Chapter Summaries

Feng Yao, a transmigrated former guqin teacher living in Tingquan Village, awaited his Martial Soul awakening after years of preparing through exercise and careful observation. He awakened a Seven-stringed Zither, and the chapter ended as he placed his hand on the Blue Crystal Ball to test his Soul Power.

• Feng Yao gathered bamboo shoots in the back mountain and reflected on his mysterious fortune and his efforts to prepare for awakening Soul Power.
• Shi Yi called Feng Yao to the village Spirit Hall because a Spirit Master had arrived to awaken the children’s Martial Souls.
• The Spirit Master arranged the awakening formation and revealed his iron sword Martial Soul, while the children before Feng Yao awakened ordinary Martial Souls and had no Soul Power.
• Feng Yao entered the formation and awakened an ancient Seven-stringed Zither, which he recognized as an old friend from his former life.
• Feng Yao placed his hand on the Blue Crystal Ball to test his Soul Power.

Feng Yao awakened level four Innate Soul Power and received permission to attend Nuoding Academy, then returned to Tingquan Village to consider how to cultivate his two Martial Souls. He planned to begin with the Seven-stringed Zither and explore formations through the Innate Bagua Plate as he prepared to leave for Nuoding City.

• Feng Yao awakened his Seven-stringed Zither and was found to have level four Innate Soul Power, so the Spirit Master gave him an Awakening Certificate and told him he could attend a junior academy.
• Feng Yao discovered that he also possessed an Innate Bagua Plate and wondered whether it was connected to his family history.
• Feng Yao told Shi Yi he would leave for Nuoding City the next day with villagers going to market, and Shi Yi wished him well.
• Feng Yao played the Seven-stringed Zither in his courtyard, drawing nearby villagers to listen and applaud.
• Feng Yao decided to focus on cultivating the zither first and considered using the Bagua Plate to pursue formations before falling asleep, eager to reach Nuoding City.

Feng Yao traveled to Nuoding City and used his Seven-stringed Zither to secure work at Shopkeeper Ning’s tea house, earning generous tips and a place to stay. As Jingzhe Day approached, he withdrew his savings and set out for Nuoding Academy.

• Feng Yao left Tingquan Village for Nuoding City with villagers taking him by donkey cart.
• After a tea house attendant turned him away, Feng Yao played his Seven-stringed Zither in the street and attracted a crowd.
• Shopkeeper Ning hired Feng Yao to perform one piece each day for a monthly salary and let him keep his tips.
• Feng Yao performed inside the tea house, impressed the guests, and earned around a hundred gold coins in tips.
• Shopkeeper Ning offered to hold Feng Yao’s money and let him stay at the tea house, while Feng Yao’s performances grew famous in Nuoding City.
• As Jingzhe Day neared, Feng Yao withdrew his accumulated earnings and headed to Nuoding Academy.

Feng Yao enrolled at Nuoding Academy and discovered that his Soul-Power-infused zither music could affect cultivation. He met Tang San and unknowingly drew the attention of a Title Douluo before heading to the cafeteria at dusk.

• Feng Yao enrolled at Nuoding Academy, paid the fee, and settled into a private room in Dorm One.
• Feng Yao named his Seven-stringed Zither Fuxi and played in a secluded spot, where his music helped Tang San break through to level twelve.
• Tang San introduced himself to Feng Yao, then sat nearby and continued cultivating to the zither music.
• A burly Title Douluo listened from the trees, remembered Yue Hua, and left after observing Feng Yao and Tang San.
• Feng Yao tried meditating until sunset, made little progress, and headed to the cafeteria when hunger struck.

Feng Yao rejected Yu Xiaogang’s advice to pursue the Support System and began devising an Assault System path for his zither Martial Soul. He experimented with sound-based attacks and discovered a personal cultivation method that used musical vibrations to temper his body, then settled into meditation.

