Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingchen awakened a village dog Martial Soul with rank-one Soul Power, then discovered the Wonder Maker system and used his fortune to transform an old pesticide bottle into a wonder. Recognizing it as the pesticide that had changed Tong Yu’s fate, Lin Qingchen drank it, leaving his own transformation to be seen.

• Su Yuntao recorded Lin Qingchen’s village dog Martial Soul and rank-one Soul Power, while Tang San was revealed to have Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Old Jack decided to arrange places at Nuoding Academy for Lin Qingchen and Tang San, and Lin Qingchen returned home.
• Lin Qingchen learned that the Wonder Maker could collect Power of Fortune, find Wonder Seeds, and transform them into wonders; a mysterious blessing gave him 300 Power of Fortune.
• Lin Qingchen found an old pesticide bottle in a cabinet and transformed it into the red, single-use Tong Yu’s Pesticide, which promised a chance to defy fate.
• Lin Qingchen recalled that Tong Yu’s pesticide had changed his village dog Martial Soul into the Five Elements Qilin, then drank the bottle.

Lin Qingchen drank Tong Yu’s pesticide and mutated his mongrel Martial Soul into a Five Elements Qilin, gaining Innate Full Soul Power. He discovered that he himself was a Wonder Seed, obtained the Book of Talents, and awakened Great Five Elements Escape before testing Earth Escape.

• Lin Qingchen drank Tong Yu’s pesticide, and his mongrel Martial Soul transformed into a Five Elements Qilin as his Soul Power became Innate Full Soul Power.
• Lin Qingchen noticed that the Wonder Maker had found a Wonder Seed and realized that the light on his chest came from himself.
• Lin Qingchen used Power of Fortune to create the Book of Talents and found Great Five Elements Escape among his talents.
• Lin Qingchen awakened Great Five Elements Escape and discovered that he could move through the ground using Earth Escape.
• Lin Qingchen emerged outside the house and marveled at his speed.

Lin Qingchen and Old Jack went to Tang Hao’s house after Tang San failed to meet them, and Lin Qingchen used his Book of Talents to inspect Tang San and Tang Hao. After learning about Tang San’s unusual abilities and fated misfortune, Lin Qingchen considered him a potential rival or subordinate.

• Lin Qingchen told Old Jack that Tang San was likely delayed caring for Tang Hao, so Old Jack marched to Tang Hao’s house.
• Tang Hao opened the door, told Tang San to get ready for Nuoding City, and returned to bed after drinking rice water.
• Old Jack found Tang San beside the pot and scolded Tang Hao for feeding him so poorly, but Tang San asked him to keep his voice down.
• Lin Qingchen used the Book of Talents to inspect Tang San and Tang Hao, discovering Tang San’s Blue Emperor Bloodline, Photosynthesis, and other talents.
• Lin Qingchen concluded that he would either kill Tang San or make him his subordinate.

Lin Qingchen copied Tang San’s [Fortune Upon the Body] before he, Tang San, and Old Jack traveled to Nuoding City to enroll at the academy. After Lin Qingchen drove off a rude gatekeeper, Yu Xiaogang arrived and was ignored by the man.

• Lin Qingchen examined Tang Hao’s talents, then copied Tang San’s [Fortune Upon the Body] and saw his fortune power rise from 100 to 300.
• Tang San finished eating, left notes for Tang Hao, and set out with Lin Qingchen and Old Jack for Nuoding City.
• Old Jack brought the boys to the academy, where a gatekeeper mocked their certificates and tried to shove him.
• Lin Qingchen accused the gatekeeper of holding Spirit Hall in contempt, knocked him away, and led the group inside.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived afterward, was ignored by the gatekeeper, and vowed to train a powerful Soul Master to make those who looked down on him pay.

Lin Qingchen and Tang San registered at Nuoding Academy and joined Dorm Seven, where Lin Qingchen quickly established himself as its boss. Xiao Wu arrived and challenged him, while Lin Qingchen discovered her unusual talents and suspected Yu Xiaogang might reveal another useful one.

• Old Jack left after Lin Qingchen and Tang San completed their enrollment, and the boys went to Dorm Seven.
• Wang Sheng claimed authority over the dorm, but Lin Qingchen swiftly knocked him down and declared himself the new boss.
• Xiao Wu arrived, and Tang San became shy around her as Lin Qingchen noticed his Fate of a Deceased Wife talent linking to Xiao Wu's Shining Death Calamity Star.
• Lin Qingchen examined Xiao Wu's talents in his Book of Talents and considered Space Affinity, then decided to investigate Yu Xiaogang as another possible source.
• Xiao Wu challenged Lin Qingchen for the title of dorm boss, and he raised his fist to meet her challenge.

