Chapter Summaries

Zhang Bufan held a badge design contest to give Bufan Academy a distinctive emblem, but after the leaders disagreed over the students’ submissions, he revealed his own design: a panda. He defended the cute badge as a symbol of hidden strength, leaving the others to consider the idea.

• Zhang Bufan announced a badge design contest, offering the winner a day of personal guidance and a mysterious reward.
• Students submitted more than a hundred designs, and Zhang Bufan, Huo Wu, Long Aotian, Yue Ling'er, and Li Qingfeng reviewed them three days later.
• The academy leaders argued over their favorite designs, including a phoenix, a bear, a tranquil lake, and mathematical runes.
• Zhang Bufan revealed his own badge design, a simple panda head, stunning the others.
• Zhang Bufan claimed the panda represented the Iron-eating Beast and Bufan Academy’s hidden power, while Li Qingfeng praised its supposed deeper meaning and Huo Wu warned that people might only find it cute.
• Zhang Bufan insisted that anyone who tried to hug the badge would discover the terror of the Iron-eating Beast.

Zhang Bufan persuaded Bufan Academy’s leaders to adopt his panda design as its official emblem, naming it Panda Ding Ding. After Long Aotian commissioned and unveiled the finished badges, the students gradually embraced the emblem and felt a new sense of academy pride.

• Zhang Bufan overruled Huo Wu’s objections and convinced Long Aotian, Yue Ling'er, and Li Qingfeng that a cute panda emblem would make the academy’s strength more surprising.
• Zhang Bufan named the design Panda Ding Ding and held a vote, which Huo Wu reluctantly joined, making the emblem’s adoption unanimous.
• Zhang Bufan ordered Long Aotian to commission metal emblem samples, and news of the dean’s choice spread through the academy.
• Long Aotian unveiled Panda Ding Ding to the students and teachers in the main square, declaring it Bufan Academy’s emblem.
• The students examined the badges, found the panda increasingly appealing, and began to feel a stronger sense of pride and belonging.

Zhang Bufan proposed black uniforms covered in elaborate Panda Ding Ding embroidery, but Huo Wu and the others rejected his design. They finalized a practical black-and-silver uniform with a small chest emblem and sent Long Aotian to arrange samples.

• Zhang Bufan proposed black soul beast leather uniforms decorated with pandas across the chest, back, sleeves, and pants.
• Huo Wu, Long Aotian, Yue Ling'er, and Li Qingfeng unanimously objected to Zhang Bufan's design and rejected his attempts to reduce the embroidery.
• Huo Wu led the group in settling on practical black uniforms with silver trim, a small Panda Ding Ding emblem, and protective, breathable fabric.
• Huo Wu ordered Long Aotian to take the finished design to a tailoring team and arrange the first samples.

Bufan Academy distributed its first official uniforms, and the students grew proud of their coordinated black outfits with silver cloud patterns and Panda Ding Ding emblems. Zhang Bufan admired the result as the uniforms strengthened the academy’s sense of unity.

• Long Aotian arranged for the first batch of uniforms to be distributed to students at stations in the main square.
• The students opened their boxes and admired the durable black fabric, silver cloud-pattern trim, and chest emblems.
• Shi Tie, Leng Ning, and Xinghui tested or examined the uniforms and praised their features.
• Long Aotian urged the newly uniformed students to stand proudly, while Yue Ling'er helped younger students adjust their collars and Li Qingfeng praised the uniforms.
• Huo Wu watched the students with pride, and Zhang Bufan admired their appearance and called them national-treasure-level talents.

Li Qingfeng introduced Zhang Bufan’s scientific framework for understanding Soul Power, Soul Skills, and Soul Rings to Bufan Academy’s students. Zhang Bufan urged them to master the principles behind Martial Souls and create new rules, leaving the class eager to learn more.

• Li Qingfeng began a new course, defining Soul Power as a form of energy governed by laws such as conservation of energy.
• Li Qingfeng described Soul Skills as energy-output formulas and explained that Soul Rings amplify energy and stabilize the rules governing its use.
• The students questioned and debated the unfamiliar theory as Li Qingfeng explained how Soul Rings strengthen Soul Masters and make powerful skills safer to control.
• Zhang Bufan arrived, endorsed the lesson, and urged the students to see Martial Souls as instruments, Soul Power as their energy, Soul Skills as manuals, and Soul Rings as upgrade components.
• Zhang Bufan promised that understanding these principles could let students optimize or create Soul Skills and break established limits, leaving them excited about the course.

