Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing discovered that his Card Martial Soul could seal creatures and contract them, then summoned Hsin, Xinyue Fox’s emotional clone, from his private-server world. Hsin became his first contract and Soul Ring, but her power was restrained because Xu Qing’s body was too weak.

• Su Yuntao registered Xu Qing’s Card Martial Soul as trash despite his Innate Full Soul Power and gave him a certificate for Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Xu Qing learned that his Martial Soul could gain cards and seal creatures into contracts, and decided to attend the academy before choosing a Soul Beast.
• A white fox appeared in the card’s pure white space, rushed into Xu Qing’s arms, and vanished as he gained a Yellow Soul Ring.
• The card revealed Hsin, who recognized Xu Qing as Rover and confirmed that she came from his private server.
• Xu Qing checked Hsin’s contract panel and learned that her power was restrained to protect his weak body, leaving his Soul Ring at five hundred years old.

Xu Qing received cultivation manuals from Hsin, who comforted him over his hardship and rebuilt his shabby house into a luxurious home. Hsin gave him a fox doll that secretly tracked him, and Xu Qing discovered a Basic Supply Chest as an exploration module activated.

• Hsin gave Xu Qing the Golden-Eyed Stranger Sword Art and the Myriad Forms Return to the Heart Art, explaining how the latter cultivated mental strength and computational power.
• When Hsin saw Xu Qing's dilapidated house, he told her he had built it after years of hardship, and she comforted him.
• Hsin used her Mechanism Construction Art to transform the wooden house into a luxurious home.
• Hsin gave Xu Qing a fluffy fox doll that secretly tracked his location, and he recognized it as another tracker.
• Xu Qing spotted a yellow-green chest, and the system announced that a Basic Supply Chest had been discovered and the exploration module activated.

Xu Qing found system treasure chests around his home, gained equipment and supplies, and discovered that Hsin’s cooking improved his abilities. After eating and resting, he began sword training with Hsin and showed remarkable skill before someone knocked at the gate.

• Xu Qing opened a basic supply chest and received Soul Power Crystals, fine iron, Gold Soul Coins, and a powerful Sword of Night.
• Xu Qing found two more chests, collected additional supplies, and upgraded the Sword of Night with an energy core.
• Hsin carried Xu Qing to dinner and fed him dishes whose special effects improved his physical condition and recovery.
• Hsin carried Xu Qing to his room to rest, and the next morning she taught him swordsmanship.
• Xu Qing quickly mastered the sword technique and split a wooden training dummy with one strike.
• Someone knocked at the gate, interrupting Hsin as she teased Xu Qing.

Yu Xiaogang came to recruit Xu Qing as his disciple, insisting that Xu Qing had Twin Martial Souls, but Xu Qing mocked and rejected him. After Hsin knocked Yu Xiaogang unconscious, Xu Qing had her search his belongings for Soul Beast records before taking him to be thrown into a latrine pit; someone then cried out for them to spare him.

• Yu Xiaogang visited Xu Qing after hearing that he had a trash card Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, and claimed Xu Qing must have Twin Martial Souls.
• Xu Qing refused Yu Xiaogang's offer to become his disciple and mocked his Martial Soul, low Soul Power, and stalled cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao to attack Xu Qing, but Hsin struck him unconscious before he could act.
• Xu Qing ordered Hsin to throw Yu Xiaogang into a latrine pit, then had her search Yu Xiaogang's Storage Soul Tool and found books containing Spirit Hall records.
• Xu Qing and Hsin set off with the unconscious Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao, but a distant voice called out, “Spare him!”

Xu Qing sold the unconscious Yu Xiaogang and his martial soul Luo Sanpao to three Brother Scars for 5,000 Gold Soul Coins. After the men carried Gangzi away, Xu Qing and Hsin headed out to buy supplies.

• Three Brother Scars arrived and eagerly asked Xu Qing to hand over Yu Xiaogang, whom they called their dream Rose.
• Xu Qing explained that Yu Xiaogang had caused trouble at his home, and Brother Scar offered compensation for him.
• The Brother Scars paid 5,000 Gold Soul Coins, and Hsin confirmed the chest held the full amount.
• Xu Qing told the men to take Luo Sanpao along with Yu Xiaogang, and they departed with both.
• Hsin offered to throw Yu Xiaogang into a latrine if Xu Qing was still upset, but Xu Qing said the Brother Scars would be worse for him and suggested they go shopping.

