Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng brought Ruo Shui to register for the Spirit Prison and encouraged her to begin cultivation, while Tang Yuan worried about whether they could protect her. After receiving her Prison Token, the three entered the Spirit Prison’s hidden mountain passage and began crossing Eastern Origin Mountain as a storm gathered.

• Lu Feng reassured Ruo Shui that she was no worse than anyone else, gave her an annotated copy of the Grand Ancestor Profound Scripture, and told her to ask him about anything she did not understand.
• As Ruo Shui packed overnight, Tang Yuan asked Lu Feng whether bringing her along was the right choice, and Lu Feng urged them to focus on growing stronger and doing what they could in the present.
• Lu Feng brought Ruo Shui to the Spirit Prison on its final registration day, then helped guide her spiritual energy so she could receive her Prison Token.
• Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Ruo Shui passed through the concealed mountain gate and rested during their trek when Ruo Shui became exhausted.
• The group reached the foot of Eastern Origin Mountain, and rain began falling as dark clouds gathered.

Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Ruo Shui reached Eastern Origin Spirit Prison after running through a sudden rainstorm, where Lu Feng discovered that Ruo Shui had unexpectedly advanced to the Two Soul Realm. They registered and changed into prison uniforms, and Ruo Shui emerged embarrassed by how prominently her figure showed, hiding behind Lu Feng.

• Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Ruo Shui crossed Eastern Origin Mountain in the rain and reached the entrance to Eastern Origin Spirit Prison after the storm abruptly stopped.
• Lu Feng examined Ruo Shui and found that she had advanced to the Two Soul Realm, though she did not understand how it had happened.
• Lu Feng and Ruo Shui registered their prison badges and collected Spirit Prison uniforms, then Ruo Shui reluctantly entered the women's washing room alone.
• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan changed into their uniforms and drew admiring glances from passing disciples.
• Ruo Shui emerged in her uniform, and Lu Feng realized she had clutched her old clothes to conceal her figure before she hurried behind him in embarrassment.

Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Ruo Shui attended the Eastern Origin Spirit Prison’s opening ceremony, learned its rules, and chose a cultivation group alongside Ye Fan. A young man surrounded them and demanded that they obey him, prompting an icy challenge from someone nearby.

• Tang Yuan suggested that Ruo Shui focus on one person to overcome her fear of crowds, and she nervously fixed her gaze on Lu Feng.
• Heaven's Wrath, Thunder Fire, and Spirit Void Sword Saint welcomed the new disciples, explained the seven-year program, and distributed jade slips with the prison’s rules.
• Lu Feng decided not to seek a particular instructor, explaining that he could guide Ruo Shui and that ordinary instructors might not suit Tang Yuan’s unusual cultivation path.
• Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Ruo Shui met Ye Fan, who said he had dealt with the enemies that kept him from associating with them in Tian Yuan City.
• The four chose the group beneath them, and an arrogant young man arrived with several dozen followers and demanded that they obey him as their leader.
• An unseen speaker answered the young man, asking, “You think you deserve it?”

Lu Feng's group received their instructor and began traveling to their assigned academy pillar, while Yang Wu used his status and influence to curry favor with Mo Decong. The group reached the academy district, where Mo Decong hinted that Yang Wu might become his assistant after formal study began.

• Ye Fan intimidated Yang Wu with his Core Formation Realm aura, forcing Yang Wu and his companions to withdraw from the confrontation.
• A beautiful instructor approached, but she went to another group, and Mo Decong arrived to lead Lu Feng's group instead.
• Mo Decong rebuked Ye Fan for his remark about his baldness, then counted seventy-eight students in the group.
• Mo Decong told Yang Wu to organize the line, and Yang Wu placed Lu Feng, Ye Fan, Tang Yuan, and Ruo Shui at the very end.
• Mo Decong led the group toward Spirit Pillar 715 in the seventh section, while Yang Wu ingratiated himself with him and asked about becoming the group's leader.
• Mo Decong told Yang Wu he might become the instructor's assistant if no more suitable candidate appeared after formal study began.

