Chapter Summaries

Chen Feng tested the Bodhi Divine Tree’s domain after his team killed and harvested the Mountain-Shattering Iron Bull. A pursuing squad arrived to find the beast dead and realized Chen Feng’s group had taken their prey.

• Sister Tao realized Chen Feng’s domain had affected her mind, and Chen Feng judged that it could give him a decisive advantage in battle.
• Chen Feng and his teammates finished gathering valuable parts from the Mountain-Shattering Iron Bull’s corpse.
• A five-person squad led by Gong Shi pursued the Iron Bull, which Guo Tao’s Phantom Wolf had driven through the forest.
• Gong Shi’s squad found the Iron Bull’s tracks ending near Chen Feng’s group and recognized the beast’s corpse.
• Gong Shi identified Old Zhu, his sister, and their teammates at the scene, then concluded they had killed the Iron Bull his squad had pursued.

Chen Feng and his team refused to surrender the Mountain-Shattering Iron Bull materials when Guo Tao’s Lion Squad claimed the beast as their prey. After identifying Chen Feng as the youth with nine martial souls, Guo Tao demanded that Chen Feng stay behind while the others left, and Chen Feng prepared to fight.

• Guo Tao learned that Chen Feng had awakened nine martial souls and suspected he had killed the Mountain-Shattering Iron Bull.
• Guo Tao led the Lion Squad to confront Old Zhu’s team and demanded they hand over the beast’s materials.
• Bearded Uncle challenged Gong Shi’s claim that the Iron Bull had been injured by the Lion Squad, while Chen Feng recognized their attempt to rob them.
• Guo Tao introduced himself as a Wushen University student and ordered Chen Feng to stay behind with the materials.
• Chen Feng reassured Bearded Uncle that he could handle the Lion Squad and refused to hand over the spoils.
• Zhou Heng threatened Chen Feng, who gripped his long blade and challenged the Lion Squad to take the materials by force.

Chen Feng fought Guo Tao, a Wushen University student who attacked with his Phantom Wolf Martial Soul and Soul Skills. Chen Feng’s Soul Needles wounded Guo Tao, and the chapter ended with Guo Tao stumbling after entering Chen Feng’s Sluggish Domain.

• Guo Tao summoned his Phantom Wolf Martial Soul and sent it after Chen Feng, who dodged its attacks.
• Chen Feng attacked Guo Tao with a Soul Needle, then fought him and the Phantom Wolf while Bearded Uncle’s group watched.
• Chen Feng drove a second Soul Needle into Guo Tao’s mind, forcing Guo Tao to retreat and interrupting Chen Feng’s control.
• Guo Tao used his Wolf Strike Soul Skill and fused with the Phantom Wolf to charge at Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng activated his Sluggish Domain, slowing Guo Tao and leaving him disoriented.

Chen Feng defeated Guo Tao and the Lion Squad, forcing them to surrender their spoils and Zhou Heng’s sword before leaving. Bearded Uncle’s group prepared to return with the unexpected haul, while Gong Shi’s team withdrew to hunt elsewhere.

• Gong Shi and the Lion Squad rushed to help Guo Tao, but Chen Feng’s attack left Guo Tao disarmed and the others beaten down.
• Guo Tao admitted defeat and agreed to leave, but Chen Feng punched him and demanded that the team surrender its materials and Zhou Heng’s alloy sword.
• Guo Tao warned Gong Shi and the others that Chen Feng was dangerous and advised them to curry favor with him if they met again.
• Gong Shi blamed the Bald Man for the team’s misfortune and led his members away to hunt in another area.
• Bearded Uncle and his group marveled at the Lion Squad’s defeat and prepared to return with the surrendered spoils.

Bearded Uncle’s team returned to the purchasing station with a truck full of hunting materials and began negotiating their sale to Boss Mi. As the goods were unloaded, Boss Mi discovered a large quantity of Red-eyed Wolf fur.

• Bearded Uncle, Zhang Yang, Tao Min, Zhu Tao, and Chen Feng returned from the hunt with a full truck of valuable materials.
• Bearded Uncle took the team to a purchasing station and greeted Captain Zhang, who described his team’s profitable hunt for a Five-Colored Spider.
• Bearded Uncle asked Chen Feng whether they should sell their goods to Boss Mi, and Chen Feng told him to decide.
• Bearded Uncle opened the truck for Boss Mi’s workers to inspect, and Boss Mi was surprised by the large amount of Red-eyed Wolf fur.

