Chapter Summaries

Han Yu annoyed Tang Hao by joking that he had sent Tang San away as a child bridegroom, while Tang Hao remained unable to tell which boy was his biological son. The brothers shared their meager meal, and Tang San urged Han Yu to speak less.

• Tang Hao chased Han Yu after discovering he had tried to send Tang San away to a wealthy family in Nuoding City.
• Han Yu hid behind Old Jack and claimed he had arranged Tang San’s future to spare him a life of poverty.
• Tang San appeared beside Han Yu, startling him so badly that Han Yu kicked him before Old Jack stopped him.
• Tang Hao recalled that lightning had caused him to find two nearly identical babies, leaving him unsure which was his son.
• Han Yu sang about a mother to make Tang Hao relent, and Tang Hao told him not to sell Tang San again.
• Tang San served rice soup, and Han Yu joked that Tang Hao would have to be thrown by the river if he got sick.

Han Yu deflected Tang San’s suspicion with an act of brotherly concern, while Tang San resolved to give him a Sleeve Arrow. Old Jack then intervened after finding Tang San working at the forge and told Tang Hao he would take both boys to the village’s Martial Soul Awakening in two days.

• Han Yu threw a foul rag at Tang San, then pretended he had only been wiping dirt from his face when Tang San fell.
• Tang San dismissed his suspicions, felt guilty for wanting to harm Han Yu, and decided to give him his first Sleeve Arrow for protection.
• Han Yu exposed Liu Ergou’s nighttime visit to a widow, prompting Auntie Liu to drag her husband inside and start a fight.
• Old Jack found Tang San working at the forge, beat and scolded Tang Hao for making him work, and regretted mentioning the boys’ mother.
• Old Jack told Tang Hao he would take Han Yu and Tang San to the Martial Soul Awakening in two days, and Tang Hao agreed.

Han Yu and Tang San underwent Martial Soul Awakening, where Tang San revealed twin Martial Souls and Han Yu awakened a strange little tree. The chapter ended with Tang San’s Soul Power test producing brilliant blue light.

• Han Yu worried that failing to awaken Soul Power would put him in danger from Tang Hao, while Tang San repeatedly asked what they might awaken.
• Su Yuntao arrived two days later and began awakening the village children’s Martial Souls, most of which had no Soul Power.
• Tang San’s awakening produced unusually strong golden light, and Han Yu rushed into the ritual before Su Yuntao had finished with him.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, while Han Yu’s little tree Martial Soul wrapped around the hammer and pulled it into its trunk.
• Su Yuntao mistook Han Yu’s Martial Soul for a withered branch, and Tang San awoke and asked to test his Soul Power.
• Tang San took Su Yuntao’s blue crystal ball, which burst into brilliant blue light.

Han Yu and Tang San awakened weak-looking Martial Souls but possessed exceptional Innate Soul Power, and Old Jack arranged work-study places for them at Nuoding Academy. When Tang Hao tried to give Tang San the place and make Han Yu stay, Han Yu forced his agreement by beating him with a hammer.

• Su Yuntao discovered that Tang San had rank-eight Innate Soul Power and Han Yu had Innate Full Soul Power, though their Martial Souls appeared to be Blue Silver Grass and a dead branch.
• Old Jack took Han Yu and Tang San to the smithy and told Tang Hao about their awakenings and his plan to secure them work-study places.
• Tang Hao showed little interest in Han Yu, recognized Tang San as his biological son, and said he would give Tang San a place while making other plans for Han Yu.
• Old Jack promised to find Han Yu a place at Nuoding Academy, while Tang San offered to give up his own place so someone could cook for Tang Hao.
• Han Yu entered Tang Hao's room and hammered him until Tang Hao agreed to let him attend Nuoding Academy.

Tang Hao showed Han Yu a ring that his mother had left behind and gave it to him as a Soul Tool. The chapter ended with Tang San eyeing Han Yu’s new ring enviously during lunch.

• Tang Hao offered to grant Han Yu a wish in exchange for seeing his Clear Sky Hammer, but Han Yu demanded a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, a Soul Bone, and plenty of Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang Hao led Han Yu into his room and brought out a wooden box containing something his mother had left behind.
• Tang Hao explained that the blue-gold ring was a token of love between him and Han Yu’s mother, and that it held ten cubic meters of storage space.
• Han Yu took the ring, whose band was made from Blue Silver Grass, while Tang Hao revealed that his own matching ring was hidden in his shoe.
• Tang San called Tang Hao and Han Yu to eat, then watched Han Yu’s ring with envy and looked hopefully at Tang Hao.