Lu Feng and the other newcomers entered the Spirit Learning Hall, where Mo Decong explained their lessons, the Spirit Prison’s cultivation facilities, and ways to earn Spirit Merit. The chapter ended with Ye Fan learning that Lu Feng’s soul pill had shattered and discussing dangerous alternatives, while Lu Feng remained intent on finding a way to condense it again.

• Mo Decong led the newcomers into the Spirit Learning Hall and explained that their studies would include instructors’ lectures and independent cultivation.
• Yang Wu asked about the instructors and cultivation facilities, and Mo Decong introduced the Three Institutes, Six Halls, and the cost of using them in Spirit Merit.
• Lu Feng told Ye Fan that entry to the Taixu Secret Realm required one hundred thousand Spirit Merit and explained its connection to the Battle Realm.
• Mo Decong described ways to earn Spirit Merit, while Lu Feng explained that newcomers had to wait three months before taking outside missions and that he planned to recover his strength.
• Ye Fan learned that Lu Feng’s shattered soul pill made secondary condensation uncertain and described a dangerous pill-replacement technique; Ruo Shui grew worried as Lu Feng rejected that path.

Lu Feng and his companions settled into Group 715’s Spirit Residence and chose outer-ring houses after he spotted a way to use the small world’s formation to gather Spiritual Qi. The chapter left them preparing to connect their residences to the formation while Yang Wu and Yang Lan secretly plotted to attack them with Soul Destruction Pills.

• Mo Decong led Group 715 to the Spirit Residence District, explained the rules for choosing private houses, and told the students to return to the academy at dawn.
• Yang Lan challenged Lu Feng’s group, but Yang Wu told him to stand down because Ye Fan had Core Formation Realm strength.
• Yang Lan proposed secretly using Soul Destruction Pills against Lu Feng’s group, and Yang Wu agreed.
• Lu Feng and his companions entered the Spirit Residence Space and chose houses in the Outer Circle instead of rushing for the denser Spiritual Qi near the center.
• Lu Feng explained that the outer houses sat at formation forks and that he planned to use Hook Ropes to connect them to the small world’s circulating Spiritual Qi.

Lu Feng skipped academy lectures to study array battles at the Book Sea and strengthened the spiritual qi in his companions’ rooms with a formation. After spending the day reading, he left with more practical knowledge, while a curious young woman sat down to study beside him.

• Lu Feng told Tang Yuan, Ye Fan, and Ruo Shui that he would skip class to visit the Book Sea, and he urged Ruo Shui to attend her lectures.
• Lu Feng inscribed jade stones to increase the spiritual qi in his room and linked the formation to Ruo Shui’s and the others’ rooms.
• After cultivating overnight, Lu Feng reached the sixth realm of Spirit Gathering by focusing on refining his spiritual qi, then went to the Book Sea alone.
• Lu Feng registered to read array formation books and spent hours studying accounts of past array battles.
• A young woman challenged the value of theoretical reading, so Lu Feng gave her a book on combining and fusing array patterns.
• The woman watched Lu Feng read through a waist-high stack of books, then sat beside him and read on her own.

Lu Feng borrowed books on beasts and the Eastern Origin region, then discussed Ye Fan’s search for the Medicine Cauldrons before heading to the Formation Hall. There he reunited with Su Qing'er and Chai Tong, who warned him that Qu Jiaojiao was also there.

• Lu Feng identified a woman’s incomplete diagram as the Mystic Sound Pattern, then borrowed five books from the Book Sea.
• Lu Feng and his companions ate at the Spirit Food Hall, where Ye Fan said he would visit the Medicine Hall instead of attending class.
• Lu Feng gave Tang Yuan four books about beasts and urged him to consider what beast core he wanted next.
• Lu Feng encouraged Ye Fan to seek clues to the remaining Medicine Cauldrons, and Ye Fan entered the Medicine Hall while Lu Feng continued alone.
• Lu Feng encountered Chai Tong and Su Qing'er near the Formation Hall, and Su Qing'er warned him that Qu Jiaojiao was there.

Lu Feng visited the Formation Hall and learned about the formidable Mysterious Gate Array, but it was closed until midmonth. Qiao Mumu, who had sought him out because of his knowledge of the Eight Sound Pattern, brought him to meet her grandfather, Deputy Qiao Xuan.

