Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng and Wu Ying broke into the City Lord's Mansion to retrieve the Cloud Silk Cloth Fan, but they were caught in a trap by Jin Xuan and the Zhuo family. As Zhuo Xiu sealed their escape, Wu Ying offered to reveal the map to the Tomb of the Mad Thief in exchange for the fan, leaving Lu Feng time to try to break the array.

• Lu Feng met Wu Ying at a noodle stall, and Wu Ying explained that Jin Xuan had hidden the Cloud Silk Cloth Fan in the City Lord's Mansion's secret vault.
• Lu Feng and Wu Ying entered the mansion during a guard shift change, found the vault entrance in Zhuo Heng's bedroom, and began breaking its Soft Chain Nine Lock Array.
• Zhuo Fu Nan interrupted them, but Lu Feng stunned him with Soul Shock and Wu Ying knocked him unconscious as they opened the vault.
• Zhuo Xiu emerged from the vault, while Zhuo Heng, Zhuo Jing Xiong, Jin Xuan, and their guards surrounded Lu Feng and Wu Ying.
• Zhuo Xiu sealed the courtyard with an array disc, and Wu Ying offered Jin Xuan the map to the Tomb of the Mad Thief in exchange for the Cloud Silk Cloth Fan.
• Jin Xuan handed Wu Ying the fan, while Lu Feng planned to delay the attackers and spend an incense stick's time breaking the array disc.

Wu Ying and Lu Feng escaped Jin Xuan after destroying the emerging map to the Tomb of the Mad Thief, leaving Jin Xuan with two-thirds of its patterns. Lu Feng returned to the Spirit Prison, where he discovered Ning Xiang had become a spirit chef whose porridge met intermediate standards.

• Wu Ying activated the Cloud Silk Cloth Fan with the Fallen Heart Plate, revealing the map while Lu Feng secretly prepared an escape route.
• Wu Ying destroyed the map’s final portion, and Lu Feng opened a gap in the formation so they could flee from Jin Xuan and Zhuo Xiu.
• Jin Xuan stopped the pursuit and ordered his people to search the Eastern Origin Mountain Range for the Tomb of the Mad Thief.
• Wu Ying gave Lu Feng the fan frame and Fallen Heart Plate before they parted, and Lu Feng returned to the Spirit Prison just before midnight.
• Lu Feng found Ning Xiang delivering late-night snacks to the students, who were training for the Instructor Tournament.
• Lu Feng tasted Ning Xiang’s Spirit Porridge and realized it let people absorb about thirty percent of its spiritual energy, putting her cooking at an intermediate spirit-chef level.

Lu Feng strengthened the Living Spirit Academy’s Spirit Gathering Array and planned cultivation paths for his students while the Silver Moon Demon Bear rapidly grew stronger. The next morning, Ning Xiang used Lu Feng’s cookbook to prepare a high-grade spirit dish, impressing the group.

• Lu Feng gave Ning Xiang a cookbook and a Spirit Wine Recipe, and she promised to study them and save him jars of a cold-dispelling wine.
• Ye Fan told Lu Feng about the students’ progress and gave him poisoned arrows made from Crimson Bone Demon Snake venom; Lu Feng gave Ye Fan damaged Soul Tempering Pills to research.
• Lu Feng found Little Silver at the Living Spirit Academy, where the bear had reached the ninth rank and was nearing its transformation into a soul beast.
• Lu Feng used source stones to reinforce the academy’s Spirit Gathering Array, tested Little Silver’s strength, and wrote individual cultivation plans for his students.
• Ning Xiang made Birch Spirit Dumplings that let the group absorb sixty percent of their spiritual energy, and everyone praised her cooking.

Lu Feng distributed demanding training plans and demonstrated that his technique had strengthened Shao Yue’s disabled leg. He taught Man Zhongli the Overlord’s Might Fist and considered what safer skills to teach Zhao Yan.

• Qian Xin, Ning Xiang, Man Zhongli, and Jun Ziyi welcomed Shao Yue and learned that her brother still refused to join Instructor Lu’s team.
• Jun Ziyi found Lu Feng’s training schedules, and the group protested at the demanding assignments, especially Shao Yue’s daily kicks against a specially made sandbag.
• Lu Feng asked Shao Yue to begin training, and she made the sandbag sway with a powerful kick using the leg technique he had taught her.
• Shao Yue named the technique the Half Moon Leg Technique, and Lu Feng promised to teach her the complete technique after she kicked through the sandbag.
• Lu Feng taught Man Zhongli the foundations of the Overlord’s Might Fist and ordered him to practice its required training punches.
• Lu Feng decided against teaching Zhao Yan the slaughter-heavy Assassination Art for now and considered teaching him its movement, concealment, and escape skills instead.

