Recaps

After regaining memories of his past life, three-year-old Yan Zu assessed his vulnerable situation in Five Souls Village and grew grateful for his loving but poor parents. Just as he despaired of finding a way to grow stronger before his Martial Soul awakening, his Check-in System activated and offered him a daily check-in.

• Yan Zu recovered his past-life memories after hitting his head and realized his family lived near Nuoding City with little protection or wealth.
• Yan Zu's parents returned from the Soul Hunting Forest with a Soul Beast carcass, herbs, and Huo Yun Fruits, then cared for his bruised head and gave him a fruit.
• Yan Zu accepted his parents' love and resolved to gain strength instead of relying only on his Martial Soul awakening at six.
• Yan Zu tried several imagined cultivation methods but failed to awaken any power before falling asleep.
• Yan Zu's Check-in System activated, displayed his status, and allowed one check-in per day.
• Yan Zu woke in excitement and thought, "Check in!"

After receiving the Nine Yin Manual, Yan Zu secretly cultivated it to strengthen his body and refine Soul Power before his Martial Soul Awakening. He gained a Storage Soul Tool through a weekly check-in, while his daily rewards ranged from useful items to baffling junk.

• Yan Zu received the Soul Power-adapted Nine Yin Manual and began practicing its Muscle Changing and Bone Forging Chapter.
• After two hours of cultivation, Yan Zu felt his foundation had strengthened and resolved to train every night.
• Yan Zu incorporated the manual’s movement principles into his daytime chores and steadily refined his Nine Yin Soul Power at night.
• After a week of check-ins, Yan Zu received a one-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool and tested it by storing and retrieving a bowl.
• Yan Zu continued checking in daily, collecting assorted rewards including candy, a Soul Power study book, spicy strips, and black stockings.

Yan Zu received the Nine Yin Manual: Green Wood Chapter and used a story about strange dreams to teach its breathing method to Su Qing. She felt her stagnant Soul Power begin to circulate again, giving her hope of breaking through level twenty-two.

• Yan Zu found a Soul Beast encyclopedia among old belongings and gave it to Yan Hu, who welcomed the safety advice it offered for hunting.
• Yan Zu continued cultivating and secretly practiced the Great Demon Subduing Fist while keeping up his appearance as a lively child.
• After a month of consecutive sign-ins, Yan Zu received the Nine Yin Manual: Green Wood Chapter, a cultivation art suited to Plant-type Martial Souls.
• Yan Zu told Su Qing that a white-bearded grandpa had taught him a breathing method, then demonstrated it and persuaded her to try it.
• Su Qing felt the stagnant Soul Power in her meridians begin to flow and sensed a chance to advance beyond level twenty-two.

Yan Zu used his latest check-in reward, the Vajra Chapter, to teach his father a cultivation art after demonstrating its strength. Yan Hu struggled to learn it but improved quickly, while Su Qing wondered about Yan Zu’s many unusual encounters and decided to support him as long as he stayed safe.

• Yan Hu returned from hunting an Ironback Bear with a wound on his arm, and Yan Zu worried that his father might be injured again.
• Yan Zu received the Nine Yin Manual: Vajra Chapter through his monthly check-in and planned to teach it to Yan Hu.
• Yan Zu knocked Yan Hu over with a gentle push, convincing his father that the technique might be real.
• Yan Hu tried to hit Yan Zu and laughed at the child’s shouted technique name before asking to learn the art himself.
• Yan Zu taught Yan Hu the introductory formula, and Yan Hu struggled with the breathing exercises before improving over half a month.
• Su Qing questioned Yan Hu about Yan Zu’s repeated fortuitous encounters, but they agreed to support their son as long as he remained safe.

As Yan Zu approached his first year of consecutive sign-ins, he strengthened his cultivation and received an unawakened Qilin Martial Soul he could communicate with and use to nourish life. He ended the chapter reassured by his parents’ support and promised himself he would always remain close to them.

