Chapter Summaries

Su Tianyu was cornered in the Heavenly Eye Forest by a two-thousand-year-old Cyclops and fought it with his illusion Soul Skill and Hidden Weapons. His illusion broke, his weapons could not pierce the beast, and he was left in immediate danger.

• Su Tianyu fled through the Heavenly Eye Forest as the Cyclops chased him down.
• Su Tianyu recalled how Tang San had killed his father, how he entered Nuoding Academy, and how he secretly learned the Mysterious Heaven Skill and stole Soul Beast guides.
• Su Tianyu used his Golden Pupil Illusory Realm to trap and attack the Cyclops, but the beast activated its innate skills and shattered the illusion.
• Su Tianyu dodged the Cyclops's grab with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and attacked with Hidden Weapons.
• The Cyclops's transformed body deflected every Hidden Weapon, leaving Su Tianyu desperate and exposed.

Su Tianyu wounded the Cyclops with his crossbow, captured and destroyed its soul, then absorbed its thousand-year purple Soul Ring. After refining the ring, he faced a pack of Hell Wolves in the Heavenly Eye Forest and used his first Soul Skill to defeat them.

• Su Tianyu shot the Cyclops in its single eye, weakening it enough to use Golden Pupil Illusory Realm and drag its soul into the Soul Control Realm.
• Su Tianyu bound the Cyclops's soul, tortured it with a spiritual-power whip, and absorbed its power until the soul shattered and the beast died.
• A thousand-year purple Soul Ring appeared, and Su Tianyu hid beneath the Cyclops's corpse while absorbing it with the help of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• After five hours, Su Tianyu completed the absorption and discovered Hell Wolves approaching through the forest at night.
• Su Tianyu used Golden Pupil Illusory Realm to strike down dozens of Hell Wolves, leaving white Soul Rings above their corpses.

After escaping Heavenly Eye Forest, Su Tianyu discovered that his new Golden Pupil Transformation Soul Skill greatly amplified his abilities. Wang Shan tracked him to his campsite, but Su Tianyu trapped him in an illusion and began crushing him with spiritual attacks.

• Su Tianyu left Heavenly Eye Forest after surviving its dangerous thousand-year Soul Beasts and learned that his Second Soul Skill, Golden Pupil Transformation, raised all six attributes by two hundred percent for half an hour.
• Su Tianyu detected Wang Shan approaching his campsite, hid in the grass, and prepared an ambush.
• Wang Shan activated his Blood Rat Martial Soul and attacked the figure in the grass, only to realize Su Tianyu's Golden Pupil Illusory Realm had deceived him.
• Wang Shan used his Third Soul Skill, Void Rat Shadows, to attack the domain's barrier, but the barrier held and he collapsed in despair.
• Su Tianyu struck Wang Shan with a concentrated spiritual shock, leaving him screaming and writhing in pain.

Su Tianyu killed Wang Shan and searched his memories, discovering that the Wang Family targeted him because he won the spiritual milk meant for Wang Lei. He learned Wang Tianba had ordered Wang Shan to kill him and vowed to destroy the remaining Wang Family members.

• Su Tianyu dragged Wang Shan's soul into a black space, tortured him, and searched his memories.
• Su Tianyu recalled winning Heaven Lake Intermediate Academy's tournament and using the spiritual milk to raise his Soul Power to rank twenty.
• Su Tianyu discovered Wang Tianba had sent Wang Shan after him because Wang Lei lost the tournament and the spiritual milk.
• Wang Tianba had urged Wang Shan, Wang Hu, and Wang Jun to protect Wang Lei and prepare his eightieth-birthday banquet.
• Su Tianyu destroyed Wang Shan's soul and vowed to kill Wang Tianba, Wang Hu, and Wang Jun.

Su Tianyu took Wang Shan’s Storage Soul Tool, disposed of his corpse in a Wind Demon Wolves’ den, and planned how to obtain Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. On the road out of Heavenly Eye Forest, he stopped a carriage and suspected its wary commoner passenger possessed a hidden treasure.

• Su Tianyu found a one-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool on Wang Shan, kept three thousand Gold Soul Coins, and stored his own belongings inside it.
• Su Tianyu carried Wang Shan’s corpse and belongings to a Wind Demon Wolves’ den, tossed them in as bait, and escaped using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Su Tianyu considered approaching Dugu Bo, befriending Dugu Yan through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, or using a future spatial Soul Skill to steal Immortal Herbs.
• Su Tianyu reached the main road and displayed two simulated Hundred-Year Soul Rings, prompting a coachman to stop his carriage.
• Su Tianyu noticed the middle-aged passenger showed little deference despite being an ordinary commoner and suspected he had a valuable hidden treasure.