Lu Feng trained Zhao Yan and Qian Xin with a water-and-fire formation that tested their movement techniques, then advised Ning Xiang on the Ant Soft Palm. He left Ning Xiang with tofu for an unexplained next step.

• Lu Feng told Zhao Yan to train inside the formation each morning, and Qian Xin analyzed its materials and discovered that Ice Flame Marks balanced the clashing forces within it.
• Lu Feng activated the formation, and Qian Xin dodged its scalding vapor columns until he increased their speed and forced her to retreat.
• Lu Feng assigned Qian Xin and Zhao Yan to train together in the formation, explaining that they needed to evade three simultaneous vapor columns to meet its basic standard.
• Lu Feng explained that Qian Xin’s movement technique resembled a small part of Exquisite Steps and decided to offer her limited pointers without teaching the technique outright.
• Ning Xiang asked Lu Feng for help with the Ant Soft Palm, and he advised her to use intent rather than force and learn from Ruo Shui.
• Lu Feng asked Ning Xiang for ordinary tofu, and she took a block from her Storage Ring.

Lu Feng taught Ning Xiang the Ant Soft Palm’s precise attack methods and secretly transmitted the enhanced Nine-Pattern Core Condensation method to Jun Ziyi and Qian Xin. Meanwhile, Bai Xue visited to feed Little Silver, but rumors about her and Lu Feng stirred Zhao Quansong’s jealousy and murderous intent.

• Lu Feng demonstrated surface and point attacks with the Ant Soft Palm, deepening Ning Xiang’s understanding.
• Lu Feng taught Jun Ziyi and Qian Xin the enhanced Nine-Pattern Core Condensation method and warned them to keep it secret while valuing their lives above it.
• Ruo Shui cared for Little Silver as Lu Feng reflected on her cultivation, and Bai Xue arrived with more fruit for the beast.
• Rumors that Bai Xue and Lu Feng were cultivation partners spread outside the academy, and Zhao Quansong grew jealous and vowed to kill Lu Feng.
• Bai Xue objected when Lu Feng sparred with Little Silver, but the bear clung affectionately to him, leaving her puzzled.

Lu Feng refused Bai Xue’s plan to make Little Silver a sect Battle Beast, insisting the beast could grow strong without relying on inherited blood essence. After Bai Bing warned him that Zhao Quansong might return to cause trouble, Bai Xue proposed that she and her sister use their rumored relationship with Lu Feng to deter their admirers, and Lu Feng asked what deal they had in mind.

• Lu Feng rejected Bai Xue’s plan to raise Little Silver as a sect Battle Beast, while agreeing that she could continue bringing the beast spirit fruits.
• Lu Feng explained that Little Silver could eventually overcome the Heaven Soul Beast blood essence inside it and grow stronger on its own.
• Bai Bing arrived at Lu Feng’s schoolhouse and warned him that Zhao Quansong had returned from the Thunder Fire Sect and might target him.
• Lu Feng recalled sparing Zhao Quansong twice and warned that he would not show restraint if Zhao caused trouble again.
• Bai Xue and Bai Bing teased each other about their admirers, then Bai Xue proposed that they use their supposed closeness to Lu Feng to get rid of them.
• Lu Feng hesitated because his students lacked cultivation resources, then asked Bai Xue what deal she was proposing.

Lu Feng agreed to help Bai Bing and Bai Xue in exchange for formation materials and cultivation privileges, then confronted Zhou Zhi outside his schoolhouse. He used a formation to immobilize Zhou Zhi and took his spear, leaving the watching disciples stunned.

• Lu Feng negotiated formation materials, rental access to cultivation facilities, and monthly sparring partners as payment for posing as Bai Bing and Bai Xue's partner.
• Zhou Zhi arrived at Lu Feng's schoolhouse and threatened him over his closeness to Bai Bing, drawing a crowd of prison disciples.
• Lu Feng told Zhou Zhi that Bai Bing had come to him willingly, provoking Zhou Zhi to thrust his spear at him.
• Lu Feng activated a formation that immobilized Zhou Zhi before the spear could reach him.
• Lu Feng removed Zhou Zhi's spear and claimed it as compensation, while Zhou Zhi realized too late that Lu Feng had trapped him in a formation.