Xu Qing and Hsin listened to Yu Xiaogang suffer after threatening to destroy Xu Qing and the Rose Boy Band. Back home, Hsin flirted with Xu Qing and argued that fox spirits could meet all his needs, leaving him amused by how much he understood King Zhou.

• Hsin insisted on accompanying Xu Qing to hear Yu Xiaogang being punished, and the sounds disgusted her.
• Xu Qing said Yu Xiaogang was no threat and that someone else was already dealing with him, then left with Hsin.
• While bathing at home, Hsin confessed her love after Xu Qing touched her ears, and Xu Qing told her to stop acting like a yandere.
• Hsin fed Xu Qing grapes and praised fox spirits, suggesting that she and the other foxes could care for him in every form.
• Xu Qing recalled the saying about questioning, understanding, and accepting King Zhou, while Hsin secretly laughed at his reaction.

Xu Qing found materials in a supply chest and upgraded the Sword of Night with a new ability to pierce Protective Qi. After spotting Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, he chose not to interfere and left Nuoding City to explore elsewhere as Yu Xiaogang set out to escape to Suotuo City.

• Xu Qing and Hsin found a Standard Supply Chest containing four LF Howler Cores and hair crystal, which Xu Qing recognized as a material for the Dragon Whisker Needle.
• The LF Howler Cores resonated with the hair crystal, and Xu Qing used them to upgrade the Sword of Night, increasing its stats and granting it Protective Qi piercing.
• Xu Qing and Hsin hid when Yu Xiaogang arrived with Tang San, and Hsin sensed a powerful observer nearby.
• Xu Qing identified the observer as someone watching Tang San and told Hsin not to interfere unless the man caused them trouble.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to take Tang San to another school in Suotuo City to avoid being captured again by Brother Scar and his group.
• Xu Qing and Hsin abandoned their plan to watch Yu Xiaogang and left Nuoding City to search for chests on a new map.

Xu Qing and Hsin traveled through the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xu Qing’s resolve to protect Hsin and those he cared about triggered a surge in his strength. They spotted Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San approaching with Tang Hao following behind, then hid to watch as Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San on choosing a First Soul Ring.

• Hsin brought Xu Qing a Standard Supply Chest’s contents, and he shared a tender moment with her before she prepared lunch.
• Xu Qing reflected on Hsin’s affection and the tragedies he feared, then his sword intent erupted and his Soul Power rose from level 15 to level 17.
• Hsin showed Xu Qing a mirror of light revealing Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San traveling through the forest, with Tang Hao secretly following them.
• Xu Qing and Hsin hid in a tree as Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San should seek a Mandala Snake Soul Ring, while Tang Hao went ahead to search for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Xu Qing criticized Yu Xiaogang’s advice about Blue Silver Grass’s entanglement and called him a clown; Flender then stopped the group after sensing movement.

Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San found and killed a 400-year-old Mandala Snake so Tang San could absorb its Soul Ring, while Xu Qing and Hsin watched from afar. A Ten-Thousand-Year Cave Demon Spider then dragged Yu Xiaogang underground, and Flender fought it after pulling him from its mouth.

• Flender mistook a hundred-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit for a threat, then caught it before the group continued searching for a Mandala Snake.
• Xu Qing explained to Hsin that Tang Hao saw Tang San as a tool for revenge and cared little about the Soul Rings on his Blue Silver Grass.
• Hsin spotted a Ten-Thousand-Year Cave Demon Spider near Yu Xiaogang's group and showed Xu Qing its lair on a light screen.
• Flender found a 400-year-old Mandala Snake, and Tang San killed it and began absorbing its Yellow Soul Ring.
• The Cave Demon Spider burst through the ground, poisoned Yu Xiaogang, and dragged him into its cave.
• Flender pulled Yu Xiaogang from the spider's mouth, threw him outside, and stayed behind to fight the Cave Demon Spider.

Flender and Tang San tried to save Yu Xiaogang after a Cave Demon Spider poisoned him, but Tang San ultimately cut away the poisoned part to keep the venom from reaching his heart. Afterward, Xu Qing and Hsin set off to take the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Flender killed the Ten-Thousand-Year Cave Demon Spider and tried to slow its poison in Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San finished absorbing his Soul Ring and determined that Yu Xiaogang would die unless the poisoned area was removed.
• Flender tried sucking the venom from Yu Xiaogang's wound, but Tang San concluded it had spread too deeply and cut away the poisoned part.
• Tang San stopped Yu Xiaogang's bleeding, and Flender carried him away after Tang San confirmed his life was saved.
• Xu Qing and Hsin discussed the scene, then headed for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to take the Immortal Herbs despite Old Poison being there.

