Chapter Summaries

Tang San revealed that his first soul skill gathered energy in the light, letting him store it or share life force, and the group noticed signs that his Blue Silver Grass was awakening. As Chen Feng advised Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai on their fighting styles, Tang Hao resolved to protect him too.

• Tang San demonstrated his energy-gathering and life-sharing soul skill, then threw a stored-energy object that blasted a small crater in the ground.
• Chen Feng realized Tang San had teased him with his sighs, chased him down, and noticed that the tips of Tang San’s hair had turned blue.
• Tang San and Chen Feng inferred that his martial soul was beginning to awaken, while Grandmaster and the others praised the usefulness of his soul skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Chen Feng for guidance, and Dai Mubai joined her; Tang Hao recognized Tang San’s awakening and decided to protect Chen Feng as well.
• Chen Feng advised Zhu Zhuqing to develop her Netherworld Attribute along an elusive assassin path, then began outlining Gold Attribute and mobility options for Dai Mubai.

Chen Feng advised Dai Mubai on Gold and Wind Attribute paths while Zhu Zhuqing gained a level from the relief his earlier guidance gave her. When Chen Feng killed a Heavy Mud Horse for its Spirit Ring, he vowed to change the tragic relationship between Spirit Masters and Soul Beasts, leaving Chen Yun with a sense that the world might soon change.

• Chen Feng described the strengths and weaknesses of Gold and Wind Attribute paths, and Dai Mubai struggled to choose between them.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power rose by a level, and she thanked Chen Yun while secretly glancing at Chen Feng.
• The group found a Heavy Mud Horse over four hundred years old, and Chen Yun subdued it so Chen Feng could claim its Spirit Ring.
• Chen Feng hesitated to kill the Heavy Mud Horse, then vowed to change the tragic state of affairs between Spirit Masters and Soul Beasts before killing it with a swift stab to the brainstem.
• Chen Yun heard Chen Feng's vow and sensed that the Spirit Master world might soon undergo a transformation.

Chen Feng absorbed his first spirit ring and gained the Heavy Sword skill, while Dai Mubai decided to pursue the Wind Attribute path. As Dai Mubai prepared to leave, Chen Feng and Grandmaster recommended a Wind Demon known as the Kamaitachi for his second spirit ring.

• Chen Feng absorbed the Heavy Mud Horse's spirit ring and awakened the Heavy Sword skill, which let him increase his sword's weight by consuming Soul Power.
• Grandmaster and Chen Yun wondered whether Chen Feng might be related to Sword Douluo, though Grandmaster knew the family history was uncertain.
• Dai Mubai chose the Wind Attribute path over the Gold Attribute path and prepared to leave while Chen Feng and Xiao Wu stayed to search for a Moon-Drawing Fox.
• Dai Mubai said he planned to choose a Gale Tiger for his second spirit ring, but Grandmaster rejected the idea and asked Chen Feng to explain his theory.
• Chen Feng advised Dai Mubai to seek a wind-controlling skill to guide his White Tiger's evolution and recommended the Wind Demon, the Kamaitachi.

Chen Feng recommended a Kamaitachi as Dai Mubai’s first soul ring and discussed publishing his Soul Ring Acquisition Theory through Star Luo Weekly. After Dai Mubai and Chen Yun left, Zhu Zhuqing thanked Chen Feng, and Xiao Wu teased him about it, leaving him chasing her around Tang San.

• Chen Feng described the Kamaitachi’s wind abilities, and Dai Mubai chose it as a suitable Soul Beast for his first soul ring.
• Grandmaster credited Chen Feng’s Soul Ring Acquisition Theory and suggested other Soul Beasts for Dai Mubai to consider.
• Chen Feng agreed to send Dai Mubai a copy of his thesis so Dai Mubai could help publish it through a Star Luo newspaper.
• Dai Mubai and Chen Yun left after Dai Mubai promised to help, and Zhu Zhuqing quietly thanked Chen Feng before running off.
• Xiao Wu mimicked Zhu Zhuqing’s words to tease Chen Feng, who summoned his Tai Chi Bagua Sword and chased her as she hid behind Tang San.

After Chen Feng and Xiao Wu ended their feud, their group searched Sand Gold Valley for Moonlight Stone but found none before nightfall. As the group camped, Chen Feng arranged for the children to take watch, leaving Xiao Wu wondering whether he knew her secret, while he considered how to protect himself if powerful Soul Masters noticed his plans for Martial Soul Evolution.

