Chapter Summaries

Tang Chenfeng escaped a breached cargo hold by activating a customized Black-grade Mecha and launching into battle against the Space Pirates. After destroying a pirate mecha threatening the Guard Team, he looked toward the still-raging battlefield.

• Tang Chenfeng was trapped in the cargo hold when Space Pirates breached the spaceship and suction began pulling him toward space.
• Tang Chenfeng used Wu Lintian's Universal Key to enter and activate a customized Black-grade Mecha, then persuaded Captain Lin Youde to let him support the Guard Team.
• Tang Chenfeng launched from the cargo hold and discovered the exhilaration of piloting a mecha in space.
• A Purple-black Mecha destroyed a Guard Team mecha, and Tang Chenfeng rushed in to attack it with the Vulcan Cannon.
• Tang Chenfeng dodged the pirate's Beam Cannon Shells and fired three accurate Beam Bullets, detonating the enemy mecha's Core Reaction Device.

Tang Chenfeng rescued the overwhelmed Guard Team and destroyed the pirates’ squad leader, but a massive cannon-equipped Pirate Mecha devastated the defenders. As the giant mecha unleashed a relentless barrage, Tang Chenfeng charged straight at it with a risky plan to break through its defenses.

• Tang Chenfeng arrived as reinforcements, used his Future Perception Domain to evade attacks, and destroyed the pirate squad surrounding the Guard Team.
• Tang Chenfeng defeated the pirate squad leader in close combat after running out of Beam Pistol ammunition, then refused to reveal his identity to the Guard Team captain.
• Tang Chenfeng helped the Guard Team regroup and took down two more enemies while dodging concentrated fire.
• A giant Pirate Mecha armed with thirteen beam cannons struck the defenders, leaving fewer than one in ten of the guard forces standing.
• Tang Chenfeng warned the survivors to retreat, then charged at the giant Pirate Mecha at maximum engine output to exploit its weak close-combat capabilities.

Tang Chenfeng awakened the head Battle Armor and destroyed the Pirate Mecha, but a hidden black mech crippled his own machine and revealed itself as a threat. He refused its pilot’s offer to join forces and rammed it into an invisible spaceship hull, exposing the enemy’s concealed ship to observers on Tianchen Star.

• Tang Chenfeng’s head Battle Armor appeared, transforming the cockpit’s synchronization system and letting him evade attacks despite his Spiritual Power depletion.
• Tang Chenfeng used the explosion’s smoke to sever the Pirate Mecha’s detached arms, then destroyed its core with his twin Beam Swords.
• Two dark-purple beams from the wreckage crippled Tang Chenfeng’s mech, revealing a concealed black mech that tore apart his cockpit and machine.
• The black mech’s pilot invited Tang Chenfeng to join him and learn the truth about the world, but Tang Chenfeng refused and overloaded his remaining thruster to ram the enemy away.
• The mechs struck an invisible spaceship hull, briefly revealing a concealed Dwarf Planet Class Spaceship with a military-grade Stealth Jamming System to observers on Tianchen Star.

Captain Lin Youde protected the Tianchen Star from the pirates’ Ion Cannons, while Tang Chenfeng was rescued from a fatal attack by a mysterious Golden Mecha. The Golden Mecha destroyed the pirate fleet and vanished, leaving Tang Chenfeng wondering whether it belonged to Wu Lintian.

• Captain Lin Youde used interference rounds to deflect the pirates’ Ion Cannons, then sent escort mechas to search for survivors and recover Tang Chenfeng.
• A Pirate Mecha disabled Tang Chenfeng’s mecha and tried to seize his cockpit as the key Wu Lintian had given him began to glow.
• A Golden Mecha appeared, destroyed a hidden spaceship, broke the attacking Pirate Mecha’s claw, and drove it into retreat.
• Tang Chenfeng recognized familiar Soul Power around his battered mecha and wondered whether the Golden Mecha was Wu Lintian’s.
• The Golden Mecha absorbed the pirates’ attacks, then released a blinding shockwave that annihilated the Pirate Mechas and spaceships before vanishing.
• The survivors aboard the spaceship celebrated, while Wu Lintian remained composed and thoughtful.

After Tang Chenfeng returned safely from the battle, Ye Jiulong and Ling Wei reunited with him aboard the ship, while the rescue force discovered a pirate warship had escaped. The missing Children of the Night ship was destroyed in a wormhole by a Golden Mecha, which announced that Guardian Gaia was about to return.

