Chapter Summaries

Nan Feng told Qian Renxue that Qian Daoliu wanted her to return to Spirit City and begin the Angel God Trial, but he hoped she would stay in Heaven Dou City a few more years. Qian Renxue chose to remain, and Nan Feng left to comfort Zhu Zhuqing.

• Nan Feng explained that Qian Daoliu wanted Qian Renxue to return to Spirit City and start the Angel God Trial, warning her about its dangers.
• Nan Feng said he hoped Qian Renxue would enjoy ordinary life in Heaven Dou City for a few more years, while leaving the decision to her.
• Qian Renxue decided to postpone the trial and remain in Heaven Dou City with Nan Feng and the others.
• Qian Renxue asked Nan Feng to stay the night, but he said he had something to do and denied that he was going to see Hu Liena.
• Nan Feng told Qian Renxue he was going to comfort Zhu Zhuqing, whose memories of the Star Luo Empire had troubled her, and Qian Renxue let him go.

After four years of building Soul Tool education and research, Nan Feng prepared to use the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament to demonstrate the power of high-level Soul Tools. He told his students to showcase their own creations at the tournament’s closing ceremony, setting up a public challenge to conservative Soul Masters.

• Nan Feng comforted Zhu Zhuqing, who feared the Star Luo Empire, and stayed with her until they fell asleep.
• Over four years, Heaven Dou Royal Soul Tool Academy trained accomplished graduates who became faculty at the three Soul Guidance Academies.
• Nan Feng planned to select elite researchers for the Douluo Soul Tool Research Institute and conduct sealed research on Purple Pearl Island under Sea God Island’s protection.
• Nan Feng gathered Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu in his office to discuss the upcoming tournament.
• Nan Feng announced that the girls would stage an exhibition match after the tournament and use the high-level Soul Tools they had developed to demonstrate their combat power.

Nan Feng agreed to upgrade Qian Renxue’s Angel Battle Armor so she could challenge Tang Xiao in a public exhibition and showcase Soul Tool power. As the girls pressed him to improve their own armor too, he relented and offered upgrade plans, leaving Qian Renxue to oversee the work.

• Qian Renxue proposed fighting Tang Xiao, and Nan Feng agreed after she asked him to upgrade her Angel Battle Armor.
• Nan Feng warned that Qian Renxue’s identity would be exposed if she fought at full strength, and she said she was nearly ready to return and leave her past behind.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the others demanded that Nan Feng upgrade their battle armor as well.
• Qian Renxue offered to modify the girls’ armor, but they kept pleading until Nan Feng agreed to provide two upgrade drafts for each of them.
• Nan Feng said Qian Renxue would lead the girls through the armor’s polishing, engraving, and assembly.

Qian Renxue asked Nan Feng to decide whether Yu Xiaogang could join the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Tool Academy as an honorary mentor so Tang San would continue his studies there. Nan Feng learned that Ning Fengzhi had proposed the compromise, but the appointment still required Nan Feng’s approval and seal.

• Qian Renxue told Nan Feng that Tang San had applied to study at the academy only if Yu Xiaogang could join him as a mentor.
• Qian Renxue explained that Yu Xiaogang’s level-two Soul Tool skills fell far below the academy’s standards, while Tang San could already make level-four Soul Tools.
• Nan Feng asked why Mu Feiluan had not handled the matter, and Qian Renxue and Ning Rongrong reminded him that she had been conducting research in the Star Luo Empire for over half a year.
• Qian Renxue said Ning Fengzhi had suggested making Yu Xiaogang an honorary mentor to accommodate Tang San without giving Yu Xiaogang an official post.
• Qian Renxue told Nan Feng that, as dean, he had to personally approve the honorary appointment with his signature and seal.

Nan Feng and Qian Renxue discussed Yu Xiaogang’s appointment as an honorary instructor and the danger his calls to disclose advanced Soul Tool technology posed. Nan Feng ordered his academy access restricted and instructed Qian Renxue to warn Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen, while deciding that Tang San would face no leniency if he leaked secrets.

• Qian Renxue explained that instructors could access core Soul Tool materials and said Yu Xiaogang’s appointment could create a serious problem.
• Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu described Yu Xiaogang’s public demands to release advanced Soul Tool technology, and Nan Feng recognized the risk of an arms race.
• Nan Feng allowed Yu Xiaogang to receive the honorary title but ordered the academy to deny him access to materials above the third grade.
• Qian Renxue warned that Tang San might give Yu Xiaogang sealed materials, so Nan Feng told her to explain the danger to Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Nan Feng said Tang San would not risk his own future for Yu Xiaogang, and Qian Renxue agreed there would be no leniency if Tang San leaked core secrets.

