Chapter Summaries

Ling Feng and his companions monitored young Soul Masters’ progress while receiving reports that the crack between the God Realm and the Abyss was gradually closing. Chen Yuan improved his control over mist, and the chapter ended with his training continuing at its current pace.

• Ning Rongrong reported that Chen Yuan had learned to gather his mist into a cluster, while Qian Renxue shared a witness’s account of silver light weaving a net near the crack.
• Jin Chen delivered word that energy fluctuations at the crack’s edge had diminished, and Ling Feng said the stabilized exchange between the God Realm and the Abyss explained the change.
• Chen Yuan shaped his mist into a thin ribbon and followed Qian Renxue’s advice to stabilize its form before expanding it.
• Jin Chen brought a report that the crack was slowly closing with silver-white light, and Ling Feng asked that the witness keep recording what he saw.
• Tang San brought a lighter short knife he had forged for Teacher Liu’s son, who was preparing for the academy’s preliminary selection.
• Ning Rongrong reported that Chen Yuan’s mist had become more stable, and Ling Feng advised him to keep training at the same difficulty until he mastered his current control.

Ling Feng and Qian Renxue observed Chen Yuan and Lin Mu adapting to their cultivation, while Jin Chen reported new details from a boy in Sea Breeze City who saw a silver band of light and patrol-like points within it. Chen Yuan’s mist grew steadier as he found its rhythm, and the chapter ended with him resting after another successful practice.

• Jin Chen told Ling Feng and Qian Renxue that the boy in Sea Breeze City could enter his vision state deliberately and had seen a broader silver band with moving points near the rift.
• Chen Yuan felt that the mist had begun to move according to its own rhythm, while Lin Mu made his bluish-gray leaf glow for longer than before.
• Tang San agreed to repair the loose handle on Teacher Liu’s old woodcutter’s knife by the next morning.
• Chen Yuan returned the next morning and held the mist in a steadier, clearer shape as he sensed its flow.
• Ling Feng said Chen Yuan had found the rhythm, and Chen Yuan withdrew the mist and sat down to rest.

Ling Feng and the others monitored the children’s growing abilities, including Chen Yuan’s control of mist and a boy in Sea Breeze City who perceived strange patterns of light. The latest report suggested that a passage might be forming, but Ling Feng chose to keep observing rather than send anyone there yet.

• Chen Yuan told Ling Feng that practicing at night made the mist easier to control, while Ning Rongrong reported that Lin Mu’s bluish-gray leaf had stayed lit for about seven breaths.
• Jin Chen delivered a letter saying the boy in Sea Breeze City could enter his perceptive state without external stimulation and had seen an orderly silver band of light.
• Tang San showed Ling Feng drawings for three short knives and chose the middle size for Teacher Liu’s son before leaving to find iron.
• Chen Yuan held mist suspended for seven or eight breaths, and Ling Feng advised him to follow its natural upward inclination.
• Jin Chen read a new letter describing a pillar of light rising from the silver band, and Ling Feng said it might be a passage forming and ordered continued observation.

Ling Feng and Qian Renxue continued guiding the children as Chen Yuan improved his mist control and Jin Chen shared new reports about the contact point between the God Realm and the Abyss. Tang San finished Teacher Liu’s short blade, while Lin Mu showed further progress on his own.

• Tang San brought Ling Feng a uniform piece of iron and said he would forge Teacher Liu’s short blade the next morning.
• Chen Yuan arrived early and formed dense mist faster than before, and Ling Feng and Qian Renxue advised him to stabilize it before adjusting its direction.
• Jin Chen read a letter describing a silver passageway extending outward, and Ling Feng said it might reflect the contact point being established and advised waiting for more observations.
• Jin Chen reported that the contact point remained stable and the Abyss had made no new demands.
• Tang San delivered Teacher Liu’s finished short blade, which Qian Renxue found better balanced than the last one.
• Ling Feng told Qian Renxue that Lin Mu’s bluish-gray leaf stayed lit longer and that Lin Mu no longer needed supervision.

Ling Feng observed Chen Yuan and Lin Mu making progress in their martial soul practice, while Tang San brought back improved iron samples and planned to forge a short blade. The chapter ended with the courtyard settling into night as their work and cultivation continued toward the next day.

• Chen Yuan showed Ling Feng a denser, more stable mist and explained how riverbank winds helped him sense its edges, so Ling Feng advised him to practice by the river.
• Jin Chen reported that Sea Breeze City had sent no new news.
• Lin Mu kept his blue-gray leaf glowing longer than before, and Ling Feng told him to let it go out on its own.
• Jin Chen said Tang San's forge was open and that he had seen newly forged farming tools outside.
• Tang San showed Ling Feng and Qian Renxue denser iron samples and said he would use the material for suitable orders, including Teacher Liu's son's short blade, which he planned to forge the next morning.