During a practical class, Li Qingfeng guided Xinghui to apply Energy Control and Output Nodes to Star Pattern Enhancement, proving that a Soul Skill could become stronger while using less Soul Power. The students eagerly began experimenting with their own skills as Zhang Bufan watched, pleased that his new teachings had taken root.

• Li Qingfeng asked Xinghui to cast Star Pattern Enhancement on Shi Tie and prompted him to reconsider how he allocated Soul Power.
• Xinghui adjusted his output at key nodes and strengthened Shi Tie’s enhancement, whose power increased from about thirty percent to forty percent while Soul Power use fell by about five percent.
• The students reacted with excitement and began trying to optimize their own Soul Skills, though some failed and one student crashed into the Soul Tool barrier.
• Li Qingfeng guided the students as Long Aotian acknowledged that the method worked, while Zhang Bufan watched from a tree with satisfaction.

Shi Tie despaired when he could not apply Zhang Bufan's Energy Nodes theory, but Zhang Bufan showed him that his strength and physique suited a different path: Body Cultivation. Shi Tie embraced the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Art and prepared to begin intensive training.

• Shi Tie failed to control the Energy Nodes in his [Heavy Fist] and worried that his low Soul Power made him unsuited to Bufan Academy.
• Zhang Bufan encouraged Shi Tie by explaining that his path was Body Cultivation and that his Shadow Leopard Martial Soul gave him a strong foundation for body refining.
• Shi Tie asked Zhang Bufan to teach him, and Zhang Bufan assigned Long Aotian to oversee his basic physical and resistance training.
• Zhang Bufan promised to teach Shi Tie the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Art and arranged unlimited meat to support his demanding cultivation.
• Shi Tie renewed his resolve and looked toward Long Aotian, ready to begin his training.

Leng Ning applied Zhang Bufan’s lessons on Energy Control and Attribute Essence to her Ice Crystal Martial Soul and achieved a breakthrough in temperature control. After Huo Wu and Yue Ling'er noticed her changed aura, Leng Ning shared what she had discovered, leaving them impressed and looking ahead to the academy’s rising students.

• Leng Ning went to a secluded lake after class and tried to understand the essence of her Ice Crystal Martial Soul rather than simply reshaping it.
• Remembering Li Qingfeng’s guidance about key nodes and precise energy distribution, Leng Ning focused her Soul Power on an ice crystal’s core and attempted to control its temperature.
• Leng Ning formed a dark-blue crystal that released intense cold, frosting the lakeside and marking her first breakthrough into temperature control.
• Huo Wu and Yue Ling'er arrived and noticed Leng Ning’s unusually cold aura; Leng Ning told them she had tried controlling temperature.
• Huo Wu praised Leng Ning’s breakthrough and credited Zhang Bufan’s guidance as the three girls shared a moment of camaraderie beside the lake.

Leng Ning’s breakthrough and the students’ improved Soul Power control convinced Bufan Academy’s teachers and students that Zhang Bufan’s theories worked. Zhang Bufan then scheduled the academy’s first practical combat class for the next morning in Soul Hunting Forest.

• News of Leng Ning’s natural temperature control spread through the students, inspiring them to consider developing the essence of their own Martial Souls.
• Li Qingfeng and the teachers embraced Zhang Bufan’s theories after seeing Leng Ning’s progress and the students’ improved Soul Power efficiency.
• Students practiced sensing their Martial Souls’ energy pathways and optimizing Soul Skills, while Shi Tie advanced his body training and Yue Ling'er supported them.
• Zhang Bufan discussed the academy’s changes with Huo Wu, who told him that her father had asked about Bufan Academy’s training method.
• Zhang Bufan announced that the practical combat class would begin the next morning in Soul Hunting Forest.

Bufan Academy set out for field training in the Soul Hunting Forest after Zhang Bufan outlined the dangers and promised to handle any Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast himself. The students reached a camp outside the forest and prepared to enter at dawn.

• Long Aotian and the teachers checked the students’ gear and explained the training arrangements, while Zhang Bufan said students would face Hundred-Year Soul Beasts themselves and teachers would handle Thousand-Year ones.
• Zhang Bufan declared that he would catch any Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast they encountered and use it as a sparring partner, easing the students’ nerves with his confidence.
• The Bufan Academy convoy left Nine Dragon City, and Leng Ning, Xinghui, and Shi Tie discussed how they would use their improved skills in battle.
• After a day of travel, the group reached a supply camp near the Soul Hunting Forest, where Zhang Bufan told everyone to rest before entering the forest the next morning.

