Chapter Summaries

Wang Feng pretended to be dying from the strain of his Thousand-Year Soul Ring, convincing Spirit Hall officials that he had made a fatal mistake. The mysterious young woman gave him a valuable token and a chance if he survived, while Wang Feng secretly revealed that his distress had all been an act.

• Wang Feng showed his purple Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and Bishop Jie Ke questioned how he had obtained it and why he had chosen the Golden Light Thunder Leopard.
• Bishop Jie Ke and the mysterious young woman concluded that the ring was destroying Wang Feng's body and that he would die unless he stopped using his Martial Spirit.
• Grandmaster told Tang San that Wang Feng had at most six or seven years to live and explained that saving him would require rare treasures or a Spirit Saint, with severe costs to his strength and potential.
• Wang Feng pleaded for Spirit Hall's help, but Bishop Jie Ke refused and told him to return to his village and live out his remaining years without using his Martial Spirit.
• The mysterious young woman stopped Bishop Jie Ke and gave Wang Feng a special Spirit Hall token, promising him a chance if he survived.
• After the group left, Wang Feng looked disappointed, but amusement flickered in his eyes because he had been acting all along.

Wang Feng acted as though his Golden Light Thunder Leopard Spirit Ring was killing him so Spirit Hall would not try to recruit or control him. After Grandmaster offered a way to save him in exchange for becoming a disciple of his Spirit Saint friend, Wang Feng declined and returned to his dormitory.

• Wang Feng reflected that his performance had convinced Bishop Jie Ke he had little potential, and he considered the Token he had received useful for future Soul Power tests.
• Su Yuntao left Spirit Hall with Wang Feng and comforted him, then angrily rebuked Si Si for mocking him.
• At Nuoding Academy, Tang San and Grandmaster confronted Wang Feng about his Spirit Ring and its supposed threat to his life.
• Grandmaster offered to ask his Spirit Saint friend to suppress the Golden Light Thunder Leopard's Spirit Ring, but warned Wang Feng that he would have to become his disciple and could never advance his Soul Power.
• Wang Feng thanked Grandmaster but refused the offer, saying his condition was not as bad as they believed, and went back to his dormitory.

After keeping his Spirit Hall appraisal secret, Wang Feng went to Soul Hunting Forest to train, earn money, and improve his cultivation through combat. He joined a three-person team seeking a recovery-type Spirit Master, then startled the burly Soul Grandmaster by restoring his Soul Power.

• Grandmaster and Tang San watched Wang Feng leave and wondered whether he had deliberately tested Spirit Hall.
• Wang Feng kept quiet about passing the Spirit Hall appraisal and went to Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Soul Beasts and gain combat experience.
• Wang Feng, disguised in a robe and mask, offered his recovery services to a team seeking an eight-hundred-year-old Soul Beast.
• The team’s leader agreed to test Wang Feng’s ability by asking him to restore some of the burly man’s Soul Power.
• Wang Feng sent Golden Threads into the burly man and declared that restoring only a little was too little, so he would restore it all.

Wang Feng joined Old Hei, Ling Ren, and Si Rong on their trip into the Soul Hunting Forest after proving that his Golden Lotus could rapidly restore Soul Power. The group defeated a five-hundred-year-old Chrysanthemum Flame Hedgehog and continued onward, leaving it alive because they did not need its Spirit Ring.

• Wang Feng restored Old Hei's Soul Power, impressing Old Hei, Ling Ren, and Si Rong with the Golden Lotus's recovery effect.
• Old Hei introduced himself and his companions, and the group accepted Wang Feng—who called himself Thanos—into their trip to find Si Rong a Spirit Ring.
• Old Hei told Wang Feng to stay near him and Si Rong for protection as the four entered the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Si Rong directed the group against a five-hundred-year-old Chrysanthemum Flame Hedgehog, while Old Hei blocked its fiery spikes and Si Rong restrained its legs with Iron Tooth Grass.
• Ling Ren struck the exposed belly of the overturned hedgehog and killed it, after which Si Rong ordered the group onward and left the creature alive because they did not need its Spirit Ring.

Wang Feng replenished his companions' Soul Power throughout an exhausting day of hunting, then helped Si Rong's team bring down a suitable eight-hundred-year Thorn Purple Spirit Vine. Just as Si Rong approached to deliver the final blow, a stranger killed the beast and claimed its Spirit Ring.

• Wang Feng explained that their team usually disabled Soul Beasts instead of killing them unless they needed a Spirit Ring, and he used the Golden Lotus to replenish his companions.
• Wang Feng, Si Rong, Ling Ren, and Lao Hei fought Soul Beasts all afternoon, with Wang Feng repeatedly restoring the others while remaining energetic.
• Si Rong's team found an eight-hundred-year Thorn Purple Spirit Vine, and Wang Feng replenished their Soul Power before they attacked it.
• Ling Ren used Flying Flame Strike to disable the vine, while Lao Hei took Bitter Root to resist its illusions, and the team prepared for Si Rong to deliver the final blow.
• A stranger rushed in, killed the Thorn Purple Spirit Vine before Si Rong could strike, and claimed its Spirit Ring.

