Chapter Summaries

Traveling south, Lin Feng and his companions witnessed the hardships of ordinary people and the importance of Martial Souls, helping villagers and intervening against local abuses along the way. Their experiences deepened Lin Feng’s understanding of his own reasons for cultivating, and he resolved to keep moving forward and follow his heart.

• Lin Feng watched a village Martial Soul Awakening ceremony and saw parents react to their children’s results, including one family’s joy when their son awakened a sickle with Level 2 Soul Power.
• Lin Feng reflected on how commoners depended on Martial Souls to change their lives and concluded that Spirit Hall still served an important purpose despite corruption among its leaders.
• Lin Feng and his companions punished abusive Spirit Hall branch officials, then stayed hidden until replacements arrived and order was restored.
• As they traveled, Lin Feng and his companions observed villagers’ daily lives, buried victims of a soul beast attack, and helped people and merchant caravans targeted by soul beasts and bandits.
• Lin Feng helped a century-old Light Deer through a difficult birth, saving the mother and fawn, who later escorted the group part of the way.
• Lin Feng considered what he wanted from cultivation and decided to continue forward without overthinking, following his heart.

Lin Feng visited Feng Xiaotian in Godwind City, then traveled south to Vast Sea City and found Jixiang, an orphan with Innate Zero Soul Power who wanted to become a healer. Lin Feng took Jixiang as his eldest disciple and prepared to leave the city after arranging care for Jixiang’s friend.

• Lin Feng met Feng Xiaotian, who thanked him for his advice and explained that he had stopped letting his feelings for Huo Wu distract him from cultivation.
• Lin Feng warned Feng Xiaotian that his Gale Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes were impractical and suggested he study speed or burst techniques instead.
• In Vast Sea City, Lin Feng asked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to search for Jixiang, and they found the orphan living in a ruined temple.
• Lin Feng watched Jixiang for three days, then healed an injured child to show Jixiang what he could teach him.
• Lin Feng offered to teach Jixiang medicine and cultivation, and Jixiang knelt to acknowledge him as his master despite his Innate Zero Soul Power.
• Lin Feng arranged for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to care for Jixiang’s friend Hu Zi and bought Whale Rubber before leaving Vast Sea City.

Lin Feng settled his group in Da Wang Village and began training Jixiang, who quickly learned to cultivate Internal Energy through the Nine Yin Manual. As the newcomers grew closer to the villagers, Lin Jian killed a Boar Beast that entered the village, and Lin Feng arranged to share its meat with everyone.

• Lin Feng bought a courtyard on the edge of Da Wang Village and settled there with his group, presenting them as the remnants of a fallen noble family.
• Lin Feng taught Jixiang the Nine Yin Manual, and Jixiang successfully cultivated a trace of Internal Energy.
• Xiao Qiang began joining Jixiang's training, and Granny Wang started cooking shared meals in exchange for ingredients.
• Lin Feng's group traded hunted meat for vegetables at the village market and gradually became familiar with the villagers.
• A hundred-year Boar Beast entered the village at night, and Lin Jian killed it with several punches.
• Lin Feng sent Lin Jian to tell the village chief that the Boar Beast's meat would be distributed among the villagers at dawn.

Lin Feng helped the border village organize a patrol guard and transform its livelihood through training, hunting, and rabbit raising. The village grew safer and more prosperous, while its residents settled into a more peaceful life.

• The village chief asked Lin Feng to teach the villagers to fight, and Lin Feng proposed forming a patrol guard and changing the village’s farming and work arrangements.
• The villagers agreed to Lin Feng’s plan, and Lin Jian and Lin Qing began training the young men while Lin An bought grain to support households during the transition.
• The patrol guard learned to hunt and raise rabbits, and the village earned more by selling meat and rabbit snacks in the city.
• Lin An and his companions stopped city traders from being exploited, while the patrol guard foiled Soul Beast attacks and helped defeat invading bandits.
• Lin Feng organized Martial Soul Awakenings for the children, and he and Jixiang treated sick and injured villagers as the village grew safer and more prosperous.

