Chapter Summaries

After passing the association assessment, Tang Chenfeng and his companions returned to Saint Luo Academy with mysterious gifts from Teacher Huo. Xue Linger reminded Tang Chenfeng that their final match was tomorrow, and the chapter left the group hurrying to their dormitories with the black boxes.

• Tang Chenfeng, Bai Luoyi, and Ye Hongling earned Level Three badges, while Tang Chenfeng also received a Level Three Maker Badge.
• Ge Xinran celebrated passing the assessment with a Level Two badge, and the students boarded the newly refurbished academy bus.
• Xue Tianbing said that she, Xue Mengbing, and Xue Linger had passed, but only Xue Linger advanced; Xue Linger warned Tang Chenfeng that he would die tomorrow.
• Wu Lintian gave Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi black boxes from Teacher Huo and told them to keep the gifts secret.
• The group returned safely to Saint Luo Academy, where Tang Chenfeng and his companions hurried toward their dormitories carrying the boxes in their Storage Soul Tools.

Tang Chenfeng opened the mysterious black box and found a dangerous Crimson Demon Fruit, which Bai Xing helped him fuse with a Blue Gold Fruit into a strange liquid. After preparing for a life-threatening breakthrough, Tang Chenfeng drank the mixture, and the chapter left his advancement unresolved.

• Tang Chenfeng returned to his room, opened Wu Lintian's black box, and discovered the corrosive Crimson Demon Fruit inside.
• Bai Xing identified the fruit and told Tang Chenfeng to find a durable container and a Blue Gold Fruit to counter its destructive properties.
• Tang Chenfeng prepared himself for the risks of advancing and followed Bai Xing's instructions to shake both fruits together in the container.
• Tang Chenfeng injected Soul Power into the container until the fruits fused into a dark purple liquid.
• Tang Chenfeng overcame his hesitation and drank the strange mixture, beginning his attempt to break through.

Tang Chenfeng drank the medicine and endured a devastating wave of pain as his body began to transform. The Cosmic Divine Light eased his suffering and restored his strength, but Bai Xing warned that another round of reshaping was beginning just before he lost consciousness.

• Tang Chenfeng drank the medicine, sat cross-legged, and circulated his Soul Power as the effects began to spread through his body.
• Tang Chenfeng endured unbearable pain that left him unable to move, while Bai Xing urged him to hold on.
• Tang Chenfeng drew strength from his wish to protect his family and find his mother, and the Cosmic Divine Light spread from his left arm across his body.
• Tang Chenfeng felt the pain ease and his strength return, while Bai Xing appeared more solid as she prayed beside him.
• Bai Xing warned Tang Chenfeng not to move because another round of reshaping was beginning, and a violent surge of energy made him black out.

Class Six waited anxiously for Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi to return before the final Promotion Tournament, while Wu Lintian searched for Tang Chenfeng. Ye Hongling and Bai Luoyi reached the venue first, and Tang Chenfeng arrived just before the match began.

• Wu Lintian told Class Six that Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi were away studying cultivation breakthroughs, and Ge Xinran worried that they would miss the final match.
• Ge Xinran offered to fight alone, but Wu Lintian warned her that the three opponents were stronger and urged her to wait.
• Ye Hongling and Bai Luoyi returned, but neither knew where Tang Chenfeng was, so Wu Lintian went to check the dorms.
• At the crowded competition grounds, teachers discussed Class Six’s chances, and Ji Yanji mocked Wu Lintian and his class.
• Wu Lintian returned to the stands and explained that he had resolved a small problem, then pointed out Tang Chenfeng arriving at Class Six’s area.

Tang Chenfeng returned after breaking through, and Class Six faced the Ice Snow Three Sisters in the academy’s final match. The sisters unleashed their formidable ice-and-snow abilities, spreading a freezing battlefield toward Tang Chenfeng’s team as the fight began.