• The rescued Guard Team recovered Tang Chenfeng, and the ship's passengers and captain celebrated his victory before a Federation officer escorted him away for questioning.
• Tang Chenfeng discovered that the black-robed figure was Ling Wei and the officer was Ye Jiulong, who explained that they had joined the rescue force after helping reclaim an asteroid mining belt.
• The rescue force found that a Children of the Night main warship was missing and decided to escort the Tianchen Star back to safety.
• The missing pirate warship became trapped in a wormhole as a Golden Mecha approached with an energy reading eight million times greater than before.
• A Purple-black Mecha destroyed the pirate ship, then its pilot agreed to tell the King of the Underworld that Guardian Gaia was about to return.

Wu Lintian and Tang Chenfeng returned safely to Douluo Star after the pirate attack, and Huo Yan made Tang Chenfeng his disciple while granting him the remains of the mecha. Back at the academy, they reunited with Principal Zi Hengyue as the media stirred up rumors about Tang Chenfeng’s heroic actions.

• Wu Lintian accompanied Tang Chenfeng through the authorities’ questioning after the Tianchen Star docked.
• Huo Yan gave Tang Chenfeng the mecha wreckage and took him as his forging disciple.
• Wu Lintian and Huo Yan arranged for Tang Chenfeng to return quietly to the academy, while news reports spread wild stories about him.
• Tang Chenfeng and Wu Lintian secretly entered the academy and reunited with the worried Principal Zi Hengyue.
• Zi Hengyue told Tang Chenfeng to remain at the academy, and Wu Lintian urged him to tell his companions on the distant planet that he was safe.

Tang Chenfeng contacted Dean Zi Yun and Ye Hongling, learned that his actions against the Space Pirates had made headlines, and received access to the academy’s equipment as a reward. He examined his Sea of Consciousness and discovered an unstable, incomplete Spiritual Power Soul Core that Bai Xing was suppressing, then woke to find three days had passed.

• Tang Chenfeng sent Tang Chenfeng a message asking him to tell their companions they were safe, and Tang Chenfeng used an expensive interstellar call to reach Dean Zi Yun and Ye Hongling on Bo Saixi.
• Dean Zi Yun told Tang Chenfeng that his victory over the Space Pirates had earned the academy attention and resources, while warning that his solo combat had also drawn criticism; she granted him unrestricted use of academy equipment.
• Ye Hongling told Tang Chenfeng that Ge Xinran, Bai Luoyi, Xue Linger, Xue Tianbing, and Xue Mengbing were staying in their rooms to cultivate, and Tang Chenfeng promised to vacation with them later.
• Tang Chenfeng entered his Sea of Consciousness and found an incomplete Spiritual Power Soul Core, with Bai Xing meditating above it to keep it stable.
• Bai Xing explained that the core had formed prematurely after the Space Pirate’s spiritual pressure and Tang Chenfeng’s Battle Armor awakening, warned that it could destroy his Sea of Consciousness, and instructed him to cultivate his Spiritual Power.
• Tang Chenfeng ended his meditation and discovered that it was already noon on the third day since he had returned.

Tang Chenfeng discovered that Wu Lintian had drawn him a Spirit Gathering Array and then followed him to Saint Luo Soul Master Academy’s exclusive mech hangar. With the Cloud City Soul Master Tournament only a month away, Zhao Gaobo arrived to help Tang Chenfeng prepare, and Tang Chenfeng decided to forge Battle Armor components.

• Tang Chenfeng watched Wu Lintian’s video of Lin Youde and Zi Hengyue addressing the pirate attack, then learned Wu had drawn the Spirit Gathering Array and asked him to come to the mech Training Base.
• Wu Lintian led Tang Chenfeng into the academy’s exclusive mech hangar and gave his team a bay containing the damaged mech President Huo Yan had given him.
• Wu Lintian told Tang Chenfeng that the tournament would begin in one month and that he would have to work alone for several days while the president and others were away.
• Zi Hengyue and Zhao Gaobo arrived to help Tang Chenfeng, and Zhao Gaobo set up forging equipment in the hangar.
• Tang Chenfeng used President Huo Yan’s Storage Ring to produce rare metals and told Zhao Gaobo he wanted to forge Battle Armor components.