After Tie Guan City began recruiting villagers for the border war, Lin Feng enlisted alongside Lin An, Lin Jian, and Lin Qing, intending to witness the battlefield and protect his fellow villagers. As the recruits trained and settled into camp life, Lin Feng found himself unexpectedly enjoying their lively camaraderie.

• Lin Feng reached fourteen, while Jixiang turned eight and the others advanced to their cultivation bottlenecks without absorbing Soul Rings.
• Tie Guan City's guards sealed Da Wang Village and demanded thirty recruits, and many villagers volunteered to defend their homeland.
• Moved by the villagers' resolve, Lin Feng enlisted with Lin An and the other two, left Jixiang with Granny Wang and Xiao Qiang, and spread beast-repelling powder around the village.
• Lin Feng and the other recruits trained with spears and sabers, while the villagers' prior combat practice helped them excel and drew the instructors' attention.
• At night, recruits from different villages bickered, boasted, fought under camp rules, and shared stories and chores as Lin An made friends and Lin Jian, Lin Qing, and Lin Feng grew comfortable in camp.

Lin Feng and his companions experienced the horrors of a border battle, where their sudden use of Soul Master abilities helped force Star Luo’s soldiers to retreat but came too late to save many comrades. After confronting a grieving survivor and defying Star Luo’s envoy, Lin Feng left with his companions to process what they had witnessed.

• After three months of training, Lin Feng entered his first war and saw soldiers on both sides die in brutal and chaotic fighting.
• Lin Feng erupted into battle with dragon-shaped palm shadows and claw attacks, while Lin An and the other two also unleashed their strength; their attacks drove the Star Luo forces to withdraw.
• Back at camp, soldiers reacted to Lin Feng and his companions with respect, fear, caution, confusion, and resentment, and a surviving younger brother accused Lin Feng of letting his elder brother die.
• At the City Lord’s Mansion, Lin Feng told the Star Luo envoy he was from Five Elements Academy, rejected demands for compensation, and warned Star Luo against sending Soul Masters into future battles.
• Lin Feng asked the lord of Tie Guan City to report the incident to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and care for the people of Da Wang Village, then left with Lin An, Lin Jian, and Lin Qing for the village.

Lin Feng left Da Wang Village with his companions and traveled to Gengxin City, where he stocked up on weapons and metals before targeting the corrupt Spirit Hall branch. After Lin Feng and Lin An killed its leaders and burned the office, the city celebrated the branch’s destruction.

• Lin Feng arranged for Da Wang Village’s children to awaken their martial souls and left resources and his courtyard for Granny Wang and Xiao Qiang before departing with his companions and Jixiang.
• In Gengxin City, Lin Feng bought weapons and tested metals with the auras of the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber, collecting ores and a piece of Banjin Fagin.
• Lin Feng identified the corrupt Spirit Hall bishop and Miles, then had Lin An investigate their crimes.
• At the auction, Lin Feng let Spirit Hall buy valuable goods, planning to compensate the sellers after killing its members.
• Lin Feng and Lin An poisoned and killed the Spirit Hall leaders, burned their office, posted their crimes, and left compensation at the auction house.
• The destruction of Spirit Hall sparked rejoicing across Gengxin City the next morning.

Lin Feng visited the Blacksmith Guild to find a smith for his Deep Sea Silver and buy two sets of Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor. After Divine Craftsman Lou Gao identified the metal but admitted he could not refine it, Lin Feng bought the armor and promised Lou Gao future forging work.

• Lin Feng asked Lin An to seek a smith who could work with Deep Sea Silver and inquire about Lou Gao's Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor.
• Si Long examined the silver mother but could not identify it, so he summoned his teacher, Lou Gao.
• Lou Gao confirmed the metal was silver mother of Deep Sea Silver but said the guild lacked anyone capable of purifying it.
• Lin Feng rejected Lou Gao's offer to trade both armor sets for a piece of the metal and promised to bring him future forging work once he found someone who could refine it.
• Lin Feng paid Lou Gao one million Gold Soul Coins for the two sets of armor and said he would invite him to Five Elements Academy within one or two years.