• Chen Feng and Xiao Wu signed the Feng-Wu Non-Aggression Pact with Tang San as witness, ending their feud.
• Chen Feng's group searched the bases of stone pillars in Sand Gold Valley for Moonlight Stone but found nothing before evening.
• Chen Feng persuaded the Grandmaster to let the three children take turns keeping watch, and the Grandmaster taught them precautions while Su Yuntao set warning traps.
• After the adults went to rest, Tang San took the first watch while Chen Feng and Xiao Wu settled into their tent.
• Xiao Wu wondered whether Chen Feng had discovered she was a transformed Soul Beast, but Chen Feng told her to sleep when he caught her staring.
• Chen Feng planned to use his future fame and the Star Luo Dai Family to protect himself if powerful figures sought to control him.

Chen Feng reflected on why he had cultivated ties with the Star Luo Dai Family as protection for his future plans. While he kept watch, Xiao Wu slipped away to find a Moon-Drawing Fox and obtain her First Spirit Ring, leaving Tang San to wonder where she had gone.

• Chen Feng considered his reasons for befriending Dai Mubai and the others, including helping the Tiger Cat pair and preparing the Dai Family as a possible shield.
• Tang San woke Chen Feng to take over the night watch, and Chen Feng left the tent quietly.
• Xiao Wu came out of the tent, claimed she needed to use the bathroom, then ran into the darkness to search for a Moon-Drawing Fox.
• Tang San later joined Chen Feng and asked where Xiao Wu had gone, and Chen Feng repeated her excuse.
• Chen Feng guessed that Xiao Wu was searching for a Moon-Drawing Fox so she could condense her First Spirit Ring.

Xiao Wu returned to camp with a Moon-Drawing Fox spirit ring, and Chen Feng discovered that her presence resonated with the Tai Chi Bagua Sword’s Yin position. Tang San questioned Xiao Wu’s story, but Chen Feng persuaded him to respect her privacy, leaving Xiao Wu to keep watch as the others slept.

• Tang San used his changed Blue Silver Grass to light the campsite, and Chen Feng sensed that Xiao Wu resonated with the Tai Chi Bagua Sword’s Yin position.
• Xiao Wu told Chen Feng and Tang San that she had found and killed an injured Moon-Drawing Fox while looking for a place to go to the bathroom.
• Chen Feng and Tang San decided to tell Grandmaster and Brother Su about their spirit rings in the morning, then Xiao Wu agreed to take the watch.
• Tang San privately told Chen Feng he suspected Xiao Wu had deliberately sought a Moon-Drawing Fox, and Chen Feng offered an explanation for her actions.
• Chen Feng urged Tang San to accept that Xiao Wu might have secrets, and Tang San agreed to trust her; outside the tent, Xiao Wu overheard them and smiled.

Xiao Wu demonstrated the offensive and defensive powers of her new Moon-Drawing soul skill, while Chen Feng considered how to motivate her to cultivate seriously. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu and Chen Feng settling on casual forms of address after she tried to get him to call her Sister Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu told Grandmaster and Su Yuntao that she had gained the Moon-Drawing soul skill from an injured Moon-Drawing Fox.
• Xiao Wu used Moon-Drawing to fire blades of light from her foot and fingers, then explained that moonlight could also protect her body.
• Xiao Wu grabbed Chen Feng's Tai Chi Bagua Sword with her moonlight-covered hand, but Chen Feng pointed out that the protection might not withstand a real strike.
• Xiao Wu admitted defeat and said she would stop calling Chen Feng Bro Feng, then asked him to call her Sister Xiao Wu.
• Chen Feng refused and agreed that they would call each other Xiao Wu and Xiao Feng instead.

After returning to Nuoding City from their soul hunt, Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu visited Spirit Hall for their Advancement Appraisal and monthly subsidy. Ma Xiunuo tested their soul power and was astonished by Xiao Wu and Tang San’s results, while Chen Feng measured the expected level eleven.

• Chen Feng teased Xiao Wu about her next Spirit Ring, and Su Yuntao and Grandmaster reassured him that Su Yuntao had helped the group during the soul hunt.
• Su Yuntao led Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu back to Nuoding City, where Chen Feng dropped Grandmaster at Nuoding Academy before heading to Spirit Hall.
• Ma Xiunuo tested Xiao Wu and discovered that her hundred-year Spirit Ring had brought her soul power to level twelve.
• Tang San displayed his unusual Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and measured level thirteen soul power after absorbing an Umbrella Crown Sunflower Spirit Ring.
• Chen Feng summoned his Tai Chi Bagua Sword and measured level eleven soul power, leaving Ma Xiunuo impressed by the three children’s extraordinary talents.

After the three children refused to join Spirit Hall, they collected their spirit-master subsidies and discussed Xiao Wu’s moonlight cultivation needs. Chen Feng arranged a spar with Xiao Wu and Tang San, leaving them ready to practice after returning to Nuoding Academy.