Tang Chenfeng persuaded President Zi Hengyue and Zhao Gaobo to let him attempt forging combined upper-arm and forearm Battle Armor components despite the risks. He planned to use the armor to strengthen his academy team for the upcoming competition and set out to try to make pieces for his teammates.

• Tang Chenfeng told President Zi Hengyue that Zhao Gaobo might need to help share the Soul Power cost of his forging attempt, and Zi Hengyue reluctantly agreed after Zhao Gaobo and Wu Lintian reassured him.
• Tang Chenfeng showed Zhao Gaobo a design draft by Ye Hongling depicting a full set of arm Battle Armor, and Zhao Gaobo praised her improvement.
• Tang Chenfeng said he intended to forge the upper-arm and forearm components together, shocking Zhao Gaobo because the pieces were normally forged separately.
• Tang Chenfeng explained that he wanted to improve the academy team's chances in the upcoming competition by making Battle Armor for his teammates, though he could not guarantee he would finish everyone's pieces.
• After warning Tang Chenfeng that the attempt was difficult and failure was likely, Zhao Gaobo agreed to help him try.

Tang Chenfeng forged a One-Word Battle Armor arm component by fusing Crystal Steel, Spirit Mist Iron, and Flowing Glow Copper into a high-grade alloy. The component was completed, but Tang Chenfeng collapsed from overwhelming exhaustion, leaving Zhao Gaobo unable to get a response from him.

• Tang Chenfeng chose three rare metals and adjusted Ye Hongling’s design to forge them together, despite Zhao Gaobo warning him about the risk.
• Tang Chenfeng used four strikes each to Thousand Forge Crystal Steel and Spirit Mist Iron, then forged Flowing Glow Copper before beginning the fusion process.
• Tang Chenfeng poured his Spiritual Power and Soul Power into the hammering, fusing the three metals into Spirit Forged Alloy and shaping the Battle Armor arm component.
• Tang Chenfeng completed a silver-blue One-Word Battle Armor arm component with a fusion rate of at least ninety percent.
• Zhao Gaobo praised Tang Chenfeng’s forging, but Tang Chenfeng lost his sight and hearing as exhaustion overwhelmed him.

Tang Chenfeng recovered from exhausting his Spiritual Power with Wu Lintian’s mysterious tea, then studied mecha design while forging in the academy’s mecha warehouse. After several days of work, he finished an item and left the warehouse to welcome Dean Zi Yun and the others back from the Pioneering Day holiday.

• Tang Chenfeng woke in the academy infirmary, where Wu Lintian and Zhao Gaobo explained that he had passed out after using too much Spiritual Power while forging.
• Wu Lintian showed Tang Chenfeng the completed Battle Armor, whose pale-blue matrix patterns had formed naturally, and left him a pot of Medicinal Tea that rapidly restored his mental state.
• Tang Chenfeng went to study the damaged mecha Huo Yan had given him, and Zhao Gaobo explained its design principles and how mechas related to Battle Armor.
• Tang Chenfeng wondered whether Wu Lintian’s Golden Mecha had used a soul skill and considered asking Wu for help with mecha design.
• Tang Chenfeng spent several days forging and studying mecha design in the warehouse, believing Wu Lintian’s tea was nourishing his Soul Core.
• Tang Chenfeng completed a piece of work, left the warehouse, and went to welcome Dean Zi Yun and the others back from the holiday.

Tang Chenfeng and Wu Lintian arrived at the space aviation center to welcome Dean Zi Yun and the returning students. Their reunion was overshadowed by news of escalating Evil Heart Cult attacks, and Wu Lintian urged everyone to return to the academy promptly.

• Tang Chenfeng waited anxiously for Wu Lintian, who appeared after observing the sunset and sensing that an unfamiliar divine sense had recently been in the area.
• Five elderly figures arrived at the mountain summit to investigate the vanished divine sense, then dispersed without finding its owner.
• Wu Lintian drove Tang Chenfeng at alarming speed to the aviation center, where they arrived before Dean Zi Yun and the students returned.
• Ye Hongling happily reunited with Tang Chenfeng and told him about the trip, while Ge Xinran, Xue Linger, Bai Luoyi, Xue Tianbing, and Xue Mengbing discussed their holiday.
• Wu Lintian pointed out news of another mysterious explosion linked to the Evil Heart Cult and said the group should return to the academy as soon as possible.

