Chapter Summaries

Tang Chenfeng arrived to help the three sisters and battled Wu Lintian with a Greatsword, while Ye Hongling's Floating Cannons repaired the damaged mechas. Tang Chenfeng's attack crippled Wu Lintian, and a hidden sniper finished disabling his mecha, completing the special training class's objective.

• Wu Lintian cornered the three sisters' damaged mechas, but Tang Chenfeng dropped into the valley and blocked his path.
• Tang Chenfeng explained that he had launched himself from a giant soul-guided artillery platform, then revealed his heavy mecha's Greatsword and fought Wu Lintian.
• Tang Chenfeng used a spinning hammering technique with the Greatsword to overwhelm Wu Lintian, while Ye Hongling arrived and sent Floating Cannons to repair the sisters' mechas.
• Tang Chenfeng's mecha surged with blue energy and smashed through Wu Lintian's cockpit armor, but its arm shattered from the impact.
• A hidden sniper shot off Wu Lintian's arm, destroyed his monitor, and broke his mecha's leg, leaving him unable to fight and completing the training objective.

After Wu Lintian defeated the students in a simulated battle, Xue Linger insisted on another session, but she and Xue Mengbing struggled with piloting in the void and became severely motion-sick. Wu Lintian recalled his harsh training days as Dean Zi Yun arrived to take care of the sisters.

• Wu Lintian checked on the motion-sick Xue Tianbing, while Xue Linger insisted on repeating the simulation and Ge Xinran stayed behind to watch Xue Tianbing.
• Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, Bai Luoyi, Xue Linger, and Xue Mengbing entered a second simulation and launched into Battlefield No. 101, a featureless void.
• Xue Linger and Xue Mengbing lost control of their mechas and drifted aimlessly, ending the session after twenty minutes feeling intensely sick.
• Wu Lintian described how his teacher had forced him through long, punishing cockpit training when he was a student, then kept the name of his alma mater secret.
• Dean Zi Yun found the three sisters recovering after the simulation and accompanied them back.

Wu Lintian began a seven-person Soul Master Battle exercise against the Sword of Destruction, while Zi Yun supervised. Tang Chenfeng and his teammates coordinated their attacks and briefly restrained the Sword of Destruction, but the outcome remained unclear as smoke filled the arena.

• Zi Yun confronted Wu Lintian over the battered students, then agreed to let training continue while she supervised.
• Wu Lintian explained that the seven students would fight a simulated opponent, the Sword of Destruction, whose level had been raised for the group battle.
• Tang Chenfeng and his teammates entered the Soul Master Arena and prepared a coordinated plan against the Sword of Destruction.
• Ye Hongling activated the Life Domain and Lifeform Chains as Tang Chenfeng charged the Sword of Destruction and was knocked back by her strength.
• Xue Linger used her shattered ice spear to trap the Sword of Destruction briefly, giving Tang Chenfeng an opening to strike her with his hammer.
• The Sword of Destruction blocked Tang Chenfeng's blow but was pushed back, then metal thorns and elemental attacks struck her through the smoke.

Tang Chenfeng and his companions fought Destruction Sword in Wu Lintian’s increasingly intense simulated training, surviving her devastating attacks and launching a final counterattack. After the Ice Snow Storm gave Tang Chenfeng an opening to strike, Destruction Sword dispersed the blizzard and exposed him again.

• Tang Chenfeng warned Xue Linger and the others to retreat, then helped them form layered defenses against Destruction Sword’s charged attack.
• Destruction Sword’s greatsword struck the defenses and triggered a massive explosion, leaving the group injured and exhausted while Ye Hongling’s Shield of Life protected them from the worst of it.
• Destruction Sword emerged from the smoke with only minor injuries, and Wu Lintian told Zi Yun that she came from his era and was important to him.
• Ye Hongling renewed her Life Domain, and Tang Chenfeng coordinated with the others to unleash Xue Tianbing and Xue Mengbing’s Ice Snow Storm.
• Tang Chenfeng used the blizzard to surprise Destruction Sword with a fist wrapped in Cosmic Divine Light, but she dispersed the storm and revealed his position.

