Nuoding City

Biodata

Overview

Nuoding City is a remote, comparatively small city in Fanos Province. Its Martial Soul Branch serves the surrounding area’s awakening and registration needs, while Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy trains local students. Despite its modest scale, news concerning notable soul masters spreads rapidly through its streets and alleys. 1 20 29 34

Notable Locations

Institutions and Civic Life

• The Martial Soul Branch provides awakened children with certification and can offer talented recruits a monthly subsidy and free enrollment at the Junior Soul Master Academy. 2
• The city patrol and Martial Soul Hall law-enforcement personnel respond after Yu Xiaogang is assaulted and robbed, but make no serious attempt to pursue the disguised attacker. 28
• Nuoding City has two gates, making it difficult to predict which entrance a traveler may use. 31
• The city contains a prosperous commercial district frequented by both soul masters and commoners. 22

History

In Douluo Calendar year 2634, the Nuoding City Martial Soul Branch conducts a crowded annual awakening for six-year-old children. Most awakenings yield ordinary tools and no soul power, making Ye Feng’s innate level-seven soul power an exceptional event; Su Yuntao calls him the greatest genius Nuoding City has produced in a century. 1

Following Ye Feng’s awakening, the Branch publicly recruits him for Martial Soul Hall. His argument with Yu Xiaogang also humiliates the latter before Ma Xiunuo and the Branch staff, whose disdain reflects Yu Xiaogang’s poor reputation within the city and the wider Soul Master world. 2 3

Ye Feng later studies at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, returning to the Martial Soul Branch after acquiring his first soul ring to register as a Spirit Master. His jump to level twelve surprises Ma Xiunuo and further establishes him as a local minor celebrity. 7 20

After graduating early, Ye Feng spends two years cultivating in a remote alley courtyard before leaving the city. Before departing, he ambushes Yu Xiaogang in public and steals his storage Soul Tool. The incident becomes the city’s leading subject of gossip, with rumors ranging from retaliation by victims of Yu Xiaogang’s theories to personal vendettas. 23 24 27 29

Notable Events

• Ye Feng’s Martial Soul awakening — Ye Feng awakens the mutated Body Martial Soul Light and Shadow with innate level-seven soul power at the Martial Soul Branch. 1
• Public dispute with Yu Xiaogang — Ye Feng challenges Yu Xiaogang’s assessment of his Martial Soul, leaving the “Grandmaster” unable to answer and openly ridiculed. 2
• Enrollment at Nuoding Academy — Ye Feng enters the academy using his Spirit Awakening Certificate and is assigned to Dormitory Seven. 7 8
• Spirit Master registration — Ye Feng returns from the Star Dou Great Forest, registers at the Branch after absorbing a century-old soul ring, and reaches level twelve. 19 20
• Early graduation — Ye Feng leaves Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy after receiving approval for early graduation. 23 24
• Assault and robbery of Yu Xiaogang — Disguised Ye Feng attacks Yu Xiaogang at a city intersection, steals the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, and escapes before authorities mount a meaningful pursuit. 27 28