After a young man killed the Thorn Purple Spirit Vine and claimed its Spirit Ring, Wang Feng confronted him on behalf of Si Rong and her exhausted companions. The young man attacked Wang Feng, who effortlessly caught his arm and kicked him into a tree, leaving everyone shocked by his strength.

• A young man killed the Thorn Purple Spirit Vine after Si Rong, Lao Hei, and Ling Ren had exhausted themselves fighting it, then claimed its Spirit Ring.
• Si Rong explained that the young man had likely waited to recover his Soul Power and that fighting him would be dangerous while the group was depleted.
• Wang Feng demanded one thousand Gold Soul Coins as compensation, but the young man threw a coin at him and revealed his Cangying Martial Spirit and two yellow Spirit Rings.
• The young man attacked Wang Feng from the air while Si Rong and Ling Ren were unable to intervene.
• Wang Feng caught the young man's arm, shifted aside, and kicked him into a tree; the young man wondered aloud how an Auxiliary Spirit Master could be so strong.

Wang Feng’s companions discovered that his strength and reflexes far exceeded those of a typical Auxiliary Spirit Master when he kicked Li Ying away. Li Ying used his Soul Skills to seize Wang Feng and hurl him into the air, but Wang Feng bound Li Ying before he could escape, leaving them both falling.

• Wang Feng kicked Li Ying into a tree, astonishing Si Rong, Ling Ren, and Lao Hei with his speed and strength.
• Wang Feng insisted that he was an Auxiliary Spirit Master and demanded Gold Soul Coins as compensation.
• Li Ying summoned his eagle Martial Spirit and used Eagle Clone to confuse Wang Feng with a flurry of afterimages.
• Li Ying grabbed Wang Feng and used his newly created Soul Skill, Cloud Sky Throw, to carry him high into the air.
• As they began falling, Wang Feng bound Li Ying’s arms and legs and told him to experience his own Soul Skill firsthand.

Wang Feng survived a fall with Li Ying by using him as a cushion, leaving Li Ying badly injured. The group searched Li Ying and found a Soul Tool containing only explicit books, which Wang Feng kept.

• Wang Feng and Li Ying crashed to the ground, and Wang Feng emerged unharmed while Li Ying lay badly injured in a crater.
• Wang Feng told Ling Ren, Si Rong, and Lao Hei that he had used Li Ying as a cushion, while claiming Li Ying had failed to master his Soul Skill.
• Lao Hei searched Li Ying and found a pouch containing mostly Silver Soul Coins and only a few Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Feng discovered a Soul Tool on Li Ying and activated it, finding several books inside.
• Si Rong recognized the books as explicit, and Wang Feng and Ling Ren laughed at Li Ying for storing them in his precious Soul Tool.

After his Soul Hunting Forest trip, Wang Feng trained relentlessly, refined his meditation method, and built up his strength and resources while keeping his progress secret from Xiao San and Xiao Wu. When the first semester ended, he set off with them to return to Holy Soul Village.

• Wang Feng accepted the Iron Ring Soul Tool, returned Li Ying's books, and left the Soul Hunting Forest with Si Rong and the others.
• Wang Feng reached level sixteen, then followed a routine of studying, fighting Soul Beasts, and cultivating while secretly improving the academy's meditation method with the Meteor Tear protecting him from cultivation deviation.
• Wang Feng disguised himself to test his level at a Spirit Hall Branch using the Mysterious Boy's Token, and he learned that the Token also entitled him to claim Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Feng joined Si Rong's squad for hunting missions and earned over a hundred Gold Soul Coins by the end of the semester.
• Wang Feng bought Refined Iron Weighted Gear weighing more than four hundred pounds and wore it in daily life to force himself to use Soul Power constantly.
• After more than half a year, Wang Feng, Xiao San, and Xiao Wu set off for Holy Soul Village together.

Wang Feng returned to Holy Soul Village with Tang San and Xiao Wu for winter break, where Tang San learned that Tang Hao had left and Wang Feng reassured him that his father had secretly watched over him. In the familiar grove, Wang Feng found a badly injured Little Green Bird and recognized it as the bird he had rescued before.

• Wang Feng traveled to Holy Soul Village with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and told them his Soul Power had not decreased.
• Xiao Wu asked about the handprints on the village's stone pillar, and Tang San explained that Wang Feng had helped improve the village.
• Old Jack told Tang San that Tang Hao had left, then gave him Tang Hao's letter at the blacksmith's shop.
• Wang Feng told Tang San that Tang Hao had secretly visited Notting City to watch him, easing Tang San's sadness.
• Wang Feng visited the grove and found a bloodied Little Green Bird that he recognized from an earlier rescue.