Lin Qingchen wandered Nuoding City, discovered Su Yuntao’s talents, then found the Wonder Seed in Yu Xiaogang’s original manuscript of Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul. He took the manuscript and left a Silver Soul Coin as a deposit, calling the theft a borrowing.

• Teacher Mo Hen assigned Lin Qingchen, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to clean the garden south of the playground for ten Copper Soul Coins a day and told them when classes would begin.
• Lin Qingchen spotted Su Yuntao and used the Book of Talents to learn that he possessed the [Blind God King] and [Simp] talents.
• Lin Qingchen returned to Nuoding Academy and followed his Wonder Maker’s signal into the teachers’ dormitory.
• Lin Qingchen used Earth Element Great Escape to enter an unmarked room and found a sparkling Wonder Seed in Yu Xiaogang’s original handwritten manuscript of Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Lin Qingchen took the manuscript, returned to leave a Silver Soul Coin on the desk, and disappeared again.

Lin Qingchen discovered that the stolen book had become the Book of Partial Understanding, whose ability to store Soul Rings gave him a plan for cultivating the Great Five Elements Divine Light. He returned to Dorm Seven and noticed Tang San and Xiao Wu had pushed their beds together.

• Yu Xiaogang found his original book missing and realized the Silver Soul Coin Lin Qingchen had left was a taunt, then spat blood and fainted.
• Lin Qingchen examined the Book of Partial Understanding and tested its unreliable question-answering ability.
• Lin Qingchen realized he might store five Soul Rings of different elemental attributes and fuse them with the Great Five Elements Escape to cultivate the Great Five Elements Divine Light.
• Lin Qingchen returned to Dorm Seven, noticed Tang San and Xiao Wu's beds were pushed together, changed into his school uniform, and headed to the cafeteria.

Dean Lei Nuo found Lin Qingchen studying Soul Beasts and offered to take him and Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest for their First Soul Rings. Lin Qingchen accepted but prepared a means of escape in case Lei Nuo had hidden motives, while Tang San eagerly began getting ready for the trip.

• Lin Qingchen joined Dorm Seven for lunch, heard that regular students had mocked the work-study students, and advised everyone to focus on cultivation.
• Lin Qingchen spent the following days reading about Soul Beasts in the library until Dean Lei Nuo came looking for him.
• Lei Nuo noticed Lin Qingchen had reached level ten and offered to take him and Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest the next morning to find First Soul Rings.
• Lin Qingchen agreed, then bought lime powder and materials for black powder so he could distract Lei Nuo and escape if necessary.
• Lin Qingchen told Tang San about the plan, and Tang San eagerly started preparing instead of going to the smithy.

Lin Qingchen, Tang San, and Lei Nuo traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest to find their first Soul Rings. Lin Qingchen chose a Flame Tiger, but after appearing to try to absorb its ring, he told Lei Nuo that it had rejected him.

• Lei Nuo took Lin Qingchen and Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest and explained how Soul Beasts and Soul Rings worked.
• At the forest market, Lei Nuo bought supplies, then led the two students inside with his permit.
• Lei Nuo identified several Soul Beasts and taught Tang San how to judge their species and ages.
• A Flame Tiger ambushed Tang San, and Lei Nuo defeated it with his Thunderous Spear.
• Lin Qingchen killed the Flame Tiger and appeared to absorb its yellow Soul Ring, but secretly stored it with the Book of Partial Understanding.
• Lin Qingchen told Lei Nuo that the Soul Ring had been rejected, and Lei Nuo agreed to keep searching.

Lei Nuo found Tang San a suitable Azure Vine Soul Beast, and Tang San absorbed its Soul Ring to gain Blue Silver Absorption. After two more days of searching unsuccessfully for a metal-attribute Soul Beast, Lei Nuo led Lin Qingchen and Tang San toward screams and found a white tiger feeding on the mangled bodies of Soul Hunters.

• Lei Nuo led Lin Qingchen and Tang San to several Soul Beasts, which Lin Qingchen secretly stored away, and reminded them not to kill Soul Beasts without need.
• Lei Nuo taught Lin Qingchen and Tang San to recognize the scent of a vigorous Plant-type Soul Beast, and they found an Azure Vine.
• Lei Nuo cut the Azure Vine's vine heart free, and Tang San killed it and absorbed its yellow Soul Ring.
• Tang San gained Blue Silver Absorption, a Soul Skill that drained Soul Power and life energy from what his Blue Silver Grass bound.
• After two more days of searching for a metal-attribute Soul Beast, Lei Nuo took Lin Qingchen and Tang San to investigate screams and found a white tiger eating the bodies of defeated Soul Hunters.