• Tang Chenfeng arrived late in casual clothes after enduring a painful breakthrough with Bai Xing’s help, and Ge Xinran sent him, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi into the match.
• Ye Hongling described the Life Energy crystal she had absorbed, while Bai Luoyi explained how her gemstone improved her control of elemental power and privately sensed that Tang Chenfeng’s aura had changed.
• Wu Lintian explained that Bai Luoyi was a secret weapon with the strength to compete in the Soul Master Battle, as the three sisters Xue Tianbing, Xue Mengbing, and Xue Linger entered for Class One.
• Zi Yun reminded both teams to avoid deliberate harm and started the match; Xue Tianbing, Xue Mengbing, and Xue Linger revealed their soul rings and powerful ice, snow, and wind abilities.
• The sisters’ combined powers brought a biting cold and falling snow across the arena, turning their side of the battlefield into an icy world that advanced toward Tang Chenfeng’s team.

Class Six revealed its improved strength as Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling faced Class One, while Bai Luoyi’s Element Staff began drawing nearby elements away from the Ice Snow Three Sisters. Tang Chenfeng battled Xue Linger through Xue Mengbing’s Snow Mist, but Xue Tianbing and Xue Mengbing unleashed their Ice Snow Storm fusion skill and sent him flying, leaving him wary of their hidden trump card.

• Tang Chenfeng revealed his Body Martial Soul and three Thousand-Year Soul Rings, while Ye Hongling showed her own three rings and newly awakened Tree of Life and Mandala Demon Flower after breaking through to level thirty.
• Bai Luoyi’s Element Staff attracted the surrounding elements, including the Ice Element Xue Linger controlled, forcing Xue Linger to fight to regain command.
• Xue Tianbing targeted Ye Hongling with ice arrows, but Ye Hongling’s Mandala Demon Flower used thorny vines to knock them aside.
• Tang Chenfeng charged Class One and clashed with Xue Linger, matching her despite her higher Soul Power; Xue Mengbing then engulfed them in Snow Mist, and Xue Linger attacked him with Ice Condensation Art.
• Tang Chenfeng used his Future Perception Domain and Star God Forging Hammer to break Xue Linger’s ice attacks and smash through an ice wall.
• Xue Tianbing and Xue Mengbing used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Storm, to blast Tang Chenfeng across the arena, and he realized the sisters had been holding back a powerful trump card.

Xue Linger unleashed a powerful ice aura that overwhelmed Tang Chenfeng and threatened to destroy Ye Hongling’s Life Domain. Bai Luoyi then revealed her four Thousand-Year Soul Rings and opened the Eternal Spirit Return Domain, carving out space inside the blizzard as the match continued.

• Xue Linger and the Xue Tianbing sisters formed a blizzard that forced Tang Chenfeng to retreat into Ye Hongling’s Life Domain.
• Bai Luoyi used fireballs to tear open the blizzard, and Tang Chenfeng charged through the breach toward Xue Linger.
• Xue Linger opened her ice-blue eyes and released an overwhelming aura that sent Tang Chenfeng flying and shattered Ye Hongling’s Life Domain.
• As the blizzard engulfed the arena, Bai Luoyi asked Ye Hongling to channel her remaining Life Energy into her.
• Bai Luoyi revealed four purple Soul Rings and opened the Eternal Spirit Return Domain, pushing into the blizzard as Ye Hongling’s green-gold Soul Ring was exposed.

Bai Luoyi’s domain shattered the blizzard, leaving Tang Chenfeng to face Xue Linger in a duel. After revealing his evolved Cosmic Divine Light armor, Tang Chenfeng broke her swords and drove a final punch toward her as she feared she might die.

• Bai Luoyi unleashed the Eternal Spirit Return Domain, destroying the blizzard and exhausting herself and Ye Hongling, while Xue Tianbing and Xue Mengbing collapsed.
• Tang Chenfeng fought Xue Linger with his Forging Hammer, then caught her sword strike with newly formed armor and snapped her Ice Sword.
• Bai Xing warned Tang Chenfeng that his evolved Cosmic Divine Light could last only one minute as Xue Linger gathered Ice Elements for another attack.
• Tang Chenfeng’s armor withstood Xue Linger’s ice assault, and his punch shattered her Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Unrivaled.
• Tang Chenfeng leaped toward Xue Linger with a punch, and she feared he might kill her.