• Yu Xiaogang advised Feng Yao to develop his zither Martial Soul as a Support System, but Feng Yao insisted he wanted the strength to protect himself rather than rely on teammates.
• Feng Yao considered using Spirit Rings to amplify Soul Power and began exploring how high and low zither notes could affect enemies, allies, and his own body.
• Feng Yao’s Bass Note rebounded through his room and left him dizzy, but his experiments led him to consider using sound vibrations to temper his organs and meridians.
• Feng Yao found a melody that resonated with his body and created a two-way cultivation method that tempered both his Martial Soul and his body.
• Feng Yao withdrew Fuxi and began meditating, sensing that his affinity for the energy of heaven and earth had slightly improved.

Feng Yao refined his cultivation and realized that strengthening a Martial Soul could temper the bloodline, while Tang San failed to recreate the meditative state induced by the previous day’s music. Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Feng Yao to support Tang San in exchange for help obtaining Spirit Rings, but Feng Yao refused and left for Shopkeeper Ning’s teahouse.

• Feng Yao cultivated with Fuxi, then played a different tune while Tang San secretly listened and could not enter deep meditation again.
• Feng Yao realized that Martial Souls manifested bloodline power and that training the Martial Soul and body could strengthen it.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Feng Yao to play Yangchun Baixue for Tang San and offered to arrange Feng Yao’s Spirit Rings if he followed his plans.
• Feng Yao rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer, recognizing that he wanted to use Feng Yao’s music to benefit Tang San.
• Feng Yao decided to work at Shopkeeper Ning’s teahouse and left the academy.

Feng Yao reached level ten after a year of cultivation and asked Shopkeeper Ning to help him obtain a four-hundred-year Soul Bamboo Spirit Ring. With Zhao Han and Li Tie guarding him, he absorbed the ring and discovered that his zither could unleash powerful sound attacks even without using a spirit ability.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San watched Feng Yao perform, and Yu Xiaogang explained that his zither music could improve concentration during meditation.
• A year later, Feng Yao reached level ten and asked Shopkeeper Ning to help him find a suitable four-hundred-year Spirit Beast.
• Shopkeeper Ning sent Zhao Han and Li Tie to escort Feng Yao to the Spirit Hunting Forest, where Feng Yao chose a four-hundred-year Soul Bamboo.
• Feng Yao absorbed the Soul Bamboo Spirit Ring while Zhao Han and Li Tie guarded him, enduring the intense energy that surged through his body.
• After absorbing the ring, Feng Yao plucked a low note that made bamboo explode, then returned to Nuoding City and thanked Zhao Han and Li Tie.

Feng Yao registered as a level eleven Soul Master at Spirit Hall and revealed that his first Spirit Ability amplified Soul Power by about fifty percent. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang grew suspicious of Feng Yao’s rapid advancement, while Feng Yao began cultivating more intensely.

• Xiao Wu collected a gold coin from Feng Yao, and Tang San warned her to stay away from him because he suspected Feng Yao had an ulterior motive.
• Feng Yao visited Spirit Hall, tested at level eleven, declined an invitation to join, and received a Soul Master Handbook and a Gold Soul Coin.
• Feng Yao encountered Xiao Wu and Tang San on the street, teased them about their time together, and left as Tang San wondered whether Feng Yao’s zither had once affected him deliberately.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Feng Yao had reached level ten, and they suspected his earlier Innate Soul Power test was wrong or his zither abilities were no coincidence.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Feng Yao’s Assault System path while praising Tang San’s diligence, then privately considered research materials about Twin Martial Souls.
• Feng Yao tested his first Spirit Ability, Soul Power Amplification, found it increased his Soul Power by about fifty percent, and began cultivating harder.

After graduating from Nuoding Academy, Feng Yao declined Tang San’s invitation to Shrek Academy, said farewell to Shopkeeper Ning, and set out for Heaven Dou City with a recommendation letter from Moon Xuan. On the road, he rescued Zhu Zhuqing from an attack by Zhu Zhuyun’s group and fled with her in his carriage.