Tang Chenfeng and Xue Linger nearly defeated Destruction Sword, but she revealed a second Martial Soul and overwhelmed the group with a devastating sword technique. Tang Chenfeng shielded Xue Linger until Dean Zi Yun interrupted the simulation, then sent the exhausted students to recover.

• Tang Chenfeng wrenched Destruction Sword’s massive sword from her hands, giving Xue Linger time to unleash her third soul skill.
• Destruction Sword revealed a second Martial Soul and used her Black Gold Sword to shatter Xue Linger’s attack and the ice-and-snow sisters’ fusion skill, injuring the group.
• Destruction Sword launched a deadly strike at the exhausted Xue Linger, and Tang Chenfeng stepped in to protect her with Cosmic Divine Light.
• Tang Chenfeng blocked the attack but was left nearly drained, with a deep crack in his Cosmic Divine Light armor.
• Dean Zi Yun interrupted the simulation training, sent Ye Hongling, Xue Tianbing, and Xue Mengbing for examinations, and ordered the others to return to their dormitory to rest.

Tang Chenfeng recovered from special training in the academy’s luxurious dormitory and received a visit from Xue Linger, who thanked him and asked to work with him. Later, Bai Xing woke him and lured him to the rooftop with the promise of a new cultivation method, where he unexpectedly found Wu Lintian looking at the stars and searching for the direction of home.

• Tang Chenfeng explored his luxurious dormitory, collapsed onto the sofa, and worried about whether the academy would give students time off for Pioneering Day.
• Xue Linger thanked Tang Chenfeng for saving her during simulated training and asked to work together in future training; Tang Chenfeng agreed.
• Tang Chenfeng fell asleep, and Bai Xing woke him around ten at night, promising to teach him a new cultivation method on the rooftop.
• Tang Chenfeng sneaked to the rooftop despite the academy’s nighttime rules and found Wu Lintian there.
• Wu Lintian told Tang Chenfeng that Dean Zi Yun had lowered the simulated training’s difficulty and said he was looking at the stars while trying to find the direction of home.

Wu Lintian told Tang Chenfeng about his distant hometown, his bond with Destruction Sword, and the falling-out that separated him from his old friends. Tang Chenfeng then began Bai Xing’s risky new cultivation method with Cosmic Divine Light, while Wu Lintian watched and observed its unusual effects.

• Wu Lintian told Tang Chenfeng that he came from a distant planet and that Destruction Sword was the most important person in his heart.
• Wu Lintian recalled how he and Destruction Sword had grown up together and how their team split after their ideals diverged, leaving him estranged from his friends.
• Wu Lintian offered to guard Tang Chenfeng while he cultivated, and Tang Chenfeng called Bai Xing to explain her new method.
• Bai Xing warned that her method was risky and instructed Tang Chenfeng to activate Cosmic Divine Light to aid his cultivation.
• Tang Chenfeng released Cosmic Divine Light as azure-blue flames, and Wu Lintian observed its transformation while Tang Chenfeng felt a warm, nourishing effect despite the Soul Power cost.

Bai Xing and Wu Lintian helped Tang Chenfeng use a Spirit Gathering Array to absorb a vast amount of energy and strengthen his cultivation. After Tang Chenfeng left to rest, Wu Lintian confronted a group of black-clad investigators and secretly stopped time to deal with them.

• Bai Xing prepared a Spirit Gathering Array while Wu Lintian supplied Tang Chenfeng with pure Soul Power to help circulate and open his meridians.
• Bai Xing activated the array, drawing nearby energies into Tang Chenfeng, whose Cosmic Divine Light strengthened his body as he refined the energy and raised his Soul Power to around level thirty-five or thirty-six.
• Wu Lintian praised the array but warned that prolonged use could cause harmful side effects, then told Tang Chenfeng to rest for the night.
• Wu Lintian sensed uninvited guests approaching and stayed behind as Tang Chenfeng returned to the dormitory.
• A group of black-clad figures confronted Wu Lintian about the energy fluctuation, and he froze time just as they prepared to attack.
• Wu Lintian addressed the frozen intruders, and when time resumed, he was alone on the rooftop with the array remnants gone.