Lei Nuo killed a Vajra White Tiger so Lin Qingchen could obtain its Soul Ring, and Lin Qingchen used his planned method to combine five elemental Soul Rings and Qi into one. He successfully created Great Five Elements Divine Light, though the merged Soul Ring remained below a thousand years.

• Lei Nuo attacked the Vajra White Tiger and killed it with his Thunderous Spear after it tried to fight back.
• Lin Qingchen used his short sword to finish the wounded tiger and began absorbing its yellow Soul Ring.
• Lin Qingchen drew in Metal Qi and then added water-, wood-, fire-, and earth-attribute Soul Rings, using the five elements' mutual generation to merge them.
• The five elemental forces cycled through one another and formed a new yellow Soul Ring, which Lin Qingchen absorbed without resistance.
• When mutual restraint erupted, Lin Qingchen balanced it against mutual generation until the five colors fused into one.
• Lin Qingchen summoned a beam of five-colored light and completed Great Five Elements Divine Light.

After Lin Qingchen’s Martial Soul gained five elemental attributes during his Soul Ring fusion, he tested his new Great Five Elements Divine Light against a Three-Tailed Wind Flame Wolf on the way back through the Soul Hunting Forest. The wolf’s fireball and wind blades vanished against his power, while Lei Nuo and Tang San watched.

• Lin Qingchen told Lei Nuo that his Martial Soul had mutated and gained five elemental attributes, and Lei Nuo urged him to get examined after returning to the academy.
• Tang San asked about Lin Qingchen’s Martial Soul, but Lin Qingchen said he did not know its origin.
• A nearly two-hundred-year-old Three-Tailed Wind Flame Wolf attacked the group as they walked through the forest.
• Lin Qingchen stepped forward to test his new Soul Skill, while Lei Nuo warned him to be careful and Tang San prepared to support him.
• Lin Qingchen summoned the Great Five Elements Divine Light, which extinguished the wolf’s fireball and dispersed its three wind blades.

Lin Qingchen defeated the Three-Tailed Wind Flame Wolf with the Great Five Elements Divine Light and revealed his First Soul Skill, Five Elements Divine Body. As the group left the Soul Hunting Forest, Tang San grew jealous of Lin Qingchen, and Lin Qingchen received more Power of Fortune.

• The Three-Tailed Wind Flame Wolf unleashed a combined wind-and-fire attack, but Lin Qingchen dissolved it with the Great Five Elements Divine Light.
• Lin Qingchen activated Five Elements Divine Body, chased down the fleeing wolf, and killed it with a blow that broke its spine.
• Lin Qingchen explained to Lei Nuo that his divine light neutralized energy attacks, though stronger opponents required more effort to overcome.
• Tang San compared Lin Qingchen's ability with his own Blue Silver Grass and consoled himself that his Hidden Weapons made him stronger.
• As Lin Qingchen, Tang San, and Lei Nuo left the Soul Hunting Forest, Lin Qingchen received Power of Fortune for forming the divine light and for Tang San's jealousy.

Tang San and Lin Qingchen went to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch for their advancement assessments after returning from the Soul Hunting Forest. Lin Qingchen registered at level fifteen, declined Ma Xiunuo’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, and discovered that his Gold Soul Coin held another Wonder Seed.

• Lei Nuo sent Tang San and Lin Qingchen to register their Soul Power levels at the Spirit Hall Branch before driving away.
• Ma Xiunuo assessed Tang San, confirmed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and level twelve Soul Power, and registered him as a Soul Master.
• Lin Qingchen revealed his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul and measured level fifteen Soul Power, astonishing Ma Xiunuo.
• Ma Xiunuo invited Lin Qingchen to join Spirit Hall, but Lin Qingchen declined until he finished studying at Nuoding Academy.
• Ma Xiunuo registered both boys and gave them Gold Soul Coins, and Lin Qingchen snatched one that was glowing with another Wonder Seed.

Lin Qingchen transformed a Gold Soul Coin into the Splitting Gold Coin, a Wonder that increased and stored his wealth, then slept through the day. While Xiao Wu secretly condensed a Soul Ring under Tang Hao’s watch, Lin Qingchen woke to hear that the work-study students and seniors were preparing to fight on the back hill.

• Lin Qingchen infused the Gold Soul Coin with the Power of Fortune and created the Splitting Gold Coin, which increased his Gold Soul Coins by 10% daily up to 10,000 and could store them without limit.
• Lin Qingchen returned to Dorm Seven and slept for a full day while the other students kept quiet; Tang San worked at the smithy and then collapsed into bed.
• Xiao Wu woke after breaking through, left Dorm Seven to condense a Soul Ring, and Tang Hao followed her in secret to watch over her.
• Lin Qingchen woke the next morning, heard students say the work-study students and seniors had arranged a fight on the back hill, and decided to go watch.

