Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cheng and the Spirit Pagoda reinforcements infiltrated the occupied Tianluo City Spirit Pagoda and launched a surprise attack on the evil soul masters. After Xiao Cheng stopped the attackers from killing the hostages, the team eliminated the remaining enemies and reclaimed the branch.

• Zhao Tieshan learned from Deacon Zhou that evil soul masters had seized the Spirit Pagoda and were holding more than fifty hostages inside.
• Zhao Tieshan led the fourteen rescuers through a secret passage while the Tianluo City Mecha Battalion staged a feigned assault outside.
• The enforcement team ambushed the divided evil soul masters, while Xiao Cheng and the Seven Luminaries Team cornered and killed the Blood Blade evil Soul Emperor.
• When the evil Soul Sage ordered his followers to kill the hostages, Xiao Cheng teleported repeatedly and killed the six attackers before they could reach their captives.
• Zhao Tieshan and Li Tiezhu killed the evil Soul Sage, and the reinforcements wiped out the remaining enemies and reclaimed the Tianluo City Spirit Pagoda.

After the Seven Luminaries Team helped reclaim Tianluo City's Spirit Pagoda, they spent a year carrying out dangerous missions and growing into seasoned warriors. With the Federation-wide Grand Tournament three months away, the team declared itself ready and Xiao Cheng looked forward to competing.

• Xiao Cheng recovered after overexerting himself to save the hostages, while Leng Yaozhu, Qiangu Dongfeng, and Qiangu Qingfeng urged him to protect his own safety.
• The Seven Luminaries Team rested and discussed the battle, and Leng Yulai reflected on the difference between darkness and evil after sensing the Evil Soul Masters' power.
• The Seven Luminaries Team helped Enforcement Team Two rescue all the hostages, clear the evil aura from Tianluo City's Spirit Pagoda, and begin repairs.
• Over the next year, Xiao Cheng and his teammates traveled across the continent, fought dangerous threats, and improved their cultivation, combat skills, and teamwork.
• Xiao Ran told the Seven Luminaries Team that the Federation-wide Grand Tournament would begin in three months, and all seven said they were ready.

As the All-Federation Competition approached, Xiao Cheng trained steadily and helped his Seven Luminaries Team members with their Battle Armor. He broke through to Rank 50, evolved his Martial Soul into the Tai-Xu Azure Flood Dragon, and told Xiao Ran he planned to choose the Void Star Beast’s Soul Spirit.

• Xiao Cheng agreed to forge Spirit Metal for his teammates’ Battle Armor at cost price, and the Spirit Pagoda’s higher-ups offered him a Soul Spirit of his choice when he reached Rank 50.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai visited Xiao Cheng, discussed their cultivation and the team’s rivals, and Leng Yaozhu said she was close to breaking through.
• Xiao Cheng reached Rank 50 while cultivating, condensed a Pseudo Dragon Pearl, and transformed his Azure Sky Python Martial Soul into the Tai-Xu Azure Flood Dragon.
• Xiao Cheng decided to seek the Void Star Beast’s Soul Spirit for his fifth Soul Ring, then went to the Spirit Pagoda the next morning and told Xiao Ran about his breakthrough and Martial Soul evolution.

Xiao Cheng transformed his Martial Soul and entered the Spirit Pagoda’s Special-Grade Soul Spirit Zone to seek a fifth Soul Ring. He earned the Void Star Beast’s trust by promising it freedom and an equal partnership, then fused with it and gained a ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring and the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven skill.

• Xiao Cheng completed his Martial Soul transformation into the Tai-Xu Azure Flood Dragon, and Xiao Ran took him to the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit Treasury.
• Xiao Cheng chose the ninety-thousand-year Void Star Beast Soul Spirit from the Special-Grade Soul Spirit Zone.
• Xiao Cheng revealed his strength, but the Void Star Beast initially refused because humans had captured and imprisoned it.
• Xiao Cheng acknowledged humanity’s wrongs and promised to treat the Void Star Beast as a friend and take it to see the stars; the beast agreed to form a contract.
• Xiao Cheng endured the fusion and gained a ninety-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring and the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven Soul Skill.