Ling Feng guided Chen Yuan and Lin Mu as they practiced controlling their martial souls, while Ning Rongrong recorded their methods. News from Sea Breeze City described a clearer silver passage linked to the God Realm’s spiritual energy, and the contact point reported that Abyss patrol changes would not disrupt its operations.

• Chen Yuan practiced sustaining a self-rotating mist cloud, and Ling Feng advised him to extend its duration without changing its rhythm.
• Lin Mu discovered that relaxing let his blue-gray leaf glow more quickly and steadily, so Ning Rongrong recorded his method and Chen Yuan’s similar response.
• Tang San brought newly forged kitchen knives for the old man next door, then left when Ah Yin arrived; he later reported that the old man liked them.
• Jin Chen read a message from Sea Breeze City saying the silver passage had become clearer and more orderly, and Ling Feng asked that further changes be recorded.
• Jin Chen reported that revised Abyss patrol routes would not affect the contact point, and Ling Feng told them to maintain operations.
• Chen Yuan agreed to return the next morning, and Ling Feng sat beneath the eaves with Qian Renxue that night.

Chen Yuan refined his mist control by studying how wind affected it, and he considered commissioning Tang San to make a tool that could help him sense wind more accurately. The group also learned that messages from the Abyss contact point would pause for about three days during a routine garrison rotation.

• Ling Feng and Qian Renxue noted that Chen Yuan and Lin Mu were adapting to their respective training paths and planned to meet them the next morning.
• Chen Yuan told Ling Feng and Qian Renxue that wind had shifted the mist during practice, and they advised him to track wind direction and density at different heights.
• Jin Chen reported that the Abyss contact point would stop sending messages for roughly three days beginning the next day during a garrison handover.
• Tang San showed Ling Feng and Jin Chen a custom dagger design and agreed to help Chen Yuan design a tool for sensing wind once Chen Yuan decided what functions it needed.
• Chen Yuan told Qian Renxue that his mist was more stable and could maintain itself without much effort, while Ning Rongrong prepared to record his progress.

Chen Yuan used Tang San’s weather vane to practice sensing and guiding the mist, while Lin Mu improved his control over the blue-gray leaf’s light. Both made progress as they continued developing their cultivation methods.

• Chen Yuan observed the wind at the riverbank, and Tang San later told Ling Feng that he had designed a weather vane to help Chen Yuan sense wind direction.
• Five mornings after the weather vane was finished, Chen Yuan brought it to the Worship Hall courtyard and tested how it responded to the breeze.
• At Qian Renxue’s suggestion, Chen Yuan tried guiding the mist according to the vane’s direction and made it change shape in two breaths, improving on his previous three.
• Lin Mu arrived and demonstrated that focusing on the back of the blue-gray leaf let it light up faster and more steadily.
• Tang San came by the courtyard that morning.

Ling Feng and the others tracked progress on a spatial phenomenon reported from Sea Breeze City, while Chen Yuan and Lin Mu steadily improved their training. The chapter ended with Tang San planning a more capable wind vane and Ning Rongrong recommending that both practitioners increase their training difficulty.

• Jin Chen read a report that a boy in Sea Breeze City had seen a bright, irregular mass of light forming at the end of a silver passage, and Ling Feng told him to keep recording it.
• Qian Renxue told Ling Feng that Chen Yuan was using the wind vane to anticipate wind changes and control the mist more steadily, while Lin Mu’s bluish-gray leaf was lasting longer.
• Chen Yuan observed the morning wind and practiced sustaining his mist as Qian Renxue reported that the distant mass of light had become a clearer six-sided shape; Ling Feng identified it as a possible spatial node.
• Lin Mu demonstrated that his leaf stayed lit two breaths longer than the previous day, and Ling Feng advised him to consolidate his progress before extending the duration.
• Tang San proposed adding a vertical wind indicator to Chen Yuan’s wind vane, and Ning Rongrong said Chen Yuan and Lin Mu were ready for more difficult practice.

Chen Yuan improved his control of moving mist with the wind vane, while Jin Chen traveled to Sea Breeze City to investigate a forming spatial node. Jin Chen met the young man who had seen it and accompanied him to the beach to observe where it appeared.