• Yan Zu’s sign-in rewards improved Yan Hu and Su Qing’s health and cultivation, while he used the Nine Yin Manual to sharpen his senses and accelerate his Soul Power growth.
• Yan Zu reached 364 consecutive sign-ins and wondered whether the upcoming one-year milestone would bring a special reward.
• On his 365th day, Yan Zu claimed the annual reward and unlocked an unawakened Qilin Martial Soul adapted for Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yan Zu named the tiny Qilin phantom Little Jade and discovered it could conceal its presence and release vitality that restored plants and wood.
• Yan Zu overheard Yan Hu worrying that he was growing distant from his parents, while Su Qing insisted they should trust and support their son.
• Yan Zu promised himself he would never leave his parents, and Little Jade comforted him through their connection.

Yan Zu used Innate Soul Power Potions to strengthen his parents, and Yan Hu broke through to level thirty before earning a powerful third Soul Ring. Yan Hu returned home with his new Soul Skill, while Yan Zu continued cultivating and developing the qilin phantom’s vitality.

• Yan Zu tested the Innate Soul Power Potions, then gave one each to Yan Hu and Su Qing, whose Soul Power and martial souls were strengthened.
• Yan Hu broke through to level thirty, and Yan Zu gave his parents a hundred Gold Soul Coins to hire an experienced Soul Hunting team.
• Yan Hu and Su Qing hired a Soul Hunting team in Nuoding City while Yan Zu stayed home, trained, and used the qilin phantom’s vitality to revive withered orchids.
• Yan Hu returned with an eight-hundred-year Soul Ring from a Great Strength Vajra Bear and demonstrated his third Soul Skill, Immovable Vajra.
• Yan Hu told Yan Zu that he and Su Qing would always stand by him.

Yan Zu unlocked the Xuanyuan Sword and a method for synchronizing his Twin Martial Souls, then told his parents he wanted to awaken them at home. Yan Hu revealed that he and Su Qing avoided the Spirit Hall subsidy after a deacon named Ma Xiunuo harassed Su Qing.

• Yan Hu reassured Yan Zu that he and Su Qing supported him and would protect his secrets.
• On his 730th consecutive sign-in, Yan Zu received the Xuanyuan Sword as his Second Martial Soul and the Martial Soul Synchronization Cultivation Method.
• Yan Zu comprehended the method, simulated complementary Soul Power cycles for both Martial Souls, and increased his cultivation speed.
• Yan Zu told Yan Hu and Su Qing that he wanted to awaken his Martial Soul at home rather than through the Spirit Hall.
• Yan Hu explained that he and Su Qing had never collected their subsidy because Ma Xiunuo, a Nuoding City Spirit Hall deacon, had improper intentions toward Su Qing.

Yan Zu learned that Ma Xiunuo had exploited Su Qing when she sought Spirit Hall’s help, leaving the family too afraid to claim the subsidy. With an Awakening Stone beyond their means, Yan Hu and Su Qing prepared to hunt valuable Soul Beasts, while Yan Zu gave them healing pills and resolved to remember Ma Xiunuo.

• Yan Hu told Yan Zu that Ma Xiunuo had propositioned Su Qing and offered her a higher subsidy in exchange for private favors, so she had fled without registering.
• Yan Zu reassured his parents that refusing Ma Xiunuo’s offer had preserved their family’s dignity, and said he had even less reason to seek awakening at Spirit Hall.
• Yan Hu explained that the family could not afford the fifty Gold Soul Coins needed for an Awakening Stone, and Yan Zu offered his fifteen coins to help.
• Yan Hu decided that he and Su Qing would hunt a Soul Beast deep in the nearby hills to earn enough money, despite Su Qing’s concerns about the danger.
• Yan Zu gave his parents three high-grade healing pills and urged them to retreat rather than fight any Soul Beast they could not handle.
• After his parents prepared to leave the next morning, Yan Zu lay awake and silently vowed to remember Ma Xiunuo.

Yan Hu and Su Qing fought a four-hundred-year Wind Wolf while protecting an injured girl, and Yan Hu used a healing pill from Yan Zu to turn the battle around. They defeated the beast and headed back to Five Souls Village with the unconscious girl.

