Chapter Summaries

Imperial Fighting Team Two defeated Godwind Academy after Golan and Feng Xiaotian fought to exhaustion, then Golan recovered in time for the next match. Blazing Fire Academy’s Huo Wushuang challenged Skywater Academy’s Shui Bing'er to a duel after she rejected him, and they prepared to fight.

• Osler, Lin Ye, Yu Feng, and Xue Feng helped Tie Shan defeat Godwind Academy’s remaining fighters while Golan battled Feng Xiaotian alone.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed his Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Slashes, defeated Golan, and then surrendered when he faced Imperial Fighting Team Two’s surviving members.
• Xiao Yun gave Golan a Healing Pill, and Qin Yue treated her until she had recovered most of her condition.
• Before Blazing Fire Academy fought Skywater Academy, Huo Wushuang asked Shui Bing'er to join hands with him, but she rejected him and said his strength could not win her heart.
• Huo Wushuang demanded a one-on-one duel and sent Blazing Fire Academy’s members back; Shui Bing'er accepted and asked Xue Wu and the others to step aside.
• Huo Wushuang released his Fire Dragon Martial Soul and four Soul Rings as Shui Bing'er prepared to face him with confidence in her strengthened Ice Attribute Soul Power.

Shui Bing'er defeated Huo Wushuang in a decisive battle between Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy without using her Fourth Soul Skill. After Skywater Academy won, Xiao Yun left the Great Soul Arena with Imperial Fighting Team Two, thinking about other matters.

• Shui Bing'er countered Huo Wushuang's fire attacks with precise ice techniques and sturdy Ice Ring Armor.
• Huo Wushuang's strongest attack failed to break Shui Bing'er's reinforced armor, and she froze him with a strike of ultimate cold qi.
• The referee announced Skywater Academy's victory, and Blazing Fire Academy members warmed Huo Wushuang to dispel the cold.
• Xiao Yun approved of Shui Bing'er's improvement and left the arena with Imperial Fighting Team Two for the Teacher's Apartment.
• The team members discussed their earlier battle against Godwind Academy, while Xiao Yun focused on more important matters.

Xiao Yun shut himself in his study to design the twenty-four core magic tools for the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Spirit Gathering Array. He completed detailed plans for tools divided among the four seasons, leaving the array’s components ready to support and coordinate with the Four Seasons Rotation Defense Array.

• Xiao Yun asked Zhu Zhuqing to keep everyone from disturbing him while he worked, and she agreed.
• Xiao Yun studied the Spirit Gathering Array’s functions and planned to make its tools gather and purify spiritual energy while supplying the defense array’s four sacred beast cores.
• Xiao Yun divided the twenty-four magic tools into four seasonal groups of six, assigning each one a role in regulating energy or supporting a defense core.
• Xiao Yun sketched the spring and summer tools, including the Thunder Drum and Extreme Yang Mirror.
• Xiao Yun designed the autumn and winter tools, including the Golden Flower Mirror, Mountain Sealing Seal, and Year's End Bell.

Xiao Yun completed the designs for the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Spirit Gathering Array and realized that gathering its rare materials would be a major challenge. After refining the five girls’ Lightness Skills, he asked Ning Rongrong to use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s connections to find the materials, and she agreed.

• Xiao Yun finished designing twenty-four Magic Tools for the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Spirit Gathering Array and recorded the materials needed to build them.
• Xiao Yun watched Xi Weiya, Shenghua, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing practice their Lightness Skills, then praised their progress.
• Xiao Yun corrected Dugu Yan’s Nine Shadow Spiral, helping her form a blurry afterimage.
• Xiao Yun guided Xi Weiya, Shenghua, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing in refining their respective Lightness Skills, improving each girl’s technique.
• Xiao Yun gave Ning Rongrong his materials list and asked her to arrange purchases through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s channels.
• Ning Rongrong promised to ask her father and the sect elders to search for the rare materials.

Xiao Yun accepted help from the girls and their families to search for rare refining materials, then decided to make a game from Ning Rongrong’s white jade. He began carving the jade into mahjong tiles, leaving the girls watching curiously.