• Chen Yuan practiced by the river and briefly kept the mist stable while it moved in changing winds.
• Tang San completed an improved wind vane with a vertical indicator, and Chen Yuan confirmed that he could now sense vertical wind changes.
• Jin Chen reported that a hexagonal structure with flowing light had formed, and Ling Feng sent him to Sea Breeze City to investigate.
• Jin Chen reached Sea Breeze City, found the young man near the beach, and heard his description of the structure’s light and his failed attempt to approach it.
• Jin Chen explained that the structure might be a forming spatial node and advised the young man to observe its full cycle before approaching.
• Jin Chen followed the young man to the beach, where the young man showed him the place he used to enter the state in which he saw the structure.

Jin Chen returned from Sea Breeze City with reports that the boy’s hexagonal structure was likely a forming spatial node, while the boy continued recording its changes. Back in Martial Soul Capital, Tang San replaced Chen Yuan’s wind-indicator vane, and Jin Chen announced that the boy had sent a letter.

• The boy told Jin Chen that the structure’s boundary was thinning and its strands of light were extending, though the structure itself remained unchanged.
• Jin Chen stayed in Sea Breeze City for five days as the boy repeatedly entered the state and perceived more details, then returned to Martial Soul Capital.
• Jin Chen reported the structure and its thinning boundary to Ling Feng, Qian Renxue, and Chen Yuan, and Qian Renxue identified it as a forming spatial node.
• Tang San forged a thicker replacement vane for Chen Yuan’s wind indicator, and Chen Yuan installed it and began testing it.
• Jin Chen told Chen Yuan that the boy in Sea Breeze City had sent a letter.

The group learned that the boy in Sea Breeze City had crossed the thinning boundary and explored a strange structure where time seemed to pass differently. They decided to let him adapt before contacting him, while Lin Mu continued improving his control over the glowing leaf.

• Ling Feng, Qian Renxue, and Ning Rongrong discussed the boy’s progress toward crossing the boundary, while Chen Yuan continued practicing with mist and Tang San prepared replacement leaves for him.
• Jin Chen brought a letter reporting that the boy had entered a hexagonal structure, walked through a translucent passage toward a shifting mass of light, and retreated when the cold became too intense.
• Qian Renxue concluded that time inside the structure differed from time outside, and Ling Feng decided to wait until the boy could enter and leave more steadily before making contact.
• Chen Yuan suggested the structure might be anchored by Sea Breeze City’s terrain, and Ling Feng said a spiritual-energy convergence point could explain its location.
• Lin Mu found that focusing on the back of his blue-gray leaf helped its light stay steady longer, and Ling Feng told him to continue using the method.

Ling Feng and the others tracked a young man’s exploration of a changing spatial structure in Sea Breeze City, where touching a mass of light revealed a deeper layer. Jin Chen traveled to Sea Breeze City to observe him, and the young man prepared to enter the structure again.

• Jin Chen read a letter reporting that the young man could enter the passage steadily, observe a changing mass of light, and feel its flowing surface when he touched it.
• Chen Yuan tested his improved wind vane and practiced sensing shifts in wind direction.
• Ling Feng and Qian Renxue discussed monitoring the structure and recording what the young man experienced after touching the light.
• Jin Chen read that touching the light made the passage walls more translucent, though the young man could see only another layer of flowing light beyond them.
• Jin Chen traveled to Sea Breeze City, checked that the young man felt no discomfort, and watched as he went to the beach to enter the structure again.

Jin Chen observed the boy’s repeated attempts to explore a hidden structure, which led him through a transparent wall into a rotating ring of flowing dark matter. The boy found a slowly expanding opening in the ring and, after checking it again with Jin Chen present, confirmed that it had grown slightly.

• The boy repeatedly entered the mysterious realm and saw a brighter layer of light take shape behind a thinning wall.
• After three attempts in one night, the boy saw that the light formed a rotating ring with flowing matter inside it.
• The boy passed through the wall and discovered a small opening on the ring’s inner side that was slowly expanding.
• The boy waited for Jin Chen before entering the realm again, then observed that the opening had grown slightly without passing through it.
• Jin Chen asked whether the expanding opening had caused any new changes.

Jin Chen and the others tracked the young man's exploration of the strange space as its opening widened and he entered a boundless field of flowing light. After sensing a stable direction within the light, the young man recorded his discovery and sent another letter to Worship Hall.

• Jin Chen read a letter saying the opening had widened and revealed a field of flowing light, and he and Qian Renxue and Ling Feng decided to continue communicating by letter.
• Tang San gave Chen Yuan a thicker replacement vane, while Lin Mu found that his connection with the glowing leaf had grown stronger.
• Jin Chen read that the young man had entered the flowing light briefly and emerged with a clearer perception of the space.
• Chen Yuan suggested the flowing light might be guided and explored like mist, and Ling Feng told Jin Chen to ask the young man to record changes and check for a fixed flow direction.
• The young man followed the light's stable direction for about twenty steps, returned to his body, and mailed his observations to Worship Hall.

