Chapter Summaries

Tang San left the Heavenly Secret Pavilion devastated by its assessment of his father, while Chen Feng reached level fifty and set out for the Star Dou Forest with Keqing and Chen Xin to hunt a soul beast. On the journey, Chen Feng and Chen Xin discussed his plan to establish a sect for the Chen Clan and the possibility of breaking with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ningguang defended the Heavenly Secret Pavilion’s assessment of Tang Hao, and Tang San left in anger before returning to Shrek Academy in despair.
• The Soul Tool Guild began operating steadily in Heaven Dou City, and Chen Feng learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had chosen its Soul Tools over Tang San’s hidden weapons.
• Chen Feng reached level fifty and decided to hunt a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Forest, bringing Keqing and Chen Xin with him.
• Chen Xin asked whether Chen Feng was ready for the coming Soul Master Tournament and revealed that he had guessed Chen Feng planned to establish a sect for the Chen Clan.
• Chen Xin said he would support Chen Feng’s plans, though leaving his position as a guest elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be difficult.
• Chen Feng said the Chen Clan could still support the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if it remained friendly, but warned that he would retaliate if it harmed his clan.

Chen Feng and his companions searched the Star Dou Forest for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and finally found the sixty-thousand-year Soul Beast. The tiger attacked Chen Xin, who countered with his sword skills, but the beast unleashed a terrifying aura that suppressed Chen Feng and Keqing.

• Chen Feng, Chen Xin, Keqing, and the others entered the Star Dou Forest to search for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• After days of searching, Chen Feng sensed the tiger’s aura through his fourth soul ring and the Evil King Crystal.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger emerged from the forest, and Chen Feng recognized it as a sixty-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• The tiger charged Chen Xin, who dodged its attack and revealed his nine soul rings.
• Chen Xin attacked with Heavy Sword Shadows, wounding the tiger, but it scattered the sword shadows and released a pressure that overwhelmed Chen Feng and Keqing.

Chen Xin severely wounded the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but Da Ming and Er Ming arrived and attacked him. Chen Feng and Keqing turned their attention to the wounded tiger as the battle split between the two fronts.

• Da Ming and Er Ming heard the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's cries and went to investigate.
• Chen Xin combined seven streams of sword qi into a golden greatsword and struck the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, badly wounding it.
• Da Ming and Er Ming recognized Chen Xin and attacked him, while Chen Xin countered with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.
• Chen Feng and Keqing prepared to finish off the wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Chen Feng summoned the Thunderclap Divine Sword and unleashed a lightning attack on the tiger.

Chen Feng and Keqing attacked the sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, wounding it with their sword and lightning techniques as it repeatedly tried to flee. Chen Feng caught up with it again and slowed it with lightning before striking once more.

• Keqing used Yunlai Sword Art to slash the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with silver light, badly wounding it and forcing it to retreat.
• Chen Feng used Thousandfold Shadows and Shake the Eight Desolations to intercept the tiger and trap it in a lightning net.
• Keqing attacked the tiger with Celestial Street Cruise while Chen Feng's lightning restrained it, driving it to flee.
• Chen Feng and Keqing pursued the tiger, and Chen Feng caught up, shattered its energy attack, and slowed it with blue-violet lightning.
• Chen Feng slashed at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with the Thunderclap Divine Sword.

Chen Feng killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and began absorbing its soul ring in a cave while Keqing stood guard. The Tiger’s soul emerged from the ring and attacked Chen Feng’s consciousness, leaving him struggling to resist as Keqing panicked.

• Chen Feng used his Evil God Six Paths sword skill to fatally wound the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which collapsed and died.
• A black soul ring formed from the Tiger’s corpse, and Keqing found a nearby cave where Chen Feng could absorb it safely.
• Chen Feng entered the cave and began absorbing the soul ring while Keqing guarded him.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul attacked Chen Feng’s sea of consciousness and tried to erase his soul.
• Chen Feng fought to defend his consciousness as Keqing anxiously asked what was wrong.