• Feng Yao discovered that his Innate Bagua Plate could project the eight hexagrams and convert nearby energy into an element, but using it rapidly consumed his Soul Power.
• Five years later, Feng Yao performed at Nuoding Academy’s graduation ceremony, where Tang San invited him to Shrek Academy; Feng Yao declined and gave Xiao Wu a pouch of money before they left.
• Feng Yao visited Shopkeeper Ning, who gave him a recommendation letter from Moon Xuan and saw him off as he departed Nuoding City for Heaven Dou City.
• On the third morning of his journey, Feng Yao found Zhu Zhuqing surrounded by black-clad attackers led by Zhu Zhuyun and used his zither to stun them.
• Feng Yao urged Zhu Zhuqing to run, and she joined him as he drove the carriage away.

Feng Yao reached Heaven Dou City and earned admission to Moon Xuan after impressing Tang Yuehua with his zither skills. As he weighed his need for a suitable Mimicry Cultivation Environment against his distrust of Yu Xiaogang, he began reconsidering his path toward Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Feng Yao rescued Zhu Zhuqing during their journey, learned she came from the Star Luo Zhu Family, and took her to Suotuo City, where they parted.
• Unable to find an inn in Suotuo City, Feng Yao left overnight and arrived in Heaven Dou City ten days later.
• Feng Yao visited Moon Xuan with Shopkeeper Ning's recommendation and played “High Mountains and Flowing Water” for Tang Yuehua.
• Impressed by Feng Yao's performance, Tang Yuehua accepted him as a Moon Xuan student and told him to begin etiquette lessons at dawn.
• Feng Yao considered whether to attend Blue Tyrant Academy, rejected the idea of relying on Yu Xiaogang, and wondered if he should change his approach.

Feng Yao impressed Tang Yuehua with his etiquette and musical skill, but his Soul Power-infused playing caused Dugu Yan to expel Jade Phosphor Snake Poison. Dugu Yan’s long-standing chest oppression disappeared, and Feng Yao left realizing his music might affect the poison in her bloodline.

• Feng Yao attended Tang Yuehua’s etiquette lesson, where she corrected his flawless but overly rigid demonstration by teaching him to prioritize sincerity.
• During a group harp lesson, Feng Yao followed Tang Yuehua’s melody and surprised the students by matching her music with a lively variation.
• Feng Yao became immersed in the music and unconsciously infused it with Soul Power, causing Dugu Yan to cough up emerald Poison Blood.
• Ye Lingling rushed to heal Dugu Yan, who discovered that her chest oppression had vanished and recognized the blood as Jade Phosphor Snake Poison.
• Feng Yao apologized to Dugu Yan and realized that Soul Power infused into music might force the poison from her bloodline, while Dugu Yan resolved to tell her grandfather.

Dugu Bo learned from Feng Yao that the Dugu Clan’s inherited poison came from their venomous Spirit Rings, and Feng Yao proposed channeling the poison into a Spirit Bone while using zither sound to guide its removal. Dugu Bo agreed to help Feng Yao enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy and invited him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, where Feng Yao began treating Dugu Yan.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Feng Yao’s zither music had made her expel Poison Blood, and Dugu Bo discovered that the accumulated poison in her body had decreased by twenty percent.
• Dugu Bo explained the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul’s poison and brought Dugu Yan to meet Feng Yao the next morning.
• Feng Yao identified Dugu Yan’s inherited poison and explained how Dugu Bo’s venomous Spirit Rings had passed toxicity to his descendants.
• Feng Yao suggested storing the poison in a Spirit Bone and using zither sound to guide Dugu Yan’s treatment, and Dugu Bo asked to learn the sound-therapy method.
• Dugu Bo agreed to secure Feng Yao a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and let him choose medicinal ingredients from his herb garden.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, Feng Yao played the Fuxi zither and began guiding the poison in Dugu Yan’s body.

