Chapter Summaries

Liu Feng explored Plant Academy's vast training ground and observed students practicing combat, physical conditioning, and weapon skills. He began cultivating with the Primordial Chaos Art and Xing Yi forms, drawing in Heaven and Earth Energy through the Heart of Banyan Wood as he sank into deep concentration.

• Liu Feng followed his classmates to the training ground and saw students battle on sturdy Rings and practice a range of physical and Soul Power exercises.
• Liu Feng visited the weapon practice area and watched a level-forty Soul Ancestor use a Vine Martial Soul and whip techniques in combat.
• Liu Feng chose an open spot and began circulating the Primordial Chaos Art while practicing the Xing Yi Twelve Forms.
• Liu Feng's Heart of Banyan Wood gathered Heaven and Earth Energy, converting most of it into Bloodline Power and some into Soul Power.
• Liu Feng continued cultivating, sensing the wind and sunlight as he became fully immersed in his training.

Liu Feng trained through the morning, ate lunch in the academy cafeteria, and told class monitor Feng Xue about his military service and reasons for enrolling. They agreed to visit the library that afternoon, and Liu Feng returned to his dormitory to bathe and nap before their outing.

• Liu Feng cultivated with the Primordial Chaos Art on the training ground until noon, then went to the cafeteria and chose a meal with Bamboo Leaf Green Wine.
• Feng Xue invited Liu Feng to sit with her, asked about his drinking, and learned that he had joined Plant Academy to develop his Martial Soul and protect others after serving in the military.
• Feng Xue told Liu Feng about her Vine Snake Martial Soul, rank 7 Innate Soul Power, and steady path through the academies.
• Liu Feng and Feng Xue agreed to visit the library together that afternoon to look for books about Plant Martial Souls.
• Liu Feng returned to his dormitory, took a hot bath, and fell asleep after recalling his morning training and conversation with Feng Xue.

Liu Feng visited the library with Feng Xue and researched Plant-type Soul Beasts to prepare for obtaining his Fourth Soul Ring. He gathered information about their traits and habitats and left with a clearer hunting plan.

• Liu Feng met Feng Xue at the library, where she explained what subjects each floor covered.
• Liu Feng chose the fourth floor to study Soul Beasts for his Fourth Soul Ring, while Feng Xue went to the third floor to research the continent’s geography.
• Liu Feng studied a book about Plant-type Soul Beasts and shared information with Lin Yu, who was researching their growth paths.
• Liu Feng read about Soul Beast habitats and began mapping places where suitable beasts might live.
• A classmate told Liu Feng about Soul Beasts near the edge of Sunset Forest, and Liu Feng added details about the terrain and local species to his notes.
• As the sun set, Liu Feng put down his book with new knowledge and a clearer Soul Hunting Plan.

Liu Feng explored Soul Beast books in the library, then went with Feng Xue to see the academy’s Mimicry Training Ground. Feng Xue showed him the grassland suited to his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and warned him to avoid the distant forest at night before they separated to cultivate.

• Liu Feng spent two hours reading about unfamiliar Soul Beasts and deepening his knowledge of familiar ones.
• Liu Feng met Feng Xue in the library and accepted her offer to guide him to the Mimicry Training Ground.
• Feng Xue explained that upperclassmen guarded the Plant-type Soul Beasts along the path as part of their practical course.
• Liu Feng and Feng Xue reached the extensive training ground, with grassland, forest, caves, and a stream divided into different areas.
• Feng Xue told Liu Feng to cultivate on the grassland and warned him not to enter the distant forest at night, then headed to the vine area by the mountain wall.

Liu Feng cultivated for the first time in Plant Academy’s Mimicry Training Ground, where dense Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi strengthened his Soul Power but failed to recreate his deep resonance with Blue Silver Grass. He ended the day sharing dinner with Feng Xue and returned to his dorm grateful for their friendship.

• Liu Feng explored the training ground’s grasses, found a dense patch of Blue Silver Grass, and began meditating.
• Liu Feng absorbed the abundant Yuan Qi and tempered his Soul Power, but could not feel his usual close harmony with Blue Silver Grass.
• Feng Xue called Liu Feng back from meditation, and they walked together while discussing their cultivation discoveries.
• Liu Feng invited Feng Xue to dinner, and they ate and shared stories at the cafeteria.
• Liu Feng returned to his dorm, bathed, and went to bed thinking about his day and his new friendship with Feng Xue.

