Ch. 161Sneaking Up the Mountain

Tang Chenfeng and his companions arrived at Cloud Heaven Peak for the tournament, where they were joined by Zhao Gaobo and Ye Hongling’s parents. With Bai Xing’s help, Tang Chenfeng secretly headed up the mountain to absorb its rich spiritual energy before the matches began.

  • Bai Luoyi explained the five great sects’ influence over Cloud Heaven Peak, while Xue Tianbing, Xue Mengbing, and Tang Chenfeng discussed tournament strategy and conserving Soul Power.
  • The team reached the competitors’ parking area, where Zhao Gaobo greeted them and introduced Ye Jiulong and Ling Wei, who had come to support the academy and their children.
  • Bai Xing appeared beside Tang Chenfeng and told him that Cloud Heaven Peak’s living spirit vein grew stronger higher up the mountain, urging him to absorb its energy before the competition.
  • Tang Chenfeng told Dean Zi Yun he was checking the team’s temporary lounge, then followed Bai Xing toward a misty uphill trail.
  • Bai Xing concealed their auras as Tang Chenfeng sat on a stone step and began absorbing spiritual energy to replenish his Soul Power and nourish his Soul Core.

Ch. 162Shi Yuxin

Tang Chenfeng protected Shi Yuxin from Seven Star Sword Hall pursuers, and Wu Lintian drove them off with a fake tournament token before escaping with Tang Chenfeng. Shi Yuxin learned she could earn a chance to leave the sect by proving herself in the tournament, and discovered that Tang Chenfeng had escaped safely with a powerful backer.

  • Shi Yuxin collided with Tang Chenfeng while fleeing Seven Star Sword Hall disciples, and Tang Chenfeng shielded her and smashed one attacker with a punch.
  • Shi Yuxin used her time-stagnation ability to escape into the mountain forest, while Tang Chenfeng held off the pursuers until Wu Lintian arrived and broke their array with his Soul Power.
  • Wu Lintian threatened the disciples with a counterfeit tournament token, then hurried Tang Chenfeng away before they could discover the fake.
  • Seven Star Sword Hall elders cornered Shi Yuxin, but the Tian Shu Hall elder offered her a chance to win at least ten years of freedom by proving herself in the tournament.
  • After hearing that Tang Chenfeng might have been harmed, Shi Yuxin returned with the elder to check on him and learned from the broken array and Soul Power traces that he had escaped with a powerful ally.

Ch. 163The Competition Draw

Wu Lintian and Dean Zi Yun drew Xuanlei Battle Soul Academy as Saint Luo Soul Master Academy’s first opponent, prompting concern from the team and taunts from Green Mist Academy. The three Xue sisters then defeated Xuanlei in just three breaths, revealing the results of Wu Lintian’s brutal training.

  • Wu Lintian returned Tang Chenfeng to the academy area and joined Dean Zi Yun for the competition draw while Cloud Heaven Peak’s five sect masters watched in silence.
  • Wu Lintian and Dean Zi Yun drew Xuanlei Battle Soul Academy as Saint Luo Soul Master Academy’s first youth division opponent, and Bai Luoyi warned that they were a powerful dark horse.
  • Xue Linger, Xue Tianbing, and Xue Mengbing declared they would win, while a Green Mist Academy instructor mocked them for facing elimination.
  • The referee began the match, and Xue Tianbing and Xue Mengbing used their Ice Snow Storm fusion skill to suppress Xuanlei’s lightning attack.
  • Xue Linger struck with an Ice Sword and defeated all three Xuanlei competitors in three breaths, stunning the arena and silencing the Green Mist instructor.
  • Wu Lintian watched calmly, knowing his extreme Simulation Pod training had greatly improved the sisters’ teamwork, combat reactions, and Soul Power control.

Ch. 164Suppressing the Heroes

Saint Luo Soul Master Academy’s team won its opening match, and Tang Chenfeng defeated his individual opponent with a single punch, drawing the attention of the sect masters. As the lunch break ended, Tang Chenfeng prepared for the afternoon Mecha Competition, where Bai Xing explained how his abilities could resonate with his mecha.