Feng Yao taught Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan the Zither Sound Body Tempering Method, then selected several Immortal Grade herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes. He consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Blossom together and plunged into the spring to survive their opposing energies, leaving Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan waiting anxiously.

• Dugu Yan expelled some of her poison after Feng Yao played Fuxi, and Dugu Bo discovered the zither method had also strengthened Feng Yao's body.
• Feng Yao explained how the zither method worked and warned Dugu Bo to practice on himself before using it on anyone else.
• Dugu Bo let Feng Yao collect several Immortal Grades, including the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, while Feng Yao identified herbs that could help Dugu Bo and cautioned against giving them to Dugu Yan indiscriminately.
• Feng Yao explained that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Blossom could be consumed together to temper the body, and Dugu Bo drew both herbs to him with Soul Power.
• Feng Yao consumed both herbs and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes to balance their energies, eventually falling unconscious as Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan waited by the spring.

Dugu Yan brought Feng Yao to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he impressed the Education Committee with his refined control of Soul Power and completed his enrollment. She then introduced him to Ye Lingling at lunch and planned to take him to meet the rest of the team.

• Dugu Yan introduced Feng Yao to Yu Tianheng as the grandson of one of her grandfather's old friends, and Yu Tianheng privately doubted that the elegant newcomer was a capable spirit master.
• Dugu Yan brought Feng Yao before committee members Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, where Feng Yao deflected a Gold Soul Coin with his zither and resisted Meng Shenji's Soul Power pressure using a musical barrier.
• The committee welcomed Feng Yao to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Dugu Yan helped him complete his enrollment, collect his uniforms, and receive his Library Card.
• Dugu Yan told Feng Yao that his dormitory was beside Yu Tianheng's and invited him to beat Yu Tianheng if he could.
• Dugu Yan introduced Feng Yao to Ye Lingling in the Cafeteria, teasing Ye Lingling about her attraction to him before seating them together for lunch.

Feng Yao joined the Imperial Dou Team and challenged Oslo to win permission to arrange part of his own training. He defeated Oslo with a single precise zither note, earning Qin Ming’s approval and an initial place on the team.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling brought Feng Yao to the training grounds, where Qin Ming welcomed him as a new member of the Imperial Dou Team.
• Feng Yao asked to arrange some of his personal training, and Qin Ming refused unless he could prove himself in a match.
• Feng Yao chose Oslo as his opponent, and the team gathered to watch their match.
• Oslo attacked at great speed, but Feng Yao struck a zither note that knocked him unconscious.
• Qin Ming allowed Feng Yao to arrange his personal cultivation as long as he attended three team training sessions each week.
• Feng Yao agreed to let Qin Ming observe his training method and offer guidance.

After demonstrating his zither-based cultivation and revealing that he followed the Extreme Path, Feng Yao joined the Imperial Dou Team’s training under Qin Ming’s guidance. Dugu Yan then brought him to the academy’s Mimicry Training Ground, where Fuxi reacted to the dense energy within.

• Oslo asked how Feng Yao had incapacitated him, and Feng Yao explained how zither sound could interfere with the central nervous system.
• Qin Ming praised Feng Yao’s zither-based cultivation, then learned that every one of his Spirit Rings granted Soul Power Amplification and that he followed the Extreme Path.
• Qin Ming told Feng Yao to present himself publicly as a Control System Spirit Master and ordered the team to keep his full abilities secret.
• After training, Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about wanting to learn the zither, then invited Feng Yao to visit the Mimicry Training Ground after dinner.
• Dugu Yan explained how the Mimicry Training Ground used rare materials and energy fields to help Spirit Masters enter deep meditation, while Fuxi resonated with the energy inside.