• Chai Tong mocked Lu Feng's chances of winning his wager with Su Qing'er, while Su Qing'er watched him leave with concern.
• Lu Feng asked about the Mysterious Gate Array and learned that no one had cleared it; Gu Wuyan then mocked him for wanting to try it.
• Qiao Mumu rebuked Gu Wuyan, then surprised the onlookers by telling Lu Feng she had come especially to find him.
• Lu Feng asked to enter the Mysterious Gate Array, but Qiao Mumu explained that it opened only once in the middle of each month.
• Qiao Mumu told Lu Feng that her grandfather wanted to meet him because he had recognized the rare Eight Sound Pattern, then led him to Deputy Qiao Xuan's courtyard.
• Qiao Xuan greeted Lu Feng and teased Qiao Mumu by calling him the bookworm who knew the Eight Sound Pattern.

Lu Feng identified a mistake in Qiao Xuan’s Eight Sound Pattern sketches and agreed to restore them in exchange for materials, a Source Stone, and temporary use of Qiao Xuan’s powerful Spirit Gathering Array. Qiao Xuan agreed to prepare what Lu Feng requested, and Lu Feng promised to return in three days to restore the Mystic Sound Pattern.

• Lu Feng recognized the damaged diagram as an Illusion Sound Array sketch and pointed out that one section belonged to the Overtone Array.
• Qiao Xuan explained that he had spent years unable to restore sketches of all eight Sound Patterns, and Lu Feng admitted he knew some restoration methods.
• Lu Feng told Qiao Xuan to provide materials rather than assist, then requested jade zithers, musically skilled Formation Masters, rare stones, and three Low-Grade Source Stones as payment.
• When Qiao Xuan balked at giving up three Source Stones, Lu Feng asked for one Source Stone and permission to use the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array.
• Qiao Xuan agreed to provide the materials and Source Stone in three days and let Lu Feng use the array, and Lu Feng promised to return to restore the Mystic Sound Pattern.

After Ruo Shui was harassed by Jia Tingxi, Lu Feng declared war and arranged challenges against Jia Tingxi and Xiang Tianming. He then went to repair the Mystic Sound Pattern at Qiao Xuan's courtyard, where Qu Jiaojiao accused him of stealing the Qu Estate's Star Evolution Art.

• Tang Yuan told Lu Feng that Jia Tingxi had verbally harassed Ruo Shui, and Lu Feng decided to declare war rather than let their group be bullied.
• Lu Feng's group submitted Challenge Letters: Tang Yuan challenged Jia Tingxi, while Ye Fan challenged Xiang Tianming; the Battle Soul Arena scheduled Tang Yuan's fight for seven days later and postponed Ye Fan's challenge because Xiang Tianming was in seclusion.
• Lu Feng noticed that the Contract Pattern linked to Jiang Ruoyun had grown more solid, reassuring him that she was safe, then spent three days studying in the Book Sea.
• Lu Feng arrived at Qiao Xuan's courtyard to repair the Mystic Sound Pattern and found ancient jade zithers and the requested array materials waiting for him.
• Qu Jiaojiao attacked Lu Feng with six jade daggers, but he deflected them with five Jade Shards and told her that the Qu Estate was not the only one with the Star Evolution Art.

Lu Feng prepared to repair the Mystic Sound Pattern by engraving a Jade Zither and having musicians perform contrasting melodies, while he cultivated inside the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array to reach the strength he needed. As Lu Feng pushed toward the final star particles, Qu Jiaojiao and Qiao Mumu successfully performed together, and Su Qing'er proposed that she and Qiao Mumu try an ensemble next.

• Lu Feng said he could repair the Mystic Sound Pattern, and Qiao Mumu dismissed most of the women she had brought, leaving Su Qing'er and Qu Jiaojiao.
• Lu Feng entered the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array with a source stone and endured its surging spiritual energy as he advanced to the Seven Souls Realm and condensed six star particles for his final soul.
• Qu Jiaojiao and Su Qing'er repeatedly failed to keep their contrasting melodies coordinated, so Qiao Mumu took Su Qing'er's place.
• Qu Jiaojiao and Qiao Mumu completed their first ensemble successfully, and Qiao Mumu explained that Qu Jiaojiao and Su Qing'er had been competing through their music.
• Su Qing'er asked Qiao Mumu to perform an ensemble with her, and Qiao Mumu agreed.

