly Eye Martial Soul.

Han Qiu revealed his Thousand-Year Soul Ring and demonstrated that, despite being an Auxiliary System Soul Master, he could both smash a boulder and rapidly restore others’ Soul Power. Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Chenyu recovered fully, still astonished by Han Qiu’s abilities.

• Han Qiu summoned his purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, leaving Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Chenyu stunned.
• Han Qiu claimed he had obtained the Soul Ring after finding two Thousand-Year Soul Beasts fighting, while keeping the true details secret.
• Xiao Chenyu realized Han Qiu had called himself an Auxiliary System Soul Master and questioned how that fit with his immense strength.
• Han Qiu used a healing Soul Skill to restore Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Chenyu’s depleted Soul Power and dispel their fatigue.
• Han Qiu declared that an auxiliary Soul Master who could not fight a Battle Soul Master one-on-one was no good, leaving the others speechless.