Feng Yao used the Innate Bagua Plate to find a cultivation spot suited to his energy, breaking through to level twenty-eight overnight. The next morning, Xue Qinghe visited the Imperial Dou Team, praised Feng Yao's zither playing, and invited him to a private noon banquet, leaving Feng Yao wary of the Crown Prince's intentions.

• Feng Yao used the Innate Bagua Plate to locate an eastern room with strong wood energy and meditated there through the night.
• Feng Yao broke through his level twenty-seven bottleneck and reached level twenty-eight, then told the Imperial Dou Team about his progress.
• Feng Yao played the zither during morning training, and Xue Qinghe arrived with two guards to hear him perform.
• Xue Qinghe praised Feng Yao's music and Soul Power control, then invited him to a noon banquet.
• Dugu Yan warned Feng Yao that Xue Qinghe's personal invitation might have a purpose, and Feng Yao said he would stay out of court struggles.

Feng Yao met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who tried to gauge his background and recruit him, then returned to find tensions rising between Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng. The chapter ended with Yu Tianheng challenging Feng Yao to a pure Spirit Master duel and Feng Yao accepting.

• Xue Qinghe questioned Feng Yao about his training and connection to Shopkeeper Ning, then learned Feng preferred to teach rather than join a sect.
• Xue Qinghe hosted Feng Yao for an imperial meal and considered how the talented, unaffiliated youth could strengthen his position within the Imperial Dou Team.
• Yu Tianheng rebuked Dugu Yan for leaving training to check on Feng Yao, and Feng Yao urged her to return to practice.
• Qin Ming ended the team's unsuccessful coordination drills and split Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan into individual training.
• Yu Tianheng confronted Feng Yao and challenged him to a pure Spirit Master duel, which Feng Yao accepted.

After Dugu Yan slapped Yu Tianheng and left with Feng Yao, she explained why she had hidden her clan’s bloodline secret and why a duel could endanger them both. Half a month later, Feng Yao reached level thirty and asked Dugu Bo to test whether his body could withstand a Spirit Ring beyond the usual age limit; Dugu Bo judged that he could endure one below five thousand years.

• Dugu Yan slapped Yu Tianheng, told him she saw Feng Yao only as a younger brother, and left the training ground with Feng Yao.
• At the cafeteria, Dugu Yan explained the danger of revealing the Dugu Clan’s inherited poison and warned Feng Yao that defeating Yu Tianheng in a duel could bring trouble from his clan.
• Feng Yao trained in seclusion for half a month and naturally broke through to level thirty.
• Feng Yao asked Dugu Bo to test his physical strength so he could attempt a Spirit Ring beyond the conventional age limit.
• Dugu Bo increased his Soul Power pressure beyond level forty, and Feng Yao endured it without kneeling.
• Dugu Bo concluded that Feng Yao’s body could withstand a Spirit Ring below five thousand years.

Feng Yao absorbed a four-thousand-year Soul Bamboo Spirit Ring, reached level thirty-three, and left Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the Imperial Dou Team for exhibition matches in Suotuo City. The chapter ended as the team arrived, with Feng Yao explaining that the bumpy journey had made cultivation difficult and that he had felt awkward sleeping beside Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

• Feng Yao absorbed the Soul Bamboo Spirit Ring while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan waited, and Dugu Yan told her grandfather about her conflict with Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had hoped the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon sect would protect Dugu Yan if his poison became uncontrollable, then teased her about Feng Yao.
• Dugu Bo examined Feng Yao after the absorption and found that he had reached level thirty-three without injury.
• Dugu Bo told Feng Yao to teach Yu Tianheng a lesson, and Feng Yao acknowledged the request before returning to the academy with Dugu Yan.
• A month later, Qin Ming took Feng Yao and the Imperial Dou Team to Suotuo City for exhibition matches and preparation for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• After seven days on the road, the team arrived in Suotuo City, where Feng Yao told Dugu Yan and Yu Feng that the carriage ride had hindered his cultivation and made him reluctant to sleep beside Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.