Chen Feng endured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's attempt to overwhelm his consciousness and formed a soul sword from his spiritual power. After destroying the tiger's consciousness and absorbing its soul ring, he awoke in Keqing's embrace.

• Chen Feng's body convulsed as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's powerful consciousness tormented him, and Keqing's attempt to examine him was repelled.
• Chen Feng rallied his spiritual power and attacked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but the tiger's greater strength dragged his soul into darkness.
• Keqing held Chen Feng and urged him to hold on, and he found a glimmer of light and refused to die.
• Chen Feng gathered his spiritual power into a soul sword and used it to destroy the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's consciousness.
• Chen Feng absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring and woke up, and Keqing tearfully embraced him as he reassured her.

Chen Feng and Keqing shared an intimate moment in a cave before remembering his grandfather and setting out to find him. They reunited with Chen Xin beside a campfire, where Chen Feng confirmed that he had finished absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring.

• Chen Feng and Keqing exchanged affectionate words and kissed in the cave.
• Chen Feng and Keqing spent the night together, then remembered Chen Xin and got dressed.
• Chen Feng reassured Keqing that his level-ninety-seven grandfather could handle the two soul beasts, and they flew toward a distant fire.
• Chen Feng and Keqing found Chen Xin roasting meat beside a bonfire, and Chen Feng confirmed that he had finished absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring.
• Chen Xin invited them to eat, and Keqing blushed and hid behind Chen Feng.

Chen Feng tested his newly gained fifth soul skill against his grandfather, Chen Xin, by unleashing its sword strikes one after another. Chen Xin defended with increasingly powerful techniques, and the chapter left them facing Chen Feng’s fifth strike, which forced Chen Xin to use his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Chen Feng released his five soul rings and asked Chen Xin to withstand one sword strike so he could test his new soul skill.
• Chen Feng unleashed the first three strikes—Storm, Wild Thunder, and Strength—and Chen Xin countered them with golden sword energy, a sword-light net, and Spirit Sword Guard.
• Chen Feng used Space-Splitting Slash, and Chen Xin blocked it with his fourth soul skill, Might Shakes the Eight Directions.
• Chen Feng unleashed Close as the Horizon, a time-based strike that arrived before Chen Xin could react.
• Chen Xin transformed into a massive longsword with I Am the Sword and barely blocked Chen Feng’s strike.

Chen Feng demonstrated his seventh sword, Six Paths Reincarnation, in a fierce spar with Chen Xin, then learned that the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had fled. After collecting another Genshin Treasure Chest, Chen Feng, Chen Xin, and Keqing returned to Heaven Dou City, where the Soul Master Tournament was about to begin.

• Chen Feng used Darkness Devour against Chen Xin, who dispelled the attack and urged him to show his seventh sword.
• Chen Feng unleashed Six Paths Reincarnation, and Chen Xin answered with his eighth soul skill, Seven Kill Thunderclap Rises; their swords collided and devastated the battlefield.
• Chen Xin praised Chen Feng for forcing him to use a soul skill and warned him to keep his powerful techniques secret, while Chen Feng admitted he could not withstand Chen Xin's attacks if they were aimed at him.
• Chen Feng asked about the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, and Chen Xin said he had beaten them but spared them because they could become Chen Feng's future soul rings.
• Chen Feng led Chen Xin to another Genshin Treasure Chest, which Chen Xin also obtained, before the three traveled back to Heaven Dou City over two months.
• Chen Feng's Soul Power reached level fifty-three, and the Soul Master Tournament was about to begin in Heaven Dou City.

Chen Feng fused The Unforged and other weapons into his martial soul, creating a dark-attributed sword with powerful energy-absorbing abilities and the ability to change size. After it grew into a forty-meter greatsword and pierced the cultivation room, Raiden Ying confronted him and witnessed the sword shrink back to normal.

