Chapter Summaries

Liu Feng developed a “fierce tiger fighting a pack of wolves” approach to balance competing plants in the Plant Network and presented it to Teacher Yao. Teacher Yao agreed to test the idea on a small scale in the Skyward Flower Experimental Field before considering a wider rollout.

• Feng Xue helped Liu Feng realize that introducing fire-attribute plants of different ages could balance nutrient competition in the Experimental Field.
• Liu Feng thanked Feng Xue and hurried to Teacher Yao's office to explain his solution.
• Liu Feng described his Plant Network design theory, and Teacher Yao proposed testing it with fire-element Plant Soul Beasts around five hundred years old.
• Teacher Yao and Liu Feng agreed to focus on the Experimental Field first, despite the extensive redesign an academy-wide network might require.

Teacher Yao brought Li Xing and a collection of Plant Soul Beasts to rebuild the Skyward Flower Experimental Field with Liu Feng. After Li Xing replanted the vegetation and Liu Feng restored its connections and vitality, Liu Feng headed to the Mimicry Training Ground for his evening meditation.

• Teacher Yao selected eight 500-year-old Fire Thorns and nearly thirty 200-year-old Sun Sunflowers from the academy's Logistics Department.
• Teacher Yao introduced Li Xing, whose Rhino Dragon Martial Soul and excavation skills helped him uproot the old trees and arrange the new plants around the Skyward Flower.
• Li Xing planted the Fire Thorns and Sun Sunflowers, with the previous Fire Wutong trees at the field's outer edge.
• Liu Feng used his First Soul Skill and Second Soul Skill to reconnect the plants and restore their vitality with Endless Life.
• Teacher Yao arranged to return with Liu Feng in a few days to inspect the field, then went drinking with Li Xing as Liu Feng left for evening meditation.

Liu Feng and Teacher Yao confirmed that the Plant Network had transformed the Baozi Mountain Experimental Field, then reported their findings and proposed networking all the academy’s plants. Dean Mu acknowledged the theory’s success but called for a meeting with the academy’s main teachers before deciding whether to undertake the major project.

• Seven days after establishing the Plant Network, Liu Feng and Teacher Yao found the Experimental Field flourishing and discovered that water drawn up by the vines created mist when it met the peak’s Fire-Attribute Energy.
• Teacher Yao proposed observing the plants for another half month before reporting, and Liu Feng agreed.
• Liu Feng and Teacher Yao spent two weeks documenting plant growth and ecosystem changes, then presented their records to Dean Mu.
• Dean Mu judged Liu Feng’s Plant Network theory a success and asked the two researchers for their plans.
• Liu Feng proposed networking plants throughout the academy to create Super Plant Aggregates and a large Mimicry Training Ground, and Teacher Yao supported him.
• Dean Mu said the academy’s main teachers should discuss the extensive proposal, and Liu Feng and Teacher Yao prepared to persuade them.

Liu Feng attended a major academy meeting where Dean Mu introduced the Plant Network plan as a matter of future development. Teacher Yao explained Liu Feng’s theory and the Experimental Field results to the assembled teachers, leaving them with a clearer understanding of the plan.

• Liu Feng and Teacher Yao arrived at the conference room, where Teacher Huo joined them and distributed the Plant Network growth records.
• Thirty teachers entered, and Liu Feng noted the strength and experience of the academy’s teaching staff.
• Director Alto opened the meeting and invited Dean Mu to address the teachers.
• Dean Mu announced that the meeting would discuss the Plant Network plan and asked Teacher Yao to explain it.
• Teacher Yao described Liu Feng’s research, compared the Plant Network to an interconnected human community, and shared examples from nature and the Experimental Field.

At the Plant Academy assembly, Teacher Yao presented Liu Feng’s Plant Network research, and Dean Mu proposed using it to create a Super Mimicry Training Ground. The Teachers approved a semester of surveying the academy’s plants before beginning the plan next year, and Liu Feng left with Teacher Yao and Teacher Huo.

• Teacher Yao explained how Liu Feng’s idea of introducing fire attribute Plant Soul Beasts solved the Skyward Flower’s nutrient-stealing problem and presented the growth records.
• Teachers praised the results while others questioned their reliability and whether the Experimental Field’s findings could apply across the academy.
• Dean Mu defended the data collection and verification process, then revealed the plan to connect the academy’s plants into a Super Mimicry Training Ground.
• Teachers debated the plan’s benefits, costs, and risks until Dean Mu proposed surveying every plant during the rest of the semester to prepare for a launch next year.
• The Teachers unanimously approved Dean Mu’s proposal, and Liu Feng left the conference room with Teacher Yao and Teacher Huo.