Bufan Academy’s students entered the Soul Hunting Forest and fought their first hundred-year soul beasts under their teachers’ supervision. Shi Tie’s team defeated a pack of Nether Wolves, while the students’ victories raised their confidence before a sudden change disrupted the hunt.

• Long Aotian assigned the students to teams and reviewed their formation and safety rules before they entered the forest.
• Leng Ning detected five Nether Wolves, and Shi Tie’s team used Xinghui’s support, Leng Ning’s control, and Monkey’s attacks to fight them.
• Teacher Wang advised Shi Tie’s team, helping Monkey exploit an injured wolf and the group defeat all five Nether Wolves.
• Teacher Wang praised the team’s coordination, while other student teams fought soul beasts and Long Aotian guided or rescued them.
• Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu watched the students from near camp as their morale rose, then a sudden change erupted in the forest.

A two-thousand-year Cave Spider Demon overwhelmed a student team, and the teachers struggled to intervene. As Long Aotian prepared to save the students, Zhang Bufan stopped him and announced he would demonstrate how to handle the beast.

• A nearby team’s screams drew Shi Tie, Teacher Wang, and other students and teachers to the scene.
• They found two students down and three trapped by a Cave Spider Demon with at least two thousand years of cultivation.
• The surviving students’ attacks barely affected the demon, and it knocked the Agile Attack Department student aside.
• The Cave Spider Demon attacked the Support Department student while venom forced an approaching Soul Emperor teacher to defend himself.
• Long Aotian revealed his nine Soul Rings and rushed to intervene, but Zhang Bufan restrained him.
• Zhang Bufan said he would conduct a teaching demonstration against the Cave Spider Demon.

Zhang Bufan stopped Long Aotian from rushing to save the students and intervened in the Cave Spider Demon's attack, effortlessly terrifying and immobilizing the beast. He left the teachers and students to treat the wounded and study the spider as a teaching tool for their final exam.

• Zhang Bufan restrained Long Aotian just as the Titled Douluo prepared to fight the Cave Spider Demon.
• Zhang Bufan crossed the battlefield and protected the fallen Support Department student, making the Cave Spider Demon recoil in terror.
• Zhang Bufan snapped his fingers and froze the Cave Spider Demon in place without summoning his Martial Soul or Soul Rings.
• Zhang Bufan told the teachers and students to treat the wounded and examine the immobilized spider, warning them it would be on the final exam.

Zhang Bufan saved the students from the Cave Spider Demon with a single snap, leaving them awestruck by his strength. After the injured were treated and the spider was designated for research, he warned the students to stay alert in the Soul Beast Forest.

• Zhang Bufan effortlessly immobilized the Cave Spider Demon, and the surviving students erupted in worship and praise.
• Shi Tie swore to follow Zhang Bufan’s example and grow strong enough to protect his companions and academy.
• Long Aotian thanked Zhang Bufan for saving everyone and admitted that his strength kept exceeding expectations.
• Yue Ling'er and the healing teachers saved the two critically injured students, who needed immediate treatment back at the academy.
• Zhang Bufan ordered Long Aotian to have Li Qingfeng dismantle the Cave Spider Demon for research, taking care not to rupture its venom sac.
• Zhang Bufan ended the teaching demonstration and reminded the students to stay vigilant and think clearly when facing danger.

After Zhang Bufan rescued the students from a Cave Spider Demon, the battered group returned to Bufan Academy with new respect for his strength and a renewed resolve to grow stronger. The injured students were taken for treatment, while Zhang Bufan left the aftermath to Huo Wu and went to rest.

• The students and teachers traveled back from Soul Hunting Forest, reflecting on the attack and praising Zhang Bufan for saving them from the Cave Spider Demon.
• Zhang Bufan ordered Long Aotian to prepare a report on the field exercise, then told the students to remember the danger and grow strong enough to protect others.
• Zhang Bufan promised rewards based on each student's contribution, lifting the group's spirits as they speculated about his level of power.
• At the academy gates, Huo Wu questioned Long Aotian and the teachers about the severe injuries, while Zhang Bufan urged her to arrange treatment first.
• Huo Wu and Yue Ling'er sent the injured students to the medical room, and the remaining students were dismissed to rest before a day of recovery and debriefing.
• Zhang Bufan left the follow-up work to Huo Wu and returned to rest, while she managed the academy's response.

Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu met with Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong after the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect took interest in Bufan Academy. Ning Fengzhi warned that the academy’s rapid growth had attracted dangerous attention and asked whether Zhang would seek reliable allies.

• Long Aotian and Li Qingfeng reported on the Soul Hunting Forest incident, and Zhang Bufan ordered improvements, praise for the students who fought well, and medical support for the injured.
• A teacher informed Zhang Bufan and Huo Wu that Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong had arrived, and the two went to meet them.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong inspected Bufan Academy’s reception room and assessed Zhang Bufan, while Zhang and Huo Wu exchanged polite greetings with them.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the academy’s Martial Soul theories and Soul Tools, and Zhang brushed off their significance while joking about the Cave Spider Demon’s ambush.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Zhang that powerful forces had noticed the academy and asked whether he would consider finding reliable allies.

Zhang Bufan accepted Gu Rong’s challenge and effortlessly overpowered his attacks without using his Martial Soul. Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong left the demonstration convinced that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had to befriend him.

• Zhang Bufan challenged Gu Rong to a friendly spar after Ning Fengzhi probed whether he would become an ally.
• Zhang Bufan transported himself, Huo Wu, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong to the training ground, astonishing Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi with his control over space.
• Gu Rong activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Zhang Bufan with a punch, but Zhang Bufan stopped it with one finger and neutralized its force.
• Gu Rong trapped Zhang Bufan in Spatial Bone Prison, but Zhang Bufan used the Kan Cauldron’s Stillness Art to freeze the attack and then dispel it.
• Gu Rong admitted that his Power of Space was insignificant beside Zhang Bufan’s, and Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong resolved to befriend him at any cost.

Ning Fengzhi offered to fund Bufan Academy in exchange for Zhang Bufan’s Martial Soul theories, but Zhang refused to share the academy’s core knowledge and proposed a Soul Tool partnership instead. Ning Fengzhi was captivated by a custom armguard design and admitted he could not refuse Zhang’s offer.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed funding Bufan Academy and sharing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s networks in exchange for Zhang Bufan’s theories about Martial Souls.
• Zhang Bufan agreed to funding and student exchanges but insisted that the academy remain independent and that its fundamental theories stay within the academy.
• Zhang Bufan showed Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong a blueprint for a Seven Treasure Amplifying Armguard designed to strengthen the sect’s support abilities.
• Zhang Bufan proposed making the sect a strategic partner, with funding and graduate recruitment rights in exchange for custom Soul Tools.
• Ning Fengzhi weighed the conditions against the armguard’s potential and told Zhang Bufan that he had given him a choice he could not refuse.

Ning Fengzhi agreed to a formal alliance between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Bufan Academy after Zhang Bufan demonstrated a Soul Tool blueprint. The sect’s promised support gave the academy a stronger foothold, and Zhang Bufan set preparations for its expansion in motion.

• Ning Fengzhi accepted Zhang Bufan’s terms, forming a strategic alliance and promising resources, funds, manpower, and priority recruitment opportunities for graduates.
• Ning Fengzhi said the first batch of support would arrive within three days, then left with Gu Rong under Yue Ling'er and Long Aotian’s escort.
• Huo Wu relaxed after the negotiations and asked Zhang Bufan about the Soul Tool blueprint; he explained how the armguard could boost the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s support abilities.
• Long Aotian and Yue Ling'er returned, and Zhang Bufan ordered a celebratory meal and told them to prepare the academy for expansion.

Ning Fengzhi sent Bufan Academy a major investment and draft cooperation terms, prompting Zhang Bufan to plan the academy’s expansion while Huo Wu cautioned him about relying on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Zhang Bufan affirmed that he would make the academy indispensable, then turned to planning more comfortable facilities for himself and his companions.

• A Soul Douluo elder from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect delivered chests of Gold Soul Coins, construction materials, Ning Fengzhi’s letter, and draft cooperation terms to Zhang Bufan.
• Zhang Bufan gave the draft terms to Li Qingfeng and showed Huo Wu the cleared land where he planned to build a research center, training grounds, and library.
• Huo Wu warned Zhang Bufan that deep ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could bring risks, but Zhang Bufan said the academy needed to become valuable enough that other powers would depend on it.
• Huo Wu told Zhang Bufan she believed in him, and he shifted to planning a wave-pool bath for Bufan Residence and a larger herb garden for Ling'er.