Liu Feng proposed using Blue Silver Grass to connect plants into a network that could improve their growth and coordinate their responses to environmental changes. Teacher Huo agreed to give him space and basic materials to test the idea in the Mimicry Training Ground before seeking academy approval.

• Liu Feng meditated among Blue Silver Grass at dawn, then went to the cafeteria for breakfast.
• Liu Feng told Teacher Huo about his plant network experiments in Liu Family Village and Prosperous Dragon Town.
• Liu Feng proposed networking the academy’s plants, using Blue Silver Grass as the gateway and testing Soul Power Amplification Nodes.
• Teacher Huo said Liu Feng needed results before Director Alto and Dean Mu would approve a campus-wide project.
• Teacher Huo offered Liu Feng an area in the Mimicry Training Ground and basic cultivation materials, then went with him there.

Liu Feng established a Blue Silver Grass experimental field at the Mimicry Training Ground, using his Soul Skills to connect the grass underground and plant seeds. After nourishing the field with Endless Life, he prepared to monitor its growth over the next two months.

• Liu Feng and Teacher Huo marked off a plot at the Mimicry Training Ground as a planting experimental field.
• Liu Feng revealed his unusual Blue Silver Grass, then used Deep Roots and Endless Life to link the Blue Silver Grass rhizomes underground and uproot weeds.
• Liu Feng sowed the Blue Silver Grass seeds he had brought from Liu Family Village while Teacher Huo left to prepare for her practical course.
• Liu Feng cleared the remaining weeds and used Endless Life to nourish the planted seeds and the Blue Silver Grass already growing in the field.
• Liu Feng planned to use his Soul Skill daily and record the grass's growth in detail for the next two months.

Liu Feng settled into a busy routine at the Plant Academy, balancing classes, cultivation, library study, and spear training. He also spent his leisure time with Feng Xue, sharing their histories and cultivation insights.

• Liu Feng attended Plant Martial Soul classes and recorded lessons, then meditated in the experimental field and used his Soul Skill to nourish the Blue Silver Grass.
• Liu Feng studied Plant Martial Souls, Soul Beasts, and plant cultivation in the library and trained with the Primordial Chaos Art.
• Liu Feng combined Xing Yi Twelve Forms with his Spear Technique, refining his thrusts, sweeps, footwork, breathing, and control.
• Liu Feng and Feng Xue strolled along the academy paths and shared stories about her Vine Snake Martial Soul and his life in Liu Family Village.
• Feng Xue shared her insights into controlling Plant Martial Souls, giving Liu Feng new ideas about cultivation.

Liu Feng learned from Feng Xue and befriended Zhao Wushuang, exchanging knowledge about Martial Souls and spear techniques. A week later, he found that the Blue Silver Seeds in the Experimental Field had sprouted, marking the start of his cultivation plan.

• Feng Xue taught Liu Feng how to sense and control her Vine Snake Martial Soul and shared her family's Meditation Technique, inspiring him to solve problems in his own cultivation.
• Liu Feng met Zhao Wushuang at the training grounds, where Zhao Wushuang explained that his family's Sweet Spring Spear Martial Soul had mutated into a Sweet Spring Tree.
• Liu Feng and Zhao Wushuang began practicing spear techniques together and shared knowledge of their Martial Souls, helping Liu Feng refine his techniques.
• A week later, Liu Feng found tender Blue Silver Grass sprouts covering the Experimental Field and felt encouraged by the progress of his cultivation plan.

After a month of experiments, Liu Feng presented evidence that Plant Network Cultivation improved Blue Silver Grass growth and won the academy’s support to develop the project further. The Dean assigned Teacher Yao to assist Liu Feng and Teacher Huo as they began planning the next stage.

• Liu Feng showed Teacher Huo, Feng Xue, and Zhao Wushuang the thriving Blue Silver Grass Experimental Field and gave Teacher Huo a month of growth records.
• Teacher Huo praised Liu Feng’s results and took him to report Plant Network Cultivation to the Dean and Director Alto.
• The Dean and Director Alto acknowledged the project’s promise but noted that its expansion required further verification and planning.
• Liu Feng and Teacher Huo pledged to refine the project plan, and the Dean offered the academy’s support and assigned Teacher Yao to help.

