Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Yuan leaves with the Body Sect to heal Tang Xuan's injuries.
• Lu Feng learns about Tang Yuan's departure and the reasons behind it.
• A lecherous man harasses Ruo Shui, but is driven off by Ye Fan's poisons and Ruo Shui's Water Essence Qi.
• Lu Feng's students try to help him find information about the Northern Essence Water to aid his cultivation.
• Ye Fan finds an ancient book detailing the Unparalleled Demon Soul and the Southern God Fire's role in refining it.

Character Developments

• Lu Feng: Shows concern for Tang Yuan's well-being and determination to settle scores with Ji Ding.
• Tang Yuan: Demonstrates his dedication to his father and his desire to confront Ji Ding and Luo Chen Shu.
• Ruo Shui: Shows growth in her cultivation and gains confidence after defending herself against the lecherous man.
• Ye Fan: Displays his expertise in medicine and poisons, as well as his dedication to helping Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng's students: Show their loyalty and concern for Lu Feng by trying to help him find information about the Northern Essence Water.

Significant Themes

• Loyalty and friendship: Lu Feng's students demonstrate their loyalty by trying to help him, while Tang Yuan shows his dedication to his father.
• Cultivation and growth: Lu Feng and his students continue to improve their cultivation, and Ruo Shui gains confidence in her abilities.
• The power of determination: Lu Feng's determination to settle scores with Ji Ding and his students' determination to help him reflect the power of unwavering resolve.

Character Interactions

• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan: Lu Feng understands Tang Yuan's reasons for leaving and supports him.
• Lu Feng and Ruo Shui: Lu Feng teases Ruo Shui about her beauty, and she feels embarrassed but also pleased.
• Lu Feng and his students: The students show their loyalty and concern for Lu Feng by trying to help him find information about the Northern Essence Water.
• Ye Fan and Lu Feng: Ye Fan demonstrates his expertise in medicine and poisons and his dedication to helping Lu Feng.
• Ruo Shui and the lecherous man: Ruo Shui defends herself against the man with Ye Fan's help, gaining confidence in her abilities.

Ye Fan and Lu Feng explained the Battle Realm’s revised gates and warned their students to avoid competing for treasures in the Grand Illusionary Realm. After returning, Lu Feng told Old Book about his journey, the Azure Mountain Sword Sect, and his plans to secure Sect Tokens from rival forces.

• Ye Fan explained that newly advanced Five Elements soul masters such as Jun Ziyi, Qian Xin, and Shao Yang had to enter through the Profound Gate, while Lu Feng advised the students to form their own group and avoid the Grand Illusionary Realm’s strongest competitors.
• Lu Feng and Ye Fan discussed the shared entrance at Eastern Ping Spirit Prison, and Ruo Shui learned she would likely have to enter through the Profound Gate despite her exceptional strength.
• Lu Feng visited the injured Old Book in the Book Sea, where Old Book admitted he still had no clue about the Northern Essence Water.
• Lu Feng told Old Book that the Flowing Light Sword Sect had reunited as the Azure Mountain Sword Sect and recounted his dangerous journey, his return to the Azure List, and his battle with Yin Xiaolou and the others.
• Old Book warned Lu Feng to act cautiously as sect leader, then recognized that Lu Feng planned to target the Thunder Fire Sect and Beast Taming Manor for their Sect Tokens.

Lu Feng received Old Book’s warnings about planning against the Thunder Fire Sect and Beast Taming Manor and preparing for the Southern God Fire, then traveled with his companions to the Eastern Ping Spirit Prison. There, Shao Yang confronted Lei Qiqi and Gongsun Zhe, found he had moved on from Lei Qiqi, and faced Gongsun Zhe’s challenge over his restored strength.

• Old Book advised Lu Feng to seek an opening during the journey to the Battle Realm and warned that the Southern God Fire could attract dangerous soul beasts, including groups of them.
• Lu Feng and Ye Fan led students and Ruo Shui to the Teleportation Array, where they encountered Xiang Tianming, Apricot Blossom Rain, Gu Wumian, and Zhao Wuyan, whose strength and familiar aura raised Lu Feng’s suspicions.
• Shao Yue tried to shield Shao Yang when Gongsun Zhe and Lei Qiqi approached, but Shao Yang faced them himself and congratulated Lei Qiqi, realizing he had let go of her.
• Gongsun Zhe questioned Shao Yang’s recovery, and Shao Yang invited him to exchange moves as Gongsun Zhe’s expression turned vicious.