• Ma Xiunuo offered Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu a place in Spirit Hall, but all three declined.
• Ma Xiunuo explained the subsidy policies and gave the children their gold coins.
• Chen Feng told Xiao Wu she needed regular moonlight to evolve into the Tai Yin Jade Rabbit, then suggested full-moon nights outdoors and a south-facing dormitory bed on other nights.
• Chen Feng proposed that he, Xiao Wu, and Tang San sparred after returning to Nuoding Academy, and they agreed.

Chen Feng visited Grandmaster to learn about Soul Beasts and heard that Flender had gone to Death Desert to seek a Fire Attribute dragon-type Soul Beast for Luo Sanpao’s treatment. The chapter ended with Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu beginning a spar in a small grove while Grandmaster watched.

• Tang San went to inspect a nearby blacksmith shop while Chen Feng carried the bedding back to Nuoding Academy with Xiao Wu.
• Chen Feng visited Grandmaster, who told him that Flender had replied and was heading to Death Desert to obtain a Soul Beast’s blood for Luo Sanpao’s treatment.
• Chen Feng asked Grandmaster to teach him how to identify Soul Beast types and ages, and Grandmaster agreed.
• Xiao Wu arrived and invited Chen Feng and Tang San to spar so they could test their First Spirit Skills, and Grandmaster asked to observe.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu began sparring, with Tang San evading Xiao Wu’s Moonlight Ray as Chen Feng watched.

Tang San defeated Xiao Wu with his Blue Silver Grass seeds, then sparred with Chen Feng to train his reactions and agility. Chen Feng kept practicing until exhaustion made him fall, while Tang San planned to teach him the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

• Tang San defeated Xiao Wu by using his seed attacks to keep her at bay, and Xiao Wu complained about how frustrating his soul skill was.
• Chen Feng suggested altering the seeds’ properties, but Tang San said their stored sunlight energy made that difficult; Chen Feng then joked that the seeds were Tang San’s sons, making Xiao Wu laugh.
• Tang San and Chen Feng began sparring, with Tang San throwing seeds and Chen Feng dodging and trying to knock them away with his sword.
• Grandmaster explained that Tang San was holding back to give Chen Feng useful training, and Tang San planned to teach Chen Feng the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Chen Feng used his first soul skill to add weight to his sword and kept practicing until he tripped, fell, and withdrew his martial soul.

Grandmaster advised Chen Feng to train his first Spirit Skill by varying his sword’s weight, then tailored combat exercises for Xiao Wu and Tang San. He left them a book on Soul Power cultivation before departing.

• Chen Feng explained that his Spirit Skills were state-type skills, and Grandmaster suggested using his first skill to change his sword’s weight unpredictably in battle.
• Grandmaster told Chen Feng to practice lifting his increasingly heavy sword to build strength and control.
• Grandmaster assigned Xiao Wu to train her hearing with her eyes covered while Tang San attacked using Blue Silver Grass without his hands.
• Grandmaster explained how the exercises would build on Xiao Wu’s sharp hearing and let Tang San conceal his seed attacks in Blue Silver Grass.
• Grandmaster reminded the three to keep cultivating Soul Power and absorbing sunlight and Moonlight, then gave Chen Feng his book on Soul Power cultivation.

Grandmaster sketched Chen Feng’s jade pendant and suspected it connected him to Sword Douluo, but chose not to investigate. In the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Dai Weisi learned Dai Mubai had chosen a Soul Ring that might sever his Martial Soul connection with Zhu Zhuyun, and prepared a banquet to welcome him home.

• Grandmaster reproduced most of Chen Feng’s jade pendant from memory and suspected Chen Feng might be a distant relative of Sword Douluo.
• Dai Weisi reflected on the Star Luo succession tradition forcing him and Dai Mubai to fight, despite their close relationship.
• A White Tiger Guard reported that Dai Mubai had ignored the order to hunt a Golden Light Tiger and instead chose a Kamaitachi Soul Ring.
• The White Tiger Guard said Dai Mubai and the Zhu Family girl had both chosen to sever their Martial Soul connection.
• Dai Weisi ordered a grand banquet for Dai Mubai’s return and told the White Tiger Guard to inform Zhu Zhuyun.

Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun she would reject the family tradition and pursue her own path, while Zhu Zhuyun agreed to learn more before allowing her to choose her First Spirit Ring. At Nuoding Academy, Chen Feng questioned Grandmaster about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and proposed that Light Attribute Spirit Rings might explain its frequent Spirit Mutations; Grandmaster reacted with shock, and Chen Feng began writing his thesis.