After fusing with the Void Star Beast Soul Spirit, Xiao Cheng gained the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven and learned that it could potentially grow into an independent plane. He mastered its early abilities, then completed his One-Word Battle Armor, leaving him stronger and ready for the coming Federation-wide Grand Tournament.

• Xiao Cheng discovered that his fifth Soul Skill, Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven, let him store objects and manipulate, defend against, and redirect attacks using spatial power.
• The Void Star Beast spoke with Xiao Cheng, accepted the name Yaoguang, and explained that her race could become the seeds of planes; Xiao Cheng realized the grotto-heaven might eventually grow into an independent plane.
• Xiao Cheng returned with Xiao Ran and spent the following days stabilizing his cultivation and testing the grotto-heaven, discovering that living creatures could survive inside for about two hours and that he could create a three-meter spatial vortex.
• Xiao Cheng completed the final Tai-Xu Void Spirit Gold Battle Armor components, then fused them with his existing armor before Leng Yaozhu, Leng Yulai, Qiangu Dongfeng, Qiangu Qingfeng, Zhang Geyang, and Xia Zhengleng.
• Xiao Cheng felt his completed One-Word Battle Armor greatly enhance his strength and spatial control, and Leng Yaozhu eagerly asked how it felt.

Xiao Cheng named his completed One-Word Battle Armor Qing and registered it with a red rating, the highest possible evaluation. As the Seven Luminaries Team discussed the Federation-wide Grand Tournament, Xiao Cheng declared that they would win the youth division.

• Xiao Cheng and the others named their Battle Armors Qing, heaven, Dragon, nether, flame, sound, and Darkness.
• The Seven Luminaries Team went to the Spirit Pagoda’s registration office, where Xiao Cheng demonstrated his Tai-Xu Dragon Armor and received a red-rated Battle Armor Master badge.
• Xiao Cheng explained that his armor’s red rating came from its high-fusion Spirit Alloy, while Leng Yaozhu’s and the Qiangu Brothers’ armors were black-ranked.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told the team that Qiangu Qingfeng’s age meant they could only enter the Federation-wide Grand Tournament’s youth division.
• Xiao Cheng identified Shrek Academy as a likely threat and said the Seven Luminaries Team would win the tournament; the group toasted their coming competition.

The Seven Luminaries Team arrived in Ming City, registered for the Federation-wide Grand Tournament, and settled into the Sun Moon Hotel. While exploring the city, Xiao Cheng, Leng Yaozhu, and Leng Yulai reunited with Ya Li, whose encounter with Yun Ming ended in a firm rejection.

• Xiao Ran led the Seven Luminaries Team to Ming City, where the seven members registered and received their participant badges before checking into the Sun Moon Hotel.
• Leng Yaozhu persuaded Xiao Cheng to explore Ming City's shopping streets with her and Leng Yulai.
• Xiao Cheng, Leng Yaozhu, and Leng Yulai encountered Ya Li and learned that she was representing the War God Temple as a Rank 43 Soul Ancestor.
• Yun Ming approached Ya Li and asked to stay in contact, but Ya Li refused because they belonged to opposing forces and left with Yu Xinlan.
• Yun Ming watched Ya Li depart, confused and disappointed by her cold response.

After Ya Li rejected Yun Ming, Xiao Cheng and Leng Yaozhu shared a candid romantic moment while Leng Yulai quietly watched. The Seven Luminaries Team attended the Federation-wide Youth Tournament opening ceremony, drew Group Two, and prepared for the competition as the tournament officially began.

• Cai Yue'er tried to comfort Yun Ming after Ya Li rejected him, but he ignored her, and Cao Dezhi led the Shrek group away.
• Xiao Cheng warned Yun Ming to stop pursuing Ya Li, then left with Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai as Yun Ming vowed to win Ya Li back by force if necessary.
• Xiao Cheng admitted to Leng Yaozhu that he was attracted to her, leaving her flustered while Leng Yulai concealed her loneliness and wished them well.
• The Seven Luminaries Team attended the opening ceremony, where Xiao Ran spoke for Spirit Pagoda and Xiao Cheng drew Group Two alongside Eastsea Academy, North Frontier Academy, and Starfire Academy.
• The teams paraded through Ming City Central Stadium, and the host declared the Federation-wide Youth Tournament officially underway.