Lu Feng subdued Zhou Zhi for harassing Bai Bing, then clarified that his help had been a transaction, leaving Bai Bing and Bai Xue displeased. Meanwhile, Ning Xiang explored combining Medicine Dao with spirit cuisine to make tofu into a spirit dish, and Xu Huayuan agreed to support her experiments.

• Lu Feng used the Sky Void Binding Spirit Array to force Zhou Zhi to kneel, warned him to stay away from Bai Bing, and sent him to the Master Hall after he pretended to faint.
• Bai Bing thanked Lu Feng, but his request that she exchange Spirit Silk Entwined Jade made her think his defense of her had been only a transaction; Bai Xue called him a hypocrite.
• The students continued their cultivation exercises, and Man Zhongli accidentally struck the sandbag hard enough to move it before forgetting how he had done it.
• Ning Xiang went to the Spirit Food Hall wondering how to make ordinary tofu into a spirit dish, and Xu Huayuan suggested using medicinal ingredients to help it absorb spiritual energy.
• Ning Xiang listed medicinal ingredients for her experiments, and Xu Huayuan resolved to support her research by obtaining what she needed.

Ning Xiang experimented with combining medicinal herbs and tofu to create spirit cuisine, while Xu Huayuan supported and advised her through several failed attempts. At dusk, Jun Ziyi and Qian Xin completed their cultivation, and Lu Feng led the group to visit Ning Xiang.

• Ning Xiang studied Lu Feng’s recipes and planned possible combinations for the twenty-eight medicinal herbs on her list.
• Xu Huayuan bought three portions of each herb, discovering that several scarce ingredients made the bill cost tens of thousands of Spirit Merit.
• Ning Xiang cooked tofu with medicinal herbs, but her first dish lost most of its medicinal potency; Xu Huayuan tasted it and suggested prioritizing medicinal effects over flavor.
• Ning Xiang’s next attempt preserved medicinal potency but produced a foul-smelling dish, so Xu Huayuan replaced the stewpot and let her continue experimenting.
• Lu Feng continued training Zhao Yan while Jun Ziyi and Qian Xin meditated, and he inscribed jade stones, banners, and pieces of the Fallen Heart Plate and fan frame.
• Jun Ziyi and Qian Xin awoke at dusk with stronger cultivation, and Lu Feng led them toward the Spirit Food Hall to see Ning Xiang.

Ning Xiang successfully made high-grade Nine-Petal Lotus Bean Soup, delighting Lu Feng’s students and replenishing their spiritual qi. After sending the group back to cultivate, Lu Feng spoke with Ruo Shui and arranged for her to train in the Martial Hall with the others the next day.

• Ning Xiang used Nine-Petal Lotus Seeds to make spirit soup, and Xu Huayuan and Lu Feng confirmed it was high-grade spirit cuisine.
• Lu Feng gave Ning Xiang Yunzhi Leaves to restore her spiritual qi, and she later cooked enough Nine-Petal Lotus Bean Soup for the group.
• Man Zhongli secretly ate the leftovers, and the students praised Ning Xiang’s soup before returning to the academy to cultivate.
• Lu Feng praised his students to Xu Huayuan, then returned to the academy and found them cultivating diligently.
• Lu Feng learned that Ruo Shui had cultivated at Black Ice Cliff and arranged for her to train at the Martial Hall with Jun Ziyi and the others the next day.

Lu Feng foiled Zhao Quansong’s night raid, wounded him, and secretly redirected his defective Thunder Fire Pearl to Zhou Zhi’s room. The next morning, Bai Bing rewarded Lu Feng with Spirit Silk Entwined Jade, while his students pressed him about whether he was cultivation partners with Bai Bing and Bai Xue.

• Lu Feng disguised himself with a Fox Mask, tricked Zhao Quansong into revealing his plan, then wounded him and let him flee with a defective Thunder Fire Pearl.
• Lu Feng carried the Thunder Fire Pearl to Zhou Zhi’s room, where it exploded; Zhou Zhi stayed silent to hide his mistreatment of a female student.
• Zhao Quansong heard about Zhou Zhi’s public humiliation by Lu Feng and mistakenly concluded Zhou Zhi had attacked Lu Feng, so he ordered surveillance and planned to obtain another Thunder Fire Pearl.
• Bai Bing and Bai Xue told Lu Feng that Zhao Quansong had left Spirit Prison injured, and Lu Feng admitted that Zhao Quansong’s night raid had failed.
• Bai Bing gave Lu Feng an unusually valuable piece of Spirit Silk Entwined Jade, while Bai Xue played with Little Silver and Lu Feng said the bear would eventually join the group’s training.
• Qian Xin, Jun Ziyi, Ning Xiang, Shao Yue, and the others asked Lu Feng whether he was cultivation partners with Bai Bing and Bai Xue.