As the Battle Realm expedition prepared to depart, Shao Yang learned more about Gongsun Zhe and Lei Qiqi’s relationship, while Lu Feng’s group identified Ji Ding and Ji Jian as enemies tied to Tang Yuan’s injury. The travelers were sent through a Teleportation Array to the Eastern Ping Spirit Prison, where they were warned to behave themselves.

• Gongsun Zhe threatened Shao Yang and left with Lei Qiqi, who privately apologized for choosing someone she thought could protect her.
• Jun Ziyi explained that the Central Profound Domain was dominated by the Jun, Qin, Sun, and Luo families, and guessed that Gongsun Zhe belonged to the Gongsun Family.
• Ye Fan identified Ji Jian and Ji Ding as the men who had hurt Tang Yuan and harassed Ruo Shui, and Lu Feng’s group agreed to stand by Ruo Shui and seek vengeance.
• Lu Feng and Ye Fan realized that Xiang Tianming had likely arranged for Ji Ding to ambush Tang Yuan, while Jun Ziyi recognized Luo Chen Shu as someone she might have seen at home.
• After the Teleportation Array was inspected and the travelers assembled, An Xianglian’s assistant sent them toward the Eastern Ping Spirit Prison and warned them not to cause trouble.

Eastern Origin Spirit Prison's disciples waited to enter the Battle Realm after Eastern Ping Spirit Prison, and tensions rose between the two groups. Luo Xiaoxi stopped a confrontation, then joyfully reunited with Jun Ziyi, whom she called “Big Lazy Monkey.”

• An Xianglian led Eastern Origin Spirit Prison's disciples to the Battle Realm entrance, where they had to wait for Eastern Ping Spirit Prison to enter first.
• Eastern Origin Spirit Prison's disciples protested the delay, and An Xianglian let the commotion continue in hopes of pressuring Eastern Ping Spirit Prison to change the order.
• Wang Xu and other graduated disciples from Eastern Ping Spirit Prison mocked the protesters, prompting Gongsun Zhe to attack Wang Xu.
• Luo Xiaoxi arrived and challenged anyone who objected, bringing the confrontation to a halt.
• Jun Ziyi called Luo Xiaoxi “Little Stupid Rhino,” and the two ran to each other and embraced, delighted to reunite.

Jun Ziyi reunited with her childhood friend Luo Xiaoxi, the Luo Family’s Little Princess, but Luo Xiaoxi hurried into the Battle Realm before they could properly catch up. As Lu Feng’s group prepared to enter, they learned that Concave Battle Tokens were keys for entering and leaving the realm.

• Jun Ziyi joyfully embraced Luo Xiaoxi, and Lu Feng and the others recognized her as Jun Ziyi’s childhood companion and the Luo Family’s Little Princess.
• Luo Xiaoxi rushed toward the Battle Realm’s entrance, postponing her reunion with Jun Ziyi, who asked Lu Feng’s group to help her if they encountered her inside.
• Jun Ziyi shared the origins of her and Luo Xiaoxi’s childhood nicknames, amusing the group as they waited to enter.
• Gongsun Zhe provoked Jun Ziyi’s group, but Shao Yang overwhelmed him in a brief clash before An Xianglian ordered everyone to prepare.
• An Xianglian distributed identical Concave Battle Tokens and explained that each disciple needed one to enter and leave the Battle Realm.
• Lu Feng’s group entered the rear courtyard and learned the realm’s rules and the tokens’ purpose from the people in charge.

The Grand Prison officials unveiled the Battle Token Pillar, which held twenty Convex Battle Tokens for the Eastern Origin Spirit Prison, and warned that failing to draw one could badly injure a contestant. After Zhou Pinghua drew a token but suffered devastating injuries, Gongsun Zhe persuaded Lei Qiqi to try next, while Lu Feng watched the array for a way to overcome it.

• The Grand Prison officials explained that only twenty Convex Battle Tokens were available and that the Battle Token Pillar could inflict severe backlash on anyone who failed to draw one.
• Lu Feng held Ye Fan back from rushing forward and studied the pillar's array, while Gongsun Zhe sent Zhou Pinghua to test it.
• Zhou Pinghua used up his spiritual energy to draw a Convex Battle Token, then broke his arm and suffered severe internal injuries before collapsing.
• The sight of Zhou Pinghua's injuries drove more than half the contestants away from the line.
• Gongsun Zhe ordered Lei Qiqi to try, then soothed her fears with promises to protect her and take her to Profound Gold City.
• Lei Qiqi accepted Gongsun Zhe's reassurance and stepped toward the Battle Token Pillar, while Shao Yang watched with a self-mocking laugh.