Xu Qing and Hsin traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Hsin defeated Dugu Bo and Xu Qing chose to leave him alive for now. They entered the valley to gather Immortal Herbs, beginning with the plants that would let them safely endure the spring’s extreme energies.

• Hsin teased Xu Qing, then admitted she could sense his emotions and had tried to ease his tension; his renewed conviction raised him to level 18.
• Hsin made a fox-shaped motorcycle, and she and Xu Qing rode it from the Star Dou Great Forest to Sunset Forest in about an hour.
• Hsin entered the valley through its poisonous barrier, and Dugu Bo confronted her; Xu Qing told her to fight rather than waste time talking.
• Hsin’s enormous red cuboid pillar overwhelmed Dugu Bo’s Eighth Soul Skill, Time Freeze, and left him unconscious in a crater; Xu Qing decided to spare him temporarily.
• Hsin and Xu Qing reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Xu Qing explained that they needed to eat the ice and fire Immortal Herbs before cultivating there safely.

Hsin devised and refined an Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Pill so Xu Qing could gain ultimate ice and fire attributes by tempering his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As Xu Qing endured the ordeal and reached level twenty, a new card condensed and he was drawn into a familiar white space, where a zither-playing figure recognized him as a disciple.

• Hsin deduced a formula combining six Immortal Herbs into a pill that would grant Xu Qing ultimate ice and fire attributes while he tempered himself in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Hsin refined the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Pill, and Xu Qing swallowed it before leaping into the spring.
• Xu Qing endured agonizing physical tempering, used Myriad Things Return to the Heart to guide the ice and fire power, and compressed his Soul Power as his level reached twenty.
• Xu Qing's Martial Soul card appeared, another card condensed, and he found himself in a familiar white space as a zither played nearby.
• A cool, aloof figure saw Xu Qing and exclaimed, "Disciple!"

Xu Qing met Qingxiao after emerging from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and she had him sign a new apprenticeship pledge. Qingxiao’s Inner Demon secretly transformed it into a marriage contract, leaving Qingxiao to discover the change after Xu Qing departed.

• Qingxiao gave naked, shrunken Xu Qing child-sized clothes and questioned him about his lost strength and memories.
• Qingxiao had Xu Qing sign an apprenticeship pledge and gave him a sword talisman jade pendant.
• After Xu Qing left, Qingxiao’s Inner Demon changed the pledge into a marriage contract and added her own name.
• Qingxiao’s Inner Demon drew a portrait of Xu Qing and complained that the fox’s scent was on him.
• Qingxiao returned to her usual form, found the altered contract, and angrily confronted her Inner Demon.

Qingxiao confronted her Inner Demon over secretly changing Xu Qing’s discipleship invitation into a marriage contract, then struck the Inner Demon with lightning and left. Outside, Xu Qing completed a contract with Qingxiao, gained two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and reached level 30 before waking in a pure white space with Aemeath, who mistook him for her husband.

• The Inner Demon teased Qingxiao about the marriage contract she had secretly made Xu Qing sign, while Qingxiao worried about what he would think when he grew up.
• The Inner Demon challenged Qingxiao to admit her feelings, and Qingxiao summoned lightning talismans to attack her and called her a shota lover.
• Qingxiao’s contract with Xu Qing was completed as he soaked in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and his Soul Rings appeared and powered him up to level 30.
• A third card formed, and Xu Qing woke in a pure white space where Aemeath called him her husband and claimed their spaceship had crashed.
• Aemeath realized Xu Qing still remembered her, then embraced him tightly as he asked her to loosen her grip.

Xu Qing woke up in the pure-white space with his memories intact, frustrating Aemeath’s plan to introduce herself as his family and start their relationship anew. Aemeath said she would protect him from now on, and they prepared to begin the contract that would let him take her elsewhere.