• Shenghua, Xi Weiya, and Dugu Yan volunteered their families’ connections to find Xiao Yun’s materials, and he gave each of them a list.
• Xiao Yun comforted Zhu Zhuqing about being unable to help through her family, and she went to prepare dinner with her spirits lifted.
• Shenghua told Xi Weiya that helping Xiao Yun could benefit their families and strengthen their own standing with him.
• Dugu Yan asked Xiao Yun to suggest a game for the group, and he proposed making mahjong from pure white jade.
• Ning Rongrong produced a large piece of white jade, and Xiao Yun used Spiritual Power Sword Light to carve it into rectangular tiles.

Xiao Yun and the five girls made two complete sets of Jade Mahjong, then he introduced them to the game's rules. The girls were eager to play, and Xiao Yun prepared to teach them through a round.

• Xiao Yun cut jade into tiles and dice, then drew a chart of the mahjong patterns for the girls to follow.
• Xiao Yun carved the flower tiles, One Bamboo, and One Circle while the girls practiced on wooden blocks and divided up the remaining designs.
• Xi Weiya carved the Myriad tiles, Dugu Yan the Bamboo tiles, Zhu Zhuqing the Circle tiles, and Ning Rongrong the honor tiles, while Shenghua painted the finished patterns.
• The group completed two sets totaling 288 Jade Mahjong tiles in three hours.
• Xiao Yun explained the basic rules and scoring, and Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong urged him to start a game.

Xiao Yun made a mahjong table and taught Dugu Yan, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua to play, then stepped aside as Zhu Zhuqing and the others joined in. He left the girls playing and went to rest before meeting Liu Erlong the next day.

• Xiao Yun shaped a backyard tree into a mahjong table and prepared chips for scoring.
• Xiao Yun explained the simplified rules and dealt tiles to Dugu Yan, Xi Weiya, and Shenghua.
• Xi Weiya won the first round and collected a chip from each of the other players.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing showed interest in playing, and Zhu Zhuqing quickly took Xiao Yun's seat.
• Xiao Yun warned the girls not to play past midnight, then returned to his room to rest before meeting Liu Erlong.

Xiao Yun designed and refined low-grade Magic Tools from mahjong tiles, engraving foundational runes and special effects onto them. He successfully completed twenty-eight wind and dragon tiles and ended the chapter admiring their faint glow.

• Xiao Yun planned eight foundational Artifact Runes and a customized ninth rune for each kind of mahjong tile.
• Xiao Yun designed the rune layouts and tested engraving them onto a spare Jade Token, succeeding on his fifth attempt.
• Xiao Yun began refining the East, South, West, North, Red, Green, and White tiles into Magic Tools.
• Xiao Yun completed all twenty-eight tiles, each glowing faintly with its sealed Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Yun admired his finished tiles, stretched, and opened the window.

Xiao Yun visited Liu Erlong in the rain to discuss buying her manor, while the girls secretly resumed their mahjong game at home. Liu Erlong agreed to sell the manor and asked to stay temporarily in Xiao Yun’s Teacher's Apartment until his new manor was finished.

• Xiao Yun ended the girls’ late-night mahjong game and set a two-hour daily limit.
• Despite the heavy rain, Xiao Yun left the apartment to meet Liu Erlong, while the girls sneaked into his room, retrieved the Jade Mahjong set, and began playing again.
• Xiao Yun secretly watched the girls with his Spiritual Sense, then let them enjoy the game and continued to Liu Erlong’s manor.
• Liu Erlong welcomed Xiao Yun and agreed to sell him her manor.
• Liu Erlong asked to move temporarily into Xiao Yun’s Teacher's Apartment while her new manor was being built, and Xiao Yun agreed.

Xiao Yun agreed to reserve three houses for Liu Erlong in his future manor and answered her questions about Spiritual Power cultivation. He then showed her his elaborate manor blueprint, leaving her amazed by its garden design.

• Xiao Yun refused Liu Erlong’s request for six houses but agreed to reserve three, on the condition that only women live in his manor.
• Liu Erlong asked Xiao Yun to explain the difficulties she had encountered while cultivating Spiritual Power, and he answered her questions in detail.
• Xiao Yun and Liu Erlong shared an umbrella as they walked through the rain to the main fortress.
• Liu Erlong asked to see Xiao Yun’s manor design, and he spread the master blueprint across the tea table.
• Liu Erlong studied the blueprint’s functional front courtyard, four seasonal courtyards, and central rockery, and she was astonished by its design.