Jin Chen and the others discussed reports from Sea Breeze City about a fixed, guiding light and the circular plane at its end. Lin Mu and Chen Yuan explored similar signs of guidance in their own observations, while the group awaited the boy’s next attempt to investigate the plane.

• Jin Chen read that the boy in Sea Breeze City felt no resistance walking with the light but was pushed back after trying to go against its flow, and Ling Feng concluded that the light followed a fixed rule.
• Jin Chen reported that the boy planned to follow the light to its end, while Chen Yuan and Ling Feng discussed whether the space’s rules and boundaries could be explored by following its flow.
• Lin Mu observed that his blue-gray leaf stayed bright longer and said its light felt like it was guiding him, and Ling Feng suggested it might be the same kind of phenomenon as the light in Sea Breeze City.
• Chen Yuan tested his mist and found that it sensed changes in wind speed before the wind vane responded, while Tang San considered whether the light’s fixed flow might form a ring.
• Jin Chen reported that the boy had found a large, slowly rotating circular plane covered in flowing light patterns, but had stopped at its edge to observe it.
• Chen Yuan suggested the circular plane might be a door, and Tang San and Ling Feng expected the boy to step onto it after confirming it was stable.

Ling Feng and the others followed the boy’s exploration of the circular plane and the passage beyond it through letters from Sea Breeze City. The boy passed through the passage’s light barrier and reached a bright chamber with a rotating crystal at its center.

• Jin Chen read a letter reporting that the boy had stepped onto the circular plane and found a dark passage with a point of light moving along a fixed route.
• Chen Yuan and Tang San speculated that the moving light was a marker, while Lin Mu discovered that his blue-gray leaf brightened and dimmed according to the natural light cycle.
• The boy followed the point of light through the passage until it vanished at an area shrouded in light, then returned to the cottage and recorded what he had observed.
• After Ling Feng and the others discussed the light-shrouded area, the boy entered it and walked through to a bright open space.
• The boy approached an irregular, slowly rotating crystal covered in flowing patterns of light and stopped a few steps away.

A young man gradually tested a mysterious crystal in a passage, discovering that its changing temperature and softening surface responded to his presence. After his fingertips passed through the crystal’s surface into its cooler interior, he stopped to await his next attempt.

• The young man found a slowly rotating crystal, observed its light patterns, and reported his discovery in a letter.
• After discussing the crystal, Jin Chen, Ling Feng, Qian Renxue, Tang San, and Chen Yuan agreed that he should build trust with it and wait before making contact.
• The young man touched the crystal and felt it adjust to his presence, then reported that his connection with the space seemed to deepen.
• The young man later noticed the crystal’s temperature cycling between warm and cool, and found its surface softer when he touched it during a cool phase.
• The young man touched the crystal again during a cool phase, felt his fingertips pass through its surface, and sensed a steady chill within before stopping.

The youth gradually explored a temperature-dependent passage inside the crystal, then crossed into the fixed space beyond it. He entered a brightly lit area and began observing his surroundings.

• The youth withdrew after sensing a passage opening inside the crystal, then wrote down his observations for Jin Chen.
• The youth waited two days, reached farther into the cooling crystal, and sensed the passage slowly expanding.
• Jin Chen, Ling Feng, Qian Renxue, Chen Yuan, and Tang San discussed the passage's periodic opening and its fixed direction.
• Lin Mu discovered that his leaf's brightness changed with the weather and time of day.
• The youth reached the end of the passage, sensed the drier air beyond it, and later entered the space.
• The youth adjusted to the brighter light and began observing the space around him.

A man in Sea Breeze City cautiously explored a hidden space opened by the crystal and discovered a second level beneath the stairs. Ling Feng and the others considered what the grooves and glowing patterns might mean as the explorer prepared to continue downward.

• The man inspected the pedestal's crystal-shaped groove, then left without placing the crystal in it.
• Lin Mu found that his bluish-gray leaf stayed bright even on a cloudy day and planned to test it in the rain.
• The man placed the crystal in the groove, causing stairs to appear, but he descended only a short distance before retreating to observe their glowing patterns.
• After several days of observation, the man descended through the mist and found a second circular space with a smaller crystal-shaped groove, then withdrew without using the crystal.
• Ling Feng, Qian Renxue, Tang San, and Chen Yuan discussed whether more levels existed and whether each might require a different key.