Shrek Academy crushed Skysea Soul Master Academy in the Federation-wide Grand Tournament’s opening match, showcasing the strength and unusual soul skills of its team. The Seven Luminaries Team watched and assessed Shrek’s abilities as the match ended in a forfeit.

• The Seven Luminaries Team studied the schedule and went to watch Shrek Academy face Skysea Soul Master Academy in the tournament’s opening match.
• Shrek’s Zhuo Shi defeated Skysea’s first two contestants, then Feng Wuyu defeated its third contestant with his Blazing Fire Dragon martial soul.
• Skysea sent out Li Hao in One-Word Battle Armor, but Zang Xin used his Sentimental Sword’s emotion-control skill to defeat him without a fight.
• Xiao Cheng explained Zang Xin’s soul skills and warned his teammates about how to prepare for them.
• Zang Xin defeated Skysea captain Chen Hao with his first four soul skills, after which Skysea forfeited the remaining group match and team battle.

War God Temple defeated Azureflame Academy, then Spirit Pagoda began its tournament campaign against North Frontier Academy. Zhang Geyang won twice and Leng Yaozhu defeated Xue Yuhan, giving Spirit Pagoda a 3–0 victory.

• War God Temple overwhelmed Azureflame Academy, with Yu Guanzhi and Rank 66 Soul Emperor Xu Ziyang drawing attention.
• Zhang Geyang defeated North Frontier Academy’s first two Soul Ancestors in succession.
• Xue Yuhan entered the match with her Ice-Feather Swan Martial Soul and complete One-Word Battle Armor, and Xiao Cheng sent Leng Yaozhu to face her.
• Leng Yaozhu’s Heavenly Phoenix flames overcame Xue Yuhan’s ice attacks and shattered her ice shield, forcing Xue Yuhan to concede.
• North Frontier Academy conceded the remaining group matches and team battle, and Spirit Pagoda won the match 3–0.

The Seven Luminaries Team watched the tournament’s leading contenders, identifying Shrek Academy, the War God Temple, the Tang Sect, and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy as their main threats. The next day, Leng Yulai faced Yue Zhengcheng, who arrogantly refused to use his Battle Armor, giving her an unexpected opening.

• Xiao Cheng and the Seven Luminaries Team watched the Tang Sect defeat its opponent, recognized its members as former rivals, and judged Bai Xiao to be the team’s most notable threat.
• The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy Team won easily, and the Seven Luminaries Team assessed Wang Hongchen as a major danger while Xiao Cheng recognized the future potential of Dong Zi'an.
• Xiao Cheng named four teams as the Seven Luminaries Team’s greatest threats and singled out Yue Zhengen as a formidable member of Star Luo Academy.
• The next morning, the Spirit Pagoda Team faced Starfire Academy, and Leng Yulai chose to fight captain Yue Zhengcheng rather than concede and switch competitors.
• Yue Zhengcheng, angered that Leng Yulai continued the match, decided not to equip his Battle Armor, while Leng Yulai realized his overconfidence gave her an opening.

Leng Yulai defeated Yue Zhengcheng in the opening match, using her speed, combat skill, and Dark Phoenix abilities to overcome his higher cultivation. The Spirit Pagoda team then beat Starfire Academy 2:0 and advanced through the Federation-wide Grand Tournament qualifiers.

• Leng Yulai and Yue Zhengcheng fought a fierce opening match, with Leng Yulai using Dark Abyss and a series of attacks to defeat him.
• Yue Zhengcheng admitted his loss, acknowledged that he had underestimated Leng Yulai, and resolved to wear his Battle Armor in his next match.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai won their doubles match, and Qiangu Dongfeng and Zhang Geyang also defeated their opponents.
• The Spirit Pagoda team won the match against Starfire Academy by an overall score of 2:0 and advanced through the qualifiers.