Lin Feng traveled through the Star Luo Empire and met with Dai Weisi, who sought his help with a deal previously discussed with Lin Feng’s father. When Dai Weisi’s uncle and hidden guards appeared to pressure him, Lin Feng revealed a powerful aura that forced them to reconsider.

• Lin Feng explained that he had bought the Eight Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor as gifts for his parents, and the group continued traveling through the Star Luo Empire.
• Lin Feng and his companions reached Star Luo City and explored its streets and cuisine for several days.
• A Soul Emperor serving Dai Weisi invited Lin Feng to meet the eldest prince, and Lin Feng accepted.
• Dai Weisi asked Lin Feng for assistance with a matter he had previously discussed with Lin Feng’s father, but Lin Feng refused to reconsider the same deal.
• Lin Feng identified the Soul Douluo, Spirit Saints, and Soul Emperors concealed around the restaurant and challenged Dai Weisi to test his confidence.
• Dai Xiangrong entered the room, and Lin Feng released an aura powerful enough to make the prince fear for his life before withdrawing it.

Lin Feng negotiated with Dai Weisi over help absorbing fourth Soul Rings beyond their rank, and Dai Weisi offered a private Soul Tool blueprint in exchange. They swore Martial Soul Oaths and completed a trade, leaving Dai Weisi hoping to make another deal after becoming emperor.

• Dai Xiangrong acknowledged Lin Feng’s confidence and left him alone with Dai Weisi and the others.
• Dai Weisi explained the Star Luo Imperial Family’s deadly succession competition and asked Lin Feng to help him and Zhuyun absorb stronger fourth Soul Rings.
• Lin Feng questioned why Dai Weisi had not killed Dai Mubai, and Dai Weisi admitted he had tried but failed.
• Dai Weisi offered a blueprint for the Soul Breaking Crossbow, and Lin Feng agreed to trade after confirming it was privately owned and setting confidentiality conditions.
• Lin Feng and Dai Weisi swore Martial Soul Oaths and exchanged two pieces of fifty-thousand-year Whale Rubber and instructions for the Soul Breaking Crossbow blueprint.
• Dai Weisi learned how Whale Rubber could aid Soul Ring absorption and planned to seek another deal with Lin Feng if he became emperor.

Lin Feng helped Jixiang choose a medical path and obtain a first spirit ring suited to it. With Jixiang’s new Paralysis Poison Needle skill, the group headed deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find spirit beasts for the others.

• After traveling through the major cities of Star Luo, Lin Feng decided to return toward Shrek and first take the group to the Star Dou Great Forest for spirit rings.
• Lin Feng learned that Jixiang wanted to pursue medicine rather than become a powerful Battle Spirit Master, so they searched for a Paralysis Poison Bee suited to his first ring.
• Lin Feng found a seven-hundred-and-fifty-year Paralysis Poison Bee among Illusion Heart Demon Orchids, knocked it unconscious, and gave it to Jixiang to absorb.
• Jixiang successfully absorbed the ring, reached Level 16, and gained the Paralysis Poison Needle skill, which spread temporary paralysis from a strike.
• After finding no spirit bone from the bee, Lin Feng led the group deeper into the forest to search for spirit beasts for Lin Jian and Lin Qing.

Lin Feng helped Lin Qing obtain a fourth soul ring from a Thunderstorm Dragon Lizard, then helped Lin Jian gain one from a Diamond Tiger. The group left both Lin Jian and Lin Qing at Rank 44 and continued preparing for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Competition.