Liu Feng spent the month helping Teacher Yao study the academy’s plants, strengthening his knowledge before the semester ended. As the holiday began, he saw Zhao Wushuang off, then stayed with Feng Xue, who treated him to a meal at Moonlight Hotel.

• Liu Feng worked with Teacher Yao and the other teachers to catalog the academy’s plants and study their characteristics and growth.
• A month passed, the semester ended, and Liu Feng decided to return to Xue Ling Province to visit his father and Aunt Liu.
• Liu Feng and Feng Xue accompanied Zhao Wushuang to the academy gate and saw him depart by carriage.
• Liu Feng told Feng Xue he would leave after her so he could keep her company longer.
• Feng Xue invited Liu Feng to a feast, and they went together to Moonlight Hotel in Northland City.

Liu Feng and Feng Xue shared a romantic dinner at Moonlight Hotel, where Feng Xue persuaded Liu Feng to drink until he passed out. After the hotel had only one room left, they stayed together, and Liu Feng woke to find Feng Xue beside him before he gave up his first time.

• Liu Feng and Feng Xue arrived at Moonlight Hotel and shared an affectionate dinner.
• Feng Xue ordered Blue Elf wine, and Liu Feng drank several glasses until he collapsed drunk.
• Feng Xue learned that only one room remained and took it, then helped Liu Feng to bed and cared for him.
• Feng Xue lay beside Liu Feng and watched him in the moonlit room.
• Liu Feng suddenly opened his eyes as he and Feng Xue drew close, and he passively gave up his first time.

Liu Feng and Feng Xue spent their last morning together before her family came to take her home, and discovered that their Martial Souls could fuse into a new skill. They left the hotel hand in hand, agreeing to try the fusion again next semester.

• Liu Feng used his second Soul Skill, Endless Life, to ease Feng Xue's soreness after their night together.
• As Liu Feng and Feng Xue prepared to part, their Martial Souls emerged and began fusing into a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that enlarged Feng Xue's Vine Snake and let them sense each other's feelings.
• A hotel waiter interrupted their first fusion by knocking, and Feng Xue said they would have to try again next semester.
• Feng Xue cut the red-stained section from the bedsheet, stored it in her Soul Tool, and left the hotel with Liu Feng holding her hand.

Feng Xue left the academy with Aunt Feng, warning Liu Feng that her father might arrange a marriage for her when she returned home. Liu Feng headed north to visit his family, thinking about Feng Xue, his plans for the holiday, and the challenges ahead.

• Liu Feng and Feng Xue reached the school gate, where Aunt Feng had arrived in a luxurious carriage to take Feng Xue home.
• Feng Xue gave Liu Feng an exquisite box and asked him to bring her a gift when he returned to the academy.
• Feng Xue left in the carriage after repeatedly looking back at Liu Feng.
• Aunt Feng told Feng Xue that her father might arrange a marriage for her, and Feng Xue insisted she would not accept it.
• Liu Feng set off north toward home, thinking about his family, Feng Xue, and how to prepare for the future.

Liu Feng bought a black horse in Northland City and set out for Xue Ling Province, following a merchant caravan. The caravan manager welcomed him and questioned him about Plant Academy, while his son insulted Liu Feng before being reprimanded.

• Liu Feng bargained with a horse dealer and bought a black horse for fifty Gold Soul Coins.
• After eating lunch near the northern city gate, Liu Feng rode northeast toward Xue Ling Province and followed a merchant caravan.
• The caravan manager recognized Liu Feng's Plant Academy uniform, asked about the academy's plant cultivation plans, and offered him food.
• The manager's son called Liu Feng an old, unimpressive Soul Elder who must have entered through connections, and the manager scolded him.
• Liu Feng accepted the manager's apology and meal, then continued traveling with the caravan toward Xue Ling Province.

Liu Feng traveled with a merchant caravan and secretly spread Blue Silver Grass roots around the camp to guard against danger. While the caravan rested, Yang Fan lured the other watchmen into drinking and used a hidden scent to draw a pack of Wolf Bandits toward the camp.

• Liu Feng shared a meal with the caravan, then prepared to sleep alone beneath a tree as the weather grew colder.
• While the others focused on the meal, Liu Feng used a Soul Skill to spread Blue Silver Grass roots across a five-hundred-meter radius and spent the evening recovering his Soul Power.
• During a night-watch shift change, Yang Fan persuaded two fellow watchmen to drink wine despite the captain's orders.
• Yang Fan pretended to be drunk, then lit a concealed substance in the woods and masked its faint scent with urine.
• A pack of Wolf Bandits caught the scent and began approaching the merchant caravan's camp.