• Aemeath checked Xu Qing’s naked body, tried to dress him in women’s clothes, and eventually gave him children’s clothes to wear.
• Aemeath explained that she had planned to pretend they were meeting for the first time, but accidentally called Xu Qing her husband when he woke.
• Xu Qing recalled Aemeath’s history as Rover’s adopted daughter, her sacrifice at the Lahai-Roi Gate, and her possessive feelings toward him.
• Aemeath grew jealous after sensing the scents of other women on Xu Qing, and he told her to rein in her yandere behavior.
• Aemeath hugged Xu Qing and said she would protect him from now on, then kissed him before they could begin their contract.

At Shrek Academy, Tang San and Flender discussed Yu Xiaogang’s recovery after the Ten-Thousand-Year Cave Demon Spider incident, while Xiao Wu celebrated his loss of manhood. In the Sunset Forest, Xu Qing emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with three powerful Soul Rings, and Hsin kissed him, prompting an angry interruption.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu and the others that Yu Xiaogang had been injured and had lost his manhood, and Xiao Wu blurted out that it was wonderful.
• Tang San assured Flender that Yu Xiaogang’s poisoned flesh had been removed and the poison was gone, so he only needed to rest.
• Xu Qing emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire powers.
• Hsin helped Xu Qing change clothes and asked how he felt, then Xu Qing praised her work and invited her to choose a reward.
• Hsin kissed Xu Qing, and someone shouted for the witch to let their dad go.

Xu Qing emerged from the pure white space with Aemeath and reunited with Hsin and Qingxiao at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Aemeath’s possessive fantasies unsettled him, while Qingxiao told him to focus on cultivation, and he proposed making the well his cultivation base.

• Aemeath appeared and carried Xu Qing away from Hsin, then worried that Hsin had drained his Yang Qi.
• Xu Qing explained that his kiss with Hsin was a promised reward, and he and Aemeath made a pinky promise.
• Aemeath indulged in obsessive fantasies about becoming Xu Qing’s mother, leaving him feeling a chill and prompting him to check whether she was still herself.
• Hsin teased Qingxiao, who ignored her and greeted Xu Qing and Aemeath.
• Qingxiao told Xu Qing to cultivate diligently, and he said he wanted to make the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well his cultivation base.

Xu Qing explained how the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well strengthened his cultivation and could serve as a base for his companions. As Hsin began building a town, Aemeath learned that Old Poison was still unconscious outside and went with Xu Qing to meet him after changing clothes.

• Xu Qing explained that his internal Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well let him safely cultivate there, and that the others could use the canyon as a cultivation ground.
• Hsin agreed to build a town and assigned rooms for herself, Qingxiao, and Aemeath before beginning construction.
• Aemeath asked about Old Poison, and Hsin said he was still lying unconscious outside the well.
• Aemeath claimed the territory for herself and went to leave with Xu Qing, who told her to change out of her revealing outfit first.

Xu Qing revived Dugu Bo and offered to cure the poison afflicting him and his granddaughter in exchange for collecting spiritual plants and medicines. Dugu Bo accepted Xu Qing as his master and prepared to serve him.

• Xu Qing examined the wounded Dugu Bo and fed him an Intermediate Nutrient Block to restore his vitality.
• Dugu Bo woke, recognized Xu Qing, and feared for his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo offered to pay any price if Xu Qing would spare Dugu Yan, then tried to take his own life.
• Xu Qing stopped Dugu Bo and asked him to collect spiritual plants and medicines, promising to cure the poison in both him and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo accepted the offer, kowtowed to Xu Qing, and greeted him as his master.

Xu Qing accepted Dugu Bo as a servant after promising to cure the poison affecting him and Yanyan, and Aemeath proposed taking over Heaven Dou Royal Academy and renaming it. After Aemeath teased Xu Qing about calling him Dad and herself Mom, he chased her off with a whip, then shared a meal with Hsin and Aemeath before going fishing in Sunset Forest.

• Xu Qing told Dugu Bo to gather spiritual plants and herbs, and Dugu Bo took Xu Qing's pills, rapidly recovering from his injuries before addressing Xu Qing as Master and Aemeath as Miss.
• Aemeath suggested that she become dean of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and rename it Aemeath Academy, and Xu Qing agreed.
• Aemeath proposed that she call Xu Qing Dad and he call her Mom, so Xu Qing chased her with a whip; she escaped in a puff of smoke.
• Hsin admitted she had skipped eating while watching Xu Qing cultivate, and Xu Qing stroked her head and told her not to do that again.
• Xu Qing fed Aemeath while Hsin fed him, then Aemeath took Xu Qing fishing at Sunset Forest, where they pulled up Paimon and Phoebe Chibi.