Liu Feng, Teacher Huo, and Teacher Yao inspected Liu Feng’s Blue Silver Grass network, and Teacher Yao judged it a major advance in plant cultivation. They planned a five-field experiment on Baozi Mountain and divided responsibility for the fields.

• Teacher Yao examined the interconnected Blue Silver Grass roots and praised Liu Feng’s plant network theory.
• Teacher Yao explained Baozi Mountain’s environment and the plants growing across its summit and four lower areas.
• Teacher Yao proposed dividing the mountain into five experimental fields, with Teacher Huo overseeing the summit and Liu Feng and Teacher Yao each managing two lower fields.
• Liu Feng agreed to the arrangement, and Teacher Yao distributed Plant Growth Tables for recording the experimental fields’ conditions.

Liu Feng created a Life Network among Baozi Mountain’s plants, dividing the mountain into five Experimental Fields. Seven days later, Teacher Yao found that the peak field’s fire-attribute plants were withering, and he and Liu Feng hurried back to investigate.

• Teacher Yao gave Liu Feng and Teacher Huo the Plant Growth Table he had prepared for recording each Experimental Field’s conditions.
• At Baozi Mountain’s peak, Liu Feng used his Soul Skills to connect the plants underground into a Life Network spanning five Experimental Fields.
• Teacher Yao proposed waiting several days to observe how the plants responded before making adjustments.
• Seven days later, Teacher Yao told Liu Feng that the four fields below the peak were flourishing, but the peak’s fire-attribute plants were withering apart from the Skyward Flower.
• Liu Feng and Teacher Yao rushed to Baozi Mountain and found an unnatural stillness around the peak field.

Liu Feng and Teacher Yao investigated the experimental fields and found that the Skyward Flower was withering nearby trees, likely because the Plant Network directed nutrients to it. They rejected irrigation and relocation as insufficient long-term fixes and began seeking a universal solution for future Plant Network Cultivation.

• Liu Feng and Teacher Yao recorded growth changes in the Evergreen Vines and Giant Python Vines before heading to the mountain peak.
• Liu Feng examined nearly eight hundred trees around the Skyward Flower and found that trees closer to it were more severely withered.
• Teacher Yao suggested that the Skyward Flower was competing for nutrients through the Plant Network and proposed irrigation or moving the surrounding trees.
• Liu Feng argued that neither proposed method would work as a universal solution for older plants and future expansion of the Plant Network.
• Liu Feng and Teacher Yao paced around the mountain peak, thinking over ways to solve the problem for the long term.

Liu Feng struggled with Teacher Yao to find a way to stop the Skyward Flower from starving nearby trees, then attended class while worrying about the experimental field. Later, he accepted Wang Sheng’s challenge to spar at the training ground, though his thoughts remained on the withering forest.

• Teacher Yao told Liu Feng they had three days to find a solution before he diverted water to preserve the trees.
• Liu Feng arrived late to Teacher Song Mei’s class and struggled to focus on her lesson about Plant Soul Beasts.
• Liu Feng told Feng Xue about the withering trees and the difficulties he and Teacher Yao faced, but he had no solution.
• Liu Feng met Zhao Wushuang and Wang Sheng at the training ground, where Wang Sheng challenged him to spar.
• Liu Feng accepted Wang Sheng’s challenge to test his combat skills and relieve his frustration.

Liu Feng and Wang Sheng began their first Soul Battle before a packed crowd, revealing their Martial Souls and clashing with their enhanced abilities. Liu Feng was badly injured in their opening exchange but remained determined to continue.

• Liu Feng introduced himself as a level 37 Auxiliary System Soul Elder, shocking the crowd and embarrassing Wang Sheng, who introduced himself as a level 36 Battle Soul Elder.
• Liu Feng released his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, which appeared as a towering tree, while Wang Sheng summoned his enormous Storm Fierce Tiger.
• Wang Sheng possessed his Martial Soul and used his Third Soul Skill, Tiger Hunt, as Liu Feng activated Nine Bends Vine Dragon Transformation and gathered strength with Bear's Great Strength.
• Liu Feng and Wang Sheng collided directly, and Liu Feng's punch drove Wang Sheng back three steps while Wang Sheng's claw struck Liu Feng's shoulder.
• Liu Feng's right arm bone fractured and he crashed to the ground, while Wang Sheng held back rather than pressing his advantage; Liu Feng prepared to keep fighting despite the pain.