• Yan Hu and Su Qing entered the mountain forest to hunt a Soul Beast and found a Wind Wolf chasing an injured little girl.
• Yan Hu and Su Qing joined forces against the four-hundred-year Wind Wolf, with Su Qing healing and supporting Yan Hu as he fought.
• After the battle wore them down, the Wind Wolf bit Yan Hu's shoulder and lunged at him again.
• Yan Hu swallowed a healing pill from Yan Zu, regained much of his strength, and killed the Wind Wolf with his iron axe.
• Su Qing gave the unconscious girl a healing pill, then carried her as Yan Hu took the Wind Wolf's corpse back toward Five Souls Village.

Yan Zu brought the badly injured Xiao Wu home and used healing herbs, Nine Yin Soul Power, and the Qilin phantom to stabilize her. After learning she was a transformed Soul Beast, he concealed her identity with a talisman and resolved to guide her toward independence and strength.

• Yan Zu and his parents returned to Five Souls Village with an unconscious, injured girl, and Yan Zu recognized her as Xiao Wu when his system triggered a sign-in.
• Yan Zu signed in and received the Auspicious Beast Same-Heart Talisman and Wind God Legs.
• Yan Zu treated Xiao Wu with Calming Spirit Grass and Nine Yin Soul Power, while the Qilin phantom's vitality resonated with hers and helped steady her condition.
• Yan Zu examined the talisman's effects and decided to conceal Xiao Wu's Soul Beast presence but wait to judge her character before teaching her Wind God Legs.
• Yan Zu bound the talisman to Xiao Wu, hiding her Soul Beast presence even from Titled Douluo, and committed to giving her guidance while letting her choose her own path.

Xiao Wu awoke in Yan Zu’s home after Yan Hu and Su Qing rescued her from a Wind Wolf, but she remained wary of the humans who sheltered her. After they fed and reassured her, she introduced herself and claimed the right to be Yan Zu’s older sister.

• Xiao Wu woke injured and frightened in the Yan family’s home, and Yan Zu gently assured her that she was safe.
• Yan Hu and Su Qing offered Xiao Wu porridge, while Yan Zu gave her latiao to coax her into eating.
• Xiao Wu asked why the family had saved her, and Yan Hu said he had acted to protect someone being bullied by a stronger creature.
• Xiao Wu introduced herself and learned the names of Yan Zu, Yan Hu, and Su Qing.
• Xiao Wu told Yan Zu to call her Sister Xiao Wu because she was a year older, and he agreed.

Xiao Wu recovered at Yan Zu’s home, where Su Qing and Yan Hu welcomed her as family and she grew close to Yan Zu. After three months, she was healthy and lively, spending her days following Yan Zu and asking him curious questions about his stories.

• Su Qing helped Xiao Wu bathe and change, then comforted her as she cried over the warm chicken soup.
• Yan Hu and Su Qing invited Xiao Wu to stay, and Yan Zu showed her the bed beside his own.
• That night, Yan Zu sensed through the Auspicious Beast Same-Heart Talisman that Xiao Wu had gone from fear to comfort and attachment.
• Over the next three months, Xiao Wu’s injuries healed, and she became cheerful and followed Yan Zu around the village and mountains.
• Xiao Wu mistook a poisonous mushroom for a medicinal one and tried to protect Yan Zu from a Timid Rabbit that played dead and escaped.
• Yan Zu taught Xiao Wu to read and told her adapted fairy tales, while she asked odd questions about the wolf’s injuries and fur.

On Yan Zu’s sixth birthday, he awakened two powerful Martial Souls: an auspicious Qilin and the Xuanyuan Sword. He learned that both remained partially sealed and needed civilization on the Douluo Continent to advance before they could reveal their full power.