Han Yu watched Tang Hao beat Tang San, then found Ah Yin’s blue-gold Blue Silver Grass and uncovered her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone near Holy Soul Village. As Han Yu prepared to absorb it, his Little Tree Martial Soul urgently communicated with him.

• Tang San tried to get Tang Hao’s attention with a hammer, and Tang Hao beat him until he was badly bruised.
• Han Yu left home, accepted gifts from villagers who had heard about his Innate Full Soul Power, and went to a valley.
• Han Yu moved a rock on the slope and discovered a living blue-gold blade of Blue Silver Grass that he recognized as Ah Yin.
• Han Yu dug up a hidden chest beside Ah Yin’s grass and found the Blue Silver Emperor’s Hundred Thousand Year right leg bone.
• As Han Yu prepared to absorb the Soul Bone, his Little Tree Martial Soul sent him an urgent message.

Han Yu’s little tree Martial Soul absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone and gained a black Soul Ring, leaving him with new vitality and the ability to fly. After Tang San found him and they returned home, Han Yu revealed the Soul Ring to Tang Hao, who turned a dangerous gaze on Tang San.

• Han Yu’s little tree Martial Soul absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, then changed as a black Soul Ring appeared around Han Yu.
• Han Yu regained consciousness when Tang San found him in the valley, and he noticed the Blue Silver Emperor wilted beneath Tang San’s foot.
• On the way home, Han Yu realized he had absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor’s Martial Soul and Soul Ring and moved her into his mind.
• Han Yu returned to the smithy with Tang San and told Tang Hao that he had found a Soul Bone and gained a black Soul Ring.
• Han Yu summoned the Clear Sky Hammer to show Tang Hao the black Soul Ring, and Tang Hao glared dangerously at Tang San.

After Tang Hao brutally injured Tang San over the Blue Silver Grass in the valley, he decided Tang San could serve as a pawn to investigate Spirit Hall for Han Yu. The next morning, Tang Hao began suspecting Tang San might be a rare Blue Silver Grass incarnation and considered how his Soul Ring and Soul Bone could benefit Han Yu.

• Tang San hid under the covers and endured his injuries while Tang Hao watched over Han Yu and seethed at Tang San.
• Tang Hao resolved to make Tang San probe Spirit Hall for Han Yu, and Han Yu silently pieced together how the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Ring had come to him.
• Tang San survived the night and got up to cook, though his wrist had not fully healed.
• Tang Hao wondered whether Tang San might be a hundred-thousand-year-old Blue Silver Grass and considered taking his Soul Ring and Soul Bone for Han Yu.
• As Tang Hao recalled Tang San's unusual behavior since childhood, he began to suspect that Tang San was different from ordinary people.

Tang Hao mistook Tang San for a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and planned to obtain Tang San’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone for Han Yu. After Tang San fainted from a spill of hot soup and Tang Hao’s attempts to wake him, he later awoke believing his father and brother had cared for him.

• Tang Hao concluded that Tang San was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast disguised as his son and decided Han Yu should eventually receive Tang San’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang San hurried to finish cooking when he heard Tang Hao grind his teeth, while Tang Hao misread his movements and words as taunts.
• Han Yu came out of the inner room, and Tang Hao held back his anger while planning to make Tang San sacrifice his Soul Ring to Han Yu.
• Tang San tripped and spilled hot soup over himself, then fainted when Tang Hao blew on him; Tang Hao slapped his swollen face until Han Yu told him Tang San was still alive.
• Tang Hao gave Han Yu a bowl of porridge, then later moved Tang San onto his bedding and checked his breathing.
• Tang San woke on his familiar bedding and concluded that Tang Hao and Han Yu still loved him.

Tang San lay injured and hungry while Tang Hao tricked him into sleeping outside, where he endured a night of wind and rain. The next morning, Han Yu mistook the soaked, blackened Tang San for a monster and swung his hammer at him before Tang Hao intervened.

• Tang San stayed in bed all day, too timid to ask Tang Hao for food, while Han Yu returned late and went straight to sleep.
• Tang Hao threw Tang San and his bedding outside, then persuaded him to stay there so his father and brother could sleep undisturbed.
• Tang San braced the smithy's door through a fierce storm, wrapped in his soaked bedding.
• Han Yu woke to find Tang San missing from the bed and opened the door, sending the soaked Tang San rolling inside.
• Han Yu mistook Tang San for a ghost and swung his hammer at him, but Tang Hao blocked the blow with his arm.