Xue Linger lost control and unleashed a deadly attack on Tang Chenfeng’s team, but Tang Chenfeng let Sister Bai Xing take control and used the Cosmic Divine Light to overcome her. Wu Lintian shielded the arena from the blast, and Tang Chenfeng’s exposed black soul rings were noticed before he collapsed; Wu Lintian then left with his unconscious students, insisting Tang had done nothing wrong.

• Xue Linger’s Soul Power surged, her Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul appeared, and she swung a giant Ice Sword at Tang Chenfeng’s team.
• Tang Chenfeng asked Sister Bai Xing to use her trump card and handed her control of his body.
• Tang Chenfeng unleashed the Cosmic Divine Light, destroying Xue Linger’s Ice Sword and ending her loss of control.
• Wu Lintian arrived and blocked the remaining blast with a transparent shield, though the energy melted part of the arena.
• Tang Chenfeng’s soul rings were exposed as black before he collapsed, while teachers found both teams exhausted and unconscious.
• Wu Lintian told Zi Hengyue that Tang Chenfeng had done nothing wrong, then left with Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi.

Tang Chenfeng woke after exhausting himself in battle and discovered that using his trump card had reduced his Soul Power to Level 31. As the teachers questioned the secrets surrounding him and Xue Linger, Xue Tianbing began explaining the events that had kept Xue Linger unaware she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Tang Chenfeng awoke in his Sea of Consciousness, where Bai Xing explained that his powers were depleted and his Sea of Consciousness had shrunk.
• Ye Hongling woke Tang Chenfeng by jumping onto his chest, and Bai Luoyi and Ge Xinran told him that Xue Linger was still recovering while the teachers handled the competition aftermath.
• Ge Xinran questioned Tang Chenfeng about his Soul Power, Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Spiritual Power, while Bai Xing explained that his trump card consumed Soul Power Levels and had lowered him to Level 31.
• Zi Yun confronted Wu Lintian about hiding his Twin Martial Souls, then met with Zi Hengyue, Xue Tianbing, and Xue Mengbing to discuss Xue Linger’s identity.
• Xue Tianbing explained that Xue Linger did not know she was a Soul Beast and began recounting what had happened ten years earlier.

Xue Tianbing revealed that Xue Linger was found in the snowfields and had unleashed the aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast during her martial soul awakening. Tang Chenfeng then entered a dreamlike memory linked to Xue Linger, where he saw her fighting soul masters and facing a black-robed man called Hunter.

• Xue Tianbing recounted how her family took in the amnesiac Xue Linger and how her awakening destroyed the platform and exposed a terrifying soul beast aura.
• Xue Tianbing confirmed to Wu Lintian that Xue Linger did not know her true nature, and Wu Lintian left to check on his students while privately considering his plan.
• Tang Chenfeng fell asleep in the infirmary and found himself watching a snowy scene that Bai Xing identified as a fragment of Xue Linger's memories.
• Xue Linger confronted a crowd of soul masters and cut a massive rift through the frozen ground with her ice sword, killing or disabling many of them.
• A black-robed man appeared and challenged Xue Linger, who called him Hunter and prepared to fight.

Tang Chenfeng witnessed the hunter overpower the Snow Empress with his black flames and leave her gravely wounded. As the hunter approached to claim her, she declared she would rather perish with him than surrender her soul ring and soul bone.

• Tang Chenfeng recognized the black-robed man as a soul beast hunter and watched him reveal eight Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and his Black Knight martial soul.
• The Snow Empress unleashed her ultimate Ice Attribute and domain, but the hunter's black flames blocked her assault and repaired the Black Knight's damaged armor.
• The hunter's black fire tornado melted the Snow Empress's massive Ice Element attack and badly burned her.
• The hunter approached the fallen Snow Empress and said he was sorry for her suffering, but she vowed to destroy herself rather than let him take her soul ring and soul bone.
• Tang Chenfeng realized that the Snow Empress intended to perish with the hunter.

Tang Chenfeng entered Xue Linger’s nightmare and rescued her from Hunter, but his intervention destabilized her spiritual world. As the dream began collapsing, Tang Chenfeng took Hunter’s spear meant for Xue Linger and lost consciousness.