Lei Qiqi risked her life to obtain the Convex Battle Token after Gongsun Zhe manipulated her with promises of a future together. Gongsun Zhe took the token and planned to use Lei Qiqi, while Shao Yang regretted helping her; Gongsun Zhe agreed to bring her into the Battle Realm.

• Lei Qiqi carefully guided her spiritual qi through the Battle Token Pillar, but struggled to control the forces surrounding the Convex Battle Token.
• Gongsun Zhe urged Lei Qiqi to break through to the Five Elements Realm and promised to stay with her, persuading her to risk the breakthrough.
• Lei Qiqi burned her essence blood and pulled out the Convex Battle Token, then the formation blasted her away.
• Gongsun Zhe chose to catch the token instead of Lei Qiqi, while Shao Yang caught her with spiritual qi.
• Gongsun Zhe collected Lei Qiqi and pretended to care for her, though he intended to abandon her after entering the Grand Illusionary Realm.
• Lei Qiqi insisted on entering the Battle Realm with Gongsun Zhe, and he agreed because he thought she might still be useful.

Lu Feng watched Xiang Tianming extract two Convex Battle Tokens with the help of a mysterious Golden Droplet, then observed Gu Wuyan investigate the Battle Token Pillar’s formation. Gu Wuyan discovered that its spiritual pathways formed a maze of false trails, and Zhao Wumian considered searching for the one true route.

• After several prison disciples were injured or gave up, Xiang Tianming stepped forward to extract a Convex Battle Token.
• Xiang Tianming drew out two tokens at once, then used the energy of a Golden Droplet to overcome the formation and extract both safely.
• Lu Feng sensed a trace of true dragon aura from Xiang Tianming and suspected the Golden Droplet was true dragon Origin Blood Essence.
• Xiang Tianming gave one Convex Battle Token to Apricot Blossom Rain, while Ye Fan warned Ning Xiang and the others to avoid Xiang Tianming's group in the Battle Realm.
• Gu Wuyan tested the Battle Token Pillar and was blasted away after discovering five false spiritual pathways.
• Gu Wuyan explained that the formation contained at least ten and perhaps fifteen routes, and Zhao Wumian considered using all his strength to find the true extraction path.

Lu Feng explained how to navigate the Battle Token Pillar’s layered array and warned that its design might be intended to expose people with powerful Soul Cores. After Zhao Wumian failed to obtain a token, Lu Feng’s group prepared to try, but the Prison Enforcers challenged his authority and ordered him to be tested.

• Lu Feng taught Ye Fan, Qian Xin, Jun Ziyi, and the others to visualize the pillar as stacked layers of pathways and explained that breaking the array outright would destroy the token inside.
• Ye Fan and Lu Feng suspected the Grand Prison had designed the pillar to detect cultivators capable of forming powerful Soul Cores, while Lu Feng noticed that Luo Chen Shu had obtained a token without injury.
• Zhao Wumian tried to guide energy around the pillar, failed to find the changing correct route, and was blasted away after exhausting his spiritual energy.
• Lu Feng sensed a trace of True Dragon Blood aura in Zhao Wumian and wondered whether Beast Taming Manor possessed enough True Dragon Blood to help with the Seven Souls Array’s affliction.
• When Jun Ziyi called Lu Feng their mentor, Geng Zhi rebuked him and tried to intimidate her, but Lu Feng dispersed his pressure with a wave of his hand.
• After the other Prison Enforcer suggested Lu Feng might be the person Fan Zhu had mentioned, Geng Zhi ordered Lu Feng to take an age and cultivation test.

Lu Feng passed Geng Zhi’s strength test, then let Qian Xin try guiding the Battle Token Pillar as a training exercise. Qian Xin safely withdrew after detecting twenty-five erroneous paths, while Geng Zhi realized the students cared more about training than obtaining a Convex Battle Token.

• Lu Feng deliberately limited the aura shown by the Spirit Measuring Plate, which registered him at the Five Elements Three Qi Realm, and Geng Zhi let him proceed.
• Qian Xin volunteered to test the Battle Token Pillar first, trusting Lu Feng’s arrangements despite Geng Zhi’s warning.
• Qian Xin detected twenty-five erroneous paths before withdrawing safely, and her companions praised her achievement.
• Geng Zhi realized Lu Feng’s students were using the pillar to train their abilities rather than to obtain a Convex Battle Token.
• Gu Wuyan and Zhao Wumian mocked Qian Xin’s failure to guide out a Convex Battle Token.

Lu Feng's students took turns probing the Battle Token Pillar, and Jun Ziyi used divided focus to set a new record by reaching the twenty-eighth track. Lu Feng then began probing seven tracks at once, astonishing the onlookers as the pillar's elusive vital track attached itself to his spiritual energy.