Su Tianyu killed a middle-aged man and his coachman after breaking the man's defensive Soul Tool, then used soul-searching to learn where the man had found it. He left with the ring and the knowledge that a complete set of Soul Tool Armor remained hidden in a cave.

• Su Tianyu trapped the carriage and its occupants in his Golden Pupil Illusory Realm and attacked them with Mental Shock.
• The middle-aged man's ring shielded him from several attacks, but Su Tianyu eventually shattered the shield and killed both men.
• Su Tianyu took the ring and identified it as a damaged, nearly extinct spiritual-type Defensive Soul Tool.
• Su Tianyu used the Soul Control Chain to search the middle-aged man's memories and discovered that the other pieces of Soul Tool Armor were still in a cave.
• Su Tianyu stored the ring, picked up both corpses, and headed toward the Soul Beast territories on the outskirts of the Heavenly Eye Forest.

Su Tianyu stopped in a poor town on his way back to Heaven Lake City, where his Soul Master status let him pass the gate without an entry permit. At a Ning Family Restaurant, he learned Emerald Swans were being hunted in the Star Dou Great Forest and resolved to seek rare Soul Beasts there once he grew stronger, then ate, paid for a room, and went to sleep.

• Su Tianyu reached a small town and observed that its soldiers and residents appeared impoverished.
• Wang Er stopped Su Tianyu at the gate for an entry permit, but let him pass after seeing his two Yellow Soul Rings.
• Su Tianyu entered a Ning Family Restaurant and learned that its beast-catching teams hunted Emerald Swans in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Su Tianyu speculated about the Silver Dragon King's condition and looked forward to hunting rare Soul Beasts and obtaining their Soul Bones when he became stronger.
• Su Tianyu ordered Violent Bear paw and fruit wine, then paid twenty Gold Soul Coins for his meal and went to sleep at the town inn.

Su Tianyu returned to Heaven Lake City as a Soul Grandmaster and reunited with Zhang Tieniu at Heaven Lake Intermediate Academy. After spending the day cultivating and talking with his friend, he met sisters Lan Weiqing and Lan Wei'an in the academy square.

• Su Tianyu returned to Heaven Lake City and entered Heaven Lake Intermediate Academy, where he let gatekeeper Li Ergou off for their past conflict.
• Su Tianyu told Zhang Tieniu that his Soul Ring hunt had gone smoothly and revealed he would not yet enroll in an advanced academy.
• Su Tianyu and Zhang Tieniu chatted and cultivated together, then decided to go out for beef noodles.
• Su Tianyu met Lan Weiqing and Lan Wei'an in the academy square, praised Lan Weiqing's cute appearance, and suggested sparring with Lan Wei'an.

After graduating from Heaven Lake Intermediate Academy, Su Tianyu learned that kingdom-run advanced academies might accept commoner Soul Masters and left to settle his feud with the Wang Family. He arrived at the baron's lavish western-district residence, prepared to fight.

• Su Tianyu urged Zhang Tieniu to focus on cultivation, then ate beef noodles with him in Heaven Lake City.
• Two months later, Su Tianyu applied to graduate and asked Dean Zhang where a commoner Soul Master could study next.
• Dean Zhang recommended trying advanced academies in the kingdoms, which were more open to students regardless of status.
• Su Tianyu packed his belongings, said goodbye to Zhang Tieniu, and left the academy after reflecting on how much stronger he had become.
• Su Tianyu headed to the Wang Family's baronial residence, intending to end their feud, and remarked on its grandeur.

Su Tianyu infiltrated the Wang Family residence and murdered Wang Jun and his wife, taking their Gold Soul Coins. He then entered Wang Hu’s building and prepared to attack him.

• Su Tianyu watched the Wang Family residence from an inn for ten days and waited until the family’s direct descendants had gathered inside.
• Su Tianyu entered the residence through a hidden opening and used his Golden Pupil Illusory Realm to conceal his attack on Wang Jun and his wife.
• Su Tianyu killed Wang Jun and his wife, searched their room, and collected about five hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Su Tianyu moved to Wang Hu’s building, expanded his domain, and kicked in the door as Wang Hu woke from sleep.