• Zhu Zhuyun apologized to Zhu Zhuqing, who insisted she would avoid the family inheritance tradition and forge a path of her own.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun that Chen Feng had guided her and Dai Mubai in choosing Spirit Rings, and Zhu Zhuyun agreed to investigate before approving Zhu Zhuqing's First Spirit Ring choice.
• Chen Feng asked Grandmaster whether Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters could absorb Spirit Rings from non-subdragon Spirit Beasts, and Grandmaster said it was possible.
• Chen Feng learned that Grandmaster belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and asked whether his parents had possessed Light Attribute Spirit Rings.
• Grandmaster's expression changed at Chen Feng's question, and Chen Feng began writing a thesis titled "Spirit Evolution Theory and the Principles of Acquiring Soul Rings."

Chen Feng mailed a letter to the Star Luo Imperial Palace and submitted his thesis, then urged Xiao Wu to return home after making her realize he knew she was a transformed Soul Beast. Tang Hao also inferred that Chen Feng knew Xiao Wu’s secret, while Chen Feng waited to see what response his thesis would attract.

• Chen Feng mailed a letter to the Star Luo Imperial Palace from Nuoding City's post office.
• Chen Feng submitted articles to Heaven Dou Weekly and Martial Soul Weekly, then found Tang San and Xiao Wu training.
• Chen Feng persuaded Xiao Wu to go home and discuss her future with her family, leading her to realize he had seen through her identity.
• Tang Hao wondered how Chen Feng had discovered Xiao Wu’s secret and hoped she would leave and stay safe.
• Chen Feng told Tang San that his thesis was finished and said he was waiting to see what response it caused.
• The chapter’s closing note rejected the theory that Tang Hao kept Xiao Wu alive to give her spirit ring to Tang San, saying he spared her because of Ah Yin.

Chen Feng trained with Tang San while worrying that powerful factions might target him over his thesis. After the Grandmaster recognized the danger, he sent Flender to verify whether Chen Feng’s jade pendant mark was a token of Sword Douluo’s family.

• Chen Feng asked Tang San whether he had told Tang Hao about his soul ring, and Tang San said his father had only replied, "Oh."
• The Grandmaster read Chen Feng’s published thesis and worried that its significance could make Chen Feng a target.
• The Grandmaster remembered the drawing of Chen Feng’s jade pendant and decided to ask Flender to verify it with Sword Douluo.
• Flender recognized the drawing as a possible family token and flew to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after the Grandmaster warned him not to interfere with the matter.

Dai Mubai received Chen Feng’s letter and submitted an article under Chen Feng’s name, prompting the Star Luo Emperor to send envoys to recruit the young genius. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Flanders arrived urgently with a paper he believed might concern Sword Douluo.

• Dai Mubai collected a letter from Nuoding City, while Zhu Zhuqing ran off disappointed that she had not received one.
• After reading the letter, Dai Mubai went to submit an article to the Newspaper Office under the name Chen Feng.
• The Star Luo Emperor read the article and ordered two Senior Stewards, Chen Yun, and Dai Mubai to approach Chen Feng in Nuoding City and invite him to the Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi read Chen Feng’s article about classifying Martial Souls by their evolutionary paths before receiving Flanders at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Flanders asked to see Sword Douluo and gave Ning Fengzhi a paper he suspected might be connected to him.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin learned that Yu Xiaogang had seen the spirit evolution described in a drawing and traveled to Nuoding City to find him. Bibi Dong and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan also investigated the Thesis, each sending people toward the city as the search for Chen Feng and the author began.

• Ning Fengzhi showed Chen Xin Flender's drawing, and Chen Xin learned that Yu Xiaogang had seen the real thing in Nuoding City.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arranged clan affairs and followed Flender to Nuoding City.
• Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong that the Thesis came from Nuoding City and that Chen Feng was one of three children there with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to investigate Chen Feng's family ties and connection to Xiao Gang, and to bring him and the other children back if they had no such connections.
• A young man read the Thesis's theories of bloodline ascension and Attribute Extremity to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's council hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen sent Yu Luomian to Nuoding City to assess the situation before acting.

Dugu Yan showed Dugu Bo a newspaper article describing a cultivation method that could help with their family's poisonous spirit, but it ended before offering a solution. Dugu Bo tracked the article to Nuoding City and set out to confront its author.

• Dugu Bo worried that the poison inherited through his family threatened Dugu Yan's life as she continued cultivating.
• Dugu Yan showed Dugu Bo a newspaper passage about the Foundation Building Method and warned that excessive Poison Attribute energy could harm a soul master.
• Dugu Bo became angry when he learned the article offered no solution and left to find its author.
• Dugu Bo confronted the editor-in-chief of the Heaven Dou Empire Newspaper Office, who said the article had come from Nuoding City.
• Dugu Bo left to make the author explain the rest of the article.