• Shao Yang reached the twenty-fifth track, while Shao Yue, Ning Xiang, Man Zhongli, and Zhao Yan each reached at least fifteen.
• Jun Ziyi used the Chaotic Heart technique to probe two tracks simultaneously and stopped at the twenty-eighth track when mental exhaustion made continuing unsafe.
• Geng Zhi challenged Lu Feng to try the Battle Token Pillar, and Lu Feng explained that he wanted to obtain Convex Battle Tokens for his students.
• Lu Feng wrapped half the pillar in dense spiritual energy and used one mind seven ways to eliminate incorrect tracks in groups of seven.
• Yu Zhong explained that the correct track retained a trace of vitality and doubted Lu Feng could catch it, but the vital track attached itself obediently to Lu Feng's spiritual energy.

Lu Feng shattered the Battle Token Pillar’s protruding block and used its array force to free all sixteen remaining Convex Battle Tokens. He distributed and sold several tokens, leaving three in hand as a poor-looking Spirit Prison inmate stepped forward.

• Lu Feng lifted the sixteen Convex Battle Tokens and let the pillar’s array force follow the spiritual-energy trail he had laid around it.
• The Battle Token Pillar cracked open, releasing all sixteen tokens, and Lu Feng collected them before anyone else could seize them.
• Lu Feng offered six tokens in exchange for a High-Grade Source Stone or a valuable item; Luo Chen Shu and Lei Qiqi bought one each.
• Jun Ziyi asked Lu Feng for a token for Xiao Xi, and Lu Feng gave her one.
• A thin, dark-skinned inmate in a patched uniform stepped out of the crowd as Lu Feng considered selling his remaining tokens.

Lu Feng traded a Convex Battle Token to Yun Buran, a successor of the Cloud Peering Lineage, for a promise to locate an Earth Grade secret realm. As the Battle Realm opened, an overage entrant was killed by its formation, and Lu Feng’s group prepared to enter, uncertain where Ruo Shui would be sent.

• Lu Feng recognized that the man offering to find a secret realm belonged to one of the Thief Sect’s inherited lineages, and the man revealed he had inherited the Cloud Peering Lineage.
• Lu Feng gave Yun Buran a Convex Battle Token in exchange for a soul jade and his promise to find an Earth Grade secret realm within three months.
• Geng Zhi and Yu Zhong explained the Battle Realm’s entry rules, and an overage man was disintegrated when he tried to enter.
• Geng Zhi and Yu Zhong warned the shaken crowd about the Battle Realm’s dangers, and one frightened girl left while another overcame her fear.
• Lu Feng advised his students to stay together and protect themselves, then assessed which Gate of Grand Void each would likely reach, leaving Ruo Shui’s destination uncertain.

Jun Ziyi and the others entered the Battle Realm while Xiang Tianming’s group plotted to kill them and settle old grudges. Lu Feng entered separately, found a small cache and left sword techniques behind, then came across a familiar woman being attacked over source stones.

• Jun Ziyi and her companions promised Lu Feng and Ye Fan they would meet again in the Grand Illusionary Realm before entering the Battle Realm.
• Lu Feng noticed Xiang Tianming watching them, while Xiang Tianming told Apricot Blossom Rain to target Jun Ziyi and vowed to kill Lu Feng and Ye Fan with a borrowed treasure.
• Ruo Shui asked Lu Feng and Ye Fan if she could find them inside the Battle Realm, and they encouraged her to do so.
• Lu Feng found three thin slices of source stone in an arranged cave, took them, and left three moves from his Flowing Shadow Swordplay for the next visitor.
• Lu Feng followed his Battle Token’s guidance toward the Heaven Gate and then approached a fight where two men were attacking a familiar woman over source stones.

Lu Feng watched a sword-wielding woman fight two men who had stolen the treasure she discovered, then helped her escape when they pursued her with cruel intentions. The woman reached the mountainside using Lu Feng’s precisely placed arrows, while the two men became trapped in his formation.

• Lu Feng recognized the woman’s skill with the basic sword form of “cut” as she fought two men who had taken her opportunity.
• When the men threatened to violate her, the woman fled and set a Mystic Mist Illusion Array behind her, but the men broke through it with a powerful Treasure Item.
• The men caught up and attacked the woman as she ran toward a steep mountain cliff, leaving her with no apparent escape route.
• Lu Feng shot arrows into the cliff, allowing the woman to leap from one to the next and reach the mountainside.
• The two men turned to hunt for the archer, but Lu Feng’s formation trapped them until the Battle Realm journey ended.