After Tang Chenfeng’s Spirit Gathering Array left the surrounding spiritual energy scarce, his classmates struggled to cultivate, but a message from Teacher Wu distracted them before Tang could explain. At the gathering, Tang and Ye Hongling reunited with their former teacher Zhao Gaobo, who revealed that Huo Yan had gone to meet Wu Lintian and wondered why Huo Yan respected him so much.

• Tang Chenfeng met the exhausted Xue Linger, Ge Xinran, and Bai Luoyi, who said spiritual energy had become unusually thin during the night and disrupted their cultivation.
• Tang Chenfeng and the others visited Ye Hongling and her companions in the infirmary, where Ye Hongling reported that spiritual energy had gone haywire and Life Energy had disappeared.
• Teacher Wu summoned everyone after notifying them that Huo Yan, president of the Blacksmith Association and a Divine Craftsman, had arrived at the academy.
• At the gathering place, Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling recognized their former teacher Zhao Gaobo, whom Bai Luoyi identified as a Titled Douluo and the Blacksmith Association’s vice president.
• Zhao Gaobo congratulated Tang Chenfeng and Ye Hongling on their cultivation breakthroughs, then said Huo Yan had gone to speak with Wu Lintian and asked Tang why Huo Yan respected Teacher Wu so much.

Wu Lintian brought Divine Craftsman Huo Yan to teach the intensive training class, where Huo Yan invited Xue Linger to become his disciple and challenged the students to forge a Battle Armor component. The group accepted and learned they were registered for the Soul Master, Soul Engineer, and Mecha Master competitions, leaving them with a demanding training goal and a possible future interest in building their own mecha.

• Huo Yan met Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi, and the students learned that all three were his disciples.
• Huo Yan invited Xue Linger to become his fourth personal disciple, and Xue Linger accepted after Xue Tianbing and Xue Mengbing encouraged her to pursue her talent.
• Wu Lintian led the students to a newly equipped forging room, where Huo Yan challenged them to work together to make a Battle Armor component.
• Huo Yan explained that the Soul Engineer competition would run alongside the Soul Master competition, and Tang Chenfeng's team agreed to take on the forging challenge.
• Tang Chenfeng asked about building a mecha, and Zhao Gaobo warned that rare metals were scarce before Wu Lintian revealed the academy had also registered the team for the Mecha Master competition.

Wu Lintian planned how his students would divide their efforts across the Cloud City tournament, and Tang Chenfeng’s team organized their sub-professions and chose their first Battle Armor component. They selected Xue Linger’s helmet design after Tang Chenfeng discovered its unfamiliar formation, whose origin she said might lie in her lost memories.

• Wu Lintian proposed assigning Tang Chenfeng’s group to Soul Engineer and mecha events while Xue Linger’s group focused on Soul Master Battles, and Huo Yan agreed to help with the mecha issue after Battle Armor was completed.
• Tang Chenfeng and the others introduced their sub-professions and levels, and the team agreed that Tang Chenfeng should receive the first Battle Armor component.
• Ye Hongling presented a right-arm Battle Armor blueprint for Tang Chenfeng, while Xue Linger presented a helmet design and argued that its Spiritual Power amplification would suit him better.
• Tang Chenfeng noticed an unfamiliar Soul Guide formation on Xue Linger’s helmet blueprint and asked where she had learned it.
• Xue Linger said the formation had surfaced in her memories, and Ye Hongling found no flaws in the design after examining it.
• Tang Chenfeng chose to produce Xue Linger’s helmet first and promised Ye Hongling that they would make her right-arm design later.

Dean Zi Yun discovered Wu Lintian cooking precious ingredients in the forging room and learned that the students were secretly studying Battle Armor. During breakfast, Wu Lintian revealed that Zhao Jin was his girlfriend, though he had not seen her in over twenty years.

• Dean Zi Yun visited the forging room early and found Wu Lintian cooking with rare ingredients on the forge.
• Tang Chenfeng and the others arrived, explained that the ingredients came from their master, and said they had been studying Battle Armor.
• Dean Zi Yun joined the group for breakfast and praised Wu Lintian's cooking.
• Dean Zi Yun asked about the woman Wu Lintian often mentioned, and he said her name was Zhao Jin and she was his girlfriend.
• Wu Lintian revealed that he had not seen Zhao Jin for over twenty years and did not know where she was.

