Chapter Summaries

Nidya confided her fears about her family’s military legacy to Wang Xiaofeng, then grew closer to him during their shopping trip and evening together. Wang Xiaofeng left her room after teasing her into rushing to wash her hair.

• Nidya told Wang Xiaofeng that her family’s ideals and lives seemed arranged by others, and admitted she was afraid.
• Nidya shopped until Wang Xiaofeng was hidden beneath the gifts, then had the employees deliver them to the residence.
• Nidya kissed Wang Xiaofeng, and he kissed her back before carrying her home on his back.
• Nidya invited Wang Xiaofeng into her room and insisted he stay, but he placed her on the bed and told her to rest.
• Nidya pinned Wang Xiaofeng down and demanded comfort, so he said she had not washed her hair and left while she rushed to the bathroom.

Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya shared an affectionate meal while Ma Hongjun felt like a third wheel. Ma Hongjun prepared to leave for Star Luo City with his investment profits, while Wang Xiaofeng continued toward Fengtong Pass.

• Ma Hongjun watched Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya casually share food and drink, and grew envious of their closeness.
• Nidya told Wang Xiaofeng that she planned to leave for Star Luo City that day because their routes differed.
• Wang Xiaofeng gave Ma Hongjun a Black Card containing about two hundred and thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins from their investment.
• Ma Hongjun happily stored the card and set off for Star Luo City, while Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya remained together.

Ma Hongjun set out alone while Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya left the hotel together. Wang Xiaofeng escaped Nidya’s bodyguards with her in his arms, and the guards called Li Aotian to pursue them.

• Ma Hongjun rode away, and Wang Xiaofeng told Nidya that Fatty needed to make his own way.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya finished eating, and he carried her toward the window after telling her he had packed their clothes.
• Nidya’s bodyguards tried to stop Wang Xiaofeng, but he knocked them back with hidden weapons and a leap that shattered the wall.
• Wang Xiaofeng told Nidya to hold on, then leaped away with her as the bodyguards summoned their Mystic Tortoise Shield Wall.
• The bodyguard captain ordered the others to get Li Aotian and begin a mission.

Wang Xiaofeng flew with Nidya over Tanding City, where a swift five-ringed attacker tried to separate them and launched a fierce assault. Wang Xiaofeng met him in the air, and their battle continued as Nidya watched from the Gourd.

• Wang Xiaofeng carried Nidya skyward on a Soul Power barrier, then enlarged his Gourd and placed her on it.
• Wang Xiaofeng sensed a fast-moving attacker and dodged the black-clad man's first pass.
• The attacker used a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring to rush at Wang Xiaofeng with silver wings.
• Wang Xiaofeng countered the man's wing strike with Rock Crushing Fist, shocking him by breaking through his strongest offensive soul skill.
• Wang Xiaofeng and the black-clad man exchanged more blows while Nidya watched from the Gourd.

Wang Xiaofeng overpowered Li Aotian while escaping with Nidya and launched them away on his calabash using his Self-Created Soul Skill, Calabash Comet Rush. The bodyguard squad watched them vanish and resigned themselves to facing punishment.

• Li Aotian attacked Wang Xiaofeng, but Wang gained the upper hand in their close-range fight.
• Nidya called for them to stop and offered to return, briefly distracting Li Aotian.
• Wang Xiaofeng headbutted Li Aotian and left him unable to fight for the moment.
• Wang Xiaofeng launched the calabash with Nidya aboard using Calabash Comet Rush, sending them more than a thousand meters away.
• The bodyguard squad watched the calabash streak out of sight, and the captain told them to prepare medicinal wine for the punishment ahead.

Nidya and Wang Xiaofeng escaped her pursuers, with Nidya experiencing the thrill and danger of flying before they fled into the forest. After evading Wind Elder’s search, Wang Xiaofeng revealed that they were heading for Soul Suppression City rather than Star Luo City.