• Tang Chenfeng asked Bai Xing to let him help Xue Linger, and she gave him a physical form inside the dream while warning him to be careful.
• Tang Chenfeng crashed between Xue Linger and Hunter, struck Hunter away, and carried Xue Linger to safety.
• Xue Linger told Tang Chenfeng that the scene was her recurring nightmare, while he deduced that she had once been the Snow Empress fleeing Hunter after being gravely wounded.
• Xue Linger tried to expel Tang Chenfeng from her spiritual world, but her command rebounded and distorted the dream, bringing Hunter back to attack them.
• Tang Chenfeng used Cosmic Divine Light to shield Xue Linger from Hunter’s spear, then collapsed as his Spiritual Power ran out.
• As the dream fell apart, Tang Chenfeng rushed in front of Xue Linger and took Hunter’s fatal spear thrust, falling unconscious.

Tang Chenfeng watched Xue Linger’s dream continue after he was killed within it, learning how she survived by transforming into a human and glimpsing the painful events of her past. When they awoke, Xue Linger confronted him for entering her dream, and his confession stirred a memory that softened her anger.

• Bai Xing explained that Tang Chenfeng had died in Xue Linger’s dream and warned that he could have become trapped in her spiritual world.
• Tang Chenfeng learned that Xue Linger had escaped the hunter, transformed from a Soul Beast Embryo into a child, and lost her memories; he gave up Spiritual Power to ease her suffering.
• A woman found the weakened Xue Linger and led her away, while Tang Chenfeng watched later dreams that revealed more of her family and past.
• Bai Xing warned that the dream was collapsing, and Tang Chenfeng and Xue Linger awoke in the real world at nearly the same time.
• Xue Linger accused Tang Chenfeng of entering her dream, and he admitted it while withholding some details.
• Xue Linger recalled Tang Chenfeng shielding her from a fatal attack in the dream and found that the memory had eased her anger.

Xue Linger considered leaving the Ice Snow Family but began to open herself to Tang Chenfeng and the humans around her. After the Promotion Tournament ended and Tang Chenfeng’s Class Six won, Xue Linger chose to stay with her sisters and take a first step toward friendship with him.

• Xue Linger told Tang Chenfeng that her memories remained fragmented and wondered whether she should return to her family, while Tang Chenfeng offered to be her friend.
• Ye Hongling and Bai Luoyi interrupted their conversation, then learned from Tang Chenfeng that he only wanted to help Xue Linger; Wu Lintian decided Tang Chenfeng was capable of guiding others and planned to teach him advanced knowledge and techniques.
• The academy concluded that Class One’s students had inadvertently caused the tournament incidents and required Xue Linger to obtain Soul Beast identification while keeping her circumstances private; Tang Chenfeng led Class Six to win the Promotion Tournament.
• After the venue damage postponed the Rank Advancement Challenge, Xue Linger greeted Tang Chenfeng and his friends at the academy, surprising them with her initiative.
• Xue Linger told Xue Tianbing and Xue Mengbing that she had recovered part of her memories and did not want to leave home, and they assured her they would always be family.

Saint Luo Soul Master Academy established an Intermediate Department Special Training Class for seven outstanding students, granting them access to most Advanced Department facilities. The students signed agreements promising to complete their studies at the academy, and Wu Lintian and Zi Yun prepared to lead them to their new classroom.

• Dean Zi Yun announced that the Promotion Tournament-winning Intermediate Department class would not continue in later tournaments, while Classes One and Two received free cafeteria meals for the rest of the semester.
• Zi Yun announced the Special Training Class and named Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, Bai Luoyi, Ge Xinran, Xue Tianbing, Xue Mengbing, and Xue Linger as its first members, with Wu Lintian and Zi Yun as its teachers.
• Zi Hengyue explained that the selected students had outgrown their usual training and said the Advanced Department's tournament had too few participants because of their strong performance.
• Zi Hengyue gave the seven students agreements requiring them to remain at Saint Luo Soul Master Academy through their Intermediate and Advanced Department coursework, and Wu Lintian explained the academy's planned investment in them.
• After Zi Hengyue warned that the limited places might go to other students if they delayed, all seven signed the agreements.
• Zi Hengyue congratulated the students and asked Wu Lintian and Zi Yun to take them to their exclusive new classroom.