Tang Chenfeng forged two pieces of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal into a Battle Armor helmet, awakening a powerful Spirit Forging trait before calming it with Bai Xing’s divine sense. Xue Linger began engraving the helmet’s core array, but the Spirit Forged metal’s hardness pushed her to her limits as the carving continued.

• Wu Lintian clarified that the person he had been speaking about was still alive, then gave Tang Chenfeng a Storage Ring of rare metals prepared by President Huo Yan and Teacher Zhao.
• Xue Linger identified two pieces of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and explained that they needed to be fused before they could form a strong helmet.
• Tang Chenfeng used the Star God Forging Hammer to fuse and shape the crystals without flames, triggering a special Spirit Forging trait that Bai Xing’s divine sense helped him suppress.
• Xue Linger, assisted by Xue Tianbing and Xue Mengbing, began carving the helmet’s core array with her Wind-and-Snow Carving Method.
• Xue Linger’s compressed blizzard etched the first array marks into the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, but the task’s difficulty and strain threatened to overwhelm her.

Tang Chenfeng and the Xue sisters completed an ice-blue crown Battle Armor, but Bai Xing sealed it after a hostile divine sense tried to invade Tang Chenfeng. In the Far North, the Light Spear Dragon revealed that the missing little sister was likely in Cloud City, and San Cha ordered the dragons to wait for the alliance rather than act rashly.

• Tang Chenfeng used Ye Hongling's Life Link to transmit his Soul Power to Xue Linger and overcome the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal's rejection, while Bai Luoyi gathered Ice Elements.
• A hostile divine sense emerging from the Battle Armor formation attacked Xue Linger and Tang Chenfeng, but Bai Xing crushed it, severed its connection, and stabilized the crystal.
• Xue Linger finished engraving the crown, and Tang Chenfeng bonded with the completed Battle Armor after offering his blood; Bai Xing then sealed the armor, leaving it unusable for now.
• Wu Lintian examined Tang Chenfeng and found no apparent flaw in the Battle Armor itself as Tang Chenfeng described the strange voices he had heard.
• In the Far North, the Light Spear Dragon told the Sky Spear Dragon that a mysterious human had severed its divine sense while it tracked their little sister's aura near the southeast of the continent.
• San Cha identified Cloud City as their little sister's likely location and ordered the dragons to wait for the alliance, repair the damaged divine sense, and avoid exposing themselves.

After the special training class’s Battle Armor, mecha, and cultivation efforts stalled, Wu Lintian secured a ten-day interstellar trip to lift the students’ spirits. The trip was set for two days later, with Wu Lintian arranging the itinerary and Zi Yun overseeing safety, while Wu Lintian appeared to have another plan.

• Wu Lintian suggested the students set aside their failed Battle Armor efforts, and Tang Chenfeng proposed turning their attention to mechas.
• Teacher Wu said Xue Linger needed at least a week to recover, while President Huo Yan and Teacher Zhao Gaobo warned that customized mechas would be very difficult to make.
• Wu Lintian told the special training class that the dean had approved an interstellar trip as a reward, reviving the students’ spirits.
• In the Dean’s Office, Wu Lintian proposed a Ten-Day Interstellar Tour, and Zi Hengyue agreed the academy would cover its cost.
• Zi Hengyue assigned Wu Lintian to arrange tickets and the itinerary and Zi Yun to lead the group and ensure the students’ safety.
• The trip was scheduled for two days later, and Wu Lintian watched the cheering students with an apparently hidden plan.

Tang Chenfeng and Wu Lintian boarded a budget spaceship for their interstellar trip after the special training class ran short of seats. While they explored the converted cargo ship, its crew loaded a mecha requested by Master Huo Yan, unaware of the danger tied to their unusually large payment.