Liu Erlong admired the planned Summer Courtyard and chose the Summer Solstice Courtyard, while Xiao Yun explained that the many residences served as formation nodes. They visited neighboring merchant Hadaf Quinn to discuss acquiring his estate, and Hadaf greeted Xiao Yun with conspicuous respect before Liu Erlong introduced herself as his guard.

• Liu Erlong chose the Summer Solstice Courtyard after Xiao Yun explained how the estate’s formations would benefit cultivation.
• Liu Erlong suggested buying Hadaf Quinn’s neighboring estate, but Xiao Yun insisted on negotiating without force.
• Xiao Yun agreed to let Liu Erlong accompany him to visit Hadaf Quinn.
• Hadaf personally welcomed Xiao Yun and praised his status as Huangdou Academy’s team captain and senior instructor.
• Xiao Yun recognized Hadaf as a Soul Ancestor, and Liu Erlong introduced herself as Xiao Yun’s guard.

Xiao Yun negotiated to buy Hadafu’s manor using a rare fifty-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool as payment. Hadafu agreed to move out in three days, and Xiao Yun kept the tool until the manor was handed over.

• Xiao Yun clarified that he wanted Hadafu’s manor to expand the neighboring property and build his residence, not to threaten or punish him.
• Xiao Yun offered Hadafu a fifty-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool in exchange for the manor.
• Hadafu tested the tool by binding it with his blood and storing and retrieving a sofa.
• Liu Erlong released a brief trace of her Soul Saint aura, prompting Hadafu to promise to vacate the manor within three days.
• Xiao Yun took back the Storage Soul Tool until the transfer was complete, then departed with Liu Erlong as Hadafu began arranging his move.

Xiao Yun inspected the manor transferred to him and explored a nearby river and reservoir as he planned a new home powered by Spiritual Power and electricity. After confirming the reservoir was guarded and deciding a downstream power project would avoid disturbing the city’s water supply, he emptied the manor’s main building and prepared to demolish it.

• Xiao Yun showed the gatekeeper his Heaven Dou Royal Academy token and entered the manor with Liu Erlong.
• Xiao Yun found the manor clean and furnished but judged its Soul Tools unsuitable, then asked Liu Erlong about nearby rivers.
• Liu Erlong led Xiao Yun to a swift river and then to a guarded reservoir in the Seven Treasures Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yun decided a small dam downstream could generate electricity without affecting Heaven Dou City’s reservoir, and returned to the manor with Liu Erlong.
• Xiao Yun stored the main building’s movable contents in Pagoda Space and stood ready to demolish the building as Liu Erlong watched.

Xiao Yun used his earth-control technique to sink the estate’s main building underground, then shared lunch with Liu Erlong. Afterward, she nervously invited him to see her room, and they began talking about their lives in her private study.

• Xiao Yun used the Flowing Swamp Technique to sink the estate’s main building underground and told the gatekeeper not to worry about future disturbances.
• Xiao Yun and Liu Erlong returned to her estate and shared a lunch prepared by Uncle Fu.
• Liu Erlong shyly invited Xiao Yun to see her room, and he accepted.
• Liu Erlong showed Xiao Yun her study and living room, where they sat down and began discussing their lives.

Xiao Yun and Liu Erlong shared their lonely pasts, grew closer, and became intimate. He then guided her in cultivation, widening four of her meridians and improving the flow of her energy.

• Liu Erlong told Xiao Yun about her mother’s death, her estrangement from Yu Luomian, and her lost friendships with Flender and Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Yun described his own background and connections, then honestly explained his relationships with Xi Weiya, Shenghua, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Liu Erlong flirted with Xiao Yun, and they kissed before going into the bedroom together.
• Afterward, Xiao Yun carried Liu Erlong to the bath, then led her to the Cultivation Room to begin refining her energy.
• Xiao Yun guided his Spiritual Power through Liu Erlong’s body and widened her Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian, Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, and Hand Shaoyang San Jiao Meridian.

After leaving Liu Erlong to consolidate her cultivation, Xiao Yun caught Dugu Yan, Xi Weiya, Shenghua, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing playing mahjong instead of training and reprimanded them. He set limits on their entertainment, announced a new mentor, and made them practice their Lightness Skills until midnight before beginning his own trials in the Vast Wilderness World.