Yang Fan secretly lured Wolf Bandits toward the merchant caravan and got the other guards drunk to conceal his betrayal. As dawn approached, nearly thirty Gale Demon Wolves carrying about twenty Wolf Bandits raced toward the camp.

• Yang Fan burned Wolf-Luring Smoke near the camp, buried its ashes, and returned to his watch post.
• Yang Fan pretended to worry about Old Chen and the other guard drinking, then joined them and secretly anticipated the raid.
• Yang Fan recalled that he had colluded with Wolf Bandits before and planned to blame the coming disaster on all three guards being drunk.
• Nearly thirty Gale Demon Wolves carrying nearly twenty Wolf Bandits raced across the Heaven Dou Plain toward the merchant caravan's camp.

Liu Feng detected the approaching Wolf Bandits and Gale Demon Wolves, woke the caravan, and helped lead its Soul Masters into a desperate first clash. The attackers reached the caravan’s front line, leaving the group facing an imminent close-quarters battle.

• Liu Feng sensed the approaching enemies through his underground Blue Silver Grass network and shouted an alert.
• Liu Feng used Deep Roots and Endless Life to raise empowered rhizomes that collided with the charging Gale Demon Wolves.
• Dongfang Baishi and the other Soul Masters joined Liu Feng, and Dongfang ordered Zhang Cang to attack.
• Zhang Cang’s Ten Thousand Arrows combined with Dongfang Baishi’s Lion’s Fury, killing or wounding most of the Wolf Bandits while leaving most of the Gale Demon Wolves unharmed.
• The surviving thirty-five Gale Demon Wolves reached the six Soul Masters, while Liu Feng worried about the defenseless caravan members behind them.

Dongfang Baishi's caravan Soul Masters fought off a pack of Gale Demon Wolves using thorn barriers, attacks, and coordinated control skills. By the chapter's end, Ximen Rou and Tong Qian's illusions and sounds had left many wolves incapacitated while Zhang Cang prepared long-range support.

• Dongfang Baishi ordered Zhang Dong to split the wolves, and Zhang Dong used thorn spikes and walls to divide their charge before trapping the Wolf Bandits in cages.
• Liu Feng sent Blue Silver Grass Rhizomes into the cages and severely injured the trapped Wolf Bandits.
• Dongfang Baishi transformed into his Flame Mad Lion Martial Soul and used Mad Lion's Roar to halt the wolves' advance.
• Zhang Cang retreated into the trees to find a firing angle while Liu Feng repositioned himself to protect the other Soul Masters.
• Ximen Rou confused the wolves with Illusionary Light and Magic Eye, while Tong Qian used Bliss Bird skills to disrupt them with alternating joy and sorrow, then amplified the battlefield sounds with Echo Wall.
• The combined roar, howls, laughter, crying, and phantom lights overwhelmed many wolves, causing them to vomit blood and faint.

Liu Feng and his group defeated most of the Gale Demon Wolf pack through coordinated attacks and his restorative Soul Skill. Before they could recover, a seven-thousand-year wolf king with Teleportation attacked, killing Zhang Dong and fatally striking Tong Qian.

• Zhang Cang used his arrows to kill or wound more than half the wolves before exhausting his Soul Power.
• Liu Feng and Zhang Dong trapped the remaining wolves in a thorn cage, and Liu Feng restored the group's strength with Endless Life.
• Dongfang Baishi and the others thanked Liu Feng, then discovered their assigned sentries had fallen asleep while drunk.
• A seven-thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf appeared, and the group released the caged wolves after Zhang Dong injured their hind legs.
• The wolf king used Teleportation to appear beside Zhang Dong, bit off his head, and struck Tong Qian so severely that she lay motionless.

Liu Feng survived the battle with the Gale Demon Wolf king, killed the traitorous Yang Fan and the wounded wolf, and treated his injured companions. After finding a left leg Soul Bone in the wolf king’s corpse, he left the merchant caravan alone to continue his journey.