Tang Chenfeng and his classmates began their special training at Saint Luo Soul Master Academy, where Wu Lintian introduced mechas, Battle Armor, and the class’s demanding final assessment. He ended by revealing the Three Armor Flow and naming Soul Armor as its most crucial element.

• Tang Chenfeng and the others toured their new classroom, training areas, forging room, and upgraded dormitory before lessons began.
• Wu Lintian asked the students how mechas related to Soul Masters, and Tang Chenfeng argued that a mecha could act as a Soul Master’s second body.
• Wu Lintian explained Battle Armor and announced that students must create concept drawings for exclusive mechas and complete One-Word Battle Armor components for their final assessment.
• Bai Luoyi questioned whether mechas were necessary for powerful Soul Masters, and Wu Lintian acknowledged their limits at the highest levels of strength.
• Wu Lintian introduced the Three Armor Flow as a path to becoming a top-tier Soul Master and said Soul Armor was essential to cultivating it.

Wu Lintian explained how Soul Armor enhanced Battle Armor and linked Soul Masters with mechas, revealing that a complete Three Armor Flow Soul Master had not appeared for over three hundred years. He then announced that the special training class would enter the Cloud City Youth Soul Master Tournament and begin with mecha simulation training.

• Wu Lintian explained Soul Armor’s ability to strengthen Battle Armor and synchronize a Soul Master with a mecha, making Three Armor Flow a powerful configuration.
• Wu Lintian revealed that no complete Three Armor Flow Soul Master had appeared in over three hundred years and said Huo Yan might be the only living person who knew how to craft Soul Armor.
• Tang Chenfeng eagerly considered learning Soul Armor crafting from his master, Huo Yan, and working with Xue Linger and the others on Battle Armor design.
• Wu Lintian revealed the Cloud City Youth Soul Master Tournament and said everyone in the special training class except Ge Xinran had to participate, with Island Assessment retake scores also counting.
• Wu Lintian announced that the class would start practical training with mecha simulations and enter both Soul Master Battles and Mecha Battles.

Tang Chenfeng and his friends gathered in the mecha Simulation World for Wu Lintian’s realistic combat exercise, where they would face Wu under restricted weapon choices. As the teams prepared, Tang Chenfeng assigned weapons to his friends and selected an unfamiliar weapon for himself after finding no War Hammer.

• Tang Chenfeng and the others entered the Simulation World, where Wu Lintian waited for Xue Linger and her sisters to arrive.
• Wu Lintian announced that the exercise would simulate realistic mecha combat and that he would be their opponent.
• Wu Lintian explained that the students could choose White-grade and Yellow-grade mechas, but each available weapon could only be selected once.
• Tang Chenfeng found that his familiar High-frequency Gauntlet and Combat Pile Driver were unavailable and assigned the Floating Cannon Pod to Ye Hongling, the High-power Soul-guided Sniper Rifle to Bai Luoyi, and the Energy-splitting Bombs with the Giant Launcher to Ge Xinran.
• After failing to find a War Hammer, Tang Chenfeng took Bai Xing’s suggestion and selected an unfamiliar weapon, prompting Ye Hongling to ask if he was sure about it.

Xue Linger, Xue Tianbing, and Xue Mengbing entered the Barren Rock Desert battlefield and pursued Wu Lintian through a canyon, unaware that he was luring them into a trap. Wu Lintian immobilized their mechas with sand-jammed joints and severed Xue Tianbing’s right arm, leaving the sisters disabled before him.

• Xue Linger’s team entered Battlefield No. 17 before Tang Chenfeng’s group and could not contact them through the mecha communications system.
• Wu Lintian appeared in a battered-looking mecha, then fled into the valley after landing in front of the three sisters.
• Xue Linger and Xue Mengbing chased Wu Lintian despite Xue Tianbing’s warning, while their attacks missed him.
• Wu Lintian fired at the cliff to trigger a rockslide that buried the sisters’ mechas, then watched as they climbed free.
• As the sisters advanced, sand in their unprotected mecha joints made them stiff and immobile, allowing Wu Lintian to knock Xue Tianbing down and sever her right arm.