• Three days before his birthday, Yan Zu told Xiao Wu that he would awaken his Martial Soul soon, and she looked forward to attending Nuoding Academy with him.
• On his birthday, Yan Zu received a Martial Soul Mimicry Training Ground from his sign-in reward, then joined his family and Xiao Wu for the awakening ceremony.
• Yan Zu awakened a jade-colored Qilin whose presence revived plants and concealed Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast aura.
• A Xuanyuan Sword appeared beside the Qilin, and Yan Hu realized that Yan Zu had awakened Twin Martial Souls.
• Yan Zu used the Xuanyuan Sword to split a bluestone, then sensed that both Martial Souls needed civilization to prosper before they could fully awaken.

After awakening his Twin Martial Souls, Yan Zu received cultural works from the system and resolved to keep his powers secret while protecting his family. He recognized that his civilizational ambitions would put him against Tang San, and ended the night caring for Xiao Wu as she slept beside him.

• Yan Zu reflected on Douluo Continent's stagnant civilization, then received the Blue Star Literary Anthology: Enlightenment Volume from the system.
• Yan Zu recalled his Xuanyuan Sword and qilin Martial Souls, while Xiao Wu asked whether the qilin could come out again to play.
• Yan Hu and Su Qing warned Yan Zu to hide his Twin Martial Souls, and Yan Zu promised to protect the secret and their family.
• Xiao Wu felt the qilin's vitality aiding her cultivation, asked to share Yan Zu's bed, and fell asleep beside him.
• Yan Zu decided that he must stop Tang San's path to godhood to advance civilization, then tucked Xiao Wu's exposed arm under the blanket.

Yan Zu defeated Xiao Wu in a sparring match and received system rewards, then encouraged her cultivation with a promise of a gift. He later chose to cultivate his Auspicious Beast Qilin first and prepared with his parents to seek its first Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu quietly recoiled at the thought of Soul Beast hunting.

• Xiao Wu challenged Yan Zu to Soul Fighting, but he dodged her attacks and defeated her with help from Little Jade’s auspicious presence.
• The system rewarded Yan Zu with a Martial Soul Compatibility Enhancement Card and Soft Bone Charm Rabbit Origin Essence, and he bet Xiao Wu a gift if she reached level 14 within two months.
• Xiao Wu focused on cultivation for the next month, encouraged by Yan Zu’s pointers and the promised gift.
• Yan Zu told Yan Hu and Su Qing that he would cultivate the Auspicious Beast Qilin first so Little Jade could grow outside his body.
• Yan Hu and Su Qing agreed to prepare for a Soul Hunting Forest trip, while Xiao Wu listened from nearby and showed sadness at the prospect of hunting Soul Beasts.

Yan Zu and his family found an injured Auspicious Cloud Deer, and Yan Zu chose to absorb its 850-year Soul Ring as his first ring. After comforting Xiao Wu about the deer’s death, he absorbed the ring safely and gained the support skill Vitality Corridor, leaving him at level 13.

• Yan Zu’s group discovered an injured Auspicious Cloud Deer after it had fought off several Wind Wolves, and Yan Zu insisted on taking its Soul Ring despite its age.
• Su Qing restrained the deer while Yan Hu attacked, and Yan Zu weakened its defenses with Little Jade before finishing it with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Xiao Wu grieved for the deer, and Yan Zu comforted her by promising to hunt only when necessary and to seek a future where humans and Soul Beasts could coexist.
• Yan Zu absorbed the deer’s Soul Ring with the Qilin Martial Soul, and Auspicious Blessing let him absorb it without pain as its age rose to 890 years.
• Yan Zu revealed Vitality Corridor, which restored allies’ Soul Power and stamina, improved their defense and cultivation speed, and raised his Soul Power to level 13.

Yan Zu gave Xiao Wu and Little Jade Spirit Beast Pills, and Xiao Wu reached level fourteen after a month. He then fulfilled his promise by teaching her the Nine Yin Manual and Wind God Leg, leaving her moved and determined to protect him and his family.