After returning to Saint Luo Soul Master Academy, Tang Chenfeng gave Bai Luoyi, Ye Hongling, and Xue Linger four nearly finished pieces of Battle Armor to complete. In the dean’s office, Wu Lintian and Zi Hengyue persuaded Zi Yun to allow ten days for preparation before the competition, and Wu Lintian proposed using the mecha Simulation Pod to build a special training ground.

• Zi Yun piloted the group back to the academy, where Tang Chenfeng went to the mecha hangar with Bai Luoyi, Ye Hongling, and Xue Linger.
• Tang Chenfeng showed them his competition mecha designs and revealed four pieces of Battle Armor made from high-fusion Spirit Forged Alloy.
• Tang Chenfeng gave Bai Luoyi and Ye Hongling one piece of Battle Armor each and gave Xue Linger two forearm guards, explaining that the wearers had to complete the final matrix engraving themselves.
• Zi Yun announced that the All Cloud City Soul Master Competition would begin in one month at Cloud Heaven Peak, alongside the Soul Engineer and Soul Master Mecha competitions.
• Wu Lintian proposed giving the students ten days to recover before special training, and Zi Hengyue supported him after explaining that Tang Chenfeng had made the four pieces of Battle Armor.
• Wu Lintian asked for the mecha Simulation Pod’s highest authority so he could create a special training ground, but Zi Yun refused.

Tang Chenfeng and his teammates finished forging their battle armor while Wu Lintian built a vastly improved virtual training system. The chapter ended with Wu Lintian revealing Scene Zero: Floating Continent and leaving the team to figure out how to reach its main island using their mecha designs.

• Ge Xinran, Xue Tianbing, and Xue Mengbing admired Tang Chenfeng’s battle armor, and he promised to forge them Spirit Forged Alloy pieces after the tournament.
• Tang Chenfeng and the team spent ten days completing the armor, then received Wu Lintian’s message about his new training system.
• Wu Lintian showed the team the wrecked simulation room and explained that his modified system was thirty times more powerful; Tang Chenfeng supplied mecha blueprints for personalized virtual mechas.
• The team entered the Virtual World and discovered that its sensory details and Elemental Power had become more realistic and abundant.
• Wu Lintian revealed Scene Zero: Floating Continent, then flew toward the main island and told the team to use their mecha designs to reach him.

Tang Chenfeng and Bai Luoyi summoned mecha in the Virtual World, carrying the others across the abyss to the Main Island, where Wu Lintian began their combat training. After defeating Tang Chenfeng and Bai Luoyi, Wu Lintian outlined the tournament preparation ahead and transported everyone to a snowy peak beneath the stars.

• Tang Chenfeng imagined and assembled a white mecha, and Bai Luoyi successfully built another after recognizing the need to remember the designs and have enough Spiritual Power.
• Tang Chenfeng explained that Wu Lintian’s Medicinal Tea had helped his Spiritual Power, while Bai Luoyi suspected it was the extinct Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Tang Chenfeng and Bai Luoyi carried the others to the Main Island, where Xue Mengbing, Xue Linger, Xue Tianbing, and Ye Hongling struggled to recover from the flight.
• Wu Lintian proposed a warm-up Mecha Battle, then defeated Tang Chenfeng and Bai Luoyi with a powerful beam-cannon attack.
• Wu Lintian explained the individual and mixed team battles planned for their training and transformed the Main Island into a snowy peak beneath the starry sky.

Wu Lintian tested the students in simulated battles, defeating Xue Linger and her sisters before Tang Chenfeng's team broke through his defense and earned a victory. He praised their teamwork but warned that the upcoming competition on Cloud Heaven Peak would demand greater decisiveness and killing intent, then prepared them for another trial.

• Xue Linger, Xue Tianbing, and Xue Mengbing attacked Wu Lintian with coordinated ice and wind techniques, but he stopped their fusion skill with his two shields and defeated them one by one.
• Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi worked together against Wu Lintian, using support and elemental control to create an opening for Tang Chenfeng's Cosmic Divine Light.
• Tang Chenfeng pierced the Divine Light Shield, so Wu Lintian ended the match and declared his team the winners.
• Wu Lintian praised the team's abilities but criticized their restraint, urging them to fight with greater resolve because their opponents at the competition on Cloud Heaven Peak would show no mercy.
• The students accepted Wu Lintian's warning, and he changed the training scene to prepare them for another challenge.