Nan Feng planned the closing ceremony exhibition and discussed the dangers of Qian Renxue’s duel with Tang Xiao, while Ning Rongrong revealed how heavily her mother had been overworked at the academy. The chapter ended with Nan Feng realizing that Ning Rongrong’s mother might be exhausted by her responsibilities, not secretly making weapons for their rivals.

• Nan Feng planned to have the girls demonstrate high-grade Soul Tools at the closing ceremony, and Ning Rongrong pointed out that their cultivation made a match against the tournament champions unfair.
• Nan Feng canceled the champion-team sparring and planned a duel between Qian Renxue and Tang Xiao, warning that Tang Xiao’s Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Explosion could make the fight too dangerous.
• Nan Feng decided to arrange a reinforced arena outside Spirit City and dismissed concerns that Tang Xiao’s Soul Tools could give him a major advantage.
• Dugu Yan mentioned Tang Xiao’s connection to Soul Tool research, prompting Nan Feng to wonder whether Ning Rongrong’s mother had secretly made him a powerful weapon.
• Ning Rongrong rebuked Nan Feng for overworking her mother, explaining that she rarely went home, worked through weekends, and handled academy projects herself because she did not trust others with their secrets.

Nan Feng arranged Zhu Zhuqing’s return to Star Luo City while staying in Heaven Dou City to upgrade Qian Renxue’s Angel Battle Armor. As Qian Renxue prepared to leave for her Godly Trial, he warned her about the Angel God and explained how his past trial had angered her.

• Nan Feng promised Ning Rongrong he would arrange for Fei Luan to spend time with Ning Fengzhi and asked Zhu Zhuqing if she wanted to return to Star Luo City; Zhu Zhuqing said she did.
• Nan Feng sent Snow Empress, Xiao Wu, and the others to Star Luo City, where Zhu Zhuqing was to meet Fei Luan and discuss the planned exhibition match.
• Nan Feng stayed in Heaven Dou City and used his Mental Power to upgrade the core circuit of Qian Renxue’s Level-Nine Angel Battle Armor.
• Qian Renxue visited Nan Feng dressed up and said she wanted to spend time with him before returning to Spirit City to begin her Godly Trial.
• Nan Feng warned Qian Renxue not to develop dangerous thoughts about him during her trial, then told her how he had misunderstood the God of Evil’s instruction to conquer the Angel God and had been killed repeatedly before passing the trial by changing her ideals.

Nan Feng tried to convince Qian Renxue that her devotion to him was misguided and that they could not have a romantic relationship. He left her with a blunt warning that his extraordinary abilities did not make him a good person.

• Qian Renxue teased Nan Feng about protecting him, prompting him to remind her of the skirt incident that had led the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to call him a pervert.
• Nan Feng told Qian Renxue that their bond could only remain that of teacher and friend, but she insisted she wanted a closer relationship.
• Qian Renxue listed Nan Feng’s achievements and argued that his care for her had made other men seem unworthy, so he should take responsibility for her feelings.
• Nan Feng rejected her reasoning and explained that he had raised her to protect her from being deceived, not to make her pursue him.
• Nan Feng warned Qian Renxue not to mistake his strength and wisdom for noble character, declaring himself selfish and downright lousy.

Qian Renxue confronted Nan Feng about his selfishness and his restrained feelings for the girls he had raised. She confessed that his unique favoritism was why she loved him, leaving Nan Feng unable to answer as she embraced him.

• Qian Renxue listed Nan Feng’s flaws and explained that he had kept his distance because he could not bear to cross a line with the girls he raised.
• Qian Renxue said Nan Feng’s restraint came from his disgust at the thought of resembling Qian Xunji.
• Nan Feng asked why Qian Renxue still loved him despite seeing his selfishness so clearly.
• Qian Renxue said his uniquely pure, restrained love for her was more precious than universal kindness.
• Qian Renxue described how Nan Feng’s indulgence toward her, Shui Bing’er, Xiao Wu, and the others had made him feel guilty and retreat from their feelings.
• Qian Renxue embraced Nan Feng and declared that no one could replace him in their hearts.

Qian Renxue confessed that she wanted to be with Nan Feng before leaving for her Godly Trial, and after he initially refused because of Bibi Dong, she insisted she had accepted the consequences. Nan Feng finally agreed, and they went to her bedroom together.