Liu Feng recovered from Wang Sheng’s opening strike, drew his spear, and used his technique to fight Wang Sheng to a standstill. As the crowd debated the match, Zhao Wushuang bet two hundred Gold Soul Coins that Liu Feng would win, just as the battle’s momentum shifted again.

• Wang Sheng knocked Liu Feng down and fractured his arm, prompting students to mock Liu Feng until Zhao Wushuang defended him.
• Liu Feng used his Second Soul Skill, Endless Life, and his External Soul Bone to heal his arm and regrow his Wooden Armor.
• Liu Feng drew his black spear as Wang Sheng attacked with his Soul Skills; Liu Feng spread Blue Silver Grass Rhizomes to hinder Wang Sheng, but Wang Sheng cut through them.
• Liu Feng used agile spear techniques to evade Wang Sheng’s tiger claws and counterattack, and the two fought to a standstill.
• A student challenged Zhao Wushuang to bet one hundred Gold Soul Coins that Wang Sheng would win, and Zhao Wushuang wagered two hundred Gold Soul Coins on Liu Feng as the fight changed again.

Liu Feng turned the battle against Wang Sheng by unleashing three Soul Skills at once and filling the arena with Blue Silver Grass Rhizomes. Wang Sheng became entangled at the feet as Liu Feng’s plan to slow and exhaust him began to work.

• Wang Sheng retreated, activated his First and Second Soul Skills, and circled Liu Feng at high speed while searching for an opening.
• Liu Feng decided to stop defending passively and unleashed Deep Roots, Endless Life, and Nine Bends Vine Dragon Transformation at once.
• Liu Feng’s Blue Silver Grass Rhizomes multiplied across the arena, obscuring his position and targeting Wang Sheng’s legs and joints.
• Wang Sheng dodged the rhizomes until one wrapped around his left foot, allowing more roots to surge toward his legs.
• Wang Sheng tore apart the rhizomes around his calves, then bent down to deal with the ones around his feet as Liu Feng prepared to stop him.

Liu Feng defeated Wang Sheng in a close Soul Fighting match by outsmarting him with a rhizome dummy and a second ambush. After Wang Sheng admitted defeat, the students cheered Liu Feng’s victory.

• Wang Sheng tore through Liu Feng’s Blue Silver Grass Rhizomes and thought he had caught Liu Feng during a spear attack, but he grabbed a rhizome dummy instead.
• Liu Feng appeared behind Wang Sheng, kicked him in the chin, dislocated his right arm, and pinned him with a finishing hold.
• Wang Sheng admitted defeat, and Liu Feng released him and retrieved his clothes and spear.
• The students erupted in cheers as Liu Feng left the arena, while Zhao Wushuang collected his two hundred Gold Soul Coins from the losing bettor.

After defeating Wang Sheng, Liu Feng rested with Zhao Wushuang and received his healing Soul Skill, then broke through to level 38 while relaxing. Feng Xue congratulated him, and the chapter ended with them sitting together as Zhao Wushuang teased Liu Feng for ignoring his friends.

• Zhao Wushuang used his First Soul Skill, Sweet Spring Like Water, to restore Liu Feng and Wang Sheng after the match.
• Wang Sheng praised Liu Feng and admitted that he was fully convinced by his defeat.
• As Liu Feng rested, his Soul Power surged and he broke through to level 38.
• Feng Xue congratulated Liu Feng, while Zhao Wushuang and Wang Sheng took their leave.
• Feng Xue sat beside Liu Feng, and Zhao Wushuang joked that Liu Feng forgot his friends when a woman was around.

After sharing a tender conversation about Liu Feng's Soul Battle Arena fight, Liu Feng and Feng Xue grew closer as she listened to his concerns. Feng Xue then proposed a possible solution to the experimental field's withering plants by planting older Plant Soul Beasts around the eight-hundred-year-old Skyward Flower.

• Feng Xue praised Liu Feng's performance in the Soul Battle Arena, and the two shared a warm, increasingly intimate moment.
• Liu Feng discussed what his battle had taught him about his Martial Soul and Soul Skills, and Feng Xue offered to help him find solutions.
• Feng Xue remembered the experimental field problem and told Liu Feng she had thought of a possible solution.
• Feng Xue explained that the Skyward Flower took nutrients from younger Plant Soul Beasts and suggested planting three-hundred- or five-hundred-year-old plants around it.