  • The Xue Sisters used their teamwork and ice-based Martial Soul Fusion Skill to win Saint Luo Soul Master Academy’s opening match, impressing the sect masters and Shi Yuxin.
  • Tang Chenfeng entered the individual competition and defeated Shi Jian by shattering his rock armor with one punch, prompting the audience and sect masters to take notice.
  • After the matches, Ge Xinran, Shen Yan, and the others congratulated Tang Chenfeng and promised to support him in the Mecha Competition.
  • Ling Wei worried that the Church of Life’s Sect Master Token she had given Ye Hongling might draw unwanted attention, while Shi Yuxin vowed not to lose if she faced Tang Chenfeng in the arena.
  • Bai Xing told Tang Chenfeng that his Star God Forging Hammer, Cosmic Divine Light, and mecha could resonate to strengthen the mecha’s defense and explosive power.
  • As the lunch break ended, Tang Chenfeng’s companions encouraged him, and the arena prepared to begin the Mecha Competition.

Ch. 165Mech Invincible

Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi represented Saint Luo Academy in a mecha match against Cloud City Soul Guidance Military Academy, defeating their professional opponents in twenty seconds. The trio left the arena celebrated by the crowd, while their defeated captain acknowledged their skill and promised to compete against them again.

  • Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi loaded their mecha designs, selected weapons, and entered the No. 9 Wilderness Ruins simulation while Wu Lintian warned Tang Chenfeng against using Burst Mode.
  • Tang Chenfeng blocked the military captain’s giant-axe strike and damaged his mecha, while Ye Hongling’s Floating Cannons covered the battlefield and forced the enemy assault mecha to reveal itself.
  • Bai Luoyi destroyed the assault mecha’s thruster and then struck the shield mecha’s exposed reactor, allowing Ye Hongling to help finish off the remaining opponents.
  • Saint Luo Academy defeated all three military mechas in twenty seconds, prompting loud cheers from the crowd.
  • Lu Xun introduced himself as the opposing captain, admitted defeat, and praised the trio’s coordination before promising to try again in a later competition.
  • The pavilion master of Heavenly Craft Tool Pavilion and the Mecha Competition Association president praised the trio’s independent designs and skilled integration of soul master abilities with mecha control.

Ch. 166The Blacksmith Association's Invitation

After Saint Luo Soul Master Academy won the mecha match, Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi received invitations to meet the Blacksmith Association’s masters and disciples. The chapter introduced the Soul Engineer competition and ended as Tang Chenfeng stepped up to begin the first forging assessment.

  • Shi Yuxin watched Tang Chenfeng’s mecha victory and vowed she would defeat him in the individual tournament.
  • The Blacksmith Association invited Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi to meet Huo Yan, Zhao Gaobo, and their fellow disciples.
  • Huo Yan warned Tang Chenfeng against recklessly using his unfinished burst mode and explained the Soul Engineer competition’s forging, production, and combat rounds.
  • Mo Chen doubted Tang Chenfeng because of his age, but Huo Yan defended his ability, and Mo Chen apologized.
  • The group entered the underground arena, where Tang Chenfeng was assigned to compete first in the youth division’s forging assessment.

Ch. 167A Thousand Refinements

Tang Chenfeng entered the youth division’s pure-metal forging assessment and turned ordinary fine steel into a Spirit-Forged Tri-Prism Armor-Piercing Soul Guidance Cone. The judges and contestants were left astonished by his skill, while Tang Yue recognized that his self-developed hammer technique resembled the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

  • Tang Chenfeng joined six older contestants in the first round, where they had to purify a standard fine-steel billet.
  • Tang Chenfeng tapped the billet three times with his Star God Forging Hammer and detached a flawless, precisely weighted block, stunning the contestants and judges.
  • Huo Yan and Zhao Gaobo revealed that Tang Chenfeng had forged his own Soul Forging-level natal hammer at six, and Tang Yue learned that the boy’s hammer technique was self-developed despite resembling the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
  • Tang Chenfeng purified the steel with three hammer strikes for hundred-forging and five for thousand-forging, then shaped it into a Tri-Prism Armor-Piercing Soul Guidance Cone.
  • Tang Chenfeng completed Spirit Forging on the Soul Tool, and the judge awarded it full marks as the arena erupted in cheers.