• Chen Feng drew The Unforged and fused it with his martial soul alongside other weapons.
• Chen Feng discovered that his new black sword absorbed Soul Power, martial-soul energy, and other kinds of energy, while also changing its size.
• Chen Feng ordered the sword to grow until it became a forty-meter greatsword and punched a massive hole through the cultivation room.
• Raiden Ying confronted Chen Feng over the damage, then reacted with shock to the sword's size, darkness, and evolution.
• Chen Feng made the greatsword shrink back to its normal size.

Chen Feng named his evolved martial soul Dark Night after Kamisato Ayaka suggested it, then learned the Soul Master Tournament would begin in five days. At the opening ceremony in Heaven Dou City, Sword God Academy entered the tournament under Chen Feng’s leadership and drew attention from the crowd.

• Chen Feng rejected Ying’s proposed names for his pitch-black longsword and named it Dark Night after Kamisato Ayaka’s suggestion.
• Kamisato Ayaka told Chen Feng that the tournament schedule was set, and Chen Feng gathered Sword God Academy to prepare for it.
• Five days later, Chen Feng brought Keqing, Ying, Kamisato Ayaka, Yae Miko, Qiqi, and Shenhe to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena for the tournament opening ceremony.
• Spectators ridiculed Shrek Academy’s uniforms as its team entered the arena.
• Chen Feng and Sword God Academy entered amid crowd attention, and spectators recognized Chen Feng as the academy’s founder and praised his companions.

Emperor Xue Ye opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and Ning Fengzhi hinted that one of the preliminary-round teams could win the championship. Chen Feng’s Sword God Academy drew Purple Star Academy for the first match and prepared to take the stage.

• Emperor Xue Ye declared the tournament open and urged the young Soul Masters to win glory for the Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the participating teams and said he favored a team with a chance to win the tournament, but kept its identity secret.
• Salas pressed Ning Fengzhi to reveal his favored team, and Emperor Xue Ye intervened when their exchange grew tense.
• Salas drew the matchups, pairing Sword God Academy with Purple Star Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Shrek Academy.
• Chen Feng led Sword God Academy toward the arena as the first-round opening match began.

Chen Feng sent Qiqi to face Purple Star Academy's seven competitors alone, prompting spectators and officials to condemn his decision as reckless. When Qiqi released her power and stopped their attacks, the audience realized she was a Soul King.

• Chen Feng explained that his academy would use one fighter per match and chose Qiqi to fight Purple Star Academy alone.
• Sword God Academy and Purple Star Academy took their places in the arena, while the crowd discussed Chen Feng's reputation and the matchup.
• After the referee started the match, Chen Feng sent Qiqi forward as the sole opponent against Purple Star Academy's team.
• Qiqi told the team she would fight them alone, and Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and others questioned or criticized Chen Feng's decision.
• Purple Star Academy's captain ordered an attack, but Qiqi released a powerful aura that blocked all seven members, revealing her as a Soul King.

Qiqi defeated Purple Star Academy’s team with her powerful ice-based soul skills, revealing herself to be a Soul King and astonishing the audience. Her victory changed Ning Fengzhi’s view of Sword God Academy, while Grandmaster dismissed the academy as an uncoordinated team and promised Tang San that Shrek would defeat them.

• Qiqi summoned seven ghost messengers, froze three Purple Star Academy students, and sent their team flying from the arena.
• Qiqi unleashed Icy Bone Erosion, freezing and throwing the remaining opponents off the arena until the captain jumped down to surrender.
• Qiqi celebrated her victory with Chen Feng, and the audience applauded her strength.
• Xue Ye praised Qiqi as a talent of the Heaven Dou Empire, while Ning Fengzhi worried that Chen Feng might establish a powerful sect.
• Grandmaster argued that Sword God Academy lacked teamwork and promised Tang San that Shrek would defeat them.

After Sword God Academy’s strong performance, Chen Feng watched Shrek Academy defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team and saw Ning Fengzhi warmly recruit Shrek’s companions. Chen Feng suspected Ning Fengzhi wanted Tang Hao’s support, then left with Sword God Academy.