• Yan Zu used a Spirit Beast Pill to boost Little Jade's growth and intelligence, then let Xiao Wu try one after she pleaded for it.
• Xiao Wu enjoyed the pills and persuaded Yan Zu to give her three a day, while Little Jade and Xiao Wu made them part of their daily routine.
• A month later, Xiao Wu excitedly told Yan Zu she had reached level fourteen.
• Yan Zu gave Xiao Wu handwritten copies of the Nine Yin Manual and Complete Explanation of Wind God Leg, explaining how the techniques could strengthen her cultivation and fighting ability.
• Xiao Wu accepted the booklets, embraced Yan Zu, and promised to protect him, Yan Hu, and Su Qing.

Yan Zu gave Xiao Wu the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit origin essence, evolving her Martial Soul into a Phantom Jade Rabbit and enhancing her abilities. That night, he brought her into his Martial Soul space to begin combat training against three Wind Wolves.

• Yan Zu guided Xiao Wu as she absorbed the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit origin essence, and her Martial Soul evolved into a Phantom Jade Rabbit.
• Xiao Wu thanked Yan Zu with a kiss and asked to sleep near him so Little Jade could help her cultivate faster.
• Yan Zu took Xiao Wu into his Martial Soul space, where time passed three times faster and they could train safely.
• Yan Zu summoned three hundred-year Wind Wolves and assigned Xiao Wu to use surprise attacks while he handled defense and control.

Yan Zu and Xiao Wu trained together in the mimicry space, improving their coordination and raising their Martial Soul Compatibility to 53%. The next morning, Yan Zu received Soul Tool blueprints and spicy strips from his daily check-in, then set Xiao Wu a strict training routine before gathering village children beneath the old scholar tree.

• Yan Zu and Xiao Wu defeated three Wind Wolves by combining his Vitality Corridor and combat control with her targeted attacks, then continued practicing against other opponents.
• Xiao Wu noticed that Yan Zu’s Qilin Martial Soul seemed especially compatible with her Phantom Jade Rabbit, and the system reported their compatibility had reached 53%.
• Yan Zu ended their training for the night and saw that 60% compatibility would allow a preliminary Martial Soul Resonance attempt, while 80% might awaken a Fusion Skill rudiment.
• Yan Zu’s morning check-in awarded him basic Soul Tool blueprints and a spicy strip gift pack, and he stored the blueprints because the required metal was unavailable in Five Souls Village.
• Yan Zu made Xiao Wu promise to complete a daily training schedule in exchange for spicy strips and warned that he would supervise her.
• Yan Zu brought handwritten booklets to the old scholar tree and gathered village children, including Little Stone, who asked what story he would tell.

Yan Zu discovered that telling adapted stories gathered Civilization Vow Power as he trained Xiao Wu and prepared to leave Five Souls Village for Nuoding Academy. After the family decided to move to Nuoding City with them, Yan Zu and Xiao Wu passed a final training trial, bringing their Martial Soul compatibility to 58%.

• Yan Zu told the village children an adapted story about a wise fox and a greedy wolf king, and he sensed Civilization Vow Power gathering through the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Yan Zu told more adapted tales while training Xiao Wu, and their combat coordination and Martial Soul compatibility improved over the next seven days.
• Yan Hu and Su Qing announced that they would move with Yan Zu and Xiao Wu to Nuoding City, where Yan Hu would seek guard work and Su Qing would open a medical clinic.
• Yan Zu and Xiao Wu defeated a coordinated team of three simulated Soul Masters in their final Mimicry Training Ground test, raising their compatibility to 58%.
• Xiao Wu admitted she felt sad about leaving the village, and Yan Zu reassured her that they would return and find new things to enjoy in Nuoding City.

Yan Zu and Xiao Wu left Five Souls Village with Yan Zu’s family and arrived in Nuoding City to begin at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. As they headed to the new-student assessment, Tang San noticed Xiao Wu and quietly struggled with his attraction to her and her closeness with Yan Zu.

• Yan Zu, Xiao Wu, Su Qing, and Yan Hu departed Five Souls Village after the villagers gathered to see them off.
• Su Qing helped Yan Zu prepare for the academy while Xiao Wu joined him, and Yan Hu accompanied the children to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Yan Zu and Xiao Wu followed the opening-day crowd toward the new-student assessment hall.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu from a second-floor window and was captivated by her.
• Tang San noticed Xiao Wu’s trust and affection for Yan Zu, suppressed his wish to be beside her, and memorized their faces before leaving the window.