After Seven Luminaries Team advanced to the tournament’s top thirty-two, Xiao Cheng spent the team’s three-day break searching Ming City for elemental spiritual objects to strengthen his Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven. He obtained earth-, fire-, and water-attribute objects, leaving only a wind-attribute object to find.

• Seven Luminaries Team advanced after winning two preliminary matches, and the team planned its three-day rest before the round-robin stage.
• Xiao Cheng visited Tianbao Pavilion with Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai to search for spiritual objects and won an Earth Vein Rock Core at auction for forty million federal credits.
• Leng Yaozhu sensed fire-element energy in a black stone at Old Wang's General Store, and Xiao Cheng bought it for five million federal credits, identifying it as Volcanic Flame Marrow.
• Xiao Cheng showed the Earth Vein Rock Core and Volcanic Flame Marrow to Xiao Ran, who confirmed their quality and revealed that he had also obtained Deep Sea Mysterious Jade, leaving only a wind-attribute spiritual object outstanding.

Xiao Cheng attended Ming City's premier auction with the Spirit Pagoda team and won the Windsong Stone, completing the set of natural spiritual materials needed to strengthen his spatial attribute. The auction's finale, a Hundred Thousand Year Demon Soul Great White Shark Right Leg Bone, sparked fierce bidding, and Qiangu Dieting waited before deciding whether to act.

• Xiao Ran told Xiao Cheng that the joint auction would feature a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and instructed the Spirit Pagoda team to attend.
• Xiao Cheng and the other six team members arrived at the Sun Moon Auction Hall, where Qiangu Dieting and Leng Zhaoran praised the younger members' tournament performances.
• Xiao Cheng bid against the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and won the Windsong Stone for eighty million Federation credits, completing his four natural spiritual materials.
• Auctioneer Liu Ruyan unveiled the Hundred Thousand Year Demon Soul Great White Shark Right Leg Bone with a starting price of two billion Federation credits.
• Qiangu Dongfeng asked whether the Spirit Pagoda should bid, and Qiangu Dieting told him to wait as the price began to climb.

Shrek Academy won the Hundred Thousand Year Demon Soul Great White Shark right leg bone auction, heightening tensions with the other major powers. Afterward, Xiao Cheng brought the Windsong Stone to Xiao Ran, who began reinforcing the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven with four spiritual treasures; the transformation was underway as Xiao Cheng sensed the pocket space changing.

• Shrek Academy won the soul bone auction with an offer of eight point five billion Federation credits and a promise from Sea God Pavilion.
• Yu Haoxuan confronted Bei Dexun and Bai Ziyuan after the auction, accusing Shrek Academy of growing powerful enough to threaten the Federation, while Qiangu Dieting ended the exchange before it escalated.
• Xiao Cheng gave Xiao Ran the Windsong Stone, completing the set of four spiritual treasures needed to reinforce the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven.
• Xiao Ran drew the Four Symbols Return-to-Origin Formation inside the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven and used the Earth Vein Rock Core to expand and stabilize its spatial barrier.
• Xiao Ran used the Windsong Stone to create energy circulation, then the Deep Sea Mysterious Jade and a lake to store energy within the pocket space.
• Xiao Ran activated the Volcanic Flame Marrow as a miniature sun, completing the four-attribute cycle as Xiao Cheng felt the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven change.

Xiao Cheng evolved the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven into a growing half-plane and learned that Xiao Ran had enough power to protect him, giving him confidence to stop hiding his strength. During the tournament elimination round, the Spirit Pagoda team took three consecutive individual-match wins before Xiao Cheng stepped forward to face Star Luo Academy captain Yue Zhengen.