Ch. 168Battle Test

Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi completed and tested a Spirit Forged armor-piercing Soul Tool, earning full marks and first place in the youth division preliminaries. After the day’s competitions ended, the group reunited with Xue Linger and Mo Chen before returning to rest for the upcoming matches.

  • Ye Hongling designed an Armor-Piercing Amplification Matrix for Tang Chenfeng’s Tri-Prism Armor-Piercing Soul Guidance Cone, and Bai Luoyi engraved it precisely.
  • The other youth contestants struggled to complete their Soul Tools, and several were eliminated during the practical combat tests.
  • Tang Chenfeng launched the finished Soul Guidance Cone through the Alloy Test Pillar, setting a record score and securing first place with Ye Hongling and Bai Luoyi.
  • The referee awarded Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi full marks and direct advancement to the next round.
  • That night, Tang Chenfeng and his teammates met Xue Linger and Mo Chen at the academy residence, discussed the day’s results, and headed back to rest.

Ch. 169Mecha Melee

Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi entered an unrestricted mecha melee on the Floating Continent and quickly cleared a wave of AI mechas. As the battlefield erupted into chaos across its varied terrains, the three compared scores and prepared to continue fighting.

  • Xue Linger and her sisters won their team Soul Master match, while Tang Chenfeng swept his solo matches; Wu Lintian noticed suspicious contestants concealing their auras.
  • The referee announced that contestants would fight together in a virtual melee, earning points by destroying AI mechas and other contestants, with only half advancing.
  • Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi entered the Virtual World in their customized mechas and discovered the arena was the Floating Continent field Wu Lintian had created for training.
  • Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi destroyed the AI mechas around them, earning a combined 660 points.
  • Fights spread across the Floating Continent’s snowfields, lava regions, thunder oceans, deserts, ruins, and other terrain as contestants battled for points and survival.

Ch. 170Lord-Class War Mech

Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi fought off hostile contestants before awakening a lord-class war mecha in the asteroid belt. After exploiting its damaged arm to weaken its firepower, they were outmaneuvered when it revealed hidden arms and captured Tang Chenfeng, leaving the others exposed.

  • Tang Chenfeng led Ye Hongling and Bai Luoyi in a triangular formation and defeated three Elite Hunter Mecha, raising their team ranking into the top two hundred.
  • A hostile four-person squad attacked Tang Chenfeng's team, and the battle dragged both squads deeper into the asteroid belt.
  • An enemy mecha shattered a meteorite and awakened a lord-class war mecha, which annihilated the four-person squad before targeting Tang Chenfeng's team.
  • Tang Chenfeng spotted a gap in the lord-class mecha's weakened second salvo, and the trio dodged before evading its sustained fire through asteroids and gravity zones.
  • Tang Chenfeng directed Ye Hongling and Bai Luoyi to concentrate fire on the lord-class mecha's damaged left-arm joint, disrupting its weapons, but the mecha shielded the weak point and kept pressing them.
  • The lord-class war mecha revealed two hidden mechanical arms, forced Ye Hongling back, and trapped Tang Chenfeng's World-Breaker Firmament, leaving the others exposed.

Ch. 171Why Did You Only Get Second Place?

Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi defeated a special Lord-Class Mecha, but the competition ended early with their team in second place behind the unknown Taiyi Sect. Back at the academy, they watched footage revealing Taiyi Sect’s overwhelming strength and learned that its squad had rapidly killed Lord-Class Mechas and eliminated rival teams.

  • Tang Chenfeng activated Burst Mode, broke World-Breaker Firmament free, and destroyed the special Lord-Class Mecha alongside Ye Hongling and Bai Luoyi.
  • The arena ended the competition after eliminations reached fifty percent, and the results placed the Saint Luo Soul Master Academy Squad second behind the Taiyi Sect Squad.
  • Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi returned to the academy rest area, where Zi Yun, Zi Hengyue, and Wu Lintian discussed the unfamiliar champions.
  • Zi Hengyue and Wu Lintian showed the team footage of Taiyi Sect’s three mechas swiftly destroying a Lord-Class Mecha and eliminating three other squads.
  • The teachers explained that Taiyi Sect had relentlessly hunted high-value targets and contestants, leaving Tang Chenfeng, Ye Hongling, and Bai Luoyi stunned by the gap in strength.
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