Bearded Uncle’s team sold a huge haul of fierce-beast materials, then revealed the remains of a Mountain-Shattering Iron Bull they had killed. Boss Mi recognized the valuable early Nurturing Essence-level beast and began appraising its materials, while Chen Feng’s strength became clear to the onlookers.

• Boss Mi and his assistants appraised Bearded Uncle’s team’s goods, whose total value reached 1.83 million before the count was finished.
• Bearded Uncle revealed that the large sack held a Mountain-Shattering Iron Bull’s remains, shocking Boss Mi and Old Zhang.
• Boss Mi examined the bull’s horns and confirmed that the team had killed an early Nurturing Essence-level Iron Bull.
• Bearded Uncle said Chen Feng was a strong Martial Soul User, and Boss Mi realized Chen Feng had likely killed the beast.
• Boss Mi offered 1.7 million for the Iron Bull’s two undamaged horns and began appraising the remaining materials.

After the hunt, Chen Feng and Bearded Uncle's team sold their loot for more than four million yuan. Bearded Uncle proposed giving Chen Feng 2.53 million yuan, and the chapter ended as the team waited for Chen Feng to respond.

• Boss Mi paid Bearded Uncle's team for the loot, including 2.6 million yuan for the Mountain-Shattering Iron Bull.
• Old Zhang and his teammates praised Chen Feng's strength, and Boss Mi and the others greeted him.
• Bearded Uncle proposed giving Chen Feng 2.53 million yuan and splitting the remaining two million among the four teammates.
• Zhang Yang and Tao Min agreed that the split was fair, while Zhu Tao deferred to her brother.
• Chen Feng reflected on the team's trustworthiness as Bearded Uncle and the others waited for his answer.

Chen Feng accepted 2.53 million from Bearded Uncle’s team for his contributions to their hunt. Before parting, the team gave him a secret map of the Green People Tribe, leaving Chen Feng with a valuable resource for the future as he headed to buy medicine and continue improving himself.

• Zhang Yang and the others insisted that Chen Feng take 2.53 million, and Captain Bearded transferred the money to him.
• Bearded Uncle invited Chen Feng to team up with them again and explained that stronger fighters could train in other regions and among foreign races.
• Bearded Uncle, Zhang Yang, Tao Min, and Zhu Tao gave Chen Feng an Information Card containing a rough map of Green People Tribe camps and asked him to keep its source secret.
• Chen Feng accepted the map, recognizing its potential value for future training and military merit.
• Bearded Uncle drove Chen Feng back, while Zhang Yang, Tao Min, and the others went their separate ways; Chen Feng declined their invitations and set out to buy medicine.

Chen Feng traveled alone to Black Waste City to buy discounted Nutrient Fluid in bulk, but a gang of robbers cornered him shortly after he arrived. The gang leader, Brother Three Eyes, demanded that Chen Feng kneel, and one of his men reached for Chen Feng’s neck.

• Bearded Uncle told Chen Feng about Black Waste City’s cheap supplies and dangers, and offered to send his team if Chen Feng ran into trouble.
• Chen Feng took a taxi to the ruined, toxic city, intending to save money on a large purchase of medicinal materials.
• A robber with blue tattoos tried to threaten Chen Feng with a dagger, but Chen Feng slapped him into a wall.
• The robber summoned Brother Three Eyes and six others, who surrounded Chen Feng and demanded his money.
• A gang member reached out to grab Chen Feng by the neck after Chen Feng refused to kneel.

Chen Feng defeated a gang of robbers in Black Waste City and took more than three hundred thousand from them before continuing to Great Xia to buy potions. There, he discovered an array of expensive goods, including a dangerous Giant Elephant Blood injection with a low success rate.