Yan Zu and Xiao Wu enrolled at Nuoding Academy and were assigned to Dorm Seven, where Yan Zu challenged its leader, Tang San. Yan Zu dodged Tang San’s Tang Sect techniques and stopped his counterattack at Tang San’s chest, leaving their contest unresolved beyond Yan Zu’s apparent victory.

• Yan Zu and Xiao Wu gave Teacher Li concealed Soul Power levels and demonstrated their Qilin and Phantom Jade Rabbit Martial Souls.
• Teacher Li completed their enrollment and assigned them to Dorm Seven as working students.
• Wang Sheng explained Dorm Seven’s newcomer challenge, and Tang San faced Yan Zu as the dorm leader.
• Yan Zu evaded Tang San’s Tang Sect techniques without striking back as the other students watched.
• Tang San prepared to summon his Martial Soul, but Yan Zu stepped in and stopped his fingertip at Tang San’s chest before withdrawing.

Yan Zu defeated Tang San, gained several rewards, and became Dorm Seven’s boss. At his first theory class, he challenged the lesson on Soul Ring age limits by raising his hand.

• Tang San admitted defeat to Yan Zu, who became Dorm Seven’s boss and urged the work-study students to stick together.
• Yan Zu received Illusion-Breaking Spirit Eyes, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, and expanded access to the Martial Soul Mimicry Training Ground.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang about Yan Zu’s Martial Soul, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to befriend Yan Zu so he could study him.
• Yan Zu examined his new abilities while Xiao Wu slept beside him, then used his Illusion-Breaking Spirit Eyes to consider how he could counter Tang San’s Hidden Weapons.
• At theory class, Teacher Chen taught Yu Xiaogang’s claimed First Soul Ring limit of 423 years, and Yan Zu raised his hand to question the lesson.

Yan Zu challenged the evidence behind Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring age limits during class, then rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to take him as a disciple. As Yan Zu questioned the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, Yu Xiaogang’s confidence in his theories began to waver.

• Yan Zu questioned how Soul Masters had established the precise four-hundred-and-twenty-three-year limit for a First Soul Ring and whether one fixed limit applied to every Soul Master.
• Teacher Chen struggled to answer Yan Zu’s questions and ended the discussion, while Xiao Wu praised Yan Zu and Tang San watched with resentment.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Yan Zu after class and offered to train him alongside Tang San, but Yan Zu declined and pointed out that Yu Xiaogang had not resolved the problems with his own Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang recited his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Yan Zu challenged several of the claims, including the fixed Soul Ring limits and the idea that there were no trash Martial Souls.
• Yan Zu pointed out contradictions between Yu Xiaogang’s claims and Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power, leaving Yu Xiaogang shaken as students gathered outside to listen.

After Yan Zu challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories, his questions spread through Nuoding Academy, while he and Xiao Wu continued training in their private Martial Soul Mimicry Training Ground. Their practice culminated in a battle against five Hundred-Year Gale Demon Wolves and a Thousand-Year Gale Demon Wolf King.

• Tang San entered the classroom and rebuked Yan Zu for questioning Yu Xiaogang, but Yan Zu defended the value of respectful criticism and left.
• Yan Zu found that challenging Yu Xiaogang earned no system reward, though his questions weakened Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and drew attention from the students.
• Yu Xiaogang stayed away from the academy for three days, while Yan Zu’s reputation spread and Tang San’s hostility remained apparent.
• Yan Zu and Xiao Wu trained nightly in the Martial Soul Mimicry Training Ground, where he taught her techniques from the Nine Yin Manual and helped her improve her speed and combat skills.
• Yan Zu and Xiao Wu faced five Hundred-Year Gale Demon Wolves and a roughly twelve-hundred-year Thousand-Year Gale Demon Wolf King in a simulated forest.
• Yan Zu activated the Qilin’s first Soul Skill, Vitality Corridor, as Xiao Wu fought beside him against the wolves.