Su Tianyu killed Wang Hu and Wang Hu’s wife, then searched their home for Gold Soul Coins. He entered a more lavish building and encountered Wang Lei, preparing to attack him.

• Wang Hu attacked Su Tianyu with his First Soul Skill, but struck a false image while Su Tianyu concealed himself in the hall.
• Su Tianyu trapped Wang Hu inside his domain, used Mental Shock and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to injure him, then killed him with Hidden Weapons and a finishing blow.
• Su Tianyu killed Wang Hu’s wife and found a secret chamber containing Gold Soul Coins, which he took before leaving.
• Su Tianyu entered the third building and discovered Wang Lei investigating the noise.
• Su Tianyu rushed toward Wang Lei as his Purple Soul Ring began to glow.

Su Tianyu killed Wang Lei and slaughtered the people in the Wang Family estate while searching for Wang Tianba and his two granddaughters. He found them asleep beside Wang Tianba, who woke to the noise and moved the girls into a secret chamber as Su Tianyu approached.

• Su Tianyu confronted Wang Lei, revealed that he had killed Wang Lei's uncles, and rejected Wang Lei's offer to show him the family treasury.
• Wang Lei threatened to use his Soul Skill, but Su Tianyu activated his Second Soul Skill, Golden Pupil Transformation, and killed him with a punch.
• Su Tianyu secretly killed the estate's servants and other people he encountered, leaving only Wang Tianba and the two girls alive.
• Su Tianyu used his First Soul Skill, Golden Pupil Illusory Realm, to search the main residence and found Wang Tianba sleeping beside his two granddaughters.
• Wang Tianba woke when Su Tianyu kicked open the main gate, carried his granddaughters into a secret chamber, and pressed its switch.

Su Tianyu defeated and killed Wang Tianba, then found the Wang Family’s hidden treasury and the two girls he had protected. The chapter left him waking the girls by slapping them.

• Wang Tianba waited in the master bedroom while Su Tianyu entered and challenged him.
• Su Tianyu shattered Wang Tianba’s Black Rat Protective Barrier with spiritual power, then attacked him as Wang Tianba used Golden Pupil Transformation.
• Su Tianyu beat Wang Tianba to death and searched the bedside cabinet for the hidden entrance.
• Su Tianyu entered the secret room and found the Wang Family’s Gold Soul Coins, treasures, and two sleeping girls.
• Su Tianyu slapped both girls awake as they covered their reddened cheeks and began to whimper.

Su Tianyu destroyed the Wang Family, murdered Wang Tianba’s two young daughters, and looted the family’s wealth before setting fire to the estate and covering his tracks. He waited near Heaven Lake City’s gates at dawn, preparing to leave the city.

• Su Tianyu tested Wang Tianba’s daughters with a candy and a knife, then killed both when they chose the knife or refused to choose.
• Su Tianyu looted nearly three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and two decades-old ginseng roots from the Wang Family’s secret chamber.
• Su Tianyu gathered the servants’ corpses, doused the Wang Family estate with lamp oil, and set the buildings ablaze before escaping through a hidden door.
• Su Tianyu changed clothes, washed away the blood, and spent the night hiding in an unoccupied house.
• Su Tianyu reached Heaven Lake City’s gates early the next morning and waited for them to open.

Su Tianyu traveled from the village cave to Suotuo City, where he discovered that the ancient Soul Tools were ruined and witnessed an old servant intimidate Soul Masters at the city gate. After entering the queue, he approached Bu Le, who reacted to the handsome child with lewd interest.

• Su Tianyu followed the middle-aged man's memories to a cave near the village and found murals depicting Soul Masters and Soul Tools from ten thousand years ago.
• Su Tianyu examined the Soul Tools in the stone chamber and discovered that their internal engravings had eroded, leaving them as scrap metal.
• Su Tianyu stored the ruined Soul Tools and traveled by carriage to Suotuo City, passing fields of Soul Crystal Rice.
• At the Soul Masters' entrance, an old servant used his Soul Power to force the waiting Soul Masters aside so a woman in a splendid dress could enter.
• Su Tianyu approached the thin Soul Master Bu Le and tapped him on the shoulder, and Bu Le turned around with lewd interest.

Su Tianyu entered Suotuo City after avoiding a fight with Bu Le and found Flender’s shop, where he tried to buy a crystal for fifty Gold Soul Coins. Flender suddenly raised the price to five hundred, and Su Tianyu began bluffing by mentioning Shrek Academy’s upcoming recruitment and his lack of money.