Lu Feng encountered Luo Xiaoxi being attacked, rescued her while concealing his identity, and discovered that her attackers had used pills linked to the prison enforcer’s death. He left before Luo Xiaoxi could thank him, while she decided to learn spear techniques.

• Lu Feng crossed a Chaotic Stone Forest, noticed Great Rock Snakes and signs of activity, then followed the sounds of battle.
• Lu Feng found Luo Xiaoxi surrounded by attackers and prepared to intervene, but a guard arrived first and drove them back.
• The attackers took pills that raised them from the Five Elements One Qi Realm to the Earth Soul Realm, then overwhelmed Luo Xiaoxi’s guard.
• Lu Feng, wearing his Fox Mask, used Heaven’s Will Four Absolute Spears to defeat the attackers, but they died from the pills’ effects before he could question them.
• Lu Feng recognized the pills as connected to the prison enforcer’s death and suspected the Luo Family, then departed without answering Luo Xiaoxi.
• Luo Xiaoxi resolved to learn the spear and ordered her subordinates to find her the greatest spear techniques under heaven.

Lu Feng defeated Xiang Tianming’s snake ambush and foiled his attempt to kill him with the Purple Feather Pearl, then learned Xiang Tianming had endangered his students and captured Little Silver. The chapter ended with Lu Feng’s killing intent rising as he confronted Xiang Tianming over his attacks on Lu Feng’s brothers and students.

• Lu Feng discovered Xiang Tianming had sent a swarm of snakes to surround him, with two Bone Spirit Pythons ready to attack.
• Lu Feng’s Killing Heart Art knocked out the weaker snakes, and he killed the Bone Spirit Pythons before advancing on Xiang Tianming.
• Xiang Tianming threatened Lu Feng’s students, then tried to kill him with powder and the Purple Feather Pearl, but Lu Feng resisted and crippled him.
• Lu Feng demanded to know how Xiang Tianming planned to harm his students and learned Xiang Tianming had captured Little Silver.
• Lu Feng asked whether Xiang Tianming had also sent Ji Ding to ambush Tang Yuan, then warned that Xiang Tianming should never have sent men to harm his brothers and students.

Lu Feng discovered Beast Taming Manor’s plans and rushed to help his students, who were surrounded by Apricot Blossom Rain’s allies and the Thunder Fire Sect. Shao Yang struck back with a powerful spear attack, but he was left shielding Qian Xin from Thunder Fire Pearls as the chapter ended.

• Lu Feng searched Xiang Tianming’s memories, learned that Beast Taming Manor was torturing Little Silver and plotting against his students, and uncovered the manor’s True Dragon Blood.
• Lu Feng killed Xiang Tianming, took his storage item and contaminated True Dragon Blood, then raced away from Heaven Gate to find his students.
• Lu Feng found Shao Yang, Qian Xin, and Jun Ziyi surrounded by Apricot Blossom Rain, Gu Wuyan, Zhao Wumian, Ji Ding, Song Yulan, and Thunder Fire Sect soulmasters.
• Shao Yang used the Plain Heart Three Talents Formation and Rain Curtain Screen to empower his spear strike, killing Song Yulan and severely injuring Ji Ding while also disabling Zhao Wumian.
• When Thunder Fire Pearls flew toward Qian Xin, Shao Yang shielded her with his body, and the blast shattered his Spiritual Qi Shield and wounded him.

Shao Yang, Qian Xin, and Jun Ziyi fought off the Thunder Fire Sect group while Lu Feng watched from the shadows, testing their resolve. After Qian Xin killed Zhao Wumian with her array and Apricot Blossom Rain unleashed a swarm of venomous insects, Qian Xin trapped her group inside the Swamp Earth Cage, leaving the Thunder Fire Sect disciples exposed.

• Apricot Blossom Rain split the group’s formation, while Zhao Wumian and Gu Wuyan attacked Qian Xin and the Thunder Fire Sect disciples surrounded Shao Yang.
• Shao Yang stayed to protect Qian Xin and Jun Ziyi, and Lu Feng secretly shielded him from Ji Ding’s dagger; Shao Yang then killed Ji Ding with his spear.
• Qian Xin unleashed the Nine Turns White Banners Array, blasting Zhao Wumian in half, while Jun Ziyi wounded Apricot Blossom Rain.
• Apricot Blossom Rain and Gu Wuyan fled after releasing Living Creature Pouches filled with aggressive, venomous insects.
• Qian Xin used the high-grade array Swamp Earth Cage to shield herself, Shao Yang, and Jun Ziyi from the swarm, while the Thunder Fire Sect disciples remained outside.