• Lin Feng and Lin An subdued a Thunderstorm Dragon Lizard in Lightning Valley, allowing Lin Qing to absorb its ten-thousand-year soul ring and gain Lightning Amplification.
• The group left Lightning Valley and searched for a suitable tiger-type soul beast for Lin Jian.
• Lin Feng and Lin An defeated a Diamond Tiger, and Lin Jian absorbed its soul ring to gain Tiger Roar Sky Rend Claw.
• Lin Feng noted that Lin Jian and Lin Qing had stabilized at Rank 44 and expected the team to be strong enough to dominate the upcoming competition.

Lin Feng found a powerful Azure Sky Peng that could become the source of his fifth soul ring, but discovered it was caring for a poisoned chick. He swore he would not harm the chick and offered to cure it, leaving him and the adult Azure Sky Peng poised to negotiate.

• After searching for a week, Lin Feng found a ten-thousand-year Azure Sky Peng but realized he could neither defeat nor catch it.
• Lin Feng watched the Azure Sky Peng for half a month and noticed it brought home Wind attribute and vitality-rich soul beasts without eating them.
• Lin Feng entered the Azure Sky Peng's cave while it was hunting by using Earth elements to counter its Wind-element barrier.
• Lin Feng found the Azure Sky Peng chick poisoned and learned that its mother had been bringing back soul beasts to sustain it.
• When the Azure Sky Peng returned, Lin Feng swore upon his martial soul that he would not harm the chick and offered to remove its poison and restore its bloodline.

Lin Feng cured the Azure Sky Peng hatchling’s poison and agreed with its mother that it would sacrifice itself to become his fifth soul ring. He brought Lin An and the others into the cave to witness the sacrifice and help protect the hatchling.

• The Azure Sky Peng shared how a Soul Devouring Spider Emperor had poisoned its hatchling while it was hatching, and Lin Feng gave the hatchling a pill to ease its pain.
• Lin Feng prepared an antidote, and the hatchling coughed up poisonous blood, woke, and reunited with its mother.
• Lin Feng fed the hatchling Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma and proposed that the Azure Sky Peng sacrifice itself, promising to protect and care for its child.
• The Azure Sky Peng agreed to sacrifice itself and let its hatchling stay with Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng left the cave, told Lin An and the others what had happened, and brought them inside to guard the sacrifice and look after the hatchling.

Lin Feng completed the Azure Sky Peng’s sacrifice, gaining a new soul skill, wings, the Wind attribute, and a rise to rank 56. He then named the healed hatchling Xiao Qing and began strengthening its cultivation and bloodline with food and pills.

• The Azure Sky Peng sacrificed itself to Lin Feng, whose Soul Power rose from rank 50 to rank 56 as he gained the Myriad Sword Heavenly Feathers skill, External Soul Bone wings, and the Wind attribute.
• Lin Feng woke after a day and a half and found that Jixiang had cared for the hatchling until it recovered from the Spider Venom.
• The hatchling flew to Lin Feng, accepted the name Xiao Qing, and received Empty Spirit Potatoes and Wind Spirit Fruit as snacks.
• Lin Feng planned to guide Xiao Qing's evolution toward an Ancient Sky Peng and later a Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird.
• Lin Feng fed Xiao Qing a Nine Heavens Gale Grass Pill, and after sleeping through the night, it reached the hundred-year cultivation level and showed a stronger bloodline.

Lin Feng cultivated in the Azure Sky Peng's cave, bringing his Five Elements Domain to initial mastery and exploring how Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind could be used to create or destroy. He found a new path of cultivation but remained absorbed in his experiments as his companions fled the cave's elemental hazards.

• Lin Feng examined his growing Five Elements Domain and found it could strengthen allies, aid recovery, and cultivate automatically, but reversing its operation was too dangerous for his current strength.
• Lin Feng began studying Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind, discovering combinations such as wind-enhanced fire, mudslides, hail, and magma, while water and fire triggered a dangerous explosion.
• Lin Feng reasoned that the four elements could create a world through balanced combination or return it to chaos through separation, though he still lacked the control and understanding to achieve either.
• Lin Qing, the other companions, and Xiao Qing moved away after Lin Feng's experiments caused fires, hail, pits, and an explosion.
• Lin Feng continued cultivating and changing the focus of his research without leaving his meditative state.