• Nidya lost focus while flying, and a breach in her Soul Power barrier left her battered and drained.
• Wang Xiaofeng carried Nidya to the ground and hurried with her into the forest to escape Wind Grandpa.
• Wind Elder tracked them to the forest, but Wang Xiaofeng’s false trails and Nidya’s scattered scent defeated his Wind Clones.
• Wang Xiaofeng led Nidya on a detour through Star Luo territory and stopped with her to camp for the night.
• Nidya realized they were heading to Soul Suppression City, where Wang Xiaofeng’s parents lived.

Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya cooked together and discussed why his parents lived in the harsh border city of Soul Suppression City. As they traveled toward the city, Nidya delighted in experiencing flight.

• Nidya struck Wang Xiaofeng’s thigh and hurt her hand, so he soothed it with Soul Power.
• Wang Xiaofeng cooked wild vegetables and cured meat while thinking about visiting his parents and training Nidya.
• Nidya asked why Wang Xiaofeng’s parents lived in Soul Suppression City, and he reflected on the city’s barren climate and history.
• Wang Xiaofeng carried Nidya through the sky, and she cheered at the sensation of flying.

Wang Xiaofeng discovered an immense amount of Power of Faith covering the Wailing Wall, but the Gourd could not absorb it. He concluded that the faith was either claimed by someone or carried the Wailing Wall’s protective will, then left with Nidya.

• Wang Xiaofeng saw the Wailing Wall as a vast structure made from Power of Faith and estimated it held far more than the statue in Spirit City.
• Wang Xiaofeng tried to draw the Power of Faith into his Gourd, but it remained rooted in the wall.
• Nidya watched Wang Xiaofeng’s strange attempts and considered recording him with her Soul Tool.
• Wang Xiaofeng reasoned that the Power of Faith might belong to someone or embody the Star Luo Empire soldiers’ will to protect their nation.
• Wang Xiaofeng gave up and carried Nidya away from the Wailing Wall.

Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya reached Soul Suppression City and found its outer ruins swallowed by desert, with the inhabited black city farther inside. After Wang Xiaofeng punished guards who stared at Nidya, the pair entered the city, where soul masters secretly began watching them.

• Nidya explained that sandstorms and a worsening water shortage had emptied the old city and swallowed its oasis.
• Nidya led Wang Xiaofeng across the ruins to the black walls of Soul Suppression City.
• At the gate, Wang Xiaofeng used his pressure to force two soldiers who had stared at Nidya to their knees, then let the older guard stand.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya registered and entered the city, unaware that specialized soul masters would secretly observe them.
• The old soldier explained soul masters to a young soldier, who vowed to become one despite having no Innate Soul Power.

Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya made their way through Soul Suppression City to the Zhou King's Mansion street, where an unexpected fight sent someone crashing into a ginkgo tree. Wang Xiaofeng recognized the injured figure as his father.

• Wang Xiaofeng noticed secret observers monitoring him at an inn, but they stopped watching after he showed his keen perception.
• Nidya led Wang Xiaofeng through the city to the street outside the Zhou King's Mansion.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya reached a secluded corner near the end of the street to check the address on a letter.
• A figure was hurled from a nearby courtyard and crashed into a ginkgo tree, and Wang Xiaofeng pulled Nidya out of the way.
• Wang Xiaofeng recognized the figure crawling from the leaves as his father.

Wang Xiaofeng returned home with Nidya and reunited with his father, grandfather, and mother. He Li welcomed him home, while Wang Danu stayed behind to repair the broken gate.

• Wang Xiaofeng recognized the bruised Wang Danu, who pretended to be his own twin brother until He Qiming came out of the courtyard.
• He Qiming introduced himself as Wang Xiaofeng’s grandfather and led Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya inside, ordering Wang Danu to repair the gate.
• Wang Xiaofeng comforted Nidya as He Li scolded He Qiming for sparring inside and waking Xiaoguang.
• He Li came out of the kitchen, saw Wang Xiaofeng with Nidya, and welcomed her son home after he said he had returned with a daughter-in-law.