• The Gale Demon Wolf king used Teleportation to kill Zhang Dong and Tong Qian and badly injure Liu Feng, while Dongfang Baishi, Ximen Rou, and Zhang Cang struck back and wounded the beast.
• Yang Fan woke at the camp, killed two sleeping companions and Zhang Cang, then threatened Dongfang Baishi and Ximen Rou.
• Liu Feng attacked Yang Fan and killed him with his spear, then threw the spear into the Gale Demon Wolf king’s eye and killed it.
• Liu Feng treated Dongfang Baishi and Ximen Rou, then decided to leave the caravan after recovering from most of his external injuries.
• Liu Feng found a left leg Soul Bone inside the wolf king’s corpse, secretly stored it in his Soul Tool, and rode away alone.

Liu Feng traveled home through the Heaven Dou Plain and Xue Ling Province after discovering that the Gale Demon Wolf soul bone was a left leg bone he already possessed. He reached Duke Xue Song's harsh northern fiefdom and saw its people building new homes and livelihoods amid the cold.

• Liu Feng inspected the Gale Demon Wolf soul bone, realized it was a left leg bone and therefore unusable to him, and decided to give it to his father.
• Liu Feng rested his exhausted horse, then continued across the Heaven Dou Plain and stopped in Winchester City to replenish supplies.
• Liu Feng entered Xue Ling Province and observed its fertile Jinlan Plain, frozen Far North Plateau, and the villages adapted to the cold.
• Liu Feng learned that Xue Ye had granted Duke Xue Song a portion of the Jinlan Plain to support his fief while limiting his power.
• Liu Feng reached Duke Xue Song's fiefdom and saw workers and villagers building stone homes and preparing for winter in the harsh climate.
• Liu Feng's disappointment gave way to hope as he witnessed the people's resilience and their efforts to establish new lives.

Liu Feng arrived in Snow Forest City and reunited with Zhao Wuwei, who told him how the city and his family’s new settlement had developed. The chapter ended with Liu Feng reuniting with Liu Qing and the others at a banquet and sharing stories of his journey and studies.

• Liu Feng learned that Zhao Wuwei had returned from a hunt for a ten-thousand-year Storm Bear and accepted his invitation to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Zhao Wuwei told Liu Feng that Liu Qing had earned a barony and that Liu Qing and Li Zhishu were developing local herbs and resources, including the mint-scented plants used to make Snow Forest Wine.
• Zhao Wuwei invited Zhang Feng, Zhang Niu, Zhang Ma, Li Zhishu, and Liu Qing to a gathering at the mansion.
• Liu Qing and the others arrived, and they warmly welcomed Liu Feng before he told them about his journey and his time at Plant Academy.

Liu Feng reunited with Zhao Wuwei and the others in Snow Forest City, where they shared food, wine, and stories about their past half year. After learning about a hidden cavern with a Lava Lake and Mutated Blue Silver Grass, Liu Feng agreed to consider visiting it, while Zhao Wuwei ended the gathering by asking him to help with the city’s burdensome management.

• Zhao Wuwei hosted Liu Feng and the others, and they ate local specialties, drank Snow Forest Wine, and exchanged stories about their work and experiences in Xue Ling Province.
• Zhang Ma and Zhang Feng described how they had followed snow deer through a blizzard into a mountain cavern, where they found a Lava Lake, Ice Sleep Mushrooms, and Mutated Blue Silver Grass.
• Liu Feng asked whether they could find the cavern again, and Zhang Feng said their family had a map but warned him about powerful Soul Beasts near the Ice God Mountain Range.
• Zhao Wuwei had the drunken Zhang Ma carried back to the guest room, then served Rime Tea and spoke about Snow Forest City’s need for rebuilding.
• Zhao Wuwei asked Liu Feng to work at the City Lord's Mansion after graduation and explained that he was overwhelmed by managing the city’s people and shortages.

After a drunken dinner in Snow Forest City, Liu Feng refused a maid’s advances and woke with a severe hangover. He joined Zhao Wuwei and the others to discuss developing the territory, leaving them ready to begin training local talent and expanding the city’s industries.

• Zhao Wuwei got drunk and asked Liu Feng to help manage Snow Forest City after graduation, and Liu Feng promised to help when he could.
• A maid helped the intoxicated Liu Feng to his guest room and offered to stay, but he sent her away and went to sleep alone.
• Liu Feng woke with a hangover, drank Hangover Soup with his family and companions, and learned that the previous night’s wine had been a strong collector’s edition.
• Liu Feng, Liu Qing, Zhang Feng, and others discussed using Green Wood Town’s herbs and Snow Forest City’s trade routes to develop new industries.
• Zhao Wuwei raised the shortage of skilled workers, and Liu Feng proposed educating promising local youths in other cities before they returned to serve the territory.