Wu Lintian led Tang Chenfeng and his teammates through mecha and soul master combat training, defeating them as they practiced for the Cloud City Soul Master Tournament. During a spar, Tang Chenfeng’s Cosmic Divine Light unexpectedly fused with Xue Linger’s ice soul power, and Wu Lintian identified the result as a possible prototype of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill before hinting that the connection might not be one-way.

• Wu Lintian destroyed the team’s giant beam cannon and defeated Tang Chenfeng and the others in mecha training.
• Tang Chenfeng reflected on his rapidly growing Spiritual Power and Soul Power while resting, then joined Xue Linger and Bai Luoyi for soul combat training.
• Tang Chenfeng, Xue Linger, and Bai Luoyi coordinated attacks against Wu Lintian, but Tang Chenfeng’s Cosmic Divine Light suddenly pulled in and fused with Xue Linger’s ice soul power.
• Wu Lintian severed the energy link, then explained that their fusion resembled a rare, one-sided Martial Soul Fusion Skill enabled by the compatibility of their powers.
• Wu Lintian suggested the fusion might not be one-way, leaving Tang Chenfeng and Xue Linger uncertain about what their connection could become.

Tang Chenfeng and Xue Linger tried to stabilize their Martial Soul Fusion, but despite their Soul Powers merging, no fusion skill formed. Ye Hongling and the Xue sisters also tested their compatibility with Tang Chenfeng without success, leaving him determined to find the missing key before the competition.

• Tang Chenfeng promised Xue Linger that she could lead their Soul Powers, and she agreed to try again.
• Under Wu Lintian's guidance, Tang Chenfeng and Xue Linger fused their Soul Powers and formed a phantom, but no Martial Soul Fusion Skill appeared.
• Wu Lintian asked Ye Hongling to try with Tang Chenfeng, and their compatible Soul Powers formed a clear phantom but still failed to produce a skill.
• Xue Tianbing and Xue Mengbing tried fusing their Soul Powers with Tang Chenfeng, but their fusion was blocked and weaker than the others.
• Wu Lintian ended training, and the group returned to reality disappointed about losing a possible competition trump card.
• Tang Chenfeng resolved to find the reason their fusion skills would not form and unlock one before the competition.

Tang Chenfeng learned that he had reached Soul Power Level 39 and used Wu Lintian’s life-and-death Simulation Pod training to force a breakthrough, though the ordeal left his Spiritual Power depleted. On the eve of the Cloud City Soul Master Tournament, his companions worried over his condition as the team prepared to leave for Cloud Heaven Peak.

• Tang Chenfeng asked Bai Xing why he could not use a soul power fusion skill, and she suggested he was nearing the next stage of cultivation.
• Tang Chenfeng asked Wu Lintian to test his soul power, and the instrument revealed he had reached Level 39.
• Wu Lintian put Tang Chenfeng through a simulated life-and-death trial, using overwhelming soul power to push him toward a breakthrough.
• Tang Chenfeng endured several days of repeated Simulation Pod trials while continuing his regular training despite his exhaustion.
• On the day before the tournament, Ye Hongling, Xue Linger, and Bai Luoyi worried about Tang Chenfeng, who said his Spiritual Power had been overdrawn.
• Dean Zi Yun confronted Wu Lintian about the dismantled Simulation Pods, while Tang Chenfeng and his companions prepared for the tournament at Cloud Heaven Peak.

Tang Chenfeng and the Saint Luo Soul Master Academy teams prepared to compete in the All Cloud City Soul Master Competition, learning its rules and discussing the academy’s need to strengthen its public standing. As they traveled to the venue, Shen Yan rallied the junior students, and Tang Chenfeng decided to enter the individual Soul Master Competition as well as his other events.

• Tang Chenfeng learned that the tournament included Soul Master, Soul Engineer, and Mecha competitions with different match formats and schedules.
• Dean Zi Yun failed to recruit the academy’s previous teaching director, and Wu Lintian explained that Saint Luo lacked the powerful allies other academies could display.
• Tang Chenfeng proposed asking his powerful acquaintances to support the academy, and Zi Yun agreed that outside experts could help.
• The academy teams boarded the Alliance’s special vehicle, where Shen Yan encouraged the juniors to compete boldly and represent Saint Luo.
• Tang Chenfeng committed to entering the individual Soul Master Competition, and the students coordinated supplies, meeting points, and emergency signals before reaching the venue.