• Liu Erlong awoke from meditation with improved control of fire, found Xiao Yun's note, and stayed behind to consolidate her newly opened meridians.
• Xiao Yun returned to the apartment and caught Dugu Yan, Xi Weiya, Shenghua, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing trying to hide their mahjong game.
• Xiao Yun reprimanded the five girls for neglecting cultivation, limited mahjong to one hour after dinner, and said he would bring in a new mentor.
• Xiao Yun took the girls to the academy cafeteria for dinner, then ordered them to practice their Lightness Skills as punishment.
• The five girls trained until midnight and returned exhausted to their rooms, while Xiao Yun entered the Vast Wilderness World for his daily trials and exploration.

Xiao Yun devised a lakeside strategy for Imperial Fighting Team Two against Elephant Armored Academy, using the terrain and aerial harassment to exploit the team’s poor mobility. The chapter ended with Huyan Li’s team forced to stop advancing and regroup as their strength wore down.

• Xiao Yun studied Elephant Armored Academy’s weaknesses and instructed Imperial Fighting Team Two to split up the opponents and avoid open battlefields.
• Golan drew Elephant Armored Academy as their opponent, and the teams banned terrain before the match placed them on opposite shores of a lake.
• Huyan Li ordered his team to stay together and advance along the shore, while Osler sent Golan’s group retreating and Yu Feng, Xue Feng, and Lin Ye into the air.
• Yu Feng, Xue Feng, and Lin Ye harassed the Elephant Armored Academy team with Wind Blades, ice, and sound waves, repeatedly disrupting its advance.
• After the harassment drained their stamina and Soul Power, Huyan Li ordered the seven disciples to stop pursuing and form a defensive circle.

Imperial Fighting Team Two defeated Elephant Armored Academy through coordinated attacks and battlefield tactics. Xiao Yun then reunited Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, learning that Dugu Bo had greatly improved his cultivation and Dugu Yan had reached the level-sixty bottleneck.

• Xue Feng, Lin Ye, Yu Feng, Golan, and their teammates wore down Elephant Armored Academy’s formation with sustained attacks until Huyan Li conceded.
• Xiao Yun sent the second team back to the academy after their victory and returned to the Teacher’s Apartment, where he welcomed Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo told Xiao Yun that he had opened all Twelve Main Meridians, improved his Soul Power refinement, tamed his toxins, and felt his cultivation bottleneck loosening.
• Dugu Yan reunited with Dugu Bo, who discovered that she had reached the level-sixty bottleneck and thanked Xiao Yun for helping her progress.
• Dugu Yan told Xiao Yun that she had reached level sixty after their intimate night and planned to wait for Dugu Bo to accompany her to find a spirit ring.

Xiao Yun discussed crafting Soul Tools with Dugu Bo, who gave him four rare metals and urged him to treat Dugu Yan well. As Dugu Bo prepared to take Dugu Yan to Sunset Forest for her sixth soul ring, Xiao Yun asked him to bring Zhu Zhuqing along to obtain her fifth soul ring too.

• Xiao Yun told Dugu Bo he wanted the materials to experiment with crafting Soul Tools, and Dugu Bo advised him not to neglect cultivation.
• Dugu Bo gave Xiao Yun four rare metals, and Xiao Yun explained their valuable properties.
• Dugu Bo warned Xiao Yun not to betray Dugu Yan, and Xiao Yun solemnly promised to protect and treat her well.
• Dugu Bo prepared to take Dugu Yan to Sunset Forest for her sixth soul ring, and she said goodbye to Xiao Yun and the other girls.
• Xiao Yun asked Dugu Bo to take Zhu Zhuqing along to obtain her fifth soul ring, and Dugu Bo agreed after noting their preferred Soul Beast attributes.

Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to the Spirit Beast Forest to hunt for soul rings while Xiao Yun received Xi Weiya and Shenghua’s fathers, who thanked him for teaching their daughters his cultivation method. When the ministers asked about large-capacity Storage Soul Tools, Xiao Yun warned that controlling them alone could bring their families danger.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Xiao Yun’s arrangement to travel with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and the three left for the Spirit Beast Forest.
• Xiao Yun watched the group depart and hoped they would obtain suitable soul rings and return safely.
• Vincent Van Hosen and Fenghuayuan Shuimen visited with their daughters, Xi Weiya and Shenghua, and thanked Xiao Yun for sharing his cultivation method.
• Shuimen asked whether Xiao Yun could make large-capacity Storage Soul Tools and offered his family’s support in exchange for several.
• Xiao Yun cautioned Vincent and Shuimen that a single family controlling such valuable tools could attract covetous rivals and invite disaster.