Han Yu brought the unconscious Tang San and injured Tang Hao to Old Jack’s house after a storm, then helped Old Jack conclude that Tang Hao might have something wrong with his brain. The chapter ended with the villagers tying Tang Hao to a chair while Old Jack asked Han Yu whether Tang Hao had injured his head.

• Han Yu struck Tang Hao’s arm with his Clear Sky Hammer, and they realized Tang San had been left inside the dusty smithy.
• Tang Hao carried Tang San out, and Han Yu suggested taking him to Old Jack’s house for medicine.
• Han Yu told Old Jack that Tang San had been caught in the rain and Tang Hao had injured his arm looking for him.
• Old Jack tested Tang Hao with questions, became convinced something was wrong with his brain, and sent Han Yu to gather the villagers.
• Old Jack ordered the villagers to tie Tang Hao to a chair, then asked Han Yu whether Tang Hao had hurt his head.

Old Jack and the villagers suspected Tang Hao had a brain injury after he failed to answer simple questions, but Tang Hao eventually proved himself and returned home with Han Yu and Tang San. Tang Hao began teaching Han Yu the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and two days later Han Yu and Tang San left with Old Jack for Nuoding Academy.

• Old Jack and the villagers argued over folk remedies for Tang Hao’s supposed brain injury, and Tang Hao defended himself by finally answering Old Jack’s questions correctly.
• Tang San awoke, and the three returned home; Tang San went to sleep while Tang Hao summoned Han Yu to the forge.
• Tang Hao warned Han Yu to keep his hammer secret and demonstrated the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer as Han Yu watched closely.
• Two days later, Han Yu and Tang San set out for Nuoding Academy with Old Jack, who lamented that Tang Hao had not come along.

Han Yu escorted Tang San to Nuoding Academy, arranged new clothes and helped Old Jack return safely to the village. After the boys entered the academy, the gatekeeper told Yu Xiaogang that one had Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power, prompting him to hurry toward the academic affairs office.

• Han Yu quietly paid a carriage driver to help Old Jack return to Holy Soul Village, then gave Old Jack a note before he left Nuoding City.
• Han Yu took Tang San to buy new clothes and led him into Nuoding Academy using their Martial Soul certificates.
• The gatekeeper overheard that Tang San had Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power and reported it to Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned the gatekeeper, then hurried toward the academic affairs office.
• Han Yu advised Tang San to communicate more as they waited in a chair.

Han Yu and Tang San enrolled at Nuoding Academy, where Yu Xiaogang recognized Han Yu’s Innate Full Soul Power and tried to draw him into a conversation about his Twin Martial Souls. Tang San’s curiosity brought them to Yu Xiaogang’s room, where he began explaining Soul Masters and revealed that he had inferred Han Yu’s secret from his certificate.

• Han Yu and Tang San found the academic affairs office, but Yu Xiaogang intercepted them and seized their Martial Soul certificates.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Han Yu’s Innate Full Soul Power and called him the third person with Twin Martial Souls in a century, but Han Yu dismissed him and went to enroll.
• The teachers enrolled Han Yu and Tang San, commenting that their Martial Souls were both considered Trash Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to provoke Han Yu’s curiosity about how he knew of the Twin Martial Souls, then invited Tang San to his room to explain Soul Masters.
• Tang San browsed Yu Xiaogang’s books and asked how he knew Han Yu had Twin Martial Souls, and Yu Xiaogang said he had relied on Han Yu’s certificate.

Han Yu rejected Yu Xiaogang as a teacher but negotiated more than a thousand Gold Soul Coins for Tang San to become his disciple. He then claimed the role of Dorm Seven’s boss, where a girl arrived just as he was settling in.

• Han Yu sent Tang San out and challenged Yu Xiaogang to explain what he could offer as a teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Han Yu his twenty-four-gem Soul Tool belt, but Han Yu still refused to become his disciple.
• Han Yu persuaded Yu Xiaogang to pay more than a thousand Gold Soul Coins to take Tang San as his disciple.
• Han Yu went to Dorm Seven, defeated Wang Sheng, and was accepted as the dorm’s boss.
• A pretty little girl appeared at Dorm Seven’s doorway, and Han Yu looked up from his apple.