Wang Xiaofeng returned home with Nidya and reunited with his parents, while He Li quickly welcomed Nidya and sent Wang Xiaofeng out to buy groceries. The family enjoyed dinner, but Nidya discovered Wang Xiaofeng’s room was decorated with merchandise bearing his image, leaving him mortified.

• He Li warmly welcomed Nidya and sent Wang Xiaofeng to the market so she could speak with her alone.
• Wang Xiaofeng helped Wang Danu repair the gate, and their teasing eased the awkwardness between father and son.
• Wang Xiaofeng gave Wang Danu five hundred Gold Soul Coins, and Wang Danu went to a tavern while Wang Xiaofeng bought groceries.
• He Li and Nidya chatted happily while Wang Xiaofeng was away, then the family ate together.
• He Li showed Wang Xiaofeng his room, which was covered in Elite Tournament photos and merchandise of him, and Nidya laughed at the sight.
• Wang Danu and He Qiming drank too much and missed dinner, so He Li made them stand outside in the cold to sober up.

Wang Xiaofeng broke through again and prepared to baptize his infant brother, Bei Bei, with an experimental medicinal liquid. After Wang Xiaofeng claimed it could give Bei Bei at least level five Innate Soul Power when he awakened his Martial Soul, the old man objected to tempering such a young baby's body.

• Wang Xiaofeng woke during the night to a crying baby, then entered deep meditation and absorbed moonlight through the gourd in his arms.
• Wang Xiaofeng woke at dawn with a sudden increase in strength and soul power, reaching the threshold before level fifty.
• Wang Xiaofeng joined Wang Danu, He Qiming, He Li, and Nidya for breakfast and saw his chubby infant brother, Bei Bei.
• Wang Xiaofeng told Wang Danu that he had prepared an experimental gift for Bei Bei that could raise his Innate Soul Power to at least level five by the time of his Martial Soul Awakening.
• The old man objected that Bei Bei was too young to have his body tempered with medicinal liquid.

Wang Xiaofeng proposed using his method to increase his infant brother’s Innate Soul Power, provoking He Qiming’s fierce opposition and a family argument. Later, Wang Xiaofeng prepared a complex formation in the courtyard and began explaining his work to Wang Danu.

• He Qiming opposed Wang Xiaofeng’s plan to temper Wang Beibei’s body, fearing the risks to the infant.
• He Li defended Wang Xiaofeng’s idea, then argued with He Qiming until Wang Danu calmed her and she took Wang Beibei upstairs.
• Wang Xiaofeng recalled that he had gained a soul-power rank using his method and that Zhao Wuji had used it while breaking through a bottleneck.
• Wang Xiaofeng finished recalculating and drawing a complex design in the courtyard after taking a recovery potion.
• Wang Danu asked about the tools, and Wang Xiaofeng explained that the compasses were used to draw circles.

Wang Xiaofeng used the Fate Reversal Array to raise Wang Beibei’s Innate Soul Power, surviving the dangerous ritual before collapsing from exhaustion. While he slept, powerful Soul Masters broke into the courtyard, and He Li and Nidya prepared to fight them.

• Wang Xiaofeng activated the Fate Reversal Array, entering the Overclocked State and spreading his amplified spiritual power across Soul Suppression City.
• Wang Xiaofeng used his Power of Faith, Moon Essence, and the Physical Body Eight Trigrams to complete the Five Elements Seal on Wang Beibei.
• A bolt of Thunder struck as the ritual unleashed blinding light, extreme cold, and mist across the courtyard.
• Wang Xiaofeng emerged carrying a sleeping Wang Beibei, handed him to He Li, and went to sleep after confirming the ritual had worked.
• While Wang Xiaofeng slept, nine intruders entered the courtyard, and He Li and Nidya summoned their Martial Souls to fight them.