Lin Feng reflected on the lives he had witnessed and clarified that he sought strength so he could live freely and help change the world. His experiences gave rise to the Red Dust Sword Dao, and he resolved to use his power to help ordinary people and restore peace.

• Lin Feng considered the many kinds of sword dao and the hardships, hopes, and losses of people he had encountered during his travels.
• Lin Feng recognized that he wanted strength to live freely, oppose injustice, and make changes in the world.
• Lin Feng's Heavenly Sword emerged and its aura absorbed the warmth, sorrow, resolve, and vastness of the lives and experiences he had seen.
• Lin Feng named his path the Red Dust Sword Dao and sensed the trust and affection of Lin An, Lin Jian, Lin Qing, Jixiang, and Xiao Qing.
• Lin Feng began to see the continent as a real world rather than a tourist attraction and resolved to help its people and bring peace.

Lin Feng connected with the Continent Consciousness and agreed to help stabilize Douluo Continent through a balance of political and spiritual powers. The Kindness God King then chose him as her successor, leaving him with a legacy mark while she returned to prepare his Godhood trial.

• Lin Feng connected with the Continent Consciousness, which asked him to help prevent future turmoil and preserve the continent's stability.
• Lin Feng proposed balancing a united empire, Spirit Hall, and Five Elements Academy, and the Continent Consciousness agreed to support him.
• The Continent Consciousness left an imprint that allowed Lin Feng to contact it whenever he needed help locating a soul beast.
• The Kindness God King appeared in Lin Feng's spiritual sea and offered him her Godhood Legacy after sensing his compassion and resolve to improve the continent.
• Lin Feng accepted the legacy, and the Kindness God King left a mark on him before returning to the God Realm to prepare his trial.

After finishing his cultivation, Lin Feng traveled toward Suotuo City and found Zhu Zhuqing fleeing through the Star Dou Great Forest. He agreed to escort her toward Shrek Academy and revealed that Zhu Zhuyun had secretly helped her escape, leaving Zhu Zhuqing to reconsider her sister’s intentions.

• Lin Feng woke after a month of meditation and set out through the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Resonant Brain Slug for Jixiang.
• Lin Feng’s group found an unconscious Zhu Zhuqing drifting downriver and treated her while Lin Feng met Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun admitted that she had allowed Zhu Zhuqing to flee and asked Lin Feng to escort her safely out of the forest.
• After waking, Zhu Zhuqing thanked Lin Feng and Jixiang, then said she was headed to Suotuo City to find Dai Mubai.
• Lin Feng explained that Zhu Zhuyun had secretly protected Zhu Zhuqing during her escape, and Zhu Zhuqing began to understand her sister’s motives.

Lin Feng offered Zhu Zhuqing several ways to escape the Star Luo Empire’s brutal succession system, then traveled with his companions to Suotuo City and bought a piece of Banjin crystal from Flender. He left with the crystal after Flender tried to raise its price, while planning to wait for Tang San and Xiao Wu to arrive.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had fled the Star Luo Empire because she wanted to survive despite believing she could never surpass Zhu Zhuyun.
• Lin Feng suggested that Zhu Zhuqing could compete alongside Dai Mubai, seek protection from a powerful faction, join the Five Elements Academy, hide until she became a Titled Douluo, or go to Sea God Island.
• Lin Feng told Zhu Zhuqing to meet Dai Mubai before deciding, and a few days later the group arrived in Suotuo City while she stayed behind.
• Lin Feng confirmed that Tang San and Xiao Wu had not yet arrived, then visited Flender’s shop with his companions.
• Lin Feng paid one hundred Gold Soul Coins for the Banjin crystal, and Flender tried to demand two hundred before backing down when his Soul Power pressure failed to affect Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng left with the Banjin crystal, intending to use its Fagin for practicing and teaching the Acupuncture Technique.