Lu Feng assigned his students a doubled warm-up using cloth and iron balls to improve their control, then went to the Martial Hall to test its battle puppets for their training. He began testing the puppets from the Seven Souls Realm upward, with Vice-Hall Master Lin Chen keeping watch as he worked toward the highest strength he could face without unsealing the Seven Souls Array.

• Lu Feng doubled the students' warm-up training, and Ning Xiang, Shao Yue, and the others practiced striking cloth and iron balls to develop control of strength and spiritual energy.
• Ruo Shui joined Ning Xiang and Shao Yue's rotation, while Jun Ziyi trained with Qian Xin on switching between different kinds of spiritual energy.
• Lu Feng left for the Martial Hall to learn about its advanced battle puppet rooms and prepare combat training for his group.
• Lin Chen explained the battle room rules and warned Lu Feng that the puppets could reach the Five Elements Realm.
• Lu Feng entered room Seven to test the battle puppets from the Seven Souls Realm upward, and Lin Chen stayed nearby to observe and intervene if needed.

Lu Feng tested battle puppets up to the Five Elements Realm and destroyed one with a single strike, shocking Lin Chen and revealing that Lu Feng’s power far exceeded the strength he had shown publicly. He then brought his group to train, where Jun Ziyi began a two-on-one challenge while also being tasked with protecting Lu Feng, who stayed seated as a puppet charged at him.

• Lu Feng tested battle puppets across several realms and shattered a Five Elements Two Qi puppet with a Jade Pearl strike.
• Lin Chen discovered the destroyed puppet, questioned Lu Feng, and learned that Lu Feng claimed to have used a secret treasure after his life was threatened.
• Lu Feng asked Lin Chen to keep the incident quiet and arranged for his group to use the Battle Puppet Room.
• Lu Feng selected two initial Core Formation Realm puppets for Jun Ziyi and told her to fight both while preventing them from hurting him.
• As one puppet engaged Jun Ziyi and the other charged at Lu Feng, Lu Feng remained reclined in his chair without moving.

Jun Ziyi protected Lu Feng during her trial and improved her Qing Tian Raindrop Swordplay, after which Lu Feng set demanding graduation standards for the group. Meanwhile, Xiang Tiange persuaded Zhou Zhi to target Lu Feng’s students, beginning with Shao Yue, and hinted at his connections to the Beast Taming Manor.

• Jun Ziyi saved Lu Feng from a battle puppet’s strike, then fought with greater focus to protect him while battling two puppets.
• Jun Ziyi defeated both battle puppets and reached the realm of smoothness and ease in the Qing Tian Raindrop Swordplay.
• Lu Feng set a graduation requirement of defeating three opponents of the same realm within one incense stick, or defeating a puppet one major realm higher in a one-on-one fight within two hours.
• Lu Feng’s students encouraged one another to meet the standards, while he worried their training expenses would outstrip their Spirit Merit.
• Xiang Tiange proposed forcing Lu Feng’s students to withdraw and damaging his reputation, and Zhou Zhi approved starting with Shao Yue.
• Xiang Tiange revealed that an instructor tied to his Beast Taming Manor could help with the plan, prompting Zhou Zhi to ask for news about his younger brother and Apricot Blossom Rain.

Lu Feng agreed to a five-match sparring exchange with Gao Liang’s group, with the Battle Puppet Room’s use as the stake, and learned that Ye Fan had restored the recipe for a powerful Soul Tempering Pill. The chapter ended with Ye Fan explaining that Lu Feng would need to guide the gaseous pill into his soul sea and refine it with Soul Power.

• Lu Feng spent the day teaching his students combat skills, and they continued training together into the evening.
• Gao Liang, Du Gu Peng, and Duanmu Hong proposed a group sparring exchange, and Lu Feng agreed to five matches in three days at the Martial Arts Arena, with three days of Battle Puppet Room access at stake for each match.
• Lu Feng visited the Spirit Merit Hall and decided to assign suitable missions to Jun Ziyi and the others to earn more Spirit Merit.
• Ye Fan told Lu Feng that he had restored the Soul Tempering Pill formula but could not find its missing catalyst, Crane Autumn Powder, and gave Lu Feng the only remaining pill.
• Ye Fan explained that the gaseous Soul Tempering Pill had to be guided into the soul sea and refined with Soul Power, where it could strengthen the soul and speed its recovery.