• Chen Feng beat the Three Eyes Group robbers and forced them to transfer more than three hundred thousand to him.
• The Three-Eyed Man and his boss learned Chen Feng might be a powerful expert and decided to accept their loss.
• Chen Feng ran deeper into Black Waste City and reached Great Xia, a well-maintained building owned by a powerful figure from Great Xia Nation.
• An attendant showed Chen Feng the potion hall, where he learned a Crystal Gourd cost eighty thousand.
• Chen Feng asked about Giant Elephant Blood and learned it could boost strength but had only a thirty percent success rate and might cause fatal mutations.

Chen Feng browsed Nutrient Fluids at the Black Market and learned about Spirit Water and the Transcendence Realm from an attendant. He chose to test a tube of Blue Lotus Liquid to strengthen his Soul Power and left after paying seventy thousand.

• Chen Feng asked whether people bought strength-enhancing potions, and the attendant said they sold several bottles each month.
• Chen Feng learned that Spirit Water contained vital energy extracted from the void, cost one hundred thousand at twenty percent purity, and was difficult for even Transcendence experts to collect.
• The attendant explained that Transcendence was above the Magnetic Field Realm and described seeing a scarred Wushen University teacher fly past the shop.
• Chen Feng asked about Blue Lotus Liquid, which the attendant said nourished the soul and cost seventy thousand per tube.
• Chen Feng checked online reviews, bought one tube of Blue Lotus Liquid, and left the Black Market.

Chen Feng tested Blue Lotus Liquid and used the boost to awaken his second Martial Soul, the Life Divine Tree. He discovered the tree could absorb ambient energy and produce pure Spirit Water, leaving him excited by its value and potential.

• Chen Feng drank a bottle of Blue Lotus Liquid, confirmed it increased his Soul Power, and bought fifteen more bottles at a discount.
• After drinking the additional liquid, Chen Feng used his increased Soul Power to connect with and summon his second Martial Soul, the Life Tree.
• The Life Tree absorbed energy from its surroundings and revealed that it could produce Spirit Water, Spirit Milk, and Spirit Springs while sustaining Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng noticed drops of Spirit Water on the tree's leaves, shook them into a cup, and collected enough pure liquid to be worth over five hundred thousand.

Chen Feng awakened the Life Divine Tree, which produced valuable Spirit Water and helped strengthen his cultivation, while his Soul Power grew enough to form a third Soul Needle. After leaving the Black Market to arrange a home for his parents, he was ambushed by local thugs and turned the tables on them.

• Chen Feng drank Spirit Water produced by the Life Divine Tree and discovered that it had nourished his body and improved his cultivation.
• Chen Feng developed a third Soul Needle and practiced controlling all three at once.
• Chen Feng left to use his nearly two million in funds to buy his parents a decent home.
• Local thugs surrounded Chen Feng and demanded the medicine he had bought at the Black Market.
• Chen Feng pierced the thugs' shoulders with his Soul Needles, then chased down their fleeing leader.

Chen Feng robbed a blond gang leader in the Black Market, then took his family to choose a larger home in Jiangzhou District. His family approved of the house, and Chen Feng told the sales agent he would pay in full.

• Chen Feng demanded the blond gang leader transfer his money, took two hundred thousand, and left without harming him or his subordinates.
• Chen Feng told his parents he had received financial support from a Wushen University big shot who planned to take him as a disciple.
• Chen Feng brought his parents and younger sister to view a 120-square-meter house in central Jiangzhou District.
• Chen Feng's family liked the house, and Chen Feng decided to buy it.
• When the sales agent prepared an installment plan, Chen Feng said he would pay in full.

Chen Feng bought a new home for his family and cultivated with the Life Divine Tree’s Spirit Water, reaching the mid-Nascent Essence stage. He continued training with his stronger Soul Needles and Domain, while wondering what lay behind his ability to awaken Nine Divine Tree Martial Souls.

• Chen Feng paid 1.4 million for a 120-square-meter house and arranged for the renovation before his family moved in.
• Chen Feng’s family celebrated the new home, and he told his parents that a teacher had given him money after taking an interest in him.
• Chen Feng discovered that the Life Divine Tree condensed Spirit Water every seven days and used it to support his cultivation.
• After more than a month of training and absorbing four or five bottles of Spirit Water, Chen Feng advanced to the mid-Nascent Essence stage and strengthened his four Soul Needles.
• Chen Feng tested his enhanced body, Domain, and Soul Needles, then considered buying a combat skill and wondered about the secret behind his Nine Divine Tree Martial Souls.