• Qian Renxue told Nan Feng that Snow Empress had taken Ice Empress and Ah Rou to Star Luo City after learning about her upcoming Godly Trial, leaving them alone.
• Nan Feng rejected Qian Renxue's request because he feared hurting Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue argued that she was prepared to bear the consequences.
• Qian Renxue used her Angel Domain to pin Nan Feng down and asked whether he had truly considered her resolve.
• Nan Feng reached for Qian Renxue's hand, and she kissed him; he then lifted her and carried her toward her bedroom.
• Qian Renxue told Nan Feng that she had prepared her room and urged him not to delay, and he kissed her again.

Nan Feng and Qian Renxue spent three days together before he took her on a farewell outing through Heaven Dou City and to a hill outside it. As they shared an intimate night beneath the stars, Qian Renxue discovered that Nan Feng's bodily fluids tasted sweet, which he attributed to his Spider Emperor Martial Soul and the changes to his physique.

• Nan Feng worried that memories of the past three days would distract him from improving Qian Renxue's Angel Battle Armor, while she teased him about staying in together.
• Nan Feng ended their seclusion and accompanied Qian Renxue on a final walk through Heaven Dou City before her Godly Trial.
• Qian Renxue carried Nan Feng to a secluded hill, where they lay beneath the stars and talked about what they still wanted from life.
• Qian Renxue chose to pleasure Nan Feng and remarked that his bodily fluids tasted sweet rather than fishy.
• Nan Feng explained that his Spider Emperor Martial Soul and the tempering of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well had purified the odor.

Nan Feng reassured Qian Renxue before her Godly Trial, while she concealed their relationship from the other girls. Mu Feiluan reported that Spirit Hall had built a far larger Soul Engineer force than either empire, leaving Nan Feng to weigh the widening imbalance.

• Nan Feng and Qian Renxue agreed to wait until she returned safely from her Godly Trial before taking their relationship further.
• Qian Renxue hid what had happened between them so Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the others would not take advantage of her absence.
• Mu Feiluan told Nan Feng that Star Luo’s Soul Tool development and its treatment of civilian Soul Engineers lagged far behind Heaven Dou’s.
• Nan Feng said Star Luo would see the power of high-level Soul Tools at the Soul Master Tournament’s closing exhibition and would be responsible for its own response.
• Mu Feiluan reported that Spirit Hall had nearly three hundred Soul Engineers above the fourth level, including three Eighth-Level and more than ten Seventh-Level Soul Engineers.

Nan Feng explained that Star Luo Empire’s contempt for Soul Engineers came from fear that Soul Tools would undermine the traditional elite’s power. He promised to force Star Luo Empire to confront that threat at the Soul Master Tournament’s closing ceremony.

• Nan Feng reassured Mu Feiluan that he would maintain strategic balance and punish factions that used Soul Tools to provoke massacres or war.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Huo Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others complained that Star Luo Empire’s people had treated them with contempt as Soul Engineers.
• Nan Feng said their hostility was self-protection driven by fear and jealousy of Soul Tools and the rise of commoner Soul Engineers.
• Nan Feng contrasted Heaven Dou Empire’s support for Soul Engineers with Star Luo Empire’s resistance from nobles and traditional Soul Master families.
• Nan Feng vowed to make Star Luo Empire face the power of the new era at the tournament’s closing ceremony.

Nan Feng spent a week refining the girls’ Soul Tool Battle Armor and preparing materials for their upgrades. After finishing Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix Battle Armor plans, he agreed to accompany her to watch Skywater Academy’s first match and bring gifts for her younger sister Shui Yue’er and her teammates.

• Nan Feng left the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Tool Academy performers’ selection and rehearsal to Mu Feiluan and began upgrading the girls’ battle armor.
• Nan Feng reworked the battle armor designs, including armor that stored Soul Power for Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, guided Dugu Yan’s poison control, and amplified Shui Bing’er’s ice and Huo Wu’s fire.
• After a week of work, Nan Feng prepared the upgrade materials and helped Shui Bing’er finish the final core formation for her Ice Phoenix Battle Armor.
• Shui Bing’er told Nan Feng that her younger sister Shui Yue’er and Skywater Academy’s team were competing in Heaven Dou City, then invited him to their first match.
• Nan Feng agreed to accompany Shui Bing’er and bring auxiliary Soul Tools as meeting gifts for Shui Yue’er and her teammates.

Shui Bing'er asked Nan Feng to hug her and spend the night beside her, then confronted him about whether he had slept with Qian Renxue. Nan Feng was caught off guard when she revealed Ning Rongrong had reached the same conclusion and was jealous.