• Bu Le confronted Su Tianyu at the city gate, but withdrew after seeing Su Tianyu’s two Yellow Soul Rings.
• Su Tianyu entered Suotuo City, explored its streets, ate a meal, and searched for a place to stay.
• Su Tianyu recognized the symbols on a shop sign as those of the Upper Three Sects and entered Flender’s shop.
• Su Tianyu chose a crystal that caught his attention and offered Flender fifty Gold Soul Coins for it.
• Flender accepted the money, then claimed the crystal actually cost five hundred Gold Soul Coins and returned the pouch.
• Su Tianyu protested the sudden price increase and told Flender he had heard Shrek Academy would recruit students the following February, but had only fifty Gold Soul Coins left.

Su Tianyu used his Soul Grandmaster status to persuade Flender to let him take the shop’s valuable Soul Tools, then went to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City to study its fighters. There, he recognized Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang as they confronted a man, and Huo Wu’s anger escalated.

• Su Tianyu revealed his level twenty-three Soul Power, and Flender praised his talent while trying to recruit him to Shrek Academy.
• Su Tianyu pretended to accept Flender’s invitation to apply to Shrek Academy and took the valuable Soul Tools from the shop along with the crystal.
• Flender lamented that Su Tianyu had taken the most valuable goods, while Su Tianyu settled into a hotel and planned to study fighters at the Great Soul Arena.
• Su Tianyu entered the crowded Great Soul Arena, intending to observe Soul Masters’ fighting styles and learn how to counter their Martial Souls.
• Su Tianyu saw Huo Wu berating a man after a collision, while Huo Wushuang tried to calm his sister.

Su Tianyu encountered Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang at the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City, then placed a bet on Huo Wu’s upcoming match. Huo Wu began fighting Li Dabao, who activated his Martial Soul Possession after she attacked him with a fireball.

• Su Tianyu recognized Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang after watching Huo Wushuang apologize to a stronger Soul Master who had intimidated Huo Wu.
• Huo Wushuang warned Huo Wu to avoid conflicts while they were away from home, and she agreed before the siblings registered for Soul Fighting.
• Su Tianyu asked the receptionist about the siblings’ matches and bet one hundred Gold Soul Coins on Huo Wu at five-to-one odds.
• The host announced Huo Wu’s match against Li Dabao, a Soul Master with five consecutive victories, and both competitors entered Soul Fighting Platform Three.
• Li Dabao taunted Huo Wu, who rushed at him and launched her First Soul Skill, Blazing Flame.
• Li Dabao activated Brute Bull Possession as Huo Wu’s fireball flew toward him.

Huo Wu defeated Li Dabao in the fifth Soul Fight, and Su Tianyu collected his winnings and left Suotuo City. After ten days of travel, he reached Star Dou Town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where a guarded, prestigious carriage arrived.

• Li Dabao used his First Soul Skill to withstand Huo Wu's fireballs, then attacked her with his Second Soul Skill.
• Huo Wu escaped Li Dabao's stomp by switching places with her fire shadow, then used the clone and her own attacks to knock him unconscious.
• The host announced Huo Wu's victory, and Su Tianyu collected his Gold Soul Coins before leaving the Great Soul Arena.
• Su Tianyu rested at a hotel, rejected the idea of joining Shrek Academy, and left Suotuo City the next morning.
• After ten days by carriage, Su Tianyu arrived in Star Dou Town and saw a prestigious carriage approach with guards escorting it.

Hu Liena worried that she could not compete in the current tournament, but Chrysanthemum Guan reassured her and helped her prepare to obtain her third Soul Ring. After seeing them arrive in Star Dou Town, Su Tianyu continued with his plans to eat and train near the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Hu Liena told Chrysanthemum Guan she regretted being unable to enter this year's tournament because her Soul Power was too low.
• Chrysanthemum Guan encouraged Hu Liena to trust Spirit Hall's Golden Generation and said she could compete in the next tournament as a Soul King.
• Hu Liena chose a Netherworld Fox as the Soul Beast for her third Soul Ring, and Chrysanthemum Guan agreed to take her into the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.
• Su Tianyu watched Chrysanthemum Guan and Hu Liena arrive at a hotel in Star Dou Town, then continued exploring the town.
• Su Tianyu booked a room at an inexpensive hotel and went to the snack street for dinner before beginning his planned training near the Star Dou Great Forest.