• Chen Feng led Sword God Academy away from the arena and watched the other matches with his team.
• Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, prompting Xue Ye to leave after glaring at Prince Xue Xing.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi, who praised the Shrek team and invited its members to seek help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Oscar asked to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after graduation, and Ning Fengzhi welcomed him and the other Shrek companions.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to speak with Tang San, while Chen Feng suspected he was seeking Tang Hao’s support and led Sword God Academy home.

Grandmaster proposed training Ning Rongrong in Heart Separation Control and having Tang San train alongside her to prepare Shrek Academy to defeat Chen Feng and Sword God Academy. He aimed to develop a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill before the tournament finals.

• Grandmaster took Tang San and Ning Rongrong into the forest and learned that Ning Rongrong had only reached the Three-Aperture Heart of Control.
• Grandmaster explained that Heart Separation Control could help Ning Rongrong overcome the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's Soul Power limits, and he urged her to reach the Four-Aperture Heart of Constancy before the finals.
• Grandmaster said Shrek could counter Sword God Academy's individual strength and poor coordination by achieving a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which would depend primarily on Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong invited Tang San to learn Heart Separation Control with her, and Tang San agreed so they could defeat Chen Feng.

After Sword God Academy’s first battle, Chen Feng prepared a hot pot feast to celebrate with everyone. The meal ended with Yae Miko flirting with Chen Feng and inviting him to drink with her.

• Chen Feng promised to cook hot pot for everyone at Sword God Academy, while Yae Miko distracted Ying from helping in the kitchen.
• Chen Feng cooked a hot pot with Soft-Bone Charm Rabbit meat, vegetables, noodles, and dumplings, then called everyone to eat.
• Chen Feng and the others celebrated their first victory by eating hot pot and drinking Bamboo Leaf Green together.
• Chen Feng toasted Qiqi for her contribution, and the group continued drinking merrily.
• Yae Miko sat beside Chen Feng, flirted with him, and asked him to drink with her; Chen Feng agreed.

After Sword God Academy's first battle victory, Chen Feng prepared a hot pot feast with wine for everyone, and the group celebrated together. The night ended with Yae Miko leaning into Chen Feng's arms and inviting him to drink with her.

• Chen Feng offered to cook hot pot for everyone, and Yae Miko distracted Ying so she would not take over the cooking.
• Chen Feng prepared hot pot with Soft-Bone Charm Rabbit meat, vegetables, noodles, and dumplings, then called everyone to eat.
• Chen Feng brought out Bamboo Leaf Green and proposed that everyone drink to celebrate their first battle victory.
• Chen Feng toasted Qiqi for her contribution, and the group continued eating and drinking together.
• Yae Miko sat beside Chen Feng, leaned into his arms, and asked him to drink with her.

At a drinking gathering, Yae Miko kissed Chen Feng and prompted the other women to compete for his attention. By the end, Keqing kissed him, leaving Chen Feng overwhelmed and the gathering still in progress.

• Yae Miko kissed Chen Feng while they drank, shocking Qiqi, Kamisato Ayaka, Ying, Shenhe, and Keqing.
• Yae Miko continued drinking with Chen Feng, and Shenhe joined them by linking arms with him for a crossed-cup drink.
• Ying pulled Chen Feng toward her and poured wine from her chest for him to drink.
• Kamisato Ayaka asked Chen Feng to drink with her, and he clinked cups with her.
• Keqing drank from the wine jug, then kissed Chen Feng, leaving him stunned.

After a drunken banquet, Chen Feng ended up in a room with Shenhe, Ying, Yae Miko, Kamisato Ayaka, and Keqing. He fell asleep surrounded by the five women as the night continued.

• Qiqi left the restaurant, while Chen Feng and the others drank until the banquet descended into drunken revelry.
• Chen Feng passed out and was taken into a room with the five women.
• Shenhe confessed that she liked Chen Feng and kissed him.
• Ying, Yae Miko, Kamisato Ayaka, and Keqing joined Shenhe around Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng fell asleep embraced by the five women as moonlight filled the room.