• After discovering that only eight seats remained for the nine members of the special training class, Wu Lintian arranged for himself and Tang Chenfeng to take a later spaceship.
• Wu Lintian and Tang Chenfeng traveled to Cloud City's aviation center, where Tang Chenfeng learned they were flying on a cheap, retired military transport vessel converted to carry passengers.
• Tang Chenfeng and Wu Lintian passed security and boarded the spacious ship, which had basic, uniform seating and also transported cargo.
• The crew loaded a covered humanoid mecha roughly into the cargo hold, then relaxed after checking that it had not been damaged.
• A transport worker learned that Master Huo Yan had requested the mecha's delivery, while the crew discussed spending the unusually generous trip funding without realizing the risks behind it.

Tang Chenfeng experienced the spaceship’s launch and atmospheric breakthrough alongside Wu Lintian, then struggled to settle into the long journey. He remained unable to cultivate because the starry void stirred an intense urge to leave the ship and explore space.

• The ship’s broadcast explained flight safety rules, cultivation restrictions, escape pods, and emergency spacesuits to the passengers.
• Wu Lintian warned Tang Chenfeng that takeoff might be uncomfortable, and the ship secured him with its Protective Shield and safety belt.
• The ship’s Main Thruster ignited, launching the vessel as Tang Chenfeng endured the force of acceleration and turbulence while it crossed the atmosphere.
• The ship emerged into space, briefly entered weightlessness, and restored artificial gravity in the passenger cabin and cockpit.
• Tang Chenfeng grew bored with the ship’s limited passenger areas and unappealing food, and found that his urge to leave the ship and explore space prevented him from cultivating.

Tang Chenfeng struggled to meditate aboard the spaceship until Bai Xing explained that space could help his cultivation and offered to create a cosmic-like barrier in a suitable location. With Wu Lintian’s Universal Key, Tang Chenfeng opened a restricted door and entered the area Bai Xing had chosen.

• Tang Chenfeng told Bai Xing that being in space left him restless and unable to meditate, and she explained that the cosmic environment could benefit his cultivation.
• Bai Xing said she could create a barrier resembling outer space if Tang Chenfeng found a large, quiet location, but he worried that suitable areas were restricted.
• Wu Lintian gave Tang Chenfeng a Universal Key and said he would take responsibility if using it caused trouble.
• Guided by Bai Xing, Tang Chenfeng reached a restricted door and used the Universal Key to bypass its intelligent lock.
• Tang Chenfeng confirmed no one was nearby and entered the area behind the door.

Tang Chenfeng used the Universal Key to access the spaceship’s cargo hold and a sealed maintenance room, where Bai Xing prepared a Spirit Gathering Array for his cultivation. As Tang Chenfeng entered meditation, he saw that his Sea of Consciousness formed a silvery-white vortex resembling the Milky Way.

• Tang Chenfeng used the Universal Key to unlock a control console, restore the cargo hold’s lighting, and evade detection by the spaceship’s main computer.
• Tang Chenfeng descended into the cargo hold, resisted the urge to inspect a covered cargo item, and explored the former mech and fighter storage area.
• Bai Xing found a sealed maintenance room, and the Universal Key opened its door after the security system warned Tang Chenfeng away.
• Bai Xing drew a Spirit Gathering Array in the damaged room, and Tang Chenfeng entered it to cultivate.
• Tang Chenfeng quickly entered meditation, absorbed the gathering energy, and perceived his Sea of Consciousness as a silvery-white vortex that Bai Xing compared to the Milky Way.

Tang Chenfeng emerged from a ten-hour meditation aboard the Tianchen Star as Captain Lin Youde prepared the ship for another wormhole passage. The ship was ambushed by the Children of the Night, and as its outnumbered guard mechs faced the pirates, a friendly black-class military-grade mech appeared in the cargo hold.

• Tang Chenfeng completed a deep meditation after envisioning the Milky Way, unaware that the Tianchen Star had passed through a wormhole.
• Captain Lin Youde prepared the crew for another wormhole passage while reflecting on his past service and the Federation's recent military cuts.
• An Ion Cannon struck the Tianchen Star, damaging its shields and cargo hold as the crew discovered they were under attack.
• Lin Youde identified the attackers as the Children of the Night and ordered the guard mechs deployed and a distress signal sent.
• The guard mechs moved to defend the ship, and a friendly black-class military-grade mech signal appeared inside the cargo hold.