After recovering from the array’s backlash, Wang Xiaofeng checked that Wang Beibei was adapting safely to the body-tempering array. The chapter explained how the array would strengthen Beibei’s body and prepare him to cultivate while he slept until his Martial Soul Awakening.

• Wang Xiaofeng woke after sleeping for two days and three nights, with his mental power depleted and his Sea of Consciousness badly cracked.
• Wang Xiaofeng examined Wang Beibei and confirmed that the array’s Power of Faith remained contained and that Beibei’s sleepiness was a normal protective response.
• Wang Xiaofeng told his family that Beibei’s body was adapting and that the body tempering should give him cultivation speed comparable to someone with Innate Soul Power at Rank 7.
• Wang Xiaofeng explained that the array would generate soul power that silently strengthened Beibei’s body until he could use it after his Martial Soul Awakening at age six.

After Beibei’s drowsiness eased, the household returned to its usual routine. Wang Xiaofeng and Wang Danu went beyond Soul Suppression City to gather wood for repairing or replacing the family’s furniture, finding a poisonous lake surrounded by deadwood.

• Nidya and He Li washed the household laundry, and Wang Xiaofeng helped hang the last batch before Nidya kissed him and leaned against him.
• Wang Danu stopped Wang Xiaofeng and asked him to help gather wood for the family’s worn furniture.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Wang Danu left Soul Suppression City and traveled across the sand to a small lake called Bajidan.
• Wang Xiaofeng saw animal skeletons beneath the lake’s clear water, and Wang Danu explained that the lake had become poisonous.
• Wang Danu told Wang Xiaofeng to help dig up the dead tree trunks around the lake.

Wang Xiaofeng and Wang Danu uprooted dead trees beside a toxic lake and headed back toward Soul Suppression City. On the way, four riders asked for directions and a compass, but one of them suggested taking the compass by force, prompting Wang Xiaofeng to prepare his Sleeve Arrow.

• Wang Xiaofeng uprooted dead trees with his physical strength while Wang Danu watched, and he stored the trees in his Gourd.
• Wang Danu and Wang Xiaofeng finished clearing the grove and started back toward Soul Suppression City, with Wang Xiaofeng collecting a sample of the lake water.
• Wang Xiaofeng spotted four riders approaching, and Wang Danu wondered whether they were Sand Bandits.
• A woman rider asked Wang Danu for directions and a spare compass, and he offered to let the group follow them to the city.
• One rider urged the others to take the compass by force, so Wang Xiaofeng quietly readied his Sleeve Arrow.

Wang Danu and Wang Xiaofeng encountered a group of lost Soul Masters who tried to take their compass, but Wang Danu scared them off by posing as a powerful Soul King. One of the travelers, He Muyu, turned out to be Wang Danu’s niece and followed the family home, where she asked He Qiming for help with a newly discovered ruin.

• A divided group of Soul Masters decided to offer money for Wang Danu’s compass, and one man threatened him when he refused.
• Wang Danu revealed five Soul Rings and frightened the man into kneeling, then accepted the group’s money and let them leave.
• He Muyu stayed behind, revealed that she was He Danu’s niece, and accompanied Wang Danu and Wang Xiaofeng home.
• After drinking water at home, He Muyu told He Qiming she had come to ask for help with a medium-sized ruin discovered during recruit training.

He Muyu led the 21st Squad into the New Recruit Grand Martial Arts Exercise, where He Fei planned to use a secret trump card in the revised individual events. Dai Mubai opened the three-day competition with an overwhelming display of aura, and after the squad finished last in the group events, the individual events began.

• He Muyu warned the recruits to compete properly and sent Meng Yun to lead them to the training grounds.
• He Fei quietly gathered his lackeys and planned to use a trump card in the individual events to impress his father.
• Meng Yun noticed He Fei falling behind and decided to keep a close eye on him.
• Dai Mubai addressed the assembled recruits and suppressed more than five thousand people with his aura.
• The 21st Squad finished last in the group events, leaving He Muyu furious, before the individual events began.