Han Yu and Xiao Wu fought over who would be boss of Dorm Seven, then ended up sharing a bed after Xiao Wu declared they were even. At lunch, Han Yu offered to treat the work-study students and led them upstairs to the expensive second-floor dining area.

• Xiao Wu attacked Han Yu after he teased her, but he caught her braid and threatened to cut it with scissors.
• Xiao Wu faked crying and tried to attack Han Yu, but he stopped her and warned her not to sneak up on him again.
• Xiao Wu pushed her bed against Han Yu's and shared his bedding, while Tang San settled into the bed on Han Yu's other side.
• Han Yu told Wang Sheng that Tang San was his younger brother and refused to make him follow Dorm Seven's rules.
• Han Yu offered to treat everyone to lunch and led the hesitant work-study students upstairs, showing them Gold Soul Coins.

Han Yu treated Dorm Seven to a lavish meal, winning Wang Sheng and the other students’ loyalty while teasing Xiao Wu with rabbit dishes and carrots. After leading them downstairs, he encountered Yu Xiaogang, whose attempt to impress Tang San as a humble commoner left him trapped in eating meager meals with his new disciple.

• Han Yu served Xiao Wu a spread of carrot dishes and spicy rabbit head, which Wang Sheng ate before Xiao Wu could stop him.
• Tang San asked how Han Yu had gotten the money, and Han Yu reassured him that he would never let his younger brother go hungry.
• After the meal, Wang Sheng and the Dorm Seven students bowed and declared Han Yu their boss; Han Yu promised to bring Xiao Wu back for another carrot feast.
• Han Yu led the group downstairs and found Yu Xiaogang eating pickled vegetables and a steamed bun; he left a packed chicken leg on Yu Xiaogang’s table.
• Tang San promised to share Yu Xiaogang’s humble meals, and Yu Xiaogang regretted claiming he was eating like a commoner to set an example.

Han Yu continued avoiding work and cultivation while Xiao Wu went to the Spirit Hall to collect Gold Soul Coins and spent the money on purchases. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu admitting she had run out of money for food and relying on Han Yu to feed her.

• Han Yu let Wang Sheng assign his paid work to another work-study student and then fell asleep.
• Tang San told Han Yu that Yu Xiaogang planned to take him for a Soul Ring once he reached level ten, but Han Yu declined to go.
• After learning that the Spirit Hall offered free Gold Soul Coins, Xiao Wu left the academy to collect them.
• Xiao Wu returned with many purchases but no bedding, and Han Yu gave her a pinwheel.
• Xiao Wu told Han Yu she had spent all her money and had none left for food.

Han Yu lent Xiao Wu Gold Soul Coins at interest while secretly coveting her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and he challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims about Soul Ring absorption. Tang San reached level ten and went with Yu Xiaogang to the Soul Hunting Forest, returning as a Soul Master, while Xiao Wu’s debt to Han Yu kept growing.

• Xiao Wu offered to pay for her meals, but Han Yu lent her ten Gold Soul Coins at twenty percent annual interest and warned that she would owe him something else if she could not repay him.
• A cloaked figure watched Nuoding Academy and spoke of a juvenile Soul Beast and its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Han Yu to accompany him and Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest, but Han Yu refused and challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theory about which Soul Rings different Martial Souls could absorb.
• Han Yu’s argument left Yu Xiaogang distressed and bleeding from the mouth, and Tang San stayed to comfort him.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest before dawn, and Tang San returned as a Soul Master.
• Xiao Wu counted that she owed Han Yu more than thirty Gold Soul Coins and lamented how long repayment would take.

Han Yu led Xiao Wu to rescue Wang Sheng and the work-study students from Xiao Chenyu and the senior students who had attacked them. After defeating the bullies, Han Yu forced Xiao Chenyu to accept Wang Sheng as his boss.

• A work-study student rushed to Han Yu and Xiao Wu for help, and Han Yu hurried with them to the hill behind Nuoding Academy.
• Han Yu found Liu Long pinning Wang Sheng down and kicked Liu Long away before helping Wang Sheng up.
• Xiao Chenyu mocked Han Yu for being a first-year student, so Han Yu kicked him into a tree and charged at the senior students.
• Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng joined Han Yu in fighting, and the work-study students defeated the senior students who had bullied them.
• Han Yu slapped Xiao Chenyu and made him agree that Wang Sheng would be his boss.