Lin Qingchen arrived as Xiao Chenyu and the regular students were beating Wang Sheng and the other work-study students, then defeated Xiao Chenyu and drove the attackers off. The injured students were taken to the school hospital, and someone called out to Lin Qingchen as he was about to leave.

• Xiao Chenyu demanded that Wang Sheng submit, but Wang Sheng refused and was beaten along with the other work-study students.
• Lin Qingchen arrived, caught Xiao Chenyu's punch, and threw him into the students charging at him.
• Lin Qingchen used his Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul and Five-Colored Divine Light to break Xiao Chenyu's attack and defeat him.
• Lin Qingchen ordered the regular students to leave and arrange for the injured work-study students to be carried to the school hospital.
• As Lin Qingchen was about to leave, someone teased him for showing off.

Lin Qingchen learned that Lei Nuo would protect him from Xiao Chenyu’s father, then returned to Dorm Seven and defeated Xiao Wu after she challenged him with her new Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Lei Nuo told Yu Xiaogang about two gifted students, and Yu Xiaogang realized one might be the person he was seeking.

• Lei Nuo assured Lin Qingchen that Xiao Chenyu’s father could not touch him while Lei Nuo was at the academy.
• Lin Qingchen returned to Dorm Seven and told Tang San that Wang Sheng and the others had suffered minor injuries in a fight with regular students.
• Xiao Wu returned after reaching level ten and challenged Lin Qingchen with her First Soul Skill, but he defeated her and warned her not to provoke him again.
• Xiao Wu learned that regular students had injured Wang Sheng and the others, then vowed to teach them a lesson while Tang San tried to calm her.
• Lei Nuo told Yu Xiaogang that he had found one student with Innate Full Soul Power and another he believed would become a Titled Douluo; Yu Xiaogang wondered if the first was the person he had in mind.

Yu Xiaogang became determined to take Tang San, a Blue Silver Grass user with Innate Full Soul Power, as his disciple after hearing about him from Lei Nuo. While recovering at Lei Nuo’s home, Yu Xiaogang criticized Lei Nuo’s choice of Soul Ring for Tang San and explained his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory, leaving Lei Nuo doubtful of the theory’s standing.

• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Tang San must have Twin Martial Souls and resolved to make him his disciple.
• Lei Nuo gave the injured Yu Xiaogang restorative medicine and told him that Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power and a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San was a work-study student and had received a Soul Ring from an Azure Vine over three hundred years old.
• Lei Nuo explained his choice of Soul Ring, and Yu Xiaogang criticized him for overlooking the possibility of using an Animal-type Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang described his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory, while Lei Nuo recognized it as part of Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies and privately doubted its popularity.

Tang San grew frustrated after losing to Xiao Wu even with his first Soul Ring, while Lin Qingchen planned to seek the Seed of Life left by Ah Yin and turn it into a Wonder. The chapter ended with Lin Qingchen deciding to prepare for the theft and Tang Hao wondering whether Tang San was thinking of him.

• Yu Xiaogang drank Lei Nuo's tonics and recovered early, eager to return to Tang San as his teacher.
• Tang San lost to Xiao Wu again and questioned whether his Soul Ring and Nuoding Academy could help him grow stronger.
• Xiao Wu cuddled Tang San in her sleep as he tried to reassure himself that he still had her and his Hidden Weapons.
• Lin Qingchen reasoned that Ah Yin's Seed of Life might become a Wonder and planned to find it near Holy Soul Village while Tang Hao was away.
• Tang Hao sneezed on Nuoding Academy's dormitory roof and wondered whether Tang San missed him.

Lin Qingchen continued studying at Nuoding Academy and used whale rubber he obtained from Lei Nuo to try raising his soul ring’s age. The chapter ended with him preparing to eat the poorly stored whale rubber after training.

• Lin Qingchen stayed at Nuoding Academy and asked Lei Nuo to give him combat training.
• Lin Qingchen spotted Lei Nuo examining whale rubber, bluffed that he recognized it, and persuaded Lei Nuo to hand it over.
• Lin Qingchen teased Lei Nuo about needing whale rubber, while Lei Nuo suspected Xiao Chenyu had bought it because of his troubles.
• Lei Nuo took Lin Qingchen to train, then realized a book called Secret Arts of the Bedchamber had taught him about whale rubber and became furious about its presence in the academy library.
• After training, Lin Qingchen examined the whale rubber and decided to eat it, hoping it could help raise his soul ring’s age.