Chen Feng questioned his family about his Nine Divine Tree Martial Souls and learned that his maternal Zhang Family might have a history of tree martial souls. As his college entrance examination began, he told his family he had hunted demon beasts for money, and they accepted the risks of his path toward Wushen University and future service to humanity.

• Chen Feng asked Chen Guoxiang and Zhang Chun about their ancestors, and Zhang Chun recalled that someone in her maiden Zhang Family had awakened a tree martial soul.
• Chen Feng discussed his Wushen University recommendation and the upcoming examination with his parents, while learning that Chen Wu was still hunting demon beasts with the War Soul Mercenary Group.
• Chen Feng gave money to Zhang Chun and his younger sister, then told his family that he had joined a hunting team to kill demon beasts and earn it.
• Chen Guoxiang accepted that Chen Feng would face danger as he grew stronger and urged him to do his best on the examination.
• Chen Feng arrived at Jiangzhou High School with his parents, and the school began the liberal arts examination before the next day's strength assessment.

Chen Feng earned a perfect score on the academic exam in just over three hours, astonishing the teachers who reviewed his work and verified that he had not cheated. At lunch, he shared his highly pure Spirit Water with Zhang Kun and asked whether Zhang Kun felt ready for the next day's strength assessment.

• Chen Feng quickly completed more than a thousand difficult questions and received a perfect score.
• Teachers watched Chen Feng's exam footage, confirmed his fast answers were genuine, and praised his academic ability.
• Zhang Kun noticed Chen Feng drinking Spirit Water in the cafeteria and asked about it.
• Chen Feng gave Zhang Kun the last mouthful of his 100-percent-purity Spirit Water, and Zhang Kun felt its effects.
• Chen Feng explained that Zhang Kun's increased strength would come after absorbing the vital energy and asked if he was confident about the strength exam.

Chen Feng took Jiangzhou High School’s physical fitness exam and astonished everyone with a punching-power result of 1,600 kilograms. The Principal and teachers speculated that his nine tree martial souls explained his rapid growth and traced them to his mother’s family.

• Zhang Kun thanked Chen Feng for the Nutrient Fluid and said he hoped to attend a third-tier university before inheriting his family’s underwear factory.
• Jiangzhou High School began its physical fitness exam at the stadium, where students completed strength, speed, and combat tests.
• The Principal and Teacher Xu Bing predicted that Chen Feng could break the school’s physical fitness record of 260 points.
• Chen Feng struck the testing machine with 1,600 kilograms of force, shocking the proctor and the watching teachers.
• Teacher Xu Bing and the Principal speculated that Chen Feng’s Spirit Green Tree martial souls heightened his ability to sense vital energy and fuel his potential.
• Teacher Xu Bing said Chen Feng’s maternal ancestors had tree martial souls, while his father’s family had no Martial Soul Experts.

Principal Li and the teachers discussed Chen Feng’s talent and hoped he would support Jiangzhou High School after entering Wushen University. Chen Feng excelled in the speed test and began the practical combat test, where he faced an unexpected talking opponent.

• Principal Li and the teachers praised Chen Feng and discussed how his future success might raise Jiangzhou High School’s standing.
• Chen Feng completed the one-hundred-meter speed test in 3.9 seconds, impressing the students watching.
• Chen Feng entered the practical combat test and easily defeated successive waves of electronic beasts.
• An old man in white appeared as Chen Feng’s next opponent and challenged him to a match.

Chen Feng earned a perfect 300-point physical fitness score after defeating the martial-arts master in the practical test, bringing his total examination score to a perfect 700. His results stunned the school, and he left the chapter preparing to attend Wushen University alongside Jiang Shiran.

• Chen Feng defeated the electronic martial-arts master, stopped the test before the next stage, and received a perfect practical combat score.
• The testing system gave Chen Feng 300 points for physical fitness, and Principal Li and the crowd reacted with shock at his perfect overall examination results.
• Jiang Shiran congratulated Chen Feng, and they agreed to look after each other at Wushen University.
• Zhang Kun told Chen Feng that he had scored 400 points and was satisfied with his chances of entering a third-rate university.