After refining the Soul Tempering Pill, Lu Feng agreed to accompany Ye Fan to Black Wind Town after an exchange match, while the students prepared to face Gao Liang's group. At the arena, Shao Yue volunteered to fight her brother Shao Yang if he took the field, and Ruo Shui revealed a hint of her strength.

• Lu Feng absorbed the Soul Tempering Pill, greatly strengthening his Soul Strength, while his students continued training with less supervision.
• Ye Fan traced Crane Autumn Powder to a person who had taken a Crane Immortal Pill in Black Wind Ancient Town, and Lu Feng arranged to go there with him after the exchange match.
• Bai Xue urged Bai Bing to watch Lu Feng's exchange, and Bai Bing brought Meng Yuli and a few students to the Martial Arts Arena.
• At the arena, Shao Yue spotted Shao Yang among Gao Liang's students and asked Lu Feng to match her against her brother if he fought.
• When Gao Liang doubted Jun Ziyi's claim that Ruo Shui was stronger, Lu Feng signaled Ruo Shui, who released a wisp of her aura.

Lu Feng arranged a student exchange match with Gao Liang and selected Shao Yue to face her brother Shao Yang, whose spear technique Lu Feng found deeply flawed. The chapter ended with Zhou Zhi challenging Lu Feng to identify those flaws as the crowd jeered.

• Gao Liang was stunned to learn that Jun Ziyi and Ruo Shui had reached the Core Plate Realm, while Bai Bing teased Meng Yuli about Lu Feng recruiting them.
• Lu Feng chose Zhao Yan, Man Zhongli, and Shao Yue for the exchange, while Gao Liang selected five Spirit Gathering Realm students and arranged for Shao Yang to face Shao Yue first.
• Shao Yue revealed that Lu Feng's leg technique had helped her disability, and she demonstrated kicks that impressed Meng Yuli, Bai Bing, Zhou Zhi, Xiang Tiange, and Gao Liang.
• Shao Yang demonstrated Zhou Zhi's Day Hidden Spear Technique, and Lu Feng used the Bewitching Eye Technique to identify its flaws and weaknesses.
• Lu Feng said the spear technique had too many flaws to discuss before the match, prompting Zhou Zhi to challenge him to name them as the crowd jeered.

Lu Feng exposed numerous flaws and the vital gate of Zhou Zhi’s Day Hidden Spear Technique, undermining his reputation as Spear King. Shao Yue then demonstrated her advantage over Shao Yang by defeating him with a single kick.

• Shao Yue identified the Day Hidden Spear Technique’s wasteful spiritual energy use, surprising Shao Yang and confirming Lu Feng’s assessment.
• Lu Feng listed several flaws in the technique and revealed that Zhongwan was its vital gate, leaving Zhou Zhi shocked and exposing his weaknesses to the crowd.
• Bai Bing and Bai Xue discussed Lu Feng’s insight and their plans to return to their sect after mastering their newly obtained cultivation art.
• Gao Liang conceded the round, but Shao Yang refused to accept defeat and challenged Shao Yue to fight.
• Shao Yue used the Half Moon Leg Technique to send Shao Yang flying with one kick, holding back enough force to avoid seriously injuring him.

Lu Feng arranged the second round of the tournament, where Zhao Yan lost to Ling Jiujiang but learned from the fight, while Shao Yang began reconsidering his views on victory and defeat. Man Zhongli fought on against Shi Linzhong despite mounting injuries, and Lu Feng watched closely, ready to intervene.

• Lu Feng told Shao Yang to overcome his pride before seeking a place in the group, and Shao Yang later reflected on what he had gained from past defeats.
• Lu Feng paired Zhao Yan with Ling Jiujiang and Man Zhongli with Shi Linzhong, despite the apparent disadvantages.
• Ling Jiujiang defeated Zhao Yan with his Whirling Leg Technique, and Zhao Yan accepted the loss as a chance to learn.
• Lu Feng taught Zhao Yan that growth from battle mattered more than whether he won or lost, prompting Shao Yang to question his own fixation on victory.
• Shi Linzhong wounded Man Zhongli with his sword, but Man Zhongli's fighting spirit grew stronger as he continued to endure the battle.
• Lu Feng prepared to intervene if necessary while Man Zhongli fought Shi Linzhong for more than one incense stick's time.