Lu Feng reached the quasi-Chakra Realm, deciphered and restored the Mystic Sound Pattern, then taught Su Qing'er and Qiao Mumu how to use it. Their first attempt ended in an uncontrolled blast that brought Qiao Xuan, Si Kongxiu, and Thunder Fire to the courtyard.

• Lu Feng completed his seven soul spirit gatherings, reached the quasi-Chakra Realm, and began engraving the incomplete Mystic Sound Pattern onto jade zithers.
• After ruining several zithers, Lu Feng realized the pattern's latter half was reversed and used its mirrored sections to engrave the pattern successfully.
• Lu Feng finished engraving the jade zithers and explained to Su Qing'er, Qiao Mumu, and Qu Jiaojiao how to form an array through Spirit Infusion and Vein Connection.
• Su Qing'er and Qiao Mumu began their first attempt, completed Spirit Infusion and connections within their own zithers, then tried to link the two instruments together.
• Su Qing'er and Qiao Mumu lost control of their zithers, which exploded and blasted holes through the courtyard wall.
• Qiao Xuan, Si Kongxiu, and Thunder Fire arrived after hearing the explosions.

Lu Feng restored the Mystic Sound Pattern, impressing Qiao Xuan and Si Kongxiu, though their attempt to form its array failed with destructive force. Qiao Xuan asked Lu Feng to restore the remaining seven patterns, but Lu Feng explained that the work could take years and that he lacked the time to stay.

• Qiao Xuan and Si Kongxiu confirmed that Lu Feng had restored the Mystic Sound Pattern, and Thunder Fire left after warning the group.
• Qiao Xuan and Si Kongxiu tried forming the Mystic Sound Formation together, but it failed and blasted a wooden figure into powder.
• Qiao Xuan praised Lu Feng and asked whether he could restore the other seven Eight Sound Patterns.
• Lu Feng said the remaining patterns could take years to restore and explained that he could not remain there indefinitely.
• Qiao Mumu suggested Lu Feng teach them the restoration methods, but Lu Feng said he did not know them and had restored the pattern by chance.

Lu Feng accepted three Eight Sound Pattern drafts from Qiao Xuan and spent the next six days studying arrays and stabilizing his cultivation. On the day Tang Yuan was due to fight Jia Tingxi, Lu Feng hurried to the Mysterious Gate Array to rescue Su Qing'er, while Chai Tong entered after him.

• Qiao Xuan gave Lu Feng three Eight Sound Pattern drafts to restore within a year, and told him the Mysterious Gate Array would open in ten days.
• Su Qing'er asked Lu Feng for array guidance, and over the next six days he studied, worked on the drafts, and condensed his first chakra.
• Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, Ye Fan, and Ruo Shui arrived at the Battle Soul Arena for Tang Yuan's scheduled fight with Jia Tingxi.
• Qiao Mumu told Lu Feng that Su Qing'er had entered the Mysterious Gate Array to challenge Chai Tong's record, and Lu Feng left to save her.
• Chai Tong hesitated to enter because of the rules, but after Lu Feng went in, he declared that he would rescue Su Qing'er and entered the array.

Lu Feng raced through the Mysterious Gate Array and reached the Twenty-Fifth Array, where Su Qing'er was trapped in a deadly illusion. After breaking through a false rock wall, he found her cornered by three black-robed figures.

• Qiao Mumu stopped Qu Jiaojiao from entering the Mysterious Gate Array and explained that Lu Feng and Chai Tong had already gone in.
• Lu Feng swiftly broke through the early arrays while Chai Tong lagged behind, and he eventually sensed Su Qing'er in the Twenty-Fifth Array.
• Lu Feng entered the Twenty-Fifth Array after Su Qing'er's weakening aura made him fear she was in danger.
• Lu Feng navigated the illusion's freezing valley and used his Void Spirit Engraving Knife to dispel a false rock wall.
• Lu Feng followed the footsteps through the newly revealed passage and found Su Qing'er wounded and pleading with three black-robed figures to stay away.