• Shui Bing'er asked Nan Feng for a hug, and he agreed while joking that Xiao Wu and the others must not find out.
• Shui Bing'er asked Nan Feng to sleep beside her, and he reluctantly agreed on the condition that they keep it secret.
• In Shui Bing'er's room, Nan Feng asked why she had seemed troubled since returning from the Star Luo Empire.
• Shui Bing'er asked whether Nan Feng and Qian Renxue had already slept together, leaving him stunned.
• Shui Bing'er said she had figured it out herself and that Ning Rongrong was also gloomy and jealous.

Shui Bing'er confessed her feelings to Nan Feng, who agreed to give her a chance only if she became a Titled Douluo. She accepted the condition, leaving their relationship unresolved but with a promise to revisit it in the future.

• Shui Bing'er told Nan Feng that she liked him and argued that their teacher-student relationship and age difference did not matter to her.
• Nan Feng rejected Shui Bing'er's plea at first, but she explained that Snow Empress and Ice Empress would tolerate her feelings for him.
• Nan Feng agreed to consider a relationship if Shui Bing'er became a Titled Douluo.
• Shui Bing'er made Nan Feng promise not to avoid her once she reached that rank, and he sighed at the romantic debts he had accumulated.

Nan Feng arrived in Spirit City with the tournament teams and learned from Hu Liena about Spirit Hall's growing Soul Tool program and Bibi Dong's continued seclusion. Hu Liena and Qian Renxue clashed over a challenge, but Hu Liena became convinced Qian Renxue had secretly won Nan Feng's affection and chose not to confront him.

• Hu Liena welcomed Nan Feng and the teams to Spirit City, then reported that the academy had hundreds of Soul Engineers and that Bibi Dong had crushed attempts to monopolize materials and technology.
• Hu Liena told Nan Feng that Bibi Dong remained in seclusion and that Golden Crocodile was overseeing the tournament in her absence.
• Hu Liena revealed that Bibi Dong had upgraded her Heavenly Fox Armor to a Ninth-Level Soul Tool, prompting Qian Renxue to challenge her to a test.
• Hu Liena clung to Nan Feng to complain about Qian Renxue, but Qian Renxue calmly watched her with a triumphant smile.
• Hu Liena suspected Qian Renxue had secretly gotten together with Nan Feng, but swallowed her question rather than risk upsetting him.

Hu Liena confronted Nan Feng about his relationship with Qian Renxue and asked him to accept her feelings too. Nan Feng refused to go further under Bibi Dong’s nose, but agreed to spend the night with Hu Liena under strict rules.

• Hu Liena toured Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, and the others around Dongfeng Soul Tool Academy before leading Nan Feng toward Pope Palace.
• Snow Empress stopped Qian Renxue from following Hu Liena and Nan Feng, urging her to give others room after monopolizing Nan Feng.
• Hu Liena took Nan Feng to her private chambers and demanded to know whether he and Qian Renxue had already been intimate.
• Nan Feng explained that he had compromised with Qian Renxue because he feared her entering the Angel God Trial with an unresolved obsession, but refused to do the same with Hu Liena there.
• Hu Liena asked for permission to kiss and hug Nan Feng, then to sleep beside him, and he agreed only if they kept their hands to themselves and she did not use her Charm skill.

Nan Feng examined the Dongfeng Soul Tool Academy’s new Memory Camera, a device that captured and projected full-color footage with sound. He praised its potential to preserve memories and began considering improvements to its formations.

• Nan Feng explored the Star Luo Empire’s Soul Tool display and dismissed its weapons-focused designs as crude and unoriginal.
• Hu Liena brought Nan Feng the academy’s first-generation Soul Tool Memory Camera, which could record images, video, and sound and project full-color footage.
• Qian Renxue entered Nan Feng’s study and asked what practical use the Memory Camera had.
• Nan Feng explained that the camera could preserve important moments and become popular once it was affordable to mass-produce.
• Nan Feng identified blurry edges and weak color saturation as flaws he could address by redesigning the formations.

Nan Feng and Qian Renxue discussed the Memory Camera’s civilian, military, and commercial potential before Qian Renxue sought one last intimate indulgence before beginning her Angel God Trial. They ended up in her childhood home in Spirit City, where Nan Feng carried her toward the bedroom.

• Nan Feng explained how the Memory Camera could support surveillance, investigations, and a profitable entertainment industry, while Qian Renxue joked about recording their private activities.
• Qian Renxue hugged Nan Feng and asked what he would do while she was in seclusion; he said he would continue his Soul Guidance Industrial Revolution and pursue research on Purple Pearl Island.
• Qian Renxue warned Nan Feng not to pursue other women, then flew with him to the courtyard where she had lived as a child.
• Qian Renxue teased Nan Feng about their intimacy and his supposed perverted thoughts, and Nan Feng carried her toward the bedroom.