• Xiao Cheng sensed the transformed Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven’s new life and abilities, while Xiao Ran revealed that his Rank 98 cultivation and Space-Time Divine Shuttle let him contend with quasi-gods and protect his son.
• Xiao Cheng resolved to show more of his strength, then prepared the Spirit Pagoda team for its first elimination match against Star Luo Academy.
• Zhang Geyang defeated Star Luo Academy’s first two contestants, and Leng Yulai defeated its third before conceding to the armored Yue Zhengen.
• Xiao Cheng volunteered to face Yue Zhengen and revealed five black soul rings, his Azure Flood Dragon spear, and his One-Word Battle Armor, shocking the stadium.
• Yue Zhengen gathered himself and attacked Xiao Cheng with his first soul skill, Holy Light Shines Everywhere.

Xiao Cheng overwhelmed Yue Zhengen in their arena match, countering his strongest attacks and neutralizing his Holy Fusion Technique with the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven. He left Yue Zhengen pinned on the ground with a spear at his neck as the crowd erupted in cheers.

• Yue Zhengen activated Holy Light Shines Everywhere and Angel Descent, but Xiao Cheng broke through his defenses and sent him flying with a spear strike.
• Yue Zhengen attacked from the air with Judgment of Light, but Xiao Cheng shattered the giant sword with Void Breaker: Instant Splendor.
• Yue Zhengen used the Holy Angel Family’s Holy Fusion Technique to launch his strongest golden spear of light at Xiao Cheng.
• Xiao Cheng opened the Tai-Xu Grotto-Heaven and made Yue Zhengen’s spear of light vanish inside it.
• Xiao Cheng immobilized Yue Zhengen with spatial power, dragged him to the ground, and held his spear to Yue Zhengen’s neck as the crowd cheered.

Xiao Cheng led the Spirit Pagoda Team to a decisive victory over Star Luo Academy, defeating several Soul Kings with newly practiced wind-and-space abilities. The first round ended with the top teams advancing, and Shrek Academy drew Tang Sect as its opponent in the second round.

• Xiao Cheng defeated Yue Zhengen, then beat Wang Mo without using his spear by attacking with wind-and-space techniques.
• Xiao Cheng trapped Xiong Ba in multiple tornadoes and prepared a Dimensional Slash, forcing him to surrender; the remaining Star Luo Academy fighter also lost.
• The Qiangu Brothers broke Star Luo Academy's Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Star Luo Academy surrendered the team match 2:0.
• The first-round matches ended with Shrek, Tang Sect, the War God Temple, Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and other top teams advancing.
• The second-round draw gave the Spirit Pagoda Team and several other favorites relatively weak opponents, while Shrek Academy was matched against Tang Sect.

The second round ended with Shrek Academy and Tang Sect staging a restrained match, and the four undefeated teams drew their semifinal opponents. In the opening two-on-two bout between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin defeated Li Dongyang and Zhao Mingyue, giving Shrek the first win.

• Spirit Pagoda, War God Temple, and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy won their second-round matches with ease.
• Shrek Academy and Tang Sect performed a carefully restrained match, and Shrek advanced after Tang Sect conceded defeat with dignity.
• Shrek Academy, War God Temple, Spirit Pagoda, and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy all won their third-round matches and remained undefeated.
• The fourth-round draw paired Shrek Academy against Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and Spirit Pagoda against War God Temple.
• Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin combined their sword intents to defeat Li Dongyang and Zhao Mingyue in the first two-on-two match.

Shrek Academy defeated Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy 2–0 in the first round after Yun Ming and Guan Yue won the second doubles match. Wang Hongchen then challenged Yun Ming in the individual match, and the duel continued as Wang formed a personal heavy assault mecha.

• Wang Hongchen sent Xu Hong and Xue An'an into the second doubles match, but Yun Ming defeated both of them in two moves while Guan Yue never had to attack.
• The referee declared Shrek the winner of the round, and Wang Hongchen vowed to show Yun Ming his true strength in the next round.
• Wang Hongchen volunteered for the first individual match, where he and Yun Ming faced off as Soul Emperors.
• Wang Hongchen used metal control and golden blades to pressure Yun Ming, but Yun Ming dodged the attacks and blocked them with his spear techniques.
• Wang Hongchen gathered metal particles across the arena and formed a five-meter personal heavy assault mecha, while Yun Ming prepared to continue the duel.