Lu Feng and Su Qing'er fought three Core Formation skeletons inside a deadly array, and Lu Feng defeated them with the Blood Demon's skeleton from the Ancient Desolation Altar. Carrying the unconscious Su Qing'er deeper into the cave as the cold worsened, Lu Feng found no way out and used a Warm Sun Array to buy time to recover.

• Lu Feng shielded Su Qing'er from three skeletons and summoned the Blood Demon's skeleton from the Ancient Desolation Altar to hold them off while she fled.
• Su Qing'er turned back to help Lu Feng, and both were struck when the skeletons exploited his distraction.
• Lu Feng's blood caused the Blood Demon's skeleton to grow stronger, and it destroyed the three attackers before returning to the altar.
• Lu Feng found Su Qing'er unconscious, treated her dislocated shoulder, and carried her deeper into the cave after realizing the array was a deadly fifth-grade formation.
• As the cave grew colder and Lu Feng failed to find the Array Gate, he set up a Warm Sun Array with his warm jade so they could recover.

Lu Feng rescued Su Qing'er from the Twenty-Fifth Array after discovering the hidden exit, and they emerged from the Mysterious Gate Array alive. Su Qing'er woke up worried about Lu Feng and admitted that he had saved her.

• Chai Tong gave up in the Twenty-Fourth Array, emerged alone, and falsely claimed he had found no trace of Su Qing'er.
• The Warm Sun Array collapsed, leaving Lu Feng and Su Qing'er close to freezing to death.
• A voice from Jiang Ruoyun's silhouette gave Lu Feng strength, and he spotted and destroyed the illusory mountain wall hiding the exit.
• Lu Feng carried the unconscious Su Qing'er through the Stone Gate and handed her to Qiao Mumu, while Ruo Shui wept with relief.
• Su Qing'er woke, asked if Lu Feng was safe, and learned he had left to see his friend; she told Qiao Mumu and Qu Jiaojiao that Lu Feng had saved her in the Twenty-Fifth Array.

Su Qing'er explained that Lu Feng had rescued her from the Twenty-Fifth Array, while Chai Tong defended himself by saying he had left through the Mysterious Gate Array before reaching it. Lu Feng was sentenced to seven days of confinement at Black Ice Cliff and a fine, and Ruo Shui tearfully wanted to go with him.

• Qu Jiaojiao questioned Chai Tong about why he had not saved Su Qing'er, and Chai Tong explained that he had exited after the Twenty-Third Array without knowing she was in danger.
• Qiao Mumu told Su Qing'er that trespassing into the Mysterious Gate Array could bring confinement and a fine, and promised to ask for leniency for Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng learned that Tang Yuan had defeated Jia Tingxi and earned the ninety-seventh place on the Eastern Origin Rankings.
• Ye Fan warned Lu Feng and Tang Yuan to be wary of Yang Wu and Yang Lan, while Lu Feng accepted pills to prepare for his confinement.
• Mo Decong informed Lu Feng that he had received seven days at Black Ice Cliff and a fine of five thousand Spirit Merit, and ordered him to report the next morning.
• Ruo Shui cried and gestured that she wanted to accompany Lu Feng to Black Ice Cliff, but Lu Feng knew the cold there would be too dangerous for her.

Lu Feng and Su Qing'er entered Black Ice Cliff to serve their confinement, where the Black Ice Cold Qi invaded their bodies through shackles and threatened to freeze their spiritual energy. Lu Feng found a way to slow the invasion and expel the cold qi bit by bit, but Su Qing'er revealed her sentence lasted thirty days, leaving him wondering how prisoners endured longer terms.

• Lu Feng learned that Chai Tong had used Spirit Merit to offset his confinement, while Su Qing'er could not offset her sentence.
• A prison disciple shackled Lu Feng and Su Qing'er, explained the rules, and warned them to remain on Black Ice Cliff's lowest level.
• Lu Feng and Su Qing'er entered the cliff and discovered that resisting the invading cold qi made it enter faster, so Lu Feng told Su Qing'er to relax and withdraw her spiritual energy.
• Lu Feng realized they would need to expel the cold qi strand by strand to survive, and showed Su Qing'er how to force it out through her palm.
• Su Qing'er said her confinement lasted thirty days, and Lu Feng asked how prisoners with terms longer than fifteen days had endured them.